' p T" "" I I nnrnmniT nnnonin i 1 UX ODCBinCIlT Til MMMICDPlftl Pfll ilMU LATEST NEWS BY TELEGRAPH Domestic Oscar Hnmmcrstoln hns scoured a temporary injunction against the New York World, restraining the newspa per from publishing letters alleged to have been written by the tmprcs arlo to Miss Prances Lee. Herbert P. I Funke and Arthur Andrews testified that Thornton Hains held the crowd at the nayslde Yacht Hub at buy with a revolver, while Capt. Peter C. Mains, Jr., shot William K. Annls. The steamer Catalono, from Boston to New York, collided with and sank the British steamer Daghestan bouUi of Oedney Channel. The crew of the Daghestan were saved. President-elect Taft arrived In Au gusta. Oa., and was received with a joyous demonstration. Mr. and Mrs. Landon A. Thomas aro entertaining the Tafts uutll Monday. It Is reported that luterests Iden tified with Standard OH are behind the plans to build places to rival the American Smelting and Refining Company. The committee appointed by Gov ernor Hughes to investigate Wall Street methods of transacting busi ness held its first meeting and organ lied. Anton Rudy, a plumber, of New ark, N. J., obtained damages from a local union for keeping him out of work. Thirty-two million dollars of tho Dime Savings Hank will be carted through the streets of New York. The teleeranh companies at Chl- enirn rennrterl rain and log genernlly from the Colorado line 10 Philadel phia and from St. Paul to Louisville, renrleilncr wire connections disar ranged, but not putting them out of commission. A naval board compose of Com mander William Gill, Command r Edwin A. Anderson and Lieutenant Commander F. N. Freeman started to inspect sites for the establishment of a torpedo station on the Pacific Coast. The unique opportunity of buying real elephants, Hons and other deni zens of the Jungle for Christmas pres ents la afforded on account of the Involuntary bankruptcy of the Nor rls & Rowe circus. As a result of the closing of the Citizens' State Bank of Napoleon, O.. the creditors of the Ohio German Fire Insurance Company, now in the hands of two trustees, may lose $139,000. Governor J. Franklin Fort, of New Jersey, presided and made the prin eipal'address at the International Tu berculosis Exhibit In the American Museum of Natural History at New York. Henry F. Agar, formerly secretary and treasurer of the Princeton Mill ing Company, Frlncean, Ind.. charg ed with forgery and embezzlement approximating $100,000, was arrest ed nt Harlingen, Tex., after a two years' search. After an entire day devoted to an attempt to get a jury to try eight alleged night riders on a charge or murdering Capt. Quentin Rankin, court adjourned with only two men In the Jury box. Miss Sarah Campbell, a trained nurse, who spent 10 weeks on a bar ren island in the Pacific Ocean with 63 shipwrecked men, arrived In San Francisco wl'.h her hair turned white. The prosecution outlined Its case and witnesses described the shooting of William E. Annls nt the trial of Thornton Jenkins Halns. The. Pennsylvania Railroad has placed orders for 135,500 tons of Steel rails. Alice Neilson, the grand opera Blnger, has filed a petition of bank ruptcy. Chief American Horse, a noted Sioux chief, is dead. CAPITOL GRAFTERS EACH GET TWO YEARS Sanderson, Mathues, Shumaker and Snyder Also Fined $500. STATE LEADERS FACING PRISON. Contractor Sanderson, Former State Auditor Snyd. r, Formrr State Trai. titer M at hurt nnd Kx-Superintendent of BoUding Shumaker Gets Two Yean In Penitentiary. Harrisburg (Special). Two years' imprisonment and a fine of $500, tho maximum penalty, was the sen tence meted out by Judge Kunkel in the Dauphin County Court to each of the four men who were convicted of defrauding the State in connec tion with the furnishing of the Cap itol building in this city. Immediately after sentence was pronounced the defendants were re manded to the custody of the sheriff and taken to a side room pending application for a supersedeas, which was made in the Superior Court at Philadelphia after notice of the sen tence here was given. As soon 8B It Is granted the defendants will of fer ball pending appeal to 'he Su perior Court. The four defendants are John H. Sanderson, Philadelphia, contractor for the furniture; James M. Shuma ker, Johnstown, superintendent of the Hoard of Public Ground! and Uulld ings at the time the contract for furniture was let; William P. Snyder, Spring City, and William L. Matheus, Media, respectively. Auditor General and State Treasurer during the oper ation of the contract, and by virtue of their positions members of the Board of Public Grounds and Buildings. The men were convicted or ue fraudlng the State out of $19,308 In a. contract for wooden furniture. Other charges involved large sums In the aggregate. They were tried last spring, and last week they were refused a new trial. Tho men convicted were tried a second time and acquitted of a charge of defrauding the State in a metal furniture contract. BLAZING1 SCHOOL BUILDING. mm by mob nnniM ml White Man Taken From tail and Hanged When Hi Confessed. Montlcello, Ky. (Speclnl). Elmer Hill, a white man, charged with as saulting and murdering 13-year-old Mnmle Womack. near Russell Spring, was taken from a local Jail by an armed mob, and after confessing the crime, was hanged to a tree. A well organized mob of 2 6 Rus sell County men came quietly Into town on foot about midnight and went at once to the Jail. Jailer Rarusoy awoke to find himself cov ered by six revolvers. The leader told him they did not want to make any disturbance, but came after Hill, and were going to have him. Ram Mg surrendered his prisoner to them. 11111 at first denied his guilt. The leader of the mob sold: Mow camo that blood on your caii a.nd hands when you were cap tured?" Hill made no reply. The leader continued. "Elmer Hill, we have got you; you know von killed the atlrl. and your life will pay the penalty; you deny killing the girl; It matters not to us wheth er vou confess or not, but if you don't you will die with n lie in ycur throat, and you only hove 10 min utes to live. Did you kin nen "Yee, boys, I did kill her," re plied Hill. "How did you kill her?" "I met her on the road coming from school, tied a bandanna around her neck and strangled her, then took her out In the woods and killed her." Shouts of "Hang him! Hang him!" arose from the mob, and one man placed a gun at the trembling murderer's head, but was prevented from shooting him. Hill was told to pray, but said lie could not. They told him he could Bay "Oh Lord, have mercy on me, a murderer." But he dropped his head and uttered no word. He was then plucod behind a man on a mule nnd all proceeded In the direction of Rus sell County. His body was found hanging to a tree about two miles out of James town, 20 miles from Montlcello. VtNUUtU IU mt WAB ON THE DUTCH Head of Government Meets Aggres sion With Defiance THE SPOKESMAN WARNS POWERS. Says Holland's Action May Prevent Payment of Indemnities Spirit of l(-v nt Rages Holland Re joicing Over Uprising In Caracas. rncaiur.ni nuuar.wr.Li DENOUNCES MR. PULITZER In Hot Message to Congress He Scores World's Proprietor. Six Hundred Children Escape Injury Money Loss, $100,000. Altoona. Pa. (Special). A lire which threatened the destruction of Altoona High School building, erect ed at a cost of $750,000 a few years ago, started at 10 o'clock A. M., while 600 pupils were busy with their studies. As soon as it was discovered tho bell for fire drill was sounded, and the pupils, thinking it wns merely another drill, calmly formed in line and marched out of the building. The school was oleared practically before the arrival of the first lire company, which came from only two blocks away. Within five minutes the building was filled with denBe smoke, and had the children remained that long many, it Is believed, would have been suffocated. The fire started In the lumber room underneath the au ditorium, probably from the heat ing pipes, nnd worked its way be tween the partitions to the third floor. The loss Is estimated at $100,000. Several valuable paintings were destroyed. IMPORTS AND EXPORTS. t oreign Sir Max Wachter, who is touring European capitals advocating the abolition of emperors and kings and the formation or the fi.lied States of Europe, was received by M. Piehon, French minister of foreign affairs. Three Japaneae plumage hunters, marooned on Lee Hermes Islands, in the Pacific, for three months, were resetted in a starving condition by the Commercial Pacific Cable Com pany's schooner Flaurence Ward. A former Portuguese aeieeuve im plicated In the plot resulting in the assassination last February of King Carlos and his son, the Crown Prince, was arrested after attempting sui cide. Great Britain has not tendered her good ofAoei to compose tho differ ences between Brazil and Argentina arising from the activity of each country In Increasing Its naval pow er. The blazing oil Bhlp Knlan Kalorp wns bombarded with solid Bhot by the guns of the fort at Singapore and Sunk, it being the only way to extinguish the flames. At a meeting of the senate of the New University of Dublin the Very Rev. James H. Walsh, Lord Archbishop of Dublin, was elected chancellor. Lord Morlcy, secretary for India, in an uddress in the House of Lords, unfolded u plan for the reform of the government administration of India. The prospectus of ono'her South Manehurian lirilroad loan of $10, 000,000 was Issued In London. Officers of the American battleship fleet were entertained at dinner by Gov. Sir Henry McCallum, of Ceylon, at Colombo, General Simon, leader of last revo lution in Hayti was unanimously elected President by tho Haytiun Con gress. The arrest of nil natives suspected of revolutionary activities In India has helped quiet down the poula tlon An operation for cataract wag per formed In London on Gen. William Booth, of the Salvation Army. Olga Stein, arrested In New York, was put on trial in 8t. Petersburg, charged with forgery and embezzle ment. The Earl of Granard, whose en gagement to Mist Mills, of New York, was announced a few days ago, sail ed on the stea.uor Adriatic, from Southampton. Fifteen persons were killed and 30 Injured in a collision between t passenger train and a freight train in the Pouch Turn. el, near Limogee, France. Wilbur Wright sailed his aero plane at a height of 296 feet at Le Man.-, breaking all records lor neigoi (out i listing Features In Foreign Trade Of United States. Washington, D. C. (Special). Lower prices for imports and higher prices for exports were characteristic of the foreign trade of the United States at the end of the fiscal year 1908, according to a preliminary bul letin of the Bureau of Statistics. This deduction. It 13 said, applies especially to manufacturers' materi als imported and foodstuffs exported. In manufacturers' materials, whether raw or partly manufactured, the average prices for the year were ma terially lower than for the preceding year and were also much lower at the end of the tlBcai year man at the beginning of the year. To this falling off In prices is due the de cline in the total value of imports, thouch in many cases there waB shown to have been an actual decline in quantity. Regarding foodstuffs, the bulletin says they do .not, as a rule, share in the decline in values, either as Jo Imports or exports, suffered by manufacturers' materials. Shot By Youth. Boston ( Special ). Miss Maud Hartley, the beautiful 17-year-old daughter of Dr. It. Agnes Hartley, was shot and almost Instantly killed as shewas about to board a car at Highland Avenue and Cherry Street in Somerville by James Harmond, the son of a police sergeant of that city. The rejection of the young mans advances is said to have been tho motive tor the crime. ImV.n llui-ing l-es ..tu n. Washington,' D. C. (Special.) Decrease In the area devoted In In dia to cotton culture Is shown by the fact that there are at present 17,313,000 acres under cotton, aB compared with 17.710.000 acres a yeas ago and 19,732,000 acres the Venr before that. The most notice able decrease is in Bombay, where it amounts to 14 per cent. 85,000 DIH BY ACCIDENT. Millions Injured Annually, Says Bu reau Of Labor. Washington. D. C. (Special). Between 30,000 and 35,000 deaths and two million injured is the acci dent record In the United States during the past year among working ;aen, according to a bulletin on acci dents just issued by the Bureau of Labor. Tho bulletin declares that much that could be done for tho protection of the working man is neglected, though many and far-reaching im provements have been introduced in fnctorv practice during the last dec ade. It is pointed out that the pos sibilities for accident prevention have been clearly demonstrated in the experience of foreign countries. PORTUGAL SLAYERS' REFUGE. Criminals Subject To Death Penalty Exempt From Extradition. Washington, D. 9. (Special) Any person charged with crime upon whom the deth penalty could be in flicted by the laws of the jurisdic tion In which the charge is pending, is exempt hereafter from extradition from Portugal, which prohibits capi tal punishment. Tills is one of the terms of the ex tradition treaty with Portugal, which was proclaimed by the President. He also announced the arbitration and naturaliztion treaties. Washington, D. C. (Special). Venezuela has declared a state of war, according to advices received at tho State Department. This news Is contained In the dispatch from Sec retary Paxton Hlbbin, secretary of the American legation at Bogota, Colom bia. He states that the Colombian minister of foreign affairs has re ceived the following telegram from Caracas: "In view of the blockade estab lished and the capture by the block ade of a Venezuelan vessel, tho head of the government at Venezuela, af ter assuming extraordinary power for the defense of the country, has de clared n state of wnr." Officials of the State Department are somewhat In a quandnry as to whether the dlsnntch means that Venezuela has declared war against Holland or has merely proclaimed a state of Internal warfare. In view of the fnct that specific reference Is made to the capture of the Ven ezuelan vessel and the blockade by Holland they are Inclined to believe that It means a declaration againBt Holland. Conflicting Stories. Wlllemstad, Curacao (Special). Conflicting stories were received from Caracas regarding the uprising against President Castro. One report says that the declara tion of martial law has had the ef fect of curbing the people, while later reports say that the revolutionary forces are actively, though quietly, at work, and that the present calm is but the forerunner to a demon stration that will sweep Castro from power. The people of Curncao expect word of the overthrow of the Venezuelan government at any moment. To In sure such a result, they are urging the Dutch demonstration against Ven ezuela be Increased In severity, as It la the commercial stagnation that has followed the demonstration that haB aroused the Venezuelans. Caracas Is badly crippled as tho result of tho rioting that took place the first half of the week, bcoros of citizens who were known to be friends of CaBtro have fled to the Interior for safety. Holland Rejoicing. The Hague (Special). All Hol land Is rejoicing over the stories of the uprising of the people of Vene zuela against Castro. The members of the foreign office sav the present situation is just what th'ev expected and to bring about when they Btarted the campaign of reprisals against Venezuela. The foreign office believes Castro's power has been broken and that the people will force nis anuicuuuu ue fore long. nr rnrn rii u HELP NATIONAL MUSEUM Arrangement With Smithsonian Made Public. BOY PLAYS BUTCHER mm sister Five Year-Old Copies Scene at Fall Hog Killing. LIFE-GUARDS SAVED MILLIONS. I ntted H totes Hail l,0l4 Vessel Dis asters The Past Year. Washington. D. C. (Special). There were 1,094 vessel disasters in the United States in the past fiscal vear, resulting in a property loss of $1,X63.790 and the Iobs of i2 lives, according to the report of General Superintendent Kimball, of the Life saving Service. There were 708 cas ualties to sailboats, launches and rowbuats. Because of the assistance of the Hfe-aaveri of $13,000,000 worth of property Involved In aisasters more than $11,000,000 worth of property was saved. The life-saving estab lishment now comprises 280 stations. IN THE WORLD OF FINANCE New Philippine lodge, Washington, D. C. (Special). President Roosevelt announced the appointment of Sherman Moreland, of Klmira, N. Y., as associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the Phll- innines vice James F. Tracey, of Albany, N. Y., tesigned. Judg Tracey's retirement Is due to his d sire to return to the practice of law In Albany. The President cabled a commendatory letter to Manila Judge Tracey's work. Highwaymen Iti.h A Bunk. Gibbon, Neb. (Special). Five hlchwavmen blew up the Holloway Exchange Bank of this city, held the Inhabitants at bay while they ob talned $2,500 from the vaults, and escaped In an automobile, tho citi zens pursuing them. New JuHtice For I'aiiaiiui. Washington. D. C. (Special). President Roosevelt announced that be had selected Wesley M. Owen, of Leroy, III., to be a Justice of the Su preme Court on the Isthmus of Pana ma to fill a vacancy. Pullman's 3904 cars In use are val ued at $74,000,000. Copper metal was reduced an eighth of a cent a pound. Arizona Copper's output last month was 2,852,000 pounds. This country is exporting about 2 5.000 tons of copper monthly. The Reading declared Its regular Benii-annual dllvdend of 2 per cent, on the common stock. The Boston & Maine will issue $11,700,000 of twenty-year 4 or 4 Mi per cent, bonds for refunding pur poses. For the first week of December twelve out of fifteen roads reporting their gross earnings weekly show in creases over a year ago. A stock market rumor, but not confirmed, was that the Hill roads have captured the Missouri, Kansas & Texas. Selinsgrove, Pa. (Special). Play ing at "butchering" and that he was the butcher, five-year-old Harold Brouse, the son of Pernival N. Brouso, a farmer in Penn Township, Snyder County, shot and killed his two-year-old sister Catherine. It was fine fun the children were having. They had gone to the barn where the father and other men were engaged In the fall hog killing. The women folk were there, too, helping, and when Harold and Catherine straved away toward the house, hand In hand, no attention was paid to them. Once back in the kitchen, the lit tl cluin had an Idea. Now, let s play you are a piggle and I am papa," ho said, and Cam erlne nssented to the plan. First, Harold looked around for a big knife, but all the heavy cutlery was in use at the barn. Then he spied his father's rifle. That was used to kill things with, he knew, for his futher and showed him how It work ed. Ho took it from its corner and then they were ready to play. Shouting gleefully, Harold chased his sister around the room. The little girl, on her hands and knees, enjoyed the fun, and nimbly evaded him each time he pointed the gun at her. Finally, tired and breathless, she threw herBelf on the floor and crawled under a table, whence she glanced laughingly out at her broth er. , But Harold was not to be out witted. Dropping flat, he, too. crawled under the table. Pointing the weapon at the head of his stater, with a shout of triumph, he pulled the trigger. The bullet entered the child's temple and plowed downward through the neck. Screaming "pa pa," she fell, and was quiet. Harold looked at her a minute, frtehtened. she was so still. Then he went out to the barn trembling "Catherine won't play 'niggle any mn " he told his mother, as he choked and began to sob. Washington, D. C. (Special). The President In a special message to Congress answers the charge made in connection with the purchase of the Panama Canal and excoriates Jo seph Pulitzer, proprietor of the New York World., In which paper the charges were first published. Oth ers who joined in the criticisms are included in the excoriation. In language probably more em phatically denunciatory than was ever used In such a document, Mr. HooBevelt says Mr. Pulitzer is guilty of blackening the good name of the American people and It should not be left to a private citizen to sue him for libel. Mr. Pulitzer should be prosecuted by the governmental authorities, declares the President, and continues: Compares Pulitzer To Embezzler. "In point of encouragement of In iquity, In point of infamy, of wrong doing, there is nothing to choose be tween a public servant who betrays his trust, a public servant who is guilty of blackmail, or theft, or fl nnnslnl dishonesty of any kind, and a man guilty as Mr. josepn rumzer hns been guilty in this Instance. "It Is therefore a high national duty to bring to justice thla vlllflor of the American people, this man who wantonly and wickedly nnd with out one shadow of Justification seeks to blacken the charncter of reputable private citizens and to convict the government of his own country In the eyeB of the civilized world of wrongdoing of the basest and fouleBl kind, which he has not one shadow of justification . of any sort or de scription for the charge he has made." The attorney general, Mr. Roose velt adds, has under consideration what steps shall be taken against the editor. In clearing Charles P. Taft', broth er of the President-elect, and Doug las Robinson, the President's brother-in-law, of the accusations made by the World, Mr. noosevelt says: "New, these stories as a matter of fact need no Investigation whatever. No shadow of proof has been, or can be, produced In behalf of any of them. They consist simply of a string of infamous libels. In form they are In part libels upon Indi viduals, upon Mr. Taft and Mr. Rob inson for Instance. But they are, in fact, wholly, and In form partly, a libel upon the United States govern ment. "I do not believe we should con cern ourselnts with the particular In dividuals who wrote the lying and libelous editorials, articles from cor respondents or articles In the news rolumns. The roal offender Is Mr. Joseph Pulitzer, editor and propri etor of the World." Assumes Responsibility Himself. The President sayB he alone Is re sponsible for steps taken In obeying the will of Congress by the purchase of the canal, and adds that the law was strictly complied with. The ac tual transaction was carried through by P. C. Knox, of Pennsylvania, then attorney general, through John Hay, then secretary of state, and Elihu Root, then secretary of war, were cognizant of all the essential features. The President declares that Wil liam Nelson Cromwell did not have to elve the names of his clients, and acknowledges assistance from that gentleman in his recent Investigation of the whole affair. The uavments to the French own ers of the canal are also gone Into In detail. These were made under the supervision of the Civil Tribunal of the Seine. COLLECTION OF UNIQUE VALUE Mr. Roosevelt Wrote Secretary Chsrlsi I). VY'alcott Outlining His Propoisd Trip and Asking for Meld taxi dermists to Accompany the pedition. Weekly Roview of Trade and Latest Market Reports. DOINGS AT THE NATIONS CAPITAL The acceptance of the resignation of Representative C. N. Brumm, of Pennsylvania, from the Sixtieth Con gress by the Governor of Pennsyl vania was read In the House of Rep resentatives. President Roosevelt has begun pre paring for submission to Congress a mass of evidence upon wnicti ne based the statements In his annual message regarding the Secret Serv ice. The President will soon send to the Senate the nomination of Sherman Moreland, of Elmlra, N. Y., to be associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the Plhllppine Islands. James V. Tracey, ot Albany, N. Y., n associate Justice ot the Supremu ?ourt of the Philippines, has reslgn- d and the resignation has been ac epted by the President. During the 37 years the German federal government has existed, 27.- 707,670 natives of Germany have migrated, nearly Bve-sIxtliB of them o the United States. A bill to authorize the Lackawan na Railroad to build a bridge across he Delawure River was lavorbly re ported by the House Committee on Commerce. By unanimous vote the House adopted a resolution calling on tho President for proof or nis cnarge mat memberB were fearful ot an In vi hi 1 gallon by the Secret Service agents Washington (Special) The agree ment between President Roosevell and the Smithsonian Institute as tc tho President's hunting trip In Airicn was made public by Charles D. Wal cott, secretary of tho Institution, af ter he had conferred with the Presi dent. At a meeting of the board of regents of the Institution held Tues day he letter of the President, wai laid before the board, which, in turn adopted the resolution given, there by entering Into a contract with the President for certain work. The let ter and resolution follow. "The White House, Washington. Oyster Bay, N. Y., June 20, 1908. "My Dear Dr. Walcott: About tho first of April next, I Intend to start for Africa. My plaiiB are. of course, Indefinite, but at present I hope they will be something on the rollowinr order: "By May 1st I shall land at Mom basa and spend the next few months hum lug and traveling In British and German East Africa; probably going thence to or toward Uganda, with the expectation of striking the Nile about the beginning of the new year, and then working down It, with side trips arter animals and liircls so . to come out at tidewater, say about March 1st. This would give me 10 months in Africa. As you know, I am not In the least a game butcher, 1 like to do a certain amount of hunt ing, but my real and main Interest is the Interest of a faunal naturalist Now, it seems to me that this open -tho best chance for tho National Mu seum to get a fine collection not only of the big game beasts, but of the smaller mammals and birds of Afri ca; and looking at it. dispassionately I believe that the chance ought not to be neglected. J will make ar rangements to pay for the expenses of myself and my son. But what 1 would like to do would be to get one or two professional field taxider mists, field naturalists, to go with me, who should prepare and send back the specimens we collect. "The collection which would thuc no to the National Museum would lie of unlquo value It would. I hope include specimens of big game, to gether with the rare smaller animal" nnd birds. I have not the means thai would enable me to pay for tho field naturalists or taxidermists and theli kit, and the curing nnd transport ot the specimens for the National Mu seum. Of course, the actual hunting of the big game I would want to do myself, or have my son do, but the specimens will all go to the National Museum, save a very few persona! trophies of little scientific value which for some reason I might like to keep. Now,, can you, in view ol getting these specimens for the Na tional Museum, arrange for the services of the field taxidermists and for the enre and transport of the specimens? As ex-President, I should feel that the National Museum Is the museum to which my collection should go. "With high regard, sincerely yours. "THEODORE ROOSEVELT. "To Hon. Chnrlos D. Walcott, Secre tary Smlthsonlnn Insttution, Wash ington." "Resolved. That the board of re gents of the Smithsonian Institution express to Theodore Roosevelt. Pres ident of the United States, its ap preciation of his very generous of fer contained in his letter of the 20th of June, 1908, to the secretary of -the institution with respect to his expedi tion to Africa, and that It accept the same." R. G. Dun & Go 's Weekly Review of Trade Bays: Retail trade Is active in holiday goodB and winter wearing apparel, while wholesale and Jobbing depart ments are seasonably quiet as to new business, but there Is a good move ment on old orders, and manufactur ing operations are not curtailed. In ventories are In progress, and those completed Indicate no excessive stocks. Ample rain In many sections has started much Idle machinery, while statements of building permits continue to show gratifying gains, al though operations In the Northwest are Interrupted by severe weather. Mercantile collections are more prompt, nnd the steady gain In pro duction of pig Iron Is a most en couraging Indication of confidence In the lending Industry. Expected advances In prices of footwear have been asked by New England manufacturers, and while the rise tends to restrict new busi ness, the rnw material situation seems to warrant the small Increase of two and one-half to five cents a pair. According to the Director of the United States Mint the world lost vear produced gold worth $410,555, 000 and sliver worth $122,000,000. President Knox, of the Montana Tonopah Company, says the situation In the Tonopah district Is better han it has been for a long while. His own milt Is busy, and the ores are returning quite good values. "Cheai money." said John W. Sparks, combined with tho fact that a good many traders have made Borne money In the past few monthB, will encourage the buying of stocks more than anything else would do." A broker who has figured it all out on the map, says Mr Harrlman must get control of the Chicago & Alton and the Toledo & Southwestern In order to hitch up properly his Pa cific systems, which he Is now acquir ing, namely, New York Central and Baltimore & Ohio. Steel mills received the Penntl vanla's order for 135,500 tons of steel rails. detallB of which were giv en a few days ago. United States Steel gets 62,500 tons, Cambria and Pennsylvania each 25,000 tons, Lack awanna 13,000 tftas, and Betholebem 10,000 tons. Buttle With Humlits. Toledo, O. (Special). Two bund its shot and seriously wounueu Thomas Regan, a motorman, and rob bed Bert Hlgley, a conductor, In East Toledo. The two employes were niono on the car at the time, dui (.nrai'dd the highwaymen In a des nnrnte hand-to-liiimi Mine. une 01 the bandits finally succeeded In over powering Hlgley and forcing him to turn over the cash, while the otner f renins: himself from Regan's clutch fired a bullet through the motorinan's neck and fled. 1 Theo. Roosevelt, Jr., A Major. Waterbury, Conn. (Special). rinv -elect George L. L'.lley announc eA the anoointment of Theodon Roosevelt, Jr., as an ald-de-camp on his taff. with the rank of major Mr Rnnxevelt is now living at Thompsonvllle, where be is learning the N carpet-making Business ui large factory. The First National Bank of 80m ersworth, N. H.. closed its doors and Cashier Frederick A. Varwsy was arrested following the discovery of a uhortace of $85,000. A BILLION DOLLAR OIL TRUST HOW RUMORED Standard Stock Sell; at Highest Price in Three Years. New York (Special). A new Standard Oil Company, with a capi tal of one billion dollars, llko tho Steel Trust, is now talked of. Tho 3tock of tho present company is $100,000,000, with a market value, based on late quotations, Tf $720, 000,000. it Is snld on what appears to be good authority that the capital of tho new company will be divided into $500,000,000 7 per cent, pre ferred stock and $500,000,000 com mon stock. The investigation by the Govern ment brought out. the fact that the company has been earning $85,000, 000 a year for the last ten years. Eighty-five million dollars Is 8 per cent, on a capitalization of one billion dollars and would permit of Senator Uourne (Uregonj intio- 1 u pui tiui. uu un tufiwuu, nn,u t Wholesale Market. New York. W heat Receipts, 106,000 bush.; spot barely steady; No. 2 red, 1.08 1.10 elevator; No. 2 red, 1.10 V4 f. o. b. afloat; No. 1 Northern Duluth, 1.19 f. o. b. afloat; No. 2 hard winter, 1.16 f. o. b. afloat. Corn Receipts. 20,425 bush.; spot easy; No. 2, 67 Vi to arrive ele vator, and 68 f. o. b. afloat. Option market was without transactions, closing net unchanged. December closed 68; May closed 69; July closed 69 ; September closed 69. Oats Receipts, 49,500 bush.; ex ports, 7,713 bush.; Bpot steady; mix ed, 26 32 lbs., 55 55; natural white. 2 6 C 3 2 lbs., 56058; clip ped white, 34 42 lbs., 57 62. Poultry Steady; alive Western fowlB, 1617; turkeys, 1 :; 15; dressed firm; Western spring chick ens, 1320; fowls, 12 14 ; spring turkeys, Western, 16 19. Eggs Unsettled; receipts, 8,538; State, Pennsylvania, and nearby fancy, selected, white, 50 52; do., fair to choice, 44 48; brown and mixed fancy, 40 42; do., fair to choice, 35 38; Western firsts, 34; seconds, 30 33. Philadelphia. Wheat dull and lc. lower; contract grade December, 104 104 He. Corn weak and Vic. lower; Decem ber, 64 65. Oats firm; No. 2 white natural, 66. Eggs steady; Pennsylvania and other nearby firsts, f. c, 36 at mark; do., current receipts, In returnab'e cases, 35 at mark; Western firsts, f. c, 36 at mark; do., current receipts, f. c, 34 35 at mark. Cheese firm; New York full creams, choice, 1414c; do., fair to good, 1313. Live poultry steady; fowls, 11 1 2 Ve c. ; old roosters. 8 9 ; Bprlng chickens, HVs12; ducks, 11 12; turkeys, 1415; geese, 10 Oil, Baltimore. Flour Quiet and un changed; receipts, 23,134 l.bls.; ex ports, 10,171 bbls. Wheat Dull and lower; spot, con tract, 1.01 1.01; spot, No. 2 red Western, 1.03 1.03; Decem ber, 1.01 1.01 ; January, 1.02 1.02; steamer No. 2 red, 98 98; receipts, 8,236 bush.; ex ports, 1,081 bush.; Southern, on grade. 981.01. Corn 8teady at decline; new, spot, contract, 65 65; new, year, 65 65; January, 64 65; February, 65 65; March, 65 65; steamer mixed, 62 62; receipts, 54,960 bush.; ex ports, 69,572 buBh.; new, Southern white corn, 60 65; new, South ern yellow corn, 60 65. Oats Firm; No. 2 white, 56 56; No. 3 white 55 56; No. 3 mixed, 54 55; receipts, 9,663 bush. Rye Quiet; No. 2 Western ex port, 81 asked; receipts, 1,038 bush. Butter Firm and unchanged; fan cy imitation, 24 25; fancy cream ery, 32 33; fancy ladle, 20 21; Btore-packed, 18 19. Eggs Firm and unchnnged; 35 0 36. Cheese Firm and unchanged; new. large, 14; new, flats, 14; new, small, 14. deeed a bill proviBIng that the salary of the President be Increased to $100,000 a year, and lhat of the Vice President to $25,000 a year. The President sent a message to Congress In which he submitted his recommendations in regard 10 im proving the form of government tor the District of Columbia. Senator Rayner Introduced u reso lution providing for an Investigation of the President's order directing the removal of the marines from the war ships. Germany's fiscal policy that allows liberal bounties upon the export of grain products as a corollary to high duties on imports Is proving, bene ficial to tho agricultural and milling Interests ot the empire. The Secretary of the Navy has or dered a court of Inquiry to meet at Boston next Monday to Investi gate the circumstances at lending the grounding of the Bhlp Y'ankee. Capt. C. B. T. Moore has been detached from duty at tho Nuvy Yard at Philadelphia and ordered to com mand tho armored cruiser Colorado of the Pacific fleet, at Panama. A dispatch to the Isthmian Canal Commission from Panama said that with the exception of B. H. Cole, who Is critically ill, those Injured in the Bas Obispo dynamite explosion are Improving. Decrease in the area dewted In Indlu to cotton culture is shown by the fact that there are at present 17,313,000 acres under ootton, as compared with 17,(10,000 acres a rear ago. per cent, of the known earnings heli back for depreciation, bottormentb and improvements. There are today about six thou sand holders of the stock, with John I). Rockefeller holding 27 4 per cent, of the total. Under the new organi zation he would hold $275,000,000 of the new company stock. Order iafj,500 Tons Of Rails. Philadelphia (S p a c i a l).-'The Pennsylvania Company's steel rati order for 1909 delivery, which calls for 135,500 tons of rails, was an nounced. The order has been dis tributed as follows: Illlonls Steel Company, 62.500 tons; Cambria Steel Company, 25, 000 tons; Pennsylvania Bteel Com pany, 25,000 tons; Lackawanna Steel Company, 13,000 'tons; Beth lehem Steel Oompauy, 10,000 tons. Fertill7.er Rate Questioned. Atlanta (Special). Au Interstate Commerce Commission haarlng be gan here beTord Special Examiner C. D. Drayton In tho matter of tho Virginia-Carolina Chemtoal Company aguliiBt the CottonBott Railroad, In volving fertlll.er .rates from 8hrevo port, La., to points In Arkaasua. Between 30,000 and IIS, 000 dc&tha and 2,000,000 Injured .4s the acci dent record in the UniPad States dur ing the past year among working men, according to a Labor Bureau bulletin. Live Stocx. New fork. Beeves - - RecelptB, 554; feeling steady; dressed beef In fair demand at 7 to 10c. for native sides. Calves Receipts, 369 head; feel ing stendy. Veals, 6.00 to 10.60; barnvard calves, 3.35 to 3.50; West ern "calves, 5.15; dressed calves, steady ; city dressed veals, 9 to 1 6c; country dressed veals, 7 to I60, Chicago. Cattle Receipts, esti mated at 8,000; market was weak. Steers, 4.607.80; cows, 3.00 5 25; heifers, 2.604.60; bulls, 2.15 0 4.50; calves. 2.60 8.26; stockers and feeders, 2.60 4.86. HogB RecelptB, estimated at 30. 000; market strong to 6c. higher. Choice heavy shipping, 5.8.0 5.96; butchers, 6.70 5.90; light mixed, 5 25 6.46; choice light, 6.60 5.65; packing. 6.50 5.80; pigs. 4.006.16; bulk of sales, 5.600 5.85. Sneep Receipts, estimated at 20, 000; market strong. Sheep, 4.00 6.00;. lambs, 6.257.50; yearlingB, 4.256.26. Immigrants do not come to New York City in a state of absolute pov erty by a long way. They bring us annually about $16,000,000 In mon ey. Giving evidence at st Inquest at Lambeth, Loudon, a woman said that she had had 21 children, six of whom were allva. The Forest CommlBloner of New York has reported that 90 per cent. of the foreBt nros in mat omie cauaed by sparks from locomotives. At Hartford City, Ind., Henry God dard found $250 In notes in a ahoe that was sent to blm to be repaired The owner of the shoe, Mrs. James Parker, distrusting banks, had piH the money In tbo shoe and forgotten all about It. ,, In 1909 two international Esper anto congresses will be held, one held at Barcelona and the other s Chautauqua, N. Y. A congress wl be held in connection with th pro jected international expositions a Brussels in 1910 and at Toklo J.917. I 1 sslsisl'Ti
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