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CHICAGO.
Actual lmprovtsnent and the get
ral trend of business affairs now con
firm (he hopeful return of better
times. Some Increase In trading de
faults is due to a special cause and
lacks significance In view of the sus
tained high aggregate of solvent par
menta through the banks. Weather
conditions favor enterprise In both In
duatrlal and agricultural operations,
and the promise Improves for larger
crops and increasing outputs of the
manufactures.
Notable demands appear In the iron
working branches, large tonnage be
ing closed for pig Iron, rails, struc
tural steel and wire, while there la
gratifying revival In the bookings of
railway equipment, power, machinery
and minor metals.
Idle capacity la seen to be under
going further reduction In various
branches, and more bands find steady
work at the car shops and factories.
The ra.ils and forges In the Calutnet
district appear almost as busy as ever,
new structures and production make
rapid gains at Gary and large ad
ditions to the Pullman works are
planned.
New enterprise Is noted In the
plans for additions to factories and
mercantile' structures, which again oc
cupy attention, and estimating depart
ments figure mere actively upon traok
extension, elevation and bridges. Con
templated local betterments involve
the use of enormous quantities of
steel shapes, quarry products sad
timber, while the building trades are
tow settled Into a remarkably pros
perous season.
Movements of general merchandise,
breadstuff and live stock show the
moderate decline incident to this
period, but offerings of other freight
rise In factory faterlals, raw supplies
and needs of the farms.
Bank clearings, $264,742,053 exceed
those of corresponding week In 1908
by 18.1 per cent and compare with
$267,754,845 in 1907. Failures ' re
ported in the Chicago district number
26, SEJrnst 30 lost week, 24 In 1908
and 26 in 1907. Those with liabilities
ever 85,000 number 4, against T last
week, 7 In 1908 and 4 In 1907. Dun's
Bevlew of Chicago Trade.
. NEW YORK.
Irregularity still characterizes the
$rade, crop and Industrial situation.
In industrial lines the consensus of
reports Is that further Improvement
las been registered, especially In the
Jron and steel, coal, coke, woolen man
ufacturing and leather trjdw. Build
ing is active and lines of tride cater-
JDg to this Industry are feeling bene
Icial effects.
It Is a between -soaeon period in
Wholesale and jobbing distributive
-trade; orders from retailers are mere
ly of a nlilng-dn character and hardly
equal to expectations. The tone of 1
opinion as to the outlook for fall
trade is as a whole rather more opti
mistic, but the evidences of repres
sion In trade, whether due to tariff and
crop uncertainty, reduced purchasing
ower of the public or high prices for
foodstuffs, are too evident to be ig
nored. Manufacturers of woolen goods are
buying freely of raw material at Bos
tin, and sales of new domestic clip
Idol to arrive have aggregated 10,
040 pounds. London sale prices are
reported to have been advanced,' and
tfiU Is reflected kin large dealings In
foreign wool.
Business failures In the United
States for the week ending with May
J8 were 224, against 214 last week,
281 In the like week of 1908, 184 in
1907, 161 In 1906 and 191 in 1905.
Canadian failures for the week num
ber SI, against 29 last week and 23
Jft the like week of 1908. Bradstreet'a
Chicago Cattle, common to prime,
14.00 to $7.M); bogs, prime heavy, $4.50
87.50; sheep, fair to . cholcs, $3.00
$0.15; wheat. No. 2, $1.42 to $1.45;
rorn, No. 2, 7.V to 7tlc; oats, standard,
67c to 58c; rye, No. 2, 85o to 80o; hsy,
timothy, $8.00 to $14.50; prairie, $8.(X
id $13.50; butter, choirs creamery, 22a
to 23c; egga, fresh, 18c to 21c; potatoes,
per bushel, HOe te U2c.
' Detroit Cattle, $4.00 to $0.00; dors,
14.00 to $7.40; sheep. $.50 to $5.00 ;
wheat. No. 2, $1.40 to $1.50; corn, No. 3
yellow, 77c to 78c; oats, No. 3 white,
67c te KJc ; rye, No.' 2, S8c te 00c.
Milwaukee Whost. No. 2 northers.
$1.27 to $1.20; com, No. 8. ttSc to OOcj
oats, standard, 57c to 53c; ryt, No. 1,
87c te 88c; barley, No. 3, 6Uc to 70c;
pork, mess, $17.00.
TO 1 - a I . I ri n I iklnnina
$4.00 to $6.75; bogs, fair to choice, $1.00
to $7.63; sheep, common to good mixed,
$4.00 lo $1.75; lambs, u!r to ofao.ee,
$5.00 to $3.40.
Nsw York Cutis, $4.00 lo $0.05;
hot, $3.50 to $7.00; sfaeep. $3.00 to
$6.00; wheat, No. 2 red, $1.43 to $1.45;
corn. No. 2, T'Jc to 82c; oats, natural
whits, 61e lo ttSe; butter, creamery, 22c
U SWc; ages, western, 17c to 22c.
Toledo Wheat, No. 2 mixed, $1.43 te
11.44; corn, No. 2 mixed. 74a to 75c;
oats. No. 2 mixed, 07c to 50c; rye. No.
X tm to 01c; clover seed, $5.75.
Indisnapolis Cattle, shipping, $3.00
to $7.40; hot; good to choice busty,
$350 to $7.45; sheep, food to choice,
$2.50 to $0.15;. wheat. No. 2, $1.43 to
$1.46; corn, No. 2 white, (17c to 0!c;
(, No. 2 white, 51c to 52c.
gt. Louie Tattle. $4.00 to $T15; bo,
$4 00 to $7.40; ihwp, $3.00 to $U.23;
tint, No. 2, $15" to $1.54 ; euro. No. 2,
74c to 77c; oat, No. 2, Me to 50oj rye.
No. 2. Hiic to Mc,
Cincinnati Cattle, $4.00 to $U.50;
hor, $4.00 to $7..M; .beep. $3.00 to
ItW; wheat, No. 2, $1.47 to $1.43; corn.
No. 2 mixed, 75c to 77c; oata. No. 'A
jiiiitd, C7c to 68c ; rye. No. 2, 'JOc to l2c
WORLD'S COMMERCE'S RECORD
Exports ia 1007 Put at $14,000,000,.
000, Imports $10,000,000,000.
A record for the international com
rueroe of the world wna estalaMshsd In
1907, according to the statistical ab
stract o the United States, prepared
by the bureau of statist Irs. This ab
stract nuts the total exports of the
various oountrles and colonies of the
world In that year at $14,000,000,000
and the imports at $16,000,000,000. Of
this grand total the United State is
accredited with 14.4 per cent of the
Imports and with 9.2 per cent af the
carports. . Ten countries contributed
more than two-thirds of the total.
On the export side the United King
dom hoaded the list with $2,073,000,
000, United States coming next with
$l,R35,0O0,OO0, Germany next with
$1,620,000,000, and France fourth with
$1,080,000,000. On the Import aide the
tTalttd Kingdom again beaded the list
with $3,143,000,00, Germany coming
second with $2,0S2,OOO.O0O, France
third with $1,201,000,000. and the
United States fourth with $1494,000.
000. Practically two-thirds of thU to
tal of International trade is accredited
to Europe.
In the year under conaldoradnti Can
ada took 58 per cent of her imports
from the United Statm, Mexico 63 per
cent, the Central American states more
than CO per cent, Cuba 49 per' oent,
Santo Domingo 53 per cent, Haiti 71
per cant, the United Kingdom 21 per
cent, Germany 15 per cent, Japan 17.8
per cent and Franco 11 per cent.
WHITE PLAQUE FOES LOS EM 0.
Ttabercuioala nlna a-Per Cmmi an
Two Tmm.
That a vigorous campaign against
tuberculosis has failed to check the
white plague was the obarg made by
Nathan Straus, the New York philan
thropist at the fifth annual meeting of
the National Association for the Study
and Prevention of Tuberculosis in
Washington.
Mr. Straus backed up Ms anertlofi
by official statistics from the New York
health department, showlug an In
crease of 83 par cent in two years in
cssea of tuberculosis In 'the city that
Dr. Koch described as leading the
world In the fight against the disease.
The reason for this failure to make
headway, Mr. Straus declared, was
the neglect of the mischief wrougM by
the tuberculosis dairy cow.
BIRD PEST AT WHITE HOUSE,
St ranee Feathered YUltoea Are Io
lasr Btaob Damage to Tree.
A Strange bird bas descended on the
White House grounds in Washington,
and threatens to ruin the foliage. The
birds have appeared in large aumbers,
and seem to feed entirely on the buds
of trees. They are partial to the great
elms on the north lawn. Policeman
Curtis, who is an expert on squirrels
and birds, in the grounds, never saw
this particular bird before, and la una
ble to give it a name. It la about the
size of a bluebird, and the feathers of
the body aad wings are those of a blue
bird. The head, however, Is brown,
shading to a reddish brown at the
neck. The now bird la belligerent, and
la making existence miserable for the
other feathered tribes of the White
House grounds.
Two Million Oat of Work.
Secretary Fraak Morrison, of the
American Federation of Labor, says
there are 2,000,000 citizens of the
United States out of work at present.
Mr. Morrison declares this to be a
conservative estimate, and says that
these are the figures agreed upon at
an informal conference of the officers
of the American Federation of Labor,
held at headquarters, and In which
President Compere participated. This
statement Is the consensus of most
careful estimates made by men who
are thoroughly familiar with condi
tions of employment throughout the
United States.
Brandon, Canada, will have a labor
t n pie.
In 1864 the Clgarmakers' Interna
ttonal Union was established.
A Hebrew local of the typographic
al union is to be formed in Boston,
Mass.
Application has been made to the
A. F. of L. for a charter from the
Brotherhood of Railroad Signal Men
Three Klnrosa (Scotland) miners
were each fined $10 or thirty days' Lin
prlsoument for having matthea in their
possession in a colliery.
Concerted effort Is to be made at the
New Orleans convention of the Broth'
ernooa oi itauway uteris to secure
next year's meeting , for Memphis,
Tenn.
Secretary Morrison will have a la
be I ohart prtuted in pamphlet form,
giving a reproduction of the varlotu
union labels Indorsed by the American
Federation of Labor.
The Fife Coal Company of Scotland
has decided to make an ecrtnriment In
the provision of bathing accommoda
tlona for their workmen. The Altken
pit. Kelty, where 1,100 men find em
yloymeoK has been selected.
The 1 armors National Union and
other organisations of farmers are to
hold conventions in the late summer
end fall, and President Compere will
appoint two representative of the
American Federation of Labor to at
tend such conventions.
Efforts will be made for the re-'
affillatiou of the longshoremen's organ
ization of the Pacific coast with the
International Loogshoremsn's Associa
tion, and also to bring about co-operative
action between the longshoremen
and the Seamen's International Union.
A referendum vote Is being taken
by tire Theatrical Stage Employe oa
the question of founding a month
ly magarins for the order.
Winnipeg (Canada) electric street
railway offers an increase of a coot
an hour to employee who have been
twsnty nve years In their service
ILtMBOIR.
I Work 'of Congress
Aftc a day dvo;r.l to dlacupslng the
duty o:i Iron oc. th j'enate Just be
fore adjournment Thursday adopted by
a vote of Gl to 24 the recommendation
of the committee on finance for a duty
of 2." cents per ton. The House had
placed It on the free llr.t, while the
present law levies a duty of 40 cents
per ton. In taking thin vote party
lines were annihilated, as seventei
Democrats voted "Aye" with the Re
publicans and twelve Republican!
voted "No" with the Democrats. Sena
tor Ilnilc7, announcing that ne pro
posed to vote for the duty on Iron ore
as a revenue measure, declared that
such action did not affect the prosper
ity of the United States Steel Corpora
tion, and added that even if it did
tlicre was a better way to deal with
that organization, which was by an en
forcement of the antl-truut law aalns'.
It For the first time there was a sus-
gejrtlon looking to the fixing of a day
for a vote on the tariff bill, but It came
to naught because of objection from
Senator Beverldge. The House was
again In the throes of a tariff discus
sion, the entire day being spent In the
consideration of the Philippine tariff
bill. After the reading of the bill had
been concluded further action was de
ferred until Monday. Mr. Clark (Mo.)
objected to Immediate consideration of
a bill amending the organic act of
Porto Rico In accordance with the
President's suegestlons in bis recent
message, and the bill went over. Speak-
r Cannon's policy of not appointing
xunnilttees was upheld by a substan
tial majority after Mr. Garrett (Tenn.)
hod Bought to have blm directed to
name the committee on Insular affairs.
Again the committee on finance wai
upheld when the Senate Friday voted
down an amendment by Senator Cum
mins to lower the duty on round iron,
etc., by a vote of 85 to 42, and upheld
the House rate, which was recom
mended by the Senate commute. Al
most the entire session was given up
to a debate on the profits or the
United States Steel Corporation, and
toward the end of the day personali
ties were freely indulged in by Sena
tors. Senator Beverldge proposed an
amendment to the tariff bill Increaa
Ing the tax on tobacco and It's prod
ucts, and charged that by continuing
the shortweight packages of the Span
Isli war period the tobacco trust wa?
reaping a harvest of $21,000,000 a
year. The House was not in session.
The lowering of duties in the rase of
eight or ten classes of wire goods con
tained in the steel schedulo, upon mo
tion of Senator Aldrlch, in charge of
the tariff bill, gave great encourage
ment Saturday, to Senators who are
advocating a revision downward. With
evident gratification Senator Beverldge
greeted these proposed amendments by
the chairman of the finance commit
tee by declaring: "Good, that's making
progress." The entire session of the
Senate was devoted to the steel sched
ule, the section relating to penknives
being under consideration when, at
:44 p. m the Senate adjourned to
meet at 10 o'clock Monday morning,
one hour earlier than the Senate has
been beginning business. The House
was not In session. .
A comprehensive discussion of th
Income tax by Senator Sutherland of
Utah and an extended speech by Sena
tor Depew in support of the pending
tariff bill consumed most of the ses
sion of the Senate Monday. Mr. Suth
erland argued against the constitution
ality of a federal income tax law and
declared that such a tax should be lefl
as a means of revenue for the States.
Before adjournment a couple of hours
were devoted to a discussion of the
cutlery schedule of the tariff bill. A
ruling by Speaker Cannon prevented
the reopen Ins In the House of old
wounds of the Civil War. Mr. Hoi-
Ungsworth of Ohio sought to Justify
as a matter of privilege his recent
resolution objecting to the placing ol
the iwrtralt of Jefferson Davis on the
silver Bervlce to be presented to tht
battle ship Mississippi because of edl
torials In certain Southern newspaper!
hurling all sorts of epithets at him
The editorials were read. The speak
er declared that as the editorials did
not attack Mr. llolllngiworth In nh
representative capacity he could not
continue. The result of Mr. Holllngs
worth s attempt wus toget lntotheCon
gresslonal Record a number of uncom
pllmeutary remarks about himself an
with nothing to offset them. Although
Its consideration was completed, the
Philippine tariff bill was not flnallj
acted upon tot. the want of a quorum.
A resolution offered by Mr. Burleson
(Texas) was adopted, requiring the At
torncy General to furnish iniormatlor
regarding tho steps taken by him t
annul the contract whereby the Uni
ted States Steel Corporation absorber"
the Tennessee Coal and Iron Cora
pany unless in so doing the public in
terests would bo affected. The Housf
sojourned until Thursday.
NTJBBIJT3 OF NEWS.
r.xeme iiiwres tor Aew York alios
KlliJ .jiIaiih. I.. W . t. . .
mt .uuunanao sue
Bronx boroiiKlix. a dvcresse of 804 durlnf
me xliua ot rerxla has dium!..,! hi.
premier and wnr iiiinixtcr and appointee
bi iiticle, Narb e Salianch, to tlxw
places.
i. t t .. .
n mi (wn aixcovenfl In Rome tha
at kUl tillel lith t it i ttl ii. I.. . ..I .. . .
i..r.wL. --" -"" j-i.,ry vaiuea a
' wnu-o wan recently t,V0 fro (I
a irum dure, wax Hie property of Prin
ew vud itiit'iow oi r.critn.
A prlxon-reform U-ague hat been form.
mA lit In. InmiLui I l.. I
"...-, ai tor toe purpo
of eudesvorliiB to olitaiu I Me abolition ol
tapnm iHiunixiiiiMiir.
i ' r .
... i--w.ii, suiiertntendent of tht
Stale inxurance depart uieut of Ohio re
ported a shortage of $ I. :42.58 In (be so
counts of (he Oliio Underwriters' Mutda
.rr tuiurauce i ompsuy of Columbus.
. itu i leave of Mt. Louis
irnu-ni oi i ne vitixfiix' Industrial A
a ii-iKui:ti ut'cuiixe of antacon
hiu iiown to In in ! man u furl ur r.
hl tight, ax i:dciit of (be ltiic-ki Hiovt
sna itanice i uiiipaiiy, scainxt Kam,
Comport, John .Mitchell aud other lutx
tenders.
TEACY & CO. FAIL.
Action Against Brokerage House I
Taken in New York.
The big stoik and grain houa ot
Tracy Co., with two Chicago offices,
three offices in New York, and
branches In five other cities, went Into
the hands of a receiver late Monday
afternoon. A rough estimate made by
attorneys for various creditors placed
the liabilities as $1,2'.0,000. with Sssets
of inoKiO, although the amounts
named in the petition were or.ly $1.
000,000 and J2."i0,000 respectively.
William W. Tracy, formerly president
of the Lincoln Park board In Chicago
and a well-known Illinolsan, was head
of the company. .
Unfortunate ventures in the taxlcab
business in New York and Chicago and
a hard squeeze In the recent grain cor
ner engineered by James A. Pntten
were ascribed as the chief causes of
the failure In dispatches from New
York, where the formal court action
was taken. Although no announce
ment of the exact cause of the failure
was made by E. A. Benedict, the re
ceiver, he said he understood money
lost in taxlcab promotions figured In
the outside ventures. The firm is a
member of the Chicago Board of Trade
and the New York Stock Exchange,
but Is said to have had no stock ex
change obligations.
FORMS BIGGEST COAL COMBINE
Consolidation Company Takes Five
Concerns and 200,000 Acres.
The Consolidation Coal Company,
which before the adoption of tho Hep
burn coal act was owned by the Balti
more and Ohio Railroad, has acquired
the entire capital stock of five coal
companies and formed the greatest
coal combination in the world, with
Approximately 200.000 acres in Mary
land, Pennsylvania, West Virginia,
Kentucky and Ohio, and a capital
stock of $37,650,000. The five compa
nies acquired are the Falrmount Coal
Company, capitalized at $18,000,000;
Somerset Coal Company, 14,000,000;
Pittsburg and Falrmount Fuel Com
pany, $2,250,000; Clarksburg Fuel
Company, $1,250,000, and Southern
Coal and Transportation Company,
$500,000. The Consolidation, which
has controlled the companies which It
now absorbs, has bought the minority
stock in all of them. There will be
no change In management. President
Clarence W. Watson and Vice Presi
dent Jere H. Wheelwright continuing
as directing heads.
POSSE KILLS A MUEDEEER.
Men Who Purane Wife Blare? in
Snath Dakota Shot Illm Down.
The body of Mrs. William L. Lan
sing was found In the cellar of her
home In Presho, 8. D the other night,
with her head crushed by a hammer.
The husband was missing and a posso
began a search. After scouring the
country all night the men found him
twenty-two miles north of Presho, In a
claim shack on the Brule reservation.
Lansing showed fight and was shot
through the chest He died In a few
hours. Lansing had threatened his
wife and her brother because of di
vorce proceedings which she had start
ed. He started north at dark after
falling in an attempt to kill his three
children.
WOMAN SLAY EH AHEESTS SELF.
Rodr of Man Fooad After Ilelreae
Report, to Sheriff.
, Mrs. Myrtle Brewer, a widow and
the daughter of wealthy parents at
Little River, a village near Lyons,
Kan., Is In Jail, having confessed kill
ing Frederick Am, a bridge carpenter,
Mrs. Brewer visited the marshal's of
fice, said she had killed a man, and
asked to be locked up. The body of
Arn was found In the yard ot Mrs.
Brewer's home. He had been shot
through the heart and the bullet evi
dently had been fired from a window
In Mrs. Brewer's house. The woman
asserted Arn annoyed her.
1,500 J'AP STUDENTS STRIKE.
lt Tokyo lllsh School Because It
Waa Not Made, a University.
Fifteen hundred student representa
tives of the commercial high school,
after adopting a resolution at a mass
meeting In Tokyo to quit the school,
formed a line in front of the building.
sang the Bchool song, bade farewell,
removed their school insignia and then
dispersed. The trouble In the commer
cial high school commenced some time
ago when the students petitioned the
government to raise it to the rank of
a university. This waa refused.
Ulvea I'olaoa la llanaaa.
Detectives claim to have discovered
a clew showing that Salvator Rlzzo,
Clnclnnatl fruit dealer, who died sud
denly Tuesday morning after having
received threatening letters from the
Black Hand, was given poison. Last
Saturday, according to the detectives,
Rlzzo was approached by a man claim
ing to be a fruit salesman, who gave
him a new variety of banana, after
eating which Rlzzo became violently
ill.
Tkrt Klllea la Hallway Wreck,
Reports to the general manager's of
fice ot the Missouri. Kansas and Tex
as Railroad told of a wreck on the
Gainesville branch near Bon It a, Texas.
Three men were killed.
aria Poatal fttrlk Ilea.
The postal strike In Paris is now
practically dead. The government an
nounces that only 400 men are out and
they are existed to return to work at
once.
former Mayor Drop Da4.
Former Mayor "John Morris of Troy,
Ohio, dropped dead on the street ot
that town. He served as Srato Sena
tor for two terms, and was first ex
sited ruler of the Elks.
t'aalaa tiaras at Toaonah, Roe.
The Casino, one of the largest sport
ing resorts of its kind In Nevada and
made famous as the training place for
Marvin Hart. Mike Shreck, Joe Cans,
Jack ("Twin") Sullivan and other
prize fighters, was destroyed, by fire In
Tonopah, Nv
BILLIONS OF GOLD GONE.
Figures Show That Some fine Ha
Made On.' with 82,000,000,000.
Somebody Is making away with tht
gold supply of the wori.. Since the
discovery of the American continent
and the beginning of lk gold produc
tion $2,000,000,000 In f.old has disap
peared from the avail ile supply. This
leaves the present supply of this pre
cious metal at $11,000,000,000, and,
while the United States la In no dan
ger of a gold famine, the government
would like to kuow who has made off
with nearly one-sixth of the world's
supply.
Considerably more than two-thirds
of the world's supply Is already stamp
ed into coins. About $3,000,000,000 Is'
In circulation and $4,000,000,000 held
In banks and public treasuries. The
United States lias the greatest gold
supply, the amount reaching $1,613,
000.000. Germany has $1,044,000,000,
France $920,000,000, Russia $817,000,
000, United Kingdom $.")9.".,000,000, Ja
pan $31,000,000 and Canada $G.V
000,000.
The gold output In recent years has
Increased rapidly. During the ten
years, ending with 1908 It aggregated
$3,400,000,000. This was a big Jump
over the preceding years, when the
output reached only $2,400,00,000. The
production in the United States In ten
years has aggregated between $8,000,
000,000 and $9,000,000,000 or about
one-fourth of the entire porduct of the
world.
TO ASK AID OF WHITLA FAMILY.
Anna McDermott-Boyle Hopes to
Lighten Husband's Sentence.
Though resigned to her fate and
willing to give up any idea she had of
fighting her sentence of twenty-five
years, Mrs. James H. Boyle, formerly
Anna McDermott, of Chicago, still
hopes to free her husband, serving a
life sentence for kidnaping Willie
Whitla.
She has asked Mr3. J. P. Whitla, the
stolen boy's mother, to call on her in
her cell, and it is said she plans to
make a personal appeal for interces
sion in behalf of Boyle. Mrs. Whitla,
however, Is known to be averse to fur
ther communication with the kidnap
ers. She has not dropped the attempt to
disprove charges of Boyle that Harry
Forker, a relative of the Whitla and
Buhl families, had a hand in the kid
naping, and it Is believed she would
be disposed to consider Mr3. Boyle's
plea if Boyle came forward with a re
traction of the Forker story.
FARMERS FLAN GRAIN TRUST.
Aaaemltle to Control Trloea, hat
Want "Corner" Soppreaaed.
Grain growers from many States as
sembled in Springfield, Mo., in mass
meeting at the call of C. S. Barrett,
president of the Nation..! Farmers' un
ion, to take action to protect their In
terests. The farmers' union has a
membership of 3,000,000, and that part
of the organization that convened in
Springfield is known as the grain
growers' branch. President Barrett, in
his call, issued at Atlanta, Ga., said:
It Is the intention to build such a
system as will enable the growers to
sell their wheat for the highest possi
ble figures." It Is intended to organ
ize the grain growers the same as the
cotton planters of the South are organ
ized, the chief aim being to aid mem
bers In stor' 'g wheat until prices ad
vance. Congress also will be petition
ed to enact a law that will prevent
corners In grain.
HERMIT ROOSEVELT LOST.
Spvixla Mttht It I ill nw 7'hroush
S trainee Itealon.
It was learned at Nairobi, British
East Africa, Friday, that Kermit
Roosevelt lost his way from his fath
er's camp near Machakos last Friday
and spent an entire night alone riding
horseback through a region unknown
to him. Saturday morning he appear
ed at Kin, a station on the railway,
inquiring' there the way to the camp.
The region in which Kermit Roose
velt is reported to have been lost lies
between the.Athi River and the Ugan
da Railway, Kiu, where he found him
self, Is about fifty miles below Nairo
bi, and thirty or forty miles southeast
of Machakos. There Is an old cart
road from Machakos to Kin, but the
country Is sparsely inhabited by na
tives of the Wakamba trlde, a peaceful
people engaged chiefly in agriculture.
THREE DIE TO SAVE FIVE CENTS.
Men SeeklnaT Work Try I.eaky Doat
to Itodice HrilK Toll.
To save 5 cents bridge toll five for
eigners, who had 'been out ot work
for many months, attempted to cross
the Monongahela River at McKeea
port. Pa., In a small boat, which sank
as they got Into midstream, drown
ing three. Five hundred school chil
dren, enjoying their first day's diver
sion In a new playground, saw them
drown. Expecting to find work at
Glassport, the men, with only a few
cents In their pockets, found an old
boat -which had been washed ashore,
and, rather than spend one rent each
from their scanty hoard, they entered
the boat. They were within twenty
five yards of the farther shore when
the boat shipped water and sank.
Uroaaht la Neltraaka Broken.
The drought In the South Platte re
glon was broken the other day by
showers reported to be general In the
southern and southeastern counties of
Nebraska. The precipitation at Lin
coln was 34-100 of an inch.
I'rleata Lead IO.OOO March.
' Thirty priests, coming from all over
the United Slates, led IO.OOO celebrants
In a grand march Thursday in Carey,
Ohio, closing the ceremonies of the
annual pilgrimage to the Church of
Our Lady of Consolation.
flank Uaaranty Ihw I'aaaed.
The Texas Legislature adjourued at
midnight Tuesday night, after having
been in session since Jan. II. The most
notable feature of the concluding ses
sion was the passage of a bill for :h
guarantee ot bank deposits.
TORNADOES IN THREE STATES.
Town Devastated and a' Train
Wrecked by Eansaa Cyclone.
' A series of tornadoes In Kansas,
Missouri and Oklahoma late Friday
killed at least five persons, Injured fifty-five,
devastated one town, wrecked
a train, and did great damage to prop
erty. The storm spread over a wide
area and laid to waste many farm
houses. On account of a great portion
ot the damage being done on farms,
its full extent could not be learned at
once. Many conflicting reports have
been received. One said ten were kill
ed. A blinding rain and . hall storm
accompanied the wind In all three
States. Many washouts demoralized
railroad traffic.
Twenty-five were Injured by a storm
that swept over Mount Washington
and Falrmount Park, suburbs of Kan
sas City. At least two of these are
thought to be fatally Injured and oth
ers seriously. The town of Ilollts,
near Concordia, was swept away.
Three were killed there a:tl ten seri
ously injured. The Eckstrom family,
consisting of five persons, is missing.
Their house Is in ruins and it is
thought they are dead.
Near Great Bend a tornado killed
two and injured twenty. All wires are
down In that vicinity and it is feared
that the death list may be greater.
Will'im Ackerly. a Santa Fe engineers
waa killed while working with a
brlr'ige gang between Great Bend and
Kiiisley. Frank Nicholson, a conduo
tor, was killed. The tornado wrecked
th-j work train of which Ackerly was
ergineer and blew It into a ditch. Sev
eral members of the crew were blown
100 feet. The pile driver toppled over,
rrushlng Ackerly to death in his cab,
where he had remained, with his hand
upon the throttle.
At Holsington, Kan., a tornado In
jured a number and greatly damaged
farm property. It was not so severe,
however, as that passing over other
portions of the State. At Pond Creek.
Okla., a severe wind storm injured
four and unroofed several bouses.
RUSSIAN "ROBIN HOOD" SLAIN.
Honker Chief Who I.on Joked with
Police Finally Is Killed.
The noted robber chieftain, Savltz
ky, the "Robin Hood" of the Russian
revolution, has been killed by mem
bers of the rural guard. With three
members of his band Savltzky was
surrounded by the guard In a village
near Mohlev, and after a fight that
lasted for four hours all four were
killed. One member of the, guard lost
his life la the encounter. Savltzky,
who was a high schol student when
he took ' to brigandage, had been the
terror of the police of the provinces
of Tchernigov and Mohiley for sev
eral years, but he was a source of
amusement to the rest of Russia on
account of his dare-devil exploits. He
delighted In playing fantastic tricks
on the police. Once, on a wager, dis
guised as a priest, he visited the gov
ernor of this province and various
other officials. It was his custom to
rob only the rich, and he distributed
his spoils among the peasantry with
a lavish hand. He finally was be
trayed by a member of his band.
The directors of the Chicago, Burling
ton and (Juincy Railroad have decided
to refund all its underlying bonds, except
those of the Illinois division or a total
near to Oo.OOO.OOO at 4 per cent. Hold
ers of the old bonds will have the option
of an exchange for the new. '
During the last season the Pennsylva
nia Railroad Company set out 303,000
trees, including pines, larches, spruce and
hardwoods. In its nursery it set out
313,000 forest seedlings for future trans
planting, slid planted 2-2 bushels of red
oak acorns, from which 1,500,000 seed
lings are now growing. It also planted
a large quantity of black walnut, chestnut
and hickory, practically all of which have
given complete germination.
Slnson Thomson, manager of tbe Bu
reau of Railway News and Statistics at
Chicago bas issued the fourth annual re
port of that bureau covering the busi
ness yvar ending November 30, 11)08. It
shows that the loss of the railroads of
the country on account of the panic and
ensuing depression fim far greater than
estimated by the Interstate Commerce
Comnilxxiou. The railroads complain
that the commission experts made tbe
mistake of basing their estimates on a
period which included aome of tbe pros
perous months of 11MI7. Thomson finds
the total loss in growi earnings amounted
to $:O,0OO,0U as compared with the
commission's estimate of $104,000,000,
and that the loxa !n net earnings was
$11S).340,4(!0 a compared with the cora
niission'g estimate of $lll,OT 1,001. Tbe
bureau also finds that tbe effect of the
t!-cent passenger laws was a loss of $2.",
300,000 in gross earnings. The heavy
los in net earnings Is accounted for part
ly by the expenditure of $:U,OO0,X In
mectivg the new requirements as to meth
ods of accounting snd as to the hours
and conditions of labor. Tbe net cap!
talixation of the railroads bas increased
71.." per cent, but this is only 8 per cent
a mile more. Tbe railroads curried 18)1.5
more piiKM-ugeni a mile and -H per cent
more tons of frrlgbt a mile than in 1.HX8.
Work on the two extensions of the
Northern Pacific road, owe . going
eighty miles northwest of Mandan, N.
I) , and the other eighty miles south of
the same city, will begin at once.
At Little Rock, Ark., 5,000 bales of
cotton, estimated to have been worth
$250,000, were burned In a fire which
for several hours threatened to de
stroy the plant of the St. Louis Com
press Company, valued, with Its con
tents, at $1,000,000.
Satisfied with the foot and mouth
disease in cattle, sheep, other rumin
ants and swine has been completely
eradicated In the United States, Sec
retary Wilton has ibsued an order re
leasing the entire country from the
federal quarantine on account of thai
disease.
WEECK TRAIN; SECURE $20,000.
Darin? Robbers Board Engine and
Cause Serious Collision.
Fossos are scouring the country be
tween Colbert and Meade, Wash., seek
ing trace of the bandits who held up
passenger train No. 3 and secured
more than $20,000 worth of booty late
Saturday night. The robbers escaped
without leaving a clew to their Iden
tity. To aid in the pursuit the Greet
Northern, on whose road the robbery
occurred, has offered a reward of $10,
000 for each bandit captured. Twelve
persons were Injured during the affair.
The disaster happened when the en
gine and mail car, running wild down
the track after being rifled of the
mails, collided with the remaining cars
of the train. Tbe bandits detached the
engine and mail car from the train,
ran them down the track a considera
ble distance, and then after the regis
tered mall had been opened they sent
the engine back to collide with the
cars standing on the track. TbA ban
dits, of which there were. at l?ast six
in the party, made their attack Just
after the train left Colbert.
TWENTY BLOWN TO ATOMS.
Victims Hurled Hicb. In Air by
Blast in Quarry.
At least twenty men were killed
Wednesday by a premature blast of
dynamite in a stono quarry operated
by the Callanan Road Improvement
Company near South Bethlehem, elev
en miles southwest ot Albany, N. Y.
Twelve Italian workmen are among
the victims. One thousand pounds ot
dynamite exploded, and the bodies of
the victims were hurled hundreds of
feet by the concussion and so badly
mutilated as to be almost beyond rec
ognition. As darkness was falling a.
wagon drew up to the engine house
loaded with bodies that had been pick
ed up back on the quarry hllL A
crowd of grief-stricken relatives gath
ered around eager to identify tho
dead, only to turn away at the sick
ening sight. Italians with shovels
found here and there portions ot bod
ies and brought their grewsome loads
in boxes to the engine house, which
served as a temporary morgue.
TWO KILLED IN PANAMA RIOT.
tolloe of Repabllo Clash with Amer
icana of Canal Zone.
In a conflict between Panama police
and employes of tbe canal zone near
the dividing line C. M. Abbott, an
American electrician in the power
house at Christobal, and a colored man,
also an American, were killed. The
police crossed the zone at Christobal
In an effort to arrest an escaped pris
oner. They were mobbed and pelted
by West Indians and finally were ar
rested by the zone police for disturb
ance. At night a number of Panama
police armed with rifles proceeded to
ward the zone in an attempt, it is al
leged, to find those who had maltreated
their comrades earlier in the day. They
came into collision with the canal
workers and many revolver and rifle
shots were fired. The riot became so
threatening that all places of business
were quickly closed, but eventually the
Invaders were driven off.
2 CHILDREN STRANGELY TAKEN.
Twins Die Within Three Mlnntea of
Koch Other.
Helen and Edward Koch, 3-year-ell
twins, children of Justice A. Koch, of
Youngstown, Ohio, died suddenly
within three minutes of each other.
The children apparently were in their
usual health when they arose the
other morning, but while playing wero
taken violently ill. Within a half
hour the boy died and the girl follow
ed before a doctor could be called.
Coroner Klyne will hold autopsies to
ascertain the cause of death. It ia
feared the children were poisoned, as
they died in convulsions.
SENDS,
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The Patchen Wilkes Stock Farm will
shortly begin training operations at
the Kentucky Trotting Horse Breeders
Association track.
The Columbus, Ohio, team, former
champions of the American Associa
tion, opened the present season by los
ing seven straight games.
John B. Taylor, the aged horse rac
ing and baseball magnate of Freeport,
111., Is dead, from, injuries received by
a fall from his buggy in a runaway.
A mass meeting of one thousand
citizens decided that Goldfield, Nev.,
should offer $50,000 for a fight between
Jack Johnson and James J. Jeffries, to
take place in the latter part of 8eptcmv.
her, during the session of the mining
congress.
Governor Morris of Montana said to
horsemen at Frankfort, Ky.: 'There
is but one thing that will ever put a
stop to racing In Montana or any of
the Western States, and that Is tho
men who do not care anything about
racing except to make money ont of
the gambling that accompanies rac
ing." The Western Canada Baseball
League, successor to the Northern, is
an eight-team league made up by cluba
In Winnipeg. Brandon, Medicine Hat,
Calgary, Regina, Moose Jaw, Letb
bridge and' Edmonton. A very large
percentage of the players are Ameri
cans, gleaned from the clubs of the
Northern States.
Dr. Roller, tbe Seattle heavyweight
wrestler, failed to thrown Jim Calvin,
the New York grappler, twice la thirty
minutes at Chicago, and loet the
match.
President Pkiz of Mexico has grant
ed a tatting concession to rurfmen,
who expect to establish a track at
Tijuana, Just across the line from Call
i-
fornia.
Sara Ingford. the colored heavy
weight pugilist, has sailed for London
I .a rig ford I" matched to fight Iaa
Hague, the new heavyweight English,
champion.
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