DAKOTA COUNTY B
DERALDo
-
MOTTO All Tho Neirs When It Is News.
State Hi'storkul Society -
VOLUME XVII
DAKOTA CITY, NEB., FRIDAY, JULY 23, 1909.
NUMBER 47
LATEST BY TELEGRAPH
SUMMARY OF THE NEWS OF
THE WHOLE WORLD.
TEXAS COAST STORM
III" MAN TOLL OUTSIDE OF GAL.
YESTON IS TWEITK.
Rased Buildings, Prostrated Wires,
Demoralised Train Service and De
stroyed Crops Left In Wake of
West Indian Gale.
Tho West Indian hurricane which
swept from one end of the Texas gulf
coast to the other Wednesday claimed
a toll of twelve human lives outside of
Galveston, fatally Injured four oth
ers and seriously wounded sixteen, ac
cording to the details of the storm
available In Houston, Tex., Thursday
night. Whole towns were devastated
and the wreck and ruin to property
will amount to hundreds of thousands
of dollars.
Some of the towns along or near the
Texas coast where It Is feared great
damage may have been done, but
from which nothing yet has been
heard, are Lavain, Indlanola, Rock
port, Golcad, Victoria, Columbia, Ed
ena and Matagorda.
In Louisiana points In Cameron
pariah are reported to have suffered
severely from the hurricane.
At Bay City about 50 per cent of the
business section was damaged, includ
ing the opera house, one bank, the
courthouse, the new high school build
ing and the city jail. In the Jail the
cages were left standing and the pris
oners were exposed to view, but were
safe. Every building In Velasco near
Bay City was unroofed or practically
demolished and the town is under four
feet of water.
Eagle Lake seems to have suffered
on a parity with Bay City. But few
houses there escaped the fury of the
storm. The same situation is reported
from Lissle, Nowatta and East Ber
nard, though there were no fatalities.
Corn fields were leveled, but cotton
withstood the storm well.
At El Campo the electric light plant
1s wrecked, all elevators are badly
damaged and almost every church In
own Is demolished or partly wrecked.
In the oil field around Marshall der
ricks were blown down and wells
stripped of machinery. " ''
BODY FOUND IN TRUNK.
Gruesome Discovery In Lodging House
at Lynn. Mass.
A body, believed to be that of an
Armenian, was found in a trunk In a
lodging house at 148 Liberty street,
Lynn. Mass., Thursday. The head
was mutilated and there was a bullet
wound over the heart. The body was
fully clothed and In a pocket a bank
book was found bearing the name of
Ml nan K. Morljian. The room was
rented eight weeks ago by Frank
Jones, a shoe factory worker, who, it
Is said, had not occupied it recently.
The body was discovered by Mrs.
Bessie Rollins, the lodging house
peeper, and her husband. On May 80
a. new trunk was brought to the house
for Jones.
Mrs. Rollins said that there never
had been any disturbance in the room
and that nothing ever had been no
ticed there to arouse suspicion.
In the bank book was a note which
read:
"If anything happens ,to me notify
L. B. Adams. 388 Center street, Ja
maica Plains."
How long the body had laid In the
'trunk Is not known.
PROG HESS ON CANAL.
'Work Going Forward Rapidly Ah
Along the Line.
Substantial progress in canal con
struction all along the line Is shown by
reports coming to the Washington of
fice of the Isthmian Canal company.
Excavation work approximates 80,
000,000 cubic yards, almost as much
as the total quantity of dirt taken out
by the French during the period they
were engaged In operations there. Less
than 100,000,000 cubic yards of earth
remain to be removed from the ditch.
Col. Ooethals has estimated that the
great waterway will be ready for the
transit of ships by January 1, 1915,
Four hundred and eighty concrete
monoliths had been laid when the
north section of the floor of the great
Gatun dam spillway was completed
recently. Thirty thousand cubic
yards of concrete were used in this sec
tion, each monolith being thirty feet
long and twenty feet wide. The sec
tion, which is one of three necessary to
complete the spillway, is 960 feet long
and 300 feet wide.
Sioux City Live Stock Market.
, Thursday's quotations on the Sioux
City live stock market follow: Best
bceve, $6.00. Top hogs, 17.66.
Harry Orcliard Baptised.
Harry Orchard, murderer of former
Gov. Steunenberg, of Idaho, accord
ing to his confession, was baptised at
the penitentiary at Boise, Thursday.
The service was read by a Seventh
Day Adventlst.
More Ind for Settlers.
Approximately 906,000 acres of land
In Wyoming were Thursday designated
by Acting Secretary Piarcs as coming
within the enlarged homestead act.
GALE AT GALVESTON.
Tempest of Hurricane Volume Strike
' City.
Ten dead is the total number of
lives lost, so far as Is known, In the
hurricane which swept over the gulf
of Mexico and struck Galveston Wed
nesday morning and continued until
after mid-day. While the city of Gal
veston was held safe against the fury
of the storm by the government's $2,
000,000 sea wall, far out in the gulf
on the Tarpon fishing pier, seven miles
from the city, where the storm whip
ped over the Jetty into the bay, ten
persons were washed from the rocky
promontories Into the gulf.
Those drowned were members of a
fishing party and employes of the Tar
pon pier marooned In the Jetty.
Fortified behind her 17-foot sea
wall and elevated to a point above the
danger line, the city passed safely
through a hurricane which resembled
somewhat in Intensity the disastrous
storm of 1900.
Part of the island upon which the
city is situated was again Inundated,
the overflowing sea water reaching a
height of seven or more feet. That
portion of the island which has been
protected suffered comparatively little
harm. No lives were lost and the
property damage will not be very
large.
The water backed up into the main
streets of the city and for a time
heavy losses were feared. The plncl
pal damage, however, was confined to
the beach front, where bath houses
and pleasure piers were swept away,
but shipping was undisturbed.
It Is reported that there has been
considerable loss of life at Palacos and
Blessing, two small towns on the gulf
In Matagorda county. It Is also re
ported that Bay City suffered greatly
from the hurricane.
BANKER COMES FORWARD.
St. Louis Realty Dealer Gets a Loan at
Point of a Gun.
Being refused a loan. M. L. Dawson,
a realty dealer, Wednesday at St.
Louis, Mo., demanded that Mr. Zeellg,
Louis, Mo. at the point of a revolver,
demanded Mr. Zeellg, president of the
Savings Trust company, give
him all the money he had In his pock
ets. Zeellg gave Dawson S890, and as
soon as Dawson left the bank Zeellg
opened Are with his revolver. Daw
son fired In return, but ail the bullets
went wild.
Dawson surrendered to the police
and Zeellg went to the police station
to appear against him.
NEW PREMIER OF FRANCE.
if. Bourgeois to Be Offered Voeant
Portfolio.
President Fallleres will offer the
premiership to Leon Bourgeois, former
minister of foreign affairs. This de
cision was reached late Wednesday
night, but as M. Bourgeois is not ex
pected to reach Paris from Hamburg
until Friday, his actual attitude with
regard to the appointment is not
known. Parliamentary circles, how
ever, foresee that he will decline the
honor, as his health is far from ro
bust. Nevertheless the cabinet crisis
promises to be of short duration.
Summer Hotel Burns.
Two hotels and seven business
houses were destroyed at Long Branch,
N. J., Wednesday night. The fire
swept a block in Brighton avenue be
tween Second and Salrs avenues, caus
ing $100,000 damage. The local fire
department was forced to ask aid from
Asbury Park.
Crusade Against Vloe.
Attorney Way-man's spectacular cru
sade against "protected vice" in Chi
cago resulted in 105 Indictments
against resort keepers and gamblers
being returned by the grand Jury
Thursday. The men were resort keep
ers In the west side levee district and
"blind pig" men in the suburbs.
Sells an American Pulntlng.
"The Canal in Winter," by E. W.
ftedfleld, of Center Bridge, Pa., the
only American picture to receive a
medal at the spring salon of the so
ciety of French artists, has been pur
chased by the French government for
the Luxemburg gallery.
Aoriul 11 ant Incorporates.
The New York Aerial Manufactur
ing and Navigation company, of
Brooklyn, was incorporated at Albany,
N. Y., Thursday, to carry on the busi
ness of transporting passengers,
freight and o'her commodities by air
ships of all kinds.
IXe Restores Salaries.
Official announcement was made at
the Erie railroad general offices in
N'cw York Thursday that the board of
directors had passed a resolution re
storing salarie of officers and em
ployes which were reduced some time
go.
Fire, supposed to have been started
oy a spark from a locomotive, des
'royed nearly 200.000 feet of lumber
'longing to the Mahlum Lumber Co.
if Brainerd.
Curfew Iaw for Negroes,
The police commissioners of Mo
alls, Ala., established a curfew law
for negroes. Commencing Thursday
night all the blacks must be off the
itreets at 10 p. m.
Old Ammunition Sunk.
Thirty-one thousand Melinite shells,
the caliber of which no longer corre
spond with any of the guns on French
warships, were taken out to sea Thurs
Jay and sunk two miles off the coast.
BUTLER STRIKE OFF.
Standard Steel Men Return to
Work. '
The strike which for four days
tied up the Standard Steel Car com
pany's works was settled Tuesday at
Butler, Pa. The 3,600 employes of the
plant will return to work. Both sides
yielded points In an effort to reach an
understanding.
The strike was brought to an end
through the efforts of Rev. Father
Becsweskl, of the Polish Catholic
church In Butler, under whose advice
the men have been acting almost from
the beginning. Following the presen
tation of an ultimatum by the men.
Attorney Levi M. Wise and Father
Becsweskl were called into consulta
tion with company officials. The lat
ter agreed to take back all of ths
workmen and consented to a reduction
of 8 per cent on delinquent rents taken
from the pay envelopes of the men
each week. Father Becsweskl, actliiL
for the strikers, then agreed to aban
don the men's demand for an Increase
in wages and consented to the com
pany's statement that it would follow
Its usual custom In such matters. An
agreement was drawn up, which was
ratified by the strikers.
Following the announcement of the
settlement of the strike. It was agreed
that the twenty-three men In Jail In
connection with the labor troubles be
released Immediately on a nominal
ball.
The first effort ever made In the
United States to enjoin both the prin
cipals and the commonwealth failed
Tuesday when Judges Ford and
Brown, of the common pleas court,
sustained the demurrer of the Pressed
Steel Car company to the petition for
injunction made by the Public Defense
association of Pittsburg against the
company, the striking employes and
the sheriff of Allegheny county.
PRIVATE O'NEIL CAPTURED.
Soldier Who Killed .His .Sweetheart
Threatened to Suicide.
After being pursued all day by 600
cavalrymen, Private Charles O'Nell,
who killed his sweetheart, Minnie
Sharbeno, at Fort Leavenworth, Kan.,
was captured by Private William Os
thuyzer, of the Fifteenth cavalry.
O'Nell ran Into Lake Merrltt and
threatened to drown himself when
cornered by his captor. He waded out
Into the water up to his neck, but
finally was induced to return to shore
and surrender.
Osthuyzer was commended for the
capture and was promoted to be cor
poral. He Is a veteran of the Boer
war, and was Interpreter to Gen. De
Wet. . , .
FALL OF FRENCH CABINET.
Clcfnencvau and Ills Ministers Send In
Their Resignations.
The Clemenceau cabinet resigned
Tuesday night. The fall of the cabinet
came over a discussion of the investi
gation recently held Into the depart
ment of marine, which was strongly
condemned In the special commission's
report. On a vote of confidence in the
government the vote stood 176 in favor
and 212 opposed.
M. Clemenceau and his fellow min
isters immediately proceeded directly
to President Fallleres and offered his
resignation, which the president ac
cepted. John A. Cooke Paroled.
John A. Cooke, former clerk of the
circuit court of Cook county, 111., who
has been serving a sentence for misus
ing public funds, was paroled by tho
state board of pardons Tuesday. His
release was granted without delay
owing to the reported Illness of his
mother. He was taken to Chicago In
an automobile by a party of friends.
Negro Strung Up.
Without firing a shot a mob took
Albert Lawaon, the negro who shot
Sheriff R. F. Compton, at Paris, Tenn.,
Sunday, from the Paris Jail at 9:30
Tuesday night and hanged him to a
mulberry tree a few yards from the
prison. About thirty minutes later
the body was cut down.
Three Thousand Made Homeless.
A fire which broke out early Fri
day in a Chinese restaurant on Hai
leybury road, near Cobalt, Ont.,
caused a loss estimated at $100,000.
Three thovsand have been rendered
homeless and the entire business sec
tion north of the square has been de
stroyed. . Fires Still Rage.
The forest fire In Merced canyon In
the Yosemtte valley, is still raging In
the gorge bounded by Point cliff. Pan
oramic cliff and the half done. Cav
alrymen are trying to prevent Its
spreading across the trail to the un.
touched portions of the canyon.
Sir Robert Hart to Itct.'re.
Sir Robert Hart, who has spent a
year's leave of absence In England,
the first vacation he has taken in more
than twenty years, hus practically de
cided to retlro from the position of
director general of Chinese customs on
account of 111 heulth.
"Hunger Strike" KueccKHful.
The success of several suffragettes
In obtaining their release from Drlson
In London by carrying out a "hunger
strike" has caused all of the suffra.
gettes in Holloway Jail to adopt this
method for gaining their freedom.
Six Loe Lives.
Six men employed on the Delaware,
Lackawanna and Western railroad
were killed several miles from Ulalrs
town N. J.. Tuesday
ASKft
FATHER MURPHY WINS.
Court Refuses to Grant Order of Blsli
op Bonacum. -
The Injunction ease of Bishop Bona
cum, of the Catholic diocese of Lin
coin, against Father Murphy came up
In the district court at Seward Tues
day. That tribunal refused to make
permanent the restraining order
against Father Murphy which was
made as a result of the bishop recent
ly attempting to take charge of the
Ulysses church. Tho court declared It
had no power to restrain Father Mur
phy from performing duties pertaining
to his calling, and refused to make
permanent the restraining order Issued
against the priest. The result of the
court's action leaves Father Murphy
In charge of the church ut Ulysses
and he stated that he would say mass
In the edifice Sunday morning. What
further action Bishop Bonacum will
take was not stated.
TAXPAYERS KCOftE EXTENSION.
Thurston County Residents Do Not
Like Addition to Allotment.
The extension of ten years in the
trust period of the Oninha allotments
has caused no little disappointment
among taxpayers of Thurston county.
Most of tho allottees, they say, are liv
ing in idleness anil luxury from the
Increase of their lanilj which are ex
empt from taxation. These lands have
becomo valuable under the cultivation
by the white people. The rents each
year are Increasing, varying from $2
to 17 per acre, with no Improvements
on the land except what Is put there
by the renters In most cases. Tuxes
upon these lanfls are needed for
schools and public highways, all of
which are In bad condition. Residents
of Thurston county are severe in their
criticism of representatives In con
gress in permitting this extension.
They say it means retrogression to In
dians as well as the white man.
KANSAS SHERIFF TO JAIL.
Stringent Measures Taken with Officer
at Nebraska City.
Sheriff F. M. Monaugh, of Stockton,
Kan, arrived In Nebraska City Satur
day night having In charge James
Rankin, an insane man, and attempted
to turn him over to Sheriff Fischer,
claiming that he was a charge belong
ing to Otoe county. The officer re
fused to accept the prisoner, and when
the Kansas sheriff attempted to leave
without taking his prisoner with him
he was arrested and placed in Jail,
being unable to give ball. He is
charged with attempting to dump a
pauper on Otoe county. Young Ran
kin and his mother-were former resi
dents of Otoe county and -he was sent
up to the Insane asylum In 1907, but
paroled in 1908, and went to Kansas
with his mother to make their home,
Mrs. Rankin owning some land in the
vicinity of Stockton. '
SHOOTS INTO A CROWD.
Colorado Mnn Kills n Negro In an
O inn I in Saloon.
A names giving the name of Jess
Smith, of Trinidad, Colo., Monday
night fired five revolver Bhots into a
crowd In a saloon at Tenth and Doug
las streets, Omaha, killing James
Robblns, a colored piano player, seri
ously injuring James F. McGlnnlty, a
bystander, and slightly wounding an
unknown man.
Smith had been ejected from the sa.
loon for threatening the bartender and
returned with a gun to "clean out"
the place. He was captured and
placed in Jail.
RICH FARMER ENDS LIFE.
Shoots and Kills HtiiiKclf In Railroad
Yards at Holrircge.
Sam Larue, a wealthy farmer living
near Ingham, shot and killed himself
In the railroad yards at Holdrege
Tuesday afternoon. He was on his
way home from Omaha, where he had
old two carloads of fat steers. It is
known that he received over 12,000
for the stock, but when the body was
taken over by the coroner but $9
were found. It Is supposed that he lost
his money and that this brought on
sudden insanity. Larue's father died
In the Insane asylum at Hastings.
Fierce Flst at Fremont.
Frank Stratton, who came to Fre
mont with some race horses, was sen
tenced to ninety days In the county
Jail for assaulting William Lewis, a
fellow employe, and kicking him In
the right eye and mouth. Lewis had
most of his upper teeth knocked out,
a bad cut In the mouth, one eye closed
and perhaps seriously Injured, and It
took a surgeon some time to get him
fixed up to appear In Justice court.
Beer Must Be Labeled.
It Is not unlawful for a saloonkeeper
of Havelock to deliver beer In Lincoln
providing the beer has been bought
and paid for In Havelock and every
case labelled with the name of the
consignee. It Is unlawful for a saloon
keeper to send In beer on a wagon
unless each chs Is labelled with the
name of the consignee. That is the
decision of Judge Kisser, of the Lin
coln police court In the case against
the three Havelock saloon men.
Waterworks for Beaver.
Waterworks extension bonds car
ried In Beaver City by 18 majority.
Municipal Ownership Pays.
That Grand Island's municipally
owned and operated water and light
ing plant has paid well Is the sub
stance of a report made to tho mayor
and council by an expert accountant,
who has Just completed a thorough
checking up of tho light and water
commissioner's office.
Change in Telegraph Office.
J. G. Wolf, for a number of years
manager of the Postal Telegraph com
pany In Lincoln, will become manager
Of the Omaha office August 1
HEDil
STATE REUS
I BOY HURT BY ST It 1 .101' CAR.
Eddie William Received a Slight
Gash on Head,
Little Eddie Williams, son of J. A.
Williams, of Lincoln, while riding hli
wheel In some way collided with a
Havelock street car at the corner of
Sixteenth and O streets and had quite
a gash cut over the left tye. Ho was
not seriously hurt. Ir. Miller, who
happened to be passing on the Kreet
near by, took tho boy In charge at
once and dressed the wound, putting
In one stitch. Tho boy did not lost
consciousness from the force of the
rhoek, but kept Insisting that he must
hurry on to the bakery to finish his
errand of purchasing some cinnamon
buns for supper.
Tho Havelock car was going east on
O street at the comer of Sixteenth
when the accident occurred. The boy,
according to tho story of bystandrrs,
was turning tho corner at Sixteenth
to get on O street when the car and
bicycle struck. No one seems to know
Just what part of the car struck the
lad, but ho lay In the middle of the
track behind the car when he was
picked up. The enr was very crowded.
The boy Is 7 years old.
LAND SELLS HIGn.
Prices In Merrick Comity Arc Hlttln,
the llirh Finer.
The price of Merrick county land
Is still hitting the high places. In
splto of the fact that tho big drain
age ditch project through the county
was knocked out by the board of su
pervisors. Lester Hylnnd, of Sweet
water, has purchased the Flower
farm, east of Central City, In the
Warm Slough section, paying $110
per aero for the eighty acres. Wun
derllck & Havellck, of Duvid City,
have sold tho half section of land
owned by them east of Central City,
and Included in the old Hart ranch,
or Smith estate, receiving an even
J 100 per acre as the result of the
deal. Dave Burke, who owns tho
Wlthraw quarter section, about a mile
west of Central City, has refused an
offer of $105 an acre for the land. An
other deal Is about to be consummat
ed which will Involve the sale of an
eighty within a mile and a half of the
town for $128 per acre.
FALLS IN FRONT OF SICKLE.
Farmer Is Fn tally Injured Whllo Drlv.
Ins a Binder.
Christopher Meyers, a farmer liv
ing three miles cast of Berlin, was
fatally Injured while driving a binder
In a wheat field on his farm.
One of the fcurhorsea that he was
driving shied at some object and the
others started to run away. Mr. Mey
ers was unable to control the fright
ened animals. He lost his balance and
was thrown In front of the sickle bar.
The unfortunate man was dragged
for a distance of fifty feet and the
bone In one of his limbs was severed
above the ankle. One cf the guards
on the machine penetrated his lungs.
Several bones were broken and his
back was also badly lacerated. He re
ceived other Injuries.
Mr. Meyers was taken to his home
and medical aid was summoned. The
attending physician fears that the In
jured man will not live. He Is about
55 years old.
BLOODHOUNDS FIND A CHILD.
Llttlo one Is located After a Lon(
Starch.
Tho 2-yenr-old child of Mrs. Myrtle
Troyer, of Lexington, who has been
lost In the hills twenty-six miles
northwest of Lexington, was found
early Friday morning after a search
of forty-two hours.
Mrs. Troyer was visiting 'at the
home of a brother living north of Lo
max. Tuesday whllo she was absent
from the house, the child wandered
away and all efforts to find it were
unavailing. Bloodhounds and about
200 people Joined In the search. The
bloodhounds finally located tha child
In the hills. When it was found It
appeared to be but little the worse for
the exposure.
STREETS FLOODED AT WAnOO.
Lightning Destroys a Large Barn Dur
ing the Storm.
A heavy rain fell In the vicinity of
Wahoo last Friday. In less than an
hour and a halt 2.32 Inches fell. The
streets were flooded and many cellars
were filled. The big excavation on the
Smlth-Hultln-Anderson company's
new building was filled with water to
the depth of a foot and a half, necessi
tating the use of a gasoline engine to
pump it out. No rain was reported a
mile north of town nor six miles west.
During the storm lightning struck
and destroyed a large barn of H. J.
Litzman two miles west of there. Two
horses and a cult were burned.
Slander Suit at Prndcr.
John M. Commons hns filed In the
district court of Thurston county a
suit against Thomas L. Sloan, of Pen
der, for $10,000. Mr. Commons is
superintendent and special disbursing
agent In charge ot the Omaha Indian
tribe In Thurston county.
Boy Finds Lost Diamonds,
The diamonds lost Saturday at Nor
folk by Mrs. C. II. Bowers, valued at
$1,000, were found on a sidewalk by
12-year-old William Mueller, son of
Uev. J. P. Mueller, and returned to
the owner.
Fourteen Years for Clarence.
In district court at I'lattsmouth
Judge II. D. Travis overruled the mo
tion for a new trial and sentenced
John Clarence to servo a term of four
teen years in the state penltentlury
at hard lubor. .
Extending Telephone System.
The Bell Telephone company has, it
Is said, sold Its local Interests ut Lyons
to Fred Enfield, of that place, who is
blocking oijt new cable systems and
making considerable improvement
mm
ffiANDj
mNANCIAL
CHICAGO.
The UBual Indices of trade nctlvlty
continue to reflect accumulating
strength and better disposition toward
Increasing active capacity in manufac
tures. Weather conditions favor the
growing crops and marketings of farm
product! are well sustained, those ot
live stock Bhowlng considerable In
crease. The markets for breadstuffs
remain quiet, but packing is more ex
tended, and there la good absorption
ot provisions for both domestic and
export consumption. High tempera
tures stimulated demand for season
able needs in the leading retail lines
and there Is ample reduction of mer
chandise stocks here and at Interior
points.
Wholesale trade in the principal sta
ples promises to show expansion. Buy
ers come forward in large numbers,
and the demand Is strong in textiles,
slothing, footwear, fod products and
furniture. Compared with this time
last year, there Is larger forwarding
of goods to country stores, whllo cur
rent bookings indicate gain In deliver
ies to be made of fall and winter
lines. High prices and reasonable as
surance of great crops make a remark
ably prosperous position in agricul
ture, and this encourages more effort
In the distribution of flnlHhed prod
ucts and farm needs.
Bank clearings, $209,236,328, exceed
thoBe of the corresponding week In
1908 by 14.7 per cent and compare
with $243,4S3,589 In 1907.
Failures reported In the Chicago dis
trict number 29, against 20 last week,
30 In 1908 and 21 In 1907. Those with
liabilities over $5,000 number 12,
against 3 last week, 10 in 1908 and 5
In 1907." Dun's Weekly Review ot
Trade.
NEW YORK.
Despite Irregularities In crop and
weather conditions, midsummer influ
ences In trade and Industry and con
servatism In placing orders ahead,
business Is of fairly good volume for
the season ot the year and shows a
perceptibly steady advance toward nor
mal proportions. In retail trade clear
ance sales are universal, but there are
numerous reports that reduced pur
chasing power offsets the stimulus of
fered by this means of Inducing buy
ing. Wholesale trade for Immediate
delivery and Jobbing business in sum
mer goods Is of a light volume. Fall
trade reports are still relatively the
beat of any branch. Still, there are
reports of quiet In the Southwest, and
Chicago seems to be the moat active
market In the country, with the North
west coming next as regards favorable
reports.
BusliysB failures In the United
States for the week ending with July
15 were 206, against 182 last week,
215 in the like week of 1908, 177 in
1907, 18 in 1906 and 165 in 1905. Ca
nadian failures for the week number
36, as compared with 27 last week and
28 the corresponding week of 1908.
Bradst reefs.
Chicago Cattle, common to prime,
$4,00 to $7.50; hogs, prime heavy, $4.60
to $8.32; sheep, fair to chiVce, $4.25
to $5.40; wheat, No. 2, $1.25 to $1.30;
corn, No. 2, 71c to 72c; oats, standard,
50c to Die; rye, No. 2, 81c to 82c; hay,
timothy, $8.00 to $15.00; prairie, $8.00
to $14.00; butter, choice creamery, 22c
to 26c; eggs, fresh, 17e to 21c; pota
toes, new, per bushel, 65c to 87c.
Indianapolis Cattle, shipping, $3.00
to $5.50; hogs, good to choice heavy,
$3.50 to $8.10; sheep, good to choice,
$2.50 to $6.15; wheat, No. 2, $1.30 to
$1.33; corn, No. 2 white. 74c to 75c;
oats, No. 2 white, 53c to 64c.
St. Louis Cattle, $4.00 to $7.15;
bogs, $4.00 to $8.25; sheep, $3.00 to
$4.40; wheat. No. 2, $1.27 to $1.30; 1
corn, No. 2. 72c to 74c; oats, No. 2, 55c
to 56c; rye, No. 2, 80c to 82c. j
Detroit Cattle, $4.00 to $5.50; hogs, :
$4.00 to $8.10; sheep, $2.50 to $4.00;
wheat. No. 2, $1.30 to $1.40; corn, No.
2 yellow, 74c to 75c; oats, No. 2 white,
63c to 54c; rye, No. 1, 82c to 83c.
Milwaukee Wheat, No. 2 northern,
$1.31 to $1.35; corn, No. 3, 66c to 69c;
oats, standard, 55c to 56c; rye, No. 1,
79c to 81c; barley, standard, 70c to
72c; pork, meBS, $19.65.
Buffalo Cattle, choice shipping
steers, $4.00 to $7.00; hogs, fair to
choice, $4.00 to $8.20; sheep, common
to god mixed, $4.00 to $4.90; lambs,
fair to choj-e, $5.00 to $8.70.
Toledo Wheat, No. 2 mixed, $1.38
to $1.40; corn, No. 2 mixed, 71c to
72c; oats, No. 2 mixed. 61c to 63c;
rye, No. 2, 81c to 8Cc; clover seed,
$0.65.
Cincinnati Cattle, $4.00 to $6.25;
lings, $4.00 to $8.35; sheep, $3.00 tc
$4.50; wheat. No. 2, $130 to $1.35;
corn, No. 2 mixed, 73c to 75c; oats,
No. 2 mixed, 53c to 64c; rye, No. 2,
81c to 86c.
New York Cattle, $4.00 to $7.00;
he as, $3.50 to $8.40; sheep, $3.00 to
$5.00; wheat, Nc 2 rod, $1.40 to $1.42;
corn, No. 2, 77c to 79c; oats, natural
white, 64c to 68e; butter, creamery,
21c to 23c; eggs, western, 17o to
23c.
I Work of Congress S
Tha Senate was in session twenty
minutes Tuesday, adjourning at 12:20
until Friday. The major portion ot
the time of the sitting was devoted to
a discussion of the unanimous consent
agreement not to transact any busi
ness while the tariff conference is la
progress. Senator Carter tried to have
passed a bill pertaining to the affairs
of the District of Columbia on the
ground that the bill was "such a little
one" that no harm could result from
Its passage. But Senators Lodge and
Culberson, standing guard over the In
terests of the two sides of the cham
ber, objected and thus prevented ac
tion. The House was not In session.
The Senate was not In session
Thursday. After a lively debate the
Democrats In the House railed In their
efforts to hare a provision brought In
by Mr. Tawney appropriating $25,000
for President Taft's traveling expenses
ruled out or stricken out of an urgent
deficiency bill. The latter ' measure
was under consideration throughout
the session. Members on the Demo
cratic side were unsparing in I their
charges ot bad faith, because the
House at the last session, as they al
leged, pledged Itself not to make any
additional allowances to the President.
Mr. Rainey of Illinois gave as the rea
son for its presentation at this time
the desire ot the President to "boost"
the League of Republican Clubs)
throughout the country.
The Senate was In session only
eighteen minutes Friday, adjourning
at 12:18 p. m. until Tuesday. In ad
dition to the swearing in of Senator
Clay, ot Georgia, the business consist
ed of the presentation ot petitions and
tho Introduction ot bills ot minor Im
portance. Feverish excitement over
the baseball game scheduled between
teams representing the Democratic and
Republican sides of the chamber was
responsible for a short session of the
House. Chairman Tawney'a desire was
to conclude consideration of the ur
gent deficiency appropriation bill, but
strenuous pressure was brought to
bear upon him, and the Speaker caused
them to agree to let the bill go over
until Monday. The only action of Im
portance in connection with the defi
ciency bill was the striking out of the
appropriation of $30,000 for participa
tion by the United States in the Brus
sels exposition. At 2:44 p. m. the
House adjourned until Monday.
The Senate was not In session Mon
day. Having gotten over Its baseball
'"spree"' of the previous Friday, the
House transacted a general assortment
of business. It began by passing an
omnibus bridge bill, then listened to
an apology by Mr. Hobson, ot : Ala
bama, for having last February made
some uncomplimentary statements
alut Ambassador O'Brien at Toklo,
and further considered the urgent de
ficiency bill. There were several live
ly tilts, one of which culminated in an
announcement by Mr. Macon of Ar
kansas that he would resign his seat it
it could be proved that he was a legis
lative obstructor. The most serious
discussion centered about Francis J.
Heney, special assistant to the Attor
ney General. Chairman Tawney, cf
the Appropriations Committee, made
the statement that Mr. Heney had re
ceived during the last year $23,000 for
services he did not render.
HAS REPTILES TO TRADE.
Bnalce Expert at Bronx Zoo to Hake
Exchanges in Europe,
Raymond L. Ditmars, curator ot the
reptile house at the Bronx boo, New
York, has gone to Europe with several
crates of poisonous American snakes
and a number of surplus animals
which have found birth In the soo.
These he will trade to the zoological
gardens In England, Germany, France
and other countries for other snakes,
and animals which the Bronx too de
sires. In specially constructed crates
he has taken a dozen vipers, a dozen
diamond rattlers, a dozen common rat
tlers, a dozen coral snakes, several
lance-head vipers from South America,
a dozen moccasins and a few other
deadly reptiles. In exchange for these
Mr. Ditmars will bring back specimens
of the cobra, asp, and other deadly
snakes which are to be found in the
East, The snakes and small animals
of the Bronx zoo have been multiply
ing so rapidly that It has been found
advantageous to trade them abroad for
specimens not represented here.
NUBBINS OF KSW8,
Official orders have been Issued at
Winnipeg, Man., prohibiting any Unit
ed States circus from parading the
streets unless tt flies a British instead
ot an American flag.
The Alabama Supreme Court de
cided that liquor when kept in lock
ers by Individuals and is not for sale
Is personal property and that any mu
nicipal ordinance prohibiting such,
possession Is void.
Sherburne M. Becker, known as the
"boy mayor of Milwaukee," arrived in
San Francijco the other day on his
return from a vUtlt to the canal sooe.
where he went cn the invitation of
Piesldent Taft.
Two daughters of u Montana ranch
er named Mueller, living at Helena,
slipped Into the Missouri river from,
the bank ar.J wera tlro.vued. They
wero 20 and 16 ysars o?a. A brother,
aged 13, was drowned trylug to save,
tueui.
