THE NEWS. Domestic Commercial orgnnlzntions In the Mississippi Valley have launched a scheme which calls fir an assemblage of a whole Meet of bat' lesnips In tl'tJ Mississippi River next November. Congressman .1. M. Cox forwarded to t.V entire diplomatic corps in Washington Invitations to be fwnt at the Wright brothers celebration on June 17, at Dayton. Lady Harrourt, widow of the lata Sir William Harrourt, who was chan cellor ot the exchequer In Great Britain, readied New York on the Majestic. John Klrby, Jr., of Dayton, newly elected prosi lent of the National As sociation of Manufacturers, says he Is the friend of law-aMriing workmen. Three wool morehonses connected with the George A. Talbot & Sons mill at Norton, Mass. were burned, causing a loss of J l uO.OOO. Thirty leading business men and trade experts of Japan, their wives and families, ui.l reach Seattle from Yokohama S v1' inber 2. Governor ll'iciies vetovid the llama Automobile the chief provisions of which were the abolition of spe cific speed limitations. (Jeoriic K sak. wht lost both let's In the 1'i.rr Jervls yards of the Erie Kriliua., recovered a verdict for ;:... (Hie. .1. IV Morgan & Co are financing the newly organized I'nlted Dry Goods Companies. h s a capi tal iii $".1.0O0.0nii. Charles Champ, nf Kennett, Mo., while kneeling in pr;-.;. .r, was shot nnd killed by a bnrher-i:i-law. The proposed $.".u,imhi,(mjo in'or tiatlonal conibina'.i'ni of fertilizer manufacturers litis been abandoned, j Mrs Anna Cleveland Hastings, bis ter of former ri'-sid'-nt Grover Cleve land, died in Hartford, Ct. r'ollowlng a heavy rain for two days, snow s-'t in In the Northern Black II. IN. S'luth Dakota. Filliplnos employed In the navy yard at Civi'c, Phllllppines, have been caught :l "alini?. ' Dr. Jan.es II. Krazer, of Baltl- i more, caused a stir in the General Assembly (,f the Presbyterian Church by declaring family worship to be a "thing of the past." Charles S. Cameron, president of the Tube City Railroad, of Pittsburg, was sentenced to two years In the Penitentiary for offering a bribe to a city councilman, S.x persona were drowned in the Yazoo River, Miss., by the capsizing of a launch that was returning to Vicksburg from a saloon on an Is land in the river. Congressman William Lorimer, formerly a laborer, was sent to the I'nite 1 States Senate from the Sixth Dis'rict of Illinois after !)4 fruitless ballots. Klorenz Zlegfield. the husband of Anna Held, has been sued for $20, 000 by the keeper of a gambling ca sino in France. No settlement of the fireman's (strike on the Georgia Hallway has been made, and the situation Is be coming tuise. Four sticks of dynamite were found stuffed in a discharge pipe of the steamer Frank T. lleffeillnger, o Buffalo, N. Y. Two men were blown to atoms by the explosion of a nitro-glycerine fac tory at Howard Junction, Pennsyl vania. William M. Barrett, of New York, lias been elected president of the Adams Express Company. The Standard Oil Company has se cured control of the Citizens' Hank of Chicago. Women participated In the rioting Incident to the liatniakers' strike in Orange, N. J. CHP.G0 THE CENTER OF UN EARTHQUAKE The Shock is Felt Throughout Five States. PICTURES DROP FROM THE WALLS. Telephone, Communication Inter rupted Uy The Swaying Of Wires t oIIcko Pudding, Rock Violently Cfmlrs Are Overturned And Gas Fires Shaken Out Shocks Felt In Illinois, Indiana, Wisconsin And Iowu. r oreign The decision of the Superior Court oi Paris on Count Uonl de Castc-ilane'K appeal of the case brought by him fur the custody of bis children is a partial victory for the Count. , hillippe H, Kor, former speaker of the Quebec legislature and pres dent or the Bank of St. John at Montreal, was convicted ot falsifying returns of the bank s condition. The Furness lir.e steamer Almorl ana arrived at st. Johns, N. F., with her bow badly damaged from a col lision with an in-berg. The French ministry approved a formula of reciprocal regret regard ing the Casablanca incident, and the dispute between France and Ger many is thus closed. Three thousand scholars of inter national repute are in London to at tend the seventh Inu rnaijonal con gress of applied chemistry'. The Cincinnati, the new steamer of the Hamburg-American line, sail ed from Hamburg for New York on fcer maiden voyage. Thirteen men found guilty of com plicity in t.e revolutionary outbreak in Constantinople were hanged. Edward H .lsey Sat.dford, who kill ed Inn. seif in Paris, was the son of u New York lawyer and his wife, from whom lie was divorced, was a daughter of the late Governor Hoff man, of New York. The death sentence of Oscar Sla ter, extradited from New York and convicted at EJ.nburgh, Scotland, of the murder or .Ml.-s .Marlon Gilchrist, aged S- years, was commuted to life ImprisonuK nt. Thrie mom y b nders were found guilty at Hamburg, Germany, of prac tising usury against l'.to oifioars of the army, and fined and Imprisoned. The Russian Dauma adopted an interpellation, charging Dr. Dubro vn, president of the Dugiio of Kua nian Pi oplc, with organizing murders. The Kusiti.u Douina discussed a law legalizing Hie teit of Old Be liee:s. which in various f.iruu em brace 1 .'i.noo.oou worship' s. i In an iiiciwr :i:int be: ween Santo Domingo tnx.ps i.ud revolutionists there wo:c considerable lossus on both sides. Tho ice blockade has again clos ed the pert of St. Johns, N. F., and five "t-amcn are unable to niako the harbor. Howard House, the blrtliplaoo of John Howard tn Ktri'.ttord-on-A von, England, has been Irted up as a Wlllseimi. Tho Council of ttio Sarbonuo In Pa: Is conferred upen Andrew Car ;icg e a medal in recognition of his founding of the Curie scholarship In JSMJfi. (leu. MaRMu Parra and Col. Cabrlo. Ouerra. who were convl'-ted of con spiring apaintt the provisional gov ernment in Cuba last year anil sen tenced to three years' Imprisonment, but later released under the decree of amnesty., were again arraigned before a special Judge on the charge of con spiring again to overturn tho tsovero mrnt. The federal Parliament of Austra lia was erened at Melbourne, toe I'arl of Dudley, governor general, an nouncing the Introduction of legis lation i rov ding" lor progresMve tax ation of unimproved land wltb a view t Lrtcking up l;te csaUs. Chicago (Special). A slight earthquake shock, lasting only a few seconds, was felt In the States of In diana, Illinois, Wisconsin, Michigan, Iowa and contlnguous territory be ginning at 8.41.30 o'clock A. M. Early reports covered a territory from Springfield, 111., through Daven port, la., nnd Janesvllle, Wis., north to Muskegon, Mich. Reports of the vibrations were re ceived from Helolt, Wis.; Peoria, Kenwanee, Rockford, Jollet, Dixon, Streator, Galena, Freeport, Bloom ington, Mollne, Elgin, Aurora, Springfield, 111., and from James vllle, Wis., Davenport and Dubuque, la., and Muskegon and Kalamazoo, Mich. Throughout the territory affected snly minor damage was reported. Several small fires were started by the overturning of stoves and many tthlmneys were lazed. Aurora, 111.. Is said to have suffered particularly In this respect. In Chicago the shock was general ly felt, but In the great majority of cases was attributed to the ordi nary causes, such as the passage of street cars, elevated trains, blasting In distant quarries or tho passage of structural iron on big trucks through the streets. It was not until news papers made their appearance with the story that the public learned that there had been an earthquake. Damage in Chicago, as elsewhere, was confined to the breaking of dish es and ornaments shaken from man telpieces or tables. No fires of con sequence were reported. In the out skirts of the city several email fires were started, but were extinguished by householders. During the period of the vibration It was nlmost impossible to get cor rect telephone connections owing to the swaying of the wdres, damp from rain, against each other. At Bcloit all the college buildings rocked violently and many persons experienced difficulty remaining on their feet. At Jollet chairs and other light objects were overturned, and at Dix on gas fires were shaken out. At South Haven and Benton Harbor, Mich., windows rattled violently and much china was broken. At Du buque, la., the vibration seemed to have the effect of two shocks. Dav enport, la., also felt two shocks, the first, shock being the more violent. Professor Cox, the weather fore caster, said that the lights in his oflice swung from north to south dur ing the shock and the chairs and light desks showed tho effects of the vibration. Although the disturbance was felt everywhere in this city it was not until newspapers were on tho streets that citizens were correctly inform-1 ed of what had happened. A young woman stenographer in the Federal Building thonght that I somebody had come up behind her and given the chair a shake. "You stop that," she said angrily, turning around, only to discover that there was nobody behind her, nnd that the rest of the office force was observ ing the shaking of a large chandelier. PRESIDENT TFT WILL INSIST ON ECONOMY Uncle Sam To Cut Expenses In the Departments. Secretary Of Navy Tells How Ho Will Reduce Expenditure The Semite Pruning Committee Is Kx K-cted To Slash The Budget Aid Hell Outlines Work And The Mem bers May He In Session Through out The Summer. Washington, D. C. (Special). The new Committee on Public Ex penditures, which the Senate hag created and which Is expected to act as a revising body and a final board of estimate of all appropriation bills is to settle down to work at once. Evidently economy Is to be the watchword at the next session of Congress. The President has In structed every member of his Cabinet to revise and cut down to Hip lowest limit all the estimates of their re spective departments and then the Cabinet as a body is to revise the es timates again. And with the Presi dent revision means reduction. When these estimates go to the House of Representatives where all appropriation bills must originate there will be more reductions, audi finally when the bills come to the I Senate and have been considered by the various committees, they are to be turned over to this new Commit tee on Expenditures for the last use of the pruning knife. All of which sounds encouraging. Secretary Meyer has announced that In the Navy Department alone the estimates are to be cut $10,000,000 and Sec retary Dickinson when he came to his desk for the first time since his trip to Panama nnd Havana, an nounced that the War Department estimates also would show a propor tionate decrease. Every other Sec retary In turn will announce In due time thit he has cut down estimates, and so when Congress meets at the next session there will be every In dication that tho appropriations for the year will be many millions less than they were last. year. The Senate Committee on Expend itures started out bravely. Mr. Aid rich presented a resolution directing it to make an Investigation as to the amount of tho revenue of the government and as to the expend!-1 tures of the departments and the various business methods employed by tho government. The committee is to sit all summer, if necessary, und Is to make reports from time to time as to the result of its In vestigations and to make recom mendations. The membsrshlp of the committee is impressive. At its head Is Senator Hale, who has succeeded the late Mr. Allison es chairman of the Appropriations Committee. The chairmen of the seven4 committees of the Senate which report appro priation bills are all members, and there are in addition other strong men like Burton, of Ohio; Root, of New York: Cummins, of Iowa; Owen, of Oklahoma; MeLaurln. of Missis sippi, and Newlnnds. of Nevada. Just how much saving even this powerful committee can effect Is a matter of grave doubt. For instance. Secretary Meyer, as already stated, announces that he Intends to save SI 0.000,000, nnd mentions as one of the methods of economy that the navv yards at Algiers. Port Royal and" Pensaeola are to be practically abandoned. 17 SAFE F.XPI.OS1VKS. BIG FKF. Ft) 1 5 I.ITTM', WORK. Sherifr Gets $l,."oo For Carting Big l ine Only siv Blocks. Austin, Tex. (Special). Sheriff George Matthews was allowed a fee Df $4,542 by Judge Charles A. Wll Jox, of the District Court for his lervices in escorting the Waters Pierce Oil Company's antitrust fine of $1,803,4S3 from the bnnks to the tate treasury, a distance of six olocks. The money was conveyed to tho '.rensury in automobiles, which made record breaking run up the street. Sheriff Matthews nnd four special leputies accompanied the money. Tho amount will be paid out of the eceipts of tho company from itr Texas business, which is in the handd if a state receiver. PF.VUL IN IMS SHOK STUI.VG. Tonvcrt Brings It Out Of The Water After Hi Baptism. Evnnsville, Ind. (Special). John Morgan, living at Matinee, 111., on :he Wabath River, near this city, found a pearl in a very peculiar manner. Ho recently professed re ligion and was baptized in the river it Maunee. lie wore n shoo in which '.here was a loose strlntt and this Jraggod over the bottom of the river ind a missel closed on the string. Morgan pulled It out on the bank j jfter him. When he opened the oiussel snel! he was surprised to find i pearl on the Inside, wh'eh be soldi to a dealer for t'oo, Two M n Mown To Alow. Bradford, Pa. (Special). nitro glycerine factory of the DuPont Powder Company, lasted at Howard Junction, about the Miles nouth of this city, exploded at 1.45 P. M. Two men were at work at the time and both are believed to heve been blown to atoms. The concussion shook the buildings in tl Is city and much C'-mase is reported from the vicinity o, the forti er factory. Ol'.l ?lals have i ushed to the locality in automul.ller. to leant further dtitalU ilatiler In .1 Bat. Mason Valley, Nov, (Special). The seven-year-old child of Andrew Ingman Is critically 111. from the bi'e ot small rattlesnake, which had concealed Itself In a "rat," occasion ally worn by an older sister of the child. The snake bad entered the bouse and crawled Into the "rat" which was lying on the door of 8 cloet. The child picked the "rat" up and was struck In the wrist by fie rattler. The family dog attacked the snake, which had dropped to 'he floor, and was fatally bitten. Government Has Tested Them For Vsc In Coal Mines, Washington, D. C. (Special). Only 17 explosives out of 29 sub mitted passed the test of the Geologi cal Survey to determine whether they were sale for use in mines, and iiav. been put upon the Government's "permissuble" list. The f xplosives were given four tests under different conditions in the lurge steel gallery at the Pitts burg station. This gallery is 100 feet long and six feet in diameter and is filled with fire damp, air and coal dust, or coal dust nnd air of various mixtures, and the explosive la discharged into each mixture 10 times. If it falls to Ignite the fire damp or coal dust in any Instance, It Is considered satisfactory and termed a permissible explosive. Caught After Seven Years. Macon, (in. (Special l. Seven years almost to a day since when the alleged crime was committed, William Brown, who has been a citi zen of Macon for two years, was arrested, nnd upon requisition of Governor Corner, of 41alir.mil, will be taken back to Tuscaloosa to be tried for complicity In a murder. 12 Firemen Badly Burned. Cambridge, Mass, (Special). Chief N. W. Bunker and 11 other members of the Cambridge fire de partment, suffered bud burns from a gas explosion in the Boston and Maine freight ynrd at East Cam bridge. Chief Bunker's clothing was burned from his body and he was taken to the hospital. Three railroad employes were also hurt, IUilN First Gas Well. Grafton, W. Va. (Special). The Philadelphia Company drilled in its first well on the George Franklin farm on Horner's Itun, near Booths vllle. It proved to be a good easier and Riven evidence of showing IS, 000,000 feet. This Is tho first test In that section and means tho opening of new territory. Xew 92 Counterfeit Found. Washington, D. C. (Special). Treasury ciriclala havo in their poo gesslon a counterfoil $2 silver cer tificate of the series 189ft. It boars the check letter "A" nnd face plaf; is No. 1110; has the portrait of Washington, anc the signatures of W. T. Vernon, Register of the Treas ury, and Charles It. Treat, Treasurer of the I'nlted States. The counter feit is printed from etched plates and Ih on a good quality bond paper, hut no attempt has been made to immltate the silk fibre effect. Surrenders After 5 Ycais. Lake Charles, La. (Special). Former Sheriff and Tax Collector John Perkins, of Cclcsselu parish, who went five years ago to Hon duras, leaving an alleged shortage of $70,000, returned and surren dered to the Sheriff. Ho was released on bond. Ho disappeared while the State auditor was cheeking up bis accounts. Tha parish recovered $20,000 from property left by Perkins lu C'alcaseiu. Ha nays he did not know that his property would not cover the shortage. COL ROOSEVELT IS HAVING TIME OF HIS LIFE Right in the Midst of Great Bunches of Big Game. SO REPORTS MAJOR T. SEAMAN. Ono Day, Wliilo Hunting In Tho lie jtlon Where The Roosevelt Party Now Are, Tho Major Saw 0,000 Animals, Including Rhinoceros, Buffaloes, Zebras And Gazelle The Tsetze Fly And Sleeping SlckncJis Schrln's Discovery. . Paris (Special). Major Ixiula L. Seaman, U. S. A., haa arrived here from Mombasa, where he met the Roosevelt party. lie says that Sel- ous and Cunnlnghame are the best hunters in Africa, and that tho for mer President "is having the time of his life." Major Seaman, who hunted with Dr. Guiteras, of New York, over the Athi Plains along the Nairobi River, where Mr. Roosevelt is shooting, brought out 1C0 specimens of big game. He reports animals so plenti ful that after six weeks' hunting he and Dr. Guiteras were romplo'e- ly satiated with the sport. When he left, he said, he would rather shoot snipe on the wing thaii elephants. "Never have the western cattle ranges seen bo many animals," he said. "One day we counted zebras, gazelles and other animals to the number of 4 50, within a segment comprising one-tenth of a circle. There were fully 5,000 in sight. Nevertheless the animals are hard to approach, aa the herds keep out sentinels." Major Seaman considers the rhino ceros and the buffalo the most dan gerous to hunt, as they Invariably charge, which means death to the hunter If the animal is not killed or crippled. Lions, on the contrary, be says, are natural cowards, add ing: "My respect for the lion has dis appeared since I went to Africa. The lion never fights except when he is wounded or driven to bay." The most difficult element In ehootlng in the equatorial belt is tho deception of the range, caused by the vertical tropical light and the altitude. The nights are always cool, and it is necessary to wear flannels and to keep under blankets. Major Seaman, who is an expert in military sanitation, was greatly Interested In the sleeping sickness. He brought back the first news of the discovery of Dr. Schrln, a Ger man, which completely upsets the theory of the English commission that the tsetse fly only transmits the malady. Dr. Schrln proved that the fly becomes infected, thus establish ing "a cycle," as Is the case with the mosquito In yellow fever. The fly remains inoculated for fifty days. This discovery renders more difficult the solution of the problem of ex tinguishing the dread disease, as it ends the hope previously entertain ed of suppressing It by isolation. The disease has claimed half a mil lion victims, and, according to Dr. Seaman, not a single person attack ed has ever recovered. The chief horror Is the long period of incuba tion. The bite of the fly itself, when not Inoculated. Is harmless. Dr. Seaman r-p.n bitten on tho forehead and suffered no bad effects. WASHINGTON BY TELEGRAPH IX)MT. AllMOl i: WKI.L. Remarkable Recovery Of Child Oper ated On By Dr. I.orenz. Chicago (Special). Mlfs Lollta Armour, daughter of J. Ogden Ar mour, and sole heiress to her father's millions, her physlcini s said, is al most completely cured of congenital dislocation of both hips. As evi dence of her recovery, through the operation cf Dr. Lorenz, of Vienna, Miss Armour has enthusiastically taken to riding her ponies about the grounds of her father's summer home in Lake Forest Her parents are now in Europe. Vliss Armour has long been a horse show enthusiast, and her ponies and cnit have captured rib bons. in the Lake Forest exhibitions. She was an incubator baby, and Is now 14 years of age. DOO IS STAGlvSTRl CK. Runs way From Muster To Rejoin A Traveling Show, Indianapolis. Ind. (Special). Wil liam Wocher paid r,0 for a bulldog at a New York kennell several weeks ago nnd last wee!: while a dog and pony show was parading the streets I Wccher did not l:ecp his dog at home. He went to the show ground i several times, but the dosr could hardly bo dragged home, so infatu nted was he with f'.og show life. Sunday the f.hov left the city and Wocher's dog disappeared nt ihe same time. Telegrams sent to Kan kakee, HI., brought Information that Wocher's dog was with the show; that all attempts to drive him away hnd failed, but he would bo shipped back to his maMer. Klophnnt Scant Hornc To Death. Norristown, Pa. (Special). Scar ed at an elephant, a horse belong ing to Milkman Howard Richards, dropped dead In the shafts. The elephant, a part of the Gentry Brothers' show, was being lee' through the street from the Frank lin Avenue S'atlon to the show grounds. Just after the Senate aljourned Senator Bailey of Texas, and W. S. Manning, a representative of the New York Time?, engaged in a fisticuff In front of the Senate Committee on Finance. Minister Wu Ting-fang made a farewell, call upon Secretary Knox preparatory to going to South Ameri ca. " Prof. Jeremiah W. Jenkins, of Cornell, Is mentioned as the probable selection as minister to China. A protocol for submission to arbi tration of the Emery claim was sign ed wdth representatives of the Nica raguan government at the home of Secretary of State Knox. Senators Foster and McEnery, of Louisiana, urged a tariff on sugar and declared for the protection theory generally. The Senate confirmed the nomina tion of William S. Washburn to be civil service commissioner. A delegation of Porto Rlcans came to Washington to a,sk citizenship for the islanders. President Taft abolished the Coun cil of Fine Arts created by President Roosevelt. All the departments are culling down estimates to the lowest point. Robert J. Wynne's resignation us consul general at London was receiv ed and announcement was made that Consul John L. Griffith at Liverpool would succeed him. Director of the Census North tend ered his resignation to President Taft as the result of his recent controversy with Secretary Nagel. President Taft nominated Rear Admiral William P. Potter to be chief of tho Bureau cf Navigation of the Navy Department. Arrangements are being made at the State Department for the meet ing of the Congress of Hygiene and Demography In 1910. HF.RO Fl'XD IN FRANCE. II HUNDRED MEN TIE OP RAILROAD Georgia Railroad Is Paralyzed By Strike of Firemen. TOWNS ARE' SHORT OF FOOD. Traffic At A Standstill In Territory 170'Mil.' Lotm And IOO Miles . Wide Three Thousand Pounds Of Delayed Mull In Atlanta Post office Fabulous Prices Are lie ing Paid For Automobiles Wash ing. ..n Anxious Over Situation Talk Of Strikebreakers. Carnegie AVIll Give 91,000,000 For Its Establishment. Paris (Special). Andrew Car negie, of New York, has arranged to give $1,000,000 for the establish ment of a "hero" fund In France under practically the Fame condi tions as govern similar funds In the I'nlted States. England and Scotland. Formal announcement, of this gift will bu made at a luncheon tit the Sorbonne, at which Mr. Carnegie will bo guest of honor. President Fallieres will attend the luncheon. During his brief stay hero Mr. Carnegie is being showered with attentions. A SAILOR'S CONFESSION. Suys He Helped Mrs. Gunness Kill Four Persons. Chrlfltianla (Special). A young American sailor is under arrest at Frederikstad, near Christianla, as a self-confessed murderer. He tcld his captain that he helped Mrs. Belle Gunne33 kill four persons on her farm near Laporte, Ind., and that he then killed Mrs. Gunness herself. The man did not impress the cap tain as being insane, but as one : forced by his conscience to tell the j truth. The sailor Is now under oh-! servanco as to his mental condition. Tho case has been reported to H. D. I). Pierce, the American minister to Norway. WEDDIXfJ WAS LEGAL. Minister Married Himself To Girl, Making ContiiKt On Envelope. Washington, Ind. (Special). That Laura Bunn Clark is tho legal wife of the Rev. E. E. Davidson, formerly pastor of the First Chris tian Church, was decided by Judge Houghton. Miss Clark, daughter of a former mayor of this city, alleged that Davidson and she were secret ly married In a St. Louis hotel by a private contract drawn up by the preacher on the back of an envelope Soon after publication ot this story Davidson left Washington. Ho laf-t was heard from at Toronto. He de nied that Miss Clark was his wife. Gored To Deuth By Bull. L'tica, N. Y. (Special). Edward Hotaling, aged 77, an inmate of the j county home at Herkimer, was gor- j ed to death by a bull. Ho'allng whs i driving a herd of cows into a pas ture when the bull charged him, !m-1 paling the aged man on Its horns and then trampled him to death, Atlanta, Ga. (Special). How loss than 100 striking Georgia Railroad firemen were able to stop practically all train service In a territory 170 miles long and from 2i to 100 miles wide was the knotty problem into which United States Commissioner of Labor Charles K. N1U plunged Immediately after he arrived here. As emissary of the National Board of Mediation, he faced first, the race problem, the force behind the strike; second, an announced wibh of many persons In this se.uion to have the Georgians settle this t 'cation by ar bitration, and third, the necessity ol moving tne united States mailB ini ireriiatoly. Within two hours after his ar rival Mr. Nclll was In private con ference with General Managor Scott, of the Georgia Rairoad, with no In timation as to when the negotiations might bring results. What a remarkable feat this hand ful of union firemen accomplished and what power was behind them became apparent, when a consider able, section of this Btnte was com pelled to rely on automobiles for pas senger, mall and express service, and when the transportation of such ne cessities of life as food dropped back to the methods of a former degree of civilization namely, to wagons and even pack animals. The four score firemen alone did not produce this s'tuation. It wae tho communities which the railroad served that stopped every wheel of the system during the past three days; not the officials of these com munities, but a few men who are said to have fighting blood in their veins, who came forward and an nounced that negro firemen should not be given seniority ver the white firemen. From some hidden source of public opinion these men have up to now made good this racial ulti matum. Few of these' men were firemen, some did not even claim to be ac quainted with striking firemen. They accomplished the t'.e-up without seri ous acts of violence, and, with a few cases of throwing stones, which ap pear to have been accomplished as warnings of what might happen If trains continued to run. A settlement by arbitration should not be difficult so tar as the strikers' demands are concerned, Vice Pres ident Ball, of the firemen's organiza tion, raid, because the firemen are not trying to exact a hard and fast settlement. They struck because ten white firemen were replaced by ne gro firemen. The railroad officials declare that the negroes were put in these positions as rewards for faith ful service, and that they are within their legal rights In such action. Up on this one crucial point of the con troversy there has as yet been no sign of agreement. The officials of the road were in almost continual conference Tuasdi. . and it was reported that some of the directors strongly favored Governor Smith's proposition for each side to select three Georgians as arbi trators. General Manager Scott would not say whether this offer would be accepted. Handcars, automobiles and inter urban cars made little Impression upon the 3,000 pounds of delayed mails r.t the Atlanta postoffice. Here and there In the strike district a rural postmaster shouldered a. sack of outgoing mail, and after hours of hard work riding and walking, man aged to reach an unaffected railroad station. Reports were current that the federal courts might interfere and place guards on trains, in order -to get the malls through. No Bucb action, however, developed locally. Woman Sent To Prison. Cleveland, O. (Special). Mrs. Harrle t Beecher Bingham, of Spring field, Mass., was sentenced to two years In the penitentiary in Com mon Pleas Court after pleading guilty to the charge of manslaught er. She shot and killed her common-law husband, Lemuel. Bingham, a few weeks ago. The woman pre sented a long statement to the court. In which she said her husband had habitually abused her. Mining Town Gets Chu-vli At Last. Hawthorne, Nov. (Special). Tho Ir.ylng of the cornerstone for tho Met hod lat f'hurch here marks the Invasion for the flra time of this town's precincts by a Christian place of worship. A prosperous town of 1,000 population, formorly the coun ty seat and In tho heart of a rich mining district, Hawthorno bas never yet boustcd a church. 'The only religious edifice has been a Chinese, joss house, which was prac- Hum uuauuontu more man a year ago. New Civil Service Commissioner. Washington, D, C. (Special). In executive session the Senate con firmed the nominations of William 8. Washburn, of New York, to be a civil service commissioner, succeed ing James T. Williams, Jr., who re signed after 10 days on account of his health, and Henry Groves Con nor, of North Carolina, to be United State Qistrict judge for the Eastern District of North Carolina. Charles Morrison, one of the wealthiest financiers In London, died at the ago of VI. Go 3,000 Miles Without Jt Cent. Tolodo, Ohio (Special). After a trip of 3,000 mi)os without a cent In their pcckctB, Arthur Crane, aged 7, and Joe Crosby, aged 9, both of Saginaw, Mich., arrived here. Ac cording to their story, the boys left Saginaw last December, going from there to Los Angeles, to San Fran cisco, to Cincinnati, and then here. Sirs. Taft Much Better. Washington, D. C. (Special). Mrs. Taft, whoso condition has been a cause of some conctm to tho Pres ident during the pair week, la much improved, being able to leave her room and walk about the White House. It is not likely, however, that 6he will be able to accompany the President to Pittsburg or to Gettysburg. Killed While At Pruycr. Kennett, Mo. (Special). While kneeling In prayer at church ser lets at Europa Schoolhouse Henry Culp was shot and killed by his brother-in-law. Charles Champ, 18 years old. Champ tired three bullets Into Culp's body and fled. Citlrens, headed by the sheriff, are searching for him. Culp killed Harry Champ, brother of tho slayer, last August after having been driven from tome by the Champ brothers. He was ac quitted, the jury deciding his act was justifiable. Mall Carrier Run Amuck. Wilmington. N. C. (Special). De cause Bradley Parker, clerk of a store at Parktrsburg. N. C, refused to sell him ammunition with which to "shoot up" the community, It Is alleged, William Bass, a rural mall carrier, shot and killed the former with bis shotgun. Bass, who had been drinking, then broke Into an adjoining store, it Is said, and later returned to his home, where be was surrounded by a posse. During tbe night he mado a sortie from the house and) the posse fired at him. Bass enraped Into the woods but returned and surrendered. Shot Bride Instead Of Bird. Flint, Mich. (3peclal).--Arthur Merritt; 10 years old. while walking along the river, bank with a rifle saw something white fluttering In btibhes on the opposite tilde of the stream and fired at it. Mrs. Llzzio Atkinson, a brldo of a fow months, received the bullet In her forehead nnd died In a few minutes. Mrs. At- I kinson was walking along the river with her husband. Severe 'Quake At Messina. Messina (Special). One of tho severest shocks since the great earth quake occurred here Monday after noon. The movement was both vertical and horizontal and lasted ten seconds. The shock was pro ceded by a rumbling noise. The populace were panic stricken and the walls of the ruins In various places collapsed. CABLE SPiiRKr" It is reported that Admiral Sir John Fisher, senior naval lord of the British Admiralty, will retire In Oc tober, having been much annoyed by recent criticisms of hl3 administra tion. Moro than 60 vessels of the Span ish fishing fleet were wrecked and 100 fishermen drowned In a storm on the Bilbao Coast. The Turkish authorities will likely send the deposed sultan, Abdul Ha mld, to an island In the Mediterranean. . Strike Ties Vp Railroad. Augusta, Gn. (Special). The Georgia Railroad Is completely tied up by the firemen's strike and the ohicluls will not attempt to move trains until the State affords ample protection to tho strike breakers. Bo many cases of malaria have re cently occured In those sections of Leipzig, which are adjacent to any one of the four rivulets which flow through-the city that the city council baa decided to adopt stringent meas ures to exterminate the mosquitoes (AnoDheleo) that suited the disease. COMMERCIAL Weekly Review of Trade and Market Reports. Bradstreet's says: Weather conditions continue ir regular but a change for the better aas occurred In staple crop condl :lons and retail business Is slightly mproved, though disappointing and ihowlng evidences of the depression heretofore evident. Reorder busl aess from jobbers and wholesalers 3as been rather quiet, but there Is, If anything, a more assured opti mism permeating the reports as to the outlook for the next fall and winter trade. Best reports as to retail trade come from the upper ?art of the great central valley and its tributaries. H. G. Dun & Co.'g Weekly Review of Trade says: Almost every development except :he lengthening debate on the tariff is favorable and the gains made In spite of the tariff disturbance are fair indication of what may he axpected when that Is out of the way. The domestlo agricultural .'ondltions are excellent and yet the price of farm products continue to advance. The area of Improvement in Iron nnd steel is rapidly widening, and a notable event of the week is the restoration of wages by tho in dependent producers. Wholesale Markets. New York Wheat Spot steadv; No. 2 red, 1.45 elevator; No. 2 red, 1.45 nominal f. o. h. nflnnt- Vn i' Northern Duluth, 1.36 f. o. b. afloat' No. 2 hard winter, 1.37 f. o. b afloat. Corn Spot steady; No. 2, 84ic. Hevator and 81 f. o. b. afloat; No. 2 white. 84, and No. 2 yellow, 82 f. o. b. afloat, all nominal. Op tion market without transactions, closing c. net lower. May closed 84c; July closed 78 '4; September closed 75. Oats Spot firm; mixed,"' 26 fT 32 lbs., 6162; natural white, 26ft 32 lbs., 6266; clipped whim, 34 42 lbs.. 62 68. Eggs Firm; receipts, 21,125 ;ases. State, Pennsylvania and near by, fancy selected, white, 26c; do., .fair to choice, 2425; brown and mixed, fancy, 24; do., fair to choice, 22 23; Western stor age packed, 22 23; Western firsts, 2122; seconds, 20 20; Southern firsts, 2121U; seconds, 20020. Poultry Alive firm; chickens, broilers, 27 30c; fowls, 17 18. Dressed steady; Western broilers, 2S tfii30; fowls, 1516; turkeys, frozen, 1525. Potatoes easy; Bermuda, new, pei brl., J3.505.00; Southern, 2.00fil 4.25. Philadelphia Wheat 1 e. h igher; contract grade, May, 143 145c. Corn Firm; May, 8181c. Oats Firm; No. 2 white natural, 63 64. Butter Steady; extra Westerc creamery, 27c; do., nearby prints, 28. ' Eggs Firm: good demand. Penn- sylvanla and other nearby firsts, free cases, 23c, at mark; do., current re ceipts, in returnable cases, 22, at mark; Western firsts, free cases, 23, at mark; do., current receipts, free cases, 21 22, at mark. Cheese Firm; New York full creams, choice, 1313c; do., fair to good, 12 13. Live Poultry Firm; fowls, 16'4 17; old roosters, 11; spring chick ens, 2630; ducks, 1415. Baltimore Flour Winter extra, $5.405.60; do., clear. 66.15, do., straight. $6.25 6.40; do., pat ent, $6.656.75; spring clear, $5.1 5.40; do., straight, 5.655.00; do., patent, $6.30 6.55; city milli best patent, $7.25; do., high grade patent, $7.25; do., high grade straight, $6.95; do., choice family. $6.50; do., extra, $5 5.15. Rye flour, medium to choice, $4.50 4.75; corn meal, per 100 lbs., iM 1.90. Wheat Receipts, 23,755 bushel! Western; shipments from elevators, none; stock in elevators, 98,719 bush' ois. southern wheat was nominal No. 2 red was quoted at $1.48 at :ne close, western opened firmer; spot, $1.49; July, $1.15 sellers. Corn Receipts, 11,392 bushels, viz., 3,859 bushels Southern and 7, 533 bushels Western; shipments trom elevators, 1,974 bushels; stuck n elevators, 145,655 bushels. Sale ot a cargo of white corn on grade were at 8 2 Vic. for No. 2 and 7 8 sc. for steamer, while a cargo of mixed sold at 81c. and a cargo ot yellow at sisc. per bushel. Oats White. No. 2. 62 c; do. No. 3, 61 62c; do., No. 4, 5'jS 59c; mixed, No. 2, 696Uc; do., No. 3. 58 59c; do., No. 4 5757c. Butter Creamery, separator, per ;b.. 20 27c; imitation, lb.. 22f 23c; prints, -lb per lb., 30 31c; do.. 1-Ib.. per lb.. 30 31c; blocks. 2-lb.. per lb., 30 31c; dairy prints. Maryland, Pennsylvania and Virginia, per lb., 16 17c; Virginia and Wesi Virginia, store packed,, per lb., 16 16c; Ohio, store packed, per lb., 1 ft 17c; nearby, rolls, per lb., 17 18c; Ohio, rolls, per lb., 17 18c; West Virginia, rolls, per lb., 16 17c. Eggs Maryland, Pennsylvania and nearby firsts, per dozen, 20Mi:., Eastern Shore, Maryland and Virgin' la. per dozen. 2014c: Western first. per dozen, 20 c; West Virginia, P dozen, 20 c. Live Stock. Pittsburg Cattle Supply llgl steady. Choice, $6.857; prime. $6.606.85. Sheep Supply light, slow sci lower. Prime wethers, $6.106.2b culls and common, $2.50 4; lamb' $5.50 7.90; veal calves, $C.DD 7.25. Hogs Receipts light and lowe' Prime heavies. $7.657.70; urns. $7.60 7.65; heavy York" mm A t . t f A . li.L, XT , . . m t 1 II 7.20; pigs, $6.7y6.90; roughs, o.eo. Kurwtm rilv. fn. TflMln MarlT steady to weak. Top, $7.00; chol-' exports ana aressea beer steers, -7; fair to good, $5.25 6"' Western steers, $5 6.75; tocW and feeders. $4 5.75; Soutlif'1 steers, $4 6.40; Southern co! $2.754.60; native cows, $3,251 5.65; native heifers, $4.1506.4 bulls, $3.75 5.25; calves, U' 6.60. . Hogs Re?elpts. 16,000 hea" market 6c higher. Top, $7.82 bulk of sales, $6.707.25; het" $7.107.82: packers and butO era', ih.hw hi i.sd ; ngni. e.u 7.05; (Us. $5.406.70.
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