Plymouth Tribune, Volume 7, Number 25, Plymouth, Marshall County, 26 March 1908 — Page 2

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F. Q.F. M. (T U Q. 2nd, 9th. Vg17tb. j 25th. PAST 4ND PßESENT AS I CC , TO US FROM ALL OF THE EARTH. Telejci . Information Gathered by tl m for tlaa Enlightenment of t. -Many. Newspaper Wrecked with Dynamite. Dynamite exploded In a press at the printing plant of the Rock Island, 111., Daily News destroyed the machine ani practically wrecked the building. The News was founded three years ago by Jchn Looney. a lawyer and politician, and has lately given attention to saloons and a certain gambling element in Rock Island and Chicago. Rooney was Indicted last June on numerous counts for alleged conspiracy, extortion and criminal libel, but has not been convicted on counts that have so far come to trial. Scramble for Bryan's Senate Seat. Speculation is rife in Pensa:ola, Flaw, as to whom Governor Broward will name as the successor to United States Senator William J. Bryan, who has just died in Washington. Congressman Wm. B. Lamar, of Monticello; John II. Beard, of Pensacola, and Albert Gilchrist, of Jacksonville, are candidates, but it is believed the selection may be State Senator Thomas West, of Santa Rose. Ex-Senator Samuel Pasco will probably apply again for the position. Work of Wreckers. The Diamond Special, the fast train on the Illinois Central between Chicago and St. Louis, was derailed near Springfield, 111. The locomotive and baggage and' express car turned over on their sides and the buffet car left the rails. No one was injured. Investigation revealed that the wreck was caused by train wreckers. All the spikes in the rail which derailed the train had been pulled out. The engineer and fireman saved their lives by jumping. Eastern Farmers Call for Help. So badly do the farmers of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, require help on the farms that the Farmers' League of Lancaster County has issued an appeal to the unemployed of city and tewn to go to the country for work. An appeal ha3 been sent to the bureau tf labor and immigration at Washington, asking that able-bodied immigrants be directed to this county. Kindled with kerosene. Mrs. Florence Bilser, aged 40, and her son, aged 15, were fatally injured In a kerosene explosion at their home In Dayton, Ohio. The boy tried to hasten the fire in the stove by pouring kerosene over the smouldering blaze and there was a terrific explosion. Doth were terribly burned and are dying in the hospital. The woman tried to rescue her son. Bandits Rob Miner of $45,000. William Hoffman, a miner, carrying gold and notes amounting to $ 4 3,000, mis held up by bandits on the desert near Rawhide, Nev., relieved of hl3 frealth and left injured on the road after he had wounded one robber. He crawled to camp and posses from three counties are now pursuing the bandits, who, it is believed, have been surrounded. Kansas City Bank Will Resume. The National Dank of Commerce at Kausas City. Mo., which failed during the recent financial disturbance, with liabilities of $29,000,000, will reopen for business on Monday next, with W. B. Kidgeley, comptroller of the currency, as president; George T. Cutts, formerly of New York . and St. Louis, vicepresident; Edward Ridgeley, New fork, cashier. King Manuel's Wound Not Healed. A dispatch from Madrid, Spain, says that the wound Prince Manuel, now king of Portugal, .eceived on February 1, when King Carlos and the crown prince were assassinated, has not healed and ha3 recently become very much worse. The attending physicians declare that amputation is Imperative. Senator Tillman Recovering. United States SeDator B. R. Tilljnan, of South Carolina, who has been seriously ill at his home, is now regarded as very much better. Pleasure Party Drowned. Ten members of a pleasure party j ere drowned by the upsetting of a motor ferry boat on the lake of Ratzeburger, near Lübeck, Germany. Four ether passengers were saved. Pennsylvania Suspends 2,140 Men. Because of the continued depression In business, the Pennsylvania Railroad Company indefinitely sus pended 2,140 shop employes at Al foona, Pa. Record Coal Season in Ohio. State Min Inspector George Harrison reports that the total coal tonnage for Ohio during 1907 was 32,405.943 tons, an increase of 5.252,154 tons over 1900. and the largest tonnage in the history of the State. Nearly SO per cent of it was mined by machines. Tunnel3 Under East Idver. Although the Pennsylvania railway's four tubes under the East river. New York, have been cut through, they will not be put into active service for two years. The tunnpl system and terminal. will cost nearly $yu,uw,wu. Murdered Over Seventy Cents. John B. ISIaylock, a contractor of Lanibers Point, Vs., was shot and killed by Henry Hysdop in a quarrel over 70 cf:nts. Hyslop, who is a route agent for the Virginian Pilot, wis at RIaylock's home to collect a bill. The latter attempted to eject him and was shot. Hyslop surrendered. Tire Wrecks Penn Spring Works. Fire at Baldwinsville, N. Y. destroyed a large portion of the plant of tb Penn spring works, involving a loss of $75,000. Seventy-five men are thrown cut of employment.

BISHOP FOWLER DIES SUDDENLY

Well Known Methodi3t Episcopal Prelate Passes Away. The Rev. Charles H. Fowler, bishop of the Methodist Episcopal church, died at his home in New York Friday. His death was due to heart failure, resulting from a complication of diseases. Charles Henry Fowler was born at Iturford. Ontario, Aug. 11, 1837. He received his education at Genesee college and was the valfdi torian in the class of 1859. After graduation he attended the Garrett Biblical institute, where he took the degree of D. D. For eleven years Dr. Fowler was a pastor in Chicago and from 1872 to 1S7U was president of the Northwestern university. For four years he acted as secretary for the missionary society of hi church and in 1S84 was elected a bishop. In 1SSS Bishop Fowler toured Japan, Korea and China. He was the founder of the Tekin university and the Nankin university and organized the first M. E. church ia St. Petersburg. Russia. For eight years Bishop Fowler engaged ia missionary work on the Pacific coast and organized the Mac-lay College of Theology in southern California. Bishop Fowler in 1SCS married Miss Myra A. Hitchcock, daughter of the Rev. Luke Hitchcock of Chicago. Congressman Foss of Chicago recently introduced a bill in Congress asking that body to confer a medal of honor upon the bishop for his work in connection with the saving of life from the wreck of the steamer Elgin that occurred while he was at Northwestern university in 1S00. MANY INJURED IN LABOR RIOT. Men Fight for Work at Cleveland Plant Police Uso Clubs. One man waa fatally injured and a number of others were seriously hurt in a riot near the plant of the American Steel and Wire Company on Independence road, in the southern outskirts of Cleveland, Thursday morning. Fifty men crowded around the gates of the plant seeking employment, word having gone out that additional help would bo taken on. A quarrel started among the men following the attempt of those in th? rear to get closer to the gate and a general fight followed, the men using stones and clubs as weapons. One man was armed with a revolver. He shot down his opponent, who had struck him with a rock. At this juncture a patrol wagon loaded with police arrived on the scene. The officers clubbed the rioters right and left. A number cf the rioters were found lying unconscious on the ground. Charles Wryciet, one of the rioters who was shot, cannot recover. SAYS HE BURIED EMPTY COFFINS Unusual Charge Made Against California Insurance Agent. Sheriff A. B. Adams of Cohoes, N. Y recently arrived in Los Angeles, having in custody Ira J. Bayliss, who is said to be wanted in New York on a charge of defrauding the Prudential Life Insurance Company out of many thousands of dollars. According to the officer's story Bayliss is accused of having buried empty coflins and collected from the insurance company, for which he was agent, by means of forged death certificates and fictitious policies. Bayliss was captured at Demuir, Cal. ACCUSED OF MURDERING FIVE. Woman Charges Man Burned House and That Number Lost Lives. Fannie Ritchie and Harry McCuen were arrested in Dennison, Texas, after the woman had accused McCuen of being responsible for the death of five persons in Oklahoma City, Ok la., last August. Five bodies were found in the ruins of a resort which had 'been burned. The Ritchie woman alleges that McCuen murdered a stranger in the resort for the purpose of robbery and that a negro porter set f:re to the building to destroy blood stains left after the murder. Smallpox on Cruiser Brooklyn. As a result of the discovery of a case of smallpox aboard the cruiser Brooklyn, lying at the League Island navy yard, Philadelphia, all employes at the yard and every member of the crew, together with the officers, numbering in ail about 2,000 persons, will have to be vaccinated and the cruiser was fumigated and placed in quarantine. Boy Burned at the Stake. Russell Shuart, 10 years old, is in a critical condition in Suffern, N. Y., suffering from burns received when an older boy while playing Indian tied him to a tree and built a fire under his feet. The boy's screams attracted men who were working near by and he was rescued, but it is feared he will lose at least one leg. I Brahaxn, Minn., Is Destroyed. Reports indicate that the entire business portion of the town of Braham. in Chicago county, Minn., was destroyed by fire, which started about 3 o'clock Wed; nesday morning. Assistance was asked from Minneapolis. The telephone exchange was destroyed and as a result the information was meager. There was no loss of life. Bandits Rob Oklahoma Bank. Two robbers, believed to be members of the gang that held up the Tyro, Kan., bank, walked into the Davis bank at Hoffman, Okla., the other afternoon, covered the bank officials with pistols and, gathering up $000 in currency, mounted their horses, which were standing outside, and escaped. Time for Telephone Eavesdropper. The lower house of the Legislature of Oklahoma passed the Senate telephone regulation measure, with the addition of an amendment imposing a fine of from $5 to $50 for eavesdropping over a telephone. The measure also provides for separate booths for blacks and whites. Fire in North, Dakota Town. In Carrington, N. D., re smted in Hunt's pool and billiard hall about 2 a. m. Friday and burned Hunt's building, the Merchants hotel, Herman's meat market. Walker & Co.'s hardware and furniture store. Earl of Dudley Appointed. The Earl of Dudley, advocate of home rule for Ireland, oas been appointed Governor General of Australia. He was immensely popular in Ireland, where he was Lord Lieutenant from 1002 to 100. Thrown Bill Kills Student. S. H. Smith, the student at the Alabama Polytechnic Institute, struck on the back of the head by a thrown ball in a game at Montgomery, is dead. Had Enough of Matrimony. Mine. Anna Gould has arrived in New York and declares that she has had enough of matrimony and will not again venture into wedded life. Fight Battle High in Air. Charles llaviland and Albert Hale, iron workers, fought on an iron girder eighteen inches wide on the sixteenth story of the new National Bank of Commerce building, at Pine street and Broadway, St. Louis. llaviland was badly cut about the face and 1 ad to be treated at t;ie dispensary. Orchard Sentenced to Death. Judge Wood imposed death sentence on Harry Orchard at Caldwell, Idaho, but recommended that the State pardon board commute it, holding that the famous confession was true and complete.

LOSS FROM FLOOD EXORZiOU3.

Families Prisoners in Homes Trains Abandoned River Craft Suffers. The la-. st Hood in Pittsburg will he attended by enormous loss, much of wh.'.h has already resulted. The rise came with such suddenness that there was not time to take such precautions as saved much property a few weeks ago. Thousands of cellars and the first floors of hundreds of homes in the lowlands were flooded. Muddy water flowed through scores of industrial plants. Basements through the retail district in the lower part of the old city and on the north side are full of water and much merchandise is damaged. Railroad trains are delayed. Landslides and washouts have occurred throughout the Pittsburg district. Some trains have been abandoned. River craft has suffered severely. A sard dredge broke from its moorings at Tarentum, and with its crew of five went over the dam at Springdale. The crew escaped in a boat. All western Pennsylvania points report damage, in most places greater than last year. In numerous up river towns business has been at a standstill. WIFE CAUSES HUSBAND'S DEATH Blood Poison Kills Man When Woman Scratches His Nose. Mrs. O. Maurice White did not know on March 7 that she had fatally injured her husband. She thought only of the narrow escai? of her babe. Her husband's death was caused by a slight scratch on the nose. On that day Mrs. White and her husband both seized frantically at their infant, who stumbled and was on (he verge of falling down the stairs at their home, 210 Walnut street, Cincinnati. Iu grasping for her child Mrs. White accidentally inflicted a small scratch with her finger nail on the side of her husband's nose. Nothing was thought of it until erysipelas developed. It resulted in his death. NEWSPAPER MAN A SUICIDE. Frank K. Hosford, Member of Gridiron Club, Kills Himself. In a fit of desponuency, Frank II. IIosford, a well-known newspaper correspondent, member of the Gridiron Club, and former reading clerk of the House of Representatives, committed suicide in Washington, I). C, with a knife. Eight wounds were inflicted in the neck and throat and several in his chest. Mr. Hosford had been in ill health for nearly a jear, and lately told members of his family that he despaired of ever getting well. Mr. Hosford represented a number of Michigan newspapers. He was orn in Marietta, Ohio, in 1SG3. WED TWICE TO BEAT HOODOO. Mark A. Hanna and Bride, Married Friday, 13th, Repeat Ceremony. As a balm to the ruffled tempers of their relatives and to overcome the possible hoodoo of having been married on Friday, the 13th, by a justice of the peace at Bridgeport, young Mr. and Mrs. Mark A. Hanna consented to go to Watertown, Conn., where the ceremony uniting them wa repeated, this time by Rev. II. N. Cunningham, an Episcopalian minister. Mr. Hanna is n grandson of the late Marcus A. Hanna. BANDITS ROB MINER OF $45,000. Gold and Notes Taken from Man Near Reno, Nev., After Fight. William Hoffman, a miner, carrying gold and notes amounting to $45.tX0, was held up by bandits on the desert near Rawhide, Nev., relieved of his wealth and left injured on the road after he had wounded one robber. He crawled to camp and ios.ses from three counties are now pursuing the bandits, who, it is belieted, have been surrounded. Makes Way for Farmers' Trust. A bill that, it is alleged, will permit the organization of a farmers' gigantic tru't in Ohio was introduced in the House r : Columbus by Representative Stephensjn of Brown county. The bill exempts from t the provisions of the Valentine anti-truV. act combinations "formed to limit or reduce the pioduction or price of agricultural products." Head-On Crash Kills Two. In a head-on collision between two freight trains on the White Mountain division of the Boston and Maine railroad, about a mile and a half south of Haverhill Station, N. II Engineer E. E. Cross and Fireman Converse, both of Conco.d, were killed, and Fireman A. T. Davis of Woodsville was fatally injured. Two other trainmen were hurt. Fatally Burned in Auto Explosion. William Meigs and Elmer Speicher were probably fatally burned in Pittsburg when the gasoline tank of an automobile belonging to Charles E. Dinkey, general manager of the Edgar Thomson steel works, exploded. The garage, automobile, three valuable horses and two carriages were destroyed by the fire which followed. Will Amputate King'3 Arm. El Mundo of Madrid says that the wound Prince Manuel, now King of Portugal, received in the ana on Feb. 1, when King Carlos and the crown prin'-e were assassinated, has not healed, and has recently become much worse. The attending physicians, says the paper, declare amputation is imperative. Boiler Explodes; Three Dead. The boiler of a Delaware and Hudson freight locomotive was blown out while the engine was taking water at Schenevus, N. Y., instantly killing Engineer A. Hendrickson and Brakenian A. Korfage, both of Oneonta. Fireman S. O. Smith, also of Oneonta, was so badly injured that he died at noon. Dispensary Law for Oklahoma. Both houses of the Oklahoma Legislature passed the State dispensary system measure with an ei.crgoncy clause. An amendment provides for a special election this year to vote on it, but as the Governor will sign the bill at once the system will be in operation before the election. Carnegie Hires President. President Roosevelt has consented to become the head of the new Carnegie educational institute, according to a wellfounded rumor. Mr. Carnegie, it is Faid, offered the executive a large salary to begin immediately upon the completion of his term in the White House. Musician, Hit by Carriage, Dies. S. Decatur Smith, a member of a prominent Philadelphia family and a talented musician and composer, died in hospital from shock received by being run down by a carriage on Feb. 19. lie was a descendant of Admiral Decatur. He was 87 years of age. Liners Crash in Fog. The big transatlantic (steamer Kronprinz Wilhelm, fresh arrived from Europe, was in collision with an unknown steamer while coming up New York bay. She anchored off St. George, S. I., with a large gash in her stern high above the water line. , $65,000 Fire in Washington. Fire in the lumber yards of Eissinger Bros., Seventh and U streets, Northwest, Washington, spread to a number of residences and caused $05,000 damage, mostly to the lumber yard. The American League baseball park was threatened.

HUNDREDS DROWNED

IN COLLISION AT SEA Steamers Crash Off Japanese Coast and Majority on the M itsu Perish. 287, ALL TOLD. ON BOARD. Survivors Saved by the Hideyoshi Ten Are Lost in Ferry Boat Accident in Germany. Two hundred and seventy-five persons were drowned in a collision letween rv.o large Japanese coasting steamships, one of them crowded with passengers. Pile collision occurred before dawn In a dense fog. The S.Oooton Matsu Mam of the Nippon Yusen Kaisha line was the vessel sunk, being struck by the Hideyoshi Mara, and going down within a short time. It is definitely known that the Matsu Maru carried fortythree sailors nnd 214 passengers, and nearly all of these jK'rished. . The scene of the collision was within a few miles of th reef on which the Dakota, one of the biggest of the American owned Pacific liners, was sunk a year ago. It is in a dangerous and difficult part of the. Hokkaido straits, near the city of Hakodate, and just south of the northernmost of the Japanese group of islands. According to advices from Hakodate, the passengers were all sound asleep when the crash came, and terrible scenes of panic ensued. The Matsu began to settle rapidly, and the boats were prejuired for launching. Owing to the darkness and the wild panic among the passengers, however, little could be done. The Hideyoshi, though herself badly damaged, stood by and put out boats to save what survivors she could, but the Matsu sank within ten minutes after the collision. The Hideyoshl's boats cruised around until after dawn, but succeeded In making few rescues. Another steamer stood GIANT DREDGE EATING CANAL by and gave what help could be given. When the naval authorities at Hakodate were notified, they dispatched several fast destroyers at top speed for the scene of the wreck. In hope of givng assistance. The Hideyoshi was badly damaged, but no one is believed to have Ikvh lost on that ship. The captain and all the members of the crew are Japanese. A number of rich Japanese merchants are thought to have been on board the wrecked steamer. v Fifty Vrnra In L.I Kb t bonne. Miss Ida Lewis, the only woman in charge of an American lighthouse, and who has been at Lime Rock lighthouse, in Newport (R. I.) harbor, for over fifty years, is thinking seriously of taking a vacation. When one considers the fact that in fifty long years she has never passed a night away from her isolated home, it will le seen that the vacation will be quite a stupendous undertaking. Miss Lewis is suffering from nervousness and loss of sleep. Last fall she received from the American Cross of Honor Society at Washington its cross of honor and membership in the order. She is the first American woman to receive such an honor. Since then Miss Lewis has received a pension from the Carnegie hero fund for saving eighteen lives. She celebrated her G5th birthday anniversary very quietly last month. She is assisted by her hrother, Rudolph Ijcwis, in caring for the lighthouse. The moving picture combine is a newnickel trust. Two Hungarian counts in the Vanderbilt family. They always did want it ill. Col. John Temple Graves says women should get men's wages. Chorus Don't they? A weather bureau doesn't necessarily imply that it knows anything about the weather. The Prosperity Convention ought -to make the country feel better and get out of the "dumps.'' In that auto endurance test it is a case af the race being to the strong, rather than to the swift. Looks funny to see old Colonel Georgia standing up at the drug store fountain, drinking soda water. Between moonshiners and night-raiders the moon doesn't shine so peacefully on the old Kentucky home. Wh'.-n a man reads the figures on the Panama canal he finds there is one thing more expensive than being married. The members of a railroad camp in North Carolina killed their cook because ae didn't suit. What an example! A 13-year-old girl declares she stole Jl,r0O in one day in Philadelphia. She ought to be ashamed of robbing a sleeping city. They took a New York bank clerk to in insane asylum because he thought 'lis salary was too big. And who can lame them ! Although he married seven women, 7arl Veltheim was sentenced in London .o serve 'JO years for blackmail. Tln't eerns like piling it on! A California court has decided that a pedestrian isn't obliged to dodge an automobile. No, ho can get smashed to smithereens, if lu likes. The State of Pennsylvania paid ?IM) 'or a $1(1 sofa aud the grafters got the lifference. And this is only a sample orick ! Bank examiners found 2.CKV) errors in i California bank's ltooks. It is a safe et, however, that not many were in favor )f the ioor depositors. Dr. Lyman Ablott declares the reign f wealth will soon be ended. But you mist be cautious about putting your money on such a bet just yet. A Newark woman with a check for a nillion kisses from her lover held it until :he bank broke by his elopement with another girl. Another instance of the hoardUg danger.

V III-

'GATORS' HOME TO BE EDEN.

Florida's Governor Digs Canals in Test to Drain Everglades. In the belief that it is possible to drain the everglades, thus wiping out of existence the world's greatest habitat of alligators, and to convert the millions of acres of swamps into the garden spot of the earth, Governor W. I. Broward of Florida is trying to reclaim 11MXKJ acres of these lands as a test. He is carefully watching two large dredges that are slowly digging a sixty-foot canal preliminary to reclamation work. Experts, loth in this country and in Europe, to whom samples of the .soil of the everglades were submitted for analysis, pronouncvd it the richest in the world. They returned a similar verdict on sugar cane raised on land reclaimed from the everglades. Sugar imported Into this country is valued at $150,000.000 a year. Governor Broward, using th. experts' data, figured that $150,000.000 worth of sugar could be produced on 500,000 acres of the Everglades. That would leave over 2,000,000 acres for the production of other things. With this bonanza in sight, he set about to have the lands drained. He was confronted with almost overwhelming opiosition. Railroads held grants for more land than is owned by the State, and they claimed the Everglades. Governor Broward's plan was to drain Lake Okechobee, which would require a canal alout fifty miles long. His effort to get from the people authority to raise money enough to carry out that project was defeated, lie then undertook the carrying out a lesser project. It Is proving a "complete success, and will, he says, convince the people of the wisdom and practicability of the big j)l an. The work being done consists in running two canals to Pine Island, which is three miles long, three-quarters of a mile wide, and lies four miles from New river. One canal will extend to the northern and the other to the southern point of the island. This will mako 10.000 acres of' land available for cultivation. Engineers say the canals will be completed in the fall. Each canal is sixty feet wide and ten feet deep. Land already drained lias been sold for from $15 to $20 an acre, and the THROUGH FLORIDA'S MUCK LAND. money has been applied to the fund for digging the canals. The governor says the Everglades can be reclaimed at a cost of not over $1 an acre. Estimates of the value of the laud range from $20 to $100 an acre. Itnre Art Secret Revealed. Collectors of rare violins and other musical instruments are much interested in the recently tested claim cf Prof. John Horvath of Philadelphia that he had dis covered the secret of Stradivarius, whose violins now command fabulous prices, According to Horvath, it is all in the varnish and after years of experimentation he has produced the varnish. Be fore a company of experts and musicians he compared the tone efTects of two violins treated with his varnish, one n $2 affair in use and the other a .$22 in strument just out of the factory, with a number of rare and costly violins. Ilia triumph exceeded all expectations for the treated instruments equaled the best. The next step will be- .o give a number of treated violins a six months test. Embezzlement lu 1007. The record of embezzlement, forgery, defaulting and bank wrecking continues large, though the total for 1!K)7 is smaller than that of lflOtJ, which was the largest since 181M. The total for 1007 is $10,424,820. Banks and trust companies are the worst sufferers, their losings lciug $I,!)S8,or. Public officials have been comparatively honest, having abstracted only $7S7,4(Xi. The summary of embez zlements, etc., by years, from 1801 to l'JOS, is as follows: 1814 ....$2r.,234.112 1001.... 4.fsr,.r.co ISO." 10,42:5.21." 1Ü02.... ,7!m;.12.-i 1S! !.405.S21 l!to: cr.u, it;.-, 1S!7 .... 11.24S.OM 1!4 .... 4.742..-.07 1S08 .... 5.nsi.2;:5 i!or, .... susi:5,i72 ls!! .... 2.,,is.:i7:$ i!5 14.7:v.m!.':: 10'O .... 4,5UO,iai 11107 10,424,821) ev L"e of Concrete. The Cement Age says that the experiment of the Lackawanna railroad with concrete car bumpers has been tried with great success. They are of monolithic construction, with a granite block face to receive the blow of the car buffer. The rails of the roadbed project into the concrete, so that the impact force reacts against the weight of the car. The same authority tells of the successful operation of an immense fly wheel, or rather two of them, made of re-enforced concrete, in a pumping station near Johannesburg, South Africa. Each weighs 0,000 pounds and, is 14 feet in diameter. The difficulty and expense of transporting iron led to this surprising use of concrete. Connty Lorch Money. Under a decision of the District Court, St. Louis county must pay into the Minnesota State treasury $17,107.74 tax money lost through tne failure of banks in 1S04 and 1800. The county must also stand the loss of State fancls which had been forwarded to the State treasurer on tax settlements. The county will appeal to the Supreme Court. Five Detroit women formed a stork club in January, 1!K)7. A baby has come to each of them since that time. Plans have been completed by the Deadwood Business Club for the organization of a company with $100,000 capital that will remodel the old foundry of the Black Hills Manufacturing Company, which was burned down more than a year ago. The directors of the St. Paul Commercial Club have adopted a resolution requesting Congress to increase the annual appropriation for the improvement of the Mississippi river from Minneapolis to the mouth of the Missouri from $."VX),000 to $2.000.OOO. It is urged that this sum be appropriated annually for at least ten yea rs. Mrs. Beatrice Thomas Metcalf. who fired thrice at Attorney Samuel R. I Im mill in Chicago during the Walsh trial, tried to drown herself at Indianaiolis. A commission was appointed to inquire into her san it j Lewis II. Hall, a New York contractor, had an exciting race with death on the voyage from Venezuela. The steamer was delayed by storms. The warm climate affected his health and he" hurried north. The change to a colder climate gave him pneumonia and on landing he was hurried to a New York hospital, where he died within an hour.

I WORK OF ? CONGRESS

Under the guise of discussing legisla tion the session of the Senate Monday was devoted to a political discussion, in which Senator Tillman of South Caro lina and Senator Beveridge of Indiana were the chief participants. The confer ence report on the Indian appropriation bill was disagreed to and another confer ence asked. The House bill appropriating $t03,030 to pay the archbishop of Manila, as representative of the Roman Catholic Church, for damage to church property during the Spanish war, was passed. The session of the House was devoted to the consideration of bills under suspension of the rules. A number were passed, including one providing for the restoration of the motto, "In God We Trust," on American coins, and another increasing the efficiency of the medical department of the army. Other bills passed were the following: Granting to local steamboat inspector? authority to pass upon the fitness of officers and crews of steam vessels; recognizing the consular service and amending the game laws of Alaska so as to substitute the license system for the present permit system. After speaking for two and a half hours in the Senate Tuesday on the pending currency bill. Senator La Follette asked permission to suspend his remarks and conclude Wednesday. Senator Aidrich reported from the committee on finance amendments to the bill exempting railroad bonds from the classes of bonds to be used to secure emergency currency, limiting the retirement of such currency and providing that such issues should be permitted up to the par value of bonds used to secure them. Praise of President Roosevelt, Secretary Taft and William J. Bryan was heard in the House during general debate on the pension appropriation bill. After a ten-minute session the Senate Wednesday morning adjourned out of respect to the memory of the late Senator Whyte of Maryland. General debate on the pension appropriation bill continued for over four hours in the House. The subjects discussed took a wide range, politics, finance, the trusts and the President's last special message ail receiving attention. Mr. Mouser of Ohio predicted the election of Secretary Taft for President, while Mr. Hull of Tennessee in an arraignment of the Republican party appeared equally confident that William J. Bryan would be the successful candidate. At 4 :24 p. m. the House adjourned out of resject to the memory of the late Senator Whyte. Continuing his speech begun in tat Senate last Tuesday Senator LaFollettc of Wisconsin Thursday devoted considerable time to discussing a proposition for the ohvsical valuation of railroads. The f Senate devoted part of the day to the consideration of the omnibus claims bill, and then referred it back to committee for further consider,ation. After several hours, of spirited discussion over the proposition to abolish seventeen of the eighteen United States pension agencies, and consolidate pension disbursements in Washington, the House passed the pension appropriation bill, carrying $1.VX800,000, the largest sum ever authorized by that measure. In the course of th debate Mr. Fitzgerald of New York accused the President of using federal patronage to further the candidacy of Secretary Taft. Messrs. Harrison of New York and Williams of Mississippi criticised the President, for having, as they stated, exceeded his constitutional authority in making laws for the Panama canal zone by executive order. Nearly the entire session of the Senat Friday was consumed by the consideration and final vote on the ship subsidy bill, which was passed without a division bein? called for. A bill was also passed increasing the salaries of men employed ic the life saving service. President Roosevelt was roundly denounced in the Ilous by Mr. Hardwick of Georgia for failing to send to Congress a!! information regard-' ing corporations which had come into his possession. Mr. Mann of Illinois asserted that the President had acted with th utmost good faith in sending to Congress all information that had come to him. The discussion arcsu over a resolution by Mr. Hardwick to require the President to supply the House with all data so far obtained by the bureau of corporations. It was tabled, US to 113. The fortifications bill was taken up, but sidetracked for general debate. Almost the entire session of the Senat Saturday was consumed with the consideration of the legislative, executive and judicial appropriation . bill, which v,as passed, carrying an appropriation of $32,04 .",0:1, the amount added to the House bill by the Senate being $012,718. Without being materially amended the fortification appropriition bill was passed by the House. During the closing debate the War Department was criticised by several members regarding the money spent on fortifica ions at Subig Bay. The Democrats proou ed the adoption of an amendment permitting the Secretary of War to purchase abroad "any" war material, but the Republican leaders soon rallied their members and reversed that action, leaving in the bill a restriction to "limited qivantities." NATIONAL CAPITOL NOTES. President Roosevelt declined an invitation to speak at Galesburg. 111.. Oct. 7, when the fiftieth anniversary of the Lincoln-Douglass debate will be celebrated. The President has decided to make no speeches next fall. A special committee to consider bills for the establishment of a postal savings bank system was appointed by the committee on postoffices and post roads in the Senate. The committee is composed of Senators Carter, Proctor, Burrows, Clay and Bankhead. In recognition of the growing intimacy between the regular array and the na1 tioual militia, Acting Secretary of War Oliver has issued an order creating a new division in the War Department, to lie known as the division of militia affairs, with Col. E. N. Weaver of the coast artillery iu charge. Secretary of War Taft won a victory in the Supreme Court of t he District of Columbia when Justice Gould dismissed the bill of complaint of Lewis M. Haupt of Philadelphia, who sought to restrain Secretary Taft from prosecuting the work of deepening the channel at Aransas Pass, Texas, involving $200,000. Senator Tillman wants to have the controller of the currency send to the Senate a detailed statement of all loans made by national banks in New York City upon collateral security from June 1 to Dec. 1, 1007, with the full name of borrowers, amounts of loans and lists of stocks and bonds deposited with each loan as collateral security, with a state

ment whether they are time or call loans 1 and whether call loans are made by executive officers of banks or by order of the bank directors. j A House committee on territories favorably reported a bill limiting the duration 1 of leasing of agricultural land in Hawaii j ta fifteen years.

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T Figures Show New York in the Lead with 250,000 Out of Work. 80,000 IS CHICAGO ESTIMATE. Union Labor Leader Boasts Members Are Not in Want, Though Without Jobs. In a canvass of the country to neertain the number of unemployed men dispatches have been received from many industrial centers with reiorts of conditions, and from these it is estimated that more than one million men are minus jots. The reports indicate more than 000,000 unemployed in the ch'ct cities and nearly 000,000 in' the States outside the cities. Following are estimates: In the cities nirmingham 14.000 Little Kock 1.2O0 Kan Francisco 27. oO lenver lo.ooo IJridgeport 5.."n Wilmington i J0 Chicago OO.fKH) Indianapolis 7,hw les Moines i Iewiston 1.200 Jloston 40,mm Detroit I.-.000 St Louis 30,000 Uutte 4.i;0 Omaha ; 4.CKM doldf.cld liM Concord 1..VK) Newark 5.000 Trenton .".000 New York 2.-.O.O0O Philadelphia IO0.000 Providence 8.077 KnoxvlUe 4,500 Montpelior 5.000 Wheeling - c.OOO Total No definite figures could G11.827 be obtained the best inidle in the are : 20.000 ...i: 74.000 1 s.ooo 30.fWX 11,000 200. KM) 2.M 10,000 12 003 25. Mi) 45.000 8.500 0.000 from some States, but from formation the number of States outside the big cities Alabama California t Colorado . . Connecticut I Delaware .. Illinois . Iowa ......... Kansas Maine Massachusetts Missouri ....... Montana . Nebraska New Hampshire Uhode Island 2.500 1 25.0 M) 3,000 10, 500 5.500 7.500 60,000 4 Tennessee Texas Utah Vermont Virginia West Virginia Toral 593.492 That there are more unemployed men and women in New York City to-day than at any previous time in many years past is the belief of union leaders, charity workers and Students of social conditions. Estimates of the number out of work vary from 100,000 to oOO.OOO. It is probable that half of the latter number, or 2.iO,000, is about correct. The following estimate is given by responsible labor leaders: Carpenters 10.000 Tailors .0 Kock nen and excavators 8,00) Itricklayers 7.000 laborers 20,000 llouses-mlths 9.O0O Asphalt workers 2,M0 Painters 7.O00 Itock drillers 2.000 Engineers 2.000 Pavers 2.000 Plasterers 2,000 Seamfitters 500 Sheet metal workers 5O0 Compositors 2.X Pressmen l,oX) Miscellaneous trades 20,000 Unorganized labor 145,000 Total 250,000 Secretary Donnelly of the general ar bitration board of the New York build ing trades spoke with pride when commenting upon the almost entire absence of destitution among union men despite the fact that at least half of them are out of work at present. TEACHERS WHO DIED IN BOSTON'S SCHOOL TRAGEDY MISS WEFD. MIsTS HABOEE. Here are the pictures of the principals in the recent terrible tragedy at the exclusive Laurens Kdiool for Girls in Boston. Miss Weed, the slayer and tulcide, and Miss HarO.ee had been friends for years, were classmates at Wcllesy College, and were Joint founders of Laurens school. Miss Weed had escaped from a sanitarium, where she had been for mouths suffering from collapse from overwork. When she thought sh3 wns to be taken back she shot her friend and then herself. SPARKS FROM THE WIRES. The Southern railway has laid off nearly 700 shopmen in various Southern States. It is unofficially announced in St. Petersburg that the Czar has commuted the death sentence on (Jen. Stocssel. The Itev. Dr. Huntington, rector of Grace Episcopal church. New York, objected to the Ilroad way-Lexington avenue tunnel going under his church. Consequently the "tube" will be directed to pass under the Wanamaker building just below the church. , John Teagle, formerly one of the bestknown Independent oil refiners in the country, died at his home in Cleveland, aged 0) years. President Castro of Venezuela has refused to arbitrate claims made by American citizens as requested by the United States government. George E. Beckley, son of Admiral Iieckley, has (shipped as an oiicr on a Pacific steamer, to learn the practical details of marine engineering. Philadelphia is planning a seven days celebration of its 22-"th anniversary. Sweden and England may be asked to join the Fnited States iu sending warships. The California Supreme Court has refused a rehearing in the case of former Mayer Schmilz, thus upholding the decision for his release from prison. Glacia Calla, an actress, charges that her brother, Gorge A. Carkiis who waj recently buried at Portsmouth, N. I!., when the authorities had decided he Lid shot himself, was killed in a revolver duel with Paul Hoy, her husband. W. S. Tinsman of Chicago ras !cen appointed manager of the southei'i nüd Choctaw districts of the Hock Island system with headquarters at EI Paso, lie has been assistant general manager of the Rock Island system at Chicago, which office has been abolished.

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CHICAGO. Trade conditions in Chicago for th week are summarized by lt. G. Dun & Co. as follows: "Seasonable conditions have imparted a more hopeful tone to industry, and new demands make an improving exhibit in iron, steel, metal and wos-xlworking, there icing also steady additions to the ma chinery and hands employed. P.uildinj operations and heavy construction open promptly, the work in sight assuring & busy year, with heavy capital investment. and the outlook trengthens the buying of structural needs, lumber and quarry products. Navigation letwern near-by lake ports is effected, thereby widening the general movement of freight, which aggregates heavier tonnage by rail than i month ago, although marketing of grain has slackened. Farm rejwrts indicate t. idespread preparatory work and improvements. "A healthy indication of the improvement under way in a better offering of commercial paper and an easier tendency in the cost of money. Currency shipments to the interior have fallen behind those at this time last year, but larger sums are being reserved for use in manufacturing and ether property extensions while savings deposits are on the upturn. Few commodities disclose any significant dec-line in prices. "Mercantile collections generally reflect increasing promptness, and credit ar less disturbed by th lower commercial mortality this week. Retail trade progresses encouragingly, and is relatively very good at outside points, where higher temieratures have prevailed. Wholesale dealings in the principal staples include a very satisfactory gain in the number cf new accounts, and the aggregate sales of textiles, footwear, tnen and women's wear, food products and hardware compare favorably' with a year ago. althoagh many buyers anticipated forward require ments more conservatively. "Failures reported in the Chicago district number 32, against V0 last week and 20 a year ago. Those with liabilities over 5,000 number 30, against 11 last week and 0 in 1007.w . NEW YORK. Improvement in sentiment and in actual demand continues, but it proceeds under the check rein of conservatism, which limits buying to small lots of staple goods. Spring jobbing trade has apparently passed its zenith with a total trade larger perhaps than was exported some months ago, bat smaller by far than a year ago. ' Fall trade is four to six weeks late in opening up. As hitherto, the chicu activity has been in dry goods and allied lines, especially millinery, which, so far as spring trade preparations are concerned, makes relatively one of the 'best showings. In industrial lines there is a ?ood deal of irregularity. About 80.000 mill bands in New England have had wages reduced in the past ten days, and production is only C to 7-" per cent of the full possible output. The reduction in output in all textile lines has been tso great as to cause question as to its being overdone. As regards the future, it might be said that while the outlook is hopeful, rrospect seem to indicate a fluctuating trade in forthcoming months, cr at least until probable crop yields can be pretty well measured. Business failures in the Fnited States for the week ending March 10 number 20S, against 27S last weck. 1.T7 in the like week of lt07. 170 in 100. 204 in 190-j and 215 in 1901. Canadian failures for the week number GO. as against 31 last week and 32 in this week a year ago. Bradstreet's Commercial Report. Chicago Cattle, common to prime, $4.00 to $G.CÖ; hogs, prime heavy, $4.00 to $5.X; hheep, fair to choice, $3.00 to $C2Ö; wheat. No. 2,0.k to OGc; corn. No. 2, C4c to CV: oats, standard, 53c to 54c j rye, No. 2. SOc to 81c; hay, timothy. $0.W) to $10.00; prairie, $3.00 to $12.00; butter, choice creamery, 25c to 29c; eggs, fresh. 14c to 17c; potatoes, per bushel, t3c to 71c Indianapolis Cattle, shipping, $3.00 to $0.25; hogs, good to choice heavy, $3.50 to $1.95; sheep, common to prime, $3.00 to $5.00; wbat. No. 2, JKfc: to 97c; corn. No. 2 white, C2c to G3c; oats. No. 2 white, 53c to 54c St Louis Cattle, .4.50 to $(.10; hogs, $4.00 to $4.90; she?p. $3.00 to $5.50; wheat. No. 2, $1.00 to $1j02; corn. No. 2, 63c to Ok; oats. No. 2, 52c to 53c; rye. No. 2, S3c to 84c. Cincinnati Cattle, $4.00 to $5.85: hogs. $4.00 to $5.03; dheep. $3.00 to $3.50; wheat. No. 2, $1.01 to $1.02; com. No. 2 mixed, Coc to GOe; oats No. 2 mixed. 53c to 54c; rye. No. 2, S:e to 87c. Detroit Cattle,' $4.00 to $5.00;; hogs, $4.00 to $4.G3; sheep, $2.50 to $3.00; wheat. No. 2, OiZc to OSc; corn. No. 3 yellow, 05c to C7c; oats. No. 3 white, 53c to ,55c ; rye. No. 2, S4c to X5c Milwaukee Wheat, No. 2 northern, $1.07 to 51.09; corn. No. 3, 03c- to C4c; oats, standard, 53c to 54c; rye. No. 1, SOc to 81c; barley. No. 2, SOc to 90c; pork," mess, $11.90. Uuffalo Cattle, choice shipping teers, $4.00 to $0.10; hogs, fair to cboic;, $3.50 to $3.35; sheep, common to good mixed, $4.00 to $3.50; lambs, fair to choice, $5.00 to $S.35. New York Cattle, $1.00 to $5.93: hogs, $3.50 to $3.00; sheep. $3.00 to $3.50; wheat, No. 2 red, 9.c to $1.01; corn, Nc. 2, CSc to 70c; oats, natural white, 57c to 00c; butter, creamery, 25c to 27c; eggs, western. 13c to 15c. Toledo Wheat. No. 2 mixed, 95c to 97c; corn. No. 2 mixed, G3c to C5c; oats. No. 2 mixed. 53c to 55c; rye. No. 2, 81c to S3c; clover seed, prime, $12.90. TELEGRAPHIC BREVITIES Carshops at McArthur, Ohio, burned. Loss $25,000. In the burning of the San Francisco almshouse three inmates lost their lives. The Ohio House passed bills abolishing the boards of public service and the boards of public safety in municipalities. Abraham Ruef of San Francisco has sued Judge. Dunne and others for $4,059, the amount he alleges he paid out of his own pockets for prison quarters, automobile Lire and living expenses while in charge of Elisor Iliggj. Sau Francisco iIice are looking for a religious sect which is said to be win Qing, through alleged crooked methods, young girls for the Chinese whiteslave traffic. John L. Ivaneovich; a fruit packer of Santa Clara, Cal., was accidentally killed in s scuffle with a probation officer, who foand his boy on the street duirug (school hours and attempted to carry aim off Uo school in his buggy. Fire of unknown origin broke out la tba council chamber in the city hall at Cl?rcand and the I uilding narrow'y escaped lestruction. The council chamber nas practically destroyed. Many valuab! public records were badly damaged.