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SEPTEMBER 17, 1009v
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General Henry C. Corbin died in
a New York hospital as the result of
an operation. Ho was sixty-seven
years of age and entered the regular
army in 1866.
liOrd Northcliff, owner of the Lon
don Times, in a newspaper interview
at Winnipeg, predicted war between
Great Britain and Germany. He
said that the Krupp gun works were
working 100,000 men day and night
and on Sundays in the effort to pro
vide the German emperor with suffi
cient weapons.
which James J. Hill will build from
the Columbia river to .central Oregon
and to San Francisco.
Regis H. Post has resigned as gov
ernor of Porto Rico.
Judge William J. Gaynor has writ
ten a letter to a number of friends
in which he says he is willing to be
a candidate for mayor of New York.
Colonel Celsus Price, son of Gen
eral Sterling Price and who, as a
boy, served on his father's staff in
the confederate army, died at his
home in St. Louis.
John W. Peck was nominated by
the democrats to be mayor of Cin
cinnati. Dr. Louis Schwaab is the re
publican nominee.
Orvillo Wright made two success
ful flights at Berlin before one hun
dred thousand people.
Director of the Census Durand is
planning for a complete farm census.
In chancery court at Chattanooga,
Tenn., the Tennessee prohibition law
was sustained with the exception that
the clause prohibiting the sale for
shipment outside of the state was
not upheld.
Corporal Lysle B. Crabtree of the
Second United States cavalry was
sentenced to prison for life for kill
ing his company commande-, Cap
tain John C. Raymond at Fort Des
Moines.
A Pittsburg dispatch carried by
the Associated Press says: "Isaac
N. Barlo, formerly wire chief of the
Western Union Telegraph company
here, today turned state's evidence
against B. R. Saylor, former district
manager of the company. Barlo,
Saylor, with William H. Thompson
and W. H. Smith, brokers, are
charged with conspiracy in the al
leged tapping of wires of ihe Chi
cago board of trade and selling quo
tations to bucket shops. Barlo testi
fied that Saylor handed him money
on two occasions and that ho divided
the money with two other employes
of the company. He also said Say
lor had advised him to go to
Canada."
Captain Samuel C. Lemly of the
United States navy, died at Washing
ton City. He will be .remembered
as the judge advocate of the court
of inquiry, which investigated the
Schley-Sampson controversy.
Isaac Brock died at Waco, Texas,
aged 121 years. He was born in
Buncomb county, North Carolina,
March 1, 1788.
Senator Bailey of Texas returned
to his homo at Bonham and was
given a great reception by his
neighbors.
Washington dispatches say that
.President Taft will uphold Secretary
of the Interior Ballinger, although
he will not discharge Pinchot.
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78 78
88 83
General James Shackleford, a
hero of the Mexican war, died at his
summer cottage at Port Huron, Mich.
New York democrats are boasting
of the fact that the records show that
Dr. Cook, the north pole discoverer,
is a charter member of a democratic
club in the nineteenth assembly dis
trict of Kings county.
Tom L. Johnson was re-nominated
by the democrats to be mayor of
Cleveland, O.
Edward Michael Dunne was in
stalled bishop of the Catholic diocese
of Peoria to succeed Bishop John L.
Spalding.
The casualties in northern Mexico
from the recent floods were three
thousand.
John F. Stevens, formerly engi
neer in charge of the Panama canal,
has been chosen president of the
Oregon. Trunk Line, i-thei, -railroad
Washington crop reports do not
make a good corn showing. A Wash
ington dispatch , carried by the As
sociated Press says: "The crop re
porting board of the department of
agriculture estimates the average
condition of crops on September 1
last as follows: Corn, 74.6, as com
pared with 79.4 on the same date
last year; spring wheat, 88.6, as com
pared with 77.0 in 1908. The gov
ernment figures were more bullish
than generally expected and showed
a loss of nearly ten points in the
condition of the crop. The market
advanced sharply, all deliveries ris
ing more than one cent within a few
minutes. The close was strong with
December up 1 3-4 at 59 1-8. Com
parisons for important corn states
follow:
Sept. 1, Sept. 1, Ten Year
States. 1909. 1908. Sept. Av.
Iowa 79
Missouri .... 68
Nebraska .... 68
Kansas 57
Oklahoma ... 47
So. Dakota. . . 90
Comparisons for important spring
wheat states follow:
Sept. 1, Sept. 1, Ten Year
States. 1909. 1908. Sept. Av.
No. Dakota. ..85 75 74
Minnesota ... 92 81 76
So. Dakota... 88 83 78
Totals United States, 88.6; 77.6;
76.9. The average condition of the
oat crop when harvested was 83.8
against 69.7 when harvested in 1909.
Comparisons for important oat states
follow:
Sept. 1, Sept. 1, Ten Year
States. 1909. 1908. Sept. Av.
Iowa 80 65 79
Nebraska .... 74 69 74
No. Dakota... 88 72 80
So. Dakota... 87 75 87
Kansas 83 68 66
Totals United States 83.8 ; t.'f;
79.8. Rye The preliminary esti
mate of the area of the rye harvest
ed Is 5 per cent less than last year.
The indicated total production is 31,
066.000 against 31,851,000 finally
estimated in 1908. The quality of
the crop is 92.9 against 92.7 last
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