Jasper County Democrat, Volume 5, Number 29, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 October 1902 — Page 6

JASPER COUNTY DEMOCRAT. P. E. BABCOCK, Publisher. RENSSELAER, - - - INDIANA.

SUMMARY OF NEWS.

Tbe depreciation in the value of silver" has cost the insular government in Ihe Philippines approximately $1,000,000 in gold, as it is carrying $10,000,000 in silver. Further depreciation will increase the loss. The official rate is $2.40 silver for $1 gold. Edward Butler, the millionaire politician, was indicted by the grand jury iu Kt. Louis on the ehurge of paying to Delegate Charles F. Kelly a $47,500 bribe for members of the house of delegates’ convl ine, who passed the ten-year lighting bill Nov. 28, 1809. At Copenhagen, the hindsthing rejected The second rending of the bill providing for the ratification of the treaty between Denmark and the United States in regard to the cession of the Danish West Indies to the latter country. The vote stood 32 to 32, a tie. Four British gunboats stationed at Shanghai, huve been ordered to ascend the Yang-tae-Kiang ns far ns Hankow because of the failure of the Chinese ;u----thorities to deal adequately with the murderers of Bruce and Lewis, two English missionaries who were killed in Ho Nan province. Joseph A. Dennison, one of the three Democratic candidates in the Ninth Massachusetts congressional district, has withdrawn, leaving the contest between Congressman Joseph A. Corny, John S. Kellieher, Democrats, and Charles T. Witt, Republican. Mr. Dennison’s withdrawal prevents tin l possible loss of a Democratic seat in Congress. A pitched battle was fought iu the country four miles from Hrocsbeek. Texas, between two Thomasons and two Rutherfords. The trouble is supposed to have grown out of a matter of rent and had been pending for some time® D. Thomason, Robert Rutherford and William Rutherford were killed, Wallace Thomason escaping without a scratch. (ion. Custer was slain by a Sioux warrior of the name of Appearing Elk, according to Rev. Philip Daloria of Flora, _i\ It. formerly a Sioux chief, but now a Tbinister attending the council of the Protestant Episcopal Church in l’hil.idi 1 phi it. Rev. Mr. Dnlorin gives the solution of the Little Big Horn mystery of lS7<i in the words of Custer's slayer himself. According to the estimate of the correspondent of the New England Homestead, the apple crop throughout the country this year will be 43,000,000 barrels. against 27,000.000 barrels in 1001. In the old .orchard sections of the Middle and Eastern States the increase after last year's failure is pronounced. In the central West there are also sharp gains, while in the Southwest, a territory last year favored by exceptionally good yields, the crop this season is deficient. As for quality, it is far from satisfactory in the Central and Western States, lull in N'exv England is very much better.

NEWS NUGGETS

Congressman John IV Corliss has been renominated by the First Michigan J >istriet Republicans. Five hundred cnretnakers struck at Cincinnati, Ohio, on account of a misunderstanding about apprentices. Mrs. Clinton H. Fiske was re-elected president of the Woman’s Home Missionary Society at Kansas City. Mo. Admiral Schley was given a handsome loving cup at the City Park, Dallas. Texas. The cup was the gift of the city. Miss Alice Roosevelt is said to lie engaged to John Green way of llot Springs, Ark., a lieutenant of the Rough Riders. I'niversity of Chicago trustees voted to segregate men and women students for two years; thirteen out of sixteen favored the policy. Judge W. L. Windom at Duluth, in the case of A. T. Spark, county sttperi it aideut of schools, decided that ail assignment of salary is void. Melancholy resulting from illness prompted I>r. Frederick Roland N'ordmun, a well-known Italtimore physician, to end his life by shooting. Fire destroyed the freight sheds of the Villon Steamboat Company on Marine slip, near the foot of Michigan street, I!u(T:ilo, N. \ . The total loss is catmint *<l at $75,000. The Standard Oil Company has closed a deal with the owners of the Wheeling Natural (las Company by which the Standard will take control. The price paid is said to have hcen s‘_\siKl,o<M. Col. Mushy.' special agent of the Interior Department, reports that cattle raisers are illegally occupying millions of acres of public lands in the West which ought to lie open to homestead settlers. A daughter was horn tlie other lay to Mrs. I,eivis Rutherford Morris, who was formerly Miss Katherine Clark, daughter of the millionaire Senator from Mont mu. Tile child is even now heiress to $211.000,(KNI. Chief PoHtottlcc Inspector Cochran has received a cablegram announcing tin- arrest of Ramon Ruiz, the postmaster at Juana Diaz, l’orto Rico, for etnliezzlement of money order funds. Ruiz has confessed. According to the Onlooker Queen Alexandra has promised to he godmother to the sou of the Duke and Duchess of Manchester. formerly Mlhs Zimmerman of Cincinnati, and the child will be nani.-d Alexander. Marion Nolan, known on the stage as the “California Venus,” was shot and killed at San Francisco by Edward Marselmts, a stenographer. who blew out bis own brains. The actress is said to have repelled ids advances. / The suit of Mrs. Minerva Nlutz nr Now Rochelle, X. Y.. whose husband was killed In the I’nrk avenue tunnel crash on Jan. 8 Inst, resulted in the jury at White Plains bringing in a vordi t lor $58,500 damages against the New York Central Railp >nd. Word haa bean received from the north that the whaling catch of San Francisco vessels up to Sept. 2 was as follows: Alexander, eight whales; Beluga Clean, Bowhend. Narwhal, Thrasher and Belvedere, two each; Jeunettc, Penelope and William Bay las. four each, and the Jxarluk uni Altidr, three each.

EASTERN.

The two hosiery mills of Henry Kramer at Nazareth, Pn., were destroyed by lira. Loss SIOO,OOO. Charles R. Gager, 17 years old, who had his spine broken while playing football, died at St. Francis’ hospital, Hartford, Conn. The fivd-atory furniture factory of D. Wllfson &. Sons in IJultimore was almost totally destroyed by fire. Loss estimated ut SI2S,(NX), partly covered by insurance. William Ziegler, N'exv York, who backed Evelyn B. Baldwin arctic expedition, announced he has dropped Baldwin, hut will send out another explorer to seek north pole. Miss Ida C. Craddock, priestess of Chicago “Church of the Yoga,” and author, committed suicide in N'exv York. She was under conviction for sending improper literature by mail. The residence of Mrs. Nancy Sewell of Gospel Hill, near Erie, Pa., was struck and almost totallf destroyed by lightning. Mrs. Sewell xvas instantly killed and her daughter Josephine seriously, injured. Simpson Brothers, manufacturers of dress goods at Mnnayuuk, made an assignment for the benefit of their creditors to W. M. Longstreth of Bcfaill, Taylor & Longstreth, yarn merchants in Philadelphia. The Grand Hotel at Point Chautauqua, one of Ihe largest and finest hotels around Chautauqua Lake, burned to the ground, together with the amusement hall and a summer cottage owned by the hotel company. The loss will be fully $200,000. > The plant of the American Glue Company at Springdale, sixteen miles enst of Pittsburg, was destroyed by fire, causing a loss of $120,000, which is covered by insurance. This fire xvas the fourth in a month, and it is thought to have been the xvork of incendiaries. Joseph 11. Connors of Chicago was perhaps fatally xvounded by Alfred W. Clark of the same city in the United States Hotel at Pittsfield, Mass. Both men are canvassers uud had quarreled over a card game. Clark, xvho is under arrest, claims he shot iu self-defense. By n unanimous viva voce vote the convention of United Mine Workers at Wilkesharre, Pa., accepted President Roosevelt's arbitration plan. The resolution as adopted carries xvith it a declaration that the strike is off and provides for an immediate resumption of xvork. Baltimore customs officers seized a lot of jewelry and fancy goods conceal'd about the persons of Rev. L. Sternberg of Urbana, lad., and Mrs. Charles Eggert of Wichita, Kan., who arrived on the Frankfurt from Brernerhnven. The articles were confiscated, though the minister wept and offered to pay the duty. William Rooney, a collector for the N’exv Amsterdam Gas Company, xvas txvice knocked down by Mrs. Albena Green, n New York widow, xvho beat him xvith a poker almost into insensibility and poured a kettle of boiling xvntcr over him when he called at her house to collect a bill. Both xvere fatally hurt. Plans for the Wabash station at Pittsburg are completed and the xvork of demolishing the obi buildings on the site has started. A building nine stories in height, xvith a train shed of steel and glass covering three blocks, costing more than $1,000,(XX). xvill he erected. It is hoped to have the structure completed by June. Charges of wholesale robbery of manufactured silk by an organized gang have been investigated by the grand jury of Passaic County at Paterson, N. J., and as a result indictments have been found against Jacob L. Simon, a justice of the peace, alleged to be the financier and head of the gang; John J. Kelly and Frederic Wilson.'

WESTERN.

Mayor William C. Mnybury of Detroit, Mich., has been nominated by the Democratic city convention for a fourth term. The Bank of Summit, S. D., was blown up by robbers and the vault looted. The loss is estimated at from SIO,OOO to $20,000. Edmund Janes James has been formally installed as president of Northwestern University with pomp and ceremony. A dozen or more persons were injured by an electric car colliding witli freight cars at a grade crossing in East Liverpool, Oldo. James Younger, the bandit, paroled from the Minnesota penitentiary, committed suicide because of his inability to secure a complete pardon. A well has been drilled on the farm of George Z. Work of Chicago, near Humboldt, Kan., the output of which is estimate*] nt 100 barrels u day. The engine of a west-bound Chicago and Alton freight train was derailed eight Utiles east of Kansas City, injuring three trainmen, one fatally. The corning mill of the Miami Powder Company’s plant at Xeuiu, Ohio, w as destroyed by an explosion and Joseph Griillu was almost instantly killed. William 11. Williams, known as "King” Williams, was shot and instantly killed at Thirteenth and Lincoln streets, St. Louis, by Charles, alias “Beef,” Williams. Henry Geswine and Charles Davidson, section men on the Norfolk and Western Railway, were instantly killed and Frank ties wine seriously injured Hear Iroutoti, Ohio. The engine of west-bound Chicago and Alton freight train No. 87 was derailed eight utiles enst of Kansas City, injuring three trainmen, Engineer Lee Mach«n fatally. Walter Dideck of Forbes, Mo., ami 8, M. llines and his daughter of Murray, lowa, were seriously hurt in n collision on tlie Burlington Railroad near St. Joseph, Mo. Two persons were killed, one fntally and three slightly injured in nil explosion which partially wrecked the tugboat Fred Nellis of St. Louis, near Mound City, Ark. George Hodges, colored, was found near Norfolk, Neb., with his throat cut. lie was still alive. He charged two fellow workmen with assaulting him and robbing hint of S2O. Mary Keck, aged 10. committed suicide with carbolic acid in O’Fallon Park, St. Louis. Her mother arrived on the scene just in time to hold her dnughtcr in her arms ns site died. Fire nt I'rhnna, Ohio, destroyed the Tucker wood rim factory. Loss $70,000. Charles Migrct, son of the watchman, was burned to death, and another son may die from his injuries. Drilling for oil for fuel purposes is solving the serious fuel question in the

West. TVo more strikes have been made at Spring Vnlley, Wyo.,‘ and it is reported * third xvas made near Fossil. Illinois Federation of Labor convention, East St. Louis, voted to urge its 400,000 members not to support State militia, and to xvithdraw if In service; militia was called capital’s tool. The large brick power house of the Helena, Mont., Light and Power Company, near the Great Northern passenger station, and its contents were destroyed by fire, entailing a loss of $50,000. The Big Four “twentieth eentnry dyer” was wrecked at Flint, Ohio, on the Cleveland division, by running into an open switch. The entire train left the track except the last two conches. Ten persons xvere injured. Two hundred people wrecked the building in which Iliseman's “joint,” or illicit saloon, was conducted at Longford, Ivan. They smashed twenty cases of beer, ten kegs of whisky and tarred and feathered a woman inmate. Seven thousand dollars’ worth of diamonds and precious stones were stolen from the counter in-the First National Bank building in Duluth, Minn. Tbe victim was Mrs. T. D. Merrill, a prominent society woman. J. J. Hill, examined in the railroad merger hearing at St. Paul, declares there xvas no intention of restricting trade in the formation of the Northern Securities Company, which was organized largely for the purpose of developing the great trade of the Orient. Frank Tanke, under sentence of death for tbe murder of John Wellner, has been granted a new trial at Henderson, Minn. The case xvas a sensational one. Mrs. Tanke, xvho xvas formerly Mrs. Wellner, confessing on the witness stand that she herself murdered her first husband. Corn crushing plant of the Glucose Sugar Refining Company In Chicago xvas burned, and in trying to escape the flames four men jumped to death and four others sustained fatal injuries. It is believed that ten persons xvere buried in the ruins. The pecuniary loss is placed at $-i<)M><H). Mrs. T. D. Merrill, xvho lost a pearl necklace and diamonds Valued at $7,000 at Duluth, has recovered the jewels. The police believe that some one was tempted and took the jewel case under the impulse of the moment, later becoming con-science-stricken and returning the property. The steamer Musser, belonging to the Van Sant line of steamers, while splitting her raft for Cussville slough, had a crib of lumber stolen. Four men held up the watchman and boldly purloined the lumber. In all Mississippi river - vpencil ce such a thing has never been heard of before. The Txvin City, Minn., Rapid Transit Company has acquired title to a twenty-txvo-acre tract of land at University and Snelling avenues, St. Paul. About $22,(XX) was paid for the land and the company proposes to expend nearly $500,000 more in building and equipping a new car building plant. A burglar xvho had entered the girls’ dormitory at Hardin College, Mexico, Mo., by xvny of a tire escape and stolen money and jewelry from the rooms of various students xvas finally put to flight by Miss Bertha Pattongill of Atlanta, 111., a Latin teacher, lie escaped before an alarm could be given. The mail bag containing checks and money orders representing $50,000 which xvas stolen from a Cleveland and Pittsburg train en route from Pittsburg to Cleveland a few days ago xvas found tbe other afternoon on the river bank near tbe East Liverpool, Ohio, depot. The hag had been cut open and rilled. Mark W. Woods and George J. Woods, representing minority stockholders in the Lincoln, Neb., Traction Company, have filed a petition praying that a receiver be appointed for the Lincoln Heat, Light and Power Company. The petitioners allege that moneys belonging to the trnction company have boon illegally used to promote the interests of the heat and power company. A young Englishman jumped from the top of a Santn Fe freight car xvhile crossing the Snlt Fork bridge, near Ponca City, Ok., saying the momentum would carry him to the hank, and making a bet to that effect. He fell short, however, striking n rock in the river, and was instantly killed. In his pockets were found evidences that lie xvas the nephew of the Earl of Lonsdnle. A. Campbell, receiver of the defunct Chamberlain hanking house nt Tecumsch, Neb., received a letter from Charles M. Chamberlain, the cashier and alleged wrecker. Chamberlain says he is anxious to return to Teeuinseh if given a guaranty that he xv ill not he prosecuted, and that xvith his knowledge of the affairs of the hank he can save the depositors many thousands of dollars. High school students in Argentine, a suburb of Kansas City, fought n class battle every day for n xveek. The students captured the Rev. E. It. Smith one afternoon, tied him to a rail fence, and kept him prisoner txvo hours because be sympathized xvith the sophomore class in its contests xvith the other classes. The freshmen turned the hose on the'sophomores and hound one of them in the manhole of n sewer. The battles resulted from nttempts by the sophomores to paint their class numerals on the roof of the smelter.

SOUTHERN.

While Intoxicated Jack Tanner, colored, started a fire which burned him to death and destroyed the section house at Muir Station, Ivy. City Marshal Benjamin Hill was killed nt a negro festival nt Blossom, Texas, while trying to quell a riot. Three negroes were also allot. News lias been received of a fire near Cruger, Miss., in which three children were burned to death. The children hud been locked in tlie house. Jim Buchanan, negro murderer, was tried and hanged in two hours, in Texas; moli demanded immediate punishment, and he agreed, to save trouble. Fire in the cotton compress at Hamlet, XT' C., destroyed property valued nt $225,000 and caused the death of J. M. Wilson, a bookkeeper of Clarksville, flu. By the parting of a sterna pipe nt the Riverside plant of the National tube works in Redwood, \V. Vn., eight men were scalded and three of them will die. Fire in the oil field at Beaumont, Texas, destroyed half n dozen derricks and a settling tank. The' tank exploded, resulting in the death of a workman named February. Fire partially destroyed the palatial summer borne of J. B. Vandergrift, a

prominent Pittsburger, at Wellsburg, W. Va., entailing a loss of about SIOO,OOO. The fire started in the laundry. Earthquake shocks lasting several seconds were reported from many points in Tennessee and Georgia. The seismic disturbances were accompanied by muffled rumblings, resembling distant thunder. Two persous xvere killed and fifteen injured in a wreck at Lewis, Texas. The International and Great Northern branch passenger train xvas crossing the main line xvhen a freight train ran into the chair car, cutting it iu txvain. A 1 G. Field, the xvidely known minstrel, was operated on at Mobile, Ala., for the removal of an abscess caused from an injury received in Jacksonville, Fla., Oct. 3. Unless blood poisoning ensues the patient xvlll soon be well, his physicians say. After a three days’ session in Louisville the Kentucky State railroad commissioners have completed and forwnrded to the interstate commerce commission at Washington n formal complaint against the alleged consolidation of tbe Louisville and Nashville, Atlantic Coast Line, Southern Railway, Monon and Cincinnati, New Orleans and Texns Pacific railroads.

FOREIGN.

Boer generals, in interviexv in Berlin, say they get plenty of cheers but little money in Europe, and regret they did not go to America first. German reciprocity treaties xvith Aus-tria-Hungary, Belgium, Italy, Servia, Switzerland, Roumnnia and Russia increased former’s exports 37 per cent in ten years and imports 19 per cent. The Paris Figaro says n man was detected attempting to climb a wall of tbe Elysee Palace. It is believed that he intended to hide in the palace garden in the~tiope of obtaining an opportunity to assassinate President Loubef.' Lord Kitchener has started for India to assume command of the British forces there. He goes by xvny of Paris and xvill visit Khartum. Absolute secrecy x\ as maintained regarding all the arrangements for his departure, so he got away unnoticed. The British Parliament opened xvith threats of armed revolt by Irish members; Balfour obtained suspension of all but government business over protests by Irish and radicals; John O’Donnell shook his fist in Balfour’s face and was suspended. Residents of St. Vincent Island demanded recall of Gov. Sir Robert Llewellyn by British government; he is accused of holding back supplies from volcanic sufferers to force emigration to Jamaica; American donations are said to be rotting in warehouses. The civil commission at Manila xx ill probably increase the Philippine appropriation for tbe St. Louis exposition exhibit by SIOO,OOO. making the total $350,(XX). Fair-Commissioner Barrett has «d----dresaed a meeting of Filipinos, which was arranged by Gox\ Taft, on the subject, and the sentinu'iit of the meeting was in favor of the increase. Residents of the Danish West Indies are rejoicing at the prospect of an early settlement of the sale question. They are all in favor of annexation. Col. Uambusch, the emissary of the anti-sale party in Denmark, sailed on the Fontabelle for N’exv York. His mission to the islands xvas a failure. He is reported to have said there had been a misrepresentation of the situation to the anti-sale party in Denmark.

IN GENERAL.

The naval board lias adopted plans for newly authorized cruisers, sacrificing speed to heavy armament. An auction sale of some of the effects of Edward Noyes Wescott. author of “David Harum,” brought $75. Philip Nesdai, an American owning a mine at Navidud, canton of Mascota, State of Jalisco, Mexico, has been murdered, presumably by miners. The National Candy Company, composed of candy firms all over the country, lias been organized. St. Louis will be the headquarters of tbe combine. Weekly trade reviews say settlement of coal strike removes only serious obstacle to industrial progress, though some lines are handicapped by car shortage. Beef magnates have perfected their merger. In Trenton, N. J„ on Friday was incorporated the United States Packing Company with a capital stock of $1 - 000,vOO. It is announced that the proposed sewing machine company trust has practically fallen through, the small companies refusing to join the big ones and holding their plants at fabulous figures. Louise Montague sued John A. Davidson, president of marble company, for SIOO,OOO for failure to keep alleged promise that he would give her a home and his life insurance if she-would quit stage. Two Mexicans were run over by a train nt Agua Prieta, across the International line from Douglass, Ariz. Otic was killed and the other badly injured. The trainmen were immediately arrested and placed in the Mexican jail. Commandant Snyman, formerly of the Boer army, lias arrived nt Mexico City, accompanied by Marshall Bond mid Ereeve Merritt of New York, to confer with tilt* government officials regarding the establishment of Boer colonists. King Oscar of Sweden and Norway has decided against the United States and Great Biytniu and in favor of Germany in the Samoan controversy, of which he was the arbitrator. The lauding of mariucs nt Apia is hold to have been unwarranted. . An unexpected question lias arisen in connection with the bidH for the construction of buildings for the permanent army post at Chicknmnugn Park. Each of the bids received for the work complete amounts to over $1,000,000, and the appropriation by the War Department is but half that amount. During the war with Spain \V. Rankin Goode, the isiy orator of Cincinnati, ••nised over SB,OOO by popular subscription for n battleship to be called “The American Boy.” Hx-United States Attorney John W. Herron, fathar-ln-lnw of Governor General Taft of the Philippines, is returning the money to the subscribers. The American board of missionaries has received a letter detailing the threats of assassination sent by Bulgarian brigands to Rev. George I). Marsh, a missionary In the province where M ‘as Elicit M. Stone was kidnaped. Mr. Mnrah received a letter demanding $2,400 and threatening upon refusal to Flow up the public square of Phillppopol», where he lives, and also to kill bis wife.

CAN REGULATE TRUSTS.

Attorney-General Knox Declares Congress Has Full Power. Attorney General Knox, in a speech before the Pittsburg Chamber of Commerce the other evening, declared that

Congress has full power under tha Constitution to pass all the legislation necessary for ths regulation and control of trusts. It is believed that Mr, Knox gave expression to the views of President Roosevelt and the administration on the subject. He pointed out the limitations of tha

ATTY. GEN. KNOX.

Sherman act and said if this law is com stitutional then other legislation along the ■ame line would also be constitutional. The keynote of the Attorney General’s speech was the positive declaration that Congress has full power to pass any laws necessary to control the trusts and end any evils for which they are responsible. Mr. Knox proceeded to show that no constitutional amendment is necessary, explained what is lacking in the Sherman anti-trust law, and declared that if, as baa been this law is constitutional, an amendment or a nexv law can bt passed by Congress without a special indorsement by the voters of the nation. After declaring that the great combinations of capital, numbering thousands, in their numbers and size “appall no healthy American,” and that no right thinking man desires to Impair the efficiency of the great corporations and instrumentalities of national commercial development, he continued: “The conspicuous noxious features of trusts existent and possible are these; Over-capitalization, lack of publicity o) operation, discrimination in prices to de stroy competition, insufficient personal responsibility of officers and directors for corporate management, tendency to monopoly and lack of appreciation in their management of their relations to the people, for whose benefit they are permitted to exist Over-capitalization is the chief of these and the source from xvhieh the minor ones flow.” The speaker declared that corporations depending upon any statutory law for their existence or privileges trading beyond their oxvn States should be required to do business in every locality upon the same terms nud conditions, with no preferences in service, no discrimination in prices, and such as are carriers should be required to keep the avenues of commerce free and open to all on the same terms, and to observe the laxv xx'ith referenco to stifling competition, “moreover,” he ndded, “corporations upon which the public depends for the necessaries of life should be required to conduct their business so as regularly end reasonably to supply the public needs.” Other recommendations were made and then the Attorney General took up the question of the power of the government to regulate trusts, citing the constitution and the legislation enacted on the subject. He then declared that In his opinion the poxver of Congress now extends far enough to regulate commerce in the xvays suggested. He declared that no one could noxv say that that power does not extend so far. After reviewing the recent cases against the railroad merger nnd the beef trust the Attorney General concluded his speech with these words: “A law regulating interstate commeroe for its protection against restraint, so broed as to cover all persons whose business Is conducted under agreements which are In any way or to any extent In restraint of trade, might exclude thousands of small concerns conducting Industries in one State from marketing their products in others; but a law which covers contracts and combinations In restraint of trade as defined by the common law would exclude all hurtful combinations and conspiracies. Congress can, if it sees fit, adopt the scheme of that laxv.”

KILLS HER FOUR HUSBANDS,

Bccanse They Sought to Learn Her Secret of a Rich Gold Mine, Because her husbands sought to coerce her into revealing the secret of a gold mine which she possessed Mollle Fox-

wafer, an Osage Indian woman of Oklahoma, is now in jail ,charged with the murder of the four men to whom in succession she stood in the relationship of wife. She admits the killing In each case, but says that as her husbands threatened her life in case she did not reveal

MOLLIE FOXWATER

the location of the mine she xvaa justified In doing away with them. Mollie Foxwater ia not an ugly, coarsefeatured woman like many of the halfbreed equaws of Oklahoma, but possesses many of the refining qualities of a white woman. She has been well educated and haa traveled much. She lived In a fine •tone house near the Grand river hills, In the Cherokee nation, with a retinue of servants to wait upon her. She lived well and dressed in fashion, while home contained all the modern appointments of a pretentious house. The fact that she was credited with possessing the knowledge of a rich gold mine led to her having many suitors. Mollis said that her father when dying had revealed to her the secret of the mine, enjoining her to maintain the secret. Since hie death she has lived on the gold which she carried away from It from time to time. She said she treated her husbands well until they demanded a knowledge of her secret and then, owing to their threatening her life, in case she refused to share her knowledge with them, ahe killed them. A life-size stntue to the Hungarian patriot, Louis Kossuth, was unveiled In Cleveland, Ohio, In the presence of 50,000 people. The statue stands on a pedestal and la about twenty feet high. The figure of Kossuth was the work of a Hungarian sculptor, Andrew Toth of Debreasln, Hungary. Arthur Hunter andi Bertha Gorman of Hartrille, Mo., aged 17 and 15 respectively, eloped to Vlnlta, L T., where they were married. The yosth elopers have returned home end Mcelved parental for-

COMMEPCIAL AND FINANCIAL

~ “ T~l “Settlement df the eoa NfiW YOrk. hrike removes the only se l- 1 nous handicap to inausina progress. Five months of restricted sue production had begun to check the wheel at many manufacturing centers, whih there xvas a perceptible diminution ii consumptive demands, ns the purehasini power of the xvage-earnerl steadily de creased. Savings have been exhausted nnd much money has gone opt of tb country because of this struggle, but tb nation’s remarkably strong position as sores a speedy restoration of prospered conditions.” The foregoing is from th Weekly Trade Reviexv of R. G. Dun t Co. It continues: '• jOfi' Transportation is noxv the’ worat fen tare, and threatens to continue disturb ing. While the grain crop# ffra beini moved the supply of rolling stock nn< motive poxver xvill prove insufficient, al though every effort is made at the shops liberal premiums being offered for earl delivery. That the railways are well oc cupied is evidenced by earnings for tb first week of October 3.5 per cent large than last year and 10.9 per cent stbox--1900. Inadequate supplies of fuel caused fm tlier banking of furnaces, but the effec of a decreased output of domestie pig iroi hna been partly neutralized by larger ai rivals from abroad. Practically no yric can be named for Immediate delivery o home iron, and there is no disposition t make concessions for distant contract! oxving to the abnormal coke sitttatior Fortunately there lias been littlelintei ruption at finishing mills, and the putpe of rails, structural material and land re lines is well maintained. Consumers no only find difficulty in securing steel fror the mills but encounter a further dela on the railways, which are unable to hai die freight promptly. Orders come foi ward freely for the heavier lines, numni ous contracts being offered for steel rail for next year’s delivery, nnd-the plans so buildings and bridges keep a lot of bus ness in sight in beams, channels and ar g!es. Plates for shipyards are also sough freely, prices tending upward on tan steel. Higher freight rates huve ebecl ed imports of finished steel. —— — ra i] roa c[ g con tinti CDIC3QO. P*l' n S »P earnings and no dines naturally to be expected in then ports of the anthracite coal roads, tfc forty-three leading lines show an agg.a gate increase for the first week in Oetobe of 6.18 per cent over the correspond in week last year. The Great Western r< mains an uncertain factor in the xvester rate situation. The Milwaukee is lx lieved to be contemplating an extonsio to the coast, although the latest repoi says traffic arrangements have been pel fectod with the Union Pneifie and th* the Milwaukee will not build, at lea« not at present. There is some grumblin on the part of railway employes iu th West, but nothing has occurred to v.-ai rant any uneasiness or apprehension c any trouble. Cooler weather has helped retail tradi Moderate advances are noted in man commodities, while iron and steel arc ms terially higher. With coal obtainabl many furnaces that have been cripple for a month or more are expected t resume operations on the former larg scale. The Northwest is making sul stantial gains iu the general Volume c business. The Northxvest leads the coir try. Last week Minneapolis broke ever previous record xvith a production of 443 830 barrels of flour. The flour demand i good, with inquiry coming from ever quarter and the prospect favorable fc heavy grinding by the Northwestern mill to the turn of the year. Grain receipt are increasing somewhat. Jobbing an manufacturing lines are doing a satisfm tory business. The banks report th financial tone very favorable. The wheat market has been eontim ously strong, partly in sympathy wit the strength in corn. There is litt wheat in Minneapolis and not more Tha enough coming to {supply the mills, xvht millers selling flour freely have been bh ders every day for wheat to nrrix'e.

THE MARKETS

Chicago—Cattle, common to prim $4.00 to $7.50; hogs, shipping grade $4.25 to $7.50; sheep, fair to choice, $2.0 to $4.00; wheat, No. 2 red, 71c to 72< corn, No. 2,57 cto 58c; oats, No. 2, 2€ to 28c; rye, No. 2,48 cto 4l)e; hay, tin othy, $8.50 to $13.50; prairie, SO.OO t $13.00; butter, choice creamery, 21c t 24c; eggs, fresh, 18c to 22c; potato* 85c to 42c per bushel. Indianapolis—Cattle; shipping, $3.00 t $7.50; bogs, choice light, $4.00 to #'7.2( sheep, common to prime, $2.50 to $3.5( wheat, No. 2,00 cto 70c; corn, No. white, 60c to 01c; oats, No. 2 whit* 81c to 32c. St. Louis—Cattle, $4.50 to $7.40; hog* $3.00 to $7.35; sheep, $2.50 to S4.OC wheat, No. 2,08 cto 00c; com. No. \ 56c to 50c; oats, No. 2,20 cto 30c; ry* No. 2,48 cto 40c. Cincinnati —Cattle, $4.50 to $0.78 hogs, $4.00 to $7.25; sheep, $2.50 t $3.26; wheat, No. 2,74 cto 75c; eorn, N< 2 mixed, 02c to 03c; oats, No. 2 mixe* 800 to 31c; rye, No. 2,51 cto 52c. Detroit—-Cattle, $3.00 to $0.25; hog* $3.00 to $0.00; sheep, $2.50 to fi.OC wheat, No. 2,74 cto 75c; com, No. yellow, 05c to 06c; oats, No. 3 whit* 32c to 34c; rye, 40c to 50c. Milwaukee —Wheat. No. 2 northerr 72c to 7Se; com. No. 2,01 cto 02c; oat* No. 2 white, 32c to 33c; rye, No. 1, 50 to 52c; barley, No. 2,04 cto Csc; porl mess, $17.40. Toledo —Wheat, No. 2 mixed, 74k? t 70c; com, No. 2 mixed, 58c to 50c; oat* No. 2 mixed, 27c to 28c; clover see*] prime, $0.75. Buffalo—Cattle, choice shipping steer* $4.00 to $7.75; hogs, fair to prime, $4.0 to $7.50; sheep, fair to choice, $3.25 t $3 .75; iambs, common to choice, $4.04 to $5.05. New York—Cattle, $4.00 to $7.00 hogs, $3.00 to $7.00; sheep, $3.00 t $3.75; wheat, No. 2 red, 77c to 78c; com No. 2,08 cto 09c; oats, No. 2 «vhlt« 30c to 37c; butter, creamery, 28c to 24c eggs, western, 20c to 23c.