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-Tv F. Q.F. M. (T L Q.T5N. M. ) 6th. 14th. 21stÄS2th. FEATURES OF INTEREST ABOUT THAT WHICH HAS BEEN AND IS TO BE. All Side a.ii Condition of Thine are Shown. Nothing Overlooked to make it Complete. Emigrant Stabs Fellow Paas-inger. Running amuck through a car in which he and half a hundred other emigrants were passengers Just as it neared the Wabash station in Fort "Wayne, Ind., Manuel Mandida, a crazed Spaniard, stabbed three of his fellow-passengers, killing ore i".em and badly injuring the tvs. ethers. Leaping from the train in the confusion which followed, Mandida fled in the attempt to escape in the darkness. For several hour3 h eluded the dragnet put o.it by the police department, but was filially captured near the Yam Buren street pumping station. Arraigned in Tolice Court Mandida between almost continuous moans admitted that he had done the kil'.ing, and in bis mutterings several tjnes sought to convey the idea that he had acted in self-defense. He was hell to the Circuit Court without bond on a charge of murder. Roosevelt to Hunt with Leigh Hunt. Leigh S. J. Hunt's visit with his parents and old friends in Columbia City, Ind., developed the fact that it will be as Hunt's guest that President Roosevelt plans to go to Africa next year to hunt big game in the forests of the "dark continent." Mr. Hunt, a native of Whitley County, Indiana, has acquired large interests in the Blue Nile valley In Egypt and in the vicinity Yf the Soudan's historic capital, Khartoum, where he is engaged in the promotion of a cotton raising enterprise, which includes the irrigation and cultivation of a vast domain. He is also the founder of a great gold mining company, which has operated in Korea for the past twelve years, and has immense mining interests in South Africa. Insane Mother's Awful Crime. In a violent attack of insanity Mrs. Daniel Cooper, 39 year M. of Cadillac, Mich., shot . 2n her five children, her husbaiu . i rself. A sixth child, Fred, :.ga .. 13 dying. The bodies were fount! m the house by the woman's mcther, Mrs. Esther Heety, who came to visit her from her home, a few blocks t.way. The bodies of three of the children were found in their room upstairs with bullets in their temples or elsewhere in their heads. The bodies cf the husband and two other children were In another room. The woman was found lying across the bed over the Ixx'y of her babe. A revolver with empty cartridges lay beside the bed. Train Left Track; Fifteen Injured. Six persons were dangerously and nine others severely Injured when six coaches of Missouri, Kansas & Texas passenger train No. 4, north-bound, left the track near Clinton, Mo., and rolled down a twenty-foot embankment into three feet of water. The most dangerously injured is the mail clerk, named Kinaid. Three of the victims were taken to Sedalla s?nd the remainder are in Clinton. The wreck is believed to hive been .1ue to a washout. Auto Plunges Into R:er. Four people were drowi.ed when an automobile carrying a pleastre party of six became unmanageable, shot at full speed down West Fifty-sixth street In New York City and bounded from an open pier into the North river. The machine turned over In its plunge from the pier, holding tho four victims fast In their scats. Two Sisters Killed. The northbound Hocking Valley pas senger struck a buggy at Reed's Cross ing, near Lancaster, Ohio, and the oc cupants, Miss Rose Ellinger aüd her sister, Mrs. George Hoffman, were killed. The former was a graduate of Crawfis Institute. Illinois Girl Drives Mail Wagon. Over thirty-five miles of muddy Illinois road3 and through a steady rain, Miss Frances Thurnau drove a rural mail wagon that her Droiher Alfred might get away long enough to marry Dynamite Explosion Kills Nine. A premature explosion of dynamite at Chamber Bros. camp, east of Win nipeg. Man., on the Grand Trunk Pa cific railroad, killed nine members of the station gang and injured several others. Student Drowned. Benjamin Marshlick, of Cleveland, a prominent and popular student, was drowned in Muskingum river at Marietta, Ohio, while bathing. Chinese Bevolution Is Growing. News was brought from China by the Tjugo Maru that the revolution in Munnan and south China is becoming so serious that the IVkin authorities have issued orders to the authorities of foreign provinces to assemble armies to attack the rebels. Twenty Hurt in Train Wreck. Twenty persons were injnred when train No. 4 on the Wabash railroad from iVtroit was derailed at Stevensville, Ont. Six of the victims were brought to Buffalo and placed in hospitals. The others resumed their journey. Affinity Slayer Is Exonerated. Squire Isaac Terry of Jackson, Ky., Impaneled a jury which exonerated Mrs. Nancy Murrill for killing Mrs. Mary Terry. Mrs. Murrill killed Mrs. Terry because it was alleged she had stolen Mrs. Murrill's hasband's affections. Parcel Post Limit Eaised. In order to increase our commercial relations with Great Britain and Ireland by facilitating the sending of parcel post packages of merchandise to those countries, "Postmaster General Meyer has increased the weight limit to eleven pounds, effective July 1 next.

HEAT IN A BIG BLAZE.

Morris Packing Establishment in Kansas City, Kas., Suffers Loss. Fire that started before daylight Friday morning in the $2.223,000 packin plant of Nelson Morris & Co., in Kansas City. Kan., destroyed a large part of that establishment. Two laborers were killed and another was perhaps fatally injured. The spread of the flames was so rapid that dynamite had to he used in an effort to check them. The plant is in the flood district' and is entirely surrounded by water. Because of this fact the firemen were unable to reach nearer than two blocks of the building with their apparatus. The fire was started by an explosion in the chemical department, and from there extended quickly to the sausage factory. Tile contents of this building furnished much inflammable material for the flames, anil by the time the first streams could be turned on that section of the plant was doomed. The loss of meat was large. The coolers were packed to their capacity, as the flood had interfered with railway traffic long before the water shut down the plant. This is the second serious fire loss suffered by the Morris concern this year. On Jan. 29 the plant was damaged to the ext'.r.t of $750,000. HEIRESS MARRIES $60 CLERK. Mary Montana Largey St ys She Has Enough Money for Two. Mary Montana Largey, 18 years old, youngest of the Largey minors of Butte, Mont., came into her fortune of a million and a half dollars the other day, and at midnight she was married to Raymond J. McDonald, a young clerk in a Broadway cab office, who had leen working for $"0 a month. Some friends asked the girl why she wanted to marry the poor cab clerk. "Because I love 'jim and have enough money for both." she replied. The couple left for San Francisco the next morning, and there will start on an automobile wedding trip to New York. Miss Largey's biff touring car and driver having been shipped on ahead several weeks ago. From New York they will go to Europe. ESTIMATED VALUE OF CROPS. American Farmer Will Enjoy Ninth Year of Unprecedented Prosperity. The crops of 1908 will be" worth nearly $8,000.000,OtiO, according to figures prepared by the Department f)f Agriculture official in Washington. If is expected there will be sufficient funds to move the crops from the farm to tidewater. ' In discussing the outlook Chief Statistician Clark of the Agricultural Department said: "Indications at the present time are for great crops. For eight years the American farmer has enjoyed unprecedented prosperity, and now the ninth promising harvest is practically assured. Never in the history of the United States have there been nine such years, years of big yields and high prices." LEGACY REWARDS KINDNESS. Duluth Pioneer Bequeaths 25,000 to Miss Edith Bane. Giles Gilbert, a pioneer of Duluth, Minn., who died a few weeks ago, left $25,000 to Miss Edith Bane of Chicago, in recognition of her kindness to his wife during the latter's illness. His estate is valued at $225,000. Miss Bane has been a teacher of piano playing in the Sherwood school for several years, and has made a reputation as a successful instructor, of children. She came to Chicago from the East. Mrs. Gilbert was in Chicago a year and a half ago taking treatment for an ailment that subsequently caused her death. Miss Bane gave her much attention. The legacy was unlooked for by Miss Bane, and she has not decided what she will do with the money. NURSERY BUSINESS LARGE. Convention at Milwaukee Told thfc! $60,000,000 Is Invested in It. The American Association of Nurserymen opened its annual convention at the Plankinton House in Milwaukee, 4O0 delegates being present. The convention continued for three days. President J. W. Hill of Des Moines spoke of the magnitude which the nursery business has attained. He said there is invested in the business in the United States more than $00,000,000, and employment is given to about 05,000 men and 3,000 women. The season just closed he regarded as one of the best in many years. The speaker advocated a uniform national inspection law. Many Men Are Made Idle. The electrolytic smelter of the Boston and Montana, in Great Falls, Mont., one of the Amalgamated Copper Company's properties, will be closed for two months, during which the Boston and Montana mines at Butte will remain closed unless arrangements can be made to handle the ore of the company at Anaconda. Five thousand men are affected by the shutdown. Wabash Must Pay SS60,000. In the United States Court In Toledo a judgment of $800,000 was awarded to the Compton estate against the Wabash Railroad. The claim grew out of a controversy many years ago over that part of the Wabash Railroad between Toledo and the Ohio State line. It is announced that the case will be carried up to the United States Circuit Court of Appeal. Again Files Suit for Divorce. For the second time in two months Mrs. Grace Snell Love has filed suit for divorce in Los Angeles against Hugh M. Love. This is not Mrs. Love's first acquaintance with the divorce court. Giving due notice to all of Mrs. Love's husbands, her name would be Mrs. Grace Snell-Coffin-Walker-Coffin - Coffin - LaymanLove. t Boy Bounced to Death by Sofa. Bouncing on a sofa beside an open window. 4-year-old Willie Wilsick, living with his parents in East 100th street. New York, jumped once too hard and the springs tossed him high in the air and through the window. lie fell five stories to instant death. Drowns in Salt Creek. Charles G. Whistler, a dentist, was drowned in Salt creek, near Ashland, Neb. His gasoline launch became unmanageable, going over a mill dam. Mr. Whistler was" a graduate of the University of Iowa. Nine Killed in Dynamite Blast. A premature explosion of dynamite at Chamber Brothers" camp, east of Winnijeg, on the Grand Trunk Pacific railroad, killed nine members of the station gang and injured several others. Gov. Hughes Wins Fight. Gov. Hughes has won his long battle against New York race tracks, the Senate passing the Hart-Agnew anti-betting bill. Foelker's vote made it 20 to 25. Must Hold Fair Elections. Secretary Taft and President Roosevelt have warne! the President of Panama that elections in that republic must be conducted fairly or Uncle Sam will intervene. Fire Destroys Great Elevator. Sparks from a hot box in the machinery in the upper part of the Tri-State Transfer Company's massive elevator at Calumet Park, near Chicago, set the structure on fire, and within half an hour it was destroyed. The loss is $700,000. More than 500,000 bushels of corn was burned with the elevator.

MORAL LAPSE DUE TO INJURY.

President Consents to Pardon for Inmate of Insane Asylum. President Roosevelt has jiven his assent to a pardon for .Jams D. Eggleston, Jr., son of James D. Eggleston, president of the Pacific Express Company and a widely known railroad man of wealth and position. Young Eggleston is an inmate of St. Elizabeth's hospital for the insane in Washington. II was transferred to that institution from the penitentiary at Leavenworth. Kan., to which he was s.ont after having been convicted of counterfeiting. Eggleston will be released from custody under the pardon, which is -ondi-tional. and be delivered into the care of his father. He will then bo placed in a private sanitarium for treatment and observation. It is established by medical observation during the last twenty years that Eggleston, while of a bright mind and capable of obtaining the degree of doctor of medicine from a leading university, is to an extent morally irresponsible. This is lue to an accident which occurred when .he was 12 years old, in which h sufferer a iraeture of the skull lad also lost his right log. DISnraEKTTD HEIRS SUE. Frugal Youth Is Left $30,000 as Reward for Careful Habits. Eight grandchildren, tested for thrift and found wanting, have begun a contest of the will of the late Carlos Hale of Meriden. Conn., who bequeathed $30,000. his entire estate, to Percival White, a grandson, only reserving a life use of the property to his aged widow. It was testified in Probat Court there that Mr. Hale feared his estate would be wasted, and made secret tests of the thrift of his heirs. The contestants declare that White unduly influenced his grandfather and that his frugality was pretended. Mrs. Hale testified that White alone banked a Christmas gift of $5 which Mr. Ha'c made to each grandchild in 1900. He alone did not refuse the offer of an old bicycle in the Hale cellar, and 3old it for junk. White was the one of the grandchildren to cut away the decayed parts of apples tendered to them by Mr. Hale as a test. The otheis threw away the decayed apples. INSANE MOTHER'S DEED. Murders Husband and Their Five Children and Commits Suicide. In Cadillac. Mich., Mrs. Daniel Cooper, in a fit of insanity murdered her husband and five children and then killed herself. Prior to the killing the woman took her children to the theater, making the occasion one of unusual festivity. Returning home, she cloroformed the whole family and completed her work with a revolver. When Mrs. Cooper's mother and other neighbors entered the home on Chapin street the next morning bodies of the victims were scattered all about. Some were in their be Is and others on the floor. Mrs. Cooper lay across the lody of the baby on a bed with an emptied revolver beside her. In each instance dea-n was caused by a bullet through the head. Fred Ccoper, aged 17, is the only living member of the family. lie lies in Mercy Hospital with a fighting chance for life. He accuses his mother. ' PAYS BACK S40.000 HE STOLE. Anonymous Writer Sends Final S8,000 to Secretary Cortelyou. Secretary Cortelyou has received in an envelop postmarked Jersey City a conscience contribution c' $8,000, which has been turned into the conscience fund of the treasury in Washington. In an unsigned letter the sender says that many years ago be and another man took a considerable sum of money belonging to the government, and that this $S.000 makes up a total of $10,000, or four-.'old the amount originally taken by himsdf. This sum, be, sajR, has been returned to the treasury from time to time covering a period of several jears. Murders Two and Ends Life. In a jealous rage, Charles E. livers killed Mrs. May E. Boren, landlady of a Denver rooming house. He followed this up by murdering Edward Smith, und then killed himself. Bycrs and Smith were lodgers at the rooming house, Byers made accusations against Mrs. Boren and Smith, and was ordered out. Later he was granted an interview by -Mrs. Boren and the shooting followed. Riot on Street Car. Five persons were injured, two of whom may die, as the result of n riot on an east-bound Market street car in St. Louis. The motorman and one of bis assailants are at the city hospital, the former in a critical condition, while a third victim, an innocent spectator, was ruu over by the street car and one of his legs cut off. Engineer Falls from Cab. While his engine was running at forty miles an hour. Engineer E. Starling of passenger train No. 23 of the Burlington fell from his cab several miles 6OUÜ1 of Denton's, Iowa. It was not until the train ran by Ilenton's without whistling that Fireman Jackson missed the engineer. The train was run back and the engineer found unconscious by the track. Invalid Drowns in Lake. Mr. Margarethe Raft'.r, widow of the late Herman Raster, editor of the Illinois Staats Zeitung, was found drowned in Lake Michigan near the North Shore Health Resort at Winnetko, 111. Ill a.nd unable to care for herself, she fell into the water during the temporary absence of Miss Clare Ott. her nurse. Billek Gets a Reprieve. Herman Billek was raved from the sallows in Chicago by Judge Kencsaw M. Landis of the United States District Court. Judge Lnndis granteJ the con demned man an appeal io the habeas corpus proceedings, which acted aa a supersedeas to prevent the hanging. Powers and Howard Pardoned. Caleb Powers and James Howard, accused of complicity in the murder of Goebel in Kentucky eight years ago. have been given full pa -dons by Governor Willsor. and set free. Anna Win j George Over. George J. Gould, sailing for Europe, says he sanctions his sister's marriage to Prince de Sagr.n and that he will attend the wedding. O. H. P. Belmont Dies. Oliver II. P. Belmont, former banker and Democratic jolitician, died at hit home in Hempstead. N. Y., after an operation for appendicitis. Play "Wild West"; Boy Killed. Arthur Schuck, aged 15, shot and instantly killed Michael Redman, aged 15, in Findla3 Ohio. The boys were playing "wild West." Joseph Leiter Weds. At the home of the bride's parents Wednesday Miss Juliette Williams, daughter of Col. and Mrs. John R. Williams of Washington, D. C, became the bride of Joseph Leiter, son of the late Levi Z. ' Leiter of Chicago and Washington. Kill Prisoner Before Court. Jack Flurry, a negro, was shot to death, and his brother, Ike Flurry, was wounded, when the two tried to escape from the court house xa. Lonjview, Texas, during their trial for attempting to kill several stock men.

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Chicago correspondence : All Republicans in the United States, tbo territories and the territorial possessions are supposed to have their voice and vote in an assemblage known a? a Republican national convention. The asiemblage in tbe Coliseum in Chicago has its representatives from forty-six States, two Territories, tbe District of Columbia, Alaska, Hawaii, the'Phllippines and Porto Rico. Tbe number of delegates representing each State is proportioned to the population. The representation in TJongress Is taken as a guide, aihl for each member of tbo House of Representatives there are two delegates in tbe convention. For each United States Senator there are two delegates also. Thus, New York, tbe most populous State in the Union, has thirty-seven members In the House of Representatives and two Senators, giving that State twice thirty-nine, or seventyeight delegates. And as each- delegate casts his vote Individually, the more populous States have tbe greater voice in tbe doings of tbe convention. Next to New York, Pennsylvania Is tbe most populous State, end has the second largest delegation in the convention, casting sixty-eight votes. Other large delegations are: Illinois, 54; Ohio, 40; Missouri and Texas, 30 each; Massachusetts, 32, and Indiana, 30. The Territories and possessions are all put on the same basis, and are given two votes each in the convention. Tbus, while they have no voice In tbe actual selection of a President, they have a slight voice in the deliberations of the body which nominates. The choice of delegates to a national convention Is nccouirished by what is known as the machinery of the voluntary party organization. When the Constitution was adopted, and the office of President created, there was no Idea of .1 national party, like the Republican party, or the Democratic parts. In the minds of the members of the constitutional convention. The people have worked Out the scheme of holding a national convention and nominating party candidates without any national or constitutional law to guide them. Consequently the ss'stem is rather ragged at the edges. In theory the two delegates from each congressional district are chosen at district conventions, made up of delegates who are themselves chosen by primary elections. All members of the party In good and regular standing are supposed to vote at these primary elections. Often the public at large pays no attention to these preliminary steps, fti.d tbe delegates chosen at the district conventions are the men named by the local party leaders. The first business that faces a national convention Is to determine who nre the proierly chosen delegates entitled to take part It3 proceedings. This question is first, passed upon by tbe national committee and is later passed upon by a committee on credentials appointed by the delegates who are first seated in the convention. The party's national committee Is made up of a member from each State and Territory. The committeemen are chosen by each State delegation and Tbo Seat of Life Located. Tcpular attention is just now for the first time being directed to the monumental work of Dr. Charles E. de M. Sajous, who recently addressed a joint meeting of the American Therapeutic Society and the American Pharmaceutical Association at Philadelphia ou "The Autoprotective Resources of the Body; A New Foundation for Scientific Therai-eutics." The tescarches of Dr. Sajous for a period of twenty years have dsmonstrated that the great or "neble organs of the human body, such as the heart, lungs, liver, etc., are really subsidiary to the true dominant

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announced at tbe close cf the national convention's work. Machinery of the Convention. An interesting group of men will start the machinery of the Republican convention at the Coliseum. Harry S. New, chairman of the National Committee, will be the first official to face the mass of delegates and spectators when be calls the convention to order. The National Committee calls tbe convention, and makes all arrangements for it, and it naturally devolves, upon the committee chairman to start the proceeding. New hails from Indianapolis, where be formerly published a newspaper "inherited from his noted father. He haj been vice chairman of the committee and was promoted when Chairman Cortelyou entered the cabinet of President Roosevelt. Bishop P. J. Muldonn will offer the opening prayer. Elmer Dover, secretary of the National Committee, who rose to fame and influence under the tutelage of the late Senator Hanna and by the force of his own ability, will read the official call for the convention. Mr. New will then Introduce Senator J. C. Burrows, of Michigan, As temporary chairman of the ' convention. Burrows was born in Northeast, Pa., and lives In Kalamazoo, Mich. He was an oClcer in tbe civil war and has since been much in oIDce. He was elected to the lower branch of Congress nine times and has been in the Senate sines 1S95. Burrows will deliver a long speech, which will probably be the keynote of the campaign. Following the Burrows speech will come the selection of the other temporary officers. John R. Malloy, of Ohio, will be chosen general secretary. Ho was long clerk of the Ohio House of Representatives and Is known at national conventions as the man "with the voice." They might better make it "the man with the marvelous voice." Amid the greatest convention confusion the strong, clear tones of Malloy always

MEN PROMINENT IN THE WORK OF THE REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVENTION

carry to tbe limits of the hall. And when Malloy lifts his voice he Is greeted always with a round of appreciative applause. There will be a lengthy list of assistant clerks celebrated for strength of voice and ability as readers. These oilkials of the convention will be Attorney Thomas Williamson, of Edwardsville, 111., and George A. Wilson, of Des Moines, la. Asher C. Hinds, who will be parliamentarian, -halls from Washington, I). C. He acts as coach on parliamentary tangles to Speaker Cannon, and he performed similar services for Speakers Reed and Henderson. Hinds is the liest posted authority on parliamentary law in the country, and his knowledge of precedents will be of invaluable service to the presiding officers. i William F. Stone, of Baltimore . sergeant-at-arms, will be an Important figure. As sergeant-at-arms of the National Committee the bulk of the work of preparing for the convention has fallen on his shoulders. In the convention he will be responsible for the work of ticket takers and ushers and for the preservation of order. The temporary organization includes rlso a small force of stenographic reIKirters under M. W. Bloomenberg, asorgans, namely, the ductless glands, known as the adrenals, the thyroid and tlhe pituitary body. So supremely important a part is played by the secretions of these glands, and especially the pituitary body at the base of the brain, in the automatic resistance to poisons in the blood, that this body is believed to be the real seat of life in the animal organism. The adrenal secretion sustains the chief role in the distribution of oxygen. This great work, for the first time, makes an absolutely scientific system of treatment for disease possible and makes certain various treatments heretofore used but which

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JULIUS CAESAR BURROWS. Temporary Chairman of the Republican National Convention. Julius Caesar Burrows, temporary chairman of the Republican national convention, has been for many' years prominently before the public of the United States. He is 71 years old and has been in politics since the year 1SG4, when he was elected prosecuting attorney of Kalamazoo County, Michigan. His career as a Congressman began in 1S73, and he has been Senator from Michigan since 1S05. Ou the presumption that the saying "Nothing succeeds like success holds good in politics, there must be much Satisfaction to Mr. Burrows In looking back over his long record. He has been uniformly successful in whatever he has undertaken to do. While the Senator is regarded as a conservative, his course has been mainly in accord with the policies of President Roosevelt Senator Burrows was lu the Forty-ninth, Fiftieth, Fifty-first, Fifty-second, Fifty-third and Fiftv fourth congresses and resigned In 1S05 to succeed the late Senator Stockbridge. He was re-elected In 1S99 and again In 1003. On tbe latter occasion his great popularity was attested when he received the vote of every member of the Legislature. SENATOR LODGE. Permanent Chairman of the Republican National Convention. For the second time Senator Hanry Cnliot Lodge, of Massachusetts, has leen selected permanent chairman of a Republican national convention. He was the permanent chairman of the 1000 convention in Philadelphia nnd was chosen for a similar position in the convention this year at Chicago. Senator Lodge and President Roosevelt have been fast friends for ye ire, although they have not always betu in entire accord on all matters. The Senator before his election to the United States Senate, in 1893, had served several terms In the House of Representatives. His present term In the Senate will not expire until 1911. lie Is one of the Influential men of the Senate nnd one of the best posted upon legislative affairs. Legislature U hi profession and he has contributed largely to the treasury of Ain.:le:ui history. Senator Lodge Is a native of the Old Bay State, a graduate of liar vartl and a lawyer. He was a member of the Commission on Alaskan Boundary appointed by President Roosevelt. Hannah Butts, 52 years old, formerly a cook for the Vanderbilts, Belmonts and Astors at their Newport and New York establishments, committed suicide by hanging at her home in Dover, Ohio. Despondency caused by a crippled hand, which prevented her following her calling, at which she had earned $4,000 a year, is said to have been tbe cause. were only guesswork. Dr. Sajous is dean of the Medico-Chirurgical College of Philadelphia. The Caterpillar Automobile. At Aldershot, the British artillery school, a novel traction machine has been tested with great success over sandy or swampy ground. It is known popularly as the "caterpillar, from the motion and appearance of tie endless chain belt surrounding what would ordinarily be the front and fear wheels of an auto. These belts are studded with broad interlocking feet, on which the weight of the engine

The national Republican convention this year is the fourteenth held since the organization of the Republican party in 1S5G and the seventh to meet In Chicago. Six of the thirteen conventions which have passed into history have been held in Chicago and three in Philadelphia, where the party's first candidate, Gen. John C. Fremont of California, was nominated. Baltimore, Cincinnati, St. Louis and Minneapolis have each had tbe honor of entertaining the Republican delegates once. All but two of tbe conventions have been called in June. The conventions of 1800 end 1SGS, which nominated Lincoln and Grant, were held in May. Two conventions made memorable by the length of their sessions were those of 18S0 and 18S8. Both of these met in Chicago, the first lasting from June 2 to June 8. Three days of the 1S0 convention were spent in perfecting the organization. The fight for the nomination cf Grant for third term being on. thirty-six ballots were taken before a dark horse candidate, James A. GarSeld of Ohio, was nominated. The convention of 1SSS was in session six days, and nineteen candidates, the largest number ever before a Republican convention, received votes before Benjamin Harrison was chosen on the eighth ballot. Twice in the history of the pa;ty but one candidate has been presented for the two offices voted upon. In 1000 William McKinley was unanimously renoirfuated for President on the first ballot. For Vice President Theodore Roosevelt was unanimously nominated on the first ballot. In 1001 the same unanimity prevailed. The only names presented were those of Roosevelt for President and Charles W. Fairbanks of Indiana, for Vice President. Each was therefore unanimously nominated on the first ballots. The conventions of 1S0S and 1S72 gave Grant the full vote on the first ballot, but the vote lcr Vice President was divided. Other Republican presidential candidates who have been nominated on the first ballot are Fremont, 1S5G; Lincoln, lSTri; Grant, 1SCS and 1S72; Benjamin Harrison, 1S02; William McKin ley, 1S0G and 1900, and Theodore Roosevelt, 1004. William L. Dayton of . New Jersey, Fremont's running mate; William A. Wheeler of New York, named with Hayes in 1S76, and Whitelaw Reid, who went down to defeat with Benjamin Harrison in 1S02, 6hare with Theodore Roosevelt and Charles W. Fairbanks the honor of having received the vice presidential nomination by a unanimous ote of the convention on ,the first formal ballot. Thrice within the fifty-two years of its history the party has had to face the problem of disaffection manifested in double conventions. 'Since the contention of 1SS0, no attempt to enforce the unit! rule has been made. The convention of 1SS4 rejected the candidate selected by the national committee as temporary chairman and chose another. KIT Considering that in the rast forty years three Presidents have been murdered and three Vice Presidents have succeeded them, and that previously two Vice Presidents' have become Presidenti through death fom natural causes, it Is surprising that such indifference is shown to the vice presidency. All statesmen of the first rank are ambitious to become President, but when tbe second office is named they shake their heads and try to move out of range. The reason, of course, is, not that the vice presidency is not an important and dignified office, but that it has come to be looked upon as, a shelf for a political nonentity. Once a man becomes Vice President, bis career is thought to be ended, though Theodore Roosevelt showed that this is a mistaken notion. The feeling is so strong that more than once political parties have named for Vice President men who were distinguished only for tLeir wealth and were known to possess no ability that would enable them to become AT CHICAGO. satisfactory Presidents, if fate had forced their 'rise. The vice presidency is an office that may become of the first importance to the people of ths United States. Nobody can tell what the future may bring forth, and the Vice President should be fitted for the chief magistracy, which five of our twenty-six Vice Presidents have been called upon to fill. Chicago Journal. Coal miners and operators of the eastern district of Ohio reached a two years' agreement at Cleveland after a stormy session. All differences were amicably adjusted and work in all mines will be resumed. Ten thousand miners are directly affected. ' The University campus extension fund can not be used for current expenses according to State Auditor Iverson of Minnesota, who refused a request from the State board of regents to this effect. The board wanted to borrow $03,000 from the extension fund, the money to be applied on coal bills and salaries. At Portland, Me., a fine of $10.000, the maximum amount provided by law, was imposed upon George Fred Terrey, the proprietor of the Waterville mail order publishing house, who was convicted in March of conspiracy to defraud the government of postage. rests with slight penetration and with the utmost friction. Thus it is alle to climb a clay bank at an incline' of cne in two, an ice-covered incline of one in ten, and cross bog lands full of deep ditches. Its manner of crossing a ditch is most interesting. Instead of dipping .into the ditch, the front end of the mrchine actually lifts itself up a little until above the other bank, and then provides itself with a rigid bridge on which to cross over the gap. M. Faulus, a noted popular singer ind composer of many songs, died in Pari.

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CHICAGO. Next to the immediate fctimulaut from the lower costs established for various steel makes, the most imiKrtant favorable development was the govern nicnt forecast of the early crops and its magnificent promise under normal conditions of agricultural enrichment. Business generally reflects a strengthened tone ard the outlook has a brighter aspect, although the vokirae of new demands in manufacturing branches does not yet show the expansion expected. Where heavy commitments are involved definite action is withheld until efter the liberations of tbe Republican convention next week. Encouragement is depended upon from that source in aiding recovery from trade depression. It is desirable that .jndorsem' nt should be placed upon the eGort.to secure more adequate waterways and minimum freight cost for the promotion of tLi city's commerce. Seasonable weather greatly aided the activity in retail dealings, and the demand for men and woman's apparel, housewares and vacation goods made a gratifying advance. Merchandise stocks have undTgone sharp redaction, and this has caused frequent replenishments for both local end country needs. Mercantile collections throughout the interior occasion little trouble, and the record of defaults maintains the recently noted betterment. Failures reported in the Chicago district numbered 21. against 22 last wek and 14 a year ago. Those with liabilities over $5.000 numbered 8, against 5 last week and 3 in 1007. Dun' .Review of Trade. NEW YORK. Weather, crop and trade reports display irregularity. It ha been too wet and cocl in the Southwest and Northwest for test retail trade and crop developments, but east of the Mississippi rivr onditions have been better and more favorable reports come from the latter I sections. In wholesale lines evidences of improvement in fall buying are seen, but pun'iasers are generally cautious, while sales for immediate shipm?nt are confi&ed to strictly filling-in requirements. Political and crop uncertainties seem likely to influence distant purchases for some time to come, and trade is hardly better than quiet to .fair the country over. Business failures in the United States for the week ending June 1. number 2T3, which compares w ith 225 last week, 1C1 in the like week of 1W7, 170 in 100, 175 in 1005 und 1S1 in UK)!. In Canada there were 30 business failures, as again 32 last .week and 22 in the same week of 1007 Brad-street's Commercial Report. Chicago Cattle, common to prime, $4.00 to S7.S5; bogs, prime heavy, $4.) to $5.75; Kaecp, fair to choice, $3.00 to $5.25 ; wheat. No. 2, 90c to 02c; corn. No. 2, CSc to (Zc; oats, standard, Sic to 52c: rye, No. 2, 7Sc to 7Ic; bay, timothy. $0.50 to $14.00; prairie, $"4.00 to $11.50; butter, choice creamery, 20c to 23c; eggs, fresh, 12c to lGe; potatoes new, per bushel, $1.28 to $1.35. Indianapolis Cattle, shipping, $3.00 to $7.25 ; bogs, good to choice heavy, $3.r0 to $5.l5; sheep,, common to prime, $3.00 to $4.70; wheat. No. 2. 00c to 01c; corn. No. 2 white, CSc to CDc; oats. No. 2 white, Sic to 53c St. Louis-Oattle. $1.50 to $7.13; bog, $4.00 to $5.70; sheep, $3.00 to $4.:); wheat. No. 2, 05c to l7c: corn. No. 2, 72c to 73c; oats, No. 2, 51c to 53c; rye. No. 2, 79c to 80c. Cincinnati Cattle. $4.00 to $0.73;, ho $4.00 to $5.03; sheep, $3.00 to $4.35; wheat. No. 2. 01c to 02c; corn. No. 2 mixed, 73c to 74c; oats. No. 2 mixed, 53c to 54c; rye. No. 2, S4c to 80c Detroit Cattle, $4.00 to $0.00; hs $1.00 to $3.; sheep, $2.50 to $4-V); wheat. No. 2, 92c to 93c; corn. No. 3 yellow, 75c to 70c; oats. No. 3 white, Mc to 55c ; rye. No. 2, 83c to 84c. Milwaukee Wheat, No. 2 northern, $1.03 to $1.0S; corn. No. 3, 71c to 72c; oats, standard, 53c to 54c; rye. No. 1, 77e to 7Sc; barley. No. 2, 50c to 00c; pork, mess. $13.72. Buffalo Catlle, choice shipping steers, $4.00 to $7.55 ; hogs, fair to choice, $4.00 to $5.95; sheep, common to good mixed, $4.00 to $5.3); lambs, fair to choice, $3.00 to $G.OO New York Cattle. $4.00 to $7-10; bogs $3.50 to $010; sheep. $3.00 to $5.00; wheat. No. 2 red, 97c to 9Sc; corn. No. 2, 70c to 77c; oats, natural white, 5Sc to COc; butter, creamery, 21c to 24c; eggs, western, 13c to 10c Toledo Wheat, No. 2 mixed, S5c to 80c; corn. No. 2 mixed, 73c to 74c; oats. No. 2 mixed. 52c to 53c; rye. No. 2, 81c to S3c; clover seed, October, $7.42. FACTS FOR FARMERS. From Minnesota, the Dakotas and Wiseoasin crop reports are all favorable. Iowa farmer are complaining of too much rain. Near Alma, Wis.. Jolin Grimes of Clear Lake and J. W. Erschern, with a pack of wolf hounds, tilled 41 wolves in three weeks. The graduated land tax bill which by excessive, taxation siks to prevent the owning of more than 040 acres of land by one person in Oklahoma, was finally passed by the Lcghs.ture and sent to the Governor. The income tax bill and t&e inheritance tax bill are in the Governor's hands also. The total wheat exports from the United States last month amounted to 3,505,501 bushels, of which Portland contributed 1.10S,314 bushels; New York G07714 bushels; the combined ports of Puget sound. (54,804 bushels, and Philadelphia 330.053 bushels. During a thunder storm near Alma, Wis., lightning struck the barn of Jacob Castleberg in the town of Nelson, killing thirteen horses, and several calves and destroying the barn. William Kaufman of the town of Belvidere lost three horses by lightning. During the worst electric utona witnessed in years, in Faribault county, Minn., six houses and barns were struei. On the Rugg-Underdahl farm the barn and seventeen animals were burned. The barn of Dr. J. J. Mclaughlin, in St. Paul, was burned. The Bemis dwelling on a farm about three miies pouth of the city was also burned. The general office has adjusted its account w ith the State of North Dakota under the act of Feb. 22, 1SS9, &owing the per cent of net proceeds of sales of public lands within said State for the period beginning July 1 and ending Dec. 31, 1907, as jdiown by the adjusted returns from tbe various local land offices. Tbe receipts from the pales of public lands during the said period were $1,102,1SL91. From the sales of Indian lands it is $38. 8S1.08, and from the fee and commissions, $98,708.24, a total from all source? of $1,239,831.23. Fruit growers in tb Black Hills claim that their crop has been practicallj ruined.