Plymouth Tribune, Volume 8, Number 49, Plymouth, Marshall County, 9 September 1909 — Page 2

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MAP OF THE P0LAE REGION, WHERE COOK TRIUMPHED. "UO ABIES, NO BALLOTS." HEAVY FROST CAUSES LOSS.

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(T L. Q.N. M. J F. Q.F. M V$ 6th. v ryi4th. V 22nd 29th FEATURES OF INTEREST ABOUT THAT WHICH HAS BEEN AND IS TO BE. All Sides and Condition of Thins re Shown. Nothing Overlooked to make it Complete. PEARY DISCOVERS NORTH POLE. Daring Naval Man Reaches Goal of His Life After Many Trials. Indian Harbor, Via Cape Ray, Sept. 6. "Stars and stripes nailed to north pole. "Peary." From out of the arctic darkness there was flashed this message which stunned the scientific world and thrilled the heart of every layman. From the bleak coast of Labrador Peary gave to the world the news that he had attained hi3 goal In the far north while at the same moment In far off Denmark, Dr. Frederick A. Cook, of Brooklyn, X. Y., was being dined and lionized by royalty for the same achievement. Two Americans have planted the flag of their country in the land of Ice which man has sought to penetrate for four centuries and each Ignorant of the other's conquest ha3 flashed within a period of five days a laconic message of success to the waiting world. Cook In his first message to his countrymen was brief but noncommittal ; Peary was even briefer but specific. "Stars and Stripes nailed to the north pole," he said. That was all, fcut never before have so few words conveyed to a people a greater meaning of a greater patriotic satisfaction. First word 'of Peary's success reached New York Monday afternoon in a dispatch to the Associated Press. It contained the bare announcement of his finding the pole. Almost simultaneously he had transmitted the news to London, repeating dramatically and simply: "Stars and Stripes nailed to north pole." At the same time he similarly advised the Governor of Newfoundland. Doth the old and new world :were tb-is apprised of his great achievement practically at the same moment, and the excitement vhich followed attests to the high pitch of interest aroused over this climax of man's perseverance. Knocks Out Timber Wolf with Club. One of the large timber wolves be- j longing to a carnival company escaped and, going to the barn of Edwin H. Fort, assistant postmaster of Hartford City, Ind., engaged in a battle with his cow. The kicks and bawls of the cow and the screams of the wolf aroused the neighborhood and not until Ford had laid the animal low with a club did the "battle cease. The cow was fcadly lacerated but the wolf was not much hurt. A number of dogs that "were attracted by the fight were txappoi at by the animal. Fire Destroys Fine Home. Hoovenden, the beautiful country Lome of Col. J. C. Hoove n, president of the IIoovon-Owens-Ren:schler Company, near Hamilton, Onio, was destroyed by re. A lace curtain in Col. Uooven's room on the second floor caught fire trom a gas jet and quickly communicated the flames. Loss $50,000, part5y covered by Insurance. A mahogaay jewel case containing $7,000 ;worth of jewels belonging to Mrs. Hooyen, was stolen during the fire. Harriman Has Relapse. E. H. Harriman is not as well a3 he "Was a week ago. Dr. W. G. Cole, Mr. Ilarriman's personal physician, gave out a brief bulletin from Arden, N. Y., on his patient's condition, as follows: "Mr. Harriman has suffered a relapse. He had a sharp attack of indigestion, but rests comfortably now. We hope or the best." ' Isaac Brock, Aged 121 Years, Dead. Isaac Brock, who said he had seen twenty-six Presidents elected, is dead at Waco, Texas, at an age said to be 121 years. According to Brock's family Bible and other documents, he was born in Buncombe County, North Carolina, March 1, 1788. Steamer Laurentian Wrecked. A dispatch to New York from North Sydney, Cape Dreton, gays the steam'cr Laurention, sailing from Boston to Glasgow, went ashore near Cape Race and wa3 badly damaged. The passengers are safe. The Laurention is commanded by Captain Imrie. Speedway Owners Held Responsible. The owners of the new Indianapolis motor speedwayi are held responsible Sot the several deaths that occurred in accidents during the automobile races August 19. 20 ant! 21 in the Coroner's decision just made public. Child Is Scalded. Clara, the 3-year-old daughter of Jeff Traylor. living west of Petersburg. Ind., upset a bucket of scalding water cn herself and was frightfully burned. ; Two-Foot Fall Kills Steeplejack. Beiden Woodring, the steeplejack who rigged the flagpole on the Singer building in New York City and who had spent most of his life working at dizzy heights, fractured his skull when he fell two feet from a chair, and died soon afterward. She Weighed Five Hundred Pounds. Elephantasi3 was a contributory Cause of the death of Mrs. Theresa Ilabets, wife of a restaurant keeper in New York City, who died there in a hospital. She weighed G00 pounds. i Eiisha Coray, Sr., Dead. Elisha Coray, Sr., 88 years old, who, with Daniel Drew, was a member of the New York Stock Exchange and was prominent in the affairs of the Erie Railroad Company and as an anthracite coal operator and owner of coal lands, died of paralysis at his home in Exeter, PaActor Hitchcock's House Burns. The summer homo of Raymond Hitchcock, the actor, at Great Neck, L. i., was totally destroyed by fire. The loss is estimated at $30.000.

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Explorer Believed to De Lost Re turns from Trip That Was Crowned with Triumph. NORTH POLE IS DISCOVERED Telegram to Colonial Office in Copenhagen Says American Reached the Goal April 21, 1908. START MADE IN SUMMER OF 1907 Xavlentor Lait Ilenrd from Eighteen Months Ago in the Ice of the Arctic Region. Dr. Frederick Albert Cook, the American explorer, reached the north pole April 21, 190S, according to a telegram received at the colonial office in Copenhagen from Lervik, Norway. Unless the cables lie, unless Cook has been the victim of polar madness, unless he has perpetrated upon the world the biggest canard of a generation, the search for the north pole has ended in a manner as dramatic a3 heroic. Almost alone, unsupported by any great scientific association, his departure unnoticed and unapplauded, two years ago Frederick A. Cook entered the awful arctic wastes. Unsought and unexpected, he has returned to rekindle the spirit of adventure which civilization after 6,000 years cannot destroy. No captain of industry, no financier, no famous scholar gave or found the fund which sent him on the search which ha3 tempted men to death and disaster since the days of Davis and Baffin, of Ross and Franklin, of Iloelmskerc and Hudson. His little expedition was fitted out by pla n Jack Bradley, of Chicago, who in his spare time traveled through the empty places of the earth in the pursuit of game and adventure. Dr. Cook started on his trip for the north pole in the summer of 1907, wintered on the coast of Elsmorclr.nd DR. FEEDEBICK A. COOK. about 500 miles from the pole and, starting from a point north of Etah on Feb. 26, 1903, was within little more than a fortnight lost to the knowledge of the world. Word received from a point forty mile3 north of Cape Thomas Hubbard on March 17, 1908, said that the explorer expected to return not later than September, 1903, that everything had so far gone well, .but that the weather wa3 extremely told. Then for seventeen months nothing was heard from him and by many he was given up for lost. Admiral Winfield S. Schley, as head of the American Society for Polar Research, took an active interest ii making plank for such an expedition, and not only contributed to a fund started last winter for the purpose of fitting out a vessel to go In search of the missing explorer, but during the lat spring and summer has made apepals for assistance from all quarters. Dr. Cook was accompanied by a Norwegian when he left Etah, Greenland, In March, 1903. He took with him eight Eskimos, four sledge? and twelve dog teams. He wa3 to make hU way through Ellesmere Land. Dr. Cook was well equipped for his attempt, and started on his dash to the north with the utmost confidence. In a letter written from his winter quarters on Dec. 6, 1907, he explained the plans which he had conceived for reaching the pole. Cook had had large experience as an explorer previous to the present trip. He is a physician and New Yorker. He was educated in the University of New York and the College of Physicans and Surgeons there, but Instead of entering upon practice to any extent he took up exploration. When 26 years old he made his first journey to the north as a member of one of Peary's expeditions. He organized several other trips, gaining fame each time among scientists in many countries. Dr. Cook's home la in Brooklyn. HORSE DRAGS HIM TO DEATH. braaka Farmer Palled In front ot Train by Ilnlky Animal, John King, a young farmer, was killed by a Union Pacific flyer near Central City, Xeb., In an unusual way. He was leading a horse across the tracks with the halter wrapped around hl3 arni3. The animal balked on the track and although Reeves was safely across he wa3 dragged back and under the wheel3 when the engine struck the horse. ROBBERS TORTURE VICTIM. Tie Him to Tree and Staff Month Full of It a KK. Three highwaymen held up an employe of the Ingram-Day Lumber Company near Nugent, Miss., and after robbing him of $40, tied him to a tree in the woods.and stuffed his mouth full of paper and rag3. The man remained in thl3 position for almost forty-eight hours, and was almost exhausted when found. The Transvaal produces 400,000 ounces of gold every month.

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ANOTHER YANKEE TRIUMPH. Cook's Discovery Adds New Laurels to America's Achievements. Dr. Cook's discovery of the north pole adds new laurels to America's achievements In the twentieth cen tury. For nearly five hundred years adventurous explorers have vied for the honor of being first at the north end of the world. English, Dutch, Scandinavian, Italian and American scientists have battled their way into the arctic Ice, some of them to within a comparatively short distance of the goal. It has remained for an American to win the victory. The 30,000 square, miles of territory which Dr. Cook has annexed to the United States may neer become a popular or populous resort, and the scientific value of hi3 achievement is questionable, but he has rendered good service by laying bare the secret of farthest north and thus removing the lure of the unknown, and he has earn ed lasting 'personal fame. The ambi tions of explorers will now concen trate upon the antarctic, and competition will be greatly stimulated. By his own claims, which were put before the world through the slender cable thread from the Shetland Island port of Lerwick, Dr. Frederick Albert Cook, of Brooklyn, has Indulged himself in an experience such as no man has had since time began. More than kings and princes of the mythical world, more than navigators of the new world in the fifteenth century, has this man found a new thing under the sun. 1 On that hour in April, 1908, that this man stopped his dog sledges, pulled out his sextant, and with mittened fingers fixed the Instrument on the north star, shining out of the arctic night, he found himself if the world will credit his statement at latitude 90 and longitude anything he pleased. He found that by shifting the position of his feet on the tip of the world he could throw himself across a span of longitudinal lines that swiftest train and steamer could not cover In forty days. Perhaps in a whimsical moment this Brooklyn explorer balanced himself on the toe of one bearskin boot and whirled from right to left. Presto! he had added a day to his life. Whatever may have been the tricks that Cook played with the laws of the geographers, and the astronomers, whatever may have been the secrets of science that he discovered on that day when he caught the near angle of the north star almost directly over hl3 head, must yet be told more at length by the explorer himself when once more he is back In the nearer frontier of the world's civilization. TRADE AND INDUSTRY. A new Carnegie library is to be erected at BemidJI, Minn., at a cost of $15,000. A terrific wind and hall storm in the vicinity of Stephen, Minn., destroyed nearly 40.000 acres of small grain. It appears that the West is sending a new appeal for laborers. The cry from Nebraska is not now for handy men about the farm, but for such as can work in factories. Help is wanted at once at Omaha, Lincoln and the smaller cities. A story of the same sort comes from Wisconsin. It has been said when there is a great demand for harvesters that even .good wages are not as attractive as they might be because the term of employment is so short. Men do not care to make a long journey into a land that Is strange to them, with the prospect of being turned adrift within a few weeks. But this demand for factory workerg suggests permanent employment. The Soo road has awarded a contract for the construction of a new passenger depot In Duluth at a cost of J100. 000. Some farmers have discovered that a ten -acre patch of potatoes at 300 bushels per acre will buy an automobile with one crop and leave the land available for another. The interstate commerce commission predict a heavier year than hab ever before been known in railroad activities. It is feared that the work may be greatly handicapped by a general shortage of cars. Crop prospects are bright, but there Is a fear that roads may be taxed beyond their capacity. The Pressed Steel Car Company has secured the services of nearly 2,000 skilled American workmen to replace the men who left on strike. Until Dec. 10 a competition will be open to architects of the world for submitting plans and specifications for twenty new buildings that are to be erected in Buenos Ayres, Argentine repub'ic. A new $50,000 hospital is to be erected at Fort Yellowstone to replace the old frame structure which has done temporary duty pending the erection of the new building. The structure will be of brick or stone and will accommodate about 100 patients.

THE MANY ATTEMFTS TO REACH THE POLE. Wfrrn Hemisphere. Latitude Year Explorer. Deg. Min. 1587 John Davis 72 12 1616 William Baffin 77 54 1S27 Captain Ross 81 33 1846 Sir John Franklin 78 1854 E. K. Kane 80 10 1S71 C. F. Hall 82 11 1S76 O. S. Nares 83 21 1ST9 De Long 77 15 18S3 A. W. Greely S3 24 1!)00 Robert E. Peary 83 50 1902 Robert E. Teary 84 17 1906 Rohert E. Peary 87 06 Knutern Hemisphere. 1594 Williams Barents 77 20 1596 Rup Ilocmskerck 79 49 1C07 Henry Hudson 80 23 1S06 William Scoresby ...... .81 30 1S27 W. E. Parry 82 45 1S6S Norden?kjold 81 42 1874 Julius Payer 81 03 1S96 Frederick Jackson 81 20 1S9C Frithjof Nansen . 86 14 1S99 Walter Wellman 82 1900 Duke of Abruzzi 86 34 1907 Walter Wellmann, (Halted by storm) 1909 Walter Wellman. (Failed; balloon exploded)

Mynterjr In Woman' Death. Mystery surrounds the discovery of the body of Mr3. Alberta Bantan, divorced wife of former United States Senator Phipps of Homer, La., in . AMERICA WINS "THE Chicago Inter Ocean. Breckinridge Park, San Antonio, Tex. The body was found by the police after a telephone iaessage had been received from a man who told of its exact location, but refused to give his name. IliVh, Detaken, Fatally Hurt. Desperate after his recapture, James B. Hill, Jr., aged 28, leaped off a train which was conveying him back to the county homo at Woodville, Pa., and was fatally injured. He escaped from the asylum Aug. 6 in an automobile.' He was found at Rock Springs, Ohio. The young man is a firm member of the Edwin M. Hill Lumber Company. Count r Seat la Half Bormed. New Castle, seat of Henry County, Kentucky, fought Wednesday the most severe fire in its long history. The fire started in Bondurant's livery stable and spread to all the other buildings on that side of the main square. The exchange of the Cumberland Telephone Company was destroyed. Killed In Automobile Aecldent. Rose Hoffman, aged 5 years, was killed, and her father, .mother and sister were seriously injured in an automobile accident at Lowellville, Ohio. Train Itun Into Antontoblle. An automobile In which were riding William L. Graul and wife, of Temple, Pa., and Dr. and Mrs. Samuel E. Schlegel, of Reading, wa3 struck by a Pennsylvania Railroad train at Douglassville, and all but Dr. Schlegel were instantly killed. Ak Fare) Pafteiiger Dead. John Harrison, a St. Louis street car conductor, was startled when he touched a passenger on the shoulder while collecting fares and discovered that the man was dead.

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Youth "Who Wan Denied Money Trlth AVhloh to Mnrrjr Die. A week after cnurdering his mother because she had refused him money with which to marry, George Simons, a young civil engineer, shot and killed himself in the home of his sweetheart, Viola Hartranft, In Pottsville, Pa. Simons slept for a week in a room adjoining that in which he had concealed the body of the slain woman. After killing his mother he carried the body to a room on the third floor of the house. Covering It with quicklime, he screwed fast the door and filled the cracks with parafln to .make it appear a solid wall. He put up a sign with the word "Paint" on it, so that none would touch the door. When he killed himself, Simons wa3 not even under suspicion for the crime. JEWELS STOLEN AT A FIRE. Gemn Valued at $7,000 Disappear am ?50,000 Home ! Darned. Hoovenden, the beautiful country home of Colonel J. J. Hooven, president of the Hooven-Owens-Rentschler Company, was destroyed by fire near Hamilton, Ohio. A lace curtain in Colonel Hooven's room on the second floor caught fire from a gas Jet and quickly communicated the flames. The I less is $30,000, partly covered by inLAST GREAT PRIZE." surance. A mahogany jewel case, containing $7,000 worth of jewelry belonging to Mrs. Hooven, was stolen during the fire. Glrla Drown na Car Hlta Boat. Alice Boisnot, 15 years old, and Marie Mueller, 16, daughters of Philadelphia cottagers at Ocean City, were drowned to-night while sailing in Great Egg Harbor Day. Two boys were with them in a small sail boat, which drifted against the trolley bridge that crosses the bay from Sommers Point to Ocean City. A car passing over the bridge hit the mast of the boat and caused it to capsize. Hart im Illtcheoclc Fire. The summer home of Raymond Hitchcock, the actor, at Great Neck, L. I., was destroyed by fire. The los3 is estimated at $30,000. Two domestics were severely injured in jumping from second-story windows. Katallr Shot by Car Thieves. William Zimmer, a Lehigh Railroad detective from Buffalo, was shot and probably mortally hurt in a running fight with car thieves at Batavia. N. Y. "Mika" Miller, of Datavia. one of the gang. a3 fitally wounded. Train Kill Two on Bridge. Edward Jensen, 20 years old, and an unidentified boy, 14 years old, were killed, and Theodore Parks wa3 injured by a train while walking on the Southern bridge in Cincfnnati. Parks will probably die. Milkmen Doyeott Entire City. The milkmen of Lorain, Ohio, put Into effect their threatened boycott of the city as a result of the city council's severe milk regulations, and almost the entire population of 30,000 were without cream or milk.

Priest Advocates Giving Wives and Husband3 Vote for Each Child. "Family suffrage; or, no babies, no ballots." This is the new idea of Father Phelan, editor-priest of St. Louis. He advocates one of the most novel and original bills ever submitted to a legislature relative to women and their rights. This measure, which the priest says he will submit to the next session at Jefferson City, asks for family suffrage in Missouri for the purpose of encouraging large families. Father Phelan will also submit suggestions relative to women co-respondents, prohibiting a divorced husband from marrying the co-respondent in the case. Should his measure gain the approval of the law makers of Missouri, the standards of woman's importance will be materially changed. "I would give every family an additional vote for every child born into it," asserts Father Phelan. "If a couple has ten children we would give the family twelve votes. In case the couple agreed politically we would permit the father to cast the whole twelve votes. If the couple were divided on their views of politics we would give the wife her own vote and the votes of all her daughters, and the husband his own vote and those of all his sonsJ

TWO MEN HOB BANK OF $1.600. "Shoot Up" Iowa Town and EscapeNo Clew to Identity. After '"shooting up" the town Tuesday afternoon, two men robbed the German National Bank of, Mineola, la., sixteen miles south of Council Bluffs, of $1,600. When the men stepped shooting they separated, one gCing to the rear of the bank and the other stepping Into the front door, pushing by Cashier Neff, who had been attracted to the front by the shooting. The second man then entered the bank and started to talk with the clerk. Niff went back into his cage, and as he did so the man who had pushed by him drew a revollver and, pointing it at his head, crowded in. Niff grappled with him, but the man jumped away, sprang' into the cage and picked up a package of bills and stepped outside. While the man who had the money coolly stuffed it into a small grip, the second robber covered both cashier and clerk with his revolver. Then, bidding the bank men good day, the two robbers walked to the front door, closed it behind them, walked down the street and escaped. DESPERADO IS CAUGHT. 3Ian "Who Held Off Farmer as Flame Hasted Wounded In Woods. After emulating a desperado for two days, James Burns, a farm hand, surrendered to a constable's posse following a fight at Mingo Junction, Ohio, Thursday night. He was wounded in the melee. Burns is accused of setting fire to Mrs. Minnie Otte's barn Tuesday night. When a Crowd of farmers appeared to put out the fire he stood guard with a rifle and refused to permit any one to try to quench the flames. Tiring of seeing the flames, he entered the Otte home and refused to permit the family to enter during the night. Wednesday morning Burns again set fire to the barn. This time he fired at persons who approached the structure. Constable George Griffith organized a posse and tried to rout the man from the house. Burns fired several t!me3 and escaped from the house to the wood3. In the midst of the battle the man cried out In agony, saying he was shot and would surrender if he were given medical aid. Being assured that he would not be aarmed, he dragged himself out of the Dushes and threw down his guns. fOBS FOR MEN WHO KNOW GRAIN government Seek Aaalatnnt for the Durean of Plant Industry. Students with an agricultural training, who are familiar with laboratory and field work, and with classes and varieties of cereals, are sought by the government at salaries ranging from 11,200 to $2,000 a year. The civil service commission has announced an examination in Washington, Sept. 22 to select eligibles for positions as assistants in grain standardization in tho bureau of plant industry of the department of agriculture. One of the requirements 13 the writing of a thesis of not less than 2,000 words on tha kinds of cereals grown in the United States and the method of harvesting and marketing with special reference to classing and grading grain commercially. PARLIAMENT HOUSE FIRE. Lom I 1 00,000 nnd Finext Law Library In Dominion Is Destroyed. The west wing of the parliament buildings in Toronto, Ont., was destroyed Wednesday by a fire. The loss to the building is about $100,000, fully covered by insurance, but the fine Mowat law library, one of the best collections in the dominion, is a total loss, with no insurance. The cabinet council was in session when, shortly after noon, a crash of falling glass was heard. Investigation disclosed the western skylight fallen and smoke pouring from the roof. Premier Whitney, in his shirt sleeves, directed-the preliminary fire fighting, in which the cricketers, including the Philadelphia pilgrims, helped. No fire companies reached the building until twenty-two minutes after the alarm had been sent in. Town Flooded 800 Dead. Disastrous floods have overwhelmed the town and vicinity of Besoeki, in Southeast Java. It is estimated that 600 perished. Railway bridges have been swept away and damage to property and crops Is enormous. Dynamite Cap Starta Fatal Fire. During a fire at the oil plant of the Atlantic Refining Company at Point Breeze, Pa., Neal O'Gara was burned to' death. It Is believed that a dynamite cap passing through a coal crusher exploded, starting the fire. Maaked Men Hob Conduetor. Two unknown masked men held up a street car at the corner of Forest and Payne avenues in St. Paul, and robbed Conductor James Perry of $12.80. The motorman attempted to interfere, but desisted when threatened with death. Pennsylvania Father of 38 Dead. John W. Miller, aged 76, father of thirty-eight children, died at the county home near Indiana, Pa. He had been married fcur times. A widow survives him.

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CHICAGO. R. F. Dun & Co.'s Weekly Review of Chicago trade says: Favorable developments continue to strengthen the commercial position. Heavy payments through the banks are attested by aggregates exceeding those at this time last year, and the record cf trading defaults again is satisfactory as to the effects upon credits. Financial conditions generally reflect an ample supply of money, but the improved demand for wider enterprise has created an advanced rate for accommodation. Unsettled weather throughout the agricultural regions is a temporary hindrance to soil preparation, but the prospects of an unprecedented corn crop is not diminished. New demands in the leading industries come forward rapidly and there is notable increase in the movements of both East and West bound freight. Furnace and steel mill outputs in this district rise to new records and additional capacity under way is rushed to completion. ' Railway equipment nccd3 become more clearly defined as the crop sea son progresses, and heavy contracts are yet being booked for locomotives, cars, coaches and supplies. Structural steel remains in strong request. Bank clearings, $249,153,694, exceed those of the corresponding week in 190S by 12.9 per cent, and compare with $212,005,499 in 1907. Failures reported in the Chicago district number 25 last week, against 26 last week, 22 in 1908 and 17 in 1907. These with liabilities over $3,000 number 4, against 5 last week. 10 in 1908 and 5 in 1907. NEW YORK. As the season advances trade tends to show further expansion and indus trial lines are becoming more active. Outputs are being increased by plans already !n operation and frequent reports come to hand of resumptions by concerns that have been shut down for some time past Under the cir cumstances employment is more general, pay-roll3 are larger and more money is available for spending. In a nutshell, trade Is good; industry, particularly iron and steel. Is active; outputs are close to normal, and prospects are pleasant, the most notable drawbacks being reduced yields of cotton and- a smaller than earlier expected corn cro). Within the week house trade has expanded in marked degree, especial activity being noticed in demand for dry goods and millinery. Buyers have been in the markets in large numbers, and while they have taken hold quite freely they are nevertheless exercising much care in making purchases. Business failures in' the United States for the week ending with Sept. 2 were ICO, against 201 last week, 210 in the like week of IOCS, 130 in 1907, 121 In 1906 and 137 in 1305. Business failures in Canada for the week number 27, as compared with 32 last week and 17 in the like week of 190S. Bradstreet's. Chicago Cattle, common to prime, $4.00 to $S.03; hogs, prime heavy, $4.50 to $8.10; sheep, fair to choice, $4.23 to $3.00; wheat. No. 2, $1.00 to $1.01; corn, No. 2, 67c to 69c; oats, standard, 36c to 37c; rye, No. 2, 72c to 74c; hay, timothy, $8.00 to $14.50; prairie, $8.00 to $12.00; butter, choice creamery, 23c to 23c; eggs, fresh, 17c to 21c; potatoes, per bushel, 4Sc to 55c. Indianapolis Cattle, shipping, $3.00 to $5.50; hogs, good to choice heavy, $3.50 to $S.20; sheep, good to choice, $2.50 to $4.75; wheat, No. 2, $1.08 to $1.10; corn, No. 2 white, 71c to 73c; oats. No. 2 white, 38c to 33c. St Louis-Cattle, $4.00 to $7.50; hog, $4.00 to $S.25; sheep, $3.00 to $4.f 0; wheat, No. 2, $1.05 to $1.0S; corn, No. 2, 67c to 68c; oats. No. 2, 37c to 39c; rye, No. 2, 72c to 74c. Detroit Cattle, $4.00 to $5.63; hogs, $4.00 to $8.00; sheep, $2.50 to $4.23; wheat. No. 2, $1.06 to $1.07; corn. No. 2 yellow, 72c to 73c; oats, standard, 37c to S9c; rye, No. 1, 67c to 69c. Milwaukee Wheat, No. 2 northern, $1.02 to $1.04; corn, No. 3, 63c to 63c; oats, standard, 37c to 39c; rye, No. 1, '72c to 73c; barley, standard, 66c to 6Sc; pork, mess, 22.80. Buffalo Cattle, choice shipping steers, $4.00 to $6.90; hogs, fair to choice, $4.00 to $S.60; sheep, common to good mixed, $4.00 to $3.50; lambs, fair to choice, $5.00 to $S.15. Cincinnati Cattle, $4.00 to $6.15; hogs, $4.00 to $8.30; sheep, $3.00 to $4.50; wheat. No. 2. $1.08 to $1.10; corn, No. 2 mixed, 70c to 71c; oats, No. 2 mixed, 33c to 36c; rye, No. 2, 71c to 72c. New York Cattle, $4.00 to $7.00; hogs, $4.00 to $8.40; sheep, $3.00 to $4.50; wheat, No. 2 red, $1.06 to $1.07; corn. No. 2, 77c to 78c; oats, natural white, 3Sc to 42c; butter, creamery, 27c to 30c; eggs, western, 22c to 25c. Toledo Wheat, No. 2 mixed, $1.05 to $1.08; corn, No. 2 mixed, 69c to 70c; oats, No. 2 mixed, 37c to 38c: rye. No. 2, 6Sc to 69c; clover seed, $7.05. Scientific farming is making great progress through the dry western sections of this country. Grain is being successfully grown on the bench lands, where water cannot be conveyed, and where formerly nothing but sage brush grew. By conserving the moisture and following scientific methods, a fair yield of wheat and oats is secured. Alfalfa, which requires a great deal of moisture, cannot be raised here. Pittsburg's industrial payroll has reached $900,000 a day. There are 250,000 men employed in the different mills in the Pittsburg district, and there is room for $25,000 more if the mill owners can find the proper kind of labor. Coke laborers are especially scarce. Charles II. Moyer, of Denver, has been re-elected president of the Western Federation of Miners for the eighth time. Lee Hammond, of Rice Lake, Wis., has purchased six million feet of hemlock and birch stumpage near Crooked Rapids, Wis.

Corn in Some Localities Has Been Almost Totally Destroyed, A killing frost "passed over the central and northern portion of Michigan Wednesday night, doing nundredi of thousands of dollars worth of damage to vegetables and garden truck. At Muskegon the most severe earlj frost ever experienced in either Muskegon or Oceana Counties and the earliest in forty years was felt Althoug slight frosts have quite often been felt a short time after Sept 1, there has never been any heavy frost on that date since 1S69. Corn in most localities has been nearly totally destroyed, while potatoes are also heavily hit Garden produce was damaged seriously, and figures now on hand show th total loss in Muskegon and Oceana Counties to be at least $100,000. Whitehall, Montague and Hart also report heavy damage. The mercury went down to 30 degrees. At Grand Haven the mercury fell t 28 degrees, and large quantities of tomatoes, melons, and other vegetables were destroyed. Vassar reports & heavy hoar frost in that section which, ruined great quantities of beans, while at Flint potatoes, corn and buckwheat were damaged. The big cucumber crop was totally destroyed and many farmers will lose heavily on this crop, as they depended almost entirely upom it . Extensive damage was done to the tobacco crop of Western Wisconsin by frosts. On some farms in La Crosse, Vernon, and Monroe Counties, the center of the tobacco industry In that State, the loss is total. Heavy frost caused much fear that corn in the Indiana lowlands was damaged. Vegetation was almost froren stiff and garden products rose in price to-day. SWEPT BY A WALL OF WATER.

Flood Near Rawhide, Nev., Destroy 130 Buildings and Six Lives. Squatter Town, a settlement Just south of Rawhide, Nev was swept by a ten-foot wall of water following & cloudburst in the hills Tuesday night and 130 buildings were destroyed. It is reported that two women and four children are missing. The cloud broke on the summit of the low hills north of the camp. In a few moments water waj pouring down the slope. Several structures weer torn from their foundations and carried down the street, while the crest of the flood was covered with furniture, animals and debris of all kinds. Gathering force as it poured down the channel, the water swept into and over Squatter Town. It formed a wall ten feet high as it crashed into the structures. Before the wave had passed 500 persons were homeless and their property was heaped in the basin at the foot of National hill. FIGHT FOR THE PENNANTS. Standing; of Clabs In the Principal Daae Ball Lea cues. ( NATIONAL LEAGUE. E, W. L. Pittsburg. 87 33 Phlladel'a. 58 65 Chicago ...81 39 St Louis ..46 74 New York 71 47 Brooklyn.. 42 78 Cincinnati 63 58 Boston 33 87 i AMERICAN LEA CUE. VT. I W. L Detroit... 79 43 Cleveland. C3 62 PhiladeVa. 75 48 New York. 55 67 Boston ...73 52 St. Louis ..51 79 Chicago... 63 CO Washingtn 33 98 AUEBICAX ASSOCIATION. W. L. W. L. Milwaukee 79 59 Columbus.. 66 11 Minncap's. 76 62 Indianap's. 66 74 Louisville. 71 66 Toledo 63 74 St. Paul ..66 71 Kan. City.. 63 74 Hilltop, at 1 to 3, easily won the Mohawk selling stake, one mile. Over half a million dollars were expended in the construction of the new Speedway at Indianapolis. William K. Vanderbilt's Seasick IL won the Prix de Longehamps, twe miles and one furlong, at Paris. J. R. Ketn-i's . Hilarious, 2:06, woa the $7,500 Travers stakes for 3-year-olds, at a mile and a quarter at Saratoga. Seven sectional records were broken In the Central A. A. U. championship meet in Chicago recently and the Chicago Athletic Association won all the honors v.ith a total of 110 points out of a possible 126. The winning trotters at Detroit which repeated at Kalamazoo, were Margin, Country Jay, Baron McKinney and Lady Jones. The pacers were George Gano, Cecelian King, Walter W., and Lady Maude C. Herman Long, at one time the most famous shortstop of the National League, and for years a member of the Boston team, is seriously ill at Denver. He went to Denver a few months ago because of lung trouble. In the Ohio State Rifle Association shoot for the Catrow cup, Sergeant J. W. Hlngle, U. S. marine coTps, set up a perfect rifle record, when he hit 21 bull's-eyes in a row, seven each at three ranges. 800, 900 and 1,000 jards. A. R. Kevist the Brooklyn schoolboy, has broken the world's running record for two-thirds of a mile. He covered the distance in 2:47 3-5, or three-fifths of a second better than" William O. George's time, made in New York City in 18S2. St Yves, the long distance champion, was defeated by Percy S ma.ll - wood, the short distance runner, in a 12-mile race at Cincinnati. Jack Johnson and James J. Jeffries have signed articles of agreement for a fight to come off some time within the next eight months. The big bout will determine the world's 'championship for heavyweights. During the construction of his yacht Hispania, King Alfonso, of Spain, evinced curiosity regarding conditions governing the contests for the American cup. The Spanish monarch is rumored to be a possible challenger for the trophy. During the Detroit Grand Circuit meeting, nineteen races, ten for trotters and nine for pacers, were decided, and they carried a total distribution of $36,000 in prize money. Detroit has secured an option on Johnny Ness, Chicago, first baseman of tke Madison team in the Wisconsin-, Illinois League, agreeing to pay $1,000 for him If he makes good. Oliver W. Shead, a graduate of Harvard, and the Columbia Law School, and former champion all-round-indoor athlete of New England, died in Bostoa as the result of an injury to his spine received in the gymnasium of the Boston Athletic Association In 1901.