The jFnlton County News McConrc!!rb:?rj:, Pa. FOR CLEAN FOODS.' .Addressing the American Health M0c1atlnn in convention at Milwau kee, Prof. James O. Jordan of Boston. Msalrsaan, pointed out the need of pro cUag foods from contamination not ly fey dirt, dust. Insect life, dogs and I, but also from handling by human jaoiaK, says the Buffalo Express. He oat have had In mind careless to whom the rules of cleanll- re practically unknown. The ef- f the day, among civilized people Tpnerally for clean food. Restau ktJbta are sometimes accused of being 9mm particular than tbey should he, aW local health officials can keep them a to the standard or have them dls .taonUiuied. If such power Is not a 'weaaible by any health officer, luftlsla Uaa should provide for such an ar tramrement. Professor Jordan spoke fctoo for milk, saliig: "Less money millinery and beer and more JBeroted to procuring clean milk will WlM health dividends more than com aensurate with the capital thus In- tod." It Is hardly necessary for individual to forego much beer or a millinery to provide clean milk. tank Is the community's. Only class of nilik should be tolerated, aud that, clean, reasonably rich, and !llverel In cleanly vessels and ve-klelen. A part cf the theory touching the feature ef matter Is that the tons, Which are the constituents of atoms, km oot only in constant motion, but Moat this energy is working toward a Jtower quality of matter; that Is, that tfoni Is developing toward copper or toward some other kind of metal of Jtara value. Bo of silver and the dla snond. These precious metals never transmute upward, but always down ward. The changes may not' be ob erred In centuries, but In millions of rwara they will manifest themselves, flttla dlulntegratlon of the atom and Its transmutation into the base metals taggest two inferences either the ad vance of civilization In the eradication kf old and other precious metals, or Mhmt the so-called baser metals are of creater value and use in the social aoaaomy. Of course, long before the eradication of gold through this proe mu. mankind will disappear from the fcdanet yet the lesson Is left by this scientific discovery that in the great ?phn of nature, copper and Iron are tsnore to be esteemed than gold or letfrtT. The day of a doze Is no more that itelirtous moment as the day breaks, fwten the sleeper wakes and rolls over fca a half dream and yields himself to a drowsy spell that gives to joy a sort not real existence well. It Is no more. "Thee days of advance have blotted It wwL Invention and rapid life are too nan for it. When a person wakes, the wakes. No lotus-eating for him. Wo floating away on a silvery mist out Soto the land of forgetfulness. Listen 3to that motor cycle running from away down the street, sputtering, cracking 4 crashing as it comes, ruBhlng past pour window as the very devil himself would; and then, that snorting, rip otag and slashing clamor sweeping by fa the form of an automobile good law, old Somnus and Momus, and all Tt divinities of night and sleep, fare, well, says the Ohio State Journal. iSome day we may meet again, but in mm other world or some other time when the long, lingering doze at dawn nay be looked upon as one of the sa wed rights of mankind. Before the yc-nr's outing season Is iwvar nearly half a million personi nrHJ have sought rerreatlon and health .la the national forehts. The use of rtha forests for recreation is as yet In Us beginning, hut is growing stead htty and rapidly In some of the forests at the rate of 100 per cent, per annum. TTbm day seems not far distant when .TjOOO.OOO persons will annually visit ttbena. The records show that the sea tonal use of the forests runs from two anronthn in a Colorado forest, such as "taaRoatt, to 12 months in an Alaskan, cn as the Tongas. Hut the uses differ. In Colorado the 2,000 visitors ntered the forest to fish, to camp, to jellaab and to drink the medicinal wa Hera; la Alaska, the 1,000 almost sole 3y to bunt and fish. The 21,000 per eona who went into the Conconlno for -t, Arizona, during nine months went to camp or to enjoy the syenery. The 'aaoat popular of the forests is the TlX. containing the famous peak ol tthat name. The official . census-statistics give "Chicago a population of 2.18S,2!'3, a gal of 4SG.708 in ten years. This is Aumsr very well, as the returns show Oitoago to be the second city la the Vailed States In number of inhabit ants, ranking next to New York both in population and In rate of Increase. "Yet Chicago is not satisfied. The me tropolis thought it should have at least 3.000.000. Apparently the only -way to get such total Is to annex 4oma more of the outlying territory. The new torpedo-boat , destroyer Paulding has made a record for oil buralng warships by running at the rata of 83.94 knots an hour. Thla feat waa accomplished during a standard isation trial-trip off the Maine coast, mod saems to furnish strong testi mony to the 1 effectiveness of oil as fuel "Do something for the girls' Is a swing plo a Va best posulbl thing 4a do la to marry them. PORTUGAL SEPARATES CHURCH AND STATE 1 Decree Issued By Provisional Government. DECLARES FOR FREEDOM OF THE PRESS Provisional (iovernmeut Officials I)c cliue Invitation To Attend a Mem orial Mass For Victims Of the Revolution A System Of Govern ment Like That Of the United Ktatea la Advocated T.y the Por tuguese Pi-cm. Lisbon (Special). The separation ef the church and state was announc ed in a decree Just issued by the pro visional ' government. Another de ree published declares for the free dom of the press. The government declined the Invi tation to attend a memorial mass for the victims of the revolution, on the ground that it desired to remain neu tral In matters of religion. The preBS generally favors the In auguration of a system of govern ment, with a president and cabinet similar to that In the United States, tn preference to the Bystem of par liamentary government generally in vogue on the Continent of Kurope. Among the measures being pre pared by the Minister of Justice is a new divorce law, based, it Is said, upon the principle of separation by mutual consent. Rome (Special). The Pope gave a private audience to Monsignor Tontl, the papal nuncio at Lisbon. The Pontiff expressed regret that cur rency had been given to false reports regardfng the religious orders In Portugal. Madrid (Special). In a speech in the Senate Senor Canalejas, the pre mier, declared that if Parliament did not pass the "Padlock BUI," which prohibits the creation of further reli gious establishments until the Con cordat with the Vatican has been completed, he would resign. The Premier said it was his In tention later to present a bill in the Cortes modifying the law relating to religious orders, but that the pas sage of the "Padlock Bill" was neces sary, In order to help solve the cleri cal problem. He claimed that the critical hour had sounded for the church In Spain, and asked the aid of all Liberals, that an equitable and definite settlement of the relations between the government and the Vatican might be reached. BLAME DISASTKK ON GAS. Report Of Lalior Men On Explosion In Los Angeles Times Office.' San Francisco (Special), -t- The committee appointed by the State Federation of Labor to investigate the Los Angeles Times disaster pre sented a report to the Executive Council, finding that the explosion was caused by gas. "The only tenable theory so far ad vanced," says the report, "Is that teaks In the Times building let loos? so much gas that by co'mlog Into contact with an open fire such as a tighted match or the fires in the print ing department, there was a dis astrous explosion." AMERICAN LOANS HIGNKD. China To Oct $30,000,000 From New York Hankers. Peking (Special). The proposed 150,000,000 loan of the Chinese gov ernment from an American group of bankers has been consummated. It was announced that the Prince Re gent bad ratified it. Clear ChrlNtnias Mails. Washington, D. C. (Special). To keep the malls clear for Christmas traffic the Postofftce Department noti fied all postmasters to time their re quisitions for supplies so as to avoid shipment of them from Washington between December 19 and 27. This action is expected to relieve the mails throughout the country of a great bulk at a time when they are heavily taxed with holiday business. Fire Loss 2,000,00O. Victoria, B. C. (Special). Fire wept through the heart of the city's business section, wiping out several of the finest buildings and Inflicting a loss estimated at from $1,500,000 to 12,000,000. The fire started In the department store of David Spen cer & Co., Limited, one of the largest retail establishments In Victoria. Train Hit Work Gang. Piedmont, W. Va. (Special). A passenger train plowed through a gang of Italian workmen, killing three and fatally injuring two. 817 Hodlcs Recovered. Naples (Special). Official reports received from the prefect o the Is land of Ischla, from the province of Balerno and from the Vesuvlan com munities state that 317 bodies of vic tims of the recent storm disaster have keen recovered. Jealous Wife Takes Poison. Taylorsvllle, 111. ' (Special). Prompted by jealousy, Mrs. W. B. McBrlde, wife of an attorney, com mitted suicide by taking carbolic eld. , . Exploding Gap Kills Two. Wheeling. W. Va. (Special). Two men were blown to bits when a dyna mite cap exploded on tha new water works at Keyaer. The dead are John Burk, American, and Anton Ollettea, Italian. Fire Coots Akron 323,000. Akron, O. (Special) Fir of tin knows origin completely destroyed tha O. A. Kemple building, occupied by the Hardware and Supply Com pany, wltk a loss of $136,000. THE BAY OF NAPLES SWEPT Devastated By Peculiar Combinations of the Elrments. Naples (Special). The beautiful coasta of the Bay of Naples and the Quit of Salerno and the Islands of Isuhla and Proclda have been devas tated by a peculiar combination of the elements. The exact number of victims has not been learned, but 100 or more perished. The monetary loss Is great. The disaster appears to have come In the form of a cyclone having three centers, the first over the Island of Ischla, the second over the town of Torre Del Greco on the east of the Bay of Naples, and the third sweep ing the Oulf of Salerno. Accompanying a cyclone were a cloudburst, a tidal wave and violent eruptions from Mount Vesuvius and from a crater suddenly, opened on the summit of the long-extinct Mount Kpomeo, on the Island of Ischla. Ischla and the adjacent Islands suf fered most. No Americans are re ported In the troubled rone, foreign ers having recently given that sec tion a wide berth because 'of the cholera epidemic. The towns chiefly damaged are Cassamlccola, Lacciomeno, Posltano, Torre del Greco, Reslna and Portlcl In the Province of Naples, and Amalfl, Vletrl, Majorl, Minorl, Pontecagnano and Cetara, Province of Selcrno. There are victims everywhere. Details which are slowly arriving show that each afflicted town and vil lage has its own tale of horror. A dozen were killed here and a score there. Houses and churches were razed. The loss in crops is Incal culable. The sea off the Salerno coast Is covered with wreckage, con sisting of ruined houses, furniture, timbers, trees and carcasses of ani mals. Some parents, seeing their children engulfed In the flowing mud, committed suicide. The mud in some of the valleys below Mount Pomeo is 20 feet deep. Throughout the night much con fusion existed, as 4he failure of the electric and telegraph wires left the territory In darkness and without means of easy communication. Ad miral Leonardl, minister of marine, Is at Ischla organizing the relief, for which $400,000 Is already available. FISH FOOD AND CAXCKH. Dogs Trained To Marine Diet To He Vscd For Experiment. Washington, D. C. (Special). Shipped to the Maine hatcheries by the Bureau of Fisheries were seven dogs trained to marine diet which will be used in experiments to deter mine whether cancer is communic able through use of fish as food. For a long time it has been a mooted question whether human beings could acquire cancer from fish, and the dogs will serve in the place of people in these experiments which are inci dental to a general Investigation as to the food value of various fishes and fish products. GOLD-LADF.X SHIP LOST. , Alaskan Schooner Believed To Have Sunk With All On Board. Seattle, Wash. (Special). The agsollne schooner, Mary Sachs, Capt. Peter Barnard, from Kotzeberg, bound for Nome, and carrying a crew of 2 and 14 miners from the Squirrel IUver diggings, with $70,000 In gold dust. Is 23 days overdue at Nome. The boat is believed to have gone down, with all on board. Violent storms have raged since the vessel began her voyage. The schooner was owned by H. O. Grecnbrug, a Nome mining operator. MITILATKI) 1IIMSF.LF. F.UKcne LuNNier's Attempt To Avoid Military Service Fails. Atlanta. Ga. (Special). Although he shot off a portion of his right In dex finger to escape military service. Private Eugene Lussier, Company I, Seventeenth 'United States Infantry, did not free himself from military domination. His sentence to one year's Imprisonment at Fort Leaven worth, Kan., for wilfully disabling himself was announced, in addition to bis dishonorable discharge from the service. Wrestler Indicted. Kdwardsville, O. (Special). Two Indictments were returned against John Burton, professional wrestler, charged with killing Leo Wents and Louis A. Welbracht, on August 14, with a strangle hold In a fight. His ball was fixed at $10,000. His father, Alderman George Burton, of Alton, 111., arranged to give bond. Judge Brlstow Dead. Nashvlle, Tenn. (Special). Judge F. H. Brlstow, one of Southern Ken tucky' best-known citizens, died at Elkton, Ky.. of a complication of dis eases. He was a brother of the late Oen. Benjamin Brlstow, secretary of the Treasury under President Grant. Decoration for Mar) lander. Chicago (Special.) In apprecia tion of his Interest la the French language and .French people, Dr. Harry Pratt Johnson, president of the University of Chicago, has been pre sented with the decoration of officer of the Legion of Honor, Baron II. de Salnt-Laureut, French consul In Chi cago, making the presentation. Dr. Johnson is a Marylander and a bro ther of Mrs. James M. Robertson, of Cambridge, Md. Dlea Front Football Injuries. Ithaca, N. V. (Special). L. B. Paine, of Duluth, Minn., acting cap tain of the Cornell freshman football team, died at the Cornell Infirmary, from supposed Internal injuries re ceived whila playing football. Prison Building Burned. . Savannah, Ga. (Special).- A dis patch froni MUledgevllla says the main building of the state prison farm quartan at that place was de stroyed by fir. .( SIX AIR NAVIGATORS KILLED THE PAST MONTH Ah Kalian in a Biplane the . ' Latest Victim. A GREAT MONTH FOR RECORDS Daring; Flights Of Aviators Johnstone and Hoxsey In a Gale Of Wind Blowing Forty Mlloa An Hour Poised In Air Like Gulls, Hut Un able To Come To Earth Blown 2.1 and 60 Miles Backward Latham Kdges Info Gale Like a Ferryboat. Rome (Special). Lieutenant Sagllettl fell with a military biplane in which he was maneuvering, and was Instantly killed. The machine was wrecked. The past month has been a record one, in so far as aviation disasters are concerned, for no less than six daring aerial navigators have met death. It is true that It has also been a great month for the breaking of all record!) altitude, distance, en durance and maneuvering. The death toll follows: September 29 George Chavez, the Peruvian aviator, who was injured In alighting after his flight over the Alps. He was the first to cross the chain of mountains. Died in Domo dossola, Italy. September 29 Aviator Floch niann, who was injured on Saturday, 2ft, when his biplane collapsed at MuelhauBen, Germany. He was pre cipitated 160 feet, and succumbed without regaining conscionsness. October 1 Aviator Haas, machine fell 100 feet at Metz, Germany, kill ing him instantly. He was making a flight from Treves to Metz and had been In the air only 20 minutes. October 1 Captain Maclevlch, Russian military aviator, killed at St. Petersburg by being thrown from his Voisen biplane. He had reached the height of 3,937 feet and started to descend. When 1,640 feet from the ground his machine turned turtle. October 23 Capt. Madiot, French military aviator, killed at aerodrome at Doual, France. He was making his first practice flight when he tried to stop his motor at a height of 100 feet. The machine plunged to the ground. October 26 Lieutenant Monte fell with a Wright aeroplane at Magde burg, Prussia, and was Instantly kill ed. The machine was smashed to bits. October 26 M. Blanchard fell from a height of 100 feet at Paris and was instantly killed. He had just made a successful flight from Bourges. FORTY BANKERS IN PRISON Twelve Hope to Be Paroled From Leavenworth. Leavenworth, Kan. (Special). Several hundred convicts, 12 of whom are former bankers, are eagerly look ing forward to the meeting of the board of parole wh'ch Is expected to convene here early In November. At this thne the board will consider ap plications for parole under the act of Congress approved last June. There are forty members In the banker's colony and some have such Bhort time to serve that they have not applied for their freedom, pre ferring to serve their time rather than to be released under parole. Among those who are eligible to receive the benefits of the law are: Frank Blglow, of Milwaukee; J. L. Broderick, Elkhart, Ind.; H. A. Cons man, Terre Haute, Ind.; Fred Lubbe, Indianapolis; W. II. Schmidt and S. G. Brannard, Cleveland, and C. H. Thornton, Chicago. John R. Walsh will not be eligible until October, 1911, but has a peti tion far pardon pending now. W. W. Montgomery, Pittsburg, Pa., poli tical adviser of the late Senator Quay, v.111 not be eligible until September, 1914. The law In regard to the par ole system provides that every prison er who has served one-third of his total sentence, and whose record shows he has observed the rules of the prison, may be paroled at the discretion of the board. F.TIIEL LEXKVK ACQUITTED. Girl In Love With Dr. Crlppcn Found Not Guilty. London (Special). After a trial lasting only a few hours In the New Bailey Criminal Court, a Jury found Ethel Clara Leneve not guilty as an accessory after the fact In the mur der of Cora Belle Crlppen, for whose death her husband, Dr. H. II. Crip pen, will die on the gallows on No vember 8. Miss Leneve was in love with Dr. Crlppen and slept in his house on the night of the day following the day upon which the doctor murdered his wife and burled the dismembered parts In the cellar of his Hllldrop Crescent home. "8he accompanied Crlppen In his flight to Canada,- and with him was arrested and Indicted. WORLD'S FAIR ABANDONED. ANOTHER CHANCE FOR HIM. Judge Lathhaw Releases Archdeacon Smith Indefinitely. Kansas, City, Mo. (Special). An other chance Is to be given Rev. Henry B. Smith, a former archdeacon of the Episcopal Church in the Dio cese of Oklahoma, arrested for pass Inn $2,000 In worthless checks. The prisoner told influential friends that drink caused his down fall. Judge Latshaw said he would release the prisoner indefinitely, pro vided he paid the holders of the checks the amounts they had lost. This Smith agreed to do. AIRSHIP COMPANY CHARTERED. International Also Authorized To Build Cycles and Motorboats. Dover, Del. (Special). A corpora tion known as the International Auto mobile and Engine Company, which is authorized to manufacture, air ships, motorcycles and motorboats, was chartered at the State Depart ment here. The company's authoriz ed capital, In which it paid a State tax, is $10,000,000. The Incorpora tors are William D. Yarnall, of Yea don, Pa.; El wood H. James, Sharon Hill, Pa., and S. C; Seymour, Cam den, N. J. The Fastest Cruiser. Berlin (Special). With expres sions of pride the afternoon papers published the official figures of the speed trials of the new armored cruUer Von der Tenn. Her average speed In six trials was 27.3 knots an hour over a six-knot course. At one time during the trial the vessel reached a speed of 28.12 knots. It is pointed out that the speed of the British cruiser Invincible is 26.65 knots an hour, and that therefore the Von der Tenn Is the fastest cruiser in the world. Itacon At 40 Cents. Omaha, Nob. (Special). Accord ing to dealers, bacon reached the highest point ever recorded. Retail era quoted It at 40 cents a pound, and said it would probably advance a couple of cents more within a week. Orinoco Company Wins. The Hague (Special). A decision rendered by the International Court of Arbitration In the Orinoco case awarded the Orinoco Steamship Com pany, an American corporation, $46, 867 with 3 per cent. Interest from June 16, 1993, and $7,000 costs. The judgment Is to be paid by Veneiuela within two months. The barge award of $28,700, made In 1904, was de clared null and void on four points. The dispute arose over the abroga tion of' a contract between Venezuela and tha company by President Castro. Hoys KUrts 975,000 Flame. St Louis, Mo. (Special). Jerry Conroy, 7 yeara of age, and his bro ther, George, 8 Vt years, found a dis carded lard can near tha St. Louis Dressed Beat Company's plant They Oiled It with paper and lighted It. Thera waa a sadden burst of flame, la fright George kicked the can. and It went through an open window of tha packing plant Tha damage was $75,000 before tha flames wera under control. New York Lacks Time For Plans and Transit Facilities. New York (Special). The pro posal, made some months ago, that New York city hold a World's Fair in 1913,' to celebrate the three hun dredth anniversary of the founding of Manhattan Island, was rejected on the ground of expediency, at a meet ing of the Committee of One Hun dred appointed by Mayor Gaynor to look Into the matter. It was argued that there would be lack of time to perfect such an immense project, and that the transit facilities were In adequate to meet the demands. OFFERS CHINA $30,000,000 LOAN. Former American Consul CTouri Makes a Bid. Peking (Special). Frederick D. Cloud, formerly American Consul at Antung, has notified the Chinese Gov ernment that Americans represented by him are willing to take up the Ioa'n of $30,000,000 for the Hankow-Sze-Chuen Railroad, satisfactory terms for which have not yet been agreed upon by the original American group of financiers. It is understood that Mr. Cloud is acting without the support- of the American Legation. Wig Saves Her Life. WInsted. Conn. (Special). Arline Klaus, of Chlaago, who is visiting her sister, Mrs. Charles H. Barreuther, climbed an apple tree on Pratt Moun tain to get some luscious fruit when suddenly the limb on which she was standing broke. Her hair became en tangled in a limb as she dropped, and she came to the ground leaving her hair dangling to the tree. Others In the party thought she had been scalped. She wore a wig, which saved her life. Town Near Wined Out. Johnstown, Pa. (Special). The town of Boswell, about 20 miles south of here, was almost completely wiped out by fire. The blaze, which was of unknown origin, consumed the Mer chants' Hotel, August Brothers' cloth ing store, the Boswell Livery Stable, Ntlio Opera House, and at least a dozen residences. Anto Wreck Fatal. New Britain, Conn. (Special). Dr. A. J. Tanner, of Merlden, was killed ard H. A. Hunter, also of that city, was probably fatally Injured when th automobile in which they were riding was wrecked In collision with a trolley car. Wolf Kills Deer In Town. Durango, Col. (Special). Chased frou Its haunts In the mountains by a ravenous timber wolf, a balf-brown deer took refuge In the business, dis tricts of Silverton, a town of 2,000 people, and was killed by tha beast before a large crowd of people, neither animal paying any attention to the crowd while the chase was on. The frightened deer ran Into the town aa a place of refuge. The Father Escaped. Muncle, Ind. (Special). At tha result of fright, because aha feared her father was being gored to death by an angry bull, Miss Basha Seese, a school teacher, waa stricken with apoplexy, from which aha died. The father waa not Injured by tha enrag ed animal, having taken refuge In tha barn, and assisted In carrying his daughter Into tha bouse, but before a doctor could arrive the girl was dead. STRIXE RIOTS III NEW YORK CITY Many Are Injured in Clashes With the Police. THE EXPRESS BUSINESS DEMORALIZED The Entire Metropolitan Police Force Of 9,000 Members Held In Reserve For Emergency Third Regiment New Jersey National Guard Order ed To Prepare For Active Duty Determined Demonstration Made In Front Of 3, V. Morgan's House. New York (Special). The metro politan district Is still in the grip of the-express strike. Nine companies are now affected, more than 6,000 men are out and rioting continues. A special order was Issued at police headquarters holding practically the entire New York police force of more than 9,000 men In reserve for an emergency. In Jersey City the police, battered by days of street disorder, are still trying to cope with the altuation un aided except by private detectives. The nine companies whose drivers and helpers are demanding increased pay and shorter hours are the Ameri can, United States, Wells-Fargo, Adams, National, Westcott and Long Island Express Companies, the Bos ton Despatch Express and the Man hattan Delivery Company. There were no fatalities during the day's rioting, but more than 60 strike-breakers, strikers and police were hurt, many of thera seriously, In street clashes in New York and Jer sey City. These riots occurred when wagons manned by Strike-breakers were stormed in the face of polic repulsion, and notwithstanding that a detective with a rifle sat beside each driver. Shots were repeatedly fired over the heads of the' besieging strikers, but no sooner was one crowd dis persed than another collected. Traces were cut, packages scattered in the streets and in some cases destroyed An appalling lot of perishable goods Is collecting and unless the companies soon are able better to meet the situa tion they will lose thousands of dol lars. In front of J. Pierpont Morgan's home, in Madison avenue, the strlk rs made a determined demonstration and the police were forced to charge the mob and fire volleys in the air with their revolvers. The fight cen tered in two American Express Com pany wagons manned by strike breakers. There were many broken heads, but no fatal injuries. Anothei serious clash took the form of a run ning battle between strikers and strike sympathizers on one hand and strike-breakers and police on tha other. The battle started at Forty fourth street and Fifth avenue, waged down the avenue to Forty-second street, swept across Broadway, thencd south to the Hotel Albany, Where the strikers and sympathizers made a final stand.. An American Express Company wagon, said to have contained $50, 000 in specie! was the object of at tack. Police finally drove off the besiegers. WOLF CARRIED OFF BOV. Screams Of Girl Frightened Ilea! and Saved Lad. Marsbfleld, Wis. (Special). The screams of the five-year-old daughtei of Herman Blldrlen, who lives two miles from this city, saved the life of the farmer's two-year-old son, who was being carried away by, a huge timber wolf. The wolf entered the farm yard, where the children were playing, and seizing the boy, started for the woods. The girl, however, ran after her brother, screaming until the wolf was so frightened that 11 dropped the boy practically unhurt.. Murders Wife and Baby, tit. Clarlsville, O. (Special). The bodes of Blarlus Nachoulter, a miner and railroad worker, his 21-year-old wife and their baby, aged two years, were found in the same room at' their home. All had been shot. It is be lieved that Nachoulter, jealona of hla wife, killed her and the child and then committed suicide. One KiUed In Wreck. Chattanooga, Tenn. (Special). Passenger train No. 4 on the Nash ville, Chattanooga and St. Louis Rail way was wrecked - between Bridge port and Stevenson, Ala. One per son was killed and several are re ported seriously Injured. - Mother and Babe Burned. Spencer, N. C. (Special) While holding In her arms her one-year-old baby, Mrs. Henry Morris. 80 years old, fainted at her home, near China Grove, falling Into . an open fire. Mother and child were burned, to death. Athlete At 1. Eniaus, Pa. (Special). Samuel Stout, of Ejtpaus, aged 94 years, the second oldest man In Lehigh coun ty, performed a feat that would put many an athlete of 20 to blush. Rising befora dawn, ha walked 12 miles to visit hla daughter at .Dil llngersvllle, in tha lower end of th county. After a hearty dinner he spent the entire afternoon husklnr corn with a party of workera tron 80 to 60 yaara bia Junior. Chinese Banks Closed. Victoria, ' B. C. (Special). News waa brought by tha Empress or Japan of the financial panlo at Bhang bal. The total number of bankt cloaed when tha steamer left waa 27 and It was feared tha panlo would extend to Tlen-Tsln. Ia Peking sev eral banks closed, and the closing o banks to reported from Canton Foreign trad to likely to ba aerlouslj affected. ' COMMERCIAL Weekly Review of Trade and Mark At D onnrt J) R. G. Dun ft Co.'s Weekly rotU. of Trade says: "The actual volume of trade Is ,u maintained and the hopeful bvsinuj aentlment which has been In evidonc2 the last two weeks continues. RetiM trade Is somewhat affected by the , seasonable warm weather, but repotj from most of the leading cities art quite satisfactory and reflect a cheir. ful view as to the outlook." " Bradatreet's says: ''Irregular weather conditions jjj ure largely in the trade reports tiiij week and are held mainly responsftij for the rather smaller than expecfe, volume of sales reported as a h8J Wholesale and Jobbing business i played the same caution and conser. vatism noted earlier, and house b$r, lng was of a hand-to-mouth chart, ter, though reports from some lead lng markets are of a volume of trd equal or superior to last year. Buit. ness failures In the United Stales for the week ended October 20 were 17 against 233 last week, 244 in thetlks week of 1909, 231 in 1908, ftt ( 1907 and 184 in 1906." Wholesale Markets j , NEW YORK. Wheat Snnt s,. No. 2 red, 99c. elevator and $1,1. 0. b. afloat; No. 1 Northern DuWlh. $1.15V4 t. o. b. afloat. Corn Spot firm; No. 2, 67 elevator domeBtlo basis to arrlva a, 1. f. and 574c. f. o. b afloat. Oats Spot steady; standard whits 36'jc; No. 2, 370.; No. 3 36e; No. 4, 3514c; No. 2 mixed, 368. asked, Eggs State, Pennsylvania and nearby hennery white fancy, 4i 43c. , Poultry Spring chickens, 13o f fowls, 14 15c; turkeys. 12l5oi Dressed regular Western broiferi, 1720c; do, fowls, 18c; do, trprfnar turkeys, 14 25c. PHILADELPHIA. Wheat firmr contract grade. No. 2 red, in export elevator, 9394c. Corn firm; No. 2 yellow, fer local trade, 57 57; November, 513(3), December and January, 60 51. Oats firmer; No. 2 white, natural. 38c. Butter steady; extra Weistern creamery, 33c; do, nearby prints, 84. Eggs firm ; Pennsylvania and other nearby firsts, free caBes, 30c. at mark; do, current receipts, In re turnable cases, 28 at mark; Wester firsts,, free cases, 30 at mark; do, current receipts, free cases, 28 at mark. Cheese steady; New York full creams, choice, 15ViC: do, fair t good, 1415U. Live poultry dull. Fowls, 13 16c. old roosters, 11 11; sprfrj chickens, 1316; ducks, 15018; geese, 14 15; turkeys, 17 19. BALTIMORE. Wheat No. 2 red spot 96c nominal; November, 96 nominal red December 97 nominal. Corn. Spot, 65 bid; year. 61 9 62; January, 61Vi61. Oats No. 2 white, 36, salea: standard white, 35; No. 3 whits, 35; No. 4 white, 86. . Hay No. 1 timothy. $2020.SO; No. 2 timothy, $19 19.60; No. timothy, $16 18; choice clcVer mixed, $18.6019; No. 1 clover mixed, $17.60 18.60; No. 2 olqr mixed, $13 16.60; No. 1 clover, pi 14.50; No. 2 clover, $12 013.60. Butter Creamery, fancy SO to 304 Creamery, choice 28 to 29 Creamery, good 26to2T Creamery, lmltaon . . 22 to 24 Creamery, prints. .... .31 to 32 Creamery, blocks .....29 to 32 Cheese Jobbing prices, per lb., 1717c. ' Eggs Maryland, Pennsylvania and nearby firsts, 29c; Weston firsts, 29; West Virginia firsts, Zi; Southern firsts, 27; guinea eggs, 14. Live Poultry Chickens 011 bens, heavy, per lb., 16c; do, small to medium, i 16; young, choffce. 16 16; rough and poor, 14 18) old roosters, 11. Ducka Old, per lb., 13 14: young white Peking. 15; young Muscovy and mongrc14 15; puddle, 14. Geese Nearby., per lb., 12 14. . Live Stock PITTSBURG. Cattle steady; sup ply light. Choice, $6.76 7.10; prime, $6.40 6. 76. Sheep ateady; supply light Prim wethers, $4.16 4.35; culls P common, $23; lambs, $6.5tK 6.86; veal calves, $9.60 It. Hog . lower; receipts, 80 douhl decks. Prima heavies, $9.4 rt; med'ums, $9.60 9.65; heavy light Yorkers, $9.10; roughs, $19 8.60. CHICAGO Cattle, market stead; Beeves, $4.50 7.86; Tezaa steera, $3.406.70; Western steers, 14 06.80; stockers and feeders, $4 5.60; cows and betters, $2,269 6.86; calves, $7.2510. Hogs Market weak; light, $1-7 9.40; mixed, $8.20 9.86; heavy. $8M0i rough. $808.20; good I choice heavy. $8.20 9.10; pls $8.26 0 9; bulk of sales, $.S5 08-f- Sheep Market strong; satire. $2.604.80; Western, $2.7604.Ui rearllngs, $4.26 6.40; laD. native. $4.60 07; Western, $4,719 6.86. KANSAS CIt Cattle Market steady; Western btrong: dressed b and export ateer, $6.66 '.80; to good. $4.85 6.6; Western t $8.8006.60; stocHers and feeder. $8.40 05.60; Southern steers, $37 O4.80; Southern cows, $8.7$ OM native heifers, ' $3.75 6.60; btUB $3.50 04.40; calvea, $4 0 $.1$. Hogs Market IS to 20c. lo'' Bulk of salea. $ 8.100 9.11; $8.8009; packer and batch IS.90O9.16; light. $909.20. Sheep Market ateady. u.IBft 6S.7S06.7S; ywarUnga. .rS-l
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