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Domestic
Arthur P. lloinze, brother of F.
Augustus Helnze, tho Montana cop
per man, obtained a further delay
in the execution of tho sentence of
aO days' Imprisonment and $2."0 tine
Ikiposed for Impeding the adminis
tration of Justioe by the mutilation
of the books.
Tho will of Horry Dexter, million
aire founder of tho American News
Sttmpany, bequeaths $10,000 reward
ftor the murderers of his fon. Or
fjio P. Dexter, killed In the Adl
rondacks In 1903.
The steamer James Swltney. from
Nw York for Boston, or the Met
ropolitan Line, went aground on the
Kiddle Ground In Vineyard Sound
Vlth her cargo on Are.
1 Tho Lackawanna Railroad man
ejrement has come to an amicable
fatreomcnt with Its engineers, grant- (
tfyg them an increase wntcn win av
rage 13 per cent.
! Nothing has 'woned In the Penn
sylvania strike situation to Indicate
tt the broach between the em
ployes and tho officers of tho road
ik closing.
Dr D. K. Pearsons, of Chicago,
who has given away J6.000.000. Is
.bout to sell li's home in an effort
to die peni.ile.ss.
Arthur barmstaedtler, of Detroit,
was killed ty being thrown out of
no automobile racing with an elec
tric ear.
An uttempt to blow un the West
End Holt Line's now bridge shook
the city of Pittsburg.
United States Commissioner
Shields, of New York, held for extra
dition to Washington, D. C, Edward
R, Boggs, Richard E. Preusser, Leo
Mayer end Robert A. Guy, members
f tho firm of E. 8. Boggs & Co.,
with offices in New York, accused
f being connected with the opera
tion of a chain of bucketshop.
The Pennsylvania Railroad wage
conference resulted In no agreement.
It was announced that the railroad
linen have left the time fop calling
Ik strike In the hands of a committee
,f six, headed by Presidents Garrett
aon and Lee.
) Colonel Roosevelt announced his
itineraries for his Western tour, to
ike made during the late summer,
and the Southern trip, to be made
, 'In October.
President Taft will attend the
dedication of the monument to the
IPWgrim Father at Provlncetown,
Mass., on August 5.
Former City Councilman A. V.
Simon, of Pittsburg, was sentenced
'to serve eight months In Jail on
'traft charges.
i Three hundred spectators were
overcome by the heat while watch
ing the Elks' parade In Detroit,
Mich.
One human life was lost and 150
horses were burned to death In a
lire at Portland. Ore.
The French colony In New Or
leans celebrated the anniversary of
the fall of the Baatlle.
Joseph It. Stauffer, a millionaire
coal and lumber operator of Penn
sylvania, is dead.
Pastures withered by the heat
may Increase the price of milk for
New Yorkers.
Mayor White, of Salem, Mass., was
sentenced to three years in the house
ot correction and fined $1,000 for
conspiring to secure confirmation of
his appointment for chief of a Are
department.
The body of Col. Silas E. Comfort,
vice president of the Pennsylvania
Military College, and prominent in
city affairs, was found In Lelpervllle
Creek, in the rear of the Colonial
Hotel at Loiperville, Pa.
Theodore Roosevelt says he hopes
the JefTries-Johnson fight will be the
last In the United States, and that
the exhlbtion of moving pictures of
the contest will be stopped.
Mrs. Antoinette Skora, of New
York, wns shot by a former lover
in a stiirtde pact, the latter falling
to end his life bocause tho revolver
missed lire.
Howard Oswald, who was Injured
In the liig Four wreck at Hamilton,
O., is dead, making the twenty
third victim of the accident.
The gunboat Caatine, rammed by
the submarlno Bonita, during ma
neuvers oft 1'iovlncotown, Mass., has
been floated.
Wlll'am K. Vanderbilt, Jr., Is be
Ing appointed assistant to the presi
rent of the Vanderbilt railroads.
Ralph Wc.-icott was killed bv
lightning striking an iron boat dur
ing a cloudburst at Llmo Luke. N.
Foreign
Earl Grey sailed on the Empress
or Britain, from London ton Canada
where he will temporarily rexume
the duties of his o'lice as governoi
general.
Lieutenant General Vi.-count Ter
auchl left Seoul to nx.-uin,; his duties
as Japaneso resident general ol
Korea.
vJ?0. "";?t('3 " Colowan Island
hoisted a Mag of truce in order that
they mlsht remove their wounded.
Tho American. British, Krench
and German legations ut Peking pre
sented notes to the Chinese Foreign
Office, asking the promulgation ol
an edict completing the Haukow Sze
Chuen Railway contract.
Premier As;ulth stated lu the
Mouso of Commons that it was the
British government's desire to corns
i - inunuiy agreement with Ger
many looking to the curtailment ol
armaments.
Eorno 780,000 people, Including
thousands of American tourists wit
nessed the annuar French military
review at Longchamps.
The United States cruiser Tacoma
has sailed from Cuba for Bluoflelda
,to relieve the Peducah, -which bai
ea ordered home.
The fire from the Portugese gun.
,hat dislodged the Chinese from
'their fort on Collowan Island, and
many of thorn were killed. '
It Is roportsd that Dr. Lowronce
Burgbeltn, at American, Is held a
.prison by the liadrlx forcoi In Nica
ragua. A. Rawllosen, the English aviator,
.fell with his biplane st bournes-
worth. England, and was seriously
i Injured.
Tblrty-flvo thousand shipyard
.workers tt Hamburg have demand
ed an Increase of 10 per cent, in
wages,
Horr P.: rack, an aviator, fell with
a monoplane at Dulaberg. Rhenish
' Prussia, but escaped Injury.
Bpanbh troops are being concen
trated in the prlvnoa of Valencia In
i preparedness to more Into Catalonia
feecsuse ot the reported Intention
I of the Spanish refugees to cross the
I French frontier with arms. -
And Kept This Up For More
Than a Year and a Half.
LOUISVILLE MS A BIG DEFAULTER.
Moro About The Methods Employed
By AiiKiist Ropke In Robbing The
Fidelity Trust Company Would
Have Ix-ft Only An Empty Shell
If He had Not Been Found Out.
Was Very Economical In Ills
Private Life.
Louisville, Ky. (Special). Little
would soon have been left of the Fi
delity Trust Company but an empty
shell If the busy bands of August
Ropke, now In Jail on the charge of
making false entries, had not been
stayed in their dishonest operations.
The partial report of the expert ac
countants now in the bands of J.
W. Barr, Jr., president of the Insti
tution, shows that Ropke was dip
ping Into the banks' funds at the
rate of $30,000 a month for the
past year and a half.
The great bulk of his peculations
came In the last two years, during
whloh period ho is alleged to have
stolen more tr.an $500,000. The ex
amination by the experts who have
been at work on the books shows
that his early thefts were In Large
pert restored and were compara
tively insignificant alongsde his op
erations since 1908.
From this period up to the time
of his detection the size of the
amounts taken grew by leaps and
bounds. They started at a few thou
sand a month and increased until
tho gigantic sums of $30,000, $35,
000 and even as high as $50,000
were stolen In a single month. The
books tell In minute detail how Au
gust Ropke, the $1 ,800-a-year elern.
bookkeeper and assistant secretary,
became stricken with a frenzied fear,
only to steal staggering sums in the
hope of winning back the early
losses. At the rate Ropke was with
drawing money from the bank in In
creasing sums, had he gone on unde
tected for another two years, It
would have taken millions to replace
the peculations.
Nearly A Million.
Although Mr. Barr has issued no
statement of the exact amount of
the thefts from the bank's strong
box, he has figures, It Is said, which
are within a few thousand doilars
of being final. When the official
statement Is given out oy Mr. Barr
it will be seen, It is said, that the
bank's total losses run in excess of
$600,000. From one- source conies
the statement that the sum may
reach $6.r.0,000, but will not go as
high as $700,000. The directors of
the trust company, It Is stated, nave
decided to issue $1,000,000 of ad
ditional capital stock at par, and in
well-informed circles this Is taken
to indicate that the shortage will
be in the neighborhood of $1,000,
000. The examination of the books
have taken a backward course. The
size of the shortages of the present
year filled the bank's officials and
directorate with a panic which con
tinued to lessen as the thefts rapid
ly decreased upon further retro
spective examnatlon. It was thought
at first that Ropke had been stealing
at the clip of $30,000 a month for
years, and the thought of what the
shortage might be was staggering.
But the farther back the experts
wont, the smaller the shortages be
came, until at the end of a few years
they became lnsignftcant, and It was
seen that the defalcations could be
easily weathered by an Institution
with the firm financial foundation
of the Fidelity.
Sentence May He Forty Years,
There has been much speculation
as to the maximum punishment that
might lie meted out to Ropke unon
conviction. It is apparent from the
examination of the bank's books that
Ropke Is liable to indictment upon
as many as 20 counts. Following a
conviction upon each count and the
assessment of the minimum penalty
of two years for niakng a fase entry,
Ropke now faces a cumulative sen
tence of 40 years. The opinion
around the Criminal Court Is that
Ropke and the bank officials will
probably agree upon rertain of the
counts and possibly a maximum
length of Imprisonment.
Avengers Kill Wronn Man.
Kendall ville, Ind (Special). Al
bert Lehr, 38 -yea's old, was killed
by five Italians, employed on a sec
tion gang, whKi standing on the
platform of the Lake Shore depot.
The shooting is thought to be the
outcome of tho accidental killing of
an Italian by a Lake Shore freight
train three weeks ago. The Italians
blamed tho engineer and threatened
vengeance against him. Lehr was
probably mibtuken for the engineer.
Woman Saves Children.'
Gloucester, N. J. Special). Fire
at the home of George Setter, 510
Eaint John Street, gutted tho house
end d'd damage to the extent of
$.:00. The fire started from a ket
tle boiling over. Mrs. Sotter, who
was at the store, rushed Into her
iiouo and rescued two small children
and then fainted. Louis Letzgus was
overcome by smoke and was rescued
V Policeman Baker.
Head At The Wheel,
New Orleans (Special). The big
transfer boat of the Southern Pacific,
the Harrier, while crossing the Mis
sissippi, ran into the New Orleans
dry dock, and then the steamship
Moerle. A deckhand rushed to the
pilot-house to see what was the
rause of this reckless steering and
found the pilot, Capt. Albert W.
Averill, dead, but still grasping the
steering wheel. Captain Averill
was a native of Dresden Mills, Me.,
and had for 4 0 years been a success
ful pilot st New Orleans.
THE MURDER OF
. BELLE ELMORE
Indian I-aiid Frauds.
tMorre, 8. D. (Special) Congress
man Burke, chairman of the House
Committee appointed at the last ses
sion of Congress to Investigate
chsrgcs of fraud In sale of Indian
lands, niade by United States Sena
tor Gore against William McMurray,
attorney of McAlster, Okla., has
notified members of the committee
to aise-ibla at Muskagee,- Okla., on
August 4. The Investigation will
bek.ln on that date. Senator Core
has agreed to be present at the meet
ing of the committee, according to
.Congressman Uuiko,
Detectives Hunting. Dr. Crippen,
the Actress' Husband.
Tho Finding Of The Mattered Body
Of The Once Beautiful Music Hull
Artist Covered With Quicklime In
The Cellar Of Dr. Ci-lpix-n's House
In London He Wrote His Wife's
Relatives In Brooklyn That She
Died In California They Were
Married In This Country.
London (Special). Police and
music hall circles In this city are
worked up over the murder of Belle
Elmore, the beautiful and popular
singer and vaudeville performer,
whose body has been found in the
cellar of the residence of the wom
an's husband, Dr. Hawley Harvey
Crippen, at 39 Hilldrop Crescent, t
North London. The woman was an
American, so is her husband, who
has had a varied career in American
cities. The detectives of Scotland
Y'ard are hunting for htm and they
have cabled the New York depart
ment to keep a close watch upon all
Incoming steamers for him, as It w-as
reported he sailed for New York
Saturday.
The case is strikingly similar to
that of the Charlton murder at Iake
Cpmo, Italy. Both women were ac
tresses who left their American
hbinns to meet death by violence in
a foreign land, and In each instanco
the police pursued the American hus
band to tho shores of his native
land. Porter Chanlton was arrested
In Hoboken, but In the absence of
an extradition treaty between the
United States and Italy specifically
providing for the return to either
country of a citizen of the other
country who has committed a crime
abroad, may go free.
No Legal Loophole.
In the present case no such com
plications are probable, as the Brlt-ifh-American
extradition treaty
leaves no loophole of wheh a sus
pected criminal may take advantage.
The London police have made a defi
nite charge against Dr. Crippen, and
propose to get him with the co-operation
of the American authorities.
Dr. Crippen, who Is a dentist, 60
years of age, has made his home
for sometime at 39 Hilldrop Cres
cent, North London. Sometime ago
his wife. Belle Elmore, a vaudeville
actress and treasurer of the Music
Hall Artists' Guild, disappeared, and
subsequently a notice of ber death
appeared In the local papers. The
fact of her demise was generally
credited, but there was more or less
gossip among the weman's intimates,
and this finally leached the ears
of the police. The latter visited Dr.
Crippen and the Interview appeared
to be satisfactory.
Saturday noon last Dr. Crippen
disappeared and since then the po
lice have no been able to locate
him. A search of the Crippen house
was made and the battered body of
a woman was found buried In the
collar. It had been blaced In quick
lime and was burned beyond recog
nition, but the finding of the body
together with other discoveries has
left no doubt In the minds of the
authorities that the murdered wom
an was Mrs. Crippen. It is stated
that almost all the bones are miss
ing. The viscera is sufficiently pre
served to enable an analysis to be
made. A quantity of long hair and
some halrpalns have been found.
Sir Melvil'e XlcNaughton, chief of
the criminal Investigation department
of Scotland Yard, took the matter
In hand and developments followed
rapidly.
Woman In Malo Attire,
The first thing the police did was
to cable to the police of American
ports asking tham to search incom
ing steamers for Crippen, who was
described with the alia.ses of Peter
Crippen and Franckel Crippen. They
state that he is accomDanied bv
fKthel Clara Leneve, a Frenchwoman,
whom he recently Introduced as his
wife. This woman, the police Btate,
is believed to bo dressed In male
attire. liefore leaving Hilldrop
Crescent. C ippon sent out a boy's
suit, and this, the police surmise. Is
now' being worn by his companion.
The Indications point to a coolly
planned murder.
THIS IS FILTHIEST COUNTRY.
So Declares Doctor Stiles, Head Of
Rockefeller Commission
Charlottesville. Va. (Special).
As a nation tho United States Is
tho filthiest great country In the
world, according to Dr C. W. Stiles,
head of the Rockefeller Commission
for tho studv and prevention of tho
hook-worn disease, In a speech on
"flies" before the second day's meet
ing of the Rural Life Conference at
tho University of Virginia. He de
nounced the failure of the American
people to prevent the spread of dis
ease through the observance of the
simplest precautions.
Revolution Pending.
Mobile, Ala. (Special). Another
Central American revolution Is lra
mlgent. This time Honduras Is to
be the battleground, and President.
Davtla Is to meet In combat his old
opponent and former president of the
republic, Mamie' Boullla. This is the
firm bellof of the Central American
colony In Mobile nvsmtiers of w'M)
were stirred by the sailing from Mo
bile of the Norwegian steamer L'U
stein with 113 cases of ammunition
and other war material.
Excursion Car Wrecked.
Detroit, ,Mich. (Special) Eight
passengers are believed to have been
fatally Injured and 64 were cut and
bruised when a special excursion car
on the Detroit United Railways
Detroit-Flint Electric Line was split
in two by a work train. The col
lision occurred on a share curve at
Wolf's crossing, near Ortonvllle.
Both the car and work train were
running at full speed, It is said.
Of the fatally hurt Willie Hibbard,
aged 12, of Flint, is not expected to
survive.
Seven Hurt In A Runaway,
Cincinnati (Special). Seven per
sons were Injured and Mrs. D. C.
Rea and an infant daughter of Mrs.
Samuel Neoly will probably die. as
a result of a runaway accident here
The party were in a one-horse sunl
rey and the animal became frighten
ed and ranawav.
Bombardment At Blueflelds. '
Blueflelds. Nicaragua ( Special V
The Insurgent bombardment of the
position of the government forces
between Halfway Cay snd Blueflelds
Bluff wan continued without result
J. H. GUFFEY
IN DIFFICULTIES
Millionaire Pennsylvanian in
Receiver's Hands.
IS SAID TO, OWE ABOUT $6,700,000.
Democratic National Committeeman
And Oil And Coal King Of Pitts
bui'K Has Unsecured Obligations
Of $030,000 Worth Seventeen
Millions The Odonel Declares
His Assets Double Ills Obliga
tions And That He Will Tay Every
Cent He Owes.
Pittsburg. Pa. (Special). Col.
James M. Guffey. a multimillionaire
oil man, has gone Into the hands of
a receiver, who was appointed by
Judge Josenh M. Swearlngen, In the
Common Pleas Court of this county.
The action was taken upon a bill
in equity filed by J. H. Galey and
John 8. Wlllard. who Is familiar with
Colonel Guffey's affairs, was named
as receiver.
The bill filed alleges that Colonel
Ouffey's Indebtedness Is about 6,
700,000, of which about $990,000
is unsecured; that the defendant has
no ready money with which to meet
the payments due, and that certain
creditors are threatening to sell his
collaterals and enter suits.
It Is further assorted that Colonel
Guffey has assets of over $17,000,
000, a large part of whloh Is stock
of the J. M. Guffey Company and the
West Virgin'i Company, two coal
companies, which own 136,700 acres
of coking coal in the State of West
Virginia. These properties are as
serted to be worth at least $16,000,
000, and the bill in equity maintains
that they are estimated to contain
2,000,000,000 tons of coal, which,
at a profit of 1 per cent, per ton,
would realize $20,000,000. . Other
assets of Colonel Guffev to the value,
of $2,000,000 or $3,000,000 consist
of stocks and bonds of other cor
porations. All of these stocks and bonds are
pledged as collateral, and the re
ceivorhip as found necessary to pre
vent a sacrifice of this collateral.
The order of count restrains all
creditors from disposing of any of
the collateral securities or other as
sets of Colonel Guffey pending fur
ther order of the court. Colonel
Guffey in a statement said:
"I very much regret that to con
serve all of my estates, a receiver
phip became necessary. This course
affords absolute protection for all of
my obligations, as ell as protection
for myself.
"My assets are more than double
the amount of my obligations. I
don't expect the receivership to con
tinue any great length of time. I
have properties of great value, and
it is only a question of being ner
mitted to dispose of them without
sacrifice to nay all my obligations."
WASHINGTON
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Steps have been taken by the De-,
partment of Justice for putting Into
effect the law enacted by Congress
for paroling United States prisoners.
Investigation has shown the State
of New York to be a large loser in
revenue from stock transfer stamps
by an illicit business.
Brodle L. Duke, the tobacco mag
nate, has given his young bride a
handsome business building in Dur
ham, N. C.
It is believed that a complete re
organization of the Marine Corps
will result from the recent con
troversy. James Plerson, a farmer, was kill
ed while in a buggy by a trolley car
near Logansport, Ind.
Wijllam Lyon, a handbook maker,
committed suicide in his cell.
The State of Utah Is granted title
to U4.S23 acres of public lands.
They are located In the Salt Lake
City land district and represent in
demnity to the state for the loss
of school lands.
The President has pardoned Rev.
James R. Kaye, who was sentenced
to six months' imprisonment for
making molds in the similitude of
silver coin. ,
The Interstate Commerce Commis
sion has announced that advances lit
freight rates on cattle and dressed
beef had not been suspended.
The foreign commerce of the Uni
ted States for the fiscal year ending
Juno 30 was $3,250,000,000.
Another period of watching Im
portations from South American
countries to prevent the introduc
tion of tho foot and mouth disease,
has been inaugurated by the De
partments of Agriculture and Treas
ury. The Interstate Commerce Commis
sion announced its intention to sus
pend all tariffs, naming general and
important rates advances, pending
Investigation into the reasonableness
of the proposed advances.
The international opium confer
ence to be held at TC9 He rue next
fall will have a very general repre
sentation of the powers, according to
the latest Information reaching the
State Department. ,
The Treasury Department abolish
lshed the post of surveyor of cus
toms at Port Jefferson. N. Y., out
of pity for A. N. Randall, who want,
ed to resign the office, but could not
do so. '
An arrangement has been effected
between the United States and Can
ada by which a conference will be
held shortly in respect to Interna
tional railway rates.
William Plttman, an American,
raptured by the Madrls forces In
Nicaragua, was found starving In a
filthy cell In Mangua by Consul Oll
vares. . Assistant Paymaster Lawrence 0.
Haugbey, of Indiana, was dismissed
from the Navy on a charge of em
bezzlement. Postmaster General Hitchcock
sailed from New York for Europe.
An elaborate program is being ar
ranged for the entertainment of
President-elect Fonseca; of Braz.ll,
when he visits the United States
next month.
Many banks throughout the coun
try are filing applications for deposi
tories under the Postal Savings Bank
Law.
The Italian government has sent
a special messenger, with a request
for the extradition of Porter Charl
ton, wanted for the murder of his
wife at Lake Como.
Deposits of coal and oil on the
Island of Trinidad are to be developed.
BALLOON BURSTS AND
FIVE mm KILLED
A Frightful Aerial Disaster in
Rhenish Prussia.
Oscar Frbsloeli, The Inventor Of The
Wrecked' Dirigible, Who Won The
International Cup At The St.
'Louis Exposition Races, One Of
The Victims The Balloon Had
,Met With Two Previous Accidents
Gloom Caused In Avlntion Circles
Dy Disaster.
Leichlingen, Rhenish Prussia
(Special). Falling through space a
distance of nearly 1,000 feet Oscar
Erbsloeh, noted aeronaut and In
ventor, winner of the international
balloon race held in America in
1907 and one of the most promising
of German experimenters In aerial
flight, and four companions were
dashed to death In a field near Op
laden. The dead are:
Oscar Erbsloeh, Inventor and bal
loonist. Herr Toelle, a manufacturer of
Barmen.
Engineer Kranz.
Engineer Hoeppe. I
Motorman Spicke. 1
The bodies of tho aviators were
frightfully mangled. The gondola
was torn to bits and the- motor bur
led itself beneath the surface of the
ground.
The victims were men well known
to all Germans Interested In aerial
feats, and Erbsloeh gained an in
ternational reputation when. In 1907,
at St. Louis, he won the internation
al cup in the distance race for. bal
loons. The Erbsloeh was constructed last
year and had had a dubious career.
The first time is descended it crash
ed into a clump of trees and Its
occupants narrowly escaped Injury.
A few days ago, during a trial flight,
a propeller was broken. The bal
loon, which was of the nonrlgld type,
had Just been made over preparatory
to the establishment of a passenger
service between Elberfeld and near
by points. Today It was Inflated for
a final test by the crew. The ascent
was made near Opladen and during
a fog.
There were few eyewitnesses of
the accident.
According to these the start was
well made. The Erbsloeh rose
gracefully, pushing Its way through
the fog to a height estimated at sev
eral hundred yards. At this altl
tide a . series of evolutions was be
gun. To the onlookers the airship
appear to obey her helm perfectly.
Suddenly there was a loud report,
and at the moment the fore part of
the vessel crumbled up and the gon
dola was twisted about until it ap
peared as though standing on one
end. As the gas escaped from the
forward compartment the prow
swayed downward. For a flash the
airship fluttered like a wounded bird
and then fell swiftly to earth.
The bodies of the vltcims were
removed to the morgue. That of
Erbsloeh would not have been recog
nized had it been found alone. One
of the engineers was pierced through
the breast by a piece of the wreck
age. The eyes of the other engineer
were gouged out. Tho hands of all
five were tightly clutched as though
they had held desnerately to the car
as it shot downward. All their
limbs were broken. Their shoes
were torn from their feet. A group
of peasants who left their 'Work in
the fields and rushed to the scene
as the crippled balloon struck the
earth say that they detected a sigh
from one of the men. but no other
sign of life.
DEAD WOMAN STRANGLED.' .
Found In Her Home, Arms And
Ankles Bound
New York (Special). Another
case of a murder of a woman under
strange circumstances was uncover
ed when Mrs. Rosle Lucaschlck. of
Jersey City, was found lying dead
on the floor of ber home on Wash
ington Street, her" arms and ankles
bound and the marks of a stangler
on her throat.
' A strange man was seen In her
home shortly before the strangled
woman was found. No arrests have
been made.
Hlg Corporation Tax,
New York (Special). With the
exception of $60,000, the whole
amount of the corporation tax as
sessed upon corporations in the
Second internal revenue district,
which includes Wall Street and the
financial district of New York, was
paid at the close of the business
day on Monday. The corporations
which failed to pay will now be sub
ject to a fine of 5 per cent, and in
terest of 1 per rent, a month.
Charles W. Anderson, collector for
the district, said that he had col
lected $3,640,000 and that the total
of the tax in his district will reach
$3,700,000.
Grent Britain Sobering 1f.
Washington, D. C. (Special).
The United Kingdom sobered up
$54,000,000 worth within the year
1909, according to figures furnished
this government by Consul General
John L. Griffiths, of London, who
reported a marked falling off in the
consumption of Intoxicating liquors
In the British realm during 1909.
In that year the amount expended
for liquors was $730,000,000. a de
crease of $54,000,000 from 1908.
Heat Caused Him To Troy.
' Passaic, N. J. (Special). His
head turned by the excessive heat,
Frank Vllna, of Garfield, .was found
in the streets here crawling on his
knees praying with a crust of bread
in one hand and a rose In the other.
He bad to be lifted, still In a kneel
ing position, into an ambulance and
remained in that position until he
was admitted to the General Hos
pital. Physicians worked over the
man diligently and have succeeded
In partially relieving him of bis
strange mania for prayer.
Thief Kills Chief Of Folice. '
Clinton. 111. (Special). Chief of
Police John Struble was shot about
midnight while trying to arrest an
unidentified burglar, and died In a
short time. Bloodhounds were plac
ed on the scent In an hour, but the
murderer has not been found.
Struble had been chief ot police fur
16 months. .
Old Indian Fighter Dead.
Cheyenne. Wyo. (Special). Major
John Talbot, United States Army,
retired, a famous Civil War rstenan,
Indian fighter and pioneer died at
his home here, aged 78.
OVER ONE THOUSAND
HOUSES ARE
The Great Conflagration at
Campliellton, N. B.
AH The Mills In Campbcllton, The
Largest Cedar Shingle Center In
Eastern America, Destroyed
American Capital Largely Inter
csted High Wind And Failure Of
Water Main Makes It Impossible
To Stay The Flames Neighboring
Forest Burning.
Dalhousle, N. B. (Special). A
waste ot ' smoking ruins extending
for two miles and seven Isolated
buildings represent the town of
Campbellton and the nearby village
of Rlchardsvllle, which were over
whelmed by fire driven before a gale.
Two lives were lost during the ten
hours the fire raged. Dr. Beverly
Sproule, a dentist, while aiding with
his automobile In rescuing women
and children wss burned to death
by an exploison of gasoline. An In
fant was suffocated in the dense
smoke.
Five thousand residents of Camp
bellton and 400 of Rlchardsvllle are
homeless.
One thousand buildings In Camp
bellton and 75 In the village were
destroyed.
The combined loss In both places
is estimated at $2,500,000.
The total Insurance is $1,000,000.
Some semblance ot order has been
established and relief work was be
gun. During the day special trains
brought tents, food and other sup
plies, and all who could not be ac
commodated in Dalhousle and In
farming districts were quartered un
der canvas. Hundreds- of persons
lost all they possessed and It was a
disconsolate band . of refugees who
camped on the banks ot the Restlt
gouobe.
Campbellton was the largest ce
dar shingle center In Eastern Ameri
ca. All the mills were destroyed, In
cluding the big plants of the Shlves
Lumber Company, Richards Lumber
Company and the Moffat Mills. The
property of these three concerns. In
which American capital was Inter
ested, was valued at $300,000.
The fire started lp the mills of
the Richards Lumber Company, and
fanned bv a southwesterly gale
spread to all parts of the town. The
water mains failed at a critical time
and even with aid sent from New
Costle, Bathurst and Dalhousle, the
Campbellton people were unable to
make headway against the crush of
the flames.
The fire was the greatest in New
Brunswck since the destruction of a
large part of St. John In 1877.
AMERICAN VICTORY IN
GERMANY.
Frosecator Finds Oil Company Has
Committed No Wrong.
Berlin. The long and venomous
campaign waged by German newspa
pers and rival lndusrial interests
against one of the German branches
of the Standard Oil Company the
Deutsche Vacuum Oil Company has
Just been brought to a victorious end
for the Americans involved.
A well known Hamburg newspaper
for months printed such a series of
attacks on the "American graft
methods" alleged to have been prac
ticed by the vacuum comnany in the
conduct of Its German business that
the public prosecutor of Hamburg
felt constrained to make an official
Investigation with a view, to event
ual Indictments. The prosecutor
has now concluded his investigation,
especially of the work of E. L.
Quarles, Amercan manager of the
German comDany's sales department,
and announces that no necessity ex
ists for pursuing the inquiry further.
No evidence of anything warrant
ing prosecution was found against
Mr. Quarles, and the cost of the en
tire inquiry will be borne by the
State.
The result of the Investigation
constitutes a notable triumph for
American interests in Germany.
It Is not the first time that, Ger
mans finding themselves unable to
compete with Americans on ordinary
terms have resorted to slander.
TWO CHILDREN KILLED.
Trolley Car And Mule Team Exact
Their Toll Of Death.
Pittsburg (Special) A trolley
car and a delivery wagon each ex
acted its toll Of Juvenile death In
this section.. At Ford City the three-year-old
son of Moarhard Szffran, a
merchant, was ground beneath a
trolley car. His neck and back wero
broken. , Ho had escaped from his
mother on a porch and the father,
Infuriated at what be charged with
being her carelessness, knockod her
down, and was beating her when
the police intorferred. She escaped,
and is In hiding.
At Cnnonsburg nino-year-old John
Carmack was run over by a team ot
mules and his skull was crushed.
Ho ran from his father into the
path of the team, and was killed
before his helpless parent.
Stock Exchange Seat For $05,000.
New York (Special). A seat on
the New York Stock Exchange sold
tor $65,000, which Is $11,000 loss
than the price paid for the last seat
sold on the exchange.
In Jail With Mother.
. 'Springfield, 111. ( Special ).--The
coroner's jury recommended that
Mrs. Frank Stout, who confessed to
haying shot and killed Deputy State
Game Warden John O'Connor, be
held for murder without bond. Her
six children remained with her In
the Jail annex all day Sunday. Mrs.
Stout Is composed and expresses no
regret at having assassinated O'Con
nor, who she alleges made objection
able advances toward ber. To the
coroner's Jury she calmly told the
dotails of the shooting.
fii
Aged Couple Killed la Runaway.,
Durham, N. C. (Special). News
reached here that Mr. and Mrs., B.
M. Sherman, an aged couple resid-
tng here, were klllod lu a runaway,
ear Oxford. Ther had driven from
Durham to Oxford, about 40 miles,
and were returning when they wens
overtaken bv a storm. Their horses
became frightened and the runaway
and fatal accident occurred.
t
A sanitary mouthoiece for tele
phones Is made flush with tb trans
ml iter case to avoid gorm-catchitig
comers. .
COMMERCIAL
Weekly Review of Trade and
N Market Reports.
Bradstreet'B says:
Wholesale trade and industry ar
quiet as a whole, the result partly
of midsummer and holiday influences
and also because of the desire of
buyers to await more definite Infor
mation as to crop outcome. Retail
trade, on the other hand has been
rather more active, being stimulate
by favorable weather, but djspite
this and clearance sales the volume
of final distribution is not up to ex
pectations. Industry has felt the Influence of
lessoned demand and midyear shut
downs for repairs, and less than nor
mal time Is being worked In the iron
and steel, cottons, woolen, Jewelry
and in some sections coal-mining and
flour-mllllng. Low water in the
Northwestern streams is responsible
for less doing in the output of lum
ber. The price movement shows con
siderable present Btrengt.h, follow
ing very general declines In June,
and the cereals and cotton are high
er on the week. Collections feel the
Influence of quiet trade in reports of
only fair pnyments.
While quiet and In many lines
disappointment rules as to the curt
rent volume of distribution, It Is
worth - while to recall that the six
month period now ended has had
some quite fayorable results. Thus
building expenditures aggregate only
a small sum less than for the like
portion of 1909 and creatly exceeded
1908.
Wholesale Markets.
New York. Wheat Spot easier;
No. 2 red, 108c, c. 1. f., to nrrlve ele
vator; No. 1 Northern, 127 f. o.
b. to arrive.
Corn Spot easy; No. '2, es'c.
I elevator domestic to arrive; export
sso. , e r. o. b., to arrive.
Oats Spot .steady; mixed, 26fJ
32 lbs. nominal; natural white, 26
32 lbs., 451. S4 8c.; clipped white,
34i42 lbs., 4749i. Receipts,
4.5T5 bu.
Cheese steady, unchanged; re
ceipts 3,811 boxes.
Poultry Alive dull; Western
boilers, 22c; fowls,-16 16 ; tur
keys, 10 14. Dressed dull; West
ern boilers, 23 26c; fowls, 15
17; turkeys, 15 19.
Potatoes firmer; Long Island, per
brl., $1.25 01.60; Southern, 75c.
$1.50.
'Philadelphia. Wheat steady; con
tract grade, new No. 2 red. In ex
port elevator, 9394c; old, No. 2,
98101.
Corn c. higher; No. 2 yellow,
for local trade, 68 69c.
Oats e. higher; No. 2 white nat
ural 46 47c.
Butter firm; extra Western cream
ern, 30c; do., nearby prints, 31.
Eggs firm. Pennsylvania and oth
er nearby firsts, free cases, 21 c,
at mark; do., current receipts, in
returnable cases, 20, at mark; West
ern firsts, free cases, 21, at mark;
do., current receipts, free cases, 20,
at mark.
Cheese Vc. higher; New York full
creams, choice 1616c; do., fair
to good. 15 15.
Live poultry firm; fowls, 18
19c; old roosters. 1213; broil
ing chickens, 23 27; ducks, H&
14; geese, 21 23.
Baltimore. Wheat No. 2 red
snot. 97 c; August. 98 nominal;
...September, 100 nominal; Decem
ber, 103 nominal.
- Corn Spot. 63c. nominal.
Oats White No. 2, as to weight,
4545c; No. 3, as to weight.
44Vi45; No. 4, as to weight, 42
43. Mixed No. 2. 4444; No.
2, 43 43.
Hay We quote, per ton: No. 1
timothy, $22.50 23; No. 2 timothy,
$21.50022; No. 3 timothy, $18
20; choice clover mixed, $21.60fl
22; No. 1 clover mixed, $21 21.60;
No. 2 clover mixed, $1820; No. 1
clover, $15016; No. 2 clover, $12
14; meadow grass and packing hay,
$1012.
Butter Creamery, fancy, 28 &
29c; do., choice, 2728; do.,
good, 25 0 27; do., imitation, 21
23; do., prints. 29030.
Cheese We quote Jobbing prices,
per lb.. 16 17o.
Eggs We quote, per dozen, losi
off: Maryland, Pennsylvania and
nearby firsts, 20 c; Western flista.
20; West Virginia firsts, 20;
Southern firsts, 19; guinea eggs,
10 01-1.
Live Poultry We quote, per lb.;
Chickens Old hens, heavy, 17c;
do., small to medium, 17; old roost
ers. 10 011; sprtng, 1 lbs. and
over, 22; do., small'to medium, 20 M
21. Ducks Large, 13c; small, 12;
muscovy and mongrel, 12 013;
spring, 3 lbs. and over, 16017; do.,
smaller, 14 015.
Live Stock.
Chicago. Cattle Market lower.
Steers, $6:2608.55: cows, $4.25d!
6; belters, $40 6.50; bulls, $3.00
5.75; calves, $3 8.50; -stockers and
feeders. $4 06.70.
Hogs Market 10 25c. lower.
Heavy, $9 9.15; butchers', $9
9.25; mixed. $9.1009.25; light,
$9.3009.40; packing, $8. 3608. HO;
pigs, $9 09.35; bulk ot sales, $8.75
0 9.
Sheep Market lower. Sheep,
$3.8504.7; yearlings, $4,76 4'
5.75; lambs. $7 0 8.
Pittsburg, Fa. Cattle Choice,
$7.8508.16; prime, $7.6007.80.
Sheep Prime wethers, $4.90
6.10; culls and common, $2 03;
lambs, $505.85; veal calves, $9-
.75.
Hogs Prime heavies, $9. SO
9.65; nfodlums, $9.8609.95; heavy
Yorkers, $9.55 010; light Yorkers,
$10010.10; pigs, $10.15010.26;
roughs, $8 0 8.60. -
Kansas City. Cattle Market
steady to 10c lower; top, $$.16.
Calves strong; dressed beef and ex
rort steers, $708.16; fair to .good I,
4.75 0 6.95; Western steers, $4.75
0 7.40; stockers and feeders, $3
5.60; Southern cows, $2.7604.60; '
native cows, $2.60MO; native
heifers. $4.2007.40; hulls $3,400
4.85; calves, $4 0 8.25.1
Hogs Market lO026d.,'l lower.
Top, $9.17 bulk of sales, $8,80 0
9.15; heavy. $8 80 0 8.90; toker'
and butchers', $8.85 0 9.16; light,
8.9B00.17; pigs. $8.7509.10.
Sheep -Market weak to 25c. low
er. Lambs, $7-6008.25; yearlings,.
$506.50; wethers, $406; ewes,
$3.76 .60 ; stockers and feeders,'
$2.7504. 25. ' .(
The Pacific Railway Company, In
eon Junction wtth the Central Cor
doba extension, Is employing over
1,800 -workmen on laud it is re
jeUlmlng from tfcs River PUte in
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