Plymouth Tribune, Volume 4, Number 40, Plymouth, Marshall County, 13 July 1905 — Page 2

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STL. Q. N. M. "T F. Q.F. S 24th. 2ai f) 9thT(V)l6 M 16th. FEATURES OF INTEREST CONCERNING PEOPLE. PLACES AND DOINGS OF THE WORLD.. J Courts and Crimes Accidents and Fires, Labor and Capital Grain, Stock and Sloney Markets. Eight Men Blown to Pieces. üanisburg (Pa.) special: Eight men were blown to pieces and two others were injured by the premature explosion of a ti blast of rock powder on the Pennsylvania railroad improvements near New Cumberland. The accident occurred directly across the Susquehanna river from the scene of the Pennsylvania railroad wreck on May 11, in which twenty-three persons were killed and many others injured. The bodies of the men were terribly mangled and particles of flesh and bone were scattered for a distance of 200 yards from the scene of the explosion. Tried to Drown Ilia Daughter. Otto Whistler, aged 40, of Marion, Ind., Js in jail charged with having attempted to drown his 8-year-old daughter. "Whistler, it is alleged, after stripping himself and his daughter of clothing, waded into the river at the foot of Ninth street,where he dropped the little child into the water, resisting the struggles of the little girl who tried to cling to him. Witnesses hastened to the scene and reserved the child who was in a semi-conscious condition, and overpowered Whistler, who was held until the arrival of the police. Whistler had been drinking. Sweden Lining Up Army on Frontier. A dispatch from Stockholm says that Sweden is taking precautionary measures on the frontier to offset the reported threatening attitude of Norway. The Swedish treasury borrowed $6,500.000 to pay extraordinary expenditures. It is ruii:nrcd that two high Norwegian officers have been arrested at Christiana because they refused to foreswear allegiance toKingOscar. The rumor, however, has not been confi--med. Prominent merchants confirm a report that capitalists are withdrawing their funds from Norwegian banks. Cut Throat on Wire Fence. A little 14-year-old boy, an inmate of tho Reformed Orphans' Home, near Fort Wayne, Ind., who is known by the name of Wayne, cut his throat in a horrible manner by running into a barbed wire fence on the orphanage grounds. The wound was about three inches in length, the trachea was exposed, though not cut, and the large blood vessels in the neck -were barely missed by the sharp edges of the Varb. It required ten stitches to close the wound and the little fellow is very weak from loss of blood. Helped to Make Milwaukee Famous. Michael Dunn, former building inspector of Milwaukee, Wis., was sentenced to one and one-half years in the house of correction on a charge of grafting. lie got $1,500 from Col. Gustav Pabst, principal owner of the big brewery, to secure a permit for building a riding academy below lawful specifications. Pabst escaped, by turning state's evidence. He is a millionaire. Dunn was a well-to-do mason contractor and close to Mayor Rose. He fought the case to the Supreme Court which refused even a new trial. Street Car Strikes Exemtion Wat'on. Nine persons were injured, one of them fatally, at the corner of Fort snd Hastings streets, Detroit, Mich., when a Trumbull avenue car crashed into a wagon load of people returning from a drive about Belie Isle park. Joseph Schwartz, of Toledo, who was fatally injured in the collision, w as driving. He did not hear the car approaching. The wagon was squarely on the track vi Lea the car struck it, and was demolished. The occupants were hurled in every direction. Old Nepro Murderer Hanged. George Holland, an old negro, was hanged at Hopkinsville, Ky., for the murder two years ago of an unknown white man whom he found asleep by the roadside near Pembroke, Ky. Eight other negroes who were convicted of participation in the murder were given life sentences. Eleven Log Drivers Drowned. Chippewa Falls (Wis.) special: Eleven log drivers were drowned in Chippewa river at Little Falls Dam. They lost control of the boat in which sixteen men had crossed the river and the boat swamped. Fire Scourges Village. Fire broke out in Panama, a village fifteen miles west of Jamestown, N. Y., and destroyed the business portion of the place. Loss is estimated at 1100,000, with not more than fifteen per cent, insurance. Feared Banks) Money Gone. Samuel Shearer of Hammond, Ind., hid $3,000 in gold in a hole in h:3 cellar because he distrusted, banks. When he went to g?t the money it was gone. He has no elue. Strike in Porto Rico. There is a strike of longshoremen at San Juan, Porto Rico, and the cargoes of vessels are being unloaded by laborers brought from interior towns. It is feared the trouble may extend to other ports and shipping interests are greatly disturbed. Murder Mystery at Coalnaont. Reil Cardwell, 25 years o! i, cf Coalmont, Ind., was called to his door and shot to diath. There is no clew to his assassin. Cardwell was popular and as far as is known had no enemies. He was employed toy the Jasonville Coal Company.

Fire Sweeps Colorado Forests. Forest fires are burning fiercely on government lands in the mountains southwest of Denver, Colo. Range riders hare been sent out from different points to check the progress of the flames. The loss thus far will reach $50.000. President Speaks at Harvard. President Roosevelt In an address at Harvard university said the scholarly career should be made attractive to strong men by girinj to ccholars the opportunity of obtaining financial rewards as great as may be had in business or lltT.

EASTERN. Elrnlra, N. Y., and immediate neighborhood was the center of .an electrical rtorm which did damage amounting to $150.000. Lightning struck a dozen buildings ia the city and in Elmira Heights. 0 The Queen City tannery of Titusville, Fa., the largest sole leather manufactory ia the world, was sold by Lucius Beebe & Sons of Boston to the United States Leather Company. The transfer involves about $1,500,000. Two children are dead, another is painfully burned, and Mr. and Mrs. Charles Brandt, the parents, are in a serious condition as the result of the explosion of an oil lamp at their home in Allegheny City, Pa. In a rush to escape an impending storm fifty persons were thrown into the lake at Celeron, N. Y., by the collapse of a bridge over which the crowd was hurrying. Ten were taken to the hospital and many others received minor injuries. Miss Mabel L. Walton, a school teacher, was married at her home ir. North Adams, Mas., to William DT. Wanamaker, a wealthy merchant of Philadelphia and brother of John Wanamaker. Mr. Wanamaker is the daughter of a wool sorter. Robert D. McGonle, famous throughout the United States as an author, philanthropist, clubman and lecturer, was found dead at the fashionable Hotel Lincoln in Pittsburg, where he lived. An empty vial which had contained chloral was on the dresser. The body of Winthrop Turney, a millionaire owner of a mine in Sonora, Mcx., was found ia a pasture at Colebrook, Conn. There was a bullet wound in his head and his hand clasped a revolver. It is supposed that despondency caused by ill health led him to commit suicide. Diamonds, jewelry and silverware worth about $25,000 were stolen the other night from the home of James Jackson Higgiusoa, a banker, living in East Forty-first street, New York. Detectives have been at work on the case ever since, but have gained no clow. James D. Dill, one of the foremost corporation lawyers 6f America, has been appointed by Gov. Stokes of New Jersey a judge of the Court of Errors and Appeals of the State. He surrenders an income of $300,000 a year from his law practice to become a judge with a salary of $3,000. Five men were killed and one was Injured in an explosion of dynamite in a new mine of the Taylorville Coal and Coke Company near Un'ontown, Pa. The victims were all foreigners. It is thought the dynamite, which was used to sink the shaft, was being removed from the cage when it explode!.

WESTERN.

The new city directory shows Chicago's population to be 2,272,000. Damage estimated at $00,000 was caused by a fire in Union Hartneil oil well No. 2 at Santa Maria, Cal. United States Senator John n. Mitchell has been convicted by a jury in Tortland. Ore., of complicity iu the extensive Pacific coast land frauds. The entire town of Carbondaic, Colo., has been destroyed by fire. The flames were caused by the explosion of gasoline in a tank and spread rapidly. The funeral of John Hay was held at Lake View cemetery, Cleveland, in the rresence of the family and President Roosevelt and other high officials. Charles Fleming Embrea, the novelist and short-story writer, died in Santa Ana. Cal., at the age of 30 years. Mr. Embree formerly lived at Princeton, Ind. Veruou B. Martin, an athlete, was drowned while sailing a sloop in Lake Minnetonka. near Minneapolis. He was a student at the University of Miuuesota. Judge Gray, arbitrator between miners and operators in Illinois, decided that the expense of operation in the shot firers' law shall be shared equally by employers and men. A negro working at a sawmill near Rives, Ark., who eloped with the 10-year-old daughter of a white man, was taken from the jail at Dumas and hanged by a mob. Mrs. Gertrude Dodgson of Portland, Ore., shot and killed her husband, Thomas Dodgson, and then killed herself while walking along the street. Jealousy was tho motive. The Supreme Court of Kansas has declared unconstitutional the law passed by the last Legislature providing for a State oil refinery. Decision is held a great victory for the Standard company. A bronze statue of Sacajawea, the Indian bird woman, who, bearing on her back her Infant child, guided the explorers Lewis and Clark through "Old Oregon," was unveiled at the exposition at Portland. Insurance Commissioner Host of Wisconsin has served notice on the companies doing business in that State that they must'eomply with the new law prohibiting deferred dividends for a longer period thau five years. Great Northern passenger train No. 3, west bound, was wrecked et Springbrook. N. D. All the passenger cars were burned. Several persons were injured, but so far as could be learned there were to fatalities. The excessive rainfall in Kansas is believed to hare irreparably damaged the wheat crop, especially in the central and northern parts of the State, where it is still standing. Some localities report from five to seven Inches of rain. As the result of a street car wreck Charles Henderson, aged 85, of Wellsville and Harry Green of East Liverpool, Ohio, will die. The car became unmanageable on a steep hill and, jumping the track, crashed into a fence. The struggle between unions and the Typothetae resulted in 200 printers and 100 pressmen being locked out In San Francisco. The demand for an eighthour day was met by the employers, who Insist that work shall be for nine hours. . Mrs. Anna Johnston at her home in Omaha, in attempting to light a gasoline stove mistook leaking gasoline for water and applied a match, causing a terrific explosion which resulted ia the woman's death and the partial destrcctioa o! her home. Fred Ross, who was knocked out by Jack Donnelly in the sixteenth round of S priz-e fight iu Aberdeen, Wash., is dead. His neck was dislocated and a blood clot gathered on the brain. Donnelly Is from St. Louis tod Ross from Denver. Chief Meminger of tho Milwaukee fire department died, aged 45 years. He succeeded James Foley two years ago, when the latter died after he had inhaled acid fumes at a fire which cost five lives. Memlnger's death was due to Inhaling similar fumes. Ths Pacific Coast Steamship Company's freighter Montara has arrived at San Francisco from. Copper Island and other Russian ports with a cargo of valuable furs. The Moutara's freight occupied only two staterooms, bzl is valued at more than 300,000. The First National Bank of Topoka, Haan cf which C. J. DcrlLi Is th prin

cipal stockholder, failed to open Its doors Monday, having been closed by order of the Comptroller, of the Currency. Government officials are making an examination of the bank's affairs. In San Francisco Henry W. Heine asphyxiated h5s 14-year-old daughter and himself by turning on the gas In the eld's room. Five other children occupying an adjoining room barely escaped. Mrs. Heine becamo a raving maniac when she learned of the tragedy. Louis A. Mallory of Minneapolis, 50 years of age, and a graduate of Oberlin College, ... Ohio, committed suicide by shooting himself through the head. He had been kj business at Wooster, Mass., but latterly has been connected with the Santa Fe road at Sioux City, Iowa. Eight convicts escaped from the federal penitentiary on McNeill's Island, Tacoma. Wash., leaving the island in two government boats. The convicts disabled the government launch by destroying the dynamo, and the officers were unable to take up the pursuit for several hours. Charles Durian, for thirteen years clerk of the police board in Toledo, Ohio, and formerly city clerk, resigned the other day and at the same time confessed that he had embezzled the funds of the city. An investigation shows that h is at leas'. $1,000 short, ne will be prosecuted. The jury in the case of the contested will of the late Mrs. Reuben Hoyt returned a verdict in Tiffin, Ohio, sustaining the validity of the will. Mrs. Hoyt gave property worth $100,000 to Judge Bunu of Tiffin. Two sisters of Mrs. Hoyt objected, holding that Judge Bunn had used unlue influence with Mrs. Hoyt. That he had become tired of supporting his aged wife, who was an invalid, was the excuse which August Otto, a 08-year-old German, gave the police in Cleveland when he confessed he killed the woman. Tho woman's head was almost hacked to pieces. Otto was arrested and admitted he had done the deed with a mallet. Frederick Nurenberger, charged with land frauds, was convicted on seven t-ounts in the United States court in Fargo, N. D. There were thirteen counts ia the indictment. Nurenberger secured a number of quarter sections by paying the expenses and $200 each to the entry men. Judge Ami J on ordered Nurenberger into custody and fixed his bonds at $10.000 until a motion for a Lew trial can be made by the defense. Antoinette Seidonsticker, the 14-year-old girl who has been on trial in Wheaton. Minn., for the murder of Herman Shipp, has been acquitted. The verdict, which is a popular one, was reached nfter only thirty minutes' deliberation. The crime for which the girl was on trial was committed last May. She and Shipp had leen sweethearts, but she discovered that he was paying attentions to other girls and shot and kmed him. At tho same time she made a desperate effort to commit suicide by shooting, and,, when that failed, by throwing herself in front of a moving train. . Having fear of the stability of banks, Sam Shearer, an aged farmer near Hammond, Ind., made a hole in his cellar wall for his cash box. When he moved to town after passing his life as a hard working farmer he had an iron box made and placed $5,000 in gold and bills therein. Shearer scaled up the box in the cellar wall hole a few days ago. The other day he went to see if it was safe. Tho box and money were g.oe. Shearer and his wife may have to go to the poorhouse. The half million acres of Indian pasture reserve lying southwest of El Reno, Okla.. has been ordered by Secretary of the Interior Hitchcock opened to settlement. This means the furnishing of 3.125 more homes to settlers and another tide of emigration to southwestern Oklahoma. Indian Agent Randletthas been notified to 'prepare leases and advertise at once for bid, to be opened Dec. 4 next. AH the lands will be leased in 100 acre tracts for a period of five years from Jan. 1. 1900, at the minimum price of 25 cents per acre per year.

FOREIGN. News has reached Sydney, N. S. W., that greit damage has been caused In Samoa by a hurricane. The rebel battleship Kniaz Potemkine has been blown up by a torpedo boat near Theodosia, Crimea, according to dispatches from Odessa. It is not stated how many of the crew were killed. The recent riots in Odessa are charged t the Russian government, it being said that police agents circulated among the people inciting them to revolt, after which the soldiers shot down 7,000. The Chinese merchants in Selangor, Straits Settlements, have unanimously resolved to boycott American manufacturers pending the repeal of the Chinese exclusion act. .This completes the boycott bv the w hole of the Chinese communities in the Straits Settlements." IN GENERAL President" Roosevelt has offered the position of Secretary of State to Elihu Root and Mr. Root has accepted it. The Swedish government has decided to mobilize the army to hasten a settlement of the difficulty with Norway. The National Woman Suffrage Association unanimously re-elected the old officers with the exception of vice president at large and second auditor. The president Is Susan B. Anthony of New York. The cruiser Pennsylvania has established a record while coaling at Bradford. She loaded 848 tons of coal from four barges in six hours and twenty minutes, 178 tons being taken on board In one hour. Statements of passengers who arrived the other day from Panama tell ofthe prevalence of fever and disease in the canal zone. Mrs. Samuel B. Davis, widow of a former detective sergeant of New York, advises Amcrrcan women to keep the -men at home and calls Panama a death trap. Commercial insolvencies in the United States during the first, half of 1905 were 0,210 in number and $55,904,S55 in amount of defaulted indebtedness, according to the New York Journal of Commerce. Numerically this shows scarcely any alteration in comparison with the 0,214 failures in the corresponding six months of last year, but a decrease appears when last year's liabilities of $79,490,909 are con-idered. That the punishmen' .for forgery meted out In court senti ices is increasing is the 'opinion of .e detectives of the American Bankers'. Association in a report made by James R. Branch, secretary of the association, covering bank robberies and forgeries since Sept. 1, 1904. Since May 31 alone six professional forgers have been sentenced to a total of thirty-two years and nine months imprisonment, which, is an average of five years and five months each. Since Sept. 1, 1904, the American Bankers Association has secured arrests in twenty-two special cms of forgers, of which eleven were convicted, and arrests in forty-nine general cases, of which tweatj-fire were convicted.

MEN WHO WILL DISCUSS RUSSO-JAPANESE PEACE TERMS.

U 5? 6KOMURA. TAKAHIRA. ROSEX. MCRAVIEFF. Baron Roman Romanovitch Rosen, the new Russian ambassador to the United States, was until the outbreak of the present war the representative of the Czar at the court of the Mikado, and had advised his government of the preparations being made by Japan, but no attention was paid to his counsels. Previously he had served as charge d'affairesat the Japanese capital, and was consul general at New York from 18S2 to 1S9L Baron Rosen speaks several languages and is an accomplished scholar and musician. He is a state councilor, a chamberlain of the imperial court, and a knight of thre3 orders St. Vladimir, St Ann and St. Stanislaus. M. Muravieff, who was born in 1S50, is descended from one of the oldest families of Russia. Since 14SS. when the MuraviefTs came into the landed estates in the province of Novgorod which they still hold, they have figured on nearly every page of Russian history. N. V. Muravieff was years ago a secretary of state at St. Petersburg, and in 1S91 was appointed president of the criminal section of the senate.- which is the highest court in Russia. He became minister of justice in 1S05. and since then has reformed the judicial systems of Siberia and other sections of the empire. With his brother, the lato Count Muravieff, minister of foreign affairs, he was largely instrumental in the building of the Trans-Siberian railroad and the development of the resources of Siberia. He is now Russian ambassador to Italy. Jutaro Komura formerly was Japanese minister to the United States, being succeeded by Minister Takahira in 1900. and himself being sent to St. Petersburg. He was graduated from the Harvard law school in 1S75, and spent several years in this country fitting himself for an official career. As secretary of legation at Pekin, just before the breaking out of the war between China and Japan, as civil governor of the captured province of Antung, following the war, and as minister to Korea, ho established a record which made him a potent factor in the politics of the Flowery Kingdom. Previous to being sent to Washington he was vice minister of foreign affairs. Kogoro Takahira, Japaneso minister to the United States, is considered one of Japan's most distinguished and experienced diplomats. He entered upon his duties at Washington in 1900. but previously had been an attache of the legation and consul goiieral at New York. He also has served his country as minister to Italy, ambassador to Vienna and The Hague, and before assuming his present 'position he was vice minister of foreign affairs at Tokio. Mr. Takahira is not of the titled class, but has risen from the ranks. lie entered the imperial diplomatic service in 187C. BURIAL OF JOHN HAY. Präsident and Vice President Go to Grave of Dead Secretary. At almost exactly noon Wednesday the body of John Hay was laid to rest in Lakeview cemetery, Cleveland. Around the open grava at the last moment stood with bowed heads the President and Vice President of the United States, members and ex-members of the present cabinet and men who had in former years served with the dead Secretary in the official family of President McKinley. There were many others who willingly would have paid a tribute of honor and respect to Mr. Hay, but it was the wish of his family that tho funeral should be conducted for "John Hay the man they knew and loved in private life, and not for the brilliant and forceful premier whose name is honored wherever clean and successful statesmanship is esteemed among men. The "assemblage at his funeral and around his grave was therefore snail. The visible honors accorded him in death week in a ratio directly inverse to those freely given him in life, and perhaps no greater testimony to the worth of the man could have been given than the auiet manner in which his countrymen, who appreciated his character and achievements, stood aside at his family's wish to take hostage of the future for the endurance of his fame. The events of the day commenced with the arrival of President Roosevelt's train at 9 a. m. and closed with its departure at 11 p. m. The funeral itself was held between 11 and 12 o'clock, the interment being at noon. A memorial service in tr bute to the late Secretary of State John Hay was held at the Church of the Covenant in Washington at the same hour the funeral services were bMng conducted at Cleveland. Practically all of official Washington was present. Short Personals. E. II. Sothern, the actor, is soon to Issue a book of poems. Herbert L. Jenks has presented the Fitchburg (Mass.) library with the only oomplete set of Chopin's compositions. Bernard Karfiol, a 19-year-old Brooklyn boy, is attracting the attention of the critics and artists of France by his paintings. Rudyard Kipling says that the development of the automobile has benefited humanity mentally, physically and spiritually. Field Marshal Oyama is said to be so religious that he believes in all the Japanese gods, and has a temple at his house in Tokio for their worship. Rear Admiral Uriu, who bore the brunt of the great naval battle in the straits of Korea, was graduated from the United States Naval Academy in 18S1. Seth Nation, father of James, the assistant State Auditor of Kansas, has no fear for the number thirteen. Ho was born on April 13, enlisted in th.war on Aug. 13, was nominated treasurer of Neosho county on Sept 13, and was inaugurated on Oct. 13, and has had thirteen children

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CROP OUTLOOK GOOD.

Weather Favorable Kxcept for Corn In t Northern District. The" weather bureaus weekly bulletin summarizes crop conditions as follows: "The northern districts of the country experienced temperatures too low for rapid growth, but in the Southern States the temperatures were highly favorable. Excessively heavy rains from the central and west gulf districts northward ovtx the western portion of the central valleys, while relieving drought in Missouri, were injurious in places, and interfered extensively with cultivation. The conditions on tho Atlantic and Pacific coasts were generally favorable. Rain is much needed in the southern plateau region. "Corn has made excellent growth over the greater part of the corn bait, and except in the upper Missouri and lower Ohio valleys, where rains have retarded cultivation, the crop is clean and well advanced. Considerable has -.been laid by in Illinois, Missouri and Kansas. Late corn in the Southern States is suffering for cultivation. "Winter wheat harvest is well advanced in the northern portion of the winter wheat belt, and is practically finished in Illinois. Missouri and eastern Kansas. Rain has caused injury to grain in shock in Texas,. Tennessee and Kentucky. "Spring wheat has advanced rapidly throughout the spring wheat region and continues in promising condition. Some rust, however, is reported from the southern portion, and on lowlands" in Minnesota the-e. is a tendency to loJge. The crop also continues i fine condition on the north Pacific coast, except in the Williamette valley. "A fine crop of oats is indicated in the principal oat producing States, but few unfavorable reports respecting this crop being received. Harvesting is in progress in tho lower Missouri and central Mississippi valleys." In Illinois showers benefited all crops not yet matured. Haying progressing; yield heavy in north, elsewhere not so good. Considerable corn laid by in good condition. Oat harvest begun, good output indicated. Wheat thrashing, fair yield of good quality. Apples falling: p aches almost a failure, grapes and berrks promising. Potatoes, average crpp in north, elsewhere short yield. EPWORTH LEAGUE IN SESSION. Three Loruest Andltorinms in Denver Are Crowded.' The seventh international convention of the Epworth League was opened in Denver Thursday with three simultaneous meetings which taxed to the utmost the capacity of Coliseum Hall, Trinity Methodist Episcopal church and Central Presbyterian church, the largest auditoriums in the city. Fully 20,000 delegates and visitors attended. With a single change the program was carried out to the letter. Bishop Isaac W. Joyce of Minneapolis was slated to preside at one of the opening meetings, but owing to sickness he was unable to be present. The chairmen at these meetings were Bishop Joseph F. Berry of Buffalo, N. Y.; Dr. Stephen J. Herben of Chicago, editor of the Epworth Herald, and the Rev. Melvin Taylor of Quebec. Gov. Jesse F. McDonald, Mayor Robert W. Speer, Congressman Robert Bonynge and others made welcoming addresses and responses were given by th Rev. IL D. Atcheson, D. D., Dubuque, Iowa; the Rev. II. M. Dubose, D. D., Nashville, Tenn.; the Rev. G F. Salton, Ph. B., Ottawa, Ont.; the Rev. W. S. Matthews, D. D., Berkeley CaL, and others. SIXTY DIE IN TORNADO. Northern Border of Texas Smitten with a Death-Dealinir Windstorm. Three towns in Montague countyMontague, Nacona and Salt Creek, Texas were practically wiped out by a cyclone which swept through them Wednesday afternoon. Three other villages Gainesville, Belcher and Dixie were hit by the 6ame twister. The number ol dead, it is estimated, will aggregate nearly sixty. The injured will total nearly twice that t umber. The whole northern h.Cf of the county was razed by the storm and the property loss is immense. Fortunately the tornado missed most of the small towns in the section through which it swept, but it took in the homes of many farmers and stock raisers. At Jacksboro the force of the wind- was terrific. The Baptist church and twenty other buildings were blown off their foundations and a number of buildings totally destroyed.. Baptist and Methodist churches at Belcher were considerably damaged. Dixie school house was entirely blown away. The cyclone formed in the Texas Panhandle and struck Montague county, coming from the west. At Montague the court house, jail and about a dozen other buildings were partly or entirely wrecked. The tornado lasted thirty minutes. Hundreds of head of . stock were killed outright by th -wind. General destruction was wrought through Salt Creek valley. The cyclone created so pronounced a drop in the mercury that overcoats were needed at night as far south as Dallas, 100 miles away. Owing to the widely separated homes and the fact that in many instances whole families were wiped out details have been hard to get. King Edward recently acquired a copy of the "breeches bible." It originally belonged to Trince nenry of Wales, the ill-fated son .i James I., and was bequeathed to "Queen Victoria, or any sovereign of the realm" at the testator's decease. The testator was a justice of the peace. M. Delcasse, former French minister of foreign affairs, is now in his fifty-third year, and is described as being wiry and tough, with a round head, closely cropped, a bristly mustache, and a locked mouth, indicating a fighter. His general appearance indicates a man capable of much toil. Dr. Pollock, president of the Georgia university, has given his fine library to that institution. It is the result of twtntr-fiT years cf strenuous collsctius;

BISHOP BERRY.

Commerce has maintained steady progress. Mid-year conditions have Chicago. been entered upon, but ltss than the customary shutting down for repairs and inventories is contemplated, owing to the urgency of demands in the manufacturing branches. The week's activity Is well reflected In the volume of increased bank exchanges, in sustaining production in the metal and wood divisions, and In n heavy movement of general merchandise, grain, lumber and construction material. More seasonable weather added to the general buying in principal retail lines, and the sales exceeded those of the corresponding week last year In necessaries and vacation goods, indicating that the purchasing power of the people has not hitherto been better. Interior advices reflect widened trading at the country stores and satisfactory depletion of stocks. Wholesale transactions make a healthy exhibit, there beiDg continued growth in the forward selections of staple wares and orders from an extended breadth of territory in dry goods, clothing and footwear. The crop situation, offers further encouragement as a basis for future business enterprise. New wheat of high grade is arriving, the oats harvest in Illinois has started, and local dealings in cereals aggregated close upon 9,000,000 bushels for the last six days. Financial affairs are upon a strong foundation. Money remains ample for ordinary needs, security investment has gained and labor finds steady employment. Primary foodstuffs again were in excellent demand, and values assumed a higher range. Receipts of grain, 4,705,950 bushels, compare with 4.0S5,830 bushels for the corresponding week last year, and the shipments aggregated 4,145,789 bushels, against 2,445,382 bushels. Shipments of provisions have been unusually heavy for both domestic and export use. Receipts of live stock were 232,004 head, against 271,743 head a year ago, the decrease being mainly in cattle, and supplies sold readily at better prices. Compared with the closings a week ago quotations are higher in wheat, 2 cents a bushel, corn IVj cents, oats cent, pork and ribs iy2 cents, lard 2 cents, sheep 23 cents a hundredweight, hogs 172 cents, and cattle 15 cents. Failures reported in the Chicago district number 31, against 17 last week and 2S a year ago. Dun's Review of Trade. Though reflecting some irregularity, due to midyear Influences or, in Hw York. some- sections, to less cheerful crop reports, the volume of distributive trade is a full one for the season, and Industry and manufacture show less than ordinarily the effects of the approach of the vacation period. Optimism as to the fall trade outlook is the main subject of notice, but it is to be noted that good reorders for summer fabrics are still active- at some leading markets. Relatively the best reports come from the central West and Southwest Railway earnings continue good and the traffic outlook Is favorable. Commodity prices, particularly farm products and raw materials for manufacture, are very firm. Collections range from fair to good. Business failures in the United States for the week ending June 29 number ISO, against 157 last week, 204 In the like week In 1904, 1G2 in 1903, 13S in 1902 and 145 In 1901. In Canada failures for the week number 33, as against 23 last week and 20 in this week a year ago. Bradstreet's Commercial Report Chicago Cattle, common to prime, ?4.00 to $G.00; hogs, prime heavy, ?4.00 to $5.70; sheep, fair to choice, $3.00 to $5.25; wheat, No. 2, 98c to $1.00; corn, No. 2, 5Gc to GSc; oats, standard, 32c to 33c; rye, No. 2, 7Gc to 77c; hay, timothy, $8.50 to $11.50; prairie, $0.00 to $11.00; butter, choice creamery, ISc to 20c; eggs, fresh, 12c to 13c; potatoes, new, per bushel, 45c to 50c. Detroit Cattle, $3.50 to $5.30; hogs, $4.00 to $5.00; sheep, $2.50 to $5.00; wheat, No. 2, 93c to 95c; corn. No. 3 yellow, 57c to 59c; oats, No. 3 white, S3c to S5c; rye, No. 2, 77c to 79c Milwaukee Wheat, No. 2 northern, $1.07 to $1.10; corn, No. 3, "55c to 57c; oats, No. 2 white, 33c to c4c; rye, No. 1, SOc to Sic; barley, No. 2, 50c to 52c; 'pork, mess, $12.55. Toledo Wheat, No. 2 mixed, 99c to $1.01; corn, No. 2 mixed, 4Sc to 50c; ;oats. No. 2 mixed, 30c to 32c; rye, No. 2, Sic to 82c; clover seed, prime, $5.S0. ) Buffalo Cattle, choice shipping steers, $4.00 to $5.50; hogs, fair to choice, $4.00 to $G.O0; sheep, common to good mixed, $4.00 to $5.75; lambs, fair. to choice, $5.00 to $S.75. i New York Cattle. $1.00 to $5.05; hogs, $4.00 to , $5.85; sheep, $3.00 to $5.25; wheat, No. 2 red, $1.00 to $1.07; corn, No. 2, COc to C2c; oats, natural, white, 37a to 3Sc; butter, creamery, 18c to 20c; eggs,' western, 15c to 17c. Indianapolis Cattle, shipping, $3.00 to $5.00; hogs, choice heavy, $4.00 to $5.00; sheep, common to prime, $2.50 to $5.00; wheat, No. 2, 89c to 00c; corn. No. 2 white, 53c to 55c; oats, No. 2 white, 31c to 33c. St. Louis Cattle, $4.50 to $5.50; hogs, $4.00 to $5.05; sheep, $4.00 to $5.00; wheat No. 2, 90c to 91c: corn. No. 2, 53c to 55c; oats. No. 2, 31c to 33c; rye, No. 2, 70c to 72c. Cincinnati Cattle, $4.00 - to $5.00; hogs, $4.00 to $5.G5; sheep, $2.00 to $4.23; wheat No. 2, $1.03 to $1.05; corn. No. 2 mixed, 55c to 57c; oats, No. 2 mixed, 31c to 33c; rye, No. 2, 75c to 60c.

ROOT AS HAY'S SUCCESSOR.

Im Offered and Accepts Position am Secretary of State. President Roosevelt has chosen Elihu Root to fill the cabinet position made vacant by the death of John Hay. The announcement that Root was to return to the cabinet of President Roosevelt as Secretary of State was hailed with delight in Washington, a correspondent says. It is called a happy omen for the administration that Mr. Root should determine to relinquish a lucrative law practice which can led with it the honor of occupying a position of great eminence before the bar to return to the cabinet and it is believed that President Roosevelt has made it plain to Mr. Root that it was his duty to take the helm of state at a time when many ideals of American diplomacy, particularly those lnvolvodi in the far east, are at a critical point The acceptance by Mr. Root means a continuation of the "open-door" policy in China as Instituted by Secretary Hay. Elihu Root Is a little more than CO years old, having been born in Clinton, Oneida County, New York, Feb. 15, 1815. He was first chosen to officeas judge of the -New York Court of Common Tleas In 1879. President Arthur appointed him United States district attorney for the southern district of New York and he occupied this office for two years. He went into the McKinley cabinet as Secretary of War and was at the head of that department of the government during the troublous times in the Philippines following the Spanish-American war. Mr. Root resigned that position to resume the practice of law, in which he is regarded as one of New York's most successful men. CLARK RE.ELECTED. Leads Business Auxiliary of the Christian Endeavorers. Although confined to his home by illness, Rev. Dr. Francis E. Clark, head of the International Christian Endeavor or ganization, was reelected president of the auxiliary society, intrusted with the affairs of the greater body, at the convention held In Baltimore. Treasurer William Shaw reported: Receipts in the past yesr, $8,000.11; expenditures, $S,591.24; balance in treasury. ?93.37. Eight thousand delegates to the international convention assembled in Armory Hall, which had been elaborately decorated for their coming, and the 16.000 seats in tho great building were filled. The great audience was alive with enthusiasm. Treasurer Shaw of the United Society read a letter from President Roosevelt, and the reading of the letter evoked the heartiest applause. The doxology was sung by the great audience and Rev. Floyd Thompson of Philadelphia delivered a prayer. Gov. Edwin Warfield of Maryland delivered an address of welcome. Mayor E. Clay Timanus of Baltimore followed ia a brief address, and Rev. Snith Baker, pastor of the "mother society church," responded. The convention chorus sang the anthem, "The Heavens are Telling," and the annual review of the Christian Endeavor field was presented by General Secretary-Von Ogden Vogt "CITY OF LIGHTS." Dazzling: Electric Brilliancy to Be t Feature of Denver. A movement is on foot to make Denver the best lighted city in the world. Already oouuted the cleanest, its power to attract the tourist is to be increased by a lighting system that will make its streets at night reremble the courts of a world's fair and mak3 it famous as "The City of Lights." It is, in fact, from the wonderfully beautiful effects secured at the Chicago, Buffalo and St. Louis expositions that the idea of lighting the streets of the city has been derived, and the man who planed these efforts has been brought to Denver to undertake to do for a city's lighting that which he accomplished for the fair grounds. The first step toward the big plan for Denver will be the erection of thirtythree steel arches to span 10th street, the principal thoroughfare of the city, each arch to carry 220 incandescent electric light bulbs. The arches will reach from curb line to curb line, and from them., will also be suspended the trolley wires of the tramway line, and 60 all other poles along the street will be removed and full sweep given t'ae eye in the view of the glowing arches of light. The. arches are in themselves ornamental, and In replacing ordinary poles, will even in the daylight add to the beauty of the street It will all be in a measure theatrical or circusy, but is considered desirable in a city so much sought by the tourist and sight-seer as is Denver. At the same time the service result is expected to be much better than is secured from the arc lights, on which the publie lighting of the city at present depends. Col. Stephen N. Winslow has been connected with the Philadelphia Inquirer for sixty-three years. John W. Hutchinson, last of the famous band of singing abolitionists, is recovering from a serious illness at his home in Lynn, Mass. Earl Nelson, who is ia his 82d year, is the only living peer who was a member of the House of Lords when Queen YictorU caiae to tha thrcu.

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