Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 39, Number 69, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 May 1907 — Page 2

WEEKLY REPUBLICAN. QEO. E. MARSHALL, PublUher. .RENSSELAER, - * INDIANA.

CLERK’S ODD ERROR.

MAY CHANGE OWNERSHIP OF WESTERN RAILROAD. >’ ««etr Mistake May Make Difference Of f 30,000,000 to Sew York Man and Relative*—<C*»* Decided In Favor of Joseph Letter. The error of a law clerk many years •go may mean a fortune to Russell Sage Raphael of New York and his mother and •isters. Many years ago Nathan Raphael, • close friend of Russell Sage, purchased $680,000 worth of second mortgage bonds of the Wasatch and Jordan. Valley Railread Company, which owned a line in Utah. The interest on the bonds of the road was defaulted and the first mortgage was foreclosed, cutting out the holders of the second mortgage securit es. A short time ago ftussell Sage Raphael, a son of Nathan Raphael, began suit in the federal court on the bonds, and secured a judgment for $1,680,768, including interest. This judgment has been returned by the sheriff as unsatisfied and has been Bed in court. While working up This case Mr. Raphael’s lawyers discovered that when the first mortgage was foreclosed the holders of the second mortgage. probably by a clerk’s error, were not made parties to the suit. This, it is 'claimed, invalidates the foreclosure l>roceodings. The old railroad property, which now belongs to the Denver, Rio Grande and Western, is said to be worth about $30,000,000. The second mortgage bonds Issued by the original road amounted to SSOO,OOO. It is not known who awns the other $120,000 of these bonds.

BASE BALI, STANDINGS. Games Won and Lout by Clnbs In Principal' "Lmkhm. NATIONAL LEAGUE. W. L.‘ W, L. Chicago ....11 2 Boston 6 6 New York. .10 3 Cincinnati... 4 ~.8 Pittsburg... 7 3 St. Louis.... 3 12 Philadelphia. G 5 Brooklyn.... 1 9 AMERICAN LEAGUE. W. L. AC. I* Chicago.. ..* 9 4 Cleveland. ■.. 5 7 Philadelphia. 8 4 Washington. 4 New York. . 7 4 Boston 4 8_ Detroit S 5 St. Louis.... 4 10 AMERICAN ASSOCIATION. L. AC. L. Columbus... 8 2 Milwaukee... b G Louisville.., 5 3 Kansas City. 3 5 Toledo G fj Minneapolis.. 2 7 : W. 1 W.-i u Des Moines. 7 3 Linc01n...... 5 5 Sioux City.. 6 5 Omaha 4 6 Dencer ..... 5 5 Pueb10....., 4 7 LEITER IS CLEARED BY JURY. Verdict of Acquittal In Last of Coal Cases at Benton. The jury in Benton. 111., returned a verdict of acquittal in the case of the people against the Zeigler Coal Company, charged with employing mine examiners without certificates of competency. The case grew out of the explosion in the Zeigler mines two years ago. The motion of Joseph Leiter for a new trial in the case of similar character, in which he was convicted in February, was overruled and the case taken to the Appellate Court on appeal. This is the last of prosecutions-instituted .against Mr. Loiter and fatS'Compnny as a result of the explosion. STORM WIPES OIT VILLAGE. Ei(ht Lives Known to Have Been Lost In Texas Tornado. One village was totally destroyed, ex tensive damage was done to property and crops at other points and eight lives are known to have been lost as a result of a storm that was general over Texaslate Saturday and which at several points assumed the proportions of a tornado. The little village of Hemming, in Cook County, was practically wiped out and five persons are known to have been killed there. At Sulphur Springs hail banked in drifts from a foot and a half to two feet deep and stalled all trains. Fo«r Killed In Explosion. Pour miners were killed nine severely injured in an explosion on the sixth level of the Morgan slope at the Black Diamond mine of the Pacific Coast Company, twenty-five miles from Seattle. Wash., on the Columbia and Puget Sound railway. Forty men were waiting to be dropped into the mine when the explosion occurred. Bomb Sent to Postal Official. An infernal machine was discovered in the private dr*wr of Postal Inspector Hennen. is Toledo. Ilennen turned it over to secret service officers. Inspector Holmes Of Cincinnati was notified and secret oerviee men put to work immediately. Every employe of the Toledo poatoffice has been sworn to secrecy. Fraacla Murphy Blind. Francis Murphy, the “apostle of temperance,” has retired from active campaigning, according to messages received from Mr. Murphy's home at Los Angeles. He is said to be almost entirely blind. Mr. Murphy is 71 years old. Prince Falla from Hone. - *-• Prince Eitel Friedrich.- Emperor William’s second son, fell from his horse during a cavalry drill on the Doebritze grounds, near Potsdam, and alarming reporta regarding his condition were spread. The latest information :is that he will recover. lodoform's Finder a Salrlde. Prof. Albert Ritter von Mosetigh-Moor-hof. the famous surgeon and introduce! •f iodoform, threw himself into the Dan obe in Vienna, while suffering from mental trouble, and wu drowned.

AMAZES THE WORLD.

Eigiiirrrliif Activity In New York Ii the Greatot Ever." Probably never before in the history of the world has there been in progress, at • one time a stupendous, amount* of building and public "improvement as that by which New York is now being transformed. There are now und<fr way in New York engineering projects whose value is $344,000,000, and contracts have been, authorized but not yet let for $105,000,000 more work. This does not include the expenditure annually of $3,000,000 to improve the water supply, for which an aggregate expenditua*. of $102,000.000 has been planned. The following table gives the details: Work. Estimated Cost. Pennsylvania tunnels and termInals : !... .4100.000.000 Hudson Companies tunnels, subways and terminal ........ 100,000,000 New York Central terminals and electrification.......... 80,000,000 Battery tunnels and subway extension v 8,000,000 New York and Long Island tunnels , r .. . . 4,000.000 SubwnT extension and pipe gal.mtaorflagt lime .... 40.000,000 Subway extension and pipe galleriesr West Side 80,000,000 Subway bridge loop ...... . ■ ■ —I.'MHtU.OOOManhai'tan bridge . . 20.000.000 Williamsburg brldga 15,000,000 Blackwell's Island bridgeSmaller bridges T^OOO^OO Total ....' $448,000,000 New water supply .102,000,000 Grand total loil.oooiooo

These figures do not Include the work on the Ambrose channel in the harbor, | which is a $4,000,000 job, nor do They , take into account the engineering work ( done on great buildings. There was - about $40,000,000 worth of building done in New York last year for office and factory buildings alone. It is safe to say that frorfl $10,000,000 to $15,000,000 of that work required the services of expert engineers. There is probably more work-.. of that kind going on this year than last! - So it may be said that besides the $611,000.000 already mentioned there is fully $14,000,000 more of engineering work going on, making a grand total of $625,000,000 worth of construction in connection with transportation and building already under way or provided for in and around New York which may be described properly ns great engineering projects. This sum of $625,000,000 may be termed a fact established, but there are other vast projects still in the stage of contemplation—more tunnels and bridges and buildings, some of which undoubtedly will be constructed in the not distant fnture. which will amount to from $200,000.000 to $300,000,000 more. The above outline of large operations In progress does not, refer to the new buildings which will be erected, except tunnel and railway terminals. Mammoth hotels, apartment houses, stores, theaters, etc., must be added to the list if anything like a complete idea of the construction work in New York is to be obtained. New York City’s great project for securing a water supply from the Catskillswill cost about $162,000,000. That project means the construction of enormous ‘ptt half a dpien .different valleys, construction of a long system o£ tuLLels and pumping stations, including the tunnel under the Hudson river, the erection of gates and the distribution of the water in the city. It is the largest undertaking of the kind the world has ever known. This water supply for New York is a far greater enterprise than the Panama canal in the engineering problems and even in the money outlay. There are also private engineering problems going on in New York which reach into the millions. Many of these have to do with the construction of great buildings.

Labor Wold

Journeymen tailors at Palo Alto, Cal., have organized. In several States the machinists’ unions have increased nearlySOO per cent In membership during the last year. Fourteen new unions have affiliated with the Minnesota State Federation of Labor since the beginning of the year, and five applications are pending. San Francisco (Cal.) union men affiliated with the iron trades council have voted to strike May 1. Over G.OOO men are involved. They demand an eight-hour day. Chicago (Ill.) elevator men have been negotiating with the building managers for an increase of $lO a inbnth in wages and the matter has been submitted to arbitration.

During the twenty-one years of the existence of the United Hatters of North America they have used 270,900,000 labels. Last year the union hatters made nearly 30.000;000 hats.

A new wage scale increasing the wages of the union barbers of Oakland, Cal., is under discussion between the bosses and the employes. The wages will be arranged upon a sliding scale. The International Union of Bill Fosters and Billers have articles of agreement with all circuses and outdoor shows, through which all bill posting and billing will be done by union men. The Musicians’ Union of Cincinnati, Ohio, is in a tangle with the Cincinnati Orchestra Association. The main cause of the trouble is over the desire of the association to draw on European talent to the detriment of musicians in this country.

Many members of the United Association of PtffflWw;'Gas Firters and steam Fitters are urgiug that the organization establish a home for the aged and infirm, along the same lines as the typos. At a meeting held in KeW York recently it was announced that arrangements are being made for the formation of a permanent organization in favor of abolition of child labor. It waa stated that the movement .waa national, and hope was expressed that the organisation would succeed in arousing public sentiment, without which legislation wifi be •f bo use.

BIG FAIR IS NOW ON.

JAMESTOWN EXPOSITION OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. $£ - ■. — : r - President Presses Gold Bntton, Delivers Address and Reviews Magnificent Naval Pageant Amid Thunderous Salutes. The exposition opened Friday by President Roosevelt on the shores of Hampton Roads, amid the .salutes of cannon from nearly 100 war ships and in the presence of numerous officials and diplomats representing our own and foreign governments, should have an interest for Americans second to none attaching to any former national exhibition in our history. The Jamestown Tercentennial Exposition commemorates the 300th anniversary of the first permanent English-speaking coL ony in America, and, besides, interest in It should be great-beeause of.—thA. many historic associations of the surrounding territory. The soil adjacent has been the scene of more bloody battles during the Revolutionary War, the war of 1812 and the Civil War than any other part of America. Yorktown and Appomattox are close by. Guns from the war ships of five great nations voiced a salute in unison to the American flag and to the President of the United States at the opening Of the Jamestown exposition. The Doom of the cannon sounded over the waters of Hampton Roads, where nearly half a century ago the Monitor and the Merrimac met In the memorable conflict which brought into being the armored craft of war.

BIRD’S-EYE VIEW OF THE JAMESTOWN EXPOSITION.

From the “little Yankee cheesebox set upon a raft” and the rectangular mass of iron which carried the Confederate flag in 1862 to the modern fighting machines typified by the flower of the American navy is a far cry. Yet many of those who stood on the shore and saw the naval pageant in the roadstead recalled the day when the waters which form the rendezvous of great war vessels were splashing with the shot and shell of the first battle of steel-clad ships. From the bridge of the Mayflower, whose decks wore the meeting place of the peace plenipotentiaries of Russia and Japan less than two years ago. President Roosevelt reviewed the great assemblage of flag-draped fighters. Steaming down the long column the -President was greeted by each vessel with a salute of twenty-one guns. Ceremony Began at Sunrise. At sunrise the opening ceremonies were begun by the United States artillery, which fired a’ salute -of 300" guns. The President reached Discovery Lauding shortly before noon, and amid, applause from the thousands gathered to extend their welcome he was received by the exposition management. Then followed the program opening to the public the enterprise commemorating the three hundredth anniversary of the first English settlement in America. The exercises included an address by Harry St. George Tucker, president of the exposition,, and one by President Roosevelt, singing by the exposition chorus of 700 voices, the pressing of a gold button by Mr. Roosevelt, which marked the formal opening, and a review of the assembled military forces. The First Settlement. It was in the year 1607 that three small vessels which had sailed from London on the 10th day of the preceding December entered the broad waters of the James river. These were the Susan Constant of 100 tons, the Godspeed of 40

HISTORIC SPOT NEAR JAMESTOWN.

tons and the Discovery of 20 tons, commanded respectively by Christopher Newpert, Bartholomew Gosnold and John Ratcllffe. In this fleet were 105 men besides the crews. They had already landed a few days before upon a sandy point which they named Cape Henry, after the then Prince of Wales. Captain John Smith, destined to play an important role in our colonial history, waa at this

time in irons on board the Constant as a result of dissensions which had arisen while the little fleet delayed in the West Indies. On entering the James they hoped they had found a water waywhich, in accordance with their instructions, they were seeking—that would afford therein entrance into the south sea. Thirty miles upstream above Newport News and on the northerly side of the river the explorers came upon a peninsula some three miles long by one and a quarter wide at its greatest width. It extended in a southeasterly direction and at its northeastern end it was joined to the mainland by a narrow isthmus. The river is here three miles in width. What was then a peninsula is now an island, the river having cut a channel through the narrow isthmus, which at present is about a quarter of a mile wide ahd is spanned by a bridge. It is incommemoration of the settlement of this island and the marvelous progress made in the intervening 300 years that the present exposition is being held. The exposition is not located on the site of the original settlement, but on the southern shore of Hampton Roads—the finest land-lacked body of water in the world.

Site of the Show. The exposition site comprises about 500 acre|, which are beautifully laid out. The exposition buildings proper consist of 25 structures, among them being an auditorium and convention hall, 160x236 feet, haying wings 62 feet long, and an auditorium 91x91 feet, with a seating capacity of about 3,000; a palace. of manufactures and liberal arts, 280x1550 feet; a palace of machinery and transportation, 280x550 feet; a States’ exhibit palace, 300x500 feet; a mining and metallurgy building, 100x250 feet; a hygienic and medical building, 100x250 feet; a pure food building, 90x300 feet; a palace of history and historic arts, 124x129 feet, and an education building, 124x129 feet. Besides these are what is known as are arts and crafts village, which consists of seven cottages of colonial arehi-

WHERE THE JAMESTOWN SETTLERS FIRST LANDED.

teeture. These are the textile buildings, 53xS8 feet; copper, silver and woodworkers’ shops, 44x137 feet; pottery shops, 48x50 feet; iron shops, 48x50 feet; model school, 35x45 feet, with a model school room 25x52 feet: mothers and children’s building, 60x100 feet, and Pocahontas hospital, 50x80 feet. - .

Most of the States have made appropriations or otherwise provided for buildings and exhibits. Some of them have reproduced with fidelity some famous building connected with their history. Pennsylvania, for instance, has raised a second Independence llali, Massachusetts its old State House; Maryland has reproduced the home of Charles Carroll o 2 Carrollton; Georgia has erected a second Bullock Hall, the home of the mother of President Roosevelt. In every instance the State buildings nre characteristic. Four of the Western States. Washington, Oregon. Idaho and Montana, have jointly erected a gigantic building in the form of a maltese cross, each State to occupy a section. Even Oklahoma, the Inst State to enter the sisterhood, has erected ,a suitable building. Among the foreign conntries which take official part in the celebration are Great Britain. Germany, Russia, France, Japan, Switzerland, Italy, Belgium, Spain, Sweden and Greece of the eastern hemisphere and Brazil, Argentina. Venezuela. Mexico. Chile, Santo pomingo, Porto Rico, Salvador, Peru, Guatemala, Nicaragua. Ecuador, Costa Rica and Panama of the western hemisphere.

The nnvnl features of the exhibition will be the greatest and impressive ever witnessed. Crack battleships and cruisers representing' foreign nat7bni“Froni Brazil and Chile to Japan will be present during the entire period of the exposition and the States will have from 18 to 20 battleships, beside numerous cruisers and torpedo boats. At no time during the exposition will there be fewer than 100 warships, either riding gracefully at anchor or engaged in elaborate maneuvers. One feature of the naval display that will arouse deep interest will be a realistic reproduction of the battle between the Monitor and Merrimac, as it was fought in 1862 and for

which the government hffs appropriated SIO,OOO. Sur roan dinar* Are Historic. A short journey up the James river leads to Jamestown Island; a short journey up the York river leads to Yorktown, the scene of the final revolution? try struggle, ~T — Close at hand lies Norfolk, in which are still mementoes of British marksmanship left by the fleet under Lord Dunmore in the revolutionary war, who stopped a while from his retreat from Williamsburg in order to pay his respects to the thriving seaport. The battle between the Monitor , the Merritnac fn Hampton roads was the first time an ironclad was ever seen in war, and it is proposed to have at this historic point a naval display- which will be of world-wide interest. Near by is Fortress Monroe, with the ceil in which Jefferson Davis was imprisoned at the conclusion of the war between the Jtates. At Jamestown are the ruins of the old church, the cemetery in which tho early settlers ’ were buried, the old fort which they built for their defense against the Indians and the ruins of the old Ambler or Jacquelin mansion, which was built on foundations originally constructed for the house of burgesses. At Williamsburg, which is seven miles from Jamestown and to which place the seat of government was moved in 1699, is the Bruton parish church containing the Jamestown communion service and baptismal font used in baptizing Pocahontas. There are many other places of historic interest, among them the college of William and Mary, founded in 1693; the “six chimney lot,” where Washington made love to Martha Custis; the site of the old colonial capitol, burned in 1859; the poor debtors’ prison, the oldest Masonic Hall in the United States, the old “powder horn,” built in 1714; the court house, built in 1769 v the headquarters of Washington in 1781; the home of Edmund Randolph, who was Secretary of State in Washington’s administration; the home of Peyton Randolph, who was first president of Continental Congress in 1774; the home of John Tyler and other points of lesser interest. At Yorktown is the oldest custom house in the United States, where at one time goods were imported in bond for New York and Philadelphia.. Between Jamestown and Yorktown and. in that vicinity-there are- numberless places of the greatest historic interest to every patriotic citizen. Chief of these is the spot, marked by a suitable monument, where Cornwallis handed his sword to Washington. There is the Moore house in which articles of capitulation were drawn up and signed, the home of Gov. Nelson,, which was occupied by Cornwallis, and there is the “Cornwallis cave,” where the British general took refuge after he had been driven out of the Nelson house, and there is the beautiful monument erected by the United States to commemorate the surrender of Cornwallis.

Bryce on Public Ownership.

In speaking at the dinner of the Chi* cago Commercial Club, James Bryce, the British ambassador, discussed at some length the functions of modern cities, placing them in three distinct classes. One class, he said, included those functions WHICH are Virai -iuj tiAmspeusatfle

because the individual citizen cannot ex-* ereise them for himself, giving the maintenance of public safety, or police department. ns an instance. The second class was that cf functions which might be left to individuals or large corporations* such as are in England called public companies. These- would include the matters of water, light, transportation, markets and public education. In the third class, Mr. Bryce put matters which might or might not be given to a public local authority, such as lodging houses, baths, etc., and it was his opinion that where there is a monopoly it is strongly urged in England that the profits and increased value which the growth of a city gives to such a monopoly ought to belong to the public.”

Forester Pinchot on Floods.

Gifford Pinchot, chief of the forest service, in an interview at Washington, said that the great flood which had visited the upper Ohio valley was due, primarily, to the cutting away of the forests on the water sheds in the heart of the Allegheny mountains. Originally these mountain slopes contained fine hardwood, hemlock and pine forests, which, together with the undergrowth, held hack the water of rains and melting snow, so that dangerous floods seldom occurred. The wholesale cutting of this timber had so denuded the hills that when heavy rains, coincident with snow thaws, occurred quantities of water were precipitated into the streams, and these, emptying into the rivers, caused the disastrous floods which in recent years have done so much damage to property and caused so much lo3s si life. The remedx* in his opuiiufl. xould bo in the replanting of forests and their conservation on a scientific plan of forest culture.

Earth’s Unrest Increasing.

Prof. Belnr, the seismologist, director of the Laibach observatory, who has been comparing the earth shocks during the first qunrter of the present year with those of 1906, announces that if the average compromise in the disturbances of the earth's equilibrium are to be maintained we must await the earthquakes now due with some anxiety.

COMMEPCIAL FINANCIAl

CHICAGO. Spring activity exhibits proportions .hitherto not exceeded in production, transportation of products and new demands, leading industries maintain their unprecedented outputs and improving money conditions are as,favorable factor in the outlook. Mercantile collections throughout the West remain remarkably prompt and, despite the dearness of discounts Which has prevailed, trading defaults still compare quite favorably with those of a year ago. Retail trade here and, in the country is steady, but requires rising temperature to stimulate the movement of seasonable goods. Wholesale dealings in staple merchandise reflect confident buying for fail shipment, the consignments making a gratifying aggregate in textiles, boots and shoes, clothing and food products. Bank clearings, $230,428,869, exceed those of corresponding week in 1906 by 14.4 per cent. Failures reported in the Chicago district number 19, against 17 last week and 29 a year ago.—Dun’s Review 6f Trade.

NEW YORK. Weather conditions this week, as for nearly a month past, have been a bar to retail trade activity and to seasonable crop development throughout a wide area. In jobbing and wholesale trade lines filling 'in orders are in smaller volume than expected, but business as a whole’is good for a between seasons period. There is still a marked scarcity of goods needed for prompt delivery and much cross buying between different jobbers and sections of country. In manufacturing lines the story is one of filled order books and of backward deliveries. Collections improved in spots and this tendency is apt to gain with favorable weather. The‘ labor situation is one of great strength. Strikes are notably few for a May, .1 period, and while railroad retrenchment makes for a larger supply of unskilled labor, the skilled branches are very well employed. Business failures in the United States for the week ending April 25 number 157, against 167 last week and 177 in the like week of 1906. Canadian failures for the week number 23. against IS last week and 22 in this week a year ago. Wheat, including flour, exports from the United States and Canada for the week ending April 25, aggregated 2,580,242 "bushels, against 3,102,467 last v#ek and 2,149,684 this week last year; for the last forty-three weeks of the fiscal year, 141,565,731 bushels, against 111,501.401 in 1905-6. Corn exports for the week are 1,611,041 bushels, against 1,939,622 last week and 1,428,921 a year ago; for the fiscal year to date, 59,610,242 bushels, against 102,802,028 in 1905-6. — Bradstreet’s Report.

THE MARKET S

Chicago—Cattle, common to prime, $4.00 to $6,55; hogs, prime heavy, $4.00 to $6.60; sheep, fair to choice, $3.00 to $6.30; wheat, No. 2,79 cto SOc; corn, No. 2,48 cto 50c; oats, standard, 42c to 44c; rye, No. 2,70 cto 72c; hay, timothy, $13.00 to $20.00; prairie, $9.00 to $14.00; butter, choice creamery, 27c to 30c; eggs, fresh, 14c to 16c; potatoes, 40c to 60c. Indianapolis—Cattle, shipping, $3.00 to $6.15; hogs, choice heavy. $4.00 to $6.70; sheep, common to prime. $2.50 to $5.75; wheat, No. 2,75 cto 7Ge; corn, No. 2 white, 47c to 48c; oats, No. 2 white, 42c to 43c. St. Louis—Cattle, $4.50 to $6.50; hogs, $4.00 to $6.65; sheep, $3.00 to $6.50; wheat, No. 2, SOc to 81c; corn, No. 2,49 cto 50c; oats, No. 2,40 cto 42c; rye, No. 2,67 cto 68c. ••Cincinnati—Cattle, $4.00 to $3.75; hogs, $4.00 to $6.65; sheep, $3.00 to $6:00; wheat, No. 2, SOc to Sic; corn, No. 2 mix«(l, 51c to 52c; oats, No. 2 mixed, 42c to 43c; rye, No. 2,73 cto 74c. Detroit —Cattle, $4.00 to $5.60; hogs, $4.00 to $6.75; sheep, $2.50 to $6.00; wheat, No. 2,79 cto Siccorn. No. 3 yellow, 47c to 49c; oats, No. 3 white, 44c to 45c; rye, No. 2,72 cto 74c. Milwaukee —Wheat, No. 2 northern, 79c to 83c; corn, No. 3,47 cto 48c; oats, standard, 42c to 43c; rye, No. 1, 70c to 72c; barley, standard, 70c to 72c; pork, mess, $15.57. Buffalo—Cattle, choice shipping steers, $4.90 to $6.00; hogs, fair to choice, $4.00 to $7.00; sheep, common to good mixed, $4.00 to $6.50; lambs, fair to choice, $5.00 to $8.75. New York —Cattle, $4.00 to $6.35; hogs, $4.00 to $7.20; sheep, $3.00 to $5.25; wheat, No. 2 red, 85c to 87c; corn, No. 2,55 cto 57c; oats, natural white, 49c to 51c; butter, creamery, 30c to 34c ; eggs, western, 15c to 18c. Toledo —Wheat, No. 2 mixed, 78c to 80c; corn, No. 2 mixed, 46c to 48c; oats, No. 2 mixed, 44c to 46c; rye, No. 2,68 cto (K)c; clover seed, prime, $9.00.

Sparks from the Wires.

The story that President Roosevelt is in fading health has been denied at ths White House.

Fire in the furniture nad*carpet store of H. Felheimer, Hot Springs. Ark.* destroyed the stock, valued at $50,000, and damaged the building to the extent of SIO,OOO.

Michael Latros, until recently Greek consul- at-LoweH, Mass:;* was -held" for "The federal grand jury by United States Commissioner Hayes on a charge of conspiracy against the United Stites* government in smuggling aliens into the country.

t The new Ontario town of Latehford, on the Temiskaming and Northern Ontario railway, nine miles south of the famous cobalt silver mining camp, was practically destroyed by fire. The loss is es timated at $150,000. Several explosions of dynamite occurred, but there were no fatalities.- #