Plymouth Tribune, Volume 5, Number 28, Plymouth, Marshall County, 19 April 1906 — Page 2

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TORRENTS OF FIRE. VESUVIUS AJTD THE CITIES WHICH IT IS OVERWHELMING. HÖOSIEß HAPPENINGS NEWS OF THE WEEK CONCISELY CONDENSED. VESUVIUS CONTINUES TO BE A SEETHING FURNACE.

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15th 2Trd V ltKy 8th. PAST AND PKESENT AS IT COMES TO US FROM ALL CORNERS OF THE EARTH. Telegraphic Information Gathered by the Few for tUe Enlightenment of the Many. lies roes Lynched at. Springfield, Mo. A mob of 3,000 rien took two negroes, Horace Duncan ard Jim C'opeland, from the county jail at Springfield, Mo., hung them to the goddess of liberty on the court house and built a fire under them and they were roasted to death. The men were charged with assaulting Mabel Edwards, but it is said they were probably innocent. Several hours later William Allen, a young negro, held for the murder of O. P. Ruark, was taken from the county jail and lynched in th public square by the same mob. The body of Allen later was burned to ashes as had been those of the other negroes, beneath the spot where they had been lynched. Several companies of state mililia, ordered out by Governor Folk, together with 2,000 deputy sheriffs now patrol the streets and the city is under martial law. Boj't Prank Caused Panic in Church. During a panic which followed a false cry of fire while several hundred persons were participating in the Easter eve services in St. Ludmillas Roman Catholic church, Chicago, three children and one woman were killed and a score of others Injured, several seriously. A boy's prank "was responsible for the accident. While the Rev. W. Warnik, pastor of the church, was offering the evening praytir, one of a crowd of boys who had been loitering outside the church, suddenly puhed open the front door and shouted "Fire." Seeing the serious effect his words had on the congregation the boy ran away and the olice have been unable to find him. Two Hundred Horse Cremated. Fire destroyed the livery and auction ctables of Moses Fox & Son at Baltimore, lid., and was one of the most spectacular seen in that city since the memorable fire of two years ago. The flames originated from an unkaown cause and "J most like a Cash overspread the ' entire building. There were over 800 horses in the stables at the time and It is estimated that 200 of the animals were lost. About, fifty horses were rescued by the prompt work cf the firemen ami police. Twenty-one mail cart horses, together with the mail carts, were lost. The fireman wad police had several narrow escapes in thsir work cf rescue. . Earthquake Kills Thonsands. A special from Tokio says: A violent earthquake occurred In the southern part of the Island of Formosa. The catastrophe and the damage done are reported to be heavier than those of the last earthquake. The destruction of houses is reported to have involved the loss of many lives. In the earthquake of March 17 the prosperous town of Datti Yo, Raishiko and Shinko were destroyed. At Kaigi two thousand aatives and seven Japanese; were killed. A rough estimate of the damage, given at the time, was $45,000,000. Resort Hotel Burned. The famous resort hotel, called the Piney "Woods, at Thomas, Ga., vas burned to the ground. Incendiaries or flying sparks tired the south portion of the town, known as Sandy Bottom, just as the Piney Woods fire was under control. Three blocks of small stores were swept away. 'The hotel less is estimated at $63,000. Other losses estimated at $25,000. Greene and Gaynor Sentenced. Judge Speer in the United States Court at Savannah, . Ga sentenced Greene and Gaynor each to a term of four years in the penitentiary and to a fine of $575,749.90, the amount each was charged with having fraudulently obtained from the United States government. m m m h m m m C5O,0OO Fire in Lexington Paddocks. Three staples at the Lexington track and five cottages just outside, o.v Breckenf idge street, Lexington Ky., were destroyed by fire, togr eher with ten horses belonging to George W. Bissell of Pittsburg, and James Baker of Lexington. The loss is about $50,0000. . Typhoid Epidemic Along the Ohio. Pittsburg's epidemic of typhoid, while apparently decreasing in the number of cases reported, appears to be spreading to the surrounding municipalities. Towns along the Ohio river below Pittsburg are reporting typhoid cases in alihniug numbers. Aged Woman Murdered at Hamilton,0. Mrs. Barbara Schraub, aged 75 years, a widow, was found dead in her home at Hamilton, Ohio, with her head and face badly bruised, and a short time later William Winterbeck and George Vaughn were arrested. " Cure Found for Locomotor Ataxia The London Express says that Le Grand Norton Denslow, an American doctor residing in London, has discovered a cure for locomotor ataxia. Bafe Blowers Get $60O. The safe in Botzum Bros', wholesale seed house at Akron, Ohio, in the business portion of the city, was blown by expert safo crackers and $600 taken. The building was partially wrecied. SM -W t Strike Closes Steel Plant. The American Steel Foundry plant at Granite City, 111., has been closed down treatise of a strike of 300 of the 2,800 men employed. These strikers, who were employed as moulders, helpers, jaggers, pickers and rammer?, demand an increase of 10 to 15 cents a day. Bla Liner on Fire. Fire in the hold of the steamship An tonio Lopez, lying in New York, caused damage amounting to $35,000.' Three firemen were overcome by smoke and one is in a serious condition. Much valuable shipping property was menaced for a time. Tarns Burglar to Best RlraL In order to drive a rival real estate dealer out of business, R. DT. Butterfield, a prominent wealthy man in Stevens Point, Wis., hired two burglars to steal valuable indices from the office of Robert McDonald. The burglars confessed and Ilaiierfield was convicted of burglary. He has been sentenced to prison. A ug;ry Boy Shoots Father. Chided for breaking the rules of als father's pork packing establishment and sent home, Edwin Wyerkuss, 16 years old twice 1 ot his parent, Frederick L. Wyerkuss of St." Louis, one bullet taking effect in the breast and the other in 'the right wrist. The father may die. Clears Up Murder Mystery. The body of Christopher Sven, a farm er, in connection with whose disappearance on Feb. 1 twenty-four suspects were arrested early In March, was found in the river at Sioux Falls, S. D. It is thought that Sren walked into the rirer while intoxicated.

Hundreds Are Dead and Thousands of Homeless Tersons Forced to Flee for Their Lives Tovrnw and Country Burled Under Ashes.

Mount Vesuvius, the most notable of all the 350 volcanoes In the world, is once more a seething furnace, spouting death and destruction on every side. Not in years has there been such an outbreak from this chimney of the nether world, which continues to pour forth streams of niolten lava and belch forth great clouds of hot ashes that are laying waste the surrounding country. So far the damage to property Is enormous and It Is reported that hundreds, perhaps thousands of lives have been lost It .is estimated by the government agents now that 150,000 persons have been driven from their homes, and that in the event of the volcano subsiding without further eruptions the great majority of this total still will be penniless. Besides the wiping out of several villages and two cities, in themselves numbering 40,000 souls, whole countrysides that have been covered with vineyards now .lie under several feet of ashes. In Naples, fourteen miles from the crest of the mountain, several feet of ashes have fallen, and it is almost impossible to breathe. Torrents of liquid fire, resembling in the distance serpents with glittering yellow and black scales, are coursing In all directions, amid rumblings, detonations and earth tremblings. In all the towns and cities lying close arorjid the base of Vesuvius the utmost terror previals. Scores of persons have been buried in the ruins of their homes, borne down by the weight of asLos. Even more devastation has been wrought by the ashes than by the lava. .Yet the streams of lava are resistless. They snap like pipestems the trunks of chestnut trees hundreds of years old, and blight with their torrid breath the bloom on the peach trees before the trees themselves have been reached. The. molten streams do not spare the homes of .the peasants, and when these have been razed they continue their coursejdown the mountainside, sweeping all before them. Both cinders and ashes In Incredible quantities have been carried great distances. This has caused the destruction of San Guiseppe, a village of 6,000 inhabitants. All but 200 of the people had fled from the village, and these assembled in a church to attend mass. While the priest was performing his sacred office the roof fell In and seventy-nine persons were fatally Injured, lying for hours without surgical or medical assistance. The only thing left standing In the church was a statue of St. Anne, the preservation of which the poor, homeless people accepted as a miracle and promise of deliverance from their perih Bulldlnars Crushed by Ashes. About 200 persons were buried Tuesday morning in the ruins of the Market Monte Oliveto, Naples, when the roof collapsed under the weight of cinders and ashes which a change of wind had carried over the. city. The exact number of persons within. the market at the moment of the appalling disaster Is not known. The court yard covers COO feet square, and was roofed. The space within was unusually crowded with buyers and their children, the accident happening at the hour of the day when trade Is most brisk. At Ottajano five . churches and ten houses fell under the weight of ashes land cinders, which lie four feet deep on the ground. In the fall of the buildings about twelve persons were killed and many were more or less severely Injured. The village is deserted. After the evacuation of the place the barracks and prisons fell in. ' t ' Reports from the coast and Inland towns tell of terrible devasatlon. San Giorgio, Cremona, Porticl, Reslna on the site cf ancient Ilerculaneum and Torre del Greco have been almost enEHTIEOS OF MOUNT VESUVIUS. tlrely abandoned. The inhabitants of Tom. Annunziata prepared to leave the tOTn on a moment's warning. Somma Vesuviana Is another village which has suffered severely. Most of the buildings In the villages are of flimsy construction and have flat roofs. They are thus unfit to bear the weight of ashes and cinders that have fallen upon them. It will doubtless be found that a considerable number of people have perished by the falling of their homes. "The scene was one of misery and terror," says one who was present. "Smoke and ashes made breathing difficult Slight tremblings of the earth were felt, and frequent flashes of lightning cut through the smoke. Darkness came at Intervals long before nightfall. In the streets of the deserted towns the only sounds to be beard were the thud of lumps of ashes falling on the roofs. In the towns where people yet remain, the houses are all closed, the Inhabitants roaming disconsolately about the streets and gaining what comfort is possible from the carbineers and soldiers. These are the heroes of the day." Many people camped along the roads and In the fields outside of Torre Annunziata and Ottajano, where they thought they would be safer than in the towns, though nearly blinded by ashes, wet to the skin by the rain and terrorized by the gigantic flaming mass above, resembling a fiery scimitar. Priests Afraid of Churches. At many places the people were suffering from panic, and a' state of great confusion existed. Some of the parish priest) refused to open their churches to people who tried. to obtain admittance, fearing that an earthquake would destroy the buildings and kill many of them. Crowds of women thereupon attackod the churches, pulled down the doors and took possession of the pictures and statues of the saints which they carried about as protection against death

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THE story of Mount Vesuvius is one of disaster. The first record of the volcano's eruption dates back to C3 A. D., when Nero ruled Rome. Ilerculaneum and Pompeii were partially destroyed. The following year Naples was threatened with another eruption, but escaped with an earthquake. It was during the reign of Titus on Aug. 24, 79 A. D., thit Vesuvius broke loose In all her fury and completely burled the cities of Pompeii, Ilerculaneum and Stabiae. Then the mountain slept and the next eruption recorded was In the reign of Alexander Serverus, 203 A. Ii. There was another eruption In 473 A. D during Which ashes were carried as far as Constantinople" Between that date and the year 1500 nine eruptions of more or less destructiveness occurred. Dec. 16, 1631, more than 3,000 persons lost their lives In a severe earthquake and flow of lava that extended as far as Tarentum and destroyed Boscotrlcase, the town which suffered again in the present eruption, and other towns In the vicinity. Another eruption In 1707 last for four months and kept the people of Naples in constant fear of death. Again In 1737, 17C0 and 1767 Vesuvius poured forth rivera of lava and showers of ashes, covering Porticl and reaching as far as Naples. In 1779 there was another outbreak. White smoke or steam like heaps of cotton rose four times as high as the mountain, and stones, scoriae and ashes were projected 10,000 feet high. One scientific observer reported "columns of fire shot forth 12,000 feet high, or three times the height of the mountain, and large masses of rock were thrown out." In 1794 there was a great dis-

Refugees from the threatened or destroyed villages are pouring Into Naples by the thousand, arriving In every description of conveyance and cn foot The roads are crowded with professions of men and women carrying crosses and crying piteously. Special railway trains, warships and steamers are employed lu conveying the homeless people from their localities to' Naples, Rome and Castellammare, while large numbers of people are fleeing overland in the direction of Caserta. Not fewer than 15,000 refugees have reached Castellammare, where the steamer Trlncess Mafalda is anchored. This vessel left the the island of Capri svlth 1,000 passengers, including many foreigners, on board, but she was unable to reach her destination owing to the stifling clouds of ashes and the fumes of gases from the volcano, which enveloped her a mile from the coast Everywhere in the vicinity of the volcano pitiful scenes are witnessed women tearing their hair In their grief and old men crying aloud nt the loss of their beloved omesteads; while In the. distance, in nriking contrast, lie the sapphire-colored Mediterranean, the violet-hued mountains of the Sorrento peninsula, and the Island of Capri in the tranquil sea. To Restriet It ace .Track Bettina;. According to a statement by the Rev. Dr. T. B. Slicer as head of a committee of the New York State conference of religions, the New York jockey club has agreed to make some radical reforms in the matter of public betting on horse races. It has been conceded all along that without the necessary news of the race results the poolrooms could not exist, and to this end the jockey club is said to have undertaken to bar the wires of the telegraph from the track, it being, held that a race track is private property The club will also attempt to keep early Information secret ly stopping admission' after a certain houy. The ultimate object of the reformers is to make the condition so that the very poor, who cannot afford to lose, will be prevented from track betting. This report was promptly denied by one of the jockey club's stewards, and Dr. Slicer was criticised by many churchmen for thus allying himself with the jockey club in opposition to a bill providing a heavy fine and imprisonment tor gambling on the races. Individualism Versus Socialism. In an article for the April Century, W. J. Bryan takes the ground that there should be and need be no unfriendliness between honest individualists and honest socialists, as both seek that which they believe best for society. He believes that at present private monopoly Is putting upon individualism an undeserved odium, and hence the Individualist should address himself to this problem in order that the advantages of competition may be restored to industry. He urges that the words Individualism and socialism define tendencies, rather than concrete systems. He thinks that much of the strength of socialism is due to the condemnation of abuses, which, while existing under individualism, are not necessary to it. Store Ins ranee Bills Through. Without crpsitlon five more of the insurance reform bills have passed the New York Assembly. The principal points covered by them are to prohibit rebating by agents, to prevent falsification of books and records and to limit the acquisition of real property by insurance corporations. Scientific Rheumatism Cure. Dr. Ballabone, formerly of the Italian army medical corps, announced to the London Therapeutical Society a cure for rheumatism, consisting of an injection containing amylic and benzoic elements. It is based, upon the assumption that the disecse is caused by an infectious poison in the blood produced by an organism or microbe. Ballabone's serum is called arthralgonicon and it operates by combining with the uric acid, rendering it soluble and more easily eliminated. , Judge Grosscup of Chicago in a Bos Jon speech advocated federal cnarters for corporations doing interstate business.

DIAGRAM SHOWS THE FLÖW OF LAVA AS REPORTED.

STORY OF THE DEMON MOUNTAIN

charge of lavaone stream flowing Into the sea in a mass 1,200 feet wide and 15 feet deep. Other eruptions followed In 1S04, ;805, 1S22, 1850 and 185S. In the last mentioned year the crater sank 195 feet below Its former height. Torre del Grevo was destroyed Dec. 8, 1861. Becoming active again In 1871, Vesuvius vomited threatening lava and hot mud until April of 1S76, when the eruption burst suddenly and buried twenty persons who were watching the spectacle and partially destroyed the towns of Mass and San Sebastlano. In 1SS5 signs of unrest were noticed about the 'mouth of the crater and for a number of years slight eruptiona occurred. In 1S94 n new peak was formed by the slag thrown from the crater and In 1895 another hill. A violent . eruption occurred in 1900, since which date the volcano has been almost constantly active. Only last February the flow of lava destroyed the railroad that climbs to the top of the mountain. But it was repaired and sightseers have continued to venture up the side of the volcano. Vesuvius has always been a puzzle, and theories having application to one eruption would not account for the phenomena of another. The eruptions that destroyed Ilerculaneum and Pompeii were simply great outpourings o ashes. As late as 472 the dominant feature of the eruptions was ashes, which In that year vere carried as far as Constantinople, and in 512 to Tripoli. After 1030 the destructive feature of all eruptions was lava and hot water. In the present eruption lava Is to play a destructive part, but no one can tell jvhat new terror will be added to the list of those that have made Vesuvius the most notable cf all the 350 volcanoes of the world.

Baseball has come into its own again and for the next six months or more will hold its place as the ruling American sport. It is firmly entrenched in the American heart and cannot be displaced as our greatest national pastime. Young and old, rich and poor alike find pleasure in the exhiliration of the game and the number of its devotees is legion. The National League season officially opened Thursday, while the initial contests in the American League began Saturday. The fight in the National League promises to be closer this season than it has during the past two years. Critics predict that the New York champions will not have the easy time of it they have had during 1905 and 1904. The Chicagos have greatly strengthened their team and the talent look to see the westerners give the Giants a hard run. Speaking of the chances of the New Yorks', Manager John J. McGraw expresses great confidence in the ability of his men to win out. Says he: "I am sure that the Giants will win the pennant this year and equal the records of Chicago, Boston, Baltimore and Pittsburg, who won the pent ant for three consecutive years. I have weighed up al' of our competitors and cannot see any team that we need to fear particularly. All of them are dangerous, but at the end of the season you will see us at the top. Our pitching staff is the same as last season, with the addition of Ferguson. Christy Mathewson, McGinnity, Ames, Taylor and Wiltse will make a strong combination for the box, . and, in fact I believe they are a stronger combination than is carried by any other team. If any team beats us, John McGraw will be the first man to take off his hat and congratulate it." The Giants have a pitching staff of great ability one of its members, Mathewson, being credited as the finest of them all good catchers, fielders, batsmen, base runners, and, above all, players who pulled for the team as a whole, the combination being well directed by McGraw. The Chicago club, divining the secret of the Giants success, set ab&at getting . Public School Candy Sellers. The plan of having an official purveyor for each public school was adopted by the elementary schools committee of. the Philadelphia board of education Wednesday. The object Is to prevent the children from buying -impure candy. The principal of each school is to appoint one candy dealer who shall be permitted to sell certain goods which the committee knows to be pure. All other peddlers will be excluded from the school jrounds. The committee also has recommended the opening of five portable school houses on wheels in certain overcrowded sections of Ae city. Secret ot Edison's Battery. The news that representatives of Thos. A. Edison had recently purchased a mine of cobalt ore on the Montreal river, near Haileyburg, Canada, and was offering $7 a ton on a 10 per cent quality of this ore delivered in New York, has tended to confirm. the report that cobalt is the key to Edison's new electric storage battery. Cobalt is somewhat similar to nickel and has been used for producing the blue tint in certain porcelains. . It is still not known in what way Edison has employed this metal. Mnslc to Cure Deafness. Three French doctors have recently conducted experiments tending to show that the stimulation of the nerves of the ear by means of musical tones constitutes the true remedy for deafness. For this purpose one of them, Dr. König, has invented on instrument called the tonometer. It is a grouping of tuning forks, some of which are found to vibrate in unison with the patient's ear nerves. While thus strengthening the nerves which are still slightly active, it is found that the dormant ones are awakened. Marshall Olds Johnson of Chicago won the Teneyck prize, speaking at Yale.

Chicago American. a team of the came description for this season. Whether the management has succeeded or not, the coming games will tell. Trades, sales, drafting and various dickers have been made until the president of the Cubs is about satisfied that the Giants will not only be given a race for the pennant, but will be beaten out at the finish. The biggest catch of the season for the Chicago team was Jimmy Shekard, the Brooklyn outfielder. -Shekard is a good batsman, an exceptionally fine base runner and an excellent fielder. Harry Steinfeldt, who replaces - Caey at third, was 'a great player a few years ago, being particularly strong at the bat and Is expected to regain his old form with Frank Chance's aggregation. Pittsburg has high hopes of taking the pennant, because of new timber secured. The main addition to the Pirate team is W'illis, the tall Boston pitcher. , Willis won only six games for Boston last sea&jn, but is' rated as one of the league's star twirlers. With a team like the Pittsburgs behind him 'Vic" may come to life and put his club in the front position. Another newcomer among the Firates is Nealon, the San Francisco . boy. He plays first base and if he lives up to half of the advance notices that preceded him he will win many games for Fred Clarke's aggregation. With Wagner, Leach, Clarke, Beaumont, Clymer, Phillippe, Peitz and Ritchey in their old form the Pirates will be high in the race at al! times. In the American League all the teams ar pretty well balanced and a great struggle Is anticipated. Cleveland was crippled last season when' it was sailing along smoothly toward the pennant, but this year all its stars are in rare form and its friends cannot figure out how it can be beaten. The Chicago White Sox are the dark horses of the pennant race. The game they have been v playing in the South is declared by good judges to be about as fast as any ever seen on a .ball field. If the White Sox do not win the pennant its admirers will be sorely mistaken. Nothing can keep them from it save a hard run of luck, is the opinion of the Windy City fans. Told in a Few Lines. Secretary Root has been invited by the Chilian minister to visit Valparaiso while on his South American trip next summer. Charles F. Richards, alias "Lord Ashburton," an alleged notorious swindler, was arrested on suspicion of passing bad checks in Bcstor.. George C. Easton was hanged at Folsora State prison, Sacramento, Cal., for the murder of Charles llorigan at Dixon on Nov. 21, 1904. The Knoxville presbytery of the Southern Presbyterian church in session at Knoxville, Tenn., has adopted a resolution favoring church union. Allen W. Murphy, vice consul at Tientsin, said in San Francisco that armed protection might be needed at any tune for foreigners in China. Board of directors of the American mining congress announced the ninth annual convention of the congress will be held in Denver Nov. 13 to 17 next. Mrs. John Wilson, also known as Mrs, C. G. Martin and Mrs. C. II. Hammond, pleaded guilty in Syracuse, N. Y.. to passing a forged money order and was sentenced to two years in prison. An exemplified copy of the will of Marj Burton Harrison who was killed in an automobile accident on Long Island on Nov. 25, 1905, has been filed in Redwood City, Cal. F. Hilbert and J. E. Beckhusen," two stockmen, have been arrested in Portland, Ore., on indictments recently returned by the federal grand jury in connection with the land frauds. The infant of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Bovet of Chisholm, Minn., was shot dead as its mother held it in her arms. A stray bullet fired by boys half a mile away entered a. window and penetrated the child's skull, scattering its brains over the mother.

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Mr. McLaurin and Mr. Morgan addressed the Senate Monday, the former advocating railway rate legislation and the latter opposing it on the ground that it interfered with State rights. Mr. Berry oi' Arkansas reapeared in the Senate after three months spent in a fruitness campaign for re-election. The Vice President appointed Messrs. Hale, Allison and Teller as conferees on the urgency deficiency bill. District of Columbia legislation occupied the attention of the House. Mr. Hepburn of Iowa, replying to a speech of Mr. Simms of Tennessee advoj eating self-government for the people of the district, upheld the present form, but criticised its administration. The urgency deficiency bill was sent to conference, Messrs. Littauer, Tawney and Livingston being named conferees. The House passed the Senate bill imposing a charge for tuition on non-resident pupils in the District of Columbia, and also the bill regulating the employment of juvenile workers. The Senate Tuesday listened to a speech by Mr. Bailey on the railway rate bill, in which he advocated his amendment for the non-suspension of the oHers of the Interstate Commerce Commission pending a review by the Supreme Court. The chamber was crowded while he was speaking, and he was given a remarkable demonstration when he sat down. . A significant remark by Mr. Hale indicated the possibility of an understanding and an early vote on the measure. For seven hours the House had under consideration the postoffice appropriation bill, but only in a few instances were the provisions discussed. During the debate on the special appropriation for railway mail pay bitter words were exchanged between representatives from North Carolina, Arkansas and Kentucky, but all were within the rules of the House. A humorous speech was made by J. Adam Bcde (Minn.), and Charles A. Towne (N. Y.) spoke in behalf of the Jamestown exposition. In the Senate Wednesday the session was almost entirely devoted to consideration of toe conference report on the Indian bill. There was a sharp controversy between Mr. Tillman on one . side and Messrs. Teller and Clapp on the other over an amendment inserted by the Senate, which provides for the ratification of the disbursements of $186,000 of the loyal Seminole fund by Special Agent J. K Jenkins and Administrator A. J. Brown. The South Carolina Senator contended that the Indians had been defrauded. No conclusion was reached when adjourn ment was taken. After nearly ten days of general debate, with the postoffice ap propriation bill as the vehicle for the discussion of a wide range of topics, the House reached the consideration of the measure itself late in the day, an hour being given to reading it Not in years has there been so much talk on any one appropriation bill under the fiction of "general debate" as in this instance. There were a number of lively exchanges between the members during the day. After a brief speech by Mr. Latimer in support of the House railroad rate bill Mr. Foraker took the floor in the Senate Thursday and consumed nearly all of the remainder of the session in an address on the same measure. Mr. Lodge spoke in support of the practice of granting lower railroad rates on goods intended for ex port than on those used in domestic con sumption. Conference reports on the ur gent deficiency appropriation bill and the measure providing for the settlement of the affairs of the five civilized tribes of Indians were accepted. The House substitute for the Senate bill ratifying an agreement with the lower Brule Indians of South Dakota was passed, as was a concurrent resolution, including Senators and Representatives in th bill prohibit icg officials of the government from pre maturely giving out private information of the government, The feature of the proceedings in the House was the speech of Mr. Cockran, who was given an hour to elucidate the subject . of "general debate" on appropriation bills.. Progress was made on the postoffice appropriation measure, eighteen of the, twenty-nine pages being completed. The few amendments adopted did not change the amount of the appropriations to any considerable extent. 'The entire session In the Senate Friday was devoted to the consideration of bills to which there was no objection. More than 3G0 were passed, most of them being private pension measures. Among those of general interest were the following : Increasing the pensions of ex-soldiers who lost limbs in the service, retiring and pensioning petty officers and men of the army, navy and marine corps after thirty years of service, at three-fourths of their regular pay; increasing the pensions of ex-soldiers of the Mexican war to $20 per month and making the attainment of 75 years of age, evidence of disability ; authorizing the appointment of a commission to examine into the protec- ' tion of American citizens abroad. A conference report" on the pension appropriation bill' was adopted. Members of the House indulged in a heated controversy over certain remarks by Mr. Hopkins (Ky.), which had been extended in the Record and which criticised Mr. Bennett (N. Y.). The matter at once took on a partisan cast and Mr. Williams and Mr. Dalzell nearly clashed on the floor when they were ordered to their seats by the Speaker. The postoffice appropriation bill was passed, after a roll call on the southern fast mail subsidy provision, which was retained. " " , Notes ot the National Capital. Canal legislation at the present session of Congress is regarded as extremely improbable. The Senate confirmed the nomination of Charles S. Francis of New York as ambassador to Austria-Hungary. Gen. Wood cables Secretary Taft that reports regarding the Mount Dajo battle sent from Manila were unfounded. United States delegates' to pan-Ameri-can 'congress favor Drago doctrine, which forbids forcible collection of private debts by nation. , Otto C. Heggcn of Des Moines, Iowa, has asked the President to annul his naturalization as an American citizen. He writes' that he is impelled to do this because the constitution which he swore to support when he took out his papers of naturalization is not now interpreted ?n the light in which he read It In submitting to the Senate and the House of Representatives the report of the members of the International waterways commission regarding the preservation of Niagara Falls, President Roosevelt sent a recommendation that a law be enacted along the lines of the recommendations of the report: The report of the commission ,has been published. . President Roosevelt has decided to reappoint W. C. Bristol as United States district attorney. for Oregon. . While the nomination was pending before the Senate some charges bearing on Mr. Bristol's professional integrity were brought to the attention of the President and the Department of Justice. A lengthy conference was held at the White House between the President, Secretaries Root, Taft, Bonaparte and Metcalf, Senator Knox, Solicitor General Hoyt and United States Attorney neney, special counsel in land fraud cases. It Is understood to have related to the case of W. C. Bristol, United States attorn, for fully accepting fees.

More springlike weather has stimulated extended activity in factory work,

Chicago. distribution and agriculture. The eflect of the coaf strike thus far has its' worst feature in the large number of men in voluntary idleness and loss of wages. Fuel Is In ample supply for local needs, ,but prolonged negotiations for a settlement would be harmful to various interests and the exigencies of trade it this time call for a prompt ending of difficulties. . V A notable improvement this week Is the stronger demand In the leading lines of State street trade and liberal buying of seasonable apparel, footwear and household goods. New building work" and other construction Is pushed' rapidly, this Involving enormous demand tor heavy supplies of structural materials and much effort to obtain prompt deliveries. Raw supplies continue in unprecedented absorption, particularly furnace product steel, woods and leather, and values have ( assumed further strength In pig Iron and hides. While the number of visiting buyers J has decreased, the jobbing branches remain fairly active upon current selections in staples, but shipping rooms are fully exerted in forwarding interior purchases of dry goods, boots and shoes, food products, furniture and clothing. Advices from the farming sections sustain former favorable reports as to condition of growing crops. Mercantile casualties again are comparatively slight end western collections make a good showing. Manufacturing effort derives encouragement from the continued accumulation of forward orders. The productions of pig Iron and finished steel to fulfill old contracts requires the use of all available capacity In this district Furnace stocks are narrow, consumption exhibits further expansion, and bookings enter Into the last half of this year. Railroad returns Indicate that the movement of commodities surpasses all former records. Failures reported In the Chicago district number 22, agdlnst 20 last week and 29 a year ago. Dun's Review of Trade. Real spring weather, which has stimulated retall trade except In a few Nef York sections still affected by heavy rains pnd bad country roads, an excellent In fact almost Ideal, winter wheat situation, a little more animation in the iron market continued activity In nearly all lines of Inquiry, heavy railway earnings, increased bank clearings and the surprisingly little adverse effect of the coal miners' partial shut-down are the significant features presenting themselves this week. Business failures in the United States for the week ending April 5 number 151, against 170 In the Lke week of 1905. In Canada failures were 17, as against 28 a year ago. Bradstreet's Commercial Report Chicago--Cattle, common to prime, $4.00 to $0.25; hogs, prime heavy, $4.00 to $G.C5; sheep, fair to choice, $3.00 to $5.40; wheat, No. 2, 85c to 87c; ecu. No. 2, 45c to 47c; oats, standard, Oc t3o 32c; rye, No. 2, 04c to G5c; hay, timothy, $8.50 to $13.50 ; prairie, $0.00 to $10.00; butter, choice creamery, ISc to 20c; eggs, fresh, 14c to 17c; potatoes, 55c to G4c Indianapolis Cattle, shipping, $3.00 to $5.75 ; hogs, choice heavy, $4.00 to $0.55; sheep, common to prime, $2.50 to $5.00; wheat No. 2, '83c to 65c; corn. No. 2 white, 44c to 45c; oats, No. 2 white, 30c to 32c . St Louis Cattle, $4.50 to $0.00; hogs, $4.00 to $G.C0; sheep, $4.00 to $5.50; wheat No. 2, 8Gc to Ü3c; corn, No. 2, 43c to 45c; oats. No. 2, 30c to 31c ; rye, No. 2, C3c to 04c. Cincinnati Cattle, $4.00 to $5.25; hogs, $4.00 to $0.G5; sheep, $2.00 to $5.60: wh.-at. No. 2, S7c to SSc; corn. No. 2 mixed, 45c to 47c; oats, No. 2 mixed, 32c to 34c; rye. No. 2, GOc to CSc Detroit Cattle, $4.00 to $5.00;' hogs, $4.00 to $0.50; sheep, $2.50 to $5.00; wheat, No. 2, 84c to SGc; corn. No. 3 yellow, 47c to 49c; oats, No. 3 white,. 33c to 35c; rye. No. 2, 64c to 65c." Milwaukee Wheat No. 2 northern, 7Gc to 80c; corn, No. 3, 42c to 44c; oats, standard, 31c to 33c; rye, No. 1, 03c to 64c ; barley, standard, 52c to 54c ; pork, mess, $16.25. Toledo Wheat No. 2 mh:ed, S3c to 85c; corn, No. 2 mixed, 44c to 46c; oats. No. 2 mixed, 31c,to 33c ; rye, No. 2, 60c to 67c ; clover seed, prime, $7.72. New York Cattle, $5.00 to $5.80; hogs, $4.00 to $C0; sheep, $3.00 to $5.00; wheat No. 2 red, 87c to 89c; corn, No. 2, 54c to 56c; oats, natural white, 37c to 39c; butter, creamery, 20e to 21c; eggs, western, 15c to 17c Buffalo Cattle, choice shipping steers, $4.00 to $5.50 ; hogs, fair to choice, $4.00 to$G.85; sheep, common to good mi.ted, $4.00 to $0.00; lambs, fair to choice, $3.00 to $7.20. ßparka from the Tflrea. The Protestant Episcopal church will Incorporate the American church institute for negroes In a few days. ' Gov. Uiggins of New York, in a letter to a meeting of the People's institute in Cooper Union, said the recent insurance investigation was conducted "without fear or favor." s Secretary Bonaparte dislikes the suggestion of a probationary cruise, suggested by naval officers, for prospective naval cadets. ! , D. F. Ryan, held at Rochester, N. Y for the robbery of the bank of Sodus and murder of the night watchman, has been positively identified. Horace Tenncy, a prominent pioneer lawyer and editor of Madison, Wis., died there, oged SO years. He selected the State university site. There is trouble ahead fcr Maine housekeepers. The Rcrubwomen of Portland have formed a union and plan to extend their organization throughout the State. Gifts amounting to $150,000 to Adelbert College of Western Reserve' University in Cleveland, made by grandchildren in San Francisco of Joseph Perkins, for many years a trustee of the vollege, is announced. A department of sociology will be established nad a chemical laboratory built. Ihc Old Dominion Brewing and Ice Company of Newport News, Va., has execiued a general deed of assignmentto J. A. Massie, trustee, conveying all its property for the benefit of all creditors without preference. The tangible assets are $500,000 and liabilities about $250,000, of which $150,000 represents outitaniljsg bonds.

What Our Neighbors Are Dolus Matters of General and Local Inter est Larriaee and Desths Accidents and Crimes Personal Pointers) Abont Indianians

Brief State Items. A 100-foot steel smokestack was blown down at Cambridge City during a severe windstorm. No one was injured. Edward L. Bobbins, former -cashier of the Farmers' bank of Auburn, has been released from the Michigan City prison. While insane in the county jail at Anderson, Charles Shaffer of Elwood, fired his own clothing. He was badly burned. A. C. Robinson, night foreman of the plant of the Perfection Biscuit Company, Fort Wayne, while alone in the elevator, was caught and crushed to death. Mrs. William Warrick, the wife of a prominent farmer near -Michigantown, was burned to death while trying to save her household goods. Her child was also fatally burned. . - While saying requiem mass at the funeral of one of his parishioners, Rev John Dempsey, resident priest of St. Bernard Catholio church at Crawfordsville, fell dead in his pulpit Miss Agnes Barrett of Terre Haute, accused by a neighbor cf stealing a clothes prop, committed suicide after telling her mother she would "sooner be dead than be accused of theft." v L. R. Prim and Andy Johnson were frightfully burned while handling sp.1phuric acid at the steel mill In Newcastle. Prim's eyes were burned sightless. He may die. Johnson will recover. While suffering from despondency, due to imaginary troubles, Edward ninühaw, a v; ell-to-do farmer, of Green township, twelve miles from Richmond, committed suicide by hanging. He was 51 yearjold. The safe in Fred Steinmetx's salocn at Peru was blown and $165 taken. The safe in Week's elevator was cracked but nothwas obtained there. Nitro glycerine was used to blow the safes. This makes twelve robberies in reru since March 1. Burglars forced the safe in the postofSce at Granger, ten miles east of South Bend, the force of the explosion wrecking the building, besides destroying the safe. Tfce burglars took 200 in stamps and J35 cash. The Jury teamed a verdict of murder in the second c.egree against Joseph Noetling, who vas convicted of killing Herman Pepmeier at Freelandsville, Knox county. Noelting is 28 years old and shot Pepmeier in a saloon. Joseph E. Wood, 20 years old, of Greenfield, was committed to the Indiana reformatory under the indeterminate sentence act on a confession of guilt He sold notes aggregating fiOO, to which the signatures had been forged. fThe supreme sitting of the Tribe cf BenHur will be held In Crawfordsville, beginning on the 15th of May and continuing three days. There will be 150 accredited delegates, with many visitors. The meeting will close with an address by the Rev. Dr. W. A. Quayle. Following public library robberies at Michigan City, Laporte, South Bend, Elkhart and other places in .that vicinity, thieves ransacked the Carnegie . publio library at Goshen, taking all the cash and causing great damage by ransacking all the librarian's records. The police of Evansville have discovered a 5-year-old boy, the son of Mrs. Lilly Vincent who uses ten cents' worth of morphine every day. The mother cf the little one admitted slie has taught him the habit The child will be turned over to the Board of Childrens Guardians. Mrs. Henry Fnchs of Huntingburg, while using stove polish, was the victim of an explosion, the polish Igniting from the heat of the stove and communicating with the can which she had In her hand. Sn4 was badly burned about the face, neck and hands, and may not recover After July 1 no more convicts in the flndiana reformatory will be leased to manufacturers. On that date the lease of the Indiana chain works will expire. A suit is pending to prevent the company's lease being absorbed by the trade school but it is not likely to be pushed. ( George Stinnatt, 21 years old, attempted to drive boys, who were frog hunting, off the farm of George Richraan, near Anderson, and he was stabbed in the back by Harry Chase, 19 years old, and seriously Injured, the knife blade penetrating his liver. Chase was arrested and committed to jail. Louis J. Gengler of Garrett, was arraigned in the circuit court at Auburn, for alleged embezzlement for which he gave bond to await trial. In former years he served as attorney in the settlement of the Bello Bibbs estate, and he is accused of embezzling $000 of fund's belonging to the estate. Joseph Weimer, a farmer, 71 years old, of Wyandotte, shot and wounded Jacob Schick, a carpenter, and was only prevented from committing suicide by the , efforts of the sheriff and a posse,who overpowered Weimer after he had made an ugly wound in his throat It is said Weimer was displeased with some repair work done on the farm by Schick. Mrs. Wayne Hale, accused of complicity In the murder of her husband, was released from custody at Valparaiso, owing to lack of evidence against her. Hale's body was found near Wheeler several months ago with his throat cut from ear to ear and it was thought at the time that his wife knew something of the circumstances of his death. Cudwith Abel, a well-known farmer and stock raiser of near Jonesville, Bartholomew county, was paroled from the Michigan City prison, where he was sent to serve a term of from two to twenty-one years for killing his nephew, Charles Abel. The killing occurred on May 16, 1903. Tbe Cass county commissioners have ordered plans for rebuilding the County Orphans' Home at Logansport, recently destroyed by fire. Eight of the nineteen children have been placed in the orphans home at Mexico, Miami county, while the rest are in care of private families in the city. Walter Everson of Greenfield, has invented a bicycle-plow. A suooessful trial was had at his home by plowing a eommon-siied garden in less than one hour. A plow is suspended under a bicycle, and all the operator has to do is to mount the wheel and pedal. He calls it the horseless plow. A large barn on the stock farm of J. M. Donnelly & Sons, near Chesterfield, burned, resulting in a loss estimated at nearly $10,000. The origin of tbe fire is unknown. The building contained several head of shorthorn cattle of the Collynie Archer blood. Two line heifers and a yearling colt perished. All that Is Needed. Edlth-So Ethel is engaged to that millionaire; Isn't be too old? Gladys Oh, no. She feels sure he will live until the ceremony. Judge. An Excuse. "We eat entirely too much," said tha health expert "We're obliged to," answered the gourmet "Food is adulterated so rauch that we're obliged to have a greater quantity in order to kec? the average cf nourlshccS' XTzzbr irrten Ctir.