THE COLUMBIAN. BLOOMSBUfcvi. .
REV. PAUL AXTEL
TAKES 01 LIFE
Shoots Himself with Pistol
His Father's Barn at
Sewickley
in
HE WAS IN FEAR CF INSANITY
Once Lived In New York Regarded
as An Eloquent Man In Sewicklcy,
Pa., Where He was Assistant Pas
tor, Pittsburg, Jan. CO. With a bullet
through hi heart, the body of the
Rev. Paul Axtel. pastor of the Sewick
ley Presbyterian Church and until De
cember, lliuT. assistant pastor of the
Central Presbyterian Church, Xev
York, was found at T o'clock a. In
the barn in the rear of his fa'her's
home In Mifflin township. He h;id
committed suicide during the night by
shooting himself with a pistol, which
he had taken from the home of His
brother.
During the last few months Mr. Ax
tel had had a nervous trouble Tnd re
cently had been living with his father,
the Rev. John Axtell, pastor of the Le
banon Presbyterian Church, Mifflin
township. The son Is believed to
have been temporarily insane when he
shot himself. He had since early
manhood had a fear that he might
some day become Insane. A yo.'iig
brother of the minister found the
body.
The father called him this mornir.g,
and when he received no response
went to the young man's room and dis
covered he was not there. He sent
his son Eugene out to hunt for his
brother, and the latter found the body
In the barn. When the news of her
son's death was broken to Mrs. Axtel
she fainted. As she fell she broke her
left arm. Paul Axtel was 28 years o'd.
He was graduated from Wooster Col
lege and was educated for the minis
try In the Princeton Theological Semi
nary, being graduated In
For a year or so after that he sup
plied pulpits In this part of the coun
try. He received a call to be assist
ant pastor of th Sewicklcy Presby
terian Church three years ago and ac
cepted. Since then he had been as
sociated with that congregation. He
was a preacher of unusual ability and
was popular with his congregation.
Of late he had done the bulk of the
work at the Sewickley Presbyterian
Church and his sermons were consid
ered among the best ever heard in this
part of the country.
He had been suffering from a nerv
ous disorder since last fall. The
mother of the young man fell down
stairs and broke her arm when told
of the fate of her son.
SUGAR CO. OFFICER INBICTED
Secretary Heike and Five Others now
Accused.
New York. X. Y.. Jan. 18. The first
man higher up In the inner circle of
he Sugar Trust has been caught in
he net of Federal Government prose-
ution.
Charles R. Heike. secretary r.nd
measurer of the American Sugar Re
ining Company, who ranks second in
-nportance to Washington B. Thomas,
he president, in the nffalrs of the
?'ugar Trust, was placed in the long
st of employees of the concern charg
d with defrauding the government,
y an indictment returned by the Fed
ral Grand Jury.
Five other employees of the con
3rn are included in the indictment,
hlch charges the making of false en
ies regarding sugar Imports of the
jinpany and conspiracy to defraud
he government by the underwelghing
f sugar. They are Ernest W. Ger
racht, formerly superintendent of the
Vllliaiusburg renfiery; James F. Ben
srnagel, formerly cashier of the Wil
'.amsburg refinery; Harry W. Walker,
ssistant superintendent of t,he Wil
'amsburg piers; Jean M. Voelker and
aines F. Halligan, checkers.
'IRES D0NEW1TH POLITICS
"You May Make That Statement
Final," He Says.
Washington, Jan. 19. Governor
"ughes, of Xew York, announced posi
'vely that he will retire from politics
t the end of his present term. He
111 go back to the practice of law.
'o condition can make him a candi
date for the renomination.
"You may make the announcement
' my intentions in respect to the
- overnorship absolute and final," Gov
rnor Hughes told reporters.
"I will not be a candidate for re
omination. I am going back to the
raetlee of law. There is nothing I
a add to this statement."
"How about the Presidency?" the
overnor was asked. "There are many
eople here talking about you."
"I have nothing more to Bay," was
Governor Hughes's reply.
BRYAN TO RUN IN 1912
' nnouncement Made Ha Will Be
Candidate for Nomination.
Omaha, Jan. 19. William J. Bryan
:11 be a candidate for President In
''IS. The announcement was made
Ms aftornoon by the Omaha Bee,
lich attributes the statement to
"chard L, Metcalfe, editor of Mr.
."yan's Commoner.
NEARLY A MILE HIGH
G0E$FUER PAULIffi
Judges' Record at Los Angeles Cays
He Reached 6,000 Feet In
His Biplane.
Avlntlon Camp, Log Angeles, Jin.
20. Louis Pauihan. the French nvin
tor, broke all official and unofficial re
cords for altitude in a heavler-th vn
air machine, by flying In a Freix h bi
plane to a height of more than 4 COO
feet and descending safely after uO
minute. 4G 1-5 seconds in the air.
Owing to difficulties of measure
ment the exact height reached Is not
known, but there is no doubt that
Pauihan exceeded Latham's Mom me
lon record of 3.000 feet, the previous
best. The Instrument on Paulhan's
machine registered the greatest he'ght
at 4.000 feet. The Judges' record of
his altitude, which Is still to be sanc
tioned officially, was 1.524 meters, dp
proximately 5.000 feet. The time of
descent was 7 minutes 30 seconds.
Pauihan, who Is the Idol of the
crowd made Ills record shortly n'ter
losing the speed record of the course
to Glenn H. Curtiss.
The Frenchman, using nn eng'no
that had Just arrived from Paris, had
been on the course nil afternoon. I It
had circled the course again and
again, skidding and dipping and swing
ing corners in a daring fashion that
made his wife shiver with fright.
The sun was low toward the sea
and the shadows had begun to gather
when Taulhan went up for the height
record. The wind barely stirred. Cort
landt Field Bishop, President of the
Aero Club of America, stood In front
of the Judges' stand. As Pauihan rose
In the air he bent low his gray-capped
head and smiled as he made a short
circle over the 51.000 spectators. Cur
tiss had previously tried the higher
currents and come down.
Pauihan pointed north, went up a
thousand feet passed over the centre
of the field again, then turned north
and up again. The crowd watched
breathlessly as the Frenchman and
his machine rapidly became a speck
In the gathering twilight.
At a height of 1.300 feet Pauihan
described a great circle to feel the
currents. By this time he was a mile
and a half from camp. Two thousand
feet high and still climbing. Then
when he was as nearly out of sight as
he could be without disappearing Paui
han began to descend, much to the re
lief of the spectators.
He came down easily in front of the
grandstand after having risen to the
plane of the mountain peaks. As he
leaped from his machine, cheeks glow
ing and eyes flashing, he was seized
by his friends and carried to the
grandstand, where he bared his head
amid a thunderous sound of cheers.
"THE BALTIf SUN" PASSES
Controlled by Ex-Ambassador White,
His Brother and C. H. Grasty.
Baltimore. Jan. IS. Henry White,
former Ambassador to France, and
Julian Leroy White, his brother, are
interested with Charles H. Grasty in
the purchase of a controlling interest
in "The Baltimore Sun," which was
founde'd by A. S. Abell In 1S3I5 and has
been In the Abell family ever since.
Friction nmong the heirs Is said tc
have brought about the sale. The
price paid for the controlling Interest
Is reported to have been over $2,010.
000, the building nud site being valued
at over $1,i0,000. Mr. Grast.". !n
March. 100S, Bold "The Evening
Xews," of which he was managing
owner, to Frank A. Munsey for $1,000,
000. The Whites and other wealthy
Baltlmoreans were associated with
him in the ownership of that paper.
BLOW TO JILLAGE LIFE
Dr. Howe Says Mortality Is Greater In
the Country Than In the Cities.
Ithaca, X. Y Jan. 18. In spite of
the favorable conditions in which they
live the mortality among country folk
Is greater than among people living in
the city, says Dr. Charles H. Howe,
director of the division of communica
ble diseases of the Xew York State
Department of Health. He accounts
for this condition by the fact that
country people are not willing to
spend the money for Improved sani
tary conditions. In cities people real
ize that the congested centres promote
disease and consequently spend a
great deal of money for sanitary pur
poses. Dr. Howe thinks, however,
that country folk are waking up and
that there will be long strides in
health lines In the future.
Bishop Foss Paralyzed.
Philadelphia, Jan. 20. Bishop Cy
rus D. Foss of the Methodist Episco
pal Church, who has been honored by
every Protestant denomination, was
stricken with paralysis while he was
riding in a trolley car, and Is In a
critical condition in the Hahnemann
Hospital.
Tbe distinguished churchman was
77 years old on Monday.
Man Eaten by Wolves,
Vienna, Austria, Jan. 20. Baron
Otto van Orban, a rich land owner,
while riding through the forest in
Transylvania, was pursued by a pack
of wolves. The wildly excited horse
threw him and the wolves tore him to
pieces.
Postal Bank for Brazil.
Washington, Jan. 18. The estab
lishment of a postal savings bank in a
feature of the reorganization of the
Brazilian poBtal service which went
into effect this month. Depositors
draw 4 per cent. Interest
BRIBERY GHAHiit
AGAINSJ ALLDh
New York Senate Leader Visor-
ouely Denies Allegations of
Republican fnsurgent
MADE BY SENATOR BERN COMER
Made Charges Originally at Meeting
of Hughes Senators, Who Doited Re
publican Caucus Pledges to Keep
Matter Secret Were Broken.
Albany, X. Y., Jan. 20. That Jo
tham P. Allds, now President pro to ::.
of (he Senate, while Republican lender
of the Assembly, accepted a retainer
to hold up legislation, and later nl
loved the measure to pass, is the ac
cusation brought by Senator Pen Con
ger, of Tompkins. The alleged act
happened In 1301. and even If proven
now, the principals could not be prose
cuted, under the statute of limitation.
Immediately upon being apprised
that the charge was in circulation,
Allds denounced It ns untrue and slan
derous, and announced that he wo'ild
demand that a special committee In
vestigate It. At the same time he In
timated that he would strike bak
wih evidence In his possession that
officers of bridge companies with
which Conger Is Identified have been
under Indictment for bribery here, in
Massachusetts nnd other States.
Tending the inquiry, Allds will sur
render the direction of the Republican
upper house majority to Senator
George A. Davis, of Erie, and devote
his energies to clearing himself of nn
imputation which Conger and at lei?t
seven other Hughes Senators main
tain Justified them In not only refus
ing to support him for President pre
teni., but In declining to participate in
the caucus which forced his selection.
Cnnper's Indictment against Allds
almost coincident with the impllra
tion of Lieutenant-Governor White In
f.n Irregular insurance deal, has
thrown the machine camp Into a
pr.nlc.
Senator Conger made a statoiiin'
this evening In which he explain C
that when he made the chart's
against Senator Allds he believed t'nt
the implied pledge of secrecy und.r
which men speak their minds freely a'
a caucus would be respected In thla
Instance.
COTTON G0003G3 UPWARD
Philadelphia Learns of "Gentlemen's
Agreement" Made Here.
Philadelphia, Jan. 20. With t'.-t
price of cotton hosiery nnd unde'rweT
already 50 per cent, higher than it
was a year ago. the manufacturers of
the country have decided to add an
other 25 per cent. In order that, as
they say, they may "get some pro.'it
out of the business."
Xct only does the 50 per cent. In
crease apply to these two textile pro
ducts, but it will apply to cotton goods
of all sorts. A "gentlemen's r.greo
ment" to make these advances elec
tive, it Is learned here, was put
through in Xew York, at a conference
between representatives of the Xa
tlonal Association of Hosiery nnd Un
derwear Manufacturers nnd the
Wholesale Drygoods Association.
MISS GOULD ENGAGED
To Wed Anthony Drexel, Jr., of Phila
delphia. Xew York, X. Y., Jan. 20. An
nouncement of the engagement of
Marjorle Gould, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. George J. Gould, to Anthony J.
Drexel, Jr., of Philadelphia, was made
last night at a dance given in the
home of Mr. and Mrs. Gould at Xo.
857 Fifth avenue. Miss Gould is the
first of the Gould children to become
engaged. She made her debut in Jan
uary a year ago at a dance at the
plaza. Young Drexel is the son o
Mr. and Mrs. Anthony J. Drexel, of
Philadelphia. In recent years the
Drexels have spent much of their
time abroad.
A TREASURE TRUNK
Yonkers Man, Heir to Farm, Finds
$6,000 on Premises.
Reading. Pa., Jan. 20 William Sieg
fried, of Yonkers, X. Y., heir to the
Radenbach estate, at Bernvllle, near
here, while examining the old farm
house discovered a chest containing
$6,000 in cash.
The greater part of the money was
ia coin. There were boxes filled with
quarters and halves, and other boxes
contained gold pieces ranging from $1
to $20. Besides, there were piles of
120 bills. It was never suspected that
there was money in the house, and it
Is thought there may be more hidden
about the premises.
A GIFT 0FJ2.000.000
Left by Alaskan Mine Owner for
Friendless Children.
Chicago, Jan. 10. A $2,000,000
home for friendless children in Chica
go i3 provided for In the will of Henry
Curtiss Elliott, a mine owner who was
killed by a snow slide in Alaska on
January 4. The will was filed for pro
bate to-day, Xo definite time for the
erection of the home Is fixed.
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WORLD NEWS OF
THE WEEK.
Corerinf Minor Happening From
All Over the Globe
DOMESTIC.
Columbia University pl.ir.s to b.ild
a $3,000,000 medical school.
Justice W. S. Andrews, of the Su
preme Court, nt Syracuse, isi .ititr.l ihe
application of the State lnsu. iitu o 1 o
partment to have the People's Mutual
Life Association and League turriet'
over to the department for liquid. it io i.
. Louis Pauihan, the French nvi.-.to-:,
made a 47 1-2-mile cross-country Hi'.l
In n little lens than sixty-three uiiu
ute.i, at Los An;:elc, Cal.
fix Indictments against ir.cn re
ciifcd of being "white slave" dcil.r
are presented to Judge O'Stillivan by
the Grand Jury in Xew York, of whi.h
Mr. John I). Rockefeller, Jr., Is fo:e
man. The purchase outright or control of
the Western Maryland Railroad by
the Xew York Central lines, wl.h n
new branch of the Pittsburg & Lake
Erie Into West Virginia, was rumored
in Baltimore.
The American Association for the
Study and Prevention of Infant Mor
tality opened permanent headquarters
at Baltimore.
Tammany office-holders under the
civil service in Xew York have s.op
rtfd paying political club dues and
general committee assessments owing
to Mayor Gayr.or's letter to Park Com
missioner lligglns, and a fruitful
source of revenue to the Tiger has
been cut off.
Some one broke Into the county
Jail at Hartford, Conn., and took $200
from a safe.
The Xew York Stock Esehange sus
pended S. B. Chapln nnd his partner
for their connection with the Rock Isl
and flurry of December 27.
Automobile registration fees nre
recommended by the Xew York Stiite
Highway Commission ns a means of
aiding In the expense of construe. 'or.
and maintenance of better roads.
WASHINGTON.
rrc:-:dent Taft proclaimed that r.'.ir.-
tr.:u::i tariff raits are granted t!.u
United KitiEtdo".!, Italy, Spain, Siv ;
e.i'.Pd, Russia and Turkey, eKoc'.ivo
Man h 31. 1910.
The President's conservative bi'.ls
and u measure providing a govern
cent for Alaska, were introduced In
the t'enate.
Ca; tain fc'e;h Bullock. I'nited Sir.tcs
Martdial in South Dakota, on a visit to
Washington, says Iowa, Wisconsin nnd
r.e'ghborins States will support Presi
dent Taft when his strength Is, tes.eJ
at the polls.
The United States Supreme Court
refused a writ cf certiorari to John IL
Walsh, but his counsel will start a
new tight to keep him out of Jail by
a'.'.-cliir.s the Jury that convicted
The Smithsonian Institution r.t
Washington received a report from ex
President Roosevelt, dated at Xairobi,
Africa, to the effect that the e"rc.i
tion under his command had collected
8. SI i' k!nd3 of vetebrates, besides
many other specimens.
To investigate the high prices of
foodstuffs the Xational Anti-Trust As
sociation plans a conference of State
and federal ofiicials.
"Tex" Richard makes formal an
nouncement of Arranging to hold the
Jeffries-Johnson fight on Mormon
Church lanu In Salt Lake City.
The Ballinger-Plnchot investigation
resolution was sent to conference.
President Taft will show no con
sideration for insurgents like Senator
La Follette.
FOREIGN.
The Argentine Xaval Commission
authorized the construction of two
28,000-ton Dreadnoughts; they will
probably be constructed by the Fore
River Shipbuilding Company.
John Burns Is elected in one of the
most exciting contests In London and
the unionists make a net gain of. twenty-nine
Feats in the British general
elections.
In the British elections thus far the
Liberals have secured 77 seats, the
Laborltes 1G, the Unionists 92 and the
Irish party 13. The I'nionlsts did not
nia'.te as many gains ns they expected.
.Nicaragua's revolution grew out of
a 1 mana war on' the east coast.
Russia decided to reject Knox's
plan for Manchuria's railways.
President Madrlz verbally accepted
Rear-Admiral Kimball's tender of
good offices to facilitate negotiations
for peace.
The German government announced
its approval of Secretary Knox's pro
posal for the neutralization of the
Manchurlan railways.
A special dispatch from London
says that both parties are confident
of victory in the forthcoming election,
principally because of the large meet
ings which have been held.
ONE WOMAN VOTED
Suffragette's Name Got on List fit
Morpeth, England, by Accident.
London, Jan. 18. The suffragettes
are all envying a woman who actually
voted yesterday at Morpeth.
Her name was mistakenly inserted
In the register, nnd when she demand
ed the right to vote the election offi
cials were unable to refuse her.
flxth Cavalry 'Back from Manila.
San Francisco, Jan, 14. The army
transport Sheridan arrived to-day
from Manila, carrying the Sixth Cav
alry, whose term of service In the
Philippines has expired.' The troop
ers have been ordered to Fort Den
IloJnest la.
HAN DECLARE
BOYCOTT 01 BEAT
7,000 Factory 1 lands Slart Move
as Protett Against High
Cost of Living
IS CFFECTIVE FOR TIII3TY DAYS
Cleveland Club's Idea Other Com
munltcs M.iy Take Similar Action
Test of Packers' Assertion that
Gluttony Makes Meat Expensive.
Cleveland, Jan. L'o. Four hundred
nnd siiy Mi;icrintrndciitK and fore
men of twenty-one of the largest man
ufacturing concerns of this city have
pledged themselves to aid In n gen
eral boycott on meat for thirty days.
In addition to agreeing to do without
merit themselves, the superintendent.)
nnd foremen have promised to induce
ns many as possible of the 7,0(10 em
ployee. tinder them to dispense with
the food for the same period. If the
employees enter into the pact, approx
imately 30,0'Vt Clevelanders will ab
stain from meat during the next
month.
The anti-meat nction was taken at
a meeting of the Superintendents'
and Foremen's Club, In which practi
cally every manufacturing plant of the'
city is represented. The Idea of living
the vegetarian life for a period origi
nated In the minds of a few members
of the club while discussing high
priced food nt dinner yesterday. Moat
being the most expensive portion
served nt dinner, the club menhirs
decided not to ent meat that meal and
see how they felt when the day's work
was over. F.ach of the abstainers was
no more fatigued than usual v'ert
night came nnd It was then decided to
form a thirty day vegetarian dub
f.rong workingmen. The pledge fol
lows: 1. Wo, ns wage-earners, are willir.p,
to assist both the state and the muni
cipalities in probing Into the high cost
of living, particularly the cost of
meats, which is prohibitive.
2. This ngitatlon can best become
effective by refraining from eating
meat for n period of thirty days.
3. If this does not bring the price
of meat w ithin the means of poor peo
ple, then we will refrain from eating
n;Tat for sixty days.
4. We, citizens, do hereby ask our
representative In each counrilmanic
district nnd the legislative bodies to
keep this agitation uppermost In the'r
minds nnd actions until the result
manifests itself.
5. We nsk the co-operation of all
persons who are Interested in fair play
nnd the future of our otherwise pros
perous country.
C. This self-denial to take effect
Jan. 17 and continue henceforth.
LIFE LOST JNK0TEL FIRE
Employee Suffocated, but Guests Es
cape in Scant Attire.
Oneonta, X. Y., Jan. 18. rire start
ing at 3.40 a. m. near the furnace de
stroyed the Central Hotel, F. A. Her
rlefTe's men's furnishings store. C. II.
Borst's grocery, Townsend Brothers'
hardware store, Ingraham's barber
shop and the office of the Xational Ex
press Company. Loss on the hotel,
500,000; on the other property, $40,
000. Jacob Hedinger, an employee of the
hotel, was suffocated on the top floor.
The flames shot up the elevator shaft
and shut off the thirty-five guests from
the stairs. All of them. In scant at
tire, escaped by ladders or were cap
t ied out by firemen, losing all of their
clothing and other possessions.
OIES IN A TRANCE
For Three Months She Had Been
Speechless, After Baby's Fall.
Pittsburg, Jan. 18. From a trance
In which she had lain three months,
Mrs. Kate Mendelsohn died at a hos
pital to-day. Physicians are puzzled.
Her husband on the night of Sep
tember 30 found her In a comatose
state. Their baby lay on the floor,
apparently having fallen from bed.
Mr. Mendelsohn thinks his wife must
have been shocked into unconscious
ness by the baby's fall. He believes
she must have thought the child was
killed. She had been frail, but in nor
mal health, and had not spoken since
the incident.
HARD OiJ HOR MAKERS
Closing of Many Saloons Causes Big
Reduction In Demand.
Indianapolis, Ind., Jan. 20. Mirror
manufacturers of the United States
opened their national convention.
They said that times have been very
du'l with them and they are here to
dibcuss means for reviving the trsde.
With hundreds of Baloons going out
of business hundreds of mirrors are
going out of use. Mirrors are regard
ed as the most Important part of the
Interior decoration of a saloon.
John R. Walsh in Prison.
Chicago, Jan. 20. John R. Walsh,
once a power In Chicago financial!
newspaper and business circles, was
taKen to the Fort Leavenworth federal
prison to serve a five-year sentence
for wrecking the Chicago Xational
Bank. The United States circuit
court of appeals refused his petition
to-day that the verdict be set aside.
TAFT TELLS POLICY
ON CONSERVATION
In Special Message He Approve
Plans of Balllnger for Preserv
ing Natural Resources.
Taft's Recommendations
on Natural Resources.
8 l.irMliraui-N j JI'IDMC lilTlllS
ncconlliiK to agricultural ..
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mineral values.
Selling the surface for fann
ing nnd exacting royalties fu
undergroutid treasures.
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Q smhm i-icrni lenses or water
O power lights with precautions
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Greater conservation of soil
to ns to produce move food.
Thlr'y million do'lnrs n
bot'ds to complete projects for
reclamation of arid lands. '
Complete Ohio River water. Q
way Improvement first, then H
consider the Mississippi. C
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Washington, Jan. 20.- In a bpei in
message only ten printed pages imn,
Piesident Taft sent to Congress his
recommendations In regard to the ten
servatlon of the country's natural re
sources. The St nut u was not in
slon. but the House listened with
pnrent interest to the reading of the
document by the Clerk, though tiiere
Wflii evidently some disappointment nt
the absence of comment from ;!
President" on the latest development!
In the Plnchot-Ballinger controve ,-y.
Most of the President's recour.i Ni
dations have been made public In h: j
.previous Fpeeches, and he states that
his message In practically a summary
of the report of Secretary of the hi
terior Balllnger. Aside from the in
ferential expression of confidence in
his Cabinet officer, the only other ref
ertnee to the Pinchot-Balllngcr afuir
is in the closing paragraph of the c.e
sage, where he states that the out
come of the investigation will have no
bearing on the merits of his re
mendations, nnd urges that they ho
e:;n;tfd into lav,-(as soon ns posslMo.
One of the President's recommei.da.
tions Is that the Secretary of the In
terior be authorized to issue bonds to
th nmount of $30,01)0,000 for the com
pli tion of reclamation projects in arid
regions of the West. He also asks f.-r
correct classification of public land;
according to their mineral deposits or
other characteristics of chief val ;c.
He would separate mineral rights in
land from agricultural rights, and
would lease mining rights under re
strictions. Of power sites the President de
clares that the Government now has
control of enough to prevent private
capital from monopolizing the water
power of the country. He suggests
grants of these sites for terms of
years, with provisions that will com
pel development nnd will prevent com
binations and exorbitant prices. He
puts the need of draining wet lands on
the same plane ns the need of Irriga
tion. For reforestation of bare water
sheds he suggests a moderate appr
priation for five years.
On Inland waterwnys he does nnt
depart much from the position he took
on his trip down the Mississippi.
When plans have been drawn and
costs definitely ascertained it will tie
time to go into the lakes to the gulf
scheme. He advocates, howr.
deepening of the Ohio River to a
depth of nine feet from Pittsburg to
Cairo, of the Mississippi River to a
depth of six feet from St. Louis to Pt.
Paul, of the Missouri to a depth of s!t
feet from Kansas City to St. Louis,
and of the Mississippi to a depth of
eight feet from St. Louis to Cairo.
Railroad Engine Kills Deer.
Xewburg, X. Y., Jan. 20. A hand
some buck deer with spreading antlers
was killed on the West Shore Rail
road at West Haverstraw. The deer
was attracted by the headlight of the
locomotive and stood squarely on tlu
tracks when struck.
Bank Cashier Gets Ten Years.
Fargo, X. Dak., Jan. 19. Federr.1
Judge Atuldon sentenced Andrew H.
Jones, former cashier of the First Na
tional Bank of Rugby, to ten years'
Imprisonment for misappropriation of
the bank's funds.
NEW YORK MARKETS.
Wholesale Prices of Farm Products
Quoted for the Week.
MILK Per quart, 4ic
BCTTER Western extra, 3530c;
State dairy, 20 29c.
CHEESE State. Full cream, spot 1st
17 Ms 1 Sc.
EGGS State. Fair to choice, 3I'5
40c; do, western firsts, 30 33c.
APPLES Tallman, per bbl., 12.25
2.50.
DRESSED POULTRY Chickens, per
lb., 15c; Cocks, per lb.. 13c;
Squabs, per dozen. $1.5005.00. .
HAY Prime, per 100 lbs., $1.10.
STRAW Long Rye, per 100 lbs., 803
85c.
POTATOES State, per bbl., $1.50
1.75.
OXIOXS-White, per crate, 2550c.
FLOUR Winter patents, $5.50Q 0.00;
Spring patents, $5.50(5 6.85.
WHEAT Xo. 2. red. fl.32tjl.33; N.
.1, Northern Duluth, fl.27',i.
CORX-Xo. 2. 723 74ic
OATS Natural white. 52i 3 51 lie;
Clipped white, 535T5t!c.
BEEVES City Dressed, 8 f ? 1 1 -it.
CALVES City Dressed. 10fj l5c.
SHEEP Per 100 lbs.. $3.500 5.50.
LAMBS Per 100 lbs., $7.00(39.25.
HOGS Liver, per 100 lbs.. $000 j
Country Dressed, per lb., I3li1i
IX lie