Prison Life of Suffragettes in En
gland Same as Accorded Felons
of Blackest Stripe.
STILLING TO BECOME MARTYRS.
"When One Lot Is "Freed Government
Locks Up Another and Treats
Lilts Crirainals.
Kallowny prison. In North Lonflon ,
s no terrors for the women of Lon
don who are fighting for the ballot.
2Trom ten to fify ! of them are always
Undergoing imprisonment nowadays
rather than pay the lines imposed on
them for their riotous street conduct.
As soon as one lot is released another
fills the cells. Every suffragette in
London is willinjr to become a "mar
tyr. " Imprisonment is her smallest con
cern.
Many of the women are college grad
uates , but that counts for nothing in
their imprisonment. No consideration
is shown thorn. They are treated as
ordinary malefactors. Each i-s locked
In a cubicle cell , furnished only with .a
Beat. Afterward the prisoners are
taken out in groups of three , th-'ir
clothes removed , and they are redress
ed in a single garment , marked with
TERRORIZED BY WOLVES.
Large Region in Texas Where Thoj
Have Become a Serious Menace
The ranchmen around Encinal , Tex. ,
are making a desperate effort to erad
icate the wolves which infest their
pastures. Notwithstanding the fight
which has been v. aged against them
for many years , their numbers show aq
annual increase. They seem to thrive
with the settling up of the country.
They are not only a menace to the live
stock , but of late years rabies haa
spread among them to an extent that
is alarming.
Many instances are known of the
victim of one of these animals dying
of hydrophobia. Since the establish
ment of a State Hydrophobia Institute
at AiiKfin thre yp rs ago more than
100 yiercnri Itivr gene ( he-re for treat
ment for mad wolf bites.
The wolves are of rho coyote species.
They skulk around at night and kill
young calves and make away with
Iambs and kids. Many of the ranch
men have hunters constantly employed
to kill the wolves , wildcats and other
depreciating wild animals. This method
of erulieation is slow and very ex
pensive.
Mad wolves are such a menace ta
the section that many ranchmen have
buiit corrals around their homes as n
means of protection for their wives and
children against attack by the animals.
When afllicted with the rabies a coy
ote does not hesitate to enter the open
door of a house or go boldly into a
camp \\here men are sleeping and at
tack whomsoever they happen to run
across.
The coyote when snuffering from an
jittack of hydrophobia will attack and
bi e full-grown cattle. The bite pro
duces rabies in the cattle and the
losses of live stock from this cause arc
considerable. It is very dangerous to
MOTHER AIJB DAUGHTER WHO LED SUPFHAGETTE MOB.
arrows , which serve the purpose of
American stripes.
After this the women are measured
.and weighed and compelled to take a
bath. Then the rest of their prison
clothes are given to them. These con
sist of a much worn coarse flannel jer
sey , flannel petticoat to match , a lin-
sey petticoat , a green shapeless bodice
find skirt , a check apron , a white cap.
a. yellow badge bearing a number , an.l
a duster for a pocket handkerchief.
The handkerchief must last a week.
The stockings are of thick wool and
barely reach to the knees. The shoes
.are of tin- hardest and coarsest leather ,
and have been cobbled again and again
Tintil thdr weight is enormous. A.
night , each prisoner is given a cocoanut -
nut liber mattress and two thin blan
kets , which with a plank serve as a
bed.
At < > o'clock the rising bell rings.
After washing in cold water the stiffra-
pettes receive a tin of cocoa and a roll
-of brown bread. After this the cells ,
their tin pans and buckets must be
cleaned by the suffragettes them
selves.
When the cell and tins have been
cleaned and the insanitary wooden
spoon and the "books of devotion" ar
ranged "at their proper angle on the
shelf , the prisoner makes canvas posr-
oflice batrs till summoned to chapel.
Half an hour is spent in chapel. Then
comes the half hour of exercise in the
.yard , after which the prisoners are ail
locked up for the day , to continue mak
ing mail bags in their cells.
No letters are allowed to be received
or sent by the suffragettes. Their pris-
ou life is most rigorous. They persist ,
Tiowever , that they will return to jail
4is often as is necessary if votes are
not given them. Among the leaders in
this crusade for votes are Mrs. Paiik-
liurst and her daughter.
SHOUT NEWS NOTES.
Leslie M. Shaw has revered his connec
tion with the Curnogio Trust Company
of New York.
Blanche Walsh , the actress , became
critically ill at Shreveport , La. , and was
hurried to a Memphis sanitarium.
The first section of the electric street
car service in Shanghai , China , was suc
cessfully inaugurated the other day.
The first United States flag raised over
the Monterey ( Cal. ) custom house has
been found in the possession of a man SI
years old in Honolulu.
enter a pasture where there are cattle
which are suffering from hydrophobia.
The animals charge everything in
sight.
HARD LUCK TALES.
From the kick of a horse , George W
Ghncr of Load. S. D. . son oMrs. . Marj
Baker ( , ' . Kddy. the Christian Scientist
leader , is suffering with paralysis of one
leg that threatens to become permanent.
Just after having made application in
the Circuit Court at Deadwood for his
final naturalizaticu papers , Edward
Dunne , who for the last fifteen years has
boon a rancher , was found dead in bed.
heart failure being the cause.
Believing that he had an important
business engagement with President
Roosevelt at Washington. Walter White ,
on route from Madison. S. D. , was taken
from n Ponnsyhania railroad train and
committed to the Dauphin county prison
at Ilarrisbtirg. Pa.
Henry Kahon. . " , S years old. committed
suicide in Sioux City. Iowa , by drinking
a glass of boor into which he had poured
an ounce of carbolic acid. Death resulted
in IP.-S than an hour. Kahen is believed
to have been mentally deranged from
brooding over domestic troubles.
Standing before a large crowd of people
ple in front \Yoodman hall , Cedar and
Second and One-half street. Minneapolis ,
Lena Anderson exclaimed. "Good-by , old
world , you've been cruel to me , " and
pressed a bottle of carbolic acid to hei
lips. Hoforo bystanders could interferfl
she had swallowed nearly all of the con
tents , and a moment later fell to the
pavement writhing with pain.
1" Hio United Staios Circuit Court at
St. Paul Ilau'irar May Keid. a Minnesota
seta colored \\oinau. is suing the Pullman
company for # 10.000 because she was
ejected from a sleeping car on the St.
Louis. Iron Mountain and Southern rail-
nay.
nay.At
At Iloughtou. Mich. . Sephini Baratoni ,
21 years old. had a severe attack of tooth
ache \\hile at work in B shaft of the
Champion Copper Company , and started
to go to the surface to got some treatment ,
but lost his balance and fell to the bottom
tom of the shaft , a distance of 1,100 feet ,
and was dashed to pieces. 2
CHICAGO.
Trade conditions in Chicago for th
aio summarized by R. ( j. Dun < Jc
(1o. as follows : /
Seasonable weather and the removal of
difficulties in forwarding heavy freight
and grain brought more general activitj
and trade advances encouragingly in the
loading lines of distribution. Buyers
from many sections have crowded the
v , holt s.-.l- district and their pmvhasos in
f-n-isc. ] ; ; : ; ! > usi-'i'i > s Uv.s fir it"a'r't- \
f < . f'itii' : doiivory of the p1 TI i 11 ! a-
pl < s. An a-ti\o demand also developed
for prompt .shipment of textiles , food pro-
ducts , footwear and furniture. Sales of
millinery and notions show cMstinci improvement -
provomont , and there is less hesitancy in
moii and women's wear than was felt
throughout lust month. Local'shipping
rooms are under great pressure in gotitng
out geods for the interior and the qunnti-
ties increase iighf along , although rail
road returns show a smaller aggregate of
tonnage than a year ago.
Monantilo collections reflect further
paso in financial conditions , and there i ?
loss anxiety as to credits , the drastic oliin-
ii.alion of weak concerns making the out
look loss clouded. March payments
through the banks swell the volume of ,
clearings considerably over recent figuros.
and there is additional release of funds ,
but ( ho otTorinirs for discount remain
moderate and choice commercial paper is
quoted at 15 per cent. Shipments of cur
rency usually rise about this tmo ; , but
deposits stand exceptionally Inch , and the
mv-ostment for improvements i > not jot
fairly started , although there will bo bet
tor demand soon in preparation for spring
\\ork on the farms and resumption of lake
traffic. Building permits for business
structures during February won55 in
number , and $ ! . : > 17.SOO in value , against-
KG in number and $1.081.l)0 ! ) in value in
February , 1H07 , the gain being gratifjing
iniew of the late drawbacks.
Now bookings iu iron and stool are not
significantly largo , but the fact that de-
ainnd show.s recovery creates a better tone
in the industrial branches. Factories in
Ibis district lm\e moro machinerj active
and increased numbers of hands oiiiploy-
od. and the prospects brighten for an
< -arlj- starting up of some furnaces and
mills. Foundryniou find orders coming
forward and they would bo heavier buy
ers of pig iron were prices more settled.
Failures reported in the Chicago dis
trict number 40. acninsl l5 ! last \\ook
and 11) ) a year ago. Those with liabilities
over $5,000 number lo. against 14 last
wool : and 4 in 1007.
YOB.K. .
Distributive trade shows growth from
U'eok to week as the spring season approaches
preaches , and the tone of trade as a whole
is more optimistic , but , despite the largo
number of buyers in evidence at leading
markets. the character of the bu < inos >
done does not vary from that hiiherto di-
scribed. Conservative buying , largely of
staples , is the rule , and the uncertainty
as to prices in many lines acts as a
chock to fullest activitj- . This is espe
cially manifest in some lines , as. for in
stance , cotton goods , \\hore prices have
boon of late sharply reduced , without.
however , evoking the interest oxppctod.
In few , if any , cases are comparisons
with a year ago satisfactoiy. and a num
ber of measures of monthly trade and in
dustrial uiovomont point to shrinkage of
25 per cent or more.
Business faiUtres for the week ending
M..rch > number 287. aaainst 251 last
uook , 172 in the like week of 11)07. ) 177
in 11WG. 11)0 ) in 1005 and 200 in 11)01. )
Canadian failures for the week number
411. against o5 last week and 21 in the
like week of 1007. Bradstreet's Com
mercial Report.
Chicago Cattle , common to primo.
$1.00 to $ ( .25 : hogs , prime heavy , $1.00
to S4.G5 ; slioop , fair to choice. $ " > . < ) ! )
to $5.(50 ( ; wheat. No. 2. ! ) Sc to l ) ! c ;
corn. No. 2. IsOc to Glc ; oats , .standard.
52c to 53o : ryo. No. 2. Sic to 85c ; hay.
timothy , $0.50 to $10.50 ; prairie , $8.00
to $12.00 ; butter , choice creamery. 25c
to 2Sc ; egss. fresh. 20c to 22c ; potatoes ,
per bushel. G5e to 7'Ic.
Indianapolis Cattle , shipping , $ : j.OO
to $5.75 : hogs , good lo choice heavy ,
$ , ' { .50 to $4.liO ; sheen common to prime.
$3.00 to $4.50 : wheat , * No. 2. ! ) Dc to
$1.00 ; com. No. 2 white , 57c to 50c ; oats ,
No. 2 white. 51c to 53e.
St. Louis Cattle , $4.50 to $ (5.00 : hogs ,
$4.00 to $ kGO ; sheep. $3.00 to $5.00 ;
wheat. No. 2. $1.05 to $1.00 ; corn. No. 2 ,
( J4e to CMC ; oats. No. 2 , 51c to 52c ; ryo.
No. 2 , S.'Jc to S4c.
Cincinnati battle , $4.00 to $5.P,5 ;
hogs. $4.00 to $4.80 ; sheep. $3.00 to
$5.25 f wheat. No. 2 , $1.01 to $1.02 : corn.
No. 2 mixed. 50c to GOe : oats , No. 2
mixed , 51 c to 5.5c ; rye. No. 2 , 85c to 8Gc.
Detroit Cattle. $4.00 to $5.00 : hogs.
$4.00 to $4.50 : sheep. $2.50 to $5.50 :
wheat , No. 2. $1.01 to $1.02 : corn. No. 3
yellow , Gie to G5c : oats. No. 3 white.
53c to 55c ; rye , No. 2 , S5c to SGc.
Milwaukee Wheat , No. 2 northern ,
$1.01) ) to $1.11 ; corn. No. 3. 5Sc to GOc ;
oats , standard. 53e to 54c : rye. No. 1.
81 c to Hoc : barley , No. 2. l > 3c to l)5c ) ;
pork , moss , $11.1)0.
Buffalo Cattle , choice shipping steers.
$1.00 to $5.75 ; hogs , fair to choice , $ : : .50
to $4.00 ; sheep , common to srood mixed ,
$4-00 to $5.25 ; lambs , fair to choice ,
$5.00 to $7.00. d
Now York Cattle. $ l.Jfi to $5.GD ; t
hogs. $ . " , .50 to $5.15 ; sheep. $3.00 to
$1.50 ; wheat. No. 2 rod. $ ! . ( ) ( ) to $1.0 : ; ;
corn. No. 2. G4c to G5c ; oats , natural
white , 57c to GOc : butter , creamery , 27c
to 30c : egcs , western. 2.1c to 2Gc. i
Toledo Wheat , No. 2 mixed , DSc to
$1.00 ; corn. No. 2 mixed , 57c to 59c ;
oats. No. 2 mixed , 52c to 54c ; rj-p , No.
, S3c to 84c ; clover seed , prime , $11.00.
Immediately after the opening prayer !
he Senate Thursday morning adjourned
lut of respect of the memory of the late _
senator Proctor of Yermont , who died j
he previous day. Without transacting |
tny t business the House adjourned out of
cspect to the memory of Senator Proctor.
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The Senate Friday passed the army
jay bill increasing the pay of officers
i'om 5 to 25 per cent and the average pay
if enlisted men 40 per cent. Mr. Dcpcw
ipoke -1 in favor of the Aldrich currency
ill. The House unanimously adopted a
, esolution to investigate the charges
( rought by Representative Lilley of Con-
iccticut of corrupt influences upon mem-
) ers of the House naval affairs committee
n connection with authorizations for sub-
nariuc torpedo boats. The bill to pay to
Ihe archbishop of Manila , oE the Roman
Datholic church , $100,000 for damages to
ihurch property by the forces of the Unit-
id States was passed.
The Senate was not in session Saturj j
lay. A part of the session of the House ,
vas devoted to the consideration of pri-
rate claims bills. A number were passed ,
if tor which the remainder of the day
, vas given to eulogies of the late Repre-
lontative Campbell Stemp of Yirginia.
\s a further mark of respect the House
tdjourned until Monday.
Senator Bailey of Texas , a member of
; he Finance Committee , which reported"
: hc Aldrich currency bill in the Senate
Mondaj' , spoke in opposition to the meas
ure. The Senate also spout over an hour ]
in debating the Frye bill providing that
aiaterials and supplies shipped from the
L'uitcd States for the Panama Canal
shall be transported only in American
ressols. Resolutions of sorrow upon the
innouuccment of the death of Represen- ,
: ative Adolph Meyer of Louisiana were
idopted. and at 4 : 0 o'clock the Senate
uljourned as a further mark of respect
o his iriemory. The House was in scs1
jion but a few minutes , adjourning at
12:12 upon announcement of Mr. Mey1
; r's death.
Cotton as n basis for the issuance of
ireasury notes in times of money strin-
; ency was the chief feature of a speech
in the Senate Tuesday on the pending
Dttrroncy bill by Senator McLaurin of
Mississippi. Senator Gallinger secured
in agreement to vote on the ocean mail
ship subsidy bill March 20. After passing -
(
ing several bills on the calendar the Sen- (
ite adjourned. Consideration of the post-
cilice appropriation bill was resumed in
ihe House. A speech by Mr. Hamilton of
Michigan upholding the right of the fod-
ral government to control corporations
ind sustaining the President in his atti
tude toward them , was the feature of the
Hay's proceedings. Small of North Carolina
lina and Finley of South Carolina attack-
d the proposition to increase the pay
for ocean mail service on the ground
hat it was a subterfuge for a ship sub-
idy.
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A message from the Presidents and reports -
ports from the committee on military af
fairs on the Brownsville affray consumed
the time of the Senate during the early
part of the sess-ion Wednesday. A briel
Jcbate brought out a statement by Sena
tor ' Warren , chairman of the committee
on military affairs , that a bill will soou
DC introduced for the reinstatement of the
discharged colored soldiers of the Twen
ty-fifth Regiment under certain condi
tions. The Aldrich bill was discussed by
Senator Clarke of Arkansas , who declared
chat he would vote fov neither the Aldricb
aor the Bailey substitute. After the passage - (
sage of several bills on the calendar th
Senate adjourned. Persistent assaults on
the postoflice appropriation bill in tin
House resulted iu the amplification ol
that measure in luaii.v- important parts
despite the protests of Chairman Over-
street and the committee. The letter carriers -
riors finally won their fight for $1.200
salaries. The House also allowed an ad-
tlitioiial $25.000 for clerks in third class
offices and $15.000 additional for contract -
tract stations. There wore incorporated
in the bill a provision prohibiting thf
transmission through the mails of intoxi
cating liquors , which was later modified
to include cocaine and its derivatives. AI-
together the appropriations carried by tin
lill were increased $1,225.000.
NATIONAL CAPITOL NOTES.
James Speyer , banker , had a long con
ference with the President on busines ;
conditions. lie declined to discuss thi
details of the interview.
N. B. Thistlewood was sworn in as I
member of the House of Representatives
from the Twenty-fifth District of Illinois
in succession to the late George W. Smith. <
Secretary Metcalf received from Admiral - f
miral Washington L. Capps , chief coric '
structor of the navy , a report refuting
criticisms which have appeared regarding *
naval construction. | -
The naval board , headed by Commander - |
er Frank Fletcher , which examined intc l
the recent drownings of Privates Steener- ' *
son and Mclntosh of the Marine Corps *
at Newport , R. I. , has reported that in its
opinion the deaths were purely accidental r
A subcommittee of the House committee - *
tee on labor gave a hearing on the bill in- *
traduced by Chairman Gardner , limiting
to eight hours a day the time of dailj *
service of laborers and mechanics employed - c
ployed upon work done for the United c
States.
The eight bridges crossing the Alle
gheny river at Pittsburg will not have rte
to be raised , according to a decision rendered - I
'
dered by Secretary Taft. He gave notice - t
tice , however , that future bridges to b '
constructed over the river must be built *
i7 feet above the water. I
A favorable report ou the bill of Representative - I
rosentativo Humphrey of Washington , '
providing for a government exhibit at the r
Alaska-Yukon-Pat ific exposition to be I
held at Seattle , Wash. , in 1009 , was ori '
tiered by the House committee on industrial - 3
trial arts and expositions. The bill cat1 '
ties $750,000. 1 1
WHEN CHINA'S EMPRESS DIES , j
Then , It Is Said , Japan May Fight
the United States.
So long as T ze An , the dowager empress -
press of China lives , the Japanese ques
tion will not become acute. That is the
consensus of opinion in the Philippines
today , a Manila correspondent asserts.
When the dowager empress dies Japan
undoubtedly will trjto grab Manchuria ,
and as a result of the complications he
Philippines j may become involved. In
Manila it is not expected that the Japan
ese question will assume a serious phase
at all soon.
With Evans' fleet in the Pacific , Uncle
Sam will have sixteen first-class battle
ships and eight cruisers available against
Japan's entire navy of thirteen battle
ships and five cruisers. No one believes
Japan j will preeipate hostilities. In tha
event of vnr. tlioush. Japan ronM fake
the t Philippines. She is only seven dajs'
sail from Manila , and no navy in th
DOWAGER EMPRESS OF CIIT'A. .
world would be able to patrol the 10,000
mill's i of island coast lino. Japan lias
facilities ) for landing 40.000 troops in
the 1 Philippines in a week. There are
11,000 United States troops in the is
lands 1 , including the constabulary.
A large force in the Philippines is a
necessity against the menace of Japan.
Her statesmen know there would be
nothing ! left of the Japanese but an ar
tistic ' temperament after America had
finished j , but there same statesmen may
be ' forced into a war by the unrest and
ambitions of a people whose assurance
and ! conceit has become unbearable since
the < encounter with Russia.
Canadian foundry and machine indus
tries \ employ 17,1)28 ) people.
Adelaide ( South Australia ) soap and
candle factory employes have formed a
: : \niou.
With almost 1,500 members , the Bos
ton Rakers' Union is the largest in the
country. '
One of the latest fads in labor circles
is j the formation of a Pallbearers' Union
iu i Alexandria , Va.
St. Paul Ice Wagon Drivers' and Help
ers' Union is already at work on a scale
of ( wages for next year.
At Lynn , Mass. , there was recently
held ] a convention to organize national K ,
of I ) , Shoe Cutters' Assemblies.
More than forty unions of retail clerks
are i under course of organization in as
many i cities and towns of New England.
Ten thousand men in Ontario and the
Canadian < maritime provinces received in
creases in wages during the second quar
ter ( of the current year.
The weekly rest day bill , which pro
vides that all employes shall have one
day . of rest in the seven , was approved
by the Italian Chamber of Deputies. .
A union of hospital superintendents has
been organized in Chicago , which may be
extended ( to take in medical and surgical
workers. It is called the Chicago Hospital
Association and lias twenty-five hospitals
in its membership.
The Mississippi State branch of the
Farmers' Union is planning to establish
a central bank in Jackson , with a capital
stock of $50.000 , and it is also proposed
to establish branch banks in the principal
cotton growing portions of the State.
At the seventh annual session of the
New 3 York State Federation of Workingmen -
men , held recently in Syracuse , the Fed
eration pledged its support to the Wom-
eu's Trades Union League in its efforts to
organize the women workers of the State.
Durbam ( England ) Miners' Associa
tion has decided by 48,000 votes to 18-
400 against , to join the National Federa
tion of Minors of Great Britain. Nearly
oO.OOO members abstained from voting ,
the aggregate being nearly 90,000 mem
bers.
bers.The
The law of Now York State forbidding
new-boys under fourteen years of age
from selling papers between 10 p. ra. and
G a. in. has been put into effect. In any
event , to sell newspapers at any time , the
boys must have permits from the Board
of Education. Children under ten years
of age are prohibited from selling newspa
pers at all.
San Francisco retail grocery clerks are
making arrangements to secure the ap
plication of every such clerk in the city
to become a member of the new union.
New York State Farmers' Union will
hold a convention in August at which
stops for organization to obtain better
prices for farm products will bo taken.
An International agreement forbidding
night work in factories by women has
been signed by England. France. Gir-
many , Austria. Italy , Denmark , Spain ,
Belgium , Portugal. Sweden and Switzer
land. It will be put in practice in Decem
ber , 1910.
FUTILE ATTEMPT
KILL 1G OF 10
Supposed Lunatic Fires Fusillade of
Shots Into the Royal Castle
at Christiania.
IS ARRESTED BY THE POLICE.
t
Bullets Are Imbedded in Walls , but
Norse Monarch and Queen
Slaud Are Absent.
t
An attempt Tuesday to kill the King
ttf Xorxvay provetl a failure. A Swede ,
apparently insane , bombarded the royal
castle at Christiania with a rillo. Liu
fired a dozen bullets , several of which
crashed through the windows and im
bedded themselves in the interior walla
of the eastle. The man was seized by
the police and disarmed. At the po
lice station he declared that it was hid
intention to kill King Ilaakon. lie still
had forty or fifty cartridges in hid
pockets. Kins : Ilaakon and Queen Maud
were not in the castle at.the time of
JUMc IIAAKON Ml.
the shooting , having mred recently to
the royal residence .a Voxenkollern.
None of the palace officials or servanta
was injured.
King Ilaakou VII. of Norway , who
has occupied the throne of that coun
try since Nov. 1 , 1905 , is the second
son of King Frederick of Denmark , lie
was born Aug. ' ' > , 1S72 , and shortly aft
er the dissolution of the union of Nor
way and Sweden was elected ruler oi
the former country by the Norwegian
Storthing , lie accepted the crown of
Norway through his grandfather , the
late King Christian of Denmark.
King Ilaakon married Princess Maud ,
the third daughter of King Edward o (
Great Britain , July 2'2 , 1S1JG , and they
have one son. Ihe Crown Prince Olaf ,
who was born .Tub' - , 1003.
WANTS LAND WORTH MILLIONS.
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Farmer Starts Suit Against Besi-
dents of Pelham Manor , N. Y.
Edmund C. Je-sup , a fanner living In
northern Connecticut , has brought suit
against the holders of 50 acres of land ,
in Pelham Manor , N. Y. , on which are
built the homes of a number of prom
inent Now Yorkers , to recover the prop
erty which lie claims belongs to him.
The property is valued at $3,000,000.
Jessup's father owned the property ; uid
used it as .1 farm until he died and
left it to the present plaintiff and his
three sisters. Some years later Jcssup
disappeared from home and his sisters ,
thinking liiui dead , sold the property ,
which has since rapidly gained In
value. The three sisters are now dead
and , neither of them having ever mar
ried , Jessup is the sole heir. His suit
is based on the fact that lie owned an
undivided one-fourth of the land and in
now the sole heir of his sisters and thai
he never consented to the sale of th/
property.
WAK ON LIQUOR.
How the Railroads Are Enforcing
Temperance Among Employes.
All over the land railroads are frownIng -
Ing more and more upon the use of in
toxicating liqnors by employes. A new
chapter is being written in the history
of the remarkable prohibition wave
that is sweeping the country.
The first of the new year 23,000 em
ployes of the Chicago and Northwestern
railroad became total abstainers. A
few weeks later the management of the
Baltimore and Ohio issued nn order
prohibiting its employes who had any
thing to do with the running of trains
from using intoxicants whether on or
off duty. Thousands of men were af
fected by the order. Other railroadi
have adopted a similar policy until now
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it is estimated that nearly 1,000,000
railroad men are living under what
amounts to a practical rule of total
abstinence.
It would appear that financial insti
tutions are soon to follow the example
set by the railroads. The Fifth Ave
nue National bank of New York has 13-
sued an order forbidding its employes
to enter saloons or gambling places.
They are also forbidden to speculate.
A $ : i.O O , ( > 00 Hunch Dual.
A Chicago syndicate connected with
Swift A : Co. has purchased the 300,000-
acre ranch of G. W. Littlefield in tha
Texas Panhandle and 20.000 head of cat
tle for about 33.000,000.