THE HUHTfflE
VAIiENTINE , NEB.
3T. M. KICK , . . . . Publisher.
TRACE FEDERAL LOOT
SLEUTHS SOLVE CHICAGO'S $ J73 ,
000 TIIEASUKY 3IYSTERY. *
though Living Modestly Detectives
Find'Former Teller G.V. . Fif/Ror-
.ald EiiRitRCd in Several Speculative
Deals Involving Large Sums.
The mystery of the theft of $173,000
from the United States subtreasuiy at
Chicago a year and a half ago , one ot
the largest losses the government has
ever suffered in this manner , is be
lieved to have been solved by the ar
rest at an early hour Sunday of Goo.
W. Fitzgerald. Others are believed U
have been implicated in the crimt-
-which for months completely baffled
government secret service men.
Fitzgerald was an assorting teller
under Assistant United States Treasur-
eer Boldenweck. Suspicion at the
time of the theft , Feb. 20. 1907 , rest
ed on him , but so plasuible was hi.
story and so intense his apparent in
terest in discovering the real culprit
that interest ceased to' center on him.
j\luch work was done on the theoij
that the crime had been perpetrated
by a colored man.
Meanwhile Fitzgerald was dis
charged from the government emplo.\
lor culpable negligence for allowing
such a theft to be consummated undei
his very eyes. The money stolen hail
been used and was tied in packages ,
some of which had booi. .
marked for destruction at Wash
ington. Any of the bills woulu
readily have passed anywhere except
for their large denominations. Norn-
of the bills was under $ f > 00. and some
wore of the § 1.000 and So.opo denomi
nations , the $1,000 ones predominat
ing.
The theft created a sensation
throughout the country , and congress
at the last session was asked and re
fused to release Assistant Treasurer
I3oldemveck from liability , although
it was promised that congress would
again consider the matter at its nexr
session.
j GOOD SHOWING HY BANKS.
3'rcasury OHicials See Indications of
Tnijrovhi Business Conditions.
Treasurj' ollieials are greatly encour
aged in their belief that the business
conditions of the country are gradually
but certainly improving not only by
the increase in receipts from customs
and internal revenue , but by the fa
vorable showing made by the national
banks throughout the country.
A comparison of the last summary
of conditions of the national banks
made by the comptroller of the cur
rency July 15 , 190S. with the corresponding
spending period for 11)07 ) shows an in
crease in specie and legal tenders held
by the banks of $147,395,217.
There also has been an increase
in the surplus of $15.7-11,420 and in
circulation of $01,714..100 , notwith
standing the activity which has been
displayed in the reduction of circula
tion since the panic of last fall.
DETAIN MORMON CONVERTS.
Party of Fifty-Four Girls Arrive in
Boston from Europe.
Because of recent orders received
Irnm Washington immigration officers
at Boston , Mass. , Sunday detained fif
ty-four young women Mormon con
verts who arrived on the steamship
Republic. They came from Germany ,
Holland and Scandinavia. There were
108 converts in the party and none
was allowed to depart until the exam
inations , which were very thorough ,
had been concluded. Among tne num
ber detained are Margaret and Katherine -
erine Hoe , two young girls , who be
long in Liverpool , Eng. , and whoso
father cabled that they be held. The
girls were indignant and declared that
they had paid their own passage.
Arrangements had been made to
take the entire party west by special
train Sunday night , but owing to the
activity of the immigration officers the
plan was abandoned. Those who were
not detained were quartered at a hotel
-while the Mormon ciders having
charge of the party were looking into
the cases of those held up. Whether
or not any of * those detained will be
deported has not been decided. Im
migration Commissioner Billing and a
special board of inquiry will continue
further investigation into the case.
New Chinese Monetary Plan.
A dispatch from Shanghai to the
Morning Post says that it is reported
that Qhina has decided to adopt the
Japanese monetary system.
Sioux City Live Stock Market.
Saturday's quotations on the Sioux
City live stock market follow : Beeves ,
$5.50@5.75. Top hogs , $ G.4o.
Glass Factory ( o Resume.
The Alton Glass
company will re
open its plant in Alton , 111. , employing
3,509 men , within ten days , according
tto an announcement made
Sunday.
The plant has been closed three
jnonths.
Forest Fires Rekindled.
Forest fires have broken out anew
in the Little Belt reserve of central
/Montana / , and much timber is beity
Jdestroyed.
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NO RUSH TO INSURE.
'National Banks of Oklahoma Not in
Stampede.
T. P. Kane , deputy comptroller of
the currency , stated Friday that the
published statement that a large num
ber of national banks in Oklahoma
had notified the comptroller of the
currency of their intention to surren
der the national charters and enter
the state banking system because of
the opinion rendered by the attorney
general that they cannot lawfully avail
themselves of the state guaranty laws
was not in accordance with the facts.
"There are about 310 national banks
in the state of Oklahoma , " said Mr.
Kane , "only fifty-seven of which en
tered In the guaranty scheme. On
Aug. 8 last these fifty-seven banks
were notified that they must withdraw
from the agreement. So far replies
have been received from thirty-three
of them. Thirty-seven hare informed
the comptroller that they notified the
state banking board of their desire to
withdraw from the guaranty agree
ment , and seven had indicated their
intention to surrender their national
charter and reorganize as state banks ,
and only two have thus far gone into
voluntary liquidation for that purpose- .
Replies have been received from 134
of the 253 banks that have not en-
fered into the agreement. A majority
of them state that they had no inten
tion of doing so , as they were not in
sympathy with the movement. One
national bank recently chartered stat
ed that its purpose in changing from
the state to the national system was to
escape the requirements of the guar
anty law. "
SOLDIERS ASSAULT GIRL.
Prisoners at Wyoming Camp Under
Guard to Prevent Lynching.
While every effort has been made
by the authorities at Camp Emmet
Crawford , the military maneuver
grounds near Larimie , Wyo. , to keep
the fact secret , it is known that one
of the most atrocious crimes imagin
able was committed last Sunday by
members of an artillery battery , who
assaulted a young woman , leaving her
bruised and unconscious upon the
ground.
According to the story a noncom
missioned officer of the Twenty-first
regiment was escorting the young
woman when they were attacked by
thirty-two men of the artillery. The
officer was beaten into insensibility
with a gun and the unfortunate young
woman was dragged to an isolated
spot and assaulted.
After lying half dead for hours the-
victim of the outrage revived and suc
ceeded in crawling to a house some
distance away and told her story.
Twenty-six men alleged to have
been implicated in the outrage are un
der arrest and are chained together
in the camp prison.
SMASHES ALL RECORDS.
Lowers All Records for the Western
Trip Nearly Four Hours.
The Cunard liner Lusltania finished
a sensational run across the Atlantic
at 9:30 o'clock Thursday night , hav
ing lowered all records for the transAtlantic -
Atlantic voyage by nearly four hours.
The official timing of the Lusitania
placed her off Daunt's rock at 11:30 :
o'clock Sunday. Steaming abreast of
the lightship at 9:30 Thursday night
she had made the passage in just four
days and fifteen hours. The best pre
vious record , made by her on Nov. S
last , was four days , eighteen hours
and forty minutes.
Menaced by Forest Fires.
Forest fires burned Tuesday night
in the neighborhood of Kimberly.
Man. , says a Cranbrook dispatch. The
towns of Kimberly and Southerland
are still threatened. Another serious
fire is burning a mile from Moyle and
a fourth fire near Ryan. A vast
amount of valuable timber has been
destroyed.
Wants Troops Called Out.
The force of deputies and miners in
the strike field has been increased at
Birmingham , Ala. There is talk of
the governor being requested to call
out the infantry , the disorders promis
ing to be serious. A plot was brought
to light to blow up the miners quarters
and shoot down deputies.
Breech Keeps Widening. '
Each day brings developments in 1
the difficulty between the Netherlands i
and Venezuela indicating retaliatory l
measures on one side or the other , ana
Friday it was learned the Royal Dutch
West Indian Mail line had decided
temporarily to discontinue its Vene
zuelan service.
"Woman Killed by Own Trap.
Mrs. Katehrine Christman , of
Eaton , O. , arranged a trap gun inside
her chicken house for the benefit of
thieves. Forgetting the trap , she
went to get eggs for breakfast. When
she opened the door the gun was dis $
charged and she was killed.
Rridc Jumps from Tower.
A bride of a week of Prof. Rudolph
Spitzer , of Sternberg. Prussia , threw
herself from top of the Bismarck tow
er at Heringsdorf , Prussia , falling
1,200 feet to the bottom of the cliffs
upon which the tower is built.
Haskell Seeks Funds.
Gov. Haskell , of Oklahoma , treasur
er of the democratic national commit
tee , arrived at Chicago Friday and be
gan systematizing his efforts to secure
campaign funds.
A Fatal Auto Accident.
Joseph Bobbs , a chauffeur , was kill
ed , and two men and two women se
verely injured , by the overturning of
an automobile at Los Angeles , Cal. ,
Friday.
MOB ir GRIP OF LAW.
Springfield Leader Confesses tw
MHithi.
Springfield was intlamo Thursday
night by a report that Rolla Keys , a
17-year-old buy who testified before
the special grand juty when that body
indicted George Richardson for an al
leged assault upon Mrc. Mabel Hal-
lam , had been shot by friends of the
accused negro. Dcfoie the rumor had
time to spread far it was learned that
the shooting was accidental , the v/ou.id
having been inflicted by s. ballet from
a revolver belonging to a companion
of Keys. The boy is so seriously in
jured that he may not recover.
Ten inictments against two of th
alleged mob leaders were returned by
the special grand jury of Sangamon
county Thursday. Sh of these are
against Abram Raymo- and four are
against Kate Howard. Raymor is
charged with murder , four cases of
malicious mischief and one of riot.
The charges against the Howard
woman are for malicious mischief and
are identical with those against Ray
mor on these counts.
The murder charge against Raymor
is based on his alleged participation
in the lynching of William Donigan ,
the S 0-year-old negro who fell a vic
tim to the mob's fury on Saturday
niffht. Considerable of the evidence
upon which this was secured was ob
tained by a military court of inquiry
which has been sitting under the di
rection of Lieut. Col. Chippcrfield , or
the First cavalry , and which Thurs
day turned over to the state's attorney
the result of its investigations.
"We secured enough .evidence to in
dict forty or fifty participants in last
week's rioting , " said Col. Chipperfield.
" \Ve have practically a complete con
fession from Raymor and we have-
also discovered the- convincing evi
dence of arson on the part of a former
police officer of Springfield. The evi
dence is not only available for grand
jury work , but it is of such a character
that convictions are almost bound to
follow its presentation in court. T
will stand sponsor for that statement. "
HAD LEY. IS SENSATIONAL.
Scores the Judges Who Knocked Out
the Oil Trust Fine.
The second annual meeting of the
national organization of attorney gen
erals opened at Denver Thursday.
Herbert S. Hadley. of Missouri , presi
dent of the association , made the
jpening address. His subject was ,
"Results of Anti-Trust Litigation. "
President Hadley in the course of
his address referred indirectly to the
$29,000.000 Standard Oil fine.
"A judge , " snid he , "who cannot
see the Standard Oil company of New
Jersey in the Standard Oil Company
of Indiana , and who cannot set-
through both of these legal fictions
to the. real owners and real offenders.
John D. Rockefeller , II. PI. Rogers and
others , is either blinded by prejudice
jr nn unfortunate disposition to ob
scure the merits of the controversy by
strained and irrelevant technicalities. "
MANIAC USES A HAMMER.
Tries to Slaughter Patients in Tuber
culosis Tent at Bjirtonville , HI.
The quickness and strength of two
nurses , in charge of the tuberculosis
tent at Bartonville , saved , a general
slaughter in the tent Thursday. With
a. cunning for which insane people are
noted. Max Sippelberger managed to
conceal a heavy hammer in his bed.
Thursday morning ho attacked Will
iam Finney , another patient , and with
a single blow of the hammer crushed
his skull. He cannot recover.
Graft in Havana Schools.
In consequence of the discovery of
extensive irregularities in the depart
ment of public instruction at Havana ,
of which Lincoln de Zayas is superin
tendent. Lieut. Col. Bullard has been
appointed supervisor and ordered tw
institute a rigid investigation. It is al
leged that the pay rolls have been
padded.
Tiger and Bull in Combat.
A savage exhibition was witnessed
on a private estate near Marselles.
France. A tiger and a bull were planed
in a stout cage and goaded to com
bat. : The bull wounded the tiger in
the first encounter , hut at this point
the police made a descent upon the-
crowd and broke up the spectacle.
Independent Shovel Plant Burned
Fire destroyed the plant of the In
diana Shovel company at Newcastle ,
Ind. , an independent concern , which
successfully combattcd the shovel
trust. The loss was $50,000.
Frisco Borrows $2.000,000
The Frisco railroad has borrowed
$2,000,000 from the United States Ex
press company. It had been blocked
by Harriman from getting it from
Wells-Fargo.
Fanner Slays Wife and Himself.
According to reports received at
Lyndon , Wis. , a farmer named Her
man Myer , a resident of that county ,
killed his wife and committed suicide.
Insanity to Be Plea.
That both Capt. Hains and his
brother , T. Jenkins Hains , were suffer
ing from some form of emotional in
sanity will probably be the defense of
fered in their approaching trial.
Ex-Duma Members Out of Jail.
The seventeen members of the first
dunia who on May 21 began serving
three months' imprisonment , imposed h
for signing the Viborg manifesto , have v
been released at St. Petersburg- . a
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MIKE'S SALARY IN QUESTION.
Nebraska City Fire Chief's Ccmji . ' : wx
tion in CoiUroveisy.
The 'Mty fathers of Nebraska City
had the hottest session Tuesday even
ing they have had in years. The con
tention came up over the warrant al
lowed Chief Mike Bauer , of the fire
department , who is also a member or
the council. Dr. J. D. Houston , also
a member of the council , voted againsr
the allowing of the warrant for $10o ,
and when it was allowed over his head
he enjoined the city eierk from issu
ing and delivering it. The wordy war
lasted for several hours , and for a tirrc
it looked as if there might be blood
shed. Mr. Bauer has been chief of tn .
fire department and a member of the
council from the First ward for a
number of years , and it is contended
that when he was appointed lasr
spring that he was going to waive the
salary attached to the office of the
chief of the department , because he
was given the alternative of resigning
from one or the other of the offices.
Dr. Houston has retained an attorney
and will fight the case out in the
courts. Mr. Bauer is the oldest fire
chief in the state , having served con
tinuously since 1SG7 , and has beei
president of the State Volunteer Fin -
men's association once. The city ordi
nance allows him a salary and the
charater says ho cannot hold two of
fices at one and the same time. Th
fight is a lively one and will be car
ried into the election next spring ,
when both men come up for re-elec
tion.
KARL KOEHLKR IS MISSING.
Led e OHiccr Short in Accounts nut !
Mis-sin-
- : , .
Karl Koehler , financier of Nuckolis
lodge No. 7 , Ancient Order United
Workmen , of Nebraska City , after
having failed to satisfy the auditing :
committee of the lodge as to his ac
counts and refusing to give them the
information desired , left the city Aug.
G and since then all efforts to locate
him have been without avail.
His office has been declared vjican *
and Frank II. Marnellas elected i.i
his stead. His books have been turned
over to an auditing committee , who
will endeavor to straighten out the
tangled string. It is not known thnr
he is short , but his books are in a very
bad shape and he acted rather queer.y
in leaving the city the way he did. Ilo
has been a resident of Nebraska Cilj-
since infancy and was * looked upon
as one of the exempliiy young men of
the city and had scores ot"warm
friends. lie had the confidence of ev
ery man , woman and child in the city
and his mysterious disappearance : . *
puzzling every one. Ho is bonded am ;
in case there should bo any shortage
in his accounts the lodge will not be-
the loser.
TOBACCO ! N NEBRASKA.
Chapman Mni Proves That Nebraska
Can Grow the Weed.
Tobacco raising in Nebraska
boon demonstrated to be a practical
possibility by Posse Hollistor. of Chap
man , who has raised a crop of as fine
tobacco as could bo found anywhere.
Youncr Ilollister is the son of ox-SheriiT
John D. Hollister. and this spring con
ceived the idea that ho would experi
ment with the raising of tobacco. ITe
secured good seed of the White Bur-
Icy variety , a harrly plant , which is
popular in the more northern tobacco
growing states , and sowed quite a
large field with the sooth He bar
tended the crop faithfully , and ha
been rewarded with a splendid crop or
tobacco plants , the leaves on some of
the plants being two feet long and a
toot or more across. Just now the
young man is investigating how to
can- for the tobacco when it ripen ? .
and if he markets
his crop to good
advantage ho will put in more ground
next year. The tobacco field is "on the
Hollister place just inside the cor
porate limits of Chapman , and is at
tracting many sightseers from far anu
near.
Think IJIa/e Tn ecu diary.
Considerable excitement has bee-
caused at Central City by the claim
of P. C. Jensen that the fire at his |
implement warehouse Sunday night , i
was of incendiary origin. When the j
firemen broke in they fouird a pic- ! |
of shavings and kindling wood directly
under a window , and there was .
strong odor of coal oil present.
Breaks Attendance Record.
With an enrollment of 101 an < :
probabilities of reaching the 200 mark
the Dodge County Teachers' institute
at Fremont has broken the state rec
ord. The instructors
are enthusiastic
over the success of the institute , freely
complimenting the teachers on the - .
enthusiasm displayed.
Robbed Church Lunch Stand.
Ileinie Bowers and Frank Smith ,
the two men charged with robbing the
Christian church lunch stand at Cen
tral City during the soldiers' reunion
two weeks ago , had their preliminaiy
hearing Wednesday , and at its coi : -
elusion were bound over to answer to
the charge before the district court.
Catholic Revival at Hastings.
A Catholic festival for members of
Catholic churches in central Nebraska A
was begun in Prospect park at Hast In
ings Tuesday with an address by A. C.
Shallenberger , of Alma , as the opening
feature. Delegations from numerous hi
nearby towns are in attendance. ' it 'i
Some Large ; Corn.
Solomon Rowe , a prosperous farm
er residing east of Plattsmouth , in st
Iowa , brought to that
city a corn ct
stalk that measured thirteen feet in ctas
length , containing a large ear of corn la
seven foot from the root and a small laT
one farther up. He says the corn tl
will yield 100 bushels to the acre. as
5w
Wimichnso ludiians Go Yisitinir. la
One hundred and fifty Winnebagoes fa
have gone to Wisconsin on an annual in
visit and pow-wow. They will be gone Pi
about a month. i hi
KLGPING WIIT : v/oiis
Secures Ilclcase frcni Jail , a Diamond
Iliii" : : inl mojjcs Apain.
About tw : > wocl-rs t.'io Perry Mar.-'h ,
a wealthy stock dealer icsidir.j ; n fe.v
miles south of Plattsmouth , left his
\\ife and family and e'.opccl with Mrs.
M. W. Piatt. a neighbor's- wife , and
hei 3-year-old daughter. They wt-nt
to Grand Forks , N. D. , where be rent
ed .1 room for her , and then i-'tuine-l
to Plattsmouth and disposed of quito
a quantity of property and tin n re
turned to ? .Irs. Pr tt. The husband of
Mrs. Pratt traced him back \ vherois
i wife uas and caused her arrei't and
confinemen in jail until his arrival.
After what appeared to hav ? bni-n a
happy reconciliation with nor hus
band , after much persuasion , she ccn-
sertcd to return to Plattsmcuth with
her husband and was ioleas .
To properly celebrate 'heir reconcil
iation r-he persuaded nor husband to
buy a fine diamond ring and other val
uable presents for her T.ie next day
they were to start for home , but she
claimed to be ill and t-jkl her husband
that she would be unable to make tin-
trip to Plattsmouth. but would lomain
there and receive -.r 'itnn-nc and let
him come back and sf-K his farm and
return to hits loving wif < \ Pratt bade
his wife and little daughter goouby
and took his departure for home. Mrs.
J Pratt packed her belnntiipgs and se
cured a lively rig and wi'ii her little
daughter and Marsh thy drove to a
town on the Northern Paci'li and went
to Winnipeg. Mrs. Prat informed the
eitiKons that she would never return to
Nebiarka with her husband and v on-
sidors herself fully revenged for her
arrest and imprisonment. Tii ? nartics
have resided in the vicinity of Platts
mouth for many years and are well
known.
COURT MTSilTKKS CUPID.
Ii f 5.es to Perform Ceremony for an
. .rjrd Man uid Yonujv Woman.
After journeying from Switzerland
with his propo.-ed bride , only G years
old , L c.n Hart Ackerman. aged 78. a
prosperous ir.rmor. of Herman , was
denied the privilege of manying his
f'ancee. Miss Mary Ackornian. because
of the difference in their agos. Acker-
: rn > 'S ? been thrice married and has
a lorge family of grown children near
Keimaii. where ho ouns a 400-acre
farm. He went to Switzerland early
in the year for a visit and met and
wrnfd the niece of an old friend , who
accompanied him to Europe. A wed
ding \vas dt elded upon , but under the
Swiss Ian' two weeks' notice must be
given of a marriage. To do that
would have delayed the couple a
month because then- ship was to sail
in n few days. They came to Omaha ,
accompanied by the girl's uncle , and
vc-.irerl a license. Judge Leslie , how-
eve'- , declined to perform the cere
mony and suggested they go to their
homo in Herman and bo wedded in
the pr < sence of Ackreman's family of
chiicrf-n. The old man took the sug-
PT'M-tion in good faith and they felt on
the afternoon train for Herman.
HLATil r.IAN KILLED J3V CARS.
FaS.'s Under Train \\liHc Ilet rain
from Callioiiii.
Charles Hagen. who w.is killed by
a freight train on the Ormtha railroad
about three miles south of Blair Mon
day morning , was 41 years olci and a
bajcor l y trade. He had woi Iced for
James Roberts at Blair for eighteen
months und was an expert at hi * trade ,
coming there from Denver , but claim
ed h - had lost his family : in l a sue-
epsfui business in the San Francisco
oaithquake. He did not s m to ca.-e
to live after his loss and so expie-sel
hirns-elf. He went to Calhoun Sunday
morping and filled up with -vhisky ,
and evidently was bent on laying in a
.nock , as he left Calhoun with a good
I ( ad and his coat sleeves wre found
'icd with a rope. Hagen w.is a Go"-
r.ian and claimed he had a broth r-
in-law. , ° teve Deering , in Oma.sn , a
brother in Dayton , O. , and a mother in
Cincinnati. The body was almost
ground to pieces. The remains were
brought to Blair in a gunny sack.
MAN ATTEMPTS SUICIDE.
vs of Petition and I > omestie Trouble'
Given as Caii. .e.
F. L. % e : < rler. a traveling man from
Lincoln. ? - > _ .Iing McCaskcy credit regis
ters , attempted suicide at the Hamp
ton hotel in Holdroge 'Monday morning
oy taking laudanum , but failed in his
purpose through the timely assistance
> f physicians , who pumped him out.
He registered on Aug. 1'2. and the
manager f < r Nebraska came and dis
charged him. and thK coupled with
domestic troubles , is alleged as the
cause for his act. He gave the check
for his baggage , which consisted of
s-ampU'F. to N. C. Jones , manager of
the hotel , and t'Id him to keep it until
ho received the amount of his hotel
bill , and while Jones was looking at
him ho took the laudanum. Physicians
weie at once summoned and the man's
life was saved. He says while the
doctors failed him this time , that he
-.vill yet finish the job.
Gives Olliccrs the Slip.
John II. Reed , who was arrested at
Wymore and bound over to the dis
trict court on a charge of bootlegging , $
escaped from the olficers. Ho asked
to see his family before being taken $
to jail , and while the officers waited $
at the front door of his home. Reed
escaped through the back door.
$
llor.-e Thief at Herman.
Someone entered the barn of Chas.
Arnold at Herman and stole one of his
largo draft horses , and also stole a
saddle from James Harrison's barn.
Thin piakos the second horse that has
boon stolen from that place in the
last ! two months. 2
Storm Wrecks CIiautauqtiartTcnt.
Pawnee was visited by a hard rain
storm at about 4 o'clock Monday , ac
companied by high winds. The large C
assembly tent of the Red path chau-
tauqua was almost totally wrecked.
The : wind was so strong as to snap off r
the : center poles. Loss. $750. So far rF
learned tho.only other serious loss F
was sustained by Fred Woods , his
large , new barn. 40x60 feet , on his
farm four miles north of Pawnee , be 1-
blown off the foundation and com
pletely wrecked. Loss , $1,500 , about
half covered by insurance.
CHICAGO.
Tie steady improvement in commercial'
rrcdits ic emphasized by a decline in fail *
ures to the lowest lex-el reported this yearc
and the volume of payments through ths-
banks again makes a closer comparison. .
A copious rainfall has removed apprehen
sions as to the corn crop , and the positioa.
now affords more encouragement for-
splendid results. Movements of commodi
ties show recovery in some important lines *
and there is further reduction in idle-
cars of the Chicago roads , heavier for
warding of finished products , merchandise-
and the leading foodstuffs drawing more-
largely upon rolling stock.
Activity in the leading industries is--
stimulated by a wider aggregate of de-
mantis , and some gain is noted in outputs.
of steel mills , furnaces , forging and heavy
hardware. Specifications have extended
for structural materials and current book
ings are good in Avire. electrical supplies-
nncl machinery. Heavy construction and'
building needs become more encouraging ,
the work in sight assuring increasing em
ployment at fabricating plants , planing
mills and lumber yards.
Outside demand is seen to be strength
ening for forest products , hides , loathei-
and wool , and prices generally Mistaic. .
firmness for the raw materials. More ca
pacity and workers are engaged in the-
factory districts , and rising pay rolls add
to recovery in the purchasing power.
Money is quoted at 3 to 4'i per cent , .
the lowest discount rate in seine years ,
and this favorable banking condition sup
ports manufacturers in dieir disposition ,
to advance industrial efforts.
Failures reported in the Chicago dis
trict number 10. against 21 last week and
22 a year ago. Those AVit'll liabilities over-
$5,000 number 3. against 4 lat AV H k and :
4 in 1907. Dun's Review of Trade.
NEW YORK.
Trade is of fair volume , crop1 : havo-
made further progress , corn especially be
ing helped by rains , and collections show
tangible improA-ement , though backward
ness is still a subject of complaint herev-
All advices agree that bikers are in the"
various markets in large , if not record , ,
numbers , but caution and conservatism-
are strongly apparent. Industrial reports
nre as favorable as for some AV- ! ; past
There is still slow , gradual improvement
fn the iron and steel and allied trades ,
though pig iron is lower this Ave.-k. and
as southern lumber prices are higher
there is talk of many mills being again
set in motion. Still there are numerous
reports of curtailed output and textile
lines at one leading center are running to-
only 50 to (50 ( per cent of capacity. The
wool trade lias a cheerful tone and good
interest is displayed by large and small
buyers.
Business failures in the United States
for the week ending Aug. 13 number : > 49 ,
against 203 last week. 14(5 in tlfe lik
week of 1907. 143 in 1900 , 147 in 190.
and 203 in 1904. Canadian failures for
the same period number 31. against Ifi
last week and 30 in the corre > i > ondinjr :
week of last year. Bradstreet's Cornmer -
cial Report.
Chicago Cattle , common to prime .
$4.00 to $7. < > . " > ; hogs , prime heavy , X4.0C"
to $ G.GO ; sheep , fair to choice. $3XXx
to $4.50 ; Avheat , No. 2 , 91c to 9Gc ;
corn , No. 2 , 79c to SOc : oats , standard ,
49c to 50c ; rye. No. 2. 77c to 79c : hay.
timothy , $3.00 to $13.00 ; prairie. $ S.OC
to § 9.50 ; butter , choice creamery. 19c
to 22c ; eggs , fresh. 17c to 20c ; potatoes.
per bushel , SOc to SSc.
Indianapolis Cattle , shipping , $3.0C"
to $7.00 ; hogs , good to choice heavy *
3.50 to $0.80 : sheep , common to prime ,
$2.50 to $4.00 : wheat , No. 2. l 0e tc
Die ; corn. No. 2 white , 79c to SOc ; oats ,
No. 2 white , 4Sc to 49c.
St. Louis Cattle. . < sl.nO to S7..30 : hogs ,
$4.00 to $0.7.1 : sheep , $3.00 to $4.2. ) ;
Avheat , No. 2 , Doc to 90c ; corn , No. 2 ,
77c to 79c : oats. No. 2. 17c to 4Sc ;
rye. No. 2. 7oe to 77c.
Cincinnati Ca < tle. $ LOO to S.1.GO ; "
hogs. $4.00 to $ G.S'0 ; sheep. S..tW ) to
$4.00 ; Avheat. No. 2. 94c to 95e : corn.
No. 2 mixed. Sic to S2c : onts. No. 2
mixed. . 0c to olc ; rye. No. 2. 7Sto SOc.
Detroit Cattle. $1.00 to $ . " . .10 : hoss.
$4.00 to § 0.40 : sheep , $2.,10 to y-LOO ;
wheat , No. 2. 93e to 94c : corn. No. . '
yellow. Sic to S3c : o.Us. No. 3 white ,
4Sc to 49c : rye. No. 2. 7-Tc to 70" .
Milwaukee Wh at. No. 2 northern ,
$1.10 to $1.1S ; corn. No. 3. 7Sc to 79c ;
oats , standard. 4Sc to 49c ; rye , No. 11.
77c to 79c : barley. No. 2 , ( t. c to 07c ;
pork , mes * . $13.2. . .
Buffalo Cattle , choice shipping steers , .
$4.00 to $ G.90 ; hogs , fair to choice. S4.0G
to $ G.SO ; sheep , common to good mixed ,
$4.00 to $3.30 ; lambs , fair to choice ,
$5.00 to $7.00.
New York Cattle. $4.00 to SU.oO ;
hogs , $3.50 to $ U.1 > 0 : sheep , $3. ' > 0 to-
$4.2o ; Avheat , No. 2 red. $1.00 to $1.01 ;
corn , No. 2 , S7c to SDc : o.its. natural
white , 53c to H.JC ; butter , creamery. 19c
to 21c ; eggs , western. 17c to I9c.
Toledo Wheat. No. 2 mixnd. D2c to-
93c ; corn. No. 2 mixed , 7ic t : > Sic ;
oats. No 2 mixed , 47c to 4Sc ; rye. No _
, 7oc to 7Gc ; clover seed. October. $7.87. .
THE rrRST DOZEN.
The first coal AVUS mined in "GO B. C.
The first AvindmillsAere the Sara-
(
The first handkerchiefs appeared in
1743.
The first balloon was made by s
French priest in 1020.
The first music book was issued in
1495 by Wyukin de Worde. i < 't
The first surname appeared In
rein of Edwurd the Confessor.