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.
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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.
