Plymouth Tribune, Volume 7, Number 16, Plymouth, Marshall County, 23 January 1908 — Page 2

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GN. M. "T F. Q.F. M. KT I Q. 3rd, y 10thAglStb. 26th. PAST AND PEESENT AS IT COMES TO US FROM ALL CORNERS OF THE EARTH. Telegraphic Information Gathered by the Few for the Enlit;hrenment of the Many Hung and Shot; Negro Still Lives. The negro, Grover Franklin, who was taken away from Sheriff Butler and deputies at Dothan. Ala., and who "was hLiiged to a tree, is again in the hands of the law and stands a chance for his recovery. The mob was so closely followed by the officers and law-abiding citizens, determined, if possible, to avert the lynching, that they did not have time to get their Tlctina outside the corporate limits and hurriedly hanged him on the first tree, and, thinking they had riddled him with bullets, fled. On the arrival of the officers the negro was still alive and was immediately cut down and placed in the county jail. It is thought he will recover. World's Bicycle Record Broken. A world's record was broken during the first hour of the sis-day bicycle Tace, when tweaty-six miles and seven laps were made on a twelve-lap track In Convention Hall, Kansas City, Mo. The previous record for one hour was twenty-six miles and thirty-one laps on a ten-lap track. Fogler, of the team of Root and Fogler, set a dizzy pace as leaders during the first hour and Bistab, of the team of Monroe and Bistab, and Stenhour, who was riding with Morgan, were distanced during the first fifteen minutes and both dropped out of the race. Monroe and Morgan will each ride alone, being given a handicap of fifty miles, or 1,200 laps, for the six days. Secretary Loeb to Resign. A dispatch from Washington, D. C, says: As the result of the election Saturday of directors of the Washington Railway and Electric Company and the subsequent election as temporary president of the road of Allan L. McDermott, the plans of the friends of William Loeb, Jr., secretary to President Roosevelt, to later place Mr. Loeb at the head of that company, are said to have been carried out Mr. Loeb stated that he did not know how long he should remain in' his present position; that it might be until after the fall campaign. . Bank at Norwalk, Ohio, Fails. The Norwalk (Ohio) Savings Bank has made a voluntary assignment for the benefit of its creditors, following a meeting of directors and officials. This wa3 indirectly due to the assignment last week of the Ohio Trust Company, of Norwalk. The armount of deposits withdrawn made it Impossible for the bank to weather the storm. Ed. C Enien and E. G. Tho.nas were appointed as assignees of the bank. It i3 believed the bank will be able to pay Its creditors and depositors in full. , Two Killed; Five Injured. Two men were killed and five injured by the derailment of a work train on the Atlanta, Birmingham and Atlantic railway n- ;ar Tyrone, Ga. The wreck wa3 caused by a protruding telegraph pole1, which caught against a flat car which was being poshed ahead of the engine. Those killed f. injured were riding upon the car, Tr4 overturned and caught them. One ot the dead was a white workman, the other a negro. The Injured are all colored. Two Skate r3 Drowned. The bodies of Peter Caplett and Miss Annie Marrier, wlo were drowned while skating on a pond in Worcester, Mass., were found. It Is thought that they skated into an open water in the dark. When found the young people were clasped in each other's arms. They were to have been married in a fortnight Illinois Miners Hurt. Ten miners were severely hurt when a cage fell down the shaft of a coal mine at LaSalle, 111. Two of the Injured men may die. Edmund Clarence Stedman Dead. Edmund Clarence Stedman, the hanker and poet, died suddenly at his home in New York City Saturday, January 18. Charles Emery Smith Dead. Charles Emory Smith, editor of the Press, former minister to Russia and postmaster general, died at his home in Philadelphia, Pa. Death was caused by heart trouble. Last of the Ottawas Dead. Betsy Bonnett, 93 years of age, the daughter of Obeju, chief of the tribe of Ottawa Indians, died at Sandusky, Ohioi She Is said to have been th? last of her race. Palls Sown Stairs to Death. Edward Colgin, 21 years old. and popnlar among the younger society folk of the place, fell down a flight of stairs at Miller Hall, Brandon. Ohio, and was initantly killed. He alighted on his head, tfter ' pitching forward fifteen feet. A 3a nee had been in progress in t!ie hall. China Suddenly Seeks Guns. China has placed an important urgent order for quick-firing guns in Pari. Whether the guns are purchased owing to the acute relations between China and Japan or on a .-count of internal trouble. in Chiua is unknown. - Wood Alcohol Kills Sailors. John Hart . of the cruiser St. Louis died in Vallejo, Cal., from the effects of wood alcohol, surreptitiously taken, lie is the third victim in a week to succumb to the poisonous drink, two other sailors are totally blind from the sauie ca.ise and five others will never again be fit for active service. 2,000 More Men Return to Work. Orders have been issued by the Ptsburg Steel Company to put full forces at work in the wire, rod tnd tube mills at Monessen, Pa. Approximately 2,000 men .are affected by the resumption.

TWO QUIT JAPANESE CABINTT.

Increase in Tax Budget Causes Division in Emperor's Advisors. The resignation of the entire Japanese cabinet was narrowly averted Tuesday. The premier. Marquis Saionji. tendered his resignation to the Emperor, but his majesty declined to receive it, while the alternative resignations of Yoshiro Sakatani, minister of finance, and of Isaburo Yamagata, minister of communications, were accepted. Masahisa Matsura, minister of justice, will combine the portfolio of finance, and Keihara, minister of the interior, will combine that of the minister of communication. This leaves the cabinet without any new elements and removes the disputants who have been the disturbing factors for some time past. The cabinet council gave rise to some heated debates. Yamagata insisted upon the resignations of Sakatani, who is re-sj-onsible for the budget which will be introduced in the diet, and who is blamed by the cabinet ministers and the public because in 1907 he premised that there would be no increase made in the taxation nor would there be any resort to foreign loam; in 190S. An investigation of the situation convinced the cabinet officers and ?lder statesmen that an increase in the taxation or in lieu thereof a foreign loan would be unavoidable. MASONIC TEMPLE BURNED. Grand Lodge Sustains $300,000 Loss by Flame3 that Destroy Halls. The Masonic Temple. North Charles street. Baltimore, was destroyed by fire. All of the structure above the second floor is a hollow shell." The building, owned by the Grand Lodge of Masons, was insured for $300.0X, and the contents for $35,000. The first floor was occupied by several stores, all of which were damaged by water. The upikt flcors were devoted to lodge rooms, all ot which were elaborately finished in marble and hard wols, while the walls were decorated in oil colors. There werelo in the building many rare and fine old paintings. The records of the grnnd lode are believed to be intact, as they wore kept in a cellar vault. CHURCH FIRE A MYSTERY. Work of Incendiary Seen Pormer Chicagoan Pastor of Sanctuary. It is believed that a fire which nearly destroyed the Second , Congregational church in Dorchester, Mass., with a loss of $50,000, was the work of an incendiary. .Ajsmall hole was discovered in the side of the buifting where the fire broke out acJ near it was material which appeared to have been used in the work. The principal loss was the new organ, which had recently been installed at an expense) of $2.1,000. Many of the historic treasures of the church, which recently celebrated its 100th anniversary, were saved- The Rev. Dr. Arthur Little, formerly of Chicago, is pastor of the church. INDIANA TIGER EATS CHILD P Thigh Bone of Little Victim Found in Lair of Escaped Beast. The search for the escaped tiger that has terrorized portions of Pike county, Indiana, since last Friday was resumed, and by the aid of the snow which has fallen it was tracked to a canebrake near O'tWell. Perfeons who ventured into the thicket for a short distance found many bones of hogs, sheep and other animals that the beast had killed. One of the bones brought to tie camp, from the canebrake is declared by a physician to be the thigh bone of a child not more than 3 years of age, but as no child is missing there is no explanation of the mystery. MAN SLAIN IN BED BY AX. Woman Says She Knew Nothing of Murder Until She Awoke. At Chisholm, Minn., Elias Matson, 40 years old, was slain as he slept the other eight, and' his wife, sleeping by his side, says she heard no sound and knew nothing about the murder until she awoke in the morning. The murder was committed with a double-bladed ax, which was still buried in the man's head when the woman discovered the crime. Several suspects are under arrest. Jealousy over the woman is supposed to have been the motive of. the crime. Shuns Tub; Sued for Divorce. Charging that ' her husband has not bathed since their marriage thirty years ago and that he has abused, humiliated and overworked her, Mrs. Irene A. Smith is suing for a divorce from Thomas It. Strain, in Washington. Strain has brought a' counter-suit for separation. Husband and wife are identified with well-known and comparatively wealthy families. Lower Wages on Bailroads. "We are just on the edge of reducing wages. That applies to all railroads." This statement was made by Vice President II. U. Mudge of the Rock Island Railroad. "If the legislatures keep on with such legislation as they have already enacted against us it will simply mean trouble. Men are being laid off now and more will be laid off right along." Fixes Big Harvester Fine. Judge Dana, in the Shawnee Coutity District Court in Topeka, Kan., assessed a fine of $12,000 against the International Harvester Compatry, which the court found guilty on fort3'-three counts of vio lating the Kansas anti-trust law. The maximum fine is $1,000 a count and the minimum $100. Stevenson Collection to Be Sold. The most complete collection of works of Robert Louis Stevenson in existence will be sold in New York Jan. 30 and 31. .Every copy has an autograph, or is accompanied by an autograph letter. The collection was made by George M. Williamson and contains works of which no other copies exist. Kills Wife for Forgetting Dinner. A. M. Chamberlain, an electrician at Bradford, Pa., aged 28, shot and killxl his wife and then shot himself because when he returned from work he found his wife had gone to a skating rink and had not prepared dinner. Constantine Tries Suicide. Frank J. Constantine, murderer of Mrs. Louise Gentry of Chicago, is believed to be dying as the result of having leaped from the seventh balcony of t'ie Joliet penitentiary in an attempt at sui cide. St. Regis Guest Suicide. Mrs. Herbert M. Sears, member of a wealthy Boston family and a guest at the Hotel St. Regis in New York, commute I suicide by jumping from a thirteen story window. "31aci- Hand" Wrecks House. ' An explosion which the iolice trace to the "Black Hand" occurred in a tenement house in East Twenty-ninth street, New York, shattering the front of the building, breaking windows in nearby buildings, and almost causing a panic in Rellevue hospital. No one was seriously injured. E. C. Stedman, Poet, Dies. Edmrnd Clarence Stedman, banker, poet anJ critic, famous alike in the world of letters and finance, died Saturday at the home of his son, Arthur Stedmao, in New York, of heart disease.

RECOVERY OF $12,000 IN GEMS. Woman Gets from Old-Clothes Mai Necklace Lost by Carelessness. Mrs. William I. Little of New York has recovered a $12.000 pearl necklace m a manner little short of miraculous. A fortnight ago Mr. and Mrs. Little went to an opera. In leaving the- ipera lioiue the necklace, a wedding gift to Mi.s iAltlc from her husband, became unhook "1, and, taking it off, she thrust it into the pocket of her opera cloak. A day or tco la'er Mrs. Little gave the cbak to vr maid, having no further use fr it. The maid not being able to wear the cloak, sold it to an establishment where women's cast-off clothes are dealt in. A -lay or two ago the woman who runs he clothes shop got the cloak out for he purpose of renovating it. In the poc!i:t she found the string of pearls, and when a jo-A.Mer next door told her the value of the necklace she nearly fainted. Consultation of the books of the shop showed the name of the maid from whom the cloak had been purchased and the jewcis were returned to Mrs. Little, who had not misled them, i

GET DYE FROM GALL STONES. Large Purchases of Japanese from Chicago Packers Is Explained. The buying of gall stones by the Japanese from Chicago packers is said by Philadelphia chemists to be for chemical purposes. Ir. J. Jaisohn. a native Japanese, sii id his ieople were very ingenious in securing dyes from gall stoues p.nd they are continually experimenting, lie believes they have discovered a nv green dye. which is being kept a secret. Dr. V. M. Y. Coplin of the Jefferson hospital said gall stones had no medicinal value, and that the Japanese use the gall stones for the greenish-yellow pigment, a IKculiar shade loved by that people. IIa said no American chemist ,liad ever discovered the method of mixing this pigment, and the Japanese may have Vie secret in securing it from the gall stones. Other chemists said gall stones contained coloring properties. ODD WAY TO EXTINGUISH FIRE. Snowballs Thrown by Hundreds Save Town from Flames. Hundreds of men, women, boys and girls saved the mining town of Ilosweli, I 'a., from destruction by fire by throwing niow balls. The town lias no fire department and water is scarce. The flames had gained much headway, and a building in which was stored sufficient powder to blow up the village war threatened. As a last resource practically the entire population legan throwing thousands of snowballs made from soft, wet snow, and, after a time, prevented the explosion and confined the ilames to half a dozen buildings. SHOOTING ON THE STAGE REAL. W. B. Jefferson Painfully Injured in Bank Robbery Scene. While the audience at the opera house in Marion, Ohio, was applauding W. B. Jefferson's "burglar" in a blood and thunder melodrama and cheering for the realistic way he acted when shot by the hero, he was writhing in pain from a w'oui.l made by the discharge of the revolver. To the audience it all seemed a p.irt of th? play, but to Jefferson it was real. The hero was so near him in the bank scene, where the shooting occurred, that a paper wad from the revolver struck him in the leg and inflicted a deep and painfu' wound. DESERTS 13 TIMES; IS CAUGHT. Man Who Has Given War Department Trouble Since 1892 Arrested. Th War Department in Washington was informed the other day of the arrest in San Francisco of Patrick Horrigau. who is one of the most persistent deserters that the recruiting officers of the army have met in recent years. Since IS. 2, whei he enlisted at Grand Rapids, Mich., Horrigan has deserted from the array thirteen times. Each time he ag.i'm enlisted under an assumed name and disappeared shortly after his assignment to his regiment. Pope Pius Has Gout. Various alarming rumors were in circulation in Rome regarding the health of Pope Pius. They were'to the effect that his holiness had suffered a stroke of apoplexy, that he had had a bad fainting spell and that the disease of the heart from which he suffers had suddenly growa verse. All were greatly exaggerated, however, as the Pope is only again jCfering from the gout. Swedish King's First Speexh. The formal opening of the first parliament under the reign of King Gustave took place in Stockholm Thursday with simple ceremonies. King Gustave, who was present, in the speech from the throne, referring to the heavy responsibility that devolved upon him with the death of King Oscar, promised, in wholehearted zeal, always to try to fulfill his duty. After Fashionable Club. Attorney General Young of Miunesota announced that he intended to ak the State Supreme Court to set aside the recent ruling of Judge Kelly of the District Court. of Ramsey county to the effect that the Minnesota Club, a fashionable organization, is exempt from the liquor license law, ami therefore is exempt from the law forbidding the sale of intoxicants on Sunday. Vagrancy Records Broien. Thousands, out . of work, ana the increase in the number of strangers looking for work because of the closing down of factories in nearby cities, have increased the unmber of vagrants in New York far beyond the usual number even in winter, and with the advent of a deally cold spell all the city institutions will be crowded to overflowing. New Senators from Maryland. The general assembly of Maryland in joint convention elected Walter Smith a member of the Unit eel States Senate for the full term beginning March -I, 1909, and William Pinckney Whyte was declared elected . to fill the unexpired term of the late Senator Gorman. . Throws Herself from Porthole. Mrs. Kitchener, widow of a brother of Viscount Kitchener of Khartoum, committed suicide in Colon. She threw herself from the porthole of her cabin and was drowned. The woman's husband was the late Arthur Buck Kitchener. John R. Walsh Convicted. John R. Walsh was found guilty on fifty-four counts of the indictment for misapplying funds of the Chicago National Rank. The motion for a new trial will be argued Jan. 2S. Girls Are Killed in Fire Panic. Two girls were killed and seven otbrs reriously injured in u fire in the building occupied by the Imperial Underwear factory in Seranton, Pa. About 200 girls were employed in the building. There was a panic when the alarm of fire was sounded. Hazing Kills Schoolboy. Raymond Taylor, 10 years old, a pupil at the Eugene Field school in Chicago, died as the result of hazing by fellow pupils, his sister having succumbed five years ago to injuries received from a schoolmate.

HEALING BY FAITH. Chicago' Reformed Episcopal Church to Treat Body as Well as Soul. A new and important departure has been taken by St. Paul's Reformed Episcopal Church of Chicago, under the leadership of Bishop Samuel Fallow?. The church has added healing of the body to its spiritual ministrations:, following somewhat lions the lines pursued by Christian Scientists, although with several fundamental differences. Christian psychology, as explained by Bishop Fallows, docs not ignore physicians as does Christian Science, but works band in band with the medical profession, and the work of heal ins undertaken at St. Paul's will be applied only to such patients as are suffering from disorders in which the action of the mind plays an Important part. Cure of organic disVli BISHOP SAMUEL FALLOWS. eases will not be attempted, although patients suffering from them will be aided as far as possible by suggestion, faith and persuasion. The diseases and weaknesses to which Christian psychology is to bo applied at St. Paul's are functional nervous disorders, hypochondria, insomnia, nervous dyspepsia, melancholia, mental depression, hysteria, neurasthenia, the drug habit, the liquor babit, want of self-confidence, irritability, worry, anger, fear and weakness of will. The class of cases In which no cure will be attempted are those like tvphoid fever, scarlet fever, smallpox and other disorders of that nature. Bishop Fallows, who was born in England in 1S?Z, has led an active and militant career. He came to this country In 1S4S, settling in Wisconsin, and in 1S.j1 was ordained in the Methodist Episcopal Church. During the Civil war he served as a colonel and was brcvettcd brigadier general. He served three terms as State superintendent of public instruction In Wisconsin and in 1S75 united with the Reformed Episcopal Church, being consecrated bishop the following year. Since 1875 he has been rector of St. Paul's Church, Chicago. The bishop has other theories besides healing through Christian psychology. He believes that Christianity is a good deal a matter of the kind of food we eat. "If every child was scientifically fed," he says, "we'd have no moral baseness, no mental depravity and no spiritual Ignorance." His system of Christian healing will be followed with a good deal of Interest. ALL AROUND THE GLOBE. During 1007 the Legal Aid Society of Ncv York received 2t,iKJ appeals for aid. New York board of education will probaljy vote to restore, corporal punishment in the schools. The factory of the Cummings Leather Company at Woburn, Mass., was destroyed by fire. Loss $S0,0X), fully insured. Edward Shea of Mont-lair, N. J., has recovered from a trance which lasted a month. He says he saw visions and talked with persons long since dead. Miss Katherine Noble of Baltimore, Md., the heroine of the Mohegan disaster, has announced her engagement to Ernesto Trorio-Semondetti of Mexico. Jeremiah O'Meara, 70 years old. married Helen Naughton, CI years old. in (Staoford, Conn., after a wait of 40 years. () Meara could not find his sweetheart after he returned from the Civil War, and she thought he had been killed. They found each other only a short time tfo. Neither has been married before

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INDUSTRIES ARE REVIVING. Workers of All Kinds Are Reported in Great Demand. Business throughout the United States, both commercial and industrial, Is reviving, according to Terence V. Powderly," chief of the division of information, bureau of immigration. The division of information was created by Congress as an agency to divert immigration from the larger cities, and find places for the unemployed alien. The functions of the division have been enlarged, inasmuch as Chief Powderly is endeavoring to provide work for Americans as well as aliens. From July 1 last until early in October 1:00,000 requests were made upon Chief Powderly to supply various forms of labor for factory, railroad, farm and industrial enterprises of all descriptions. About the middle of October, wlicn the financial disturbances became acute, many of these applications were canceled, correspondents stating that Instead of nettling labor they were putting off men, and that everything pointed to a prolonged period of depression. Recently there has been a renewal of the demand for labor. Chief Powderly pays that this demand comes from every section of the country; that It calls for mechanics, mill operatives, factory bands, railroad bulllers, and farm laborers. From the agricultural States have come notice that in the spring hundreds of thousands of farm bands will be needed, and that every effort should be made by the government at this time, to see to It that an adequate supply of labor is provided in the regions where It will be urgently required. "An investigation has developed," said Mr. Powderly, "that, while the unusually large exodus of foreigners during the past few months was the direct result of disturbed financial conditions, It was not due to the closing of mills or factories or cessation in the progress of public works. The great majority of those who returned to Europe were not turned out of employment. They were alarmed by the outlook and decided to go back. The tide will begin to turn early in the spring, and I have no doubt that the increasing 'demand for labor that our reports indicate is at hand will be fully met by the suprly in this country amplified by an enlarged immigration." AN AID TO CUPID. Mayor of Spokane the Patron Saint of tho Single. Young man, go west, and Incidentally, young woman, go west that Is if you are anxious to take unto yourself a partner for life. This Is the Invitation which C. Herbert Moore, reform mayor of Spokane, has issued unto the forlorn of the land and which is being accepted with surprising alacrity. So far he has ben successful In linding husbands in the Spokane country for girls In Chicago, Indianapolis, Memphis and Philadelphia, and bo has secured wives for ranchers, mining operators and fruit growers in various parts of the inland empire of the Paciilc northwest. The mayor has engaged an assistant secretary whose duty it is to carry out the chief executive's suggestions and to bring the inquirers and inquired for together. Mayor Moore litl not seek the appointment to this peculiar position but rather was It thrust upon him by maids and men, widows and widowers who knew his kind heart and belief in the married state as the only happy one. He receives scores of letters every day, from timid women looking for men whom they may "look up to," from big, unafraid women who want quiet, docile husbands who of a certainty will look up to them, from romantic youths who wish beauty and from farmers who hanker after brawn. There Is no sort of husband or wife which his honor does not agree to furnish upon application and as a result he is tl.e most popular man in the west. Heavy Fine for Slammer. In Hhe Municipal Court at Chicago Judge Newcomer recently fined William Warner, a merchant of Kansas City, $.") and costs for going on a slumming trip through the city. Two women who accompanied him were fined $25 each. The judge declared that persons who had no intention of doing good had no right to b? oa a so-called slumming tour. Fire destroyed an entire business block in Culbertson, Mont., and it was neces sary to use dynamite to keep the whole city from being burned up.

BIG POULTRY SHOW.

Aristocracy of th?. Feathered Tribe on Exhibition in Chicago. Three thousand aristocrats of the poultry world contested for honors in the national pxmltry show recently held in Chicago by the National Fanciers' and Breeders' Association. The breeding of the finest stock is becoming so popular In the Middle West that products of this section have begun to take prizes at the New York poultry show. '-v, . A J T.H.JQKiS which Is the largest event, of the kind, and to carry off all the honors in the Chicago event, which is second in Importance. There was a large Increase this year in the number of entries. The champion of al hens, owned by Ernest Kellerstrass, of Kansas City, and valued at $2,."i00, was there, as well as numerous other chickens valued at from $500 to $1,000. Fighting cocks, wild turkeys and ducks, homing pigeons with records as victorious racers over distances ranging from 100 to 1,000 miles, and pheasants such as English noblemen shoot, bred on the largest pheasant farm In the country fifteen miles from Chicago, were attractions. Baby chicks were hatched out in incubators every day of the show. BUBONIC PLAGUE DISAPPEARING War on Disease Requires Lives of 130,000 Rats in San Francisco. With only seven cases of bubonic plague ieiorted during the month of Dec-ember and only three cases remaining tinder treatment at the isolation hospital, the plague in San Francisco is almost eradicated as a rcsu-t of the vigorous sanitary campaign conducted during the last four months by the United States Marine hospital service under the direction of Dr. Rupert Blue. It Is estimated that approximately 130,000 rats have been destroyed during the last four months. Thirty-five thousand six hundred and forty-two rats were brought to the laboratory of the lioalth department. Of thU number 11, ."4)1 were examined by bacteriologists for plague and 100 found to be infected. The total number of cases reported to date are 1P.0; deaths, 7.1; cured. 0; remaining under treatment, 3; suspc-ct-ed cases, 28. At White Rock, Pa., John Wintle was r.hot dead by Mrs. James Ilentcr while he was trying to force his way into her home in the absence of her husband. The shot drew a crowd, but for eight hours the woman defied the officers and only surrendered when her husband returned home. The Burlington and Union Pacific will take porters oft chair cars and do away with flagmen on some of their passenger trains, according to a dispatch from, Omaha. Retrenchment is given as the reason.

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The recent issue of bonds by the Secretary of the Treasury was the occasion of an animated debate in the Senate Monday. The discussion was precipitated by an inquiry by Senator Culberson and was participated in by Senators Vldrich, Tollman and Bailey. It resulted in an agreement to Kstpone further controversy until a statement can be received from Secretary Cortelyou. Mr. Tillman's resolutions directing the Finance Committee to inquire into the operations of the Treasury Department was referred, with his consent, to that committee. The unfinished business in the form of a bill to codify the criminal laws of the United States was placed before the Senate and the reading of the bill was begun. Vigorous defense of State's rights in dealing with violations of civil rights or with special State elections where troops have been called into service served to enliven the debate in the House In connection with the bill to codify the penal laws of the United States. A number of Democrats, mostly from the Southern States, strenuously sought by amendment to reserve to the States themselves the discretion as to the qualifications of voters and of persons to serve on juries, and to limit the power of federal judges on certain cases; but every attempt failed. The recent federal bond Issue was again the subject for discussion in the Senate Tuesday, being brought forward for a resolution offered by Senator Culberson, calling on the secretary for additional information concerning the reasons that induced him to award bonds to national banks instead of to individuals who offered a higher price. Mr. Aldrich insisted 'that the resolution should not be adopted until after Secretary Cortelycu's reply to a resolution formerly adopted by th? Senate was received, but promised to aid in securing additional information. Mr. Culberson's resolution went over under the rules. Senator Tillman offered a resolution embodying a ntw series of inquiries concerning the financial situation. The amount of the fine and the length of the term of imprisonment to be meted out to officers and directors of corporations for violating the law with respect to money contributions for political purposes furnished material for debate in the House in connection with the consideration of the penal code bill. All amendments to increase the penalty were voted down. Earlier in the day there was a sharp debate over the section prohibiting the enticing of artificers and workmen from government arsenals or armories by private employers, and all attempts to amend the provision so as to make it applicable only in time of war. or public emergency were voted down. When adjournment was taken eighty-six sections of the 342 had been disposed of. The Senate did not receive a reply Wednesday from the Secretary of the Treasury to its resolution calling for information concerning the financial situation, and in 'its absence Senator Aldrich assented to the passage of Senator Culberson's resolution on the same subject. A joint resolution reducing from $24,Ooo.OOO to 11,000,000 the war indemnity of the United States from China wes passed. The remainder of the session was devoted to the discussion of ihe penal code bill. The committee on revision cf the laws in the House finally consented to allow amendments to the bill codifying the penal laws of the United States, and as a result the measure was changed in some important particulars. When the House adjourned there were pending a number of important amendments. The Senate calendar was cleared of nearly every bill upon it Thursday, and the bill to revise the criminal laws of the United States was taken up, and discussed until adjournment. A complete change of front was exhibited by the majority in the House of Representatives in the consideration of the bill to codify and revise the penal laws of the United States. The pacific spirit displayed by the committee on revision of laws, toward the close of Wednesday's session, when it appeared as though the several amendments strengthening certain provisions of the bill regarding corruption in the appointment of persons to public offices would be adopted, vanished, and instead every itch of ground was fought over to keep amendments out of the bill. When adjournment was taken only six additional pages had been disposed of and but one or two verbal amendments by the committee had been inserted. The Senate was not in session Friday. After passing a large number of pension bills the House at 1:25 p. m. adjourned until Monday. The penal code bill wi3 not taken up. NATIONAL CAPITAL NOTES. A free art bill was introduced in the House by Mr. Burton of Ohio. It was referred to the committee on ways and means. Representative Mann of Chicago introduced a bill permitting railroads to give free transportation to officials and employes of other lines. The Senate committee on buildings and grounds recommended the purchase, at ccst of $0,000,000, of the ground betweei Pennsylvania avenue and the Mall, extending from the capitol to the treasury building, and the erection thereon of buildings for the State Department, the Department of Justice and the Department of Commerce and Labor. Senator Tillman is swamped daily with letters from all parts of the country praising him for his efforts in behalf of prohibition. Senator Owen of Oklahoma introduced a bill providing for the taxing of deposits in national banks to raise a fund to guarantee all depositors. The joint resolution extending to Jan. 21, 11)10, the time allowed militia companies of the various States to conform their organization to that prescribed for the regular army, was passed by he House and goes to the President for his signature. Representative 1 1 ill of Connecticut introduced a resolution authorizing the Secretary of the Treasury to accept certified checks for all public debts. Captain Richmond Pearson Hobson 'Introduced in the House a joint resolution authorizing the negotiation of international arbitration treaties with all other nations. Representative Garrett of Tennessee introduced a resolution calling on the Department of Commerce and Labor to fur-, r.ish the House with all possible information concerning the absorption by the United States Steel Corporation of the Tennessee Coal and Iron Company. The President sent to the Senate the nomination of Fred T. Dennett of North Dakota to be commissioner of the general land office; also the nominations of James F. Tracey of New York, to be a member of the Philippine commission aud secretary of finance and justice; (Jregario Araneto of the Philippine Islands, to be an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippine Islands; and John A. Thornton, to be collector of customs for the district of Teche, La. The House passed bills authorizing the construction of bridges across the Missouri river at or near Council BlufTs, Iowa, and across the Mississippi rivtr at Burlington, Iowa.

CHICAGO. The favorable developments in banking conditions this week provide an encouraging basis for early improvement in th industrial situation.. Aside from the iajmediate effect in strengthening sentiment, there are features which testify to betterment. The volume of payments through the banks is seen to be the largest in eleven weeks, and factory operations furnish employment to an extent which rapidly reduces the idle ranks of labor. A largely increased commercial mortality may excite comment, but this really adds to stability by the elimination of concerns suffering from organic weakness. New demands make an improving exhibit in iron and steel, and other branches are more disposed to increase production. There is less apprehension as to adancing undertakings requiring heavy outlays in construction and building work. Railroad plans an nearer the time of initiation and much activity is probaule should the cost of financing become mor? inviting. Distributive trade continues of seasonable extent. Dealings in the leading retail lines bring gratifying reductions i:i winter stocks, and wholesale operations gather strength from an increasing presr ence of visiting fcyers. Failures reported in the Chicago district number 47, against 30 last week and 22 a year ago. Those with liabilities over $5.0tK number It), against 7 last week and 6 in 1007. Dun's Review. NEW YORK. A further easing in the financial situition and very general reports of improvements in collections are the leading features this week. In trade lines, colder weather and snow have helped retail distributions somewhat, but price reduction sales arc generally credited with responsibility for whatever expansion has been shown in that branch as a whole. Wholesalers and jobbers report sentiment ? reproved, collections benefited by the return to normal in domestic money markets, tut trade demands are still below the normal, and in some sections a late and sofa! I spring trade is predicted. Business failures in the United States for the week ending Jan. 10 number 431, against 435 last week and 235 in the like week of 1907. 279 in 190G, 304 in 1905, and 2GO in 1004. Canadian failures for, the week number 44,-as against C3 las week and 23 in this week a year ago. Bradstreet's Report. Chicago Cattle, common to prime, $4.00 to $0.20; hogs, prime heavy, $4.t I to $1.52; sheep, fair to choice, $3.00 to $5.25; wheat, No. 2, 98c to $1.00; corn. No. 2, 5Sc to 50c; oats, standard, I 49c to 50c; rye, No. 2, 84c to S5c; bay, timothy, $9.50 to $15.50; prairie, $8.00 to $11.50; butter, choice creamery, 24c to 30c; eggs, fresh, 24c to 2Sc; potatoes, per bushel, 55c to 05c. Indianapolis Cattle, shipping, $3.00 to $G.O0; hogs, good to choice heavy, $3.50 to $4.50; sheep, common t prime, j $3.00 to $5.00; wheat. No. 2, 97c to USc; corn. No. 2 white, 55c to 5Gc; oats. No. 2) white, 40c to 51c. . St. Louis Cattle, $4.50 to $0.10; bogs $1.00 to $4.55; sheep. $3.00 to $5.25 1 w heat, No. 2, $1.02 to $1.03; corn. No. 2. 55c to 57c; oats No. 2, 49c to 51c; rye. No. 2, 75c to 79c. j Cincinnati Cattle, $4.00 to $5.15 hogs, $4.00 to $4.55; sheep, $3.00 to $..00; wheat. No. 2, $1.03 to $1.04; corn; No. 2 mixed. 55c to 57c; oats. No. it mixed, 50c to C2c; rye. No. 2, S2c to S5cl, Detroit Cattle, $4.00 to $5.25; l ogs.j $4.00 to $4.55; sheep, $2.50 to 5.00 wheat. No. 2. $1.00 to $1.01 ; corn. No. : yellow, 59c to 00c; pats. No. 3 white 51e to 5.V: rve. No. 2. Sie ta K.V. Milwaukee Wheat, No. 2 northern! $1.08 to $1.10; corn. No. 3, 57c to 59c J oats, standard, 50e to 52c; rye. No. 1J S.Tc to 85c; barley, 'o. 2, $1.01 to $1.03 ; pork, mess, $13.50. Baffalo Cattle, choice shipping steers, l $4.00 to $5.75; hogs, fair to choice, $3.50 to $1.55; sheep, common to good mixed, $4.00 to $5.50; lambs, fair to choice, S" on tn st .V New York Cattle, $4.00 to $0.10 ;( horrs. S3.50 to S4.HO; sheen ) $5.00; w heat. No. 2 red, $1.04 to $1.00, corn. No. 2, G5c to G7c;( oats, natural white, 54c to 50c; butter, creamery, 27c to 31c; eggs, western, 22c to 25c. Toledo Wheat, No. 2 mixed, $1.00 to Standard 3Iut Face Trial, Judge Hazel in' tt United States Dis trict Court at Buffalo has handed dow )wnl iledj ict-'. a decision overruling the demurrers fi! by the Standard Oil Company to ind ments found against it by the grand jury at Jamestown, N. Y., last July, and the company must stand trial on the indictments, of which there are seven, containing over 1,700 counts. In Chicago the United States district attorney has asked for an increase in the supersedeas bond of the Standard corporation, which has appealed from the $29,240,000 fine pesed by Judge Landis. 1 inCrt m Inula Controlling Xew York. Police Commissioner Bingham ij Lis annual report has startled New York by the bald assertion that the city in the hands of criminals' and that many of the magistrates and higher judges are in league with politicians to protect certain offenders known to the system. He asks how it is possible for the police to be free from political influence when the whole election machinery is placed in their hands. Lawbreaking, he continues, is the easiest business now conducted in New York. ' A recent bulletin of the Interior Department on coal mine accidents shows that American mines are now killing three times as many men per 1,000 as those of Europe. Of the 22,840 men who have lost their lives in American mines in the last seventeen years one-half met death in the last six years. In all Europe the rate of deaths in mines has decreased. Chief Holmes of the technological branch, who presents the report, says that tb-s increase in our own country has l-on due in part to the lack of enforceable mire regulations, in part to the lack of information alxiut the explosives used . in various mines. Lord Curzon will have to fight considerable opposition in his candidacy for the vacancy in the Irish representative peers, caused by the death of Lord Kilmaine, according to a cable from London. Viscount de Vcsci and Lord Ashtown are his opjonents. II. L. Storrs, bookkeeper for the California Safe Deposit and Trust Company, is said to have confirmed a $1,000,000 scandal in a confession. A part of the cone of Mount Vesuvius sank into the crater, causing great columns of smoke to rise from the volcano.

$1.01; corn. No. 2 mixed, 5Gc to 57c ;) oats. No. 2 mixed, 52c to 53c; rje. No. 2, 79c to SOc; clover seed, prime, $10.57i