Plymouth Tribune, Volume 7, Number 14, Plymouth, Marshall County, 9 January 1908 — Page 2

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TN. M. "pw P. Q.F. M. fT U Q. V?3rd. y lOth-vgylStb. V$ 2Cth. FEATURES OF INTEREST ABOUT THAT WHICH HAS BEEN AND IS TO BE. All Sides and Condition of Thing are Shown. .Nothing Orerlooked to make it Complete. Three Lives Lost in Fire. Three persons lost their lives by a fire in San Francisco. Cal., which destroyed the outbuilding at the French Hospital, used as a laundry and electrical power plant. The third body was discovered after the flames had been extinguished. It is believed to be that of the wife of Michael Franco, who "with Jean Pons, two laundry employes, were found dead by the firemen on their first search of the burned building. The laundry building was a two story brick structure. The fire is believed to have started through a defective flue. The loss i3 more than $50,000 to the building alone, in addition to the damage done to electrical apparatus, which was stored there. The main building, which held many patients, was for a time seriously threatened. There was a panic among the patients for a time but they were removed as fast as possible by the nurses. George Dixon, the Fighter, Dead. The greatt st fighter of his time and the winner 'of several hundred fistic encounters, George Dixon, the negro pugilist familiarly called "Little Chocolate," died lion day in the alcoholic ward of Bellevue Hosfital, New York City, a victim of a long fight with drink. Idolized in hi3 prime by thousands as a pugilistic hero, George Dixon passed away practically penniless and -without friends. Dixon was 37 years old and for many years held the title of featherweight champion.. New York's Rent War. More than five hundred warrants for the eviction of tenants participating In the strike for lower rents were issued In the municipal court In New York City. The papers authorize the immediate eviction of the tenants against whom Uiey were drawn. It will prob: ably taafa score of marshals nearly two wetks o serve the notices. The tenants are maintaining a stout fight and announced that the landlords of fifty-one houses had already agreed to ref.uce rents. Bank Vrecked by Bomb. A bomb was exploded in the basement of the magnificent three-.tory marble building of the First National Bank at the corner of Tenth and Baltimore streets, in the business center of Kansas City, Mo. The force of the explosion was terrific and caused much damage, three persons were injured, none fatally. There Is no cluje to the licrson who placed the bomb and set It oX Deed of the Black Hand, A murder believed to be the work cf the Black Hand Society was discovered in Omaha, Neb., when boys found the body of Gulseppo Fiorenza In a pasture. Fiorenza came from New York six months ago and told his new Xriend3 that he had been forced tt leave New York because of threats of death received from the Black, Hand Society. Goldfield Strikers Go to Work. It Is believed in Goldfield, Nev., that the strike is practically won by the mine operators and that within ten days or two weeks every mine in tho district will be In full blast. Hr.evi mines have f.tarted up with mlnei formerly affiliated with the Western Federation, but who signed cards renouncing such aUeg'.aace. The President Scores Brownson. Secretary of the Navy Metcalf has given out a letter from lTesident Hoosevelt in which Admiral Brownson Is severely condemned in unmeasured terms for hl3 rcsiiaation on account of the assignment of a medical officer to command the hospital ship ReliefSeven Men Drowned. As the result of the overturning of a skiff containing nine men near KIckapoo, Kan., seven men were drowned. The other two William Sharp and Frank Logan were rescued by Ernest Schweitzer at the risk of his life. Scourged by Diphtheria. Hartstown, about eight miles fo.n Greenville, Pa., on the Bessemer railroad, has been quarantined on account of an outbreak of diphtheria. The population is about 100 persons. Brewery at St. Louis Loses by Fire. Two large buildings constructed in St Louis, Mo., by the Wm. J. Lemp Brewing Company a3 ice houses, but utilized a3 warehouses, burned, entailing a los3 estimated at $10,000. Cheese May Cause Deaths. Twelve persons were poisoned in Wharton, Ohio, by eating cheese, and at least five of them are reported to be dyio;r. The victims are Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Bell and three children, Mr. and Mrs. Whe ler Crider and two children and the family of L. F. Long. Edward Morri3, Packing Magnate. Edward Morris o' Chicago ha ptiid $.13.000,(oO for stocks held by sisters and brother in the firm of Morris & Co. and the Fairbank Canning Company and becomes one of th" big ones of the parking industry. Meets Death Saving Child. Lee Fräser, a young milk wagon driver, sacrificed his life in saving a little son of John O'ilara. his employer, in Ann Arbor, Mich. His wagon was struck by a railroad train. Frazer saw the train in time to throw his child companion cut, of the wagon. When he himself jumped he fell under the locomotive. - "Little Egypt" Eound Dead. Little Egypt." famous dancer, was found dead in her flat in New York under circumstances that suggest murder, and the coroner has started an investigation, i

SIGNS OF REVIVING TRADE.

Coke, Glass and Steel Workers by Hundreds to Be Re-Employed. It is expected that fnlly 7,000 ovens of the II. C. Frick Coke Company in the Connellsville and lower Connellsville regions of Pennsylvania will be put in oiration again within the next few days. Owing to the large number of foreigners that have returned to their native lands since the coke plants were closed some weeks ago, it is believed that the operators will have a great deal of troubl? in securing enough workmen. After boing shut down for repairs. No. 4 works of the Pittsburg Plate Glass Company in Ford City, Pa., has resumed operations. It will run both day and night turns. The department employs from 1.200 to 1,300 men and there is general rejoicing as a result of the resumption. Owing to the shortage of finished stock on hand, it will take at least three months' work, running both day and night, to accumulate the necessary stock to fill orders. The Lackawanna Steel Company will relight the fires of its open hearth furnaces in Buffalo. With the reopening of the furraees several mills which have been closed four weeks will go back in service as a consequence. Several hundred men will be re-employed. BISHOP EDWARD ANDREWS DEAD Elevated to Oöce In Methodist Episcopal Church 35 Years Ago. Iiishop Edward G. Andrews of the Methodist Episcopal church died Tuesday at his home in Brooklyn, N. Y. He was 82 years old. A severe cold contracted while he was attending the bishop's conference and the meetings of the home and foreign mission boards at San Francisco last October caused death. The bishop never recovered from the cold, which resulted in a general 'breakdown. For nearly half a century Bishop Andrews was one cf the most widely known clergymen in the United States. Horn in central New York, he studied for the ministry in Wesleyan college. For several years before entering the ministry lie was president of Cazenovia academy. He was chosen bishop in 1ST2 and in 1JXU was placed on the retired list. Bishop Andrews is survived by a widow, one son and three daughters. DEAD AND INJURED LIST 57,919. Summary of Accidents for Year Presents Startling Figures. The New York Tribune, in a summary of the accidents of the year BM)7, says 37,f19 persons have been killed and injured in accidents during the year. 33.G12 'laving been killed and 22.307 injured. Some of the larger items of the list are as follows: Earthquakes, landslides, etc 21.512 killed, C,0J2 injured; explosions and mine disasters, 3,080 killed. 2,721 injured; storms and floods. 4,203 killed. 1,303 injured ; railroad wrecks. 811 killed. 2,03!) injured; automobile accidents. 22!) killed. 701 injured; firearms, 11)7 killed. 3.07S injured. Among other deaths are 2.2(2) lost in wrecks of vessels and 492 in other drownings. LUM3ER PRICE IS LOWEB. Reduction Varying from $1 to $3 a Thousand Is Made in the List. Lumber prices are down and nearly everything on the northern pine list has been cut from $1 to $3 a thousand. The reductions from the August list follow: Dimension and timbers, $2 a thousand; common board.1?, Nos. 1, 2, 3, 4 and ü, SI a thousand ; fencing, Nos. 1 and 2, six" inches, $1 a thousand; four inches, $2; No. 3, six inches $2; four inches, $3; "C and better," eight", inches and wider, $2 a thousand ; siding, C and better, $2 ; D and E, $1 ; C and better, Norway, $1; lath, 30 cents a thousand. There is no reduction on inch 1) or on thick select and shop. FACES REVEAL THIEVES. Water Company Dyes Water to Catch Persons Who Had Tapped Pipes. At Atlantic City, N. J., the local hotwater heating company has recently suffered the loss of hundreds of gallons of hot water through the tapping of their pipes by householders. Efforts were made to locate the unauthorized users of the water, but without avail. Finally the company placed in the water a harmless dye and everal of the pipe-tappers are reported to have been colored sky-blue in their morning baths. Molten Metal Thrown on Men. . Two men were killed and thirteen others were seriously injured by an explosion in converter No. 3 of the Edgar Thomson plant of the United States Steel Corpora tion at North Braddock, Pa. When the e plosion occurred, the bottom of the con v.rter dropped out, throwing fifteen tons of molten metal into the pit, where fifteen men were working at the ladles. s Prohibition Hit3 State Treasury. The local option reform wate and legislative high finance have caused a deficit in the treasury of Missouri, and State Auditor Wilder is showing signals of dis tress. He figures that at the close of the present fiscal year in February the short age will be at least $1,230,000. More than one thousand saloons have been forc ed out of business in that State. Labor Drops naywood. William D. llaywoou is no longer sec retary and treasurer of the Western Fed eration of Miners. Ernest Mills has teen appointed to that position by the execu tive board. It is rumored TIaywood is out for good, and that he will not, in the future, be associated with the organiza tion, but this was denied by his successor. Aged Couple Killed by Train. William B. Dick, aged 82 years, a re tire 1 farmer, and his sister, Emily Herotage, 70 years old, were killed b; an express train on the Bead ng rai'way near Camden, N. J., while crossing the tracts in a carriage. Tails Dead in Senate. Jrna Francois Edraond Guyot-Des-rjgne, French minister of justice,' dropped dead of apoplexy at the session of the Senate in Paris Tuesday. M. Guyot-Des-saigne was born in 1S33 and entered the public service in 1803. Author Fears Thieves. ,aura Jean Libbey, pursued by mana cerial thieves seeking to steal her brains, ru ;hed to the copyright office in Washingtot for protection, and filed typewritten manuscripts of eighty plays all in a bunch. Fatally Shot by Hold-Up Man. William P. Ferris, 30 years old, a rail road brakoman, returning to his home in Minneapolis from work, was shot by a hold-tip man and died shortly after reach ing his lodgings. His mother, brother am sifter live in Chicago. . Explosion Laid to Black Hand. A dynamite bomb, believed to hav e been s"t off by members of the Bin Hand Society, wrecked the entire low el ei floor of a five-story tenement house East Eleventh street. New York, a cruised a panic among the occupants the building. One man was injured the explosion. on ii' o by Duma Members Punished. One hundred and sixty-seven members of the first Russian duma who signed the Yiborg manifesto have ben sentenced to three months' imprisonment and deprived of their political rights.

BAG TOLICE AND BURN TOBACCO.

Masked Night Riders Dynamite Warehouses in Russellville, Ky. "Night riders," 100 strong, swooped down on Kusslvi!!c, Ky.. early Friday morniiig and after overpowering the three policemen and providing against an alarm. lynamitcd and burned the two indepen dent tobacco concerns in the city and several other establishment!, and rode away. Three men were wounded and the tele phone girls and the police were held pris oners for nearly three hours. The follownir buildings were destroyed: Frank G. Wake, tobacco warehouse, building and contents, loss $13.00); American Sniff Company, factory and contents, loss OOO: Roberts & Brown, planing mill, loss $12.000; Alfred Fnderwood. grocery, loss $2.00:; King & Proctor, stable; Joshua vnowles, cottage. It was said that the mob came to 'l'ussellville 'from the direc tion of Cave Springs, near where the members are said to have had their ren dezvous. All the men were mounted and wore white caps, false beards and masks. This is the third raid which has leen made by "n;eht riders" in western Ken tucky and comes in the face of the an nouncement by the Governor that disorder must cease. MAR GUI ACT UPHELD. Court Declares Statute Aimed at Speculation in "Futures" Is Valid. In the Fnited States Circuit Court in Little Kock. Ark.. Judze Triobcr handed down his decision in the t;ie of Logan & Bryan vs. Postal Telegraph Company, the Attorney tieneral and several of the prosecuting attorneys of the State of Ar kansas. The case involved the constitu tionality of the act of the last General Assembly prohibiting nil contracts for fiifiinj nn ninrins m.iUin flip misting of quotations prima facie evidence of a violation of the act. The opinion of Judge Tri-ler is a victory for the State on all tjucstions involved. The court old that the State lias the right under the police powers to determine what shali constitute gambling and prohibit such act. OFFERS $1,000,000 FOR A LIFE. Pittsburg Millionaire Makes Induce ment for Doctors to Save Friend. Alexander I J. Peacock, former junior partner of Andrew Carnegie, whose for tune is estimated at $1 3,000. K'0. offered Sl.OOo.fOO to any physician who could save the life of Frank Bidgway, director of the department of public safety of Pittsburg, who died of pneumonia at the West lYnu hospital the other morning. When Mr. Iiidgwny first came to Pitts burg lie met Mr. Pee.cock and the two bvcame intimate friends. When Director Bidgway was taken ill Peacock ::pent most of his time at his bedside. Mr. Peacock made the offer of $1. 000,000 to the doctors assembled at the Iiodside, and was told that it was impossible to save his friend. PADEREWSKI NEAR TO DEATH. v. Famous Pianist Has Close Call While Shaving on Train. Ignacc Paderewski, the famous pianist. had a narrow escape from death the other night, but those who fretted and fumed at Music Hall in Cincinnati be cause the pianist was an hour late did not know about the accident until the next day. Paderewski was being shaved by his valet in his private car, which had been detached from the train in the railroad yards there, when a switch en gine bumped against the car. The jolt sent th! razor into the musician's throat. Fortunately the valet turned the blade sufficiently to avoid any vital spot, although a considerable gash was inflicted. KILLS WIFE AND STABS SELF. Son cf City Official and Spouse Had Been Separated. Frank Smith, son of City Comptroller Chester Smith of Easton, Pa., murdered his wife and then attempted to commit suicide. Smith and his wife had been separated for some time. The other morning the husband forced an entrance to the house occupied by his wife and her sister. After securing a carving knife Smith went to the . room occupied bv the two women and plunged the weapon into his wife's heart, killing iter instantly. He then gashed his own throat and abdomen. Physicians say ha will live. Rector Jilted at the Altar. As Rev. Walter Clapp, formerly rector of St. John's Church in Toledo, now missionary in the Philippines, entered St. John's Church Sunday to be wedded to Miss Alice Thorne, a prominent To ledo society girl, he was handed a nite from, Miss Thorne saying: "I can't lnirry you to-day." Miss Thorne gives no public reason for hi r action and the affair has caused a stir in local sock-ty circles. Tragedy in Chicago Park. Grant Park, the front yard of Michigan avenue's big hotels in Chicago, was given over to tragedy the other night, when Charles Gilbert B rocket t, 3S years old, prominent iu Masonic circles "in Davcniort, Iowa, shot and probably mortally wounded Mrs. Iluby Pishzak. 2. years old. then sent a bullet through his brain, which caused his death two hours lat?r. Government Buy3 Telephones. Announcement is made by the provincial government that the iJoll Telephone system in Manitoba hai to n purchased by the government. The ri .-i paid was $3,300,000. The government will assume control on Jan. l.". and the system will be operated by a commission. The presdt officials of the company probably will b-i retained. Review of Year 1907. Review of the year 1907 shows extraordinary activity in all lines of trade and manufactures in Chicago, while the exports and imiorts of the nation are greatest in history ; dealings in live stock in Chicago are immense and the dry goods business indicates Chicago is fnst becoming the chief cener; financial and speculative reports are most encouraging. Father and Son Killed. Two miners, George Roberts and his sen George, were killed in Crow's Nest coal mine, near East Greenville. Ohio, and three others were imprisoned by a Aill of slate. Indian to Go to West Point. Lamar Jackson a full-blooded Choctaw Indian of Atoka, Ok la., has been apiointed to cadetship in the Fnited States military a'-ademy of Wi st Point by Congressman Charles I. Carter of that district. President Holds Reception. President Roosevelt received at the customary New Year's reception at the White House,' ."i,(jl." persons taking hiia by the band. Presiding Elder Held Guilty. Rev. William II. Shaffer, one of the local presiding elders of the Methodist Rpiscopal church, was declared guilty of the serious charges preferred against him in reference to his relations with Airs. Martha J. DcichI -y, postmistress of Morgantown, Pa. First Mint in Canada. In Ottawa, Out., the new Canadian mint was formally opened by Lord Grey. A refinery will soon bo built within the. mint. Electricity will be used to refine Ii rnlil nnl ilver. The mint turns out what is the first actual Canadian coinage.

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MINERS ENTOMBED FOR WEEKS. Three Men Buried a Thousand Feet Underground in Nevada. One morning early in I)octmIter a sudden crash of timbers, a luutllecl clatter of rock aiuLcioud of dust told the engineer of the Alpha mine, near Ely, Nov., that the live men he had just sent down in the -ag were buried, lie gave the alarm ami a thousand men, eager to be of service, gathered about the ssbaft. Supt. Gallagher carefully picked the men he wanted, notiliel others that lie might call upon thorn later and at onto bosan efforts to communicate with the entombed men, hoping some might have escaped death. Before nightfall ho learned that two Greeks were caught iu the cave-in and buried alive, but that the thre? Americans, Bradley, Brown and McDonald, were in no immediate danger. A FixInch pipe runs from the mouth of the shaft to. the Itottom and by removing the cap from its base the imprisoned men managed to talk with Gallagher. They told him they had a little food and water enough for two or three days. v With rublor devices Gallagher passed f od and liquids down the piie and was soon able to supply the men. He st irtiil a drift toward them and at lirst it seemed probable th.t be would rtich t:em in a week. Before that time the unforeseen happened and the rescuers were omielled to make new plans. It was then announced that ten days would be sufficient to get to the miners, but fresh accidents beyond the; pale of prevention delayed the workers. Now Gallagher declines to make predictions and simply says that he vill continue his effort as long as he Las strength to direct It. The men can 1? saved, he declares, and he will gave them. The entombed miners spend their long days far more cheerfully than might be exacted Iu mch circumstances. To safeguard them in case the rescue party is delayed Supt. Gallagher has supplied them with enough provisions to last three weeks. They receive cooked food, eggs, milk, and tobacco by means of. a six-Inch pipe running down the shaft. They have connected the mine telephone with nn electric cable, and nre able t J talk daily with their families and friends. They are well supplied with news, and have shown much interest in the Goldfield crisis They have plenty of light and room to move about, so that If they can endure the long delay they can wait for rescue with confidence aiid comparative com for. The rescue party Itself has dangers to fuce. A cave-In below the teanp--rnry platform of tlmlters ujon which It Is working might precipitate it hundreds of feet. Each man works with a rojH aUut his waist, so that If all suddenly find themselves without any footing they can be hauled to safety. Klert MnklniC ( Alcohol. The reiort of the commissioner of internal revenue shows that since the passage of the free denatured alcohol bill only ten mills have been pet up for turning out this product, notwithstanding the fact that the Treasury Department has sent out pamphlets instructing the farmers bow to manufacture the spirits. While the distilleries are icriiiitted to US'! any material whatever in producing this spirit, the product so far has Ix-en mainly from corn. It is Faid that in Germany there are alout 70,000 farm distilleries producing industrial alcohol, which is sold to consumers for alniut 27 cents a gallon. while in this country the average price in barrel lots is Ht cents a gallon. 3I!I1 Owuen Cautlou. The prevailing sentiment among New England manufacturers seems to be one of decided conservatism, and while it is thought that trade conditions will improve somewhat during I'.MiS, no full revival is looked for until after the presidential election. It is estimated that from 2iK, 0O0 to 2"VMoi employes of New F.ngland industries will be on a short-time basis during the first part of the corning year This is partially due to the arrange m"iit now being made by cotton manufacturers to curtail the output 25 ier cent from Christmas to March 1. Short üoiirM fur ITO.OOO. Owing to lack of new orders, the Baldwin Locomotive Works of Philadelphia has decided to shorten the working hours of its 20,000 employes. While none will be discharged, it is expected that by February the men will be working only half timeMore Work nt I'ittihurK. Rej)orts from the mills about Pittsburg ... :.wK..o(n lltnt liii.vn ll.in JrtflfWt ...... IIJV JIIH J I I- int., luv., liltiu who have been idle for weeks, will return to work by Jan. 0 nnd that all the ' tions early in the new year. IIUllS III l iui i ui-ii u l niii i cnuuic uin IU"

SAFE NOW.

BUT IT WAS SCARY FOR AWHILE. THREE MEN BURIED ÄrlZ. I FACTS ABOUT : : : I ; ; ; THE CENSUS. I 3"M"H- 1- M-l-M-t l -r Though we are still getting bulletins and reports based on the census ot r.iw, the time has come to begin active prepara tions for the enumeration of 11)10. Bills have been introduced covering the main features of the next census, and an ap propriation of $14,000,000 will be asked. It is nearly five years since a perma nent census office was established. The maintenance of a sort of skeleton organization should make for economy, system ad superior efficiency during the next census and the tabulation and publica tion of its results. It is proiosed to restrict the inquiries to population, agriculture, nranufacturing, mines and quarries. All soits of suggestions have been made for paiticular and additional inquiries, but while the utility of some of them is undoubted, limitation is deemed necessary iu the interest of accuracy, speed and economy. To complete the work of enumeration in a shorter period than usual, it is proposed to employ IU',000 enumerators instead of -inMX), tbc number employed in V.HK. Thirty-five hundred clerks and Ik'M) supervisors will be required, and an effort is to be made to secure high-class men for the various branches of the work. A census generally brings a scramble for "patronage," each member of Congress expecting to nominate a certain number of clerks and to use "pull" where the applicant's qualifications are not up to the standard. This time it is promised to disregard political affiliations and to hold examinations for clerical positions (of the non-competitive kino) under the direction of the civil service commission. It is further provided that the director may give -.inference to persons of previous experie ice and good records iu census work. W-iile these tests do not err on the side cf strictness, the spoilsmen of the old school are expected to find them too drastic, so that a fight against features promising efficiency is Lot improbable. The fiuwrvlsors are to be apiointed bj the President and paid rair salaries, niey will in turn nominate the enumerators, the npiintment of su-h nominees being left to the diret tor. Chicago Record-Herald, j William Crosby, a publisher of Boston, who died the other day at the age of S'.i vears, once refused poems that were offered by Longfellow. Alfred II. Smith, vice president of the New York Central, was acquitted of the charge of manslaughter in connection with the Brewster wreck. Col. GoctUals and ex-Scnator Blackburn have returned from Panama and tell President Roosevelt work on canal is progressing satisfactorily. Secretary Cortelyoit is ordered to show cause in court why he should not be enjoined from delivering Panama bonds to iicrsons and banks as allotted. More than 200 men in New York City are working to improve automobiles.

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THZWAöHimTON . NOlfUMEliT COMPARED WITH eH AIT IN WHICH MEN APE . . y JURIED TELEPHONE ! Girous mine, Nevada, and dia grams showing plight of three miners. OIL WONDER OF THE WORLD. Indian Territory Has a Great Wealth Producer in Glenn Pool. Nothing in the history of oil discov eries In the United States equals the record of the Glcun iooI, near Tulsa, I. T. There are In operation 1,119 wells, which produce a dally average of 107,700 barrels, and In sixteen months have sent to market 2.",000,000 barrels. Laud which in December, 1003, was worth $20 per acre now brings $2,300 tier acre. Three goodsized towns have been built from the reflex prosperity of the pools. Gleim pool is one of the wonders of the world to men in the business of petroleum. and men have come from all over the world to see It. Glenn iool Is not only the most productive pool In the world, but it is the largest in area. Up to this time the proven territory covers same 11,000 acres. Rigs are still going up, and whenever the ieople In the business think they have the lines pret ty well defined along comes a well away off from production, which ex tends the limits of the pool by from one to three miles. So nobody knows anything about the limits of te pool except that up to this time 14,000 acres have been proven up. Millions of dollars have been spent iti the development of the pool and millions of dollars have been made out of It. The pipe lines and the equip ment run into money as rapidly as wa ter runs down hill. It costs $r,000 tc drill and equip a well. Then it costs something for the lease and something for the tankage. To drill and equip I each SO-acre lease takes close to $100,000 in real money. But the pool gives j it all back again. A real good weil will pay for Itself in five or ten days TOLD IN A FEW LINES. The Russian war department has of drred the formation of a military auto mobile corps, to be based on the German model. Pierre Jules Cesar .Janssen, the celebrated French scientist and director of the Meubon observatory, is dead iu Paris He was born in 1S24. W. H. Williams, member of the board of review of Columbus, Ohio, died of a stroke of paralysis, lie was one of the best known Democratic politicians in Ohio. Gov. Harris of Ohio pardoned Williair Ilouck, serving a life sentence on conviction of the murder of Mrs. Sarah Iloss, at Bladensburg, Knox county. Thomas W. Lawson of Boston an rouiees that he is going to start a new iK.liiie.-il nartv and run Roosevelt fci President and Gov. John A. Johnson of Minnesota for Vice President. Flinor Clyn. the English writer, whose iHiok. "Three Winks," was the caiis. ot her being snubbed by the Pilgrim Moth ers in New York, calls the mothers, in an interview, "an aggregation of dowds, frumps and tabby cats a "lot of breastless, slab-hipped, pancake-footed fright! of things."

EPIDEMIC OF GRIP IS

SWEEPING COUNTRY Tens of Thousands of Cases of This Pestiferous Disease Are Being Reported. SUFFERERS IN MANY CITIES. Business in Many Places Is Disor ganized on Account Prostrations from This Ailment. An epidemic of la grippe seems to be sweeping over the country, and tens of thousands of people are suffering from the disease. Pittsburg reports the worst visitation in its hisiory. The business of the city is disorganized on account of the large number of people Who have been suddenly forced to remain absent from their places of employment. Factories and mills, oflices and stores, are affected seriously. There is a notable uniformity In the symptoms of the present ' epidemic. which appears to affect principally the bronchial passages. Bronchitis and pneumonia are its most common accompaniments, and it aggravates fully 50 per cent of the tuberculosis cases. Those most injuriously affected are persons who before the attack were badly run down in their general health. In their cases pneumonia quickly develops, while the heart, brain and other or gans become affected. In Philadelphia an epidemic of grippe is sweeping the city and whole fami lies are prostrated by it. Tneuuiouia in many cases is followed close upon Its heels, and last week many persons died of that disea. Doctors are scurcelj able to keep up with the demands made uiion them. Baltimore, too, Is experi encing an unusual amount of sickness. Other cit'.s where grippe has made Its appearance are Boston. Chicago, Cin cinnati, Cleveland, Denver, Milwaukee and New York, and reports from these places indicate that the health authori ties fear that the outbreak is only at the beginning." Health Commissioner Evans, of Chicago, has issued d warning to the iKH.ple, urging them to get plenty of fresh air. and to exercise In the open as much as possible. Chicago knows the dangor of grippe, for It has been frequently visited by the disease. In 1S00 that city had 100.000 grille suf ferers and 112 deaths directly resulted. In 1S09 over 300 persons died from the disease, and since the first appearance of the malady the city has paid a tribute of 2.20S Jives. In NoV York, where the disease la now gaining a strong foothold, sixtyeight deaths resulted last weei and there are many cases scattered about the city. Boston is the worst sufferer on the Atlantic seaboard. There are nearly 100.000 cast's there und sixty ieaths have resulted. Cincinnati has 2,000 cases and the disease seems to be epi demic In form. The cpen winter Is held rosjvmslble for the spread of the disease. 'Where It originated no one seems to know. It travels with wonderful rapidity. In 1SS0, when the grippe appeared in viru lent form all over the country. It was tracked back to Europe and thence to I long Kong In China. The germs of the present epidemic may have ooine from the same source. or A battle between Tommy Barns and Roche was arranged to take place in Dublin on St. Patrick's day. The Washington State football eleven defeated that of St. Ixmis university by the score of 11 to 0, at Spokane, Wash. The Coa'ey Island Jockey Club an nounced that improvements in its plant now under way will cost at least $100.000. There will be half a dozen Smiths in the major leagues next season, the Amer icans having four players of this name and the Nationals two. Elmer Collins, the Lynn bicycle rider. continues to add to his already enviable record in Paris, and is hailed by the Frenchmen as the coming world's champion. Cincinnati has asked for waivers on seventeen men. Provided all these play ers are turned back to the minors. tLe next manager of the Beds sfill will have twenty-two athletes to aid him in capturing a second division berth. Tommy Ryan believes that the best fijshfers of to-day are to be found in the middleweight ranks. He has a poor opinion of the "heavies," they falling far lielow the standard of scrappers like Jeffries, Sharkey, Corbett, McCoy and Fitzsimmons in their active ring days. The baseball critics seem inclined to the belief that the Bostons got all the liest of the big deal with. New York. The Bean Eaters, it would seem, should occu py a higher place in the race than they have held for the past few years. Haskins, the intercollegiate champion, may be barred from representing the American team at the Olympic games. Haskins is not an American citizen. II was born in Australia and comes under the same ruling as that which affects Con Leahv and Dennis Murray, the two Irish athletes who wanted to represent Amer ica. v In order that they may be kept in active training for the Olympic gameä in England next summer, a movement is on foot that has for its object a visit of the best of the Canadian athletes to New York and Boston, wher indoor meets would be held. If the s -heme pans out. Tom Flanagan, John Flanagan's brother, will have charge of the jarty. The New Orleans baseball club will erect a ?::0,(XtO steel stand. A Greek, bound to fatherland, took wrong train out of Chicago and went to San Francisco. V,. M. Bicbold filed suit t Pittsburg. clsnrzing the ofHcrs and directors of the Pittsburg and AHeuhe.iy Valley Railway (Vrmpany with conspiracy to defraud. Mrs. May Perkatis and her 4-year-old on were found iniin'crcd in their home at Pottsvilie, Pa., by th woman's IS-y.-ar-ild daughter. John Bogers is susH-Vcd. Dr. Wekcrle, the Hungarian premier, ind former Minster of Justice Poloiiyi 'ought a bloodless duel at Budaiest. Afcr Dr. Wekerle had dealt his foe two Mows with the flat of his sword Polony i aindogized and the honor pi both was de clared satisfied.

CHICAGO. The holidays brought the usufl easing off in business activity, but the new year opened up with the general indications more clearly defined and encouraging. Clearance sales in the leading retail lines reflect no special pressure in the offerings, particularly of heavyweight apparel, and the buying is satisfactory. Wholesale branches have hurried inventories and prepared for departure of road salesmen. Some manufacturers took more time for necessary repairs to machinery, and the number of hands made idle increased, but resumptions next week will bring relief to the temporary depression in iron and steel. The annual stock taking thus far discloses snug conditions in both producing and distributive trades, there being fair profit results and no serious overacrumulotion of products, January disbursements in dividends and interest are exceptionally large, and there is more effort to obtain better circulation of currency and further loosening of the stringency. Mercantile collections in tbe West remain slow and assistance ig not infrequently needed to tide over dithculties, yet the default record for this district exhibits no discouraging increase in numbers. Failures reported in the Chicago district number 28. against 22 last week and 21) a yeur ago. Those with liabilities over $."i,000 number only 1. against 7 last week and 9 in 11X)7. Dun's Review. NEW TORE. Rather more than usual post-holiday qui?t is reported in general trade and industry, but the financial situation shows continued betternjent. Ueduction sales stimulate retail trade at some cities, but mild weather limits seasonable distribution at the Northwest, while holding of cotton affects retail trade and collections at the South. Money is more easily obtainable for business purposes at large centers. Business in dry goods and clothing is light, as a whole, but the tone of that trade is more confident than a month ago. The leather trade is quiet, with Fole' leather stocks small, owing to curtailment of output, but stocks of hides are large. The wholesalers are not buying fnjciy, but the 7 per cent reduction in ll07 shipments woutd indicate that stocks are; not heavy. Business failures for the week encling Jan. 2 number 313, against 24 S last wWk, 1S3 in the like week of BX)7. 220- in PtOC, 27S in 1903 and 2G2 in 1004. 'in Canada failures for the week number H f. as against 50 last week and 10 in this week a year ago. Bradstreet's Report. Chicago Cattle, common to prime. $4.00 to $5.15; hogs, prime heavy, $4.00 to S4.72 : sheen, fair to choice. 5LI.Ö0 to $3.00; wheat. No. 2, !Sc to $1.01;) corn. No. 2, K)c to OOc; oats, standard, 4!c to 30c; rye. No. 2, 77c to bay, timothy, $1100 to $17.00; prairie. .0O to $12.30; butter, choice creamery, 24i to 21e ; eggs, fresh, 22c to 27c; inrtatofs per bushel, 30c to COc. 4 Indianapolis Cattle, shipping, 1.00 to $.00; hogs, good to choice heay, $1.00 to'$4.G3; sheep, common to prirhe, $3.00 to $4.30; wheat. No. 2, iM to V.ic: ocrn. No. 2 white, 33c to 33c; oat. No'. 2 white, 40c to 31c. j St. Louis Cattle, $4.30 to $1.00; bojfcs, S4.00 to $4.33; sheep. $3.00 to $3jh; wheat. No. 2, $1.04 to $1.00; corn. No. 2, 33c to 30c; oats. No. 2, 4'Jc to 30c; re. No. 2, 73c to 7!)c. Cincinnati Cattle, $4.00 to $3.30; 1-cgs. $4.00 to $ 4.73; sheep, $3.00 to . $4.30; wheat. No. 2, llOc to $1.01; yrti. ' No. 2 mixed, 33c to 37c; oats. No. '2 mixed, 30c to 31c; rye. No. 2, Sic to JMc. Detroit Cattle, $4.00 to $3.30; bogs, $1.00 to $4.30; sheep. $2.30 to $1: wheat. No. 2, $1.03 to $1.04; corn. No. p yellow, 01c to C2c; cats. No. 3 white, 31c to 33c; rye. No. 2, 80c to S2c j' Milwaukee Wheat, No. 2 northern,, $1.08 to $1.10; corn. No. 3, 37c to 3Sc; oats, standard, 40c to 30c; rye. No. I, 81c to S2c; barley. No. 2, t)7c to $100; pork, mess, $12.47. Buffalo Cattle, choice shipping steers. $4.00 to $3.73; hogs, fair to choice, $3.3(1 to $4.S3; sheep, common to good mixed. $4.00 to $3.30; lambs, fair to choice, $3.00 to $7.C3. New York Cattle, $4.00 to $3.G5j hogs, $3-30 to $3.00; sheep. $3.O0 to $3.20 ; wheat. No. 2 red. $1.(3 to $1.07: corn. No. 2, G7c to Oc; oats, natural hite, 33c to 57c; butter, creamery, 23c to 30c; eggs, western, 22c to 23c, ; Toledo Wheat, No. 2 mixed. $1.00 to $1.02; corn, No. 2 mixed. 30c to 01c; oats. No. 2 mixed, 5lc to 32c; rye. No. 2, 79c to SOc; clover seed, prime, $10.37. SHORT NEWS NOTES. Twelve men arrested in Camden, N. J., charged with stealing and carry inj off a two-story house. ' On account of the easier money market f the Rending Railroad Company nnnonnc- i ed at Reading, Pa., it would pay its shop pands in cash. Other employes will be paid in checks. Ä .The Bishop of xndon. who made ach a notable visit to this country In September, is now planning to tour Russia and visit some chaplaincies in that country. Officers of the St. Louis insane asylum took a party of women, suffering from insanity in its milder forms, on a shop- ' ping tour. The experiment was found beneficial. Trof. Oscar Lassa r, a well-known dermatologist and a member of the Berlin university faculty, died in Berlin as a result of hurts received in an automobile accident recently. Experts have decided thai the famous St. Paul's cathedral, in London, is safe so long as the buildings around it are not disturbed, and thus ends a long conI troversy. Mary King, aged 8 years, of Philadelphia, in trying to kiss a fish in a" large plole, upset the vessel, which, toppling I over, struck her on the head, causing conI ussion of the brnin. Col. John Jflcob Astor, has just sjnt S230,0i'n for a private clubhouse on his Hudson river estate, where his guests cay play tennis as well protected from . be weather rs they nre in the indoor c'lris of the racket chili in New York. The Salvation Army in Kngland In the ear has added directly or indirectly V.V1 women, .1.102 of them having been c.ken into the rescue homes, and no fewthan 2,701 have turned out well. A bog weighing 240 ounds. fed in 'rooklyn, N. Y., on l. er and whisky by some jokers, kmnked over two policemen, lonrded a trolley car and caused a panic, ; and was finally caught by a reserve force of twenty policemen. A newspaper clipping forwarded by Consul Harry A. Conant of Windsor states that many depositors from the United States have been opening accounts in Canadian banks, and especially ia branches 1n that city.