I
inAnUAL
' CHICAGO.
Heavy May settlements and interest
disbursement account for a largely in
creased volume of payment through the
banks, while commercial defimiin sustain
their recent high average. The business
situation generally present no special de
velopment, production find distribution in
the looding Industries reflecting but lit
tle departure from conservative policies
pending a clearly defined revival in de
tnandci. Unusually wet weather hinders
seasonable activity in leading retail lines,
construction and farm work, but enoour
agemcnt is derived from further favora
ble reports an to winter wheat growth
and the promising outlook in agriculture.
Crop marketing run short of those
year ago, and there is smaller outgo of
breadstuff's from tihis market, although
operations in the Slay deliveries appear
on a heavy scale and prices have risen
to the highest average this season.
Money is quoted lower and choice com
mercial paper commands the easiest rata
In several years. Offerings of desirable
discounts, however, remain extremely
light, the liest borrowers liclng in posi
tion to dispense with customary accom
modation. More Invent ment is soen in
real estate and Improvements, and better
demand strengthens the market for high
grade bonds, but sales of local securities
are of smaller volume than at this time
last year, witHi values moving irregular
ly, although averaging above those of a
month ago.
Hank deposits here and at Interior
points show steady gain, but some com
plaint is noted as to the inability to find
adequate employment of surplus fnnds.
Freight movements compare unfavor
ably with tihe corresponding period of
last year, there tteing continued falling
off in heavy materials forwarded.
Iron aad steel returns disclose little
bmdway in outputs over recent low fig
ures. Quarry product, builders' hardware,
cement and plumbing materials reflect
wider absorption, nnd there is more de
mand for some hard woods.
Failures reported In the Chicago dis
trict number 30, against 39 last week
and 1!) a year ago. Those wiUi liabilities
over $.j,I00 number 0, against 0 last
week and 4 in liK)7. Dun's Review of
Trade.
NEW YORK.
Weather, trade and industrial condi
tions are little changed from last week,
and farm work, retail and jobbing busi
ness and the movement of old crops to
market have been restricted by heavy
rains, low temperatures or bad roads.
The only rfotnhle exceptions to this are
found in the Pacific coairt and at a few
outhwestern centers.
Heports from the leading Industries aro
till of great quiet. Manufacturers feel
the lack of confident buying by jobbers
and wholesalers, who, In turn, report
final distributers cautious in buying only
what they need to replenish broken stocks.
The textile trades are dull and on short
time, but cotton goods men are more con
fident that bottom prices have been reach
ed. The Iron and steel industries show
little change. The leather trade is rather
quieter and eastern shoe shipments are
30 per cent off from 1007. Collections
are still backward as a whole.
Business failures In the United States
for the week ending May 7 number 288,
against 282 last week, 154 In the like
week of 1007, 1C2 In 1000, 158 in 1005,
and 201 in 1004. Canadian business fail
ures for the week number 22, which com
pares with 22 last week and 18 in this
week of 1007. Bradstreet's Commercial
Report.
Chicago Cattle, common to prime,
$4.00 to $7.30; hogs, prime heavy, $4.00
to $5.05; sheep, fair to choice, $3.00
to $3.75; wheat, No. 2, $1.02 Jo $1.05;
corn, No. 2, 72c to 74c; oats, standard,
C5c to 50c ; rye, No. 2, 80c to 81c ; hay,
timothy, $9.50 to $10.50; prairie, $8.00
to $13.50; butter, dhoice creamery, 21o
to 25c; eggs, fresh, 11c to 15c; potatoes,
per bushel, 05c to 78c.
Indianapolis Cattle, shipping, $3.00
to $7.00; bogs, good to choice heavy,
$3.50 to $3.75; sheep, common to prime,
$3.00 to $5.50 ; Wheat, No. 2, 00c to
$1.00; corn, No. 2 white, G3c to 05c; oats.
No. 2 white, 51c to 5'Jc.
St. Louis Cattle, $4.50 to $7.13; hogs,
$4.09 to $.-,.00; sheep. $3.00 to $0.25;
wheat. No. 2. $1.02 to $1.03; corn, No. 2,
72c to 73c; oats. No. 2, 40c to 50c; rye,
No. 2, 70c to 80c.
Cincinnati Cattle. $4.00 to $7.00;
hogs. $4.00 to $5.80; sheep. $3.00 to
$5.(0 ; wheat. No. 2, $1.03 to $1.04; corn,.
No. 2 mixed, 00e to 71c; oats, No. 2
mixed, 50c to 51c; rye, No. 2, S2c to 81c.
Detroit Cattle, $4.00 to $0.50; hogs,
$4.00 to $...00: sheep. $2..V) to $5.00;
wheat. No. 2. $1.01 to $1.02; corn, No. 3
yellow, 71c to 72c ; oats, No. 3 white,
C3c to 54c; rye. No. 2, 80c to 87c.
New York Cattle. $1.00 to $7.15;
hogs, $3.50 to $0.15; sheep, $3.00 to
$5.50; wheat, No. 2 red, $1.07 to $1.08;
corn, No. 2. 73c to 74c; oats, natural
white, 5.8c to 00c: butter, creamery, 23c
to 20c; eggs, western, 13c to 17c.
Milwaukee Whi-at, No. 2 northern,
$1.00 to $1.11 ; com, No. 3, 72c to 73e;
oats, standard, 55c to 50c ; rye, No. 1.
81c to 82c; barley, No. 2. 71c to 75c;
pork, mess, $13.35.
IturT.ilo Cattle, choice shipping steers,
$4.00 to $7.O0: hogs, fair to choicf, $1.00
to $0.10; sheep, common to good mixed,
$1.00 to $0.75; lambs, fuir to choice,
$5.00 to $7.85.
Toledo Wheat! No. 2 mixed, $1.00 ;o
$1.01; corn. No. 2 mixed, 00c to 70e;
oats. No. 2 mixed, 53c to 51c; r.re. No.
1, 81c to 83c; clover seed, prime, $13.00
CURRENT NEWS NOTES.
I.uildlngs on Adelaide street, Toronto,
Ont., Wf re burned. flosses : Junes &
Moore. $00.0.10 ; J. J. $(;u,tiOO;
Canadian Silk Company, $50,000.
M a meeting of advocates of Esper
anto in Pittsburg It wus mild that 1,000,
OOO now are studying tin- new language,
"which means n world's peace."
Mrs. Itoruian Wells, the Fnglish wom
an suffrage speaker, has' coin,.! i .';"! to
the New York police that she us brutal
ly treated while attempting to kdJrew
foeeting at IJ.irlein.
SAVE NATURE'S GIFTS
IS PLEA OF PRESIDENT
Roosevelt Addresses Concourse of
Governors, Officials and Prom
inent Men.
NATURAL RESOURCES THE TOPIC
"Reckless and Wasteful Use" of Tim
ber and Minerals Condemned
by Nation's Executivs.
Washington corroHpomlenee :
The White House was the scene
Wednesday of the assemblage of ninny
of the most notable figures In the pollt
leni nnd Industrial life of the nation.
It was perhaps one of the most repre
sentative gatherings that have ever
met to consider n great public question
In that historic mansion. The occa
sion was the conference by President
Roosevelt with the Governors of prae
tlcnlly nil the States nnd Territories to
consider the broad question of conser
vation of the country's natural re
sources. The men who know how the natural
resources of the country have been
wasted captains of Industry who have
dealt with these resources nnd experts
who have studied the conditions told
of the nation's prodigality In the ex
ploitation nnd consumption of Its nnt
urnl resources. '
Representing the government were
the President of the United States, the
Vice President, the cabinet, Justices of
the United States Supreme Court nnd
momlcrs of both houses of Congress.
The States were represented by their
chief executives und the conferees an
ointed by them. The Industries were
represented by Andrew Carnegie, the
Iron master; James J. III1I, the genius
of rallwny expansion ; John Mitchell,
the labor lender; Prof. T. C. Chaniber
lln of the University of Chicago, nnd
Dr. I. C. White, State geologist of
West Virginia, nnd perhaps the lending
expert on coal In the United States.
The specially Invited guests Included
three men mentioned ns Democratic
presidential candidates William Jen
nings Bryan, Judge George Gray of
Delaware nnd Gov. John A. Johnson of
Minnesota. The subjects considered In
cluded the use and conservation of
mineral resources, resources of the
land and resources of the waters.
The conference was opened by the
President with an address on "Conser
vation us a National Duty." The pro
gram for the day Included addresses by
Andrew Carnegie on "Ores and Belated
Minerals," and by Dr. I. C. White, pro
fessor of geology, University of West
Virginia, nnd State geologist of that
State, on "Mineral Fuels." Former
President John Mitchell of the United
Mine Workers of America, led the gen
eral discussion on coal mining.
The President's speech is not contro
versial. Nor is It an alarm cry to the
people. It does not even voice a de
mand for remedial legislation. On the
contrary it is a simple plea couched jn
businesslike and statesmanlike terms for
constructive action upon the weightiest
problem now before the nation. Upon
tho practical, homely plea that a father
must provide for his sons Mr. Boosevelt
rests his whole cose. Using almost the
same figure Mr. Gilford Pindhot has re
cently said: "We have hitherto as a
nation taken the same course as does
at first tile young man who comes into
possession of his property. It is time for
a change."
Our wonderfully rapid development lias
led us to destroy needlessly our forests,
to waste our mineral wealth in careless
mining and still more careless use, to
exhaust our soils and to ruthlessly neglect
our rivers for the sake of faster trans
portation by steam. Our duty to the
next generation makes it imperative that
we should do better in all these respects.
How this new business system shall
be Installed or what form it shall take
the President does not attempt to dictate.
Having called together a national council
ho properly leaves the ways and means
to the determination of the councilors,
laying down only the" policy of Washing
ton that water ways, forests, agricul
tural and mineral wealth should lie treat
ed as one indivisible subject in all plans
made for their proper use and conserva
tion. He closes by citing Important ju
dicial decisions indicating how far such
plans may go under the fundamental
law.
BRINGS NEWS OF 10,000 KILLED.
Steamer Titan Has Details of Tidal
Wave Engulfing Chinese.
News of one of the greatest disasters
that China lias ever known, a sudden
tidal bore in the Yiuigtso-klang, which
Involved the loss of nearly 10,000 lives
at Hankow, was brought to Seattle by
the steamer Titan. A bore twenty-six
feet in height passed without warn
ing down the river, over which hung
thousands of Jituks, sampans und small
boats, wrecking large river steamers.
Some 3,000 Chinese were sleeping In
sampans and small craft and mat sheds
and huts by the river side at Hankow
and they were citvcloicd by the great
wave, which swept away broken Junks,
splintered sampans and a heterogeneous
mass of debris, with swarms of
drowned Chinese mixed with the wreck
age. The scenes for many days after
the disaster were horrible, the river
side being strewn with dead and de
bris of wrecked craft for ninny
miles.
rederal officers nt Denver. Colo., ha
arrested the ltev. Ira D. Williams.
preacher of lliff. Colo., ou the char
of having sent t'hrouirli the mails lit
ou and defamatory matter upon the con
duct of the President of the Unit
States. The defumation was misled
the envelope, but Mr. Williams deni
putting it there.
The OwcnslMiro Savings Bank and
Trust Company and the Daviess County
Hunk and Trust Company, both of Owens-
Ikiio, Ky., ore declining to receive deposits
anil nave useni'd cash iKiymenta pend
!ug a proposed reorganization of both Id
ttitui iw.
The Governors of the States and
territories met nt the White llouso
consider the conservation nnd devel
ipment of the natural resources of the
rountry. A conference so unusual may
e taken ns a sign of tho growing unity
)f the country; and the w-easlon of
be assembly, the problem Hint was
ukon up, reveals the actual busls of
mtloiial unity, the common welfare,
vhlch Is deeper than nny mere polltl-
ni construction. In the beginning the
latlnii was a collection of agricultural
irovlnces, each self-supporting nnd
oniiiiorelnlly independent of Its neigh-
sifH. Under early t'onditlons the po-
Itlenl Isolation of the State was n fact,
nd expressed Itself In a theory of gov-
rnment a theory which still holds
hat the States are sovereign nnd Indo-
H'iident. But nature, the facts of life,
lo not wait for theories of government,
tnd our history, Isith In war nnd In
jenee, has made the United States one
nation us well us n federation of
States. As the population Increases.
nid the lines between sections are
wept away by commerce, the problem
f one State becomes the problem of
tinny States. The Mississippi does not
bange Its course or its character when
t passes n State line. The people of
Maine and Florida find that their pros-
icrlty Is linked with the forests of
Washington State nnd Irrigated lands
n the Southwest. Many questions of
omnion prosperity the national govem-
aient lias complete authority to an
wer. Others must be settled by vol
untarily harmonious action on the part
)f individual States. Unity of feelipg,
good-will, common understanding are
ts strong ns Imperial power to bring
ibout Joint action between the com-
nonwealtliH.
A very common form of bribe the
most common In Washington since rail
road passes went the way Is the tele
graph and telephone frank. This is
bow tho wire companies keep congress
and government olllclals dulled to the
need for federal regulation or owner
ship of these great utilities. Not to
have a telegraph frank book, if one
lives In Washington, Is to be quite
"small potatoes." Kvery member of
the House of Bepreseiitatlves, as well
us every member of the United States
Senate, Democrat or Republican, has
one. When he uses up a book of
franks he returns the cover and gets
another. But not only Is every Con
gressman so provided. Every bureau
chief, every subofllcial of the great ex
ecutive machine of the government, al
most every newspaper man, lobbyist
or ex-member of anything is on the
Postal nnd Western Union list for the
little blwu book. It Is doubtful if tho
average member of Congress knows
that tho telegraph trust has advanced
Its rates within the Inst year some 30
per cent. The Congressmnn sends
hundreds of political and personal
messages over the wires, and Is never
asked to pay anything. So it is not
inportnnt to him that it costs 50 cents
to wire ten words to Chicago, where
before It cost 40. A good deal of busi
ness Is done nowudnys over the long
distance telephone, nnd the Senate nnd
prominent members of the House of
Representatives have phone franks.
Exiierts In tho Department of tflie In
terior state that In draining swamp
lands n fair estimate of the advance In
market ivrlee due to drainage above tihe
cvst of tlie work is $2 an acre. An
estimate of aiproxlnuitely $15 an acre
Is quoted us the uddiitlon to the value
of wet lands by the drainage, nnd ap
proximately the same figure for lands
that nre jiorlodlenlly overflowed. Drain
age of nil the swamp hinds now in con
templation would dd an aggregate
value' of $1,500,000,000.
A rejiort of tho Interior Doimrtment
estimates tilwit of the unreclaimed
swamp lands granted the States under
the not of 1850 Minnesota has noarlv
O.liOO.otK) acres, the Dakotas about 800,-
H)0 acres, Wisconsin 2,250.000 acres
and Iowa nearly 1,000,000 acres. It Is
claimed by the department In regiard to
trtw Is-netlts to accrue from the drain
age of swaaiup lands that It will add
nearly KO.OOO.ooo acres to the produc
tive urea of the oouutry as a whole.
: :-
Ollielal notice has been riven of the
suspension of George S. Hildreth. re-
(vlver of tho land olllce at Phoenix,
Ariz.., pending Investigation of Ids roc
ord .by an lnsptvtor. Hildreth, who
was a sergeant In the First volunteer
cavalry (Hough Riders) during the
SpniilHli-AmerUian war, was appointed
by President Roosevelt to the land f.
lice.
Immigration into the United States
i:i March decreased 70 tier cent, as com.
pared with the same month of I'.mhI, nnd
77 per cent, as compared with March,
l'.KiT. The tiifal number arriving last
noiith was 32,517.
The river and larlxr projeta of the
Northwest are s:m to lose a valued
1'ritinl in the person or Gen. Alexander
M.'Kcnzie. who will retire fnnu the
olllce of chief of engineers or the War
I'CjMt.ltCllt.
, Tr.ADE AND INDUSTRY.
A3 a protccthm to the home merchants,
he city council of Waterloo, Iowa, has
.'..-sed mi ordinance regulating the II
'""." ''" itinerant peddlers, auction pro
.iiaers and audits' of that class, making
h price $"sl a Jay. In the past the
livnsc !m been $." a day or $. a year.
One hundred and fifty laborers, most
f t'.ipi ItaKnas. abandoned their tools
tnl ",u:t vr!i o:i the Belle Fourche ir
;;it;ou piuje.-t In Sourh Dakota, and
'" cntractorn are now looking for other
' a to take their places. Tliu laborers
1 .n 'Iiey were promised $2.50 per day,
at nveived only $1.75.
fne S(renKl)i la Conventions.
A corresiHindent of -a Boston papoi
rails attention to the fnet that In thi
Republican national convention Texaj
S'llj have Wilrty-slx delegat.es and Jin
laehusetts only rblrty-two, jot tlie eleo
toral vote of Massachusetts alwinys
roes to the Itepubllonns ami that of
Texas to the Democrats. In 1004 tflie
Itepubllcnn vote of Massachusetts wns
257.n:2. nnd that of Texns 51,242. The
forresqstiMlent then tries his hand nt
puggestlng wflmt he considers a more
wpiltnblo plan, but not without strik
ing n fresh set of dlflkniltlea He gives
two tables, one allowing a delegate to
eiinh 8,000 Uepubliimn voters, and the
other providing for four delegates at
large ns now, nnd an additional dele
gate for each lo.ooo Ropuibllcan voters,
bui no State In either case to be depriv
ed of nt least one delegate. Under
this second plan Manam-husotts would
have alsmt the same number of dele
gates as now, and so would Missouri,
bit' the less populous States would lose
heavily, while New York would go up
to 107, Peiinsylviirrla to 105, Illinois to
70, and Ohio to 75. These four States
would oast more than a third of the
total convention vote, nnd four or flv
more States added would constitute a
majority. 1
The Boy-ton Transcript, wilikth give
a pi ice to the tables. Is by no moana
Kutlslied with them w.hen analyzed, re
mnrklig that it Is not easy to take
away privileges once nocordoxl, nnd
that "The colored jieoplc would look
uH)ii siKdi a curtailment of represent
ation of the South In the convention ns
nn acquiescence by the nntionnl party
In their exclusion frisn the ballot box."
This opinion Is manifestly correct. A
large part of the vote in the South is
deliberately suppressed, nnd Itepubli
enn conventions will continue to con
demn the unrighteous abridgement of
the rights of citizenship. , To cut down
Kiouthern representation In Republican
conventions' because n large body of
voters nre unfairly excluded from the
fsdls would lm to play Into the bnnds
of Democratic oppression. The Tran
script says the present plnn of delega
tions, based. on congressional districts
and seats In tlho Senate, Is simple and
familiar to the isople, and not likely
to be changed, nnd it ndds: "Perhaps,
too, there will lie n Republican party
In the South some time. Then no mo
tive for the reform would exist."
One danger Is not touched upon, nnd
that Is the selection of flelegates in
the South by p:nall grouiw of federal
ofllcchoMcrs, who may exercise a sup
pression of another kind, and that is
to arrogate to themselves th action of
the party. This imatter might easily
liewnie a vital Issue in a Republican
national convention before It reached
the stage of adopting a platform and
limning a ticket. It must lie dealt
with by tho Republican national com
niiitee, the. committee on credentials,
and possibly by die convention Itself.
As numerous contested delegations
from the South will present themselves
at Chicago, the question of what con
stitutes a truly representative conven
tion may take a more urgent form than
heretofore. There are many more ac
tive Republicans In tlie former slave
States than they get credit for. With
in a few yoars several have boon re
peiitcdly carried by tlie Republicans.
Tennessee Is one of them, though the
legislature counted out the majority
party. Nortih Carolina has a large
body of Hcpirhlicans, nnd there Is a
considerable nnd growing Republican
vote in Virginia, Alabama, Georgia,
Arkansas nnd Tews. The prosjiect of
a nnvtcrlully increased Republican vote
In the South this year is good, nnd the
pnrty should work for It. St. Louis
Glols' Democrat.
One Keault of the Flurry.
The recovery from disturbed finnn
clal joiulltlons hns been more rapid In
the Uiilteil States tlwin In tho other
countries afftcted. One reason for this
fact is that we have been -able, as A
creditor nation, to draw money from
nl) road In such quantities as were need
ed. Our Importations have been dimin
ished more than $00,000,000, compared
with last year, and exports have ln
creused, so that tlie balance of trade
in our favor Is tihe largest ever known.
There Is a striking jioint connected
with this oliange In the commercial tide
that may have escaiK-d general notice.
We are getting Imports at lower prices,
while our exports generally uro bring
ing more money tlian before, whhOi
adds to the favorable balance and
shows that the advantage of the situa
tion is with us.
.Tlie reduction in the price of articles
of lui'Mrt between February, 1007, nnd
the same month this year was1 from
$4.:v to $:U!0 a iKtund for raw silk;
India rubber from 70 to 52 cents, pig
tin, 41 to 27; hides, 1,5 to 11; goatskins,
:;5 to 28; Sisal grass, $104 to $122 a
ton, and Manila hemp from $207 to
$105. But In exports the price of ct
t n bus Increased a cent a pouud, corn
i:t cents a bushelv wheat 10 cent a
bushel and Hour 01 cents a barrel. We
are getting an Increased price abroad,
"liviared with a year ago, for hay,
steel billets, steel rails and structural
iron and stivl. These figures are an
laterotiug study and Indh-ate the ex
ivptlor.nlly Ktrong financial nnd Indus
trial p.isitlim of the United States.
More of n C IIiiiIm.
The Son I have been running my
new aiito.nobile all day, pa.
The Father Is that so? Well, don't
run It Into the ground.
Tlie Sun Hardly. It seems to have
mire of a tendency to run up trees
and telegraph l'lcs.
Dakt-nilul to kut'i'i'm,
"I don't like to be fault-finding,
Bridget, hut you lutve broken an awful
lot or things recently."
"Vim. muni. Ye see. Ol hopes to get
on the stoige some time and I'm prae
tlclu' for a viMilyvlIly act." Kansas
City Tina's.
Kvcryone can stand a little more than
he thinks he can.
0X7NNESS MURDER FARM SCENES:
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MURDER FARM IS A MAGNET.
Thousands Visit Scene of Slaughter
Officials Will Push Investigation.
Lemuel DarroW, mayor of Laporte,
Ind., after a conference with prominent
citlzeus, hns declared thnt the investi
gation into the Gunness murder mys
tery would be pushed with greater
vigor. Said the mnyor : "I suspect thnt
more tragedies will lie discovered. We
intend to push this Inquiry the way it
should be pushed. There should be a
more centralized effort to solve this
mystery."
Laporte of lute hos beeen a morbid
magnet. Morgues and morticians have
been the centers of attraction which
converted the city Into a show ground,
and the murder farm an exhibition
tract thnt would ninke a circus man
nger turn green with envy.
Thousands of curious persons, their
sordid cravings supreme, have tram
pled over the ruins, gaped at the open
graves In the Gunness yard and strug
gled to tear down the doors of the
barn where the disarticulated skele
tons of the credulous victims of Belle
Gunness' blood passion and money lust
lay.
On the Sunday following the discov
ery from dawn until darkness an alter
nating procession of humanity choked
the narrow winding thoroughfare
which leads from the town to the gore
stained scene. While hucksters, livery
men and souvenir venders raked In the
Bhekels from the gay throng of holiday
torso searchers and human bone yard
picnickers, the agents of the law were
continuing the serious business of at
tempting to solve the mysterious crime.
Two letters written to Mrs, Gunness
Just before the fatal fire, which reach
ed the Lnporte postofflee nfter the four
charred bodies had been removed from
the ruins, nre now In the hnnds of the
authorities and some clews which mny
lend to the discovery of co-consplrators
in her death-luring marriage bureau
nre said to have been found In them.
It Is the conviction of Sheriff Smutzer
that Mrs. Gunness had some one asso
ciated with her In the operation of her
tnarrlnge burenu. Perhaps It wns Ray
Lnmphere. He is suspected. The prob
nbllity thnt it might have been some
one else Is not, however, being over
looked. FACTS FOR FARMERS.
A deluge of rain and hail at Inredo,
Texas, did great damage to the onion
crop. It is estimated that fully one
third of the crop will he a total loss.
Farmers of Chickasaw county, Iowa,
are having all the large cottonvvood trees
sawed into timber. This plan was adopt
ed because of the high price of luiiilr.
According to a ruling of the supervisor
of Stony Creek National forest uo sheep
will be allowed to graze on the national
forests unless they are dipped tiefore
July 15.
Iowa State college will hold a short
summer course in agriculture at Sheldon.
Iowa, in July, esecia!ly for public school
teachers who wish to learn something of
the subject.
The total acreage of wheat grown in
Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta,
Canada, this year will be about 20 per
cent greater than lust year, and all in
dications point to a record yield.
The board of foixl and drug iuspcctiun
of tliu United States Itepartiiient of Ag
riculture has issued a ruling requiring the
proper labeling of barn seeds and incili
fine for stock and poultry,
A perfectly formed wiake iu a newly
laid ecg was the curious nnd made by
fi-u llt.nrv (l.iiiw uf lllimtitl. Tlx. r.nti)n
s-hich died soon after tho shell was
cracked open, will Is? sent to the State
museum.
WOMAN WITNESS AND OFFICIALS.
4.
's
The two scenes on the Gunness
farm at Laporte show where the
bodies have been found and the barn
used as a morgue, which was broken
into by two men who said thy were
doctors. The woman, Bessie "Wal
lace, knows Ray Lamphere, and is
expected to prove an important
witness.
BATTLESHIP FLEET'S ITIN
ERARY AROUND THE WORLD
President Roosevelt lias approved an
itinerary for the Atlantic battleship
fleet on Its way around tlie world, cov
ering the trip to the Philippines, up
China and Japan, and then back to
Manila.
The itinerary is as follows:
Fleet will leave San Francisco July 7.
, Arrive Honolulu July 10, remain seven
days.
Arrive Auckland Aug. 9, remain six
days.
Arrive Sydney Aug. 20, remain seven
days.
Arrive Melbourne Aug. 20, remain
seven days.
Arrive Albany, Australia (for coal),
Sept. 11, remain six days.
Arrive Philippines Oct. 1, remain nine
days.
Arrive Yokohama Oct. 17, remain seven
days.
At Yokohama the fleet will lie divided,
the first squadron going to Manila, and
is scheduled to reach there Oct. 31.
Tho second squadron will go to Amoy,
reaching there Oct. 20, and after a stay
of six days will go to Manila, reaching
there Nov. 7.
1
FACTS ABOUT : : :
I : : : THE CENSUS.
A humorous feature of the work is Liai
of tlie HN agents sent out to gather
divorce statistics, a large majority were
bachelors. They were to find out wheth
e" ihe husband or the wife had been to
blame for the trouble that brought about
the divorce; from whom the application
caine; the nuuiberof children from lie
union, if any ; whether alimony had been
paid, and also whether intemperance had
liecn directly or indirectly the cause of
the separation. It seems curious tha. the
question. "Is marriage a failure'.'" lias
come under tlie consideration of the cen
sus bureau bachelors, but these statist'es
will prove valuable in view of the fiict
that over liiJSOOO divorces were filed from
1N07 to 1N.N7. From 1SS7 to 1S!l7 the
aggregate was over 1.40O,0!l0 eases, and
the startling fact w;is dls-loscd tint must
of the divorces were furnished bv the
rural districts nnd smaller cities, nnd th.it
a divorce i-e is filed every three iii'Ti:! i
When the bachelor brigade have ci!:".-:-ed
all the filets fur the divorce cen-cis,
we limy look for information tliu v. 11!
provide food for thought fur t'.i" sociolo
gists mid philosophers, and give ihem
ample material upon which to dilate i'or
many years to come. Joo Mitchell ('Iii;
pie ia National Magassiue.
Kilmer Totvcr (In trl tiled.
The tower of the Metropditan Life
building at Madison Square, New York
City, which was to have been OOS feet,
according to original plans, is now to be
stretched still a lilile W.-lier, and when
coinphtcd will measure 700 feet from
sidew.ilk to top. The Singer tower is 012
feet high.
1 llepc.rts five, i '.il:foinii say that lare
frosts mv.e caiiia.'i d .about .Ml per cent
of the givtwiug prune crop. A normal
crop or prunes is iiIhjui 17;i,'. )
pounds, bat tlie crop expivted this ) i al
ia climated at ."IvV' 0,000 puunds.
METHODISTS IN CONFERENCE.
Quadrennial Meet at Baltimore la
One of Much Interest.-'
The general conference of the Meth
odist Fplscopnl church is in session at
Baltimore. It Is an Imposing gather
ing. It convenes once In four years
and Its sessions cover the month of
May.
It Is the law-mnklng and governing
body of tin ecclesiastical denomination
whose church spires point heavenward
in every country on the fnee of the
glolo. John Wesley, tlie founder of
the church, declared thnt the world
wns his parish nnd thnt spirit has ani
mated tlie church from the days of the
fathers. Tlie church Is noted for its
missionary jsoal, nnd tlie amount of
money sent to heathen Innds every
year is marvelous.
The conference Is having many Im
portant matters to consider. There Is
nlwnys nn element In every church de
nomlnntlon which Is ready to agitate
creed revision. One element is fear
ful that the church will deteriorate
unless tlie articles of faith are "mod
ern." Others hesitate about departing
"H.vr.
woro-kic
3 A. M-i-.fr
from "the old paths" lest the founda
tions of faith be imdermlned. Out
of the antagonism of tliese two ele
ments emerges the decision as to. what
stand the church shall take. Thert
lias been much talk that the Methodist
church Is about to modify its long
time attitude with reference to th
amusement question, and church peo
ple of all denominations have been In
terested In the outcome of the discus
sions. Another Important and always In
teresting matter Is the naming of new
members of the board of bishops,
During the last qnadrennium Joyce.
McCnbe and Fowler have passed
nwny. Other members nre very old
and are ready to lay aside the work.
Much care has been exercised in se
lecting new men to take up the great
responsibilities In these offices.
Then there is the arranging of
the finances which will require tin
most skilled management, nnd n mul
titude of other matters which enter
Into the general scheme of church
management nnd polity.
This qundrennlal General Conference
of the 'Methodist Kpiscopal Church
commemorates the one hundredth anni
versary of the organization or reorgani
zation of that church upon the basis
of Its present constitution, an achieve
ment which also wits effected nt Haiti
more and which marked not any radi
cal transformation of the Church or
departure from the original Wesleyan
principles, but simply practical recog
nition of the needs of nu establishment
which was growing almost beyond prec
edent nnd which felt the necessity of
nduptlug Its ways and means to Its ex
panded status. The century since 180S
has been marked with continued
growth nt nil exceptionnl rate, until
that Church now considerably outnum
bers any other Potestant denomination
In this country. No church save for
the unfortunate division between the
North mid South, which, however, is
technical rather than spiritual or dog
maticis more truly national in scope
or more evenly distributed throughout -all
parts of the Republic, In city and in,
country and among nil sorts and condi
tions of men.
Iliirrinifin Aimnen Federal Suit.
A general denial of the charges made
by the government in its suit to dissolve
tlie Hnrrimnn system of railroads is con
tained in the answer filed by Mr. Harri
niau himself at Salt Lake. Answers also
were filed by W. A. Clarke and other ofli
cials of the roads comprising said system.
Hnrrimnn denies that he, with Schiff
Kalin, StillniRu and others, ever owned
or controlled a majority of the stock of
the Union Pacific or that they conspPVed
to restrain trade between the several
States. While admitting that the Union
Pacilic acquired control of nrinus lines,
he says the purpose was not to monop
olize trade. He denies, further, that the
rail lines of the Southern Pacific are in
competition with the ships of the Oregon
liailroad and Navigation Company, and
that the ships of tlie Portland and Asiatic
Company were ever in competition who
the Pacific Mail lines. He admits that
the Union Pacific is a competitor with the
Sania l'e.
HARD LUCK TALES.
lSecnnse a restaurant keeq- at Santa
Ihirl.ara, Cal., charged two sailors from
the battleship fleet jtii f()r n In,,Bli a m,)b,
of blue jackets wrecked his dace. It
was the culmination of a series of trou
bles arising from the robbery of the sail
ors by local tradesmen.
Charles Cosier of the stock exchange
firm of Cuter, Knaffp Co., till P.road
way, well I-. own in amateur athletic cir
1 es aMd a r.nTiiVr of many prominent
I'i' s ::-:d society organizations, shot and
killed himself with a revolver in Ids hora
in Aew o:-:. l itiaucial trouble
'leg were-
th cause.