Plymouth Tribune, Volume 9, Number 12, Plymouth, Marshall County, 23 December 1909 — Page 2

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2 9 16 23 30 3 10 17 24 31 4 11 18 25 4th. 3?l2th J inth l-fouh. FEATÜKE5 oFlXTEREST ACOUT THAT WHICH HAS BEEN AND IS TO BE. All Side and Condition of Thing are Shown. Nothing Overlooked to make it Complete. Death for Trust's Enemy. Threats of death by poison and violence against Richard Parr, the special treasury agent who unearthed the sugar frauds on the Williamsburg docks of the American Sugar Refining Company, are contained in a letter given out by him and received, he says, on December 1. The letter follows: The editor of the Sun died suddenly. Some prominent men in the customs died suddenly. You have been taken suddenly ill. Beware of poison. (S'.gned) Sugar." Mr. Parr was in fact taken suddenly ill during the recent trial of six former employes of the company a day or two before the letter was written. His illness was supposed to be an affection of the nerves Other letters received by him, he said, contained threats of death and injury by violence. He had been told that he would be pushed off a subway platform In front c f a moving train and that he would be shot. London Fire Costs Three Lives. A disastrous fire cost three lives and the destruction of a big drapery store at Clapham, a southwestern quarter of London, England. The damage was J2.500.000. The fire was due to the breaking of an electric bulb which started a blaze among celluloid articles. It occurred when the store, covering an acre of ground and having five floors, was crowded with customers. The Christmas trade wa in full swing but in little more than an hour the building was a mass of ruins. All the customers and three hundred employes made their'way out of the store and there was very little panic. Some of the employes were caught in the upper floors, where two men brought a couple of girls to a window. One of the girls descended the fire escape but the other fell and was killed when a ladder burned under her. The men then jumped and also were killed. Mother of Nineteen Children Dead. Born in the eighteenth century in tte province of Kiev, Russia, Mrs. Brayne Makedensky died at the Jewish sheltering home in Philadelphia, Pa., at the age of 115 years. Mrs. Makedensky had nineteen children, several of whom are Gtill living, and is survived by about 150 descendants, scattered over the world, but most of them living in the United States. The oldest grandchild Is 70. He is Abraham Makedensky, of New York. Five Killed in Lake Shore Wreck. The failure of Engineer Adams to see the lights of the switch engine In time to check the speed of his train was the direct cause of a collision between train No. 1, on the Lake Shore, bound from New York to Chicago, which was sideswiped by a switch en gine in the yard3 near the Union Station in Cleveland, Ohio, resulting in the death of five persons and the fatal Injury of another. Several passengers were slightly bruised and cut. Thaw Loses Once More. Ju!ice McKenna, of Uie Supreme Court o the United States, denied a petition of Kerry K. Thaw for a writ of error to the Cotrt of Appeals of New York in the cas-j .'u which Thaw made an effort to obtain release from the Matteavan Asylum. In that case a petition for a writ of habeas corpus was denied and the effect of Justice McKenna's decision will be to leave the decision of the Court of Appeals undisturbed. Former United States Senator Dead. TVIllIam Alexander Harris, United States Senator from Kansas from 1897 to 1903, died at Chicago, 111., of heart disease at the home of his sister-in-law, Mrs. Lydia M. Mackey. Senator Harris bad been in Chicago a month, having come to attend the International Live Stock Exposition. He had not complained of ill health. Miner Snatched from Death' Jaws. Two of the four men who were entombed In the Negaunee mine at Marquette, Mich., a week ago, were reached. Frank Condello was found allre and Peter Mundie dead. Pehnsy Flyer in Collision. West-bound passenger train No. 29, known as the Pennsylvania Flyer, struck one of a string of detached box cars near Massillon, Ohio. Fireman J. W. Alexander was badly injured. No passengers were hurt. Two Men Killed in Colorado Wreck. A snow plow wrecked a Denver & Rio Grande mixed train near Crested Butte, Colo. Two railroad men were killed. Coed Time Warden Dead. William L Seaton, former warden of the State Prison at Jacksoi, Mich., and credited with being the originator of the system of giving convicts credit for "good time," is dead at his home there. He was 86 years old. Erie Engine Escape... An Erie engine escaped from the hostelry at Kent, Ohio, and ran into three other engines, wrecking them. Way freight Fireman Nixon, of Gallon, jumped, breaking both legs. He was taken to an Akron hospital. One Daughter Inherits Millions. Mrs. Mary Hanna, the third richest woman In Cincinnati, Ohio, died at her home. As the widow of Henry Hanna a fortune of 7,000,000 was left her. Mrs. Hanna was SI years old. One daughter inherits the estate left by her mother. The Rabbit Got Away. While hunting near Newburgh, N. Y., Samuel W. Haslett-fired at a ribbit, shot William Howden in the leg and killed a valuable fox hound. The rabbit escaped.

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1G LEOPOLD IS DEAD; ALBERT THE F-JEW RULER

Death from nmbolism Comes Suddenly to Aged Patient in His Royal Abode. LONG LIFE OF BELGIUM'S KING Monarch Often Denounced for Atrocities in Congo and Shocking Gallantries with Women. King Leopold of Belgium died at 2:47 o'clock Friday morning, his aged and wasted body being unable to stand the strain put upon it. The collapse occurred suddenly and at a moment when the doctors seemingly had the greatest hopes for his recovery. The king's death, it was announced by Dr. De Page, was due to embolism, a small blood clot probably being carried to the heart. There being no direct hereditary heir, the crown passes to Prince. Albert, the only son of Leopold's brother, the late Philippe, count of Flanders. The new monarch was born on April 8. 1875. and on Oct. 2. 1900, married Princess Elizabeth of Bavaria. They have three children. Prince Leopold, 8 years old; Prince Charles, 0 years old; and Princess Marie Jose, who was born on Aug. 4, 1906. Princs Albert is one of the most popular members of the reigning house of Belgium. His wife Is equally popular, their home life being such as to attract the admiration and love of the people. Prince Albert has traveled extensively and is a man of affairs. King Leopold was the ruler of Belgium since the death of his father, who was King Leopold I., on Dec. 10. 1865. In spite of the open and glaring irregularities of his private life, the king of the Belgians was a successful administrator of his little realm. He set up the policy of England as the model for Belgium; and frarn the moment he became ruler he never ceased to urge the doctrine of colonization and extension of trade, through a merchant marine and through sending samples of Belgium manufacture to all parts of the world. This country is known as the "laboratory of Europe." The king was born In Brussels on April 9, 1833, and on Aug. 22, 1853, KINO LEOPOLD OF BELGIUM. he married the Archduchess Marie of Austria, who died in 1902. Four children were born to them a son, the duke of Brabant, who died in January, 1869, at the age of 10, and three daughters. The eldest of these. Princess Louise, was born in 1S38 and married to Prince Philip of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha. The second daughter, Stephanie, who was born in 1SC4, was married to Prince Rudolph, the only son of the Austrian emperor, since the death of whom In 1SS9 she caused almost as much Scandal in Europe as her father. The third daughter i3 the Princess Clementine. After the death of his i wife. King Leopold morganatically married Baroness Vaughn, by whom he has two young sons. Leopold's career of gallantry dates back to the days of Cora Pearl, whose , adventures amused Europe In the midt die of the last century. The women i Involved since then range from ladie3 j of his court to music hall perform ers. Leopold was the creator of the Congo State In Africa (originally misnamed "Free"), a vast empire of 900.000 square miles, from which hundreds of millions of wealth already have flowed into Christendom. To what extent he was responsible for the cruel atrocities and abominable oppressions practiced upon the natives by the governing people is not exactly' known. 14 CITIES VOTE DRY AGAIN. llaror Elected la Salem, Mau., Coat ducted Campaign from Jail. License was again the paramount question in the elections In fourteen Massachusetts cities. Worcester went Into the "wet" column by 3.720 votes. after two years of no license, while the "dry majority of 8.925 of a year ago was reduced to 2,197 for the fif teen municipalities. Salem went back to no license by 500 votes after one year of license. Mayor John F. Hur ley was defeated In Salem by Arthur Howard, a newspaper owner. Howard has been a resident of the city only a year, during which he has conducted a strenuous campaign, editing his paper for a time from jail because of a libel action. Mine I It no re Order) Cloned. Eleven collerles of four different companies were closed at Coalgate, Okla., by Chief State Mine Inspector Peter Hanraty because they had ig nored his formal notice that they must cease maintaining mule stables in the mines. Her Death Kills Husband. Mrs. Isabel Bowman, aged 70, died suddenly in Delphos from apoplexy, and the shock killed her invalid husband, William Bowman, 75, a few hour3 later. Dank Robbers Get $3,000. After cutting al! telegraph and tele-Ned P. Saxton, of Addison, N. Y., phone wires entering the town of Paoli, Okla., robbars dynamited the State Bank of Paoll, secured $3,800 in cash, and escaped. Student Is Burned to Death. a student at Syracuse University, was burned to death, and several others were injured by jumping from windows In a fire which did $50.000 damage in a building in the wholesale district of Syracuse.

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ZELAYA DESIGNS PRESIDENCY. Nicaraguan Dictator Says That He Is Ready to Give Up Oflice. Jose Sant03 Zelaya has resigned from the presidency of Nicaragua. He placed his resignation in the hands of Congress at Managua the other day. Apparently there was no other course for him to take. The people were at last aroused. The guns of the revolutionists threatened. The warships of the United States lay in NIcaraguan roi is. , Managua had been seething for days. The spirit of- revolt had spread even to the gates of tho palace. Zelaya surrounded himself with an armed guard. Unchecked, the populace marched through the streets, crying for the end of the old and proclaiming the new regime. Who will take up the reins no one knows or cares. It 13 sufficient that Zelaya as dictator will be known no more. There is no doubt that Con gress will act quickly on his resigna tlon, for the people have demanded U. RICHES FOR A WANDERER. enpiiprr Clipping Ieads Man to Wlire Urother Died. Attracted by a newspaper clipping which said his brother had died in Boston intestate, leaving a fortune of $250,000, Junes F. Corbett, for thirty years of wanderer in Canada, England and the United States, has returned to Boston to lay claim to a share of the estate of William J. Corbett. who died on Sept. 23. Rival claimants eager for the first sight of an "own" broth er, lawyers and newspaper men sought out Corbett on his arrival at the South station and eventually the police had to take a hand to Insure the man escort to a place of retreat. The four protecting powers in the island of Crete joined in a note to Tur key, politely refusing to consider for the present, the proposal to establish a definite Turkish regime on the island. The French government financially assists young French merchants to visIt foreign countries to the extent of 3,000 francs the first year, and for a possible second year 2,400 francs. Competitive examination.? ire necessary. The home for aged sufferers from the earthquake at Reggio, Italy, has been delivered to the Italian government. The home was built by funds provided by the American Red Cross Society. Forty huts in the neighborhood were also turned over to the authorities. This completes the work of construction of buildings undertaken by the American government and the Red Cross Society. A message reported an engagement In Nicaragua near Rama between the forces of Zelaya and Estrada, in which the latter was victorious and captured 100 prisoners and a lot of cannon and ammunition. Washington heard that another revolt against Zelaya has begun near the Costa Rlcan border, head ed by Gen. Cardenas, who has long been an exile In that country. Another rumor was to the effect that Zelaya was preparing to flee in case of his defeat The French War Office has confirmexl newspaper reports to the effect that It had decidel to devote special attention to the use and development of aeroplanes for war purposes rather than the dirigible balloon. Recently one machine was navigated with a modern gun mounted on it. In Stockholm, Sweden, King Oustavus, in disguise as a common workman, carried coal most of the day from a ship onto the dock. He is to try out various other forms of manual labor, with the object of finding out just what the conditions are which the men have to contend with and what is the justic f their demands. The Danish suffragettes are very confident that they will be granted the right to vote in the near future. The new premier, II. Zablo, is an enthusiastic supporter of the right of women to the ballot. It is said that he will make woman's suffrage one of the planks of his platform. The coal strike in the Four Mine district around Edmonton, Alberta, has been settled. The men receive 21 cents more per car mined, and get recognition of union in check-off and other matters. All former non-union mines are now unionized, as a result of organizers being there the paat few weeks.

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I 34 FREEZE IN MIDLAKE. Crew of "Wrecked Steamer Marooned Wit hont Food or Fnel. On a tiny island In Lake Huron thirty-four members of the crew of the wrecked steamer Wissahickon the other day were marooned without food or fire. All of the food supply was under wrater. When the steamer struck the crew made shore safely, though drenched to the skin. The island is only a few acres In extent and while it has some drift wood there is hardly enough to keep the men from freezing. On Wednesday a tiny fishing gasoline launch from Manitoulln Island passed the island and sighted the wreck. There was only room aboard for Mate J. H. Casey and Engineer E. J. Erskine, and they were taken to Manitculin Island, where there is a cable to the main land. Later tugs left Sault Ste. Marie to rescue the men. PAROLED; KILLED COMING HOME ChleaRo Doy Meet Death Under the "Wheel In Kanaaa. A few minutes after he had been paroled on condition that he leave town immediately, Charles Schultz. 20 years old. fell from the top of a box car on which he was riding out of Leavenworth, Kan., and was ground to death under the wheels. Seven cars passed ove; his body. In the boy's pocket was a letter from his mother, who lives at 2518 Lowe avenue, Chicago. He had just received the letter, which read: "To-day is your twentieth birthday, son. and myself and your brother John wish you good luck. We want you to come home for Christmas. If you want me to I will send you the money to bring you back to us." Schultz ha3 been In Leavenworth three or four days. FIVE PROBABLY PERISHED. Fireman Alao Killed In Destruction of Ilulldlnff at Philadelphia. At least Ave girls employed in the six-story building occupied by Schrack & Sherwood, manufacturers of undertakers supplies, which was destroyed by fire in Philadelphia, are missing and It is feared theylost their lives. Joseph Toner, a fireman, was killed. He gave up his life in searching for the missing on the lower floors of thet building while the upper part of the structure was aflame. A score of persons sustained burns and other injuries. About twenty women were at work on the fifth floor when the fire was discovered on the floor below. With the assistance of policemen and firemen the majority escaped, but some were carried out unconscious from the smoke. Man Divorce J i Coarta Death. William Lanahan deliberately committed suicide by appendicitis in the Newport hospital, Newport, R. I. Two famous surgeons told Lanahan he had appendicitis and wcild die unless they operated on him. lie refused. Lanahan had confided to his friends that he did not care to live without his wife, who secured a separation a few weeks ago. Slayer Aids Victim's Family. Before beginning his nine-year sentence in the penitentiary for the killing of Joseph E. RIcheson, a farm hand, Ernest S. Stout, of Grand Island. Neb., voluntarily settled $1,000 on ' children of the man he killed. Sf was convicted of manslaughter. Gould and Son Kacape. George J. Gould and his son Jay were in one of the Pullmans of the Kichmond and Atlanta train of the Southern Railway which was wrecked at Reedy Fork trestle, ten miles north of Greensboro, when fourteen persons were killed. Two Ohio Miner Killed. William Keen and George Green v. ell weie killed while firing a shot of dynamite in a mine of the Gilmore Cfi p.ny at Lisbon, Ohio. Gas was Igni.by the shot. The mine was wreck-..: Men Aak lay Inrrene. Conductors and trainmen of a majority of the railroad lines In the East have voted to ask for an increase in wages ranging from 10 to 30 per cent and changes in working rules. Manitoba In Ciruln Ilualneaa. Before the grain growers' convention of the province of Manitoba the Hon. George Coldwell made an address, in which he announced that the Manitoba government has assumed ownership of all the grain elevate-; In the province.

RAILWAY WEECK IN IOWA.

Train on St. Paul Road Meets Accident Near Bayard, Iowa. Train No. 7, west bound, on the Chi cago, Milwaukee and St Paul Rail road, was derailed two miles east o' Bayard, Iowa, early on a recent morn lng, the engine, tender and entlit train, composed of baggage and mal cars, two coaches and two sleepers leaving the trade Thirteen passen gers were injured. What caused th accident is not known, but the tende: trucks were the first to leave thi trac, and for that reason it Is be lleved a broken wheel might have beef the cause. The train is the Sioux CItj and De3 Moines local out of Chicagt and carried passengers for those cit les. The regular Overland Limited following, was delayed less than af hour by the wreck. The track wai soon cleared arid the Sioux City trair proceeded. 1K Stand-pat Republicans do not like rhe clamor from various quarters for ar.ofher revision of the tariff by th6 present Congress. Eugene V. Debs, the national leader of the Socialists, in a lecture at Topeka, made the prediction that "next year will witness the election of the tlrst Socialist Congressman," but did not say who the man would be. Elnn Dover, who entered politics with the late Senator Mark A. Hanna, and tcted as his secretary, hag decided to abandon politics and has become executive officer for a firm of Chicago engineers. For many years Mr. Dover held the position of secretary of the Republican National Committee. Just before the opening of Congress Representative Fowler of New Jersey issued a statement In favor of a proposed bill for a permanent tariff commission and bitterly assailing both Cannon and Aldrich. His bill proposes that Congress fix the maximum and minimum rates and that a commission of fifteen shall determine the actual rates within those bounds. ' Vice President James S. Sherman in a recent address said: "During this adu.inlstratlon we intend to still further perfect our monetary laws. W3 Intend to start the rehabilitation of the merchant marine. We propose to further Improve our methods of federal regulation. .We shall take up serious ly and effectively the conservation of our natural resources and the matter of inland waterways." In the course of his series of ad dresses In Texas before starting on his travels to tropical climes, W. J. Bryan said at Galveston that he had been criticised In past years for his advocacy of the income tax on the ground that It would not hit him much, if any. He would not now say what he was worth, but he did not mind saying: that his Income tax would exceed the amount that 99 per cent of the wealthy Republicans would have to pay. In his speech at the Civic Federa tion banquet In New lork. Senator Root again warned the country that the Federal government is breaking down under the policy of vast central ization of authority and called a halt. He said: "This country is too great, its population too numerous. Its Interests too vast and complicated already, to say nothing of the enormous increases that we can see before us in 'o future, to be governed as to th? at range of our daily affairs fron ..u central power in Washington." Among the batch of nominations sent to the Senate by the President was that of Franklin Lane to continue his service as a. member of the Inter state Commerce Commission. lie was first appointed as a Democrat by Pres Ident Roosevelt. In his report as president of the Na tional Civil Service P.eform League. Dr. Charles W. Eliot asserts that Con gress has not lulix d the civil servkmovement as it should, jir.d tha: '! presidents have understood the rvin .ittT. He frit that the irrrit sys; to be extenür-d to t':ie ;Y - t and he julvo-atcd l' tii i.;;; . Li es. Prospective anti-truct legislation ':. mty be brourht to the attention : Congress after the United States Supi' me Court has passed on the stand ard Oil and tobacco trust eases formed the subject of jv recent conference be tween President Taft and Senator Nel son of Minnesota. John Caldwell, who has held the po r.ition of assistant superintendent of logging under Wm. O'Neill at Cass Iake, Minn., for ten years, has receiv ed notice from Washington to appear jit the national capital and prepare to i:cept the position of superirtetident . r nil the Indian lands In the United L'tates.

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The Weefc in Congress

Senator Raymer made a bitter In dictment of Zelaya in the Senate Mon day, calling for his trial for murder. Senator Depew introduced a bill for an exposition in 1913 to mark the emancipation day semi-centennial. Adjourned until Thursday. There was no session "t the House. There was no session of the Sen ate Tuesday. The President's annual message was referred by the House and distributed among the various committees after Mr. Payne and Mr. Fitzgerald, of New York, had clashed over a statement by the former commending the President's recommendations for economy in government departments. Mr. Hobson, of Alabama, gave warning of the nation's unpreparedness for war In a speech in favor of more liberal navy policy. Mr. Richardson, of Alabama, spoke for a liberal water way policy. Mr. McDermott, of Illinois, advocated free wood pulp. The District of Columbia appropriation bill was reported. The House agreed to adjourn from Tuesday. Dec. 21, over the holidays, reconvening Jan. 4. There was no session Wednesday of the Senate. The Esch bill, requiring railroads to make full monthly reports to the Interstate Commerce Commission and. a measure giving the commission power to compel railroads to provide uniform equipment for their cars, were passed by the House. Opposition developed to the section of the Esch bill prohibiting theuse in any action brought for damages of the reports furnished by the railroads. Chairman Mann urged that the section be allowed to remain in the bill as an encouragement to the railroads to give the commission the fullest information of accidents. All amendments to the section were defeated. The measure becomes effective at once. The Mann Panama Canal bill was reported by the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce and was the subject cf general debate. The provision for abolishment of the Isthmian Canal Commission and the centralization of responsibility for the construction of the canal and the government of the canal zone under the President, in a director general, aroused opposition. Mr. Harrison, of New York, charged that for mer President Roosevelt had usurped authority in the canal zone he did not possess. Mr. Olmstead, of Pennsylvania, and Mr. Mann defended Mr. Roosevelt. Mr. Sterling, of Illinois, and Mr. Parker, of New Jersey, attacked the section of the bill relating to the judicial power in the zone. The reading of the bill was begun. During a brief session the Senate adopted a resolution by Senator Cullom calling on the Secretary of the Interior for information respecting mining disasters and facilities of the government for rendering aid in such disasters. Adjourned at 1:16 until Monday. The House devoted five hours to the District of Columbia appropriation bill, carrying $10,156,473 for 1911. Mr. Hitchcock of Nebraska In a speech demanded a congressional Investigation of the general land office. He attacked Secretary Ballinger In connection with the so-called Cunningham coal land cases. The Senate was not in session Fri day. Consideration of the District of Columbia appropriation bill again cc cupied the day In tho House. An amendment providing $17,000 for chil dren's playgrounds was inserted. Mr. Mann, of Illinois, attacked Auditor Tweedale, of the District, for criticiz lug Congress, and Mr. Fitzgerald, of New York, intimated that ex-President Roosevelt's bad example was to blame. Adjourned at 3:53 p. m. until Monday. Mayor-Elect Assail 11 Irk. At the dinner of the Southern So ciety at New York, Mayor-elect Gay nor, addressing a company which in eluded Morgan, Gary, Ryan and other multimillionaires, besides Secretary of War Dickinson and Gov. Patterson of Tennessee, very bluntly assailed men of large property for systematically corrupting the city officials. These "contemptible bribers," he said, should be dealt with in the courts without mercy. He called particular attention to the matter of assessment, and said the rich men who got their assessments lowered by briiiing the assessors, thus added the loirdcn O'i the small property holder. "How can tho laws be enforced under such conditions?" he asked, and he added that there Is a false moral standard, not only in New York, but throughout tho whole country with regard to the cheating of the government The same men who would not cheat an individual out of a dollar did not hesitate to steal thousands from the community. ALL AROUND THE GLOBE. MarH Hanna, a Russian who took an American name and sought a license to wed at Newport, Ky., had to wait two days because he forgot the name of the prospective bride. Her name was Fannie Dozorthzov. W. S. Evanj, aged 60, formerly editor of the Orrville (Ohio) Courier, went on his first hunting expedition the other day and his body was found later hanging over an old fence, where it is believed he accidentally shot himself in the act of climbing over. Three men were billed and two others were injured at the plant of the American Bridge Company at Ambrldge. Pa., when a pile of heavy girders toppled on them. An accounting of the contents of the postoffice safe blown open by a band of seven robbers at Athol, Mass., showed that the cracksmen got away with over $3,000 in stamps and $050 in cash. The police of Toledo, Ohio, jire trying to solve the mysterious fheoting which resulted in the death of Ghlco Frosch, aged 10, who was shot in tV head as she stepped out of the kitchen door C)f her home. William H. Robertson, American consul at Tangier, Morocco, v.i'.o is In New York on a vacation, advocates the abolition of his oflice as unnecessary. The jury In the case of W. Y. Kllis at Little Rock, Ark., charged with the murder of N. P. Willis of Indianapolis, was discharged after announeing that it would be impossible for them to agree upon a verdict. The two children of the late MaryCrocker Burton Harrison, tint wife of Congressman Burton Harrison, will inherit nearly $2.000,000 each from the estate left by their mother, who was a daughter of the late Charles F. Crocker of San Francisco.

TWO SISTERS DEAD: SUICIDE?

One Recluse Is Found Hanged, Other with Hatpin Near Heart. Two aged spinster sisters, Frances and Isabel Ritchie, were found dead in their home in Newark, N. J., under most mysterious circumstances. The sisters had lived quietly and alone for the past twenty years in the same house. Their source of income was as n.ysterious as their secluded life, but they kept their house in order j and paid their bills regularly. The elder woman, Frances, was f6 years old; the sister a few years her junior, j Frances was found dead, lying on the floor, while the body of the sister dangled from a piece of clothesline made fast above a door leading from ! the dining-room to the kitchen. The first indications were that Frances had died from natural causes and that Isabel had hanged herself in a paroxysm of grief. This theory was dispelled when a small box was found in the dining room, on the cover of which had been written these words: "Frances hung herself at 2 Sat. Me too." ' This led to the belief that the two old women had. carried out a suicide pact, Frances hanging herself first and the body being cut down by the sister. But further investigation brought to light more grewsome details. Underneath her clothing and sticking in

the breast of Frances was a hatpin,' for spring merchandise and the outburied in the flesh up to Its black j i00k is exceedingly good for wholesalhead. The pin had been driven close ers of dry goods, woolens, clothing, footto the heart to a depth of about four j wear and food products. Operations in inches. Similar wounds, but of not the lending Indnstrfp.-t rpflprt uRtnired

such a serious nature, were found on the other body, which leads to the belief that the sisters may have quarreled and fought. Whether Frances deliberately hanged her sister, then killed herself with the hatpin, or whether the sister found hanging stabbed the other and then ended her life will perhaps never be known. The hands of the body on the floor were carefully crossed and the head rested on a sofa cushion. There is a possibility that both were murdered, but the house shows no trace of having been entered by strangers. The women had lived alone since the death of their mother, more than fifteen years ago, with a large dog as their sole companion. Recently the dog died, and since that time the won.en had been despondeiit. CONVICTED OF SUGAR FRAUDS. All Trust Employes Except Bendernagel Are Found Guilty. The Federal jury, before whom six of t-Iie employes of the Sugar Trust harte been on trial In New York for sugar weighing frauds, returned a verdict as follows: Guilty as charged: Oliver Spitzer, dock superintendent at the Williamsburg refinery plant of the American Sugar Refining Company; Thomas Kehoe, sugar trust weigher; John R. Coyle, sugar trust weigher; Edward A. Boyle, sugar trust weigher; Patrick "Hennessy, sugar trust checker. The jury disagreed a3 to the guilt of James F. Bendernagel, cashier of the Williamsburg plant of the American Sugar Refining Company, who was charged with passing bribes to government weighers. The verdict was accompanied by recommendations of the mercy of the court for the five who were found guilty. Together with Jean M. Voelker, who was too seriously ill to stand trial at this time, they were known as the "Big Six," and all were charged with conspiracy to defraud the United States government INDIANA DRY LAW STANDS. Court Upholds Act Under Which Counties Have Closed Saloons. The Supreme court of Indiana has held constitutional the county option election law, enacted in ."908, under which sixty-five of the ninety-two counties of Indiana have closed their saloons. The Supreme court affirms a judgment of a county court that fined a saloon keeper who had sold liquor after a "dry" victory in an op-, tlon election had been registered. The case was appealed for a test of the . law. ! The court says that none of the con-J tentlons against the constitutionality; of the law is valid. The defendant argued that the State legislature had passed a law in 1873 providing for the! Issuing of liquor licenses and that the ; county option law conferred on the: people the power to suspend the older law, and was In fact prohibitory legislation. This the court denies. The law is not prohibitory legislation, and it confers on the people only the power to direct whether or not liquor licenses shall be issued in the different counties under the older law. MINE DISASTER COST 762 LIVES. Details of Japanese Horror Show Only Forty-three Men Iacpel. . Details were brought to Victoria, B. C, by the steamer Monteagle, which arrived from Japan, of the dlsister at Onoura colliery, Fukuoka prefecture, Nov. 24, causing the loss of i62 lives, only forty-three of the miners escaping after an explosion. The jnine Is one of the largest in southern fapan and employed 4,755 men. Ita butput is 44.000 ton3 monthly. Boy Kills Mother In riay. Calling out playfully, "See, mother. It's not loaded," the 12-year-old son c fclrs. James McLaughlin, proprietress rf a hotel at Orogrande, N. M., shot ri woman through the heart, killing instantly. Myufery In Couple's Death. Abraham S. Johnson, 32 years old, rn elevator operator, and Jennie JohnIon. his wife, were found dead in bed in their room in East Thirteenth itreet. New York. Death evidentlj occurred several days ago X. Y. Debt In $l,OOO,OO0,O0O. The bonded debt of New York City ' n reached $1,000,000,000, according i report issued by the comptroller. amount, however, includes "more r:oo.0r.o.0a0 held by the city :!ir.; funds. t'ons;rrNi'inn I Darned. Congressman Robert F. Broussard of Louisiana was severely injured at the home of his wife's mother in New Orleans. Ills dressing gown caught fire from a grate and before the flames had been extinguished Mr. Broussard had suffered serious burns cn the body and shoulders. Oh loan Commits Self Arson. George Fields, covered with gasoline by a woman in Springfield, Ohio, to r-h?w tow game he was, lit ä match. U may be fttaL

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There is also an increased mov of live stock and some of the pri raw materials, but the recent s weather caused decreased marl of breadstuffs. "The general demand for seasonable needs reflects a stronger purchasing power. This is conspicuous in the leading retail lines here and in the inferior. Estimates of the Christmas trfde compare favorably with all previous records. Buying remains good strength. New enterprises increase in number and capital investment, and include another large plant at Gar and extensive additions in mercantile lines on State street. Payrnent3 through the banks reflect steady expansion in commerce. Money is in wider request and there is little prospect of an earlier discount rate. "Bank clearings, $296,590,746, exceed those of the corresponding week In 1908 by 12.7 per cent, and compare with $239,420,482 in 1007. "Failures reported in the Chicago district number 2S, against 20 last last week, 41 in 1908 and 28 in 1907. Those with liabilities over $3,000 number 10, against 7 last week, 13 In 190S and 12 in 1907." NEW YORK. The retail and holiday trade hi3 been helped by seasonable weather and the approach of Christmas and makes good comparisons with preceding yars, a few markets, in fact, reporting a record turnover for the season. Jobbing trade reports are cheerful, with special stress laid upon the volume of reassortlng demand to fill broken stocks. The wholesale trade and the demand from manufacturers teni to become quiet as the stock-taking period approaches, but order books-for future delivery are well filled. Indu trial operations are still active on old orders. Business failures In the United States for the week ending with De 16 were 273, against 253 last week, 311 In the same week of 190S, 300 in 1907, 227 in 1906 and 233 in 1903. Business failures in Canada for the week number 33, which contrasts with 30 last week and 31 In the same week of 190S. Bradstreefs. Chicago Cattle, common to prime, $4.00 to $8.75; hogs, prime heavy, $4.50 to $S.C0; sheep, fair to choice, $4.50 to $3.73; wheat, No. 2, $1.23 to $1.27; corn, No. 2, 60c to C2c; oats, standard, 41c to 43c; rye. No. 2, 75c to 77c; hay, timothy, $10.00 to $19.00; prairie, $8.00 to $14.50; butter, choice creamery, 29c to 34c; egg3. fresh, 27c to 30c; potatoes, per bushel, 30c to 45c. Indianapolis Cattle, shipping, $U.c to $8.00; hogs, good to choice heavy, $3.50 to $8.53; sheep, good to choice. $2.23 to $4.50; wheat. No. 2. $1.13 to $1.21; corn, No. 2 white, 5Sc to COc; oats. No. 2 white. 46c to 47c. . St. Louis Cattle, $4.00 to $8.00; hogs, $4.00 to $3.C0; sheep, $ 3.00 to $3.50; wheat. No. 2, $1.29 to $1.31; corn, No. 2, 61c. to C3c; oats. No. 2, 43c to 44c; rye. No. 2, 75c to 76c. DetroitCattle, $4.00 to $C.O0; hogs.

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wheat. No. 2, $1.22 to $1.24; corn. No. 3 yellow, 61c to 63c; oats, standard, 45c to 46c; rye. No. 1, 75c to 77c. Milwaukee Wheat. No. 2 northern. $1.10 to $1.13; corn, No. 3, C3c to 66c; oats, standard. 43c to 43c; rye. No. 1, 74c to 76c; barley, standard, 67c to 6Sc; pork, mess, $23.00. Buffalo Cattle, choice shipping steers, $4.00 to $7.23; hogs, fair to choice, $4.00 to $8.50; sheep, common to good mixed, $4.00 to $3.50; lambs, fair to choice, $4.00 to $S0. Toledo Wheat. No. 2 mixed, $1.20 to $1.22; corn, No. 2 mixed, COc to 61c; oats. No. 2 mixed. 43c to 44c; rye, No. 2, 75c to 77c; clover seed, $9.00. Cincinnati Cattle. $4.00 to $7.15 hogs, $4.00 to $8.45; sheep, $3.00 to $5.00; wheat. No. 2. $1.26 to $1.28; corn. No. 2 mixed, 57c to 59c; oats, No. 2 mixed, 43c to 44c; rye. No. 2. 77c to 79c. New York Cattle. $4.0C to $C.S0; hogs, $4.00 to $8.65; sheep. $3.00 to $5.25; wheat, No. 2 red, $1.25 to $1.27; corn. No. 2, 70c to 71c; oats, natural, white, 47c to 50c; butter, creamery. 21c to 35c; eggs, western. 32c to SHORT NEWS NOTES. The charred bodies of Sebastian Martone and Gabriel Spiezio were found In the ruins of the home of El A. Buonpane at Youngstown, Ohio. Two men were killed and four others were injured by the explosion of a teller in the basement of a six-story building in the wholesale district of Xansas City. Mary Sullivan, aged 2, and Joseph Sullivan, aged 4. suffered death by suffocation In a fire which destroyed the home of Eugene Sullivan at Bridgeport, Conn. C. Sawyer, H. Klme and C. Wagner were instantly killed by an explosion in the press mill of the Austin Powder Company's plant at dien Willow. Ohio. The fishing schooner John IL Bradley, which was used by Dr. Frederick A. Cook in bis Arctic expedition, and which was reported wrecked off the Newfoundland coast, is now safe in Bonne Bay. Seven thousand men and boys were made idle by the shutting down of most of the anthracite collieries in the Shamokin, Pa., region because of the lack of fresh water and a scarcity of cars.

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