Ligonier Banner., Volume 38, Number 29, Ligonier, Noble County, 15 October 1903 — Page 2

ooe * & i The Zigonier Banuel LIGONIER, ¢« - |[NDIANA: | | 19c3 ~ OCTOBER 1903 SUS. | KK, iflms.i nr‘.’rmx.{ FRL.| saf. e -!! 1y 21 3 4/ 5 68 2 8 910 S Tt e 11.12;13|14¢15,16|17 i | 1811920212223 |24 ; LR R e ~ { { 25 26|27|28|29|30|31 R ceer | snee fagme L apoe | ovee | anes " 1t is reported that a New York man who smoked from 60 to 80 cigarettes a «@ay has gone crazy.. Didn’t have far to go, evidently., . ' It has been discovered that chickens do not suffer from tuberculosis, which ounzht to be some consolation to chick-en-hearted people. When the soldiers recently successfulIv prevented the men from issuing the Vicior (Col:) Record, the wife of an emploive stepped in and ran the entire office. Antony was not the last warrior who was vanquished by a petticoat. eo s e R e The bureau of immigration reports that ilhe increase .ih -arrivals for = the first two months of this fiscal year, as compared with last year, is 58 per cent. Month before last 64,977 immigrants came, as against 45,549 in August, 1902, : e e o Capital punishment received the severest test in recent times the other day when the three brothers Van Wormer were executed at Dannemora, N. Y. Only once before has society claimed the death of threc members of one family in that siaie. ; The new mixed commission to carry oul the programme of reforms in I\la¢edenia will sit temporarily at Monastir; and judging from reports, the more temporarily it sits there the better chance the members will hate of attaining aripe old age. : 7 lmimris of gold last year were $45,000,900 and exports $47.000,000. During the same time $126,000,000 in gold was deposited at the mints and assay offices of the United States. The proportion of gold in circulation in this country 'is 42 per cent. - With the hold-up and the cable cars 2nd the beer wagons and the water suppiy. life is far more precarious in Chicago than it was 100 years ago, when Fort Dearborn was founded. Then the InLar and the ague were the only deadly enemies of the white man.

Helen Gould should forward a contribution to the Kansas paper that showed itz ability to see things in their true proportions by printing the following personal: “Mr. George Gould, whoisa brother of Helen Gould. passed through town theother day in a special car.”

The lad with the football hair is abroad in the land in large and incereasing: numbers. One great redeeming feature of his game is that the casualiies are always corfined to the playvers: the innocent bystander is not endangered. : s

A scientist asserts that the light of a piece of radium will not last forever, but will wear itself out in the course of 50000 yvears. That will answer average demands. Let posterity do scmething for © itself.. Mavbe it will laugn at radium as ridiculously antiquated. - - S . ‘AMurder by dynamite for the purpose of robbery is added to the list of highwaymen's methods. Such fiendish amendment to the usual processes of the robiber should be suppressed with ithe utmost severity. The pirates of old were zentlemen compared with some of the modern outlaws of the hold-up. . Postmaster General Payne has approved a new design for a two cent posiage. stamp, wh_icy will succeed the “flag” stamp, which has been in use for zbout six months and which has been greatly eriticised. The bureau of engraving and printing is now making the plates from which the 4,000,000,000 two cent stamps needed during the next twelve months will be printed.

Commander Peary, of the United States navy, who has leave of absence to try for the north pole again, is guoted as saying that “it cost $900,000 to defend the cup in the recent yacht races and that a quarter of that sum would be sufficient for us to reach the pole” Arctic exploration or north pole burting excites only languid interest, but _this way of putting it might awaken attention. Commander Peary has devoted the best years of his life to this quest, and, undeterred by difficulties, not the least of which have been financial, will try again.

The announcement that . Great Britain has lifted its embargo on American catile is of interest even to people who only know such portions of American cattle as are delivered to them off the broiler or out of the oven, because it has followed the thorough stamping out of the foot and mouth disease in this country; and the thorough stamping out of the foot and motith disease previous to the meeting of congress is an achievement for which the agricultural department can not receive too much credit. Uncle Sam can stamp out almost anything.

Secretary of the Interior Hitchcock says of the workings of the new irrigation law: ‘‘The plan is for the government to develop the water supply, which will be rented to landhoiders. When the system of watering is completed the improvements will be sold to the landholders and the money appropriated for the work will thus be turned over and over., As soon as one district is provided with jrrigation the money realized from the sale of water rights will be used {n improving another district.” Of all economic conceptions this is one of the most important and promising.

A WERKS HISTORY

The Important Happenings of a

Week Briefly Told.

IN ALL PARTS OF THE UNION

All the Latest News of Interest from Washington, From the East, the West and the South.

THE LATEST FOREIGN DISPATCHES

FROM WASHINGTON.

A meeting of the cabinet was devoted chiefly to discussing protection of the president from cranks and a special law with severe penalties applying to chief government officers was favored. Government reports show a generally favorable week. for crops and says another week of warm, dry weather will place most of the corn beyond danger from frost. : :

At Glasgow Mr. Chamberiain opened his fiscal campaign, comparing America's great commercial progress with Britain’s stationary position. The United States post office transactions for the first time in history exceed the billion-dollar mark in a year.

Bristow’s report on the postal frauds will be submitted to Postmaster General Payne within ten days and later sent to the president. =

The annual report of Surgeon General O'Reilly says the loss of the army canteen has caused an increase of sickness among the soldiers. In September there were 129 desertions from the battleship Maine, or one man in every four of the crew. Members of the cabinet, including Secretaries Shaw. Moody and Wilson, will participate in the pelitical campaigns progressing in the several states. The manufacturers who are members of trade associations of the country have started a campaign to crush the weaker labor organizations. At the age of 74 yvears N. W. Spaulding, subtreasurer of the United States mint under President Hayes, died in New Britain. Conn. -

In a new publication lan Maclaren declares the world is on the verge of the ‘“‘greatest religious revival since the days when Rome succumbed to the teachings of Christ in the first century.” :

Hereafter no information will be given out by anybody connected with the white house concerning the doings of cranks who visit the mansion with malicious intent toward the president.

THE EAST.

In Philadelphia punch made of wood alcohol, lemon and sugar proved fatal to three men. . :

The death of Wilson S. Bissell; postmaster general in President Cleveland'’s administration from 1893 to 1895, occurred at Buffalo, N. Y., aged 56 years.

In New York John D. Rockefeller defeated J. Pierpont Morgan in the battle for supremacy in shaping the policy of the United States Steel corporation. In convention at Providence Rhode Island republicans nominated Samuel P. Colt, of Bristol, for . governor, and pledged the state delegates to Theodore Roosevelt in 1904.

The Rhode Island prohibitionists have nominated Frederick T. Jencks, of Barrington. for governor. - John Decker, aged 44 vears. of Norwich, -Conn., entered the white house in Washington. - was arrested as a crank‘and sent to an insane asylum. ‘Chief Justice Melville W. Fuller arrived in New York from a . three months’ tour in Europe. In New York Peter A. Schnecker, widely- known as a composer of church music, was found dead in bed at his home. : : Flames which started in the Sione opera house at Binghamton, N. Y., completely gutted the siructure, entailing a loss of $15€.000, In Windsor, Conn., the Ellsworth homestead has been formally presented to the D. A. R. by the descendants of the third chief justice of the United States. ’

William B. Given. president of the Lancaster (Pa.) Railway and Light company, resigned on discovery of $lOO,OOO discrepancy in his accounts. - The printing firm of Albert Mudge & Son, of Boston, Mass.., failed with assets of $lOO,OOO and liabilities of %50,000. :

WEST AND SOUTH.

In Kansas tornadoes took three lives, wiped out the town of Aliceville and destroyed nine houses near Hamilton. Six more victims were reported dying and ten others injured. In Alabama 75 white men have been disfranchised because they did not pay the two-dellar tax. The Moore county (Tennessee) grand jury returned 22 indictments for murder against the members of a mob who lynched a negro in Nashville. =

In conclave 'in Chicago William B. Wright, of Effinghamn, was elected grand master of Illinois masons. In Chicago Gustave: Becker, an 18-year-old student, died from injuries received in a game of football.

In Cleveland Orville B. Smith, who has cheated hotel keepers in every big city in the union, was sent to the workhouse for three months. :

In all parts of Kansas corn having ripened no damage will result from frost. - '

At Orchard Knob a monument to commemorate the deeds of Maryland soldiers who participated in the hattles around Chattanooga, Tenn., was dedicated. :

At Aurora, 111., three masked bandits held up a street car and one was killed by the police and another wounded in a subsequent battle. On the island of Hawaii the volcano of Mauna Loa is in a state of violent eruption. v :

China has been notified by Russia that she will not evacuate Manchuria unless all her demanés are-complied with, and war may follow.

It is said that Sir Thomas Lipton will offer a $2,500 cup to be competed for in races across the Atlantic by fast yachts of all nations.

In an address at Greenock Joseph Chamberlain declared agriculture in Great Britain practically was destroyed and the silk and sugar trade gone. :

Attorney Folk, of St. Louis; conferred with President Roosevelt on the subject of extending the extradition laws so as to include bribers and embezzlers.

In San Francisco municipal ownership of street railways was defeated by the voters. :

‘F'la;uinesi 'dés?lroyed the Updyke grain elevator at Missouri Valley, la., the loss being $200,000.

FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.

A recent census shows the civilized portion of the native population of the Philippines to be 7,000,000 and the uncivilized population about 600,000.

British workmen are warned by Mr. Chamberlain ‘either to order a change in the fiscal policy of their country or prepare to emigrate.

» Japanese and Russian fleets were maneuvering off Port Arthur in full war paint, and hostilities were liable to break out at any moment. At Shanghai a commercial treaty between the United States and China has been signed, opening the ports of Mukden and Antung in Manchuria regardless of Russia’s evacuation. -

In Paris an arbitration treaty between France and Great Britain has been arranged. In Manila a plot to smuggle Chinese coolies into the Philippines by disguising them as merchants was discovered through the arrest of John Miller, ex-immigration inspector. : On the steamer Cedric Sir Thomas Lipton ‘sailed from New York to England. : :

Arguments in London of the Alaskan boundary commission have ended, and a final decision is expected by October 20. e

LATER NEWS,

The funeral of Wilson S. Bisseli, former postmaster general, took place at Buffalo, N. Y. All the oourts in the city adjourned as a mark of respect. The body was cremated. . The federal grand jury at St. Louis returned indictments against W. A. Morrow, assistant private secretary to Gov. A. K. Dockery, and Thomas E. Barrett, formerly marshal of the St. Louis court of appeals, for aiding and abetting fraudulent naturalization.

Announcement of the resignation of H. A. Castle, auditor for the post office department, is made. E. K. Dye, one of the best known lawvers -in southern Indiana, shot and killed himself at Bedford. The family thinks he was temporarily deranged by ill health. :

The principal topic of discussion at the cabinet session was the post office investigation, which was considered at considerable length, especially with reference to the trial of the cases now pending before the courts. Sir Thomas Lipton sailed for England on the steamer Cedric. Sir Thomas said that he was not feeling as well as he looked, but that he expected to gain strength on his way to England. - Business in New York cily was nearly stopped by a rainstorm, which flooded some streets two feet deep. Paterson (N. J.) factories were forced to close. Administration officials are planning to secure revised exiradition treaties with England, France and other countries, whereby bribers and embezzlers may be taken. It is hoped to make them ‘retroactive.

Japanese papers declare Russia’s attitude makes a peaceful settlement apparently improbable. In St. Petersburg and Washington., however, there is a disposition to belittle talk of immediate war. :

Mr. Ritchie’'s Croydon constituents gave his free trade doctrines a mixed reception, singing ‘“Rule Britannia” when he warned them against possible reprisals by America against Canada.

Withdrawal of $300,000,000 bank deposits by unions and their members is threatened by Thomas -I. Kidd, vice president of the American Federation of Labor. unless employers stop suing unions for damages. The Russian fleet left Port Arthur under sealed orders. Its destination is reported to be Corea, where the Japanese are said to be landing. An ultimatum by the latter is rumored. i

MINGR NEWS ITEMS.

Senator Quay celebrated his seventieth birthday anniversary at Pittsburg, Pa. < The widow of Gen. Noyes, former governor of Ohio, has presented his sword to the state. - :

Twelve hundred schools in Porto Rico were opened Monday and 60,000 pupils were received.

‘Rabbi Glazier, of Des Moines, whose synagogue is the oldest west of Chicago, is compiling a history of the Jews of lowa.

Fish Commissioner Bernit, of Honolulu, is making a collection of fish from Hawaiian waters to be shown at the St. Louis fair. d

Harry Hon Let, a Chinese 'youth, has entered the freshman class of the Baltimore city college and will take the full course. ;

Reports received by the bureau of insular affairs shows that the exports and imports of the Philippines are rapidly increasing. Every third class man, as he'refiorts at the Annapolis naval academy, -is now required to sign a pledge that he will not do any hazing. i o The Episcopal church in the United States is taking steps to organize provinces, to be composed of groups of dioceses. ‘

R. H. Lake, of Washington, has invented a pneumatic gun which he claims can shoot any kind of a curved ball known to the pitcher’s art. For the first time in the history of German -universities a deaf mute has obtained a doctor’s degree. The University of Leipsic has conferred a Ph. D. on Dr. Walter Kuntze.

Thomas E. Sauls, who recently celebrated his one hundredth birthday at Webb City, Mo., has seen every president of the United States except Washington and Roosevelt.

Lawyers who are backed by builders and employers of New York are framing a bill to destroy the power of the walking delegate and make labor strikes impossible. The insurance commissioners’ convention at Baltimore invokes the aid of congress in the fight against “wildcat” companies and will seek to have them barred from the mails.

The insular department sent $3,000,000 in bills from Washington to New York by Marion E. Beall, an unbonded clerk, who carried the treasure in a firess suit case and delivered it safely.

TREATY CONCLUDED.

Terms of General Arbitration Agreement Between France and Great Britain Settled.

Paris, Oct. 9.—lt is learned in authoritative quarters that the terms of the general treaty of arbitration between France and Greai Britain have been concluded between Foreign .Minister Delcasse and the authorities in London. All the substantial terms of the treaty have now been settled. There only remain minor questions of detail and the signing of the treaty. These formalities are so far advanced That the treaty is considered to be an accomplished fact to-day. The advanced stage of the negotiations has not yet been communicated to the public. The treaty follows the general lines of the Hay-Pauncefote arbitration treaty, which to a consideraole extent served as a model. It is pointed out that the Hay-Pauncefote treaty, although rejected by the United States senate, now serves the useful purpose of giving a basis for this important Anglo-French treaty. The officials also view the negotiations as evidence of the sympathetic attitude of the United States. France and Great Britain on the practical adoption of the theory of arbitration. The treaty is mainly significant in being the culmination of the rapprochement between France and Great Britain after centuries of warfare, the maintenance of defensive armaments and the recent animosities growing out of the Fashoda incident and the South African war. It is als» significant of the tendency towards i rearrangement of the European political alliances. The treaty is mainly the outcome of the exchange of visits between King Edward and President l.oubet and the visit of Baron d'Estournelles de Constant and the French parliamentarians to London. Official pour parlers followed. French feeling heretofore. has been rather skeptica! over the practical realization of the treaty, and when its advanced stage is known it will occasion widespread attention and discussion in France and throughout the rest of Europe.

SHOOT DOWN BANDITS.

Swift Vengeange Follows Street Car

Hold-Up at Aurora, [ll.—One

Robber Killed

Aurora, 111., Oct. 9..—One robber was shot and killed and one other was wounded at 9:30 o’clock Thursday night, shortiy after they held up a Riverview Park street car, just outside the southwest city limits. Three masked men signaled the north-bound Riverview Park car, in charge of Motorman Plum and Conductor Whitney, to stop at a switch a short distance below the Sard stove works. As soon as they were aboard they covered the crew with their guns, ordering them to hold up their hands. They then searched the conductor and motorman. Whitney had only $7 in his pocket, while Plum did not have any valuables. : The police were notified and Officers Gibson and Grass were detailed on the case. They learned that the robbers boarded the Chicago electric car for the city at 10:15 o’clock, and went after them on a car following. At the subsiation on Union avenue the officers saw their men, who started to run. A fusillade of shots resulted. ending in one robber being killed and another wounded. The robbers were well armed and put up a spirited battle. The aead robber was about 40 years of age, well dressed and wore'a brown {edora hat, which had been purchased in Des Moines, la. He had been seen about Aurora Thursday, and was probably laying plans for the night’s work.

TO PREVENT FLOODS.

Interstate River Improvement Cone pgress Meets at Kansas City

1o Discuass Plans

Kansas City, Mo., Oct. 9.—The first active step toward preventing a recurrence of the great floods at Kansas City and in the Kansas valley in June will be taken at the interstateriver improvement congress, which convened at the rooms of the Commercial club here Thursday. Nearly 200 delegates, representing the commercial, civie and property interests of Missouri and Kansas, as well as several civil engineers, ar‘e“ in attendanceé. The convention will adopt a memorial to congress, asking for a substantial appropriation to improve the Kansas and Missouri rivers.

Before the congress adjourned at night a resolution was passed urging congress to remedy the existing conditions so a recurrence of the disastrous floods of last June may be prevented. A permanent committee was appointed to carry out the suggestions of the congress in securing such legislation. Members of congress from both Missouri and Kansas promised support of such measures as will grant the needed relief, and practical engineers discussed the river situation from a technical standpoint, While the resolutions contained a suggestion regarding the nature of the work to be done it was considered best to leave the matter largely to the discretion of the government itself. :

Rebel Leader Surrenders.

Manila, Oct. 9.—Julian Ramos, a leader of a band of ladrones in the province of Cavite, has surrendered tothe authorities. Noviel, a former officer of insurrectors, has been arrested and charged with aiding and abetting the ladrones operating in Cavite.

Steamer Burned.

Kelly’s Island, 0., Oct. 9.—The steamer Adventure loaded with lime took fire Wednesday afternoon ana was totally destroyed. The boat was owned by Beychlag, Schlinkert and Lowes, of St. Clair, Mich. All on board were taken off safely. i

Memorial Bell Cast,

New York; Oct. 9.—Representing in bas relief Commodo‘re Perry at the close of the battle of Lake Erie, a bronze bell to be presented to the cruiser Cleveland as a gift from the citizens of the city of that name has just been successfully cast in this city.. It weighs 522 pounds.

Monument Dedicated.

" Chattanooga, Tenn., Oct. 9.—The mon-, ument erected to the memory of the soldiers of Maryland who participated in the battles around Chattanooga was dedicated at Orchard Knob, near the location of Grant’s headauarters, Thursday morning. !

DELUGE IN THE EAST.

Lives Lost and Property Worth Many Millions Is Destroyed by Storm.

New York, Oct. 10.—Torrential rain, commencing early Thursday morning and continuing with scarcely any intermission until late Friday afternoon, during which time:the unprecedented precipitation of 10.04 inches was recorded at the local weather bureau, laid New York city and all the surrounding country under a flood, causing damage that will amount to many hundred' thousands of dollars. The rain has ceased, but a coast storm is reported to be approaching and a threatened hurricane renders it unsafe for vessels of any class to leave port. Along the river front and in many sections of Brooklyn cellars were flooded and an enormous amount of damage done. A great portion of the subway was badly flooded.

Suburban steam and trolley lines, with hardly an exception, were crippled by floods and washouts and in the early morning rush hours thousands of suburban residents were unable to reach their offices in the city. Those who were fortunate enough to cross the ' ferries found further progress blocked by the submerged condition of the water front streets, across which they were ferried in trucks and wagons.

Great damage was done in New York state. Two men were drowned at Garnersville by the carrying away of a bridge over which they were driving. At Big Hill, near Newburg, two men were Kkilled in a landslide.

Reports of extensive floods and serious damage to property and interruptions of traffic came from almost all sections of New Jersey and Long Island. ;

In Newark, Passaic and other large manufacturing centers, many factories were closing down owing to the flooding of engine rooms. In many places electric light and power plants were shut down for the same reason. A dam on the Ramapo river at Pompton broke, flooding the valley for ten miles, but causing no loss of life.

Except for the actual running of the ferry boats the Erie railroad was practically tied up. No trains were run on the main line west of Passaic, none on ‘he Newark branch west of Newark, none west of Norwood on the Northern branch, none west of Arlington, and absolutely no trains on either the Jersey & New York railroad or the New York, Susquehanna & Western railroad. Paterson was one of the worst sufferers, and for a time Friday afternoon there was grave danger of a repetition of the terrible disaster of last February. The flood is now subsiding, and all danger is believed to be over. A great part of the city was laid under water and scores of great plants, including those of the Rogers locomotive works and the Passaic Steel company were flooded and shut down, involving a loss estimated at fully $1,000,000. Only one life was reported lost, that of a girl drowned by the carrying away of a bridge over a creek, Thousands of New Jersey commuters slept in New York Friday night, being unable to return to their homes.

Philadelphia, Oct. 10.—Two deaths, due to the high winds, were reported Friday. At York, Pa., Walter Royer, a 12-year-old boy, was standing on the bank of the city reservoir when the wind swept-him into the water and he was drowned before his body could be recovered. John Brown, living at Crum Lynn, a short distance from this city,’was drowned in the same manner. He was standing on the bank of Crum creek and was blown into the stream, which was quite high. His body has not yet been recovered. ~ Scranton, Pa., Oct. 10.—The Lackawanna river flood here swept the valley from Forest City to the Susquehanna. No. 1 colliery of the Delaware & Hudson company at Carbondale, the Glenwood colliery of the Erie company at Wayfield and the Myles slope of the Delaware & Hudson No. 2 at Olyphant are filling with water. Carbondale’s streeis were turned into rivers, and all the low lands along the Lackawanna’'s course up and down the valley are inundated. Traffic is impeded on all the railroads and trolley lines along the river. Wilkesbarre, Pa., Oct. 10.—Fourteen families in North Wilkesbarre were forced out of their homes by the flood at ten o’cloek Friday night. The New Jersey Central and Delaware & Hudson railroads are affected by the high water at Parsons, three miles north of here. It is still raining here, and from present cutlook a serious flocd is threatened in the Wyoming valley.

Pleads Guilty

Duluth, Minn., Oct. 10.—E. Johnson, bookkeeper for the Commercial Banking company, who was indicted by the last grand jury on the charge of embezzling $48,500 of the bank’s funds, on Friday afternoon changed his plea of not guilty to one of guilty of forgery in the third degree, whereupon he was sentenced to the St. Cloud reformatory on the indeterminate plan. e

Rioter Found Guilty.

Evansville, Ind., Oct. 10.—“Doc¢”’ Martin, a negro, was found guilty Friday of rioting in July last. The jury was out only ten minutes. The penalty is from two to ten years in the state prison.

Die of Their Injuries.

St. Paul, Minn., Oct. 10.—Alma Lamotte, aged five years, and Lawrence, aged 16 months, two children of Mrs. Lamotte, who, with their mother, were burned by an explosion of a gasoline tank Wednesday, died at the city hospital Thursday. :

Threatened with Appendicitis

New York, Oct. 10.—Hamilton Fish, associate United States treasurer, in charge of the subtreasury here, isill and the doctors say he is threatened with appendicitis. *nless his condition grows much worse, however, an operation will not be necessary.

A Sad Case

Marinette, Wis., Oct. 10.—Mrs. Vincent, of Egg lHarbor, mother of the young women lost on the steamer Hackley, has gone insane cver the sad affair, and has been taken to the asylum. One of her daughters was a teacher and the other a milliner, about 17 and 19 years of age, respectively. -

Disaster in a Mine.

Johnstown, Fa., Oct. 10.—The breaking of a “dilly” rope in the Sunshine mine of the Stineman Coal company, at South Fork, late Friday, caused the death of two men and the serious and perhaps fatal injury of five more.

TRADE QUIET.

Uneasiness Regarding Financial Situation Disappears as Season Advances and Crops Are Moved.

New York, Oct. 10.—R. G. Dun & Co.’s weekly review of trade says: “There have been no developments of importance in the commercial world. As a rule there is more caution in making contracts, especially among the manufacturers. Uneasiness regarding the financial situation recedes as the season advances without producing any monetary pressure in connection with crop moving. The proposed reduction in pig iron output has been endorsed by all leading producers, steadying prices just when changes in freight rates started another reduction. Other manufacturing news is favorable, except where the raw material markets are unsettled or labor struggles cause troubles. Suspension of an iron plant was attributed to the latter cause-and the movement of cotton at New Orleans also suffered because of a strike. Trade locally is quiet; preparations for election, with unseasonable weather, having an adverse effect. Wholesale trade is active at Baltimore, a brisk business has been transacted in fall clothing and the outlook for spring is considered bright. Manufacturers are busy at Philadelphia, but building materials and chemicals are quiet, with collections slow in several lines. Trade is brisk at Chicago, orders well distributed and payments prompt. Railways are not yet severely congested by the crops, yet there is some delay in traffic and earnings for September are 8.1 per cent. larger than last year.

“Reduced dividends and curtailed production in the iron and steel industry show that conservatism is increasing and that there is no disposition to disguise the fact that business is not progressing without interruptions. Yet there is nothing alarming in the situation, and a few years ago the contracts now in sight would have assured full occupation for all plants. Prices receded as it became apparent that the industrial boom was interrupted, and it is now found desirable to shut down plants not thoroughly equipped. ~

“Failures this week numbered 239 in the United States, against 245 last year and 17 in Canada compared with 21 a year ago.” ¢ Bradstreet's says: ‘“Trade conditions are still irregular. Business is of fair volume, but not so active as a year ago, partly because of the backward season, heavy rains interfering with erop movement and collections; vexatious labor troubles, past and present, discouraging building operations, and the spread of the conservative feeling among buyers, based upon stock - market liquidation and the feeling that high prices of many products will tend, if it has not already done s=o, to automatically check consumption. Many underlying conditions are, however, still favorable. First in importance should be reckoned the decidedly better tone of advices from the corn crop, which has developed a larger yvield and a better quality than was earlier deemed pcssible. Special inquiry by Bradstreet’s points to a yield of at least 2,250,000,000 bushels of a grade generally far superior to that of a vear ago. ;

“The best trade advices come from the southwest, notably at Kansas City and St. Louis: from the western sections, such as Nebraska and lowa, where corn is turning out better than expected; from the Pacific -coast, where trade is still ungualifiedly good despite the slowness of new wheat and other crops to move, and from portions of the south, such as the Mississippi valley, where present prices for cotton offer a good return for fair yields. Heavy rains have interferred with threshing of spring wheat in the northwest and retarded trade and collections, while weather at the east has alsc been unfavorable to trade, reduced at some large cities by impaired buying ability growing out of strikes.” ;

Given a Long Term

New York, Oct. 10.—Walter Wilson, 42 vears of age, who pleaded guilty Wednesday to four indictments charging him with robbery and one charging him with carrying chiloral “knockout drops,” was sentenced by Recorder Goff to 33 years in Sing Sing prison. He was sentenced to serve 19 years for carrying chloral and 14 years on one robbery indictment. Wilson admitted having stolen $12.000 in jewerly and money from women in the Tenderloin by administering the chloral.

Receiver Appointed.

St. Louis, Oct. 10.—A voluntary petition in bankruptcy was presented in the United States district court Friday by Julius Myer, Sons & Co., a large department store firm. The store is now in the hands of Receiver Charles Stacy. The total acknowledged indebtedness is $160,039. A list of over 300 creditors is enumerated, the majority of whom are in the east. The assets are said to concist of books and property now in the charge of the receiver.

Killed by Trampas,

Minneapolis, Minn., Oct. 10.—Leonard C. Dare, a young man living in Walkerton, Ind., was murdered on top of a Northern Pacific box car at North Town Junction Thursday night. It is supposed that he was killed by four tramps who sought to rob him of money which he carried.

Sentenced for Vandalism

Berlin, Oct. 10.—A youth was sentenced to three years’ imprisonment for slashing with a knife one after another a row of portraits of the German emperors hanging in the town hall of Nuremberg. The portraits have been partially restored at the expenditure of $6OO.

Ministers Aéssume Duties.

London, Oct. 10.—The new cabinet ministers have assumed their duties, the seals of office having been exchanged at a privy council meeting held by King BEdward at Buckingham palace I'riday morning.

Seeks Heavy Damages.

Springfield, 111., Oct. 10.—The case of Clinton Bromley, of Boody, against post No. 77, Fraternal Army of America, ison trial in the Macomb county circuit court. Bromley sues for $lO,OOO damages for injuries alleged to have been sustained from the ‘“goat” of the post during his initiation.

The Cotton Crop,

Montgomery, Ala., Oct. 10.—The Association of Southern Commissiers of Agriculture, which adjourned here Friday after a session of three days, placed its estimate of the present cotton crop at 10,000,271 bales. -

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