Only Ki rorititim Wanted.
George Gould spoke of railway diffi
culties at a recent board meeting.
"A railway finds It impossible , by
toeing just , to please all hands , " Mr.
< Jorld concluded. "There Is truth in
the story of the commuter who enter
ed a railway superintendent's office
with n black frown.
" 'Well , what next ? ' the superintend
ent said to the man impatiently. 'By
Dur new time table don't three addi
tional trains stop at your station
now ? '
" 'Yes , but , ' growled the commuter ,
"they stop at all the other little sta
tions , too. ' "
Wrath.
"What were those two boys Gghtinc
about ? "
"Johnny was trying lo show Dicky how
to make a noiseless popgun. "
SORE EYES , weak , inflamed , red , watery
and swollen eyes , use PETTIT'S EYE
SALVE. All druggists or Howard Bros. ,
Buffalo , N. Y.
Information.
Uncle Zeb ( looking over bill of fare )
Henry , how do you order hog and hominy
iny at a fust class rest'rant ?
City Nephew You don't , uncle.
PILE CUBE FBEE : Wonderful Pile
Remedy sent free to sufferers by ad-
i-dressing Rea Company , Dept B3 , Min
neapolis , Minn.
THE TUBTLE'S HEAD.
.Chopped Off , It Retains Life for s
Xainhcr of Honrs.
1 On the counter , in a porcelain dish ,
rstood the severed head of a large tur
tle.
"That is rather grewsome , " said a
man who was buying oysters.
The oyster opener glanced at the
head carelessly.
"It is a bet , " said he. "I bet Gus
Schmidt that the head would keep
alive twenty-four hours. It's nearly
[ twenty-five now since I chopped it off.
Gus is late. But I win anyhow , " he
added.
"Where's my money ? Pay me my
knoneyl" a deep voice shouted at this
, and a short man swaggered in.
roment lost , Gus , " said the oyster
opener. "There is still life in her. "
' "There is nit , " said Gus Schmidt
i"2sTix on the life. "
i And he extended a stumpy finger
fearlessly toward the turtle's mouth.
"Gee ! "
Startled , amazed , Gus Schmidt leap
cd back. For in the turtle's open eyes
a fierce light had flashed , the ugly
"mouth had opened and shut with a
sharp snap , and the head in some
etrange way had advanced an inch or
two toward the tempting finger , much
as a piece of steel advances toward a
jnaguet.
I "This may surprise you , Gus , " said
/the / oyster opener , wiping hiswet
bands in order to pocket his winnings.
ABut it don't surprise me none. I've
* een turtle heads keep life in 'em long-
rn * this here. " New Orleans Times-
Democrat
Fame.
Uncle Hiram So you play base ball ,
jto you , Dickey ? Has your ball club got
jl name ?
' Five-Year-Old Has it got a name !
IGee ! You've heard of the Rag Alley
Itannigans , haven't you , uncle ? Well , I'm
their reg'lar shortstop. We're goin' to
Inhale the everlastin' stufiin out o' the
jBumtown Billygoats next Saturday I
tOhicago Tribune.
FOOD FACTS.
"What nn 31. D. Learned.
'A prominent Georgia physician -went
through a food experience which he
[ makes public :
It was my own experience that first
jled me to advocate Grape-Nuts food
( and I also know , from having pre
scribed it to convalescents and other
{ weak patients that the food is a won-
jderful rcbuildcr and restorer of nerve
and hrain tissue , as well as muscle. It
mprove > the digestion and sick pa
tients always gain just as I did in
strength and weight very rapidly.
'
"I was in such a low state that I
fcad to give up my work entirely , and
Iwent to the mountains of this state ,
jbut two months there did not improve
me ; in fac-t , I was not quite as well as
( when I left home.
"My foid did not sustain me and
it became plain that I must change.
JThen I bt-gan to use Grape-Nuts food ,
and in two weeks I could walk a mile
/without fatigue , and in five weeks
returne < l to my home and practice ,
/taking / up hard work again. Since that
.time I have felt as well and strong as
I ever did in my life.
"As a physician who seeks to help
/all / " Tcrers , I consider it a duty to
piakc these facts public. "
Trial 10 days on Grape-Nuts , when
( the regular food does not seem to sustain -
tain the body , will work miracles.
"There's a Reason. "
Look in pkgs. for the famous little
book. "The Road to Wellville. "
Ever read the above letter ? A
new one appears from time to time.
They are genuine , true , and full of
human interest.
Managers for Minneapolis Concerns
See No Relief in Sight at
Present.
WHEAT SCARCITY IS GENEBA1
Argentina's Crop Short Mexico Ha
Famine Flour $1.30 Higher
than Last Year.
Rise in the price of flour until the
mills In America are selling spring
wheat flour at $7 a barrel , or $1.30
more than a year ago , is brought to
light as one of the effects of the pres
ent condition of the wheat market and
the country's supply of the cereal. Ac
cording to the Chicago Daily News ,
managers of the Washburn-Crosby
Company , the Pillsbury-Washburn Com
pany and the Northwestern Consoli
dated Milling Company , which operate
what are declared the largest mills in
the United States , and practically fix
the price of flour , say there is no re
lief in sight from present conditions ,
and every indication is that the price
of flour will continue to soar and may
go to $10 a barrel. The rise in the
wholesale millers' price is being fol
lowed by a rise in the price to brokers
and consumers and will result in ma
terially affecting the price of bread and
bakery goods. The price of rye flour
and other breadstuffs has also been in
creased , the rise in the price of rye
flour per barrel being about 30 cents in
less than a month.
' The managers of the milling compa
nies deny that there is any combination
to increase prices or to control the
business. They insist that the rise in
the price of flour is due to the scarcity
of wheat and breadstuffs in Europe
and other countries , to the insufficient
supply in the United States in the light
of the demands which are now being
made and to tlie general wheat situa
tion.
tion.The
The price for wheat will be stiff all
through the summer , the millers de
clare. The United States has grown a
larger crop than a year ago , but the
world's supply is short. There is a
wheat , flour and bread famine in Mexi
co. The price of Argentine wheat is
$1,25 per bushel and of Winnipeg or
Canadian wheat about $1.27. The ship
ments from Argentina are short and
Argentina has been shipping principal
ly to Liverpool. This increased the Liv
erpool demand for American ship
ments.
It requires five bushels of wheat to
make a barrel. Taken at $1.20 per
bushel the wheat in each barrel of flour
costs $0.45. Add to that 40 cents for
sacks or wood basins , 20 cents for
freight , 15 cents for delivery , 5 cents
for storage and 25 cents for selling
and carrying accounts. That will make
the cost price of flour $7.50 , from
which deduct 40 cents for "off-alls" or
the bran and other products saved from
the wheat , which makes the price $7.10.
And in some instances the freight , de
livery , storage and other expenses are
higher than those given. It would not
be surprising in the light of present
existing conditions and in the face of
the outlook for the future that flour
would go to $10 per barrel.
FAREWELL NOTE HINTS AT PLOT
Bainb ridge Leaves Message Saying
lie "Was Victim of Machinations.
"I am the victim of the most diabolical
plot ever devised to ruin an innocent
man. " This was the message contained
in a farewell letter found in the effects
of William E. Bainbridge , confidential
agent of the United States treasury de
partment in charge of its Paris customs
bureau , who committed suicide. Mr.
Bainbridge's colleagues at the American
consulate in Paris are not able to throw
any light on these tragic words. They
say that they kno\v nothing of the exist
ence of a plot involving the agent. The
American consul general continues to be
lieve that Mr. Bainbridge had become in
sane. Mrs. Bainbridge , however , without
hesitation , expresses belief in her hus
band's word . She says her husband was
possessed by the idea that a formes1 treas
ury agent had been plotting his ruin. It
is understood that an investigation will
be made into the statements communi
cated to Mrs. Bainbridge by her husband.
ICE FLOE SINXS LAKE STEAMER.
Five Men Drowned at Entrance to
the Straits of Macinac.
Five members of the crew of the steam
er Eber Ward , grain-laden , from Milwau
kee for Port Huron , were drowned Tues
day when the steamer sank in Lake
Michigan after striking a heavy ice floe
which floated deep in the water about six
miles west of Mackinaw City , Mich.
Nine members of the crew were saved ,
The Ward was owned by D. M. Perry
& Co. of Detroit. She left Milwaukee
seveial days ago on her first trip of thi
season. Shortly before entering the
straits the steamer crashed into the ica
floe and stayed afloat but three minutes ,
just long enough to enable another steanj
barge to steam alongside and take o9
part of the crew. The victims are sup *
posed to have been asleep below when
the collision occurred.
Dies to Escape Prison.
Shortly after being sentenced to servi
two years in the federal penitentiary foi
sending an obscene letter through tin
mails , Mrs. Rosa Freudenthal Monnish ,
the leading woman physician of Atlanta ,
Ga. , and proprietor of a sanitarium ,
committed suicide by drinking prussic
acid , which she had concealed about he/
person
PUTS TRACK GAMBLER
ABOVE PIT SPECULATOR.
"I have more respect fo/ the man
who bets on horse races than I have
for the man who gambles in the wheat
market or other futures , " said Gov.
Thomas R. Marshall of Indiana , who
attended the Gridiron Club dinner In
Washington.
"There is some sport about the one ,
and not a redeeming feature about the
othed. If I had uay way , I should do
away with all gambling , but I know
that it is not in human nature to pre
vent speculation. I like racing , and ,
after all. there is no sport in racing
unless there is betting , but that does
not mean that I approve of gambling.
I may have a peculiar idea of affair ,
but I have always believed that if the
state would make fewer attempts to
make laws regulating the morals of
the people in. general and the people
would give more attention to individu
als the world would be better off.
"If Congress would regulate the
manipulation of the markets , which
causes high prices , such as is the case
in Chicago to-day , let it pass a law
placing a tax on all contracts in fu
tures. "
ROOSEVELT IN AFRICA.
Ex-President and His Party Arrive
at Mombasa.
Ex-President Theodore Roosevelt ar
rived at Mombasa , British East Africa ,
Wednesday evening on board the.
steamer Admiral. Mr. Roosevelt was
in the best of health , as were all the
members of his parly. The Admiral'
entered Killindini harbor flying the
American flag at her fore and main
masts. She dipped the German ensign
while passing the British cruiser Pan
dora , whose rails and masts were
manned by cheering sailors. The Pan
dora saluted the ex-President , who
was on the bridge watching with in
terest the coming into port.
The people of Mombasa were in a
great state of expectancy throughout
the < lay , and the first word of the sight
ing of the ship brought them in crowds
to vantage points where they might
catch a glimpse of the distinguished
visitor. The Admiral , however , came
slowly up to the harbor , and it was
dark when the ex-President , accompan
ied by his son , Kermit , and the cap
tain , made a landing. They were
brought ashore in the commandant's
surfboat and carried to a place of
shelter in chairs on natives' shoulders.
There was a perfect deluge of rain ,
but in reply to the expression of regret
at tue weather Mr. Roosevelt said he
was glad to get ashore in any weather.
He added that he was in splendid
health , and that the start for the hunt
ing grounds could not come a minute
too soon. The governor's aid' boarded
the Admiral and extended a welcome
to Mr. Roosevelt , who received another
cordial greeting on shore from the pro
vincial commissioner , who conducted
him to the government house. S. F.
Cunningham , the hunter and field natu-
,
rallst , who is. in charge of the expedi
tion , was also on hand at. the pier.
FIGHT FOR THE PENNANTS.
Standing : of Clubs in the Principal
Base II all
NATIONAL LEAGUE.
W. L. W. L.
Boston . 4 1 Chicago . 2 3
Cincinnati . .5 2 Brooklyn . . . .2 3
New York . .2 2 Pittsburg _ 2 8
St. Louis . .3 4 Phil'd'lphia . .1 3
AMERICAN LEAGUE.
W. L. W. I
Detroit . o 1 St. Louis . . .2 8
New York . .4 2 Phil'd'lphia . .2 4
Boston . 4 2 Washington . .2 4
Cleveland . . .3 3 Chicago . 1 4
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION.
W. L. w. L.
Indianapolis .6 1 Toledo . 3 4
Milwaukee . .4 1 St. Paul _ 2 3
Louisville . . .5 2 Kan. City . .1 5
Minneapolis .4 2 Columbus . . .0 7
MAN KILLED BY FOLDING BED.
Conch Shuts in Right , Crushing
Husband and "Wife.
A folding bed caused the death of
James F. Maher , a feather curler , in
Williamsburg , N. Y. During the night
the bed began to rise as if pushed by an
unseen hand , pinning both Maher and
his wife , despite their struggles and ef
forts to relieve themselves. A son , who
was sleeping on the floor above , heard his
parents' cries and ran to their assist
ance , but before he could extricate them
Maher expired. Mrs. Maher was taken
out unconscious , but she waa socn re
vived.
frozen Mass Is Piled Eighty Feet
High Beneath Big Lewiston
Structure.
SLICES OFF THE ENBANZMENT
Mouth of River Is Clogged by Great
"White Fields Which Imperil
Buildings Along Shore.
Thousands of tons of broken ice , piled
in a confused mass in the mouth of the
Niagara River , threatened the Lewiston
suspension bridge , which is eighty-five
feet above the normal level of the river.
Moving ponderously before a tremendous
pressurp' water , the mass of ice is
slicing off the river embankment as it
passes and threatens serious damage to
some sf the hotels on the river bank , or-
dinra-ly high above the water. Great
field ? of ice are pouring over Niajare.
Fall ; ; , constantly adding to the accumiP
laticn which clogs the exit of the river
into Lake Ontario. This increases th
heif.-ht of the mound of ice at Lewiston ,
" - * \ * * l
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\ i fM > 1& &vP
XIAQABA FALLS.
which already is nearly eighty feet above
the normal stage of the river. Appeals
for help have been mfide to the War De
partment and Gov. Hughes and the Gov
ernor has sent an expert in the use of
explosives. Col. .Tames B. Price , in
charge of the Buffalo office of the United
States engineer corps , declares that the
department is absolutely helpless to ren
der any assistance at Lewiston and
Youngstown. He inspected the condi
tions on Sunday and found the ice at
the mouth of the river at least seventy-
five inches in thickness and that a boat
would be powerless. Dynamite , he said ,
would make about as much impression as
Jf ezploded in soft dirt. He saw abso
lutely no way to relieve the condition.
81,000,000 IS LOST IN FLUE.
Cotton CompresH and ? SoO,000
Wortli of Product Destroyed.
St. Louis compress No. 2 , one of the
largest in Little Rock , Ark. , was prac
tically destroyed by fire Tuesday , caus
ing a loss , it is roughly estimated , of
about $1,000,000. General Superintend
ent Wilbur F. Black places the value of
the cotton stored in the building at $ SoO-
000 , while the plant is valued at $100-
000. The loss is almost wholly covered
by insurance.
A party oC California turf magnates
has gone to the City of Mexico to open
negotiations for the operation of a- race
track at Tia Juann , Lower California ,
which is Mexican territory.
Senator Agnew's bill designed to pre
vent the publication of race tips and bet
ting odds in newspapers was favorably
reported by the Senate codes committee
of the New York Legislature.
One of the prettiest finishes of the
Santa Anita season at Los Angeles came
in the Canopus handicap , when Czar and
Glorio finished so close together that no
one but the judges could determine which
was the winner.
Billy Delaney , manager of Al Kauf
man , has covered the $3,000 posted by
Jack Johnson. Delaney states that he
had decided to let Kaufman meet the
negro cbampion , providing Johnson would
make a side hot of $10,000.
With a splendid spurt of fast billiards ,
making an unfinished run of 1G7 points ,
George F. Slosson. the New York veter
an , won a game of 18-2 in the world's
championship series from Calvin Demar-
est , of Chicago , by a score of 500 to 207.
The final run was made mostly by cen
ter space nursing and was completed in
thirteen minutes.
SOTHERN DIVORCE IS LOST.
Nevada Court Denies Decree Asked
for by Actress Against Spouse.
One of the most important legal de-
cesions ever written in a District Court
of the State of Nevada was handed
down and iiled Monday in the second
judicial District Court in Reno by
Judge W. H. A. Pike , when , in an elab
orate opinion on the marriage and di
vorce law of Nevada , he announced hia
refusal to entertain jurisdiction of the
celebrated proceeding begun last July
by Virginia Ilarned Sothern for di
vorce from E. II. Sothern.
Judge Pike's decision , it Is conceded ,
settles beyond question the fact that
Mrs. Sothern cannot secure a divorce
from her husband unless either she or
her husband comes to the State and
takes up such a residence there as
proves conclusively a bona fide inten
tion to remain there. The particular
point settled is that on complaint filed
by a non-resident plaintiff with proo
ess served on a non-resident defendant ,
who happens to be temporarily in the
State , no jurisdiction is secured for the
purposes of allowing a divorce decree.
The effect of the decision will be
revolutionary. There are at least twen
ty-five actions which are withheld
awaiting the outcome of this investiga
tion , and it is probable that the seek
ers will either return to the East or
settle down to the former custom of
waiting six months , which custom was
religiously followed until the original
ity of Mrs. Sothern's counsel devised
a plan that up to now promised hope.
NINE KILLED IN OHIO STORM.
Six Patally Injured and Property
Loss Is Over $1,000,000.
Nine persons were killed , six fatally
hurt , and at least fifty sustained in
juries and property valued at more
than $1,000,000 was destroyed in a gale
which swept through Cleveland and
northern Ohio Wednesday. Fred Gru-
gel committed suicide during the height
of the storm because he was afraid he
was about to be killed. He rushed into
a barn out of the rain and drank car
bolic acid. He left a note explaining
his action. Roofs were lifted off
houses , walls hurled down , strongly
braced smoke stacks picked up and
chimneys demolished. Porches were
stripped off residences and small build
ings were carried away. The largest
single injury that was done will be to
St. Stanislaus' Church , East Sixty-
fifth street and Forman avenue , in
Cleveland. The wind practically demol
ished the structure. The loss Is esti
mated at $125,000.
LIES IN WAIT ; KILLS FATHER.
Brooklyn "Woman Says Deed "XVns in
Revenge for Brother'a Death.
After lying in wait for him for more
than an hour , Agnes Wallace , a seam
stress , 35 years old , shot and instantly
killed her father , John W. Wallace , G5
years old , at Van Btiren street and
Stnyvesant avenue , Brooklyn , N. Y. ,
while he was on his way to his home.
With unerring aim and with the utmost
deliberation she sent two bullets into her
father's body , one entering his chest and
the other the left temple. Then she sub
mitted to arrest , declaring to her captors
in calm tones : "lie is my father and I
killed him because he killed my brother. "
She further asserted that she had been
driven from her home by the ill-treat
ment of her father and that one of her
brothers had died from the same cause.
DECREASE IN RAIL CASUALTIES.
Interstate Commission Gives . Com
parative Fisrnres for 19O7-190S.
Danger of railroad accidents is de
creasing , as shown > by official statistics
made public by the interstate commerce
commission. The total number of cas
ualties during the last three months of
190S was 17,644 , cr 2,814 less than dur
ing the same months of 1907. The total
number of persons killed in train acci
dents during October. November and De
cember , 190S , was 184 , and the injured
in train accidents numbered 2,924. Cas
ualties other than those due to collisions
and derailments bring the total number
of killed to 798 and of injured to 16-
846.
Two Millions in Real Money.
Nearly $2,000,000 of \Vaters-Pierce
Oil Company's money passed through
Dallas , Texas , over the Santa Fe in tran
sit from St. Louis to Austin to pay the
oil company's fine to the State of Texas
for violation of the anti-trust laws. The
Well-Fargo express car containing the
treasure had six special guards , all fully
armed.
Awful Carnage of Moslems in Asia
Minor and Whole Regions
Are Burned.
ABDUL TO HOLD HIS THRONE
Report Agreement Is Concluded with
Rebels Panic in Constantinople
and Thousands Plee ,
A special dispatch recelrcd in Lon
don from Athens says that telegrams
that have come In there from Merslna
set forth that fully 10,000 persons were
killed in the anti-Christian rioting of
the last few days in the Adana and
Tarsus districts , and other thousands
fled for safety. Entire villages were
razed , and the country is a. smoking :
wilderness. A special dispatch from
Constantinople says that a definite
agreement between the Government and
the committee of union and progress
has been concluded. Abdul Ilamid is
to remain as Sultan of Turkey , but the
present cabinet will resign.
Religious and anti-European out
breaks from end to end of the em
pire overshadowed the fight for consti
tutional freedom with the Byzantine
capital as its vortex. Mussulman piety
in all its fanaticism has been let loose
and cries of "Death to the Franks I * '
have drowned the speeches of the con
stitutional leaders of the army sur
rounding Constantinople who are seek'
ing to insure- the peaceful abdication
of Sultan Abdul Ilamid and the estab
lishment of parliamentary rule.
From Beilan pass , Alexaudretta ,
Hadjin , Marash , Aintab , Mersina ,
Adana and Tarsus come shocking re
ports of fresh outrages in which Chris
tians and Armenians have paid the toll
by thousands of lives. In Monastic
1,500 Albanians revolted , terrorizing
the district and killing their colonel
and a large number of Young Turk of
ficers , as well as the mayor. Advices
from Uskup , 100 miles from" Saloiiicn ,
say that the rising has spread through
out the whole of Northern Macedonia.
Eight thousand armed Albanians havn
overawed the small bodies of troops rr--
maining in the country , and Christian
families are lleciug. Crowds are tak
ing refuge in the Greek and Servian
consulates.
The adjustment of the Sultan's status
with the Constitutionalists is now a
matter of secondary importance. Work
ing in scores , fanatics of a new party ,
the party of religious zealots , have cir
culated among the troops and the sail
ors of the fleet and poisoned their
minds both against their leaders ami
the Sultan.
DEATH TAKES GOV. ULLEY.
Peaceful End of Executive Is in Con
trast with. Career.
Surrounded by his family of wife
and three children and by his brother
and sister , Governor George L. Lilley ,
after a day of sinking spells , died at
7:26 o'clock Wednesday night in the
executive mansion on Farmington ave
nue , Hartford , Conn. Following his
fight in Congress in the submarine boat
exposures a year ago and his guberna
torial campaign of last summer and
fall , Mr. Lilley returned to , his home in
TVaterbury , Conn. , in a state of nerv
ous collapse , which -was not benefited
by the criticism which greeted his first
message as Governor. A trip to a New-
Jersey sanitarium failed to benefit Mr.
Lilley , and following his return to
Hartford he gradually failed , the final
dissolution being due to kidney troube ,
which affected his heart and tended to
intestinal poisoning. Lieutenant Gov
ernor Weeks will at once assume office.
DEMAND 86,000 OB WILL
Members of n Gan Terrorize Minne-
Hota. Farmer with Grave Threats.
Sis young men have been arrested in
Preston , Minn. , on suspicion of threaten
ing murder and kidnaping. Their names
are kept secret until others believed to
belong to the same gang are gathered in.
Emil Dreckman , a farmer , is the com
plainant. He says he recently received a
letter demanding § 6.000 in cash and whea
he ignored it a second note warned him
to hurry with the payment. Later his
house was surrounded one night by a
crowd of fifteen men and boys who fired
shots and shouted threats. Promising to
kill any who invaded his home , he held
the gang at bay until daylight , when all
left. A box of dynamite was found on
his porch and a note saying if he did
not pay , his little boy would be stolen or
himself killed. The investigation and ar
rests followed.
PITTSBTJBG FACEffG CAE STBEKE
Employes Decide to "Walk Ont TJnle
Company Grants Conce.s.slonn.
By a vote of 2,288 to 123 , the em
ployes of the Pittsburg Railways Com
pany have decided to strike unless the
company makes concessions. The com
pany's offer to renew the last year's
jEcale was rejected. The company refused
to grant the advance in wages demanded-
by the men and the vote to strike was
taken. The company says it will put on
new men if the old men quit work.
Thousands of applications- employ
ment have been received. President W.
D. Mahon of Detroit , head of the nation
al railway employes' organization , is re
ported to be on his way to advise wiU
tba men
