Plymouth Tribune, Volume 7, Number 18, Plymouth, Marshall County, 6 February 1908 — Page 2

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QN. M. "pv F. Q.zST P. M. (T U Q. 2nd. V 8th. vgylTtb. 24th. PAST AND PEESENT AS IT COMES TO US FROM ALL CORNERS OF THE EARTH. Yclescraphic Information Gathered fey the Few for the Enlightenment of the Man j. Fatal Battle with "Black Hand." A band of six Italian members of the "black hand" made an unsuccess- . ful attempt upon the life of Antonio Desalvo, a wealthy contractor of PottsTille, Pa. They surrounded his home, armed with shotguns, and were forcing In the door when Joseph Rotti, a neighbor, fired upon rJiem. He fired two shots and was reloading his gun when a volley was fired by the agents of the "black hand' and he was mortally grounded. The murderers fled. DesalTO had received a notice threatening 1:1m with death if he did not turn over $1,000 to "black hand" agents. Ship Burns; Sailors Drown. In the midst of a wild blizzard the steamer St. Cuthbert was burned to the water's ed:e off the Nova Scotlan coast. Fifteen members of the crew were drowned by the swamping of a Bn.all boat in which they attempted to leave the vessel after fire had broken out. The other thirty-seven members of the crew, including the captain, ."were rescued by the White Star liner Cymric. After taking off the survivors the Cymric abandoned the burning steamer and proceeded to Boston, Mass. Engine Went Down Embankment. The Pennsylvania passenger train Irom Shenandoah to Pottsville, Pa., ascaped a frightful accident when the engine left the rails on top of the Broad mountain near the Fayetteville station and plunged over an almost perpendicular embankment to a road 100 feet lelow. The coupling between the enSine and the first car broke and the coaches remained on the track. 'Engineer TJ. S. Siegfried, of Pottsville, was crushed to death, but his fireman, R. R. Schock, escaped by jumping. Wabash Train in Ditch. The Detroit accommodation on the Wabash railroad was wrecked near Adrian, Mich. The entire train of seven cars, including two day coaches, parlor car, dining car, sleeper, baggage and express coaches were tipped over In the ditch. Several passengers and some cf the crew were injured. The wreck Is supposed to have ben caused "by a broken flange due to heavy snow drifts. A local train following took care of the passengers. Rome, N. Y., Ravaged by Fire. Three busines.5 blocks in Rome, N. Y were destroyed and one partly turned by a fire which broke out at noon Sunday.! The fire occurred during the wildest blizzard that has swept Oneida County this winter, and caused a total loss of a quatrer of a million dollars. Three buildings occupied by commercial housed were destroyed and a fourth damaged, as was also the Arlington Hotel. Murderer Breaks Jail. John Harper, under sentence of death for killing the sheriff of Murray County, Georgia, and George Brittoo, charged with safe blowing, escaptd from the Fulton County Jail In Atlanta, Ca. It Is believed the men after getting to the corridor, made their escape from the building by a rope of tlankets. Murray County borders the Tennessee line. Fire Destroys a Store. Fire from a defective flue completely destroyed the general store of Frank Robinson at Southern. Ind., and the Blacksmith shop of Frank Butcher. ZThe entire contents of the Robinson store were destroyed. There was a Email insurance on the rtock. Many Hurt In Trol'ey Smash. Many persons were injured, a number seriously, when two treet cars collided ut the north end of the Smithfield Etreet bridge in Pittsburg, Pa. IThreo of the Injured were taken to a hospital. The accident, it 13 said, was caused by a defective brake. Insane Patient Freezes to Death. Adolph Schmidt escaped from the Eastern Hospital for the Insane at Richmond, Ind. He died from exposure. Pittsburg Banker Dead. Judgo Thompson as Mellon, retired one of Pittsburg's foremost citizens, and well known throughout the country as a banker and capitalist, died at bis home on his ninety-fifth birthday anniversary. Boiler Explosion Deals Death. Seven men were killed and a half dozen injured by the explosion of a boiler in the rolling mill of Van Allen Co., at North Cumberland, Pa. Doctor Dies from Infection. Dr. Andrew W. Riley, professor of practice of medicine of Creighton Medical College in Omaha, died of blood poijioning, caused by infection received from an erysipelas patient. Dr. Riley was 49 years old. lie had been a resident of Omaha since 1SS7. New York Has 29,093 Insane. According to the nineteenth annual report of the New York State commission in lunacy, submitted to the Legislature, the whole number of committed insane on Oct. 1, 1907, was 20,003; men, 13,027; women, 15,100. Manila to Be Naval Base. If the President ratifies a decision reached by the general board of strategy Manila and not Scbig bay will be the priripal naval station of the United State in the far East. Subig bay is held to be impossible of defense from a land attack. Standard Oil Invades Africa. The Standard Oil Company, it is reported in London, has acquired the South African trading interests of the Shell Transport and Trading Company, limited, thus establishing a monopoly in South Africa.

? WORK OF i j CONGRESS j

Greatly to the surprise of every one the subject of slavery was introduced in the Senate Monday. Secretary Taft win di-" rectly charged with having a knowledge of slavery in the Philippine Islands. The debate was made pertinent by the sections if the bill revising the criminal code of the United States, which provide penalties for dealing in slaves. Mr. Hale assorted that such provisions should be stricken out. Senator Heyburn declared that not only is there immoral traffic in white slaves, but that actual human slavery is still maintained in the Philippine Islands. The street railway systems of the District of Columbia and the t nancial question occupied the time of the House of Representatives. The latter subject was discussed by Mr. Fowler, chairman of the committee on banking and currency, in an exhaustive speech, in which he opposed iond-secured currency and the proposition looking to the establishment of a central Lank. The Senate Tuesday disposed of a large number of minor bills on the calendar, and resumed consideration of the b'll to revise the criminal code of the United States. Senator Ilejburn was anxious to continue consideration of the code bill, of which he is in charge, until more progress should be made, but adjournment was taken. National politics, international marriages and government expenditures formed the themes of discussion in the House. Incidentally it was the longest sitting of the House this session. The argent deficiency bill was up for consideration, but in several instances it was ignored under the license of general debate . The presence of William J. Rryan in the lobby of the House furnished inspiration to Mr. Wallace of Arkansas for a vigorous speech. The Senate was entertained Wednesday by a series of animated comments on the method adopted by Secretary of the Treasury Cojtelyou in placing before the Sfcnate his reply to the resolution calling for information relative to the operations of the Treasury Department in connection with the financial disturbance. The Secretary had had the introductory part of his reply printed and copies of the pamphlet were on the desks of all Sanatcrs, which was declared by Democratic Senators to be without precedent. The Senate devoted considerable time to passing minor bills on the calendar. The noed of an American merchant marine as an auxiliary to the navy formed the principal topic of discussion in the House of Representatives during the consideration of the urgent deficiency appropriation bill. The debate was participated in by Mr. Littlefield of Maine, who questioned the legality of the provision of the bill appropriating-$l,000,000 to supply a deficiency for coal for the navy caused by the transfer of the battle ship fieet from the Atlantic to the Pacific. He criticised Congress for its failure to make appropriations for a merchant marine. His remarks elicited from Mr. Fitzgerald. New York, the charge that the Republican party was responsible for that condition, while Mr. Sherley, Kentucky, maintained that the lack of a merchant marine, "a national disgrace," was due to Republican policies. The bill was still under consideration when the House adjourned. The Senate held a shoit session Thursday, during which Senator Aldrich reported his banking bill from the committee on finance and announced he would call the measure up for consideration on Monday, Feb. 10. The urgent deficiency appropriation bill was passed by the House. The total amount carried by it is $23,GO4.450, or $410,000 less than 03 reported by the committee. The largest single reduction was that of $300,0H in the clothing fund of the army. When the session was resumed only a few pages of the bill remained to be disposed of. Included in these was a prevision for the appointment of thirty-four additional policemen lor the new House ofhee building. Chairman Tawuey urged th. provision because of the necessity for protecting such costly government property and "of guarding the reputation and honor of the members." Mr. Mann, Illinois, opposed the provision, and it was stricken out on a point of order after considerable discussion. -: :- The reading of the President's message concerning the employers' liability act, the granting of injunctions in labcr cases and other matters of a general nature concerning corporations was the chief feature of the Senate proceedings Friday. Tiic message received careful attention. The Senate ordered 10,000 copies printed. The remainder of the day was devoted to routine business and a further consideration of Jhe bill to revise the criminal laws of the United States. The first reading of the bill was concluded. The Senate adjourned until Monday. An unusual and almost unprecedented scene was jnacted in the House of Representatives Tis the result of the reading of a special message to Congress by the President, urging additional legislation in the matter of relations of labor and capital and of corporations and the public. The vigorous language of the document brought forth storms of applause, first on the Democratic side of. the House, then on the Republican, and culminating in a general demonstration by the entire body. After passing 2SS pension bills, the Indian appropriation bill was discussed. Its consideration had not been completed when the House adjourned until Monday. TOLD III A FEW LINES. The Grand Duke Constantine of Russia is said to be the most cultured Romanoff now liviag. The Queen of Holland discourages gunning as far as she is able. She is an ardent lover of all animals. The conference of the Rritish Labor party at Hull voted down the resolution f inding the party to any particular socialistic program, but passed another declaring socialism to be the definite and ultimate aim of the Labor party. The United Mine Workers of America in session at Indianapolis, passed resolutions introduced by President John Mitchell favoring woman suffrage. Arthur Hyne, committed for trial at Bristol, England, on the charge of bigamy is believed to be George Witzhoff, v.ho married many women in America and disappeared with their money. The presence in Rütte, Mont., of several officials of the Chicago and Northwestern is regarded as evidence that an extension of the system from Helle Fcurche, S. D., to Miles City, Mont., and thence to the Pacific coast is contemplated. John I. Larkin, comptroller of Fittsburg and formerly postmaster, was found dead in bed at his home there. Death was due to asthma. It is announced in New York that the Vaudeville Comedy Club and the "White Rats," both organizations . eouiios-yJ of vaudeville performers, will unite to oppose the threatened cut in salaries. George L. Roberts, a freight broker of New York City, and L. R. Taggart, his clerk, pleaded guilty of the charge of rebating before United States District Judge Smith McPherson at Kansas City. Roberts was fined $7,000 and Taggart $4,000, the prison sentence originally assessed being omitted.

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I Attempt Made in Streets of Lisbon to Wipe Out Dynasty by Mur- .. dering Reigning Family.HARSH RULE SAID TO BE CAUSE. Whole Populace Aroused by Brutal Repression, and Capital of Little Xation Is in Turmoil. REGICIDES SLAIN BY GUARDS. Mother Thrown Herself In Front of Heir to Tli rone, Trying to Shield II1.H Ilody from Ilullet. Kin; Carlos of Portugal ami the Crown Prince I.uiz Philippe were shot to death in Lisbon Saturday, as they sat in the royal carriage, by a band of revolutionists. His majesty, accompanied by Queen Amelia, Crown Prime Luiz and, Tri nee Manuel, wore returning from tlu Villa Vicosa, where they bad been temporarily residing, when a company of men leaied from behind a barrier, and, levling carbines at the royal famiy, fired. The move was so sudden that none of the king's guards could prevent the assassination. Immediately after the regleides had fired, however, the police returned with a volley and killed three of them. The royal family was driving in an open carriage Indifferent, it would apIK?ar, to the secret intrigues which have been fomenting against the throne. The carriage was being driven along at a moderate pace when, just as the vehicle rounded a bend, the armed m-ir-dcrers sprang up. TLey leaped with a savage yell toward King Carlos, and when within a few yards lifted their rifles. Pullets from several pieces pierced the lw)dy of his majesty and of Crown Prince Luiz, and they fell from their seats. Prince Manuel, the younger son, was given a flesh wound, but Queen Amelia escaped without a hurt. The queen seemed to understand the danger of tte situation more than her consort or children. As the assassins raised their guns her majesty stood up and endeavored with motherly Intuition to shield the crown prince. Queen Amelia was too late. The young man, who was an easy target for the assassins, plunged forward und fell on his face In the bottom of the coach. Death Come Qnlckly. The king and the crown prince each f ere shot three times and were scarcely breathing wucn the guards gently lifted them from the carriage and carKING CAIUOS. ried them to the marine arsenal near by. As tte attendants placed his majesty In a comfotable position be was noticed to gasp and then sink Into death. Crown Prince Luiz expired almost as soon as he was brought into the arsenal. There were many evidences that the plot to kill Portugal's monarch had been planned to the minutest detail. King Carlos had been warned of Lis danger and an extra strong escort was in attendance. The fact that the assassins easily outwitted this company gave rise to rumors of treachery, but no substantiation Is obtainable. King Carlos within twelve hours received information that Premier Franco was to be killed by the revolutionists and that he would be disposed of at the same time. Tte Idea was, so the king was told, to overthrow the monarchy. The ieople were weary of oppression ; were confident that the reigning dynasty was behind Franco in all bis repressive measures, and therefore were ready to create a new power. The king's assassination brings into peculiar prominence the heed of a powerful family which formerly reigned in Portugal the house of Rraganza. Dom Miguel Rraganza is the present head of tiie family, and the understanding is lie will make a Mrong bid upon popular sentiment to succeed the dead Carlos. Populace In Terror. The news of the assassination swept through the city like fire through dry grass and half the populace became panic-stricken, not knowing where the next- blow might fall. There is the greatest dread for the future of the country, which seems on the verge of being plunged into the throes of a revolution, with all the attendant horrors and bloodsred. Throughout the city consternation reigned. Queen Maria Pia, the mother of King Carlos; the Duke of Oporto, Lis brother; a number of ministers and court officials hastened at once to the arsenal when the news reached them of the attack upon the royal family. The cold-blooded murder sent a thrill of horror throughout the country, even among those who have been working politically for the establishment eventually of a republic, ami sorrow is expressed on every hand at the dreadful end of the king and the crown prince. At the first blush It would seem as though the assassination was the work of anarchists and not of republican sympathizers. Nevertheless, the stirring events of the last few weeks have prepared the people for some startling culmination. The discovery of plot after plot, as well as the discovery of many secret stores of weapons and ammunition, have demonstrated beyond peradventure the existence of a deter-

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SALIENT FACTS OF ASSASSINATION OF KING OF PORTUGAL Victims Carlos I., King of Portugal, and his son. Crown Prince Luiz Philippe, who was the heir apparent to the throne. Assassins A group of anarchists or members of the republican party who sought to overthrow the dynasty by wiping out the entire royal family at one blow. They fired a volley at the occupants of the royal carriage, and three of them were killed by a return volley fired by the guards. Cause Harsh measures against the liberties of the people enforced by Premier Franco which had so inflamed the popu-

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JUF.EX AM EUE. lace that on several occasions a revolution was averted only by the narrowest margin. Heir to the Throne Prince Manuel, second son of King Carlos, now ID years old, who was slightly wounded by the volley which killed his father and brother. Pretender Miguel de Rraganza, head of the house of Rraganza. ASSASSINATIONS OF HISTORY. King Edmund of England. March 20, 043 King Edward the Martyr of England March 18, 070 King Edward II. or England. Sept. 27, 1 King Edward II. of England Sept. 27, l:VJ7 King James I. of Scotland. Feb. 21, 1437 King Edward V. of England. .July, 1 183 King James II. of Scotland June 11, HS8 Prince William of Orange. July 10, King Henry II. of France.. Aug. 2, 1ÖS0 Feodor I., last of the House of Rurik. which had governed Russia for 7UO years '..l."h0S Kirg Henry IV. of France. May 14, HilO George Villiers, Duke of Ruckingham Aug. 23, 162S Peter III. of Russia, dethroned and murdered ; succeeded by Catharine, his wife .1702 Ivan IV. of Russia, murdered in prison 1701 King Gustavus III. of Sweden March 1, 1702 Marat, by Charlotte Corday.July 13, 1703 Czar Paul of Russia March 24, 1S01 Abraham Lincoln, President of the United States April 14, ISO.". Abdul Aziz, Sultan of Turkey...... June 4, 1S70 Alexander II. of Russia. . March 13, 1S81 James A. Garfield, President of the United States July 2, 1831 Sadi Carnot, President of France. . June 21, 1S04 Stamboaloa", Premier of Rulgaria... June 15, 1805 Elizabeth, Empress of Austria Sept. 10, 1S0S King Humbert of Italy July 20, 1000 William McKinley, Prcsideut of the United States Sept. 8. 1001 King Alexander and Queen Draga of Servia June 10, 1003 Grand Duke Sergius of Russia 1005 King ami Crown Prince of Portugal, Feb. 1,1008 mlnation on the part of a large boly of the Portuguese to overthrow the present conditions and proclaim a republic. In April. 1803, an attempt was made on King Carlos' life as he was being driven through Lisbon, but it met with complete failure. On Jan. 30, 1800, an auarchist made an attempt upon the king, while the latter was returning from the palace In an open carriage aftvr a drive. The anarvhlst threw a heavy stone, which narrowly missed the king's head, but hit the ald-de-cainp riding with him, injuring bim severoly. Manuel II. In Klni;. In Lisbon Sunday Prince Manuel was proclaimed king of Portugal, succeeding his father, Carlos, who, with the ciown prince, Luiz Philippe, was shot down in the streets. The king's proclamation, signed by himself as Dom Manuel II., and countersigned by all the Ministers, was read from the balcony, but beyond this there was no pultl'e ceremony. Altborgh In bis proclamation the kit.g declared he would support Prime Minister Franco ai.d his ioIicy, hi was persuaded later to accept the rcsignaCROWN I'RI.XCK riiiuri'K. tion ; the entire ministiy. This was done in return for th; promise of the progressive and regenerationlst parties to support the government and bury their differences with Premier Franco K a coalition cabinet were appointed. Mm, Fluke Joint Uelaro firoan. David Itelasco has announced th" appearance ut Mrs. Minnie Maddern FIske and Mine. Kalich in his theaters next seasrn. this being his answer to the theatrical trust which had captu:cd Miss Planche Rates. The Schuborts. who are managing Mrs. Fiske this season, have been absorbed by the trust, so that the Fiske-Relasco union brings the last of the independents together. R.'lasro regards Mrs. Fiske as the "greatest dramatic artist now on the Ati.criean stage." Although her more recent successes have been in Ibsen parts, phe will not play these under Relasco. Fire in the business district of Rhj Stone Gap, Va., did $125,000 damage.

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PANAMA CANAL COST

IT BE Amount First Considered Necessary Has Been Increased and May Need Stretching Again. IT'S ONLY A ROUGH GUESS NOW. Colonel Goethals Expects to Make Forecast' Next Year Unknown Difficulties Ma Be Met Washington correspondence : The wonder is growing among Senators and Representatives on what basis the original estimators fixed the probable cost of the Tanama Canal. There is a halfway suspicion that the first estimators didn't know their business or wore afraid to giro out a truth that they thought might be appalling. With the characteristic bluntncss of a soldier Colonel George V. Goethals has said that he can only guess at the total cost of the canal, but that he believes it will not exceed $250,000,000, excluding the original purchase price. As another has put it, "the estimated cost of the Panama Canal keeps pace in the ascending scale with the cost of living. Every year the price the United States will have to pay for the water way is marked up." First estimates put it as low an $140,000,000. Then came what was called an authentic estimate to the effect that the country would have to expend $1S4,000,000 before the canal could be completed. Colonel Goethals guess is $300,000,000, and he Is frank to say that the limit may have to be raised at least once again. IIa Appropriated Elffhty Million. Up to the present about $S0,000,000 has been appropriated by Congress for the canal work. July 1, 1007, $31,000,000 of the sum remained unexpended. When Colonel Goethals succeeded Mr. Stevens last March as engineer In charge he found that circumstances warranted an increase of the working force and an enlargement of the plan of the work. It was in August that the soldier-engineer told the Secretary of War that if the work was to be pushed at the rate at which it has beeu pushed since the army took charge, the appropriation which had been made for the year ending June 30. 1008. would be used up by the first cf the calendar year. ty&e

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This bit of information, which was cheering to those who hoped for a speedy completion of the canal work, was giver, to President Hjose-'clt, who at once ordered Colonel Goethals not to stay his band, but to go ahead at the same labor rate and Incur a deficiency. The Colonel, like a good soldier, obeyed orders, and now the ap propriation made last year, which supposedly was large enough to provide for the continuation of the work until July 1, IOCS, is exhausted and an urgent deficiency bill calling for $11,000,0C0 Is pending in the House. The Secretary of War has told the Senate committee on intcroceanic canals that the work was kept going at hi"i speed and that the deficiency was incurred because it was his belief there was greater economy in going head than in lagging. Of the increased cost of the canal over the original estimates the Secretary of War has said : "The widening of the locks in accordance with tie request of the Isavy Department has been approved, and it means an additional cost of about 10 per cent in the construction of the locks. The locks themselves as now projected will cost $52,000,000, and this means an addition of $5,000,000 to the price." In talking to the Senators Colonel Goethals used the word "guess" when he was telling them about the price of the completed canal. At first the Senators didn't approve the word, but they came to understand that the actual cost was past the power of ln&n to estimate accurately, and so they fell in with the soldier's idea and feel that it was better to have indefinite statements than definite statements which might bring in their wake disappointment. From all that has been said by the engineer in charge it may be expected that the cost of construction will run up to $100,000,000, but as soon as It is ascertained that the price is to be Ligher than has been' believed the couiitry will be told. It seems that the canal is to be dug, and dug quickly, no matter how much it will cost, and probably that is what the people want. A rw Cement Combine. The leading cement manufacture! of the country have formed an organization which will control patents and virtually eliminate all competition. Mitchell' Laut Convention. The nineteenth annual convention of the United Mine Workers of America, at Indianapolis, marks the official retirement of its president, John Mitchell. His rtport showed that the average paid-up membership during hi3 incumbency had increased from 9,731 in 1807 to 203,720 in 1007. He opposed the idea of consolidating with the Western Federation of Miners. Presents of a loving cup and of large sums of money were made to the retiring official. The report of Secretary Wilson showed a surp ts of $SG4,S0G on band.

NEARLY BURIED ALIVE.

Man in Burial Casket for TwentyFour Hours Nov? Getting Well. William Young of Savannah, Mo., barely escaped being buried alive, regaining consciousness only an hour before the time set for the funeral. Young had been ill a long time, and a few days ago he apparently died. A physician was at his bedside, and he said the man was dead. The body was prepared for burial by au undertaker and placed in a casket. Friends of the dead man went to the house to express their sympathy to the family, among the visitors being Itev. J. E. McLaughlin, pastor of the church to which the Youngs belong. The mourners had assembled for the burial, and the time was only an hour distant when Rev. Mr. McLaughlin went into the room where the corpse lay to take a last look at his lifelong friend. While gazing at the face ho thought he detected the twitching of a muscle. He looked again, and for the second time was sure he could see a slight movement. The body of Young had been lying in the casket 21 hours and was cold. The minister feared that he had been mistaken, and not desiring to cause excitement among the people assembled for the funeral, went quietly out, and summoned a physician, who soon found that Young was still alive. Then the preacher went out and announced that the funeral would be postponed. At that time Young was sitting np in his coflin and was seen by some of those in1 the next room. They fled from the uncanny sight. 1'oung was removed from the coffin and placed on a bed, and it is believed that he will fully recover. RusKlan Reformer Report. Defore the New York Civic Forum and a great audience at Carnegie Hall, over which Bishop Potter presided, Prof Paul MilyukolT delivered a message to the American people from the Constitutional Democratic party of Russia. Prof. MilyukoiT, who is a leader of that party and a member for St. Petersburg in the present Duma, gave it as his candid opinion that instead of the establishment of a Douma having been the beginning of a rapid movement toward free forms of government, it had been in reality the high tide, and that there had been actual retrogression ever since. The Radicals had tried to rush matters only to meet crushing defeat from the government by the use of the military power. His party aimed at parliamentary power to limit Lthat of the Czar. The liberties of the manifesto had never been recognized by the government, and in the two years since it was issued 18,274 persons had been condemned for political offenses, of which 2.217 were sentenced to death. The revolution had now become a battle of classes the landholding classes against the peasants and workmen. A majority of the present Douma wer elected by 10,000 landlords. Trof. MilyuS -J 1 f t kolf came all the way from the Russian capital to make this one speech and had to start back in two days. He made a hasty trip to Washington to meet prominent Congressmen at a dinner given by Mr. Parsons of New Y'ork. The stand taken by the Chicago School Roard fprbidding the members of secret fraternities to take part in literary or athletic contests has now been upheld by the Appellate Court. Because the faculty of Washington University, St. Louis, had expelled J. A. Allen, editor of the college paper, on account of an editorial scoring the professors, the student body voted to discontinue all college work in case their demand for the reinstatement of Allen was not acceded to. The third great athletic stadium to be built by American universities has just been completed at Syracuse. It is G70 feet long, covers six and one-third acres and will seat 20,000 spectators comfortably. It is constructed of concrete and is modeled after the old Rocian and Greek arenas. Cleveland has been selected as the place of meeting for the forty-sixth annual convention of the National Educational Association, Juno 20 to July 3, 100S. This convention will bo the fiftieth anniversary of the first regular convention, which was held in Cincinnati in 1S58. Since then the association has met in Ohio only once, in 1S70. At that time a reorganization was effected, and the name changed from National Teachers' Association to National Educational Association. A formal program for the convention will be made public soon. Lewis W. Ilino of the Ethical Culture School at New Y'ork writes in the January School Journal of the new course in photography established in that institution. This is found to interest many of the pupils who have little talent with pencil or brush or tool. It is believed that in the mastering of the technique a quality of accuracy is developed as aluable as that attained in tool work. Rut beyond this comes the effort to develop the student's appreciation of the great world of art. The child finds this course helpful because "it is involved in the actual doing of things the results of which are useful and a delight to others." The Roard of Education of the United Kingdom, sitting at London, has decided to pay more attention to physical needs of the public school pupils this year than ever before. In all schools medical inspection is to be established, and an effort is to be made to supply pure milk. This movement has been hastened by the discovery of deterioration in the British youth offered for army service. It is said that a bill will be introduced in Congress soon providing that the gcvernment shall furnish rifles to school beys who viik to learn to shoot.

ROOSEv

ELT OF NATIONAL PERIL Special Message Declares Attempt Is Being Made in High Places to Block Legislation. BAND TO DEFEAT RET0HSIS. President Keplies to Those Individuals and Corporations Who Have Attacked the Administration, An organized effort by certain wealthy men to discredit the administration in its crusade against unlawful methods of trusts is charged by President Rcosevclt in a special message sent to Congress. The President say3 the purpose of these men is to cause a reaction of sentiment and prevent the legislation needed to carry out the reforms sought. "The only way to counteract the movement," says the message, "is to mske clear to the public just what they fthc men referred to have done in the past and what they are seeking to accomplish in the present." As if to give point to these statements the President refers to thd recent heavy fines inflicted on the Standard Oil Company and the Santa Fe Railroad Company for rebating and then discusses at length the statements issued by both concerns denouncing the action of thej courts, which were scattered broadcast Answer is made to the criticism that fines are inflicted against wealthy Individuals and corporations Instead of prison sentences. The President says the wrong-doer is sent to prison where It Is possible to do so. He refers to the Gaynor and Greene case and "the misapplication of funds in connection with certain great banks In Chicago,' where this lias been done. In reply to the cry that his policy hurts business, Mr. Roosevelt says: "The business that is hurt by the movement for honesty Is the kind of business It pays the country to have hurt" In discussing remedies for corporation abuses the President says the common law is not enough and the national and State governments must work together to attain the results needed. He asserts that the apologists and defenders of corporate wrong-doing who oppose Federal action are proving false to the people and laying up a day of wrath for the interests they seek to protect. On the subject of railroad rates and control of Interstate commerce, the President urges that authority be given the Interstate Commerce Commission to pass upon rates of its own Initiative and to stop a proposed advance In rates pending an Investigation. The remedy for stock watering the President soo3 in a law giving the Federal government supervision over the issuing of stock. ' A suggestion bej-ond anything the President formerly made is that the Federal government should assume control over the physical operation of railways to the extent of fixing schedules for perishable commodities. While these reforms are asked In the Interest of the public and the shipping, the message says ho restrictions proposed should not prevent capital from paying liberal returns. Amendment of the Sherman law on a comprehensive plan to Include the operations of other concerns thau railroads doing an interstate business is recommended. The first part of the message is devoted to the relations of capital and labor, chief attention being given to the employers' liability law and labor Injunctions. A new employers' liability bill to avoid the defects of the law recently declared unconstitutional by the Supreme Court Is urged. In this connection the President recommends the passage of a comprehensive act providing for compensation by the government to employes who are injured on duty. Suits to compel payment of damages, the message says, should be unnecessary. Abuses, of labor injunctions ore discussed by the President, who takes the position that while abolishing the process of injunction would be unwise the "heedless and unjust" use of such court orders occasionally works wrong and Congress should give careful study to the subject with a view to amending the law. Pnraicrnph from the MennaRC. Even though it were possible, I should consider it most unwise to abolish the use of the process of injunction. The "business" which is hurt by the movement for honesty is the kind of business which, in the long run, it pays the country to hurt. Apologists for great corporations that oppose federal action are false to the people and are laying up a day of wrath for the corporations themselves. As regards the employers liability law, I advocate its immediate re-enactment, limiting its scope so that it shall apply only to the class of cases as to which the court says it can constitutionally apply, but strengthening its provisions within this scope. It is all wrong to use the injunction to prevent the entirely proper and legitimate actions of labor organizations in their struggle for industrial betterment, or under the guise of protecting prowrry rights unwarrantedly to invade the fundamental rights of the individual. When we are able to put the real wrongdoer in prison, this is what we strive to do. This is what we have actually done in the Gaynor and Greene case and in the case of t lie misr.pplieation of funds in connection with" certain great banks in Chicago. Certain wealthy men have banded together to work for a naction. Thoir endeavor is to overthrow and discredit all who bonwtly administer the law, to prevent any additional legislation which would check and restrain tbera and to secure, if possible, a freedori from all ?etjahi which will permit every unscrupulous wrongdoer to do what he wishes unchecked, provided he has enough money. I think that the federal government must assume a certain measure of control over the physical operation of railways in the handling of interstate IratTi:. Philadelphia' Crime Dill. According to an article in a recent number of the North American of Philadelphia" the total annual cost to that city on account of various crimes is $8,S3S,302.CS, or nearly $0 for every man, woman and child in the city. Thi article Btates that there are now G.C02 criminal rases awaiting trial. Women have a, nice way of being mean that men cannot hope to equal.

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4FINATTCIAL' CHICAGO. While the month just closed was conspicuous for drastic measures in restoring credit and reducing merchandise to safe proportions, the process of readjustment has been attended with less trouble than feared and conditions generally now make a better basis for future operations in commerce. The week has seen new dmands in manufacturing come forward slowly, but the exhibit is an improving one, and there is broader activity in the distributive lines. Low temperature augmented the buying in leading retail lines, particularly of heavyweight apparel and household furnishings. Interior buyers appeared in greater numbers. Advices indicate seasonable headway in disposing of country stocks, these being now brought down comfortably, and road salesmen report less difficulty in booking orders for forward delivery. Improved financial conditions are reflected in a wider circulation of currency throughout the agricultural sections, and this has made mercantile collections easier, although more than a normal number of trading defaults is again in evidence and extensions are frequently aked. The banking position shows steady recovery, there being increase in both de-, posits and discount operations, with money cheaper, although not yet snlTicuntly inviting to attract new enterprises. Production in the leading industries is not expected to disclose notable changes, but there is moderate increase over a month ago in iron, steel, wood and leather working, and idle forces are smaller than in last week. Important considerations as to costs of supplies and labor and the yet limited flow of fresh orders prolong the feeling of caution which prevails in many quarters. ' Some factory outputs still lag and only slightly renewed activity may appear in these branches before the spring months. Receipts of the raw msterials continue restricted in lumber, wool and in minor metals, but have gained over last year in hides and live stock. Failures reported in the Chicago district number 37, against 39 last week and 20 a year ago. Those with liabilities over $5,000 number 10, against 16 last week and 13 in 1007. Dun's Review of Trade. NEW YOBS. Trade and financial development have been of a rather irregular character, but, on the whole, in the direction of future improvement at the larger centers. Conservativism in ordering is noted as a country-wide condition, but recent price reductions have unquestionably stimulated interest. The suspension of four banks at the metropolis was, after all, only negatively unfavorable, these being the aftermath of last autumn's financial storm. Underlying financial conditions are certainly no less favorable, money shows increasing ease not only in this country, but all over the world, and improvement iu collections, which are still slow as a whole, is in many cases the result of easirg money making it possible to remit on past-due accounts. The week's failure tctal is the smallest for a month past. Business failures in the United States for the week ending Jan. 30 number 330, against 408 last week. 211 in the like week of 1907. 22S iü 1900, 239 in 190. and 210 in 1001. There were forty-four failures in Canada this week, against fifty-one last week and twenty-sir in this week a year ago. Bradstreet's Report. Chicago Cattle, common to prime, 51.00 to $G.23; hogs, prime heavy, ?4OC to $I-V; sheep, fair to choice, $3.00 to $3.13; wheat, No. 2, 93c to 93c; corn, No. 2, 53c to 57c; oats, standard, 47c to 4Sc; rye. No. 2. SOc to Sic; hay, timothy. $0.30 to $13.00; prajrie, $8.00 to $12.30; butter, choice creamery, 27c to 32c; eggs, fresh. 22c to 23c; potatoes, per buahol, GOc to CSc. Indianapolis Cattle, shipping, $3.00 to $3.73; hogs, good to choice hsavy, $3.30 to $4.00; sheep, common to prime, 3.00 to $4.50; w heat. No. 2, 01c to 03c; corn. No. 2 white, 34c to 33c; oats, No. 2 white, 51c to 52c. St Louis Cattle, $4.30 to $G.00; ho?, $4.00 to $1.53; sheep, $3.00 to $5.50;' wheat, No. 2, 08c to 00c; corn. No. 2. 33c to 34c; oats. No. 2, 4Sc to 40c; rye. No. 2, Sic to S2c. Cincinnati Cattle, $1.00 to $3.30; hogs, $4.00 to $4.50; sheep, $3.00 to $5.00; wheat. No. 2, $1.00 to $1.01 ; corn. No. 2 mixed, 55c to 50c; oats. No. 2 mixed, 50c to 52c; rye. No. 2, 82c to S3c. Detroit Cattle, $4.00 to $3.00; hogs, $.00 to $4.23; sheep, $2.30 to $3.00; wheat. No. 2. 00c to $1.00; corn. No. 3 yellow, 5Gc to 57c; oats, No. 2 white, 52c to 54c; rye, No. 2, Sic to S3. Milwaukee Wheat, No. 2 northern, $1.03 to $1.07; corn, No. 3, 53c to 57c; oats, standard, 50c to 52c; rye. No. 1, S3c to 84c; barley. No. 2, Wc to $1.00; pork, mess, $13.50. 1 New York Cattle, $4.00 to $3.30; hogs, $3.30 to $1.90; sheep, $3.00 to $1.73; wheat. No. 2 red, 07c to OSc; corn. No. 2. 02c to 03c; oats, natural white, 54c to 50c; butter, creamery, 27c to 33c; eggs, western, 21c to 24c. Buffalo Cattle, choice shipping steers. $1.00 to $0.00; hogs, fair to choice, $3.50 to $1.05; sheep, common to good mixd. $4.00 to $5.23; lambs, fair to choice, $3.00 to $7.00. Toledo Wheat, No. 2 mixed, 9Sc to 00c; corn. No. 2 mixed, 57c to 5Sc; oats. No. 2 mixed, 52c to 53c; rye. No. 2 81c to 82c; clover seed, prime, $11.15. SHOBT NEWS NOTES. Fire at Girard, Ga resulted in tte death of Dr. J. C. Rrigham, and caused $23,000 loss. Fire destroyed the plant of the Saline River Lumber Company at Benton, Ark. Loss $40,000. Insurance $27,500. Speaker Cannon greeted a delegation of school girls in his room at the national capitol and told them he was opposed to woman suffrage. Fire destroyed thirteen buildings in the town of Kimball, W. Va. The town was without fire protection. The loss is estimated at $50,000. David R. Forgan. president of the Natjrnal City Rank of Chicago, speaking at the annual dinnvr of New Y'ork bankers, st id the country needs more, not less, extension of credit. Gov. Hughes, Lieut. Gov. Chandler and Joseph II. Choate were speakers at a meeting in Albany, N.'YM to devise methods of combating the spread of consumption. Kentucky heirs of Gen. Israel Tutnam have filed claim for an allotment of the property of the estate in London now held by a trustee and said to be worth 20,000,000. F. P. Earle, the New Y'ork artist, and lulia Kuttner, his "affinity," ar to f married in Faris as soon as a divorce is granted freeing the artist from his wife, which is expected in a few weeks. Each jf the three parties to the unusual compact is now in Paria.