Plymouth Tribune, Volume 9, Number 46, Plymouth, Marshall County, 18 August 1910 — Page 2

THE PLYMOUTH TRIBUNE.

PLYMOUTH, IND. HENDRICKS & CO., - - Publishers. STEEL TRUST AS CAT BUYER. A rat got tangled up in one of the dynamos which supply power for the great blast furnace mill of the United State Steel corporation at Gary, Ind., says Louisville Courier-Journal. It required several hours to separate the rat's remains from the dynamo and in the meantime the corporation was losing money at the rate of a thousand dollars a minute. Now the steel trust is advertising for cats. Advertisements have been inserted in the Gary newspapers, offering 50 cents apiece, with no limitations as to age, sex, size, pedigree or character. Fifty cents a head is a good price for cats and the offlcials of the steel trust are likely to have to contend with an embarrassment of offerings. When the news percolates to all the cities and small towns of Indiana there will be a rush : of feline shipments to Gary and the eteel trust will find itself with a surplus of cats scarcely less troublesome than the overplus of rats with which it has been contending heretofore. Hundreds of Indiana families will willingly part with all their feline possessions at a compensation of 50 cents per cat. Some thousands of small boys will explore the alleys and woodsheds until the last backyard fence is denuded. The report from Pisa that royal engineers state that the Inclination of the leaning tower at that place has increased eight Inches and that the structure is likely to collapse will tend to further increase the number of those who believe that the tower was never intended to be a freak of masonry, but that it became a wonder by the yielling of Its foundation on one tide. As a "drawing card" for tourists the famous leaning tower has had value In addition to the historic considerations, and if It should fall there would doubtless be a demand for its reconstruction. A modern builder could give Pisa a leaning tower of greater inclination by using an anchored steel skeleton and clothing it 'with well fastened veneer. A speaker at a meeting of a medical eociety in New Jersey declared that come of the greatest surgeons living had left sponges, forceps and other instruments in the abdominal cavities of persons operated upon, and that the practise was "inexcusable." This makes cheerful reading for the lay public, especially that portion of It that ttf.9 hospital experience in prospect; but the statement of the existence of this practise Is also puzzling from the Tact that it must be a more or less expensive practise to the surgeons themselves to be so careless about losing good Instruments. A New York woman was fined five dollars for getting drunk In public end using the large TT to a pollcetnan. New York seems to be doing Something to keep the cost of the necessaries of life on the Great White Way within reason. An Englishman has paid $700 for a ißOO-year-old alphabet. He could have tot a new one for nothing, but these jlrltcns are so conservative! St Louis Is howling for a barrel of free Ice water at each corner. Will ice cool that concrete composition fondly thought to be water In St. Louis? Doctor Wiley says that there's nothing especially dangerous In kissing except thd prospect of marriage, we presume. Some one ha discovered 61,000,000 rerms in a malaga grape. Still, for all that, malaga grapes are pretty good eating. An elghty-three-year-old Pennsylvania dame takes her first ride on a train. She couldn't learn any younger. Even In hot 'weather some self-sacrificing, hard-working correspondent manages to sweat out a war scare. Staten Island has seen the first sea serpent, and now the lid ought ot be put on S. I. Two Dreadnaughts will cost $23,000,000, but that can't scare a dreadnaught. Forty-four scrubwomen have been laid off by the city of New York. New York's economy fad knows no bounds. ' Down in Pittsburg the overcoat makes have gone on a strike. This may be the psychological moment for an overcoat strike, but who'd have thought It? 'Aviating and ballooning kill a man t very day or two Just to prove that the air is a long way from being conquered fet Excellent hot weather exercise is watching a tennis match. '. Texans are carrying shotguns these days. The mosquito season has arrived. If Texas doesn't stop raising no much corn she will get herself disliked by Kansas. Getting back from a picnic is the real test of the kind of time you had. Aviators are falling like the leaves of the forest. i How about this summer resort weather? 13 it the real thing or is it not? Soon we will have with us the man who drinkä hot things to keep away the summer heat Lake Michigan Is the good and great friend of anybody in a bathing suit Kind words have no effect on the pestiferous fly.

BEEF OFFICIAL IS INDICTED BY JURY

Manager of Armour & Co. Accused of Perjury. BOOKS DESTROYED, CHARGE Packers Chief Counsel and Others Are Summoned Before Probing Body In Report Presented to Judge Landis. Chicago. — Thomas G. Lee, manager of the dressed beef sales department of Armour & Co., was indicted for perjury by the federal grand jury. A bench warrant was issued for his arrest. The grand jury sent a report to Judge K. M. Landis, in which it was charged that stenographers' notebooks of Armour & Co., containing information which the grand jury wanted, had been destroyed. The report also severely arraigns A. It Urion, chief counsel of the packing company and president of the board of education, with other officials. Judge Landis issued an order commanding A. It Urion, George 31. Willitts, assistant office manager, and W. W. Shaw and W. A. Ilelander, employes of the concern, to appear before him Monday morning and answer the charge. Henry Edmunds, chief of the stationery department of Armour & Co., appeared before the grand jury August 5. He stated that be was unable to produce the books. Attorney Urion is charged by the grand Jury with saying that there were no books and that if there were none Edmunds could not get them. Lee is charged with perjury in his testimony before the grand jury on July 28. He Is said to have made false statements regarding weekly meetings of representatives of the packing corporations, at which, the grand jury declares, prices were fixed and agreements were made regarding the quantity of fresh meat each company was to ship In interstate commerce. FOUR SHOT IN FAMItY TRAGEDY". Husband, Wife, Son and Woman's Father Killed In Chicago. Chicago. - The neighbors of F. S. Bouton were horrified when they discovered the dead bodies of Bouton, his daughter, her husband and Lis little grandson in Bouton's home at 2934 Cottage Grove avenue. Each of the four had been killed by a bullet and the police are convinced that all of the fatal missiles were fired by W. J. Myers, the proprietor of a shooting gallery, a crack shot. All the bullets had penetrated the brain of the victims. The victims of the shooting are: W. J. Myers, forty years old; his wife, Grace, twenty-six years old; Ralph Myers, their seven-year-old son, and F. S. Bouton, father of 3Irs. Myers. Älyers had been living apart from his wife and child and this circumstance, together with the fact that the revolver was found beside him, convinced the police that he shot the other three and killed himself. Myers and his wife are said by the police to have quarreled and separated several weeks ago and the woman Is declared to have caused his arrest recently. He is said to have been placed under a bond to keep the peace. Since that time he had not been living at the family home. Only four chambers of the revolver were empty and this established that each of the victims was killed by one bullet CAR HITS AUTO, GIRL KILLED. Priest, Driving Machine, Fails to See Approaching Trolley. Springfield. 111. Miss Irene Dodge of Normal was killed and Herman Scantlan of Athens severely injured Tuesday night when an automobile, driven by Rev. Father T. M. Moore of Athens was struck by a street car. Father Moore and Miss Myra Bell, the fourth occupant of. the car, escaped injury. The priest and the three others ,were on their way to an amusement park when the accident occurred. The car came upon them at a turn, striking the rear wheels of the auto and throwing it against a tree, witheut, however, disabling It. Miss Dodge jumped or was thrown and fell in front of the car. She was killed instantly. JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER FINED $8. Oil King, Through Employe, Pleads Guilty to Speeding Auto. Cleveland, O. "John D. Rockefeller, charged with speeding an automobile, pleaded guilty and was fined five dollars and costs, amounting to three dollars." Ship on Last Voyage. Port Townsend, Wash. The American ship Alexander Bigson, Capt. F. E. Southard, which has carried the American flag for more than thirty years, sailed for New York Friday on its last voyage. It will be dismantled. Shoots Husband, Kills Self. Streator, 111. Alleged neglect by her husband Is believed to have been the cause which led Mrs. L. W. McDanlels to commit suicide Friday after having shot and mortally injured her husband, so he claims. Naval Collier at Bottom. Norfolk, Va. The naval collier Marcellus lies at the bottom of the Atlantic in latitude 36, longitude 74:08, having sunk ten hours after she was struck by the Norwegian fruit steamer Rosarlo dl Giorgio. Larrgford Refuses to Fight. Philadelphia The bout between Al Kaufman of California and Sam Langford, scheduled to take place at the Philadelphia ball park TVirsday night, was called off because Lc-jrd refused to fight. Doctor Roller's Pibs Broken. New York. News reached here Tuesday of the serious injury in Londc -. of Dr. B. F. Itollor, the American wrestler. He broke two ribs 4j a con test with Gama. tho Z.i. t3 w'-j3r. Iowa's Corn Crop I.ooks Good. Des 3Ioines, V 'mpzzts for towa's corn crop are ro"32v ':lvn the iverage for te ye&.-s, darltu dry sondltlonK, so tha eekl7 bulletin ot the low, era? ngu itatei Tuesday.

HARMONY IS SOUGHT AT MINERS' MEETING

His Reports is Greeted With Hoots and Hisses—Secretary Perry Opposes President. Indianapolis.—The special convention of miners, called by President T. L. Lewis Thursday took up the controversy over the Illinois compromise agreement. At the opening session President Lewis counseled harmony in a speech to the delegates. His report on the btrike situation In the entire country brought hoots and hisses, when he mentioned the recommendation to the Illinois strikers to pay all over IVa cents a ton of the cost of shot-flrers. Secretary Perry of the miners came out as an opponent of President Lewis and recommended that the convention make the Illinois strike the main issue of the International union to be fought until all the demands of the proposed Peoria agreement have been accepted by the operators. In his report President Lewis sa'd that it would require ?300.000 a wck to pay benefits of three dollars a week to those on strike in the country. By the 25 cents a week assessment only $50.000 could be raided. CASHIER KILLED; GIRL SOUGHT. Arkansas Bank Officer Slain Mysteriously in Memphis. Memphis, Tenn. Edwin Boysen, cs shier of the Bank of Wheatley, Aik., was either killed by Miss Eva Goldberg or shcr. himself accidentally in the Gohiberg apartments here. The young woman and her mother were examined by the police. They both asserted that the shooting was accidental, the weapon being in Mls3 Goldberg's hands when it was discharged and she being engaged in a playful scuffl with Ii.ysen. A coroner's Jury returned a verdict that the death was occasioned by Miss Goldberg or Boysen accidentally in either case. Later Attorney General Estes swore out a warrant for the young woman's arrest and officers are seeking her now. Boysen occupied a room In the Goldberg flat. ADOPT ANTI-LOBBYING BILL. Lower House of Georgia Legislature Passes a Drastic Measure. Atlanta, Ga. A drastic antlIobbying bill was passed by the lower house of the Georgia assembly by a vote of US to 3. Its passage is assured in the senate. The bill requires that "any one representing a person. Arm or corporation for or against legislation" must register his name and that of his employer and designate the bill he Is Interested in. Violation Is made a felony. CARS STONED IN COLUMBUS. Effort to Operate Street Railway Without Soldiers Partial Failure. Columbus, O. The first efforts to run Columbus street cars without military protection resulted In partial failure. The stoning of car3 began early last evening, and two hours later the company began ordering cars Into the barns. All the troops except the Third regiment left the city during the day. A battalion of the Third was kept in the statehouse yard last night 69,647 IN EVANSVILLE, INDIANA. Akron, O., According to Census Figures, Has 69,067. Washington. Evansvllle, Ind., has a population of 69,647, according to the thirteenth decennial census figures. This is an Increase of 10,640, or 18 per cent over 1900. The population of Akron, O., is C9,0o7. This is an Increase of 20,339, or C1.6 per cent, over 1900. Colorado Springs, Col., has a population of 29,078, an Increase of 7,993, or 37.9 per cent, over 1900. PAYS $65 FOR 10 SECONDS' NAP. Victim Closes Eyes While Stranger "Doubles His Roll." Cleveland, O. John Milan of Cleveland, a passenger aboard a steamer that arrived froin Detroit, told the police he met a man on the boat who told him he could held money in his hands and double It in ten seconds. "I gave him $65 in bills, all I had," said Milan, "and he told me to clos? my eyes and count ten. I did so. When I opened my eyes he was gone." PYTHIANS TO RERATE CLASS 4. Supreme Lodge Decides Vital Question Concerning Policy-Holders. Milwaukee. The supreme lodge, Knights of Pythias, decided to rerate policy-holders in the fourth class of the insurance department, beginning January 1, 1911. Tne proposition of taking care cf the members in this class was one of the most vital questions confronting the order. Mrs. J. Ellen Foster Dead. Washington.—Mrs. J. Ellen Foster, one of the most noted women lawyers and civicists in the country, died in Garfield hospital Thursday. Mrs. Foster, who was seventy years of age, had been seriously ill for several months. Alleged Murderess Dead. Newark, N. J.—Miss Virginia O. Wardlaw, one of the three sisters under indictment for the murder of Mrs. Ocey W. M. Snead, died Thursday in a cell in the house of detention here. Boy Taken As Mail Robber. New Orleans, La.—Edward Holman, twelve years old, was arrested at Hammond Wednesday and brought to New Orleans. He is charged with robbing several postofflces. Mergenthaler's Son Killed. Cape May, N. J.—Five persons were crushed to death Tuesday when an express train dashed into an automobile at a crossing on the West Jersey and Seashore railroad. Among the dead were Fritz Mergenthaler, son of the linotype inventor, and his wife. Twenty-Six Go Down With Schooner. Nassau, The Bahamas.—The schooner Emma, bound from Nassau to Inagua with laborers on board for South America, was lost near Castle island Monday during a storm and 24 men and two women, all negroes, were drowned. Five survivors got ashore. Quarantine for Infantile Paralysis. Seattle, Wash.—Dr. J. E. Crichton, commissioner of health, has issued an order requiring that all cases of infantile paralysis be placed under strict quarantine as soon as reported.

$2,000,000 FIRE IN BOSTON BUSINESS CENTER

City Obliged to Call on Neighboring Town for Aid—Fifty Homes Burned. Boston. — Fanned by a heavy southwest gale flames which caused a loss of nearly $2,000,000 last night for a time seriously threatened the business section of Boston. The flames were first discovered in the lumber yard of Blacker and Shepard and within a few minutes had spread until Dover and Albany streets were a mass of flames. A general alarm called all the fire apparatus in the city to the scene and later a call for help was sent to Brookline, Cambridge and Somerville and all the available fire fighting apparatus in those towns was rushed to the scene of the conflagration. Two lumber yards, fifty tenement houses and the Dover street bridge were in flames at one time. Three pieces of fire apparatus were lost by the department because of the rush of the flames. Several firemen and many policemen had narrow escapes from serious injury. Many of the tenement hcuso dwellers in tho fire zone also had narrow escapes from the rapidly spreading flames. Hundreds of pounds of dynamite were used to blow up buildings on both Dover and Albany streets to stop the progress of the conflagration, which was sweeping toward Washington street and the great shopping and business district when !t was checked. While this fire- was in progress another which threatened to be nearly as largo raged In tho wholesale district in the heart of the city, in the fivo-story stone building at Nos. 55-59 High street, occupied by the H. W. Johns-Manville company. The building was completely destroyed. Loss $400.000. KNIGHTS DRILL, RAPER VICTOR. Indianapolis Commandery Carries off First Honors at Chicago. Chicago. Raper commandery No. 1, of Indianapolis, captured first honors in tho competitive drill open to all Knights Templar comrnanderles outside of Cook county,, Hanselmann commandery, No. 16, of Cincinnati, was awarded second prize, and Oriental commandery. No. 33, of Kansas City, took third prize. Raper's trophy is an immense silver libation fountain with silver cups. An International concordat between Knights Templar organizations of England, Scotland. Ireland, Canada and tho United States was formally ratified and adopted by the grand commandery of the United States at the first real business meeting of the sixty-first triennial conclave. Tho agreement prescribes the Jurisdiction of the bodies in different countries. It is agreed that no commandery or other branch of the order in one country shall be organized In another country which is In the alliance. Each grand encampment, or grand priory, as they are termed In other countries, is given exclusive Jurisdiction in It3 own country, and no other Templar body may be organized or conducted therein. LOU BILLINGS IS SPEEDY. Daughter of Lou Dillon Goes Exhibition Mile In 2:12. Cleveland, O. The second day of the North Randall 'Grand circuit meet was featured by a mll in 2:124 by Lou Billings, three-year-old daughter of John A. McKerron, 2:04 and Lou Dillon, 1:58; Country Jay's half mile In 1:01 In the second heat of the 2:03 trot and the battle of Fuzz Johnson, driven by F. O. Jones of Memphis and Dora, the Winans English mare, for the 2:15 trot The last race alone required extra heats. Fuzz Johnson winning the third and fourth. the last under wraps In a downpour of rain. Josie Mac won the first. Dora the second. Earl Jr.. $50 to $30 favorite, toyed with his field In the 2:10 pace. In the 2:14 pace, Ed Geers drove the Abbe, $50 to $25 favorite, to a victory in three straight heats, the fastest la 2:04. FISH IMPERILS THREE LIVES. Launch Narrowly Escapes Niagara When Sturgeon Leaps Aboard. Niagara Falls, N. Y. A 150-pound sturgeon nearly sent a party of three In a motor boat over the falls Tuesday night Opposite La Salle, two miles above the falls, the fish leaped for the searchlight In the boat, missed it, struck and seriously injured Nellie Johnson, and then threshing about In the boat, disabled the engine. The sturgeon was Anally subdued with oars. Meanwhile tho boat was being swept rapidly towards the cataract George Allen, hearing cries of distress, s'od out in a launch and towed the party ashore. Human Bird Falls; May Die. Charlerol, Belgium. M. Lesnyn, an aviator, fell Friday from his aeroplane from a height of 100 feet and received injuries that probably will prove fatal. Drowns In Sight of Mother. South Haven, Mich. Thomas H. Harrod, son of J. II. Harrod of Little Rock, Ark., was drowned Friday while bathing In Lake jjj.mlgan. He sank in sight of his mother, whom bystanders restrained from plunging into the lake. Immigrants Arriving in July 52,727. New York. In the month of July 52,727 citizens of foreign lands entered the port of New York and of this number the Ellis island records class 12,985 as illiterate. The number barred was 1,127. The immigrants brought $1,537,794 in money. Promotion Slow, Fireman a Suicide. Newark, N. J. Frederick J. Hebring, a Newark fireman, committed suicide Thursday at the home of an aunt because of hia failure to win ir'd promotion. Wire Franks Called In. New York. Following tho revocation of railroad passes which the Interstate commerce law abolished several years ago, tho telegraph companies announce that the telegraph franking privilege Is soon to bo withdrarn from those who have usod It. Congressman Lamb Renominated. ,3 f nd' Va- Kr a majority of 700 to 800, in a vote of about 6.000, Congressman Lamb of this, the Third district, hag been fön rm tnAtJ In, fA. i election by the Democratic prfiaWT.

FIVE MILLION IN INDIAN FEE. Gore Inquiry Uncovers Gold Mine In

McMurray Contracts. Sulphur, Okla. — That contracts made by J. F. McMurray and his legal associates with the Indians in connection with the sale of Indian lands would pay the lawyers about $5,000,000 was the statement made by George F. Scott, a Choctaw, before the special congressional committee in the investigation growing out of Senator Gore's charges that he was offered a bribe of $25,000 or $50,000 to promote the approval of the contracts in congress. Scott acted as an agent for McMurray. Scott further testified that a single special fee of $750,000 was paid McMurray and his law partners several years ago, after they had prosecuted what are known as the "citizenship cases," which, it was said, kept off the rolls 22,000 persons who wanted to participate in the claims against the government. McAlester, Okla. While J. F. McMunay, described by Senator Gore as the king pin of them all in tracts by which he and his associates would be able to obtain ten per cent, attorney's fees on the sale of $30,000,000 worth of land owned by the Indians, the Indians themselves were being urged to send telegrams to Washington recommending the sale. A few days before May 6, on which date Senator Gore charged ho was offered a $25,000 or $50,000 bribe to induce congress to approve the contracts, McMurray telegraphed to Oklahoma: "Send not less than fifty let ters and telegrams and keep up the work for a week at different towns; looks better here. We will win, know." This evidence was brought out Id the investigation of the land deal bo fore the congressional '-'committee. Senator Gore said he introduced it to show the activity of the "lobby" at Washington at the time the bribe is alleged to have been made. INDICT 15 ALLEGED LYNCHERS. Newark (O.) Jury Return Bills Charging First Degree Murder. Newark, O. The special grand jury called to consider the lynching of "Dry" Detective Carl Etherlngton on July 8 last reported indictments against 15 alleged members of the mob for first degree murder. In a speech made by Assistant Attorney General Miller he stated the list contains the names of all that can be made known at this time. Others against whom Indictments may be returned will not be made known until tho parties are caught. The lynching was the culmination of the attempt of the Anti-Saloon league of. Ohio to secure evidence against alleged saloonkeepers in Newark who were declared to be selling beer and liquor in defiance of the state laws. MOUNT M'KINLEY PLAN FAILS. C. E. Rusk Insists, However, Famous Peak Can Be Climbed. Seattle, Wash. C. E. Rusk, of Chelan, Wash.; F. II. Rojee of Tortland, A. L. Cool and Joseph Ridley of the New York Herald-Portland Oregonian party which attempted the ascent of Mount McKinley, returned to Seattle on the steamer Rest. Their mission to the top of Mount McKinley failed, Mr. Rusk says, because the party was insufficiently provisioned. Mr. Rusk asserted, however, that Mount McKinley could be ascended and that, given his choice of a party and $10,000, he would guarantee next year to bring down ample proofs that he had been to the top. BIPLANE DIVES INTO CROWD. Presence of Mind of Aviator Probably Saves Many Lives. Asbury Park, N. J. Walter A. Brookins, who holds the world's altitude aeroplane record, and seven spectators were seriously Injured at the Interlaken field when Brookings, In a new type of Wright biplane, attempted to effect a landing In a high wind, after making a sensational flight. George Burnett, fourteen years old, living at Spring Lake, N. J was pinned under the wreckage and is dying at the Long Branch hospital as the result of a fractured skull, dislocated hip and internal injuries. DON JAIME ADVISES LEADERS. Tells Carlists to Resist Radicalism Without Recourse to Violence. San Sebastian, Spain. Don Jaime, the Carlist pretender to tho throne, issued a letter addressed to the leaders of the Carlists, in which he advised his followers to resist with all their force the rising tide of radicalism, but not to have recourse to violence. The pretender says that he does not propose to depart from pacific methods, unless the existing regime is threatened. "If revolution menaces religious, family and property traditions of Catholic Spain," he added, "I will do my duty." Wendling Is in Louisville. Louisville, Ky. Joseph Wendling, arrested In San Francisco on the charge of murdering Alma Kellner, arrived In Louisville Friday and was quickly taken to the city halL Tbere was no demonstration. Baseball Kills Choir Boy. Washington. Struck behind the ear by a ball In a game at Cornfield, Md., Thursday, Howard Layer, a twelve-year-old member of a camping party of choir boys of this city, died Instantly. Burned by Gasoline Stove. Denver, Col. Carrying a blazing gasoline stove from the kitchen to the street, Mrs. Jennie McCarthy was badly burned Wednesday. She saved herself from death by rolling Iü tha mud of the roadway. Actor Flies the Irish Sea. London. Robert Loraine, the actor, qualified as an aviator Wednesday by making a flight across the Irish sea, a distance o more than SO mÜj, from Blackpoc', England, to Lan-"vcno, on th3 coast cf northern "Wp.ta. Betrothal Story Is Denied. New Yoi'Ä--Senator StepVr. B. Elbin of V.s V"rjr'.i fH(i ki city Tuesday end zzz-t sraotleally denied the taVlsi rcrts ;r:n ."taly that his dau'Mer, .thrlne. it gased to the D:' o" t3 Ab'il $4,000 in Opium Seized. Kansas tXty, No. Ilore ;han $4,000 worth of o?Jum was taken froi tho tea store cl Jim Long Tuesday by police who raided th.e place her.v The drug was 7acW Qi ? tru'jV fr fcr

EIGHT WRITER DECLARES HE WILL KILL JUDGES AND DISTRICT ATTORNEYS. POLICE WORKING ON CASE Secretary of State Samuel S. Koenig Also Threatened With "What Gaynor Got" Signed "Chauffeurs Black- j hand Gang." New York. A letter in which the writer threatens death to several judges in this city and Brooklyn and several assistant district attorneys was received at the district attorney's office and turned over to the police for investigation. The letter was addressed to District Attorney Whitman and read as follows: "I am now a free man after a three years sentence in Sing Sing along with three others whom 1 have made friends. We have decided to deal out a death sentence to Judge O Sullivan, Judge Malone, Judge Fawcett, Judge Hosalsky, District Attorneys Ely, Hart and two others, for our lives is not worth living. I cannot locate my wife and child. I was charged with grand larceny and as i sure as God is in heaven I was inno cent and I am also sure that many a man In state's prison is innocent. The day is not far when some of the above mentioned names will be a thing of the past. This may bo taken as a joke, but wait for results. It is a disgrace to the world to see a married man taken from his family just because certain people goes to the district attorney and swears they were swindled. "What Gaynor Got." Albany, N. Y. A letter threatening him "with whet Gaynor go., and signed by the "Chauffeurs Blackhand Gang," was received by, Secretary of State Samuel S. Koenig. The letter, which was evidently written by a chauffeur who had failed to pass the examination required under the new Callan automobile law was mailed from New York City. It declares that chauffeurs who were working at the time the Callan law became effective should have been exempted from examination the same as owners of cars, but that as it is many married men have been thrown out of employment by failing to pass. Florence Nightingale Dies In London. London, Eng. Florence Nightingale, the famous nurse of the Crimean war and the only woman who ever received the Order of Merit, is dead at her London home. Although she had been an Invalid for a long time, rarely leaving her room, where she passed the time in a halt recumbent position and was under the constant care of a physician, her death was somewhat unexpected. On May 12 last she celebrated her ninetieth birthday and was the recipient of a congratulatory message from King George. Florence Nightingale was born on May 12, 1820. She was the first woman to follow a modern army into battle as a nurse, and in the Crimean war gained the title of "Angel of the Crimea." At the close of the war she was enabled by a testimonial fund amounting to $250,000 to found an institution for the training of nurses, the Ningtingale home at St. Thomas' hospital. In 190S she received the freedom of the city of London. King Edward bestowed upon her the Order of Merit, the most exclusive distinction in the gift of the British sovereign. Cars Collide at Niagara Falls. Niagara Falls. N. Y. In a head-on collision between two trolley cars in the Gorge, nine persons were injured, due seriously. The collision occurred at Swift drift, at the point of the Gorge where the river breaks into the swift rapids above the whirlpool. The ledge upon which the tracks rest is narrow and on the river side there is a sSeer drop of twenty feet into the churning waters. Both cars were shattered by the terrific force of the collision but neither left the rails. The accident was due to the failure of the brakes to work on the down river car. Dynamite Forest Fires; Get Rain. Seattle, Wash. At Wallace, Idaho, hundreds of pounds of dynamite hanging to limbs of trees at points surrounding the city and exploded in the hope that the effect might produce rain to check the devastation by forest fires, Is said to have had a result, for at midnight rain began falling for the first time In two months. The fall has been heavy. Four Killed in Wreck on C. & O. Charleston, W. Va. Four men were killed and six injured when an equipment train backed into a moving yard engine in the Chesapeake & Ohio railroad yards at Händler, W. Va! Responsibility for the accident has not been fixed. Dam Collapses; Several Killed. Watertown, N. Y. Several Italian laborers were killed and a large number Injured by the collapse of a portion of a dam of T. A. Gillespie company, at Massena, on the Big Power canal. The injured were taken to a hospital at Cornwall, Ont. New Bank at Indianapolis. Washington, D. C The comptroller of the currency has authorized the Fletcher American National bank of Indianapolis, to begin business with a capital of 2,000,00Q-Ml-imPs Chief Dies Suddenly. Pern, Ind. Gabriel Godfrey, chief of the Miami Indian tribe, died at his home four miles east of this city after a few hours' illness of heart trouble. Chief Godfrey was seventy-six years of age and had been married three times. He was the father of nineteen children. World's Record for Speed. Lanark, Scotland. James Radley, the English aviator, flew one mile in 47 2-."i seconds on a Bloriot monoplane. Thfs is a world's record for speed. Pet Dog Opens Grave of Mistress. Imcaster, Cal In a shallow grave punk in the sand of her front yard, a pet dog uncovered the body of Mrs. Frieda Schultz Castiue, a wealthy ranch owner. Every indication points to murder, with robbery as the motive. Three Children Drowned. Marienette. Wis. Three children, two irls and a boy, were drowned in the outlet of Lake Noquebay, about two miles south of the lake when a raft on whi h they were standing overturned.

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EXPERTS WORTH HIGH PRICES

Enormous Charges Are Often Justified by Years Spent in Acquiring Great Skill. A great many people cannot understand why professional experts charge such enormous prices for their services; why an eminent surgeon, for example, should charge $5,000 or even $10,000 for a single operation, or a great law specialist like Elihu Root, $2,500 for a few hours' work in crossexamining a witness. They do not take into consideration that the surgeon has spent years in learning how to perform quickly and efficiently the difficult operation which saves a life that might have been lost in less skilled hands. Much of the training of the specialist is to enable him to meet the unusual, the unexpected demand. The surgeon trains for the rare operation, the possible emergency. He knows that there are times when it Is knowing what the ordinary surgeon did not think it worth while to learn that may save a life. There are surgeons now living who never had a dozen emergency cases In all their experience which called into play the utmost power and skill of which they are capable, but it was these few extremely dangerous operations which gave them their great reputation and enabled them to get enormous fees. It Is not the good surgeon, but the superb operator, tho man who knows a little more about anatomy, who has a little steadier nerve, a more acute touch, a little better education, that is sought to perform the delicate operation in the emergency, when life haDgs by a thread. Success. Pride of Panhandler. A professional panhandler approached a man crossing city haU park, says a New York exchange, and demanded a nickel, which the man good naturedly handed out, saying: "I suppose that goes for a glass of beer." "Surest thing you know," replied the panhandler unblushingly. "And by the way, while we are on the subject I have now In my possession two nickels. Would you mind giving me a ten-cent piece for them?" "I will on one condition," said the man, whose curiosity was aroused. "What's the answer?" "Well, you see, it's this way explained the panhandler. "If. I have a dime I go Into a saloon and ask for beer. I have a nickel comeback, whic enables me to amble over to the free lunch counter and fill up. Maybe you don't realize that getting change over the bar gives a man a certain ton that doesn't belong to him if he just coughs up a nickel." Why He Married Elsewhere. Seymour Why wasn't Merlach married in his own town? Ashley Because every minister In his own town refused to perform the ceremony. They all knew Merlach's reputation. Seymour His reputation? Ashley Yes, he has the reputation of never paying his debts. Going One Better. "In dear old Boston," . gushed the maid from the Hub, "we college girls are so exclusive we have individual salt cellars." "That's not so much," responded the woman from Arkansas. "Why down In our home state we are so exclusive we have. individual cyclone cellars." ( Nothing to Tafk About. "I don't see that Brown's vacation did him any good." "Why not?" "He hasn't had a word to say. Evidently he didn't do anything worth talking about." More Than Innuendo. . "Now what shall we have to eat, old man?" "Nothing elaborate. I want to dine quietly tonight" "Want to dine quietly, eh? Waiter, omit the soup." Poor Sfay-at-Home. Gunner And you don't think yc wife's letters are as affectknate -n usual? Well, you should make allowances when she is at the beach. Guycr (sadly) That's all I do make allowances. The Real Job. "I love you, dear, but I am green and rattled and 1 don't know how to propose." "That's all right, honey you're through with me. All you've got to do now is to ask papa." Still Knocking. Mrs. Stubb John, this health maga zine states that more bachelors take Turkish baths than married men. Mr. Stubb (smilingly) Well, that's Qotblng extraordinary, Maria. You know, there are lots of married men wives keep them in "hot water" all of the time. No Inducement. Kathryn Have you read Doctor Ellot's "five feet of books" yet? Mayme No; I've been told that very (ew of them have a happy ending. i . : THE MARKETS. " New York, August 15. FLOUR Straights ....$4.40 4.60 WHEAT Sept 1.09H1.U& 20RN Sept 71 p .71 OATS Natural White.. .46 (I .48 BUTTER Creamery .. .28 & .30 SGGS 27 & .32 CHEESE 16V .17 CHICAGO. CATTLE Fancy steers $7.25 18.25 Medium to good 6.15 ?i 7.23 Pat cows and heifers. . . 3.40 7.00 N'ative bulls and stags. . 3.15 5.40 Fair to fancy veal calves 7.00 fr 8.50 Heavy calves 3.00 (fx 4.25 HOGS Heavy butchers 8.25 $8.60 Mixed packing 7.95 8.20 Light mixed 8.23 S.60 Poor to best pigs 8.65 09.05 SHEEP Wethers 3.90 4.35 Lambs 4.50 6.75 BUTTER Creameries. . .25 .29 Dairies 23 3 .26 GGS 18 2) .20 POTATOES (per bu.).. .92 M .95 aRAIN Wheat, Sept.. 1.O1H0LO3 Torn, Sept 63 .04; Oats, Sept .36&Q .Söfc TOLEDO. CATTLE Prime steers $7.00 T.2S Choice cows 4.2.1 Q4.75 Choice he i fers 5.00 15.50 HOGS Heavies 8.70 ?8.75 Pirs 9.15 9.20 HALVES Choice 8..r.0 i 9.00 SHEEP Choice 4.00 (it 4.50 HUFFALO. CATTLE Prime steers $7.00 (Ti 7.25 Heifers 4.00 (fto.r.O :ow? 3.00 15.00 halves 6.00 9.25 HOGS Yorkers 9.00 9.20 Pigs 9.00 9.23 SHEEP Wethers. .... 3.00 J5.25

TEMPERANCE

SEAMEN ARE DRINKING LESS

Increased Sobriety as Result of Work of English Society Among Men of All Nations.

Some interesting Incidents relating to temperance work among sailors of the British navy and among seamen in general have been recently given out by Secretary Matthews, of the British and Foreign Sailors' society, the headquarters of which are established in the British metropolis. This organization has over ninety years' work to its credit and stands as one of the most active nd successful agents in promoting sobriety among sailors. In furthering Its purpose of administering to the social Intellectual and religious needs of seamen, afloat and ashore, the society comes Into helpful touch with large numbers of foreign sailors, including Japanese, Greeks, Scandinavians, French and Spanish seamen, as well as with those of native birth, and by providing rest and reading rooms, and healthful and wholesome recreative Interests and environment during their period on shore are able to materially offset the temptation or tendency toward drinking habits. Th!f good work Is further extended to the ships themselves where ocean loan libraries have been established with other opportunities for Improvement and recreation, apart from the Influence of Intoxicating drlnfc Records of the work of the past year show that orer E00 meetings were held on board ship during 1909. which were attended by more than tlx thousand seamen. More than seven thousand meetings were held on shore, which were attended by 336,146 seamen, and during the year 1,342 temperance pledges were taken. All this In addition to the long story of ships, lodging-homes, hospitals and prisons visited, and the great work of distributing helpful literature. Branches are now established in 116 ports and the work is still extending. The results ot these influences show well from a temperance standpoint and are Indicated In the testimony ot admirals and navnl oQcers. Lord Charles Beresford, on the eve of leaving for his short cruise and before hauling down his flag, wrote the secretary: "I am well aware what a benefit the Rests of your society are to the men of the Royal navy and sailors In general, and the Immense gocd they do in the maritime community In promoting sobriety and general welfare." Sir, Percy Scott, vice admiral, commauiing the Second Crusier squadron, has also written a tribute to the work, stating that during the visit of the squadron to Monte Video, the local organization of the British and Foreign Sailors' society was of the greatest assistance to the men while ashore on leave, working with others, and was highly appreciated. As an instance of the growing sobriety of the British sailor, it may b added that on the occasion just mentioned there were 6,800 men ashore daily for eight days, and not an odd police case, nor a single case of drunkenness occurred. One fact like this speaks volumes, and is worth (as to the character and conddfct of the men, often under trying circumstances of treating, etc.), volumes of theories. At the same time, on the other side of the Great Panama at Buenos Ayres, some thousand British merchant seamen were taken by train on a Ke Year's picnic "fhe local press, in ro porting the outdoor sports, and the thirsty weather, etc.. said: Not one sailor or fireman was seen the worse for drink." No one can doubt that much progress socially and morally, and especially from a temperance viewpoint has been made, all along the line of the society's work for seamen. DRINK OUTLAY IS LESSENED Liquor Provisions of British Budget Bring In Less Revenue, but More- Sobriety. George B. Wilson, secretary of the United Kingdom alliance, states that the drink bill of England for 1909 shows a decrease over 1908 of 5,$87,997 ($29.476,000). On spirits the decrease was 4,800,003 ($24,000,090). with a decrease In consumption of 7,022,775 gallons. On beer the decrease was 1.186.000 ($5,940,000). with a Becrea&e in consumption of 645,396 barrels. On wine there was an increase of 93,000 ($105,000). with ux Increase in consumption rf 103,744 gallons. Mr. Wilson believes that the increase in the price of spirits and beer due to the budget was largely responsible for the decreased consumption. He declares that if there had been no Increase in prices the reduction of the total expenditure for 1909 would have been 11,147,997 ($55,739.900). Mr. Wilson estimates that theN liquor drinking class Is about 55 per cenL of the total wpulatlon. According to these figures the per capita expenditure is approximately $30.50 'per year. Two-thirds of the total drink bill, or nearly 2,000,000 ($10,000.000) a week, is said to be .spent by the working classes. "If they 'are above the poverty line," says Mr. Wilson, "this wasted expenditure tends to bring them under it; if they - under It, the. waste aggravates !r difficulties. Drink-caused povy Is the worst kind of poverty, because it does not make the best of the available resources and is Invariably associated with moral and physical degradation. The burden of the drink evil falls heavily on the woman; It crushes the child.' Mr. Wilson believes in the efficacy of repressive legislation to diminish the drink evil. However, he admits that the diminished consumption of acohollc liquors Is to some eiUnt tho result of a continuous change In the habits of the people "a change." he narks, "that seems likel to be ' rmanent" Public Houses In Europe. A German writer gives the following statistics concerning the number of public house liquor licenses issued in some European countries: Belgium. 1 license for 33 inhabitants France, 1 license for 87 inhabitants 8witrerrd. 1 license for 143 inhabitants Italy, ' 1 license for 170 Inhabitants Holland, 1 license for 200 Inhabitants Austria, 1 license for 204 inhabitants Germany, 1 license for 246 inhabitants Denmark. 1 lloeate for 551 inhablt&ats