Plymouth Tribune, Volume 9, Number 32, Plymouth, Marshall County, 12 May 1910 — Page 2

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VL 2nd. E'.'th. sj 15th. C424th. PAST AND TEESENT AS IT COMES TO US FROM ALL CORNERS OF THE EARTH. Telegraphic Information Gathered by the Few for the Enlishtenmeat of the Many. Kills Two and One Other Will Die. Armed with a repeating shot gun, Arch Brown, 35 years old, opened Are upon assembled guests at the home of a -neighbor, four miles from Staunton, Va., killing two persona and wounding two others, one of whom may die. Perry Hoy and a boy named Hi?gs, S years old. are the dead. Abe Hoy. brother of Perry, was probably fatally shot and the other wounded man was the father of the Higgs boy. Urown's wholesale shooting was the result of his anger having been aroused by the belief that Abe Hoy Lad stolen some whisky with which Drown had entrusted him. Drown came to Staunton after the shooting and surrendered to the jailer. Crazed by Comet, Man Kills Himself. While brooding over possible ill effects of the comet's visit, Paul Hammertoe, a sheep man and prospector, became insane and crucified himself near San Bernardina, Cal. Hammerton was found where he had nailed his feet and one hand to a rude cross he had erected. Although he was suffering intense agony, Hammerton pleaded with hi3 rescuers to let him remain In his spiked Imprisonment. Since the visit of comet A, 1910, Hammerton has been much alarmed and when he learned that the earth was scheduled to pass through the tail cf Halley's comet his mind gave way and he believed that the end of the world wa3 at hand. Saved Children; Lost His Own Life. Policeman William Weis3 died In Philadelphia, Pa., from injuries received In saving three children from death under the hoofs of the horses in a chariot race last .veek one night at a. circus Performance. Three chariots drawn by four horses each were rounding the turn into the home stretch when the children, thinking the performance over, started to run across the track. Thousands of spectators looked on In breathless horror. Weiss dashed in front of the approaching chariots and tossed the children back, but was himself struck by the long pole of a chariot and knocked under the horses hoo"s. Cannon Seventy-Four Years Old. Speaker Cannon was 74 years old on May 7. His rooms across the corridor from the floor of the House in Washington, D. C, were decorated with flowers, the gifts of political and personal friends, and all day he smilingly received congratulations. The Speaker was in one of his happiest and merriest moods. The Illinois delegation presented him with a huge bouquet of American Beauty roses seventy-four in all, or ne for each fear of his life. Boyish Prank Has Fatal Result. Philip Sounders, 11 years old, died In Danville, III., from the effects of a bumping he received at school two lays, ago as the result of concussion of the brain. Saunders and "Bud" Forbes, of the same age, were marching tnto the school room when Forbes accidentally bumped his head against Saunders. The boy became unconscious at once and did not regain his senses again. Young Forbes is also in a serious condition. Death of an Army Officer. Lieutenant Colonel Robert Crombie Irvine, U. S. A., retired, died of heart disease In Detroit, Mich. He was born at St. John, X. Ii., in 1S51. was appointed to the army by President Hayes, and distinguished himself in a campaign against a Sioux Indian uprising in 1SS0-1831. King's Death Killed Her. Mrs-. Sarah J. 1. Mobley, aged 70, and wealthy, lies dead in the county morgue at Minneapolis, Minn. Coroner Seashore pronounced her death due to heart failure brought on by reading of the death of King Edward, of England. Cocklebur Causes Girl's Death. Miss Kate Wallace, aged 18, is dead at Evansville, Ind., from the effects of a cocklebur in her throat. She swallowed the bur four months ago, and physicians never succeeded in removing it. Mark Twain Left Wealth to Daughter. The will of Samuel L. Cleramens (Mark Twain) was filed for probate at Redding, Conn., and leaves the entire estate to the surviving daughter, wife of Ossip Gabrilowitsch. The amount of the estate is not given. Mark Slater Gets Four Years. Mark Slater, former State printer of Ohio, was convicted of defrauding the State, was sentenced to four years tn the penitentiary by Judge Dillon. Railroad Engineer Killed. Engineer J. A. Brown was killed and a fireman was seriously injured when the boiler of the engine attached to a passenger train on the Pennsylvania Railroad exploded two miles east of the Union Station in Pittsburg, Pa. Several passengers were injured. Police Prosecutor Arrested. The police of Youngstown, Ohio, have renewed their crusade against automobilists. The first to be arrested was Police Prosecutor Clyde Osborne. Statue of Clay Placed. The new stone statue of Henry Clay, designed by Sculptor Charles J. Mulligan, of Chicago, 13 now completed, anc has been placed in position on top of the Clay shaft in the Lexington Cemetery. The dedication ceremonies are planned for July 4. One Thousand Chinese Killed. A report has been received from Pekin, China, to the effect that 1000 Chinese soldiers, members of the garrison of Lhasa, have been killed as a result of a sudden uprising of Lamas.

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Last Words of Great Britain's King Are, "I Think I Have Done My Duty." I MONARCH IS PNEUMONIA VICTM i British Sovereign Succumbs to Disease After Illness of Less than a Week. FIRST GENTLEMAN OF EUROPE Lnle Ituler Won Sincerely Loved for Character of Democratic Simplicity and Kingly Dignity. King Edward VII. of England died from pneumonia at 11:45 Friday night at Buckingham Palace, London, ami a: the same moment the crown and scc;ter of the empire of Great Britain passed automatically to his son and heir. Prince George of Wales, now Seorge V. King Edward died almost before hi3 subjects had begun to realize that he was seriously ill. lie was taken sick a week before. After three days seriDus complications began to develop. The fourth day his physicians issued a bulletin that stirred the whole nation to its depth. On the sixth day the king was dead. The shock to Great Britain and to the world has been tremendous, not in a material way, for the death of the king has been discounted in the markets for many years. Nearly all the members of the king's immediate family were at his bedside when the king died. Just before the end came the royal patient rallied and spoke weakly to those about him. "I know it is all over," he said, "but I think I've done my duty. These were King Edward's last words, the end coming peacefully a few minutes later. The first official act of the new king, George V., was performed Immediately after his father had breathed hi3 last. He dispatched to the Lord Mayor of London the announcement of Edward VII.'s death, in pursuance to an age-old custom. Pneumonia, following bronchitis, is believed to have been the cause of death, but the doctors thus far have refused to make a statement. Some of the king's friends are convinced that worrj over the critical political situation which confronted him together with sleepless nights, aggravated, if It did not cause, the fatal illness.

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KING GEORGE V. King Edward was sincerely loved throughout the length and breadth of England's possessions. He was loved as the great son of a noble mother and he was loved for himself because he had in his character that rare commingling of democratic simplicity with kingly dignity which made him justly "the first gentleman of Europe." MASKED MEN HOLD TOWN AT BAY well W, Va,, Itouaed ly Dynamite, l'artun Hand I In. Highwayraenentered the office building of the North American Manufacturing Company in Newell, W. Va., at 2:30 o'clock the other morning, blew open a safe with dynamite and held up the entire community, which had been summoned by the commotion . Only $200 in cash, but many valuaole papers, were stolen. Four masked men were implicated. While the two were Inside a third was In the corridor of ' the building and the fourth stood guard at the street entrance. When the safe was blown the charge startled the occupants of the building on either side. As they rushed into the streets the burglar on guard ordered them back at the point of a gun and when they returned with arms the robbers had fled. Police of five communities and possees with bloodhounds were put on the trail. CLIFF TOPPLES; ONE KILLED. J Woman Die of Frlitht In an Ohio Accident. Mrs. Emma Miller of South Portsmouth, O., died from fright and two companions were seriously hurt when a ledge on top of a high cliff on which they were standing crumbled beneath their feet. Mrs. F. S. Carter, 63 years old, wife of a Chicago dentist, and Miss Minnie Albright fell 100 feet with the mass of earth and rock, but escaped death. Mrs. Carter's condition la serious. Union 8trt Car Man Slain. John McGuIcken. aged 36 years, of Philadelphia, a union conductor, was hot and killed during a fight between union and non-union motormen and conductors near the barn of the Philadelphia Rapid Transit Company. Young- J my Gould to Wed. It is reported that young Jay Gould, son of George Gould, and brother of Mrs. Drexel, who was married a short time ago, has become the fiance of Miss Beatrice G. Van Brunner of New I York.

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King Edward VII., Who Died of Pneumonia After an Illness so Brief That H:s Subjects Hardly Realized His Danger.

CHRONOLOGY OF THE NEW KING Born 'at MarÜMiroush house June f, lS''r EntertJ navy as cadet Started 43,000 mile cruise 1STD Promoted to ' midshipman 180 Made sublieutenant I $4 Raised to full lieutenancy 1SS5 First command, torpedo boat . 1SS9 In charge cf first gunboat 1S9') Promoted to commander lS'Jl upj-osedly secretly v.edded at Malta to Miss Try on 1801 Seized with fever and became heir to throne by brother's death. .. .1892 Wedded Princess May of Teck July 6 4 1591 Toured Great P.ritaln's colonics. .. 1901 Created Prince of Wales .1901 Succeeded to throne 191) EARTHQUAKE KILLS 500 PEOPLE Many Hundreds Injured in the Destruction of Cartago, Costa Rico. A large part of Cartago, Costa Rico, was destroyed the other night by an earthquake. Details are meager, as the telegraph wires have been leveled betwtu San Jos and Cartago. The operators at the latter place were killed. It is known that at least 500 persons are dead and many hundreds injured. QUEEN VICTORIA MARY. Scores of buildings were "thrown down, among them the palace of justice erected by Andrew Carnegie. The wife and children of Dr. Bocanegra, the Guatemalan magistrate to the Central American arbitration court, lot their lives. Panic reigns as the earthquakes continue. San Jose was .shaken, some of the building? being damaged, but no deaths are reported in that city. Many persons were slightly injured. Earth shocks also were felt at several points in Nicaragua near the Costa Rican frontier. There is much suffering and destitution at Cartago, consequent upon the disaster. Cartago, capital of Cartago province, lies at the foot of Irazu volcano, about fourteen mile3 frc-m San Jose. It has an estimated population of 10,000 and Is the seat of the Central American Peace court, for the home of which Andrew Carnegie donated a large sum. IlnrKlara U-uauil Safe. Burglars looted the postoffice in Middleville, Mich., blowing the safe with nitroglycerin and securing about $100. In their haste they overlooked $000 that was within easy reach. The interior of the building was wrecked, the door of the safe being blown across the room and every window broken. I'nahed Off tarj Killed. While returning from an amatear ball game in Pittsburg, Frank Benzor, aged 42, was brushed from a crowded car while passing another one 3nd received Injuries from which he died five minutes later. Two others are In a hospital in a serious condition. Illic Dairy . Plnnt Darn. Several buildings constituting tha major part of the plant of the William G. Funke Dairy Company in Hyde Park district of Cincinnati were destroyed by fire. Loss, $73,000. Americana Held n Poacher. The American fishing tug Sprudel was brought into port at Port Stanley, Ont., by the Canadian cruiser Vigilant. It 13 alleged that the tug wa3 poaching in Canadian waters. Kxplodlns Tire Fatal to Three. Three firemen were killed in Macon, Ga., and three others were injured when the tire .on an auto engine ex ploded on the way to a fire and overturned the engine. The engine was go ing at high speed when the accident occurred.

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" MX? CHRONOLOGY OF THE LIFE OF KING EDWARD VII. 1841 Nov. P. Palace. 1SC0 Visit to Porn at JIu. Ringham the United States and Canada. 1S6.1 March 10, marriage to Pri.iccss Alexandra of Denmark at Windsor. , ' l&ol Prince Albert Victor, Duk? of Clarence, heir to the. crown, born; hejlied Jan. 14, 1892. 1SG3 June 3. Prince George. Duke of York, subsequently Prince of Wales and now king. born. 1S71Fangerously ill with typhoid fier. Feb. 27, National thanksgiving for his recovery. Visit to India. 1 S75-1S96-Won the Derby with Persimmon. 1901 Jan. 22. succeeded to the British throne. 1502 June 24, operated upon for perityphlitis and thought to be dyln?; his coronation postponed. 1902 Aug. 3, crowned King of England an J Emperor of India. 1910 May 6, died at P.uckingham Palace. 15 KILLED IN DYNAMITE BLAST. Baseball Spectators, Viewing Fire in Explosive Factory, Victims. Fifteen persons were killed and fifty were injured by an explosion which wrecked the plant of the General Explosives Company of Canada, four miles from Otawa and one mile from Hull, Quebec. Just as a baseball game was nearing its end a fire was seen in one of the sm?Il buildings - cf' the powder plant. The crowd deserted the game a'ld began to swarm up the hill to get a better view of the blaze. Wainins of the danger came to the onlookers in two minor explosions soon after the fire got well under way. A shower of sparks and fragrments of the wrecked building fell among the spectators, and there was a scurrying out of what was considered the danger zone. Then the main magazines exploded. There were two stunning detonations. Everything within a radius of a mile and a half was torn and shattered. Even in Ottawa, four miles away, hundreds of plate glass windows were shattered. The scene where the crowd from, the ball field ?tood resembled a battlefield with mangled forms strewn on the ground. At Hull forty small frame dwellings were shattered, and many injuied persons were imprisoned in the wreckage. RIdeau Hall, the official home of Earl Grey, and the buildings on Parliament Hill caught the full force of the explosion. Every window on one side of RIdeau Hall was blown out and two great stone chimneys toppled over. The Parliament buildings were badly damaged. The building in which the main explosion occurred was built of solid stone, the walls being two feet thick. Fragments of stone weighing up to a half ton were shot through the air for a quarter of a mile, shattering the frame dwellings of workingmen. TRADE AND INDUSTRY. Illinois has more than a million and a half of horses, worth a little more than $100 each. Missouri produced last year more than half a million pounds of tobaco, worth 12 cents a pound. The annual convention of the South Dakota Cattlemen's Association convened at Rapid City recently. A raise in wages amounting to three cents an hour for all trainmen on the P.utte, Anaconda and Pacific RaJlwav has been bulletined. Information from the Kentucky burley district is to the effect that preparations are being made for a recordbreaking tobacco crop. In Japan day laborers receive 20 cents a day, women servants 84 cents a month, men servants $1.36 a month; women farm laborers, $8.50, men farm laborers. $15.96. The Northern Pa'cific Railway, the Montana State College of Agriculture, and Mechanic Arts, Montana experiment station and Farmers' institute, will co-operate in running a demonstration rain across Montana over tne main and branch lines of the Northern Pacific Railway during June. Three herds of dairy cattle in the town of Milford, Brown County, Minn., were found to be affected with tuber-A-ulosis. Ed Hensel's nne herd of Guernsey cattle,, numbering twentythree head, w ?re condemned, as were three head belonging to Robert Runck. and one cow belonging to Andre v Decker. There Is a lot of satisfaction in the way the large business houses take care of their teams. It's getting to be the exception for them to have poor, abused horses. They are not good advertisements, and an advertisement is worth a good deal. The enormous advance in the price of broom corn during recent months has resulted in an effort to raise a considerable acreage in the vicinity of Fergus Falls, Minn. The broom factory at that place consumes a large amount, and its directors are endeavoring to Interest farmers 'n its culture, with a view to securing their future supply at home.

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NEGROES GOAL IS Explosion in Alabama Traps Underground Workmen in Shaft Near Birmingham. IT IS BELIEVED ALL ARE DEAD Flames Followed by Cave-In Impede Rescue Work Two Bodies Taken Out. Forty-five white men and 140 negroes were entombed in No. 3 coal mine at Palos, Ala., as the result of a terrific explosion, and it is believed all are dead. Palos is forty miles west of Birmingham and the mines are owned by the Palos Coal and Coke Company of that city. Two bodies were found. The flames resulting from the explosion shot into the air from the mouth of the slope for a distance of 200 feet and the shock wa felt for miles. Timbers from the slöpö were hurled several hundred feet from its oiouth and rocks from the roof of the slope cave.l in and made access to the mouth very difficult. The fan machinery was badly damaged, but air wa3 pumped into the mine in hopes that some of the men were still alive. The first rescuers who went into the mine after the explosion were overcome by fire da.mp and had to be carried out. J. J. Rutledge, government expert, in charge of the geological station in Knoxville, Tenn., wa3 among the first to enter, and after working his way 1,400 feet down the slope found the second right entry caved in. The two bodies recovered were In the main slope. James Gousby, a mail carrier, was killed thirty feet from the mouth of the slope and his body was hurled thirty feet Into the Warrior River. He was walking along the railroad track and was directly in front of the slope when the explosion occurred. It was judged from this that the force of the explosion was such that none of the men in the Interior could possibly be alive. The Palos mines have been worked for a number of years and the entries were extensive. It is thought that the explosion was, caused by the accumulation of "gas in some of the abandoned entries. ' MUCH STRYCHNINE IN SW0PES. Dr. Vaughan, State's Most Important Witness, on Stand. Dr. Victor C. Vaughan, the toxicologic of Aeu Arbor, Mich., and regarded by the State as its most important witness in the Hyde murder trial in Kansas City, began his testimony the other day. Searches for poison made by him alone and also with the aid of Dr. Walter S. Haines of Chicago, who has already testified, had resulted in the discovery of the following: Twenty-six thirty-thirds of a grain of strychnine in the entire liver of Colonel Thomas M. Swope. Signs of cyanide in the stomach. A trace of s.ehnine in a kidney. A suggestion, but no positive proof, of cyanide in the stomach of Chrisman Swope. Strychnine in the contents of the stomach of Margaret Swope. Cyanide in capsules said to have been thrown into a street by Dr. B. C. Hyde the night he vs3 expelled from the Swope residence, last Dec. 18. In reply to hypothetical questions regarding the convulsions suffered by these three, Dr. Vaughan said, in his opinion, they had been caused by the administration of some convulsive poison, such as cyanide or strychnine. Twain' Daughter Gets Estate. The will of Samuel L. Clemens (Mark Twain) was filed for probate with Judge John N. Dickerson in Danbury, Conn., and leaves practically the whole estate to his daughter Clara, Mrs. Ossip Gabrilowitsch. The Redding home of the humortst Is scheduled at $30,000 and it is estimated that there Is $150,000 In cash on deposit in banks. The literary assets of the estate are estimated at upward of $750,000. Iluth Ilryan Leavitt I m Bride. Lieut. Reginald Owen and Mrs. Ruth Bryan Leavitt were united in marriage Fairview, Lincoln, Neb., the other day. The strictest se.-.'recy was maintained. All Information concerning the wedding was withheld. Girl Who Sans "Ta-ra-ra" I Dead. Lottie Collins, formerly a wellknown music-hall artist, died In London of heart disease. Lottie Collins was the girl who first sang that whimsical refrain "Ta-ra-ra Rocm-de-Aye" in an English music hall. Knox, Jr., and Ilrlde Forgiven. The surrender of the Secretary of State to his young son, Philander C. Knox, Jr., has been made complete in the reception of the youthful lover and the "college widow" bride in the parental mansion on K street, N. W., Washington, where they wero house guests for the week end. Killing FroU Over Aebranka, Killing frosts in Nebraska with a temperature of 30 degrees registered at North Platte, were reported to the weather bureau.

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THREE LEGISLATORS INDICTED.

Browne, Wilson. ar.d Link Kit by Bribery Probe in Illinois. Indictments against throe members cf the Illinois General Assembly ont charging bribery and two charging perjury were voted the other day, b the special grand jury, in Chicago which has been delving into the legis lative bribery scandal. The three true bills, which cove' Loth phases of the confessions of Rep resentative Charles A. White of O'Fa Ion, and II. J. C. Eeckemeyer of Cai lyle, that they received $1,000 each fo voting for William Lorimer for Unitej States Senator and that later thej shared in a legislative "jack-pot" tha1 was split up in St. Louis, were return d against the following: Representative Lee O'Neil Browne of Ottawa, minority leider of the House, indicted fur bribery on fifteen counts setting up that he paid to Representative Charles A. White $850 in Chicago as part of a $1,000 bribe for voting for Senator Lorimer. Pond fixed at $15,000. Representative Robert 11 Wilson of Chicago, indicted for willful and cor rupt perjury for swearing before the grand jury that he did not hand any money to anybody in Pt. Louis July 1.", 1909, the day it is alleged the "jack pot" was divided. Rail fixed at $13,000. Representative Michael S. Link o! Mitchell, indicted for perjury for swearing before the grand jury that h was not in St. Louis July 15, 1909, and did not moot Robert E. Wilson in that city on tr-at day. Kail fixed at $5.000. The true bills were returned to Judge Kersten by the grand jurors and capiases were at once issued for the three legislators. A fourth indictment, having no connection with the charges concerning Senator Lorimer's election and the "jackpot" distribution, was returned against Willia.na J. Henley, former president, and at one time vice president and general manager of the Chicago and Western Indiana Railroad, charging him with embezzling and converting to his own use $2S,000 of the road's money. VOTES TO RAISE MAINE. Senate, Like House, "Remembers" Havana Hulk Will Bury Bodies. After twelve years the ill-fated battleship Maine Is to be removed from the Havana harbor and the bodies which went down with the vessel will be interred in the National cemetery at Arlington. A bill providing for such removal and burial which has been passed by the House was the other day passed by the Senate. It is believed that when the wreck of the Maine is raised, it will be possible to determine the exact cause of the explosion which on Feb. 13, 1S98, sank this vessel of the famous "White Squadron" with nearly 300 men in Havana harbor and brought on the Spanish-American war. It has been the general belief In thl3 country that the Maine was sunk by a Spanish mine, although the Spanish officers at Havana vehemently denied the charge. They declared the ship either had been blown up by Cuban rebels in an effort to bring about American Intervention, or that the explosion was an interior one, due to some accident on the vessel. An examination of the hull, it is believed, will determine whether a mine was fired under the warship. LIFE TERM FOR BOY BANDIT. Tiiomna J. lloul, Indiana Hank Terror, Convicted of Murder. Thomas Jefferson Hoal, the boy bandit, was found guilty of murder in Corydon, Ind., and sentenced to life Imprisonment. . Hoal is the 17-year-old Louisville boy who last November executed an amazing single-handed attack on the Merchants' National Dank of New Albany, Ind., with the motive of robbery. He shot and killed Cashier J. Hangary Fawcctt, wounded President J. K. Woodward and also a negro chauffeur. 4'onvlct In Mother Ilaltbnrtls. All the male convicts of Floyd County, CJa., were the other day garbed in mother hubbards by order of the County Commissioners. This action was taken because of the numerous escapes recently. The convicts bitterly opposed the change, but the authorities found means to make them don mother hubbards, and so clothed they were put to work on the streets. Shoota Hemelf at Ul Hotel. A woman who registered at the Knickerbocker Hotel in New York as "Mrs. John W. Snow, Savannah, Ga.," shot herself in her room. A bullet entered her left side and lodged in the body. She was taken to a hospital, where it was said she would probably recover. Unity Sealded to Death. Harry Bartram, son of Smith Bartram, died after faJling into a tub of boiling water at Marseilles. Ohio. Tho child was two years old. Kills Self aa a Daby Crown, After playing with her baby, rolling from side to side of the bed, Mrs. Ida May Crockett, of Cincinnati, suddenly reached under a pillow, seized a revolver and shot herself In the head. While the child was still laughing, the mother rolled to the floor and expired. She had been a victim of melancholia. Drewery Bnrnaj Loaa $200,000. The large Buckwood brewery, located in the center of Winnipeg, was destroyed by fire. Loss, $200,000.

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1 in Conoress In addition to considering the railroad bill two hours, the Senate Monday discussed at length and passed the bill creating a bureau of mines in the Interior Department. The bill had received the sanction of the House and now only requires the signature of the President. The long and short haul amendment to the railroad bill prepared by Senator Dixon was the subject of lively debate. It was "suspension day" in the House and numerous bills were passed. In the Senate Tuesday the traffic agreement provision and section 12, dealing with the combination of railroads, were stricken from the railroad bill. The Senate also passed; a House bill creating an art commission for Washington. The House also removed from the traffic agreement provision from the rail bill. The House agreed to the long-and-short-haul clause of the House bill in. the form that it came from the committee except that it provided for an investigation by the interstate commerce commission of data relating to that class of rates. As no one cared to discuss the railroad measure the Senate Wednesday took up bills on the calendar. Mr. Simons delivered a speech cendemning the method of the Department of Justice in its prosecutions of the cotton pools. Tho Senate passed the pension appropriation bill, carrying $150,000,000. The House devoted much consideration to bills relating to Indian lands. In the Senate Thursday Senator Dixon gave voice to a complaint against what he asserted was the practice of characterizing as "insurgent" every Senator who did not agree with wat the so-called regulars demanded. He declared that the "regulars" themselves were as much inclined as others to ally themselves with the Democrats whenever an advantage was gained by so doing. Senator Bourne of Oregon, lauding the election laws of his State, provoked a general discussion of representative government, in 'the course of which Senator Bacon entered a vigorous protest against the present method of selecting officeholders in the South. As a remedy for these complaints. Senator Carter suggested the elimination from politics of. tu 59.000 "postmasters of the United States. The railroad bill was before the House during the entire session, and many amendments being offered and voted upon. An amendment by Mr. Knowland of California, providing that when a railroad reduces its rates, because of water , competition, it shall not rafcc them unless the interstate, commerce commission finds that the proposed increase rests upon changed conditions other than the elimination of water competition, was adopted. The postoffice appropriation bill, carrying about $240,000,00', was passed by the Senate Friday without amendment. As' the result of this ac-' tion no conference will be required upon this bill. A large number of bills were passed, including one to provide for the division of the lands in tho Crow Indian reservation' and one granting 3ienoions of $12 a month to nurses who served In the Civil War. The Seato adjourned uutil Monday. Th3 House practically concluded with the consideration cf the administration railroad bill for tho adoption of amendments before adjournment and agreed that a final vote would be taken Tuesday. The section authorizing mergers between railroads was struck cut by a vote of 131 to 123. Efforts of Democrats to strike oat the sections relating to the capitalisation of railroads rere ineffectThe Senate v.as r.ct in fcssicn Saturday. A sharp ox-hange between speaker Cannon and Representative Shackloford, of Missouri, over an alleged breach of order by Ur latter in a speccli of St. Louis aubtreasury conditions under a former regime featured rcssicn of tho " House. Mr. Shackle ford complained of "coercion" by the Speaker and asked if he were to be "traduced" and "bulldozed." The Speaker Ijeatedly and repeatedly called the Missourian to order, but overruled an objection by members of the committee which investigated the Situation in the St. Ix)uis subtreasury. and Mr. Shackleford spoke for an hour. A personal tribute of both parties to Speak;- Cannon in commemoration cf his seventy-fourth birthday was exposed for the House by Democratic Leader Clark and replied to by the Speaker. Several minor bills on the private calendar wen? passed. The House adopted resolution of sympathy for the family of the late King Enwarei and the British pec-plo, and as a "further mark of x-espfct" adjourned. TELEGRAPHIC BREVITIES Ihe Poo rallroa-i intends building line from Ryder, N. D., to Elbowwoods, on Fort Berthold reservation. t . Th Catrary Millhie Company's ?50,-CCa-bushel elevator at Calgary, .Uta., was destroyed by ii:e recently. A weird story abont the crucifixion of a Slav by minor? at Avclla. Pa., is declared to have no foundation. Frederick ChJctlar. Ilavenu-ycr, eldest brother of Henry O. Havemeyer, died at New York, lie was 7S years old. A schedule of ;he gross assets of the big 5pot cotton firm of Knight, Yancey & Co.. of Decatur, Ala., which went into bankruptcy, as made public in the bankruptcy court in Iluntsville, Ala., lends kohvj hope that th losses ef the unsecured creditors will not be so great as was anticipated. The Society cf Colonial Descendants has been organized, with headquarters in Washington. Chapters will be instituted in all i-i.rt? of the country. Brigadier General Orl A. Wood run, IT. S. A., retired, is ilovx ;t Genend. :.nd Dr. Joseph G. C. H.dlo h. v of Colon;' Itoosc-vcli, is deputy governor genera.'. Under a sruird cf t.vclve heavily armed n.en t.he Puritan mine, near Ducono, Colo., was opened the other day, the first of th Northern Colorado mines to res;j:ne operations since tho strike began. Tl. operators announce that they will operate other mines as they secure men. It is said in Net: York that efforts will be made to prevent Doubleday, Page & Co. from circulating "The Hook of Daniel Drew," written by liourk White of Trinity Neighborhood House. Brooklyn, which assumes to be a liary of Commodore Vandcrbilt's ancient financial enemy. The book bares many .Wall street skeletons.

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CHICAGO. R. G. Dun Co.'s weekly review of Chicago trade says: "The current developments in the course of trade exhibit further irregularity and the progress made is slower than expected. The record of trading defaults Is seen to be comparatively lew, but the volume of solvent payments through the banks is only a small percentage better than a year ago. "Money is more costly for business purposes and strike settlements are not obtained promptly, although the most serious danger to transportation is averted by higher wage concessions. Other difficulties which are hurtful appear in coal mining and building industries. Another handicap is the delayed return of seasonable weather. This adverse featue' operates against successful dealings in the leading retail lines and outside construction. "The distributive branches of general merchandise move unevenly. Fashionable apparel is. still in moderate request and stocks of spring goods are not reduced equal to expectations. The advent of warmer weather will bring about the desired improvement. In wholesale branches the bookings are fair for summer and fall lines of dry goods, silks, footwear, millinery, clothing and furniture. Dank clearings. $29S,S33,S1G, exceed those of the corresponding week in 1909 by 0.9 per cent, and compare with $253,066,013 in 1908. Failures reported in the Chicago district numbered 18, as against 28 last week. 30 in l?or and 36 in 190S. Those with liabilities over $5,000 numbered 8, as against 8 last week, 7 in 1909 and 9 in 190S." NEW YORK. Trade as a whole is still quiet, pending clearer views of the crop and price outcome, but there is In evidence a rather more cheerful feeling In' agri, cultural sections, where injury from the recent cold wave proves to have been somewhat exaggerated, and the securities markets are also strongei on the evidences of an enlarging demand for American bonds abroad. The best reports as to trade came from the larger markets of the central West Northwest and Southwest Eastcri trade reports are of a slight Improve, ment at some large markets, but oi trade as a whole being quiet., Busines failures in the United Statef for the week ending with May 5 werf 191, as against 189 last week. 214 in the like week of 1909. 2S8 in 1908, 134 in 1907 and 152 in 1906. Business fail ures In Canada for the week number ed eighteen, which comparts with twenty-one for last week and twenty nine in the like week of last year. Bradstreet's. Chicago Cattle, common to prkne $4.00 to $8.50; hogs, prime heavy, $7.0( to $9.75; sheep, fair to choice, $4.5 to $7.60; wheat, No. 2, $1.12 to $1.15; corn. No. 2, COc to 62c; oats, standard, 40c to 42c; rye. No. 2, 77c to 78c; hay. timothy, $10.00 to $18.00; prairie, $S.00 to $14.00; butter, choice creamery, 25c to 2Sc; eggs, fresh, 17c to 20c; potatoes, per bushel, 24c to 32c. Indianapolis Cattle, shipping, $3.00 to $7.75; hogs, good to choice heavy, $7.00 to $9.60; sheep, good to choice. $3.00 to $6.50; wheat. No. 2, $1.05 to $1.07; corn, Xe. 2 white, 62c to Cic; oats. No. 2 white, 42c to 43c St. Louis Cattle, $4.00 to $S.25; hogs, $7.00 to $9.75; sheep, $4.50 to $7.10; wheat, No. 2, $1.13 to $1.15; coin, No. 2, 62c to GCc; oats, No. 2, 40c to 42c; ry. No. 2, 77c to 7Dc. Cincinnati Cattle, $4.00 to $7.25; hogs. $7.00 to $9.60; sheep, $3.00 to $6.50; wheat, No. 2, $1.10 to $1.12; corn, No. 2 mixed, 61c to 62c; oats, No. 2 mixed, 41c to 42c; rye. No. 2, S2c tOj 84c. Detroit Cattle, $4.00 to $7.00; hogs, $7.00 to $10.83; sheep, $2.50 to $8.00; wheat, No. 2,' $1.09 to $1.10; corn, No. 3 yellow, 61c to 62c; oats, standard, 43c to 44c; rye, No. 1, 79c to Sic. Milwaukee Wheat, No. 2 northern, $1.06 to $1.09; corn. No. 3, 59c to 61c; oats, standard, 40c to 42c; r No. 1, 7Sc to 80c; barley, standard, 64c to 65c; pork, mess, $21.75. Buffalo Cattle, choice shipping steers, $4.00 to $8.15; hogs, fair to choice, $7.00 to $10.03; sheep, common to good mixed, $4.00 to $S.50; lambs, fair to choice, $6.00 to $9.35. New York Cattle, $4.00 to $9.00: hogs, $7.00 to $10.00; sheep, $4.00 to $7.50; wheat, No. 2 red, $1.13 to $1.16; corn, No. 2, 65c to 66c; oats, natural, white, 45c to 4Sc; butter, creamery, 27c to 30c; eggs, western, 19c to 22c. Toledo Wheat, No. 2 mixed, $1.09 to $1.11; corn, No. 2 mixed. 59c to 60c; oats. No. 2 mixed, 42c to 43c; rye, No. 2, 78c to 79c; clover eeed, $6.80. There are probably not less than 7.000,000 farms In the United State. These represent at least an co.ual number of iamilies residing upon or adjacent to t.ie lands which they own or till. According to the census of 190) a proportion of 64.7 per cent of the farms of the country were then occupied by owners. The annual report of the American National Live Stock Association presents a synopsis of the work of that organization during the past year. The principal activity of the association has been in the direction cf securing improved legislation with regard to transportation of live stock and In promoting the Industry in all parts of the 4,000 potato diggers are used in the State of Maine alone to harvest the crop. If these were all hooked together with a team of horses to each it would make a procession fifteen miles long. Six thousand bushels of onions off six acres. This is the mark which F. II. Gibbs, of St. Taul, Mlnn expects to attain this year. In 1906 Mr. Gibbs obtained 3,000 bushels from three acres, half of the land which he annually devotes to the growing of onions. That year he received an average price of 55 cents per bushel, so he dug $1,650 worth of onions from his three acre3. The wages of all men employed by the Oliver Mining Company, the mining end of the United States Steel Corporation, were given an increase In wages amounting to from to 10 per ctnL