Plymouth Tribune, Volume 9, Number 47, Plymouth, Marshall County, 25 August 1910 — Page 2

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PLYMOUTH, IND. HENDRICKS GL CO.. - - Publishers. LARGE AND SMALL FAMILIES. t I "Where the population is largely agricultural and isolated, and where labor Is scarce, the husbandman is proud to raise a large family, for the boys in itime -will help to lift the labor from his shoulders, and also there is always plenty of work for the girls to do about the farm. Moreover, food is plentiful and other desires are lew. But no such stimulus for a large family exists in txrban life, -where it is often necessary to live in a fiat, the very imitations of which point to the inadvisability of a numerous progeny, says Indianapolis Btar. Moreover, as the individual rises In the social scale former desires j become present needs. The coming of numerous children would mean the sacrifice of these needs by the parents, the descent to a lower standard of living, and the parents will not consent. Finally science has shown that a mall family well taken care of makes ft better showing in future generations than a large family poorly looked after. The fewer children of the well-provided-for family will actually show a more numerous progeny in the third generation than will the underfed and neglected children of the larger family. Eugenics Is a big question, and a conscientious Investigation of it will convince anyone that dogmatic assertion hi that field is a hazardous performance. It is a general rule in biology that species with the most numerous offspring are those that bring fewest perfect and efficient individuals to maturity. A Rhode Island traveling sgent who was disappointed in the demand in a certain section for the tireless cookers which ha was offering, discovered that the farmers of "Little Rhody" have taken to the use of their incubators for rummer coking. Like the discovery of past pig in China, this utilization of pie Incubator was the result of accident. A husband who had forgotten to put on the pork and beans in accordance with a promise to a wife "out Chopping," dashed the beans Into an Incubator, thus saving his bacon at the expense of a few chicks which were called out to death In a fervent pork-and-beans atmosphere. The idea of both raising and cooking chickens in Incubators is depressing to the manufacturers of fireless cookers. President Taft has signed orders Which provide for the further withdrawal of coal lands from entry and appropriation for mining purposes. The aggregate of such wlthdrarcJ.now reaches over 71,500,000 a' re-. This means that the enormous area lit Question is to be preserved by the government for disposition in the future and that it is not to fall into the hands Df grasping monopolists, says Troy Times. Coal lands may be open to agricultural entry, but the rich deposits kmderneath are to remain public property, subject to such arrangement as may be made in the general interest. The ramming of the gunboat Castlne which as a resu'.t lies on the beach at Provlncetown, Mass., full of water, was due to a miscalculation in mim e warfare similar to that which caused the sinking of the French submarine Pluviose and the drowning of her entire crew. But in the case of the Bonlta, which struck the Castine, the mistake was made in the line of duty, whereas the loss of the Pluviose was due to a "fool trick" on the part of her commander, who miscalculated when attempting to dive under a pasfenger steamer merely for spectacular ffect. The first sham battle In the air Is reported from Vlucennes, France, where balloons carried guns to the jbeight of 325 feet and discharged them. One of the contending balloons was compelled to retreat, and both balloons happily outlived the sham battle, which was remarkable chiefly for this latter denouement. J Congress Is to have another prince as delegate from Hawaii, but neither e nor his country can be superstitious, for his name is Jonah. It does Dot follow, however, that his entrance Jnto our national deliberations will be followed by a wail. A physician says that going on the tage is a sure cure for the blues. Somebody ought to protest against this prescribing for the individual at the expense of the public ! There has been a gain of $114,000,000 In the value of imports during the past eleven months, not Including the fllamonds and things that were missed by the Inspectors at Near York. ' In Russia it is against the law to marry more than five times. Even In Russia we can't see why such a law should be necessary. In London they say that a man should allow his wife one-fifth of his Income. Here, she gets five-fifths. Butter Is getting so haughty that it will soon scorn to be known as one of the necessities of life. j Three New York balloonlsts have (disappeared. Now their friends are up in the air. Is it not time to set down killing by automobile in the list of preventable diseases? See that your Ice creaji cone wears the pure food label. The Kaiser's yacht finally came in last It was bound to bo at one end of the procession. Airship lines, however, will not seriously affect the passenger business of the regular trains. The sultau of Turkey has 16 diseases, among other hereditary rights and emoluments. It Is neither necessary nor desirable Co conserve your flies.

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i nuiiLii niiiiniunu BIG BEEF TRUST

Iowa Firm Charges Railroads With Rate Discrimination. PREVENTS ALL COMPETITION Charges Are Filed With Interstate Commerce Commission by Sinclair & Co. of Cedar Rapids, la. "Washington. A severe arraignment of the beef packing trust of Chicago is carried in a complaint filed with the interstate commerce commission by T. M. Sinclair &. Co., meat packers of Cedar Rapids, la., against the eastern railroads. Sinclair & Co. charges that the Chicago beef packers have entered mto league with the railroads through iiscriminatlng freight rates to present all competition from western independent packers In the markets of New York and Boston. The former rates on live hogs and cattle from Iowa to Chicago were 21 cents per 100 pounds and on cured meats 13 cents per 100 pounds. The Iowa law adds 11 cents per 100 pounds to freight delivered to the Sinclair & Co. plant, making a total of 24 cents on cured meats. The railroads threaten an increase In their new schedules from Cedar Rapids to Chicago of two cents per 100 pounds, making the total rate 26 as against 21 cents in favor of Chicago. It Is charged this advanced rate is excessive, unreasonable, exorbitant and discriminatory. Attorney General II. W. Byers of Iowa, representing the state board of railroad commissioners, also filed complaint with the commission against the eastern roads of discriminatory rates and asks the commission to require the railroads to fix and establish through routes and joint rates to the interior towns of Iowa, It is charged the railroads have joint rates to points on the Illinois-Indiana state line. For Iowa towns the railroads have a combination rate made up of the official and western rates to the Mississippi river and the Iowa rate. The ratings are different on the same article, it is charged. Iowa complains that an unreasonable privilege is granted cities outside the Iowa lines having through routes and joint rates. RAIL MEN ARRESTED. Three Former Illinois Central Officials Charged With Fraud and Conspiracy. Chicago. The Illinois Central railway graft Ecandal storm broke with tempestuous fury when three former high officials of that road were arrested on charges of conspiracy to cheat and defraud the road by false pretenses. More arrests are to follow and the names of others said to be implicated will probably be revealed at the trial of the men already under arrest. Other arrests are to follow, and further disclosures in which new names may be revealed are promised at the trial of the men, who were arrested on charges of conspiracy and obtaining money under false pretenses. Those arrested are: Frank B. Harrlman, former general manager of the Illinois Central system. Charles L. Ewing, former general superintendent of the Illinois Central Ildes north of the Ohio river. John M. Taylor, former storekeeper for the Illinois Central. The men were taken before Municipal Judge Bruggemeyer, who released them on $20,000 bonds each. It was not until June 6 that the full details became known when the railroad filed a bill in equity In the circuit court against Joseph E. Buker, formerly superintendent of the car department; William Renshaw, formerly superintendent of machinery; O. S. Keith, formerly superintendent of transportation, and J. M. Taylor. It was alleged that through collusion with these officers five car repair companies the Blue Island Car and Equipment company, the iaemphls Car company, the American Car and Equipment company, the Ostermann Manufacturing company, and the International Car company had been able to defraud the road out of $1,555,000, or nearly one-third of tlie total of $5,233,753 paid these companies for car repairs in four years. CASTRO FAMILY IS EXPELLED. Forty-Six Relatives of Ex-President Sent Away From Venezuela. Washington. The entire Castro family apparently has been ousted from Venezuela. A dispatch to the state department from the American legation at Caracas stated that 40 relatives of former President Castro had been expelled from Venezuela and sailed for Porto Rico. To Sell Railroad. Dallas, Tex. Master Commissioner William H. Flippen has set September 15 as the date for the sale at public auction of the International & Great Northern Railroad company and its properties. Oil Fire In Oklahoma. Tulsa, Okla. Approximately $150,000 worth of oil and tanks in the Oklahoma fields were destroyed by fire Thursday during a heavy electrical storm, according to advices received here. New Fires in Montana. Kalispell, Mont. Forest Ranger Clark, who reached here Wednesday from Coram with word from White River, 70 miles up the South fork, reports that another fire has broken out there and is beyond control. To Teach Western Farmers. Denver, Col. The government will establish a station In the Arkansas valley for experimental purposes, with a view of teaching farmers the best methods of increasing the percentage of sugar in their beets. Hurley Dead at Carlsbad. Topeka, Kan. A cablegram from Carlsbad, Austria, Tuesday announced the death of James E. Hurley, general manager of the Santa Fo railroad. Death was caused by heart disease. One Dead, 35 Hurt in Wreck. Nevada, Mo. One man, a negro, was killed and 33 persons were Injured Tuesday when the tender of Missouri Pacific passenger train No. 209 Jumped the track 11 miles north of here.

LONG WORTH WONT SUPPORT J CANNON FOR SPEAKERSHIP

Ohio Congressman Issues Statement . After Series of Conferences With the President and Others. Beverly, Mass. What is regarded as the real beginning of the fight of the Republican party reorganization against Speaker Cannon was inaugurated by Congressman Nicholas Longworth of Ohio, when he declared he would never again support Mr. Cannon for the speakership. It is generally believed Mr. Longwbfth's declaration reflects the views of the administration. In a statement which he Issued Mr. Longworth declares that having voted for him in caucus on four different occasions he has supported Cannon for the speakership for the last time and that when the proper time comes, namely the meeting of the Republican caucus at the assembling of the next congress he will oppose Uncle Joe to that position. Mr. Longworth makes It clear that in his view harmony in the Republican ranks and party success depends upon Cannon's elimination. "I am absolutely convinced," he says, "that Cannon cannot be again elected speaVr." The importance of the Longworth statement lies not only in the fact Representative Longworth. that the Ohio congressman, a long time friend and supporter of Cannon Issued it, but that it was not given to the public until after a series of conferences with President Taft and other leaders that have called here and that the president was acquainted with the context cf the statement in advance of its publication, and that Vice-President Sherman likewise was informed Wednesday of the contemplated move and gave it his tacit approval. It is said by a high authority that Mr. Longworth's statement is only the lirst of a series that will be issued of a like nature in all sections of the country by Republican candidates for congress. The plan is to make it clear that Mr. Cannon cannot be reelected speaker even if the next house of representatives be Republican. Danville, III., Aug. 19. "I have no quarrel with Longworth as to who shall be speaker cf the next house, and there is no room for disagreement touching this matter between Representative Longworth and myself," said Speaker Cannon after reading a statement by Representative Longworth. "If any Republican candidate for congress feels that his position on the Republican ticket would be strengthened by pledging that he wUl not support me in a Republican caucus I have no objection to his making the pledge." WIVES OF FARMERS ON STRIKE. Refuse Usual Good Dinners Because Threshers Ask Exorbitant Wages. Cincinnati. Farmers' wives from Piqua west to the Indiana line and south to the northern part of Hamilton county are Inaugurating a novel Etrike by telephone, letter and by trolley line this summer. Threshing time is considered a great time in the country and threshers are given the best dinners the farmers' wives can afford, better even than given to ministers and their wives. This year the complaint is made that threshers and their help are asking exorbitant prices for their work and the plan is to notify them that the yellow legged chicken and fresh beefster.k are not for them if they persist, and they may bring their meals with them when they come to thresh out the golden grain. DREDGE CONTRACTOR IS SLAIN. George H. Breymann of Toledo Killed In Auto Collision. Toledo, O. George H. Dreymann, senior member of the Breymann Dredge company, which holds a $2,000,000 contract in the Boston harbor, was killed, while his wife sustained a broken collar bone in an automobile collision near here last night. Doctor Killed by Patient. Ottawa. Ont. Dr. William Empzy of Vars was fatally shot Fii3ay by Alfred Blondin. a patient. Before he died Empzy said Blondin fired at him deliberately. Blondin declared the shooting wc-s accidental. Love Affair, Double Shooting. Morgantown, N. C. An attendant at the insane hospital here Friday shot and fatally wounded Miss Mary Cuthbertson, an attendant at the same hospital, who refused to marry him. He then fatally shot himself. Salmon Output WIN Be Short. Seattle, Wash. Unless the lata run of salmon in western and contral Alaska exceeds that of previous years the output of packers this season will fall short. The pack In nearly all districts except Cook's Inlet is far below that of last year. Robbed of Gems Worth $45,000. St. Moritz, Switzerland. Mrs. Danlei Bacon of New York, who is on a tour of Switzerland, was robbed here Thursday of $13.000 uorth of jewelry. No clue to robbers has been obtained. Elect New Monon President. New York. Fairfax Harrison, vicepresident of tho Southern Railroad company. Tuesday was elected president of the Chicago, Indianapolis and Louisville railway, to succeed tho late Ira G. Rawn, who was shot in bis home in Chicago under mysterious circumstances a few weeks ago. President of Chill Dead. Berlin. President Montt of Chili died here Tuesday. He was on the way to Bad Nauheim, having suffered with heart disease for some time.

CALIFORNIA IS NOW IN THE RADICAL COLUMN

insurgents Make Clean Clean-Up In Pa cific Coast State, and Nominate Johnson for Governor. San Francisco. After making bitter war on the corporation and the boss as factors in politics, Hiram Johnson, the Insurgent candidate for governor, swept the state at the primaries, winning by nearly 30,000 plurality, according to late returns. All the candidates of the LincolnRoosevelt league have been carried to victory by Johnson. In addition to this the Insurgent candidates for congress were successful in nearly every district. These candidates were also aided by the popularity of Johnson. The Democrats entered the primaries with perfect harmony as to their nominees, and Theodore Bell will make the fiht against Johnson for election. But one hint of discord marred the Democratic slate, E. P. Troy and Walter MacArthur striving for the nomination in the Fourth congressional district. MacArthur apparently has won the race, and will oppose Julius Kahn, Republican incumbent, who had no contest for election. In the Republican gubernatorial fight, around which the whole contest centered, Johnson's closest rival was Charles F. Curry, running on the strength of his own political machine. Alden Anderson, the regular, was hopelessly distanced, not securing a single county. - The. question now before the voters of the state is the election itself. Democratic leaders are declaring supreme confidence in Bell's ability to defeat Johnson, basing their predictions on the splits in the Republican ranks Bell and Johnson have made similar declaration of principles and the battle will be one of personality largely, If the Republicans are able to harmonize before election day. AID PLAGUE FIGHT. Italy's King and Queen May Visit Cholera Stricken District. Turin. The outbreak of cholera Victor Emmanuel and Queen Helena much anxiety. His majesty has given strict orders that he be kept Informed on the conditions In the scourge-swept territory. The queen Is especially touched by the stories of the distress among the people of the province of Bari Delle Puglle and has made inquiries regarding their needs, ordering that assistance be rendered them, for which she will pay from her private purse. The king has already intimated his intention of Imitating his father, who Queen Helena. In 18S5, fearless of danger, proceeded to Naples and remained among the cholera patients, who were dying at the rate of a thousand daily. The pope has sent instruction to all the bishops In the Infected territory to employ every means in their power to aid in combatting the scourge. The gravity of the situation in the province of Barl Delle Puglle is thoroughly appreciated by the Italian government. Of the deaths last week 1,678 were reported from the district of tho Don Cossacks, 1,057 from the district of the Kuban Cossacks, 1,016 in Ekaterinoslav province, 753 In Samara province, 416 in Voronezh, 411 in the Terek Cossack district. 352 in Kherson province, 334 in the Crimea, where Russians resort for the summer months; 333 In Tamboy province and 323 In Stavropol province. The official announcement of the existence of the epidemic by the government' will, it is thought, have a good effect by putting a stop to the exaggerated accounts of the epidemic which have frightened the Ignorant inhabitants of southern Italy almost into a panic. Big Dam Near Completion. Washington. The earthwork on the big Belle Fourche Irrigation dam In South Dakota, which is one of the largest earth embankments in the world, practically has been completed, according to advices received here Friday by the reclamation service. Cotton Mills Closed. Lawrence, Mass. The Everett cotton mills were closed Friday and will reopen September 6. About 1,200 operatives are effected. German Torpedo Boats Sunk. Kiel. The German torpedo boat S76, in a collision in Kiel bay, Wednesday, rammed tho torpedo boat S-32. Both the torpedo boats sank. The crews were saved. Overdose of Morphine Kills. Kew York. Albert Spies, owner and publisher of the Foundry News, a trade paper, and formerly editor 'of Cassier's Magazine, died at his home in Jersey City Wednesday, from an overdose of morphine. Ho was fortyeight jear3 old. Stock Sosrs to $10,000,000. Jefferson City. Mo. The Missouri, Kansas and Texas Terminal Railroad company of St. Louis Tuesday filed with the secretary of clato a certificate of increase in the capital stock from $100,000 to $10,000,000. Killed in Motorcycle Crash. Columbus, O. Ralph E Stittfl. twenty-one years old, Tuesday collided with an Ohio electric car while riding a tandem motorcycle. He died of his injuries within a few hours. HU companion was badly hurt.

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FLIES ACROSS THE CHANNEL.

A.iator Moissant Carries Passenger in Notable Flight. Deal, England. It has been reserved for an American citizen to perform one of the most daring feats in the history of aviation. John B. Moissant of Chicago flew across the English channel from Calais to Tilmanstone, with a passenger, and by this achievement far surpassed the feats of Bleriot, De Lesseps and the unfortunate English aviator, Rolls, who afterwards met his death at Bournemouth. The two-man flight from France to England was the more astonishing, for it was only a month ago that Moissant learned to fly, and he made so few flights and was so little known among air men that even his nationality was not disclosed. He was reputed to be a Spaniard, and it was only when he landed in England that it was revealed that he is a young Chicago architect. To make the feat still more surprising, Moissant was totally ignorant of the geography of his course. He has never been In England and was obliged to rely entirely on the compass, while the crossing of the channel was accomplished in the teeth of a strong westerly wind. He made the trip In 37 minutes. When he descended his eyes were bloodshot and greatly inflamed as a result of the heavy rainstorm into which they drove on approaching the English coa3t. The high wind beat the rain into the faces of the men. like hall and almost blinded them. An average height of between 300 and 400 feet was maintained over the water. The aviator expected to land at Dover, but was forced by the wind a few miles north, and made the coast near Deal. The cold was intense and both Moissant and his mechanician were benumbed. Moissant seemed to take his monumental feat as if it were a daily occurrence. NEW YORK REJECTS ROOSEVELT. Republican Committee Votes Against Him for Chairman of Convention. New York. Theodore Roosevelt suffered a sharp defeat in his home state when the Republican state committee, by a vote of 20 to 15, rejected a resolution naming him as temporary chairman of the state convention to be held at Saratoga September 27. Vice-President Sherman was chosen unanimously to act as temporary presiding officer. Led by State Chairman Woodruff and William Barnes, Jr., of Albany, the "Old Guard" encompassed the defeat of Colonel Roosevelt, whom several of the state leaders charged with attempting to dicate the fortunes of the party In the 6tate. After the meeting had been called to order and the time and place of tho state convention had been decided, William Barnes, Jr., offered a resolution presenting t nme of Vice-President Sherman Kr temporary chairman of the "convention. Lloyd C. Griscom moved to substitute the name of Colonel Roosevelt and moved also that the vote be postponed. After much debate the motion to postpone was defeated by a vote of 12 to 23. The resolution to make Colonel Roosevelt temporary chairman then was lost by 20 to 15, following which Vice-President Sherman was unanimously chosen for temporary presiding officer. Mr. Griscom and Henry Mack of New York not voting. The i'.ate committee adjourned to meet September 26 at Saratoga. UNEARTh PLAN TO LOOT ROAD. Burlington Detectives Tell of Scheme of Confederates and Agents. Omaha, Neb. A big sensation Is brewing in Burlington railroad circles, due to the discovery just made that through a systematic arrangement between a number of conductors, trainmen, ticket-sellers and others the road has been defrauded out of probably hundreds of thousands of dollars. The scheme is supposed to extend over the Burlington's entire western system. The alleged plan of operating was simple. The ticket agent, it Is claimed, would sell a ticket for a certain1 train, give the number of th ticket to the conductor of that train, who, instead of punching the pasteboard, would return it to the ticket agent without making a report to the company. The agent would place the ticket on sale again and divide with the conductor. NATION AIDS PELLAGRA FIGHT. Two Army Medical Officers Detailed to Assist Illinois Work. Washington. Acting upon the request of the governor of Illinois, the surgeon general of the army has detailed two army surgeons to assist the commission appointed by the governor in the study of pellagra, which has baffled the medical professioL for so many months. The officers assigned to thl3 task are Capt. Joseph F. Siler and Capt. Henry J. Nicholls. Strike May Delay Ohio Fair. Columbus, O. Governor Harmon is devoting his energies to settling the street car strike here before the state fair opens, August 29. Entries for the state fair will open Saturday and there is fear that if the strike is continued the fair will be postponed. Fifteen Soldiers Killed. Mainz, Germany Fifteen soldiers are reported to have been killed Friday by a premature explosion of dynamite In maneuvers at Sechetheimerberg. Bribe of Any Kind. City of Mexico. Americans In Mexico will present a $50,000 peace memorial monument to the people of Mexico as their contribution to the centennial of independence celebration next month. New Zealander I Winner. Livingstone, Rhodesia. The sculling match for the championship of tho world between Richard Arnst of New Zealand and Ernest Barry of London Thursday was won by Arnst. tho champion, who won by two lengths. Threaten Federal Bureaus. Washington. Prosecution for alleged vivisection of dogs by tho bureau of animal industry of the department of agriculture and several government bureau is threatened by the Washington Humane society. Lewis' Life Is Threatened. Indianapolis, Ind. International President T. L. Lewis of tho miners Wednesday received a "Black Hand" letter saying that he would be killed. The letter was written from an Illinois town and was written in Italian.

GREAT FOREST FIRES

CONTINUE TO SWEEP THE NORTHWEST WITH DEATH. SITUATION IS MOST ACUTE Mounted Couriers Spread the Alarm as Fires Encroached and Humanity Is In Flight Before Flames. Spokane, Wash. With more than fifty persons known to be dead, 100 or more missing, a list of injured that will approximate 200, half the town of Wallace swept clean and the possibility that two or three more towns in the district have suffered complete destruction, with half a dozen small towns and villages seriously threatened and their inhabitants by thousands hurrying to places of safety, the I Pacific northwest faces the most terri ble forest fire situation in its history. The situation is most acute in the Coeur D'Alene district of Northern Idaho. Reports from other parts of the northwest are of less discouraging nature. Some of the fires have been ' f nntrnlloil. rtV)r nro lose thrfntrniiur - . . - , " - " -- . in the absence of wind, while in some districts the fire flighters have diverted the course of the flames from towns that were threatened. The new fires that have sprung up in the last 4 hours have not proved serious so far. A report received that the Colville fire in Eastern Washington had broken out again with renewed energy does not seem borne out by facts. This fire and the one in the Walla Walla reserve fn Oregon appear for the time at least to be under control. The fire that has been lingering in the Wenah reserve in Southeastern Washington for a week became dangerous und the advices indicate that it is still raging with undiminished fury. The situation in Crater Lake reserve and the Mt. McLaughlin districts on the extreme southern edge of Oregon appears unchanged from the last few days, except that these fires are not making so rapid progress as on previous days. They are all burning furiously higher u?spite the efforts of 750 fire fighters, among whom are 250 regular soldiers from American Lake, Wash. Thirty men out of a crew of forty-seven fire fighters in charge of Forest Ranger Lee Hollingshead are missing and are believed to have perished when their camp on Big creek, a tributary of the St. Joe river, sixteen miles from Avery, Idaho, was swept by flames. Manager Pavey of the Bell Telephone company, is advised that practically all persons have been taken from Iron Mountain. The fire which is bearing down upon that town has made eight miles of progress since last night and is traveling toward the village. A man has been dispatched on horseback to cover the territory between Iron Mountain and Quartz to Warn all ranchers to flee. Dies on Day He Predicted. Springfield, O. Predicting the time of death and then dying on that date seems to be almost a habit in the Gard family, for years one of the most prominent in Clarke county. Three months ago Warren E. Gard, then in good health, told his wife he would die Sunday, August 21. He also tola neighbors the same thing. In the morning he was found dead in his chair, death being ascribed to tezit trouble. The firmness of Card's conviction was shown by the fact that in the last few weeks he arranged and closed up many of his business Interests. Twenty-four years ago John Gard, a well known physician, father of Warren E., predicted the date of his death, and on the day he had named died suddenly. Pact Signed for Annexation. Seoul, Korea. There is a good reason for believing that a convention between the Emperor of Korea and the Emperor of Japan providing for annexation of Korea by Japan was signed here Monday by Yi Wan Yon, the Korean premier, and Viscount Terauchi, the Japanese resident general, but official silence In the premises Is profound. Ncted Frenchman Dies. Geneva, Switzerland. Gustav Monier, president of the international committee of 'the Red Cross since the foundation of the committee in 1SG3, died here. He was eighty-four years of age. Monier was honorary president of the institute of France, and held honorary degrees from the University of Herne, Geneva and Heidelberg. British Cruiser Aground. ' Tokio. The British cruiser Bedford ran ashore on the southwest portion of Quelpart Island Sunday. The Bedford at the time of the accident was sailing with the British squadron from Wei-Hai-Wei, China, fr Nagasaki, Japan. Two Killed in Collision. Raleigh, N. C. Two were killed and three injured as the result of a head on collision between a passenger train and yard engine in the yards of the Norfolk and Southern railroad here. Sheep Shears Kill Boy. Dillon, Mont While swinging by his arms from the limb of a tree Frank Harkness, aged twelve years, struck the point of a pair of sheep shears hung on a nail in the tree with blades outward, the steel piercing the boy's heart and instantly killing him. Red Cross Remembers Tokio. Washington. A $3,000 contribution for the relief of the flood sufferers in Japan has been forwarded by the American Red Cross to Tokio. Disastrous Wreck. Memphis, Tenn. John A. Bohannon. fireman, was killed; Engineer Ringwald was seriously injured and equipment valued at $65,000 was demolished when a St. Louis & San Francisco railway engine overturned in the Memphis terminals of the road and was telescoped by a string of freight cars. Earthquake Near Algiers. Algiers. A shock of earthquake was felt at Aumale, fifty miles southeast of here. A number cf houses were damaged. Six Killed in Railroad Wreck. Northfscld, Vt. Six men were killed, one was probably fatally Injured and seven others were badly hurt as the result of a head-on collision between two freight trains on the Central Vermont railroad at Northfield Falls, two miles north of here. All the dead and injured were trainmen

AN ANT-INFESTED COUNTRY

Small African Insects Defy the Power of Man In Sections of Africa. "Among the more remarkable insect Inhabitants of these spots (in the Kongo-Zambezi watershed) are the formidable driver ants (Dorylus)," writes a naturalist in the British Geographical Journal. "These wonderful insects occur everywhere but are particularly common in the high plateau country and in the neighborhood of water. They are frequently to be seen marching in vast armies, several individuals abreast. Many of these are carrying food supplies and are guarded on the flanks by innumerable armed sentries. Woe betide the man who Is so unlucky as to tread among them. He is Immediately covered with a host of bloodthirsty enemies, who bury their mandibles In his flesh, producing the sensation of innumerable red-hot r.eedles. The Insects not Infrequently invade camps and native villages and can then only be turned from their objective by a line of redhot ashes. Except for the inconvenience of being turned out of their huts, these visits are not objected to by the natives. Every living thing has to depart hurriedly or die on these occasions, with the result that much of the vermin disappears for a time, at least. V "Another insect nearly as warlike as the driver ants. Is a species of ponera, a large black ant which has a powerful and painful sting. This insect Is particularly addicted to walking on native paths, and usually does so, about four or five abreast, flanked by a few skirmishers. When alarmed the whole community has the singular power of being able to produce a peculiar rustling noise. It wages perpetual war upon the termites, and may often be seen returning from a successful foray. On these occasions the majority of the army is laden with the bodies of their victims. "It is Impossible, in describing any part of tropical Africa, to avoid some mention of the termites. The different species of these Insects build very varied and remarkable mounds. Some of them are of enormous size, and have a marked influence upon the landscape. They are sometimes as much s twenty feet high, and are frequer' - placed at somewhat Irregular in als about thirty or forty yards ar' On the plains, on the other hand, tK commonest species makes a much smaller mound. "In some parts of the plateau in the Kongo basin country there Is a species which makes a small mushroomshaped mound, a new top being apparently added each wet season. . The result of this is that an old nest looks like a pile of hats or flat, somewhat circular pudding dishes." Worthy of Support. Mr. Greathead I shall run for reelection again next fall, and I presume I shall have your vote? Citizen (dubiously) Well I dunno. "What? You don't know? Why, sir, I saved the taxpayers $500,000 this year." "Eh? How?" "By not stealing It, of course." New York Weekly. Her Ambition. 'The modern society girl," remarked thfe student of human nature, "Is usually an accomplished actress." "Yess," rejoined the fussy bachelor, "ut the only engagement she seeks ; of the matrimonial kind." Old Friends. "I love everything that's old; old friends, old times, old manners, old books, old wine; and I believe, Dorothy, you'll own I have been pretty fond of an old wife." From She Stoops to Conquer," by Oliver Goldsmith, 1773. Canadian Banks. Canada has 29 banks, with about 2,000 branches. They are practically controlled by the Bankers' association, - legalized Institution with certain ?flnite functions. The Patriot. If the man who comes to a Fourth of July celebration goes home and so conducts himself that his wife and his children wish beyond anything else that he never did come home, you can guarantee that that man is a poor citizen. Theodore Roosevelt, Favor of Fortune. No greater fortune can befall a child than to be born Into a home where the best bcoks are read, the best music interpreted, and the best talk ijoyed. Hamilton Wright Mabie. Considerate. At the time of King Edward' roneral a large crowd was assembled near Victoria station as King George was driving by to meet the kaiser. "Take off yer hat, Johnny," said a British workman to his small son. "fer this Is the new king a-comlng an I wouldn't like 'im to think e wasn't wanted." Success Magazine Strange Reasoning. We may forgive those who love us; we cannot forgive those whom we ove. La Rochefoucauld. THE MARKETS. New York. August 21. FLOUR Straights ....$4.40 4.60 WHEAT Sept 1.O3U01.O6 CORN Sept 68 (i .70 Vi OATS Natural White. .39 & .39 4 BUTTER Creamery .. .24 (0 .32 EGGS 230 .24 CHEESE 1334 .17& CHICAGO. CATTLE Fancy steers $7.63 8.C0 Medium to good 6.50 17.50 Fat cows and heifers. . . 3.50 Iff 7.00 Native bulls and stags. . 3.15 r3.40 Fair to fancy veal calves 7.75 tfi 8.73 Heavy calves 3.00 (4.50 HOGS Heavy Butchers 8.33 $18.63 Mixed packing 8.00 (Ti S.50 Light mixed 8.30 fi S.60 Poor to best pigs 8.60 $19.03 SHEEP Wethers 3.90 fiA.Zö Lambs 5.50 fi G.75 BUTTER Creameries.. .24fi) .29 Dairies 23 .27 EGGS 17 ?Z5 .21 POTATOES (per bu.).. .75 tf .82 GUAIX Wheat. Sept... .99 U Oats, Sept 34',ff .35 Vi Corn, Sept 592 tp .00 TOLEDO. CATTLE Prime steers $6.00 ?T6.50 Choice cows 3.50 (TI4.25 Choice heifers 4.00 3.50 HOGS Heavies 8.90 $19.00 Pigs 9.2.1 fi9.33 CALVES Choice 9.00 fi 9.25 SHEEP Choice 3.50 4.00 BUFFALO. CATTLE Prime steers $7.00 $77.23 Heifers 4.00 $T6.00 Cows 4.00 3.50 Calves 6.00 10.23 HOGS Yorkers 9.40 $7 9.60 Pigs 9.05 Gr 9.75 SHEEP Wethers 4.00 3.75

KNOX'S OLD CHURCH

ST. GILES BETTER KEPT THAN! IN DAY OF REFORMER. Famous Edlnburg Meeting House Now Swept and Garnished, With Mod- j srn Stained Glass Windows j sr.d Monuments. ' ! "Come," said Dr. Samuel Johnson.1 when he and Boswell went to the, great church of St. Giles, "let us see what was once a church.- As great mediaeval churches go the collegtatei church of St, Giles never was very famous architecturally, says the Advance. The present structure dates from the fourteenth century. Its lantern tower and the artful arrangement of its Interior pillars are the only features of interest remaining Here as effectively as anywhere the reformation created havoc and let loose the dogs of war. The hammer liko eloquence of John Knox, who preached here his 20 ermons a week each an hour or two long and terrifiq In vehemence, smashed the stained! glass windows, shattered the carved images of saints, broke In pieces the priceless fabrics of mediaeval art, destroyed altars and 6hrlnes. In Dr. Johnson's day the scars were very vis Ible. St. Giles was occupied by foul distinct congregations of worshippers the great cliurch being partitioned off for their convenience. A prejudice ex isted even against cleanliness In churches. "The pew swept and lined!" crted Mess John's wife; "my husband Tvculd think It downright popery!" Even Boswell admitted that the church vzs shamefully dirty. Since Jchnson'r time the hlghei; aesthetic taste of nations, the appreciation cf mediaeval art first stlmu-, lated by the Waverley novels, have .caused the attempted restoration of St. Giles. The place Is swept and garnished. There are modern Etained glass windows and monuments ahonnd. Tte memorial of Robert ;Louis Steve ison Is placed among !thoe of M"fltrose and Argyle. The J war-worn tinners of Scottish regiments give a touch of color for the eye and a thrill to memory. Here Knox shaped history. Here Jennie Geddcs threw her stool. A mediaeval church, e?pec!ally of the Gothic type, !s not well tdapted to the use of the Protestant religion. TfcPTA fa an infrn?-rt?Hv In tfco Ktnirture. The great choir, separated formerly by an Impenetrable screen; the many chapels for masses, the arrangement of Ihe building for a worship by tho clergy, exclusively without reference to the comfort or convenience of the pecple, without the idea cf an atTdltorium for the preaching of sermens, make en awkward adaptation for modern reeds which will be especially observed in the cathedrals in England. The Scots,' more logical and less conservative,' rooted out the screens and turned the church Into a meeting house. What He Remembered. : Tou took a vacation last summerr he queried of tb.6 clerk in the music, store. "Oh, yes." "Went to a farmhouse, probably?" "I did." j "Seven dollars a week?" "Just seven." "Have any moonlight nights out there?" "1 can't remember." "Any girls around to spoon with?"; T have forgotten." "Catch any fish." " "Well, really now " "Milk and vegetables all right?" "Dear, dear me, but my memory Is bad." "Do any bathing?" j "Say, now" "Do you remember any one thing that happened to you?" demanded the questioner. "Oh, yes. I worked an ear of corn out of the mattress of my bed and carried It to the farmer and asked him w? it he thought of It and he replied: " 'Gee whizz, but I lost that ear over five years ago, and have been looking for it ever since!'" FIttsburg Dispatch. Martyr to Science. It has been reported that more than five thousand members have been enrolled in the "Kiss Not" club ia Cincinnati, and that the club has received notice from many places where similar organizations have been founded in the interest of "good health." A teacher in an Indiana town who wished to enlist the co-operation of her friends la the cause sent out a circular letter and received among others this reply:' "Nearly two years ago I was so unfortunate as to be kissed by a man who3a lip was not entirely free of germ fostering hair. I experienced no 111 results up to the present time, and should like to make further research. I am perfectly willing to take the risk in the aid of science should the opportunity present itself." Speaks Many Languages. - Ellis island will soon have a linguistic wonder who will be able to anderstand pretty nearly all tho wouldbe citizens who land there. He is Henry Gellitt of St. Louis, and he Is coming to the nation's gateway as a representative of tha immigration commission of Missouri to direct desirable aliens thither. Mr. Gellitt speaks six languages, German, English, French, Italian, Spanish and Swedish, besides many dialects of different sections of Europe. Land of Windmills. The great windmill country is Argentina, Plenty of water from 15 to BOO feet underground throughout the Vast, level, unbroken plain, as extensive in area as one-third of this the whole United States, but all like ou prairie lands; and wind blowing icros8 the even stretches all the year round. The grazing lands are dotted with windmills, and Argentina keeps on importing them, chiefly from Yankeelaiid. at the rate or more than a thousand a month. Extravagance. The height or affluence is In asking your wife, your own wife, to take a spin In a hired automobile. The Difference. "Let's sea; wo sometimes call a man a Jonah, don't we?" "Yes, when ie brings disaster." "That's the funny thlLg about U. The original Jonah ras a prophet, while the modern fonah ia s loss." Milwaukee Sentinel. They Cheat One Another. "TV wurruld Is full cf crooks." said Mr. Hennefcy. "It aJn't that bad," said Mr. Doo'sr. "An betides, let's thank fcivln they rut ia part of their time cheatln each ether. P. F. Dunze.