Plymouth Tribune, Volume 7, Number 22, Plymouth, Marshall County, 5 March 1908 — Page 2

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CN. M. "TN F. Q.F. M. I' L l)2n4 y 9th. TsylTth. Ij 2, L. Q. :5th. JEATUUES OF INTEREST APOUT THAT WHICH HAS BEEN AND IS TO BE. JL11 Side and Conditions of Thins re Shown. Nothing Overlooked to take it Complete. Death Ends Career of James Oliver. James Oliver, the millionaire plow manufacturer and philanthropist, of South Bend, Ind., died Monday after a long illness which dated back to the death of his wife, three years ago. He was 84 years old. Four times the veteran manufacturer had been reported at the point of death, but each time he rallied and was able to resume his regular morale visits to his plow factory. The direct cause of death was a weak heart and general debility Emigrating from Scotland in 1834, he came to America, and in 1855 laid the foundation of what has developed Into the largest plow works in the world. He Invented the chilled plow and this brought him and his family many millions, a part of which was used in beautifying South Bend. He erected the Oliver theatre at an expense of $500,000, built the Oliver Hotel at a cost of $750,000 and made it possible for South Bend to erect its city hall. Ha was a liberal contributor to charity and especially to the Presbyterian church. Two children survive him Mrs. George Ford, wife of ex-Congreas-man Ford, and Joseph D. Oliver. Miners to Strike April 1. All bituminous coal miners in Western Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana and Illinois will undoubtedly go on strike u April 1. The failure of the operates of the districts named to come to -an understanding with the miners at Indianapolis has brought a crisis. The operators do not want the mines operated until prices are steadied. By closing down for several months. It is believed, better prices for coal will prevail during the remainder of the year. The coal miners are willing to see the mines Idle rather than accept a reduction In the mining rate. It is conceded that just as soon as the demand for coal Is sufficient to bring a higher price a settlement will speedily be reached. The miners who are members of the United Mine "Workers of America will cease work April 1. They will use whatever power they have to mate the noc union miners cease work at the same time. Carried Needle Eighteen Years. By accident, a needle which had been in the body of Mis3 Edna Billingslea of Hamilton, Ohio, eighteen years has been discoverr? and removed. When Miss Billingslea, who is a daughter of Representative Robert SI. Billingslea, of Butler County, was 2 years old she swallowed a needle. No trace of the needle was found until recently, when she was in Dayton and accidentally struck her left arm against a passenger coach in the union station. This caused the young woman Intense pain and when Miss Billingslea reached ;MJddletown she was compelled to leave the train and seek a physician. He at once discovered the cause of the pain to be a naedle, whi Sh he removed. Explosion In Mexican Mine. An explosion of fire damp occurred in No. 3 shaft of the Rosita mine, at Uusqulz, Mexico, and for a timt It was feared that many miners had lost their lives. Relief parties, however, were immediately organized and all the men brought to the surface before the subsequent fire had gained headway. A number of men are working in an effort to extinguish the fire. T. B. Wanamaker Dead. Thomas B. Wanamaker, of Philidelphiu. Pa., son of former Postmaster General John Wanamaker, died suddenly at the Hotel Liverpool In Paris, France. Mr. Wanamaker had recently Tived from Egypt, where he had been traveling with his mother in search of health. Brooks Works Close Indefinitely. It has been announced at Dunkirk, N. Y., that the Brooks locomotive plant of the American Locomotive Company will close the first week in April and remain closed for an indefinite period. The plant formerly employed 5,000 men. Harriman's Daughter Weds. The marriage of Mis3 Cornelia Harrlman, daughter of E. II. Harriman, to Robert L. Gerry, son of Eldridge T. Gerry, took place in Grace Church, New York City, Tuesday. Four Hundred Street Cars Burned. The car barns of the Metropolitan Street Railway Company In New York City burned Saturday night. Four hundred cars were destroyed. Loss, one million dollars. Big Fire in Tampa, Fla. Fire in Tampa, Fla., destroyed ,yS buildings, causing a loss of $iJOO,000 and turned itself out, the department being unable to oppose it. Immigrants Land in Canada. The Dominion liner Kensington, the first rt a series of five steamers chartered by the Salvation rmy to carry immigrants from Liverpool to Halifax, arrived at Halifax Sundiy, bearing the army flag at her fore. She had 800 persons, who are hound t points n Canadian Northwest. Four other steamers will follow thi.V month. Executive's Narrow Escape. Dr. J. Fijrneroa Alcorta, president of Argentina, early Friday evning was 'he object of an aWtive attempt at assassination at the hands of a native of Argentina, who hurled a crude bomb at the president as the latter alighted from his carriige in front of his residence in Buenos Ayres. The missile did not explode. Soldier Found Murdered. The body found in a canal near Wilirington, Del., has been identified as that of Thomas Dover, 38 year: oW, a private of the Forty-fifth light coast artillery at Fort Dupont. He had been murdered.

THREATEN TO CUT HEAD OFF.

Doctor Gets Cheerful Letter from Black Hand Asking for $500. A police guard has been stationed at the home of Dr. Julius F. Menestrina. a prominent Italian physician in St. Louis, who is the incipient of an uusigned communication, written in Italian, demanding ."?."(() and threatening the physician with decapitation if he fails to comply. The letter directs that $5( le placed under two bricks at the southeast corner of Giavoi and Texas avenues, a secluded locality. The letter concludes: "If you fail your head will be cut off. This is the 'black hand and we want you to understand that your head will be cut off if you do not obey." Patrolmen in plain clothes were also sent to the spot designated and arrested an Italian who was found loitering around. lie is held pending further investigation. Dr. Menestrina received the letter Tuesday and it stipulates that he is jiven three days' time to comply. He said he had no doubt the letter was a "black band communication. WAE HEKO DEAD OF STARVATION Wife Searches Cleveland for Work as Russell Page's Life Ebbs. Dead from lack of proper food, Russell Page, a Civil War veteran decorated by Congress for valiant service at Fort Donelson, was found in bed at his home in Cleveland. While Page was dying his aged wife was vainly searching for work. I'age, who was confined to his bed as the result of a wound received in the war, was too proud to ask for aid. as was his wife. At Fort Donelson Page led an army of sappers in inininr the ground near the fortifications. While directing the men he saw Homer Stratton of Clevclin I. a member of an Ohio regiment, on the ground badly wounded. Tage carried Stratton from thp battlefield, keeping his face toward the foe and shielding Stratton from the heavy musket fire with his own body. After three volleys the Confederates ceased firing and cheered him as be retreated to safety. BOY SHOOTS HIS MOTHER. Burglar Uses Woman as Shield When Lad Fires. In his attempt to shoot a burglar who was trying to get into the house, Charles Lambert, aged IG years, killed his mother, Mrs. M. A. Chester, at Thebes, III., According to the boy, his mother was holding the bedroom door against a man who had gained entrance to the house, and who was trying to force his way into the room. She was pushed backward and called to her sou to get the gun and shoot. He did so, but the man used the woman as a shield, and the entire load of shot entered the back of her neck. The . coroner's jury returned a verdict of accidental shooting. The woman has been separated from her husband since last June, when he deserted her. GIVEN $125,000 BY CARNEGIE. Ruined Steel Man Gets a New Start from Old Friend. Following recent reports that Francis T. F. Lovejoy of Pittsburg, one of the group which made millions through connection with the Carnegie interests, had suITered reverses was a well-founded story that Andrew Carnegie had sent him a check for $125,000, with a few kindlywords of advice for him to "try again" and "start anew," or phrases to that effect. Mr. Lovejoy entered the service of Andrew Carnegie as a telegraph operator twenty-six years ago and became secretary of the Carnegie Steel Company. When the Carnegie company was reorganized in 1802 Lovejoy received $10,;; in stock. He resigned his office in 1000. MOTHER'S HORRIBLE DEED.' Causes Death of Her Four Children and Herself. Mrs.. J. C. Spires, wife of a farmer three miles 'west of Basil, Ohio, killed three of her children, fatally woundd a fourth and then committed suicide. One of the children was drowned in a well and the others were shot and their throats cut. Mrs. Spires took carbolic acid, shot herself and cut her throat. The surviving chile, which will die, is a boy 5 years old, named Alva. The dead children are Catherine, aged 3 years; Luella, aged G, and Jesse, aged 1. Hunger Leads to Tragedy. Moses, Kahn, a clothier, was slightly injured ; James Jones of Covington, Iy was mortally wounded, and Frank Yarbarrow, aged 22 years, is under irrest as the result of a bold attempt to rob Kahn. Yarbarrow tried to rob Kahn's store in Cincinnati, anl in the chase Jones was accidentally shot. Yarbarro'v told the police hunger led to the attempted robbery. Ferdinand of Bulgaria Weds. Prince Ferdinand of Bulgaria and Eleonore Caroline Gasparine Louise, princess of Reuss, were married in Coburg, Germany. At the conclusion of the religious and the civil ceremony, which followed it, the wedding party left for Gera, the seat of the younger branch of the Reuss family. Feudist Murderer Is Hanged. Ed Turner, the Kentucky feudist, was hanged in the county jail at Chattanooga, Tenn. Turner killed his wife, Lillian Turner, on the side of Lookout Mountain on the afternoon of April 2, 1007. He cut .her throat from ear to ear with a pocketknife. On his trial Turner made a confession. Turner is the second white man ever hanged in Hamilton county. Anti-Liquor Law Is Valid. The Missouri Supreme Court has decided the law passed by the last Legislature prohibiting the sale of intoxicating liquors within five miles of any State educational iustitution having 1,500 students enrolled is unconstitutional. The law applied only to the Missouri State university at Columbia. . Bank Robbers Majce Haul. The First State bank of Clear Lake, Minn., was blown by cracksmen at 2:10 a. m. Friday. The burglars secured $3,000. The safe and vault were wrecked and the damage to the building amounts to $1,000. The cracksmen escaped on a hand car. Governor of Alaska Marries. Miss Clarissa Fames Millard, formerly of Chicago, became the bride of Wilford B. Moggatt, Governor of Alaska, at the home of her parents in Utica, N. Y. In May they will go to Juneau, which will be their home. Arrested as Embezzler. Jerry M. Hudson, secretary-treasurer of the Piqua Core Manufacturing Com-panj-, who, it is alleged, has failed to give satisfactory explanation regarding $.'J5,000 in his keeping, was arrested in Troy, Ohio, on a charge of embezzlement. Japan Euilds Dreadnaughts. Advices received from Tokio state, despite the announcement made in the Japanese Diet that no new warships would be built this year, two large battleships exceeding the Dreadnnught in displacement and armament will shortly be laid down, one at Kuro, the other at Yokosuka. Attempt on Shah's Life. An attempt was made Friday afternoon to assassinate the Shah of Persia with a lomb. His majesty was not hurt. Three of the outriders who were accompanying hiia were killed.

BOYS JOES AHE DOOMED.

Uncle Sam Will Have Adult Special Delivery Carriers. Postmaster Jenen I Meyer is of the opinion that it is prejudicial to the welfare of "young America" to employ him as a special delivery messenger in the postal service. Mr. Meyer has issued an order to the effect that whenever a vacancy occurs in the force of special delivery messengers the position shall not bo filled and that substitute letter carriers and clerks shall be employed for the work, lie states that the tmys are called upon frequently to visit low resorts and are compelled to travel long distances late at uijiht in lonely outlying sections of the great cities, failing to make deliveries at times through fear or weariness. Special delivery messengers have been employed since 1885 and at present there are 2,505 engaged at S10 iostofficcs, with ages as follows: 87, l.'J years old; 1(57, 14 years; 318. 1." years; (54, Hi years; 4W, 17 years, and "SO, IS years or over. At 344 offices substitute clerks and carriers do the work. COAL STRIKE IS NEAR. Operators and Miners Fail to Agree on Interstate Meeting. Following the adjournment at Indianapolis of the joint conference of coal oprators and miners without being able to agree on the calling of an interstate convention. President Mitchell of the United, Mine Workers immediately issued a call for a special national convention of the miners to be held there March 12. The attiou of the miners chief means that the suspension of mining in the bituminous fields of Illinois, Indiana, Ohio and western Pennsylvania on April 1 will in all probability ln a strike for an advance in wages, and may result in a protracted struggle. President Mitchell is incensed at the dilatory tactics that have beea pursued by the operators in refusing to renew the interstate agreement and has called the convention of the miners with a view to retaliating. SELECTS CASKET; SHOOTS WIFE. Jealous Husband Also Trie3 to Kill Himself, but Fails. Crazed by jealousy, Thomas Kay, who has reduced himself to a laborer by spending a large fortune in drink, went to an undertaking establishment in Springfield, selected caskets for himself and wife, forced the undertaker at the point of a pistol to write a note for him bidding adieu to his friends, then walked into a crowded street and fired four shots at his win. whom he met with her sister. Two of the shpts took effect, one in her face and "the other in her arm. The other shots narrowly missed pedestrians. Then Pay turned the weapon upon himself, but the last cartridge failed to explode and he was overpowered. Later, in a cell he made an ineffectual attempt to end his life with a pocket knife passed to him by some friend. Mrs. Pay may recover. The couple had been estranged for some time. OHIO HIGH COURT AGAINST BOY. Orders Judgment in School Case Arrested and Child Will Lose. . The Sycamore, Ohio, board of Hvcation has scored a vietory over the precocious boy Terry Wickham. The Common Pleas and Circuit courts directed that the boy, aged 7, be permitted to enter the seventh grade instead of the .sixth and the boy started to school recently.' The Supreme Court has sustained a motion for stay of judgment and the boy will be deprived of schooling until the case is finally heard in the higher court, which means he will Jose the year he is fighting for. OPERATES ON CHILD'S LUNG. Doctor Removes Seed in Delicate Work Never Before Performed. Ruth Steffen. 5-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Steffen of MeKecsport. Pa., whose life had been despaired of, is recovering after a surgical operation such as physicians say was never before Informed. The child swallowed two gourd seeds last September. She coughed one up, but the other became lodged in her lung. Dr. Jackson of the Eye and Ear hospital, using a delicate instrument, which contains a small electric bulb, located (he seed and removed it. Floods Cause Three Deaths. The death of at least three persons and much "property damage was caused in Kastern Pennsylvania Wednesday by floods precipitated by heavy rains and melting snow. J. C. Clauss, a farmer, was drowned above Easton, Frederick Gurkinsmyer of York was drowned in the flood in Codorus Creek and Michael Gallagher Jr. of Alle-lown lost bis life by falling into the swollen waters of Jordan Creek. Norma Munro to Be Countess? In the American colony in Paris and among the members of the social set in which the Earl of Yarmouth anl other younger members of the British nobility have their social beings, the rumor that Norma Munro, the American heiress and girl spendthrift, is to be the second wife of the earl is a topic of conversation. Proposes Partnership with City. Theodore I. Shonts, president of the Interlorough-MetropoIitan Company in New York, has proposed that the city enter into partnership with the company in running cars through the Steinway tunnel between New ?ork and Long Island City. Some time ago August Pelmont offered to sell the tunnel for $7,000,000. Engineer Kills Schoolmates. Frank Pauley and wife were killed and Benjamin Eckenrode fatally injured at Transfer, near Greenville, Pa., when their carriage was struck by an Erie train during a snow storm. The engineer of the train. Charles Stenger, was a schoolmate of Mr. and Mrs. Pauley. Burned i i Tenement Fire. Twelve persons were seriously burned, two of whom will die, in a fire in a fivestory tenemeut which housed twenty families in the east end of First street. New York. Republican Senator from Kentucky. William O. Bradley, Republican, has !een elected United States Senator from Kentucky, after a long contest, four Democrats voting for him. "Suffragette" Bill Shelved. The women's enfranchisement bill passed bs first reading in the British House of Commons, but has been effectually shelved for ihe present session. Receiver for Gould Road. A receiver for the International and Great Northern Railroad Company, a ConlJ line, has been appointed at Fort Worth, Tex. Not Responsible for Collision. The United States Circuit Court of Appeals, sitting at New Orleans, handed down a decision that the .steamer Esparta was not responsible for the collision with the steamer Magnolia in 1005. President Roosevelt was a passenger on the Magnolia. Crushed Glass in Food. In Marietta. Ohio, physicians arc much interested in the remarkable case of Mrs. Frank Stage, from whose body .T10 pieces of glass have worked out through the skin. It is believed crushed glass was placed in her food.

CHICAGO'S CHIEF OF POLIGE IS ATTACKED.

Shippy Receives Knife Stab and Son Is Shot, but He Soyt His Assailant. FIGHT IN HOME OF THE VICTIMS. Desperate Assassin Approaches Official on Pretext of Presenting Letter und Attempts Murder. Chicago's: chief of polie George M. Shippy, 'vas stabbed hi the right side, his son, Harry, 10 years old, was probably fatally shot in the left lung, and his driver, James Foley, was wounded In the riht wrist by a desperate assassin who attempted to kill the head of the police department in the front hallway of his home early Monday. The assassin was himself killed by the chief, who tired a bullet into hl right temple. The" assassin Is declared to have been an anarchist and may have been the' leader of a plot aimed at others besides the chief. Mrs. Shippy and the chiefs daughter, Georgia, 21: years old, were eyewitnesses of the tragedy. The supposed anarchist called at the chief's residence an hour before the shooting and was denied admittance by ' I sA a domestic. He also called at the chief's home Sunday morning, but Shippy was not home. Chief Shippy had called for his buggy and his driver, Foley, was seated iu the rig, when the man, who looked like a Sicilian or a Jew, rang the doorbell. The chief himself answered the summons and confronted the man. The stranger thrust an envelope into Shippy'a hand and said; "Here is a note I bring you." The chief, whose suspicious had leen aroused, grasjKHl loth of the man's hands, ami calling to his wife toll her to search him. As Mrs. Shippy ran forward the man wriggled away, but her hand closed over a revolver in his overcoat pocket. "lie's got one!" she screamed. "Look out, George, for your life!" Shippy, who bad drawn his revolver, pointed it at the man, who knocked Mrs. Shippy aside anil drew his weapon. He raised It to lire at her in his rage aud the chief shot him iu the arm as the woman dodged behind some tapestry. Foley had heard the shots and came running up the steps, as did (Jeorgia, the daughter, who had just left the house. The two jumped Into the group of struggling fighters while Harry Shippy, the chief's son, came running downstairs from his bHlrooui, with a revolver. In the meantime, the assassin had drawn a knife, seven inches long, with which Le stabbed the chief. Shippy ibxlged back, but received the blow in his right side. The anarchist then turned and fired at the driver, shatterlug his right wrist. The enraged assailant turned and fired at Harry Shippy. who was half way down the landing. The bullet struck the youth above the heart and p'erced his lung. Chief Shippy and Foley, enraged as they saw the boy :'all down the stairs, fired seven shots into the would-be assassin, who fell dead at their feet. Mayor Russe admitted after the shooting that he had ejected a man from his office early In the day who had acted in a queer manner and persistently demanded to see him, and Assistant Chief Schuettler started to work on the theory that the attempted mur; der may have been a carefully concocted plot on the part of anarchists. . Troops were called on to disperse a mob of 20,000 persons who fought riotously to view the dead bodies of the Portuguese sovereigns at Lisbon. Fire at Cincinnati caused a $DO,OoO loss. The II. Strateniayer Company, wholesale millinery: M. F. Lawrence Electrical fonipany, ('. Coluwaert, millinery; the Queen Manufacturing Company aud the Longworth estate were the principal losers. John Seitender is dead and Rossi Morani is in a Rrooklyn hospital, dying, as the result of an enmity which began in Italy fifteen years ago. At that time both nvn were suitors for llie hand of the, ame girl. Morani married her. Theoth-" er niu'.it they fmight with razor and revolver. Justice Wright of the Supreme Court f the District of Columbia, directed that a verdict be returned in faor of the estate of Dr. Daniel I',. Clarke in the suit i'le! by the Catholic University of America for the i Ii T of $2."VO0( on the boud. ,f the late Thomas 11. Waggaman, fori::'f!y treasurer of that institution. The naval board of investigation, head 1 It Commander William R. Fletcher, it Newport. R. I., began its inquiry into I.e circumstances surrounding the drowntig of PrivsMcs Ren ja mm (J. Steenerson' ind James M. Mcintosh, from th tuf Annie R. Wood.

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Currency legislation-was the chief topic Tuesday. For nearly three hours Senator Owen of Oklahoma spoke on the Aidrich bill, claiming that he had, through former Senator Jones of Arkansas, in 11)00 proposed legislation somewhat similar to the bill under consideration, but with essential differences, which he declared would have prcver'ed the recent panic had it been enacted mto law. The Indii.n appropriation bill received consideration during a part of the day. General debate on the army appropriation bill again furnished opportunity for free expression of opinion on the issues of the day in the House. Mr. Garrett of Tennessee and Mr. I'au of North Carolina arraigned the Republican party for its policies with regard to the tariff, while Mr. Hayes of California denounced the financial system of the United States as "patchwork" and the Aldrich bill as "falling far short of the remedial legislation needed." The only remarks pertinent ta the army bill were made by Mr. Parker of New Jejsey, who spoke in favor of the proposition of increased pay for the ofScers and inen, and Mr. Kusterman of Wisconsin in support of restoration of the canteen. In the Senate Senator Culberson ol Texas criticised the Aldrich currency bill and spoke in favor of amendments he deemed necessary. Senator Nelson also denounced the measure as of no imortance in its present form. The bill was. on motion of Mr. Aldrich, made the unfinished business of the Senate. The bill to revise the criminal laws of the United States was passed. The climax ol general debate on the army appropriation bill in the House came when Mr Dalzell (Pennsylvania) delivered an exhaustive speech in defense of tie Republican party and its policies. The tarifl system was attacked by Mr. Houston (Tennessee), who charged that the trusts owed their being to it. Other addresses were made by Mr. Sherwood (Ohio) in support of his bill to pension soldiers ol "the Civil War at $1 a daj and by Mr Routell (Illinois), who referred to th fact that the gold in the United States for the first time had reached a billion dollars. The army appropriation bill was read for amendment and its considera tion was not concluded when tie Iloust adjourned. -: :- Two Senators with Indian blood ii their veins, and members of former Indian tribes, carrying on an animated and acrimonious debate marked the proceedings ol the Senate Thursday. Senator Owen ol Oklahoma, a member of the Cherokee Na tion, sought to heve the word "late" p'ac ed before the designation of the "Fiv Civilized Tribes." Senator Curtis of Kan sas, who is part Kaw Indian, took the op posite view. The Senate voted a gains1 the contention of Mr. Owen. Senatoi McCreary of Kentucky spoke on the cur rency bill. The committee on ways anc means of the House was put to rout ant by an overwhelming vote of the IIous ordered out of the capitol to the new House office building, a block away. Va rious members of the committee strenu ously objected to the removal. The com roittee's present rooms are desired for tin Speaker. The army appropriation bill wa? discussed, and the provision for pay ol non-commissioned officers and private? was stricken out. Representative Lillej introduced a resolution calling on the Secretary of the Navy for all information in his possession concerning submarine boats. The consideration of the Indian appro priation bill and a speech by Senatoi Reed Smoot of Utah on the currency bill consumed nearly "the entire time in the Seuate Friday. The Indian bill was passed. The Senate at 5:12 p. m. adjournec until Monday. The House rejected by ."it to tiO an amendment by Mr. Foster (Illinois) to the army bill appropriating .$1,(K.K).OOO for joint maneuver of the militii organizations and the regular troops Without a dissenting voice the House by special rule restored the provisions to increase the pay of non-commissioned offi cers and men and to prohibit the private employment of army musicians for pay both of which went out on points of order The Senate was not iu session Satur day. A veiled charge was made by Mr Mann of Illinois in the House during the consideration of the army appropriation bill that some government otncial or employe had yielded to the influence of a land syndicate with the view, to selling tc the government a tract near the city foi a target range. An appropriation ol $2.10.000 for .000 acres was provided for which Mr. Mann denounced as far beyonc its value. He at once aroused the ire ol Mr. Young of Michigan, who, springing tc the defense of the committee on military affairs, indignantly denied that any mem ber of it Sad been approached by any one but the Secretary of War or his subordi nates. The provision was stricken out on a point of order. The army appropria tion bill was passed, the total amount carried by it being S4,Tö7,rOG. NATIONAL CAPITOL NOTES. The House of Representatives the othei day for a time considered pension business and in less than an hour passed 37C bills. Mr. Fornes of New York introduced ir the House a bill appropriating $100,O0C for the survey of a ship canal to connect P.enton Harbor on Lake Michigan with Toledo on Lake Erie. The House committee on military affairs voted to recommend an increase ol 27 per cent in the pay of enlisted men in the army aud marine corps. An order excusing array ollicers on duty in Washington tor two hours to indulge in horseback riding two afternoons a week was promulgated by Acting Secretary Oliv??. liids were opened for the extension ol the postoffieo and court house building at Columbus, Ohio. There were eleven bids, of which that of Charles W. (Jindele Company of Chicago, $:JÖ(J,tri0, was the lowest. Senator Lodge reported favorably from the committee on immigration a bill revising the regulations governing assignments of air space and accommodations to steerjie passengers on ocean vessels, to conform to the regulations framed by the P.ritish board of trade, which went into effect Jan. 1 last. On a point of order raised by Mr. Macon of Arkansas the House struck from Ihe executive appropriation bill the provision for an increase of $1,."iO0 a year in the salaries of assistant secretaries t,f the several departments. It was held th.it a separate bill would be n -cessary to secure this incri-ase. The President of the Republic of Uracil, to commemorate the visit of the Atlantic fleet to the city of Rio Janeiro, has signed a decree authorizing the continuation of rebates on tariff charges on articles of Aueriean merchandise daring the liscal year of 100S. The confirmation of the nomination of Lieut. Col. W. W. Wothersjxion to be a brigadier general removes the block to promotions in the infantry arm, which has pxisted since his nomination was sent to the Senate early in the session. (Jen. Wotherspoon's advancement to brigadier rank was followed by the promotion of ibout a dozen infantry officers below the rnsk of lieutenant colonel.

IMPROVETHE RIVERS PLEA OF ROOSEVELT

President Sends Special Message with Report on Waterways to Congress. VAST POWER BEING WASTED. Commerce and Irrigation Possibilities of Big Rivers Would Guard Against Private Monopoly. President Roosevelt sent a special message to Congross dealing with inland waterways, together with a preliminary report of the inland waterways commission. The President points but the vast possibilities of the river systems of the country, which he says are better adapted to the needs of the people than those of any other country, yet the rivers of no other civilized country are so poorly leveloped. Running parallel with the possibilities of the rivers as freight carriers, the President points out their possibilities for purposes of power and irrigation, which he says are no lefs Important, He contends that all three pur.poses can be served without injuring either. In this connection the necessity of guarding against the possibility of private monopolies controlling the water flower to be developed is pointed out. A plea for a systematic plan tc stop the waste in natural resources is urged, based on the; commission's report. Mr. Roosevelt commends the proposed waterway very highly and urges its construction. After speaking of the report he says: "The commission finds that it was unregulated railroad competition which prevented or destroyed the development ol commerce on our inland waterways. The Mississippi, our greatest natural highway, is a caae in point. At one time traffic upon it was without a rival in any country. The report shows that commerce was driven from the Mississippi by the railroads. "While production was limited, the railways, with their convenient terminals, gave quicker and more satisfactory service than the waterways. Later they prevented the restoration of river traffic by keeping down their rates along the rivers, recouping themselves by higher charges elsewhere. TMs should cot be allowed tc continue. "The report rests throughout on th? fundamental conception that every waterway should be made to serve the people as largely and in as many different ways as possible. It is poor business to develop a river for navigation in such a way as to prevent its use for power, when by a little foresight it cculd be made to serve both purposes. We cannot afford needlessly to sacrifice power to irrigation, or irrigation to domestic water supply, when by taking thought we may have all three. ' r "The development of our inland waterways will have results far beyond the immediate gain to commerce. Deep channels along the Atlantic and Gulf coasts and from the Gulf to the Great Lakes will have high value for the national defense. Forest protection, without which river improvements cannot be permanent, will at the same time help to postpone th threatened timber famine. Irrigation will create the means of livelihood for millions of people. ' If the policy of waterways improvement here recommended is carried out, it will affect for good every citizen of the republic." The President then warns against the shortsighted granting of franchises to corporations and against the absorption ol water power by combined capital. II says: "No rights involving water power should be granted to any corporation in perpetuity, but only for a length of time sufficient to allow them to conduct their business profitably. A reasonable charge should of course be made for valuable rights and privileges which they obtain from the national government. The values for which this charge is made will ultimately, through the natural growth nd orderly development of our population and industries, reach enormous amounts. The proceeds thus secured, after the cost of administration and improvement has been met, should naturally be devoted to the development of our inland waterways." After urging the importance of th waterways, Mr. Roosevelt closes: "Adequate funds should be provided, by bond issue if necessary, and the work should be delayed no longer. The development of our waterways and the conservation of our forests are the two most pressing physical needs of the country. The question of organization, powers, and appropriations are now before the Congress. There is urgent need for prompt and decisive action." rolntft In the 31 e sage. Running water is a most valuable natural asset of the people. No rights involving waterpower should be granted to any corporation in perpetuity. The first condition of successful development of our water power is a definite and progressive policy. A channel is no deeper than its shallowest reach, and to improve a rivsr short of the point of effective navigability is a sheer waste of all it costs. We have suffered heavily in the past from the lack of adequate transportation facilities and unless a beginning is made promptly (on waterway development) we shall suffer more heavily in the future. The development of our waterways and the conservation of our forests are the two most pressing physical needs of the 'country. They are interdependent and they should met vigorously together and at once. In spite of large appropriations for their improvement our rivers are less serviceable for interstate commerce t,oday than they were half a century ago. The following epigrammatic declarations in the message are worth remembering by the people of the whole country : Out of a total of ?H,700,OfX that will be paid in dividends by the Standard Oil Company at the rate of $!." a share on March 14 next, John I. Rockefeller, who owns 2- per cent of all the stock, will get $3,700,000, bringing up the total of his returns from Standard stock for the six months to $0,200,000. Chief Justice Hunter of the Supreme Court of British Columbia at Vancouver, ruled the natal act to be inoperative so far as the subjects of Japan are concerned, though he did not hold that the act is inoperative as a whole. It was held in contravention of the treaty with Japan. The two Japanese who had been detained were ordered released. It is understood the decision will be appealed. George Chester of West Livingston, N. J., dreamed three times of seeing bis wife's lost wedding ring under a stone and then went out and found it at the spot indicated.

ilNÄNuALJ CHICAGO. The weekly review of trade for ihe Cliago district, published by It. C. Dun & Co., says : Trade conditions generally would present a better showing of the recovery now taking place were it not for the hindrances caused by the recent .adverse ivcathcr, which yet curtails the movement 3f heavy freight and delays the starting op of new work in various lines. Fortunately the deterrents are temporary, and there is more effort to widen activity in leading industries, while the demand for spring and summer merchandise obtains further stimulus from largely increased irrivals of outside bus-ers. Manufacturing is not yet relieved of the paucity of new orders and only slight headway appears in effecting gain in the outputs of iron, brass and wood work, but the situation is distinctly more hopeful and there is gradual additions in machinery and labor forces. An improved tone strengthens steel proluction, there being more encouraging inquiries for rails and structural shapes, while the booking in wire, merchant iron and pipe equal expectations. Pig iron prices waver and this operates against the buying looked for, some heavy consumers holding back for concessions on their needs. Ore supplies on docks show less depletion than usual at this time, but shipbuilding promises well for the coming season and this prospect assures a steady run at plate mills. The markets for grain and provisions exhibit improvements, and, together with satisfactory reports as to conditions of winter wheat, the agricultural situation affords much encouragement. The total movement of grain at this port is affected by lessened opportunities for marketing, 4.4S7.208 bushels, comparing with 7,.S!),479 bushels last week and S.o.71,3H8 bushels a year ago, the decline mainly appearing in corn. Compared with 1007, there are decreases in receipts 57.9 per cent and shipments 10.1 per cent. Receipts of live stock were 333,J2o head, against C0.3,7ö2 head last week and ;J04..'JIX) head last year. Receipts of hides, 2,2."S,rC2 pounds, compare with 2,827,800 pounds last week and 2,4SG,0Ö2 pounds in 1907. Compared with the closings a week, ago, cash prices are unchanged in flour and sheep ; lower in choice cattle 15 cents and bogs 25 cents a hundredweight; and higher in corn, 2 cents a bushel ; oats, 274 cents ; wheat, 4 cents ; ribs. 25 cents ; lard, 27J& cents; and pork, 00 cents a barrel. Failures reported in the Chicago district number 35, against 41 last week and 13 a year ago. Those with liabilities over $5,000 number 14, against 12 last week and 2 in 1907. NEW YORK. Distribution of staple goods by jobbers tends to increase as the spring buying season advances and the large numbers of buyers excursions draw merchants to the market, but there is a consensus of opinion that buying is in a high degree conservative, and that staple goods ana what may be classed as necessities conprise the heavier part of the business done. Retail trade is very quiet, except where price reductions on winter weight goods tempt buyers, and final distributive demand unquestionably feels the reduced purchasing power of the public at large, due to short time or reduction of earnings in industry. Wholesale trade is quiet as a whole, and cotton fabrics, notably print cloths and flannelettes, have been 6harply cut; stocks of the former are reported to be piling up despite reduced time worked. Three-fourths of the normal production is reported working. Reports from other industries are irregular. The improvement in finished steel noted last week has gone further and a slightly larger r.pacity is now at work, but crude output seems to be no larger; cme merchant furnaces are reported shutting down because of accumulation of stocks, and prices of some pig iron are easier. Business failures in the United States for the week inding Feb. 27 number 254, against 32 last week, 194 in the like week of 1907, ISO in 1900. 20 in 1905 and 195 in 1904. Failures in Canada for the week number 35, against 44 last week and 42 in this week a year ago. Bradstreet's Report. Chicago! Cattle, common to prime, 54.00 to .00: hogs, prime heavy, $4.00 (to $4.55; sheep, fair to choice, $3.00 to $5.25; wheat, No. 2, 9ic to VJc; corn, No. 2, 58c lo 59c; oats, standard, 52c to 53c: rye, No. 2, S2c to 84c; hay, timothy, $9.50 to $1.50; prairie, $8.00 to $12.00; butter, choice creamery, 27c to 32c ; eggs, fresh, 20c to 23c ; potatoes, per bushel. (2c to 72c. Detroit Cattle, $4.00 to $5.50; hogs, $4.00 to $4.50; sheep, $2.50 to $4.75; wheat, No. 2, $1.00 to $1.02; corn, No. 3 yellow, lc to (2c; oats. No. 3 white, 53c to 55c ; rye. No. 2, 83c to S5c. Milwaukee Wheat, No. 2 northern, $1.08 to 1.10; corn. No. 3, 57c to 59c; oats, standard, 51c to 53c; rye. No. 1, S3c to 81c; barley, No. 2, 91c to 93c; Iork, mess, $1.90. Buffalo Cattle, choice shipping steers, $4.00 to $5.75 ; hogs, fair to choice, $.150 to $4.80; sheep, common to good mixed, $4.00 to $5.25; lambs, fair to choice, $5.00 to $7.00. New York Cattle, $4.00 to $5.70; hogs, $3.50 to $1.90; sheep, $3.00 to $5.25; wheat, No. 2 red. $1.00 to $1.02; corn. No. 2, 2e to 3c; oats, natural white, 58c to Olc; butter, creamer-, 27c to 31c; eggs, western,' 20c to 23c. Toledo Wheat, No. 2 mixed, 95c to 97c; corn. No. 2 mixed, 5c to 58c; oats. No. 2 mixed, 51c to 53c; rye. No. 2, 81c to S3c; clover seed, prime, $11.55. Indianapolis Cattle, shipping, $3.00 to $5.75; hogs, good to choice heavy, $3.50 to $4.00; sheep, common to prime, $3.00 to $1.50; wheat. No. 2, 95c to 9c: com, No. 2 white, 55c to 57c; oats, No. 2 white, 51c to 52c. St. Louis Cattle, $1.50 to $.00; ho-s, $4.00 to $1.55; sheep, $3.00 to $5.50; wheat. No. 2, $1.01 to $1.05; corn, No. 2, 50c to 58c; oats. No. 2, 4Sc to 50c; rye, No. 2, 79c to 81c. Cincinnati Cattle, $1.00 to $5.35; bogs. $1.00 to $1.0O; sheep. $3.00 to $5.25; wheat. No. 2, 97c to 91V; corn. No. 2 mixed. 55c to 57c; cats. No. 2 mixed, 50c to -51c; rye, No. 2, 85c to 8 c. A loud protest ibas gone up at Past Oraug, N. J.. against the proposed action of the city council in accepting $.'J9,00O from Andrew Carnegie for three branch libraries. The city already has one Carnegie library, whuh originally cost $50,0OO, and costs $10,000 a year to run. Following a series of explosions, fire in Caindvn, N. J., badly damaged the varnish and paint plant of the N. Z. Graves Company. The flames spread to a row of dwellings and eight of them were destroyed. The losi is estimated at $10),-000.

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DEMENTED MAN CLUBS WIFE. Drown County Citizen Snddenljr Attempts to Kill Helpmeet. FIva Clifford, 45 years old, a prosperous citizen of Nashville, who became violently ijsane a few days ago, assaulted his .wife while confined in the county jail. Clifford's mind became unbalanced the previous week. He barricaded himself and his family in their home and. with a revolver in his hand, defied arrcst by the sheriff for several days. However, he was taken into custody by Sheriff Roberts and brought to town. His wife pleaded with the authorities to be allowed to remain with him, and she ient tbe night in the cell with her husband. One morning, in an effort to separate Clifford and his wife. Sheriff Roberts went over to the jail and told Mrs. Clifford tha: his wife wished t talk with her. Mrs. Clifford went from the jail, and when she did so her husband became violent and broke a looking glass iu small pieces and began eating the glass. When Mrs. Clifford returned to the jail her husband picked up a stick of wood and beat ber over, the head with it, knocking her to the floor. When found by the sheriff she was almost unconsciou. and was bleeding profusely from' wounds infiicted on the head. She was removed to tbe home of the sheriff, wheYe her condition is serious, though not believed to be fatal. MAN FOLLOWS DEAD WIFE. Burled In Sani Grave Relatives of Couple Find Money. Ned Walters. SS years old, and bis wife; Hannah Walters, S4 years old, of Purket, were buried in the sam grave. She died, and the husband refused to tfilow an undertaker to inter the remains, saying he desired to go with his wife. He died four days later, supposedly of a broken heart. When relatives went through the Walters home they found large sums of money concealed among old rags. Child Darned to Death. During the temporary absence of the mother, and while an elder brother was outside the door, Henry, 4 yean old. son of Mr. and Mrs. F. M. Draper of Dana, caught his clothing on fire-fnom an open grate, and he was no badly burned that he died some hours later. In the summer of 1904 a brother, 10 years old, was caught in a windstorm while with a load of hay and he was hurled against a wire fence, the hay falling on him and smothering him before be could be relieved. Mayor Tat Ban on Tight. Holding that tights are immoral and not conduche to the uplift of the drama, Mayor' John W. Poehm of Rvansville has directed that they should not Ik? worn on the stage, be the wearers ever so shapely of person. He also has ordered that there shall be no more Sunday plays after Aug. 15. Church and l'nlon to Coniltine. In an address before the unemployed of Kvansville Rev. Reid Cross, m-tor of St. Paul's Episcopal church, said that labor unions were called into leing by the Almighty and the churciies and labor unions must stand together and destroy the tresis. Xfw German Chnrch Dedicated. The Nw St. Paul's Cvantrelical German church, which cost $50,000. was dedicated in Evausville with imposing ceremonies. Democrat Set Date. The Democratic State committee has d-cided that the State convention will be held at Indianapolis March 25 and 2C SHORT STATE ITEMS. It now looks as if the saloons of Auburn would go, as the Anti-Saloon League has started an active campaign. Triplets, two boys and a girl, have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Jacob W. Roth of Roonville, and mother and children are getting along nicely. Mr. and Mrs. Roth are -it ana 4- years oiu, respectively. Five children have previously resulted; from the union. The Rev. Andrew J. Sammon was k.Ued and the Rev. T. J. Murphy was ""'" ously injured when a sleigh in which Chry were driving was struck by an interurban car near South Rend. Roth privst were members of the faculty of Nitre Dame university. Fred L. Hays, employed ai brakeman on the Monon road, and son of Granville Hays of Pdoomington. conductor on that road, was run over by an engine while switching cars at Borden and his right foot was so badly mangled that amputation was necessary. Mrs. Joseph C. Ratliff was awarded a divorce in the Wayne County Court by -udge Henry C. Fox on the ground of cruel and inhuman treatment. Both the principals are past 80 years of age and j both have been for sixty years residents of Richmond. Both are especially active in the Quaker church. Fire started in tbe basement of the building occupied by the Marion Furniture Company ?n Marion, and for several hours the department bad difficulty in obtaining the mastery. The building, owned by Ph. Matter. w?s greatly damaged, and the stock of furniture was ruined. R. P. Smith, manager, reports loss on stock at $32,000, with $22,1)00 insurance. Abraham Mack, an Fvapsvill baier, swore out an affidavit charging a rival baker, Isadore Silberman, with secretly entering the former's baking room and filling the dough trough with soap and a noisome drug, completely ruining a batch of dough. Du.'ing exercises commemorating Washington's birthday in the high school building iu New Castle the fire alarm wa sounded and the l,10t) scholars, teacher? and visitors rushed from the building panic stricken, but no one was seriouslyinjured. The fire. was located in the baseüient and quickly extinguished. The 21-months-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Judd Reavis of Forest got hold of a bottle of poison at the home, drank a quantity of it and died in a short time. James Edward Riley, 27 years old, a farmer of Losran township, committed suicideby hanging himself in his barn. II was not quite dead when cut down by his mother, but soon expired. It is i bought Riley brooded over a suicide which he discovered two years ago, that of the Rev". T. W. Petre. pastor of the Piesbyterian church at Bright, who hanged himself in the same Irani and from the n.nr.e leani to which Riiey attached himself. Riley was unmarried. v William F. P.arrows. employed in the city building invjKVtor's office, was found i"ad in th? attic of the home of William Reichert in Indianaixdis. Police were called when Mrs. Reichert said there was a burglar in the house. The iolice say, Barrows committed suicide by shooting. In Barrows pocket was found a letter to Mrs. Reichert, in which be declared that be intendeJ tö kill her and himself. He upbraided the woman for taking money from hi.n. Samuel and Levi Brnnmemer, bachelor brothers, aged 73 and CO. died in Franklin. One died at 5 and the other at 10 a. m. The two brothers died on the faro where they were born.