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J"-CHICAftO. 1 " '
'Although the volu at kifuiMi fill
tnwt of th normal, tier ar ladicatiM
((At yoint to wm reoeTary. Paynaats
tUreagh the hank rtfect a t mailer oenv
Hfativ decline, ocmuwrial default run
usder those latt year, and ther art at
Itjllj iacreaaing titpoatt but nor rapid
(fctneeHatlon of emergency checks and re-
Itwal of discount opeTatien la mercantile
Oarpments ox cur rooty to the Interior
ar expanded for the marketluf of corn,
the preparation asaur ample fund I
meet heart January diaburMnenta at
e banks, Settlements aa Dacenibar ma-
tirjtie tbua far hare been mad with lues
tyetible than expected, and the small ag
gregate of extension - (ougat waa the
cauae of leaaectad fear in taaneial circle.
I Quiet condition prevail in to leading
osdnatrlea, but aaaaanabl weather broucht
ntgwaved demand hi distribntlv braachea,
aS tb absorption of winter apparel, food
tareduct and Christmas good make a
rapid reduction in atorka. There ia also
saor activity In the advance burin a In
Wholesale nnea, with a batter auppljr of
aWl order for dry good, woolana, cloak
lu auita ami boot and ahoea.
, tvYith the approaching holiday thr ia
grsaUr tendency to carta II machinery am-
Mbyod in factory work, and shut-down
BMj be mora extended than naual.
Receipt of raw material relect fur-1
-M anrinitage, but taeae ar. ample tot
sttaircment, and price hat an aair
WtAfency in pig iron, lumber, leather and
Waal although hide ateadled on buying
fbt eastern conanmora.
B failures reported ia the Chicago di
iMat number 23, againat 13 lat week and
I 5 a year ago. Tboa with llabilitie over
LIOOO number 6, againat T lat weak 4
I I 1806. Dun' Review of Trade.
! KXW YOfcX.
I Oraos current in trad, finanea and t
l"jty prevent generalisation, but Baan
ceadltionj generally have ahowa far
that eaeinc. while the annroach of the hoi-
in period and atort aaonablo weatha
iMpad enliven dhtfrtbntlon, whlob In mm
tjtiftna alao feel th stimulus of prio
ralona. On tb other hand, whole
and jobbing trad baa father quieted
rad. manufacturing industry haa alackaned
UJghtly. CoUectiona generally are vary
and failure tend to Inweaa in
Tfcere ia leas talk of aaneeilationa,
gb there ar evidence of the ia
Jay lines. To offset the posaibility of
jUtg stocks accumulating, buyer ar
rwaing their activities restricted, and thi
IbAdency is also re-enforced by a fair
Wlume of resales' by jobbers who And sur
biua supplies at hand.
Boainea failure in th United State
(for tbe week ending Dec. 12 number 284,
Minst 272 last week, 220 in the like
tiajk f 1906, 220 in 1906, 130 in 1904
ktal 888 ia 1000. Canadian failures for
jib week number 60, as againat 20 last
Week and SI this week a year ago.
Bradatraeft Commercial Report.
j a4Vs
1 Chlcft Cattl, common to prima.
.00 to 10.10; nogs, prim navy,
15.00; abeep, fair to cboioa, $S.OO
$4.50; wheat, No. 2,, Vie to 83c;
f No. 2, 09 to SOe; at, stanuara,
to BOe; ry. No. 2, 77c to 80c hay,
hy. $11X10 to $18.60; prairie, $0 00
$12.60; batter, cbaio creamery, 2ia
29c; egga, frcah, 22 to 27o potato.
anahel, 48c to oflc
U feadlanapolia CattK abJpptnc, IS.00
hl(jlO; bogs, good to bole baary,
I V0D to $4.05 ; sbpf common to prim,
IjioO to $4X0; wheat. No. 2, Mo to 9601
jf' No. 2 wbito, 61c to 68c; oata, No.
toJt 40c to 62c.
Set, Ioult Cattl. $4.60 to S8.25 begs,
UX to $5.00; shMp, $3 00 t $6.00 (
rhaat. No. 2, 07c to We; corn. No. 2,
rjo to 62c; oata. No. 2, 60 to 61 J ry,
NV. 2, 76c to 79e. '
Cinoinnati-Caltle, $4.00 to 6.19 1
boga, $4.00 to $5.06; ebeep. $3.00 ta
HJBOl wheat, No. 2, Wo to $1.00; torn,
2 mixed, 61c to 02c; oaU, No. a
dud, 60c to 62c; ry. No. 2, 79 to 8I0.
Detroit Cattl, $4jD0 to $8.00; boga,
tart) to 15.10: ahoen. $2.60 to $4.60;
LAimmt. No. 2. 97o to 0H: oo m. No. a
ytlWw, 65c to 66c; oaa. No. S wbita,
El to 63; rye, No. 2, 7c to 8O0.
I Milwaukee Wheat. No. 2 northern,
M to $1.0J; corn. No 8, 00a to 62o
bats, stanaara, mc w k. n .
rH to 160 ; Dariey, , w vvvt
pork mess, $12.86.
I Bofalot-Cattla, thoic shipping ,
4X0 to $9.25 ; boga, fair to choice, .5Q
10 iS.20; sheep, wnmoi to good mixed,
14.00 to $5.50; lamka, fair to .cboioa,
(AXIO to $7.15. .
Now York Cattl, $4.00 to $5.M
boM $3.50 to $5r a6. $300 to
I4J50' wheat. No, 2 rod, 99 to $1.01 1
coca, N. 2, 07e; oata, natural
talte, 67 to fl; butter, creamery, 2Jk
l27S eggs, weatora, SOa to 82c
Toledo Wkaat, No, 2 mUod, 96a ta
Me; corn. No. 2 atixad, 66o to 66a
Mta, No. a aUd, 61o to 62o; ry. N
79e to 80c ; clovr od, rta. $9.9a
TOLD XX VXW LZVBS.
I jM torsBora' Union waroboua at Tay
tor, Twh, with 2,000 bale of cotton,
teraod. Loo $126,000, fully covorod b
InOTranc.
Hv hundred pon will Ur New
York City Jan. 16. 1108, to establish aa
ljidxtstTiaJ colony on oa of th ialaada at
tX Coutbern Pacific oooan.
At tb aal of the effect of tb lata
(Stamford Whit ia Nw York a Damascus
(carpet 21 feet long by 10 wide waa pur
chased by Mis Elsie Do Wolf for $4,100.
The Interstate oomiuero commission, at
Washington, is preparing to sua me Juris
diction over tbe : Btreet and laterurban
railway ayateui doing an Uitorstat busi-
.neeo. ,
I PrJrMcally all of tk Cambria work
Urn suspended recently, partly by reason
!of needed repair end partly on account
Uf a suortag of ordr, hav resumed
thoir employment at Johuatown, Pa.
Oocar Fredurick Spat, alia Regnal
Spaaldisf, alias BUrliag. was fined $100
or thirty day in th worknoue at PUta
ar( oa a charge of awiudling certain
of tUt city with an otfor to kitfotlnttf
at Kin Bdwartr own WL
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1-4D2 Coliimbu (liwovorccl thn iHland
now called Sun Domingo and I lay tl.
1312 Tim llritiKli admiralty office es
tablished by Ucnry VIII.
li.S IVnn. colonist met at ChoHter to
organize the territory.
1754 rruKHians defeated the Austrian
and Saxon at battle of LIhhb.
1775 American force appeared before
yuebec.
1777 New Jerney's Brut newspaper is
Nued at IlurliiiKton.
1780 Gen. Nathaniel Greene afwuraej
command of the Southern army.
1783 WaHhlnKton took leave of the offi
cer of the army.
1787 Debawarn, the first State, ratified
the constitution.
17!HI Washington delivered his last ad
dress to Congress.
180-1 Napoleon I. crowned in the Cathe
dral of Notre Dame, l'ari.
1810 Mauritius taken by the English.
1814 (Jen. Jackson took command of
American forces afa New Orleans.
129 .Suttee, the Hindu rite of burning
a widow on the funeral pyre of ber
husband, abolished in India.
1S38 French evacuated Vera Crus.
1850 (Jen. Louis Kossuth, the Hunga
rian patriot, arrived in New York.
1855 Itoll way communication opened be
tween Hamilton and Toronto, On
tario. 1859 John Hrown executed.... Province
of Queensland, Australia, established.
1801 Secretary of the Treasury Chase
recommended a rearrangement of the
national banking aystem.
180:i Gen. Longstreet raised the siege of
Knoxville.
ISU5 United States protested against
the French occupation of Mexico.
1SW Great reform demonstrates by
London trades unions.
1 18(18 Disraeli ministry resigned
and
Gladstone became premier.
187.T Surious riots at Vicksburg, Miss.
1875 President Grant recommended
non-sectarian and compulsory educa
tion in his message to Congress,
1870 Daniel II. Chamberlain sworn In
Governor of South Carolina. , . .
Several hundred lives lot in the
1 1 t .v, tt li ,...
burning of the Urooklyn theater,
1S81 Electric street lights introduced in
Philadelphia.
1882 Royal Courts of Justice opaned by
Queen Victoria,
18.80 ranlc on the Stock Exchango In
San Francisco.
1889 Henry M. Stanley arrived at Zan-
slbar on his return from an explor
ing expedition to central Africa...,
John J. Ingalls Introduced the Chi
cago World's Fair hill in Congress.
1801 Great damage by forest fire In
California,
1893 Senate called upon President Cleve
land for all correspondence lu the
Hawaiian matter.
1894 U. S. Treasury reserve reached its
hlKhest mark in years, standing at
$111,142,000,
180(1 Defeatv of .the Cubati insurgents
nnd death of the rebel leader, Macoo,
1897 German marine took possession
of Kino Chan, Chins.
1905 Mu.isucre of Jews at Kiev, Russia.
sUm Jtk
If you happen to be short of cash, Just
Issue clearing-house certificates.
Hotter get your coffin now. All the lum
ber will be gone in twenty years!
nlia nrtuil.mltnn frnut ourtutnlv ulna
I a lot of money in the course of a year.
"There I need of more currency," de
clares the New York Times. Indisputa
bly 1
Those big speculative corporations
could stand a good many more "resigna
tions.
New York is paying 75 cent a dosen
foi eggs. How about egg for a national
currency t
Th old stocking and tb tin box are
mighty poor place for people to keep
their money.
Kvrvhnilv Htn wnrrvln. th. Nu
Tork health ollicer aaya there ia no dls-
pae lu money.
There are lota of thing more com
tirtuble thau being a Wall atreet Quali
fier these day.
Whatever th exact amount the James
town Exposition owe, there ia little dan
ger of it being paid.
Considering that it ha cost us $100,
000,000, the Panama canal ia not auch a
bit hole in the ground.
So many "Napoleons of Finance" have
gone down thut Wall street must have a
lan:u collection of aterloos.
The average man could stand a panic
better if the price of bread and meat
would full 10 iHilnts at the time.
St. Guudeu' womiiu on th new gold
colu Is chid lu a war bonnet. Well, wom
en do most o' the fighting, anyway,
John Ah Rockefeller, Jr..v says thut
some iiople have a gift for uctiuiring. He
otiitbt to know. He litis ou example close
at Imine.
W'ien will n u aiitomoliilist leuru that
wheu l.e begins to dash along through the
Auk at a milc-a-mlnute clip a iiia take
h life lu his hands?
The Kuro-an iowers seem to havw aa
lili-a that Chluii is a plee of pie which
somebody' will cveiituully have to serve
arouud among the nations.
A MiiHHachuwtts minister haa resigued
bla pastoiute to devote his entire time to
golf. I'robubly hi church duties kept
TELLS IT IN BILLIONS,
Rldgely's Report Show Deposits
in Bank Tolcling $13,099,
6J5.J48. TEARS GAIN IS $844,000,000
Central Bank as a Remedy for Con
dltiona Such aa Appeared in
Recent Flurry.
The annual report of Comptroller
ItidKi'ly on the currency situation shows
that indiviiliial deposit" in all reporting
banks in 1!HX aggregated lp7.2:i8,!t.S(!.45(,
vliile for the current year individual de
posits in nil reiKjitiiig banks aggregate
$i;t,KKU;:j.-.,U.l a guin of over f5.h(M),
(XHVKX) within the past seven years, or
80 per cent. During (he current year
there ha been a gain of approximately
$SS4,0K MXX, or 7.2!i per cent.
Individual deposits, representing ovel
50 per cent of the banks' liabilities, reach
e l the maximum in the history of the sys
tem on Mny 20, l'.M)7, when they amount
ed to $1,822,880,141. The amount to th
credit of depositors on Aug. 22 was $4,
31.(KW,402, a decuease of $3,844,739.
die gross increase in deposits during tht
year was $2!)7,005,4.'(0; the gross de
cttHse, $177,1X18,344, IcWing the net in
crease $110,097,002.
According to the report, the amount of
money held by national and other report
ing banks in the United State (exclusive
ot island possesions) on June 30, 1900,
ws $1,010,700,000. About the same dnt
foi the present year the cash holding of
the banks of the United States were $1,-
100,500,000, or a gaiu of $95,800,000.
Tbe total stock of money in the United
Slate on June 30, 1900, was $3,009,900,-
000. On July 1. 1907, it was reported at
$3,115,0OO,(XX), being an increase of $45,-
700,000. Of this $15,700,000 gain in th
stock of money during the fiscal year $9,-
300,(KM) was added to the amount held in
the treasury as assets, leaving a balance
of $30,4(JO,0OO for general circulation.
The comptroller describes the curren
cy stringency as a panic not of the people
but of the hanks, caused by the bankers'
ji'st and proper efforts to protect their
reserves and give currency elasticity in
the unwise absence of a government insti
tution able to perform these necessary
functions. He compliments the business
men of the country upon their "wisdom,
patience, forbearance and sound conser
vative sense" under emergency conditions,
That conditions are improving daily
throughout the United States Mr. Ridge-
ly says undoubtedly is true, but he be
lieve that a more rapid return could be
made to normal conditions should Con
gress promptly pass a relief measure. He
suggests that this action might take the
form of providing for an emergency issue
of currency through the clearing-house as-
sociations or other banking machinery
now organized. These moves, however,
Comptroller . Itidgely classes as simply
temporary expedients. He says that they
undoubtedly would act as "panic cures,"
but tlint, ,he on'y w?y to prevent a recur-
rence of recent conditions is to follow the
example of every other civilized nation
end establish a central governmental bank
of issue and reserve. He points out that
a central bank Incidentally would give
real practicability to the suggested postal,
savings institutions.
Gov. Comer of Alabama announced re
cently that President Hmerson and Gen
eral Counsel Alexander Hamilton of the
Atlantic Const Line bad agreed to put
Into effect the freight rate named in the
railroad rate bills, and also the 2-cent
pa&sengcr rute.
Members of the Railroad Conductors'
Order and of the Itrotherhood of Train
men are working together in formulating
demands which they expect to make, and
a vote on the proposition to ask an in
crease in wages is now in progress. This
movement involves 1 5,000 employes on
sixty-five different lines east of the Mis
sissippi, lteside increase in pay, radical
changes In the rules of service ureNto be
deniandi-d.
In the Federal District Court at Loa
Angeles Judge Wellorn imposed a fine
of $330,tMH upou the Atchison, Topcka
and Santa Fe railroad upon its conviction
last July for granting rebates to th
Grand Canyon Lino and Cement Com
pany of Arizona. Th judge said this
was an "intermediate ienalty," as th
maximum fine would have been $1,320,.
000, The company had asserted that
the alleged rebate were paid on account
of diuuuged good.
The proposition of the Erl railroad
that both the per diem and piece work
plan be tried for a period and reported
on by a competent committee of tnachin-
Ista ha been rejected by the striking
machinists, who have been out aix mouth
1 to enforce thotr opposition to the piece
won piuu now m vogue.
n... ,., cn -in. more under th. nleeo
-
system. '
A reduction in force extending through
all department of the Burlington Mil-
rend haa been ordered, which will amount
to 10,000 before the end of December,
At the same time, workiug hour hav
been cut from niue to eight.
The eerie of locomotive speed tests
conducted by the Peunaylvania Railroad
a' Clayton, N. J., ended eduesduy.
when electric engiuo No. 02H, owned by
tbf New Haven roud, at tallied a speed of
n little over ninety-two miles an hour.
This whs, however, still short of the rec
ord of ninety-nine miles made by a steam
locomotive lust week.
Judge Suuboru, iu the United Stata
Court of Appeals at St Paul, has given
a doclsion tljrectly opponod to a recent
d. vision in the United Stutes Court for
the Sixth District. This latter contended
that a railroad becomes subject to fed
eral control only when the lino uf til
railroad cross the border of the Stat.
Judge Simlioru Kay the power to regit
lkte comment! uuioiig tht) States "1 para
mount to all the power of the States. I
the indi'iH'iidi'iit and lawful exerciso ol
this congressional tower aud the attivupc
ed exerciite by a State of any of its ioV
era impinge or coultlct, the former nuut
prevail aud the latter must give way."
PoHtmaster General Meyer, In bis
flnmml rfxrt, mukes several recom
nieiidatlons for Increasing the efficiency
nnd extending the senpe of the work
of the Poslofllce .Department. Chief
among theno reeoinmendaUons was that
for the establishment of s)stI savings
banks. Mr. Meyer would have every
n.oney order olllce, and such others as
may 1h deemed necessary, designated to
receive deitoslts In nmnunts of not less
than $1, but the nmount of Individual
ac-ounts he would limit to $500. On
Micho deposits Interest at the rate of 2
pet cent should Ik? allowed. A material
extension of the parcels post service is
urged. A recommendation Is also innde
for more up-to-dute business methods
nnd a revised system of bookkeeping,
lie also mu';-es;s a ermnnei)t ofllclni
correspond in,; to the superintendent of
mnlls or tlie agent of n groat manufac
turing corporation, who would hold of
fice continuously through various nd
minlKtratlonfl. In illustrating the
growth of the postal business during
the last fifty years, Mr. Meyer states
that In 1857 the receipts were $8,053,-
052, with n deficit of $3,454,100, while
the Inst fiscal year the receipts wero
$183,585,005, wltl a deficit of $0,C53,
282. .He believes that by 1917 the re
ceipts will be over $350,000,000.
One of the fentures of the annual re
port of Gen. F. C. Alnswortji, adjutant
general of the United States Array.
which tins called forth no little com
ment throutfliout the country, Is the
statement that If present conditions
continue there will be nothing for the
government to do to secure men for
the military service but to materially
Increase the pny of enlisted men or re
sort to coimcrlptlon. The report shows
that the deficiency below the author
ized strength of the army on Oct. 15,
1900, was 8,040, while in October, 1907,
it was 20,535. Among the reasons giv
en for this falling off is the strong
competition which the government
encounters from private employers,
who offer higher pny and more attract
ive conditions.
The annual report of the Isthmian
Canal Commission, recently made pub
lie, hIiowh expenditures up to date of
$48,285,880.37, and Indicates gratify
ing pro-ess in the work. On June 30,
1907, the total force of skilled and un
skilled laborers was 29,440, an Increase
f 10,000 over the previous year. The
death rate among employes for sever-
nl years past shows a marked lmprove-
n)CUt in health conditions,-mainly due
to sanitation, better housing facilities
nnd bctter food pp,, xlle report
... . '
strongly recommends the continuation
of the work by the National Govern
ment direct and not through a con
tractor or syndicate of contractors.
Despite denials on the part of gov
ernment olllclals, there Is a persistent
report that the United States Govern
ment has purchased from the Wright
KroH. the control of their "heuvier
than ulr" flying machine. The Wrights
have been In Europe for some time,
and It was generally supposed that
they were negotiating for the snle of
their machine to foreign governments.
Much secrecy is thrown about the sub
ject, but It is apparent that the gov
ernment Is Interesting Itself deeply in
the problem of air navigation.
-: :- "
At the direction of the President a
special commission, consisting of Law
rence O'Murray, Assistant Secretary of
Coiumerve nrvd Labor; Herbert Knox
Smith, commissioner of corporations,
and Charles P. Nelll, United States la
'Kr commissioner, started for Goldfield,
Nov., to Investigate the labor conditions
at that place and to determine whether
there is necessity for the presence of
the United States troops recently or
dered there at the request of Gov.
Sparks,
-: :-
Rids to the amount of $25,000,000 of
the recent offering of Panama canal
bonds have been accepted by Secretary
Cortelyou at an average price of 103,
and nearly all of the accepted bids are
froan national banks which were lu a
position to take out additional clreula-
tion at once. It was thought that the
3 per cent certificates would not exceed
$15,000,000. The Secretary saya that
tho Improvement Justifies hlni In llrtdt-
lng both the new Issues.
The oiealng of proposals for the $50,-
000,000 of Panama canal bonds showed
that the amount had been subscribed
opverol times over, and that a cood fle-
ure weU ftbove the market price, would
U official figures were not obtainable,
... . . ........
ll was uiousui unit me average price
would prove to be about 104. The al
lotment of the bonds will lie at the dis
cretion of the Secretary of tho Treas
ury.
Rear Admiral M. E. Mason, chief of
the ltureau of Ordnance vt the Navy
Department, In his annual report
strongly urges legislation that will au
thorize the department to purchase
milium1, projectiles, powder and tor-
)?dM'S In limited quantities abroad,
tueh material to bo iidmlttcd free of
duty. This recommendation Is based
on the statement that tho domestic
manufacturers tire unnblo to supply
'lies articles within a reasonable time,
The cash balance ' ' the treasury haa
been reduced to about $17,(HH),KH) by
tho distribution of fundi among nu
t tonal banks during tho recent crisis,
and tho officials have decided to cut
low u the amount of the balances staud-
iig to tho credit of disbursing officers.
Thus, by a simple net of bookkeeping,
the available cash Is Increased for the
time being by many millions of dollars.
AKKAXSAS' DIAMOND FIELDS.
Greatest Expert In America Has
High Hopes for It.
George F. Kunz, who Is the highest
authority on precious alone in the
country, and jerluip In any other
country, lias Just returned ro Chicago
from n visit to MurfwslMiro, Pike
County, Ark., to exlinlne the spot
where some diamonds were found not
long ago. lie says they are the teal
thing, nnd that the geological condi
tions sre utmost precisely those which
cHvur in the neighborhood of the Kliu-U'l-ley
diamond mines, South Africa.
"This Is the first time diamonds
hnve ever been found In tiielr natural
matrix n the America c.i...'.;:o:il, and
I consider it very InijMH-tiitit," said Mr.
Kunz. "The soil and surroundings
are similar to th:ise In South Africa.
The Mot where they were found is
iK'yond question the crater of an ex
tinct volcano. tin i It Is filled with blue
earth similar to that of Klmlierley. It
will take further Investigation to mliow
whether there are enough diamonds to
make It pay to work the deposit, nnd
whether the cost of working will per
mit of a profit. These questions can
be decided within a few month, and
If they can be decided in the ufllrin:i
tlvo, It Is one of the best things I have
ever struck.
"While most of the diamonds hnve
been picked up ou the surf nee of the
igneous area, a few hnve been found
among concentrates derived from wash
ing tlie decomposed ierldotite which
must resembles thut of Klmlierley, tint
at least one diamond was found em
bedded In the deco::-;')sed perldotite
Itself. The evidence seems conclusive
that the crystals are derived from the
Iierldotlte, and If so, this is the lirst
occurrence of diamonds in place on
either the North or South American
continent.
"Dinnicnds hnve been found loose lu
glacial d(iK)sits in nlxnit tUir:y piiwcs
in Michigan. Wiscunsin. Iudlrnr.. Ohio
and other States, but never before In
natural conditions. This diamond dis
covery iu Arkansas was originally
made by a farmer named John Ilud-
dlestone. Ilecnuse tlie etouiuI was
green, he thought there might be co-
per under It, and while prospecting
around found oue crystal and lntsr
two others. Since then fifteen or
twenty of the nutives have picked up
llamonds." I
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DEMOCBATS TO DENVER.
Cash Offer of $100,000 Wins Conven
tion for Rocky Mountain City.
Denver gets the Democratic National
Convention of next year. July 7 Is the
date. A cash offer of $100,000 lu uddl
ton to the convention hall carried the
day against Louisville, which offered
only $30,000, and Chicago, which didn't
seem to care whether the convention
was held there or not. )
On the first ballot the vote stood 22
for Denver, 17 for Louisville, 5 for Chi
cago and 1 for St. Paul. While the
second roll call was in progress Nation
al Committcerann Roger C. Sullivan of
Illinois wltLdrew Chicago In the inter
est of Denver, and Urej Woodson of
Kentucky followed suit In behalf of
Loulivlle. The selection of the Rocky
Mcantniu city thou was made unaul-
nous by acclamation.
The one other Interesting matter com-'
ng before the National Committee was
thepropoltlon for pubiclty respecting
campaign funds and ' expenditures,
which was unanimously Indorsed. Cou
pled with this indorsement was a reso
lution expressing thanks to Perry Itel
mont of New York for his efforts In
behalf of the campaign publicity move
ment.
Democracy, so far as the National
Committee of the party has power to
commit It, goes Into the next campaign
pledged to work for the reform, em
bodied In this movement. '
Women Shoot for Prohibition.
There was an exciting and unusual
icene in tho State House at Montgomery,
Ala., when the frtate Senate passed the
prohibition biW, with but two hostile
votes. liy order of the presiding officer
the doori were opened, and the women
who filled the galleries and lobbies were
allowed to mingle with tho members.
When tho bill was passed a shout of ap
proval went up and the women broke into
the. "Doxology." Showers of tlowers were
Iso rained upon the Senators, 'iho bill,
which makes the State "dry" on Jan. 1,
1000, had already been passed in slightly
modified form by the lonxr house, which
i expected to concur in the Senate enact
ment, nnd the approval of the Governor
la assured.
Pennsylvania 'Phone Combine.
The Dell Tclephouo Company of Phila
delphia voted to purchase the Pennsylva
nia and the Delaware and Atlantic com
panies, and for this purpose to Increase
the capital stock from $3O,tHX,000 to $(10,-
000,000. Hereafter the title of the com
pany is to be the Doll Telephone Com
pany of Pennsylvania.
Meat to He No Cheaper.
Farmer and cattle dealers of the West
having refused to sell live stock at the
reduced rates offered by the packers,
expected drop in the price of fresh meats
to the consumer has not materialized at
this writing.
American Wlai Nobel Prlae.
The University of Chicago hears that
tht, head of it department of physics,
IVof. Albert A. Michelson, ia to receive
the year'a Nobel priae for the lest work
in his line. Prof. Micueison is now in
London, where the Copley medal hH been
awarded to him by the London Royal So
ciety. Dr. Michelson is the discoverer of
a method of measuring tho velocity of
light. Though born iu Germany, he tins
lived here since childhood and is a grad
uate of the Naval Aeudetuy at Annapolis.
Mo is now 50.
Art School Clothes Statues.
The board of directors of tho Trenton
(N. J.) Art School has caused the classic
statue in its art halls to be d raped with
fia leaves. This is said to be the result
of the vigorous protests of several minis
ters Sunday school superintendent and
dh rents who have children studying at the
sebool, although the oetiou of the board
hns aroused considerable merriment and
ridicule on the part of the public.
Tire destroyed the planing mill' plant
of the Somerset Lumber Company and
tho flouring mill of the Somerset Milling
Conipuny at Somerset, Ky Loss $00,000.
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A rent roll In- London netting
valued at $5,000,000 are at stake In
courts, brought to decide whether the
personality and posed as T. C. Druce. owner of a great mercantile house. If
the duke was Druce, then the rightful claimant to the Portland title and.
estates is Druce's present grandson, George H. Druce, while if he wasn't,
the present bolder, the duke's cousin, Is safe In the Portland mansion.
The case, which is the most nstouishlng of nil claims to Kngllsh peer
ages, Involves the ownership of the
from the Tlchborue case, -which excited the country so greatly thirty years
ngo, In the fact that It rests upou one alleged fact, which could be deter
mined In an hour.
The claimants, descendonts of T. C. Druce, owner of the Baker Street
Bazaar In London, Insist that Druce in reality was the filth Duke of Port
land, who died In 1870. The duke was a very eccentric person, who lived
the life of a recluse and was not often roen by members of his own house
hold. One of hi3 vagaries was to build subterranean apartments underneath
his country house. On these he spent no less than 15,000,000, and fitted
them up most gorgeously. From them, It Is said, a passage runs under
ground to the Baker Street Bazaar; and. If that Is so, some color is lent to
the Druce contention.
However, the main feature of the claim is that Druce's reported death
in 1804 was not death at all, but only the means chosen by the duke to
get rid of his double personality. The claimant charges that the Druce
coffin was filled with lead, and then burled with honors and a tombstone
erected with Druce's name upon it. But now mark the strange character of
British justice. The courts will not permit the Druce coffin to be exhumed
and examined, though that would settle the mutter oue way or the other
for good and all. If lead was found within It, the Druce claimant would be
sustained. If human remains were found, the Duke of Portland would bo
made secure In his property. Yet this effective method of ending the whole
dispute cannot be undertaken, for the courts will not allow ft.
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GOOD-BY, BOB; TAKE
Chicago Inter Ocean.
KILLING THE LOBSTERS.
Th Shell Fish in New York Waters
. Being Exterminated.
Lobster fishing is rapidly disappear
ing as one of the novel industries of
New York City und tliose accustomed
to eat that species of shell fish will
soon be deprived of that pleasure. For
years the lobster fishermen who set
their pots In tlie upier and lower bay
bad headquarters In Stapleton, S. I.,
and there It was possible to obtain at
nil seasons of the year the choicest
grade of food for 15 cents a pound or
about half tlie price charged by the
average Manhattan retailer. At that
price the fishermen had what they con
sidered excellent returns for their
work.
Until about a year ago a catch of be
tween 200 and 1500 iunds of lobster
a day was considered an uverage haul,
and that netted the bayman und liU
isiy helper between $110 und $15 for
their short day's lalior.
In recent mouths, however, the
catches have been decidedly small, and
the fishermen believe that within an
other year a New York lobster will Is?
a rarity. The daily catches now nvt
ago fifteen pounds, and when one mail's
jsiti yield twenty-five pounds he con
slders himself fortunate. One by one
the men who have sp'it the greater
part of their lives in the business are
abandoning the work and seeking new
menus of earning a llvelfliooiL
The jHiurlug of acids and refuse Into
the bay, thereby poisoning its waters,
Is killing the lobster aud also other
kiuds of fish.
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$2,500,000 n year and other proierty
the sensational case before the British
fifth Duke of Portland had a double
Duke of Portland's estates and differs
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Meiilnuriita gerara a Success.
A report made to the New York Acad- ,
emy of Medicine, and which is attracting
much interest among physicians, indicate
that a Beruni, which was discovered by
Dr. Simon Flexner, director of the Rocke
feller Pathological Iustitute, for the treat
ment of meningitis, or "spotted fever,
produced tlie unprecedented record of
cure in 72.3 per cent of the total number
of cases treated. An interesting feature
was the sudden termination of the dis
ease, generally within forty-eight hours
after the injection of the serum.' The
cases reported were treated in various
parts of tho country.
4 lilcaso'a Woman Cop.
Chief of Police Sliippy of Chicago ha
granted a seciul police permit to Mis
Dorothy Stewart, nt;ed UJ. This allows
her to wear the multi-pointed star of the
special police force and invest her with
ali the atithoiity of the inn le policeman
She will lie detailed in full uniform at
the Auditorium Theater to supervise the
safety and comfort of tho women and
children.
SHORT NEWS NOTES.
St. Christopher is the patron saint ot
motoring.
Brazil has no middle class. There ar
but two classes there the rich and the
poor.
Conntes of Wanviek, on return to
Loudon, bays America's only aopo is in
socialism.
The grand Jury av Oakland, Cal., re
fused to vote nn indictment agniust Har
ry Kleinsehiuidr, accused of murdering
bis friend, Fruuk Bellows, uud the young
man was released.
Warlike preparation have been made
by the people of Hupkir.sville, Ky., to pre
vi nt "ni-lit riders' from burning two to
bacco factories, w'aieh they failud to de
ktroy ou their recent visit.
hlin from pluylug on Sunday.