Plymouth Tribune, Volume 8, Number 40, Plymouth, Marshall County, 8 July 1909 — Page 2

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F. M. vj U Q.N. UT F.Q. VS3rd. Vi 10th. Omh. f 25th. PAST AND PRESENT AS FT COMES TO US FROM ALL CORNERS OF THE EAF TH. Telegraphic Information Gathered by the Few for the Enlightenment of the Many. Toll cf the Celebration. Statistics compiled by the Chicago Tribune regarding Fourth of July casualties throughout the country indicate a much smaller list of fatalities and injuries than in any previous year. No true comparison, however, can be made until the casualiis of July 5th are added to those cf the Fourth. In Chicago one man was killed and there were scores of injuries and small fires. The figures procured after the first day of celebration are: Dead Twenty. By fireworks and resulting fires. 3; by cannon. 1; by firearms, 3; by gunpowder, 2; by toy pistols, 10. Injured Four hundred and twentyseven. By fireworks, ICS; by cannon, 51; by firearms, 62; by gunpowder, 59; by torpedoes. S; by toy pistols, ÖS; by bomb canes, 9; by runaways, 14. Fire loss, $09.200. Ketchel Wins Fight. Stanley Ketchel, the present middleweight champion, was given the decision at San Francisco, Cal., at the end of twenty rounds of hard milling over Billy Papke, the Illinois "thunderbolt." Referee Roche gave the decision to Ketchel on his aggresfive work and the fact that he lande I oftener and cleaner. It was reported that Ketchel broke hi 3 right hand in the sixth round. The decision was not received favorably by many in the crowd. Cattle Disease Kills Human. The second human being known to have been attacked by the disease of charbon, an epidemic of which has recently killed many cattle in the South, is J. Breaux, a young farmer and residing several miles from Lake Charles, La. Breaux became inoculated after skinning a cow that had died from the disease and his condition Is critical. The first victim was Tlieophile Bergen, whose death occurred several days ago. Plct to Break Jail. Plans for an attempted wholesale Jail delivery at Fort Wayne, Ind.. were discovered by members of Sheriff Reichelderfer's force. The plans, as learned, were to make a break for liberty when William Boyer, a negro, who has been serving time for assault and battery, was to be released. To aid in the escape. If necessary, a slug made o iron was reported to be In possession of one of the prisoners, while another had a long-bladed knife. Famous Moro Outlaw Killed. In a desperate fight near Patian on Jolo Island, in the Philippines, Jikiri, the famous Mora outlaw chief was killed and his entire land exterminated by detachments of regulars and constabulary in conjunction with a naval flotilla of the Mosquito fleet. The American loss was one private killed and three oScers and twenty enlisted men and one sailor wounded. , Six Die in Burning House. H. A. Strange, aged 74 years, a Confederate veteran, and five children of S. F. Hamlett, Vemie, 14; Beatrice. 7; Violet, 6; Cecil, 3. and Henry 18 months of ag, were burned to death In the home of Mr. Hamlett at South Boston, Va. Hamlett, his wife and two children escaped. One child was thrown from a window and so badly hurt that it will die. Mother and Child Die. Mrs. Mamie Cunningham, of Louisville, Ky., and her 3-year-old daughter, Mamie, were found dead In bed from gas asphyxiation In the home of her brother.-in-law in Chicago. The police believe the deaths were accidental. 149 Lives Lost on Burning Steamer. When the Japanese steamer Nlhokai Maru was burned to the water's edge six miles off Aomori on the Chinese coast on June 14, 149 lives, including those of the entire crew of sixteen, were lost, according to advices received at Victoria, B. C. Fire Sweeps Grain Field. Fire swept six thousand acres of grain near San Fernandino, Cal. The loss is $125,000. Conductor Disappears. Held responsible by the coroner for the recent wreck on the Chicago, Lake Shore & South Bend electric line in which twelve men were killed, Delmer Kinney, conductor of the east-bound car in the collision has disappeared. Landslide Kills Twenty Men. . A landslide occurred at Newport, England, at the works connected with the new docks, and as a result twenty jaen were buried alive Embezzler Sentenced. Asa Hathaway, of Ridge Farm, near Danville, III., who was indicted for embezzling $5,000 from the American Hominy Company, pleaded guilty in the circuit court and was sentenced from one to ten years in the penitentiary. Small Boy Drowns. Clarence, 11-year-old son of William Voris, of Gas City, Ind., was drowned at the Jonesboro dam in the MIsIssinewa river. The body was found after an hour's search. Most Perfect Girl Physically. In a contest in New York City which embraced all the principal cities of the world, the New York Physical Culture Society has awarded Miss Margaret Calire Edward3, of Napa, Cal., the gold medal for the most perfect physical development of a girl under 17 years. Victim cf the Knox Fire Dies. Frank Konohasek, a business man of North Judson, who acted as a volunteer fireman at the fire in Knox, Ind., recently, and was overcome by the heat, died as a result

HEW QUAKE SHAKES

THE ISM Of SICILY Shocks in .Messina Crumble Walls and Drive Out .Many in State . of Panic, -rl'' ! ROAR LIKE THE BOOM OF GUNS Borne of the Tremblings More Severe than Those cf Disaster of December 28. Sicily was the scene Thursday of mother earthquake disaster which, in Messina at least, completed the destruction" wrought by the shocks of Dec. 28, in which tens of thousands of lives were lost. The instruments at the observatory registered a total of ten shocks of varying severity since V:20 o'clock Thursday morning. Eight shocks were felt during the night. News that has come in there from the provinces shows that damage has been wrought there, but it is as yet impossible correctly to estimate the extent. of the losses. The shocks both at Messina and at Reggio created a great panic Emong the people of these two cities. IIoue Fall People in Flieht. Walls cf houses not completely demolished in the visitation of last winter were shaken down, and the inhabitants of the towns rushed from the streets toward the open country, A woman and a child caught under the wreckage sustained serious injury, the woman subsequently dying. The earthquakes have been becoming more intense recently, and Wednesday night they were sufficiently severe to cause alarm. The shocks of Thursday morning were undulating and vertical, and ac companied by deep- roaring sounds. The first one was followed by an explosion like the roar of cannon and lasted between eight and ten seconds. It is said that this quake was of greater severity than the fatal one of the night of Dec. 2S. The wooden houses and huts erected for the accommodation of the people seemed to be thrown from one side to another. Cries filled the air as the people fled Into the road. As on the night of Dec. 2S, the first shock was followed by a circular movement of the ground. Five minutes later there came another quake, accompanied by further roarings. This completed the destruction. The remains of wrecked houses collapsed and the entire district was covered by a dense cloud of dust. Recalls Laut Winter' Upheaval. News of the latest shock in Messina brings vividly to mind the disaster of last December. Positive knowledge of the number of persons killed and the damage done to property wa3 never obtained. It is known for certain that the dead exceeded lOO.OOö, while scores of cities and towns in Calabria and Sicily were left in ruins. SPURNS H. H. ROGERS' FORTUNE. Dlackumlth Brother of Late Millionaire Want None of 3Ioney. "I do not want a penny of my brother's money," declared Edward Rogers, blacksmith and brother of the late Henry II. Rogers, of Standard Oil millions. A number of letters have been sent to ; Rogers by his brother's attorneys which Rogers has refused to take out of the postoffice. Rogers, who has been running a blacksmith shop at Watonga, Okla., for a number of years, has felt very bitter toward Henry H. Rogers. The estrangement dates ten years back, and occurred while Henry Rogers was on a visit to his brother's home. Ed Rogers was not at home at tae time. Tue blacksmith's son asked Henry Rogers icr a loan for his father, which was refused. This angered Ed Rogers, and he swore that his brother should never set foot in his home again. Rogers says he has been offered a government job at Fort Sill a. $90 a month, with $15 a month for rations, and will probably take iL FIGHT FOR THE PENNANTS. Standing of Club In the Principal Bate Dali Leagae. NATIONAL LEAGUE. W. L. W. L. Pittsburg .45 16 St. Louis ..25 33 Chicago ...39 23 Brooklyn ..21 39 New York. 34 23 Boston 17 43 Philadel'a .28 32 Cincinnati .32 30 AMEEICAN LEAGUE. W. L. W. L. Detroit ...45 21 New York .31 31 Philadel'a .37 26 Chicago 27 34 Boston 36 29 St. Loul3 ..23 41 Cleveland .32 31 Wash'gton .21 41 AMERICAN ASSOCIATION. W. I- W. I Milw'kee ..40 33 Louisville ..36 37 Minn'polls .39 35 Kan. City .33 33 Ind'polis ..39 35 St. Paul ...32 34 Columbus .37 37 Toledo 31 40 riasoe Coats Live of 177. According to official reports there have been 177 deaths from the bubonic plagua In Amoy, China, in a fortnight. Native reports show Improved health conditions in the larger Interior towns, but the populations of some villages ' have been decimated during the month. Jlomb Can es Iaii1o In Theater Bombs were exploded at midnight in two of the theaters in Barcelona, Spain. One of the playhouses fortunately was empty, but the other was crowded and 'Wie audience was thrown Into a panic. One man was fatally wounded. Killed In Train Collision. In a collision between Wabash freight and passenger trains at Missouri City, Engineeer David Parrish was killed and three passengers were injured. Tonopah Fire Loa la $ 500,000. The repair shops and roundhouse of the Tonopah and Goldfield Railroad, in Tonopah, Nev., were destroyed by fire, the property los3 being estimated at $500.000. Arreat Youth and Is Killed. While on his way to the magistrate's office with Frank Cahill, 15 years old, Policeman William Orrison, Jr., of Brunswick, Md., was intercepted by friends of the lad and was killed by a blow on the side of his head with A club.

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4. 4 9 REPORTED DEAD IN TORNADO. Scores Injured and Many Buildings Wrecked Near Niles, N. D. Scores of persons were injured and farm buildings within a radius of sixteen miles were destroyed by a series of tornadoes which swept over Niles. Benson County, N. D., Tuesday evening. Unconfirmed reports from Leeds say eight persons were killed and a report was received from Minnewaukon that one woman was killed and a number were Injured, and that the town was destroyed. These reports cannot be verified, as wires are down. The twisters followed at intervals of a few minutes. Between twenty and thirty farmhouses are wrecks and fifty telegraph poles are snapped ofT. The six members of the family of Erick Urness, near Niles, were injured and Mrs. Urness may not live. The yonngest child was found wrapped up in a bundle of barbed wire. DEATH RIDES RAIL WITH 663. In Three Month 2,OKft Train Collide und f 1,N4 7,22 I Inma&e. An increase of 314 In the total of railroad casualties, but a decrease o sixty-five in the total of persons killed, as compared with the figures for the corresponding quarter last year is shown for the months of January, February and March, 1909, by accident bulletin No. 31, issued by the interstate commerce commission in Washington, D. C. During the months named C63 persons were killed and 15,122 Injured. The number of collisions was 1,042 and there were 1,242 derailments. Of these 168 collisions and 145 derailments affected passenger trains. The damage done by these accidents aggregated $1,S47,202. Theodore Roosevelt has gone to Sotik to resume hunting. Dr. Theodore Barth, the leader of one of the radical parties in the German reichstag, is dead. King Alfonso of Spain, while playing polo, fell from his horse. His ankle was sprained severely. The Venezuelan Government has purchased the American steamers Nanticoke and Dispatch for government service on Lake Maracaibo, where they will compete with the private company which wa3 granted a monopoly by Castro when ho was President. In the British parliament Sir John Barlow, a Liberal member of the House of Commons, and a well known merchant, startled the country with the sensational suggestion that the Germans have established a depot of arms containing 50.000 Mauser rifles. In the center of London, together with 7,500,000 rounds of ammunition for the use of 66.000 trained Germ in soldiers now employed In various capacities in England. Thirteen additional men have been hanged In public In Constantinople, having previously been found guilty of complicity In the revolutionary outbreak of April 13. Acting en representations made by Henry P. Fletcher, charge d'affaires of the American legation, China ha3 agreed not to ratify the foreign loan of $27,500,000 from British and German and French bankers for the construction of the Hankov-Sze-Chuen Railroad. New arrangements will be made whereby American bankers may participate. In Germany a nasty controversy, which has already Involved most of the high military officers and the emperor, has arisen over the question of which is the better adapted for army use, rigid or flexible airships. The Belgian people have been further angered against King Leopold by the report that he is planning the private sale of tie entire furnishinj-s of the palace at Brussels, preparatory to his abdication and retirement to Paris. Color Is given to this report by the fact that an Inventory of the palace is in progress.

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SUMMER VISITOR IS WITH U$

' MURDER IS OUTCOME OF JOKE. Victim Iteaent Placard, Map Office Mule and la Shot Dead. E. C. Williams, representative in Atlanta. Ga., of the Fidelity and Casualty Company of New York, slapped the face of Donald M. Bain, a leading insurance man, 6S years old and nearly thirty years his senior. Within a few moments he was dead from a shot through the brain at the hands of Bain. The shooting took place in nn office in the Prudential Building and was the result of a trifling practic.l joke. Williams had returned to his office to find on his desk a placard reading: 4,Out of town in Milledgeville." The State asylum for lunatics is at Milledgeville and Williams resented the Implication he saw In the placard. He taxed Bain with being its author. The men quarreled and the encounter and shooting followed. Bain gave himself up to the police. TO PAY GUNNESS DEATH DEBT. Catate Muat Settle Ilelseleln Claim, la Verdict of Jury. In the case of F. M. Pitner, administrator of the estate of Andrew Helgelein against Wesley Fogle, administrator of the estate of Belle Gunness, a jury in Laporte, Ind.. found for. the plaintiff in the sum of $3,145, an amount representative of that which Mrs. Gunness received from Andrew Helgelein on the 14th of January, 1908, directly before she killed him, plus 6 per cent interest. The possession of the Helgelein money was cinched by evidence introduced proving that In January, 190S, Mrs. Gunness made efforts to convert $1,500 In gold into currency. The only gold she ever received was that which had been paid to her by Helgelein. ONE KILLED, FOUR HURT IN AUTO Machine Overturn at the Curb 'When It I Shifted to Avoid Man. Thomas B. McEnroe, a New York policeman, was killed instantly and four other men were injured, one fatally, when an automobile in which they were riding was overturned while on the way to Coney Island. The car had been borrowed for tin trip by George Olney. It was goin at high speed, when a passenger stepped from a trolley car directly in front of it. A sudden twist of the steering wheel to avoid hitting the passenger sent the automobile skidding against a curb, the car was overturned and its occupants thrown out or pinned under it. Olney disappeared after the crash. VICTIM OF SOLDIER DEAD. 1 Captain John C. Raymond, Shot by Corporal Succumb to Wound. Captain John C. Raymond of the Second Cavalry, Fort Des Moines, died Thursday after lingering between life and death since he wa3 shot by Corporal Lisle Crabtree at the army post there three weeks ago. The shooting followed a reprimand given Crabtree for staying in the city longer than the time allowed him. Sergeant James Washburn and Corporal Such, who were shot at the same time, recovered. Crabtree is In the guardhouse at Fort Des Moines. Freed In Death Caaef Shoots Man. William Wright, who was acquitted of killing Constable Sam Young In St. Louis, shot and dangerously wounded Charles Tozer, 24 years old, at the home of the widow of Fred Mohrle. Wright and Tozer were friends. Explorer I Found at Last. George Caldwell, the Canadian explorer, who has been absent for three years in the subarctic region and was given up as lost, has been reported by natives to be at Fallorton, Hudson Bay. Girl Killed by n Mower. While driving his harvester through his fields near Ural, Okla., John Nichols, a well-to-do farmer, ran over his little daughter, killing her Instantly. The child had walked into the wheat aod fallen asleep. Not until the father had driven twice around the field did he discover the child's body. St. Lou I Heat Kill Three. Three deaths, due to heat, first of the present hot spell, have been reported in St. Louis. Five other persons were prostrated.

GAIN.

MRS. TUCKER OBTAINS DIVORCE Remarkably Brief Hearing Ends ir the Entering of Decree. Mary Elizabeth Logan Tucker daughter of Gen. John A. Logan of Civil War fame, was granted an abso lute divorce Tuesday from Col. William F. Tucker, U. S. A., retired, on the ground of desertion. Judge Barnes entered the decree in the Superior Court In Chicago. Mrs. Tucker was given the right to resume her maiden name. The hearing was remarkably brief. Mrs. Tucker and her mother, Mrs. Logan, were the only witnesses. In lieu of alimony the former received real estate from the colonel said to be worth about $5,000. Col. Tucker was retired from active service last spring and given a pension of $3,750 a year. TO SAVE LIFE FOR DEATH. Surft eon a Operate on Convicted Murderer So He May He Executed. The execution ' of Joseph West ol Dayton, Ohio, condemned to be electrocuted July 9 for the murder of his sweetheart, will ha: to be postponed because of an operation by the penitentiary physician to save his life. West has been suffering with septic poisoning in one of his knees, and It was decided that amputation alone would prevent the malady from spreading. West will not have recovered sufficiently by July 9, physicians say, to be able to go to the electric chair. and Gov. Harmon will be compelled to grant a reprieve. 700S&NDS, or Dally racing for New York Is now practically assured. The St. Paul ball team I? to have the finest park In the American league. Arthur Reuber has been elected athletic director and coach of the North Dakota Agricultural College. Belentl, the Carlisle Indian who wa3 tried out by the Athletics and t.irned over to Kelly, has joined the St. Taul ball team. Johnny Coulon, bantam champion, and the veteran trainer, George Siddels, have gone to Fox Lake, Wis., for the summer. Jimmie Kelly, a familiar figure in boxing circles and widely known it a trainer and handler of pugilists, died suddenly in Chicago. . Johnny Haye3, winner of the Olympic Marathon, after running nine miles of a twenty-mile match race In Kansas City with John Svanberg of Sweden, was seized with a cramp and was forced to retire. Alice D. Mermed of St. Louis, by breaking 100 straight targets, won the amateur championship in the thirtysecond tournament and "registered" shoot of the Missouri State Sportsmen's Game and Fish Protective League. Stony McGlynn, the veteran twirler of the Milwaukee team, leads the A. A. pitchers in shutouts, having five to his credit. The spring meeting of the Westchester Racing Association at Belmont Park, established the fact that racing Is convalescing In the most satisfactory way. Sir Thomas Upton is getting restless again and thoughts of the America's cup still resting here have set him talking about another challenge. His hope now rests in the four-leaved shamrock idea. It might bring luck. W. K. Vanderbilt's horses won three races in one day at St. Cloud, France. The brilliant victory of King James in the Brooklyn Handicap and the defeat of James R. Keene's Celt awakened a lively interest in the Suburban Handicap. If efforts of Michael J. Shannon, the American horseman, now in Germany, proves successful, the kin of England and the emperor of Germany will engage in a turf battle on an American track with the best horses from their stables carrying their royal colors.

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S Work of Gongress ! eooeoooeoo9o

The Senate Monday afternoon concluded discussion of the Payne-Aldrich tariff bill and the finance committee's income tax constitutional amendment was presented. This amendment with the corporation tax, which is already before the Senate, constitutes the program in the upper House. On motion of Senator McLaurin cotton bagging was put on the free list. Senator Culverson moved to put cotton ties on the free list, but this was defeated 31 to 33. The duty on structural iron and steel valued at more than ninetenths a cent a pound was increased hrom three-tenths to four-tenths of a cent a pound. Ineffectual efforts were made to have school books and salt placed on the free and Egyptian cotton on the dutiable list. After adopting the conference report on the census bill the House adjourned at 12:35 p. m. until Thursday. No other business, except the introduction of bills and resolutions, was attempted. The most important development in the Senate Tuesday was the announcement of Senator Aldrich that he was advocating the corporation tax as a means of defeating the income ta?c. He denied, however, that the corporation tax was a subterfuge, as the Democrats were quick to charge, and defended it as a legitimate means of raising revenue. Mr. Aldrich said he expected a deficit for the next year or two, and that the corporation tax would help meet that and then might be abolished. The corporation tax measure was put before the Senate in the stage of a "third-degree" amendment, which precludes further amendments. The tariff schedules were completed, the Inst vote to be taken being on Senator Tillman's proposition for a duty of 10 cents a pound on tea. Although Senator Tillman made a long and strenuous fight, his plan was lost, 55 to IS. At adjournment at 6:17 Sen ator Cummins was speaking on the in come tax. The House was not in session. Income tax wis practically the only subject, and Senators Cummins of Iowa and Borah of Idaho the only speakers be for 3 the Senate Wednesday. Mr. Borah was not heard until toward the close of the day's session, when the Iowa Senator yielded the floor, which he had held since the previous day. He took for his text the declaration made by Senator Aldrich to the effect that he would vote for the corporation tax amendment only as a means of defeating, the income tax, and. without resorting to personalities, he criticised the position of the chairman of the finance committee, who had presented the corporation tax amendment to tho Senate. Mr. Cummins also paid his respects to Mr. Aldrich on account of his avowal. The House was not in session. But for objection from Senator Bulkeley the Senate would probably have come to an agreement o vote the next Tuesday on the entire income tax amendment to the tariff bill. Senator Bulkeley is opposed to the amendment, and as he expects to be out of the city Tuesday he would not consent to have a vote taken at that time. There were several speeches for and against the measure, Mr. Borah concluding his argument begun Wednesday. Mr. Root advocated the corporation tax, Mr. Clapp and Mr. Owen the Income tax and Senator Flint and several others made Incidental remarks. The House met, approved the journal, listened to Chaplain Couden's prayer, received a routine message from the President, declined to consider a bridge bill brought up by Representative Hobson of Alabama, and adjourned within twelve minutes. The corporation tax amendment was made an Integral part of the pending tariff bill Friday by a vote of 59 to 11. The test vote came earlier on the substitution of the corporation tax for the Income tax, ?.nd on this the vote stood 45 to 31. The debate was sharp at times, but with Mr. Aldrich back from his brief vacation and In full control the result was never in serious doubt. Among the speakers were Heyburn, Hughes, Cummins, Newlands, Rayner, Brandegee, Root and Aldrich. The House was not In session. NOTES OF CURRENT EVENTS. There was a deluge of small perch In Harlem street. New York, when firemen cleaned out the hydrants. Many children carried home the live perch In pails of water. Every school child ift New York" City will receive an official number next October, so that all may be identified quickly by the police, who, under a new law, are truant officers of the city. Tho appointment of Viscount Arasuke Sone to be resident-general of Korea for Japan has been announced in Tokyo. Simultaneously, Prince I to was named president of the privy council. Opening a BIbie which had been untouched since it was given to him by a spinster sister at her death tttrtyfive years ago, Stephen Marsh of New York found $4,867.30 in currency as he was preparing to start for Denver. Believing that his life would be saved if he reached California, Thomas Noonan, a consumptive, 20 years old, stowed himself away with ten days supply of food In an automobile that was being shipped from Cleveland, but was found by an inspector. Eugene Dorsey, one of four negroes charged with the killing of Walter F. Schultz, a Chicago artist, was convicted of murder in the first degree at Alexandria, Va. Irving Harnes, 14 years old, twice circled the 13th school grounds in Los Angeles, Cal., in an aeroplane, of hi3 own Invention. The boy reached a height of twenty-five feet. A telegram has been received at the Harvard College observatory from Zaccheus Daniel of the Princeton observatory, stating that a comet was discovered by him June 15. In declaring that more than 100,000 persons suffer from hay fever in the United States, Dr. W. W. Carter told the Bellevue Hospital alumni in New York that those who cannot change climate in the fever season should avoid excitement. The merchant steamer Zaflro, which was purchased by Admiral Dewey from British owners prior to the battle of Manila bay to get coal to carry him through the engagement, has been sold to a Seattle junk dealer for $3,000. The Zafiro was in the line of battle.

GREEKS BURNED TO DEATH.

Employes Hurl Themselves to the Ground in $300,000 Blaze. In a mad rush to escape from the 3ames in the Kieckhefer box factory ji Milwaukee three employes were inlured and two firemen were overcome )y teat and smoke while fighting the 3re. The loss was $30,Q00. Two Sreeks, Peter Bongales and Constant!los Ganos, are believed to have been burned to death. They were seen to 50 into the burning building to get Lheir clothes and a search of the city boarding houses has failed to locate :hem. The men and boys were working at the south end of the big two-story structure when the alarm was sound?d. The flames flashed rapidly through ;he lumber and the men feared to use the exits, the result being a jam In the north end of the structure, where there are only narrow doors. Failing to get out by way of the doors, the nen leaped from the windows. Byron Fullerton and Arthur Fulbrigger sustained broken legs in jumping from second story windows. Both were seized by Eddie Bryant, a bystander, and dragged to the street together In time to escape being buried by other men following them. INDICT SUGAR TRUST CHIEFS. President Thomas, Attorney Parsons and Four Others Hit. The American Sugar Refining Company, six of its directors and two other individuals were indicted by a federal grand jury in New York Thursday on a charge of conspiracy in restraint of trade. The individuals indicted are Washington B. Thomas, president of the American Sugar Refining Company; Arthur Donner and Charles H. Senff and John E. Parsons of New York, John Mayer of Morristown, N. J., and George II. Frazier of Philadelphia, all of whom are directors of the company. Indictments were also found arainst Gustav E. Kissel and Thomas B. Hartnett, counsel for Adolph Segal. There were fourteen counts in the Indictment. The indictments charge the corporation, the American Sugar Refining Company, and the persons named, of conspiracy in restraint of trade In violation of the Sherman anti-trust law. CASHIER IS HELD FOR ROBBERY. Official In Dank Charged with InventingHighwayman Story. Walter King, cashier of the Main street branch of the Waggoner Bank and Trust Company, was indicted in Fort Worth, Texas, on a charge, or embezzlement, arraigned, pleaded not guilty and was released under $5,000 bond. On the afternoon of Tuesday, June 22, King alleged that he had been held up in the banking house by a highwayman and at the point of a pistol compelled to hand over $8,195 In currency. King told a circumstantial story of tbe alleged robbery and the affair created a sensation in the city and throughout this section of the State. . THREE ARE FINED FOR BRIBERY Colnmbna, Ohio, Judge Aaaeaae Pennine In Pnvlng Scandal. Judge Kinkead of the Common Pleas Court in Columbus, Ohio, fined Nelson Cannon, formsr agent of the Trinidad Paving Company., of Cleveland, $500 on a plea of guilty of bribing members of the board of public service in the East Broad street paving scandal. Arthur Beck, former assistant city engineer, was fined $200, and Henry Lang, former local manager of the company, was fined J50O for accepting bribes. They pleaded guilty. The four indictments against M. F. Bramley, president of the company, for offerisg a bribe, were nollied because be turned State's evidence. QUAKE SHOCKS ALARM COAST. Downlevllle, Cal., Healdenl Fear on Eruption ot Mount Fillmore. For over a veek earthquake shocks have been felt at Downieville, Cal., every night and the residents of that part of Sierra county are getting uneasy, as they fear an eruption of Mt, Fillmore, which seems the center ot the disturbed area. Miners, fearing cave-Ins, are refusing to work underground. A slight earthquake shock was ftU at San Bernardino at 5:30 p. m. on Wednesday. No damage was done. The atmosphere was unusually heavy throughout the day with the thermometer registering 105. FROZEN IN ICE PLANT. Ohloan Hnter Cold Storage Room from Snn Shock Kill. Frozen to death In his own Ice plant was the fate of Morris Grosh, 48 years old, of Lockland, Ohio. Grosh had been working outside his plant and the heat, which was over 100 degrees, became unbearable. He walked into the engine rocm and later into a cold storage room. The sudden change in temperature was too great a shock. He fell to the floor of the room and was found dead two hours later. A physician was called and pronounced him frozen to death. Three Hurt In Plttaburar Craahea. ' An 8-year-old newsboy, an 11-year-old office boy and a 48-year-old crippled man were all injured, probably fatally, by automobiles In Pittsburg. Only in one instance, that of the newsboy, did the driver of the machine stop to find out how badly the victim had been hurt. The police made no arrests. Paenger Wrecked One Killed. A Missouri Pacific passenger train was wrecked near Dodson, five miles east of Kansas City. Engineer G. P. Reed was killed and O. C. Smith, the fireman, severely injured, but none of the passengers suffered "more than slight bruises. Torpedo Boat Dlat Hurts Five. Five men of the crew of the torpedo boat Hull at the Mare Island navy yard, Vallejo, Cal., were injured in an explosion aboard the vessel. It is believed one man will die. Open Door In China "tt. The maritime customs on the Sungari River in China was opened to international trade Thursday. This step abrogates the treaty of Aigun. The Amur River will be opened to international trade Aug. 1. Heavy Damage In Texaa Storm. Passengers arriving at Klngsville, Texas, from the extreme southern part oZ Texas and along the Mexican border confirm dispatches as to heavy property damage, the result of A storm pf wind and rain.

v CHICAGO. ! Midyear conditions reflect steadj progress and an encouraging outlool In commerce. July payments of inter est and dividends cause very high to tal clearings and credits show furthei strengthening in a lower record of fail ures. Anticipations for the future course of business now depend very largely ujon gocd crops. Wholesale dealings in the principal necessaries for fall deliveries exceed those recorded a year ago. Advancing prices stimulate more general demand fcr dry goods and collateral lines, buyers appearing In greater numbers than is customary at this, time of year. Bookings 6how Increase in clothing, woolens, silks, footwear and housewares.Furniture exhibits rresent an unusually attractive display and the July sales are likely to surpass former records. Sales of food furnish a favorable comparison and there is also an Improved tone In jewelry, artwares and other luxuries. The disposition of vacation and sporting goods has been exceptionally good. Western demands for ordinary needs and for improvements on the farms assure Increasing outlays. Consumption generally has attained a higher level and the purchasing power is distinctly favorable to sustained expansion In the principal branches of distribution. Developments in the industrial situation include a greater volume of new demands, better pric?s and additions to the capacity and hands employed. Furnace outputs are now more promptly absorbed. Heavy contracts appear for track equipment, structural steel and steam and electric power. Woodworking lines run upon a steadier basis and there Is more absorption of the hard woods and pine. Shipments of leather reflect a wider use. Bank clearings. $279,103,156, exceed those of the corresponding week In 190S,by 17.2 per cent, and compare with $248,653.065-In 1907. Failures reported in the 1 Chicago district number 23, against 19 last week, 33 in 19CS end 26 In 1907. Those with liabilities over $5,000 number 5, against 7 last week. 10 in 190S and 9 In 1907 Dun's Weekly Review of Trade. - NEW YORK. Retail trade has been helped by steady hot weather, holiday preparations and clearance sales, but there are still not lacking reports from many cities that the spring and early summer turn-ov?r is below expectations. Jobbing trade is of a mid-summer small filling-in order character Certainly the largest business visible is that being booked for next fall, winter and fprlng. In this respect the strength of demand for cotton goods at hardening quotations, partly due to the strength of raw cotton, and the satisfactory reports as to orders booked by woolen and worsted goods manufacturers for next fprlng delivery at very high prices are by far the notable, features All Western cities report fall bookings larger than last year by various percentages. In Industrial lines the gains previously shown seem to be held. Business failures in the United States for the week ending with July 1 were 213, against 223 last week. 236 in the like week of 1908, 135 In 1907, 134 In 1906 and 127 in 1903. Bradstrefct's. Chicago Cattle, common to prime, $4.00 to $7.50 ; hogs, prime heavy, $4.50 to $8.12; sheep, fair to choice, $4.25 to $5.50; wheat. No. 2, $1.39 to $1.40: corn, No. 2, 71c to 72c: oats, standard, 52c to 53c; rye, No. 2, 81c to 83c; hay, timothy, $8.00 to $15.00; prairie. $8.00 to $14.00; butter, choice creamery, 22c to 25c; eggs, fresh, 17c to 21c; potatoes, new, per bushel. 5Sc to 70c, Indianapolis Cattle, shipping, $3.00 to $5.50; hogs, good to choice heavy, $3.50 to $8.25; sheep, good to choice, $2.50 to $6.15; wheat. No. 2, $1.49 to $1.50; corn. No. 2 white, 75c to 76c; oats, No. 2 white, 54c to 55c St, Louis Cattle, $4.00 to $7.15; hogs, $4.00 to $S.05; sheep, $3.00 to $4.25; wheat. No. 2, $1.49 to $1.50; corn. No. 2, 70c to 71c; oats. No. 2, 49c to 50c; rye. No. 2, 84c to S5c. Milwaukee Wheat, No. 2 northern, $1.28 to $1.31; corn, No. 3, 65c to 7c; oats, standard, 50c to 51c; rye, No. 1, 83c to 86c; barley, standard, 70c to 7lc; pork, mess, $19.25. Toledo Wheat, No. 2 mixed. $1.46 to $1.48; corn, No. 2 mixed, 74c to 75c; oats, No. 2 mixed, 56c to 57c; rye, No. 2, 88c to 89c; clover seed, $6.60. Cincinnati Cattle, $4.00 to $6.60; hogs, $4.00 to $S.20; sheep. $3.00 to $4.25; wheat. No. 2, $1.49 to $1.51; corn, No. 2 mixed, 74c to 75c; oats. No. 2 mixed, 56c to 57c; rye. No. 2, 0c to 92c. New Yerk Cattle. $4.00 to $6.65; hogs, $3.50 to $8.20; sheep, $3.00 to $4.75; wheat, No. 2 red, $1.44 to $1.45; corn. No. 2, 7Sc to 79c; oats, natural white, 59c to 62c; butter, creamery, 22c to 26c; eggs, western, 17c to 22c. Detroit Cattle, $4.00 tc $6.35; hogs, $4.00 to $8.00; fheep. $2.50 to $4.50; wheat, No. 2, $1.43 to $1.45; corn. No. 3 yellow, 75c to 77c; oats, No. 3 white, 57c to 5Sc; rye, No. 2, 91c to 92c. Buffalo Cattle, choice shipping1 steers, $4.00 to $7.15; hogs, fair to choice! $4.00 to $8.45; sheep, common to good mixed. $4.00 to $4.75; lambs, fair to choice, $5.00 to $8.50. Old residents of Southern Minnesota are comparing the rank growth of grain this summer to that of early days, when the soil was new. Individual vatermelons are another; triumph for Secretary of Agricultura Wilson. Melons about the size cf cantaloupe, of delicious flavor, in colop yellow and red, which can be grown in any section of the country, hava been introduced through the depart ment. r, A law in Kansas requires the tesf Ing of dairy cows by the State. It was estimated at the time the law. went into effect that there were 100. 003 dairy cattle afflicted with tuberculosis In the State. r