COilRllII OF
ML RESOURCES
tmr Reaching Policy for tho Oood
f All tho People.
tUfpufclloan Warty Uncovering Vast
( Wealth and Making Homo Own-
f laf Bailor Each Year,
m.
ad extremely Important feature of
to oonstructlTO Republican policy la
k national movement for the cornier
tatlon of tlio natural resource of the
country. Thla measure bus been orig
inated by the present Kepiibllcan ad
ministration and, like tho homestead
law, the national Irrigation act and
other measure for tho benrflt of the
whole people, Ita influence la destined
to ba far reaching and productive of
great good to tho borne builders of the
country. ,
The National Conservation ComuiM
slon a It exists to-dny la on outgrowth
of tbe Intend Waterways Commission
-this Commission was Appointed by
President Roosevelt in March, 1007. In
bis letter creating the Waterwnys Com
mission tho President . uses this lan
guage: Thnt tho Inland Waterways
Commission shall consider the relations
of the streams to tbe two of all the
permanent natural resources and their
conserration for tho maklngaud main
tenance of prosperous homes."
r
Horn Ballftlaa for the People.
The Inquiries of the commission along
tho lines Indicated led to the proposal
to die President on Oct 8 that be call
"a conference on tbe general subject of
the conservation of the national re
sources of the nation. Among other
reasons mentioned for this movement
their letter to tbe President stated:
"HHJierto our national policy has been
one of almost unrestricted disposal of
natural resources, and this In mora lav
ish iQcasure than toy any other nation
In the. world's history; and this policy
of tbe federal gorernnajnt lias been
shared toy the constituent Slates. Three
consequences have ensued: First, tin
precedented consumption of natural re
sources; second, exhaustion of these
resources to the extent that a large
part of our available public lands have
passed Into great estates or corporate
Interests, our forests are so fur deplet
ed as to multiply the coat of forest
products, and our supplies of coal and
Iron ore are to far reduced as to en
Ka nee prices; and third, unequalled op
portunity for private monopoly, to the
extent mat Dotn tne reaerai ana mate
sovereignties have been compelled to
enact laws for the protection of the
people.
"We are of opinion that the time has
com for considering the policy of con
serving these material resources on
which tbe permanent prosperity of our
country and the equal opportunity of
all our people must depend ; we are also
of opinion that the policy of conserve
tlon toaa so marked an advance on that
policy adopted at the outset of oifr na
tlonal career as to demand the consid
eration of tooth federal and State cpon
sors for the welfare of the people."
The Coaatroetlva Leave at Work.
In bis address before the Lakes-to-
the-Gulf Deep Waterways Association
at Memphis President Roosevelt an
nounccd his Intention of calling such a
conference, and on Nov. 13, 1007, be Is
sued Invitations to the Governors of all
Lav Folletto on Taft.
"Nature gave' him polae, Judi
cial temperament, great force of
character ' and tenacity of pur
pose," said the Senator. "His
long life In the public service Is
distinguishing for Its marked
ability, Its wisdom, Its Integrity,
Its patriotism. He bas takon ad
vanced grounds ou tbe great Is
sues that are engaging the pro
found? t. thought of tbe people
: of this great country.
"Now from a somewhat Inti
mate acquaintance with ulin for
tbe last twenty years I say that
he la progressive In principle and
he Is equipped most wonderfully
in experience."
The Senator then reviewed Mr.
Taft's career for the last ton
years, when, be said", be had been
called on" to advise by two Presi
dents on questions of government
which gave tnetn the greatest
concern.
It la asserted that through the rest
less energies or the Bryan League as
much as $20,000 has been collected in
this State for the Bryau campaign
fund. When do we get tho numes pf
tbe contributors and the Individual
amounts, aa promised Philadelphia
Press.. x
Richard Olney, who was In Cleve
land's Cabinet, opiwsea Roosevelt's pol
icies, but supports Bryan, who says
Roosevelt's policies are hla policies.
This la a great year for Democratic
logic Philadelphia Press.
"Tou can't fall out of bed when you
are already on tbe floor," Is one of Mr.
Brjan's latest epigrams. But that's
mighty little ronsoiattou to the Demo
crats who want to get back into bed.
Washington Post.
Tbe Democrats are very uufortunatc
la being compelled to explain lhatBry
an's bark Is worse than bis bite. Just
now the people are demandlug leaders
whose views aro not Involved la doubt
and not men for whom excuses must
be made. San Francisco Chronicle.
We don't believe hi free wool, and
'have no use for tbe "peerless one" who
adrocetes It. -American Sheep Breeder
If Uncle Joa Cannon bud never bad
to do anything but talk, he might now
Lw us popular as Bryan. Sioux City
v rurnal.
the States and territories to meet at
the White House May 13-1B, 1008. In
this letter be said : "Recently I declared
there is no other question now before
the nation of equal gravity with t!
question of the conservation of our nat
ural resource, and I added that It la
the plain duty of us who for the mo
ment are responsible to take Inventory
of the natural resources which have
been handed down to us, to forecast the
needs of the future and &v handle the
great sources of our prosperity as not
to destroy la advance all hope of the
prosperity of our descendants.
This conference was held, Fresldeut
Hooaevolt presldod and the practical
conservation work was properly
launched.
- Tuft to Dlreot the Work.
Mr. Taft Is thoroughly In sympathy
wlfh thin movement to build more
boinea for tbe people and to make them
moreittrtictlve. lie is one of the great
Americans who typify the ludependonco
and the constructive genius of tho
American homo builder. There Is an
Innato desire in tbe heart of the Amer
ican citizen to uwn a home. Mr. Taft
recognizes the Inherent yearning of the
people apparent ou every page of his
tory to own In fee simple some portion
of the earth. The desire Is as keen to
day as It sver was. Of all our wealth-
producing clus.1, the farmer needs a
home most. Ilo must have land, lie
should by all means own It. Ills funn
need not be so large as some suppose,
but it should belong to the farmer,
not to some one lse. This Is not only
self-evident because of tho advantages
to the fanner, but because of Its ad
vantages to tho nation at large. It H
the corner stone of our national life.
It lies'at tbe root of all true patriotism
and' all social Improvement ami con
tent Give a man a borne upon the soil,
and you have made him a patriot who
will defend your Institutions at the
ballot box or on the battlefield. Mr.
Taft proposes to npeu the door to our
vast natural resources with the Re
publican key of national conservation.
This is a most hopeful augury of the
future. When the people have easy
access to the land ami can fully utilize
our great natural resources, most of
our other troubles will settle them
selves. The proicrty owner Is n con
servative man who loves his family
and. his country. Let tho projicity
owners bo as numerous as wsslble.
Let the good work of home-making con
tinue under Tnft and Sherman.
. Tht Pature Growing; Brighter.
Wo aro entering upon a new and mo
mentous era that calls for the highest
qualities of constructive statesman
ship sudi as Tnft has so Impressively
demonstrated bo possesses. This revclu-
tlon to our people of the wenlth at
their very doors In characteristic of the
watchfulness of the Republican party,
and the work must be firmly and Intel
ligently directed to reach Its highest,
possibilities to the citizen. Wo aro
planning not only for ourselves, but
for future generations. We are the
forefathers of ft mighty future In a
mighty land. If we aro equal to our.
duties and opportunities we will mako
homes west of the Mississippi liver for
a hundred million of the freest men
and women who ever walked the earth.
We are living In an age of mighty
achievements. The great canals and
reservoirs for constructive work for
Irrigation in tho arid region, the Pan
ama canal and ether mammoth projects
will soon stand us completed monu
ments to the constructive geulua of our
people and this age. Tho future Is
potent with still grander undertakings
which will In a few brief years, under
Republican direction, stand as accom
plished facts.
WILL VOTE FOB BRYAN.
Times Too Proaiterous for Out Ka
aaa Farmer. II liyt,
A Sallile County farmer, who came
to tho country In tho early days and
accumulated six or eight hnndred acres
of farm lands, who has raised lots of
wheat and corn and always voted the
Republican ticket national, state and
county, declares that he is going to vote
for Bryan this year, says the Sallnu
(Kan.) Journal. Ills argument la a
peculiar one and from a Democratic
standpoint Is a good one. Mr. Farmer
says he Is land hungry and wants miore
Kaunas lands, but because It la too high
ho Is unable to acquire It. He dcclnrea
I hut the price of wheat la too high, and
likewise the price of corn. With a low
er price on wheat and corn and other
farm products the price of form lands
la bound to decline and when the price
has leeu reduced ho will be enabled to
purchase more farms.
Mr. Farmer says tho election of Bry
au is sure to reduco price. on every
thing wheat, corn, rye, alfalfa, oats.
hogs, poultry and farm bawls and the
land lUelf.
Mr. nryan said at Kingston that
rresweut Roosevelt's Indorsement of
Sir. Taft waa worthless, for It was "tho
Indorsement of a bankrupt." Why.
then, bas Mr. Bryan made such frantic
clulms as "the natural heir" of Mr.
Roosevelt? New York Tribune.
"I don't care for the Presidency
If It has to come by compromise
with Senator Foraker or anyone
else in a matter of principle."
William H. Taft.
A vote for Bryan, the free trader,
means a vote for free wool and the ruin
of tho sheep and wool Industry .-Aiuer-
icau Sheep Breeder.
The panic was doubtless chiedy due
to tho exhaustion of the free capital
or the world by reason of the over
investment In enterprises that have uot
been us productive as expected. The
enormous Industrial expansion bas at
last tied tip nearly all the world's cap
ital wblcu was available and new In
vestments bad to bait. This result was
world-wide. Hon. Wm. H. Taft, t
Kausas City, Mo.
A vote for Taft meaus a vote for sta
ble, nouest government and i-outiuued
prosperity. American Sbeep Breeder.
LABOR DECLINES
Cannot Be Deceived Into Voting for
Bryan and. His Hollow'
Promises.
Tho Deasoeralle CanAtaato laraorea
rotated Qaesflona Rearardlaai the
lleeria ol MM Pai( Toward Or.
aaalsed I.ahor and Representative
I'alonlat Denonaeo Illai.
The professed frlcndnblp of Bryan
and the Democratic party for labor Is
being relentlessly exK)m-(l. During the
last few weeks the veil has been torn
asunder and Bryan and his platform
maker, Haskell, have been thoroughly
exposed to the world.
"That Bryan's record as a "friend
of labor' Is the flimsiest of all public
men In this line there can be no possi
ble doubt," declares The Inbor World
of Pittsburg. "He has never been any
thing else than a talker and he has
talked no much that he has espoused
nil shades and angles of the great la
bor question without performing a sin
gle act In the Intercuts of the wage
worker. He l Just the same Bryan
to-day that he ever whs and the other
night In New York when asked to deny
that lie ever made the statement Unit
American working men were 'public
beggars,' he refused to answer It. He
made the statement when fighting In
Congress against the demands of the
.nsa Workers' Union.
Bryan Doe .Not Answer Qaeatloaa.
"A number of the most direct and
Important questions oti his attitude to
ward lHbor's real Interest have been
submitted, to Bryim mid so far he has
not condescended from his pedestal to
offer a definite reply. He has been
asked: 'Are you aware of the fact that
since your nomination, and your In
dorsement by the executive ollleers of
the American Federation of Iuboi the
governor of Alabama, one of your
friends and ulllcs, has used his power
to crush . the labor -organizations In
that State, placing troops at the dis
posal of the mine owners, and will
you, now that the matter bus been thus
brought to your attention, publicly re
pudiate and condemn Governor Co
mer's hostility to organized labor? This
is by ull means a most vital question
to every trade unionist In the country
who Intends to vote next November.
I'he following questions have also
been submitted to htm :
"'Is It not n fact that at the present
time, hi tho State of Mississippi, In
the city of Vlcksburg, to be exact, tho
members of tho unions concrped with
the river shipping are on strike, and
that the Democratic administration of
that city Is trying to break the strike
by sending honest, law-nbkllng strlk
ers who refuse to "scab" to the chain
gang
"Assuming that you are ignorant of
these facts at present, will you not, as
leader of tho Dcinocrallc party, make
immediate Inquiries upon tho matter.
and. If you fti.d the facts to be as
stated, will you openly and unequivo
cally condemn tbe Democrats of Mis
sissippi who are resjiouslble for those
conditions and repudiate them?
Haskell tho Vuloa Boater.
'Is It not a fact that your Intimate
ftiejid, ex-Governor Iaskell, national
treasurer of the Democratic party
(now resigned) was the first presi
dent of the Muskogee Citizens' Alliance,
a secret organization patterned after
the Citizens' Alliances of Messrs.
Parry and Post, and existing for the
sole purpose of opposing trades union
Ism and boycotting union men. so that
boycot
t wbY:
every cent which a union or member of
tt union give to your campaign la sent
to one of the most notorious and big
oted union haters In America?
Is It not a fact tliutMr. Haskell,
us president of tho Citizens' Alliance of
Muskogee, sent out over bis own sig
nature a resolution calling upon mem
bers of the Business Men's Alliance
t another unlon-hatlng association) to
bind themselves, "to discriminate
against any and all labor union men"
"to check the contemptible
fanaticism ot trades unionism
0 - oiiil to tmveott nil union men?
"'Is it not a fact that (lie worst In-
Junctions against organized labor i. er
I Issued by the courts of this country
have come, many of them, from Dem
ocratic Judges, such as Justice Free
man's injunction Im- 1000 against the
International Cigar Makers' Union, eu
Joining them from even approuchlug
their employers to seek a peaceable
settlement, and from publishing their
grievances; Justice Bookstuver's iu
Junction ugHinst the members of the
International Typographical Union In
their strlko against the New York
"Sun," enjoining thiun from publish
lug their side of the controversy, and
Justice Gllderslecvc's Injunction
Political Snapshots.
"I cannot hit a mau wheu he is
down," says Mr. Taft. The Big Stick,
you may have observed, Is used ou
those who are up frequently 'way up.
fcansas City Times.
Tlio fact that Bryau la rich aud Taft
poor should not be allowed to operate
to Taft's disadvantage. Tatt was serv
ing tbe people at a modest salary while
Bryau wus accumulating bis riches.
Sioux City Journal.'
One vital, dominating fart cou fronts
the Democratic party which no oratory,
which no eloquence, which uo rhetoric
can obscure: Hryan's nomination means
Taft's election. New York World.
Mr. Bryan refuses to discuss wheth
er be called the American workmen
"public beggars." The subject was uot
mentioned lit tbe Denver plutforui.
Omaha Bee.
Ex-Secretary Oluey, who denouucea
the Roosevelt policies, seems to forgt
that the credit for them all is claimed
by Bryan, for vboui Mr. Olney Is loot
Uig. Kansas City Star,
against members of the same union la
the Butterlck case, IMul
'"As a final question, Mr. Bryan, ad
dressed to you as a mini, find not as a
candidate, doji't you think that the
union man who votes for the Demo-,
cratle party until satisfactory an
swers have been given to all these
questions must be a good deal of a
fooir"
tioaiaera' Man for Taft.
Kvldence Is plentiful that tbe effect of
Compers' attempt to liilluence labor for
Bryan Is not very productive of results.
An Illustration In point occurred at tt
noonday meeting In New York of the
Commercial Travelers' Republican As
sociation. John W. Armstrong, an or
ganizer for the International Brother
hood of Electrical Workers, who was
sent to Maine by President Gompers to
make speeches for the Democratic State
ticket, came out for Taft and Sherman.
In his sKech he said :
"The men whom I have met and con
versed with In the American Federation
of Labor are, as a rule, of the opinion
that It would be unwise to support Mr.
Bryan. The election of Mr. Toft menus
the resumption of business upon safe
and sound lines. I have an abiding
faith in the Intelligence and loyalty of
the workingmeu to vote for Taft and
lie pmty and principles that made it
possible for our wiM-klngman to occupy
the eminent position he does, as com
pared with the position occupied by the
unfortunate brother In the Democratic
South, where the Democratic party has
opposed the enactment of factory laws,
hlld labor laws and the organization
of workingmeu."
Vice President Philip Davis and Sec
ctary S. T. Ingram of tbe Central La
bor Union of Terrc Haute, Ind., Issued
n statement repudiating the announce
ment that Samuel Gompers Is to speak
la Terre Ilnntc under the auspices of
the central body of organized labor.
Vice President Davis said : "Memliers
of the Central Union are divided on
party lines, and for this reason It Is
not Just that the union should invite
Mr. Goinpers to make a Democratic
speech. IiCt him come nt tbe instance
of the Democratic central committee."
Labor Vofo Ualka at Bryan.
proposition to indorse Bryan in
necordnnw with the policy of President
joinpors of tbe American Federation of
Labor was turned down Sept. 24 by the
United Brewery Workers of America,
reprcafc'iiling 40,(00 workersrlu conven
tion at the Labor Temple, New York
City. The Kngllsii and German secre
taries of the committee said that such
a resolution was a Joke.
The action of President Gompers of
the American Federation of Labor in
aiding Brynn's rnmpalgn Is repudiated
by James Duncan, second In command
of the organization, In a letter made
public Sept 23. Mr. Duncan, who Is
first vice president of the Federation
and also secretary-treasurer of the
Granite Cutters' Internatlopul Associa
tion of America, advises luborlng men
to rely ipo their own Judgment In
voting at the coming election.
NEW YORK
DEMOCRATIC
FORM.
PLAT-
New York World Bar It la Framed
In the Interests ot Plutocracy.
(From the New York World.)
Mr. Mack must share the amazement
of tho World over a pretended Demo
cratic platform which, while reiterat
ing "Its abiding faith in the princi
ples of Democracy as against plutocra-
cy." Is framed In the interests of theT
very plutocracy It professes to de
nounce.
It Is u" platform for the protection
of Wull street gamblers; for the pro
tection of insurance criminals; for the
protection of traction thieves; for the
protection of Ryau-IIarrlman stock-Job-
bwsvj for the protection of rich tax
dodgers; for 'the protection of preda
tory corporations. It Is n betrayal of
Democratic principles; it Is a betrayal
of the Democratic party; It Is a be
trayal of the Democratic musses.
Standing before the people on such
a platform, and on such a platform
nlone, no Democratic candidate could
be elected to office either In New York
or In any State north of Masou a nil
Dixon's line. Fortunately for the
Rochester nominees, most of them
have public records which give the
lie to Murphy's corporation resolutions.
Method Coutraated.
Mr. Bryan says be would extirpate
trusts, root and branch. If Mr. Bry
an's language Is more than mere rhet
oric and be means to seize the prop
erty, to divide It up and sell It In
pieces, und dissemble the parts, then I
am not In favor of bis method of deal
ing with trusts, because I believe that
such largo combinations legitimately
conducted K'"ptly add to the prosperity
of the country. Hon. Wm. II. Taft, at
Columbus, Ohio.
When Bryau spoke in Baltimore he
could not fall to remeuilier that for the
first time In tbe history of the party Its
presidential candidate is without news
paper support in that city. Boston
Transcript.
Growth ot ladaatrlea.
They tell us that a protective tariff
was only deslgued for Infant industries,
that, we have outgrown that infancy
and are uo louger lu need of the duties
that euabled us to get them started
Wo have growu, It Is true, Our great
Industrial concerns are monsters now,
but let me tell you. as the boy said
who watted till he bad grown up be
fore tactdiog a youthful opponent, the
other fellow has grown up too. Hon.
James-a. Sherman.
Archbishop Ireland baa come out In
an Indorsement of tbe candidacy of
William H. Taft for Prealdeut. In an
Interview tbe venerable prelate said be
was openly la favor of Mr. Taft's elec
tion, and he denounced what he tanned
demagogic attacks ou capital and cor
porations. "Corporations that offead
the- law should be punished," said the
a ri'bblshop, "but to raise an outcry
against them simply because they rep
resent commerce and property Is la my
epinien senseless and aajust"
fiDciAL FREEDOM OF BULGARIA
WmmL PROCLAIMED BYPRINGE
cnicAao.
Business activity rrwivonds Drnmoil to
the stlmnlns of sonsonuble weather, and,
with tho parsing of tho dro-.ijxht through
out the agricultural regions, plowing and
seeding are vigorously advanced. A bet
ter tone develops In money, employment
of funds has increased and recently bank
statements testify to an abundance of re
sources for the normal requirements of
commerce.
Distributive trade shows further recov
ery, lower teaipcrntures helping the gen
eral demand for necessaries, and there is
(trong absorption of apparel, food products
and house furnishings.
lorwardings of staple merchandise com
pare favorably 'with this time;last year,
and jobbers' house and mail orders remain
of fair aggregate in dry goods, footwear,
bats and caps, woolens and suits.
Mercantile collections In tlio Interior
ere fairly prompt, and an increasing num
ber of country merchants take the best
discounts on current purchases.
Money is seen to be circulating more
freely among the farming clnasos, and
there is less drain of currency pliipnients
to move crops than a'year ago, although
marketings thus far have been liberal.
Manufacturing moves steadily forward,
more machinery and hands being active,
and there is notable, decline in the num
ber of Idle cars.
Movements of raw materials to some
extent exceed those at this time last year,
whilo values mainly Tiold firm. The ab
sorption of forcat products steadily im
proves, and yard stocks being lower limn
usual, it is easier to obtain better prices
for some varieties.
The total movement of grain at this
port, 0,.riO8,10O bushels, compares with
10,28,1,375 bushels last week and 15,180,
0o2 bushels a year ago. Compared with
1007, there are decreases In receipts of
30.4 per cent and in shipments of 48.9 per
cent.
Bank clearings, $22G, 103,030, are 13.9
per cent under those of the corresponding
week in 1007.
Failures reported in the Chicago dis
trict number 27, against 28 last week and
2ft a year ago. Those with liabilities over
$5,000 number G, against 7 last week and
t in 1007. Dun's Review of Trade.
NEW Y0RS.N
Cooler weather Is the mainspring of tin
moderate Improvement in retail and Job
bing trade reported at mosfrs cities this
week. Additionally helpful features have
been the numerous fairs and festivals,
which have enlarged distribution locally
at many points.
While there are reports of holding crop.
notably at the South, where prices aro
much lower than a year ago, the cro;i
movement is libernl as a whole. Reports
from industries are rather better as a
whole. Good reports come from the lum
ber trade South and West, and a good
volume of building is going forward.
Election uncertainties ore reported af
fecting demand for iron and steel, but
cool weather has helped the cortl trado
Fast and West. Tho leather and shoo
trades are reported quiet, with cheaper
grades In most demand. The wool trade
reports the largest week's sales for over
a year past, and from 50 to W) per cent
of the leading interests' machinery in op
eration
Business failures in the United States
for the week ending Oct. 1 numbered 255,
kgainat 207 last week, 177 in die like week
of 1907, 130 In 1000, 180 in 1005 and
105 in 1004. Canadian failures for tht
week numbered 30, which compares with
,Mt weefc an(J ,n this we ,
1007.
Bradstreet's Commercial Report.
as-
Chicagoc-Cattle, common to prime
$4.00 to $7.00; hogs, prime heavy, $4.0C
to $7.17; sheep, fair to choice, $3.01
to $4.35; wheat. No. 2, 0&c to $1.00;
corn, ISo. 2, 77c to 78e; oats, standard,
47c to 40c; rye, No. 2. 75c to 70c; hay.
timothy, $3.00 to $12.00; prairie, $8.00
to $11.00; butter, choice creamery, 21
to 20c ; eggs, fresh, 10c to 23c ; potatoes,
per bushel, 02c to 80c.
Indianapolis Cattle, shipping, $3.00
to $7.00; hops, good to choice heavy,
$3.50 to $7.20; sheep, common to prime,
$2.50 to $3.75 ; wheat, No. 2, $1.03 to
$1.04 ; corn, No. 2 white, 78c to 70c ; oats,
No. 2 white, 50c to 51c.
St. Louis Cattle, $4.50 to $7.25 ; hops,
$4.00 to $7.00; sheep, $3.00 to $1.15;
wheat. No. 2, $l.(Kl to $1.0.1; corn, No. 2,
75c to 70c; oats, No. 2, 4ie to 48c; rye,
No. 2, 77c to 70c.
Cincinnati Cattle, $4.00 to $3.25
hogs. $4.00 to $0.00; sheep, $3.00 to
$3.50; wheat, No. 2, $1.01 to $t.03; corn
No. 2 mixed, 70e to 80c; oats, No.
mixed, 40o to 50e ; rye, No, 2, 78c to 80c.
Detroit Cattle, $1.00 to $4.50; hogs,
$4.00 to $0.50; sheep, $2.50 to $3.50
wheat, No. 2, 00c to $1.01; corn, No. ',
yellow, 81c to 82c; oats. No. 3 white,
50c to 52c; rye, No. 2, 77c t0 7Sc.
MiNvaukee Wheat, No. 2 northern
$1.03 to $1.00; corn, No. 3, 70c to 77c
oats, standard, 50c to 51c; rye, No. 1
75c to 7Uc; barley, No. 1, 05c to (50c
ork, mesa, $14.05.
Buffalo Cattle, choic.j sliippinj steers,
li.(M) to $H 25 : ho?H. fair to choice, $4.00
to $7.20; sheep, common to good mixed,
$4.00 tu fl.io; la nil ik, fair to choice
$5.00 to $o.:to.
New York Cattle. $1.00 to $0.00
hogs. $3.50 to $7.10; sheep, $3.00 to
$3.75; wheat. No. 2 red, $1.05 to $1.00
corn, No. 2, 81c to 80c ; oals, natural
white, 53o to 55c; butter, creamery, 24o
to 27e, efcKS, western, 20c to 25c.
Toledo heat. No. 2 mixed, ftlie to
$1.01 ; corn, No. 2 mixed, 70c to Sic
oats. No. 2 mixed, 40c to 51c; rye. No,
I, 77c to 78c ; clover seed, October, $3.57,
fiomnera Kequlrrd to Anawer.
Chief Justice Clabaugh rendered bbe de
cision of the District of Columbia Su
preme Court holding that President Oom-
pere of the American Federation of Labor
must answer the quettiuna put to him at
t-he last hearing in the Buck Stove Com
pany boycott cane relative to mutter pub
lished la the current number of the Fed
eral ioniat, Tho court decides that It
eustoainry for such quetionj to be an
swered and oir relevancy to be decided
by the court later. Oompere had Justified
bis rarest editorials ou the right of ties
press aaa fret speech.
FerdlnanJ. Supported by Cabinet.
Taker. Action at Tirnovo,
Ancient Capital.
THE NATIONS ARE MEDIATORS.
Powers Will Try to Prevent War
Over Balkan 'Trouble, and
Diplomats Confer.
Bulgaria,' u tributary principality
Mider tho suzerainty of the Sultan of
I'm key, Monday proclaimed Its Inde
pendence of Turkey. This action was
l.iken at Tirnovo by Prim-c Ferdinand,
who was elected Prince of Bulgaria In
IS87. Tho Bulgarian cabinet was with
Ihe prince, having met him nt the fron
tier and Journeyed with him to Tirnovo.
rirnovo Is the ancient capital of the
Kingdom of Bulgaria, and it was there
n the old days that the-klinrs were
frowned.
Turkey is not Inclined toward war
1th Bulgaria, and London advices any
that she will likely call a conference
the powers to consider Bulgaria's
proclamation of independence. Indica
tions from the other capitals are that
the jiowcrS will Intervene to prevent
hostilities In tho near Fast. France has
tlecided to act as mediator for the pur
pose of preventing war, and Great Brit
ain also bas mode mediatory proitosals
lo the governments of Turkey nnd Bui-
ANOTHER
Hogs Are the Highest SVnco 1903.
Chicago Tribune.
gnria. Germany, it Is announced at
Berlin, has associated herself with
these proposals and will not counsel
Turkey to go to war.
The proclamation of Bulgarian inde
peiidence was preceded by a conflict
between Bulgaria and Turkey over tbe
Oriental railroad lu eastern Rumelia.
Bulgaria took possession of this line
In Septemlier because of a strike and
began to operate It wits' her military
forces. When the strike had been set
tled she refused to rectore control to
Turkey which led to a sharp conflict.
In spite of the endeavors of the powers
the military forces of both Turkey and
Bnlgarla prepared for eventualities.
The action taken by Bulgaria and
Austrla-nungary is condemned in offi
cial and diplomatic circles of London,
but the British government Is prepared
to co-operate In any steps which may
"be taken by tbe powers concerned. The
principal purpose Is the prevention of
a warlike outbreak.
News no loss interesting thau that
concerning the net of Prince Ferdinand
Is brought in tlio Vicuna dispatches to
tho effect that Austria-Hungary has de
cided to annex the occupied provinces
of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Emperor
Francis Joseph has addressed an auto
graph letter to tho heads of all the
states In which bo explains the neces
sity of changing the political status of
these-provlnces.
School ot Kauitary Srlence.
Much favorable comment is appearing
in the press for the proposal made by Dr.
Norniau H Ditmtin in the Columbia Uni
versity Ouarterly to i-reate a school of
sanitary science devoted to enlightening
the public ilium preveutuble agencies of
dentil. Dr. Ditmnn brought to light the
fact that over 400.000 lives are sacrificed
in tlii way in our country each year.
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.1,000 Meu.AppIr tr Work.
The announcement made by John Wan
amaker that he would give employ incut
to 1,000 meu in the work of demolishing
the old section of his store on Cbcktuiit
street, Philadelphia, hcginniiiK last Mon
day morning, brought to the place a
tlu-onj of at least. 5,000 men, who surged
about Ihe streets and so liii-deil lintlic
that llie "police reserve had lo be culled
out to make w:iy for the cars. After the
favored ones bsd lieen chosen the rest of
the crowd disMTwd without disonler.
Kottertlaui's llerwrtl Load.
The Holland-American linur Uotterdam,
whicii arrived at New York recently,
brought the erenteiit number of cabin
passenger ever laudisl hy one vessel at
that port. Benlilea the crew of 400, kIip
had aboard 234 steerage and 1,000 cabin
paseuger. Au,ng the newcomers was
one family with lhirtcn children.
Millions for Boatoa I'arka.
Uy the will of the late Corge F, Park
man of Bostou, who died Ut week, the
larger part of his estate, amounting to
$8,000,000, is left to tht rity of Boston,
for tkt iiDpreveroeut of its parks.
PENSION INCREASE $18,634,821.
Lose of 15,684 Persons from ItoM,
but Amount Is largest Ever.
The reKirt of tin; commissioner' ef
pensions for the llwal year ending en
Jniie 30 last, allows that .during the
year there were 31.333 deaths among
civil war veterans who wero on the
pension roll. Thin falling off was equal
to about ft s-r cent of tbe total, aiid
left fi2.S,0S4 survivors on the roll. Tae
number of deallm win 3.182 greater
than during the previous year.
The tot at number of pensioners nt
the end of the year was 051.087. Dur
ing the year 51,350 pensioners of all
tluFsee were dropped nnd 38,082 added,
making a net loss of 54,084. The state
ment also shows that 188,445 widows
of soldiers already have taken advan
tage of the liny of tbe lust session of
congress Increasing to $12 a month the
pcnMons to widows.
The actual cxjM'tiditiirp for the year
on account of ixmshmM was $153,000.
OtfO, but on account of the hvW Increas
ing tbe rate to Individual pensioner
the annual value of the roll at tho
close of the year was $150,405,701, tn
Increase of $18,044,821 over tbe previ
ous year. -The expenditure was the
largest In the history of the bureau.
The total number of applications for
pensions of nil kinds pending at tae
close of the year wus 123,583, against
850,181 at tho beginning of tho year.
There are now only u little more than
one-third as miuiy claims pending as.
there were a year ago, nnd these are
being adjudicated as rapidly as the
evidence necessary to determine their
merits Is funilslied.
V "Itlyal" Oil Trust Draachea.
While Vice President F. B. Squire ot
the Standard Oil Company of Ohio was
on the stand in the oil trust investigation
at New York, I.awyer Kellogg, for ta
government, showed how the Toledo Oil
ASCENSION.
Company and the American Oil Com
pany had been ojieratpd for years as i-
dependent com ems, although ia reality
owned by the Standard. Squire admitted
that this was done, but said it was to
take advantage of the good will of the
old names. Squire bold how he bad dis
missed C. J. Castle, lu charge of the
Cleveland business of the Standard, for
giving rebates to customers.
Fred Beet.' the wrentler. has bouelit an
eighty-acre farm near Colby, Wis., aad
will wrangle with the stumps hereafter." '
M. II. (I'rillin of Jollet, 111., who woo.
second place in the discus throw in the
Olympic games in. London, will enter Be
lit college this year,
Freddie Welsh, the English lightweight,
keoi-ked out Frank Carney of Chicago in
the fun r till round before the Pacific Ath
letic Club at Iais Angeles.
Macalester college this year has forty
husky candidates lor ihe. football team,
and Carlisle lias thirty-live. The smaller
colleges ought to put up some good game.
this fall.
At Nashua, N. H., Charles I. Van ZanU
for several years a roininent baseball
player and a member of ihe Albany club
of the New York Slate League, commit
ted suicide at his home by shooting.
Mighty Kosehcii has probably run hie
last race. At least, that is what Dave
Johnson aud Trainer Weir sajd after the
Big Train had been badly beaten in tha.
Flight stakes at Shccpshead Itay. It
was a complete breakdown that caused
Itosebcu's defeat.
With a notable tield of eleven horses,
including (leers' Teasel, Spanish Queen,
Aoi'iin and Dewiit. it loolc five heala
and some sensational racing to decide the
big race at lite New York State fair,.
Ihe Kinpire Stale slakes of $10,000 for
2:14 trotters.
Magofiin, the new footluill roach of tue
Norlli Dakota agricultural college, bas ar
rived. He is from ihe Michigan unlver-.
siiy, where he was n star on tho team for
some lime and a favorite protegn of Coaoli
Yds:. This will be MsgofhVs first effort
at ctiaching and he iitu a hard task to fill
ll, hoe of iilniore lohle.
President (J'Brieu of t lie American As-
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ku. tu. imii u.iwu i uu iier james uiocK
of the Miuncupolis ilob for three days
for delaying the aauic by refusing (care
the tield promptly when ordered to t)
by the uuipire. -
The feature of the 2:04 pacing oveut
for the $,"!,! KM lUmliue purse at the Mia
nesota fair was the rivalry between Cita
tion nnd I.ily Maud C. for, first honors.
The horses lia.l mt at two previous race
meet this year, aud mill cos of them
had raptured a race, o lliut this was-ta
tie flu. ,l,u.t.li,irr ...i,i l,l..t..n ...
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heats and the race, l'ily Muud capture)
tbe otWr. 'lime, 2 :C, 2 :'H"-J, 2 :04V$
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