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DAKOTA COUNTY. HERALD. VOLUME XV DAKOTA CITY, NEB., FRIDAY, AUUUST 1G, 1907. NUMBER 51. WORLD'S DAILY NEWS CAREFULLY COLLECTED AND ' CONCISELY STATED, WIIrL NOT INTERFERE lIOOf-UCVELT K!XTS (UT OV TE. LKGItAPUKHrS STKIKE. Extension' of Strike to Kvrry Part of United Ktotos and Camilla Is I)c olaml to lie u Certainty "by I'nloi Lenders. - President Roosevelt will not concern himself personally with the telegra pher's strike. Recording to the best Information obtainable Wednesday night. t Appeals to tho president to take nome action tonkins to a settlement of the strike wore received Rt the execu tive oince at Oyster Fay Wednesday frora boards of trart and commercial bodies of a large number of cities. The applications were similar In char acter to that formulated Tuesday by coterie of financiers headed by John emphasized the Importance of direct action by the president. The commu- edcations have been referred to Com xnlssloner of Labor Charles P. Nejll. It Is understood that no instructions r recommendntions have been for warded to Mr. Nelll. From the first Mr. Nelll has been active in an en deavor to effect a settlement, of the trouble. It is stated that as yet he lias made no report to tho president, nor has he received any messages from Mr. Roosevelt touching upon the matter In hand. Mr. NeJU's . movements, however. have been closely followed, and while the direct statement is not made the impression is Riven that in Mr. Nelll"? effort the administration considers that the limit of Its functions and au thority In the mutter is being exer cised. ' ' ' TEACrc ON TIIR ItAILUOADS. -Dnngvr f Trouble In Went Is Averted Arlitratlon TlcMHrtod Tc. "" All danger of the spread of the trike of the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen employed by the Colorado and Southern railway was relieved Tuesday night by the agreement reached whereby all the differences . between the trainmen of that and oth er roads entering. Dc.Ker.-wf.l Jset tied by an. arbitration committee, which held Its first session Wednesday. All the brotherhood men on strike will return to work and all the non-union .men will be discharged at once. The arbitration committee consists of one representative of each of the railroads affected and one each of their switch men and yardmen, and three from 'other labor organizations. BOMB FOIl AV IRISH LOUD. Walls of Axliton's Apartment Arc Wrecked by Explosion. Lord Ashton had a narrow escape from death at his residence, Glena .ory Lodge, near Clonmel, Ireland, early Wednesday morning. He was asleep in his room on the ground floor when a tsVrlfic explosion occurred, caused by a bomb. It shattered one 'f the walls of his apartment and de-, rtroyed 'most of the furniture, but did not injure Lord Ashton. Ashton had been threatened by po litical agitators, and a local politician who Is justice of the peace woe charged with Inciting others' to mur ider. He was, however, acquitted. FOR JUVHDF.U OF A WOMAN. J-'omier American Marino Is Arrcstud at t'hefoo. Dispatches from Chefoo, China, re port the arrest there of W, H. Adsetts formerly of the United States marinei guarding the legation at Pekin. He is suspected of robbing and killing n woman whose body was found in a box on a British steamer at Hongkong. .Adsetts was arrested only after he made a violent reliance and later broke out of the local Jail and escaped. Several thousand dollars, and othei valuables believed to have belonged to the murdered woman were taken from Adsetts. Fight for Slnlri Man" KUiros. Reiutives of John C. Wilson, of Val paraiso, Ind., who was killed by a maniac In New York City a few weeks ago, will contest hi.s will. He be queathed his estate, valued at $400, 000, to six employes and a friend, cut ting off blood relatives. St. Paul I'lro Clucked. The International Flux Twine com rany's rIunt nt St. Paul, Minn., was damaged to the extent of 40,000 Wednesday morning. The plant l( valued nt $1,500,000. Sioux City Live Stock Market. Wednesday's quotations on the rioux City live stock market follow; Top beeves, $6.23. Top hogs, $5.95. Htii'ul Guards Pursue Outlaw Bund. The outlaws in unta Clara pro vince, who were dispersed Sunday, are being pursued by 1 r.o f the rural guards. A prisoner declares that the bind consists of only tlx men and that only four ure Mill at lurgo. w Kccmory for , v Mexico. I le-ldcnt H,u,t, v:-!t Wednesday ap pointed Wjlliun Jt,rra to be secretary of New Mexico, vice K. W. Reynolds re: :i:,!K-d. COWXI WITH STKIKtB. Companies Claim Situation Is Ini province. From the viewpoint of the employ- ev of the telegrapher the strike sit uation Tuesday nicht was declared to be improved considerably and steadily Improving. The l!lclals of both the Western Union and the Postal an nounced themselves to be more than satisfied with the progress that had been made during the day and In the early hours of the night toward the restoration of wire communication throughout the country i "It is now not so trch a Question of restoring communl Wlon," declared, one official, "as It Is 'for e-establlshlng normal conditions. "1 The officials wfo Mink to admit that soma surprUrnioul' occasioned by the action of t''' 'atora In addi tional cities go' . e .csday, butde- clared that nt day strikes left them with f itiy crippled force. "Enough. J. have remained In ev ery office," tlie said, "to enable us to handle all ordinary traffic and to at tend to the technical and administra tive ends of the business." ,The officials of the telegraphers' un ion, on the other hand, expressed con fidence and satisfaction with the prog ress of the strike. They pointed to the cities In which a number of operators f both the big companies Tuesday, had left their keys, and predicted that their example would influence othor offices In which the men have been wavering to Join the ranks of tho strik. era. GERMANS EATING DOGS. fa Serious Scarcity of Beef and Other Meats. United States Consul Norton, at Chemnitz, has made an official report on the scarcity of meat In Germany and the efforts of the government there to find cheaper food for the peo ple. He ys that the prevalence for a year past of unusually high prices for all meat products throughout Ger many has been the cause of., wide spread discussion and agitation and has necessarily affected the dietary of a large share of the working class. It Is recognized that a certal.i amount of loss was Incurred by butch ers two years ago before they accom modated themselves to the altered conditions consequent upon a sudden check In the domestic supply of meat, and that there Is a degree of equity in keeping up their quotations after the fall In the rate for live stock for a limited period.. The claim Is now ad vanced that such a period Is past and that material lessening In retail prices should take place, of the flesh of dogs as an article of food Is worthy of note. The number of dog carcasses submitted to official Inspection now amounts annually to about 6,500 in the German empire. Saxony alone reports over 2,000, and of these 940 fall to the share of Clem nits and the section administratively connected with It. MAY CHECK WAVE OF CRIME. Important Arrest Made In New York City. A big move forward in the efforts to end the wave of crime In New York has been effected In the' arrest of the two leaders In the Hunchakist secret society. '-' District Attorney Jerome made the announcement Tuesday morning that the detective bureau had obtained confessions which will break up the organization' of one of the most dan gerous secret societies existing in ilia! city. The tip was given to Lieut. Petro slno, of the detective department, by an Armenian named Hanoojlan, whe furnished Information which led tr. the arrest of Vorhas Alllepunerjian. Poisoned bullets and daggers, small bombs and a quantity of explosives and firearms were found In a cellar building In which Alllepunedjlan lived. At police headquurters Alllepuner jian broke down andjeonfessed. Another man, Kasaak Jelallan, who was arrested Sunday, was put In the sweat box last night and confessed. II is said that he directed the murder oi Father Vartaln and assisted In the taking off of Bedros Hamptsoonlan. Philippine Veterans Meet. The annual reunion of the Society of the Army of the Philippines began in Kansas City Tuesday with a large number of veterans present from all parts of the country. Gen. Arthur lie Arthur, commander In chief, respond ed to the welcoming addresses. C. O. I). Portages?. Not Vet. Circuit Judge Seehorn at Kansas City Tuesilay refused to IsHue a man datory Injunction compelling the Ad ams Express company to ship C. O. D. liquor packages into Iowa. Tho in junction was sued for by a local dis tilling company. (Sou Born to Ucrtiiu Krupp. A boii was born Tuesday to Frau Bertha Krupp von Bohl und Halbuch, the oldest daughter of the deceased gunmaker. No Peace Meeting Wednesday. The next plenary sitting of the peace conference, which was scheduled for Wednesday, has been postponed and probably will not take place before Saturday. It is expected that the Ana) sitting will take place Aug. 31. Ten laborers Injured. Ten laborers in Chicago were In jured, one fatally, by the explosion of a tank at Seventy-nrst street and Chl cago avenue. IMIKNS M F.N WALK OUT. Scope of tre ToUvrrnpv.ers' Strike W Broadened. s Peace negotiations locking toward an adjustment ef tha telegraphers' , strike by arbitration was begun In Chi cago Monday nisht by, Labor Commit- ' sloiier -Nelll, of the United States gov-! ernment, and Ralph M. Easley, sceie tnry of the Xaticnul Civic Federation, who came to Chicago with this end In View. Monday night at 10 o'clock they went Into conference with National Secretary Russell, of-the Telegraphers' organization. The meeting lusted for over an hour an was held behind closed doors. Mr. Nelll, when asked if any progress had been mado toward getting the orposinn Interests togeth er, declined to answer and stated em phatically that he h:id nothing to rtlvs out for publication until something of a definite character had been decided upon. The strike of telegraphers which originated l;yt Fridny at Los Angeles, where It was directed -against the Western Union Telegraph company, spread eastward, and Monday reached New York City, where three spontone bus walkouts followed In rapid suc cession. These were directed against the Western Union, the Portal Tele graph Cable company and the Asso ciated Press. In the latter Instance the strike was first against the news organization and was fairly, general throughout tho country excepting New England. With the stopping of work by a ma il Jority of union operators a sltiia- tlon unparalleled followed. The te!e- graph business, though by no means being tied up, is seriously handi capped. , LONG FAST IS A CURE. St. Lou In Man Poo Without Food Twenty-Six Pays." Henry Winker, a Belleville, Mo., .ooper, has Just broken a fast of twenty-six days, undertaken upon the ad vice of a physician who recently fast ed for thirty-one days. - Mr. Klnker, who is 45 years old, was suffering from an ulcerated stomach and congestion of the liver, when on July 14 his physician advised him to take no medicine, but to fast for forty-eight hours or more. If possible. f The advice was followed ond when the two days were past Mr. Klnker said he had no appetite, so he continued to ab stain from food. During the week that followed he took nothing but wa ter, and declares that after the third day he experienced no craving for anything more solid. On the evening of Friday, Aug. 9, he ..finally,, broifr bli,fa8t by eating, a piece of watermelon. He declares that he feels like a new man,' and la convinced that his long abstinenecu rom food has cured him. When he entered upon his fast he weighed ITS pounds, and now he tips the scales at 152. His height Is 5 feet, 8H Inches. The normal weight of a man of hin stature is 160 pounds. TO WARN MOTOR DRIVERS. I Manufacturer Has Established Fund for Sign Boards. Thomas H. Jeffery, the motor car manufacturer of Kenosha, Wis., has set aside a fund of $25,000 to be used In placing sign boards along the road of Wisconsin and Illinois for the guld- 1 ance and protection of the drivers ot . motor cars, ana tne agents of Mr. Jef fery will start work at once to erect these guide posts for motorists. It Is the plan to place one of the ' posts at the intersection of every road 'in this district and as well to place signs warning the motor car driver 'of dangers along the road. The first j of the big signs was put up Monday along the Blue Mound road, Just out of Milwaukee, where two men were (recently killed. The signs not only warn the motorists of dungar, but i state clearly the nature of the danger. I The signs for the roads leading out .of Chicago contain the name of the road, and they are so worded as tc I warn the drivers as to the speed at which the car may be driven alonf any part of the road. Hahe Dies Pluyiux with Ball. Death overtook Frank Manonl, ol Chicago, 3 years old, while he wat playing with a rubber ball on hit mother's bed. Tosnlng It up, he reach ed over the bed striving to catch It. He fell, striking his right temple on the footboard. He died almost in. stantly. Strikebreakers Drafted, L. W. Balrd, manager of the West ern Union in Binghamton, N. Y., with a party of ten operators have been drafted to Chicago from thlu vlclnitj as strikebreakers and left for tha city on a special train Monday. WESTERN LEA CUE BASEBALL, Schedule of Games to Be Played at Sioux City la. Followin. Is a schedule of the West ern League games to b played at Sioux City In the tmmedlute future: Omaha AugUKt 22, 23, 24, 23 '.lncoln September 6. 7, I Labor Day Executive Order. President Roosevelt issued an ex ecutive order Monday muklng Luboi day, Sept. 2, a holiday for govern ment employes and laborers who ar employed by the duy. Hard I'ijjitii'g In Formosa. Severe fighting is reported from Formosa, where the nutives ure muk lng strenuous resistance aguliiHt tht Jupanese troops. At Tuikokan tht Jupaueue casualties numbered 200, 4. I Nebraska f State News 4Hr4.M CAMPAIGN A BITTER ONE. Strife for Ofllep of Chief Justice of Supreme Court. Bitter, vituperative and explosive Is the campaign within the Republican ranks for the olhce of chief Justice of the supreme court. 'The contest will be decided at the Republican prima ries Sept. 3. Supporters of Judgo M. B. Reese, the progressive or reform Republicans, started the warfare.' They attacked the record of Chief Justice Sedgwick, now campaigning for a rcnomlnatlon. This was . answered by Dean Roscoe Pound, until a few weeks ago the head of the Nebraska state university law school and soon to go to Northwestern university to take a position In the law school as professor. Pound made a direct attack on State Chairman W. B. Rose and Unit ed States Senator Norrls Brown. As spokesman, he also Included F. H. Ab bott, of Columbus, a regent of the state university, In his attack. Pound charged gross dereliction of duty on the puart of Brown and Rose, who were formerly at the head of tho state legal department. Abbott has just answered with a stinging letter In which he charges that Judgo Sedgwick Is thre candidate of the railroads. This is the first text of the new primary law In the state and the con servative Republican press charges that the party has been split into pieces by the fierce strife between the candidates. ! ARE OIL RATES TOO LOW? Such Is Allegation ot Nebraska Com panies. Oil transportation rates are higher In Nebraska than In; adjoining states. This fact seems to have been deter mined by the oil rate Investigation which was held at Lincoln before the state railway commission. Com plainants were the Marshall Oil com pany, of Lincoln; the National Pe troleum company, of Cleveland, O., and the National Refining company, of Omaha. These Concerns alleged that the rates In Nobraska were dls. criminatory because low rates to county seat points wore granted to the Standard Oil company, and as a result county routes were' established and the oil retailed In wagons. This placed the independent concerns at a dtsad vantage. The complainants ask that rates be adjusted on the Kansas basis In touch a way that there will be no discrtml nation. RAIN SHOUT, BUaWHEAT FINE. Southern Nebraska Com Is Showing ferretf a of Three Weeks Drouth. The weather has been extremely warm for the last three weeks, with ,iO rain. It is telling seriously against the corn. Wheat threshing has been going on rapidly and the wheat la mostly threshed. Good prices have prevailed, and for the last twenty-one days wheat has been brought to tho elevators in Edgar at an average rate of 8,000 bushels per day. This Is the banner year for wheat In that sec tion. Searaon's Trial In Soiitcnihcr. Prof. James W. Searson, charged with criminal assault UDon Miss Kath- erlne Hudson, when brought before the county Judge at Auburn, entered a plea of not guilty, waived a prelim inary examination and was held to the aistnct court in the sum of $1,000 bond, which he immediately gave, and was released. Will la rollicks Shot at -Nehawka, William Hlcka Shot at Nehawka. Hicks, of Nehawka, were visiting to gether, singing, drinking and having a good time, when, without warning, Shrader shot Hicks In the breast. The bullet was deflected from its course by the brcastbane and lodged near the shoulder. He will recover. The men had not been quarreling and were on the best of terms. Wymore Palter Sold. The Wymore Weekly Arbor State plant was sold to J. W. Elllngham, of Crete. The Arbor State plant Is part of the J. R. Dodd's estate, and since Mr. Dodd's death a few months ago the paper has been edited by James Murphy, of Table Rock, executor and son-in-law of Mr. Dodd. Young Woman Injured. Miss Fay Stone, of Upluud, received a bad scalp wound as a result of care lessness on tha part of some" young men who were pitching horseshoes. As there have been complaints In re gard to the recklessness of several young men, the county attorney has been instructed to take up this case. Investigate Woman's Dintli. Mrs. Mary A. McLaughlin was found dead at her home about twenty-six miles south of Alnsworth. Her daugh ter and husband lived with her. There was suspicion of foul play and the coroner held an Inquest. The verdict wus "Cause of deuth unknown." Tho stomach will be analyzed. Boy Ha Narrow IjK'npo. A 3-ycur-old son of Chris Uader, Rurllngbin yardinustcr in Nebraska City, got some puju-rs and some mutches, and putting the papers on the bed set fire to Ihem. The llttlB fellow then got scared oi)d crawled under the bed and was nearly suffo cated. Brown County', Toucher Are Women. Miss Florence M.' Johnston, cou'i'y superintendent of Hiown County, hus completed a successful two weeks' In stitute." Tho lli-fct day's enrollment wua twenty, all women. The last duy there were thirty-two, ull women but one. Motion to R'-niund ExprcM Caxo. Attorney Cenerul Thompson hus filed a motion in the fcdeiul court to liave rci. landed tho suit against tho bxprefs company involving the Sibley law. Mr. Thompson claims the state ha Jurisdiction in the mutter. HARRIM.VN IN OMAHA. Will Bnihl Houd;ii:uicr When Ho Get. tho Money, "I am Roing to build the Union Pn clflc headn'inrtei p In Omaha when I get the money, but beyond that I hnve nothing to my on the subject. We are building more motor cars and propose to continue tx. build them. They have demonstrated beyond all doubt their value rnd genertl utility and their place In the tran.vlntloii world Is fixed; fo we wili proceed with the construction of the?c cars In Oma ha, but Just what special extension Is to be made for this work I am not prepared to announce." .This statement was made, by E. II. lLirriman In Omaha. He and his pnr ty on their pleasure trip west had "Just stepped from one of tho McKcun mo tors which had taken them for a spin to Ollmore and back. Mr. Harrlman Is enthusiastic over tho motor cars, far more enthusiastic. Nt appears, than he Is over the Unln Pacific headquarters. He was met as he stepped from the motor at the Un ion station by newspaper men and he greeted them with this expression: 'Well, I have Just made n safe trip on the old Union I'aclilc and it Is still all right." And when they asked him when he was going to build the head quarters be only smiled and said when he got the money. He didn't sr.y he was not going to build 11. COMPETITION IS STIFLED. Nebraska Attorney Gencwil Goes Aftci Burlington. Attorney General Thompson an nounced his purpose to file quo war ranto proceedings In the Nebraska supremo court to compel the Burling ton railroad to relinquish the owner ship, management ahd control of the Kansas City and Omaha railroad. The latter system , extends frflm Stromsburg on tho Union Pacific southwest through the heart of the South Platte corn and wheat belt, to Alma on the Burlington, and has a mileage of about 200 miles. Original ly It was controlled by tho Union Pa cific, but five years ago the road pass ed into the hands of the Burlington. The attorney general will represent to the court that the Kansas City and Othaha was originally chartered as a competitive system and that Its ab sorption by tho Burlington violates the terms of Us charter, besides sti fling competition. ROADS MI ST SHOW BOOKS. Nebraska Railway ComrhlsNlon Delve Into Rate I nvot Ration. The state railway commission ruled that the railroads must produce books, documents and all information need ed In the creamery rate Investigation. The creamery men last week demand ed that the books of the railroad and express companies be produced to show profits made . In transporting cream. The commission entered tha ruling and directed .that a list of tho books and records be Died, Subpoenas will be issued. Creamery men protested several weeks ago agalnat the proposed In crease In cream rates and a pubUC hearing was granted. High Diver Meet Death. The body of John M. Patterson, a "high diver," was sent from Grand Island to the former home of the man in St. Paul. Mr. Patterson was with a carnival company playing nt Seneca, Kan., last week. He made his accus tomed high dive, but upon striking the net failed to arise. When picked up he was paralyred. An injury to the spinal column had resulted. Mother Sues for Minor Daughter. Mrs. Lucy Morris, in behalf of her daughter, Myrtle Morris Travis, has begun suit In district court at Omaha against Abner Travis, a non-resident, asking the marriage be set aside. Shi) says her daughter was only 15 years old when Bhe entered Into the contract and consequently wan incompetent to take the vow, MiihIo for State Fair. The state fair board has engaged tha LeBretta band and concert singers for four performances dally for five days during the fair.. The management be lieves In securing this aggregation it has mude u tenstrike. The board al so decided to Ibsub no transportation through the gates except for services. Live Stock Show for AhIiuiiuI. The first annual Eastern Nebraska Live Stock show will be held at Ash land, Oct. 3 and 4, under the auspices of the Ashland Farmers' institute and the Business Men's association. Cash prizes of $500 have been offered for exhibits on horses, cattle and hogs, . City Water for Tckuinuh. The Tekanmh city council let a con tract to Geo. Savage, of Wayne, to sink four 6-lnch wells at the pumping station to be connected with the new electric light plant so that both wa ter and light can be operated under the earner management. Friend Ilellovo In Senrhon. No little surprlVe was occasioned by tho announcement of the charges ugulnst Prof. Seursnn, of the Peru normal, umoug his many friends and iclutives, Mr. Seurson being n former Crand lslund young mun unit huvtug been reared and educated there. Roy Killed nt Loup City. Wcdmsd.iy during tin electrical storm Frank Grabawskl, a Polish buy l! year of i;r,t was instantly killed by lightning near his home, fix miles Houlli of Loup City. Ivillcil rt Grade Crowd nv. While crowing the Kuns.-.s City and Omaha railroad trucks tit Lushtoi a wugon driven by Lynn liilllngton 'and Ell Oryall wns struck by a train. Ull linglon was killed and Oryull Injured. Kearney Muu to JU CciikuI. Ser.utor Norrl.t Brown, of Kcurney, received word from the department at Washington that hi request for the appointment of Jus. Leitch, of Kear ney, us vice consul general to Sulvudor has bei-iV'uranto 1. Hot in IC":itlilU an Va'iey. For th U t v. thn Ropubllcin vc.lliy fit- e :-,)' rli i:i-t -1 a Berios of tho hollo- t i'.'.V I l.dOw-ll t, t'-e olliol-t In- hHbUiuiU, tho ?h;i moun t, r r.;;i.doi io CM l.l.tli as 104 decrees Cji- cr.it day ill succession. CHICAGO. In tUn disturbing developments ot the week, dearer money, weakness in the se curity markets und the more embarrass ing telegraphers' strikt. there re reasons for f-oust'i-VHtisui in business undertak ings. Aside from these drawbneks trade malntslus a steady coarse, with prepara tion for fall notivity wore in evidence, new deuinuds equitllng expectations at this time In tho manufacturing branches and the buying of general oirrcbaud'm being stronger. Crop reports carry additional enrourHgemeut, srasotmble weather having brought rapid progress lu corn and spring wheat growth, and this increases confi dence among the agricultural Interests. Ttnuftiictions make a satisfactory ex hibit in the sifel iudustry, especinlly for rails, plates, wire and miscellaneous shapes, while pccilicntioits canse further pressure upon rapacity of rolling mills. Furnace output is yet in rapid consump tion and bookings run well ahead In this district, but commitment for the lost quarter show hesitancy, buyers awaiting price concessions. Some shading in quotation of iron for future delivery is reported and capper la easier without bringing out Important deals. . Distribution of the neoessarie and henry materials la seen to be remarkably active and freight earning of the Chi cago roads surpass the high revords made a year ago. Large number of interior buyers crowd the wholesale market for staple ware and the genvral buying make substantial gain In dry good, cloth lug, boots and shoes and food products. The markets tor live stock and provis ions touched the highest average value recorded thU year, owing mainly to mild er supplies of the former, but spot grain and (lour wer in Mow request. The market for live stock and provis ion touched the hiidit ai'nge. value recorded this year, owing mainly to small er iupplie.4 of the former, but spot grain and Hour were in low request. Hank clearing. ?'-'.U .150,1 tiS, exceed those of correspoudiug week in IStHi by 13.4 per cent. Failures reported in the Chicago dis trict number -II, against 30 last wevk and 'JA a year ago. 1uq' Review. NEW YORK. Cress eurrpnta in crop and trade devel opment render generalization difficult. Dispatch to Braustreet'a point to fur ther favorable progress by leading crop, notably corn, cotton and spring wheat, but executing oat, report front which are not favorable. In the Southwest, Northwest aud at larta eaatera euters senliment as to full trade bus been helped by tUesB developments, and full buying i becoming more noticeable, a country mer chants nre coming in increasing numbers. In some of the lurgo Industrie, however, there is quieter trade iu some branches with price easing, Huslnes failure for .the Week In the United State number 137, against 142 hitt week, 137 in the like week of l'.HKl, 100 in V.HCi, J07 in UHU and 100 In 1003. Failures in Canada number IK, against 10 last week and 10 in the week a Jtar ago. Rradstreet'a Commercial Report. . Chicago Cuttle, ' common to prime. ii.OO to (7.45; hogs, prime heavy, $4.00 to $0.30; iheep, fuir to choice, $3.00 to $5.ST! wheat, No. 2, 81c to 83c; corn, No. 2, Wtc to file ; oats, standard, 48c to 4llc; rye, No. 2, 74c to 75c J hay, timothy, $14.00 to $'21.00; prairie, $0.00 to $11.50; butter, choiue creamery, 21c, to 25c ; eggs, fresh, 14c to 18c ; potatoes, per biihltel, li5e to NOV. Indianapolis Cattle, shipping, $".00 to $7.15; hogs, choice heavy, $4.00 to $0.25 ; sheep, common to prime, $3.00 to $1.50; wheat, No. 2, 81c to S3v ; corn, No. 2 while, 53c to 51c; oats, No. 2 white, 47c to 4Hc. St. Louis Cuttle, $4.50 to $7.40; Iiojjk, $4.00 to $0.00; sheep, $3.00 to $5.75 ; wheat, No. 2, 83c to 84c; corn, No. 2, Xfc! to 54c; oat. No. 2, 47c to 4!e; rye, No. 2, 70e to 78c. Cincinnati Cuttle. $4.00 to $0.25; hogs, $1.00 to $0.50; sheep, $3.00 to $50; wheat, No. 2, 87c lo 88c; corn, No. 2 mixed, 55e to 50c; oats, No. 2 mixed. 47c to 48c ; rye, No. 2. 81c to 82c. DetroitCattle, l.K) to $0.00; hog. $1.00 to $0.23; sheep, $2.50 to $4.75; wheat, No. 2, 8(k; to 87c; corn, No. 3 yellow, 57c to flc; oats, No. 3 white, 50o to 52c; rye, No. 3, 75c to 70c. Milwaukee Wheat, No. 2 northern, 04c to IHlc; coin, No. 3, 53c te 54c; outs, Hlsiidard, 51c to 52c; rye, No. 1, 70c to 77c; hurley, standard, 72c to 74c; pork, mess,-$10.45. Buffalo -Cattle, choice shipping steers, $1.0O to $0.00; hog, fuir to choice, $1.1X1 to $0.75; sheep, common to good mixed, $1.00 to $5.25; lambs, fair to choice, $5.00 to $7.23. New York Cattle, $1.00 to $0.75; hog. $1.1X1 to $7.00; sheep, $3.00 to $5.50; wheat, No. 2 red, S.Se to 89c; corn, No. 2, 51 e to Otic ; outs, natural while, 58e to 00c; butter, creamery, 22c to 25c; eggs, wts'ern, Kk- to 20ir. Toledo Wheat. No. 2 mixed, 85c to corn. Mo. 2 mixed, 55c to 07c; oat, No. 2 mixed, 42c to 43c; rye. No. 2. 74c to 70c; clove seed, prime, $10.00. ' . Told tn a Few 1.1 uea. l or the last throw month the tropical Inland of Jamaica, surrounded by a warm sea, where the evapoiizatiou la great, ha mi dived from a drouth a severe a any which visit tlie inland desert, far away from any luige liody of water. Mureiiiii Albert, leader of the recent revolt in t he Midi, Frunce, who was re leased from jail, received a cold welcome upon crrivul el Mor.tptiler. Hi Into ad miicr reproached him for not returning sooner after bis release and hooted biu until h Mtered hi houte. - I DAMAGE BY STORM. (kO-a Ar I.a4 and Crop la Many rfBewa Are Rnlard. Twenty-fVve lives arc reported to tare been lot find property damaged to tho nmcunt of $500,000 In ft tornndo which swept over the southern port of Minnesota, r.orlhrn Iowa, tho south western ond of Wisconsin and ft port of Illinois. Db,mt'-hcs tell of dontlist lu it Illicit every feiut -where Use tornado (truck. A farmer,. his wife and an wore kill ed uonr Moron City, Iowa, their home bolus destroyed over their hends wb'lo Ihoy were lu bod. Two coaches of a. Green Kay, Wis., pasm-ncer train -wr re thrown over tin embankment near Wi nona, Minn., and throe men wore Be wely Injured. Tiic wind rowhwl n velocity of about slnety tulles an hour, and was aeeowpnrfied by terrifto rain and lltflUaiiig. The village of Jolco, Iowa, -was wrecked by the wind ami one person killed and many Injured. Twaaty or nire bulhilngs wore un roofed. At Martdinlltown a severe windstorm, n-cvnipnnled by hall, lev eled eorn, blow down loaded fruit trees, and did snncb. other dauiase. Shipping:, at Clear Ike and luauy cottages wero- , destroyed. A hnlf doxon barns and four houses nour Hockwell were demolished,, and fae roof was blown from the Cath ollc ohurvu at KookweU. Many houses were destroyed In Wlnonn and the roofs- ; were torn off twenty large, factory bulldlnfs. The lighting pluut wn wrecked, lea via tke town lu darkness.. The power house ef the local Btreet. fur company wns put out of commits -don. The cars in the streets were over turned, as4 oae of them was curried, against to skde ot a store. Fronts of tk stores were Mown in nnd the wind, carried ail kinds of stock frotn the shelves aaA eon titer. A Severn banstona practically devas tated tfcs con crop In the westerns townships of I'eorla county, I1L, anil ine east tier of townshtps la Knox, county. HaUstones twelve inches ! tHreuntXeretvce cut the lades from the' corn as keenly as If the stalks hud been triinusd with a knife. Thirty thousand acres f corn to completely ruined. Thr loss U ofttliutated at $1,000,000 to cor a . alone la Peoria and Knox counties, A. fifty-live mile aa hour wind blew dur ing the atora. Tie lurge hailstones broke hundreds ef wludows and the atroug wind uprooted trees and moved farm houses and barns from tla-Jr-fsundatlons. At Havana, 111., Miss Margaret Loin luger, 10-year-old dnugater of Mr., amf Mrs. Jehu Lelninger of Muson City, Is dead, the reult of being struck by lightning during the storm. At Pans, lilt lightning kilted Frank Henderson and Frank McMullen. Property valued ot $50,000 was destroyed. Cora wat tripped by the heavy hall, barns burn- '' ed, and bay stacks thrown over tbe flolds., A terrific electrical storm, ac companied by a cyclone, passed over -Litchfield, 111., uprooting trees nnd L causing much damage to buildings and erops. VOLIVA TO LEAVE ZIONV V ar Will Take Bl Following BUd New City Refused tht granting of his petition that he be appointed by Judge Landis of the United States District Court a co receiver with John C. ilately, now in charge of Zisn City property, and un heeded in his protests against the sale of Zloa City lace Industry, Overseer Wilbur Glenn Vollva,, whs usurped John Alexan der Dowls, asserted his defiance of the ' j to. . i. n OVXJR force organized against him and declar ed he would abandon Zion City and estab lish a colony ot hi own elsewhere. "I shall abandon the old hulk aud she can sink for ail of me," declared Vvliva a h was leaving the court after hi petition had been deuied and the ale of the luce factory had be) ordered. "It is my purpose now to gather my followers about uie a soon a possible ' and leave. When I go I will take a big following aloug to establish a new col ony," - Notes of Current Kveats, Womea make big hit in Wisconsin as real "hired farm bauds." Secretary Cortelyou U at work pre paring aa authorized life of William Mc Kinley. New York surgeon restore the sens of smell to a patient by removing a piece of the skull. Clothes of sows Americans at Ambas sador Itsid's reception aroused derision, of English tailors. , The tobacco plant has grown larger and more profuse in the United States than in any other country.' Gov. It. Ii. Glenn of North Carolina m to be one of tha chief ieakers at the an nual dinner of tho Krookl.vu Democratic Club the Brighton Beach hotel on Aug. 20. Ir . I