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THE SANDERSVILLE HERALD.
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Loss From Flames at Rawhide,
Nevada, Over $1,000,000.
SECRET PRICE IS FIJJJi ™ people mwa.
bis nomination as the can'; u *te' for
v{ce president bv IL** national 4 ,po-
OVER 3,000 ARE HOMELESS I ceptance Professor W***nins declared
[that the saloon Is u oonK-d in the Unit
ed States,
Collar makers employed l>y a man
ufacturer at Galesburg, 111., seut Wil
liam Jennings Bryan a collar for Mr.
Bryan's mascot mule. Every man in
the shop took part in making the col
lar.
The Bryan democrats of Baltimore
are organizing a company to start a
morning paper. The bolt of the Sun
, * a large audience in Brown
Be.etc * vorthern Uni-
vers!ty * at* 1 Ada, or.--'i Fw T.e«V UftiDTt For Cotton
s. Watkins was official, notified of 1
hi
Crop of 1908-09.
Volunteer Fire Department, Assisted By
500 Miners, Worked Heroically
to Save the Place.
Rawhide, Nev.—Three thousand
people homeless, a score or more in
jured. and a property loss of over
$1,000,000, Is the result of a disas
trous fire which started in Dr. Gard
PRESIDENT BARRETT TALKS
He Says Union Has Adopted Plans
Which Will Insure Prosperity to
Cotton Growers.
irous lire wau n sinriru . . | eaveS Mr. Bryan out of the morning
ner s office, located n ** ‘ newspapers in Baltimore and the Hal-
Drug Company s building. Panned bj (|more l)aper8 covcr Maryland.
gale the fire swept rapidly south
and east to Balloon avenue and up
papers cover Maryland.
A socialist speaker in New York
Fort Worth, Texas.—The issue be
tween the cotton producers of Amer
ica as represented to the Framers'
Union, and those to whom he sells his
staple was formally Joined when the
national convention reached Its deter
mination with regard to a selling price
and methods of marketing.
When President Barrett of the Fnr-
rnent concerning the prospects for the
coming autumn, as affected by action
taken, he said:
“We have formulated plans, which.
heroically, but on account of tbe in-
flammable construction of the build
ings they were swept away like tin
der.
In a short time the business por-
tidon of Rawhide wa3 a smoldering
ruin, the flames being finally cheeked
south of Balloon avenue.
Rawhide avenue to within fifty yards | Kf 11 8t) eloquent recently In telling nicra > Union was asked for a stnte-
of the People's hospital. ; ,lbout the *wful condition of the work-
Over a ton and a half of dvnamite ">8 »>«>> that one of them who was
was used in the demolition of build- listening to him tried to commit sul-
ings, which in a measure stayed the j c ' de on the spot. _ _
flames' progress. Th- volunteer fire [ General Jacob S. Coxey, who led If followed closely, will insure the cot-
department and 50j miners worked | the army of unemployed men from his ton growers of the south the most
prosperous year in their history. We
have learned from the experience of
the past few' years, and you can as
sure the commercial Interests of the
south that the Farmers' Union Is pre
pared to do Its part In guaranteeing
the material welfare of the section for
the forthcoming twelve months.
“Our rnnk and file now know their
strength and their weakness. They
are going to make the most of the
one. and be watchful of the other.
If every member of this union does
not obtain a price for his cotton this
year commensurate with its value and
ills labors, It will not be because plans
have not been laid carefully, scrupu
lously and painstakingly to that end,"
The adjustable scale of prices fixed
for the crop of 1908-09, the concen
tration of the power of disposition In
a few hands, and the close alliance
with spinners, together with arrange
ments for withholding cotton from the
market In such quantities and at such
times as the situation dictates, all
conspire to place the plans of the
union on a businesslike basis. It Is
the opinion of the highest officials of
the union that the steps taken at the
convention this year will Inaugurate
a new era in the matter of securing
a full money return for the backtbone
crop of the southern states.
As President Barrett expressed It,
home In Ohio to Washington fourteen
years ago, has anounced that he In
tends to work for the populist party
and for the election of Thomas E.
Watson during the presidential cam
paign.
Jay W. Forrest of New York, chair
man of the national committee of the
Among the first buildings to go was people’s party, has established south-
Collins' hardware store, which con- western headquarters for the populist
tained two tons of dynamite that ex-! organization at St. Louis. According
ploded with a terrific rip, hurling ( 0 Chairman Forrest the populists will
burning planks and boards a great dis- , )0 n one million votes In November,
tanee, setting fire to numerous build- E w chafln prohllbltl0 n candidate
ings simultaneously for the presidency, In aspeech de-
The scenes were slml ar to those at j , ivered at s , )0kane> * 8ald that
the fire at Goldfield in July 1906, one of tbe flrBt things he would do
nnd at Cripple t leek In April, 1896. a fj er inauguration, should he be elect-
Many people were injured .jy flying ; e( j would be to clean up the District
debris, ; of Columbia. He said Washington
A famine was feared, as all the sup- wn „ one of the vlleBt cltleB , n the
ply houses and grocery stores were world
wiped out The political situation In New York
A subscript on list was star ed. and tftte h ‘ a been Jolted b , he anil0 unce-
in a few minutes over $o 000 was ment that 0o vernor Hughes was kiss-
raised and a relief train started from 1
Reno, carrying food and bedding.
All the mining towns of the Btate
came quickly to the assistance of Raw-
hide sufferers with cash contributions.
San Francisco Mining Exchange at
once sent a contribution of $500.
A partial list of the heaviest losers
follows:
Hughes
ed “by a striking blonde,” after his
speech at a county fair. Just where
the brunette Influence will be thrown
Is nn open question.
Exhausted by ten speeches, Eugene
V. Leas, candidate for president on
the socialist ticket, arrived at Kan
sas City on his red special from Des-
First Bank of Rawhide. Bank of Moin ? B - Mr Debs was greeted by a _
Rawhide. Press-Times building, Mlz-: f rowd of a hundred or more social- .. each one of the many million people
pah Mercantile Company, Nevada l8, f- °n ,sid f of a few reporters Mr. ln the south dependent upon the pro-
Meat Market, the Northern Texas,! Pfh. 8 refused to see anyone. To the duction of cotton ln Its Innumerable
Richards, Marks & Co., Nevada Club, 1 , ne wspapermen, Mr. Debs said that phases will have reason to look with
Downer Hotel Kelly’s dance hall. ' he ''^ contemplating taking his red Kra , it ude on the wisdom of the dele-
The fire destroyed the hoisting j K Al f n ron J °T„ i’ T
works of the Bluff Mining Coompany,! , ham *£ a ” , to campaign for the strik-
Grutt Hill properties and the Grutt ,ng COfl l miners there,
business office, the loss on these' i*- was decided and announced Hint
amounting to $10,000, which Is the Judge Taft with his fnmily would ac-
extent of damage done the mining | cept the hospitality of his brother, faction favoring 12 cents and another
gratitude
retnq to this convention before the
union shall have again been called
into annual session.’’
Much controversy, It Is understood,
arose over the price to be fixed, one
Summer Visitors are Lost Whilo Boating
at Deer Island.
Deer Isle, Maine.—Seven summer
visitors out of a party of ten were
drowned by the capsizing of a 35-foot
sloop in Penobscot Bay, off this
island. The drowned are; Mies Al
ice Torro, Washington, D. C.; Miss
Eleanor Toro, Washington, D. C.;
Miss Kellog, Baltimore; Lutie Kel
logg, Baltimore; Mrs. Lucy S. Craw
ley, Philadelphia- Miss Elizabeth G.
Evans, Mount Holyoke Seminary, Mas
sachusetts; Jason C. Hutchins, of
Ilangor. Those saved were: Captain
Haskell, Deer Isle; Professor Edward
Crawley, Philadelphia, husband of
Mrs. Crawley; Henry B. Evans, Mt.
Holyoke, brother of Miss Elizabeth Ev
ans.
With Captain Samuel Haskell, the
party of light hearted summer people
started out for a sail in Penobscot
Bay. The wind was from the south
west and squally. The sloop was of
the "open" variety.
It had no deck forward and no
cabin, nnd it contained no ballast, as
the party of ten weighted the boat
down quite heavily,.and Captain Has
kell, an experienced navigator in these
waters, thought that the craft would
. be well balanced. The party had
scarcely been gone an hour before the
wind freshened ui), keeling the sloop
well over, and dashing the spray upon
the occupantB.
All the party were perched high on
the weather side, as the sloop cut
through the waves with the water al
most coming over the gunwales on the
lee side, when Captain Haskell gave
a shout of warning that he was going
to tack and then threw over the tiller.
Just at this moment the boat rose
high up on a wave, exposing her to
the full brunt of the wind. An un
usually heavy gust struck her and
In a twinkling the sloop went over
on her beam ends, and the party of
ten were thrown into the water.
For one brief moment It was every
one for one’s self. Weighted down
with their water-soaked clothes and
chilled through by the cold water, the
women were unable to keep them
selves afloat. Some had grabbed the
person nearest them by the neck and
in some Instances they had gone
down together, clasped in each oth
er’s arms.
The three men ln the tender found
that they were almost as incapable of
giving assistance ln their boat as If
they had been In the water.
Of the rest of the party but two
were in sight and the boat was
headed for them. They were Lutie
Kellogg nnd Miss Evans. They were
unconscious, and although the rescu
ers worked vigorously over them all
efforts to restore life failed. Tho
bodies were taken ashore.
properties. I Charles P. Taft, when he goes to du
rians were well under way for a cinnati «at least for the first few weeks
reconstruction of the town before the
ashes were cool.
The Press-Times and Rustler news
of the campaign.
Scores of republican spellbinders
received a shock when Frank 11.
paper offices were saved, although 1 Hitchcock, the national chairman, an
the machinery of the news plant was bounced that in the present campaign
destroyed no ea * ai 'tes-'\vill be paid to. speakers.
TRADE BOOMING IN MANY LINES.
Many Industries Showed an Increased
Activity in July,
Washington. D. C.—Notably Increas
ed activities in a number of lines of
Industry in the United States are
shown in the July report of the bu-
14 cents. The discussion 4}t times be
came so heated and bitter that it was
feared the delegates would come to
blows, hut President Barrett and oth
er cool heads succeeded In allaying
threatened trouble. When the matter
finally came to a vote a 12-cent mini
mum proposition was defeated, but a
Expenses will be allowed, hut the fat I resolution was adopted providing that
salaries which were paid In the earn- \ the price fixed which could not be as-
paigns of 1900 and 1904 will be kept 1 certained, shall be ln force only for
thirty days, the national handling com
mittee being empowered to raise or
lower it as the size of the crop then
seems to Justify.
The following officers were re-elect
ed: Charles S. Barrett, Georgia, presi
dent; J. E. Montgomery, Tennessee,
in the treasury for other and more
urgent needs.
Mr Bryan visited St. Paul, Minn.,
and delivered several speeches in
which he expressed himself as being
satisfied that Governor John A. John-
- — — -- | son of Minnesota, his leading rival, , -• — , •
reau of statistics of the department for the nomination before the Den- vice president; R. H. McCulloch, of
of commerce and labor, which has ver convention, will loyally support I Arkansas, secretary and treasurer;
just been issued. There is a con- him In the coming campaign. directors: W. A. Morris, Alabama; T.
siderablv heavier live stock movement After lomr debate the Cent ml Fed ' M. Jefferds Oklahoma; I. N. McCol-
reported for the seven months end-; ermed l nmn wblcit’ is \he cemral o7. li8ter ' ^uisia^.
ing with July than for the correspon- ganizatnm of^tbe^ hibor^unions ^ of I FEDERAL EMPLOYEES WARNED.
ding period of either of the two Im
mediately preceding two years. Grain
receipts for July increased over the
preceding month and also over July
of last year. Lumber and coal move
ments, as well as the production of
iron, continue to show marked ad
vances over tbe preceding months of
American Federation of Labor, adopt- , n Regard to Participation in Polit-
ed a resolution pledging support Lo ica ( Campaigns.
Washington, D. C.—A note of warn-
the democratic ticket.
The independence league appeared
for the first time at the receut elec
tion in Vermont, ar.d polled about 1,-
l 000 votes, while the prohibition and
the year, although the total is still . ..
below the heavy figures of July, 1907.
More than 70 per cent of the report
ing car associations show gains over
socialist vote remained about the
same.
In an open letter to friends in Tex
FATAL FREIGHT WRECK.
Engine Rolled Down an Embankment
Scalding Fireman.
Macon, Ga.—Tom Turner, an extra
fireman, was scalded to death, and
Engineer T. C. Benett and Conductor
J. J. Rhodes were severely injured
when the engine of an extra freight
on the Southern railway jumped the
track on a siding at Scotland and
turned down a steep embankment. A
rail turned on the siding while some
cars were being moved. When the en
gine left the tracks all the men on
board jumped except the fireman, who
was scalded to death under the heavy
wreckage.
Conductor Rhodes was brought to
the Macon hospital. The other injur
ed persons were taken to their homes.
the preceding months of the current as William Jennings Bryan makes an
vear. Live stock reports at seven inte- 1 appeal to the Catholic vote. He pre-
fior primary markets aggregated 2> . [ faces his statement by references to
784 193 head [reports alleged to have ‘been circulat-
With returns from forty-five leading , cd iu En e present campaign to the ef-
cities the (building operations for July £ ect *hat he was not and never had
showed imnrovement, a small gain be en disposed in a manner toward
over the remarkably large business Catholics. This Mr Bryan denies,
of July of last year being reported. B ™* whl * e declar n S he > 8 a member
Packing house products, receipts of the Pi eeuyterian church he says
southern pine at New York, pig Iron he includes many Catholics among
and other productions show’ed gains [ 1118 deaiest fi lends. __
over the preceding month. I “My gracious! It used to be that
Coal and coke traffic over sevfen ’ when I said a thing was to be done,
eastern coal carrying roads during! that settled It. But it does not seem
July, 1908, .aggregating M&1.996 tons, j to be that way now. In these words,
was far in excess of the preceding j addressed to a recent visitor to Sag-
months’ totals, though still nearly 3,-1 amore Hill, President Roosevelt show-
000,000 tons below the like shipments ed that he chafed under the defiant
for July, 1907. The increase over the attitude of the leaders of the republi-
June figures Is largely due to the 1,- can state organization on tho ques-
000,000-ton increase in shipments of tion of renominating Governor
bituminous coal. Hughes for governor of New York.
Henry Waterson, editor of the Lou
isville Courier-Journal, has given out
a letter from Bishop Walters calling
on negroes to vote the democratic
ticket to secure fair treatment.
W. J. Bryan will wnite each week
until election a letter to be sent to
every precinct democratic club in the
country, giving advice and suggestion
as to the campaign.
The democratic national committee
on college clubs organization includes
the following southern members: F.
H. Weston, South Carolina' H. H.
Wallace, Athens, Ga.; M. T. Ormand,
Alabama; A. A. Murphree, Florida;
Luke Lea, Tennessee; C. Irving Carey,
Virginia; R. E. L. Saner, Texas; Josh
ua W. Herring, Maryland, and J. W.
Swartz, Oklahoma.
The organization of the eastern de
partment of the democratic national
committee has been completed and
National Chairman Norman E. Mack
has officially announced that National
Committeeman Robert S. Hudspeth,
of New Jersey, had been chosen vice
eSauuni o] aaujiuuioa oqi jo umiuimp
the democratic campaign in the east.
The democratic national commit
tee has decided to establish an anti
trust bureau In New York. William
H. Black has been made head of the
bureau of statistics and William Hoge
the chairman of the commercial trav
elers’ bureau.
FOUR MEN SUFFOCATED.
Fire In Fore Peak of British Bark
Puritan.
Botson, Mass.—Succumbing to tbe
deadly fumes of burning pitch and
oakum, deep down in the fore peak
of the British bark Puritan, four sea
men were suffocated and a fifth was
partly overcome. The dead are Har
ry E. Oden, Carl Morsen, Peterson
Beck, George Sunblade.
The fire, which caused only slight
damage, is supposed to have been
caused by spontaneous combustion.
Ing against federal employees resign
ing to participate in political cam
paigns with the expectation of possi
bly re-entering the service is sound
ed ln a statement given out by the
civil service commission defining its
attitude.
Inasmuch as the issuance of a cer
tificate is discretionary with the com
mission,’’ says the letter, which is
signed by President John R. Black,
"no certificate will be issued in any
case where the party seeking rein
statement resigned with a view to
running for office or indulging in a
degree of political activity which
would he prohibited if he had remain
ed in the service, afterwards having
failed in his candidacy, or having in
dulged in the contemplated political
activity, seeks reinstatement.”
AGED WOMAN CREMATED.
Gadsden, Ala.—Mrs. Elizabeth Mc-
Neal, aged 75 years, and her invalid
daughter-in-law, Mrs. Joe McNeal,
aged 50 years, were burned to death
In a fire which destroyed their home
on Lookout Mountain, eight miles
north of this city.
Government Cotton Crop Report.
Washington, D. C.—The crop report
of the department of agriculture
shows that the average condition of
the cotton crop on August 25 was 76.1
per cent of a normal. This compared
with 83 on July 25, last; 72.2 on Aug
ust 25, 1907; 77.3 on August 25, 1906;
and 73.9 the average of August 25 con
ditions for the past ten years.
Fears For Safety of Ship.
San Francisco, Cal.—Gravest fears
are entertained for the safety of the
British steamer Aeon, which cleared
from this port for Sydney and has not
yet arrived here. The steamer Lord
Sefton, of the same ine, ha3 arrived
at Auckland and reports no sign of
the Aeon
$500,000,000 in United States Vault
Washington, D. C. — Uncle Sam,
enriched $500,000,000 by the provis
ions of the Vreeland-Aldrch emergen-
j cy currency measure, has so much
! money on hand that he cannot wait
1 for the construction of the new vaults
; in the treasury building, but has rent-
j ed storage vaults in the Union Trust
| building and placed relays of armed
guards both inside and outside of tho
I banking offices, to protect the millions
1 of dollars awaiting the call of an
j emergency that may never material
ize.
SAVED FROM INSTANT DEATH.
A. L. Banks Lassosd as He Was Go
ing Over Precipice.
San Bernardino, Cal.—Archie L.
Hanks, a prominent resident of Phil
adelphia, was saved from Instant
death by William Rogers of New
York. In a most remarkable manner
ln the mountains near here.
A party of four—James Archer of
London, William Rogers and Robert
Shea of New York and Mr. Banks—
were riding on one of the slopes on
the San Bernardino,
, Banks' horse slipped nnd he rolled
down an embankment toward a prec
ipice. At the veiw brink he grapsed
a small bush, which was about to give
way under the 6train, when there was
the swish of a lasso and the imperiled
man found himself encircled by n
rope, thrown with unerring aim by
Rogers. With the exception of a few
bruises and a severe nervous shock
Banks was uninjured.
SEVEN MILLION WOMEN.
Council Now Said to Have That Mem
bership—Opens in Geneva.
Geneva, Switzerland.—The interna
tional council of women, which was
organized by American women at the
Chicago world’s fair ln 1893, and
whose membership totals about 7,000,-
000, representing all parts of the
world, met hem. The work of the
council was preliminary to the great
congress of women to be held next
year at Toronto, Canada. The Amer
ican delegates present were Mrs. Kate
Barrett, the vice (president of the
American council, and the Rev. Anna
Shaw.
WOMAN KILLS HUSBAND.
Says H-3 Was Mean to Her and
Abused Her.
Jonesboro, Ark.—Mrs. Arch Pickett
shot and killed her husband, a well
known resident of Jonesboro, because,
she alleges, he was "mean to her and
abused her.”
Mrs. Pickett escaped with her step
father, a prominent farmer, but both
were arrested later. Mrs. Pickett
confessed.
FIRE SWEEP* TREES
Calaveras Grove, One of Won*
ders of World, in Peril.
“MOTHER OF FOREST” BURNED
Famous Tree Was 327 High, With a
Trunk 78 Feet in Circumference, and
Will Take Week* to Consume It.
Sonora, Cal. — The Calaveras group
of big trees, one of the natural won
ders of the world, is in serious dan
ger of destruction by fire. Starting
from sparks thrown off by tut engine
used to haul logs, the fire quickly
spread to the heavy timber a mile
west of the north grove of big trees.
All the forest rangers in the district
were quickly gathered aud they, to
gether with the settlors, many visit
ors living in camps around and in the
grove and the employees of the Big
Tree hotel, have fought the flames
ever since.
The dead giants, however, will prob
ably be destroyed. Already, "The
Mother of the Forest," a great dead
hulk, at the edge of the grove, is
aflame, and like a gieat glowing
torch Is threatening its living neigh
bors, "The Mother” lies 327 feet long,
with a trunk 78 feet ln circumference,
and it will take perhaps weeks for
the flames to consume it.
The destruction of the big grove
would be little short of a calamity.
The only living specimens of the Se-
quloas glgantea. or big trees, are
those found ln California, and there
are but four groups of these, contain
ing many notable trees.
The Calaveras grove Is probably the
most remarkable.
The fire burned the south side of
Alpine ridge, and a large' force of
men turned out to fight it. I^ater it
broke out ln three places, and. fanned
by a strong wind, again turned toward
the great grove. Soon a blaze was
seen to break from the top of Gen
eral Grant, one of the finest of the
giant trees. The upper branch of
Garfield, standing nearby, also caught
fire, but the fire did not burn lower
down in either of these trees.
People ln the vicinity are much dis
tressed, and have turned out for miles
to assist the forest rangers. It is be
lieved that no one has perished al
though deer and mortals are fleeing
from the country. A mountain lion
and a deer were seen running side
by side, paying no attention to each
other,intent only on saving, their lives.
PLAN TO TEACH WOMEN
To Alight From Street Car Facing
Front, Instead of Rear.
Chicago, 111.—A device for the pur
pose of making women get off a
street car without facing backward
is being tried by the Chicago City
Railway company.
The scheme was discovered in con
nection with the pay-as-you enter type
type of cars, which have a handle on
I the front door. Observing inspectors
found that women in alighting seized
the handle and, clinging to it, swung
around to the outside door, alighting
with their- faces toward the rear.
The remedy consists of the removal
of the handle. Under the new plan
the door is opened by a mechanical
device operated by the motorman.
The passenger has nothing to grasp
except a handle at the forward end of
the step, and seemingly cannot help
facing forward when leaving the car.
PROTEST OF EMPLOYEES.
Will Ask Louisiana to Stop Fight on
Increased Freight Rates.
New Orleans, La.—At a meeting
held here of representatives of all
branches of organized labor employed
by railroads a committee was appoint
ed to visit Baton Rouge, the state
capital, and urge the Louisiana rail
road commission to desist from its
efforts to prevent the railroads from
raising their freight rates. The rail
road trainmen and others say that
they are convinced that if the rail
roads fail in their efforts to raise
their freight rates, that a cut in the
wages of all employes will result. The
committee was also instructed to in
form the interstate commerce com
mission of the position they had tak
en.
LEPER UETS PENSION.
Legal Difficulties Surround Plan, But
Will Be Overcome.
Washington, D. C.—John R. Early,
the Washington leper, will receive t
pension of $72 a month for total dis
ability incurred while a soldier in the
United States army. The case has
been placed in the hands of the judge
advocate general of the army for the
solution of the problem of the pay
ment of a pension to a leper who can
not, by reason of his affliction, dis
pense with the money.
I ATE IIE*S NOTES.
ANTI-BUCKETSHOP LAW.
It is Effective in New York—Will Aid
Regular Exchange.
New York City.—The so-called anti-
bucketshop law which was enacted by
the legislature this year and approv
ed by Governor Hughes has been put
into operation in this city. Charles
H. Badeau, president of the Consoli
dated Stock exchange, said that as a
result of the new law the exchange
expects a considerable Increase in
business. He said that numerous In
quiries had been made since the pas
sage of the law by buclcetshop men
to secure direct representation on the
consolidated exchange, but that all
such efforts h‘ad been fruitless.
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OVER A SCORE DROWNED.
British Bark Amazon Wrecked
Bodies Washed Ashore.
Neath, Wales.—The Britishh bark
Amazon, for Iquique from • Port Tal
bot, has been wrecked near the latter
port. Only five out of her crew of
thirty-two were saved. Six bodies
already have been washed aslioje.
It is feared that all the rest of the
crew of the Amazon were drowned.
The bark was driven ashore during
the night of the storm and soon be
came a total wreck.
Hullding Statistics Issued.
Washington, D. C.—The total cost
of the buildings erected in .lie prin
cipal cities of the United States in
1907 was $661,076,286, a net decrease
of $17,634,683 from the figures of 1906.
In the cities showing a decrease in
building, New Y’ork takes the lead
with a falling off of $141,591,982 or
26.94 per cent.
Is a Brother of Czolgosz.
Sharon, Pa.—John Czolgoz, a broth
er of President McKinleys’ assassin,
was sentenced to the workhouse for
three months on a charge of vagran
cy. The police claim Czolgoz is in
sane and his case will be investigat
ed.
Woman Hurt at Bargain Counter.
Loganspcrt, Ind.—Shopping in this
city is strenuous. During a rush of
shoppers in a five and ten-cent store
that was having a baragin sale on
granite ware. Miss Bessie Baker, 20
years old, fainted after getting a dish
pan. She was carried outside and her
first words on recovering were:
"Where’s my pan; where’s my pan?”
An unknown boy was knocked down
and trampled, suffering a fractured
arm. Many received bad bumps and
bruises and torn dresses.
General,
A shortage of unwArdc .
has been discovered in tlie i
supplies and vouchers In the L"' lU ot
poetofflee at Havana, of which « al
Rodriguez iB chief. Rodr ? 0r
not been seen, in Havana J 138
service police are unable to n’
him. Rodriguez held the saL a ' e
as Charles F. Noilly, who nrL ‘’° 8t
vlcted of extensive frauds durn,
first American intervention. ’ 10
The postponement until igi 7 Qf
Japanese International ex
which was to have been held in pn?’
has been officially announced Thu
postponement is due to ecouon tcii
rea8ona - a " d to the lack of time ,o
make the proper preparation for the
exposition. The date fixed is the St.
teenth anniversary of the sueceslon
o fthe emperor. 8
J. B. Poston, grand senior counsel,
lor of the United Commercial (revel
era of Texas, dropped dead while
playing a game of whist in Datdson
Texas His remains were shipped to
Memphis, Tenn., for burial He w»«
an ex-confederate soldier, serving
with Forrest during the civil v, ur . *
John G. Clifford, president ot the
United Oxygen and Chemical com.
lany, was blown to pieces at the
plant of the company at Niasam
Falls, N. Y., in the presence 0 f his
18-year-old son, Roger, when a tank
of oxygen, charged to 2,000 pounds
exploded. The boy was uninjured ’
Over 1,000,000,000 picture post cards
were mailed in Germany last year
•over 800,000,000 in Great Hritain’
more than 799,000,000 in this country
and about 665,000,000 ln Japan.
Potato bugs on the ruils at Uzy
Lane, Connectlcutt, Btalled a trolley
laden with excursionists bound to
Lake Compounce today, in spite of
the terrific slaughter the bugs held
possesion of the rails until the car
men could sand the tracks.
While the grading of Main street
Manassas, Va., was in progress re
cently the workmen discovered that
their picks went to a depth that In
dicated a subterranean cavity, upon
Investigation it was discovered that a
trc-uch to the depth of three feet had
been dug and a number of barrels of
flour put therein and concealed from
the enemy on the evacuation of Ma
nassas by the confederate troops. A
large quantity of barrel staves and a
white substance resembling decayed
flour were exhumed.
St. Louis reports a case of hypno
tism over the telephone at a distance
of one hundred and fifty miles.
The city authorities at Urbana, 111.,
are co-operating with the entomologi
cal department of the University of
Illinois in an effort to find out to what
extent house files breed in garbage
and to discover some method to put
an end to the breeding.
The German steamer Roon left Ere-
mantle, Australia recently , taking
nearjy l.OOO.CCO pounds sterling ln
gold for Germany.
Philadelphia is preparing to spend
$6,000,000 on new docks on the Dela
ware river water front.
A machine to cut grass where a
lawn mower cannot go and at the
same time trim the sod evenly has
been patented by an Indian man.
Andrew Carnegie has donated $7,-
000 for the relief of the families of
the seventy miners who lost their
lives as a result of an explosion in
the Maypole coal mine.
Antonio (Tony) Pastor, the theat
rical manager, died at his home In
New York, after an Ulness of several
weeks. He was 71 years old.
Secretary Irwin Shepard, of the Na
tional Educational Association, has
announced that tire department of su
perintendence would meet in Chicago
February 23, 1909. The meeting was
to have been held ln Oklahoma City,
but the destruction of u leading hotel
there by fire necessitated a change'.
Between 1,000 and 1,600 principals, su
perintendents and college presidents
will attend the meeting.
Washington.
Rear Admiral Edwin Fithiun, retir
ed, chief engineer of the United States
' navy, died at his home In Bridge-
; town, N. J.
The Portuguese chamber of depu-
j ties has approved the extradition
treaty between the United States and
: Portugal. The treaty provides lor ex-
! tradition for twenty-one specific of*
fenees. It excepts political offenders)
but specifies that the authors of at
tempts against rulers shall not be
considered as such.
Statistics of the employes in the ex
ecutive civil service of the United
States have just been published by
the census bureau. Exclusive of the
consular and diplomatic service there
are 286,902 classified employes, ot
whom only 13,821 are women. In the
District of Columbia three women are
employed to every seven men; m 1110
country at large, one woman to iwen-
tv-five men. At the national cop't®
the average wage for men is $1,1‘ 8 »
for women $676.
The Argentine republic is preparing
for war with Brazil, according to in
formation reaching the state depai •
ment at Washington. To officials o.
Argentine there Is apparently no nil 8
tery about the recent order by
government, of Brazil for the build ns
of three powerful warships 01
Dreadnaught type. It turns out
the protests of the Brazilian na | a d .
thorities that tho ships were
ed for Brazil and not for sale to
other power, Is probably correct, 1
they are part of the armament <.
which Brazil proposes in the near
ture to make war upon Argentm
public. Argentine is making P r ‘‘
atlons to meet the situation am •
chamber of deputies have voted to ,
000,000 for armaments.
Wade H. Ellis, now attorney 8 en ® r 0 ‘
al of Ohio, has been tendered oy
president and has accepted the P
tion of assistant to the attorney 6
eralf- recently held by Milton • .. .
dy. Mr. Ellis will assume the dUl '
of his new position as soon a
business of his present office tj
mit, which will require his at
for some weeks. ,
Systematic Investigation > , s
government of the Philippine^ ‘
reveals the fact that the gi' 01 1 (1)0
sists of 2,600 islands, while be on ^
American occupation tbe nunim
estimated at 1,200.