DAKOTA COUNTY
HERA LD.
VOLUME XVI
DAKOTA CITY, XEB., FRIDAY,! AUGUST 110, 1007.
NUMBER 1.
V
LATEST BY TELEGIWPi!
SUMMARY OF THB NEWS OF
THE WHOLE WORLD.
IOWA STOCKMEN SUE
srr.K to hf:coveh kxcessivi;
TEKMINAIj CIIAlUiKS.
Files Complaint with Commerce Com
mission on Hclmlf of Com Holt
Mint lrodu'crs A sal list Varl.un
Northwestern Lines.
Iowa cattle rhlppers who have been
compelled to pay terminal charges of
C2 nt the Chicago stock yards will get
Kome of their money back if the Inter
ftate commerce commission parses fa
vorably upon a complaint filed tn
Washington Wodne-dny by II. C. Wal
lace, assignee, against the Chicago ami
North wenlern inllwry, the Koek Isl
onil, Illinois Centrnl, Iowa Central,
tturMnxton. M!!,rapolls and St. Ltj!::,
the .Milwaukee and the Willmnr an.'i
n--ux Kalis.
Mr. Wallace ii secretary of the Corn
Te't Meat Producers' association, com.
pored of shipper ill Iowa and Wyo
ming mid adjoining Ktatps.
Tlie complaint sets forth that since
June 1, 1901. Die railroads named
hr.vc collected torminal charges of $2
n car at the Chicago stock yards. A
C.T.'.r.'.at.it was made to the Interstate
commerce ccimailiJnn which ruled
that $1 wax airaatmaWc charge end
that $2 was u.j-it. The complaint al
leges that the railroads Ignored the
ruling, wherefore the shippers have as
signed their :;..ln:s to Mr. Wallace,
and now nks that the railroads he
compelled ty the commission to make
reparation. The amount of reparation
dc?:fred is not stated, hut a list of ship
meets is given running up to mora
thr.n 2,300 earn.
c-m:t;:i;s kox is killed.
IU:y Is Electrocuted nt t'o. lITinfiU
L. II. Carter, a son of Oen. XV. II.
Carter, commander of the department
of the; lakes, of Chicago, was killed In
stantly Tuesday night by a remarkable
electric shock sustained In the dairy
room of the University of Illinois, at
Champaign, where the young man was
a special student.
Young Carter was stone dead when
found. As is customary In Industrial
schools, he had been set to the task
of polishing and cleaning a combina
tion chandelier in the dairy room and
had been working for some time when
a piercing scream was heard by C. G.
Potter, who was employed in the next
room. Potter rushed to the dairy room
and found Carter's body pierced with
an electric current. Carter had been
standing on an engine, which com-
pleted the circuit to the ground. Pac
king possible electrocution Potter re
Amoved the body, the hands of which
were still grasping the chandelier.
The victim had been working during
the summer months In the electrical
department of the university in order
to gain practical experience. Young
4-rter resided with his parents In Chi
cago. PICKS UP A MUISDEItEK.
IV.troliuan Malm IniHirtuiit Catch In
Amusing .Man.
Patrolman Prank Welsh, of Chica
go, found a mar. sleeping in the door
way of the Illinois hospital Tuesday
night. The man awakened suddenly
anil seeing the oilicer's star, gasped,
"You want me for the murder you
are a policeman." A moment later,
collecting his wits he started to run,
nut tne oincer drew a revolver and
lorcea tne rugittve to stop. He was
led to the police station, where he
confessed to a murder committed two
years ago. He said his name was Uur-
bage and that he had been arrested for
the crime but escaped.
Telegraph Oflicc I! urns.
The office of the Western Union Tel
egraph company at Arkansas City,
Kan., together with all Instruments,
office records and furniture, was de
stroyed by fire early Wednesday. The
building was gutted. The fire Is be
lieved to have been of Incendiary orl.
In.
7 Gold for Shipment to Europe.
An engagement of $1100, 000 In gold
for export to Hamburg. Germany, on
Thursday was made Wednesday by
Muller, Schall Co., of Xew York.
This, together with other engagements
by this firm within the past two weeks,
makes their total shipments about
$3,000,000.
SiOUS CitV Llvo Kl.u.lr tf..
Wednesday's quotations on ih Mo..
City live stock market follow: Top
beeves, $5.50. Top hogs. $6 00
ill liiiviiiliury Mre.
f earchlng for an exit from the death
Tup that confronted thi '111 Anil V.
' mcd In on all sides four i.er.,..w
lurned to death early Wednesday In a
fire on East Grand avenue, ln Okla.
homa City.
Humor of A-ji,imtlon.
The London Tribune Tangier cor
respondent telejriaphs his paper, under
reserve, a rumor that Uie ultan, Adul
-Azli. has has been assassinated in hia
palace at Fez.
MOUU ITM.fi 111 NVV.
President to Vre.e nig Inercc.so on
ClllIO-N.
President Roosevelt will con
gress to make unui:a!'y lar?o appro
priations fur n;'u; increase at tho
forthcoming se ;'!, s. Tiie transfer of
the Atlantic bnt'.lrship fleet to the Pa
cific will strip the Atlan tic neahoard
of Its naval defense. This will be used
as an object lesson In the need of th
navy. The transfer of tin? entire At
lantic battleship fleet to the Pacific is
ordered because that Is the only quar
ter of the world where there Is any In
dication of the natlonul sea power be
ing needed to sustain American pres
tige and protect American Interests.
The president's argument to congress
will be that if the Atlantic Is without
defense It proves that many mora
ships are needed in order that It may
be adequately protected without ths
withdrawal of the force from the Pa
cific. It Is not unlikely that hi recom
mendations will provoke a f-ht. While
Speaker Cannon and Itepi c-sentativ;
Foss, chairman of the house naval
committee, have heartily Indorsed the
transfer of the ships, Senator HUe, of
Maine, chairman of the senate naval
committee, Is opposed to It and has so
expressed himself. President Hoi se
vclt's order for the cruise to begin m
December Is a challenge to Senator
Hale, and once for all there will be a
tost of strength between the "hi?
navy" forces, represented by the presi
dent, and the "little navy" hosts, rep.
resented by Senator Hale.
DIES AT THE EX I) OF A HOPE.
Sliiyer of the Conptos Put to Heath by
Determined Mob.
After having been torn with violence
from the custody of the sheriff by an
angry but well organised mcb at Pan
croft, Neb., Loris Hljffrlns Mopd.iy
hmorning was hung from the bridge
over Logan creek one and n quarter
miles north of Pancroft.
Higgins was on the way from Oma
ha to Pender for a second preliminary
hearing for the murder of Mr. anil
Mrs. Walter Copple at their farm
home near ItoFiiJie. Neb., early In the
morning of May 13, 1907. He had had
one preliminary hearing, but there
was some defect In the papers and a
second hearing had been made neces
sary. v The mob was composed of citizens
of. Bancroft and farmers In the vicin
ity. All were armed with either Win
chesters or revolvers. The determined
men made a grand rush on the train
Immediately upon its arrival at 8:35
a. m., overpowered Sheriff Sid Young
and Deputy Sheriff Newell, cut the
chain which bound the prisoner to
the sheriff, but a rope around his neck,
dragged him out on the platform, took
an ante-mortem statement, allowed
him one minute for prayer, hauled
him to the bridge and let him drop.
TIIE OIL THUST COMPETITION.
Fifty Million Dollar Syndicate Is Helnf?
Organized.
Arrangements have been completed
In New York for the organization of a
$50,000,000 syndicate, according to an
announcement published Monday,
which plans to develop several million
acres of oil lands in Mexico. It Is
planned not onty to supply the Mexi
can market, but to ship the product
to Central America. South America,
Europe and South Africa, In competi
tion with the Standard Oil company.
The syndicate will take over the
Mexican Petroleum company, limited,
which now operates under the Califor
nia laws. The company owns approx
imately 1,000,000 acres of oil land In
Afovieo Atnrn 1AA 41miln ...AM
- ....... j -j ii"t,oit nc.n
are reported to be on the nrotmrtv
all of the gusher variety. The oil is
said to be the same as that of the
Sour lakes and the southeast Texas
field.
Olliccr Protects Sailor.
Col. P. Sinclair Murphy, commander
of the United States marines on duty
at the New York navy yard, Prooklyn,
declined Tuesday to surrender to tho
Brooklyn police Michael Marino, a
marine who shot and wounded two
men among a crowd which was Jeer
Ing at the marines Monday night.
Ili'ltaln Hires American.
Dr. Elwood Meade, former state en
gineer of Wyoming, has accepted tho
position of chief of Irrigation Investi
gations for Australia, from the British
government, at a salary of $15,000 per
annum. He will leave for Australia
next month.
Metal Workers Demand Higher Wages
A demand for an eight-hour ay and
a 20 per cent Increase In wages was
decided on by themetal polishers, buf
fers, platers, brass molders and brass
and silver workers union at their na
tional convention, which adjourned
Monday night.
WE3TKKX LEAGUE DASEBALL,
Schedule of Gamen to He Played at
Sioux City Io.
Followl.i. Ii a schedule of the West
ern League games to be played at
Elous City In the Immediate future:
Lincoln Septembe- 6. 7, S
Misa Khoilu Scliginan to Wed.
It was announced at Carlsbad Mon
day that Miss Rhoda Sellgman, daugh
ter of Henry Sellgman, the banker, of
New York, is engaged to marry Fred
erick Lewlsohn, son of the late Leon
ard Lewlsohn.
IIU PruTorw Did Not Ileal.
Peter Peterson, of New York, whoso
prayers- failed to cure his child of In
testinal trouble, was held for the
grand Jury ln $2,000 bail by a magis
trate at Stapleton. S. I.
in hint Etm FiF.xn.-
Chleogo Suburbs Arousod by Murder
ofVhlld.
The extraordinary brutality of the
layer of I.lr.zle Schrocder, 10 yeurs
old, at lary. In 1., which has aroused
the whole of l.tko county, promises
to betjfhy the wretch, who is the object
of thb biggest man hunt the district
has known. The Onry police Tuesday
discovered that the unknown assailant
by wantonly stepping on the arm of
his victim had left bohind him a clew
to his Identity. The bruised arm plain
ly shows the initials, "T. M,." where,
the sole of the man's shoe came in
contact with the tender flesh. The po
lice declare the culprit must have
worn a pair of hobnailed shoes or
boots with Initials made out of the
nails in the sole.
Henry Schroeder, the father of the
dead girl, was out with the 600 men
and boys who Joined in the search
when the alarm was raised. Ho de
clared he would risk the gallows
should he discover the fiend who at
tacked his daughter.
Schroe.S-r lives in the southern part
of Oary In a district known n3 "the
patch." Lizzie, one of thirteen child
ren, was sent on an errand Monday
and failed to return. Her mother be
came alarmed and on searching found
the mutilated body of her child at
Nineteenth avenue and the Pennsyl
vania railroad tracks. In the sand at
the scene were the footprints of the
murderer, and' the Initials "T. M."
were discernible. For a distance of a
mile and a half the police were able
to track the fugitive before the foot
prints disappeared completely.
ENPHESS ItOmiKKS CAUGHT.
Goods Ordered, by Express So They
Could 15c Stolen.
Walter Harrington, son of C. O.
Harrington, proprietor of tho Harrlng
ion nouse, or jjartnage, AIo., was
caught breaking Into the office of the
Pacific Express company at Otterville
Mo. Walter Kemp, a detective, was
hidden in the office and Harrlpgton
was arrested after a hard fight. The
prisoner was taken to Boonvllle and
released on a. bond of $2,500. Har
rington lert at once and it Is not
known where he went.
For several weeks men have been
beating the express companies by or
dering Jewelry and other goods sent to
a tattBW cxt.'iW' rtrftt then breaking
into the depot and stealing the pack
ages. Such a package was received
at Otterville several days ago address
ed to C. N. Steinson on which was a
collection of $4 00. The company was
notified and a detective was sent ther
to watch. J
AVEItT KTHIKE AT TIIE YAHDS.
Chicago Teamsters Accept Offer of
Packers.
The danger of a strike in the stock
yards at Chicago was removed when
the packing house teamsters accepted
an offer from the packers on all ex
cept two points, which relate to over
time and Sunday work. The packers
offered an additional advance in
wages to that previously presented
and also changed the working condl
lions., mey ngreed to give all the
teamsters 1 cent an hour Increase in
stead of cent, the advance offered
before, to 60 per cent of their number.
This was accepted. Huslness Agent
Golden will present the amended
agreement to the packers Tuesday.
special meeting will be called later to
hear his report.
WAGES WAH OX I! LACK HANI).
Pennsylvania to Hid State of Organ
tuition.
An effective war is now being waged
throughout the state of Pennsylvania
Against tho "black hand" by the state
constabulary. The Indications are that
the troops will soon rid the state I.
these murderous organizations. Th
state police authorities are In posses
sion of information that the "black
nana operations are directed from
the central headquarters ln New York
and that the agents actually engaged
In the work of Intimidation are not all
foreigners, some Americans being im
plicated. More than fifty arrests al
ready have been made and more will
follow, which, It Is hoped, will breaV
up the organization.
.Mutiny Threatened.
The officers and men of the United
States cruiser Raleigh at Honolulu
complain of having no shore leave for
the past two months. As a result
there has almost been a mutiny on
board and the coaling of the cruiser
has been delayed.
ITIvttt GuiltlcKs in Killing.
Announcement was made at Sault
Ste. Marie, Mich., that the courtmar
tlal held to try Private Cyrus Gillette,
of Fort Brady, who accidentally shot
and killed Miss Elizabeth Cadenhead,
of Fergus, Ont., last July, returned an
acquittal.
John D. May Ijosc Uiat 872.
Unless John D. Rockefeller can
prove that he has a home he is in dan
ger of losing $72 witness fee the Unit
ed States government owes him for
testifying In the $29,450,000 Standard
Oil rebate case.
Karl of Duiunore Dead.
The earl of Dunaiore, prominent
Christian Scientist, who last Decem
ber visited Mrs. Mary Baker Eddy,
died Monday night at Trimley Manor,
near Canterbury, England.
Balloon Burst lisli In Air.
Knabensrue's airship, while 2,000
feet above the ground at the fair at
Greenville, O., burst and dropped like
a rocket. The aeronaut escaped un
hurt
jj- Nebraska
I! State. News
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REIT FROM SIKJOlIXii.
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Policeman Tried to S!iol Saloon Por
tcr While Drink.
No little excitement Was occasioned
by the scrimmage Police Ollicer Reh
ner, of Grand Island, became Involved
In while In the Palmer house barroom
and onduty. The officer, It is report
eel, had been drinking during the la
few hours of his beat, which ended at
7 a. m. The saloons opened nt
o'clock In the morning, and it Is stated
Hint for some time he had been vlo
lating the rule toward the close of his
beat. At 6:30 Tuesday the porter o
the Palmer was cleaning; up the room
and rubbing the foolrnil with a mop
lie happened to come In contact with
the patrolman's foot, wlif nmpon Reh
tier cursed lilm and redisKed upon th
porters, George Buxton", color. Th
latter remonstrated with! him and tin
unpleasantness seemed l have been
settled, when Rehder, Jirrordlng to
Buxton's story, corrobornted by the
owner and bartender, reopened the ar
gument by asking Buxton, If ho did no
like it. Buxton repeated that he did
not like it, when the policeman at
tempted to assault the porter. The
latter took his mopstlck end gave the
officer several severe welts over the
head. The officer then took out h'.s re
volver. Buxton clutched it and th.:
trigger struck his thumb twice, pre
venting a discharge of the weapon
Tho olficer was disarmed and later
taken to a doctor's office. lie wan bv
this time uncontrollable, ! either from
llqulr or rage, or both, and Chi.
ifoaglnnd and Oiflcer Henries had nil
they could do to hold pirn, though
Miner la physically Render's e.mal
.'Juxton was placed under arrest, but
later wr.r. released. He has lived here
for severioen year. a.'.d ivn v ver In
trou ile 'tfcre, being fc-etie;-;,::y r
ganl'l a i an inoffonsivj, do -et (hap,
iii.t I'.'lvai ced in years. He was of
' re ! ca.j.l bail by cltiaens. Mayor
Ciiu.t mis removed the of!'ondiii; of-!-.vr
from the -force and insists that
uxton prosecute. 1
UNION PACIFIC OPPOSE!'. DYKE.
nyn Improvements nt Fremont Will
Not Ri-mfit Tlicm.
At a meeting of the board, of direc
tors, of the dyking district, 'held recent
j, me i nioii i-aeino Kanronii com-
:'-i-.y field a formal protest against be
oig uixeu ror any :-,ruire of the c.i.st of
the Improvement, their clalin being
...nt tne company il n t he benefited
by any of the work. Director . F. H.
Wallace was appointed superintend
ent of the work and will devote his
entire time to it under the general
direction of Chief Engineer Darrow
of the Burlington. The plans provide
for a diverting dyke across the north
channel of the river, an earth lew
about 6,500 fet long from the ceme
tery ridge along the south bank and
an embankment near the wagon
bridge. The lowest estimate of these
improvements Is $25,000. The Bur
lington has a large force of men at
work on the dyke It is putting in to
turn the water out of the south chan
nel at the head of the smaller Island,
and on account of the sandy bottom
is nnuing it a difficult undertaking.
YOl'XG MAX JIANGS HIMSELF.
Tukes Line from Team to Do tin
Work.
T .-. I. Ti f.
uoi.ii necKer, aged 17 years, was
found hanging from a tree dead Mon
day afternoon. His parents reside
near Nebraska City and he had been
working for Charley Creamer on the
iv-vi cnurchill farm, southwest of
i'lattsmouth, for four weeks. He
hitched up the team to the rake and
went int4Jhe field to rake millet, but
he did not return for dinner Mrs.
Creamer went to the field at 1:30 and
found the team hitched to the rake.
wandering around the field of corn
and noticed that one line was missing
from the harness. The body of Becker
was round hanging from a tree with
one end of the lino of tho harness
around his neck and the other end of
me line rustened to the tree.
Judge Estcllo Talks to Veterans.
One of the big days in the annals
of the southwest Nebraska Grand
Army of the Republic reunion ussem-
bl at Beatrice was pulled off recently.
Judge Lee S. Estelle's address along
the line of Juvenile reform contained
a message that should be carried to
every father and mother and to every
ooy ana gin m the land.
Reunion at Waterloo ( loses.
The last day of the reunion of ihn
Douglas County Veterans' ussociutiou
opened with threatening weather, but
at noon had nearly cleared up and
the crowd was large and the add Vs-s
'i nun, j. ii. van iJuscii whs listened
o with Intense Interest by about the
usual number.
Roy Burglars Caught, Confess.
Two Omaha boys, who nave their
names to the sheriff us . K. Taylor
and Gnorgu Taylor, were arrested at
Ames. The boys confessed that thev
had come to Fremont on bicycles
which they stole at Omaha and hml
broken Into Handle's grocery store on
ixui street.
Corn Damaged l;y Drouth.
Ansliy Is had y In ee.l ,,f ruin. All
all plowing for fall wheat has be.-e
topped on account of the drouth. Th
orn crop is daily being cut short by
drouth and a general rain now would
not Insure over half of luft year's corn
rop.
ISryuii at Beatrice,
William Jennings Hi van linn ne ..,,.
ti the Invitation of tho anniversary
committee to deliver an address In
Beatrice during the fiftieth anniver
sary celebration. Mr. Brvan wll'
peak on Sept. 24. the first day of the
elebratlon, at 2 o'clock.
Wrote Ills Own rimeral Sn -eoi
Chiiii.s D-ity, who died In Juniata
last week, wrote his ovn fuueiai m-r-mon
a short time prior to his death,
nun ii was rca'i uy a riljnd at Ui
MOTIVE COM EH TO LIGHT.
Prosecutor .Sns lililns Assaulted
Copple Glri.
That the murder of Mr. and Mrs.
Walter Copple was not the only awful
crime committed l y Lorls Higgins on
tiie night of May II has come to light
with the lynching of .the murderer. It
has been learned t) at the criminal fol
lowed up his assault on the Copple pa
rents by an even more hl le nis attempt
on the oliKv t daughter, Blanche, aged
13 years, and that ho accomplished
his purpose three t!:nei before lleelng
from the scene of his crime.'.
Hiram Chase, cout.Ty attorney for
Thurston county, who had charge of
the prosecution of the crime, declared
that this fact was estab'ished by the
voluntary confession of the victim and
was to have been brought out at the
trial. He said the prosecution regard
ed the cvk..-:.;e as affording an ex
planation of tho principal motive for
the murder."'
In Higgins' confession he admitted
he had stayed about the place for an
hour or two after the murder. At the
Inquest following the murder the
"mall son of the Copples declared that
Higgins was "stuck on" Blanche and
had told him he was going to run away
with her some time.
It was also quite possible that this
fact (vas kv.awn to the mob of lynch
ers, though It had been kept very
quiet.
The other motive which the prose
cution was to -show, according to Mr.
Chuse, was that of robbery. Although
Higgins admitted nothing of the mat
ter in his confession Mr. Chase and
his co-worker, Kd Smith, an Omaha
attorney, were satisfied that robbery
and rape were the reasons for Hig
gins' act.
TELEPHONES GO BACK AGAIN,
t
Nebraska Railway Commission M;
Permit Their Use hy Railroads.
As a result of a conference between
officials of the Nehraska Telephone
company and members of the Nebras
ka railway commission, held In execu
tive session at Lincoln. It Is likely that
room will be found again In the sta
tions of the various railroads of the
nate and that the telephone company
will install therein Its telephones.
When the commission took charge
if the regulation of business In Ne-hins-ka
under the new law free tele
phones were being furnished at the
railroad stations. This was done away
wun ry order or the commission.
H. Vance Lane, vice i. resident and
general manner of the Nebraska Tel
ephone company, and W. W. Morsman,
general uttorney, consulted the com
missioners and It Is understood that
the result will' be the return of Vo-
piione.
DREDGE BOAT AT WORK.
Mcpherson Moving Slowly .Tow arils
Sioux City.
The government dredge boat James
P. McBlierson laid over at Nebraska
City Sunday and left Monday morning
for the north. The boat took on coal
and supplies sufficient to last about
two weeks. The force Is clearing the
channel of snugs and dredging out
the sandbars where they are trying to
rorm across the main -channel. The
boat will go as far as Sioux City,
where It will probably go Into winter
quarters. It Is clearing up the muin
channel of the river north from Kan
bas City so as to enable freight boat:!
to get to Omaha from Kansas City.
TO MEET YEARLY.
SaeiiKerlmnd Will Meet at Columbus
Next Yeur.
Tho business s,.l..it of the Nebras
ka Saengerbund has decided upon a
meeting every year henceforth, Instead
of every two years. The meeting of
next year will only be an "Ausflug"
picnic for one day, and will be hold
at Columbus. The next Suengerfejt
proper will bo held at Hastings In
19il. Tho fest at Grand Island this
year was considered by all one of the
veiy best ever held. The event closed
with an able address by Hon. Hauck.
of Omaha, on German song and iiiuhIc.
German traditions and the preserva
tion of the German tongue.
Gang of PlckMM'kets Caught.
The police department of Grand Isl
and has arrested a gang of eight pick
pockets wlio, presumably, have been
working reunions und old settlers pic
nics In this soction of the state. Ono
man, a pnsseiiger on a Union Pacific
train, was robbed of $5 and a $20 cer
tificate of deposit, caught the man in
the act, but was unuhle to hold him.
He bus positively Identified one of thu
gang.
Bulk Stili'H Ijiw to He Tested.
A business man of Nebraska Clti
will test the constltatlonallty of tht
bulk sules law, pa.ssed by tho legisla
ture. J. C. Kautz, of that city, some
time ugo bought tho photograph gal-
ry or reasiey & White. After several
weeks he took possession and now
come several attorneys und present
bills owed by Peusley & White, and
want him to Kettle them, which he de
clines to do.
I 'diversity Place Wants iK'jMit.
The citizens of University Plac
have petitioned the state railway com
mission to compel the Rock Island
Railroad company to build a depot in
that city. They assert there are sever.
l nuii'ired Hiudents who come and no I
iroin l iiivoriiiiy f'lnoe every year to
say nothing of the coinings ami goings
of the citizens.
I'.nptMs In Convent ion.
Th.? fortieth aniitiul meeting of the
Blue River Assoclutlun of n.-.r.tlMt
t'hurches. convened at Beatrice in the
Baptist church, with about fifty dele
gates in attendance. After devotional
exercises conducted by Rev. U. G. Mil
ler, Dr. A. II. Il..h read tho address
of welcome. ,
Society or Equity Meeting.
The preliminary se.hlon. ut the an
nual state convention of the American
Society of Equity wus held at Hast
ings. There wus a fair sized attend
ance, miu a lurso number of visitors
were present.
Comity Superintendent llcKigim.
County i'upertnte mient pyron E.
111!, of J. hi. sou county, hus decided
ti give -ip t'io p.si'loii of the besd of
!"-U;; schofN Mi l will sond hi
i .M. (j. uw. n to Vm bo.nd of count
CHICAGO.
Another rotable Inrre.ise In the volume
f payments through the bunks testifies to
iiistuined activity hi commerce, mid the
lofaults reported are reaiarkably low
I here is. however, evidence of heavy
ipeculatlvo operations ln securities ami
jraiu, and this Interfere with more iron
Hal confidence In the trade outlook. Other
adverse developments of recent origin im
press more conservatism in large enter
prises, and the position of money offers'
ao encouragement. Notwithstanding tho
drawbacks, demands are found equaling
.'xpectiuiotis in the lending industries, and
there is no perceptible recession in pro-
auction and il.striliution.
Heavy shipments of currency to move
:rops draw sharply upon deposits, and
the discount rale Is lirni at the highest
imitation tins year, lint reserves are well
maintained ami most mercantile interests
ire provided with requirements at this
lime. Country banks have absorbed con-
iilernble commercial paper, nud the Initi
ations are good that western rsources
ivill be found ample to satisfy legitimate
financial needs during tho next few
months of pressure.
Crop reixirts reflect seasonable head
vny in harvesting, mid the condition of
corn in Illinois and Iowa steadily im
proves.
Visiting buyers from tho West .and
South arrive ia the greatest numbers this
deason mid nre active, in selecting fall mid
winter requirements. Demands compare
favorably with this tiaie last year in sales
at dry goods, millinery, clothing, footwear
and food products.
Hank clearings, $i21,12.1,.Vi, exceed
those of corresponding week in li0d by
irf.u per cent.
Failures reported in the Chieazo dis
trict numbered 14, against 22 last week
snd l'J a year ago. Dun's Review.
NEW YORK.
Buyers excursions have been a fentiirr
of the week, and the leading primary mar-
nets or the country have been filled with
country merchants. As a result house
trade has been stimulated and orders for
dry goods, clothing and shoes show con
liderabln Improvement. Fall business, et
eept at a few centers, is said to equal
a year ago at this date, tho volume being
aiaao up of numerous orders rather than
by nny new interest or of henvv business.
In fact, uinny merchants display a dispo
sition to go slow, feu ring that orders may
full off, not becauso of a decline In con
sumption, but raoro particularly of tight
ness of money.
Business failures for the week ending
Aug. 22 number 153, against 15(1 lost
week, 155 In the like week of 10041, 170
in p.hj.1, 1S.1 in 11HV1 nud 1 12 In 1903.
Canadinn failures for the week number
10, as against ,'!() lust week ond 10 In this
week a year ago. Hradstreet's Report.
Chicago Cattle, common to prime.
1.00 to $7.35 ; hogs, prime heavy, $4.tfl
to 11. -10; sheep, fair to choice, $3.00
to $.i.i.i ; wheat, No. 2, IM)c to J)2c:
corn, No. 2, 5!e to t!0c; onts, standard,
floe to noc; rye, No. 2. 77c to "Uc; hay,
timothy, fl4.(K to $21.50; prairie, Ji'.l.OO
to IF 1 '.; butter, choice creamery, 21c
to 25c; eggs, fresh, I4c to l!c; potatoes,
per bushel, 05c to 72c.
Indianapolis Cattle, shinning. $3.00
to $7.15; hogs, choice heavy. $4.00 to
$11.40 j sheep, common to prime, $3.00 to
$4.75; wheat, No. 2, S4e to H5c; corn.
No, 2 white, 50c to 57c: oats, No. 2
white, 45c to 4tc.
St. Louis Cattle. $4.50 to $7.10:
bogs, $4.0O to 80.75; sheep. $3.00 to
$5.50; wheat. No. 2, IKte to Die; corn,
No. 2, Sic to 5Kc; on Is, No. 2. 44c to
45c ; rye, No, 2, 70c to "Sc.
Cincinnati Cattle, $1.00 to $5.90:
hogs, $1.00 to $0.47; sheep, $3.00 to
$5.J0; wheat. No. 2, Ktlc to S7c; corn.
No. 2 mixed, (!0c to tile; oats, No. 2
mixed, 40c to 47c; rye, No. 2, 79c to Sic
DetroitCattle, $1.00 to $0.00; hogs,
$4.(K to $0.25; sheep, $2.50 to $4.75;
wheat, No. 2, KSc to N9e; corn. No. 3
yellow, 01c to (l.'lc; oats, No. 3 white,
55c to 5t!c ; rye, No. 2, 70c to 77c,
Milwaukee Wheat, No. 2 norther,
Wte to $1.03; corn, No. 3, 00c to Glc;
oats, standurd, 55c to 50c; rye, No. 1,
79c to HOc; hurley, standard, 79c to 80c;
pork, mess, $ lit. 10.
Buffalo Cuttle, choice shipping steers,
$1.00 to $0.75; hogs, fuir to choice, $4.00
to $7.(0; sheep, common to good mixed,
$4.U) to $5.50; lumlis, fair to choice,
$5.00 to $7.75.
New York Cattle, $4.01) to $0.05 ;
bogs, $4.00 to $7.00; sheep, $3.00 to
$5.50; wheat No. 2 red, IMic to 9Sc;
corn, No. 2, 05c to 07c; oats, natural
white, U7c to OHc; butter, creamery, 22c
to 20c; eggs, western, 17e to 21c.
Toledo Wheat, No. 2 mixed. 87c to
l8Sc; coru, No. 2 mixed, 00c to 01c;
oats, ,o. a mixed, 4Kc to 49c; rye, No.
'i, 75c to 70c; clover seed, prime, $10.00.
Brief News Items.
Party of Itussluu Jews on way to
America waylaid and twenty-five were
blu in.
Theodore Roosevelt is not the first to
jrive Oyster Buy presidential distinction.
George Washington once spent two days
there. i
Prof. E. Clayton Wjluud of the school
for the deuf iu Frederick, Sid., himself a
mute, is the first person so alllleted to be
admitted to membership into the Knights
of Pythias. lie in a member of Lodge 29,
and It was necessary for the initiating
committee to learn the sign language.
If the rate of consumption in 1905 were
maintained Indefinitely without change,
our coal would lust approximately 4.IKK)
yeurs, but if the constantly increasing
rate wliicb bus marked the consumption
daring the last tihiety years bo maintain
ed, our coal supply will practically bo ex.
Mr. Trotter's nail,
"I Attended the Derby last month In
England," said n Clilciiffa". "I was
one of tlio first to congratulate Richard
Croker on his victory. Mr. Croker, as'
cahn nud quiet as unu.it took tils suc
cess ImjierturlNihly.
M'Ry Jove,' said I, ns the crowd
atiout hlin grew enormous, "you'll have
your hand shaken ofT.'
- 'Oli, no,' said he. 'I nm used to It
"Afterwards I dined with him. t
naked hint If tie did not find life In the
country dull.
"Dull?' Raid the famous boss. 'Not
a bit dull. With crops anil animals
about you, especially with nnixnts
nbout you, life Is never dull.'
"lie went on to explain how much
there was to study In the lives of nnl
mnls. lie told me n little story on this
head.
"lie 8ald nn old Irishwoman was
milking n cow one day when a bull
charged straight down on her. She
was net In the least hiruuV.. She kept
on milking calmly. Anil lo and behold,
the bull thundered on till he was with
in a few yards of tier, and then, when
everyone expected to see the old wom
an nnd the cow and tho jmil of niillc
knocked helter-skelter, the hull sud
tlenly stopped, turned tail, and retreat
ed meekly. ,v
"But, Mary,' said nn onlooker,
'how Is It you didn't run? Weren't you
scared?'
"'Kcnred?' said Mary. 'Not n bit
was I sen red. Shure, an' ain't that
cow the bull's motlier-in-hiw?'"
Qneer Dnnre of the Ostrlrh.
The matin vnlt: of the ostrich Is nil
Interesting spectacle. When the sun'
first rays strike across the field the
bints take their morning exercise to
stretch their muscles nnd banish the
chill of the nigl)t.
The larger ones begin the perform
ance with n slow, stately ilauee, som
tlilng like n minuet. Presently th
whole flock join In the measure, step
ping high nnd weaving ln nnd out In.
whut seems to be n sot though compll-
cnted figure.
As the ilimce proceeds the speed of
tho movement Increases ; then the birds
K.w-I,. ...I.ImI nt...., ..Mr.,..,..l.. t.
Lf.-tii to won j iiLiuiii, uiui pii-m-ijuy UllT
quadrille merges Into n waltz. The
dancers, holding their hends high, raise
their whips nnd sprend their plumes in
the sunshine nnd In pairs waltz solemn
ly, strenuously for u qunrter of aa
hour. '
Viewed from a distance, a band of
waltzing ostriches when the bints nre
In full feather Is a beautiful picture.
At close range tho preternatural grav
ity of the bird engaged ln the seomlnj;
ly frivolous pastime of the waltz makes
him an Irresistibly comic figure. -
"Taps."
Among the interested visitors at the
murine barracks nt Washington on one
otviiHlon there was a party of young,
girls from a Marylnnd town. They
were very much Interested In everything :
pertaining to the life und discipline of
the post.
"What do you mean by 'taps?'
asked one young lady.
"Taps' are played every night on.
the bugle," answered tho officer. "It
means 'lights out.' They also play It
over tin? bodies of dead soldiers."
A puzzled look came to the face of
the questioner. Then she asked:
"What do you do If you haven't .
dend soldier?" Judge.
Anuria that nit.
A little Cleveland tot of 3 years was .
put to bed, her first night ln New Jer- -
scy. by tier mother, with the words,.
Now, go to sloep darling, and remem
ber the angels nre flying about, your
little crib nnd keeping you from harm."
A few minutes lntev the pntter of
little foot was heard, and a little,.
wililte-robixl figure emerged from the
tied room.
"Why, darling, what's the matter?!''
said the mother.
"I don't like the angels," sobbed the-
little girl.
"Why, dearie why not?"
"One o' the nngels bit me." Judge.
For Her Sake,
"So you quit smoking because one
asked you to?" said the youth with the
clamshell cap.
"Tea," answered the lad with the
turued-up trousers. '
"And then?"
"She went walking with a man who
smoked a pipe because she said It kept
away mosquitoes." Washington Star.
Fancy Bice.
"I want some rice," said the haughty
lndy. "You have It for sale, have you
not?"
"Sure, ma'am," replied the grocer.
"Six cents a jiound or two pounds
for "
'Oh, I must hnve the most expensive
kind. It's for a very fushlonahlo wed-
dlng." I'hllndelpihia Tress.
Jealous.
"What makes that actress so Irri
table and captious? is she worried
hy overstudy?"
"No," answered the cold-blooded
mnnager, "what worries her fs an un
Jerstudy." Washington Star.
Differed Onlr la Quantity.
"A bowl of breud and milk make?
gsd summer luncheon."
Not for me." ,
"Not enough, eh?"
"No. I want two bowls." Cleve
land Plain Denier.
The Wnr It Looka,
Itailroail Maguutu What tato la
you think Is worse for us In this mat-
ter or auverse legislation
junerai.