HIE NEWS,
Domestic
wenty-five hundred girls and
iroraen, striking shirtwaist operators
now demanding higher wages and
better working conditions In New
York, marched through the Kant
Side to the City Hall, where they
presented a petition to Mayor Mc
Clellan. Two little girls, Agnes Smith and
Annie Luedke, both 13 years old,
who escaped from the Industrial
School at Milwaukee on the night of
November 29 made a 40-mile trip
to Jefferson Junction, clinging to tho
rods underneath a passenger train.
By the decision of Judge W. T.
Newman, of tho United States Dis
trict Court of Atlnnt.i. Costa George
Najour, a Syrian, Is declared a white i
man and eligible to tho privileges I
of citizenship In the United States. I
Waller O. Smith, a prominent at- I
torney of Philadelphia, resigned as 1
a member of the board of trustees !
of the University of Pennsylvania be. i
cause ho differed with a professor
on a question of the divorce evil.
Former Queen Lllluokalani, of
the Hawaiian Islands, has executed j
a deed of trust whereby a great part
of her $200,000 estate after her
death will go to the endowment of I
orphan asylums In the islands. j
Luclen J. Irwin, president of the j
I,ouisville, Henderson and St. Louis j
Iiailroad, Indicted jointly with his
road on the charge of rebating, gave
bonds of $4,000 In the United States
court at Louisville.
Special Agent Parr, of the Treas
ury Department, testified In the su
gar frauds hearing that he was ask
ed to name his price to keep quiet
about his discovery of a secret spring
in sugar scales.
Closer social and business rela
tionship between Huston and Chicago
was the keynote of a banquet ten
dered the members of tho Boston
Chamber of Commerce by the Chi
cago Association of Commerce.
Capt. W. A. Johnson, mining ex
pert, after being evicted from a hotel
In Salt Lake City beeauso he couldn't
pay his bill, committed suicide by j
taking cyanide of potassium. !
Professor Glddingo, of Columbia i
University, In an address In New I
York, said he sees danger lurking ;
in the big corporations, and that i
they are defying the law. j
Albert T. Patrick appeared in court
In New York In an effort to gain his .
freedom, but the judge refused ha
beas corpus and sent him back to i
Singi Sing.
Mrs. Dora E. Doxey, of Columbus, '
Neb., was arrested and charged with ,
murdering her hunband of three
months by placing arsenic in hia
food.
Fred Roscna, an Italian, was hang
ed at Newcastle, Pa., for the mur
der of his cousin, John Coccho, on
July 12, 1908.
John Ellsworth was sentenced to
five years In tho state prison at
Mount Holly, N. J., for robbinfl
Schuyler Kainier.
Marines at the Brooklyn Navj
Yard had an hour's battle putting
out a fire In the chemical labaratorj
building.
The steamer Vaderland rescued
the crew of tho waterlogged schoonei
Eugene Borda oft the MaBsachusetti
coast.
Three persons were Injured In s
riot In Chicago when strikers at
tacked occupants of nonunion tailoi
shop.
The grand Jury at Louisville, In
dicted two railroads and the Ameri
can Tobacco Company for rebating.
Dr. William A. Packard, professor
emeritus of Latin In Princeton Uni
versity, died at Princeton, N. J.
Governor Stubbs was snubbed by
the Topeka Club, of Kansas, in with
drawing a dinner invitation because
he fought the club In an effort to
abolish the liquor locker system.
Mrs. Harriot C. Mott, sister of the
famous Bidwell brothers, who swin
dled the Bank of England, and who
spent a fortune In obtaining their
liberty, died at Muskegon, Mich.
Dr. J. T. Zimmerman. In an ad
dress in Chicago, stated that there
are 300,000 white slaves In the Uni
ted States, and that they represent
an Investment of $".40,000,000.
Frank M. Condon, of Cincinnati,
was tho man who informed the of
ficials of the Big Four Railroad of
the defalcations of Charles L. War
riner. Kshmayer Surkin, who was pen
sioned for bravery on the battlefield
by Nicholas 1, of Russia, dlod in
Philadelphia, aged one hundred
years.
Governor Hughes was asked to re.
move Bird S. Coler from tho presi
dency of the Borough of Brooklyn
on a charge of incompetency.
horei!?n
The British Premier announced In
U;e House of Commons that the
King would dissolve Parliament.
The House of Commons, by a voto
of 348 to 134, adopted the Premier's
resolution that the Houso of Lords
In rejecting the budget bill had com
mitted a breach of tho constitution.
Patrick Cox, who so strenuously
fought extradition from the United
States, was sentenced in Dublin, Ire
land, to five months' Imprisonment
for manslaughter In connection with
the murder of Edward Murray in Ire
land. The French battleship Iona, upon
whlcih 80 persons were killed and
huudreds Injured by an explosion In
1907, sank while being towed into
port.
Chill's protocol with the United
States for reference to the Alsop
claim to King Edward for mediation
was signed by Chill.
The French government savs no
warship has been ordered to Nicara
gua because of reported Indignities to
French citizens.
The Canadian Pacific Railroad has
placed a contract in England for two
new steamers, to cost $l,(00,000.
Princess Waldemar, wife of the
youngest son of the late King. Chris
tian, Is dying at Copenhagen.
The coal strike around Edmonton,
Man., was settled. Tho men win
22 cents more a car and recogni
tion of the union. All of the former
non-onion mines are now unionized.
Admiral Ijuln succeeded Admiral
Togo aa chief of the general staff
of the navy, Togo becoming a mem
ber of the Military Council.
. John G. A. Lelsbman. the newly
appointed American ambassador to
Italy, arrived in Rome.
The court in London denied the
appeal of the .suffragettes sentenced
to pay a fine or so to Jail.
Several small rlHages In Turkey
re reported to have been destroyed
by an earthquake.
Russia la about to place contracts
for two submarines with a guaran
tee iH of 17 V knots.
COLONEL ROOSEVELT
A N D THE ELEPHANTS
Kiifher and Son Proud of Rig
fiame Trophies.
WAS AN ODD AFRICAN PROCESSION.
Huge Skulls Of The Mammals Car-
rletl To Cnmp My Klglit Porters
The Trip Over "Man Summit."
X.itOO Feet, IllglieM Point On The
Hallway Program For Party's
Trip Down Tlie Nile To Cairo
Srenc In African Wilds.
Nairobi. British East Africa (Spec
inl). Colonel Roosevelt and R. J.
runnlnghanie arrived at Nalrvasha
on October 20 from an extended hunt,
looking brown and feeling well
They were delighted with their ex
pedition and Colonel Roosevelt said
that both he and Kermlt were proud
of having got their elephants, and
especially proud that they had each
got one when they were unaccomnan
led by such experienced hunters as
Cunnlnghanie and Tarlton. The skins
of the elephants and the skulls and
bones were broi'ght in by porters.
The hugh skulls were carried by
right porters, with reliefs of eight
more every now and then. The loads
were suspended from long poles.
Sir Perry Girourd, the governor
of the protectorate, who was on his
way to Uganda, stopped to pay his
respects to the former President of
the United States. The following
day the Roosevelt party proceded to
Nairobi. There tho station was
crowded with officials and settlers.
Lord Delamere was among those to
greet the ex-PrtsiJent and they stood
for a few minutes discussing his pro
posed visit to Lord Deamere's ranch
at Nloro on his return from the
Gunso Nguislio.
On Monday, the 2-"th, the party
left again for Londlani, from which
place the start for the Guaso Ngulsho
was to be made. On this trip the
party passed over the "Mau Summit,"
8,300 feet, the highest point on the
railway. Thence It was a gradual
descent to Londlnnl. The following
day Edmund Heller, Kermlt Roose
velt and Leslie A. Tarlton started for
Eldnma Ravine, and were followed
rliortiy afterward by Colonel Roose
velt. The Journey to their shooting
plnce will ocuppy one week and they
will spend three weeks shooting
there. Colonel Roonevelt's hunt at
NJoro with Lord Delamere, in De
cember, will end his first African
hunting. Then on for Uganda and
.'.own the Nile to Cairo.
XECK BROKEN ; RECOVERS.
Ortogenaiinn (Jets Well After Re
markable. Treatment.
Norwalk, O. (Spcc'.Hl). Consider
ing his age, tho recovery of George
Morey, aged 81 years, from a broken
neck, is regarded by physicians as
one of tho most remarkable Incidents
of surgical history. Morey is a farm
er living near here and has been
noted for his unusual activity. A
month ago he was thrown against
the side of his barn while pushing
a heavy wagon into the structure and
his neck was broken at the second
and third vertehrne.
Morey has since been kept In a
reclining position with his head held
rigid, and his physician announced
that the vertebrae are practically
mended and that Morey will be able
to soon go around as usual.
INVOLVES ABOUT FIFTY-TWO LINES.
Railrod Trainmen's Hrotherhood
Aliout to Act.
Officials Of The Northern Pad lie
And Great Northern Declare The
Weather In Holding Them l"p
More Than The Strike President
Of Switchmen's Union Receives
Word That The Men in The Knst
Are- Ready To Stiiko On Short
Notice.
New York (Special). At a con
ference of the Brotherhood of Rail
road Trainmen held here, Grand
Master Le and Fifth Vice President
Murdock were named as a committee
to decide whether the men shall go
out or remain at work In case the
demand which they will shortly pre
sent to i2 Eastern railroads for a
10 per cent. Increase in pay Is re
fused. It is expected that the final
schedule of grievances will be in the
hands of the railroad managers on
Thursday or Friday of this week.
The following statement was Is
sued af the close of the conference:
"Before a general strike can be
ordered It must have the official
sanction of the grand rpastcr In
the event of the refusal of the de
mands a poll will be taken for the
purpose of re-Indorsing the demands,
in order that the genernl strike,
when called, may be unanimous and
effective. The demand has already
been Indorsed once by more than
a two-thirds voto of tho member
ship.
"The movement planned will have
nothing in common with the gen
eral strike being conducted at pres
ent by the Switchmen's Union of
North America, which is distinctly
a rival and an enemy of the Brother
hood of Railroad Trainmen."
This statement represents 101.-
000 switchmen and trainmen.
THEIR nODIK.S BURNED.
Five Hundred Poisoned.
Berlin (Special). Five hundred
and forty-seven patients in the asy
lum at Friedrichsberg, near Ham
burg, are 111 from the effects of poi
soned rice, which is supposed to have
been given to them by one of the
employes. Two patients have died
rrom eating the poisoned food and
0 8 cases are considered hopeless.
Portions of the rice which were not
eaten are being chemically analyzed.
Italian Cabinet Crisis.
Rome (Special). The cabinet of
Premier Glolittl resigned following
the failure of the Chamber of Depu
ties to pass the bill presented by
the government as a measure of fis
cal reform. The government had
proposed the reduction of indirect
taxation on necessities, the loss of
revenue from this source to be offset
by a progressive Income tax.
For Municipal Kkyrraper.
New York (Special). Plans for
the $7,500,000 25-story municipal
building were approved by the Board
of Estimate and contracts for the
work will be let within a few days.
This great structure, which will
house most of the city departments,
will be erected near the Brooklyn
Bridge nnd will have 650,000 feet
of floor space. It will be 550 feet
high.
Get Raise Without Asking.
Pittsburg (Special). A voluntary
Increase of 10 per cent, to 1,000
men has been announced by the Dun.
bar Furnace Company, "operating
coke ovens in the Connellsvllle (Pa.)
district.
J.
GETJHE EQUITABLE
Now in Control of That Life
Assurance Company.
BUYS ALL OF T. f, RYAN'S STOCK.
Transfer Marks A Reversal Of Old
Order In Which Insurance Com
panies Controlled The Destinies Of
Hanks And Trust Companies
President Morton And Officers
Surprised Price Paid For Stock
Is Not Announced.
Reported TiRponltion Of Remains Of
Groce And Cannon.
New Orleans (Special). The bod
ies of Leroy Cannon and Leonard
Groco, the two Americans executed
by order of President Zelaya, of Nic
aragua, were burned, declared pae
scngers arriving here from Nicara
guan porta on tho steamer Dictator.
It was reported that Incineration
was resorted to to conceal the means
of Identification. Afterwards, It was
said, Zelaya found it was Impossible
to conceal the fact that tho Ameri
cans had been killed, and was forced
io niBKe a report 10 mis eneci to i
the State Department at Washington.
Slain Over Taft's Religion.
Macon, Ga. (Special). Sol. Brown
Is dead and Andrew McCrary fatally
wounded, following a quarrel at
Pleasant Hill Church, near here, over
the religion of President Taft. After
services were over Sunday and the
congregation wa going home Brown,
McCrary, Wheeler and others began
to discuss Taft's religious views. Ar
gument became so heated that Brown
and McCrary attacked Wheeler, who
drew a pltsol and killed Brown and
mortally wounded McCrary. Wheel
er escaped.
Two Dead In Caveln.
Detroit, Mich (Special). Julius
C. Zander, a contractor, and John
I.usltl, a digger, were burled alive
by the ravlng-ln of a sewer trench In
which they were working, near the
Intersection of the Western and
Lerayette boulevards. Their bodies
were found at a depth of 17 feot aft
er half an hour's digging.
Woman Kills Chicken Thief.
Chicago (Special). Mrs. Mary
Jones, whose chicken coop had been
looted seven times recently, answer
ed the call of a burglar alarm that
she had placed In the coop to detect
further depredations, and with a re
volver shot a negro whom she saw
by the light of the moon, crouching
near the chicken-coop door. Neigh
bors, aroused by the shot, ran to
the coop and found the man dead
with a bullet In his head. A re
volver, a jimmy and a gunny sack
lay beside bin).
A compass-testing; station, near
Berlin, Is a unique adjunct to the
German Navy. The testing power Is
subjected to pitching, rotating, shak
ing and every motion to which a war
ship Is liable In service.
While the oil fields of Burma have
been worked since the middle of the
elgteenth century, it li only lnee
1889 that the Industry has been op
erated with modern appliances and
In u businesslike manner.
Tho Belgian Navy Is the smallest
In the world. .,
D'Ahruzl (Jets New Post.
Venice (Special). The Duke of
the Abruzzt has been appointed director-general
of the arsenal here
and shortly will take up his abode
In the Royal Palace In Venice.
WASHINGTON
BY TELEGRAPH
Orders have been Issued to Uni
ted States warships In Niaragua wa
ters to prevent any attempt of Presi
dent Zelaya to escape from the coun
try, as he Is charged by this gov
ernment with murder. Agents of
Zelaya are In Washington to appeal
to members of Congress to endeavor
to have set aside Secretary Knox's
ultimatum.
Representative Tawney, chairman
of the House Committee on Appro
priations, stated that the government
expenditures must be kept within the
revenues.
George Curry, recently resigned as
governor of New Mexico, urges Sec
retary Bellinger to aid in having
Congress raise the territory to state
hood. The five members of the crew of
the gunboat Marietta, who were lost
Beven days ago in a whnleboat, have
not been found.
President Taft has accepted an In
vitation to address the convention
of the National Civic Federation In
January.
Warships started for Nicaragua on
both the Atlantic and Pacific sides,
while the auxiliary cruiser Prairie,
with Admiral Kimball and 700
marines aboard, sailed from Philadel
phia, but went aground In the Dela
ware. John R. Early, as to whose leprosy
tho Washington health authorities
and Dr. Bulkeley, of New York, dif
fered, returned to Washington and
was at once arrested.
President Taft named a committee
to raise a permanent endowment
fund for the American Red Cross.
Representative Tawney has again
taken up his fight against the bond
ing companies.
Brigadier General Henry M.
Adams, U. S. A., retired, died in
Washington.
Former Commissioner of Pensions
W. W. Dudley Is dangerously 411.
The annual report of the Com
missioner of Internal Revenue shows
that the temperance wave has lost
the government In taxea nearly eight
million dollars.
The borne of John G. Carlisle, for
mer secretary of the treasury, was
attached to satisfy a claim made by
a New York Jewelry Arm.
Machinist Odderstol, of the Rev
enue Cutter Service, was commend
ed by the Treasury Department for
saving the life of a man.
Gen. Thomas McCurdy Vincent,
fsmous as an Indian fighter In tho
early fifties, died In Washington.
New York (Special). Control of
the Equitable Life Assurance Soci
ety, which was secured by Thomas
F. Ryan soon after the insurance
scandals of some years ago, has pass
ed J. Plerpont Morgan' with the
$472,000,000 of assets which the
company declared In its last state
ment. The transfer, apart from Its
magnitude as a chapter in the his
tory of finance, marks a complete
reversal of the old order under
which the insurance companies con
trolled the destinies of the banks and
trust companies.
News of tho transfer was contain
ed In the following brief statement
Issued from the offices of Morgan &
Co.:
"Mr. Morgan has bought the ma
jority of the stock of the Equitable
Life Assurance Society, formerly
owned by Thomas F. Ryan. This
purchase is subject to the trust un
der which Grover Cleveland. Morgan
J. O'Brien and George Westlnghouse
were made voting trustees for the
benefit of policy-holders, and it cov
ers all Mr. Ryan's interest, including
all the stock purchased by him from
James H. Hyde,"
Beyond these nare facts Mr. Mor
gan and his partners declined to
give any details. The exact amount
of the stock bought by them and the
price they paid remain for subse
quent announcement. Nor would
they name any other Interests allied
with them, although it Is commonlv
understood In Wall Street that at
lent one largo trust company may
take a hand In the deal if the con
sent of the Equitable Is obtained.
Under tho terms of the trust
agreement referred to in Mr. Mor
gan's announcement the Ryan stock
could not be sold without tho con
sent of the surviving trustees, whose
terms of power held until June 15
next, and who might continue the
agreement for another five years If
they saw fit. Both of them are very
busy men and as they have served
the society without pay it has long
been taken for granted that they
would be willing to pass on their
responsibilities to other shoulders If
they found they could do so without
prejudice to the policyholders. Prior
to confirmation of the transfer,
neither Mr. Westlnghouse nor Mr.
O Brien would discuss cither its de
tails or its possibilities.
MIXUP IX RELATIONSHIP.
Marriages And Divorces Canso A
Stirup In Weaver Family.
Peru, Ind. (Special). As a result
of marriages and divorces a number
of relatives In the vicinity of Mc
Grawsville, this county, are having
difficulty In learning their exact re
lationship. About two years ago
William Weaver and hlB wife, Em
ma Weaver, after becoming the par
ents of eight children, were divorced,
their oldest child being a daughter
of 13 years.
About the 1st of August, 1908,
Mrs. Weaver, the divorced wife, who
was then 30 years old, married Fay
Newman, who w-as 19 years old last
January. The oldest Weaver daugh
ter married her stepfather's brother,
thus becoming her mnlhnr'o aUrnv.
In-law and also a sister-in-law to
her stepfather. The daughter's hus
band, who was his wife's uncle by
marriage, became his slHter.ln.lniv'a
son-in-law and his brother's stepson-
in-iaw.
BALLOON UNDER FIRE.
Withstood For Several Hours A
Shower Of Bursting: Shrapnel.
New York (Special). A big Army
balloon which was sent up at the
United States Proving Grounds near
Fort Hancock, at Sandy Hook, with
stood for several hours a shower of
hurstlng shrapnel fired at It at in
tervals from the fort.
Officers at Fort Hancock declined
to discuss the test, but spectators
with glasses were able to see that the
gasbag was not damaged. This was
confirmed when the balloon was low
ered to the proving grounds at dusk.
Several days ago a balloon was
hit by cannon shot from Fort Han
cock and was seen to collapse and
fall. The tests are being conducted
as secretly as possible, with a view
of perfecting the Army in tho rudi
ments of aerll warfare.
Gets Half Million Endowment,
Durham, N. C. (Special).-Trinity
College Is to be endowed with half a
million dollars from the inBtltulon of
a medical, nharmneeiitlrnl anrf riontnl
department in connection with the
ocoooi. ine uonors are tne Dukes,
millionaire tobacco men, who already
have given more than a million dol
lars to the institution. The purpose
In view Is to build up an educational
institution equal to any In the North.
Business Women Want Votes.
Berlin (Special). Seven mass
meetings of business women were
held and passed resolutions demand
ing votes for women in connection
with the election of the judges for
the trade and commercial tribunals
which decide disputes between em
ployers and employes. The tribunals
are now composed of a professional
Jurist, as president, two employers
and two employes, who are elected
by the tradesmen and merchants.
A Washington Memorial Building.
Washington, D. C. (Special).
Believing that there should be In the
national capital a George Washington
memorial building, a hall capable of
accommodating large conventions,
the Board of Education of the DIs
trite of Columbia has indorsed a
recommendation that a movement, to
be universal over the United States,
be started here on February 22 next.
The object la to have each school
child buy a button at cost of 19
cents, thus paying for a brick In the
new building.
ES
CEIS HIS PASSPORTS
Zelaya Responsible For Killing
of Americans.
KNOX RECOGNIZES THE INSURGENTS.
The Secretary Of State Sends A
Vigorous -Note To Nicaragua's
Official Representative Severing
Diplomatic Relations With That
Country Declares Zclaya'a Re
glim A Hint Upon Nicaragua's
History And A Menace To Central
America Will Hold noth Fac.
tlons To Accountability,
Washington, D. C. (Special).
Secretary of State Knox returned
the passports of Felipe Rodriguez,
charge d'affaires of the Nicaraguan
Legation, with a letter scathingly de
nounclng tho Zelayan administra
tion of the government of Nicaragua.
The letter Is definitely declared to
represent the views of Prpniiiont
loft, and Is about as plain-spoken
as anything emanating from the
State Department in many years.
The extraordinary feature of the
letter is that it seems to evidence
an intention on tho part of the Uni
ted States to hold Presllent Zelaya
personally responsible for the alleg
ed torture and execution of the
Americans, Cannon and Groce, and
exhibits the unique situation of one
government holding the chief execu
tive of another practically as a com
mon malefactor. Zelaya Is branded
as a violator of solemn International
conventions, a disturber of the na
tional and international peace, a
tyrant whose administration has been
a blot upon the name of good gov
ernment. Secretary Knox vltually anounces
the recognition of the Nicaraguan
revolutionists, declares it to be the
conviction of the United States that
the revolution represents the senti
ments of a majority of the Nicara
guan people, and that there is evi
dently no responsible government
with which the United States can
deal. He, therefore, announces that
all nartlea will ho held nrenitntnhln
I for their actions as affecting the In
terests of Americans and the peace of
Central America. He further informs
Senor Rodriguez that while he has
lost his diplomatic quality, he may
still serve as nn "unofficial" chan
nel of communication with tho fac
tion which he is regarded as repre
senting. This brings the crisis as near to
the status of war as it could be
brought by executive action without
a definite declaration by both houses
ui congress.
Mr. Knox's letter In all but so
many words makes It plain that tho
action represents the wish and attl
tude of all of tho Central American
States with the single exception of
Honduras, which Is regarded here aa
entirely dominated by Zelaya. Mexi
co has all along shown Its sympathy
with the United States In this matter.
Just what status the consular rep
resentatives of the United States in
Nicaragua now enjoy It not definitely
explained. It Is expected, however,
that Vice Consul Caldera, who has
been occupying the legation In Mana.
gua. together with other consuls in
that country, will be given their pass
ports. This is the usual method of
procedure in case of such action be
tween governments.
THE HOUSE OF LORDS
F0RCE A CRISIS1
Reject the Financial Budget
a Big Vote.
HAVE PUT IT UP TO THE COUNTRY;
May Involve Great Changes In The
Ilrfltlsh Constitution The Advice
And Warning; Of Some Of tlc 0d.
est And Ablest Peers Disregard.
' Zne ' The MoBt Itenwrkabk,
Mfchts That Has F.vcf Taken
Ilaee Between The Two Honses
, Of Parliament. ,
THIS WAS A 6IC
YEAR FORJHE FARMER
Secretary Wilson Declares It a
Record-breaker.
WAS THE MOST PROSPEROUS OF ALL.
Hood Of Tho Agricultural Depart
nient Submits His Annunl Report
And Presents Some Large Fig
ures To Prove His Statement
Price Of Hcef Has Risen Gross
Profit (Smaller In Baltimore Thau
Any Other City Farm Products
Have Increased In Value,
Washington, D. C. (Special).
Most prosperous of all years Is the
place to which 1909 is entitled In
agriculture, declares the Secretary of
Agriculture In his thirteenth annual
report. Just made public. The value
of farm products is so Incomprehen
sibly large that It has become mere
ly a row of figures. For this year
it Is $8,760,000,000, a gain of
$869,000,000 over 1908. The value
of the products has nearly doubled
In 10 years. The report says:
"Eleven years of agriculture, begin
ning with a production of $4,417,
000,000 and ending with $8,760,
000,000! A sum of $70,000,000,000
for the period! It has paid off
mortgages; it has established banks;
it 'has made better homes; it has
helped to make the farmer a citizen
of the world, and it has provided
him with means for improving his
soil and making it more productive."
The most striking fact in the
world's agriculture is the value of
the corn crop for 1909', which Is
about $1,720,000,000. It nearly
equals tne value of the clothing and
personal adornments of 76,000,000
people, according to the census of
1900. The gold-and silver coin and
bullion of the United States are not
of greater value. It has grown up
from the soil and out of the air
In 120 days $15,000,000 a day for
one crop, nearly enough for two
Dreadnoughts dally for peace or war.
This crop exceeds In value the aver
age of the crops of the five preceed
ing years by 36 per cent.
Cotton is now the second crop in
value, and this year's cotton crop
Is easily the most valuable one' to
the farmer that has been produced.
With cotton lint selling at 13.7
cents on the farm November 1 and
with cottonseed selling for about
$25 per ton, the lint and seed of
this crop are worth about $850,000,.
000 to the farmer. No cotton crop
since 1873 has been sold by farm
ers for as high a price per pound
as this one.
Third In value Is wheat, worth
about $725,000,000 at the farm, and
this largely exceeds all previous val
ues. The November farm price was
almost an even dollar a bushel, a
price which has not been equalled
since 1881. This Is the third wheat
crop In point of size, with 725,000,
000 bushels.
The hay crop Is valued at $665,
000,000; oats at $400,000,000; po
tatoes at $212,000,000, and tobacco
at nearly $100,000,000. Beet and
cane sugar and molasses and syrup,
from farm and factory, will reach
the total of about $95,000,000. The
barley crop Is worth $88,000,000,
flaxseed $36,000,000 and 1,000,000,
000 pounds of rice $25,000,000.
Interesting Comparisons.
The production of all the cereals
combined is 4,711,000,000 bushelB,
an amount considerably greater than
that for any other year except 1906.
It exceeds the average of the pre
ceding five years by 6.5 per cent.
The value of all cereals in 1909 has
never been equaled In a previous
year. It Is almost exactly $3,000,
000,000, or 34 per cent, above the
five-year average.
Compared with the average of the
previous five years, all principal crops
are greater in quantity this year ex
cept cotton, flaxseed, hops and cane
sugar; but without exception every
crop Is worth more to the farmer
than the five-year average.
This is the year of highest produc
tion ror potatoes, tobacco, beot suenr
all sugar, and rice; next to the high
est production for coan, oats and all
cereals. Compared with 1908, gains
in value are found all along the
line, the exceptions being barley.
1 1 - . ... '
rye ana milk. The in
crease ror cotton, line and seed is
zua,uuu,ooo; wheat. $107,000,000:
corn, $105,000,000; $29,000,000;
ii,uuu,uuu; lonacco $18,000,'
000; potatoes, $15,000,000.
The increase in the value of farm
products this years over 1908, $869,
uuu.uuu, is enougn to buy a new
equipment of farm machinery for
over 6,000,000 farms. The value of
tne cereal crops to the farmer would
pay for all the machinery, tools and
Implements of the entire manufactur.
ing. industry. The value of all crops,
$5,700,000,000, would make a half
payment on the value of all steam
railroads, according to the valuation
of 1904.
Secretary Wilson concludes his re
view of the production of 1909 as
follows:
Tlie agricultural production of
19U must add much to the prosper
ity or rarmers. Tne record is un
exampleJ In wealth production and
tells or abundance In quantity. Year
by year the farmer is better and bet
ter prepared to provide the capital
and make the expenditures needed
io improve nis agriculture and to
educate his children for farm life
ana worg.
THE BILL AND THE VOTE.
The British House of Lords bv a
vote of 350 to 75 rejected the
financial budget, relerred it to
the country and thereby in
theory made it illegal to collect
taxes.
According to the budget old age
pensions and the building of
Dreadnoughts caused a deficit
of $78,810,000.
Diminution in value of foreign
trade returns $570,000,000 as
compared with 1907.
Principal levies Included Increased
Income taxes, death estates and
legacies duties and stamp taxes
on sales of property.
House of Commons passed the
budget by 379 to 149. The
Nationalists abstained from
voting as a declaration of war
against tho House of Lords.
The effect will be a bitter fight of
the English people for the abo
lition of the House of Lords.
KILLED BY BROTHER-IN-LAW.
Fourth Memler Of Family To Meet
A Tragic Death.
Forest, Miss. (Special). News
reached here that Dr. Clay Hender
son, a prominent physician of Leake
County, was shot and killed by Bell
Hudson, bis brother-in-law, near
Zlon, 20 miles north of here.
The killing occurred at the home
of Hudson. ..
Dr. Henderson Is 'the fourth of
five brothers to meet a tragic death.
A few years ago Dr. Tom Henderson
was shot and killed by a man named
Morehead, near Zlon. A short time
afterward another brother was mor
tally wounded by the accidental dis
charge of a revolver. About a year
ago a third brother died after swal
lowing carbolic acid by mistake.
- IX THE WORLD 0FF1XAXCE.
The Pennsylvania Railroad In Oc
tober earned more than In any other
month In its history with just two
exceptions In 1907.
Norfolk and Western's gross earn
ings in October gained 20 per cent,
and net earnings gained 19 per cent.
Lackawanna Railroad declared an
extra dividend of 10 per cent., the
regular dividend for the year being
10 per cent Twenty per cent, has
been the total amount paid for some
years.
LonJon bought American stocks as
one way for financial folks over there
to celebrate the defeat of tho budget,
which moneyed Interests disliked.
Perclval Roberts, who is a director
of the Pennsylvania Railroad, has
been elected a director of the United
States Steel Corporation.
Philadelphia bank clearings In No
vember were $89,000,000 greater
than last year, or more than $3,000,
000 for every business day.
Jersey Central's net surplus In Oc
tober shows up remarkably well.
There was an increase of $254,466.
or abnut 45 sxr ennt.
Dying, Accused Suitor.
Tampa, Fla. (Special) Marie
Acosta, a widow, died of burns said
by her to have been Inflicted by a
rejected suitor, Miguel Gomes, who
io under arrest. The young- woman
declared that she bad rejected Go
mez's suit and that he, with two con
federates forcibly entered her home
In West Tampa, bound her hand and
foot, saturated her clothing with
gasoline and set her on fire.
Roosevelt Had "Bully" Time
Londlana, British East Africa
(Special). Colonel Roosevelt, Ker
mlt Roosevelt, Edmund Heller and
Leslie A. Tarlton arrived here from
Guas Inghlsu Plateau. All are in
splendid health. The former Presi
dent Is greatly elated over the suc
ce8 of the hunt on the plateau.
; W. O. Lillejr Short 21,034.84.
Pittsburg (Special). William C.
Lllley, former treasurer of the Pitts
burg Presbytery, who disappeared
from this city September 29, is short
$21,034.84 in his accounts to the
church, according to a statement giv
en out at a meeting of the board
of trustees of the presbytery, after
receiving and adopting the report of
the committee appointed to Investi
gate Lllley's affairs. The trustees
would not say whether or not they
would prosecute the former treasur
er. To Prevent Fire In Mines,
Springfield, 111. (Special) Oovsr-
nor Denetn has asked the Illinois
State mine investigation board to
draft amendments to the mining
laws to be Introduced at a coming
special session of the legislature,
Tbey Include flreflghtlng apparatus
and wator In tho mine, concrete con
struction of the underground stables
and fireproof timbering at the bot
tom of the shafts. The Stato com
mission and State - mine Inspectors
have formulated plans for the inves
tigation of the Cherry disaster.
London (Special). In the se
date, detached manner characteristic
of the proceedings In the gilded
chamber, and in direct disregard ol
the advice of some of its ablest and
odest members, such as Rosebery,
Morley, Lord James of Hereford,
Lord Cromer, Lord Balfour of Bur
leigh, the Earl of Lytton, Lord Court
ney and the Aroh bishops of Canter
bury, and York, tho House of Lords
created a situation unprecedented in
EngllBh history, at least in 300 years,
by refusing formal assent to the budg
et bill and referring it to the country
itself for Judgment, thereby, in theo.
ry, making It illegal to collect taxes
and carry on the King's government.
After six day's debate, notable for
the high standard of the oratory, as
well as for the able and convincing
arguments arrayed on both sides for
and again the budget, and nlaclnn
in every possible light all the aspects
of the great constitutional questions
Involved, the House of Lords cleared
for division at half past 11 o'clock.
The scene was Impressive, but lu
no sense exciting, except that the
House was packed to its utmost ca
pacity and a great array of strange
faces were seen on the benches ow
ing to the presence of numbers of
peers who only appear in the House
in exceptional cases.
When the vote was announced.
Just before midnight, as 350 to 75
In favor of the amendment, a few
mixed cheers were heard. Owing to
tho crowded state of the chamber
the tellers had some difficulty In forc
ing their way through to Lord Lore
burn, lord high chancellor. The
Earl of Crewo Immediately moved an
adjournment and the Houso rose.
GLAD TO I1E ARRESTED.
Wanted In South Carolina, Man Had
Been A Wanderer,
Camden, N. J. (Special). Want
ed on a chargo of i embezzling about
$10,000 while cashier of tho Lake
City Trust Company, Daniel E. Matt
ley was found working for Hyman
Cuff, a negro farmer, near Woods
town, N. J., and locked up in the
Camden County Jail.
, Admitting his identity, tho prison
er said:
"I am glad I've been caught. I've
been traveling around the world un
til my money Is gone, and for tin
past few days I have been consider
ing the advisability of returning
homo to be arrested."
He Is being held to await extra,
dltion.
ESCAPES ARREST BY DYING.
Alleged Bigamist A Suicide As Of
ficer Knocks.
Drcsdon, Tcnn. (Special). When
Everett Hynds a young farmer, liv
ing In the county near hore, heard
some one demand admittance at bli
door, he fired a bullot into bis heart
and fell dead across the sleeping
form of his wife of one week.
Hynds was expecting arrest on
charge of bigamy, arising from
alleged marriage be contracted at
Fulton, Ky.
The man who knocked proved te
be an officer with a bigamy warrant
for Hynds. '
Tennessee Doctor Slain.
Lafayette, Tenn. (3peclal). Vr.
W. E. King, a well-known physician,
was shot from ambush and lostanuj
killed while tiding on horseback
across the public square No one
witnessed the shooting, tnnuga
oral persons heard the shots. It !
known that King had enemies woo
had threatened to kill him on ac
count of domestic troubles.
Girls Fight With Knives.
Bradford, Ark. (Special). In a
street duel with knives at Alicia,
near here MIbs Nora Owens was
stabbed over the heart and killed
by Miss Etolla Bolk. Both young
women were nrominent In the town
and for some time had been bitter
enemies. When they mot ou tns
street they began slashing at ons
another with knives. Miss Owens
rvelvH n vnimd near the nesrt
which proved, fatal within a few min
utes. Miss Bolk. who was only
slightly Injured, was orrpstod.
Mudo Good Job Of Shooting.
Omaha. Neb. !(Speclal). While
hunting, Wesley MoBride. aged 1.
htm own own version
of the affair, accidentally shot bis
companion, Harry Long, aged I.
In the Jaw, and then fired two shots
Into his head to "make a good Job
of It." McBrlds says be wss twirl
ing a revolver on hla Anger wMJ
the aceident occurred. He oHOej
the police of the shooting, and toiaj
of firing the two shots which eM-,
ed Long's life. McBrldos parem
say his mind wss affected by a r-,
Tecent severe Illness