Plymouth Tribune, Volume 8, Number 46, Plymouth, Marshall County, 19 August 1909 — Page 2

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Igelst. V$ 8th. s;i5tlL y 23rd. PAST AND PKESEXT AS IT COMES TO US FROM ALL CORNERS OF THE EARTH. Telegraphic Information Gathered by the Few for the Enlightenment of the Many Ten Hurt in Hotel Wreck. ' Explosives stored in the basement of the Wirick Moving & Storage Company's five-story building at East Twelfth and Walnut streets in Cleveland, Ohio, let go, wrecking the structure and setting fire to it. Several other buildings in the neighborhood burned. Seven men and three women were injured, and the property loss is estimated at $100,000. Several'of the injured may die. The Pontchartrain Hotel, occupying three top floors of the building, burst into flames. About fifty guests fled, four men being overcome by smoke. They were taken to hospitals. The explosion blew out the front of the first floor of the building, hurling fragments across East Twelfth street and breaking windows in the Walnut street block. Pedestrians upon the street were slightly injured by falling bricks, hurled high in the air. Two or three others were slightly Injured by a runaway horse, frightened by the explosion. Mother's Awful Crime. Mrs. Marie Handsel committed suicide and at the same time asphyxiated her three boy babies at her home in Chicago, 111. She had carefully bathed and dressed her three children, one 4 years old and the other two 2 years old, carried them into the bath room, where she had closed the door, and turned on the gas. The gas awakened her husband, Joseph Handsel, and when he broke open the door of the hath room he found the four dead. The twins were wrapped in a quilt and placed in the tub while the elder boy was clasped tightly in his mother's arms. Mrs. Handsel had been ill for some time and apparently was able to get no relief. She leaves four other children ranging in age from 5 to 16 years. 1 A Big Lumber Fire In Alabama. The big lumber plant of the Henderson Lumber Company at Sanford, Alz.., was almost completely destroyed by fire despite the heroic efforts of the convicts at that point to stay the flames. Friction in the planer was the origin of the fire. Fifteen dry kilns, reaching over a distance of about one mile, were burned. About one million feet of lumber, in addition to eight carload3 of timber, also burned. Two saw-mills and the convicts quarters were saved. The loss will reach $250,000, only a small part being covered by insurance. Two Drowned By Floating Over Dam. Louis Fox, 34 years of age, of Cincinnati, Ohio, and Cora Friedhoff, of Glendale, Ohio, were drowned in the Little Miami river at Foster's Crossing, twenty-five miles north of Cincinnati, In Warren County, when their row boat went over a dam. The bodies have not been recovered. Boy Killed By Base Ball. Benson Smith, 14 years old, wa3 killed at Chicago, 111., by a base ball striking him on the right ear. He was catching in a game and as he turned to leave his post the pitcher, Martin Bailey, let another ball go. The boy died before a physician coul 1 be called. Bank Robbers Kill Marshal. Two robbers, surprised while looting the State Bank at Keifer, Okla., shot and killed City Marshal Inford and probably fatally wounded Cashier Calmor Webling. They then escaped. A posse was quickly organized and hurried In pursuit Five Children Kill;d at Crossing. While driving to church at Frisbie Station, Mo., five children of A. H. Hyde, a farmer, were killed by a St. Louis and San Francisco train No. 11, which struck the wagon on a crossing a mile east of the Hyde home. Son of Joseph Smith Dies Suddenly. Arthur H. Smith, third son of Joseph Smith, who founded the Mormon church, is dead at Montrose, la., where he was attending the convention of Latter Day Saints. He will be burled at his home at Lamonia, la. $200,000 Fire at Fort Worth. Fire in the business district of Ft. "Worth, Texas, caused a loss of $200,000. Among the losers are the Nash Hardware Company, J. Goldstein's clothing store and two resiaurants. Many Miners Killed In Mexico. A score of miners are reported to have been killed by the fire which is destroying the Camelia mine at Real Del Monte, in the State of Hidalgo, Mexico, Pastor Resigns Long Service. The Rev. R. H. Edmonds, for twenty years pastor of the Mayflower Congregational Church In Mansfield, Ohio, üa3 resigned to accept a call to the pastorate of the First Congregational Church in Olympia, Wash., and will go to the new charge early In September. Negress Burns to Death. While attempting to light a coal stove fire with oil, flames spread over the dress of Mame Davis, 32, colored, of East Liverpool, Ohio, and she died within an hour. Fatal Elevator Accident. Will Hatley, 21, elevator conductor. died at the Central Emergency Hospi tal, Marion, Ohio, as a result of being crushed by the elevator at the Pilgrim Inn. It took more than an hour to ex tricate the body from between the eleyator and floor. Noted Comedienne Is Dying. Mrs. James Germon, the aged com xaedlenne, who is ill ac the home of her son, Dr. Frank W. Germon of Baltimore, Md., Is believed to be nearlng her end. Mrs. Germon is 78 years old.

WHS HE, BACK TO MATTEAWAN

Justice .Mills Rules Against the Slayer, but in Strongest Decision Yet Made. CALLS HIM A CHRONIC LUNATIC Thaw, His Mother and His Sister All in a Collapsed Condition on Hearing: News. Harry K. Thaw was Thursday adJudged insane by Justice Mills In a decision handed down in the Supreme Court at White Plains, N. Y and ordered to be sent back to the Matteawan State Asylum for the Criminal Insane immediately. The order of Justice Mills was turned over to the Westchester County authorities by the Clerk of the Supreme Court and Thaw himself, in the jail at White Plains, was informed of the decision. Arrangements were mada to take him back to Matteawan Friday. Decides Thaw 1 Insane. Justice Mills decision was the strongest against Thaw that has been handed down by any Judge since the two trials of the prisoner. His decision can be summed up as follows: ' That the insanity that Harry K. Thaw was afflicted with in June, 1906, the date of the shooting of Stanford White, wa3 a chronic, delusive insanity, generally known as paranoia. That Harry K. Thaw has not recovered. That in paranoia recovery is very doubtful. That the release of Harry K. Thaw now would be a danger to the public peace and safety. Justice Mills in his decision finds that Thaw is now insane and unable to properly care for himself. The decision contained 3,000 words and thoroughly covered the insanity hearing that had been held before Justice Mills. Thaw awaited the decision in his cell in the jail at White Plains. He was plainly nervouä and paced up and JIA2RT k. mvr. down almost unnerved. Arrangements had been made to let him know the decision as soon as it was made public by the clerk of the court. When he learned his fate, Thaw stopped In his nervous walk up and down the cell and stood still. He did not seem to comprehend what had been told him. Then, when he realized that he must go back to Matteawan, he staggered backward and fell upon the cell cot. He coveted his face with his hands snd for a time could not be aroused. Mrs. Mary Copley Thaw, the prisoner's mother, and his sister, the former Countess of Yarmouth, were almost overcome at the news. Alice Thaw tried to comfort her mother, but the aged woman, who has battled so long and so untiringly for her son, showed plainly that the decision was a terrible blow to her and she is near a collapse. CHRONOLOGY OF THAW CASE. June 2.". 1906 Thaw shot and killed Stanford White in the theater on the roof of Mudlson Square Garden. Jan. 3. 1907 Trial besan. Feb. 1 Jury completed. Feb. 7 Kvelyn Nesbit Thaw, wife of defendant, told the story of how she was attacked by White. March 20 Lunacy commission appointed. April 4 Commission pronounced Thaw sane. April 1) Case driven to Jury. April 12 Jury reported disagreement and was discharfred after having been out forty-seven hours and eight minutes. Jap. 6, 1908 Second trial bepan with Martin W. Littleton as chief counsel. Insanity principal ground of defense In second trial. Jan. 10 Jury completed. Jan. 13 Opening pleas made. Jan. 31 Case Riven to the Jury. Feb. 1 Jury returns verdict of not guilty on ground defendant was insane at time he shot White. Justice lowlinR committed Thaw to Matteawan asylum and the defendant was taken to the asylum on the same day. A up. 12. 1909 Justice Mills held Thaw still insane and ordered him returned to Matteawan. ALABAMA FOB AN INCOME TAX. Resolution Adopted by Legislature Now Up to Governor. The Alabama Senate's adoption of the resolution looking to an income tax amendment was without any eventful circumstances. Having passed the House and being approved by the Governor, it was adopted without a dissenting vote and will be signed by the Governor as soon as engrossed. Every line of influence and practically every man in the Legislature i3 for it. TRAIN KILLS MAN AND A GIRL. Wooster, O., 3Ierchant and Child Dead and Woman Dying. William Reed, 40 years of age, a prominent business man of Wooster, O., and 5-year-old Evelyn Trautman were instantly killed, while Mrs. Quy Trautman, the girl's mother, was per haps fatally injured by being struck by a passenger train while driving across the Erie tracks at North Cen ter, near Barberton, Ohio, In the night. The tragedy was discovered by a freifht crew.

"WHY, OF

Des Moines News. FIND. COAX FRAUDS IN ALASKA. Ballinger to Begin Prosecution in Seattle Shortly. Investigations that have been under way for some time which have been laid before Secretaary of the Interior Ballinger and Commissioner Fred Den nett of the General Land Office will unquestionably prove one of the greatest scandals in connection with land fraud investigations ever brought to light by the General Land Office. It is known that in the valuable coal fields of Alaska many thousand acres of land have been fraudulently filed upon and attempts made to force the department, through financial, p litical and even social pressure, to patent these lands. Secretary Ballinger and Commissioner Dennett have evi dence showing unlawful combination of nearly 500 coal entries in Alaska. Commissioner Dennett, while in Denver recently, it Is understood, said these entries would be canceled. To that end hearings will shortly begin, and the General Land Office has assigned its best coal engineers and lawyers to Seattle to aid in the coming trial. Several railroad corporations owned In New York, Boston and Philadelphia are making indirect efforts to delay these land hearings', hoping that the next Congress will pass legislation to permit of greater consolidation of coal entries or else pass a curative act legalizing the entries about to be attacked. FIGHT TOB THE PENNANTS. Standing; of Clnb In the Principal Das- Dali Leagnei. NATIONAL LEAGUE. Pittsburg .73 29 Philadel'a .47 53 Chicago ...68 33 St. Louis... 43 57 New York.. 61 38 Brookljn ..37 63 Cincinnati .53 50 Boston 26 79. AMERICA LEAGUE. W. L W. L. Philadel'a .65 41 Chicago ....51 55 Detroit ...63 41 New York.. 49 58 Boston 65 44 St. Louis... 45 58 Cleveland .53 54 Wash'gton .31 75 AMEBICAX ASSOCIATION. . W. L W. L. Minn'polis .69 52 St. Paul 56 61 Milw'kee ..66 53 Kan. City.. 55 62 Louisville .62 58 Toledo 53 64 Columbus .59 61 Ind'polis ..55 66 or "Battling" Nelson, at present in New York, says he Is too tired to accept any more engagements before fall. Harry G. Legg, of the MInlkahda Club, Minneapolis, won the trans-Mississippi golf championship by defeating Bernard G. Gulnand, of the Wavel Club, of Des Moines, 10 to 8 to play In the final match at the Des Moines Golf and Country Club. The Glldden tourists, while in the Twin Cities, were entertained at M. W. Savage's stock farm by a race In which Dan Patch and Minor- Heir paced a dead heat. It was a magnificent race, the time being variously figured at from 2:05 to 2:06. Fifteen Russian racing horses of the famous Orluff breed from the imperial racing stables of Moscow are to be exhibited in America this fall at various State fairs to determine whether or not there is sufficient interest in this class of animals to warrant importation for sale. Lilly B., the dam of Speedy Rob R., cannot now be located. She was last heard from at Versailles, Ind., where she was traded to an unknown man. She had previously been sold for $10. after having been Included In a bill of goods, hay, etc., sold to a horse trader. The old mare was the mother of thirteen colts, a majority of which were good winners. Automobile races on the new Indianapolis speedway, rapidly nearlng completion, will be held Aug. 19-21. The Flat, the first foreign car to be entered, will be driven by Nazarro, who comes to this country especially for the Indianapolis races. In the recent automobile races at Lansing Driving Park, Lansing, Mich., Iewis Strang won the 50-mile Derby, with a cash prize of $1,000, with a 30-horse-power Buick stock car. His time was 52 minutes 19 seconds. Reports from England say that Danny Maher, the American jockey, who has made an enviable record for himself abroad since 1901, will retire from the race-course because of increasing weight. Maher is the only Jockey in the last twenty years who has captured the famous English derby three times. Maher has accumulated a fortune of $75,000, and is said to be the wealthiest jockey in the world.

COURSE, OUR PASTOR CAN TAKE

ALABAMA TO BE DBYEST STATE. Howe Paiaf Dill Prohibiting- Sal or Shipping of LIqnor. In almost a frenzy the House members of the Alabama Legislature on Friday made a violent assault on the sale of Intoxicants of all kinds, passing the Fuller bill, beyond question the most drastic ever offered in the South. By its provisions no liquors may be sold; no advertisement of liquors may appear In any paper or upon any billboard, and no train may leave a car that contains liquor upon any track. No place of selling any sort of goods may be called a saloon. Officers may raid any place under suspicion and destroy goods found. The presence of an internal revenue license, whether liquor is found or not, is prima facie evidence of guilt and the proprietor may be arrested. FIRE LOSS AT SUMMER RESORT. Thirty-six Bnlldlns, Including Three Hotels, Are Destroyed. A loss estimated at $1,000,000 was caused by the fire which swept thirtysix buildings from the main street of the summer resort town of Monticello, N. Y. Three hotels filled with summer guests, mainly from New York City, were destroyed. They were the Rockwell House, the largest hotel in Sullivan County; the Palatine Hotel and the Bolsum House. All the guests escaped with most of their personal effects. The Monticello House was not burned. The Union National Bank, two newspaper offices and every store but one In the town were destroyed. The further spread of the flame was prevented by the use of dynamite. BOY BANDITS ROB BANK. Hold I'p Cashier, et ',(7,000 and Flee In Auto Arrested. Two young men, armed with shotguns and unmasked, walked into the Valley Bank of Santa Clara, Cal., shortly after 10 o'clock Friday, and, covering the cashier and his three clerks, demanded $7,000. After securing the money they fled In a waiting automobile, but were captured two hours later seven miles from town, submitting without resistance. The boy bandits appear to be under 19 years old. They are well dressed and apparently come from good families. FIVE PERISH IN BURNING HOUSE Occupants Lose Lives While Asleep In Dwelling; at Hancock, Mtcb. Five lives were lost in a fire in a dwelling in Hancock, Mich., Thursday night. The dead are Mrs. John Dionne; Edward Dionne, 8 years old; Peter Dionne, an infant; Aminia Dionne, 12 years old, and a girl named Racine. The fire started when the family was asleep. Mrs. Dionne got out of the house, but, returning to rescue a child, perished in the flames. Her body was found with the infant clasped in her arms. Lynn Morocco Factory Dnrned. The large morocco manufacturing plant of A. B. Hoffman Son, Inc., West Lynn, Mass., cas burned early Wednesday morning. The loss is nearly $230,000. The factory wa3 closely surrounded by tenements, many of which were burning at different Urnen, and a score of families were turned into the street. Rich Man Thrown Into River. Rand Moyer Edmunston, attorney and member of a wealthy family, was attacked by bandits while crossing the Monongahela River in Pittsburg the ether night, robbed, beaten and thrown into the river. Police rescued him. Bojr Victim of Dnbonlc Plag-ne. Jose Mendosa, the Sunol youth who contracted bubonic plague from eating or handling infected ground squirrels, is dead at the hospital In Alameda, Cal. Thfs Is the first case of bubonic plague in the State for more than a year. Mother Kills Irl and Self. Discouraged by poverty, Mrs. Matilda Down oommtited suicide and killed her 15-year-old daughter Beryl, by inhaling gas in the bedroom of their home in Philadelphia. itro Lynched by Mob. A negro named Miller, who, it is alleged, attacked the 9-year-old daughter of Thoraas Wadlington, near Cadiz., Ky., was taken from the officers who were conveying him to jail at Cadiz and lynched. Naval Yacht Goes Down. The naval tug Nezinscot, bound from Portsmouth for Boston, capsized off Halibut Point before a western gale, carrying down three members of the crew. She was loaded with anchors.

A VACATION.

NEW HEAD OF G. A. R. Samuel R. Van Sant Elected Commander in Chief. Former Governor Samuel R. Van Sant of Minnesota was elected commander-in-chief of the G. A. R. Thursday in Salt Lake City, over Judge William A. Kettham of Indiana by a vote of 587 to 156. In addition to Commander Van Sant, the following officers were elected: Senior Vice Commander W. M. Bostaph, Ogden, Utah. Junior Vice Commander Judge Alfred Beers. Bristol. Conn. Surgeon General W. H. Lemon, Lawrence, Kan. Mrs. Jennie L. Berry of Des Moines won the national presidency of the Woman's Relief Corps on the third bal lot over Mrs. Belle Harris of Kansas by a vote of 213 to 90. The Flying Squadron Naval Association elected all its new officers by acclamation. For commander John C. Black was reelected, and lieutenant commander com. van saxt. H. N. Rounds,, of Rock Island, III. The army nurses, composed of survivors of the nurses who labored during the Civil War, elected as president ,Mrs. Mary T. Lacy, Salt Lake City, and as guard Mrs. Elizabeth Chapman, Illinois. The, encampment ended at night with a fireworks display on Ensign peak. By the close vote of 307 to 293 Atlantic City was chosen over St. Louis as the place for the next encampment, after a spirited fight. The annual parade, the feature event of the encampment, gave Salt Lake City a martial aspect Wednesday. The Fiftieth Infantry, U. S. A., from Fort Douglas, took the lead. It was followed by the Utah National Guard and the carriages of the commander-in-chief and distinguished guests. Illinois led the States. Then came Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, Ohio and the rest. The veterans marched down a street 132 feet in width past cheering thousands of spectators. At one point 1.200 school children in red, white and blue robes and caps formed a human flag. The flag joined the parade and followed the veterans to the starting place, where they passed in review before Henry M. Nevlus, commander-in-chief. An explosion of fire damp occurred In one of the mines at Clermont, Ferrand, France, which resulted in the death of twelve miners. Macklln, a village near Winnipeg, Man., was wiped out by a tornado that swept over that section recently. Only two stores remain standing. There was no loss of life. All the members of the cabinet of President Gomez of Cuba, except the Secretary of Justice, resigned to enable the president to reconstruct it in accordance with popular demands. The South Australian government nan purchased 1,600 acres of land for the purpose of encouraging and demonstrating the best methods of dairy farming. A government expert is to have charge of the farm. That the recent campaign for the two-power standard of the British navy has won may be judged from the announcement of First Lord of the Admiralty McKenna, in the Commons that four additional super-Dreadnoughts would be laid down for completion in March, 1912. It is expected that considerable confusion will result from a recent decision of Canadian bankers to oust American silver coins from general use in the Western provinces. All along the bord'-r the interchange of Canadian and American money has boon common, no distinttion being made. The peof..e generally do not favor the move. On July 25, according to agreement, the evacuation of the island of Crete by the four protecting powers of Britain, France, Russia and Italy, was begun. The people rejoiced. But the Turkish sovereignty was still recognized by the stationing of. four warships of the powers in the Suday Bay. A report from Stockholm is to the effect that 40,000 workers in the paper, woolen, cotton and allied industries have gone out on strike. The strike, it is stated, will be extended to the ironworkers. A circular has been issued to the trades unions throughout the country calling for. a general strike.

STREET CAB MEN AGREE

TOT Presidents of Two Traction Companies Make Offer Which Union Leaders Call Good. GAIN OF $1,000,000 IN WAGES That Much Additional Pay for Employes in Three and a Half Years of Contract. The wage dispute between Chicago's 10,000 street car employes and the surface traction companies, which a week before resulted in a vote to strike, was practically settled in a big joint conference ' of traction officials and union leaders Friday night, apparently to the satisfaction of everybody concerned. John M. Roach and Thomas E. Mitten offered a wage scale to the men which representatives of the union said they would recommend to their respective organizations for acceptance. It was in the nature of a compromise agreement, applying to the employes of the Railways, City, Calumet and South Chicago and Consolidated companies. Traction representatives, in company with Walter L. Fisher, representing the city, who was credited with the pilotage of the negotiations, estimated in round figures that the offer represents an aggregate additional expenditure in wages of $1,000,000 during the next three and a half years the term of the proposed contract. Terms of Proposed Contract. The contract will run three and a half years, dating from Aug. 1, 1909, and to all old men who have served one year at 27 cents per hour the old maximum scale it will grant an Immediate increase to 28 cents for the first year of the contract, 29 cents for the second year, and 30 cents for the last eighteen months. To men who have been in the service less than one year the rate of pay proposed is the same as at present (23 cents' for six months, 25 cents for six months, and 27 cents for one year) until they have served a year at 27 cents, when they will begin the climb which the old employes will start as soon as the contract is completed. New men will progress at the maximum more slowly than at the present. The first six months of employment they will receive 23 cents; the second six months, 24 cents; the second year, 25 cents; the third year; 26 cents, and the last six months, 27 cents. CALLS INHERITED RICHES EVIL. Aged Millionaire with Large Family Leaves Wealth to Church. . Theodore Harris, the aged banker who died a few days ago in Louisville, leaving more than $1,000,000, left practically his entire estate to the Baptists of Kentucky. He left comparatively few cash bequests to his family, which is large. His blood heirs will have a life tenure In certain porJ tlons of his estate, enough to net them an income of $150 a month each. In his will, written and signed on April 15, 1907, he provides further that should the beneficiaries he names die or become otherwise disqualified, the portion set aside for them shall revert to the estate as a whole and be paid eventually into the hands of the Baptist Church organizations. The ' discrepancy between his bequests to the church and those to his own children he explains by saying: "The observations of a long life have taught me that inherited wealth is seldom useful to the one inheriting it, whlie, on the other hand, with the blessftgs of God, these benefactions will do good to thousands yet unborn." SHOOTS JUROR; KILLS SELF. Stranger Wounds Hotel Man Who ' Helped In Sentencing Him. Daniel A. Fenton was shot and fatally injured on West Main street in Middletown, N. Y., at 2 o'clock Tuesday afternoon. Fenton, who conducted the Hotel Elberton, left his hotel about 2 o'clock. He was followed by a stranger, who tapped him on the Shoulder and made a remark. Fenton looked at the stranger, turned and fled. The stranger fired a revolver from his pocket, but missed the fleeing man. He then took up the pursuit and fired two more shots. Fenton fell to the sidewalk and the stranger, after looking at Fenton closely, fired a bullet through his own brain. The stranger did not regain consciousness. On the way to the hospital Fenion tald: "It was McSorley. I sat upon a jury that sent him to prison for a long term." Fenton has conducted, hotels in San Francisco and Chicago. Black Hand Demands f2,00O. Two Black Hand letters have been received by E. E. Morgan, i Ravenna (O.) contractor, demanding $2.000 or suffer death. He was to place the money in a designated spot. The letters were posted at Akron. Morgan notified the sheriff of Portag County, who is working on the case with Akron officials and federal ofhrs Fire Destroys Fifteen BkiUlas. Fifteen buildings at Washington Park, a pleasure resort ten miles below Camden, N. J., were destroyed by fire. The fire started in the kitchen of the park restaurant and spread with great rapidity. The loss is estimated at $150,000. Death of Dr. lllraua "W. Thonina. The Rev. Hiram W. Thonii. D. D., formerly pastor of the People's Church, Chicago, and prominent in civic life, died in Defuniak Springs, Fla., Friday. Three Klled In Row Over Tool. Three men were killed and two wounded in the shooting at Dante, Va. The dead are Greeks, who hid certain tools belonging to their employers. An effort to recover these led to the shooting. Abratet Seta Another Record. The Duke of the Abruzzi has establisned another record in mountain climbing. He ascended Mount Godwin-Austen, In India, to a height of 24,000 feet. Perfect weather was enjoyed during the ascent.

S CHICAGO

DEATH TAKES DR. H. W. THOMAS

Founder of the People's Church, Chicago, Expires in Florida. One of Chicago's most noted clergymen of days gone by has b?en claimed by death. The Rev. Hiram W. Thomas died Thursday night at De Funiak Springs, Fla., where he had lived recently because of his feeble health. The body was taken to Chicago for burial. Jenkin Lloyd Jones of All Souls' Church conducted the funeral services. Dr. Thomas ranked with Prof. David Swing as one of the most noted preachers of the West when both were tried and convicted of heresy nearly a generation ago. Theological opinions have changed since then and many orthodox clergymen now accept and preach the same doctrines which caused the expulsion of Thomas and Swing from their respective denominations. After the expulsion of Dr. Thomas from the Methodist Episcopal Church In 1879, he established the undenominational People's Church, which held regular services in McVicker's Theater. In 1901 he resigned as pastor and was succeeded by the Rev. Frank Crane. Hira.ni Washington Thomas was born in Hampshire County, Va., on April 29, 1832. He was converted at the age of 18 and at once began to prepare to become a clergyman. He took a private course of study and afterwards attended Cooperstown Academy and Berlin College. He came West and joined the Iowa conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church in 1856, having married Miss Emmeline C. Merrick of Pennsylvania the preceding year. For three years he was chaplain of the Iowa penitentiary, which position he left to become pastor of Park Avenue Metfcodist Episcopal Church in Chicago in 1869. Later he was pastor consecutively of First Methodist Episcopal Church, ' Chicago, First Church at Aurora and Centenary Church, Chicago. While pastor of this church he was accused and convicted of heresy. His first wife died on Jan. 5,. 1896. They had seven children, the only surviving one being Dr. Homer W. Thomas of Chicago. Early in 1899 the Rev. Dr. Thomas met Miss Vandalia Varnum, a lecturer on liberal religion and ethics. They married several months later, and she wp.s ordained soon afterwards as assistant pastor of People's Church. VENEZUELA TO PAY CLAIM. Asphalt Row Expected to Go to The Hague Is Settled. Information has reached New York ,that the claim of the New York-Vene-zuela Company, one of the five American claims against the government of Venezuela, the dispute over which led to a rupture of diplomatic relations between the two countries sixteen months ago, has been settled out of court Minister W. W. Russell cabled the State Department at Washington that the Venezuelan authorities had signed a protocol whereby their government is to pay the American company $475,000 in requital for the expenditures made in the development of concessions granted in 1901 by the Castro government. It was expected that the case would go before The Hague tribunal next fall, and testimony had been taken In New York for the last three months In preparation for the trial. The case of the New YorkVenezuelan Company is the third of five differences between this country and Venezuela to be settled Independently. LOST MILLIONS BY ONE SPREE. Death of Robert Womack, Gold Discoverer, Recalls His Career. With the death Tuesday of Robert Womacfc, discoverer of gold in the Cripple Creek district, the career of a man who lost millions by one spree was ended. In 1891 Womack dug a prospect hole in what is now known as the El Paso lode of the Gold King property. A few days later he struck the bonanza lode. He could not stand prosperity.. Coming to Colorado Springs he went on a spree and sold his bonanza for $500. Then, crazed with drink and success, Womack jumped on his broncho and rode through the streets, brandishing his six-shooter and proclaiming his secret. The next few days saw one of the greatest rushes to the scene of his discovery that the West has ever known. When Womack sobered up, two or three days later, he returned to the district, only to find that the best mining property had been located by others. He staked out a few claims, and soon he was compelled to go to work for day wages. Robbed of 2,810 In Depot. Pickpockets robbed Robert Miller, a merchant of Sheridan, N. Y., In the Polk street depot in Chicago. They stole $170 and certificates of deposit for $2,610. Hurls Bomb at Crowd. A dynamite bomb thrown Into the midst of a crowd surrounding a street vender in Woonsocket, R. I injured nine persons, one of whom will die. The bomb thrower was not arrested and the cause of the throwing of the missile is a mystery. Water Famine Eadangen Crop. The drought throughout eastern Pennsylvania is becoming so severe that unless rain comes soon the crops will be ruined. Springs and wells are drying up. Water may be hauled to operate the collieries. , Poitmaater Kill Burglar. Isaac W. Haines, postmaster, shot and killed Harry Mullln at a burglar in Clarksboro, N. J. Mullin was released recently from the county prison, where he had served sentence for robbing a local store.

KEV. DR. H. W. THOMAS.

4flNANCIAT

CHICAGO. The developments continue entirely favorable to increasing activity throughout the industries. The Important basis is the strength derived from the rise in new. demands for factory outputs and wider disposition to enter into commitments for future needs. Iron and steel production in this district now compares favorably with the best previous records. Construction plans denote considerable accumulation for railroads, manufacturers and mercantile houses. The government crop report was as Important a factor as expected, and Its effect has created great encouragement throughout the productive and distributive branches. High absorption of breadstuff's and provisions Is a notable feature, but live stock markets are yet without adequate supplies for packing. Transportation returns show further recovery in freight handling by both rail and lake. Money is slightly dearer and in strong request at the advance, rates for choice commercial paper being now quote 1 at 4 A to 5 per cent. Sales of local seciv'lies are double the volume atHhis time last year. Dealings reflect much improvement in the cash narkets for leading grains and flour. Lie buying being influenced by easier values and necessary replenishment after a long period of very conservative absorption. The total movements of grain at this port, 11,067,547 bushels, compares with 9,329,187 bushels last week and 9,82?,203 bushels a year ago. Compared with 1908, increases appear in receipts 15.4 per cent and in shipments 9.3 per cent. Bank clearings, $253,606,193, exceed those of the corresponding week in 190S by 21.7 per cent and compare with $221,174,169 In 1007. Failures' reported in the Chicago district number 29, against 22 last week, 16 in 1908 and 22 in 1907. Those with liabilities over $5,000 number 7, against 6 last week, 3 In 190S and 4 in lt'07. Dun's Weekly Review of Trade. NEW YORK. Improvement Is more "manifest In general trade and industry this week, but there Is still present the feeling of conservatism hitherto noted, which makes for small and frequent, rather than heavy fndlvidual sales. Developments have been largely favorable, chief among these the Increased arrivals of buyers in most markets, a greater disposition to take hold for fall and spring delivery, a very favorable government ciop report, the continuance of the mf.rked strength la security markets, the growing firmness of the time money market. The railroad situation is Improving and idle cars are disappearing on the western lines as the winter wheat movement enlarges. Industries are active, iron and steel leading, with railroads reported buying freely of rails, cars nnd locomotives. Collections show a little improvement, but as yet do not reflect the Influence of new crop marketing, possibly because of the farmers being busily engaged. Building is active ami trades catering to thl3 line note rather more doing. Business failures in the United States for the week ending with Aug. 12 were 219, against 181 last week, 249 in the like week of 1908, 146 In 1907, 143 In 1906 and 117 In 1903. Business failures In(Canada for the week number 24, against 27 last week and 31 last year. Brad'trect's. Chicago Cattle, common to prime, $4.00 to $7.53: heg, prime heavr. S40 to $8.00; sheep, fair to choice. $4.23 to $5.50; wheat, No. 2. $1.01 to $1.03; corn. No. 2, C7c to CSc; oat, standard. 38c to 50c: rye. No. 2, 6Sc to 70c; hay. timothy. $8.00 to $16..r,0; prairie, $S.OO to $14.00; butter, choice crcam-ry, 22c to 25c; eggs, fresh, 17e to ?2c; potatoes, new, per bushel, 50c to 57a. Indianapolis Cattle, shipping, $3.05 lo $5.50; Nhogs. good to choice heavy, $3.50 to $8.03; sheep, good tc choice, $2.50 to $0.15: wheat. No. 2, $1.CS to $1.10 corn. No. ? white, 74c to 75c; oats, iNo. 2 white. 38c to 39c. St Loui5 Cattle, $4.00 to $7.15; hogs, $4.00 to $7.95; sheep, $3.00 to $4.50; wheat. No. 2. $1.03 to $1.07; corn. No. 2, f.4e to 65c; oats. No. 2, 34c to 33c; rye. No. 2. 79o to SOc Detroit Cattle. $4.00 to V65; ho $4.00 to $S.1C: Miecp, $?.50 to $4.00; wheat. No. 2. $1.03 o SI. 06; corn. No. 2 yellow, 72c to 72;; oats. No. 2 white, 49c to 51c: rye, No. 1. 71c to 72c. Cincinnati Caf.lc, $4.00 to $0.35; hogs. $4.00 to $8,15: sheep, $3.00 to $4.50; wheat. No. 2, 1.07 to $1.09; corn. No. 2 mixed. 69c to 70c: oats. No. 2 mixed, 37e to SSc: rye. No. 2, 75c to 77c. New York Csttlo. $4.00 to $7.00; hogs, $4.00 to $8.33, sheep, $3.C0 to $5.00; wheat, No. 2 red, $1.09 to $1.10; corn, No. 2, 77c to 7Sc; oat. natural white, 47c to 49c: butter, creamery, 23c to 27c; eg?2. western, 22c to 25c. Milwaukee Wheat, No. 2 northern, $1.31 to $1.32; corn, No. 3. 63c to 64c; oats, standard, 41c to 43c; rye. No. 1, 73c to 74c; barley, standard, 61c to 62c; pork, mess, $19.37. Buffalo Cattle, choice shipping steers, $4.00 to $7.00; hogs, fair to choice, $4.00 to $8.33; sheep, common to good mixed, J4.00 to $3.50; lambs, fair to c'lolee, $3.00 to $8.00. Toledo Wheat, No. 2 mixed, $1.07 to $1.0S; corn. No. 2 mixed, 70c to 71c; oats. No. 2 mixed, 37c to 39c; rye. No. 2, 69c to 70c; clover seed. $7.20. Japanese, Portuguese, Spaniards wid Porto Ricans having proved a failure as plantation laborers and the Planters Association of Hawaii will try to solve the labor question hy importing Filipinos. Seven hundred Filipino laborers have already been hooked for the Hawaiian islands and many more will follow. The State labor commission of Okla-' homa reports some interesting figures to show the magnitude of the cotton Industry of that StMe. Cotton gin employes in Oklahoma were paid $1000,000 last year. - -