Plymouth Tribune, Volume 6, Number 39, Plymouth, Marshall County, 4 July 1907 — Page 2

TOE PLYMJTHJRIBUNE PLYMOUTH, IND. CZRDRXCKS Ql CO., . - Publisher

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2d VJlCth, J 18th.rS24tli PANORAMA OF THE WORLD ABOUT THAT WHICH HAS BEEN AND IS TO BE. All Sides and Conditions of Things rre Shown. Nothing Overlooked to maJte it Complete. levins Acquitted of Marder. 'After being out for thirty-five minutes the jury at Houston, Va., returned a verdict of not guilty In the case of former Judge William G. Loving, of Nelson, Va,, manager of the Virginia estate of Thomas F. Ryan, -who was on trial for the murder of Theodore Estes, son of Sheriff M. K. Estes, of Nelson County. Judge Loving shot and killed Estes April 22 at Oak Ridge, following a buggy ride the dead man had taken with the judge's daughter, Miss Elizabeth Loving, who told her lather that her escort had drugged and faulted her. Disease May Fol.'oir Strike. New York City is experiencing an Impressive demonstration as to what extent the comfort of the millions is dependent upon the handful, comparatively, of citizens ordinarily engaged in collecting garbage and delivering Ice. Two thousand garbage collectors and an equal number of ice wagon drivers are on strike and the city is In peril of an epidemic of disease. The garbage situation is serious and unless remedied, the possibilities of evil are startling. t Dr. Eule Dreak lang Fast. After fasting since May 30, during which time he tasted nothing but water, Dr. I. J. Eales, of Belleville, Til., has broken his fast by partaking of a small quantity of malted milk. Beginning his fast at 192 pounds he had lost 28 pounds. His chest measurement has peen reduced from 43 to 40 inches and waist from 44 to 34 inches. Loasiborfmra Strike A Kala. The longshoremen on the New York City docks of the Cunard Line struck Sunday when the steamer Umbria from Liverpool docked. The men demanded sixty cents an hour for Sunday work which was refused. Stewards of the vessel, with the help of non-members, removed the baggage of the passengers after considerable delay. Steamer Bar at Dock. The steamer Madonna, lying at the Atlantic docks in Brooklyn, N. Y., with a cargo of general merchandise from Mediterranean porta, was damaged by Sire. The blaze began from spontaneous combustion in the forward hold, irbere ten men were at work removing the-ccrgo. The men narrowly escaped being overcome by smoke. Twenty Passes sera Hurt la Wreek. The Frisco's fast south-bound Cannon Dall train, in charge of Conductor Hafler and Engineer Stevenson was .wrecked five miles from Fayetteville, Ark., as the result of a washout. The .dining car and two sleepers turned ever. Most of the damage was done in the dining car. About twentj people were slightly hurt. Close Call for C, II. A D. Flyer. Two persons, employes in the dining car, suffered severe injuries when the "Chicago Flyer," the fast train on the C, H. & D., struck an open switch ;near Englewood, eight miles west of rConnersville, Ind., and two cars were derailed, and a greater disaster seemed avoided by a miracle. Coolest Jone In Seventy-five Years. . The Weather Bureau at Washington, D. C, announced that the month ;just closed was the coolest June of .record in Washington, D. C, in the last seventy-five years and that the same Is probably true of New England, the middle Atlantic States and the lower lake region. Two Bora Killed by Eirnnloa Train. Earl, aged 11, and Robert, aged 6, sons of Josejh Wiggins, were killed near Battle Creek, Mich., by being run over by a Grand Trunk excursion train ra a bridge. Heaek, Theatrical Magnate, Dead. Mr. Hubert Heuck, theatrical magSate, died at his home in Cincinnati, Ohio, after an illness lasting many jnonths. I gpllater Causea Blood PoUomlng. While playing barefooted on the veryjida, the 3-year-old daughter of John Hayes, living west of Wabash, Ind., ran a splinter in her foot. Nothing iras thought of the accident at the tflroe. Blood poisoning followed and the child died of lockjaw. Franc! Marphy Dead. Francis Murphy, the noted temperance lecturer, died at 10:30 a. m. Sunday at bis home in Los Angeles, Cal Earl "Wins Mrs. jPalmer. lira. Totter Palmer of Chicago, a carding to advices received froia linden, fa to wed Aubrey FitzClarence, Earl of SJunster and Baron Tewkesbury. It was aid that while the engagement had not been announced officially the wedding crould take place in London in thz fall. Yosemite Tourists Robbed. Two stage coaches with sixteen tourists for Yosemite valley were held up by a masked highwayman forty miles Crom Raymond, Cal. The robber secured $300 and watches and jewelry. He wore a mask and worked like an old hand. Ughtning Hits Golfer and Caddy. C. B. Bradshaw of East LiverpooJ and his caddy, Edgar Rand of Young town, Ohiowere struck by lightning oa the links of the Mahoning Golf Club. Bradshaw was tak'ng part In the fifth annual tournament of the Ohio Golf Association. They will recover. Heavy Rush to Land Lottery. Homeseekers arc flocking into Billings. Mont., in anticipation of the drawing for Uads in the Iiuntley irrigation project. The hotels and rooming houses are crowded to overflowing and the newcoxa are being forced to erect tents.

rAXES POISON AS WHISKY; DIES. Social Draft on Train Ends in the Imbiber's Death. Philadelphia, traveling to Geneva on the Black Diamond express, accepted a drink of whisky from Loo L. King, who boarded the train at Wilkesharre. The three men finished the bottle and Kins produced a second one. I'eter Morad took the first drink out of it. when King discovered that he had given Morad a bottle containing cyanide of potassium. Morad immediately collapsed, and when the train reached Geneva was hurried to "'e hospital, where he died in a few

ours. King was arrcstea at upneva. At the station he said he had secured the poison for himself and that he intended to end his life on account of family trou bles, lie said that he was a screw-ma chine operator and had worked for the Auder Machine Company in Detroit until that concern removed to Kingston, Pa., and since that time had acted as foreman for the company, lie gave his age as 29 years, and said his mother lives in Kockford, 111. In his satchel was found a loaded revolver and a photograph of himself, on which was inscribed : "In case of accident inform Mrs. II. King, 1120 Green street, Rockford, 111. PK0BE RICH MEN'S SCANDAL. Steel Magnate Shcots at Millionaire and Detectivas Seek Motive. Detectives are endeavoring to unearth the motive for the attempt of Major T. Lemuel Harper, one of the most promi nent steel magnates of Pittsburg, to murder Levi De Wolf, another of the wealth iest men in Pittsburg. A sensational scandal is reported to be back of the shooting.. Both men are members of the Americus Republican Club, Harper being secretary. De Wolf was seated in his office when Harper entered with Broker Adams. Drawing two revolvers. Harper asked De Wolf: "Are you ready?" The next instant Harper began shooting at Do Wolf. The latter and Adams sprang on the steel magnate and after a terrific struggle disarmed him. De Wolf was taken to jail. It is said the shooting gTew out of an old feud. The men once before fought with fists, but were parted by Senator W. A. Magee and others at the Americus Club, where the clash took place. FHAXCE AND SPAIN UNITE. Official Text of Understanding Shows It a Military Convention. The official text of fhe Franco-Spanish understanding has been published. It declares that each government is firmly resolved to maintain intact its insular and maritime possessions in the Mediterranean and Atlantic and binds each country in the event of circumstances which threaten to modify the status quo to consult the other with a view to "common action." The latter is the most important provision, amounting practically to a military convention for the mutual guaranty of their possessions. In a note for transmittal to the powers each country distinctly points out that the agreement was made in the interest of peace, as the status quo cannot be modified without prejudicing the vital interests of the signatories. EXPOSITION HOTELS BURN. Eire in Section Adjoining Jamestown Exposition Site Destroys Buildings. One whole block of the Pine beach section, immediately adjoining the Jamestown exposition grounds at Norfolk, Va., was swept by fire early Wednesday, the area burned being between the exposition grounds on the west, extending to the Pine Beach hotel, and from the car track running from the exposition grounds west to the original Tine Beach pier to the water on the north. The big Arcade hotel, the Berkley hotel, Outside Inn, Powhatan hotel, Caroline hotel, several other smaller hotels and a large part of the outside warpath was destroyed. The loss may run up to $300,000, partly insured. FIRST IRRIGATED LAND OPEN. Secretary Garfield Presides Joliet Mes rraw Early Numbers. The Iiuntley Canal, the first government reclamation scheme completed in the West, was thrown open Wednesday on land only a short distance from where Custer's fa mens battle with Sitting Bull's Sioux took plac. The drawing was presided over by James It. Garfield, Secretary of the Inferior, and was witnessed by several Lurdred people. Miss Iiessie Esselstyne, daaghter of Receiver Esselstyne of the local land office, was chosen to do the drawing. T. L. White of Billings drew No. 1 and W. W. Webb of Joliet, 111.. No. 2, and E. J. Bruce of Joliet No. G. Servian Prince Is Fired On. A Belgrade correspondent telegraphs that Crown Prince G orge of Scrvia narrowly escaped death while rowing alone on the river. Having approached the Hungarian shore, the customs officials commanded him to stop and permit them to examine his boat. ThTa the prince refused to do and started for the Servian shore, which he safely reached amid a shower of bullets from the officials. Jacob A. Riis to Marry Again. Jacob A. Riis, philanthropist, sociologist, author, whom President Roosevelt has called New York's most useful citi zen, is about to marry again. In August J Miss Mary Phillips, who has been Mr luiv stenographer ana secretary tor sev eral year-t, will become his wife. Stage Bobber Holds Up Twenty. An unknown masked man halted two stages on the road between Summit and Cirub Gulch, Cal., and compelled the twenty passengers to hand over their money and jewelry. One of the passen gers was forced by the robber to pass the hat among his companions. Garbage Carriers on Strike. Mobs kept non-union men from carrying away New York's garbage, refuse filed the streets, the city was in danger of an epidemic and the suffering of the residents were increased by a ntrike of ice, drivers. i Tries to "Bleed" Self; Dies. Having been refused a "bleeding" by his physician, Andrew Lanson of Akron, Ohio, aged 71, carried out his frequently repeated threat to do the job himself, cutting a gash in his leg. Beore neighbors could aid him, Lanson bled to death. Revolutionists at Headquarters. Russian police discovered that u. department of the war ministry in St. Petersburg has been used as the headquarters of a revolutionary group, but only one man was captured. Mark Twain Honored. Mark Twain was guest of honor in London at the Pilgrims' luncheon, at wbieh men of letters and public affairs united to ray him the greatest tribute ever given a visiting author. Many Killed by Bombs. Ten bombs were thrown into Erivan square, in the center of Tiflis, Transcaucasia, which was thronged with people. The missiles exploded with terrific force. Many persons were killed or injured, and windows and doors were shattered over a large area. " Revive Reign of Blood. The Russian terrorist organization has been revived, $40,000 a month has been assigned for the manufacture ot bombs and attempts on lives of intended victims, and the Czar and Premier Stolypin nuij be marked for death.

VISIONS SPLIT SECT.

"GIFT OF TONGUES" CONGREGA. TION AT WAR. Three Lender Euch Put Forward Claim to Divine Appointment Ohio Local Option Lnvr Is Declared Valid by Supreme Court. A big split has occurred in the car.ip of the "Gift of Tongues" sect, because of a conflict of visions as to who is to be permanent leader of the Zion-like col ony which Rev. Eli Lupton announced he was ciirrcted by fJod to found at Alli ance. Ohio. Rev. C. E. Mekmnev ot kron and Rev. R. E. Birtleman of Los Angeles, Cal, had visions immediately following that of Lupton, their adher ents assert, in which each was designat ed as the head of the new community. Angered by differences,, a delegation of fifty abandoned the camp?. The colony also is divided on doctrine, many assert ing that the pentecostal blessing should be made the prime principe, instead of the gift of tongues. Gifts of money and jewelry to Rev. Mr. Lupton have fallen off. SEEKS DEATH ON GIBBET. Clergyman Says He Is Better Pre pared to Die Than Doomed Man. One brother offered to go to his death on the scaffold in place of auother et Sheriff Reiser's office in Montgomery, Ala. Rev. John Beman, a Baptist preach er and a brother of David Beman, a negro, who is sentenced to be hanged July 20 for the murder of his wife, re quested that he be allowed to die in ihe place of his brother. "I am much better prepared to die than David," John Beman said. "I believe if I took his place I will go to heaven, but that David, if he is hangt d, will not. I believe it would have a good effect on David if I make the sacrifice, and it would make a better man of him, and that we would meet in heav en, lne preaener spoke with all earnest ness end sets he is ready to suffer for the sins of his brother. An effort is being made by the attorneys for David Beman to have the Governor commute his sentence to life imprisonment and it is reported they will have strong indorsement. Beman killed his wife with an ax at his home near Grady as the result of a quarrel. Mn Sanderson jof counsel for the doomed man said that John Jleman was anxious to pay the penalty for his brother's crime and had requested him to see the Governor, he already having been to the sheriff. "This is something unheard of," said Mr. Sanderson to the minister. MI can't help it," was the reply. "I think I would be doing right, as David always was weak. I want to suffer for him, and it will make him a better man. David violated a law which must be satisfied. I don't see why I could not pay the penalty in the place of my brother." He seemed surprised and hurt vhen told that the State could not accept the sacrifice. 2-CZXT LAW INCREASES TRAVEL. Missouri Roads Do More Business and Earnings Do Not Fall Off. In a seven xlays trial of the 2-cent rate law Missouri roads have shown no decrease in earnings. An official of the Wabash railroad said that the first three days' sales at Union station in St. Louis indicated a heavy increase over the volume of business handled during the corresponding period a year ago. One of the striking exhibits In the 2-cent fare litigation will be a record by every Missouri railroad of all persons who hace received free transportation. Railroad officials assert that they are morally bound to distribute many free tickets, and that these cut down passenger revenues. Several political leaders, apprised of the rail roads' intention to make public their names in connection with the "free pass exhibit," have been urging their railroad associates not to embarrass them in this way. LOCAL OPTION LAW VALID. Ohio Supreme Court Upholds "Dry" Districts in Residence Sections. The Supreme Court of Ohio has decided in the case of Martin Deeriug vs. the City of Cincinnati tbit the Jones local option law, providing for the establishment of "dry" territory in residence districts or municipalities by petition, is valid. In this the court sustains the judgment of the Superior Court of Cincinnati. The court will not report the case, but stated in announcing the decision that the law was warranted by the general police powers of the State. On the other questions presented the court had not been able to concur sufficiently to announce anything more than that the law was valid. Child Slain by Fiends. Eight-year-old Viola Boylan, who had lecn missies from her home in New York for three days, was the victim of an atrocious crime. Her body, horribly mutilated, was found in a coal bin in the cellar of her home. She had been dead for many hours. The police are searching for two young Italians, who, they have been informed, were seen trying to entice the child to a cellar several days ago. Anti-Cigaretto Law Void. Because the first section of the Illinois anti-cigarette law is broader than ill title of the act, it was decIart-J unconstitutional by Judge Chytraus, in the Superior Court in Chicago. The section which is declared void prohibits the manufacture, sale or giving away of cigarette, while the title provides only for regulation of the traffic. Will Vote o . Constitution. The Oklahoma Supreme Court has dissolved the injunction Issued by District Judge Pancoast restraining the constitutional convention from submitting to a vote of the people the constitution drawn for tho proposed State of Oklahoma. The convention doubtless will now be called together immediately and a new date for the election set. Falling Building Kills Seven. Seven persons, six of them members of one Italian family, were killed in the collapse of a ramshackle tenement in the downtown Italian quarter of Xew York. Three othr members of the same family, including the father and mother, are in a hospital, painfully Injured. Hurricane Costs 200 Lives. The German steamer Germanic, which has arrived at Sydney, X. S. W reports a hurricane, accompanied by immense waves, which swept the Caroline group. Many islands were devastated, and it is estimated that 200 natives perished. Boy Gees Over Falls; Lives. To Anthony Aspinatis. a Chicago boy, btlongs the honor of being the first person to go over St. Anthony Falls at Minneapolis, and live to tell the story. Pastor Suspected of Crime. Walter Swinburne Hancock, former assistant pastor of St. James Episcopal church, Chicago, is under police surveillance in London on a charge of baviDg caused his wife's death. Special Census for Oklahoma. Upon the advice o! the Attorney General, the President has instructed the Secretary of Commerce and Labor to have the census bureau make a special enumeration of the inhabitants of the proposed State of Oklahoma, including both the present territory of Oklahoma J and the Indian Territory.

AN UNDERGROUND GARDEN.

Indiana Man Propose to Make Coal Mine Produce Vegetable. Col. Frank B. Posey, who during last winter experimented with an underground garden in an abandoned coal mine near Boonville, Ind.. says that before another winter's winds blow he will have his garden producing radishes, onions, tu'.ips habiscus and numerous other vegetables and flowers. He declares that lie has already demonstrated that Iiis underground garden is a success and not merely a dream. This fall he will begin developing his plan on a large scale and proposes to have garden "truck" for his own table and the talks of his neighbors and f rimes, all to be taken from the mine garden. The plan of this garden presented itse!f to Col. Posey two years Ago when he, together with Attorney V Z. Benrett of Boonville, bought up several hundred acres of hilly and broken land near the little town of Yankeetown. It is on this land that the mine is located. He believed that plant life would thrive under artificial light, and said so. Then he proceeded to prove his theory and did it by producing tulips and carnations, which flourished and bloomed in the gardon he laid out in the old mine. In one of the old rooms of this abandoned mine Col. Posey arranged a bed for the plants. The plants needed light, so he arranged a small acetylene gas lamp so its rays would fall evenly over the bed. Within a short time flowers were growing rapidly, and in less than half the time usually required for such vegetation to bloom. Col. Posey's "dream" was realized, and he was giving away flowers to his friends in midwinter. An acetylene gas plant large enough to supply light for an ordinary dwelling will be installed in the mine and the lights so arranged that they will distribute their rays equally over the ground in which the plants are growing. Mr. Posey says that he will raise radishes, onions, lettuce and other vegetables and various kinds of flowers during the next winter. LONGEST STEEL BRIDGE. Hell Oate 8trnr(nre to He' Three Mile Long. Another step in the progress of the Pennsylvania railroad's New York tunnel extension was taken recently when plans for- the East river bridge of the Xew York connecting railroad were submitted to the municipal art commission for its approval. This bridge' will form part of a, steel viaduct more than .three miles long, connecting the New York, New Haven and Hartford railroad system in the Bronx with the Long Island and the Pennsylvania. It will be the longest and heaviest steel bridge in the world. Eighty thousand tons of steel will be used in its construction. It will carry four railroad tracks imbedded in stone ballast so as to render the structure noiseless. Plans for the bridge over the waters of the Hell gate show a steel arch span of 1.0O) feet between abutments. These abutments, are stone towers dividing the arch bridge proper from the steel viaducts that form approaches to it. The towers will, rise to a height of 200 feet and will contain rooms needed for railroad operation. The tracks themselves, will be 140 feet above' the water. A Xew Sheet Metal Workers Union organized recently in Red Wing, Minn. San Francisco retail grocery clerks met recently and formed a union. The Kansas City (Mo.) Labor Temple Association has decided to commence I rk its building. The total membership of the Women's Trade Union League iu Great Britain is in excess of 1 35,000. The Brooklyn silver worker' strike for the cine-hour day resulted in a tvmplete victory for the men. In the Gloucester (England) district, the foundrymen's wages have been advanced one shilling a week, with one hour's reduction in time. One of the pioneer labor unions of this country is the Journeymen Stone Cutteis of Xewark, X. J., organized May 10, 1834. Tlie headquarters of the International Union of Carriage and Wagon Workers of America will shortly be established in Washington, D. C. The Horseshoers' Union of Boston has won its increased scale for the current year and all the men have returned to work. An immigration bill now pending in the British Columbia Legislature imposes an educational qualification, which it is believed will result in barring Chinese, Japs and Hindoos. In Boston many ot the labor unions make their meetings interesting and in structive by having men well vvrscd on trades and mechanics deliver 8hort addresses or lectures bearing on the practical in the particular trade of the union addressed. Move than 90 per cent of the stereotypere and electrotypers of the United States and Canada are withiA the ranks of the union, while in many of the larger cities it is not an uncommon thing to find ewry workman at the business a member of the union. An important step toward conciliation has been taken on the northeast coast of England by the decision rectntly to establish a contiliation board for the resulation of wages and the settlement of trade disputes, and with arbitration should the parties fail to agree. Wages of the coal miners of England and Wales are to be increased r per cent. This applies to all underground labor and to the wages of surface labor engaged on the pitbanks and screens in manipulating the coal. A strong branch of the American Federation of Labor has been established in Mexico. The organization takes in all classes of labor. So far the membership is confined to Americans who work in Mexico. The organization has nearly 00,000 new members in the southern republic and the promise is held forth that the membership will soon be doubled. A near union of blacksmiths has been organized at Hudson, Wis., and organizers are at work among other trades there with a view to forming several other or ganizations. Xome (Alaska) miners who walked out demanding $4 a day and recognition of their union, have compromised, the operators acceding to the wage demands, but refusing to recognize the union. A meeting of industrial insurance agents in Boston resulted in the organization of a union. Reduction in the pay of agents in this line of insurance is given as the reason for the formation of a union. St. Paul tailors, who have been affiliated with an independent union for a long time, have concluded to become a regular organization. Organized labor of Seattle is warning all laborers to keep away from Alaska, on account of the strikes, actual and prospective, in that section. Samuel Gorapers, president of the American Federation of Labor, is now engaged in the preparation of the manuscript for a work on the origin, rise and progress of organized labor in this country, giving a complete review of union labor and what it has accomplished for the laboring man. In all probability the work will take up two or three large volumes.

REVOLT IN PORTUGAL

ONE HUNDRED ARE KILLED IN RIOTS. Mobs Fisht to Dethrone Kins Carlos, hut Soldiers Cnt Down Hondredx Civilian llnrl Brick a nil Holling? Water. Six hundred rioters were shot find perhaps 100 were killed In street con flicts between mobs and government troops in three northern towns of Portugal. The dissatisfaction is spread ing to the aniiy and reports from Oporto advise the War Department of the mutiny of six battalions of artillery. Conflicts are numerous all over the nation, and strenuous efforts are being made by the authorities to quell ihe uprising against King Carlos. Fired on by the troops, hunted down like rabbits through the narrow streets, and finally pursued by cavalry which rode down men, women and children indiscriminately, many are dead and wounded lu the three northern towns of Eraga, Villa Real and Vjanna Do Castello. The mobs paraded the streets shouting "Down with absolutism," and decrying King Carlos for his attempt to rule the country without Parliament. Soldiers sent to disperse the rioters were attacked by stones, bricks and other missiles. They replied with volleys which stretched scores of the rioters In the streets. This did not quell the mob entirely, however. Persons In houses continued to bombard the troops with stones, while hot water was poured on them. Angered beyond all control, the soldiers began firing again, snooting down persons like rabbits as they fied. Cavalry rode down every person who could be found. . The large cities are practically under martial law and armed bands of peasants and workmen parade the streets Intiir 'atlng women and children and attacking the police wherever they try to offer any resistance to the progress of the rioters. The troops only are able to awe the dissatisfied, and the Indications that mutiny has honeycombed the army with sedition and treason are becoming more evident every day. King Carlos, surrounded by an army of his most faithful followers, has planned for a rapid escape In case the crisis becomes too great, and steam is kept up continually on the royal yacht, which is manned by English sailors who are faithful to his cause. REDS HURL BOMBS. Latent On t brer: U of Rnaslan Terror 1st Occurs at TlflU. Ten bombs were hurled in Erivan square, in Tiflis, Trans-Caucasia, explod ing with terrific force. Many persons were killed ar,d injured and the houses over a large area :in the neighborhood were shattered. The bomb horror U hut another' evidence of . the growth of the Russian revolution. Tiflis is in the extreme southern portion of the Russian empire, not a great distance from Baku, on the Caspian Sea, the scene of the oil riots, when many were killed, a few years ago. There had been no signs of an outbreak and the police and troops were taken wholly by surprise. It was undoubtedly the work of the terrorists, whose plots and intentions were unlooked, for. . Shortly after daybreak a crowd col lected in Grivan square, apparently with out cause. When commanded bv the sol diers to disperse there was no response except the sudden reports of the errtlodin bombs. The noise was deafening. It was more than an hour before the terrified troops conld-be inducod to return to the square to begin- the work of removing the injured. The exact number of dead will probably never be known' as manv rersods were blown to such fragments thev can never be identified. Winston Churchill announces that be will not this year be a candidate for Governor of Xew Hampshire. Certain Wisconsin Republicans have begun to organize wi:h a view to present ing Senator La Follette to the national convention as Wisconsin's favorite son. The two bills providing for a recanvass of the votes cast in the New York mayoralty election in 11KV, one of which had been repassed by the Legislature, derpite May or McClelland objections, and the other passed to overcome some of his objectiocs by throwing upon the city the cost of the recount In districts suggested by him, were signed by Gov. Hughes with a notable memorandum. The Gov ernor ssys that the failure to test the correctness of this election canvass had become a public scandal, and that widespread doubt eiistcd as to the accuracy of the count. He added that it must be taken for granted that the ballots had been preserved until shown otherwise. The attorney for William R. Hearst, the con testing candidate, had already announced r it. i it - .1- I.. . mat Mr. iitursi wouiu k ior it recount in every election district in the city. The canvass will be made under the authority and direction of the Supreme Court. Senator Daniel of South Virginia say that in his opinion geographical consid erat ions ought to have nothing to do with the selection of a presidential candidate Iiis advice is to "take the light man from anywhere Xew England, the West, the North, the South." The public utilities bill has been signed by Gov. Hughes of Xew York. This is one of the most far-reaching reform 'measures ever passed by an American Legislature It places under direct State control every public-service corporation except the telegraph and the telephone. The indorsement of Senator Knox for the presidency by the Harrisburg conven tion marks the organization of Repubh can conservatives for the control of the national convention. Pearl Wight of Xew Orleans, the Re publican national committeeman of Lou isiana, has accepted the position of com missioucr of internal revenue, to become effective on Dec. 1. Representative John H. ' Rankhead of Alabama has been appointed by Gov Comer to the scat in the United States Senate vacated by the death of Senator Morgan, this to finish out the unexpired term until the Legislature meets. President Roosevelt, referring to the rumor that he would become the bead of Harvard University on his retirement from the presidency, recently said: "I have no more idea of getting President Eliot's place than 1 have of being the grand Llama of Tibet, or a medicine man among the Apaches." Washington rumors to the effect that Secretary Taft, on account of failing heakL and overwork, was about to retir from the presidential race, were c-irrcnt after the brief illness of the Secretary at St. Paul. They were not confirmed, bowever, and when Taft came up smiling to continue bis western tour he only arniU when ehown the reports.

MS!

CHICAGO. The remarkable strength of trade stands out more distinctly now that the first half of the year is reached and it s found no diminution affects production n the leading industries or the accumuation of assured forward work. Other favorable factors are lessened, mercantile defaults, largely increased payment? through the banks, higher dividend disursemonfs, and an unprecedented move ment of grain. ' With the seasonable weather the re sults in leading retail sales make an ex cellent exhibit, and comparisons here with ormer experience are entirely favorable, notwithstanding the drawbacks interposed by the backward spring. Merchandise stocks here and at interior points now undergo rapid depletion and the proba bility of forced clearing sales is smaller. Xew demands at wholesale measure Bp to expectations- in the staples, and in dry goods, footwear, clothing and iurniture fully equal advance selections a year 0. Failures reported in the Chicago dis trict numbered 20, against 22 la-st week and 15 a year ago. Dun's Review of Trade. ' NEW YORK. Seasonable summer weather has furher improved the general crop situation, enlarged retail trade and favored a larger volume of reorder trade with jobbers and manufacturers than seemed possible a few weeks ago. Six months results in wholesale and jobbing lines show the effect cf recently improved conditions, but also reflect the large gains in trade noted in the first quarter of the year. Taken as a wholo, leading wholesale lines will show a six months' business 5 to 10 per cent at least in advance of 190G. Very much the same report is made by leading ndustris, which have generally surpass ed 'records made in the first half of a year ago. Rusiness failures in the United States for the week ending June 27 number 150, against 10." last week and 14G in the like week of lJXXi. Canadian failures number 21), against 13 last week and 22 in this week a year ago. Wheat, including flour, exports from the United States and Canada for the week aggregated 3.r0S,724 bushels, against 2,KX).222 last week and 1,002,- '. this week last year; for the last fifty-two weeks, .170,770.80 bushels, against 134,M!X."19 in 1905-00. Corn exports for the week are 1,173,375 bushels, against 08S.S32 last week and 870,237 a year ago. Fo- the fiscal year to dste, 71.1K13.08S bushels, against 110,250.530 in RM)5-00. Eradstreet's Commercial Report. Chicaro Cattle, common to prime. $4.00 to S7.0O: boss, prime heavy. $4.00 to S0.0.J: Mieep. fair to choice, JJ.W to $5.75; wheat, Xo. 2, 94c to 90c; corn. Xo. 2. 53c to 51c: oats, standard, 41c to 42c; rye. No. 2, 85c to 80c; hayt t mothv. S 14.00 to S21.0O: prairie. S'J.UU to $15.00; butter, choice creamery, 19c to 21c; eggs, fresh. 12c to 14c; potatoes, new, per bushel, $1.25 to $1.40. Indianapolis Cattle, shipping, $3.00 to S0A15: hos.-choice heavy. $4.00 to $0.35 ; sh?ep, common to prime, $3.00 to $4.75: wheat. No. 2, 89c to 91c: corn, Xo. 2 white. 52c to 53c; oats, Xo. 2 white, 4.c to 4c. Sr. Louis Cattle. $4.50 to JO.OO; hu. $4.00 to $G.0O; sheep, $3.00 to $5.90; wheat, Xo. 2. 93c to :Hc; corn, Xo. 2, 50c to 52c; oats. No. 2. 43c to 44c; rye, Xo. 2, 81c to 83c. Cincinnati Cattle, $4.00 to ?".$5; ho-s. 4.00 to S0.10: sheen. $3.00 tc $4.75: whfat, Xo. 2, 03c to 94c: corn. No. 2 mixed, 53c to 55c; cats, No. 2 mixed, 40c to 47c ; rye, Xo. 2. SGc to 8Sc Detroit Cattle, $4.00 to $0.00; hogs, $4.00 to $0.20; sheep, $2.50 to $4.50: wheat. Xo. 2. 02c to 94c: corn. Xo. 3 yellow, ,54c to 55c; oats, Xo. 3 white, 40c to 47c; rye. No. 2, SOc to 8c. Milwaukee Wheat, Xo. 2 northern. $1.00 to $1.03; corn, No. 3, 51c to 52c; oats, standard, 42e to 43c; rye, Xo. 1, 80c to S7c; barley, standard, Iöc to 0c; pork, mess, $15.92. Buffalo Cattle, choice shipping steers, $4.00 to $0.50 ; hogs, fair to choice, $4.00 to $0.40; sheep, common to good mixed, $4.00 to .$5.00; lambs, fair to choice, $5.0O to $7.23. New York-Cattle. $4.00 to $G.10; hogs. -$4.0O to $G.OO; sheep, $3.0O to $4.50; wheat, Xo. 2 red, 99c to $1.00; corn. No. 2, COc to 02c; oats, natural white, 50c to 5tc; butter, creamery, 22c to 25c; eggs, western, 13c to 10c. Toledo Wheat, Xo. 2 mixed, 92c to 94c; corn, Xo. 2 mixed, 55c to 56c; oats, No. 2 mixed, 45c to 47c; rye, No. 2, 78c to SOc; clover seed, prime, $9.30. Sparks from the Wire, The Brazilian chamber has approved the guarantee of the Sao Paulo coffee loan of $15,000,000. Advices from Washington, D. C., say the prospects are that the treaty between the United States of Colombia and the Republic of Panama now being negotiated Svill not receive its final touches until next autumn. The plant of the Utica Drop Forge and Tool Company of Utica, X. Y., was destroyed by fire, entailing a loss of $200,000. Gov. IV-nly of Indiana addressed the first synod of the West of the Young People's Societies of the United Presbyterian church at Pittsburg. A plot to steal $50,000,000 fioin the Russian government office at Tschita, where the money was kept for enterprises in Siberia, has been discovered and thirty Russians arrested. They bad made a tunnel 120 yards long from a hotel to the safe. . The Great Northern railroad at Duluth has hung the last pockets on its rebuilt Xo. 1 ore dock and has the largest shipping capacity of any ore port in the world. The entire saloon section of Morenci, Ariz., was destroyed by fire. The loss aggregates $100,000. Twenty-seven buildings were burned, with only $3,000 insurance. 7-"ire'at Christianburg, Va., destroyed the foundry of the Christianburg Chilled Plow and Machine Company, about 400,000 feet of lumber, the livery stable and store" of J. S. Childress and two other small buildings. Total loss $30,000. Fire started in the Minnie Ilealy mine Butte, Mont., and the 300 miners employed there were got out with difficulty. Bulkhead have been constructed to keep the fire from spreading. Over $2OvOOO was raised in Atlanta, Ga.. through the efforts of bishops of the Methodist Episcopal church South, as a nucleus for the erection of the Wesley Memorial in that city. A. V. Baumann of Fremont, Ohio, and A. II. Smith of Findlay, Ohio, began suit in the Common Pleas Court at Findlay to recover $3,000.000 from W. E. Mathews and W. T. Ticking of Bucyrus and 1 dozen other parties, involving a minimj deal in Parrol, N. M.

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TM 1429 English defeated by Joan of Arc at Patay. 1497 Cornish rebels defeated at Blackheath. 1535 John Fisher beheaded for denying the supremacy of Henry VIII. 143 Hampden killed at battle of Chalgrove. 1675 First stone laid for St. Paul's cathedral in London . 1812 War between England and the United States commenced. ' 1813 Wellington defeated King Joseph of Spain at Vittoria. 1815 Power of Xapoleon I. crushed at the battle of Waterloo. 1817 Waterloo bridge, across the Thames at London, formally opened. 1837 Hanover separated from Great Britain by the accession of Queen Victoria. , 1838 James K. Paulding of Xew York became Secretary of the Xavy. 1842 Shanghai captured by the British. 1848 Isaac Toucey of Connecticut became Attorney General of the United States. 1S49 Russians defeated the Hungarians at Pered. 185C Republican national convention at Philadelphia nominated John C. Fremont of California and William L. Dayton of Xew Jersey. t 1SC4 The Alabama sunk by the federal gunboat Kearsarge. 1887 Steamer Champlain burned in Lake Michigan ; 22 lives lost. 1888 Republican national convention at Chicago nominated Benjamin .Harrison and Levi P. Morton. 1890 Mary Anderson, the actress, married to Antonio Xavarro. . . .City of Fort de France, Martinique, nearly destroyed by fire. .. .England ceded Heligoland to Germany. ' 1S03 Lizzie Borden acquitted of th. murder of her parents at Fall River, Mass. 1S94 Many icrsons killed by an earthquake at Yokohama and Tokio, Japan. 1S95 Harlem Fhip canal, Xew York City, formally opened Jury in the Laidlaw-Sage case returned verdict for the plaintiff for $40.000.... Baltic canal opened by Emperor William.... The Rosebery Liberal ministry in .England resigned. 1S97 Queen Victoria began the celebration of her jubilee. 1S0S Thirty-seven spectators drowned at launching of the British battle ship Albion. I 1900 Republican national convention at Philadelphia nominated McKinley and Roosevelt First attack on the legations at iVkin by the Chi nese. . . .Taku forts in China captur ed by the allies. .. .Baron von Keti telcr, German minister to China, murdered by a mob in Pekin. 1901 Gen. Chaffee appointed military governor of the Philippines. 1902 Serious riots at the strike of silk dyers in Patcrson, N. J. j 1903 George White, a Degro murderer, burned at the stake In Wilmington, Del.... Great strike of textile operatives at Lowell, Mass., ended. 1005 Eight persons killed in wreck of the Twentieth Century limited tain in Ohio. ' ' 1000 United States Senate approved of the Vck canal for Panama. . . .Kins Ilaakcn VII. and Queen Maud of Norway crowned. American Landlordism Curbed, The village of Rhinebeek, X. Y, near Poughkeepsie, has drawn attention to a certain tendency toward landlordism o the part of the wealthy idle class in America by taking' action to limit the private estate of John Jacob Astor. As tor's estate, which already comprises 2.r00 acre and touches the village boun dary on two sides, was about to be ex tended by the purchase of another large farm, when a wealthy resident of the town bought the farm, with the avowed purpose of checking the furthir extension of Astor's property. The put-chaser has formed a home-building syndicate, with the intention of rlacing the contested tract of 300 acres' at the disposal of small homeseekers, part of it to be reserved for public use. In the last few years Mr. Astor has destroyed at least twenty-five dwelling houses, has exterminated one Tillage, and disposed of several public in stitutions, in order to create an extensive private park, or hunting ground. The property Is known as Ferncliff, and Astor's intention is to extend it to 10,000 acres. Much of the land bought up now lies unused, awaitin the perfection of the larger scheme, thus tending to restrict the increase of taxable land values. Test for Two-Cent Fre Law, The clash of State and federal courts in Missouri over the execution of the new 2-ccnt railroad fare law enacted by the Legislature of that State resolved itself into an agreement announced by Judge Mcpherson, that beginnbg June 19 this and the maximum freight laws would be in effect for ninety days for a practical test, after which he would hear argu ments from both sides based on actual figures of the business done. Xotwith standing that Attorney General Hadley bad got an order from Circuit Judge Reynolds prohibiting the eighteen protest ing trunk lines from resisting the laws. Judge McPherson ruled that the Federal Court had and would maintain jurisdiction. The three months' trial was sat isfactory to Hadley and to the roads. Western Oil Combine. The incorporation of the Barnsdnll Oil Company in Delaware with $10.000,000 capital, is understood to be the beginning of a big syndicate of western oil pro ducers and gas companies to fight the Standard. It will be headed by Theodore X. Rarnsdall, president of the Pimburg Union Gas Company, who has large irter csts in Kansas. The Siamese Master of Tublic Works has received the sanction of the King to the proposal to acquire and Install an entirely up-to-date telephone system In Bangkok. The system de cided on is the one known as the con tral battery system. The installation will go to public tender. Phya Sukhum is now engaged arranging for a new cable from Koh-SI-Chanr to Slrachl with connection to Bangkok. Telephone operators in San Francisco have formed a union, chartered by the American Federation of Labor.

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ircno CREEPS THROUGH FIIXE. relejcraph Operstor Sends 5Iefca'e for Help TTltb Ftngera Darned. Suffering intense agony from burns he received through the explosion of an immense tank of oil. Cash Allen. 2S years old, saved the village of Griffiths from complete destruction by fire at midnight Saturda- night by crawling to the Erie depot and sonling in a telegraph tall for help to Huntington and Eaporte. Allen is the only telegraph operator in Griffiths, and is in charge of the Erie station, as well as of the Standard Oil Company s tanks and pipe iines at that point. ThrovAh the prompt arrival of aid from the neighboring towns, Importe sending ts fi-e department, the homes of 500 residents of the village were saved from the fire, although fifty acres was burned over and $50.000 damage done before the firemen got the Ju under control. The Erie operator is the hero of the town. and the whole r'.llage is enthusiastic in bis praise. , 9 i i WQMÄX RECEIVER IS SUCCESS. Sir Knox Brings Ladoga Bank Com pany Ont of Trouble. Mrs. James C Knox, who rece:ved the appointment some time ago as receiver forthe Rank of Lalcga and the lloosier Veneer Company, is waking a creditable record' as manager of the trust and bid fair to bring both institutions safely out of trouble. Every depositor iu the bank has been paid in full out of the earnings of the veneer works and the assets of the bank, and the former is now on its feet again and U being carried on in the interest of stockholders. LIVES 22 DAYS UPCX WATER. Belleville Doctor Loses a Pound m Day. After living for twenty-two days on water, Dr. I. L. Earles of Belleville, who started his long fast for health reasons, declares he is in fine condition and baa not yet felt the pangs of hunger. He offers to submit to. any test of endurance which may be proposed. His weight hau been reduced from 1S1 pounds to 10S. The water he drinks is double distilled. He declares that when he gets hungry he will break his fast with a baby food diet. . MAY 1 31 PEACH FOR SHORTAGE. MUsIni: Ofactal of Indiana Municipal Leajrae Faeet Punishment. There is serious talk in Richmond of Impjachment proceedings against John F. Taggart, city clerk, as the result of an investigation by the Indiana Municipal League and the discovery that as secretary he is short $227. Taggart admits the shortage and has agreed to make it' up, but since the discovery his whereabouts are unknown. Taggart left Loga nsport the other day, saying he was going to Lake Maxincuckee. . GETS FORTUNE OF f 100,000. Sontb Dend Klagman Suddenly Find lllmnelf Rieb. D. A. Carr, flagman for the Vandalia railroad in Sooth Bend, has just learned that he h heir to a fortune of $100,000 through the death of his sister, Mrs. Margaret Meredith of Troy, Ohio. At the time of Mrs. Meredith's death William Jennings claimed to be a legally adopted pon of the deceased and the " estate was turned over to him. It is now said the adoption was not a matter of record and the fortune belongs to Car. BOY DROWXSf JOKE TO MOTHER. South Bend Woman at First Relieve Story of n-tlk I'utrue-. Although notified that her son, Alexander Teyer, had been drowned while bathing in the St. Joseph river at South Bend, the mother of the young man regarded the story as a joke, and not until ftcrnoon did sh place faith in the report. She then appealed to the police and the river is now being dragged. The body of Prof. Hershal Eaglebarjer, drowned while attempting to save John Lay, a student, has not been recovered. Cnrses the Conrl; Pay a Fine. For cursing the court, .or rather Edward Jenkins,' the representative of the United States federal court, William L. Cherry, an East Chicago contractor, was fined $38.97 by Judre A. B. Anderson in Indianapolis. Jenkins is receiver for the East Chicago Water Works Company. Cherry tapped a main. Jenkins ordered the water shut off and the expensive language followed. Attempted Suicide by Drowning Alfred Krone, 30 years old. a. cripple. while despondent, attempted to end his life by drowning at Richmond. He walked into the river in full view of hundreds of workmen at the piano factory. The alarm was sounded and he wan rescued without difficulty, a though in a greatly weakened condition. lie will recover. Within Onr Borders. Itoscoe Moguel of New Castle has begun suit against the Indianapolis and Eastern Traction Company for $2,500 for the loss of a toe in an accident. Miss Mary llodge, 20 years old. while on her way home from church in Evansville, was overcome by heat and died within two hours. Several prostrations occurred. Lawrence Cameron Hull, aged 20 years, grandson of Dr. X. S. Darling of LaporJe, aad the youngest graduate of JJk?iigan university, has been awarded the Cecil Rhodes scholarship, with an annual endowment of $l,r00, and will leave in September for a term of four years. Walter Latham and Miss Nellie Josephine Syvert. both of Posey couuty, eloped to' Carmi, III, and were married in the calaboose. The novelty of the city jail appealed to the groom, and he suggested to the bride that they wed there. She acquiesced and Police Magistrate Pendall tied the knot. Ladislaw and Kazmicr Xiegodski were arrested in South Bend charged with the murder of Leo La-vinski. aged 10 years. It is allegxl that the brothers took a rifle away from the lad and in a fight which followed one of them shot him. W. W. Coburn caused a sensation In Wabash when he appeared before the Wabash county board of review, announced that the assessor had neglected to list his personal property and asked that U be assessed against him. The personal property could not have been found and it was not to protect himself that he appeared, but merely because he thought he ought to pay taxes cn all be owned. A fierc-t electric storm passed over Pike and Orange counties. Lightning struck th home of James Howard, near Jasior, nd Howard, his wife and hix children Merc rendered unconscious. Lightning frightened the tini of Seth W. Cummins, a well-known farmer of Pike country, causing the horses to run cway and Cummins was kilbnl. The htona extended through Perry and Harrison counties and reports of damage have come from several Ohio river towns. The bodies of Claude Davis and Willis Jesse, aged 8 and 11 years, were takea from the water in the Torphy quarry tt Bedford. The boys were drowned swimming.