Plymouth Tribune, Volume 9, Number 3, Plymouth, Marshall County, 21 October 1909 — Page 2

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(T L. Q.,4"5kN. M. F. Q. vF. M ? 6th. '714th t) 22nd. x ?2Sth featüi:eToFixteuest ABOUT THAT WHICH HAS BEEN AND IS TO BE. All Sides and Conditions of Thins are Shown Nothing Orerlooked to make it Complete. Big Diamond Robbery at Tiffany's. It became known a few days ago that a diamond necklace 'valued at $10,000 and a ring set with four diamonds disappeared last month from the workshop of Tiffany & Co., on Fifth avenue in New York City. The necklace had been sent- to the shop for repairs and it was in care of the head jeweler in the workshop. While out for lunchion he left the jewels in a box on his work table and when he returned the necklace was missing The employes were rounded up and searched, but no clue developed. The ring disappeared in a like manner o few days later. Detectives have been at work on both cases for more than two weeks. Suspect Heir was Murdered. Aaron Wilson, 21 years old, and sole heir to an estate valued at $30,000, wa. killed at Evansville, Ind., by an incoming Evansville & Southern Indian traction car under circumstances which cause the police to suspect that he was murdered. According to the motorman and conductor of the car, a man ran from the tracks and Into an alley just as Wilson was struck. Wilson is known to carry large sums of money, at times having as much as $300 in his pockets. Not a penny was found in the dead man's clothes by the Coroner in his investigation immediately after Wilson had been killed. Aeroplane Drops; Woman Is Killed. A few minutes before Count de Lambert returned to the tviation field at Juvisy, France, from his flight to Paris, Alfred M. Blanc, the French aeronaut, attempted his first flight in a Bleriot machine. Shortly after ascending the monoplane, as the result of a false shift of the rudder, turned into the tribune and fell, mortally wounding a woman and injuring a dozen other persons. Mrs. Taft Returns to White House. Much benefited by her summer's'so Journ on the Massachusetts coast, Mrs. W. IL Taft, who wa3 in poor health when she left early in the summer, has returned to Washington, D. C, from Beverly, Mass. Immediately upon her arrival Mrs. Taft went to the White House, which, during her absence had been entirely renovated, both inside and out. Seven Killed by Boiler Explosion. Soven employes were killed and three other persons were injured, two fatally, when a boiler at the plant of the Griffin Saw Mill Company, near Eldorado, Ark., exploded. The steam register, it i3 declared, failed to indicate the over-pressure. The explosion, which could be heard for several mile3, wrecked a large section of the plant. Cashier Suicides; Mother Drops Dead. F. E. Hanscom, cashier of the wrecked First National Bank of Mineral Point. Wis., shot and killed himself. When Hanscom's "toüy ws removed to the home of his mother-in-law, Mrs. John Gray, she dropped dead. Since the failure of the bank Hanscom had been working night and day and was very despondent. Frohman's Wife Files Suit. Mrs. Daniel Frohman, more familiarly known by her stage name a3 Margaret Illington, has filed suit for divorce in the District Court of Reno, Nev., alleging that her husband has for the last two years failed to contribute to her support. Four Cremated in Incendiary Blaze. Four men were burned to death and one man was fatally burned in a feed vard firp at Wichita Kas. Thp men were asleep in a barn which was de-1 ctrnvo,! Thfrtv hnrss norp hnmd fn death. The fire is believed to have been incendiary. Quebec Fire Cost a Million Dollars. The loss from the fire which swept Quebec's water front will exceed $!, 000,000. All the burned buildings were,, full of grain and goods awaiting shipment on ocean-going vessels. Naval Officer Hangs Himself. Lieut. Carl A. Richter hanged himself on board the United States steamShip Marietta in Hampton Roads. He ntered the navy in 1900. The Navy Department has not been advised of the details of the suicide. Illinois Bank Robbed. The Farmers' Bank at Alpha, 111.," was entered, the safe blown open and $2,300 taken. There 13 no clew to the Identity of the robbers. Washwoman Gives $60. Although she ekes out a living by taking In washing, Mrs. Sophia Lichtenfield, of New York City, contributed $60 at the annual convention of the Christian Missionary Alliance, which is being held at the Gospel Tabernacle In that city. James H. Gilbert- Dead. James H. Gilbert, president of the Metropolitan Trust a 3d Savings Bank, and former Sheriff of Cook County, Illinois, Is dead In Chicago. Mr. Gilbert was born in Toronto, Canada, in 1844. Crushed In a Sorghum Mill. Rufus Irwin, aged 22, was killed while operating a feed mill at the sorghum plant on Jacob Flenner's farm, south of Owenstille, Ind. His coat caught iu the michine, and before it could bo stopped his body was drawn Into the cogs and he was crushed to death. American Eull Fighter Injured. Harper Baylor Lee, the American bullfighter, was seriously injured while attempting to kill a bull in the ring at San Luis PotosI, Mexico.

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dum LIS OF 55 Reports from Over Wide Area Show that Enormous Damage Was Done. EIRE IN HURRICANE'S WAKE. Fifteen Killed at Hamburg, Tenn., and Shiloh Battlefield Scene of Ruin. Reported Dead in Sontbern Storm. i Denmark. Tenn ! llulhprrv. TVnn ......... Stantom ill Torn 1' j Pittsburs Imdlp.R. Tenn i Stanlerville. Tenn Wood v Me. Ala Scottsboro. Ala Wyeth Grove. Ala Stanton, Tenn Nixon. Tenn. Marmadukc, Centerville, (5 Cartersville, Üa Toial 55 With the list of reported dead totaling fifty-five, with scores injured, and with the property loss reaching $1,000,000 or more, the havoc and destruction of the storm which swept middle and we3t Tennessee, Alabama, Georgia and portions of Arkansas and South Carolina late Thursday afternoon and the following night, grew hourly as reports were received from remote point.-?. The storm was probably the worst that has visited that section of the South in years, being intense in its destroying fury and widespread in its area. Halves of counties were laid in waste and ruin. Towns were destroyed and plantations were greatly damaged. Apparently the storm broke over middle and west Tennessee and proceeded in a southeasterly direction across the State into Alabama and Georgia, assuming the proportions of a West Indian hurricane. Fifteen persons were killed at Hamburg, Tenn., where the National cemetery of the battlefield of Shiloh is situated, by the tornado that passed Thursday night. The damage wa3 very heavy. The Iowa State monument was destroyed. The storm leveled Hamburg storehouses and dwellings and uprooted trees. The hotel and a large store house at Pittsburg Landing, on the Tennessee River, a few miles from Hamburg, were destroyed. At least three persons were killed, others were injured, and several town3 -and villages demolished as the cyclonic storm swept through Western Tennessee. Coming from the southeast, the wind tore frail structures into bits and moved more substantial buildings off the foundations. Trees were uprooted, vegaation was razed, and numberless buildings were unroofed. Denmark, Madison County, was practically demolished, the added horror of fire following in the wake of the storm. Eighteen of the more modern buildings were torn off their foundations and wrecked, while smaller buildings were demolished. Denmark had a population of about 350 persons, and was one of the oldest towns in Tennessee. Of the known fatalities two occurred there. Albert Barnes and his infant child were caught among falling timbers of their hocne and crushed to death. Near Mulberry, In Lincoln County, Thomas Helm was killed and Homer Ashby and wife were Injured. Near Wartrace a negro settlement was blown away. Dyersburg, Covington, Stanton, and Buford Station are other towns reporting minor damage. Along the Western and Atlantic Railway from Atlanta there Is evidence of heavy damage by wind and hall. Unroofed houses, broken windows and ruined trees and shrubbery constiture the extent of damage left In the wake of the wind and hail storm which swept over Atlanta, Ga., and surrounding country. The los3 Is $S0,000 to $100,000. Thirty-five cattle and several horses were killed at East Lake, a suburb. SOUTH BEND WOMAN FREED. Mrs. Lena B. Mason Quickly Cleared in Attempted Murder Case. Mrs. Leona B. Mason was found not guilty in South Bend, Ind., of attempt ing to murder John W. Talbot, Supreme President of the Order of Owls, last March. The jury was ready to re port in sixteen minutes. In anticipa tion of a quick verdict the crowd which the courtroom during closing arguments reiusea to leave and every inch of space was occupied when the jury announced that it had agreed upon a verdict. The defendant tnd her sisters smiled when they beard" the verdict, but there was no ; demonstration either by them or by the spectators. Opinion is general that the story told by Mrs. Mason on the stand, in which she charged Talbot with perse cution for six years, won the sym pathy of the jury. The defense was emotional insanity. Charles A. Davey in closing for the defense delivered a two hour arraignment of Talbot and hi3 associates. He asked the jury for an unqualified acquittal on the first ! ballot, declaring that by so doing it would place the stamp of disapproval on such men as he asserted Talbot to be. CHICAGO AN SLAIN IN OMAHA. Hrnrr It. Frankland Itobbed Uta Throat I Cat. and Henry R. Frankland, a cook whose home was at 1143 Wilcox avenue, Chi cago, was found under a viaduct in Omaha with his throat cut and his pockets turned inside out. He died a few minutes later. William W. Tull, a Pullman iorter who found him and who was known to have been In his company during the day, Is under ar rest and search is being made for another negro who was with him. STEEL MEN PLAN BIO PLANT. Corporation Aunonnee When JjtlO,000,000 Work Will lie HrKun. The first official announcement of the time of building the new stee plant at the bead of Lake Superior came In a letter from Chester A. Cong don. authorized by E. H. Gary, chair man of the board of directors of the United States Steel Corporation. The actual construction work on the plant the first unit of which will cost not less than $10.000,000, will be begun late UÜ& fall in Duluth.

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WHEN SUMMER GATHERS UP

ECKELS ESTATE IS INSOLVENT. Financier's Debts Exceed $1,000,000 Value of Property Only Half. Presentation to Judge Cutting in the robate Court in Chicago of more than $250,00 worth of claims against the estate of the late Jame3 H. Eckels re vealed the insolvency of the estate of the former Comptroller of the Curren cy, who, at the time of his death was president of the Commercial National Bank and one of,the foremost finan ciers of the nation. Claims totaling more than $730,000 had already been Allowed against this estate, and the. prospect of carrying this total over the $1,000,000 mark seemed completely to wipe ou the ap proximate total of $500,000 worth of assets shown by the inventory in the estate. The original petition for the appointment of administrators placed the value of the estate at only. $150,000. By far the largest portion of the claims which have been filed In the probate court is for money advanced to the dead banker as personal loans, and many of them recite in detail stock and bond transactions in which he was involved. FLAG GOES TO PITTSBURG. Champion Baseball Club of World by Defeating DetroiL Pittsburg, four times winner of the National League pennar.t, became the champion baseball team of the world Saturday afternoon, when its husky athletes routed Detroit by the score of 8 to 0, in the seventh and deciding contest Of the series. This victory keeps the big flag in the parent league for th. third year, Detroit having thrice failed to wrest the biggest hon or that goes with baseball from the National Lectio pennant winners. Fred, Clarke's nghtlng band of pirates put up the game of their life, and their reward is that they have be come monarchs of the diamond. The wildness of the opposing pitchers, Donovan and Mullin, coupled with terrific drives, won the hard-earned victory. porting Jake de RIsier, the world's champion. broke the five-mile motor cycle record at the Clifton stadium as Passaic. N. J. Plans are being discussed by Wisconsin-Illinois magnates fbr a reorganization of the league during the winter. Des Moines won the Western League pennant by a margin of two points, the closest pennant race in the history of the Western League. Walter Demara, of Ran Francisco, won the six-day eight-hour bicycle race at Kansas City. He rode a total of 969 miles and two laps. Aftliction, a 15 to 1 chance, won the Occidental Handicap, defeating Sam Hlldreth's Fltzherbert by a length. The filly was In the lead all of the way. Sam HUdreth, the owner of a c'ussy string of racers, has been among the most popular turfmen this season. Many of tho hhi stakes have heen won by his steeds and it is generally believed that he will clean up $80,000 this season. A. F. Kammer won the annual golf championship of Staten Island by defeating O. I Williams, 7 up and 6 to go, on the links of the Richmond Country Club. J. R. Keene's Wimbona II. captured the I-imbourn Welter handicap of 250 sovereigns for 3-year-olds and upwards, at seven furlongs, at Nedbury, England. A project is being discussed among members of the major leagues to establish a home for ball players who are "down and out." The idea is to set aside 1 per cent of loagu-? receipts until sufficient funds are realized to establish a modest retreat. W. K. Vanderbilt's Cayurfa ran in the Trix Cliantepies at Paris, but did not get a place. Iiis Barbarossa was third in the Prix Tunnel. The Trix Reservoir vas won by his Until. In a stirring finish in which the Judges were unable to separate them. Grasmere and Pretend ran a dead heat in the Prospect handicap at dravesend, T. Y. The stake was divided. Winter racing is absorbing the attention of many of the horsemen nowadays. It is understood that quite a number of fast teppers will be shipped for the ninety days' meet that is to be inaugurated at Jarez, Mexico, across the river from El Paso, Texas.

HER ROBES OF GLORY AND HKS A DREAM OF BEAUTY GLIDES AWAY.

CRANE IS OUSTED. Notified by Secretary Knox that His Resignation Is Wanted. Secretary of State Knox on Tuesday sent a letter to Charls R. Crane, t of Chicago, who was In Washington, notifying him that his resignation as minister of the United' States to China would be accepted. Mr. Crane already had advised the Secretary that he was prepared to resign if the recent developments had made his further service In that position embarrassing to the department. Mr. Knox has advised President Taft of his action. Mr. Crane's resignation will be addressed, not to the State Department, but to the President, who appointed him. While the deepest secrecy guarded the nature of the complaint against Mr. Crane, it was well understood that he was accused of revealing confidential information and talking altogether too much about the intimate affairs of the State Department Appointed by President Talt after Stuyvesant Fish and other well-known men had declined. the China post, Mr. Crane had received final instructions and engaged state rooms on a steamer sailing from San Francisco last Wednesday. Just before sailing he received a telegram ordering him to report to Secretary Knox in Washington. Mr. Crane arrived In Washington Sunday. During the trip east he declared that his public statements about Chinese affairs had been made with the. sanction of President Taft. Immediately on arriving in Washington he was closeted with Secretary Knox an hour, and learned the secret of his recall, which he declined to divulge. President Taft received a long telegram Monday from Secretary Knox. On his decision further action in Mr. Crane's case was' understood to depend. Through unofficial sources the State Department allowed it to be known that one cause of complaint against Mr. Crane was an article of a Chicago newspaper of Sept. 27, evidencing a somewhat minute acquaintance with affajrs supposed to be known only by officials in tho State Department and presumably by Mr. Crane, relative to the attitude of the United States government toward the two treaties recently concluded between China and Japan. That publication was highly objectionable to the Department of of State In that It disclosed the possibility of protest on the part of the' United States against the consummation of these treaties. Secretary Knox and his associates in the department held Minister Crane responsible for those disclosures. COINERS WORK IN CAPITAL Turning Out Tlogus Coin Almost in Shadow of "Treasury. Counterfeiters, forking almost in the shadow of the treasury, have invaded certain districts of Washington, D. C, with spurous coin. The counterfeits are of the Hü-cent and 10cent coinage patterned after the issue of 1908, but according to the secret-service operatives they are poor imitations Chief Operator George F. Proctor has taken personal charge of the investigation and several operatives are seeking the source of the coinage. So far as the authorities have discovered, there are not many of the counterfeits in circulation there, but there are enough to convince the secret-service people that the counterfeiters have their headquarters in the national capital, and It is thought that they may be putting out their product elsewhere through confederates. Ilrer I'Iotvb In Streets of Tonn. Twenty-four hundred and fifty gallons of beer were poured Into the streets of Columbus, Kan., by Sheriff Hatton under orders from the District Court. The beer was seized In cold storage at West Mineral, Cherokee County.- No one laid claim to it. Ilottuer I)) nniull Unnk. Robbers partly wrecked the Sandstone, Minn.. State Bank, using dynamite, but failed to get any money. The damage amounted to $1.000. The bandits escaped. Kills Ine, Sliv.ot One, Kutls Life. Jacob Herrey, 3G years old. shot and instantly lulled his wife and probably fatally wounded his sister-in-law in Cleveland. Herrey then shot himself. The shooting followed a domestic quarrel. Täte Sluk iu Monuj 11 Die. News reached Miami, Fla., of the sinking of the tugs Sybil and Sadie at Bahla Honda during Monday's hurricane and tho loss of eleven members of the crew of the Sybill, including Captain Parker.

DIPLOMAT DIES IN LONDON.

W. I. Buchanan, Formerly Minister to Panama, Found Senseless. W. I. Buchanan, formerly United States Minister to Panama, was discovered In an unconscious condition at midnight Saturday in Park Lane, London, and removed to St. George's Hotel, where he died shortly after1 t t r I J A I waru. tie was in evening uresa, auu it is' believed his death was due to an apoplectic stroke. Mr. Buchanan arrived In London from Paris the previous Thursday, and called at the American Embassy. He then seemed in good health and spirits, and at no time showed any symptoms of apoplexy. Mr. Buchanan is credited with being responsible for the continuation of the anti-Castro regime in Venezuela. He was-in London to assist in floating bond3 for Governor Gomez. Mr. Buchanan has appeared in most every important issue between the United States Ji-jd Mexican and South American republics for the last fifteen years. He was the first United States Minister to Panama, Minister to Argentine, Brazil, special commissioner to Venezuela, arbitrator between Chile and Argentine, and performed a half dozen other diplomatic functions. He cooperated with Secretary Root in the latter's mission to the South American States. Mr. Buchanan came into notice more than twenty years ago as the builder of the corn palace at the Sioux City exposition. When Castro's government was tottering Mr. Buchanan was selected to prop up the Gomez government. He succeeded and also In bringing to a settlement and arbitration the five great claims of United States citizens against Venezuela. Mr. Buchanan was also prominently connected with the preliminary negotiations among the Southern republics which led to the peace conference of 1Ö07 at Washington. MraniRua Has Revolution. A revolution broke 'out the othe: day and Juan J. Estrada has beer elected the provisional president o Nicaragua. The revolutionists hax evidently long been preparing for th blow that was struck against PresI dent Zelaya. They claim that the) have the majority of voters with then in their fight. ' . TRADE AND INDUSTBY. Hogs have been selling for $8.71 pet hundred weight at Paola, Kan., the highest price they have brought for years. j The prices were due to competition of hog. buyers in that part of the State. Control of the United Railways Company and the Ruth Trust Company, of Portland, Ore., was purchased by J. H. Hulbert, of Fontanelle, Iowa, and C. L. Dunbar, of Vancouver, B. C. The purchase price was close to $5,000,000. The Senate committee, which has been touring the Northwest for the purpose of visiting the irrigation projects, are thoroughly pleased with the work of reclamation and arc in favor of extending the service along this line. The extensive development of iron ores in Ashland County, Wisconsin, is reviving and is pressed to the front Dy the projection of a railroad spur into the low grade beds comprising the Guest and Penokee mines, recently abandoned. At a special election held In Northfield, Minn., the Northfield Telephone Company, which is composed entirely of neighboring farmer stockholders, won a franchise by a vote of 308 to 175. The victory is the culmination of a four years' effort. Egyptians are awakening to modern methods In agriculture. American Vice Consul Frederic W. Cauldwell, of Cairo, writes that steam plows have found great popularity in Egypt During the last six years 150 sets of a patent steam plow of a British make have been Imported. During the harvest season Just closed 15,850,000 pounds of binder, twine were sold by the Stillwater, l.I!nru. State prison. Of this amount 1,954,000 poutods I were sold outside of the State, under ; the law passed two years permitting the sale of prison twine lo alher .States. North and South DaLuLr. cud Wisconsin were arr.on tho porchscra. J. C. Evans, a farmer cf Jackson County, Missouri, has 200 persimmon trees bearing fine-flavored fruit. Tacy ! sell at about 30 cents a basket in Kan sas City, and each tree averages an Income of 5100 per year. A remarkable farm is located In Alaska, on a small tributary of Lho Tar.ana River, only 125 mUca south of the arctic circle. The owner, J. R Parshner. while prospecting for gold discovered a warm spr'n whose waters he distributes over h!3 land by the irrigation process. lie raises tremendous crops of all kinds of vegeta bles, which find ready sale at big J prices.

HID GREAT SPLENDOR Great Pomp and Ceremony 7nark Exchange of Courtesies Both Sides of Border. on THEY CONVERSE IN PRIVATE Each Ruler Is Host to Accompaniment of Booming Guns and Clanking of Sabers. Tomp and pageantry, ithe boom of cannon, the blare of trumpets, the clanking of sabers, the glitter of dazzling uniforms these formed the setting Saturday for the long-awaited meeting between President Taft and President Porfirio Diaz of Mexico, the executive head3 of America's two greatest republics. It was a dramatic moment In the. history of the two countries. In outward splendor it suggested the Field of the Cloth of Gold, the greatest pageant of all history, when in 1520 Henry VIII., the much-married monarch of England, met Francis I. of France in the Valley of Audrey. In the actual handclasp of the two executives, however, and in the exchange of greetings In the actual expressions of the good will and friendship between the two nations,, for which the outward glitter and glamour jWas but the frame simple but cordial informality reigned. Two cities on the border, the long bridge across the Rio Grande and El Chamizal, a strip of neutral territory, formed the scene of this international spectacle. The action alternated be tween El Paso, famous in the days of 1 the eld Santa Fe trail, and the quaint little City of Ciudad Juarez, Mexico. It was the second time that a President of the United States had gone oujtside his country during his term of office, Theodore Roosevelt having set the precedent when he stepped on the soil of the Republic of Panama. It was the first time that President Diaz ever left the boundaries of his coun try, and to do It special sanction had to be granted by the Mexican Con gresj. A special train was built to convey the Mexican President to the border, and for the time being Ciudad Juarez became the Mexican capital. In El Paso President Diaz, after driving up to the International border in an enormous gilt carriage of state with solid gold hubs and trim mings, was welcomed by American bands, which played "La Paloma," the Mexican national anthem, to the rat tle of castanets by the trap drummers In Ciudad Juarez President Taft on his two trips across the Rio Grande rode through banks of cheering and shouting Mexicans, who sang "Amerk ca. The actual meeting between the two Presidents , was witnessed by fewer than a score of persons only the per sonal staffs of the two 'principals. Af ter greetings were over. President Taft and President Diaz withdrew in to an inner room of the chamber of commerce of El Paso, where the his toric meeting occurred, and In a long conference were attended only by Governor Creel of the State of Chi huahua, former ambassador to the United States, who acted as interpre ter. ' At 5:30 o'clock President Taft crossed the Rio Grande to Juarez for the second time, and was guest of honor at a banquet which for splendor of appointment was probably the most notable state feast ever served on the American continent. SHIP WRECKED AND SIX DIE. Steamer George Stone of Cleveland Goes on Rocks at Point Pelee. In the wreck of the steamship George Stone of Cleveland , on Point Pelee, Ontario, Wednesday, upper Lake Erie added a grewsome chapter to the history of marine disasters on the great lakes. Six lives were lost and twelve were saved. The tail end ol the recent gale at night was lashing a hopelessly broken vessel that wa3 not insured and belonged to M. A. Bradley of Cleveland. The six victims lost their lives when Captain Paul Howell, Peter Daley of Erie, Pa., a -passenger, and six members of the crew were capsized in the surf while attempting to go ashore The Btea.mer left Ashtabula, Ohio, Monday at 3:30 p. m. with a load of coal for Racine, Wis. She began to feel the effect of the southwest gale about 6:30 Monday evening and at midnight she began a desperate battle for life. Oni man was sent aloft with a bed sheet which he waved from the forward mast. But though three or four steamers came within sight, none responded to the signals of distress. Fire added to the dangers of the situation ai this point, the pilot-house being burned to the deck before the blaze was subdued by the waves and spray. It is thought that one of the lamps was overturned by the pounding of the boat on the reef. Two Hart In Hotel Fire. Two firemen were seriously injured and property to the value of $77,00C was destroyed when the Oxford Hotel 1207 Washington avenue south, Minneapolis, was burned to the ground Attempt to Rob Dank Falls. Two men attempted to rob the First National Bank in Shakopee, Minn., early the other day, but were frightened away before they could get into the safe, which contained $20,000. Gatenteu, It ob Seattle Fair. Charged with being in a conspiracy with some of their superiors to steal admission money, every gateman oi the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific exposition was discharged Saturday. It Is said $2S,f00 has been, accumulated and placed in bank to be divided later. Xnb Writer at Fiancee's Home. James Gordon Winters, 30 years old. who claims to be a newspaper and magazine writer, was arrested in Philadelphia charged with forgery and passing worthless check3. The police say he is wanted in New York, Pittsburg, Baltimore, Washington and several other places. (iun llxplouea, Killing Soldiers. Sergeant Smith and Private Daniels of Battery A were killed at Fort Riley, Kan., by the explosion of a four-Inch gun. Six others were injured.

KIDNAPED CHILDREN FOUND.

Chicago Police Hold Viviano Boy and Girl Stolen from St. Louis. Tomaso and Grace Viviano, children kidnaped in St. Louis last July and held for a $25,000 ransom, have been found wandering, abandoned, on the streets of Chicago. Suffering from exposure and with a well developed at tack of pneumonia the little girl was taken to the Passavant Hospital and placed in the care of physicians. The child cries constantly when her cous in is out of sight, and to keep her contented the boy also has been quartered at the hospital. Captain John Rehm of the Chicago avenue police station wired the parents of the kidnaped children, Peter and Justlna Viviano, in St. Louis. Immediately after the discovery of the identity of the children detectives from central, Chicago avenue, ind the Hudson avenue stations were detailed to search the neighborhood where they were found In an effort to capture the kidnaper. No trace of the custodians of the boy and girl or place of custody has been discovered. Though appearing to have been fed well but not comfortably clothed both children have been frightened Into silence and it was with difficulty they were per suaded to talk. - It is desired that several strange features In connection with the case will be cleared up, it having been reported at St. Louis that the Vivianos recently had paid $2,500 of the $25,000 ransom demanded by the kidnapers. GOSSIP GIVES MURDER CLUE. One Told "Secret" at Party and Dr. George A. Fritcb. Was Arrested. Women's gossip is responsible for a new development in the Mabelle Millman murder mystery In Detroit. It was at a tea party in Michigan avenue a woman said: "I know a woman who could tell a whole lot about Dr. Fritch if she wanted to." She answered under a pledge of darkest secrecy that this woman was Mrs. Anthony Doemer of 319 Michigan avenue. Some one sent an anonymous letter to Sheriff Gaston and some one else sent one to Captain McDonnell of the police, and William Jansen, with an eye to the $1,000 reward, gave Prosecutor Van Zile direct hints. All this caused the reassembling of a special grand jury. x Mrs. Doemer ' was questioned and gave information that led to the rearrest of Dr. George A. Fritch and to the detention of his chauffeur, "Chris" Leach. When the chauffeur got into a cell he broke down and told about carrying three bags of something to the river near Ecorse and throwing them in. It was near Ecorse that the dismembered parts of Miss Millman's body were found. v UNSUCCESSFUL BANZ RAID. Lone Bobber Dies by Own Hand When Ron to Cover. A lone iDbber, going about his business in a borrowed automobile driven by a chauffeur who says he was ignorant of the part it was intended he should play in the crime, Wednesday walked into the D. M. Erskine & Co. bank, at Highland -Park, 111., herded the employes into an iron cage at the point of a pistol, gathered up $177 from the cash drawer and got outside of the building with his plunder. Then, pursued by a posse, when the rest of his carefully laid plan failed him, he ended his life when run to cover. Failure of an automobile to start compelled the robber to flee on foot. Meantime the whole community, 'a fashionable one, had been aroused, and a pursuit followed in which millionaires and street laborers jostled elbows and swapped cartridges. Hunted into an old building, the bandit answered shots, of his pursuers by bullets frocn his own rtvolver, until, wounded and feeling himself about to faint from loss of blood, he resolved upon a last dash for liberty. BANK GUARANTY LAW INVALID. Nebraska Measure Fatally Hit by Supreme Bench. Decision. , The Nebraska bank guaranty law, enacted by the last Legislature, is Invalid, the federal court deciding Saturday. Judges Vendeventer and T. C Munger at Lincoln' handed down a decision affirming theN decision of the lower court and making permanent the temporary Injunction granted by the district court preventing , the law from going into operation. "I shall not say whether I will call an extra session for the enactment of another law or not until I have read the decision," said Gov. Shallenberger when told of the decision. "If the decision points out the weak points of the law, and they appear to be fatal I may call an extra session." Some weeks ago the Governor said emphatically if the decision wJ against the law he would reconvene the Legislature to enact a new law. EXPRESS BOOTY MAY BE $10,0OO. Twice That Amount Overlooked by Robber at Seattle No Clew. Although officials of the Great Northern Company have refused to make rublic the amount obtained by the man who robbed the office fn the King street passenger station in Seattle, detectives are authority for the statement that it may reach $10,000. It is known that the robber overlooked gold, silver, and currency amounting to $15,000 or $20,000. The police have been unable to find any trace of the desperado. Scolded Boy Kill Hlmarlf. Reprimanded for staying out late, when he returned to his home at 2 o'clock in the morning, George Stanet, of Pittsburg, aged 16, committed suicide at 4:15, fulfilling his threat of some days ago that he "would stand only one more scolding from father." Killed by Holler Exploalon. William Ross, a fireman, was killed and three others seriously Injured ii. . WM- 1 . l 1 , J wnen lue uuuei iu a julluii qIu expiuu- ; ed in Ardmore, Okla. The plant was destroyed by fire. Iloat Sink and Two Drown. Sixteen dock laborers, anxious to get across the slip at the foot of 11th avenue In Duluth, to work, piled into a fourteen-foot flat boat. When the overladen craft was a few feet from the dock it sank. Two men lost their their lives. Gift of 150,000 for Woo ter. An unnamed donor has pledged $150,000 to the proposed $000,000 endowment fund for Wooster University, Ironton, Ohio, according to the announcement of President Holdea.

CHICAGO. Dun's Review, published by IL G. Dun & Co., says: 'Trading defaults exhibit some increase above the normal, but a high daily average of payments through the banks is in evidence and the industrial conditions testify to sustained progress in production and distribution. "New demands form a notably large aggregate for iron and steel, with prices for foundry supplies firmer for distant deliveries. Rolling mills have ample contracts for steady day and night work until next spring. Contracts for structural materials and involving rather large tonnages are under negotiation. "Stormy weather and the Columbus holiday interrupted movements of commodities, factory outputs, grain and flour, a'nd the markets for breadstuffs were quieter than in previous weeks, but live stock arrivals gained mtderately and there were larger shipments of corn and provisions. The approaching close of lake navigation canses more rush for vesels to move mine and forest products, and the freight rate for grain to Buffalo rose to the highest this season. "Earnings of the Chicago steam road3 sustain favorable comparison with former high gross, and there is much installation of new rolling stock and planning for track extensions and other improved, facilities to meet expanding demands of transportation. "Lower temperatures stimulated wider activity in general'merchandise here and throughout the interior. Stocks undergD seasonable reduction In the leading retail lines, especially of heavy clothing, blankets, woolens, housewares and food products. "Bank clearings, $266,353,14S, exceed those of the corresponding week in 1908 by 9.5 per cent, and compare with $269,577,109 in 1907. "Failures reported In the Chicago district nuoiber 36, against 24 last week, 21 in 1908 and 18 in 1907. Those with liabilities over $5,000 number 10, against 7 last week, 2 in 190S and 5 in 1907."

NEW YORK. Improvement i3 the order of the day in trade, ' collections and Industry. Freezing" temperature, light edows, or killing frosts, coupled with freer rop movement, have helped retail trade and collections at the West and Northwest, while lower temperatures and high prices and free marketing of cotton have helped distribution at the south. Jobbing trade has been cohrcidently benefited by, reordering to fill broken stocks, and the distributive trade side accordingly presents a favorable appearance. Trade at first hands feels the stimilus in more confident buying , for spring, though the unsettlement in the goods trade, -due to high cost of material and talk-of curtailment, still retards trade in this line. However, the tendency of cotton goods Is undeniably upward, and buying appears slightly more confident at the higher prices asked. From industrial lines the same story of full order books and of longer hours now comes, payrolls are expanding, and available skilled labor Is reported closely employed, with less Idleness noted than for two years past. Business failures In the United States for. the week ending with Oct, 11, were 222, against 203 last week; 244 In the same week of 190S; 207 In 1907; 170 In 1906, and 178 In 1905. Bradstreefs. Chicago Cattle, commcu to prime, $4.00 to $8.00; hogs, prime heavy, $4.50to $7.S5; sheep, fair to choice, $4.25 to $5.25; wheat,. No. 2, $1.17 to $1.20; corn. No. 2, 59c to 60c; oats, standard, 37c to 39c; rye. No. 2, 70c to 73c; hay. timothy, SS.00 to $14.50; prairie, $S.OO to $13.50; butter, choice creamery, 25c to 29c; eggs, fresh, 20c to 25c; potatoes per bushel. 3Sc to 50c Indianapolis Cattle, shipping, $3.00 to $7.50; hogs, good to choice heavy, $3.50 to $S.00; sheep, good to choice. $2.50 to $1.50; wheat, No. 2, $1.15 to $1.18; corn. No. 2 white, COc to 61c; oats, No. 2 white, 39c to 40c St Louis Cattle, $4.00 o $8.25; bogs, $4.00 to $7.75; sheep, $3.00 to 4.75; wheat, No. 2, $1.26 to $1.27; corn. No. 2, COc to 62c; oats. No. 2. 38c to 39c; rye No. 2, 70c to 72c. Detroit Cattle, $4.00 to $5.75; hogs. $4.00 to $7.70; sheep. $2.5 to $4 00; wheat, No. 2, f 1.10 to $1.21; corn, No. 2 yellow, 63c to 64c; oats, standard. 40c to 42c; rye. No. 1. 73c to 74c Cincinnati Cattle, $4.00 to $6.35; hogs, $4.00 to $7.75; sheep, $3.00 to $4.23; wheat, No. 2, $1.22 to $1.25; corn. No. 2 .mixed, Clc to 63c; oats. No. 2 mixed, 40c to 41c; rye. No. 2, 77c to 78c. New York Cattle. $4.00 to $7.00; hogs, $4.00 to $8.30; sheep, $3.09 to $4.50; wheat. No. 2 red. $1.25 to $1.27; corn. No. 2, CSc to 69c; oats, natural whlta, 42c to 45c; butter, crea-mery, 26cx to 29c; eggs, western, 24c to 27c. Milwaukee Wheat. No. 2 northern. $1.04 to $1.07; corn. No. 3, 57c to 5Sc; oats, standard, 39c to 41c; rye. No. 1, 72c to 73c; barley, standard, 65c to 6Cc; pork, mess, $24.20. Buffalo Cattle, choice shipping steers, $4.00 to $7.00; hogs, fair to choice, $4.(0 to $7.90; sheep, common to good mixe. 54.00 to $5.50; lambs fair to choice, $4.00 to $7.75. Toledo Wheat, No. 2 mixed, $1.13 to $1.20; corn, No. 2 mixed, C2c to 51c; oats, No. 2 mixed, 40c to 41c; rye. No. 2. 7Cc to 75c; clover seed. fS.25. The reproduction of Henry Hudson's exploring vessel Half Moon, which took a central part in the Hudson-Fulton celebration, will be permanently placed In a lake in Prospect Park, Brooklyn. Mrs. Elida Todtman was held to the jrrand Jury at Buffalo on the charge of kidnaping her niece, ElWa Margaret Ejjpleston, 9 years old, daughter of Mrs. Jessie Eggleston of Chicago. The department store of Bonnewitx fc Co. and the hardware store of Jones I Tudr in Van Wert, Ohio, were destroyed by Hre. Loss. $300.000; Insurince, $175,000.