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DAKOTA COUNTY HERALD.
VOLUME XV
DAKOTA CITY, NEB., FRIDAY, JUNR 7, 1907.
NUMBER 41.
LATEST BY TELEGRAPH
SUSIBAKY OP tHB NEWS OP
TUB WIIOLB WORLD.
JAPS IN UGLY M00I
I1ISIXO AMJI'K OVKH CONDI
TIOXS IX HAN ITtAXCISCO.
I Onp Prominent Newspaper Chnracter
Iws Sun Francisco Outrages as
-I Worse Tlion Murder of Missionaries
" lit C'hinn.
The Hoehl, a paper published at
Toklo, which Is supporting Count
Okuma In his position on the Ameri
can question, says:
The San Francisco outrages are
worse than the murder of a mission
ary In China, which resulted In the
occupation of Klao Chow.
"Who would blame an appeal to
the last measure If an Impotency to
protect treaty rights Is proved?"
' 1 W a hnnA linii'aiai V a . Arnhnaan
..v. ....,.,5,
ilor Aakl will be firm enough to make
the Washington government quickly
take measures to mete out Justice to
the Japanese."
The Nlchl Nlchl says:
"Even traditional friendship will not
escape a rupture should Incidents like
those that have occurred In San Fran
cisco be repeated. Whether or not
the sufferers are school children or
restaurant keepers, and the site of
persecution be limited to California, It
does not alter the fact that our com
patriots are victims of anti-Japanese
outrages, Japanese go there under
treaty protection.
"President Roosevelt's enlightened
message to the last congress was re
ceived here with eminent satisfaction
but actual developments since are a
total failure. What we want are not
so many expressions of civilized senti
ments, but one act of efficient protec
tlon of the treaty rights of Japan.
"The waste paper box Is no destlna
tlon for a treaty between Japan and
the United States."
FAR REACHING REFORM BILL.
uov. Hughes Signs Measure of Great
- IniMrt.
The so-called public utilities bill
was signed Thursday by Gov. Hughes,
of New York. The bill is probably one
of the most far reaching reform meas
ures ever passed by an American legls
Inture. It places under direct state
control every public service corpora
tlon, great or small, in the state of
New York, with the exception of the
telephone and telegraph. It applies
not only to railroads, street railway
and subway linos, express companies,
gas and electrie lighting companies
doing business exclusively In the state.
but to business within the state of -all
railroads or other common carriers
which enter the state at any point.
Two commissions created by the act
will have most sweeping powers In
regulating the corporations affected.
The bill, which was urged by the
governor, reached Its final passage In
the face of the most bitter and deter
mined opposition. It was fought from
first to last by representatives of the
tremendous, strong and wealthy cor
porations, which will feel the weight
of regulations It Imposes.
V
CilRL IS lU'IMUiAH LEADER.
I 'on fosse In Court to Breaking Into
Houses anil Stealing Money,
Grace Perverse, the 10-year-old
daughter of well to do parents of
Cleveland, O., is the leader of a gang
of youthful burglars. She confessed In
the Juvenile court Thursday. Her
father sobbed while she was question
ed. She admitted robbing several
houses In the east end, with the aid
of several boy and girl companions
Grace was brought to court on the
charge of robbing the house of James
Jackson, a neighbor. With an Impro
vised Jimmle she pried open the win
dows of the house on three different
occasions, steuling a gold watch and
chain and money. The goods havf
been recovered.
Mrs. Spiiugh Acquitted.
Mrs. Mary K. Spaugh was Thursday
acquitted of complicity In killing
Sheriff Polk, of Centerville, Mo. One
of her sons, William, Is under sen
tence of death for the killing, and an
other, Arthur, is serving a ninety-nine
year sentence in the penitentiary for
the crime.
Helen Couaur It Dead.
Helen A. Oougar, a well known
temperance leader and lecturer, drop
l ped dead at her home In Lafayette,
tf't Ind., Thursday morning of heart fail-
ure. She was 63 years old. She was
a member of the Indiana bar. She
was the author of the Kansas woman
fcuffrage law.
Sioux City Live Stock Market.
Thursday's quotations on the Sioux
City live stock market follow: Top
beeves, $5.80. Top hogs, J5.87H.
Ill-other In Duel.
Mt.rvln and Don Mathers, brother,
fought a duel at Ashland, Miss., with
Knives. Moth had been drinking.
Marvin was killed lnstantlv anri nn
with a number of wounds In his body,
is
not expected to recover.
Indlilc.1 for Murder of a Woman.
Herbert Shrlng, gf Rockford, III.,
waa Indicted Wednesday for th 'mur
der of Mrs. Edna Rumelhagen last
Saturday.
IN PIA)TS TO KILIl
State's Sweeping CI in rite In the Hay
wood Trlul.
Through James If. Ilawley, senior
of the group of pt (ecutors, the state
of Idaho Tuesday mmle the opetilnn
statement against William L). Ilny-
word, whom It charges with the nmr
der of Frank Pteunenbers, and then
began the presentation of i'.ie testl
mony by which It hopes to prove the
Indictment laid against him. The
opening statement was a broad
iweeplng arraignment of the leaders
of the Western Federation of Miners,
who were charged with plotting
wholesale murder and hiring assas
sin, all In a . giant conspiracy of
vengeance upon those w-ho obstructed
tVelr sway, to destroy opposition by
terrorism, to control the political des.
tlnlcs of the communities covered by
their organisation and to perpetuate
their own power within the organiza
tion. It la charged a widespread con
spiracy was formed dating In Incep
tion In the north tdaho disturbance
fifteen year ago, reaching down to
the murder of Frank Eteunenherg.
Whose murdered victims, by bullet
and bomb, numbered scores.
Hawley declared that whenever In
the mining sections of the coast states
the federation had been In control
there had been left a tra" of blood to
mark Its operations.
Of the hired assassins he cried:
"To them mutder becomes a trade
and assassination a means rf living."
IS A TALE OF TORTl'RE.
Barbaric Treatment of Prisoners Is Al
leged. A story comes from Santa Fe, N. M.,
to the effect that a local newspaper
there charges the management of the
territorial penitentiary with barbaric
treatment .of prisoners.
An Incident is told In which it Is al
leged one of the prisoners was strung
up by manacled wrlss with an Iron
chain fastened in a staple in the ceil
ing, with his toes barely touching the
floor, and allowed to remain In this
position for seventeen days. During
this time, It Is charged, the rations
consisted of bread and water and it
was only when the prisoner fell In a
dead faint that he was released from
the torture.
According to the story, the charges
are now being Investigated by the act
ing governor and attorney general.
LED TO MURDER BY FEAR.
Slayer of Gen. Ban-Mas In Mexico Sets
Up Remarkable Defense,
Florence Morales, the man who
killed Gen. Barrlllas, ex-president of
Guatemala In one of the streets of
Mexico City In May last, told In court
Tuesday the motive for his crime. He
placed the blame for his act on the
shoulders of his cousin, Bernardo
Mora, the man who is named as his
accomplice. Morales does not deny
that the murder of the man was of a
deliberate character, but insists that
he committed the crime in order to
save his own life. He insists that he
was but the tool of his cousin, and
from the moment he was Intrusted
With he secret of the plot he was
hounded by Mora until forced
through fear to plunge the knife into
the body of the victim selected.
GREAT FIXES ARE ASSESSED.
Penalties In Lottery Case Amount tc
$284,000.
In the district court at Mobile,' Ala.,
pleas of guilty were entered to the In
dictment charging conspiracy In caus
ing the Insertion of lottery advertise
ments by thirty-two persons connected
with the Honduras National Lottery
company.
Judge Toulman Imposed fines
amounting to $284,000. In addition to
pleas of guilty the defendants agreed
to surrender to the government for de
struction all lottery books, plates and
other paraphernalia.
The lottery company, which Is a
successor of the old Louisiana Lottery
company, passes out of existence, end
ing a long struggle with the federal
authorities.
Student Rioters Escape Lnw.
Riot cases against nine University
of Illinois students, pending since the
attempt to storm the Wattter opera
house a year ago, were dismissed in
the county court at Urbana Tuesday.
The studtnts paid for the daniago
dene the theater.
Bomb Thrown In Lodz.
Two detectives were killed and two
Boldlers and three other persons
wounded In the street at Lodz Tuesday
by a bomb thrown at the police ofll.
ciala by terrorists.
Rc-Elivtod Mayor of Portland.
Harry Lane, Democratic and Inde
pendent candidate, was re-elected
mayor of Portland, Ore., by about
1.D00 majority.
WESTERN LEAGUE BASEBALL,
Schedule of Games to Be Played at
Sioux City la.
Followtnr U a schedule of the West
ern League games to be played at
Sioux City In tha Immediate future:
Pueblo June . 10, 11. it
Des Moines June 17, 18, 19, 20
Street Car Disaster.
A street car at Birmingham, Ala.,
ran Into a train loaded with pots full
of molten metal at 1:30 o'clock Wed
nesday morning, which set the car on
fire and entirely consumed It. Sever
al persons are said to have burned to
death.
Swift Packing Ilant Burns.
The Swift & Co. plant at Wllkes
6arre, Pa., was Tuesday destroyed by
Are; loss, $500,000.
JAILS OIL PROMOTER.
JTuckor, of I'ncle Ram Fame, Gets
Threw Months.
Judge Hook, of the United States
circuit court, at Leavenworth, Kan.,
Wednesday sentenced H. H. Tucker,
Jr., the Indicted secretary of the Uncle
Sam Oil company, to serve three
months In the Leavenworth county
Jail for contempt of court, the con
tempt being a sensational affidavit
died by Tucker alleging a conspiracy
between Federal Judges "Pollock,
Smith McPherson and Phillips and
the Standard Oil company to drive the
Uncle Sam company out of business.
Judge Hook delivered a terrific ar
raignment of Albert L. Wilson, of
Kansas City, who prepared the afflda
Tit He said the only purpose of filing
the affidavit was to create a sensation
In the papers and influence public
sentiment. Judge Hook dVrlared there
was no precedent for such an affida
vit, and the clerk of he coturt was
criticised for placing it on file. It was
stricken from the files by order of
Judge Hook.
Tucker commenced his sentence
Wednesday night. '
The bankruptcy proceedings were
continued until a Judge can be found
who can sit In the case. Judge Hook
will not preside.
WORK ON THE BIG DITCH.
Good .Record For May Despite
Rainy Season.
The secretary of war has received
a cable dispatch from Col. Goethals,
chief engineer of the "isthmian canal
commission, on the isthmus, stating
that the' excavation In the Culebra
cut for the month of May was 90,
866 yards and at Gatun 70,360 cubic
yards. While this shows a decrease
from the excavation for March and
April, due chefly to the rainy season.
It shows a very large Increase over
May of 1906, when the total excava
ton for the month was 194,645 cubio
yards. This, in fact," Is the largest
total excavation for any single month
except March and April of this year.
BODY IS FOUND IN A WELL.
Indications are That Minneapolis
Woman was Murdered.
The body of Mrs. Catherine MeCurt
of Minneapolis, who has been miss
ing since May 24, was found by detec
tives In an abandoned well on the
farm of George Kattlebach, a few
miles out from the city. The wom
an's head had been crushed by a
blunt Instrument. Kattlebach Is a
brother-in-law to the dead woman.
All Tuesday night detectives, ' as
sisted by friends, guarded Kattlebach's
house, In which Cattlebach had bar
ricaded himself, but he escaped
sometime during the night. A posse
Is now trying to capture him.
JAPS TO GO TO LAW.
Decide to Sue the City of San Fran
ciscu for Dnmngcs.
The Japenese trouble in San Fran
cisco probably will be settled by re
course to law. Information has been
received to the effect that the Japan
ese consul general In San Francisco is
contemplating bringing suit against
the city of San Francisco for damages
incurred by the owners of the Horso
Shoe restaurant and Folsom bath
houses from the attack by a mob on
May 20 last. It is understood the Jap
anese will be perfectly satiated with
the Judicial determination of the
case. '
DEATH TO ASSASSINS.
IVo Men Convicted of Killing Gen
Barrlllas In Mexico.
Florence Morales and Bernardo
Mora were found guilty of murdering
Gen. Manuel Barrlllas, former presi
dent of the republic of Guatemala, In
Mexico City on the night of April 7
last. Upon the announcement of the
verdict the two defendants of the as
sassins asked for clemency, citing the
provision for twenty years' Imprison
ment. The court took the matter un
der advisement and In thirty minutes
returned, pronouncing the death son.
tence.
More Saloons Captured.
The state brewery receivers of Kan
sas took possession of the fixtures In
thirty-five saloons said to be the prop
erty of the Goetz Brewing company,
of St. Joseph, Mo. j. the Rochester
Brewing company and the Helm
Brewing company, of Kansas City,
and the Val Blatz Brewing company,
of Milwaukee.
Medical Association Adjourns.
The American Medical association,
in session at Atlantic City, N. J., ad
journed Wednesday night. The asso
ciation adopted a resolution that a na
tional department of health be estab
lished. C. H. Harbough, of Phlladel.
phla, was elected president.
Bars Activity In Politics.
The rules of the civil service com
mission have been so amended as to
prohibit all persons in the classified
civil service from taking an active
part in political cumpalgns. The
amendment was made through an ex.
ecutlve order made by the president.
Czar s Dtmchter Seriously H.
Grand Duchess Anustusla, the 6-
year-old daughter of Emperor Nicho
las of Russia, is ill and It Is feared
she has diphtheria. The empress Is
caring for the child personally.
Bread Too IIIkIi In Purls.
A proposal was made in the French
chamber of deputies Wednesday aX
trenoon to suspend temporarily the
duties on wheat and flour owing to
the rise In the price of bread.
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SUICIDE AT CHADROX. -
Strange Cast of Self -IK st ruction at
Chadron,
The body of A. B. Stanley, who com.
mltted suicide at Chadron. still lies In
the morgue uwaltlng some arrange
ment for payment of expenses before
being sent east. Apparently abouj 21
years of age and with no visible marks
of any bud habits about him, the
young man came to the chief of police,
saying that he had Just arrived on the
morning train from Philadelphia and
had been robbed of $4,000 while
asleep the night before, an 4 asking
the chief to telegraph to Ids foster
father, Benjamin Glchen, of Philadel
phia. This was done, but no reply
came for several days, when a tele
gram came with one word, "Un
known." Young Stanley explained
that his father was very angry at him
for coming west Instead of going Into
a bank, and had said he would dis
own him. Nothing was thought of
the matter until a shot was fired In
the men's waiting room of the North
western road. The young man had
placed a revolver In his mouth and
fired. He was an educated person,
said he had Just graduated, was well
dressed and had a valuable gun. Af
ter notice of suicide, Benjamin Glch
en telegraphed for the body, but local
authorities are waiting to have him
arrange for the last expenses. A sleep
ing car check on the body shows he
had a ticket from Philadelphia to Da
kota Junction, a place where the Da
kota and Wyoming lines of the North
western branch, about five miles west
of Chadron.
REALTY CONCERNS MERGE.
Two Firms Consolidate and Go After
Rigger Business.
Articles of incorporation have been
executed and filed for the consolidation
of two of the largest real estate firms
of Buffalo county. The Kearney Land
company, which has done a profitable
real estate business In that city for a
number of years. Is now consolidated
with the firm of Crowe & Robinson, of
Oconto. The articles of Incorpora
tion provide for a capital stock of
$100,000, half of which is fully paid
up. The firm will be known as the
Kearney. Land company, and the prin
cipal offices will be in that city, with
branch offices at OcoVito, Ogalalla and
Big Springs. The officers are: C. W.
Kibler, president; L. V. Graves, vice
president; R. R. Crowe, secretary; S.
A. RoblnBon, treasurer. The board of
directors consists of L.'Vf Graves, S. A.
Robeson and C. W. Kibler. Mr. Crowe
will remove from Oconto to Kearney
to assume his duties as secretary. The
new company started business Satur
day. APPLICATION I'OH REPRIEVE.
Warden Hornier Will Refuse Applica
tion. Judge Homer, of Kearney, will soon
make an application to the district
court of Lancaster -county for a Jury
trial t determine the sanity of Har
kes, the Webster county murderer,
whose reprieve expires June 15. Gov.
Sheldon has refused to extend the re
prieve and has left the state to be
gone till June 18. The law provides
that If the warden of the penitentiary
believes that,a prisoner condemned to
death is Insane jhe may apply to the
district court for a trial of the ques
tion, and If the Jury finds the man In
sane the death sentence shall not be
Imposed. Warden Beemer said that
he would not make this application.
School of Instruction.
Adjt. Gen. Culver has decided to
hold a school of Instruction for the
officers of the Nebraska National
Guard In. Lincoln the last week In
June. The Instructor has not been
selected. The delay was caused by
the movement of the United States
troops, from which instructors are de
tailed. Boosting Puwncc City.
The Puwnee City Commercial club
held Its annual meeting Tuesday even
ing at the opera house. The year Just
passed has been a very successful one
for the club. Through Its Inbuence a
better feeling is being established be
tween the business men, the farming
community and citizens generally.
Lincoln Men ut North Pluttc.
The Lincoln Commercial club train
arrived on time and were entertained
at the club house of the North Platte
Commercial club recently. In one
minute and fifty seconds after the
train stopped the passengers were
talking to Lincoln on the long distance
line of the Nebruska Telephone com
pany. Mortgage Itcport of Gage County. .
Following is the mortgage report of
Gage county, for the month of May:
Number of farm mortgages filed, 2.1;
amount, $73,885; number nf furm
mortgHges released, 22; amount, $Ml.
905; number of city mortgages filed,
24; amount, $1,G20; number of city
mortgages released, 33; amount,
39.
Crops Alxtve the Average.
The crop condition In the vicinity f.f
Ashland, according to all reporti Is
above the average for this time of the
year. Wheat is a good stand, has n
deep green color, and while the plant
is not of large growth, lias very indi
cation of good health. The green bug
did practically no damage.
Gun plant Sold.
The city gas plant of Beatrice was
sold by George II. Thummel, of Omu-
ha, special master In chancery, for
$80,000. The purchases were George
M. Olrnstead. l. Smith Sholes and
Charles It. Paris, representing the
eastern bondholders of the old com
pany.
Killed In Ituaauay.
Charles Tread well, of Beatrice, who
.conducts an Implement store at Pick-
rell, was killed In a runaway accident
east of that place.
OPERATOR THICKS SHERIFF.
Receives Order Over Wire for Ills Own
Arrest nnd Promptly SkiM.
Receiving the message over the wire
which Instructed the sheriff to place
him under arrest, H. S. Cross, alias
Frank Harmon, night operator for the
Missouri Pacltlc nt Auburn, gave the
sheriff the slip and has completely
disappeared.
Cross wus wonted for embezzling
money from the railroad company at
Jackson, Breathitt county, Ky. The
sheriff at Auburn received word from
the National Surety compni y nt Kan
sas City, Mo., to place a guard around
Cross until they could arrange for his
arrest. The guard wns placed Satur
day night after he had gone to work at
7 o'clock. At 8:45 the Instructions
were sent over the wires from Omaha
and Cross received them. A freight
was standing In the yards waiting for
a clearance from hhn. After receiving
tnls message he left the office with the
excuse that he was going to give the
conductor on the freight some instruc
tion and clearance card. He left the
depot on this errand and was seen no
more.
In a short time, when he did not re
turn, they realized what had happened
and a search was Instituted at once,
but with no success. It is supposed
he left on the freight that was then
standing In the yards.
ROAD BEXIKs FAVORITISM.
Union Pacific Replies to Complaint a
Grand Island Part Ion.
The Union Pacific railroad has filed
an answer with the state railway com
mission denying the allegations made
In the complaint of Bradstreet &
Clemens, of Grand Island, who charg
ed that the railroad would not give
them shipping facilities at the railroad
stock yards, but compelled them to
load and unload at a long distance at
the yards of the Union Stock Yards
outside the city limits. In reply the
company asserts that it had not ade
quate facilities at the company yards
In town and that these yards have
been practically abandoned except for
the shipment of hogs. The company
alleges that it furnishes the same fa
cilities to the complainants as fur
nished to all other shippers and that
to grant their request would be dis
crimination against the general pub
lic. In support of the allegations of
the company It Is asserted that the city
ordinance makes It difficult to Main
tain stock yards In the city limits
without laying the company liable to
the charge of maintaining a nuisance,
PROPOSITION FAILS.
People of Grand Island Try Ut Bti
Court House Square.
For the fifth time the proposition
to sell the former court house square
In Grand Island, donoted to the old
settlers of the community for public
purposes, has failed to secure 'the
necessary majority, three of the con
tents being nt general electloiui and
two at special elections. Effofts are
now being made on the part of official
of the city and other citizens to put
the square In proper shupe, and the
suggestion that at the approaching
semi-centennial of the settlement of
that section by the first white men,
eight of whom are still living In that
vicinity, the place be dedicated as a
memorial square. The mayor of the
city has urged the council to give the
matter consideration before the ne::t
meeting, with the view of meetln.s
with the county authorities In nn effort
to reach a mutually satisfactory agree
ment as to the caro of the property.
ROCK ISLAND TRAIN IN DITCH.
Engineer, I'lioman t:nd II. M. Waring
i f Omaha Injured.
Engineer Gus I'ltzer and Fireman
II. F. Clurk. of Falibury, Neb., were
hurt in the derailment of Reck Island
passenger train No. C8 between Prai
rie Home and Alvo at 9 a. m. Sunday.
H. M. Waring, of Omaha, a passenger,
was al. Injured, his head being cut
by broken glass. The engine turned
completely over.
The engine men had no chance to
get out of the cab until it stopped
roiling. Engineer Bltzer was badly
scalded about the limbs. His condi
tion Is serious. A number of passen
gers received slight bruises. The train
was running sixty miles an hour when
It left the track.
New oi lliwestci ii Schedule,
Agent It. W. McdlnnlH, of Uk
North western railroad, notified the
Nebraska railway commission that his
road had informed him It has clerks
at work on new passenger schedules
based on the new laws passed ty the
various nates through which the
Northwestern runs. This announce
ment Is t.'ik!! ns conclusive uroof thnt
the Northwestern road does not intend
Im oppose any of the new passenger
rate laws passed In western states. R
Is the first road to make this an-nouneeii-ent.
Itullioaili Mum Fiii'iiMi Lists.
Chairman Wlnnett, of the state
board truuspoi tatlon, formally no
fied attorneys for t'.ie Union Pacific.
and I'urllngtoii t(lut tne commission
will not r quire lists of Interstate pass
Imldeir, but only the names of those
holding passim good In Nebraska. The
two roads h:ivo not compiled with the
law requiring the furnishing of lists.
The Mtiiiuyi suld the order Would
simplify ir.utieiii.
Old Hcltlor Dead.
John Conner, un aged veteran who
rere'vi l a broken hip several days ago
at h,s home at Cortlund, died Satur
day. Mr. Conner Was 94 yenrs of ago,
and was probably the oldest Veteran
in O.-e county. He had been In fall
ing heu th for yars, und was cared
for by his venerable wife und son,
Scott Conner.
R'tMl Struck by Lightning.
The bam of George Mansfield, Hy
ing Hcveral miles north of Valley, was
Htruck by lightning recently, and two
valuable horses were kill and two
others were shocked. The barn was
not burned and was only slightly dam.
aged.
Philadelphia!! Commits Suicide.
Augustus K. Schoenberg, of Phila
delphia, Pa., committed suicide at
Chudron. He left a note requesting
that word be sent to Benjamin Olth
ens, his foster father.
(fllE.VMKLY
1123 Death of Emperor Henry V. at
Utrecht
1611 Sir Nicholas Bacon created the
first EngUah baronet by James I.
M33 Samuel de Champlaln entered up
on his second tenure of office as
forernor of Canada.
1657 Alliance of Vienna.
1059 Richard Cromwell formally abdi
cated, after nominal rule of seven
months.
1679 Habeas corpus act passed In Eng
land. 1703 St. Petersburg, eapltal of Russia,
founded by Pater the Great.
1709 British undor Marlborough Victo
rious at battle of Ramtilles.
1763 Fort St. Joseph taken by the In
dians. 1781 American ferce laid seige to A
fuata, Ga.
1796 Mungo Park set sail on his first
voyage te Africa.
1813 Duroe killed at Reichenbach.
1820 First congress met in Bolivia.
1831 Edward Livingston of Louisiana
became Secretary of State. .. .Levi
Woodbury of New Ilampshlra be
came Secretary of the Navy.
1845 Sir John Franklin sailed from
Sheerness on his last expedition to
the Arctic
1859 Dr. A. Conan Doyle, English nov
elist, born.
1802 Battle of Port Royal, Virginia.
1807 Queen Victoria signed the procla
mation uniting the provinces of
Canada Into one dominiaa.
1872 The Earl of Dufferln appolntei
governor general of Canada.
1877 Don Carlos, Spanish pretender, ex
pelled from France.
1881 Queen Victoria revived title of
Duke of Albany for her youngest
son Leopold.
1882 Royal Society of Caftada held Its
first meeting at Ottawa.
18S3 Brooklyn bridge, opened to traffic
1889 Shah of Persia arrived at St.
Petersburg on his first European
tour.... Mr. Leslie Carter granted a
divorce from his wife at Chicago.
1800 Qeorge Francis Train completed
his trip around the world in C7 days,
13 hours.
1891 United States Supreme Court de
clared "original package" law con
stitutional. 1892 Cyclone in Kansas destroyed two
towns and killed 81 persons.
1805 Secretary Castlsle spoke against
the free coinage of silver at the
sound money convention at Memphis.
1800 Several hundred lives lost in cy
clone in St. Louis, Mo.
1808 U. S. battleship Oregon completed
trip of 14,500 miles around Cape
Horn in 73 days.
1000 Congo Free State annexed by
Great Britain.
1901 Bresci, the assassin of King Iluta-
bert of Italy, committed suicide in
prison. . .Norwegian parliament con
ferred franchise on women taxpay
ers. 1902 Itochambeao statue dedicated at
Washington, D. C.
1003 British troops defeated the Mad
Mullah in Somallland.
1005 Japanese destroyed Russian fleet
in battle of Sea of Japan.
1000 Reunion of ' Presbyterian church
(North) and Cumberland Presbyte
rian church effected at Des Meines.
. Plerc Mast Firt Trial.
In the federal court, St. Louis, Judge
Adams denied the application of II. Clay
Pierce, head of the Waters-Pierce Oil
Company, for a writ of habeas corpus,
and ordered that be be remanded to the
custody of the chief of police to be de
livered to Sheriff Matthews of Travis
county, Texas, for extradition. I'lerce
is wanted there to answer an indictment
charging perjury in an affidavit made In
May, 1000, to the effect that the Water
Pierce company was not a party to any
pool, trust, confederation or combina
tion In restraint of trade. In bis decis
ion Judge Adams said the conclusion was
Irresistible that the indictment contain
ed the substance of an offense, and that
technicalities should not stand in the
way of Justice. Pierce, who was in court
at the time of the decision, showed that
he was laboring under great mental
stress, while bis attorney, Priest, was
visibly disconcerted, a shown by the
trembling of bis hands. Priest gave no
tice of two appeals that would be taken,
one to the Circuit Court of Appeals and
one to the United States Supreme. Court,
and Pierce was admitted to bond in the
lum of $20,OUU.
Dr. Osier Decries Ilmii,
la his address before the Pathological
Society of Philadelphia, Dr. William
Osier said that physicians vvere using
tuo many drugs, and that 1? was all
moonshine for them to say they could
cure all diseases. He added that there
are only a few great drugs worth band
ling. The Delaware county, Ohio, grand Jury
returned fifty-nine indictments mliut
former Deputy Auditor Ilarley W. Eunp
son charging him with defrauding the
eouaty by forgery.
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"F.rNA7NC(AL"
CHICAGO.
The progressive state of commerce d!s
closes no specific grounds for a declining"
confidence In the outlook. Payments
through the banks furnish the best ap
proximation of general activity, and the
remarkable aggregate of these for May
testifies to a volume of business in this
district greater than at any time hereto
fore. This reflex of expansion Is made
more satisfactory In the fact that there
Is also a better supply of money, witbi
a lower discount rate.
Interest in the markets for breadstuffe
Is attended with less excitement, but
prices have changed little, and the specu
lative element is a small factor, advice
agreeing as to an improvement in crop
conditions.
Higher temperatures brought the nec
essary stimulus to demand in distributive
lines. Local sales of seasonable neces
saries made a good advance, especially in
light-weight apparel, footwear and house
furnishings, while late reports show
country merchandise stocks undergoing:
rapid reduction and buying throughout
the agricultural regions raining strengths
Bank clearings, f 100,517,104, exceed,
those of corresponding week in 1900 by
14.2 per cent. Failures in the Chicago
district numbered 17, against 14 last:
week and 20 a year ago. Dun's Review
of Trade.
NEW YORK,
i Unseasonable, cold or wet weather, with
frosts throughout the northern halt of
the country, has again been a barrier to
retail trade, except in a few sections,'
and the coldest May in twenty-five year.
closes with large stocks of goods undis
posed of by retailers. The shoe and
leather markets are quiet as a whole, as
Is natural In a between-seasons market.
Shoe manufacturers are receiving more
orders, but are reported not satisfied.
Pig Iron markets are quiet, but very -strong
In price. Supplies for early de
livery are very scarce, hence foreign lron
continues to be purchased In moderate
volume. Fair sales of southern Iron
have been made for delivery in the first
part of 1908, the basis being $18 to
$18.50 Birmingham. Considerable new
business In steel rails has been booked,
most of which is for delivery in 1006..
May was a good month for structural;
steel Interests, the tonnage booked Being
very heavy and large orders are looked"
for within the next few months.
Business failures In the United State
for the week ended May 30 number 140,
against 105 last week, 127 In the like
week of 1906. 104 in 1005, 194 in 1904
and 157 in 1003. Canadian failure foi
the week number 14, as against 19 last
week and 19 In this week a year ago. -Bradstreet's
Commercial Report.
Chicago Cattle, common to prima
$4.00 to $0.05; hogs, prime heavy, $4.0(
to $0.37; Sheep, fair to choice, $3.00
to $6.50; wheat, No. 2, 90c to 98c r
corn, No. 2 G2c to 54c; oats, standard,
40c to 48c; rye, No. 2, 84c to 80c; hay,,
timothy, $14.00 to $22.00; prairie, $9.00
to $15.00; butter, choice creamery, 22c
to -24c; eggs, fresh, 13c to 15c; potatoes,,
new, per bushel, 95c to $1.20.
IndlanapoUs Cattle, shipping, $3.00
to $0.00; hogs, choice heavy, $4.00 te
$0.35; sheep, common to prime, $300 to
$5.25; wheat. No. 2, 95c to 90c; corn.
No. 2 white, B3c to 54c; oats. No. 9
white, 44c to 40c
St. Louis Cattle, $4.50 to $0.25 ;
hogs, $4.00 to $0.30; sheep, $3.00 to
$0.25; wheat, No. 2, 08c to $1.00; corn,.
No. 2, 52c to 53c; oats, No. 2, 45o to.
47c ; rye, No. 2, 81c to 83c.
Cincinnati Cattle, $4.00 to $5.75;:
hogs, $4.00 to $0.30; sheep, $3.00 to
$5.25 ; wheat, No. 2, $1.00 to $1.01 ; corn.
No. 2 mixed, 50c to 57c; oats. No. 2 '
mixed, 45c to 40c; ryo, No. 2, 81c to 84c.
Detroit Cattle, $1.00 to $5.50; hogs,.
$1.00 to $0.25; sheep, $2.50 to $5.75;
wheat, No. 2, $1.00 to $1.01 ; corn, No. 8
yellow, 65c to 57c; oats. No. 8 white,.
47c to 49c ; rye, No. 2, 80c to 87c
Milwaukee Wheat, No. 2 northern,.
$1.01 to $1.02; corn. No. 8, 52c to 54c;
oats, standard, 4Sc to 40c; rye, No. 1,
80c to 87c; barley, standurd, 75c to 76c;
pork, mess, $10.20.
Buffalo Cattle, choice shipping steers,
$4.(K to $0.50; hogs, fair to choice, $4.00
to $0.45 ; sheep, common to good mixed,
$4.K) to $0.40; lambs, fair to choice,
$5.00 to $8.70.
New York Cattls, $4.00 to $6.40
hogs, $4.00 to $0.7S ; sheep, 3.00 to- "
$0.23; wheat. No. 2 red, $1.00 to $k01;
corn, No. 2, 0Oc to 02c; oats, natural
white, 52c to 53c; butter, creamery, 23o
to 25c; eggs, western, 15c to 17c.
Toledo Wheat, No. 2 mixed, 97c to.
fiSe; corn. No, 2 mixed, 55c to 5flc;
cats. No. 2 mixed, 45c to 40c; rye, No..
2, 70c to 80c; clover seed, prime, $9.2V
Notes of Current Kventaw
Judire Charles T. Woodruff, lately ap
pointed to the Maine Supreme Court,,
never had a picture taken.
William Qulnn, chief of police of
Greenville, Miss., committed suicide ln
the presence of his daughter.
Sum Moor, a negro charged with poi
soning two men and two women, all ne
groes, was arrested at Roanoke, Va.
Mike Markov-Itch aud John Toutsbat,
employed in a sand bank at Youngstown,
O., were euiothered to death, being caught
in a cavein.
The Natioual Medico Psychological a
soclutlon, which has been in session at
the Jamestown exposition, decided to
meet next in Ciucinnatl, O.
Captain Hurry Bowen, who has been
hiring strike breakers for the steamship.
combine iu New York, was attacked and
beaten by striking longshoremen, drain
handlers struck in sympathy wfca the
longshoremen. Longthoremea itndd
the struts to Montreal.
