A GREAT MISS
PROJECT IS PLANNED
It Will Take In the Whole United
States.
GATHERINGS IN MANY CITIES.
Tlio Movement Is I'niler Auspices
Of Tho Laymen's Missionary
Movement, Itcprcsontltig AU The
Protestant Churches Its Pur
pose Is To Ktlinulut Liberal Con
triliulions Through Tlio Hcgulur
Church Channels.
New York (Special). Unique In
tbo history of religious movements
la tho National Missionary Cam
lalKn, which will bo launched this
week ly tho Laymen's Missionary
Movement, representing tho laymen
of all the Protestant churches In the
United States.
In 75 principal cities, East and
West, North and South, men's mis
sionary conventions will he held, at
which an ngg rebate attendance of
more than 100,000 men Is expected.
Ten thousand men are now serv
ing on local committees In prepara
tion for the meeting. President
Taft bends the list of 200 speakers
who will be heard throughout tho
winter. This list Includes promi
nent public men, oilirers of tho
Army and Navy, newspaper men,
bankers, business and professional
men, ministers, mission board secre
taries and missionaries.
The announced object of the cam
paign is to arouse the Protestant
churches of the 1'iuted States to a
realization that the opportunities for
missionary work all over tho world
are greater than ever before and se
cure especially tho cooperation of
the men of the churches In a great
Increase of support for the mission
ary board and societies. The Lay
men's Missionary Movement does not
raise any money, but seeks to stim
ulate men of all churches to give
more generously through their reg
ular church channels.
OiM'ning Of The Cuinputgn.
The campaign will open at Buf
falo, N. V., on October 16. The
meetings during the first two weeks
will Include Cleveland and some
of tho cities of tho Last and South.
In November the circuit will swing
along the Lastern Coast and include
Providence, Boston, Washington,
Baltimore and Philadelphia. It will
swing as far West as Detroit in De
cember. Three or four days will be spent
In each city. Tho Washington con
vention will be of national Import
ance. It is there that President
Taft will give his testimony to the
value and success of the missionary
enterprise as he has seen It In the
Far East. Chief Forester Plnchot
is chairman of tho Washington con
vention committee. Ambassador
Bryce and other speakers of nation
al and international repute will be
on the program.
A whole week will be devoted to
New York City during the first part
of January. The promoter expect
that the greatest aggregation of
missionary speakers ever assembled
will unite in the campaign in Great
er New York. After this meeting
the work will be divided between
two teams of speakers and simul
taneous conventions will be held
South and North, the double series
culminating In a great National Mis
sionary Congress in Chicago, May 3
6. This meeting will be held In
the Auditorium and !,000 represen
tative laymen and ministers will be
present. Speakers from all over the
world will be heard.
IH,0i:l,.12l koh canal.
l'annma Coinnilshlon Wants That
Amount For 1010-11.
Washington, D. C. (Special).
Tho Panama Canol Commission has
submitted to the Secretary of War
sm estimate of appropriations, aggre
gating 4S,0fi:i,')J4 for work on the
anal during tin. fiscal year begin
ning July 1. 1!U0. Of the amount,
asked for, $ K.,r, i 1,036 Is for skilled
end unskilled labor and $20,21S,US3
is for materials and supplies used in
construction work.
The total appropriations maJo by
Congress up to thU time on account
of the canal are $21 o. 070,46s.
Colonel Goethals, the chairman and
tho chief engineer of the commis
sion, has declared it to be his opin
ion that the great waterway will be
completed by Junnury'l, 1915, ami
lias eMuinaied me loiai i-oi. m oi,
000,000, whlc.i, however, Includes
tho coat of sanitation and civil gov
ernment and the $50,000,000 pur
chase price.
The unusually largo amount asked
for the new fic-al ymr probably Is
due to the fact that work on the
waterway lias entered a more advanc
ed stage.
TWO THOUSAND
PERISH IN FLOOD
A Tidal Wave Sweeps Coast of
Yucatan, Mexico.
Fishermen And Their Families
Swept Into Tlio Gulf Hjr Tho
Mighty Torrents Tho Const
Swept Clean For Hundreds Of
Miles The Story Of Tho Disas
ter Told By Sailors On Steamer
Tamplco.
New Orleans Special). That an
other disaster has befallen Mexico
was tho word brought by the
steamer City of Tamplco, tho crew
of which report that between 2,000
and 3,000 people were drowned
aiong the coast of Yucatan in the
West Indian hurricane that recently
swept the gttlf. A tidal wave swept
In from the gulf, flooding the low
lying islands and tho coast for a
distance of about a thousand miles.
Tho islands and tho coast were in
habited by itlHhermen. They and
their families were carried back Into
the gulf bv the torrent of waters
that poured over them.
bo complete was the devastation,
ns the sailors of tho Tamplco report
it, that no work of rescue is to be
undertaken. The roast hits linen
swept clean of fishermen's huts and
mo island in some cases have been
stripped even of their trees:
Tho full story of the disaster Is
Just reaching tho island community,
the sailors say, and the news has
caused terror among the more Ig
norant inhabitants. Following the
receipt of the news of the flood in
Monterey. In which thniiflnnrln were
drowned, many of the people fear
the country is under a curse nnd
that still other terrors will develop.
II JILTED MODEL
KILLS HERSELF
Tragedy at French Vilb
American Painter.
of An
PLAN FOR THE
CENTRAL BANK
FIFTY WOltKMEX Hl'HT.
Ballston, N. Y., ( Special ). Fifty
workmen, bound from Ballston to
Schenectady, were Injured, many of
them badly, in a collision between
trolley cars on the Schenectady
Electric Hallway hero.
Tho collision was due to a fog and
took l lace, at the outlet station
south of Ballston. Tho 50 workmen
were all In one car and not one of
thorn escaped injury. The motor
man was fatally crushed. The In
jured men were removed to hospi
tals in Schenectady and Saratoga.
Millions Ixisl By Frost.
Mexico City, Mex. (Special). Tho
Department of Interior of tho Fed
eral government issued a statement
that the damage to growing crops
by tho rerrt.it frosts amounts to
about $1S, 000,000. The State of
Cuauajuato suffered a loss of more
than $4,000,000. The states of
Pueblo, Hldal,;o, San Luis Potosl,
Querelaro and. Durango were ali
liuaty sufferers from the unpreccd
nlcd coll spell.
F-;l 1k Mont And Likes It.
Minneapolis. MInu. (Special.)
After Mrs. John Kruskl bad ber bus
bad arrested on the charge of
cruelty, he denied her accusations,
but later bo admitted to Eergt. J.
K. Lanier, li the office of the llu
' mano boclcly, that be ate dog meat
r1 liked It. Kruskl said be pro
cared a small dog from the Janitor,
took It borne, killed It and ale It,
lie denied Ibat be Insisted on his
wife eating any of It, but said be
saw ro reuse n why she. should not.
Ho declared It was nice, tender
seat, tasted well and made blm
itmu.
Outline of Schema to Be Submitted
to Congress.
Washington, D. C. (Special).
The Monetary Commission has prac
tically agreed on a tentative plan
to be submitted to Congress for the
creation of the proposed central bank
of issue. It Is to be essentially a
bankers' bank, or agency, to do busi
ness with and tor the other banks.
It Is not to receive deposits from
the public, nor do any general bank
ing business. Its main function will
be to act as the fiscal agent of the
government, and through Its large
note-issuing capacity limited be
yond a certain point by taxation
to come to the aid of other banks In
times of emergency.
Organizing with a capital of, say
$100,000,000, the stock is to be ap
portioned among the peveral nation
al banks and, perhaps, to state banks
also, on the basis of their capital,
with a provision prohibiting any in
dividual bank to acquire voting rights
in excess of its quota.
These stockholders are to elect a
board of directors by territorial dis
tricts. In this way, It is claimed by
advocates of the measure, every sec
tion of the country would have a
representative of Its own choosing on
the board.
There is also to be another board,
composed of government directors,
of which the leading officials of the
Treasury are to be members, desig
nated by the President, the Secre
tary of the Treasury and the Comp
troller of the Currency. This is de
signed to afford tho Joint private and
government control, which, it is al
leged, has contributed so largely to
the successful operation of the Bank
of France and the Hank of Germany.
The active officers of the bank
are to be selected for life, or good
behavior, by Joint action of these two
boards. The professed purpose of
this provision is to eliminate poll-
tics so far as possible and afford
a safeguard to prevent any syndicate
or clique from obtaining undue con
trol. The two boards are to co-op
erate In the management of the
bank, Jointly deciding questions of
policy, etc.
All government moneys ore to go
Into this" bank, and it is to make
government disbursements. It 1b to
have branches in each city where
there is no sub-treasury, replacing
them, and In such other cities as
necessary, to give adequate service
to all parts of the country.
The central bank la to Issue Its
own notes which, as the present I'nl
tel States bond-secured national
bank circulation Is retired, are grad
ually to supplant them.
The central bank's notes are to be
secured by a large gold reserve and
by gilt-edged commercial credit, or
paper representing actual transac
tions In business between solvent con
cerns. It Is argued that this will
ensure elasticity.
Seventeen Die In Wreck.
Topeka, Kan. (Special). Seven
teen persons were killed and 10
severely Injured in a collision be
tween a freight train on the Atchi
son, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad
near here. Th dead are 11 Mexi
cans, four section foremen and two
brakemen. The Injured are all
Mexicans and are at the Atchison,
Topeka and Santa Fe Hospital. It
Is believed some of them are fatally
Injured.
The work train was backing into
Topeka with 60 Mexicans riding on
the flat cars.
Infant Prodigy At Harvard,
Cambridge, Moss. (Special). The
youngest a..d smallest student who
ever matriculated at Harvard l:il
verslty so far as known entered col
lego a special student. He Is Wil
liam J. Bldis, of Brooklt.ie, the 11-year-old
son of Dr. and Mm. Boris
Hidls, natives of Poland. Young
birtis is a meniai prodigy, particular
ly in mathematical studies, be hav
ing already mastered all the elemen
tary branches. SIdis attended Tuit's
Coliego last year.
Claims Speediest Airship,
Mexico City (Special). Professor
Btampa, the son of a Mexican mil
lionaire and a member of tho facul
ty of the School of Mines, has Invent
ed an airship which, be asserts, will
exceed sll others in speej. Six suc
cessful flights wers made with the
model. . Orders have been placed In
Paris for the building of two large
machines.
Fatally Hurt In Football Game,
Des Moines, la. ( Special ). Wal
ter Evans, aged 18, died hers front
Injuries received in a football game
bero yesterday.
THE GIRL FAMED FOR HER BEAUTY
D. Itldgwny Knight, Tho Pointer,
Says She Had The Most Beauti
ful Face Ho Had Ever Seen Sho
Was Posing For Pictures Which
He Values At $30,000 Lover, On
Learning Of Her Tragic Death,
Tiles To Commit Suicide.
Mantes-Sur-Selne, Franco (Spec
ial). The villa of Daniel Itidgway
Knight, the American painter, at
Kolloboise, overlooking the Seine,
was tho scene of a dramatic tragedy.
Armando Plsoni, a 17-year-old girl,
renowned throughout the country
side for her beauty and who served
Mr. Knight In the double capacity of
domestic and model, after being pub
licly Jilted at a village ball by her
lover, Uustave Fortune, returned to
Mr. Knight's home, took the paint
er's shotgun and, placing th" barrel
under her chin, blew off her head.
Mr. Knight found the body of the
girl the following morning upon his
return from Paris.
Ileforo killing herself Armande
wrote a pathetic letter to her father,
a chimney sweep In Paris, and to
her sisters adjuring the latter to
avoid love affairs and never to be
lieve man's word. She also left
a letter to Mr. Knight asking for
giveness for the trouble and annoy
aneo she was causing him In com
mitting p,uch a deed in his home.
The coroner returned a verdict of
suicide during a temporary fit of
madness. When Fortune heard of
the tragic death of his sweetheart
he tried to kill himself.
The funeral of the girl was the
occasion of a remarkable demonstra
tion of affection for her. The entire
population of the village attended
the services and followed the coffin
to the grave. Mr. Knight paid all
funeral expenses. Ho said that the
girl had a face of the most remarka
ble beauty he had ever seen. She
was posing for pictures Mr. Knight
is painting, which ho said are valued
by him at $50,000. One of them is
for John H. Converse, president of
the lialdwln Locomotive Works, at
Philadelphia.
PELLAGIU IN NEW YORK.
Army Surgeons Say Disease Comes
From Impure Water.
Washington. D. C. (Special). A
few cases of pellagra have recently
been discovered in New York, ac
cording to Capt. Joseph F. Slles,
United States Army surgeon, who,
with Surgeon Henry J. Nichols, has
been conducting a series of experi
ments at the Illinois State General
Hospital for insane, In Peoria, and
elsewhere.
The experiments have convinced
army surgeons that the commonest
origin of pellagra is not to be found
in spoiled or fermented corn, but
In Imnitrp wnrer. The Datients afflict
ed with the disease had, It was found
on investigation, first undergone an
nffllctinn nt the Intestinal tract re
sembling dysentery, the result of tak
ing impure water.
HOB TAFT DEFEATED.
Son Of President Iaihos Knee For
Senior Council At Yale.
New Haven, Conn. (Special). At
Inst a member of the Taft family
has been defeated, running for an
elective ofllce. It is Bob Taft, a seni
or at Yale and a son of tho Presi
dent Ho ran for the Senior Council.
one of the chief comniitteea of the
university, and was nominated in me
direct primaries. He was one of
mun frnm whnm four wern to
be chosen and In fho primaries was
tied with Fred Murphy, the baseball
captain, for last place.
in tha election Murnhv ran wav
ahead of everyone else and the other
members were Captain coy, Htepnen
Morrill Clement. Jr.. and C. C. Jew-
ett. of Buffalo. Taft was defeated by
a close margin.
Indians Attack Soldiers.
' Mexico City, Mex. (Special). The
Mava Indians are again giving the
federal troops' in Qulntana Roo ter
ritory much trouble, according to
olliclal reports made to the War De
partment by officers In tho field. An.
other ambush by Indians Is reported
rrom uouopicn in nicn one gunner
was killed nnd several wounded. The
Indians have stolen many miles of
tho government telegraph line and
made bullets out of the wire.
IN THE WORLD OF FINANCE
Bank of England rale of discount
was Increased from 2 Ms to 3 per cent.
In nine months Southern textile
plants have planned expenditures of
$21,000,000.
Gross earnings of many railroads
are now running ahead of the 11107
rtcoij figures.
In twelve years the duty paid on
all Bteel rails imported in the United
States amounted to $1,800,000.
Great Northern's earnings for Sep
tember Increased $965,000, which is
tae largest gain the company ever
reported In any month.
Fifth Vice-President W. W. Atter
bury, of the Pennsylvania Railroad,
U homo from a vacation spent aunt
lnp in CanaJa and Maine.
Tho Canadian Pacific Ralroad has
voted to Increase Its capital by ls
Issuing $30,000,000, par value, of
new stock. The ctock will bo sold
to shareholders nt $125. the present
market price being $188.
Only 3, SCC Connellsvlllo coke
ovens are now idle out of a total of
38.000. At one time 0,000 were
out of btuft. and more are working
now than at any day since the 1007
panic.
Of the Pennsylanla steel rails for
1910 delivery, Cambria and Penn.
sylvanla Steel will each make 41.800
tons. I'. 8. Steel 83,300 tons, Beth,
lehem 13.810 tons and Lackawanna
II), 5&0 tons.
Cambria Steel bought 50,000 tons
of Bessemer ilg Iron from Western
furnaces at $18.60 a ton at the
furnaces for delivery In the first half
of 110. This very big purchase it
sal J to have surprised Iron men.
Anthracite coal sbinments In Sep
tember were 4,416,120 tons, a de
crease of 794.827 compared with
September, 1908. Jersey Central re
turned the biggest decrease of any
company.
THIRTY PERISH
IN UN EXPLOSION
Soma Fifty Men Entombed in a
Mine.
A Terrible Disaster At Nnnnlmo,
B. C Spreading Fire Prevents
Rescuers From Completing Their
Work AU Tlio Men Rescued Are
Itadly Injured Mine Extends Out
Under Tho Sea.
Victoria, B. C. (Special). Thirty
miners are known to be dead as the
result of an explosion at the Exten
sion Mlno of the Wellington Colliery
Company near Nanalmo. The death
list may be even larger, as 50 min
ers wero entombed by the explosion,
with slight chance of rescue. ,The
shock was terrific, but its effect' was
confined to the slope wherein It oc
curred. All of the men In the other
slopes and levels escaped.
No bodies had been recovered up
to a lato hour. Fifty men were en
gaged in rescue work, but spreading
flames stopped them. The rescuers
hoped the flames would die down
soon as to permit the rescue of the
entombed men, but their chances
seemed hopeless.
The explosion was due to fire
damp, tho timbers in two levels at
once Igniting and the fire spreading
with great rapidity. Residents of
Nanalmo have been prevented from
going to extension where the disaster
occurred and only rescuers, miners
and officials are on the scene.
The mine Is situated 60 miles
north of Victoria, near the seacoast.
Some of the chambers run under the
sea. Thpy are owned by Governor
Dunsulr, of British Columbia.
Over 3,000 men are employed In
these collieries, which are the second
largest In Canada.
Paid For Serving Time.
Lansing, Mich. (Special). The Su
preme Court affirmed a Judgment
awarded Mabel Wellington $3,500 for
her services during seven years' con
finement in the House of the Good
Shepherd nt Detroit, i The Supreme
Court held that Buch detention with
out a court order was intolerable,
even though It was made with a view
to the girl's best Interests,
92,000,000 Forest Fires.
Winnipeg (Special). Hans Yager
son was burned to death, his nelce,
Mary Segelstad, Is dying in the hos
pital at Calgary and property said to
De valued at 2, 000, 000 has been
destroyed by the prairie fire which
swept the Hutton Alberta district
last week. The fire Is still burning
fiercely. Many settlers, mostly from
the United States, lost all of their
property.
Thousands Face Death.
Monterey, Mex. (Special). The
suffering growing out of the recent
flood Is very acute and unless some
thing Is done, thousands of people
must starve. There is great need
of corn, rice and beans for fo.Jd and
blankets and clothing to prevent
death from exposure. Second hand
clothing would be most acceptable.
Widtclnw Reld An LL. I),
London (Special). Whltelaw
Reld, the American Ambassador to
Great Britain, went to Manchester
and received the honorary degree of
LL. D. from the University of Man
chester, at the hands of Viscount Mor
ley, chancellor of the Institution. At
the same time Mr. Reld attended the
opening of the chemical laboratory.
Gunness Mystery Muy lie Cleared.
Laporte, Ind. (Special). Ray
Lamphere, who was convicted as n.n
accomplice of Mrs. Gunness, has but
a few days more to live, according to
prison physicians. He Is Buffering
from tuberculosis. State's Attorney
Smith is confident he will make
a confession clearing every detail of
the Gunness death farm mystery.
Drowned Posing For I'lioto.
Amesbury, Mass. (Special) While
posing In a canoe to have tholr pic
tures taken Joseph Manahan, aged,
24 years, and his brother Frederick,
17 years old, capsized and drowned
In Lake Gardner In full view of Miss
Bella Bailey, a young woman friend,
who was about to snapshot them from
the shore. The young mencould not
swim.
Poison To End MlsKwnt Life.
. North Adams, Mass. (Special).
Lieut. O. W. Balrd, 28 years old, a
recruiting officer In the United States
Army, committed suicide at his
boarding house by taking poison. He
left a note askng that his father,
Dr. W. C. Baird, of Beaumont, Texas,
bo notified, the note closing with the
words "Here goes a ralBsspent life;
may God forgive mo."
Salvage On Human Life.
Brussels (Special). The Interna
tional Congress of Maritime Law
adopted practically unanimously the
provisions of the proposed Interna
tional convention relating ' to col
lisions, and salvage at sea. One of
the clauses provides for the recovery
of salvage upon human life, as well
as upon cargo.
Fined $310 For Killing Rabbit.
Media, Pa. (Special). Glovonnl
Mastropalch was committed to Media
Jail In default of $90 fines by Alder
man Stockman, $40 of which was for
killing one rabbit and three robbins
at Brandywine Summit.
Explosion Kills Eight.
Roslyn, Wash. (Special) At least
eight men were killed and three per
haps fatally injured In a ga explo
sion In coal mine No. 4, of the North
western Improvement Company, here.
When tho explosion occurred a col
umn of firo was thrown hundreds of
feet Into the air, Igniting tho shaft
plant and adjoining buildings. Un
der the Intense beat the hoist of
the shaft crumbled and fell. Cinders
were blowu In all directions, several
buildings In parts of the little min
ing town taking fire.
Fire Causes f300,0O0 Logs,
Van Wert, Ohio (Special). The
department store of Bonnewltz ft Co,
and the hardware store of Jones &
Tudor, at Main and Wayne Streets,
were totally destroyed by fire. The
loss Is $300,000; Insurance, $175,
000. .
5,000 Divorces In (Kilo,
Columbus, O. (Special). The Ohio
courts divorced 5,034 couples during
the year ending? June 80, according
to Information Bled with the secre
tary of state by the probate court of
the stat hers.
HIDDEN IN
THE CACTUS BUSHES
Blaze Away at Spaniards When
Discovered,
A HOT FIGHT NEAR MELILLA
Spanish Commander Must Walt For
Reinforcements Before Resuming
Offensive Spain Agnln Assures
French Foreign Minister That
Sho lias No Intention Of Depart
Ing Front Her Original Purpose
Regarding Morocco.
Melllla (Special). The search
lights on the fortifications of the city
disclosed several groups of Moors
hidden among the cactus In the sur
rounding country. When they were
discovered the Moors opened a. hot
fire, to which the Spaniards respond
ed with artillery and rifle volleys.
Thoy drove the enemy off after half
an hour's fighting.
General Marina publishes an order
threatening to punish as sedition
any acts tending to create disorder
or Insubordination In the army. The
Spanish commander will have to wait
for the arrival of reinforcements be
fore resuming the offensive.
London (Special). The reports
current on the Continent that Great
Britain is supporting Spain in any
scheme of aggrandizement at the ex
pense of Morocco were declared at
the foreign ofllce to be without
foundation. Foreign office officials
say they had no reason to believe
that the Spanish government con
templated the occupation of Tetuan
or any other considerable portion of
Moorish territory or of otherwise act
ing contrary to treaty obligations.
SPAIN ASSURES FRANCE.
DUDLEY BUCK
PISSES AWAY
Was
Leading: American Composer
of Church Music.
No Intention Of Expanding Her
Operations In Morocco.
Paris (Special). The Spanish
Ambassador to France, the Marquis
del Muni, has again formally assur
ed Foreign Minister Plchon that
Spain has no intention of departing
from her original program regarding
Morocco, as communicated to the
Powers.
Alejandro Leroux, member of the
Spanish Chamber of Deputies and
leader of the Barcelona Republicans,
who Is now returning to Spain for
the opening of the Cortes, after two
years p.pent In exile because of his
bitter denunciation of tho govern
ment, declared In an Interview In
Paris that all the Liberal elements
In Spain were concentrating and that
a revolution was not only possible,
but neecssary and easy.
Three Crushed To Death.
Canal Dover, Ohio (Special).
John Gerber, aged 37; William
Lang, 23, and David Harry, aged 22
years, were crushed to death while
repairing an engine at the blast fur
nace of the Pennsylvania Iron and
Coal Company. The engine acciden
tally started and they were caughtl
between the piston and the cylinder
head.
WASHINGTON
BY TELEGRAPH
Pauline Chose, the actress, whom
J. M. Barrle Is credited with a desire
to marry. Is really Pauline Bliss,
well known in Washington.
The revenue cutter Thetis ls been
assigned to take station In Hawaii,
and will proceed there on her re
turn from the Bearing Sea.
State Department officials declare
that former Representative J. Hamil
ton Lewis has no connection with the
State Department.
Ernest Lyon, the American minis
ter to Liberia, is in the United States
on leave.
Mr. Fletcher, charge d'affaires at
Peking, has been Instructed by the
State Department to express to
China this government' regret on
account of the death of Chang Chili
Tung.
Naval officials are encouraged over
their success in securing a fine class
of recruits and over the satisfactory
condition of the enlisted personnel.
The new body of three tariff ex
perts authorized by the last tariff act
organized by electing Lester D.
Spier, of Boston, as executive secre
tary.
It la believed that Secretary of
State Knox has sent for Charles R.
Crane, tho new minister to China, to
tell him he talks too much.
Less than 39 per cent, of the
whole number of officers In the Uni
ted States Army are graduates, of
West Point.
The military surgeons listened to
an address by Surgeon Inspector
Hnnyo Tomatsuri, of the Japanese
navy.
Mr. John R. Carter, son of Mr.
Bernard Carter, was appointed Uni
ted States minister to the Balkan
Btates.
Dr. W. R. Vance, dean of George
Washington University Law School,
has, accepted a professorship at Yale.
Admiral Dewey resented the
charge made by former Representa
tive Landla that the American Navy
Is a bluff.
The revenue cutter Bear Is on the
way to Nome, Alaska, to bring home
the stranded Americans.
Thomas C. Merrill resigned as
disbursing officer of the Census Bu
reau. Santo Domingo Is going to revise
Its tariff downward.
Lewis E. Payson, a representative
from Illinois In the Fifty-first Con
gress. Is dead. V
Walter H. Watson, of Philadel
phia, has been appointed a custom,
inspector, with bcadquartei at Phil
adelphia. No further Joint maneuvers ef the
Regular Army and national guards
will be ordered by the War Depart
ment. '
During 1908-9 more fish and fish
eggs were distributed by the Bureau
of FIsheiles than ever before.
Capt. Harold Jones, described tho
field service of the mod lea I corps of
the National Guard as a Joke.
The pr.rlect far the nroetion of a
statue to General Count Pulaski has
received a temporary setback. , (
The work of teaching the Signal
Corps officers of the Army at Col
lege Park was begun In earnest. Wil
bur Wright Is the instructor.
The Mldvale and tbs Bethlehem
Steel Companies each wllj receive
contracts for furnishing a Urge num
ber of guns.
Wrote Cantata For 800 Voices And
Orchestra Of 150 Pieces At Phila
delphia Centennial Exposition
. Aut.ior Of More Concert And
Choral Selections Than- Any Other
American Assistant To Theodore
Thomas.
New York (S p e c 1 a 1).' Dudley
Buck, whoso name was seen, perhaps,
oftencr than that of any other Ameri
can composer on concert and choral
programs, died suddenly at the home
of his son, Dudley Buck, Jr., the
the violinist, in West Orange, N. J.
The composer was born at Hartford,
Ct In 1839, and on March 10 last
he celebrated his seventieth birthday.
His father was a shipping mrchant,
and had planned n similar career for
hio son. One day the boy Dudley
borrowed from one of his father's
clerks a work on "Thorough Bass,"
and then, on a happy day soon after,
a youthful school fellow lent him a
flute. There Is a legend that the boy
musician's thoughtfulness for others
ran to the extreme of doing his first
practice on the flute high up on the
branch of a cherry tree, so that his
first false notes would not annoy the
family as much as they annoyed him
self. The piano that came to him when
he was 16 drove fom the boy's head
any last thoughts he may have had
of shipping and accounts. A muslo
teacher in Hartford named Babcock
took Dudley In charge then to give
him his first lessons. About this
time he entered Trinity College,
Hartford, and soon afterward took
up his duties as organist of St. John's
Episcopal Church, Hartford.
It was evident to his parents by
this time that the youth's llfework
was music and they detprmined that
his training should be of the best.
Wherefore he was taken out of Trin
ity College in his junior year and
sent to the Lelpsic Conservatory when
19 years old. He.re he met as fellow
students Sir Arthur Sullivan, Carl
Rosa, John Francis Barnett, S. B.
Mills, Madeline Schiller, after whom
he named his daughter, and others
who later became famous.
After his three years of German
training Mr. Buck studied, for a
year in Paris. He returned to Ameri
ca In 1862, and after the death of
his parents he went to Chicago as or
ganist, composer and teacher. Later
Mr. Buck went to Boston as organ
ist of St Paul's Church there, and,
later, of Boston Music Hall, the
highest honor a Boston musician at
that time could attain.
While he was adding to his repu
tation in BoBton he attracted the at
tention of the late Theodore Thomas,
who wos then conducting the concerts
at the Central Park Garden in this
city. Mr. Thomas, in 1875, invited
Mr. Buck to become bis assistant
conductor, which the young composer
accepted, but not until he bad flret
gone to Cincinnati as organist of the
May Festival.
GENERAL DELIVERY MAIL.
Washington Postmaster Thinks Its
Use Should Be Restricted.
Washington, D. C. (Special). To
protect young girls from demoraliz
ing influences attending clandestine
correspondence Postmaster Barnes,
of this city, 1b seeking authority from
the Postofflce Department to material,
ly put a stop to the practice of de
livering letters addressed to fictitious
names by limiting the use of the
free delivery window to any one per
son to 30 days. An Investigation
quietly conducted by the postmaster
has shown that of the 1,064 letters
recently called for by women at the
free delivery window, during two
days, 111 bore fictitious names,
eight of these clandestine communi
cations being called for by young
girls under 16 years of age.
3,300 Miles By Wireless.
Honolulu (Special). The Army
transport Buford, which arrived from
Manila, reports that wireless com
munication was established with the
Pacific Coast four days before tho
vessel made this port. This means
that messages were interchanged over
a distance of 3,300 miles. The Bu
ford Is supposed to have the most
powerful wireless equipment afloat In
the Pacific Ocean.
Indians Without Food.
Muskogee, Okla. (Special). John
D. Benedict, superintendent of In
dian schools, who returned from the
Flint Hill district, reports that sev
eral thousand full-blood Cherokee In
dians ere facing starvation because
of tho unprecedented drouth this
year. The Indians have scarcely any
thing to eat and say they cannot
send their children to school because
tl-ey have not money to buy them
clothing.
Seven Hurt In Tnnnel. '
Jersey City, N. J. (Special). Sev.
en men empjoyed in the Pennsylvania
Railroad tunnel construction were
badly Injured in a railroad collision
at Kearney Junction, N. J., near tho
entrance of the tunnel. A locomo
tive crashed head-on lato the box car
In which the workmen were riding,
wrecking it and scattering the men
along the track.
Misses Wife; Kills Himself.
New York (Special). Enraged at
his wife because breakfast was not
ready on time, Edward F. MuIIor,
a special detective In the employ of
the Interborough Rapid Transit Com
pany, shot at her with a revolver,
and when he saw her fall, turned the
weapon, upon himself and blew out
bis brains. His wife was not even
scratched by the bullet. ' She had
fainted from fright. Mulk-r died al
most InBtantly.
i i i i
A Bomb At A Wedding.
. illemko. Germany; (Special).
During a dance given in this vlllago
following a peasant wedding an un
known mon. thoroughly disguised,
suddenly appeared on tbs scene, and
from tbo doorway threw a bomb
among the dancers. Eight persons
wers severely wounded and 1 several
others slightly Injured by tho explo
sion. It is pre u and th man acted
through motive of Jealousy, y Ha
mads his escape.
UJMMfcRCIAL
Weekly Review of Trade and
Market Reports.
of deXsf 'eekly
nlng of the last quarter of tho'8
is that of a full return to year'
conditions The Houtw- . norBliu
Is reported. 1 Setter thanfo rl "
season past. Th. ?chle "W
situation is to be found in .i ,th
Prices whicherVe ?odcneck 1
rserlnat.r,nfldue,(n'
division next year . V." ?, '
.recovering futurG J
and while trading l whok S
goods markets was limitJ . irr
metropolitan district by
tlon. the reports from other elpbra
Indicate the maintenance of 7!"
sonable distribution. soL L
terwt, are moving to Toy r
early spring needs ln staX f""
A careful canvass of Z Lu
men's wear mills, follow r ln
and cancellations of orders J n,:
that production w lZ
although an early revival in til id'
mand for duplicate w tr .5? df
expected to provide .dlMoU
Wholesale Markets.
N.?w York. Wh00
No 2 red, nominal elevator sT'i
red, nominal f. 0. b. afloat v?' ?
Northern rul,.i ,?.,?" 1
afloat: Nn 2 h.',Al,li- nominal
nominal f. o. b. afloat M2
IsM.' 74C.
EL -I."!?' 2 middle 0c
r:'f".u"' w'lter shipment
f. o. b. afloat
Data Qnnt - . 1...
"H"- Bicau.v; mixed, 11 u
342c; natural white, 42i43- elii
ped white, 43Vi48. '
Eggs Easy; receipts, pnsg
cases. Western firsts, 24 fi 25c '.
onds, 2223V6. "
Poultry Alive steady; vcs:ora
chickens, 16c; fowls. 16; turkeys
-?IegBe d,!11; Wetern chicken.!
14 19c; fowls, 13 Vili 10.
Philadelphia Wheat Firm ic
higher; contract grade, October
108 109c wooer,
Corn Quiet, unchanged.
a 4?atTrQulet; No- 2 whlt. natural.
44V445c.
Butter Firm, fair demand; n
tra Western creamery, 32UC.; do
nearby prints, 34.
Eggs Firm; Pennsylvania and
other nearby firsts, free cases, 27c.
at mark; do., current receipts, In re
turnable cases, 25 at mark; Western
firsts, free cases, 27 at mark; do.,
current receipts, free cases, 23 26
at mark.
Cheese Steady; New York full
creams, choice, 15 c; do., fair to
good, 1515.
Live Poultry Quiet but steady;
fowls, 15 16c; old roosters, 11
12; spring chickens, 1516; old,
13 14; do., spring, 14Ttl5.
lliiltimore Wheat The market
for Western opened steady; spot,
1.13; October, l.OUVi; December,
1.07.
Settling prices were: No. 2 red
Western, 1.16; contract t 1.13;
No. 3 red, 1.09; steamer 2 red,
1.01 Va; steamer No. 2 red Western,
1.05.
; Corn Western opened steady;
year, 62V4c; January, 62. The mar
ket ruled dull, with little life on
either side.
Oats We quote per bu.: White
No. 2, as to weight, 44; No. 3. do.,
42 43; No. 4, do., 400 40.
Mixed No. 2, 42 42; No. 3,
4041.
Hay We quote per ton: No. 1
timothy, large bales, 18; do., small
blocks. $18; No 2 timothy, as to lo
cation, $16.50(17; No. 3 timothy,
$14.5015.60; choice clover mix
ed, $17 017.50; No. 1 clover mixed,
$16.50 17.
Butter Wo quote per lb.: Cream
ery fancy, 31 32; creamery choice,
29 30; creamery good, 27 28;
creamery imitation, 22(9 25.
Cheese We quote, Jobbing lots,
per lb.. 1717c
Eggs We quote, per doz., losj
off: Maryland, Pennsylvania ana
nearbv firsts, 27c; Western nrsti,
27; West Virginia firsts, 27; South
ern firsts, 26. Guinea eggs, 13
14c
Live Poultry We quote, per lo-:
do., small to medium, IZ'A; 'a
roosters, 10; do., young, 17. nucj'
Old. 12c; white Peking. oi, 13!
Bprlng, 3 lbs. and over, 13H; fl0
small, 12.
Live Stock.
. Kansas aty, Mo. Cattle Mar
ket steady to strong. Top, IS-"-choice
export and dressed beef steer,
$6.50 8.20; fair to good,
6.25; Western steers, $3,654(6..
stockers and feeders. 3.40& p,&"'
Southern steers. $3.25 5; Southern
cows, $2.5003.78; native cow.
$2.2504.25; native heifers, $3-
&.60; bulls. $2.4O03.8d; calvei,
$3.6007.75.
Hogs Market steady to 5e. lower;
top, $8.15; bulk of sales, $7.70
8.05; heavy. $7.65 Q 8.15; pnfUeri
and Butchers'. $7.85 8.15; Hht'
$7.6008; pigs, $5.6007.25.
Sheep Market steady to "'""f'
lambs, $5.60 06.75; yearlings, $
6.25; wethers. $4.2f4.85; ewei.
$4 4.75; stockers and feeders,
$3.6006.25.
Chicago Cattle Market stron,
10c. higher; steers, H-8-J".
cows, $3.5005.25; heifers, W.
6; bulls, $3 04.85; calves. $3 &
stockers and feoders. $3.755 5
Hogs Market strong to 5c. hi jj;
er. Choice heavy. 8.35 08-4O-butchers'.
$.S.308.40; llW
$7.9008.10; packing, $7.90ft S-.
pigs, $507; bulk of sale. $7. SOW
8.25. , .
gneepMarket for sheep '";
lambs 10 150. higher; sheep,
6.60; lambs, $0 0 7.25; yearllnz.
$b. 2505. 60.
Pittsburg, Pa. battle Bupp'T
light, steady; choice, $6.56 0 7.
Sheep - Supply light; steady,
prim, wethers. $4.70 0 4.90; cull
and common, $1.6008; Ismbs. $W
7.25; veal calves. $9 0 9.26.
Hogs Receipts fair, slow, lower,
prime heavlos. $8,S0 0 8.35: eo
urns, $8.16 0 8.20; heavy York.
$8.100 8.15; light Yorkers,
7 60; pigs, $6.7607; roughs, $8"
7.50.
An Itsllan Journal says that Ade
Una Pattl has sold her throat IJJ
$100,000 to an American, who "
exhibit It after her destb. .