Plymouth Tribune, Volume 4, Number 1, Plymouth, Marshall County, 6 October 1904 — Page 2

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TU Q. N. M. -t F. Q. TvF. J 2nd. r ; 6th. J 15th. , 24 M th. PAST AND PEESENT AS IT COMES TO US FROM ALL CORNERS OF THE EARTH. Telegraphic Information Gathered by the Few for the Enlightenment of tue Many. Bomb Fire! by Boodler. la a written confession Charles F. Kelly, ipeaker of tha Louse of delegates during a a pr-rilffl in t'.elife of the boodle combine InSt. Louis, Mo., tells the story of that eozabfne. lie declares that a prominent p utician promised him and others impli cated that th: next circuit attorney w ould De "all right," and that if they would re main firm he would obtain for them either continuances until the new cinnit attor ney took office or pardons afterward. He declares the.: this man faid the new dr cuit attorney, for which office nominations were to be made by the dem er ts, would be "his man." Kelly declares he spurned the olTer and that he made this confession to satisfy the pangs of his accusing on icie.t e,to comply with the requests of his w:fe, and to do what he could to make tonem -nt to the public and prevent other young men from following the path which hi declares has led him to ruin. Twelve Pert-ori Were Drowned. A dispatch from Lad Vccas, X. 31. says: Half the town of Watrou was destroyed by the Hood and at lea;t twelve persons were drowned. Many pe rsons were rescued from trees and house-tops. The Gallinas River formed a new channel here. In the Galli nxs Canyon the dams of the Aqua Para Company broke bringing in a terrific Hood on. the city. The Montezuma Hot Springs track went out in many places. Half a dozen bridge were destroyed and the Mon tezuma bathhouses were partly carried away. For two block on Bridge Street every business house was flooded. The big Ilfeld brick blore was ruined and the big bridge undermined. 3Iurder Kate U Dirt Cheap. According to the police, four of the per sons charged with the murder of Mrs. Mar piret Jolinsou and lr.r little niece, Annie Benjamin, near Towanda, Fa.. have con fessed. It is said that the motive for the crime: was to OnabH liigler Johnson, bus band of the murdered woman, to marry another and to avoid paying $0 a month to bis wife from whom he was separated. The X'olice state that Johnson, in his confession declared that at ;i family conference, he promised to pay his mother and brother $3eueh for killing his wife. Fatal Wreck iu England. A dispatch from Loudon says: The express train which left Llannelly, Wales, for London had tt serious mishap between Lliandilo Junction And Longhor. Details have not yet been revived but it is reported, that fifteen persons were killed and several, injured. The Evening Star reports that there were three, killed and fifty-six Injured in the wreck. The train was derailed while traveling at a great speed. Several directors have been summoned to the scene. Fireman Scalded to Death. A Lake Erie So Western freight train was wrecked on a curve at the Jeh'erson Street crossing in Lima, ()., and Engineer J. M. Bacon was fatally injured and Fireman John V. Carrig was senMed to death, The engineer was thrown from his cab into a field, and sustained a bad gash on the head and a fracture of the. left leg. The fireman was buried under the wreckage. The accident is alleged to hive been due to disobedience of the ieed rule for the local yards. Murdered in "Lovers Lane." With both sides of her skull crushed, Lulu Mueller, aged 21, of 1318 Bori Street, Cummingsville, (., svas found lying dead in the pathway known as "lovers lane" at a point 150 feet from the Cincinr ati, Hamilton & Dayton tracks. Dectectives are at work on the case. Coroner Weaver and the; police are satisfied she was murdered. There is no trail of blood or other indication that the body wan dragged to the place where it was found. IIoue Held tor Gresley Murder. Coroner Stults, who is conducting a 6ear"hing inquiry into the tragic death of Jaeob Gresley at Mon roe vi lie, Ind., stated that Fred House, who vas arrested several hours after the death, wnu.d undoubtedly be- held for the murder. This statement of the Coroner; is based upon damaging testimony, given by the Hon. Ochmig Bird, who sar the affair and who was the lirst to raeh Gresley after he fell. Championship in Still Unsettled. At the close of the fifty bird contest betwon Max Witzigreuter of Fort Wayne, Ind., and Hugh M . Clark of Wabash, Ind., held at the range of the Corner Rod and Gun Cldb at Fort Wayne, Ind., each man had killed forty-five birds and the question of the State championship remained unsettled. Fonr are Slain by Delirious Man. Four persons have been shot to death by Charles GeitrelL, a young Memphisian, at (FBricns Landing, Mo. Delirious from fever, Geitrell, who is a jomm.'ssary clerk, rose, from bed, seized a gun and shot into a group of people in a store. Henry C Payne Near Death. A message from Washington says: Information was brought from the sick room that Postmaster General Payne was rapidly growing weaker. The sinking spells are becoming more frequent and heroic treatment is of less avail and more frequently demanded. Killed in a Prize Fight. During the prize fight in Koehler's hall, North Bergen, N. J., btfween John C. Peter3,aged 22, and Patrick Dormady, aged 23, Peters was killed by a blow received overthe heart. Hammer Throw Kills Lad. Simon P. Gillis, the champion junior amateur hammer thrower of New York City, while practicing on a vacant lot, let the fcixteon-pound hammer go for an extra long throw as Christian. Koehler, a 14-year-old boy, climbed over the fence in pursuit of a baseball. The hammer struck Koehler on the head and he was Instantly killed. - Boy Tries to 8lay Mother. Eugene Denney, a 14-year-old school boy, made an unsuccessful attempt to murder bis mother at his homo m Huntington, W. Va.t because she punished him for playin truant.

SUICIDE BY CREMATION. Voung Civil Engineer Burns Himself to Death In Woods. While hunting in the woods near Shawneetown, 111, George Porter, a farmer, found part of a human skeleton and the charred remains of clothing in a heap of ashes. Hanging on a near-by tree was a coat, ia the pocket of which was a note signed by W. W. Martin of St, Louis, who disappeared from his home about a month ago, stating that the writer contemplated suicide by cremation and that on that spot w, uld be found his ashes. Mr. aad Mrs. Silas Martin, the parents of the young man, live in St. Louis. William W. Martin was 27 years old and a civil engineer of promise. In October a year ago he Buffered a mental breakdown. Member of his family state that he had an hallucination that he was suffering from an incurable malady and that he could not die exespt bj fire or watAT. SeDL 5 vonne

J Martin slipped away from nis home after oawug ji i.oie siaung xnat ne wouiu juii himself. FLOOD SWEEPS THINIDAD. i Property Damages Est'rr.ated at 91.000.OOOi Railroads Tied Up, A terrific flood struck the city of Trinidad, Colo., and tha whole valley aloDg the Las Animas river, devastating a wide section and causing a money loss which at present cannot be estimated, but which will reach one milHou dollars. So far as known there was no loss of life, but several are reported missing. Every bridge ia the city of Trinidad is oat, the Santa F6 station is demolished, all of th railroads are tied up and the telephone and telegraphic services completely suspended. More than thirty city blocks in the residence and business portions were from two to four feet under water along the river. The flood was caused by the heavy rain which fell for two days. The new Bacca hotsl, a twostory structure just uearfng completion at a cost of $20,000 on tho river bank, was destroyed. PEACE CALL OUT COON. President Roo-evolt to Summon The HaarUe Conference. President Roc-ssvelt will promptly act upon the request extended him by the Interparliamentary Union to invite the reassembling of Tha Hague peace conference, and wilL according to present plans, soon take tbi first step toward inviting the nations of the world to again gather in the hop of reaching an agreement which will forever prevent war, and irrevocably fasten arbitration as the sole method among ch'ilized nation of settling interw.tional disputes. The President will not await peace b.-tween Russia ard Japan. Through the State Department inquiry will be mads In a few weeks to lesrn th? views of the different nation as to the best time and place for holding a ptace conference. FLOUR RECUR? BROKEN. Snormous Sales by Minneapolis Mills Lnjoy Prosperous Run. Vast quantities cf flour are being shinped to all parts of the United State from Minneapolis and mills are enjoying a most prosperous run. Sales aiczresating many thousands of barrels a day are reported. The world'! record was completely eclipsed by the Washburn-Crosby company on Sept, 22. when 110,000 bar rels, or abort 850 car loads, of flour was sold, all but an insignificant fraction of it being for domestic consumption. All mills are running at full capacity at pres ent, daily sales of the larger firms varying from 30,000 to 70.000 barrels. WASHINGTON WHEAT FOR EAST. Three Million Lushels of the Cereal Coming to Du.uth and the Lakes. Three million bushels of wheat will pass through Duluth from the State of Washington aud go down the lakes on boats before the close of navigation. xhree thousand cars will - recoired to move the cereal, which will tie up that amount of rolling stock which haa never before been employed in this work, only a little of Washington wheat ever bavlog come east. Curnsy Expresses Resrret. Sir Mortimer Durand, the British am bassador in Washington, h received a dispatch from Acting Secretary of State Loo mis. which embodied tha substance of Gor. Joha L. Bates' letter to the State Department in the Phelps-Gurney episode. The ambassador has wired Mr. Lootnis to thank Gov. Bates for his let ter and also to inform him that Mr. Gurney wished to express regret if he had not conformed to the motor speed regulations. Five Killed In WreOk, An east-bound freight train on the Grand Trunk railway crashed into an other freight train near Eastwood, Ont. A number of cars vere demolished and Engineers Kirkland and Heron, Conduc tor Falls. Brakeman Benedict and another trainman were killed. An open switch is said to have been the cau of the aoo'Jeat. Fire In Meat Plants. A loss of $250,000 was caused by a fire in the big block of meat packing houses and refrigerating plants in Tenth avenue, between Thirteenth and Four teenth streets. New York. The heaviest loss was in the three-etory building occupied by the Cudahy Packing Company, the T. A. Wheeler Company and Conron Bros., dealers in poultry. Erie Boiler-Makers Out. Boilermakers employed in the Erie railroad shop in Me&dviile, Pa., have gone on strike. Th men demanded the reinstatsmei.t of three members of a committee who had been discharged and upon the refusal to grant the demand a strike was ordered. A .-..ge number of men are id! a. C Y, Yeaton. Inventor. Dead. Chsrla T. Yeaton. tha lnTnt-np ia dead at the Home of Incurables, New York, a charity patient. He was once wealthy. Para It sis. from which ha hd suffered two years, caused hl death. Yeatoa inventea a typesetting machine the first ever ofred for sale. Crash Means Death. Buried bsneath brick, mortar, plaster and torn timbers, three persons were fatally injured in the collapse of part of an apartment building in the course of construction at Garfield boulevard and Ashland avenue, Chicago, Court Adjourns without Decision. The Wisconsin Supreme vyourt adjourned without rendering a decision on the Republican factional row, and both sides now ay they will not wait any further on the court, but will push the campaign. Blacks Nearly Five to One. The census of British South Africa, including Cape Colony, tha Transvaal, Katal, Rhodesia, Orangia, Basutland and Bechuaualand. gives the white population at 1.135.018 and the colored at 5,108,175. Funeton Takes Command. Brigadier General Frederick Funston baa taken command of the Department of the lakes, relieving General Fred D. Great, who goes to New York. Rats Prloe of Beef. Beef wenrt up with a bound the other Cxf hx Chicago. A half-cent a pound ;i3 tided on to the price of the better ti ri Bfcsats, Dalda? the prioe a cent a

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: during the packing house strike, the other half-cent having been added immedi ately after the union men gave up the ! struggle against their former employers. 2s o reason was given for this latest ad vance. COURT ENJOINS MINE OWNERS. Restrains Them from Causlnjr i Miners to Forsake Federation. Judge Frank M. Owers of Leadville, Colo., has issued an injunction against the members of the Leadville Miring Dis trict Association restraining them from proceeding further to compel miners to forsake the Western Federation of Min ers and take out association cards In or der to retain their positions in the mines of the camp. Nearly 2,000 cards had been issued by the association when their work in this direction was interrupted. The application for injunction was made by the president and secretary of the local miners union. The defendants named comprise nearly every mine owner and mine manager in the camp. They are restrained from discriminating against any miner because of bis being a member of the Western Federation or from making out a blacklist cr from com pelling them to sign any agreement that tney renounce membership in the federation or from carrying out or doing any thing in furtherance of any plans to dis criminate agairst tha employment of min ers who will not renounce their allegiance to the federation or from in any other way conspiring to deprive any member of the federation from obtaining employment. PLAN TO KILL ALL FOREIGNERS. Chinese Natives In S'evera! Prov inces Name Cot. 17 as the Date. Unrest Is increasing among the natives in South Chili, North Hoaan and West Shantung districts of China, according to a Herald dispatch from Pekin. The new anti-foreign society, the Isaiyuan, is spreading rapidly even during the pres ent harvesting of good crops. The sit uation is much the same as in 1900 with out the famine Incentive. The South Chili mission, or Canadian Presbyterian church, and the mission of the American board are in the infected region. The placards of the new society being circu lated are Identical with those once used by the Boxers, with the following addi tion: "If every member will distribute thirty copies we shall become as numer ous as the Boxers, and on Oct. 17, the chungyiang festival, all foreigners will be destroyed. ' L2 SUEUR'S FORT FOUND. Location of MronchoM and Mine tJulItln 1700 Near Mankato. Representatives of tht Minnesota State Historical Society have made a successful search for the location of the fort built three miles from the mouth of tLe Blue Earth river in 1700 by Le Mieur and his party of thirty men, who came up the Mississippi and Minnesota riyers by coat in search of the copper mice that was said to exist in the vicinity of Mankato, Minn. The writings of i-e feuear and others of the party are still preserved and from them the location of the fort and the min was traced. The fort was found to have been on a large mound where the Le Sueur river flows into the Bine Earth, three miles rrom -Uankato. This land is under cul tivation, bat before It was cultivated some excavations were noticed. SLOCUM REPORT DENOUNCED. Survivors of Disaster Score Inpectors Decision as UnJuat. Survivors of the General Slocum ex cursion steamer fire and those wb'j were bereaved by the horror of bast June, to the numbev of more than 300, have held a meet'ng to protest against the decision rendered by the New York steamboat inspector in their recent investigation. The report was denounced as unjust and unfair to the stricken families, and resolutions were adopted declaring that the wnoJe responsibility rests with the board of directors and officers of the steamboat company. A copy of the resolutions will be sent to President Roosevelt Fully one-third of thoe at the meeting were women. Students Are Arrested. Isidor Finkle and Louis H. Lobar, stu dents at Columbia University, were ar rested in New York, charged with taking regents examinations as proxies for others. The complainant, Charles F. Wheelock. chief examiner of the examining bureau of the State department of edu cation, says there is a syndicate cf bright young men who pass examinations for anything for prices ranging from $20 to as high as $300. Detuere In New Mexico. Half the town of Watrous, N. M., we destroyed by the flood and at least t.velve persons were drowned. Many persons were rescued from trees and housetops. In the Gallinas canyon the dams of the Aqua Pura Company broke. The loss to the town will exceed $100,000, and the railroad loss is equal to that of recent floods in Arizona. Farmers Oppose Subsidy Tax. The Farmers' National Congress, at its closing meeting in St. Louis, adopted a resolution opposing any legislation . by congress which contemplates a inbsidy ct appropriation from the public funds, "creating a tax on the people, In support of private enterprise." -- ' Wreck Kills Brakeman, A head-on collision on the Western New York and Pennsylvania railroad occurred between two freight trains at Franklinville, N. Y. Brakeman W. F. Gaffney of Buffalo was killed. Others of the crew, jumped. Eight cars were wrecked. Girls Form Anti-Klsalnjr Club. Pottstown, Pa, girls have formed an anti-kissing club under the name of the Four Leaf Clover Club. While the club is of a oocial nature, the principal obligation each member takes Is refraining from kissing any one, either male or female, except relatives. 5-250,000 Fire In Keokuk. During a terrific electrical storm a bolt of lightning struck ehe Collins Uealelip wholesale carpet building in Keokuk, Iowa. As a retult the structure was completely destroyed by fire. The loss Is estimated at $250,000. Colombia Insults ConsuL American consulate at Carthagena having been twice besmeared with filth. Rear Admiral Sigsbee, with his flagship, the Newflrk, was ordered to Carthagena to investigate. The governor repeated his formfr expression of regrets. Viewing Platform Collapses. ' More than ITiO persons, clergy and parishioners, were Injured In Adams, Mass., when a platform collapsed during the ceremony of laying the corner stone of a new Roman Catholic church. PIo: to Wreok Battleship. A plot to wreck the battleship Connecticut at her launching ha beendlscovered; ways on which the ship was to slide Into the water were obstructed under water. Henry C Davis' Letter. The letter of Henry G. Davis, accepting the Democratic nomination for Vict President, has been made public. He sees hopes of victory nd declares the present administration is extravagajcs,

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Cincinnati Post. GURNEY MAY BE PUNISHED. British Embassy to Be Supplied with the Facts in the Case. It seems that Hugh Gurney, third secretary of the British embassy at Washington, who was fined $25 for driv ing his automobile too fast and $25 more for contempt of court by Judge Phelps of Lee, Mass., and who raised a row with the judge over a question of privilege, came out second best after all. Gurney pleaded official exemption from arrest for the violation of a Massachusetts law, but he is not to escape scot free if Gov. Bates can prevent it. The State Department, in transmitting Gov. Bates' apology to the British legation for the arrest of Mr. Gurney, will present a statement of facts and testimony to show that Gurney violated the plain law of Massachusetts. Jndge Phelps exhibited ignorance of international law, but the opinion seems to prevail that Mr. Gurney betrayed a lack of common sense, a lack of good breeding and, worst of all, a lack of diplomacy. A man who does not know when to be complaisant and yielding and when to be tenacious of his dignity and privileges, especially when he has been guilty of disorderly conduct, will hardly shine as a star of the first magnitude in the diplomatic sky. This is the view taken of the case In London, where it was made known at onoe that the government at Washington would make any reparation that wc de sired, but where the only feeling was that Mr. Gurney had made himself ridiculous. The Westminster Gazette thinks that as Mr. Gurney had violated the law he should have peaceably waived his privilege and paid his fine. If this is the general feeling it is likely that Mr. Gurney will be conveniently dropped from the diplomatic service of his country. BIG GAINS MADE BY COLLEGES. Students Are Ylocking to University Towns in Increased Numbers. Matriculation days at the universities are bringing students into the college towns in larger numbers than ever be fore, and reports from nearly all the krger institutions indicate that the en-. rollment this year will break all records. ! The entrance time has not expired as I yet at most of the universities and the students will continue to arrive until the hour for first lectures, but estimates from registrars and deans give the fol lowing comparative table of attendance: 1004-1903 1903-1904 (estimated), (actual). Harvard 4,700 4.32S Yale 3,400 3.142 Michigan 4,150 3,957 Chicago 3,420 3,119 Northwestern 4,050 3,831 Iowa 1,000 1,393 Wisconsin 2,000 2,379 California 2,470 2,433 At the University of Michigan the greatest Increase this year is in the en gineering department, which hae 125 more students than registered for instruction bast year. Wisconsin will have the largest freshman class in the history of the institution, and the total attendance in all departments will run above 3,000. The figures given in the table are for the academic department An average increase of 20 per cent in all departments is reported from the University of Iowa. The University of Chi cago figures for 1903 include students registered in the summer schools. A HAVEN FOR HOODLUMS. New Tork Is Crime-Hidden "While the Police Seem Asleep. Never before in the history of the American metropolis has crime been more rampant, more defiant and less interfered with than at the present time,' eays a New York trre.spondent The police department seems to be under an hypnotic spell which renders it absoluely supine. Authority is somnolent If not actually dead. Thugs, thieves, burglars and hoodlums prey upon society unchecked. In some sections of the city the people are terrorized to an extent that women dare not appear on the streets after dark. Within six weeks there have been 22 murders, followed by less than half a dozen arrests; there have been no 1p than 72 cases of felonious assault lv,. which no arrests have been made; in Manhattan and the Bronx alone there have been 54 cases of burglary and high way robbery followed by no arrests. This astonishing record is in addition to the many crime3 for which the police have made arrests. So unbearable have conditions become that public indignation meetings are being held. NEW WARSHIP AFLOAT. The Connectlcutt Most Powerful Type in Navy i Is Launched. As the bands on the several warshlns at the New York navy yard played TV Star-Spangled Banner," a new Unit Rtft hfttrleshiD slid down the wavs into the water at 11:16 a. m. Thursday and rA Alice Welles, granaaaugater of President Lincoln's Secretary of the iCmre hivike a bottle of chamDasme over äwa w - w - the vessel's prow, naming it Connecticut The launching was without hitch of any kind and was entirely successful Many thousands of people witnessed the launching of this, the first battleship buill la a government yard since the Ill-fated Maine; large crowds gathering at the nary yard and at various points oa the Manhattan and Brooklyn sides of the East river.

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SOME NOTABLE RAILWAY WRECKS. Following are some of the most nota ble railways wrocks this year: Jan. 5 Rock Island, at Willard, Kan.; 17 killed, 37 hurt. Feb. 8 Canadian Pacific, near Laud Point, Out.; 14 killed, SO hurt. Feb. 24 Chicago Great Western, Kyersville, Iowa; 7 killed, 15 hurt March 7 Alabama Great Southern, Kewanee, Miss.; 5 killed, 8 hurt April 20 St Louis, Iron Mountain and Southern, at Kimmswick, Mo.; 8 killed, 40 injured. June 2 Missouri Pacific, near Mar tin City, Kan.; 0 killed, SO hurt July 3 Wabash, Litchfield, III., Chi cago and St. Louis limited; deaths 19, Injured 50. July 10 Erie, at M'dvnle, N. J.; 16 killed, 4G2 injured. July 12 Chicago and Eastern III! nol3, at Glenwood, 111.; 22 killed, 44 Injured. Aug. 7 Missouri Pacific, Steel's Hoi low, Colo.; OG killed. Aug. 31 On Grand TrunK, Rich mond, Quebec, 0 killed, 23 hurt Sept 8 On Seaboard Air Line, near Monroe, N. C; 4 killed, 35 hurt DESERT BECOMES GARDEN. Wonderful Effect of Artesian Wells on the Pecos Valley, N. M. Residents of the Pecos valley in New Mexico are excited by the discovery that underlying more than 000,000 acres of desert land is an apparently inexhaustible supply of water. The famine of the region has spread throughout the coun try, and even to portions of Europe. The water gushes from the ground wherever borings are made, and pours over a thirsty land, transforming it into a garden of almost remarkable fertility. Nowhere in the world has such an artesian belt been found. It is a tableland, encircled by hills and mountains, fifty miles long by some eight miles wide. It is destined to become one of the richest gardens in the United States, and at tha present rate of settlement all the land wili soon be valued at fancy prices. Recently Dunkards from Indiana and other States have purchased 15,000 acres of land near the town of Dexter, paying from $15 to $30 an acre. More than 10,000 persons have bought homes in the valley since early spring. Each purchasa carries a guarantee, backed by the Santa Fe railroad, that water will spout from an iron pipe, no matter where it may be driven into the ground from a depth of 300 to 1,000 feet. From one end of this valley to tht other along the line of the Santa Fe railroad town sites have been staked out and many of them are filling rapidly. One of the most important aids to colonization is the unrivaled climate. The valley i a table-land averaging about 3,500 feet in elevation and is one of nature's perfect sanitariums. One of the most enthusiastic converts to the valley is Jerry Simpson, "Sockless" Simpson, formerly of Kansas. Jerry lives in Roswell, and when asked what he thought of the Pecos valley and its prospects, he said: "I have only two regrets, and they are the bitterest of my life. One is that I did not discover the Pecos valley fifty years ago any! the other is that I have not fifty years more to live in it si The Populists of Idaho have nominated a State ticket headed by T. W. Bartley of Moscow. Francis B. Harrison, Democratic nominee for Lieutenant Governor of New lork, gives &0,000 to the campaign fund. Owing to pressing business in Washington Secretary of the Treasury Shaw has canceled his Wisconsin and Illinois speaking engagements. Charles A. Towne is slated by Tarn many for the place in Congress now held by W. R. Hearst who is reported as not a candidate for reaominatioa. Wiluam E. Curtis writes of the political situation in Colorado, which really is a campaign to win a popular verdict on Gov. Peabody's strike policy. The Montana labor and Populist conventions Indorsed the Democratic State ticket, Got. Toole promising not to accept an election for United States Senator.' The alleged "letter" from President Roosevelt to Michael Donnelly oa the meat strike proves to be a f;rce instead of a forgery. It originally appeared In ths New York Evening Post with a preface which explained tbat such a letter might have been sent by the President President Roosevelt brands as false statements made by the Democratic candidate for Governor of North Carolina oa the President's attitude toward Confederate veterans, Southern people hi general end negroes.

DAVIS LETTER IS OUT.

Democratic Vice Presidential Candidate on the Issues. Henry G. Davis' letter of acceptance of the Democratic nomination for Vice President is brief, and the candidate's comments upon the issues of the campaign have the conciseness aud, in several instances, the abruptness of marginal notes. He devotes a paragraph each to the expenses of government, the army, Panama, imperialism, trusts, local self-government arbitration, the civil service and his running mate, Alton B. Parker. To the subject of the tariff he gives three paragraphs. "The times are propitious for the reinstatement of the Democratic party in control of the government," says Mr. Davis by way of introduction. "The putlic mind is being disillusioned of the nretension of the Republican party, so long and so arrogantly made, that the material prosperity of the country depends upon its own ascendancy. Thoughtful and patriotic people are becoming mora and more distrustful of the heady and personal element of the present administration, and are more than willing to see it replace! by one that better recognizes constitutional and other lawful restraints. They demand that the present wasteful extravagance in the expenditure of the money, drawn by taxation from the industry of the people, shall cease, and that economy and honesty in the public service shall be acaio rpr.ir.lpd as virtues m the high places of the govern meut" Hailing as the harbinger of a new era the Inception of the work of building the isthmian canal, but deprecating the acuon or uie administration which "inflict ed a wound upon our national honor l.v its disregard of the rights of a weaker nation,", the Democratic candidate for Vice President closes h5s rv.n rn p-rn nh on Panama thusly: "A gross offense against f a inenmy republic which it was helpless 10 resent. Many unwarranted thini?' In ihe min ion of Mr. Davis, must be regarded as the fir.-t fruits of imperialism, and show uow iast we are drifting toward absolut ism and centralized Mr. Davis declares that the tariff un doubtedly is too high upon such articles as xne manufacturer is able to sell cheap er aoroad than at home. Relief from present conditions. h s.irs r-nma only through the success of the Demo cratic party. The trusts, it is declared, have grown im unnVr itonnw;.. .,,1 and it is asserted that some of them are so conducted as to be pernicious and natmiui to tue general interests." AID FOR DRUNKARDS. Salvationists Have a Novel Plan for Rejreneration in CM , Drunkards are to receive in Chicago tins winter a degree of care and attention never bestowed on them somania overtook the descendants of the occupants of Eden's ganlen. A "stretcher corps" is being organized by the Salvation army for relief work amoug the victims of strone drink. Iipforp tho frvt has seared the autumn loaves the work will be fully organized and in full blast. The "gutter soaks" will have found a friend. They will be picked up in the nignt, wlien irresponsible and not able to care for themselves, and in th nvorning instead of receiving a $5 fine to be worked out in the bridewell thpv will be given five-minute lectures on th pvüs of drunkenness the lecturers being the alvation army officers who found thpm intoxicated the previous evening and plac ed tnem in free beds where they night soDcr up. "luiu . im furauuers lue sauaus of officers constituting the drunkards rescuers will make the rounds of the squalid districts of the city at night pick up those who appear to be completely overcome with liquor and carrv them to one of the seven hotels maintained by tue Valvation army in Chicago and in which more than 250,000 guests were accommodated last vear. In every hotel or home maintained by the Salvation army a number of rooms will be set aside for the special purpose of accommodating the inebriated nersons who may be brought in by the stretcher corps in tne nigliu After they have revived their names and addresses will be taken. If they have homes and ar susceptible of influence and approach, au acnuaintmce will be formed and social visits made at their residences. In this way the nucleus will be laid for further work, which, the armv .inthoriHps Kalieve, will ripen into an effective scheme or reform. J , ii" t.. .rys. Tonnage continues to improve on the east-bound lines. Railways are pushing themselves into every corner of the globe. Texas now stands first in the railroad mileage of all the States in the Union. At St Louis last week fourteen ticket brokers were arrested for dealing in nontransferable tickets. The Russian government will spend $11,000,000 for immediate improvements on the Trans-Siberian railway. It has practically been agreed that the passenger associations win continue clergy permits for tho'year 1905. Gov. Blanchard of Louisiana has ap proved the Babington bill, recently passed by the Legislature of that State enlarging the powers of the railroad commis sion so as to give it control over joint through rates on freight and -express matter. The Western Pennsylvania and East ern Ohio Railway Traffic Association has refused to grant the demand of bituminous coal operators for a reduction of 10 per cent in freight rates. The rates have been reaffirmed for another season. A peculiar condition in railroading ex ists in China, where the passenger receipts uniformly exceed those from freight traffic. The reason for this most unusual state of affairs is that the Chi nese have not yet learned the superiority of rail over water transportation for merchandise. As the Celestials progress this proportion will gradually reverse. Since Jan. 1 a decrease of $21,309,000 in net earnings has been reported by the railways of the united States, and the contraction can be traced largely to the decrease of $11,175,000 on the trunk lines, $3,190,000 on the Southwestern and South Pacific and ?2,475.000 on the roads in the middle West, says the New York Evening Post Of all the railways in Africa at the present time, about fifty per cent have a gage of 3 feet known as the cape gage; thirteen per cent have the meter gage; ten per cent have various gages below a meter and 1 twenty-seven per cent have our standard gage of 4 feet 35 inches, .

C1AL Dun's review of Chicago trade says: Business developments have been CMca of an encouraging nature. A few industries are yet in a waiting attitude, but aside from these there appears more distinct activity In manufacturing and distribution. Wholesale dealings reached a satisfactory aggregate in fall and winter merchandise, retail sales reflect Improved consumption, and there Is enlarged demand at better prices for furnace product Marketing of cereals aggregates unusually high and indicates the extent to which growers are securing the benefit of prevailing profitable returns. Other classes of freight, especially general merchandise, show an advanced movement and railroad tonnage Includes a wider variety of commodities. Current buying fcr interior requirements is well sustained in the staples. The Jobbing interests maintained firm price lists, and mercantile collections generally show well, failures being fewer In number. Brcadstuffs exhibit a more assuring tone and market operations denote a stronger domestic demand, particularly for wheat and flour. The production of the latter Is less curtailed, millers being influenced by low stocks on hand and reviving export Inquiry. Grain shipments, 5,20G.G90 bushels, are 10.1 per cent over those of a year ago and thus far the heaviest this year. Compared with the closings last week, wheat advanced cent per bushel, but oats declined 1 cents and corn U cent Live stock receipts, 29S,91S head, ran slightly over those a year ago. The market ruled favorable to shippers. R. G. Dun & Co.'s weekly review of trade, covering the country as a Nev Yort whole, says: Trade expands steadily as confidence increases with the harvesting of the crops, and mercantile collections are less tardily met Lower temperature stimulates the demand for fall and winter wearing apparel, and there is more disposition to prepare for the future rather than to confine operations within the limit of immediate requirements. This improvement is extending to all departments of manufacture, and In the aggregate there is less Idle machinery than at any recent date. Settlamcnts of labor disputes have helped In the development of this favorable condition. Failuras this week aggregated 225 in the United States, against 232 last year, and 30 In Canada, compared with 19 a year ago. Weather and the Crops. The weather bureau's weekly summary of crop conditions is as follows; Unusually low temperature for the season was the marked feature of the week in the northern section of the country east of the Rocky mountains, heavy and killing frosts occurring in New England, portions of the middle Atlantic States and lake region, Minnesota and the Dakotas. In the central valleys and southern districts more favorable temperature prevailed. Beneficial rains fell in Illinois, Indiana, lower Michigan and portions of Iowa and Missouri, and showers delayed work in Minnesota aud North Dakota. In the principal corn producing States west of the Mississippi river late corn has experienced favorable weather conditions; the crop is generally maturing rapidly, except in northern Missouri, with no material damage from frost In Iowa a week of warm and dry weather is required to mature the greater part of the late planted; needs ten days in Missouri; mostly safe from frost in Kansas and the bulk of the crop is beyond injury from frost in Nebraska. East of the Mississippi river late corn has ripened 6lowly on account of cool weather. In Illinois a part of the crop is safe in the southern portion and the bulk will be beyond danger by Oct 10; in Indiana much is in danger from frost and in Ohio, while it is practically safe in the South, the staple requires one to two weeks more in the North. Frosts caused some injury to corn in the upper lake region and upper Mississippi valley. The harvest "of spring wheat is completed; thrashing is well advanced in the northern portion of the spring wheat region. Cotton opened rapidly in all sections. prematurely in Georgia and Mississippi, and picking is being pushed. Chicago Cattle, common to prime. $3.00 to $GJ25; hogs, shipping grades, $5.00 to $G.05; sheep, fair to choice, $2.73 to $4-00; wheat No. 2 red, $1.11 to $1.13; corn, No. 2, 50c to 52c; oats, standard, 29c to 30c; rye, No. 2, 73c to 75c; hay, timothy, $S.50.to $12.50; prairie, $0.00 to $11.00; butter, choice creamery, 17c to 20c; eggs, fresh, 14c to 17c; potatoes. 35c to 41c. Indianapolis Cattle, shipping, $3.00 to $G.00; hogs, choice light $4.00 to $5.95; sheep, common to prime, $2.50 to $3.00; wheat No. 2, $1.15 to $1.17; corn. No. 3 white, 53c to 55c; oats, No. 2 white. 80c to 32c. St Louis Cattle, $4.50 to $5.S5; hogs. $4.00 to $0.10; sheep, $3.00 to $4.25; wheat No. 2, $1.1G to $1.1S; corn, No. 2, 49c to 51c; oats, No. 2, 30c to 32c; rye. No. 2, 70c to 71c. Cincinnati Cattle, $4.00 to $4.75; hogs, $4.00 to $0.05; sheep, $2.00 to $3.50; wheat No. 2, $1.21 to $L25; corn, No. 2 mixed, 55c to 5ßc; oats, No. 2 mixed, 32c to 33c; rye, No. 2, 79c to 81c Detroit Cattle, $3.50 to $5.00; hogs. $4.00 to S5.G0; sheep, $2.50 to $3.25; wheat No. 2, $1.21 to $1.23; corn, No. 3 yellow, 54c to 5Gc; oats. No. 3 white, 31e to 32c; rye. No. 2, 77c to 79c. Milwaukee Wheat No. 2 northern. $L14 to $1.15; corn. No. 3, 52c to 53c oats, No. 2 white, 31c to 33c; rye. No. L 79c to SOc; barley, No. 2, 51c to 55c; pork, mess, $11.40. Toledo Wheat No. 2 mixed, $1.16 to $L18; corn, No. 2 mixed, 55c to 56c; oats. No. 2 mixed, 30c to 31c; rye. No. 2, Gc to 77c; clover seed, prime, $7.45. Buffalo Cattle, choice shipping steers. $4.00 to $5.90; hogs, fair to choice. $4.00 to $0.25; sheep, fair to choice, $3.00 to $4.25; lambs, fair to choice, $4.50 ta $8.10.

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