SECOND 1 RIAL OF '
HARRY K. THAW IS Oil
100 KILLED IN PANIC
AT CHURCH BENEFIT
LOCKED OUT.
WORK or
CONGRESS
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Young Millionaire Who Shot Stan
ford White Again Facet the
Charge of Murder.
SCENE IN NEW YORK COVET.
Evelyn Will Repeat Her Story, but
"Unwritten taw" Will Wot Be
Relied On.
The second trlnl of Harry Kendall
Thaw, the young Pittsburg swell and
siendthrlft. for the murder of Stan
ford White, the New York architect
and roan about town, In ngnln under
way. It was tedious work securing -a
Jury. The first trlnl wns reported ho
mpletoly and was no widely rend In
11 its sensational and nauseating de
tails that an attempt to secure tweive
men who had not read of the cnse and
formed more or less of tin opinion wns
hopeless. The most oceepfable Jurors
then, were those who could swear that
despite reeding nn opinion they could
Judge Thaw's guilt or Innocence purely
on the evidence submitted to them.
As to the acttinl commission of the
deed, of course, there Is no question.
The defense is not to combat that pal
pable fact.- Neither Is' It relying, as
Delmas did In the first trial, on "the
unwritten law." Martin W. Littleton.
Delmns' successor us chief counsel, de
pends entirely on the plea that Thaw
was insane and irresponsible at the
time of the shooting.
The prosecution is devoting itself to
proving the conunlssloii of the crime
and to controverting the evidence for
the defense. Littleton will put Evelyn
Thaw upon the stand and she will tell
her story all over again. This is neces
sary In order to demonstrate that tbert
was reason for Thaw's attack of 'brain
storm'' or Insanity, but the young wife
will not bo handled as tenderly by the
prosecution In cross-questioning as she
" was before. Jerome has bad one of
his assistants follow out the European
tour, mile by mile, wblcb Thaw and the
girl took before marriage and will be
tble to catch np the witness at every
misstatement, as to that trip.
Evelyn has so far been in dally at
tendance on the trial and is putting up
the same braff of appearing in the sim
ple garb of an Ingenuous school girl,
though she Is a mature woman with ex
periences enough back of her to fill sev
eral lifetimes.' Her girlish, almost. in
fantile, appearance and her counterfeit
ing of confiding Innocence at the first
trial had a tremendous effect It is
doubtful If they will be much of a lever
this time In moving public opinion or in
Impressing the Jury.
Judge Victor J. Dowllng is doing all
he can to expedite the proceedings.
There has been at this second trial no
greet crush to attend the proceedings,
though there is a dally assemblage out
side to see Evelyn pass from her auto
mobile to tlie court room or to see
Thaw cross the "bridge of sighs" on hla
way back to the Tombs.
. Thaw Is in good health. Heguiar
hours, plain food and forced decency of
life have had a good effect on his phy
sical condition. '
Novel Treatment foe Insanity.
Dr. Henry B. Atkins, superintendent ol
the St. Louis Asylum for the Insane, has
been testing an entirely new course of
treatment for mild cases of Insanity
among the woman patients, it being noth
ing more or less than a Christmas shop
ping expedition. It is his theory that
anything which occupies the mind pleas
antly without causing too much excite
ment must be beneficial. ' He therefore
sent about twenty of his patients under
the charge of trained nurses, and each
supplied with a moderate amount of
money, to the department stores. The
entire party was so dressed and conducted
that no Intimation was given of its real
nature, and this was not suspected by
the other shoppers, the unfortunate wom
en deporting themselves in the most con
ventional and natural way possible.
Luncheon was eaten at the restaurant,
which all enjoyed, and it was with re
luctance, but no attempt at resistance,
that they returned to their quarters in
toe, asylum.
To Explore South America.
A party of Boston scientists, under the
direction of George Melville Boynton. has
organised an expedition to explore the
wilds of South America. A Uloucester
fishing vessel has been bought and will
be christened the Discovery. There will
be about thirty-five men In all and the
trip is expected to last five years. Opera
tions will be confuted chiefly . to the unex
plored regions south of the Aniasoo river,
but the expedition will eventually follow
the A mason to its source and cross the
Andes, coming out at l'unta Pa Hue, Peru.
In tbe party will be botanist, niinerotog
ists, ethnologists, taxidermists and pho
tographers. Photo Seat r Wireless.
Pascal Berjonnrau, an Inventor, recent
ly exhibited before the Postmaster Gen
eral at Paris s new telephotography ap
paratus which can be adapted to the
wireless system or to tbe ordinary tele
graph wire system. lie transmitted the
picture of the postmaster without tbe uld
of wires from one eud of the halt to the
other. The inventor claims that distance
does not Interfere with the effectiveness
of his method. Photographs, he says,
can he sent by it between New York and
raris.
Hero Complete Elect rlo Circuit.
A etovel device by which a horse is
made part of an clctriil circuit has
boeo reported to the War Department by
Lieut. A. C. Knowles cf ?be (Jus Iluu
died and Thirtieth Iofuntry, at Fort
I even worth, where tests have been made
for permitting communication between
txruoted operators. By placing a small
piece of copper properly couuected with
the telegraph or telephone instrumi nt
at s Inst tbe animal's body, a ground con
ectioa is completed through tin bore's
feet, and the o)erator is enabled to trans
srJt montages to b's bate nitl:o.it stopping
is horse.
CHICAGO.
While the curtailment of production il
vnrious industrial branches continues,
there are evidences of a favorable naturt
for steady improvement to take placs
soon. With the banks now virtually back
to specie payment and discount opera
tion extending, it is not surprising that
the volume of business, as reflected by
Imnk exchanges, makes the best exhibit
in nine weeks, the comparative decline
Im injj the lowest in that period.
Following the extra time taken to make
neevssary repairs to plants, resumption
became general nnd quickly reduced the
iininlxT of workers made temporarily Idle,
nnd the indications now turn for the bet
ter et the furnaces, mills and forges.
Home substantial bookings appear in
iron, steel and wire, and fair orders com
forward in furniture, boxmaking, foot
wear and vehicles. Little change is x
liccted in prices of finished products, but
a feeling that costs may be lowered is te
some extent causing hesitation where
much capital is Involved.
Weather conditions advanced the Jan
uary clearance sales in retail lines, stocks
undergoing satisfactory reduction, and a
considerable increased number of visiting
buyers attended the wholesale markets
for staples, textiles, boots and shoes, cloth
ing and food products. Mercantile collec
tions throughout the West are irregular,
some sections remitting promptly, whilo
at others the defaults indicate weakness.
Ka ilu res reported In the Chicago dis
trict number .'1(1, against 28 last week and
lid a year ago. Those with liabilities ovei
$.1,000 number 7, against 1 last week and
8 in 1007. -Dun's Iteview of Trade.
NEW YORK.
Financial affairs show further end
narked improvement, and money is mor
plentiful and easier to obtain, but th
gain in trade and industry proper is still
largely one of sentiment, because busl
neas is quiet, the country over, railway
earnings and bank clearings are below S
year ago, collections are alow, though
better than a month ago, and Industry
is as a whole on short time, with th
larger centers reporting a great number
of unemployed.
In trade lines the general report is on
Of backward busiuetis. MHd weather II
still a bar to the widest activities In sea
sonable goods North and West, and re
tellers are stimulating lagging demand by
reduction sales. Southern trade showl
little more life than a week ago. 8om
lines report after-holiday collections a
better than those of December, and in
some cases better than anticipated, but
they In few canes are better than slow
to fair.
Business failures in the United State
for the week ending Jan. 0 number 434,
against 345 last week, 283 in the like
week of 11)07, 2S0 In 1000, 203 in 1006
and 313 in 1004. Failures In Canada
this week numbered 03, against 27 last
week and 24 In this week a year ago.-
Briidstreet's Itevlew.
Chicago Cattle, common to prime,
$4.00 to $(1.45 ; hogs, prime heavy, $4.00
to $(.."; sheep, fair to choice, $3.00
to $5.25; wheat, No. 2, Otto to $1.02;
corn, No. 2, ftSc to 10c ; oats, standard,
40c to 50c; rye, No. 2, 81c to 83c; hay,
timotl, $0.50 to $1(1.00; prairie, $8.00
to $12.00; butter, choice creamery, 244
to HOc; eggs, fresh, 25c to 30c; potatoes
per biiHliel, 50c to 00c.
IndiaiiaiMilis Cuttle, shipping, $3.00
to $H.OO; hogs, good to choice heavy,
$!.( to $4.05; sheep, common to prime,
$:l.0O to $4.50; wheat, No. 2, 08c to 00c;
corn. No. 2 white, 550 to 50c; oats, No. 2
white, 40c to 51c.
, St. Louis Cattle, $4.50 to $0.00; hogs,
$4.00 to $4.01); sheep, $.1.00 to $5.00;
wheat, No. 2, $1.03 to $1.04; corn. No. 2,
55c to fide; oats, No. 2, 40c to 50c; rye,
No. 2, 75c to 70c.
Cincinnati -Cattle. $4.00 to S5.35;
hogs. $4.00 to $4.00; sheep. $3.00 tc
$5.00; wheat. No. 2, $1.02 to $1.4; corn.
. No. 2 mixed, 55c t 57c; oats, No. J
niixea, to ulc; rye. No. 2, 82c to 85c
Detroit Cattle, $4.00 to $5.25; hogs.
$4.00 to $1.50; sheep, $2.50 to $4.50;
wheat, No. 2, $1.01 to $1.02; corn, No. S
yellow, 01c to 02c; oats. No. 3 white
Olo. to 53c; rye, No. 2. 81c to 83e.
Milwaukee- Wheat, No. 2 northern
$1.00 to $1.11; corn. No. 3, 57c to r0e;
oats, standard, ftt)c to G2e; rye, No. 1
83c to 85c; barley. No. 2, $1.03 to $1.05
pork, mess, $12.47.
Buffalo Cattle, choice shipping steers
$1.00 ) $5.73; ho, fair to choice, $:5.5t
to $4.75; sheep, common to good mixed
$1.00 to $5.50; lumbs, fair to choice
$5.tX to $7.85.
New York Cattle, $4.00 to $5.05
hogs, $3.50 to $5.10; sheep, $3.00 tc
$5.(X; wheat, No. 2 red. $1.03 to $1.07
corn. No. 2, 07c to 00c; oats, natura
white, 54c to 50c; butter, creamery, 27
to 31c; eggs, western, 24c to 28c.-
ToledoWheat. No. 2 mixed, $1.0O
$1.02; corn, No. 2 mixed, 50c to (UK
oats. No. 2 mixed, 52c to 53c; rye. No
2, 80c to 82c; clover seed, prime, $10.5(1
Uustaeaa la Uaslnesa.
"You butchers certainly have a snap,'
remarked the grocer.
"How do you figure tliitt out?
queried the luiut behind tlio meat block
"Why," answered the grocvr, "yo
weigh the bones with tbe incut am
charge uieut prices for them."' (
"Well," rejoined the butcher, "I don'
see where I get the bulgci on you. Whet
you sell cheese don't you weigh tin
hole ami pet cheese prhvs for them?1
Iter! irc ill.
Tlio ex-widower was itpeukliig of liU
new wife.
"Ilat how about the children 'r
qr.erlecl liU tnchelor friend.
"Oh," replied tint happy hus'.und and
f.tther, "s lie doeun't mliul tlic:n jtnd
they don't mind her."
A tiHonpfcer?.
Kly Old Moth Is gol-g nr itind tell
lug jwplj lie fevl !i:;e uu uctor.
Aut Well, iu oup'M to feel t!u
wuy. lie has Ll'C.i living l:t it h.-nvy
tr.igodlr.n'a tnr ou-rwut fjr six uio i;:i
Blaze Follows Explosion and
Women and Children Are
Trampled to Death.
CORPSES BLOCK STAIRWAY.
Overturned Oil Lamps Feed Flames
and Force Trapped Audience to
Jump from Windows.
Olio hundred persons were killed and
seventy-five were seriously Injured,
many of whom will die, In n hre and
panic which followed the explosion of
a moving picture machine nt a church
entertainment In the Rliode Opera
Mouse In lloyerton, I'n., Monday even
Inn. Most of the dend nnd Injured are
women nnd children, nnd the catas
trophe hns thrown the little town of
2,500 Inhabitants Into the deepest grief.
Scarcely n family but hns lost some
member.
The opera house, a two-story struc
ture on the main street of t!ie town,
wns filled to overflowing by n benefit
for St. John's Lutheran Church. The
feuturc of the program wns a rerles of
moving pictures. Must of the audience
were women and children.
Ulnnt Tauk Kzplodes.
Suddenly, in the midst of the enter
tainment, the acetylene tank which fur
nished light for the moving picture ma
chine exploled. Instantly the whole in
terior of the opera house wns filled
with flame.
) The actors endeavored to quiet the
audience, but In their anxiety to make
themselves heard nnd to avoid the aw
ful stampede of the . women and chil
dren, the coal oil lamps which were
used at the footlights were overturned,
setting the place on fire.
The flames, fed by oil, shot almost
to the ceiling, and there was a rush
of the several hundred persons to es
cape from the burning building. Scores
of women and children were trampled
ou and several who escaped being
burned to death died after being
dragged from the opera house.
In some cases, It is said, entire fam
ilies have been wlcd out. The seen
which followed the explosion is lnd
svrlbnble.
Seetlon of the Ploor Gives War.
Following the explosion there wns a
wild rush of the audience for the stair
way, the one means of exit. A Bcore
of persons reached the stairway simul
taneously, nnd it was jnmmiHl so full
of struggling Immunity that only a few
reached the outer air.
In the mud ruHh a section of the floor
gave way, precipitating scores of per
sons to the basement. As the floor col
lapsed the shrieks of the helpless per
sons who were carried down were
heard for blocks.
The Interior of the opera house wns
of wood and plaster, and' the flimsy
carpentry that made the stage and its
fittings furnished excellent material
for the flumes. Within two minutes
after the explosion occurred the entire
building wns n mass of flames.
The Jamming of people In the stair
way blocked that means of egress, and
tlor.ens of frantic women and children
leaped from the front window to the
stone pavement below. Not one of these
escaped broken limbs, and they are
practically all of the injured, Inasmuch
us those Inside tbe opera house per
isbcd.
Unlr Fire Knitlne Disabled.
To make matters worse, the one fir
engine In Boyertown Is disabled, and
there wns no menus of fighting the fire.
It Is almost certain that ull of the
bodies of tho victims were cremated,
and the hopes of Identifying any of
them'ure destroyed. Fire engines were
Wnt to the scene from Heading nnd
Pottstown, hut they arrived too lnt
to he of any service further than t
save surrounding proierty.
Requests for assistance were quick,
ly seut to PottHtown and Heading, and
special trains bearing surgeons and
nurse were hurried there. These sur
geons, assisted liy local physicians, 1m
provlscd hospitals In near-by resldcuvces
and stores, and gave what uld was pos
sible to the Injured.
At the foot of the narrow stairway,
which was Jammed full of (lead and
dying, scores of victims could he seen
from tho street. Dozens of men tried
to reach them, nnd suetcded In carry
lug a few of them out, bnt the heat
of the flro soon drove them back. Then
us the flames nte their way down the
stairway nnd reached them, the bodies
wure cremated, iu the very sight of
th'ise who would have carried them
out.
FOREIGN" NEWS NOTES.
Four new cardinals were created by
Pope Pius.
The Dutch CAbiuet of nine ministers
resigned.
M. Uude was appointed minister to the
United States from Norway.
Scandal in Vienna diplomatic circles
can wnl the recall of an ambassador.
The sleamir Austral, carrying a party
of scientists, was wrecked off the coast
of I'ruguay, but all persona alioard were
saved.
Prof. Poulwn cstililisHcd and inula
tallied fur houi:i a wiS-letm telephone con
ncct!un. n't I nnnoxtccd plans to talk
acnsn tre At nctic.
Yit.pil Ir.d'ans. in Old Mexico, killed
twelve men, nn AmcrUnu, who wus among
the niiialicr ciiptuiv,!, living rescued by a
party of his count rynicii.
At St. l'e'tiwbiis 10') members of the
ftroi dur.'ii, ulio signed the Viborg maul
fnto aguiuHt the gov.mineut, were placed
on trial for iiMii:inble p's-Tticea, Among
them was P.vf. .'if ;u oriti f. president of
the duma. nnd other noted Liberals and
Nociflliftis. .;t of tie a -cuiaed pleaded
that they ted ':(!'.. ;i 1 !se:r rights.
L
Senator Aldrich introduced his curren-
y bill Tuesday, which was rend, and
innounced that the committee on finnnco
ould be glad to consider in connection
vith it all bills which Senators might de-
ire to introduce. Senator Clay of
Georgia announced that he Intended to
have a vote on his resolution favoring a
federal law to aid the Slates lu their
fforts to enforce prohibition. The reso
lution was allowed to go over until the
next meeting. Several addresses were
made in the House, In connection with
the resolutions referring to President's
nntini nieHsnge to the various coininit-
ees. Itepreaentativc Sheppard of Texns
made a plea for the i-eHtorntion of the
legend, "In Cod We Trust" to American
oms. ' Mr. Wiilett of New York sought
o blame the recent financial disttubance
n Preside!! Hoosevelt. Itepresentative
lardicic cf (,eoi'sin declared that the only
tafety fir tiie Kepiiblican party ly in
lh nomination of Toft for President.
Mr. Morris of Nebraska spoke in favor
of taxing national bank deposits to pro
ids a guarantee fund.
The Senate was not in session Wed-
rsday. In the House a rule wns ndont
id giving the bill to revise, codify and
mend the laws the right of way alont
with other preferred measures. Upoi
the conclusion of the reading of the bill
it was laid aside to permit Mr. Cairn's
n Tennessee to address the House tn
favor of an appropriation for "The Her
mitage," the home of Andrew Jncksvn,
near Nashville, Tenn.
The Brownson affair was brought i p
the Senate Thnrwlflv. vhen Sonntnr
iale explained the navy personnel bill,
dr. Tillman intimated thnt he wished to
.'all before the committee witnesses to
estify concerning this matter. Mr. Hale
-eplied that he thought there would Lb
jo obstacle to allowing the Senator to d
that. The Senate adjourned until M on
lay.. Members of ihe House took lalt
a lottery for rooms In the new Iloiife
)flice building onnosile the caoitol. Aside
from passing two bridge bills the assixf.
ment of quarters wasjhe only b:isiucit
transacted.
The Senate was not in session Fridar.
fhe House resumed its old activity nnd
for over five hours transacted businesi
it a public nature. Material progrcftt
was made with the bill to codify, revisO
and emend the criminal laws of the Cult'
m! States, which was taken up after some
routine bills had been disposed of. An
attempt by Mr. Littleflild of Maine to
mend the bill so ns to afford protection
to aliens in the matter of civil rights
failed by a decisive vote. The feature of
the session was a brief address by Mr.
Burleson of Texas, who credited Senator
Foraker and other Republicans with bav-
ng charged the President with the le-
ilKtnsibility for the recent financial crisis.
Mr. Burleson became engaged In a lively
iolloquy with Mr. Payne of New York.
The Senate was not In session Salar-
lay. A vigorous fight was waged In the
House of Representatives over the bill to
odify and revise the penal luws of the
L'nited States, with particular refer"io
to Section If), affecting conspiracies
against the civil rights of citizens.
Messrs. Smith of Missouri and Hui;hes
tf New Jersey, offered amendments, hav-
ln for their object the exemption of la
bor onions from the ojieration of iV
I'H-tion whenever such unions decle
ill ikes or boycotts. A motion to st.'i'-te
out the whole section wns made by Mr.
Bartlett of Ceorgia. The brunt of fhe
le'mle was borne by Mr. Sherley of Un
lucky, a member of the Committee on
itevisiou, but he was supported y a
aumber -o? Hepnblicnns. These amend
ments wire all lost, as was one by Mr.
IV Aruiomi to strike out Section 20. It
is likely that discussion of the bill en
,oiP(s of law will be indulged from time
lo time fci several weeks.
The recent issue of bonds by the Set re-
;ary of the Treasury was the occasion of
in animated debate in the Senate Mon
iay. The discussion wns precipitated by
in inquiry by Senntor Culberson and was
participated in by Senators Aldrich, Till
man and Bailey. .It resulted in an agree
ment to postpone further controversy un
til a statement can Im received from Sec
retary Cortelyou. Mr. Tillman's resolu
tions directing the Finance Committee to
inquire into the operations of tho Treas
ury Department was referred, with his
jor.sent, to that committee. The untin
ished business in the form of a bill to
xslify the .criminal laws of the Cnited
States was placed before the Senate and
the reading of the bill was begun. Vig
orous defense of State's rights in dealing
with violations of civil rights or with k pe
nal State elections where troops have
been called Into service served to enliven
the debate in the House in connection
with the bill to codify the pennl laws of
the l'nited States. A number of Demo
rats, mostly from the Southern States,
trenuously sought by amendment to re
serve to the States themselves the dis
cretion as to the qualifications of voters,
ind of persons to serve on Juries, and to
limit the power of federal judge on cer
tain rases; but every attempt failed. The
Republicans presented a solid front, and
the votes all were on party lines.
NATIONAL CAPITAL NOTES.
Senator Knox of Pennsylvania intro
duced a bill to remedy the defects in the
present employers' liability law by mak
ing it applicable only to corporations en
taged In such commerce as Congress has
Ihe undoubted right to control.
Itepresentative Waldo of New Y'ork
iffered a resolution asking the House
. rami t tee on foreign affairs to inquire
into the expediency of requesting the
President to Intercede with the govern
ment of Russia for the release of the re
cently convicted member of the duma.
The President sent to the Senate the
following uomiuations : Ceorge L. God
frey of Iowa, to be surveyor of customs
tor the port of Des Moines, Iowa; JoUu
tl. Poge of Arixona, to be secretary
Irixona. There were also a number of
trmy- and navy promotions and many
vxt masters named.
President Roosevelt directed the Secre
tary of War to have pre tared appoint
nent for James F. Tracey sa secretary
f nuance and justice on the Philippine
jominisaion, and Cegorio A rent a to be
iidge ef the Supreme 'ourt of the I'bilie
jwes, vloe Tracey, appointed ecreiarj of
inane and juitic.
t nit ii i i w :
. CUR-TOJITV-. pry 1 ' fl ' ' ' 4
HEALING BY FAITH.
Chicago Reformed Episcopal Church
to Treat Body as Well as Soul.
A new and Important departure has
been taken by St. Paul's Reformed
F.plscopal Church of Chlcag'.i, under
the leadership of Bishop Samuel Fal
lows. The church has added healing
of the body to Its spiritual ministra
tions, following somewhat nlong the
lines pursued by Christian Scientists,
although with several fundamental dif
ferences. Christian psychology, as ex
plained by Bishop Fallows, does not
ignore physicians ns does Christian
Science, but works hand In hand with
the medical profession, and the work
of healing undertaken at St. Paul's
will be applied only to such patients
as are suffering from disorders in
which the act loir of the mind plays an
Important part. Cure of organic dis-
BISHOP 8AULEL FALLOWS.
eases will not be attempted, although
patients suffering from them will lie
aided ns far as possible by suggestion,
faltb and persuasion.
The diseases and weaknesses to
which Christian psychology Is to he
applied at St. Paul's nre functional
nervous disorders, hypochondria. In
somnia, nervous dyspepsia melan
cholia, omental depression, ' hysteria,
neurasthenia, tbe drug habit, the liquor
habit, want of self-confidence, irrita
bility, worry, anger, fear end weakness
of will. The class of cases In which
no cure will bo attempted are those
like typhoid fever, scarlet fever, small
pox and other disorders of that na
ture. Bishop Fallows, who was born In
England In 1835, hns led an active and
militant career. He came to this coun
try In 1848, settling iu Wisconsin, and
in 1851 wns ordained Iu the Methodist
Episcopal Church. During tho Civil
wsr be served as a colonel and was
brevetted brigadier general. He served
three terms as State superintendent of
public instruction In Wisconsin und In
18T5 united with the Reformed F.plsco
pal Church, being consecrated bishop
the following year. Since 1875 be hns
been rector of St. Paul's Church, Chi
cago. Tho bishop has other theories
besides healing through Christian sy
chology. He believes that Christianity
la a good deal a matter of the kind of
food we eat. "If every child was
sclentlflenlly fed," he says, "we'd br.ve
no moral baseness, no mental deprav
ity and no spiritual Ignorance." Ills
system of Christian healing will be
followed with n good deal of Interest.
ALL AROUND THE GLOBE.
During 1007 the Legal Aid Sts iety of
New York received 2d,3!K) appeal for
.aid.
New York board of education will
;robably vote to restore eor;oral punish
inrnt In the schools.
Tht factory of the Cummings Leather
-""oinpany at Wotnirn, Mass., was d'strr.y
l by fire. Loss f SO.'KKI, fully inaued.
Mil I
n II i I
INDUSTRIES ARE REVIVING.
Workers of All Kinds Are Reported
in Great Demand.
Business throughout the ' United
States, both commercial and Indus-,
trlul. Is reviving, according to Ter-em-e
V. Powderly, chief of the divi
sion of information, ' bureau of Immi
gration. The division of information
wus created by Congress as an agency
to divert Immigration from the larger
cities, und find places for the unem
ployed alien. The functions of the
division have been enlarged, Inasmuch
as Chief Powderly Is endeavoring to
provide work for Americans as well
as aliens.
From July 1 last until early In Oc
tober 200,000 requests were made upon
Chief Powderly to supply various
forms of labor for factory, railroad,
farm and industrial enterprises of all
descriptions. About the middle of
October, when the financial disturb
ances became acute, many of these
applications were canceled, corre
spondents stating that instead of need
ing labor they were putting off men,
mid that everything pointed to a pro
longed period of depression.
Recently there hns been a renewal
of "the demand for labor. Chief Pow
derly says that this demand comes
from every section of the country;
that It calls for mechanics, mill oper
atives, factory hands, railroad bulllers,
and farm laborers. From the agricul
tural States have come notice that in
the spring hundreds of thousands of
farm hands will lie needed, and that
every effort should lie made by the gov
ernment at this time to see to It that
nn adequate supply of labor is provided
In the regions where It will be urgently
required.
. "An Investigation has developed,"
said Mr. Powderly, "that, while the
unusually large exodus of foreigners
during the past few months was the di
rect result of dlsturlied financial con
ditions, it was not due to the closing
of mills or factories or cessation In the
progress of public works. The great
majority of those who returned to Eu
rope were not turned out of employ
ment They were alarmed by the out
look and decided to go back. The tide
will liegin to turn early In the spring,
and I have no doubt that the Increas
ing demand for labor that our reports
Indicate Is. at hand will be fully met
by 'the supply in this country amplified
by an enlarged Immigration."
AN AID TO CUPID.
Mayor of Spokane the Patron Saint
of the Single.
Young man, go west, and Incident
ally, young woman, go west thnt Is If
you are anxious to take unto yourself
a partner for life. This Is tbe Invita
tion which C. Herbert Moore, reform
mayor of Spokane, has Issued unto the
forlorn of the land and which Is being
accepted with surprising alacrity. So
far he has beeu successful In finding
husbands In tbe Spokane country for
girls In Chicago, Indiunupolls, Mem
phis and Philadelphia, and he has se
cured wives for ranchers, mining oper
ators and fruit growers In various
parts of the Inland empire of the Pa
cific northwest.
The mayor bus engaged an assistant
secretary whose duty It Is to carry out
the chief executive's suggestions and
to bring the inquirers and Inquired for
together. Mayor Moore did not seek
the apimintmcMit to this iieculiar jmjsI
tlou but rather wus It thrust uism him
by maids and men. widows nnd wid
owers who knew his kind heart und be
lief In the married state as the only
happy one. He receives scores of let
ters every day, from timid women
looking for men whom they may "look
up to," from big, unafraid women who
waut quiet, docile husbands who of a
certaluty will look up to them, from ro
mantic youths who wish beauty and
from farmers who banker after brawn.
There Is no sort of husband or wife
wtil.il his honor does uot agree to fur
nish upon application aud us a result
he is he most popular man lu the
west.
BIG POULTRY SHOW.
Aristocracy of the Feathered Tribo
on Exhibition is Chicago.
Three thousand aristocrats of the
poultry world contested for honors In
the national poultry show recently held
in Chicago by the National Fanciers'
and Breeders' Association. The breeding:
of the finest stock Is becoming so pop
ular In the Middle West that product!
of this section have begun to take
prizes at the New York poultry show,.
which Is the largest event of the kind,
and to carry off all the honors in tho
Chicago event, which Is second in im
portance.
There wns a large Increase this year
In the number of. entries. The cham
pion of all hens, owned by Ernest
Kellerstruss, of Kansas City, and val
ued at 12,500, was there, as well as nn- -lnerous
other chickens valued at from
$500 to $1,000. Fighting cocks, wild
turkeys and ducks, homing pigeons
with records as victorious racers over
distances runglng from 100 to 1,000
miles, and pheasants such as English,
noblemen shoot,, bred on the largest
pheasant farm In tbe country fifteen
miles from Chicago, were attractions.
Baby chicks were hatched out In Incu
butors every day of the sltow.
BUBONIC PLAGUE DISAPPEARING
War on Disease Requires Lives of
f isr
F-H-jcaas" X If
130,000 Rats in San Francisco. J
With only seven cases of bubonic I
plague reirted during the month of
December and only three cases remain
ing iimler treatment ut the isolation
hospital, the plague in San Francisco
is ulmost eradicated as a result of tbo
vigorous saultary camiwlcn conducted
during the last four months by tbe L'ulJ
texl States "Marine hospital service Ui
der the direction of Dr. Ku rt Blue.
It is estimated that .-p itixliuately
ino.ooo rats have been destroyed dur
lug the last foar months. Thirty-five
thousund six hundred und forty-two
rats were brought to tbe lalioratory of
the health dciKirtntc nt. Of this num
ber ll.aoi were examined by bacteri
ologists "for plague and lot; found to
be infected.
The total number of cases reported
to date nre UIO; deaths, 73; cured, 00
remaining under treatment, 3; atsfpect1
ed cases, 13.
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