Plymouth Tribune, Volume 6, Number 20, Plymouth, Marshall County, 21 February 1907 — Page 2

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V? 5th. tgjl2th j? 19th.(s?2fetM. FEATURES OF INTEREST -CONCERNING PEOPLE. PLACES AND DOINGS OF THE WORLD. Coarta and Crime, Accidents aud Fires, Labor and Capital, Grain, Stock and Money Markets. Indian Claim Part of Fort Wayne. General Sherwood, of Toledo, Ohio, Congressman from that district, has been retained to rress the claim of James M. Walcott, a half-breed Indian residing at Maumee, a suburb of Toledo, to 640 acres of land now Included In the heart of the city of Fort Wayne, Ind. The matter will be presented to the land commissioners. The statement is madf that the claim is indisputable and the land is worth millions of dollars. Walcott has a letter which ha received from the land office on November 17, 1905, in which the government authorities say that the land on which Fort Wayne now stands was deeded to Walcott's mother by treaty and has never been legally transferred. Three Bors Drowned. Jo&n Hilbert, Ralph Schartner and Lauren Nye, boys, broke through the Ice and drowned In Rock river at Dixon, 111. They with two othor lads, the oldest 10 years, were playing on the Ice when Nye broke through. Hilbert, in a vain attempt to rescue Nye, fell Into the icy water. Schartner followed In a like attempt. A fourth boy likewise fell Into the water, but he was sawd by the remaining boy, who lay on the ice and extended his feet into the wrier as a support Doable Tragedy at South Bend. William J. Rush, 42 years old, of South Bend, Ind., fatally cut his wife with a razor and then with the same weapon ended his own life. Rush attacked his wife while she was in bed, using a razor and the butt end of a revolver. Thinking her dead, Rush then slashed his own throat three times from ear to ear and died soon aftwards. Domestic trouble, it is said, was the cause of the deed. Explosion on Ship Kills Seren. Seven men were killed, three were Injured and considerable damage was caused by an explosion on board the German steamer Valdivia at sea. The accident was reported when the steamer arrived at New York. The donkey engine boiler blew up, throwins the steamer's funnel over and ripping open the upper deck. Waasa Train Kills One, Iajares Tno. Urs. Mary Hinkley, aged C9 years, was Instantly killed; Warren Stamp, aged 28, was fatally injured and Mis3 Ida Hinkley, aged 24, was seriously hurt when the buggy in which they were riding was struck by an eastbound Wabash passenger train at Adrian, Mich, Illinois Baak Robbed. The safe of the Bank of Ellisville, 111., was broken open by burglars and 1,400 in gold and $1,600 in currency and somo valuable papers were taken. E. W. Butler, who owns the bank, gave chase, but the burglars escaped. There were five men in the gang. Twenty Killed In Wreck. Twenty dead, two fatally hurt and 145 others more or less seriously injured is the result of the wrck of an electric express train on the New York Central railroad at Two Hundred and Fifth street and Webster avenue, la New York City. Special Delivery Stamp Xo More. The National House passed a bill amending the postal laws so as to provide for the special delivery letters carrying ten cents' worth of ordinary postage stamps instead of requiring, aa now, special stamps. Mayor Arrested for Intoxication. Mayor C. D. Anderson, of Huntington, Ind.r wa3 arrfcsted in that city charged with public intoxication. Mayor Anderson Las been placed un- , der a bond of $50 for appearance on February 25. 9200,000 Fire at AIleleay, Pa. A fire which threatened the destruo tion of several city blocks in Allegheny, Pa., destroyed five busines buildings and three dwelling hou3C3, causing an estimated loss of $200,000. VIoar Hill aid Elrvator Bnraed. The flour mill and elevator ai Bloomer, Wis., burned. Loss $G0,00. Seventy thousand bushels of grain were consumed. gteaaaer Soak; Foarteea Drowsed. A dispatch from Cardiff says th British steamer Hcliopo'Is collided with the British steamer Orianda, out ward bo and from Penarth. The Orianda sunk and fourteen persons. Including her captain, were drowned. Killed in a Train Crash. One man was killed and many persons were injured when the "Champion Flyer" of the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul railroad plunged head on into an err-pty passenger train in the yards at N-.rth Ada and West Kinzie streets, Chicago. Salton Sea Brings Rain. Rain in the hitherto arid West is thought to be due to the filling up of the Salt jn Sea, and as a result the Legislatures of Utah and other Western States are preparing to petition the President not to check the flow of the Colorado River into the great accidental lake. English Knight as American. Noah Edward Barnes, a wealthy Englishman, who is said to have been knighted some years ago, has taken ont " first citizenship papers at the offk-e c Jted States Commissioner Shields in New York. He said: "After the Swettenham incident I determined to apply for naturalization papers as soon as I reached New York." Count Boni Files an Appeal. It is stated that Count Boni de Castellane has filed an appeal against the decree of divorce lately granted to his wife, formerly Miss Anna Gould.

BURBANK LEAVES PRISON. Former Lieutenant Who Abandoned Filipino Wife Is Released. Ex-Lieut. Shlney S. Burbank was released froia the federal jenitentiary at Leavenworth, Kan., the other morning after serving nearly fifteen months and started for Indianapolis where he will visit a brother. He declined to make known his plans after that. Burbank took occasion to criticise the officers responsible for his conviction, and said he would make a statement regarding his case that would create a sensation in army circles. Burbank comes o a military family, his father and grandfather both having served in the United States infantry. His engagement in 190.1 to a prominent young woman of Leaven worth precipitated a suit by his Filipino wife, Mrs. Concepcion Vasques of Yalladolid. Negros, -who filed her claims with the War Department to prevent the marriage of Lieut. Burbank. Two years aco Burbank returned to the Philippines with his regiment. Shortly after his arrival the Filipino woman began an action against him in the civil courts for abandonment and non-support. She was granted a separation, but not a divorce, and Burbank was ordered to pay her $50 a month alimony for the support of their child. Later Burbank was tried by court-martial and convicted of embezzling company funds and of other conduct unbecoming an officer and a gentleman.

BULLDOG KILLS ITS MISTRESS. Woman Relents After Beating Animal and Offers It Good Supper. Mrs. Lena Smith of Philadelphia, who was terribly torn and b?tten by a vicious bulldog at her home Tuesday night, died at a hospital. The dog was whipped by Mrs. Smith on Monday and showed resentment all of Tuesday. She went Into the kitchen of her home in the evening with a plate of meat for the dog and was immediately attacked by the animal. She was thrown to the floor and. despite her struggles, was horrihjy bitten. Her arm was torn into sheds and was afterward amputated. Attracted by Mrs. Smith's screams her husband went to her assistance and killed the dog with a poker. Before she became unconscious Mrs. Smith said: "I beat the dog for disobeying me, and it was sullen all day. I felt sorry and was giving it a good supper when it attacked me." GYPSY MOTH IS DOOMED. Parasite Discovered by Department of Agriculture to Destroy Insect. A discovery has been made by the Department of Agriculture in Washington which is expected to destroy the gypsy mcth, which has destroyed the trees and shrubs in Massachusetts and other States. The discovery is a parasite of the gypsy moth, which ranges in size from a microscopical insect to one as large as a mosquito. Scientists of the department say that there are eight or ten varieties of the parasite, all of them deadly to the moth. The parasites were found in southeastern Europe, and it is the intention of L. O. Howard, chief of the bureau of entomology, to make a trip abroad and collect gypsy motu infected with the parasites. He expects t bring back several hundred thousand to be distributed in the districts ravaged by the moths. KILLTJD IN FLEEING EIRE. One Man Falls from Escape When Philadelphia Building Burns. A fire in which one man lost his life and forty persons had narrow escapes from death caused $73,000 damage to the five-story building at 105-107 South Third street in the financial district of Philadelphia. The building was occupied by the Phoenix Fants, Overall and Shirt Company' and Dumee Sons & Co., cotton commission brokers. The flames cut off the escape of the Phoenix company's employes on the top floor, forcing them lo use fire escapes covered with ice aud snow. With one exception all the fwoscore employes, including a dozen girls, escaped. Louis Deskeiskey, aged 20 years, either jumped or fell from a fire escape. He was instantly killed. Several employes were injured. Suicide Follows Murder. Leonard T. Brown, 30 years of age, a merchant, and Margueret Strawb, aged 2C, were found dead in the rear part of the former's store in Washington. The district coroner after an investigation said it was a case of suicide and murder. Miss Strawb and Brown were lying on a cot, the latter with a bullet wound in his mouth, while the former had been shot four times. Charivari Too Boisterous. At the wedding of Carl Gifford and Lena Dence at Itussiaville, Ind., a charivari party exploded thirty-two pounds of dynamite near the house. The building was damaged and several guests fainted. Windows were broken in houses for miles around. Wrecked Off Block Island. Loss of 183 lives by drowning or freezing is the result of a collision which sunk the Joy Lise passenger steamer Larchmont off Block Island, II. I. Survivors had awful experiences in open boats and on life rafts. Frozen bodies have been found. Cubans Fight American Sailors. Sailors from the Tacoma, the Whipple and other American warships clashed with the police of Santiago, Cuba. Several of the sailors were severely clubbed. American soldiers quartered at Morro Castle interfered in time to prevent the affray from becoming serious. Accuses Captain of Cowardice. Survivors of the steamship Larchmont, wrecked off Block Island, It. I., who arrived at Providence, R. I., accuse the captain and members of the crew of having been the first to quit the vessel, leaving the passengers to die. Purser's estimate of the number of dead Is 109. Hotel Landmark Burns. The St. Albert hotel, one of the oldest in Charleston, W. Va., was destroyed by fire. J. H. Crouse of Baltimore, a traveling salesman, leaped from a third-story window and is thought to be fatally Injured. Mrs. Bradley Is Indicted. Mrs. Annie M. Bradley was indicted In Washington for murder in the first degree for the shooting of ex-Senator Arthur M. Brown of Utah, at tike Raleigh hotel in that city on the 8th of last December, causing his death on Dec. 13. Shortage of Woman Cashier. The woman cashier of a Philadelphia department store has been arrested, charged with the embezzlement of $25,000, and it is said the shortage alleged to exist may be much larger than this amount. Train Strikes Funeral Coach. Two persons were killed by a train vhich struck a funeral coach at Long Island City, a suburb of New York. Lloyd's Insure Thaw's Life. Lloyds, of London, has added to its many odd insurances one on Thaw's life, agreeing to pay as a total loss if the prisoner is executed. The premium is 30 guinees per cent. The amount underwritten is not divulged. Shonts Defends Railroads. A "square deal" for the railroad is necessary to avert grave conditions, which will result if the public denies fair returns on investments and if the roads are not encouraged to continue their work of developing the country, said Theodore P. Shonts in a speech in New York.

HORROJl AT HANGING.

ROPE CREAKS TWICE WITH A HEAVY NEGRO. Victim Walks Hick to SonTold and Finally Die In Acony on fJrouiul I'rinrelnn t He iheatest t'nlverhtty .f World. A harrowing spectacle accompanied the hanjtin? at Farmville, Ya., of Moses Hill and William Itnffin, negroes, who were convicted of the murder of Postmaster John :rubb. As 1 1 1 1 1 w eighed 27." pounds. roj of unusual strength was secured for the noose. It proved unequal to the strain, however, and as the drop was released the rope broke and Hill was thrown to the ground. The negro got up unaided and calmly walked back to the scaffold. Another noose was adjusted and the trap sprung a second time. The negro's body shot downward, then stopped with a jerk that broke his neck. A minute later the strands of the rope parted again and Hill died in agony on the ground before prepr.raons could be made for a third attempt. ICE GORGE BREAKS. Family of Four at Columbus, Neb., Drowned by Flood. The roar of rushing waters, the crushing of ice and the cries of drowning people shouting for help broke upon the ears of Columbus, Neb., residents Tuesday night. The breaking of an ice gorge in the Loup river a few miles northwest of the city caused the water to rise over five feet in an hour. A family of four, "Doc" McCone, his wife, daughter and sister-in-law, were drowned while attempting to escape to higher ground in a spring wagon. The whole south side of Columbus is under water and many families are imprisoned in houses surrounded by from four to ten feet of water. ,IIogs and cattle were drowned in the Union Pacific sto.k yards. Rescue parties are doing heroic work, but many who are shouting for help cannot be reached until the water goes down. PRINCETON WILL BE GREATEST. Mysterious Gift Soon to Put University Foremost of All. Princeton university is about to become the greatest seat of learning and institution of research in the world, according to an announcement made by President Wood row Wilson at the Trinceton Club dinner in Philadelphia. From an unknown source the old university is about to receive the largest bequest ever given to any college or seat of learning. When the large tum becomes available., vf ry soon, it is to be used to increase the equipment of the, college, add numerically to the staff and send men into a broad, unlimited field of research, covering every useful field. WELL DIGGEP-, BURIED, FREE. Covered by Tons of Earth He Is Saved by a Ladder. After being imprisoned at the bottom of a forty-foot well in South Omaha, Neb., covered with tons of earth, for twenty-four hours and receiving his air supply through an iron well pipe. Herman Frankholdt, a well digger, was dug out and found practically uninjured. Frankholdt was protected when the cave-in occurred by the iron ladder, through which a supply of fresh air reached him. He kept up a continual tapping on the ladder, hoping some one wofild hear him, until he attracted attention. After eight hours digging in relays the imprisoned man was reached and released. POSSE TAKES TRAIN ROBBERS. Four Armed Men Caught in Running Revolver Fight. Four car bandits robbed a freight train on the Lake Shore railway at Terre Coupe, Ind., and were captured after a running battle with a posse. The men forced their way Into a freight car and threw the merchandise out. The train crew was held at the point of revolvers, but the engineer detached the engine and a dash was made for New Carlisle, where the posse was organized and returned. The bandits gave their names as follows: William Webber, aged 19, Laporte county: Herman Fink. 35, Logansport: Geo. Kling, 22. Ashland, Ky.-; Thomas Burns, 40. Cleveland, Ohio. Fast Running1 Engine Bursts. The boiler of the engine pulling an Ontario and Western railroad passenger train exploded near Luzon, N. Y. The train at the time of the explosion was running at the rate of forty miles an hour. The fireman. Martin Mullen of Middletown. and an unknown man who was ridiog in the cab of the engine were blown to pieces. Black and White Riot. From half a dozen to a dozen negroes and whites have been killed and wounded in a race riot that was in progress all day at the railroad camp of the Yaughan Construction Company on the Tidewater Railway, near Roanoke, Vs., where a large number of both whites and blacks are employed. Kouropatkin Writes on War. On. Kuropatkin'8 history of the Russo-Japanese war has been made public in St. Petersburg in spite of the efforts of the government to suppress it. It declarer that Russia's defeat was due to cowardice of officers, incompetence of officials at home and lack of patriotism of the troops. Stabs Governor in Prayer. The chaplain of the Colorado Senate hit Gov. Buchtel in a prayer on account of charges that the Governor, who Is a clergyman, is attempting to force through a local option bili favored by brewers and to kill a bill tbit would aid the State university, a rival of Denver university, of which the Governor is chancellor. Message Concerns Coal Lands. President Roosevelt in a message to Congress urged that the government retain control of coal under public lands and dispose of it under a leasing system. The House committee has agreed on a bill largely increasing the amount of coal land that may be entered by one corporation. Witte's Life Again in Danger. A second infernal machine, timed to explode at 8 o'clock the other evening, was found in the residence of Count Witte in St. Petersburg. The machine was of poor construction, as was the one found in an unlighted stove of the count's house the previous night. Tolstoi's Son Held Traitor. A son of Count Leo Tolstoi has been indicted for high treason in Russia on the charge of printing the latest political pamphlet written by his father. Lacked $75; Electrocuted. Frank Castor, who murdered Foliceman Davis in Columbus, Ohio, died in the electric chair because he could not raise $7." for a transcript to the United States Supreme Court. Gov. Harris received many appeals for a respite for the condemned man. Dies Trying to Save Child. Vainly endeavoring to extinguish flames that enveloped her infant son, Mrs. Chas. Mauldin was burned to death at her home near Tontiac, Miss. The baby also died. The child's clothing caught fire while playing about some burning leaves.

THE

PLAN OF THAW DEFENSE. Contend that Defendant Was Temporarily Irresponsible. Harry K. Thaw is fighting against the plea of Insanity his attorneys are trying to establish with the aid of such carefully prepared . expert testimony. Thaw fears that District Attorney Jerome is planning to send hint to the madhouse in the event of his acquittal, and this fact makes him fear the plea his lawyers have set up. They are attempting to prove that he was insane at the time of the murder of Stanford White, Juno 25, 190G, but that he bas been constantly improving since then, and is now entirely sane. Thaw fears that his attorneys are putting too much emphasis on this feature of the ease and believes that a stronger attempt should be made to impress the jury with the self-defense plea, and to win its sympathy by unsjxken appeals to the unwritten law. The trial was brought to a sudden halt Thursday by the death of Mrs. Joseph B. Bolton, wife of juror No. 11. Mrs. Bolton had been suffering from double pneumonia, and its fatal termination caused alarm among those directly interested in the Thaw case. The testimony of Dr. Evans in the Thaw case revealed the nature of the defense. The doctor, who is not an improvised expert, but the head of a large insane asylum and a physician of many 3'ears experience !u mental discuses, testified that on the occasion of his first three visits to Thaw In Jail, Thawwas undoubtedly insane. He was suffering the after effects of a "mental explosion." During the period covering the later visits of the physician Thaw showed a steady improvement, so that It would appear that at present he is nearly, if not quite, sane. In other words, he defendant was not responsible for his deed at the time it was committed, and. therefore, should not be punished. On the other hand, he is not I now insane, and, therefore, should not be committed to an asylum. The rest of the testimony since the first day has been an attempt to corroborate the opinion of the expert that Thaw was Insane and to show the existence of a condition of affairs acute enough to drive to temporary insanity a man who had a predisposition to it. When Insanity Is due to the effect of bone pressure on the brain an operation upon the skull often causes the recovery of the patient. In this case it is alleged that the irritant was not a piece of bone but the man White. With the removal of White, in. this case not by the hand of a surgeon' but by the patient himself, it is assumed that Thaw's brain ceased to be irritated and returned to Its normal condition. It remains to be seen whether the district attorney can discredit this medical witness as thoroughly ns he did the first one. or can show in other ways the responsibility of the slayer. It remains also to be seen whether the Jury will approve this return to the plea of temporary insanity, which has been in discredit for some years because badlyoverworked. Unless something spectacular has been reserved the nature of the defense is now clear. The character of the counter testimony for the prosecution and the cross examination of the witnesses for the defense will try severely the professional skill of Mr. Jerome. The public is Interested in the battle of able lawyers over a human life such as Is being waged. Cleveland'M 23,000 Job. The executive committee of life insurance presidents, at a meeting in New York, chose ex-President Cleveland as chairman with a salary of $23,000 a year. He will also act as chief counsel for the association, which represents some thirty life insurance companies, having a greater volume of assets than any like number of Institutions in the world similarly associated. II. II. Harvey, manager of the Hancock Buggy Company, was shot twice by K. A. Murphy at Lynchburg, Va., after he had knocked Murphy down for calling aim a vile name. Harvey will recover.

HARRY THAW GREETS HIS MOTHER.

COLLISION ON LONG ISLAND SOUND.

KftU MAP SHOWING SCENE CAPTAIN WENT FIRST. Matter of Ill-Fated Steamer Larch mont Accused of Cowardice. A new element was injected into the horror attending the loss of the steamer Larchmont In Block Island sound through a collision with the schooner Harry Knowleton, when Captain McVey of the steamer admitted that his lifeboat was one of the first, if not the first, to leave the sinking ship. This statement was made In reply to charges by Fred Hiergsell, an lS-y earold lad of Brooklyn, one of the survivors, that the passengers were left to shift for themselves; that the ship's crew crowded the boats without attempting to provide for the passengers, and that Captain McVey was Uie first to desert the ship. The statement of youns Iiiergscll caused a sensation, in view of the fact that ten of the nineteen survivors were employes on the ship, or, In other words, that while approximately 20 per cent of the vessel's crew was saved, only 8 per cent of the pn sensors survived. Captain McVey explained that while his boat may have been the first In the water It was because be had a good crew and that he remained by his ship until she went down. At least 157 persons were known to be on the steamer, and there is every indication that the number was nearer 200. Until the hull of the Larchniont is blown up it will not be known how many of the passengers and crew perished below decks. Telegraphic Brevities. The Paris Pasteur institute is made $5,000,000 richer by a bequest of Daniel Osiris, the philanthropist. AH grades of fine writing paper are to be increased 10 per cent in price, according to advices from Ilolyoke, Mass. A newspaper fight which has been waged between the Daily Herald and Daily Courier at Bristol, Tenn., was ended voth the purchase of the Courier by the Herald. A dinner was given in honor of Daniel II. Burnham of Chicago by the Civic League of St. Louis. Mr. Burnham made a brief speech on art and designing for a great city. Cov. Magoon of Cuba surprised the natives of Havana by Gghtiag a small fire o:i the roof of tte palace, caused by crossed electric wires. Sixteen States west of the Missouri river were representtd in the trans-Mississippi dry farming congress which convened at Denver. The national board for the promotion of rifle practice has decided to hold its annual shoot at Camp Terry, Ohio, .beginning Aug. 2G. The Toledo Ice and Coal Company filed demurrers to the indictments charging it with accepting rebates on shipments of ice from Michigan. The six-story brick building owned by the Troy Waste Manufacturing Company at Troy, N. Y., was destroyed by fire. Tlie less is about $l."i0.000. The building stool in the collar district. Fire destroyed the six-story building on East Gay street, Columbus, Ohio, occupied by the Teebles Merchandise Company, an installment house, entailing a loss estimated at $100,000. The bark Charles Loring, carrying lumber from Savannah' to New York, was run into and sunk by the Old Dominion Line steamer Seneca four miles off Sea Girt, N. J. No lives were lost. The sale of the Wood-IIagenbarth ranch in the States of Sonora and Chihuahua, Mexico, to John D. Ryan, Tlios. P. Cole and Col. W. C. Greene by Salt Lake City owners was reported at Salt Lake City. The consideration is over $1,000,000.

zock J c OF THE DISASTER. RAISE FREIGHT RATES. Itoada All Over Country Preparing; t Slake Increase. Railroads of the entire country art preparing to make general increases Id freight rates which will bring them several hundred millions added revenue annually. In Chicago conferences have been held letwecn the highest traffic men of both Eastern and Western roads, with a view to eliminating hundreds of rates which are known as "commodity rates'' and to compel shippers to submit to the classification rates, which are substantially higher. The preliminary work is being done by committees representing both sections of the couutry. and the exact magnitude of the increases and of the general move for more revenue will not be known until these committees make their report, which may not come before June. . k The excuse put forward for a general Increase In rates is the alleged alarm felt in Wall street and among the stockholders and directors of all railroads over the increasing difficulty In obtaining money with which to make needed Improvements, built extensions and provide equipment and facilities for carrying the traffic of the country. It was stated that more than $l,S00,0O0,000 had been appropriated by the railroads for these purposes, but that it was impossible to float the securities in any of the money markets of the world. Accordingly the railway presidents and the men who control the transportation facilities have come to the conclusion that the only way to raise the necessary money is to join the procession and Increase the price of what they have to sell, which Is transportation. SAVE PUBLIC DOMAIN. President In Menaje Make Plea for Wettern Fnel. President Roosevelt Wednesday seat to Congress a long message calling attention to the "urgent need of legislation affecting the different phases of the public land situation in the United States." The President advocates the conservation of coal and other fnel re sounds on lands still belonging to. the government, saying that henceforth the nation should retain Its title to Its fuel resources; urges government coniroi or the Western public land pastures, with a system of soiall grazing fees, etc., and asks for an appropriation of $500,000, immediately available, in addition to present estimates, to be used in detecting and preventing land frauds. He contends for a system of government leasing of mineral lands and for treat ing these fuel lands as public utilities. President Roosevelt points out that it would have been better if some eastern coal lands had been left under govern ment control, and suggests provision in the West "against recurrence of the conditions we deplore in the East." Citing 2.300 cases of public land entries In four districts mentioned, the President says non-compliance with the law was found In more than half of them, and deliberate fraud In many cases. The President first refers to his previous messages to Congress on. the subject, and again calls attention to the Importance of legislation which would provide for title to and develorrjient of the surface land distinct from the right to underlying mineral fuels under a leasing system on conditions which would inure to the benefit of the public. The Helton Filament Lamp, Prof. n. C. Parker of the physics department of Columbia and Walter G. Clark, an electrical engineer have an nounced the success of their experiments to find a better medium than carbon for electrical lamps. They say they have a substance which they have named helion. composed largely of silicon, but contain ing some other ingredients not mentioned. The mixture is deposited from gas on a thread of carbon. To prove its superiority they turned an electric current into two bulbs attached to the same wire. One was the ordinary 10 candle-power carbon filament and the other of the same size, but supplied with the helion filament. A slight flow of electricity that made the carbon lamp appear as a dullred wire produced In the new bulb a white light that you could read by. As the current was increased the old ligh changed from red to yellow and increased in brilliancy until it reached 1G cand'e-power, while the helion liglit went to 40 candlepower. The latter would stand much more overloading than the former, and is expected to last twice as long, besides operating with much less current. Helion is not a metal, and can bo manufactured in unlimited quantities, but is more expensive to make than carbon filamcnl al present. More Land for Gary City. The steel trust has purchased 2,500 acres of land, in addition to the 5,500 acres already held, as the site of the new industrial city of Gary, Ind., where the greatest steel plant in the world is to.be established. This makes the site of the city S.000 acres in its extent, and tHe city and plant, when completed, are expected to represent an investment of $7V 000,000. Sergeant James Lynch, who refused to obey orders to attend church services at Columbus army post, Columbus, Ohio, was ordered stripped of his chevron! and transferred to ForS Thomas, Ky.

? WORK OF j 1 CONGRESS I

The Senate passed the array appropriation bill carrying $S1,00.000, Monday. The amendment to permit the government to accept reduced rates on army supplies and officers and enlisted 'tnen to accept reduced transportation was defeated by a poiut of order. An amendment increasing by 20 per cent the pay of officers ami enlisted men also was defeated by a point of order. Amendments were accepted to build monuments to Revolutionary officers, as follows: To General John Stark, an equestrian statue at Manchester, N II., $0,000 ; a statue to General Nuhiuiel Creen at Guilford Court House, N. C $1.",?aX; a statue to General James Schrivner at Midway, Ga $5,OOO. Senator Carter secured the adoption of an amendment placing William H. Crook on the retired list as a major. Mr. Cicok sered as a private through the Civi? War and ever since hag been employed as u clerk at the White House. Senator Berry .pi csented an argument for the expulsion of Senator Sraoot on the ground that Hie Mormon church advocated the doctrine of polygamy, and held that the Senate could exclude any Senator by a majority vrWe. A special message was received, from the President urging the enactment of a bill to grant white persons who have intermarried :n the Chfrokee Nation sixty dajs in which to dhiose of improvements on lands from which they have been dispossesed. Bills relating to the District of Columbia wef conquered in the riouse. In committee of the whole the House went on record in favor of a fiat 4-cent street railway fare, with a rrovision for eight tickets for 25 cents, in the District of Columbia, but in the House the amendment was declared defeated. Thereupon the ioint of "no quo' urn" was made, and the Houte at 5:10 p. ra. adjourned. During the session the Indian appropriation bill was sent to conference, the House managers being Sherman of New York, Lacey of Iowaand Stephens of Texas. The Senate occupied Tuesday in argument on the bill granting the government the right to take an appeal on points of law in criminal cases. No action was taken on the measure.' The District of Columbia appropriation bill, carrying $10,724,532, an increase of $(7.208 over the amount as passed by the House, was reported and notice has been given that the bill would be put on its passage Wednesday. The new Santo Domingo treaty was received from the President. After the passage of a number of bills under unanimous consent, the House in committee of the whole considered the naval appropriation bill. While the bill was under consideration Mr. Slayden of Texas made an address in which he declared the rumored danger of war with Japan as ridiculous. The army appropriation bill, the fortifications appropriation bill and the omnibus light house bill were seat to conference. The Senate Wednesday passed the bill giving the government the right to appeal to the Supreme Court for a construction of the constitutionality of any law involved in a criminal suit. The District of Columbia appropriation bill, carrying nearly $11,000,000, was passed. The bill establishing an agricultural bank in the Philippines was taken up and the Philippine tariff bill, which passed the House at the last session, was interposed as an amendment by Senator McCreary. No action resulted on either the bill or the amendment. The conference report on the immigration bill was received and read, but action was deferred. A message from President Roosevelt urging consideration of legislation affecting the public lands was received and read. The first night session of the Senate during the present session was held to consider private pension bills. The House considered the naval appropriation bill. The appropriation for a steel floating dry dock to cost not exceeding $1.400,000 was stricken out on a point of order by Mr. Mann of Illinois. After completing fortyfive pases of the naval bijl the House adjourned. An attempt in the Senate Thursday to force action on the conference report on the immigration bill, carrying aD amendment designed to settle the Japanese controversy, resulted in a filibustering movement headed by Senators Ba'on and Tillman. A truce was finally declared until Friday. The agricultural appropriation bill rave rise to considerable discussion on the proposed increase in the salary of the chief of the forestry bureau. No action was taken. Senator Knox made an address in defense of the right of Senator Smoot to his seat. The naval appropriation bill occupied the entire time of the House, and it was almost completed. The single remaining section is that increasing the naval establishment. An agreement to vote the next öay on the ionference report on the immigration bill, which includes the provision intended to settle the California-Japanese question, was reached in the Senate after an entire day of discussion Friday. The naval appropriation bill, carrying $DG,000,000, was passed by the House. An amendment to strike out the provision for an additional battleship was defeated by a vote of 114 to ltd. The postoffice appropriation bill vas taken up and an agreement made that general debate should cease at 12 o'clock noon the following Tuesday. The conference report on the diplomatic and consular bill was adopted. Rational Capital Notes. Carrie Nation, attended by two friends, when denied admission at the executive offices of the White House the other day, harangued a crowd which had gathered regarding the treatment offered her and then voluntarily retired. A bill appropriating $10,000,000 to purchase all the property on the south side of Pennsylvania avenue between the United States treasury and capitol buildings and south to the Mall in Washington was ordered favorably reported by the Senate committee. Senator McCreary has announced his purpose of offering the Philippine tariff reduction bill as an amendment to the Philippine agricultural bank bill, which will be taken up in the Senate soon. President Roosevelt received the committee of the National Live Stock Association and the National Wool Growers' Association on the proposition favoring government control of the ranges. Representative Garrett of Tennessee introduced a bill prohibiting railways from requiring employes to work moe than eight hours in twenty-four excepting in emergencies, wheh the time may be extended to twelve hours. The President's order forbidding the issue of final certificates to public lands until an actual examination has been made on the ground was the subject of a conference at the White House. A supervisory committee of the International Bureau of the American Republics adopted a resolution accepting Andrew Carnegie's gift of $750,000 for the erection of a permanent home for the bureau in this city. The McCumber service pension bill was favorably reported to the House. It provides a pension of $12 a month to all veterans of the Mexican and Civil wars at G2 years of age, $15 a month at 70 and $20 a month for all over 75.

CHICAGO. The progressive tendencies which thss far have characterized business activity maintain their ascendency. Detter weather permitted rapid recovery where trade was interrupted by recent storms, and there is more push in leading retail linen, new construction and transportation of heavy materials from the factorifs. Marketing of crops has declined, but this is tempoVar3 and reports as to winter wheat are encouraging, damage to exposed fields being slight. The markets for provisions and live stock excite much interest, speculative buying having forced values to a high level, although it is conceded that the raw material and stock in store are below normal needs of consumption. Crude materials for factory conversion display sustained strength, and the general demand remains vigorous as ever. Conditions in the distributive branches become more favorable with the advancing winter season. State street sales picked up sharply during the few mild days and for the month thus far are larger than a year ago. Dealings in the jobbing lines have expanded equal to expectations. Bookings rose to an exceptional aggregate in the textiles, footwear, food products, men's wear and furniture, and numerous large orders are marked for early shipment to various interior points. Road salesmen send in satisfactory ordors from the FTSüthwest and the cotton region, while advices still inspire confidence in the merchandising outlook throughout the western territory. Bank cle rings, $224.508,051, exceed those of the corresponding wek in 1900 by ll.C per cent. Failures reported in the Chicago district numbered 25, against 25 last week and 22 a year ago. Dun's Review. NEW YORE. Better weather and improved roads have developed a stronger tone and greater activity in distributive trade, increased deliveries of grain by farmers, and slightly relieved the congestion in transportation lines, though the latter situation is still far from ierfect. Cold weather and price- concessions have helped to move remaining stocks of winter goods. With wholesalers and jobbers, deliveries on orders are the main occupation, but there is apparently little let up in the demand for cotton goods for anything like spring or summer delivery. Freer movement of grain has led to ease in wheat, corn and oats, and enormous receipts of cotton have made for a similar condition in this line. Business failures in the United States, for the week ending Feb. 14 number 204, against 198 last week, 208 in the like week of 100. 213 in 1005, 231 in 1904, and 188 in 1003. Bra ist reefs Report. Chicago Cattle, common to prime, $1.00 to $7.10; hogs, prime heavy, $4.00 to $7.17: sheep, fair to choice, $3.00 to $5.50 ; wheat. No. 2, 74c to 75c : corn, No. 2. 42c to 43c ; oaU, standard. 36c to SSc; rye, No. 2, G7c to GSc; hay, timothy, $13.00 to $19.00; prairie, $0.00 to $14.00; butter, choice creamery, 28c to 33c; eggs, f re di, 2Cc to 27c; potatoes, 35c to 44c. Indianapolis Cattle, shipping, $3.00 to $0.50 ; hogs, choice heavy, $t.Q0 to $7.20; sheep, common to prime. $2X) to $5.2."; wheat. No. 2, 75c to 77c; corn. No. 2 whitej 45c to 47c; oats. No. 2 white, 40c to 42c. St. Louis Cattle, $4.50 to $0.75; hogs $4.00 to $7.12; sheep, $3.50 to $5.50; wheat. No. 2, 7Sc to 79c; corn. No. 2, 42c to 44c; oats. No. 2, SOc to 41c; rye, No. 2, C 4c to C5c Cincinnati Cattle, $4.00 to $5.60; hogs, $4.00 to $7.25; sheep, $3.00 to $5.25 ; wheat, No. 2, 7Jc to SOe ; corn. No. 2 mixed. 45c to 47c; oats. No. 2 mixed, 41c to 43c; rye, No.' 2, COc to 71c. Detroit Cattle, $4.00 to $5.35; hogs, $4. 00 to $7.15: sheep, $2.50 to $5.00; wheat, No. 11, 77c to 7Sc ; corn, No. 3 yellow, 45c 'to 47c; oats. No. 3 white, 42c to 43c; rye, No. 2, J$c to C9c. Milwaukee Wheat, No. 2 northern, 80c to S3c: corn. No. 3, 41c to 42c; oats, standard, 38c to 40c; rye. No. 1, C7c to C3c; barley, standard, 58c to COc; pork, mess, $17-47. Buffalo Cattle, choice shipping steers, $4.00 to $0.15; hogs, fair to choice. $4.00 to $7.30; sheep, common to good mixed, $4.00 to $5.40; lambs, j fair to choice, $5.00 to $S.15. New York Cattle, $4 00 to $G.20; hogs, $4.00 to $7.50; sheep, $3.00 to 5.25; wheat, No. 2 red. Sic to S2o; corn, No. 2, 54c to 55c ; oats natural white, 49c to 51c; butter, creamery, 27c to 31c ; eggs, western, 23c to 2c. Toledo Wheat, No. 2 mixed, 75c to 77c; corn. No. 2 mixed, 39c to 40c; oats. No. 2 mixed, S9c to 41c; rye. No. 2, G5c to C7c ; clover seed, prime, $8.1o. Brief Kewa Items. The Spanish socialists have decidci to join the republicans fci the coming general elections. Fire destroyed the main business street of Hollo-ay, Minn., a village of 200 people, fceven miles north of Appleton. Mariam Livingston, a cousin of the late John Greenleaf Whittier, is dead in Philadelphia after enduring the privations of poverty for twenty years. It has been decided to hold the fourth annual convention of the Roadmakers As sociation in Pittsburg March 12, 13 and 14. Over 2,500 delegates, representing thirty-eight States, will be in attendance. The army transport Logan sailed from San Francisco for the Philippines with seventy-five first-class passengers, the Twenty-third and Twenty-fourth batteries of field artillery and 4,000 tons of general supplies. The home of Frank Sostock, a Pole, at Oil City, Pa., was destroyed by fire and two children were burned to death. Martin Braun, who has been making an investigation for the personal information of President Roosevelt, announced at W Paso that he had discovered wholesale schemes for smuggling Chinese across the Mexican border. Rabbi Solomon Foster of the Temple B'nai Jeshurun of Newark. N. J attacked the custom of having the Bible read and having Christian hymns sung at the public schools of that city, at the monthly methvv of the Newark Ministerial Association. Charles II. Everly, formerly teller in the St. Louis Union Trust Company, pleaded guilty to a charge of embezzling $5,000 from the trust company and was sentenced to five years in the penitentiary. The Alabama Senate passed a bill which empowers the State railway commission to exumine all books of railroad companies and authorizes it to require officials to bring these books before the commission. A Morocco syndicate has beeD forced in Berlin to further German trade interests in that country. The move is taken to indicate Germany's seriousness in following up the interests she urged in the Algeciras conference.