PARIS TURNS 10
RESTORATION TASK
With Floods Receding, Cold Snap
Promises Salvation from
Scourge of Epidemic
MORE LOOTERS ARE KILLED
Hanged from Lampposts and Lelt All
Day to Warn Criminals of the Stern
Methods Adopted to Check Steal
ing from Deserted Homes.
Paris. France, Feb. 3. The PuriR
ians have settled down to the gigantic
task of restoring their beloved city
and averting pestilence with an earn
estness which shows they have the
true grasp of the danger that now
threatens them, and of the stupendous
labor they must perform before the
city can regain Its normal condition.
All along the Seine, right across
the heart of Paris, bivouac fires are
burning at night. It Is freezing weath
erblessed freezing weather and it
gladdens the souls of Parisians, for if
it continues long enough it means sal
vation. The general situation continues to
improve, but looting has broken out
In such dangerous proportions that
the Government has ordered the
strongest measures. All through the
day the bodies of two Apaches, shot
dead as they were caught red-handed
In the .act of pillaging abandoned
houses, have been hanging from lamp
posts as a warning to others of their
kind, and three more have been kll'ed
by bullets from the rifles of the sol
diers. Shooting3 have been of frequent oc
currence on the outskirts of the city,
for the armed guards that are patrol
ling the streets have instructions to
shoot the marauders at sight, and the
insolent daring of these has reached
such a pitch that they often have wait
ed to exchange shots before taking
flight in the boats which they usually
held In readiness for such an emergen
cy. Gendarmes in rowboats engaged
in many exciting chases over the swol
len river and through the canal-lino
streets, and arrests have been made
so freely that It Is now hoped the
worst of the evil has been checked.
Large bands of starving dogs are
roaming around the streets, and many
human beings have been attacked by
them. Soldiers have been ordered
to shoot as many as possible, as there
Is a fear they may develop rabies.
It is now estimated that in Paris
and the suburbs 200,000 persons have
been rendered homeless by the inun
dation. Relief subscriptions, how
over, are pouring in from every quar
ter. SOLD TWO HOGS, LOST MONEY.
.difference Between Wholesale and Re
tail Price of Meat Shown.
Salem, N. J., Feb. 3. A farmer
brought two hogs to a local buiclier
esterday and offered them for sale.
price was quickly agreed on, nnd
he farmer said he would sell, but
vanted the hams and shoulders. To
lis the butcher was willing, and after
se weight had been taken the desired
arts of the hogs were cut off and
anded to the farmer, who asked for
tie balance coming to hlin. After fig-
ring a moment the butcher replied,
Vou owe me $2.85." And the farmer
:.ad to pay It.
The butcher had bought the hogs at
vholesale price and charged the farm
r retail rates for the parts he re-
. erved.
In effect the farmer had made the
utcher a present of two hogs, and
id then paid him $2.85 for certain
i arts of them.
PREDICTS A WORSE PANIC.
Prof. Carver Thinks That the Food
Problem Will Bring It.
Boston, Feb. 1. Prof. Thomas Nel
on Carver of Harvard, who predicted
le panic of 1907, is quoted in a local
Qwspapcr as saying that the high
rices of foodstuffs and the meat boy
tt are only the forerunners of a
.eat financial panic which must come
) a year or two.
"I will stake my reputation as an
-conomlst that in 1912 or 1913 this
. ountry will undergo one of the worst
nnlcs in Its history," he went on.
The supply of foodstuffs in this eoun
y is becoming gradually, but surely
'i'.-sb than the demands of the public,
t id In my mind In not many years the
t'nlted States will of necessity be
"llged to Import a large quantity of
l.i meat and other foodstuffs."
TRAMP TO GET $250,000.
rrobate Court Adjudges Him Heir of
Wealthy Junk Dealers.
Boston, Feb. 2. After having
amped in poverty throughout the
untry for nearly a dozen years,
imes J. Corbett was declared heir
i $250,000. Judge George of the Pro
te Court decided that he was the
ssing brother and heir of William J.
"rbett, a Junk dealer of this city.
The claims of several others, includ
j several from Philadelphia, were
Jected.
To Revive Good Templar Lodges.
Mlddletown, N. V., Feb. 1. With
e determination of reviving the de-
net Good Templar lodges In Orange
ounty and establishing a number of
dw ones, the Grand Lodge of the
ate Is about to institute a vigorous
t,mpa!jjn.
PANAMA LIBEL SUIT
QUASHED BY COURT
Judge Hough Holds That the Circuit
Court Lacks Jurisdiction Under
the Storey Act.
New York, N. Y., Feb. 3. After a
running fire of argument with Do
Laucey NIcoll for the defense and As
sistant District Attorney Wise for the
Government, Judge Hough ,In the
I'nlted States Circuit Court; quashed
the Indictment against The Press Pub
lishing Company, publishers of Tie
New York World, charging criminal
libel In connection with the promul
gation of stories about the purchase
by the United States from France of
the Panama Canal Company. The
stories intimated that by virtue of t!p3
passed out by ex-President Koorevelt
and Secretary of War Tnft at the time
the negotiations were undertaken, an
American syndicate that include 1
Douglas Hoblnson, Mr. Roosevelt'j
brother-in-law; Charles P. Tuft, Presi
dent Taft's brother, and William Nel-i-on
Cromwell made a profit of sonic
$3i.,500,000 out of the $40,000,000 the
Government paid for the French com
pany.
As there were no Individual com
plainants in the case, the Government
relied upon a statute called "the
Story Act," passed by Congress in
1825, amended down to 1898, making
any crime on Government territory
punishable in the Federal courts un
der the laws of the State in which the
Government concession In question
was located. In this way nlone was
the publication in The World suscep
tible of prosecution by the Govern
ment in the absence of an individual
complainant. This was the first at
tempt to enforce the statute since the
Storey law was passed.
PARIS FLOOD COST $200,000,000.
Hundreds of Thoucands Are Destitute
and Hungry.
Paris, France, Jan. 31. Official es
timates place the damage already
done by the great flood In France at
$200,000,000. The Seine is still rising,
public buildings and residences are In
danger of collnpse and hundreds of
thousands are homeless and hungry.
The flood has Invaded the entire
labyrinth of . underground Paris, in
cluding the great extent of the cata
combs. Subterranean streams flow
under the centre of the city, new
areas are Inundated, many streets
have been converted Into yellow ca
nals, pavements have caved In and
half the city is In darkness and with
out heat.
Galloping orderlies are bearing In
structions which can no longer be sent
by telephone.
Transportation is completely para
lyzed. Whole streets are roped off as
unrafe.
The bridges still stand, but traffic
has been closed over more than half
of them.
The flood has not spared the rich
in Its visitations. It Imperils some of
the most fashionable districts.
The death rate also Is growing nt
a frightful rate. Scarlet fever has ap
peared among the refugees at Ivry.
SEVENTY-NINE DEAD IN MINE.
Cause of Latest Colorado Explosion
Still Unknown.
Prlmero, Col., Feb. 3. In Prlmero,
where seventy-nine miners were killed
by an explosion In the main slope of
the Colorado Fuel and Iron Company'?
mine, the bodies of forty victims lie
in a temporary morgue Installed in the
machine shop.
The cause of the explosion is still
unknown, and definite information as
to the cause is not expected until the
mine is cleared and an investigation
is completed.
Leonardo Virgen, a Mexican, and
the only survivor, who Is supposed to
have been working a short distance
from where the explosion occurred, Is
unable to make a clear statement.
Ten Die In Kentucky.
Drakesboro, Ky., Feb. 3. Ten men
are known to bo dead and seventeen
others are missing, presumably pen
ned up in entries by falls of slate, as
a result of a gas explosion in the
Browder mine, one and a half miles
from Drakesboro.
At 8 o'clock to-night eight of the
bodies had been recovered, all muti
lated and some past Identification.
Dismay In Washington.
Washington, Feb. 3. Officials of
the Geological Survey view with dis
may the rapidity with which recent
mine disasters have called for the ser
vices of the few trained men at the
command of the survey for aiding In
mine rescue work. All the available
men are at present in the field.
ANGRY TALK AT HEARING.
Such Words as "Graft" and "Robber"
Exchanged by Publishers.
Washington, Jan. 31. Such words
as "graft," "robber," and "treason"
were exchanged between members of
the House Committee on Post Offices
and Post Roads and magazine publish
ers at a hearing held here. The angry
outbreak was incited by editorials pub
lished in the magazines protesting
against increasing postal rates on
magazines.
Labor Exchanges In London.
London, Feb. 2. The opening of the
new system of national labor ex
changes, created by the Liberal gov
ernment as a preliminary step in deal
infl! with the unemployment problem,
will begin to-morrow, when exchanges
will be started throughout the coun
try without formal ceremony.
THE COLUMBIAN,
FISK & ROBINSON,
Big Wall Street Firm Admits In
solvency, with $7,000,000
Assets
LIABILITIES AMOUNT- TO SAME
No Other Banking House Involved
Promotion of Buffalo and Guscjuo.
hanna R. R. Too Heavy a Burden
High Food Prices Hclpsd.
O Wall Street Failures
$ In Eight Months.
O .
$ risk & Robinson $G,733.32I
O Lathrop, llaskins &.
Q Co 1.000,000
O .1. M. Flake & Co. . . . 2.000.000
$ Roberts, Hall & Crlss 3,0u0,('0&
O Tracy & Co 1.250.000
ft Freeman, Rollins & Co ISO.Ot.O
O .
S Total $14,160,00.1
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New York, N. Y., Feb. 3. The bank
ing house of Fink & Robinson, pro.r.l
nunt ai:ong the houses dealing In
Government, State and city bcn-ls
and other investment sccurtieH. has
"piled. The firm's representative-.! said
the liabilities were approximately 7.
000.000, of which more than $1,000,000
Is unsecured. The liabilities are thus
greater than those of any other pri
vate banking house which has sus
pended since a long time antedating
the panic of 1007.
The failure was chie directly to
heavy undertakings on behnlf of the
Buffalo and Susquehanna Railroul
system. The firm owned $1.200.00
bonds of the Buffalo r.nd Susquehanna
Railway Company and $SOn,ooo pre
ferred stock of Its subsidiary, the Buf
falo and Susquehanna Rallro:ul Com
pany und was unable to dirporo of
these securities except at a very heavy
loss. It had acted as Uveal ngeni f ir
the system for several years and had
become Involved in It otherwise t!) n
In the securities owned outright at
the time of the suspension. The rail
road was n Joint promotion of the
banking house r.r.d the Mesnrs. G'-oj-year,
the wealthy coal and lumucr
people o Buffalo, and t.p to the pres
ent has failed to earn its fixed charges.
Indirectly, but at the same time Im
portantly, the failure was also due to
the depression in the bond market
and to the high cost of living, or, ac
cording to Mr. Hill's epigram, to the
cost of high living. Joseph Stanley
V. Brown, the manager of the firm's
offices, said the firm had found it ex
tremely difficult to dispose of high
grade bonds because the high cost of
living Impelled Investors to put their
funds into securities yielding a hi;r' er
Income return on the highest class ye
curity he declared to be the prevalent
tendency among investors.
"People have to pay so much more
for their beefsteak nowadays," Mr.
Brown said, "that they have to get
more for the money they have invest
ed. In the West particularly the mar
ket lor high class bonds has been de
stroyed." TRAIN TWICE KILLS ON TRIP.
Hits Voman at One Crossing and
Auto Party at Another.
Mansfield, Ohio, Feb. 1. Pennsyl
vania train No. fi, west bound, struck
nnd Instantly killed Mrs. Roy Covert,
and fatally Injured her husband, at a
crossing near Loudonville. Proceed
ing further train struck an automobile
on the outskirts of Crestline, a few
miles away, and killed J. H. Sigler, six
ty, and Charles Echelberger, both of
Hayesvllle. Curtis Doerrer, who was
in the same automobile, had a shoul
der crushed and a leg broken and re
ceived internal injuries.
The automobile, which ran from the
rear of a freight directly in front of
the express, was lifted high in the air.
SWOPE MURDERED.
Chemists Find Strychnine Killed Kan
sas City Man.
Chicago, Feb. 2. Strychnine was
found all through the viscera of the
late Col. Thomai: II. Swope, the Kan
sas City millionaire, according to a
report made by Drs. Walter S. Haines,
Ludwlg Hektoen, and Victor C.
Vaughan to John G. Paxton. executor
of the Swope estate here. The same
poison Is also believed to have been
found in the liver of Christian Swope,
a nephew of Col. Swope, but it was
announced that the examination of his
organs had not been completed to the
satisfaction of the toxicologlsts, and
would be continued.
Chokes to Death Eating Meat.
Pittsburg, Pa.. Feb. 1. A dozen for
eigners discussed the moat boycott at
breakfast In a Mulberry Alley board
ing house, and all except "Mlc" Skov
lac agreed to cat no meal. Skovlae
was delighted with bavin the break
fast steak to himself, tac'iled It so vio
lently that he choked to death with
the first mouthful.
LIMITED VOTE FOR WOMEN.
Mayor of Baltimore Would Have
Thorn Vote on Municipal Questions.
P.iiKlmore, Feb. 2. In hl.i r.n;i-:al
mesiugo to the City Council Mayor J.
B.trryMuhool declares hlo belief Uiat
suffrrgo for women is ir.ovli;ib:e.
BOND f SE, HUL
BLOOMSBUTS& if
WORLD NEWS OF
THE WEEK.
Covering Minor Happenings Fro an
All Oyer the Globe
DOMESTIC.
It was reported at Chicago thrM I hi.'
government might bring civil ru ' ;
for the dissolution of the Na.l(..u.!
Packing Company.
nuffrngii-ts open headquarters in
Albany and prepare for nctive c.".:u
pai.yi before the Legislature.
The Hudson County Grand Jury ex
r.;::!ned ti e officers of several -o'l
storago plants In Jersey City will) a
view to finding out If meat bi:;;;'"
are held back there to maintain .'-.'.;
prices lit this market. The Prose- ;
tor expects to show conspiracy oj ;h
part of the Meat Trust.
The charges of bribery preferred
by Senator Bcnn Conger ngalr.st St n
ator Jotham P. Alldo wero laid on the
table when presented In the Senate at
Albany, N. Y.
An operation was performed on
Charles C. Dickinson of New York at
Bridgeport, Conn., and a bone press
ing on the optic nerve was removed
and his sight was restored.
An Increase in the price of bee" If
quoted by the packets which mean:'
$80 a carload.
In New York City, a burglar mur
dered Moses Gootman, a prosperous
mrnufneturer, wounded his son Isaac,
a lawyer, nnd escaped.
Joseph F. Shlpp, ex-Sheriff of Chat
tanooga, Tenn., who has Just been re
leased from the federal jail in Wash
ington for contempt of the United
States Supreme Court, was enthusias
tically received on his return to his
home town. v
The federal inquiry into the meat
packing industry was formally beguu
in Chicago; It was apparent thnt it
would be national in scope.
Thomas M. Osborne, of Buffalo, J
Y.. resigned his $13,000 position on
the tip-State Public Service Commis
sion to devote all his time to organ
izing the Democratic League and
strengthening the party In the Slate.
WASHINGTON.
The House Insurgents proa.ke.l
President Tuft to support his legisla
tive programme, and similar action
was taken by the New York delega
tion. The Senate was surprised when V.
E. Furccll of North Dakota asked to
be sworn in r.s successor to F. L.
Thompson, appointed in December to
servo In place of Mr. Johnson, dc
cc.iseJ. Thompson resigned becauM
of ill-health.
Senator Aldrlch's return to Wash
ington is signalized by pledges that
the policies of the President will line
the right of way In Congress.
Reports were received at Washing
ton t'.tr.t Americans had been impre ssed
into the Nicaraguan army and an
American-owned plantation looted.
Mf. Carter spoke at length in the
Senate in favor of postal savings
baii!:s.
L. R. Glavis told the Balllnger-Pin-cl.et
Congressional Committee that
co j I claimants had kept James R. Car
field out of the Taft Cabinet.
The House Committee on Post Of
fice and Port Roads seeks February
S us the last day for magazine postage
he ring.
Many of the ablest lawyers In the
country take v hand in the test of the
coloration t.ix law before the Fed
eral Supreme Court.
Free Imports under the Payne law
have reached $7Cu,000,000, or more
than half of all the imports.
President Taft, angry, sent Wade
Kills, assistant to the Attorney-Gen-er."l,
to Chicago to push the Boot
TruKt Inquiry.
Frefldcnt Taft Is working to place
prospei Ity on a pound basis, advocat
'ng national Incorporation as a refuge
.'or harassed trusts.
FOREIGN.
Ernest Henry Sackville-West began
suit to recover the title and estates
now held by the nephew of the former
British. Minister at Washington.
The Seine continues to fall slowly,
and the French government is taking
stem measures to repress looting and
is devising plans to aid the sufferers;
u number of largo gifts from America
were received.
There are two factions in the Lib
eral party in England, one favoring
i flcht to a finish with the Lords, the
other preferring a compromise.
United States Ainbnssador Bacon
says estimates of the flood losses In
France, ran Into hundreds of millions.
Britons seem to be agreed that the
elections settled two thlngu that the
budget must pass and that the power
of the peers must be limited.
The Seine continues to fall Blowly,
but conditions In Paris und the
towns on the river below the capital
iiava not Improved; thousands of per
sons huve been rescued and fed by
troopa and volunteerr.; many looters
have been Ehot.
Lima, Peru, presented William J.
Bryan with a gold medal and also gave
Mrs. Bryan a medal studded with dia
monds and rubies.
The t'nlted States Banking Com
pany of Mexico City suspended.
WRIGHT'S RECORD BROKEN.
French Aviators Carry Passengers for
Nearly Two Hours.
Mourmelon, Franco, Feb. 2. Orvllio
Wright's record of an aeroplane flight
with passengers, I hour 37 minutes,
was beaten to-day by the aviators Flit
og, who remained In the air 1 hour and
np minutes, und Vuudenhorn. 1 hour
and 42 minutes.
Both carried passengers and made
nelr flights In Farman blplaneu.
- i.
COB SAYS HE
SAW ALLDS BRIBED
Senator Takes Oath That New
York Leader Demanded and
Accepted Money
HE WAS PAID IN KIS PRESENCE
It Wes Given to Keep Allds from
Pressing a Sill ta Passage In the
Assembly Git.t of the Charge on
Which Senate Leader Will So Tried.
Albany. N. Y., Feb. 3. That Slate
S-.T.ator Jotham P. Allds of Norwich,
Chenango County, the President pro
tern, of the State Senate and Republi
can leader of that branch of the Legis
lature, received a bribe of $1,000 while
a member of the Assembly on April
1H01, for not pressing to passage
certain legislation Is the charge made
here by Senator Ben Conger, nlno a
Republican.
In his sworn charge Senator Con
ger says that the bribery in question
was initiated by Senator Allds and
that he demanded the $1,000, instead
of the bridge manufacturing com
panies seeking out Senator Allds tc
buy him off from doing his duty. It
l.i inferred that Senator Conger thus
Justifies his position In this controver
sy in that he would have It appear
that the bridge companies hnd not tak
en the Initiative but had paid up be
cause they considered It "strike" leg
islation and hnd to give up the money
or suffer the consequences.
Senator Conger declares that Sen
ator Allds received and accepted
$1,000 In his (Conger's) presence !n
the Capitol Building. Senator Con
ger has told his friends that he paw
a man pay Senator Allds this $l,'iO0
and that the man Is living. Senator
Conger swears that he knows this
(barge to be true of his own knowl
edge. At the outset some of the Senators
who heard Senator Conger discus sine
the bribery charges were led to be
lieve that It was Conger himself who
paid Allds the nioney. Senator Con
ger, however, has made It plain that
he saw a man pay Senator Allds this
money. This man's name has been
carefully withheld by Senator Conner.
It cannot long be kept Eecret. It must
bo brought out in the investigation.
BLACK HANDERS TO PRISON.
Order of the Banana is Crushed In U.
S. Court.
Toledo, Ohio. Feb. 1. The Jury In
the Black Hnnd enses In the Federal
court here returned a verdict of guilty
as charged against the fourteen Sicili
ans whose trial has been on for the
last two weeks on charges of conspira
cy and using the United States mail
in furtherance of the same. Sentc.ee
was passed as follows by Judge Tay
ler: Salvatore Lima of Marlon, sixteen
years Imprisonment; Sebastian Lima
and Giuseppe IgnofTo of Marlon, ten
years each; Salverlo Ventolo of Col
umbus, two years; Salvatore Delia of
Pittsburg, two years; Antonio VI
carlo of Denlson, two years in the
Klmira, N. Y., Reformatory; Cologurio
VIcarlo of Bellefontaine, two years;
Orazlo Runfola of Pittsburg, six
years; Plpplno Calbo of Meadville,
four years; Salvatore Arrigo of Cin
cinnati, four years; Francisco Spe
dara of Cincinnati, two years.
BISHOP FOSS DEAD.
Well Known Methodist Expires In
Philadelphia.
Philadelphia. Feb. 1. Bishop Cyrus
D. Foss, retired, of the Methodist Epis
copal Church, one of the best known
clergymen in the country, died in the
Hahnemann Hospital here from a
stroke of paralysis, suffered while rid
ing in a trolley car on January IS.
Cyrus David Foss was a member of
a family that has done much to form
the thought and direct tho action of
the Methodist Kplscopal Church In
America. He himself had been a blbhop
of that body since 1880. Before that
he was for five years the sixth presi
dent of Wesleyan University.
He was born in Kingston, N. Y., In
1838, the son of an itinerant Metho
dist minister.
PEARY TO RETURN TO NAVY.
Will Meet Department Officials To-day
to Talk About Work.
Washington, Feb. 2. Commander
Robert FJ. Pcury, the Arctic explorer,
will confer at once with the odlclals
of the Navy Department In regard to
resuming work as a member of the
corps of civil engineers of the navy.
Commander Peary has been on special
duty under the Coast and Geodetic
Survey since July 2, 1908, making
tidal observations on tho coast of
Grantland and Greenland. It is prob
able that ho will resume duty as a
civil engineer In the navy within the
next few months.
BIG PACKING PLANT CLOSES.
Will Kill No More Hogs Till Meat
Strike Is Over.
Nebraska City, Neb., Feb. 1. The
Morton GregHon packing plant in this
city has been so hard hit by tho anti
meat agitation thnt the managers have
decided to cease operations until the
strike Is over.
Notices to that effect were posted
and tho company will buy no more
11 vo- stock until the agitation ceases.
GREAT FLOOD CHECKED
BUT PARISJS DESOLATE
Nine Square Miles Swept by Seine's
Waters While Bursting Sewers
Deluge Other Sections.
Paris, Feb. 3.-"-Tho worst of tin
most terrible Hood Paris has ever
known In its more than thirteen ecu.
turles of history hns becn reach. ,.
There Is hope now that the end is In
sight. The rnln has ceased, 'n,,.
skies have cleared. Tho temperature
has dropped, giving a promise of
more rain.
When the end fame the river Seinn
larked but a few Inches of attaining
the greate.it flood on record here, that
of 1015, and, when the country win
wKhout. the modern barriers which
are designed to protect Pnrls and
neat by points In such emergencies
In ti e lower I.Htln Quarter there
are many people still In houses t!i it
are under water up to the ne'erd
story. They refuse to leave their
homes, not knowing where to go. It
Is plliful to hear their children cry In 5
ffr food to the men who distribute
bread from boats.
Vi';,r would hardly play such havoc.
The "City of Light" hns become a
city of slime, filled with muddy wa
ters. Business Is almost at a stand
still, and tho hotels are crowded with
persons who have lied from inund:.te.
homes. The prices of necessaries are
ndvanclng by leaps and bounds, as the
paralysis of transportation facilities
entering the city extends. The North
ern Railroad alone, of the vast net
work of railways, still operates direct
ly Into the city.
The flood damage Is now estiir.: '.c.I
nt $20(1,000.000.
Hundreds of lives have been lost
and the death toll may mount Into
thousands. A fever epidemic Is
fr-red.
One hundred thousand are homo,
less throughout France, 13,000 in Paris
alone.
Tho number of refugees arriving
here Is enormous. Charenton alone
sending ln T.S.OOO, who have co-ne
there from Calais and other afflicted
points.
Practically all the flooded suluuban
towns above and below Pnrls to-til;-!it
were without light, and several with
out water.
One quarter of the city or nine
square miles, were Inundated by the
Seine, In addition to the overflow in
back streets from sewers and subter
ranean rivers.
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House. House. P
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Labor members . . f5
C) Irish nationalists . 83
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X Unionists 1C8
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"STOP SHIPPING CATTLE.'
Western Stcckmen Ordered to Quit
Until the Clamor Subsides.
Omaha, Neb., Feb. 1. The thou
sand cattle raisers and live stock ship
pers In the Western States have been
notified not to ship live stock of any
kind to market until the agitation
against the price of fresh meats s'.iall
have subsided.
The notice to stop shipment has
been sent by live stock commission
men at the packing centres. Practi
cally every shipper In Nebraska, Wy
oming, South Dakota, Montana, Iowa
and other live stock shipping States
have received the notice to withhold
stock for the present.
CHAUFFEURS FOR UNION.
New Organization Would Eliminate
Undesirable Drivers.
Providence, Feb. 2. A national
union of chauffeurs, to be known as
the Professional Chauffeurs' Associa
tion 'of America, was .incorporated at
tbo State House here to-day. The ob
ject of the new union is to improve
the standing of chauffeurs by eliminat
ing undesirable men from the ranks of
drivers and by better legislation gov
erning the handling of automobiles.
NEW YORK MARKETS,
Wholesale Prices of Farm Products
Quoted for the Week.
MILK Per quart, 4 Vic.
BUTTER Western extra, 3031c;
State dairy, 2426c.
CHEESE State. Full cream, special,
17H18c.
EC.GS-State. Fair to choice, Si
3Cc.; do, western firsts, 28?30c.
APPLES Baldwin, per bbl., $2.25
3.75.
DRESSED POULTRY Chickens, per
lb., 1523e.; Cocks, per lb., 13jC-;
Squabs, per dozen, $1.50 5. 00.
HAY Prime, per 100 lbs., Jl.miGP
1.20.
STRAW Long Rye, per 100 lbs., 80
85c.
POTATOES-State, per bbl., $1.50
1.73.
ONIONS White, per crate, 25D0c.
FLOUR Winter patents, $5.506.00;
Spring patents, $5.50 0.85.
WHEAT No. 2, red. $1.30; No.' 1.
Northern Duluth, $1.25.
CORN No. 2, 7274V4c.
OATS Natural white, O2Vs0u"c;
Clipped white, 53i36,ic.
BEEVES City Dressed, 8llic
CALVES City Dressed. 10lUe.
SHEEP For 100 lbs., $4.253.2d.
LAMBS Per 100 lbs., $8.00.
HOGS Live, per 100 lbs., $9.05; Coun
try Drefised, per lb., 10 Yi VIVi v.
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