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VOLUME XVIII
DAKOTA CITY, NEB., FRIDAY, JUNE 3, 1910.
NUMHER 39
CURRENT HflPPEHIHGS
FAITHFUL CHRONICLE OF
ALL IMPORTANT ITEMS.
RATES GO SKYWARI
ROADS UNI.UXTEI BY UNCLF
SAM'S INJUNCTION'.
Attorney General Wlckcrslmni De
clines to Intimate What Course He
Will Pursue in Behalf of Govern
ment 3 to 30 Per Cent Advances.
Undaunted by tho government's
proceedings under the Sherman anti
trust act, by which a part of tho pro
posed increase of freight rates in the
territory west of the Mississippi river
was suspended by Injunction, railroads
In fthe east and In the middle west
Thursday tiled with the interstate
commerce commission tariffs embody
ing increased rates.
Attorney General Wlckersham de
clined to indicate what course he will
pursue in behalf of the government,
and the senate, Just on the verge
Thursday of passing the administra
tion bill, hesitated and Anally postpon
ed action until Friday.
Thursday night practically every
railroad system from the Atlantic to
the Pacific had filed with the Interstate
commerce commission the legal noti
fication of proposed increases in com
modity rates. The Increases range
from 3 to 31 per cent.
Thursday started off by the filing of
schedules of increases by the New
York Central, the West Shore and the
Deleware, Lackawanna and Western.
Then the official proposition of the
roads traversing routes from Chicago
to Milwaukee tp Inf.lanapolls and Ohio
river points, twenty-three in all, was
taken into 'the commission. During
the afternoon Increased tariffs from
the Atlantic to Chicago, St. Paul and
Intermediate points were filed.
The Baltimore and Ohio filed with
the commission a revised tariff on
commodity rates from Chicago to the
eastern seaboard.
Like the schedules filed by the roads
west of the Mississippi, increased tar
iff from the Central Freight associa
tion territory were filed in concert.
On the other hand, the eastern rail
roads filed their revised turiffs Individ'
ually.
REWARD IS OVER $5,000.
Expected that $10,000 W711I bo Offered
for Slayer.
With the contribution by the Louis
ville, Ky., city council of $2,500 to the
fund which will be offered for the ar
rest and conviction of the slayer of
Alma Kellner, whose body was found
buried In a cellar of St. John's pa
rochial school, the sum has reached
$5,500. This will be augmented by an
offer by Gov. Willgon of $500 on behalf
of the state. Smaller subscriptions of
from $5 to $100 were tendered Thurs
day by citizens of Louisville, and it is
expected that the reward will soon
reach the $10,000 mark.
Chief of Police Lindsay says that he
has received information which leads
him' to believe that Joseph Wendling,
the missing janitor, remained In
Louisville as late as March 1.
A man answering the description of
Joseph Wendling, the suspected mur
derer of Alma Kellner, purchased a
ticket from New York to Antwerp on
January 20.
COAL MIXERS STRIKE.
Xo Change in Situation In' Pcnnsyl
vunlii District.
There was no change Thursday In
the strike of the 12,000 anthracite
mine workers in the Plttson, Pa., dis
trict. The officials of the Pennsylvan
ia Coal company declare no agreement
can be reached until the strikers first
return to work according to the rule
of the strike commission.
The strike leaders, on the other
hand, claim that the employes of the
company will not wait for a decision
from tthe consillation board, but want
a written agreement from Manager
May. Many of the strikers show ugly
spirit and the state police are in readi
ness to move to any point in the region
at short notice.
Civil Service Officials Meet.
Gov. Hughes of New York Thursday
ivelcomed to Albany civil service of
flclals of the various cities in the Unit
ed States, who were there in attend
ance at the third biennial meeting of
the national assembly of civil service
commissions.
Sioux City Live Stock Market.
Thursday's quotations on the Sioux
City live stock market follow: Top
beeves, $7.85. Top hogs, $9.20.
Bank Rute. Reduced.
The influx of gold and the pros
pects of the early release of govern
ment balances resulted in a lower
bank rate in England, which the dl
retcors of the liank of England Thurs
day reduced from 4 to 3 '& per cent.
Three Killed; Others Hurt.
In a premature explosion in a blast
in a stone quarry of the Lehigh-Port
land Cement company ut West Coplay,
Pa., Thursday, three men were killed
and three others seriously injured.
JAR CJIVKX EXfiLAXD.
British Rule In Kjrvpt Criticized by
Roosevelt.
Quite unexpectedly Tuesday Theo
dore Roosevelt delivered in London
what Is considered by Englishmen a
severe arraignment of the nation In
its attitude towards Egypt. Some
thing picturesque was looked for from
the former president of the United
States, but in view of his utterances
n Egypt In which he gave praise In
full measurement to the llritlsh gov
ernment for the development that fol
lowed British rule there, It was not
expected he would revert to that sub
ject, especially for the purpose of tuk-
ing England to task.
But with a frankness that, caused a
stir among those who had gathered
n the ancient guild hall to witness tho
ceremony of conferring upon him
the freedom of the city of London,
Mr. Roosevelt declared that while
England had given Egypt the best
government in 2,000 years, yet recent
events, following the assassination of
Premier Houtres Pasha, had shown
that in certain v'tal points the British
government had erred and that Eng
land must repnlr this error if Bhe
wished to do her full duty.
He called attention to the fact that
England's primary object in taking
hold in Egypt was the establishment
of order, and continued:
"Either you have or you have not
the right to remain in Egypt nnd es
tablish and keep order. If you have
not the right and have not the desire
to keep order, then, by all means, get
out. But if, as I hope, you feel that
your duty to civilized mankind and
your fealty to your own great nation
alike bid you stay, then make the fact
and the name agree and show that
you are ready to meet In very deed the
responsibility which is yours.
"When a people treats assassination
as the cornerstone of self government
It forfeits all rights to be treated as
worthy of self government. Some na
tion must govern Egypt, and I hope
and believe that the English nation
will decide that the duty is theirs."
SOUTH AFRICA UXITED.
Viscount Gladstone Sworn In as Ruler
of Xew Government.
The union of South Africa was born
Tuseday. The royal proclamation of
the single dominion constituted by the
legislative union of the British colon
ies of Cape Colony, Orange River col
ony Natal and the Transvaal was read
at the assembly house at Pretoria, S.
A., where eight years ago Tuesday
the. leaders of the Boers signed the
British terms of peace which brought
o an end the war in South Africa.
Following the reading of the proc
lamation Viscount Gladstone was
sworn in as governor general of the
union, and Gen. Louis Botha, premier,
and the other members of the new
mlnlstery took the oath of office.
ROADS SHORT OF COAL.
Illinois Operators Tell Companies to
Purchase in Eust.
Representatives of twenty-five rail
roads held a conference Tuesday night
with the Illinois Coal Operators' asso
ciation with reference to the latter's
fight with the union miners of Illinois.
The operators told the men that they
had to whip the miners if it took all
summer, and asked the railroad man
agers to protect themselves by pur
chasing eastern coal for a time. The
railroad managers complained their
stock of coal was almost exhausted
and that the strike was injuring their
business, as the coal carrying traffic
was entirely shut off from Illinois
mines.
v Creosote Plant Burns.
The plant of the International Lum
ber and Creosoting company, together
with 125,000 gallons of creosote, twenty-eight
carloads of creosoted cross
ties and a large quantity of raw ma
terial was destroyed by fire at Texar
kana, Ark., Wednesday.
Brothers Held for Fraud.
Dr. J. Kinnear Crawford, and his
brother, Joseph S. Crawford, vice pres
ident and secretary treasurer, respec
tively, of the defunct American Trust
company, of Philadelphia, Pa., were
each held Wednesday to $10,000 ball
on charges of embezzlement.
Robbers Crack a Safe.
The State bank, of Unity, Wis., was
:o'- bed Tuesday of $2,000, the safe of
the bank being dynamited. The rob
ber escaped. It is believed there
were iwi men connected with the
robbery.
Taken Back to School.
Edwin Gou'd, Jr., who tramped the
llghways of Connecticut and landed
In the sation house of New Britain
Monday as a guest, was taken back to
Pomfret school Tuesday by his father.
Fires a Fatal Shot.
Wallace A. Bussell, of Seattle,
vVash., 23 years old, walked into the
Monte Carlo saloon and gambling
house and fatally shot the proprietor,
Joseph Bonner.
Three Persons Hurt.
Three passangers were hurt, none
fatally, Tuesday, when westbound pas
senger train No. 109 on the Union Pa
cific, struck a broken rail near Ogab
lah, Kan.
Troops for Nanking.
Chinese warships with troops huve
been dispatched to Nanking In anti
cipation of a native outbreak against
foreigners. The latter have been
warned.
PEXEEX TO BE A WITNESS.
To Tell What He Knows of Legislative
Bribery.
States Attorney Burke of Chicago,
conferred with Governor Deneen on
Thursday regaining the executive In
quiry and the various charges of brib
ery which have been made concerning
the Forty-sixth Illinois general as
sembly. The action of the state attorney,
Is in response to the published decla
ration of Gov. Deneen that he would
willingly go before either the Cook or
Sangamon couny grand jury, If desired
and tell what he knew of the occur
ences In the first regular legislative
session.
There Is much speculation over
what information the governor will
give. In appearing before a grand
Jury the governor would waive the
privilege of his office, which exempts
him from a summons.
POLITICIAX SHOOTS SELF.
Was Requested to Make Accounting of
Affairs of Estate.
R. S. Crohn, of Kansas Ctly, Mo.,
former public administrator and still
administrator for estates, whose af
fairs were not cleared up during his
administration, shot himself in the
head at his home in that city Wednes
day, and his physician Btated that the
wound would prove fatal.
Crohn, who is 60 years old and
prominent in local politics, shot him
self following a conference with attor
neys for the estate of Adolph Hunte
mann, who died during Crohn's ad
ministration, leaving an estate valued!
at $325,000, of which $60,000 was per
sonal property, lluntemann was sur
vived by no close Relatives, but claim
ants to the estate have appeared from
Illinois, Massachusetts and other east
ern states.
Attorneys for the estate desired that
Its affairs be wound up, and they de
manded that Crohn finish the work or
probating at once. A few hours later
Crohn shot himself.
Crohn is bonded by a surety com
pany whose affairs are now In litiga
tion. ;
BANKERS SEXTEXCED TO JAfL.
Men Involved In Municipal Corruption
Make Xo Defense.
Pleading no defense to charges of
conspiracy and bribery in connection
with the recent municipal corruption
exposures two bankers of Pittsburg,
Pa., were sentenced -to jail and fined
in the criminal courts Wednesday.
E. H. Jennings, president of the Col
umbia National bank, "and F. A. Grlf
fett, cashier of the same institution,
appeared before five judges, the for
mer receiving a fine of $500 and a sen
tence of two months in the Alleghaney
county jail and the latter receiving a
fine of $500 and a sentence of four
months.
Watcher Falls Off Roof.
Scantily clad, Lambert Wilson of
Owensvlllo, Ind., went to the roof qf
his house to take an observation of
Halley's comet. His foot slipped and
he coasted swiftly down the roof and
fell thirty feet to the earth. He was
painfully cut and bruised.
Affinity Gets a Jolt.
A release from her marriage to
Ferdinand Pinney Earle, originator
of the "affinity doctrine," was re
fused Julia Kuttner Earle, the young
woman for whom the artist forsook
his first wife and child, by Justice
Fitzgerald in the supreme court of
New York.
Charged With Child Murder.
Charles Wilson was arrested at
Webb City, Mo., Tuesday charged with
murder in the first degree, his alleged
victim being the 2-year-old child of
Mrs. Mary Lee, with whom Wilson
boarded. It is alleged Wilson whip
ped the child severely and the baby
died the next morning.
Ignore Court's Action.
Ignoring the action of the govern
ment in securing an order of court re
straining increased freight rates, the
eastern railroads Wednesday filed with
the Interstate commerce commission
at Washington tariffs of Increased
commodity rates to take effect July 1.
Bryan Lectures in London.
Williams Jennings Bryan, who Is on
his way to Edinburgh as American
delegate to the national missionary
conference, lectured before the Y. M.
C. A. in London Wednesday night. '
TIi -po Men Killed.
Three men were killed when a rail
road locomotive exploded near Col
linsville Junction, III., on' the tracks
of the St. Louis, Troy and Eastern
railroad Wednesday.
Sail for South Pole.
The British antartlc expedition set
sail from London Wednesday. Capt.
Scott has announced December, 1911,
as the date for his arrival at tho South
.16.
Miners Return to Vdrk.
After a suspension of coal mining
,n the bltumlnouk fields of Texas for
two months, 5,000 miners returned to
work Wednesday. The mine owners
granted tho demands of the miners.
Garment Workers Go Out.
Twelve hundred members of the
United Qarment Workers of America
went on strike Wednesday for a 10
per cent advance in wugt.
Nebraska
Week j ni form
Stale News
PREACHER CAUSES AHKEST.
Man Who Makes Specialty of Working
Church People Sent to Jail.
Dressed like n farmer and parndlng
In the disguise of a Christian of nearly
every denomination, a middle aged
men, with a club foot on his right leg,
drifted into Ielgh last Saturday and
proceeded to pull oft a clover grafting
stunt. He first went to the homo of
W. I. Walling and naked that gentle
man if he was a member of the Meth
odist church. Assured that ho was,
tho Btranger Inquired about a family
whom he claimed had moved there
about a year ago and had also Joined
the Methodist church. He claimed
that he had forgotten the name of
this family, but that they were friends
of his nnd that he wanted to go to
them for aid. He stated that he had
a horse and buggy stolen from him
and that he wanted to go to his home,
which he claimed was at Lexington.
The man secured no money from
Mr. Walling and went on to other
homes, professing to be a Catholic at
the home of a Catholic family, a Chris
tian Scientist to a young woman of
that faith and was a Congregatlonul
ist when he colled on Rev. Mr. Sea
ley, of the Congregational church. He
gave his name us II. W. Drown, nnd
told his hard luck story in such a
straightforward manner that Rev. Mr.
Sealey decided he would let him have
$3, which he thought would bo suffi
cient to take him to Lexington. When
he went to write him out a check the
srtanger requested that ho make it
for $3.50, stating that he might be
delayed at Humphrey. This request
Mr. Sealey granted. Immediately up
on his departure Mr. Sealey became
suspicious and upon Investigation
found that .Hie fellow had a different
story for every victim. Rev. Mr. Sea
ley called up Lexington by phone, but
could not find a single person who
knew him. He then had the man ar
rested for obtaining money under false
pretenses and Justice Walling sen
tenced him to thirty days in Jail.
ELOPES WITH HIRED MAN.
Police Fail to Find the Runaway
Couple.
Miss Elsie Tipton, not quite 16 years
of age, daughter of a wealthy farmer
near Walthill, and Charles Aldrlch,
several years her senior, with whom
she eloped Sunday night, have not yet
been found, although the police In
Sioux City and neighboring cities have
been notified.
The girl's father said that Aldrlch's
attentions to his daughter never had
been noticed by him and that he he
never suspected that the two might
have a love affair. Aldrlch, he said,
was his hired man. Sunday night the
two drove to Walthill and started on
their honeymoon.
"I'd say 'God bless you' and let It go
at that," declared Mr. Tipton, "but my
wife is against the match and makes
me trot all over the county trying to
locate them. Elsie will be 16 Friday,
and her mother thinks the child Is too
young to be married."
The description of the couple was
given to the police Monday night over
the long distance telephone froni Ona
wa, la., by the father of the bride,
who went there, to look for the run
aways. Mr. Tipton could get little sat
isfaction from the police officials, but
said Patrolman Harvey had told him
he had seen a couple arrive in Sioux
City answering tho description.
FARMERS LOSE BIG ELEVATOR.
Ten Thousand Dollars' Loss Sustained
by Fire.
Fire broke out at Dorchester at
11:45 p. m. Monday night and destroy
ed the Farmers' elevator and the wa
ter tank of the Burlington company
which stood behind it. Tho loss on the
elevator is estimated at $10,000. The
building was valued at $4,500 and in
it were from 5,000 to 6,000 bushels of
grain. The fire was discovered in the
top of the elevator, and as the only
water supply was the hose ot the sta
tion, which would not reach the
height, the llames spread with uninter
rupted progress. The elevator was
burned to the ground at 1:30; there
was nothing remaining but the heaps
of blazing corn. The loss to the rail
road company in the destruction of tho
water tank is not ut present known.
Must Buy Waterworks.
The city of Omaha will be required
to purchase the waterworks system of
the Omaha Waterworks company for
$6,263,296.49, under a decision of the
supreme court of the United States
announced Monday. The court af
firmed the Judgment of the circuit
court of appeals in the matter.
Spanish Veterans Form Xew Camp.
William L. Geddes Camp No. 5,
United Spanish War Veterans, was or
ganized and mustered in by Depart
ment Commander E. H. Phelps, of
Lincoln, at Alliance Monduy night,
with 25 charter members.
By an overwhelming majority Nor
folk Tuesday voted $12,000 paving
bonds and will immediately pave seven
blocks of Norfolk avenue in the busi
ness portion.
ADMITS BEING HOLDUP MAX.
ErdniHii Says He Used Gun to Get
Money.
Together with n trump enrd said to
fix absolute guilt upon Krdm.-tn n
having devised nnd placed tho Infernal
machine on Tom Dennison's porch at
Omaha, Captain Mnysryn Saturday
morning got an adniKsim from th
prisoner that he had been a "stick
up" man.
"Erdmiui told me he had frequently
held up persons and taken money
from them to i.o into a gambling
game," s.'iiil Captain Moystyn. "He
freely admitted he was not conscien
tious in routing and gambling, but
used his operations against it merely
to llnd out what he called 'crooped'
games. He said he oftn took money
from citizens and gamblers at the
point of his gun, and that he had paid
part of the money to certain persons
who knew of his acts."
Tho nctlng chief declared that the
testimony from the llagelelt girls ond
the McLelands, Identifying Erdman
as the man they saw going towards the
Dennlsori home with a suit case, was
most conclusive. He added that a wit
ness is at hand to swear he saw the
man enter Erd man's yard with the
suit case.
COURT CASES AT 1IOLDHEGE.
Jury Renders Verdict In a, Damage
Cane.
The case of Phillip Shrocdcr vs. the
Odd Fellows lodge of Bcrtrand, In
which the plaintiff sought to obtain
damages to the amount of $3,000 for
loss sustained . by him when the de
fendant's hull, then being construct
ed, blew over on his building and fur
niture stock, consumed almost three
days before going to the Jury at Hold
rege. A verdict was finally brought
In, and was in substance a general
finding for the defendants In the ac
tion. The ease has been one of con
siderable Interest In that part of the
fftntp.
Tuesday the murder"' ease "of tho
state vs. Heddendorf was called. The
action is taken to Holdrege on a
change of venue from Harlan county.
The pr'soner in the case is charged
with the murder of William Dillon, a
farmer who lived alone on a piece of
land south of Oxford, and pust over
the lino in HarlSn county.
BOY IS BADLY INJURED.
Thrown from a Horse and Ills Skull
Fractured.
Sunday morning about 8 o'clock, as
Robert Harmon, Garnett Hunt and
Seville Butler, of Superior, were re
turning from taking their cows to
pasture they enguged in a little horse
ruce and as they made a turn in the
road Seville Butler's horse started to
go on tho wrong side of a telephone
pole, and he pulled on the lines, caus
ing the horse to slip und throwing tho
boy's head against the pole, breaking
his shoulder blade and fracturing "his
skull. His father, Dr. Butler, sent to
Omaha for a surgeon to come and see
if an operation will benefit the lad,
as he Is considered dangerously In
jured by tho physkiuns in attendance.
Ditching In Merrick County.
Ditching in Merrick county has now
commenced in earnest, notwithstand
ing the board of supervisors declined
to Bubmlt the proposition to tho voters
of the county last spring. Operations
will be started two miles east and two
north' of Central City, What is known
as lateral No. 3" In the government
Burvey will be dug this spring.
Steel Bridge Completed.
The big steel bridge that the North
western has been building across the
Niobrara river at Valentino, Is now
complete and all trains since last Sun
day have been running over It. The
bridge has been over a year in being
built and is 1.000 feet long and 141
feet high.
I'UNned Woi-thlcNH Check.
A man giving the name of Thomp
son, and claiming to bo an engineer
working for a company of Nebraska
City, it Is ulleged, passed two worth
less checks ""nt Nebraska CUy, both
being on Jewelers, and In each In
stance a watch was purchased.
Vutcnlluc Will Celebrate.
Valentino has decided to celebrate
the Fourth of July this year in a good
old rousing celebration and all ar
rangements are being completed, by
whic h every one can have a good time
every minute of the day.
Heavy Full of Rain.
The heaviest rainfall of the season
fell at Weeping Water Saturday even
ing between tho hours of 5:30 and
6:30. It was aecompunled by much,
thunder und lightning.
Trackwalker Fatally Hurt.
Andrew McNeill, , of Lincoln, a
trackwalker, fell from a switch engine
and had both feet cut off by a Bur
lington engine fcV nifeht. lit will
probably die.
SAVES MONEY, IN TIIE NAVY.
Reorganization Said to Have Been
Accomplished by Secretary Meyer.
Virtual reorganization of the navy
has been accomplished by Secretary
Meyer In tho year In which he has held
the portfolio of the Navy Department,
a Washington correspondent asserts.
He has brought about a saving of
money In different directions, it Is
said, and many of the changes tire tho
result, direct or Indirect, of sugges
tions offered at his request by oftlcors
In all parts of tho naval service.
Economy In the use ot coal has been
brought about by systematic firing,
economy of steam, replacing defective
Joints and Journals nnd stopping leaky
valves. On the Montana a savins of
fifteen tons of coal dally Is due to sys
tematic firing. With reference to oil
the saving has been as great. On the
battle ship Georgia Improved evapora
tors have reduced the coat of making
fresh water 40 per cent.
Secretary Meyer's reorganisation
plans Include systematic overhauling
of the vessels at tho shipyards after
each crutse. Also, a saving of thou
sands of dollars In repair work has
been effected by having repair shops on
shipboard. Tho establishment of a
school of mnrlne engineering at An
napolis Is another means whereby
Socretary Meyer hopes to train for spe
cial -work engineer officers who give
promlBO of being of special value In
any part of his reorganization plan.
I'nliKlIno lnmnkfil,
During a recent test sitting of tho
noted Italian spirit medium, Eusapio
Paladino, with an Invited party of
scientists In the home of Prof. Lord of
Columbia University, New York, two
expert watchers were concealed under
the chairs of the sitters after the lights
were lowered and unknown to the me
dium. These men have now made
sworn statements to the effect that the
various so-called spirit rapplngs, table
liftings and movements of the cabinet
curtains were produced by free move
ments of the medium's left leg while
sho was seaffid at the table, her right
foot being so placed that Its heel rest
ed on the left foot of the man at her
right and its toe on the right foot of
the man at her left. Thus she gave or
Intended to give the Impression that
both her feet were still.
New Altitude Balloon Itecord.
A. Holland Forbes, of Bridgeport,
Conn., vice president of the Aero Club
of America, and J. C. Yates, of New
York, after a flight of 400 miles In the
balloon Viking, from Qulncy, 111., tum
bled to earth from a considerable
height at Centre, Ky., Wednesday. On
Tuesday morning while at an altitude
of 20,600 -feet, they encountered a se
vere snowstorm and were - parttnlly
numbed with cold. They gradually lost
power to control tho machine and final
ly, fearing unconsciousness, they rip
ped the gas bag and came to earth with
terrific speed, landing like a stone and
escaping death by, a 'miracle. Both
men are confined to bed at a farmhouse
In Kentucky, but will recover.
A Vienna co-operative society with
(00 members operates an immense bak
ery.
Stage hands of Marysville, Cal., have
organized a local of the theatrical em
ployes. Newark's locked out painters receiv
ed $3.28. They askod $3.64 and turned
down $3.52.
In, Australia the federal elections re
sulted in a complete victory for the
Labor party.
Cleveland Lake Shore Railway boll
ermakers obtained an Increase of 2
cents an hour.
Since the adjournment of the Cali
fornia State Federation of Labor In
San Rafael, last October, thirty-three
unions have affiliated with the federa
tion. ,
The presont San Francisco (Cal.)
Building Trades Council was organized
In 1896, with six unions and a member
ship of less than 1,000. The presont
membership Is above the 30,000 mark.
The Montreal (Canada) Trades and
Labor Council desires to have all em
ployment agencies In that territory
abolished and have one general oiflee
established under the control of the
government.
The State ' Federation of Labor of
Texas has decided, by a large major
ity vote, that hereafter all officers of
the federation are to be elected by se
cret ballot, and In that way eliminate
politics from that body.
The Bakers' Union at Mayaguez,
Porto Rico, is on strike to enforce hy
glenlc conditions In bakeries there. It
Is affiliated with the International Un
ton of Bakery Workers and the Amer
lean Federation of Labor.
Th strike of ISrudford (England)
wool combers cam to sn end recently,
an agreerne being signed between
the masters and 'he men. Thi chief
points of the agreement are that a
Joint board Is to ne framed to deal
with wago questioriH and other dis
putes; an advance of 12 cents a week
to all receiving less than $3.75 a week,
and 25 cents to all receiving $3.75 a
week and over; two stops of half-an
hour each for night workers.
Monthly returns from 190 represen
tatlve trade unions In New York In
which 80,000, or nearly one-fourth of
the organized wage earners In the
State, show that at the end of the year
the percentage of Idleness was 20.6, as
compared with 28.0 at the close of 1908
snd 32.7 at tho end of 1907. Returns
as to earnings of organized wage work
ers in tho third quarter of 1909 from
all unions In the State show an aver
age of $233 for 319,754 men reporting.
In the corresponding- months of 190
the averago earnings for 288,181 men
reporting was only $207
CHICAGO.
It. O. Dun ft Co.'s weekly review of
Chicago trade says:
"Tho aggregate payments through
the banks for six days exhibit a sharp
decrease for the first time this year
In comparison with the corresponding
period of last year and the record of
trading defaults continues unfavor
able. Various contributing causes ac
count for these adverse features in
the business situation, but all are of
a temporary nature, the basic condi
tions being sound in both commerce
and finance.
"The increase In failures mainly ap
plies to 'concerns Effected by Inade
quate capital to meet the high cost of
operation, and tho bad weather, which
limit -spring sales, is responsible for
the collapse In minor retail lines. The
Benson is still Improving very slowly
and the general demand here and at
the Interior docs not rlso equal to ex
pectation, but a few warm days will
bring an adequate disposition of
stocks.
'Wholesale dealings for future deliv
eries compare favorably with thia
time laBt year In dry goods, footwear,
clothing, Bults and cloaks, and men's
furnishings, the attendance of visiting
buyers being good, although the usu
al uncertainty as to crop conditions
muses pome conservatism In commit
ments. "Bank clearings, $257,619,466, are
1.8 per cent under those of the corre
sponding week In 1909, and compare
with $216,460,701 in 1908.
"Failures reported In the Chicago
district numbered twenty-seven, as
against thirty-one last week, twenty
six In 1909 and twenty-three in 1908.
Those with liabilities over $5,000 num
bered five, as against eight last week,
eight in 1909 and eight in 1908."
NEW YORK.
Quiet still rules In trade and many
lines of industry, while speculation,
except in grain, seems In a waiting
itage, pending clearer views of the
ultimate crop and price outcome. Rel
atively the most activity in the Job
bing trade Is centered In meeting cur-
Cent demands, and fall business still
lacks form, Retail trade has shown
lome gain at the big Western mar
kets, but Is stjll classed as below ex
pectations. " Unreasonably cool weath
er is commonly assigned as the cause
for the backward trade, but there are
still in evidence signs that uncertain
ty as to prices holds buck future com
mitments. Business failures in the United
States for the week ending May 26
were 200, a sngalnst 225 last week,
205 in the like week of 1909, 263 In
1908, nnd 142 In 1907 and 127 in 1906.
Business failures in Canada for the
week terminating with Thursday num
bered fifteen, which compares with
nineteen last week and twenty-two in
the like week of last year. Brad
Bt reefs.
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Chicago Cattle, common to prime,
$4.00 to $8.60; hogs, prime heavy, $7.00
to $9.65; sheep, fair to choice, $4.50
to $5.35; wheat, No. 2, $1.09 to $1.12;
corn, No. 2, 50c to 60c; oats, standard.
38c to 39c; rye, No. 2, 75c to 76c; hay,
timothy, $9.00 to $16.50; prairie, $8.00
to $14.50; butter, choice creamery, 24c
to 27c; eggs, fresh,, 17o to 20c; pota
toes, new, per bushel, s90c to $1.20.
Indianapolis Cattle, shipping, $3.00
to $8.00; hogs, good to choice heavy,
$7.00 to $9.50; sheep, good to choice,
$3.00 to $5.00; wheat. No. 2, $1.03 to
$1.04; corn, No. 2, white, 62c to 63c;
oats, No. 2 white, 41c to 42c. ,
St. Louis Cattle, $4.00 to $8,35;
hogs, $7.00 to $9.55; sheep. $4.50 to
$5.00; wheat, No. 2, $1.11 to $1.14;
corn. No. 2, 60c to 61c; oats. No. 2.
37c to 38c; rye, No. 2, 79c to 80c.
Cincinnati Cattle, $4.00 to $7.50;
hogs, $7.00 to $9.65; sheep, $3.00 to
$5.00; wheat. No. 2, $1.12 to $1.16;
corn, No. 2 mixed, 60c to 61c; oats,
No. 2 mixed, 43c to 44c; rye, No. 2,
82c to 84c.
Detroit Cattle, $4.00 to $7.00; hogs,
$7.00 to $9.70; sheep, $3.50 to $5.00;
wheat, No. 2, $1.07 to $1.09; torn. No.
3 yellow, 62c to 63c; oats, standard,
41c to 43c; jyo, No. 1, 80c to 82c.
Milwaukee Wheat, No. 2 northern,
$1.05 to $1.07; corn. No. 3. 59c to 60c;
oats, standard, 39c to 40c; rye, No. 1,
78o to 79c; barley standard, 65c to
67c; pork, mess, $22.25.
New York Cattle. $4.00 to $9.00;
bogs, $7.00 to $10.00; sheep. $4.00 to
$6.00; wheat, No. 2 red, $1.06 to $1.07;
corn, No. 2, 65c to 67c; oats, natural.
white, 44c to 46c; butter, creamery,
25o to 28c; eggs, western, 18c to 21c.
Buffalo Cattle, choice shipping
steers, $4.00 to $8.60; hogs, fair to
choice, $7.00 to $10.00; sheep, common,
to good mixed, $4.00 to $7.50; lambs.
fair to choice, $6.00 to $8.90.
Toledo Wheat, No. 2, mixed, $1.09
to $1.10; corn, No. 2 mixed, 59c to
60c; oats, No. 2 mixed, 41c to 42c;
rye, No. 2, 79c to 80c; clover seed,
$6.80.
Oklahoma has a law providing for &
two-Inch square label on all convict
made goods.
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