Plymouth Tribune, Volume 5, Number 9, Plymouth, Marshall County, 7 December 1905 — Page 2

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TL. Qi fN. M. "TN F. Q.F. M V$ ISth r?25th. ) 3rd. jj 11th. PAST AND PEESENT AS IT COMES TO US FROM ALL CORNERS OF THE EARTH. Telegraphic Information Gathered by the Few for the Enlightenment of the Manx Catholic Bank Fails. A dispatch from the City of Mexico says: The Catholic bank, an institution operating under an Arizona charter and at the outset patronized by the higher clergy, who, it is said, withdrew their deposits recently, has closed its doors. There was no run on the bank, which has refused to do business pending the appointment of a receiver. It is said the bank had $800,000 deposits, mostly of the poorer class of people. Dos Saves Boy from Drown inc. Happy, the shepherd dog of Mrs. J. Betz of Trenton, X. J., saved little 7-year-old Vincent Harris from drowning. The boy was playing with companions on the bridge crossing the Assanpink creek, when he fell into the water. The children, frightened, ran away, but the dog plunged In and saved the little fellow, bringing him to the shore with the seat of his trousers grasped in his dogship's mouth. Fa mi It Annihilated by Kxplosion. In an explosion near Weston, W. Va., the home of Charles Douglas was blown to atoms and Douglas, his wife and two children were literally torn to pieces and the pieces consumed by a fire which followed. The explosion was caused by a valve blowingout of a large gas pipe within a few feet of the house, the escaping gas taking fire in some way. Bank Rvibbcry at Vallonia, Ind. Burglars entered the bank at Vallonia, Ind., and worked the combination of the safe. The bank officials have not given out definite information as to the amount taken, but it is believed to be small. There is do clew to the robbers. This is the second bank robbery at Vallonia recently. The Ilunsuckers' Savings bank was robbed last February of $3,000. Big Fire at Albion, Ind. The J. G. At wood buggy factory, chief manufacturing institution of Albion, Ind., was totally destroyed by fire, entailing a loss of $23,000, on which there was insurance of about $13,000. The factory was located near the stock yards of the B. & O. Railroad Company, and flames communicated to the stock yards,which also burned. Tidal Wave on Lake Michigan. Shipping and dock property at Waukegan, 111., were seriously damaged by a tidal wave seven feet in height which swept in from Lake Michigan. The steamer Tioga was driven against the pier and a small hole was knocked in its side and two tugs in the harbor were also slightly damaged. Lake St orms Cost 149 Unman Lives. A report from Detroit, Mich., says that ships wrecked, and a loss of nearly $7,000,000 has been sustained in the three big storms on the great lakes this season. That this is the most disastrous season in the history of shipping in the lakes is beyond doubt. Jealousy Caused Murder and Suicide. In a fit of insane jealousy, John Lewis, a packing house employe at St. Joseph, Mo., is supposed to have, killed Mrs. Mattie Shanee, a cook emploj c d at the Memorial Home for the Aged, by shooting her in the right temple and then to have committed suicide by shooting himself in the head. Coal Barge Sinks; Four Drowned. Boston (Mass.) special: The barge Delewani.a, in tow of the tug boat Scranton, both loaded with coal, foundered off Minots. Captain George B. Munsey, his wife, the engineer and cook of the vessel were drowned. One man was saved by the tug and taken to Boston. 1 Boy Killed While Hunting. William Searfoost, 15 years of age, the son of Isaac Searfoost of Eaton, Ohio, was accidentally shot and killed, while out hunting, by Lloyd Westerveld, the 18-year-old son of John Westerveld of Angola, Ind. The accident occurred two miles northeast of Angola. Jersey Central Flyer Wrecked. A special from Scranton, Pa., says that the Jersey Central flyer was wrecked at Stoney creek, three miles above Penn Haven junction, sixty-five miles south of Bcranton. The engineer and firemen are reported killed and nine passengers inlured. Another Mafia Victim. Alex Guido, aged 27, an Italian, was shot and killed near his home in Chicago, by unknown persons whom the police nspect are members of the n?afia." Three suspects, all Italians, have been arrested. Another Klondike in South America. A dispatch from Santiago, Chile, says: Great excitement prevails in the gold fields bordering on the Straits of Magellan. The territory is said to be a second Klondike. Five Hurt in B. & O. Wreck. Five persons were badly injured in a head-on collision between eastbound double-header passenger train No. 18 and a freight train on the B. & O. railroad east of Hammond, Ind. The collision was due to misinterpretation of orders. , Goats and Wind Strip Isle. A dispatch from Honolulu, via San Francisco,says: The island of Lanai,the smallest inhabited island of the Hawaiian group, is being laid bare by the ravages of wild goats and the blowing away of its vegetation and soil by high winds. EXlmnesota Firm Fails for f 708,000 Francis A. Theopold and Herbert S. Theopold, doing business at Faribault, llinn., as the Theopold Mercantile Company, filed & voluntary petition in bankruptcy In the United States Court. Their combined liabilities are scheduled at $7C3,1S0, with assets of $169,894. Hunter Slain by Companion. While John llinn, a steel worker, was out hunting near Cannonsburg, Fa., with Thomas Lewis, the Litter's gun acci. dentally discharged.- killing him instantly, llinn was 42 years old and leaves 1 trifa.

800 MILES IX A TRUXIC Taang? Man Starts from Denver to Chicago aa Wife's Ba grease. Lacking money for railroad fare, and wishing to take his bride to see his father in Chicago, George Frances, recently married in Denver, traveled inside a small trunk. Mrs. Frances went in a tourist sleeper, with the key to the trunk in her pocketbook. The trunk was bought at a second hand store In Denver. A hole was bored in one end, and strong cross pieces were placed on the inside for the inmate to cling to when he was tossed around by the baggage smashers. After putting in bread and meat and a can of water, Frances crawled inside and his wife locked and strapped the trunk. When nearing Omaha the baggageman, while checking over the articles in his care, noticed something move through the hole in his trunk and made a closer examination. Suspecting there was a man inside the baggageman asked him if he wanted a drink. Frances finding he was discovered begged the baggageman not to give him away, and explained his reasons for his strange method of traveling. When taken out Frances was so stiff he could hardly walk, but begged hard to be allowed to continue his journey. 'It was the most remarkable ride I ever had in my life," he declared. "The food gave out before I was discovered, and I do not know how I could have stood it if I had been left in the trunk until we reached Chicago."

3TEW ROAD TO THE PACIFIC. Milwaukee and St. Faul to Spend 00,000,000 on Line. At an expenditure of over $00,000,000 the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul road will at once commence the construction of the extension of its lines to the Pacific coast from its Missouri river points and make Seattle and Tacoma its western termini instead of Evarts and Chamberlain. The construction of the extension was formally authorized at the meeting of the board of directors of the St. Paul road in New York City after the presentation of the report by President A. J. Earling of the conditions in the far Wot as he found them in his recent trip. The report of the action of the board of directors was wired to Chicago and its official announcement was made by Second Vice President E. W. MrKenna. It was announced that the wok will require about three years for completion and will when finished add 1,500 miles to the St. Paul system. At present the mileage is over 7,200 miles, with 400 miles in various places under construction. The surveys for the work are partially completed and to avoid difficulties several routes have been selected in places where there is any doubt of right of way grants. TELLS OF FILIPINOS' XEEDS.. C. R. Edwards L'rsres Market, Bank and Better Treatment. Col. Clarence R. Edwards, chief of the bureau of insular affairs, in his annual report to the Secretary of War states that the three most important needs of the Philippine Islands to-day ire a market, the opportunity for farmers to borrow money at reasonable rates of interest and adequate transportation facilities. Provision for the latter has been made by Congress. He says the first of these needs in so far as it may be provided for by the reduction of the Dingley tariff on Philippine products gained the consideration of the Congress in its last days and a nine to one verdict in favor of. the proposition was given, but too late to be finally acted upon by either the House or the Senate. BREAK XLCK IX ROBBERY. Footpads Also Cnt Victim's Jugular for ills Money. With jugular vein severed and neck broken, the body of Frank W. Noetzel. aged 28, was discovered near the Myrtle street crossing of the Michigan " Central railroad in Detroit. Apparently the mortal injuries had been inflicted with a large, heavy knife. Noetzel, who was married and engaged in the plumbing business, had gone out late in the even-' ing to collect a bill amounting to $200. It is supposed that some one familiar with his plans assaulted him on the way home with the purpose of robbery. Ohio River on the, Rampage. A sudden rise of eight feet in the Ohio river Thursday caught freight shippers unawares, but packet agents were able to get freight off the levee at Evansville, Ind., before much of it was carried away by the flood. Hundreds of rowboats were floated off. Green river, which empties into the Ohio four miles above the city, is on a rampage. Hogs and cattle have been drowned in lowlands. Hotel Burns; One Dead, Six Hurt. On man was burned to death and six persons were injured iu a fire that destroyed the interior of the South End hotel in East St. Louis, III. The shell of the building was left standing, with little outward evidence of the conflagration. The charred body of Patrick Mesner, aged 50, a steel mill puddler, was found in the ruins. Battle at Sebastopol. Russian troops and mutinous sailors engaged in a fierce battle at Sebastopol in which the rebel barracks are reported to have been stormed, the cruiser Otcha koff riddled and set afire, and the city bombarded, but the prostration of the telegraph service by the strike throughout the empire makes full details pi the carnage unobtainable. Forbidden to Take Bath. . An ordinance, just passed by the Newark, Del., council, forbids inhabitants from taking a bath for a month. Trouble over the water supply led to the passage of the ordinance, which, it is said, will be be enforced to the letter. Muck Crime In Chicago. Chief of Police Collins declares there have been 158 suicides in Chicago since he became chief of police, July C, and that on a charge of murder 103 persons have been arrested and five more held to the grand jury by the coroner's jury. New Inauguration Date. The last Thursday in April was selectad for the inauguration of Presidents by a committee which met at Washington and took the vote of the Governors of forty-four States and territories upon the question. Fire at Buenos Ay res. A serious fire broke ou . in Buenos Ayres in a warehouse containing inflammable 'merchandise, including 100,000 cans of petroleum. The loss is estimated at $1,000,000. Allies Seise Mytllene. Sailors from the allied fleet seized the customs and telegraph offices of Mytilen, an island belouging to Turkey, as the first step in enforcing the demand for reform in Macedonia. Sqniers Returns from Havana, Herbert G. Squiers, the American minister at Havana, has cabled his resignation to Washington. - It can be as-

serted that the Cuban government eabled a message of complaint to Washington against Mr. Sqniers attitude on the Isle of Pines question. Edwin V. Morgan, American minister to Korea, has been appointed to succeed Mr. Squiers.

B. A O. TItAIXS WRECKED. Fast Passenger and Freight Collide Near 31 1 Her' Station, Ind. One man was reported killed and six severely injured in a head-on collision between a fast passenger train and a local freight train on the Baltimore and Ohio railroad between McCool, Ind., and Miller's Station. The trains met on a curve and both engines, two baggage coaches, a passenger coach nnJ a number of freight cars were demolished. E. L. Winler, Naperville, 111., a mail clerk, was most seriously hurt. When the trains came together a heavy safe used for registered mail was torn loose from its fastenings at one end of the mail car and hurled with the force of a catapult the length of the car, catching Winler and jamming him against the opposite end of the car, breaking two ribs and inflicting internal injuries. E. Hayes, Garrett, Ind., engineer of the passenger train, leg broken and cut by broken glass, was taken to a hospital at McCool, lud. The wreck, according to the reports from the offices of the Baltimore and Ohio railroad in Chicago, was caused by a misunderstanding of orders. The freight train was ordered to take a siding between McCool and Miller's Station to permit the passenger train to pass. For some reason the freight did not take the siding and was running at high speed toward Miller's Station when the passenger train dashed into it as it rounded a sharp curve. Heavy timber and a murky atmosphere prevented either engineer seeing the approach of the other train until it was too late to avert the crash. DOOR CLOSED TO ISLE OF T1XES. Secretary Root Sharply Rebukes the American Annexationists. , The administration has dashed the hopes of the little band of American colonists on the Isle of Pines who have, been working toward the separation of the island from Cuba and its inclusion! iu the United States. Secretary Root,' after consultation with the President, made public the text of a letter which he had addressed to Charles Reynard,; president of the American Club of thei Isle of Pines, defining the attitude of the United States government toward the proposed formation of a territorial government in the island as a part of the United States. The Secretary was most pointed in the statements in his letter, saying: 4,There is no procedure by which you and your associates can lawfully establish a territorial government in that Island. The island is lawfully subject to the control and government of the republic of Cuba, and you and your associates are bound to render obedience to j the laws of that country so long as you remain in the island." DIXD COMRADE TO TRACK. High School Pupil Rescued by Girls in the Mck of Time. When six pupils of tho Washington school, Logansport, Ind., appeared in police court Monday it was learned that they wero to answer for a joke perpetrated upon Carl Hilton, a fellow student of about the same age, who, it is alleged, was bound with a wire to the Wabash railroad tracks Saturday night and who was rescued from his perilous position by Enid Alexander and four other girls just before the. Toledo and St. Louis express passed. Hilton was in the company of the five girls when captured by the alleged hazers. The girls followed and had just scrambled off the right of way when the train dashed by. The boys, who gave their names as Arthur Hewitt, Fred Gerhart, George Palmer, Arthur Montgomery, Heury B lrh and Walter Curg, were released with a reprimand after promising that no such pranks would be reptr.ted. OUT 2,700 BY CHICAGO DU.XKO. Victim Comes To After 3 Months, Finding 100,000 Deed Forgery. Bunkoed out of $2,700 iu Chicago on Aug. 29 last, but without knowing it until the other day, John X. Terrett'of Grafton, W. Va., came to Mankato, Minn., to claim a half-interest in the Hubbard Milling Company's $200,000 plant. He brought witn him a deed to a half-interest in the property, which he claimed he had received from the late It. D, nubbard in the latter's Chicago office, Aug. 29, in return for the $2,700. The deed was a forgery. Jewish Settlement Commemorated. Jews in New York celebrated the two hundred and fiftieth anniversary of Jewish settlement in the United States and listened to glowing tributes paid their race by President Roosevelt, Vice President Fairbanks, former President Cleveland, Gov. Higgins, Mayor McClellan and others. The McCnrdys Are Ont. Richard A. McCurdy has resigned as president of the Mutual Life Insurance Company of New York. His retirement has been followed by that of his son, Richard II. McCurdy, general manager of the company, and Louis A. Thebaud, the favored general agent for New York. Change of Rules Demanded. Columbia University of New York has banished football under the present rules from the list of sports in which its students may participate, and New York University has invited nineteen other schools to join a conference to provide for the reform or abolition of the game. President Dismisses Lleb. President Roosevelt has summarily dismissed William S. Lieb, assistant treasurer of the United States at Philadelphia, for persistent violations of the civil service law. Robbers Blow Safe In Bank. Robbers broke into the State bank at I Chapman. Neb., and blew the safe open wim umuo'J venu. iiirj esuayeu Wim an amount of paper money estimated at $1,300. Bents Michigan at Football. Yost's vaunted Michigan football ma chine was wrecked by the University of Chicago team by a score of 2 to 0, re suiting through an error by a Michigan player. Will Not Accept Compromise. President Roosevelt, after a confer ence with his advisers, let it be known that he stands firm for the passage of a railway rate regulation law and is not I willing to accept a compromise. Bank Is Robbed of f 3,000. Robbers wrecked the ;fe of the Citi zens National bank at Owl. I. T., and escaped with over $3,000. The bank is owned by Beard Brothers of Shawnee. Steamer and Crew Go Down. The Chicago steamer , Ira H. Owen foundered in Lake Superior and her en tire crew of nineteen men were lost.

THE HAN BEHIH) THE GUN,

Chicago Chronicle.

POWERS STAND PAT. Hold One Tnrklth Island and May Take Another. Detachments from the international fleet landed at Mitylene Sunday afternoon in accordance with the instructions of Rear-Admiral Ritter von Jedina and occupied the customs and postal buildings. The governcr protested, but his representations were not availing. If the Sultan does not accede to the demands of the powers the fleet will occupy the island of Tenedos, off the coast of Asia Minor. The porte continued its efforts to obtain a modification of the financial control scheme so as to make it more acceptable to Turkish views. The grand vizier, Ferid Pasha, the report of whose dismissal was unfounded, lias informed M. Zinovieff, the Russian am bassador, that the scheme in its present shape is too unpalatable. The grand vizier offered to agree to the eW tablishment of four new civil agents with the 'same functions as the existing agents of Austria and Russia, but the ambassador declared that no alter ation in the demands of the powers was possible. Tewfik Pasha, the foreign minister, also tried to enlist the sympathies of the German and Italian ambassadors, but his efforts were equally futile. The unanimity of the powers, Including Germany, as to the necessity for compelling a full acceptance of the demands appears to be complete and diplomatic circles are satisfied that the porte will realize that in face of this unanimity there is nothing to be done but bow to the will of Europe. It Is believed in Washington diplomatic circles that the recent war between Japan and Russia has had considerable to do with the recent attitude of the Sultan toward the Euro pean powers, it is a well-known tact that Turkey has watched the war with the greatest interest. Japan and Turkey are no strangers to each other, for in recent years the two sovereigns have exchanged presents and expres sions of good will. Turkish newspapers and Turkish public opinion favored the Japanese cause from the beginning. 0f The Russians are better strikers than they are soldiers. Everybody in Russia seems to be winning his freedom except the Czar. At last Sweden and Norway have agreed to a complete divorce without alimony. . The average Russian begins to class manifestoes and ukases with gold-brick circulars. The Tammany Tiger just managed to get its body through, but caught its tail in the door. Mr. Moody has determined to keep on driving the Beef Trust toward the slaughter pen. The Czar is endeavoring to make it plain that he intends keeping the salary and perquisites. In the opinion of King Oscar the Norwegians are simply drawing a king to a handful of jacks. When the United States Senate convenes in December its members will need a few days to examine one another's vindications. Possibly the coal operators hope, to relieve an overstocked market at advancing prices by widely advertising a threatened strike. It appears that though the President was not seasick on the trip up the coast, Mr. Loeb was. Multitudinous are the duties of a faithful secretary. The concessions the Czar threw ont of the sleigh seems to have stopped tbe Rusisan wolves only for a moment. They are after him again in full cry. While the Tokio brass band and fire department did not turn out to welcome him at the station, ivomura nnas ne is solid with the Emperor. And he is the man who hands out the good jobs.

SULTAN OF TUUKEY.

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SHIPS WRECKED BY STORM.

Many Vessels Ashore In a Terrific BlUzard on Lake Superior. St. Paul was the storm center of the great disturbance which raged over the west and northwest east of the Rocky Mountains Monday night. The temperature up to noon Tuesday was mild and the terrific gale which raged nearly all night died out with the coming of dawn. Over the British northwest the temperature is zero or below. At Superior, Wis., a blinding, wet snow accompanied a 00-mile hurricane, with the result that snow drifts four to six feet deep obstructed the principal streets. The citizens in their homes were literally snowed under. The estimated velocity of wind all night was between sixty and seventy miles an hour. All night the snow fell, while the wind increased in force. Lake Superior was lashed into boiling fury. The hurricane marks the first really fierce blizzard since 1S72, and if anything this storm is worse than the one thirty-three years ago. The steamer Crescent City is ashore near Duluth in a furious storm and it is reported that a "whole bunch of steamers" is ashore on the Lake Superior coast and that the vessels are being pounded to pieces by the heavy sea. It is feared that the loss of life in shipping disasters will be heavy. The Crescent City of the Pittsburg Steamship Company fleet, which is stranded on the north shore of Lake Superior, is a total wreck. She was driven on the rocks within the limits of the city of Duluth. he Crescent City is 470 feet long with 5,703 gross tonnage, being one of the best of the steel trust's ships. BURTON AGAIN CONVICTED. Kansas Senator for the Second Time lias Been Found Guilty. For the second time iu two years trial proceedings in the case of Senator J. Ralph Burton of Kansas have result ed in a signal vindication of the power of the law to deal effectively with influential offenders. In April, 1904, Burton was convicted of having violated the federal statutes by using his official influence with the Postoflice Department to protect a J. R. BURTON. St Louis "get rich quick" company against nvhich a fraud order had been issued. The court at that time commended the jury for returning a "just and true' verdict. On a technical question of jurisdiction the Supreme Court ordered a retrial. But the second jury merely repeats the verdict of the first. The effect of the decision, if sustained, will be to disqualify Burton from holding any federal office, no matter what ether punishment may be imposed. Burton's lawyers announce that they will apply at once for a new trial, and. failing to get it, will appeal to the Supreme Court. United State? Senator Joseph Ralph Burton has been the senior Senator from Kansas for the last four years, and since the campagn of 187G had been one of the orators of the Republican party. He is an Indianian by birth, 54 years of age, and for three terms was a member of the Kansas Legislature. He has made a most aggressive fight against conviction on the present case, the indictments having been found faulty twice, on technicalities, and a new trial granted by the Appellate Court when he was first convicted a year ago. At that time he wis sentenced to six months in jail and to pay $2,500 fine, precisely the amount he is said to have received in the transaction. The Oregon Railroad Navigation Company has placed au order for $S00,000 worth of steel rails. September earnings of 'the Reading Road were the largest for any month in its history with one exception. That was in May last, when the road carried 1,202,074 tons of anthracite coal.. In September the road carried lf0G7,91G tons. The Louisville and Nashville is another road which in its September statement shows the results of the yellow fever embargo in the South. Its net earnings for the month decreased 5.7C per cent and for the three months ended Sept. 30 tkey decreased 7.53 per cent. The car ferry Grand naven, which has been operating between Milwaukee and Grand Haven for the last two years by the Grand Trunk Car Ferry Company, has been purchased under foreclosure proceedings in Milwaukee by the Grand Trunk Railroad system for $1SC,131.

CHICAGO IS CHAMPION.

University Football Team Wins Over Michigan Hieven. Chicago University's football team is champion of the West. By the narrowest margin possible, "by a hair," Stagg's great team wrested the laurel from the Michigan team, which has worn it for four years, defeating the Wolverines at Marshall field in Chicago by the score of 2 to 0. The battle between the gridiron warriors representing the Maize and Blue and the Maroon was one of the fiercest, most spectacular and most closely contested ever seen in the Middle West. The two teams were evenly matched and the struggle surged up and down the field, almost all the fight being made between the thirty-five-yard lines. Victory came to the Maroons unexpectedly and dramatically. Neither side had gained any appreciable advantage over its opponent up to the middle of the second half. Then Eckersall dropped back to jmnt, the Maroon offense being held. The kick was made from the center of the field and the ball sailed high and far away, close to the Wolverine goal posts. Denny Clark, playing back with Barlow, caught the pigskin just behind Michigan's goal line, and attempted to run it out. At this point came the turn in the tide of affairs that robbed Michigan of the championship and gave it to Chicago a quick appreciation of the possibilities in the play, seen by Captain Catlin of the Maroons. Nobody interfered for Clark, who was attempting to find an opening in the on-rushing line of the Maroons. He stepped inside the field a fatal mistake and in an instant Badenock was upon him, stopping his progress only momentarily, for he missed the tackle, but Captain Catlin pounced on the Wolverine In an instant and threw him back behind his own goal line for a safety, giving Chicago its two points. This was the great active incident of a game which crowned Chicago with the laurels fof which it has fought for four years. ENVOY CALLED DOWN. Minister Sqniers, Reprimanded Over Pines Revolt, Qnlts. Herbert G. Squiers resigned his commission as minister of the United States to Cuba, as a protest against the sharp reprimand administered to him by Secretary of State Root. He will be succeeded by Edwin V. Morgan, minister to Corea. The reprimand given Mr. Squiers resulted from his alleged encourageh. g. squiers. ment of Americans in the Isle of Pines to set up u territorial government. In the hope of influencing the Senate against ratification of the treaty now pending, which recognizes Cuba's sovereignty over the island. It was alleged that Minister Squiers knew in advance of the proposed revolt of Americans, and the attitude he adopted was such as to encourage them to pursue this course, though he was aware It was directly contrary to the policy of the President. Ministers Squiers went so far as to authorize an interview with a correspondent of a New York paper and the reporter of a paper published in Havana. It was this interview which precipitated the trouble. It was a violation of the regulations for the government of the diplomatic service. which forbid an officer from talking !or publication without the consent of the State Department. M'CURDY IS OUT. tlntnal Life President's Resigna tion Is Accented. Richard A. McCurdy has resigned as president of the Mutual Life Insurance Company and hu resignation has been accepted by . the board of trustees. The resignation of Robert II. McCur dy, son of the pres ident, and general manager of the company, did not accompany his father's, nor did that of the son-in-law, Louis A. Thebaud. The early retirement of both is looked for, however. KOBT. U. M CUBDV. Frederic Cromwell, for twenty-five years associated with the McCurdy rejime as trustee and for the last twenty years as treasurer, was chosen president pro tem. He will hold the office until June 1, the date of the next annual election. While it is expected that Mr. Cromwell will hold office until the next annual meeting in June, there is a possiDility that the trustees may choose a ew president at any time. The Mutnal's investigating committee will continue its efforts to lay bare all :he Mutual's affairs and place the responsibility for mismanagement. CHURCH BAN ON RICH WOMEN. Cxcommunicated for Attending Wedding of Divorced Man. Miss Mae Hamilton, Mrs. Edward Tuilahy and all other Roman Catholics vho attended the wedding or reception )f Congressman Kennedy and Miss Marjuerite Pritchett at Omaha have been excommunicated by a notice issued by Bishop Scannell. Congressman Kennedy las a divorced wife living, but he is not l Catholic. Neither is Miss Pritchett. It was known that several prominent Catholic families in the city were intiuate friends of Miss Pritchett and it was because of this that Bishop Scannell sued the notice forbidding all Cathlics in his diocese from assisting in jhe marriage of a divorced person while he other party to the divorce is living. Miss Hamilton, who is worth $1,000,XX) in her own right, defied the church ior the sake of her friend. Mrs. Cud;hy did not attend the wedding, but ras present at the reception which folowed. Bishop Scannell said that he rould take no steps in the matter, delaring that the Catholics who particitated in the wedding ceremony and also hose who attended the reception followng were equally culpable, and said that hey had excommunicated themselves by heir action, in the face of the warning isued by himself.

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RCIAL

Industrial c o n d I tions generally rialntaln encouraging features. Pro Chicago. duction is steady at the highest volume, but surplus supplies of raw and finished material are not in evidence, and values exhibii: the greatest strength of recent years. Overtaxed freight capacity testifies to unprecedented distribution of commodities and confidence In the future course of business is seen in the enormous accumulation of forward orders and extensive additions to manufacturing plants in this district soon to be started. Heavy outdoor work makes rapid headway, and this draws uikjii labor and material to an unusual extent, the lumber trade and planing mills especially feeling much pressure of need for prompt delivery. The absorption of iron and steel, machinery, electric equipment, hardware and farm implements shows healthy expansion, while the demand for leather and footwear reaches Karge proportions and tanners make liberal shipments, which cause depletion of stocks carried. Hides continue in exceptional request, and the packinghouses employ augmented forces. November has shown less quiet in retail activity than is usually looked for during that month. Weather conditions remained favorable in the leading departments, and the buying of winter goods and Christmas novelties ha3 made fine progress. Country reports have a satisfactory tone, geneitil merchandise being freely bought and liberal investment made in farm improvement. Mercantile default. again are seen to be small in number and amount, and Western collections occasion little comment. Failures reported in the Chicago district number 21, against 27 last week and 24 a year ago. Dun's Review of Trade. Mild, open weather favors in a high degree the He York. precedented activity in all industrial lines, but unfavorably affects retail trade in wearing apparel and retards collections, which also feel the adverse influences of country-wide freight congestion. Evidently, in an effort to avoid trouble from this latter source, holiday trade at wholesale is active beyond all preceding years. In wholesale and jobbing lines the backwardness of retail trade is reflected in slower reorder trade than expected, but confidence in the general outlook is evidenced by the liberal orders reported for spring goods. Perhaps the most marked evidence of confidence in the future Is found in the metal markets, wh'ch display a strength of demand anü of prices not usual at this season. Business failures for the week ended Nov. 23 number 224. against IDS last week, 193 in the like week of 1904. 1G7 in 1903, 1S2 in 1902 and ISO in 1901. In Canada failures for the week number forty, as against forty-one last week and forty-one in this week a year ago. Bradstreet's Commercial Report. Chicago Cattle, common to prime. $4.00 to $G.G5; hogs, prime heavy, $4.00 to $5.07; sheep, fair to choice, $3.00 to $5.SG; wheat, No. 2, SOc to 87c; corn. No. 2, 44c to 40c; oats, standard, 2Sc to 29c; rye. No. 2, GSc to C9c; hay, timothy, $8.50 to $13.50; prairie, $0.00 to $12.50; butter, choice creamery, 21c to 23c; eggs, fresh, 23c to 2Sc; potatoes, per bushel, 50c to C7c. Indianapolis Cattle, shipping, $3.00 to $5.75; hogs, choice heavy, $4.00 to $5.05; sheep, common to prime, $2.50 to $4.50; wheat, No. 2, SGc to 87c; corn. No. 2 white, 42c to 43c; oats, No. 2 white, 30c to 32c St. Louis Cattle, $4.50 to $5.90; hogs. $4.00 to $5.00; sheep, $4.00 to $5.15; wheat,' No. 2, SGc to S9c; corn. No. 2, 41c to 42c; oats, No. 2, 29e to 30c; rye. No. 2, 07c to GSc. Cincinnati Cattle. $4.00 to $4.75; hogs, $4.00 to $5.00; sheep, $2.00 to $4.75; wheat. No. 2, S9c to 90c; corn. No. 2 mixed, 45c to 4Gc; oats, No. 2 mixed, 31c to 33c; rye, No. 2, 73c to 74e. Detroit Cattle, $4.00 to $4.50; hogs. $4.00 to $4.7,0; sheep, $20 to $4.50; wheat, No. 2, S7c to S8c; corn. No. 3 yellow, 45c to 40c; oats. No. 3 white, 31c to 32c; rye. No. 2, 09c to 70c. Milwaukee Wheat, No. 2 northern, S3c to SGc; corn, No. 3, 43c to 45c; oats, standard, 29c to 31c; rye. No. 1. GSc to GOc; barley. No. 2, 53e to 55c; pork, mess, $13.00. New York Cattle, $4.00 to $5.00; hogs, $4.00 to $5.40; sheep, $3.00 to $5.50; wheat, No. 2 red, 91c to 92c; corn, No. 2, 5Gc to 57c; oats, natural, white, 35c to 37c; butter, creamery, 21c to 24c; eggs, western, 2 Sc to 32c. Toledo Wheat, No. 2 mixed, S7c to SSc; corn, No. 2 mixed, 51c to 53c; oats. No. 2 mixed, 30c to 32 c; rye. No. 2, 54c to C2c; clover seed, prime, $8.12. Buffalo Cattle, choice shipping steers. $4.00 to $5.25; hogs, fair to choice, $4.00 to $5.25; sheep, common to good mixed, $4.00 to $5.15; lambs, t fair to choice, $5.00 to $8.00. Told ia a Few Line. Consul Ay me, at Para. Brazil, cab Je the State Department that smallpox is raging in Tara, there being twenty new cases daily. The Canadian tariff commission at Toronto is considering applications from manufacturers for protection. A duty of 40 per cent is asked on pianos from the United States. J. M. Clark, brevet brigadier general in the Confederate army, and who was for a number of years agent of the Mescatro Apache Indians of New Mexico, is dead at his home at Snyder, O. T., aged 72 years. A new boat line between Cleveland at the opening of navigation next spring. There will be a boat each way daily.