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tfP. M. (T L. Q.4N. M. F. Q. Vgyth. j 15tb. ri23rd ) 29th. PAST AND PßESEXT AS IT COMES TO US FROM ALL CORNERS OF THE EARTH. Telegraphic Information Gathered by t!e Few for the Enlightenment of the Many Sea Takes Heavy Toll. A dispatch from Halifax, N. S., says: More Jhan half a hundred seamen have lost their lives of the upper north Atlantic coast during the past few days as the result of a storm of unprecedented severity and It is possible that the turbulent sea has claimed even the greater toll of lives. The reckoning itemized as accurately as the meagre reports will allow is rendered ar follows: December 3, Seventeen members of the crews of three fishing schooners drowned off the Newfoundland coast; December 4, Twentyeijrht members of the crew of . the stearier .'Soo City" which is b?Iieved to have sunk In the Gulf of St. Lawrence; December 5, Seven members of the crew of barge No. 101, which went down off the coast of Nova Scotia. In addition to this death toll, which it fill be noted includes no passengers, there developed a mystery In the discovery of life belt3 bearing the name S. S. Stanley," which were washed ashore with the wreckage from the Coo City. No steamer of that name navigating In this vicinity has been reported and in lieu of . any other explanation it is said that these life belts might have been a second hand purchase for use aboard the "Soo City." Pastor Refuses Church Gift. Presented with $40,000 by members cZ his congregation on the occasion of the twenty-fifth anniversary of his rectorship of Grace church In New York City, the Rev. Dr. William Reed Huntington has declined to accept the gift and has turned it back for use In the church. In a letter Dr. Huntington suggests to the parishioners that the, income from the sum be used during his rectorship to carry on parochial, charitable and missionary work. In the event of his retirement from the church he is to make use of the income himself, but when he dies it shall revert to the church treasury. Fire Panic in Chicago Hotel. Guests at the Kaiserhoff Hötel In Chicago were roused from sleep by a fire which originated in the hotel kitchen and filled the corridors and lobby with volumes of dense smoke. To nli r pinic theJJjnan!??!i!?'yt directed the porters and bellboys to notify the occupants of the rooms above the first floor that there was no danger. Notwithstanding this assurance many of the guests hastily dressed themselves and with their valuables sought the hotel office. T. R. Marshall Retires from Firm. The law firm of Marshall, McNagny & Clugston, at Columbia City, Ind., ol which Governor-elect Marshall Is the senior partner, has' dissolved partnership after an existence of thirty years. Mr. McNagny purchased the Interests of his partners and will continue the business In the present quarters. Mr. Clugston will retire from the practice on account of failing health. Many Families Made Homeless. Sixty-five families are homeless In Orntralla, Pa., as the result of a fire wilch wiped out three squares ol property in the heart of town. The firs started in a building occupied by a moving picture show and spread rapidly among the frame houses. Lack of water, the result of the prolonged drouth, left the town at the mercy of the flames for a time. The total loss Is estimated at $100,000. Billik Gets Reprieve Vi II January 29. After a brief hearing of the Herman Billik murder case Acting Governor L. Y. Sherman granted the condemned man a new lease of life by giving him a further reprieve until January 29, 1909, the gixtb date that has been set for the execution of the defandant, who has been in Jail for more than two years at CMcago. Billik was to have been executed thi3 week. " More Ohio Counties Dry. Licking County voted dry by 700, knocking out eighty-four saloons. Hardin county voted dry by 1,200. Twenty-one saloons are affected. Snow One Foot Deep. Farmers in the vicinity of Delphi, Ind., are rejoicing because their wheatfields are blanketed with a foot ol enow. Tie fall was heavy and will he of great benefit to wheat growers. Place for an Indiana Man. A dispatch from Washington states: Robert J. Neelly, of Indianapolis, Ind., has been appointed a meat inspector In the Agricultural Department He will be stationed at New York. Fell Into the Lake. Driving along a country road near Youngstown, Ohio, in inky darknei's, LeRoy Brest, aged 30, of Mercer, Fa., an employe of the Kyle Lumber Co., with his wagon and team of horses, plunged off a high embankment into the lake at Struthers. He was drowned, as were both horses. Fall Breaks Neck. George S. Stainford, a cook, aged 40, fell down stairs at the Union Hotel In Hamilton, Ohio, sustaining a broken neck an,d a fractured skull, dying instantly. His home Is In Richmond, Ky. Crum Gets Another Term. The President has decided to reappoint W. D. Crum (colored) collector of the port at Charleston, S. C. It was the original appointment of Crum that caused such a furore In the Senate three years ago in which Senator Tillman bitterly attacked the President Real Estate Dealer Found Dead in Bed. Albert j I. Hunt, 52 years old, a wellknown real estate dealer, was found dead in bd at Richmond, Ind. Heart disease was the cause. Besides the widow one child, Mrs. Hairy Jay, &ur-jlves.

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NEW RULER 111 HSU Bloodless Revolt Deposes Aged Ex ecutive and Makes Legitime President. NOT A SHOT FIRED IN COUP. Movement Led by Citizens of Port au Prince Committee of Safety Controls the Capital. Through a well-organized aud suddenly executed coup a bloodless revolution iu Haiti was accomplished Wednesday. The people of the capital seized power, deposed the President, Nord Alexis, set up a provisional government of their own, and made Gen. Legitime their new President. The only leader reairJhlng loyal to Alexis is Gen. Cumillc Gabriel, his nephew, who fur the last six months has directed the policy of the administration. He remained at the palace with Alexis. All the ministers and high military officials under Alexis took refuge in the foreign legations. These are the same men who nine months ago were protesting vociferously agulnst the granting of the right of refuge to un6U0fvssfuI revolutionists by the foreign diplomatic and consular representatives. The revolution had been well organized. Early lu the day hands of citizens, organized and armed, moved quietly about the town and took possession of various points of vantage. The movement was directed by Gen. Canal, a member of the Senate. Not a shot was fired. The soldiers of Alexis saw that the rebels had the upper hand aud quickly let it be seen that thoy had no intention of starting a fight that might result iu much bloodshed. The presence of the American cruiser. Des Moines and Tacenw, and the French cruiser Duguay Tronin undoubtedly had a restraining -iniluenee. Gen. Nord Alexis, who has been President of Haiti since 1002. was born in 1S21. He was elected for seven years. The salary is $21,000. Haiti Is the western or Trench portion of the Island of Santo Domingo. Hs area Is 9,242 square miles and its population 1,500,CDO. It Is a country of revolutions. In October, 1907, sixteen men were senfenced to death on a charge of conspiring to overthrow the government In January, 19QS, an army of Insurgent?, under Jean Juneau, marched on the capital,, Port au Prince, but were repulsed by government troops under the leadership of Gen. Celestla Cyrlaque, the minister of war. The si Irring events of the exciting and historical day that saw President Nerd Alexis driven from his capital with an Infuriated mob at his heels, were followed by a night of looting, pillage and murder In Port au Prince. Twelve men were killed before order was restored. The passions of the populace bad teen aroused, and after being defeated In their endeavors to do bodily harm to Alexis thpy turned their attention to well-stocked storehouses and the residences of the supporters of their late president. They were rapidly getting out of hand when the authorities succeeded In controlling the situation. NEVADA OIL FIELDS A MYTH. Inqnlrr Shown l'ciroleani Is Absent Where CInliued lo Ue. "Alleged oil prospects in Nevada" n the title of & roport issued by the United States preologieal survey and which effectually disposes of claim that section investigated abounded in petroleum veins. The. geologists investigated the field west of Reno, in the region north of the bend of the Walker river, east of Wabika, in Smith valley,' north of Wellington, and in a small area south of Palisade. William R. Ilea ist was the heaviest backer of the Independence party in the recent election. IIb contribution was $12.205. The belief that the subject of woman's suffrage is saining the public ear in the East has bc-n strengthened by the discovery of the existence of an organization known as the Secret Suffrage Council in New York City, the membership of which includes a number of wealthy &r.d j rornin'Mit men and women. At a dinner given by the Cincinnati Comnercial Club, Taft was the guest of honor, along with Congressman Longworih and others of local or national prominence. lie expressed himself as full of tope that investors would now go ahead and make possible the continuation of jrreat cr.i u prises. He gave fair warnIn that no favors could be expected from the next administration by men who break the law. One of the most interesting results of the recent election in Colorado, where the returns came in very slowly, was the releclion of the famous judge of tbe Juvenil Court, Lindsay, who ran independently after both th Republican and Democratic organizations Lad refused Lira a nomination Lecatue of Lis exposure of grafting politicians of hi?U degree In both parlle. Liody.H elcftion was made possible by the aliuost inianicojs support of the women voters, who, though differing on the . national ticket, almost without exception uwked their ballot for the children's fiirud and helper. At San Antonio, Texas, where Mr. and Mrs. W. J. B.ytn stopped on their way to Mx!oo fot a vocation, the defeated democratic candidate eaid to a group of friends that he hoped it would never become nfcsary to run for office again, but that L would not attempt to decide that qticftion until the time comes to act. In reply t tha direct question whether he would run for he presidency again, he aid he yruu not discouraged as to the futuie of the Democratic party. That party ,wa already a great educational force, and he had tto doubt that the voters woul-J yet turn to it for the ao coiaplUhir.eDt of necessary reforms. Tha arnrtflcir.ent wa madd by Secretary cf State Korr, after a conference with President Roooerelt and Presidentelect Taft on Sunday tht lit was ready to accept th New York steoatorship as s sucesor to Piatt. altho,ih insisted that hi was not seeking the office. The anno ifiaier.i w.n taken to w.eaa that all the strength of tha administration and of the Taft iufhtence would makj the election of Root a foregone conclusion. Th Charier Comxit'ec of Chicago has decMed, üx to foir, ir. favor of a bill to glvt wousen tho right t vote on all municipal qu:-sititr.. Th. matter must go before the G'jr.rier Convontico and then Lcfcro the Lvii'a'ar.

SCENES OF THE CAPITAL OF HAITI. WHICH WAS SEIZED BY THE REBELS, WHERE LOOTERS WORKED HAVOC IN A NIGHT OF TERROR,

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Tut, Matlilt.? Ti.er, K. .r . ? . , . . tit-X PUBLICITY CURB FOR TRUSTS. Sec'y Straus In Report Urges Federal Registration of Corporations. The effective control of corporations can be brought about, declares Secretary Straus of the Department of Com merce and Labor, in his annual report, by fodera! supervision of interstate corporations with the primary end of securing complete publicity in corporate affairs and federal regis tration. T..IH.H II ..i H I - "I J seceetaby straus. says that some constructive system, which will give the widest publicity aud allow of the most complete co-operation, must come soon and it will have the following basic features: It should be carried on by the federal government, as the only jurisdiction competent to handle a subject matter so entirely national In Its scope and nature. It should require a system of regular reports from all large interstate orinmitions to be made to an administrative oflice and should proVide that that office shall have access to the record of these corporations. It should further provide that that olllce shall publish the important facts as to corporate operations, so far as they nre of public iutcrest, safeguarding at the same time from unnecessary publication all proper business secrets. So far as possible the system should be made voluntary rather than compulsory. Iu exchange for giving this publicity corporations should be allowed to register under such a law so as to obtain a federal standing and the iRibllc lenett of their position as concerns not afraid of scrutiny. CANADA IMMIGRANTS FEWER. ftltcltl ttejf ulatlona AgalnM Entrance of Poorer Claa Cauae Ilecreane. Canada's labor market is not likely to become congested no long as the present plans of the immigration department to restrict the entrance of dependent Mittlers are enforced, reports Consul Chilton. He states that the total immigration for the first nine months of this year was 127,(kIO, against 23Ö.829 for the corresponding period of 1007. Ten Year for Mall Thief. Charles Stevens, the negro accused of stealing a registered mail pouch containing $0.000 from a train in Kansas City, July C last, was sentereed to ten years iu the federal prison at Fort 'Leaven worth, Kan. Steel riant la Reopening. The Carnegie Steel Company has ordered two big furnaces at Its Mingo Junction, Ohio, plant started. The rest of the plant will shortly be put in operation. It employs 3,000 men and has been idle thirteen months. ' Nevr Public Printer Taket Oath. Samuel Ii. Donnelly of New York, the newly appointed public printer, after a call on President Roosevelt, took the oath of office and filed his bond with the Treasury Department in Washington. lie assumed charge of the government printing office Dec. 1. Grand Trunk Dceli Darn, Its fourth large fire wUlin a year occurred in Portland, Me., whpn two of the eight docks of the Grand Trunk railroad were destroyed, together wilh three sheds and their contents. The loss is estimated at upward of $150,000. Given Jewel by- Late Emprea. Mrs. Nicholas Longwortb, daughter of President Roosevelt, has been presented with a beautiful pair ol jeweled bracelets, the gift of the late Empress Dowager of China, to whom she paid a visit during her trip with the party of officials and friends taken by Secretary Taft to the Philippines. G. A. It. Commander Dlea. J. II. Sharer, commander of Ohio of the Grand Army of the Republic, died at his residence in Alliance. He was attacked fc day or ?:o before with acute indijestiou.

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- m i . NOW A BUTTER TRUST. ICluin, CblraKo and l'itlcrn Dealer Secure Corner on Commodity. The "butter trust" is the latest combine to send thrills of anxiety through the housewives of the country. Putter, to a certain extent, has becu 'V-ornered." A group vt Chicago, El" ml Kastern butter dealers have pooled their interests, ami it is said that they intend to send the price soaring until butter will be a delicacy on the dinner table, instead of a necessity. The '"butter pool" is saiJ to 1 gathering in a rich profit off thousands of pounds of cold storage butter, purchased last spring. They bought this butter at jm average price of 22 cents a pound, and arc now celling it for 27 cents a iound wholesale. Unless the milch cows of the country come to the rescue and supply thousands of gallons of cream for the independent dealers, the butter trust will have the housewives at its mercy. The entire amount of butter in the warehouses of the country is a little more than 40,000,000 pounds, just about four days supply. Whether the butter cows will be able to thwart the high-price campaign of the pool is now a question of much moment for housewives. or Texas will cut a big figure in the winter racing game. Al Kaufman and Jim Parry are matched to fight forty-five rounds at the- Jeffries Club, I .os Angeles. At Vermillion, South Dakota, unvcrsity defeated North Dakota at football by a score of 10 to 4. The death of John Watson, the famous polo player, at Navan, County Meath, Ireland, is announced. Dainty Dame easily won the handicap at Latonia. Ilanbridso, the favorite, Lai no trouble taking the place from All Ked. Frank Krickson, the star catcher of the Wausnu, Wis., baseball team last season, lias been drafted by the Minneapolis American Association team. William II. Vandcrbilt failed to sweep the ring at the New York horse show this year as he lias done for years before. His famous grays were defeated in the four-in-hand class by roans and chestnuts owned by Paul Sorg. In the big school game of the Northwest, Shattuck defeated Pillsbury, 30 to 22. The defeat was more decisive than the score indicates as the cadets were never headed. Iorando, the Italian runner, who made such a sensational finish in the Marathon race held last summer, will run a race in America with John J. Hayes, the winner of the Marathon. v It is announced that the proposed aeroplane race between Paris and Iionleaux will be held next summer, . probably in July. Five halts to renew supplies of gasoline, etc., will be permitted. At the annual meeting of the American Association of Trotting Horse llrceders in New York it was announced that the stakes for the Futurity and Matron stakes to be trotted in 1910 and 1911 would be from $12,000 to $15.000. The association has 700 members and 91 life members. A fine of $200 against the Rrandon Club, in Canada, was imposed by the National baseball commission in a decis ion declaring that Catcher Ford, who was purchased by the Philadelphia Amer ican in 1907 from the Ldmonton club. be placed ou the ineligible list. The player failed to reiort to Philadelphia and was missing during the season. As the result of many disputes the American Amateur Athletic Union passed resolutions at its annual meeting in New York, severing all relations with the Eng lish association. It is stated that August Pelmont and his associates in the New York Jockey Club have taken over the track at Nor folk, Va.t aud will try to make it the successor of Saratoga as a racing center. Ed Corrigan placed all of his racers on sale at public auction in Lexington, Ky. The string included forty mares, twentyfive horses in training and thirty-four wetnlings. Corrigan will retire from the turf.

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SHIP S00 CITY SINKS. Steamer from Chicago Goes to Bottom in Gale Off Newfoundland. The steamer Soo City, from Chicago, is believed to have sunk in the Gulf of St. Lawrence with all aboard. No passengers were on the vessel. The Soo City, for some time on the run between Chicago and Denton Harbor, had plied the great lakes as an excursion boat for twenty years. Wreckage which has come ashore at Capo Kay leaves little room for doubt that the sturdy little steamer went down in I he gale that lashed the Newfoundland coast for two days. The steamer was in command of Captain John G. Dillon, of Brooklyn, who was formerly commander of the United States government transport Missouri. The exact number of the crew Is In doubt. It is known, however, that no fewer than eighteen men were on board, and It h;is been reported that the crew was recently increased to twenty-eight men. The Soo City was sold recently by the Indiana Transportation Company to Felix Jackson, of Velasco, Texas, and was being taken to New Orleans, where It had been planned to put her in service between that city and Texan ports. LEVEE IS BLOWN OPEN. Mysterious Blast at Fine Bluff, Ark., Averts Flood from City. The government levee opposite Pine Kluff, Ark., was dynamited Wednesday night, supposedly by two business men, In an effort to save the city from destruction by Hood. Watchers at the shore reiort that the river Is slightly lower. Early In the week the city ap petled to the government to blow a crevasse in the levee in order to save the city from the rising flood which was undermining the buildings along the shove. The government refused. and on Tuesday the citizens in mass meeting decided to blow up the leveethemselves. However, Wednesday nights" act is not regarded as oflicial or ordered by the mass meeting. The flood situation is believed to be- Im proved. A point of land Just opposite the city has been caving badly and the current is now striking below the courthouso and against the government dyke, which Is doing much good In diverting the channel from property below there. Just above the dyke Is Berlin's livery stable. The water Is eating its way under this md a portion of it tumbled into the river Wednesday afternoon. entailing a loss of several thousand dollars. The- rear wall of the annex of the courthouse Is about fifteen feet from the river. PERISH IN STORM ON LAKE. Steel Steamer Clemsoh Is Given Up as Lost with All on Board. The steel steamer D. M. Clemson, owned by A. .P. Wohin of Duluth, is given up as lost aud the twenty-four men nlward are believed certain to have perished. Several days ago she passed up the Soo, bound from Lorain, Ohio, on her last trip of the year. Her owners say that In all probability she foundered in the terrific storm that raged at the lower end of Lake Superior, or is stranded somewhere on the north coast. In either event her entire crew must have ierishcd. w Dry" Law I Enjoined. A restraining order temporarily enjoining the enforcement of the Rose county option law in Hancock county, was granted by Judge (Jeorgo E. Schroth in Findlay, Ohio. II?aring for a permanent order is to be neld in a few days. Hancock county was voted "dry" by over 2,Oi) majority recently. Losa by Fire at Resort. Dama'ge amounting to $100,000 was done by fire at Exposition Park, Conneaut Lake, a popular summer resort neat Meadville, Pa. The progress of the flames was checked by dynamiting a number of buildings. Two Hunters Killed. Joe P.erenski nad John Pardole, foreigners, were instantly killed while hunting near Steubenville, Ohio. One of the r en fired a bullet into a can that had preiously contained nitroglycerin, causing a terrific explosion. Philadelphia Has $200,000 Fire. Fire of supposed incendiary origin destroyed the bending shop, eight large sheds of hard "wood and a huge water tank at the car shops of J. G. Prill & Co., Sixtysecond street and Woodland avenue, Philadelphia, entailing a loss exceeding $200,000. The loss is covered by insurance. Scandal In Revenue Service. Instructions from Washington direct the convening of a court martial in Port Towiisend, Wash., to try Lieut. Muller S. Hay on charges of conduct prejudicial to the revenue cutter service. The offenses are said to have taken place in Alaska. Hcney Recovering from Wound. Francis J. Ileney has so far recovered from the effects of the wound inflicted by Morris Haas on Nov. 13 that he was able to leave the Lane hospital Thursday for Kentfield, where he will probably remain until fully restored to health and able to resume his work in the prosecution of the San Francisco graft cases. T- o-crnt Postage to Germany. The United States and Germany have nrranzed for a postal rate on letters between the two countries of 2 cents instead of the existing rate of 5 cents. The new rate will go into effect Jan. 1.

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National Lawmakers Meet to Finish Business Which-Was Dropped Last Summer. NE'V LABEL BILL IS OFFERED. Plan to Brand Imitations of Goods Other than Foods Provides Prison Term. Convening of the Sixtieth Congress brought to the capitol the usual thorngs bent on gaining admission to the House of Representatives or the Senate chamber for the- opening exercises. For days the demand for cards entitling the bearers to seats in the galleries had Iko:i great. When the doors of the massive structure were thrown open at 9 o'clock a crowd more than sullicient tj take up the entire seating capacity of the two Chambers had assembled. From tliat time on th; visitors arrived iu droves. TI12 corridors on both floors were soon filled with crowds surging back and forth, while Ions Hues of icopIe stood outside each gallery awaiting an opportunity to get apocpinto the Senate or House through sonic of the more fortunate ones vacating their .scats. Immediately after the Senate had been called to order at 12 o'clock by Vice President Fairbanks, Kev. Edward Everett Hale, the chaplain, opened the session with prayer. Senator Dillingham of Vermont presented the credentials of his colleague, Carroll S. Page, who was sworn in as a memlxr of the Senate. The House was called to order at noon. When the Vice President-elect, James S. Sherman, entered the chamber he was accorded an ovation by his Republican colleagues. Patterned after the pure food law, a bill was introduced in the House by Representative Hull of Iowa, making it a misdemeanor to manufacture for sale or transportation imitated articles of commerce, unless branded so as to show exact ingredients. Practically all articles in domestic use would be affected, including clothing, furniture or any article sold under a name now, recognized as designating any mineral, metallic, animal or vegetable substance which occurs in a state of nature. Conviction of a first violation of the act is made punishable by a fine not to exceed $ri0OVr one jear's hnTINKERING WITH St. Louis Star. prisonment or both, while each subsequent offense may be punished by a fine of not less than $1.000 or one year's imprisonment or both. NINE SEIZED AS SAFE-BLOWERS Raid In Minneapolis Delleved to Clear Up Numrroni Crimes. In a raid at Minneapolis detectives arrested nine men who are thought to have committed numerous safe robberies throughout Minnesota and Wisconsin. Nitroglycerin, soap wax, skeleton keys and other paraphernalia used by safe blowers were found in the room where the men were playing cards. The prisoners gave the names of Thomas Burner, W. 11. Howard. John Baker, Ed Leburg, Harry Dean, W. J. Stoltz, Joe Brown, "Mike" Birmingham and Gus Peterson. ISMAIL PASHA IS ASSASSINATED. Former Ald-de-Camp of Snltan Shot Down by Army Ofllcer. Gen. Ismail Mahir Pasha, a former aid-de-camp of the Sultan of Turkey, wo investigated the revolutionary movement in the army last May and who was considered to have been a spy of the old regime, was assassinated in the Stamboul quarter of Constantinople. He was approached by an officer of the army, who fird five revolver shots at his victim. The assassin escaped. . PORTUGUESE TREASURY EMPTY. Government Tries to Obtain Big Loan and Meets Refusal. .With no money in the treasury lo pay the November salaries of the Portuguese officials, the government at Lisbon the other day made an unsuccessful attempt to borrow $5,000,000 from the Bank of Portugal. The loan was refused, owing to the unsatisfactory condition of the government's collateral. The impoverished condition of the Portuguese treasury was never more strikingly illustrated. The revolutionists have seized upon the situation to foment disturbances. 39,143 CARRY RURAL MAILS. Government IVott Is -Operating arly Half of Miles of Routes. Starting with eighty-three carriers in 1897, the free delivery service of the Postoffice Department now has 30,143 carriers, and the ratio of increase is being kept up from year to year. This bit of information comes from the report of Fourth Assistant Postmaster General De Graw. The service is in operation on 043,087 miles of roads, and costs the government at the rate of about $1 per carrier. There are now in operation 39,272 routes. Higher wages to rural carriers are urged.

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DEUIES CANAL GRAFT.

President Calls Charges Falsehood and Reviews Prairie Oil Case. Absolute denial that there was any graft in connection with the purchase of the Panama canal; that the United States government paid $40,000,000 or a single cent to any American citizen in connection with that deal; that Charles P. Taft or Douglas Robiusoa. brother-in-law of the President, had anything to do with the purchase of the ditch, has Leen made by President Theodore Roosevelt. This answer to charges made in the recent canmigu appears in a reply written by President Roosevelt to a question by William Dudley Foulke and made public by the latter. "Willful and deliberate perversion of the truth" and "slanderous mendacity" arc terms used by the President in referring to tb above charges, as made by the Indianapolis News and lis editor, Delavan Smith. The President backs up his reply by spying that every one of the records In the canal purchase case are open to the public. Similar denials and characterizations are made by Mr. Roosevelt concerning articles in the New York Sun on the Prairie Oil case. ZEItO WEATHER KILLING CATTLE There Is Promise of L nprecedented Loss on Colorado Ranees. Thousands of cattle on the ranges in Colorado have perished and thousands of others are reported to be starving. The prospect s that there will be unprecedented loss to the cattlemen during the winter, which opened early and caught the majority of stockmen unprepared. In the park range district, the first snow, which fell early in October, still covers the ranges, and hundreds of cattle perished in the first storm. This number was increased to teps of thousands ia the storm of the last few days. There is little grass on the ranges. Feed is selling at almost prohibitive prices, hay bringing $23 to $30 a ton in the Arkansas valley and other range districts. Dr. Charles Lamb, State veterinarian, fays many herds look as though they would be depleted by over half before Christmas. Range ctttle can not be shipped because of their por condition. HOLLAND MENACES VENEZUELA. Three Daten War Ships Make Demonstration Along: the Coast. Three Dutch warships, the battleship Jacob Van Heemskerk and the cruisers Freesland nud Gelderland, have made a dciLOEstration against Venezuela. Together tfcey steamed Thursday along the coast from Puerto Cabello to La Guaira at a distance of 3,000 yards from the shore. The Jieob Van Heemskerk returned to Willems tad Friday morning. The two cruisers are going to Maracaibo, where they will make a similar demonstration. The demonstration "Is regarded as indienring the"' preparations for an effective blockade of the Venezuelan coast are comTHE TARIFF, pleted. It is reported that the Netherlands battles-hip Dc Jtuijter left Holland Thursday for this port. THREE NABBED AS P. O. BOBBERS Allesed Safe Blower Taken to Dan vllle, 111, for Trial. Three alleged safe blowers and postoffice burglars, whoe trail of operation, it is declared, extends throughout the whole Mississippi valley, were arrested at Hot Springs, Ark., and have been taken to Danville, 111., one of the places where they are under indictment. Charles Gallagher, leader of the band, also known as "Laughing'' Charlie; Joe McCarthy, alias "Big Mack," and William Strong, alias "Yegg" Billie, are the three prisoners. The arrests were made by Chief Inspector C. L. Patterson and A. D. Brunsen of the St. Ixmis secret service office. Yale Student Kills Himself. " John Alan White, a Yale student, leaped from the top of West rock, a cliff 500 feet high at New Haven, Conn., and was crushed to death. His brain had been turned bv overwork. His home was in Walton, N. Y. nryan Buys Texas Fruit Farm. W. J. Bryan and Mrs. Bryan are on their return from Mexico, wh;re Mr. Bryan bad been hunting. At Mission, Texas, Mr. Bryan purchased a tract of land which he will plant in fruit trees. Son of Late Senator Drlce Insane. Stewart M. Brice, former councilman and 6on of the late United States Senator Calvin S. Brie?, has been adjudged insane and incompetent by a sheriffs jury in the proceedings brought some time ago by his brother, W. Kirkpatrick Brice, in New York, ne was not put on the stand, as he did not seem to understand several questions put to him. Liquor Circulars Ruled Out. The Arkansas Supreme Court has declared it illegal to solicit orders for Intoxicating liquors by mailing circulars into prohibition territory. Tie His Wife's Tonsuc. Charging that her husband tied a cord around her tongue to keep her from talking, Mrs. Alexander Zalovies of Barberton, Ohior1iad him arrested on a charge of cruelty. Zalovies pleaded guilty, saying his wife's incessant talk had driven him wild. Four Die in Mldnf&M Fire. Fire starting from nn overheated kitchen stove at midnight burned the Shapiio block in Priceburg, Pa., and caused the deaths of Abraham Shapiro, merchant; his son, Arthur, and daughter, Anna, and his mother-in-law, Mrs. Sarah Blatski.

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CHICAGO. The week chronicles ample testimony to the improved state of "commerce. Not only are there smaller trading defaults, but paj-ments through the banks establish a new high record volume, and oflicial statements disclose ample stores of money, deposits being unprecedented and reserves Indicating the probability of further ease in discount. The course of new demands reflects steadiness, and little change Is likely to occur during the closing weeks of the year. leading industries exhibit more extended operations, some tranches approaching closer to normal production. Increasing machinery and hands appear in iron and steel, more furnaces and mills being active and the output of cars and other equipments enlarged. Foundries and forges obtain substantial forward orders, and larger bookings are noted in electrical lines, assuring employment for months ahead. Factories ore doing tter In heavy hardware, power, sanitary good? and fjirnllure.. Failures reported In the Chicago district number 20, against 2d last week, 18 Jn 1007 and 20 in 1000. Those w 1th liabilities of more than $5,000 number 5, against 5 last week. 7 in 1007 and 7 in 100G. Dun's Review. NEW YORK. Weather conditions have been Irregular, but the arrival of a cold wave following unseasonably mild temperatures has stimulated retail trade North, West and East, and even helped business at the South at some points, though holding of cotton and low prices therefor have tended to cheek buying In the cotton belt as a whole. Collections have shared in the Irregularity of trad and there Is noticeable more complaint as to these than as to business generally, more particularly at the Sou4h. Heavy wearing aiparel, shoes and coal have been helped by climatic developments. Holiday trade, too, shows signs of expansion, and comparisons with a year ago in all lines are naturally In favcr of current business. Business failures in the United States for the week ending Dee. 3 number 222. against 103 last week, 272 in like week of 1007, 21G In 100, 203 In 1903 and 2.11 in 1004. Business failures in Canada for the week number 38, against C5 last week and 2G last year. Dradstrcet's Commercial Report. Chicago Cattle, common to prime, 11.00 to $8.00; hogs, prime heavy, f 1.00 to $0.00; sheep, fair to choice, $3.00 to ?4X); wheat. No. 2, ?1.05 ty $1.00; corn, No. 2, Clc to G2c; oats, standard, 4Sc to 49c; rye, No. 2, 75c to 7dc; hay, tiiiothy, $3.00 to $13.50; prairie, $8.00 to $12.00; butter, choice creamery, 27c j to COc; eggs, fresh. 27c to 31c; potatoes, jper bushel, Glc to 71c. I Indianapolis Cattle, shipping, $3.00 to $7.00; h?gs, good to choice heavy, $3.50 to $C05; sheep, good to choice, $2.50 to $1.00; wheat. No. 2, $1.04 to $l.a"i; corn. No. 2 white. 01c to C2c; oats. No. 2 white, 40c to 51c. St. Louis Cattle, $4.30 to $7.70; hogs, $4.00 to $0.10; she-p, $3.00 to $4.40; wheat, No. 2, $1.08 to $1.09; corn. No. 2. Glc to G2c; oats, No. 2, 50c to 51c; rye. No. 2, 74c to 7Cc. Cincinnati Ccttle, $4.00 to $5.S3; hogs. $4.00 to $0.10; sheep. $3.09 to $4.00; what. No. 2, $1.07 to $1.08; corn. No. 2 mixed, Glc to G5o; oaU, No. 2 mixed, 51c to 53c; rye. No. 2, 7Sc to SOc. Detroit Cattle, $4.00 to $.O0; hog. $4.00 to $5.25; sheep. $2.50 to $3.50; wheat. No. 2, $1.05 to $1.00; corn, No. 3 yellow, G2c to G3c; oats. No. 3 white, 51c to 52e; rye. No. 2, 75c to 77c. Milwaukee Wheat, No. 2 northern, $1.0S to $1.10; corn. No. 3, Glc to C3c; oats, standard, 51c to 52e; rye. No. 1, 4c to 7.V; barley, No. 1, G3c to Glc; pork, men, $14.(0. Buffalo Cattle, choice shipping pteers. $4.00 to $0.73 ; hogs, fair to c boiee, $4.00 to $0.00; sheep, comnjon to good mixed, $4.00 to $1.75; lambs, fair to choice, $5.00 to $0.25. New York Cattle, $4.00 to $3.00; hogs, $3.50 to $0.10; sheep. $3.00 to $J.OO; wheat, No. 2 red. $1.13 to $1.14; corn, No. 2, G9c to 70c; oats, natural white, 54c to 57c; butter, creamery, 27c to 2tc; cgK?, western, 32c to 3Gc. - Toledo Wheat, 0. 2 niixed, $1.05 to $1.07; corn. No. 2 mixed. Glc to G2c; oats. No.-1 mixed, iOc to .lc; rye, No. 2, 77c to 7Sc; clover seed, $5.00. SHORT NEWS NOTES. John Cooper of the University of North Carolina, who was injured &t football practice in September, died at Clinton. Ten persons were killed and twice as many injured when the boiler of the steamer H. M. Carter exploded on the Mississippi river one hundred, miles north of New Orleans. In a collision off Boston with a barge the British schooner Hugh G. was sunk and five men. including Captain Obed Knowltou, were drowned. The Pool, one of Minnesota' largest mines, has been operated since election. This Is one of the ten mines on the iron range which have been leased by the State to varicus iron companies. It has been closed all during the season, but was oicned this week. Five of the ten mines on State land are now in operation, each ton paying a royalty of 25 cents to the State. The Tool is located near Ilibbing. Fumes from the burned-out gas well at Tampico, Mexico, have caused the death of thirty more men, according to cable dispatches to New Orleans. B. F. Nelson of Minneapolis baa paid .he State $2,500 for timber cut on State lands after his permit had expired, and he Duluth and Rainy Lake Railway Company lifc'paid $2,310 for timber cut along its right of way. The employes of the Great Northern hare'organized & branch of the American Railway Employes Protective Association for the purpose of using their influence to prevent the further reduction of rates by State Legislatures. . Expert accountants ha-e reported to the creditors of the Pillsbury-Washburn Milling Company. The general consolidated liabilities of the two companies are shown to 1 $5,203.510.92. The quick assets are given at $258,089.00, and the mill properties of the Pillsbury-Wa? V buru Comany and the properties of the Minneapolis & Northern Company, combined, at $3,991, 030.55. This makes the excess of assets over liabilities at $1,145,630.55. James Gayiey, first vice president of the United States Steel Company, and one of the men instrumental in building up the big corporation, hag resigned tni will retire from business.

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