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The report of the committee on
resolutions of the National Clvtr Fed
eration urges Congress to provide n
commission which ahall consider the
subject of business and Industrial
combinations.
William J. Bryan declares that his
decision as to his candidacy for the
Democratic nomination for President
will not. depend upon the choice of
the Republicans.
A contract for 15,000 tons of steel
rails Is said to have been closed be
tween the United States Steel Cor
poration and the Imperial Railway of
Japan.
The New Jersey Hoard of Pardons
commuted to life imprisonment the
death sentence of John E. Schuyler,
who was to have been hanged next
week.
Charged with having aided his wife
to commit suicide last June, James
Wardell was convicted of manslaugh
ter In the first degree In New York.
Governor Stokes received the resig
nation of George A. Squire, of Eliza
beth, president of the New Jersey
Reformatory Commission.
Porto Rico was the topic for dlB
cuaslon at the Mohonk Conference.
A proposition for the development
of water power at a cost of $20,000,
000 at Mllleroches, on the St. Law
rence, was Inld before the Interna
tional Waterways Commission for Its
approval by the St. Lawrence Power
Company, of Canada, and the Long
Sault Development Company.
William Lepper, of Loralne. Wyo.,
who had lost his property as the re
sult of a stock deal, shot Judge
Charles W. Hi n m niel 1 , his counsel,
and killed himself.
Four men were killed by the blow
ing up of a mixing mill of the At
lantic Dynamite Company's factory,
near Ashland. Wis.
Secretary Taft Inspected the naval
station at Olongnpo and the fortifi
cations. He will not leave Manila
until November 19.
Various speakers before the Civic
Federations in Ch ten go declared that
federal control was the only remedy
for the trust evil.
The Mergenthal-Morton Baskett
Mnchlne Company, with a $750,000
plant at Padurnh. Kv . Is in financial
difficulties.
Tho Universalis! General Conven
tion opened in Philadelphia with
2,000 Universalis! present.
Bids for the construction of the
proposed administration building of
the Carnegie Institution of Washing
ton, to cost about $200,000, were re
jected at a meeting of the executive
committee of that Institution, and
new bids will be sought from the
contractors. No reason was given
for rejecting the bids.
A panic was prevented on Wall
Street by concerted action of the big
THE NEW SHIPS Will
BE WORLD BEATERS
Plans For the Next Additions to
Our Navy.
GREAT SECRECY BEING OBSERVED.
They May Be of 28,000 Tons,
but Will Carry Only the Present
12-lneh Guns, the Efficiency of
Which Was Proved by Recent Tar
get Practice.
Washington (8peclal). As was
the case last year, when the plans
for the 20,000-clasB Delaware bat
tleships were sent to Congress under
the Injunctions of secrec), the Navy
Department is exerting Itself to pre
vent the features of the plans for
the great ships which it will ask the
next session to authorize from gain
ing publicity.
Of course, It Is realized that after
the ship Is afloat and in commission
it is practically impossible to prevent
knowledge of her essential features
from reaching rival naval powers.
But the fact that under the most
favorable condition the building and
completion of a battleship must con
sume any way from two to five years,
affords the nation building the ship
a very substantial advantage in po
sition, which might easily determine
the Issue of a naval war where up-to-date
shlpB are pitted against ves
sels five years old in type.
So in the case of the new ships
recommended to be constructed by
the naval general board it la impossi
ble to secure any authentic Informa
tion relative to the features of the
vessels beyond the mere faol of their
blgneBS, for it is certain that they
will be of more than 20,000 tons
displacement, if. Indeed, they do not
roach the world-beating proportions
of 25,000 tons.
t xmplfti:d.
Water Begin To Flow Through Illinois-Mississippi
Cannl.
Sterling. IU. (Special). At 2 P.
M. T. J. Heuderion touched a gate,
which thereupon raised, permitting
the water to flow through the Illinois-Mississippi
Canal. This marked
the completion of the work on the
$7,500,000 government undertaking
which was started by Mr. Henderson
25 years ago. Congressman Cald
well, Lowden and Lorlmer and Unit
ed States Senator Hopkins, Govern
or Deneen and other prominent men
were present and made addresses.
The opening of tho gate was witness
ed by hundreds of people, many of
vnom came long distances. A pa
rade proceeded the ceremonies.
PLANNING FOR A
STRONGER NAVY
Cabinet at First Meeting Considers
Estimates.
DANGER IN PROSPERITY
President Roosevelt Issues His Thanks
giving Proclamation.
Washington (Special). In his an
nual Thanksgiving proclamation Pres
ident Roosevelt embraces the oppor
tunity to preach a little sermon to
the American people on the dangers
of ease and luxury. He fixed Thurs
day. November 2$, aa Thanksgiving
Day.
The Thanksgiving proclamation Is
as follows:
"Once again the season of the year
has come when, in accordance with
the custom of our forefathers for
generations past, the President ap
points a day as the especial occasion
for all our people to give praise and
thanksgiving to God.
"During the last year we have been
bankers, led by J. P. .Morgan. Sec- i free from famine, from pestilence.
rotary Cortelyou deposited seven mil- ' from war. We are at peace with all
lions of government funds. John D. j the rest of mankind. Our natural
Rockefeller has arranged to loan i resources are at least as great as
large sums to various financial instl- those of any other nation. We be
tutions In New York. lleve that in ability to develop and
John M. Kemmerer, former presi- i take advantage of these resources
dent of the Kemmerer Iron and Steel thP average man of this nation stands
Company, of Scranton, Pa., and for- : at ,eaat as high as the average man
mer president of the Scranton Board of anv other. Nowhere else In the
of Trade, was made defendant In a . world is there such an opportunity
forgery case brought by Philip Rob-I for a free people to develop to the
inson. treasurer of tho conipanv -. fullest extent all its powers of body.
Miss Helen M. Gould was present ' m ,f wh'ch, sta.nds
at the dedicatory services of the new I abovp botn body and mind char
Army Y. M. C. A. Building at Fort i acf,r; ...
Leavenworth, given to the soldiers,' , 'Murh baa bJen ve? "s, fro,n on
by Miss Gould i nKn- and much will rightly be ox-
-k...i u A . pected of us in return, into our care
. Cnm,f'T-, Prldeni ot the 10 talents have been intrusted;
,nnvran1 T"b,e CU7 5SH53 we are to be pardoned neither If
Htv I conspiracy to bribe wp aquandpr and ,U then., nor yet
1,1, T ' forfeit! $12,000 If w nld0 MlPm n . kl for
when called for sent, nee , mugt , f , f , , hands.
r.mperor vviiiiam or Germany lias , Ever throughout the ages, at all
presented busts of Frederick the times and among all peoples, pros
Great and Field Marshal Count von perlty has been fraught with danger,
Meitke to the ( nitOd States Military and It behooves us to beHeech the
Giver of all things that we may not
Academy.
The German balioon I'ommern Is
probably the winner of the race from
St. Louis, the French balloon LI.-:le
de France bring a close second.
full into love of ease and of luxury
that we may not lose our sense of
moral responsibility; that we may
not forget our duty to God and to
rranrls M. Ironmonger, member, our neighbor
of a prominent Virginia family, a "A great democracy like ours a
Confederate veteran, anil for years , democrory based upon the principles
the New York representative of the I of orderly liberty, can be perpetu
Associated Railroads of Virginia, died i ated only If the hetrt of the ordi
in Brooklyn ut the ago of 78. j nary citizen there dwells a keen
Robert M. Carson, a Philadelphia sense or righteousness and Justice,
millionaire, has bequeathed $6,000,- ! We should earnestly pray that this
000 to establish a college for girls spirit of righteousness and Justice
patterned after Glrard College. j may grow ever greater In the hearts
Co!. Benelium Cameron of Stag- of 8,1 of M and ,hat our HOU,s mav
ville, N. C, hatt been elected prest- ' he Inclined ever more both toward
dent of the Farmers' National Con- tnp vlrtes tnat Wl for gentleness
;i (;;. land tenderness, for loving kindness
Mrs. Christopher Schubert of Phil- ' and forbearance one with another,
I'.delphia. ended her life by leaping ' und ,owai"d those no less necessary
overboard while at ion. virtues that make for manliness and
l rugged naro:nooa ror witnout tnese
qualities neither nation nor individ
ual can rise to the level of greatness.
"Now, therefore, I, Theodore
t?imevelt ProcIHont P :!,.. .1
Central Railway for the explosion or States, do set apart Thursday, the
:c car of dynamite at Essex Center on j 28th day of November, as a day of
August 9, which resulted In the kill- general thanksgiving and prayer, and
ing of 2 men and In serious injury on that dav I recommend that the
to about 40 others. people shall cease from their dally
The arrest of Ensign Charles Fit- I work and in their homes or in their
mo, of the French Navy, at Toulon, 1 church meet devoutly to thank the
charged with being a spy, has been j Almighty for the many and great
followed by the arrest of an army ' blessings they have received In the
officer named Berton, charged with j past, and to pray that they may be
negotiating for the rale of military I given the strength so to order their
l lives ns to deserve a continuation of
I these blessings in the future."
PAY FOR MORE BLUEJACKETS.
Secretary Metcalf Would Increase by
$5,000,003 the Standing Appropria
tion for the Payment of Enlisted
Men- This Would Psrmlt Recruiting
of 3, 000 Additional Sailors.
Washington (Special). Naval
matters occupied the attention of the
Cabinet during a considerable part
of Friday's meeting, which .was the
first of the autumn. Secretary Met
calf has Just completed the compila
tion of the estimates for the main
tenance of the naval establishment,
and as these show a great Increase
as compared with the current fiscal
year, thereby promising to cause
much debate in Congress at the ap
proaching session, the President and
the Secretary of the Navy are giving
their most earnest attention to them.
The Secretary advanced a propo
sition to Increase by $5,000,000 the
standing appropriation for the pay
ment of enlisted men In the Navy.
According to his estimate this in
crease would admit of the recruit
ment of about 3,000 bluejackets In
addition to the present force. The
proposition was received with favor
and will be Included In the estimates
to be submitted to Congress.
Another matter not entirely naval
In character but deemed worthy of
report by Secretary Molcalf because
of its Influence upon the character of
naval vessels to be constructed In the
future was the recommendation oi
the Isthmian Canal Commission
brought to Washington a few days
ago by CIvN Engineer Roeseau, look
ing to the wllenlng of the locks of
tke Panama Canal, and this subect
was discussed at some length.
Some naval officers, whose views
were reflected by Secretary Metcalf,
held that a width of 100 feet In tho
locks would be quite sufficient to
.meet all naval needs within the next
half century, but it appears that an
other element believes that the locks
would prove too narrow in the course
of 10 years. The President decided
to await a detailed report from the
canal commission upon this import
ant subject.
Secretary Metcalf also has before
him the report of the Naval General
Board, headed by Admiral Dewey,
upon the new construction required
to meet the plans of the board, and
these were touched upon incident to
the construction of the width of the
canal locks. Not only the Naval Gen
eral Board, but the Naval Board on
Construction, headed by Admiral
Converse, the chief naval constructor.
and the Secretary of the Navy him
self must impress their views and
informal reports upon this matter of
new construction before the President
will have in hand all the material
upon which te base his own recom
mendations to Congress.
It is pointed out that, by reason of
the fact that he last year expressed
the opinion that one new ship would
be all that should necessarily be
authorized at this Congress, the
President has somewhat embarrassed
himself, but as several of the battle
ships, which were last year supposed
to be perfectly serviceable, have since
rather unexpectedly been shown to
be of obsolete type, it Is not appre
hended that the President will have
any difficulty In explaining to Con
gress the necessity for amending the
original estimate, for It is now quite
certain that no loss than two and
probably three battleships of the flrBt
order will be recommended in tho
estimates.
TERRIRLE HAVOC
JY EARTHQUAKE
Entire Villages in Calabria Are
Destroyed.
AN ANCIENT TOWER TUMBLES.
The Cathedral at Toure di Gerace Falls
Torrential Rains Follow Shocks
--Many Persons Buried in Ruins
of Their Dwellings The Residents of
Many Towns Are Panic-stricken.
Rome (By Cable). Tho details
received here regarding the earth
quake In Calabria In every way tend
to show that the damage done was
much more extended than at first
estimated, but that the loss ot life
has not geen great. The lowest es
timates place the number of killed
at about 20 and the highest at about
120, but there Is nothing to show
that the last figures mentioned are
correct. Nothing definite will be
known on the subject until the ruins
are cleared away.
Premier Gloletti conferred with
King Victor Emmanuel on the dis
aster, and It was reported later that
His Majesty would go to the disturb
ed districts If any fresh shocks oc
curred. Details of the earthquake show that
the shocks were especially severe in
the southern end of the Calabrian
Peninsula, but throughout Calabria
there were scene of desolation and
despair.
First Shock Terrific.
The first shock was a tremendous
one. and was followed by two others
of longer duration, which entirely
destroyed two Tillages and reduced
many houses in several others to a
mass of ruins.
The first shock fortunately brought
tne entire population of the villages
Into the open, and many succeeded
In making their escape to the hills
or open plains, which accounts for
the smallness of the list of fatalities.
Half the houses at Furrezzano and
Brancaleone collapsed and many per
sons were buried in the ruins, and
at Slnopoll and St. Uarlo more lives
are said to hnve been lost. Panic
prevailed everywhere.
Rocella, Jonica, Regglo, Cosanza,
Baracdio, Cittanova, Palmi, Marina
and other towns also suffered from
the shocks, but none severely.
A Cathedral Tumbles.
The cathedral at Torre dl Gerace,
which arose from the ruins of Locri
Euizephyrll, the once celebrated col
ony of the Locrians, was thrown
down, as was also an ancient tower
which had withstood all the Cala
brian earthquakes for centuries past.
Half tho houses of the villages of
Gerace are In ruins, and similar
conditions prevail in a number of
other points In Calabria.
During the confusion caused by
M4HIMAGF. N1RDS AFFINITY.
Hii'baiid And Wife Must He Soul
Mates, Dr. Adlrr Hays.
New York (Special). True soul
affinity is necessary for the Ideal
married life, was the declaration of
Dr. Felix Adler. in his lecture In Cafr
negle Hall, before the Society of
Ethical Culture. Dr. Adler's subject
was 'The Keynote of the Ethical
Life."
"In our work there is no issue
more urgent than the need of the re
construction of the family.
"Today we admit that the child
has rights which we are bound to re
spect, and that the wife Is the equal
of the man. What we need Is a doc
trine of marriage. The church is tied
up to the ethics of 2.000 years ago
the Oriental fantasies of Paul."
SOUTHERN STEEL
JILLS BANKRUPT
Is Long On Assets, But Short of
Cash.
HAD A CAPITAL OF $25000,000.
Creditors File a Petition in Birming
ham Declaring That the Company
Has Confessed Its Inability to Psy
Its Debts-Owns Extensive Steel, Nail
and Ore Plants in Alabama.
Birmingham, Ala. (Special). A
petition in involuntary bankruptcy
was filed In the federal court here
against the Southern Steel Company,
capitalized at $25,000,000. The
creditors seeking the bankruptcy or
der are the Birmingham Coal and
Iron Company, the Sayre Mining and
Manufacturing Companv. and the
Cahaba Coal Company. The South
ern Steel Company owns a big steel
Plant at Gadsden; steel rod. wire
and nail mills at Enslcy, coal mines
at Altoona and Virginia City and ore
mines throughout the Birmingham
district, as well as coke ovens and
other properties.
Moses Taylor, of New York, Is
president, and E. T. Schuler, ot
Birmingham, general manager.
Tho petition alleges that the com
pany committed an act of bankruptcy
in acknowledging in writing Its In
ability to pay Its debts. It is also
averred in the petition that the de
fendant company has been insolvent
for six months. The petlton asks
thaf. it be adjudged a bankrupt and
that roceivers be appointed. Attor
neys for the petitioning creditors
have gone to Iluntsvllle. where Unit
ed States Judge O. R. llundley is
holding court, to secure an order
naming the receivers.
The filing of the petition v is no
surprise In financial and Industrial
circles here. Some such action has
been expected for some time, though
ruraoreo tnat tne comnanv
the first earth shock the prisoners I was about to reorganize
Foreign
Jurtlee Riddell. of Toronto, tsaaaa.
ed a fine of $25,000 on the .Michigan
rontcl (.,!.. . . .1- , . .. I
-"rets
''ropa throughout Scotland have
suffered damage within the past fort
night by excessive rains to the esti
mated extent of Ht least $15,000,000.
Builders and officers of the Maure
tanla. the new mammoth Cunarder.
are confident she will exceed in speed
the LiiBltanla.
The Canadian Pacific Itallwav
Company'n oriental liner Empress of
China sank at her dock at Vancouver.
Emperor Frnncis Joseph's physi
cians pronounce him convalescent.
Cholera's ravages In Eastern Rus
sia continue ou a fearful scale, and at
KleiT alone tho death list averages
100 dally. K
In the trial of tho libel action of
Count von Moltke against Maximilian
Harden it was proposed thaf the
court take steps to obtain from Em
lieror William a statement concern
I Ing the so-called camarilla.
King AlfocKo of Spain will under
go an examination by a specialist In !
tuberculosis, irom which disease his
father died.
The fisheries case between Canada
and the United States in respect to
the Magdalen Island: will be sub
mitted to The Mastic Conference.
lulal Uafid Insists that has not
declared a holy war against foreign
era In Morocco, but against bis broth
er, the Sultan Ahd-el-Azlz.
Four hundred Chinese Just lauded
at Kanta Crux, Mexico, made a mur
derous assault upon the crew of the
Ends Life In Panama.
Panama (By Cable). Dr. F. R.
Cross, of Oregon, a prominent den
tist, and for many years a resident
of the Isthmus, committed suicide
here.
Airship Lost Rudder.
Paris (By Cable). While the Le
liaudy airship Patrlo, purchased by
the French Government for the use
of the army, was engaged In evolu
tions over Purls with five officers and
two ladles on board, her right pro
peller dropped off and she drifted
helplessly In the wind for an hour.
Flnall- the balloon descended near
Issy without sustaining any damage
or any Injuries being Inflicted on her
passengers.
WASHINGTON
L. st lo.ooi fume Hack.
Columbia, ' 8. C. (Special). A
special to the State from Oaffney,
8. C. says: "It leaked out here
that the express package containing
$10,000 which was lost between
Charlotte and Spartausburg some
time ago was found in a room In the
Commeicliil Hotel, in this city, which
was occupied by the detective who
was detailed to work up the case.
Nothing was learned beyond the fact
that the package was found by tho
detective in his room on his return
-ttir hfelnjr nut'
The report of the board of inquiry
in the case of the grounding of the
battleship Kentucky, on Lambert
Point, fully exonerates from blame
Captain Barry, the commander.
At the Cabinet metlng Secretary
Mttcalf advanced a proposition to
increase by $5,000,000 the standing
appropriation for the payment of en
listed men In the Navy.
The chief sanitary officer of the
Panama Canal works reports that the
sick rate In September showed a de
create of nearly 2 per 1,000, com
pared with August.
Senator Elklns, of West Virginia,
says a now currency law will have
to be passed to correct the evils re
sponsible for the financial troubles.
Secretary Taft will not sail from
France on his way home until De
cember 9.
The administration building of the
United States Weather Bureau ob
servation station at Mount Weatbor.
near Bluemont, Va., was destroyed
by fire.
The Washington and Tennessee, of
Admiral Sebree's squadron, were re
ported to the Navy Department as
having sailed from Port of Spain for
Rio de Janeiro.
The managers of Secretary Taft's
boom, apprehensive of the third term
taiK, aro trying to have the Presi
dent again declare that he will not
take a renominatlon.
The President and Interstate Com
merce Commissioner Lane hnd a con
ference concerning the car shortage
situation in the Northwest.
It learned authoritatively that the
President has no idea of maintain--)
ing Admiral Evans' fleet permanently
In the Pacific.
The Sunday School Editorial As
sociation protested against the pro
posed raising of postage rates on
second-class matter.
Workmen began removing the ef
fects of the Baltimore and Ohio Rail
road Company tfom the old station
to the new union station.
in the Jail at Catanzaro mutinied and
were only subdued with great diffi
culty. The female prisoners were
particularly alarmed, screaming and
shouting and beating the doors until
the whole place was In a terrible up
roar. The prison officials did even
thing possible to calm the inmates,
but panics broke out afresh every
time another earth shork was ex
perienced. As soon as possible detachments of
troops, with relief trains, were hur
ried to the scene of the disaster and
did everything they could to assist
the people who had fled from their
homes.
Only two days ago the finance
minister, Signor Massemlni, inaugur
ated two entirely new vlll ni?CR In
Calabria, which hnd been built by
the relief committee of Milan fnr
the victims of the earthquake of
1905. These, however, withstood
the shocks.
The scientists at tho Universitv of
Naples who study seismetlc "dis
turbances say that the earthquake
of 1905 was preceded by the erup
tions of Mounts Stromboll and Etna,
which suddenly ceased and were Im
mediately folowed by the earthquake.
Mount Vesuvius, they add, was ac
tive until a week ago, but since then
tne volcano has not emitted
smoke at all.
any
Prince Leaves $1,800,000.
Berlin (By Cable) The late Duke
and Prince John Henry XI of Pless
left cash accumulations amouutlng
hi si,bvv,vvu. his succeusor Is his
eldest son, John Henry, Prince of
Pless, who visited America as Em
peror William's representative at the
New York Chamber of Commerce
ceieoration in .November, 1902. The
new uuKe ana Prince married Miss
Mary West, sister of George Corn
wallls West, who married Lady Ran
dolph Churchill (Jennie Jerome).
Heat-Mute Had Shotgun.
Knoxvllle, Tenn. (Special). R. h.
Johnson, a deaf-mute countryman,
with a shotgun, was arrested at a ho-
tel here. He says he Is a better
hunter than President Rnosov.it
whoso train passed here going east
at 9.35 o'clock P. M.
Dice At Age Of 103.
Sault Bt. Marie (Special). Fer
nando Cuterlnello, aged 103, said to
be the oldest Indian in the United
States, was burled here. His wife
died last spring, aged 102.
10 Operators Return To Work.
Chicago ( Special ) Nineteen strik
ing Western Union operators in tho
western aivision applied for work
Monday, and were employed.
Can't Brake His Parole.
St. Paul, Minn. (Special). Attor
ney General Young, of Minnesota,
has cancelled his engagement to ad
dress the National Federation con-
.o.cijtc bi nicago, because he is
technically under arrest for contempt
of the United States Court for violat
ing an Injunction in the Minnesota
Railway rate cases. Every day he is
required to report in person to. the
United States marshal and assure
that official that he has not left St
Paul.
Vice President SchnW ouiH ihoi
his company Is "abundantly solvent
and If the creditors are patient and
will co-operate with us all debts of
ma company will be paid and the
company put on its feet."
Mr. Schuler said, also, that the
operation of the plants will e;o on
uninterruptedly. He attributed the
financial embarrassment of his com
pany to the tight money market in
the East and other causes.
GERMAN BALLOON WON.
Frenchman Second In Flight From
St. Louis To Jersey Const.
Washington (Special). The of
ficial air line measurement of the
flight of the two leading balloons in
the International race from St. Louis,
as computed at the Geological Sur
vey, follows:
St. Louis (Forest Park) to Asburv
Park, 873.4 milos: St Luiln ( Torest
Park) to Herbertsville. N. J., 8S7.4.
The Pommeru landed at Asbury
Park, the longest distance traveled
uy ine competitors, and th- Ijle de
France landed at Herbertsvlll-, next
In distance.
All of the data relating to the
anchorage of the balloons has been
telegraphed to Washington and the
preparation of a man of the flight
has been begun hy William Welch
cmer nrntigntsman or the signal
Corps, U. S. A. It is expected that
the Aero Club of America will adopt
these figures and award prizes accordingly.
THE COUNTRY'S
FINANCES ARE SAFE
Comptroller Ridgely Hears From All
Sections.
TROUBLE LOCAL IN NEW YORK.
Upheaval Dae to the Condition of Con
cerns That Have Bern Discredited by
the Operations of Their Own Officers
Manufacturing, Mining and Agri
cultural Operations Prosperous.
Washington (Special) Comptrol
ler of the Currency Rldgley gave out
a statement saying that the general
feeling indicates an Absolutely sound
situation, that there was not the
slightest need of apprehension about
the banks and trust companies of
the country, that the banks of the
reserve cities have every disposition
to leave their balances In New York
and other central reserve cities, and
attributes the trouble in New York
to the condition of a very few con
cerns discredited by the operations of
their officers and to the different
prices of stocks and securities as be
tween New York City and the
countrv l,auks.
Comptroller Ridgely 's statement
follows:
"I have talked by telephone with
bankers In practically every largo
city In reach of Washington by tele
phone, and alBo with a number of
bank examiners.
COMMERCIAL COLUMN
Weekly Review of Trade and Latest
Market Renorts.
R. Q. Dun 4b Co.'s weekly review
of trade says:
Autumn retail trade broadens un
der the stimulating influence of
favorable weather, and collection:
also improve. While reports are al
most unanimous regarding the satls
rnctory volume of retail distribution
if seasonable goods. In other sections
if commercial and industrial activity
'here 1b some Irregularity, attributed
in most cases to high rates for money,
which Induces conservatism in prepa
rations for the future. Yet leading
Hies at the West and South find no
restriction In supplementary order
tt wholesale, and jobbers report that
new lines for springs are well re
ceived. Copper declined still lower, but
prices were steady In the lending
aietal Industry.
In the textile industries the event
it the week was the out In prlcee by
t Chicago house. There was no evv
Wholesale Markets.
Halt iinore. Wheat 8overal car
I hear of no trouble I ?oes on grade sold at 109 14c. for
whatever among the banks or trust ! ipeclal bin No. 2 red; 109 for stock
Jeoce of weakness In cotton good
prior to that reduction, which In
iome lines amounted to 20 per cent.,
ind Eastern Jobbers did not follow
'.he Western movement. Produo
rs in New England are all sold so
far ahead that there Is no occasion
for concessions, yet the tone of tne
entire Industry was unsettled.
companies outside of New York. The
general feeling is that the situation
1b absolutely sound, nnd there need
be not the slightest apprehension
about the banks nnd trust companies
of the country. My advices from
New York are that all banks got
through the day better than they ex
pected, and that there Is now entire,
perfect concert of action, so that the
situation Is well In hand.
"There Is every disposition among
the banks of the reserve cities, as
there should be, to leave their bal
ances In New York and the other
central reserv cities, and In this way
to avoid nil the disturbance possible.
"The trouble In New York has
been due to the condition of a very
few concerns, who were discredited
by the operations of their officers,
and also to the fact that the prices
of stocks aud securities, which form
tho basis of such a large proportion
of New York city loans, are now the
lowest they have been for many
3fars, while nmong the country banks
Just the opposite in the case. A very
small proportion of their loans are
based on collateral security. Mer
cantile, manufacturing, mining and
agricultural operations are not only i
now very active and the price of all
commodities high, but there Is an
active demand for material and pro-
auce of all kinds at prices which arc
very profitable to the producers.
We are now Just about at the
maximum demand for loans to carry
these products In the country, but
from now on. within the next SO to
60 days, they ought to be producing
large amounts of money, which will
relieve the banks which have been
carrying these loans, and within 6
days the country bnnks ought to be
in a very easy condition."
CONFISCATE CIGARETTES
MOT 1 1 Kit KILLED BY HON.
Whs Exhibiting New Rille, A (iift To
Him From His Father.
Hagerstown, Md. (Special). Mrs.
Graff, wife of James Graff, tenant on
the Samuel Kauffman farm, near
Duffield, was accidentally shot and
killed by her twelve-year-old son
Teddy, w'.io was showing her the new
hnmmerleas target rifle of latest pat
tern that hiB father had Just purchas
ed for him. In some mannei the lad
accidentally pulled the trigger. The
bullet enterd his mother s side and
pierced the heart. She expired al
most immediately.
Hank. Gels Five Year In Prison.
Mil aukee, Wis. (SneelaVl),
tamer Banker Thomas Cogshill, in
dicted for embezzlement of funds
belonging to tho bnnk at Seymour,
Wis., was sentenced to five years
Imprisonment. Cogshill lost $40,000
of the bank's funds In wheat speculation.
Proceeding Is Against Property of British-Amercian
Tobacco Company
Norfolk, Va. (Special). A ship
ment ot cigarettes, valued at $7,27L'.
from Durham, N. C, consigned to
the British - American Tobacco Com
pany of Great Britain, has been at
tached by the Government here, and
Is now being held by tho customs au
thorities. The action was brought
following u conference here last week
between Collector of c Customs
Hughes, United State;? District Attor
ney U. L. Lewis, and a representa
tive from the Department of Justice
at Washington.
The Department of Justice Issued
the following statement concerning
the tobacco seizure at Norfolk:
"The collector of customs at Nor
folk, Va., under direction of the Sec
retary of tho Treasury, at tho in
stance of the Attorney General and
in conjunction with the United States
attorney for the Eastern District of
tiiKiiini, nas soizea i yt cases, con
taining S,7f0,00.0 cigarettes, valued
at $7,272.50, which wore lu transit
from factories of the British -American
Tobacco, Company (Limited), locat
ed in Petersburg, Va.. and Durham.
N. C to New York and foreign countries.
No. 2 red: lOCVi for special bin
tteamer No. 2 red; 105 H for stock
Reamer No. 2 red; 104 V4 for spec
ial bin rejected, 103 Vi for stock re
I )ected, and 100 4 for rejected to go
through drier.
i The market for Western opened
weak and H4c. below Tuesday's
lose. Spot and October, 109 ft I
No. 2 red Western, 111H; Novem
Der, UOtt; December, 111.
Corn Western opened weak; spot
nd October, 73c. asked; year, 66
isked; January, 67 c. asked.
Oats White No. 2. heavy, 60
61c; No. 2, light to medium, 69
60; No. 2, heavy, 68 59; No. 3,
medium, 6758; No. 3, light, 66t
57; No. 4, light to heavy, 64&64tt.
Mixed No. 2, 56 (ft 67c; No. S,
5656; No. 4, 54454.
Butter Creamery separator, 31 0
32; imitation, 2425.
1 Market steady. We quote
lobbing lots, per lb. 17 to 17 c
New York. Whoat No. 2 red,
110c. elevator; No. 2 red, 111, f.
o. b., afloat. No. 1 Northern Duluth,
122, f. o. b., afloat; No. 2 hard win
ter, 114, f. o. b., afloat.
Corn No. 2, 73 c, elevator, and
74, f. o. b., afloat; No. 2 white,
75, and No. 2 yellow, 74, f. o. b.,
afloat.
Oats Mixed, 26 32 lbs., 56c;
natural white, 26 32 lbs., 68
62; clipped white, 32 40 lbs.,
6271.
Poultry Alive, steady; Bpring
chickens, 12c; fowls. 13; turkeys,
14. Dressed easy; Western spring
chickens, 12 13c; turkeys, 1616;
fowls, 12 15.
Philadelphia. Wheat c. lower;
contract grade, October, 108
108c. Corn lc. lower; October,
70 71c. Oats c. lower; No. 2
white natural, 69 51 69 c.
Butter Bteady; extra Western,
creamery, 30c; do., nearby prints,
33c.
EggB firm; Pennsylvania and other
nearby firsts (free cases), 26c at
mark; do., do., current receipts (re
turnable cases), 25 at mark; Western
choice (free cases), 26 at mark; do.,
fair to good, 25.
Live poultry steady; fowls, 12
14 c; old roosters, 910;
spring chlckenB, 1214; ducks.
1213.
Robbers Hold I p HtMge.
Helena, Mont (Special ) . A spec
ial from Lewiston says that the Mus
selshell stage was stopped by two
robbers, but tho driver, Launceford
put up such a fight with ono of tho
robbers that the second man was
obliged to leave the horses' hoads to
assist his comrade. The team then
ran away
Live Stock.
Chicago. Cattle Mnrket steady;
steers, $5.257.45; cows, $3.30
5; heifors, $35.75; bulls, $2.60
6; calves, $3 8.60; Blockers and
feeders, $2.404.46.
Hogs Market strong, 5c. to 16c
higher; choice heavy shipping, $6.56
6.65; light butchers', $6.656.85;
light mixed, $6.504j 6.60; choice
light, $6.756.85; packing, $c
6.60; pigs, $56.25; bulk of salos.
$6.406.60.
Sheep Market steady to strong!
sheep, $3.506.25; lambn. $5.75
6.75; yearllugs, $5.50 0 6.
Kansas City, Mo.-Cattle Mar
ket steady to weak; choice export
and dressed beef steers, $5.75 0 6 80
fair to good, $1.75 5.75; Western:
steers, $3.50 0 5.50; Btockers and
feedors, $3.()04.75; Southern
Jteers, $3.00 4.10; Southern cows,
$2.3003.26; natlvo cows, $2.50
4.25; native heifers, $3.00 6.00;
bulls, $2.7503.60; calves, $3.50
.50.
Ilugiie To Decide Dispute.
Ottawa. Out. (Special) -At a meet
ing of the Cabinet it was fnrmnliv ,in
elded that the fisheries case between Consul General Miller
"""u" nn me united states in re- ' A woman, 71 years old arcmual
at Feltham, England, of Intoxication
UDDS AND ENDS.
The bicycle craze has at last reach
ed the Mexican city of Vera Crua.
There is also a motor cycle in town
The proposed extension of the
Yokohama gas works, at a cost of
$313,000 gold, is stated In a Janan-
ose newspaper extract forwaj-ded by
Judge Advocate General.
Washington (Special) Lleutenunt
Commander E. H. Campbell, navi
gator of the cruiser Milwaukee, has
been designated to succeed Captain
Djehl as judge advocate goneral or
the Navy, and will arrive next week.
Captuln Dlehl will command the bat
tleship Idaho when thut vessel is
rommh.hlonod next January.
Htumboiil Off Mup; Nov. Rooaevelta.
Stamboul, La. (Special). In hon
or of the President, the name of
Stamboul has been Gauged to Roose-velta.
FINANCIAL
It is said that Morgan and othra
told the big bear traders in Wall
8treet to stop their g.uno for a few
days upon pain of further punish-
Mieiu ii moy aio not tollow that hint.
Philadelphia Company has won the
first victory over those who tried
to have its dinner annulled and
those who are hetiylly Interested say
that this Is merely u forerunner of
what will result from other attempts.
Morgan Is now the accepted finan
cial loader.
Many Philadelphia brokers refused
to buy any stocks on margin. "We
can't borrow any money, that's the
reason," said one broker, who was
refusing to take speculative orders.
The J. 0. Bn'll Company has de
clared a dividend of I per cent,
ou the preferred stock; 1 per cent,
cn the common.
W e s t 1 n g house Manufacturing
shares sold Tuesday at 98, cleslng
at 79 Wednesday the stock fell
to 36 as a rosult of the troubles of
the company.
spoct to the MaKdalon Islands woul 1
v nuumiiieu to mo. nague uonrer.
euce. along with the Newfoundland
case, which involves similar Interests.
China Protects Foreigners.
Peking (By Cablo). On account
of the disturbances ia tho southern
part of Kiang-Sl province, foreigners
are not allowed now to go south of
Klang-Nlng-Fu.
Girl In Trance At Dance.
Merlden. Conn. (Special ). Miss
Lillle Cooney, of Walllngford. at
tondod dancing school on Saturday
night, and while danclnn fell to the
floor in a trance. In splto of the
efforts of physicians, sho has remain
ed in that condition over since. Med
ical men say It Is a peculiar form of
blood poisoning, and that the noi.n
acts llko tuorphlne. They have hopes
of ultimately reviving her, but h ;
comatose conditions pussies them.
Chinese Attnck Hhip.
Santa Cruz, Mexico (Special). Be
cause 200 of their countrmen were
detained on hoard hy the sanitary in
spectors of this port, 400 Chinese,
who had Just been landed, niHtle a
murdercuEi assault on the English
ship Woolwich and her crew. Many
men were seriously Injured lu the af
fray aad five ?aay die from their
wound:. The Chlncko wotiul have
swept all before th, m but for the
tlmMy aid tronght by a Urge force
of Federal troops and gendarme.
and disorderly conduct, said she bad
been "keeping up" her mother's
birthday. Hor mother was 98.
The cloudy formation known at
"mare's tails" and "mackerel sky"
are Invariably three miles high. The
uiguesi clonus are 10 miles high and
these aro composed of minute par
ticles of ice.
Consul L. E. Dudley, of Vancou
ver, calls attention to the opening
afforded for the establishment of a
plant to utilize the waste offal oi
fish In the mauufacture of guano In
British Columbia.
University statistics of Enrope
seem to indicate that men are de
serting tho practice of medicine and
women are taking It up.
There are upwards of 8,000,000
separate freeholds in France, as com
pared wltl) about 300,000 In Great
Britain, a fact which in Itself Bpeaks
volumes. A Frenchman will part
with anything rather than land.
The grand Jury of New York
County returns ou an average 64 in
dictments each day.
Four peers, 11 baronets and 36
knights wero created by the Klug
of Great Britain on bis last birthday
Nominally, tho King did It; in rea
lity, the Liberal ministry did It the
"birthday honors" being one of the
pei rrulsltes of office.
I The ancient city of Lyons, the
third city in France, with a popula
tion of 600,000, vies with Milan In
Importance In the world's silk indus
try. No fewer than 40,000 people
;nien, women aud children are m
'ployed in the factories.