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State Historical Socitty DAKOTA COUNTY HERALD B10TT0--A11 Tho News When It Is Nws. VOLUttfl XVII DAKOTA CITY, NEB., FRIDAY, OCTOBER 2 ft, 1908. nUHBER 8 LATEST BY TELEGRAPH SUMMARY OF THE NEWS OF THE WHOLE WORLD. HAD ENDLESS CHAIN MXPKIVT TKLIJ. or IINANCIF.HH ,iihy wimul. JsHss Kate Wilson's riiHiipported Vote Cunt tod at llniik and Proceeds Turn ed Into "Ice Pool" Failure to llals Price IJrcnkw Cliaiii. , In the testimony at the trial of Chan. VT. Morse and his co-defendant, Alfred H. Curtis, both of New York, who are charged before Judge Hough In the criminal branch of the United States court with conspiracy and violation of the national banking laws, was intro duced Wednesday the name of Miss Kate A. Wilson, secretary to Mr. Mersev aud the, prosecution proceeded to examine witnesses who testified to large loanes made by the National Bank of North America, a Morse insti tution, to Miss Wilson. Edwin Moxley, a government bank examiner, who has proved at this hearing that he Is a wizard at figures, was the principal witness relative to the big loans made to the financier's secretary. Summed up, his testimony was as follows: v 3 "On her bare and unsupported note Morse would loan Miss Wilson a sum of money. Miss Wilson's note would be cashed by the National Bank of North America, and with the proceeds stock of the American lee company would be purchased. Then the ice stock would be used to secure another loan from the bank., With the money thus scoured bank stock would be put chased and the bank stock aided in supporting the Ice stock pools In which Morse and other financiers were inter ested. The failure to raise the price above par was what caused the break In the endless chain." The lawyers for the defense object ea repeatedly to Ihe line of questions asked by the government lawyers, but Judge Hugh sustained the prosecu tion and the records, piece by piece.. until tho chain was complete. - Wednesday, for the first time since her husband, has been on trial, Mrs. Clementine Dodge Morse appeared In tho court room. Mrs. Curtis has been at her husband's side every day. ESCAPES FKOM LYNCIIKKS. Col. Taylor Arrives at TliUonwllle, Safe and Sound, Col. It. A. Taylor, an aged Trenton. Tenn., lawyer, who was taken from a hotel at Walnutlog at the same time Capt. Quinten Rankin was lynched . Monday night, has turned up near Tlp- tonville, Tenn., having escaped from the night riders an hour after Rankin was hanged. The masked men got into a dispute among themselves as to what to do with Taylor, some favoring killing him, wtiile others. wnnted to hold him so as to force concessions to the de mands for free Ashing on Reelfoot lake. While the riders disputed Tay. lor jumped between the guards and, despite his years, dashed to the edge of the bayou and plunged In, Swlrr. mirig aorss. He was fired upon many times by the night riders, but escaped In the darkness. OFFEtt RISK COMI'ltOMISE. - , Insurance Companies Would Pay HO Per Gent of Kingston Claims. The British fire insurance companies which have been held responsible by the English court of appeals for claims arlHing from the fire of Jan. 1, 1907, which swept the business portion of Kingston. Jamaica, at the time of the great earthquake, have maJo an offer to the Kingston property holders to compromise all claims on a basis of 80 per cent without adjustment. The committee has refused this offer, but has Indicated its willingness to accept 8S per cent ia addition to 5 per cent payment of cost. The claims involve a sum exceeding $5,000,000. The final re)Iy of the companies has not been recel ved. l'o Kettle American Itunk Affairs. In an effort finally to settle the af fairs of the National Bank of North America, of New Turk, one of the Morsa financial Institutions which sus pended at the time of tho recent panic, John w. McKlnnnn, of Chicago, was elected as agent by the shareholders of the Institution, All depositors have been paid and the remaining assets of the bank will be turned over to Mr. McKlnnon. Sioux City L0 stock Market. , Wednesday's quotations on the Sioux City live stock market follow: Tun b.ovas, 14.00. Top hogs, $S.S5. lilizsard in Montana. A heavy storm has cut Uutte off from the north and west. eastern Montana reporU blixzards delaying trains from five to ten hours. Tas un usual snow Is believed to have caused loss In sheep. Tornado la Now Mexico. persoa was killed. eights In jured and nuoh property destroyed lu. a tornado at Tucamcarl, N. M. Tues day mem. PHYSICIAN STOPS FVNKllAL. Kansas Woman Narrowly Escape Burial Alive. The timely Intervention of a phy sician who was not satisfied with the a p pes i n nee of the body prevented the burial alive of Mrs. Thomas Chapman, of Ellis. Kan., wife of one of the best known citizens of that part of Kansas. Mrs. Chapman, who Is 0 years old, was supposed to have died suddenly from heart disease on Saturday last. The body was prepared for burial, but was not embalmed. The funeral was to have taken place at 2:30 o'clock Tuesday afternoon. A few minutes before the casket was sealed a physician requested per mission to see the body. After con firming his suspicions the woman was removed from the coffin and placed In bed. ' While her heart is very weak, it Is believed Mrs. Chapman will recover. POSITIVELY THE LAST. The Hon. Tapp Notified of Nomination V for the Presidency. Sidney T. Tapp, presidential candi date for trie liberal party, whose platform, among other things, de mands woman's' suffrage, was formal ly notified of his nomination by a meeting at Hull House In Chicago Tuesday. ; , Mr. Tapp, -whose nomination was made at a convention held at Chatta nooga, Tenn., admitted that the con vention had , been held too late by them to admit of successful organisa tion by any number of states, but he said: "At this time and place may I rot aBk those who believe in our- princi ples in states where we have been un able to name presidential electors on account of our limited time to go to the polls on election day and cast their votes for these principles by marking oft the electors of tho other presidential parties. May I not ask that the women of this land who be lieve that they should be made legal ly free meet on election day and vote for us by declaring their faith In our political creed?" ARE SLAIN BY NIGHT RIDERS. Tennessee Lawyers Arc Victims of As sassins. Word comes from Reelfoot lake that Hon. R. Z. Taylor and Capt. Quinten Rankin, both prominent lawyers of Trenton, Tenn.. who were fishing on the lake for a few days, were assassin ated Monday night by night riders. Taylor's body was found hanging to a tree literally riddled with bullets. Rankin when found was not quite dead. Rankin was one of the counsel who Instituted suits against parties at the lake and held stock In the former or ganization which controlled the lake. It is repotted that Taylor also held stock In the- company. Gov. Patterson Tuesday offered a reward of $10,000 for the arrest of the persons guilty of the murder of the two men. I'PROAK IN PARIS CONGRESS. Campaign of tlio Antl-Dreyfusard Condemned by Majority. By a vote of 438 to 47 the French chamber of deputies condemned the campaign which the anti-Dreyfusarda are conducting against the decision In the case of MaJ. Dreyfus, handed down by the court of cassation In 1906. Pierre Bletry, member from FInlstere, led in the assault and caused a violent scene. He was temporarily suspended. Minister of Justice Brland after defending the decision of the court said the country was sick of this scandal and that those who were trying to reopen It were making them selves ridiculous. Scaled Boy's Lips. A warrant has been issued for the arrest of Miss Edith Wirt, a grado school teacher in Kansas City. Kan. Because sne pa.steu a strip of court plaster across the Hps of Harvey Cal laway, a 9-year-old pupil, who talked too much in school. The warrant was sworn out by the boy's father and charges cruel punishment. EiiKiiicw Richard Hayes lcud. Itichard Hayes, who as general fore man for the Chicago, Milwaukoe and St. Paul railroad built many of the famous tunnels nnd bridges along that line, died In a hospital at Hutte, Mont., luesnuy after nn operation. Hayes wss one of the oldest railway eon struetors of the west. Sxrry Meets EiiiM-ror. . The emperor of Japan, at. Tiffin I'uesday received in audience Hear Admirul Sperry and staff. The cere mony at the Imperial paluce was one f the mont brilliant features of the week's celebration. 'I'hreo Thousand 1NthIi. The damage done in Thursday's tv- phoon was much greater than at first reported. More than 4,000 houses were destroyed, and nearly 3,000 per sons were killed in the district of Chang Chow. L'nlon Fuclllc Election. Directors of the Union Pacific rail road and of the Oregon Short Line re elected their officers, Including E. H. Harrlman, as president of both com panies. No Outing for Ttaw. Judge Young; Tuesday dismissed the writ of habeas corpus in the case of Harry K. Thaw. This means that Thaw will net fersugM t Pittsburg at present. ALL OUTDONE II Y JAPS. No Other Reception Equals Theirs, Americans Ray. The reception accorded the Ameri can Atlantic. fWt by the government and people of Japan Is conoeded by the American naval oiTlcers to be the heartiest and moat perfectly carried out f the many receptions received by toe fleet since It sailed from Ham p. ton Roads. Rear Admiral Sperry salt to the Associated Press that ho was utterly unable to say how It had beon accomplished, but that the welcome given the fleet and Its officers and men had been so carefully planned and carried out to the most minute detail that a 1 dating Impression haa been stamped upon the mind of every American who witnessed It. The men of the American and Lha Japanese fleets ore fraternising every where In Toklo and Yokohama. Ev ery wish of the American sailors Is anticipated and each bluejacket finds an English speaking guide among the Japunese sailors. The American uni form Is the open sesame everywhere, the cordiality of the Japanese extend ing to the inhabitants of tho most re mete villages. It Is impossible to doubt the sin cerity of the Japanese. The Ameri can officers and sailors are beginning to understand the fact that the evi dent desire on the part of the Japan ese for the friendship of America Is not founded uroii opportunism, but finds Its source to show friendship' at least on the part of the Japanese has existed always, und that this visit of the fleet has merely afforded the Jap anese an opportunity for that- feel ing. , There rnn be no doubt that simul taneous visits of the American expo sition commissioners, tho Puclflc coast business men and the Atlantic fleet ore a part of an organized plan of tho Japanese to finally wipe out all misunderstanding between Japan and the United States. It Is absolutely certain that the de sired effect upon Americans has been produced. .Since the arrival of the fleet not a single unpleasant Incident has occurred. ' Early on Tuesday morning Admiral Sperry was received at the Imperial palace and on Wednesday morning the admirals and captains of the fleet will be the guests of the emperor at the palace. . Admiral Sperry will convey to the emperor a message from President Roosevelt v The words of this message have not been given, out, but there Is reason to. believe that it. breathes a spirit of friendship and expresses keen appreciation of thq traditional friend ship between tho two nations and an earnest wish for the strengthening and continuance of the friendly rela tions of the past. It is uncertain what reply the cmporor will make when this message Is presented by Admiral Sperry, but it Is considered possible he may break his rule and make some reply similar In terms to that of President Roosevelt. About 3,000 sail ors of the American fleet are granted shore leave dally, and It is regarded remarkable that notwithstanding their long confinement aboard phlp j not a single difficulty has been ported. TROLLEY CARS WRECKED. Accident Occurs on Steep Hill In Kansas City, Missouri. Three northbound trolley cars on the Troost avenue line crashed to gether at Kunsas City, Mo., Monday morning. A. E. Smith, of Nevada, Mo., aged 45, was crushed to death. Among those Injured are Albert Hutt and S. S. Pollctt. Thirteen other persons were more or less seriously injured. The air brake failed to work on one of the cars and it rushed down the steep hill. There were two cars coming up the hill back of the first car and for two blocks thes en m backed away In a thrllllnar attempt to escape. The cars were crowded with passengers bound down town, many of them being prominent business men. For three blocks before the cars finally collided men and women jumped frantically to the street to escupe. The cars came together with terrific force and all three were splintered. Drought In Missouri. All droughts records In Kansas City have been broken. In tho past forty eight duys less than one-Cilrd of an Inch of rain has fallen. Except that springs and wells have gone dry the rainless weather has been beneficial, for corn and hay ripened perfectly, and there has not yet been a destruc live frost. . OirtrnK In Switzerland. During Sunday night at Lugano, Switzerland. a bronze statue of George Washington was removed from the top of a monument. It Is believed It was thrown into the lake by rowdies. The Inhabitants of tho town are indignant iit the outrage. Ho s Wrecked In Kinsas. Two separate tornudoes struck .Sharon Springs, Kan., Monday and completely demolished three r''g. deuces and injured a dozen people. CltoliTa Cases In Manila. Twelve cases of cholera and five suspects have ' been discovered within the lust forty-eight hours. Ths new dunes ore still running about flvs daily, ths affected being contained in about five districts of the city f I.-'anlla. Fatal Storms In the West. Six accidental deaths are traceaMs to ths snow storm which prevailed Is Clads Saturday ulxkt and Sin da. HEBRASKA : STATE NEWS I m t m 1UG STOCK SHOW. Groat Interest In Meet Inn at Nebraska City. The stock show and parade which took place at Nebraska City Tuenday waa one of the hlgfcert affair of the kind ever held In that city. It is not an unusual affair and this year tho pa rade was over two miles long und con slated of trade exhibit, farm prod ucts and llnrul dccoiale 1 vehicle. The parade was viewed by 10.000 people and excelled anything of the kind ever attempted In that city. The amount of live stock which Is on i nhibition far excels anything ever shown there and anrnn flnA ttt.ielr ivn nhnwii I'lm ut.,U was shown at the Union Mock yards. which was turned over to the associa Ich was turned over to the assoola - an .11 .,f dip v.i. n.i .h,i tion, and all of the yards and sh"dV oiinH t.y ihi, wim.ut ,.. were Anoth Mho- ,..i .. - h.a.! n-,,J...:.: nlng and Wednesday all of. trt't A exhibited was used In the pa - e and the celebration concluded evening stock rnd Wednesday evening, with an automo bile parade, nil machines being deco rated and Illuminated. . It was a spec tacular affair and some forty autos were entered. NO t'LV'E TO Ml'HDKU MYSTERY, Victim Supposed to Have Come to Iteglswr for Lamls. The mystery surrounding the mutt who was found murdered und thrown In the Nlobrarn river about threw miles east of Valentine still remsins without a clue to give the officers a chance to work on. although Sheriff Uossetcr Is doing all In his power to find a clue or some evidence by which he will be able to trace and find the murderers and also' find out who the victim Is. He was hit between the eyes with some thing that while It did not break the skin crushed the man's skull like it was an egg shell and he must have died instantly from the blow, and then after robbing the body they disposed of It by throwing it In the river, which Is very shallow at this place and filled with sandbars, and the body quite evi dently did not float far before lodging where it was found. It Is thought that he was some young fellow who went to Valentine to register and fooSlshlly let It be found out that he had some money with him and some thugs laid him out for It. At the Inquest the ver dict was that the death was felonious. ICE CREAM CAUSES TlHH'RLE. Falls City W omen and Children Suffer as Result of Ealing It. Mrs. Harry Pence, of Falls City, en tertained the members of the Young Married Ladles'. Kensington club and their children at her home Friday af ternoon. Among the refreshments was a quantity of Ice cream, bought from a local dealer, which was freely fed to the children. At midnight, one by one, all the babies uudv most of the parents were taken sick with every symptom of ptomaine poisoning. All the flnf'tor! tn tho rlfv tvofn kov.t busy the rest of the night. In one family, that of D Slnionton, seven of the ten members were very 111. Little busne Pence was so sick that for a time grave doubts were entertained as to his recovery, but later he was pronounced out of danger. KNIFE A LINK IN -M I'll IH '.It CASE. Italiun Now in .lull Admits Its Owner ship. Sheriff Itauman, of Fremont, found a bloody dagger near the scene of the stabbing among the Italians lust Wed nesday, which Raceo Plerro, the man now held In Jail charged with the murder of Tony Oennva, admitted was his. A number of Italians identified the knife as one they saw Plerro have a few minutes before the fight. Plerro turned pale when the sheriff showed him the dagger. He did not deny o wil ing it, but said he lost it at Yutan. A complaint will be filed soon agulnat Plerro and Pasqual, who is now in the hospital, charging them- with murder. Saloon Injunction Dissolved. The temporary injunction granted recently by Judge Spafford In the county court to Dr. Woods and Julius Vogal, of Uarnston, restraining the vil lage board at that placa from granting a saloon license has been set asido in the district court by Judge Pemberton on the grounds that there was not suf ficient cause for action. Farm ioe to Worthy Mun. Peter Swift, of Ponea, who drew the second piece In the recent Tripp coun ty land drawing, is a young man of 23 years and a farmer. He bus no prop erty and Is considered by everybody a worthy young man and well deserves the second choice and will make good his opportunity. Hunk Uoblxr Kuxct Jailed. William 1 1 iit 1 and Harry F. Tirown are now lodged in tho county Jail at Clay Center charged with having rob bed the State bank ut Deweese, on the night of October 1. New LIkIiI Plant. The village board of Pender bus let the contract for the Installation of the -lectric lighting plant. I'.alu IlciicfilH Wlicut. A heavy ruin ut lleatriee recently will prove of great benefit to the win ter wheat. Poultry Slxiw In Diwniht, A move Is r ti mode to hold u chicken and c. show at Nebraska City In ifucemiiur end niieady plans have been formulate.! for the name and many entries have been made. This will be the first attempt ut u ihow of thU kind. Store llr)l, ii It. to. ' The storo of Mr. Kn?f h a robbed at Talrnage on rinuhy rl-.'-l and the snfo wrecked. The Ciievei were frighl'Mied away la fere IVy worn able lu secure much Lni.-y. LEAVES IX,i,H.a: TO WIFE. llcd Oniiilut MiMlcnnlrc lluil Iti'vlscd I Will. . ' , 5 I A story of extravagance and diss! !pation whl-Xt by slow stages broke up a family wrecked home and ended In a double tragedy wns developed as a result of Ihe ahootlng Saturday night at her home of Miss V.vn Hart by Sew ell Sleuman. a milllonslrc broker, and his own self destruction. Sleuman was 50 ycais old and has one son and four daughters, all married. He had sever al grandchildren, some of them 12 to 15 years old. He had a wife from whom he was separated several months ago on account. It Is stated, of his attentions to Miss Hart. Sleuman was for years a leading member and worker In the Methodist church in Hastings, where he began to accumulate hi:? foitune. ATter Hie stringent buckctshop laws forced him out of Kansas and Missouri Sleuman came to Omaha, where he succeeded In establishing a long line i of offices. He owned a lino of elevators and In '!blM yay kept "regular" with Ihe local ' ""7 '"" """. ""wevcr. has for several yeurs fough iohiii u i nine, me i.nicago noara, however, has for several yeurs fought lM,n ,n ''v,,,y conceivable manner to ' Invent his olliees being served with 1 lt!tati.ns. ' , f ''"u''''l '. . m,U I aHen,,on, , I ' , , U '"1 hof. r"yiM" K money could purchapc. Including the fashionable lionie in whk-h she lived. Recently, however, ho accused her of Infidelity and told her she wus too ex Imvaganl. lie took her to Kansas City on October 4 anil they remained there week, duri'r which time she spent several hundred dollars In high liv ing. autoinoMifs, Kowns und huts. The quarrel was continued- and ended in the return to Omnhu a week later. Thut the broker had planned the tragedy ruaeLed Saturday night for some time w:es nhown by n note he wrote to his ollHc manager telling him ! to close out nil trades nt the opening' of the market Monday und adding that he had planned for a week to take his life. - The shootimt was done with a vest pocket 2'.'-caliber revolver and the worna'i and Sleuman were both shot In the same Identical spot in the tem ple. The dead man had carefully revised his will a short time ago and so ar runge.l It that his wife and children would receive hlit entire fortune. His business dealings, although of strictly a bueketshop nature, are said to have beon entirely square and all balances due customers wore paid dally in cash when demanded. FRONTIER CAKIVu7"A"srCCESS. Prizes Awurded In Riiiigli Riding mid Stocr Roping. The second successful season of the Hastings Frontier Festivul closed Frl- : day afternoon, with an attendance al most equaling thut of Thursday, when about ,00l persons witnessed ,the frontier events. J ' " ' " The title of wnrldV ;diaiupion rough rider wns won by If. it. Tipton, ot Den ver, who rode the noted outlaw, Sky Scraper. His trophy is u pair of gold spurs. His brother, C. S. Tipton, won second prize In this contest. j The championship In the steer rop- i Ing event was won by. John Onnt. of j Fort Collins, Colo., son of a former i mayor of Hastings. A feature of the last duy's program ' wus the battle of Uiranile plains, In which the soldiers were led by C. L. . Alexander, uctlng In the role of Gener al Custer., The palo faces were ambush ed by a group of Imllaiv under Chief Wa-NI-NItu, ami included .Sam Cloud. son of tho famous Chief Red Cloud. Old Mini Hits Much Nerve William Malchow. Sr.. of Wit Point, oldest living settler of Cuming county, who suffered the amputation of Ills leg some weeks ago Is now re- i covering hid! is able to walk on crutch es. Mr. Muichow is now ut home and In spite of his age, nearly Ml years, Is feeling well, lie U the father of Sher iff Muichow, of Cuming county. The opeiHiion perrornieit upon film wus made without anesthetics. Mr. Mal chow stoutly refusing to submit to be drugged but calmly looked on while the effected member was amputated, a. rare exhibition of nerve. I(-smisIIiI1Iii for Killing Not Fixed. There are no developments In regard to the shooting affair of the Italians In tho Hurlington yards ut Fremont Wed nesday evening. The coroner's Jury brought In a verdict that the deceased, Tony (Innova, came to his death by be ing stabbed by some persons unknown to the Jury. Rocco Plero Is still being held to awult further developments. lstinotlveH Start Fire. A fire, started from u spark from a Missouri Pacific engine, did considera ble damage north and west of Strauss vllle and was extinguished only after a long und hard light. As no rain had fallen for two weeks, everything was very dry, and fences, pastures and cornfields (n the way of the flames were either ruined or badly damaged. Wind Damage Apple Crops. The severe winds of the last three days havu dona much damage to or chards around Nebraska City and nearly one-half of the late upplefl have beon blown from the trees. Some of the orchards have been entirely strip ped of fruit und the loss to thoso who purchased the fruit on the trews has been very heavy. lowcll Man Held for Incest. - George Peterson, a farmer living near Lowell, was bound over to the district court on a charge of Incest, his daughter, Llbble, who Is under 1 years old, Indus 'he complaining wit ness. SKirk from I Inline start), Mr, During a high wind at Nebraska City the home of Onirics Knnis caught fire from a passing locomotive and burned before uny of the contents could h removed. I!lg luiiiui;! Suit til I li-tt lug. Suit for $r.0(i) damuges Inui been In tilude hi the dMtliet court by William II. J-'itMinnn ai;.iln.- t his hrothcr-ln-law Kred licyl. The plaintiff uccuses Hoyd of cai:siti;c Aira, shannon to leave her himl.titid aud home. Married 'Jit Yttirs Hunt Divorce. Anion Ke'.lman und Mrs. Augusta Knllmiin. ef Columbus, have been married more than twenty y-urs and have accumulated property that is said to bs wort: 150.000. Mr. Kslltaan has filed a petition fr Clvorcs. ssssW CHICAGO. The Weekly Review of Chicago Trads, published by It. U. Dun h Co says: I'ayments throuzh the banks, aa i fleeted by the volume ot bank clear mrs. ore ths greatest la over five months, and now compare okscly wiln the normal, Commercial defaults again make an en couraging exhibit in decreased numbers aud liabilities, but there is yet evidence of liquidation on old Indebtedness, al though not adversely affecting the la- proved position of credits. Business generally Indicates a mod ate gain In activity, particularly at fac tories nnd in merchandising, but caution remains the keynote, and new demands fall short of expectations In iroa and steel. , . t . An outstanding feature is the gradual increase of machinery and hands employ e,l iu production. Some plants engaged in metal, wood aud leather working have become larger consumers of erode sup plies, end their outputs mainly exceed thoso of a month ago, althourfi only In a few instances is there closer approach to the former active capacity. ' Ship building has lapsed into further dullness, aud lake tonnage compares un favorably with a year ago. Hotter indications are found ia rail and furnace operations, car building, heavy construction, farm implements and sia chinery. Weather conditions have favored a sea sonable expansion in leading retail lines, and local sales reflect a gratifying distri bution of necessaries. Dealings msae a fair aggregate in dry goods, food pro ducts, men's furnishings and footwear. Mail orders include numerous supplement ary lists for immediate shipments to ths iuterior. Rank clearings, $213,279,103, are 0.7 per cent under those ot corresponding week in 1007. Failures reported in the Chicago dis trict cumber 21, agninst 25 last week and 18 a year ago. Those with liabilities over f.1,000 number 2, against 5 last week and 5 in 1007. NEW YORK. Continued warm, unseasonable weather and the approach of the national election tend to hamper distribution of season able merchandise, the purchase of any but immediate necessities and tbs projec tion of new enterprises. On ths balancs Industry Is alightly more active, seme branches of the iron trade having in created forces, - walls building is msrs brisk; but at ths same time drought sr low water In various navigable, streams tend to affect such lines as coke, water way navigation and paper mills. Rail way tonnage is heavier, snd 1 current grots earnings show smaller decreases than for any time In the past ten months. Summed tip, caution still prevails, but confidence Is very' strong, and therefors natural conditions, together with light stocks, should produce a marked degree of expansion after the turn of the new year. Until then repression seems to be the policy, the hand-to-mouth boyiog movement is deemed to be the part of wisdom, and new enterprises are being hold in abeyance, either by the credit-giving Institutions or by their projectors. Husiness failures in the United States for the week ending Oct. 15 number 244, against 2TM5 lost week, 194 In ths liks week of 1007, 170 In 1000, 17S In 1005 and 227 In 1001. Itusincss failures in Canada for ths week number 29, as against 81 last week and SO In this week of 1907,- Bradstreet's Commercial Import Chicago Cattle, common to prims, $4.00 to $7.00; hogs, prime heavy, $1041 to $0.07 j sheep, fair to choice, $3.00 to $4.80; wheat, No. 2, 00c If $1.00; corn, No. 2, 7Sc to 7!)c; outs, standard, 47c to 40c; rye. No. 2, 71c to 7U; bay, timothy, fS.00 to ,$1.'1.00: prairie, $8.00 to $11.00: butter, choice ernamerj, 23c to 27c: e;.'s, fresh. 20c to 21c; potatoes, per bushel, Wc to (JOe, Iiidituiopolin - Cattle, shipping, $3.00 to $tl.7") : hues. Rood to ehoice heavy, to Sii.''i: sheep, common to prims, $-'..10 to !f;i.7."i; wli'ut. No. 2, $1.00 ts $1.01 ; corn. No. 2 uliite. "(Ic to 77c; oats, No. 2 white, 4Se to 40c. n St. Icon's- Cattle. f.r.0 to $7.50; hogs, $4.00 to il.S) : sheep. $.'.00 to $4.35; wheat, No. 2, $1.02 to $l.ol; corn. No 2, 7,'k: to 7tlc; outs. No. 2, 47e to 4tJc; rye, No. 2, 7.V to "dc. Cincinnati- Cuttle, $1.00 to $5.25; hos, $l.lO to .".7".; henp. $3.00 to $.1.75 ; wheat. No. 2. $1.03 to $I.0G; com. No. 2 mixed. 77c to 70c; oats. No, 2 iiiited. 50c to 51e ; rye. No. 2, 80c to 82a Detroit-Cattle, $1.00 to $4.50; bogs, $1.00 to $VI0; sheep. $2.50 to $3.50; wheat. No. 2, $1.01 to $1.02; corn, No. S yellow, SOc to Sic; oats. No. 3 whits, &Oo to 51c; rye. No. 2, 77c to 78c. .Milwaukee Wheal, No. 2 northern, $1.02 to $1.01; corn, No. 3, 77c to 78o; oats, standard, 51c to S2c; rye. No. 1, 75c to "tic; barley, No. 1, (Vic to GCc; pork, mess, $1:1.50. NVw York- Cattle, $1.00 lo $0.40; hois, $:l.5ll to $0.00; sheep, $3.00 to $1.W); wheat, No. 2 red, $1,014 to $1.09; ro'ii. No. 2. 7Sc to 70c;, oats, natural white, 52c to 51c; butter, creamery, 23a lo 27e; rgx, western, 21c to 20c lluft'alo futile, choice shipping steers, l.ni to .fC.-IO; ho, fair to choice, $4.00 Ut fd.l.V, s!.eei, eouiMioa to good mixed, Sl.im to f l'i"; !. un'.is, fair to choice, $5.k t yr in. 'JVedj-W!:-r.t. No. 2 mixed, $1.01 to $1.:.l: corn. No. 2 mixed, 77c to 78cj :us. No. eow.l. ."i'ie to 51c; rye. No. 2. 7'' v, T : . -i Keed. October, $5.02, llarteis. '1'in ' ", i"; Co., iios manufae turers of i'.o-l.::i aud Chelsea, aaads general UKMgiinnl lor the benefit of cred itor. The i;.r. n;ti-s are estimated at kw twesu $100,000 mid $5110,000. The great white plague costs tb peo ple of the United States over a blllloa dollars each year. ThU statement wa made by Prof. Irving Fisher of Yale before one of the sections of Ibe tuber culosis congress. lie estimates that consumption kills 138,000 every yenr ia the United States. This la equal to tU deaths from typhoid fever, scarlet fever,, diphtheria, appendicitis, meningitis, diabetes, smallpox and cancer all put together. Then again, It generally take , throe years to die, during which tiro ; the poor victim can earn little or noth ing. Finally the scourge picks out Its victims when they are young men and young women, at the very time they lire beginning to enrn money. The mini mum cost of such Items as doctor's hills. medicines, nursing nnd loss of eitrnlngs before death amounts to over $2,400 In each case, while the earning power which "might have been," If death unT not come, brlugs the total cost to at least $8.000., If this Is multiplied by the 138,000 deaths, we find the cost Is bigger titan the almost Incalculable sum of $1,000,000,000. Prof. Fisher esti mates that over half of this cost gener ally falls on the luckless victim him self, but the cost to others is over $440, 000,000 a year. As a matter of aclf- defense It would be worth while to the community, he shows, In order to save: merely a quarter of the lives now lost by consumption, to Invent $5,500,000,000. At present only a fraction or 1 per cent of this money Is being used to fight the disease. Five million people now liv ing In the United States are doomed to All consumptives' graves unleRS some thing Is done to prevent It. As each death means anxiety and grief for a whole family, he estimated that ttiere will be over 20,000,000 persons rendered miserable by these deaths. It has been reported that District ' Attorney Jerome of New York had. been uwketl by William Nelson Crom well, organizer of big trusts and coun sel, for the government In the purchase -of Pnnumn Canal rights, to Investigate charges of blackmail against one Alex ander IS. Bacon, who claims to ntiva found evidence that a part at least ot the $40,000,000 paid for. those rights by . tho United States went to Cromwell Indirectly. The story told was to tha , effect that American, financiers bad., bought largely the stock of the French company prior to the purchase by the American government. It was fluid' that the Cromwell syndicate had net ted $30,500,000 In the deal. By order of the, Secertury of War an Investiga tion tins hnen heenn at Nptr York of charges brought by rrosldnt Brothers of the Balanced Cable Crane Company of Baltimore, who claims that he was deprived of a contract for Panama Ca nal work, although lie was the lowest bidder. . , Ever since the passage of the pur food law,, manufacturers have com-, plained of the Injustice of denying them the use of the small amount of preservatives necessary to keep ecrtalu kinds of food products from fermenta tion or other form or deterioration. Professor Wiley of the Bureau of Chemistry In tho Department of Agrli . culture bus appointed a pure food com mittee, to represent the different States t. i . a , . . i -1. 1 . . m uaviug pure iouu laws, uiu vujeci ui which will be to harmonize the State -laws with the laws of tho government.. The commute will also, wthout doubt,. dctlnewhat Is a safe amount ot preser vative to be used. It Is said that there has been an Increase of ptomaln-pol-sonltig since the pure food law went Into effect,, but perhaps the statement, like some of the food products, can best be tuketi with a grain of saltor of boracle acid. 1 After tuklng observations of the Wright trial flights at Fort Mycr, the Navy Department has set forth tho re quirements of uerojilanes that will be acceptable to that department for use In Bcoutlng aud dispatch bearing. They must be able to float ou the water aud rise from It without extra uld. They . nirst he supported wholly by the ulr without the uld of a iras bnc. Kaeh niucbiue is to, curry two persons and a sulHclcnt amount of fuel for a continu ous flight of 200 miles for four hours at an sveruge stieed of forty miles tin hour. They must be able to light with out dumnge ou either land or water od flout on tho water without wetting any of the supporting ureas. The Secretary of the Navy has writ ten a letter to Kobert Ootiklln, muster of arms ot the United States naval training station at Newport, commend ing lvlm for his fearless, action lu jump ing overboard fully dresssed and res cuing from drowning Woodward l'Uelps, a 0-year oUl boy, at Newport, Aug. 2- Vast. The army board of physicians which was ordered by tin department to ex amine Colonel W. F. Stewart, the ex iled officer at Fort tlruut, who came under the displeasure of lYesldent Itoosevelt, litis reported that Stewart Is suffering from heart dlscusc, aud Is blind In his rldit- pv fhut .llttmnt. baring been incurred in active service. The doctors are of the opinion that the ooleuel Is unfit for active Tiee.