Plymouth Tribune, Volume 9, Number 51, Plymouth, Marshall County, 22 September 1910 — Page 2

THE PLYMJIIHRIBUNE. PLYMOUTH, IND. HENDRICKS Q CO., - - Publishers. ALIMONY AND DIVORCE. Now comes a New York woman who Is sure to be charged with "woman's Inhumanity for woman, professing to be shocked at the multiplicity of divorces and proposing a remedy in the total abolition of alimony, says Omaha Bee. She conceives the prospect of alimony to be the chief cause of diTorces granted to women and denounces the system as nothing but a eimple graft Undoubtedly many designing women can consistently take 10 exceptions to these charges, and It is not to be questioned that some unscrupulous lawyers will co-operate with women for the purpose of obtaining financial emolument through the operation of the divorce courts, tut that alimony, or the desire to obtain alimony, constitutes the prevailing cause and purpose of women seeking legal separations from their husbands, it is hard to believe, any more than it would be wise, safe or Just to do away with the law providing for alimony. Society has come to recognize that there is such a thing as a juivifiable divorce, and there is certainly such a thing as a woman Deeding and deserving support from the man from whom 6he seeks and obtains a divorce, and to abolish alimony would work hardship on many womeii end children, alike blameless for the causes as well as the fact of the separation.

Has everybody forgotten Halley's cornet? There was a reaction after the trepidation and intense curiosity aroused by its approach, and now, instead of piling out of bed at unearthly hours of the early morning In the hope of getting a glimpse of it, there are many who would not, for the promise of a good square look at the wonderer, take the trouble of walking across the street. They have seen it once, and so far as they are concerned, it is an old story. Halley's come- Is not beyond viewing distance from the earth; yet it cannot be seen. The reason of its invisibility is its nearness to the sun. It eets In tLe early evening, while the twilight is strong enough to hide it Trith a veil of light. At the end of the month It will set before sunset. It Is further south in the sky than the sun. The Canadian authorities have been so much disturbed over the report that 15,000 American farmers have left the Caandlan northwest that they have undertaken an inquiry of their own. The result of that Is the admission that 261 farmers end their tamilles have returned to the United Btate8. During the same time they claim that over 50,000 settlers have entered Canada from this country. Perhaps it is up to the United States to Investigate these last figures. A Louisiana man has patented a combined pickle fork and pair of tongs. With the aid of this useful Instrument you may, after a pickle slips from your fork, reach into the Jar and pick it out with the tongs. For our part, we are unable to understand why anyone should wish to take so much trouble for the purpose of securing a pickle. If It comes to pass that a guard must go with every canoe, canoeing will lose its vogue. Its chief charm has always been in affording the f oung man an opportunity to show th' girl how he can handle the oars. He will never consent to be followed bj a life saver. One of New York's fashion experts tnakes the Interesting announcement that millionaires are not the best greased men. The millionaires appear to be bearing up as hopefully as tould be expected. "A hearty laugh Is a good thing for tndlgestlon" says one of the doc tors. In these days the trouble Is to find the thing that will provoke a hearty laugh. One of the ministers candidly announces that automobile scorchers have no chance to go to heaven. But there are probably no automobiles In freaven, anyway. : Why Is It so astounding that a man In an aeroplane can go faster than a tlrd? Doesn't a man on a locomotive go faster than a greyhound or a race horse? ; If the cow shows Its appreciation Jof music by giving a bigger yield oi milk, why not try the experiment on (chickens during the egg famine? Aviators seem annoyed because aa jairshlp was wrecked by u flag pole. Yt a flag ha3 a right to fly as well as la biplane. Fears have been expressed that (the weather bureau has mislaid 'the warm wave flag. Of course, we all Intended to travel n Switzerland and Italy this summer but circumstances send us down to the old farm instead. A 15-ton shark has been captured Dear Seattle, but even for Seattle we take it that this is exceptionally big fishing. see to It that your grocer aoes not use ambush scales the kind that lie In weight. "Baldheaded men are not sens! tlTe." says Professor Tate. But the bald spots are. In fly time. In London rubber has Jumped 18 eents a pound. It is hard to keep rubber within bounds. One sees few overcoats and absolutely no fur-lin?d garments. The minister who says there must be baseball In heaven is seme fan,

CLOUDS I SIGHT

COLONEL GEORGE HARVEY SAYS COUNTRY ALL RIGHT. FHE WRITER SEES NO CLOUD Striking Article In North American Review That Is Attracting Wide Attention. The attention of business and professional men in all portions of the country has been attracted to a strikingly strong article by Col. George Harvey in the September issue of the North American Review in which the writer takes a view of the greatest oopefulne88 for the future of America tnd Americans. The article is entitled "A Plea for the Cobservatlon of Common Sense," and it is meeting with the cordial approval of business men of all shades of political opinion throughout the entire country. In part. Colonel Harvey says: "Unquestionably a spirit of unrest dominates the land. But, if it be true that fundamentally the condition of the country is sound, must we necessarily succumb to despondency, abandon effort looking to retrieval and cringe like cravens before clouds .hat only threaten? Rather ought we not to analyze conditions, search for causes, find the root of the distress, which even now exists only in men's minds, and then, after the American fashion, apply such remedies as seems most likely to produce beneficent results? Capital and Labor Not Antagonistic. "The Link that connects labor with capital Is not broken but we may not ieny that It Is less cohesive than It ihould be or than conditions warrant. Financially, the country is stronger than ever before in its history. Recovery from a panic so severe as that of three years ago was never before so prompt and comparatively complete. The masses are practically free from debt. Money is held by the banks In abundance and rates are low. "Why, then, does capital paure upon the threshold of investment? The answer, we believe, to be plain, it awaits adjustment of the relations of government to business. The eole problem consists of determining bow government can maintain an even balance between aggregations of interests, on the one hand, and the whole people, on the other, protecting the latter against extortion and saving the former from mad assaults. "The solution is not easy to find for the simple reason that the situation Is without precedent. But Is not progress being made along sane and cautious lines? Conserve Common Sense. v "Is not the present, as we have eeen, exceptionally secure? What, then, of preparations for the future? Patriotism is the basiä of our institutions. And patriotism in the minds of our youth is no longer licked solely with fireworks and deeds of daring. It is taught in our schools. A new course has been added a course in loyalty. Methodically, our children learn how to vote, how to conduct primaries, conventions and elections, how to discriminate between qualifications of candidates and, finally, how to govern as well as serve. They are taught to despise bribery and all forms of corruption and 'fraud as treason. Their creed, which they are made to know by heart, is not complex. It Is simple, but comprehensive, no less beautiful In diction than lofty in aeplration. These are tho pledges which are graven upon their memories: "As it Is cowardly for a soldier to run away from battle, so it Is cowardly for any citizen not to contribute bis share to the well-being of his country. America is my own dear land; she nourishes me, and I will love her and do my duty to her, whose child, servant and civil soldier I am. "As the health and happiness of my body depend upon each muscle and nerve and drop of blood doing Its work In Its place, so the health and happiness of my country depend upon each citizen doing his work in his place. "These young citizens are our hostages to fortune. Can we not safely assume that the principles animating their lives augur well for the permanency of the Republic? When before have the foundation stones of continuance been laid with such care and promise of durability? "The future, then, is bright. And the present? But one thing is needful. No present movement is more laudable than that which looks to conservation of natural resources. But let us never forget that the greatest Inherent resource of the American people is Common Sense. Let that be conserved and applied without cessation, and soon It will be found that all the ills of which we complain but know not of are only such as attend upon the growing rains of a great and blessed country. He Knows the Gams. According to the Metropolitan Megazine, Fire Chief John Conway of Jersey City, h; solved the baseball excuse question by the posting of the following printed notice on his desk at fire headquarters: "All requests for leave of absence owing to grandmothers' funerals, lame back, house cleaning, moving, sore throat, headache, brainstorm, cousins' wedding, general Indisposition, etc., must be handed to the chief not later than ten o'clock on the morning of the game." Duty Sntearc "How can you go around," demanded his wife," with tobacco Juice all over your face?" "This isn't tobacco Juice," responded the candidate, mildly. "It's molasses. I've been kissing babies." Pretending. "See tho boys." "Pretending to bo soldiers, eh?" "Yes; kids get lots cf fun pretending." "And grown-ups. tco. I put In my vacation pretending I wa3 rich." Trying to Do Better. "Look here that check you gave me is no good!" "All right, old man den't get sore at ray awkwardness. Til give ycu another." We are moro freqtitnlly deterred by fear from making an attack than repulsed ia tho encounter. Noah Webster. Women my couq and wouen may go, but a man can tiways depend upon his ma

CHANLER'S PACT GIVES DIVA ALL HE POSSESSES

Lawyers File Cavallerl Agreement Showing Ante-Nuptial Act of New Yorker. New York, As the first step in negotiations now in progress for a compromise between. Robert Winthrop Chanler and Lina Cavalieri, the much-heralded ante-nuptial agreement was recorded in the register's office. It is classed a3 a conveyance under the sub-title "miscellaneous." Similar record will bo mad'j in Poughkeepsie, ' because farms in lted Hook are involved in the transfer. The agreement recites that In consideration of the intended marriage and of tho sum of $1 that Mr. Chanler gives to Mme. Cavalieri "all those three farms, known respectively as Cole farm, Chowell and Benna farm iu Red Hook. N. Y., approximating 350 acres and subject to a mortgage of $600,000. Tho agreement further provides that Mr. Chanler turns over to Mme. Cavalieri the land and buildings in New York city situated In several parts of the city, comprising in all thirty pieces of property, and concludes, "and all other realty forming part of the share of the above named Robert Winthrop Chanler of and in the estate of the late Mrs. Laura Delano, subject to a mortgage of $140,000." The agreement further provides that Mr. Chanler agrees to pay the yearly sum of $20,000 to Mme. Cavalieri during her life, by four quarterly Installments of $3.000 a quarter, the first of which shall be paid within thirty days from the marriage. It was agreed that the property of each of them, both present and future, should remain the separate property and under the sole control of each of them. To secure the payment of the $20,000 yearly Mr. Chanler in the agreement gave his bride power to collect the amounts due, if otherwise unpaid by him, out of the money coming to him from the income of the Chanler estate trust fund. HELD FOR BIQ THEFT. George W. Fitzgerald Arrested In Chicago for Alleged Embezzlement. Chicago. The federal grand Jury has again Indicted George W. Fitzgerald, who was formerly assorting teller at the United States subtreasury In this city, on the charge of embezzling $173,000 from the government. Fitzgerald was arrested in his office at 159 La Salle street by the federal authorities. Upon being taken Into Marshal Hoy's office the prisoner protested strenuously and when the marshals attempted to search his clothing he fought fiercely. The marshals found it necessary to handcuff him. Despite the nandcuffs, Fitzgerald swung his arms about and fought furiously whenever the marshals went near him. Finally he was placed on the floor. He continued to fight, however, and knocked Deputy Marshal Wainwright to the floor. All the marshals found was 45 cents In change, several checks and some other papers. Fitzgerald is 6aid to have been trapped by a story given out some time ago that tho statute of limitations intervened and that whoever committed the theft was immune from proseculon. This story Is declared to have been circulated for the express purpose of misleading Fitzgerald. William Boldenweck, under whom Fitzgerald served, sent hlj resignation as subtreasurer to President Taft September 8. He Is to leave office September 17 and to be succeeded by Len Small of Kankakee. He denied that his resignation had anything to do with the disappearance of the $173.000. Fitzgerald was under suspicion at the time the $173,000 disappeared from his custody, February 20, 1907. He was at that time handling large amounts. of government funds. Late on the day of the shortage he was directed to turn his cash over to another man, and a few minutes thereafter he announced to the cashier of the subtreasury that he was short $173,000. A vigorous search was made for the money and all the funds in the subtreasury were counted by experts and the books were checked up, but all to no avalL WOMEN AT POLLS ARRESTED. New Yorkers Cause Arrest When They Insist on "Watching." New York. The employment of women ' as watchers at the polling places was not a success. In some instances the women were ordered out and arrested when they refused to go. Pclice magistrates seemed to be at odds regarding the law on this point. Some ruled that women, not having the right to vote, CCuld not act as watchers, while others took an opposite view. Mrs. Roberta Mengies Corwin Hill was twice ejected from polling places. Minor Heir "Comes Back." Indianapolis. Minor Heir, the good brown son of Heir at Lav, broke another world's record at tho state fair track Friday, racing a mile with one runner for company in 1:581. The former record was 1:59. Goes to College at 80. Columbus, Ohio. What is believed to be the oldest woman student In the United States was enrolled at the Ohio State university Friday, in the person of Mrs. A. D. Wlnship, aged eighty yen, of Racine, Wis. Arrest Socialist Orators. Salt Lake City. Six members of the labor party were arrested here Wednesday for trying to hold a street meeting at Second South and State streets in defiance of the orders of the chief of police. Thousands in Gold Stolen. Seattle, Wash. A registered mall pouch containing several thousand dollars in gold bullion shipped from Fairbanks to Seattle, 13 missing, and is supposed by local authorities to have been stolen. Keene Goes to His Stock Farm. Lexington, Ky. James R. Keene, who has been ill of pneumonia here, had so far recovered Tuesday as to be able to go to "Castleton." his stock farm, a few miles from this city. Boston & Maine Head Quits. Boston. Luclu3 Tuttle, president of the Boston & Maiie railroad, Tuesday reeigned the presidency, and President Mellen of the New York, New Haven ft Hartford was elected to fill out Mr. "uttle'a unexpired tprm.

NO QUORUM PRESENT.

Ballinger Verdict Will Therefore Not Be Known Until December. Chicago. There will be no majority report on the Ballinger-Pin-chot controversy until congress con venes in December. This surprising anffmncement was made by six mem bers of the congressional investigating commission after a meeting here which lasted more than six hours. As there was no quorum present the members took an adjournment until De cember 3 when they will meet in Washington. Six members of the committee met In Chicago to take action on the majority report, but after deliberating several hours, without a quorum present, an adjournement was taken until December 3 in Washington. The members present were: Senator Ellhu Root of New York, Knute Richard A. Ballinger. Nelson of Minnesota, George Suther land of Utah, Representatives M. E Olmstead of Pennsylvania, S. W. Mo Call of Massachusetts and Edwin Denby of Michigan, all Republicans. Senator Flint of California, appointed by Vice-President Sherman tc serve on the committee, Is still abroad, and in his absence the other six prepared a statement in which they declare that the majority resolution adopted at Minneapolis declaring Secretary Ballinger guilty of the charges made against him was "irrational." Senator Nelson declared that he might call another meeting of the committee before congress convenes, and said that In the event of Senator Flint arriving prior to that time, he, together with the six who attended the meeting here, would constitute a quorum. He further declared that a quorum of the committee Is empowered to proceed with the case, and prepare a report to be submitted to congress, notwithstanding the possible absence of the five dissenting members. PROOFS ARE BURNED. Witnesses Admit Doing Away With Books Wanted in Inquiry. New York. Louis F. Goodsell, former state senator from Orange county, and H. S. Beardsley, secretary and treasurer of the Street Railways association of the state of New York, both testified before the legislative committee investigating the activities of the Street Railways association at Albany during the assembly sessions of 1908 andl909, that they themselves burned their individual books, private accounts and vouchers, which were wanted by the committee to show that business relations existed between the two men. Loul3 F. Bedell, former assemblyman from Orange county, had testified at a previous hearing of the committee that his books and accounts had been destroyed in a hotel fire. , The cumulative effect of the testimony of Messrs. Coodsell and Beardsley produced a sensation. Mr. Goodsell caused another one when, in defending his bill granting sweeping privileges to the New York Transportation company, he declared that Colonel Roosevelt, then governor, had signed it. Mr. Goodsell was asked concerning a letter sent him by Ellingwood & Cunningham in 1903, advising him that if he visited the firm's offices he would be given $5,000 In cash. He professed ignorance of this $5,000 and could not recall having ever received It. TRIES TO SAVE &ISTER, DIES. V Two Meet Death When Sailboat Capsizes in Fox River. Aurora, 111. Two girls, sisters, were drowned here when a sailboat capsized In the middle of Fox river. Ida Vörie, sixteen years old, died a heroine trying to save her .sister, Clara, eight years old. With arms wound around each other's neck they disappeared under the water before rescuers could reach them. Edith Vörie and Arthur Hildebrand, the other occupants of the boat, were rescued. Capture 75 In Gambling Raid. Seattle, Wash. Sheriff Hodge of King county, at 'the head of seven deputies, raided three of the largest gambling houses in Seattle Friday. Axes were used in breaking down tho doors and several hundred dollars' worth of property was destroyed. Seventy-five men were captured. Ship's Officer Swept Overboard. Algiers. Second Officer Funnell of the steamer Swazl, from New York, was swept overboard and lost during a fierce gale on September 4. Select Gray for Governor. Minneapolis, Mlnn.James Gray, editorial writer of the Minneapolis? Journal, was Thursday selected by the Democratic state central committee as the Democratic candidate for governor. Ban on Women Smokers. Pittsburg, Pa. Strong resolutions protesting against the use; of cigarettes by women were adopted Thursday by the woman's organization of the Na tlonal Association of Retail Druggists, now In session here. Two Dead In Mine Blast. Linton, Ind. Andrew Baxter and David Reese are dead and flvo are fatally hurt as the result of a gas explosion Wednesday In tho Vandalia mines, ten miles from Linton. The mine did not catch Are. Kelftgg for Solicitor General? Washington.-Tho president is said to be contemplating the appointment of Frank B. Kellogg of Minneapolis as solicitor general of the United States in place of the late Lloyd W.

Oi BEAD, 19 HURT IN TRAIN CRASH

Burlington and Rock Island Trains Collide Near Holt, Mo. COME TOGETHER ON TRESTLE Smoker Full of Passengers Goes into ' DitchMost Seriously Hurt Are Employes Mix-Up In Orders. Holt, Mo. II. L. Howard, a brakeman, was killed and nineteen persons injured In a head-on collision between Turlington and Rock Island passenger trains one mile north of here. The accident occurred on a sharp down grade near a bridge, the approach of which was cut off iy a high embankment which prevented the engineers from seeing the danger until their trains were almost together. Tho engine crews saved themselves by Jumping, although all were more or less badly Injured. The trains crashed together on a high trestle over a small creek and tho compact was so great that the Burlington train, much smaller than the Rock Island, was driven off the bridge and back probably 100 yards before the Emoker went into the ditch with its car full of passengers. The baggage car and smoker were entirely demolished. Not one person on tho Rock Island train was injured, though the engine was badly damaged. All the seriously Injured are Burlington employes, either then at work, or returning dead-head to their homeä in Brookfield. There is to bo a Joint Investigation between the two roads to find who is to blame for the wreck. It is said the original orders were for the Burlington local to meet the Rock Island at Holt, but it is supposed that later the orders were changed so as to give the Burlington local right of way into Lathrop. The Rock Island conductor had the original orders to meet the Burlington at Holt. The train was 30 minutes late and the engineer, was trying to make up time when the two trains met. FERRY CREW "TOO BRAVE." Inspector Declares Pere Marquette Heroes Might Have Escaped. Detroit, Mich. The men who went down on the Pere Marquette in Lake Michigan last week were too brave, according to Capt. C. H. Westcott of Detroit, supervising Inspector of steamboats. He returned from a trip of Investigation Into the sinking of the car ferry. "They were too brave," the captain said. "They had taken every precaution to leave the s.hip, but stuck to their posts too long. The ferry left her dock the day of the disaster apparently In the best of condition. It was declared the last inspection was made in two hours, showing gross negligence. This is not the case, as I proved. The inspectors went aboard about dinner time and worked until nine. Anything, wrong would have been discovered. Had the ferry been leaking we should have known it." PREPARE FEDERAL SUGAR WAR. Wlckersham and Wise Confer on Drastic Suit Against "Trust." New York. Attorney General Wlckersham and the United States iistrict attorney, Henry A. Wise, aad a prolonged conference at the headquarters of the bar association concerning, it is said, the complaint in an action to be brought by the government for the dissolution of the American Sugar Refining company. This complaint will be much broader in its Bcope than the Sherman antitrust complaint, which was based on tho civil suit for $30,000,000 damages Instituted by the Pennsylvania Sugar Refining company against the American Sugar Reünlng company after the closing of the Philadelphia refinery. PLANE MOWS DOWN SPECTATORS Eight Injured at Wisconsin State Fair When Machines Plunges. Milwaukee, Wis. Eight persons, Ave women and three men, were more or less seriously Injured when Arthur Moxsey's Wright aeroplane swerved sidelong from its courso above the race track and plunged Into the crowd on the cement platform before the grandstand, at the state fair. The aviator was uninjured, and the machine but slightly damaged. The injured: Mrs. John Bowers, Corliss: Mrs. Alfred E. Morrison, Milwaukee; Mrs. S. King, Baraboo; Siiss Fuller, Oshkosh; Mrs. John Lynch, Delavan; Frank Lynch, NeillsVille; J. W. Jackson, colored, Milwaukee; R. W. Reonltz, Oshkosh. Ends Walk of 8,500 Miles. Oklahoma City. George Palmer reached home here Friday, after a walk of 8,550 miles. He started December 1, 1909, walked to San Francisco, from there to New York 'and thence back here. Wilson to Quit Princeton. Princeton. Dr. Wood row Wilson announced Friday tbat he will resign as president of Priaceton university before beginning his campaign for the governorship of New Jersey. President Is 53 Years Old. Beverly, Mass. President Taft was fifty-three years old Thursday. Many congratulatory letters and telegrams were received by the president, but there was no particular celebration. Secretary Dickinson at Hankow. Hankow, China. Jacob M. Dickinson, American secretary of war, arrived here Thursday. His party came up the Yang-Tze-Kiang from Shanghai and will proceed by train to Pekln. where the secretary will be received by the prlnco regent. Portugal Expels Jesuits. Lisbon. The monastery of tho Spanish Jesuits at Aldela-Ponte was closed Wednesday by government decree. The Jesuits were expelled from the country after being warned that if they returned to Portugal they would be arrested. Mary Mannerlng Is Recovering. New York. Miss Mary Mannering, the actress, who underwent hn operation at Roosevelt hospital for appendicitis Tuesday, is recovering from the effects of the operation.

BROWN WINS OUT IN THE ILLINOIS PRIMARIES

Legislator Freed From Bribery Charge Renominated Boutetl Loses and Fcss Has Close Call. Chicago. Insurgency triumphed in the Illinois congressional primaries. Henry Sherman Boutell Tas decisively beaten for renomination in the Ninth district of Chicago. Congressman Foss in the Tenth district pulled through by a hair's breadth. Almost as many votes were cast against him as for him. Congressman Mann won renomination by a comparatively slender plurality, about as many votes being cast against him also as for him. Congressman Wilson In the Third district, the only Illinois representative who has manifested progressive convictions, captured his renomination by a vote of three to one. Col. Ira Copley, the aggressive Republican insurgent in the district now represented by Congressman Snapp, defeated George V. Conn, Jr., by a plurality of 468 votes. In other districts outside of Chicago the progressive upheaval in the Republican party left traces of far traveling ground waves. Speaker Cannon himself was renominated by a greatly reduced plurality. In the Lowden district State Senator McKenzie defeated Reuben Tiffany by about 900 votes. The defeat of Boutell was overwhelming. Frederick H." Gansbergen, the Lincoln Park commissioner, running on a progressive platform, won the nomination by a plurality of 98S. He polled 3,584 votes as compared with 2,598 for Boutell and 1.134 for West, the third candidate. Gansbergen received almost as many votes as Boutell and West put together. Tho hardest fight for the Democrats came in the Fourth district, where State Senator Rainey and Congressman McDermott ran a neck and neck race. McDermott, however, won by a comfortable plurality. Incomplete returns indicate that the men who voted for William Lorimer for senator in the general assembly, both Republican and Democratic, gained a sweeping victory. Even e men who were drawn into the "jackpot" investigation have been renominated by overwhelming majorities except in perhaps two Instances. Representative Lee O'Nell Browne outdistanced all his competitors in La Salle county. State Senator John Broderick, under indictment in Sangamon county, won by a vote of almost 2 to 1. Robert E. Wilson, in the Sixth district, also wins handily. Speaker Shurtleff was renominated by a plurality of more than 3,000 votes. WILL SEE NO DIVIDING LINE. Henceforth Insurgents and Regulars Will Look Alike to President Taft. Beverly, Mass. President Taft has determined that all hostility toward insurgency at the White House shall cease and that hereafter the "insurgent" leaders in congress and, elsewhere will be accorded the same treatment as the "regulars," especially In the mutter of federal patronage. The president's views to this effect are glyen in a letter from Secretary Norton to a Republican leader of Iowa, kwhose name is not disclosed. In the letter Secretary Norton stated that while important Republican legislation pending in congress was opposed by certain Republican leaders, the president felt that his duty required him to withhold federal patronage from senator and representatives who seemed to occupy a position hostile to efforts to fulfill the pledges of the party platform. That attitude on tho part of the president ended, however, with the more recent primary elections and nominating conventions to which tin people have declared themselves, and the president now looks upon "Progressives" and "Regulars" alike as Republicans and as such entitled to his support and the support of the party, and the fall elections, Secretary Norton's letter says, must settle the question whether the differences of the last session of congress shall be perpetuated or forgotten. BLOCK CONVICTS ESCAPE PLOT. Set Fire to Warehouse, Guards Prevent Them Gaining Liberty. Joliet, 111. A plot to effect an escape from the Illinois state prison here while the guards and other officials were fighting a fire of incendiary origin In the prison yard was thwarted by Warden Murphy. Thirty-fivo convicts, employed about the prison, found that the vigilance of the guard was undiminished, in spite of the excitement within tho prison inclosure, and, fearing they would be shot down In the break for liberty, made no effort to escape. A brick warehouse in the prison yard was nearly destroyed by flames. supposed to have been set by some of the thirty-five men at liberty in the yard at the time. Joliet Population 34,670. Washington. The population of Joliet, 111., is 34,670, an increase of 11.317, or 18.1 per cent., as compared with 29,353 In 19C0. The population of Cleveland, Ohle, Is 56C.663, an increase of 178,895, or 46.9 per cent, as compared with 381.768 in 1900. Was Graduated 79 Years Ago. Newark. N. J. William Rankin of Summit, N. J., the oldest living college graduate In the United States, celebrated his one hundredth birthday anniversary Thursday. Great Army of Hunters. Albany. More than 128,000 hunters' licenses have been issued in New York state for the fall shooting. The deer shooting season opens on September 16 while partridge and other game birds ' may be hunted after October 1. Admits Making Bogus Coin. Utlca N. Y. Confessing that he has coined many thousands of spurious five-cent pieces, a man giving his name as George Corrigon of Columbus, O., was lodged In Jail here Tuesday. Denies Elklns Engagement. Rome. A semi-official communication issued by the Italian agency Monday declares that the reports printed in Italy and abroad of tho approaching marriage of the Deof the Abriizzi and Miss Katherino Elklns are absolutely baseless. Oppose Burials at Sea. Philadelphia. A movement was startod here Monday to have steamship companies discontinue the practise of burying at sea tho bodies of nersons who die on shiDboard.

DRUM EN - OPERATOR

HIS BLUNDER COST FOUR LIVES AND OTHERS INJURED. ARRESTED AND PUT IN JAIL Freight Trains Come Together HeadOn at Cairo, Illinois, When Telegrapher Fails to Transmit Messages Other News of Interest. Cairo, 111. Four men were killed and two injured in a head-on collision between Mobile & Ohio and Iron Mountain freight trains seven miles north of here near Beechridge, 111. The dead are: Claude Rollins, engineer of M. & O.; A. C. Rosner. fireman, M. & O.; W. E. Stevenson, buikeman, M. .& O. train, all of Jackson, Tenn.; unidentified negro. The injured: F. A. Borgdorf, St. Louis, engineer Iron Mountain, serious; E. C. Buckminster, conductor Iron Mountain, slight. ner's. jury that Operator Charles E. Clark, who was on duty at Beechridge, had been drinking and failed to transmit train orders. Clark was arrested, charged with responsibility for the wreck and lodged in jail here. SAFELYTHROUGH WHIRLPOOL Captain Larsen Makes Successful Dash Through Rapids in Motor Boat. Niagara Falls,1 N. Y. Captain Klaus Larsen, in his little motor boat, the Ferro, made a successful trip from the foot of the cataract through tho whirlpool rapids to within a mile of Lewiston, a distance of four and one-half miles. He started from the Maid of the Mist dock at 4:45 and ran on a rack near the American shore at 5:30. Despite the battering of the whirlpool rapids, Larsen went through safely, but his boat was leaking badly at the finish. Larsen had intended to start at 2:30 o'clock, but he was . delayed by engine trouble. Besides, the authorities threatened to interfere on the ground of attempting suicide. Bodies Wedged On Pilot. Philadelphia, Pa. Tightly wedged in the pilot of a royal blue express train on the Baltimore & Ohio railroad, the bodies of two men, badly mangled and supposed to be those of Winfield D. Cullin and Jesse Cullin of Belcamp, Md., were found when the train arrived in this city. In addition to the bodies, parts of which were missing, a piece of a horse blanket and a part of what is believed to have been a carriage wheel were also found on the locomotive. In the pockets of the clothing on the bodies were found letters containing the names and addresses given. These letters are the only clew the railroad people have to the identity of the men. The fact that the men were killed by the train was not discovered until the train neared this city. Burglars Make Rich Haul. Mattapoisette, Mass. Ten thousand dollars worth of jewelry was reported stolen from two summer homes on Llghthoose road in this town. Mrs. A. L. Dekoven of Chicago and Mrs. Arthur W. Blaüe of Boston were the sufferers from the breaks, which are thought to have been made by t-ie professional burglars who are working along the shore of Buzzard's bay. Mrs. Dekoven reported over $6,000 worth of Jewelry stolen and "Mrs. Blake stated that her loss would be about half as heavy. Car Kills One and Injures Nineteen. Springfield, Ohio. Motorman William Siatter of- Dayton, was Instantly killed and nineteen passengers were cut and bruised when an Ohio Electric traction car left a short curve in London, Ohio, and lanJed on its side. All the passengers with the exception of C. A. Bittker of Columbus lived at London or in the vicinity. More Bullion Disappears.. Seattle, Wash. A registered mail pouch containing several thousand dollars in gold bullion shipped from Fairbanks for Seattle is missing and Is supposed by local postal authorities to have been stolen. The package was sent over the government trail to Valdez. Secret service men have been at work on the mystery for several days. Bride-to-be Giggles. Taunton, Mass. Because his brlde-to-be giggled 'when he was filling out the marriage license, William F. Harvey of New York left the courthouse here and refused to go further in his matrimonial plans. Chicago Has 2,185,283 Inhabitants. Washington, D. C. The population of Chicago is 2,185,283, an increase of 186,708, or 28.7 per cent., as compared with 1,698,073 in 1900. Four Drowned in Floods. Brownsville, Texas. As a result of the overflow of the Rio Grande rivei4 caused by the recent heavy rains, four Mexicans are repjrted drowned near Hidalgo. Several small towns in the Rio Grande valley are partially flooded and the water is still rising. Richard Gentry Dead. Bloomington, Ind. Richard Gentry, father of the Gentry brothers, owners of dog and pony shows, is dead at his home in this city. He was eighty-three years old and death was due to old age. New World Record for Height Paris. George - Chavez, the French aviator, broke the 'world's record for height, rising in a monoplane 8,792 feet. The previous record was made by Leon Morane whose mark was 8,471 made on September 3 at Deauville. Wire Manufacturer Dies. Cortland, N. Y. Chaseter F. Wickwire, presidentof Wickwire Brothers, a wire drawing and wire weaving concern, is dead. He was sixty-seven years old. He recently gave a $100,000 hospital. to Cortland. Clemenson Is Sentenced. Chicago, 111. Motion for an arrest of judgment in the case of Dr. Hal dane Clemenson, found .guilty of murdering his wife a year ago, was denied by Judge McSurely and the prisoner was formally sentenced to imprisonment for life. Will Wed Explorer. London, Eng. It is announced that early in December Mrs. Summer Clark of Peoria, Hi., will marry Col. J. J. liar risen, the explorer, and discoverer of pygmies on the Congo.

!"THE MYSTERIOUS PEOPLE"

Arnold Bennett Thus Names "Absorbed, Ruthless, Sinister" English Miners. According to Whltaker there are something under a million of miners actually at work, which means probably that the whole race numbers something over two millions. And, speaking broadly, no one knows anything; about them. The householder is In' terested only in the other Insignificant f PrlCe 0f CoaL And m U .Odd, for the majority of householders are certainly not monsters of selfish.' and miserly indifference to the human factor in economics, i Even artist have remained unstirred by the provocative mystery cf. this subterranean race, which per spires with a pick, not only beneath bur cellars, but far beneath the caves of the Eea Itself, a working miner, Joseph Skipsey, had to write the one verse about this race which has had' Tlgor enough to struggle Into the anthologies. The only novel handling In' the grand manner of this tremendous And bizarre theme is Emile Zola' "Germinal.- nd, though it U a fine JDovel. though It is honest and really Impressive, there are shallows in the mighty stream of its narrative, and its climax is marred by a false sentimentality, which Is none the less sentlmentallty for being sensual Do you ever see the lives or the swift deaths of the mysterious people treated descriptively? You may be walking in tlie appalling outskirts, miles from town halls and free libraries, but miles also from. Sowers and you may see a whole procession of these silent men. encrusted with carbon and perspiration, a perfect pilgrimage of them, winding Its way over a down where the sparse grass Is sooty and the trees withered.' And then you feel that you yourself are the exootic stranger In those regions. But the procession absolutely Ignores you. You might not exist It' goes on. absorbed, ruthless, and, sinster. Your feeling is that If you' got In Its path It would trcmp right over you. And it passes out of sight , Of the mining villages little i known. And herein is probably a reason why the mysterious people remain' so mysterious. They live physically, separated. A large proportion of them never mingle with the general masaJ They are not sufficiently seen of sur-' face to men to maintain curiosity-concerning them. Only at elections do they seem to impinge In powerpul silence on the destinies of the nation. I have visited some of these villages. I have walked over the moor to them with local preachers, and heard them challenge God. I hare talked to doctors and magistrates about them, and acquired the certainty, vague and yet vivid, that in religion, love, work, and debauch they are equally violent and splendid. It needs' no Insight to perceive that they live nearer even than sailors to that central tract of emotion where life and1 death meet But I have never sympathetically got near them, and I don't think I ever shall. Arnold Bennett In the London Chronicle.' For Quake Zone. 1 A mtn named McGrath was living in San Francisco at the time of the earthquake. A day or so afier the catastrophe a friend In New York wired him, ask-,' Ing: "Is there anything I can do for you?" "Yes," McGrath replied, as soon as he could get a wire through. "Send me a rubber house." Saturday Evening Post Too Cautious. Naylor Why did Miller go out of the fire insurance business? Taylor He was too cautious he was even afraid to insure Tom McCumber's chicken house, which had sunk in the river. Bobby Gave Him Away. "Is your husband a musician, Mrs. Cougher?" "Why, no. Bobby. Why do you askr "I heard my father say he saw him downtown last night, tuning up to beat the band. Birmingham Age-Herald. Swore Off. "'Ave you 'eard that old Jim stopped smoking?" , "No." "Yes. Tou see, Vs a little nearsighted, and the other day e emptied his pipe into a gunpowder barrtl!" Tit-Bits. More Information. "Doctor, what would you consider one of the surest signs that the millennium Is approaching?" "London Titbits printing something it didn't steal." Would Regret It. GunnerSome magazine writer col tends tbat Pullman cur porters arc despots and should be shown no quarter. Guyer H'm! Let him try to travel without showing them a quarter. Explained. Green I saw you and Jones standing on the corner this morning, and Jones was laughing heartily. Had you been telling a funny story? Brown- No; Jones had just told 1! ' J THE MARKETS. ' New York, September 14. FLOÜR Straights ....$1.35 04.40 WHEAT Sept 103 01.03 CORN Sept C3rf? .64 , OATS Natural White. .SS0 .S3 : BUTTER Creamery .. .32 .32 EGGS 32 0 .36 CHEESE. .' .150) .17 CHICAGO. CATTLE Fancy steers $7.23 08.45 Medium to good 6.?3 27.20 Fat cows and heifers... CT7.00 Native bulls and stags. 3.25 05.10 Fair to fancy veal caives 8.50 09.40 Heavy calves 3.50 05.25 HOGS Heavy butchers 9.30 09 65 Mixed packing. 8.80 09.05 Light mixed 9.20 09.C5 Poor to best pigs 8.C0 09.75 SHEEP Wethers 4.40 04.65 Lambs Native 5.50 07.15 BUTTER-Creameries.. .240 -29 Dairies 23 Ci? .27 EGGS 14 0 .17 POTATOES (per bu.).. .86 0 .88 GRAIN Wheat. Sept.. .910 .93 Oats, Sept 33 Ca .33Vfe Corn, Sept 55 .56 TOLEDO. CATTLE Prime steers 6.00 0G.5O Choice cows 3.50 04.23 Choice heifers 4.00 Gi5.00 HOGS Heavies 9.40 0 9.C3 Pips 9.40 09.50 CALVES Choice 9.00 (TIO.OQ SHEEP Choice 2.50 BUFFALO. CATTLE Prime steers $7.00 07.50 ', Heifers 5.73 06.23 Cows 3.73 Ct5.25 Calves COO 011.23 HOGS-Yorkers 9.60 0 9.63 Pif?s 9.40 09.50' SHEEP Wethers. .... 4.00 4.50