Plymouth Tribune, Volume 6, Number 4, Plymouth, Marshall County, 1 November 1906 — Page 2

THE PLYMOUTH TRIBUNE PLYMOUTH, IND. HENDRICKS ZL CO.. - - Publishers. 1906 NOVEMBER 1906

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9th VlCth y 22adA2y3CthPANORAMA OF THE WORLD ABOUT THAT WHICH HAS BZEN AND IS TO BE. All "Idea and Conditions of Thing: are Shown. Nothing Orerlooked to ce It Complete. TRAIN PLOGES OVER BRIDGE. FuwBgm Caught Like Rata la a Trap and Drowned. By the wrecking of a three-coach electric train on the West Jersey & Seashore railroad near Atlantic City, N. J., at least fifty passengers perished and the list may reach the total of seventy-five when all is known. "While crossing over a drawbridge spanning the water way known as The Thoroughfare," which separates Atlantic City from the mainland, the train left the track and plunged into water. Passengers in the first two coaches, with one or two exceptions, were drowned. Twenty-five bodies have been recovered and it is believed that at least twenty-five and possibly fifty more bodies still are in the submerged coaches. The disaster Is the worst that has happened since the terrible Meadows wreck of July 30, IS 96. The accident was due to a rail "turning Sur Bald Robbery la St. Petersburg;. A daring robbery was committed in the center of St Petersburg by which a number of highwaymen got away with $193,000 from a wagon which was conveying the cash from the customs department to the State treasury. Two bombs were thrown in quick succession at the vehicle as it was passing a corner near the Ekaterinsk canal, close to a branch of the treasury, after . which a rush was made for the wagon by a number of armed men, who, after exchanging a Lot fire with the gendarmes escorting it, managed to secure the booty and fled across a small foot bridge spanning the Ekaterinsk canal, bat leaving five of their number in the hand3 of the police. Many bystanders sustained slight injuries as a result of the explosions. Gsseata Rescued Fran Burning; Hotel. Hieven terrified people were rescued In a fire in the upper rooms of Palm Hotel on High street, Columbus, Ohio. The fire caught from defective wiring and cut off the guests from escape by the stairways. Firemen placed ladders and carried half-suffocated men, wenen and children down them in their night clothes. Four were seriously injured. Gale aa Lake MlehUcaa. A special from Michigan City, Ind., says that a terrific gale resembling a tornado in its fury, swept the Indiana shore of Lake Michigan Saturday, wrecking buildings, leveling trees in its path, tearing numerous crafts from their moorings at the "government piers and causing great property loss. Loss of life along the shore la also feared. Paya 91,550,000 for a Lot. Felix IsnujQ, of Philadelphia, paid a fancy price for a choice piece of real estate in. Manhattan. New York. For the property at the southeast corner of Fifth avenue and Forty-second street, 713 by 100 feet, he paid $1,530,000, or st the rate of $211 a square foot. Zalajaaea Attack Supply Beats. A special from Manila says that the Palajanes in Samar attacked boats carryiig supplies on the Surigao river, killed three scouts and wounded one. Sire Palajanes were killed. The supplies were, saved. Troops are now pursrains the Pulajanes. Hxloaloa Wrecks Bulldlaj Two Killed Two persona were killed, one Is dsslng, four were seriously Injured and twenty more were more or less Injured in a terrific explosion of natural gas which completely demolished irre two-story brick bnjiness blocks a': Coffeyvllle, Kan. Girls He Harrow Escape. Fire partly destroyed Trowbridge Call, the young ladles' dormitory of JDsflance College at Defiance, Ohio, and fifty-six girls had a narrow escape. The Joss Is about $10,000, covered by incurance. Foar Killed la Collision, In a head-on collision of two freight trains west of Springfield, Ohio, on the Peoria & Eastern division of the Big Four railroad, four men lost their lives while a fifth is not expected to recover. Grata Elevator Harmed. Fire destroyed the big grain elevator owned by the Crabb-Reynolds-Taylor Company, at Ash Grove, nine miles north of Lafayette, Ind., causing a loss of $25,008. Many Divorces in Ohio. There were 5,202 divorce suits on tht court dockets of Ohio at the opening of the year ending June SO, 10OG; 0,437 new 8uit3 were brought, 4,481 decrees granted and 1,750 refused. This left 5.2G5 divorce suits pending at the close of the year. Campaign Against Kegro Equality Announcement of a campaign to secure the repeal of the fifteenth amendment to the Constitution of the United States, so that the negro may be deprived of ci7ic equality with the white man. has been made by Gov. Vardaman of Mississippi. Cheap Electrical Power. The problem of cheap power for transportation has been solved, says Thomas A. Edison in an interview at his home in Orange, N. J., describing his new storage battery, which he asserts may be sold for $200 and run at a low cost for fifteen years without repairs. Struggle for Surplus Gold. The Bank of England .nd the National City bank of New York are engaged in a struggle for the surplus gold of the world's markets. Heavy American imports have caused the British bank to raise its discount rate to 6 per cent.

TICK" KILLS 15,000 CATTLE. Cattlemen Want Government Aid in War on Deadly Insect. The cattlemen of Texas are much aroused over the fever tick question. It is stated that more than 15,000 head of cattle have died in the country bordering on the cattle quarantine line in Texas this year. Dan McCunningham of Colorado City, Texas, who is in charge of a squad of men who have been trying to exterminate the fever tick in that section, says that the Texas cattlemen should secure help from the federal government in a movement to exterminate the tick. He urges that a meeting of cattlemen not only of Texas but of the entire north and west should be held for the purpose of giving public expression on the important subject. "The destructiveness of the cattle fever tick is not realized by many people who are interested in the cattle business," he said. "The tick killed more than 15.000 head of cattle along the quarantine line this summer and there is no telling how many more deaths it will cause. Of course the federal government will not accept any financial assistance from the cattlemen, but the latter can be of great usefulness in the work by cooperating with the federal authorities It has come to a showdown now as to which will win, the extermination of the ticks or the extermination of the cattle north and west of the State and federal quarantine line."

EIGHT-HOUR DAY IS DEMAND. Trainmen's Union Serves Notice for Switchmen on Nearly All Bo ads. A demand for an eight-hour day for switchmen, without any reduction in the present scale of wages, was filed the other day with the general maaagers of practically all the railroads of the country by, committees representing the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen. Attached to the demand was a request for conferences within ten days. At the same time that notices were being served on the managers of the roads entering Chicago similar action was being taken by committees in Pittsburg, Kansas City, Omaha, Council Bluffs, St. Louis, -East St. Louis, Denver and Pueblo. Negotiations already are in progress with tue railroads on the Pacific coast, and the men in Oakland and San Francisco are being paid a premium of 12 per cent over the regular scale. The men in Cleveland and Cincinnati have not completed their vote on the proposition, but it is expected to be ready for presentation within a week. AMERICAN MISSIONARY ANNUAL. Treasurer Shows Debt Has Been Reduced $21,341 the Past Year. The sixtieth annual meeting of the American Missionary Association began in Oberlin. Ohio, Tuesday. The treasurer, N. W. Hubbard of New York, reported that the total receipts for the year had been $423,027 : that the debt had been reduced during the year from $S0,254 to $07,912: that the income of the Daniel Hand educational funds for colored people had been $71,413; that the reserve legacy account for current work of 190007 will be $05,732, and for 1007-OS, will be $38,072, a total reserve legacy fund of $104,405. Receipts for current work have been $423,020, and the expenditures have been $402,2S5, a credit balance on the year of $21,311. This amount has been applied to the reduction of the old debt. FARMERS PLAN HUGE COMBINE. Delegates from Many States Attend Congress at Topeka, Kan. The farmers co-operative business congress, which proposes to control the prices of grain products of the country, opened in Topeka, Kan., tue other day. Delegations from a dozen States were repseated. It is th! intention of the congress to weld all farmers' organizations into one federation in the hope of controlling the price of wheat and corn. The organization, it Is said, has no intention of entering politics. Fight will be made on bucket shops and demand made for more agricultural colleges and experiment tations. C B. Barrett of Georgia, national president of the Farmers' Union, was chosen temporary president. EAGLE ATTACKS BABY. Mother Beats Bird with Broomstick and Bescues Child. The 17-months-oId baby girl of Mr. and Mrs. S. G. Rhodes had a narrow escape from being carried away to be fed to eagles near Chamberlain, S. D. The little girl was left to play, while her mother went about her household duties. Soon the mother heard the child scream, and, running to the door, saw a great eagle with its claws fastened in the baby's dress. The woman seized a broom and ran at the bird, which flapped its wings in her face and held on to the baby, but she hammered away at the bird until it dropped the child and flew away. Accuse Couple in Murder. D. M. Twemley and wife, occupants of a houseboat, were arrested at Fort Smith. Ark., charged with being implicated in the killing of the man found tied in a cotton sack at I'awpaw, I. T. Twemley has made a confession implicating another man, but denying that he had any hand in the murder except being present. The man accused now resides at Eufala, L T. Hurricane in Honduras. The first news of a terrible hurricane that visited the towns of Ituatan, Tela, Utilla, Colorado and El Provence, Honduras, on Oct. 12, has been brought by the Norwegian steamer Harald. A number of vessels were wrecked, several destroyed, and buildings in each of the foregoing towns badly damaged. The loss to the owners of the fruit plantations will reach almost $1,000,000. Ex-Rebels Show Ugly Temper. While tranquillity prevails generally In Cuba, reports received in Havana show the existence of roving armed bands at various places. At Guines armed exrebels are hovering in the outskirts of the town, and declare that they fear to enter because of alleged threats of persecution by the police. ßhot Fired by Brother Fatal Albert Croissaut, president of the Croissaut-Bowman Stationery Company, who was shot down on the street in St. Louis by his brother, Edward Croissaut, died at the city hospital. Edward Croissaut, who is 27 years old, is hfld at the hospital for observation regarding his mental status. Nicaragua Town Destroyed. The steamer Limon, which arrived in Boston from Port Limon. Costa Rica, reported that Bluefields, one of the most prosperous towns of Nicaragua, is in ruins and all the banana plantations have teen destroyed. Harriman Gets the I. C. Wall street hears a report that Stuyvesant Fish has sold his Illinois Central interests to E. II. Harriman and that George J. Grammar has been offered the presidency of the road at $100,000 a year. Breaks Neck; Lives Four Days. Mrs. May Rush Saybrook died in a hospital in Ashtabula, Ohio, from injuries received four days before, when she fell from a wagon, breaking her back and neck. Striking Chauffeurs Suppressed. Four hundred striking chauffeurs in New fork mobbed the only automobile cab their employers attempted to send out and were suppressed by. police reerveit and a fire company.'

FIND LOST GOLD MINE.

MICHIGAN MEN REDISCOVER RICH WORKINGS. Treasure that Hns Been Told of for Yearn I on DoukUk Island Near Juneau, Alaska Shot by Xoctarnal Peeper. Alaska's legendary gold mine. Lost Rocker, with its old cabin, old rocker and grindstone, unknown to any human being since 18WJ, when it was lost la record by the accidental death of an Indian trapper, has been rediscovered by Crate Campbel and George F. Scott, Musgekon, Mich., adventurers, who left there for Alaskan fields two-score years ago. They had grown white haired in their search for the treasure and only through losing their bearings and after suffering at death's door from cold and starvation did they stumble upon Lost Rocker. The mine is located on Douglas island, near Juneau. The find has been staked out and claimed by the Muskegon men and is expected to net them millions. Its iold when . the mine was first discovered was the purest known and the name of Lost Rocker has been a coveted household word with gold hunters ever since. Relatives had given the two men up for dead. FIX PRICE OF FARM PRODUCTS. Scale Is Arranged by the American Society of Equity. The national convention of the American Society of Equity in East St. Louis, III., fixed prices on farm products as follows: Wheat, No. 1 northern or No. 2 red, $1. Corn, to the end of this year, 45 cents; from Jan. 1 to April 1, 50 cents; after April 1 and until prices are again fixed, 55 cents. Oats, 40 cents. Barley, No. 2, 55 cents. Rye, 75 cents. Buckwheat, 70 cents. Potatoes, Irish, 63 cents; sweet. 75 cents. Beans, navy, $1.50; red, $2. Cotton, 12 cents. Wool. 30 cents. Hogs, $0.50. Cattle, $G. Sheep, $5.50. Haj $14. Broom corn, $75 to $100. The following officers were elected: President, J. A. Everett, Indianailis; vice president, J. B. Whiting, Interlaken, N. Y. ; secretary, J. W. Tubbs, Indianapolis; treasurer, John V. Stelle, Indianapolis. COLORADO RIVER TURNED BACK. Southern Pacific Engineers Save $25,000,000 Worth of Property. After months of work and the expenditure of an enormous sum the Southern Pacific has won its fight against the Colorado river near Imperial, Cal. The other day it turned back to its channel leading to the Gulf of California the first water of the river that has flowed there for two years. By this great achievement $25,0U0,000 worth of property and the homes of 10,000 people are rescued from threatened inundation. Salton sea. which has been created during the two years that the river has been pouring into the desert bosom, will now dry up. The engineers have built a concrete dam or gate, supplemented by a rock and gravel dam. across the break. The present expense is $10,000 a day. "PEEPING TOM" SHOOTS TWO. Running Battle Between Victims and Spy May Lead to Tragedy. As a result of a running fight with a mysterious man, Louis Johnson of Fremont, Ohio, is Buffering from a bullet wound in the right leg and Frank Keeler may die from the effects of a wound in the groin. Keeler saw . the man peering through Johnson's window. He informed Johnson. The two immediately started after the man, who drew a revolver and fired at his pursuers. The mysterious man had been repeatedly seen loitering around the house of Johnson and his sonIn law, Weber, who lives next door. Arms Thrown Into Sea. The statement made by Secretary of War Taft on the eve of his departure from Cuba that he would put all the arms surrendered by the insurgents where they would do no further harm was verified when a company of the Cuban artillery - spent the afternoon throwing these weapons into the sea from the outer bastion of Morro Castle. Great Church Dedicated. The new St. Paul Roman Catholic cathedral, representing a cost of ' $3,500,000 and over three years' labor, was dedicated in Pittsburg by Monsignore Diomede Falconio, papal delegate to America, assisted by Cardinal James Gibbons of Baltimore, Archbishop Farley of New York, Ryan of Philadelphia and a score of other high dignitaries. Victory for Eight-Hour Law. The first test case in Ohio of the federal eight-hour day law tended in a victory for the government in Cincinnati. After being out fifteen minutes the jury in the United States court found the Sheridan-Kirk Contracting Company guilty of having violated the law in the construction of the big Ohio river dam at Fernbank. Ohio's Smallest Man Is Dead. Luther Means, aged 5 years, the smallest man in Ohio, Is dead in Ashland. Means whose height was 50 inches, had an abnormally large head. Eight years ojo Means married Mis Leolla Mansfield of Burlington, Obio. Mrs. Means is 48 inches in height. The day they were married their weights were exactly the same, 113 pounds. Roosevelt Frees a Slayer. President Roosevelt has commuted the sentence of Frank Hunt, serving a 15year term in the federal prison at Fort Leavenworth for manslaughter, and he will be released Nov. C. Hunt shot and killed a cowboy during a roundup in 1901 in self-defense, as he alleged at the trial, when he pleaded guilty. Christmas Presents Higher. People who buy silverware for holiday presents will pay higher prices than those lately prevailing. An advance has just been declared by a number of manufacturers, who have sent out new price lists. Increased cost of silver bullion and of labor are the reasons for the advance, the second this year. ' War Veteran Stricken. Gen. James Forsythe, one of the best known among retired army officers, suffered a stroke of paralysis in Columbus, Ohio, and his condition, considering his advanced age, is serious. Gen. Forsythe served with distinction In the Civil War. Trolley Car Capsized. A Schenectady-bound Troy car of the Schenectady Railway Company failed to take a curve, dasbpd into a pole, turned over on its side and injured a score or more of passengers. Safe Blowers Get 3,150. Safeblowers secured $3.000 from the general store of W. A. Ellis and $150 from J. C. Ilayman's hardware store In Racine, Ohio. The robbers stole a horse and buggy from a farmer near town and drove to Middleport. Five Robbers Blow the Safe. Five rolbers blew open the safe of the Bank of Vergennes, III., secured $100 in cash, shot and mortally wounded A bra ham Kiinmel, a merchant, and escaped. Thanksgiving Proclamation. The President has issued a proclamation naming Thursday, Nov. 29, as a day of thanksgiving.

:hurches may run dances. Devised In Ontahn as a Meun of Combatting Vice. A proposition is under way in Omaha by several of the churches, by which they hope to provide four halls in which to aold dances for the young people who now frequent the public dance halls of the city. It is planned to hold these dances twice a week and to have in attendance jach night one of the church women, who will be interested iu this work for the young people. Rev. B. II. Bell is at the head of the plan. With a party of newspaper people, and under the protecting wing of two city detectives, Rev. Mr. Bell visited the dance halls of Omaha and remained until a late hour to study the conditions under which many young people take their Saturday night amusement. After these visits one of the detectives inquired : "What are you going to do? They've got to have some amusement, these young folks. Many of the girls have no homes where they care to invite their company and ther is no place for them but the dance hai.s and the parks and the theaters. Why dont the churches get together on this question nd provide some wholesome amusement for these ' young people?" "We are planning to do this," said Mr. Bell. "We hope to establish at least four halls in Omaha, where young people may go to dance decently and in order. Dancing is a natural amusement for . young people and I am heartily in favor of it. But the romping and hugging whrh I have seen to-night is not dancing. It ve establish our dance halls, as we hope to do, we will have ladies in charge of the halls who will look after the young people and see that everything is conducted decently' and In order. We recognize the fact that they must have proper recreation and that we must provide something better in the place of these dance halls. We hope to lay this matter before the Omaha Women's Club and have their cooperation in the matter."

Striking shirtmakers in Trenton, N. J., have decided to start a shirt company, with a capital stock of $25,000. , East Liverpool, Ohio, with a population of 22,000, is one of the most strongly organized cities in the United States. The Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen has appropriated $1,000 for the benefit of the Western Federation of Miners. Non-union garment workers in many of the shops of New York State have struck for better conditions, and are asking to be allowed to affiliate with the union. Recent statistics indicate that the total trade union membership of Great Britain and of the United States closely approximate. The similitude ceases here, however, as in the British Parliament labor has 50 commoners. Max S. Hayes, writing f the printers strike in the International Socialist, says that 85 per cent of the pr nters are now working on the eight-hour day, or about 40,000 out of a total of ;5,000. About 5,000 are still on strike, and 3.000, either by agreement or, other reasons, have not joined the movement. Two union Iron molders were arrested in Minneapolis for an alleged assault. When the case came to trial they were found absolutely innocent. Two private detectives for the non-union foundry, who arrested the union men, were at once put on trial for assault, found guilty and sentenced to CO days each in the work house. Justice with a cap J that time. Chinese residents at Fanama are strenuously opposing the introduction of coolie labor, on the ground that the climatic conditions are such that a heavy death rate is sure to follow. Every political party in California has declared for the strict maintenance of the Chinese exclusion act, without modification of any kind, and for the extension of the act w as to exclude Japs and Koreans. From the Colonial Printer and Stationer, of London, England, it is learned that there is a movement on foot by the members of the Manchester branch of the typographical association which has for its object the increasing of wages for both hand and machine composition. The employes point out that the existing scale of wages in the Manchester district has prevailed for 32 year. In 1 SOG the employes were granted a shorter workday, with no reduction in the wage scale. . The Ithode Uand State bureau of industrial statistics has issued its annual report for 1905. It shows that the number of wage earners has increased nearly 10 per cent over 1904, with 59,438 as against 54,1S9 the previous year. In the same period the total wages paid increased more than 11 per cent, from $22.630,530 to $25,130,300. An even greater increase is shown in the value of products with a gain of 1G per cent, the figures showing $120,440,252 In 1905, as compared with $109,140,753 in 1904. The Michigan Supreme Court recently gave the following decision of importance to all trade unions : "Workingmen have the right to fix a price upon their labor and to refuse work unless that prico is obtained. Singly or in combination, they have this right. They may use persuasion to induce men to join their organization or refuse to work except for an established wage. They may present their cause to the public in newspapers or circulars, in a peaceable way and with no attempt at coercion. If the effect in such a case is ruin to the employer, it is damnum absque injuria, for they have only exercised their legal rights." The report made at the New England label conference of cigarmakcrs' unions at Portland the other day were most interesting. It was shown that tl ere is but one non-union cigar factory in all New England and that there are but 20 cigarmakers employed in the six States who are not members of the union. Not a child is working in any cigar factory in New England. The New England conference alone spent $20,000 on label agitation and advertising. The aggregate spent by the local unions in addition is estimated at probably $200,000. The Roofers Protective Union of Bosun, secured a wage increase last week. It asked for a 50 cents a day raise, one which would make the new rates $3.50 a day for all-around roofers, $3.25 a day for gravel roofers and $2.75 a day for helpers. It was finally agreed, after conferences, that the present scale continue until Jan. 1, then a raise of 25 cents would be made, and on Jan. 1, 1908, the wages would be again raised 25 cents. The union accepted the offer. This is the first wage increase the roofers have requested or secured in 18 years, although during the interval they have reduced the hours of labor to eight each day. Record Sale of Iron Ore. What is believed to be the largest transaction in the history of this country was the sale of approx!mateIy 750,000,000 tons of iron ore on Oct. G to the United States Steel Corporation by President Hill of the Great Northern Rail road Company. It was said that the deal was accomplished by five men in two hours' time at the New York office of the steel trusty Advices from Rome. V. ' - Ade laide Ristori, Countess Del Grillo, who died Oct. 9. is found r barn lfff mm. paratlvely little money owing to misman agement ol her affairs.

(CHANGES IN CABINET.

GENERAL SHIFT IN PRESIDENT'S FAMILY PLANNED. Oscar S. Siran and George Von L. Meyer "Will Take OfUoe When Sh'4?T and Moody Step Ont Personnel of Reorganised Body. President Roosevelt announced Tueslay night the reorganization of his :abinet made necessary by the retireaient of Attorney General Moody Jan. t and tbe retirement of Secretary Shaw Jf the Treasury Department March 4. The two new cabinet ministers will be George V. L. Meyer, now ambassador to Russia, as postmaster general and Dscar S. Straus of New York as secretary of Commerce and labor. Messrs. L'ortelyou, Bonaparte and Metcalf will have new portfolios. The rorganized cabinet will be as follows : Secretary of State Elihu Root of New York. Secretary of the Treasury George B. Cortelyou of New York. Secretary of WarWilliam II. Taft ol Ohio. Attorney General Charles J. Bonaparte of Maryland. Postmaster General George von L. Meyer of Massachusetts. Secretary of the Navy Victor II. Metralf of California. Secretary of the Interior Ethan Allen Hitchcock of Missouri. Secretary of Agriculture James Wilson of Iowa. Secretary of Commerce and LaborOscar Solomon Straus of New York. Mr. Straus is a well-known New York merchant who was formerly a Democrat, but left the party on the free silver question, and has been a Republican since. He was minister to Turkey under Cleveland's second administration and was reappointed by McKinley. Mr. Straus Is a Jew, and his appointment Is remarkable from the fact that he is the first Jew to be a member of the cabinet of the United States. BURTON IS IN JAIL. Former Senator Incarcerated In Ironton (Mo.) Prison. Ex-Senator J. Ralph Burton, the first United States Senator ever convicted of a crime while holding a seat in the Senate, has begun his term In jail at Ironton, Mo. The highest court in the land refused to intervene to save him from the six months' sentence imposed for having used his sena t o r i a 1 influence w'th the Fostoffice Department to pre- - vent the issuance of a fraud order J. B. BUBTOX. against the Rialto Grain and Securities Company, a get-rich-quick concern which flourished in Missouri a few ) ears ago. When Burton, at that time a United States Senator from Kansas, was convicted of the crime of using his officia'. station fo make money unlawfully, it was said that he would never be punished for his offense. He himself believed it would be possible to obtain immunity for his acts and that the humiliation and discomfort of serving a term in prison would not be his. Immediately after his conviction an appeal was made to the higher courts and it went as far as the United States Sr.preme Court. It had the effect of delaying his punishment, but the Supreme Court denied his petition for a rehearing in the case, and the ex-Senator has begun his term in the little prison. THE CANNED BEEF INDUSTRY. Flsirrea on Export Show Trade to Have Fallen Off. Detailed reports of the export business in canned beef go to show how the export output of that product has been reduced since last spring. In August the exports were down to 059,127 pounds, against 5,048,5S3 pounds same month last year. For September the exports increased to 1,644,813 pounds, against 2,S95,792 pounds for September last year. The figures for September still show a business only 42 per cent of that done at the same time last year, but . August business was only about 13 per cent of the volume of business done the same month last year. For nine months of this year a total of 31,101,718 pounds of canned beef has been sent out, against 52.577,484 the same time last year, and the value of this stands $3,042,792, against $5, 135,501 worth of canned beef sold the same time last year. For the nine months of the fiscal year ending with March, 19O0, total exports of canned beef were 52,C00,S13 pounds, valued at $5,207,013. against 48,075,059 pounds, valued at $4,840,757 for exports the same period ending with March, 1005. motu Stop French llaces. The throng of spectators at the Longchamps course near Taris, last Sunday, was thrown into a panic by a riot in the betting ring, which culminated in the burning of the booths and the tailing out of soldiers and firemen to save property and restore order. The riottrs retreated when the soldiers arrived, bat much damage had already been d-ue. The disturbance was brought about by a bad start in the free handicap which left the favorite and three other horses at the post and enabKd an outsider to win the race. The government next day took cognizance of the riot by announcing that there would be no more racing this season. Paris Dames Discarding- Corsets. There prevails at present an unprecedented corset crusade among the fashionable wonren of Paris, taking their cue from famous actresses. The society leaders have adopted the theory that the female figure is in reality more beautiful and graceful in its natural lines than with the construction and distortion of the corset. Since the empire style has come in the prevailing plan is to have the weight, of the garments largely suspended from the shoulders. Supreme Court Contempt Cases. The answer of Sheriff Shipp cf Hamilton county, Tenn., and nine deputies, to the charge of contempt made by the Supreme Court in connection with the lynching of a negro named Ed Johnson at Chattanrkoga last March after Johnson's appeal had beeu granted by the highest court, was filed at Wasingtoi, by exAttorney General Harmon. The answer contends that the negro's case was not appealable, but that in any case the sheriff and his deputies did their best to prevent the lynching. WaihlnKton on Race It lots. In his address at the closing of the National Afro-American council at New York, Booker T. Washington spoke of the critical condition of the race problem in the South since the riots at Atlanta. He condemned strongly violence as a reprisal of violence. He declared that the negro race must stand together in defense af its rights, and urged the importance of the northern negro making tbe best possible sample of what the race could ttain to. He pleaded for equal privileges, and insisted that if arms were permitted to be used by one race a like privilege should be conceded to th othr,

The course of business maintains steady advance, and notwithstandCtoflo. nlg a high bank rate, demands on production project farther Into the future. With plants behind on orders In imKrtaut lines and contemplated additions to capacity, it is clear that consumption has attained unprecedented force and the general trade outlook can be regarded as encouraging. Distributive dealings again have expanded. More buyers appear in the jobbing trades for staples and holiday goods, while the seasonable weather helps materially lu reducing retail stocks in both city and country. A tendency toward Increased cost of supplies enters into manufacturing operations, but the main conditions reflect strength, and the need of additional force is more evident in the Iron working branches. Buying of raw materials continues very heavy, with prices firm at the highest level and slightly higher than a week ago for Iron ore, crude steel and domestic hides. - Disappointing receipts of lumber for two weeks add to difficulty in obtaining adequate requirements, and smaller arrivals of live stock Interfere with packing. With these exceptions the movement of commodities remains of enormous aggregate, being to a larger extent than usual made up of heavy factory outputs and general merchandise. There is increasing complaint of slow deliveries by rail, yet mercantile collections are reasonably prompt and no serious defaults appear to disturb the confidence of sellers. Current commitments in the manufacturing divisions, owing to the crowded condition of bookings, have to be mostly entered for execution during the coming year. Further demand is noted upon rail mill capacity, but the greatest pressure is upon the furnaces, plate mills shipyards and car shops. Much of the volume of future work will add to transportation facilities, but there also is a great deal 'for new buildings, power, machinery and agricultural uses. Other lines of activity make an exceptional showing in woodworking, furniture, footwear and heavy hardware, but In most of these the raw material is not readily obtained and cost involves close figuring. Failures reported In the Chicago district numbered 21, against 2G last week and 28 a year ago. Dunn's Review of Trade. Trade Is unpreeedentedly active for the season. Retail trade has broaden Kev York. ed out, with consequent Increase of the re-order demand from joblers, and there Is rather more doing on spring account Higher prices for cotton have helped Southern trade, inducing freer marketing and enlarging country trade and collections. Good rqwrts also come from the central West and Atlantic coast points, where weather conditions have improved. Something like an unfavorable cross current is visible In the Northwest, where car congestion "and overflowing country elevators are complained of as affecting marketing of wheat. The grain trade generally also complains of the car congestion causing losses, owing to export business being delay ed.'; This week's reports of grain shipments, however, show large exports of both flour and wheat from both coasts. Strikes of grain handlers curtail shipments from some Pacific ports. Reports of labor scarcity are still well-nigh universal, and the movement of the cotton crop, the shipments of lumber, tbe outputs of coal, and the deliveries of various mills are still restricted from this cause or by reason of inadequate car supply. Voluntary wage increases are reported In numerous lines, but agitations for higher compensation are numerous among railway employes. Bradstreet's Commercial Rejort. Chicago Cattle, common to prime. $4.00 to $7.00; hogs, prime heavy, $4.0C to $0.50; sheep, fair to choice, $3.00 to $5.50; wheat, No. 2. 71c to 72c: corn, No. 2, 44c to 4e; oats, standard, 32c to 33c; rye. No. 2, 04c to 05c; hay, timothy, $10.00 to $1G.50; prairie, $(5.00 to $14.00 ; butter, choice creamery, ISc to 20c; eggs, fresh, 22c to 27c; potatoes, 30c to 43c. Detroit Cattle, $4.00 to $.1.30; hogs, $4.00 to $0.03; sheep, $2.50 to $4.50: wheat, No. 2, 75c to 70c; corn. No. 3 yellow, 48c to 49c; oats. No. 3 white, 35c to 37c; rye, No. L Cc fo C.Sc. Milwaukee Wheat. No. 2 northern, 74c to 77c; corn, No. 3, 44c to 45c; oats, standard, 33c to 34c; rye, No. 1, C3c to 05c; barley, standard, 54c to 50c; pork, mess, $14.00. Buffalo Cattle, choice shipping steers, $4.00 to $0.00 ; hogs, fair to choice, $4.00 to $0.50; sheep, common to good mixed, $4.00 to $5.50; lambs, fair to choice, $5.00 to $7.40. New York Cattle. $4.00 to $5.90; hogs, $4.00 to $0.05; sheep, $3.(X) to $5.50; wheat, No. 2 red, 77c to 79c; corn. No. 2, 53c to 55c; oats, natural white, 38c to 40c; butter, creamery, 20c to 27c; eggs, western, 22c to 25c. Toledo Wheat, No. 2 mixed, 74c to 70c; corn. No. 2 mixed, 47c to 4Sc; oats. No. 2 mixed, 34c to 30c ; rye, No. 2, C2c to C4c; clover seed, prime, $8.17. Indianapolis Cattle, shipping, $3.00 to $0.50; hogs, choice heavy, $4.t) to $0.50; sheep, common to prime, $2.50 to $5.00; wheat, No. 2, 71c to 72c; corn. No. 2 white 40c to 47c; oats, No. 2 white, 33c to 35c. St. Louis Cattle. $4.50 to $7.00; hogs. $4.00 to $0.35; sheep, $3.50 to $5.25; wheat, No. 2, 74c to 75c; corn, No. 2, 43c to 44c; oats, No. 2, 32c to 33c ; rye, No. 2, 59e to 00c. ' Cincinnati Cattle, $4.00 to $5.35; hogs. $4.00 to $0.50 ; sheep, $3.00 to $4.00; wheat, No. 2, 75c to 70c; corn. No. 2 mixed, 4Sc to 50c: oats, No. 2 mixed, 34c to 30c; rye. No. 2, 00c to I Sc. James B. Iiehnemann, arrested at Halifax, N. S., charged with being connected with the recent muggling of Chinese from Newfoundland into the United States on the schooner yacht Frolic, has been released because there is nothing in the International laws providing for extradition in such a case. Fire destrojed the plant of the John P. Decamp Company, manufacturers of steamboat furniture, in Cincinnati. Loss, $50,000. Brig. Gen. W. II. Bell, U. S. A- retired, died at his home at Arvada, Colo, aged 72.

DOGS TO AID POLICE.

CRIME-RIDDEN CHICAGO CONSIDERING THE IDEA. Belieres Ther Would Drive Out IIold-TJp Men Cost Five Cents a Day Successfully Employed in Europe. fsnsssBssss-s Chicago correspondence: The use of dogs to rid Chicago of holdup men and of the creatures who terrify and slay helpless women is the suggestion put forth by Capt. P. D. O'Brien, head of the city detective bureau. In it many persons see a possible solution of the puzzling problem, how to get rid of the desperadoes who are a menace to life and property in the cky. It has therefore met with popular favor and the city officials are being urged at least to experiment with, if not adopt it. The adoption of the plan would serve the double purpose of affording protection and ridding the community of a growing nuisance. Besides, Capt. O'Brien believes it would check graft on the force. The experience of Ghent, Antwerp, Taris and other cities proves that dogs thus employed would cost the city only five cents each per day. For the regular night patrolman's .vork Capt. O'Brien would have the best Belgian sheep dogs, Biards and Groennedaels, while St. Bernards would be used as life savers along the'lake and river and in the parks, and the bloodhounds would constitute the detective force, to be used in trailing down criminals after a crime is committed. Capt. O'Brien's scheme is noi a theory, nor does he claim any credit for originality in it. He simply has made a study of the methods, of the French, German and Belgian police dogs, and he believes that, sooner or later, Chicago will adopt the system and train dogs to be the companions and assistants of the night patrolmen and the night squadron of detectives. From an experiment attempted by the burgomaster of the thief-ridden city o$ Ghent, the use of dogs was proved successful. Thereafter dogs were trained and' added to the force until now every patrolman in the outlying districts of the city, or in the dangerous districts, is accompanied by a dog, and the results so astounded the police students in Europe that the idea has been adopted in dozens of cities. According to the reports of the municipalities of Belgium a trained dog, accompanied by a patrolman, accomplishes the work of two ordinary patrolmen and he and his master can do the work and cover the ground thoroughly more thoroughly than four men alone could cover it. , Freed of Thieves. So successful was the experiment in Ghent that, within a few months after the addition of dogs to the force, the thieves and criminals, after trying desperately, to poison or otherwise kill the police dogs, gave up the efforts. The city now is declared to be clearer cf crime than any city of its size in the world, and the arrest record shows that, with trained dogs, a patrolman can make captures which otherwise might cause need for a dozen men. "Chicago," said one student of European police methods, who is enthusiastic in his support of Capt. O'Britr.'s idea, "could adopt tbe Belgian dog police idea with better effect than any big city in the world. The wide spread of the city, its great open spaces, the huge territory which makes it practically impossible for the present force to cover it thoroughly, the great railway yards, the docks a.d such places should be made safe by the use of dogs. In Antwerp, where I saw the dogs used, the idea came to me that dogs would solve Chicago's p lice problem better and cheaper than anything else. We have in Chicago more degs than any city in the world, not except: ig Constantinople, where they are used vs scavengers, and most of them are useless and dangerous." Would Keep Ont Crooks. "The fact that dogs were on the force, says Capt O'Brien, "would have a big effect on crooks and criminals of all kinds.' The dogs would be in charge of patrolmen and would be taught to catch criminals or disturbers by the back of the leg and hold them. Police dogs are taught that their only friends are the police, and that they must always look upon all others as their enemies. Furthermore, they are trained never to touch or eat any bone meat, or other substance they find while on their rounds. The dogs are trained to follow criminals 'over streams, fences and all sorts of broken ground, one of the police acting as the criminal and fleeing before the dog. The young dogs are trained and broken by the use of the old ones, and in two months a dog of good breeding and intelMgence is a capable officer. The dogs ore kept in kennels, specially prepared, at the rear of the bureaus of police. . Always' when on duty they wear a tight tin muzzle, so fixed that the moment the pathrolman in charge of them loose; the leash the muxtie drops off and the dog is ready for action. "It Is wonderful to see how Intelligent the dogs become in police duties. They can tell, seemingly by instinct, a thief, or robber. Their intuition is keener often than that of their masters. There is another thing the dogs keep the patrolmen from loitering on duty, and keep them moving." The city authorities, in view of the inability of the police to 'deal with criminal conditions here, are considering the suggestion and it may be adopted. Law Will ItrcoBBlie Joint Rate. The interstate commerce commission made several rulings under tbe new rate, one of which involves the recognition of the joint rate between common carriers on interstate business. Copies of such tates must be hereafter filed with the commission. Whenever the joint rate between two points is higher than the sum of tbe local rates between them the joint rate mvzt be reduced to the sums of the local's on one day's notice. The commission docs not construe the law as preventing the cirrier from giving free transportation to persons traveling over its line solely for the purpose of attending to its business, nor from giving free passage to the household of an employe who is required to move from one place to another, nor from giving passes to contractors. The reduced rate to clergymen is not to apply to members of their families, and free carriage if not to be given to government or navy officers. Xew IIor-eHunnlnir Record. At Belmont park the othev day James McLaughlin's Oxford made new world's record by running six and one-half furlongs in 1 :18 1-5. On the same track next day Ilosebcn; running against time and ca'rrying 120 pounds, turned seven furlong in 1:22, a new world's record. To Par Earthquake Losses. The San Francisco chamber of commerce has made partial estimates of the fire losses as the result of the' recent earthquake and finds that only forty-one insurance companies have paid prompt and full claims. Sleep Disease Pnssle Solved. Prof. F. G. Novy of the university of Michigan is said to have identified the germ of the deadly African disease known as the sleeping fever, thus solving the problem which had baffled Koch, the great German bacteriologist. Prof. Novy will try to find a curative antitoxin. 35,000 Autos In a Tear. At a recent gathering of makers of automobile parts it was estimated that the number of automobiles made in the United States from Sept 1, 1905, to Sept. 1, 1900, was 35,000, of which 32,000 wer gasoline cars.

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FREE IXDUSTRIAL SCHOOL. Mrs. Alice Earl Stuart Support New Projeet at Lafayette. port of Mrs. -Alice Earl Stuart, one of Indiana's wealthiest and most philanthropic women, a free industrial school for young men and women who are either employed during the day or are not ab'e to attend college, has been established in Lafayette in comfortable and commodious quarters, and the school is expected to be a great success this winter. It is the intention to- extend the work year after ytar until the erection of a handsome v building for the nse of the school is possible. Mrs. Jessie Matlock is tbe superintendent of the school; Miss Matthews of Cambridge City, teacher of drafting and sewing; Miss Green, cooking. In this department the specialty wiU be the training of cooks for domestic work. SERIOUS BLAZE IX BRAZIL. Tbe Loss on Bolldlaars and Stoeka Amount to f 10,000. Fire broke out in the Hendricks block in Brazil and caused a $1(MXW loss to the building and the stocks of the various firms occupying rooms. The total insurance is about $8,000. Tbe Hoffman hotel suffered a loss of $500; O. II. Horner, druggist, $3.000; King Bros. furniture store, $1,000; L. Hyman, clothing and furnishing store. $5.000; A. B. Lemonjewelry, $100. The fire originated in Ilf man's store. It is supposed that electrie light wires started the fire. While the driver of the hose wagon wa helping to unwind the hose, the horses became frightened at the crash of a large glass window and ran away, running four miles before' they were stopped. The hose broke and part of it was attached to the runaway hose reel. PUPILS Sl'SrEDED FOR FIGHT. Decatur Bar Punished After Battle, and Girls Strike. Twenty-five members of the eighth grade and high school in Decatur were suspended as a result of a class fight. The teachers asked an apology, which the boys' would not give. Girls of the classes refused to return to school until the boys are reinstated. The eighth graders attacked the freshmen and sophomores as they were leaving the high school. Tb eighth grade banner and colors had been defaced by the hi-h school pupils. Black eyes and broken noses resulted.. Accused of Attempted Mnrder. Mrs. Elizabeth Weeks, of Frankfort, and George Vance, who came here several days ago, are under arrest on suspicion of the attempted murder of Daniel Nail, a wealthy citizen, who is said to have been infatuated with Mrs. Weeks aüd to have Insured his life for her benefit. Nail was found in a house that 31 rs. Weeks and Vance had just left, with a bad fracture at the base of tbe skull and unconscious. Two Shot Dead In Quarrel. George Xorris, aged CO years, and Joseph Bichardson. aged 50 years, both farmers living near Rising Sun, quarreled over the division of some fodder. Richardson shot Norris, who died in a short time. Xorris, in trying to shoot Bichardson, fatally shot his own son. Jack Xorrls, aged 20 years. s Youth Killed In Front of Home. Clinton Ilogue, 19 years of age, son cf John D. Hogue, a merchant, was thrown from & fractious horse and his s.uil crushed against a stone curbing. Thf awtiiianf Ti a rs-näk -or ? f Vi I v fiirrKf" . " f t YkC Hogue home in Vineennes and tbe youth died while being taken into the bouse. Believe Pern Man la Drowned. William Vance, aged 32, a member of the Baptist church choir In Peru, ha r been missing for several days. He was last seen walking on the Wabash river road west of, Peru. The church members scoured the banks for his body. It is believed Vance was demented. , Takes Poison Beside Her Babr. While sitting by her baby's crib in Evanille, Mrs. May Brenner, aged 2t committed suicide by taking corrosive sublimate. Iler husband when he heard of her act tried" to swallow some of the poison. Picks I'p Nose from Ground. William Lanham, a coal miner, wa Taught between two coal cars in Evansville and had his nose cut off. He picked up his nose from tbe ground and held it in his hand until the arrival of a surgeon, who sewed it back on. Klre In Kalltvau. Fire at Sullivan destroyed a portion of the national bank, the law office ol Pouthitt & lladdon, the office of Truste 'j. P. Duffy and G. A. R. hall. Loss f-V ooo. Robbers Crack" 31 III Safe. Five masked robbers blew open thf ' safe of the Bryan & Landis flour mill in Flora and escaped with $150. One of the robbers fired at City Watchman Stout. Steal Roller Near Police. A road roller weighing twelve tons wa stokn from the side of the police headquarters in Terre Haute and found loaded ou a flat car in the railroad yards. JUnor State Xtes-sw Edward Waddell of Fort Wayne, In a fit of jealous rage, shot his wife, inflicting a probably fatal wound in the left breast. The Itev. Dr. Donald Morrison told the Indiana synod qf the Presbyterian church it cost $020 to convert a sinner in Indianapolis. Gov. Hanly turned the first shovelful of parth for the beginning of work on Madison's new $2,000,000 State hospital tor' insane. He spoke to an immense au iienon in the opera house. A ruraway traction car on the Indiana Northern line crasaed into a movin? freight train on the Pere Marquette railsay near Michigan City. The twentyfive passengers were shaken up, but none was badly injured. Fire of unknown origin wij?d out th business section of Monroe Ci:y. TVloss is estimated at $50,000, with but $5.000 insurance. George Followell of Terre Hjute. agl 74, who procured a divorce from his second wife two days ago. has married Mrs. Ada Smith, aged 51. This is Mrs. Smith' third matrimonial venture. A large bull attacked a car filled v.ith passengers on the Evansville and Princeton traction line, and after lxing driv:i OiT the track twice attacked the car a third time. The .motcrman met the animal.with all iower on and the jolt nearly derailed the car. The bull was killed. Mrs. Itolxrt Arrol died in Anderson, making the third death in one family from eating toadstools by mistake for mushrooms. Two men were killed and three injured when a forty horse-power boiler at Frack Gosnell's sawmill, fifteen miles southwest of Vineennes, exploded. The dead men were hurled 100 feet by the explosion. The mill was totally wrecked. Mrs. James Odell, who lives near Bar nettsville, was attacked by a white man, who escaped. Her condition is critical. The man appealed to Mrs. OJell for food. When she admitted him he beat her into insensibility. She was alone except fct A 3-year-old child.