Plymouth Tribune, Volume 9, Number 35, Plymouth, Marshall County, 2 June 1910 — Page 2

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N. M.S F. Q. F. M L. Q. iTth. 14th.--nW 29th. FEATURES OF INTEREST ABOUT THAT WHICH HAS BEEN AND IS TO BE. All Side and Conditions of Thing re Shown Nothing Overlooked t make it Complete. Find Eody of Alma Kellner. With the finding of her mutilated and decomposed body in an old cistern under one of the parish houses of St. John's Cahtolic church. Clay and Walnut streets, Louisville, ICy., part of the mystery surrounding the disappearance of Alma Kellner, the S-year-old daughter of Fred L Kellner, on December 8, has been solved. Frank Fthr, millionaire brewer, uncle of the child, who snce her disappearance has spared neither time nor money in the search for her, has positively identified the bodj. The body was found only a few yards from the entrance to St. John's church, where Alma had gone to attend services the mornins of her disappearance. The police are looking for Joseph Wendling, former janitor at St. John's church, who since January 1L a little more than a month after the disappearance of the Kellner girl, has been missing. Mrs. Lena Wendling, wife of the missing man and housekeeper for Father Schumann, pastor of St. John's church, is under surveillance. A little more than a year ago, according to police records, Wendling was arrested and fined because of improper conduct with a young girl whom he accosted on the street. Asbury Chosen G. A. R. Commander. A. P. Asbury, of Farmersburg, Ind., was elected Commander of the G. A. R., Department of Indiana, at Terre Haute. He has both a war and civil record, which was regarded as fitting for the position. He was born In Sulliran County December 1, 1846. The next meeting of the Encampment will be held at Richmond. South Bend withdrew its application for the honor of entertaining the veterans with the nnderstanding that Richmond would help the northern city get the Encampment In 1912, and Richmond was unani mously chosen as the meeting place in 1911. The defeat of Samuel M. Hench was accomplished under peculiar circumstances. All through the balloting the sentiment appeared strongly in faFor of the up-state man, and great surprise was manifest when the count showed that Asbury had been elected. Hench made no comment further than to congratulate the winner. Asbury Beemed to be the most surprised man In the convention. Other officers chosen were: Senior Vice Commander, Oscar Rankin, Terre Haute; Junior Vice Commander, Milton Bozart, Valparaiso; Chaplain, Captain J. Ward. Delphi. Council of Administration O. A. Somers, Kokomo; C. C. Shrader, Evansville; J. E. Daugherty, Monticello; J. E. BIckle, Terre Haute. 'Frisco's Mayor Hurt in Auto Accident. Mayor P. P. McCarthy, of San Francisco, Cal., suffered a broken ankle in an automobile accident in Indianapolis, Ind. Mayor McCarthy was riding In the car of J. O. Carson. National Secretary of the Brotherhood of Carpenters, when the machine collided with a street car at North and Pennsylvania streets. Mr. McCarthy was taken to his room at the Claypool Hotel. fwo Bassball Players Are Killed. Baseball was responsible for two deaths in Cleveland, Ohio. Frank Kostohryz, 15 years old, was struck on the temple by a pitched ball and instantly killed. Walter J. Garson. 34 years old, was the second victim. While running bases in a game in a vacant lot he burst a blood vessel and died In a few minutes Blizzard on Lake Superior. A special to Detroit from Calumet, Mich., says that Lake Superior qnd the surrounding country are in the grip of a tierce blizzard with high northerly jrlnds and a hea y snow. All boats are seeking ports of refuge. A heavy sea Is running all along the southern coast. Racing Auto Turns Turtle. A Knox racing car driven by Eeall, turned turtle on a bank of the speedway in Indianapolis, Ind., and landed In a pool of water. Beall was pinned under the car and one of his ribs was fractured. The accident was caused by a wheel of the car flying off. Fire at Niagara. The plant of the Hooker Development Company, one of the largest chemical concerns in this country, wa3 destroyed by fire at Niagara Falls, N. Y. Loss, $400,000. Famous German Scientist Dead. Prof. Robert Koch, the famous bacteriologist, died at Baden Baden, Germany, froj l a disease of the heart. He was born at Klausthal, Hanover, December 11. 1S13. Hoosier Jockey Injured in Belgium. Harry Birkenruth, an American jockey riding for an Austrian nobleman, was seriously Injured on the track at Brussels, Belgium, according to a cablegram received by his brother, Sol Birkenruth, in Logansport, Ind. Model for Schoolboys! Irving Wood, of Kenton, Ohio, a member of the American Boy League, .received a Carnegie medal for his record of not having missed a single day or being tardy at the public schools for five years. Banana Eating Record. John Comp, a resident of Wartham, Mass., says that he hoId3 the record for eating bananas. Wartham folks take him at his word. Recently he wagered $5 that he would eat twenty bananas in twenty minutes. He made good and won the bet. "I do like bananas," he said when he had finished. Killed by Lightning. Henry Kammage, aged 45, a printer, of Columbus, Ohio, was killed by lightning while standing under a tree at Big Walnut, south of Columbus.

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SCORE MAY BE LOST Frnnk H. Goodyear of Cleveland Run Down by James B. Wood on Huron in Fog. SURVIVING CRAFT SAVES SIX Returns to Port Huron with Huge Hole in Bow Plates as Evidence ef the Disaster. The steel steamer Frank II. Goodyear of the Mitchell Transit Company lies in forty fathoms of water in Lake Huron about thirty-five miles ofT Point Aux Barques and probably eighteen persons met death in a collision between that vessel and the steamer James B. Wood, another steel boat, belonging to the Gilchrist Transportation Company. Five were saved. The collision occurred about C o'clock on a recent morning in a heavy fog which overhung the lake. When the steamers came together the crew of the Goodyear, which is reported to have been struck amidships, had time only to seize life preservers. Only a few could jump overboard fccfore the boat began to fill with water. The cook had just sounded the second call for breakfast on the Goodyear when the crash came anil many were in the messroom. All rushed on deck and then tho boat began to sink. Several jumped into the water and managed to get out of reach or the boat, which was filling fast. Suddenly the Goodyear parted in the center and with a sound which could be heard above the whistling of the Wood, sank out of sight, earrying with it all except five on board. The bow of the Wood was stove in, but she rested on her bulkhead, and, although some water flowed into the hold', was kept afloat with the pumps. Captain Gibson of the Wood ordered the lifeboats lowered and gave the crew instructions to make every possible effort to save any of tho sailors of the sinking steamer. In a short time the yawlboat was, brought alongside the Wood and Capt Hemenger, Steward Frank Bassett, Mrs. Emma Bassett, Frank Mollick and George Grant .were taken aboard, all exhausted from their exertions to save themselves during the time they were In the water. Many of the Goodyear's crew were killed by falling hatches before they had a chance to jump into the water. All had on life preservers when their vessel sank. The cook's baby wa3 dashed from his arms by a falling hatch and the Infant wa3 lost. Both the Wood and the Goodyear are large steel vessels. The Wood is 514 feet long and the Goodyear was 43G feet long. For more than seven hours the Wood remained at anchor near the scene of the collision, the captain hoping that he would be able to save others of the crew of the Goodyear. When the fog rose nothing was In sight, and as his boat was damaged and in danger of sinking he decided to return to Port Huron, Mich. STATE SENATOR IS INDICTED. Sangamon County Grand Jury Makes Charge Against Ilolstlaw of Iuka. State Senator D. W. Ilolstlaw. of Iuka, Marion County, who represents the Forty-second Senatorial District In the Illinois General Assembly, was indicted by the Grand Jury of Sangamon County on two counts charging perjury In testimony given by him in the local investigation of legislative bribery. The evidence against four other men is being carefully considered by State's Attorney Edmund Burke, and on the basis of it more Indictments are being drawn up. The alleged perjury consists in Senator Holstlaw's sworn statement before the grand jury that he never wrote a letter to J. W. Knox, a salesman for the Derby Desk Company. At the time Mr. Burke, it is claimed, had in his possession a letter written by Hofstlaw to Knox, shortly before the contract was let. RECEIVES ROOSEVELT. Alexandra Ixpree Appreciation of American Sympathy-. Queen Mother Alexandra received Mr. Roosevelt at Buckingham palace, London, the other day. The two had a long chat, in which her majesty took occasion to tell the former President how much she appreciated the sympathy expressed for her in America at the time of her bereavement. Subsequently the queen mother received Lord Strathcona, high commissioner of Canada, whom she asked to convey to the people of the dominion an expression of her gratitude for their love and sympathy. BOY PUTS BATTER OUT; DIES. lilt In Abdomen by Hall, Lad Huri .phere aud Fall Dead. The baseball instinct was so strong In Harry Becker, a 14-year-old boy, that although he was knocked down and plainly badly Injured when struck in the abdomen, by a batted ball during a "scrub" game, he managed to throw the ball to first in time to catch the runner. That assist was the last that will be credited to him. As the umpire cried "Out!" Becker collapsed and he was dead when a physician reached his side. SURRENDERS TO GIRL'S PLEA. Suitor Gives Self Up After Street heart Aka Hint to Iteform. "Boy, have you no heart? Come back to Chicago, and when your time is up, if you still love this little girl, we will be happy yet," was the plea thai led Max H. Rubenstein to prison In Los Angeles, Cal. He is wanted in Chicago for the embezzlement of $900 from Llbby, McNeill & Libby, by whom he was employed as a collector. The police refuse to make public the name of the girl who penned the plea. PERISH IN ILLINOIS HOTEL FIRE Tito Men Lone Uvea at 3Ionmoatk laud the llolldlns 1 Destroyed. John Jacobs of Galesburg and "Bud" Miller of Monmouth were killed in a fire which destroyed the City Hotel of Monmouth. Edward Calhoun of Galesburg was injured in jumping from a second-story window. Other guests narrowly escaped, but it is believed all are safe. The body of Jacobs was found beside a broken lamp, which la supposed to harve exploded and caused the fire.

DR. KOCH IS DEAD. German Profes3or Who Developed Preventive Medicine Passe3 Away. Professor Robert Koch, the eminent German bacteriologist, died in Baden Baden the other afternoon of heart disease. He had been in failing health for a year or more, following the exposures to which he subjected himself while engaged in scientific research in malarial districts in German East Africa and elsewhere. He was in his sixty-seventh year. A graduate of na. r.ocLKT kocji. the University of Berlin, Dr. Koch began his bacteriological investigations about thirty years ago, when he was district surgeon at Wallstein. He first achieved public notice through his discovery of a method for coloring microscopical preparations by means of which he isolated the tubercle bacillus and produced tuberculosis by its inoculation in animals. His reward for this was his selection as privy councillor and the enjoyment of the full confidence of the Kaiser. He gained world fame by his discovery of antitoxin for the prevention and cure of diphtheria and by his research for the cause and cure of "sleeping slekn-'ss" which aßlicted the tribes of Central Africa. He also was the discoverer of a ratkilling gas which proved elective in. ridding ships of rodents. Koch never claimed that his lymph cure for tuberculosis was infallible. He did claim, however, that it was a preventive and a practical cure la a great majority of cases. JULIA WARD HOWE 91. Masses of Floral Greetings Received by Aged Author from Friends. Julia Ward Howe was 91 years old the other day. There was no public observance of the event, the breakfast to her which the New England Women's clubs have given every year for forty-two years having been served two days before. As has been her custom of late years, Mrs. Howe spent the day in her home on Beacon street, Boston, with her family, surrounded by her children, grandchildren, and now the little great-grandchildren, who had loving greetings and caresses. While few outside of the family circle were received by her, gifts of flowers from relatives and friends and telegrams and letters were received from all parts of the world. It is proposed to forbid the exportation to America and Australia of tho famous Angora goats from Turkey. The Turkish minister of the interior Is drawing up regulations on. the subject. Commander Robert E. Peary gave his polar lecture at the Casino in Berlin under the auspices of the Berlin Geographical Society. About 200 were present. The American explorer left Berlin for Rome. For the first time in many years the czar visited a theater the other night. The visit was kept a profound secret, and surprise was great when the fact became known. The occasion was a grand military concert at the opera house in aid of funds for old soldiers. In their effort to suppress the rebellion in Albania, the Turkish forces under Gen. Shefket stormed Katchanlk Pass on the 29th, where the rebels were stationed in strong force. The Albanians retreated in good order and took up their positions on the surrounding mountains. Herbert Booth of London, England, youngest son of General William Booth, founder of the Salvation Army, has announced that he no longer Is officially connected with tho Salvation Army. Mrs. John A. Johnson, wife of the late Governor, has started on a European trip. She Joined Madams Fremstad in New York, whose guest she will be, and the two sailed for Europe on the Kaiser Wilhelm IL A Japanese olllrial report gives the area of peanuts in Japan In 1907 is 14,825 acres, yield 1.302,837 bushels. The total exports in the same year were 10,185.181 pounds, 8C per cent being shipped to the United States. The population of Japan is Increasing at the rate of 500,000 a year. It la now nearly 50,000,000, exclusive of Korea. The Chinese government, by Imperial rescript, has abolished slavery throughout the empire, and has prohibited henceforth the purchase and sale of human beings under any pretext. The Pope recently received the pilgrimage headed by Mgr. Eis, bishop of Mai juette, Mich. The pilgrimage was made up chiefly of German-Americans. The bishop delivered a brief speech expressing the fidelity of the pilgrims to the holy see and presented an offering. The pontiff replied graciously.

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WOMAN GOES ON TRIAL. Evidence AurnliiKt Iler In Collected l.y Dead Mini' Sinter. Charged with the murder of her husband, William J. Erder. a St. Louis postal clerk, Mrs, Dort, E. Do?ey was placed on trial in St. Louir. before Judge McQuillen. Dr. Loren B. Doxey, the defendant's first husband, is indicted on the same charge. The case is another of Missouri's alleged poisoning cases. Mrs. Doxey admitted she married Erder while still the wife of Dr. Doxey. Dr. Doxey was in Nebraska during Erder's illness, but the State alleges he sent poison to Mrs. Doxey, with directions as, to how It should be administered. Miss Kate Erder, sister of the dead postal clerk, will be the chief witness for the State, having worked on the case unaided and caused the arrest of the Doxeys. The State claims the motive of the alleged poisoning was to obtain the insurance carried by Erder and to avoid complications from Mrs. Doxey's bigamous marriage. A curious feature of the case is that while Mrs. Doxey has been in jail, pending trial, she has been completely cured of the drug habit. STANDING OF THE CLUBS. rrorcs of (he Pennant It ace in . lluke Hall Leasoes. .NATIONAL LEAGUE. W. L. . Li Chicago 19 11 St. Louis 16 18 New York ..19 14 Philadelphia 13 16 Cincinnati ..17 13 Boston 14 1 Pittsburg ...1G 13 Brooklyn ...12 22 AMTCICAN LEAGUE. W. L. W. L Philadelphia 23 7 Cleveland ...13 1G New York ..20 9 Washington .13 19 Boston 17 13 Chicago 10 18 Detroit IS 16 St. Louis 6 24 AMERICAN ASSOCIATION. W. L. W. U Minneapolis 27 11 Columbus ...17 22 St. Paul ..j. .2(5 13 Milwaukee ..l.' 23 Toledo . J.. 23 1G Louisville ..13 23 Indianapolis 18 20 Kansas City. 12 23 WESTEB3 LEAGUE. W. L. W. U St. Joseph ..10 12 Sioux City... 14 14 Denver 17 14 Omaha 14 16 Wichita 16 13 Des Moines.. 14 17 Lincoln ....13 14 Topeka 11 15 MANUEL'S DEATH PLOTTED. l'or luteal' KIiik mid Alfonao Said to He Marked ly "lied.? Secret warnings have been sent to government officials at Lisbon that an attempt upon the IKe of King Manuel Is likely to be made upon his return from London. The Spanish police, tracing details of the anarchist plot, found that not only are King Alfonso and King Manuel of Portugal cnarked for death, but members of their governments as well. Secret service officials of other governments are co-operating in the work of ferreting out the conspiracy. Only England's position as a political refuge prevented atte'mpts on Alfonso and Manuel in London during the obsequies over the late King Edward. IS KILLED "PLAYING SUICIDE." Revolver Placed to ImkVh Head by Companion, I Discharged. Joseph Klein, 11 years old, was fatally shot in Pittsburg, and John Allen, aged 17, who admits having shot his companion, and another boy who witnessed the shooting declare that the three were "playing suicide." Allen had placed the revolver at Klein's head. Instructing him how to commit suicide, when the weapon was accidentally discharged. The bullet passed through Klein's head back of the right ear. He died soon after being carried by his mother to their home near by. Slany Clerk Injured. Eighty-two mail clerks were Injured last -year by engines bumping into trains standing at railroad stations, according to a report submitted at the annual convention of the Railway Mail Clerks Association of America. llulne Hloeka Ilarned. The principal business blocks of Althelraer. Ark., were destroyed by tire. It originated in a meat shop, and L M Quattlebaum, J. P. Walt & Brother W. C. Crittendon. the Telephone Exchange, Bellamy Brothers, the postoffice and L. Ellibott were burned out. Mafrarn Fall Fire Lous I f -100,000. One of the main building3 0f the Hooker Electric Chemical company in Niagara Falls, X. Y., was destroyed by fire early this morning. The loss is estimated at $400,000. Je Overtreefa L((e ;nU Jesse Overstreet, who represented the Seventh district of Indiana in congress from 1896 to 1903, died at his home in Indianapolis after a lone illness. & Twenty-two Drown in Colli.OB. Twenty-two persons were drowned in a collision between the steamer Skerryvori and the German bark J C Vinnen in the English channel. The Skerryvori sank. Only two of the crew of the steamer were rescued and one died a short time later.

RECEIVER FOR TRACTION CO. Move by Creditors Puts Chicago Railways' Co. in New Hands. Following the entry of a judgment of $l,344,GS5 against theChicago Railways Company bj Judge Farlin Q. Ball in the Superior Court, the big traction corporation was thrown inta the hands of receivers by Judge Peter S. Grosscup In the United States District Court. The receivership was asked by the Westinghouse Electric Company on a clai.ru for $G9,314. Henry R. Blair, chairman of the board of directors of tthe Chicago Railways Com pan j', and John M. Roach, president of the corporation, were named as receivers by Judge Grosscup. The suit for a receivership was understood to be friendly, and the proceedings wero taken as a protective measure to safeguard the interests of the creditors, the stock and bondholders and the city. The total funded debt of the Chicago Railways Company amounts to $70,840,034.50. UTES GET $3,408,611 VERDICT. Court Allows That Sum as Compensation for Indian Lands Seized. The United States Court of Claims has handed down its decision in the Ute Indian case, entering judgment for the Indian claimants for $3,40S,611.40 as just compensation for lands confiscated by the United States government. The tribes confederated In the suit were the White River Utes, .the Uinta Utes, the Southern Utes, and the Uncompahgre Utes. By an act of Congress jurisdiction of the Ute Indian reservation was vested in the Court of Claims in 1009. because land had been taken by minor treaties without just compensation, and large forest preserves were taken out, until the holdings of the Utes dwindled to a very small acreage. The judgment is to compensate for this, and In addtion to the money a tract of the government lands in Colorado, containing nearly 15,000,000 acres, will be set aside for the Utes as a reservation. -r SA-n. President Tüttie, of the Boston and Maine, announced that passenger rates on that line would be advanced on June 1 to "those prevalent before the 10 per cent reductions of 1907. The Increase is said to be due to the recent advance in wages paid to employes. It will not affect the suburban service. Records now published show that the number of accidents since the pay-as-you-enter cars were put Into operation on the Chicago Rapid Transit System about two years ago, have decreased 31 per cent. This Is due to the fact that the new system requires that the car shall not be started till all passengers are aboard. At the same time the receipts of the Chicago system have Increased i1 per cen:, and, allowing one-third oT this for Increased traffic, there still remains to the company a gain amounting to $1,000 a day. Several more railroads have joined, the procession of those which had granted better wage scales to employes, and the largest of the independent steel companies of Pittsburg have followed the example of the steel trust by volunteering a 6 per cent Increase. Trolley companies in many cities have agreed to pay 10 per cent more, and the Postal Telegraph and Cable Company gives notice of advances of from 5 to 23 per cent At the same time the railroads of the Middle West have given notice of coming advances of freight and passenger charges, the former averaging 18 per cent. Soft coal miners in Central Pennsylvania and in Pittsburg district have received an addition of per cent and have gone to work. The Pressed Steel Car strike at McKees Rocks, Pal, ended without material results. The Lehigh Valley Railroad has ordered 400,000 "treated" cross-ties from a new creosoting pant In New Jersey, whose special process it Is claimed will double the life of the ties. This new process differs from that already m use In that the saturation in creosote oil Is only partial. By order of Judge Kinkeadof Columbus former Attorney General Sheets of Ohio and Henry J. Booth were appointed at receivers for the Hotking Valley Railroad and an injunction was issued to prevent the retirement of $13,000,000 of preferred stock, as was proposed ly the new owner of the majority, the Chesapeake and Ohio. Advances in railway wages already made or to be made berore the end of the year are estimated at $100,000,000 for the entire country. This is the figure stated by W. C. Brown, of the New York Central. Tho strike of the car men employed by the Philadelphia Rapid Transit Company which started February 19 and resulted in the phenomenal general strike movement, was declared off formally by the Executive Committee acting under instructions from national officers in Detroit, although the men had voted by a small majority against the terms of settlement offered by the company.

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The Yeek So Congress By the action of the Senate Monday the construction of two new battle ships for the navy was assured. Senator Burton's amendment to the naval appropriation bill to limit the authorization to one ship of the Dreadnought type instead of two, as authorized by the House, was defeated, 26 to 39. The bill then was passed. It carries appropriations aggregating 3134,000,000. In the House the proposed appropriation of $250,000, as recommended by the President, was stricken from the bill on a point of order made by Mr. Fitzgerald of New York and decided by Representative Mann of Illinois, who was in the chair. In order to accomplish practically the same purpose in a different way, Chairman Tawney of the appropriations committee, offered an amendment appropriating the same amount of money, but leaving out all reference to the tariff board. He hoped in this manner to bring the amendment within the House rule3. Mr. Fitzgerald, however, made a point of order against the new provision, and this was pending when the Housa adjourned. The Cummins araedmeni to the railroad bill prohibiting the putting into effect of lnrreases in railroad rates until they shall have been approved by the Interstate Commerce Commission was before the Senaie Tuesday. Arguments in favor of the amendment were made by Senators Cummins, Borah and Dollivcr. Senator Martin suggested an amendment to the Cummins provision requiring the commission to pass upon all increases within six months after their filing. In the House an amendment to the sundry civil bill was adopted by a strict party vote of 110 to S3, appropriating $250,000 to enable the President to obtain such prices relating to production here or abroad as would be necessary for an enforcement of the tariff law. By a vote of 81 to 105 the House rejected an amendment reducing this allowance to $75,000. With the exception cf a brief time given to the general calendar, the Senate devoted the entire session Wednesday to the consideration of the railroad bill. Senator La Follette occupied the floor for almost five hours in support of the Cummins amendment requiring the approval of increases in railroad rates by the Interstate Commerce Commission. In the course of his speech he declared that it would be necessary to add greatly to the equipment of the commission in order to put it Into condition to render effective service. The House considered various bills on its calendar. Measures were passed to provide a railroad in the Hawaiian Islands and to build in Nome, Alaska, a house of detention for persons suspected of being insane. The Senate Thursday by a vote of 23 to 43 rejected the Cummins amendment requiring the approval of railroad rates by the interstate comnierea commission before they becccne effective. It also adopted an amendment providing for six month3 extension of the 120 days' suspension of now ratea and regulation in case the hearing n not concluded within the time. The capitalization provisions were stricken from the bill. Because the President exceeded his traveling expense allowance of $25,000 voted by Congress for tho present fiscal year and the committee on appropriations sought to meet the deficiency by making the appropriation for next year "immediately available," the House was thrown Into lively debate. Chairman Tawney offended several Democrats , by sug gesting that the President had made his extended Western and Southern trip' largely upon the urgent solicitation of Democrats of the House. Several Democrats made angry retorts and the motion was defeated. The Senate failed Friday to reach a final vote on the railroad bill. Senator Dixon moved an amendment placing telegraph and telephone lines undei the jurisdiction of the Interstate Commerce Commission. This provision had no sooner been adopted, though in different form, than Senator Brown, of Nebraska, offered an amendment prohibiting railroads from acquiring control of competing lines under a penalty. Unwilling to accept so Important an amendment without more opportunity for consideration, the Senate adjourned. The House twice rejected amendments by Mr. Keliher, of Massachusetts to authorize canteens at soldiers' homes where such institutions are within five miles of a town or city In which the sale of liquor Is authorized. It appropriated $1,500,000 for State and Territorial homes for disabled soldiers and sailors and refused to move from New York City to Washington or anywhere else the board of managers of the national homes for disabled volunteer soldiers. INTER ESTING NEWS ITEMS. Potato fields of Minnesota averaged 115 bushels to the acre during 1909. Alfred Wade, Montesano, Washington, raised 123 bushels of wheat on two acres of land. From records from nursery houses It Is learned that more than 50,000 cherry trees have been set out this spring by farmers of Door County, Wis. The industry in the last few years has reached such vast proportions that the territory is being given the name of the "Fruit Belt of the North." Karl Jörn, the Metropolitan opera tenor, who gave his wife her freedom to become the wife of tho man sha loved, sailed for Europe from New Tork, disguised, and with little left of his season's earnings. Negotiations between the officials of the Erie Railway and the committee representing the conductors and trainmen were broken off owing to the refusal of the company to deal with the union direct or to promise a wage settlement on the basis of the B. & O. award or of the more recent New York Central award . A strike vote was ordered, the returns to be counted on the ICth. The Bureau of Railway Men's News and Statistics reports that with th year ending June 30, 1909, 17 American railroad companies completed a sixyear term without a passenger killed, 95 companies a five-year term, 177 companies a four-year period. 228 companies three years, 2S7 companies two years, and 347 companies out of 36S reporting, one-year immunity. The report does not deal with accidents or deaths of employes. Clarence S. Darrow, of Chicago, said at the conference of the national negro committee in New York, that race amalgamation would solve tfce negro problem.

IS DEATH A HOAX?

Millionaire Convicted as Vote-Euyer Declared Alive in France. The startling declaration that Dallas C. Byers, multi-millionaire steel manufacturer and indicted grafter, who was supposed to have died in France last August, and whose funeral was held in Pittsburg months ago. Is really alive and enjoying life in a secluded French village, is now made. A. Leo Weil, president of the Pittsburg Voters' League, which has pushed the councilmanic bribery investigation, says that reports of hi3 detectives In France and Switzerland prove this absolutely. Among the facts which lend color to the report are: Byers turned his vast holdings of stocks, bonds and real estate into cash before slipping away from Pittsburg and the bribery investigation. He realized something like $14,000,000. He left directions for the distribution of his remaining realty among relatives, making it unneces sary for nim to leave a will. He permitted all his life insurance policies to lapse, fearing, it is said, the searching investigations which the companies would make when he was ready to "die." No one in Pittsburg saw the body over which services were held and which was burled with due honors in a Pittsburg cemetery. The casket was tightly sealed in France. It was not long after his flight from Pittsburg . that dispatches were received from Dinard, France, stating that the steel millionaire had suffered a stroke, of apoplexy, and that physicians had given up hope for his recovery. On August 25 the word came that he had died. INJURED IN MINE RIOT. Officials and Strikers Wounded In Sharp Clash. Near Pittston, Pa. A riot broke out among strlkiag miners at No. 14 colliery of the Pennsylvania Coal Company, near Pittston, Fa., following an attempt of a posse of State police, headed by Sergeant Henning, to disperse a crowd. Sheriff Rodda 'of Luzerne County hurried to the colliery and was shot at. Peter Sura, miner, was so severely clubbed by State policemen that he may die. State Trooper Jasper Oftedach was caught under his horse, which was felled by a blow, and he was badly clubbed. The riot was finally quelled; then another one broke out ' at the Ewen colliery, a mile away, but the rioters there dispersed when troopers arrived. HURLS A BOMB IN MADRID. AnarchUt Dir Trying to Destroy 3Iemorlnl of Coronation. A bomb was exploded In Madrid near the monument commemorating the victims of May 31, 1906. The manipulator of the infernal machine was killed. It is stated that he Is known to have been an anarchist. The man threw the bomb at the monument with the evident intention of destroying it. He then shot himself while being pursued by the police. The victims of May 31, 1906, were those who were killed by the infernal machines thrown at King Alfonso and Queen Victoria as they drove to the palace after their wedding ceremony. NEW YORK PRIMARY BILL DEAD Aksrmbljr Kill Com prom lue Art Hughe Will Veto Other. By a decisive vote of 46 to 94 the jCobb compromise direct nomination bill, after having passed the senate, was defeated In the New York assembly as the climax of a session of fourteen hours. Governor Hur.hes has announced that be will veto the MeadePhillips bill, which has passed both houses, and the only hope of primary reform or direct nomination legislation this year lies in the possibility of an extraordinary session beingcalled. WORLD-WIDE PEACE PLAN. Saggentlon Made fo Give Movement (he me of Kins Edward. A proposal to inaugurate a worldwide peace movement bearing the name of King Edward was made by Sir William Mather at a meeting of the Peace Society in London. The suggestion met with prompt approval, and speakers who followed Sir William intimated that there was reason for the belief that Emperor William is desirous of taking a very important part, if not the actual leadership, In promoting a peace league of the world. FLOODS RUIN NORSE CROPS. lown I Submerged, Railway Are Damaged and People Imperiled. Phenomenal warmth, has melted enormous quantities of snow on the mountains in the interior of Norway. The result is that lakes and rivers are flooded to an extent not equaled since 1SC0. The town of Lillestrommcn, twenty cniles from Chrlstiania, is submerged. The inhabitants have been compelled to take refuge in the upper stories of tuelr houses. Widespread damage has been done to railways and crops. EASTERN COTTON MILLS CLOSE. Ihoniandi of Operative Thrnira Out of Work Market Stagnant. Cotton and worsted mills throughout New England are closing down because the market for the goods is at a standstill. The Fall River district will suspend from Saturdaj' to June C, affecting 20,000 operatives. At Manchester, N. II., the Amoskeag Corporation has closed seventeen mills, affecting 15,800. It is expected that Rhode Island will also suffer. Train ItobLer Get 43 Veam. "Bill" Lowe, train robber, was sentenced in St. Louis to forty-three years in the penitentiary and was fined $3,000 for robbing the Missouri Pacific mail train ,at Glencoe, St. Louis County, Mo., Jan. 21. Die Lannrhlag HI Own Boat. While launching a twenty-ton power boat, which he had been three years building for his own use, James Savior was crushed to death in Providence, R. I., being ironed out of nearly all semblance to humanity. Knnaa Wreck KIII and Milma, One person is reported killed and several injured by a Missouri Pacific freight train with a day coach attached running into an Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe freight at Belleplaine, Kan. Hurt In It ace War at IMcnle. Five men, three negroes and- two whites, were killed and a score hurt In a race battle at a negro picnic at Bogalusa, Ala. Officers were called to' ielp from several towns in that section 5f the State.

CHICAGO. R. G. Dun & Co.'s weekly review of Chicago trade says: "The aggregate payments through the banks for six days exhibit a sharp decrease for the first time this year In com.iarlson with the corresponding period of last year and the record of trading defaults continues unfavorable. Various contributing causes account for these adverse features In the business situation, but all are of a temporary nature, the basic conditions being sound In both commerce and finance. "The increase in failures mainly applies to concerns affected by in.nl equate capital to meet the high cost cf operation, and the bad weather, which limit spring sales, is responsible for the collapse in minor retail lines. The season is still improving very slowly and the general demand here and atthe interior does not rise equal to expectation, but a few warm days will bring an adequate disposition of stocks. "Wholesale dealings for future deliveries compare favorably with this time last year in dry goods, footwear, clothing, suits and cloaks, and men's furnishings, the attendance of visiting buyers being good, although the usual uncertainty as to crop conditions causes s.me conservatism In commitments. "Bank clearings, $2r7,G19,4GG, are 5.S per cent under those of the corresponding week in 1909, and compare with $21G,4C0,701 in 1908. "Failures reported in the Chicago district numbered twenty-seven, as against thirty-one last week, twentysix in 1909 and twenty-three in 1908. Those with liabilities over $3,000 numbered five, as against eight last week, eight in 1909 and eight in 190S."

NEW YORK. Quiet still rules in trade and many lines of industry, while speculation, except in grain, seems in a waiting stage, pending clearer views of the ultimate crop and price outcome. Relatively the most activity in the jobbing trade Is centered in meeting current demands, and fall business still lacks form. Retail trade has shown some gain at the big Western markets, but Is still classed as below expectations. Unreasonably cool weather Is commonly assigned as the cause for the backward trade, but there are 6till in evidence signs that uncertainty as to prices holds back future commitments. Business failures In the United States for the week ending May 2G were 2CD, a sagainst.225 last week. 205 Id the like week of 1909, 263 in 190S, und 142 In 1907 and 127 in 1906. Business failures In Canada for the week terminating with Thursday numbered fifteen, which compares with nineteen last week and twenty-two Id the like week of last year. Bradstreet's. Chicago Cattle, common to prime, $4.0? to $S.60; hogs, prime heavy, $7.0C to $9.53; sheep, fair to choice, $4.3C to $3.35; wheat. No. 2, $1.03 to $1.12; corn. No. 2, 50c to COc; oats, standard. SSc to 39c;, rye. No. 2, 73c to 76c; hay. timothy. $9.00 to $16.50; prairie. $S.O0 to $14.50; butter, choice creamery, 24c to 27c; eggs, fresh, 17c to 20c; potatoes, new, per bushel, 90c to $1.20. Indianapolis Cattle, shipping. $3.00 to $8.00; hogs, good tj choice heavy, $7.00 to $9.50; ßheep, good to choice, $3.00 to $3.00; wheat. No. 2. $1.03 tc $1.04; com. No. 2, white, 62c to C3c; oats, No. 2 white, 41c to 42c, St. Louis Cattle, $4.00 to $S3; hogs, $7.00 to $9.53; sheep, $4.50 tc $3.00; wheat. No. 2. $1.11 to $1.14; corn, No. 2, 60c to 61c; oats. No. 2, 37c to 3Sc; rye, No. 2, 79c to SOc. Cincinnati Cattle. $4.00 to $7.50; hogs, $7.00 to $9.63; sheep, $3.00 tc $5.00; wheat. No. 2. $1.12 to $1.16; corn, No. 2 mixed, COc to 61c; oats, No. 2 mixed. 43c to 44c; rye. No. 2, 82c to 84c Detroit Cattle, $4.00 to $7.00; hogs, $7.00 to f?.70; sheep, $3.50 to $3.00; wheat. No. 2, $1.07 to $1.09; corn. No. 3 yellow, 62c to 63c; oats, standard, 41c to 43c; rye. No. 1, 80c to S2c. Milwaukee Wheat, No. 2 northern, $1.03 to $1.07; corn, No. 3, 59c to COc; oats, standard, 39c to 40c; rye, No. 1, 7Sc to 79c; barley standard, 65c to 67c; pork, mess, $22.25. ; New York Cattle, $4.00 to $9.00: hogs, $7.00 to $10.00; sheep, $4.00 to $6.00; wheat. No. 2 red, $1.00 to $1.07; corn, No. 2, 63c to 67c; oats, natural, white, 44c to 46c; butter, creamery, 23c to 28c; eggs, western, ISc to 21c. Buffalo Cattle, choice shipping steers, $4.00 to $S.60; hogs, fair to choice, $7.00 to $10.00; sheep, common, to good mixed, $4.00 to $7.30; lambs, fair to choice. $6.00 to $8.90. Toledo Wheat, No. 2, mixed, $1.09 to $1.10; corn. No. 2 mixed, 59c to 60c; oats, No. 2 mixed, 41c to 42c; rye, No. 2, 79c' to SOc; clover seed, $6.80. ' Oklahoma has a law providing for a two-Inch square label on all convict made goods. H. J. Helm of Pennsylvania owns a thoroughbred Holstein cow that produced 10,000 pounds of milk' in nine months. She weighs 1,350 pounds and her milk Is 4 per cent butterfat Mr. Heim says it cost no more to keep th's splendid animal than another cow which did not produce enough to pay for her food. In the Cathedral in Philadelphia Rt Rev. John B, MacGinley. of Philadelphia, was consecrated bishop of Nueva Vacerss, Philippine Islands. Mgr. Falconio. the apostolic delegate to the United States, celebrated the mass and officiated a consecrator. Ice wagon drivers and their helpers will not strike in Minneapolis. At a meeting of thtlr union it was decided to accept the terms offered by the Ice companies. The drivers have been getting $75 during the summer months, and $f 0 during the -winter months. Hereafter they will get $80 during the summer and $65 In the winter. It was announced in New York that no agreement on the wage question could be reached by representative cf the Erie Railroad Company and of tha rop Vs conductors and trainmen. The men are now being polled on a strike vote