Plymouth Tribune, Volume 8, Number 36, Plymouth, Marshall County, 10 June 1909 — Page 2

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V3rd. V$ 10th.VS?17th. fcj 25th. FEATURES OF INTEREST ABOUT THAT WHICH HAS BEEN AND IS TO BE. All Sides and Conditions of Things are Shown. Nothing Overlooked to make It Complete, Tot Died to Save Baby Brother. Lela Williamson, of Indianapolis, Ind., 8 years old, lost her life in an effort to rescue her baby sister, Irene, when fire broke out in her home. The girl failed in the attempt, but firemen rescued the baby as well as another Bister. The Williamson family livs on the second floor of a barn. The mother was preparing supper when the flames broke out. She seized Lela and rushed down the stairs. Forcing her way through the smoke between groping firemen, the child went back for her baby sister. But the baby was not to be found in the room where it had been playing. The girl started to search the remaining four rooms. A policeman found her prostrate. She died in his arms as she was carried from the building. Brave Battle to Save Wife. Louis Cohen, of Buffalo, N. Y., saw his wife leap into the swirling river between Second and Third Sister Islands, only 150 feet above the brink of the cataract at Niagara Falls. Without a moment's hesitation he followed her, caught her hand and struggled desperately to save her. Mrs. Cohen probably died in her .husband's arms while he was struggling with the current. The dead body was torn from him and washed down stream. People on the shore rescued him and his wife's body was recovered later just above the cataract, where it had caught on a rock. Mrs. Cohen had been despondent owing to ill health. Was Held Up By Gypsies. Mr. Henry Meyer, of Fort Wayne, Ind., reported to Deputy Sheriff Ed Courdevay that he had been held up and robbed while driving with his wife south of the city. He claimed that the robbery occurred in a particularly dark spot, and he would not be able to Identify the members of the gypsy band camped near the spot he described. Mr. Meyer stated that his buggy was surrounded by the band, a number of whom had revolvers. The gypsies moved into Adams County. Overturned at Sharp Curve. Franz Zimmerman, of Indianapolis, Ind., was instantly killed In an accident on the Riverside line when a well filled street car overturned on a sharp curve at Twenty-seventh street. Arthur Waters Is lying at the point of death In the City Hospital. Miss Ethel Haynes, who recently underwent an operation for appendicitis, Is another victim in a serious condition. Farmer Trampled By Horse. George Essener, o. near Tocsin, Ind., met with a serious accident while unhitching his horse from a wagon at the home. One of the animals frightened and knocked Essener to the ground. The wagon was also dragged over his body. Thij family hurried to his assistance and found several wounds about his head and body. He will be under the care of a physician for several weeks. Farmer Killed by Lightning. Reuben Whitley, a farmer, living six miles west of Terre Haute, Ind., was struck by lightning and killed. He left home in the morning to hoe corn In a distant field, and when he did not return at night a search was made. His body was found under a clump of trees, and a long burn on his neck showed the course of the lightning. Town Loses Its Port. By eating its way through a narrow neck of land, making a new channel a short distance away, the Arkansas river has made a cut off at Douglas, Ark., leaving that town three miles inland. The new channel 13 already 340 feet wide. Lieutenant Governor Hall Dying. lieutenant Governor Frank J J Hall of Indiana, is again in a serious condition at his home in Rushville, Ind., after he had seemingly recovered from a serious attack of stomach trouble. Marion Man Beaten to Death. John McDougal, a leading merchant of Marion, Ind.. was bea'en to death in a struggle with FrancL Miller. My ler and his brothers Alva and Lester, were arrested. Winona Gets Pike Perch. A consignment of 50,000,000 pike perch, called also wall-eyed pike, has been shipped from the United States Fish Commission to Winona Lake, near Warsaw, Ind. Paris Wires Cut. Several hundred telegraph and telephone wires leading out of Paris, France, have been cut recently and the police have ascertained that the outrages were committed in response to a circular issued by the anarchist organization. Dozen Buildings Burn. The town of Dupont, near Scran ton, Pa., was threatened with destruction by fire, nearly a dozen buildings being destroyed before assistance from neighboring places chocked the flames. The loss is estimated at $50,000. Severe Drouth In China. . Reports received frbm the provinces Kanksu, Anhwel, Kings!, Hohan and! Shantung, China, indicate a severe drouth which seriously threatens the crops. The same districts were affected four years ago and were then relieved by American contributions. He Rules Wife May Drink. Holding that a wife has as much right to become intoxicated as her husband, Judge Rogers, of the Court' of Common Pleas at Youngstown, Ohio, refused to grant a divorce to Oscar L. Jacobs.

TAFT OPENS BIG FAIR

W TH ALASKA GOLD KEY

President Sends Sparks Across . Continent Starting Pacific Exposition. TAMES J. HILL WARNS NATION Magnate Sees Danger and Pleads for Law Enforcement Instead of Law Making. President Taft, in the White House, it 3:13 o'clock Tuesday afternoon, pressed a telegraphy key of Alaska sold and sent a spark across the continent that put in motion the wheels Jf the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition in Seattle, loosed the waters of its fountains, unfurled its banners, started its band3 playing, released showers of daylight fireworks, called upon the saluting guns of the American and Japanese fleets, set all the steamers in the harbor and all the lo:omotive3 In the railroad yards whistling and brought forth universal re'oicing from all Seattle. Vlg Fair Is Complete. The exercises at the world's fair grounds preceding the President's signal were carried out with military precision. The exposition gates were opened at 8:30 o'clock.' At 9:30 troops rrom the United States army and navy, from the Japanese cruisers Aso and Soya and the State militia paraded through the grounds, under the command of Colonel T. C. Woodbury, U. S. A. and the column was reviewed from a stand at the head of the court of honor by exposition officials, visiting governors and Admirals II. Ijichl and Uriel Sebree. The ceremonial exercises were held in a vast natural amphitheater sloping to Lake Washington. The program consisted of music, invocation by Catholic Bishop Onward J. O'Day, brief address by Director General I. A. Nadeau and President J. F. Chilberg, the long address by James J. Hill, chairman of the Great Northern board, and i benediction by Episcopal Bishop Frederick W. Keator. Mr. Hill said: "There are four great word3 that should be written upon the four corner stones of every public building In this land, with the sacredness of a religious rite. These watch words of the republic are equality, slmrllcity, economy and Justice. They are Interwoven with every fiber of the national fabric. To forget or deny them will lead to every misfortune and every possibility of destruction that rises now threateningly in the path of our country's greatness. "Frequent use of the phrase, 'our complex civilization creates a vague Impression that simplicity has been banished necessarily from the modern world by a kind of natural evolution. Whereas it remains "now, as always, the normal rule of a wholesome national life. "We have complicated our lawmaking until, despite the high standards, the unimpaired traditions and the continual labors of the courts, the administration of justice is difficult and sometimes uncertain. The greatest service to the nation, to every State and city to-day, would be the substitution for a term of years of law enforcement for law-making." Taft Sends Message. The ceremony of pressing the gold key In the east room of the White House in Washington by which President Taft to-day formally opened the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition was simple. There was a delay of fifteen minutes at Seattle In completing the arrangements, and it was 3:15 p. m. (Washington time) when President Taft touched the golden telegraph instrument. Practically the entire diplomatic corps was present The message which followed quickly after the current that put everything in motion was as follows: "The White House, Washington, June 1, 1909. Mr. J. E. Chilberg. President Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition, Seattle, Wash. "I congratulate you and your associates on this auspicious opening of the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition, and I congratulate the people of the ;reat Northwest on the courage and enterprise they have shown in bring ing It forth. The exposition, designed as it Is to exploit the natural resources and marvelous wealth of Alaska and the development of trade and com merce on the Pacific slope, should ap peal not only to th people of tho West but to the people of the country at large. I trust it will fully meet the expectations of those' to whose untlr ing energies it owes its birth and that It will prove a source of Instruction and education to its thousands of vis! tors. WILLIAM IL TAFT." President Taft and Senator Piles then made brief addresses. KILLED IN QUARREL. Wealthy vr York Farmer Slala by Ills XelKhbor. Morris Donovan, a wealthy farmer of Clyde, N. Y., was killed by his neighbor, Beckwith Tremper.. The kill ing occurred at the home of Tremper, He, Donovan and Fred Hart, an em ploye of Donovan's, spent the night In the Tremper barn drinking cider. A quarrel was started and the killing fol lowed. JEWELER SHOOTS A BURGLAR. Unidentified Man, Fonnd In House, Is Killed by Second Ballet. Albert Esberger, a jeweler, shot and killed an unidentified burglar in his home at 241 Helen street, Cincinnati Esberger was awakened by a noise in his kitchen. He secured a revolver and fired a shot at a man he saw in the kitchen. The man jumped out of a window and Esberger fired again. The intruder fell dead on the ground below the window. "Adam God" Cnllty of Marder. The jury in the case of James Sharp, or "Adam Gcd," charged with the mur der of Policeman Michael Mullane in a religious riot in Kansas City Dec 8 last, returned a verdict of guilty of murder in the first degree, and Sharp was sentenced to twenty-five years in the penitentiary. Oklahoma College Is Darned. The Oklahoma v College for Young Women, situated two miles north of Oklahoma City, was burned Monday Bight.

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QUAKER CITY STRIKE RIOTS. Mobs Beat Imported Crews in Philadelphia Trouble Spreads. Car-strike riots were renewed in Philadelphia Thursday, following an outbreak the 'previous night, in which nearly 100 persons were injured. This disturbance was In northeast Philadelphia, the scene of the riots, when a crowd attacked two trolley cars which were manned by Imported workmen. The windows In the cars were broken, the car crews were seriously beaten, and many persons in the crowd were hurt by flying bricks. Several arrests were made. As the result of the disturbances in Kensington Lieut. Sykes, commander of the police In the district, was suspended from duty and will be tried before a police board on a charge of failing to lead his men against the rioters. Sykes, ic is said, did not leave the - station house during the rioting. All of those Injured in the serious rioting will recover. About 100 are under treatment in hospitals. The station houses were filled to overflowing with persons arrested for rioting. The elevated and subway system of the Pnlladelphia Rapid Transit Company, which has been a bulwark of strength for the company since the strike began, became tied up by a partial strike of its employes Thursday. The trouble start ed when awest bound train reached the 46th street station. Here the crew deserted and the train was run to the 69th street terminal by men sent out from that point. Subsequently other crews deserted their trains at the 69th street terminal. The company's officials would not discuss the situation, but the ticket windows were closed and the crowds on the platforms took to the streets. FRANCE'S BIRTH RATE GROWS. Vital Statistic for lOOS Show More Are llorn than Die. The vital statistics of France, wh'.ch in 1907 showed an excess of 19,S92 deaths over the births for that year, a fact that led to the most pessimistic predictions for the future of the French race, have now been published for 190S. Their study brings to light more reassuring official figures and shows an excess of 46,441 births over dea:hs for that year. The total of deaths decreased 48.2C6 In 190S, while the births increased 18,067. Walter Miller, the jockey, who had more winning mounts on the American turf during the racing seasons of 1903-6-7 than any other rider, will ride on the English turf as a free lance. Before a tremendous crowd in Philadelphia Jack O'Brien stayed six rounds with Jack Johnson without suffering any damage, and would have secured a draw out of it had there been a. decision rendered. Edward Payson Weston, in his walk from New York to the Pacific coast has been covering sixty-three miles a day across Western Kansas and Eastern Colorado, about a mile for each year of his age. One of the most exciting finishes ever witnessed in a sprint race occurred at Louisville when Gypsy King and Hyperion II swept across the line in the third race event so close together than even the judges could not separate them. The Prix Daru, run at Longchamps, the Paris course, was won by W. K. Vanderbilfs Oversight. Just as the bookies were about to cash in at the finish of the first steeple chase at the Virginia fair grounds at Richmond, Sheriff Kemp and a squad of deputies descended upon the betting ring. Boxing contests of not more than thirty minutes duration received a strong endorsement in the Wisconsin Assembly when that house, by a vote of 40 to 34 ordered the bill to engrossment. Mayor Townley, of Fergus Falls, is of the opinion that the law passed at the recent session of the Minnesota Legislature permitting the playing of base ball on Sunday, is Invalid, and has given notice that Sunday playing will not be permitted. At Cedar Falls, Iowa, the field meet of the State Teachers' College was a big success. Six colleges were represented in the contest and the State Teachers' College won 58 points; Coe College, 34; Cornell, 29 points; Simpson, 20, and Leac ler Clark, 3.

OF JOY AND NIGHTS OF PAIN.

159,832 LEAVE U. S. FOR CANADA. Exoda of Settlers Over Ilorder In rast Year Breaks All Ileeords. The report of the immigration department for the fiscal year was issued from Winnipeg Man., Monday. The year closed March 31. The report contains statistics for the whole of Canada, and shows that immigration into Canada via ocean ports from Great Britain and European countries decreased 117,0S1 persons from the preceding fiscal year. Thi3 decline is attributed to restrictive legislation aimed at Indigent or somewhat undesirable Immigrants. It has not -seriously affected the inrush from the British Isles. The immigration of settlers from the United States, however, not only shows an increase over th3 last fiscal year, but it breaks all records for immigration from across the southern border. In the twelve months prior to March 31, 159,832 settlers from the United States came into Canada, bringing with them money and effects the estimated value of which wa3 $60,000,000. ASK ACREAGE IN DESERT LAND. Ills? Rash at Phoenix Itallroad Representative Jarred by Haling. The rush at the Phoenix, Ariz., land office Thursday resulted in the filing of seventy-three applications on a total of over 20,000 acres of desert land at different points adjacent to Agua Fria River, twenty-five 'miles west of Phoenix. The line had been formed for twenty-four hours preceding the opening at 9 o'clock. Well toward the head of the line was a representative of the land department for the Santa Fe Railroad with a large quantity of railroad land scrip. The registrar and receiver promulgated a ruling that no one applicant could make more than two filings, or 320 acres, at one time. The railroad representative retired without filing. Later in the day, after the line cleared, the railroad representative made a filing on 2,700 acres wth forest scrip. FIGHT FOR THE PENNANTS. Standing; of Clabs In the Principal Base Ball Leagnei, NATIONAL LEAGUE. W. L- W. L. Pittsburg .29 12 Ph'U'Iphia .17 20 Chicago ...28 16 Brooklyn ..16.23 New York "20 17 St. Louis ..17 23 Cincinnati .23 22 Boston 12 27 AMERICA LEAGUE. Detroit ...27 13 St. Louis ..17 21 Ph'd lphla .23 16 Cleveland .17 22 New York. 21 15 Chicago ...16 22 Boston ....21 19 Wash'gton .12 26 AMERICAN ASSOCIATION. W. L. W. I Milw'kee ..29 19 Minn'polis .24 23 Ind'npolis .28 23 Toledo 22 26 Coluaibus .26 24 Kan. City .19 27 Louisville .26 24 St. Paul ...18 26 FLOOD DAMAGE IS $500,000. Fonrteen Inches of Italu Falls In the Illaek Hills. Tying; tu Itallroad. For the first time in several days Deadwcod, S. D., has a telegraphic communication with the outside world. A conservative estimate of the flood loss in the Black Hills is $300.000. Both the Northwestern and the Burlington roads have sustained very heavy losses. Neither road has had a train into Deadwood for three days and will be obliged to bring in mails by team for several days. Fourteen inches of rain has fallen in the Black Hills, breaking all records. Many mines have been forced to suspend. Bloodthirsty Man Slashes Mother. "I've got to murder some one to-day, and it might as well be you," Frank Daniels, a negro, said to his mother in Cleveland. Daniels quickly drew a razor across the woman's throat, causing what will probably be a fatal wound. Murdered" Boy Found Alive. James Hines, the 16-year-old nephew of Mayor Hines of Abingdon, Va., whom Robert Moore, a negro, said he had murdered, has been located in Ohio. Flames Threaten Dopant, Pa. The town of Dupont, near Scranton, Pa., was threatened with destruction by fire, nearly a dozen buildings being destroyed before assistance from neighboring places checked the flames. Bucket brigades were formed and partly held the flames until the Pfttston fire department arrived. The total los3 is estimated at $50,000. Alphonso Sprains Ankle. King Alphonso of Spain, while playing polo, fell from his horse, suffering a severe ankle sprain.

REVOLT IN PERU IS QUELLED.

President Captured and Freed, Defeats the Rebel Forces. The palace of President Leguia in Lima, Peru, was attacked by revolu tionary forces and the loyalty of the troops wa3 all that saved the chief executive from being deposed from of fice. The revolutionists, after hard fighting, succeeded in entering the palace and making the President prisoner, but the loyal soldiers, after recovering from the panic into which the unexpected attack threw them, advanced upon the rebels and rescued Leguia unharmed. The President, restored to power, Immediately took charge of putting down the disorder. The fighting lasted for some time, but resulted in the complete routing of the revolutionary forces. Later Leguia rode through the streets, which were closely guard ed by cavalry, and assured the townspeople and tradesmen the danger was passed. BUSINESS MAN IS SUICIDE. John W. Speas, Leader In Commercial Affairs, Shoots Himself. John W. Speas, a prominent business and club man, committed suicide at his home in Kansas City by shooting. He had been in ill health and was despondent. Mr. Speas had been connected for years with the advancement of Kansas City. He was president of the Monarch Vinegar Company, treasurer of the Priests of Palla3 Carnival Association, was the first president of the board of directors of Convention Hall and a member of the Kansas City Club and the Commercial Club. DE President Taft has appointed William W. Williams immigration commissioner. Mr. Williams once before held this office, with President Roosevelt. Walter E. Clark, a Washington newspaper man, has been appointed governor of Alaska, and William S. Washburn, of New York, has been appointed civil service commissioner tc succeed James T. Williams, resigned Nelson S. Pratt, who has just been inaugurated as mayor of Spokane, Wash., and the council of that city are to work under the amended char ter providing that unsatisfactory otl cials may be recalled upon a petition of 25 per cent of the voters. The same charter also provides for an initiative and referendum on the appeal of 1C per cent of the voters who voted on May 4. Mayor Pratt, a Democrat, was elected on a nonpartisan platform, the Democratic machine having supported J. T. Oino. Governor Stubbs of Kansas has re ceived a letter from President Taft ex pressing strong resentment over the ef fort made by the governor to make political capital out of the appoint ment of his personal friend, Roberl Stone of Topeka, to be an assistant tc the attorney general and at the same time revoked the appointment ol Stone. The President said he wculc not permit himself to be drawn intc any factional fight. He had supposet that Stone had the backing of the con gressional delegation, but found latei that the first known of the appoint ment by Senator Curtis and his friendi was the boastful announcement madt in the Stubbs-Brlstow papers. The Wetmore bill, which had passed the Michigan Senate and provided s salary of $5,000 for the clerk of tht Supreme Court, was defeated. It camt up for consideration again in com mittee of the wholo in the House anc the farmers renewed their fight tc have the figure placed at $3.500. They failed. The clerk will now receiv the fees of the office, which amount to much more than $5,000, A campaign is well under way tc elect Gov. Johnson United States senator from Minnesota to succeed Moses E. Clapp, whose term expires in 1911 Plans are being made to capture iht next Legislature in Johnson's inter est. The latest device of the militant woman sufTrage agitators of England to get the attention of the members of Parliament was used Tuesday, when a party of the women chartered a launct to take a party to a point opposite tht terrace of the parliament house. There, after singing the "Marseillaise," they shot off a number of rockets, which burst above the terrace, setting loose a quantity of handbills to the watching members.

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In the Senate Monday the proposition to Increase the duty on lemons from 1 cent to 1' cents a pound was agreed to by a vote of 43 to 28. The House duty on bacon, hams and lard was restored upon motion of Mr. Aldrich, who withdrew th? committee amendments Increasing it. An effort of Mr. Bacon to reconsider the paragraph relating to fresh Icef, mutton, etc., in orderUo decrease tne duties on those articles was d?feat?d. The House was not in sessioa. The Senate spent the day Tuesday in a discussion of the cotton schedule of the tariff bill. The most noticeable feature of the debate was a speech by Senator Lodge of Masachusetts. in which he declared that the Republican party had never promised "revision downward." Senator Aldrich gave notice that, beginning with Wednesday night, night sessions would be held. The House was in session only thirteen minutes, adjourning until Thursday without transacting any business. The Senate Wednesday adopted a resolution for day and night sessions, and the Vice President ruled that the absence of a quorum could not be called to the attention of the chair if jthe Senator occupying the floor declined to yield for that purpose. Senator La Follette began a two days' speech, arguing fcr a lower tariff. Senators Nelson and Gore spoke along the same line and Senator Elkins pleaded for a higher tariff on coal and .oil. Senator Frye defended the charge that the New England cotton mills are making unusually large profits. The 1 House was not In session. Senators Aldrich and Stone engaged in a sharp exchange of words Thursday morning in a discussion growing out of Senator Aldrich's charge that the German government was interfering in tariff legislation. Mr. Stone said the German government resented that charge, and Mr. Aldrich attempted to show that his statement was directed against the government. Senator La Follette continued his speech against high tariff rates in the pending bill. At 5:30 p. m. the Senate took a recess till 8 o'clock, when discussion of the bill was continued until 10:30. After trying for three-quarters of an hour to obtain a quorum and not meet1 ing with success the House adjourned until Monday. The point of no quorum wa3 made by Mr. Macon (Arkansas), who demanded the presence of a constitutional majority for the consideration of the bill amending the laws of Porto Rico. That the Republican plan to pass the bill the next week was made evident when Mr. Payne, the majority leader, served notice that if a quorum was not present on Monday next he would move that the sergeant-at-arms bring in the absentees. : tThrough forenoon, afternoon and evening sessions the Senate Friday labored on the cotton schedule. Mr. La Follette completed his long speech attacking the changes in the Dingley rates which were recommended by the Senate Finance Committee and replied to Senator Penrose's charge that he was shamming s:ckness as an excuse for his absence from the night session. He said he was not sick, but was very tired and was resting in ?rder to be in shape to continue his speech in the Senate. At the night session Chairman Aldrich replied to Mr. La Follette's assault upon the work of the Finance Committee and made a general defense of amendments, which he asserted were necessary to carry out the intent of the framers of the Dingley law. The House was not in session. After devoting the larger portion of Saturday to listening to a discussion of the cotton cloth schedule, the Senate entered upon a period of voting late in the afternoon and rapidly disposed of the entire subject of changing from ad valorem to specific duties for the purpose of preventing undervaluations. On all the votes taken the finance committee was sustained by a majority of ten or eleven. Three votes were necessary to accomplish this result, and others would have been necessary but for Senator Bacon, who, seeing the futility of opposing the committee, suggested the grouping of the votes after the first two ballots had been taken. This suggestion was unanimously agreed to, with the result that so much was accomplished that a night session was not held. Senator Dolliver occupied much of the time of the session with a speech in which he indulged in much caustic criticism of the methods of the finance committee. The House was not in session. TELEGRAPHIC BREVITIES St. Mary's Cathedral, Covington, Ky., is to have the largest cathedral window in the United States, and the second largest in the world. It will contain 1,500 square feet of glass. M. H. De Young, owner of the San Francisco Chronicle, has purchased the eleven-story loft and office building at 236 and 238 Fifth avenue, New York. The property was valued at considerably more than $1,000,000. Diplomatic relations between the United States and Venezuela, broken ofT nearly a year ago, were formally resumed the other day when Pedro Rojas, the new minister from that country, was formally presented to President Taft. The New York State training ship Newport was delayed In starting its trip to European waters because Capt. Everhart disagreed with Dr. Keran O'Brien, the medical officer, about the purchase of a patent medicine. The doctor, wh wanted the drug, resigned. Vincenzo Marrazzo, a steward of the White Star Liner Romanic, was arrested In Boston, and on his person. It Is alleged, were a number of pieces of finely finished pink and red coral, valued at $1,500. The steward declared he was to give it into the hands of some man unknown to him. John Burns, an aged expressman, committed suicide at Sacramento, Cal., by hanging in order to avoid being detained in jail as a witness against a gang of box-car thieves arrested there recently. The old homestead of Peter Cooper, Kew York's great philanthropist, which originally stood on the present site of Cooper Union, Fourth avenue and the Bowery, New York, has been purchased by the Misses Hewitt, granddaughters of Mr. Cooper, and will be moved to the Cooper estate, at Ringwood Manor.

COL. A. K. M'CLURE DIES.

Famous Civil War Figure Founded and Edited Philadelphia Times. Colonel Alexander K. McClure, friend and biographer of Abraham Lincoln, prothonotary of the Supreme and Superior courts of Pennsylvania and for many years a prominent figure in politics and journalism, died Sunday at his home in Wallingford, Del? ware County, Pa., aged 81 years. Mr. McClure was born in Sherman's Valley, Perry County, Pa., June 9, 1828. The early years of his life were spent on his father's farm. At the age of 14 years, after being fairly well grounded in the rudiments of a common school education, his school days ended, and he was apprenticed to James Marshall, a tanner. Before he was 19 years of age Mr. McClure had quit the tannery business, acquired a smattering of the art of printing and started a newspaper of his own at Mifflin, Pa. Here he let his taste for politics, which had been well fostered in the tanyard discussions, have full play. The result was that before he attained his majority he was called into conference over the congressional situation as the friend of Andrew G. Curtln. Latr Curtin was defeated. His young champion always attributed this defeat to General Cameron, a Democratic state leader, and hated him accordingly. Both the friendship and the hatred Mr. McClure formed at this early period lasted many years. It was in 1850 that McClure first entered the "big editorial field," as it was then considered, and- became a power in State politics. Through the interest of Curtin he was given charge of the Chambcrsburg Repository. He was first elected to the legislature in 1857. He was re-elected the following year, which brought out the true brilliancy of his political acumen. As chairman of the Republican State committee he engineered the campaign through the bitter fight of civil strife, reached the State Senate himself, elected Curtin to the governorship and delivered the State to Lincoln. During the Civil- War he was one of the sturdy, picturesque figures of Pennsylvania politics and did much to guard the interests of the Union. In 1S73 Mr. McClure sought to become mayor of Philadelphia, making a brave fight against the machine. He was defeated by a small majority. It was then that he determined to reenter the field of journalism. After an attempt to secure the Press at Philadelphia from Colonel Forney, who had been his partisan in politics for years, Mr. McClure started the Times. This paper, although new and fighting against well-established and , wealthy rivals, made excellent progress because of the originality instilled into its columns by Mr. McClure's efforts. He not only raised the tone of the newspapers from the dull routine that had characterised the press of Philadelphia, but also set a new standard for salaries for the newspaper work ers of .the city. HO OSIER BANKER ENDS HIS LIFE Jesse Fletcher of a Well-Known Family Kills Himself. Jesse Fletcher, a wealthy business man of Indianapolis, Ind., committed suicide at Turtle Lake, near Alpena, Mich., where there is a widely known fishing and hurting club. Mr. Fletcher belonged to one of the most prominent of the old Indiana families. For many years it has been important in the financial development of the State, and the Fletchers were among the first bankers to co-operate in the beginning of business In the Middle West. Jesse Fletcher was a capitalist and interest ed financially in many directions. The amount of his fortune is not known, but it is not believed that it was loss of money that led to his suicide. He was a man of middle age, unmarried and cf retiring disposition. WELL; SENT TO LEPER COLONY. Ten Supposed Victims Found, Aflei Years, Xot to Have Disease. After some of them had spent twen ty years of their life in the leper set tlement on the Island of Molokai, ten of eleven . supposed lepers who were returned to Honolulu at the instance of the territorial legislative commit tee "for re-examination, have been found free of the disease. Of these two are boys of 6 and 7 years, but the others vary in age from 27 to 79. A pathetic feature of the re-examination i3 the probability that some of the older patients will petition to be returned to the Island, as they have been shut off from the world and their friends so long that they have no place to go. A few of the patients were sent to the settlement before the bacteriological test for' leprosy was discovered, and it is believed that in some cases a natural cure has been effected. Tito Railways Are Fined. The Missouri Pacific Railroad and its subsidiary line, the Iron Mountain, entered a plea of guilty in the federal court in Little Rock, on the Indictments recently returned against them. Judge Trieber assessed a fine of $7,500 in each case. The railroads were Indicted In fifty-eight counts each of making concessions to firms. Girl Darned In House Fire. Angel Berger, 12 years old, was burned to death and her mother, father and brother seriously injured by the explosion of an oil can at their home at Cecil, Pa. The house was destroyed, causing a los3 of $2,500. Student, In Debt, Ends Life. Despondent because he was behind with his board and did not have clothes good enough for commencement week. Essel Sisk, 16 years old, of DIxon, Ky., a student at Bethel College, in Russellville, Ky.. committed suicide by shooting himself through the head Florida to Part Races on Train. The Florida House has passed the Senate bill providing for separation of the races on railroad trains and street cars, and it now goes to the Governor for his signature. School Dell Falls i Kills Girl. The falling of a 500 pound bell from the roof of the Linden Street Schoo! in Pittsfleld, Mass., killed Priscilla Au ger, aged 10, a pupil. The child was standing near the building when the bell was rung to announce the close of recess. It fell, striking her on the head. Autos Crash) Four Are Injured A collision of automobiles near Egg Harbor City, N. J., about twenty miles from Atlantic City, resulted In the mrious injury of four men.

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CHICAGO. Trade maintains sustained progress and seasonable activity marks the leading industries, although capacity is not yet entirely engiged. Crop reports impart much strength to the outlook. Wheat cutting has started and nature is busy raising what promise to be the most valuable grains ever grown. Heavy June settlements at the banks were attended without any. important trading defaults. The demand for money is wider, and this gives the discount rate a firmer tone, but choice commercial paper is readily negotiated without increased cost. An encouraging feature of current operations Is the enlarging use of funds for manufacturing and investment purposes. Warmer weather brings better demand in the leading retail line, and stocks of lightweight apparel and footwear now move out satisfactorily. Reorders are noted in wholesale dry goods tind other staples, whi'e a fair aggregate is booked for the interior for fall and winter goods. Mail orders from local territory and more distant points compare favorably in the aggregate with this time last year. Less diSculty is met with as to datings and credits, more buyers arranging for the best discount terms. The recent Improved demands for furniture, woolens, jewelry and food produces gather more force. Manufacturing now shows more dis tinctly the recovery In production, and there are increasing movements of finished products from the mills and factories. The markets for raw materiah reflect wider absorption and firm prices. Railrcad contracts come for ward freely for rails, cars and other equipment. Bank clearings for five days, $252, 296,999, exceed those of the correspond ing period In 190S by 19.9 per cent, and compare with $264,S69,797 for six days in 1007. Failures reported in the Chicago dls trict number 23, against 26 last weefc. 22 in 1908 and 29 in 1907. Those with liabilities over . $3.000 number 6 against 8 last week, 5 In 1908 and in 1907. Dun's Weekly Review. NEW YORK. All In all the business situation pre sents many favorable features, but there is still an underlying feeling of conservatism, and while less is heard of the influence of tariff changes on fu ture trade, there is still apparent a dls position to await the outcome of pres ent legislative action and a clearer view as to possible crop yields. Among the leading industries the activity in iron and steel is still a subject of in terest and May business In finished lines is claimed to have surpassed th like month of any previous year and to have been ' superior in tonnage placed to any month for two yean past. Wool is quieter, but no less strong. Leather prices &re very strong reflecting the strength of hides and re ports of closely held stocks, but shoes while being ordered more freely, an not selling as heavily for fall as ex pected. Business failures lit. the Unitec States for the week ending with June 3 were 101, against 205 last week. 225 in the like week of 190S. 153 in 1907. 162 in 1906 and 194 in 1903. Buslnesi failures for the week in Canada num ber 26, which compares with 22 las week and 32 last year. Bradstreet's. Chicago Cattle, common to prime $4.00 to $7.13; hogs, prime heavy, $4.5C to $7.G3: sheep, fair to choice, $4.2Z to $7.00; wheat, No. 2, $1.50 to $1.53; corn. No. 2, 75c to 7Cc; oata, standard 57c to 58c; rye. No. 2, 88c to f0c; hay timothy, $8.00 to $1G.50; prairie, $S.OC to $13.00; butter, choice creamery, 22c to 2Gc; eggs, fresh, 18c to 21c; potatoes per bushel, 78c to 87c. Indianapolis Cattle, shipping, $3.0C to $7.40; hops, good to choice heavy. $3.50 to $7.50; sheep, pood to choice, $2.50 to $0.15; wheat. No. 2, $1.51 tc $1.53; corn. No. 2 white, 73c to 74c; oats No. 2 white, 54c to 55c St. Louis Cattle, $100 to $7.00; hoys $4.0 to $7.00; sheep. $3.00 to $0.35; wheat. No. 2, $1.03 to $1.05; corn. No. 2, 73c to 75c; oats. No. 2, 57c to 50c; ry: No. 2, 83c to S5c. Cincinnati Cattle, $4.00 to $G.50, hogs, $4.00 to $7.45; sheep. $3.00 tc $5.25; wheat. No. 2, $1.55 to $1.5ti; corn, No. 2 mixed, 75c to 70c; oat?, No. mixed, 50c to COc ; rye, No. 2, OOc to 02c Detroit Cattle, $4.00 to $0.50; boss, $4.00 to $7.23; sheep. $2.50 to $3.50; wheat. No. 2, $1.50 to $1.57; corn. No. 3 yellow, 70c to 7Sc; oats. No. 3 white. 01c to G2c; rye, No. 2, 01c to 02c. Buffalo Cattle, choice shipping steers, $4.00 to $7.00; hogs, fair to choice, $4.00 to $7.70; sheep, common to good mixed. $4.00 to $4.73; lambs, fair to choice, $3.00 to $7.75. New York Cattle, $4.00 to $G.G3; hops, $3.50 to $7.00; sheep, $3.00 tc $0.00; wheat, No. 2 red, $1.45 to $1.47; corn. No. 2, S3c to 84c; oats, natural white, G2c to GGc; butter, creamery, 22c to 2Gc ; eggs, western, 17c to 22c. Toledo Wheat, No. 2 mixed. $1.50 to $1.57; corn, No. 2 mixed, 73c to 74c;. cats. No. 2 mixed, 58c to 50c; rye, No. 2, 80c to OOc; clover seed, $0.10. Milwaukee Wheat, No. 2 northern,. $1.33 to $1-34 ; corn. No. 3, 70c to 72c : oats standard, 50c to OOc; rye. No. 1, S7c to SOe; barley, standard, 75c to 7Gc; pork, mess $18.50. 1 1 A reduction in wages amounting to 8 per cent in the pay of 25.000 operatives in the print cloth mills of Fall River. Mass., Is possible June 14, according to an announcement. The dean of Westminster Abbey has refused a request of British authors that the ashes of George Meredith be deposited in the abbey. It is announced that public opinion has forced the British cabinet to the decision to lay down four new Dreadnoughts during the present financial year. William Bailey and R, M. Young, shot and killed each other while trying to kill another man at a school entertainment at Dryden, Va. The Curtis, Leggett k Co. collar and shirt plant at Troy, N. Y., was sold at a bankruptcy sale to FrisMe, Coon L. Co. for $375,000. .