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The New York, New Haven and
Hartford Railroad haB closed a $3u,
000,000 contract to electrify Its lines
from Rochelle to One Hundred aim
Twenty-ninth Street. New York;
thence by tunnel under the East
Klver to Atorla; then on to Long
Island City, with another East River
tunnel and subway to a huge pas
senger stntlon, to be constructed at
Fourth and Lexington Avenues and
Thirty - second and Thirty -third
Streets, New York.
In a stirring speech to the dele
gates of the Federal Council of the
Churches of Christ In America the
Rev. Charles Stelzle, of New York
declared that the churches must look
after the religious and moral wel
fare of lmmlgran's in order to pre
vent the onward march of socialism.
Freed from Spindle Rock, at the
wes'ern entrance of Buzzards nay,
where she had been Impaled for 10
M.ba the rnlted States cruiser
Yankee again Bank In six fathoms
enr uh.it is known as the Sand Spl
while being towed to port for ro-
Formal notice of a contest before
the Coneressional Committee on
vitin. r,f the Slxtv-flrst Congress
In the Tenth Massachusetts district
has been served on Congressman
Joseph F. O'Connell, Democrat
iii,.,..ivn....i It Is said, over finan-
ini ., m. .. former Mayor Adolphu
aanhohn nf Pomerov. O., shot hint-
self In the head at a hotel In Galll
noils, and died Instantly.
After three days' effort at Toledo
- o .mi ijinUlnz in the cn.se
f Rami Hull, the 17-year-old
matricide, under Indictment for mu
der in the first degree.
ih r Mrl.tan. 67 years
old. who saved a ferryboat laden with
scores of passengers during the St.
Louis tornado of 1896, died in East
St. Louis.
While the official count of the
vote of Oklahoma was being made
an error of l,5o0 votes was discov
ered, the revision reducing Bryan s
plurality to 11,848.
J J. Juesserand, ambassador of
France to the Cnlted States, unveiled
a bronze memorial tablet at Newark
to the memory of Andre Marie Am
pere.
Will Be a Feature of the Tariff
Bill.
TILTS ENLIVEN JTHE HEARING.
Colonel Mnlhsll Breaks Into the DIs
cusslon to Tell About Van Clave s
Trouble With His Labor-Dingley
Law Assailed as the Creator of
I rusts Leather Trade.
Washington, D. C. (Special).
Schedules in the new tariff bill win
provide maximum and minimum
rates of duty. Thnt was the Bub-
Btnnco of a statement made by Chair
man Payne at the session of me
Ways and Meaus Committee.
Judso Taft has also advised that
the new bill take that form, Instead
of having fixed rates of duty as has
been the rule In tariff laws or tne
past. With nvaxlmum and minimum
ratea the United States will be in a
position to make concessions to a
foreign nation that favor this country
in tariff matters.
Most of the session was occupied
by H. E. Miles, of Racine, Wis., sec
retary of the National Manufacturers'
Association In a denunciation of the
Dlngley law as the creator and sup
porter of trusts. He said, however,
that he did not speak for the associa
tion. Miles declared that the law ' in
finitely wronged" the consumer, was,
In somo respects, a blow In the face
of labor, injured the Independent,
'uon-truBtlfled" manufacturer and
gave the farmer a stone labeled
iiiwiri. He charged that the bill
legislated $25,000,000 annually from
the pockets of the people into the
trensury of the Standard Oil Com
pany and gave mo aieei num. v..
trol of the market in this country
with the result that through exor
bitant prices it was driving Indepenu
i.iit nuinu fnoturors to the wall.
There were exchanges of shots on
facts at Issue between Mr. Miles and
Mr Dalzell. of Pittsburg, me rauica.
protectionist of the committee, at
the atart, but when Mr. Miles had
been pounding along for five or six
hours in a continuous assault on the
steel schedulesMie was doing so with
less resistance.
JERSEY CITY BOY
JURNS TO STONE
A Case of Sclerema Neonatorum
Discovered.
New York (8peclal). One of the
most remarkable medical rases on
record, In which the limbs of a baby
six weeks old have turned to stone,
was reportod at the meeting of the
Hudson County Mcdlcnl Society, In
Jersey City, by Dr. Karl H. Gold
Btone, of 179 York Street, Jersey
City, who haB charge of the chil
dren's clinic at Mount Slnal Hospital
In this city.
The child so appallngly afflicted is
Benjamin Gordon, whose parents live
at 310 Kast One Hundream sstnw.
Dr. Goldstone reported to nis coi
loneneii that the child's limbs had
now become almost entirely as hard
as stone after gradually solidifying
since Its birth.
The disease which Is Bringing
about this Is known to science as
sclerema neonatorum, a very rare ail
ment. The child has been removen
to the children's clinic at Mount Sl
nnl Hospital, where It Is under close
observation by physicians.
The reading of the report created
a stir among the medical men, as
there are only eight known similar
cases, according to Dr. Goldstone, on
record. ,
According to Dr. Goldstone, four
days after tho child's birth Its moth
er noticed an unnatural hardness In
its feet and hands, which gradually
spread upward In the legs and arms,
until, two weeks after its birth, the
limbs up to the knees and elbows
were amazingly hard and cold. Oth
erwise the infant has been in ap
parent good health, giving very little
trnnhle. feeding regularly and hav
ing no apparent trouble In digesting
itB food. ,
Ti.n lmrflntioo Vent soreadlng until
n fnw'davs ago. when it was removed
m Mount Slnal Hospital. The arms
i,, -i.rht nn to the trunk of
the body were hard as rock and
stone cold. Moreover, Dr. Goldstono
reports that Its little race was un
hnrdenlne. as though a flinty mask
were being drawn slowly down over
Its forehead. The cheeks were al
... . i. i.ocri.inlnif to stiffen up when
the treatment was commenced. The
child Is the subject of constant study
by physicians at the hospital.
STEAMER LOST
WHOLE CHEW PERISH
The Soo City Goes Down With All
Hands on Board.
WRECKED BY A FIERCE STORM.
From Eighteen to Twenty-eight Men
Bald to Have Perished With the
lll.fated Ship -Wreckage Washed
Up at St. Johns Is the First Evl
denea of the Catastraphe.
Henry Bose, a salesman, employed
hy an electric company, died in ins
room at San Francisco under circum
stances that indicate he was the vic
tim of poison.
Roy Van Housen, formerly a book
keeper of the wrecked People s Na
tional Bank of Franklinville, N. Y-i
was sentenced by Judge Hazel in the
United States District Court to five
years in the Federal prison at At
lanta, Ga.
John D. Archbold testified that
after the Standard Oil Company was
ordered dissolved by the courts Of
Ohio is moved to New Jersey as the
state having the "most reasonable
corporation laws.
John T. Jenkins, jr.. lurmwnj
president of the Jenkins Trust Com
pany, of Brooklyn, N. Y.. was found
mm trniltv of nnrirooriatlng to his
own use $5 0,000 of the
Institution.
Robert F. Maddox was elected
trrnvfir of Atlanta. Ga.. over James
LYNCHBURG DRY
BY 195 MAJORITY
1,958 Votes Cast Amid Great Excite
ment, But No Disorder.
Lynchburg (Special). By a ma
jority of 195 out of 1,958 votes,
Lynchburg elected to do away with
the licensed, liquor saloon, and, un
less a contest should Intervene, the
3 4 saloonB, 1 Wholesale house and
3 beer agencies will go out of busi
ness. Tho followers of the AntlBaloou
League, by and through whom the
LOSS OF THE 800 CITY.
The steamer Soo City, bound
from Michigan City to New Or
leans, was wrecked off Newfound
land Coust.
Capt. John G. Dillon was In
command of the boat.
He, with more than eighteen
other men, went down with the
ship. .
Tho steamer was of 485 tons
net and was vp.lued at $35,000.
The vessel had been used as an
excursion boat on the lake for
more than twenty years.
Captain Dillon leaves a widow
and three children.
THEY WILL MAINTAIN
THE OPEN OOOfl
American-Japanese Declaration Made
ubllc
Washington, D. C. (Special).
The notes exchanged between the
United States and Japan "declaring
their policy In the Far East," which
have been the subject of correspond
ence between Secretary Root and
Ambassador Takahlra for some
months, were made public at the
State Department. Accompanying
the declaration are two letters, one
from Mr. Takahlra and one from
Mr. Root, the former expressing the
belief that a frank avowal of the
aim, policy and Intention of the two
countries In the Pacific would not
only tend to strengthen the relations
i PRESIOENT ROOSEVELT COMMERCIAL GOLOIH
SAYS CHURCH IS WEAK ! Wsekly Review of Trade and Latest
tsii iii i r.u sw viiwnmum 1 1 sripr I Market RsDorts.
ship.
IS LAGGING BEHIND THE NATION.
Deprecates Falling Off In Theological
Students Small and Narrow Minds j
in the Church -Declares the Times
Demand Strong Men and That I he
Workers Are All Too Few.
Altl. BOM S OF (HANTS.
Itemed builders Had Peculiar Heads
Wheeling, W. V. (Special). Prof
E. L. Lively and J. I WlilHameon,
of Friendly, have made an examina
tion of the giant skeletons found by
children playing near that town
The femur nnd vertebrae were found
to be In a remarkable state of pres
ervation and showed the persons to
be of enormouB stature. The skele
tons ranged In height from 7 feet
li inches down to feet 7 IneheB.
The skulls found are of peculiar
formation. The forehead is low and
slopes back gradually, while the
back part of the head Is very promi
nent much more so than tho skulls
of people living at the present day.
fight was made against license, are The legs are exceedingly .o..B
jubilant the bones unusually large. The flnd-
r wn... miliar, nr earlv in the ; lne of the skeletons has created a
forenoon that the -wets'' could not t great deal of Interest ana tne g"-
I Wn, and from that time their lead- eral impre
ers worked as tiiongn uiey Knew uivj
G. Woodward, after an exciting cam-I a fhp troJanlc t.fr0rt
palgn in which the character I tained until the city cl
were already defeated. Tills, how
ever, dirt not came mem iu w,
fforts were main-
lock struck 5.
Woodward was an issue anflaalnon ' League cnrrled
A Jewelry store In Pittsburg was i cvery ward and three of the Beven
robbed while hundreds of persons j pr0clncta. The ihreo precincts car
were in the street. The robber was i ried uy tne ii..n30 advocates nggre
pursued and captured, and the Jewel- ated only 23 majority. Tho vote
ry recovered. was not as large us expected, some
The Federal Council of the voters evidently remaining away
Churches of Christ In America was Irum the polls, and some are report-
opened 'in Philadelphia with nun- 0d to have paired off. In addition to I
dreds of delegates from 30 rellglou . this fully 500 recently registered I
bodies present. voters were prevented from voting
The America! Mining Congress by a decision of the Judges, which;
will urge the establishment of a 1 decision was to conduct the election ,
i, n,in. in r-nnnectlon with ' under the Ward law. which Is in
the Department Of the Interior. I the Supreme Court of Appeals, be
ing ana' Ken as io in nviiiymiii -
Ity.
on Is that the bones are
the remains of the people who built
the mounds, the largest in the coun
try being located at Moundsvllle,
Marshall County.
St. Johns, N. F. (Special).
Wreckage which haa come ashore at
Cape Ray leaves little room for doubt
that the sturdy little steamer Soo
City, which for 20 years piled as an
excursion vessel on the great lakes,
went down with her . crew in the
midst of the gale that lashed the
Newfoundland Coast for two days
The Bteanier was In command of
Cant. John G. Dillon, of Brooklyn,
who was formerly commander of the
United States government transport
Missouri. A wife and three small
children await ed his return home.
The exact number of the crew is In
doubt. It Is known, however, that
no less than 18 men were on board.
and it has been reported that tho
crew was recently Increased to Z
men.
Golug To Gulf.
The Soo City was recently sold by
the Indiana Transportation Company
to Felix Jackson, of Velasco, 'lex
and was being taken to New Orleans
where It had been planned to put
her in service between that city and
Texan ports. She carried no passen
gers. She was to De nrst overnauieu
In New York and for that purpose
had been consigned to Agent T. H.
Franklin, of New York.
The Soo CltyBaileU from Michigan
City on November 1, and reached Og
deiisburg, N. Y., November 11. At
(hut port she took on coal and added
four men to her crew. Up to that
time the stenmer wat In charge of
Capt. F. V. Dorlty, of Milwaukee,
but at Ogdensburg the command
was turned over to Captain Dillon.
She was last reported at Quebec,
November 14. A week later, when
nothing had been heard, much anx
iety was felt, and on Wednesday last
the vessel was listed by the Maritime
Exchange among the missing.
Today a deck cabin and fittings
and 1G life-preservers came ashore.
These all bore tho name Soo City
or other marks Identifying them as
belonging to the lake steamer. Dur
ing the day life buoys, deck boards
and other gear unquestionably be
longing to the steamer were washed
In.
New York (Special). A letter
from President Roosevelt to John R.
Mott, general secretary of the
World's Student Christian Federa
tion, expressing sympathy with -Mr.
Mott's book, "The Future Leader
ship of the Church," published by
the student department of the Young
Men's Christian Association, was
mmle mihlln hAro in exlllanatlOU ol
of friendship and good neighborhood the President's letter, dated Octobet
betwien the two nntlons, but would i 12, 1108, Mr. Molt says: I
materially contribute to the preset- , "When the need MM on i aciua
, . i tit: in, vi in ti i c merit niw
vatlon of the general peace, and the mosl v,Boro, ty))a of men toi
latter declnrlng that "this expression i christian-leadership was brought tc
of mutual understanding is welcome I the attention of President Roosevelt
to the government of (he United and his aid was ame.i in nuiigim.
, ., that need before the young men In
"tales. I nllr ,,nlvorBlH.a nnrt eolliT'es. ho WBt
Each letter, In which Is included i
the declartion, Is dated Novembei 1
30, tho day on which the exchanges
took place.
Itnron Takahlrn's Letter.
Some changes were made In the
draft, of the letters passing between
Mr. Root nnd Mr. Takahlra as orlgi-
. . ... .. . . I . V. 1. ., , I I
nauy wruien, copies ui wubwi
DEATH IN A IlIilZZARD.
Burglars blew open the vault In
the First Nntlonal Bank of PepperiU,
Mass., secured $14,000 and escaped
in ail automobile
Margaret Illltigton, who has been,
aieriiig in "The Thief." Is obliged!
t.) retire Irom tho stae owinc to
111 health.
r oreiern
The steam l'ghtshlp Mangorlra,
first of the Beet of tendets and light
ships that sailed trom New York
goptcmber 21 on voyage to the Pa
r'fle Coast, arrived at Valparaiso.
The militant section of the suf
fra?ttte of London indulged In B
f'.tree detuonstra Ion against David
LUiyd-Gcorge. chancellor of the ex
chequer.
NO HOUSE FOB EVANS I
Seventeen Lives Lust 111 Storni Off
Newfoundland Const.
St. John's. N. F. (Special). Sev
enteen persons have perished In the
storm which has lashed the New
foundland coast of 4S hours. In all,
10 fishing vessels have gone ashore,
i.iost of them breaking into frag
ments on the rooks. The victims of
the cale were members of the crow
of three of these craft. The fisher
men were all residents of Newfound
land fishing villages
The Btorni began Tuesday evening
and developed into a blizzard. A
northerly gale caught many small
schooners and sloops off the coast,
and In scudding for harbor before
the blast many of the crows lost
Vlctoiy For Honapartc.
Boston (Special).- The certificate
of Attorney General Bonaparte re
questing that the ease of the United
States government to compel the
New York, New Haven and Hart
ford Railroad Company to relinquish
Its holding of stock of the Boston
and Maine Railroad be expedited,
was granted by three Judges of the
United Stales Circuit Court and the
contention of tho uttornoys of the
railroad that the expediting act 1b
unconstitutional was overruled.
M Fighting Bob" Decline Gift From
People Of IiOS Angeles.
I..-H A in- c-ii. i pe-inl ) . Rear their bearings In the thick storm.
Admiral Koblei I). Evans, retired,
dot . nut de, .iv the people of Los Pacific llullroiids Guilty.
Angeles or any other place to make gaU Laka utah (Special).
, a p. ... of a house, or anything I Qnm wa the verdlct of the Jury
, i -...) Qtotoa rtftttrlnt Cnuvt
i " . i . . u i ii ir tl. or mm 'a inntnt vp i -" vmmww -
....V.:. ' -i; T; T ehlrn.an here before which the Union Pacific
Austrian Crisis Itumor.
London (Special). A circumstan
tial rumor flashed through the Stock
Exchange Just before the closing,
that Baron Von Lena Aehrenthal had
resigned the portfolio of the min
istry of foreign affairs in Austria.
Confirmation was lacking, and it
could not be obtained In time to
have nny serious effect on the stock
markets. Otherwise there hod been
a sharp rally.
been sent to Europe. Ambassador
Takahlra's letter as finally drafted
was as follows:
"Sir: The exchange of views be
tween us, which has taken place at
the Beveral Interviews which 1 have
recently had the honor of holding
with you, has shown that Japan and
the United States holding important
outlying Insular possessions In the
region of the Pacific Ocean, the gov
ernments of the two countries arc
animated by a common aim, policy
and intention In that region.
"Rxlievlnu: that a frank avowal of
that aim, policy and Intention would i
nnt nnlv tend to strengthen the rela-
Hons of friendship and good neigh
borhood, which have immemorially
existed between .Tapnn and the Uni
ted StateB, but would materially con
tribute to the preservation of the
nfiil nence. the Imperial govern
ment have authorized me to present
to you an outline of their under
standing of that common aim, policy
and intention:
(Here follow the five articles of
the declaration.)
"If the foregoing outline nccords
with the view of the government of
the United States. I shall be gratified
to receive vour confirmation.
"I take this opportunity to renew
to Your Excellency the assuraance or
my highest consideration.
"K. TAKAHIRA.
"Hon. Ellhu Rtiot.
"Secretary of State."
Secretary Roofs Acceptance.
Secretary Root's letter was as fol
lows:
Department of State,
Washington, November 30, 190S.
Excellency:
I have the honor to acknowledge
the receipt of your note of today
setting forth the result of the ex
change of Views between us In oui
recent interviews defining the under
at.Titinir of the two governments In
regard to their policy in the region
of the Pacific Ocean.
It is a pleasure to inform you that
this expression of mutual under
standing is welcome to the govern
ment of the United States as ap
propriate to the happy relations ol
the two countries and as the occa
sion for a concise mutual affirma
tion of that accordant policy respect
ing the Far East, which the two
governments have bo frequently de
clared In tho past.
I am happy to be able to confirm
to Your Excellency, on behalf of tht
Unitod States, the declaration of the
two Governments, embodied In the
following words:
"1. ft Is the wish of the two
governments to encourage the free
and peaceful development of their
commerce on the Faeinc ucean
accentance of n position as chairman
of tho board of directors of the Los
Angel .-; Harbor' Company, u friend
addressed u letter to Adu.iral Drang,
asking his views regarding the pos
sible presentation of a house to him
'by admiring friends In Los Angeles.
5ev..n men ne: ished by the sinking In re-Jiionse the Admiral declined the
of a barge owned by the Barrett gift fully and finally.
Manufacturing Company, of Huston.
Railroad, the Union Pacific Coal
Company, the Oregon Short Line
Railway, Everett Buckingham and J.
M. Moore have been on trial for nl
gl 1 conspiracy In restraint of Inter
sl : commerce and thereby violating
the laws of the United States.
REQUISITION REFUSED
I'l.rigl.t Life Par Been Years Saves
Anarchist To Be Deported.
St. Louis, Mo. (Special). Judge
David P. Dyer, in the federal ijib
Alleged Forger.
of tho southern coast of Nova SCO
tia.
A Chinese Imperial edict pledges
the throne to continue the policy in
augurated by the late Emperor
Kuaog-Hau, and especially the pro-g-.am
which provides for tho graft
ing of a constitution at the end of
nine yecra.
e.i.,li:iliv-.itmri . reher released from eus- Houkkc.-p.-r Lowden Sentenced.
lbs title of a now corporation Which tody. Cincinnati, O. (Special). Edmond
ai taken over a niiinl"': of iron viiiH di - lsion was readied on the i (. j0Wden, former bookkeeper of the
limits in Canada, nnd will operate piM f Archer'g attorneys that he prm ident Savings Bank, of this city,
ii c-ii under a Joint ruatiac.eiucnf lia , hurt seven years and was wJjo wag arrested In Baltimore on a
'i t:e captain of the Britii.. sri o. e i- llallil)( a upright life, nnd :tiat it , clla,go 0f embezzling $.i,000 from
trlct Court, sustained an order of
Secretary of Commerce and Labor
Seattle. Wah, ISpeclnl). Cover- B'raus. directing that Samuel Baeh
Bor Mead who refused to honor re- moua be deported to hie old homo
n tor the return to I In England for preaching anarchistic
N, v. Jersey el Ellio t A. Archer, teachings on the streets of Belle
wanted In Newark on the charge of vllle. 111.
lo.-gery to the amount of J.U.UuU, j
ordered Archer released from eus-i
Steel Mills Reopen.
Chicago (Special). After an Idle
ness of 13 months, the old open
hearth department of the Illinois
Steel Company plant at South Chica
go was reopened and 1,000 men re
sumed work. Preparations are mak
ing to open five other blast furnaces:.
greatly Impressed, and without heel
tntlon, consented to help.
President Roosevelt writes that It
Is a matter of grave concern that In
this country there should lie a tend
ency In the number of students at
the lending graduate theological
schools to fall off ai the very time
that the communicant membership
of the church is markedly increasing.
The President says he speaks dot
only of ministers, but of all who
take part In a bryad and catholic
spirit in work for the essentials of
Christianity.
Call For Strong Men.
The letter In part says:
"Small, narrow, one-sided men, no
matter how earnest, cannot supply
leaderships for the moral and relig
ious forces whiejjl alone can redeem
nations. They can do good in their
own wny; but In r.ddltlon to them,
and especially for thlB particular
work, the strongest are needed
men of marked personality, who, to
tenderness add force nnd grasp, show
capacity for friendship, and who, to
a fine chalracter, unite an Intense
moral and spiritual enthusiasm.
"Particularly do we need such
forces In a nation like ours, which
on the one hand in many places Ih
only jiiat emerging from the old pio
neer conditions, und which, on the
other hand, has developed to a pe
culiar degree the tense and highly
complex industrialism which Is char
acteristic of the present ago of the
worid. Our territories and our new
Btntrs are still plastic; they are still
near enough to the pioneer days to
be In the formative period; und It s
tranBcendant Importance that the
iilgheet Christian Ideals shall pre
dominate and determine their civili
zation. Field Of Work Is Wide.
"But it is at leaBt as important
that this should be true of the older
states. Every great city calls with
insistent longing for loaders, able nnd
willing to suffer and fight, to show
fortitude and daring, to grapple with
Iron will and undaunted front, the
terrible evils that grow up where
men are crowded together, when
life Is led under a constant and fe
verish strain, where great wealth and
lilting poverty Jostle one another.
The service can be rendered In the
ministry, as 1 tjave known It to be
rendered by Protestant clergymen
and Catholic priest, aye, and by Jew
ish rabbi, or it may be rendered by
laymen, by nurh men as Jacob Rils.
by many a man and woman I could
name. who. with infinite self-devotion,
with love for mankind, but
with a wisdom which prevents this
love from becoming hysterical or
sentimental, work steadily fof the
uplifting of their kind, ( .
"The field tor work Is very broad
and very diversified, and those jrho
work In It are all too few. Immi
grants come to our shores by t.h
million to begin here a new life
They have been torn up by the roots
from their ancient associations, and
Biich uprooting gives peculiar oppor
tunities to the pnv.-erb of evil. Every
possible effort should be r ad, fot
Sradstreet's says:
"Wholesale trade, crop and indus
trial developments are generally In
the direction of Improvement, there
Is less idle machinery and the tone
of affairs generally Is still cheerful,
but there are numerous Irregular
ities In conditions In different sections
and Industries. The situation as a
whole, therefore, lacks some of the
uniformity which characterized It
some time ago. Most optimism and
strength Is exhibited In the lead
ing lines of domestic manufacture
and wholesale trade, particularly as
to the outlook for next year, and
manufacturers are buying more free
ly of most raw materials, while
wholesalers report evidences of
scarcity In many linos, especially cot
ton goods, for spring and later de
livery next year.
"In retail trade there Is a good
,1cal of Irregularity, though the ad
rent of ralnB and snows, followed
by colder weather, helped to Im
prove conditions as the week ad
vanced. Southern trade, however,
was rather dull throughout, duo to
warm wenther and the low price
af cotton, and even In parts of the
West, as well as the enure eastern
hnlf of the country, retail trnde buy
ing might be better. In Borne lines
Df trnde, especially Iron and steel,
:here is a disposition to regard tariff
llscuaslon as a bar to fullest activi
ties. Collections are better, and
tponey Is In better demand for busi
ness purposes.
"BuslnesB failures In the United
States for the week ending November
2G number 193, against 273 Inst
week, 2T.8 In the like week of 1907,
17 In 1900, 188 in 1905 and 184
in 1904."
2. The policy of both govern- their sake and ours, too, to supply
Led Kensington has arrived ai 3. i .v., ,. mat:cr of civil debt, in wli
VHJ ent. and reports that his vessel lil(J v;,.sari( authorities were tryiug
v,us seized by Venezuelan officials. lo farM collection.
The American deleguies to the ! "
Pi a-American a-ientinc Congress, I Enqseror And Premier Clash.
w.Itb Is to open at San iugo, Chile, Vienna (Special).- Emperor Eraiu
I. c last l art tt tnic nn:.. ' ., r ;,, ;m a ai ssat to .Marquis I ai-
lavluelnl.
Austrian ambassador at
not to withdraw
thai institution, was sentenced to the
reformatory on an Indeterminate
seotesso.
Robtaen Beat Krnil Woman.
Chicago (Special). Two robbers
walked WtO the house of A. Vander-
kloot. In the North Shore suburb of
Lake Bluff, and beat and kicked Mrs.
Vanderkloot, a frail woman of 05
in entertained in Buenos Ayr.-i. at
.. .,-. i.uio ni ts Hint r-. em ions.
, ..,... Pnri no Prtnre I Constantinople
i. ri "'inildwod the taking of tho! trom hia post us a protest against
..,'u'i hv th revolutionists, but the I..,., Tnrtttiii boycott against Austria. ; ...uru lata Insensibility, and then
authorities succeeded In res. or- : , ,,,,,. atmnat to n Ala- . anaaked the house for diamonds
ooiei alter the troops had killed , , , , ,,. mmnarnr uinl Huron I which they supposed to be there
- I IIUl" u- ' " -. . - . . . . I -. . V.
: ,tn,ii iiia fuii' ifti ill in liter. F:n He to n:iu mo auuuuuua "
ou . .... man l., uov-
wbo htt.l ordered canavincini io ; api ropr u -u - ,,
leave Conwanllnople, at least tem
porarily, In an effort to check the
boycott.
M men.
Germany and the United States
have arrang'd for a two-cent postal
late, to go Into effect at the begln
ulii". ef the year.
henry Vignaud, secretary of tho
American embassy In Paris, has been
elected president of the Society Of
Amc.kanls'S. In sucesslon to the late
l':o'i:ssor Haray.
M Clemoiiceau, defending Prin
(ess do Sagau In the suit of Bout de
Csstellane for the custody of the
(hl'.dreu, severely urralgued Count
Uonl for his protlgacy.
The Liberals suffered another dis
astrous parliamentary defeat In the
bye eld Ion for a member of the
House of Commons held In Chelmsford
The Russian Douma appropriated
Crulicr Yankee Afloat.
Newport. EL I- (Special ). The
Unl'ed States cruise-.- Yankee, which
baa been aground on Hen aud Chick
ens SUoala lu Buzzards Bay for the
last 10 weeks, has bt eu flouted und
has started for New B.diord In tow,
according to a wireless message re
ceived at the naval station her.j
from ber commando.-, Charles C.
Marsh The Yankee will undergo
minor repairs at New Bedford, after
wldch Tt Is planued that she will
nroed under her own steam to tbs
. - - v.. A
f 5 000.000 for sectarian snd $3.0(10,- New York Navy Yard for a coin
toil for secular schools Diete overhauling.
era I pieces of silverware and walked
away, leaving tueir viuwiu uutuu
scions.
Coaaaer Cattle Disease.
Phiiadeltihla ( Special ). Officials
of the Btale Live Stock Sanitary
Hoard are confident that they have
the foot and mouth disease under
.......nil There have been no new
cases for more thsn 56 hours, while
attention Is being given to tracing
,.ti. ahluned Into the State from
Haffalo no bow case has been found.
Where suspicious cases, wmcii are
numerous, are reported the cattle
sr.. quarantined aud placed under ob
servation. Mosl of the agents are
working in LaiAaster, but oases are
becoming rare.
DOINGS AT THE NATIONS CAPITAL
Representative James R. Mann, of
Chicago, has polled the Republican
members-elect of the next House of
Representatives on their choice for
speaker and has reoelvcd replies from
ahout two-thirds of them, nearly all
favoring J. U. Cannon.
Cattle barons whose ranches in the
Weat are gradually being cut up for
agricultural purposes are Investi
gating Mexican lands with regard to
the advtanges they offer for the rais
ing of cattle.
This couatry now exports shoes
aud boots far In excess In value over
those exported by any other country,
although the number of pairs is, not
so great as thoBO exported by the
United Kingdom.
Postmaster General Meyer an
nounced that the President had re
appointed Mrs. Helen Longstreet,
widow of General Longstreet, as
postmistress at Gainesville, Ga.
It is understood in Washlnglou
that aeprosentative Burton, of Ohio,
can be Secretary of the Treasury un
der Taft If bo will accept. His pref
erence, however, Is Foraker's seat In
the United States Senate.
Governor Magoon, of Cuba, had a
talk with Secretary Wright with ref
erence to the best method of bring
ing back the American troops now
stutloned on the Island.
United States Treasurer Treat, In
his aunual report, shows a deficiency
of $fi8,070,201, against a surplus of
$84,230,580 the year before.
Speaker Cannon defended the
Rules Committee of the House as
a piece of machinery necessary to
carry out the will of the Speaker
Governor Curry, of. New Mexico,
arrived lo Washington to renew the
light for statehood for New Mexlo
and Arizona.
The House Ways and Means Com
mlttae decided to ask the House for
authority to have witnesses subpoen
aed.
ments, uninfluenced ny any aggres
sive tendencies, Is directed to the
maintenance of the existing status
quo In the region above mentioned
and to the defense of the principle
of equal opportunity for commerce
and industry in China.
"3. They are accordingly firmly
resolved roclprocally to respect the
territorial possessions belonging to
each other In said region.
"4. Thev are also determined to
preserve the common Interests of all
powers In China by supporting by
all pacific means at their disposal
the Independence and Integrity- of
China and the principle of equal op
portunity for commerce of all na
tions in that empire.
"5. Should any event occur
threatening the Btatus quo as above
described or the principle of eqnal
op-portunity as above defined, It re
mains for the two governments to
communicate with each other In or
der to arrive at an understanding
as to what measures they may con
alder It useful to take."
Accont. Excellency, the renewed
assurance of my highest consideration.
ELIHU ROOT.
His Excellency,
Baron Kogoro Takahlra,
Japanese Ambassador.
Cnrrle Nation Abroad.
Dundee, Scotland (Special). Car
rie Nation, of saloon-wrecking fame, I
bogan her antlllquor crusade here,
making visits to sovcrnl drinking re
orts. She has left her hatchet home,
and merely approaches the barman
and demands to aoo the license. Af
ter she hai perused it, she points her
Index finger at him und speaks
against the drink evil.
Mm Nation expects to make a
systematic campaign of the cities of
Scotland.
Wholesale Market.
New York. Wheat Receipts,
1 12,000 bush.; exports, 183,128
bush.; spot firm; No. 2 red, 1.1 1V4
1.12 elevator; No. 2 red, 1.114
f. o. b. afloat: No. 1 Northern Du
luth. 1.10 f. o. b. afloat; No. 2
hard winter, 1.15 f. o. b. afloat.
Corn necelpts, 81,700 bush.; ex
ports, 17,030 bush.; spot steady;
So. 2 new, 71 elevator and 72
!. o. b. afloat. Option market was
without transactions, closing Vic.
let lower. December closed at 72,
Slav closed at 71 H, July closed at
70.
Oats Receipts, 27,000 bush.;
ipot steady; mixed. 20 to 32 lbs.,
54; nntural white, 26 to 32 lbs..
54 57; clipped white, 34 to 42
bs.; 55 61.
Poultry Alive steady; spring
hickens, 11; fowls, 11; tur
teys, 1 4 ; dressed unsettled ; Western
raring chickens, 1 2 Or 20; fowls, 11
14; spring turkeys, 13 21.
Butter Steady; receipts, 2,139;
jrocess thirds to special, 21 26.
Philadelphia. Wheat Steady;
:ontract grade, November, 1.04
1.05c.
Corn Steady; November, 68
59c.
Oats Firm; good demand; No. 2
white nntural, 55fr56c.
Butter Firm; good demand; ex
tra Western creamery, 32c; do.,
nearbv prints, 34.
Eggs Steady; fair demand; Penn
sylvania and other nearby firsts, f.
34c. at mark; do., current re
:eipts, 32(3 33 nt mark.
Cheese Firm; good demand;
Sew York full creams, choice, 13
14c; do., fair to good, 1313.
Poultry Alive steady; fair de
viand; fowls, 10llc; old
roosters, 8; spring chickens, 10
11; ducks, 1112; turkeys, 14
I I voAtn S . ' IO
Baltimore, Flour Dull and un
changed. Receipts, 14,861 bbls.; ex
ports, 491 bbls.
Wheat Firmer. Spot, contract,
1.04; spot, No. 2 red Western
1.06; November, 1.04; Decem
ber, 1.04; January, 1.05; steam
r No. 2 red. 1.01. Receipts, 45,
)4 9 bush. Southern, on grade, 1.01
1.04.
Corn Steady. New spot, mixed,
68 68; new November, 68
r, $8 ; new year, 67 68 ; new
farmery, 06 67; February, 67;
Steamer, mixed, 65 65. Re
ceipts, 73,173. New Southern white
om. 03 68; new Southern
, c!!ov corn, 63 fi 68.
Outs Firm. No. 2 white, 54
fP65l No. 3 white, 53 54;
: I, mixed. 53 53. Receipts.
1,600.
1 ye Quiet. No. 2 Western ex
port. S21r82.
liny Steady and unchanged.
r.utter Firm. Fancy Imitation,
34 $5; fancy creamery, 32 33;
Icncjr ladle, 2021; store packed,
18 fret 9.
Eggs Firm and unchanged, 32
Cheese Firm and unchanged.
Silver sold at 47 cents, which is 1 New large, 14; new flats, 14 ft;
new tics o lornllty. of rnlieion. ot
honorable obligation ns between man
and man. to replace the old ties they
have sundered. In Ihc country dis
tricts, too. there is' a pecttlinr neod
for tho cuir-h to serve ns revivify
ing nnd sicinl influence, and to jo
It3 part in giving broader oppor
tunities for Interest and usefulness
In country lire, und to do this will
put a stop t-i the unhealthy drift
toward the elM?s."
IN THE WORLD OF FINANCE
Dead Numher 18f Now.
Marianne, Pa. (Special). The
death list at the Ill-fated Marianna
mine now numbers 135 victims, 11
bodies having been brought to the
surface. Both the recovery of bodies
and their Identification are proceed
ing very slowly.
Heat Prostrates Man.
Pittsburg (Special). Isaac Care,
25 years old, Is In a critical condi
tion at a M.-Keesport hospital, suf
fering from heat exhaustion. He
was prostrated Monday, and about
midnight became unconscious
tho lowest price on record.
I-ant month 27,400,000 of bank
notes were redeemed.
Bank clearings In tho Unitod
Stfltca fcr November Increased 3 1
per cent, over November, 1907.
H. H. Rogers' "personal" railway
the Virginia, hat sold $X, 750, 000 5
per cont. notes to Redmond & Co.
President Noviu, of (J)e Cobalt
Central, nnnoiintei Ihnt the company
will declare on Initial dividend this
month.
J. Warren CoUston. Jr., Is the
Philadelphia manager o the newly
organised banking Prm of Hooper,
Kimball & W.llianis, of Bunion. " i
Receipts of the Wonder Extension I
for the last fiscal year were $3,102.
Officers and directors are Identical 1
with those of tho Nevnda Wonder.
The Philadelphia officers of the
Red Mountain C-iper Mines, of Col
orado, say that devalnpment work Is
going ahead rapidly. Among its
other assets this company owns u
roilfond twenty-tw. miles long.
London has shipped to India an
average of nearly $1,000,000 losa
sliver each month this year than in
1907. The failure of India to buy
Is largely responsible for tfce low
price of the me'al.
Walter C. Lourhhelm A Co. will '
take over the Philadelphia business I
of J. S. Bache & Co. on January 1, ,
Mr. Louchheim will then retire from
the latter firm.
Speyer Co. are offering to In
vestors at 89 and accrued Interest
yielding 4 per cent. Income $9,-
000. 000 first and refunding mort
gage 4 per cont. bonds of the Chi
cago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway
Company, free of taxes. The bonds
are redeemable at the option of the
company at 105 on or prior to April
1, 1811- 1 0
uew small,' 14.
i.lv Sines.
Kv York. Beeves Receipts, 713
itriI Steers strong; good to choice.
1 5c. to 25c. higher; bulls, stendv to
:ong; thin cows, steady; others
hv. to 25c higher; all sold. Steers,
I 7.00; oicen, 2.35 to 4.60; culls,
3 00 to 4.05; cows, 1.25 to 4.00.
Calves Receipts, 607 head,
vol.. "."ic. hlaher: barnyard calves,
I steady; Western gelling more free
ly; about all sold. veais, o.uu w
0.50: choice. 9.75; culls, 4.00 to
1 4 50; barnyard and fed calves, z.du
I ... ... . of, I .- AAA
IT ; on; western, j.ou iu
Sheep and Lambs Receipts, 2,-
$03 lead Choice sheep steady;
I common and medium slow; lambs
I 'tin te 25c higher; about all
sold Sheep, 2.60 to 4.00; culls,
I 1 50 to 2.00; lambs, 5.75 to 6.75;
1 Pi.iia rt 00 to 4.50.
Hogs Receipts, 3.829 head. Feel
ing firm. .
( 'hi capo. Cattle Receipts ( estl
mated). 25.000 head; market 25c. to
35c. Irrwer. Steers. 4.60 (ff 7.75;
cows, 3 00 5. 26; heifers, 2.50
4 CO- bulls. 2.754.50; calves, 8.00
;H!7.50; stockors and feeders, 2. 50
94,11.
Hogs Receipts (estimated), 80,
.100 head Market 16c. to 26c. lew
er. Choice heavy shipping, 5.85
j, T5- butchers. 6 . 7 0 vf 9 " I "syj
mixed, 5 305.45; pacWng, 6.60
5 80; pigs 4.00 4.75; bulk of salos,
5.405.75. . .
I Sheep Receipts (estimated), l.
1 ft 00 head. Market steady to atrong
I Fbeep, 4 25rt6.00; lsnlbs, 4.161?
j $.60; yearlings, 4. 2696.76.
The government of Bom-bay Is urg
! h,g the nntlves to plant tapioca 1
,1 of rtea to prevent Ue famtnet
due to drouth.
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