Plymouth Tribune, Volume 7, Number 29, Plymouth, Marshall County, 23 April 1908 — Page 2

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G&N.M.TS P. Q.2 F. M. (T L, Q. tlst, 1? 6th. 16th. V$ 23rd. FEATURES OF' INTEREST ABOUT THAT WHICH HAS EEEN AND IS TO BE. All Side and Conditions of Thing re Shown. Nothing Overlooked fa make it Complete. Smash-Up In Australia. A dispatch from Melbourne, Australia, says: Two trains from Ballarat and Bendigo, respectively, collided at Braybrook Junction, about eight miles from Melbourne. Forty-one persons wer killed and sixty injured. The Eendif,o train, with two heavy engines, crashed Into the rear of the Ballarat train, wo cars cf the latter train were recked. The wreckage took fire and i.as almost completely consumed. Many of the bodies were unrecognizable when recovered. The Bendigo train suffered but little damage, but the engines were piled on top of the rear coaches of the other train. Terrible scenes followed the accident, many of the tajnred being caught in the wreckage and with difficulty rescued. It was a long time before doctors and nurse3 arrived on the scene, and as a consequence intense suffering prevailed among the injured. Woman In Fatal Race War. Mrs. James Wright, of Memphis; Tenn., shot and instantly killed Leila Gordon, a negro woman. Mrs. Wright used a single-barreled shotgun and immediately following the murder Mr3. Wright reloaded the weapon and started in pursuit of Mary Davis, another negro woman. She shot at her once after a chase of nearly a .block, but the charge went wild. The homicide followed a desperate struggle between white and negro women in which Mrs. John Wright, a sister-in-law of Mrs. James Wright, who lives with her, received a bad beating at the hands of the Davis and Gordon women. A quarrel over the children of the white woman being stopped from playing with some negro children living in the Yicinity led to the battle. Cent in Stomach Sixty Years. A large copper cent, swallowed sixty years ago, has just caused the death of James Huckins, 67 years old, a farmer near Laporte, Ind. The coin became incased in the lining of the stomach at the time it was swallowed and remained there until recently, when an abscess formed and acids in the stomach began to dissolve the coin. Poisoning ensued, causing death. Mother Drowns Self and Baby. Mrs. Claudia Smith, wife of a farmer residing near Yardley, Pa., walked into the Delaware river with her baby in her arms and both were drowned. Mrs. Smith had been ill for a long time and it is supposed she committed suicide while despondent. Mrs. Smith was 40 years old and the mother of eight children. Stitched Man's Heart He Lives. Surgeons now say that Robert IngUs, of Yonkers, N. Y., is out of dancer, though several stitches had to be taken in his heart after he was stabbed on April 4. Dr. Edward F. Duffy, who performed the operation, says the wound has healed and that Inglis' chances of recovery are good. Train Kills Babe Plsying o.i Track. North-bound Pan Handle train No. 41 struck and instantly killed the 3-year-old son of Frank Johnson at the crossing south of Jewell, Ind. The child was sitting in the middle of the track playing and the engineer thought it was a dog until it was too late to stop the train. Admiral Returns to Ship. Rear Admiral James II. Daton,, who has been in South Bend, Ind., to attend the funeral of his mother, Mrs. Anna M. Dayton, has left to rejoin the Pacific squadron. Royalty to Visit Royalty. King Edward and Queen Alexandra have left London for a visit to Copenhagen, Stockholm and Christiana, where they will be the guests of the royal families at those capitals. Loggers are Drowned. While rafting logs down the Wabash river the raft parted Charles and John Hillman, brothers, of Petersburg, Ind., were drowned. Gander Kills a Child. The 2-y ear-old son of Henry Stresselmeyer, of Wright City, Mo., was attacked by a gander and killed with one stroke of the fowl's wing over the baby's b'iart. Big Gas Well Bored In. A ga3 well, the flow of which is estimated at five million feet of gas md twenty-five barrels of oil a day, was struck on a farm three miles west of Mansfield. Ohio. Sunday Theater Jury Split. Notwithstanding the fact that Judge Porterfield. in his instructions, said that the Sunday law had ben viola: ed, the jury in the first theatrical case to be tried in Kansas City stood ten for acquittal and two for conviction. It was dis charged. Will Hold National Spelling Match A national spelling contest will be held in connection with the annual session of the National Educational Association, to h held in Cleveland, beginning June 20. Contestants will be selected from the pupils of the grammar schools. No Trouble for Widows. Tension Commissioner Warner has an nounced that widows now on the pension "roll would not be required to make appli cation for the increase from $3 to $12 a month recently voted by Congress. The Iiw will go into effect automatically, the first payment to be made May 4. Frank Gould Quits Home. Frank J. Gould and his wife, who was Miss Helen Margaret Kelley, nave separated, and it is reported that Mrs. Gould has broughtn action looking toward a legal pmrtin?, papers having been

FIRE HEROES IN LIVING CHAUT.

Members of Force Off Duty Make Thrilling New York Bescue. Two firemen who were taking a day off made a thrilling rescue on the top floor of a burning tenement on Third avenue. New York, by forming a human chain from the coping of aa adjoining house and swinging to safety George Deitz. who had been caught by the fire in the hallway of the building. Firemen Dugan and Sythes were off dnty, but were near the place when the alarm was sounded. They climbed into the building next door and appeared on the coping, which was several feet higher than the window in which Dcitz was standing. They called to Deitz to climb out on the window sill. Then Sythes crawled headfirst to the edge of the coping, Dugan holding his feet. Slowly and carefully the perilous feat of gaining a swing so that Sythes could reach Deitz's hands was accomplished. Held fast by the firemen. Deitz let go of the window casing and for several minutes the two men were swinging iu midair fifty feet above the pavement. Meantime Dugan. crawling backward, regained his feet and was then able to pull the two men to the coping. A great crowd which had gathered in the street cheered the daring rescue. GRAIN BROKERS ARE ACQUITTED Government Fails to Prove Conspiracy by Minneapolis Men. A jury found a verdict of not guilty ia the case of the United States against Herbert F. Robinson, J. L. Layne and F. E. Holiday, tried before Judge Morris in the federal district court in Minneapolis. Minn., on an indictmpnt charging consi. iracy. The defendants operated what purported to be a grain brokerage business in an office in the Guaranty Loan building in the jear 1003. The federal authorities were of the opinion that defendants secured from $73,000 to $100,000 through their exploits by means of circular letters sent out broadcast through the mails, with the information that they had inside and exclusive information on the grain markets and would, therefore, pay large returns on money given them for investment. EXPLOSION AFTER WARNING. Anonymous Letter's Contents Borne Out in Colorado Three May Die. Following a warning received through an anonymous letter that unless the Champion coal mine of the Royal Coal and Coke Company, near Durango, CoL was made safe by repairs the mine would be blown up, an explosion occurred in the mine which completely wrecked the workings and perhaps fatally injured three persons. Two Italians', names unknown, were blown out of the mine and when picked up were unconscious from man wounds. It is thought they will die. CJA. Williams, who was in the mine when the explosion occurred, has cot been found and is believed to be dead. 'Xhe warning letter was received the previous Thursday. There is no clew to the sender of the letter or the cause of the explosion. 8-HOUP. LAW GOOD, 9-H0UB BAD. Milwaukee Judge Upholds State and Rejects Federal Statute. The Wisconsin telegraphers' eight-hoar law is' constitutional in the opinion of Judge Tarrant in Milwaukee, who handed down his decision in the test case brought against the Chicago and St. Paul road by the State. Judge Tarrant believes that the United States law limiting the hours of employment of telegraphers and train dispatchers to nine hours is unconstitutional in that it interferes with the rights of the State to regulate com merce within its borders. The case will be taken to the Supreme Court immediately. NORTH DAKOTA TOWN BURNS. Business Portion of Schafer Ts De stroyed by Fire. The business portion of Schäfer, coun ty seat of McKenzie county, N. D-, was destroyed by fire Monday and the court house is among the burned buildings. Fire started in the Kurtz drug store and communicated to adjoining buildings. The only large store left in town is the B meg ger store, which was saved by the iron sidings and after every well in town was pumped dry. Kurtz was fully insured, and the remainder of the losers only partially. - ' ' ' ' ' River Gives Up Man's Head. The severed head of a body, supposed to be that of Michael Soboda of Bedford, a Cleveland suburb, was washed ashore from the river, revealing what is thought to have been a case of murder and rob bery. Soboda, with $900 in cash, left Bedford five weeks ago for Cleveland, where he had engaged a ticket for the old country. He never called for the ticket. Fleet at San Diego. The American battle ship fleet arrived at San Diego, Cal., Tuesday. Thousands of persons lined Coronado beach to extend a welcome as the big ships dropped anchor shortly before 1 o'clock. Governor James X. Gillett, after his call on Admiral Evans, went out to the Connecticut and extended an official welcome to Admiral Thomas. Danish Women Over 25 to Vote. By a vote of Gl to 35 the folkething in Copenhagen passed the government franchise bill. This measure already has been adopted by the Iandsthing. Under it all taxpayers, both male and female, over 25 years' of age, and all married women whose husbands are taxpayers, are entitled to vote in all communal elec tions. Bank Cashier Would Die. Confronted with the charge of having embezzled $3,000 from the Citizens' State bank of Belleville, Wis., Edwin C. Story, cashier of the bank, attempted to commit suicide by taking poison. He was dis covered before the poison had time to take effect, and physicians say he will recover. Protest Against Aldrich Bill. I eaders in fiaance, manufacturing and business from all sections of the country appeared before the House committee on banking and currency in Washington and protested against the passage of the Aid rich emergency currency bill. Lemon Shower on Hoke Smith. Bombarded with lemons, Gov. Hoke Smith was practically prevented from speaking in Marietta, da., by the supporters of Joseph M. Brown, who lives here and who is opposing Gov. Smith for a second term. Russia to Buy Vessels. According to the Russ, the Russian ad mirzlty has decided to order four 900ton torpedo-boat destroyers from En Hand. These vessels are to have turbine engines. Rush to Alaska Begun. With f.very berth occupied and with men sleeping on "shake-downs" spread about the saloon and elsewhere, the steamer Princess May left Victoria, B. C, the other night for Skagway and Prince Rupert. The departure of the steamer was reminiscent of the days of the Klon dike rush. Salt Plant Burns; 150 Out. The International Salt Company plant at Ludlowville, N. Y., was burned the other day. The loss is estimated at $150,000, and 150 men will be out of work.

TAKEN FOR THIEVES; 2 KILLED.

Grocer's Sons, Rushing to Defend Store, Are Shot by Police. Mistaken for burglars, John and William I). Frank, sons of 15. 0. Frank, an Kast Side grocer, wre shot and. killed in Columbus, Ohio, by City Patrolman Heinz and Casey. The latter has been suspended pending an investigation, but the former remains on duty. Shortly before the shooting burglars were discovert ! by neighbors in the grocery store of H. O. Frank at 1221 Parsons avenue. The two young men who were later shot, another brother. Albert Frank, and William Yoerger. hastily armed themselves and ran to the store. The patrolmen were watching the building when the party came up. and Yoerger says each party mistook the others for the burglars. W. D. Frank fired four times at Ileinz. who shot aJ fatally wounded the young man. Casey ordered John and Albert Frank to throw up their hands. The latter says they did so. and that the shooting ot John Frank was unjustifiable. Casey declares that John did not throw up his hands, but drew a revolver. EASTERN COAL MINES OPEN Operators and Miners ) in Pennsylvania and Ohio Reach Agreement. Coal mining has been resumed in Ohio and western Pennsylvania. About 85.0f)0 men in the two States returned to the mines which had been deserted since April 1. There was no suspension in Indiana, so that the agreement reached by the operators and miners in convention in Toledo covered the entire central competitive field except Illinois. The Illinois operators and miners, who refused to take part in the interstate convention, are still wrangling over details. The interstate agreement made at Toledo is based on the scale of wages which prevailed lasc year. It is signed for two years, subject to ratification by a referendum vote of the miners. The settlement is regarded as a victory for the new president of the organization, Thomas L. Lewis. When the interstate convention adjourned to meet in Toledo in February, 1910, it was declared that the feeling between the operators and miners in the three States participating in the conference was more harmonious than it has been for several years. MISER'S GOLD FOUND. Search of Long Island Hut After Death' Bares Hidden $24,500. Gold and bills of large denominations, amounting to $11,500, were found the other day by wreckers who were tearing down the house of William Jaynes, a hermit, who died last December in a hut west of Hempstead. L. I. After Jaynes had died administrators searched the hut and found $13.000 in gold and bills, but missed the $11,500. Jaynes for years had lived in the little hut of two rooms. The money was found in bags among the rafters, between two sticks, which had been driven into a beam to keep the ba."ja from falling to the floor. Jaync-" death was tragic. For years he had been a sufferer and on the night he died a neighbor was visiting him. About midnight Jaynes said he wanted to go to the barn. The neighbor protested, but finally consented and half dragged and carried the old man to the barn. Jaynes fumbled in the hay for a few minutes and then brought out a bag which contained $0.000 in gold. Grasping the gold to his breas;, the old man fell over and died in a few minutes. INDIAN IS OLDEST; AMERICAN. President Says that Poor Lo Must Not Be Shoved Off Earth. "The Indian is the oldest American of all of us, so give him n fair show : give him a chance." In these words President Roosevelt spoke to the members of the Tulsa (Okla.) Commercial Club, who with a brass band and flaming banners called at the White House in Washington and made it known to the President that they favored the removal of restrictions of the sale of Indian lands in the new State. The President told the club that he would help them to see that they got their rights and he wanted their help to see that the Indian gets bis. WRECK HURTS SCORE; 3 MAY DIE Car Breaks from Engine on Grade and Rolls Into Mill. In a wreck on the new Pittsburg, Harmony, Butler and New Castle street railway at Evans City, Pa., twenty-one workmen were severely injured, three of them perhaps fatally. While mounting a steep grade a car loaded with workmen and coal broke from the engine and rolled backward with great speed. A sharp curve was encountered and the car left the track, plunging into a flour mill. As the line is not completed into Butler it was necessary to haul the injured two miles to hospitals there. Half a County Burned Over. A prairie fire near Broadland, S. has burned over half a county and is still burning. Five hundred men are fighting the fire, which has destroyed six houses, a number of barns and other buildings, thousands of tons of hay and many horses and cattle. Two extensive prairie fires are reported to be burning in Sully county, north of Pierre. Father of Breakfast Food Dies. Ferdinand Schumacher, known as the "Oatmeal King of America," having founded the breakfast food business in this country, died unexpectedly at his home in Akron, Ohio, lie was 82 years old. He retired from business some years ago after having disposed of his large interests to the American Cereal Company. Snowslide Sweeps Away Forty. One of the worst snowslides in the history of the Canadian Pacific railroad occurred near Alberta canyon, in the Cascade mountains, sweeping away two boarding cars filled with Japanese laborers, and carrying them down the mountain side. It is believed that at least forty Japanese were in the cars. Carnc-gie Offers 83,000,000. Andrew Carnegie has offered to donate $3,000,000 more to the Carnegie Technical schools of Pittsburg on condition that the city purchase forty-two acres of ground adjoining the present site of the schools. It is estimated that the ground will cost $1,250,000. Rejects President's Plan. By a vote of 100 to S'A the House of Representatives rejected the President's naval program for four battleships an! voted for two. Special Message from President. President Roosevelt,- sent to Congress Tuesday a special message urging the building of four larg battle ships aud laying stress on the need of a big uavy. Illinois Man Killed. With the head almost severed and the arms torn from the sockets, the body of a man, apparently 30 years old, believed to be William Ilouser of Stoningtou, 111., was picked up on the Omaha railroad tracks near Hazel Park, a suburb of St. Paul, Minn. Evangelist Makes Sensation. Evangelist Ian" Shannon created a furore in the First Baptist church of Hammond by denouncing its choir members, attacking a former pastor and indulging in vigorous denunciation of its methods in general.

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WLCOKE. AHZK XT VKlOK c5TA.TlOK VLKVEZ When the delegates to the Democratic national convention alight from tlw train at the Union station in Denver they will Ik greeUil by a handsome welcome arch, erected at a -ost of $25,000. Thousands of tourists and delegates to national ixnvoitions have passed through this arch and have marveled at its liuty and commented uion the very apparent hospitality of the people. The arch was begun early in lfiOO. It weighs seventy tons, is eighty feet in length, and fifty-nine feet from the street to the highest point The center driveway is thirty-four feet wide and the side wings are eleven feet wide and twenty-six feet hifrh. It is built of a combination of metals that insures strength and durability. There are 1.SOO electric incandescent lights out

lining the arch. BANGETY-BAKG OUTFIT. Gavel and Sounding Board Ready for Denver Convention. The gavel shown in the accompanying picture will be used by Chairman Tom Tnggart of the democratic National Committee, to call the national convention to order in Denver on July 7. Inasmuch as it is exacted that a Nebraska! will on that occasion be nominated for President, and as it is further believed that an Omahan will make tiie nominating speech, more than ordinary associative value clings to this piece o lignumvitae wood. This gavel ami sounding board were sent to Mayor Dahlmann of Omaha by T. G. Harris of Fort Robinson, Neb. Air. Harris is a strong supporter of Bryan, and an Acquaintance of Mr. Dahlmnn. The sounding board Is made of Black Hills cedar. BIG ALGERIAN BATTLE. French Troops Repulse an Attack by Berbers and Arabs. Advices from Colomb Boehar, Algeria, say that a French column posted on Tnlzaza Hill, which commands the plain of Tandet, was attacked fiercely at dayjisht Thursday by a numler of Berlars, who, with nomad Arabs, have been concentrating for Fevern 1 weeks on the western frontier of Algeria. Although surprised, the French force rallied and fought desperately, aud not only beat off their adversaries, but pur sued them for six miles. So hot was the pursuit that the Arabs, in their headlong flight, abandoned their dead and wounded. Several green flags of the prophet also fell into the hands of the French. The French victory was txstly, how ever. Twenty-eight men, Including an ofllcer, were killed and 100 men, including ten oflicers, were wounded. The losses were greatest In the foreign legion The Berber losses were much lieavler, 125 bodies Iielng found by the French troops. The pursuit was stopped by darkness. II look that Hoaxes 173 Soul. Harold M. Finley, in a report for the Federation, the organ of the Federation of Churches, gives the result of bis study of the congested sections of New York. There he says one may find now more than seventy-five blocks having a density of population of over 1,0K people to the acre. In 100T, 800 blocks had a population of 1,000 souls eaclw iSG had 2,000 population, 40 over 3,l, 3 over 4.000, 1 with over 5,000, and one other with exa tly 0,173. This last is the negro block on the upper West Side, bounded by Amsterdam and West End avenues and Sixty-first and Sixty-second streets. Of 122 of the most congested blocks, the alien percentage is now 53. Two In au Aeroplane. For the first time in Europe two per- ( sons have made a successful flight in the same aeroplane. This occurred at Issy, Frai.ce, when Henry Farman ascended in the machine of Leon Delagrange, the latter steering. Prior to this Farman had made the record flight of two and a half kilometers in three minutes and twentyone seconds. Many of the northern Minnesota saw mills have resumed operations. As a rule they will operate only day forces. Helen Margaret Beatrice Sacher, 7 years old, has come to New York from Europe to ask for half of the $1,000.000 estate of Mrs. D. D. Colton. The child is tho daughter of a sister of Mrs. Caroline Dahlgren, to whom the fortune was willed. Little Helen's mother is dead. Twenty-five feet will be added to the tower of the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company's building in Madison square, New York, making it seventy feet higher than tho Singer structure and second only to the Kifel Tower in Paris. The lookout will hf t75 feet above the curb. The United States Supreme Court has affirmed the practice on the New York State Exchange that a broker is the agent of the customer and that the latter can redeem stocks he has purchased un margin and that such practice is not contrary to the federal bankruptcy law. The decision was on a test case. Mrs. Emma Reiss, aged 32 years, was found shot to death and her husband, William F. Reiss, 42 years, proprietor of the Old Economy Hotel at Economy Station, Pa., fatally wounded with a bullet through his temple at their home. The proprietor seems to have fired the shots.

CAVr.L FOB DENVER MEETING.

$25.000 GATE.

4 f. HISTORY OF STATE PROHIBITION" Maine Adopted prohibition in 1S40; repealed in 1S."; re-enacted prohibition in 1SÖS. New Hami)shir Adopted in 1S55; repealed in l'J03. Vermont Adopted in 1S50; repealed in 1003. Massachusetts Adopted in 1852; repealed in 1STS; rcadopted in 1800; repealed in 1875. Rhode Island Adopted in 1852; repealed in 1803; readonfed in 188(5; repealed in 3 SSO. Connecticut Adopted in 1854 ; repealed in 1S72. New York Adopted in 1S55; declared unconstitutional. Ohio Adopted in 1851 ; annulled by a license tax law. Indiana Adopted in 1855; declared unconstitutional. Michigan Adopted in 1S55; repealed in 1875. Illinois Adopt ed in 1ST1 ; repealed in Wisconsin Adopted in 1855 ; vetoed by (jovernor. Iowa Adopted partial prohibition in 1855; full prohibition in 1SS4; mulct law in 1803. Nebraska Adopted in 1855 ; repealed in lSTty Kansas Adopted constitutional amendment in 1.880. (North Dakota Constitutional provision in 1800; repealed in 18JMi. South Dakota Constitutional provision in 1S00. Georgia Adopted prohibition in 1007. Oklahoma Adopted prohibition in 1007. Alabama Adopted prohibition in 1008. Crjurcbetf According to the annual compilation made by Dr. II. K. Carroll in the New York Christian Advocate, the total gains of all religious denominations last year were 2,"0l ministers, 4,214 churches and 27,54 communicants. The Roman Catholic denomination continues to rank first with a long lead, the membership being estimated at 11,000,000, which is considerably less than that given by Sadlier's Directory. The latter places the Catholic population in this country at 13,800,353. led by 15,003 priests. Next to the Catholic stands the Methodist church, with 0,000,781 communicants,, representing a gain of 101,000 for the year. Baptists now number 5,224,305, ' a gain of 103,000. With an increase of 50.000, the Presbyterians now number 1,S21,501. Lutherans have 2,022,005, a gain of C5,172. The Disciples of Christ number 1.285,123. The American Jewish Yearbook places the number of Jews at 1,777,185. Protestant Episcopalians reached 830,050, Christian Scientists 85,00G, Unitarians 71,200, and Congregational Rts 000,327. Bishop Samuel Fallows of the Reformed Episcopal "church of Chicago, now one of the leaders in the Christian psychology movement, has given out the prescription with the observance of which he believes any one may live to be 120 years old and die a painless death. Its main points are as follows: Early to bed and early to rise; plenty of exercise of a kind different from your regular employment: obey the laws of hygiene; love God and be square with your fellow-man, and drink buttermilk or sour milk two or three times a day. He says his authorities are the Bible and the latest sc' ace, particularly the work of Mctchnikoff of the Pasteur Institute. At Oakland, Cal., the other Sunday the wife of the Rev. Walter E. Tanner, pastor of the Melrose Baptist church, occupied the pulpit, her husband having been hurt in an automobile accident. She delivered his sermon on "Daniel in San Francisco and Oakland." Bishop Thomas Augustus Jaggar, who has been appointed head of the American Episcopal church in Europe in succession to the late Bishop Worthingtou, is nearly 70 years old, and for that reason may not accept the place, as it would necessitate his taking up a residence in Paris, which he has no particular desire to do. The Jlemorial Baptist church of Hartford, Conn., with the express approval of a majority of the congregation, has set apart a room in the basement of the church, where babies may be left in charge of a caretaker by mothers who wish to attend service. It was found that many women with young children on their hands were prevented from going to church. The women will take turns serving as the caretaker. Charges have been preferred by Rev. George A. Cooke of Troy, N. Y.. against Rev. Dr. Rordon 1. Browne of the Boston university, based upon his book, "The Principles of Ethics." The simultaneous revival meetings now being conducted throughout the city of Philadelphia by the Chapman-Alexander evangelist forces have already resulted in the conversion to Christ of near 0,000 souls. More churches are participating actively than in any previous movement of its kind. The noonday meetings far business and laboring men are especially suceexful. Ir. Chapman and Mr. Alexander, the sing?ig evangelist, have formed ;i partnership for a tour of the world. The Eucharistie congress to le held in England early in September will be the most important Catholic church gathering in that country in 300 years, and the whole Catholic world will be represented.

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WORK or ( 1 CONGRESS

The brief session of the Senate Monday was devoted to the transaction of routine business and the delivery of a speech by Senator Scott of West Yirginia, urging adequate appropriations for public buildings so that official business may be transacted with the greatest efficiency and economy. When the naval bill was laid aside for the day in the House it had been one-half disposed of. The hopes of the officers of the navy and marine corps for an increase in pay were dashed to the ground when, on a point of order by Mr. Madden of Illinois, there was stricken from the bill the provision for such increase. On a similar point by Mr. Mudd of Maryland, an amendment by Mr. Bartholdt of Missouri prohibiting naval or marine bands accepting private employment in competition with eivilim musicians was lost. The two features of interest in the Senate Tuesday were the speech of Senator Foraker on the Brownsville affair and the President's message advocating the building of four more battle ships. The delivery of the speech and the reading of the message consumed practically the entire time of the session. The expected fight in the House over the question whether there shall be two or four battle ships authorized for the coming year did not materialize, while the naval appropriation bill was under considera tion. Instead, most of the session was devoted to a lively debate in regard to naval stations in the Philippines. The sum of $100,000, as rscommended by the committee for improving and developing the naval station at Olongapo, Subig Bay, was allowed to stand. The special message from President Roosevelt urging four battle ships elicited loud applause. The naval bill was not concluded when the House took a recess ' until 11 :30 Wednesday. -: :- The Senate devoted its entire time Wednesday to considering bills on the calendar. Among the measures passed were those suppressing betting on r-ices and games of various kinds in the District of Columbia, providing for the pur chase of land between Pennsylvania r.venue and the Mall in Washington as sites for government buildings, creating a bison range in Montana, and enlarging homesteads on non-irrigable lands. . The swamp land reclamation bill was considered for a time and was made the un finished business of the Senate. The House devoted the entire session to the navy increase provision of the naval appropriation bill and chief interest cen tered in" the question of two battleships. as recommended by the committee, or four, as urged by President Roosevelt The vote was 199 to 83 to sustain the committee's recommendation. The Senate was not in session Thürs dav. The long existing controversy as to whether the United States navy should have submarine torpedo boats of the Hoi land type, as recommended by the committee on naval affairs, was settled in the House when the proviso limiting the Secretary of the Navy to purchase only boats Of the Holland type was stricken out. The effect of this action was to give the Secretary a free hand in the selection of submarine boats. A humorous-speech by Mr. Williams, in which he had sev eral friendly clashes with Mr. Ilobson of Alabama over warships and balloons, commanded the attention of the House for some time. After agreeing to take up the diplomatic and consular appropriation bill next, the House adjourned. Injunction against the enforcement of State laws can only be issued by a major ity of three federal judges, who are to pass upon them if a bill that passed the Senate Friday becomes a law. The bill was opposed by Mr. Hey burn on the ground that 'the great distances between federal courts in the West -would operate to delay the granting of necessary in junctions. Senator Knox favored the bill. The attitude of Emperor William and the Berlin court toward David Jayne Hill was the subject of comment in the House during the consideration of the diplomatic and consnlar bill. Mr. Perkins of New York and Mr. Slayden of Texas condemned the practice of select ing men of great wealth to 1 1 the nation's diplomatic representatives. Under li cense of general debate Mr. Griggs of Georgia spoke in advocacy of the disfran chisement of" the southern negro; Mr. Burton of Ohio discussed the causes of the receut fintcial depression and vari ous other matters were discussed. With the diplomatic bill still under considera tion the House recessed until 11 :30 a. m. Saturday. Tributes of respect to the memory of the late Senators Morgan and Pettus of Alabama, both of whom died during the recess of Congress last summer, occupied nearly the entire session of the Senate Saturday. The District of Columbia ap propriation bill was reported during the day. Sharp criticism of lavish entertain ment by rich American diplomats in order to establish a social standard abroad was heard in the House in the course of consideration of the diplomatic and consular appropriation bill, f which was passed under suspension of' the rules. It carries an aggregate of $3,520,283. After hav Ing been in continuous session since April ß, bv resorting to the process of recess ing from day to day, the House at 0:15 p. m. adjourned. NATIONAL CAPITAL NOTES. Senator Carter of the committee on postofiice and post roads introduced a bill to establish postal savings banks. The House committee on mines and mining agreed to recommend the passage of a bill providing for the establishment of a bureau of mines in the Department of the Interior. The commission of education has received from the organizing committee of the first Pan-American Congress at San tiago, Chile, an announcement that the date has been postponed to Dec. 25, 1D08. The Senate committee on public lands ordered a favorable report on a bill to restore to the registers of the land office fees collected for relations of land en tries. Representative James S. Sherman of New York, who has been ill at his hotel apartments here, will be confined to his bed for several days, but his ailment is not regarded as of a serious nature. Senator Perkins reported to the Sen ate the bill making appropriations for fortifications and other works of defense. It carries $11,510,187, an increase of $3,200,57(5 over the amount of the bill as it was passed by the House. Senator Overman of North Carolina introduced a joint resolution putting printing pajer and wood rulp on the free list and asked for its immediate consid oration, but Mr. Hepburn objected and on motion of Senator Gallinger the reso lution was referred to the committee on finance. Representative Cousins of Iowa, chair man of the committee on foreign affairs, introduced a bill authorizing the Secre tary of State to expend $2,000.000 in the purchase or erection of suitable build ings for the American diplomatic aud con sular representatives in China, Japan, Korea, Russia, Austria, Germany and Mexico.

BUILD BIGGER IIY

PLEA OF ELT Sends Special Message Urging Con struction of Four Huge ( Battle Ships. I e'otjse approves of project. President Thinks Dreadnaughts Are Necessary to Keep Rank a3 a Naval Power. President Roosevelt sent a special message to Congress urging both the House and the Senate to appropriate a sum sufficiently large to enable the con struction of four battleships of the heaviest and most improved type, ile takes the view tint if Congress author izes four of these Drcadnaughts this year that the building of only one ship a year of this class for some time to come will enable the country to ho'.d its own as the second power in the world. While the message received careful attention in the House and was ap plauded liberally. Its reception in the Senate was the most remarkable ever given to a document received from the President of the United States in the upper branch. It was not even read, so great was the confusion. The read ing clerk of the Senate simply read a line or two from each page and finished it in less than three minutes. The message said In part: Let me again urge upon the Congress the need of providing for four battleships of the best and most advanced type at this session. Prior to the recent Hague conference it had been n?y hope that an agreement could be reacted between the different nations to limit' the increase of naval armaments, and especially to limit the size of warships. Under these cir cumstances I felt that the construction of one battleship a year would keep our navy up to its then positive and relative strength. But actual experience showed not merely that it was impossible to obtain such an agreement for the limitation of armaments among the various leading powers, but that Jthere was no likelihood whatever of obtaining it in the future within any reasonable time. Coincidentally with this discovery occurred a radical change in the building of the battleships among the great miliH-y nations a change . in accordance with which the most modrrn battleships have been or are being constructed, of a size and armament which doubles, or more probably trebles, their effectiveness. Every other great naval nation has or is building a number of ships of this kind; we have provided for only two, and therefore the balance of power is now inclining against us. Under these conditions, to provide for only one or two bat tleships a year is to provide that this na tion, instead of advancing, shall go back wards in naval rank and relative power among the great. nations. Such a course would be unwise for us if we fronted merely on one ocean, and it is doubly unwise when we front on two oceans. As chief executive of the nation, and as commander-in-chief of the navy, there is imposed on me the solemn responsibility of advising the Congress of the measures vitally necessary to secure the peace and welfare of the republic in the event of international complications which are even remotely possible. Having in view this solemn responsibility, I earnestly advise that' the Congress now provide four battleships of the most advanced type. I cannot too emphatically say that this is a measure of peace and not of war. I can conceive of no circumstances under which this republic would enter into an aggressive war; most certainly, nnder no circumstances would it enter into an aggressive war to extend its territory or in any other manner seek material aggrandizement. I advocate that the United States build a navy commmensurate with its powers and its needs, because I feel that such a navy will be the surest guarantee and safeguard of peace. Beginning with May 1, for the first time the Socialist party will have a daily newspaper of its own in New York City, finariced and controlled by the party members. The National Democratic Club of New York in arranging for its Jefferson Day dinner was divided over the question of inviting Mr. Bryan to attend, but finally a majority prevailed for the invitation. John Mitchell, the retired bead of the miners union, has declined, the President's offer of a place on a commission o investigate Panama conditions, his reason being that be has decided to start a weekly newspaper at Indianapolis. Democratic leaders in the Ninth Congressional District of Minnesota refuse to join the new Bryan organization as opposed to Gov. Johnson, and propose that delegates to the national convention be instructed for Johnson, with B lr0 as second choice. William D. Boies, a nephew of former Gov. Boies of Iowa, a Democrat, has announced his candidacy for Congressman from the Eleventh Iowa District on the Republican ticket. He was formerly a Democrat, but joined the Republican parity during the campaign of 1890. Unqualified support of Roosevelt and his policies, together with a proposal to revise the tariff at a special session of Congress next November, and the presentation of the name of Vice President Fairbanks for the presidency, were the lient features of the Indiana Republican convention. The fact that President Roosevelt had asked a New York labor union leader who spoke up against socialism in a meeting of the Christian Socialist Fellowship the other night to come to Washington and receive congratulations on his speech, gives the incident exceptional interest at this moment, when socialism is receiving so much attention from political leaders and candidates of all parties. The man who won this distinction is Herman Robinson, financial secretary of the New York Federated Union, the local of the American Federation. In his Columbus speech Secretary Taft came out squarely in favor of a larger standing army of the militia. While he thought there was no prospect of another civil war, he pointed out tht,t a wellorganized militia would be most necessary "should the forces of anarchy or socialism revolt against organized government and manifest themselves." He further predicted that within a decade "we shall have a regular army and a citizen .soldiery sufficient to pat into the field 250,00 men." Johnson men are already in Denver working up enthusiasm in behalf of the Minnenntft firtvemor's nomination for the ' presidency by the Democratic convention.

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CHICAGO. It. G. Dun & Co.s weekly review of :rade in the Chicago district says: Easter trade in personal needs rose to satisfactory proportions and retail sales generally made a seasonable recovery. higher temperature stimulating the deirand in leading lines. Favorable weath er conditions at interior points induced a wider absorption of light weight apparel, and there is increase in the receipt of re orders inquiring immediate shipment. Late buyers have found the reduction of stocks better than was vx;ieclixi and many now find It difficult to obtain all the goods required. Yisiting merchants from the Northwest select more freely in the principal staples and report their local conditions brightening, there being a large mQow of settlers and numerous new towns springing up under the influence of railroad extensions through promising territory. Forwarding by the wholesale houses continues exceptionally large in dry goods, food products, housewares and hardware, and there is also increasing activity in vehicles, camping and sporting goods. Mail orders from road men make an im proving exhibit in clothing, woolens, footwear and furniture for fall deliveries, and the outlook affords more encouragement with the sustained high prospects in agriculture. Provisions disclose some decline in the cast-bound tonnage, foreign orders being smaller, but there is return ing strength in the markets for hides and leather, and wool displays increasing con sumption. Mercantile collections in the West and Southwest make a good showing, bank deposits steadily grow and further ease appears in the discount rate for accommodation. Financial conditions do not indicate that liquidation has run its coarse, but commercial defaults include none of notable significance, afcd the volume of payments through the banks again is seen to compare favorably with that of a year ago. Operations in the prominent manufactures present no material change as to production. More interest is noted la real estate and construction. Shipments of lumber have gained and more hands find work in the yards and at planing mills. Furnace and plate mill outputs remain much less than normal, but additional contracts for rails and structural steel extend the period of assured activity. Failures reported in the Chicago district number 21, against 20 last week and 17 a year ago. Tboe w. ith liabilities over $.),000 number 6, ainst 10 last week and 9 in 1907. t I ' NEW YORK. Easter trade at retail, though affected in sections by unfavorable weather, is on the whole fair. Collections show slight improvement at a few centers and filling in orders by jobbers are a trifle better, but reports from leading industries are bo more favorable, rather more weakness is noted in iron and steel and fall trade In leading lines is still disappointingly backward. The dullness in building lines expenditures for the first quarter being 40 per cent below 1007affects all the lines of materials and export and mport trade are ebbing, indicating the first decrease in foreign trade from the preceding fiscal year noted for five years past. The number of idle hands is as large as for some time past, wage reductions curtail buying power and the number of failures continues far ahead of a year ago. Business in pig iron is very light and lower prices have been made to attract even the small business going. Finished iron and steel are likewise quiet and rail orders are only fair. Plates are exceptionally dull, and fabricators of structural material, particularly intbe Chicago district, have named some ow quotations on business recently boohed. although there is no evidence that the shapes have brought lower than list prices. Business failures in the United States for the week ending April 16 number 2C1, against 258 last week, 167 in the like week of 1007, 167 in 1900, 1S3 in 1005 and 100 in 10O4. Canadian failures for the week ending April 10 number 20, against 2S last week and IS in this week a year ago. Bradstreet's Commercial Report. 1 Chiearo Cattle, common to crime. $4.00 to $7.10: hogs, prime heavy. $1.00 to $5.92; sheep, fair to choice, $3.00 to $0.40; wheat. No. 2, 91c to 92c; corn, No. 2, C5c to Cc: oats, standard, 51c to 52c: rve. No. 2. 70c to 78c: hay. timothy, $9.50 to $10.00; prairie, $8.0C to $12.00; butter, choice creamery. 'äc to 28c; eggs, fresh. 11c to 15c; potatoes, per bushel, C5c to 75c Detroit Cattle, $4.00 to $6.00; hegs, S4.00 to $5.90: sheen. $2.50 to $5.50: wheat. No. 2, 93c to 94c; corn. No. 3 yellow, GOc to 67c; oats. No. 3 white, 55c to 50c; rye. No. 2, 80c to 81c. Milwaukee Wheat, No. 2 northern, tl.ftt to $1.04: corn. No. 3. 65c to GGe: oats, standard, 52c to 53c: rye. No. 1, SOc to 81c; barley. No. 2, Sc to 87e: pork, mess, $13.35. Buffalo Cattle, choice shipping steers. $4.00 to $6.90; hogs, fair to choice, $4.00 to $6.15; sheep, common to good mixed, $4.00 to $6.75; lambs, fair to choice, $5.00 to $8.10. New York Cattle. $4.00 to $6.73; hogs,' $3.50. to $6.45; sheep. $3.00 to $0.00; wheat. No. 2 red, 97c to 90c; corn. No. 2, COc to 71c; oats, natural white, 5Gc to 58c; butter, creamery, 25c to 29c; eggs, western, 13c to K. Toledo Wheat, No. 2 mixed, Sie to 93c; corn. No. 2 mixed, 67c to CSc; oats, No. 2 mixed, 52c to 53c; rye, No. 2, 79c to SOc; clover seed, prime, $12.00. Indianapolis Cattle, shipping, $3.00 io $7.00; hogs, good to choice heavy, $3.50 to $6.05; sheep, common to prime, $3.00 to $31; wheat, No. 2. 02 to r3c ; corn. No. 2 white, C3c to 05c ; oats. No. 2 white, 51c to 52c St Louis Cattle, $1.50 to $3.75; hogs, $1.00 to $5.80; sheep. $3.00 to $6.25; wheat, No. 2, 97c to 9Sc; corn. No. 2, ."c to 00c; oats. No. 2, 49c to 50c; rye, No. 2, 77c to 79c Cincinnati Cattle, $4.00 to $0.75; hogs. $1.00 to $0.30: sheep. $3.00 to 5.25; wheat, No. 2, 96c to 97c; corn, No. 2 mixed, C5c to C7c; oats. No. 2 mixed, 51c to 52c; rye. No. 2, K2c to 84. W'th the object of providing a home ind work for 400 men, the Industrial rhristian Alliance has purchased for $70,D00 land at Bond street and Lafayette place, New York, and proposes spending 5140.000 in erecting upon the site dormitories, workshops, restaurants, recreation rooms and a chapel. Hoping to escape the annoyance v threatening letters which have been making her life in Chicago unplpasant, Mrs. Harold McCormick, daughter of John D. Rockefeller, with hey children, have Preluded themselves irf the Hotel Manhattan, in New York. r'i

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