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Wabash, Ind., Massillon and TolcJ,
Ohio, Struck by Tornado and
Lives and Property Lost.
MANY HOUSES ARE IN RUINS
3Torthern Mississippi Visited by Gait
Which Causes Death of at Least
, Nine Persona in One Place.
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Denth nnd destruction were wrought
by tornadoes which swept tlio Missis
sippi Valley States, the Ktntcs In the
(front hike region, and the lower por
tlon of Canada Monday, Monday night,
and parly Tuesday.
The storm Htruelt northern Missis
sippi Monday night in a tornndo thnt
attained n velocity estimated nt from
seventy-flv to ino miles nn hour. Nlnp
persons are reported killed, fifteen were
Injured, some of them futally, nnd
thousand of dollars' worth of damage
1nne to hu tidings nnd crops.
Great I.osaea In Trnntuet,
This tornado, passing north Into Ten
nessee nnd Kentucky, caused heavy
damage to buildings, wrecking a school
house at Utility n, Tenn., nnd Imperiling
the lives of 300 children. Monger re
ports as to fatalities come from these
eectlons, cwlng to the wrecking of tele
graph wires, but several deaths are re
ported, not verified.
Passing Into Indiana nnd Ohio Tues
day the cyclone destroyed factories nnd
tber large buildings in Its pathway. At
Jlnsslllon, Ohio, the high wind, tearing
the roof from n foundry, menaced the
lives of 400 employes, killing one. At
Vnbanh, Ind., the havoc was wide
spread, the logs being estimated at from
llOO.OOO to $'.'00,000. Two dozen dwell
ings were demolished, while their In-
Sates fled for their lives. A woman,
1th her children, was pinned under
tte wreckage of her home, which
caught fire, nnd sho will die froni burns.
Ihe city's electric service was wrecked
apd the to.vn was In darkness through
eut Tuesday night. The wind wns fol
lowed by a cloudburst, nnd many
bridges aro washed awny. Many fami
lies are homeless. Fifteen are injured,
two fatally. In Toledo.
Norllirra Indiana, lolcri.
In northern Indiana the storm lata
Tuesday night killed one man at Al
bion. Two hundred houses were de
stroyed in sninll villa Res.
At Cleveland the fishing tug George
Floyd with seven uieu aboard and the
andsucker Mary VII. with a crew of
Sine men nre missing, while the barge
yorman Kelley, with a crew of four
fftrsons, three men nnd a woman, near
Kandusky, was rescued after a desper-
Jte struggle ns a result of a fierce wind
torm which raged on Lnke Erie.
In Michigan n boy wns killed by the
JJylng roof of a house at Itrlgbton, two
boys were drowned in a small boat In
th Detroit River, and three fishermen
4rtre drowned by the capslr.tag of their
boat near Wyandotte. Lightning killed
a, child nt Ionia and set fire to thou
sands of dollar' worth of farm houses
epd barns. A child was probably fatal
ly Injured In Detroit by flying debris.
At Jennings, Mich., three young men
vere killed by being caught under a
wall that wns blown down by the wind.
The damage to roofs, chimneys, plate
;!asa, etc., probably will reach $75,000
h Detroit.
Wisconsin la Wind inept,
A terrific wind storm swept Wiscon
sin Wednesday. Many bouts were r
ported overdue nt various porta along
&ake Michigan and at Milwaukee,
while the northern Michigan copper
country reports from five inches to two
and a half feet of snow.
Southern Canada was a heavy suf
ferer from the storm, incomplete and
unverified reports showing thnt tho loss
In small towns will reach tho hundred
thousands, Six persons were injured
end one young child fatally hurt and
property loss of $75,000 entailed at New
London, Ont.
At Buffalo, N. Y., the gale renched
a Telocity of seventy-five miles nn hour.
Four persons, bndly Injured by flying
tricks and dchrlft, are In hospitals, and
Several ships have been beached, while
a dredge wns sunk. Onn man was
crushed to death by n falling corulce.
The wind reached n velocity of sixty
eight miles per hour In Plttaburg. It Is
estimated that dnmngo done throughout
the city will be in excess of $100,000.
About thirty persons were hurt, and
two of them are so badly injured that
they may die.
Au airship owned by the F.ngle Aero
jilaue Company of Pittsburg was about
ready for flight when tho gale struck
the teiit It was kept in and blew both
tent and .lrtdilp awny, demolishing
both.
PAIL TO IiEACH A MINERS' PACT
Aalhrarlte Worker ami Operator
llava Adjourned Kluallr.
TIip anthracite miner ami operators
who have b-i'M in conference in Phila
delphia considering wage condition la
the coal tii'll of pcnnsylvHiihi have fail
ed i reach nn agreement. Tin confer
ence adjourned finally Friday. The oper
ator having hfiidiptailcrs In New York
City departed (or that place over the
ICea iluitf Hallway. Tlu-y promised to give
out a si (tieiiit-pt after their arrival there.
The official of (he Foiled Mine Work
m of tie- ISit'-r anthriicite district met
later to de iile on u course of action.
'EXFLOSIOX KILLS SIX MEN.
Una lluarir'-d CiiMaur Wrecked at
I'uMder Worh u itevtr Jeraer
A keri-n of explosion in the WavLe,
N. J., work of the Dtil'uitt Powder Com
pany killed fix aieii, wrecked a liiindf"4
conns-- in Wayne mid shook the coun
try like mi riliiink in n radius of
fifteen liiili-e. Nine nf the twenty build
inn ut the fu:k went u;i. om- after 4B
other, wiili tirrilii- rxploKiun. Jerome
J". MaiKli, u'.io uh in I lie building lirt
wrei-k'-il. .'. killed. He aloliH ouI4
know wbut itui-ed I lii- tliiKtrr.
CHICAGO.
The usual Indexes of commercial ac
tivity continue to mark progress, nl
though some branches nre yet burdened
with n surplus of Idle capacity. It Is
highly encouraging to note the sustain
ed rise In payments; reported through
the banks, together with the absence of
heavy defaults In the failure record.
While erratic weather has prevnlled
Easter trade exhibits n gratifying ag
gregate In the leading retail lines, the
absorption being except lonally pood in
npimrel, millinery, footwear, novelties
and household wares.
High prices for some necessaries
have not obstructed the Increasing pur
chasing power, nnd stocks of seasonable
merchandise undergo the normal reduc
tion here ami nt Interior points.
Demands entered by the wholesale
branches make a fair showing, reorders
iM'Ing frequent for light weight textiles,
clothing nnd fancy goods, nnd the for
ward bookings disclose gain over this
time last year for autumn nnd winter
staples, selections being more extended
ngalnst tariff contingencies.
Xear-by visiting buyers ngaln npcar
ed In the markets In large numts-rs for
sorting up needs to be promptly
shipped. Itoad salesmen send In cheer
ing ndvlces from the West, the outlook
being regarded quite hopeful.
Mercantile collections nre prompt on
country bills, nnd lew complaint Is
heard ns to city settlements. Money Is
yet favorable hn c;mt to borrowers, and
this creates more disposition mining
buyers to secure the best discounts for
cash purchases.
Further Investment of capital Is seen
In Improvements for business purposes,
while the market for real estate nnd
permits for construction denote extend
ing eiitei-itrl.se hero and nt various
places within the Chicago trade terri
tory. Bank clearings. $2." 1,310,884, exceed
those of corresponding week In 1!H)M by
IS per cent, nnd compare with $2.'lfl,-
OSO.l.'W In 1007.
Failures reported In the Chicago dis
trict number twenty-one, against twen
ty-one last week, twenty-nine In 1!K)S
and eleven In 1007. Dun's Weekly lie
view of Trade.
NEW YORK.
Trade, crop nnd Industrial reports
nre still very Irregular, but the under
lying tone of business generally Is
slightly more optimistic. All present
or future favorable occurrences, how
ever, ennnot disguise the fact thnt some
lines of Industry nre still very much
depressed ; that the first crop report of
the year that made by the government
of winter whent Is a jKior one, Indi
cating n short crop; that buying Is still
hampered In some sections by unfavor
able weather or by the reduced pur
chasing power of the public, and cau
tion and conservatism still govern com
mercial operations to a large degree.
Euster trade nt retail is classed ns
fair to good In most parts of the West,
fair at the East, but below expectations
at the ftnutli, and rather poor in Texas,
where drought 'conditions hold back
buying demand. Some slight expansion
Is noted In filling in orders by Jobbers,
but trade In this Hue is distinctively of
a botweeu-sensons character. In whole
auln lines there nre Indications of mqjre
confidence In buying for fall.
business failures In the United
States for tho week ending with April
8 were 227, ngalnst 201 last week, 254
In the like week of 10O8. 101 In 1007,
1(31 in l'.XXl nnd 100 In 1005. Canadian
(allures numler 38, which compares
with 23 Inst week nnd 28 In the like
week of 1908. lirndstreet's.
Chicago Cattle, common to prim,
$4.00 to $7.15; hogs, prim heavy, fi.rs)
to $7.!J7; aheep, fair to choice, jvl.OO
to $d.tM); wheat, No. 2, $1.31 to $l.:ttl;
corn, No. 2, (lie to OIL-; outs, standard,
51c to f.'lc; rye, No. 2. 7lc to Hie; hay,
timothy, $8.00 to $13.r0; prairie, $S.t)0
to $12.00; butter, choice creamery, 2."tc
to 2Sc; eggs, fresh, l."c to 2tV; potatoes,
per busliel, IK'o to $l.tM.
I ndlaiiapolta Cattle, shipping, $3.00
to $7.40; hoe, good to choice heavy.
$;t."iO to $7.4-" ; aheep, good to choice
$2.rs to $il.l5; wheat. No. 2, $1.3T to
$1.3il; com, No. 2 while, Imo to (Vie;
oats, No. 2 white, Clc to S2c.
St. Iritis Cattle, $1.00 to $.So ; lion,
$1.00 to $7.:U; sheep. $.1.00 to $ll.2r ;
wheat, No. 2, $1.11 to $1.4.1; corn. No. 2,
CV- to tiile; oats, No. 2. f2- to ."3c; rye,
No. 2. 71c U HOc.
Cincinnati Cattle. $1.00 to $d.10;
hogs, $1.00 to $7.."iO; sheep, $3.00 to
$.Y7.V, wheat. No. 2, $1.37 to $1.38; coi n.
V.i 2 mixed, OKc to 00c; oata, No. 2
mixed, &4c to ,r,"c; rye. No. 2, H2e to Klc.
Iluffalo Cattle, cholc uhlpplng steer,
$4.00 to $7.35 ; hog, fair to choice, $4.00
to $7.r.ri; sheep, common to good mixed,
$4.00 to -; Iambi, (air to choice,
$o.00 to $8.13.
New York Cattle. $4.00 to $I.tlo;
hogs, $3..V) to $7.20; aheep, $3.0t) to
$4.7'; wheat, No. 2 red. $1.33 to $1.34
corn. No. 2, 74c to 7.ic; oata, natural
white, Me to Klc; butter, creamery, 2.V
to 28c; eggs, western, lc to 21e.
Toledo Wheat, No. 2 mixed, $1.31 to
$1.33: corn. No. 2 mixed. tKk- to l8e ;
oats. No. 2 mixed, ,.c to ,sle; rye, No
2. K4c to Si's-; clover seed, $."i.titl.
Detroit 'iit lie. $1.00 to $..7." ; ho,
$i.tN to $7.'JO: sheep. $2.r0 to $.'i..Vt ;
vlieiit. No. 2, $1.,'13 to $l.3."i: corn, No. 3
jcllow, tlTi- to li'.K-; Dais, No. 3 whit.
We to 57c; rye. No. 2. 8.tc to 8."k?.
Milwaukee Wheat, No. 2 northern.
$t.l'J to $1.21; ioiu, No. a, tl to Mk-;
oat, htumluril, .ri.V to W,-; r.ve. No. 1,
7!e to Sic; barley, No. 1, li.'k- to tt4c;
pork, ii-i, $li..lO.
The efforts of a groiin of California
and Faaleru rapita!i.-.la to incorporate Hie
result of the genius of l.iilln-r Muvliank.
the plant winHid of Santa Kua, hare
failed.
House Refutes to Listen to Protest
of Women on Increase on
Clloves and Hosiery.
LUMBER TARIFF UNDISTURBED
Oil, However, Is Placed on Free List
Vote of 217 to 101 Passea
Measure.
The Ttiyne tariff bill, almost, without
a scratch, wns accepted by the House
at Representatives in Washington, with
a vote of 217 to K',1 Friday night.
It was almost n pure party vot, Con
gressmen Hroussard. I'stotdnnl, Pujo
nnd VSlcklirTe, Democrats, of Iilllsliinn,
who have been with the Iteptibllcnn
lenders on almost everything, voted
with the Itepnlillcnns on the flnnl roll
cnll. .Tustlii of Tennessee wns the only
Kcpublli-au to go Into the Democratic
camp on the final vote.
The final days work on the Tayne
bill proved n series of victories for the
rnyne Wnys nnd Means Committee.
Every feature of the document that was
(Innlly accepted bad the npprovnl of
the committee. Much of this, however,
wns due to the efforts of the committee
to avoid threatening defeats. This wns
particularly the case In the rates on
Oil, barley nnd bnrley ninlt.
''omiNlMro Submit to Free Oil.
The committee had fought bitterly
ngalnst putting oil on the free list, but
gnve up the fight Friday, nnd it wns on
Chairman Payne's motion that all du
ties on oil and oil products were'sfrlck
en off.
On bnrley nnd bnrley malt the com
mittee hud fought ngalnst nn Increase,
nnd in Its first fight triumphed. Rut
the votes of the bnrley men wer,e Deed
ed to save the committee's stand on
lumber and hides, nnd the barley and
malt rates were Increased.
No chaises were made In the hosiery
nnd gloves schedule, although the Dem
ocrats Included this In their motion for
a recommitment. It was burled there.
however, with n long list of other Dem
ocratic demands, including an Income
tnx.
The other changes In the bill, which
were made during the Inst four dnys by
the committee of the whole, were ac
cepted by n viva voce vote. This In
cluded putting ten nnd coffee on the
free list.
Ilonae Packed.
The House nnd the gnllerles were
packed for the Inst day of the fight,
and during most of the voting the buzz
of conversation almost drowned out the
call of the roll. When the subject wi
der vote wns particularly uninterest
ing nnd no one seemed to pay nny at
tention, the House seemed like n cross
between a boiler factory and a session
of tho D. A. R. Time and ngnln Speak
er Cnnnon nlmost splintered a gavel In
getting the members to listen to the
roll cnlls.
It whs a good nnttired battle, al
though nt tho outset there wns a storm
of parliamentary debnte over the meth
ods of procedure. When It got under
wny, however, things moved more
smoothly. There were ten roll cnlls In
nil, four on the lumber schedules, one
on bnrley malt, two on hides, one on
oil, one on recommitment nnd one on
tho flnnl vote. With tho exception of
the hist two, tho pntty vote was bndly
split.
Illlnolaana for Free Lumber.
The first question which wus voted
on was a motion to put lumber on the
free list. Fifty-four Republicans went
over to the IVniocrats on this, nnd
thirty-five Democrats reciprocated. This
brought the result to 184 for freo lum
ber to 108 ngnlnst. Threo other freo
lumber propositions containing minor
chnnges went down to defeat In turn,
by votes of 180 to 200, 133 to 344 nnd
1.13 to 228.
Then came the bnrley nnd barley
limit Issue, In which the Incrensed rates
already approved by the committee
were put Into the bill. Here ngnln pntty
Hues wero broken. Then cnino tho vote
on free hides; eight Rcpubl leans, Join
ing the Democrats for free hides. On
the oil vote, two Illlnolsans, Imth Re
publicans, voted ag.ilnst free oil.
BLACK HAND SLAYS MERCHANT.
Itnllnn of Tampa Shut llown hy
Two lliilileii Aaitliia.
The nRn.iiiiilioii of iiusepe Ficar
otta, a wholeeitle grocery merchant, and
one of the most prominent ami wealthy
member of the llnlinn colony in Tsinpa,
i'lu.. aililml the third to a series of mur
der which have been I'lmru.-il to the
lllack Hand there during the present
year. Ficimittn was golnu to his home
from hit place of hu.ilne at a lute hour
and wan shot by two men from iintinli
with aholgiinti loaded with heavy hIukx.
He waa instantly killed ami the Has
kin, dropping their weapona, Med. Fiear
uttn'a two young children, a boy miuI a
girl, were with III in at the time hut nei
ther wan hit. Ficaroltn'a relative aay
they know no cause for the murder. He
waa a member of the city council of
Went Tampa and prominently cnmiivted
with the lending sociul and fraternal or-
ganlxatioiia of his people.
I.ttfMulnir Kllla Coal Operator,
During a heavy electrical rain, wuni
aid hail storm Jolui Soles, 3.1 years old,
a coal operator, of Oak Hill, near l'itu
hurg. wan struck by llithtninn and in
stantly killed. Mr. Soles wan ili'iing at
the time.
Otfilea (.muiIiIIiik llouae Held I' p.
Klve rubbers helil tin I lie Wtiila I 'U-
phant gambling house In O.l.n, 1'Uh,
at midnight and escaped, Four of the
men lield cull oil the ilealera ainl lu,i..
hve players, while the lifth roliheil Hit
game of betweeu $l,.VlO ami $J,is).
.1.0OO ( hecka Slulea la Mat la.
A large envelope containing HiO
wort li nt cneck sent In (lie loohe mail by
the l ir-t .N.itionnl Hunk of i'adiicah,
Ky., ban been stolen. It was addressed
to the First Nil I inn a I IlinU nf Nnsliville.
Tenu. Two of the cheek were cashed
In I uiuii lity. letiti., mill Mound, III
MME. MODJESKA IS DEAD.
Famous Actress Expires After Long
Illness at Her California Home.
Mine. Modjcskn, the famous actress,
died Thursday nt her extensive estate
in California In a stupor, after a hard
fight to compter nn lilt, ess with which
she was stricken several weeks a:,'o.
Mine. Modjcskn was born Helena
Marie Beudti, nt Cracow, I'oland. Oct.
12, 1S14. Her father was n musician
of high stnnding. nnd two of her broth
ers hnve distinguished themselves on
the stage. She was inn fried nt Iti nnd
went on the stage n year later. Her
success wus marked. In 1S(W she be
came manager of n theater at Czer-
nowce. Her next removal was to War
suw, where her husband died, nnd
where, n year afterward, she married
Count Charles Ilnzeiitn Chhipowski. n
young Polish patriot of noble family.
In 185 they caiue to America, esi'ttp-
ing the ignoble censorship of Russia.
At San Francisco, In JSTO. Modjcskn
made her debut on tho American stage
and gave her first performance In the
English tongue. In 1ST!) Modjcskn re
turned to F.urope nnd played In the
principal cities of Roland, going thence
to play over n year's continuous en
gagement In London. A few yenrs ngo
she again went to F.urope, nnd would
have played In St. Petersburg, but the
Russian censor forbade the perform
ance and gave her nnd her husband for
mnl notice to leave the country. Thev
had spoken too freely of Russia to be
welcome there. After that time Mod-
:;-Ai.f.V.
HFXKNA UOUJESSA.
jeska kept to her adopted country. She
delighted cosmopolltun audiences with
her Marie Stuart. Rosnlind, Helen.
Thorn, Magdn, Cnmllle and Adrlenne.
DEATH OF A. C. SWINBURNE.
End Cornea to Poet After Brief
Attack of Pneumonia.
Algernon Charles Swinburne, th poet
aud essayist, died Saturday morning In
London. He had been suffering with
influenza, which developed into pneu
monia. Algernon Charles Swinburne wns
born in Iymdoii April 5. 1837. his father
being Admiral Swinburne nnd his moth
er Lndy Henrlettn, daughter of tho
third Karl of Ashliurnhani. lie wns ed
ucated iu Franco and digland, nnd tu
a poet he wns especially well known
foi hla facile metrical Invention. He
wns a bnchelor nnd lived nt The Pines,
Putney.
For fifty, years Swinburne has writ
ten In the light of fame. Some of his
isiems have been called the most beau
tiful In the Kngilsh language. IU waa
regarded ns a lender during tho Vic
torian age of literature. Rut with tho
advance of years he did not yield his
pen. Only last September there was
published his last work, "Tl:o Age of
Shakespeare." The works of Swin
burne best known In the I'nlted States
are "I-ana Veneris." "Rosamund, Queen
of the lmibards," "Atlanta In Clay
don." "Tristram of I.yonosse" aud "Ma
riano Fallero." A recent edition of his
works fllle4 eleven volumes.
SICHKST GOLD FIELD FOUND.
DWtrlet of ati.noo Arrra Declared to
Be Wealtkleal In Maaleti.
Word reached Mexico City the other
night of th discovery of the richest pla
cer gold held ever fi.ind in Mexico. They
are In the State of Oaxaca, forty-three
nilM from Sierra Rlanea, on the Vera
Crus aud Pacific Railway. The discov
ery was made by nccidcut by I. R. Incle.
The lands have been analysed at the Cni
veraity o( Kaniwi and ileclured the rich
eat ever eut there. The field extend
over 'T.'.UIO acrt-a.
Koand Slain on Unit l.lnka.
Th body of William F. Itaclie, u prom
inent life ins urn lice agent of Koston, ami
a well known yi lilstnnu. wa fo in.l with
the throat cut on the golf links in Frank
lin Park. A taxor lay near by. Mr.
Racks wa till year old. Ho is said tj
have been dcapondciit.
liner Arrealed aa Black Hand."
Joe Laurii, a miner, wa arrested at
McAleater, Okla., charged with trvlug tu
extort $1,0N) from J. II. Raker, vie
president tff the Firt Slate Rank of
Hart-Home, by meaus of threatening
letters.
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J. A. PATTEN, SAID TO HAVE
MADE FORTUNE IN WHEAT.
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James A. Patten, v. bo Is said to have
gained a fortune out of tht recent rise
in May wheat, has been conspicuous for
several years as n daring and successful
Chicago hoard of trade operator iu wheat
aud corn, lie has been in the board of
trade business siuce 1878 and previously
served four years as an employe of the
State grain inspection department in vJtii
cngo. Mr. Patten lives in Evanston,
III., nnd was mayor of thnt city four
years, besides serving two terms as alder
man. He was born In Dekalb County.
Illinois, in 18.")2. and as a boy worked
in a country store and on a farm.
FORMER SENATOR IS CONVICTED.
Marlon Hutler and Brother Found
Uallljr ut Criminal Libel.
Former United States Senator Marion
liutler and his brother, Lester Butler,
were convicted in Guilford Superior
Court, Wlnstom Salem. N. C, of crimi
nally liheliug Republican State Chair
man S. It. Adams. Adams' act a chief
justice of the Indian court In Oklahoma
in 1SHK were severely condemned by the
Cnucasion, a paper owned by the But
lers, in its fight against Adams' re-election
ns chairman of the Republican State
Executive Committee. The trial lasted
six days, was hard fought, and created
widespread interest. Judge Long im
posed a fine of $500 upon- Marion Butler
and J'J.'iO upon Lester Butler.
Battling Nelson has been matched by
Promoter Mcintosh to meet Jimmy ltritt
in Australiu some time next fall.
Directors of the California Jockey
Club still seem to be hoping against hope
thnt they can successfully combat the
present law nguinst betting on races.
The death is anuounced at Berlin of
Gen. Count Egbert Hoyer vo"n Assehurg.
who was president ot the German com
mittee of the Olympic game. He was
i.'i years old.
David Bruce Brovn. a New York boy,
covered hirnse . with glory by lowering
the world' amateur record for the mile
to 33 second flat In the automobile race
on the Daytooa Beach.
John A. Elliott, president of the Min-nnota-Wisconiu
league, will inaugu
rate a movemwit among the minor league
presidents and mnnagera to eliminate the
"farming out" of players by the larger
league.
The Lincolnshire (England) handicap
of 1.500 sovereign for 8-year-olds and
upward, the tirt big race of the season,
wa won by A. C. Madaraa' Duke of
Sparta. Sol Joel's Arrantnore waa sec
ond and V. Stern' Incroft third.
Jatne F. Callaway, the tobacco brok
er of Iiotiisville, will have a large raciiif
stable this year ou the trotting turf, but
they will not ls routined to one stable,
for hi operation Iu light harness horses
extend from Kuiish Cky to Pennsyl
vania. The St. I.oui Aero Club ha leased
laud for . e largest aeronautic ascension
grounds in the world, and will eipiip the
park at nine. The famous balloon field
of France will be stirpHssi-il in Imth size
and facilities by the new Held. Stations
for twelve balloons will be prepared.
Jinlge Hurbesoii in (lie Kenton Coun
ty Circuit Court rendered his decision in
the noted case of the ' Latoaia Jockey
I'ltih against the Kent inky racing com
mission, lioliliiu the law establishing the
commission as iinconsiitiitioiial. The ef
fect of the ile-'islon is to place l.atonia
in -inn track on its former basis.
In the presence of the crown prince
and an immense throng of spectator the
Americ.in team, eoiiiiaised of Floyd Mac
Fmhuid and James Morin. linisln-d win
tiers of the six-day bicycle race in Berlin
and rei-eiveil a iiiaguilieent ovation, the
cheer of the crowd mingling with the
strain of "The Star Sihi iitil-l Rainier."
Xiie America n won by a full Ian
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CASTRO IS EXPELLED.
Igr.ominlously Ousted from Island of
Martinique by French Governor.
Protesting to the last that he wns
seriously III. nnd hissing curses upon
the French nnd I'nlted States govern
ments, Clprlano Castro, once dictator
of Venezuela, was carried, linlf clad,
on a stretcher through the streets from
his hotel in Fort de France, Martin
ique, to the steamship Versailles, a
distance of more thnn n mile, Satur
day evening nnd thrown nhonrtl tho
steamer, which Immediately pulled
away from the dock nnd will not touch
land until she ties up nt St. Nnzalre,
France.
Otllclnl notice wns served on Castro
Saturday morning of the decision -if
t lie French government that he must
leave the Island within nine hours from
the receipt of such notice nnd that the
commissary of police at Fort de France
had been charged with the execution of
the order. The ex-President was furi
ous. Calming himself, he declared to
the chief of police that the state of his
health was stn h as to make It impossi
ble for hint to leave Ills bed.
The government thereupon called In
Dr. Botivler, who examined him for ono
hour, from 11 : 1 ." to 12:15. The doctnr
was accompanied by the commissary of
police. The dot-tor declared that the
former President of Venezuela wns suf
ficiently strong to travel, nnd that he
could tnke the French steamship Ver
sailles, due there tho samo afternoon.
Castro protested. II derlarod that
he suffered from intolerable pains in
the abdomen nnd the kidneys; that he
was without funds to meet hla travel
ing expenses from Fort de France, his
money being deposited elsewhere than
In Martinique, and that he could not
enibnrk on the Versailles. Cnstro de
manded sufficient delay in - order to
make It possible for him to leave for
Santa Cruz de Teneriffe, In the Canary
Islands. The Canaries nre Spanish ter
ritory. k-
All of his protests were Ignored, and
he strove all day to find some excuse
for remaining which would satisfy the
colonial government.
DEATH TAKES HITCHCOCK.
Former Secretary of the Interior
Expires In Capital.
Former Secretary of the Interior
Ethan Allen Hitchcock died nt his
home In Wnsblngton early Friday. Mr.
Hitchcock had been ill for some time,
and bis death had been expected for
several dnys.
Ethan Allen Hitchcock was born in
Mobile, Ala., Sept. 10, 1823. He attend
ed private schools In Nashville, Tenn.,
nnd then entered a military academy in
New Haven, Conu., graduating In 1855.
He moved to St. Louis, Mo., nnd en
gaged In mercantile business until
1800, when he went to China to enter
the commission house of Olyphant &
Co., of which firm he beenme a partner
In 1800.
He retired from business In 1872
and spent two years in Europe. He re
turned to the United States In 1874
and was president of several mining
and railroad companies. In 1807-8 be
wns Minister to Russia nud wns mnde
the first Ambanndor to that country lit
IT It AN A. HITCHCOCK.
18P8-1). He was appoluled Secretary
of the Interior by President McKIuley
Dec. 21, lStis. and reappointed May 5,
l!Mil, ainl remained by request of Pres
ident Roosevelt nud wa reappointed
by him March tl, l'.i5. He resigned
March 4, l!i7.
It lea, Srlf-kUlH br Accident
A coroner jury rendered a verdict
thnt Charles E. Ellis, a wealthy street
railway man of Philadelphia, who was
found ileiul in a room at bis home, c
to his death from a pistol wound in the
leisd acciili utility received.
Karaites Asylum, la Paroled.
Esther Mitchell, a Holy Uuller and
slayer of her brother. George M. Mitchell
escaped from the Steilacooin insane yl
I a m. Seattle. Wash., .iarch 2S, and sev
eral (lays later, while she was atill at
large and her whereabout unknown, ah
was ua ruled
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Patten Scores Triumph as Shorts
Force Wheat Values to New
llih Levels.
SIKO 01 TIT TAKES BIC PROFITS
XIIs Sales Are Reported 2,000,000
Day Furious Buying Result of
Bad Crop Reports.
A tremendous wave of buying swept
over the Chicago whent pit Wednesday
nnd Thursday, swamping the few re
maining bears nnd, uinld scenes of the
wildest excitement, lifting prices for
till deliveries to new high levels. May
wheat sold nt $1.20, the highest
price since the Letter deal, nud tlje
top figure durfiig April In more thau
twenty years. Trading wns of a "ieo
tacular chnructcr nil through the ses
sion nnd millions of bushels wero han
dled. Excited shorts paid any price
demanded for the May in order to cover
their sales, nnd but for the selling by
the bull leaders much higher quota
tions would have been established.
Hulls took profits on a colossal scale,
a veritable panic In the bear camp en
abling them to cash in at fabulous;
profits. Even at the high price of
Thursday 1,000,000 bushels were
dumped Into the pit of tho Ronrd of
Trade.
There wns a riot on the floor of the
trading room when the price was
chalked on the board at $1.20. Early
the price had dropped from $1.25.
the high tnnrk of the day before, to
$1.24. Shorts began to think the gov
ernment crop report, which had sent
the price up, had not greatly affected
the situation and thnt prices were go
ing to fall. Suddenly there was n cessa
tion In the offering of wheat on the
market. For a moment no wheat wns
sold. The shorts began to get anx
ious again. There was a clamor for
wheat.
Then a uniformed messenger climbed
to the bulletin board and he wrote on
the board the highest price seen in the
pit Iu nine years. There was a wIM
roar In the trading room. Brokers
Jumped nnd raced madly nbout. It
wus n question of winning or losing
a fortune. With the one mark of chalk
on the blackboard many lost their all,
while others won heavily. Messenger
boys rushed wildly through the room
to find the floor representatives of big
brokernge firms. For an hour wheat
changed bauds with the rapidity of
lightning.
It was n day of triumph for James
A. ratten. The price he predicted for
May Inst Bummer was reached and ex
ceeded, nnd benr trnders who have been
forecasting calamity for the bull whent
deal were thankfully buying the grajn
he poured into the pit to relieve the
stringency. Conditions are now de
veloping ns Patten maintained they
would foreigners nre coming for
whent, other sources of supply are fall
ing, and even with prices for the May
nt the highest level iu years, ensh
whent is selling at enormous premiums.
Patten added to his profits of $5,000.-
000 which he bits made out of the deal.
He still declares that he Is not trying
to corner the market, but is simply tak
ing advantage of the shortage in tha
wop.
NEW LAND RULING IS MADE.
Eatrrmen Henceforth Mnat Prort
Both Kealdence and Cultivation.
In a decision of tho eener.il hind nine
in Washington it wns held that in order
to enable the heirs of a homestead entry
man to submit commutation nr.w.f nf
entry, they must show both residence on
and cultivation of the land for fourteen
uiontn by the entryman, or the heirs, or
partly by both. The same rule If- .
held, applies in a case where
tiou proof is submitted by the widow of
tne entryman. The decisiun ia nf enci,l.
erable intercut heennun twn-ntnPi.. t i
..... .......... ... maviuiuiO ii iiua
only been necessary for nn entryman or
an heir to show cither residence on or
cultivation of the land for fourteen
months.. In another decision it was held
thnt when nn entryman sell his improve
ments ou the land and relinquishes his
entry Iu connection therewith, he is not
entitled to make a second homestead en
try under the act of Congress of Feb. 8,.
l'.KJS.
ENJOINS 3 CENT FARE ORDER.
Missouri I'unrt Urauta Temporary
Writ nt I list mice of tiov. Iladler.
1'ixler n temporary injunction granted
III St. Ijniis in the Circuit Court alt
railroads operating In Missouri are re
strained from putting into effect the .'!
cent fare which wns to have obtained
after midnight Friday. The injunction
was granted nt the instance of Herbert
U. Jones, circuit attorney of St. Lou la,
luting for Cov. I! ml ley. The petition al
leges that the railroads have entered into
an unlawful agreement to fix the rates,
nnd thus have failed to carry nut their
charter requirements in operating eom
pctirijf lines.
BLAST SHAKES WHOLE SECTION.
Dvuamlle Kmplo.tuu tilvea UaaU
Senre Near IWu.ua, Olilo.
A shock which disturbed Piqna. Ohio,
and which was at first thought to have
been an earthquake, proved to be an ex
plosion of twenty-five pounds of dvnamlte
on a farm four miles from there. House
were shaken at Sidney, twelve mile
away. Fry Simmon. 1-1 years old. who
was engaged in blowing tip stiitnns. was
probably family injure,) by the exnl,
ion.
BUN CAR IN RIVER TO SAVE GIRL
Men Drive A utoiiiuhlle Over Ilank
and Avoid Hllllair Child.
To aii miming over little t;ri
who wa iu their path James I.. Diu
niore un, F. O. Prohaseo turned their
automobile dowu a thirty-foot emhictk
inent ami plunged into the waters el
Miami River nt Dayton. Ohio. The ne-n
were driving the car along the top f i
levee only ,iht lert wide when the child
was se.-n n few feet head f the car.
I 'mini sen. who was driving, said. "I It
the child or the river, .lim?" to whi.ly
D:iuii.,ne replied: "The river for ours"
