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Domestic
Bached by mass of letters anil
photographs found In his room, the
Philadelphia pollen assert that Har
ry Farree, shot dead by A. Jackson
Detach. Jr., was a blackmailer of
women. That he attempted to black
mail Mrs. Detach Is advancod as
the theory of Dctsch's motive for
hooting the man. Detach clings to
the ruse that he shot Ferree believ
ing him to he n burglar.
Henry B. Warner, receiver for th
Arnold Print Works, of North Admn.
Mans., has been appointed receiver
for tho Wllllamstown Manufacturing;
Company und tha tlrra of Gallup ft
Houghton, which worn amilaled with
the print works.
Jesus Garcia, a locomotive engi
neer, gave his life to save the town
of Nacazarl, Ariz., by putting full
peed on a train of explosives afire,
the train blowing up before It had
gone far.
The United States Court of Ap
peals affirmed Judgment against the
Chicago. Burlington and Qulncy Rail
road, compelling It to pay a fine of
$15,000 for granting rebates on lard.
The Old Dominion Line steamer
Jefferson, with neatly 100 passen
gers, arrived In New York with fire
In the cotton In her cargo.
D. C Oilman has resigned as pres
ident of the National Civil Service
Reform League. His successor Is
Joseph Choate.
The Citnarder Lusltanln encounter
ed a gale at sea that rwept her decks
Judge Olln Wellborn, In the United
States District Court In Dos Angeles,
Cal., fined the Santa Fe Kallway
Company $300,000 for rebating.
James F. Jones, a mining engineer,
died In Philadelphia, the result of
overexertion, after his usual exercise
with 35-pound dumb bells.
Two coal barges, the Onondaga
and Black Diamond, both heavily
laden with coal, were sunk off Stony
Point light. In Lake Ontario.
Alfred O. Vandcrbllt has given
$100,000 for the constrirrtlon of a
Young Men's Christian Association
building in Newport, H. t.
Sir Anthony McDonnell, under sec
retary of state for Ireland, was pre
sented to President Roosevelt by the
British Ambassador.
Harry C. Washabaugh. bigamist,
hanged himself in his cell in the
county Jail at Washington. Pa.
Secretary Taft has finally decided
to return by tho way of Vladivostok,
through Siberia and Europe.
The directors of the American Cot
ton Oil Company passed the dividend
on the common stock.
Ex-Judgo Henry Hand has declin
ed the offer of the attorney general
ahip of Porto Rico.
A fire caused a panic among the
Inmates of the Kane County, 111.,
almshouse.
The consignment of $7,100,000 in
cold coin and bars which arrived on
the steamer Kronprinzessin Cecillle
was transferred from the shlp'3 Bafe
to the Suhtr'.'asury in New York. Tho
equivalent In currencv of nearly the
entire consignment is being advanced
to banker.
The Arnold Print Works, North
Adams, MasB.. employing 6,000
hands, is In a receiver's hands.
Receivers have been named for the
New York State Stoel Company.
Raymond Hitchcock, the actor, who
has been missing a week, surrendered
to District Attorney Jerome. gave
ball and reappearod In "The Yankee
Tourist."
Tho triut companies of New York"
have taken charge of the Trust Com
pany of America and the Lincoln
Trust Company.
Gray Gables, the former home of
Orover Cleveland at Buzzards Bay.
has been sold to George D. Flynn, a
brewer.
The Arctic whaling fleet previously
reported caught In the Ice is home
ward bound with a large catch.
Two Chicago laborers were elec
trocuted by the cable of a derrick be
coming charged with electricity.
Foreign
Paul Mlnow, an epileptic. 22 years
eld, has cleured up the mystery of ;
trlmes In Berlin resembling those of
Jack the Kipper in London by con- !
,"'.islng that he had stabbed four
little girls.
The Austro-Hungarlan government
fcsu'd n circular warning prospective
Immigrants to beware of promises by
agents of would-be employers In the
Southern United States.
Bitter feeling has been unused!
over the selection of an actor to play '
the part of the Prince of Peace In
MM "l'ru'- loii I'lay" at Oherammer-
can In 1910.
Many Russians, believing there will
be war between tho United States
and Japan, arc volunteering their
services to tho American Embassy.
There will bo no trouble between ;
Uruguay and Argentina over the ;
eeizure of a tug In Urngunynn waters
by Argentine officials.
Russian polle searched a number
of bouses in Lilian and seized false
passports of emigrants Intending to
sail for America.
Emperor William will see Secre
tarry Taft at Osborne House, isle of I
Wight, during the former's visit to I
KmIsHWI.
8tnsatlonal testimony was given
In th bearing of the Druce mystery
ease in London
The Bmperor and Empress of Ger
May started from Berlin for Eng- !
land.
Foreign Minister liayashl. of .la
pan, declarer the relations between
Japan und tho United States are us
month and cordial as ever and he Is 1
ponltlvo the immigration question
will be settled without friction.
Tho Italian government is tLZing I
military precautious In Sicily to
cheek possible disorders In connection
with the trial of Niuizlo Nasi, former
minister of public instruction.
L'nHud State.! Ambassador rtIH
iollvered u speech at Nottingham,
England, on Anglo-American trade
relations.
Cholera Is on the decrease In Rus
sia becauao of tbo cold weather.
Bmperor William Is affected with
an Inflammation around the palate
and tho channels leading to the ears.
Lutust reports from Karatagh, Bok
hara, where the landslide occurred,
tale, that 3,400 persons porlehed.
Dr. Estrada Pa I ma, former presi
dent of Cuba, delcarex in favor of
American control of tho island.
Tho British batlk'shlp Superb, an
other Improved Dreadnought, was
launched at Newcastle.
The Oerman government has modi
Sad Its attitude towawl the French
operations lu Morocco.
II WOMAN SAILS
OVER THE BUS CITIES
Philadelphia to New York hi the
Champion Pommern.
RACES WITH TRAINS AND SHIPS.
Dr. Julian P. Thomas, Wife and Party
Juat Miss a Monument In Going Up
Parallel the Pennsylvania Railroad
Nearly All the Way-fleared Going
Out to Sea.
Now York (Special). The giant
German balloon, Pommern. which
won the St. Louis race, tried anothet
trip, with Dr. Julian P. Thomas, her
new owner; his wlfo and four other
people on board. The start was made
from Philadelphia at 11 o'clock. Dr.
Thomas said at the time that ho was
going to New York. Suro enough,
at 4. 56 o'clock the ship news experts
at tho Battery sighted a strange craft
heaving In sight over Governors Is
land. They guessed her to be the
Pommern, from Philadelphia for Now
York, In ballast, and guessed right
After passing over the fort at Gov
ernors Island, the balloon held to a
course up the East Rlvor, passing
directly over the Brooklyn Bridge
One of the bridge cops who Is sta
tioned at the middle span picked up
a newspaper which blew against his
legs shortly after 6 o'clock and read
about the start of the Pommern. A
moment after ho had read the Item
he was boselged with questions about
tho balloon, then overhead, and was
able to uphold the honor of the force
by telling the people all about It.
After crossing over the bridge the
Pommern held to a course along the
Long Island shore, and about 6
o'clock Dr. Thomas' party effocted a
landing at One Hundred and Seventy
fifth Street and West Chester Av
enue, In the Bronx.
An hour afterward Dr. and Mrs.
Thomas were back In their apart
ment, at tho Hendrik Hudson. One
Hundred and Tenth Street and River
side Drive, and the Doctor was telling
of his experiences as calmly and with
as much Interest as though he had
been discussing uncooked food. With
Dr. Thomas wore Lieut. Robert Hen
derson, chief engineer of the battle
ship Missouri, and Capt. T. T. Love
lace, of the Aero Club of America.
Oscar Erbstoch, who piloted the Pom
morn whon she won trie race ut St.
Louis, and Herr R. Erbstoch. who
also took part In the trial, had gone
back to their apartments downtown,
and were not prment when Dr.
Thomas told his story.
Dr. Thomnp said:
"I had studied the methods of the
French, having boen the first man
from this country to make an ascen
sion with Count de la Vonlx. and
tho American methods, as shown by
Roy KDabeUBh.ua, whom I consider
to bo the best in this country, and
I wanted to see what the Germans
could do.
"I closed with the Germans for
the purchase of the Pommern, and It
is Interesting to note as giving the
view point of men who go up in the
air, that, while thay did not doubt
my ability to pay, they wished
to receive all of the money before I
made the ascent, thinking it easier,
perhaps, to settle with me than my
heirs.
"We started at 11 o'clock in the
gas works at Point Breeze. The
balloon wns equipped with 23 bugs
of ballast, weighing, altogether, fit)
pounds. The six passengers weighed
about a thousand pounds. I an
nounced before I started that I
would go to New York, but the
balloon was managed by Herr Erb
stoch and the credit of the remark
able trip should he given to Ger
man methods."
OI.YMMA'N BRHHIK TO OtJUa
Bad ' lie. k Maa Claims He Was
Lieutenant In Nary.
Pittsburg, Pa. (Special). From a
position on the bridge of Admiral
Dewey's flagship Olympia, In the bat
tle of Mnnlla. to a cell In a police
station, Is the fall of Paul Kelley, a
young salesman, according to a story
he told the police upon his arrest on
a charge of forging a check for
$22. $0. Kelley claims to have been
a Isfctenant In the Navy and attach
e . ft the Olympia before being re
tired for disability after the famous
sea fight In the Philippines, and says
he Is a son of John F. Kelley, once
United StateB district attorney at St.
Paul, Minn.
GAVE IIP HIS LIFE
TO SAVE THE TOWN
Engineer Puts Full Speed on Burning
Powder Tra;n.
FOREIGNERS BLOWN TO ATOMS.
Gets the Explosives Away From
the Community, but the Whole
Train Blowa Up While Paaaing a
Railroad Section-house Full of Mexi
can Workmen.
Douglas, Ariz. (Special). Jeeus
Garcia, a locomotive engineer, saved
Nacozarl, Ariz., from destruction by
running a burning powder train
through the town at top speed, but
lost his own life and caused the
death of a dozen or more Mexican
section hands through the explosion
of two cars of powder Just as the
flaming train was passing a section
bouse. John Chisholm, a boy. was
also killed by the explosion.
According to details of the accident
received a powder train on the nar
row gauge railroad of the Pllares
Mine caught fire when near Naco
zarl. In the train were two open cars
heavily loaded with explosives.
Realizing that the concentrator
and a good part of the town of
Nacozarl would be destroyed If the
powder exploded there, Engineer
Oarcia called to the rest of the crew
to Jump and started to run the train
away from the town. He had taken
It about a half mile when the ex
plosion occurred, as the cars were
passing a section-house full of Mexi
cans. The terrific explosion blew the
house, the train, the men and the en
gineer to atoms.
Young Chrlsholm, not seeing the
fire In the train,, sought to steal a
ride on the rear car. It was Impos
sible togisay Just how many section
men were killed.
FOUR BURNED TO DEATH.
JUDGE McCOMAS l!:l.
Stricken Down When It tt'us LenM
Expected.
Washington (Special) . Hon.
Louis Emory McComas, usaoclute Jus
tice of the Court of Appeals of the
District of Columbia, former United
States senator and for four terms
congressman from Maryland, died at
bis home, 2120 Wyoming Avenue.
Sunday morning. His death wns due
to heart failure.
His death came with the awful
ruddenness of a lightning stroke.
At 6 o'clock ho awoke nnd stepped
to his wife's apartments to big bor
good morning. She smilingly chlded
blni for rising so early on buc.Ii a
disagreeable day and bade him go
get a few more hours' sleep. Two
hours later Mrs. McConms heard her
band breathing heavily and In
apparent pain. She hurried to hli
room, and saw at once he wns III
She raised him In her arms and
spoke to hint, but he died an instant
Inter. Il was conscious, and evi
dently tried to speal:. but death pro
vented. Uditor Dies In Harness.
Utlca, N. Y. (Special). John C.
Sehreiber. for 60 years editor of the
Dwutaoh Zciturg, In this city, died In
bis office. Just after he arrived from
Ms residence. Ho has been commis
sioner of schools in this city nnd
nerved one term as sheriff of the
county.
All The Way On His Hands.
Washington (Special). Mux Duf
rek. of Munich, Germany, walked on
Ms hands down all the steps of the
Washington Monument and won a
wuger of $500. He fainted upon
reaching the bottom and was then
ordered off the grounds by tho wat'-h-nian.
Postcards Eor Children.
Washington (Spccitrl) Post mas
ter General Meyer has ordered that
hereafter souvenir post cards re
ceived at Hie Department, that are
not returnable to Renders because of
Bed-Hidden .Man And Three Children
The Victims.
New Ulm, Minn. (Special). Four
I persons were burned to death In tho
house occupied by Louis Gimmer.
The victims were three children of
the Glmmers, the eldest but six years
of aire nnd dimmer's hndrldrlnn
I fntbor.
Mrs. Gimmer locked tho children
I and the old man In the house! and
went to a neighbor's to get some
j milk. No one knows how tho fire
I started.
When first seen the Unities were
I bursting through the roof and sides
of the building and It soon collapsed,
1 burying the bodies of the helpless
I Inmates In the redhot ashes.
Wunt School Hooks Disinfected.
New Hnvon, Conn. (Special). To
j prevent the spread of disease nmong
; school children the Mothers' Club of
this city, has drafted a new ordl
! nance, which it requests the city fath
I era to adopt, making It necesBnry for
j the textbooks In every school build
ing to be regularly disinfected.
TWO MORE GIANTS
OF THE NAVY
The Delaware and the North Dakota
to Be Terrors.
LIKELY TO BE CONTEST IN SPEED.
Laying of tha Keel for the Former
Has Begun at Newport jMews, and
There Will Be a Race Between the
Shipbnilding Company of That City
and the Fore River Concern.
Newport News, Va. (Speolal).
The laying of the keel for America's
giant 20,000-ton battleship Delaware
began at tha plant of the Newport
News Shipbuilding and Drydock Com
pany Thursday and all of the keel
plates will be placed on tho stocks by
the end of the week. Many of the
frames and beams for the warship
have been completed, and the Im
mense hull will begin to assume
shape within two months. The of
ficials of the yard expect to launch
the vessel In January, 1!09, and to
deliver her to the Navy Department
about August 1, 1910.
The Delaware's sister ship, the
North Dakota. It to be built at the
plant of the Fore River Shipbuilding
Company, Qulncy, Mass., and naval
men expect that a race in the con
struction of America's two greatest
battleships will develop between the
local yards and the Qulncy yard. The
yards are also expected to have a
spirited contest In the speed of the
ships, .as the Dakota will be equipped
with the Curtis turbine engines, while
the Delaware will be propelled by
two Immense reciprocating engines.
The Dakota's keel has not yet been
laid.
The Delaware and Dakota will
each be B10 feet long over all, 85
feet 2 Inches broad, and will have
a mean draft on trial of 27 feet. The
total coal supply will be 2,300 tons
for each ship and the contract speed
Is 21 knots an hour.
The vessels will each carry 10
1 2-lnch breech-loading rifles, mount
ed In Ave electrically controlled, bal
anced, elliptical turrets oti the center
line, three forward and two aft. The
extreme forward and extreme after
turets will be mounted on the same
deck, while the other three turrets
will be mounted on an upper deck,
so that the second forward and sec
ond after turrets can Are over the tops
of the extreme forward and extreme
after turrets. The third forward tur
ret will not be able to Are directly
ahead, but all Ave turrets can be
trained on the broadside, giving the
vessels a boardslde Are of 10 1 2-lnch
rifles, as against a broadside Are of
eight 12-inch rifles on the British
battleship Dreadnought.
In addition to these guns the ves
sel will carry 14 6-Inch rapid Are
guns, four 3-pounder saultlng guns,
four t-pounder semi-automatic guns,
two 3-Inch Aold pieces, two 30-cali-ber
machine guns and two submerged
torpedo tubes.
I ,-p. Id Would Abdicate.
I. lege. Belgium (By Cable). A
i newspaper of this city declares upon
: the authority of a high olliclal that
King Leopold may possibly abdicate
rather than give in to the Belgian
Parliament on the question of the
, Congo Independent otatc.
WASHINGTON
defective addresses or other reason
. be sent to the orphan asylums and
I children's homes in this city. Be
tween 40,000 and 60,000 of these
cards are received at the dead letter
office daily.
Murdered For Insurance.
City of Mexico (Special). The
j Supreme Court denied the applies
I Mm of C. T Richardson, William
Mason and Dr. C. T. Harley for a re
hearing. The men, ail Americans,
were cnavicted of murdering Harry
Williams, a half-brother of Mason,
and James Devores, in February,
1902. The life of William had been
insurod for $15,000 and thai of De
vores for $10,000. The aggregate of
this sum, it ia alleged, was divided
among the conspirators.
Members of the executive council
of the Federation of Labor conferred
with tho President with reference
to labor legislation to b recom
mended to Congress.
President Roosevelt received tho
new Turkish minister to the United
States. Ohamined All Bey, the pre
sentation being made by Secretary
Hoot.
ICx-Senator Stewart, of Nevada,
blames the flnamial stringency on
Rockefeller and men of his stripe.
The President has Issued an or
der consolidating the two internal
revenue districts in Tennessee.
It has been decided to organize a
special submarine and torpedo di
vision of the Navy.
Over $48,000.00.0 wns expended
on Panama Canal construction up to
June 30 of this year.
Complaint was flled before the In
terstate Commerce Commission by
the Ball and River Coal Company, of
Bellalre, O., against the Baltimore
and Ohio Railroad, alleging discrimi
nation In the distribution of coal
cars to the company':, mines.
The Isthmian Canal Commission
lias appointed S. E. Blackburn, oi
Kentucky, a district Judge In the
Canal Zone.
Diplomatic transfers announced:
Arthur M. Beaupre. present minister
to Argentina, to bo minister to the
Netherlands; Spencer F. Eddy, pres
ent secretary of tho embassy at Ber
lin, to be minister to Argentina.
David Jayne Hill, former assistant
secretary of state, now minister to
the Netherlands, will be promoted to
be ambassador to Germany, to sue
coed Charlemagne Tower, resigned.
Secretary Root has denim i..a jo
! I. Buchanan as the American dele
KAie lu.mu ' i 1 . ,i ; .iiiiunran t'cace
Conference in Washington next week.
Major General John F. Proston
will succeed General Wood, In com
mand of the Department of the
Philippines, In February.
Secretary Taft advised the gov
ornment ho would tall from Manila
for Vladivostok today on Admiral
Hemphill's flagship.
The anti-lnjunctioa will be a sub
Ject of much discussion at the con
vention of tie American Federation
of Labo'i
EDWARD'S GREAT DIAMOND.
$750,000 Stone Given Him By The
Trnnsvaul.
London (By Cable) . Every loyal
Englishman Saturday celebrated the
birthday of King Edward, who was
born November 9, 1841. It is a cus
tom of long standing and its observ
ance has at times been somewhat
prefunctory, but there Is a genuine
ness In the English sentiment today
which is highly complimentary to
Edward VII. He is very nearly the
ideal English monarch one who
reigns, but does not govern, save by
the beneficent Influence he exerts
for the benefit of the kingdom. He
has surpassed the hopes of frlonds
and discounted the forebodings of
enemies, if he really has any. The
King celebrated the event at Saud
ringham, where the King and Queen
of Spain and tho Queen of Norway,
in addition to many other members
of the British royal family, are stay
ing. The: morning was occupied In re
ceiving an immense number of con
gratulatory telegrams, letters and
presents from almost all parts of the
world, one of the most notable events
being the presentation to the King
of tho Culllnan diamond, the largest
known, estimated to be worth $760,
000, and donated to him by the leg
islative assembly of the Transvaal
as a token of the loyalty of the peo
ple of that colony and In commemo
ration of the grant of a responsible
government to the Transvaal.
IDOL OF THE FILIPINOS.
Tuffs Farewell At Manila A Great
Demonstration.
Manila (By Cabin) Tho departuro
of Secretary of War Taft from this
city on the cruiser Rainbow for Vlad
ivostok Saturday was attended by a
remarkablo demonstration on the
part of the Filipinos. The horses
were withdrawn from the carriage In
which were stoated ' Mr. and Mrs.
Taft. and it was pulled by Manila
schoolboys from tho Luneta to the
dock through cheering crowds of
citizens.
Mr. Taft started from the resi
dence of Governor General Smith at
8 o'clock A. M. He reviewed tho
long military, civic and school parade
on the Luneta at 9. making a brief
address. In which he thanked the
people for their recaption,
MAN KILLED FOR liUt(;LR.
Hoarder in House Fulls To Recognize
Owner And Opens Eire.
Philadelphia (Special). Harry
Parree. forty years old, was shot
dead at his home In the northern
part of the citv by A. Judson Deiach,
a boarder in tho houso, who thought
Parr.' was a burglar.
Deisch, It is said, saw Parree en
ter Hie house, and shot him as be :
was mounting the stairs. Deisch was
arrested.
GUILTY OF MALFEASANCE.
Gurko Dismissed From Ofllre In Rus
sian Government.
St. Petersburg (By Cable). Mr.
Gurko, rice minister of the Interior,
who was Implicated In the great grain
scandal during the famine-relief op
erations of 190$, and who was plac
ed on trial before the Senate as a
high court of Justice, has been found
guilty of malfeasance, sentenced to
dismissal from office and ordered to
mako restitution to the amount of
$260,000.
Through an Illegal contract M.
Gurko made a deal with an lrrespon
nlbla Individual named Lldval to sup
ply all the grain to the famtne-strtrk-en
provinces and advanced him $400,
000, without security.
THE SEA SWALLOWS
Of A MOUNTAIN
Had Been Cast Up in Arctic By
An Earthquake.
PEAK WAS GROWTHS BIGGER.
Captain Til ton. of tha Whaler Hen
nan, Reports That McCulloch Peak,
But a Year Old and 3.400 Feet High,
Baa Dwindled to Almost Nothing
Owing to Earthquakes.
San Francisco (Special). --Captain
Tllton, of the whaler Herman, which
arrived from the Arctic, reports that
a terrlAc earthqunke occurred at Un
alaska about a month ago, and that
McCulloch Peak, which was created
by an earthquake nearly a yoar ago,
and extended 3,600 feet above the
sea, has dwindled to almost noth
ing aa a result of submarine disturb
ances. McCulloch Peak resulted from a
volcanic eruption In tho Bogostov Is
lands, and was discovered by officers
of the United States revenue cutter
McCulloch. The place was visited
by Boston scientists, who recently re
ported that the peak was increasing
in height.
The earthquake shock, which was
believed to have caused Its sudden
shrinkage, was felt for miles around
Bogostov Islands and Unalaska, and
at -one place a wall of water was
thrown up nearly 35 feet out of the
sea.
COMING OUT OF
ITS HIDING PLACES
Hoarded Money Enticed By Offers
of Premiums.
SENT IN THE INDUSTRIAL CENTERS.
JAPANESE-AMERICAN LAKE.
Admiral Cogian, Toasting Lake, Thus
Rcrers To Pociflc Ocean.
New York (Special). Rear Ad
miral Coghlan, In a speech at a ban
quet given In celebration of the Mi
kado's Afty-seventh birthday, spoke
feelingly of the friendship which has
so long existed between Japan and j
the United States and declared his
belief that the PaclAc must become a ,
Japanese-American lake.
"America nnd Japan are hereditary !
friends," he said, among other things.
"I became convinced of that thirty
six years ago, when I Arst met his
majesty, tho Mikado, in his own land.
I have not changed my opinion since. !
"This mutual friendship is regard
ed by us aB a heritage to be handed
down to our children's children, tt j
is this friendship, I trust, that will '
make and keep the PaclAc a Japanese-American
lake."
EXPLOSION MYSTERY CLEARED, j
Case Of Shell Brought From Manila
By Soldier Found In Fire Ruins.
Butte, Mont. (Special). A rays- !
terious explosion during a Are In the i
pavilion In Columbia Gardens last
week was explained, when the case
of a 6-inch cordite shell was found
In the debris. The sholl had been
part of a war exhibit.
It was flred at tho Spanish forts ;
at Manila by Admiral Dewey's Aeet, j
May 1, 1898; recovered later by a
soldier of the First Montana Infantry, I
and brought to Butte.
AMERICANS MISTREATED.
final. Ionian Ofllclul (barged With
Having Two Negroes Benton.
Guatemala City (By Cable). Two
American citizens, colored, were ar
rested here, it is alleged, and fright
fully beaten by order of the military j
governor of the Department of Za- ;
capa.
The American charge d'affaires.
William Sands, Is making an lnvos- '
ligation.
Three Million Dollars of Cash Brought
to the Brokers From Vaults and
Strong Boxes Within Two Days lit
Steady Stream Fas Caused a Falling
Off In the Premium Rate.
New York (Special). The magnet
of high premium rates for currency
Is attracting the money hoarded by
depositors in steel vaults and strong
boxes, and within the last two days
over $3,000,000 has been enticed
from its hldlng-'ilaces and sold for
a premium to money brokers. The
placing of these large amount of
hoarded currency Into circulation Is
performing Its Important part In les
sening the monetary stringency, and
money brokers are confldent that
moro currency will soou find Its rny
Into circulation from safe-deposit
vaults, th wners of which, now
belncr assured as to the Ananclal fu
ture, arc anxious to take advantage
of tho large premium rates.
The falling of the premium rate
for currency Thursday from 3 to
3 per cent, was brought about by
the large amount of gold and silver
that was taken from safe-deposit,
vaults and offered for sule. Purchases
of currency made wore generally for
out-of-town n count, and brokers
state that currency bought here II
helng dispatched to agricultural and
Industrial centers where it is most
needed. The reappearance of gold,
hidden away in the hour of apprehen
sion. Is a sure sign of returning con
Adence and belief that the storm has
passed, according to money brokers,
who likened the present situation to
1KH3, when advancing premiums for
currency when money was tightest
callod for a perfect flood from the
vaults where it had lain hidden, ami
brought about a 6tate of Ananclal
equilibrium.
Over a million dollars was drawn
from depositories and sold to money
brokers. Safe deposit companies re
port a steady stream of people visit
ing the vaults to withdraw funds. A
money broker, in speaking of the
source of the currency now being
offered for sale, related the following
Incident:
"Our Arm was concluding the pur
chase of $100,000 In gold cortiAcates
and after the rates had been agreed
upon the seller plunged his hand
In his pocket and then asked If we
would defer the sale until he could
telephone his wife to bring his safe
deposit key down town, as he had
left his key ut home. While we
never Inquire from the sellers, it D
not. difficult to tell whether tho cur
rency has been taken from hiding
places. Premium rates have been
ps high as 4 por cent., but under the
increasing outpour of money from
safe deposit vaults and the arrival or
gold from Europe the rate has fallen
to 3 per eent."
New York bonks are not likely to
follow the action of Chicago In de
ciding to use bank scrip and local
bankers arc of the opinion that the
situation does not warrant their Issu
ance In this city. A member of the
clearing-house committee said:
"The matter of (spuing bank scrip
has not been formally dlscusBed, al
though that doubtless has been
thought of. The bankers feol that
the clearing-house ccrtlAcntes will
prove adequate In preventing a r.evpre
money strain hero, and that there
will be no neod (or bank scjlp."
HOLD UP A TOWN.
COMMERCIAL COLUMN.
Weekly Review of Trade and Latest
Market Resorts.
Kurtbquake In Spain.
Madrid (By Cable). A violent
earthquake has occurred at Torre
La Rlbcra, In the province of HueBca.
The earth opened, leaving great As
sures, the disturbance accompanied
by subterranean rumblings which
caused a panic among the population.
Many houses were shaken down.
The number of lives lost Is not
known.
FINANCIAL
Czar Receives U. 8. Attache.
St. Petersburg (By Cuble). The
American Military Attache here,
Captain 3 L. H. Blocutn. waa re
ceived In an Hem e by Emperor Nlcho- !
las at Peterhof. The Imperial fault
ily la about to remove from Peterhof
to their Winter rusidenco at Tsarskoe
Selo.
Brigadier General Elliott, com
manding the Marine Corps, in bin
annual report urged tho need of re
organisation and an increase In the
Marine Corps.
About 1,000 of the Frick Company
Coke ovens huvo been closed.
The Pennsylvania guve orders thl3
woelt for u number of new locomo
tives. More gold was engaged for import,
making $31"), 500, 000 on this move
ment. Philadelphia Rapid Transit giw.s
earnings In October Increased $(17,
000 over Octobor, 1906.
Southern Hallway's gross earnings
In September gained $432,684 and
net profits increased $58,592.
Tho purchase of Tennessee coal
adds 700,000,000 tons of Iron oro
to the assets of United States Steel.
American tobacco continue Its
10 per cent, regular annual dividend
and 10 per cent, extra on its -ccm-uiou
stock.
"Not Including San Francisco, the
fire losses of tbo country are larger
this year than last," bald tho repre
seusatlve of one of Philadelphia's
leading companies.
The traders atlll think that Keene
is handling the stock market end of
the situation for Morgan and the
bankers.
Over $2,000,000 will go out to the
Pensioners from the PhHadelphla
sub-treaaury, which payments are
now being anticipated.
It la understood that nearly all
Philadelphia banks have earned more
In tho current year than over before
In their existence.
Pennsylvania Railroad uhares. ow
lug to Its larger dWidend, now yield
the buyer 2 per cent, more annual
income than they did at tho previous
lowest price in ten years.
'audits Blow (,'p A Safe And Get
$0,500.
Canova, S. D. (Special). Soven
armed bandita held up the town at
an early hour. They blew up tho
safe In the Interstate Bank and se
cured $6,600, escaping an hour later,
without leaving the slightest clew.
While tho two bandits worked nt the
bank the others guarded the alleys
and streets. The occupants of a
hotel across tho street wero aroused
by the explosion, but the robbers
opened Aro and drove thorn back,
threatening to kill the P.rst one who
appeared. The hotel was riddled
with bullets. Where lights were burn
ing In the homeu the bandits, at the
point of the gur, forced the owners
to extinguish them. The town Is tor
ror-strlclcp.n.
FIRE PANIC IN HOSPITAL.
Sixty Patients Are Carried To Snfety
By Physicians And Nurses.
Chicago (Special). MucVi excite
ment was caused among 120 patler.la
of tho German Hospital, In Hamilton
Court, by a Are In tho top floor of the,
Avo-ntory building. There were no
patients on the flfth floor.
Sixty patients were promptly car
ried by physicians and nurses Into
a new addition which adjoins the
main building, and no one was In
jured. Ten Killed By Explosion.
Douglas, Ariz. (Special). - A cor.
Armed story, with dclalb lacking,'
has been received hero of n terriUc
powder explosion near Neouwrl,
Ariz., when ten men. probably jtfaxj
cans, wore killed. The explosion oc
curred on the narrow gauge rallronil
between Necor.arl and the mlnos near
Hlsbee. The ponder wns In two car"
R. G. Dun A Co.'s Weekly Review
of Trade says:
Contraction haa followed the Anan
clal crisis of last week, but only to
the extent compelled by Inability to
raise money. There Is no evidence that
confidence has been permanently im
paired; on the contrary, gratification
Is felt that the nation wns so strong
ly foryfled by a doendo of unnxampted
prosperity that the severe strain
made no deeper Imoressios. Many
contemplated developments have
been postponed, and merchants And
rates for commercial paper almost
prohibitive, yet retail trade Is stimu
lated by morn seasonable tempera
ture, and at Interior cities collecllona
Improve with the movement of the
crops to market.
Conditions In the Iron and steel
Industry are not materially altered,
except that new business Is smaller.
Mills continue well occupied on old
contracts, as a rule, and there have
been no cancellations. It Is probable
that no extensive reduction In activity
will take plana this year. A fair
tonnage of rnlts Is wanted for homo
roads and export and shipyards are
using plates freely, yet the volume
of new business Is restricted by flnan-,
clal stringency. Coke output is at'
the maximum and 'arge contracts are
reported for future delivery, hut the
ovens will quickly respond to any
curtailment nf pig Iron production.
Wholesale Markets.
Baltimore. Wheat -The market
for Western opened ateady; spot.
100 He; No. 2 red Western, 1024;
November, 101; December, 104.
Corn. Western opened quiet; spot,
64c; year, 62; January. 61;
February. 62. There was lietle de
mand; Western advices were firmer,
and at the noon call spot and Novem
ber were quoted at 65c; year, 63.
Oats. White No. 2, heavy, 5Bc;
No. 2 light to medium, 5454;
No. 3. heavy r.364; No. 3, medi
um, 52 (353: No. 3, light. 51(952;
No. 4 light, to heavy 5051. Mix
ed No. 2, 5353c; No. 3, 610
52; No. 4, 6151.
Butter. Creamery separator, 28
29c; Imitations, 222S.
Cheese. Market steady. We
quote Jobbing lots, per lb. 17 to
17c
Eggs.- Market 2c. higher; receipts
of choice fresh stock light and de
mand good. We quotq, per dozen,
loss off: Maryland. Pennsylvania,
firsts. 2 Sc.; Western, Arsts, 28; West
Virginia, firsts, 27; Southern, firsts,
25 to 26.
New York. Wheat No. 2 red,
107c. elevator; No. 2 red. 109, f. o. b.
afloat; No. 1 Northern Duluth nominal
f. o. b., afloat; No. 2 hard winter
nominal, f. o. b. afloat.
Corn Spot firm; No. 2, 70c. ele
vator, nnd 71, f. o. b., afloat; No.
2 white, 72, and No. 2 yellow,
71. f. o. b. afloat, all nominal.
Oats Receipts, 54,000 bu.; ex
ports, 2,825. Spot firm; mixed, 26
32 lbs., 52c; natural white, 26
32 lbs., 54 56; clipped white, 32
40 lbs., 56064.
Butter Creamery specials, 26 c;
extras, 26; thirds to firsts, 22
25.
Egg? Strong; Rtntc, Pennsyl
vania and nearby, fancy selected,
white, 38 '42c; good to cholco. 34
36; brown, fancy, 34 36; aver
age prime, 30 32; firsts to extra
first, 25(0 2s; Western Arst, 23 25;
seconds, 20 22.
Philadelphia. Wheat quiet but
steady; contract grade, November,
103 T 104. Corn Arm. c. higher;
November, 05 66c. Oats Arm,
lc. higher; No. 2 white, 53R4e.
Butter steady, fair demand; extra
Western creamery, 28 c; do. neur
by prints, 31.
Eggs firm, good demand: Pennsyl
vania, and other nearby firsts, free
cases, 29c. at mark; do do current
receipts, In returnable rases. 28 at
mark; Western choice, free cases,
29; do do, fair to good, freo cases,
28 at mark.
Live poultry Arm fair demand;
fowls. 1012c; old roosters.
8 9; eprlng chickens, 10 12;
ducks, 12 13.
Cheese Arm but quiet; Nen York
full creams, choice, 1616c;
ao aa, fair to good,. 15 16.
Old Sloop Of War Sold.
Washing on ( Special).--The Navy
Department will accept the bid of
$3,210 made by Thomas Butler ft
Co., of Boston, who woro the highest
of the bidders for the old obsolete
uloop of war, Saratoga, built in 1842.
The sloop, which was one of Qoa
modore Perry's ships en his Japan
expedition, has been at League Island
Navy Yard for several years and ha:;
been , used by the Pensylvauia Naval
MUlt la.
Singular Fatal Accident.
San Sebastian (By Cabla). A. T.
I'ainplon, a bby who waa playing dia
bolo, threw the spool very high.
Aa it was falling he misjudged it
position, failed to catch it and it
struck him on the temple, stunning
him. He died three days later.
Two Laborers Electrocuted.
Chicago, November 6 Thoiuas
liaagh und Charles B. Knutson, lab
orers, were electrocuted today while
operating u derrick, the Biuul cable'
of win. i. came in contact with a trol
ley wire.
Live Stock.
New York. Beeves No trading
of Importance; feeling steady. Calves
Veals steady; graBsers and West
ern calves slow; veals sold at $5.00
to $9.50 per 100 lbs.; Western calves,
prime to choice light weights, at $6
to $6.
Hogs Market Arm to 5c. higher.
Pennsylvania and state bogs quoted
at $6.506.70; Ohio pigs at $6.30.
Chicago. Cattle Market strong
to 15c higher. Steers, $4.50(0 7.00;
cows, $2.654.00; heifers, $2.50
5.00; bulls, $.60;5.00; calves.
$3.007.75.
Hogs Market strong to 5l0c.
higher. Choice heavy shipping, $6.06
6.20; light butchers', $6.106,25;
light mixed. $5.906.10; choice
.light, $6.056.25; nicking, $5.25
5.90; plgH. $4.25 5.76; bulk ol
sales, $5.Go6.00.
Sheep Market dull; shoep, $2.00
6.25; lambs. $8.75 6.75; year
lings, $5.005.50.
Kansas City, Mo. Cattle Market
strong to 6c. higher; choice export
and dressed beef steers. $5.30 6.50;
fair to good, $4.25 5.50.
Hogs7-Market 5c. higher; top,
$5.82; bulk, $5.656.80; heavy.
$5.606 75; packern, $6.666.80;
pigs and light, $5 5.82.
Pittsburg, Pa. Cattle Supply
light; slow; choice, $5.756; prlmo,
$5 40 5.70. '
Hogs Receipts light; hlphor;
prime heavy, $6.45 6.50; modium,
$6.46: heavv .Yorkers, tdni-a 4R.
ngni tumors, o.zv(o li.U;
$5. 90 6. 06; roughs, $iC'p0.85
ODDS AND ENDS.
Pig'
it Is said that London produces
over 800 new dealgna in "penny toya"
every week.
In Holland the horn as a warning
signal Is reserved exclusively for the
use of inoiorliits.
It Is stated that a chameleon which
Is blind losaa Its power of making
Itself of the same hue ds its sur
roundings. Records of the homos for tbo aged
iu New York City, show that all oi
the 40 Institutions, are now full and
'have long waiting ihtta.