Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, October 23, 1906, Page 4

TOWNS SWEPT AWAY QREAT DAMAGE DONE BY TER: RIFIC STORM IN REPUBLIC OF SAN SALVADOR, AUNDREDS OF PERSONS .PERISH FLOODS INUNDATE MANY LOCAL- ITIES, THE INHABITANTS. \ KILLING MOST OF San Salvador, Oct. 23.—Telegraphic communication with interior points has been restored and news of the disaster wrought by the terrific storm which has swept over the country is being received. Over 100 persons have been drowned in Coatepeque, A vast quantity of sulphur water was thrown out of the Chulo volcano and inundated the town of Panchin- alco, killing most of the inhabitants. From other points also reports of terrible devastation are coming in. Pimiento and other towns are report; ed to have been swept away by the floods. The schooner Azelene, with a num- ber of passengers on board, has been lost between Corinto, Nicaragua, and Amapala, Honduras. Everybody on board was drowned. QREAT DAMAGE IN HONDURAS. West Indian Hurricane Disastrous to Property. Mobile, Ala, Oct. 23.—The first aews of a terrible West Indian hurri- cane that visited the towns of Ruatan, Tela, Utilla, Colorado and El Provence, Honduras, on Oct. 12, was brought here by the Norwegian steamer Har- ald. A number of vessels were wrecked and buildings in each of the towns mentioned badly damaged. The loss to the owners of the fruit plantations will, it is stated, reach almost $1,000,- 000. The British schooner Southern Queen was thrown on the beach at Ruatan and went to pieces in less than an bour’s time and the Harald suffered somewhat and will have to be docked. A tidal wave accompanied the hurri- cane and swept everything before it. Captain Henrichsen reports that when he left the beaches were strewn with vessels of all kinds, including three large sailing vessels. No lives were reported lost at the time of the sailing of the Harald. Ten thousand bunches of bananas were reported swept into the sea at Ruatan. The officers of the steamer say it will be a month before some of the steamers will be able to get any fruit. Fears for Gold-Laden Steamer, New York, Oct. 23.—A London dis- patch to the Times says there is con- siderable anxiety there concerning the British steamer Arabistan, bound from Buenos Ayres for New York with £600,000 in gold. She left Buenos Ayres on Sept. 23 and it is reckoned she must have been in the region dis- turbed by the recent West Indian hur- ricane. TWO HUNDRED PERISH. Russian Steamer Hits Mine in Vicin- ity of Vladivostok. St. Petersburg, Oct. 23.—But few details have been received here of the blowing up of the wooden coasting steamer Variagin, which, as announced from Vladivostok, struck a floating mine and foundered Oct. 20, with the loss, according to one report, of 200 lives. The vessel was bound from ‘Vladivostok for Rechitsa, at the head of Ussurl bay, about thirty miles from Viadivostok. She struck the mine a few miles from Rechitsa, at a point less than two miles from the shore. The whole of the stern of the vessel was blown off and she sank imme- diately. The number of persons saved or the number drowned is not known. The spot where the Varlagin struck the mine was far inside the lines of the Russian defenses and at least fifty miles from the nearest point where the Japanese succeded in scattering mines. INSANE ASYLUM IN BAD SHAPE. Governor Magoon Orders Erection of New Bulldings, Havana, Oct. 23.—Governor Magoon, us a result of the deplorable condition of things which he discovered at the national asylum for the insane, has ordered the immediate repair of Lhe old and the erection of new buildings. The governor found that while hun- dreds of patients were sleeping on the floor the management saved $5,000 from the food account, which Mr. Ma- goon has ordered applied to the imme- diate purchase of bedding and cloth- ing. Though the Cuban congress ap- propriated a sum of money for the im- provement of the condition of the in- mates of the asylum for some reason unknown the money was not expeid- ed. The governor has ordered an in- vestigation of this affair. Laborers Given More Wages. Connellsville, Pa,, Oct. 23.—Notices were posted at the plant of the Dunbar Furnace company, the Semat Solvay ooke works and the New Haven and Dunbar Railroad company of an in- crease in wages of 10 cents a day for all laborers. The advance affects 1,000 men. NEW FRENCH CABINET. #. Clemenceau Busily Engaged Select. ing Ministers, Paris, Oct. 23.—M. Clemenceau has begun the formation of a cabinet. He offered the foreign office portfolio to M. Poincare, minister of finance in the Sarrien administration, who declined. M. Caillaux, who was fingnce minister in the Waldeck-Rousseau cabinet, has sccepted the portfolio of finance. It 1s regarded as certain that M. Briand, minister of public worship; M. Bar- thou, minister of public works; M. Ruau, minister of agriculture; M. Thomson, minister of marine, and M. Doumergue, minister of commerce, will remain and that General Picquart will get the war portfolio. A new minister of labor may be created with M. Viviani, the well known Socialist deputy, at its head. | The selection of General Picquart | for the portfolio of war minister is regarded as an audacious stroke on ‘the part of M. Clemenceau and nat- urally has aroused a storm of protest on the part of the reaction press, but it has caused an equal amount of en- thusiasm among the radicals. PRESIDENT'S PANAMA TRIP, Sail on Tennessee, With Two Cruisers as Escort. Philadelphia, Oct. 23.—Official no- tice has been posted at the League Island navyyard to the effect that the cruiser Washington will leave on or about Nov. 1 for Hampton Roads. The Tennessee, it is expected, will pass out a couple of days later and the two warships will act as escort for Presi- dent Roosevelt on his trip to Panama. The president has selected the new battleship Louislana for his flagship during the voyage. His plan now is to go aboard the Louisiana at New York on Nov. 8 and to join the convoy at Hampton Roads. It is possible, however, that he will go down the Po- tomac on. the vacht Dolphin and meet the Louisigna. The trip will require about six days eagh way. : The sailors and marines on, the Washington and Tenuessee are elaged at‘having been chosen as the president’s escort. The two vessels are! the newest and almost the finest cruisers in the navy. Will TAFT'S SPEECHMAKING TOUR. Secretary of War Will Visit Number of States. ‘Washington, Oct. 23.—It is an- nounced that Secretary Taft will speak in Representative Waters’ dis- trict in Baltimore next Friday night and that according to a programme arranged jointly by Representative Sherman of the congressional commit- tee, Senator Dick of the Ohio state committee and Representative Burton of Cleveland he will speak at Cleve- land Saturday in Mr. Burton's district and at Lancaster and J.ogan, O., on Monday next. Tt has not yet. been determined whether he will deliver an address in Speaker Cannon’s district or at Omaha, but he will speak in Idaho in the interest of Governor Gooding on the subject of law and order. ‘While in the West he will inspect a number of army posts with a view to carrying forward his plans for the abandonment of small posts and the concentration of troops in regimental and brigade posts. TO INVESTIGATE REBATING. Grand Jury in Session at Minneapolis. Minneapolis, Oct. 23.—From the character of the witnesses to appear before a special federal grand jury it is certain that the rebate investiga- tion will be devoted particularly to usages which have been developed in connection with the grain trade. H. B. Duncan of Chicago, a special agent of the department of justice, is here, as Is also S. H. Smith, rate clerk of the interstate commerce commission. They will play an important part. in the investigation, though formally the inquiry is In charge of C. C. Haupt, the federal district attorney. The grand jury was called to assemble during the morning, but owing to the Inability of several members to reach the city on early trains the body did not convene till afternoon. Federal STATE TAXES ELIMINATED. Wisconsin Has $2,183,000 Cash in the Treasury. Madison, Wis., Oct. 23.—The state board of assessments has voted to eliminate all state taxes this year and to assess but half of 1 mill tax for school purposes. The latter action 1s taken for the first time in the history of the state. It is announced that the state treasury had $2,183,000 cash Oct. 1, the largest sum on record, Action Pleases Germany, Berlin, Oct. 23.—The announcement that Secretary Root has decided to appoint two tariff experts to visit Ger- many and consult with German cus- toms officials and boards of -trade for the purpose of obtaining material for possible modifications of adminis- | trative features of the American tariff '1laws, which have been the subject of much complaint on the part of German ‘expm-tiug interests, was received in j tne foreign office here in the most favorable spirit. Murdered and Dismembered. Muscatine, Ia., Oct. 23.—The dis- ' membered body of Patrick Nevins, an o'd man who lived near here, was found in the basement of his house after the dwelling had burned. =Nev- ins’ head, arms and legs had been cut off. There Is no.clue to the murderer. the package is large. BLIZZARD IS RAGING WESTERN KANSAS EXPERIENCES WORST STORM FOR OCTO- BER IN MANY YEARS, 'WIRES DOWN AND TRAFFIC BLOCKED LIVE STOCK CAUGHT UNPRO- TECTED ON PRAIRIES AND LOSS WILL BE HEAVY, Kansas City, Oct. 23.—A blizzard prevails in Western Kansas, the most severe for this time of the season in many years. The eastern boundary of the storm appears to be Ellis, Kan., 300 miles west of Kansas City. It has been snowing steadily for twelve hours in that part of the state and the snow, driven by a heavy wind, is piling up in the cuts, stopping railway traffic and playing havoc with telephone and telegraph wires. All trains are late and wire communication with points west of Ellis was for a time lost com- pletely shortly after noon. A hard, cold rain preceded the snow for twen- ty-four hours. It is believed that heavy loss to stock, which were caught unprotected in the plains, will result. FOOT OF SNOW IN COLORADO. Worst Storm of the Kind for Fifteen Years, Denver, Oct. 23.—The storm through- out the mountain region is said to have been the worst snow storm in this vicinity since 1892. There was more than 2 foot of snow on the level and the melted snow measured one and eight-tenths inches. The tem- perature generally fell o 20 degrees. Locally but little damage was done. Sheep men in Wyoming, Colorado and New Mexico, it is believed, will suffer heavy lossés, as they were unprepared for such severe weather. Trains Somewhat Delayed. Colorado Springs, Colo., Oct. 23.— The severe blizzard that has been in progress for the past forty-eight hours broke during the morning. Heavy snow Is reported in the mountains and trains are somewhat delayed. The temperature in Colorado Springs is 15 above zero. Iron Ranges Snowed Under. Duluth, Oct. 23.—A blanket of heavy snow, six inches or more, fell during the night in Northeastern Minnesota, covering the Vermillion and Mesaba ranges and extending as far west as Fosston. Cass Lake, Virginia, Eveleth and other cities report heavy snow. CALF EATS DYNAMITE. Farmer Seriously Injured When Ani- mal Blows Up. Topeka, Kan., Oct. 23.—By the pre- mature explosion of a six-months-old calf partly filled with dynamite James Tatman, a farmer living near here, was seriously injured. The calf found three sticks of dynamite, which Tat- man was using to blast a well, and was chewing it. Tatman had- started to the top of the well to bring down the dynamite. He hurried forward, shouting and waving his arms in a frantic effort to drive the calf away. It had chewed a dynamite cap with the rest of the meal and an explosion followed. Tatman was knocked back into the well, which was twelve feet deep. No bones were broken, but he was hurt internally and may not re- cover, BABY GIRL ESCAPES, Carriage Containing Four Persons Hit by Train. Cedar Rapids, Ia., Oct. 23.—A Chi- cago and Northwestern train east- bound near Lowden struck a carriage containing Mrs. Charles Luett, two children and Mrs. Luett’s brother-in- law, William' Luett. All were instant- ly killed except a baby girl. The accl- dent occurred at a grade crossing two miles east of Lowden. Mrs. Luett’s mother and a son of Mrs. Luett probably owe their lives to the fact that they got out of the carriage to walk over the crossing, fearing just such an accident as hap- pened. JOLIET FEARS DISASTER. Doubts Stability of Reservoir Built by City of Chicago. Joliet, Ill, Oct. 23.—Three expert engineers employed by the city of Joliet are here to examine the water- power development now under way by the sanitary district of Chicago, The engineers are to determine the stabil- ity of the concrete walls used in con- nection with the waterpower system. The Joliet city “council has declared the work to be inferior in quality and a flood similar to the Johnstown (Pa.) disaster is feared here if water is turned into the reservoir. Mob After Alleged Assaulter. Sioux City, Ia,, Oct. 23—At Maple- ton, sixty miles south of here, a mob was formed for the purpose of lynch- ing Claude Fisher, a farmhand, aged 'twentyvone, who is said to have con- fessed to an assault on. Miss Minnie Baker, a Mapleton schoolteacher. ' Offi- cer's escaped with the prisoner t6 Ida DON'T FORGET. THE NUMB WHEN IN NEED OF ANYTHINIG IN THE DRUG LINE--WE DELI 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 small boy,” will get there alright, after your order is in, even if Everything in the drug market. BARKER’S DRUG STORE, TW0 HUNDRED THIRTEEN THIRD STREET, BEMIDJI, MINNE_SOTA. “ . HEAVY THABEHS FM”}lFE INSURAN:E‘ TOO cosTLv.I‘ ~ONDON BANKER SUICIDES. Head of Suspended Concern Throws Himself Before Train. London, Oct. ~—P.. MacFadyen, head of MacKFadyen & Co., bankers, ‘whose suspension was announced Sat- urday, committed suicide within an hour after posting the notice of the failure on the door of the bank by throwing Mimself in a tunnel abouf BUSPENSION OF TWO OPERATORS ON NEW YORK S8TOCK EX- CHANGE ANNOUNCED. balf a mile away from his place of |~ business, Mr, MacFadyen appears to have gone direct from his bank to a station #f the City and South London rail- way, to have entered the tunnel unob- served and deliberately lain down in front of an appreaching train. The engineer reported having run over an obstruction in the tunnel and a search revealed a ‘shockingly mutilated body, which was later identified as that of Mr. MacFadyen. It is rumored that the failure of P. MacFadyen & Co., the London House of Arbuthnot & Co:, bankers of Madras, was connected with the cotton market, but as Mr. MacFadyen was the sole partner in Europe it is difficult to ob- tain information on the subject. FRIEND OF NEWSBOYS DEAD. Isaac Woolf, Chicago Merchant, Ex- 3 pires Suddenly. Chicago, Oct. 23.—Isaac Woolf, head of a large clothing company, was found dead in his bed at his residence. He had died of a contraction of the windpipe, which cansed strangulation. He was fifty-four years old. For the last twenty-five years Mr. Woolf had been known as the “news- boys’ friend.” Every year he gave a newsboys’ dinuer. From unpreten- tious beginnings—there were 100 ragged and hungry little guests served at the first—the feast has grown to one of increasing importance, nu- merically considered. Last year 10,000 newsboys and other bungry urchins from the streets and the poorer tenement districts attended the Thanksgiving dinner. Every one considered Mr. Woolf as his personal friend and the clothing merchant en- conraged this feeling. NARROWLY ESCAPES LYNCHING. Neighbors Get After Man Accused of Brutal Crime, Pittsburg, Oct. 23.—John -Doran, ar- rested at Wilkinsburg, a suburb, charged with attempting to cremate his wife, narrowly- escaped lynching at the hands of an enraged crowd of neighbors. ‘As Doran was being re- moved from the lockup to the office of Justice of, the Peace Walker for a hearing more than 100 persons gath- ered about the office and attempted to take the prisoner. Chief of Police James R.. Doran, who is no relative, urged the crowd to allow the man to have a fair trial, informing them that the case against the man was com- plete. As a result of his pleadings the man was permitted to be taken to Justice Walker's office, where he was given a hearing and held for trial. Mrs. Doran is in a ecritical condition. ROADS REFUSED DEMANDS, Locomotive Engineers Voting on Ques- tion of Rejecting Reply. Chicago, Oct. 23.—Railroad engl- neers in Chicago and all over the West are voting on the question of accept- ing cr rejecting the refusal of the managements of the great trunk line railroads to grant the demands re- cently made by the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers. The demands made by the-men were as follows: Equalization of wages on roads west of the line of Winnipeg, Chicago and New Orleans; abolition of the age re- tirement 1limit so long as men are physically able to fulfill the duties of engineers; adoption of field tests in- stead of scientific tests to determine the efliciency of vision. _ POSSE AFTER CULPRIT. Widow, Her Son and a Neighbor Killed or Wounded. Cole Camp, Mo., Oct. 23.—While Mrs. Alice Winemiller, a widow, was sitting with her five childen in their home seven miles from Warsaw shots were fired through a window and Mrs. Winemiller was instantly killed. Her son, aged fourteen years, was badly wounded. Felix Crawford, a neighbor, who heard the firing and hurried to the_scene,” was shot and died two hours lwer. His sondnlaw, J. A. Long. Is charged with having done the shooting, using a shotgun. A posse headed by the sheriff is scouring the Pettis county hills searching for Long. ACTRESS WAS MURDERED. Case at First Considered to Be One of Self-Destruction. Chicago, Oct. 23.—The coroner’s physician, after an exhaustive exam- ination, has declared that Mrs. Mar- garet Leslie, an actress, whose body was found dead in a room in the Pal- ace hotel several days ago, was prob- ably strangled'to death. It was con- sidered at the time {o be a case of suicide and the coroner at the conclu- slon of the inquest so reported. Lately several features of the case - have thrown doubt. on the suicide theory. There is no clue to the murderer. Epideric of Diphtheria. Worcester, Mass.,, Oct. 23—The most serlous epidemic of diphtheria in this city since 1900 was reported by the board of health for the week just ended. ‘In one day eight cases came to-the notice of the officials and fifty- two families are now in quarantine, affecting the attendance of -fifteen chools bt the city. The total number | Grove, where he was lodged in jail. - of ¢ases for the week was forty-two. LARGE AMOUNT OF MONEY INYOLVED ONE OF THE CONCERNS HANDLED BIG BLOCKS OF STOCK FOR WEALTHY CLIENTS. New York, Oct. 23.—The failure of J. W. Henning, an operator on the New York Stock Exchange, was an- nounced on the floor of the exchange. Henning was a large trader on the exchange. in Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul stock in. April last. Nearly all of Mr. Henning's business was confined to New York city inter- ests and it is not believed that the failure will affect any large out of town accounts. The failure is believed to have resulted from over trading in the heavy slump in the market late: last week. Mr. Henning was one of the large floor traders on the New: York Stock Exchange. He had a num- ber of wealthy clients and often han- dled heavy blocks of stock. It is be- lieved the failure will involve a large amount of money. New York, Oct. 23.—The suspension of P. T. White, a heavy trader, was announced on the Consolidated Stock Exchange. Under the rules Mr. White wili have twenty-four hours to fulfill his contracts. DECLARES HIS FIRM SOLVENT. Manuel Silveira Says He Left Havana for His Health, New York, Oct. 23.—A Herald cable 8pecial from Caracas, Venezuela, re- counting the arrival there on Oct. 10 of Manuel Silveira, the Cuban banker, charged with absconding with $1,000,- 000 belonging to J. M. Ceballos & Co. of New York, which alleged action caused the assignment of the firm, says Sllveira rented a house in a fashionable street and was received splendidly. His friends are uncon- scious of the alleged defalcation. Ac- cordimg to the dispatch Silveira says he comes to Venezuela temporarily to restore his health, which is broken since his automobile accident, and de- clares he left his firm solvent, ‘with $1,500,000 assets to cover $700,000 owed to J. M. Ceballos & Co. He feigns surprise at the news of the fail- ure and the charges against himself. Havana, Oct. 23.—The captain of the cattleship Carmelina, which has arrived here from Puerto Cabello, Venezuela, confirms the reports that he landed Senor Silveira, the fugitive Havana banker, and his family at Pu- erto Cabello, whence they went to Caracas. / COMPROMISE IS LIKELY, Threatened Contest Over Oelrichs Es- tate May Be Avoided. New York, Oct. 23.—The threatened contest over-the will of Herman Oel- richs, which leaves his entire estate to his brother and sister, cutting off his widow and fourteen-year-old son, prob- ably will be amicably adjusted, accord- Ing to a statement made by Mrs. Oel- richs’ counsel. The will was to have come up for probate during the day, after being adjourned several times, but Mrs. Oelrichs was not ready and her counsel, James W. Gerard, asked for another adjournment. It was granted, Oct. 24 being fixed as the date. At the conclusion of the briet court session Mr. Gerard said that there probably will be a settlement. GET AWAY WITH $4,500. Safeblowers Rob the State Bank of $ Sawyer, N, D. . -Minot, N. D., Oct. 23.—Five masked robbers entered the State. bank of Sawyer, about twenty miles southeast of Minot, blew open the safe and se- cured $4,500 in bills. They were at work nearly an hour. The noise aroused citizens of the village,” who came out to see what was the trouble. ‘| The robbers held them at bay by | shooting about 300 shots during the hour. A farmer who happened to drive into town had his wagonbox shot full of holes and: was hit in the head. After completing their work the rob- bers disappeared in the darkness, OPENED BY KING HAAKON. Newly Elected Norwegian Parliament ) in Session, ‘Christiania, Oct. 23.—The newly elected parllament was opened during the day by King Haakon, in the pres- ‘ence of 'Queen Maud and the diplo- | matic'corps. The king, who read his speech “from the throne, said he re: joiced at the “great good will shown by foreign countries towards our of Norway's future prospects. He said that trade was slowly improving, mak ‘Ing reductions. in taxation in the next ‘budget possible; and congratulated the country on the fact that the budgef 11907-1908 e | y It is said he suffered losses: 4.10@7.30; ‘cow; d heifers, $1.6| fatherland since the: establishment of o e 1ts independence” and spoke hopetully ] VER TO ALL PARTS OF THE CITY Report of Speclal Committee Named by Indiana Governor, Indianapolis, Oct. 23.—A special committee appointed by the governor, which has been investigating the oftice of the auditor of state for a year with special reference to mutual and stock 1 life insurance companies, has submit- ted its report to Governor Hanly. The general conclusions of the committee are that “the cost of life insurance to the public is too high. . The present maximum premium rates for Insur- ance are so much in excess of needs as to permit of extravagant manage- ment of companies, the theft of their funds, division of profits and other great abuses without rendering the companies insolvent. Indiana Insur- ance companies, like many companies of other states, have been guilty of extravagances and abuses, though they have maintained solvency. There is no real difference in essentials be- tween insurance husiness and other business and no reason why it should not be conducted on an economical basis, according to definite principles. Indiana should not seek to protect home companies that are guilty of abuses, but should, by stricter laws and a better supported insurance de- partment, foster insurance on a sound basis and bring to this section busi- ness that has been going to companies of other states.” Mississippi Negro Lynched. Mobile, Ala., Oct. 23.—Robert Clark, alias Dan Dove, a negro whose home was in Kansas City, was taken from the Lucedale (Miss.) jail, forty-one miles from Mobile, by a mob of 300, ‘who had gathered from several towns, and hanged to a telegraph pole in the heart of the city. The body of the negro was discovered at daylight by deputy sheriffs, who missed the pris- oner at the jail ‘when they went to feed their charges. Number of People Killed., New Orleans, Oct. 23.—The Sunset limited on the Southern Pacific, which left New Orleans for California at 11:55 a. m., was wrecked near Boutte, La, twenty-five miles from New Or- leans. A number of people are re- ported killed. Beyond the fact that the train was derailed Southern Pa- cific officials said they had no informa- tion. BRIEF BITS OF NEWS. William Lee, aged eighty-four, for- mer mayor and postmaster, is dead at St. Paul. The American Can company has made a substantial advance in the price of most of its products because of the advance in raw materials. Three strikers were wounded, two perhaps fatally, in a riot following a strike of trestlemen at the four Carne. gie Steel company furnaces at New- castle, Pa. - At Houston, Tex., Daniel Van Valk- enburgh, a wealthy real estate dealer past middle life, fatally shot his wife and then sent a bullet into his brain, Inflicting a fatal wound. The circuit court at Bellefontaine 0., has handed down a decision which In effect ousts from- the state of Ohic all the bridge companies that failed to surrender at the so-called bridge trust hearing two weeks ago. John C. Simering of Baltimore, sec: retary of the Maryland Republican state committee and a member of the national board of the Travelers’ Pro tective association, is dead at Indian- apolis from the effects of an opera- tion, Mrs. William Zeigler, widow of the patron of ‘Arctic explorers, has decided to publish a monthly magazine. for the blind. It will be printed in raised characters and will be distributed ‘without cost to all.the sightless ones in the United States. MARKET QUOTATIONS, Minneapolis Wheat, Minneapolis, Oct. 22.—Wheat—Dec., T28%c; May, 765%c; July, 77%c. On track—No. 1 hard, 75%c¢; No. 1 North- ern, 76%c; No. 2 Northern, 73%c; ‘No. 8 Northern, 71@72¢. St. Paul Union Stock Yards, St. Paul, Oct. 22—Cattle—Good to choice steers, $5.50@6.25; common to Bood, $3.25@4.00; good to choice cows and heifers, $3.50@4.50; veals, $4.50@ 5.26. Hogs—$5.85@6.35. Sheep—Weth- ers, $450@5.10; good to prime spring lambs, %6.25@6.60. Duluth Wheat and Flax. Duluth, Oct. 22.—Wheat—Po arrive and on track—No. 1 hard, 76%c; No. 1 Northern, 75%c; No. 2 Northern, 78%¢; Oct., T6%c; Dec., 73%c; May, 77%c; July, 78c. P‘lax»-"‘o arrive and on track, $1.13%; Oct., '$1.13%; Nov., $1.13%; .Dec., 11; Jan, $1.01%; May, $1.14%. 3 Chicago Grain and Provisions. Chicago, Oct. 22.—Wheat— Dec., 2% @72%c;: May, 17%c. Corn—Dec., 41%@42c; May, 43@43%c. Oats— Dec., 325 @323ic; May, 34% @34%c. Pork—Jan., $13.67%. Flax—Nothing i doing, Butter—Creameries, 19@26%c; dairles, 181,@22c. Eggs—19@21c. Poultry—Turkeys, 14c; chickens and | springs, 814c. I chl‘e-uo Union Stock Yards. o . Chicago, Oct. 22—Cattle—Beeves, ' (Bi25; stockers and feeders, $2.50@ 4.60; Texans, $3.76@4.30; Westerns i $3.90@5.80: calves, $6,00@7.60. Hogs | —Mixed and butchers, $6:10@6.55; 1 & A Matter of Nose. In spivs of the important place given to the nose as an index of character, there is but liftle to be learned from it in estimating the causes of an innate bond between the mind and the fea- tures. Most of the correspondences which have been remarked appear to be of a radical order, but why a Roman nose first became associated with a warlike and domineering disposition or how a long and thin nose became linked with business prudence i§ more than I can say. If we omit the changes which take place in a nose during the lifetime of its possessor, there is scarce- ly a nasal peculiarity of value to the physiognomist which at the same time 18 cosmopolitan. No Tartar or Hotten- tot, however warlike, could give proof of it in this way. Japan bas shown that she possesses plenty of men with military aptitude, but no Wellingtonian nose can be found within her borders. Again, no Chinese nose is long and thin, yet John is not without a certain aptitude at driving bargains.—Black- wood’s Magazine. Music and the Turtle. The Egyptians, according to the sage Apollodorus, credit their Hermes or Mercury with the invention of music under the following circumstances: The Nile, having overfiowed its banks and Inundated nearly all of Egypt, on its return to its banks left on its shores various dead animals and among the rest a tortoise, the flesh baving dried and wasted in the sun until nothing remained in the shell but cartilages. These, being tightened by the drying heat, became sonorous. Mercury, walking along the banks of the river, happened to strike his foot against this shell, was so pleased with the sound produced that the idea of the lyre suggested ltself, and he con- structed a Iyre of the shell of a large tortoise, which he strung with the slnews of dead animals. Dryden wrote: Less than a god they thought there could not awell Within the hollow of that shell That spoke so sweetly. Papyrus. The papyrus used by the ancient Egyptians was made from the stems of a peculidr water reed growing in all parts of Egypt. The outside layer of the plant was removed, and beneath this there were found a number of lay- ers of a delicate, pithy membrane. These, being separated, were placed in layers. A second layer was laid at right angles to and above the first and sometimes a third over the second. Heavy pressure was then applied, and the layers were firmly cemented into a fair article of paper. No gum other than what was contained in the plant itself was used in the process. The papyrus was very much stronger than the average paper made by the mod- ern machines. The sheets were com- monly made from six to twelve inches square. Two Monster Beetles. The largest bug known to the old world entomologists is the gigantic Goliath beetle, which is found along the Kongo river in Africa. Goliath is upward of six inches in length from the tip of his nose to the nether end of his hard shelled body and has a pair of gauzy wings folded up under his arms, either of which is as large as a lady’s face veil. But Goliath is a pygmy when compared with the ele- phant beetle of Venezuela, an.entomo- logical giant which weighs nearly a pound and which has a wing spread equal to that of a mallard duck. Both of these bugs are rare. Kissing In Iceland, ? ‘When you visit a family in Iceland you must kiss each member according to his age or rank, beginning with the highest and descending to the lowest, not even excepting the servants. On taking leave the order is reversed. You first kiss the servants, then the children and lastly the master and mistress. Both at meeting and parting an affectionate kiss on the mouth with- out distinction of rank, age or sex-is the only-mode of salutation known in Iceland. ‘Wood of the Cross, The people of the different countries have their various traditions concern- Ing the wood of which the cross was made. In England the peasants say that it was of elderwood and that lightning never strikes that tree. Dean French in a note to his “Sacred Latin Poetry” declares that it was made of the wood of the aspen and that since the day of the crucifixion the legves of that tree have never ceased to shud- der. One Exceptl “Where there’s a winner there’s al- ‘ways a loser.” “Not alway “Well, name an instance to the con- trary.” “When you're playing cards with your girl for kisses.” An Impression. “Now I have an impression in my head,” said the teacher. “Can any of you tell me what an impression is?” “Yes'm, I can,” replied a little fellow at the foot of the class. “An lmpres- slon is a'dent in a soft spot.” X . you think, Peter, I've improved a good deal siuce I began? Peter (anxiousto pay a compliment)—You have, sorr. But, sure, it was alsy for you to improve,’ sorr!—Punch. - —