Plymouth Tribune, Volume 7, Number 8, Plymouth, Marshall County, 28 November 1907 — Page 2

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C M- Q-SvF. M. TL. Q. PAST AND PBESENT AS IT COMES TO US FROM ALL CORNERS OF THE EARTH. ?elejtraphic Information Gathered by the Few for the Enlightenment f the Many Bryan Calls on Roosevelt. President Roosevelt and William J. Bryan were in conference for half an hour in the President's private office at the white house in Washington, D. C, last Saturday. I was not invited to come," Mr. Bryan said on leaving, but I called up on the telephone and asked when the President "svould receive calelrs. and on being informed came simply to pay my respects to the President." Mr. Bryan was not -willing to discuss the details of his interview but wa3 free to add details to the financial plan he proposed a few days ago. In reviewing every measure of relief which had come to his notice-. Mr. Bryan said, nothing seemed to La designed to meet the situation as effectively and as simply as the plan he had suggested. O'Leary Wins Walking Match. The 124-hour walking match between Dan O'Leary, of Cincinnati, Ohio, and Henri Schmel, of Chicago, ended with O'Leary the winner. Thefinal score wfas: O'Leary 250 miles, Schmel 196 miles. Both contestants have suffered very much and have, with great difficulty, been retained In the race. Schmel has had a very serious trial with his swollen legs and feet, while O'Leary's sufferings were trough to a climax by the bursting of a blood vessel. ; Indiana Woman Gets a Fortune. Mrs. Charles Drullinger, of South Bend, Ind., has received word that she will receive a fortune of $500,000 as her share of the estate of her uncle, John Reese, who recently died in ?Cew York City. The announcement that the legacy was hers came to Mrs. Drullinger In the form of a letter from a New York firm of lawyers. It was the intention to fceep the news of the good fortune secret, but her husband made the announcement public. Aged Woman is Burned to Death. Mrs. Catherine Monaghan, an aged -woman, was burned to death in her in valid chair in her home in Indianapolis, Ind. It is supposed that a newspaper which she held in her hand became ignited while she was stirring the fire in a stove near which she was seated, and that the paper in turn set fire to her clothing. E ehig almost powerless to fight the flames Mrs. Monagfcan met death almost, instantly. Immigration Official III. Frank P. Sargent, commissioner general of Immigration and naturalization, is critically ill at his home in Washington. D. C. He returned from New York on Thursday night and has been confined to his bed oer since. .His physicians diagnose the case as that of a blood clot on the bnin. His condition Is such that nobody is permitted to see him except his nurses and physicians. Fire Wipes Out Lumber Town. Oceana, a lumbering village of 400 inhabitants located about fifty miles south of Huntington, W. Va., was almost entirely destroyed by fire which started In the Kelly Hotel from an unknown cause. The town had no fire fighting facilities and the blaze spread rapidly. The loss will exceed $100,000. Rockefeller Gives More to Science. The board of directors of the Rockefeller Institute for MMical Research, of New York City, have announced an additional gift from John D. Rockefeller of $2,600,000. The money is to form an endowment fund, the proceeds of which to be used in any way the directors see fit. Russia Has Paid it All. Russia has wiped out the balance of her indebtedness to Japan arising from the v war, the Russian embassy handIn? over to the embassy of Japan a check for $24,302,200. This represents the balance due Japan for the maintenance of the Russian prisoners. Taft Entertained in Russia. Secretary Taft arrived at Irkutsk, Itussia, after a pleasant journey, during which he visited several military and civil stations. On Saturday next the Secretary will be the chief guest bX an elaborate dinner in Moscow. Gompera is Re-elected. Samuel Gompers was unanimously re-elected president of the American Federation of Labor at its session !a Norfolk, Va. His Heart on the Bight Side. Til sound your heart," said Dr. neit linger at Bellevue Hospital to Jams Mo Cabe of New York, who is at the hospital suffering from a shock resultir; iroai a tad cut on his knee. The doctor sodnded away. "Why, you've got no h;?art' h said. But further tapping disclosed that McCabe's vital organ was on the right side. Small Investors Get Bargains. Thousands of Finall investors in New York are bringing out their hoarded cash and snapping up bargiins which the low prices for stocks mak j possible. Two Killed in Pistol Battle. Georg Williams of Coilinsville, a United States marshal, end Ernest Lewis, an alleged boot-legger, were killed in a pistol battle in Bartlesville, Okla when Williams and Frederick Heeler, another United States deputy marshal, attempted Co arrest Lewis. Lewis killed Williams, but before Lewis could fire again Keeler killed him. Marconi Station Burns. The Marconi wireless station at Siaseooset, Mass., was destroyed by fire. The loss will be felt seriously, as operations yI he Interrupted for sereral wteks.

KILLS KII7SWOMAN; SII00T3 S2LF Carpenter. After Reprimand, Ends Life of Sister-in-Law. Charles F. Reinheimer, 40 years old, a carpenter, shot and killed his sister-in-law, Mrs. Annie Lewis years old, and then attempted to commit suicide in his home in Chicago. Mrs. Lewis was shot in the left side neat the heart and died almost instantly. Reinheimer shot himself twice, on-e in the groin and once In the left side, lie was taken unconscious to the hospital and the physicians entertain little hope of his recovery. Mrs. Lewis is said to have been divorced from her husband more than a year ago. and since that time had been living at the Reipheimer home. Rcinheinivr returned home from work under the influence of liquor the pre' ious night, and is declared to have threatened the life of his wife. Scphie, 38 years old, because she and Mis. Lewis had attempted to induce him to stop drinking. When Reinheimer arose in the morning he left the house, but returned home about S o'clock carrying a small package, lie entered the bathroom, where, the police believe, he loaded a revolver which he purchased. Mrs. Lewis had entered her bedroom and Mrs. Reinheimer was preparing breakfast when Reinheimer came out of the bathroom. He entered Mrs. Lewis bedroom and a few seconds later Mrs. Reinheimer heard the sound of one shot, then three in rapid succession. Mrs. Reinheimer .aa into the room and found Mrs. Lewis dead on the floor and Reinheimer lying unconscious on the bed. TAKE YANKEE FISHERMEN.

Canadian Patrolmen Fire Shot at Americans on Lake Erie. The Canadian patrol Viglnat fired a shot at American fishermen Tuesday afternoon and captured them with their boats after a hard chase on Iake Erie. The patrol came upon two fishing boats and a gasoline launch near Old lien Island. There were four men in the boats. The fishermen were ordered to surrender, but instead og giving themselves up they hurried aboard the launch and set out for American waters at top speed. Then the government vessel gave chase. It was a lively ruu for a time, but when the Vigilant sent a shot after the Americans, which came dangerously near them, the men oa the fishing boats surrendered. They were taken aboard tue Vigilant and kept prisoners for some time. They were finally taken o other boats fishing on the American side and given their liberty. The fishing boats, however, were retained by the Canadians. PAID IN CHECKS; TIE UP ROAD. Southern Pacific Employes Quit Work on Failing to Get Cash. Train service on the Southern Pacific east of Reno, Xev., and all work in the shops was susiended the othr day as a result of the payment of the employes of the company in checks. The pay car left checks as usual, but when the men presented them at the banks pa3-nent was refused because the checks were indorsed on the' face, "Payable in funds current at the Sn Francisco clearing house. Firemen kf ! ngineer left their trains and refusal t turn a wheel until cash was forthcoming. East-bound trains were tieJ up, x:ept mail trains. A compromise was li lally arranged by which men will receive 10 per cent of their pay in cash. INDIAN FRAUDS ARE UNCOVERED Senate Committee's Findings May Have Searing on Congress. The Senate committee investigating the charges of fraud in the sale of Kickapoo Indian lands, completed the examination of witnesses at Shawnee, Okla., and Senators Curtis and Teller are on their way to Washington, where the investigation will be completed. Such fraud is reiorted to have been uncovered that it is believed it will prevent Congress from removing the restrictions on Indian lands belonging to the five civilized tribes. Senator Curtis, who heretofore has favored the removal, says, since taking part in the investigation, that he will oppose it in the United States Senate. Peoria Has $300,000 Fire. Fire in the Leuthner building, on South Washington street, Peoria, 111., occupied by Brownie & Brothers, agents for the Flint Wagon Compauy, the Kircber Carriage Company, the Peoria Implement Company and the Wheelock Wholesale Crockery Company, spread tp the two adjoining buildings, occupied by Jobst Bethard &. Co., wholesale groceries, and Arthur Lethman, wholesale iiquor dealer. The loss sustained by these firms will reach $300,000. Fatal Attempt to Escape. Attempting to escape by a rope made of lace curtains from her room on the third floor of East Hall at the State University of South Dakota, in which she had been Jocked by girl sophomores. Miss Anna Johnson, a pretty freshman from Howard, S. I)., fell thirty feet to the frozen ground, sustaining injuries from which she will probably die. Preacher Would Purify City. "Make me mayor of the city of Minot, N. D., and in thirty days this city will be the vestibule of heaven," sail Rev. Mr. Powell of the Vincent Methodist church, in a sermon Sunday night, in which he severely scored the city for allowing three gambling dens to run wide open. His sermon has caused a sensation. Ohio Saloon Tax Upheld. The Ohio. State Supreme Court held the Aiken law, imposing a tar of $1,000 on saloons in the State, valid. All the acts of the last session of the Legislature whose validity were questioned owing to the illness of Gov. Pattison are incidentally upheld by the decision. Will Sell Notes tp Banks. Secretary Corteljou has decided to sell the new 3 per cent notes to the banks, to be used as the basis for increased circulation, instead of to the public, which might .'raw its savings to invest. Dies in Chicago Tunnel. One man was killed and seven others were overcome by natural gas while working in the southwest land tunnel at Ninety-second and State streets, Chicago. The dead is James Lunahan, 34 years old, Lockport, 111. Recount Law Is Void. The recount law passed bj- the New York Legislature to enable William R. Hearst to attack the validity of Mayor McClellan's election has been declared rnconstitutional by the Court of Appeals. Note Issue to Be Success. Applications in Washington and subtreasury cities for the new treasury interest-bearing notes convince the President and his advisors that the issue will be a success. Early Graduation for Army. It is reported unofficially that the first class of cadets at the West Point military academy will be graduated in January, five months earlier than usual. The class this year numbers 110 men, and these men are needed because of many vacancies in the lists of commissioned officers. Kills Herself and Children. Mrs. William T. Hedges, who recently ly.came from Mansfield, Ohio, killed herself and her two little sons by asphyxiation In Newton, Mass. Her husband is a travelinx salesman.

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Children Die in Beds, Though Animal Tries to Save. Wh:!.- a faithful dog vainly tried by frantic harking to awaken them, five children wore burned to death in Titusville, Pa., in the small hours of the morning. Two others were severely injured, and one c-f them cannot recover. The fire occurred at the home of Thomas Zuver, an oil producer, and is supposed to have originated in the f!oor beneath an overheated gas range. Zuver was awakened by the harking of his dog after his children had virtually been c I 'mated in their beds. In another moment the flames would , have born wrapping themselves around himself, his wife and baby. He sprang from bed. forced the window sash, called to his wife to bring the baby, and clinilud out on the roof of the porch. Here he found his son Nelson, 14 years old. who had just come through a window and him drop dying to the ground. Turning lack to aul his wife with the infant in her arms, he found his way barred by the flames and dropped unconscious from the roof. Immediately qfter his fall his wife struggled through ihe window with her child, fell on the porch roof and rolled unconscious to the yard beneath. Meanwhile Wilbur, the remaining son, aged 15. had made a vain effort to save the live sleeping younger children. Barely escaping death, Wilbur rushed to the nearest window, plunged through it, and found himself by the side of his mother r.nd baby, still unconscious, lie is severely injured about the hands and face, but will recover. His brother Nelson cannot survive his terrific burns. DIG CANAL IN FrVE YEARS. Congressman Madden, Back from Panama, Is Enthusiastic. Congressman Martin B. Madden of Chicago, just back from an inspection of the Panama canal, is enthusiastic over what he saw, and said : "Without a doubt the Panama canal can be made an aeeoinjdisbed fact in five more years. Last month a toal of 1, 879,000 cubic yards of earth were excavated, and that, notwithstanding the rainy season was at its height. This speaks more than could any other statement of the progress that has been made possible and that is being continued. The men now in control are saying little, but they are performing remarkable work. The organization now in chargn is one of the be-t. The people of the United States really cannot appreciate the great progress that has been mad. in the recent months.' 'Eighteen members of the committee on appropriations of the rational House of Representatives, who have been on a tour" of inspection of the Panama canal zone, also have returned. Chairman Tawney of the commission said he believed that the appropriation for the coming year will be at least $l,O00,UUO less than the ?TJ,000.000 asked for by the estimate. BOY TORN TO PIECES BY LYNX. Sad Fate of Young Dakota Hunter After Wounding Animal. A special from Keumare, X. I)., says: Walter Johnson, the lt-y ear-eld son of Peter Johnson, a farmer living about eight miles north of MeKinney, on the Moose, river, was literally torn to pieces by a lynx. The animal had been seen in the neighborhood by several and one day young Johnson went out to kill it, taking a 22-caliber rifle. It is supposed that he had shot the lynx, but failed to kill it, whereupon it attacked him and killed him. When founf. the boy's head was almost torn from his body. LAPLANDERS FACE A FAMINE. Bread Made from Barley Worthless and Cows Will Bs Slaughtered. As the result of disastrous rains famine conditions threaten the Vesternorrland and Vesterbotten districts of Lapland, the crops having been dstroyed. Official. advices say the thrashed barley ouiy weigh? fifty-four kilograms per barrel instead of the usual J IL, that bread baked therefrom is black and almost worthless as food, and that the milch cows must be slaughter to prevent the people from dying of statvation. Opposes Parcels Post. The eighteenth annual meeting of the trans-Mississippi jommercial congress adjourned in Muskogee. Okla., to meet in San Francisco next November. A resolution indorsing the parcels post was voted down amid great applause. Resolutions were passed favoring the establishment of a iHistal savings bank; for an appropriation by the government for better roads and for the appropriation by the government of not less than $000.000,000 for the improvement of rivers and harbors. Indicted for Larcency. The Kings county grand jury, which is investigating the recent management of the su.onded Borough bank of Brooklyn, New York, returned indictments charging larceny and other offenses against Howard Maxwell, who, was president of the institution when its doors were closed; Arthur I. Campbell, ihe deposed cashier, and William (low, a director, who holds a controlling share of the bank's stock. Order Meets Protest. Orders that no hymn or carol containing mention of Christ or Christmas shall henceforth be sung in rhe public schools of New York have been given by the board of education. Following the announcement loud protests were uttered in every section of the city. People Are Tired of Religicn. den. Booth, in an address to the Salvation Army in Berlin, said that people everywhere seemed to be tiring o' religion. He believed there were 2,009,000 persons in London who never entered a church. It was the same in Europe and America, and even in heathen countries. Fatal Explosion; Many Hurt. Five men wore killed, one latally injured, and a number seriously injured as the result of the explosion of a boiler in planing mill No. 1 at the John L. Roper lumber mills at Norfolk, Va. Prefers Canadian Bank. A middle-aged woman deposited $1,000 in gold and American $1 bills in the Bank of Montreal the other day, saying she had traveled all the way from Chicago to make the deposit. Pays Large Commission. Half a million dollars has been paid by the Brooklyn Union KlevatedCompany to its reorganization committee as a commission on a $1,000,000 stock issue. Prohibition for Alabama. The Alabama Senate passed a State prohibition law despite the protests of the City of Mobile, and was cheered by hundreds of women. Stops Lynching in Nebraska. A mob gathered at the jail in Beatrice, Neb., and demanded that Robert Shumway, on trial for the murder last summer of Mrs. Sarah Martin, be turned over to it. The sheriff told the men Shumway was not in the jail and indued them to disperse." Penitentiary for a Banker. Louis M. Dyke, former president of the Atella National bank, charged with misappropriation of funds, entered a plea of guilty before the federal court, at Anniston, Ala, and was sentenced to fivt years in. the penitentiary.

W0KK OF IRRIGATION.

N?w Plans Adopted Contemplate Many Improvements. In the irrigation division of the ricultural Department the three main linos of work will bo, as heretofore, dissemination of practical information, scientific and technical investigations, and reporting on irrigation conditions In certain districts. In view of the fact that probably about .",000,000 acres of land provided with water for irrigation will bo available for settlement at the close of 190S, it is believed that in no other way can more good bo done than in supplying practical information through publications and export advice to tlio new settlers on this land, and it is therefore deemed advisable to broaden the scope of this work so as to mako it valuable to every claps of fanners deiondent upon Irrigation and to every project, whether public or private. The scientific and technical investigations win i,o a continuation and extension of what has already been done. Prominent features of the work will bo to determine what becomes of the largo quantity of water which is annually spread over cropped soils, involving a study of evaporation, seepage and distribution of losses, with a view to securing higher economy in the use of water; the relation of irrigation water to quantity nnd quality of crop and the adaptation of mctlwds to different soils and crops, and a study of the more technical features of the measurement, conveyance, storage and distribution of water on farms, and the various devices used for pumping. In the study of Irrigation conditions in different localities emphasis is to be laid especially on iossiblo improvements of present methods which will lead to a more economical use of water. NEW QUEEN OF THE SEA. Lusitania May Yield Speed Title to the Mauretanla. The Lusitania may l? dethroned and her sister ship the Mauritania be crowned the new queen of the sea. In her trial trip the latter vessel attained the speed of 20.0. knots an hour in a run of 1,100 miles and of 27.50 knots an hour In g rea of .J00 indes. The best the Lusitania has been nblt to make

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is less than "." knots an hour. This means that the Mauritania will be at least ten per cent faster than her sister ship. The new turbine speed marvels are the wonders of the world. If one vessel of this type can lower the Atlantic record and two weeks later another can cut that record by ten er vit, there the iwssibility that a third may be built that will Ik? ten per tvnt better than tiit second, and that means that the trip across the Atlantic wjll be reduced to less than three days. The .Mauretanla is 0." feet longer than the Great Eastern. Her gress tonnage is :L0oo. The Maurctania is slightly larger than the Lusitania, being greater in depth by some or 0 Inches. She- is therefore some 300 tons heavier than the Lusitania. The extreme breadth is SS feet, ami the maximum draught 37 feet 0 inches. Two rows of gigantic ventilator cowls render the external npicaraiiee of the Mauretania somewhat different from the sister ship: KxireN C'ompanle Ajrreeutent. Ilefore the New York State Public Service Commission a representative of the United States Express Company admitted that his company, together wi;n the Adams and American express companies, had formed and maintained a "community of interests," without which their stocks would be worth less because the companies concerned would be at the mercy of the railroads. The hearing was brought by certain shareholders of the United States Express Company, who want to get the laws amended so that the directors in such common carriers may not be selfperpetuating, as is now the tase. The complainants ny that the United States is virtually controlled by its presumed rivals, neither of which has held a meeting to elect directors for years. Two directors were shown to be officially connected with the Adams and American, contrary to the articles of association. Corteljon to the Merchant. Secretary of the Treasury Cortelyou addressed the Merchants' Association of New York in iu new building on the financial situation, and was cheered to the echo when he said that if the hoarded cash were returned to the channels of trade there would be a complete resumption of business iu twenty-four hours. He warned them against ill-considered financial legislation, saying that panic in legislation was worse than panic in business. JeTR to Protect Their Right. Representative Hebrews from all parts of the country met at New York to organize a committee or central bureau to whici applications for relief or intervention may be sent by any members of their race whose civil or religious rights may have been interfered with in any country throughout the world. Delegates to the bureau will be in proportion to the population. Fire damaged the building occupied by the Georgas-Perie Manufacturing Company, 37 North Water streer, Philadelphia, to the extent of JpJ.OOO. Owing to hard times in western Pennsylvania, a solid train load of Italians will leave Pittsburg for New ioik, the foreigners being bound for Europe. Recent financial troubles are eaid to have caused many New York housewives to dispense with service of domestics in an effort to cut down expenses. v B. O. Smith, said to be a world-famous forger, was arrested at Pittsburg. The Kansas City Bankers Association hai offered $2,000 reward for his capture. The man has letters of introduction to levi P. Morton, J. P. Morgan, Mrs. W. K. Vanderbilt and J. J. Astor.

UNCLE SAM A CAPITALIST.

As a Shipbuilder Outranks All Others in the United States. The United States government maintains nine navy yards, representing a capitalization of more than .00,000,000 and employing nearly l.",00 men, including oflicors. The total wages p.id in the navy yards of the government is approximately $10,000,000 annually, the cost of materials used oems r.bout $7,OU0,0fO annually and tlu value of the products, depending upon the number of vessels built, runs well up into the mi'lions every year. In IOOTj the output of the government yards was over $T.0O0.OO0. As a shipbuilder the government outranks all other ship owners in the United States. In 1004 the government launched 170,000 tons of battle ships of more than 1,000 tons burden each. While only 3.7 per cent of all vessels launched that year were tin property of the nation, these vessels constituted 27.7 ier cent of the total tonnage launched that year. Thes? same vessels represented also more than half the value o? all vessels over live tons launched, the -ontract value of the government ships . being $o0,513.C00. Despite its own facilities for building and repairing warships, only one government yard has leen useil in recent years for turning out a modern up-to-date battle ship. All told, the government owns fifteen dry docks where vessels of the navy undergo most of their repairs. All but two of these are located on the Atlantic coast. Another dock is being completed on Puget sound, giving three on the Pacific coast. In addition to the naval dry docks there are thirtyeight in the United States owned by private corjtorations or individuals. In time of war the navy should find no trouble in taking care of its smaller vessels, but the big battle ships would have long distances to travel on either coast, in event of injury, before finding adequate docking facilities. Aevy Dorna Under Canard. In the Tauride Palace, where the former dumas at St. Petersburg were held, the third national assembly summoned by the Czar under revised electoral laws was opened, while the approaches to the building were strongly guarded -by troops and guns. Senator (Joluboff opened the session and delivered the message from the Czar, who did not come to the capital. Nicholas KomiakofT, a former marshal of the nobility aul a member of the Oetoberist party, was elected president of the duma. he being supported by the Constitutional Democrats and Nationalists. His opponent was Count Rohrinsky, a reactionary. The presence of the ft oops was explained by the fear of an attempt to blow up the palace. The uw assembly contains no avowed srK'ialisr. as all such candidates were rigorously excluded from the electorate. Rev. II. Allen Tupper of the Fifteenth Street Baptist church in Brooklyn announced to his congregation last Sunday that henceforth, with the help of God, he would never preach the gospel for compensation in money. The thurch has piosierel under his charge and he has a comfortable private income. His salary will be added to the new church fund. The text of the recent syllabus promulgated recently by Pope Pius, which has now reached America and been published in the Catholic papers, defines as heresies sixty-five doctrines, mainly those held by liberal men within the church in Europe. The Literary Digest says that among the American Catholic journals acquiescence is general. Its reception in France and Germany is far less cordial, though there is no open revolt among- the clergy. One important French weekly, the Lyons Domain, has suspended rather than take the responsibility of attacking the decree. Its editors say that the task of reconciling religion and science within the church has been made impossible by these prohibitions against all the rationalistic methods of the higher criticism. The Evangelical general conference, at its recent session at Milwaukee, took a decisive step toward the union of the Evangelical church and the United Evangelical church, adopting the report of the committee on revision, which recommended the appointment of a commission from erch church to arrauge details of the union. It was also decided to open negotiations with other Protestant churches, including the Methodists, Presbyterians, Baptists and Congregationali'sts. with a view to a federation on all lines of church work into which denominational differences do not enter. Bishop William Paret of the diocese of Maryland has announced that a Protestant Episcopal cathedral is to be erected at Baltimore. He says that while there Is still uncertainty as to the details, the cathedral itself is a certainty. He thinks it will take from 100 to L"00 years to build, so that those who start the movement need not exiect to sec ts consummation. The Uuiversalist general convention at Philadelphia listened with 'approval to the plea for closer fellowship between their denomination and the Unitarian, made by Rev. Lewis G. Wilson.secretary of the American Unitarian Association. Under the direction of Rev. Hugh Birkhcad and his associates of St. George's Episcopal church. New York, a club las been started on lint's similar to that maintained by Emmanuel church, Boston, and Christ Presbyterian thurch of New York, namely, its membership made up entirely of persons having incipient tuberculosis. Each member promises to care for his health, to give up all work, stop worrying, live an outdoor life and obey all tho rules of the club. All are supplied with a tent attachment to be fastened to the window sills so that they may sleep with their heads, in the open air. Weekly meetings arc held, when all tell of their progress.

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CHICAGO. Measured by the volume of payments through the banks, the chock to trade shows less severity and for the month thus far the average is under 15 per cent. The situation as to money is brighter, although an immediate return to the normal status requires more deliberation. The demand for currency remains acute. More encouragement is derived from the constant additions to note circulation and specie. Interior calls for funds ar$ now more easily satisfied. Most mercantile lines have fi.lt the adverse turn and there is more '.aution exercised in the present emergency, yet the hindrances do not obscure the outlook for better results from now on aotd Christmas. There may be more rctreitfhiuent in industrial branches, but the prevailing tone favors "a restoration of healthier financial sentiment as the best encouragement for the future. Less new building affects the planing mills and lumber market, and arrivals of raw materials are under those at this time last year, while prices mainly are easier, ixarticularly hides, which are at the lowest average recorded for some years past. Failures reported in the Chicago district n timber 30, against 2 last week and 20 a year ago. Those with liabilities over $0.000 number 14, against 7 last week and 10 in .1000. Dun's Review of Trade. NEW YORK. While the number of cities report that the tone of affairs has taken a turn for the better, actual business, taking the country as a whole, shows an increased degree of quiet both at wholesale and retajl, a working out of the continued scarcity of currency at some point, of lessening activity in industries and of the continuance of unseasonably mild weather, with its natural effect upon distribution of winter goods. Business failures for the week ending Nov. 21 number 203, against 2.'4 last week, 212 in the like week of RH, 224 in 1005, 103 in 10O1 and IGT in lüfß. Canadian failures for the week number 35. as against 45 last week and 27 in this week a year ago. Bradstrcct's Commercial Report. Chicago Cattle, common to prime, $1.00 to $0.55; hogs, prime heavy, $4.00 to $4.75; sheep, i"air to choice, $3.00 to $.".lö; wheat, No. 2, S7c to 01c; corn. No. 2, 5c to 57c; oats, standard, 43c to 44c; rye. No. 2. 74c to 75?; hay, timothy, $11.00 to $Ki..0; prairie, $0.00 to $14.50; butter, choice creamery, 24c to 27c; eggs, fresh. 10c to 24c; potatoes, per bushel, 40c to 54c. Indianapolis Cattle, shipping, $3.00 to $(!.r0; hogs, good to choice heavy, $4.0 to $5.30; sheep, common to prime, $3.00 to $1.75; wheat. No. 2, 01c to J2c; corn. No. 2 white, .Vk; tcj 57c; oats No. 2 white, 45e to 4tic. S.t. Louis Cattle, $4.50 to $11.00 ; hogs, $1.00 to $4.70; Kheep. $3.00 to $4.0.1; wheat. No. 2, 00c to 07c; corn. No. 2, 50c to 57c; oats, No. 2, 41c to 45c; rye, No. 2, 75c to 70c. Cincinnati Cattle. $4.00 to $5.00; hojrs. $4.00 to $.",.(; sheep, $3.00 to $4.r0; wheat, No. 2, 05c to OGc; corn. No. 2 mixed, 50c to Mc; eats, No. 2 mixed, 4c to 47c; rye. No. 2, Sie to S3c. Detroit-Cattle, 1.C0 to ?5.(.K); hogs, $4.0O to $4.73; t.heep. $2.50 to $4.50; wheat. No. 2, 04c to 05c; corn. No. C yellow, f5c to i)c; oats. No. 3 white. 51c to 52c ; rye, No. 2, 70c to SOc. Milwaukee Wheat, No. 2 northern, $1.02 to $1.04; corn. No. 3, f-0c to GOc; oats, standard, 4Sc to 50c; rye, No. 1, 8(k; to Sic; barley, No. 2, 91c to 05c; lork, njess, $12.07. Buffalo Cattle, choice shipping steers, $4.00 tö $0.25; hogs, fair to encice, $1.00 to $5.10; nheep, common to good mixed, $4.00 to $5.50; lambs, fair- to choice, $5.00 to $7.00. New York Cattle, $1.00 to $0.00; hogs, $1.00 to $5.25; sheep, $3.00 to $5.40; wheat. No. 2 red, 07c to OSc; corn. No. 2, 03c to C4c; oats, natural white, 51c t 53c; butter, creamery, 25c to 27c; eggs, western, 25" to 30e. Toledo Wheat, No. 2 mixed, 95c to 00c; corn. No. 2 mixed, 00c to 01c; oat. No. 2 mixed, 4Sc to 40c; rye. No. 2, 70c tj SOc; clover seed, prime, $0.20. 11 -J r Week Menu Privation. The reiwrt of Dr. Lee Frankel, manager of tlu United Hebrew Charities of New Y'ork. before the State conference of charities and correction, tells of the recent investigation of actual living conditions in the big city. This hhows that the $2-a-day man, who is also the $C00-a-year man, if he have an average family of wife and three children umter working age, sicnds more than he earns for the necessities. Rent for two and rarely three rooms is about $154 ; his food costs $270 for the year, of which his share is 22 cents a day, or half a cent above the minimum for physical efficiency fixed by Prof. Underhill of Yale; for fuel and light there is only $25, and perhaps $5 is spent for daily papery. $S lor club or church dues, leaving, a final balance of $3, or 25 cents a month, for recreation. CURRENT NEWS NOTES. The national mining congress, in session at Joplin, Mo., adopted resolutions favoring stricter federal control of mining lands. Attorney General W. II. Dixon of Colorado began action in tire Distri t Court at Denver to break up the so-ca led grocers trust. Fire did $200.000 damage in Parsons, Kan. The bigcest losers are Kress & Co., $40.000; Cooper Lumber Company and Dodge-Bryan Lumber Company, $30,000 each. Mr. Ilitachiyama, th chawpion Japanese wrestler, gave a private exhibition for President Roosevelt in the historic east room of the White House. The President greatly enjoyed the feats of strength. Animal protection, child labor. Juvenile Courts and other matters relating to the care of children were considered at the annual convention of the American Human; Association in Boston. A dispatch from St. Paul, Minn., says that the Great Northern railroad will lengthen the running time of its two eastbound transcontinental trains four hours. No change will be made in tne schedule of the west -bound trains. The fourth blaze within twenty-four hours discovered in the II. II. Johns Manville Asbestos Company building at 014 North Broadway, St. Louis, resulted in a fire that swept through the two upper stories. Loss $150.000. II. II. Ilulbert, who is said to be the official representative of the deposed emperor of Korea, is stirring up sentiment in San . Francisco against the Japanese proposal to raise taxes on Imports in Korea to the same basis as Japan. The San Francisco chamber of commerce has resolved to bring the matter to the attention of Congress, as the trade treaty between America and Korea would be violated by the change.

SUBSIDIZING CUPID.

Chicago Women Unionists Are In Favor of a Marriage Dowry. A capitalistic cupid, with love darts in the ferm of $200 dowries and working girls as his targets, is the latest suggestion as an antidote for race suicide. Cupid is to be an agent for labor unions if these ideas are carried out. It was advocated by eighty women workers belonging to unions, who assembled at Hull House, in Chicago, a few days ago. The gathering was one of the first three, held simultaneously, in this country. Another was at New Y'ork and the third at Boston.. It was Miss S. P. Breckenridge, assistant clean of women at the University of Chicago, who suggested the dowry idea. "We believe in this plan,' declared Miss Breckenridge. "It places the marriage question upon a serious basis. Unions have their death and sick benefits and a marriage benefit or dowry would be in order. If a woman unionist is going to be married she must be taught it is a serious undertaking, but, at the same time, a plan that is favored by the organization to which she belongs. The experience she acquires by being a unionist and wage earner will enable her to spend money wisely after she is married. She will also learn that when her husband works and brings his wages home to her she must also bear her share of the burden. It has been suggested here that women workers who marry, sometimes return to their old tasks. It would appear to me that if matrimony is not a gainful employment it ought to be." "The plan'of giving a dowry to a woman when she marries is now in vogue among English and German unions," declared Mrs. Raymond Robins, who acted as chairman of the conference. There were others present who thought that a stipulated sum of $100 or $200 should be given to a womau wage earner when she becomes a matron by the labor organization with which she has been identified. HALT A MILLION A DAY. That Is the Amount Which Chicago Puts Into Stimulants. Chicago's consumption of stimulants is amazing, according to a correspondent. The money spent in saloons alone to.' als up between $120,000,000 and $130,000,000 annually. At least $10,000,000 more is spent for stimulating drugs in the 900 drug stores in the city. If tobacco can be classed as a stimulant it may be said that there are between 35,000 and 40,000 places in the city where cigars and tobacco are sold. Probably $100,000 per day is not an exaggerated estimate for Chicago's smoking bill. At the lowest estimate, taking alcoholic beverages, tobaccos, and all manner of drugs into account, it is impossible to figure that Cnicago spends less than $500,000 per day on stimulants of various kinds, and the chances are the amount is considerably higher. Of this enormous sum, how much does the worker spend? Fully 75 per cent, if all business men, officers of corporations, and all men who work with hand or brain, are included. But for the worker, the saloonkeepers themselves say, they would have to close up shop in a few days. The remaining 25 per cent of tho $500,tKX) must be set aside between women who t i i i i: i 1-11 i leau iioinesiic iics auu uuu-iwivio wi kinds. Women perhaps are the heaviest of all users of drugs. a H)L1TICI Representative Sims of Tennessee has indicated his intention of introducing at the coming session of Congress a resoluton of inquiry by what authority Secretary of the Treasury Cortelyou went to the aid of the banks with tho government's money. Other southern members are said to share Mr. Sims' hostile attitude toward this policy of the government. Postmaster General George von L. Myer, at the Philadelphia Union League meeting, outlined three plans for postal proTCss, which will be recommended to the next Congress, as follows: First, the postage rate on packages to be reduced from 10 to 12 cents a pound ; second, that limitation of weight of packages to be increased from 4 to 11 pounds; third, a parcels iost to be authorized from the point at which the rural delivery route originates, with rates of 5 cents for the first pound, and 2 cents for each additional pound to 11 pounds. As the guest and .principal speaker at the banquet of the Jefferson Club of Milwaukee, W. J. Bryan made a speech regarded by many as outlining th platform for the Democratic party on which be iouId be willing to rur. for President next year. He said he favored immediate revision of the tariff on all goods in competition with trust-made articles tu k means of striking down monopoly. He opposed the national incorporation of railroads a,s advocated by President Roosevelt, saying that the railroads would Im? only too glad to get out of State jurisdiction. lie would demand laws providing for the valuation of the railroads, to reduce rates and to prevent &tock watering. His idea of a reasonable rate was such as would let companies keep their slock at par on honest capitalization. He would prevent corporate monopolies by applying the license system to concerns controlling more than 25 per cent of the output of a given indu.j'. lie thought the money stringency began with speculation at New York, but that ihe western banks were sound. Gov. Stokes of New Jersey has signed the Colby bill, providing for popular expression iu the selection of United States Senators. Under this bill 1,000 voters may file a petition with the Secretary of State indorsing a member of their political party for that office. Representative James A. Tawney of Minnesota,, chairman of the committee on appropriations of the House of Representatives, and a number of other Congressmen have gone to the isthmus to make personal inquiry into the present and prospective monetary necessities of the canal. Representative Sibley of Pennsylvania in a published letter says that after a conversation with the President in June he was convinced that Mr. Roosevelt meant just what he said about not accepting a nomination next year, but that four or eight years hence, "bound by no pledge and in violation of no unwritten law," doubtless he will be ready to re-fc-pond to any call for public duty. Joseph M. Choate has been chosen president of the National Civil Service Reform League, which at its recent Buffalo meeting commended President Roosevelt for his enforcement of civil service laws and rules. A new enterprise known as the Civic Forum has arranged a series of meetings in Carnegie Hall, New York City, at which addresses will be made by distinguished men from all parts of the World for the purpose of influencing popular thought on problems of national interest. In view of the recent serious bank crisis in New Y'ork City, Gov. Hughes has appointed a committee of six prominent bankers of the metropolis t investigate the existing conditions and lecommend needed changes iu the n77. The committee is headed by President Hepburn of the Chase National bank and is to report by Dec 15. The members have agreed tö serve without pay.

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Indiana Sf ate News

ANDERSON NOT GUILTY. Verdict of the Jury In (be Dlrhl Murder Cane. A verdict of not guilty was rrturnM by a Circuit Court jury in the case of James Anderson, a young farmer of Tip ton county, who in a grand jury indictment was charged with murder in the sec ond degree because he shot and killed Jacob Diehl, 30 years old, a glass worker, of Alexandria, in the streets of El wood April 27 last. The jury was out less than a hidf hour, reaching a verdict on the first ballot. In the trial Anderson pleaded self-defense. The tragedy followed a quarrel the men had in a saloon, but Anderson and two companions had left the place when, it was nlleged, they were set upon by Diehl and his brother, Jacob Diehl struck Anderson and was getting the better of him when Anderson drew a revolver and shot bim. lledied twenty minutes later. KILLED BY A BROTHER. Latter Tbonght (inn Unloaded u.r.it railed Trigger. The two sons of Henry (IrofT. fanner, near Amboy, aged respectively 17 and 13 years, started on a bunting expedition and as they entered a cornfield the younger brother (Allen) requested bis brother to load the gun. lie said that it was loaded, to which Allen reylied, I know it, is not. If you think it is, try it oa me. The elder brother raised the gun and fired, the load striking Allen in the neck and killing bim instantly. The living brother is distracted with grieL IS A TINY SIX-YEAR-OLD. Little Girl I 2H Incnea Tall and Welfifhn Only 25 round. Trobably the smallest G-year-old child in America is Armyne Davis, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. F. M. Davis of East Columbus. She is only twenty-eight inches tall and weighs twenty-five pounds, and has grown only one inch since fifteen months old. She is in perfect health and measures twenty-three inches around th waist, which is the same waist measurement as that of her mother. The chi'.d. was born in Martinsville. WAS NOT KIDNAPED. Little Girl XV m 3Ierelr Late 1 GettlnK Home. Considerable excitement was caused at Xewixnnt by a report that Flossie Mitchell, 8 years old, had been kidnaped from the Xewpoint public school. It develop! that the story is absolutely without foundation. The little girl had merely climbed into a buggy to show a si ranger th way to a neighbor's home, and ehe failetf to notify her parents as she passed lief house, or to return home as fon as be; mission Lad been fulfilled. Shea A eon cd of Another Marder. James Shea, held in prison at Michipan City, awaiting trial for ihe murdei of Sheriff OgIeslee of Pulaski county, it thought to have knowledge of the killing of Wesley Reynolds, of Weslville, hct. eral years ago. while Reynolds was dc fending the bank aga?n-t burglars. Rey nolds was only Id years old it the timf be gave battle, but, while he lost bis life, he was successful in preventing th? rob bery. Dog (loardd Matter' Corpse. While hunting Ten Steinkanip, aged 20, a farmer near Evansville, accidentally shot himself and died instantly. When; found Steinkainp't faithful do; was howl"u; beside the body. The 15-year-old kh of Frank Meyer, living near the same city, while hunting had bis right hand blown off by the bursting of the gun barrel. "Wolf Kflled -nt Tolleatoa. While hunt'ng in the woods near th 8pot where the car barn bandits were captured sorae years ago by Indiana fanners at Tclles"lon George Drackert came upon an old gray wolf, and killed it. The Hammondites believe it is the one that recently caused alarm in Chicago" north shore suburbs. Firemen Fatallr Hurt at BInncle. The building occupied by the Joseph Goddard wholesale grocery store burned in Muncie. The loss is estimated at $200.000. The Anderson fire apparatus was brought on a plea for help. Two members of the fire department of that ciy were fatally injured while fighting the flames. Dairyman' Home Darned. The home of Walter Kistner, dairyman, several miles below Evansville, waa destroyed by fire. The faniilj' escaped in their night clothes. Lass about $2,500. BRIEF STATE HAPPENINGS. Elvin Graf was killed accidentally by his brother, Charles Graf. The two were hunting near Amboy. John Machino, a miner at Jasonville. was killed while bunting. His gun was discliarsed when he climbed a fence. Thf 4-year-old son of George Arnold fell fiom a coal wagon his father was drivinj: in Evansviile and was crushed to death. Clifford Neece, 2G years old, wa instantly killed whilj hunting near Ellsworth, which is bis home. lie stumbled on a log and his,gun was discharged, the load entering his chest. The jury in Shelbyville in the case of William Smith, accused of forgery, returned a finding of guilty, rnd the defendant will be sentenced to erve from two to fourteen years in the prison at Michigan City. Fire swept what is known as Marr'a prairie, five miles north of Decker, burning for many luurs before it was tarrrped out. Much valuable timber was ruined. A sawmill in the district was aved Wth difficulty. The territory swept by the flame has never been cultivated, and much of k was a swamp, covered with tangled underbrush and prairie grass. Tosses of citizens are searching the countrj' about Grcensburg for Flossie Mitchell, the S-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James Mitchell, who was kidnaped bj' a stranger while on her way home from school at Xewpoint. The man used a top buggy, and the side curtains were closely drawn. A 9-year-old pupil in the Middlebury public st-hools was found o have hi pockets loaded with 25 to oO dynamite caps which be carried about to trade with the other loys. llefore punishing the reckless luy the teacher relieved him of all the caps as a precaution again.t an explosion while Applying the rod. By action. of the commissioner of internal revenue at Washington an Additional revenue man has been assigned to the Terre I laute district, the appointment being made on the civil service list. The appointment is really not a new one, since it is the reinstatement of Col. Gil R. Stormont of Princeton to the Terre Haue branch of the service. He was a deputy collector during the time when Judge I). W. Henry was the revenue collector for the Seventh District of Indiana, but resigned in February, 1900. James La Follette, a butcher, 42 years old, was killed in the rear of his ho.-n. in the west part of Greenfield. F. Duncan confessed committing the crims.