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STF. M. (1 L, Q..N. M. -pv F. Q. V-Jcth. 14th. r 2 21st S) 2Stu. PAST AND PEESENT AS IT COMES TO US FROM ALL CORNERS OF THE EARTH. Telegraphic Information Gathered by the Few for the Enlichtenment of the Many Girl Takes $1,7C0 From Thief. How Miss Cornelia Vanstrien, demure, petite and ' seventeen, foiled a thief in a bank in Grand Rapids, Mich., has just, become public, despite the efforts of a leading bank to keep the fact3 secret- Miss Vanstrien was standing in the line before the paying teller s window at the bank. Just aherd of Ler was a lare. flashily dressed man, who presented a check to be cashed. As the teller turned his head the girl saw the man reach under the bars at the window and abstract a bis roll of greenbacks. The man shoved the roll in his pocket. The girl reached into hi3 pocket, withdrew the bills and hid them In her muff. The man left the bank before the money was missed. Miss Vanstrien then made her way into the president's office and handed over the roll to him. It was counted and found to contain nearly ; 1,700. Another Effort to Free Thaw. Another attempt 'to liberate Harry K. Thaw from the State Hospital for the Criminal Insane at Matteawan, N. Y., ha3 been made. Counsel for Mrs. William Thaw, Harry's mother, obtained from Justice Tompkins, of the Supreme Court, a writ of habeas corpus compelling the asylum authorities to produce Harry Thaw before that justice at Nyack. Mrs. Thaw's contention i3 that Thaw was not legally committed to the asylum, that he is not a criminal, having been acquitted by a jury and that he is now sane. Walked for His Health. Henry B. Stewart, of Mansfield, Ohio, started to walk home after having walked to Boston, engaged as a cattle man on the Philadelphia for London, collected the amount of a legacy In England and came back on the steamer a cattle man. He says he walks because tho exercise 13 gobd for him. Stewart is Tigorou3, well-dressed and neat in appearance, and is the son of toi English army officer. His legacy, he fcrJd, was enough to meet his ueeds for the rest of his life. Maniac in Church Fights Like Tiger. Stark naked and apparently deranged, Frank Mays, a strapping laborer, 26 years old, in the Billy Sunday Tabernacle in Spokane, Wash., attempted to mount the pulpit to deliver &n exhortation on "The Devil." The man was prevented from carrying out his purpose by ushers with whom he fought like a tiger. Wrapped in a blanket he was taken to the city Jail, bound Land and foot. At the station Mays declared he had disrobed to prove that he was an angel from God. Thornless Cactus a Success. The official report of the first summer's field cultivation cf the Burbank thornless cactus has been made public at Los Ar.geles, Cal., and the average results are pronounced successful. The report s?.ys that the early fears that thornless varieties would revert to the cM hnbit of growing thorns, have been disoelled. The use of the plant as a foddor for cattle apparently is estabished. Fire Loss of $50,000. John Veimer's restaurant, Irwin &, Stark's department store, the K. of P. hail and Bennett & .Myers' law office in Jasonville, Ind., were destroyed by fire. Not a thing was saved rom any of these business places, which were all in the opera house block and were two-ctory brick structures. The loss 13 estimated at 150,000. Detroit Banker Ends His Life. Henry C. Potter, Jr., vice president of the People's State Savings Bank, Detroit, Mich., committed suicide at his home by shooting himself through the head. Mr. Potter had been suffering from nervous prostration for some time. Penrose Coes Back to Senate. Boies Penrose was nominated by an overwhelming majority for a third term in the United States Senate at a Joint caucus of .the Republican mem hers of the Pennsylvania Legislature His election Is assured. $3O,C0O Blaze in Cleveland, Ohio. The large brick building formerly occupied by the Cleveland Athletic Club on Euclid avenue, Cleveland, O., was destroyed by fire, believed to have been of incendiary origin. Loss $3,000 Bird and Bee Man Dead. Joseph M. Brooks, the Columbus, Ohio, bird, bee and flower man, is dead r.t the home of hl3 brother, Almond Brooks, of heart disease. He was 6i years old and was u bachelor. Invented the Portable Engine. Achllle Luciene Archambault. prom inent inventor and founder of the Kensington Engine Works of Philadelphia, Pa.,- Is dead at his home, aged 87 years. Mr. Archambault is credited with havlng invented the first portable engine used In this country. Bitten by a Tarantula. George Hart, employed at a grocery store in Harrisonburg, 111., was bitten by a tarantula- Hart was unpacking a hunch of. bananas and did not see the tarantula until It bit him. It is feared that his arm will have to be amputated Farmer Leaves $200,000 Estate. That plain farming is the means of piling up wealth is shown by the fact that Stephen Loveletie, whose proper ty is being divided among his heirs, possessed $200,000 worth of farm land near Kecnsburg, III., at töe time or ni3 death. Mr. Lovelette came to the lo cality as a farm employe. Child Kicked by Horse. ' The 5-jear-old child of Clarence But trey, living sorth of Carmi, 111., was kicked in the Lead by a hors and fa tally Injured. The child was petting

the horse when it kicked.

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Enormity of the Catastrophe Grows as Reports Come from the Devastated Provinces. H02.R0R PILES UPON HORROR. Qirndred3 of Injured Imprisoned in Debris and Pestilence Now Confronts the People. One hundred and fifty thousand per sons of a population of 1,750.000 in the Italian departments of Calabria and Sicily devastated ly tho earthquake one in every twelve inbamtciis are deid in the most disastrous catastrophe of modem times. In which Beggio, a city of 50,000. vanished from the face of the earth, leaving but live mad sur vivors. Another city was almost en tirely washed into the sea and the whote face of a nation was changed in ihe space of thirty-two seconds. Tho measure of havoc cannot accurately be estimated. No accurate figures on the death list are obtainable, but apparenty reliable estimates place the fatalities as high as ir.0.000. The calamity is the greatest in the history of the world. From several towns near the center of the disturbance no worn came, and there seeihed reason to fear that there are no survivors to describe their fate. The destruction or HAP OF DEVASTATED EEGION. proi c-ty could not be as great as at San Francisco, for Messina and Keggio, the two principal cities destroyed. were not rich or magnificent from the metropolitan point of view. Fnce of Couutrr la Altered. As a great cataclysm of nature, however, this disaster Is on a far vaster scale than the California phenomenon. The whole face of the country and the coast Una have been altered. Even Scylla and Charybdls have charged the positions they have occupied since Acnas' legendary voyage. The three provinces where the greatest damage was done were Messina and Catania, !n Siciiy, and Rcggio dl Calabria, on the mainland. They comprise about 4,100 square miles. The rock of. ChaSCENE DURING A

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Terror stricken inhabitants of Monteleone, Calabria, rushing from their ruined houses in search of safety during the disaster of 1905.

rybdis now blocks thp entrance to the strait of Messina. Several hundred persons perished and much damage was done outside of these provinces, tut within them the devastation was so complete that scarcely a human habitation remains. rphcuval LantH 32 Second. All accounts agree that the time occupied by nature's gigantic spasms' was but thirty-two seconds. Some minutes later a great wave completed the havoc iu the ill fated coast towns. The violence of the shock seems to have been unprecedented except by volcanic eruptions within a limited area. The buildings of Messlua were not merely shaken down their foundations liternlly were yanked from beneath them to one tide or to the other, until they HIGH RENTS IN CITIES SCORED. Cnrtull Xc-celtles of Life, Professor Tell Sociologists. High reals in big cities are eating up too much of the income of the wage earners, according to Prof. Robert C. Cliapin, one of the Speakers before the American Socicicgical Society in Atlantic City, N. J. Th speaker quoted figures to show that iany families in New York are spcadin? raor-; than one-quarter of their incomes for rents, leaving them without sufficient surplus for other necessities of life. Convicted n Chinese SmngrRlera. Captain Harvey C. Daly of the schooner Freddie W. Alton, and Philip M. Springer, a Boston florist, were found guilty in th United States District Court ia that city of conspiracy to smuggle Chinese into the country. Sentence will be pronou need later. Think Kliie Illnenae Cheeked. ''I believe we've about pot tbe foot and mouth disease corralled. said Secretary Wilson of th Agricultural Department in Washington. "Xo nw outbreaks of the disease have been f-jund since that which occurred in Snyder county, Pennsylvania, Dec. 18.'

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toppled from the perpendicular and fell in ruins alongside their original ites. That was the experience of Messina. That of Kejrglo, on the opposite side of the strait, must have been mora violent, for scarcely one stone remains on auother in that once flourishing city. The ominous absence of details concerning IJeggio proves to be due to the fact that not only the city itself but Its whole population with the issible exception of a mere handful has disappeared. Chaotic Rock Itrplnee City. Warships ordered to relieve the survivors were unable to approach the const, owing to the changed contiguration of the straits o Messina. Ultimately a torpedo boat ran close to the coast, 'but was uuab'e to discover a trace of the city. Where a few days :efore stood the homes and works of mcii and busy strets there was found nothing' but chaotic rocks and earth. The city had vanished as completely as Aladdin's palace under the magican's spell. Olwervation. indicate that i Beccio was c-onipletely swallowed by tlie earth's collapsing beneath it and the yawning site was. tilled by the sea which advanced in a huge wave there. as-at Messina. Only live of the city's .UOO inhabitants have been accounted for. These unhappy wretches reached Cattanzaro and Paluii half demented by fright. One of these was an army officer who telegraphed to Kome that the city had been entirely destroyed and thai, the dead were numberless. They were scarcely able to talk intelligibly, but their Incoherent stories were sullkient to confirm the fate of the city. One of them was mainly impressed by having sen the sea over the cathedral. Others were deafened by the roar of the sea and falling houses, which they compare to the roar of heavy artillery. The ministry of marine jit Rome received wireless reports of tho obstruction of the strait of Messina, showing its safe navigation to be impossible until It Is recharted. while its future navigation is likely to be extremely difficult. The tidal wave wrecked the lighthouses In the strait. Including, i'itro beacon, and they crashed into the sea. The news caused a deep Impression in Borne, for Its consequences from commercial and military iointa of view will be incalculable. One hundred and fifty guests of the Hotel Trinaeria, eighty of them English and American tourists, died beeneath the walls of their hostelry. Few of their bodies ever will be reeoverel, FORMER QUAKE. for they were cremated iu the conflagration that raed between the earthquake and the tidal wave. Efforts to overcome the fire in Messina were fruitless, owing to the' quantity of wood among the ruins. Many victims who were buried alive were burned to death. Other towns and villages on both sides of the strait of Messina have been leveled to the groond and nothing but ruins are left to indicate where they formerly stood. Sleaalna Warned Often. Messina experienced a similar disaster In 17S8. She had then the sanio preliminary warnings during the previous four or five years that she had recently in 190. and' 1907. Both Messina and Begglo are on the seismic BONI'S SONS GIVEN TO ANNA. Court Award Custody of Count's Children to Mother. The petition of Count Boni de Castellane tJhat the custody of his three sons be given to his mother, the Marquise de Castellane, was denied in Paris. The court ruled that the children remain in the custody of their mothpr. Princess de Knan. formerly Miss Anna Gould of New York. The court also ruled that the childien should not leave the continent with - out its permission. Beginning Oct. 1J, V.Htl), they are to be placed at a college situated within 100 miles of Paris. f 1,000,000 Depot for St. Louis. With the formulation of plans to meet the growing competition offered by interurban electrical systems, the powers of the St. Louis Terminal Railroad Association have decided to erect a railroad station at Eighth and Spruce streets at a cost of $1,000,000, and which will handle both passengers and freight. ' JSkv Dean for Minnmola College. Th b'ard of regents of the Minnesota State Lniversity elected J. V. Ohen State superintendent of public instruction, to be dean of the State College of Agriculture, succeeding E. YV. Randall, resigned.

WATCHING line of contact or boundary between t!i iiri4imrv nr1 :virii1n.T fnrii.il.ii Mount Etna and .Mount Vesuvius. It is a veritable storm center of earthquakes, yet Messina stayed for this last lesson in the light of modern scientific kuowlcdge. This last overwhelming calamity will alter the future history of Sicily and southern Italy. It will be regarded as certain that a considerable portion of the population of this fair land will Innv before the wrath of the gods and seek homes elsewhere. $500,000 FOR QUAKE SUFFERERS Congress Hears Message Urging Extension of Relief Measures. Resolutions were introduced Monday in rlie Senate and House in Washingtoil providing for an appropriation of J?.-.0O,0 Xh for Italian relief. The resolutions provided that the money shall be used for provisions, clothing, medicines and other necessary articles, and the President is authorized to employ any vessels of the United Stated navy or to charter and employ other suitable steamships or vessels to carry out the purposes of this government. President Roosevelt in a message to Congress asked for a direct appropriation, of $r,C0.00 for the relief of the stricken people In the earthquake zone. This, the most generous fund ever contributed by the American ieop1e for succor of sufferers in other lands, is to supplement the dispatch of the supply ships Celtic from New York and the Culgoa from Port Said for Messina with their cargoes of necessaries, originally intended for the American fleet, diverted to the Immediate use of the Italian victims. f AMERICAN FLEET IS AT SUEZ. Battleships Prepare for Hurried Trip to Messina to Give Aid. The United States Atlantic battle-" ship Ueet, completing two days ahead of its schedule the next to the longest run of its, world-girdling cruise, arrived at Suez Sunday morning from Colombo, a distance of 11,410 knots, from which place the fleet sailed Dec. -0. The loss of a seaman from the battleship Illinois, who fell overboard and was drowned, as previously reported, was tho only accident to inar the voyage from Colombo. The Illinois remained on the s(vne to search for the sailor and is a little- behind the fleet. The converted cruiser Yankton entered the canal Sunday afternoon and the supply ship Culgoa passed in that niht. The former has a number of doctors aboard and the latter a large supply of provisions and stores. Both will go to Messina at full speed. All arrangements were made by wireless for the ships of the fleet to pass through the canal as quickly an possible and to coal at Port Said, where -,",-000 tons are stored. TROPICS SUPPLY U. S. FOOD. i Government Iteport S'.iow Growth of Import In !-"v Venrn. The growing dependence of the United States on the tropical and subtropical world for its food and its manufacturers' materials is illustrated by figures in the annual report of the thief of the bureau of statistics. Practically ,( H 10,000 worth of tropical and subtropical products now come into this country jarly, against $2VK,000 worth in 1S7Ö and fllout $300,000.000 in lSfr. These pro ducts form about half of the total im ports of the country. Fortune in Dead Sinn's Itooni. AYhen an old trunk was oiciicl by the coroner in nn attempt to discover the relatives of John Fred Yaux, j.ged 73 years, who dropped dead while taking a bath in the rooming house on Broadway, Cincinnati, where he lived, currency and bonds and bank securities worth more than $H,00 were discovered. Guest Found Dead In Hotel. A. .1. lloouey, whose home is believed J A. 1 to be in Kansas City, was found dead in his apartments at a hotel in Hot Springs, Ark. His death is supposed to have resulted from an overdose of morphine. Four Years for Frl.eo Urilier. B. A. S. Blake, the contractor convicted of attempting to bribe J. M. Kelly, prospective juror in the Ruef bribery trial, to vote for acquittal, was sentenced by Judge Dunne in San Francisco to four years' imprisonment in the penitentiary at San (Juentin. Woman Mysteriously Shot at I'arty. Mrs. Anna Major was killed mysteriously at her home in (Jirard county, Ky. She was in the nihlst of a party of inrrrymakers at a family reunion when a pistol cracked and she fell dead in the center of the room. There is no clew to the person ! who fired the shot.

ER THE 1905 SHOCK.

12 - A7tTHQ.VACC,. 2? JO!, ?V,A 1.r P-YT? tITMP. FIRE PANIC IN THEATER. Cool Head of City Kmploye Prol-ably Saves l,.iO() n I'rie, Pn. "Keep the show going, for God's sake,. called Abraham Ixnich. fireman of the Park Opera House in Erie, Pa., to the 1 rfonners on the stage at 10:l."i o'clock the other ni;;"jt, when he discovered that the building was on fire.' His cool head probably averted a repetition of Chicago's Irequois Theater horror, for before the big ai'dience realized the situation the house had been almost emptied. Although there were many narrow escajx-s and a dozen women fainted and had to be carried out, no one was seriously injured and much of the building was saved. Every one of the l.."iO;) seats iu the theater was occupied. The John Sullivan Amusement Company was' presenting "In the N'ck of Time." IjoucIi f,iv h'aioke issuing from the iloor of the gallery and sent in a still alarm, lie reached the rear of the stage, before the audience was advised of the danger, and speaking just loud enough for the actors to hear, apjiealed to them to continue the act. Then he stepped to the front and called to the audience to file out in order, giving theni to understand that the fire was in an adjoining structure. ROB SAFE; GET ?20,000. Cracksmen In TVetr York Astound Police by Boldness. After wrenching twelve steel bars from a cellar window, expert cracksmen wecked for a long time in plain sight of the street ia on effort to pick the lock on the safe of Oscar C. Jackie, jeweler, SOU Third avenue, New York, finally accomplished their purpose and made away with property valued at from ?."i,000 to $120,000. After vainly attempting to bore through the steel door of the safe, which stood under a lighted gas jet in plain view of the street, the burglars managed to pry the combination dial from the safe and through the small opening left manipulated the bolts and levers so as to release the lock. The only theory on which the police can explain the successful consummation of the robbery is' that the cracksmen had accomplices iosld outsid.y the store to signal to them when the policeman on the leat or late passers-by approached the store. RED CROSS RELIEF STARTED. Appeal In Issued far Money for the , lnrt!iiuuke Sufferers. The American National Red Cross sent out telegraphic requests to all of its branc-h.es for relief funds to be applied to t he sufferers from the earthquake in auithern Italy. The Italian lied Cross i"cietj', being so fully organized it will not be necessary for the Anietican society to do more than to send money contributions, which will be done a promptly as possible. The Bed Cross will have to wait until contributions are received in response to the appeal sent out as the balance remaining in the treasury is but ?2.O00, which will be kept in reserve for emergencies within the United Slates. On the occasion of the eruption of Yestiviuj $12.000 was sent to Italy by the American society. There are uo American naval vessels in the vicinity of southern Italy. ADVISES IDLE TO QUIT CITIES. Secretary Wilson Declares Laboren Are IV coded on Farms. Promoters of the national convention of the unemployed received a letter from Secretary of Agriculture Wilson the other Jay suggesting that the unemployed leave the large cities and seek work on the farms, where there is an urgent demand for laborers. The letter, which was a reply to an invitation to attend the convention in St. Iiuis beginning Jan. 2- was received with little favor. A communication signed by William Loch, Jr., secretary o President Roosevelt, stated the President regretted his inability to attend the convention. ChlcHK" Ilox Car Full of Chinese. Employes of the Southwestern railroad the other day found eleven Chinese in a box car at Duran, N. M. The aliens were taken into custody. The Chinese were supplied with water and provisions, and had In-en sealed in a car billed from Redlands, Cal., to Chicago. Kills n Woman and Himself. The lody of Arthur Ivorber, son of a' dentist of Yonkers, N. Y and that of Mrs. Townsend Wood were found in the woods near that city. It w.s evident that Korber had shot the woman and then killed himself. Iletnrns Three Years Salary. Rudolph Blankenburg, f'ie well-known merchant and reformer, who was elected city commissioner in the joiitical uiheaval of RK). in Philadelphia, lias sent to the board of city trusts a clunk for Slo.OtX), representing his entire sab.ry for three years as commissioner. He gives his salary to the police, firemen and teachers pension fund. Iftht Itlders Destroy Tlarn. After repeatedly warning hira not to pell cotton below lO cents, night riders destroyed the barn of W. A. Buck in I Pottawattomie county, Oklahoma.

SMS ONLY CRIMINALS HEED FEAR SLEUTHS

President Roosevelt Hits Congress in a Special iYessagc on SecretService Row. DIDN'T CHARGE CORRUPTION. Quotes Record Against Men Who Had Law Changed Frauds Unearthed by Detectives. "There is no mere foolish cutcry than this against spies; only criminals ucd fear our detectives." This sentence from a former utterance of himself on the subject is hurled at the House of Heprcsentatlves by. President Roosevelt Monday in a special message on the secret service and the action of Congress in cutting down tliL appropriation for this part of the government's work. The message, which was eagerly awaited, was the President's answer to a request of Congress for evidence to suppport his statement in his last annual message that "the chief argument in favor of tho provision was that the Congressmen did not themselves wish to be investigated." IVo Charge of Corruption. President Roosevelt declares he made no charge of corruption against mem bers of the present Congress. If he had proof of such corruption, he says it would be the duty of the government to start prosecutions, as it prosecuted the late Senator Mitchell and others, and in regard to tho '-alleged delinquen cies cf members.' he says, it is not the duty of the President to report on that subject. On the question of the secret service being used to "shadow" Congressmen, .the President asserts that this was the main argument used by the men who were instrumental in cutting down the appropriation. Chairman Tawney of the committee and Walter I. Smith of Iowa and Swagcr Shirley of Kentucky, twe of its members, are quoted as ushu sucu arguments, while the bill was being discussed. Mr. Shirley's argu ment, put in the form of a question, is quoted from the Congressional Record, when Mr. Sherley opposed Investigation by the secret service of "a member of Congress accused of conduct unbecoming a gentleman and a member of Congress." The President Jt. while: he makes no sweeping charge against the members of the House, the Committee on Appropriations, headed by Mr. Tawney, is to be blamed for the amendment to the law rs passed. Ileal Issue ns 11c Sern It. netting down o a discussion of the Issues involved, the President says: "This issue is simply. Does Congress desire that the government shall have at its disposal the most efficient instru ment for the detection of criminals and the prevention and punishment of crime, or does it not? This action of the House lust May was emphatically an action against the interest of justice and in effect of benefit only to law breakers. Is the House novc willing tc remedy the wrong?" The President then gives a list of cases where frauds against tha govern nicut were unearthed and punished by the aid of the secret service. These in eluded the Nebraska and Oregon land frauds, the Gaynor & Greene contract j swindle, the llondnras lottery, the ink scandal In the bureau of printing, and other similar deliquoneics. A letter by Secretary Cortelyou to Chairman Taw ney last May which accompanies the document gives further data ou these cases. Welcomes Frolic of Departments. As indicating the Prosidiit's attitude to Congress on the subject, the message says : "Any Instance of abuse by the secrot service or other investigating force in the departments should be nn-paringly punished ; and Congress should hold it self ready at any and all times to investigate the executive departments whenever there is reason to believe that an v such instance of abuse has occurred. I wish to emphasize my more than cor dial acquiescence in the view tint this Is not only the right of Congress, but emphatically its duly. .To ue the ye eret service in the invent igation of pure Iy private or political matters would be a gross abuse. There has been so single instance of such abuse during my term of President." 41 Are Sentenced to Death. The military court in Ye katerinosla Russia, pronounced forty-one death sen tences, of which nine were for recent crimes. Thirty-two of tlu condemned nrn were strikers iu the raihoTl troubles of October, 1WÖ. In addition to the death sentences twelve strikers were c'iiideiuned to penal servitude for life, forty-eight. tc lesser terms of exile and th:rty-nI'iD were acquitted. Appeniii )!x n, t'o. According to ;i IouAm hospital physi cian, the vennifotm appendix, -which has always been considered a useless and dangerous organ, has at last jastifieJ its existence. It is now bbij used as short cut' whereby medicines can be administered to the lower intestines, a part of the digestiv r.jsletn hitherto dillicult of access. Th? uf.v operation consists in cutting through tCie appendix and inserting a glass tube ühiotigh which medicines are applied directly to the mucous lining of the lower intosiices. NUBBINS OF NEWS. Three stores anJ printing office at Cygnet, Ohio, were destroyed by fire. The loss is $20,000, and tho insurance $0,tXJO. An old FJO bill prr.senM to fhe Ner; York subtreasury by a man who wanted four new $3 bills for Christ mas presents was declared to le couinerffit and con fiseated. Boycotting of New Orleans papers thrt opiose horse racing by saloons, hotels and other interests is ba investigated by a federal grand jury af the Crescent city Judge Saunders of h- Fr.lred States Dis trict Court advised that loly that it is a punishable offense. The Connecticut Supreme Court affirmed a Suwrior Court decision which re quired Mrs. Eugene FiA" to restore to her stepsons, iouis and Leonard Ftsk, property in Chicago worth half ft million dollars and once possessed by their mother. Joseph McMahon. axed 10. jumped into a driverlrss taxicah In New York aud started off at a live!. sa. .1:1 Seventh avenue. lie did not ? a p'icuiau in side, who had taken r.? chauffeur !n charge for breaking traÄic ia. The boy was arrested for stealing the trth. England has ;hirty tunnel a lal'e or more in length.

SOUTH "DRY"; WAR ON.

Alabama, North Carolina and Missis sippi Are Now Prohibition. The wave of temperance which has driven the saloons out of the States of the South been me effective Friday. The law banishing the saloons from Alabama, Mississippi and North Carolina wont Into effect at midnight. The morning of tho new year found Statewide prohibition in these three States. Other Southern States are already dry or nearly so. The liquor men have re tained an imposing array of counsel and will test the laws in the courts. The Tennessee Legislature will eertninly will certainly be asked to cre ate prohibition in that commonwealth. Yirginia is hewing nearer and nearer to the line of prohibition, and is at least 00 per cent prohibition now. In Louisiana the Gay-Shattuck saloon regulation law has closed many barrooms and many parishes of the State have driven out the saloons by voting for prohibition under the local option law. In Georgia many of the purveyors of "near-beer," the only Intoxicant which can be sold in the State, are closing up, saying they cannot pay a $-00 license just imposed. The rural sections of Kentucky have been for some time largely "dry." The longest single step toward general prohibition in the South was taken Friday. Georgia is the only oth?r State wherein statutory prohibition exists, tho law having been in operation one year. Having won their State-wide fights in four States, the nnti-saloon forces have greatly enlarged the South j "dry" area, and they are now lining up for early campaigns in several othT States where prohibition has assumed the magnitude of a political issue. In Texas and Arkansas the voters probably will be called upon this summer to decide a constitutional amendment for prohibition. The Montgomery (Ala.) liquor men will test the law. This much has teen decided ujxm. Loon Weil of one of the largest law .firms of the South will demand a license, and on being refused will join with Mobile in testing the legality of the act CHINA SHOWS POLICY. Yuan Shi-Kai, Foremost of Statesmen, Is Disgraced and Dismissed. , Yuan Shi-Kai, grand councillor und commander in chief of the forces, was dismissed from office in Peking Saturday by Imperial edict Xa-Tung, comptroller of customs and ex-governor of Peking, was appointed by a second edict to the office of grand councillor i?i place of the deposed man. Thus does (Jhina take a reactionary step, and the foes of progress and modern methods show in the ascendency. Complications are certain, for the great powers already are arranging for a formal protest, and revolutionary outbreaks are expected as soon as the government's act becomes known throughout the country. The action is believed the outcome of n Manchu plot and Indicates the ascendency of that section, l'uan ShiKai's office corresponds to that of premier of England, and the action of the Chinese government Is considered In diplomatic circles as little short of revolutionary. The general collapse of the reform organization Is predicted. It is believed that Prince Tang Shao YI, who Is now in the United States, will be recalled. The position of Use Shih Chang, viceroy of Manchuria, has been for some time precarious. Other high, officials are threatened, including Yang Shi Siang. the viceroy of the pre ice of Chl-Ll, and Chang-Jen Chun, viceroy of Liang Kwang. The next move by the government Is awaited anxiously by the legations, for it is feared this ousting of one of China's foremost reformers presages other reactionary step- that may Imperil foreign interests. GOLD DUG IN 1907 $90,435,700. Ontpat n, Decrease of 94,000,000 from Previous Year. The t'nited States produced $tX),43."),TOO worth of gold and $"17,200,70 worth of silver in 19o7, according to sta eraents obtained from mints, assa3 offices, smelting establishments and the product of mines. As 'compared with the previois year. 107. this is a decrease of $1.000,- :; in gold and about $1,000.000 in the silver produced. The rank of principal f:oM-produting States is as follows: Colorado, Alaska, California, Nevada, Utah, South Dakota. Montana and Arizona. Yertnont appeared as a gold producer for the first time in many years. Twentyseven States and territories contributed the silver. Two mere Marathon races are being arrat-ged for Madison Square ' Garden, New York. The 3-year-old colt General Watts, 2:K4. will not be raced next year, as intended by Lis owner. Former Amateur Billiard Champion Fred Couklin defeated Calvin IVmarest, present holder of the amateur championship, but who has recently become a professional, in the first of a pix-game handicap contest, by a score of 3T0 to 414, in Chicago. Mr. Geers, during bis career on the turf, has driven twenty-four trotters to records of 2:10 or better, the fastest one being The Abbot, 2:03V4. Those two great pacers, lledgewood Boy and Lady Maud C, are reported to be barefooted and taking life easy at the farm of their owner, J. C. Crabtree, of Hillsboro, 111. The best professional speed skaters in the world will in all probability be seen in Winnipeg. Also in Fort William a big meeting is planned with prospects of the five most noted cracks competing. Manager Kelley of the St. Paul baseball team has effected a deal W'hereby Catcher Pete Noonan goes to San Francisco in exchange for Third Baseman F.gan, one of the coast stars. Noonan has seen his best days. Floyd McFarland, winner of the sixday bicycle race, has made a contract with the management of the Yelodrome D'lliver, indoor track in Paris. George llackenschmidt ha challenged Frank Gotch to wrestle In England for the sport alone, the gate receipts to go to charity. The Bussian is also willing to accept Got ch's conditions for a match in America. As a result of an attempt to inaugurate a test of the so-called Locke antiracing law at City Park race track. New Orleans, several men were arrested and affidavits were made against others. If the men are punished, there will be no more racing in New Orleans.

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air. CHICAGO Commerce settled Into the usual quiet attending the close of the year, but net without 'arther evidence of substantial recovery and encouragement for the future. While pressure upon weak concerns added materially to the trading defaults rojiorled, the elimination makes a healthier credit situation, and it is significant that no especially serious crash occurred to disturb confidence. Payments through the banks make a gratifying exhibit, those for the month leing the greatest since October, 1007. ami nearly 40 ikt cent greater than for Deeeinlier, r.w7. The weekly gains recently noted are well sustained, and the loss for the entire year is kocii to le barely 2 per cent, a result which Is remarkably good !n view of the adverse factors. Unusually extended holidays In part account for reduced movements of commodities and crop marketings at this lime, but retail trade was well maintained in seasonable merchandise and stocks have become low. Failures reported in the Chicago district numlicr 43. against 22 last week, 2S a year ago, and 20 In 1000. Those with liabilities cf more than .".000 number 11, agaiist 6 last week, 1 a year ago, and 9 in 1000. Dun's BcTleiv. NEW YORK. Seasonable quiet is reported In wholesale and jobbing trade, traveling Falesmeu preparing to start oat next week. Confidence iu good spring business is general, results of inventories thus far available indicating that reports of depleted stocks were not exaggerated. Conservative buying during the past year made the statistical position very strong among dealers. Open weather retards sales of heavy-weight wearing apparel. The same influence ojoratcs, !on the other hand, to facilitate outdoor work, and. estimatingrocms are busy on plans for future construction. After some overhauling and- repairs the leading Industrial plaats will resume next week with larger forces than at any time during 1008. . A quiet closing of tho year was expected in the markets for Iron and steel, but nn Improved demand is anticipated early In January. Few buyers are In the primary markets for textile fabrics, stock-taking and the holidays combining to make the past week the dullest of the j-ear. Hides are quiet, but prices are maintained, packers and dealers anticipating that tanners will soon enter the market and operate on a nigral scale. Leather has continued dulh Chicago Cattle, common to prime, $4.00 to $7.05; begs, prime heavy, $4.00 to $d.05; sheep, fair to choice, $3.00 to $r..2.i; wheat. No. 2, $1.04 to $L0G; corn. No. 2, T-üc to 58c: oats, standard, 4Sc to 40c; rye. No. 2. 74c to 7.1c; hay, timothy, $8.00 to $13.00; prairie, $S.O0 to $12.00; butter, choice creamery, 27c to 32c; eggs, fresh. 27c to 31c; potatoes, per bushel, 00c to 70c. Indianapolis Cattle, shipping, $3.00 to $7.00; hogs, good to choice heavy, $.o.-"i0 to S.".C0 ; t-heep, good to choice, ?2.rK) to $1.00; wheat. No. 2, $1.03 to $1.04 ? corn. No. 2 white. SO- to COc; Otts, Xo. 2 white, 40c to Öle. St. Louis CattK $i.70 to $7-00; hogs. fi.Oi) to $d.2.": fdieep. $.1.0( to $l.riO; wheat. No. 2. $1.0S to $l.O0; corn. No. 2, Rc to 00c; oats. No. 2, 40c to ZOc; rye, No. 2, 70c to 77c. Cincinnati Cattle, $4.00 to $.1.83; hogs. $4.X) to $.V).1: sheep. $3.00 to $4.1.1: wheat. No. 2, $l.fXi to $1.07; corn. No. 2 mixed. .rSe to ,7.e; oats. No. 2 mixed, "o to öle ; rye. No. 2. 7Sc to SOc Detroit Cattle, $4.00 to $1.50; hogs, ft. ttO to S.1..V); sheep, $2..K) to $3..V0; wheat, No. 2, $1.02 to $1.04; corn. No. 3 yellow, OAc to 01c; oats. No. 3 white, Clc to r2c; rye, No. 2, 7.1c to 77c. Milwaukee Wheat, No. 2 northern, $1.0.1 to $1.08; corn, No. 3, .10c to 01c; oats, standard. 4'-c to ,11c; rye, No. 1, 73c to 74c; Larley, Nd. 1, 01c to Clc; rork. mess, $14.V. Buffalo Cattle, choice shipping steers, $4.0O to $d.7.1: hogs, fair to choice, $1.00 to $0.10; .sheep, -omnion to good mixed, $4.00 to $1.7.1: lambs, fair to choice, $.1.00 to'$7.ST. New York Cattle. $4.00 to $.".00; hogs. $3.50 to $.00; sheep. $3.00 to $1.00; wheat. No 2 red. $1.)7 to $1.00; corn. No. 2. 03c to tile; oat?, natural white, 55c to 57c; butter, cre.tmery, .20c to ;T2c; eggs, western, 2Sc to 31c. Toledo Wheat, No. 2 mixed, $1.03 to $L(ll: com. No. 2 mixed. 50c to COc; oflts. No. 2 mixed. .11c to 52c: r.v, No. 2, 77clo 7Se; clover seed, $,1.37. TRADE AND INDUSTRY. Otter Tail (Minn.) county farmers are cIj imin a revenue of $1K) ior acre from potatoes this year. St. Paul is to have a sealer of weights and measures to see that dealers give customers full measure. Th? anneal rabbit hunt in Pleasant Mound township, Blue Barth county, Minnesota, resulted in the slaughter of 2H rabbits. The game was shipped to St. Paul, and brought $21. which will be used to pay for a big oyster- supper in the near future. North Dakota bankers In session at Valley City adopted strong resolutions condemning the postal savings banks on the ground that it took money of thecommunity, removed tavJde property, in'creased government officials, consequently lobbying, and removed property from due process of law. With the oltect, it is surmised, of com pleting the big lumber corporation or combine, representatives of th lumber interests of Washington and Montana, together with the Attorneys General of both these States have been in consultation with the Twin City lumber interests this week. The wall strx summary has learned through interviews and through correspondence with tk per cent of the industrial machinery corporations of the United States that the value of this year's production of textile and metal working machinery will reach $;.",O00,O;JO. This is a better showing than was predicted, inasmuch as production did not exceed 50 per cent capacity of all plant until October. Bepresf nti lives cf tbe leading copper interests of this -ountry and Europe met ia New York for the purpose, it is declared, of organizing au international association of copper producers, refiners and manufacturers.

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