T STALES IN THE SOUTH. RESIDENT BOOMS DEEP WATER. ' WAY AT MEMPHIS. IMvea Great . Ovation la Hlaterle Saathrrn Cltr ArUnowlfdiM : Sreetlaar AnU 1)1 a of Kaplodlaa: Bam be. Him Wklilln aad Cfceere Tht most remarkable public demon stration In the history of the historic Southern city of Memphis took place aTriday when the Lakes-to-tbe-Gulf wa terways flotilla, bearing President Roosevelt, rounded Hopefleld tend In Mississippi just above the city and i dock. The bank on that slue 01 the stream at which the boat wore to moor was literally aflame with the na tional colors. Tucked behind this bril llant bulwark were 40,000 men, women and children foregathered from all the country within a radius of forty miles. As the boats came Into sight a ware of cheers swept In a rising crescendo orer the crowd and an instant Inter the sirens of a thousand steamboats trctehlnsr over two miles aloug the bore burst Into Jubilation. When the tooata came near enough so that oh Jecta could be distinguished President Roosevelt was seen standing on the ton deck of the vessel in the lead. Then the din broke loose afresh score of bombs were set off and the crowd shouted itoclf hoare. The President, still stundlng on the Tipper deck of the government boat, ac knowledged the greetings while, the Teasel was still In mid-stream, and th cboering continued until he had been escorted from the steamer into his car. Tlage and the parade through the afreets began. Between packed mass es of yelling, cheering humanity, the parade wended its way until Court Square had been reached, where the Presidential carriage was stopped and the Chief Executive listened to water ways anthem, "fourteen Feet Through the Valley," as sung by 3,000 school children attired In uniform costume and each waving n small American flag. 'The effect of the picture was most striking and the President was visibly Impressed. TThe address of the Presldont at the convention, in which he strongly advo cated the deep waterways plan, was enthusiastically received. . A distin anilMhori nrro of rvrntrrcRKmen of hnth anuses, the Governors of twenty-three sjwtva vi u? liiuiim nun nnja .viu" mission and delegates to the number of 4,000, besides ninny spectators in the general gallery of the hall, beard the President speak and joined in the ap plause. In bis speech the President proudly announced It wus a Roosevelt who ran the first steamlioat on the big river, lie reiterated that the undcslrablo citi zen la still undesirable. He told the people be had no excuse to offer for his former declaration. President Roosevelt was strong for deep water and also took an excursion Into a ucw field. He wants tho people to be better farmers and not let the hillsides wash Into the streams. He advocated Intelli gent farming and saving of the forcHls and the utilization of water powor in manufacturing. Addreaa at St. Loot. Among the impressive sentences to the President's St. Louis address were the following: The chief economic question of the day In this country is to provide a sovereign for the great corporations engaged in In-! terstate business; that is, for the rail road and the interstate industrial cor porations. ' Great capitalist fcave shown extreme unwisdom In their violent oppo sition to the assumption of complete con trol ever the railroads by the federal gov ernment. As national commer cial agents the big Interstate railroads light ta be completely subject to national authority. Only thus can we secure their complete subjeotiea to, and control by, a apector Nicholas Hunt Impersonated tht Ingle sovereign, representing the whole strangled woman, while the negro knot x?epl. ted his huge Mack bands above the po I ask that the national powers already official's throat la demonstration ol conferred upon the national government U" manner in which the crime was dona, fcy the constitution shall be so used aa to bring national commerce and Industry I "0"" Ceses-e Haw Crasede. effectively undsr the federal government! "Gen." J. 8. Coxey, who some years and thereby ave;t Industrial rhaoa. Mt ; " led a sensational march on Wash- plea is not to bring about centralisation. It is that the government shall recognise a condition of centralisation in a field where it already exists. On the lowor courses of the Mississippi the nation should de ita full share In the work of levee building. If we are able to keep up substantially the rate of progress that now obtains we shall finish the aatual digging of the Pan ama canal within five or six years. Points Mad at Oalre. In his speech at Cairo the President avid: The policy of "peace wK Insult" is the very worst policy open whtoh it la possible to embark, whether for a nation or aa Individual. I think that the excel lest people who avave complained of our policy as hurt lag business have shows stuck the same apirlt as the child who regards the dent ist aad not the ulcerated tooth aa the real eouroe ef its woe. If a man is afraid to hold his own. If be will submit tamely to wrongdoing, he is contemptible. If he Is a bully, an pprenHor, a man who wrongs or insults others, he la even worse and should bs hunted out of the community. Well, all thht is just as true of a nation as af an individual. The best way to perry Is te hit no fight can ever be woa except by hitting snd we can only hit by means of the navy. - The nary mnat bs built and all it training given la time af peace. When trace war bns broke eat it is too bvt to do anything. We believe la a real, ' aot a sham, democracy. We believe in a democracy us regard political rictus, as regards ed ucation, end, finally, as rega'rda Indus trial conditio!' 4 We h:vo :-"'i smong Uij s ' ' would ho a ' en imch- v Kilties. 1.' to almn-? v, wstenrp e mi (' rontnf lo i ' Imid in ' "Ir-j:ut ' ' taken our place -M powers anj it tVr aw, having tnk Vrk Its reaiKinn1 .em we are wlllin o abandon our in nroe do;trin'. " ' H-ial, and lo '' mrselvea a I it'-edily bu.l.t u Ltijg aary. MAY BECOME AMBASSADOR. Oaart f R(. Jtnn Sat 4 ta a Iteeaevelt' Malays. The latent of many mi crest Ions tt the benefit of Theodore Roosevelt, M an ex-Prewldent, comes from London, where it la said to have been discussed Jn the fashionable clubs, ft attribute to Mr. Roosevelt a desire to round out an extended tour of the world by a considerable residence In the Rritlsh capital as ambassador to tht court of St James. Very likely the President has men tioned tills as something that would be to his liking, although It Is doubted In Washington whether he has ever seri ously considered it. lie does contem plate quite a trip abroad, after March 4, 1909. At times he has dwelt with no little anticipation upon the tilings he would And pleasure In doing after otV cial cares have Iwen lifted from his shoulders. ITe and Mrs. Roosevelt have planned more than one trip they want to take when he has become a private clt.lren again. Possibly foremost In these plans la the visit to the capitals of the old world. They were married In London, and both have traveled extensively in Europe, Tliey are very desirous of go ing again, of revisiting eld seenee and Id friends and of making new friends. They will hardly make each a tri umphal tour as ex-Preitldent Graat made, bnt Mr. Roosevelt would like to meet a few of the European rulers wttn whom he linn bem In communication more or less since he entered the Whtta House. He would enjoy that probably quite as much as some of the big hunt Ins trips for large game that lie has In mind. However, the President up to a few months ago was known to cherish strong hope of an election to the United States Senate from New York. He likes residence in Washington a por tion of the year. As a Senator he would continue to have official promi nence, and could divide his time be tween Washington and New Tork or any city that might interest him. Ha will undoubtedly do a great amount of literary work In the few years follow ing his retirement from the Presidency, and Washington is a very congenial dty for such efforts. 8TRANQLER ADMITS CRIME. Wearm Ceafeaaea to Mirlir of Me. Grant la Chicago. Richard Walton, the negro murderer of Mrs. Lillian White Grant of Chicago, confessed to Us crime at the Hydo Park recital, which poured easily from his lips. With the confession of the murder cams a dramatic re-enactment of the crime in the office of Captain McWeeney of the Hyde Park station, la which Police In- B1CHAMD WaXTOA, Ingtoo, is now out with a new scheme, the main feature of which is the absorp tion and operation by the State of rail roads and other utilities necessary to the peoplo's welfsre. Its Idea is to havt theee holdings taken over by the States, payment being mad by the issue of long term bonds, these latter being deposited with the federal government In return fol an tssue of currency to the face value ol the securities less 1 per cent for tht erpense of flotation. He thinks that this loan could be repaid and the entire ex pense of the State met by the revenues accruing from the operation ef the publlt utilities, thus making a direct tax levy on' private property unnecessary. lit would In a similar manner extend bit idea to counties and municipalities. Fit declares the idea of controlling the bl corporations while their owimmhip reati with private interests absurd, and sayl that public ownership will b tse verita ble salvation of the country. Ooxey It laid to have amassed considerable prop, wty sine his famous "march." P parka from the Wlraa Captain Hmil Fraack of the steam ship Dakota, which wracked on Um Jspeneae coast March 3, is oensured a verely in a letter written him by Georgt I'hlur, saiM-rvUing imtpoctor giweral ai the steamboat Impaction service. At the senaion of the synod of Ohio ol the Evangelical Lutheran churches ia Washington, I. C, the need of mon ministers was discussed, and each congre gation was urged to send at least oat young man from Its moaibermhlp to tht minjitry. Conauelo, Darhnta of Marlborough, wht is separated fnun her huaband, is expect ed to sa l from lOngland Oct. 18 to viall her mother, Mrs. O. IL P. Belmont ol New York. Honry T. Scott, builder of the Oregon, said in a New York interview that la future warship could not be built oa tht Pacific coast owing to the high prices ol labor and material. ' Oeorge Stkt was fatally aad Mrs. Her bt Knode anrAtoaly burned ia an explo ion of gaaoline ia the dry cleaning da partmant of the Ruraka Ijaundry an fjoiouatic Uag Oeoapaa ta Ooahcaaotl Obia. I ' V t f, ,r ' f BPEAKB AT KEOKUK. ROOSEVELT INSISTS THERE It BUT ONE LAW FOR ALL. Telle lawaaa Oaasaaaa Gaad Maa Cease Aheaa ef rtaaaelee'a Wishes FaTera IsapraTtac Water War te Clve Caaaa Traasaortatlea. The great movement for a deep water way from Chicago te the gulf, was given new impetus when President Rouwrit arrived in Keoknk, made aa eddrees and embarked oa a steamboat Um the trip to St. Louie. From there he went to Memphis, where he addressed the dele gates te tb Deep Waterways convention. The President was Introduced by t. Cummins mi Iowa. Mr. Roosevelt an id, la part: I bellere so ImpHcttty Is the fntnre of our people, tmeaose 1 bellrre rnat the av verage Amprlnan cttisnn wtU na more tol erate government by a mob than he will talerate gcnreromeDt by a ptotaerary ; that be olrea ta nee Jtistlr don and Justice naetml frem rlrh man and poor man alike. We are nut trytng to favor any man at the eipense ef bis fellow. We are trytaff to shape thinaa an that as far aa potKlble eanh man alutB bare a fair chance In life; se that he aha!) havn, ao f sr a bj w tht eaa he aeremplMted, the ehanc to sbow the stag that there ts hi ban. Thorn to re we ones' wIm law, and w Bed to bav rhem resoaiiMy aaai mistered. At IntorraJa during tb lest few mentbs the apanal ha been mad to me net te ra foree Che taw aau-kiM oetaala weonffdoeia of rR&t weaMli berann to da so woa Id In terfere wfth the tmatnps sewawrtty of tbe covnrrjr. Under tin mrtm mt sent kind of 7rltit, whtcb wben sntnaJen aane wa call soulc, thla apfiral bns braa mnde ta me area by men alio ordtnarUy bebev as de cent cKfcen. 1 do not sdtntt that this has keen th main canae at angr baKtnms tamibles wa hare bad, ant M Is nomaae that It bs seen a coDtrUmtery caine. If ao, friends, aa far aa I am eonen-ncd H mrxt be ac eepted aa a dtiwt;iwitltw but nnavoldsUle feature In a ratine of peMrr wblch as long as I am 1'rwdOent wHt not he ehangod. In each cane the anewnr must be that we e&ranttly hnpe ami betlere that there will tie no permanent damage to bnnines from the movement, birt that If clgbteoua dcm conflict wlfh tbe fancied needa of bnelness, than the latter must go to the wall. If a man does well, if he acta honently, he has nothing to fear from this adminis tration, lint ao far as In me lies tbe cor rupt politician, great or small, the private citizen who tranNgsHHae the law be he rich er peor ahall be brought brfor tb Impar tial yttstlc of a oourt. 1 feel that w cannot hav to maf highroads and that In additkai to the Iran highroad of onr railway sjarteta wa shoeld alas otIUz the great river highways which bar been gives na by oat a re. Krora s variety of cause these hlehwaya ha,v In maay part of tbe country been almost abaaaooad. Thla I not healthy. Our peo ple, and especially tbe representative of th peopl In tb national congreaa, should give their most careful attention to thla aubject. We should, be prepared ta put tbe aatlon collectively bar of the move ment to Improve them tor the nation's use. Onr knowledge st this time Is not such aa to permit mo to go Into details or to say definitely Just what the nation ahould do; hut moirt aaaoredly our great navigable river are national aiweta Juat as much aa onr great aeacoast harbors. Exactly aa It la for the Interest of all th country that our great harbora should he fitted to receive In safety the largent resaels af the merchant fleets of the world, so by deepening snd otherwise our rivers should be fitted to bear their part In the movement of our merchandise, and thla la nepeelally true of tbe MiBalsalppI and Its Wlhutarlsa, which drain the I taming snd prosperous region which makes In very fact the heart cf our nation ; the baaln of the great lakes being already united wltb tb basin ef the Mississippi and botn ra glona being Identical In tbetr products and latei-Mta. Waterways are peculiarly fitted for the transportation of the bulky com modities which come from the soil or nnder tbe soil, snd no other part of our country Is as fruitful aa la thla In such commodi ties. At present tbe ordinary farmer holds bis own In the land aa against any powillile representative of tbe landlord clans of runn er that la, of the men wbo would own vast estates because the ordinary farmer unites bla capital, bis labor and bla brains wltb the making of a permanent family boinefN and thus can adorn to bold bla land at a value at which It cannot be Held by tbe capitalist, who would lin'i v" run It by leasing It or by cu,uatlng It at arm's length with hired labor. "There la one thing I put next to s good citisen," said the President, "and that la a good mother. I am pleased te see the children." A number of war veteran had met the President at the station and marched in the parade to tbe park, and to these wearers of the blue the President also paid a eompUmeat, saying: "I am particularly glad to be welcomed by the veteran." President Roosevelt Interposed several remarks into his address. Us touched en the subject ef andeei ra ttle dtisena briefly, sey)n: "Ten will remember that a year age I expreaeed my opinio of certain aadesir ibis dtlsens and I stand by what I said." He added that he would always eaa lamn the man that incites to murder aad weald demand punishment for that of fense, as he would for the crimes af the oorporation criminals. At the conclusion ef his address the PreeldesU wa preennted with a gold headed can by the negroes of Keokuk. Peace Coaference Topic Aval a. The question of the limitation of arms aienta having been disposed of with the mildest kind of resolution, suggesting thai the diSerent government consider the matter, Tbe Hague conference entered npon a new stage with British, American, Uurman and French delegations combin ing against Rudaia, Belgium and others who are anxious to terminate the confer ence. America, Bugland and Germany agreed on a scheme for the establishment of aa International prise court, which fat also acceptable to France and certain of adoption. A new feature of thia schema Is that the prise court will be a part ot the permanent arbitration court, and therefore does not presuppose tbe ex int one of war. Thla further strengthened the case In behalf ot a permanent court by showing that It would hav impor tant work to do. Talearaphto Urevltiaa. Aa eight-story building occupied by Lewis I) Oroff & Son, wbolaeol grocers, of New York, was destroyed by fire. Lohs X0,000. The second annual Interstate live stock and horse ahow at tbe South St. Joseph (Ma.) stockyards eloaed recently. Twelv thousand dollars ia prises wer paid. Investigation of an alleged effort to moggie $10,0(10 worth of pearl la under way by th customs officials at New York. The pearls are the property af B , iornia dealer. Federal laws to guarantee tb parity ef dairy products entering interstate rota- Bvrcee probably will be recommeuded to Congress by the Preaidont as a result ef reoeat investigations mad by the Depart ment ef Agriculture. Postmaster General Meyer U seek log tha support ef postmaster throughout tbe eountry for bla preuoaed reaoaisseoda- tiooe to Congress hi bohalf of th pevtal aaviUaJ rbosn and parcel past. High official of the Persian army hav signed a document prtwenud te the Shah saying that sale fall eerevtaare W giv en to thsir demasda far a eeaMwaatieual gwerumeut they w0 iwsiga la a baa pRCIAL fn 'VrriAn j utoMtaj CHICAGO. The highly sustaniad velumo of com merce centering hare is attested by aggre gate payments through the banks during the paot month and this week, whioh ex hibit striking gains over a year ago. Lees pressure for money and t'ew b us i none fail urea make easier conditions for capital in vestment, and with continued profitable returns fot farm aad range product the Indications appear brighter for a lower discount rate to mercantile borrowers. Trade responds to alia better effect of favorable development. PrcnoratJons reflect renewed confidence among the load ing producers and little caoacitr remain to be booked up for this Quarter. New demands equal expectations ia Iron, steel ana railway equipment, and tho orders lor rsture dnliverioa are satisfactory In forge work, machinery, heavy hardware. wire products, furniture and footwear. Country merchants come front nearh points in Increasing numbers, and their selections of fall and winter fares stimu late expanding activity ia arholcMile branches. Shipping rooms work overtime aad the forwarding to tbe interior com pare favorably in quantities with this time last year. Mercantile collections threoidiout tJie West occasion little trouble, and. notwithstanding- tight money, the defaults carry no special significance. Han clearrturs. ;.3(i!).20a. exceed those of the corresDondinir week in 11KK1 by 17.3 per cent. Choice commercial pa per is quoted at 014 Pr cent, and cur rency withdrawals te move crops make smaller total than last year. Failure reported in the Chicago district numbered 2o, against 10 last week and 25 a year ego, I-ailurea with liabilities over $.".- 000 numbered 4, ngaimrt 7 last year. Uun'a Itevicw of Trade. NEW TORK. Collectiona, while still dragging, in cob- jonance with the tightness in money, ap pear to have improved at a number of centers. Some orders for early aixrins are being placed, but the volume of buKlnwv done os yet is rather light. Many Indus trial lines are leas active oa new buslnra and working forces in such lines as Iron eteel, car manufacturing, electrical goods alio manufacturing and oinper minim are being reduced. Lumber in less aetivr and new building is lighter, due in' pan to tne approach of the eUwod season, bu more particularly to the stringency in money. Business failures in the United State for tbe week ending Oct. .1 number 117. again 1(10 last week,. l.tO in the lilt- week of 1900, 189 In 1I)(X", 105 in lOOt and 107 in 1903. Canadian failures nam ber 32, as against 30 last week end 22 in this week a year ago. Bradstreet'e Commercial Report. Chicago Cattle, common to prime 14.00 to $7.30; hogs, prime heavy, $1.01 to $0.70; sheep, fair to choice, $3.0 to S3.00; wheat, No. 2, 97c to-OSc; corn, No. 2, Clc trf 02c; oats, standard 00c to 01c ; rye, No. 2, 80c to 87c ; hay timothy, $12.00 to $18.00; prairie, $0.(K to $14.50; butter, choice creamery, 27c to 30c; eggs, freHh, 10c to 23c; potatoes per bushel, 50c to 00c. Indianapolis Cattle, shipping, $3.0( to $7.00; hogs, choice heavy, $4.00 to $0.80; sheep, common to prime, $3.0( to $4.75 ; wheat, No. 2, 04c to OGc ; corn No. 2 white, 01c to 03c; oats. No. white, BOc to 51c. St Louis Cattle, $4.50 to $7.15; hogs, $4.00 to $0.80; sheep, $3.00 to $5.25; wheat, No. 2, 99c to $1.01; corn Na 2, 00c to 01c; oats. No. 2, 4Sc t Clc ; rye, No. 2, 82c to 83c. Cincinnati Cattl. $4.00 to $0.00 hogs, $4.00 to $0.85; sheep, $3.00 to $5.00; wheat. No. 2, 99c to $1.00; oora No. 2 mixed, 05c to 00c; oats, Na mixed, Sic to 52c ; rye. No. 2, 88c to 00c Detroit Cattle, $4.00 to $3.10; hogs $4.00 to $0.43; sheep, $2.50 to $150 wheat, No. 2, OSc to $1.00; corn. No. 3 yellow, 00c to 07c; oats, Na 3 white 52c to 53c ; rye, No. 2, 89c to 90a "Milwaukee Wheat, No. 2 northers $1.07 to $1.10; corn, No. 3, 01c to OJc; oats, standard, 51c to 52c; rye, No. 1 BOc to 87c; barley, standard, $1.04 to $1.00; pork, mess, $15.50. Buffalo Cattle, choice shipping eteera $4.00 to $0.50; hogs, fair to choice, $1.01 to $7.10; sheep, common to good mixed $4.00 to $5.25; lamb, fair to choice, $5.00 to $8.23. Nw York Cattle, $1.00 to $fl.6r) hogs, $4.00 to $7.30; sheep. $3.00 t $3.50; wheat, No. 2 red, $.W to $1.00; corn. No. 2, 73c to 74c; oats, natural white, BOc to 58c: butter, creamery. 25c to 30c; eggs, went em, 18c to 23c. Toledo Wheat, No. 2 mixed, 00c te 97c; corn. No. 2 mixed, 64c to 60e; oats. No. 2 mixed, 53c to 54c; rye. No. 2, 08c to 99c; clover seed, prime, $10.40. Alt Around the Olobc The retirement from the French army of Major Alfred Dreyfus has been ga aotted in th form ef the nomination ef an officer to the pot lat held by him that of eemaaander of artillery at St Denis. A project to establish a large colony ef negroe in southern California is being promoted by aa association whicn la about to seek State incorporation. Several million dollars is said to represent the wealth of tbe negroes back of tbe move ment. StuyTeaant Fish, in a reply to the charges of President Harahan ot th Illi nois Central, declares the road (.ever lest a dollar through hts borrowing. He say Mr. Harahan mlxaes the point ef his (Fish's) charges that H. II. Harri man controlled the road aa a feeder for the Union Pacific. The New Y'ork waiters are to have a club house of their own at 143 West Forty-fourth street. To be eligible to membership a waiter must. have bad a European sea son and know th art of serving from "soup to nuts." Few of ita member apeak lew than six language. Attorney General Young appeared in the District Court of Minnesota at St Paul and asked for a writ of mandamus I to compel the Northern Pacific railroad to put into effect the commodity rate law recently declared lltesal by Judje Loiti- , ren of the I nited State District Court. Th.s will force an early division of the Issue. CUBS AND TIGERS FIGHT Chicago and Detroit Baseball Champions Battle. FIRST GAME IS A TIE. Darkness Calls "Time" with the Score Standing 3 to 3. FRANTIC THOUSANDS CHEER. Chance Evens Up with Jennings in the Ninth Inning. The Cubs and Tigers fought and clawed one another for twelve thrill ing nnd spectacular Innings at Chi cago's West Side Jungle Tuesday after noon, nnd darkness finally put aa end to the Titanic battle, with a score 3 to 3. Never In the history of the world's series under the national agree ment has a more fierce or exciting bat tle of champions been wnged. It was Greek meeting Greek, and diamond scratching diamond, hut neither would allow the other to carry nwny the first plum In the great world's series. The struggle will go down In bascbnll history as 0110 of the most exciting nnd dramatic ever played. It was a game of painful susiK'tisea and thrilling sur prises, with victory, hovering alternate ly over the rival benches, nnd in the HUGH JENNINGS, Manager Detroit Team. last second flitting away In tbe dusk. A mighty multitude, 24,377 in number, watched the tide of battle ebb and flow, Its cheering excitement passing Into screaming frenzy as climax was piled on climax. Although the total fell short of breaking records by a narrow margin, the gate receipts were the largest ever taken In at -a ball game. The gross proceeds were $129,10:1.50. of which the players' share will be $15,747.75. Un der the rules of the series the tied score makes It a "no contest," and thus adds materially to the largess of the players by permitting them to share in the receipts of five games iustcad of four. Donovan, known to fume as "Wild Bill," pitched for the Detroit team, nnd Overall for Chicago. The twirling hon ors went to the former, though the giant Overall was In excellent form. Overall was taken out of the game hi tho ninth Inning, when the Culm needed a stronger batsman, nnd Keulbucb fol lowed him in tbe box, proving a com plete puzzle for the Tigers. According to a corresjioiident, tlie hoarse thousands, wbo bad filled every available Inch of space in the grounds, came away gibbering about how the Cubs would have won If things had happened thus and so. There was logic in their ravings, for hi the ninth, the tenth, the eleventh and the twelfth innings Chicago had the victory tightly grasped, but each time the tickle god dess interfered in favor of Detroit. Radlam Deep la he Alpa. A report from Geneva, Switzerland, ays that Prof. Joly, after completing a geological examination of the rock bor ings from tbe Simplon tunnel, finds rich traces of radium, indicating larger de posits of this rare and extremely valuable eleaient than any hitherto discovered in Europe. It is bis theory that the pres ence of thia ore caused the abnormal heat experienced in digglug the tunnel, and he believes that tbe world's supply of radium ia far greater than was supposed. Fewer City alldrra. Recent British statistic show that the English are dying out in the cities, for from 1H(I0 to I'.HXI t tie percentage of chil dren to population decreased from 33 per cent to 2:1 per cent. Fewer children are born in tbe towns and more die there. Coat of I.lvluMT I scrcaalsg. The upward tendon 'y iu prices . caus ing tho man on silary or wnfn serious consideration. Ta''l provision in all lint's have incria-cd fio.n 10 to 33 1-3 per cent. It tal es ut Iimm f 1.25 now io do what $1 wouij luve iIjiio a your aio. ks&W lEfe f&W rt" C1 Sa ijaT m.j...M..:.. . an its i nsi - r t r"8?! iMst i Si i mi h iwi an sal i BIO CORN 8HOW. lalqne Natloaat Exposition Ope Bed ta tbe" Chlcaarn Collsrom. In Chicago's magnificently decorated Coliseum the first great nntlonal corn exposition ever, held In this country was opened to tbe public. Every corn growing state in the union is represent ed among the hundreds of displays of white, red and golden ears, forming the most complete agricultural display of Its kind ever sceu. Sixteen thous and dollars In cash prizes and over $.V),(XK) In sieclnl prizes will be award ed. Corn lmsklng bees and simllur ru ral entertainments will be held dally during the show. In addition to the corn displays, an exhibit Is shown of household articles made from differ ent purts of the corn y!nt, Including husks, stalks and tassels. Among the articles shown are rugs, portieres, ti lde covers, units nnd picture frames. Elaborate decorations, costing near ly $.10,(XK, have been Installed In the Coliseum, corn nnd corn plants being the dominant material used. In addi tion to a miniature corn farm In tho center of the big building, an ancient temple, dedicated to the goddess of corn, hns been erected, where at cer tain jierlods of each dayx the virgins of the sun will offer sacrifices of corn. On cither side are shields of the dif ferent states, done In corn, each show ing the amount of last year's corn crop. A unique feature Is the corn demon stration kitchen, whore 300 ways of preparing corn for human beings to eat arc Illustrated by expert cooks. Among tho 1,!U0 known varieties of corn on exhibition Is corn of a blue color and white corn on a purple cob. Fourteen states In the corn belt are represented and exhibits have been re ceived from foreign countries. Insanity Not Increasing;. Dr. Carlos F. Macdonald, the New York alienist, discussing the recent Bta- GREAT BATTLE FOR WORLD'S BASEBALL CHAMPIONSHIP. tistics issued by the Lunacy Commission of England and Wales, said there was a steady numerical increase in insanity both in the United Kingdom and in the United States, but he did not believe that this implied an increase in the ratio of in sanity to population. The 'increase of the insane in England and Wales bad been from 30,702 in 1850 to 123,088 in 1917, or 237 per cent, whereas the estimated .In crease in population in the same period was only 77 per cent. In spite of these figures Dr. MaCdonald calls attention to several new factors In the problem, among which are the widening conception of in sanity so that many cases now appear in statistics which formerly were not count ed, and the increased confidence In insti tutions for the insane, whereas formerly relatives sought to conceal the condition of insane persons. He also asserts that there has been an Increase in the longev ity of the insane under modern methods, ind says that the statistics are padded by a great many readmissions which ap pear as new cases. Speaking of the causes of insanity, ho attaches less im portance to exciting causes and greater imjiortance to predisposing causes. Only people with unstable mental organiza tions are likely to succumb to the ordi nary exciting causes grouped under the general heads, wine, women, worry and work. His observation among English men has led to the conclusion that the modern Briton is anaemic rather than full-blooded. From Far and Near. Canada has consented to pay $0,000 to Japan for the damages arising from the Vancouver riots. A memorial tablet was unveiled at the birthplace of Gen. Grunt at 1'oiut l'leas ant, Clermont county, Ohio. I'rof. Hervey S. Cowell of Ashhurn ham was nominated for Governor of Mas sachusetta on the Prohibition ticket. Several persons were killed iu a fire In Fort Limon, Peru, which destroyed four business blocks. I-osa fCOO.lHNl. The Democratic convention iu San Francisco nominnted Dr. Edward Kobrson Taylor to succeed William II. Ingdon as district attorney. The handsome home of Francis G. Lan don, ex-secretary of the American em bassy at Vienna, wa rolibed by two men at l'oughkeepsie, X. Y. A lively fljjht and a vain chase followed. The a. :oinobile of Mrs. William Gra ham of Santa Barbara, Cal.. killed a peasant at Auxerre, Fruuce. The driver in trying to mvd the man ditched the machine and Mrs. Graham was injured. J. E. Farusworth, general manager, nnd J. A. Gates, aupcriutendent of the Southwestern Telegraph and Telephone Company, were arrested at Dallas on in dictments charging them with vioiat'ug 'o a 'it.-tn.st mid anti-pax laws A COSMOPOLITAN HARVEST. Foar Races Are PlcUIn Cotton la the Fields ef Oklahoma. ' An Oklahoma cotton field recently pre sented a cosmopolitan appearance, as much so, perhaps, as It would bo possi ble to find in the entire West. Engaged in picking the crop acre four race ef men white, black, red and yellow and five nationalities the American, Indian, Mexican, African and Japanesie. It Is true, slso, that the crop has been gath ered more promptly than usual, because of new labor, which wa greatly needed to harvest the fleecy staple. The Jups were the latest arrivals, snd Oklahoma is the first cotton-growing Stnte to experiment with these people. Many of them came south from the beet fields of Colorado and Nebraska, and if they prove valuable as pickers many more will be engaged by the cotton growers, especially in the more northern and east ern counties of the State. It was found, in engaging Jap labor ers for work iu the beet fields and for genernl Improvement work in cities, that many of them were not strong enough to stand heavy labor, and it occurred to M Churna, one of their native citizens, that it might be jwvssible to find work tor all such in the southern cotton fields. Ac cordingly, he visited Guthrie several months ago and made arrangements with local cotton growers to give the Japs a trial. Tliey will be used next season also for tending nnd chopping the crop as well as picking it. It has often been found Ss difficult to get cotton choppers as cot ton pickers. Test ot I'linrch Cordiality. Miss Laura A. Smith tell9 in the Sep tember Lad. cm' Home Journal of her ex perience in making a series of visits to different churches in the larger cities, with the object of testing "the welcome given a stranger in the average church, to see what was meant by the invitation, 'Strangers cordially welcome,' and to see how many of the clergymen or members of the congregation would speak a word of greeting or encouragement to the stran ger within their gates." Miss Smith say that she dressed in very plain clothes, ami FEANK CHANCE, Manager Chicago Team. by both dress and manner tried to typify the average young woman who, a stran ger in tbe city, seeks a church affiliation. In only two churches ot New York ant Brooklyn did the pastors voluntarily seeic her out and speak to her. In one other the pastor was brought to her; while in five churches thirteen members had spok en to her, and in thirty-two she bad been Ignored absolutely, in all thirty-sevc-n churches having been visited. In Boston she attended twenty-fort cnurches, and of these one pastor spo? to her, while in four four members (twojeing ushers) passed a friendly word, while in the other nineteen "not a word from any one,' From the inhospitable East she turned her steps westward, where the results of her visitations remain to be recorded.'' Several New York and Boston minis ters interviewed upon the question raised by Miss Smith's test hold that it is no generally regarded as beyond the true courtesy of the church to force attentions upon visitors, such as handshaking and questioning. One says that because per sonal inquiries are not madu or attention paid is in no sense a contradiction of the invitation tj strangers. He holds that it is iijiosaiblc in the great cities to make the church the social club that Misa Smith seems to be looking for. Another saye that normal persons go to church not for sociability, but for spiritual edifi cation, communion and exaltation, hence they appreciate the gentle courtesy ol be ing let alone in their guest. To Cnrtnll Copper Frodartlon. The officers of the Amalgamated Cop per Company have recommended that the mine of that company be shut down un til the copper niurket conditions improve. This course is brought about by the fact thnt the Amalgamated Company hag on hand a large stock of metal for which there la little demand in the market. It is taken for granted in trade circles that the action of the Amalgamated will be followed by several of the other heavy producing mines. It is notable that this unfavorable condition of the copper mar ket should have developed in spite of tbe efforts of the Standard Oil interests to maintain the price of the metal and th standing of the copper stocks. Brace Expedition Safe. The Arctic exploration pnr'y headed by William S. Bruce of Edinburgh, which started out some months ago to inves tigate the coal fields oa King Charles lsiand, the most easterly of the Spitsber gen group, ha been heard from after two relief expeditions had returned unsuc cessful. A third search party finally I' jii n,l them in great dilficultie and ail are now safe. The strike of the dock laborer at Ant werp is over, the men voting to return to work unconditionally at the terms of the employers. it 'I v 4 1