Plymouth Tribune, Volume 7, Number 42, Plymouth, Marshall County, 23 July 1908 — Page 2

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"TS F. Q.P. M. (T L. Q.SN. M. S) 6th. ly!3th. Vj 20th.,w2jth. FEATURES OF INTEREST ABOUT THAT WHICH HAS BEEN AND IS TO BE. All Side and Conditions of Thins arc Shown. Nothing Orel-looked to make It Complete. Tussock Moth Pest. Head gardeners of Lincoln, Jackson, Washington and other city parks and private estates ia Chicago are fighting the battls of their lives. The enemy, ti new and formidable one in these parts, is the white Tussock moth, which Is gaining headway and leaving behind a pathway of barren trees and shrubbery. Preparatioas are being made to spray the trees and other shrubbery of the public; parks with a form of arsenical poison. It is estimated It will cost the city several thousands of dollars to check the devastation being wrought by the Insects. Fatal Grade Crossings. Oliver Blair, a prominent business man of Plymouth, Ind., while riding a bicycle across the Lake Erie tracks on South street, was struck by the locomotive of a north-bound Michigan City excursion train and was killed. Henry Knauber, a middle-aged man, -was killed by a C, C. & St L. passenger train between Fernald and Miami, south of Richmond, Ind. He was knocked from a bridge over the Miami river. Mother's Frightful Crime. , Mrs. Isabella Sahlen, of Buffalo, N. Y fed her three small children poison and then strangled each with a handkerchief to make her work sure. Then she sent to the grocery store for more poison, which she took herself. The three children were dead when their mother was discovered and Mrs. Sahlen was dying. Physicians did what they could for her, but it is thought che cannot survive. Threatened to Kill Mother. John Van Rensalaer, son of Mrs. John King Van Rensalaer, and member of one of New York's oldest families, has ceen taken Into custody on a charge of attempted extortion. The arrest was made at the request of Chief of Police Crowley, of Newport, R. L He is said to have threatened his mother bodily harm unless be was provided with funds. The young man is 41 years old. " Small Boy Steals $10.000. A suit case containing stocks, bonds and other securities valued at $10.000 and belonging to John Burford, of unattanooga. Tenn., was stolen by a 13-year-old boy, it was !earned by the police. The theft occurv In the Federal building in Chicago while Mr. Burford was listening to the trial of a case in the United States ccurt. Receiver for Big Columbus Store. Receivers have been appointed for the D. C. Beggs Company, of Columbus, the largest department store in Central Ohio. Slow collections and Inability to dispose of the huge stock In a short time are given as some of the reasons for the trouble. The Claflins. of New York, are said to be the largest creditors. Assistant Roadmaster Killed. Charles Davis, assistant roadmaster of the Lake Shore railroad, an employe cf the company for thirty years, was struck by a work train at Millers, Ind., receiving injuries wb'ch. caused his death lattr. He was 54 years of age, and is survived by a wife and three children. Nine Men Killed. The powder magazine of the Northwestern Improvement Company at Cleelum, Wash , blew up while a gang of men was unloading a car of powder. Nine were killed. i Hugh McCurdy Dead. Hugh McCurdy, former head of the Knights Templar In the United States, and one of the most prominent Masons In the country, is dead at his home in Corunna, Mich. Child Burned to Death. Katherine, 4-year-oK daughter of Albert Daniels, of New Albany, Ind., was burned to death while playing with matches. Admiral Rojerive.-.sky Dead. Vice Admiral Rojestvensky, who commanded the ill-fated Russian fleet, which was annihilated by the Japanese In the Sea of Japaa in May, 1905, died at Badnauheim, Germany, from heart trouble. Ex-President of Ecuador Dead. Ignacio Vintemeilla, former president of Ecuador, ded in Guayaquil, Ecuador, on July IS. He was born at Cucnaz in 1S3Q. Contestant in Race Drowns. The Marathon race in the Chicago River, the first of the great events planned by the Illinois Athletic Club, was attended by a drowning as S. C. Jensen crossed the line winner. Asks Guard from Women. Becan of angry letters from heads of feminin organizations and" threats by irate women, George (Hern, who introduced in the Georgi.i legislature a bill to protect men from the blandishments of women, has apiealed to the House for protection, asking that he have as a permanent escort the Sergeant-at-Arms. t Frogs that Eat Chickens. Mrs. Caroline Ferguson, living ns.ir York, Ta., had for some time been missing yours chickens. Near the house is a pond, and Mrs. Ferguson' declares that she saw a frog leap from the water, catch a chick which had strayed near, and leap back again with it. The pond has since 1 and every froc. a dozen or more, slain. Now no more chicks are missed. An Accident Kills Six. Charles Sherman King of Fort Wayne, Indiana, with his family, guest and cnaulfetrr, six in all, were killed in an automobile accident.

I PIGS GIVE TAILS TO SAVE KIN.

31eed to Produce Serum that Is Preventive of Hog Cholera. Attendance upon a pigtail cutting carnival will be one of Secretary Wilson's summer vacation amusements. He has left Washington, and after a rest at his Lome, at Traer, he will go to Ames, Iowa, where the pigtail cutting takes place at the Agricultural college, the faculty of which had Mr. Wilson as a member when President McKinley called him away to become Secretary of Agriculture. The piss that lose their tails at Ames will be heroes,' for through their sacrifice the salvation of other dwellers in pigdom will be assured. Incidentally the cost of producing the pork that will enter into next year's supply of meat food products will be reduced by $15.000,000. From tie bleeding tails of the pigs will be produced the serum needed to immunize other pigs from attacks of hog cholera. There is no way to fight that disease except by taking blood from an animal that has withstood an attack of cholera, and there Is no way .for getting blood so easily as from the tail. In fact, that is the only way it can be done, except by taking the life of tihe porker in the veins of which runs the immune blood. COURT AND EXECUTIVE IN CLASH Washington Judge Issues Mandamus Against Patent Commissioner. Declaring that the executive branch of the government is bound by the "full faith and credit" clause of the constitution, as well as the judicial tribunals. Justice Wright of the District Supreme Court in Washington directed a writ of mandamus to issue againsu Commissioner Moore of the patent office, who had declined to be guided by a decision of a New York State court, which had been appealed from, but had not been superseded. It is understood that this is the first time the attention of the executive departmens has been called to the binding force of court decrees in the States. The suit involved the control of certain patents by a sewing madhine manufacturing company, and the commissioner had refused to carry out the order of the New York tribunal. $100 BILL BED FOR MOUSE. Rodent's Act Causes Shortage in an Oklahoma Bank. For- a short time the other day great excitement prevailed in the First State bank of Prague, Ok la., over the discovery of a considerable loss of money. The shortage was fjund when the books were balanced at the close of banking hours. The clerks spnt several hours trying to locate the shortage, but were unsuccessful. B. F. Whitraore, president, conceived an idea that the money might have fallen down behind the baseboard. Ripping it up with a hatchet, he found the money. A mome had it for a bed a $100 bill and a $10 bill for a pillow. The animal had gotten it off the counter and took it to its hiding place. The mother mouse had just given birth to half a dozen little ones. BITTEN BY 3,000 DOGS AND LIVES New Jersey Pound Employe Is Wonder of Pasteur Physicians. Dr. It. R. Jackson of the New York Tasteur institute was at Montclair, N. J the other day and made a scientific examination of David Steinfeldt, the Montclair dog catcher, who, according to the record be has kept during his six years service, has been bitten 3,000 times by all manner of dogs, at least one of which was afflicted with rabies. Steinfeldt's case is regarded as curious by the Pasteur institute, and Dr. Jackson wants the dog catcher to go to the institute so that the surgeon can mate a special study of bis condition. . HUSBAND DROWNS; SAVES SON. New Jersey Mother and Wife Placed in Terrible Position. Forced to choose between saving the life of ber husband and risking her 5-year-old boy drowning in the water on a sand bar off Somers Point, N. J Mrs. Jeremiah Sheppard of Bridgeton watched the husband sing in a deep hole into which he had waded while after their boat. The frenzied woman screamed with anguish as she saw him fall beneath the waters, but was unable to help him unless she dropped her boy, and before aid arrived the man had disappeared forever. SIGN SAVES A SAFE. Burglars, However, Secured All the Valuable Contents. At Greenwich, Conn., burglars obeyed a printed sign on the door of a safe at Miller Bros.' store the other night, and without the use of dynam'te ecu red a small amount of money ana a bundle of checks. About two years io the safe was demolished with a charge of dynamite. The proprietors did not desire a repetition of this so had a sign printed, saying "The safe is open. Don't blow it up. The custom of hanging up the sign has never been forgotten. Ticket of Prohibitionists. Eugene W. Chafin of Chicago is the nominee of the Prohibition party for President. He was named at the national convention in Columbus amidst scenes of great excitement and enthusiasm. Aaron S. Watkins of Ada, Ohio, was nominated for Vice President after Dr. Pal more of St. Louis bad been chosen and declined the nomination. The shortest platform on record and one containing for the first time In the history of important national parties in this country a declaration in favor of equal suffrage Avas framed for the candidates to stand upon. Quotes Bible to Hubby. A Woodbury, Conn., man, who'has been helping in the household work these hot summer days, objected to wiping the dishes, raying it is not a man's work. Not feeling disposed to lxse his help, the wife brought the Bible out to convince him of ,his error and read as follows from it : ("And will wipe Jerusalem as a man wipeth a dish, wiping it and turning it upside down." The husband is still wiping the supper dishes. Dog Dies to Save Master. At Colorado Springs, Colo., apparently scenting danger for George Bradbury, aged 17, should he secure a firmer grip on a live electric wire, a bulldog made a leap at the wire and tore it from the hands of the senseless boy. The dog was killed instantly, but his master escaped with a severe shock. Negro Is Hanged by a Mob. Hugh Jone, a negro, was strung up to a sapling limb near Middleton, Tenn., by a mob of a hundred men. Jones had attacked Miss Ora Yoppys, aged 17. He was captured at La Grange and was being brought to Middleton by special deputies when the mob seized him. Report Crops In Good Shape. Edwin Hawley, who has returned to New York from an inspection trip over the Minneapolis and St. Louis and the Iowa Central and the Chicago and Alton, says he found crop conditions much better than he had expected. Business men expect better times soon, Mr. Hawley reiorts. Hartr ? ire Mystery Deepens. Mystery sni rounding the disappearance jnd '1 -d'-i rr.der an assumed name of Mr-. Ct:2i I V 'rirfrid;e. wife of the wealthy New iork at torn -v. deepens despite efforts of Pittsburg authorities.

TO MAKE WAR ON FLEAS.

San Francisco Board of Health Decrees Crusade Against the Pest. The San Francisco rats being on the run, a warfare on fleas has been decreed by the board of health of the Goldeu Gate City and the sanitation committee has been directed to prepare orders requiring theaters, churches and other places of public assemblage periodically to be thoroughly cleaned. The removal of rugs, carpets, etc., and the application of insecticides to the floors will be a portion of the requirements designed to minimize the insect pest. The use of insecticides two or three times a week to free the street cars from fleas will be male mandatory on the companies. The action was taken pursuant to the recommendation of Dr. Rupert Blue, who accounted for the lesser prevalence of the fleas this season by the thoorugh cleaning up of the city in connection with plague precautions. The danger fiom tuberculosis and other diseases, Dr. Blue stated, would be greatly lessened by the measures proposed, and he asked that the householders be appealed to thoroughly to clean up private premises. DOVE STUCK IN ORGAN PIPE. An Omen for Church Worshipers Who Closed Their Steeple. There is a sequel of the oldest and most striking sort to the fastening up of all possible entrances to the Coatesville, Pa Trinity church steeple last week, with the purpose of shutting out pigeons that had overrun the belfry. Flying about, lost and bewildcrej. the birds have since behaved in the maddest fashion, and even when the shades of twilight settled into dusk these birds, accustomed like all others but owls to go to roost with the sun, circled round and round the belfry. Sunday, during the well attended church services, the choir and congregation were surprised when a pretty pigeon made its appearance at the end of one of the tubes of the pipe organ. The bird had flown down one of the ornamental pipes and was only able to get its head out at the lower end. MONUMENT TO NAVAL HERO. Words of Self-Denial Carved on Tomb In National Cemetery. A monument to Midshipman , James Thomas Cruse hns been erected in the National cemetery at Arlington. He was a young Kentuckian, whose heroic death stirred the entire United Stetes navy and resulted in placing on his tomb tse following epitaph: "Never mind me; I'm all right. Look after those other fellows." The young man unflinchingly met death last summer from injuries received in cn explosion in a turret of the battleship Georgia, while at target practice in Cape Cod bay. He was rendering all the assistance he could to the injured seamen when some or. reminded him of his own serious condition. Then it was that he nttered the words that are eüfseled on hU monument. 3AYS RATE PLAN IS ILLEGAL. Interstate Commissioner Clements Attacks Proposed Advance. In the opinion of Judson C. Clements, a member of the interstate commerce commission, the projiosed general Increase of freight rates discussed in New York by the presidents of many of the eastern railroads in the Trunk Line Association would constitute a violation of the Sherman anti-trust law and would render all the railroad. corcerned liable to severe penalties. Mr. Clements explained that the interstate commerce commission, as a commission, is not at all interested in the Sherman anti-trust law, the execution of which is intrusted to the Department of Justice, but he expressed his opinion as a lawyer and cited a recent instance where the Supreme Court had so decided. ANCHORED HEN IS FAITHFUL. Imprisoned for Year by Concrete She Continues Egg Yield. Hudson Budd's stationary hen is dead after a career of nearly a year as the only pne of the variety. Mr. Budd expected that the hen would live only a short time, and consequently does not feel as badly as he might. She became stationary at the time Mr. Budd laid the new concrete floor in his hennery at Chatham, N. J. The hen, a fine example of the Brahma variety, wandered into the roost a few hours after the concrete had "set" and was anchored. As it was impossible to get her out, Mr. Budd provided a seat for her. One point that interested chicken fanciers of the section was that the tg-laying ability of the hen was not impaired in the least. ' HAD SNAKE VIRUS HANDY. Experimenting Doctors Were Ready for Child Who Was Bitten. Mabel Ilassler, aged 14, of Graffensburg. Pa- was lucky after 'being bitten by a copperhead to have physicians, specialists, immediately at hand with pecifics they had just prepared as antidotes from similar snakes. Two of Philadelphia's doctors had been experimenting along that line capturing live copperheads and rattlesnakes for the French Pathological Institute, and were fortunately supplied with specific remedies. The little girl has entirely recovered. SEVERED THROAT IS REUNITED. New York Would Be Suicide's Life Is Saved by Unique Operation. The operation known as trachea rphy, which consists of reuniting a completely severed windpipe and the muscles,- ligaments, and tendons of the throat, was performed on Harry Hapgood of New York, who cut his throat. The doctor who performed the operation said that, as far as he knew, it was the second of the sort that had ever been performed successfully. LAYS IN GRANDPA'S CHAIR. No Eggs from This Hen Under Other Environment. Georg? Laubaeh of Durham, Pa., has a hen of the common variety, but which he will not part with. This hen's chief characteristic is that she ft a consistent layer, but under cftraordinary conditions. She can be relied uin to lay each day, providing she can do so in a large "grandfather" rocking chair in the parlor of the Laubaeh home. This privilege is accorded her. Alia Pays the Penalty. Giuseppe .Mia, slayer of the Denver priest, died on the scaffold at Canyon City, Colo., Wednesday, after cursing all the Roman priesthood. Anson Faces Bankruptcy. "Cap" Anson, Chicago, of baseba'.l fame, faces bankruptcy, a receiver having been named for his business. Wesson Will Case Settled. After two years of litigation over the will of Daniel B. Wesson, who died in August, 1900, leaving a $25,000,000 estate, a compromise agreement has been readied in the Massachusetts Supreme Court. Must Reduce Express Rate. The Adams, American, United States and Wells-Fargo express companies are ordered to reduce the rate for transportation of raw furs in boxes and bales from St. Taul to New York City from $4.00 per hundred pounds to $3.50, effective by Aug. 13.

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Mother, Father and Three Girls Are Among Those Dashed to Death. FAIL TO SEE LOCOMOTIVE. C. S. King, Fort Wayne Politician, and Family and Guest in Fatal Accident. Six lives wore crushed out in an instant near Columbia City, Ind., when a Pennsylvania Railroad train smashed nn automobile in which were Mr. and Mrs. Charles Sherman King, their two daughters. Miss Fayma Bradhaw and Carl Tiinmins, the chauffeur, all of Fort Wayne. The machine was stoped about a half-mile west of Columbia City at a railroad crossing by a freight tiain and the chauffeur drove onto the svond track, waiting for the freight t pass. He failed to see the Manhattan Limited passenger train which came at a high rate of sjced. The automobile was destroyed and the bodies of Its six occupants were flung along the track for a distance of a hundred feet and terribly mangled. Skulls were fractured, arms and legs broken, chests crushed and clothing stripped off. So great was the force of the collision that the huge locomotive of the passenger train was derailed. , The party was in Mr. King's automobile nnd was going from Fort Wayne, to Lake Wewasce to sjend Sunday. It is said that when the party started on the trip Mr. King ordered the chauffeur to make the run in two hours and a half, which is about half an hour les3 than the usual time. Mr. King formerly was a member of the Indiana Legislature from WTabash County, being chairman of the Ways and Means Committee. He was a member of the Columbia Club at Indianapolis and well known throughout the DBATII OF SIX AUTOISTS AT State. lie was one of the best-known Republicans of Indiana and had taken a prominent part In public affairs. His daughters were Katherine, aged 10, and Josephine, aged 12. Miss Bradshaw was 10 years of age and was a neighbor of the King family, whose guest she was to have been over Sunday at the King cottage at Lake Wawasee. She was a daughter of Robert F. Bradshaw, of Fort Way no. Woman Head) Mother Hurt. Miss Eliza !eth Duprce, aged 40, is dead and her mother, Mary Duprce, a widow, aged 05, Is critically injured as a result of a runaway at Columbus, Ind., which was caused by an automobile owned by Tom Taggart, of Indianapolis, chairman of the National Democratic Committee. Taggart's chauffeur, Harry Stodler, was driving the big touring car from Indianapolis to French Lick, when he met the two women In a buggy at Garden City, one mile south of Columbus. The horse became frightened at the car and ran away. The two women were, thrown from the buggy against an Iron fence. p)LlTICI45 Eugene W, Chafin, Prohibition nominee for President, proposes to speak in every State before election. Frank II. Hitchcock, general manager of Taft's pre-convention campaign, has been made chairman of the national Republican committee. President Roosevelt has refused an offer to make speeches into the receiver of a talking machine for the purpose of making records for public sale. William II. Taft has completed at Hot Springs, Va., the first dreft of bis speech of acceptance, but he hopes to trim it down by revision to 3500 words. Congressman Theodore E. Burton, in a statement issued at Cleveland, said, while he desires to be elected United States Senator, he considers the election of Taft more Important and will ask no pledges for his own candidacy. W. J. Bryan speaks lightly and sarcastically of W. II. Taft's reported declaration that no campaign contributions from corporations will be accepted. W. J. Bryan, in an address at his home, declared that society has not given the producer his share of the reward and that the government must correct this condition. The Republican Stite convention at Bangor, Me., nominated B. M. Fernald for Governor and reaffirmed the party's belief in tte prohibitory law. Resubmission of the law to the people was the main issue before the convention. Another statement assailing the Republican labor plank has teen issued by President Gompers of the "ederatton of Labor. Thin insists that they "ask no immunity for any one guilty Of wrongdoing, whether they be workmen or others," but does insist uion equality before the law. Citing the Donbury hatters' decision, declaring the unions to bo a trust, Gompers says the labor organizations "a-c voluntary in character and formed for the purpose of advancing and protecting personal rights." lie adds that they deal in no property, while the trusts are combinations dealing in the products of labor. v Incomplete returns of the Tennessee Democratic primaries indicated the nomination oi Patterson for Governor by a safe majority over Carmack, nd this meant a victory for local or county option, as opposed to State-wide prohibition. However, Patterson on the stump had promised that If the platform called for prohibition and the Legislature passed such a bill, he would sign it. One notable feature of the contest was the defeat of Congressman Gaines by J. W. Byrnes, a Nashville lawyer. Present plans made at Hot Springs. Va., do not contemplate political speeches by Mr. Taft except in Cincinnati in September and October.

HAS THREE MILLION ACRES.

Oklahoma Puzzled as to Whether to Hold Land or Sell Immediately.' Under the initiative and referendum law of Oklahoma there is to be submitted to the voters of that State in the November election a projiosal to sell the o000.(n0 acres of public lands which the State holds in its school and public buildings funds. The bill for this purpose has been carefully drawn and contains minute details of the terms, conditions and methods of selling the land. If a majority of the voters in November give affirmative ballots for it, it vill become effective as a law without action of any sort by the Legislature. Ten years hence these lands will doubtless be worth several times more than they are tow. But supposing all these 3.000,000 Oklahoma acres to be good for agriculture, they would cut up into 73.0to 40-acre farms, each occupied and tilled by a thrifty farmer, contributing to the wealth of the State and paying taxes to the State's revenue fund and. to local ami State school funds. If the lands are held they will be leased by a State Board and are likely to become t'? subject of political favoritism. The lessees will not take the same Interest in cultivating and improving them that they would in lands secured by ownership to themselves and their children. It is probable, therefore, that in the end the lands will prove to be worth more to the State if sold now than if held for the higher price which they undoubtedly would bring later. NATION LEADS IN AIRSHIPS. United States Is First in Heavier- ' than-Air Machines. Although the United States government is just giving recognition to practical aeronautics, with the trials to be held at Fort Myer, this country may claim the distinction of being the first to make progress in the heavier-than-alr type of flying machines. Captain Ferber, one of the pioneers in the development of the aeroplane In France, gives Octave Chanute and Lilienthal, the American Inventors, credit for the idefiS carried out by Harry Farman and ,De la Grange In France. Other successful foreign air ships are said AN INDIANA GRADE CROSSING. to show the practical development cl theories advanced by Professor Langley. The Wright brothers and A. II. Herring;, who will submit their aeroplanes to the government for acceptance trials at Fort Myer next month, have followed the theories advanced by the earlier American aeronauts. Herring Is a contemporary of LIHenthal and Octave Chanute. His machine Is about half the size of that of the Wright brothers, and Its principal feature is an automatic device for maintaining its equilibrium. Until recently it was feared that the Wright brothers would forfeit the bond which they had placed with the government when their bid was accepted rather than disclose the secret of their machine, which they guarded successfully for several years. This fear has been dispelled by the Wright brothers themselves, who say they have their machine fully patented and are willing to make public demonstration, of Its success. A Great Army of Pythian. ' The twenty-fifth session of the Supreme Lodge of the Knights of Pythias, which convenes in Boston, will result in bringing together the greatest gathering of members oft the order eor known. The number of Pythians who will visit the city on this occasion is estimated at 10O,00O. The session will be marked by two great parades, one of the uniformed rank and one of the other ranks on the following day. Reports of the organization show that it has at present 8!)0,000 men, in its membership, while the ladies' auxiliary, the Pythian Sisters, numbers 200,000, making a total of 1,000,000. Failure of a Half Year.' . Commercial failures in the United States during the first half of 1908, says Dun's Review, were 8,700 in number and $121,374,833 in amount, as compared with 3.007 failures in the first half of last year, for $00,5G8.r,02. Still, the report calls attention to the hopeful fact that in the later months of the period the showing was belter, making it "evident that the commercial death rate is diminishing." I'nbldden Guest Dine Free. Uninvited guests are declared to be becoming the bete noire of London hostesses. Many smart young men are said to indulge in the practice of dropping ia at houses where there is a party. The person responsible for the statement says things have come to such a psss in these days of "brought men' that it is possible for any well-dressed, presentable man .to walk into almost any big house when a party is going on, and, if he behaves discreetly and appears at home, he may eat a good supper, have a few glasses of champagne, nnd go away with one of his unknown host's cigars in his mouth. Mure Marinen to Panama. It was officially announced the other day that a force of 707 additional marines would be senü at once to the isthmus in order to avert an outbreak curing the coming elections. By June 27 there will be a fighting force of United States marines on the isthmus amounting to 1,200 officers and men. They will be scattered throughout the isthmus to prevent the intimidation of voUrs. The new bridre under constrvtion over the Rhine at :o!. sue fell in and many of the workmen engaged on the structure lost their lives.

WILBUB WBIGIIT. OBVILLE WRIGHT.

II Pill LEADER Eugeno W. Chafin Is Nominated for President by the Aqua Pura Party. . WATKINS IN SECOND PLACE. Shortest Platform in History of 'National Conventions Is Adopted ' at Columbus. Columbus Correspondence : Eugene W. Chafin, of Chicago, was nominated for President of the United States by the Prohibition national convention Thursday. For Vice President the convention named Aaron S. Watkins, of Ada, O., a professor in the Ohio Northern University. Both candidates are gubernatorial candidates of the Prohibition party in their respective States. The shortest platform on record and one containing for the first time in the history of important national parties In this country a declaration in favor of equal suffrage was framed for the candidates to stand upon. Republican and Democratic candidates and platforms were scored alike, and evidence held to prove that Lincoln was a prohibitionist was presented at the opening session of the Prohibition party's national convention. Both Taft and Bryan were stamped as friends of liquor in the address of the temporary chairman, Robert H. Patton of Springfield, 111. Mr. Patton held the attention of his audience throughout his speech and at times moved his hearers to great enthusiasm. "Take off your ccat," and "Hit him again cried the delegates, and these shouts were interspersed with "Amens." The speaker took off his coat and then paid his compliments to the late Herman Raster of Illinois, author of the personal liberty plant of the 1S72 Republican platform. He read a letter from Wade II. Ellis, attorney general of Ohio and author of much of the Republican platform of this year, declaring that he could find nothing in the Raster plank "iuecnslstent with Republican doctrine." f "Caught with the goods!" shouted some one in the audience. Passing from the Republican party, Mr. Patton spoke of that "very talkative man from Lincoln," and said that in the last sixteen years Mr. Bryan "has championed everything loose under the sun in the -way of a (political issue except the prohibition question." The convention was called to order at 10 o'clock In Memorial Hall by Chairman Jones. The invocation was offered by Rev. E. L. Eaton of Illinois, and after the formal reading of the call for the convention the name of Robert II. Patton of Springfield, III., was announced as temporary chairman. Following the address of Mr. Patton the roll of states was called for the announcement of committees. An address of welcome to the delegates was delivered by Mayor C. A. Bank of Columbus, and a response was made by XV. P. F. Ferguson of Chicago, Planks In the Platform. 1. Submission by Congress to the several States of an amendment to the federal constitution prohibiting the manufacture, sale, importation, exportation or transportation of alcoholic liquors for beverage purposes. 2. Immediate prohibition of the liquor traffic for beverage punses in the District of Columbia, in the territories and in all places over which the national government has jurisdiction, the repeal of the internal revenue tax on alcoholic liquors and' the prohibition of interstate traffic therein. 3. Election of United States Senators by direct vote of the people. 4. Equitable graduated income and inheritance taxes. 5. Establishment of postal savings banks and the guaranty of deposits in binks. 0. Regulation of all corporations doing an nitrestate business. 7. Creation of a permanent tariff commission. 8. Strict enforcement of law Instead of the official tolerance and practical license of the social evil which prevails in many of our cities, with its unspeakable traffic in girls. 9. Uniform marriage and divorce laws 10. An equitable and constitutional employers' liability act. 11. Court review of Postoffice Depart ment decisions. 12. Prohibition of child labor in min r workshops and factories. 13. Legislation basing suffrage onlj upon intelligence and ability to read and write the English language. 14. Preservation of the mineral and forest resources of the country and improvement of the highways and watei ways. Shop for the mind. Helen Keller has opened at Manche ter, Mass., the first of what she expect! will be a chain of shops for the sale of the handicraft of bliud workers. The display includes fine products of the Iooki and various house furnishings. Xelaon Down Gans. At San Francisco Joe Gans, the negrt who so long had held the lightweight championship, was beaten in seventeen rounds by "Battling" Nelson. The Gould-Sagran Marriage. By turning Protestant and taking his bride to the office of the London registrar, Prince Helie de Sagan of France finally sm-ceeded in making the American Goulc heiress, divorced wife of Count Boni d Castellane, Mme. Anna, the Princess de Sagan. Heath Harvest of the Fourth. Incomplete returns of accidents on tht Fourth of July due to the celebration of the day indicate the death of over 70 and the injury of nearly 3.000 persons, this breaking previous records of the day casualties since ISSi). Police SliHIon for Children. Un'Vr tihe urgent suggestion of the Society fur the Prevention of Cruelty to Children, the New York iolice department has created a bureau for the bailing of children accused of crime. This will enable parents or friends of the juvenile offenders to prevent their spending a night in prison. Dlfr Fire In Boston. The Grand Junction docks on the water front of East Boston were destroyed by fire, with a loss estimated between $2,000,000 and ?3,000,000. Cause unknown.

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NO MONEY IN WHEAT. 80 Gay the Farmers in Report Made to Unce Sam. Uncle Sam Is trying now to find Just bow much it really costs to grow a bushel of wheat. Theu he is going to find how many loaves of bread equal a bushel of wheat. And, after he knows both these, he will see how much "nur gin of profit" is appropriated by the middleman and how much goes for "transportation" and similar incidentals. Several hundred thousand circulars have been sent by the Department of Agriculture to farmers In the Northwest asking them how much they pay for seed, how much for fertilizer, how much for preparing the grourd, and all the steps in the process of getting the bushel of wheat to market. The last inquiry of this sort that was made brought some interesting returns. Here Is the way It figured out : For one acre the farmer reported spending: Land rent, $2.81. manure. $2.10; preparing the ground, $1.87; seed, $0 -1)0 ; sowing $0.37 ; harvesting, $1.10 , thrashing, $1.20; housing, $0.37; marketing, $0.70. Total, $11.00. Average yield per acre; 13 bushels.' According to these figures there was little or no margin of profit for the farmer. The price of wheat at the farm or nearest market, at the time the Inquiry was made, was about 90 cents a bushel. In other words, he received about $12.08 for what cost him to raise $11.C0. ' The figures have been criticised. Some point out that $2.81 an acre is too much to charge for rent, especially as many farmers own their farms. Also most wheat growers in the new land of the Northwest use no fertilizer, and to charge $2.10 an acre for this item is said to be excessive. The price is based on the price received at the nearest market, which is usually a branch elevator located on the railroad near tbe farm. The 70 cents for marketing is supposed to cover the teaming to this elevator. The average price for wheat in May, 1008, at the market nearest the farm is reported to the department as 80 cents.

,3 . Charles B. Ullmo, formerly an officei in the French navy, has been publicly stripped of his uniform, insignia and sword and taken to begin a sentence oi life imprisonment on . Devil's Island, for having attempted to sell naval secrets to a foreign power. The British punitive expedition undei Gen. Willcocks against the Hohmand tribesmen of Northwest India is returning, after' having completely quieted tht disturbed section. The period of actual hostilities was only eighteen days. The British losses were 78 killed and 153 wounded. The first diplomatic echo of tJie meeting of Edward and Nidholas at . Reval it the story that Emperor William of Germany has told the Russian ambassador at Berlin, personally, that if the result U an alliance between Russia and England and 1 Vance, it would be regarded by hin? as a war threat against Germany. The Canadian government has sent oul a survey party to lay out a townsite at Fort Churchill, the future metropolis ol Hudson Bay, to which point the government vriM build a railway from northerr SaKkatchewan. The site is on the east side of the Nelson 1 river. Only one settler lives there now, and he will get 10C at res. Advices concerning the recent election? in Belgium tell of the Socialists havins gained five new seats in the lower hous of Parliament. The strength of the van ous parties now is: Eight j -seven Cleri cals, 43 Liberals, 33 Socialists and 1 Christian Democrat. There was a larg increase of the Socialist .vote all along the line. The strike of Italian peasants in thi districts about Parma, Italy, has steadilt increased in sire and feeling. More that 50,000 peasants still refuse to go to work unless the farmers pay Ktter wages. Details of the situation have been rigidlj suppressed by the censor, but it is knowr that clashes between strikers and tnxq have occurred frequently. The Japanese officials at Seoul, Korea have announced that within nine day; of fighting against Korean rebels 3Vi native soldiers were killed and 52 captured. Troops have been stationed ir all the disaffected provinces and a policj of rigorous repression lias beet; enteret against the insurrectionists. The lattei still hold their strongholds in the moun tainous wilds. t The unrest of the Tersian populatior was momentarily checked by the Shah but the flames were fanned by the anti Russian feeling in the border sections. At Tabrix the stores were closed, in fear oJ an outbreak of fighting. The Shah wa wrnpelled to use his troops at Trfieran The ultimatum of Russia for reporatior in connection with the raiding of Rus sion border towns expired and the Rus sian forces were expecting to burn ant destroy as many villages on the Persiar border as had been attacked :n Russia The ringleader in the recent oulbreal is the Shah's uncle. King Edward and Queen Alexandra 01 England were the guests of Czar Nicho las of Russia recently, exchanging visit from their respective royal yachts cflf th port of Rcval, whither rhe Czar had conn from Peterhof by $qecial night train un der strong military guard. The Czai gave a banquet on his yacht Standart 'during which speeches full of good wil and international amity were made it English. A squadron of British cruisen accompanied the King's yacht. The Euro Iean press looks upon the intercliange a; completing the peäce understanding baset upon the isolation of Germany. From a letter of Secretary of War Taf to President Amador of Panama whicl was made public at Washington, the ru mor gained currency that plans for Amer ican intervention in the isthmian republit were afoot. The letter itself gives no surf intimation, but its tone in speaking ol this country's determination to insure fail elections on July 12, when a new presi dent is to be chosen, gives some color tt the rumor. The ground of the insurant is the fact that the United States is th( guarantor of the stability of the repub lie. In Panama these rumors were stout ly denied by the government's spokesmen In their determination to controvert th statement of Premier Asquith that 1 h women of England had not tsiown anj intense desire for the suffrage, the lead ers of the suffragettes have fol'owed uj their recent big parades with a tremen dqus gathering nbout the houses of Par liamont. The square was filled to over flowing, and thousands of the women ant their sympathizers took to lats, so a to surrounl tLV Par!!rTrnt on the watei side. All the time the louses of Parlia rent were in session ;ir delates- goini on, as if nothing wer- . - cn " outside. Two women --.n:w'i i in the residence of ti i-rJo;-, fes vith twenty-seven oiiitis, were arrested

CHICAGO. Payments through the bani? furnish tlft c lasest comparison seen in some tirr.r. Other favorable indications of 'trade recovery apjear in more active discount operations, increasing sjeci5catioDs in steel working and more extended demand for early deliveries of merchandise. Announcement of an advance in American prints is calculated to hasten heaxy selections for the interior, and the dry goods lines generally report sustained improvement. Weather conditions stimulated sales In the principal retail branches and lightweight goods have become re-, duced to a comfortable size. Bookings in the industries include a greater number for moderate tonnages of pig iron, structural shapes and wire, and there is a gain in production at furnaces, rolling mills and electric factories. Public improvements involving large outlays are now pushed forward and require much material and lbor. Leatitei working trades run strongest upon footwear, and there is much wider buying of tanned material and hides, the latter being scarce in desirable qualities and selling higher than in June. Crop reports sustain the favorable features recently noted. Winter wheat grades surprisingly well, and corn growth advances seasotably. Crop marketings Lave declined more than expected, but the markets for breadstuffs, live stock and provisions continue fairly active. Prices mostly rose this week, with the leadTig cereals, unusually strong and averaging much higher than at this time last year. Tbe total amount of grain at this port, 0,.r04,403 bushels, compares with fi.OOS,10." bushels last week and C.034.O4S bethels a year ago. Compared with 1P07 there is a decrease in receipts of 21.0 per cent and increase in shipments of 8.5 per cent. Live st-x-k receipts improved to 208,000 heal against 210,510 head last week and 203.329 head in 1007. ' Failures reported in the Chicago district number 30. against 25 last week and 21 a year ago. Those with liabilities over $5.000 number 10. against 0 last week and 5 ia 1007. Dun's Review. NEW YORK. Trade and industry are still in a condition of midsummer quiet, with preparations for fall trade, stimulated by generally good crop progress, going forward with confidence, but with conservatism ruling operations, pending clearer views of ultimate crcp and political results. Activity in retail trade is centered in tbe disposal of surplus stocks of summer goods at concessions, but reduced pub.'ic buying ability is reflected in reports from some ceuters of slow "progress in clearing shelves of goods. Jobbing activity is still mainly confined to filling small but f rerquent reieat orders for summer fabrics, though a few southern and northwestern points report enlargement of takings for fall. There is a little mor life in building lines, particularly South and West, and yellow pine is firmer, with optimistic predictions from southern and Pacific northwestern lumbermen. Iron and steel are quiet, but a slightly larger percentage of finished capacity is claimed working, a largtr proportion of this, however, than usual on export business. Business failures for the week in the United States ending July 10 number 258, which compares with 240 lat wek, 177 in the like week of 1007. 188 in 1000, 100 in 1JK15 and 100 in 100. Business failures in Canada for the week number 28, which compares with 30 last week yid 20 in this week of 1007. Bradstreet' Commercial Report. Chicago Cattle, common to prime, $4.00 to $7.70; hogs, prime heavy, $4.00 to $7.00; sheep, fair to choice, $3.00 to $4.75: wheat. No. 2, 01c to 02c; rorn, No. 2, 75c to 70c: oats, standard, .Vic to 57c: rye, No. 2, 74c to 75c; hay, timothy, $8.00 to $13.00; prairie, $8.00 to $12.50; butter, choice creamery, 10c to 21c; egg, fresh, 17c to 10c; potatoes,, new, per bushel, OOc to $1.00. Indianapolis Cattle, shipping, $3.00 to $7.50: hogs, pood to choice heavy, $3.50 to $7.00; sheep, common to prime, $3.00 to $4-50; wheat. No. 2. 87c tHc; corn. No. 2 white. 77c to 78c; oatn. No. 2 white, 53c to 55c St. Louis battle, $4.50 to $7.50; hogs, $4) to $7j00: sheep. $3.00 to $4.25; wheat. No. 2, 01c to 03c; corn, No. 2, 70c to 80c; oats. No. 2, 53c to Mc; rye, No. 2, 74c to 75c Cincinnati Cattle. $4.00 to $0115; hogs, $4.00 to $41.03; sheep, $3.00 to $3.85; wheat, No. 2, 01c to 02c; corn. No. 2 mixed. 78e to 70c; oats. No. 2 mixed, 5c to 57c; rye. No. 2, 84c to 8c. Detroit Cattle, $4.0) to $5.75; hogs, $4.00! to $0.80; sheen, $2.50 to $4.25: wheat. No. 2, 01e to 03c; corn. No. 3 yellow, 7c to 7Sc: oats. No. 3 white, 50c to 01c; rye. No. 2, 75c to 70c MilwaukeeWheat, No. 2 northern, $1.15 to $1.17; corn. No. 3, 74c to 75c; oats, standard, 57c to 58c; rye. No. 1, 73c to 75c: barley, No. 2, 72c to 73c; pork, mess, $10.00. Buffalo Cattle, choice shipping fteers, $4.00 to $7.23"; hogs, fair to choice, $4.00 to $7.13; sheep, common to good mixed, $4.00 to $5.30; lambs, fair to choice, $5.00 to $7.50. New York Cattle. $4.00 to $7.40; hogs, $3.50 to $7Aj ; rfieep. $3.) to $4-50; wheat, No. '2 red, IKk- to $1.00; corn,' No. 2- 83c to 84c; or.ts. natural white, GOe to i3c; butter, creamery, 20c to 23c: rggs. western, 17c to 10c. Toledo Wheat. No. 2 mixed. 80c to 00c ; corn. No. 2 mixed. 75c to 70c ; oats. No. 2 mixed. 57c to 58c: Tje. No. 2, 70c to 71c; clover seed, October, $7.S2. International IIa 1 loon It ace. The international balloon race, in which nine balloons started from Chicago on the Fourth, was won by the Field:ag-San Antonio balloon, which alighted at West Shefford. Quebec, 825 miles away, in twenty-four hours and forty-two minutes. All the other balloons had trouble in crossing the great lakes and several of the occupants had narrow escapes from drowning. Castro has now accej)led the inevitable by recalling his minister from Washington, thus breaking o5f relations with the United States. The International Congress of Women tt Amsterdam, Holland, ended a week of sessions. Decided progress was reported in all the principal nations except tbe United States, which was well represented, however, bv a group of able women recognized as leaders in the world movement. The question of general or limited suffrage was left to the judgment of the different countries represented. The Russian Senate has decided that hereafter members of the Constitutional fv cratic party shall be debarred frera eM offices under tbe Zemstvos and other

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