Loup City Northwestern
volume XXVIII.
LOUP CITY, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1910.
NUMBER 14.
OUA»»T TV OF POISON TAKEN
FOLLOWING QUARREL.
HAf ? io\: ft THE STATE
V> it ' G. ~s on He'e and There
That s. of Ir tereat to the Read
er* Ti-ratignout Nebraska
•rd Vicinity.
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rn»• . it*n ::i-- •> . that h ilie tenu*
ta* < n rat tt.<- addition must b»*
n ; 1* - t Mat-u ! 1»11. The
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•t -.1.- -:.t i * ill >je if-niaeEi ed »itl!s
ne a# *j tt.’#* w ft.ur aiuntha
C* id-en injured While Coastinn.
V. nr Wait r N. t» —Two of Mr
• rd V-s Frank * at children
while # - >'inr Their
~>l j<> .•-*! with an oil warm. The
•• • <! a «1# • rut n the
. .-eh# -ad that r< : red three ttitrhM in
-■ t.B> j jirt ni 1 wound and five
**i* ti—» to « l> -e ti: — mound outside.
H-- «ae -• ».•:• •• -1 entirely Mind for
several tmirs The little girl received
a bad »t l ist inder the e>«. They
m 1 e in. pro.
hrw Ban* at Bridgeport.
f ie port. Neii New* has been
r—-«ii«d here Irani Washington that
ai-, -- au-« to organize the First
■v« ul Bridgeport had been
a! ■ the comptroller of the
. urr.-n The n«-a Institution, mhich
I* la r# * .it v -tie Valley State bank,
m l t. ■ a; • 1.red at *ly'.owt with 1
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o Jvi, a tturi.ni .tod E P. Tjcon
ar i of . jt< • and 5! W Fdrtu as
inexarperstor*
It di »nc..a Net# \ deal mas > drtsc-l
i .—!• r lav wherein The#-t-#oif hrdluuuu
Krtdnj whefj h» trie imlianota Report -
•r pa*»od into ’.e- hands of Janies
is «*f I Us e’er 'Net*,
take eh rgj Mri, |. The i»aj>er mitt
tti#B !»•- turned lain a democratic or
sran 1 - r« •< :. .-•• *ta l«-#-n neutrai.
The r --tr*;;* editor will go to Citli
fornta in April.
and mpertor
Ir.o.aeola Paper Sctd
Vjjr Get a New Dcpct.
Sottas. Neb Uurlti.j-iin ogiria l>
»e been *n i »n t!:s* *.«*k laokine
wrw tb# uiutiuti with the view of
f . 11BJE in a • ••» j.a-»ruvrr depot. They
esprc *•* d t!• idiv» very favorably
inward the project and Sutton rery
lileiy m ill hare a modern depot in the
• r+r future Several noire tracks w.li
L«r laid tor switching pur-cses.
Motet at Tobias Burns.
Tt •!. * Fire started In the Mer
aaa*..i bote] at s Sunday nijtfat. and
>a *j te of lie e#ort* of the local tiro
department the structure was com
|iir'-!» rutted, only the brick walls
n<-» landing The rau-e of the Are
U a tayatary It started in a room on
«h. second floor and spread rapidly.
The h- tel was operated by Mrs.
Frady. It was a two story brick struc
ture. modem in every particular and
the oaly hotel in the city. It was
(tartly insured
MERELY MENTIONED THE WORD,
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NEGRO MURDERER LEADS 200 IN
FIGHT ON FLAMES.
Bur ir.g cf Fewer House Will Lead
to Icleness cf 1,000
Prisoners.
iol'-'t, MI— When lire broke out in
■ ’ • i ■ m r hi ll?. o: tin1 Illinois state
. tii;* ntinry in • his city, over 1,000
'onvlets were at work.
The alarm we- sounded and many
of them were detailed to light the
flames while the others were marched
to their cells.
Before the arrival of the local fire
departnn nt the prison fire-fighters,
who have been organized into a com
. i ■
• flam* , from spreading. Tucker
'•ailard. a life prisoner, was the hero
cf the day.
lb- led the fire fighters into the
. in ing power house and directed the
*" -k When the roof of the building
f« II n Mallard refused to quit his post
’•ltid fill unconscious. He was rescued
b> other convicts and is in the hos
pital in a dangerous condition.
Mallard was s<-«it up from Wilming
ton. Ill . for murder and has been 27
years behind the prison walls.
Some- of the eonvlets who were
placed in cells after the fire broke out
were iKidly scared and begged to be
allowed to remain in the prison yard.
The night and day guards were
enlled out but no effort was made to
• scape by any of the prisoners. The
power bouse with its valuable ma
i hinery is a total wreck and the In
stitution is crippled. The quarry, shirt
factory and shoe plant, together with
•he other industries of the prison, are
out of business and it will be several
w»« ks before they will be in opera
tion.
In the meantime over 1.000 convicts
wiM b* idle. Warden Murphy esti
mates the damage at $100,000. The
state carries its own insurance.
BIG EXPRESS MERGER IS ON
Reported That Southern Pacific Ha:i
Sold Its Holdings in Wells
Fargo to American.
New York—What Is believed to
be virtually a merger of two of the
largi -I and wealthiest express coir
p: iile« in the I’nited States was re
vealed when the secret got out that
tin* Southern Pacific Kailroad Con
panv t d sold its holdings of stoci
in th** V.'ells-Fargo Express Compant-.
The name of the purchaser could
not be ascertained positively, but in
authoritative circles It was said to
te- the American Express Company.
If that is correct the purchase means
virtually a merger.
Brokers Are Indicted.
w York.—The grand jury indicted
’hre- men on charges of grand lar
ceny in the first degree in connection
vith the failure of the stock ex
change firm ol Tracy & Co. of 40 Wall
street. The firm went to smash on
May 17. 1909 with liabilities of $1,500,
■ Seven indictments were re
t n* d against each of the men, and
w<r> filed with Justice Goff in the
i riminal branch of the supreme court.
The justice immediately issued bench
warrants.
Victim Last of Aiders.
S lit Lake City. — Harry Alden,
whi-e mutilated body was found by a
railroad track at Cucamenga, Ct.l.,
Friday, was the last descendant of
John and Priscilla Alden, made fa
mous by Longfellow.
Steamship Fire Extinguished.
Galvestm. Tex.—Fire which was
discovered ir the hold of the Morgan
steamer El dorado while at sea and
which was still burning Friday when
- —i reached Galveston, was ex
WARSHIPS SAIL FOR ATHENS
British Fleet Hurries to Greece as
Cretan Question Is Raised—
Turkey Issues Warning.
\ • .
Malta.—The British battleship Dun
ran. flagship of Rear Admiral Sir
Grorg" Astley Callaghan, second In i
command of the British M- d^torranean j
leet, with the cruisers Lancaster. I
Minerva and Barham, and four tor-!
aedti boat'd.-rtroyers- left here Thurs-1
lay for Piraeus, the- port of Athens.
Constantinople.—It is stated that
the government has informed the pow
ers protecting Crete that if the Cre
tans go to the Greek national assem
bly it will be regarded by the porte
as a casus belli. Among the many
warlike statements current are asser
tions that part of the army of Epirfcs
and the Third army corps at Saloniki.
are ready to cross the frontier and
enter the plain of Larisso. The Turk
ish fleet also is ready to start for
Piraeus.
London.—Should the Cretans at
tempt to send delegates to the Hel
lenic national assembly, convoked by
King George, which would be consid
ered a serious threat to peace in the
near east, or in any other way disturb
the status quo, international troops
will be landed on the island. One of
the conditions under which the troops
were withdrawn was that the Cretans
should take no steps against the sov
ereignty of Turkey The sending of
delegates to the Greek assembly would
be a breach of the agreement.
The danger is not considered immi
nent, however, as the national assem
bly is not expected to meet for months
and responsible Greeks and Cretans
have assured the powers mt they
will do nothing to disturb the peace.
BOND FIRM IS BANKRUPT
Fisk & Robinson Fail with Liabilities
of $6,735,324—Unable to
Meet Loans.
New York.—Wall street was aston
ished Tuesday to get the news over
the ticker that Fisk & Robinson, one
of the most reputable bond and bank
ing houses in the street, had been
thrown into bankruptcy on the peti
tion of three small creditors.
The firm liabilities are given at
$6,735,324, while the assets are
claimed to be $112,644 in excess of
that figure. In view of the fact that
the firm was unable to meet the call
of the banks for loans made on some
of its securities, it is likely that the
depression following the failure will
cause a loss of from $1,000,000 to $3,
000.000 to the creditors. The cash from
depositors alone totals $1,212,349.12.
The failure is directly due to the
financing of the Buffalo & Susquehan
na railway, a short line running from
Buffalo into Pennsylvania.
Hold 36.000,000 of Eggs.
New York. — There are 36,000,000
eggs in one cold storage warehouse
in Jersey City, according to the
information placed before the Hud
son county (N. J.) grand jury in its
investigation of the big packing and
other concerns which maintain ex
tensive warehouses on the other side
of the Hudson river. The eggs have
been there since last March, it was
learned, togetljer with 100.000
pounds of poultry stored 'since April
last.
Swedish Vessel Sinks; Six Drown.
Hamburg.—The Swedish steamer
Annie was in collision with the Ger
man ship Susanna near Gluckstadt, on
the Elbe, 29 miles northwest of here
Thursday. The Annie sunk imme
diately. Six of her crew were
drowned.
Broadens Texas Harbor.
Washington—A plan for a 24-foot
channel of the Arkansas Pass harbor.
Texas, to cost $277,500, has been rec
ommended to congress by the war de
partment.
SENATOR M’CUMBER DECLARES
FARMERS GETS INADEQUATE
RETURNS FOR PRODUCTS.
WILSON COMPARES PRICES
Secretary Shows Enormous Advances'
Both by Wholesaler and Retailer—
Says Rates on Sugar. Tea, Spices,
Crackers Have Been Reduced.
Washington.—' That the farmer gets ;
an inadequate return for his prod- i
ucts," was the declaration of Senator
McCumber of North Dakota, Friday,
while discussing the question of in
creased foodstuff prices in the senate.
The senator made some statements
which, if thfy are founded on fact,
show that the packers, wholesalers
and retailers of meat arc making prof
its beyond the conception of the hu
man mind in their enormity. He used |
his own knowledge, a report of Secre
tary Wilson and a price card of the
s rate restaurant to prove his eon
tendon.
“An nvoragi* bi f animal nn a Da
kota ran. a brings $70,'' he said, ‘but,
according to the r.riccj here." pointing j
to the* senate r . tan:' ait bill of fare. j
"it. is sold to the < -nsurr.vs who cat
tl; re for the enormous sum of $2,700.!
enough to buy half a farm. And
prie s in the 01 binary rest iu;ant show
that the $7’) beef anil, a! is said for:
•?2,00i). The fact that the farmer gets !
hut $70 shows that he docs not get the j
money, and the effect of tb ■ bills to
take the tariff off meat and the prod- j
nets of the farm would be to establish ;
a legislative boycott against the tiller:
of the soil."
The comparison of prices submitted j
by Secretary Wilson of the department j
of agriculture show enormous in-1
creases t v both wholesaler and re- j
taller—^he advance being greater for]
the retailer in one product and for i
the whoh -e'er in another, but mostly
the big advance was tv the whole-1
saler. 11 re are some samples:
Bread—W* ilesale. 25.;: retail, 4 9. .
Butter—Wholesale, Elgin, 2'.'.S: I
creamery extra, 27.7; dairy, 21.6; re-1
tail, 39.6; no quality indicated.
Ch> • s e—Wholesale, 26.9; retail. 20.3.!
t'offe—Wholesale. 3.9; retail, 5.0. •
Hfcgs, new laid—Wholesale! 39S;
retail, 36.2.
Wheat flour— Wholesale, spring,
43.6; winter. 26.S; retail, 24.f; no
quality indicated.
Bard—Wholesale, 63.3; retail. 3S.2.
Beef—Wholesale, fresh, 11.S; salt,
41.9; retail, fresh. 14.9; salt. 10.6.
Dressed Mutton—Wholesale, 21.4;
retail. 26.8,
Bacon—Wholesale, 54.4; retail, 52.9.
Ham—Wholesale, 21.9; retail, 31.8.
Milk—Wholesale. 30.0; retail, 18.1.
Potatoes—Wholesale, 70.6; retail,
25.5.
The report shows that prices on
sugar, tea, spices and soda crackers
have been slightly reduced.
The advances shown by the secre
tary were for the year ly07 over the
year 1899, which was regarded as nor
mal. And great as those advances are,
they have been greatly swelled by ad
vances since 1907.
In the; report of the secretary, which
was In response to the resolution of
Senator Crawford, he shows in a
measure why advances by the whole
salers were generally greater than
those by retailers. The substitution
of poorer goods in the case he gives,
the report says;
“It is not possible, in taking the re
tail prices over a large area, to secure
results standardized with the same
degree of accuracy as in the case of
wholesale prices. It was known that
in the retail trade, as prices advance,
substitutions are made of the same
name but of inferior grade. It is im
possible to determine to what extent
this process of substitution may have
taken place in the various articles."
HALT IN BALLINGER CASE
Postponement Is Made Until Feb. 17
to Permit Secretary’s Counsel
to Make Preparations.
Washington.—To permit the arrival
in the city of counsel for Secretary
Ballinger and to allow counsel to be
come familiar with the case, the Bal
linger-Pinchot investigating committee
Friday adjourned its hearings until
l^bruary It
John J. Vertrees of Nashville, Tenn.,
and Carl Rasch, formerly United
States district attorney for Montana,
have been formally selected to repre
sent Secretary Ballinger, Land Com
missioner Dennett and Field Agent
Schwartz in the investigation.
It developed at the brief public ses
sion of the committee that under date
of February 2, Senator Nelson, chair
man of the committee, wrote to Sec
retary Ballinger that he had been di- j
rected by the members to suggest to
him the importance of being represent
ed by counsel to examine and cross
examine Witnesses and to present in
orderly fashion such evidence as
would be material to “the other side.”
Missouri Men Get Busy.
Kansas City, Mo.—Feeling that im
mediate action is necessary to have
the Missouri river appropriation, a
committee of business men left here
Friday for Washington to press their
claims before the senate and house
committees.
Congressman Lovering Dead.
Washington.—Representative Wil
liam C. Lovering of Massachusetts
died at his residence in this city Fri
day. He was 73 years old, a Demo
crat, and cotton manufacturer.
47 SAVED BY WIRELESS GALL
—
STEAMER KENTUCKY SINKS OFF
CAPE HATTERAS.
Sailors Are Taken Aboard Alamo of
Mallory Line in Srfety—Are
Bound for Key West.
New York. — Thanks again to the
wireless and the international dis
tress signal, “S. O. S.” Capt. Moore
and his crew of 46 men are safe on
hoard the Mallory liner Alamo bound
or Key West, while their vessel, the
ueamship Kentucky, is at the bottom
of the sea oft Cape Hatteras.
It is another case of a disaster avert
ed by wireless and told to the world
by the same medium. The Kentucky,
a wooden vessel of 966 gross tonnage
and 203 feet long, was bound from
New York to the Pacific to carry pas
sengers between Tacoma and Alaskan
ports foi the Alaska Pacific Steamship
Company.
First news of the Kentucky's dis
tress was received at the United Wire
less Company's station at Cape Hat- |
teras. There the operator heard the |
“S. O. 3.,” quickly followed by this 1
message:
"We are smiting. Our latitude is !
32.10, longitude 76.20."
Almost simultaneously the operator i
heard the Alamo respond to the Ken
: acky s call tor help, informing Capt. t
Moore that the Alamo was making all !
?! td to the sinking vessel’s assist- ,
mice. Thereafter no message was re- i
ceived from the Kentucky, indicating I
that water had interfered with the
pov, r, putting her wireless apparatus
out of commission.
The navy department at Washington j
in the meantime Bashed wireless mes
sages along the Atlantic coast, dis
patching the battleship Louisiana and
r vo revenue cutters to the scene, but
at five o clock word came from the
Alamo that she had arrived first and
hud taken off all hands in safety. This
is the message as received in New |
York hv the United Wireless Company
from Its Cape Hatteras station:
“Latitude 32.46. longitude 76.2S. !
Steamship Alamo has just taken Capt. i
Moore and crew of 46 men from sink- j
ing steamship Kentucky. Water had j
already reached fire room and steam
ship will sink before midnight The !
Alamo is now proeeding to Key West.” i
RECOVER BODY AT CHERRY
Corpse Is Removed from Mine—Tomb
May Never Give Up Remaining
1SR Dead.
Cherry, 111. — At Inst the St. Fun!
mine yielded the first of its dead
since last November, when the shafts
were sealed to extinguish the fire that
killed nearly 300 miners.
The body of Maestro Llirio, 23 years
old. whose corpse was found on
Wednesday near the air shaft, was re
moved from the mine. He was identi
fied by a wage receipt found in the
breast pocket of an Italian coat that
he wore. He was unmarried and his
relatives live at Cardiff. 111.
The body was in good condition, in
spite of its three months’ entombment
in the gaseous chambers of the mine,
350 feet below the surface. He had
worked in the bottom of the mine
with Pasquale Costi, his cousin, whose
body is still underground.
As news of the removal of the body
spread through Cherry women filled
the streets, crying and talking ex
citedly, but the outburst was short
lived.
The prospect for the recovery of the
16G remaining bodies is none too
promising. To get at the 31 bodies
said to be in the bottom level, 2,000,
000 gallons of water must be pumped
out of the mine, and to reach the 135
bodies in the east part of the second
level a new passageway must be cut
through solid coal for at least 150 feet.
Pumping and tunneling will begin to
day and proceed simultaneously and
as rapidly as possible. In the mean
time the work of clearing the west
half of the mine will go on. No bodies
are thought to be in the west part of
the mine.
San Antonio, Tex.—As a result o!
the carelessness of a Mexican in light
ing a cigarette Wednesday 100 min
ers are dead In the Paula mine in
Mexico across from Eagle Pass in
the state of Coahuila.
Primero, Col.—Only 74 men are
dead as the result of the mysterious
explosion in the Primero mine. This
is the Anal figure according to a care
ful check made in a house-to-house
canvass finished by officials of the
Colorado Fuel & Iron Company.
Drakesboro. Ky.— Thirty-four men
lost their lives in a terrible explosion
which occurred in an unused section
of the Wickliffe mine at Browder
Tuesday night.
Firebug Makes Confession.
Evansville, Ind. — “Because he
wanted to see the horses run," j
John l?yers, a teamster, confessed, ac j
cording to the police, that he started
the fire destroying the building of the ,
Journal-News last week, and had
caused other fires in the business dls- ;
trict. Satisfaction of his mania, the
police say. has cost property owners ;
$200,000.
Brazil to Ask $5,000,000.
RJo Janeiro.—The government Fri
day authorized the minister of finance
to negotiate with the Rothschilds for
a ioan of $5,000,000, the funds *0 be
used for the conversion of thr out
standing external debt, issued a. five
per cent, into four per cent,
bonds.
Idols Bring Good Prices.
New York.—One hundred and sev
enty-eight ancient idols from Siam
China and Japan, brought $7,200 at an
art auction here Friday.
NEWS FROM THE CAPITAL CITY
Items of Interest Around the State
House
State General Fund Full.
For the first time in the history of
the state, so far as known, the state
treasurer has $100,000 in the general
fund and the state is out of debt. The
state generally had scads of school
funds on hand and for many years has
had $8,000,000 of such funds Invested
in interest bearing securities, but us
ually there is nothing in the general
fund and often that fund is far be
hind and school funds are used to
take up state warrants presented for
payment. As fast as general funds
come in they are used in such cases to
take up state warrants that have been
registered to the credit of the school
fund.
The unusual occurrence of $100,000
in the general fund and r.o outstand
ing warrants to take up, caused Treas
urer L. G. Brian to rake up a law
passed in 1879 which provides that
when there is in the hands of the
state treasurer money of the state in
excess of $100,000 he shall in writing
notify the governor and state auditor
of the fact and with'n three days after
such notice is given the governor,
treasurer and auditor shall meet in
solemn conclave :• d decide whether
or rot the exces mds shall be In
vested in 4 per cei.t government bonds
ar whether or no; the money shall be
kept as necessary funds to meet the
current demands u o:i the state treas
urer. The treasur. r served this notice
Wednesday.
The old statute is considered some
thing cf a joke. In the first place there
there are no 4 per cent government
bonds Heating about and in the see
nd place the $100,000 will soon melt
away in the payment of cuieent ex
penses of the state government- The
three officers mentioned in the statute
wiil decide to keep the money In the
treasury to meet demands months
tence. when receipts at the treasury
are light and expenses heavy. It will
be laid up against the rainy days that
come in the summer time when little
money is received at the treasury.
The receipts are just now heavy on
account of remittances from county
tre. #r ers who are required to settle
annually with the state.
The wiping out of the state debt
which was in the form of registered
warrants was due to the Sheldon one
mill tax law which was in force sev
eral years. Xo levy has been made
for this year under that law.
Favors Local Inspection.
State VeteTinartan Ji.ckrness, on ac
count of a recent experience, is in
favor of local inspection of meat. He
does not care for the much praised
home killed pork since he stopped in
a little town in Nebraska and visited
a butcher shop where home killed
meat was sold. He found two car
casses of hogs hanging up back of
the shop.. Roth carcasses showed the
effeet of tuberculosis generalized. The
disease was apparent throughout the
carcasses, it not being confined to a
few of the organs. He went into the
shop and there found another tuber
culosis carcass on the block. He does
not believe butchers kill tuberculosis
animals purposely but is of the opin
ion that they do not always know an
affected animal. He thinks local in
spection by trained veterinarians
ought to be established. The state
food commissioner’s employes are not
supposed to be experts in testing car
casses for disease, but are supposed
to know merely whether or not food
is decomposed.
Flour Rate an Issue.
The complaint of Kendall & Smith
of Woodlawn against the Burlington
was heard Tuesday by the railway
commission. The complainants oper
ate a flouring mill at Woodlawn. near
Lincoln, and the complaint alleges
that a rate of $5 a car on flour and
grain products, which was cancelled
before the commission came into ex
istence, should be restored or some
other reasonable rate established. The
railroad company alleges that the
grain rate to Lincoln was 5 cents a
hundred and Is now 4^4 cents a hun
dred. which woulcl enable Kenadll &
Smith to ship a finished product
cheaper than Lincoln millers could get
raw material, it was alleged that the
mill was not built on the strength of
the ner car load rate, but was built in
1872. many years before the car rate
was established.
Fined $100 for Killing a Deer.
Deputy Game Warden Boehler has
returned from Cuming county, where
he prosecuted Jack Webb for killing
a deer that is supposed to have come
from Dakota or some private park.
Webb and Ed. Koneck contested for
the honor of the kid till they found
the fine was from $100 to $300. Webb
pleaded guilty and paid $100, blit Ko
neck is said to have furnished half the
money. The killing occurred two and
one-half months ago.
The Railway Commission.
William C. Brooks of Beatrice, a
traveling man, has filed nomination
papers with the secretary of state as
a democratic candidate for stat rail
way commissioner. He was formerly
a republican in politics.
State Experiment Stations.
Director E. A. Burnett of thes state
experiment station has filed a report
with Governor Shallenberger in which
he states that the sub-experiment sta
tion provided for in northwest Ne
braska has been located at a point
five miles from Mitchell and seven
and one-half miles from Scotts Bluff.
The regents favor Valentine for the
ether station, but this has net yet
been determined. The work of the
-tote experiment station has been pub
lished from time to time in bulletin
form.
A GENERAL INCREASE IN ALL
ARTICLES.
COMPARISON WITH DECADE AGO
Senator Crawford Introduces Resolu
tion to Which Department of
Commerce of Labor Replies.
Washington.—That there has been
a very general increase in wholesale
and retail articles of food between
the years 1899 and 1908 is indicated
by a report sent to the senate by the
Department of Commerce and Labor
in response to a resolution introduced
by Senator Crawford of South Dakota
calling for the trend of prices.
For purposes of comparison the
prices in 1899 are used as normal and
the percentages of increases were
about as follows:
Bread—-Wholesale. 25.1; retail, 21.9.
Butter — Wholesale, Elgin. 29.8;
creamery, extra, 27.5; dairy, 21.0; re
tail. 30.6, no quality indicated.
Cheese—Wholesale, 20.9; retail,
20.3.
Coffee—Wholesale. 3.9; retail, 5.
Eggs, Xe\y Laid-—Wholesale, 39.3;
retail, 30.2.
Wheat Flour — Wholesale, spring
43.0; winter, 26.8; retail, 21.4, no
quality indicated.
Lard—Wholesale, 03.3; retail, 38.2.
Beef—Wholesale, fresh, 11.8; salt,
41.9; retail, fresh, 14.9; salt. ]o.0.
Dressed Mutton—Wholesale, 21.4;
retail, 26.S.
Bacon—Wholesale, 54.5; retail, 53.9.
Ham—Wholesale. 21.9; retail. 31.8.
Milk—Wholesale, 30; retail, 18.1.
Potatoes—Wholesale, 70.6; retail.
25.5.
The report shows prices on sugar,
tea, spices and soda crackers have
been slightly reduced.
“Every dollar we have spent in our
tabaratory has saved Uncle Sam $100.
The work of the chemistry bureau
has saved the government a vast deal
of money. In the twelve years that I
had charge of the microscopic tc3ts
of sugar at the vaiious ports, under
an arrangement between the secre
tary of agriculture and the secretary
of the treasury, I think I can say
without boasting that I have saved
the United States government 510.
000,000.” ,
Chief Chemist, Wiley made this
statement at a hearing given him by
the house committee on expenditures
in the Department of Agriculture. Dr.
Wiley said that between 1890 and 1902
he found marked differences in the
same grades of sugar at different
ports. He said the government was
i not getting all the revenue that it
I should and that the polarization at
i the port of New York was much lower
than it should have been. His in
vestigations resulted in new polariza
tions that have proved to be very
profitable to the government, he ad
ded.
Declaring the farmer to be the last
person considered in any conflict in
which the agriculturist is involved,
Senator McCumber of North Dakota
delivered a speech in the senate to
demonstrate that the farmers were
not receiving a fair share of the high
prices which food products com
manded.
He said that bills such as had been
presented in the house for the re
moval of duties on farm articles were
equivalent to an effort to establish a
legislative boycott against the tiller
of the soil.
This boycott was always to be ex*
pected when food prices increased,
he said. But the discrimination would
not always continue, for the time was
rapidly approaching when the farmer
would receive proper compensation
for his labor.
Helpers for South Pole.
New York—Should the proposed at
tempt at discovery of the south pole
be undertaken by American explor
ers as proposed by Commander Peary,
several members of the Peary polar
quest probably will be selected as
members of the expedition. Dr. Her
man C. Bumpus of the American
Museum of Natural History is authori
ty for the statement that Captain
Bartlett of the Arctic ship Roosevelt,
Prof. McMillan and George Boerup,
who were with the commander, will
be selected.
Mrs. Sunderland Wants Divorce.
Reno. Nev.—Suit for divorce was
filed here by Mrs. Beulah Stubbs Sun
derland, daughter of J. C. Stubbs, gen
eral passenger agent for the Harri
man system, and wife of John Sunder
land, democratic national committee
man from Nevada. The complaint is
a sealed document ar.d the nature of
the allegations cannot be determined
until the defendant, who is now in
San Francisco, appears in the case.
Mrs. Sunderland, who, prior to her
marriage was Miss Buelah Stubbs, is
now with her parents in Chicago.
May Get Free Postage.
Washington.—The carriage free of
postage of all mail matter sent by
Theodore Roosevelt is proposed by
Representative Hamilton Fish (N. Y.)
who introduced a bill to that effect.
Taft to Speak in Chicago.
Chicago--President Taft has wired
that he will possibly be in Chicago
larch 17 and directed that plans for
i monster conservation mass meet
ing to thi city, at whica he is desired
as principal speaker, be made accord
ingly.