Plymouth Tribune, Volume 8, Number 12, Plymouth, Marshall County, 24 December 1908 — Page 2

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ST5F. M, (J I Q. jfN. M. P. Q. VgjTth. j 15th. - 39 23rd. ) 29th: PAST AND PBESENT AS IT COMES TO US FROM ALU CORNERS OF THE EARTH. Telegraphic Information Gathered by the Few for the Eallshtcament of the Many Where is the Maine Going? The most complete mystery, so far as any official admission can be obtained, surrounds the destination of the battleship Maine, which has left Norfolk. Va., under sealed orders. The cruiser North Carolina accompanied the battleship Maine. Neither the State cor the Navy Department officials in Washington will make any statement on the subject any more than to say that the cessels have gone on a "cruise," and they will not deny nor affirm rumors that were current that the ships are bound for any duty at or in the vicinity of Venezuelan waters. The American government is without any naval representation in that immediate section. Mark Twain's Daughter In Runaway. A dispatch from Redding, Conn., says: While sleighing the horse became frightened and the sleigh in which Miss -Clara Clemens, daughter of Samuel Clemens (Mark Twain), and Ossip Gabrilowitch, the Russian pianist, were riding was overturned. Miss Clemens escaped with a severe shaking up. Mr. Gabrilowitch, who jumped as the sleigh overturned, grabbed the horse's head, preventing a runaway. He sustained a sprained ankle. P. Ms. to be Spoils Until March 4. The Postoffice Department has finally spoken on the subject of putting the fourth-class postmasters In the civil service. First Assistant Postmaster Genenl Garfield says the change will not be made until after the 4th of March. Senators and members of the House will continue to make the recommendations for fourth-class appointments for the next two months. Fire Panic in Chicago Store. Crowds of Christmas shoppers were thrown into a panic bya fire In SiegelCooper Company's department store at ßtate and Van Buren streets. The fire started in a vestibule and although it was quickly extinguished and no one was seriously injured' several women In the crush to get out fainted and had to be carried to the street. The damage wassmall. Heir to Millions Killed by Drug. A victim of ill tealth for several months and unable to sleep. Earl Landon, 20 years old, of Kokomo, Ind., took a sleeping potion and Is now a corpse. He was one of the heirs to the Trabue estate, which amounts to $1,000,000, the ancestor, William Trabune, leaving the estate. Landon drew an annuity of $750. Pennsylvania Grafters Sentenced. Two years imprisonment and a fine of $500. the maximum penalty, was the sentence meted out by Judge Kunkel in the Dauphin County court to each of the four men who were convicted of defrauding the State of Pennsylvania in connection with the furnishing of the Capitol building in Harrisburg. Mill Blows Up; Two Men Killed. Clinton Ertler 33 years old, and William Urton, 23, were killed at Lebanon, Ohio, when the glazing mill of the Senior Powder Company was blown up, a ton of powder exploding. The men were alone in the mill and no cause for the explosion is known. Property damage is $2,000. Fire in Leiter Mine Beyond Control. The fire in Joseph Leiter's mines at Zelgler, 111., has grown more serious during the past forty-eight hours. The flames are almost beyond control, and much damage has been done. Mr. Leiter ha3 arrived in Zelgler by special train to direct the fight un the blaze. Pioneer Medical Man Dead. Dr. Samuel R. Seawright, one of the pioneer physicians of Indiana, Is dead at his home in Lafayette, Ind. He was 84 year3 of age, and had practiced edicine in Indiana for nearly fiftyfire years. Holmes County, Ohio, Goes 'Dry. Holmes County, Ohio, voted dry by 93 at the election recently held. Four saloons were knocked out. C H. D. Train in Collision. Cincinnati, Hamilton & Dayton passenger train No. 30, from Indianapolis collided with a Chicago & Alton switch engine in the yard3 at Springfield, 111. Three persons were seriously injured. Veteran Fatally Scalded in Bath Tub. Benedict Illgdon, a veteran of the Civil War, who was a patient In the hospital at the National Soldiers' Home In Marlon. Ind., was scalded to death in a bath tub. Au'w Skids; Strikes Car. William Ganschow, a wealthy Chica go manufacturer, was probably fatally Injured and his daughter was less seriously hurt when "Jr. Ganschow'j automobile skidded on a slippery pivement in Chicago and ran into a street car. Roosevelt to Get Hunting Permit. President Roosevelt has applied to the Belgian government, through the American legation, for a hunting per mit in Belgian territory In Africa. This; will be granted. It will cover 1909 and Include both big and small game. . Men Fight with Knives. Levi Parson and James Gordan quarreled over a trivial matter and finally attacked each other with knives. They fought for nearly an hour, and both were cut and slashed in a number of pU?ees. The fight took place at Crawleyville, Ind. Many Bcoks Burn. A fire destroyed Curtis Hall in the West Roxbury district of Boston, Mass., with a damage estimated at .150.000. In the lower floor was a branch of the Boston library and many of the volumes were burned.

BONAPARTE ASKS FDR I8RE LEGAL POWER

Attorney-General Says It Is Needed in Prosecution of Rich Defendants. CITES THE STANDARD FINE. That Case, He Thinks, Shows the Necessity of a Change in the Present Statutes. That the United States should have the right of appeal to the Supreme Court of the United States as a matter of right, whenever a conviction is reversed on appeal by the defendant to a Circuit Court of Appeals, is the opinion expressed by Attorney General Bonaparte in his annual report for the fiscal year ending June CO, F t ; V,:V-. c. J. bonapabte. iOSi submitted to Congress. In this connection he cites the case of the reversal of the Standard Oil tine of more than $29,000,000, in which an application for a writ of certiorari has been made to the Supreme Court. lie holds that an amendment of the present laws would le appropriate in the case of all criminal proceedings, but suggests that it would be especially so in connection with prosecutions where the wealth of the defendant usually renders an appeal on his or its part from any adverse judgment a matter of course. The Attorney General's opinion Is that in such cases there is n-j question of double jeopardy, as the t ppoal of the defendant from the original conviction is recognized by the undoubted weight of well-considered judicial autlfority as a waiver of his rights in this resjK-ct" and as in the absence of some such provision of law as the Attorney General recommends guilty persons may escape from just punishment under the law as finally determined by the court of last resort. He declares that the consistent policy of the Department of Justice during the year in enforcing the statutes intended to protect the Interstate aud foreign 'commerce of the country from evils arising through combinations in restraint of trade and attempts to create monopoly, as well as discriminations and other illegal practices on the part of common carriers engaged in euch commerce, has been to Investigate carefully all complaints submitted to it, whether by public authorities or by rcpponsUiIc private citizens, and to authorize proceedings, whether civil or criminal, only when such Investigation has shown the compla'nts to be serious ami well founded an that success might be reasonably expected. Mr. Bonaparte reports that this policy was attended during the year by a fair measure of success in the proceedings authorized and that as a consequence of decisions already obtained or expected soon the statutes dealing with such cases will soon be interpreted so authoritatively that those seeking to comply with the law will be relieved from all uncertainty as to what the law really is. He says that serious obstacles have been encountered in enforcing the statutes and that these may be with advantage readily removed by further legislation. "The United States has had occasion of late years, and will probably have occasion in future," he declared, "to prosecute criminally many corporations or other artificial persons. As such offenders cannot be physically arrested. It is obviously desired that a simple and convenient form of process shall be prescribed by law to have the legal etc. feet of an actual arrest and removal to the trial "district as in the case of a natural person." COUPLE MURDERED IN SLEEP. AasIn Hack Face of Man and Wife with Hntrhet. Wieentz Florczik and his wife were murdered by nn assassin at their residence, 132 Bird street, Wilmington, Del. Their bodies were found by Alexander Florczik. brother of the murdered nun, and a lodger at the house, who is detained at police headquarters. Alexander told the police that when he went home about 11 o'clock at night he was unable to gain admittance, and spent the night with an uncle. lie went to the house about 0 o'clock in the morning and found the bodies. He said the two children, a girl 2 years old and a 2-months-old baby, bad not been molested. The baby lay hi a crib between the beds occupied by the parents. Both of the victims had been Lacked In the face with a hatchet which was found on the man's bed. The murder is thought to have been committed for revenge, l'lorczik was 3S, and his wife 21 years old. The prisoner is 18. BRIBE PUTS OFFICIAL IN CELL. Former Member of City Board Sentenced to Penitentiary. Fred Lied, formerly member of the Columbus board of control, was sentenced to four years in the Ohio penitentiary for accepting a bribe from Nelson Cannon, representative of the Trinidad Paving Company of Cleveland, in connection with East Broad street paving. Fred I mme, another former member of the bf-art of control, is serving a term in the j, ibUentiary. TIE UP RAILWAY SYSTEM. Block Signal Useless for Eighteen Iloar Thronten Target Practice. A email boy with a Flobert rifle delayed the operation of trains on the Lake Shore railroad several hours the other night and tied up the block signal system eighteen hours. The boy was Frank Voyshzill, aged 12, of Cleveland, and he fired seven bullets at a block target. Several lodged iu the electric mechanism, short-circuited the current and the signals did not work. "I was shooting at birds," young Voyshzill told the Juvenile Court. He was sent to the detention home. Beverir.se Kill Ten Soldier. Ten soldiers of the Eighteenth infantry, TJ. S. A., in camp at Keithley, Mindanao, drank an acid that wa served as bino, a native beverage, in camp on Dec. 13 end died from the effects, some on the samt day and others on the day follow ing. Woman Killed by Hlda-elr' Anto. Mrs. Bryl C-reer died in Kanvis City from injuries received Nov. 10, when she was struck by a forty-five horse-power automobib owned by W. B. Ridgely, for merly comptroller of the currency, and 4rhea by F. O. Dille.

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MUST HOUSE SLAPS AT ROOSEVELT. Calls on Him to Tell on What He Bases Secret Service Charges. The House of Representatives Thurs day, by unanimous vote, adopted a res olution request ing the President to sup ply it with any evidence that may be in his possession that will justify the statement in his last annual message iu relation to the attitude of members cf Congress toward appropriations for the secret service of the govcuimeut. Mr. Perkins, chairman of the special committee charged to' investigate the allegations umde In the President's mes sage, and Jol u Sharp Williams of Mis sissippi both stated on the floor that it was the desire of thcspelal commit tee to be just toward the President in allowing hi:n to submit any evidence he n.aj- have, and both declared that the committee would give it full and impartial consideration. Mr. Perkins said the committee would continue In ses sion during the Christmas holidays so that it might receive such evidence from the President promptly and proceed to consider it. Both the resolution and all of the preamble, except that part of the latter interpreting the meaning of the Presi dent's message In relation to the secret service, were adopted unanimously by a viva voce vote. Mr. Bennett of New York demanded a division on the preamble provision stating the committee's interpretation of the President's strictures upon Congress, "but before the division; was entered upon endeav ored to withdraw his motion. Mr. Will iams insisted that this could not be dene, and, the vote being taken, 270 members voted aye and 14 no on this part of the preamble. 700S&NDS, or Milwaukee is after the next bowling congress and looks good to get it. Percy Houghton has beei elected football coach at Harvard for another two years. James It. Keene was the largest winner on the American turf this season. He won $282,073. Cornell's track team will meet the Maroons on an indoor track at the Bartlett gymnasium this winter. . Tommy Burns, the Canadian, is not only champion heavyweight fighter, but he is champion of all weights as a financier. The most profitable race horse in the Unite! States this season was Sir Martin. He captured stakes to the value of $78,la the relay rvn from Xew York to Washington nearly 1,000 boys carried a silver tule containing -a message from Itudolph Foster to Presidert Boosevelt. Patsy Donovan, who has been lot go ns manager cf the Brooklj-n National league team, will in all probability be appointed manager of the Poston club next year. Fred Bradley of Boston was knocked out in the fourth round of a boxing bout with Al Kubiak of Orand Itapids, Mich., at the West Und Athletic Club in Philadelphia. He became unconscious and was hnrrid to a hospital. Mordeeai Brown s gone to work as a buyer in the Chicago stock yards. The three-fingered pitching wonder says he will some day be out of baseball and wants a profession to fall back upon. Christy Mathcwson, the famous New York Ciant, will coach the Harvard pitching squad next spring. Negotiations which have been under way for sonae time have practically been completed. Prospects for the resumption of boxing u Chicago were shattered when Chief of Police Shippy caused the arrest of principals and promoters of a boxing match given in the Illinois Boxing Club a few davs ago. Walter Steffen, football Ideal of the University of Chicago and captain of the championship team that defeated Wisconsin, was given the greatest demonstration ever accorded a Midway athlete. The demonstration was arranged at Handel hall, where Steffen was presented with a gold watch purchased by the student body. C K. G. Billings of Philadelphia, who was once a leader in Speedway sport and occupied a very prominent position in amateur road drivers and matinee circles, has turned his attention to the use of horses, all trotters, under saddle for pleasure riding, and for this purpose he now owns several of the best race trotters in the country.

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MAIL EINES ABOLISHED. ltnilroacl Kxpect to Save Money an Hexult of Federal Order. Thousands of dollars will be saved to the railroads of the United States annually on account of the new order issued by the Postmaster General. It eliminates from the regulations of the department governing the transportation of mails the requirement that the roads shall be fined for failure to maintain schedules on mail trains. The order also provided that the roads no longer shall Ik required to mak out and forward to Washington the voluminous monthly reports showing in detail the full performance of each mail train that is delayed over thirty minutes at any'iioint on its route. The order was received with great satisfaction by the railroad officials, who long have contended that tae regulations of the Postal Department were unreasonable. Heretofore a line cf 10 ier cent of the earning " capacity of a mail train, based on its contract remuneration, has been imposed on the road' for a delay of thirty minutes or over at any point on its route, the fine being based ou the distance traveled while the train wag that amount behind its schedule. MANY WEEP AT BANK'S DOORS. Xnpuleoo, O., Institution, Involved In Insurance Failure, AiK. Men cried and women fainted in the streets of Napoleon, Ohio, when they found a notice of assignment posted on the doors of the Citizens' State Bank. I). I). Donovan was named as assignee. President Heller of the bank is now confined in a hospital in a Minnesota town. The failure is said to be due to overloans made by Cashier Gro'l to Judge Michael Donnelly, who is president of the Ohio Carman Fire Insurance Company, and the assignment is also said to bt the direct icsult of the recent failure of that insurance company. These loans to Donnelly, if: is alleged, were made without the authority of other officials. The bank is capitalized at $71,000 ar.d has an undivided surplus of $J 1,000. The deposits amount to $S3.",O00. The bank xa miner objected to an extension of credit to Judge Donnelly nnd required the amount to le made up by the end of this month. The directors determined to make an assignment in order '.o furnish equal and full Protection to all the creditors. The Other John D. Joh'i D. Archbold started life as an office boy. But he evidently didn't have to look after the letter files. Augusta Chronicle. It is difficult for Mr. Archbold to remember anything without referring to his letter files, which, as the world .knows, are sadly incomplete. Washington Star. Mr. Archtold was unable to explain an item of $22,000,000 paid to P. S. Trainer, beyond the mere fact that it was for "adjustments." Perhaps Mr. Trainer did some plumbing for the Standard Oil Company. Kansas City Star. We infer that the cost of the ArchboM letters is not included in Mr. Hearst's outlay of $12,000 for the Independence campaign. The letters have been listed as a permanent investment, in all probability Houston Post. Though a man of letters, Mr. Archlwdd will waste no time writing an autobio'nvp'iy. Atlanta Constitution. Inquiring Into Death of 151, The official investigation of the mine explosion at Marianna, Pa., Nov. 2S, which resulted in the death of 151 miners, has been started at Washington, Pa., by Coroner Sipe. Hone' Connty Vole Dry. Washington county, Ohio, the home of State Senator Itosf, author of the Rost; local option bill, voted dry by 1,300 majority. IUfff Furnace Start Up. The Kmma blast furnace of the American Steel and Wire Company in Cleveland has started for the first time in fifteen months. Two shifts of men, S0O in all, wer put to work, and the furnace will be kept going night and day. - Two Die In Itarglar Battle. In a running midnight encounter between a gang of safe robbers and the police of Greenwich, Ohio, Night Marshal Wood and one of th burglars are reported killed. The other burglars escaped, carrying one of their number, who is believed to have been shot dead. Killed by Slide of Snow.' A snowslide at the Tom Moore mine at Eureka, Colo., killed William Mondell. foreman, aged ;.", and destroyed the large mine boarding house. It is reported that slides damaged the Precious Metals property at Chattanooga and the Shenandoah at Howardsv'dle. There are many slides running in the San Juan country. Stvlsa Fleer President. A. Deucher, minister of commerce, was elected president of the Swiss republic for 1900 by the Federal Assembly. He will succeed Dr. F. Brenner, whose term of office expire Jan. 1.

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KNOX WILL HEAD THE CABINET. Senator Accepts Position of Secretary of State Offered b yTaft. Senator Philander C. Knox of Pennsylvania" bus been offered and has accepted the position of Secretary of State in the Taft cabinet, according to n report in Washington that appears to Ik authentic. Mr. Knox. It is said, has consented to serve in the cabinet, at a sacrifice, of his personal inclinations, as he would prefer to remain In the Senate. It is said that Mr. Knox's resignation from the Senate is ready to be submitted to Gov. Stuart. Senator Knox was appointed Attorney General by President McKinley and remained In that iosltion under Boosevelt until when upon tht death of Matt Quay he became Senator for Pennsylvania. Find 1 Sailor Eodyf 2.1 MIinr. One unidentified body from the lost Wohin Line steamer D. M. Clemsoa has been recovered and two other bodies have been seen in the Lake Suierior surf. Lifesavers and friends of the twenty-four meti of the Clemson's crew bavrf been patrolling the heart; night and day for a week, in the hope cf recovering the bediea cf the victims. Gov. Folk has decided that under th law the entire electoral vote of Missouri should be cast for William II. Taft. Thf Taft plurality in Missouri is 1,020. Congressman Theodore IZ. Burton ol Ohio has been tentatively offered the secretaryship of the treasury, in Taft's cabinet, but has not decided whether he wil acci'j!. His friends in Ohio want hin; to be a candidate for the Senate. J. J. Sullivan of Columbus, who waf a pointed judge of the Nebraska Supreme Couit by Gov. Sheldon, has filed his resk; nation. Gov. Sheldon accepted the res ijnalion. Judge Sullivan took the oatl of office and served one day. He declined to fcsue a statement explaining his resig i.at:on. The statement of the expense account of Kobert M. La Follette's presidential campaign committee has been filed al Madison by Alfred T. Hogers, law partner o Senator La Follette and membei of the Republican national committee According to the statement contributions aggregating $17,020.10 were received tc carry on the campaign of Ii Follette foi nomination for the presidency, and arj equal amount was expanded. Tho announcement that President Koospvclt had insisted upon the immediate appointment of John I). Pringle editor of the Labor World at Pittsburg, tc be appraiser of that port, with a $V0C salary, lias disturbed the regular Republican lealers of that part of the State. Dr. Charles IV Neill, commissioner ol Ialor, in a short time will be reappointed to his present position by President Roosevelt. Dr. Neill was made commissioner of labor by President Roosevelt in succession of Prof. Carroll I). Wright, who accepted the position of president of Clark university at Worcester, Mass. Chairman Hitchcock of the Republican natioual committee will naim the chairman cf the committee to have charge ol tin tereiui nies at the ina jguraiion of Mr Tafl. Indiana gave Taft a plurality of 10.. 7.11; Kansas gave him 3.1.0Ö7. South Carolina is as strongly Democratic as ever It gave Uryan G'-VJSO votes and Taft onlv 3,847. Iibor union men have iaadc a strong plea to have W. W. Williams retained as State labor comaiissiontr of Minnesota, but. Gov. Johnson has refused to reconsider his order appointing W. II McEwen of Duluth in Williams' place. Treasurer Sheldon f the Republican finance committee filed at Albany tho list of 12,3.10 contributors to the Taft cam piign fund, showing the total amount ol tüieir contributions to have been $1,03.V 3VS.27. In addition to this there was collected and turned over to the different State committees for local use, $020.1 i' The largest single contribution was $ll;v 000, given by C. P. Taft, brother of th President-elect. In the $20,000 class arc A-ilrew Carnegie and J. P. Morgan. President Roosevelt is down for $1,000. Dariel J. Keefe of Detroit, president of the Longshoremen's Union, ha. leen appointed commissioner of iminigrattbn by President Roosevelt.

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WORK OF CONGRESS

The President's Panama canal message was read in the Senate Tuesday and its reading was received with loud laughter by some of the Senators. Senator Foraker endeavored to have adopted a resolution calling on the Secretary of War for detailed information concerning the men employed, instructions given and expenses Incurred in the investigation by detectives into the Brownsville affair, referred to by the President in his message of Monday. Senator Warren objected to immediate consideration. The postal.sftvings bank bill was the subject of speeches by Senators Carter and IX-pew, both of whom advocated the measure. The hopes of the so-called insurgents for a revision of the rules of the House were dissipated, for the time being at least, when Mr. Gardner of Massachusetts failed to obtain the adoption of an amended resolution calling for the appointment cf a committee of eight members to consider tho subject and report the changes deemed necessary. I?y a substantial majority the House voted to take away from the Committee on Foreign Affairs consideration of the resolution, which in its original form, simply called for information from the Secretary of State regarding what the British House of Commons bad done in that regard. A ruling by the Speaker that the amendment of Mr Gardner changed the character of the resolution in such a way as to make it not privileged was sustained and the resolution then was laid on the table. In the Senate considerable time was devoted Wednesday to a discussion of the President's course in placing strictures cn Congress in the matter of the secret service, and a searching resolution, proposed by Mr. Aldrich and amended upon the suggestion of Mr. Culberson, providing for a thorough investigation by the committee oil appropriations of the President's charges, both- In hespect to the acts and the course that should bo taken by Congress to resent the imputation believed to have been cast upon that Inxly, was adopted. JJr. Aldrich, In introducing Iiis resolution, made no comment upon it. but Senators Bailey, Bacon. Tillman, Culberson aud others declared that President's words should be resented by the Senate as highly insult ing. Senator Fo raker's resolution Ill ing ou the Secretary of War for Information concerning the work of de tectives In the Brownsville affair also was adopted. -: :- The postal savings bank bill was befciv the Senate Thursday for over an hour. Senator Burkett of Nebraska making a comprehensive argument in favor of its passage. The Senate listened also to the reading of n message from the President recommending a change in the form of government of the District of Columbia, by which a single executive head would take the plait of the board of three commissioners who now jointly act as a "governing board. At 2:30 o'clock the Senate ad journed until Saturday. By unanimous vote the House adopted a resolution presented by the special committee of five calling on the 'President for prKf or his charge that members were fear ful of an investigation by the secret service agents. The remainder of the day was given over to consideration of bills on the private calendar, a large number of which werex passed. The Senate was not in session Fri day. Because of the general exodus of members for their homes for the Christmas holiday?, the attendance in the House was far short of a quorum. Nevertheless a good deal of business was transacted. This con1sted mostly of the passage of war claim bills, some of them giving rise to considerable discussion. A brief Senate session was devote! to routine business in accordance with the agreement reached before the adjournment Thursday. Several messages on minor legislation were received from the President ami bills and other measures were introduced. At 12:50 o'clock the Senate adjourned until Jan. 4, 1000. After passing a bill granting tho Southern Pacific .Railroad Cctnpany a right of way across the Fort Mason military reservation in California, the House, on motion of Mr. Payne, of New York, adjourned at 12:14 r. in. till Monday, Jan. 4, 1000. NEWS OF MINOR NOTE. Twinty men were hurt in a railroad collision near Brussels, Belgium. Trustees of Columbia university, New York, decided to give-the alumni representation on the board. Several persons were hurt in a clash between artillery men and citizens at Port Townsend, Wash. Reports from Hawaii indicate a record pineapple crop for ÜHJS far in excess of any production yet recorded. Woman suffragists are said to be preparing for it, crusade at Albany when the Xew York legislature assembles. Rear Admiral Mason, chief cf ordnance, in his nnnurd report, says the, big guns on American warships are fche equal of any in the world. Frederick J. M. Rhodes, cousin of Cecil Rhodes, in nn interview at Mexico City, said lie considered war between England and Germany certain. Dr. Cyrus Northrop, president of the University of Minnesota, will retire at the end of the present college year. He has held the position twenty-five years. A report that Germany and Japan purpose to conclude an agreement concerning China similar in terms to the American-Japanese understanding is said in Berlin to be without foundation. Within sight of home and native land, Carl Herbster, a private Tn the hospital corps, ended his life on the deck of the transport Thomas, near the Golden Gate, by slashing his throat with a razor. Contractors on the Milwaukee and S't. Paul tunnel, through the Co?ur d'Alenc mountains in Montana set a new world record in tunneling for a month in November, having bored 731,A feet. The tunnel will be 8,700 feet. The supply ship Culgoa, one of the boats in advance of the American fleet, has joined its companion ship, the cruiser Panther, at Colombo, Ceylon. Lieut. Edward Gottlieb of the coast artillery, who disappeared at Boston during his court-martial on a fraud charge, has been declared a deserter and a reward has been offered for his arrest. When the next convict is electrocuted in New Jersey a test will be made by experts in an effort to bring him to life. The purpose is to refute the statement of Dr. Gibbons of New York that men executed Ly electricity do not die under the current, but by the surgeon's knife at the autopsy.

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TO PROTECT THE FISH Asnual Report of the Federal Com missioner Is Alarming to Anglers. SOME KINDS AEE DISAPPEARING Greed Said to Have Destroyed the Sturgeon on East Coast Vast Output of Hatcherlea. "The most serious condition now c-onfronting the American fishing industry is the failure of the States to afford adequate protection to migratory fishes in Statö and interstate waters." This is the serious note of warning souudeil by George M. Bowers, United States Fish Commissioner, In his annual re-p--rt. Mr. Bowers . graphically depicts the great destruction wrought to certain species of fish and make an earliest appeal for their preservation. Pointing to the history of the New England salmon fishery as a warning, the Commissioner declares that some of the States seem yet absolutely indifferent to the crying needs of fisheries for species of similar habits, whose obliteration, he says, is certain unless radical corrective measures are taken. Mr. Bowers states that the fishes most in need of consideration are the shad,, the striped bass and the sturgeon on the Atlantic coast and the salmons In the Pacific States. The disappearance of the sturgeon from nearlj' every east coast river, Mr. Bowers states, "shows bow greed and li.diffcrence may in a single generation destroy a valuable fishery." The rejiort shows that the bureaus hatcheries in 1003 yielded 370,CW,000 more fish than in any other yearand delivered about riS.OOO.CHX) eggs to State and foreign hatcheries. The total output was over 2,.S71,COO,000 eggs and fish, of which over 2,400,000,000 were fish. , SUPPOSED DEAD MAN FOUND. Indianian, Thought to Be Drowned, Taken and Charged with Fraud. Henry E. Agar, former secretary and treasurer of the Princeton (Ind.) Elevator Company, who was reported drowned in the Wabash river two years ago, was arrested In Harlingen, Tex., and confessed Lis identity. After his disappearance Agar was charged with forgery and embeaizlement approximating $100,000. He was a member of tho Indiana Legislature in 1003. Agar' life Insurance, amounting to about $30,f;00 in various companies, has boon bitterly contested In the courts, but two policies bad already been paid to the supposed widow and estate at the time of his capture. It is stated, by Agar that he was riding on his gralnboat down the Wabash river when he accidentally fell overboard. He narrowly escaped drowning, but was finally rescued by a man on a houseboat." His business af-. fairs were in bad shape, he says, and be took advantage of the opportunity to let the world believe that he was dead. EXTRA SESSION DATE. Practically Decided to Call the New Congress on March, 15. March l.r Is the date upon which Congress will be called in extraordinary fession by President Taft to revise the tariff, according to unofficial advices. The sixtieth Oongress will expire by constitutional limitation on March 4. It is the expectation that immediate! " following his Inauguration President Taft will issue a proclamation convening the new Congress in sjieeial session. Republican leaders believe, according to a Washington -or respondent, that the new Congress will sit until late In the summer. While the tariff revision bill to 1 reported to the House may be passed in that lody early in April, Its consideration In the Senate will t marked by more mature deliberation. It I believed that many weeks will be consumed in debate upon the measures in the Senate. Haiti. Revolution. Nord Alexis speedy' departure will obviate the necessity of his making a financial report. Detitit News. With a little education those Haitian? might be able to settle their differences through old-fashioned debating societies instead of revolutions. Toledo Blade. Old President Nord Alexis has seen almost as many revolutions as a roulett gambler, and looks upon the freaks ol fortune almost as cynically. Atlanta Journal. If Haiti keeps on having revolutions the first thing she knows the chivalrous but firm hand of tJte United States will b stretched out in her direction. Augusta Chronicle. Fire In Branch Bonlon Library. A fire destroyed Curtis Hal in th West Roxbury district of Boston, with a damage es-timatcd at $T0,000. In the lower Oytor was a branch of the Boston Public Library, and many of the volume were burned. Hlow Up Bankf-Steal $2,500. Five highwaymen blew up the Holloway Exchange bank of Gibbon, Neb., held off the inhabitants and stole $2,500 from the vaults. Tjey escaped in an automobile, citizens pursuing them. House looted I Owner Army. The residence of Miss Elizabeth B. Etes in Brooklyn, N. Y., has been ransacked by leisurely burglars during the absence of the owner in Europe. Even carpets and furniture were carted away by the thieves. The booty obtained is valued at $15,000. Extortion I-ai-w Noll In Xcbrakft. The Supreme Court of Nebraska has de:lared the act making extortion a crima unconstitutional. The decision came up on the appeal of R. J. Greeno, an attorney, who was extorting money from ialooukecpers. Fifteen Ille In French Wreck. A collision be. ween a freight and a passenger train near Limoges, France, resulted in the death of fifteen persons and the injury of thirty others. Fire broke out after the collision, and most of the victims, including the engineer of the passenger train, were burned to death. Child I Darned to Death. While his mother was absent at a store irdrew Salatus of Chicago, 3 yets old, played with matches and set his rbthing on fire. His mother found him fatally birned when she returned home. He died i? the county hospiuL

VF UAL NEW YORK. Holiday trade shows further expansion and most cities report buying of this character equal to or slightly in excess of last year's. In' some sections, darticularly-in the South, holiday trade is notso good as in 1907. The larger centers are doing well and armies of shoppers are In evidence, but many small cities report a relatively light business and demand shifting to cheaper lines. In regular retail lines unseasonably warm weather has been a drawback, particularly Southwest and f outh. Wholesale trade is quieter, except for some hurry orders to tort up depicted Stocks. Inventories and steck takings nat-' urally predispos to loss activity from now till after Jan. 1. Reports from leading industries are of gradual gains and slow progress back to normal. There are tome orders for steel rails from railroads, and the tin plate mills are busier; there Is a better supply of water In New England and paper mills are running more freely Eastern shoe manufacturers report three months' orders ahead, and there is more demand for lumber, some of this ou account of railroad buying, with firmer prices for yellow pine. Business failures in. , the United States for the week ending Dee. 17 number 310, against 203 last week, 300 in the like week of UK)7, 111 in 1000, 235 in 1903 and 219 in 1901. Business failures In Canada for the week number 31, against 00 last week nnd 40 in this week of 1907. Bradstrect's Commercial Report CHICAGO. The general utate of trade testifies to well-sustained recovery, although new demands in the heavy industries do not apiear with the promptness expected. This delay does not detract from the outlH:k, as the requirements are known to be accumulating. Trading defaults again are large, but I he volume of payments through the banks makes a gratifying exhibit. Retail activity In Christmas and general nierchandise would be of ampler proportions were the weather more seasonable. Early buying, however, has been unusually strong and the prospects brighten for a satisfactory aggregate. Interior advices indicate that stocks undergo rapid depletion, and this has Induced frequent reorder. Wholesale lines have a rather light house trade, as expected at this time, aud attention is now given to Inventories. Mail orders for spring and summer wares show increases. Failures reported in the Chicago district number 41, against 40 last week, 28 in 1907, and. 28 in 1900. Those with liabilities of more than $3,000 uumlier 13, against 13 last week, 12 in 1957. and 9 in 190G. Dun's Review of Trade. CSSS Chicago Gattle, common to prime, $4 00 to $S.00; hogs, prime heavy, $4.00 to $."i.S.j; sheep, fair to - choice, $3.00 to $4.Kj ; wheat. No. 2, $1.02 to $1.03; corn. No. 2, 50c. to .17c : oats, standard, 4Sc to 49c; rye, No. 2. 73c to 7Gc; hay, timothy, $S.OO to$130; prairie, $8.00 to $12.00; butter, choice creamery, 27c tn KV- ix! froli 7c - Vper bushel, 00c to 73c. Indianapolis Cattle, shipping, $3.00 to $7.00; hogs, good to choice heavy, $3.30 to I-3.G0; sheep, good to choice, $2.30 .to $4.00; wheat No. 2, $1.03 to $1.04; corn, No. 2 white, 39c to (ÜV:; oats. No. 2 white, 49c to. 31c. St. Louis Cattle, $1.30 to $7.00; bogs, $4.00 to $3.80; i-heep, $3.00 to $4.23; wheat. No. 2, $1.07 to $1.0S; corn. No. 2, 37c to CSc; oats. No. 2, Sc to 49c; rye, No. 2, 74c to 70c Cincinnati Cattle. $4.00 to $.O0; hogs, $1.00 to $..7r; sheep. $?.0) to $4.00; wheat, Xo. 2. $1.0d to $l.O; corn. No. 2 mixed, COc to tile ; oats. No. 2 mixed, 31c to 32c : rye. No. 2, 7Se to 80c. Detroit Cattle, $1.00 to $Ö.Ot; bogs, $1.00 to $.1.23 ; sheep, $2.30 to $3.7); wheat. No. 2, $1.03 to $1.04: rn. No. 3 yellow, GOc to 01 ; oats. No. 3 white, 52c to 53c; rye, No. 2, 73c to 77c. Milwaukee Wheat, No. 2 northrnr $1.03 to $1.08; corn. No. 3, 5Sc to 5,0c; oats, standard, 51c to 32c; rye. No. 1, 73c to 70c; barley. No. 1, C3c to CGe; pork, mess, $14.00. Buffalo Cattle, choice shipping steers, $1.00 to $0.75; hogs, fair to choice, .$1.00 to $3.90; sheej, common to good mixed, $4.00 to $4.7." ; lambs, fair to choice, $5.00 to $7.75. New York Cattle. $1.00 to $r..90; hogs, $3.30 to $0.00; fheep, $3.k) to $1.13; wheat. No. 2 red. $1.0d to $1.07; corn. No. 2, C3c 4o Otic; oats, natural white, 53c to 57c; butter, creamery, 29c to 22c; eggs, western, 2Sc to 30c. - Toledo Wheat, No. 2 mixed, $1.02 to $1.03; cirn, No. 2 mixed, 59c to COc; oats. No. 2 mixed, 51c to 53c; rye. No. 2, 77c to 7 8c ; lover seed. $0.55. TRADE AND INDUSTRY. Bank Superintendent Schaefer of Minnesota asks for two additional examiners tat a cost of $3,000 a year. The Southern States Association of Commissioners of Agriculture ha united with the manufacturers and feed dealers to secure uniform laws governing stock foods. Fevcnty-five of the principal theaters between Chicago and San Francisco have now been brought into the theatrical syndicate controlled by Klaw & Erlanjer. The city council of Marsha'ltown, Iowa, has taken up the war begun some timt ago by Mayor Ingledue on the local light company and has under consideration an ordinance reducing the price of gas to $1 per thousand feet. The Lconidas, a new mine near Eveleth, has begun shipping ore, twenty-six cars having been sent out. The amount of ore in prospect in this mine, as reported by its owners to the State tax commission, is 4,324,382 tons. The First National and National City banks of New York, the former controlled by Morgan and the latter by Rockefeller, are to be associated in the public offering of a $73,000.000 Brazilian loan, to finance the coffee valorization scheme projected by the State of fcaopaulo o! Brazil. As security, $1,000,000 hags o! coffee stored here and abroad, worth $77,000,000, will be named. Saopaulo agreed to engage in no further coffee cornen during the life of the bonds which extend to 1919, bearing interest at 5 per cent. , Comptroller of the Currency Murray, in his annual report says that the banking power of ie United State is $7,-012,705,274.