KILLS HIS DAUGHTER UNO THEN SELF Bloody Double Crime of a Trouble Crazed Farmer. SHOOTS AT HIS CRIPPLED WIFE. Efforts Of Mrs. Grover To Prevent Her Husband's Suicide Leads Him To Attempt To Exterminate Ttie Family Crippled Woman's Lonely Vlfftl With The Dead -n1 Her 1'IUfut Flight Across The Fields When Tho Horror Of The Situation Overcame Her. Richmond, Va, (Special). Des pondent because of financial reverses, over which he had brooded for many Sleepless nights, and probably tem porarily insane through the same cause, W. D. Grover, a well-known farmer of Chesterfield County, about to be thwarted In hla desire to put an end to bis ov life by his wife and daughter, attempted to exterminate his entire family, succeeded In slay ing his 20-year-old daugter, Louise, attempted to kill his wife, at whom lie fired point blank with the same Weapon that had ended the girl's life, and then sped a bullet into his own brain. The father and daughter died to gether upon the bedroom floor, leav ing the crippled wife and mother alone in a house of horrors. It was between one and two o'clock A. M., when Grover, awakened from a troubled sleep by the rumbling of a passing trolley car, determined upon suicide in order to end his own troubles. Dressing and securing his revolver, he told his wife that he was going out into the yard. Head ing his purpose In his eyes Mrs. Urov. er crawled painfully from her bed and started to accompany htm. He ordered her back to bod, telling her finally that he intended to end it all. MIbs Grover, hearing the commo tion came from her bedroom on the Hoop above and entered the room oc cupied by her parents. Seeing then that he would not be allowed to carry out his intentions regarding himself Grover determined to usher his entire family Into eternity with him. She Fled In Vain. He killed his daughter first, shoot. Ing her as she turned from him at the threshold of his bedroom door. He then made a vain attempt upon the life of his wife, trying to shoot her first In the room, when his pistol became broken In the scuflle, and again is the hall, when she fled from him, after a sharp struggle, and while the woman upon her knees was pleading vainly for her life. Tbrinklng that his wife was dead, the man went back into his bedroom and fired a bullet into his own brain, his body falling at right angles to that of his daughter, their feet touching, their blood mingling to gether in a dark pool that spread far over the floor. Out in the yard, to which she had crawled in her terror, and with not a human soul living within sound of her voice, Mrs. Grover shrieked in her agony until an answering cry came from Lewis Preston, negro who. with his dogj., was possum hunting in the neighbor hood. Mrs. Grover had seen the light carried by the man. She redoubled her cries until he came to ber. when she told him that her husband had killed her dauhter and himself and begged him to go for assistance. Preston ran to the home of W. P. Shonway, three-quarters of a mile distant, aroused his family, whom he told that something awful had hap pened at the home of the Grovers, but they doubted the man's story and sent him etlll further upon his way. Alone With The Dead. In the meantime Mrs. Grover, too frightened to stay longer in tiie neighborhood of her now desolated home, with only a thin skirt over her night dress, without shoes and with, out covering for her shoulders, start ed alone for help. Suffering with a dislocated hip, which had made her an invalid for many months, and without even the assistance ot her crutch, the woman made her way painfully across lonely fields, her fear of the night being ai nothing to the dread of what she had left behind her. She managed to crawl somehow the intervening dlHtance to the home of the Khonways, falling In collapse across their doorway. Sobbing hysterically, she managed to tell what had occurred In the, meantime the negro had rone on to the homo of W. M. WillH, whom he aroused with the story of the tragedy. The men of both house holds at once started for the scene, a carrlace being placed at the dls posal of Mrs, Grover. The bodlei were still warm when the parties arrived at the Grover home, but both fat'ier and daughter had evidently died Instantly. Aviator Falls Into Pines. Ilerlin (Special). Hans Grade made the first attemjK to win the prize of $10,000 offerej by Hans Lanz, a merchant of Mannheim, for a 2 -kilometer flight In a German aeroplane. Grade used a monoplane of his own construction, but the propeller broke after it covered half the course. The accident occurred when Grado was 90 feet above a pine grove, which broke the fall, thi aviator escaping practically unnurt WILL LET SPUN FIGHT IT OUT United States and Other Powers Hands Off. A War Between, Spain And Morocco Xow Seems Certain Former Has (10,000 Troops In Northern Africa, With 11,000 More Mobilizing For Service Spanlnh Forces Occupy, ing Peninsula North Of Melllla- Spain's Internal Troubles. Washington, D. C. (Special). The attempt of the Sultan of Moroc co to obtain foreign Intervention In the conflict between hla country and Spain was detailed In a dispatch Just made public from United States Minister Dodge, at Tangier, to the State Department. In a note ad dressed to. the diplomatic corps the Sultan, through bis representative, expressed bis alarm at the large .Spanish force in the Hiff territory, faying that the report had arisen that the Spanish government's object was not limited to the punishment of those who killed certain mine labor ers. The Sultan maintained that Snaln had no right to administer punish ment and requested the diplomatic corps to inform their governments that they may Invite the attention of the Spanish government in a friendly manner to the danger in curred by its action. Mr. Dodge add ed that the French Minister to Mo rocco, who Is dean of the diplomatic corps, was about to address a cir cular note to the corps, saying that the French government did not con sider this a case in which it could take action. Attention is called to the stipula tion In the Algeclras convention by which the American representatives at the conference disavowed on tho part of the United States, any in terest in Morocco other than to se cure for all peoples the widest equal ity ot trade and privilege In that country and declared that the Uni ted States would assume no respon sibility for the enforcement of the agreement. It is not thought, therefore, that the United States will take any part in the adjustment of this latest dif ference between the Sultan and the Spanish government. CARRIES SIGHT UY WIRE. Mexican Prisoner Claims Invention Of Vision Transmitter. Mexico dlty (Special). Alberto Sanchez, an electrical engineer, at present an inmate of Belem prison, claims to have invented an apparatus whereby vision as well as voice may be transmitted over an ordinary tele phone wire. He calls his invention a teleradloptlcon, and the prison offi cials admit that successful tests have been made with models. It Is said the contrivance resem bles short opera glasses attached to a battery. Accepts Tariff Hoard Place, Chicago (Special). A. H. Sanders, of Chicago, announced his acceptance of President Taft's invitation to mem bersbip on the new Board of Tariff Commissioners. Mr. Sanders' formal acceptance has been forwarded to Secretary of the Treasury Franklin Macveagh, and makes it possible to effect an early organization, it is understood that a meeting will be held for this purpose in Washington shortly. $10,000,000 Company Formed Dover, Del. (Special). A great Western and Southern development company was chartered here with a capital of $10,000,000 and 114 in corporators, including prominent Southern Congressmen, among them Champ Clark and William, J. Stone. The corporation is to be Ttnown as the Mississippi Valley Transportation Company and intends to revolution ize traffic on the Mississippi. Accused Of Kidnapping Girl. Pittsburg (Special). The Pitts burg police are searching for James Larry, aged 35 years, who 1b believed to have kidnapped Mary Clnlmero, 13 years old, ot Niles, Ohio, and brought her here. Assisting tne local authorities is Constable H. A. Walsh, of Niles. Larry was a boarder at the Clnlmero home. Drowned Herself And Baby. Northport, L. I. (Special). The bodies of Mrs. Mary Granville and her baby son were found In a ponj at Fort Salonga, where. Mrs. Gran ville had drowned herself and him. She fled from her home Sunday morn ing, leaving her husband and three daughters asleep. Tries To Kill His Fattier. La Crosse. Wis. (Special). After attempting to kill his father, Wil liam Schaefer, aged 27. one of the proprietors of a bakery, turned the revolver on himself and fired one shot, falling dead on the floor. In sanity is believed to have been the cause of the suicide and attempted murder. GREAT PLANET MARS IS CLOSJRJO THE EARTH Surface Marking and Polar Cap . Observed. 15,000,000 WILES NEARER NOW. Prof. Asaph Hall, Jr.'s, Long Vigil At Tho Naval Obsert itorjr's Great Telescope In Washington In The Hope Of Making Some Interesting Discovery Engaged Tho Past Month In Measuring The Two Moons Of Mars Some Curious Disturbances Noted. Washington, D. O. (Special), Mars and its moons were the target of many of the big telescopes in various parts of the world, and with the planet only 35.000,000 miles from the roof of the United States Naval Observatory, as astronomical sharps figured it, the Instruments of that institution were In use all niKht. Friday's distance between the earth and Mars meant a clipping of 15, 000.000 miles off the average inter vening space, and Prof. Asaph Hall, Jr., son of the astronomer who first discovered the satellites of Mars, began training the naval observa tory's great glass on the big light in the sky early in the evening, despite the prevailing clouds, and he an nounced his purpose ot watching de velopments untli 3 o'clock A. M. All preparations had been made with minuteness and, like many other observers at others points, he had hopes of some interesting scien tific discovery. Mars at this time is fairly high on the horizon, and un der ordinarily fair conditions in this latitude excellent observatons should be recorded of the surface markings and polar caps. Work Of The Experts. While Interest was heightened on the observations by reason of the planet running in closer to the earth than at any other time, the astro nomical experts of the government are not confining their work along this line. Professor Hall and his as sociates have been engaged since Au gust 20 in measuring the two moons of Mars, and will continue probably for a month or more. The polar cap has taken up less of their time, although some very good observations have been made with a view of determining the size of that feature of Mars and of other markings as well. The satellites are rather close to the planet and some very curious disturbances exercised by the planet. Including rather re markable parallelizing effects, have been noted. To observers studying different portions of Mars, the inner moon appears in quite different po sitions in the sky. 'BILL MACABEE 106 YEARS OLT Only Surviving Member Of Consti tution Crew Is A Baltlmorean. Philadelphia, Pa. (Special). Wil liam Macabee, a native of Baltimore County, the only surviving member of the crew of the old frigate Constitu tution, celebrated his one hundred and sixth birthday in the naval home, In this city. "Bill," as every body calls him, like the famous BUI Bow line, "lies here a sheer bulk, but the darling ot his crew," for the old sailor will spend the remainder of his life in a rolling chair. "Bill's" leg was broken last month, but he retains a remarkable control over his faculties. THESE HUGS EAT STAMPS. Someone With Remedy For Water Insects Needed Hadly. Washington, D. C. (Special). The PoBtofnce Department is suffer ing great loss by the Incursions of a swarm ot water bugs, which have to the present time destroyed many sheets of postage stamps by eating the mucilage from the backs of the stamps. So far the insects have withstood the poisons and powders which have been strewn around to destroy them, and the officials of the building are searching for some Insecticide which will rid the department of the pests. Nine Die Of Pellagra. Charlotte, N. C.' (Special). The ninth death from pellagra since the prevalence of the disease In this com munity was announced occurred here, the victim being Ella Boyee, a ne gro. The woman was 20 years old. All the cardinal symptoms noted in previous caseg were present. There are six caseg under treatment in Charlotte. BUZ1NG AUTOMOBILE The Terrible Ending of An All-Night - Joy Ride. THREE KILLED AND FOUR HURT. Automobile Jumps Off A Trestle At Seattle And The Gasoline Tank Explodes Two Women, Burned Nearly To A Crisp, Dragged From Under The Wreck Chauffeur Alone Escapes And Leaves The Burning Victims. ' Seattle, Wash. (Special). Three women were killed and three men and a woman seriously injured when an automobile containing eight per sons Jumped off a trestle at Fourth and Weller Streets, a short distance from the Union Station, here today. When the car landed on the tide flats, 25 feet below, the gasoline tank exploded and flames shot up 30 feet. A fire engine was called and the fire men dragged a woman from under the blazing automobile after they had been throwing water on the wreck for several minutes. The driver, Henry Hizer, who had been twice arrested for reckless driving, was taken to the city Jail. Only he escaped unhurt. The party had been out all night "Joy riding" and visiting place of entertainment. At Fourth and Wel ler Streets a sharp turn is made In the trestle, but the machine ran straight ahead and crashed through the wooden railing. When the fireman arrived two women were dead, with all the cloth ing burned from their bodies. They bad been killed instantly. Another woman, horribly Durnea, was hurried to the City Hospital, but died before she could be treatea. All the men were bruised and burned and one suffered a broken leg. After the fireman had cared for all the victims in sight thev turned water on the blazing machine. Then a woman imprisoned under the over turned car screamed "I'm burning to aeaTn. The firemen got her out by pry ing up the car. The chauffeur, Hizer, went over with the machine, but find ing himself unhurt ran at full speed toward town telling a man who tried to stop him that he was going tor help. The ponce atterwara arreewa him. He told them the steering gear broke Just as the machine was mak ing the turn. Robert Hoc Dies In London. London (Special). Robert Hoe, aged 70 years, head of R. Hoe ft Co., printing press manufacturers, of New York and London, died here aft er a short Illness. Mr. Hoe had been in London several weeks on his an nual business visit. He suffered an acute attack of kidney trouble 10 days ago, and his death resulted. No arrangements have been made for the funeral. 25,000 Members Present. Seattle, Wash. (Special). The Sov ereign Grand Lodge of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows of the United States and Canada opened here, with 25,000 members from every State In the Union present. A great parade will be held, when 20,000 men in regalia, led by the Patriarch Militant, will march through the downtown streets. No Thaw Insanity Commission. Pittsburg (Special). Without comment on the petition, Judges Cohen, Swearingen and Carnahan handed down a decision refusing to appoint a commission to determine It Harry K. Thaw is Insane. The Detltlon was filed In behalf of At torney James B. Graham, ot New York, who alleges he has a claim against Thaw of $2,954. Mayor Eby Convicted. Philadelphia (Special). Abram C. Eby, the mayor of Burkevllle, Va who wrote to President McCrea, ot the Pennsylvania Railroad, that unlesB he was paid 145,000 he would blow up the property of the Norfolk and Western Railway, was convicted by a Jury In the United States Court here by using the mall to 'attempt blackmail. Sentence was deferred. Cleveland Sail For Europe. New York (Special). Mrs. Grover Cleveland, widow of the former President; ber daughters, Esther and Marlon, and two sons, Francis Grover and Richard Folsom. tailed on tho steamer Berlin for Gibraltar, Algiers, Naples and Genoa. The Cleveland calldren will enter a school , his wish, expressed bfor he died FhiKpptno Cigar Trade. Manila (Special). The Pacific Mail liner Siberia left here for San Francisco with 2,000,000 cigars as the chief item of her cargo. This shipment has completely cleaned the local market of cigars and the fac tories are already advancing prices. Johnson Left $18,0O0.. St. Paul. Minn. (Special). Fred W. Johnson, the late Governor John son's brother; Fred B. Lynch and T. D. O'Brien, close friends of Gov ernor Johnson, began the work of getting the estate of the dead gov ernor into snaps so-that it may be probated. Governor Johnson left no will, but It is usaeniiood thst it was Mr. Eddy Gives $5,000. New York (Special). Mrs. Mary Baker G. Eddy has sent to the New York Museum of Safety and Panlta tlon her check for $5,000. Mrs. Ed dy stated that she did so In appre ciation of the philanthropic efforts of the museum in the introduction ot safety devices to minimize the ac cidents due to railway travel and the use of machinery. DR. COOK AGAIN DN AMERICAN SOIL Rousing Ovation Tendered Him in Brooklyn. Enthusiastic Reception Aboard Shlpl Followed By An Almost Riotous Demonstration When He Came Ashore An Affectionate Meeting With Ills Wife And Children No Official Representatives Rear Admiral Schley Sends A Kindly Message. 'THREE WEEKS IN AN OPEN BOAT Hardships of the Crew of Wrecked Yacht RESCUED BY STEAMER GERMAN. Rev. T. Walkup Dies From Expo sure Yacht Capsized Near Tho Marshall Group, In The Pacific Some Of The Castaways Driven Insane By Suffering Only Drops Of Rain To Drink. New York (Special). Dr. Fred-" erick A. Cook, home from the Arctics with the glory of being the first man to reach the North Pole, received a welcome that was a triumphant ova tion six hours long. Tanned and seamed by the Arctic frost, his face wore a placid smile throughout all the rousing riot ot his enthusiastic reception, and the (jj ual emotion was as he greeted bis wife and children aboard the little tug that took him off the Scandina vian-American liner Oscar N., which brought him here from Copenhagen. That which Interested the public most his disclosure of the data on which he bases his claim to the hon or of reaching the Pole was not forthcoming. "I shall await events," Dr. Cook said In the formal Interview he pre pared before reaching port. "I have not come here to enter into arguments," he wrote In a signed statement prepared aboard the liner. "I am certain." he added, "that in due course of events ail will be compelled to admit the truth of my statements." His attitude was one of calm con fidence out of which neither praise nor challenge could Jolt him. Toward his rival, Commander Peary, Dr. Cook was pleasantly toler ant. He said he would submit his proofs to the University of Copen hagen and then to the geographical societies of the world and he was sure of the result. Then he remarked: I will see Peary soon. And I will ue giaa to receive him in my home Victoria, B. C. (Special). The American missionary yacht Hiram Bingham capsized at Yalult, In the Marshall group, recently. Rev. T. Walkup died from exposure. The others passed three weeks in an open boat, without food. The yacht was from BoBton. Details were brought by the steamer Aorangl, from Aua- ma. The survivors were rescued by the steamer Gernianla and landed at Syd ney, August 26. The Hiram Bing ham, a motor schooner, was bound from Butaltarl, with Rev. Dr. Walk up, eight Carolina Islanders and a native child on board. The schooner was lost 70 miles north of the Gilbert Islands. A tropical squall came suddenly and heeled the vessel over on her beam. The ship's company clung to the rig ging, while several natives succeed ed In releasing a rowboat from the wreckage. A couple of oars were recovered, and all clambered into the boat, abandoning the schooner. For 21 days the cataways drifted at the mercy, of the wind and waves. Before leaving the wreck 15 co roanuts were picked up. this being all the food for nine adults and one child for three weeks. Rain squalls prevailed, and the missionary caught rain In bis oilskins and served ra tions on the cocoanut shells. The castaways fell 111 and some went mad. Sharks in large numbers followed the boat. On May 26 land was sighted, and iBlanders assisted the castaways to land on Eden Is land. Mr. Walkup died soon after land ing AnH war hurled on the beach. It had hpen orronn that th . His wife and family returned to curslon steamer Grand Republic, car. I America Just before the fatal voyage rylng Dr. Cook's friends and club- i began. mates from Brooklyn and New York, and John R. Bradley, his backer, should keep far enough 1n the back ground to-give him a few momenta of first privacy with his family. Bui soon there followed a second transfer: from the tug to the Grand Republic, As Dr. Cook set foot aboard, Mlsi Ida Lehman daughter of an eld Brooklyn friend, threw a wreath ol roses about hit neck, greeted him s hero and proclaimed him a "Gentle man of Bushwlck." Bushwlck Is thi name of Dr. Cook's home section ol Brooklyn. Dr. Cook looked it. Brown, posi tive, patient, taciturn, he endures thi business of being a hero with cour. tesy, but no enthusalsm. As he stool beside Bradley, his backer, the con trast was apparent. Bradley looked the typical man about town, barber, ed, tailored, polished, Immaculate and Indifferent. Cook, a little HI at ease smiled continually In an honest sori of way, as a man wholly sure ol himself, but not so certain of the lm pre?8lon he was making. It was s good Impression, though, here BIG STORM'S DEATH LIST IS GROINING Fifty-Fiva Known to Have Perished in the Hurricane. Communications Still Crippled And The Number Of Victims Likely To Be Increased The Crescent City Beginning To Bring Order Out Of Choas Thrilling Tales Of Nar row Escapes Loss Will Amount To Millions. WASHINGTON BY TELEGRAPH Watchman Fires Factory. Indianapolis, Ind. (Special). Otto Truhon, night watchman of the Mc Dougal kitchen furniture factory, which with several houses in the neighborhood was burned, confessed that he had set the factory on fire, according to the police. The loss was $160,000. Truhon is probably Insane the police say. IN THE WORLD OF FINANCE at Laotnuno, Switzerland, and Mrs. Cleveland will take up her residence tear Lausanne for an Indefinite period. "Dry" Parade In Chicago. Chicago (Special). Chicago's an nual temperance parade was held, the line of floats an-j marchers being two miles long. Every tempersuce or ganization In the city was represent ed, and there, was oua delegation from Washington. Moore Getting Discouraged. Madrid (Special). Advices re ceived br the Government from Me lllla Indicate tbst the warring tribes are showing signs of discouragement, and that the propcts for sn early ending ot the campaign Is good. that bis entire estate be turned over to Mrs. Johnson. It Is estimated that the value or the estate will not ex ceed $18.000. The Duke Ot Annual. Turin (Special). Following an In terview betyween tbe Duke of the Abrunl and the Duke of Aosta, the former dined wlti King Victor Em manuel and Queen Helena at tho Palace at Hacconlgl. In addition to giving lbs King and Queen a personal narrative of his recent mountain climbing expedition in the Himala yas, it is reported that the D.i'ts da sired to learn tbe attitude if the royal family concerning hla reported encasement to Mlsa Katherlne El- kins, ir any definite decision was reach J it bas not been male pub lic At present 32,917 Connellsvllle coke ovens are at work and 5,642 are Idle. Part of last year more than halt were Isle. Cotton got away above 13 cents and made a new high record for the year. This belped to depress stock prices. Tbe enormous transfer of owner ship in Lehigh Valley stock from Philadelphia to New York Interests bas brought millions of cash from that city to rnuaaeipnia. The Lake Superior plant at tbe Boo has been shut down for repairs and will be closed for a week or ten days. There were no bids for the Phil adelphia and Cheater Railway, which was offered for sale at auction. "Tbe Iron Trade Review" says: "It now seems almost certain tbat shipments ot Lake Superior ore this year will exceed those of tbe previ ous record year, 1J7, wnen over 42.000.000 tons were shipped In fin ished materials. The pressure on the mills Is more severe and promises for delivery are In many cases being extended." . Moors Severely Punished. Madrid (Special). Official advices received here from Melllla, Morocco, where the Spanish forces have been fighting with the Moors, say that a column, operating to the westward, has taken possession of the Yatch and Tasdirst, the enemy sustaining heavy losses. Ten Spaniards were killed and 70 wounded. Priest Killed In Religious Riot. Barcelona (Special). Religious rioting at Castro resulted in the killing of two men and tbe wound ing of 06 others. A religious pro cession, with the local priest at Its head, was abou'. to enter the church at Castro when it was attacked by an armed mob. The priest and an other man were killed instantly. Earthquake And Storms. Paris (Special) Southern France, especially Provence, has been visited by heavy storms accompanied by earth (hocks. Considerable damage bas been done and railroad corn munition has been partially inter rupted by the noous. Expresses In Iicor-End Crash. Patee, N. H. (Special). Three men were killed when the Montreal cxprea:, bound from Montreal for Boston, crashed Into the rear of ihe disabled Quebec express, from Quebec for Boston, about a mile and a half from tins station . i i Hundred Perish In Syria. Constantinople (Special). - Tor rential rains have caused the loss of hundreds ot Uvea and the destruc tion ot 600 bouses at Horns, a town in Northern Syria. Hotels Dynamited. Pittsburg. Pa. (Special). A mys terlous explosion of nltro-glycerlno or dynamite at West Brownsville, Pa., near here, Injured two persons and partly destroyed tbe Hotel Aub- lev and Atwood Hotel. The struc tures adjoin and ths police suspect that enemies of tbe proprietors made an attempt to ruin their places. Several hundred guests were throws Into the greatest excitement wben the explosion occurred and two re ceived Injuries in the rush for the outside. Tbe damage Is estlmr.ted at $5,000. New Orleans (Special). Gradual ly New Orleans and the territory surrounding tbe Crescent City is re covering from the first effects of the tropical hurricane. Fifty-five human lives are now positively known to have been claimed as victims of the A. 1 storm and 45 others are reported to abroad, for the crowd like his slm- L have been lost In Lower Terrebonne pllclty which seemed to carry con- ' parish, but as yet this report has vlctlon. ' not been authenticated. The property loss will run into the millions. Miles of territory have been laid waste and crops bave prac tically been ruined. Dwellings, cot ton gins and sugar mills have been leveled. News reached h'ere that ten mem bers of a party from Morg'an City, La., were killed In the hurricane. They were in a fishing camp in Ter rebone. Parish. The dead are: Capt. Charles Grant, two ladies and a child named Adams; three children, names unknown; Taylor Boyan and Robert Duger. New Orleans is still sadly crippled in the way of railroad facilities and telegraph and telephone communica tion with the outside world. It was, not until Wednesday that the West ern Union was able to get a work ing wire out ot the city. For two days the city's only outside com munication was over an Improvised long-distance telephone. Both the Illinois Central and the Louisville and Nashville Railroads have suf fered heavy loss, miles of their tracks hating been washed away. It will be several weeks before the lat ter will again be running trains over their own tracks. The planet Mars was closer to the earth last night by 15,000,000 miles than it has ever been before and Important observations were made in Washington and other observatories The list of candidates eligible tot appointment as second lieutenants In the Coast Artillery Corps include L. W. Call, of the DUtrict of Col umbia, and C. C. Hetb. of Virginia Dr. Q. Armour Hansen, discover et of leprosy bacillus, asserts that hi had found the bacillus In a piece ol skin taken from John S. Early, tiie suspected leper. Official denial has been given tc the report that explosives were found at Cludad Jaurez. near where Pres ident Tart and President Diaz ar to meet. William H. Pearce, principal ex aminer of the board of review, Pen sion Off.ce, aged 64 years, was founJ dead lu his bathroom ot heart dis ease. Big canning factories along the rivers of Maryland and Virginia ar working overtime to take care of the large quantities of tomatoes. Frank C. Weerns, a former Bal tlmorean, was awarded the teacher'i certificate by the Phonographic In stitute at Cincinnati, o The rostofllce Department haf been searching for heirs of George v . weart. a lormer postmaster, to whom is due $10. lhe Treasury Department awarded gold and silver medals for beroli rescues in various parts of tbe coun try. President Taft denied a Pardon to John B. Powers, convicted of peon age, who was shown at his trial to have been brutal. Congress packed a law. which will go into effect January 1. forbidding tbe issuing of chei-ks for less than one dollar. John C, O'Loughlln, the old Capi tol guide, who died in Washington, Wednesday, was hurled In tbat city. Tbe body of Lieutenant General Henry C. Corblo was Interred in Arlington National Coinetery. A revenue cutter has been ordered to Nome, Alaska, to bring back 100 stranded Americans. General Corbln's remains -are to be burled In Arlington near Ccneral Lawton's grave. Secretary Wilson favors govern ment control ot railroad securities to encourage Investmeiit on tbe part ot farmers. Lee McClung. treasurer of Yale College, was appointed treasurer of the UnlteJ Stales to succeed Charles 11. Treat. Mlchaol J. Conlon, boatswain's mate of the Navy, bat been recom mended by the Secretary of the Navy for a llfe-savlug medal. , Ten lives were lost and two mil lion dollars womb of property were destroyed In the cyclone tbst swept Flnar del Klo. Cuba. First Offlcor J. 8. Townsend, ol the collier Hsunlbal, received a per sonal letter frosa tbe Secretary com mending "the promptness, coolness LanJ disregard of personal danger," 30 Mor? Bodies Found. New Orleans (Special). Section bands on the Louisville and Nashville Railroad found the bodies of 36 sail ors and fishermen near Dunbar Sta tion. This brings the total number of dead resulting from last Monday's hurricane up to approximately 200. The bodies were badly decomposed and wore buried near the old track bed without identification. Would-Bc Murderer Kills Himself. Walkall, N. Y. (Special). Oliver Relyea, aged 21, shot and killed him elf here after firing three shots at S. H. Van Wagenen, bis former em iloyer. Relyea had been missing for 0 days, together with 1300 belong, ng to Mr. Van Wagenen. He re urned aud, Mr. Van Wagenen said, iffered to surrender. Van Wageuen itarted to walk to Justice Kaln's of tee. with Relyea following in a vagon, when the shooting occurred, an Wagenen was unhurt. Fireman Fatally Injured. Topeka, Kou. (6peclal). Flro ucro destroyed the Otto Kuhne Pre testing and Plnckling Worke, caus 'ng a loss of $125,000. Two firemen were injured by falling walls, ono latallyA . . 1 Potter College President Dead. Bowling Green, Ky. (Special). Dr. B. H. Cabell, for many years president ot Potter College, died sud denly bore. He was 62 years old. Uoy Murderer Not To IlAng. Trenton, N. J. (Special). The Court of Pardons at a special meet ing called by Governor Fort com muted the death sentence of Walter Zeller, the boy who murdered' his grandfather at Vineland, to one of life imprisonment. This Is tbe sec and tlino tbat teller's case bas been before tbe Court ot Pardons. . Tho first time his application for a com mutation of sentence was refused. Strenuous effort on the part of the toy's mother was the principal rea-i Ion for bis case being brought Ijcond Ume before the court. ; 1 I COMMERCIAL Weekly Review of Trade and Market Reports. R. Q. Dun & Co.'s weekly review of trade says: w In spite of prevailing high prceg which, In some lines, work for cur' tallment of operations, the volume of trade contlues not only largely tt excess of last year, but Is even an! proxlmatlng the records of 1907 Most noteworthy Is the continuing ei pension in iron and steel, In which the position of producer and consum er has changed, the latter now die! playing most of the eagerness to close contracts at prevailing rates. The sales of steel rails are the heavL est In two years, while there bat been a decrease of 32 per cent. In t month in the number ot Idle cars. Wholesale Markets. New York Wheat Spot firm No. 2 red, 1.10, nominal, elevator' No". 2 red, 1.12, nominal, f. 0. b afloat; No. 1 Northern Duluth, l.io' bomlnal, f. o. b. afloat; No. 2 hard winter, 1.13, nominal, f. o. b. afloat luiu opoi nrm; ino. 2 old 78 He, nominal, elevator, and 79ftc' delivered, nominal; No. 2 new, 67 ft' f. o. b. afloat, nominal. Option marl ket was without transactions, clo. Ing partly He net higher. Septem ber closed 78c; .December closed 71. . Oats Spot firm; mixed, 41 42; natural white, 424J; clipped white, 43 48. Butter Easy; receipts, 8,659 pkgs.; creamery extras, 3030ftc Eggs Barely steady; receipts. 11,129 cases. Western firsts, 23 tt 24c; seconds, 2122H- Poultry Dressed easy; Western chickens, 15 20c; fowls, 16 17 ft. Philadelphia Wheat Quiet but firm; contract grade. September. 103104e Corn Firm; No.' 2 yellow, for lo cal trade, 77 H 78c. Oats Firm, He. higher; No. I white, natural, 44H45c. Butter Quiet but steady; extra Western creamery, 32 He; do., near by prints, 34. Eggs Firm, good demand; Penn sylvania and other nearby firsts, free cases 27c. at mark; do., current re ceelpts, in returnable cases. 25 at mark; Western firsts, free cases, 27 at mark; do., current receipts, free cases, 2326 at mark. Live Poultry Dull and veak; fowls. 16 17c; old roosters, lift 12; spring chickens, 16 17; ducks, old, 1314; do., spring 14 15. Baltimore Wheat Receipts, 1,. 165 bu including 1,890 bu. South ern. Shipments from elevators, 5,030 bu. Stock In elevators, 563, 340 bu. Southern was steady but quiet under light receipts. A cargo of No. 2 sold at 106c. per bu., and small lots of steamer No. 2 red at 1.02 per bu. and "stock" rejected at 92 per bu. Small bag lots, by sam ple, as to quality and condition, brought 1.00 and 1.04 per bu. Corn Western opened easier; year, 64 64 He; January, 63ft 63 94. Year and January were In some demand, but trading was light. Prices Improved and at the midday call year was quoted at 64ft 64c, January at 6464H. Rye We quote, per bu.: No. 2 rye, Western, carlotg, uptown, 76 77c; bag Jots, new, as to quality, 60 (ft 70. Hay We quote per ton: No. 1 timothy, large bales, $18; do., small diocks, ?18; No. 2 timothy, as to location, $16.50 17; No. 3 timothy, $14.50 15.50; choice clover mixed, $16.50; No. 1 clover mixed, $16 16.50; No. 2 clover mixed, $14 15; No. 1 clover, $15.50 16; No. 2 clover, $14 15; no grade hay, m to kind, quality and condition, $6 9. Oats The quotations for new oau on spot were: White, No. 2, as to weight, 42 H 43c; do., No. 3, 41 42e; do., No. 4, 38 39c; do., mixed, No. 2, 41 41 He; mixed, No. 3. 39 40c. Butter Creamery separator, per lb.. 31 32c; imitation, per lb., 23 24c; prints. Hlb., 32 33c; Jo., 1-lb, per lb., 32 33c; blocks, 2-lb., per lb.. 31 32c; dairy prints, Mary land, Pennsylvania and Virginia, per lb... 1820c; Virginia and West Virginia store-packed, per lb., 21c. Eggs Maryland, Pennsylvania and nearby firsts, per dozen, 27c; Eastern Shore, Maryland and Vir ginia, per dozen, 27c. ; Western firsts, per dozen, 27e; West Virginia, per dozen, 27c; North Carolina, per dozen, 26c. L've Poultry We quote, per lb.: Chickens Old hens, heavy, 15ftc; old roosters, 10; young, 1616ft. Ducks, per lb Old, 12c; white Pek ing, old, 13; spring, 3 lbs. and over, 13; small, 12. Live Stock. Kansas City Cattle Market for rows and fed steers strong; for oth- j er cattle steady to 10 lower. Cholc exports and dressed beet sieei, t.;iMi .z&; rair to gooa, 25; Western steers, $3.756.75; f tuckers and feeders, $3.25 5.50; Southern steers. $3.20 04.50; South ern cows, $2.253.65; native cows, $24.35; native heifers, $3.10 5.40; bulls, $2.753.75; calves, 4J47.50. Hogs Market steady to strong; lop. $8.30; bulk of sales, $7. SOW 8.25; heavy, $8 8.80; packers sad butchers', $88.30; light, $7,750 8.15; pigs. $5. 607.60. Sheep Market strong; lambs, $5.75 7.50; yearllngB. $4.75 5.40; wethers, $4.605.10; ewei, $4.25()4.90; stockere and feeders, $3.25 5.10. Chicago Cattle Market tesd Seers. $5.608.60; cows, $1-500 5 25; heifers. $S.606; bulls, $30 4.85; calves. $3 8; etockers and feeders, $3.76 6.25. Hogs Market strong to 10 high er. Choice heavy. ,$8.40ffi-&0; butchers, $8.S58:60; light mixed. $S.158 30; choice light. $8.30V 8 46; packing, $7.858.1&; plR $5.25 7.70; bulk of sales, $$.100 8.35. , . Sheep Market steady; sheep. $4.266.15; lambs, $6.75 7.60; yearlings, $5 6.60. . Pittsburg. Pa. Cattle Suppl light, steady. Choice. $6.80 07.26. Sheep Supply light, steady, prime wethers, $4.86t; calls and common, $l.t03; lambs, $4.60 7.60; veal calves, $9 9.60. Hogs Prime heavies and medl urns, $8.468.60; heavy Yorkers. $8.408.45; light Yorkers, $80 8.16; pigs. $7.767.0; roughs, $6.60 6.76. y iii . The exportation of bananas from the Canary Islauds lacreaaea every year, aad the prices obtained are satisfactory.
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