Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, November 15, 1906, Page 4

Late News of the World By Wire Domestxc--Forexgn--Fmanéxal-—Socnal--Polxtxcal and Commercml % ATTEMPT AT BRIBERY' JUROR IN OHIO OIL TRUST CASE * OFFERED $500 TO FORCE A DISAGREEMENT, TELLS HIS STORY TO GRAND JURY DECLARES HE DID NOT KNOW THE INDIVIDUAL WHO TEN- DERED THE MONEY, Cleveland, Nov. 15.—A special to the | Cleveland News from Findlay, O., says: According to C. C. Myers, member of the jury that convicted the Stand- ard Oil company of violating the anti- trust law, a bribe of $500 was twice offered to him during the trial, once on the street and once in the base- ment of the courthouse, on condition that he hang the jury and force a dis- agreement. Myers says he does not know who the man who tendered him the money was, though it was the same man in both instances. The bribe offered in the second in- stance may have been greater than $500, as the agent did not state the amount; merely displaying a huge roll of bills. Prosecutor David and other county officers will not discuss the charge of attempted bribery. Members of the jury on which My- ers served have been summoned be- fore the grand jury to give their tes- timony. Rumors of attempts to bribe or otherwise influence jurymen had been frequent during the trial and afterward. This gave rise to the in- quiry. Myers' statement was one of the first taken, having been given the grand jury late Tuesday. After leav- ing the juryroom Myers admitted that he had described attempts to bribe him. He describes the man who of- fered him the money as of middle size, well dressed, dark in complexion and wearing a short moustache. He explains that he said nothing of the offer because he feared the conse- quent notoriety. PROBING BRIBERY CHARGE. Nothing Tangible Discovered in Oil Trust Investigation. Findlay, O., Nov. 15—“We haven’t been able to get any thing tangible,” said Prosecutor David, in reference to the investigation of alleged at- tempts at bribery of jurymen who heard the case against the Standard 0Oil company in the probate court. “The grand jury is investigating re- ports of alleged bribery or attempts at bribery, but so far nothing has come before that body upon which we could take action.” ‘When the jurymen were considering the case one or two of them held out and refused to report a verdict of guilty, as the others desired. The jury reported once to Judge Banker that it could not agree, but the judge sent the jurymen back, and they finally found a verdict of guilty. FOR CLAIMS Mrs, Dowie Given Property at White Lake, Mich. Chicago, Nov. 16.—Judge Landis, in the federal court, has directed the en- try of an order by virtue of which Mrs. Jane Dowie is granted the Mac- Dhull property at White Lake, Mich. This property was purchased by John Alexander Dowie when he was at the head of the Zion church. In return Mrs. Dowie relinquished all claim to property in Zion City and turns over the stock held by her in the Zion City lace factories to Overseer Voliva, now the head of the church of Zion. Voliva had declared that he would contest the transfer to Mrs. Dowie of the property at White Lake, but his attorneys qutered no objection to the entering of the'formal order. IN FULL, CASTRO REPORTED DEAD. News Being Concealed by Venezue- lan Government, Fort de France, Nov. 15.—The Dutch cruiser Kortenaer has arrived here from Willemstad, island of Curacao, and reports that at the time of her departure from Curacao f was report- ed there persistently afld it is gener- ally believed that President Castro of Venezuela' was dead, but that his death was being concealed by the Venezuelan government in order to maintain itself in power. The Kort- enaer has received orders to hasten her preparations to put to sea again and to leave Fort de France for Guaya- ra, Venezuela, if the death of Presi- dent Castro is confirmed. INCREASE CAPITAL STOCK. Three Pipe Line Companies Controll- ed by Standard Oil, Harrisburg, .Pa., Nov. 15.—Three pipe line concerns controlled by the Standard Oil conmipany have filed no- tices in the state department of heavy increases in their capital stock. They ! are the Crescent Pipe Line company of Philadelphia, whose capital has been increased from $1,000,000 to $2,- 000,000; the Southern Pipe Line com- Dpany, Ol City, from $5,000,000 to $10,- 000,000 and the Northern Pipe Line ' company of Ofl City, $1,000,000 to $4,- | 000,000. DESPERADO KILLS FOUR. Two Negroes and Two Officers Make Up List of Victims. . Asheville, N. C, Nov. 15.—Patrol- men Charles Blackstock and Willlam | Bailey of this city were shot to death | by a negro, who also killed one negro and fatally wounded another. The murderer gave his name as Will Harris of Charlotte, N. C, a desperado for whom a large reward has been standing for some time. Prior to the death of the two offi- cers a negro restaurant keeper named Ben Allison was shot and killed by Harris without proveccation. Another negro named Tom Neil lies mortally wounded, he, too, being shot before the officers took a hand in the melee. Harris started on his tour from a negro house. He fired into two houses as he made his way to South Main street and wounded Allison. Later the desperado encountered Tom Neil and fired at him. Police Captain Page and Officers Bailey and Blackstock rushed from police headquarters in pursuit. Cap- tain Page received a bullet in the arm from the negro’s rifle. Page called upon Blackstock to fire, but before that officer could do so Blackstock fell dead with.a bullet in the chest. Bailey fired twice without hitting and the negro then shot and killed Bailey, afterward escaping. SOME RADICAL RESOLUTIONS §0 CALLED “SOCIALIST” PROPO- SITIONS AT FEDERATION CONVENTION, Minneapolis, Nov. 15.—Eight dele- gates from the American Society of Equity have been admitted to the con- vention of the American Federation of Labor and two of them, W. West Tubbs, the secretary, Peoria, Ill, and 0. C. Crowley, Wisconsin state or- ganizer, addressed the convention. The admission of this delegation is viewed as a step toward alliance be- tween the*American Federation of La- bor and the “Farmers’ union,” as the American Society of Equity has been called. P Resolutions denouncing the judicial system of the United States as “tyran ical and antiquated, from the police court up to the supreme court of the United States,” were introduced at the morning session and were refer red to the committee on resolutions. These, with other resolutions known as the “socialist resolutions,” were presented by Victor L. Berger of Mil- waukee, delegate for the Wisconsin State Federation of Labor. Charging that the judiciary, and es- pecially the federal judiciary, is re- cruited from corporation lawyers .up- on the recommendation of “pluto- crats,” the resolutions call for the election ,of all judges, including fed- eral judges, by the people of their respective districts or states for a term not longer than four years, with the privileges of being re-elected from time to time if the people so desire. On the subject of insurance the reso- lutions are equally outspoken, de- nouncing the system in the United States as a notorious method of graft and exploitation and demanding com- pulsory life and other' insurance by legislative enactment. FIRE DESTROYS THEIR HOME. Michigan Woman and Three Children Burned to Death. Coldwater, Mich,, Nov. 15—Mrs. Charles Mowry and her three chil- dren, Homer, aged six ‘years, Louise, aged three years, and a baby of six months, were burned to death -in their home on a farm at Batavia sta- tion, six miles southwest of this city on the Lake Shore railroad. Charles Mowry, thé husband and father, rose early and built two fires in the house. He then went to the barn to do chores and while there dis- covered that his house was afire. He rushed back, but the flames had made such headway that he could not en- ter the house and his calls through the windows to his family brought no response. It is thought that the moth- er and three children were suffocated to death while asleep. LONE BANDIT ROBS BANK. Locks Half Dozen Persons in Vault: and Escapes With $1,780. Newton, Kan., Nov. 15.—The Mid- land bank of Newton was held up during the afternoon by one man and robbed of $1,780 in currency. The robber presented a letter to Herman Suderman, the cashier, stat- ing who he was and what he wanted, also advising the clerks and bystand- ers that they would-all die together should any effort be made to detain him. Six or. seven persons were in the bank and all were ordered into the vault and locked in. The robber then secured what currency was in sight and escaped. EVERY STATE REPRESENTED. National ‘Grange in Annual Conven- tion at Denver, Denver, Nov. 15.—Every state in the Union was represented at the an- nual convention of the National Graage, which was called to order in' the chamber of commerce here by President M. H. Bachelder of New Hampshire. The first session was oc. | cupled with the appointment of com- | mittees and other routine work. _The . sessions will' contfnue ten ‘days. ~ An attendance of 1,600 delegates is ex- pected. PURCHASES OF EQUIPMENT.I Western Roads Break All Records. Chicago, Nov. 16.—The large pur- chases of equipment which have been announced within the last few days by Western railroads indicate that all records relating to increases in equip- ment will be smashed this year. The ‘Wabash expects within a few weeks to make contracts for $12,320,000 worth of new cars and engines and the Northern Pacific has just made public its purchase of $7,000,000 worth of new. freight cars. " The Burlington has begun to recetve, $5,668,000 worth of new locomotives and cars, the orders for which will not be filled until next year. The Santa Fe has in orders for $8,000,000 worth of cars and locomotives. Add: ed to the recently announced orders by the Harriman lines aggregating $21,660,000 and by the Rock Island amounting to $6,000,000, this makes $61,133,000 in orders which six West: ern systems have placed, practically all of them for delivery early nexi year. Other roads are making pur- chases on a similarly large scale which they are not yet ready to announce. ORGANIZED BY ROCK ISLAND Big Express Company Recently Incor. porated in Maine. New York, Nov. 15.—The Tribune says the North American Express company, which was incorporated in Maine with an authorized capital of $25,000,000, has been organized by Rock Island interests, it is now learn ed, and is designed to operate on the lines of the Rock: Island system as well as to carry on a general express business. The United States Express company and Wells-Fargo company handle: most of the express business of the Rock Island and its controlled roads. * Previous New England Democrats Confer. Boston, Nov, 15.—A private confer ence of prominent New England Dem: ocrats was opened here during the day for the purpose, it was understood, of discussing the Democratic nomination for the presidency to be made in 1908 The meetings, it was said, were to for- ward the interests of the Democracy of New England and not for the spe cial benefit of any one candidate. Fire Fighter Seriously Injured. St. Paul, Nov. 15.—Assistant Fire Chief Rodecker was very seriously and perhaps fatally injured while making a run to a fire on Tenth and Cedar streets. His buggy was struck by a hose cart at the corner of Ninth and Cedar, overturning it and hurling the chief headlong into the excavation for the new Y. M. C. A. building at that corner. Three Die in Tenement Fire. New York, Nov. 15.—Three lives were lost in New Brunswick, N. J. as a result of a fire which destroyed several temements occupied by ne groes. Two children, Frank and Su san Doran, who had been locked it their home by their parents, wer¢ burned to death. It is believed they started the fire while playing with matches. BRIEF BITS OF NEWS, * Dr. Robert Craig, prominent in med fcal circles of Pittsburg, committed suicide at Atlantic City, N. J, by shooting himself. The condition of Govermor Harris of Ohio is exciting alarm among his friends. It is said that the doctors are afraid of pneumonia. The comptroller of the currency has issued a call for a statement of the condition of national banks at the close of business on Monday, Nov. 12 Frederick Rutter, a clerk, was suf focated and Andrew Erickson, also a clerk, was injured, probably fatally in a fire in a three story tenement house in Brooklyn. MARKET QUOTATIONS, Minneapolis Wheat. Minneapolis, Nov. 14—Wheat—Dec., 76% @76%c; May, 79%c; July, 80%@ 80%c. On track—No. 1 hard, 80%c; No. 1 Northern, 79%c; No, 2 Northern, 77%c¢; No..8 Northern, T4@75c. St. Paul Union Stock Yards. St. Paul, Nov. 14.—Cattle—Good to choice grain fed steers, $5.50@6.25; faiv to good, $4.50@5.50; good to choice grain fed cows and heifers, $3.50@4.50; - butcher bulls, $2.25@3.00; veal calves, $4.00@5.25. Hogs—$5.76@ 6.00. Sheep—Wethers, $4.50@5.10; goed to prime spring lambs, 36 26@ 6.85. Chicago Grain.and Provisions. Chicago, Nov, - 14.—Wheat—Dec, 743, @74%c; May, 79c. Corn—Dec, 42%c; May, 43%c. Oats—Dec., 34%c; May, 85%c. Pork—Jan,, $14.40; May, $14.62%. TFlax—Nothing doing. But: ter—Creameries, 19@25%c; dairies,] 18% @23c. Eges, 22@24c. Poultry— Turkeys, 16c¢; chickens, 10c; springs, 10%c¢. Chicago Union Stock Yards. Chicago, Nov. 14.—Cattle—Beeves, $400@7.15; cows and heifers, $1.60@ 6.10; stockers and feeders, $2.40@ 4.50; Westerners, $3.90@6.10; calves, $6.50@7.75. Hogs—Mixed and bufch- ers, $5.90@6.35; good heavy, $6.16@ 6.371%; rough heavy, $5.75@5.95; light, $6.80@6.30. Sheep, $3.76@5.50; lambs, $4.60@7.50. Duluth Wheat and Flax, Duluth, Nov. 14—Wheat—No. 1 hard on track, 80%ec. 1 Northern, 79%c; No. 2 Northern, 78%9., On track—No. 1 Northern, 795¢; No. 2 Northern, 78%c; Nov. 79%c; Dec., 76%¢; May, 19%c; Jul 80%c. Flax—To arrive, $1.21%; track, J; 1;& . Nov, :1.20%, To arrive—No.' UNIFORM DIVORCE LAWS, ; National Articles Submitted. Philadelphla, Nov. 15.—The national } congress on uniform divorce laws, which Tuesday began the considera- tion of a bill for adoption by all’the states in the Union, has taken up ar- ticle 4, which names the causes for divorce from bed and board. The three articles so far adopted are as follows: Article 1—Causes existing at mar- riage for annulment of marriage shall be ingurable physical disability; con- sanguinity or aflinity according to the table of degrees established by law; bigamy, fraud, force or coercion; in- sanity of either party; when the wife is under.sixteen years or the husband under eighteen at the suit of either party, Article 2—Kinds of divorce shall be divorce from the bonds of matrimony, or absolute divorce, and divorce from bed and board, or judicial separation. Article 3—Causes for divorce from the bonds of matrimony shall be adul- tery, bigamy, conviction and sentence for at least two years for crime; ex- treme cruelty on the part of either husband or wife as to endanger the life or health of the other party and render cohabitation unsafe; wilful de- sertion for two years; habitual drunk- enness for two years. MANY DIPLOMATS PRESENT CHANCELLOR VON BUELOW DIS- CUSSES GERMANY’S FOR- EIGN RELATIONS. Beriln, Nov. 15.—Chancellor von Buelow, from the place in the reich- stag where he fell unconscious sevén mornths ago, spoke for forty-five min- utes on Germany’s foreign relations, the highly intereated audience includ- ing Baron von Achrenthal, the Aus- tro-Hungarian foreign minister, Am- bassador and Mrs. Charlemagne Tow- er, several other ambassadors and quite fifly members of the diplomatic corps, who occiipied seats in the diplo- matic, enclosure. Immediately after Prince von Bue- low had entered the house and bowed his acknowledgments of the applause the president of the house rang his bell, calling the reichstag to order. +Herr Bassermann, National-Liberal, following up his question asking for information regarding the country’s foreign relations, said that since Prince Bismarck left Germany respect- ed and loved by her neighbors, the country’s foreign policy has entered on a period of journeys, speeches, tel- egrams and courtesies—a period of unsteadiness which caused disquiet not only at home but abroad. One must acknowledge, he added, that the position of a directing statesman was more' difficult today than formerly, be- cause of the “many uncontrollable in- fluences that disturbed the manage- ment of the business.” Spiritualists at Court, Herr. Bassermann then alluded to the reports that a group of spiritual- ists have influence at court, saying that from what one read during the last few days “the suggested spirit- ualistic romances and back-stairs his- tory reminded one of the Byzantine period, with its flatterers, or the cabi- net government of William III, or the cabal under Emperor Frederick IV.” This stalement was greeted with cries of “quite right” from various parts of the chamber. Herr Bassermann then described Germany's position among her neigh- bors as isolated, saying she had no firm friends, not even Italy or Aus- tria. Chancellor von Buelow’s reply was marked by his old-time clearness of elocution and harmonious succession of sentences, but there was less vivac- ity and lightness of style than for- merly. After thanking the members of the house for their expressions of sympathy during his illness the chan- cellor went at once into the subject. Referring first to the relations be- tween Germany and France the chan- cellor said the emotions of France were like a thermometer—with a pressure of the hand the quicksilver rose or fell. “I may remark here," he continued, “that this vivacity of French patriotism is very, strong, asis the ambition of the French people, and’ also the traditional brilliant qual- ities of our neighbors, which require us to be alert and armed, so that we may protect the estate we lost on the Vosges and won back again with streams of German, blood.” BOMBARDED WITH BRICKS. Official. of New York Concern Whose Men: Are on Strike. New York, Nov. 16.—An electric cab in which Willlam H. Palmer, secre- tary of the New York Transportation company, whose chauffeurs are on strike, was riding was bombarded with bricks and stones by a gang of striking chauffeurs, - The cab was smashed and Mr. Palmer was bruised Congress Approves Three The Endless Procession. A myriad of men are born. They la- bor and sweat and struggle for bread; they squabble and scold and fight; they scramble for little mean advantages over each other; age creeps upon them; Inflrmities follow; shames and humilia- tions bring down thelir prides and their vanities; those they love are taken from them, and the joy of life is turn- ed to aching grief. The burden of pain, care, misery, grows heavier year by year; at length ambition Is dead, pride 1s dead; vanity is dead; longing for re- lease is in thelr place. 1t comes at last—the only unpoisoned gift earth ever had for them—and they vanish from a world where they were of no consequence; where they achieved noth- Ing; -where they were a mistake and a fallure and a foolishness. There they have left no sign that they have ex- Isted—a world which will lament them a day and forget them forever. . Then another myriad takes their place, and coples all they did, and goes along the same profitless road, and vanishes as they vanished—to make room for an- other, and another, and a million other myriads, to follow the same arid path through the same desert and accom- plish what the first myriad and all the myriads that came after it accomplished —nothing.—From Mark Twain’s Auto- blography in North American Review. Origin of the Balloon. The word balloon means “a. large ball.” To Montgolfier of Annonay, France, the invention of the balloon is credited. It is said that he was led to turn "his attention to balloon making from the following incident: A French laundress, wishing to dry a petticoat quickly, placed it on a basket work frame over a stove. To prevent the heat from escaping by the opening at the top of the petticoat she drew the belt strings closely together and tied them. Gradually the garment dried and became lighter, and as the stove continued to give out heat and rarefy the air concentrated under the basket work frame the petticaat began to move and finally rose in the air. This so astonished the laundress that she ran to her neighbors and asked them to come and witness the strange sight. Montgolfier was among .those that came in. The petticoat suspended In midair suggested greater things to him, and he returned home - with “something to think about.” He at once began studying works on differ- ent kinds of atmosphere, and the in- vention of the balloon was the result. No Excuses Accepted. French officlals are sald to be par- ticularly sthict in their discipline of tourists. A lately returned traveler tells several more or less apocryphal , storles to illustrate the state of affairs. An American lost his footing, slipped down an embankment and fell into a small, shallow pond. As he serambled, dripping, up the embankment ‘to the footpath he was confronted by an arm of the law. “Your name? Your address?”’ de- manded this. uncompromising person, notebook in hand. “But I fell,” began the astonisbed American. “I enly”’— The man waved his arm. “It is for- bidden to bathe in this lake,” he said firmly.. “I am not here to listen to extenuating circumstances.” A_Quotation. A correspondent wrote to a newspa- per to ask the author of this couplet: How much the fool who has been sent to ome Excels the fool who has been kept ‘at home! He had barely written when he an- swered his own query, having found the source of the lines and how he had misquoted them. They are from Cow- per’s “Progress of Error” and read: How much a dunce-that hath been sent to roam Excels a dunce that hath been kept at home! We are not sure but that, as is fre- quently the case with misquotations, the popular version Is better than the poet’s.—New York Tribune. Brains of Great Men. Brains of great men vary very much. It Is found that men of encyclopedic mind bave large and heavy brains— Gladstone had to wear a very big hat— with an enormous bed of gray matter and numerous convolutions. On the {other hand, men whose genius is con- centrated upon one line of thought are of small brain and, consequently have small heads. Newton, Byron ‘and Cromwell were in this class.—Kansas City Journal. Latchkey as a Source ot Trouble. Ever since some mechanically Inclin- ed person, with an almost diabolical in- stinet for making mischief, Invented a form of spring lock which can be open- ed on the inside by a knob and on the outside only by a key there has been trouble. The latchkey from. the first has been a domestic storm center. ‘It has divided family circles and even broken up homes.—London Telegraph. The Best. writer, to the effect that after Lord a iady somewhat Indiscreetly asked Lord Brougham at a dinner party who | was the best speaker In the house of lords and that Lord Brougham prompt- abouti the body./ g“elfieuve Harrigan ' atrested John Vanine and charged him with being the ring leader. Harrigan had to draw his revolver to keep the crowd from rescuing his prisoner. . Huge Embozzlement Charged. 1y, one o@ Y men and‘/Fdcretary and treasurer of the, Augusta Real Estate and Building sgoclation, has been indicted for em- the. association & sum | ly and emphatically answered, “Lord Btanley, madam, I8 the second best.” Hasty Conclusion. Tommy paused a moment In the work of demolition. 4 “This is angel cake, all rlghh" he sald. “T've found a feather n it."—Chica- 80 'l‘rlbllne. 'l.’hem l.le about 185 lnlnlzlhl munn i which Scotland 3 lllu,ol | 100. There s a legend, says an English | Ehnley came into the house of peers : | “How do you know?” asked Johnny. FATHER FILES THE SUIT. 8eeks to' Annul Ma:riage of Prince Robert de Broglie, Paris, Nov. 15.—Prince Amedee de Broglie, father of Prince Robert de Broglie, has filed in the Paris courts a demand for the annulment of his son’s marriage with Miss Estelle Al- exander of California. Miss Alexander was married to Prince Robert de Broglie Aug. 14 fn Chicago and it was claimed at the time that according to the laws of France the marriage was not valid because the prince’s divorce from a former wife had not been approved and because his second marriage had not been recorded according to the French law. New York, Nov. 16.—Prince Broglie and his wife, who is known on the stage as “Princess Estelle de Brog- lie,” are now touring in vaudeville in this country. During the princess’ singing act her husband, Prince Rob- ert, conducts the orchestra. Investigate Treasury Shortage. St. Louis, Nov. 15.—The November federal grand jury was sworn in and instructed by Judge Finkelberg in the United States district court during the day and presumably the first matter to be taken up by the body is the in- vestigation into the shortage of $61,- 500 recently discovered in the funds of the St. Louis United States sub- treasury. — R e e Crew Swept Into the Sea. Richibucto, N. B, Nov. 9.—The storm of the last week is still raging in the Northumberland strait and all efforts to get to the stranded Nor- wegian bark Adeone have failed. There is no sign of life aboard and the entire crew of eleven is believed to have been swept to death by the huge breakers and the undertow as they attempted to leave the vessel. BRIEF BITS OF NEWS. One thousand coopers went on strike at Chicago Thursday asking for an increase in their pay of 3 cents a barrel, Walter Yerkes, a prominent resi- dent of Fulmer, Pa., stabbed and fa- tally wounded his wife and then com- mitted suicide by shooting himself in the head. Nathan D. Bradley, first mayor of Bay City, Mich., member of the Forty- third and Forty-fourth congress, a lumberman with interests in several sections of the United States, is dead. Lord Curzon, former viceroy of India, is mentioned in diplomatic cir- cles at Washington as a possible suc- cessor to Sir Henry Mortimer Durand, the British ambassador to the United States, who is to give up his post and retire from the British diplomatic service next spring. MARKET QUOTATIONS, Minneapolis Wheat. Minneapolis, Nov. 8. —Wheat—Dec., 73%c; May, T7%c; July, 78% @783%ec. On track—No. 1 hard, 77%c; No. 1| Northern, 77%e; No. 2 Northern, 753c; No. 3 Northern, 72@175¢c. St, Paul Union Stock Yards. St. Paul, Nov. 8.—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, $4.00@. 5.25. Hogs—$5.80@6.00. Sheep—Weth- érs, $4.50@5.25; good to prime spring lambs, $6.25@6.75. Duluth Wheat and Flax. Duluth, Nov. 8—Wheat—To arrive and on track—No. 1 hard, 773%c; No. 1 Northern, 77%c; No. 2 Northerr, 76%c; Nov., 76%c; Dec., T4%c; May, 7753¢; July, 78%c. Flax—To arrive and on track, $1.17%; Nov., $1.16%; Dec.,, $1.14; Jan, $1.14%; May, $1- 17%. Chicago Grain and Provisions. Chicago, Nov. 8. — Wheat—Dec., T2%c; May, 77%c. Corn—Dec., 423%c¢; May, 431 @43%c. Oats—Dec., 344 @ 84%c; May, 35%c. Pork—Jan., $14.- 07%; May, $14.15. Flax—Nothing do- ing. Butter—Creameries, 19@25%c; dairies, 186@23c. Eggs—21@23c. Poultry—Turkeys, 15¢; chickens, 9c; springs, 10c. Chicago Union Stock Yards. Chicago, - Nov.. 8 —Cattle—Beeves, $4.10@7.25; cows and heifers, $1.50@ 6.15; stockers. and feeders, 4.50; Texans, $3.756@4.30; Westerns, $3.90@6.10; calves, $6.00@7.75. Hogs —Mixed and butchers, $5.95@6.40; rough heavy, $5.80@6.00; light, $5.85 @6.82%; pigs, $5.55@6.10; Eood ‘heavy, $6.20@6.40. Sheep, $3.76@ 5.60; lambs, $4.75@7.60. $2.50@"|' Happy Days. However. varled the courses. of our life, whatsoever the phase.of pleasure and ambition through which it has swept along, still, when in memory we would revive the times that were comparatively the happlest, these ; times will be found.to have been the ' calmest.—Bulwer Lytton, § Giving and Recelving., Hall Porter (to person soliciting a fa- vor at a ministry)—The minister re- celves from 10 o’clock to midday— “All right,” says the other, “but at ‘what hour does he give?’—Parls FI- garo. ; s e i A Good Laugh. Every hearty laugh tends to prolong lite, a8 it makes the blood flow more" tapidly and gives a new and different ptimujus to all the organs ot the bod,y from 3 | asainst the fire. ing near Tropico. i s RELIEF FUNDS STOLEN BERIOUS CHARGE MADE IN CON- NECTION WITH SAN FRAN. CISCO CALAMITY. GOVERNMENT (INTERESTED IN PROBE SAID THAT IN THE AGGREGATE STEALINGS WILL AMOUNT TO $1,000,000, San Francisco, Nov. 15.—The Chron- icle says: A new investigation is progressing In the course of developments in the local graft scandal. It now appears that many sums of money, large and small, that were sent from different states to San Francisco for the re- lief of the sufferers from the calamity mever reached the relief committee. Some of these amounts, which aggre- gated a large sum, were mailed to the care of Mayor Schmitz. F. J. Heney, Detective William Burns and about 100 government agents have been making investigation. President Roosevelt {s the moving 8pirit behind the inquiry and he de- clares that no man guilty of diverting the relief funds shall escape justice. The cases come within the jurisdic- tion of the federal authorities because of the interstate character of the postal service, which, it is alleged, was criminally tampered with. A considerable sum of money was also sent through the express compa- nies and the Wells-Fargo company is now investigating the disappearance of $10,580 sent in one package from the citizens of Searchlight, Nev., which the relief committee says they never received and which the company says was delivered to the representative of the committee to whom it was ad- dressed. The crime of forgery is said to be included in the offenses of the raiders of the relief contributions. It is said that in the aggregate the stealings will amount to a million dollars, ROOSEVELT REACHES COLON ARRIVES AT THE ISTHMUS OF PANAMA CONSIDERABLY AHEAD OF TIME. Colon, Nov. 15.—The United States battleship Louisiana, with President Roosevelt on board, arrived here at 1:30 p. m,, ahead of time, accompanied by the escorting warships, the Tennes- see and Washington. The three ships anchored a mile from the docks. A heavy rain was falling when the pres- ident reached this port. President Awmador had not reached Colon when President Roosevelt arrived here. LARGE SECTION FLOODED, Warm Rains Melt Snow on Cascade Mountdins, ‘l‘acoma, Wash., Nov. 15.—Swamped by a succession of warm rains the snow on the western slopes of the Cascade ‘mountains has melted and ‘flowed into the rivers at the base thereby resulting in one of the worst floods in this section for years Bridges have been washed away, tele- graph and telephone wires are down, the train service of the Northern Pa- cific is completely deranged and up to the present time one life has been lost. The whole country between Au- burn and the Cascade mountains is reported to be flooded. The full ex- tent of the danger and damage is dif- ficult to ascertain, as all wire commu- nication is interrupted. DEATH - LIST FIFTY-ONE. Youth Injured in Indiana Railroad Disaster Succumbs. Chicago, Nov. 16.—Zaslaw Palovicz, a youth of seventy years, who was in- Jured in the recent wreck on the Bal- timore and Ohio railroad at Wood- ville, Ind., died in the Mercy hospital during the day. His death makes the total of fatalities fifty-one. Much dissatisfaction has been caus- ed among the survivors of the wreck over the fact that the dead, the ma- Jority of whom were Roman Catholics, had been buried ‘without religious rites. Local church officials have .ar- ranged with the railroad to have the bodies dug up and reburied. Y . Forest Fires in California, Los Angeles, Cal, Nov. 15.—A big forest fire is raging in Arroyo Seco, in the vicinity of Devils Gate, and much valuable property is endanger- ed. Am appeal for aid in fighting the flames has been made to the Pasa- | dena board of trade, which has, re- sponded with more than 100 men. For- ©st rangers are in charge of the fight Another fire is burn- Jury Acquits County Officials. Ottawa, 0., Nov. 16—The jury in the case against David F. Owens and - Ignatius Stechschulte, county commis- sloners, ‘charged with misconduct in office, a5 a result of indictments grow- f the investigation made by out h-and ;