Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 40, Number 32, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 December 1907 — Page 2

WEEKLY REPUBLICAN. jttl ' in " - 4SO. fettAIEY, Ed. W» flfc. RENSSELAER, * - INDIANA.

WOMAN ATTACKED BY NEGRO.

AactT Resident. Follow AualUat »( Prominent Cltlsen'a 'Wife. Citizens in automobiles, in buggies, on horseback, and afoot, accompanied by a large force of mounted police, searched Columbus, Ohio, and surrounding district for a negro who brutally attacked Mrs. W. B. C. Hershey, the pretty young wife of a business man. Mrs. Hershey, who is prominent in society, was alone in her boose when she heard a noise in the basement. She went to investigate and was seised by the black. He threw her to the Boor, gagged her, and beat her. He loft bur' unconscious, walked out of the house, and was seen by neighbors to sneak away.,, They entered the house and found Mrs. Barshey bleeding from blows oa the face and body. They raised an alarm and the posses started in pursuit, determined to lynch the culprit. <3 CARRIES REVOLVER TO PREACH. Psetor Draws Weapon to Chase Thief and Church Will Investigate. While Rev. John Conun, pastor of the North Congregational Church in Zanesville, Ohio, was preaching Sunday he saw h thief sneak out of the cloakroom with an overcoat Drawing a revolver from his pocket the pastor jumped from his pulpit and pursued the man. He chased him down the street and fired at him, but the thief escaped. One of his parishionsrs ventured to ask the minister why he carried a revolver. He got no answer. Now the trustees of the church will begin an investigation as to why their pastor goes armed. BOY THIEF IS HELD.

Police Declare 17-Year-Old Youngster Confessed Rxpress Robbery. According to the New York police, William t* Tjite, a 17-year-old boy, has confessed the theft of the s32,ooopackage of Jewelry stolen from the United States express Company. He was arrested in Jersey City after trying to dispose of the gems for $3. The sale of a $3,000 necklace for 25 cents led to his capture. The prisoner was a helper on one of the express company's wagons in Jersey City. His wagon carried the valuable package, which be put into his pocket as the wagon was being unloaded. / ROBBER IS "KILLED IN FIGHT. Cleveland Policeman Hits Hold-tip Man (a Exchange of Shots. John Sehuiskowski, a hold-up man. was killed in a running fight which he and two companions had with two policemen on the Central viaduct in Cleveland. A dozen shots "were exchanged. The robber was seen to throw up his arms and fall as he ran. The bullet, entering the back, pierced the heart. Death was instantaneous. His companions surrendered when be dropped. The trio had attempted to kid up Frank Schulte, a lineman. Schuiskowski killed a man in a saloon fight two years ago. Banker Freed by Gov. Hoeh. Gov. Iloch of Kansas has commuted to five years the sentence of J. E. Marcell, the Highland, Kan., banker, in prison for forgery under indeterminate sentence. This includes the time served in jail r.nd time off for good behavior, making the actual time four years and one month. Marcel was accused of speculating with the bank's funds. He will get his freedom Feb- 25. Aiki for New Trial. Pietro Giannone, convicted in New York of an attempt of murder, will ask for a new trial on the admission of the principal witness, Bruno Cordea, that he committed perjury on the promise of reward. Cordea testified that Giannone offered him $1,250 to kill Luigi Favetla, with whose wife. Cordea said, Giannone was in love. Noted Dressmaker Is Dead. XL Paquin. the'fainous dressmaker, vho since the death of Worth has fashioned gowns for the aristocracy of Europe arid the wealth of America, died at his home in Paris. lie was known all over the world as a designer who set the fashions for the courts of Europe and for Newport and New York. Xadlets Handreds for Snnday Work. Nine hundred and thirty-eight indictments were returned the other day in Kansas City, principally for violation ot the Sunday' closing law. Sixty-five indictments were against the managers and employes of theaters, and several hundr>*d were against pool ball and cigar stqre •wners. Large Aggrraate of Crop Valors. Government final crop report shows a shortage of several hundred millions of koshels in the principal cereals, but that the aggregate value on the farms is much higher than last year. Isgrstilndr Caasea Bank Failure. The private bank o£ August Sahen A Cto. iu Chicago collapsed through the,disappearance of its cashier and $(15,(100 of its funds, revealing a pathetic story ol a man's trust In his adopted son. Wealthy Broker Killed. James H. Oliphant, a wealthy New Fork broker, was shot and killed by I»r. Charles A. Geiger, who had lost his fortune in speculation, add who then killed himself. * 1 j Stores Barn In Lane, Kan. Fit*, destroyed the greater part of the bun’ness section of Lane, Kan.: loss $40,000. In endeavoring to stop the tlanm it became necessary to blow up the p»«toflke bdtiding with • IISI I l« ■ User* Baby j, Like Fowl. After watching his parents singe the down from a plucked fowl, the 2-year-oid asn of Jany*. Cathrea, in Owen Bound, Ont., lit a roll of paper when Jeff alone with his baby sister and applied it to the child's dress. The baby was so badly horsed (>■«< it died half an hour later.

ASK RELEASE Of GIRL SLAYER.

Jessie Morrison, Who Killed Her Rival, Said to Be Dying in Prison. % Interest in tbs tragic life story of Jessie Morrison, of Eldorado, Kap., ia revived through the efforts of Influtntial friends to secure her release from the Kansas State penitentiary for the murder of her school girl friend, Mm Olin G. Castle. The young woman, once known throughout the State as a beauty, is said, to be dying as a result of her confinement In the woman’s prison, wit4> sixteen years of a twenty-year, sentence yet to serve. Her beauty has faded, her spirits are dead, and she pleads pitifully for freedom. Those who were once her bitterest enemies are interesting themselves in her bottle for leniency. Ministers are at the head of the movement, and an application for pardon, signed by Some of the foremost men and women •of Kansas, will soon* be In the hands of Gov. Hoch. The crime for which Miss Morrison Is paying the penalty was committed when she and a successful rival In love

JESSIE MORRISON.

MRS. OLIN G. CASTLE

engaged in a razor duel. Her opponent was Mrs. Olin G, Castle, who, as Clara Wiley, was married to young Olin Castle, clerk in an Eldorado store. Both girls had in turn been wooed by him. July 22, 1900, nine days after the wedding of Clara Wiley and Castle, Miss Xlorrlson visited the young wife and the total battle ensued. “I was called to the Castle home by Mrs. Castle, who commenced a furious tirade against me,” she says in telling the story. ‘‘She attacked me with a razor. I snatched the weapon from her and slashed her.” Mrs. Castle died a week later. Miss Morrison had three trials, in each of which she was found guilty. The first time she was sentenced to three years in prison, the second to tea, and the third time to twenty. The prominence olf the principals of the case made It one of the greatest interest throughout the country. The convicted woman’s father was at one time a member of the Kansas Supreme Court

The Political Pot.

W. J. Bryan is quoted ns being in accord with much of the President’s message to Congress. In particular he likes the recommendation that the government pay the expenses of elections, only he would add a provision against private contributions. He also strongly approves of the postal and guaranteed banks. Upon the eve of the opening of Congress Representative Fowler of New Jersey, head of the House banking and currency committee, issued a prediction of coming financial tragedy of far greater proportions than the present panic unless we stop issuing a fixed fibnd-secured currency He says that the banks of the country to-day have about $12,000,000,000 in deposits and about the same amount of loans outstanding, against which they hold reserves of only $900,000,000, of which $200,000,000 is in Tank note promises. This he calls “the worst and wildest forth of He defines as “basing one credit Upon another credit." Hence he deems the credit currency the safest because it would always be sent to bank of issue promptly and necessitate proper reserves. The letter written by Senator Foraker of Ohio in response to the resolutions of the Ohio Republican League committees last week was his formal announcement of willingness to accept support to the end of his becoming the candidate of the party for the presidency. the Senator virtually laid down his platform by saying he will stick to his policy of opposition to executive encroachment >.nd by opposing tariff tinkering. Three daughters and one son of Samuel W. Carpenter of Allegheny, Pa., bars •loped in a year.

YEAR 1907 LEAVES A RECORD OF DISASTER

Natural Phenomena and Direful Accident Furnish Long Lists of Dead. EPITOME OP IMPORTANT EVENTS Recent Financial Disturbance—Oklahoma a State—Fine and Gift of Millions. The chronicler Who scans the record of 1907 that he may write of It finds himself confronted by an exhibit of destruction and disaster that i?e had not fully appreciated before: Sinete the opening day of the year the great catastrophes that have been accompanied by large loss of life have numbered 26, an average of slightly more than two for each month. Several of these have been great convulsions of nature. There was the earthquake that destroyed Kingston, Jamaica, out of which came the disagreeable Swettenham incident; subsequently occurred other earthquakes and volcanic eruptions in Mexico, Chile and China. An earthquake and mountain sHde that destroyed the town of Karatagb, Russian Turkestan, snuffed out 15,000 lives, and a frightful typhoon at Hongkong, China, killed unknown hundreds of the inhabitants. A hurricane In the Caroline Islands wiped out 200 lives; a great flood in Japan caused 600 deaths. Among the catastrophes originating in the operations and enterprises,.©?' humanity there have been explosions—several of them in mines, others in blast furnaces and on shipboard—collisions of ships and of railway trains, the collapse of the great uncompleted bridge over the St Lawrence river near Quebec, and the blowing up of the Du Pont powder works in Fontanet Ind. All these produced long casualty lists. The roll of eminent dead is also an extensive one. Sweden has lately been called upon to mourn the decease of its beloved king, Oscar 11., and his son and successor has assumed the reins of government In Persia, also, the old Shah has died and a new one rules. Not death, but abdication has also changed the governmental head In Korea. Politics, art, science, letters, and the platform have each paid its toll to death in the loss of some foremost representatives. Among the names may be recorded those of former President XL Casimir Perier of France, Senators Morgan, Pettus and Alger. Galusha A. Grow, James H. Eckels, 1 " Maurice Grau, Richard Mansfield, Joseph Joachim, Edvard Grieg, James McGranahan, Col. Will S. Hayes, Prof. Alexander S. Hersehel, Thomas Bailey Aldrich, Dr. John Watson (lan Maclaren), Theodore Tilton, Mrs. Mary J. Holmes, Francis Murphy and Mrs. Helen M. Gougar. Mrs. Wm. McKinley and John Alexander Dowie are also In the list of the well-known dead. A financial disturbance of widespread Influence has made itself felt during the last three months of 1907. The number of States in the Union has been Increased to 46 by the admission of Oklahoma.

That modern minds are not appalled by large amounts Is shown by two of the year’s transactions. The Standard Oil Company has been fined $29,000,000 by a Chicago judge, and John D. Rockefeller has made donations of $32,000,000 to educational projects. Two great expositions have been held. That at Jamestown, Va., did not receive the patronage expected and Is in the hands of a receiver.—The other was in Greater Louisville, Ky. A public work of vast magniture was begun when Mayor McClellan of New York broke ground for the construction of the great Catskill aqueduct which In a few years is to convey to the metropolis an Inexhaustible supply of pure water. The Harry Thaw trial In New York and the general strike of telegraphers the country over were subjects of much Interest to the public while they continued. The principal happenings of 1907 are briefly given below: JANUARY. 2 —Wreck on Rock Island near Yolland, Kansas, kills 33 persons... .Chas. M. Floyd, Republican, elected Governor of New Hampshire by Legislature. s—Bomb thrown in Fourth Street National bank, Philadelphia. 8 — Death of Shah of Persia. 9 James Cullen lynched in Charles City, lowa....Gen. Vladimir Pavloff assassinated in St. Petersburg... .30 miners killed by explosion in Pittsburg blast furnace. 10 — Typhoon in Philippines kills 100 persons. 11— Fire near Strassburg, Germany, causes 20 deaths... .$1,000,000 fire in Lancaster, Pa. 14 —Earthquake destroys Kingston, Jamaica. 19 — Sixty lives lost in two Big Four railroad wrecks in Indiana... .Mohammed Ali Mirra crowned Shah of Persia ....Admiral Davis and American squadron sent away from Kingston, Jamaica, by Gov. Swettenham. 20 — Death of Jo6iah Flynt Willard, tramp and author. r ..England apologizes for Swettenhamuncident. 23 — Twenty miners killed by explosion near Primer©, Colo:.. .Thaw trial begins In New York. 24 — Death of Senator R. A. Alger of Michigan. 28—Explootaoa In mine mot Bur-

hruecfc. Pm«in, HTI Timpo yawns.—TQftlivea lost by typhoon in Hongkong harbor. h sion near Thurmond, W, Va. FEBRUARY. 7—John D. Rockefeller makes $32,000,000 gift.toeducational work. 12 —200 lives lost by sinking of Joy line steamer Larclim'ont off Block Island, R 1.... .Death of ex-Gov, Frank W. Higgins of New York. 16 —25 persons killed and 100 injured in'train wreck on New York Central in New York City, 20 — $173,000 stolen from D. S. subtreasury in Chicago. 21— English steamer Berlin goes down off coast of Holland ; 180 lives 105 t.... Cornelius J. Shea and associates acquitted of conspiracy in Chicago.... Mrs. Dora McDonald shoots and kills Webster S. Guerin in Chicago^. 22 Pennsylvania railroad’s 18-hour flyer wrecked near Johnstown, Pa.... Missouri Legislature adjourned by smallpox Spare. MARCH. 4—Fifty-ninth Congress adjourns sine die.... Three changes in President’s cabinet take effect. 7—Strother brothers in Culpepper, Va., acquitted of murder under “unwritten law.” 9—Death of John Alexander Dowie..'. Will J. Davis freed of responsibility for Iroquois theater disaster by Judge Kimbrough of Danville, 111. 12— Death of M. Casimir .Perier, former president of France.... Magazines on French battleship Jena explode at Toulon, killing 80 and injuring 500 persons. 14—-Death of Maurice Grau, impressario. 1 - 16—Burning of Helicon Hall, Dpton Sinclair’s colony, near Englewood, N.' J. 18—Greater Louisville exposition opened. ' 22—Many persons., killed in riots in Moldavia. 25 Death of Alexander Beaubien, first white male born in Chicago. x 31—Death of Galusha A. Grow, former Congressman from Pennsylvania. APRIL. 2—Chicago elects Fred A. Busse, Republican, and approves new traction ordinance by majority of 33,126. 4—Hotel fire in San Francisco kills 17 persons.... Lunacy commission declares Harry K. Thaw sane. 9 Howard Nicholas and Leonard Leopold convicted of murder £f Mrs. Margaret Leslie in Chicago. 11 —Lord Cromer, British ruler in Egypt, resigns. 13— Standard Oil Company convicted in Illinois court of rebating. 14— Death of James H. Eckels of Chicago. Earthquakes at Chilapa and Chilpancingo, Mexico. 15— Great Northern’s Oriental Limited derailed by wreckers at Bartlett, N. D. 16— —Volcanic eruptions in Chile. fire in native quarter of Manila. 26 Opening of Jamestown (Va.) Exposition. 30—Hurricane in Caroline Islands'kills 200 people. MAY. 2—Great loss of life from explosion in Chinfa. '' 3—Sir Alexander Swettenham retires as Governor of Jamaica. 6 —Dr. John Watson (lan Maclaren) dies in Mt. Pleasant, 10wa... .Tornado wipes out towns of Birthright and Ridgeway, iexas. 10 — Son born to King Alfonso of Spain. 11 — Mystic Shriner special wrecked at Honda, Cal., and 31 lives lost. 12— Mine fire at Velardena, Mexico, kills 90 men. T. . Earthquake in China kills 4,000 persons. 17— Isaac Stephenson elected United States Senator from Wisconsin, 25 — Death of Theodore Tilton in Paris. 26 Death of Mrs. William McKinley.

JUNE. 5 Oscar 11. resumes reign as King of Sweden. 6 Sudden death of Mrs. Helen M. Gougar. 7 Fatal and destructive tornado in Kentucky and southern Illinois and Indiana. 9 Death of Julia Magruder, novelist. 10 — Great strike against government in wine growing regions of France.... 500 lives lost in burning of Chinese theater in Hongkong. _ r 11 —Death of Senator John T. Morgan of Alabama. 12 — 200 lives lost in hurricane on Caroline Islands. 13— Mayor Schmitz of San Francisco convicted- of extortion. 14— Olympic Theater burns in Chicago. 16 —Czar dissolves the Duma. ■*B—Death of Prof. Alexander S. Herschel, English astronomer. 20—Mayor McClellan of New York breaks first sod for construction of great Catskill aqueduct. 26 Fire destroys block of buildings adjoining Jamestown exposition. SO —Death of Francis Murphy, temperance evangelist. JUUT. 3—Fatal windstorm sweeps western Wisconsin. 6 John D. Rockefeller appears as witness in court in Chicago. 7 Tornado damages Long Pine, Neb. 8— Death of James McGranahan, gospel song writer. 14— Assassination of President Fallieres attempted in Paris. 15— PovMr explosion on battleship Georgia kills 8 seamen and injures 13. 18 — Emperor of Korea abdicates. 20 — 30 killed in I’ere Marquette wreck near Salem, Mich. 21 — Steamer and freight boat collide off California coast and 150 lives are lost. 23 —Death of Col. Will S. Hags, ballad writer. 27 — Death of Senator E. W. Pettus of Alabama. 28 — Jury in Boise, Idaho, acquits William D. Haywood of murder of Gov. Steonenburg... .Big fire-at Coney Island, N. Y. AUGUST. I—Standard1 —Standard Oil Co. fined $29,000,000 for accepting railroad rebates by Judge K. M. Landis of Chicago. B—Beginning of telegraphers’ general strike. 12 —Death of Robert A. Pinkerton. 15 —Joseph Joachim, violinist, dies in Berlin. 19 — Prince Wilhelm of Sweden nt Jamestown exposition. '

20 -Great'firFTn rtanvaatt, Japan. 27 Nelson Morris, Chicago packer, dies, i 29 — Great bridge over St. Lawrence river, near Quebec, collapses, carrying 84 workmen to death. ; 30 — Death of Richard Mansfield. SEPTEMBER.* 4—Death of*Edvard Grieg, Norwegian composer. 7—Anti-Japanese outbreak in Vancouver, B. C. J 9 Japanese battleship Kashima blowa uj-. at Kure With loss of 40 lives. 15—25 lives lost in wreck of excursion train near Canaan, N. 11. 17—First election in Oklahoma... .Chit, cago defeats new charter. «21 —Frank J. Constantine convicted of murder of Mrs. Louise Gentry in Chicago ....Grandstand blown down in Hegins, Pa., and 50 people hurt. 25 —Flood in Japan drowns 600 persons. 28 — Eight lives lost in B. &O. wreck at Bellaire, Ohio. v 30 —McKinley mausoleum dedicated in Canton, Ohio. OCTOBER. 6—Death of Mrs. Mary J. Holmes, authoress. 10- —Steamship Lusitania crosses Atlantic ocean in four days twenty hours... Death of Mrs. Cassie Chadwick in Columbus (Ohio) penitentiary. 12—Steamship Cypress wrecked on Lake Superior and 22 lives lost. 14— Town of San Jose del Cabo, Lower California, destroyed by cloudburst. 15 — Du Pont powder works near Fontanet, Ind., explodes, killing 50 people. 16— Wall street flurry causes great slump in copper stocks. East marked by suspension of Knickerbocker Trust Compahy and of various financial concerns, appointment of receivers for WcstinghouseEieetrieattdMamifacturing Company, and wild scenes on Stock Exchange. '* 23 —Germans win balloon race from St. Louis with France second. 27—New $20,000,000 Union station opened in Washington. 30 —Earthquake and mountain slide destroys town of Karatagh, Russian Turkestan, and causes 15,000 deaths.

NOVEMBER. I — Great railway strike in Great Britain called. 5 End of telegraphers’ strike... .Elections in many States II — Death of Dexter M. Ferry, seedsman, of Detroit. 15— Death of Moncure D. Conway, American author... .Fire destroys town of Cleary, Alaska. 16— admitted to statehood. 24 Jury in Steve Adams case in Rathdrum, Idaho, disagrees. 25 Thirteen lives lost in New York tenement house fire. ,-v 26 — Death of Gen. B. D. Pritchard of Allegan, Mich., whose regiment captured Jefferson Davis. DECEMBER. 1 — Explosion in mine at Fayette City, Pa., kills 40 miners. 2 Sixtieth Congress opens. -y 4—:King Oscar of Sweden resigns gov* ernment into hands of Crown Prince aa regent. 6 Explosion entombs 400 miners at Mobongah, W. Va. B—Death, of King Oscar 11. of Sweden and accession of his son as Gustaf V. 11 —President Roosevelt reiterates hla declaration that he will not again be • candidate for chief executive. 16— : -Dust explosion kills 75 men in mine at Yolande, A1a.... Great war fleet sails from Hampton Roads for Pacific. 17- —Death of Lord Kelvin, English scientist.

Two Kinds of Tuberculosis.

Reports from London state that the results of the careful investigations and experiments of the Royal Commission on Tuberculosis indicate that there are two kinds of consumption. When the bacilli of these diseases were administered to animals those from oner group caused rapidly fatal general tuberculosis, while the germs of the other group, though given in far larger doses, had only a slight local effect, and the disease tended to undergo a spontaneous cure, but the investigations have not yet reached a point where it is practicable to determine with certainty from which type of disease the patient is sufferingr—One of the results of the experimenter made seems to be to discredit Koch’s view that bovine and human tuberculosis are different diseases.

Rabies a Real Disease.

Chief Melvin of the Bureau of Animal Industry of the Agricultural Department says that many experiments conducted by the bureau now demonstrate that hydrophobia is a real germ-generated and infectious disease. This disease, he sayS, can be communicated from beasts to men as well as from beast to beast. There are two types off hydrophobia, dumb and furious. In the earlier stages of the former kind a dog is dangerous, but in the lata stages it is not, as it sustains paralysis of the jaws; but a dog with the furious type of is very dangerous, yelping and running about with frothing mouth and without any sign of jaw paralysis. Dr. Melvin insists that as yet there is no cure for rabies known to medical science.

New Principle In Structural Work.

A new principle in engineering practice is described by the Scientific American in the case of a lookout tower built by Alexander Graham Bell, in which ths structure is composed of tetrahedrons, and is said to be the first iron structure built on this principle. Each tetrahedral cell, which is the unit <* construction, is made of one-half inch iron piping, and measures exactly 48 inches from tip to tip. Two hundred and sixty of these cells were employed in the tower, which rises 70 feet above the ground. Some of the advantage* claimed for this method of construction are lightness, great rigidity, rapidity and ease of construction, very little false work , being required, and the facility with which any part may be renewed.

America Leads in Coal.

Tables prepared by the London Board of Trade show that the United States now mines more coal than any other country, the total being 370,000,000 tons in ths United Kingdom and 135,000,000 tons In Germany. Bnt the production per head is still higher in England. America also wnumm— ths Boost coal. '

COMMERCIAL AND FINANCIAL

CHICAGO. An improving tone appears in business circles, although actdal recovery in activity is not looked for before a return to normal banking conditions is effected. Reasonable weather brought a heavier movement in the leading retail lines, and the absorption of necessaries and Christmas goods advanced to gratifying proportions, dealings generally reflecting a better disposition among buyers. Wholesale branches mainly enter upon the usual quiet attending the close of the year, but there was a fair aggregate Of - demands for immediate delivery and satisfactory mail orders were received ter spring merchandise. Mercantile collections show more promptness at western points, although extensions are not infrequently asked, particularly where the. shortage of currency yet remains severe. Defaults in this district again include none -of special significance, ami the number this month thus far is less than a year ago. Requests for accommodation in January increases and current settlements at the banks involve some renewals, but the financial exhibit required of borrowers discloses little disturbing weakness among manufacturers and distributers, and this creates, a .more confident feeling as a basis for future financing. Money remains quoted at 7 per cent minimum on local loans required for forwarding of foodstuffs, but higher rates-.are-inade-foi' commercial-paper bought by outside banks. Augmentation of gold reserves and note circulation strengthens JLhe situation and permits an expanding shipment of currency "to" ffie 'fHtseriorr There is no decline in outputs of rails, wire and footwear, and there is better inquiry for pig iron, although some consumers hold for lqwer cost. Failures reported in the Chicago district number 23, against IS last week and 25 a year ago. Those with liabilities over $5,000 number 5, against 7 last week and 3 in 1906.—Dun’s Review of Trade.

NEW YORK. Holiday buying has had the- center of the stage, and retail business has felt very perceptibly the influence of the spirit of the season. While much more marked than some time ago, however, the volume of retai) buying as a whole is not up to expectations, and is below a year ago at this date. Sentiment as to the outlook for trade next year is very mixed. Conditions in financial circles are still slowly but quite surely approaching normal.. From the country at large there is reported a continued easing up of the situation as regards cash payments, and several cities are practically on a cash basis. A very favorable feature in the present period of repression is the tendency toward enlargement of our export trade. This is most notable in the grain trade. Business failures for the week ending D6c, 19 number 298, against 284 last week, 227 in the like week of 1906, 235 in 1905, 249 in 1904 and 243 in 1903. Canadian failures for the week number 40, as against 50 last week and 26 in this week a year ago.—Bradstreet's Commercial Report.

THE MARKETS

' Chicago—Cattle, common to prime, $4.00 to $(3.10; hogs, prime heavy, $4.00 to $4.55; sheep, to choice, $3.00 to $4.25; wheat, No. 2,98 cto $1.00; corn," No. 2,58 cto 59c; osrts, standard, 49c to 50c ; rye, No. 2,79 cto 82c; hay, timothy, $ll.OO to $18.00; prairie, $9.00 to $12.50; butter, choice creamery, 24c to 29c; eggs, fresh, 22c to 27c; potatoes, per bushel, 48c to 50c. Indianapolis—Cattle, shipping, $3.00 to $6.25; hogs, good, to choice heavy, $4.00 to $4.90; sheep, common to prime, $3.00 to $4.50; wheat, No. 2,95 cto 97c; corn, No. 2 white, 53c to 55c; oats, No. 2 -white, 49c to 52c. St. Louis —Cattle, $4.50 to $6.00; hogs, $4.00 to S4.GO; sheep. $3.00 to $5.00 1 wheat, No. 2, sl.Ol to $1.02 ; corn, No. 2, 53c to 55c; oats, No. 2,48 cto 50c; rje, No. 2,75 cto 79c. Cincinnati—-Cattle, $4.00 to $5.10; hogs, $4.00 to $4.50; sheep, $3.00 to $4.50; wheat, No. 2,99 cto $1.01; corn, No. 2 mixed, 55c to 57c; oats, No. 2 mixed, 47c to 48c; rye, No. 2,79 cto Sic. Detroit —Cattle, $4.00 to $5.50; hogs, $4.00 to $4.40; sheep. $2.50 to $4.75; wheat, No. 2, SI.OO to $1.02; corn, No. 3 yellow, 60c to 01c; oats. No. 3 white, 53c to 540; rye, No. 2,80 cto 82c. Milwaukee —Wheat, No. 2 northern, SI.OB to $1.10; corn, No. 3,59 cto 60c; oats, standard, 51c to 52c; rye, No. 1, 80c.to 81c; barley, No. 2,96 cto 97c; pork, mess, $12.52. , Buffalo—Cattle, choice shipping steers, $4.00 to $5.90; fair to choice, $3.50 to $4.60; sheep.' common to good mixed, $4.00 to $5.50; lambs, fair tp choice, $5.00 to $7.25. New York—Cattle. $4.00 to $5.50; hogs, $3.50 To $5.00; sheep, $3.00 to $5.00; wheat, No. 2 red, SI.OO to $1.00; eorn, No. 2,06 cto 67c; oats, natural white, 57c to 59c; butter, creamery, 25c to 29c; eggs, western, 27c to 31c. Toledo —Wheat, No. 2 mixed, 99c to $W)1; corn. No. 2 mixed, 59c to 01c; oats, No. 2 mixed, 53c to 54c; rye. No. 2,79 cto 81c; clover seed, prime, $9.70.

TELEGRAPHIC BREVITIES

Thomas W. Lawson has been elected president of the Bay State Gas Company of Delaware. The chief of staff of the army has recommended the construction of officers’ quarters at the army war college In Washington at ho expense of SIOO,OOO. It is reported that Heinrich Conreid of the Metropolitan opera house in New York has had trouble with the directors of the company and. will retire at the end of the present season.