77e TVes t ) K ', and M o( Tl in to- t. ol S . cuts, . ' I U is e. . J Sold at Miss j Wed frit 1 ' (i s' Si rr der af t' a is pa whet t si. hi (Sip tow b pi wh t he; .0) erv oin ;iis pa pliK i 1I1UU pa- Domestic Mrs. Auree Datonyi, who was form erly Mre. Burkc-Roche, will quit her JUisbnnd and will return to the home t ber father, Frank Worth, In New .York, In order that her children by Iter first marriage may Inherit their grandfather's wealth. The Investigation of the affairs of the Interborough - Metropolitan rall av merger of New York promises Sum' highly Interesting develop ments. The company formerly paid !t pr cent, annua! dividends. Now it vn 9. .jenator Dcpew, who hns returned from Europe, says that the slump In toe American stock market has pre vented tho consummation of many Important deals In America In which foreign capital was Interested. Mrs. T. Nutting, of New York, wife of a retired army officer, was killed, and her daughter. Mrs. Phillip Moore, and the latter's child were badly in jured in a runaway accident at Brldgewater, N. 8. It is estimated that of the $10. 000.000 annual damage to property In New York from fires 12,000,000 damage results from careless hand ling of matches and cigarettes. Three bandits executed a daring boldup on the Rocky Mountain Limi ted, of the Rock Island Railroad, go ing through the chair car and pas senger coaches, taking all tho pas sengers' valuables at the points of revolvers. Dr. Edward Giasgo, a prominent young physician, of Brazil, lml . Is dead, and his wife though slightly wounded in the breast, was placed under arrest following a mysterious hooting on a lonely road. The federal grand jury at James town. N. Y., has returned additional indictments against the Pennsylva nia and New York Central Railroads and the Standard Oil Company. District Attorney Jerome has asked for a special grand jury, presumably to consider the destruction of books previous to the merger of New York's street railways. Burton Plummer, aged 10 years, confesses that he set lire to the Nor niandie Hotel, at Columbus, O., be cause ho was Jealous of the atten tions of a clerk to a waitress. William Sumner Lapworth, son of a wealthy Massachusetts manufac turer, has married a loom girl, the daughter of a farm laborer, employ ed In his father's plant. The Chicago office of the Postal Telegraph Company has sued the Telegraphers' I'nlon for alleged non payment for messages filed by strik ers The date for the beginning of the trial of United States Sena.'.or Borah at Boise, Idaho, has been fix ed for September 23. He is accused of conspiring to defraud the govern ment by securing illegal entry of timber lands. At Scott Haven and Sutervllle, on the Pittsburg Division of the Balti more and Ohio Railroad, an attempt was made to wreck the New York express by drawing spikes from the tracks. A fast freight train was de railed. The cruiser Fylgia, with Prince William on board, railed at dawn from Boston for Sweden. The Prince and Lieutenant Commander de Klercker arrived just after midnight from Buffalo and Niagara Falls. In New York the directors of the Chicago. Burlington and Quincy Railroad declared the regular quar terly dividend of '2 per cent, on capital stock and an extra dividend of 6 per cent. Tho State Board of Railroad Com missioners of Kansas Issued an or der for the establishment of a flat two-eent-a-inlle passenger fare In that state. At Little Rock the Farmer's Na tional Co-operative and Educational Dnion fixed the minimum price for middling cotton at 15c. a pound. Charles H. Deeve, milllonavle plow manufacturer, Is in a private hospital la Chicago. His malady Is said to be fatal. foreign. The British consul general at An twerp has formally protested against the inadequate protection given Brit ish ships during the strike. The big Cunanler, Lusitnnla, out for tho ocean record, passed the Lu canla after leaving Queenstown. King Leopold lias tranferred the domain of the crown In the Congo Independeut State to a stock com pany. The American officers who will witness the Germany army maneu vers were dined by Emperor William. The withdrawal of the Venezuelan delegate to The Hague Conlen in a was a mistake. He will remain. Smallpox is raging , in Vienna; 166,000 persons have been vaccinat ed and public meetings torbldden. The Peruvian Chamber of Depu ties upproved the contract of Alfred McCune, of New York, for the con struction of tbe "erro de Pasco, Nu acho and I'cayali River Railroads. Franco and Spain will occupy the littoral ports of Morocco with their own forces and establish police or ganizations of native Moors, In order to establish order. A large force of reserves is digging In the snow in an effort to save 50 persona burled under the snow ava lanche In Chl'l. The Presslan health officers an nounced that a raftsman from Rus t si a who descended tbe Vistula died Of cholera. Emperor Nicholas has given Pre mier Stolypin permission to wear tbe Japanese Order of the Sun of Paulownla. I ,. t I.' Vtrnn ... A 1 ran minster ro Denmark n i 'eun ! ..,1 !b"Vis credential' tn King Frederick. ,s An account of the success of Pro- feasor Koch In treating sufferers in Central Africa for the sleeping sick ness was received In Berlin. ' An unfounded rumor that an at tempt had been made on the life of Err. peror Francis Joseph caused a stir in Vienna. King Edward decorated M. lswol sky, the Russian Foreign Minister, with the Grand Cross of the Vatican Order. The German finance ministry an nounced a surplus, an unusual ex perience for tbe Imperial govern ment. A doctor declared Mrs. Amy Root, of Rochester, N. Y., who created a scene in Paris, to be insane. Germany Is watching events in Mo rocco, and will prevent the Kgytlanl zattou of that country. A Russian emigrant died suddenly on a tialu near Thorn, Germany, possibly from cholera. Tbe anti-Jewish disorders, after being in progress for several days, were Anally stopped. WAGES ARE UP MORE THAN FOOD Results of Investigator) By Bureau of Labor. THE PURCHASING POWER OF LABOR. Comparison Between the Years 1905 and 1908 -The Figures Apply Only to Wsgeworkers in Industrial and W Mechanical Enterprises and Not to Clerks. Washington, D. C. (Special). The annual investigation of the Bureau of Labor Into wages and the retail prices of food, the report on which has just been placed In the handB of the printer, shows that In the principal manufacturing and mechan ical Industries of the country aver age wages per hour in 1906 were 4.5 per cent, higher than In 1905, tbe regular hours of labor per week were 0.5 per cent, lower, and the number of employes In the establishments In vestigated was 7 per cent, gneater. The average full-time weekly earn ings per employe In 1906 were 3.9 per cent, greater than In 1905. During 1906 wages were Increased generally in nearly all Industries, 4 0 of the 41 Industries covered by the Investigation showing some Increase. The greatest Increase was In the man ufacturing of cotton goods, where the average wages per hour in 1906 were 11.2 per cent, higher than in 1905. In the manufacture of electrical ap paratus and supplies the Increase was 10.1 per cent. In street and sewer work done by contract the increase was 8.7 per cent.; In Iron and steel, Bessemer converting, 8.5 per cent., and In the manufacture of cigars, 8.4 per cent. In the manufacture of bar Iron the increase in wages per hour was 8.9 per cent, and in the building trades 6.1 per cent. Briefly stated, two in dustries showed an Increase in hourly wages of more than 10 per cent., seven Industries an Increase of 6 per cent, but less than 10 per cent., and .'11 Industries an increase of less than B per cent. The fact should be borne In mind that these figures apply only to wage workers In manufacturing and me chanical Industries and do not show conditions so far as salaried employes are concerned. The retail prices of food, weighted according to consumption In repre sentative workingmen's families, were 2.9 per cent, higher In 1906 than in 1905. As the advance In wages per hour from 1905 to 1906 was greater than the advance In the retail prices of food, the purchasing power of an hour's wages, as measured by food, was greater In 1906 than in the pre ceding year. In 1906 tho purchasing power of an hour's wages as expended for food was 1.4 per cent, greater than in 1905 and the purchasing power of a full week's wages was 1 per cent, greater In 1906 than In 1905, or, in other words, an hour's wages In 1906 In the manufacturing and mechanical industries of the United States would purchase 1.4 per cent, more food than an hour's wages in 1905 and a full week's wages in 1900 would purchase 1 per cent, more food than a full week's wages in 1905. Tho price of food was higher In every month of 1906 than in the corresponding month of 1905. The increase over the corresponding month of the preceedlng year, which in February, 1906, was only 0.4 per cent., grew steadily greater through out the year, the price in December. 1906, being 5.1 per cent, above that of the preeeedlng December. The price In December, 1906, was 4.8 per cent, higher than the aver age for the year 1906, which year showed a higher average than any other year during the 17 years, 1890 to 1906, covered by the investigation of the Bureau of Labor. The increase in prices In 1906 over 1905 applied, in unequal degree, to 25 of the 34 articles included in the Investigation. Tho articles which showed the greatest advance in prices are lard, 9.8 per cent.; evaporated apples, 9.1 per cent.; fresh pork. 8.8 per cent.; dry or pickled pork, 8.7 per cent.; bacon, 8.4 per cent.; ham, 7.3 per cent.; while the advance in fresh fish and mutton exceeded 5 per cent. The ouly articles which showed any material decrease are flour and sugar. The articles which showed the most marked advance In prices in Decem ber, 1906, over December, 1905, are: Butter, 15 per cent.; lard, 13.9 per cent.; fresh pork, 12.2 per cent.; dry or pickled pork, 11.9 per cent.; bacon. 11.1 per cent.; and ham, 9.S per cent. The only articles which showed any marked decline In price in December. 1906, from the price In December, 1905, are: Potatoes, 5.8 pat cent.; and Hour, 4.8 per cent. Released After Itt Years. Madison, WIb. (Special). With every indicatloa that she was not guilty of the murder for which she has already served 16 years, Wll helmlna Bache was released from Waupun prison. Her life sentence for the murder of Michael Sell, of Shawano County, was commuted by Governor Davidson. She went to the penitentiary when 17 years old. Tornado In lwu. Des Monies, la. ( Special ) .--A tor nado passed over Des Moines causing damage of !50,00 at a summer umusement resort. Many trees were uprooted and hundreds of windows In the city were shattered by flying debris. Telegraphers And Arbitrators. New York (Special). According to an official of the Commercial Tele graphers I'nlou, President Small had a conference with Commissioner of Labor Neill. What transpired at the conference was not made puhlb'. President Small, it waB said, was In Philadelphia Sunday, while Coninil--sloner Neill had also left town. At a inee'lng of the union several of the speakers opposed the Idea of arbitration. fcehllcrs Make Attack On .lull. Junction City, Kan. (Special). Fifty soldiers of tho Farrier's School, at Fart Riley, came to Junction City to release a comrade from tbe coupty jail. The sheriff and the city police force from windows about tbe Jail opened u fire that quickly dispersed the soldiers as they sought to force an entrance. Officers at Fort Riley later placed guards at the jail, and are aiding In tbe effort to find the guilty men. No coe was shot. I lt'i sasicr to lead n man to drink khan it I to drive him the other way. CARTER WOMAN ACQUITTED Bank Teller's Friend May Also Get $7,400 Reward. New York (Special). Mrs. Laura M. Carter, who has been on trial for a week on a charge of receiving stolun money, was acquitted by the jury. She was accused of having received from Chester B. Runyan, the defaulting teller of the Windsor Trust Company, $5,000 of the $82, 000 he stole from the bank. One of the Jurors said after the verdict had been returned that the jurors agreed that the testimony of Runyan, who was the principal wit ness against Mrs. Carter, be entire ly Ignored on the ground that Run yan was a self-confessed thief. Runyan testified that he first met Mrs. Carter In the street and that he arranged with her to conceal him. This was before his sensational de parture from the bank with $82,000 In bills concealed In his suit case. He testified that he told her he was short in his accounts. After taking nil his money In his custody, he testified, he went to live In a flat with Mrs. Carter In Harlem. He said he gave her $5,000 at once and that a day of two later she de manded $10,000 more, saying thnt If she did not get It she would betray him. This sum, he said, he also gave her. Mrs. Carter admitted getting $5, 000, but said that as soon as she knew It had been stolen she returned It to him and then betrayed him to the police. She denied absolutely that she demanded or received the additional $10,000, as Runyan tes tified. Immediately after the verdict Mrs. Carter was released from custody. She said she had not decided wheth er she would demand the reward offered for Runyan's capture, which amounted to $7,400. COURTED WOMEN TO ROB THEM Dead Burglar Proves to Be Second Johnnn Koch. New York (Special). A second Johann Hoch, the police believe, has been discovered In Henry Hoffmann, the burglar who was killed while attempting to rob Charles Varrell's flat. The police on Saturday declared that Hoffmann was the murderer of Sophy Heckler, a servant girl found dead August 3, and Tuesday they announced the belief that he also murdered Mrs. Lena Schum, who was killed In Brooklyn, August 20. The detective who has been at work on the Schum case Is positive that Hoffmann killed the woman. Among the jewelry found in the room Hoffmann had occupied for some time before he was killed, were a pair of ear rings, which were posi tively identified by Miss Minnie Springer, a young woman who for merly lived with Mrs. Schum, rts Mrs. Schum's property. The young wom an described the ear rings minutely, saying that they were brought from Bavaria by Mrs. Schum. She also made a sketch of them and when a number of similar pieces were shown her, she unhesitatingly picked out those found in Hoffmann's room. A pecullnr ring of gold, set with a small red stone, which was found in Hoffmann's room, was also identifi ed by Miss Springer as the property of Mrs. Schum. The jewelry was lated Identified by Mrs. John Schum, the murdered woman's si.-iter-in-law. Miss Springer also picked from a bunch of keys one found in Hoff man's room which she said was the key to Mrs. Sohum's flat and thut she had often used It. The key flitted the lock of tho door exactly, when tried later by the police. Samuel Weinberg, a tailor, whose shop is one the ground floor of the building in which Hoffmann roomed after the killing of 8ophy Heckler, identified Hoffmann's body aB that of a man who went to his shop on August 21, the day after Mrs. Schum was killed, with a coat which he wanted cleaned. The coat, Wein berg said, was badly blood stained. Hoffmann explained these stains by saying that he had been in a light the night before and had been badly battered up, although he showed no signs of It, uccordlng to Weinberg. Hoffmann's method, like that of Hoch, the police say, was to make the acquaintance of women of his own nationality and by pretending a desire to marry them, secure the opportunity of robing, and if neces sary killing, them. Miss Springer stated that during the long time she had lived with Mrs. Schum the latter had no men callers and no love affairs. The woman was killed after returning from a Bavarian picnic. It was the fact that Hoffmann was a Bavarian that first led the police to suspect that he might have been the mur derer of Mrs. Schum. IN THE FINANCIAL WORLD. Louisville & Nashville's gross earulng's In July Increased $4 22, 516 and net profits gained $50,509. The dividend on Interboro-Metro-polltan preferred was passed, as everyone expected It would he since It was not earned. Burlington Railroad directors de dared extra dividend of $6 a share in addition to the regular quarter ly dividend of $2. This action gave a big boost to all the Pacific rail road Btorks and helped the whole market. H. V. Jones is a member of Wat son ft Co., the firm of New York brokers who failed. Jones has for years been regarded as one of the chief grain "experts" of the country, his business being to travel through the grain states of tho West. It was stated that the cause of tbe firm's failure wm the fact that they were heavily short of wheat George Kendiick. who represents Redmond & Co. Hi Philadelphia, says that there is a good deal better in quiry for investments than existed a few weeks ago. Hill and Morgan control the Hur lington as they also control the Erie and tbe Southern. They Increase Burlington's dividend after cutting tbe other two. It would be Impos sible to deduce from those action whether Hill and Morgau are still bears or If they have tu.'ued bulls on the market. Here Is what a big Wall Street house wired to its Philadelphia rep resentatives: "We have had some good buying lately, very good indeed and fairly extensive. People here are getting over their scare and seem to think we have seen the bottom and 1 agree with them." UNCLE SAM WILL NOT BE CAUGHT NAPPING Government Preparing For a Clash With Japan. ALL READY FOR THE BIG FLEET. Extensive Arrangements on the Pacific Coast for the ( are and Equipment of the Warshipi That Are to lie Sent There A Strategic Move of Vast Significance. Washington, D. C. (Specie1;. Ad miral Cowles, chief of the Bureau of Equipment of the Navy Department, and Admiral Capps, chief of the Con struction Bureau of the same depart ment, have just returned from the Pacific coast, where they have been making arrangements for the care and equipment of the big battle ship fleet when It arrives on the Pa cific coast after Its cruise of 14,000 miles rrom ocean to ocean. Admiral Cowles, who has charge of the bureau of the department which Is looking after the coal sup ply for the great fleet on Its long cruise, paid especial attention while on the Pacific coast to arranging for a sufficient amount of coal to fill the empty bunkers of the big ships when they arrive at the end of their Journey. Admiral Capps paid especial atten tion to the condition of the various naval stations and drydorks, espec ially those at San Diego, Los An geles, San Francisco. Cat, nnd Brem erton, In Washington Btate. He found that at all these places the officers In charge were making good progress in carrying out Uie Instruc tions alrendy received from Washing ton, and that everything would be ready for the systematic docking of the vessels and making such repairs as will be necessary when the fleet arrives on the Pacific coast. In fact, both the naval officers reported to the department that everything would be ready for the fleet and for Its care, whether the ships make n short or a long stay on the Pacific coast. The only trouble anticipated was the present difficulty In procur ing labor on the Pacific coast, but even despite this the officers found all the naval stations to be in satis factory condition. While the Navy Department has been preparing for the arrival of the fleet In the Pacific, the War Depart ment has not been neglectful, and whllo the officials all scout the Idea of any trouble with Japan or other foreign nations, the officials have made preparations for an Inspection of the fortifications and defenses of the ports in the Philippines. An order was Issued to Lieuten ant Colonel Frederick V. Abbott, Corps of Engineers, and Capt. Stan ley B. Emblck, Const Artillery Corps, to proceed at the earliest practicable date to the Philippine Islands for the purpose of carrying out instruc tions pertaining to the constructions for fortifications at Manila and Sublg Bays. As these officers will arrive In Manila when Secretary of War Taft is in the Philippines, their Inspection of the fortifications and the starting of the contruction of such work at Manila and elsewhere will no doubt be done under his per sonal supervision. The United StatoB has leased, ac cording to statements from Shanghai, a coaling station In Novik Bay, south of Vladivostok, for a term of five years, and from the same source comes the report that this govern ment had leased the floating dry dock at Vladivostok for the coming winter. The officials at the department took especial occasion to deny that any such transaction had taken place, but as one officers slgnlflccntly remarked, that Secretary Taft was coming homo from the Philippines via Vladivostok, and that on his arrival at thnt place It would not be diffi cult for him to stop there long enough to Inspect the coaling sta tion and the drydock. Furthermore, the United States cruiser Chatta nooga had recently visited Vladivos tok and her officers had no doubt inspected the port and reported Its availability to this government for a naval station. Despite the perfunctory denials at the department in Washington that the visit of the batleship fleet to the Pacific means anything but a cruise for instruction and experience, the feeling is gradually growing in Washington that It is a stateglc move on the part of the administration, which while It does not Indicate any fear of Immediate hostilties, is u move to prevent any such in the near future. j The Nation's Capital Some Interesting Happening Briefly Told. The pleas of the fourth-class mid shipmen that their sentences of dU missal from tho Naval Academy be reduced have been denied by Acting Secretary Newberry. Tho White House has been newly painted, while 14 tons of old paint have been scraped and burned from the exterior of the mansion. Richard Gregory, colnied, confess ed having murdered William Garner at Rock Creek Park, four miles from Georgetown. Action upon the project to remove the Constitution from the Boston Navy Yard has been Indefinitely postponed. All the Cabinet officers are ex pected to be at their deskB In Wash ington by the latter part of Septem ber. Charges of land frauds In New Mexico are being investigated by the Department of Justice. Miss May Grace QuuckTiios, mem ber of the New York liar, has been given the title of assistant district attorney, and Is doing special work for the government In New Orleans. The Navy Department stated au thoritatively that President Roosevelt does not intend to create two battle ship fleets. Central American ministers have held several conferences over Presi dent Roosevelt's Invitation for a peace congress. The Treasury Department received a certificate of deposit for $;0,000 from the Jamestown Exposition managers. All records for work on the Pana ma Canal were broken during the month of August. Two new cases of yellow fever in Cuba were reported to the War De partment. The new 20,000-ton battleship will be designated as the New York. Congressman Burton's decision to be a candidate for mayor of Cleve land Is regarded as the beginning of a fight to a finish between President Roosevelt and Senator Foraker. Two of the four Annapolis naval cadets recommended for dismissal for infractions of the rules have sent ap peals to the Acting Secretary of the Navy. The commission of Capt. Edwin C. Pendleton to be a rear admiral was signed by Acting Secretary of the Navy Newberry. The War Department has just is sued a new edition of the regulations for the uniform of the United States Army. Richard H. Polllon has been desig nated as superintendent of the Rev enue Cutter Service in Santo Do mingo. Tho Commissioner of Fisheries denies that there would be an oyster famine thlB winter. The Navy Department was advised that the cruiser squadron, consisting of the West Virginia, Pennsylvania, Maryland and Colorado, arrived at Honolulu from Japan. Bids were opened at (he Navy De partment for tho construction of five torpedo-boat destroyers. Admiral Evans has taken his big battleship fleet on a cruise north ward from HamptOO Roads. SEVEN WERE KILLED, fllCl ISLAND FLYER'S ENGINE JUMPS TRICK Scvin Twelve People K fed and Sev:rely Injured. WAS TRYING TO MAKE UP LOST Tlfv'iF. The Baggage and Mnil Cars Telescoped and the Smoking Car Demolished -All the Dc:d 'Inken From the Smoker Passengers in Other Cars Shaken Up. Waterloo, la. ( Special ). Twelve persons were killed and 12 others in jured in the wreck of an express train on the Chicago. Rock Island and Pacific Railroad at Norrls. Ia. The express train, northbound, jump ed the track whll" going at full speed and crashed into a freight train standing on the siding All of the dead and injured were in the smoking car. which was Im mediate! behind the baggage and "..ill car. The smoking car was de molished. The north-bound exmess was 10 minutes lato at. Norrls, where the freight train was awaiting. The express came along at terrific speej In an effort to make up lime. Just as the locomotive of the passenger train was about to pass the freight locomotlven the trucks of the former left the track and the moving engine crashed into tho engine of the freight, wrerklng both locomotive and tele scoping the bafrgage and the mall card and demolishing the smoking car. T!ie passengers in the two day coaches following the smoking car escaped with a violent shaking up. i!" !Uri were immedlHtely at hand to care for the injured and to take tho dead from the wreckage. Lightning Strikes Boat. New Orleans (Special). At the height of a storm on Lake Pontchart rain the oyster patrol boat Majestic was struck by lightning and destroy ed by fire. The crew had narrow es capes, getting away in lifeboats in heavy seas. The Majestic, which is an auxiliary schooner, was owned by the State of Louisiana and used to regulate the oyster Industry. lightning KlUa Five. Raleigh, N. C. (Special). Light ning si ruck the power-house of the electric plant at Buckhorn. killing five men and Injuring between 20 and IS others. Owing to the wires being down it Is Impossible to oll tain the names of those killed and Injured The extent of damage to the propery has not been learned. Ex-Consul A Suicide. Washington (Special).---Dr. Wil liam H. Abercrombie, who was form erly American Consul at Nagasaki, Japan, committed suicide at the. fash ionable Stoneleigh Court Apartment House, on Connecticut Avenue, by inhaling illuminating gas. None of his friends know of any motive for his act. His body was discovered shortly after 8 A. M., when a colored maid detected the ordor of gas and notified the clerk. Havoc Wrought by A Stroke Of Lightning. Raleigh, N. C. (Special). Details: of the disastrous effect of a lightning' stroke at Buckhorn Falls, in Chat-1 ham County, show that seven men were killed and ten injured. A heavy storm had forced f0 to 70 men to seek shelter in the cement house of the Buckhorn Falls power plant. Lightning struck a large tree back of the house, and tho tree, splitting, fell over on the building. ! Instantly killing two whites and five1 negroes and injuring three whites j and seven negroes, all of them rest- dents of this vicinity All of the) victims were employes of tho Phoenix Construction Company, which has! charge of the plant. David Pepper, Jr., and the S. Mor gan Smith Company, of New York, are Interested in the contract work at the plant. Kussluu Plotters Hanged. St. Petersburg (By Cable). Two of the three men who were sentenc ed five days ago to death for hav ing organized a plot against the life of the Emperor, were banged bore. Their names were Sfnasky, .alias ' Purkln," aged 27, and Vladimir N'aoumofl, aged J86. Record A Severe Kiirthguufce. Ottawa (By Cable). -The seis mograph at tbe Dominion Observa tory at-l$15P. M. recorded a more severe earthquake movement tban It did of tbe Jamaica earthquake of last year. Torn To Pieces By Train. Kankakee, 111. (Special). A mnn, whose body was found scattered for three miles along the treck of tho Illinois Central Railroad, near Clif ton, was identified by Superinten dent Greene, of tho State Insane Asy lum, as Alfred B. Stelnmaier, 23 years old. who had been, an inmute of the asylum for 12 yean, . He was an epileptic, and It is believed that he fell In a fit on the railroad track. IN MEMORY OF McKIXI.KY. The Shaft To Martyr-Preslilent Un veiled in Drenching Ruin. Buffalo, N. Y. (Special). In a heavy downpour of rain and before a vast multitude, tht. McKlnley monument on Niagara Square war dedicated this afternoon and formal ly turned over to the State of New York through Gov. Charles E. Hughes. Great anxiety was caused by an archist circulars recently distributed threatening to kill Governor Hughes as President McKlnley had been killed. There was no Intimation that there would be a slaughter of al! who took part In the ceremonlps. These circulars were printed. The. were handed to the authorities yes terdav by the recipients. All of the city officials were, therefore, keenK alert Four PInkerton detectives guard ed the Governor closely all day and city detectives practically surround ed hie carriage all along the line of march. No one at all suspicious Wgl allowed to approach it. No attempt was made and the police bieathei easier when the exerciser were over The Governor was not informed of the matter, and every effort wa.-. made to keep it from the public. The ceremonies were brief, but none the less impressive. Assembled on the stand near the monument with Governor Hughes were men prominent 1n the State and nation, and also from the Dominion of Can ada. Back of the speakers' platform was a grandstand filled With business and professional men of 'Buffalo, and Western New York, with their wive: and daughters. Another large body, consisting of the Grand Army Veter ans, who always hailed President Mc Klnley as "Comrade," formed In a circle in front of the speaker's stand, and on the steps of the monument. Interspersed with them in striking contrast to their plain blue uniforms and battle lings wore the scarlet coated Canadian troopers. But by far the mightiest part of the assemblage was the multitude which banked Niagara Square and the approaching streets as far as the eye could see. Topi of bonitt and the roofs of nearby skyscrapers In tho business section were used as vantage points from which to view the monument and Its lurroundiUfS. lt was before just such a crowd thut President McKlnley, six years ago, delivered his last miwioi aide address, which breathed n spirit of-nmtty for the Nations of the Western Hem! sphere, and spoke for an extension of Pan-Americanism in its broadeit sense. PLAQUE BEYOND CONTROL. Indictments Stand. San Francisco (Special). The mo tion made by tbe attorney represent ing Patrick Calhoun, Thorn well Mul laly, Terry L. Ford, WiMlam Ab bott, E. B. Schmitz, Abraham Reuf. Frank Drum, Eugene UeSabla, John Martin aaj Louis Glass, to set asido and dismiss the various bribery in dictments against, them was denied by Superior Judge Lawlor. AO Buried By Avalanche. Santiago, Chlla (By Cable). Fif ty persons are said to have been bur led alive by a vast avalanche of snow that has rolled down the mountain side uud obliterated the Chilean Cus tom House at Juncal. This station ia on the Argentine frontier, high up in the Andes. HhepiMird Mitdc I'. S. Judge. Oyster Bay, N. Y. (Special). The President appointed William B. Shep pard United States district judge for the Northern district of Florida. Delay In Oil Trust Case. New York (Special). Another postponement of the taking of tes timony against the .Standard OH Company of New Jersey and affiliat ed concerns was ordered by former Judge Franklin Ferriss, at St. Louis, who is acting as examiner for the Federal Court The bearing Is now scheduled for September 17. and it Is said there will be no delay be yond tbat date In tbe proceedings in this jurisdiction. San Francisco Apueats To The Pre: iden!. Washington (Special). Bubonic plague In Sun Frnnclcco-has admit tedly got beyond the control of th city authorities. The Acting Mayoi of the city appealed to President Roosevelt to have the Federal Gov ernment assume entire charge of a!' measures for coping With the plague In consequence President Roose velt communicated with Surgeon General Walter Wyman, in charge 01 the Public Health and Marine Serv ice, and the Federal authorities art now in full charge in tho aiflicie. city. Dr. Wyman bellevo3 that the dis ease can be eradicated In San Fran cisco, and Its spread prevented. Hi lias been giving It very close atten Hon for some lime past, and ha' already been co-operating with th local authorities. Hoy Get Life Hentence. Bath, Me. (Special). Life Impris oument at hard labor in state pri30i was the sentence imposed by .ludg Whitehead in the Supremo Court upon Sidney K. Preble, tho 15 ' year-old hoy who was found giUlt I by u Jury of the murder of his oom J panlou, Norrls Whoitou. Whon tin sentence was pronounced Preble bow I ed two or three limes to the clerk j and. looking around the courtroom i smiled for tho first time during hl trial, Big Sales Of Public I.n.uls. Washington (Special')'. The Gen eral Land Office announces that th total cash receipts from tho disposal of nubile lands for the fiscal vonr .milked June 'AO last, were $,4S l,H:t uu Increase ror the year ot l,S!i!i, 414. New Attorney Vor Canul. Washington (Special). Ueorge h. ; Bartholomew, ot Connecticut, had liei ti appointed assistant attorney on the isthmus for the Isthmian Canul Commission and Panama Railroad Company Mr. Bartolomow la a. graduate of Yale. comcim COM. Weekly Review of Trade and Latest Market Rcnorts. R. O. Dun & Co. 's Weekly Review of Trade says: In most sections of the country commercial activity is fully main tained, and negotiations for fall and winter trade Indicate no losa of con-' fldence, but at a few points the weather has not favored the crops, which causes conservatism. 8everal! New England mills lack adequate water power because of prolonged drouth, and the money market re tard numerous undertakings. Col lections are also slower In some' cases hecuuso of the financial sltua-, tlon, but the lnrge majority of re ports are favorable. New business constantly appears' In the market for steel products, and specifications are large on old con tracts. Several important orders' wore plsced during the past week! aggregating considerable tonnage, and other plans nre under negotla-l tlon. Work on the Panama Canal j calls for heavy shipments of rails' and the railroads furnish many new orderB. Most of this business Is for: better quality rails than were form erly taken, making the average price of new business higher than the oldj standard quotation of $28. Impor tation of billets for use In making finished steel for export testifies tO' the difficulty of securing domestic material, and is made possible by, tho drawback. Wholesale Markets. Baltimore. Wheat Cargoes on grade sold at 9."ic. for special bin No.' 2 red, 94 Vi for stock No. 2 red, 90 for special bin steamer No. 2 red. 88i for stock steamer No. 2 red. SoVj, for special bin rejected. 82 for stock rejected, an.! 81 for rejected to go through the drier. The mnrket for Western opened firmer; spot and Au gust, 04c; No. 2 red Western. 01 V4 I September, 94 Vt ; October, 95 ti.. Corn. Western opened firmer; spot and August, C3Hc; September, 63; October, 65 ' 65 4 : year, 61. There was some demand for ' futures and prices held fairly well until the close, which was easier. Sales, 5,000 bu. year, 60 c; 5,000 do., 60 7s;. 10.000 mixed. November and or December shipment, R0i4; four cars No. 2 white spot, 65; 18, 000 bu. spot. 63 H. Oats. - White. No. 2. 5T88o.i do., Nj. a, heavy. 55156; do.. No. 3, light. 51 ft 55; do., No. 4, 52fi 53; mixed. No. 2, 54; do., No. 3. 521 53; do.. No. 4, 50 51. Butter Creamery, 26' 26; im itation, so n 21. Cheese We quote, per lb., 14 14c. Eggs We quote, per dozen, loss off: Maryland, Pennsylvania nnd nearby firsts. 21c; Western firsts, 21; West Virginia, firsts, 20; South ern firsts, 1SGJ19; guinea eggs, 10 oil. Live Poultry Good demund for choice young chickens; fat, old hens firmer. Ducks Inactive. We quote as follows: Chickens OlrLgns, heavy, per lb., 14 c; .do., TnffiWffllifci per lb., 14; old roosters, each, 25 30; spring, per lb., 17. Ducks Puddle, large, per lb., 12c; do., small, 11; muscovy and mongrel, 11; do., drakes, each, 30 tin 40; white Pollings, per lb., 1U.;12; spring, as to size. 110,1:!. Pigeons--Young, per. pair, 15c; old 15. Guinea fowl Old, each, 20c; young, 25. New York Wheat No. 2 red, 97 e. elevator;. No. 2 red, 97 f. o. b. afloat; No. 1 Northern Ouluth. $1.13 f. o. b. afloat,; No. 2 hard winter, $1.00 f. o. b. afloat. Corn Spot steady; No. 2. 07 'fee elevator and 67 f. o. b. afloat; No. 2 white, 0'. and No. 2 yellow. 69 f. o. b. afloat. .Oats Mixed, 26tfi32 lbs.. 01c; naturul white. 30(qSi3 lbs., 65(5 06; clipped white- 36&40 lbs., l',5 tf 08. Butter strong; ereamerv specials, 26 (S 27c; extras, 26; thirds to firsts, 21 ( 25 . Poultry Alivo steady; spuing chickens, 15 c; fowl3, 14; tur keys, 13. Dressed st- -dy; Western broilers. 15ril8; tuiKeys, 13&16; fowls, ISfl 15. Philadelphia. Wheat quiet but steady; contract grade, August. 93 fff93c. Coru quiet but firm; Au gust, 63 rj 64c. Oats scarce and firm; No. 2 white, natural. 66c. Butter firm and In good demand; extra Western creamery, 20 c; do., nearby prints 29. Eggs firm and In good demand; Pennsylvania and other nearby firsts, free caseB. 22c, at mark; do., cur rent receipts, In returnable cases, 21, at mark; Western, choice, free cases, 22, at mark; do., fair to good, free cases, 2 o fr 21. Live poultry firm and In good de mand; fowls, IB 016c; old roos ters, lOrnii; Bpiing chickens, 16 17; ducks, 12 13. live Stock. Chicago.--Cattle Market steady; common to prime steers, $4 ft 7.40; cows. $3.30 5; heifers, $35.76; bulls. $2.40(8 5; calves. $3ft5.7B; stockera and feeders, 12.4005, Hogs Market 10 (tf 15c. lower; cholca heavy shipping. $6. 10 rr 6.1 6; light butchers'. $6.20 6.40; light mixed, S6.15 ft 5.30; choice, light, $6.40"i 6.52 ; packing. $5.60 6; pigs, $5.50 6.50; bulk of sales, $5.80 ft 6.20. Sheep Market woak aud dull; sheep. $3.80 6.35; yearlings, $5.75 6.75; Iambs, $5.757.40. UUUs AND bfSDti The giants of Terra del Fuego, the Ona Indians, are very stunted In in tellect. The Prince of Wales is an able critic and 'a keeq inspector of hos pitals and their work. , ' France has no old age insurance measere, but a large amount is an nually spent In relief to aged notveg The population of the prairie nrov- Incea in Canada has increased in five: years from 466,000 to about a million. A syndicate has been formed for the purpose of making roads out of I London for the use or motor cars. Only 254 women were among the 15,136 matriculated :itudeuts at the 21 universities of Germuny lu.;i winter. The town of Orson, Sweden, isi without taxes. The necessary rev enues Ofe derived from a forest res-l ervation Qennany exports more than three billion lead pencil t evety 1 2 month.. They are shipped to foreign ccuntrten at the rate of over 10.000,000 a day,1 couutlng six day to tbe week.
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