Plymouth Tribune, Volume 5, Number 45, Plymouth, Marshall County, 16 August 1906 — Page 2

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TL. Q.ffvN. R-Tv F. Q.ÄF.M. llth.lth 2Cth.rSy 4th. FEATURES OF INTEREST CONCERNING PEOPLE, PLACES AND DOINGS OF THE WORLD., i Courts and Crimes, Accident and Fires Labor and Capital Grain, Stock od Money Market. Americans Killed In Battle. .First Lieutenant John F. James and two privates of the Eighth infantry, with Contract Surgeon Calvin Snyder and Internal Revenue Collector Williams, of Illinois, were killed in a hand-to-hand fight with a force of Pulajanes si Tulita, island of Leyte. The detachment which consisted of ten men, was greatly outnumbered, but made a gallant fight. The Palaanes captured three pistols, four Krag-Jorgensen rifles and &X rounds of ammunition. Woman Leaps from Fast Train. Estella Bloomingdale. aged 30, leiped feet foremost from the New York flyer on the Baltimore & Ohio near Madisonville, Ohio, while the train was running sixty miles an hour. She was fatally injured. The woman was taken to Loveland, Ohio, and was later sent back to Cincinnati. She boarded the train at Cincinnati and had a ticket for Marietta, Ohio, which is said to be her home. Xo reason is known for her Attempt to end her life. Five Drowned at a Picnic VlVP nPnmi 4 nrnminpnf In iha ontial lifo of Davenport, Wash., who had been enjoying an outing on the banks of the Spokane river about twelve miles northeast of that place, were drowned. Four of the drowned heroically sacrificed their lives in an at tempt to save others. One after another they plunged intj the river only to be drawn down either by the whirlpool or the undercurrent. . , Chicago Bank Teller Suicides. Frank Kowalski, for five years paying teller of the Milwaukee Avenue State Bank of Chicago, which failed recently, and for tome time assistant receiving teller, shot and killed himself in his home, 340 North Carpenter street. Criticism by peighbors and life long friends, w ho accused him of a share in the downfall of the bank, is believed to have driven Kowalski to his death. Robbed of $3,500 in Gold. Mrs. "Matilda F.ote, of Fredericktown, Ohio, was robbed of $3,500 in gold coin, wliich she had in hiding at her house. Mrs. Foote drew the money from a bank to purchase the farm on which she lived, an 1 the robbery was committed while she was in liount Vernon securing the deed. Sheriff Clements is searching for a clew to the thieves with bloodhounds. Three Killed Over Crap Game. Three were fatally shot and a fourth nan wounded by a negro at Cambon, Franklin county, III. The dead are Wiley B. White, 19 years, of Benton, and two negro coal miners living at Zeigler. A 'White man name Carlson, of Pittsburg, Pa., wan shot in the side, but probably will recover. The shooting started in a quarrel over a crap game. Score Hnrt in Trolley Crash. Loaded, with passengers returning" from north side summer gardens at Indianapolis, Ind., a heavy Illinois street car, to Vbich was attached a trailer, ran into another car standing at the Pratt street crossing.; throwing two women to the ground and ! causing a panic among the passengers that ' resulted- in slight injuries to a score of CthTS. Kill J in Anto Collision. One woma i w as instantly killed, another was probably fatally injured and two other persons were slightly hurt when an auto mobile in which they were riding was ttrock by a Chicago fc Milwaukee electric car at Noyes street and the Chicago, Mil waukee & St. Paul railroad tracks in Cranston, 111. Fifty-fire Injured in Wreck. , " Fifty-five persons were injured In an ac cident on the Fort Worth and Denver City railroad near Fruitland, Tex. A relief train was sent from Dallas carrying phy sJcians. The Treck occurred on a long enrve near Fruitland, the sleeper and one cay coach going down a twenty-foot em bankment. Murderer Pay Death Penalty. . Samuel Monich was hanged in the jail at llorristown, N. J., for the murder of Mrs. Harriet K. Decker, at Montville. N. J., on January 17 last. At the time of the murcer Jjomcn auemptea to commit suicide. Honich was infatuated with Mrs. Decker and in a jealous rage he shot and killed her. Stole Brazilian Crown. A Brazilian named Guerreiro has been arrested at Lisbon, Portugal, charged with 4 V A . t. A . A U - , A 1 I. ,,, kurj iL.dk vi wie crown vi uie Brazilian emperors, which is formed of precious itones, and valued at $500,000. Earthquake Shocks in Italy. A severe earthquake shock, lasting two seconds, occurred at San Kemo, -Italy. The population waa panic striken. Slighter shocks occurred at Bortlighera and Goldierodi. Secretary Loeb Sued for Damage. William Loeb, Jr., secretary to Iresldent Jioosevelt. was served with papers at Oyster Bay, N. Y., in a 150,000 suit for damages instituted by Miss Madge Doree, an authoress, who was arrested in Washington last winter. Twenty ilnrt in Collision. A Telegraph avenue trolley car packed with pleasure crowds from Berkeley and Idora park crashed into a Key Route electric train at Oakland, Cal., and a score of persons were badly injured, at least two of whom so seriously that they may die. Armour to Build Minnesota Plant It U reported that Armour & Co. ol Chicago, through their agents, have paid down about $40,000 as option mr foi the purchase of large tracts of J eai the Minnesota Transfer Compa 'yards, lying in the northwest part of tst. Paul and partly in Minneapolis, for a packine plant. "Wood Investigating: Islands. An investigation of alleged irregularities in the Philippine Islands is now beins conducted by order of . Ma j. Gen. Wood, the inquiry being in charge of Col. Wood, inspector general. Ifuilty of Theft in Cemetery Deal. John W. NefT, former county auditor of Erw county, N. Y., wa3 found guilty of grand larceny in the first degree in connection with the old North street cemetery deal in Buffalo. Neff was accused or sreaimg $i,ow irom ivrie county on Oct. J, 1901. Pour Blown Up by Dynamite. Four workmen in the cul de sac exten sion of the oTthen Pacific railroad near Spokane, Wash-, were blown up bj a delayed charge of dynamite. Three were instantly killed, and the fourth to bad Injured that t will die.

SELL INDIAN LANDS CHEAP.

Comanche Holdings Appraised at 40 Pep Cent of Value. The 22,."0O acres of Indian pasture lands now under agricultural lease in the eastern part of Comanche county, Okla homa, which are being appraised by a committee appointed by the Secretary of the Interior, will hi recommended for sale t 40 per cent of the value of lands of equal fertility and topography adjoining the reserve. This basis of value was adopted by the commission that appraised the lots in the city of Lawton prior to the opening of the Kiowa-Comanche country in the summer of 1001. The preference rij.-ht clause of the act of Congress pro riding for the final disposition of th?se lands precludes competitive bidding when the lands are offered for sale. The lessee may purchase a quarter section at the appraised value and a price offered higher than that by any other person will not be considered. Word comes from Washing ton informing the land officials that all lands lying in Comanche county will be sold at public auction in front of the land office, all lands lying in Caddo county will be sold at public auction in Anadarko and all lands lying in Kiowa county will be sold by the same method at Hobart. PLANS CHURCH FOR CHILDREN. Would Have Them Take Part of Officers and Congregation. A church for children, with children constituting the official board, a child organist, children as officers, deacons, ushers and congregation, is the plan of the Rev. Harry A. King, pastor of the Oakley Methodist Episcopal church in Kansas City. The Rev. Mr. King would have ':be children church organization as perfect as any congregation, following the forms and discipline laid down by the general conference for the churches formed by adults. The Rev. Mr. King said he hoped to have his plans so far matured by the time the public schools reopened this fall that he could f.tart the new church. He said services vou!d be held weekly, probably Sunday afternoon. The details of the project he has not yet worked ont. The new plan rill not supplant the Sunday school or Interfere with it in any manner. He relieves the project will attract the children of the neighborhood. There is a large minor population. GUARDS TO SEIZE BALLOTS. Judg Lindsey of Denver Takes Radical Step to Probe Frauds. Justice Bailey of the Colorado Supreme Court has refused to grant a writ of prohibition against County Judge Lindsay, of Denver, who started an investigation into the alleged election frauds of May l.", whereby the Denver Tramways Company obtained franchises worth $25,000,000. Corporation attorne3s had three times prevented the district courts from investigating these alleged frauds. The present investigation will proceed unless the Supreme Court assembles and sits en banc to take np the case. Judge Lindsay has ordered Sheriff Xesbet to organize an armed force to remove the ballot boxes from a warehouse in which they are stored. Guards at the warehouse refused to allow the sheriff to remove the boxes. m STORM AND FLOOD Hi TEXAS. Canyon City la Reported "Wiped Out by Tornado. Canyon City, in the Texas Fanhandle, is reported to have been completely destroyed by a tornado, in which several persons were killed. At Amarillo the family of a farmer named Riggs were killed by lightning. The severe rains of two days, during which twelve Inches of rain has fallen, have caused a rise of thirty-one inches in the Colorado and other rivers In south Texas, flooding thousands of acres and causing many deaths. The property damage will reach more than half a million dollars. A strip of' country thirty miles long and three to six miles wide is covered with water, twenty railroad bridges have been carried away, and it is estimated that 200 miles of railroad track have been washed out. The Santa Fe is the worst sufferer. SAVED AT FALLS BY SKIRT. Signal of Distress Brings Rescue to Party Near Danger Line. By tying a skirt to a broken oar as a signal, a woman saved herself andparty from a fatal plunge over .Niagara falls. After bis launch bad been disabled by the loss of a propeller, Charles Walsh dropped the anchor, but it failed to hold. He then shipped the oars and they snapped like pipestems in the attempt to drive the heavy launch against the powerful current. One of the women tied a skirt to a broken oar and the attention of people on shore was attracted. The party was rescued at the danger line. Healthy Widow Buys Coffin, Mrs. Susan Jndy, a wealthy widow of Washington C. II., Ohio, although sow enjoyin; excellent health, has already ordered her coffin. It is to be of bronze and will cost $2,000. The empty casket will be placed in the mausoleum which her husband provided for in his will, and which soon will be completed at a cost of $2:,ooo. Colliery Damaged by Fire. There was a serious fire in the. East Pine Knot colliery of the Philadelphia and Reading Coal and Iron Company near Pottsrille, Pa. The fire started in the boiler house and before it was extinguished six boilers were rendered useless and several small buildings near the boiler house were destroyed. The loss is estimated at $100,000. ----l --MMH Crushed in Collision. Two work trains on the Vandalia Railroad, running in the same direction, came together at the edge of Indianapolis. TV-mas Wren, a brakeman, was crushed to death ; II. L. Green, a gravel-pit foreman, was cut about the bead, and five Hungarian workmen sustained serious injuries. Bank in Examiner's Hands. The Milwaukee Avenue State bank, in Chicago, with more than $4,000,000 of deposits, mostly belonging to working people, has been closed by a State examiner, rumors of a large defalcation are current, a warrant has been issued for the cashier, and President Paul O. Stensland, who also is missing, is anxiously sought. Iowa Democrats Name Porte . Claude Torter was nominated for Governor of Iowa r the Democratic harmony" State convention at Waterloo, which adjusted all differences, hopes to profit by the factional fight among the Republicans and indorsed W. J. Bryan for President. Missing Cashier Is Taken. Cashier Hering of the wrecked Milwaukee Avenue State bank in Chicago has been arrested, and with his assistance the authorities have unearthed startling evidence of fraud in the management of the institution. Successful Balloon Trip. One of the most successful balloon trips ever made in this country, from New Tork City to Brant, Mass., 22." miles, was completed by Dr. Julian P. Thomas and Roy Knabenshue. Fatal Heat in New York. Twenty persons died and 122 were prostrated by the recent hea: in New York City. The recreation piers and downrown parks were thrown open to the poor who wished to sleep in the open air. Mob Lynches Three Negroes. mob of 3,000 stormed the jail at Salisbury, N. C, and after an encounter with militia armed with blank cartridges lynched three negroes.

NAVY SHIPS SCATTER.

FORMIDABLE ARRAY OF SEAFIGHTERS TO DISPERSE. Admiral It roivimon Will Soon Take Armored CaUera to Anintlc Stn linn Cincinnati Boy Cared of Te taiium ly Cotl- Serum. When the maneuvers of the Atlantic fleet ..re completed this formidable array f sea fighters is to be" dispersed. Rear Admiral lirownson will take some of the best armored cruisers to the Asiatic sta tion. while the other ships will be sent to different places along the coast. The principal rendezvous of most of them will be at Hampton Roads. Admiral Brownson will pay no duty calls on his voyage and it is not contemplated that he will return the visits of either the English or French squadrons. It is pointed out that Prince Louis of Battenburg, who recently visited the United States with an English squadron, was returning a call made by an American squadron, under command ot Hear Admiral Cotton, and also that it is not the custom of navies to rush back to return a friendly visit of a foreign power, but that such courtesies require due delib eration and formal methods. KANSAS CITY GETS CHEAP GAS. Council Passes 75-Cent Bill for Chicagoans Mayor to Sign It. Kansas City wen its long fight for cheap gas when Major Beardsley Thursday promised to sign the so-er.lled Fleming-Wilson natural gas ordinance, granting a franchise to a syndicate of Chicago capitalists, and passed by the City Council the previous night. The franchise is to run for thirty years and it provides thit as long as the supply of natural gas is reasonably accessible it is to be furnished at 23 cents per 1,000 cubic feet for domestic consumption and at 10 .'ents for manufacturing purposes. If th' natural gas supply fails then artificiil gaa is to be furnished at 73 cents per 1,000 cubic feet. The city may purchase the gas works at any time, providing the grantees receive their profits for ten years. The Kansas City Gas Company now holds a franchise to furnish gas at $1.10 per 1.000 feet. The new ordinance will be signed as soon as it reaches the Mayor. MEETS ADVENTURES IN ALASKA. Illinois Boy Marooned on Bock in River Without Food. According to a letter received at Carlinville, HI., by John Caveny. his son Thomas has been experiencing terrible hardship in Alaska on his trip to the Yentna gold field. Caveny leTt Seward May 13 for Alaska. At Tyoonok he took as a partner a young man named J-hn T. Coles. Together they built a boat, outfitted at Susitna station, aud finally reached Peters creek, a tributary of the Kahiltna river. They then decided to go to Lake creek. While going down the Kahiltna river their boat was practically demolished and the occupants and outfit were thrown into the river. Caveny and Coles managed to scramble out on a rock, which afforded them temporary safety. The accident occurred June 22 and for three days the castaways waited for succor. During this time a porttoa "of a sack of S.C? was their only footi. . ,.'v TETANUS CURED BY SERUM. Cincinnati Boy Wins Battle for Life After Heroic Treatment. A remarkable tetanus cure was record ed at the City hospital In Cincinnati, when Harry Towers, aged 10, was declar ed out of danger. More than $750 worth of tetanus antitoxin was used in effecting the cure. Towers' hand was injured by the wadding of a blank cartridge July 4. Lockjaw developed nine days' later. He was in convulsions when taken to the hos pital, and little hope was entertained of his recovery. The doctors determined upon heroic measures, and gave him ten in jection daily of tetanus antitoxin. This was kept up until Aug. 1, when the quantity gradually was decreas-d. Later the mucles of Towers neck and jaw yielded to toe treatment and relaxed. First Victory for Government. . The first victory in the fight against the Standard Oil Company for violations of the Elkins law was won by the govern ment when the federal grand Jury in Chi cago returned an indictment of nineteen counts againsf the oil trust on the charges of receiving rebates In the form of non-payment of storage charges from the Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway Company. Janesville Is Flooded. Janesville, Wis., was visited bv a ter rific: rainstorm, cauin several thousand dollars damage by the washing out of streets. In one place 2O0 feet on Wash ington street was washpd r.way for a depth of thirty fee and a width of sev enty-five feet. The business streets were flooded. Indicted for Rebating. Nine indictments charging rebating have been returned by federal grand juries in Now York City and Jamestown, N. Y. The former are said to concern several railroads and the sugar trust, and the latter accuse the Pennsylvania railroad and the Standard and Vacuum Oil companies of violating the law. Alfonso's Mother Stoned. The queen mother, Maria Christina, while on an automobile tour, coming from France, was stoned by countrymen near San Sebastoan, Spain. Many stones vere thrown at the automobile, but no one was injured. Record-Breaking Wheat Crop. The government crop report for August estimates the yield of wheat in this country at 750,030,000 bushels, the greatest total ever known in this or any other country. Corn promises to set a new mark, and oats are above the average. Girl Gets a New Nostril. Twenty strips of skin have been cut from Herman Iiatavia's left arm und grafted on his infant daughter's nose in St. Louis. Pr. O. C. Raines replaced the wing of the right nostr.l, which had been torn away by a dog half an hour before. Photographers Elect Illinois Man. The Photographers Association of America elected Clarence J. Vandeventer of Decatur, I'd., president and W. F. Medlar of Spencer, Iowa, secretary. The next convention will be held at Dayton, Ohio.Schofleld's Son Commits Suicide. William B. Schofield, paymaster in the United States army and son of the late Lieut. Gen. John M. Schofield, committed suicide at his home in San Francisco, firing a pistol ball through his right temple. Bank Teller Kills Himself. Frank J. Kowalski, receiving teller for the Milwaukee Avenue State bank in Chicago, committed suicide at his home, making a third death due to Stensland's looting. Maniac's Horrible Deed. A demented woman at South Bend, Ind., poured gasoline over, her husband, her sister and herself and applied a match. Both women were killed and the man was fatally injured. Train Crash in Texas. A north-bound Fort Worth and Denvef passenger train was wrecked at Fritland, Texas. The sleeper and parlor carä left the track and turned ever. Seventy-flvt '

FIGUPtES OF CITIES.

CENSUS BUREAU ISSUES SOME INTERESTING STATISTICS. Xmt York Top 151 Manlclpnlitle in Area, Receipt and expenditure Statintic. on PnlUe Utilities and Ter Capita Debt. The census bureau has issued a bulletin on statistics for 1004 of cities having a population of over 30,000, the cities covered numbering 151. Of these New York held the large? land area, 209,218 acres, New Orleans with 123,C00 acres and Chicago with 114,932 ranking next Iloboken with S25 acres had the smallest land area. The total corporate expenditures of the 151 cities for the fiscal year 1904. exclusive of payments by one department of the city to another, were $534,440,215, of which those of New York constituted $1C7,300,171, or three-tenths. The total expenditures showed an Increase of $27,108,713, or 5.8 per cent over 1903, and of $85,040,590, or 18.1 rer cent over 1902. The increase for the single city of New York during the two years ending 1904 was $37,904,025, or 44.0 ior cent of the total increase. In the 151 cities the amount spent for permanent works increased almost C per cent over 1003. Though Greater New York has only twice the population of Chicago, its current expenses are nearly four times as great The next six largest cities of the county together expend less than New York. Though Chicago is onethird as large again as Philadelphia, the latter's running expenses are slightly greater. Though about equal In size, with Baltimore, Boston's current expenses are nearly three times as great. Washington -spends more than, any one of the next eight larger cities of the country and twice that of other cities of about the same population. Only one-half of its expenditures are met by local taxation, the other half being paid by the United States government. Expenses and ItecOj.ts. Of the total running expenses of the 151 cities, C1.7 per cent went for salaries and wages and 38.3 for all other objects. Total receipts were $591,175,998, of which $472,423,858, or 79.5 per cent, were from taxes and other revenues, and $121,752,140, or 20.5 per cent, from loans increasing Indebtedness. The receipts from municipal Industries, such as gas and water works, and other commercial revenues, amounted to $112SC,S27. Of the municipal industries, by far the most important are the water works. They are reported by 108 of the 151 cities and their value constitutes C3.8 per cent of the aggregate value of all municipal industry properties. , The cities of over 100,000 population not owning water works were San Francisco, Cal. ; New Orleans, La. ; Omaha, Neb. ; New Haven, Conn. ; St. Joseph, Mo.; Scranton, Ta., and Taterson, N. J. Of the $8,000,000 invested In electric light works, Chicago reported about one-half. Nearly all of the $31,000,000 Invested in gas works was reported by Philadelphia. Four cities were shown to be In the irrigation business Denver, Colo.; Los Angeles, Cal.; Salt Lake City, Utah, and San Antonio, Tex. three had toll bridges New York, Covington and Lacrosse, Wis. and two were operating municipal ferries Boston and Portland, Ore. The only city running a stone quarry and crusher was Auburn, N. Y., and the only one having a municipal asphalt plant was Detroit The aggregate value of the properties of all municipal industries, as here reported, was $790.570,720. The 151 cities have met from general revenues nearly one-half the cost of their industrial plants, but still owe 53.4 ier cent of the total value. Outlays for permanent Improvements are met , from current revenue In American eitle I more generally than in British. atlonnl DeM Overshadowed. The aggregate debt of the 151 cities at the close of the year was $1,531,4G2.G55, and debt, less sinking funds, $1,228,210,9. more than ore-fourth greater than the national debt The per capita debt, less sinking funds, wag $50.97. Of the Individual cities the largest per capita net debt was reorte.T by Newton, Mass., $125.58: the second largest by New York, $113.25; the third, by Boston, $108.17; the fourth, by Pawtncket, It. I., $104.19. Only ten other cities had a per capita net debt of over $73. The tax levy per capita was largest for Boston, $30.10. Are Mohammedan. Vnltartan.T The Christian Register (Unitanian) has published the address of Mme. Loyson before the International congress of monotheistic religions at Geneva, in which the statement is made that "Mussulmans are Unitarian Christians, willingly confessing it, and that they are more orthodox than Socinus or Channing." She ay3 they accept the Old and New Testaments and believe in the miraculous birth of Christ, but refuse to call him the Son of God, believing that, as God i3 a pure spirit, he could not have a son born of flesh. She characterizes Islam as a unity with a short and unique creed God and the judgment." All are laymen, as were Christ and his disciples. Southern Mill Men Defended. Miss Gertrude Beeks of the welfare department of the national civic federation, with notebook and camera, has n.ade a tour of southern mill towns to investigate the alleged child labor abuses. She admits that too many children are employed there, and that the laws are not up to date, but insists that a majority of the children do, nevertheless, attend school. Shs says that, as the State provides no way to care for the poverty-stricken, it is a debatable question how far criticism should be offered for their presence in the mills. Theaters May Exclude Critic.. ' The Supreme Court of New York, to which the case had been appealed, has decided that Jhe action of theater managers in excluding James S. Metcalf, the dramatic critic of Life, from their houses was not criminal. The decision says that, according to the conditions printed upon the tickets, any manager has the right to say who shall enter his house. It adds that whether the attacks of the critic were justified or not is immaterial. Light on Cancer Myntery. Dr. Bashford of the Imperial cancer research fund laboratory of London, reports notable progress from recent experiments on mice. He says he is now able to reproduce at will all the features of spontaneous cancer in mice, and to protect healthy mice from all consequences of Inoculation with experimental cancer. Dr. Bashford Warner, however, says that nothing but harm could come from leaping to rash conclusions as to the treatment of cancer in human beings. It was not yet ev;-u possible to arrest natural cancer occurring in mice.

DEDICATED TO LABOR CAUSE. I'nlqne Career Tlanned for Chicago Child naptlxed Into Unionism. An event of extraordinary nature took rlace in Chicago Thursday, when the child of Harry G. Creel was baptized into unionism, as other children are baptized into the church. The parents have dedicated it to union labor, Kev. Charles Stelzle officiating, and John Mitchell stood as its sponsor. In this dtdication the story of a life's thwarted ambition finds expresion. The child of 18 months, yet prattling at its mother's knee, is to become, if the hopes of the father reach fulfillment, everything that that parent aspired in earlier years to be, but of which he failed to achieve realization. He is to be a leader of men. His leadership is to be for the advancement of mankind and for the fulfillment of the doctrines

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MBS. IIAF.BY G. CREEL AND II EH SOX. of the golden rule. He is to preach the brotherhood of man and the sanctity ot individual rights. His duty will it be, after years of preparation, to spread throughout the world rhat which the sages of the centuries have sought in their time to teach. It is the dream of the father that when the infant shall arrive at man's estate he will be all of this and more. WINNER IN SHOSHONE DRAW. Wyoming; Man Gets First Choice of Land Said to De Worth 15,000. In the drawing for Shoshone Indian reservation landi at Landor, Wyo.. Hans Berlin of Laramie, Wyo., was No. 1. He will have first choice of the 1,000,000 fertile acres of the famous Wind River country just south, of Yellowstone National Tark. It is estimated that first choice is worth $20.000 to the lucky holder. It is also said that any number up to 20 is worth from $5,000 to $10,000. The first twenty-five names drawn were as follows: Hans Berlin, Laramie, Wyo. Edward S. Buck, Basin, Wyo. Thomas Flje, Fairplay, Wyo. John II. Mcpherson, Central, Mich. William Briniig, Cheyenne, Wyo. Charles Overcamp, Lyons, Iowa. Robert L. Barley, Salem, Mo. James A. Morrow, Lewiston, Mont. R. N. Gibson, Clinton, Neb. Bernard Frommell, Spokace, Wash. Will T. Cressler, Cincinnati. Ohio. . William Bassart, Lander, Wyo. Henry Scholes, Cheyenne, Wyo. William St. Clair, Butte. Mont John London, Osborne, Colo. Willie Watts, Sheridan, Wyo. Rndolph Anderson, Niwott, Co'o. Mrs. Sarah Yaugh, Lander, Wyo. Catherine Koonaghn, Niantic, III. Gates A. Nabbox, Cody, Wyo. John II. Coanahan, Eaton, Colo. Charles II. Thompson, Omaha, Neb. Walter retty, Sedalia, Mo. Charles M. Alspaugh, Cowgill, Mo. Charles S. Kelley, Thermopolis, Wyo. The fortunate ones were allowed several days before filin, thus giving an opportunity to look over the homesteads to be allotted by the government and make their selections. Besides the agricultural lands there are valuable mineral sites within the Tegion. Many thousands registered, all hoping to be lucky in the drawing. The drawing was in charge of Commissioner General W. A. Richards of y"u general land office, with Judge S. Magin nis of Billings, Mont, and Col. W. R Schnitger of Cheyenne, Wyo., as referees Said the Douma to the Czar: If youi move next. Put up the yellow flag! Another divorce case in Pittsburg. Good -by, Douma. Gome again some timi when you can stay 'longer. Now, we suppose they'll blow a few bubbles over the soapsuds trust So far those French duels have yieldec very readily to hospital treatment In some cases the charges against the ice trust seem to have melted away. Czar Nicholas says he wants the good will of his soldiers. That's about all he has left. Of course, that bulky bundle in yout pocket is a bunch of Panama canal bonds ! Mr. Beit doesn't seem to have bitter off as much money as the first estimate! disclosed. The book which Mrs. Chadwick propose to write will no doubt be strong or deductions. France Is emptying the whole bakerj in order that Dreyfus may Lave the cakt and the dough, too. The Marblehead, no doubt, looked like rj olive branch to those warring Centra) (American republics. If the short-sleeve traze only lasts a couple more seasons there should be a bij boom in wash,oards. ' Those dog-eating Igorrotes decided tc go back to the Philippines after they heard of Chicago dog. Gradually the theory thf.t Stanford White committed suicide seems to b working to the surface. A Sioux City prophet predicts a plague of locusts In the West. And then thini of the presidential bees! It 13 reported that the ice "combine1 will soon supply its wagons with tweezen to replace the ice tongs. France is s.vapping America trunkfuli of dresses for the less ornamental but more profitable gold bonds. Russia is getting so used to a new crisis every day that she doesn't even look up from her breakfast Between the automobile speeder and the man who rocks the boat you cannot feel safe on either land or water. Senator Crane was married the day after he became a grandfather. In other words, the stork beat the Cranes to it About the time we get to think this is a pretty good country after all the Pitts-fourf-New York crowd breaks out in a new place. 'Robert Titcairn has retired from the ' service of the Pennsylvania railroad under the age limit with a fortune of $20,- j 000,000. Here's hoping he'll be able to struggle along I $

WNÄTTCIÄL-

The season now Is at hand when business generally attains more im Cbicaso. petus in anticipation of fall and winter needs, and It is notable that the basic conditions are of the most favorable nature. While new demands ire not conspicuous In any particular branch of trade, other developments furnish much encouragement The ex2ellent crops strengthen confidence !n a continued period of material prosperity, and this creates more disposition to enter upon heavy commitments in manufacturing, railroad extensions and construction. A fall in values of grain and provisions is entirely seasonable, but quotations for raw materials maintain their remarkable strength and the demands carry no sign of exhaustion. Consumers ' needs require increasing shipments of iron ore. Building materials remain in strong request and new undertakings In future "construction have not diminishedv The market for lumber is more active and prices have an upward teudency. Movements of commodities show expansion, and the earnings of the Western roads and lake carriers steadily exceed those of last year. The total quantity of grain handled at this port aggregated 7,7SO,000 bushels, against 7,030,232 bushels last week. Live stock receipts were 207,542 head, against 2GS,GGd head last week. Lumber receipts, 52,S12,000 feet, exceed both the 4G.0S2.000 feet last week and the 51,150.000 feet of a year ago. Bank clearings, $212,SS3,5S2, exceed those of the corresponding week In 1005 by 10.4 per ceut. Failures reported in the Chicago district number 20, against 24 last week and 24 a year ago. . The essential 1 soundness of mercantile trade is testified to by the July Nev York. and seven mouths' returns of failures to Bradstreefs, which point fewer failures and smaller liabilities than in any but the best of years. Shipments of fall and winter goods are beginning. Some primary markets are being visited by country merchants, who, on account of crop conditions. are expected to buy liberally. But the general Influx Is not anticipate! for ten days yet In retail lines clearance sales con tinue the feature, but business in the East has been considerably hampered by, rainy or cloudy weather. Wheat (including flour) exports from the United States and Canada for the week ending on Aug. 2 were 2305,020 bushels, against 1.70S.705 last week. 1.401.G9G this week last year, 1.370,193 In 1904, and 8,831,199 in 1901. For the last five weeks' of the fiscal year the exports were 0,837,308 bushels, against 5.424.2S7 in 1905, 0,505,372 In 1904, and 32,507,145 in 1901. Corn exerts for the week were 023,14G bushels, against 539,073 last week, 1,013,075 a year ago, and 273,305 in 1004. For the fiscal year to date the exports were 3,285,719 bushels, against 4,747,703 in 1005 and 2,5S3,009 In 1904. Chicago Cattle, common to prime $4.00 to $G.00; hogs, prime heavy, $1.00 to $0.15; sheep, fair to choice, $3.00 to -.2o; wheat, No. 2, 71c to 72c: corn. No. 2, 49c to 50c ; oats, standard, 34c to 3.c; rye. No. 2, 5i'c to 5Sc; hay, timo thy, $10.00 to $10.00; prairie, $0)00 to $12.50; butter, choice creamery, ISc to 21c; eggs, fresh,. 10c to 20c; potatoes, oOc to .5c. Indianapolis Cattle, shipping, $3.00 to $5.S5; hogs, choice heavy, $4.00 to $0.6o; sheep, common to prime. $2.50 to $4 JtO; wheat, No. 2, 9c to 70c; corn. No. 2 white, 51c to 52c; oats, No. white, S2c to 33c. St. Louis Cattle, $4.ri6 to $Iiis hogs, $4.00 to $t;.35; sheep, $4.00 tc $0.00; wheat, No. 2, 07c to 08c; corn, No. 2, 48c to 40c; oats. No. 2, 29c to 31c; rye, No. 2, C3c to 01c. Cincinnati Cattle, $4.00 to $5.25; hogs, $4.00 to $0.05; sheep, $2.00 to $4.50; wheat, Xo. 2, 70c to 71c; corn, No. 2 mixed, 54c to 55c ; oats, No. 2 mixed, 30c to 31c; rye, No. 2, 58c tc C0c. Detroit Cattle, $4.00 to $5.00; hogs $4.00 to $0.50; sheep, $2.50 to $4.50; wheat, No. 2, 72c to 73c; corn, No. c j-ollow, 53c to 54c; oats. No. 3 white, 31c to 32c; rye, No. 2, 50c to 57c. Milwaukee Wheat, No. 2 northern. 75c to 70c; corn, No. 3, 4Sc to 50c; oats, standard, 34c to 35c; rye, No. 1, 5Sc to 59c; barley, standard, 53c to 54c; pork, mess, $10.95. Toledo Wheat, No. 2 mixed, 70c tc 72c; corn. No. 2 mixed, 52c to 53c; oats. No. 2 mixed, 30c to 32c ; rye, No. 2, 55c to 5Cc ; clover seed, prime, $7.20. Buffalo Cattle, choice shipping steers. $4.00 to $0.00; hogs, fair to choice, $4.00 to $0.90; shep, common to good mixed, $4.00 to $5.50; lambs, fair to choice, $5.00 to $8.00. New York Cattle; $4.00 to $5.45! hogs, $4.00 to, $7.10; sheep, $3.00 to $5.12; wheat, No. 2 red, 70c to 77c; corn. No. 2, 57c to 5Sc; oats, natural white, 38c to 39c; butter, creamery, 17c to 22c; eggs, western, 15c to 18c. Sparks from the "Wire. Gustavns W. Lehmann, widely knowD as a chemist, died in Baltimore, Md. Tha French embassy at Washingtor has been instructed to express regrets foi the killing of Lieutenant England at Chefu, China. The French cabinet meeting held at President Failures' summer home at Rambouillet' di?cussed the law for workingmen's pensions. Fire destroyed the county court house, Harper's department store and warehouse, and several other buildings in Marysville, Tenn. Loss, $125,000. Tom Jones and Charles A. Woodruff negroes, were hanged from the same scaffold at Independence, Va., for the murder of Wiley Jones, also a negro. Alex. Fairgrove, president of the Montana State Federation of Labor, was expelled from the Mount Helene Miners' Union of Helena because of his opposition to the Western Federation of Miners. Jackson Smith has been named manager of subsistence on the Tanama Canal zone and will be responsible hereafter for all hotels and messes. He Vas formerly general manager of the Guayaquil and Quito Railway. Five thousand persons saw a fight between a mad buffalo and a mounted cowboy in the Bronx Zoological Tark, New York. The cowboy and his mustang had a series of thrilling escapes, but finally the bison was lassoed.

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GOVERNMENT BUYS SILVER.

Secretary of the Trea-tury Shaw Cnlla for Ilids on Metal. The government of the United States is again in the market for silver bullion. The statement Thursday that the Secretary of the Treasudy desired to buy silver for coinage purposes was the first of the kind that has been made for thirteen years. Tenders are Jmlted at the office of the Director of the Mint in Washington on Wednesday, Aug. lo, up to 1 o'clock p. m., and every Wednesday thereafter until further notice. These tenders are to be for delivery at the Philadelphia, New Orleans cr Denver mint, settlements to be on the New York biuds of bullion guaranteed 999 fine. The treasury reserves the right to re-, ject all tenders or accept such part of. any tender as may suit Its convenience. It is understood that, anticipating, that its reappearance as a purchaser might temporarily disturb the market unduly, the treasury has obttlned control of considerable amounts for future delivery, so that it is jn position to drop out of the market for several months If desirable. The average requirements of the treasury throughout the year will probably not exceed 100,000 ounces ier week, and t will be the policy of the department, while keeping a reasonable amount in hand, to so distribute its purchases throughout the year' that its demands will be uniform and not an, element of uncertainty in the market For the resumption of specie payments in 1S79 down to the year 1900 the constant Increase in the stock of subsidiary coin required by tb growing population and trade of the country was supplied by the recoinage of old and uncurrcnt subsidiary coius which accumulated in the treasury under the resumption act 1 In 1900, as this stnk was running low. authority was gTaSted In the monetary act of March 14 to the Secretary of the Treasury to divert bullion, purchased under the act of July 14, 1890, for the coinage of silver dollars to the coinage of subsidiary ppieces. Under this authority about $33,000,000 has been coined since 1900. The stock of bullion in the treasury was exhausted more than a year ago, and since then no bullion has been available for subsidiary use. CHAIN OF PRAYER IS A HOAX. Bishop Lawrence - Denounces the Scheme that Terrorised Many. , So much annoyance has been caused to Itishoi Lawrence of the Kpiscopal diocese of Massachusetts by the flood of letters, w'aich has been pouring in for several months, regarding the so-called "endless chain of prayer," which was alleged to have 'been started by him. that the bishop has found it necessary to issue the following denial : "The' Endless'. Chain -Prayer, said to have been written by Bishop Lawrence, is a hoax. Bishop Lawrence of Massachusetts never wrote it and knows nothing about it. It is the work of some dement eel or -mischievous person." A deuial that such a tveheme had been started by any church official or dignitary was prominently published in all the Episcopal church papers, as well as in the local secular papers In many cities. The church officials also sent to Episcopal clergymen throughout the country a letter describing the hoax. Despite this, however, there is scarcely a day when Bishop Lawrence does not receive letters containing inquiries concerning it. Such queries have come recently from Florida. Texas, northern and western States and points in Canada, while only this -reek a query regarding it was received by Bishop Lawrence from Tar is, France. Accompanying the prayer was a threat that if the conditions were not complied with some dreadful misfortune would follow. This struck -terror to many persons and caused them to comply. CLEAN BILL FOR PAUL MORTON. Commerce Body In n Statement Closes I'p the Santa Fe Case. Paul Morton, formerly bead of the traffic department, and other oßcia's of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe. have been given a clean bill of health by the interstate commerce commission in Washington. In a statement concerning the conviction of the railroad for rebating the commission declares "the avowed purpose of the practice tends to support the visw" that there was no criminal intent on the part of the officials involved. The statement calls attention to the fact that wkb the imposition of the $15,000 fine on the railroad "the history of the famous Santa l- rebate case is practically closed," and praises President Koosevelt and Attorney General Moody for carrying out with success the administration's declared purpose to enforce the statute in all such cases. Packt m? Home Worker In White. The packing houses of South Omaha, Neb., have furnished white duck suits for their entire force of employes, men and women, and ordered that none shall wear anything but white while at work. The suits are to be given free and a laundry connected with the packing houses will wash the clothing without cost. The outfit includes 7,00(1 suits for men and 3,000 for women. A clean suit will be given to each employe every day. Society Woman Ship Master. Mrs. Ogden McClurg, who has figured in Chicago society, recently received final papers in the lake marin service, fhus becoming captaiu, pilot and master of the McClurg steam yacht of seventy-five tons. She is the first woman to obtain such a right on the great lakes. Five Years for Cashier Brock. A sentence of five years' imprisonment has been imposed upon Geo. P. Brock, the cashier of the Doylcstown, Pa., national bank, for defrauding it of $flO,OUO. His brother-in-law, Henry Lear, who was president of the same bank, has received a similar sentence. Counsel for Brock ga.e notice of an appeal. Shah Yields to Reformers. The Shah of Tersia has dismissed he rrand vizier, Prince Ain-Ed-Dowieh, who has opposed the granting of reforms demanded by the people. More Studying Philanthropy. In the ninth summer session of the New York school of philanthropy, fiftyfive students are enrolled, coming from nineteen States and two foreign countries, which is more than any previous year. The regular lectures are supplemented by visits to the various public institutions. Grifft n of Spotted Fever. Marine hospital surgeons now say that recent experiments prove that the deadly spotted fever of the Rocky Mountains is caused by the Infection of ticks. This confirms a widespread belief which has hitherto beeu controverted by physicians. Gorky's Appeal to America. Maxim Gorky has made public an ap peal to the American people -to help the people of Russia "to free its body from the parasite which sucks its life's blood. Referring to the dissolution of the douma, he says the Czar, with one stroke of the pen, has destroyed all of law and begun a new series of murders, robberies and outrages. He says that if such horrors occur as those which we now witness, true men and women cannot remain quiet -at their sight. He wants cash and volunteers for the cause, rather than sounding phrases and public meetings to express

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TALKS CALMLY OF E.D. Viet Im of Cur Areldeni Aaka forPrlent, Not a Doctor. With his skull crushed and his life ebbing away, James Jennings, 25 years old, bat in the Monon railway passenger station at La Fayette and calmly d".scuse3 his approaching end. He boarded the Monon passenger train No. 4 the night before and climbed to the roof of the baggage car. Jennings heard the train whistle for La Fayette and raised bis had. His head struck the bridge, crushing his tkull. He clung to the car, however, and when the train stopped, lie climbed down and walkei into the station. He said: "I don't need a doctor. It's all over. Send for a priest. Dr. George Beaeley, the railroad surgeon, announced that ha could do nothing for him. 5,000 AT BIG MAN'S FUNERAL. Ten Men Required to Carry Body of 4GO-Poand Man. Fire thousand people-were attracted to Anderson Cemetery by the burial of Joseph Rodecap, a farmer and the heaviest man in Madison County. Mr. Rodecap weighed 400 pounds. His coffin was 3 feet wide, 28 inches deep and 7 feet long. No hearse;could carry it because of its size and a'tvagon was u-sed as funeral car. Ten men were required to carry thf coffin and sixteen men to lower its into the grave. Mr. Rodecap died of cerebral embolism, the result of a carbuncle that developed on his neck two weeks ago. He was about 51 years of age and the fathn of twins and five 'other children. Iiis mother weighed 300 pounds when she died several years ago. DOG FIGURES LARGE IX StrBDER la Caue of Killing- and Then Lead to Slayer's Cnptvre. A dog led to the murder of James Lannan of Chicago and the same dog led tc the apprehension of the murderer, tracing him to his tent. This was shown when Thomas Ilannan confessed to Caief Rimbeck of Hammond that it was he who killed Lannan near. Gary. He said he mt Lannan on the road. Each had a dog. When they parted Lanna's dog followed him. and Lannan, using a vile name, accused him of attempting to steal the animal. Ilannan said he resented the epithet and fchot Lannan. SOCKS ACCUSE, THEN FREE MAN-Allea-ed Dnrglar, Dl schar -red When Wife Ten 1 13 es as to Darn In;. Frank Xolan, arrested for burglary in Terre Haute, was about to be bound ovei to the gratd jury on the testimony of a woman whose house was robbed. She said Nolan had ou a pair of stolen soers, sb identifying them in police court. Nolan then sent for his wife and she testiSec to darning his socks the day before h was arrested, telling minutely how she did it, the kind of thread, etc. Nolan's feet again were in evidence and Judge Fortune discharged him. STABBED TO DEATH FOIl CICO. Indiana XIan Victim ef Ec-ber- at Ilan-hrfEe. Nacoli Gligor, a Hun, died In IIac:bville from the ejects of a dsren knife wound, which he raid nere iSictrj at his boarding house by several of his countryman, who set upon him and robbed hia? of $100. Seven men wert arretted, including George E. Czalsji, who disappeared in the woods eooa after ths cri? and returned. Two boarders at the hour txy they saw Ezalaji st.b Gligor. Shoots PanLsaIs Acrrnt. Dan Rosa of Chicago, aged It), a inez ber of the Tanhandle construction fir.j at Kouts, shot and probably fatallj wounded Patrick II. Halligan, Panhandl Agent. Rosa failed to pet all the pay dui him and thought the agent was trying to cheat him. Two hundred citizens captured Rosa after a two-mile chase and placed him in jail in Valparaiso. Headache Fowder Is Fatal. A supposedly hf rmlen headache powdn killed Fred Scherer, a street car conductor in Kokomo. lie procured it at a drug More and died hi a few minutes after swallowing it. Scherer was 21 years ol age and a soa of County Commissioner George Scherer. Insane, Offer.' Moraraa Chrr'i. Mrs. Elizabeth Cissel, an insane woman, attempted to rass a check for $190,OOO on & bank in Evansville. The note bore the name of J. V. Morgan. The wom1 an claimed she was a sister of Morgan. Mrs. Cissel was returned to the asylusi. ' Fatally Shot In Lovers Quarrel. Walter Johnson, 19 years old. fat all. shot Henry Kepping in Vinconnes and surrendered to Sheriff Westf&lJ. Kepping resented Johnson's attention to his sweetheart, Anna Bell, 20 years old, and in the resulting quarrel the shooting occurred. Shock Takes a Woman's Life. Mrs. Samuel Williamson, aged 47 years died suddenly in Valparaiso of heart disease. Her death was brought on by string her child having a narrow escape from death by being kicked by a horse. Brief State Happanlnsr. Fifteen boys who had been swimming sought shelter under a tree from a thundei storm near Lebanon. Lightning struck the t.'ee and killed Occie Rice, ad 14, am", tl.e others were knocked down and seriously !hcked. Edith Smith, one of the trapeze prrformers of the Ringling show, fell during her act in Michigan City and broke her right leg. Miss Iva Dale caused the arrest of, hei sweetheart, Elmer Johnson, charging that he shot at her when she refused to assist him in robbing the Star City postoffice. Frederick Herman Böttcher was founc? hanging from a rafter in a barn in Lafayette. He had hung himself and had becD dead for several days. Böttcher formerly was employed in Indianapolis and was a brewery worker. He was a native ol Prussia. Rev. E. W. .Brickert, pastor of the Christian Church at Sullivan, has served public notice that he will prosecute everyone he iiears using profanity in public places. ' Data found in La Porte -proves that Mrs. Ferdinand Reese, who died Sunday and whose age was given as 112 years, was 110 years old, making her. it is believed, the oldest woman in the United States. While returning to. their homes from Beech Grove, where they had been working on construction work, I). 1 SteHint and Taylor (Jappit were run down by a train. Sterling was killed instantly, and Gappit died at a hospital. Edward Randall, 24 years old, electrician for a theatrical company, was instantly killed in Auburn, by coming in contact with a live wire. He was making connections for some of the stage lights at the switchboard behind the seen and through some mistake seized the wire with the heavy voltage. W. E. Copple, an aged Shelbyville farmer, while loading shocked wheat, fell from the load to the ground. In his hanJ was a p'.chfork with the end of the handle broken off. In the fall the sharp point caught Copple in the right breast, and the weight of his body drove the wooden fork handle through his body. It reir: Z three cea to extract it, Cc;!s rill ;'-,