V DAKOTA COUNTY HERALD, VOLUME XVII DAKOTA 'CITY, NEB., FRIDAY, OCTOBER 2, 1908. NUMBER T sl-t Historical Sociely CURRENT HAPPENINGS FAITHFUL CHRONICLE OP ALL IMPORTANT ITEMS. CASTAWAYS VILLAGE SIIIP'H COMPANY TWO MONTHS ON COU A I, ISLAND. Jaiu;li(er lloiu In Wife of Chuplnlii Patrick, of tlie Navy, .lust Ik-fore Stranded Company Vn IMckcd X'p by Steamer Mantike. The castaways froul the Hrltish t earner Aeon, who spent nearly two months on Christmas island, an al moet barren coral formation li the Pacific ocean, arrived at Suva, Fiji Inlands, Wednesday on tho .steamer Manuka, of the Canadian-Australian line, all well and increased by one In number. A- daughter was born to the wife of Chaplain H. II. Patrick, X!. H. N., twenty-four hours before the Manuka was sighted and this event with the arrival of the rescuers mode the occasion of much rejoicing. The Manuka reached Christmas lsl and on Sept. 2. Six hundred bags of mail were transferred to tho steamer during the night and the passengers and crew were taken on board the next morning. The Aeon left San Francisco on July 6 for Auckland by way of Apia and was carried on the coral island by tlie strong currents setting In shore, The steamer speedily broke up, but th mails were saved and a largo quantity of stores. The refugees suf- fired severe privations, but found themselves among the remnants of former wrecks, indicating tho dangers of reefs and tides. r.esides the of licors and crew, the Aeon carried Jlr:- Patrick and her children and the Wife of Lieut. Riddle, IT. S. N. nude shel ters were built, but later on quite an artistic cottage was erected for Mrs. Patrlcfcand her nurse out of lumber of Oe'shlp. Among the stores saved were plenty of fresh vegetables and tho men of the crew got fish in abundance by the use of clubs In the surf. A supply of fresh water was found ot a depth of seven feet. The United States supply ship So lace, which has been in attendance on the torpedo boat destroyer fleet arrived Thursday, having sailed from Pago Pago, Samoa, Wednesday, She will return there on Saturday wltli Mrs. Patrick and her family and Mrs. Riddle. HOY STOLI2 FATAL DISEASES. Ambition Leads a IjiuI to Take Germs of the Deadliest Kind. Enough germs of diseases to kill New York If they were let loose to multiply were found by two venture some, but nerveless detectives, when they broke in on and arrested a boy of 14 years who, lit his ardent pursuit of bacteriological knowledge, had stolen and was gloating over dozens of glass slides. These little transparent plates, view ed by a person who did not know where the boy scientist had purloined them, would have called forth only the remark,: "Kind o' dirty; they need to have thoee little specks cleaned off." Dirty specks! The man who said It would have turned gray with terror had he known that those pin-point sized blotches were bacilli of small, pox, typhoid fever, diphtheria and the still deadlier typhus. , Ambition to become a great scientist had so seized upon young Irving ron ton, of Brooklyn, that he was deter mined to get material for his studies, no matter how he got It. His mother Is a scrub woman. At police, head quarters young Benton, weeping, ad milted he had stolen a microscope, an x-ray machine and bacteria slides so that he might be able to equip himself for a scientific career. Shoots '8-Year-Old Girl. Christopher Crezle, treasurer of Oil jln county, Colo., shot and mortally wounded Jennie Hicks, tho 8-year-old daughter oT Mrs. Addle Hicks, at whose homo he boarded, and then committed suicide. Following the .shooting Mrs. J licks became hysterical but it was gleaned from her Incoherent statements that Civssle entered her room and the Fhooting followed the refusal of a demuud mails by him. The nature of the demand was not dig. closed. (cut Strike Called Off. Tho Canadian Pacific mechanic strike, Involving 2 o,o'0 men, was de clared (WT Thursday. Tim terms of settlement w-re not announced. Sioux City Live Slock Market. Wednesday's quotations on the fclour City live stock market follow Top beeves. $4.22 Vi. Top hogs, 6.75. I lines is Very III. Frederick Bines, the well known band mauler and musical director, Is dangerously 111 In Die Savoy hotel, at Seattle, Wash., suffering from fever. Mrs. Innes Is with him. Great Horror lu India. Latest reports from the Hooded dis tricts In India, which resulted from unprecedented rains, place the death JUt at 10.000. One village with 1,00(1' Jaouses waa entirely engulfed In mud. MAT mrroilT 1"OLYGAMIST. Rich Hongkong Man Detained at San I Yaiiolsco. Robert Hu Ting Hosnian, the Hong kong millionaire, who with two wives and three children arrived In San Francisco from the orient on the steamer from Korea Tuesday, may be deported to. the laud whence they came. n The special board of Inquiry ap pointed to Investigate the case of Bos- man determined to shift the responsi bility of saying whether or not the party should be admitted to this coun try to the Immigration department at Washington. As Bosman has come to this country seeking medical attend ance ho will be allowed to come ashore and be taken, pending advices from Washington, to the Oerman hos pital In that city, accompanied by one servant, but the two wives and three children will not be allowed ashore at all. Bosnian Is in urgent need of skillful medical attention and will take advan tage of the opportunity glvsn him to undergo treatment while awaiting word from thj action taken In Wash ington. He frn rl.'y admits his prac tice of polygamy, in which he says he sees no harm. He is the son of a Dutch father and Chinese mother and Is a prominent citizen of Hongkong. WORKLESS IN CONVENTION. Delegate -Arrive on Ivrcakbenms "Blind Baggage," and on Foot. An extraordinary gathering' began In New York Monday, made up of delegates from various parts of the country to take part In a four days' conference. They came on the brake beams of freight cars, on the "blind baggage," swift express or straggled In over dusty roads. They profess to represent the country's workless and to constitute the "first national con vention of the unemployed." VThe na tional committee of tho unemployed" Is the official name of tho organization, at tho head of which is J. Kads How, of St. Louis, known as tho "millionaire hobo." Many prominent men were Invited to deliver addresses before the con vention, among them being Roosevelt. Bryan, Taft and John E. Redmond, the Irish leader. All the men named have excused themselves on the ground of other engagements. "The health of the unemployed" was the principal subject tichcfluled for dis. ensslon at Monday's meeting. SLACGIITFU IN COAL MINKS. Over 3,100 Men Killed 'During the Pa. Year. Accidents in the coal mines of the Jnited States dur!ngv'the last calendar year resulted I the death of 8,125 men ffnd the injury of 5,314 more, ac cording to statistics just made public by the geological survey at Washing ton, D. Cv The death record was greater by 1,033 than In 1906, and Is said to have been the worst year in tho history ot tho coal mining industry. t The figures do not represent the full extent of tho disasters, as reports were not received from certain slates hav - g no mine inspectors. Gov. Hanly Is Accused. Luther W. Knlsely, a 'member of the lower house of the legislature, of In diana, now iir special session, signed an affidavit Monday In support of the charge made by hint Saturday on the floor of the house, when he voted against the county option bill, that Gov. Hanly had offered h!Yn a position paying $,2,000 a year if he would vot for the bill. Actor Joseph Wheclock Dead. j Joseph Wheclock, the, veteran actor, died of heart disease at his home in New Jersey Tuesday as he was about to tako a train for New York. Mr Wheelock was about 65 years ok), lie was one of the founders of the Actors Home of America and served -as it ilrst president. Doctor Kills Burglar. A masked burglar, armed with an open knife, was. shot and instantly killed in Chicago Tuesday by Dr Adolph Gehrmann, 3816 Ellis avenue. The physician fired three times. Each bullet took effect. No marks which would Identify the man were found by the police. News from the Fleet. Gov. Gen. Smith received a tele gram Monday from Zimboago saying that the Atlantic lleet was expected to pass through the Basllnn channel Tuesday night or rally Wednesday morning. The repair ship Panther passed through the Hnpllan channel en route to Manila. I : Ifaskel to Sue Hearst. Gov. Haskell announced on his ar rival at Guthrie Okla., Monday from Chicago that ho would bring suit against William Randolph Hoarst Wednesday "to make him prove -Jim t vhat he said was not true." Bible in Every Room. An organized movement to place tho oiblo In the rooms of eveiy hotel in the United States waa formulated at a meeting of "Gideons," at Kansas City, an organization of Christian traveling men. Russian Train Held Yp. A St. Petersburg special says: A suc cessful train robbery his been execut ed by a band of thirty men near VII na. No definite statement of the exact mount of the booty has yet been madei but it is estimated to vary be tween $50,000 and $100,000. Car Collide in Brooklyn. Twenty persona were Injured, two fatally, in a collision between trolley cars In Brooklyn Monday. COVUT MOLDS DAVIS. Young Banker Muni Answer for Mnr dcr of KuMln. Following -n live days' legal battle before Police Judge Crawford at Oma ha, Charles Edward Davis was bound over to the district court to answer the charge of murder In the first de gree for the killing of Dr. Frederick Rustln on theiiioinlng of Sept. . Ball was fixed at $10,000, which wa promptly furnished by two brothers of the defendant, and the accused man was permitted to go. although he will remain In charge of a guard, who has been retained by tli Davis family. Mrs. Abble Rice, who has been de tained In tho matron's department of the police station since the shooting. It is stated, will be released on noml Inal bonds for her appearance In the district court as a witness. It Is stated also that her father will tako her back to Des Moines, where she will re main until the trial Is over. Dr. J. P. Lord and Mrs. lilee were j both called lu r buttal. Their testi mony was brief, being lor the purpose ! of refuting statements by the police 1 that, Lord had not told the officers of , meeting a mnn answering Davis' de scription the niKht of the shooting and explanatory of why Mrs. Rice did not ride In the At me s' at on a ptreet car with Rustln. COST OF WHITE PLAGl'K. Five Million Face Iicalh from Con . sumption. That 5,000,000 pceple nov living in the United States t.re doomed te fill consumptives' graves unlets something is done to prevent it was startling declaration of Prof. Irving Fish, of Yalo unlversi'y, in an address on "The Cost of Tuberculosis" before the Inter national congros on tuberculosis. . at Washington, D. C. , Fisher's adrfTVess, which was the fca ture of the d.iy created ft Kensailon among the hundreds who listened to his statements. 1 Fisher fuilber declared that 138,000 persons who die of consumption an nually In this country oiist, In hard cash, over $1,000,000,000 a year. HIXDRF.PS NF.AI: DEATH. Two Steamers Collide on llio Coast oi England. The tourists steam yatch Argonaut. which left London Monday bound foi Lisbon with 250 persons, went down between Dover and Dungeness Tues day morning, nfter having beau in a collision with the fteamcr Kings well in a fog. All on board tho Ar gonaut uamo ashore safely. The Argonaut sank so quickly thai Ihhose on board barely had time tc save themselves. Fortunately tho sea was smooth and the transfer of th passengers and crew to small boat! wan-made speedily. There was nc panic. The people on board the Argonaji' lost everything they possessed. K1LLKD IN BATTLE WITH DICER Mnn Found with Anns Clasped Aronnt Dead Animal. With his arms tightly clasped a'oui the neck of a large buck deer whlct had died of a bullet wound, the bodj of George Buxton, of Brockway, In thi southern part of Oregon, was founc in Ollalla canyon by a searching party Buxton had evidently wounded tin animal and was preparing to cut itt throat when attacked. The- ground showed evidence of a terrible struggl and the man's body was cut an? crushed by horns and hoofs. Confesses Ballot Frauds. Two more men have confessed tc Violations of Uie election laws of MlS' souri during the August primaries They were sentenced to two years each in the penitentiary. Both defendants Benjamin Tenting and Robert Will lams, are negroes. Thus far some 9( Indictments have been returned by th grand jury. California Bunk Fulls. Tho Valley Savings bank, of Fresno Cal., incorporated last January with an authorized capital of $200,000, ha: been closed by order t f the Btate bank commission. Its affairs have been placed in the custody of an accountant representing the commission. To Withdraw Troops from China." It Is believed that Japan will with dray a large portion of tho, Japanese troops now siauoneu in ortn China, leaving only a small number at Pekln mid Tientsin. Steamer Goes on Rocks. The steamer Humboldt went hard and fast on tho rocks of Active Pass, near Victoria, 11. C. early Tuesday. The passengers were taken tiff by a fishing steamer and went on to Seattle Bally Will Not Retire. Senator Bally, of Texas, emphatic ally denied he Intended to resign from the genator ending his eureer there in. Fatal Wreek In Kansas City. One person, Pearl Guinard, was killed and several others Injured at Kansas City, Mo., when a motor car carrying a number of passenger, col lided with and demolished a light road wagon. Rob Wisconsin Bank. Robbers blew the safe of a state bank at Ladysmlth, Wis., taking about $$,000. The cracksmen shot a night policeman in the arm ur isn ii.iui is w i m iit-uiiriwitri I STATE HEWS' ! m ATTACKED HY HOGS. Child Near Ncdinskti City Him Narrow . FHjM'. A young son of Mrs. Giahuin -of Cheyenne, Wy .. who was v isiting with relatives at Fi.lon. had a most excit- lug experience. He got out In a hog Jot and was attacked by the hogs, he lper thrown dnv. '.i r.-il bis rlothluar torn traded to tho place by Ihe screams of the child and found th?t Hie hogs were eat!ng the child alive, and s!ie bad a terrible tight to ehirse them away from their vlct'ei. When the c'llld war. res cued It was foimd that he had large pieces of llesh bitten from his arms, legs and body and on top of his head was a large calp wound mnde by the hogs' teeth. T'.ie child U stl!! in a ser ious condition and it will he some time before his woumla heel. If no other complication!! ct In. Had the mother been five minutes later the child would have been killed and devoured by the hogs . ( " IiROKKN BOW STORK Is ROHHF.D. Thousand Dollars in Cash imdtowol- ry Taken from Safe. Some time during Ttierday night burglars entered the Jewelry tuid shoe store belonging to Fred V. Heyen of Broken Row. taking nearly $1,000 In cash and ahmblei from the rufe. The thieves rained entrance through a back window, and from tho fet of their having little illMr-u'ty, apparent ly, In opening the big sale, must hnx-v been old hands at the game. Suspic ion points to a couple of iuecr looking strangers who came In from tho wo;t late Saturday night and claimed to be from Billing. The Jewel y takm con sists of watches and a number of pearl and diamond rings. Sheriff Kennedy Is working the wires in nil directions. Another theory is Unit the Job wa done by local crooltn. 'IHA1XS COLLIDF. AT KF.AR.NKY. Five People Injured. One of Them Se riously. A special freight train struck accom modation tropin No. 63 at Kearney Tuesday afternoon and several were injured. The local train was pulling from the sidetrack onto the east bound main line and the through freight had a clear board. , The engine'struck the rear coach slantingly and 11 turned over." There were four passengers In tho coach and all were Kllghtly hurt; Mra. Rumaine St. John, of Gibbon, was Injured the most, but not" seriously. The Injured: Mrs. K. Bowker, Kear ney, Nob., bruised and cut; Sirs. Hazel Hlllon, Amherst. Neb., spine injured: Raymond Fern, brckcniaii, collar bone broken, . - - . YOVNG MAN ACCIDENTALLY SHOT Gun is Discharged While n Friend Is FSnmining n. Einent Fritz, a young barber -of Hooper, was accidentally killed by a gunshot wound Tuesday morning. Ho and Boyd Sanders were In tho grocery store of Jacob Sanders and were ex amining a shotgun, when in some manner the shell was exploded and tho charge entered the neck of Fritz, killing him Instantly. Mr. Fritz was about 28 years of age and lias lived there about ten years. He leaves a young widow. Child Wn i idol's From Home. The ton-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Engler, living eight miles northwest of Beatrice, wandered away from home Sunday evening and was not found until tho next day. When the searching parly found her she was in a pasture about a mile from her home with her pet dog. She had suffered considerably during the night from exposure, but otherwise was all right when found. Farmers Lose Hogs. What seems to be a kidney disease has broken out among the hogs in the country near Stanton. A number of farmers have lost their herds. The hog gets sick very suddenly and dies soon afterwards. On opening It up they find the spleen about threo times Its normal size and very brittle, as it rotten, tho large Intestines being lull of minute worms scarcely visible to th naked eye. Kxploslon Wrecks Room. An explosion of an oil stovo caused considerable damage at the home of Henry Bean of Fulls City, Mrs. Bean, who Is an invalid, was sitting in an in Vilad's chair near tli stove at Ihe time of the explosion and was severely burned, especially about the face. Mr. Bean was badly burned In carrying hol lo a place of safety. Dclcguievx to Hie Wulrrvwiy. Governor Sheldon has appointed llu following delcgau-8 to the Jakes to the gulf deep wiiturway convention to be held In Chicago. October 7 to !: Wil liam llu ward, Nebraska City; Charles Sloan, Genovu; Kwuno 'Bradley, Ne braska City; II. T. Clarke, str., Omaha; James North, Columbus; K. I'. Myor, Alliance. Hoi'M and Itit'-igy Melon. A horse and biii;y brfemging to I). S. Faulder, living lu the noftheu-.l part of Beatrice, was siokji. There If t; i clue to tho thieves. Tho oMieeis be lieve the Hu rt w.m e. mounted ,y A gang operuting in that section of the uluto and Kansas. Gru(K) Glower Orgunixc. A grape growers' association is being organized by prominent grape growers of Poru. The object la to promote tlio growing and Khlpplng of'grapes Ex perts suy that tho hillsides of this re gion are admirably adapted to the growing of the vine. Telephone Displace Telegraph. Tho Burlington ruilroud has inau gurated the use of the telephone in stead of telegraph In dispatching trains on Ita Lincoln division, from lUnouln to Pacific Junction. Ia FATALLY HI RNI-.D HY GAsOt.LVTJ. Stepping on Match in Clomvl Boom CaiiM's F.p!iislm. By a gasoline explosion at Nebraska City Saturday, George Trulllnger and bis foreman, O rover lue, were fatal ly burned. Triiillnger conducts a donning establishment, tiding gasoline 'and has n plant near his home In the northern purl of the cily. While work ing there" Lane Invited hl.n to go into the drying room to inspect It, and when they stepped Into the room end closed the door one of them stepped upon a match and Instantly an cxplo rlon followed and both men wete en veloped in flames. Tho door had been clored behind them end they f-.iught to make their escape, but before get ting the door open they were ulmost roasted to death. .. . iii.;,ei Is so badly burned that his tinker nails have dropped off and his whole body Is burned over and no hopes are entertained for his recovery. Lane escaped with serious burns on his face and arms. Tho clothing of both nun was nearly burned from their bodies before they got out nnrt received assistance. Trullhiger has hem unfortunate; bis first wife and chilil wore binned to death In a gaso line explosion at h!s home juid after wards hl.i p'.ice if business ' "In the Grand hetol block wnn destroyed by a gasoline vxploMioti. lie is n young man ond finite popular. FARM KISS FORM ORGANIZATION. Comh'iie to I'iilil the Claims of (he Ciilon Puollliv At a meeting of right of way farm ers near Duncan a permanent oigan Izntinn was effected under the name of "The Platte Valley Farmers' Protec tive association" and a constitution adopted. OI!!cti' were elected as fol lows: Charie.i Wnoster, president, and' Frank O. It.dden. secretory, both or fUlver Creek; John Kngrl of Duncan, treasurer, and J. O. Blodgett of Co lumbus, Abner Witcluy and Martin Knrges. Jr., of Duncan find Robert Murray of Silver Cieek, members of the executive committee, of Which the t rislilent of the us-oclation In ex-o"ll-elo chairman. One of the declared purposes of fTie ,'faimerfl Is to "protect themselves from the encroachments of Ihe Union Pa cific Rullrof.-I company" in the matter of claims fi r 400 feet of right of way. Fanner;, and land owners along the Fiiton Pacific railroad from Omaha to Og.len. T'tah, are mnde eligible to membership. Silver Creek Is made the hoiidtiuait is of the association. AutinTuriiM Turtle. AVhaT might have been a very serl ous accident happened when Mr. and Mrs. I. it. Holmes, of Red Cloud, were on their way to Bladen. They were diiving their automobile down a hill when the brake refused to work and tho machine Hew Into live nlr and turned over backwards with the occu pants underneath. Mrs. Holmes es caped badly n-tilse1, while Mr Holmes was not Injured at all. Dentists Meet. The Northwestern Nebraska Dental societv met in annual -session at Mc Cook .with a. representative attend ance of over fifty dentists from all over that part of Nebraska. The next ses sion of the society will be held In Su perior next fall. The oHlcers elected arc: President, J-. M. Prime, of Ox ford) secretary, W. A. Mclloniy. of Nelson; treasurer, J. A. Galnsforth, of Holdredgo. Over u Million In Taxes. .Taxes amounting to $1,140,000, in round numbers, have been paid by the Chicago, Burlington and Qulncy Ruil way company on its holdings west of the Missouri river during the past year, according to R. D. Pollard, the road's tax commissioner. Of this sum over $S0l), 000 has been paid In the state of Nebraska. Small Farms for Adventlsts. The Seventh Day Adventlsts, who have their-state conference headquar ters at Hastings, have purchased for ty acre? of line farming land Just out side the city limits, but near their truct in College addition, and will cut it up Into small tracts for sale to mem bers of the denomination. Such for $ 1,700. Mrs. Eva Blvens, of Beatrice, filed suit In the district court against Guy Ellis, of Omaha, Joseph Ellis, and others to recover the sum' of $4,700. Tho plaintiff alleges tide) amount is due her for money loans made to John El lis, now deceased, father of the two boys named as defendants. Sent to Penitentiary. Charles El'luger, a West Point young man, who was found guilty of an assault witli Intent to Indict great bodily . Injury upon John Buse, a liv eryman, was sentenced by Judge Graves to two years Imprisonment In the peiiitentluiy. Iluinliolt Hold Change. The Centrul hotel, Humbalt's sec ond lioblh'iy, has passed under the eoiiliol of Mrs. Eva J. Davison, who came from Fulls City. Both the Gen ital and 1 1n? Park are owned by Dr. .1. I Gundy, who Is using every effort to keep both running in good shape. Omulia .Man ltoliln '1 on Train. It. M. Beck, of omtibu, while re tin nil k home iroui u summer's work In M iuuesola, was robbed of $110 on a Northwestern train. The theft Is sui posed to have hoi n committed w hile Peck was slci ping in his seat. Severe Storm ul Aiu-vtorlh. Friday afternoon Cie hardest storm of the season vlslled Alnsworth. There was thunder, and lightning und rain uinl hail fell to tTle ji pth of three Inches. Tho tlicrmoiiioli'i' went down over thirty degrees. Curiam! Nol Guilty. A iuil unusual and drumatle scene took place In diMilct coai't at IJroken Bow when tln Juiyn the cms of James ('inland, charged with tlie mur der of John Sanderson March 28, brought In a verdict of acquittul after being out thli ty-fclx hours. New Church. The Christian Scientists are layln.H the foundation for their new churo.t in Nebraska City. It will tie one of Ihe finest church edifices In the city whew computed. Lord Tweedi'.ioulli, first lord of Ihe British ndinlraltr, Is "lit u her.stly fix." The Kii!r wrote lil:n n Mler ami criticised tiie Brit ish naval program. t 7. -41 'J''rti annul Intttfir mid Lord Twedmouth replied. To tata hor ror, the next thing was the publication lu the Times, F.n gland's greatest liewspnper, of a sensational article LOISl) TWKKHMOVTH. nml a bitter edito rial demanding that lie innke the Kai ser' letter public. Tho oilier English newspapers followed suit, mid every body begun (o wnnt to know what busi ness It wis of fcie Knlser'i what Ei gland did about her navy, and why he ilareil to write Lord Tweedmouth about It, and how- It could have happened that Lord Ttveeilmouth forgot himself ao far ne to reply to auch a letter, nnd why lAinl Tweedmouth couldn't let ev erybody know what was In the letter. : : - One of the cleverest cracksmen that ever operated In London has been ur restod In the person of John Frederick Spencer, well known citizen nnd Sunday - school teacher. Only re cently he wits given prize of $300 as "most respected cit izen." Und not Spencer lieen ar rested while In the act of -burglarizing few would have be lieved tho charges against him. Ho has uindo a com plete confession. "I John r. spencer. was caught red-handed," he snld, "so there Is no use denying anything. I ira the so-called 'Mr. naffles,' to cap ture whom the municipality employed in extra force of detectives at a cost tf-$4,000." : j- Vlctor liosewnter, editor of the Oumhu Bee and member of the execu tive committee of the Republican tirt- Monal committee, Is i native of Omaha, vhere he was born In iri, the year the flee wns established by his father, the nto Edward Roso vatrr.. Mr.-Itosewo- LS'4V ' 1 '! ',ie PUDl,c ohobls In 'C Omahn, Johns Hon fcrtLrltirt'v, ., .vlklng university, nt victor BOBiiWATtR. jiumniore, and Co lumbia university, ' New York, taking the degree of doctor of philosophy ot Columbia. Since 1805 be has been active In newspaper work, being the managing editor of the Bee from that year until the death of bis father in August, 1006, when he succeeded to editorship of the paper. Bert M. Fernald, who hns been elect ed Governor of Maine, la a wealthy farmer and proprietor of a large can nery. He hns a farm of 800 acres at South Poland that Is one of the finest In the East, and lives ou It bc cauKe ho prefers It to n. city home. Born on a farm, he has lived on one all bis life. Mr. Fernald Is no years old. He has served In the Ig- klbnai.d. Islature and two years ago sought the Republican nomination for Governor, but was defeated. Ludy . Dorothy Howard, to whom Winston Leonard Hpencer Churchill, tlieN young English stalosinan, Is said W?'$S 1110 nftI """lighter T &3 ". of the Earl of Cur- J3 5 'j&T' ol'l. fuels said to i h !n 1,0 ,hc kwl"'Ht l)o1 HH itlll ill U till tt7 l'smlly that In en thusiastically d'S voied to politics und has , in a do speeches at si root corner meetings In IJtUV UOWARU. favor of the liberal licensing bill. Iler father, tin) earl. Is a unionist ni.d the ninth of the t HU, which Is one of tho oldest lu Great Itrltulu." Henry M. Novius, who lias liEeii made eoinnmiidor In-ehlel' of tli.- i ). A. It., Is a native of New Jersey, lie wns a law student with the late It. A. Al- gel', when the civil war broke out. He enlisted from Ills stute, wus promot ed to a commission with the Seventh Michigan cavalry. Ho lost an arm in front of Fort to- pyP' vpim. lie him Upon If -' . ' O, niander for New "" ' KltvlD Jersey twice. He hns also been Judge ud president of the rtate finite. r lift 1 ;r- svf.'-tV? JA'i i r few pip CHICAGO. Some irregularity In seen in the cotlrwe of events, but the Rouci-al trend of bu-d-np.s is eneourngliiK. Temporary set buck re cn'.t.sed by funui (ires, dolnyo! fail plowing unit poslpoued demand in l.-ading retail lines, til due to tint aJuiorniat drought. The volume of jniyuiraU through the bunk furnishes the bot record in twelve week, and 1m omiiilcrnlily above that of llio eoi'roH)oniliiu week of ItWl. wl en trade was roiimrkiibly active, while the coirjiiU'ison willi a yrur two rIiowm ou.y a stmill lon. A healthy liTdieation is the firmei tone in money, whidi lm raiiKed an advauee iu the diseoiuil rate. Hcspiie hiei-rmsing HhipiiienU of cur leiiey to move tho crops aud reserving ot funds to tiK'er heavy Oetolier sottloinenfi, liank dopoibt remain at. the beat average of tlie kousoii and resource are nnijito for Bill Icipiitfil borrowing need. luvoHltMoat Iiiim w idened iu choice liouds, nltliouuli till' new Issues are restricted, nnd miles of local ("curiticH aItuosteunl those at tliix time lost year. Tln-re is also coiisiileniblo money Koing into real eslnte, inoNtly bought for Improvement purposoH. The totnl now building woi-k and heavy construction compares favor ably with lliis time l.it year, and labor llnds more ei ploy men t at good wngoH. Altsoriillon of biiildiinr material!) utend- ily expands, and tins xtrenglbciiK the conditions in lumber, Htruetural at eel, wood work and quarrying, shipments hav ing inrrea.sod and prices being firmly up held. , Manufacturing diHcioKea no signiiicant change in production. More machinery . and hands, however, are active and new orders come forward as well as expected, in Iron, brasa mid electric lines, , Bauk clearings, $237,015,073, are 3.T per eent uuder those of the corresponding week la 1907. Failures reported In the Clilcago district number 28, against 34 last week and 10 a year ago. Those witls liabilities over $3,000 number 7, agn'm-t ft last week and .1 In V.M7. Dun's ltd vlew of (Trade. NEW YOEK. While events generally tend toward steady if alow improvement, conservatism atill rules purchasing in wholesale and jobbing lines, nud at several large cen ters fall trade, not n lily in dry goods, has reached And tinMund llu ntMTimiim. TulfAii as a whole, trade, though in a few in stances equal to a year ago at this date, Is still generally below the normal, and the approach ot the election has a ten dency to discourage all but absolutely necessary purchases. Western trade advices are good as a whole, though house trade Is on the wane nnd traveling salesmen are relied npon to talie earn of reorder .business. There Is very general agreement that stoccs are small in retailers' bands, and color td this is given by the many orders given for immediate whlpmeut, which throws unusual burdens iu turn upon jobbers, wholesalers and manufacturers. Business failures in the United Stales) for the week ending Sept. 21 number 2tl7, against 2011 last week, 100 in the like week of "10O7, 105 in 1900, 185 It) 190$ and 170 in 1004. Eailures in Canada fos the week number 32, against 23 last week and 30 in tho like week of 1907. Brad street's Commercial Report. ' Chicago Cattle, common to prinn 14.00 to ?7.C5; hogs, prime heavy, $4.00 to $7.23; sheep, fair to choice, $3.00 to $4.33; wheat, No.. 2, $1.00 to f 1.01 1 corn, No. 2, 7Hc to 79c; oats, standard, 47c to 4c ; rye, No. 2, 75c to 70c ; hay, timothy, $8.00 to $12.00; prairie, $8X0' to $11.00; butter, choice creamery, 19j to 24c; eggs, fresh, 19c to 23c; potatoes, per butvliel, 00c to 70c. . Indianapolis Cattle, shipping, $3.00) to $7.00; hogs, good to choice heavy, $3.50 to $7.45 ; sheep, common to prime. $2.60 to $3.75; wheur, No. 2, 98c to $1.00; corn, No. 2 w hite, 7So to 70c; oats. No. 2 white, 50c to 51c. St. Louis Cattle, $4.50 to $7.00; hog, $1.00 to $7.20; sheep, $3.00 to $4.15; wheat, No. 2, $1.04 to $1.05; corn, No. 2, 70c to 77c; oats, No. 2, 47c to 49c; rye. No. 2, 77c to 79c. Cincinnati Catile. $4.00 to $5.25 j hogs, $4.00 to $7.a5; sheep, $3.00 t $3.35.; wheat, No. 2. $1.05 to $1.00; corn. No. 2 mixed, 79c to HOe; oats, No. 2 mixed, BOc to 51c ; rye, No. 2, 7Sc to 80c. Detroit Cattle, $4.00 to $1.50; hogs, $4.00 lo $0.00; sheep, $2.50 to $3.50; wheat, No. 2, 90c to $1.01; corn.-No. 3 yellow, 81c to 8,'le; outs, No. 3 white, BOc to 51c; rye. No. 2, 75c to 77c. Milwaukee Whcit, No. 2 northern, $1.01 to $1.00; corn, No. 3, 70c to 77e; oats, standard, 50c to 51c ; rye, No. 1, 75c to 70c: barley. No. 1, 05c to 00c; pork, mess, $1 1.95. . New York Cattle. $1.00 to $0.30; hogs, $3.50 to $7.00; sheep, $3.00 to $4.00; wheat, No. 2 red, $1.07 to $1.06; corn, No. 2. 84c to Stic ; oats, uatir-al while, 53e to 55c; butter, creamery, 22c to 20c ; eggs, western, 19c to 23c, Toledo Wheat, No. 2 mixed, Wc to $1.01; corn, No. 2 mixed, 79o to 80o; oats, No, 2 mixed, 49c to BOc; rye. No. 2, 75c to 77c ; clover seed, October, $5.57. Buffalo Cattle, choice shipping .leers, $4.00 to $0.25; hogs, fair to eHiolce, $U to $7.50; sheep, common to good mixed, $4.00 to $4.75; lambs, fair to choice, $5.00 to $0.30. Prlee of l!os Fat I! p. For the first time In nine years the price of bogs rose eveu widh that of eat tie lu the Chicago stock yards last Moo day, the figure being 7 ceuts or there shouts. Scarcity of live stock and the high price of corn Is glvou s ths cam f the rise. T'je price of pork, lard s.n4 tallow have gone op at the same time.