USES OF THE WIRELESS TELEPHONE.
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The Doom In Droilnnafhti.
England must have more warships.
Tbe fact that the King recently kissed
the Kaiser, and vice versa, didn't Bet
the British mind at rest. Toledo
Blade.
An Interesting suggestion that tho
continental powers might Induce Great
Britain to cut down her navy by re
ducing their own. But somewhat aca
demic, eh? Washington Star.
It may be learned from Engllr'a
newspapers that whatever happcna
anywhere In the world, the moral 19
that Engjand must build eight more
Dreadnoughts. Brooklyn Standard
Union.
Austria Is to build three Dread
noughts, but that'll be about the limit
of possible use for the Austrian sea
coast. It serves, however, to force a
three-power standard on Britain In
stead of a two-power. Washington
.Times.
If the present frenzied struggle for
supremacy between England and Ger
many Is long continued, other natlous
will very likely be able to buy some
first-class Dreadnoughts cheap at re
ceivers' sales a little later. New Or
leans Times-Democrat.
)lomrromli( of the Wrlajfcta.
The Wright brothers have earned al
most enough to be able to settled
down. Cleveland Leader.
The Wright brothers will now de
vote their time to the elevation of
American sport. Washington Post.
When (mebody tells you that the
Bona of preachers never turn out well,
refer thorn the Wright brothers. To
ledo Blade. ,
I Offers rejected by the Wright broth
ers prove their Intention to be inven
tors and not public exhibitors. Wash
ington Star.
When Wright brothers sailed for
this country It Is to be noticed that
they selected a firmly bottomed ship,
testing on something less ethereal
than space. Philadelphia Ledger.
Better buy your ssroplane now whil
It can be had for only $7,&00. The
.Wright brothers have come home and
It Is almost certain that aeroplanes
Will soon go up. Kansas City Journal.
Xn nI la Torlcer.
i The new sultan displays much sense.
5q-spite of his exalted position he Is
practicing parsimony In the number of
Wives. Cleveland Plain Dealer.
1 The Young Turks will make a mis
take if they try to hang everybody
rfrho deserves hanging. No political
J) arty has ever made a success of that
sort of thing. Toledo Blade,
i They handed Abdul Itamll the fetva,
fctd while we have not seen one re
cently we make no doubt it is of a yel
lowish ellipsoidal aspect and acidulous
Contents. Indianapolis Star.
I The new sultan says there must be
so more executions without his con
sent If he stops the fun this way,
a lot of Young Turks are going to be
eorry they voted for him. Cleveland
Leader.
; Instead of being crowned, as is the
custom in most monarchies, the new
cultan was presented with a sword;
which method, under these turbulent
circumstances, teems far more prac
tical. Washington Star.
RAZE TRINITY'S HOVELS.
reneinrnte Which Yielded Charca
Golden Harveat Drlng Tora Diva.
The moth-eaten old tenements of
Trinity Church, New York, are really
jbelng demolished the antiquated hov
els which for halt a century brought
golden shekels into tbe vaults of the
great church corporation, are being
razed by workmen, who are not com
pelled to use half their strength to
jfry floor beams loose from the shaky
.walls.
Comptroller II. II. Camman, of the
'Trinity corporation, said that (ha re
placing of these old, Insanitary tene
ments by two new lofty buildings to
cost $600,000, Vas In line with Trini
ty's new policy.
STAY3 WITH MARINES.
Toon Man with S12S,000 Fortaaa
He-enllat aa Sea-Hold ler.
James L. Dhcon, 24 years old, thinks
that the United States marine corps is
a good place for a man, even though
be is worth $125,000. He re-enlisted
,in Chicago for four years. Four years
ago when Dixon was about to enlist
.as a private in the marina corps he re
ceived word that he had inherited
$100,000 from an uncle in California.
A month ago he purchased his dis
charge, where he added $36,000 to his
fortune by a deal In grain elevators.
Then he became tired of civilian life
and hurried to a recruiting office.
1 la There a Jewish "Jtaeef"
Many prominent Hebrews through
out the country are Indorsing the
stand taken by Senator Guggenheim of
Colorado, who, at a meeting of the
Senate Census Committee, objected to
the plan to have the Jews classlfled as
a race as well as to their nationality.
He insisted that a Jew Is a native of
the country to which he swears alle
giance, being different from other citl
.sens only as to religious belief.
(are for I.orkja Claimed.
Prof. A. S. Lovenhart of the Unl
verlaty of Wisconsin, In co-operation
with Milwaukee physicians over a
case of lockjaw. Is thought to have
made a subFtance capable of destroy
ing the toxin poison which produces
the loc'... Jaw disease. '
feuriiina M uinr at Capital.
The police census of Washington,
r. C. ehows a total popualtlon of
3.000. of which &T.142 ure colored.
There ate IC.GOO more woojuh than
men.
SHOCKED BY A QUAKE
Jolt Pronounced Most Severe Ever
Experienced Throughout the
Territory Affected.
TREMOR FELT IN FOUR STATES
Disturbance Noticeable Over Wide
Range in Middle States, but No
Serious Damage Reported.
An earthquake, tho first in several
years, was felt in Chicago at 8:40
o'clock Wednesday morning, em
bracing ninny States In its range.
From Springfield to Milwaukee and
from Burlington, Iowa, to Kalamazoo,
Mich., reports of tbe progress of the
trembler kept wires busy In all direc
tions. In Maywood, Lockport, Jollet,
Riverside. Downers Grove, Hinsdale,
Naperville, Klgln and Evnnston dis
tinct shocks were felt. No serious
damage was reported at any point,
however.
The progress of the quake seems to
have been from south to north. The
oscillation of the earth was recorded
on the new weather bureau seismo
graph at Peoria at 8:38 o'clock. It
was 8:40 when the trembler gripped
the Federal building in Chicago and
8:45 when it was felt In Iowa. Vari
ous descriptions of the effects of the
slight quake were given. Its duration
was estimated at between five and ten
seconds in Chicago, but outside the
time was given in some places at halt
a minute.
Press dispatches brought a succes
sion of accounts of the earthquake
from Springfield, Peoria, Freeport, Au
rora, Bloom inglon, 'Kewanee, Geneva,
Streator, Dixon, Itockford, Mollne, 111.;
Milwaukee, Janesville, Belolt, Wis.;
Cedar Rapids, Dubuque, Burlington,
Iowa; Kalamazoo, Muskegon, Mich.,
and many other points. Broken china
and windows were reported from
South Haven and Benton Harbor,
Mich. Fires were believed to have been
started by the disturbance in Aurora,
but no losses were sustained. At Strea
tor halt a minute was given as the
duration of the quiver of the earth,
the shake being accompanied by a
faint rumbling noise. Chimneys were
displaced in Jollet where apparently
were some of the most serious effects.
"The last earthquake of which the
Chicago weather office has any rec
ord," said Professor Cox, "occurred at
6 o'clock in the morning of Oct. 31,
1895. Quakes are very rare in this
locality, but no place is immune from
the tremors occasioned by readjust
ments of the earth's surface. There is
no seismograph In the Chicago office.
It would bo impossible to use such an
instrument effectively in Chicago, for
it must be removed from local vibra
tions and must be established on bed
rock." SENATOR BAILEY IN FIST FIGHT.
Texas Statesman and a Correspond
ent Hava Mix-Up at Capitol
Senator Joseph W. Bailey of Texaa
and W. Sinker Manning, Washington
correspondent of the New York Times,
had a fist fight in tho Senate corridor
Thursday afternoon. Bailey us:d
Manning's umbrella to wallop the
scribe. Neither antagonist suffered
any serious Injury. Tho only damage
was to the umbrella.
The clash grew out of an article In
the Times under a Washington date
line which said that Senator Aldrich,
Republican leader In the tariff deb.i
had a number of followers antt,4
Democrats "who may faithfully bo set
down under the classification of 'Al
drich mon' " and that "they are head'
ed by that distinguished sou of Texas,
Joseph Weldon Bailey." Bailey read
this story on the floor of the Senate
and theu denied the allegations. In
making his denial he launched Into a
denunciation of newspapers In goucra)
and of the Times correspondent In
particular, whom he specifically called
a liar, a .whelp and a coward. When
Manning later met Bailey and started
to explain that he did not wrlto tho
article the mlx-up came.
FOUR IN BOAT PARTY DROWNED.
Itnlft Current t'apalaea l.anurh II e
tunilnK from I'lenle,
Four persons were drowned aud fou
others rescued from a capsized gaso
line launch which was carried through
the Klulie gates of the dam of the Con
solidated Water Power Company ol
Grand Rapid Tuesday night and
dashed to the rocks below. The
drowned: Anderson, Miss Bessie; Bo
goger, MIh? B.j Forse, Miss May; An
derson, Ralph. The body of Miss Bo
goger was the only one recovered. The
party went up the river to a place on
Big Island, culled Love's Nook, for a
picnic. Upon their return. In attempt
Ing (o make a landing and not know
ing the gates of the ilani were opened,
the BAift current caught the stern end
of the craft and all were curried to
'the river below. Four were rescued
and resuscitated after much difficulty
Klua'a Iloitae Wiua Derby.
Maicru, owned bv I'l-si; Edward and
Britain's lavorite l;or;e, Wednesday
won tile FiiKlhi!) Derby ut Epsom
Downs Irom n V.o: of Ic.irtuen rival
e'luine t! xir )) i'x) reds.
M(rnul) i rrlu rat-lory lllowa I p.
A oitfoslytiria lacioty .f the Du
font 1'c.Vil:- J:n'i:.:iv located at
Howiirl .1 m t r i nicut five mile-,
tioiitli of :i.t l'-.r.t. 'j , I'.-.jilndi-d Tv.c
nil n tr: ': .;v( il to !m( b 'ca blowu
to u'ftl: t
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CHICAGO.
A slight Increaso In trading defaults
'eported Is unimportant In contrast
vith the substantial progress which
ippeara In the volume of solvent pay
nerits through the banks. Weather
ionditlons being more seasonable,
.here are now wider Indications of uc
lvlty In production and distribution.
mple moisture and higher tempera
;ures advance the crops satisfactorily.
Farm reports generally carry much
ncourngement, there being healthy
termination In late seeding, larger
icreage of corn and spring wheat and
lustainrd high prices for the bread--ituffs.
Movements of commodities mainly
reach more extended bulk, although
flour and live slock have decreased.
Retail trade now shows better, the
buying entering broadly Into light
weight apparel, footwear, food prod
ucts und furniture. Saks are also im
proving in Jewelery, art and music
wares and sporting goods.
Wholesale operations make a strong
er exhibit In dry goods, clothing, wool-
fins and men's furnishings, bookings
for summer and fall deliveries com
paring well with this time last year.
Railroad activities stand out con
spicuously in both freight and passen
ger branches, and earnings of the Chl-
ago steam roads contribute sustained
gains in gro;. I-'urnace docks disclose
tnoagrr stocks of ore and an early set
tlement of the lake workers' strike
would stimulate the vessel Interests.
Bank clearings, $273,001,361, exceed
those ot corresponding week in 1908
by 2S.3 per cent, and compare with
$198,517,104 for five days in 1907.
Failures reported In the Chicago dis
trict number 2G, against 24 last week,
23 in 1908 and 17 in 1907. Those with
liabilities over $5,000 number 8,
against 10 last week, 8 in 1908 and 3
In 1907. Dun's Weekly Review of
rrade.
NEW YORK.
Improvement Is more in evidence
this week, but irregularities in weatt
er and crop conditions and ebb and
flow movements in trade and industry
prevent definite general characteriza
tion of the situation as a whole. House
trade with Jobbers and wholesalers is
not usually active at this season, and
efforts to attract business by clearance
sales and liberal advertising have not
been altogether successful.
There is a further apparent gain in
the optimism with which the outlook
for tho more distant future Is viewed,
contrasting rather sharply with some
of the reports indicating backwardness
of demand for immediate consumption.
Business failures in the United
States for the week ending May 27
were 205, against 219 last week, 263
In the like week of 1908, 142 in 1907,
127 In 1906 and 154 in 1905.
Business failures this week in Can
ada number 22, which compares with
25 last week and 31 in the same week
of 1908. Bradstreet's.
Chicago Cattle, common to prime.
$4.00 to $7.25; hogs, prime heavy, $4.50
to $7.55 ; sheep, fair to choice, $4.25
to $7.00; wheat, No. 2, $1.48 to $1.01;
corn, No. 2, 71c to 7Itc; oats, standard,
Mc to fiile ; rye, No. 2, S8o to OOc ; hay,
Uniothy, $8.00 to $15..r.O; prairie, $8.00
"to $13.50; butter, choice creamery, ?2c
to 2.r,-1 pRgs, fresh, 18c to 21c; potatoes,
per bushel. M.'te to O.'ic.
Indianapolis Cattle, shipping, $1 00
to $7.40 ; hogs, good to choice he vy,
$3.f0 to $7.05; sheep, good to choice,
$2.50 to $4U5; wheat. No. 2, $1.4! to
$1.51; corn, No. 2 white, 73c to 74c;
oats. No. 2 white, 54c to 55c.
St. IouiR Cattle, $4.00 to $7.00; boga,
$4.00 to $7.50; sheep, $3.00 to $0.25;
wheat, No. 2, $1.50 to $1.57; corn, No. 2,
74c to 75c; outs, No. 2, 50c to COc; rye,
No. 2, 8,'tc to 85c.
Cincinnati Cattle, $4.00 to $11.00 ;
hog. $4.1 K to $7.0O; sheep, $3.1)0 to
$5.25; wheat. No. 2, $1.55 to $1.57; corn.
No. 2 mixed, Tile to 77c ; oats, No. 2
mixed. Ole to 2c ; rye, No. 2, POc to P2c.
Detroit Tnttle, $4.00 to $0.50: hogs,
$4.00 to $7.25; ulieep, $2.50 to $5.50;
wheat No. 2, $1.53 to $1.55; corn, No. 3
yelluw, 7llc to 77c ; oats. No. 3 white,
03c to 04c; rye. No. 2, 01c to 02c.
Milwankee -Wheat, No. 2 uorthern,
$1.33 to $1.34; corn, No. 3, 0.8o to 70e;
oats', ttanilurd, (KV to 01c; rye, No. 1,
87c to 8ic ; hurley, standard, 70v to T7c ;
pork, mem, $18.50.
Toledo Wheat, No. 2 mixed, $1.51 to
$1.53; corn, No. 2 mixed, 74c to "';
oeu. No. 2 mixed, 01c to 03c; rye, No.
2, 8tc to 01c; l(er need. $5.(10.
Buffalo Cattle, choice shipping steer.
$4.00 to $7.00; hog, fulr to choice, Ji.lKt
o $7.85; sheep, common to good mixed,
$4.00 to $4.75; lambs, fair to rboioe,
$5.00 to $8.50.
New York Cattle. $4.00 to JOi.tVS ;
hog. $3.50 to $7.00; sheep. $3.( to
$4UM); wheat. No. 2 red. $1.45 to $1.47;
corn, No. 2, S3r to 84v; oat, natural
white, 02o to 0k-; butter, creamery, 22v
Id 2rte ; rggs, wntern, 17c to '"'.
A plan to construct a chuin of ware
houses in the grain producing terri
tory to hold weat for high prices was
Indorsed at the mass meeting of the
grain growers and cattle drover'
branch of tl.o national farnu-rs' union
at Springfield, Mo.
The wheat crop In Washington
State Is reported backwurd. The
ground H dry und In soma sections
high winds have tim-overtd the eed
Fruits of all klnd:i premise u good
crop.
Don MorrlKun. n Chicago salesman,
was arreted In New York on the ccm
plaint of a woman who gave her ua:u
as Mary Ke:my. the said Morrison
had scut her an lr..ui!tlns note on a
New York (Vnfrul tnln. MorrUon d
nlod he :-.ie:uitJ t) Insult the woman
194 SAVED FROM SEA DEATH.
Woman Among Those Braving Dan
gets of Alaskan Coast Disaster.
With 194 survivors, including one
woman, of the wrecked ship Columbia,
the mall steamer Dora arrived at
Seward, Alaska, Monday. Tho wreck
occurred April 30 near Unlmaka Pass.
The experiences of all on the Columbia
were harrowing in the extreme. There
was no wind at the time, but a ter
rific surf was raging.. On the vessel
were Italians, Japanese, Americans
and Scandinavians. All were passive
and obedient In the face of danger,
except the Italians, who were in a
panic. These atttempted to seize the
boats, but were restrained at the point
of guns. At daylight the feasibility
of a surf landing was established and
the boats were given to tho Italians.
They mndo land. Two days later they
returned for provl-ions and were com
pelled by revolvers to take only food
and refrain from looting. Two former
lile-savlng men, Christ Chrlstopherson
end Fi nest Anderson, on that day -succeeded
in establishing a lire lino to
tho shore. On May 2 a storm caused
the final abandonment of the wrecked
Columbia. The same day the shir
burned.
SLAYER OF MR3. GUNNESSP
Amerlenn Snllor, Held In orit-,
Snyn He Allied la Mnnlera.
A young American sailor is under
arrest at Frederlkstad, near ChrlB
tiania, Norway, ns a self-confessed mur
derer. He told his captain that he
helped Mrs. Belle Gunness kill four
persons on her farm near Loporte, Ind.,
and that he then killed Mrs. Gunness
herself. The man did not Impress the
captain as being insane, but as one
forced by his conscience to tell the
truth. The sailor Is now under obser
vation as to his mental condition. Tho
case ha9 been reported to H. H. D.
Peirce, the American Minister to Nor
way. N
TOWN GETS FIRST CHURCH.
Former Coontr Seat Una Had Jaaa
Mouae aa Only rinee of Worahlp.
The corner stone of the Methodist
church, the first Christian place of
worship In Hawthorne, Nev., was laid
Wednesday. A town of 1.G00 persons,
prosperous, formerly the county seat,
and in the heart of a rich mining dis
trict, Hawthorne never has had a
church. The only religious edifice has
been a Chinese Joss house, which was
practically abandoned more than a
year ago. Several years ago Goldfleld
succeeded In taking the county seat
away from Hawthorne one of the ar
guments being that "Hawthorne did
not have a church."
M'hent Crop la Proinlalns;.
Conditions are greatly Improved in
the wheat belts, according to a report
made up at the Millers' National Fed
eration, In convention at the Audito
rium Hotel in Chicago. The report
shows that on the whole a much oet-
ter crop is to be expected than last
year. The reserves are not more than
half ot what they should be, and this
i what Patten based his prospects on
rrK COLLEGES
St. Thomas ngaln defeated South
Dakota University baseball, 8 to 5,
winning the game In the ninth inning.
Berea collego Industrial school for
negroes will be established at Shelby
ville, Ky. Andrew Carnegie gave the
school $200,000; Mrs. Russell Sage,
New York, $25,000; Mrs. Henry Pick
ering, Boston, $25,000.
It was announced at Princeton Wed
nesday that W. C. Procter of tho class
of 18S3, now of the firm of Procter &
Gamble, soaptnakers, has offered the
university $500,000 if a like sum is
raised for the erection of the new
graduate school building on certain
conditions.
At Charlottesville, Va., President
Remsen spoke to the Virginia alumni
of Johns Hopkins of the deplorable
tendency to exalt the material equip
ment of our colleges. The rivalry be
tween colleges for such elaborate equip
ment had evolved the begging college
president, who was to be pitied.
Charles W. Eliot left the presidency
of Harvard University finally and was
succeeded next day by President Ab
bott L. Lowell. That evening the stu
dents assembled in front of Dr. Eliot's
house and presented him with a clock
in a mahogany case. After a short
address the former head of tho univer
sity for forty years led the studenta
in a cheer for his successor. A retire
ment fund of $150,000 is being raised
for Dr. Eliot by the Harvard alumni.
The latest attack upon alleged rad
ical and revolutionary teaching In
American colleges and universities is
a series of reports now appearing In
the Cosmopolitan Magazine by Hanold
Bolce, who made a secret itinerary of
the principal institutions of learning,
sometimes entering as a special stu
dent and at other places attending lec
tures. He asserts that In many class
rooms It Is being taught that the
Decalogue Is no more sacred than the
syllabus; that fhe home as an Insti
tution U doomed; that there are no
absolute evils; that democracy Is a
failure and the Declaration of Inde
pendence only spectacular rhetoric;
that the change from one religion to
another Is like getting a new hat;
that to social climbers children are
Incumbrances. Such Is. In substance,
the analysis of the writer's conclu
sions, given by the edltr of the mag
azine. With the coming college year a for.
mal counts In wlreletw engineering
will be added to the engineering de
partment of the Ohio State University.
A full equipment will be installed,
capable of communicating with points
on the lakes.
Mayor McClell.m of New York again
has vetoed the ciual balury bill pass
ed by the Legislature and signed by
the Governor In the Interests of the
women employed in the public schools
of the city, hut tho Mayor has ap
pointed a commission to Inquire lnta
the lustii e ot the claims made.
n FT i Climbing, A LAMpJ a-1! lT4vfe:i( ir
V S V WSW 'A f1 1 STATUt -CET4WT
Chicago Jou
BENSON AGAIN IN PRISON SHADE
Calirornlan Convicted of Land
Fin lid a la ltefnaed N'ew Trlnl.
John A. Benson, whose prosecution
for alleged land frauds has occupied
the federal courts for several year3
past, was placed again in the shadow
of a government prison the other day
when the United States Appellate
court refused him a new hearing of
the case In which he was jointly con
victed with Dr. E. B. Perrin of con
spiring to secure subornation of per
jury in connection with California tim
ber lands. ' Benson and Perrin were
sentenced to a year in the Alameda
County jail and a fine of $1,000 each.
Perrin was granted a new trial on a
writ of error, anC when Benson's at
torney heard of the action of the Ap
pellate Court he announced his deter
mination to present a motion for stay
of mandate to allow time for appeal
to the United States Supreme Court.
William Sherring, the winner of the
Marathon at Athens in 1906, has turn
ed professional.
At Topeka, Kan., Dr. B. F. Roller
of Seattle defeated Hjalmer Lundln in
two straight falls.
Tommy Murphy has added another
slick trotter to his string in Ethel
Mack, by Steel Arch.
The Minnesota-Wisconsin League
opened Its first season with good
games and largo crowds.
Manager Kelley of St. Paul has
finally landed Orvllle Kllroy, the for
mer St. Paul and Minneapolis pitcher.
Pitcl er Nagle of tho Toledo Ameri
can Association baseball - team, has
been leased to the Lincoln, Neb., team,
of the Western League.
The. 100-mile record for a horse was
made by Conqueror, Nov. 12, 1853. The
distance was covered in 8 hours, 53
minutes and 55 seconds.
Sunol, 2:08 1-4, former queen of the
trotting turf, died the other day at
Newtown Square, Pa., where she was
being kept for breeding purposes.
A single bet of $50,000 to $3,000 has
been laid against the American colt
Sir Martin in the English Derby. It
Is one of the largest bets made for
many years.
John Evers, the star second baseman
of tbe Chicago Nationals, was suspend
ed by the national commission for his
failure to report to bis team at the
opening of the season.
Premier honors were won by the
sophomores in the annual interclass
track moot at Hamline university held
on Norton field, ie second year men
chalking up a total of 67 points.
Paull, the sophomore distance run
ner of the University of Pennsylvania,
on Franklin Field, broke the collegiate
and Inter-colleglate record for the two
mile run. his time being a minutes and
28 seconds.
Young Corbett has received a tele
gram from Promoter James Coffroth
of San Francisco offering him a $5,000
purse for a twenty-five-round bout
with Jlmmle Brltt some time in tbe
iieur future at Colma, Cul.
Uearge udom's Trance, which mado
a name for herself last year by her
speed and general consistency In win
ning race after race, made her first
appearance of the season at the Plm
llco track. Baltimore, and galloped
home an easy winner.
By winning four games in succes
sion the St. Paul baseball team ad
vanced from the foot of the column in
the American Association to tho head
of the second division, with Minneap
olis at the foot of tho first division
and Milwaukee still at the head of the
colum
rnal.
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LABOR LEADERS CONVICTED.
Madden, Pouchot and Boyle Found
v Guilty of Conspiracy.
A compromise verdict, inflicting a
penalty of $500 each on Martin B.
Madden, Fred A. Pouchot and M. J.
Boyle, the labor leaders found guilty
of conspiracy to extort money from the
Joseph Klicka company, was Saturday
returned by the Chicago jury in whose
hands the fate of the three defendants
had rested since Thursday afternoon.
Before entering the courtroom to an
nounce their verdict to the court the
jurors had agreed among themselves
not to talk for publication. Despite
this it was authoritatively learned that
the verdict was a compromise, growing
out of a deadlock ballot which stood
7 to 5 for conviction of the three men.
Forty ballots were taken by the panel.
On the principle that he has
"scotched" the snake of graft "but not
killed it" in securing the verdict of
"guilty," State's Attorney Way man has
braided fresh quirts for the castlga
tion of Madden and his lieutenants. As
soon as It was announced that after
forty-six hours of battle in the jury
room of Judge McSurely's court the
jury btd established a record in labor
cases in Chicago by finding a verdict
of guilty, albeit by virtue of a com
promise eliminating the penitentiary
from the punishment, Mr. Wayman or
dered Madden rushed to trial on an
other of the indictments standing
against him and carrying a peniten
tiary sentence In the event of ultimate
conviction. Furthermore, it was an
nounced at the state's attorney's office
that evidence will be presented to the
Cook county grand jury "with the ob
ject of securing the Indictment of cer
tain witnesses for the defense In the
trial just closed on charges of perjury.
KANSAS NOW A LIQUOR SAHARA.
Bucket Shops Kicked, Streams Puri
fied, Danny Dreamer Barred.
Kansas Is as dry as laws can make
it now. The new prohibitory law that
stops the sale of liquors by druggists
went Into effect at midnight Saturday.
The Kansas statute book appeared Sat
urday morning, and the acts cf tbe
Legislature become effective on ltd
publication. All bucket shops In tho
State will have to close. The nev la
bor law bars child actors from the
theaters and all boys under 14 years of
dge from the messenger service. Intc-r-urban
cars must be equipped with ad
ditional conveniences. Cities will be
required to preserve the purity of the
waters of the streams in their vicin
ity. Railroads will be required to
erect hog tight fences along the right
of way where farmers require it. Fruit
tree ugents will go to jail if they mis
represent the brand of fruit trees they
sell.
Seven Urowa Whea Launch Capalaea
The gasoline boat Dorrls, with ten
passengers on board, capsized In the
middle of the Yazoo canal near Vlcks
burg. Miss., and seven persons were
drowned.
Mardrra Wife with a Hammer.
Samuel Elyea, a retired farmer,
killed his wife at their home in Jewell
City, Kan., with a hammer. He had
been bordering on Insanity for feevera!
years.
Five Yrara for Hunk Prealdent.
Philippe H. Boy, former president of
the Bank of St. John, Quebec, convict
ed of falsifying returns, was sentenced
to five yeurs' imprisonment, the maxi
mum sentence for his crime.
Whlitiilna nrluna Mnrdvr.
Crazed with anger because he had
been whipped. Carroll l'icrie, about 16
years old, shot and killed his step
father. Park Willard, In Knoxvllle,
Md.. and then gave himself up to the
sheriff
1R0M VASHfcKS
AND A BOTTLt
OF BENZINE
CLAIMS U. S. MISUSED LAND.
Danichter of Fninoua Sonic Writer
Mnkea Complnlnt In rittabnra;.
Claiming that the terms by which
her grandfather donated lands in Pitts
burg to the government in 1812 have
been violated, Mrs. Marian Foster
Welsh, daughter of Stephen C. Foster,
who wrote "Old Kentucky Home" and
many other famous songs. Is contest
ing the government's right to the use
of the property. Part of the property
to which Mrs. Welsh lays claim Is tho
Arsenal Park. Mrs. Welsh claims that
lands donated for an ' arsenal and
"burial grounds for our soldiers for-
ever," on condition that if used for
other purposes they should revert to
ll is heirs, have been put to other uses
as a school site and a public play,
ground.
vr. COLLEGES
St. Thomas again defeated South
Dakota University baseball, 6 to 5r
winning the game in the ninth inning.
Berea college industrial school for
negroes will be established at Shelby
ville, Ky. Andrew Carnegie gave the
school $200,000; Airs. Russell Sage,
New York, $25,000; Mrs. Henry Pick
ering, Boston, $25,000.
It was announced at Princeton Wed
nesday that W. C. Procter of the class
of 1883, now of the firm ot Procter &
Gamble, soapmakers, has offered the
university $500,000 if a like sum is
raised for the erection of the new
graduate school building on certain
conditions.
At Charlottesville, Va., President
Remsen spoke to the Virginia alumni
of Johns Hopkins of the deplorable
tendency to exalt the material equip
ment of our colleges. The rivalry be
tween colleges for such elaborate equip
ment had evolved the begging college
president, who was to be pitied.
Charles W. Eliot left the presidency
of Harvard University finally and was
succeeded next day by President Ab
bott L. Lowell. That evening the stu
dents assembled in front of Dr. Eliot's
house and presented him with a clock
in a mahogany case. After a short
address the former head of tho univer
sity for forty years led the students
in a cheer for his successor. A retire
ment fund of $150,000 Is being raised"
for Dr. Eliot by the Harvard alumni.
Tho latest attack upon alleged rad
ical and revolutionary teaching in
American colleges and universities is
a series of reports now appearing In
the Cosmopolitan Magazine by Harold
Bolce, who made a secret Itinerary of
the principal Institutions of learning,
sometimes entering as a special stu
dent and at other places attending lec
tures. He asserts that in many class
rooms it is being taught that the
Decalogue is no more sacred than the
syllabus; that the home as an Insti
tution is doomed; that there are no
absolute evils; that democracy is a
failure and the Declaration of Inde
pendence only spectacular rhetoric;
that the change from one religion to
another Is like getting a new hat;
that to social climbers children are
Incumbrances. Such is, in substance,
the analysis of the writer's conclu
sions, given by the editor of the mag
azine. With the coming college year a for
mal course In wireless engineering
will be added to the engineering de
partment of the Ohio State University.
A full equipment will be installed,
cnpable of communicating with points
on the lakes.
Mayor McClellan of Now York again
has vetoed the equal salary bill pass
ed by the Legislature and binned by
the Governor In the Interests of th
womer, employed in the public s hoola
of the city, bt:t I lie Mayor has ap
pointed a commission to Inquire into
the justice ol tbe claimi made.
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