Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, October 27, 1906, Page 4

Nk DON’ WHEN IN--NEED- American Minister Discusses Affairs in Santo Domingo. New York, Oct. 27.—T. C. Dawson, American minister to Santo Domingo, retuwrned from that country on the steamer Seminole. He will leave at once for his home in Council Bluffs, Ia. In speaking of the island Mr. Daw- son said that Santo Domingo is now enjoying an era of great prosperity; CABINET DISCUSSES THE SITUATION | that her receipts are excellent and that her exports and imports have greatly increased. Cape Haytien, Oct. 27.—After the recent complete defeat of the Domin- fcan revolutionists near Monte Cristi by the troops of President Caceres the greater part of the former surren- JAPAN HIGHLY AMERICAN TREATMENT OF INDIGNANT AT RESIDENT SUBJECTS. ONE OF PRESIDENT'S ADVISERS ADMITS SITUATION IS EX- CEEDINGLY GRAVE. Washington, Oct. 27.—The day’s cabinet meeting was attended by all the members except Secretary Shaw and Postmaster General Cortelyou. Among the important matters dis- cussed was the situation growing out of the anti-American sentiment in Jupan and the exclusion of Japanese children from the public schools of Ban Francisco. It was stated by a member of the cabinet after the meeting that the gen- eral opinion of the members was that the Japanese situation was exceed- ingly grave aund would require the most delicate treatment to avoid an open rupture. It developed that the proceedings initiated in San Francisco to compel the authorities to recelve Japanese pupils into the public schools were directed by the department of justice. MATTER NOW IN THE COURTS. Action to Compel Admission of Japa- nese to Public Schools. San Francisco, Oct. 27.—Judge Wol- berton of the United States clrcuit court has issued an order to the board M education of San Francisco citing that body to show cause why an in- Jjunction compelling the reinstatement of I Yasuhara, a Japanese pupil re- cently excluded from the Pacific Heights grammar school, should not be issued. The board is ordered to answer on Nov. 5. This order was is- sued following an application for an injunction presented to Judge Wolber- ton with the intention of making this a test case. The application for the Injunction is made on the grounds that the present resolution of the board of education excluding Japanese pupils from the city schools is in violation of the Constitution of the United States and also in violation of a treaty now existing between the United States and the empire of Japan. KNOWN DEAD NUMBER EIGHT. Four More Bodies Recovered From Ruins of Burned Building, Kansas City, Oct. 27.—Four more bodies were removed during the morn- ing from the ruins of the Chamber of Commerce building in Kansas City, Kan., making the total known dead to date eight. The bodies removed, al- though badly charred, were identified as Edward Winslow, aged forty-two years, city solicitor for Nelson Morris Packing company, and his wife and two daughters. At daybreak a systematic search for the victims was begun. First the walls were pulled down and then a large force of men was put to work to remove the debris. At the hospitals two of the injured are in a serious condition, “but it is believed all the others will ¥egover. The loss of life is attributed in part to the lack of fire fighting apparatus and a movement has been begun through the city councll to remedy the -defect ag soon as possible, GUMMERE'S MISSION TO FEZ. American Minister Describes Vi Sultan of Morocco. Washington, Oct. 27.—With pomp and ceremony probably surpassing that ever before connected with an American mission Minister Gummere last month presented to the sultan of Moroceo a personal letter from Pres- ident Roosevelt. His account of the misslon, which has been received, shows that his party numbered nearly 200 and nearly 100 draft animals. The march from Tangler to Fez was made 8 triumphal procession, the way be- ing led by a mounted bearer of the sultan's flags with a guard on either slde. At the border of each district the caravan was received with salutes and military honors by the native chiefs. The journey occupied twelve days. Minister Gummere says he was recelved by the sultan with the most agreeable cordiality and the regular court etiquette was relaxed to accom- modate him in several important es- sentials. it to Sixth Cavalry After Utes, Sturgls, S. D, Oct. 27.—8ix troops of the Sixth cavalry at Fort Meade, Colonel Rogers in command, have left for the scene of the Ute Indian dls- turbance near Gillette, Wyo. Team- sters and packers accompanied them. The troops went to Belle Fourche from here by rail and from that point will proceed overland, a distance of about 125 miles. Missouri Bank Robbed. - Jefferson Clty, Mo., Oct. .27.—Infor- mation was received here during the day that the Bank of Jamestown, in Moniteau county, seventy'five miles from here, was entered during the night by robbers, who blew open the safe and secured $2,700.-They escaped and there is no clew. dered and were pardoned, but a num- ber, including Geuerals Guellito and ! Rivas and other leaders of the revo- i lution, fled across the frontier into Hayti, where they joined General Na- i varro and started for Cape Haytien. They will embark here for some for- elgn country, as the government of Hayti will not allow the revolutionlsts to remain within this republic. The district of Monte Cristi is quiet, all signs of the recent revolutionary dis- turbances having disappeared. CONCERN REORGANIZED. Receiver for Philadelphia Trust Com- pany Discharged. Philudelphia, Oct. 27.—The common pleas court has discharged George H. Earle, Jr., as recelver of the Real Estate Trust company of this city, which failed on Aug. 28 because of financial irregularities of its president, Frank K. Hipple, who committed sui- j cide shortly before the failure. The action of the court was taken on the petition of counsel representing Mr. Earle and by order of the court the receivership will terminate on Oct. 31. The trust company, under a reor- ganization plan perfected by Mr. Earle, will reopen on Nov. 1. The plan provides that the creditors be paid one-third of their claims in cash and the remainder in preferred stock of the trust company. It is prob- able that Mr. Earle will be chosen president of the reorganized trust company. COALING SHIPS AT SEA. Competitive Trial to Be Made of Two Devices Offered. New York, Oct. 27.—Preparations are nearly completed at the Brooklyn navyyard for a series of competitive trials of coaling warships at sea, by which the navy department intends to test the relative merits of the Spencer Miller system of marine cableway, which successfully coaled the United States battleship Massachusetts off Sandy Hook some time ago, and the Mackrow & Cameron device, recently sent from England and which is now at the navyvard ready to be installed on the collier Abarenda. Its capacity is said to be sixty tons an hour for eight consecutive hours, but it has not vet had a sea trial. EXPERTS TO VISIT GERMANY. Names of Four Persons Selected An- nounced. Washington, Oct. 27.—Dr. Charles Waddell Stiles of the public health and marine hospital service has been named as one of the experts to be sent to Germany to investigate cus- toms tariff complaints. He formerly was connected with the bureau of animal industry of the department of agriculture. James L. Gerry, chief of the cus- toms division of the treasury depart- ment, and Nahum 1. Stone, one of the tariff experts of the department of commerce and labor, also were select- ed. These, with Director North of the census bureau, make four so far se- lected. NATIONAL W. C. T. U. Annual Convention in Session at Hart. ford, Conn. Hartford, Conn., Oct. 27.—The thir- ty-third annual convention of the Na- tional Women's Christian Temperance union opened here during the day at Parsons theater. Mrs. Lillian M. N. Stevens of Portland, Me., presided and over 450 delegates from all parts of the United States were present. Dele gates from Austria, Japan, England, Greece and other countries also were on hand. The feature of the morning session was the address of the president, Mrs. Stevens, who has been at the head of the organization since the death in 1898 of the founder, Miss Frances Wil- lard. APPEALS TO ROOSEVELT. Tennessee Priest Urges Steps to Solve Negro Probiem. Columbus, 0., Oct. 27.—In a toast “The President,” at the annual ban- quet of the Alumni association of the St. Mary's Seminary of the West, Cin- cinnati, Rev, Father Thomas V. Tobin ! of Chattanooga,.Tenn., made an im- passioned appeal that President Roose- i velt do something definite before the ; end of his term to help settle the race . question in the South and stop the rioting and bloodshed which, he de- clared, had become menacing in re- cent year: Wounds: Girl and Suicides. New York, Oct. 27.—Believing that he had killed his sweetheart with the , four bullets he fired at her Frank Dor- sey, a clerk whose home was in Brook- 'yn, shot himself dead in a Fourth avenue bird store, where both were employed. The young woman, MIss | Josephine Schmidt, was only slightly . wounded in tte leg. the package is large. CIRCUIT BENCH DECLARES TO- LEDO (0.) ICEMEN MUST GO TO WORKHOUSE. ANTI-TRUST LAW CONSTITUTIONAL DEFENDANTS WILL NOW CARRY THE CASE TO THE STATE SUPREME COURT. Toledo, O., Oct. 27.—The circuit court has upheld the decision of Judge Kinkade of the common pleas court in the sentences he gave Reuben Lemon, Rollin Beard and Joseph Miller, con- victed of conspiracy in restraint of trade in the sale of ice. These are the famous ice cases which were tried in common pleas court last summer. The sentences given the men were $2,500 fine each ‘and six months in the workhouse and if the supreme court affirms the lower courts the icemen must serve their sentences. The circuit court also held the Val- entine anti-trust law constitutional. HOOE REPEATS STORY. Details Alleged Meetings With Mrs. Mary Scott Hartje. Pittsburg, Oct. 27.—Clifford Hooe, the negro coachman formerly em- ployed by Augustus Hartje, went on the stand in criminal court to defend himself from the charge of perjury. Hooe reiterated his first statements damaging to the reputation of Mrs. Mary Scott Hartje. He went into de- tails of the alleged meetings and also swore that the confession and retrac- tlon secured from him by the detec- tive agency was made under compul- sion and while intoxicated. John F. Scott, the father of Mrs. Hartje, listened to the recital and glared at the negro, who hung his head and looked straight at the jury. The. story as told by the witness was of a revolting nature and as he gave his testimony there were mur- murs of disgust throughout the court- room at almost every sentence. WILL RECOMMEND SUIT. Pennsylvania State Treasurer After Capitol Board. Harrisburg, Pa., Oct. 27.—State Treasurer Berry, a Democrat, who was elected last year by the reformer sald during the day that he would re ommend to Attorney General Carson that criminal proceedings be instituted against members of the board of pub- lic grounds and buildings who con- { tracted for the furnishing and equip- ping of the new state capitol, which cost the state $13,000,000. Mr. Berry is preparing a letter to the attorney general which he expects to have ready to forward on Monday. Berry claims that.the board exceed- ed its legal authority in contracting for nearly $9,000,000 of work on the building. The state ‘treasurer says he will reply later to Governor Penny- packer’s letter defending the conduct of the board. BATTLE ENDS IN ARRESTS. 8ix Bank Robbers Captured by Posse in Ohio. Cadiz, 0., Oct. 27.—After a desper- ate encounter between a posse of armed citizens and officials on one side and six bank robbers on the other the latter were rounded up at Jewett and brought to this place, where they are now in jail. . The men are charged with having dynamited the safe of the First Na- tional bank of Bowerston, this county, ‘Wednesday night. The report of the explosion aroused people of the town and the robbers, who escaped on a handcar, were pursued by the posse, who captured them. The safe of the bank was wrecked, but the robbers did not get any money. CHARGES CORRUPTION. Hearst's Manager Makes Accusation Against Republicans. New York, Oct. 27.—Max F. Ihmsen, chairman of the executive committee of the Independence league and man- ager of the campaign of W. R. Hearst for governor, has made a statement in which he charges that the Republicans are attempting to raise an enormous corruption fund for the purpose of electing Mr. Hughes. He also declared that Postmaster General Cortelyou had come to New York to show Chair- man Woodruft of the state Republican committee how to raise such a fund. French Arms Factory Burns. Paris, Oct, 27.—The Barriquand & Marres arms factory, situated in the Rue Oberkampf, has been destroyed by fire. The factory was one of the most important in France. The losses are placed at many millions of franes. A number of firemen were injured and a woman died of fright during the fire. Revolutionists Kill Tr: Mitau, Oct. 27.—A man named Sproggs, once a prominent revolution- ary leader in the Baltic provinces, was_ killed' here while; on' his way" America because he had betrayed his “party, " He had just recovered from a ‘wound inflicted on him by revolution- Officials Remove District Attorney of San Francisco, San Franeisco, Oct. 27.—"The course of Acting Mayor Gallagher and the board of supervisors in suspending District Attorney Langdon from office and appointing Abraham Ruef acting Aistrict attorney in his place, followed by Ruef’s removal of myself as assist- aut district attorney, Is not only il legal but s revolutionary in charac- ter,” said Francis J. Heney. “The only purpose of Langdon’s suspension on trumped up charges, ridiculously and notoriously false, is to bring to a halt the proceedings now under way in Judge Graham's court to impanel a new grand jury before which District Attorney Langdon, as: sisted by myself, propose to present evidence which, in my opinion, will Justify the indictment of leading offi cials of the city administration and Abraham Ruef. “I have the evidence to prove these allegations and at the proper time and place as the law prescribes District Attorney Langdon and myself, as his assistant, will lay it before the new grand jury, It is to prevent such ex posure that this utterly illegal step has been taken.” COMPROMISE IS REJECTED. 8witchmen Turn Down Wage Offer of Railroads. Chicago, Oct, 27.—A comproriise of 2 cents an hour increase in wages of- fered by the railroads has been re- Jected by committees representing the Switchmen’s unions of the entire country. The men are holding out for the original demands submitted a month ago, calling for a minimum scale of 42 cents an hour for toremen, 38 cents for helpers and an eight hour day. Despite the failure of ne- gotiations both sides express the be- lief that theve will be no strike. The railroad managers are in a conciliatory mood and are willing to malke reason- able concessicns, they say, in the way of increased wages, but they will not consider the quesiion of reducing working hours at this time. Every railroad in the country on which menibers of the Switchmen’s Union of America are employed has received from that organization a de- mand for increased wages and an eight-hour day. With the demand was also presented notification that unless satisfactory terms are reached a strike vote will be taken by the union within two ki WOUNDS ‘BOTH PURSUERS. Two Citizens of Fremont, 0., Chase Mysterious Man, Fremont. O., Oct. 27.—As a result of a running fight with a mysterious man Louis Johnson of this city is suf- fering from a bullet wound in the leg and Frank Keeler may die from the effects of a wound in the groin. The mysterious man has been re- peatedly seen loitering around the house. of Johnson and his son-inlaw, John Weber, who lives next door. Keeler, who lives at the Weber house, saw the man peering through John- son’s windows. He went to the John- son home and informed the latter. The two immediately started after the man, who pulled a revolver and fired. One of the bullets struck Keeler in the left side, just below the kidney, and the other passed through Johnson's leg. Both men continued the chase until they fell exhausted from loss of blood and their assailant escaped. | CHAUFFEURS' STRIKE SPREADS, Addition to Ranks of Men Out in New York City. New York, Oct. 27.—The strike of chauffeurs employed by the New York Transportation company, which began Thursday at the company’s main gar- age at Fiftieth street and Eighth ave- nue, has spread to one of the com- pany’s sub-stations in Sixty-sixth street Ninety of the 120 chauffeurs employed at the sub-station joined the 300 strikers. Thirty of the sub-station men remained at work and as they took their cabs from the garage each was accompanied by an officer in plain clothes. The men are striking for an increase in wages and regular hours of labor. CANNOT MARRY DIVORCEES. Church Conference Decides to Expel Ministers Wto Do So. New York, Oct. 27.—At a meeting of the United Methodist Episcopal conference, which is in session here, the committee on divorce brought in a report forbidding any pastor in the conference marrying divorced per- sons. The resolution was passed unanimously by the general confer- ence. The measure provides that any pastor in the conference who is ac- cused of marrying divorced persons will be tried according to the discip- line of th2 church and if found gailty, will be expelled from the organiza- tion. Poles Destroy Schoolhouse. Berlin, Oct. 27.—The schoolhouse at Bendzkovo, P,rua_élan Poland, was set on fire and burned to the ground by the explosion” of'a petroleum -bomb. The outrage was presumably commit- i ted by Poles as a result of the action I of the Prussian authorities in requir- ing Polish school children to say prayers ‘and recite their “catechism in German. S Two Farmhands Murdered. - FORGET THE NUMBER--P OF -ANYTHINIG IN THE DRUG LINE-WE DELIVER TO ALL PARTS OF THE CITY 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, TWO HUNDRED THIRTEEN THIRD STREET, BEMIDJI, MINNESOTA. DPEN RUPTURE FEARED =vore cresr erosrcee| ypyp) G| QWER GOURT| " "revei_sxrosunee. COERCION OF AGENTS DISTRICT ATTORNEY JEROME ‘|“0l PROBE CHARGES AGAINST THE MUTUAL LIFE. WELL KNOWN MEN UNDER LIGHT INVESTIGATION AIMED PARTIC: ULARLY AT ACTS OF CER- TAIN COMMITTEE. New York, Oct. 27.—District Attor- ney Jerome has begun an active in- vestigation of recent coercion-con- spiracy charges against the Mutual Life Insurance company. E. C. Sutton, the company’s ex- manager at Springfleld, Mass., was the first witness, spending several hours closeted with Assistant District Attor- ney Nathan A. Smyth, to whom, for the present, it is understood, Mr. Je rome has assigned the case. The investigation is directed par- ticularly against the company’'s com- mittee on insurance agencies. The following men compose this commit- tee: Henry H. Rogers, Dumont Clarke, Julien T. Davies, William P. Dixon, ‘William H. Truesdale, President Pea- body and Vice President McClintock. HOLDS WHEAT AT $1. Convention. Fixes Selling Price of Products. East St. Louis, Ill, Oct. 27.—Prices on farm products have been fixed by the American Society of Equity at its convention here and by accepting the report of the committee the members of the society bind themselves not to sell products at less than the follow- ing prices: ‘Wheat, No. 1 Northern or No. 2 red, $1; corn, to the end of the year, 46 cents; from Jan. 1 to April 1, 50 cents; after April 1 and until prices are again fixed, 55 cents; oats, 40 cents; barley, No. 2, 55 cents; rye, 75 cents; buckwheat, 70 cents; potatoes, Irish, 65 cents; sweet, 76 cents; beans, navy, $1.50; red, $2; cotton, 12 cents; ‘wool, 30 cents; hogs, $6.50; cattle, $6;, sheep, $56.50; hay, $14; broomcorn, $76 to $100. In nearly all instances the list of prices is to be based on Chicago mar- kets, the exceptions being the price for beans, which is based on Detroit quotations, and cotton, on New York. It was explained in the convention that members must receive the prices named, less the cost of transportation. Farmers’ CAPITALIZED AT $25,000,000, Company to Control Dairy Prices in New York City. ‘New York, Oct. 27.—What promises to be the biggest milk concern in the country has just been organized under the name of the New York Dairy com- pany, with an authorized capital of $26,000,000. The idea is said to have originated with the farmers. ‘Walter M. Hodge is promoting the financial end and James L. Bennett, who has a law office at 220 Broadway, represents the farmers. Mr. Bennett has for years been the counsel of the Five States Milk Producers’ associa- tlon, which has a.membership of 10, 000 farmers, who contribute to the milk supply of New York city. Mr. Bennett explained that the farm- ers have long wanted a consolidated distributing company in New York to give the price of milk stability and to make it possible to provide the purest milk at the most reasonable price. FOREIGN TRADE SUSPENDED. State of Anarchy Exists In Part of Morocco, Paris, Oct. 27.—A special dispatch from Tangler says that a state of an- archy exists in the regions of Rabat and Casa Blanca and that all trans- port of foreign goods has ceased. The dispatch adds that Raisuli, the bandit chief, who is responsible for the disorder prevailing at Arizllla, is in complete control of the territory between El Araish and Tangler. GRAIN DEALERS IN POOL. Charge Made by Witness at lowa Hearing. Des Moines, Oct. 27.—C. G. Mes- serole; at the afternoon session of the interstate commerce commission; di- rectly charged that the Iowa Grain Dealers’ association formed a pool to control business in Iowa and boycotted him when he refused to join. He is secretary of the Co-Operative Farm- ers’ association. - £ All Differences Setled. Chicago, Oct. 27.—All differences ex- isting between the coal operators and union miners of Illinois were amicably | settled at a joint meeting here be- tween the executive committees of the operators and workmen. The miners will not have to pay the fine of $500,- | 000 which the operators demanded b cause they refused-to work on Oct. 12. Wisconsin Candidate I, Madison, Wis;, Oct. 27.—Frank L. Gilbert, Republican: candidate for at- L ONE 34 The Secret of the Maple. No thoughtful person who has ever Band of Refractory Utes Held There S iHtaN A% maple: srovain. e early by the 8torm. spring while snow banks are yet lin- Chevenne, Wyo,, Oct. 27.—The band goring in sheltered Lollows and bLas of Ute Indians who are to be rounded|: cen pailful after pailful of sweet sap up by the United States cavalry and|drawn from the auger holes in the escorted back to their reservation are|ghapely trunks can have failed to won- now on Little Powder river, about|der what forces govern the flow of the forty miles north of Gillette, Wyo., and|gap. When the warm sun touches the are temporarily camped there on ac:|treetops the flos increases. A rise of a count of the storm. few degrees in temperature often Major C. H. Grierson, in command | eauses a great increase of flow, if the of Troop M, Tenth cavalry, which was | rige passes the zero point on the cen- sent to escort the Indians back to their { tigrade scale—that is, the freezing point reservation, decided, after they re |of water. But a considerable change of fused to surrender, to await reinforce. | temperature in which the fluctuations " ON LITTLE POWDER RIVER. . ments before rounding them up, and|do not cross the zero line causes no orders have been issued by General A.| marked change in the flow of sap. Dr. 'W. Greely to send two more troops cf | K. M. Wiegand, discussing these and the Tenth cavalry from Fort Robin |other related facts in the American son, Neb. As soon as these arrive at the military camp the entire battalion will move forward and surround the Indian camp on Powder river and de mand the surrender of the Utes, who are 300 strong. If they still refuse to accompany the troops, an attack will be the only alternative. STREET CAR LINE TIED UP Claimed Franchise of Cleveland Con pany Has Expired. Cleveland, Oct. 27.—The street car situation in this city assumed an acute phase during the afternoon when the police, acting under instructioas from the city hall, suddenly stopped the operation of the cars of the Cleve- land Electric Railway company aad suburban lines on Erfe street between Prospect street and Central avenue. The action was taken, it is stated because it is held that the franchise of the Cleveland Electric railway on Frie street has expired. The statin of the suburban lines is located on Erie street and as a result of the tieay ervous | out of town cars were unable to dis- charge freight at the regular termiral depot. BRIEF BITS OF NEWS. In view of the situation in Moroezc the French government has decided to send a warship to Tangier. Milton M. Price, ex-United States consular agent at Xeres- de la Fron tera, 8pain, is dead at Paris. The Arena club of the Young Men's Christian association of Cleveland has decided that a millionaire cannot be an honest man. An advance of 1 cent a quart for milk delivered in Chicago after Nov. 1 has been decided on by the Retail Milk Dealers’ association. A -story is in circulation at Chicagc that E. H. Harriman is to retire from the presidency of the Union and the Bouthern Pacific railroads. Control of the Mallory steamship line has been sold to Charles W. Morse and associates. The deal involves be- tween $8,000,000 and $9,000,000. Dr. - Charles P. Russell, known throughout the country as an author- ity on dermatolegy. and the treatment of cancer, is dead at Utica, N. Y. Dispatches to Dun’s Trade Review Indicate that weather conditions have been somewhat- irregular, although trade is still making good progress. The pope Friday received the Ger- man foreign secretary, Herr von Tschirsky, who was. accompanied by the Prussian minister to the Vatican, Baron von Rotenhan. Samuel McClellan Hay, for fifty- eight years identified ‘with the busi- ness interests of Oshkosh, Wis., and a ploneer merchant and banker of wide reputation, is dead, aged eighty-one years, The, Chicago and Northwestern Rail- way company Friday paid the largest franchise fee ever received by Mich- igan. It was $50,000 and was paid to cover the increase of capital from $100,000,000 to $200,000,000 voted by the directors on Oct. 18 MARKET QUOTATIONS, Minneapolis Wheat. Minneapolis, Oct. 26.—Wheat—Dec. 2% @72%¢c; May, 76%¢c; July, 77%¢c. On track—No. 1 hard, 76%c; No. 1 Northern, 76¢c; No. 2 Northern, 74c; No. 3 Northern, 71%@72%c. $t.-Paul Union Stock Yards. St. Paul, Oct. 26.—Cattle—Good to choice steers, $5.50@6.25; common to good, $3.26@4.00; good to choice cows and heifers, $3.50@4.60; veals, $4.60@ 6.26. Hogs—$5.90@6.25. Sheep—Weth- ers, $4.50@5.10; good to prime spring lambs, $6.25@6.75. Duluth Wheat and Flax. Duluth, Oct. 26.—Wheat—To arrive and on track—No. ‘1 hard, 77c; No. 1 Northern, 76¢; No. -2 Northern, T4%¢; Oct., 75%c; Dec., 73%c; May, T7%¢; July, 78%c. Flax—To arrive and on track, $1.13%; Oct., $1.13%; Nov., $1.- 13%; Dec, $1.11%; Jan, $1.11%; May, $1.14%. Chicago Grain and Provisions. Chicago, ' Dec. 26.— Wheat—Dec., 12% @72%c; May, 77% @77%c. Corn —Dec., 48%c; May, 43%c.” Oats—Dec:; 881, @33%¢c; May, 34% @34%¢c. Pork —Jan, $13.72% @18.75; ‘May, $13.77%. Flax—Nothing doing: Butter—Cream- erles, 19@25%c; dairies, 18%@28c Eggs—20@22¢. Poultry—Turkeys, 141 chickens, 8% @9c; springs, 9%e. Chicago Union Stock Yards. Chicago, Oct. 26.—Cattle—Beeyes, $4.50@7.10; cows and helifers, $1.50@ 6.16; stockers - and feeders, $2:60@ 4.40; Texans, $3.75@4.35; Westerns, $3.90@8.10; calves [ . D, -Mixed ‘and hutchers, $6.05@6.55; Prairfe | €00d heavy, $6.35@6.56; rough heavy Naturalist, reaches the conclusion that neither expansion of gas in the wood nor expansion of water nor expansion of wood itself is the underlying cause of the pressure which produces the flow, but that this pressure arises from the effects of temperature in altering the osmotic permeability of the pith ray cells. Nothing New Under the San. I remember the surprise with which I heard a cornet solo first recorded and then reproduced by a Scott grapho® phone, the construction of which, if I am not mistaken, antedated the_ birth of Edison. The record was made upon a sheet of tin foil wrapped around a brass cylinder which was actuated by means of a weight, a train of wheels and a butterfiy regulator. In this con- nection—to show the antiquity of the germs of another modern invention— one dny when looking through the files of the Journal des Savans I came across the account of a machine which ‘was presented to the Academy of Sci- ences of Paris somewhere around the early years of the eighteenth century. This machine was nothing else but a typewriter; the description was very summary, but I remember that it had individual type bars, the keys of which were made of ivory. It was the work of M. Leroy of Versailles, who was styled Horlogeur du Roy, the reigning king being Louis XIV.—Alfred Sang In Engineering Magazine. Widows. Widows exist in all countries, thus counterbalancing the matrimonial de- cadence which might otherwise result from timid men. Widows are clinging by temperament and attach themselves readily to any object that can’t help Itself. It is generally considered un- lucky to meet a widow on a dark pia: za by the light of the moon. In mauy countries to be kissed by a widow means endless trouble. Widows are | frequently accompanied by children. whose number is constantly liable to increase. They roam at large over the principal sections, and no man safe when they are near. All the fect men now dead have married wid- ows, thus forming a continuous con- trast to the miserable specimens who still live. It has been said “Beware of widows,” but this is unnecessary, for 10 man can really help himself.—Life. Flexible Stone. The stone looked like a piece of dark gray granite. It was a foot long end several inches thick. Lifted. it bmt this way and that, like rubber. “It is itacolumite or flexible saudstone,” siid the owner. “It is found in Califoria, Georgia and several other states. )le- eldes bending, it will stretch. Look at It closely and you will see that it is formed of a number of small pieces of stone of various tints all dovetailed: to- gether loosely, so as to allow of a slight movement. This movement is what causes the stone to bend. See how it bends! Like rubber precisely, eh? Bt If T bend it too far it will break.” His Specialties. Captain Spencer of the Church army once asked a convict what he did for a living when he left prison. “Well, in spring T does a bit o’ pea picking and in summer I does a bit o' fruit picking and in the autumn I does a bit o 'op picking” “Yes,” said the captain, “and what do you do in the winter?” “Well, mister, I may as well be honest with yer. In the winter I does a bit o' pocket picking!” Cap- tain Spencer next asked, “And what happens then?’ The convict replied, “Why, I comes ’ere and does a bit o’ | oakum picking!”"—London News. Homeslck Spencer. ‘When Herbert Spencer was a boy his father sent him away from home to school. The youngster became home- slck and, with 2 shillings In his pocket. made his way home, over 120 miles, in three days, walking most of the way. He dld forty-eight miles the first day and forty-sevén on the second. On the third day a friendly coach driver took him most of the way for nothing. Mistook His Destination. An editor of a western exchange re- cently began worrying about how he would get his shirt on over his wings after reaching paradise. An envious ‘contemporary sarcastically observed that his difficulty would likely be in finding out how he could get his bat on over his horns.—Gayman (Kan.) Herald, Rellet at Last. Housekeeper—I hear your brother, -who died in California, left you $1,000, Dinah. That will be a great help to you. Washlady—'Deedy it will, missis. Al’s been' needin’ a pianner an' a pho- nograft an’ a oil pajntin® ob mahsaif in gllt frame fo! yeahs, an’ now. bress | de good Lord, Ah kin hab ’em!—Puck, Every man will find his own private more_dificult to manage- and any public affairs in pAS—