Dakota County herald. (Dakota City, Neb.) 1891-1965, July 30, 1909, Image 1

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VOLUME XYII
DAKOTA CITY, NEB., FRIDAY, JULY 30, 1909.
NUMBER 48
LATEST BY TELEGRAPH
SUMMARY OF THE NEWS OF
THE WHOLE WORLD.
CUBAN OFFICERS QUIT
CLIMAX IS ItKACIJED IN CUBAN
CABINET CRISIS.
Resignations Are All ReadyMove ol
Ministers la Meant to Faror Qomci
by Relieving Him of Embamf
ment In Making Removals,
The Cuban cabinot crisis, which for
some time has been impending, reach
ed a climax Thursday afternoon when
all the mnisters as well as the parlia
mentary secretary, Senor Castellanos,
signed their resignations, which will
be officially presented to President
Gomes on his arrival from Cayo Crls
to. The action of the cabinet was tak
en after a conference with tho avowed
purpose of expressing loyalty to the
president and relieving him of the em
barrassment of making removals.
According to rumor, Luis Octavlo
Dlvlna, of the department of justice,
will be succeeded by Ramiro Cabe
rera; Nicolas Alberdi, secretary of the
Interior, by Gen. Machado, now in
spector general of the armed forces;
Dr. Mathlas Duque, secretary of sani
tation, by Senor Alberdi, and Postmas
ter General Nordarse by Senor Morua
Dolago, ex-president of the senate and
leader of the colored party.
The resignations of Benito Lague
ruela, secretary of public works, who
recently was severely criticised for the
dismissal of James Page, chief engi
neer of construction at the Clenfue
gos waterworks, and Senor Castella
nos, who developed anti-American
prejudices since his appointment to
office, probably will be accepted.
SHORTAGE IS $100,000.
Investigation of Tipton Bank Show
Much Bad Paper.
William H. Marker, cashier of the
First National bank at Tipton, Ind.,
and brother of Noah R. Marker, th
missing assistant cashier, who If
charged with the defalcation of mori
than $100,000, has resigned.
Many bad notes and checks an
turning up in the progress of the exam
ination of the bank's affairs. This pa
per, bearing forged signatures of cltl
zens, represents. It is said, thousand!
of dollars abstracted from the bank't
funds. It Is not expected that the
shortage will be less than 1110,000
and It may be much more.
DUAL KENTUCKY CRIME.
Woman Kills Man and Then Swal
lows a Deadly Poison.
A double tragedy was enacted Ir
Bellevue, Ky., a suburb of Cincinnati
O., when Mrs. John Mullarkey, 2f
years old, shot and killed Edward Ax
line, 30 years of age, and died later at
a result of self administered poison.
Mrs. Mullarkey, who was the wif
of a well known resident of the sub
urb, and mother of two children, had
been seen in company frequently with
Axllne In the last few days. What
led to the tragedy may never b
known.
INDIANA WIND. STORM.
Strikes Indianapolis and Plays Man)
Peculiar Pranks.
A terrific storm, which swept In
dianapolis and Indiana late Thursday
caused great damage to that city. The
wind played many pranks, among
them blowing an automobile through
a store front and tearing the roof
from a baseball grandstand and depos
iting It with such force upon a house
that the structure was almost demol
ished. The mercury reached 91.4, the hot
test of the season.
Resort Keepers Arrested.
The grand Jury at Chicago which
has already indicted a police Inspector
a detective and others in furtherance
of State's Attorney Wayman's attack
on the West Side "tenderloin," Thurs
day returned lr.dlctments against
twenty keepers of alleged Illegal es
tablishments. Ends Life In Denver notol.
Ned Copeland, 40 years old, mem
ber of a prominent family of Santa
Ana, Cal., and proprietor of a hotel
at Esperansa, Mexico, committed sui
cide in his room at a hotel at Denver
by taking cyanide of potassium.
Goniers In Berlin.
Sampel Gompers, president of the
American Federation of Labor, ar
rived In Berlin Thursday toxstudy la
bor conditions.
Sioux City Live Stock Market.
Thursday's quotations on the Sioux
City live stock market follow: Cattle,
$6.00. Top hogs, $7.40.
Tr1Je Missouri Prirno.
A triple tragedy occurred at Hannl
til. Mo., Thursday when Charles Beau
ley shot and killed his baby, danger
ously wounded his wife and then com.
mined suicide.
Rcyen' IlCttignatlon Aoe'iteI.
Gen. Rafael Reyes has announced
that he has received official notifica
tion of the acceptance by the Colum
bian congress of his resignation at
.president.
CNDFJt MARTIAL LAW.
Officials to Put Down Riot In Rareo
lona. Travelers from Barcelona, Spain,
Tuesday reported the situation as
grave. The civil governor, when or
dered to proclaim martial law re
signed his office. A regiment of In
fantry has arrived In the city from
Tarragona to reinforce the garrison.
Rioting was resumed on the Rambla,
the main street of the city, before
dark Tuesday, and two street cars
overturned. Already a doien persons
have been killed by the police while
repressing the rioting. Many desert
ing reservists are fleeing across the
frontier.
Baroeiona Is now under martial law.
Serious rioting has occurred follow
ing the declaration of a general strike
In protest' ago Inst the military opera
tions In Morocco, and the dispatch to
that country of a lurge body of troops.
Violent meetings have been held
during the past few days, and a gen
eral strike followed. There has been
much fighting In the streets, and prac
tically all communications have been
destroyed. The food supplies have
been cut off, resulting In great hard
ship and suffering, especially among
the poor. The prices of the necessa
ries of life are almost prohibitive.
The strikers cheer the soldiers, but
have attacked the police of Barcelona
and suburbs. Several serious engage
ments have occurred between the po
lice and the rioters and the former
have not heBltated to use their pistols
freely. As a result many Innocent
pedestrians have been rhot as well as
rioters.
All commercial activities are pros
trated, and service on the tramway:,
and railroads, as well as cab and car
riage service, has ceased. There is
great uneasiness and fear of much
more serious disorders. Trouble is al
so reported from the Interior towns.
SETS A NEW MARK.
O. Wright Shatters World's Aeroplane
Record.
The world's aeroplane record for
two men. as to both time and dis
tance, was broken Tuesday In a beau
tiful flight of one hour, twelve min
utes and forty seconds upwards of
fifty miles at a speed averaging
about forty miles an hour, by Orvllle
Wright at Fort Myer, with Lieut.
Frank P. Lahm, of the army signal
corps, as passenger.
The former record was made last
year by his brother, Wilbur, Joint In
ventor with him of the machine in
which both flights were accomplished
at Le Mans, France, with Prof. Pain
leaVj of the French Institute, as a pas
senger. ' r y . , ,. ,
That flight was one hour nine min
utes and thirty seconds. Wilbur was
an eager spectator of Tuesday's flight
by his brother.
TRAGEDY IN A COURT ROOM.
Sensational Ending of Trial at Llttlt
Rock, Ark.
Shooting over the head of United
States Senator Jeff Davis. W. T. Ellis.
a resident of Pine Bluff, Ark., fired a
bullet Into the heart of Nathaniel
Parker Willis, owner of a liquor cure
at Indianapolis, Ind., In the circuit
court room at Little Rock, Ark., Tues
day afternoon.
The shooting was the tragic ending
of a lawsuit brought by Willis against
his divorced wife, who had subse
quently married Ellis. The suit was
ror tne possession of the Willis child.
Willis died in his mother's arms al
most Instantly after being shot
Bhoots WIfo for Burglar.
In the excitement caused by the be
lief that a burglar was In the house,
Harry Pierce, a shoe designer, shot
and fatally wounded his wife at their
home In the Jamaica Plains district,
near Boston, Mass., Tuesday. Pierce
has been taken into custody pending
an Investigation.
Three Thousand Made Homeless.
A fire which broke out early Fri
day In a Chinese restaurant on Hal
leybury road, near Cobalt, Ont.,
caused a loss estimated at $100,000.
Three thousand have been rendered
homeless and the entire business sec
tion north of the square has been de.
stroyed.
Stone Under Arrest.
United States Senator Stone, of Mis
souri, was for a short time Tuesday
night under arrest at the central po
lice station In Baltimore, Md., charged
with assaulting Lawrence J. Brown, a
negro porter on a buffet car. Senator
Stone was released on his own recog.
nlzance.
Two Farmers Slain.
Thomas Morgan and his son Henry,
farmers, living near Gage, Okla., were
killed, and E. F. Powers, a neighbor
with whom the Morgans quarreled,
was probably fatally Injured In a fight
near the Morgan home Tuesday.
RecclTersnlp Is Lifted.
On order of Judge. Lurton In the
United States appellate court, the re
ceivership of the Cincinnati, Hamilton
and Dayton Railway company was
lifted Tuesday. Judson Harmon, as
receiver, is relieved of duty.
French Troops and Bandits Fight.
During an engagement Tuesday be
tween French troops and Detham
bandits, Capt. Petthuls and ten men
were killed and twenty wounded. The
bandits lost SO men i
Labor problem In Hawaii.
Hawaiian sugar planters are con
templating importing Russian immi
grants to solve the labor problem in
the islands, It was announced In Hon
olulu Tuesday.
RIOT RULE IN SPAIJf.
King Proclulms Mnrtlnl Law Through
out Nation,
The greatest Inquietude reigns In
Madrid. King Alfonso was closeted
until a late hour Wednesday with Pre
mier Maura, and an official note was
Issued snylng that the situation Is ex
ceedingly serious and that the rebell
ion must be suppressed with an iron
hand, as the Catalonlans were strug
gling to engulf Spain In a revolution.
The minister of the Interior Thurs
day night Issued an official noto giv
ing a summary of the latest events in
Catalonia. At Rues, near Tarragona,
serious disorders have occurred. . At
Alcoy there has been much fighting
In the streets, the gendarmes using
their carbines and killing or wound
Ing many of the manlfestants. Or
der was quickly established at that
place.
At Calhorra, a place of 10,000 in
habitants, the populace Invaded the
railroad station, destroyed the switch
es and did other material damage
which resulted In the blocking of the
trains transporting the troops. Sol
diers opened fire on he rioters, of
whom some were killed. The troops
succeeded In re-establishing train
communications. Similar incidents
occurred at other localities.
At Kendrell a railroad was torn up
to prevent the passage of trains con
veying soldiers from Valencia to Bar
celona. The king learned that part of his
army at Molilla(had had a bloody bat
tle with the Moors, which, though a
signal victory, was won by the Span
lards, cost the lives of twenty-one of
ficers and a total of 200 Spaniard
killed and wounded.
PULLIAM SHOOTS HIMSELF.
Baseball Magnate Tries to End Life In
Got I mm.
Harry Pulllam, president of the Na
tional League of Baseball Clubs, Wed
nesday attempted suicide In his rooms
on the third floor of the New York
Athletic club. Standing in the mid
dle ot the room, Mr. Pulllam held a
revolver to his right temple. He fired
only one shot, which entered his right
temple and came out seven Inches
away on the loft side. The bullet de
stroyed the right eye and passed
through the upper part of the left.
It Is not bolieved he can recover.
His friends say that continued 111
health was chiefly responsible for his
attempt to kill himself.
RISH FOR LANDS GREAT.
Department Places an Order .for 50,.
000 More Registration Blanks. -" '
So great ! the rush of applicants
'i iiiuian reservation lanus to De
drawn August 9 that the land depart
ment officials Wednesday at Spokane
Wash., placed an order for 60,000
more registration blanks.
With little more than half the time
for registration passed. Superintendent
Wltten has received 148.955 appllca
tions. R is figured that there are
about 6,400 homesteads available on
the Spoken and Coeur d'Alene re
serves.
ENDS LIFE WITH REVOLVER.
Former Secretary to James H. Hyde
Meets Death by Ills Own Hand.
John H. Stuart, confidential secre
tary of James Hazen Hyde when the
latter was president of the Equitable
Life Assurance society of New York,
committed suicide near Everett.
Wash., Thursday by shooting himself
In the pody and head.
Stuart was a witness against Hyde'
in the Investigation that resulted in
the latter losing control of the insur
ance company.' Despondency over
finances Is given as the cause of the
suicide.
Shoe Factory Resumes.
The shoe factory of James Phelan
& Sons, at Lynn, Mass., which was
one of the four shoe manufacturing
plants affected by the strike of pack
ing room employes, resumed onern.
tions Tuesday, having agreed to the
terms of the striking packers.
Senator Stone Disctiargcd.
Declaring that in the circumstances
(he assault was Justifiable, Police
Magistrate Eugene Grannan, at Balti
more, Md., Tuesday dismissed the
charge against Senator William J.
Stone, of Missouri, of having assaulted
Lawrence O. Brown, a waiter on a
Pennsylvania railroad train.
No Bar to Hostile Fleet.
In a test made In the upper part of
Portsmouth harbor, New Hampshire,
Thursday the Inefficiency of a massive
wire entanglement to prevent the en
trance of hostile torpedo craft was
fully demonstrated, the torpedoboat
destroyer Ferret cutting through the
obstructions with the greatest ease.
State Files an Appeal.
An appeal to the United States an.
preme court from the decision of
Judge Smith Mcpherson In the Mis
souri railroad rate case was filed by
Hanrord B. Ladd, representing the,
stats. In the United States district
court at Kansas City, Thursday.
Killed by an Erie Train.
Mrs. William Chase, of Mid.iif.i,..,
N. Y.. said to be a relative of Trui.
dt-nt Taft, was struck and killed
Thursday by an Erie train as she was
about to leave for a seaside resort.
Lawmaker Is Arret-d.
W. W. Robertson, of Wesson, Miss.,
member of the state legislature.
must face the courts on a charge of
ylolatinV the state prohibition law.
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i NEBRASKA
WANTED TO PUNISH HIM.
Auburn Wlfe-Bcnter Barely Enrapcs
Rough Handling.
The cry of "bring a rope," was
heard from a crowd of men In Auburn
Saturday evening, and It was soon
learned that a woman had been as
saulted by her husband and beaten
In the face until the blood was flowing
and several wounds were apparent and
the man appeared bent on renewing
the attack. Bystanders came to the
rescue and . the woman fainted. The
man undertook to leave tho flace, but
Just as he got Into his busgy George
Hays seised the reins and took him by
the collar, and he was soon In the city
Jail, which was possibly a good thing
for him, ss there were parties ready
to act.. It was learned that the man
was L. B. Throop, a switchman, and
the woman, his wife, Mrs. Delorls
Throop.
FORGER AT BEATRICE.
Smooth CrookLcnves the City with $50
or More.
The smooth forger, who had been
hanging around Beatrice a few days,
took In a number of business men and
left town about $50 or more to the
good. The checks were drawn on the
First National bank In favor of K.
Alsen and signed J. S. Shugrrt. The
forger visited a number of places and
purchased a bill of goods tendering a
check always much larger than the
bills amounted to. In each Instance
ho received a nice ba'ance with the
goods purchased. The forgery was
not discovered until after the fellow
left town. Ho Is thought to be vhe
same party who recently visited Hast
ings and a number of other towns In
the state.
HEADACHE POWDERS FATAL.
Wife of Farmer Xear Auburn Takes
Too Many.
News has Just reached Auburn of
the death of Alberta Reding, wife of
Thomas Reding, a farmer living six
miles north of the city. It Is reported
that Mrs. Reding was troubled with a
severe headache and In her effort to
give herself ease, took several head
ache tablets, which commenced to
take effect soon after and made her
very sick. A physician was summoned,
but arrived too late to save her. She
died within a few minutes after he
came. Mrs. Reding was about 40
years of age. She leaves a husband
and five children.
HAD BEEN THREATENED.
Omaha. Minister's House Fired In Al--.
leged Incendiary Manner.
Firs believed to have been of incen
diary origin was discovered in the resi-
'dence Of Rev. John A. Fnvker. nnntnr
of the Trinity Methodist church at
Omaha, at 1 o'clock Monday morn
ing. The damage was $2,000.
Rev. Mr. Spyker was one of the
strongest advocates of the early clos
ing law and since its passage and en
forcement he has publicly proclaimed
it as ene of the best measures ever
adopted.
Since then he has received many
threatening letters, two of which In
formed him that he was to be burned
out
Coal Miner Killed.
Tom Clements, of Beacon, was In
stantly killed while working In a coal
shaft owned by him and a brother.
He was engaged in digging the coal
with a pick, working underneath a
heavy mass, which without warning
fell with a crash, crushing him to an
unrecognizable mass. He was one of
the popular young men of Beacon and
was married and had a family.
Gas Jet Left On.
O. Darby was amost asphyxiated at
his home In Lincoln by escaping gas.
Mrs. Darby awakened and discovered
her husband unconscious and the room
full of gas. Prompt medical attention
saved tho man's life. The gas came
from a Jet which had been left par
tially turned on.
Fathe'r Murphy Has Servle'e.
In accordance with his announced
Intention, Father William Murphy, of
Ulysses, held services In the Catholic
church Sunday. There was no disturb
ance and no attempt to prevent the
meeting. The priest appointed by
Bishop Bonacum In place 4f Father
Murphy made no attempt to hold an
opposition service.
Loud of Beer Confiscated.
John Baeuer was arrested In Lin
coln by the police and a wagon load
of beer which he was having taken to
the Rock Island depot for shipment
to Hallam was confiscated. The beer
had been shipped to Hallam direct
from Illinois, but had been unloaded
and stored In the Baeuer warehouse.
Drainage Ditch Approved.
Plans for digging a $30,000 ditch
were adopted at the meeting of the
Logan drainage district board at
Hoop. The Elkhorn river drainage
board met in Fremont and approved
the proposed route of the river cut
off which Is to be dug within the next
few months.
Little Girl Burned to Death.
Nina, the 12-year-old daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. George Glllern. of Blair,
was burned to death by the expoion
of gasoline.
Young Traveling Man.
Harold Banks, uged 10 years, took
the prize at the traveling men's pic
nic at Lincoln for being the smallest
traveling man on the road. The young
man lives at Lexington, but wus born
In Cozael, where his father was In the
general mi-rchumllHe business until a
short time ago.
It'inauiiy Ai-e'lilcnt Fatal.
Dennis Lyhenno died at his home.
southwest of Sutton, from the effects
of Injuries suffered in a runaway
STATE HS
I GIRLS IN HARVEST FIELDti.
Nebraska Farmers Prefer Tliem to
Male Help.
The small grain harvest that la now
being finished throughout southern
and central Nebraska supplies addi
tional convincing proof that the wom
en of the west are rapidly crowding
the men of out of many lines and are
candidates for positions In all of the
respectable vocations.
In numerous localities In Nebraska
women In the harvest fields have been
quite as common as men. They have
done their work well and farmers
who hnve given them employment
have been satisfied and to them have
been given credentials that are exceed.
InKiy flattering.
When the Nebraska small grain har
vest opened there was a great short
age of male help. Wages started In
at $2 per day, advanced to $2.50 and
then climbed to $J. Besides this,
board, lodging and washing went
along. Rut even this wage and the per
quisites did not attract the city men.
DOG WRECKS AUTO.
Nebraska City Autolst Gets Into Ttm
b.c In Iowu.
John P. Mlchelson, a wholesale liq
uor dealer of Nebraska City was over'
in Iowa a few Boys since in his auto.!
Some furmers set two dogs on him as
no puKFen in nis macninv ana as tne
road was rough and he had to travel
slow one of the dogs grabbed the front
wheel and ditched tho machine. Mr.
Mlchaelson shot the dog, after righting
his machine, and a warrant has been,
issued for his arrest at Shenandoah
and It will be some time before he
goes over to answer to the charge. His
machlno was badly Injured and had to
be repaired beforo he could return'
home, but he and his wife escaped
without Injury.
ANTI-PASS LAW IN COURT.
Union Pacific Seeks to Test the !Ve
braxfca Regulation.
In order to make a flvht " on thn.
newspaper and physician features of
the Nebraska Doss law. th Union Pn J
cific railroad has waived preliminary,
nearing on two complaints recently
filed against it by the Dousrlas eountv
attorney and the cases will be taken
Immediately Into district court. '
The complaints contain several
counts each and accuse the railroads'
of violating the law by giving trans-,
purwuon io pnyBictans and their fami
lies when the medical services were
paid for by fees and not by salaries,
and of giving newspaper editors trans
portation In exchange for advertising.
FARM BARN BURNS.
Four Horses Are Cremated North ol
Thurston.
Word has reached Pender of a firs
at a farmer's place north of Thurston,
wherein his four horses were burned
to death. It appears that Mrs. John
son went out some little distance from
the house In the afternoon, with a hill
Intervening between the place where
she was and the buildings. On her
return the barn was burned, with a
driving team, another horse and a
stallion In it. It is thought that a
small boy, a son of the hired man,
played with matches and set the fire
WlH"at SM'culators.
Three well-dressed men, riding In
an auto for which they were paying
$30 per day to take them around to
see the farmers, are attempting to
contract wheat from 90 cents to $1 per
bushel for future delivery. Thede par
ties have been working In York coun
ty and it is believed that they repre
sent a syndicate who have men trav
eling all over the state and In this
way are trying to secure a corner on
wheat.
Housebreaking at Arlington.
Some time Friday night house
breakers entered the residence of Mrs.
Jennie Glover at Arlington and stole
$11 In cash, but took nothing else, al
though some Jewelry could have been
taken. The residence of Ed Ludwlg
was entered and $2 was taken, and
the Stringer residence was also visit
ed, but nothing was molested.
Dies of Broken Neck.
Victor J. Remmlngton. of Reverlv
died at the Immanuel hospital In Oma
ha from the effects of an accident
which fractured a cervical vertebra.
The young mnn was swimming In a
small lake and Jumped from a snrlnr
board Into shallow water, striking the
Dottorn ana creaking his neck.
Sheriff De-siroys Whisky.
Sheriff Mencke destroyed th 5KS
pints of whisky he secured In tho rj,l
a fnw weeks ago at Herman. The
sheriff and a largo crowd of people
took the liquor to a vacant lot and
everyone got a chance to break a bot
tle tnat cared for the honor of doing
so.
Bonds Defeated.
At Sutton the proposition to Issue
$33,000 in water bonds to enlarge the
wuter system was decisively defeated
at the elec tion. The electric light prop.
isltl;n carried by a few votes.
Deputy Ceiunty Judge Restgns.
J. L. Helslmr has tendcrm! hi ..lu
nation as deputy county Judge at Wa
hoo Hnd Miss Mayme Simpson has
been appointed his successor.
Brlilcn Fire Ineendlury.
Andrew Gallagher, deputy stats fire
commissioner, has returned from Bel
den, where he believes he has discov
ered that a recent fire there was of In
eendlury orltln. The fire destroyed
seveiul buildings.
Kills Self with Shotgun.
F'ome time Thursday aftcrnnon hiu
tht fumlly wus at Fremont attending
uie circus Chris Krrlal killed himself
with a No. 10 shotgun In hlu
the home of Hans Pugeler, four miles
west and south of Cedar Bluffs,
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Work of Congress
When the Senate met Tuesday Sena
tor Brown of Nebraska sought to have
adopted the Joint resolution ulrectlng
the Secretary of State to transmit to
the Governors ot the various States
copies of the resolution providing for
a constitutional amendment authoris
ing the levying of an income tax, but
under objection fro.n Senator Kean
consideration was postponed a day
under the agreement to transact no
business while the tariff bill is In con
ference. Mr. Cummins, after some de
bate, obtained an order for reprinting
a bill in which he was Interested. Sen
ator Smoot objected, but Anally with
drew Ms objection. Without transact
ing other business the Senate adjourn
ed until Friday. The urgent deficien
cy bill was passed by the House after
four days of tempestuous debate. The
amount carried by It Is $454,809, or
$20,408 more than the original sum,
and Includes the $2.1,000 traveling ex
penses for the President. After deny
ing the usual extra month's pay to of
ficers and employes of the copttol, the
House threw out of the bill the allow
ance for extra work to committee
stenographers and then refused to car
ry out a mandate of the United State
Supreme Court for the payment of J.
M. Ccballos A Co. of New York of
$205,614. Finally the Democrats, led
by Mr. Bowers of Mississippi, sought
to defeat the proposition for the pay
ment of the President's traveling ex
penses, but In that they were unsuc
cessful. Adjournment was tcten until
Friday noon.
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After a session of little mors, thai
half an hour Friday the Senate ad
Journed until Monday, which la a daj
earlier than would have been posslblt
tinder tho unanimous, agreement foi
sessions only on each third day whtlt
the tariff bill Is In conference. Tht
date was moved np In the hope that
the conference report on the tariff bill
might be in shape to be presented bj
Monday. The Senate also llstoned U
a statement by Mr. Culberson that tht
Democrats had been united on the tar
iff bill. A large number of preslden
tlal nominations were confirmed. In
eluding that of Charles R. Crane to bt
minister to China. In an exciting sea
sion in the House Mr. Macon (Ark.)
referred to his recent colloquy with
Mr. Rucker (Colo.), and charged thai
the Colorado member bad inserted is
the Congressional Record certain ret
erencea to him that had not been ut
tered. Mr. Macon also objected to tht
words "great applause." Mr. Ruckei
entered a general dental, but tht
Speaker declared the motion to strikt
the passages from the Record carried
Mr. Randall (Texas) wanted tht
Speaker to name a committee to con
sider bills prohibiting members of Con
gress and court officers from acceptln$
gifts or employment from corporations,
trusts or persons Interested in leglsla
tion. At 1:05 p. m. the House adjourn
ed till Tuesday noon.
After adopting a concurrent resolu
tion empowering the President to
transmit to the Governors of the var
ious States copies of the resolution
heretofore adopted by Congress au
thorlzlng an amendment to the Constl'
iutlon relative to the levying of an In
come tax, the Senate Monday at 12:45
o'clock adjournol until Thursday. Thg
postponement of the next meeting day
for so long a period was generally con
etrued as indicating the possibility ol
dTlay in receiving the report on tha
tariff bill from the conference commit
tee. An extradition treaty between tha
United States and the Dominican re
public, signed by Santo Domingo on
June 19, was ratified and made public
by the Senate. The House was not ir
session.
Lesson ot the Plttaburs; Survey.
Reviewing the "Pittsburg Survey'
in an article for the April American
Magarlne, Ida Tarbell says: "This sur
vey Is the most awful arraignment oi
an American institution and its result
ing class pronounced since the days oi
slavery. It puts upon the Pittsburg
millionaire the stamp of greed, of stu
pidity and of heartless pride. But
what should we expect of hlmT He la
the creature of a special prlvllegt
which for years he has not needed.
He has fought for it because he bai
fattened on it. He must have it for
labor. But look at him and look at hii
labor and believe him if you can." In
conclusion she says: "Justice takes a
terrible revenge upon those who thrive
by privilege. The curse ot Justice on
those who will not recognize injustice,
la the sodden mind, the dulled vision,
the unfeeling heart."
BP ARKS FROM THE WIRES.
Marquis de Gall If ot, former minis
ter of war of France, died in Paris.
He was born in 1831.
Judge Clifford, at Tacoraa, Wash,
declared the new State antl-clgaretti
law unconstitutional.
A new specimen ot snake, small in
size, was captured near Portland, Ore.
It has fangs in its tall as well as la
Its head.
Loudon Charlton, of New York, hai
been appointed business manager ol
the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra.
Mrs. William C. Grant, of Chicago,
Bged 75 years, and her sister, Mlsi
Catherine A. Baker, arrived in New
York after making a tour of tha
world.
Following a long-established custom
In respect to its employes the United
States Senate voted six months' sal
ary to the widow of its late chaplain.
Dr. Edward Everett Hale.
-T A
tiWJCIAL
1 CHICAGO.
Midsummer trade conditions are suf
ficiently gratifying to support the feel
ing ot optimism which spreads
throughout the line of activity. Some
Increase in trading defaults Is noted,
but this does not detract from the
healthy significance of high solvent
payments through the banks, idea)
erop prospects and heavier operations
In factory production and distribution.
Wider demands for money Indicate)
thftt business generally revives under
renewed vigor and confidence, and it
is not surprising that preparations
for the future are substantiated by
many heavy demands. Involving more
drawing upon capacity of the leading
Industries. Seasonable weather has
brought numerous buyers Into the mar
kets for general merchandise, furni
ture, hardware and machinery, and all
reports testify to Increasing consump
tion of raw supplies and adequate re
duction of retail stocks here and in
the interior.
Steel car building gains in this di3-
trlct and more hands are engaged at
the mills and forges. Outputs now
reach greater aggregate In Implements,
electrle appliances, heavy forgeries,
leather and wood working, and the
current demands in these branches
come from more numerous sources.
Movements of raw materials reflect
improvement in ore, copper, lumber.
cement and wool, but there is decrease
In hides and the principal supply for
packing.
Bank clearingB, $259,703,400, exceed
those of the corresponding week in
1908 by 18.9 per cent, and compare
with $230,259,787 In 1907. FaiVurea
reported In Chicago district number
37, against 29 last week. 35 in 1908
and 29 in 1907. Those with liabilities
over $5,000 number 10, against 12 last
week, 8 in 1908 and 3 in 1907. Dun's
Weekly Review of Trade.
NEW YORK.
Improvement In the crops, rathet
better advices as to ultimate outcome
of the leading cereals, easing in prices
of breadstuffs consequent thereon or
because of larger wheat crop move
ment, a good distribution at retail
under the stimulus of clearance sales
and a slight enlargement of fall trade
with jobbers and wholesalers are the
leading features this week. Connected
therewith In some degree are the ad
vices from leading industries of en
largement of output, of a continuance
of the upward tendency In values of
manufactured goods, a larger demand
for money for crop moving purposes,
and a perceptible Increase In the fric
tion visible between employers and
employes in a number of lines. This
latter is a natural phenomena of the
Industrial situation, possibly made
more noticeable this year by reason
of the high level of prices of commodi
ties and the consequent cost of living.
Another rise in the price of crude
rubber to $1.85 per pound an advance
of 37 cents since July 1, and of 91
cents over July 1 a year ago has-"
made the position ot rubber manufac
turers difficult.
Business failures in the United;
States for the week ending with July
22 were 239, against 206 last week.
2C3 in the like week of 1908, 155 in
1907, 171 in 1906 and 197 In 1905.
Canadian failures for the week num
ber 24, as compared with 3G last week
and 24 In the corresponding week of
1908. Bradstreet's.
Chicago Cattle, common to prime,
$4.00 to $7.50: hogs, prime heavy. $4.50
to $8.30; sheep, fair to choice, $4.25
to $5.75; wheat, No. 2. $1.06 to $1.09:
corn, No. 2, 70o to 71c; oats, standard.
48o to 50c; rye, No. 2, 81c to 82c; hay.
timothy, $8.00 to $15.50; prairie. $8.00
to $14.00; butter, choice creamery, 22
to 26c; eggs, fresh, 17c to 22c; pota.
toes, new, per bushel, 50c to 65c.
Indianapolis Cattle, shipping, $3.00
to $5.50; bogs, good to choice heavy,
$3.50 to $8.35; sheep, good to choice,
$2.50 to $6.15; wheat, No. 2, $1.23 t
$1.25; corn, No. 2 white, 74o to 75c;
oats, No. 2 white, 53c to 54c.
St. Louis Cattle. $4.00 to $7.00;
hogs, $4.00 to $8.25; sheep, $3.00 to
$4.25; wheat, No. 2, $1.10 to $1.14;
corn. No. 2. 71c to 73c; oats, No. 2, 48
to 49c; rye, No. 2, 80c to 81c.
Detroit Cattle, $4.00 to $5.50; hogs.
$1.00 to $8.10; sheep, $2.50 to $4.00;
wheat, No. 2, $1.07 to $1.09; corn, No.
2 yellow, 73c to 75c; oats. No. 2 white.
61c to 62c; rye, ino. 1, 80c to 82c.
Milwaukee Wheat. No. 2 northern,
$1.30 to $1.34; corn. No. 3. 66o to 67er
oats, Btandard, 60c to 61c; rye, No. 1,
79c to 81c; barley, standard, 70c to
72c; pork, mesa, $20.25.
Cincinnati Cattle, $4.00 to $6.23;
hogs, $4.00 to $8.30; sheep, $3.00 to
$4.50; wheat, No. 2. $1.21 to $1.25;
corn, No. 2 mixed, 71o to 73c; oats.
No. J mixed. 53c to 64e; rye. No. 2,
84c to 8Cc.
New York Cattle, $4.00 to $7.00;
hogs, $4.00 to $S.45: sheep, $3.00 to
$4.50; wheat, No. 2 red. $1.40 to $1.42;
corn, No. 2, 77c to 78c; oats, natural
white, 64c to 57e; butter, creamery,
23c to 27c; eggs, western. 17c t
23c