Plymouth Tribune, Volume 6, Number 47, Plymouth, Marshall County, 29 August 1907 — Page 2

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N. M. -pv F. Q.F. M. fi'L.Q. JSth. y lGthx23d. Vi COtb. PANORAMA OF THE WORLD ABOUT THAT WHICH HAS BEEN AND IS TO BE. All Side and Conditions of Thine are Shown. Nothing Overlooked to make it Complete. Twelve Persons Bitten by Mad Dog. A dispatch from New York City says twelre persons, several of thera women, were bitten by a mad dos that caused a panic amomg hundreds of pleasure-seekers at Coney Island. Rushing wildly down' Twenty-Second treet near the beach, the dog, a. fox terrier, drove scores of people to. shelter in houses, until he was shot, after a fierce struggle in a bath house, by Patrolman Henry' Sporing. The injured were attended by ambulance surgeons from the Coney Island reception hospital, and physicians who were on the scene. Toledo H-?s Big Blaze. Fire of unknown origin which starred in the upper story of the Morton truck and storage building, a'four-story. building at 232 and 236 Huron street, Toledo, Ohio, caused a loss estimated at from $150,000 to $200,000. The building was occupied by the International Harvester Company and other small concerns. The fire made rapid procress. The buildings occupied by the Toledo Club and the new-sparer offices of the News-Bee and Times were filled with smoke and for a time were threatened with destruction. Robbers Murder Wealthy Man. The body of Ezander Mclver, a wealthy contractor, residing In Chicago, was found in a stairway leading to a basement at the corner of Forty-fifth . and State streets. There were marks of Violence on the body. All of the money and valuables bad been taken, and it is the opinion of the police that Mclver was murdered and thrown down the stairway. Death had evidently been caused by a blow on the head that fractured the skull. Minister Killed by Mistake. Mistaken in the dark for a "bootleguer. Sylvester jiorris, 74 years old, a retired minister, was shot and killed at Tulsa, I. T., by C. R. Wilson, a deputy United States marshal. Wilson, in company with another deputy- had arrested three "bootleggers," and were waiting for other violators of the law, when ilorris came driving by. He did not stop when ordered and was shot dead. Incendiaries Steal Jewelry. Following a fire in the grocery of E. L Cohn, .at Louisville, Ky., Mrs. Cohn announced that jewe'ry worth over $3,000 and $200 in money are missing. It is thought thieves started the fire. Gas valves in the celler were turned on, and in a few moments more the place would have been destroyed by an explosion. ' Japan is Devastated by Floods. Floods which are believed to be the heaviest that have been known in Tokio for years are reported from Central Japan. Some villages have been completely submerged. The extent of the damage is not known, but it Is believed to have been very heavy. James Oliver Dying. James Oliver, the millionaire plow manufacturer of South Bend, Ind., who lias been in HI health for a number of months, is very low. He suffered a hemorrhage and the doctoi. say that he can last only a short time. Two Killed at Carnegie Plant. As a result of an explosion in an Dpen-hearth mill. No. 3, of the Carnegie Cteel Company, at Homestead, Pa, two men are dead and two others are so seriously injured that their recovery Is do-ubtfuL Two Drown at Buffalo. Engineer William Whalen and Fireman Michael Malone were drowned -when the tug Gee sank in the Blackwell canal, near Buffalo, X. Y. Five Suffocated at Boston. Five persons were suffocated by smoke from a fire in a tenement in Comerville, Mass., and two others were overcome. Explosion Wrecks Town. An explosion, presumably of gas, wrecked the business center of Cedar Falls, Iowa, causing a loss of $100,000. Itfo one is reported dead or severely hurt. What Cuba is Costing. It cost the American government $2,554,970 in addition to the regular ordinary expenses to keep the American army of Cuban pacification in that Island during the fiscal year of 1007. Demits Rich Miser's Fine. James Sterrett, 'the rich and aged miser of Erie, Pa., who was fined on complaint of the health department for the unsanitary condition of his rooms, preferred to go to jail to paying the fine and later the fine was remitted by a Judge. Seek Help to Harvest Crops. The Great Northern Railway Company announces that the farmers along its lines are in urgent need of 10,000 men to barTest the wheat crop in North Dakota. fTiiej are willing to pay good wages, averaging $3 a day. ' Shoots Husband for ilurglar. ' James A. Conley was shot and killed in Grand Rapids, Mich., by Madeline Conley, his wife. The man went home and found the door of the hottse locked. He was climbing through a . window when the woman shot him. Conley ran outside end fell dead. The woman was arrested. Prosecutions Are Recommended. : The Pennsylvania investigating commicsion at Harrisburg has sent a report to the Governor recommending criminal and civil proceedings against eighteen persons alleged to have been concerned in tit capital traft scandal.

DEAD SENATOR ACCUSED. Pennsylvania Ex-0Scial Confesses He Knew Capitol Grafters. James M. Shumaker, former superintendent of public buildings and grounds at Harrisburg, Pa., and implicated by the report of the capitol investigation commission, has declared that he will make full confession of all he knows iu connection with the capitol graft scandal, lie claim? the manipulation of funds was engineered by a high ofTieial of the State at Harrisburg to cover up a shortage in the State treasury. Shumaker lives at Johnstown. When he was subpoenaed to appear before the capitol investigating commission he pleaded illness and remained secluded in his house. Now be is apparently ready to divulge important secrets when the trials begin in September. Shuinaker's statement, given out by one of his closest personal and political friends, is as follows: "I am going on the witness stand to tell everything. I will not keep back a single secret, and when I get through I will show that a man high in official life at Harrisburg ought to go to the penitentiary. I have committed no wrong. I do no' propose to suffer for the sins of a scoundrel who knew the colossal graft, but refused to stop it. as I urged. 1 know what the graft was for, that it was to cover a treasury shortage, and save the name of a former United States Senator from Pennsylvania, now dead."

ROW OVER Bid GIFT TO KING. Purchase of Cullinan Diamond Criticised in England. The plan of Premier Botha of the Transvaal to present the Culliuan diamond to King Edward meets with much criticism both in England and the Transvaal. The finances of the colony are in bad condition, and many people think that the expense is unnecessary. The magnates of the Premier Diamond Mining Company have found the Cullinan diamond to be a white elephant. There is no market for such huge stones. The Premier people are supporters of (Jen. Botha's party, and critics say that if the stone belonged to the De Beers Company, which is an opponent of Jcn. Bot! a. there would have been no thought of presenting the 'diamond to the king, adding that the Botha iarty wants to gain the credit for a patriotic act, while putting money from the treasury in the pockets of their friends at a time when the colony can ill afford such luxuries. The controversy places King Edward in an embarrassing position. OPENS A GRAVE AT LAST. Chicago Lawyer Bares Skeleton Where He Expects Wax rigure. The opening of the grave of Iji Flora S. Baker in Big Itapids, Mich., the other day forms the last act of a strange legal controversy of years standing. James Donovan, a Chicago attorney, who during that period has carried on a peculiar battle against Senator Thomas C. Piatt, contended that the opened grave would reveal a wax figure instead of the skeleton of the lumberman. His claim was disproved. lie and Baker were partners in the lumber business. Several of their ventures, in which Piatt's name figured, went to the wall. Declaring that the Senator had induced Baker to flee to Europe, and that a wax figure was buried in Baker's supposed grave, Donovan his brought many suits against Piatt, which, however, the courts rejected. DESERTS HIS BUSINESS. Wealthy Merchant Disappears and Receiver Takes His Store. A remarkable case "of a successful business man suddenly growing tired of his business and abandoning it is that of William Voight. president of the Voight & Sons Co., wholesale dealers in wall paper in Cincinnati. A committee of New York creditors has been in Cincinnati looking into the condition of the business which Mr. Voight practically deserted. The creditors -have ascertained that the assets of the firm arc $135.000 and debts only $85,000. Mr. Voight simply (absented himself from his business and disappeared. The court appointed C. Lewis Rauh as recViver, to maintain the property, which he has done. FROST KILLS LATE GRAIN. Arctic Blast Over North Dakota Causes Havoc in Fields. Severe frosts near Cando, N. D.. did much damage to late grain, especially to flax, which has just commenced to bios-J .it - i . i . , . i soui. jmi sinus oi garuen irucK was cut down, except otatoes. A special from Minot says there was a slight frost over the entire region which grain men estimated would cut down the seed yield -0 per cent. The exact damage cannot be determined until the grain U thrashed. Held Crime to Enforce Law. In Montgomery, Ala., Federal Judge Jones instructed the grand jury that it must indict nil State and county officers who interfere with railroad employes in any attempt to enforce new statutes. Gov. Comer thereupon announced that if the railroads are still violating the statutes on Oct. 1 he will call an extra session of the Legislature immediately. Begin Cape Cod Canal. The first" shovelful of earth in the Cape Cod canal work was thrown Wednesday by William Barclay Parsons of New York, the chief engineer. The spot chosen for breaking the ground is at Sagamore. There was little ceremony. The route of the canal is from Sandwich, through Bcurnedale and Bourne to Buzzards Bay. Try to Burn Girl in Bed. After Miss Lucy Wild, aged 17, daughter of J. A. Wilu of the United States internal revenue department, had been chloroformed in bed at her home in Asheville, N. C, an attempt was made to sot her bed on fire and she was robbed of considerable jewelry, but no violence was attempted. Tablet for Salisbury Dead. A tablet in memory of the killed in the boat train wreck at Salisbury, England, a year ago, most of whom were Americans, was unveiled in the cathedral of the town. Ambassador Reid being the orator of the occcasion. Steeplejack Falls 443 Feet. John Goldie, the famous steeplejack, fell from the top of the Towend chimney, near London, which is 448 feet high and the highest in the world. His body crashed through the roof of the works and was mutilated beyond recognition. Labor Federation to Prosecute. President Gompers of the American Federation of Labor announces that the Rssociation will proceed criminally against the members of the Manufacturers' Association on the charge of boycotting organized labor. Held as Slayer of Sister. John Rogan, alleged to have shot and killed his sister during a quarrel, was captnred in Philadelphia. He admits having quarreled with his sister, but denies having shot her. St. Louis Plants Burned. The plant of the St. Louis Hide & Tallow Company was destroyed by fire. The loss fc estimated at $50,000. The fourstory building occupied by the Cooper S. Hammond Manufacturing Company, tinware rnd pipes, and as warehouse Ij Norveil & Shapleigh Hardware Company I thjo was destroyed. The loss is $100,000.

BIG CINCINNATI FIRE.

HOMES, FACTORIES AND WAREHOUSES DESTROYED. Bossen of Several Victims In Qneen City Will Ask reKate ?7."0,000 Ita)M Itxplodc Dynamite to Frighten I'aK-vencers In Colorado. A shift of the wind aided the firemen in their heroic efforts to overcome the fire that started in the Eagle White Lend Company's plar.t in Oincirnati Thursday night. Five hours after the flames were discovered the lire was tinder control, after wiping out property valued at $750.000, driving hundreds of tenement dwellers from their homes and leaving waste several acres of ground. Nearly everything on the irregular block bounded by Broadway, Fat Court street, Hunt streit and the Norfolk and Western tracks was destroyed. Numerous crowded tenements fringed the lire section and scores of families hurried to places of safety, many carrying their valuables with them. Trolley and telephone lines had to be cut by the firemen, crippling both kinds of service and- adding to the loss of the lire its.lf. Only oce man was injured and 'his injuries were not serious. The principal lowers were: Eagle White Lead Company. $.,000; ' Morrison & Snodgravs, window sash manufacturers. $100,0.0: I). T. Williams Valve Company, $H .("-.; B. II. Kroger, wholesale and retail grocery warehouses, $350,000: E. Boberts & Co.. wholesale lumber, $20,000; Isaac Joseph & Co.. waste and scrap in ii. $ll.".fMK ; Cincinnati, Lebanon and Ncrtlnrn. anl Norfolk and Western railways. .,"., XK; minor losses, $5,009. ACQUIRES PANAMA LAITD. Government Gradually Getting Title to Property from Private Owners. Through the Isthmian Canal Commission tbe government in Washington is obtaining title gradually to all the lands it neds in, the canal zone ceded by the Panama government. Some of these tracts were in the hands of private owners when th:? grant was made and negotiations with thai or other proceedings have beeu necessary to acquire title. In certain instances this has been accomplished without dill-oulty and at almost nominal price?, but in others the commission of arbitration appointed for that purpose has not been fortrnate.' In one case the owners demanded a price a score or more times as large as what the commission was willing to give. At the recent meeting of the arbitration commission an agreement was reached on the 'price to be paid for three islands in Panama bay. The arbitrators also agreed on the amount to Le paid to certain property owners in Panama who had claims pending for damago done by a fire which swept the city several years ago and which, it was asserted on behalf of the claimants, originated from work being done by the American authorities in cleaning up the city. In other cases the commissioners avc failed to reacr agreements, and these w.U be referred to an umpire. BOYS' PRANK WITH DYNAMITE. Coaches cn Road Near Colorado Spring-3 Have Narrow Escape. "Several hundred passengers.' principally tourists on board a Colorado Springs and Cripple Creek short line train, had a narrow escape" at St. Peters Pom, Colo., as the result of a boyish prank. A quantity of dynamite was exploded near the trak, shattering the wiudo?s in the co.icl.fs and injuring several persons slightly. At first it was feared by the off.vials of the road that an attempt had been made to wreck the train. Investigation showed, however, that a party of boys from Colorado Springs, camping near the Mxteen-mwe post, secured the dynamite from a work train and had touched it oft merely to frighten the passengers. BEAR TlTVIlTITiTI AIT TTTMOT A HT Lightning Leaves Wall Paper Figur Burned Into Flesh of Victim. " Miss Iiiida Newstrom, 'jtughter of C. F. Newstrom, of Arlington, S. D., will carry a permanent scar on her side in the shape of a figure on the wall paper in her bedroom as the result of lightning striking the Newstrom residence. The lightning hit the chimney and ran down into the room in which Miss Newstrom was sleeping. It tore her bed to pieces and covered bT with bricks and plaster. It is surposcd that a piece of plaster with the piper adhering was hurled against her, biruing the pattern iu the ßesh. She is seriously injured, but the doctors say she? will recover.. Death Strikes Family Twice. Death visited the Gwizdolski family of Buffalo twice ia one day. In the mornkg Joseph, 8 years old, was killed by a train. In the afternoon the boy's married brother and family visited the griefstricken heme, and while there the brother's baby played with matches and was burned to death. Will Continue Trust Fight. President Roosevelt in an address at Provincctown, Mass., declared that the administration .will continue its fight against predatory wealth and rich criminals, that an effort will be made to punish offenders of this class criminally, and that honest corporations need have no fear. Eddy Case Is Dropped. . J The famous suit in equity brought March 1 by George W Glover, son of Mrs. Mary Baker (J. Eddy, and others as "next friends" against Calvin S. Frye and others for accounting of the property of the aged head of the Christian Science church, has come to an abrupt end. Six Hundred Moors Slain. The Sultan's fiops in Morocco are reported to have defeated fgain a large force of the Knass tribesmen, in whose territory Caid Sir Harry Mac-Lean lias been held captive. Six hundred Moors were killed and several of their villages were burned. Will Relieve Stringency. Secretary Cortelyou announces that he will not wait for the monetary stringency to become acute, but will commence making weekly deposits of government funds to relieve the market during the crop moving season. Money Mail 13 Stolen. Mail sacks containing $250,000 were stolen from a Burlington mail train between Denver and Oxford, Neb. Officials profess ignorance. Root's Health Is Poor. Secretary of State Root is taking a course of exercise under William Muldoon to restore his health, which was much broken down from overwork. Clover Leaf Gets Alton. The Chicago and Alton railroad has passed to the control of the Clover Leaf. By the change Edward Hawley gets revenge on E. II. JIarriman and the Rock Island interests escano nroseenMon hv th government for controlling a competing i - Shoot Paymaster and Get $6,000. William H. Hicks, pa3Tnaster for the Schaum & Uhlinger Company, textile machinists, was robbed of $0,000 within a short distance of the shops in Philadelphia by two highwaymen, one of whom shot mm in the right arm.

Everybody works these days, even poor old father. Mother has quit taking in washing, and so has sister Ann, and no more is the pipe of clay doing 'overtime' between the teeth of the old man. Press wires are carrying the news all over the United States that labor never was to scarce in the country districts. North, East, South ami West, the cry is jrolng; up that there are not enough farm hands to gather crops. Wheat, totton, cats, hay, everything; is suffering for want of harvesters or caretakers. Women are obliged to get into

MANY MOORS SLAIN. Sultnn'fl Troop Defeat Large Force of Moroeean Hebel. The Sultan's troops are reported to have defeated again a large force of the Knass tribesmen, in hose territory Caid Sir Harry MacLcnt aas been held cap tive. Six liuudred Aiiors were killed aud several of their villages vere burned. In Paris the Moroccan situation is regarded as having a maimed a distinctly more serious asiect. The ferment in the interior of Morocco, the proclamation of Mulai Ilafiz, the Sul'xm's brother, as sultan by a section of the rebels, and the ap-poarance of a new Moorish army before Casablanca have created fear that the whole country .soon will be ablaze with fanaticism. More than 1,000 colonial infantry, cavalry and troops of other arms have been mobilized at Oran and are ready to embark on board transports, and other transports and warships are in readiress at Mediterranean ports to sail for Mirocco. Public sentiment is becoming stronger against the halfway measures, which, it is feared, will lead to disaster. The Paris papers assert that the world must suplort France if it is decided to sefcd a military expedition to Fez, as in no other way, the newspapers say, can the state of anarchy in Morocco be ended. The government, however, is resisting this pressure, desiring to keep within the bounds of the Algeciras convention, and reports that negotiations are under way for an enlargement of the mandate of the powers are emphatically denied. Nevertheless it is admitted, even in otlicial circles, that something might happen which Vould place an entirely new complexion on the situation and compel France, in the name of the powers, to chastise Morocco. EDDY CASE IS DROPPED. Those Who Heaan Cue Decide to 1)1 Hin in Ic. The famous suit in equity brought March 1 by George W. Glover, son of Mrs. Mary Baker G. Eddy, and others ns "next friends" against Calvin S. Frye and others for accounting of the property of the aged head of the Christian Science church, came to an abrupt cud Wednesday. Immediately after the operjng of court in the continued hearing regarding Mrs. Eddy's competency before Judge Edgar Aldrich and his comasters at Concord, N. IL, William E. Chandler, senior counsel for the "next friends," announced that he had filed with the clerk olf the court a motion for the dismissal of tie suit. Mr. Chandler said that thero were many reasons for this action, but tS.at the principal one was "the unprofitableness of any immediate result of a decision in our favor upon the exact issue as now, framed, compared with the burdens a ad disadvantages to be endured 'by us, both before acd after such a decision." UNCLE SAM GETTINQ RICH. Internal Revenue Iteeelpfs Show n Great Increnme, Internal revenue receipt3 fr the fiscal year ended June 00, 3007, stfow a lar;? increase over the figures of the previojs year, according to a report jut issued by the internal revenue bureau. Following are the figures of the receipis and incrca s fron the various sources uf internal revenue: ( Iroduet3. Iaereasv. Spirits ir.G,33o,00l flÜJJ 2.840 Tobacco f.l.SH.UO'J a.Sss.n?-J Fermented liquors. 50,5tl7,M18 a,!2".!t"i Oleomargarine ... SS7,Ht ai7,o:: Adulterated butter. 11743 l'rocess or renovated butter.... 161,705 23,717 The revenue from minor nmccllaneous products was $SS0,0Ö2, a dcrease of $40,400 from the previous year. The aggregate j-eceipts from 1! sources for the fiscal year of 1007 wire $200,004,022, an increase of $20,501.284 over the receipts of 1000. American Bonn to Canada. Prof. Jeremiah W. Jenks of Cornell, a member of the United States Immigration Commission, is on a tour of the Canadian Northwest, investigating the matter of American immigration iv.o Canada, lie is also looking into the mtvement of Asiatics to British Columbia. It is said to be his purpose to dev:se some scheme to turn the American current back to theStates. He is expected to make a confidential report to th President ou the results of his trip. , Heconl Year foe Immlffra(lii. The figures of the immigration officials show that the number of imnv grants coming to this country during thi year ending June SO, 1007, was the lärmst in the history of the country, reaching 3 ,2S.",3 19. Of these over 1 ,000,000 lauded at the port of New York. Will ot Import Mmlcians. Conductor Paur of the Pittsburg orchestra, has abandoned his plan of importing musicians, and has thus averted a strike of the members of this famous musical organization, which was threatened by the National Musicians Union. Mr. Paur, who is now in Europe, will return at once and fill the vacancies from members of the American union. Mlanonrl Pacific Indicted. Vhe grand jury at Jefferson City, Mo., Las returned fourteen indictments against the Missouri Pacific railroad, on the charge of not complying with the new eight-hour telegraph law, applying to all offices which handte train orders where mor than one operator is employed. The eompany all along has contended that this law Is unconstitutional, and the case will be fought into the court of lt resort. P&tronize those who advertise.

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I; -:--:-:--i"M--!--i-:-i--:---i-i----:-I FACTS ABOUT : : : I I : ; ; THE CENSUS. Uncle Sam is a successful publisher, lie issues annually the "horse book," which has an enormous circulation. Over a million copies of the book have been printed, and still the public demand for it is not satisfied. Another edition of 250,00) copies of this famous volume, the full title of which is "Special Diseases of the Horse," has just been ordered. This makes over a million copies ordered, but before the demand is supplied these will be exhausted and Congressmen will find it necessary to go down in their, pockets to have conies of th book printcdyfor constituents after using their congressional quota. An idea of the magnitude of the work may be formed from the statement that the first edition of 301,000 copies if laid end to end would cover a space fifty miles long, and if piled up flatwise would make 30S idles as high as the Washingtou monument. In 1004 the census bureau started out to ascertain whether the country is getting better and it i4w announces that, better or worse, the ratio of persons in prisons to the entire population has decreased since 1S0O. Out of every million Americans there now are 1,000 ia prison, not including trust magnates, while iu 1S00 there were 1,007. ,The census experts ioint out that this decrease may mean only an extension of the probation and parole system. In ISSO S per cent of the prisoners were women; in 1S00 7 per cent, and in 1004 5 per centv Colored persons were more common among the prisoners in 1904 than they were in 1S00. FIRES DESTROY FORESTS. About 7,500 Acres of Timber DeKtroyrd In Xrw England. Unusually dry conditions in the forests throughout Massachusetts, caused by the absence of rain during the last mooth, have been responsible to a large extent for the great damage by forest fires, which have swept through southeastern Worcester county, across the Cape Cod district and over Bristol and Plymouth counties. About 7,D00 acres have been destroyed, and in several cases the flames have not been checked, despite the fact that 2,500 men are engaged in fighting them. The extensive fires which have devastated the Cape Cod forests had their origin in small blazes caused by sparks from locomotives, while various causes have been responsible for the others. Blackened trunks and smoldering embers are all that remain in many places where formerly were forests of marketable timber and heavy underbrush. The most extensive fire is that ragiag in the Douglas woods, one of the richest areas of timberland iu the State. 1 he flames there have devastated ",000 acres in Massachusetts and have spread into Connecticut, where the damage is believed to be about one-fifth as great. Beginning in Douglas, the fire has eaten its way through the forest land iu the touns of Sutton. East Douglas, Webster, MJ1.bury, Oxford and Bridge, and is F.fill spreading. Odds and Ends Danish engineer discovers a process &y which beer is made froai tablets. Last year 31 large steel vessels wee built for service on the great lake. SwimIcu is the most progressive couutry in Europe ia use of the telephone. Only Ä5 per cent of Spain's 20,000,000 IKpulation are able to read and write. (i er man steamer lines threaten to sto mail service on Atlantic unless paid more. Elks parade in Philadelphia in hottest day of year; 4,430 persons wre sunstruck. William Abrams Martin, the solitary survivor of the twelve men who convicted John Erovn, is still living in Virginia. He has celebrated his sevenry-ßfth annivirs.iry. , The value of the india rubber imported into the United States during the last year in the crude form aggregated $50,OOO.OOO. Brazil is the chief source of supply. A Chinese merchant of Fekin who was convicted of murder was sentenced to death by being deprived 'of sleep. Four warders kept watch over him to kp him awake and on the tenth day he died. (Jreece is said to be the poorest country of Europe. Her total wealth amounts to $1,000,1)00,000, or about half that of Switzerland. A Japanese porter carries his teapot with him when he goes to his day's work, as an American workman carries a dinner pail. Mrs. Eddy, founder of Christian Science, is worth about $000,000 and her yearly income from the" sale of her looks is not far from $100,000. Itock Island engineer went raving mad on engine; train ran sixty miles at furious speed before trainmen could overpower him. Lieut. Col. Ayres, whose wife got into difficulties with the officials of West Point, makes a fight to keep from being put on the retired list Lost in the Australian bush, near Port Darwin, for five days, Engineer-Commander E. S. Siik was found alive and well by a black tracker. Kaiser Wilhelm is having an antique sun dial set up in the Imperial Park of Charlottcnhof bearing the inscription "I count only' happy hours." The use of dog flesh as food appears to have .originated in Saxony, nd it is in thr t part of the empire that the consumption is most noticeable.

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the fields, and farmers' wives and daughters arc working side by side with the men of the families. Percy llopporgarss, son of the wealthy farmer, has had to lay aside his tennis racket, golf sticks, fishing tackle and cigarettes to get busy tying wheat, hauling hay and all such menial tasks, lie has to work every bit as hard as his mother or Mster, right out in tlw hot sun. too, side by side with them. This shows to what straits farmers are being put. Cincinnati Post.

SEA COAST DEFENSES. Atlantic Seaboard Can Look After Itnelf W ithout Itatflevhipn. The determination to send the battleships of the North Atlantic fleet to the Pacific coast, whence, even in the gravest emergency, they could not return in less than two months, has led to some anxious inquiry regarding the security of the great cities along the Atlantic in the possible event of attack from an enemy's ileet. The grave anxiety which attended the departure of the Atlantic fleet for the Caribbean, in the Spanish war, when it was feared, that a part of the Spanish navy waj oa the high s'-as bound for the North Atlantic, has not been forgotten, and there is some disposition to question the wisdom of a move which might leave Boston. Nw York, Philadelphia, Washington. Charleston and other great centers "without protection." The conditions are, however, radically different from those which obtained ia 1SOS, and, aeoording to the military, experts, the cities and harbors of the Atlantic coast would be amply protected from capture or bombardment by the coast defenses, which have been so extensively improved in the last ten years. Of course, the presence of a fleet along the Atlantic coast in time of war would be essential to prevent, the landing of an invading army at points not covered by the coast defenses, but the harbors and great cities would be entirely safe. Only one weak spot remains, and plans for its protection have been perfected, although the money necessary has not been appropriated. The weak t-pot is the entrance to Chesapeake Bay, which is out of range of the great disappearing guns of Fortress Monroe. In the opinion of the National Coast Defense Board, "with the entrance as it now is, unfortified, a hostile fleet, should it gain control of the sea, can establish, without coming undr the fire of a single gun, a base 0iL.it shores, pass in and out at pleasure, have access to large stores of valuable supplies of all kinds, and paralyze the great trunk lines of railways crossing the head of the bay." The entrance to Chesapeake Bay is 12 miles from Fortress Monroe, while the effective range of the big gan thrre installed is only 12,O0 yards. To reaiedy this defect, it is proposed to construct an artificial island, practically midway between Capes Charles and Henry, and to erect thereon a modern battery of disappearing guns of the most effective character. But in all the harbors of the Atlantic, on which have been built large cities, Riant strides have hern made in establishing effective const defenses.' A year ago $72,7."fO,O0O had been expended ou the coa?t defenses of the country, mos:t of this sura being used along the Atlantic coast. Something over $.jp,XX).000 remains to be spent to complete the defenses in accordance with the present plans. This year Congress has appropriated $1,024,000 for the continuance of the work. Of this sum, $ir0.(XK l:a boon set aslda for the construction of a V4-inch gun for the artificial island above referred to, $470,000 is, being expended for submarine mines, $12..XM for searchlights and $700,000 for the establishment of fire control stations. Under the present system every foot of navigab!e water in the harbors is covered by the iiowerful guns which hav been installed in the coasj defeases. Every channel is susceptible of being mined according to plans already worked out, the preliminary work, including the assembling of paraphcrnalja, having been so carefully done that every harbor on the Atlantic could be effectively mined on 48 hours' notice. Cluciuntnß-rnphs and Vision. The police of Berlin, Germany, are making war On the numerous moving picture shows in that city because the doctors say they are injurious to the eyes, especially to thoe of the young. Government liest Ship nallder. The battleship Connecticut, the first of its class to be built by the government instead of by private contract, in a series of runs over a measured course off the Maine coast has proved herself better than her sister ship, the Louisiana, built by the Newport News Company. The Connecticut r.pnle an average speed of 18.7;i knots for(hcr five best runs, and her fastest mile was 10.C1, not allowing for tidal corrections. The best average of the Louisiana was 1S.ÖO for five runs. Trout OrjsanlEer Fined, j Twelve members of the furniture trist pleaded guilty in Oregon and yere fined by Judge Wolvcrton a total sum of $2,"0, the two i concerns which were' prime movers receiving the highest fines, of $."00 each. This is the first prosecution against trusts in Oregon. Ilatter Strike Averted. The general strike of union hatters, which was expected to involve about 20,000 men in several cities, has been averted by a compromise settlement and a new set of rules has been signed by the unions and the manufacturers. Good Crop Prospect. According to figures gathered and collated by a Chicago business concern there is little ground for the unfavorable crop predictions which have been made from time to time. These figures show all crops fully up to the average for this season, with the exception of the corn crop, which was injured in certain sections by the unfavorable weather of late spring, but even-this" is simply backward, and with suitable weather may yet give nearl or quite a full harvest. Paris newspaper said Americaas lack throbbing patriotism of Japs.

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Wonld Revise TnriJT and Vnt Ulg Violators of L.nw In PrlKon. WUlIaca Howard Taft, Secretary of War, and the administration's candidate for the Republican presidential nomination, at Columbus detailed hi3 views on pressing public questions before -the Buckeye Republican Club. Secretary Taft was received with enthusiasm, every person present rising aud cheering him vigorously. The Secretary's address was tie first and most important of a s?ries to be made at various points ia, the West prior to h!s sailing fcr the Philippines and Japan on the 10th of September. From a political standpoint it was noted that Secretary Taft laid dowji his opinions In such a way that there was no mistaking his candidacy and hardly any doubt, nlso, that he expects to have as his chief opponent on the Democratic ticket William Jennings Bryan. Mr. Taft singled Mr. Eryftu out repeatedly in discussing public questions and the views of other individuals. The silient features of the Secretary's address were : He favors Additional railroad rate legislation, notably an increase of power to the Interstate Commerce Commission. He favors changes in the anti-trust law which will more clearly define it. lie believes there"' can be such a thing as a lawful trust, but emphasizes the danger of unlawful monopolies. He does not agree with Mr. Rryan as to the trust license plan and as to "what should be done with the trusts." He is in favor of remedying the "swollen fortune" evil and suggests State legislation. He believes that the graduated inheritance and income tax might be properly re-sorted to by the government in case of financial emergency. lie denies that Boosevelt's policies are socialistic and that the President was responsible for Stat? legislation reducing railroad passenger rates or for Wall street flurries. lie designated Mr. Bryan's scheme of government as "nerveless" and denies the practicability of a national referendum. He comes out squarely against government ownership of railroads. He announces that he is against free trade, but favors 'tariff revision and believes there should be no tariff tinkering until after the next presidential election. WORLD TO WAR ON BAD FOOD. Uncle Sam'a Crusade Brcnralng of Interest to All Nations. The present visit to Europe of Dr. Wiley of the Department of Agriculture will probably result in the calliDg of an international congress to secure uniformity of practice in the treatmeut of food adulterations. It appears that there is little difference of opinion among the health authorities of the vflriniu nnlSn i vy'iJ 'j cs t0 te propriety f '"TA'fif pstad'shing rules f , for the manufacture Si" ot lood and drug products in the in DE. WILEY. terest of the public health, but differences have arisen at each stage of the attempt to frame regulations for the government of the export trade in such commodities owing to honest difference of opinion as to the proper definition of adulteration. v Although taking an advanced position in-this matter as revealed in the stringent legislation contained in the pure food law, the government of the United States has been obliged at times to take sharp issue with some of the European government officials as to the harmfulness of certain ingredients of our food exported. Against purely technical objections the Agr?cultural Department has been contending with difficulty for a long time. But with the passage of the pure food act, with the authority contained therein to apply its provisions to imported food and drugs and wines, the department finds irs hand much strengthened in dealing with Jhiropean governments, which are now beginning to show a very practical interest in the inquiry which Dr. Wiley is making into the nature of the ingredients of the great quantities of foreign delicatessen and liquors that are flowing into the United States. SP The government has succeed-xl in putting an end to almost all the-lotteries except marriage. That Wisconsin husband who waited .V years to, sue for divorce took a long time to think it over. In spite of the steady work of the bomb-throwers, there are still a few unkilled Bussian generals dodging around. When a NewYork butler can retire with $100,000 it indicates that prosperity has trickled right down through the population. A pretty Nebraska woman who won her lawsuit promptly kissed the judge. You see, it's worth while being a judge in Nebraska. ( A California professor says O cents worth of peanuts is more nourishing than a porterhouse steak. Walk up to the ieanut stand and get a dinner for a dime ! That Ohio toy who is to get $250,000 if he is a patriotic American will probably put up a Fourth of July celebration that will make the country scream for help. A lunatic who escaped from tl;A Middletown (N. Y.) insane asylum has been mailing back souvenir post cards from every station. No doubt now about his being crazy. That Washington girl who sat on a wrecked boat and ate chocolates while she waited for the rescuers ought to be given a heroine medal by the "Doa't Worry" Club. 'Mormon elders have just brought over from K u rope 123 girl converts. And the fool killer was not on the dock to meet them. That Atlantic City waiter who got 10 cents reward for finding a lady's $1.S0 can't believe that women are such liberal spenders. The King of Siam calls himself "The Brother of the Sun." liiere arv several people who think themselves the human sunburst. A sting from a bee has just killed a Pennsylvania boy, and yet Senator Knox is reckless enough to go arourd with a bee in his bonnet. Americans pay $1,000,000 a year for life insurance. How many millions of that is spent in calendars and picture cards is not stated. Charle.j M. Schwab thinks that every wife should be a cook ; but when he came to build a home he erected a structure that dc?sn't look a bit like a kitchen. A western scientist says that the girls of the United States are "kissing their lives away.' O death, where is thy victory? O grave, where is thy sting? So may men are being killed by the strenuous life that Dr. Evans predicts that Chicago will soon be an Admless Eden." It may be Aimless, but it's hard to imagine Chicago .s an Eden.

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CHICAGO. Another rotable increase ia the volume of payments through the banks testifies to sustained activity iu commerce, and the deiaults reported are remarkably low. There is, however, evidence of heavy speculative operations in securities and grain, and this interferes with more general confidence in the trade outlook. Other adverse developments of recent origin impress more conservatism in large enterprises, and the osition of money offers no encouragement. Notwithstanding the drawbacks, denicuds are found equaling expectations in the leading industries, and there is no jerceptible recession in production and distribution. Heavy shipments of currency to move crops draw sharply upon deposiis, and the discount rate is firm at the highest quotation this year, but reserves are well maintained and mo-t mercantile interests are provided with requirements at this time. Country bar.ki have absorbed considerable" commercial paper, and the indications are good that Testern resources will be found ample to satisfy legitimate financial needs during the next few months of pressure. . Crop reiorts reflect seasonable headway in harvesting, and the condition ol corn in Illinois and Iowa steadily improves. Visiting buyer. from the West and South arrive in the greatest number this season and are active in selecting fall and winter requirements. Demands compare favorably with this time last year in siles of drygools. millinery, clothing, footwear and fob! products. Bank clearing. $221,12.:.". eiceed those of corresponding week in lOOd by 13. per re nt. Failures reported in the Chicago district numbered 1L against 22 last wc?k and 19 a year ago. Dun's Beview. I7ZW Y0RIL Buyers excursions Lave, been a fentur of the week, and the loading primary markets of the country bae been filled with country merchants. As a result bous trade has been stimulated and orders for dry goods, clothing and shoes show considerable improvement. Fall busine, except at a few ceLters, is said to equal a year ago at this date, th' volume being made up of numerous orders rather than by any new interest or of heavy business. In fact, maoy merchants display a disposition to go slow, fearing thit orders inaj fall off, not because of a decline in consumption, but move particularly of tightness of money. t Business failures for the week mdin; Aug. 22 uumW l.Vi. against 10 last week, 1.V in the like week of 1000, 17C iji 100.", 1ST in 1904 and 142 in lOfCl. ' Canadian failares for the week nuimVi 10, as against ;:0 last week and 10 ia this week a year ego. Bradstreet's IteTKirt. Chicago Cattle, common to prime, $i..iO to $7.40; hog, prime heavy, J4.0C to $0.(C; sheep, fair to choice, $:.(! to $."i.7."; wheat, No. 2, 87c to 9c; corn. No. 2, ö'e to .Sc : oats standard, 48c to 4:c; rye, No. 2, 77c to äc; hay, timothy. $14.CXl to $21..V; prairie. $'J.( to $12.00; butler, choice creamery, 21c to 2"x?; eggs, fresh. 14c to 18c; potatoes, per bushel, rSc to 7.V. Indianapolis Cattle, shipping. $3.00 to $7.1.1; hogs, choice heavy, $4.00 tc $ O ; Vheep. coi-non to prime. $3.00 to $4.70; wheat, No. 2, 82c to 8Cc; corn. No. 2 white, .wc to '':; oaLs, No. 2 white, 44c to 4.V. St. Louis Cattle. $4J"k) to $7.10; hogs, $4.00 to $00; shep. $3.00 te $.-i.00; wheat. No. 2, 8Sc to iKic; corn, No. 2, 00c to 57c: oats. No. 2, 4c tc 47c; rye. No. 2, 70c to 7 So. Cincinnati Cattle. $4.00 to $.".fv; hogs $4.00 to $0Ä"; sheep, $3.00 tc .00: wheat, No. 2. S3e to S4c; corn, No. 2 mixed, 00c to Clc; oats. No. 2 mixed, 47c to 4Sc; rye. No. 2. 79c to Sic. Detroit Cattle, $4.00 to $0.0O; hogs, $4.0J to $0-2."; sheep, $2..") to $4.75 wheat. No. 2, 82c to S3?: corn. No. 2 yellow, o9c to IK?; oats, No. 'A white. 72c to 74c; rye. No. 2, 7."c to 70e. Milwaukee Wheat. No. 2 northern. DSc to $1.01; corn, No. 3, 57c to 5Sc; oats, standard, 55c to 5c; rye. No. 1, 75c to 77c; barley, standard, 72c to 74c; pork, mess $10.45. Buffalo Cattle, choice shipping steers, $4.(10 to $0.75; bogs, fair to choice, $4.00 to $0.70; sheep, common to good mixed. $4.00 to $5.50; lambs, fair to choice, $5.00 to $7.75. New York-Cattle, $4.00 to $0.25; hogs. $4.00 to $7.00; sheep. $3.00 to $5.50; -wheat. No. 2 red. 95c to 9')e; corn, No. 2, 01c to G5c; oats, natural white, 07c to OSc: butter, creamery. 22c to 2e; eggs, western, 17c to 2Ucv Toledo Wheat. No. '2 mixed, S3e tc Sic ; corn. No.' 2 mixed, tV.c to 5Sc; oats. No. 2 mixed, 43c, to 44c; rye. No. 2, 74c to -75e; clover seed, prime, $10.0J. Brief News Items. Party of Itus.dan Jew on way to America waylaid and tweuty-five were slain. t ' Theodore Boosevelt is not the first to give Oyster Bay presidential distinction. Oeorge Washington once spent two daya there. Prof. E. Claytrn Wyland of the school for the deaf in Frederick. Md himself a mute, is the first person so afflicted to be admitted to mem!ersLip into th? Knights of Pythias. He is a member of Lo;lg 20, and it was lit-ce.c-ai- for the initiating committee to learn the Mgn language. If the rat of consumption In llO.T were maintained indefinitely without chanjre, our coal would last approximately 4.00'J years, but if the constantly increasing rat which has marked d;1 consumption during the last ninety years be maintained, our coal supply will practically be exhausted within 100 years. The Salvation army is established in fifty-two couniries and . colonies and preaches the jro.-pcl iu thirty-one languages. Annual reports of the Fnion and Southern Pacific Kailroad companies show phenomenal earnings, which are largely in excess of the dividend requirements. . There ere 130 camps and roadhoases in .MAs!:a provided with telephone--, in addition to many business houses, residences and cabins tdtuatel within the knits of the larger camps. The main exchange is at Nome. Ska g ay and White horse are connec ted by t?lphor.e. William F. Curtis interviews Mrs. Mary J. Baker Eddy, aged leader of Christian Science faith, , and finds her mentally fd physically vigorous, without sign of "senile debility." At sea level water boils at 212 degrees F. :,at a height of 10.000 feet at 13 degrees F. When Darwin crossed the Andes, in 1S95. he boiled iotatoes for three hours without making them soft. Nine inches of a dog's leg bone inserted in the leg of Danny Buck. 9 years old. of Los Angeles, has proved a Huecests ia nurgery after nearly a year's wort. The doctors have pronounced ?h-- healing process complete and have givpn the atj permission to throw away hi crutctci