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About Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 8, 1907)
CIAL , CHICAGO. . Despite the hot weather business activ ity is undlminished and production in the fceavy industries is without abatement. ! A. satisfactory demand continues in lead ing retail l ucs , removing anxiety as to 4he stfrJrs to be carried over. Demand1 all through July was exceptionally good -and the usual clearance sales have made the preparation of impending inventories -easier. Country merchants entertain confidence as to the outook , their opin ions being supported by demands which show healthy expansion among too pros perous farming communities. Increasing accessions appear in the numbers of vis iting buyers and their operations in sta ples compare favorably with a year ago. Notwithstanding the increased failures in this district , mercantile collections in the western states leave little room for complaint and credits generally maintain & satisfactory position. Crop conditions crcat a favorable impression. Bank clearings , $230,250,787 , exceed 4hose of corresponding week in 1906 by 12.4 per cent. Failures reported in Chicago district number 29 , against 21 last -week and 24 & year ago. Dun's Review of Trade. ' ' " ' ' NEW YORK. 1 High temperatures have stimulated development as a whole , helped re- trade in light summer wear goods and ; improved reorder business for the latter with jobbers , all these influences favor ing some growth of the feeling that early 3 > oor starts in crops and trade have been largely made up for. There is about the usual midsummer quiet in future trade 3ines , but fall samples are prepared , low .Tate excursions begin next month , ship = - iments of fall goods are increasing and collections have improved at various mar kets. Industry exhibits a lull in some lines , notably iron and steel in its cruder forms , though the immediate effect of the strike of hron ore miners in Minnesota _ fcas been to stimulate , temporarily at least , the demand for pig iron at all onarkots. Business faftures in the United Stateq for the w-eek ending July 25 number 155 , .against 177 last week , 171 in the like week of 1900 , 197 in 1905 , 174 in 1SJ04 and 190 in 3903. Canadian failures for the week number 27 , as against 26 last W eek and 24 in this week a year ago. Wheat , including flour , exports from -the United States and Canada for the week ending July 25 aggregated 2,376,543 bushrls. against 2,210,770 last week , 1,70S,705 this week last year and 6,974- 526 in 1901. For the first four weeks of the fiscal year the exports are 9,950,931 'busbr-ls , against 6,942,290 in 1906-07 and -21.0UU.194 in 1901-02. Corn exports for the week are 1,665,014- .fcushols , against 2,066.967 last w0ek and 1539,073 in 1906. For the fiscal < rear to date the exports are 6,554,490 bushels , againt 2,662,553 in 1906-07. Brad- < strcet's Commercial Report. Chicago Cattle , common to prime , : $4.00 to $7.35 ; hogs , prime heavy , $4.00 * o $0.35 ; sLeep , fair to choice , $3.00 to $5.85 ; wheat , Xo. 2 , 90c to 91c ; -corn , No. 2 , 53c to 54c ; oats , standard , 44c to 45c ; rye , No. 2 , SOc to SSc ; hay , -timothy , $14,00 to $20.50 ; prairie , $9.00 to $12.00 ; butter , choice .creamery , 21c -to 24c ; eggs , frefih , 14c bo 17c ; potatoes , inew , per bushel , 75c to SOc. Indianapolis Cattle , shipping , $3.0C to $7.10 ; hogs , choice heavy , $4.00 to : $ G.30 ; elieep , common to prime , $3.00 to : $4.50 ; wheat , No. 2 , SOc to SSc" corn , Iso. 2 wiu'te , 51c to 53c ; oats , No. 2 white , 45c to 47c. St. Louis Cattle , $4.50 to $7.35 ; Siogs , $4.00 to $0.40 ; sheep , $3,00 to . ? 5.50 ; wbeat , No. 2 , S9c to 90c ; corn , 2so. 2 , 51c to 53c ; oats , No. 2 , 45c to 47c ; rye , No. 2 , S2c to S4c , Cincinnati Cattle , $4.00 to $5.85 ; bogs , $4.00 to $0.30 ; sheep , $3.00 to ; $4.S5 ; wheat , No. 2 , 90c to 91c ; corn , No. 2 mixed , 55c to 56c ; oats , No. 2 :2nixcd : , 46c to 40c ; rye , No. 2 , SOc to SSc. Detroit Cattle , $4.00 to $5.50 ; bogs , ; $4.00 to $6.60 ; sheep , $2.50 to $5.00 ; wheat , No. 2 , 91c to 93c ; corn , No. 3 yellow , 55c to 56c ; oats , No. 3 white , -49c to 50c ; rye , No. 2 , 79c to SOc. Milwaukee * Wheat , No. 2 northern , 9Sc to $1.01 ; corn , No. 3 , 53c to 54c ; ni -oats , standard , 45c to 46c ; rye , No. 1 , S5c to 87c ; barley , standard , 69c to 70c ; pork , mess , 316.30. Buffalo Cattle , choice shipping steers , : $4.00 to $0.90 ; hogs , fair to choice , $4.00 'to $6.75 ; sheep , common to good mixed , sj' ; $4.00 to $5.00 ; lambs , fair -to choice , . § 5.00 to $8.25. cafe New York Cattle , $4.00 to $6.60 ; feed &OITS , $4.00 to $6.80 ; sheep , $3.00 to ed : $5roO ; wheat , No. 2 red , 95c to 98c ; by vcoru. No. 2 , 59c to 60c ; oats , natural So white , olc to 52c ; batter , creamery , 22o Ti tto 25c ; eggs , western , 16c to 20c. CO Toledo Wheat , No. 2 mixed , 89c to op 90c : corn. No. 2 mixed , 54c to 56c ; th -oats , No. 2 mixed , 45c to 46c ; rye , No. fa " 2. 74c to 73 * ; clover seed , prime , $9.45 an All Around the Globe. Philadelphia health board prohibited Ikissiug games''among children. President McCrea of the Pennsylvania veer xailroad testifies at Philadelphia that th.o or -enforcement of the 2-cent fare law would lei < 2iusc a deficit In the road's passenger loito earning * towl One of the most valuable relics of the ob great hunter , Daniel Boone. is his powder Lorn , which is now in the possession oi vo I- Charles G. Shanks , a resident of Cla-ys- one vilie , Intl. sit A woman , answering the Cheyenne PI ( Wyo. ) Tribune's question , "Whatfe the " matter "with Wyoming"vwrites : "It is . ' .heaven for men and dogs and hell foe he vsvoinen and horses. " you SLAVES IN MASSACHUSETTS. HOHBC in Which They Were Sold Itcllc > Toyrn of Hanover. A relic of slavery days in New Eng land In the middle of the eighteenth century , the old Tilden house on Win ter street , West Hanover , the only Siouse in that town where slaves -were kept for market , is new being demol- Is'lved , says the Boston Herald. The house is one of the best-known landmarks In Plymouth County and has stood for nearly 200 years. It used as a tavern in its early clays and later for a residence. Of recent years It has been abandoned to the elements and has rapidly fallen into decay. No one knows the exact date of the building of the house , but historians agree that It was long 'before the in corporation of the town of Hanover- In 1727. Jededlah Dwelley , of North" Hanover , who has spent much time cln gathering facts concerning the early history of the town , says : "While there was more or less buying and selling of slaves ( as in the middle of the eighteenth century nearly all the wealthy families owned one or more ) tihls probably was the only place where the traffic was carried on for revenue. I have seen two -bills of slaves sold from this 'house. ' One was from Job Tilden to a Mr. Bailey , of Scituate , a negro child named Morrow , 9 years of age , of good bodily health and a kind disposition. " One of Mr. Tilden's slaves named Cuffee served as a soldier in the Revo lutionary War , and according to an old pay roll he was stationed at Hull , March 1 , 1777. He was with Col. Bailey and died at Valley Forge. He was known as Cuffee Tilden and was so inscribed on the printed roils. The books of the First Congregation al Church of Hanover record the mar riage by the Rev. Benjamin Bass on Feb. 8 , 1751 , of Jack and Blllah , ser vants owned by Job Tilden , and also the deatih of a negro boy owned by Job Tilden , Feb. 12 , 1760. There are many other brief records of slaves kept In different families In' Hanover. Blood. PolBoninj ? . By the term blooel-polsoning Is meant the presence In the blood of the germs of putrefaction or suppuration , or of the poisonous products of these germs. It is necessary to define the expression at the beginning , for strictly speaking every form of poisoning , including alco holic intoxication , is blood-poisoning. r distinct of There are three forms blood-poisoning. In one the germs of putrefaction are circulating in the blooel and manufacturing their poison , upon which the symptoms of the disease de pend ; in the second the blood-containekl germs are- those which cause pus-form ation ! , and they also manufacture a poi son which produces the disease ; in the is third form the bacteria , either of pu trefaction or of suppuration , are not in the blood but on the surface of the body , and the symptoms are due to the absorption of the poison elaborated by them. < thI of The I toxin , as this bacteria-produced poison is called , is In this last instance Imported , while in the first two cases 1mm mentioned It is , as It were , of domestic it manufacture therefore obtained more easily : and in greater quantity. These i three forms are called in med ical language , eeptemla , pyemia and sa- premia , respectively , meaning septic germs In the blood , pus In the blood , of and the products of putrefaction In the blood. < The j pycmic form is characteri2ed by irregular chills , fever and sweating , and the formation of abscesses in vari ous parts of the body. It is very com one monly < fatal. Septemia resembles pye mia in Its symptoms , except that the la fever is more continuous , not being in terrupted ; by chills as It is In pyemia. the and there is no formation of abscesses. The severer forms of scptemla are al most < always fatal , but the disease oc curs often in milder type , in which the n chief symptoms are high fever , headache ing ache , and depression of the vital forces. Sapremia resembles septeinla in Its symptoms , as it naturally should , since both these forms of blood-poisoning are caused by the same poison. In one case formed outside of the body and absorb by the tissues , in the other produced ever the bacteria In the blood and tissues. Sapremia onay terminate fatally , but It yields ( more readily to treatment This Knes consists In management of the wound , it opening it up to the air , cutting away the festering parts , cleansing the sur face thoroughly , and treating it with antiseptics. was When Life Is Wasted. KBd Life Is wasted every time one gives has away to gloomy , selfish , angry or re vengeful thoughts ; when resentment a grudge against man or fate is al lowed to find root In the heart ; when temper is let fly loose over a trifle ; when one goes to pieces nervously wiien tcn obliged to repeat a remark and the once Perm voice is allowed to rise in anger ; when at forgets that a loose temper Is a G sign of vulgarity and lack of culture. Dn Philadelphia Press. hare Here Is a stereoytped remark yen * fbe are hear frequently from croakers : "Dlff West ever see so much sickness ? " EAYWOOD IS FBEED. VMNER'S SECRETARY ACQUITTED BY IDAHO JURY. Jurr Considers that Evidence Pro duced Did Not Connect Accused Man irlth Steunenberjff Mnrder Petttbone Cose React tor Trial. William D. Haywood is free in Boise , Idaho. After eighteen months' Imprisonment , closing with eleven nerve racking weeks of legal inquisition - ' tion , be walked out Sunday , alone and elated , into the bright sunlight * of a still and drowsy Sabbath morning , ac quitted of the charge of murdering Frank Steunenberg. His vindication came from the lips of twelve Idaho farmers , pain , blunt , uncultured men , representatives of the sturdy stock that is the backbone oi vtnced that the State had connected flaywood , "by his own acts , and decla rations , " to use the language of the court , with the murder of Frank Steu- uenberg that's all. That was the ver- illct , and the how , and the why , and the wherefore of it The masterly logic of Senator Borah , ttie painstaking analysis of Prosecutor Hawley , and the story of Harry Or- cdiarel crumbled and withered away in he unemotional atmosphere of the room where the jurors for tweuty-one hours minutely dissected the evidence as they saw it And their verdict was 'Not guilty. " Clmrsre n Factor. The probability of a verdict of ac quittal had been 'freely predicted since Judge Fremont Wood read his charge , was regarded as strongly favor- tog the defense in its interpretation of the laws of conspiracy , circumstan tial evidence , and the corroboration of an accomplice who coafesses. A canvass of the jury immediately after they were discharged showed the accuracy of the prediction. Ten of the jurors declared that In their In dividual opinion the Instructions prac tically forbade a verdict of guilty. The other two would not admit this view of the judge's charge , but declared that they had found it impossible to believe that any legal connection of Haywood with the Steunenberg mur der had been made. It was also freely predicted that in the event of Haywood's acquittal the j State would abandon the prosecution L ' ! of his associates , Charles H. Meyer , the president of the federation , and L George A. Petti bone of Denver. State- mcnts from counsel and from Gov. Otxxling , however , dispel this view of lae situation. Gov. Gooding declared with empha sis that the cases against Meyer and t'e-ttibone would be prosecuted as vig orously as had been that against Hay- wood. Senator Borah added to this tfcat Pettlbone would be put on trial 1 j in October. Conviction Made Impossible. While counsel for the prosecution re- fwsed to discuss what factors they con- sidered bore most strongly upon the jury's decision to acquit Hayvrood , the consensus of opinion among lawyers I j who were not connected with the case \ that the instructions made a conviction - tion impossible. j There were sixty-fire paragraphs in i | i tbe charge , of which thirty-one dealt I ! with the subject of reasonable doubt j There is no criticism of * ? 9e statement j the law in any of the sections of j the charge with perhaps one exception , ; but it seems to be tke general opinion , ' and the talks with jurors agree with , that the reiteration of those instruc- j I ( tions which might be favorable to the ' defense conveyed the impression to the j jury that the court believed the ver- j diet should be acquittel. ) This is of a piece with the attitude ' the authorities and the prosecution i , throughout the trial. The desire to ba , ' rfbsoluteiv fair to the defemiant has . amounted at times almost to an oasesj j J fcion. If there has bee * an leaning to j side or to the other it has been to ) 1 fbat of the defense , and that attitude | I maintained even yet There is al- j most no criticism of the result among ; ' friends of the prosecution in Boise. Oil Trust Denies ConBpiracv. The Standard Oil Company has entered general denial to the charges of con spiracy , stifling competition and accept rebates preferred by the Federal De portment of Justice in St. Louis last November. The1 contention is made that operations prior to 1S99 , when the parent company of New Jersey was formed , should be made the not subject of exam ination. Specific denial is made , how , that the company in 1S7G had spe- rates from the Erie and New York Central , and that a monopoly of pipe from Wesrtern Pennsylvania enabled to fix rates for transportation on the railroad. su First Rhodes Soholar to Finish. William Crittenden of California , who the first student under the Rhodes scholarship to reach Oxford , Bogland , 81 also the first to finish the full course , , returned home , having finished tha years' course in two years. Short NOTTS Notes. The Russian minister of railways boa established d3re t trains between St. Pe tersburg and Vladivostok. They will run every two weeks by way of Tiatka , and Tobeliabizek vrJtboet touching Moscow. The foreign-torn Babemiaos in the United States in 1006 ore estimated to numbered 517,300 , of irEich 40 > 000 m New Yorfc , 48 000 in Texas aod | remainder scattered Girooghoat tt { and SontMro t Qae-ItsAF tax * in POSTOFFICE CUTS PAY. Government Order * Rednctloa Im Charge for iliiulin - Miiil * A general order has been issued by th6 Postoffiee Department which will result in reducing the compensation enjoyed by the railroads for carrying the mills by at least $1,000,000 annually. In con nection with the order it is hinted that there may be a scandal if all the facts vhich made the Issuance of the order a necessity become known. The order in question affects several hundred mail routes in the country and is to the effect that ou these routes the mail can be carried in smaller cars than the railroads are using. It Is therefore ordered that "a reduction either be made in the size of the cars or if the railroads choose to continue their use they will get paid for the size of cars actually needed. On the other hand , the railroads insist that it is the province of the PostoiSce Department to designate the cars which shall be used on the mail routes and that the roads are now using such cars as were actually ordered by the department. Department officials adcnit that this ia true , but insist that more space is being paid for by the department than is actu ally : needed in the tranyportation of the mails , but it is not stated whether this condition is the result of poor judgment or otherwise. The new order is the re sult of the work of 125 private detectives thc government was paying for more space than is necessary and the Postmas ter General therefore ordered a reduction. Besides the regular compensation based upon tonnage which the railroads receive for transporting the mails they also rente ceive car mileage for cars over thirty feet in length. The Postoffiee Department has decided to begin weighing the mail on all routes in the country early in October with a view of furnishing Congress with data asked for. In order to do so the govern ment will have to provide thousands of additional scales. Report on City Ownership. The investigation of public ownership of public utilities in Europe and thia country by the National Civic Federa tion's commission has resulted in two re ports , one by Prof. John R. Commons of Wisconsin university favorable to the proposition and tfie other by J. W. Sulli van of the Clothing Trades Bulletin dis approving. Prof. Commons says they found the privately owned utilities in England dividing surplus for civic bet terments because of the prevailing ten dency toward public ownership and its example in cities -jvhere it had been adopted. Many have shrewdly arranged copartnership plans and have recognized the labor unions. lie is convinced that the recognition of the unions is the safeJ J . guard i against political corruption in pubj j lie ownership and that private ownersuin t offers no escape from politics. Editor j * Sullivan says that in all but the most ; poorly paid forms of labor public owner ship has not raised or improved condi tions of work. He contends that in Eng land no street car business has ever been a private enterprise , in the sense that the word is used in this country , thus making comparison with American conditions un faiW . Taking Syracuse , Allegheny and Wheeling as the best samples of Ameri can municipalization offered , they found conclusive evidence of political rotten1 ness , in each case. He regards it as "a I , project to restrict men in their activi-j I tic by methods foreign to the American ; Q genius. " Rockefeller Raps University. The faculty and students of the University - versity of Chicago have been much stir- red up by the reported criticism mad by John D. Rockefeller while he was in Chicago to attend court as a witness. In reply to a question as to wliat he thought of the university's work , the oil king w reported ] as saying : "The only regret 1 have concerning the university is that there are not as many men as successful as I hoped there would be after theii schooling there. But I am advised by some ; of my friends that the future may a show ' better results than the present. H the future will show that it was a wise undertaking , I shall be satisfied. " In reply to these remarks , the members oi the faculty are disposed to question th interpretation which Mr. Rockefellei makes of the word success. If he mean } th avjijtj iv uiunv iuu"vvj u am -ir.jj that not § o many of the graduates hav , been successful as might be dr-sired. Bul j they maintain that making money doe : j not necessarily mean success. The im-j pression prevails among the student bodj j that the founder and benefactor of th j great institution has been displeased bjj tu numerous radical doctrines preached bj ; [ I a certain members of the faculty , it being. ! recalled that frequently monopolies like 3J ] pr the Standard Oil Company have been assu sailed with impunity in the class rooms no ine Xo wa Sti tie en vel Cii It has been many a year since the col fre leges in general lost so many of theii bei athletic stars at one graduation. Yale , toi Harvard , Pennsylvania and Michigan all lose heavily , and the other colleges also na suffer. Pr The defeat of Peter Pan , the recog nized 3-year-old champion of the year , and Philander by Frank Gill in the Coney Island Jockey Club stakes ai the Sheepshead Bay , was a great surprise to the public , which had backed both horsei heavily , but neither finished in the money. Miss Evelyn Sears of Boston won thi tennis tournament at Philadelphia foi the national championship. "Colin is the best 2-year-old that haj been to the races in this country in the last fifteen years , barring Sysonby , " said James R. Keene after the Commando horee won the Great Trial stakes at ica Sheepsbead. Princeton may send a crew to Pough- keeoeiewithin two y.earstime. . Thi Tigers are eager to be represented in fbe great annual regatta , as rowing h only branch of atbletios in wMci ed of CLASH OF AUTHORITY FEDERAL COURT AND STATE GOVERNMENT IN CONFLICT. Nortb Carolina Judsc Knocks Out In. Part Stnte'H New Hate Governor Glenn Planed Over De cision and Orders Appeal. The penalty clause of the new North Carolina rate bill has been declared un constitutional , and void by United States Judge Pritchard in Asheville. James H. Wood , district passenger agent of the Southern , and C. Wilsoiv the ticket agent of the same road , who were recently sentenced to thirty days on the chain gang for violation of the law , were discharged on habeas corpus proceedings. When defendant agents of the com- pany were fined a few days ago by Police - lice Justice Reynolds and sentenced to jail a writ of habeas corpus was issued by Judge Pritchard , but the agents were again arrested by the State au thorities and sentenced by Justice Reyn olds to thirty days on the chain gang.pr Contempt proceedings were then brought for resistance of the Federal Court. f Fines Wonld Be Millions. . . . In . his decision Judge Pritchard said that the penalties inflicted by the stat- nte would close the doors to a judicial hearing and would- amount to $2,500,000 a day if the penalty was enforced on the sale of each ticket , which is eight times more than the amount involved i In the original suit Also that it would do violence to the comity which exists between the State and Federal courts. Continuing , Judge Pritchard said : "The equal protection of the law ia guaranteed to every citizen of the United States and I shall' ' employ all means within the power of the court to secure to all persons , who may invoice jurisdiction of this court , such rights to the fullest extent of the law. "This court is confronted with open and avowed opposition by the powers of the State. The penalties prescribed by the State statute for charging more than the statutory rates are so enor mous that ifi permitted to be enforced they would practically bankrupt the railroads in an exceedingly brief time. "Would Paralyze Roads. "If the criminal prosecutions against .the agents , conductors and employes are permitted to continue , the managers of , the railroads cannot successfully oper ate their trains , carrying the mails o > - continue their usefulness in interstate commerce. "The State constitution as well as the statutory law afford ample proteo- tion to every person deprived of his lib erty without due process of law. It is remarkable that anyone representing the State should oppose ue granting of the writ of habeas corpus. " After Judge Pritchard had signed th < * judgment Judge J. H. Merrimon , spe- cja counsel for the State , gave notice of appeal and waived bonds , but under the law the court fixed a bond of $206 each for Wood and Wilson. Governor Glenn wired the State's At torney to appeal at once to the Supreme Court of the United States from the decision of Judge Pritchard. He states that even If Section 4 , the criminal pen. alty section , is stricken out the law is not ! affected , and the Southern Railway can be indicted under the common law. Advices received are to the effect that the Virginia authorities , in which State 2-cent fare law has been passed , will adopt precisely the same course as those in North Carolina. Judge Pritch ard presides in the circuit which em braces Virginia. States' Rights Question Raised. The Federal authorities in Washing ton are intensely interested in t'he sit uation. It is believed . that Judge Pritchard's decision will , precipitate a crisis that may be serious in its con- sequences. Federal officials are of the opinion that it will again bring to the front as political issue the old question of State rights , and while no one here ap- prehends < any stich discussion of the subject ] as preceded the civil war pe- riod , the difficulty in Xorth Carolina is not ; underestimated. Peter ] G. Pritchard has been prom L- inent in the Republican politics Lf Xorth Carolina for many years. He was United States Senator from the State for six years , and on the expira tion of his term was appointed a Feel- [ eral district judge by President Reese velt. Later he was promoted to the Circuit Court. While he has held aloof from politics since he has been on the bench , Judge Pritchard has kept in touch with political affairs , State and national. He is a personal friend of President Roosevelt. Indicted on 1,524 Connts. Dispatches from Memphis state that federal grand jury for the West Tennessee district has handed up an in dictment containing 1.524 counts , each count a separate indictment in Itself , all aimed at the Standard Oil Company. Japanese Merchants Appeal. Seven chambers of commerce , in ses sion at Tokio , sent an address to the principal chambers of commerce in Amer and also to President Roosevelt ex pressing the fear that if such "unfortu nate incidents" as the California attacks ; upon Japanese residents are not speedily lye stopped the ill feeling which the Japanese now harbor against a section of the Unit tit States may endanger the development commercial relations and cause mcaj- culable loss to both eou-otries. I LIVES LOST AS BOAT BURNS * j Women . and Children Jamp Imto ter In Hfcvr Yorlc Stnio In Panic. Notable examples of heroism , as well is a few examples of cowardice , attended fa burning and sinking of the steamer Frotitenac. on Cayuga lake , New York , Saturday ! The death list is believed t be limited to eight , the number first re ported. : A search along Cayuga lak and in and underneath the charred hulk of the steamer failed to reveal any mor bodies , and the officials think that no more lives were lost. No inquiries hava come in to Ithaca or Union Springs for persons : not accounted for. The accident happened about two miles south of Union Springs. Just before the boat reached Aurora about fifty persons were ready to go aboard , but the hijh wind prevented the boat from landing. This undoubtedly save < l many from death. The fire was started by throwing z cigarette or match into the companion- way. way.One One of the most pathetic incidents was the ' death of little Grace Abel. Her grandmother jumped with the child held close in h r arms. She was rescued while at the point of death and her first exclamation was , "I am so glad the baby has been saved. " Yet the child had been , . dead for some time. Notable examples of heroism wcrs prevalent ( on all sides. Little Frank Al- dott , 12 years old , towed his grandmother ashore on a life raft witli the simple remark , "I paddled my hardest to save mj grandmother , because she was alone and could not swim. " Roland Gcnunjr son of Sheriff Genung , absolutely refused to leave the boat without 'his ' mother. Both were saved. Mrs. Tutbill , a woman of 70 , jumped overboard with her daugh ter and both reached the shore in safety. Although there were many stirring- deeds of heroism , it must be recorded that here and there in the gathering there was a cowardly heart. For there were wrme men on the steaoner who thought only of their own safety , and not onry refused to assist the helpless women and children , but actually thrust them ruthlessly aside In a mad endeavor to reach the side of the steamer. SENATOR PETTUS IS DEAD. Alabama Has Its New United State * Senator Already Chosen. By the death of Senator Edmund W. Pettus at Hot Springs , N. C. , Saturday , former Gov. Joseph F. Johnson practical ly becomes Senator from Alabama. He was elected second alternate Senator at the recent primaries and his election by the Legislature is a mere formality. Sen ator Pettus' death at the age of SO was caused by an apoplectic stroke , suffered at breakfast. He had been in poor health for some time. Edmund Winston Pettus was the oldest man ; in the United States Senate. He also : enjoyed the distinction of being on of the few survivors of the Mexican war. II was born in Limestone county , Ala bama , in 1S21 , being descended from a baR Revolutionary < soldier. He graduated from Clinton college , Tennessee , and studied ' and practiced law in Alabama uir- til the Mexican war , when he went to fc'd California , but returned to Alabama and was elected judge in 1855. He resigned in 1858 , moving to Dallas county , whet * he resided atthe time of his death. Iu 1SG1 he entered the Confederate army as ISm major : and was promoted gradually until he became a brigadier general. At tha en'd of the war he resumed the practice ot law. In 1S9G he was nominated by the Democrats and elected United States Sen ator. He was unanimously re-elected in 1903 , his term expiring March 3 , 1909. Senator Pettus has missed only two Dem ocratic national conventions since tha war and has generally been chairman of the Alabama delegation. Medical Colleges Condemned. A special committee of the American Medical Association , which was appointed three years ago to investigate the instruc tion and standards of the various medi cal colleges in the United States , ha now submitted its report which condemns about one-half of all the so-called med ical colleges. Among the members of the committee are : Doctors Bevan of Chicago cage , Frazier of Pennsylvania university , Witherspoon of Nashville , Councilman , oi Boston , Vaughn of Ann Arbor and oiC Colwell of Chicago. The committee find * that there are too many cjf these school in which preliminary education is insuffi cient , and in which the course of instruc tion is inadequate and the lack of trained tiec ed teachers evident. It appears that there are now in this country 1GO medi cal schools , or as many as in all Europe. The report holds that the great advance in the sciences in recent years has made inn necessary < a much broader and more thor ough course of medical education than formerly prevailed. It insists that a four-year high school course is required ; a year of physics , chemistry and biology : tw'o years of practical laboratory work : two years of clinical work in hospitals , and a year as interne in a hospital. To proviso ' adequate equipment , medical schools must be endowed. It is found that many of our medical schools are still rlcc conducted solely for profit , which is con trary to the spirit of true attainment. CKC of CheniicalM in Food. The Department of Agriculture has promulgated regulations governing the use of benzoate of soda aud sulphur fumes as preservatives of fruits and other foods. In accordance with the provision of law that f < ted products shall not contain sub stances which lesson their wholesomenesK , orders wore issued that no dm ? : , chemical or harmful or deleterious dye of pre servative should be used. These regula tions were temporarily withheld , owing- to strong protests from certain quarters. The statement now issued permits the use of common salt , sugar , wood smoke , potable distilled liquors and condiments , and. pending further investigation , the , use of saltpeter. Claftin Report Favorable. The impression that we have entered on a period of business contraction was not confirmed by the semi-annual report of'tiie II. B. Clafiin dry goods house , , which is generally regarded as a good barometer of trade conditions. This re port showed that the first ftalf of the vpar had been one of the most prosperous fa the company's liistory , and that sates booked for future delivery wfcce larger th&n on the corresponding date to previous year.