Plymouth Tribune, Volume 5, Number 41, Plymouth, Marshall County, 19 July 1906 — Page 2

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(TU Q.(TX. 11 -rv F. Q.F. M. V$ 13th J 21st j) 2SthA& 5th. PANORAMA OF THE WORLD ABOUT THAT WHICH HAS BEEN AND IS TO BE. All Sides and Conditions of Thine' are Shown. Nothing; Ore r looked to make it Complete. Soft Coal Miners to Resume Work. The men in the collieries of the central Pennsylvania bituminous coal district, numbering nearly 40,000, who have been Idle since April 1, when the mines closed down because the operators would not restore the scale of 1903, will resume work on practically the same scale as 1905. The agreement to do this was made at Harrisburg in a conference that was attended by prominent operators. President John Mitchell and Secretary Wilson, of the United Mine Workers of America, and representatives of the districts In the affected territory. Six Ilnrt in Monon Wreck. The engine, express car and combination car of Monon passenger train No. 36, from Cincinnati, were derailed south of Hammond, Ind. The train jumped the track between Pair Oaks and Eoselawn and ran Into a dith. The express car turned completely over. The combination car, though leaving the track, did not upset. A passenger coach and two sleepers, which constituted ths remainder of the train, remained oä tfie rails. Guatemala Defeated in Battle. A special from San Salvador says that the Salvadorean army again attacked the Guatemalan forces at Platanar and obtained a victory over them. The Guatemalans suffered a loss of two thousand men in killed, wounded and prisoners. The Guatemalan army which invadivW the way of Santa Fe, was repulsed ty the Ilonduran army. Honduras is xiaking common cause with Salvador. ' International Swimming: Contett. An international swimming content at a distance of nine miles was held in tha ieine, at Paris, Prance, and won by the F rencb swimmer Bougmin in three hours and six .minutes. David Billington, the English 4 champion, finished a minute behind Ikmg- . ein. French, English, Austrian and Australians competed and among the swimmers were three women. . Eace Kiot at Indianapolis Park. While Riverside park, at Indianapolis, Ind., was thronged with thousands of pleasure seekers nearly 1C0 negroes and white cen engaged in a race riot, and before the police had restored order in the park two negroes bad been injured and a number of ethers had been assaulted. The police made several arrests and more are expected to follow. i Boat Treasure Stolen. More than $100,000 consigned to Alaska Pacific Express Company at Seattle, Wash., was stolen from the steamer Ida May. The thipment was sent from Fairbanks and was transferred at Xenana. The Ida May was to transfer it to the Sarah at Fort Gibbon and it was there that the loss was discovered. ' Car Pixtnres Earned In Kansas. The valuable bar fixtures of five CoffeyTille and one Cherryvale jointlsts, who recently serred jail sentences for violating the prohibition law of Kansas, were burned at Independence by order of Judge Flannelly cf the local court. Forty cases of beer and ft quantity of whiskey were confiscated. r , Cincinnati Lanudrymen Indicted. Thirty-nine laundry' companies a ad Uundry proprietors at Cincinnati, Ohio, trere indicted by the grand jury on the chzrge of Maintaining a combination in restraint of trade." Eighteen of these cere also Indicted as an organization in In restraint of trade. Cerlocs Storm in Toledo. A severe stem passed over Toledo, Ohio, blowing down shade trees and unroofing buildings. Lightning killed Kelson Buck in his door yard in the city, and a young toy was also killed on a farm near the city. Buck was a musical composer of considerable note. Eiht Die In London 'Bus. The brakes failing to act, a motor omnibus running from London to Brighton d.ished down a fteep hill near Crawley itruck a tree and was overturned. Eight of the passengers were killed and a score were hurt, sorao of them probably sustaining fatal injuries. Aeronaut Drowns in Lake. Ole Jensen nude a balloon ascension and parachute jump at Lake Manawa, near Council Bluffs, Iowa. He came down in the lake and yas drowned before help could reach him. It was his first experience in bal ooniog. Packers Fined in Kentucky. Judgments wtre seturned In the Circuit Court at Lexington. Ky., against Swift & Company, meat packers of Chicago, for 7iolaticn of the Kentucky pure food lav,'. Fines of $25 were assessed in eaoh case. Seven Children Drowned. Eight children at a picnic on a river bank at Cedar Kapids, Iowa, went wading. The smallest Uz slipped into a deep hole la the river and in trying to rescue bar six other girls were drowned. Their ages ranged from 7 to 16 years. Indiana Town Wiped Out. Fire supposed to be of Incendiary origin Scftroyed much of the town of Lynn vi lie Ind., 400 population, causing a loss of $75,X0. Twenty-two buildings were burned and the town is practically gone out of existence. Eeserves Die in Lake Michigan. Five nnval reserves were drowned hi tie Chicago lake front basin through tht capsizing of a boat in which they wert engaged in rowing practice, and two others of the party were saved. Frisco Saloons Reopen. For the first time since April 18 ths Sin Francisco saloons were permitted to open Thursday. Licenses had been granted to about 000 drinking places and aV ilia a mshing business. It is planned tc place all men arrested for intoxication at work cleaning away debris from sidewalks and streets. Action Against Rockefeller. Action which, if successful, may send John D. Rockefeller to the workhouse w.i begun in court at Findlay, Ohio, Mr. Ilo:ke feller being charged with having formed a combination in restraint of trail?. Authorities Planne! , Hassacre. Evidence to show that the massacre of Russian Jews at Bialystok was planned ami carried oat by the civil and military authorities, and probably was inspired by On. Trepoff, was presented to the douma, t the commission which Investigated ths

ATTER FAKS CITIZENSHIP EVIL. American Government to Check Cunning Orientals. Syrians and Armenians who acquire American citizenship for the sole purpose of leaving this country and enjoin? the protection of the United States '.n foreign lands for the rest of their lives are the men at whom the proposed revision of citizenship laws of the United States is especially aimed. Most of the entanglements of the United States with Turkey have resulted from alleged wrongs suffered by so-called American citizens who were natives of some of the Turkish provinces, but acquired alleged American citizenship either by a short residence in this country or through fraudulent means. Many of the so-called American citizens do not speak a word of English and are not in sympathy with this country. ' In Hayti thousands of Syrians practically absorbed the retail trade of the island and became so distasteful to the Ilaytians thax a general expulsion of Syrians was ordered. It was then, discovered that many of the Syrians had acquired American citizenship by some means and expected the United States to protect them acrainst wrongs at the hands of the island republic. Secretary Hay and his predecessors for fifty years have urged a revision of the citizenship laws of this country which will prevent foreigners from acquiring citizenship here and enjoying the protection of this government all of their . lives, regardless of . whether they reside in American territory. A board appointed by Secretary Root is investigating the subject and action by the next session of Congress is expected.

ONE IN EVERY 1,200 IS BLIND. Special Consul Report Also Gives Figures f or the Deaf. About oue person in every 1,200 was blind and one in every 850 was deaf In the United States in 1900, according to a special census report prepared by Dr. Alexander Graham Bell. The total number of blind in the United States was 04, 7G3, of whom 35,043 were totally blind and 2D,liS partially blind. These figures are the minimum, as an unknown proportion of the blind were not located. Of the total blind 37,054 were males and 27,709 females. In about 5 per cent of the ?ases of blindness the parents were cousins. Of the blind over 10 years of age 20 per cent were engaged in some gainful occupation. The total number of deaf in the United States is given as 80.2S7, of whom 37.42G were totally deaf and 51,SOL partially deaf. Of these 53,501 were able to speak well, 9,417 imperfectly and the remainder not at all. Of those at least 10 years of age 3S.5 per cent were jainfully employed. ?5,0O0,00O FOR CURE OF LEPER. CliUionaire of Xlexico Offers Fortune to Get Hid of Disease. James M. Bringas, of Guaymas, Mexi co, one of the wealthiest mine and ranch owners of the republic, who is a native af Kentucky, is offering $5,000,000 to anyone who. will cure him of leprosy. He is the owner of the Las Vegas mine in Sonora, also the principal owner of the Winton Mining and Smelting Company, and sole owner of 250,000 acres of land eighty miles from the City o Mexico. He crossed the border the other day in a spe cial train on hi3 way to Europe for the third time in hopes of checking the dread ed disease, which now has eaten off his' finger nails. He is 55 years of age and contracted the disease five years ago In Australia. He has spent more than $1,000,000 fighting leprosy and has a standing offer of $1,000,000 in gold for a cure. He says he will make it $3,000,000, and even more. ECAI7C3 OUT JJI3 CTTTT7QLE. "Jesse James Attorney," Heads a Kansas City Sign. "Jesse James, attorney-at-law,' is the Inscription on the new sign at the entrance to an oQce In Kansas City. The "Jesse James, attorney-at-law, is 1'ae 31-year-old son of the noted bandit. Since his father was shot and killed by the Ford brothers young Jesse James has had a career not less remarkable in some re spects than that of his father. An ofSce boy at 12, and later a clerk, an author, a pawnbroker, and a prisoner in the dock charged with train robbery, this young man ran the gamut of experience until he stood at the head of his class at the bar association, and has already won his first case. His average In all branches of the examination was 91 per cent. cazh for ror.rcT RESERVES. Government Gets . $767,220 Hevenue from Courca in Fast Year. Gifford Pinchot, chief forester of the Department of Agriculture, has completed his repejt of receipts from reserves from July 1, ;003 to June 30, 100G, shoeing that the total waf $707,220. The revenues were derived as follows: Sales, $203,443; grazing, $314,0SC: privileges, $7,5J3; trespass, $39,224, and settlement, $2,901. Under a law enacted by the last session of Congress 10 per cent of forest reserve revenues must be paid to the States or territories in which the reserves are situated. BANHEH3 t7ah:ted by ridgely. Are Todd to Keep Their Loans "Within the Legal Limit Comptroller of the Currency Ridgely has sent out a letter to national banks Warning them to reduce their loans to the statutory limit, and saying that the new law in this regard is to be enforced to the letter. He explained that the law permits loans to one individual amounting to 10 per cent of the bank's capital and surplus, but that undivided profits cannot be considered as surplus until formally transferred to the surplus account on the books of the bank. FAT OF TTIE LAND FOR NAVY. American Bill of Fare Now the Best in the World. In the last naval appropriation act. provision was made for a change of the naval ration and the bureau of supplies and accounts has prepared a ration In accordance with the legislation. It is now asserted that the United States navy has a better ration than any army or navy ia the world. Alton Rebaters Fined. Judge Landi at Chicago passed sentence on the Chicago & Alton Railroad and two former officials of the road In the case charging the granting of rebates. A total o $00,000 in fines was Imposed. TTie defendants were found guilty under the Elklns law. Costumes in Play Bring Pest. Eight girls, members of the Wichita, Kan., high school, were made ill of scarlet fever as the result of wearinir costumes Infected with germs of the disease during a class play. All were tauen wuii a malignant form of the fever. The costumes were purchased from an Omaha firm. Negroes in Fatal Battle. A battle by moonlight, which lasted over an hour and in which perhaps 1,000 shots were fired, occurred near Davis, I. T., resulting in the death of two men and the serious wounding of six others. The participants were negroes. Thaw Denies Insanity. Harry Thaw has given out a statement In the Tombs prison, New York, denying the reports that he is insan?, and that a commission is to be appointed to inquire into his mental condition. High Tide in Grain Crops. Aoi?rican farmers will Harvest the largest giain crops this year on record, accordir.g to the estimate of condition as of July 1 issued in Washington.

ICE MEN INDICTED.

TWO WASHINGTON COMPANIES IN ALLEGED TRUST. Attemvt to Increase Price Dnrlng Warm Months nnd InvestlKMIon Eranlt Three Italian Laborers Slain In Dynamite Plot. Indictments were returned by the grand jury in Washington against the American Ice Company, the Chapin-Sacks Ice Com-i pany and four individuals, charging them with controlling the ice supply of Washington. The American and Chapin-Sacks companies transact about 75 per cent oj the ice business in the District of Columbia. With the coming of the heated term, a shortage in the ice supply of Washington was "discovered" sudden'y and an attempt was made to advance prices. While the two companies were formerly competitors, it is charged that on April 20 they entered into a combination agreeing not to sell to dealers who should sell Ice at wholesale for less than 23 cents per hundred pounds or at retail for less than 40 cents per hundred. This combination is alleged to have had the effect of destroying competition not only between the two principal companies, but also among the smaller dealers. Citizens immediately entered a protest. Evidence was discovered pointing to the formation of a combination to put up the prices. TVs evidence was presented to the grand jury. The result was the return of the indictments. THREE ITALIANS SLAIN. Dynamite Stolen and Exploded Under Shack of Sleeping Men. Three menf were instantly killer and a score of others wexe injured, several of whom are expected to die, shortly after 1 a. m. Friday, when a shanty at the O'Laughlin Bros.' stone quarry, near Del wood, HI., was blown up by dynamite. The explosion was the result of a deliberate attempt to kill the occupants of the shed, laborers employed in the quarry, according to employes. The dynamite store room, nearly one mile away from the shed, was broken into during the night and a large quantity of dynamite taken. This was carried to the shed, where it was exploded. The detonation shook buildings in the vicinity, and when persons living nearby hurried to the place they found the shed blown to pieces and the body of one of the men hanging in a tree. It is believed that the dynamiting of the fchanty was the result of a vendetta, the thirty men who were sleeping in the building being all Italians. 7AIINS AGAINST CRUELTY. Department of Agriculture Sends Out Notice of New Stock Law. Railroads and stock shippers have been mailed notices of the new law to prevent cruelty to animals while In interstate transit by the Department of Agriculture. The law, as amended by Congress at its last session, permits stock to be kept In transit not longer than thirty-six hours, after which it must be unloaded for a rest, and Secretary , Wilson says he will see to it that the act is strictly enforced. After thirty days inspectors of the department will report all violations, and these will be transmitted to the Department of Justice for the institution of suits and the collection of penalties. The plan pursued under the old law of allowing the railroad to confess judgment and pay the minimum fine of $100 will not prevail hereafter. EXPORT3 OF PI10VISI0N3 GROW. Government Reports Increase Canned Eeef Falls Off. The advance Rtatenent of the exports of provisions, issued by the bureau cf statistics of tVj Department of Commerce end Labor, shows that the total value of provisions 'exported, exclusive of live cattle, hogs and sheep, at the principal Torts of the United States during June, 1DOG, was $15,305,278, against $13,553,014 in June, 1903, and for the fiscal year 190, $191,050,535, against $152,530,073 in 1905. The total quantity of canned teef exported through the principal ports during June was 2.977,979 pounds, b gainst 0,3 10,353 pounds in June of last year, and for the twelve months ending with June, 1900, was G4,173,S0S pounds, against 00,327,289 pounds in 1903. EAR. 13 NIPPED BY A HORSE. Pet Animal Tries to Rescue His Master, TTho Had Deen Thrown. Harry S. Green, a dairyman of New Rochelle, X. Y had his left ear bitten off by his pet Lorse. Gren grabbed the chewed ear in his handkerchief and boarding a trolley car hurried to a doctor's office, where it was grafted in place. There is hope of the dismembered ear growing in place. Green was horseback riding when the accident occurred. The animal stumbled and threw Green over his head, rendering him unconscious. The horse attempted to assist him to his feet and in doing so nipped off the ear. PAECENGEItS SAVED FEOII SHIP. All of the 200 on Boat Wrecked in Mississippi Arc Rescued. Carried on the back" of negro roustabouts, taken from the stern in lifeboats or jumping into waist-deep water at the prow to take refuge in i swamp swarming with insects, the 200 passengers of the steamer Quincy, which was wrecked near Trempealeau, Wis., were all saved. Temperance Body Loses Members. The sixty-second convention of the National Division of America of the So:is of Temperance began at Toronto with a large attendance from the United States and Canada ' The most worthy patriarch in his addresj reported a net loss of 2,803 members during the year, leaving the total membership at 33,003. Steal Union's Funds. Burglars entered the office of the Bricklayers and Stonemasons' Union in Bricklayers Had, Chicago, shortly after 4 o'clock Wednesday morning, wrecked the safe with a charge of nitroglycerin and escaped with $1,500 of the funds of the union. Cockran to Marry Miss Ide. The announcement of the engagement of Miss Annie Ide, daughter of Governor General Ide of the Philippines, and Bourke Cockran has been made. The wedding will occur In Wtshington next fall. Britain Hai Food Evils. The annual report of the inspector of factories and workshops hi Great Britain shows that the conditions surrounding the preparation of food are quite as revolting as anything alleged of American packing houses. Fraud in Postoffice Charged. Mrs. Emily McKinley,' "Oijtmistress at Kingfisher, and a widow vcousin of the late President McKinUfas arraigned before the United States a nmls.-doner, charged with falsifying recoros. Pays Confederate Claims. After forty years Confederate soldiers cf Gen. John II. Morgan's command are receiving pay from the federal government for horses taken from them when they surrendered. Chapman Re-elected. At Omaha John II. Chapman of Chi cago was elected for the sixteenth tlmu president of the Baptist Young People's Union of America. Nearly all the other officers were re-elected.

DREYFUS IS VINDICATED.

French Supreme Conrt Annals Cap 1nln'. Condemnation. The French Supreme Court Thursday announced its decision,' annulling the condemnation of Dreyfus without a retrial. The effect of the dc-dsion is a complete vindication of Dreyfus, entitling him to restoration to bis rank in the army as though he had never been accused. As the decision was pronounced the scene was one of impressive dignity. The court, consisting of forty-nin judges, gowned in flowing red robes, solemnly mounted the bench. Deep silence prevailed as the presiding judge read the lengthy decision, minutely reviewing the series of sensational events of the last twelve years and completely ?xoneratIug Dreyfus of all wrong doing, freeing him of the accusation of being the author of the famous incriminating documents, on which the entire charge was founded, and ordering the annulment of the judgment of the Renr.es cctirt-martlal with the publication of the final announcement of his innocence la fifty newspapers to be cboen by Captain Dreyfus. The reading of the decision lasted an hour and it was only at the close that the spectators realized the sweeping nature of the vindication. As the final determination was aunounced there was a buzz of excited comment and some exclamations of approval, which the court officers sternly repressed. IIlMory f Famous Cane. Capt. Alfred Dreyfus was arrested on the charge of treason in Pans on Oct. 15, 1S94. His arrest was the beginning of one of the most marvelous stcries of cous;4racy, fraud and forgery known to the military annals of a modern nation. For more than n year it was known to the French government that a trsitor in the French war departmeni was selling military secrets to foreign governments. Suspicion was directed toward Dreyfus. Tliis suspicion was seemingly confirmed by the discovery by a French spy in the waste paper basket of Lieut. Col. von Schwartzkoppen, the German military attache in Paris, of the fragments t a paper which whv-n pressed together formed a memorandum in reference to the hydraulic brake of the new French guns. This memorandum came to be known as the famous bordereau which gured so extensively in the trial. Dreyfus was arrested by Major Du Paty de Clam. Of five experts who compared the bordereau with the handwriting of Dreyfus two did not attribute it to him, while three did, though they found the writing unnatural nnl possibly disguised. Dreyfus was convicted and publicly degraded on Jan. 5, 18t5. He was taken before his regiment, drawn up in parade order. Th? buttons were torn from his uniform and his sword broken. Then he was marched to the accompaniment of rogues music along the front of the regiment. ' . On Feb. 9, 185, Dreyfus was transported to Devil's island, off the coast cf Cayenne. Almost at once the French people, convinced that a Rr&at wrong had been done to an officer of the army, began an agitation for a revision of his trial. Popular belief . that Dreyfus was innocent was strengthened by the discovery in 1805 of a card telegram the famous "petit bleu" in Lieut. Col. von Schwartzkoppen's handwriting, and addressed to Commander Esterhaz, calling upon him for nrore detailed information on a certain subject. It was this famous petit bleu which ultimately brought about -Dreyfus' vindication. Its writing was found to be in the same ban das the bordereau and all indications pointel to Iterhaxy and not Dreyfus as being the traator. There was a formidable, far-reaching conspiracy la the French army to prevent the vindication of Dreyfus. Col. Picfruarr, who discovered the "petit bleu," was removed from his office of chief of the Intelligence department, and Lieut. Col. Henry appointed. Gen. de Boisdeffre, chief cf the general staff, announced in parliament that Dreyfus had been convicted on secret and irrefragable evidence. Gen. Mercer confirmed this. Eserhazy was acquitted by a packed military court. Finally Emile Zola, the famous novelist, made himself the ,chamrion of Dreyfus. He wrote the celebrated "I accuse'! letter, which aroused public opinioa. Zola was convicted of slander and forced to flee to England, but his famous letter gave Dreyfus a new trial. In the meantime Col. Henry had com-' mitted suicide in his cell after his arrest for forgery in connection with the case. It has always been believed that Henry was forced to kill himself by his superior officers. Dreyfus returned to France on July 1, 1SS0. His second court-martial began at Kenne on Aug. 7. The same forged, perjured evidence was used against him and be was again convicted a few days later. Since then he has been fighting for vindication. FIRE INSURANCE RATES HIGHER Waatorn Union Take Action on Certain "Unprofitable Rk." Advances in fire insurance rates on thirteen classes of heretot'oie "unprofitable risks," including mercantile stocks and packing plants, have been announced, as a result of a meeting of the Western Union company managers. Chicago, St., Louis, Cleveland, Cincinnati, Milwaukee and Louisville are "excepted cities," their rates being made by the local boards of underwriters. The Chicago board will consider the Western Union's new 'schedule. The Increases decided upon ore shown in the following table : Loss ratio Increase fchown. needed. Colleges and school 73 LT Churches 70 L'O Hoots and shoes P2 40 Klevntora and contents 70 20 Flour, feed and grist mills .... 70 20 Furniture, chair, coffin, piano and billiard table factories .. C3 IS Stimmer hotels 2S Merchandlfe, wholesale and retall. Including wholesale groceries C3 20 Metal workers. Including machine shops and foundries . . H7 3S Mining risks 08 2", Packing houses 74 2.1 Taper mil 1 , ' Sawmills 64 15 Thirty-seven other "unprofi table" classes are under considerat'on for advances. The object of the move is to strengthen the companies weakened by San Francisco losses. Ioljres Secretary Sentenced. Judge De Courcy, in t!e Supreme Court at Doston, Monday, Imposed sentence of ten months in the house of correction ujon Itobert G. Proctor, formerly Senator .Lodge's secretary, who was convicted of misappropriating $223; of contributions to the Republican campaign lund cf liH)i. A stay of execution was grouted, hewever, ond the prisoner was released on bail. In response to a subr.ena. Senator Lodze. on the same day appeared lefore the grand jury to tell what he knew about contributions to the republican fund. Ilovlne Consumption Victim. Ir. Sarauel II. Gilliland, one of the chief assistants of State Veterinarian Leonard Pearson at the university of Pennsylvania, is reported as dangerously ill at a sanitarium at Saranac Lake, X. Y. He became ill while laboring to save tuberculosa infected cattle among which he had been working for the past several months. It is uppose dthat he has contracted the dread disease, though his colleagues at the university will not admit this. . ' Fourteen persons were drowned In five boat accidents in the United States the ether da.

JOINS THE THEOSOPKIST8.

Lyman J. fnr. Former Secretary of Treasury, Gccn t California. Lyuinn J. Gage, former Secretary of the Treasury, has given up financial life, In which he had been n most prominent figure In Chicago, Washington and New York for many years, and Las tfiken up a residence, which he expects will be permanent, with the coIoLy of theosophists at Tolnt Lonia, Cal., of which Madame TIngley is the high priestess. Mr. Gage says that this final tep in a direction he has long been Inclined is the result of a vision and thst dur;i:g his sleep he was commanded to join the Point Lonia colony. While the news of Mr. Gage's action comes as a surprise to the financial world to those who have been thrown Into intimate personal contact with the financier his leaning toward theosophy has long been known. Even before the death of his wife, which occurred while he was Secretary of the Treasury, during the McKinley regime, Mr. Gago took a deep Interest In that cult. This interest has grown since Mrs. Gajp's death. , Even so far back as 1892, wlieri he was one of the great directing forces ol the world's fair In Chicago, Mr. Gage gave much thought to theosophy. In a personal talk with a correspondent, he said at that time that he believed theosophy explained many things that a3 orl-er religions and even science left iu darkness.--He spoke of Madame Blaviitsky, and While he refused to give Ler his personal Indorsement or confidence, he declared his belief that she was endowed with remarkable powers. From the mysterious abilities he acknowledged in the then foremost theotophist of the West he argued tb truth of its beliefs. MAY IMPORT JAPANESE. Colorado Fruit 3Ien Unable to Gel Xeeded Labor. Shall Colorado labor be utilized in the fruit belt of the State when thu harvesting time comes, or shall the fruit growers' associations of the western slope be obliged to resort to the importation of Japanese and other foreign labor in ordei to care for the immense crop that Is anticipated? This is a question which the State labor department has undertaken to solve ia favor of home workers. The. deputy State labor commissioner, Edwin V. Brake, has just returned to Denver from a visit to the fruit section of the State, where he learned of a situation which, unless remedied, will mean that between 500 and CO) Japanese laboiers will have to be impcrted to take care of the fruit crops this fall. Indeed, the matter had gone so far that the Paonia Fruit Growers' Association had made arrangements already to ship ia these foreign laborers. ' ' Mr. Brake took the matter up with President Hammond of the association, together with several prominent packers, and an agreement has been reached which, it is hoped, will prevent the importation of cheap laborers, many of whom would remain to become permanent competitors against Colorado laborers. Mr. Brake requested the fruit men to submit to him a detailed statement of the extra labor they would need, together with the schedule of wages, etc. Upon receiving this statement Ir. Brake said he would undertake to supply the men needed. The Paonia Fruit Growers' Associa tion: agreed to abandon its plan of importing Japanese labor if it could be assured of getting sufficient help during the season. President Hammond stated thy.t he would get together for Mr. Brake the required data and then await developments. Gov. Hoch Aa-atnst llanirlna-s. Speaking of the fifty or more first-degree murderers' now under sentence iE Kansas, "at the will of the Governor,"' Gov. Hoch said: "I shall not will that those men be put to death, and, furthermore, the present Governor will never will the death of any man." Rev. R. A. Ellwood cf Leavenworth had written tbi two gubernatorial candidates, asking there to define their position as to the enforcement of the prohibitory law, and also manding by inference that Gov. Hoch sirn the death warrants of these fifty men. In reply, the Governor said : "What a spectacle we have here, a minister ol the 011 suggesting that the State demand an eye for an eye and a tooth foi a tooth. He had better read the remainder of the Savior's injunction along that line." '. if John D. Rockefeller was offered $l,0OG for a fifteen-minute conversation by the Paris Matin. George Westinghouse, the Inventor of the air brake, has been described as "a hundred horse power man." Mayor Ekers of Montreal is addressee personally as "your worship," and 1b the third person as "his worship." Dr. .'Francis P. Kinnicut of New York has been elected president of the Association of American Physicians. Senor Casasu3,t ambassador of Mexico to the United States, has gone tc Europe on account of ill health, and will not return until fall. Prince Khilkoff, formerly minister ol railroads in Russia, and builder of th Trans-Siberian road, intends to make a tour of inspection of. the railroads of thi country. There are two Bhcks ia the new British House of Parliament, with the sam initials A. W. Black, th member for ""'Biggleswade, who is a lace manufacturer from Nottingham, and A. W. IJJack, th : member for Banffshire, who is "writer to the Signet," in Edinburgh. James A. Garfield of New York has purchased a big farm house on Prudence island, in Narragansett bay, where he will establish a hospital for crippled children. James B. Reynolds of Boston has been assistant secretary of the United States treasury fifteen months and has signed his name somewhere close to 100,000 times. As a rule he uses up three fountain pens a week. Andrew Carnegie, at Gravesend, when . he was the first distinguished stranger to I receive the freedom of the borough, said " that he only understood one machine j the human one and he always patted it a the back.

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HIGH TIDE IN CHOPS.

GREAT RICHES FOR THE AMERICAN FARMER. Grains Thl Year Bid Fair to Eclipse Itecord Total Yield of Billions Wheat of IJet Quality Corn Tropecta Brilliant. Bushels. Total indicated grain yield.. 4.291,444.000 Indicated yield July 1, 1903.4,2S3,073.000 Actual yield last year 4,318,207,000 Acres. Area of grain fields 177,772,000 Area planted in wheat 47,612,000 Area planted in corn 03,333,000 Area planted in oats 27,078,000 Indications that American farmers this year will harvest the largest grain crops in the history of the country are given in the government report on condition as of July 1, and nothing now seems In the way of unprecedented prosperity throughout the fanniug regions. Not only is the prospect for a bountiful harvest most bright, but market quotations r.how that the farmer will get a fair jvice-for his grain, while reports' from Europe are that the wheat crop will be 130.000,000 bushels short of that of 1003, indicating that the export demand will be largo, and that America will have to fill a good share of it. It was thought when last year's bountiful crops were harvested that the high-water mark for production In the United States had been reached. The percentage estimates of condition of the Department of Agriculture this year, however, indicate that even that record will be surpassed in spite of the fact that the oats crop bids fair to fall short by 80,000,000 bushels. Crops Up in Billions. The total crop of all grains thi year promises to be 4,201,414,000 bushels, using the July 1 condition as a basis of calculations. This Is about 8.000,000 bushels above the indication G0VEBN1IE1IT ESTIMATES 'onditionJulyl,Junel,Julyl, 1000. 1000. 1003. Winter wheat .83.0 83 Spring wheat 01.4 03 Combined condition. 87.8 .. 82.7 01 83.S 87.3 02.1 02.7 01.5 Corn .. Oats . . Rye .. Barley i .... 8 1 .o . . .84 . . . . 01.3 . . . . V.lJ SC 00 03.5 Total , at this time last year, but 217,000.000 beJow the final figures. The weather In all the great grain-producing States, however, since July 1 has been all that could be desired, and the prospects are that the fiual figures will be as much, if not more, above the July promise this year as they were last. The fields upon which these immense crops are growing, or from which they already have been harvested In some Instances, aggregate more than 177,000,000 acres. The following table shows the number of acres devoted to each grain, with comparisons with last year. -AcreageWinter wheat 20,62-1,000 2,723.ti00 Snin wheat 1 7,080,000 17.013,000 ro,n C3.533.000 94,01 1,000 OXs 27,678.000 27,646,000 JiVA 1.720.000 1,730,000 Hadej 5.229,000, 5,005,000 Corn fn Early Stage. The corn crop, of course, is in an early stage of development, and betw'een this time and harvest last year gained an aggregate of 175,000,000 bushels, while oats gained 60,000,000 burhels. Corn is now nearly 00,000,003 bushels ahead of the July 1 indication of a year ago, although it Is not as far advanced and its general condition Is a little lower. It is, however, making great strides, the present hot weather in the big corn States bein$ ideal for bringing it rapidly' forward. K Oats started July with a prospect nbeut S0,000,000 bushels below that of a year ago, but the acreage this year I n little larger and It is barely posRlble that the shortage may yet be redLccd. , , It is In the wheat production, bowevr, that the United States has the greatest cause for self congratulation, (punting the wheat carried over from Mt year only 40,000,000 bushels in farmers' hamls this country has the lagest wheat crop in sight of any time in Its history. The winter wheat yield r;as ahead of the famous crop of 1001, afcd the spring wheat promise is so hlsh as to indicate that, barring acciduits, all previous records will be surpassed. There arc vast reserves of moisture through the big spring wheat Slates of the Northwest just the conditions which produced a large crop ci. a smaller acreage a year ago. IV heat Quality Good. It Is a significant fact that the. government was compelled to rais Its waiter wheat crop estimate of a month n$o by about 12,000,000 bushels. The sLort straw proved very deceptive. Tiie threshers have laid bare th deception by turning out plump, heavy ealn from well filled heads. On the question of quality alone the winter wheat of the United States can go Into the markets of tho world unchallenged. The department Is being deluged with supplemental reports from its agents showing out turns from the thrasher far above the original estimates as made up previous to July 1, from which statistics this report was compiled. The final weight test is exIected to show even greater wonders, the winter grain being not only high in quality. but remarkably , uniform through practically the whole of its area, Michigan being the only exception, and that State falling only 7000,000 bushels behind last year's yleltl The rye area of the United States Is small, and the present promise is a trill? short of last year's. The barley crop Is a large one, and shows expansion in area. It Is rapidly electricity Stimulated Vegetable. That it is practicable for any farmer or gardener to advance the growth and quality of table vegetables through the direct application of electric current, and with very little expense, is in process of demonstration by Warren II. Itawson of Boston. Heretofore this has been done by the use of electric lights. Mr. Rawson found that if a copper plate was sunk in the loam at one end of the bed and connected by an overhead wire, with a zinc plat in the soil at the other end of the bed, a measurable current of electricity was 6et up from chemical action of the ammonia and other gaits c:a the

nearing harvest with a, yield ot rcora breaking proportions. The average condition of the growing corn crop on July 1 was S7.3, ds compared with 87.3 on July 1, 80.4 at the corresponding date in 1004, and a ten-year average of 80.4. Story Told in Figures. The following table shows for each of the States having 1,000,000 acres or upward in com the acreage compared with that of last year, on a percentage basis, and the condition on July 1 of this year, with the respective ten-year July averages:

Acreage com- Tenpared with Condition year last year. July 1. 1006. avgt. Illinois 100 JK) 88 Iowa KK5 iH 8S Neluas-ka. 101 84 . SS Kansas 101 HTy 88 Texas 100 73 77 Missouri loo 80 8C lnd'.ana 101 8 8i Georgia 101 80 84 Kentucky 1'0 fil M Tennessee t'S Ol 8S Ohio 101 80 85 Albania 10: M 85 North Carolina .. 101 JU " VO Arkansas 101 v 80 S4 Mississippi 10.",'- !1 82 Indian Territory. 107 K) 8S Oklahoma 10." t3 91 South Carolina . lo.i 86 84 Virginia 100 fl 91 South Iakota ... 103 87 87 Minnesota tto 80 84 WUconsIa fy 87 86 Pennsylvania ... 100 01 87 Louifi.-ina ....... 107 70 82Michigan 102 no 83 United States ... 101. C 87.5 80. 4

Wheat Condition High. The average condition of, winter wheat on July 1 was S3.0, aso:nrared with 83 last month, 82.7 on July 1, 1003, 78.7 at the corresponding date in 1004, and a ten-year average of 79.4. The following table shows ;'or each of the States having 1,000,000 acres or upward In. winter wheat the condition on July 1 of this year, with the respective ten-year July averages:

July 1, Ter -rear 1!U. JV. Kansas 7 80 Indiana 00 70 MlsCtirI ................. 80 77 Xbiaska 87 87 llilr.ois 80 70 Ohio 80 72 California ; 0 77 Penn sy. van la 03 84 Oiiluhoma t 3 Tens 83 78 Michigan 70 , 2 l'clte.1 State SÖ.Ü r&.,4 i The average condition of spring

ON BIG GItAIII CHOP 102 1CC3. -Indicated yield, bu. July 1, July 1, Flbäl oftclal 1W3. 1005. yield, 1005. 42.'),334.000 422,301,000 42S.OO0.0C0 278,830,000 271,021,000 203,000.000 708,304,000" 004,482,000 C03,O00,;S0 2,389,000.000 2,332,772,000 2,708.000 bOÖ 814,733.000 S03.010j000 )33,C00,lJCO 20,000.000 27,300,000 27,010,000 132,087,000 133,000,000 130,031,000 4.201.444,000 4.2S3.07?,000 4,51807,000 wheat on July 1 was 01.4, as compired with 03 last mouth, 01 on July 1, 2005, 03.7 at the corresponding d;ite In 3001, and a ten-year average of 3.2. Surlno; Wheat Xfgrare. The following table shows for each of the five principal spring wheat States the condition on July 1 of this year, with the respective ten-year averages: - x July 1, Tcn-yesr 1006. t. Minnesota 89 87 Xoith Dakota 93 f3 South Dakota 91 83 Iowa , . . . . 94 92 Washington 100 , 94 United Staes 91.4 8S.2 The average condition on July 1 of spring and winter wheat combined was 87.8, as compared with S5.8 on July 1, 1003, and 84.3 at the corrspoLding date In 1004. The amount .of wheat remaining in the hands of farmers on July 1 is estimated at about 40,033,000 bushels, equivalent to about CO per cent of the crop of last year. , Lok Shown fn Oata. The average condition of the oats crop on July 1 was 84., as compared with 80 last month. ILM on Jul 1, 1003, 80.8 at the corresponding da:e In 1004. and a ten-year average of 83.4. The average condition, of barley on July 1 was 02.5, against 03.3 one month ago, 01.5 on July 1, 1005, 8S.5 at tba corresponding date In 1004, and a tenyear average of S8.2. The average condition of winter-rye on July 1 was 01.3, as compared ltb 02.7 on July 1, 1003, 88 at the cprrcsponding date lri! 1004 and a ten-year average of 00.1. The acreage of potatoes, excluding sweet potatoes, is less than that of !;ut year by CS.OOO acres or 1.3 per oent. The average condition on July 1 was 01.3. as compared with 01.2 on July 1, 1003, 03.1 at the corresponding data ia 1004, and a ten-year average of 02.1. The acreage of tobacco is loss t,Han that of last year by about 40,000 acres, or 5.2 per ceut. The average condition on July 1 was 80.7, against 87.4 one year ago. The Cure of Graft. W. J. Ghent, the well-known Socialist writer, presents, in the lndepeudont,the view of his party on this ever-present question of graft, lie says that the thick-abd-thin defenders of the existing rejime are protesting against further mention of this subject for fear that it will detsroy confidence in. our institutons and leaders and will shake the foundations of the republic. This "silly optimism" he regards as a reasoned form of the instinct of the ostrich, and declares it will give no immunity from harm. Public graft, he thinks, is but the outcome of private graft and the latter reveals itself in food adulteration, the sophistication of all classes of commodities and in various financial manipulations. He does Dot say that all men graft, but does assert that some men in all classes of comiietitive occupations do graft. Under these circumstances,, the exhortation to be good is of itself a barren counsel of perfcction-"given by those who earn their living by uttering it." Abstractly, a man may wish that nil indirection or deception might be abolished by common consent, but in the needs of his daily life he justifies the particular graft which he J,rhe beneficiary. By this process of reasoning he r aches the Socialist conclusion that grafting can be eliminated by merging the competing interests of mankind in a commcii interest and by producing commodities, not for sale, but for use without profit. Th? trans-racific liner America was threatened with partial destruction by a fire that broke out in its coal "bunkers ia San Francisco harbor. The flames were extinguished after a hard fight. zinc plate. He found that lettuce thus treated was ready for market a week ahead of that in the ordinary, and th heads were also larger. Consumption Came of Divorce. In the Superior Court at Los Angeles Tuesday a decree of divorce was granted to Mrs. Charles T. Scammell on the ground that her husband was adicted with the disease of tuberculosis. Befor their marriage, ehe said, he had repeatedly assured her that he was soui ia body And free from s.11 disease. Advextisa la thi3 pjtr---

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'iRNMNCIALLess than the usual shuttles down for renewals is seen ia the indus trial branches, this affecting but slightly the aggregate of production- Never before has the accumulation of forward demands been greater, particularly In steel, rail equipment and shipbuilding, and with further additions to bridge, track and other construction the outlook makes a gratifying impression throughout business and f;na:ic!il circles. Much of the healthy tone U based upon the crop conditions, tLci3 having thus far fully equaled expectations. Holiday dealings in the leading retail lines rose to a new high record for this city, and yreparations u ths wholesale district are well advanced for the visiting buyers due next week. Mercantile collections are seasonably prompt and defaults this week below the normal. Outdoor work has suffered no interruption, building operations being pressed forward pnd considerably heavier than those of a year -o change affects prices in the raw material markets, but pig Iron and h;Jc3 are firmer. Receipts of hides, live stock and lumber were lighter, but iron ore, fuel, wool and graiu gained. The total quantity of grain handled at this port, C.104.00S bushels, compares with 7,030,708 busbsls last week. Receipts increased 20.3 per cent, but the shipments dropped 33.7 per cent unirr those of last year. Lumber receipts were 43,031,003- feet, cgainst 43,720,cca feci last week. Dank clearings, 5:203.032.013, exceed these of the corresponding wcrk In 1C03 by 14.4 p?r cent Ths lar3 expansion is due mainly to heavy - divld:"! payments. Orcrir.s cf courrcrclil p"-r"r .have been cf moderate exte-t rrl tiziey ranged from 3 to 6 rr c;r.t Failures reported in th? C"!":o '. trict number 9, against 15 Izzt tt: c 1 15 a year ao. . Cecscn-t!y quirt c:lltlcni lave cj-jiird 13 many comn:crclzl c:; -rtÜE7 M csnts, the first week in July ivzriil bringing the minimum cf tctlvlty 13 certain occupations, tut prrr-r-tl:i. for unprecedented fall czi vrir.t:r tril5 Increase with the maturity cf tl- cr;; z. Failure returns for ths f.r:t I .12 cl 1003 showed pronounced Iz:rrcvc:rt 'n every department except czo, embracing occupations chiefly cf a rr: relative rature, and the ratio c? c!:rz::ing liabilities to solvent pru-.:t3 through the clearing houses dunr ths last -three months wes enly 73 ccuts to $1.CC0. Failures this wecl: were l.",3 In ill United States, pgalrjrt ICO zzt yr-r. and 12 in Canada, egalnrt 21 l::t y;;.r. Dun's Review of Trade. Chieso Cattle, ccmuca to prin ; ?l.CO to C3.30; hogs, pri-f travy; Cl.CJ to ?3.C2: sheep, fair to ch'!c?. C3.C3 t5 fo.OO; wheat, No. 2, 78c to 7?.-; cern, No. 2, 51c to 52c; oats, standard, 37c tJ SHc; rye. No. 2, Clc to Cle; ty, tir thy, CS.."0 to $15.O0; prairie, C-I-CO ta $13.00: butter, choice criiuery, IZz M 10c; ejrgs, fresh, 14c to lCc; pcttccs, new, 70c to 78c Indianapolis Cattle, shippir. C3.CC to C3.30. hogs, choice teavy, to fO.OO; shcp, coxmoa to prie. C2.30 ta ?4.30; wh"at, No. 2, 74c ta 7: c:rz, No. 2 vhite, 51c to 53c; c-ts, ITj. 2 white, ..f to 30c. St. 'ihouis Cattle. C4-30 ts C.C); hogs. V-LOO to f-a.00; "?cp, CI.C3 ta C-Ci.OO: wheat, No. 2, 7-Jc ta 73c; corn. No. 2, 51c to 33c; oats. No. 2, CZz to 3Sc; rye, No. 2. G3c to Clc. Cincinnati Catth CI-CO to C-5.35: hoff. $4.00 to $.05; sheep, C2.CO rc $4.00; wheat, No. 2, 75c to 77c; ccr, No. 2 mixed, 54c to 53c: oats. No. 2 mixed, 30c to 40c; rye. No. 2, CT-c t3 C4c. Detroit Cettle, $4.00 to iZ0; hr.TS C-4.00 to $7.00: sheep, ?2.30 to C5.0-); wheat. No. 2. 70c to f-Oc; corn. No. 3 yellow, 54c to .Vc; oats. No. 3 white, 40c to 41c; rye. No. 2, C3c to Oc. Milwaukee Wheat. No. 2 ncrthm, 81e to 83c; corn. No. 3, 51c to 5C;; oats, standard, 3Sc to 30c; rye, Nd. 1, 02c to C3c; barley, standard, 33c to r, ! ? ; pork, moss. ? 18.00. Toledo Wheat, No. 2 cixcl. 7Cv ta 78c; corn. No. 2 mixed, 32c to Tic; oats. No. 2 mired, 30c to 41c; rye. No. 2, 50c to Ca'V; clover f ri; C '-C l Buffalo Cattle, choice fhippin? steer, $4.00 to $3.00; hogs, fair .o choice, fi.CT to C".05; fhecp, coir.cn to gool mixed, $4.00 to $5.75; lambs, fair to choice, $5.00 to $5.50. New York Cattle. $4.00 to C5.ro; hogs, Cl-00 to $7.25; sneop, C-100 t3 $5.30; wheat. No. 2 red, 82c to Te; corn, No. 2, 53c to 30c; oats, natural white, 42c to i4c: butter, creamery, 17c to 20c; eggs, western, 14c to 17c. Drlcf ICowa Itcma. Charles Cunningham, 40 years old, 1z and killed his wife, Minnie, of?d 23 years, at Philadelphia. An encounter between three r::n tupposed to be robbers and four pc.Ilcc-ca took place at Elyria, Ohio. An inrc-case in wages which will alTect a majority of the cotton mill operatives in Rhode Island will be announced soon. The grand larceny case of the State against Judge William A. Herr was c;jmissed in Minneapolis for lack cf evidence. Camillo von Klenzt - professor cf Ctrman literature. University of Chics', tu been chosen a member of the f-c-'.ty cf Brown university. Luther Burbank has planted 4.CCD different varieties of potatoes cn V.i fm near Santa Rosa, Cab, ia an tCcrt t secure aa Meal tuber. John T. Baldwin, the 0-yes.r-oIJ t;3 c! C. A. Baldwin, a millionaire, was Li":l in North Cheyenne canyon, Cclcra, lj being thrown froa a burro. Over 1.000 delegates trc in attcu.rcj at the twenty-fourth annual convent! i of the National . Association of 2Zi..:r riumbers'nt Atlantic City, N. J. The Shen;uo Tin plant at Ntt C tie. Pa., said to be ths hr:;t ;j ; " country, closed down isdcf zitt!, ' ing about 2,000 men out cf c;::!;. . Three murders in which r:'.' v ; the probable motive were rrr;.t:l t ', i authbrities tf Washisrtcn ccunty, I .- ylvania. The victims vrre llklzzl I bika and Joseph Cisp-, r:I; ;rr, cil cz. unknown man. The reorrtnitkn c;-::t:3 e! f Cincinnati, Blurcn ari Cüct-j r :i: secured the rehrrrs cf c'.ty-c it ics' Hees, - r:i:!j CV ia the Courty C.-rt et VI L ; . Tis teilen h a C t:r c". : xzii.