SUSPECTED CEDH1TAL3 ,
-u. : ; Bank Clerks Must Eo Pho-
t t.graphed and Measured.
V"i - mat ion among the hundreds
Of l-'i'k clerks iu Pitlsjurg has been
-cans. < : , ,3' the decree recently issued by
ihe p. esulents of all banking institu-
tioi.- : . ( lt all of Iheij' employes must
subn , . , to the ihotograjhs and meas-
uri-n , . : s of the P.erlillon system. This
radi < M move on the part of the bank
ers i- a sequel to the most amazing
fierj , . , < f ir.tifc lootings that mankind
fc.t < r Known. Within the last three
3'e.- ' : : ; is estimated that something
like v r ; < { 0,000 has been stolen by dis-
iio : . . - naiik employes in that city.
'J . ' 'Jinks have concluded that the
be.-/ < . -rse be-on. them while not
Mis. . . j io cast suspicion upon anyone
Is c . .holograph every one of their
einj . < s and take their measurements
i > 3' t i.erlillon system , so that , when
.a n defalcation may occur , the po-
lice . j'.s.'ritit ? : ; all over the world will
ha\ > . .1.last embezzler marked down
as j..j. u.ely a.s though he were ( ho
: sive Max Shinburn who ever
: - : ! between safe-cracking and
jail . - vviec.
Jf i.ierc was one bank oflieer who
* A'oi. ! nave surrendered his complete
< coiur < > : of milliens rather than submit
to b-'M.g "mugged" by the police , It w.ss
Wil. . i Montgomei'3 % cashier of the
Alh . ! : .y National , under arrest in
: jon with the disappearance of
i ( . ' of dcjiosils and the entire
: $50 < U < < ! worth of capital stock. He
was the intimate friend and confidant
of Si . , ; -t r Quay , the man who placed
Quad's iK'ts during the Harrison cam-
paij , * . \\iion Juay won 250.000. and
the trus'od handler of the moneys of
the p ; it Seal machine in that section
of the Stale.
V > iifii the Allegheny National went
-dowi ; or up the State was backing it
Svilh .N52OCO ; { of deposits and the city
of Plitsburg with . < U,52,0 : ; < ; 0. Private
dep-.sitors were so wary that they let
it have little. When the crash came ,
after a series of speculations in stocks ,
the ] -.Jicj reported the discovery of nn
ph > ' " raph of Montgomery , even dur
ing their investigations of the suddenly-
acijiiired forline ! of a Pittsburg wido.v
v.'he-e wealth leaped in eight years
r < > " : S 10,000 to ? ; ii.'J,000. : and of other
* ; \ > . , : in Pittsburg and neighboring
cil : - . nhosc real estate investments
Iiad . ' , . -reased with remarkable facility.
Wiie ; ! the fate of the Allegheny Na
tional's money still hung in the 1ml-
-aii'-c. landing the decision of Mont-
gonnrv's allies as to restitution of the
milii-'ii ' ibat had gone , a man returned
to l'-imrg ; ; who for nearly Ihreo
yiM'-s : id left ihe police bitterly re
gretful that ihe tterlillon system was
n > t - , , : ; ry there before the En-
vf > r ; " ; s. Xalionnl of Alieghony co'- '
- i ! 'n Oriou.T. " "DO. * , lie W.TR Tiioui-
\ . . > . rvey. t ' r f tiie Eiit ; * : " rise ,
\ . : i iho v.'I , IM * ; - < T .c.\'spii' ; the
v , 'i r ' - pi : * ' ; - ) ' } < < -j ; ; > j . ' ! ' !
gi'p . ' : ' 'e.t. " ui'kl ! ; . I ; me. to
wai. ' . .i.iid i.gi..iics of divad until
iiis : . rful spirit could no longer "near
the -train. He surrendered himself
to l'in Federal authorities , and on the
snni'1 lay was sentenced to seven years
in i'i. " penitentiary and that with no
oio-o ? ; , < .joriety than if he were a purse
sn : > l < ' r. Pittsburg was learning to
wash . ' - dirty linen with neatness , si-
lene .11. ! dispatch. Yet the Enterprise
ml'7-emeiits ! were among the most
seiis.itior.nl ever known in the State of
Pennsylvania. The losses amounted to
$1,5 < < "iOO. It was a "political" bank ,
like tbe Allegheny Xation.il. and hun-
dreil.f thousands of its deposits had
gone out to politicians on notes which ,
uns"ured at best , had disappeared
\vhen the cashier , T. Lee Clark , both
poK' > i ed and shot himself , to make sure
Of < l.-rh.
S | . . -Ration , women and gambling
\rns tl.e way the stolen millions went.
\Vhen the Union Trust Company of
Piftr''nr discoveretl its loss of $ "S5-
< XK ) Jn lfKG , almost on the anniversary
of fV Enterprise run. the thieves
prov , ( i to be a couple of mild young
< rerp > - . Clinton P. . Wrny. the teller.
and c. S. Hixton. fhe individual book-
The g.imbliui : crooks took it
off tli-sr two marks in large chunks.
Boll ; r ; - < iived ten years apiece when
4 their defalcations were discovered.
WI : : ' < tlie gamblers were enjoying the
Um ; Trust Company's cash , the
1ni < - : ethops were getting during the
year between March , 1007 , and March
of t'-N year S520.000 taken from the
Tarr.iDeposit National Bank by
Heniy Reiber. the payincr teller , and
Job : : Yuung. the auditor. They proved
theJi.si'ives fools as simple over wild
cat < -urh adventures as the boys of the
Uni ' . Trust did over crooked cards.
"For irn years those two presumably
expert : : , 'ed financiers had been steal
ing s'i.KT.000 from the Fanners' De
posit r.ank. and no one. among either office
ficer : directors , had suspected them.
The ; . , mo. have been sentenced to ten
Paurg's ; : example has given the
Sfa ; . ' f Pennsylvania a record that
puts the dashinz depredations of bank
robb'--s in the Southwest , with their
mas'.v ; jid their revolvers , to the blush
of i" Ignant shame.
SHOUT JTEWS oSTOTES.
Fire in the InnrVr yards of the Lake
d
rior cortoration in Sault Ste. Marie ,
: a.ji. destroyed K2.500.OfX" > feet of lumber - c
ber v. : ! ar ? 70.0i ) . The loss will fallen tlc
on > ! - Saginaw Lumber Company of tlS
Sagi..r.v. : Mich. S
M. II. Davis. . special agent of the bu-
< , f m ii'f ttm'rs. Department of
Coinner-o nnd Labor , says the time has
eonn- for Aranrlcan flour mills to regain 2iti
tiioir lost tnide in I'ritain. The wheat ti
-crois of oilier countries thnn tbe United ,7
States are not promising.
Secretary of the Treasury
Coolige and Chief Montgomery of tha
customs division of that department
have presented to Senator Ilurrows , a <
the representative of the Senate com
mittee on finance , the views of the de
partment as to the changes believed to
be necessary in the administrative fea
tures of the tariff law. Among the rec
ommendations was one for an increase
from $100 to $200 of the exemption
made in favor of Americans returning
from abroad. The department also
would abolish the fee system now ex
tensively employed throughout the cus
toms service and put merchandise sent
through the mails on the same footing
as that sent through the regular cus
toms channels.
President Roosevelt has made public
a letter to the Secretary of State ad
vising him of the postponement until
3017 of the Japanese Exposition , which
was to have been held in 3912. The rea
sons given are that the short time be
tween now and 3I2 ! ) would necessitate
a wasteful expense and that there is a
peculiar fitness in holding the exposi
tion , the first in Asia , in commemora
tion of the fiftieth anniversary of the
accession of his majesty to the throne.
The President's letter lays stress on the
peculiar feeling of regard and friend-
frhip which this country has for Japan ,
and says that we should do all in our
power to help make the exposition a
success.
Ma j. Cen. Wood , who held longer than
any other oflicer the command of tlie
American forces in the East , and who is
now on his way home from Europe to
succeed Maj. Gen. Grant as commander
of the Department of the East , will sug
gest to the President , it is said , a plan
for having a certain number of army
officers sent to Japan and China to
learn the languages of those countries.
His plan contemplates the sending of
four of the younger officers , not above
the rank of captain , to take four-year
course in these languages , rigid exam
inations at the end of each six months
to determine whether the men sent are
peculiarly fitted to master them.
A report prepared by the Department
of Commerce and Labor shows that the
total imports for tiie month of July
reached $80.414,039 , against $124,021-
SlK ) for the corresponding month of
Jl'f'7 ' , and for the seven months ending
with July. It showed $008,805.704 ,
against $ S75,903 .07 " . for the like period j
of 1007. The exports for the same pe
riod showed a siini ! ir remarkable fall
ing off. the total for July , 390S , being
$102,399.520. against $128,5-19,535 in
July , 1907. and for the seven months
endhig with July. $900,997,039 , aa
against $1,008,999,907.
" "
*
Senator McCumber , of North Da
kota , predicts that the extra session
of congress which as to be called after
the fourth of next March for the re
vision of the tariff , will be of long
duration , and that it will witness many
stubborn contests over the various
schedules which it is proposed to
change. Mr. McCumber said that the
West will demand that several articles
which are now on the protected list
shall bo made free of duty , and he in
cluded lumber and coal as among those
on behalf of which a strong fight will
be made.
Orders have been issued by the War
Department directing Col. William F.
Stewart of the "oast artillery , who sev
eral months ago was sent to the aban
doned military post of Fort Grant ,
Ari- : . , on account of "temperamental in
capacity. " to proceed to Fort Iluachuca ,
Ariz. , to lake the riding test prescribed
for field officers. At the conclusion of
the test he is directed to return to
Fort Grant , Colo. Stewart is reported
pleased with the orderx
The outcome of the prolonged con
sideration of the appeal of the eight
West Point cadets expelled for brutal
hazing is the announcement that upon
the recommendation of the President ,
Secretary Wright had decided to let
the dismissal of two , Rosscll and
Weaver , stand , but to suspend for one
year Use other six who are younger.
The two who are expelled were mem
bers of the first class.
f
The retirement of Rear Admiral RobI I
ley D. Evans placed Kear Admiral Cas
per Goodrich , commandant of the navy
yard at New York , at the head of the
active list of rear admirals of the navy.
Admiral Goodrich will be retired in
January next. The position of senior
read admiral will in no way be a ma
terial advantage to him.
The summary of reports of the con
dition of the national banks at the
close of business July 35. 3908 , shows
the total of the item "bonds , securities ,
etc. , ' ' held by the banks to be $705-
875,220.
c ;
"
ntl
That there was a net increase of tl
tlo
209,000 in the population of the coun tlb
try as the result of immigration for b
Tune , is shown by the report of the department CIa.
a.
partment of commerce and labor.
BOMB MAILED GOVEE1TOR.
Postofiice Authorities Pcrbaps Save
Life of New Jersey Executive.
Prompt action on the part of the
postal authorities at Philadelphia p'-e-
vented Governor Fort of New Jersey
from receiving an infernal machine
which was mailed to him in that city
1 'in ' contrivance was mailed tb" day
after the utterance of the Governor
vith reference to his purpose to see
that the law was enforced at Atlantic
City. It contained onoimh explosive to
kill the person opening it. The paek-
'ag ( was stopped in the office at Phila
delphia because it lacked sufficient post
age.
age.The
The Covnrnnrvas advised of tie !
fact that the package \vis : there , and
a'so that it was believed to contain ex-
] ' sives. and he rt piled immediatelv
rutborizing tlie opening of Mie package.
It was an ingenious contrivance of
ni'itebcs. powder and bullets , and would
have inflicted severe injury upon th"
peison opriMiiir if had it been done in
Llie usual manner.
Tin parcel had been addresser ! by
cut tint ; out the lines "Gov. Fort" and
Sea Girt. X. J. . from a newspaper and
pastini ; the same on the package.
Pasted ail over the explosive package
were any number of inscriptions , such
as "And the gun against this rotten
government : " "Get right with God , "
and "Von will know mo better after we
are acquainted. " All but the first of
these had been clipped from newspa
pers. That was printed with ink on
a long sfrip of cardboard. There was
also a piece of red , white and blue rib-
mon and a button of a military uni
form. Pasted on one of the tubes were
the names of some five or six of the
national trusts , including the whisky ,
rubber and tobacco trusts.
Jjnhor Con f roversion.
More arrests have been m.-idc in the
Alabama mining district , where a strike
of L'he coal miners for better waices has
been in progress , fifteen men bointx charg
ed with dynamiting Hie lions.-s of non
union workers. In
the Jellico mining re
gion of Tennessee the whites have driven
out many of the ne ro miners , some of
llio l.-ittor beimr protected by th" sheriff
and nrmod deputies. On the ISth a bouse
/ -viipied by a negro woman was burned ,
and --he with her five children peris'hou
in the flames. President Lewis of the
minors 'union lias ordered the striking
miners in the Hudson mine in Indiana
back to work on penalty of forfeiting
their charter. The new scale of wanes
accepted in the Pennsylvania Iron and
Steel Mills makes a 10 per cent reduc
tion. At Xew York about 10,000 coat
tailors are on strike because of an al-
! ccd reduction in their pay.
: : ! ; ! ! : illoosi Sttit < I. < < Tost.
Tlie t'niU'd States Signal Corps began
its series of stoi > rabe ! balloon tests at
Fort M.ier. Va. . across the Potomac from
W : : hiiuton. the other day. with the ascent -
cent of the ! aln ! , - . . '
> > r eo-.i.-ruccd ! by Capt.
Thomas S. P.aldwin. For seven minutes
the hir sas-stipportod carriacre srlided over
i-V parade grounds at a bright of from
I "t ) to 2uJ ! foot , irnvingjip and down and
turning abruptly with apparently-perfect
control by I .aid win , who sat at tlie tiller.
Glen II. Curtis of Ilammondsport , X. Y. ,
ran the engine which operated the 9-foot
propeller at the front of the ship. It was
the first time that P.aldwin had used hori-
xonr.il pianos for olovaling and lowering
the ship. This flight was only prelimi
nary to the oflicial test , and it had anoth
er tvy out later , when it was speeded up to
twenty-five miles an hour. Other trials
are to follow.
Candidate Taft. in an address to a vis
iting Virginia delegation , made a special
appeal to independent southern Demo-
ciMts to vote with Republicans on na
tional issues.
W. J. Bryan is bavins a lot of fun
with the trick mule sent li\m \ a.s a mascot
by Minnesota admirers. The beast's first
trick was to throw a newspaper man who
tried to ride it.
In his address to the notification com
mittee. Eugene W. Chalin. Prohibition
candidate for President , claimed one-third
of the total presidential vote , which he
estimated at 1(5,000.000. (
James S. Sherman. Republican vice
presidential candidate , is succeeded as
chairman of flic congressional campaign
committee by Representative "W. S. McKinley -
Kinley of Illinois , who heretofore has
held the oflice of treasurer The new
treasurer will be Charles G. Dawes , the
former comptroller of the currency.
John W. Kern , the Democratic candi
date for A'ice President , accompanied by
an Indianapolis delegation , visited Mil
waukee. The occasion for Mr. Kern's
visit was a picnic uivcn under Che aus
pices of the Associated Rose clubs of
Milwaukee , at which he delivered an ad-
dross. The picnic was attended by thou
sands of Democrats from Milwaukee
county and by visitors from the State at
large.
The primaries in Missouri resulted in
the nomination of Attorney ( "Jen era 1 I lad-
ley , the Standard Oil foe. by die Repub
licans without opposition , and the prob i
able nomination of William S. Cowherd
by the Democrats over Hall and Wallace.
A delegation of members of the Ameri
can Federation of Labor called on Chair
man Mack in Chicago , and requested that
the national committee select a member
the American Federation of Labor as 1 !
head of the labor bureau of the Demo
cratic national committee. Chairman
Mack told the labor men that their ro-
ijuest would be granted.
- * - - /i , jr if I * * * } jzez-- ' --ccsn
ii * "
15 ' > 5 Stradacona discovered by Jacques
Cartier.
1028 Salem. Mass. , founded.
1G55 Fort Casimir. the Swedish settle
ment on tihe Delaware , surrendered
lo the Dutch forces under Gov. Stuy-
vesant.
1G75 Dnchosnoau appointed Intendant
of New France.
177G I.ritish made an unsuccessful at
tack on the Americana- Harlem
Heights.
1777 Iiurjjoynp crossed the Hudson riv
er and took up his position on the
heights of Saratoga. Washington
and his army crossed the Schuylkill.
determined to give battle to Gen.
Howe's troops.
1785 lnitod States and Prussia con
cluded a treaty of amity and co.n-
morce.
1792 First Parliament of t'pper Canada
assembled in tin ; village of Newark.
. . . .The President issued a proclama
tion ordering all persons to submit to
the excise law.
1801 The rice crop of South Carolina
completely destroyed by a great
hurricane.
1810 James Pollock of Pennsylvania ,
who as a member of Congress had
placed on national coins the motto ,
"In God We Trust , " born.
3811 Xapolonn entered Moscow.
181" American fleet under Commodore
Perry defeated the P.ritish fleet un
der Commodore i'.a relay in battle of
Lake Erie.
181 I Fnitod States troops defeated the
English in battle at Fort P.owyor .
United States troops repulsed by the
P.ritish nl Fort Erie.
3S2S Don Pablo Obresron. Mexican min
ister to the United States , died in
Washington.
3829 Slavery abolished hi Mexico.
3SJJ.'J The boundary line between New
York and Xew Jersey settled.
3S5o Rumors of war between Turkey
nnd Russia caused a slump in the
Xew Y.ork produce market. . .Ground
brekon at St. John's , Newfoundland ,
for the European and North Ameri
can railroad.
3S5-S : The P.ritish consul to the Sand
wich Islands presented his protest
acainst the proposed annexation of
tho.se islands by the United States.
1855 Corner stone of the public library
in P.oston laid.
1859 A statue of Daniel Webster dedi
cated in P.oston with imposing cere
monies.
1SC 2 P.attle of Antiotam Creek , near
Sharpe.-burg , Md Union forces
victorious at the battle of South
Mountain , Md Gov. Curtin of
Pennsylvania , expecting an invasion
of the Slate , railed on all able-bodied
men to organize for defense.
1SG3 President Juarez of Mexico pro
posed an alliance of South and Cen
tral American republics to resist en
croachments by the United States
and European nations. . . .President
Lincoln suspended the habeas corpus
act.
lSf',4 A McClellan meeting in the Lin-
doll hotel , St. Louis , broken up by a
party of Union soldiers.
1SGS Outbreak of tiie Spanish revolu
tion The Georgia Legislature
pas.-ed a bill excluding negroes from
the jury V band of Cheyenne In
dians invaded the towns of Sheridan
and P.utlcr. Kan.
187-1 A call was i.-'sned for a convention
of the Republicans of the reconstruct
ed States to be held at Chattanooga.
Tenn.
1S7R The Mackenzie aoverament de
feated in the general elections in
Canada.
3SS2 Arabi Pasha , the leader of the
military insurrection in Eirypt. sur
rendered after his defeat at Tel-el-
Kobir.
1SS4 A party of several hundred Cana
dian boatmen left Quebec to take pare
in the Nile expedition for the relief
of Gen. Gordon.
1SS7 The centenary of the constitution
of th United States was celebrated
in Philadelphia.
1891 The Republicans carried the Maine
election by a plurility of 3S.OOO
Sir Xarcis-se Fortnnat Helleau. who
had served as premier of the Canadas
before the Confederation , died.
1S97 Five men accused of burglary
lynched at Versailles. Ind.
1S9S Massachusetts monument dedi
cate ! on the hattiofu-ld of Antiotam.
190 ] Vice President Roosevelt took the
oath of office a.s President of the
I'll i ted States.
1903 : The inhabitants of Kastoria mas
sacred by Turks. i
1900 Secretary of War Taft and Acting
Secretary of Srate Baeon left Wash ?
ington for Cuba. . . .President Pahna
presented Ji is resignation to the
Cuban Con err ess.
1907 Oklahoma ratif.ed the new consti
tution and elected a Democratic State
ticket and Legislature. . . .Explosion
on a Japanese battleship killed thir
ty-four officers and men.
BEY LAND CEOPS.
Alfalfa That Yields Twelve Cuttings
a Year.
"The dem iid for befie- grass comes
largely from the arid regions of the
West and South. " says Prof. C. V.
Piper , chief grass ex per : of the United
Bf.ttes Depaitmem of Agriculture , "and
our work has been largely in these sec
tions. Secretary Wilson is especiallj
anxious to establish dry land farming
jii a permanent basis , and for this pur
pose crops must be found that hav
sufficient drouth-resistance to be used
profitably in rotation. With this end
in view the department is making a
thorough exploration of the dry regions
of Manchuria and China for new
grasses and legumes. Already we have
secured many very promising things
which we are testing out thoroughly. "
Prof. Piper says the greatest success
attended the efforts of the department
with new varieties of alfalfa. Xearlv
every corner of the world was searched
during the study of the crop , with the
result that several distinct varieties
were secured which will thrive where
ordinary alfalfa will perish.
' -U"e call it hardy alfalfa , " says the
professor , "and it is as certain of
growth in Minnesota and the Dakotas
as ordinary alfalfa in Kansas. The re
markable Arabian alfalfa found in the
valley of the Euphrates is proving of
enormous value in Arizona and Califor
nia , where it has produced 12 cuttjngs
in one season , three more than have
been produced by the ordinary alfalfa.
This result is due to its rapid growth
and its ability to grow in cool weather ,
beginning earlier in spring and con
tinuing later in the fall.
"Alfalfa is becoming a very popular
crop in the Eastern states. Demon
strations of the department have al
ready proved that with proper treat
ment alfalfa can be grown with great
success in nearly every stale east of
the Mississippi river , and it bids fair
to bring about important changes in
the agriculture of these states. "
DEATES EEOM EABIES.
Three Well-Defined Cases in New
York in Two Months.
In the "deg days" of July and Au
gust this year in Xew York there were
three deaths from rabies. That is
looked on as an unusual number. These
cases were all well defined rabies. In
each instance the brain of ' .the victim
was examined by bacteriologists , and
the negri body , surest indication of
iiydrophobia , was found in large mini-
Ijers. In the last month the number of
: -ases of dog bite treated at the Pasteur -
teur Institute fell off a great deal. Before -
fore the Hoard of Health instituted its
leath penalty enforcement of the law
lemanding a muzzle or leash on all i
Jogs in t'u- streets the Institute h-l : as
u'l'M as PS cases under tr'Vpn-'Jit.
rv : re are now only 15 e.'Js ; : t' > in-
- it.ite , and these S'-i \\i5 ! Lo dis-
Iiarned.
'
yjSytVeV i / , - - " / 3 ' ' I
All the schools in Ohristiania , Norway ,
have been closed , owing to a serious out
break of smallpox.
The Esperantists at their fourth inter
national congress at Dresden have decided ,
to publish books in Esperanto for ths !
blind , and to prepare proper exhibits to j
give information relative to Esperanto.
Following the expulsion of t'.ie Dutch
minister. JonkCseor do Reu.s , from Venez
uela by President Castro , demonstrations }
of extreme anger and excitement have s
been reported in the Dutch South Ameri
can colony and throughout the Nether
lands.
Throughout European Turkey the
demonstrations of jny over the concession
of a consihutlon and a parliamentary
form of government continue at Constan
tinople a crowd of more rhan 200.000 per
sons assembled o t > ido the palace of the
Sultan to shout their approval of his
course. Already preparations are on foot
for holding the first elf tiuas' . Th new
Parliament will assemble in the fall.
The surprise in connection with the
new Japanese cabinet , headed by Premier
Katsura , is the retention of the former
minister. Terauchi. whose policy of mili
tary expansion appears to suit the elder
statesmen. He also Jake.s the foreign
portfolio until the return of IJaron Ko-
mura. now ambi sador to P.ritain. Nev
ertheless , the announced policy of the new
ministry is rho recuperation of th - coun
try rather than aggression in any quar
ter.
When the House of Lord p-i secl tilt
old-age pension bill on socojid r\dinr : it
was thought that would end tle matter
but now the unprecedented tliinir hns hap- a.-
peuecl of having the bill amendi-.l in com
mittee. This will brins the Lords hue
direct opposition to a largo majority ol
the Commons and ospei ially will stir up
the ire of rli < * Socialists. The action
will be regarded as a breach of the priv in
ileges of the TIou. o. as the bill is con
strued as a money bill.
During a sympathetic manifestation of
building trades om.Ioye < of Paris in fa
vor of the srrikinz sandpit men at Val-
leueuve and Druvoii. two nearby sub-.irbs
clash with the troops occurred , hi winch
many of the strikers were ki'lod and oth-
rs wounded.
After more than thro" years of loga !
procedure the civil court of fir r i
of Caracas has delivered judgment in the ? I
sensational ca * > of the French Cable Com
pany. The company has been found guil
ty of complicity in the Mates revolution
of 1903 , and fined 55,000.000. Othei
damages also are to be assessed against it
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Bert AT. Fcrnald Is Elected Gov *
ernor , but His Lead Is
Only 7,700.
! ! QTJOH LA\7 IS CHIEF FACTOR.
Plurality Is the Smallest in a Presi
dential Year for Quarter o
n Century.
Maine bus elected a Republican Gov
ernor by a plurality of about 7.700.
The victory for Uert M. Fernald , the
Republican gubernatorial nominee , la
seriously discounted in the eyes of the
Republicans by the small size of hi3
plurality over Obadiah Gardner , the
Democratic nominee , and the Demo
crats are correspondingly elated. Along
with the State ticket , the Republicans
have won. probably , the four Congresa-
sional districts , although late returns
seemed necessary to determine the re
sult in two of them.
The plurality received by the Repub
licans was far below the average. It
probably will not be much over 7,700.
the smallest received in any presiden
tial year in twenty-live years. Returns
from 408 out of 519 cities , towns , and
plantations give Fernald 72,317 , Gard
ner 64.1)03. ) The same places in 190-1
gave Cobb ( Rep. ) 75.334 , Davis ( Dem. )
49,410. The remaining places in 1904
gave Cobb 3.030 , Davis 730. These fiff-
ures indicate a Republican lo s of about
4 per cent and a Democratic gain of 32
per cent as compared with the last
presidential year vote.
Vote Largest Sinew 3 S88.
The vote was the heaviest since 3SS8 ,
running well up to 140,000 , within a few
thousand of the record for the State.
The Democratic vote gained over four
years ago in nearly every county and
city.
city.The
The fight as between the Republi
cans < and Democrats was distinctly
local 1 , carrying with it the liquor ques
tion. An analysis of the returns , ac
cording < to a correspondent , Indicates
that 1 the heavy vote rallied to the sup
port ] of the Democratic ticket came
from 1 the element in the State which
desires < a resubmission of the prohobl-
tion 1 law , which now stands on the stat
ute i books. The Democratic State plat
form 1 demanded such a resubmission.
The following figures show how
Maine lias voted at tin- v'-'em ; ! > er elec
tions 1 dr.ring the p' t
-
> . . . . . . . . . ! - I . .SO I
38SO ] . 7:5.5-14 :
3SS4. . . . . . . . .1 S.o IS
1S.SS . 70.-101
3892 ] . (57.900 (
3890 . .S2,59f !
3900 . 7.,955
390-1 . 70,902
* Fusion of Democrats and greenback-
? rs. * * Plurality for fusion.
ww * Tjx 3SrCiL - , A s- -t
On Aug. 21 a special train on the Penn
sylvania railroad was run from Pierce-
ton to Warsaw. Ind. . a distance of nine
miles , in less than five minutes , or at a
speed of over 100 miles an hour , breaking
all records.
An increase of 12 per cent in the num
ber of passengers carried and a decreasa
of sis per cent in earnings are the net
results of twelve months' operation of tha
two-cent fare laws on the Chicago and
Alton railroad. Other roads admit In
creased earnings under the two-cent pas
senger rate.
The graatin ? of permission by the In
terstate Commerce Commission for tha
Xew York. Xow Haven and Hartford
railroad to resume the schedule of through ,
freight rates to points south and west ,
which were broken off last March with ,
all lines but tlv * Pennsylvania and Le-
high Valley ends a quarrel which threat
ened to spread to oth r lines. Hereafter
the New England business will be divided
amoug the fiv" lines running southward
out of Xew York.
The United States Circuit Court or
Appeals at St. Loute. in two sweeping
decisions , revered the lower courts and
sustained the position of the government
a.to the srif'iy appliance law. In tha
cases against the S.mta Fe and Denver
and Rio firr.iKte the court hold ? that the
recent act of Congress abrogates the eom-
unn law ni' of "reasonable care , " which
had hither "o been employed by railroads
their defoii5Ti ! * r * is no escape from
the fhity of having the coupling appliance
in ' - ' .
ance op'i-jt'ou.
The Union Pa"in > has again placed ex
tra cuards on its overland trains for their
protection in tc.o ovt of holdups. Ser-
rral reports of irjin robberies in tha
Northwest are . -aid to be' the reason for
this precaution.
Announcement has been made by ths
See railroad that its new Duluth line ,
which w-hen completed will extend from
Unhil's ' to ISrooten , where it connects with
the main line , is now open for service as
ar as Onaniia. about ninety miles north
east of P.rootr-n. Shipments of freight art
being received for ail intermediate
along the extension.