Plymouth Tribune, Volume 9, Number 33, Plymouth, Marshall County, 19 May 1910 — Page 2

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CL.Q. 2nd. A T P. Q.F. M 15th VJ-4th. ' V I. PAST AND PPtESENT AS IT COMES TO US FROM ALL CORNERS OF THE EARTH. Telegraphic Information Gathered by the Few for the tnlihtcumeat of the Many Thirty-Six Convicts Cremated. Thirty-six negro convicts lost their lives when the stockade of the lied Feather Coal Company at Lucile mines, Bibb County, about fifteen miles north of Centerville, Ala., v.-as destroyed by a lire set by one of the prisoners in an effort to pain his freedom. Thirty-five of the convicts were burned to death and another was fatally shot by guards while trying to escape. Among the former is the negro who started the blaze. The fire once started, soon spread throughout the structure, which, on account of the extreme dryness of the material, was quickly consumed. It was with much difficulty that the remaining convicts in the stockade were prevented from eluding the guards. All of the convicts at Lucile mines are State convicts leased to the Red Feather Coal Company for work in the mines. II. W. Perry is president of the company and J. II. Taylor superintendent. The financial loss will reach several thousand dol lars. It i 3 understood that all of the convicts ;:t the Lucile camp were ne groes. Typhoid Epidemic at Reform School. Fred Izelgrigg, aged 15, of Lafayette, died of typhoid fever at the Indiana Boys' School in Plainfield. Thi3 is the first death due to the typhoid fever epidemic at the institution. There are between seventy and eighty cases of typhoid and malaria at the school, and a few patients are in a serious condition. The hospital facilities are overtaxed and some of the cases have been removed to cottages. Dr. J. F. Simonds, State bacteriologist, who made an examination of a spring from which moat of the water supply came, found that the spring was polluted with sewage. The Indian Uprising Justified. The threatened Indian uprising in New Mexico Ij over. A report from Superintendent Crandall to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs at Washington. D. C, conveys the Information that the Taos Pueblo Indians were well within their rights in cutting the fences of settlers, for the fences encroached on the Indian lands. The courts of the territory refused to prosecute the red men. The militia sent to the scene of the threatened uprising was turned back before traveling half the distance from Santa Fe. Giant Telephone Merger In West. A dispatch from San Francisco, Cal., says: Negotiations looking to the merging of the western Interests of the American Telephone and Telegraph Company have been in progress for the last two days. It Is understood the preliminary steps have been taken toward the absorption of small independent companies in the western and northwestern States with the ultimate Idea of consolidating the great companies that operate from Minnesota to California. Mystic Shrine Temple Dedicated. Most of the imperial officers and 2,000 visiting members of the Mystic Shrine assembled for the dedication of the new temple of the Shriners of Indianapolis, Ind., which is said to be the first edifice of its nature in the country. The ceremony was conducted by the imperial potentate, Fred A. Iiineu, of Los Angeles. William S. Brown, imperial secretary, of Pittsburg and J. S. McCandless, of the temple at Honolula, were among the guests. Mother Gives Life to Save Her Child. Celia Rosenberg is dying as a result of her effort to save her 3-year-old daughter Freda from being run over and killed by a trolley car In the "Williamsburg .section of Brooklyn. The mother seized the girl and tried to drag her from the tracks, but was too late, the car striking both of them. Three Men Kilied by Boiler Explosion. A battery of five boilers exploded at the plant of the Diamond Coal and Coke Company at Chewtown, Pa., killing three men who were in the boiler house at the time. Six others, including employes and residents In the dozen or more houses nearby, were Injured. Breaks World's Aeroplane Record. At Mourmelon, France, Daniel Kinet the Belgian aviator, broke the world's record for an aeroplane flight with passenger, remaining In the air for two hours and fifty-one minutes. Court House Destroyed. Fire which broke out in a barn in the center of town destroyed the court house and several business houses at FJacervllle, Cal., entailing a loss of alout $100.000. Overstudy Causes Death. Harold L. Clark, graduate of Ober-lin-College, died at his grandmother's home at Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio, of nervous exhaustion caused by overstudy. He was very ambitious to practice law and went from Akron to Chicago to complete his law studies when he became ill. $20,000 for Convict Shoes. The Ohio State Reformatory at Mansfield has paid into the State treasury $20,000, the proceeds of shoes made by inmates. Ventilation Defective. Defective ventilation, the result of inadvertence or carelessness, caust-d the explosion in the mine of the Younghiogheny & Ohio Coal Co. at Amsterdam. Ohio, April 21, resulting in the death of fifteen miners. This Is the finding of the Chief Mine Inspector. Army Transport Badly Damaged. The army transport Dix, which arrived from Manila via Honolulu at Seattle, Wash., was so badly damaged by storms and by a fire in her coal cargo that it will take two months to repair.

BLAZING WOODS PERIL FARMS ID VILLAGES

Grand .Mara is, .Minn., Reported by Wireless to Be Doomed by Flames. WIND SHIFT AIDS ALSTON, ICTCH. Fanners in Wisconsin and Michigan Battle Blazes to Save Their Homes. A wireless message from Grand Mirais, Minn., received at Duluth, said that forest fires were bearing down on the village and that it seemed doomed. The operator said it was his last message, as the fire was getting so close that he would have to abandon his tower and seek safety. Grand Marais is on the north shore of Lake Superior and is an old trading post. So far as is known, no lives have been lost. Wild animals are being driven to the lake shore by the fires. Reports received indicate that the entire northeastern part of Minnesota is smoldering, that hundreds of men are out fighting the fires, and that many villages are threatened with destruction. A desperate battle 3 being waged by farmers and miners against foreit fires in four different districts within a fifty mile radius of Houghton, Mich. They are trying to save a number of small settlements from destruction by the fast spreading flakes. The woods are dry and a brisk wind is carrying the fire from tree to tree j with alarming rapidity. A change in the direction of the wind saved the j town of Alston, which had been threatened. At L Anse village several nundred residents quit labor and business qnrl K - . a i ,1 l 1 awu u) means ui utuciits anu uac fires worked to arrest the progress of the fire toward the town. The Baraga County infirmatory, a few miles from LAnse, was threatened by the fire, and only valiant fire fighting saved the place from destruction. The inmate3 were taken ti- private residences. Fires are raging in Ontonagon and Keweenaw Counties, and also near Allouez, Ahmeek, and Gay. The loss of ties, poles, and other cut timber 13 great, while much standing timber is fire swept. Fires are reported .between Laurium and Torch Lake. The entire country to the west of Washburn, Wis., is being swept by forest fires and damage running up into thousands of dollars is reported from the stricken district. The great blueberry fields west of that city have been destroyed. Hundreds of miles of country is fire swept. The smoke is so thick that the view of the sun has been shut out for days. Forest fires have leveled the south half of the town of Mosinee, Marathon County. Just before wire communication was cut off word came that a number of buildings had been destroyed. Including ten residences, four stores, two saloons, postoffice and a sawmill. RAIL BILL PASSED BY HOUSE. Traffic Agreement and Baying of 'Noncompeting' Lines Silled. The emasculated administration railroad bill went through the House the other day according to schedule. It was passed exactly as It came from committee of the whole, the final vote, 200 to 126, with every Republican voting aye on the main question. Previous to the roll call on passage a motion to recommit the bill, made by Representative Adamson, of Georgia, with instructions to strike out the section providing for a commerce court, was defeated by a vote of 137 to 176. And before that a motion by Mr. Mann, chairman of the committee on interstate and foreign commerce, to replace the eliminated merger section with one permitting acquisition of j lines "not substantially competitive upon authorization of the interstate commerce commission, was rejected by a vote of 160 to 169 Not only did every Republican place himself on the side of the measure either by his vote or by being paired in its favor, but fourteen Democrats joined the majority to make the total vote in favor of the measure 200 to 126. EDWARD B. GARRIOTT IS DEAD. Head Forecaster of Washington Succumbs to Sudden Illness. Edward B. Garriott, chief forecaster of the United States weather bureau, died suddenly at his home in Washington, D. C, of acute indigestion, at the age of 57. Professor Garriott had been at his office the saoie day, apparently in the best of health. For more than thirty years, or practically since the establishment of the weather bureau, he has been connected with government weather work, and for the past fifteen years has been supervising forecaster. He was a writer and lecturer on meteorological subjects and was a member of the National Geographic Society, the American Association for the Advancement of Science and the Academy of Sciences. Professor Garriott had the full confidence of his chief and his quiet and cordial manner made him exceedingly popular. He was born in Lockland, Ohio, and wa3 graduated from Washington University In 1870. He Is survived by his wife and an unmarried daughter. KILLS HUSBAND WHO BEAT HER Yoanj? Wife,- Ilamlllnted by Blow Retaliate with Hille. Smarting under the humiliation at blows her young husband had rained upon her in a quarrel, Mrs. John Delaber, aged 24, met him on the doorstep of their home in Trumbull Township, near Ashtabula, Ohio, and with a rifle shot him dead. She stepped over the body, and rushing to a neighbor told what she had done. She was arrested a few hours later and locked up at Geneva. Storm Damages Crops in Sooth. Cotton 'and corn crops in Culverton, Ga., were practically destroyed and the peach crop severely damaged by a hail and windstorm. In Culverton several houses were blown from their pillars, and others unroofed. Blow Safe and Fire Rank, Three masked men blew the safe of the First State Bank at Duraont, Minn., set the building on fire and fled without securing $1,500 inside the vault. No clew to thfir identity or whereabouts has been secured.

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-Detroit Free Press. SIX SENTENCED IN PITTSBURG. Former Councilmen Given Heavy Penalties for Grafting. Ten prominent men of Pittsburg, including bankers, physicians and politicians, faced Judge Robert S. Fra7r the other day to receive their sentences on various charges of bribery and conspiracy in connection with councilmanic corruption. Six were sentenced, and the sentencing of fourwas delayed by Judge Frazer. Of the ten men appearing in court all except one have already pleaded no defense to indictments alleging the giving and receiving of bribe money. As rapidly as their names could be called rnd their appearance be made six former select and common council men were sentenced by Judge Frazer, as follows: A. A. Vilsack, former cashier of German National Dank, eight months In the county Jail and a fine of $5,000. Charles Stewart, former select Councilman, eight months in the county jail and a fine of $300. Hugh Ferguson, former common Councilman, eight months in the coun ty jail and a fine of $500. Dr. W. II. Weber, former select Coun oilman, six months In the county jail and a fine of $500. P. B. Kearns, former select Councilman, four months in the county Jail and a fine of $230. Morris Einstein, former select Coun cilman, six months In jail and a fine Of $2,500. Because of illness in their families the sentencing of E. H. Jennings, pres ident of the Columbia National Bank, and F. A. Griffen, former vice presi dent of the same institution, was post poned on consent of the District Attor ney until the next week. The sen tencing of G. W. Friend, vice president o; the Clinton Steel and Iron Com pany, son of the late James W. Friend, the multimillionaire, and M. L. Swift. jr., former common councilman, also cic jju&ipuueu. STANDING OF THE CLUES. rroereti of tlie Pennant Ilace la Date Uall Leagues. .NATIONAL LEAGUE. W. L, W. L. Pittsburg ...12 8 Chicago 12 11 Philadelp'a ,12 8 St. Louis ...10 13 New York ..14 11 Boston 9 11 Cincinnati ..11 0 Brooklyn ...9 16 AMERICAN LEAGUE. w, L. W. L. 4 Boston 11 12 9 Chicago S 11 8 Washington. 8 16 9 St. Louis ... 4 16 Philadelp'a .15 Detroit 15 New York ..12 Cleveland ..12 AMERICAN ASSOCIATION. W. L. W. L St. Paul 20 7 Milwaukee ..11 14 Minneapolis 18 9 Indianapolis. 11 15 Louisville ..14 14 Columbvs ...11 17 Toledo 13 15 Kansas City 8 15 WESTEBN LEAGUE. W. L. W. L. Denrer 12 7 Lincoln 9 10 St. Joseph ..12 7 Omaha 8 11 Wichita 12 8 Topeka 7 11 Sioux City.. 9 9 Des Moines.. 7 13 Van Zandt Held an Slayer. "Guilty of manslaughter" was the verdict of a Jury In Cincinnati in the case of Jesse Van Zandt, who was charged with having murdered his wife, whose body was found In their home, bound and gagged and literally roasted over a lighted gas stove. The verdict was arrived at by a compromise. Forrnl Flren Spreading;. Forest fires, which have been burning In the vicinity of Rosebush, Minn., are rapidly becoming uncontrollable. The long spell of dry weather has made conditions propitious for a great conflagration. Farmers for miles around are fighting the flames. Selsen Cam to Get Taxes. County Treasurer Matt II. Gormley forced the Seattle Electric Company to pay $167,000 delinquent taxes by telzing 125 of the company's cars in Seattle, Wash. Five rerun In a Fire. Bert Sperry, his three children and their grandmother were burned to death In a fire which destroyed their home In Faribault, Minn. Mrs. Sperry and two children were saved. "er Court Open June 7. The Court of Customs Appeals in Washington has set June 7 as the day for beginning the hearing of cases on its docket, of which there are alreidy between forty and fifty. The jurisdiction of the tribunal covers appeals from the board of general appraisers.

APPLE CROP PROMISING.

Outlork Snid l Be Urlltr than for Three Year. Reports from market centers in relation to the apple situation In the United States subsequent to the recent frosts and up to May 1, lead the dealers to the conclusion that the outlook is better than they expected. Their advices are that for the United States us an entirety there is promise for a larger crop than for three years, notwithstanding the frost damage in Indiana, Ohio and west to Nebraska and Kansas. In Canada the prospects are excellent, as the trees were not in bloom when the late frosts were experienced in the United States. The middle west, known to the trade as the Ben Davis group, has suffered more than any other section excepting perhaps Wisconsin. Southern Indiana reports are more favorable than they were a few days ago. In the southern apple states, the Virginias, Maryland, Kentucky, Tennessee, etc., little damage has been done, while the Pacific group, particularly Oregon and Washington, promises the largest crop in history, with favorable prospects also further south in California. P.OCK THE BOAT; EIGHT DROWN School Children Die In Mill Pond IIo Try to Save Irl. Rocking a boat caused the drowning of six girls and two boys out of party of twelve on an old mill pond at Huntington Mills, Pa. The four boys who escaped made vain efforts to save the girls. All cf the party were members of the graduating or junior classes of the high school. The dead are: Maud Sutliff, 17; Caroline Koons, 18; Ruth Bonham, 17: Iris Davenport, 17; Kathleen Good, 16; Ra chel Thompson, 17; Robert Minnick 18, and Ray Dcdson. 17. The University of Paris had an at tendance last year of 16,935, the largest of any educational institution. Ginger is shipped from Jamaica in bags, generally containing 100 pound3 each. Last year the crop of ginger in that island was 2,000,000 pounds, of which Cr.0,000 pounds came to the Uni ted States. A government exploring party has established the presence of diamonds similar to those found at I.uderitzbucht. In German South Africa, on islands off the coast of German terrl tory, which are owned by Cape Col ony. The rector and faculty of the Uni versity of Berlin have just issued invi tations to many of the American uni versities and colleges to send delegates to the Centennial celebration to be held in l;erlin on October 10, 11 and 12 of this year. Various radical and reform parties in Italy are said to be greatly pleased with the policy announced by the new prime minister, Luzattl, the princ5p.il aim of which is a budget similar to that of the radical British budget recently passed. It aims to lighten th3 burden of taxation on the poor. Also it Is proposed to reform the upper house by taking from the king the right to nominate its president and chief officials, and to extend the franchise to all male citizens over 20 years of age who can read and write. The Turkish government has consented to the linking of the Hellenic and Turkish railroads by way of Melouna and Saloniki to Uskub This junction is of immense importance to Greece, as giving it for the first time a railroad connection with Western Europe direct. Tho notorious Russian brijrand, Lordklpanidse, has been captured. In 190S he attempted to murder General AlikhanofT. governor general of Kutais. assuming the disguise of a woman, and throwing two l.ombs beneath the general's carriage. The coach was wrecked ar.d the horses were killed, but the general escaped serious injury. Captain Engelhard, a pupil of the Brothers Wright, has made a new flying record at St. Moritz, Switzerland. Starting from the frozen lake 6,033 feet above sea level, he remained in the air thirty-two minutes. lie came down .mi the Ice. As far as actual altitude goes this is a record. The new Princess of Sweden, first daughter and third child of the Crown Princess, is to be named Ingrid Victoria" Louise Margaretta. She is a fine, healthy little girl. The Crown Prince and Crown Princess are de-' lighted at the advent of a daughter, .he two older children, the Dukes of Westerbönen and Upland, being boy ,

FIGHT FANS FALL IN LAKE.

Hippodrome at Saltair Dumps IOC in the Brine. ijj'.mc. an involuntary Datn lr Great Salt lake and a ride home in ar improvised hosi ital train marked th initiation as a boxing arena of the Hip podrome at Saltair resort, near Sail Lake City, in which it had been pro posed to hold the Jeffries-Johnson bat tie. Three thousand nersons went tc see the fight, 100 of them went intc the waters of the lake with a collaps ing stairway, and more than a scort of these were carried back to theii homes in the city with broken limbs contusions or mouths and nostrils scalded by the brine of the inland sea The fight ring was erected on the stage at one end of the saucer bicycle track The bottom of the saucer had beer turned into an auditorium for the spec tators. Up one side of the saucer anc down on the other were stairs leading to the pier jutting out from Saltaii pavilion. The whole hippodrome rest$ on piles driven in the lake and is ovei the water. When "Cyclone" Johnns Thompson had been proclaimed winne, of the fight and Pete Sullivan as be ing coaxed back to consciousness aftei receiving a right jab to the jaw ir the ninth round, the portion of tht crowd nearest the stair made a rusl for the outer air. One hundred oi more persons were massed on th( steps, when they sank to the floor o! the amphitheater and, an instant later broke through the floor and dropped with their living burden into the wa ter. INDIAN MASSACRE IS FEARED. Self-Governing' Village of Taos Re sents Introduction of Authority. An uprising of serious proportions has broken out a.mong the Taos Pueb io Indians at their village seventj miles northwest of East Las Vegas, N M., and troops were hurried by spe cial train from Santa Fe to check possible massacre of white ranchers. The Indians cut all telephone and telegraph wires from Taos, but r& ports received indicate that the depre dations hive been confined to an at tack on the wife and children ot L. L Myers, a urmesteader, and the cutting of fences and the theft of horses and cattle. The uprising of the Pueblos, who fo: years have been a peaceful people, is believed to have been caused by th punishment of Pueblos by the terri torial authorities. For years the PueU los have governed themselves, electing their own chiefs and village councilors who tried and punished malefactors o the tribe without appeal to the terri torial authorities. Some months agt an Indian, Isleta Pueblo, who hac been Imprisoned by the village author itles, appealed to the territorial courts and the chief and councilors of th village were put in jail. Since thai time the Indians have been unruly and it is believed the present outbreak is the result of fear by the Pueblo? that they would lose their independ ence. rrlaon for a Society Man. Harry L. Morris, a young societj man, charged with attempted black mail, was found guilty by a jury ir the United States District Court ir Cleveland and sentenced to two yean in prison. Mrs. Dan O. Caswell re ceived letters and telephone messages threatening that her home would b burned and her two young childrer kidnaped if she failed to pay $2,000. Twenty Hurt In Wreek In Knnnni Twelve persons were seriously in jured and eight others sustained lessei hurts when a Kansas City, Mexico anc Orient passenger train was derailoc by spreading rails near Milton. A re ief train took the injured to Wichita ItooMevelt Envoy to KIiik'h Funeral Official announcement has been mad of the appointment of Colonel Theodon Joosevelt by President Taft as specia ambassador to represent the Unifer. States at the funeral of King Edward n London May 20. Blow at Trading Stamps. Tie issue of trading stamps by mer chants was pronounced unlawful by th district of Columbia Court of Appeal n a divided decision. The tradin stamp companies will appeal to the Su preme Court of the United States. Inland MIslon In Deatroycd. Word has reached Chang Sha, China that riots have occurred at Yuen-Gow which is 223 miles from Chang Sha and that the inland .mission has beer destroyed. No details are given, as the telegraph wires have been cut.

The Week in Congress

Previous to adjournment at 3 o'clock Monday, on account of the death of King Edward VII. the Senate devoted two hours to the consideration df the railroad bill. Senator Overman of North Carolina spoke in favor of the long and short haul clause of the bill, while Senator Piles of Washington opposed that provision of the measure. Earlier in the day Senator Stone of Missouri introduced a resolution instructing the committee on postoffices and post roads to make inquiry into the propriety of the use of franks in circulating a pamphlet in support .f me rayne-Aldrieh tariff law. The resolution was referred to the postofSee committee under a promise of a speedy report, there being some indication that the inquiry might take on a broader scope and that the misuse of the franking privilege generally might be entered upon. In the House legislation relating to the District of Columbia occupied the entire session. Continuing the consideration of the railroad bill, the Senate . Tuesday beard arguments by Senator Bristow in support of the Dixon amendment prohibiting a greater charge for short than for long hauls on the railroads, and by Senators Lodgo and Piles against it. There were many inter ruptions and much sharp colloquy. To ward the dose of the session a resolu tion authorizing an investigation Into alleged abuses of the franking privi lege was adopted. By a vote of 200 to 126 the House passed the administration railroad bill, with many of the original provisions stricken out. A proposition to revive section 12 relating to the acquisition of competing lines was voted down before the bill was finally placed upon its passage. Some of the New England Republi cans joined with the Democrats in vot ing down that provision. The bill now goes to the Senate, where a bill simi larly introduced as an administration measure has been pending for nearly three months. The House passed sev eral resolutions calling for identity of the real purchasers of the Philippine friar lands and adopted the conference report on the bill to create the bureau of mines and mining, which now goes to the President for approval. In a personal explanation to the Senate Wednesday Senator Piles of ,a?hiSton. disavo.wed y responsi bility for the appointment of Richard A. Ballinger as commissioner of the general land office or later as Secretary qf the Interior. This action re sulted from intimations In the Bal-linger-Pinchot investigation that Mr. Piles had influenced the appointment in the interest of the Cunningham coal claimants. Senator Simmons of 1 ? ,SPe ln ,faT ? lons and short haul clause auer wnicn me railroad DIU was laid AA 1 t A. 1 aside. The theory that the President may withdraw from entry the public lamis nuuui auuioruy ot congress mua.cu uy oeuaior iioran in an !nded a'gument- In the House the entire session was taken up by the consideration of bills affecting Indian lands. The Senate Thursday reached an agreement to begin voting at 4 o'clock Friday on the long and short haul amendments to the railroad bill, and to meet daily at 11 o'clock, beginning Monday- The votInS agreement for rwud iiuiue nun an auienumenis relating to the long and short haul shall be disposed of before the end of the legislative day, but the under standing does not preclude the taking of a recess from one day to another in case the amendments should re quire more time than can be given them Friday. All of the speeches were in support of the Dixon long and snort naui amendment, lhey were made by Senators Clapp, Smoot and Nixon. Tho Senate passed the House omnibus lighthouse bill, which, after receiving the consideration of a con ference committee, will go to the President for his signature. In the House Representative Payne of New York delivered an extended defense of the Payne-Aldrich tariff bill, arguing that the recent advance in the cost of living was not due to that legislation. Representative Cox of Ohio spoke, de nouncing conditions in national mili tary homes. The modified long and short haul amendment introduced by Senator Dixon as a substitute for the Heyburn amendment to the railroad bill was adopted by the Senate Friday after it had been perfected by incorporating In it a portion of the Paynler amendment, favored by the Democrats. The vote on the substitute was 36 yeas, 10 nays. The House discussed the sun dry civil bill. FROM FAR AND NEAR. Four thousand five hundred employes of the Pressed Steel Car Company have gone on strike at McKecs Rocks, Pa. It is estimated that the last corn crop would require 80,000 trains of thirty cars each to transport all of it. Menton McMillin, former Governor of Tennessee, announced at Nashville his candidacy for the United States Senate, subject to the Democratic pri mary June 4, to succeed James 15. Fri zier. Tens of 'thousands of Americans from every section of the country will crowd New York when Theodore Roosevelt reaches that city in June and will give him such a reception as it has fallen to few men to receive. Percy Van Dyke, a New York visitor, sat down on a phalanx of long, sharp hat pins in the darkness during a moving-picture show at Los Angeles, Cal.. and was seriously injured. Robert T. Devlin, United States Attorney for the Northern District of California, was confirmed by the Senate for an additional term. The fight against him continued for nearly two years and attracted much attention. James A. Stevenson, head of 'nj Stevenson Construction Company, a diI rector in the Corn Exchange Bank and i member of several clubs ;md fraternal societies in New YorK, ended his lif in that city by shooting himself. Mary Manncring .llackett, known on the Stage at Mary Mannering, received a final decree of divorce from James X. Ilackett, the actor, in New York. District Attorney Blakcly at Pittsburg has received the registers of the Hotel Impei'.al. New York, and will try to establish the identity of tho man who paid over the $32,000 briije to the graft ring. Detectives are seeking a party of mischievous boys, who threw rocks at a crowded New York Central passenger train, near Yonkers, N. Y one of tho missiles striking Frank l!urro-,vs, tho engineer, in the temple, knockiaj him unconscious.

BR. HYDE CONVICTED; LIFE TERM IS HIS FATE

Jury at Kansas City Finds Physician Guilty of Murder of Col. T. H. Swope. DELIBERATES SIXTY HOURS. Verdict Conies When Hope of Agreement Had Been Abandoned Fight for New Trial Next. Dr. B. C. Hyde was found guilty in Kansas City of murder in first degree and his punishment was fixed at life imprisonment. That be poisoned his wife's uncle, Col. Thorras H. Swope, the Kansas City millionaire, was the verdict reached by the jury after three nights and two days of deliberation. "I will file a motion for a new trial and then take an appeal in the case," said Frank P. Walsh, chief counsel for Dr. Hyde. The verdict came unexpectedly. Every attorney in the case had given up hope that the jury, which had been out for sixty hours, would come to an agreement. There was a gasp from the crowd in the court room when the word "guilty" fell from the lips of the foreman of the jury, and Dr. Hyde, with clenched fists, and his lips tightly pressed against each other and his eyes staring widly, rose from his seat. His wife broke down instantly and sobbed. Dr. Hyde's attorneys gathered aroond him and comforted his wife while he stood looking straight before him with an utterly hopeless expression. He turned to his wife, and seeing her face buried in her arms, her body shaken with sobs, he shook his sadly and whispered mechanically: "Life imprisonment." The history of the case Is summarized as follows: Colonel Thos. Swope, an Independence, Mo., millionaire, died Oct. 3. 1909; Colonel Moss Hunton, hi3 manager, had died Oct. 1, 1909. Hyde was arrested Feb. 10. 1910. and released on $50,000 bonds. Several members of the Swope family were ill in November from typhoid. They were attended by Dr. B. Clark Hyde. Christman Swcpe died in December, 1909. He was a brother of Mrs. Hyde. Dr. B. Clark Hyde was placed on trial April 11 and ordered Into custody without bail. The supposed motive of the crime was to prevent Col. Thomas Swope from giving $1,000,000 of his fortune, as he planned, to a hospital, Mrs. Hyde being one of his heirs. HEINZE GETS AN OVATION. Copper Magnate Acquitted on Charge of Conspiracy in Banking Affairs Fritz Augustus Heinze walked out neinze waiKed out Cf the rrirrlnnl hranoh of tho ITnlto c . , ' . -.wv. States Circuit Court in New York the other night a free man. Twenty min utea befor th fnrv had AvrUroA tht hp ha(1 nftt a nrMMct t11Ä M0,. cantlle Xatfonal Bankt over-certifled SaOO.OOO in checks for his brother's brokerage firm, nor had he misapplied the money to further any conspiracy to exploit United States Copper. Heinze could not have gotten out of the courtroom before had he used all his powerful strength. He had been kissed and embraced by weeping wornen relatives and the friends of thoso relatives, he had been hugged by men and hauled to the accompaniment of rheerins that court official mum nt subdue, until with tears running down his cheeks and his lips quiverirT he could only murmur brokenly: "Thank you thank you." ' WOMAN STRANGLED IN HOME. Victim's llnlr Wa. Vsed I meut of Death. Mrs. Ridgeway Wilson, wife of a wealthy real estate dealer In Denver. Colo., was found dead in a coal bin In her home. She had been choked with her own hair. A mystery has ten added to the crime by the fact that inere was a lare triangle of skin cut from the W0man'8 forehead. Running

from the top of this triangle there Cincinnati Cattle, $4.00 to $7 73were deep cuts extending to the tem- hotrs. $7.00 to S9 so- Rh on .1

pies. This strange feature was pointed out, by the Japanese consul, who was I r9llaH Intn tho k T I servant was suspected of knowing something of the crime. Several thousands of dollars which had been left In the house by Mr. Wilson when he went away for a few days visit were not touched, nor were there any other signs of robbery. signs of robbery, FARMERS IN BIO FOOD POOL. Uody Formed at St. Lonlt to Combat High Prices. The American Co-Operative Union. the purpose of which is to aid In the movement against high food prices, has been organized by farmers who attended the national rally in St. Louis. The organization was formed secretly and was announced a few days later. Thomas G. Nelson, of Indianapolis. Ind., is president; the Rev. J. T. Tuohy. of St. Louis, secretary, and Thomas Emmerton. of Bloomer, Wis., treasurer, The union is to be incorporated for $1,000,00 Wheat Condition In Fair.

The average condition of winter 61c; oats. No. 2 mixed. 43c to 44cwheat on May 1, according to the crop rye. No. 2, 78c to 79c; clover seed.

reporting board of the Department of Agriculture, was 82.1, compared with S0.S on April 1; 83.5 on May 1, 1909, and 86.7, .the average for the past ten years on May 1. GITtL INDICTED FOR MURDER. Kate Mans, Sixteen Year Old, Held for the Death of Her Muter. Katie Manz. 16 years old, was Indicted by the county grand jury in Canton, Ohio, un the charge of murder in the first degree. She is accused of causing the death of her sister Eliza beth. 19 years old, at their home in Massillon a 'ew weeks ago. Cletus Willaman was indicted cn the charge of murder in the first degree in connection with the alleged murder of Mr. end Mrs. Warren Koons recently. Seil. Hin Wife and Sonn. John W. Wotoski, 23 years old, residing in Rome, N. Y., sold his wife and sons, 5 and 3 years, respectively, to a fellow laborer for $23. He told' the authorities he could easily get another wife, but he refused to part with his daughter, for whom he was of fered $25. Aesrro Slain While Akleep. George Burton, a negro, was killed while asleep in a barn two miles from Utica, N. Y. Joseph Shultz. white, U being hunted by the sheriff.

CHICAGO. R. G. Dun & Co.'s weekly review of Chicago trade says: "While improvement appears in somq directions, the .general Btate of trade, is still marked by cross currents. A, relatively better exhibit appears in the, volume of solvent payments through; the banks, but money does not loosen,' and another high record of trading defaults distorts the opposition in credits. Movements of grain, flour, live stock, hides anil wool have decreased, and new demands in leading industries add little to the period of assured forward activity. "More satisfactory features are noted in transportation of iron and steel outPuts, finished products and general merchandise. The weather conditions turned more encouragPag for agriculture and imparted stimulus to outdoor construction and seasonable retail lines. Higher temperatures are necessary to effect adequate distribution of lightweight apparel, the stocks here and at the interior being large, although not causing anxiety. "New contracts entered testify to sustained demand In electric appliances, heavy hardware, machinery, furniture, automobiles and brass work.' Planing mills have much work for local and outside needs, and the absorption is still remarkably extended in building materials of all kinds. Operations in wholesale dry goods, millinery, footwear, sporting good3 and fod products compare favorably w ith tue business at this time last year, "Bank clearings, $276.9S5,5SS. exceed tuose of the corresponding week in 1909 Dv Pcr rent and compare with --4,09o,342 In 190S. Failures renorted in the Chicago district number SG, against 18 last week. 36 in 1909 and 24 in 1908. Those with liabilities over $5,000 number 16, as against 8 last week, 4 in 190i and 7 In 190S.W NEW YORK. Trade is quiet as a whole, unfavorable weather, the indefinite crop outlook and uncertainty as to prices of merchandise all tending to retard distributive demand, both wholesale and retail. Trade reports from the West note a quiet to fair retail trade, while jobbing business has been largely conI fined to fill-in orders, and fall trade j reported backward, though perhaps equal to, a year ago. Retail trade in the East is only fair, and wholesale trade is disappointing. Collections refleet the influences of retarded snrim? I trade in reports of onlv fair to slow payments. Business fafltiroa In V.. . states for the v a.; m in the HWf week of im "si In 1S4 in 907- IZ ui in 16 Bu failures in r!. IkAwere 21 G, as against 191 last week, 224 190S, Tins:! npec failures in Canada for the week num of -.u,-,- ... " ; v ilu -j, wuicu compares witn is last week and 20 in (h . w a J I'd I ago. Bradstreefs. Chicago Cattle, common to rrlme. I 54.00 to $8.70; hogs, prime heavv. 7OA t0 9-70: ßn?. fair to choice, $4.50 lu wueai, no. z, $1.14 to 1.15; torn, No. 2. 60c to 62c: oat, tmrtarrt 42c to iZc T?e Xo-' 2, 7Sc to SOc; hay, I tln3thy, $10.00 ti $17.50; prairie. 8.00 I to 514 4'0; butter, choice creamery, 24c to 27c; eggs, fresh, 17c to 19c; pota toes, per bushel, ISc to 28c Indianannlisttl ,i- e, nA 1 -w -"irot fO.VV to JR. 00: hnfi Pnnrl in Vinina I o d"" v v iiviii: iu bmrp, gooa to choice. $3.00 to $6.00; wh.'at. No. 2, $1.07 to $1.0S; corn. No. 2 white, 63c to C7c; oats, No. 2 white, 42c to 44c. St. Louis Cattle, $4.00 to $S.00; hogs, $7.00 to $9.55; sheep. $4.50 to -l wheat. No. 2, $1.21 to $1.22; ni. .no. -'bJC to Cc; oats. No. 2 0c to 42c; rye, No. 2, 78c to SOc. $0.25; wheat, No. 2, $1.14 'to $1.18; corn Vn mlr c--. ' ' INo. mixed. 43c to 44c; rye, No, 2, S2c to S4c. Detroit Cattle. $4.00 to $7.00; hogs, $7.00 to $10.S3; sheep, $3.50 to $8.00; wheat. No. 2. $1.11 to $1.14; corn. No. ?e"ow; 62c tox.63c: dard. 43c to 44cI re. No. 1. 79C to 81c. Milwaukee Wheat. No. 2 northern, $1.0S to $1.11; corn, No. 3, 60c to 62c; oats, standard, 41c to 43c; rye. No. 1, 7Sc to 80c; barley, standard, 64c to 66c; pork, mess, $23.00. New York Cattle, $4.00 to $9.00 hss 7-00 t0 510.00; sheep, $4.00 to b 0 "heat, ?o. 2 red, $1.14 to $1.15; corn 2 c"c to 69c; oats, natural. white, 4c to 4Sc; i butter, creamery, -6c to 29c; eggs, western, 19c to 22c. Buffalo Cattle, choice shipping steers, $4.00 to $8.15; hogs, fair to choice, $7.00 to $10.23; sheep, common to good mixed, $4.00 to $7.50; lambs fair to choice, $6.00 to $9.15. Toledo Wheat No. 2 mixed. $1.11 to $1.12; corn. No. 2 mixed. 59c in $6.90. Harry Thorn confessed the murder of George W. Fassell, a grocer, d urine a hold-up in Salt Lake City. That the men employed in the Bethlehem ßteel Works, wh have been on strike for better pay anil shorter houra. had to work twelve hurs a flay and. seven days a week, at least 2,322 of them, and that n ir nw.nt. these earned only 12'.S cents an hour Is the gist of the report made bv th Federal Bureau of Labor to the Senat Wednesday. A large number supposed to be working ten and a half hours a day were compelled to work overtime on week days and Sundays, and it was the protest against this that led to the strike. The United States Steel Corporation announced the establishment of an $8,000.000 pension fund, to be consolidated with the $4,000,000 fund created by Andrew Carnegie, and the whole to be administered for the benelt of employes who are Injured In service or for the dependents of the killed. Pensions will also be granted to those who have grown old In the employ of the oompany. Secretary of the Interior Ballinger denied the renewed rumor that he contemplated retiring from President Taft's cabinet soon after the BallingerPinchot investigation is concluded.