IN Till' PUBLIC BYE ABROAD
Industrial and Commercial Notes of Interest
from Many Foreign Lands.
Xew Culutn Hulhvnju.
While the public both in Cuba anil
the United States are discussing bank
ruptcy or annexation for the young is
land republic Sir William \ an Home
is pushing every effort to complete his
great railway project in the island.
!l'he main line of the road from San
tiago to Nipe is virtually completed,
but this represents but little more
than one-half of the entire system
which will amount to more than 700
miles of track when all is done.
llut while Sir William continues to
push the work on his railroad regard
less of present conditions, there is
probably no man either in Cuba or oil
the continent who is more keenly in
terested in the subject of reciprocal
trade relations between Cuba and the
United States or the annexation of the
island than he is. He and his company
have invested several millions of dol
CLEARING THi RIGHT OF WAY IN EASTERN CUBA.
lars without first securing a govern
ment franchise for the road. So long
us the government of the island re
mained in the hands of the I nited
Htates government it was impossible
for a franchise to be secured as the
I'orakcr resolution prohibited the
granting of such, lint the company
were willing to risk securing the need
ed franchise from the Cuban govern
ment when that wa. installed and has
built the road.
The completion of this new line of
railway marks a new epoch in railway
construction in the island. During the
Spanish rule but few lines were built,
and these were comparatively insig
uiticant and consisted only of a few
uiiles of track each. Such a thing as
a road from end to end of the island
had often been thought of by the more
progressive, but its construction had.
never been undertaken, and the only
means of communication between Ha
vana and Santiago was by boat.
The equipment of the old lines was
of the crudest kind. The locomotives
were wood burners, small and slow.
The coaches provided none of the
luxuries of travel known in the
United States, and the freight ears
were but miniature affairs of poor con
struction. The equipment provided
for the new road is equal to that in use
ordinarily in either the United States
ir Canada; the locomotives are mod
ern compound, coal burners, capable of
a 50 mile an hour gait, and the passen
ger equipment includes both chair and
observation cars, and will a little later
include sleeping cars.
ONE OF THE OLD WOOO-BURNING LOCOMOTIVES.
In addition to tlie building of the
railway the same company has pre
pared to plant colonies through the
central and eastern provinces, and for
this purpose has secured vast tracts of
pasture and agricultural lands. In
this way it expects to create business
for the road as well as to develop the
natural resources of the island.
Al> )NKl■■ iilau Commerce.
In a lecture by M. Ungues Le lioux, a
distinguished French traveler, deliv
ered before the chamber of commerce
at Kouen, he gave a good idea of com
mercial conditions in Abyssinia, and
the possibilities of commercial devel
opment. lie said:
"To undorstand the Importance of this
market, one must remember that Abyssinia
ban an elevation varying betwpen 5,000 and
Jo.ooo feet. Gold Is found everywhere, but
th>- negus, fe-arir.g the contact of his people
with the adwnturers of modern civiliza
tion, wishes to employ the wisest nv-ans in
exploiting: the mines. Vegetation is abun
cut.t, owing to a rich undersoil. The char
acter of the inhabitants is peaceful and
kind and their manners simple, tip to the
present, the country has resisted the Influ
ence of lslamlsm and remuintd Christian.
The mentality of the people is < <iual to ours.
So far. however, commercial Intercourse
has been difficult, because the country is
separated from the sea by a desert which Is
crossed with much danger by a caravan, at
ton. The negus has diecidedi to build a rail
road from Djibouti to Addls-Ababu, which
will permit the crossing In "4 hours of a
great desert heretofore closed to commerce.
With this railroad, commerce will have an
open route into a country which produces
coffee, rubber, cotton, and spices ar.d Rives
to some of its l products four harvests a year.
Abyssinian commerce represents not less
than Jlt.O&O.OOO annually. Of cotton, Amer
ica furnishes s3,(£>s,ooo worth and England
S7TJ,«*iO worth annually. The Americans
have captured this market by means of a
cottonadie very beautiful ar.d solid, but
without a tlxed price, btisg exchanged for
gold, ivory, or coffee, which takes the
place of money."
THORNWELL HAYNES.
Hnllwny lle>tneeu Mnilrld nnd
Ultimo.
A company has been formed tinder
the name of the Compania Ferrovia
ria Yasco-Castellana, for the purpose
of making a direct double-track rail
way between Madrid and the impor
tant northern seaport of llilbao.
Shares in the new enterprise are now
being offered to the public.
The com pan \ seems to be developing
the Sierra company, limited, of London,
England, whieh already holds the con
cession for 4- miles of railway, con
necting' its important mines in the
provinces of Burgos and Logrono with
the sea. 'J'his short railroad was
primarily intended only for the trans
port of the company's.minerals,but,on
the urgent representations of the
neighboring towns and of influential
commercial bodies, it has been decided
to convert it into a public railway and
to extend it to Madrid.
The provincial council of Burgos has
offered a subvention of 3,000,000 pese
tas ($402,000) in cash, and the corpora
tion of that city has voted 17"),000 pese
tas ($73,000) for the station buildings.
Other provincial and municipal bodies
have also promised pecuniary assist
ance and the grant of land, as it is
recognized on all hands that the open
ing of the new line cannot fail to great
ly increase the prosperity of the en
tire district.
The saving in distance between
Madrid and ISilbao will be S5 miles, and
ISilbao will thus be made the nearest
maritime port to the capital.
The line is to be finished and in work
ing order within live years from its
commencement. J. G. LAY.
Fori*inii Trade In t'nnmln.
The aggregate of Canada's foreign
trade, as stated by the Dominion au
thorities, for the year ended June
30, 1002, is $414,517,358, an increase of
$36,627,07:5 over last year. The imports
for consumption, including coin and
bullion, amounted to .$202,791,595. The
value of dutiable goods was $118,657,-
490, and of the free goods, $77,823,694.
The total exports were $211,725,503.
The exports of domestic produce
amounted to $190,105,240, an increase
of $19,900,048 over 1901.
The figures for domestic produce
are:
Mines $34.0-17.574
Fisheries H.WJ.OVO
Forest 32.1)».429
Animals and their produce 59,245,433
Agriculture 37,:!3.5,1i5
Manufactures 18,462,1(50
Miscelaneous 32,f>U8
Total $19'J,100,240
HENRY S. CULVER.
Kup-I Mnile from <iit rlin K<>.
A smokeless artificial coal is expect
ed to result from anew French treat
ment of garbage. Paper and straw,
and the refuse from abattoirs, (i.-,h
markets, etc., ate mixed with tar and
naphthalene kneaded, dried and
pressed into briquettes. These burn
brightly, with slow generation of
heat. With improvement in detail*,
it is believed the process will yield t,
fuel burning with le.-s ash. anil hav(
heating qualities about like ordinary
coal.
CAMERON COUNTY PRESS, THURSDAY, AUGUST 21, I^o2.
THE POWER SUIT.
Some Light is Thrown on Wall
Street Methods.
lioiitlrii, 111 W liono Nnme AntlOlerue*
Mult Warn Brought, lla» SNOi*
oot> Worth Of Stuck t.lven
lllm to Act a« u
Dummy.
New York. Aug. 16.—The hearing
before Special Examiner Mabie. in the
suit of Peter Power against the
Northern Pacific railroad directors to
prevent them from turning over the
stock of the company to the North
ern Securities Co., was continued
Friday. Little attention was paid to
the Power suit, however, most of the
day being devoted to inquiry into
the means whereby the plaintiffs
were provided in the similar actions
against the Great Northern Vailroad,
one of the constituent companies in
thi' merger, which actions were based
on the holdings of Airs. Kllsworth
Chapman and Milton F, Bouden.
Milton E. Bouden, managing clerk
for Thomas <Sr Thomas, brokers, said
Mr. Thomas called him into his of
fice one day last January and said:
"I have given you 400 shares of
(Jreat Northern railroad stock and a
suit will be brought in your name."
Mr. Bouden said the value of the
stock was about SBO,OOO and that be
still held it. He had not paid for it.
"How much stock do you own
now?" asked Mr. fiuthrie.
"Two hundred shares," was the re
ply.
"When did you take possession of
t hem ?"
"To-day." said the witness.
"Is it not a fact that those shares
were given you to-day, that you might
swear you owned the stock?" con
tinued Mr. Cuthrie.
"1 took those shares from the safe
because the subpoena served upon j
me called for their production here." j
"Do you know what perjury is, I
and thi- penalty for perjury?" pur- i
sued I he quest inner.
"I do," returned Mr. Bouden.
"What became of the other 200
shares?"
"They were sold. 1 noticed the
stock was going down and told Mr.
Thomas that I would not be respon
sible for any loss, lie said he would
arrange about that and later told me
that he had sold :;oo shares. Mr. Wei- 1
denfeld bought them."
The money, he said, was placed to ;
his account.
Mr. I'ouden admitted some corre
spondence with Mr. Lamb <>n North
ern Pacific affairs and produced a let- i
ter book. He said he understood that j
Mr. Lamb was his attorney.
Mr. i'ouden said he never saw the
complaint filed in the suit and never
authorized the action.
He left all that to Mr. Thomas,
who fold him when he gave the stock
tiiat the suit was to be brought. Mr.
Thomas told him that ?>lr. Weidenfeld
was interested in the suit.
E. IS. Thomas, formerly of the
brokerage firm of Thomas & Post,
but now senior member of the firin
of E. R. & C. F. Thomas, was the
next witness.
"Do you not consider it an unusual
; transaction to make a clerk a gift of
!so large a sum of money that he
might masquerade as a plaintiff?"
asked Mr. fiuthrie.
"I do not. It is a common enough
! practice in Wall street," said Mr.
j Thomas.
By agreement adjournment was
then taken until next Thursday. Mr.
Lamb said he would produce Peter
Power at that time probably, and by
| the following morning positively,
j when the proceedings for his disbar
i ment are to be heard by Judge La
j combe.
G. A. R. ENCAMPMENT.
Program lor the Con
clave In Announced.
Washington, Aug. 16.—At a confer
ence Friday at encampment head
quarters, presided over by (leu. I'.il
Torrance, of the (J. A. R., the follow
ing program of exercises for the 1903
encampment was adopted:
Sunday, October 5- Patriotic serv
ices in local churches, particularly
in New York Avenue Presbyterian
I church, where Rev. Wallace Radcliffe
i will preside, and in St. Patrick's
Catholic church, where Rev. 1). J.
j Stafford will preside.
I Monday, October o—Camp fire in
I convention hall at 7:30 in the evening
in which the veterans will be ad
j dressed by speakers of national repil
! tation.
Tuesday, October 7—Naval day; pa
rade of special veterans' nssocia
j tions, detachments of regular troops,
I District militia and various civilian
organizations to be particularly in
vited; excursion to Mount Vernon
for the delegates to the encampment;
public evening meeting of welcome at
convention hall.
Wednesday, October S—(lrand re
view of the (i. A. IS. by the president
1 of the United States, with an elabo
rate reception in the evening at con
! vention hall.
Thursday, October !). and Friday,
' October 10—Sessions of national en
j compment. Meetings of auxiliary con
j vent ions and corps and regimental re
i unions may be scheduled for any
time during the encampment.
Senator .llc.Tllllau'n Funeral.
Detroit, Mich., Aug. 16. —Extreme
simplicity marked the funeral serv
| ive yesterday over Senator James Mc-
Millan, who died last Sunday at Man
chester, Mass. The services were as
the dead man would have wished,
without display.
ItooMevclt'K I.ateMt Order.
Oyster Bay N. Y., Aug. 16.—The
president yesterday gave orders that
hereafter the names of the enlisted
men of the army who die In the
Philippines be cabled to this country
once in every two weeks. While it
costs on an average of $1.50 to cable
news to this country of the death of
an officer in the Philippines, it costs
1 about $:«) for each enlisted man. This
difference is due to the fact that the
war department has code numbers
for all its officers, while the names of
the enlisted men, together with their
company, regiment, etc., nmst be sent
In full. *
.HAS IMPROVE GREATLY.
Outlook I* .Horn Fiivurublr,
Say* llun** Iteport, Notivllh»tuiitllni{
tile l'aet Tiiat 111 <- < uul Nlrlku Situa
tion I* I
New York, Aug. 10.—It. G. Dun &
Co.'s Weekly Review of Trade .says:
Prospects have greatly improved
through the adjustment of numerous
labor controversies, yet the anthra
cite eoal strike situation is un
changed and supplies are nearing de
pletion. Distribution of merchan
dise ha.' met with some interruption
owing to freight blockades, tin* vol
ume of business being very heavy.
Statistics of pig iron production on
August 1, according to the Iron Age,
are more satisfactory than might
have been expected in view of the
great scarcity of fuel. A weekly ca
pacity of 3:i(>,485 tons is 15,5!)!) tons
less than the high record of May 1,
it is true, but compares favorably
with all earlier dates and shows an
increase of :i2,01H tons over the out
put a year ago. These figures by no
means suggest a serious setback in
the industry, but rather emphasize
the abnormal condition of demand
which finds a heavy yield entirely in
adequate. Southern furnaces have
contracted so far in advance that
they have practically withdrawn
from the market.
Pressure for steel is undiminished,
and the urgency of domestic consum
ers is shown by additional imports of
large size. Structural material is
sought by car shops and bridge build
ers, while many office buildings and
other steel structures are planned.
Coke production in the Connellsville
region exceeds 250,000 tons weekly,
and outside ovens are also surpass
ing all records of activity. Yet ship
ments are unsatisfactory, causing
frequent delays.
Shoe manufacturers at the east
have received practically all the fall
orders that will be placed and new
business is now restricted to sample
orders in spring lines.
Despite the very favorable reports
from dry goods jobbers regarding
the volume of business transacted
and the bright outlook for fall trade,
conditions in the primary market and
at the mills are now devoid of inci
dent. Buyers are still governed by
the impression that a large cotton
crop is assured and the resulting low
er prices for raw material will bring
better terms for goods.
Failures for the week numbered 106
in the United States, against 10S for
the corresponding period of last year.
STORY OF A CRIME.
A Vermont Youtli (on|p«#o« that lie
Aided a Woman in Killing Her
llunband.
liennington. Yt.. Aug. 10.— \ start
ling story was brought out Friday at
the inquest into the death of -Marcus
j I Sogers, whose body was found in the
Wolloomsac river here, when Levi
I'erham. aged 19, confessed that the
man had been murdered and impli
cated himself and tin* wife of the
dead man as the participants in the
crime. Rogers, who separated from
his wife several months ago, had
11is life insured for s.">oo for the wo-
I man's benefit, lie left lfoosic Falls
' last Tuesday and was not seen again
! until his body was found in the river
i Thursday. A hat was found near the
i river, pinned to which was a note
! purporting to have been written by
Rogers, in which the writer said that
j he had ended his own life.
At the inquest Boyd Perham
1 charged his brother and Mrs. ISogcrs
| with the murder. He said Mrs. ISog
crs approached him a few days ago
and offered to give him the amount
jof the insurance on her husband
($500) if he would goto lfoosic Cor
ners and do away with him. He rc
! fused.
Failing to enlist him in her serv
i ice, Boyd said that Mrs. Rogers ap
i proachcd his brother Levi, and the
; latter consented to Jure Rogers to
' Bennington, where a trap had been
set for him. Rogers, he said, was en
ticed to Morgan's Grove, where, on
Tuesday evening he met his wife and
Levi Perham. The meeting was ap
parently a friendly one and under the
impression that his companions were
showing him a trick with ropes,
Rogers allowed them to bind him
hand and foot. When in this condi
tion, they chloroformed him and
threw him into the river. To create
, the impression that Rogers had com;
! mil ted suicide they wrote the note
! which was found pinned to his hat.
The sensation was increased when
| Levi Perham confessed that all that
had been revealed was true.
Declared Against Socialism.
Cincinnati. Aug. 10.—The Interna
tional Typographical union, which has
been in session here all week, has
disposed of more than 300 proposi
tions for changes in its laws, as well
as many resolutions. Ihe spirit of
the convention was emphatically
shown in the adoption of a resolu
tion against socialism. Max Hayes,
of Cleveland, had been elected as a
delegate of the International Typo
graphical union to the next conven
tion of the American Federation of
Labor and delegates claim they did
not know he was a socialist until af
ter he was elected, and for this rea
son a strong resolution of instruc
tions was adopted.
l'nmltin Increase*.
London. Aug. 16.—Official reports
from India declare that the famine
situation is becoming more serious
on account of the lack of rains
throughout almost the entire country
and especially in the Bombay presi
dency.
A C.nl luiit I)opd.
Washington. Aug. 10.—United States
Minister Squires, at Havana, has writ
ten the department of state giving
particulars of the heroic action of
Maj. William C. (lorgas, an officer of
the United States medical depart
ment. who rescued a Cuban boy from
drowning in the bay at Havana. The
boy was playing in one of the parks
on the bay and fell into the water.
His screams attracted the attention
of the major, who rushed to the spot,
jumped into the water and rescued
the boy just as he war. going under
for the last time.
MORE EXCITEMENT
Twelfth Regiment Called Out
to Quell Riot.
An Alleged ('nfalr Workman Stoned
by a .Mob at Shenandoah, l*a.—
W a t<|i ma n Thrown Into a
troek—lTll lie rK Compelled
to Stop Work.
Wilkesbarre, Pa., Aug. 14.—A num
ber of workmen who were returning
from the Woodward mine last night
claim a volley of stones was fired at
them, but no one was hurt. A num
ber of boys were seen on a hill near
by and it is thought they were the
guilty parties.
The presidents of the local assem
blies of the United Mine Workers of
the Wilkesbarre district met here
Wednesday and adopted resolutions
condemning Rev. Father O'Reilly, of
Shenandoah, for his criticism of the
officers of the United Mine Workers.
President Mitchell and the district
presidents were eulogized for their
efforts to better the conditions of the
miners. President Mitchell addressed
a personal letter to the Shenandoah
clergyman, taking exceptions to cer
tain remarks alleged to have been
made by him in his church last Sim
day. Rev. O'Reilly sent a curt reply
saying that Mr. Mitchell had no right
to criticise his sermons.
Charleston, W. Ya., Aug. 14. —In
the miners' contempt case here yes
terday Judge Keller held John Rich
ards and his associates guilty of con
tempt and fined them s."> and costs
each, holding them committed until
the fines were paid or bail given.
Shenandoah, I'a., Aug. 10. —There
was an outbreak last night right un
der the nose of the troops in camp
and for a time it looked as though
serious trouble would occur. The dis
order was the result ol' a mob chas
ing an alleged unfair workman near
the Philadelphia & Reading Cool and
Iron Co.'s washery in the southeast
ern part of tin.' town. There were
50 or GO men in the mob. As they
chased the man up the railroad,
( 1 browing stones at him, the night
watchman of the washery, named An
thony Flinn, tried to rescue the man.
The watchman wa.s promptly thrown
into the creek running parallel witii
the railroad, by some of those lead
ing in the chase.
The crowd kept after the workman
and he ran to the Reading railroad
station, where a company of in
fantry was on provost duty. The
company was immediately called in
to formation and attempted to hold
tiie crowd back. The captain of the
company exercised great patience
with the crowd and prevented any
serious trouble. The mob caused a
large crowd to gather from all direc
tions and word was immediately sent
to camp for reinforcements. In nine
minutes the entire Twelfth regiment
and a battalion of the Eighth were on
the scene.
The crowd scattered and three men,
John Howe, Fred?rick Zimmerman
and Matthew Bronz, who are alleged
to have been participants in the as
sault on the watchman and the work
man. were arrested anil taken to the
town lockup. The troops were kept
in the streets until a late hour. The
affair created intense excitement in
the town.
Wilkesbarre. Pa.. Aug. 10.—The S3
deputies on guard at the Warnke
washery, in Durvea. when the riot
took place Thursday, and who were
nrrested and jailed by the authorities
on the charge of inciting a riot and
felonious wounding, were brought
down from the prison yesterday and
nfiven a hearing before Judge llalsey.
It was shown that the two men shot
were not seriously wounded. Judge
Halsey then released the prisoners in
the sum of SIO,OOO for a further hear
ing on Monday.
Thurmond, W. Ya., Aug. 10.—One
hundred or more non-union men are
arriving in the New river eoal fields
daily to take the places of the strik
ers. At the Rend mines a great
demonstration was ntnde Friday. Sev
eral hundred strikers, heavily armed,
marched to the mine and forced 00
non-unionists to abandon work.
Deputy marshals were powerless and
serious trouble is imminent.
Foraker'n Denial.
Toledo. Aug. 10.—United States
Senator Foraker was in this city last
evening en route to his home in Cin
cinnati, after having attended tha
funeral of the late United States
Senator McMillan in Detroit. A rep
resentative of the press asked him
regarding the story recently sent out
''roll) Washington to the effect that
he was to be the republican candidate
for vice president with President
Roosevelt ill 1004. The senator re
plied that there was nothing in the
rumor.
Town found! Offer* Reward*.
Shenandoah, Aug. 10.—The town
council of Shenandoah has offered a
reward of s.">oo for information lead
ing to the arrest and conviction of
the person or persons who mur
dered Joseph Beddall, another re
ward of S2OO for information leading
Ito the arrest of persons who as
saulted the town police, and S2OO for
information leading to the arrest of
all other persons who participated in
the riot.
A Battle 111 Turkey.
Vienna, Aug. 16.—Local newspapers
pjublisli reports of a fight between
two battalions of Turkish infantry
and a band of Bulgarian-Macedonian
revolutionists near Uskub, European
Turkey. The revolutionists were cut
to pieces and the Turks had many
men killed or wounded.
Would Build a Huge Pain.
Keokuk, la., Aug. 14. —Mississippi
river cities, the lumber interests of
the northwest and steamboat lines
of the Mississippi river have deter
mined on a combined effort to induce
the trans-Mississippi commercial con
gress. meeting at St. Paul next week,
actively to favor the building of a
great dam entirely across the river at
Keokuk, at the foot of the Des
Moines rapids. The effect of such a
dam would be to render unnecessary
the use of tin* government canal, and
incidentally to develop 00,000 electri
cal horse power for commercial use,
GRAND CIRCUIT RACES.
Ill" ICvnnla al Ifrlsliton Hcnrli Weri
Marked by cio»» FIHIMIM-H.
Xt-W York, Aug. 14.—The events of
tin- grand circuit meeting at the
Brighton track yesterday were excit
ing. The first race, the 2:08 pace,
was on the novelty plan, and Major
Muscovite was a hot favorite. The
gelding Chestnut had the pole and
started off at a inerry pace to win,
with Winfield Stratton and Major
Muscovite close up. The fight all the
way around was close, but Chestnut
won by two lengths. .Sphinx S. fin
ished sixth.
In the second heat Winfield Strat
ton led tn the half, when The Bishop
caught him. The Bishop winning by
two lengths and Nolan second.
Sphinx S. was a prohibitive favorite
for the next heat and lie went to the
post like a flash, but was soon caught
by Major Muscovite, and the pair
went like a team to the seven fur
longs pole, when Sphinx S. came away
and won by a length. The judges
fined Spear, his driver, S2OO for not
trying for the first heat.
The $5,000 Hiram Woodruff purse
for the 2:20 trotting class was an ex
citing race. It was wm by Wilque.
The s.*i,o()o Horse Review stake for
3-year-old trotters proved to be the
greatest race of the season for the
class, nine colts and fillies coming up
for the word. The Rajah won easily.
New York, Aug. 15. —Seven thou
sand spectators at Brighton Beach
yesterday saw some splendid con
tests in trotting races. The first race
of the day, the 2:10 novelty trot,
Susie J. won the second heat in
2:06y 2 , and in the special race be
tween Prince Albert and Anaconda
the former paced in 2:01!% and won
the race. The best previous records
lof the season in races were, The
j Monk, trotting, 2:07, and Dan Patch,
j pacing, 2:0.':",. The fastest time of
I the season made against the watch,
j by Dan Patch, 2:00%. was duplicated,
i Twinkle won the 2:10 pacing race.
.New York, Aug. 16.—Perfect weath
er and a fast track again favored the.
grand circuit meeting at Brighton
Beach yesterday. The feature of the
program was the John K. Sbults
S.'i,(;:)o purse for trotting 4-year-olds,
for which the bay filly Zephyr was
the favorite. With the advantage of
the pole and (leers in the sulky, she
; wiin in straight heats.
The 2:04 pace brought out a high
class field and hopes were high that
Audubon Boy would be able to force
Dan Patch togo a fast mile, but the
latter did not start. Audubon Boy
was a hot favorite. With the word,
Shadow Chimes pushed to the front,
Indiana was second and the favorite
close up. They went up the back
stretch lapped. At the three-quarters
pole Audubon Boy moved up and
i Shadow Chimes broke. Fanny Dil
lard then came fast from the rear,
challenging the leader and in a close
! finish she was only beaten half a
i length by the favorite.
In the second heat the veteran Con
nor rushed off with the lead and held
!it to the three-quarter pole, with
; Audubon Boy second and Fanny I)i 1—
i lard third. As they rounded for borne
the faporite and Dillard shot by Con
nor and was soon joined by Shadow
| Chimes, finishing in that order.
A FARTHERS' TRUST,
It HUM HCPII Incorporated IN South
Dakota—l» Capitalized at
| 000.
Pierre, S. T)., Aug. 14.—The Far
mers' National Co-operative Ex
change Co. has filed articles of in
corporation showing a capital of
1 $50,000,000.
The purpose of the corporation is
to buy, sell and deal in grain, provi
: sions, live stock and all kinds of pro
! (luce on commission and otherwise,
and for that purpose build and equip
! grain elevators, warehouses, cold
! storage plants, stock yards and what
i ever may be necessary to carry on
the business of the corporation. One
! fourth of the capital stock will be
| used for building the elevators, yards,
| branch offices, etc., and another
| fourth will be made a cash fund for
j dealing in grain and provisions tin the
! board of trade.
i The remaining half of the capital
: stock will be left virtually with the
farmers in various banks where the
money has been raised to enable them
to hold their crops for a more favor
i able market. This will give the far
mers $50,000,000 back of their intcr
-1 ests to help them in securing better
! prices for their produce.
AVlll !><; a Iterord ISroakcr.
Washington, Aug. 15. —(!en. Ell
j Torrance, commander-in-chief of the
(i. A. It., accompanied by (Jen. Silas
i K. Towler, arrived in Washington yes
j terday and from now on will maiu
| tain quarters here until the close of
the annual encampment of the Grand
Army in October, (ion. Torrance ex
presses himself as pleased with the
preparations for the forthcoming
I gathering of the old soldiers and says
] the widespread interest manifested
j and the active support to be given it
! by veterans everywhere all insure a
reunion ill October which will be suc
cessful beyond all expectations.
Hotter tliau a <;<>!«! llino.
New York, Aug. 14.—Members <>f
| the United States Steel Corporation
underwriting syndicate on Wednesday
received a third dividend of 5 per
cent, on the face of the $200,000,0t10
for which they were liable. The syn
dicate was not asked to advance
more than 12!>•' cent, of this
amount, however, so its profits to
date are $30,000,000 on the actual out
lay of $25,000,000, or a return of 120
per cent., less a comparatively small
sum in loss of interest.
A Wonmn riirrnlriiK l<> Sllool < linfl'ro
Chicago, Aug. 14.—Prepared to take
the law into her own hands, Mrs.
Aimie White, of Yerdc, Ariz., is on
her way to New York, where she ex
pects to have a settlement wit h Gen.
I Chaffee when he arrives from the
I Philippines. She is the widow of a
| discharged soldier of the Eighth in
fantry. On his deathbed her hus
| band exacted a pledge that she would
! prefer charges against Chaffee for
j alleged cruel treatment at Camp Me
j Powell, Ariz. Mrs. White said: "I
I am going to New York to meet Gen.
| Chaffee, and if he doesn't give me
satisfaction I'll shoot liiui dead."
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