The News
Domestic
Bom anonymous person are writ
tag letter attacking the reputation
of Blanche Brunner, a Missouri girl.
Who recently married Arthur W.
Oodfrej . aon of a Boston millionaire.
The suit brought by the State of
Missouri to oust the Standard Oil
Company from doing business In that
Mate will come up In the Supremo
Court at Jefferson City next Friday.
Cousins of the late David E.
Crouse. of New York, will attack the
Hht of Dorothea Edgartta Crouse
MoVlckar, who claims to be his
daughter, to $4,000,000 of hla estate.
The clearing house has come to
the relief of the Mercantile National
Bank and forced the Helnze, Moore
and Thomas Interests out of clear
ing house banks.
The steamer Saruia, of the Atlas
Line, which arrived In New York
from Port Llmon, broke her hlgh
Dressure Dlston rod on October 2,
after leaving Cartagena. The Sarnla
teamed 2,500 miles under the re
malnlug two cylinders.
The California Limited, east
bound, on the AtchlBon, Topeka and
Santa Fe Railroad, was ditched at
Kail. Col., by a defective rail and
the engineer was killed. Several pas
sengers were hurt.
The Massachusetts Ballot Law
Commission has decided that Henry
If. Whitney, of Boston, was legally
nominated for governor at the Spring
Held Democratic Convention.
Thirty coastwise tugs are idle in
the waters of New York, Baltimore,
Philadelphia and BoBton because of
the engineers' demand for additional
help.
Walter Stock was sentenced to lifo
Imprisonment in the Boston court
for the murder of hla sweetheart,
Mary Agnes Hates.
PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT
TELLS OF HIS
Pleased at the Success of His
Trip.
HOW HE KILLED HIS BEAR.
Fear of Alligators Could Not Keep
Him From His Daily Swim in the
Lake He Hugs lilt Companion for
Joy After He Kill Hi Bear and
Ghe One a Twenty-dollar BHL
Stamhoul. La. (Bpeclal)--"We got
3 beam. 6 deers, 1 wild turkey, 12
sqlrrels, 1 duck, 1 opossum and 1
wildcat. We ate them all except
the wildcat, and there were times
when we almost felt a If wo could
eat It."
This was President Roosevelt's
summary of the results of his hunt
on Bayou Tensas and Bear Lake.
He arrived at 8 o'clock Sunday af
ternoon at the residence of Leo
Shields, whore he will be a guest un
til he departs for Vlckshurg.
The President came In at a full
gallop, and. accompanied as he was
by about a dozen hunting compan
ions, all mounted and attired in
hunting garb, the cavalcade pre
sented a tableau as picturesque as
It was annimated.
The President Is slightly more
bronzed thnn when he entered the
wilderness 16 days ago, but notwith
standing this fact and the additional
circumstances that his skin, as well
as his clothes, hear evidence of con
tact with the cane and other brush,
he was never In better spirits in his
life.
"Yes; we got three bears," he
added. "All that we saw, and I think
It Is a pretty good record. I am per
fectly satisfied."
"You might add," Interjected one
of the Metcalf brothers, who has
., I! ., OD.ict ' been the President's guide through-
In the equity proceedings against ...,. i
the alleeed anthracite coal trust to I i" ' ---- '
additional defendants are named.
William G. Rockefeller testified In
the government's suit for the disso
lution of the oil combine.
Three persons were killed nnd 37
Injured in a collision on the Southern
Railway at Rudd, N. C.
Four men wero drowned In the
Illinois River by the overturning of
a gasoline launch.
President Roosevelt killed a black
bear In the canebrakes near Bear
Lake, La.
Edward N. Kelly committed sui
cide In a church in Seattle. Wash.,
after singing.
Fred H. Maglll, accused of mur
dering his first wife that he might
wed Faye Graham, took the Btand
and related In n matter-of-fact way
the events that led up to Mrs. Ma
glll'g death.
The meeting of stockholders of the
Illinois Central Railroad was enliven
ed by a dispute, In which the He was
nearly passed, between Stuyvesant
Fish and Charles A. Peabody.
There has been no falling off of
trade with Japan since the Japanese
Russian war, according to James B.
Morse, president of the American
Asiatic Association.
The allurements of commercial life
and fear of the "ministerial dead
line" are given as the reasons for
the decrease of young men entering
the ministry.
A monument was unvalled at Val
ley Forge to the memory of Maine
soldiers, who were at Valley Forge
during the winter of 1777-78.
A will made by Cassle Chadwirk
before her criminal career became
known would have dlspoeod of $1,
000,000 worth of property.
David C. Briggs. vice president of
the United Shirt and Collar Company,
of Troy, N. Y., died in Chicago, of
anaemia.
Foreign
George Klnculd, head foreman of
the public works department. In Yu
kon Territory, was arrested at Daw
son on a charge of stealing $40,000
from a registered mall sack and
committed suicide.
The Canadian Pacific steamer Tar
tar collided with the steamer Charm
r, of the same line, at the mouth
of the Fraser River and both ships
were badly damaged.
A movement of rock has occurred
In the old mine workings under the
country of vast extent, in which there
were but five bears all told."
Beaff Liver Was Best.
"Was the 'possum good?" the
President was asked.
"Absolutely the best dish we had
except bear liver," he responded with
relish.
The President stood on the lawn
In fronts of Mr. Shield's house, the
center of a group containing Mr.
Shields and a number of guests. In
the distance were gathered the negro
hunters, cooks, teaniBters and mes
sengers, while the horses stood In
the yard and the dogs lay around
licking their lacerated bodies, the re
sult of long chaseB and contact with
wild hogs, wild cats and other wild
things.
The President declared that his
health had been perfect and his ap
petite good. With the exception of
a day or two lost on account of rain
he had been In the saddle every day
from dawn to dusk. He declared
that he had never In bis life had
finer sport.
The arrival of the party brought
out the foct that a third bear had
been killed on Friday by one of the
Osborn brothers, while it was In a
fierce fight with the dogs.
The bear slain by the President
was killed on Thursday, and the kill
ing was witnessed by one of the Mo
Kenzles and Alexander Knnolds.
They say that the President's bear
ing was extremely sportsmanlike.
The animal hnd been chaaed by the
dogs for three hours, the President
following all the time. When at
last they came within hearing dis
tance the President dismounted,
threw off his coat and dashed into
the canehrake, going to within 20
paces of the beast.
His Shot Went Straight.
The dogs were coming up rapidly,
with the President's favorite, Rowdy,
In the lead. The brute had stopped
to bid defiance to the canines when
the President sent a fatal bullet
from his rifle through the animal's
lights. With tho little life left In
it the bear turned on the dogs. The
President then sent a second bullet
through the bear's shoulders, break
ing the creature's neck.
Other members of the party soon
came up. and the President was so
rejoiced over his success that he
embraced each of his companions.
Rnnolds said:
"Mr. President, you are no tender
foot." The President responded by giv
ing Ennolds a $20 note. Saturday
GETTING ON ft WAR FOOTING
Activity la Both Land and Sea
Berries.
Washington (Special). Prepara
tion for a hostile emergency in the
Pacific is occupying the time and at
tention of the military and nava
authorities to such an extent that all
other work has been suspended in
some branches of the two services.
The war fever la spreading through
the personnel of the Army and the
Navy. Many officers are now aware
of the circumstances which led to the
decision to send the battleship fleet
to the Pacific, and with their eyes
opened In that respect they are
watchnlg the trend of events with
absorbing Interest. The Idea that
war Is coming Is apparently firmly
fixed In the minds of some of thoBe
having superior means of obtaining
Information as to the government's
attitude. Other, while depreciating
the talk of war and Inclined to the
belief that there will be no conflict,
contend, however, that the prepara
tions now under way are Justified
by the situation as they understand
It, and commend President RooBevelt
for what they regard as admirable
foresight on hi part.
Under orders from the Navy De
partment, the entire working force
at navy yards on the Atlantic Coast
Is being employed In making ready
the vessels of the battleship fleet for
the so-called practice cruise to the
Pacific. Every class of labor that
can be utilized In getting the fleet
Into condition for Its long voyage has
been withdrawn from its usual duties
at the yards and put to work on the
Bhips. The authorities of the Army
Signal Corps are devoting them
selves exclusively to arrangement
for tho Intallatlon of electric fire
control apparatus In the fortifica
tions of Stiblg Bay, the new naval
station established In the Philippines.
The work Is being conducted to the
detriment of other projects, but the
orders to complete It, which are un
derstood to have come directly from
President Roosevelt, are Imperative.
Htish Work On Defense.
Under equally Imperative direc
tions new fire control systems are
being installed on the battleship
which will go to the Pacific. A tor
pedo company of the Army Artillery
Corps has been sent to Sublg Bay to
chart and mine that important body
of waters and engage In torpedo
practice. Army rifles of 6, 10 and
12 Inch caliber and 1 2-inch mortars
are being Bent to Sublg Bay as faBt
as they are completed. The trans
portation of this ordnance Is being
accomplished with significant dls-
patcb. Contracts have been let for
50.000 tons of coal to be delivered
in the Philippines.
There are other thing that Indi
cate the Intention of the government
to place the Army and Navy on a
war footing within the ability of Its
present resources, although com
plete evidence Is lacking that such
Is the purpose of tho apparent activ
ity In connection with these addition
al particular matters. For example,
recruiting for tho Navy Is being
pushed with energy, but taken In
connection with the fact that the
fleet Ib 4,000 short of the authorized
enlisted personnel, thl course of the
authorities Is not necessarily signifi
cant. In the Army, recruiting Is
conducted with considerable activity,
but existing conditions without refer
ence to the prospect of a hostile
emergency, appear to Justify strenu
ous endeavor.
The present enlisted strength of
the enlisted forces Is approximately
Til. 000 men, which is about 2,000
short of the desired peace establish-
FROM CONTINENT
TO CONTINENT
Communication By Wireless Across
ttie Continent.
BUSINESS SERVICE IS STARTED.
The First Message I Sent, Undtr
Supervision of Marconi, From Glace
Bay, N. S., to Cllfden, on Coat
of Ireland Congratulatory Menage
Exchanged.
WIRELESS TELEGRAPH
HISTORY.
residential quarter of Newcastle, N. there was little hunting, because the
8. W.. and considerable damage has j dogg encountered a drove of wild
been done. I hogs, which are more ferocious than
Joseph H. Chnate, head of the ; bears. One of the . best dogs was
I
184 2 Professor Morse signalled i
across Susquehanna River
without metallic connection j
by means of wires stretched 1
along the banks.
1864 Clark Maxwell defined
ether wave to the Royal So
ciety, declaring wireless tele
graphy possible by moans of
electro-magnectlc diversion.
1886 Sir William Preece, of
London, signaled between
parallel telegraph wires four
and -a half miles apart.
1892 Sir William Preece estab
lished communication be
tween Flatholm and Laver
nock, three and a third miles
apart.
1897 Marconi Introduced the
high wire or aerial, and sig
naled from Lavernock to
Flatholm.
1901 Marconi signaled letter
"8" from Cornwall to New
foundland. 1902 Actunl wireless communi
cation established between
Cape Breton and Cornwall.
Washington
Glace Bay, N. 8. (Special). The
inauguration of a regular transat
lantic wireless service was accom
plished by William Marconi and his
assistants Thursday. Mr. Marconi
stated that more than 5000 words
had been transmitted between tho
station at Fort Moreln, six miles from
here, and the Irish station.
Invitations to a large number of
guests were issued for 2 o'clock P.
M., but the world-wide Interest In
Some Interesting Hap
penings in Brief.
President Roosevelt has ordered
that action be suspended In the mat
ter of cutting down historic trees In
the botanical grounds In Washington.
Porto Rico Is endeavoring to se
cure representation In tho National
Guard of the United State.
The pura-food InvoBtlgtaors will
examine Into tho method used In
drying fruit.
The Immigration Bureau ordered
the deportation of Lizzie Rocks and
Annie McGrogaln. Imported as fac
tory girls by the Flnlayson Bplnnlng
Company, of Grafton, Mass.
Capt. Horten W. Stockle. Corps of
Engineer, ha been ordered to the
Isthmus of Panama to assist In the
construction of the Oatan locks.
Colonel Raspopoff, who was Rus
sian military attache at Washington,
has returned to St. Petersburg.
The Interstate Commerce Commis
sion continued the hearing of the
LONG FLIGHT OF
AN ARMY BALLOON
Sails Five Hundred Miles Over Four
States.
WINNERS OF ThT LAHN CUP.
United States Signal Corp Aero
nauts Travel Over Illinois, Indiana,
Ohio and Into Wt Virginia
Spend Two Day and a Night in
the Cloud.
shippers and commercial Interests I ,ahm Cup.
St. Louis, Mo. (Special). Swing
ing through the atmosphere at a
speed estimated at 22 miles an hour,
the United States Signal Corps bal
loon No. 10, In which Aeronaut J.
C. McCoy and Capt. Charles DeF.
Chandler, of the United States Blgnrl
Corps, ascended at St. Louis, pnBsed
over Illinois and Indiana, and across
Ohio, and probably landed In the
vicinity of Point Pleasant, W. Va.
Tho distance covered, on a straight
line msuremcnt, Is approximately
f.f0 miles, and the length of the
voyage won for the aeronauts the
on the uniform bill of lading.
San Francisco people are prepar
ing an elaborate entertainment for
the battleship fleet when it reaches
the Pacific Coast.
President Andrews, of the Univer
sity of Nebraska, denounced the mis
representation of rich men.
Tho American Association of Gen
eral Passenger Agents adjourned af
ter electing officer.
The War Department has named a
The balloon, with a capacity of
78.000 cubic feet of gas, was filled
from the ga plant at Second and
Rudgor Streets. A number of mem
bers of the Aero Club of St. Louis
and visiting aeronauts wore present
when the ascent was made, at 4.1 U
P. M. The balloon rose gracefully
nnd suddenly veering as a sharp
wind struck it, colliding with the
timbers that supported a huge coal
pile In the gas plant yard. The
basket scraped a moment threaten-
seacoast battery on the Presidio of ingly, but prompt work by the aero
San Francisco, Cal., Battery Marcus
Miller, In honor of Brigadier General
Marcus P. Miller, United States
Army.
Commissioner of Internnl Revenue
nauts In throwing out sand ballast
caused the balloon to shake Itself
free from the coal pile undamaged
and shoot strulght up several hun
dred feet. Then It swept toward the
dnelrlerf thnt romnoiinrti. containing ! northeast, and was soon lost to view
alcohol In such proportions as to ! The flrBt report received from the
make them beverages must pay the i aeronauts was a message uroppei
special tax,
The use of the mallB has been
denied the Press Publishing Com
pany, of Boston, which offered 25,
000 diamond rings to increase circu
lation. The One Hundred and Fifteenth
Company, Coast Artillery, Btatloned
at Fort RoBecrans, has made a new
the undertaking brought a flood of record In target practice.
messages In the early morning and
the service was opened shortly after
daylight. Among those present at
the opening of the new service were
representatives of a score of British
and American newspapers.
"I am entirely satisfied with the
result," said Mr. Marconi. "A great
many papers have wired me for a
personal statement of the accom
plishment of the object I have been
working for for several years, but I
am too busy to dictate anything.
You can Bay, however, that every
thing has worked splendidly; we are
going to operate a limited service for
a time, but we have nlready handled
from 5,000 to 10,000 words on ac
count of It being a special day and a
large number of congratulatory and
press messages having been exchang
ed between London and New York.
Regular Business Service.
"You cannot call It an Inaugural
or opening. We had our real open
ing two years ago, when telegrams
were passed by our system between
the President and the King. We
have not, therefore, addressed any
thing to crowned heads, but we are
Just quietly starting to do a regular
business between Europe and Ameri
ca in continuation of the old serv-
Thomas Ryan, for many years as
sistant secretary of the Interior, re
tired from that position.
Frank A. Leach, the newly ap
pointed director of the Mint, took
charge of the bureau.
Director Ballln, of the Hamburg
American Line, is said to have con
firmed the report that his company
will build a steamer of 47,000 tons,
larger than the Cunarder Lusltania.
Inability to settle the question of
proxies caused a truce In the fight of
Harrlman and Fish for control of the
Illinois Central Railroad.
Gross & Kleeburg. New York
near Leesburg, O.
The message stated that the bal
loonist!: had dropped It at G A. M.
and "that they were then traveling
southeast rapidly.
Later the balloonlsts were seer
passing over Galllpolis, O., and by
the middle of the afternoon the
were in West Virginia, near Point
Pleasant. There the balloon staffed
up the Kanawha Valley, according
to a telephone message to St. Louis.
Member of the International Bal
loon Contest Committee and other
aeronauts said that the flight would
esabllsh an epoch in balloon sailing.
The Lahm Cup was insituted by
the Aero Club of America soon aTtor
the International races at Paris In
1906, when Frank P. Lahm won tho
James Gordon Bennett Cup for the
Aero Club of America. 8o Joyful
were the members of the club at the
victory that the cup was named for
the pilot of the balloon United
States, and It was put up by the club
to be won by the aeronaut who trav
eled more than 402 miles, the dlB-
stock brokers, have suspended busl- j tance traveled by the United States
nogs, following a decline in copper i in the Paris races, providing the
stocks from $59 to $.16 a share. I start was made from American soil.
Robert C. Clowry was re-elected ' Lieutenant Lahm has never held the
president of the Western Telegraph PP- and this wa the first time it
Company at the annual meeting of , was ever won-
there 1 much activity, but It Is said
to oe not greater than peace condi
tion demand, and no orders have been
isued to that branch of the army to
prepare for troublous times.
Ice. Sir Wilfred L.iurler sent two
ment. In the quartermaster's depart- messages by our system. One waB
ment of the military establishment i addressed to the British people. We
also received a meBBage from Lord
Strathcona, the Canadian high com
missioner in London. We handled
a pile of telegrams, which must have
aggregated more than 5,000 words.
I am, Indeed, pleased with the re
sult." The inventor expressed absolute
confidence in the triumph achieved
in transatlantic communication and
In the future of long distance wire
less telegraphy. He said the work
at the Cape Breton Station was now
practically finished and did not long
er require hi attention, which would
be turned upon the problem of over
land wireless communication between
Atlantic and Pacific coasts of Ameri
ca and other matters. Tranacontl-
DAY OF SENSATIONS
Three Failures Follow The Crash
In Copper Stocks.
New York (Special). Sensations
followed each other In rapid succes
sion In tho financial district Thursday
as the result of tho collapse of the
projected corner In United Copper
and tho suspension of a prominent
brokerage firm Wednesday
WHEAT CROP OF EUROPE.
the board of directors
Judge McComas and his bride ar
rived in inow tone on me sienmui ... ni. i tf v..... t.... r.oi
Oceanic and will return to his home
In Washington. Washington (Special). The for-
Herman H. Leonard, former treas- eign crop report of the Department
urer of the Evans-Snyder-Buoll Com- of Agriculture, which haB just been
pany in cnicago, was convicieu oi lsBued saya tne Bhortage of the
wheat crop in Russia, reported In the
embezzlement.
David Redfleld Proctor, cousin of
the Vermont Senator and a pictur
esque character, died In a Chicago
lodging house.
ili.WilC ENDING.
(ien. Webb Syck Supposed To Have
Murdered His Bride.
Plkeville, Ky. (Special). Gen.
Webb Syck, a Civil War veteran, it
Is believed, murdered hla young
bride of two weeks and then com
mitted suicide at their home, in Fair- southward to Argentina, India and
view, a suburb. Syck was found j Australia. The question how far
dead In the yard, while his wife's those countries, can be expected six
body lay In a bed. Both were cloth- I months hence to supply the deflclen
ed only In night gowns. She was j cles of Northern harvests will soon
formerly Mrs. Jane Burrls, connect- become a potent Influence on the
ert with some of the most, nromlnent ! course of wheat oricea. With a mod-
nental communication will not t I families In Northeastern Kentucky, crate Increase reported In the wheat
first quantitative estimate of the
Central Statistical Committee, was a
surprise, and thut If tho Russian
wheat production falls below last
year's low level, only France and,
possibly, Italy have surpassed ma
terially the harvest of 190B. As
both France and Italy are Importing
countries, their larger crops can In
crease only Indirectly the wheat sur
plus available for the International
market. The report adds:
"Now that harvesting In the North
ern Hemisphere is practically com
pleted Interest Is being diverted
The firm of Otto Helnze & Co. was j tne first question he will take up Tne shooting Is supposed to have ; acreage and favorable growth so far
Kiinnondorl on the Rtoek exchnnee
F. AugustUB Helnze, the Butte " "e course, ne says
American delegation to tho Interna
ttonnl Peace Conference, signed the
final act of the conference.
The Danish steamer Alfrod Er
landsen was wrecked or the rocks off
CaBtle Point, Scotland. Twenty of
the crew were lost.
Twenty-seven persons were killed
or Injured in a railroad wreck at
Orio, Spain.
Gil Calderon, the notorious bandit,
surrendered near (lenfuegos, Cuba,
to Captain Wlttenmeyer of the United
8tates Army, who Is supervisor of
the rural guard.
The statue of St. Buudine, stolen
from a church, was found in the cel
lar of the thief, who was about to
hip It to an American purchaser.
Andrew Carnegie and Lord Rose
berry made addresses before the
Philosophical Institution In Edin
burgh on the negro problem.
A panic was caused in Naples by
the cessation of imoktt from all crat
ers of Vesuvius.
In The Hague Peace Conference
were 38 votes in favor of the es
tablishment of a permanent court
of arbitratlo.i; six countries abstain
ed from voting and Mexico and Bra
11 and other Latin-American coun
tries voted against it because of the
suppression of tho words In Article
, I, getting forth that the co;rt g'i.iuld
he "based on the jurldlclal equality
of the states."
Twenty-six growers of prune In
Ban Francisco have pooled the prod
uct of their orchards In an organi
sation and are holdl.ig It until the
market reaches their price.
Emperor William and a number
of other royal personages have been
summoned to testify In Count
Moltke'B suit for tn-i against Maxl
millian Harden, editor of a Berlin
uewspaper.
Tho records of terrorism In Russia
during September show that 34 per
sons were executed, 207, Including
73 officials, were murdered and 172
people wounded.
Robert Wood, a young English art
ist, 1 on trial In London on the
eharg of killing Emily Dlmmock.
wIioh nude body was found In her
room.
killed by a bear
There were dally swims In tho lake
by several members of the party,
including the President.
"The water was line," he said,
"and I did not have the fear of al
ligators that some seem to have."
Suffocated In i-oiding-Bed.
Pittsburg, Pa. (Special). Mrs.
James Marshall and her daughter,
Mrs. Mary Wright, of Ingram, Pa.,
were caught In a folding bed, which
closed on them while they were
sleeping Tuesday night. When res
cued both women were In a critical
condition
Oil Contractor A Suicide.
Arkansas City, Kan. (Special).
A. D. Davidson, an oil contractor,
was found dead In hi room at a
hotel here. He had swallowed lauda
num and left a note, saying he was
In financial straits and believed hi
mind was falling.
Hat Wound Fatal.
Philadelphia (Special). Ml An
nie Sabold, aged 31 years, of Lans-
dale, a suburb, died In a hospital
here from a bullet wound received
Monday night, when she was shot
while walking In the crowded de
partment store district by Walter
Hallcwell. of Bethayres, Pa. Hallo
well wa employed about five years
ago In an office where Miss Sabold
was a clerk. He apparently tried to
rob he.- before the shooting.
1,000 Miles in 1,000 Hour.
Cincinnati, O. (Special). Dan
O'Leary, the old-time pedestrian,
who Is 63 year old. finished at 7
o'clock A. M., at Norwood Inn, a
few miles out, hi task of walking
1,000 mile In 1,000 consecutive
hours, according to the Judges and
official timekeeper and wa formally
declared the winner of the task.
O Leary said that ha felt all right,
but bad lost 14 pounds during the
endurance trial. The match wa ald
to have been for a purge of $5,000.
Copper magnate, resigned the presl
dency of the Mercantile National
Hank of Now York.
The Amalgamated Copper Com
pany, at Its directors' meeting, cut
its quarterly dividend from 2 per
cent, to 1 per cent.
The director of the Boston nnd
Montant Copper Company declared a
quarterly dividend of $6 in place of
a former dividend of $12.
The private banking firm of Hal
ler, Soehle ft Co., of Hamburg, Ger
many, failed with liabilities of $7,
500,000. The State Savings Bank of Butte,
Mont., of which the Helnzes are the
principal stockholders, suspended.
The private bank of T. W. H.
House, of Houston, established In
1833, made a general assignment.
Liabilities over $2,000,000.
Hay Helnze Refused Stork.
As a result of these sensations the
stork market was halting and Irregu
lar, but there was an apparent feel
ing that the break of the attempted
corner In United Copper had clear
ed the atmosphere somewhat, and
the market rallied before the close.
Three Killed By Train.
Lorain, O. (Special). Mathew
Glovoskl, five years old, and hi sis
ter, Lucy, eleven years old, were run
down by a Lake Shore train and kill
ed on a crossing near Amherst, and
their aunt, Miss Sophie Glovek, was
fatally hurt. The three were walk
ing on the track, when the boy' foot
became fastened In a cattle guard.
In attempting to res no him hi sla
ter also caught her foot in the guard.
The aunt had stooped to unlace the
little boy's shoe when the threr- were
struck by th train.
personally, but It will be dealt with 1 followed a bitter quarrel of the pre
vlous day. General Syck and hla
September Immigration Record.
Washington (Special) . Immigra
tion records for September just mi.
ed the hundred thousand mark, ac
cording to a statement just Issued
by the Department of Commerce and
Labor. The exact number of altenB
admitted to the various ports was
98,694, an increase of several thou
sand over September of last year.
They were distributed among near
ly all the nationalities of the world.
Italy show a decrease of 26 and
Japan of 500. The latter 1 a de
crease of 33 1-3 per cent, from last
year's record.
Evans Not To K.tue.
New York (Special). Rear Ad
miral Robley D. Evans arrived here
Sunday on his flagship Connecticut
and later left for a visit with friends
In Poughkeepile. The Admiral ha
not let the rumor, already denied,
that he was to retire at an early
date worry hjm. He gald: "I have
no intention of retiring at this time,
and I never had such intention. I
will go with the battleship fleet, If I
am ordered to do o. I will be ready
to move a soon as orders come If
my health permits, and my health
U good now."
Big Fire In Nashville.
Nashville, Tenn. (Special). Fire
gutted the store of John Hitchcock
ft Sons, dealers in wugons, harness
and seeds, entailing a loss estimated
at $80,000. John H. Hitchcock, Sr.,
wag overcome by smoke and barely
escaped. The stock of McKay, Reese
ft Co., wholesale hay and seeds, was
considerably damaged.
Railroaded To Prison.
Toronto, Ont. (Special). The
swiftness of Canadian justice ts pro
verbial, but a case In the Criminal
Court probably holds the record, even
for Canadian courts. Horace Moun
tuln a mall carrier employed,. in col
lecting letters from street boxes was
arrested at 10.45 A. M , charged with
robbing the mails. At 11.10 he was
arraigned before the magistrate,
pleaded guilty and within an hour
from the time of hi arrest had com
menced serving a term of four years'
imprisonment.
Elope On Hundcar.
Knoxvllle, Tenn. (Special) Miss
Hazel Wilber, of New York City,
eloped with Monroe W. Deuderlck,
Ron of Mr. and Mrs. A. V. Deuderlck,
prominent in East Tennessee. Tbey
boarded a handcar at the 'Unaka
Springs and rodo four miles to be
married by a minister. Tbey re
turned on tho handcar. The bride
groom's grandfather wag at one
time Chief Justice of the Tennessee
Supreme Court. The young man met
Ml Wilber while atudylng in New
York a year sgo.
bride had Just returned from their
honeymoon trip through the South.
Killed By His New Auto.
Morencl, Mich. (Special). Arthur
Onweller, a merchant of Lyons, 0..
was killed In an automobile aclcdent
five miles eabt of this city. Mr. On
weller had purchased a new auto
mobile, and was taking his first ride
In It. H1b wife and iwo children
were In the machine with him.
While driving at high speed he lost
control of the machine In some way
and it ran into a deep ditch, turn
ing turtle and crushing him to death
beneath It.
IN THE FINANCIAL WORLD.
In six weeks Philadelphia banks
have received $1,100,000 of Govern
ment deposits.
The Boston ft Montana Company
declared a quarterly dividend of $2
a share and an extra dividend of
$4 a share. Thl Is a reduction of
$6 In tho extra dividend for the quar
ter. The street credits Morgan with
very bearish motives, and to help
along the cause making It appear
that this country lg going to war with
Japan.
After paying its usual dividend
the German-American Title ft Trust
Company, of Philadelphia, shows an
Increase In the surplus and profit
account of $50,000 for the year
"Gunning for Gould" I a remark
frequently heard apropos of Missouri
Pacific's recent extraordinary decline.
At the present price It yields the
buyer nearly 10 per cent.
It wa the Heinle trouble in New
York which caused the failure of
their allied bank at Butte, Mon.
Halle i Soehle ft Co., of Hamburg,
Germany, which failed for over $3,
000,000, was a vory old firm, hav
ing been formed perhaps 100 year
ago. It bad loaned a great deal of
money on European Industrial con
cerns. Amalgamated Copper director did
the usually expected thing and out
that company's dhldend In half by
declared a quarterly dividend of
$1 instead of $2. a heretofore. At
the present market price the stock
stills yields eight per cent.
COMMERCIAL COLUMN.
Weekly Review of Trade and Latest
Market Reoorts.
R. O. Dun ft Co.' Weekly Review
of Trade rave
A larger volume of bulnes Is be
ing transacted than at thl time
last year, although condition In 1906
were most favorable, and there I
now the handicap of almost prohibi
tive rate for commercial paper.
Many contemplated undertaking
await more normal financial condi
tion, and securltle have fallen to
the lowest point since 1904, but gen
eral bualne throughout the country
make fairly good progress. Retail
ers report a very brisk movement of
seasonable merchandise, and Jobbers
continue to forward supplementary
consignments, but reports of collec
tion are Irregular. In agricultural
district marketing of the crop at
high prlcee make the payments sat
isfactory, but at many Eastern cen
ters there is complaint of delay In
settlements.
Several striken are still retarding
progress, and some machinery 1 IJle
at woolen mills, but most industrial
plants are well occupied and are as
sured of continued activity up to the
end of the year at least.
Argentina may possibly produce a
larger surplus than last year. The
wheat crop of India on a reduced
area Is described as growing well, in
spite of general lack of rainfall, al
though In Bengal, on tho contrary,
floods have caused damage. Austra
lian conditions are much less prom
ising. Insufficient rain has not only
restricted sowings, but has seriously
retarded plant growth."
New Officers Elected.
Chattanooga, Tenn. (Special).
At the final business sessions of the
! Society of the Army of the Cumber
land officers were olocted for the en
suing year a follows: President,
Gen. Gutog P. Thurston, Nashville;
corresponding secretary, Orlando A.
Somers, Kokomo, Ind.; treasurer,
Gen. A. E. Carman, Washington, D.
C.
Editor Becomes Sheriff.
Montgomery, Ala. (Special).
Horace Hood, editor and part owner
of the Montgomery Journal and one
of the oldest edh.ors of the Alabama
press, was appointed sheriff of Mont
gomery County, one of the best-paying
positions In the state.
A Million For A Lease.
Newport, R. I. (Special). Mrs.
Ogden Goelet, It Is stated here, has
been offered $1,000,000 for a five
year lease of Ochre Court, tho splen
did summer residence she owns here.
As no one who can pay such a rent
would occupy Ochre Court more than
half the year, Bay from May to Octo
ber, inrlugive, $1,000,000 rent for
five years would be at the rate of
$33,330 a month of the actual ten
ancy, or about $1,100 a day.
Paid S2B0 For Ear Of Corn,
Chicago (Special). Two hundred
and fifty dollars was the world's rec
ord price paid for a single ear of
corn. A bushel at that rate would
have sold tor $15,000. The ear. a
"Boone County white." was sold to
the highest bidder in an oxcitln;
auction at the National Corn Expo
sitlon in the Coliseum. Ae pur
chaser was the man who grew It, 0f
Craaklta. Ind., who has capfirod
$7, 5 $6 In prise at the show.
Wholesale Market.
Baltimore. Wheat Sales of car
goes on grade at 109c. for special
bin No. 2 red; 109 for stock No. 2
red; 106 for Rpeclal bin steamer
No. 2 red; 105 Mi for stock steamei
No. 2 red; 104 for special bin re
jected, 103 Mi for stock rejected and
100 for rejected to go through
drier.
The market for Western opened
strong and lc. higher; spot and Oc
tober, 108 Mi c; No. 2 rod Western,
111; December, 111. Prices ruled
firm, but not much wheat changed
hands. Sales 5,000 bu. December,
lllc; 20,000 bu., do., 111; 4,
000 No. 2 red Western spot, 112;
car No. 2 red Wegtern spot, 112
Corn Wegtern opened strong and
MiC. higher; gpot and October,
72 c; year, 66; January, 65; May,
66- Demand was fair, but offer
ings were light.
Oat White No. 2, heavy, 68 0
69c; No. 2, light to medium, 66
67: No. 3, heavy, 66 57; No. 3,
medium, 56 56; No. 3, light, 53
63 ; No. 4, light to heavy, 51
62 Mi. Mixed No. 2, 5464c;
No. 3, 6363; No. 4, 5162.
Butter Creamery separator, 31
32; imitation, 24 25.
Cheese Market steady. Wo quotj
Jobbing lots, per lb., 16tt16c.
Eggs We quote, per dozen, lost
off; Maryland, Pennsylvania and near
by firsts, 25c; Western firsts, 25;
West Virginia firsts, 24; Southern
firsts, 22(f) 23; qulnea eggs, 1213,
Live Poultry We quote: Chick
enB Old hens, heavy, per lb., 13 Mc;
do., small, per lb., 13; old rooster,
each, 2 6 H 30; young, per lb., 14.
Ducks Puddle, large, per lb., 12;
do., Bmall, 11; Muscovy and mon
grel, per lb., 11 12.
New York. Wheat No. 2 red,
112 Mc., elevator; No. 2 red, 113Mn
f. o. b., afloat; No. 1 Northern Du
Iuth, 126 94, f- o. b., afloat; No. 2
hard winter, 116, f. o. b., afloat.
Corn No. 2, 75c., elevator, and
74 Mi, to arrive, f. o. b., afloat; No.
2 white, 75, to arrive. No. 2 yellow,
75 M, f. o. b., afloat.
Oats Mixed, 26 ft 32 lbs., 55V4c;
natural white, 26 32 lbs.. 57 M
61; clipped white, 32 40 lbs., 62
70.
Butter steady, unchanged; receipts, '
6,897 pkgs. Cheese strong; state, full
cream, small, colored and white, Sep
tember, fine, 15 c; do., good to
prime, 15 15.
Philadelphia. Wheat firm, 2c.
higher; contract grade. October,
108109. Corn firm, c. higher;
October, 70 71c. Oatg firm,
lc. higher; No. 2 white, natural,
59c.
Butter firm, good demand;
Western creamery, 31 c. ;
nearby prints, 34.
Eggs firm, good demand; Pennsyl
vania and other nearby firsts, free
cases, 26c. at mark; do., current re
ceipts, In returnable cases, 2 4 at
mark; Wegtern choice, free cases, 25
at mark; Western fair to good, free
cases, 24c.
Live poultry quiet but steady;
fowls, 11 14c; old roogters, 9;
spring chickens, 11 14; ducks, 11.
extra
extra
Live Stock.
Chicago. Market steady; Bteers,
$5.257.30; cows, $3.305; heif
ers, $3fi5.75; bulls, $2.605;
calveg, $3 8.50; stockers and feed
ers, $2.40 6.
Hoga Market steady; choice
heavy shippers, $6.75 6.85; light
butchers, $6.76 7; light mixed,
$6.506.75; choice light, $C.757;
packing, $5.75 6.75; pigs, $6
6.40; bulk of sales, $6.30 6.36.
Sheep Market steady; sheep,
$3.506.25; lambs, $5. 57?. 40;
yearlings, $5.60 6.
Kansas City. Mo. Cattle Market
steady, 5 to 10c. lower: choice ex
port and dressed beef gteerB, $5.90
7.00; fair to good, $4.906.75;
Western steers, $3.755.66; stock
er and feeder, $3.00 5.30; South
ern steers. $3.00 4.35; Southern
cows, $2.153.15; native cows,
$2.004.50; native heifers, $3.00
4.75; bulls, $2.35 3.60; calves,
$3.607.00.
Hogg Top, $6.60; bulk of gales,
$6.306.50; heavy, $6,25 6.40;
packers, $6.30 6.60; pigs and light,
$6.25 6.60.
Sheep Market gtrong; lambs,
$6.75 7.40; cweg and yearlings,
$5.00 5.80; Western yearlings,
$5.25 Ji 6.75; Western sheep, $4.60
6.50; Blockers and feeder, $3.50
6.20.
Pittsburg, Pa. C a 1 1 1 e Choice,
$6.156.30; prime, $5.806.10.
Sheep Prime wethers, $5,600
6.76; cull and
lambs, $&7.60;
8.50.
Hogg Prime
common, $2 3;
veal calveg, $8
heavies, $7.10(
7. TO; mediums, $7,304). 7.85; heavy
Yorkers, $7.30 tit 7.36; light Yorkers,
$6.807.10; pigs, $606.40.
ODDS AND ENDS.
Punctuation marks we-e first used
In 1490.
A mouse seldom live longer than
three years.
The annual fish catch of England
is valued at $53,960,000.
The factories of Japan close on
the 1st and 15th of each month.
Fifty thousand dollars a year are
spent on Regent Park In Loudon.
The matregae used in tbo Oerman
army are (tufted with little rolls of
paper, and are aald to be a ureal
tipurovnment on straw.