THE NEWS Domestic A woman educntor of Lincoln, Nob., was Indicted for refusing to tell n census taker her age. Belle Moore, tlio ncgiess who was convicted In Hie "while slave" trial tor placing two girls for Immoral purposps, was sentenced to the Au burn State Prison for Women. The brokerage firm of E. F. Hut ton & Co. was suspended from the privileges of the New York Stock Exchange for the period of one year for violating exchange regulations. E. H. It. Green, president of the Texas Midland Hallroad, and Ron of Mrs. Hetty Green, of New York, will make her residence In the East to as. 1st hi mother In her financial af fairs. Practically the entire busness por tion of Wlster, Oklahoma, was de stroyed by two distinct fires. Twenty-eight business houses were burn ed, causing a loss estimated at $100,. 000. Miss Elinor Wlckhnm. of St. Louis, has received a solid gold dinner serv ice valued at $r0.000 as a wedding gift from the father of her fiance. Joseph Pulitzer, Jr. The Interstate Cottonseed Crush ers' Association Convention at Little Rock. Ark., requested the executive committer to select. New York ns the next meeting place. Mrs. Dora Gicteman, of New fork, beat Louis Cratch, a burglar, with a rolllng-nin until he fell from the third story to the yard, killing himself Intanly. Miss Mary llarriman. daughter of the late railroad magnate, was quiet ly married to Charles C. Ruinsey. of Buffalo, the sculptor at Arden, N. Y. Oliver Spltzer, who was superin tendent of the docks of the Sugar Trust, testified that he had not con fessed all he know of the under weighing frauds because the troll led to rhe grave of Henry O. Havemeyer. Robert A. Milliken, associate pro fessor of phvsics at the University of Chicago, claims to have Isolated and measured an "atom of electricity." The Hotel Champla'n, one of the largest summer resorts In New York State, wp.s destroyed by fire as It was being opened for the season. The National Packing Company. In reply to the recent lgal attacks on the corporation, deelnres that the In dictments ;re Invalid. George Frederick Barker, emeri tus professor of physics at the Uni versity of Pennsylvania, Is dead. M. B. Bates, who escaped from prison In Missouri nine years ago, has been recaptured. Foreign Two soldiers, Gray and Michal, were convicted In Paris of the mur der of Madame Gouin, widow of Jules Gouln. a noted financier, Grady being sentenced to death and Michel to 20 years in prison. An explosion In ti e Dolores mine In the State of Chihuahua, Mexico, started a fire which destroyed 100 horses and rendered 500 persons homeless. One life was lost. Colonel Roosevelt received the honorary degree of doctor of law from Cambridge I'nlversitv. The expulsion of Jewish families from Kiev. Russia, has begun. An earthquake was felt through, out Switzerland. The London Board of Trade began Its Investigation of the stranding of th American Transport liner Min nehaha. Mrs. Theodore Roosevelt visited Buckingham Palace and had a long chat with Queen Mother Alexandra. MH'l'ix e:,tns a decisive victory over the Nicnraguan Insurgents at Bluefields. The melting of the snow on the mountains of Norway caused serious floods The Centennial Exposition of Ar gentine was opened at Buenos Aires Tragedy OfI.t February In The Twenty-Seven Men Locked In Steel Shell. WASHINGTON BY TELEGRAPH NO WAY FOR THE MEN 10 ESCAPE. Tlio Submarine Partly Submerged When Struck By The Steamer Pas De Calais, Two Mile Out From Calais, In The English Channel Strange That The War Vessel Should Bo Maneuvering Directly In The Track Of Channel Steam ers Fear Naphtha Reservoirs In The I'luviose Exploded. SIM J. MARINE DISASTERS. March 18, 1!)04 British subma rine A 1, run down by steamor which submerged near Ports mouth. All the crew lost. February f, 1905 British sub marine A ", sank off Queens town; only one of her crew saved. June S, 190." British submarine A 8, sank oft Plymouth after an explosion on board; 14 of her crew perished. July 6, 190i French submarine Farfadet, sank at entrance to port of SIdl Abdallah, Tunis; 14 lost. October 17, 1906 French subma rine Lutln, sunk by explosion off Blzerta; Commander Fepoux and 14 men killed. April 26, 1909 Italian subma rine Foca, blew up In Bay of Naples; 8 killed. June 13, 1909 Russian subma rine Kambala, rammed by cruiser off Scbastopol; several sailors killed. July 14, 1909 British submarine C 11, rammed by cargo steam ship off Cromer, England; 13 sailors drowned. British sub marines C 16 and C 17 collided at same time, but no one wan Injured. SPJTZER DRIVEN BY President Tuft will not attend the homecoming celebration New York In honor of former President Roosevelt. Charges of extravagance brought against the Geodetic Survey are to be investigated to a Senate "Commit tee. Conferences are In progress be tween oilhiaM of the Southern anJ employes looking to higV-r wuftes The average salary of a minister, according f j a special report or the Census Bin fan. Is $ ; t Commutation passenger rates were raised by the Erlo Railroad. An ana of about 606,086 acres, located In Central Arizona, which was withdrawn temporarily In l'.toi for forest purposes, has been restor ed to the public domain by the Sec. retary of the Interior. The House passed a bill ratifying an act of the Hawaiian legislature authorizing W. A. Wall, of Honolulu, and bis associates to construct and operate a railroad on the Island of Hawaii. About 79,001) acres of land- In Idaho, which had been reserved in connection with Irrigation projects, kave been restored to the public do. main by the Scrctary of the Interior. A bill providing that a pauper may nring eitner a criminal or civil action or defend one In any federal court without cost was favorably re portde to tho House. A new federal district judge for the EMterti district of New York 1st pro vide.1 by a bill favorably reported by the House Committee on Judlcl ary. The Secretary of the Interior ban granted to New Mexico 31,588 acres of land In tbu I. an Cruces land dis trict as school luileinulty lauds. Addltonal acres In Wyoming and Pub wore designated by the Interior Department for disposition under th enlarged homestead act. Senator I Follutui addressed the nate tcr five hours on the railroad tUI. A House bill granting tract of land to a number of mountain towns In Colorado for park purposes pass ed the Senate. Amendments to the Administra tion Land Withdrawal Bill were au thorized by the Senate Committee on Public Lands. Br a strict party vote the Tawney amendment to the Sundry Civil BUI .appropriating $250,000 to enable .tho President to obtain tariff facte was adopted la the House. Tbe P'tsldent received the sewly appointed Bpsnti-u minister,' Don Juan r.lano r Garanges. Calais, France (Special). Awoth-' er French submarine, the Pluvlose, with all her crew aboard, lies In 30 fathoms of water. She was sent to the bottom of the English Channel by the cross-channel steamer Pas de Ca lalse, which, crowded with passengers bound for Dover, struck the partly submerged Pluvlose when about two miles from the harbor. Accounts differ as to the cause of the accident. Admiral Fournler has expressed the opinion that the sub marine attempted to pass beneath the steamer, while other naval officials believe that tbe Pluvlose, after a long dive, came up by chance direct ly under the paddle wheels. The shock of the contact brought tbe passengers to the steamer's rails, and they saw almost instantly tho hull of the submarine, rolling about as though trying to right herself. A boat was hastily launched, but the foundering craft, which seomod to have been hard hit, turned partly over and disappeared. Signals of distress from the Pas de Calais, which was making water rapllly, brought two tugs to the scene, and later a torpedo-boat de stroyer put out and anchored neap where the Pluvlose had gone down. Within an hour or two a wrecking vessel was lying near the destroyer and her divers were sent down to locate the Ill-fated submarine, en tombed In which are 3 officers and 24 men. The chances of rescue are very slim, because, In the opinions of ex perts, ettber the naphtha reservoirs of the PIuvloso burst or the craft wa's so badly damaged that she filled. A powerful undercurrent balked the divers in their attempt to reach the Pluvlose, and if the Imprisoned men are not already dead It is al most certain that the delay will prove fatal. The submarine lies In many fathoms of water and the divers were only able to descend a short distance. Powerful dredges and machinery will arrive from Cherbourg In the morning, when all efforts will be centered In a final attempt to reach the ill-fated craft and bring her to th surface. The general fear Is entertained that the Pluvlose received a vital blow from the paddle wheels of the Pas de Calais and that some of her pletes were crushed. Even If tho crw succeeded In closing her water. tight compartment they will not be able to survive for any great length oi time. TA FT DEXOl'XCED Convicted Sugar Weigher Testi fies With Pardon in Pocket. Dramatic Moment In The Court. Room In New York When The First Witness For The Govern ment Shows A Pardon From Tho President Story Of The Secret Spring in the Sugar Scales And The Warning Signal Lights A Mysterious Phone. ' New York (Special). Oliver SplU ter, a man whose conscience hurt him, came back to New York like a spectre from the grave, and, with a pardon from the President In his pocket, gave testimony at the trial of Charles R. Heike. secretary-treasurer of the American Sugar Refin ing Company, who, with five subor dinates, is charged with conspiring to defraud the government In under weights of sugar imports. Spltzer, as superintendent of the company's Williamsburg (Brooklyn) flocks, got two years in the Atlanta Penitentiary for his participation in the frauds, but he was quietly par doned by the President last Thurs day, after serving only three months, and, having made full confession, from now on will Rid the govern ment in Its attempi to convict his former associates. Spitzer's story on the stand did not directly connect Heike with the frauds, but his confession resulted In one new arrest. James O. Brzen Inskl, formerly an employe of the Treasury Department and now a pri vate detective, was locked in the Tombs, charged with perjury. Spltzer confessed that he attempt ed to bribe Brzenlnskl to conceal the frauds and the latter is alleged to have denied this before a federal grand jury. This apparent conflict brought about Brzenlnskl's arrest. Spitzer told an amazing stony o'n the stand under direct examination and hurried from the court to the federal grand jury room. This led to the rumor that hlB full confes sion would result In another batch of Indictments. Ho was not cross-examined by the defense because of the peculiar situa. tion created by his sudden appear ance as a government witness. Two of the defense's lawyers had pre viously appeared for Spltzer when he was defendant and for ethical rea sons could not now examine him. No promise of parodn brought about Spitzer's confession, say the federal authorities. His conscience merely hurt him. It was explained, but realizing the Importance of his testimony and the legal obstacles likely to bar It were he a convict, action was taken to restore him to citizenship. ling Of Lead Used First. Spitzer. went back to the year 1894 and 1895, when he said an investi gation he made developed the fact that the checkers were altering the weights on raw sugar by niacin? small bags of lead on the beams of the scales, causing the record weights to drop below the actual often as much as 40 pounds on each draft In addition, Spltzer said, it was also the practice to rtuff paper underneath the flocrs of the scales for the same purpose. He added that when Deputy Surveyor of Cus toms Vail took office these devices were abandoned and the use of the steel cors-t spring instead was be gun and continued. Spitzer demonstrated in court the use of the bags of lead. He walked over to the sample scale in one of the government exhlblu In the case, and indicted on the beam the place whore the bag was suspended. The Jury and the defendants and every body in the court room followed his demonstration with the closest at tention. Testifying- regarding the use of the wire spring which superceded the bag of lead. Spltzer said that two styles of springs were used, a heavy one first and then a spring consider ably lighter In weight. Spitzer's testimony regarding the weight lessening debtee of the news paper underneath the scale was an absolutely new develonment and the Jury drank In his every work. Heike listened to Spitzer's testimony with tense Interest. LEAVES THE SERVICE Kays President Danced All Xlj;ht With A Mayor's Wife. Dickson, Tenn. (Special) The eightieth General Assembly of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church ad journed to meet next year In Evans vlllo. Ind. The question of church federation was taken up recently, but no action was taken. Rev. J. F. Gill, of Cali fornia, led the forces In opposition. Dr. GUI denounced President Taft as one he would not want to federate with, becauso. he said, "though h turned down his glass, he danced all night with a mayor's wife." Convicts On Food Strike, Columbus, Ohio (Special). Twen ty-five more convicts In the Ohio I'eultentiary struck on the plea that they were being served with con demned fooj. the total number on irlke being 147, but all of them, after a parley with the warden, prom ised to go to work at noon. Warden June promptly ordered tbe strikers "ls;ug up," so that their anus, in ybackli'K are held above their hoads, thuut'h none tf their bodily weight Is sustained by the shackles. flilO Bales Of Cotton Burned. New York. (Special) Three bun. dred and twenty bales of cotton con signed by James A. Pat ten to spinners abroad were burned in the hold of the North German Lloy.l liner Prlns Fredrlch Wilhelro at her pier. In Hoboken. Tbe vessel nit only slightly damaged. Only recent ly Mr. Patten received an order for 50.000 talus of cotton from foreign ilnnrs,' and he began shipping abroad part or tn vast consignment which was dftllvered to bint on May Bollinger Supporter Will Retire To Private Life. Chicago. (Special) Edward T. Perkins, engineer in charge of the Chicago bureau of the Vnlted States Reclamation Service and one of the chief supporters of Secretary Ballin ger In the controversy with Clifford Pinchot, announced that he would retire from public service to enter private business. Mr. Perkins Informed Secretnry Bnlllnger of hlB intention before leaving Washington, where he went to testify In behalf of the secretary. XO TREATING IN ROCKFOHD Chairs And Free Lunch Also Barred From Saloons. Rock ford, III.' (Special) After being "dry'' for a year, 40 "model" saloons' were licensod to begin busi ness in Rock ford. The new ordinance contains sev eral novel features, including the prohibition of treating. It is also unlawful for a saloon-keeper to have a chair or a free lunch counter in bis place. Peace Again In Liberia. Washington, D. C. (Special). The trouble In Liberia with tbe wild tribes on Its border seems at an nd for the present. A message from Minister Lyons, at Monrovia, recelv. ed at tbe State Department says that the chiefs of the turbulent tribes on the coast have taken 'the oath of allegiance and that those of the interior will do so during the present week. This, tbe minister thinks, will put an end to tbe dis turbances. Boys Played Suicide. Pittsburg, Pa. (Special). Joseph Klein, 11 years old, was fatally shot and John Allen, aged 17, who admits having shot his companion, and an other boy, who witnessed the shoot, log, declare that the throe were "playing suicide.'' Allen baa placed the revolver at Klein's head, In. structlngi blm how to commit sul ci do, when the weapon was accident ally discharged. The bullot passed through Klein's head back of the right ear. THE JURY SETS WIILIJMJEYIER FREE Finds Him Not Guilty of the Murder of Jane Adams. JURY BELIEVED THE ACCUSED'S STORY. Dark On An AtlanUc City Pier Is Still Unsolved William Seyler Gives Ills Own Account Of The Fatal Night And Is Unshaken On Crcns-Examlnatlon Bitter Ar raignment By The Prosecutor Women Interested. THE TRAGEDY ON THE PIER. February 4 Jane Adams, In company with William Seyler, goes to Young's million-dollar pier and falls to return home. February 1 3 Her frozen body was found In the surf, with a slight bruise over the temple. February 16 Seyler was arrest ed at Petersburg, Va., charged with the murder. His broth er, Orvls, was also taken Into custody. . February 18 Seyler and his brother were taken back to Atlantic City. February 21 Seyler makes a full statement to the police and stoutly maintains his Inno cence. May 23 Trial of Seyler begins at Mays landing, N. J. May 25 Seyler 4a acquitted. Jury -was out five hours. Mays Landing, N. J. (Special). William Seyler, charged with the murder of Jane Adams on the Mil lion Dollar Pier at Atlantic City last February, was acquitted. The Jury was out a little more than five hours. The courtroom was crowded when the Jury returned at 10 o'clock and rendered Its verdict, hundreds of people from Atlantic City and other parts of the county having waited all evening for news from the Jury room. When the verdict was announced there was a cheer from a portion of the crowd, which was quickly si lenced by Judge Trenchard. Seyler fairly leaped at his lawyers when ho realized that he was again a free man. After gieeting "his counsel he walked over to the Jurvmen and shook hands with each of them, at the same time warmly expressing his man ks. The crowd In the courtroom Dress ed forward and the acquitted man neia an Impromptu reception. After the stir was over, Orvls Seyler, William's brother, who had been held aa a witness, was formally discharged, and the two brothers im mediately left the Courthouse and took a train for Atlantic City. William Seyler's wife returned to Atlantic City before the Jury came in. Seyler said he was never in doubt that the Jury would free him. It was reported about the Court house that the Jury considered onlv two verdicts, first-degree murder and uctjuiuai. CHILD KILLING INDORSED Detroit Surgeons Applaud Custom Of Savages. Detroit. (Special) The custom of savages who destroyed infants who are hopeless imbeciles at birth was applauded at a clinic of the Detroit College of Medicine alumni at St. Mary's Hospital. Amnnp thA children anhmtftA fst examination was a baby girl bearing all the stigmata of degeneration. Dr. u. k. riseK, or isew York, who was conducting the clinic excused the L-iiiiu b momer irom me room and then turning to the assembled phy slcans said: "Some surgeons nnnrata In a faaa like this, trephining from the front io ine dock or ine skull to give the brain room. I have watc.hait th to. suits of these experiments and I am convinced that the untutored savages were more wise than we in their treatment of such cases. Thn tnnv such children and" The sentence was completed with a significant gesture that drew a burst of applause. CHIEF SUSPENDED Cleveland Mayor Will Investigate Alleged Misconduct. Cleveland. (Spfclal) Pending an Investigation of charges against him. Chief of Police Frederick Kohler. who has a national reputation as the "Golden Rule" chief, was suspended by Mayor Baehr. The charges filed, accuse the chief of misconduct In office and of im morality. 15 Go Down With Ship. Punta Arenas. Chilo (Special). The British hark Swanhllda baa been wrecked on Statten Island, the south east extremity of Tlrerra del Fuego, and Captain Pyne, his wire and 13 others have been drowned. The Swanhllda sailed from Cardiff .March 16 for the west coast of South Africa. No details of the disaster have been received here. Killed By Bout He Built. Providence, - R. I. (Special). While launching a 20-ton power boat which he had been three years building for his own use, James 8a vol was crushed to death and Ironed out of nearly all semblance of hu manity wbeu the rope holding the boat on tbe ways broke and allowed the craft to go over him as It en tered the water. Savol was 38 years old. For Foreljrn Missions. New York (Special) The corres ponding secretaries of tbe Woman's Foreign Missionary Society of the Methodist Episcopal Church held their midyear session to Soabrlgbt, N. J. This society during Its 40 years of work has sent; f 10,500,000 abroad for educational, evangelistic and medical work. During the last year alone 1700,000 was appropriat ed. The applications of 123 candi dates for missionary positions are being considered at this meeting. SHIPS IN A CRASH III DEHSE FOB Probably Eighteen Lives Lost on the Gireat Lakes. Stocl Freighter Frank II. Goodyear And James II. Wood In Collision On Lake Huron The Goodycnr, Cut Down Amidships, Goes Down Before Crew Can Seize Life Pre servers Wife And Child Of Ship's Cook Missing A Woman's Story Of The Disaster. Port Huron, Mich. (Special). The big steel steamer Frank H. Goodyear, of the Mitchell Transit Company, lies In 40 fathoms of wat er in Lake Huron, about 35 miles off Point Aux Barques, and prob ably 18 persons met watery graves following a collision between that veBsel and the steamer James B. Wood, nnother steel boat belonging to the Gilchrist fleet. Rush For The Deck. The collision occurred about 6 P. M., In a heavy fog which overhung the lake, and when the two Btearaer? came together the crew of the Good year, which 1b reported to have been struck amidships, had only time to seize life-preservers, and only a few could -Jump overboard before the boat began to fill with water. The cook had just sounded the second call for breakfast on the Goodyeai when the crash came and many were In the messroom. All rushed on deck and then the boat began to sink. Some Jumped into the wat er and managed to get out of reach of the boat, which was fast filling. Suddenly the Goodyear parted in the center, and with a sound which could be heard above the -whistling of the Wood, Bank out of sight, car rying all but five down with her. The bow of the Wood was badly stove in, but she rested on her bulk bead and, although some water flow ed Into the hold, was kept afloat through the efforts of the pumps Following the accident Captain Gibson, of the Wood, ordered the lifeboat lowered and gave the crew instruction to make every effort to save any of the sailors of the sink, ing steamer. Within a short time the yawlhoat was brought alongside the Wood and five people. Captain Hemenger, Steward Frank Bassett, MrB. Emma Bassett, Frank Molltck and George Grant, were taken aboard, all In an exhausted condition, caused by their exertions to save themselves and the length of time they were in the wat er. For more than seven hours the Wood remained at anchor near the scene of the collision, the captain hoping that he would be able to save some more of the crew of the Goodyear. When the fog arose there was nothing In sight and. as his boat was badly damaged and In danger of sinking also, Captain Gibson decided to return to this -ort. SOCIETY MAN TO PRISON. Convicted At Cleveland Of Attempt At Blackmail. Cleveland, O. (Special). Harry Morris, the young society man who was convicted of attempted black, mall, left here in custody for Fort Leavenworth. Kan., where he will begin the two-year sentence to which he hns been condemned. Morris bad been granted a stay of execution, but he waived this, preferring to begin his punishment at once. Mrs. D. O. Caswell, tbe widow of a wealthy clubman, was the com plainant In tbe case. Morris was convicted of having sent her letters demanding 12,000 on pain of having! her house burned and her two chil dren kidnapped. Brass Band Works Burned. Elkhart. Ind. (Special). Th plant of the C. G. Conn Company, said to have been the largest manu facturers of brass-band Instruments In tho orld, was destroyed by fire, entailing a loss of $500,000. On of the nght watchmen. Roy Edger. ly, was burned to death. His bodj was recovered from the ruins o" the building. The amount of th Insurance Is not known. Tailor A Human Ostrich. New York (Special). Patrick Ce-' cille, a tailor with obsessions, play ed the part of a human ostrich and thrust his head repeatedly In a pile of sand In an East Side Street. Chll. dren, gaping and jeering, encouraged his antics. To a policeman's Inquiry the man said he was hiding from his enemies. He was taken to Bellevue Hosptal for examination. Kills lluxbund And Servant. Henderson, Ky. (Special). B. W Ebelen, a well-known horseman oi this city, was shot an'- killed, and! Mattie White, a negro servant in the family, was fatally wounded by Mrs. Khelen at the Elmlen home. Mrs Ebelen gave herself up, telling th police that either she or her husband had to die. Jealousy Is supposed to have caused the killing. Rioting In China, ' Shanghai (Special). Native riots occurred at Chang Chla, 30 miles northwest of Cbang-Sha. A consld-j erable portion of the city was burn ed. . Tbe Lutheran Church was de stroyed by fire. Tha general unrest and antiforelgn sentiment are spreading. According to a method recently In. vented by a Frenchman, gutta percba Is extracted from the leaves and branches of the trees by evaporation and distillation, such leaves and branches being shipped to Europe In a dried etat?. "Pennyweighters," as the detec tives call them, hev.e been busy In Washington during the last few days. Eleven dentists' offices have been enter-d and robbed of gold leaf and platinum to tbe value of about $300. i State of Pennsylvania Rose leaves are Imported free o duty when brought In a crude state, the value of tbe Imports of 1908 being only $105, In 1907, $3,137 and In 1606, $5,879. The value of ron Wave Imported, in the decade end ing with 1V08 amounted to ovar $20,000. ells Highwayman. Shenandoah. MIbs Mattle Evans, cashier in a tlepartmf nt store, on her. way home to Ellangowan, was held np at Columbia Park, on the out skirts, by a lone masked highway man, who grabbed her by the throat, and was about to overpower her. Taken by quick surprise she struck the fellow a hard blow with the butt ond of her umbrella, felling him to the ground. Jle quickly Jumped to his feet, and with an oath again attempted to attack her, when she struck him with a stone, knocking him sprawling Into the gutter. Terrified, she ran to town, and meeting two pedestrians, told them of the occurence, when she swooned and fell into tho arm of one. The police were notified, but no trace of the highwayman could be found other than a 'demolished Uerby bat. Destroys Chnncel. Reading. A foreigner giving his name as H. Denerlk, was caught In Zlon's Union Church at Stouchsburg, this county, after he had demolished the chancel, the reading desk, a num. her of the fine stained glass windows and put the large clock out of com mission. The man was about 25 years of age, speaks rood English and came from New York on a bicycle. He said that he was on Lis way to San Fran cisco, and, thinking the church a Catholic Institution, he affected an entrance by means of a cellar grate. Several men went Into the church and captured htm after a bard fight. He was brought to the Berk Jail by County Detective Markel. Moon Brings Back Speech. York. Mrs. Horace Carnes, of Crayleyvllle, who had practically lost her voice for nearly a year, suddenly regained her speech while looking1 at the eclipse of the moon. Mrs. Carnes could not speak above a whisper and it was thought that her voice would not return. In hold ing up her head to look at the moon, the obstruction seemed to pass away and her voice returned in an Instant. Falls Down Well. Shenandoah. John J. Redy, former city treasurer, and a promi nent Democratic politician, plunged headforemost down the well of the elevator at the Swift Company Meat Plant, when the protecting gate he was leaning against, gave way. He struck the cement floor twenty feet below, on his head, sustaining a frac-. ture of the skull and three broken ribs. Indues Will Aifrcc. Pottsvllle. The Judges of tho Schuylkill County Courts, whose dis sensions have attracted the notice! of the whole State, are hereafter to work together more In harmony, and It is likely that there will be few, dissenting opinions In the future This Is the result of a conference held by the Judges In Chambers and follows the expression of the olden members of the bar that present con. tlltlons should be abolished. - Judge Brumm, who has been holding an Independent court, will hereafter work in harmony with Judges Shay and Bechtel. Gored To Death By Mad Bull. Washington. Gored by a madden, ed bull which he was leading into a barn. James Vaughn, 50 years old, a farm hand, died of his injuries be fore the beast could be driven off. Tun Guilty Of Defrauding; Bank. Pittsburg. Charles W. Mullln,. former cashier of the Merchants Na tional Bank, of Mount Pleasant, was declared guilty of misapplying the fundB of the institution. E. H, Stein nan, a lumberman and promoter of Mount Pleasant, was found guilty of having aided and abetted In the ab straction of funds. This was the second trial of the two men, an ap peal having been taken from a former vlrdict of guilty. Lightning Causes $40,000 Loss. Allentown. During a violent storm lightning struck the bag house of the plant of the Coplay Cement Manufacturing Company at Coplay, which was destroyed, with Its con tents. 200,000, bags, as well as tbe greater part of the packing bouse. Loss, $4 0,000; fully Insured. Terribly Burned Amusing Himself. Altoona.r-Whtle amusing himself unwinding a coll of wire in the sub station at Collinsville,. Bryon Miller, aged 20, was terribly burned when the wire came In contact with a lUhtnlug arrester. The hydro plant HO miles away, near Huntingdon, de-1 tected the disturbance and notified the headquarters of the company her first. Miller Is burned about the hands, arms and feet. England's binth rate last year was the lowest on record 25.08 a thou sand of population. . This to nearly 1.0 below the rate for 1908, which showed a slight Increase over 1907, the first for many years. . ) ... '. I " " Chester Building Collapses. , Chester. The brick wall of a two. btory addition bslng- constructed at the rear of the old Price residence, on East Broad Street, collapsed with a deafening thud. S?veral workmen Who were standing on the scaffold dropped to the ground, the walls falling outward and preventing them from being injured. Boy Run Down By Auto, York. John Kltel, a 16-year-old' boy, was run down and seriously In jured by an automobile here. He was taken to the York Hospital. The) accident occurred In the presence of the boy's mother, while the two were out shopping. The boy sustained numerous cuts and bruises about the) head and body. Burgulurs Steal Coin Collection. Chester. Burglars broke into the' house of Thomas H. Ottey, a milk man, at Prospect Park, and got away with $12 In new 1010 coins of all denominations, which Ottey had col-ot-ted, and six sliver dollar. Farmer. Killed By Frelgth Train. Lancaster. Frank Martin, a farm r of Martlc Tqwnsblp, was struck snd killed by a freight train on the Columbia and Port Dtpoalt Railroad, near Shenks Ferry, York. Resolutions were adopted at the closing session of the .York County Lutheran Conference In Dover In which the members present deeply regretted the discrimination that a practiced in the recent World's Sun day School Convention In Washing ton, against tbe brethren of African iilood, declaring that It was at varl. a nee with tbe teachings of Jesus iln these same resolutions, the Luther-a-.ni urged tho people of this county la the coming elections to vote only ,'or candidates for the Legislature that have pledged themselves to sup,' fort local optlou, . . COMMERCIAL Weekly Review of Trade and Market Reports. R, G. Dun & Co.' weekly review or trade says: "The trade movement, taking th country as a whole, continues large That there Is in all the markets an4 particularly is this the case In th 1 security market much disappoint ment that the extravagant expect, tlons at the beginning of the year are not being fulfilled Is beyond question,' and this feeling results in :a very conservative attitude on th part of both trader and consumers. There Is a feeling among some that condition inseparable from a peiiod of world-wide political and economlo transition may be forcing some Im portant readjustments, and the (lis. "position Is to wait for development. Meanwhile the season is reached when, for some time at least, tha drift of things should noticeaby t toward Improvement." ; , Bradstreet's Bays: "Trade reports, except In ths Northwest ar J on the North Pacific coast, are of little gain in activity, and Indeed In some lines, such aa textile manufacturing, quiet or furth, er curtailment Is still the subject of discussion. It is probably true. how. ever, that the evidences of crop and weather Improvement came too late In the weeks to be adequately re- ' fleeted In the present week's report At the larger Industrial centres, piir. ticularly of the East, Improvement is not as yet manifest, whereas the quieten tone of many lines or the evidences of further curtailment of operations point to other causes than backward weather having been op erative In hodlng back demands. "Wheat, including flour, export from the United States and Cauada X or the week ended May 19 aggre gate 2,918,065 bushe.le, against 2, 5)33,538 last week and 2,338,894 this week last year. For the 46 weeks ended Mnv in Tnnrt nra 129 937. I 240 bushels, ncnlnflt 1KK.fin2 ftna In the corresponding period last year. p. orn exporia ior me weeK are soz, 609 bushels, against 312,566 last week and 114,696 In 1909. For the 4 6 weeks ended May 19 corn exports ane 26,673,679 bushels, against 28, 830,926 last year." Wholesale Markets. New York. Flour Barely steady, with a small jobbing trade. Re-, celpts, 21,735 brls.; shipments, 6,-' 810. . , Wheat Spot Irregular; No. 2 red,' 114c. nominal c. 1. f. ; No. 1 Northern, jl.18 nominal f. o. b. Option mar ket The wheat' market was quiet i and prices were lower early on the weak cables and on favorable crop 'and weather news, but rallied late 'on covering and at the close was un changed to tyc. net lower. May, 1I.I6 1.15, closed 1.15; July, 11.09 3-16 1.10, closed 1.09; Sep tember, 1.05 1.06, closed 1.06. Receipts, 61,200 bu.; shipments, 82, 489. Corn Steady; No. 2, 6S nomi nal elevator domestic basts; export No. 2, 69 nominal f. o. b. Option .market was without transactions, closing c. net lower; May closed 68; July, 70bi September, ,70. Oats Spot quiet; mixed, 26 32 .lbs., nominal; natural white, 2632 lbs, nomjnal; natural white, 2632 lbs., 46 48; clipped white, 34 42 lbs., 4752V4. Option market was without transactions. Receipts, 42,700 bu.. '. Philadelphia. Wheat lc. lower; contract grade, May, $1.11 1.13. Corn Steady; May, 64 64 c. Oat unchanged. . Butter Firm; extra Western creamery, 30c; do., nearby prints, 31. Eggs Firm; Pennsylvania and other nearby firsts, free cases, 22c, at mark; do., current receipts, In returnable cases, 20, at mark; Western firsts, free cases, 22, at mark; 'do., current receipts, free 'cases, 20, at mark. Cheese Firm; New York full creams, choice 14 c; do., fair to good, 14 14. Baltimore. Wheat No. 2 red pot, 106c; May, 1.06; June, 1.05 asked; July, 1.02 asked. Corn Spot and May, 64c; July, 67. 1 Oats We quote, per bu.: White, jas to weight No. 2, 4949; No. 3, 47 48; No. 4, 45 46. Mixed No. 2, 47047; No. 3, 4646. Rye No. 2 rye Western, domestic, ,83 m 84c; No. 3 rye Western do., 77 , 78; bag lots, as to quality and con dition, 70 74. . , Hay No. 1 timothy. $20.50; NoJ 2 timothy, $19.6020; No. 3 tim othy, $1617.50; choice c,lover, 'mixed, $19; No. 1 clover, do., $18 si 8.50; No. 2 clover, do., $16 17; No. 1 clover, $16 17; No. 2 clover, $14016. I Straw Straight rye straw, fair !to choice, $13; straight rye, No. 2, $11.60 12; tangled rye (blocks), $99.50; wheat blocks, fair to tholce, $7 7.50; oat, good to prime, $8.609. Butter Creamery: Fancy, 29 29; choice, 28 28; good, 25 26; imitation, 21 23; prints, 29 80. Cheese We quote. Jobbing prices, per lb., 16 16c. ; i Eggs Prices were advanced c. per do. We quote, per doi.: Mary land, Pennsylvania and nearby firsts, 21c; Western firsts, 21; We$ Vir ginia firsts, 21; Southern llrtXC ' Live Stock. Pittsburg, Pa. Cattle Supply light; choice, $8.3O8.50; prime, $8. 8.25. Sheep Market steady to 10c, higher; lambs, $89.60; yearlings J7.26; wethers, $5 6.60; ewes, 94.26 6.25; stockors and feeders; $36. . ' Hog Receipts light; prime heav lea, $10.05; medium and heavy York ers, $10.10; light Yorkersand pigs, ,$10.10 10.15; roughs, $fi.609. Kansas City Cattle Marketsteady Choice export and dressed beef steer $7.25 8.60; fair to good, $5.76 ,7.25; Western steers, $5.508; stockers and feeders, $4.25 6.20; Southern steers, $4.907.75; South' ern cows, $3.25 5.75; native cows, $3.106.60; native heifers, $4.50 7.35; bulls, $4 6.60; calves, $4.25 7.po. i Hogs Market 5 10c. lower;. ' choice heavy, $9.70 9.75; butchers', !$9.70 8.75; light mixed, $9.60 ,18.70; choice light, $9.709.76;' packing, $9.65 9.70; pigs, $9.25, 8.60; bulk ot sale. $9.60 8.70.
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