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'DAKOTA COONTY HERALD.
VOLUME XVI
DAKOTA CITY, NEB., FRIDA, PTKMI.EK 27, 1007.
NUMBER 5.
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SUMMARY OP THB NEWS OP
THE WHOLE WORLD.
CONSPIRACY IN CUBA
WALL STRKKT ACCUSED OF IT.
K ANTING REBELLION.
KiibNtnntlnl Citizens or . I win ml .Have
Confidence In President Roosevelt,
Secretary Taft and Gov. Magoon,
nml No Apprehension 1 Felt.
A conspiracy to start revolution
movement In Cuba has been discover
ed. UnSer Instructions Issued by Gov.
Magoon a number of suspicious per
sons believed to be connected with
the conspiracy have been shadowed
for several days past. . It Is believed
that the movement Is backed by New
York capitalists.
Gov. MoRnon has been aware for
several days past that certain Individ
uals were conspiring' against the gov
ernment, but he dkl not attach toJhe
matter much Importance, owing to the
fact that these persons were unde
constant surveillance and the Cuban
rurale guard and the American forces
on the Island had been so assigned as
to be able to crush any such move
ment in a few hours' time
The fact that Gov. Magoon was
v).).ilzant of the conspiracy and the
movements of the agitators seems to
have served to suppress the threatened
. outbreak, and advices received by the
government Wednesday night from all
the provinces show that there is no
ground at.ll for apprehension. There
Is reason to believe that this conspir
acy has been going on for several
weeks past. The recent miniature up
risings near Santiago and Cambusnl
were due to too great enthusiasm on
the part of some of the partisans in
the movement, who failed to await the
t-ignnl from the chiefs in Havana.
It is declared that Masso Parra, a
native born Cuban, has been the lead
er of the activity. Parra is known
to have led ,sevesal Ljtln-Am.Tlcan
revolutions In the past. He tried to
enter Cuba after being expelled two
years ago, but the Palma administra
tion feared his purpose In returning
was to organize a revolution and
would not permit him to land. Parra
landed in Cuba several weeks ago. .Xtt
objection to his coming was made.
for pure kansas drinks.
Hoard of Health to' Insiett Places
Where Beverages Are Sold.
All "joints," drug stores that sell li
qulr, ice cream parlors and confection
cry stands; hi fuct, every place where
drinks of any kind are sold in Kansa;'.
:'re to be inspected at once by the pure
food inspectors of the state board of
health. The orders to the inspector.-!
were issued l y Dr. S. J. Crumbine,
secretary of the state board of health.
The inspectors are to visit every plac -where
drinks me sold or manufac
tured to see If the premises ore in
proper sanitary condition. The pure
food law also applies to drinks of all
kinds. Everything must be properly
labeled, of standard strength and pur
ity ami without adulteration. The In
spectors will g.tthor samples for anal
ysis. The "2 per cent joints" In some of
the towns arc the ones that suffer most
under this order. It is reported that
these places sell the goods without la
bels jor any mark of identification.
This Is In violation of the federal laws,
as everything must be labeled.
TO REORGANIZE POUR I'.OADK
Only Obstacle Removed! by Granting
of Immunity to the Alton.
The granting of Immunity to tho
Chicago and Alton for paying rebates
to the Standard OH company by Judge
I.andls, of Chicago, Tuesday removes
the only obstacle to the ratification of
the sale by the Uock Island of the
controlling Interest in the Alton to the
Clover Leaf an) tho consolidation with
the Minneapolis . and St. Louis ant
Iowa Central railroads. As soon as
the necessary financial details are ar
ranged the organization of the, fou:
ends will be effected.
Miss Virginia Ioe Weds.
Miss Virginia I,ee, daughter of tht
late Gen. Fitzhugh Lee, was married
at Alexandria, Va., Wedndny t
Lieut. John Carter Montgomery, Sev
enth United States cavalry.
Minister as Confidence Man.
Rev. BcnJ. V. Graff, a deposed mln
st.lV, was taken to Jollet, III., front
Michigan under arrest for winking an
alleged confidence game. Ho was un
able to secure $1,000 ball.
Sioux City Live Stock Market.
Wednesday's quotations on the
Sioux City live stock market follow:
Top beeves,, $5.CU. Top hugs, 6.1u.
Weils a M usle Master.
Countess Montlgnoso, ex-eroAn
princess of i-'sixony, and Signor Tofelli,
music master, were married Weilnes
day at the registry office on the Strand
n London.
leaves Oyster Fay.
President Roosevelt lettirned M
Washnglon at 10 o'clock Wu.liu . day
morning, ending his summer vacation
at Oyster Hay, which, commenced
June 12. '
ACCUSE REEF TRUST.
Back to Old Tricks, Eastern Di-ulor
Charge.
Allegations that the great western,
packers, know an the .beef trust, are
once more operating In violation of the
Sherman anti-trust law, the Elkins act
and the rate regulation law are made
by firms and persons engaged in the
meat and provision business in Wash
ington. It Is reported that these state
ments are being made the basis of ait
Investigation by government officials,
but Judge Russell, the' acting attor
ney general, said he did not know of
any such charges being filed In the
department of Justice.
Judge Russell'sald he had held the
opinion more than a year ago that
subterfuges for the evasion of the ex
plicit provisions of the commerce laws
were to be treated as If they were di
rect and open violations of thes laws.
As the present accusers charge subter
fuges this comment of the acting at
torney general is regarded as signifi
cant. It is said tho operations of the beef
packers In combination are likely to
be considered both a violation of the
injunction issued by Judge GrosScup
irk,, the United States court in Chicago
and also as violations of the Sherman
anti-trust law and of the laws govern
ing interstate commerce.
Judge Grosscup granted the injunc
tion against the packers in 1902. They
w-ere especially enjoined from combin
ing to increase prices of meat to the
consumer; to decrease the price of
beeves on the range; to extort or ac
cept rebates from railroads; to main
tain black lists of employes, and to
othewlse carry on operations designed
by agreements to destroy competition,
GIRL IV HOnSE THIEF HOLE.
'A Sixteen-Year-Old Makes Hold on
Ranges.
Reading nickel thrillers and news
paper accounts of daring In live stock
stealing inspired Elizabeth Paichllk, a
16-year-old school girl of Marcin;
Wash., to carry out a series of horse
stealing Jobs in northeastern Wash
ington which for cleverness In plan
and execution are without parallel in
criminal history In the Pacific north
west. The girl, who was arrested by W. H.
Graham, sheriff of Stevens county,
after riding one of the two horses she
stole from Peter Paul's ranch more
than J 00 miles, ?vas remanded to tl'.-i
Juvenile department of the Spokane
(bounty superior court. She told the
story of her crimes In a straightfor
ward way,, declaring no one assisted
her In stealing horses and other live
stock from the ranges on the CoIvllU
Indian reservation.
'confederate- on tomb.
President Directed Gen. Wheeler's
Southern Tit lie to He Vsed.
By direction of President Roosevelt
the words "Major General, Confeder
ate Cavalry," will appear on the mon
ument to Gen. Joseph Wheeler In the
Arlington national cemetery. 8onv
time ago the war department had un
der consideration the question wheth
er the rank of Gen. Wheeler in the
confederate army should be Indicated
on his monument. Several officers at
the department thought It would not
be appropriate for an eX-confederato
oflicer's rank to appear on a monu
ment in a , national cemetery. The
matter was referred to President
Roosevelt, who directed that sucii
rank be included with the other mili
tary honors conferred upon Gen
Wheeler.
HALF MILLION FOR THE HACK.
New York Ynclit Club Members ti
Furnish Cash.
Preparation for the defense of the
Americu's cup has been begun by the
New York Yacht club. At least one
syndicate is being formed to build a
yacht to defend the trophy, tnd there
may be a second "and perhaps more.
All seem to agree that the manage-
lment of the defender will l vested In
E. D. Morgan Among the largest sub
subscribers to the syndicate are uid
toe Edward H. Harrlman, Col. Rob
ert M. Thompson, C. K. J. Hillings and
Roy A. Ralney. The cost of building
and operating the defender and other
expenses of the race, it is estimated,
will exceed $500,000.
Semi Messages Over Sea.
Marconi has arrived at Glace Bay,
C. H., to make preparations for the
establishment of trans-Atlantic wire
less communication between Canada
and Great Britain. Within a few weeks
It is hoped constant night und day
service wjllbe in operation.
Rebate Verdict I'phcld.
Tho Cnlted States circuit court of
appeals at Denver Monday atllrmcd
the Judgment of the district court at
Minneapolis last May declaring , the
Great Northern railroad guilty of giv
ing rebates. Coder that Judgment thi
Grat Northern was lined $15,000.
Four Killed In Wreck.
Two Missouri freight trains collided
head on at Evansvllle, Mo., twenty
miles southeast of Moherly, early Mon.
day. Four of the crews were killed.
Peace In Morocco.
Peace has been declared In Moroc
co. Delegates from three Important
tribes Monday accepted the French
peace overtures pud will see that the
terms of the agreement are carried
out.
Sustains Sail IVanclsco Grand Jury.
The (state supreme cdtirt of Callfor
la has sustained the Vtlldlty of tin
rand jury which l.id.oVd Schmltz
nla
grand
Uutf and others,
HOT REPLY TO ITSTi.
Harahan Makes Sensational Charge In
Ictter.
"Stuyvesant Fish loaned himself as
an Individual about $1,600,000 from
the treasury of the company Illinois
Central on securities of his own selec
tion which proved to bo Inadequate
and unmarketable."
This and other startling allegations
were made in a letter given out Tues
day night by J. T. Harahan, president'
of the Illinois Central railroad, and
addressed to the stockholders of the
Company. The letter Is a speedy re
tort to the letter of Mr. Fish publish
ed Tuesday criticising the adminis
tration of Mr. Harahan, who succeed
ed to the presidency of the Illinois
Central when Mr. Fish was ousted by
the directors, s- . '
Mr. Harahan's letter, In part, fol
lows: "The statement In the circular let
ter Issued by Mr. Flfh to the stock
holders and published Tuesday that
the Illinois Central accounts are pad
ded or In any way manipulated is ab
solutely utrue. He knows there has
been no change whatever In the rela
tlons of the Illinois Central with the
Union Pacific and the Southern Pa
cific. 'The resolutions presented by
him some weeks ago to the board of
directors making these charges were
referred to the accounting, traffic and
operating officers, nnd their reports,
which were transmitted by me to 'the
board of .directors, show that tho
charges are utterly groundless and
that the accounts have been kept pre
cisely as they were under Mr. Fish's
administration, and that the relations
with all connecting lines are the same
as before his retirement.
"His reference to alleged domination
by the Union Pacific, Is merely an ef
fort to play upon what he supposes to
be the current prejudice to further'hls
own Interests and should not deceive
anyone.
CHINESE OVERRUN KINGSTON.
Influx of Orientals a Serious Menace
to Jamaican City.
The Influx of Chinese at Kingston.
Jamaica, Is a serious matter. One
section of the press Is urging the gov
ernment to take steps to prevent their
landing here, it being detrimental to
local traders. '
Kingston's city council has adopted
a resolution calling on the government
to amend the pauper alien immigra
tion laHv so as to prohibit the entranep
of the undesirable foreigners,
The resolution is aimed at the Chi
nese and Syrians, who it Is said are
overrunning the island.
STOP GAMBLING ON LINERS.
-ev York Police nnd Steamer Coir
pniil.ft Working Together,
For the first timo in the history on
ocean travel the police of New York
and the trans-Atlantic steamship com
panies have united,' it is said. In op
posing the gomblers who ply their
trade on ocean liners. It 4s the inten
tion of the steamship companies to
post .pictures of all the "sharpers" In
the smoking rooms of steamers, in the
ticket offices and In every other place
where the gamblers can be found. It
Is the further' Intention to refuse to
sell tickets to men known to be gam
blers and to refuse to transport gam
blers who try to travel on tickets
which have been Issued under names
other than their own.
ALFONSO SNOllES NO MORE
Surgical Ocrntion Restored Tranquil
(. IHy In Royal Family.
The recent operation on K'rlg Al
fonso for adenoids was inado neces
sary, according to a wilter'in Gil Bias,
more for domestic reasons 'than bad
health. Tlie king snored so loudly
and persistently that he deprived the.
queen of sleep. Drugs and cold baths
before retiring were unavailing. Final
ly the king's nose was examined and
it was found that tho nasal passage
'kere partly obstructed by adenoid
growths. When these were removed
by an operation the king's unpleasant
ly sonllorous respiration disappeared
entirely and the queen sleeps untrou
bled now.
Roosevelt's Rear Hunt.
A special from Lake Providence,
La., says: It has been learned the pro
posed bear hunt of the president will
be in East Carroll parish, opposite the
Alsatia station, on the Iron Mountain
railroad. The camp will be eighteen
miles from Lake Prodence.
Several Hurt In Crush. ,
Several persons are in hospital in
New York suffering from hurts from
an accident on the Brooklyn bridge,
following one of the. worst Jams in Its
history. The breaking of a drawbar
on a train caused A collision between
two freight trains.
Are Shot Without Trial.
Seven workmen und two girls were
executed at Lodz, Russia, Monday by
shooting, without trial, for participa
tion In the murder of Marcus Bllber
stein, owner of a cotton mill.
Wu Is Formally Numcil.
The reappointment of Wu Ting
Fang to hl.- former 'post as minister of
China to Washington was gazetted
Tuesday,
Reavers Released from Prison.
George W. Beavers, formerly of tha
postal department In connection with
the postal frauds several years ugo,
was released from the penitentiary at
Moundxvllle, W. Va., Tuesday.
Kluys Three Children.
Mrs. Martha Mund, of Buffalo, .N.
Y., oged'27 years, early Tuesday hirun
gkd her thee children, Christopher,
aged 8 years, Helen', 2 year, and
Freda, I months.
I Nebraska
j State jNows
BEATRICE PEOPlfo CELEBRATE
City Starts In on last Half of t'Aitury
Since Its Foundation.
With a grand salute at 6 o'clock
Tuesday morning the opening day of
the fiftieth anniversary celebration of
the city, of Beatrice was ushered in
Under most ''favorable circumstances.
For the last week the merchants have
been busily engaged In decorating
their places of business for this mem
orable occasion, and with myriad elec
tric lights strung across the streets
throughout the business section the
city presents a beautiful appearance.
At 10 o'clock a. m. there was a bal
loon ascension, and every hour during
the remainder of the day concerts
were given by the Stelnauer, Parker
Fairyland, Queen City and Beatrice
military bands.
Wednesday was fraternal day. and
after tho witer fight at 10:30 o'clock
by the firemen and the sej-vlng of roast
ox at 12 o'clock by M. D. Lawrence, of
Lexington, Ky., there was a grand pa
rade of fratornnl orders. Beatrice fire
department, military organisations
and labor unions. - At 1:30 there was
an exhibition drill between fraternal
drill teams, and In the evening tho
Beatrice fire department gave a grand
display of fireworks. Thursday's pro
gram comprised an address by Will
iam Jennings Bryan, flower parade of
carriages and automobiles and a pa
rade of old settlers and homeeomers.
There was an Industrial parade Fri
day, participated Incby all the .manu
facturing institution!". of Beatrice. Tho
high school, postofflce employes and
traveling men also took part In the
parade.
MERRICK WANTS COURT 'HOUSE.
Time is Too Short to Submit PmiMisi
tlnn to Voters This Year.
The people of Merrick ciiuuty will
not be given a chance to express their
opinion on tho question of voting
$100,000 bonds for the erection of a
new court house at the general elec
tion in November, After careful con
sideration, the county board of super
visors has decided that the time is
too short before election to .comply
with all the requirements necessary
for making this question an issue at
the coming election. Instead of try
ing to crowd matters now, the super
visors intend putting ft off unt'l next
year nnd then takliiR It up in plenty
of time. The question of erecting a
new court house was proposed several
years ago, but the proposition was
withdrawn before election on account
of a heavy hall storm which swept
tho county and severely damaged
crops.' The need of a new court house
Is keenly felt, for the old structure Is
In a deplorable condition, the east side
having settled so that the building had
to be rodded and later propped up.
The general sentiment oveivthe entire
county seems to be ftiat a new edifice
should be constructed, and 4hat It only
remains for the supervisors to take the
necessary steps for submitting the
question at thi election one year hence
and the bonds will be voted.
ISERI-ISERI FRIGHTENS FARMERS
Assurance of Physicians Does Not Al
lay Alarm at Alvo.
Notwithstanding tho strict quaran
tine of the twenty Japanese laborers
on the Rock Island near Alvo, who
were discovered to be afflicted with
brl-berl, the dread oriental disease
common In their native country, and
tho announcement byDr. V. If. Wil
son, Inspector of the state board of
health, that they have the situation
well in hand, residents of Alvo and
the surrounding country are still
greatly alarmed. The disease Is con
tagious and epidemic. It exists mostly
in the brlontul countries, particularly
China and Japan, and Is a form of
paralysis affecting the lower limbs and
working upward until tne vital organs
are reached. Poor and unfit food and
too close confinement are said to have
caused -iiie attack at Alvo. The dis
ease was discovered among tho Japan
ese at Alvo by Dr. I. D. Jones, of Slur,
dock.
,Al'TO DRIVER LOCKED UP.
Ho Refused to Take "Honker" from
His .Machine.
C. Chirlcs Jones, of Lincoln, Intend
ed to merely advertise his brand of
automobiles; Instead he Is In jail and
may stay until he promises to be good.
The troble is with his "honker,"
which sounds like the shriek of a man
In torment. It has siren notes, and
when the machine, driven at a high
rate of speed, gm-s along the street
the warning signal is something
alarming to nervously inclined listen
ers. He was arrested on a charge of
creating a nuisance. When he refused
to take tho "honker" off his machine
at the police station he was locked up
with ball denied Jones Is the first
uutomoblllst to blaVtued In Lincoln for
exceeding the speed limit.
' Frost Aids Corn.
Tho light first which visited tin)
lowland around Humboldt did no
damage to growing- crops, tending
rather to aid the corn by cheeking its
growth and causing it to ripen fast.
Tho last few weeks of hot weather and
wlnd.s did much to get the corn In
tihape to escape damage by the frost.
County lllli School Defeated.
The proposition for u county hl:;li
school wa voli'ifiiii In Hamilton coun
ty laHt Saturday and defeated by a
majority of about 1.500.
Apilr Crop Short.
A report comes from Nebraska, in
Cass county, that the orchards f Con
gressman E. M. Pollard, numbering
lZ.uuo trees, will this year yield hut
600 barrels of apples, lesa than Q per
cent of the average crop.
Kllliil by lull from Wagon,
Thomas Mct'otnas died ut Bussett
as the result of an In1u
falling out of a wag.oi. His home wa.-i
ten miles north of Baksett on the Nio
brara river, where he settled twenty
five years ago.
MURDER CIIAKUK IS PROBABLE,
Buffalo County Authorities W 111 Prol
ahly Place It AgnhM Stranger.
The sheriff of Buffalo county nturn
eJ to Grand Isfand from Ravenna and
Sweetwater, where he Investlgiteil fur
ther the burning of the B. M. car.
loaded with oil, nnd In the ashes of
which the trunk of a man wns found,
and where ho also further Inquired
Into the presence of a man, with badly
burned hands nnd face, who told a
bartender in that city that he hue"
been burned in n gasoline explosion
at Ravenna roundhouse, and a Grand
Islnnd physician that he had been
injured at the Grand Island nhops. The
Injured man was taken to Kearney
where he will probably h tried or
the charge of murder before he get
through with the ease.
At Ravenna hp walked into a saloon
and stated that he hud In en hurt
there. This was before It was learned
that In the ashes of the car were found
the remains of a man. Tho car wa
discovered to be on fire between Ra
venna and Sweetwater and the train
men ran Into the next rtrilmr. fix
miles, before getting out the bttrr.lni?
car. It Is believed that the man In
custody, who gave his name as Frank
Collins, murdered his traveling com
panion for some motive and set fire to
the enr with the hope of getting out
In time, the former plan being frus
trated by the train speeding up in
stead -of stopping on the main line.
ACCIDENT M Y PROVE FATAL.
Dr. Royes Relieved to Pe Seriously In
Jured by Fall Under Auto.
Dr. J. H. Boyes is in a very crttieal
condition In his private hospital as tho
result of an automobile a ;eldr nt at
Hebron. lie wns returning from a J
fishing trip in compnny with M. R.
Peery and Curtis Marlng. When they
reached the point known a? "high -banks"
on the river road, whero the
road runs parallel to the river, il elng
only a few yards from the -nlgo of the
hank, the front wheel of the nuto
stitick some obstacle and the guide
rods broke, turning the machine dl- J
rectly over and Into the river, a fall
of over thirty feet. At the turn Peery j
Jumped and saved himself. M.irlng
jumped and nllghted In the middle of t
tne stream, while the doctor stayed i
with the machine and was pinned be
neath It In three feet of water. It was
with great difficulty that Hi' compan
ions rescued him In time to Rave him.
froinN drowning. No bones were brok- '
en, but he Is hurt Internally 'Attend
ing physicians say his chances of re
covery are very uncertain.
EXETER DOES" MUCH RUILDIMJ
i
Public tinil Private Improvement Un- j
tier Way. I
Contracts hnve been let for an up-to-date
system of water works, city
hall nnd Jail and a franchise granted
private parties for furnishing electric
light power. service nt IJxeter. In ad
dition to these, contracts have been
let for nine brick business buildings.
Exeter has sient more than $50,000 io.
schools, churches und other public Im
provements during the last couple of
years nnd the amount will be doubled
In the next two. The town needs more
people to handle tho work, better fa
cilities for housing and feeding them
and the men to do the work and the
women to help. It Is short In restau
rants, rooming houses, furniture,
hardware, and needs an up-to-date
grocery. Only u single meat mnrket
handles the business of some 4,000
people, nnd needs help. I
RYAN TALKS 1'OR Y. M. C. A.
Helps Along (iiauil Island's ElTort foi
New Building.
Hon. W. J. Bryan addressed nn im
mense audience at the Hartenbach
opera house In inland Island In behalf
of the movement thereby inaugurated
by the local association and the Com
mercial cluU to secure a building for
the Young Men's Christian associa
tion. The association has nearly 500
members and lamentably poor head
iua rters.
t-'everal hundred men and Women
were turned away, it being necessary
to close tho doors. Mr. Bryan was ut
his best, lie said the believed the
Young Men's Christian association the
strongest factor In developing Chrls
tlou civilization, and delivered his
beautiful and Inspiring address, "A
Defense of the Christian Religion."
He closed with a sincere uppcal for th
object sought locally.
I
KILLER BY PITCHED BALL.
Nebraska Player Is Struck Over Kui
White nt Bat.
In a ball game at I'ehllng George
Heyne, aged 21, son of John Heyne,
a prominent farmer, was killed. Heyne
was nt bat ami was hit over tho e.ir
by a pitched hall thrown by Pitcher
Art Warner, of the Oakland team. He
fell unconscious, but revived find went
to first base. After the game he walk
ed to his home, five blocks away, when
he was taken violently III. Ha died
In n' few hours. Tho doctors say hlJ
skull wus fruetured.
Answers the Railroads.
A brief filed In the federal court at
Omaha in resistance to the application
of the railroads for temporary Injunc
tion against the railroad commission's
grain rates, Attorney Cencral Thomp
son set out that the fixing of rates Is
essentially legislative In character and
the lallroud) are trying to enjoin leg
Islative discretion.
Suspects lleiil In Lincoln.
Brought back to Lincoln from Kloux
f'liy, la., on sucplcloli of having rob
bed the Rock Island's Rocky Moun
tain limited train Ini Sept, 5, J. O. Dui
ley, M. nuhbell. alias Frank Rogers,
and James Williams wcre-each placed
undi r $750 bonds and committed to
tho county Jail.
tireck I ji borers Strike.
Owing to a strike of (ireek luborers
employed on tho Union pacific's O'Kul
lon und Northport branch construction
work has pructlculy suspended. The
Interruption will last only a short time,
It is surmised, wl;en tho company will
have more men on the scene of opera
tions. Milk us I 'Ire Extinguisher.
Llr.htnlng struck tho bain of Mar
shall T. Harrison, near Dunbar, bat
the flro wus extinguished with buckdU
of milk before uny Uumuse was done.
A BATTLE ON KANSAS PLAINS.
American Artillery to Reproduce tho
Great Makdn CaflUt.
Out a wide stretch of Kansas plain
the savage battle of Mukden is to b
fougbt again n mimic simple which for
ten smoke-blown days is to stagger over
NO.OIXJ acres of government reservation.
There will be th? erai-h of heavy Rieire
funs and the stench of picric an the dis
rupting shells hurl earthworks sod their
diuumy defender in the sir.
The Infantry, with its siege guns nnd
field artillery, will throw Its strength
against the redoubts which the engineers
have constructed a fortification which
duplicates as for as possible the one bo
hiud which Kiropatkin intrenched his
Russians at Mt kdea and over which the
little brown n;ra swarmed after their
Shlmose shells had blown great breache
in the works.
It is chiefly for the purpsse of seeing
what American artillery ran do under
identical circumstances that this mimic
battle is to be fought. Dunuite is the ex
plosive with which our shells are to be
charged, a picric compound which, takes
Its name frem Major Beverly W. Dunn
of the United States Ordnance Corps.
Ths works which are to be attacked
by this shell were souslructcd by tho
Third battalion of engineers, now statiou
ed at Fort Leavenworth. The redoubt
is Stf feet through at the base and 12
feet at the top. It Is rivetted with fa
clues, hurdles, brush and sod and is made
as Btsong as the nature of the soil and
subsoils of the region will allow. On the
inner face a banquette trend, about four
and a half feet below the top, has been
constructed, and on this will be placed a
large number of dummy figures represent
ing men, to test shrapnel fire.
The work of making this redoubt has
occupied the engineers all summer and
they believe that it will put the artillery
to a stubborn test. It- is practically the
trougest fortification that modern mili
tary science could construct.
In all about COOO men will be engaged
in the maneuvers at Fort Riley.
WORSE THAN BLACK PLAGUE. ,
Greatest Catastrophe World Ever
Knew Now la Progress.
The greatest cataBtrouhe the world hni
jvtr known Is in progress at this present
moment oad the world recks little or
nothing of it.
This Is tho plngtte epidemic In India,
which has now been raging for more than
eleven years, nad which, so far from
showing any tendency to die out, keeps
steadily increasing in intensity. Thus,
during the six weeks fading May 11 last,
4S1.MH2 persons perished from it, or at
tho rate of over St),0oO deaths a week.
Nothing approaching tho appalling hor
ror represented by these figures has ever
been recorded before. The nearest to it
was in 1005, when, during the last week
In March, the epidemic was respousibh.'
for 57,70 deaths.
No pestilence of ancient or 'modern
times, of which we hnve any knowledge,
hns slain so ninny millions of people as
has this one und the end of which, ntinJ,
is not yet.
The "Groat Plague" of London, for
example, about which everybody linn
heard, killed at the outside some 80,000
people In seven months, or about ns ninny
as nrjs dying weekly in India from a dis
ease which is identical with it in every
respect.
The "Black Death" is snld to hnv
slain one-third of the then population of
England say 1,500,000 persons; bt thi.
is doubtful. Even admitting the correct
ness of the estimate, however, tho mor
tality of the present epidemic in Iiiil.n
has already more than doubled this Inn;"
tot 111.
What will bo tho end no inau con
foresee or venture to forecast. It may
be that all Hint has gone before, and all
that is happening now, inexpressibly aw
ful though it is, is but the prelude of
worse to follow.
HIGH PRICES FOR COAL.
Car Scarcity May Make Coat of Fuel
II III heat In Years.
The Pittsburg Coal Company, the Mo
tinngubcla River Consolidated Coal and
Coke Company nnd the Pittsburg and
Buffalo Coal Company have refused to
accept an order from the Italian gov
ernment for 500,000 tons of coal, to bo
shipped to Italy.
,' l'or some tlmo p.nt a representative of
the Italian government hns been in this
country trying to obtain csul, first in the
antlirucite field and afterward in Pitts
burg. In both places he has been un
successful. The Pittsburg operators have
decided that it would be Impossible to
fill the order because of the great home
demand for coal.
There is a shortuge of miners at the
present time, and the car shortage is so
serious tlmt it would be imposjuble to
get the cpul to tidewater. Besides, there
are no boats availuble on which the coal
could be shipped.
According to the operators, there is
every reason to believe tliut the price of
coal will be higher this winter than ever
before, mainly through the ear shortage.
Tho railroads entering l'ituburg have
served notice on the operators that here
after no cars will be allowed to lie scut
off the lines owning them. This action
will prevent the shipment of thousands of
tons of coal until the order is rescinded,
which is not expected to hapien until lif
ter the crop movement is completed. The
situation was never more serious than at
present.
Iti-lct News lie. -us.
Chicago banks xend millions of dollars
'West to aid in crop movement.
Mayor Becker of Milwaukee intimates
that ho will in a short time bo a full
fledged candidate for (loveruor.
A strong sentiment favoring Roose
velt for a third term as President is seen
by Secretary Straus during a trip.
During a reception ut the Eagle Club
rooms in McKeesport, l'u., Louis Delo, a
well-known athlete, attempted to kill him
self by shooting. His couditlon is crit
ical. The Panama cnnnl cost the American
government $$1,419,000 up to Dec. 31,
I'.MKi, according to a statement of the
audited expenditures made an of that date
sad just published.
Khermiiu Long, a enrpentor, was thot
tnd killed at his home in Columbus, Ohio,
by Frank M.ller, his brother-iu-luw, who
bus bad trouble with his wife, and went
to Long's houae in Varch of her.
CHICAGO.
While there Is a more conservative
lone permeating businoo circles, fall ac
trvity in the leading industries is mors
defined and of encouraging uinsnitude, ,
Production reflects no appreciable falling
off, but operations would be comlactd
with greater ease were the tension less ij
money and cost of supplies.
Transportation facilities by both rail
and lake are severely tested by increased
general freight offerings and marketing
of crops, nnd with this gratifying condi
tion in evidence it is not clear that com
uierce is undergoing shrinkage. New do
mands continue strong for factory mate
rials to complete contracts which rt;n far
head, especially in steel, forge, c;.r and
ninchinery construction.
The most active branch at present is
that "of staple merchandise, the absorp
tion of which is remarkably strong nnd
comparing favorably with a yc.ir am in
textiles, footwear and footl produm. The
attendance of visiting buyers Includes
many from distant points, and the';- lib
eral orders indicate sustained conliilenca '
for satisfactory sales throughout the ag
ricultural communities. Local retail dis
tribution is of seasonable extent. ,
Mercantile collections in the West oc
casion little complaint, and defaults com
pare favorably with last year in both!
nnmbers and liabilities. -
Marketings of crops indicate that grow
ers are disposed to secure the current
high returns. The general demand for
bread-stuffs is well sustained and the ship
ments run henvler thnn vpaf nim. Liva1
stock and provisions are in ample supply
and the absorption is good for both do
mestic and foreign needs.
Bank clearings, $243,013,097, exceed
Uiose of the corresponding week in 1000
by 15.8 per cent.
Failures reported In the Chicago dis
trict numbered twenty-three, against
twenty-three last week and twenty-two a
year ago, those with liabilities over $5,
000 being only two in number. Dun's
Review.
NEW YORK.
Whether attributable to the improve
oent In the general financial situation or
ecause of favorable weather allowing of
additional crop development, there is
1 perceptibly better feeling in general in j
commercial lines. It eta H trade bss hard-
.ty been as brisk as desired or expected,
because the worm weather while helping
crops, hns not stimulated fall busing to
any great extent. Reports as to jobbing
trade so far this full are, in the main,
favorable, though the undertone of con
servatism Is still perceptible.
) Business failures in the United States
for the week ending Sept. 19 number 179,
against 172 hist week, 171 in the like
week of lOtXl, 173 in 1905, 203 In 1904 '
and 185 in 1!X1X
I Canadian failures for the week number
forty, as against twenty-two last weeg
nd twenty-six in this week a year ago.
Bradstreet's Report.
Cliicnfffi Cnllle. common to nrtme.
,4.00 to $7.25; hogs, prime heavy, $4.00
'to $it.5; sheep, fair to choice, $3.00
to $5.05; wheat, No. 2, Ooc to 1H5C
corn, No. 2, 01c to (52c: oits, standard,
Mc to 52c; rye, No. 2, 90c to 01c t hay,
timothy, $12.00 to $17.50; prairie, $9.00
to $15.50; butter, choice creamery, 21,
to 27c ; eggs, freh, ISc to 21c ; potutoes.
yer utiHtit'i, o-u io uw. , ,
Indianapolis Cattle, shipping,'' $3.00
to $7.00 ; hogs, choice heavy, $4.00 to
$0.50; sheep, common to prime, $3.00
to $4.75 ; wheat, No. 2, 02c to 94c ; corn.
No. 2 white, 01c to 02c; oats. No. 2
, white, 48c to 49c.
I St. Louis Cottle, $1.50 to $7.00;
hogs, $1.00 to $0.00;- sheep, $3.00 t
$5.50; ueat, No. 2, OSc to 0lc; corn.
No. 2, 00c to 01c;. oats. No. 2, 47c t9
48c ; rye, No. 2, 82c to 83o.
Cincinnati Cattle, $4.00 to $5.75
hogs, $4.00 to $0.70; sheep, $3.00 to,
$5.00: wheat. No. 2, 00c to OSc; corn:
Kn. 1 mlxnil. 04c to 05c : oats. No. 2
mixed, 50c to 51c; rye, No. 2, 00c to 01c
L DetroitCattle, $4.00 to $0.00; bogs.
$4,00 to $(1.50; sheep, $U..iO to $i.70
wheat, No. 2, 98c to 09c; corn, No. 3
yellow, C9c to 70c; oats. No. 3 white,
53c to 51c; rye, No. 2, 89c to 90c.
Milwaukee Wheat. No. 2 northern.
$1.08 to $1.10; corn. No. 3, 61c to 02c
oats, standard, ole to Zlc; rye, iso. t,
89c to 91c; barley, stnndnrd, 01c to 92c;
pork, mess, $15.50.
Buffalo Cuttle, choice shipping steers,
$1.00 to $0.85; hogs, fair to choice, $4.0Q
to $0.80; sheep, common to good uiixecL,
$4.00 to $5.25; lambs, fair to choice,
$5.00 to $8.25. ,
New York Cattle, $4.00 to $0.50 1
1. SUM! to 7.00: sheen. S3.00 t
$5.50; wheat, No. 2 red, $l'.04 to $1.05 j
corn, .No. f 4o to oc; oais, naiurm
white, 50c to 58e; butter, creamery, 25
to 28c ; eggs, western, 18c to 2Jc. j
Toledo Wheat. No. 2 mixed, 07c f
09c ; corn, No. 2 mixed, 155c to C7c
oats. No. 2 mixed, 53c to 51c; rye, No.
2, 87c to 8Sc; clover seed, prime, $10.27,
Note of Current ISventa.
A Hindoo prince is a caudidate for th..
football team at Cornel).
Hetty Green's son has become a lead
lftg oil operator in Texas tnd proposes to,
be known hereafter as K. II. U. Green.
Willum J. Bryan will make a speech
making tour of New York under the aus
pices of the Progressive Democratic
League.
The Morning Sun of Cambridge, Ohio,
started last June by Senator Foraker to
advocate his policies, has been forced to
suspcud.
Fire Id the Parker block in New II
veu, Conn., caused a loss of $00,000. Ttt,
ire was started by rat getting luto
case of matches. ,