Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, October 20, 1906, Page 4

FEDERAL JUDGE CRITICISES VIO- LATION OF LAW BY THE NEW YORK CENTRAL. New York, Oct. 20.—Judge Holt, in the United States circuit court, has imposed a fine of $108,000 on the New York Central and Hudson River Rail- road company for granting rebates to Lowell M. Palmer, who has charge of transportation for the American Sugar Refining company. There were six counts and a fine of $18,000 was im- posed in each. Frederick L. Pomero assistant tratic manager of the New York Cen- tral, was fined $1,000 on each count, a total of $6,000. “Such a violation of law,” said Judge Holt in passing sentence, “is much more heinous than the ordinary common, vulgar crimes usually brought before the criminal courts. Those are crimes of sudden passion and temptation. These crimes we are dea..ng with were committed by men of education, business experience and standing in the community and as such they should be expected to set an example of obedience to the law, on the maintenance of which the se- curity of their property depends. “This corporation received large and valuable public privileges. It was un- der the highest obligations to treat all citizens alike. Under these circum- stances and for an offense so clearly flagrant it is the duty of the court to impose a penalty commensurate with the gravity of the offense.” MURPHY IS SUMMONED. Tammany Leader Asked to Tell Grand Jury of Corruption, New York, Oct. 20.—Charles F. Mur- phy, boss of Tammany Hall, has been summoned by District Attorney Je- rome to verify before the grand jury an accusation which he made to the newspapers that Independence league managers were demanding blackmail from Tammany nominees for the with- drawal of league candidates named against them. Murphy asserted that it had been intimated to him that Judge Otto A. Rosalsky. a Republican, had paid the Independence league managers for his place on the league’s ticket. A subpoena was also issued for Francis Sheber, an Independence league candidate for congress, who was quoted in an afternoon paper as saying that he personally knew of a Tammany man approaching an Inde- pendence league nominée and de- manding money for placing the league man’s name on the Tammany ticket. _ AUTOMOBILE OVERTURNS. @ne of the Occupants Killed and An- other Injured. Waltham, Mass., Oct. 20.—By the overturning of an automobile at the foot of a long hill between Wayland and Sudbury Central, Mrs. Fred N. Dillon of Fitchburg was killed and Mrs. George P. Grant, Jr, also of Fitchburg, sustained a fracture of two ribs and other Injuries. George P. Grant, Jr., who was operating the ma- chine, escaped practically unharmed. Grant lost control of the machine through its continual swaying and it shot over a four-foot embankment and landed in a meadow upside down with its occupants beneath it. Liabilities of $1,200,000. Turin, Italy, Oct. 20.-—The liabilities of the banking house of Zuckermann & Co., which closed its doors Thurs- day, are estimated at about $1,200,000 and it is believed that the assets will amount to about the same sum. Death for Criminal Assault. Alexandria, La., Oct. 20.—A verdict imposing the death penalty on Thomas Brady, a white man, for a criminal assault upon a sixteen-year-old girl has been returned by the jury which tried him. TO SERVE HIS SENTENCE. Benator Burton Will Monday Next. Abllene, Kan., Oct. Ralph Burton, former senator from K: ton, Mo., Monday next. ¥l her husband’s release. Mr. Burton, at his home here, re- celved a telegram from F. H. Lehman, his attorney, at St. Louls, announcing had made arrange- the ex-senator to be in court in that city on Monday morning next, when the mandate of the United States supreme court, upholding his sentence, will he formally presented Burton given in charge of the that the latter _ ments for and Mr. court officials, Immediately upon receipt of the telegram from Attorney Lehman Mr. Burton began the final arrangements for his departure from Abilene. He Burton ~ would accompany him to St. Louls and later to Ironton, taking up her residence in announced that Mrs. that city. RUSSIAN RAILROAD DISASTER. One Hundred Persons Reported Killed or Injured, Bt. Petersburg, Oct. 20.—It is report- ed that 100 persons have been killed or Injured as the result of a railroad accident at Oka, on the Moscow-Kursk line, Surrender on 20.—Joseph United States sas, will begin serv- Ing his six montns’ sentence at Iron- He will be accompanied to Ironton by Mrs. Bur- ton, who will remain in that town un- Extent of Damage by Hurricane at Miami, Fla, New York, Oct. 20.—Communica- tlon with Miami, Fla,, has been re- stored by the Western Union Tele- graph company. Miaml reports that the hurricane struck the coast there at 6 o'clock Wednesday morning and lasted until 2:30 in the afternoon. The trainsheds and docks at Miaml were badly damaged. The Methodist church and a number of houses were un- roofed. Reports Very Severe Storm, New York, Oct. 20.—The Western Union Telegraph company has re- established communication with Ha- vana. The Havana office reports that the storm there was very severe. Much damage was done to shipping in the harbor and many trees on the prado were uprooted. Nineteen per- sons are known to be dead and many others were injured by the storm. Brooklyn Again Floated. ‘Washington, Oct. 20. — Secretary. Bonaparte has been unofficially noti- fled that the cruiser Brooklyn has been floated and is all right. SMALL BANK CLOSED, Washington Branch of Montana Instl- tution Is in Trouble. ‘Washington, Oct. 20.—The Aetna Banking and Trust company (branch) of Washington has been closed by direction of the acting comptroller of the currency and Robert Lyons has been appointed receiver. This- com- pany is a branch of the Aetna Banking and Trust company of Butte, Mont., Incorporated under the laws of West Virginia. The assets and liabilitles, according to the last statement, are $123,943. Submarine Boat Full of Water. * Paris, Oct. 20.—A special dispatch to the Temps from Bizerta says that the divers have established that the submarine boat Lutin, which sank with sixteen persons on board, is ful} of water. W. C. T. U, PROCEEDINGS. Delegates From Various Countries Make Reports. Boston, Oct. 19.—At the day’'s ses- slon of the World's W. C. T. U. the delegates representing different coun- tries reported on the Young Women’s Christian Temperance union move- ment. Miss Anna A. Gordon of Evanston, I, followed with her report as sec- retary of the Loyal Temperance le- gion, the children’s organization allied with the W. C. T. U. Reports by two or three world’s missionaries were. followed by the re- port of Mrs. Wilbur F. Crafts of Washiugton, secretary of thé Sunday school department, Center of Storm at Sea. ‘Washington, Oct, 20.—The weather bureau's general forecast says: The center of the tropical disturbance is apparently at sea, some distance off the Carolina coast. Its influence, how- ever, still extends to the South Atlan- tic coast, where winds have increased im strength over night. The Lava Lake of Hawail. One of the large volcanoes {n Hawall bas a large lake of liquid lava In its erater or hollow. This seething, boiling mass looks like redhot bottle glass to the naked eye, but under the micro- scope pleces of the original rocks of very minute size may be detected. Where it has cooled in curious festoons along the ‘“coast” it resembles slag from some mammoth furnace. the Human Body. The human body s an epitome in na- ture of all mechanics, all hydraulics, all architecture, all machinery of every kind. There are more than 810 mechan- leal. movements known to mechanics today, and all of these are but modifi- cations of those found In the human body. Here are found all the bars, levers, joints, pulleys, pumps, pipes, wheels and_axles, ball and socket movements, beams, girders, trusses, buffers, arches, columns, cables and supports known to sclence. At every point mman’s best mechanical work can be shown to be but adaptations of processes of the human body, a revela- tion of first principles used in nature. A Monster Musical Instrument. The most gigantic harp ever con- structed, as far as the record goes, was that made by Veritan, the provost of Burkli, near Basel, Switzerland, In 1787. 'I'hat was a long while ago, but the fame of M. Veritan’s gigantic harp was such that it is still occasionally mentioned by writers on the rare and the wonderful, just as the sea serpent, bloody rain, live mastodons, etc., are. M. Veritan’s colossal musical Inltnl ment was 320 feet in length, and, on that account, was constructed In an open lot instead of In a harp factory. It 'was most simple in construction, con- sisting of fifteen wires strung tightly between two poles. These wires were of different sizes, the largest being one- sixth of an inch in diameter and-the smallest one-twelfth of an inch. They were stretched north and south and in- clined in such a manner as to form an angle of from twenty to thirty degrees ‘with the horizon. This queer instrument was not Intended as an exaggerated toy, but was constructed for the ex- press purpose of foretelling changes In the weather, which were calculated by Professor Veritan according to the dif- ferent tones the instrument made when the wind was blowing through it. los.fl); lambs, §4.75@7.75. the package is large. Everything in the drug market. ROAR OF GUNS HEARD FOR MILE Trial of Monster British Battleship Successful, Portsmouth, Eng., Oct. 20.—British naval authorities are more than pleased with results of the trial of the battleship Dreadnought, This is be- cause there hus been some anxiety and gloomy prognostications that the Dreadnought would not stand the strain of the tremendous discharge of her great broadside fire and also be- cause the successful surmounting of her trials disproves completely the rumors that there was hurried work In the construction of the battleship. Even the elght-gun salvo, sald by those on board to have been terrify- ing, produced no serfous injury. No deckplates buckled nor was the blast dangerous, although there was some injury to the vessel's lighter fittings. One reason for this is found in the great length of her guns, which brings the muzzles clear of the ship's side when firing on the beam. 7 The discharge ©f all eight of the Dreadnought's ten and twelve-inch guns simultaneously represented three tons of metal in projectiles. The roar of this salvo was heard plainly in Portsmouth and all over the Isle of ‘Wight. EXODUS TO Droves of Laborers Going to Old Home for Holidays, New York, Oct. 20.—With the sail- ing of the steamer Republic of the ‘White Star line the annual exodus of Italian laborers, who go to Europe to pass the Christmas holidays, has be- gun. In the steerage on this liner were 724 persons, mostly Italian working- men. Persons who have to do with handling steerage traffic say it is al- most fmpossible to explain the large exodus in view of the great demand for labor in this country. ITALY. Balloonist Fatally Injured. Alliance, 0., Oct. 20.—Harry Jewell of Philadelphia was perhaps fatally injured here while attempting a bal- loon ascension. As the balloon arose it drifted against the cormer of a building, the shock throwing him out. His skull was fractured and he was seriously injured internally. BRIEF BITS OF NEWS. The Knights of Pythias have de- clded to hold the 1908 encampment in Boston. Colonel W. L. Hibbs, one of the few remaining ex-Confederate congress- men, Is dead at Dalton, Ga, aged ninety-two. Fire which started in the new five- story building of Oliver Rothert at Altoona, Pa., destroyed property to the value of nearly $500,000. At a meeting of ribbon manufactar- ers in New York city it was decided to advance prices from one-eighth to one-half cent per yard on all lines of ribbons. Dispatches to Dun’s Trade Review indicate further improvement in trade conditions on the whole, most cities reporting better weather for trading in seasonable goods. ‘William Dutton, a widely known cir- cus rider, was assaulted at Cincinnati and probably fatally injured. His as- sailants, who apparently sought to rob him, have not been captured. Brigadier General William Hemp- hill Bell, U. 8. A, retired, is dead at Arvada, Colo. General Bell served through the Civil war, but the greater part of his military service was on the western frontier and in Alaska. Herbert G. Squiers, formerly minis- ter to Cuba, is belng considered by the president for appointment as min- Ister to Panama and it is believed he will be accepted and the announce- ment will be made in a short time. MARKET QUOTATIONS, Minneapolis Wheat, Minneapolis, Oct. 19.—Wheat—Dec., T3% @73%c; May, 77%c; July, 78%c. On track—No. 1 hard, 76%ec; No, 1 Northern, 763%c; No. 2 Northern, T43c; No. 3 Northern, 72@73c. 8t. Paul Union Stock Yards. St. Paul, Oct. 19.—Cattle—Good to choice steers, $5.50@6.25; common to good, $3.25@4.00; good to choice cows and heifers, $3.50@4.50; veals, $4.50@ 5.75. Hogs—$5.90@6.35. Sheep—Weth- ers, $4.50@6.10; good to prime spring lambs, $6.25@86.90. Duluth- Wheat and Flax. Duluth, Oct. 19.—Wheat—To arrive and on track—No. 1 hard, 77%¢; No. 1 Northern, 76%c; No. 2 Northern, 76%ec; Oct., 76%ec; Dec., 745c; May, 783c; July, 79c. Flax—To arrive and on track, $1.12%; Oct., $1.12; Nov., $1.12; Dec., $1.10; Jan., $1.10%; May. $1.13%. Chicago Grain and Provisions. Chicago, Oct. 19.— Wheat—Dee., 73% @73%c; May, 78%@78%c. Corn —Dec., 42%c; May, 43% @43%¢c. Oats —Dec,, 33% @33%c; May, 34%c. Pork —Jan,, $13.75. Flax—Nothing doing. Butter—Creameries, 19@26%c; dair- les, 18@22c. Fggs—19@21c. Poultry —Turkeys, 14c; chickens, 9c; BPHQ‘FJ, 8%c. . Chicago Union Stock Yards. Chicago, Oct. 19.—Cattle—Beeves, $4.00@7:30; cows and heifers, $1.60@ 5.25; stockers and feeders, $2.50@ 450, Texans, $3.75@4.35; Westerns, $3.90@5.80; calves, $8.00@7.50. Hogs —Mixed ‘and butchers, $6.10@6.62%:; good . ‘hoavy, $6.30@6.62%; heavy, $6.86@6.15; lght, 6.574%; pigs, $5.8006.265. Bhee] $8.55 -| bell’s plea for immediate possession rought $6.20@ " Ants as Guests of Plants, The ants which are renlly protective | to plants are not those which ohmn ¢heir food, Indirectly for the most part through the aphides, from the vegeta- ble kingdom, but those which are real- ly carnivorous. These are numerous in temperate climates,” and their useful- ' ness to agriculture and sylviculture g Incontestable. Thus the field ant is a great insect destroyer. A nest of this | specles I8 capable of destroylng as many as twenty-elght caterpillars and grasshoppers a minute, or 1,600 an bour, and such a colony is at work day and night during the pleasant season. In the arid plains of America the beneficent work of ants is revealed In the isles of verdure around their hills. There are plants hospitable to ants, which furnish them shelter and often food, within the cavities of which the instincts of the ants prompt them to take their abode. This Is the case with several ferns, among them the Polypodium nectariferum, the sterile ously and perhaps fatally injured and |fronds of which bear nectaries on their a third slightly hurt as the result of a |lower face and are, moreover, of a fire which destroyed the boarding- |#hape favorable to sheltering the in- house of Mrs. E. E. Moody early in oot the day. 81gn of a Trained Nurse, The dead are: W. N. Nichols, D. B.| “I used to wonder why it wasg that I Neal, W. B. Taylor, G. C. Preston, Ed- | noticed so many young women lugging ward Caldwe ell, E. E. Henshaw, Gordon | Buit cases all over town,” said the man D. Burns, Willlam T. Hall, W. B. Liv- | on the street corner. “At first I thought ingston, Olin H. Hines. perhaps they were independent young The dead, with 1 e persons who were on their way to'the » several exceptions, | Grang Central station or to the ferry- were street rallway employes. boats to take trains, but then I no- All the ‘dead and injured occupied |ticed them In parts of the town where rooms on the second story of the|they couldn't possibly be making for house. The flames enveloped the en- | & rallroad station, since they were go- tire building when the fire was discov- |IDg In the wrong directions. Now I ered and It wag with the greatest difi. ;‘;;et Jf‘l'h?;‘f n:vehfrn::;s;nu‘::::e‘)vv’;w culty that the persons on the lower Bh fioor made their escape. They saved :ohezt:z;e:h eflhos[z&tuls ?: l:hal’r[homels {n:th;ug, Every piece of furniture in forms and oih:i neecisgnsles lfiru:‘el;; e house was burned. i ’ The fire is thought to have been of |fi' % whieh they carry with Incendiary origin. Burglars have been [, %cn o0 IED SO% Sce & young wom detected on the premises twice within direction away from a boat or railroad the last two months and Mrs. Moodv |gationjp's very Iikely shess n tramed thinks the house was robbed and then | ca and i elther starting out to at- set on fire. Thieves were discovered | tang g cage or is returning from one. at work daring the prozress of the % —New York Press. flames and the police were called to .. " 3 keep guard. TEN PERISH IN FLAMES | . UNABLE TO ESCAPE FROM BURN- ING BOARDINGHOUSE AT BIRMINGHAM, ALA. VICTIMS MOSTLY STREET CAR MEN FIRE BELIEVED TO HAVE BEEN SET BY BURGLARS FOLLOW- ING A ROBBERY, Birmingham, Ala, Oct. 20.—Ten men were burned to death, two seri- Colors of the Bluebird. Of the male bluebird Thoreau said, “He carries the sky on his back.” To this John Burroughs added, “and the earth on his breast.” The bird’s back, Cillette, Wyo, wings and tail, chin and throat are a Omaha, Oct. 20—An outbreak of | vivid blue, while his bréast and flanks the Ute Indians, who have been caus- |are a chestnut brown and his abdomen ing much trouble and worry in Wy- | dirty white. The female is very much oming all thus summer, occurred near |duller in coloring, often having a red- Glllette, Wyo., Wednesday night. In [dish tone that extends from the middle 2 battle hetween cowboys and Indians |of the back over the shoulder. The two of the former were killed and a|Seminole Indians say that the male number of the/Indians are supposed to | bluebird once flew so high that his have been injured. back rubbed agalnst the sky, which The battle: occurred. when the In-|imparted to him its own azure tint. dians attempted to raid a cattle camp | Returning to earth, his wife so admired and run off a lot of stock. The cow-|his new coat that she determined to boys were in charge of the camp and |bave 4 like one for herself and the next resisted. The fight then took place. [morning flew away to get it, but the The Indians secured the cattle and,|day proving somewhat cloudy the col- killing a number of steers, took the |OF given to her dress was not so bril- meat home to their camps. liant as was that received by her mate, This news has reached Omaha in private dispatches and there is much The Werld as 1t 1e; excitement in army circles, as soldiers| A world without mistakes and -with- are expected to be started to Gillette | Out suffering would be a world without very shortly, real men and women, without litera- ture, without music, without palntlng or sculpture and without love, and even without history, for history is a record of struggles toward better and higher things. Without obstacles to overcome and errors to correct men and women would lapse to a level with beasts in mentality. Intellectual and spiritual development would cease and 8souls not refined by the fire of ordeals would die of something akin to fatty degeneration. The races would perish of ennui or inanity. After all, it's a pretty fair sort of world as It stands. —Louisville Courier-Journal, TWO COWEOYS KILLED. Clash With Indians Reported Near SUICIDES BY HANGING. Daughter of ‘Bishop Potter Takes Her Own Life. Cromwell, Conn., Oct. 20.—It was stated here that Mrs. Lena Cowdin daughter of Bishop Henry C. Potter of New York, committed suicide by hanging at a private sanitarium here Tuesday night. Mrs. Cowdin was forty-four years old. She came here some time ago to undergo treatment at a private sani- tarlum. On Tuesday evening, it is understood, Mrs. Cowdin eluded her nurses and later her hody was found | Until the time of Peter the Great the hanging from a beam in the cellar, Aleutian islands were unknown, The The anthorities here have main-|famous Russian monarch, consumed tained the utmost secrecy regarding | with curlosity as to the distance be- the suicide of Mrs. Cowdin and at the | tween -Asia and America, started, in sanitarlum where she took her life 1725, the first of the expeditions that nothing -but the confirmation of the |at last revealed those haunts of the suicide could be obtained. The body bear, the beaver, the ermine and the was forwarded to New York. seal. But Captain Cook told more RS T s about the islands than did all the Rus- sian explorers before him. The Aleutinn Islands. .WIFE GETS HIS PROPERTY. St. Paul Judge Holds Divorced Hus. band Same as Cead. St. Paul, Oct. 20.—“Ivan A. Camp- bell, tife defendant in this divorce suit, 1s the same as dead In the sight of the law and therefore his wife’s ren-est to be awarded his house is granted.” The above interesting statement was-made by Judge W. L. Kelly, who recently granted Mrs. Ethel Camp- The Price. If one sets one’s heart on the ex- ceptional, the far off—on riches, on fame, on power—the chances are he will be disappointed. He will waste his time seeking a short cut to these things. There Is no short cut. For anything worth having one must pay the price, and the price is always work, patlence, love, self sacrifice—no prom- ise to pay, but the gold of real servl'ee. of her husband’s real estate, congisting of their home. The couple were di- vorced last Tuesday on charges of in- fidelity preferred by the wife. The law back;of Judge Kelly's decision is: “When a divorce is granted because , Hub secretary demanding the name of of the husband’s. imprisonment or be. | the man w‘]’; bluckbnlledt:lm. hThe sec- cause of his adultery the wife shall be , Fetary cou :")t] resist;thejchance jof entitled to the same -interest in. his -;9“‘““3 the following reply: “Sir, I lands as if he were dead.” , have recelved your letter demanding e et the name of the man who blackballed Gunnery Records Broken. you. His name is Legion.” New York; Oct. 20.—The battleship Maine. flagship of Rear Admiral Evans, | ays hi has reached port from - the Massa- .'nxgnf:gf Ba:nf;“';t;yh:;u;i ‘?x' chusetts coast, where she engaged in | His room was right off the plazaa vha target practice, It Is said all gunnery ! poopls “made love under his window records: were broken by the: Maine's . yniy a1l hours,” gunners, .29 out of a possible 39 hil “But couldn’t he sleep after the lov- being m: firing a port broadside ! o went to bed?” of six-inch guns at a target two miles | “uNg: g5 so0on ns the Tovers went to distaut. | bed ‘the children’ got up.” — Harper's Weekl: His Name, A.n unpopular man who was refused membership in a certain aristocratic All Around the Clock. Idaho and Wyamlnfi Shocked, - Montpelier, Ida., Oct. 20.—A sharp: sarthquake shock, which occurred at : 'Twas Ever Thus ‘1 suppose you have found,” said the 0 p. m,, was felt over a wide area, "plain clfizbn, -“that ¢ every man has bi ints fitty miles north {n Idaho an price” fty mlles east in Wyoming renortlng | “Yea, replled the lobbym | the’, distorbance: No aamm i the man who 1§ ‘worth “qxupt '—Phlla. ON’T FORGET THE NUMBER--PHj WHEN IN NEED OF ANYTHINIG IN THE DRUG LINE-WE DELIVER TO ALL PARTS Of course, we haven't a “delivery wagon,” but you know, there are not many people buying drugs by the load, and you may depend-on it that “our amull boy,” will get there alright, after- your order is in, even. if BARKER’S DRUG STORE, TWO HUNDRED THIRTEEN THIRD STREET, BEMIDJI, MINNESOTA. R”LHUAD H“En sma,mm NUMBER OF H?U_SES UNROOFED. tlub had the audacity to write to the | | lleve one-half that is sald In advertise- | vertisement In yesterday’s paper say- "ever for them NE 34 OF THE CITY | Farragut's Pig. David G. Farragut was but thirteen years old when he served as midship- man under Porter In the battle of the Essex against the Phoebe and Cherub, He was taken to the Phoebe as a pris- T0 PROTECT ITS RESERVE NK OF ENGLAND RAISES ITS RATE OF DISCOUNT TO 8IX PER CENT. oner of war, says his biographer, and came. aboard crying from mortification. At the same moment, however, a Brit- , Ish middy also came alongside with a young pig in his arms. “A prizel A prize!” he was shouting. “Ho, boys, a fine grunter!” It was a pig that had been a pet in the steerage of the Essex, where it was called Murphy. Farragut at once claim- ed it as private property. “You are a prisoner, and your pig, t00,” replied the British middy. “We always respect private proper- ty,” sald Farragut, grabbing the pig and determined to hold on till forced to surrender. “Go it, little Yankee!” cried the old- sters present. “If you can thrash Shorty you shall have your pig.” A ring was formed, and Shorty came at Farragut hammer and tongs, but the American was handy with his fists. He quickly laid his opponent low. The British bluejackets cheered him hearti- ly, and the pig was declared to be his. London, Oct. 20.—The Bank of Eng- land has raised its discount rate to 6 per-cent, ‘Changes in the discount rate of the bank on any day except Thursday have been few and far be- tween and not since Nov. 7, 1890, just before the Baring failure, has the rate been put to 6 per cent. The relapse in American exchange, indicating a renewal of the demands for gold, and the probability of large withdrawals of the metal for Egypt seemed to have contributed to the action taken by the Bank of England. The sum of $5,000,000 in gold leav- ing the bank during the day is believed to be destined for Egypt, while finan- cial circles anticipate very large pur- chases in behalf of the United States, frrespective of whether the rate of ex- change does or does not render the transaction profitable. Reports are also current that the Imperial bank of Germany {s conducting a large bullion movement for Russian account, while Argentina is in the market as a pur- chaser of gold. The multiplicity of the demands for the metal, it is point- ed out, emphasized the necessity of protecting the already depleted re- serves of the Bank of England. Not Flattering. 8. Baring-Gould, the English novelist, had the bitter pleasure of reading many not flattering obituaries of him- self. Through an error he was report- ed dead, and the pewspapers of his native land declared unanimously thnt he had left no good work behind. American editor dined with Barlng- Gould in London. The talk turned to the premature obituaries, and the American said, “How did you feel on | reading them?” Taken aback, non- plused, the novelist grimly replied: “I felt like a lady who owned a par- rot. This lady's cook came to her one England’s Action. morning In joyful excitement. ‘Oh,‘ ma’am,’ she cried, ‘the parrot has learn.; New York, Oct. 20.—The unheralded ed some new words.! ‘Good, said advance in the Bank of England’s dis- BREAK IN WALL STREET. Heavy Unloading Follows Bank of lady. ‘That bird is wonderfully teach- | Count rate to G per cent threw the able. It sits and drinks in every | 8tock market into confusion at the blessed word my husband says to me. [ OPening. There was a disorderly What does it say now? ‘It keeps|break in prices, caused by a heavy a-sayin’, said the cook, ¢ “Shut up, you | Unioading of speculative accounts all old fool!” ’ through the list. Tells Reason for Action. New York, Oct. 20.—An interna- tional banking house has received the following cable from a director of the Bank of England: “No financial or political trouble. Necessary to pro- tect our reserves in view of the heavy fresh Egyptian demands and fear of further American withdrawals.” Kean and the Showman. An amusing paper in Chambers’ Jour- nal on John Richardson, the illiterate and successful English showman of the last century, contains this story: Tt was during the earlier and less for- tunate part of his pilgrimage that he numbered Edmund Kean among his company. The old showman was not a little proud of this association and used to give himself some credit for having had a hand in Kean’s theatrical educa- tlon. When Macready’s name was be- coming known in the dramatic world Richardson was asked if he had seen him. “No, muster,” he sald, “I know noth- Ing about him; in fact, he's some vaga- bone as no one knows—one o' them chaps as ain’t had any eddication for the thing. He never was with me, as Edmund Kean and them riglars was.” SHAW THE ONLY ABSENTEE. Cabinet Discusses Several Important * Subjects. ‘Washington, Oct. 20.—The day's cabinet meeting was attended by all the members except Secretary Shaw, who is absent from the city. The gathering was the most important that has been held sincé the presi- dent’s return from Oyster Bay. The Cuben situation, conditions in the Panama canal zone, for which the president is to name 'a governor, and & minister to the republic of Panama and affairs in the Philippines are among the more important matters to be considered by the cabinet before the president’s departure for Panama. Some of these que:t!on: were dis- cussed during the day. The Oldest Bank Notes. The oldest bank notes in ‘the world are the “flying money,” or convenient money, first issued in China in 2697 B. C. One writer tells that the ancient Chinese bank notes were in many re- spects similar to those of the present day, bearing the name of the bank, the date of lssue, the number of the note, the signature of the official who Is- sued it and its value In -both figures and words. On the top of these curi- ous notes was the following philosoph- ic Injunction: “Produce all you can; spend with economy.” The note was printed in blue ink on paper made from the fiber of the mulberry tree. One of these notes bearing the date .1899 B. C. is still preserved in the Asi- atic museum at St. Petersburg. American Arrested in Austria, Independence, Kan., Oct. 20.—Mrs. M. F. Helmar has received a letter from her husband, who sailed for Eu- rope Sept. 4. announcing that he is in an Austian prison charged with deser- tion from the army. Mr. Helmar went to Austria because of the illness of his father. He took out naturalization papers in Galesburg, Ill., several years ago, but in moving from place to place lost them and did not have time to have them renewed before leaving for Austria. Judge Accused of Corruption. New York, Oct. 20.—The grand jury has begun an investigation of charges that cne of thé magistrates of the city courts has been a party to the use of money in obtaining decisions of the courts or disposal of cases without trial, The Equinoxes. “The ‘popular belief that storms are more frequent about the time of_the equinox, or when ‘the sun crosses the line’ in March and September, re- celves some slight degree of support from the investigations of European fclentists,” states an expert of the Wweather bureau. = “In southwestern Europe March is the stormiest month, while fn the British islands and Nor- way January takes the lead in that respect; but, considering Europe as a whole, it appears that storms prepon- derate near the seasons of the equi- | noxes.” FRENCH CABINET RESIGNS. Mremier Retires and Colleagues Fol- low Example. Paris, Oct. 20.—At the cabinet meet- ing during the morning Premier Sar- rien officially informed his colleagues that he had transmitted his resigna- tion to President Fallieres, whereupon the ministers resigned in a body. The session dasted only twenty min- utes. After MY Sarrien had submitted -the text of his letter to President Fal- lleres, expressing regret that the state of his health compelled him to retire and thereby raise new difficulties at a moement “when the Republican party should be united and strong to meet he attacks being organized against it,” Foreign Minister Bourgeois wrote a collective letter, which all present aigned, joining their resignations to that of their chief. Marine Minister Thomson, wx:u has gone to Bizerta to investigate the sinking of the suhmarine boat Lutin, rescued his young master from the bolling surf.. “My dog, too,” sald L’Oignon pensive- 1y, “once saved my life.” “Tell us about it,” sald Tete de Veau, with eager interest. “I ‘sold him for §3,” said L’Oignon, “when I was nearly starving.” Full Price: Mrs. Skrimper—One’ can never ‘be- ments. Blasfold & Tating had an ad- Ing that everything was marked down. Mrs. Bargainhunter—Yes, I saw It Mrs. Skrimper—Well, it was false.. l bought two postage stamps there thls ‘morning, and I bad to puy as much as Good Dos. The brave Newfoundland had just _heavens, to be 80 small and lovely in a ! world of hawks and snares and yet . ing braver than the heart of a singing bird. 2 The Song Bird. was advised by teibgraph of the action They say- the birds are timid! Great taken by his colleagues here and was ked to join them in re!lxntnx dare to sing as If the gods were.good! ~ Apprehension at th Vi llean. In all the wide creation there is noth- {- g e Rome; Oct. 20.—The resignation of Premier Sarrien and the reorganiza- Hit : caused a feellng of apprehension at Dlrecto:i‘s:;“m:':m, how ls it the Vatican, where it is feared that at Shakespeare's statue 1 standlng Lhe in France will become more-bit- ‘M. Clemq the tlon of the French cabinet have conflict-between the church and