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Get Your Office Supplies at the Bemidji Pioneer Office Legal Blanks, Copy Holders, Calendar Pads, Document Files, Note Books, Time Books, Scale Report Books, Trial Balance Books, Rulers, Erasers, Kneaded Rubber Squares, ADDITIONAL LOGAL MATTER Birthday Dinner. Yesterday was Mrs. E. R. Turner’s birthday and Mr. Turner gave a surprise dinner in her honor last evening. Mr. and Mrs. White tarned over the par- sonsge to Mr, Turner, and his guests assembled there. When all were present, save the guest of honor, she was sammoned. She was completely surprised. The first thing that met her eyes upou entrance was the laden table, which was decorated with ferns and magnificent red roses, and had as a centerpiece a fruit cake two feet in diameter, and six inches in height, beautifully ornamented ard bearing lighted candles in the number of Mrs. Turner's years. A bountiful three course dinner was served. The dining room decorations were light yellow, the parlor light green, with boquets of beautiful roses in each room, The guests were Miss Anna Watson of St, Paul, Mrs. R. B. Foster, Judge and Mrs. M. A, Spooner, Dr. and Mrs, E. H. Marcum, Mr. and Mrs. E. B. Farwell, Rev. and Mrs. White, Miss Edna Prudden and Mr. R. A. Prudden, After dinner Mrs, Foster and Mr. Turner entertained the guests with music. Funeral This Afternoon. The funeral over the remains of N. K. Sprague was held this afternoon from the Presbyterian church, Rev. White officiating. Mr. Sprague was a resident of Leedsburg, Wis. During the winter he has been at workin the woods near here. About three weeks ago he was taken ill with a severe attack of Bright’s disease which resulted in death. His wife arrived here Saturday and has been with him con- stantly since that time. The re- mains were interred in Green- wood cemetery. Musical Recital. Mrs. R. B. Foster, assisted by the best local talent, will give a musical recital atthe city hall Thursday evening, March 21. This promises to be one of the best social entertainments given this season. Mrs. Foster has on several occasions given recitals here which have been highly ap- preciated by the people of Be- widji. The one to be given next Thursday will be ap to the usual standard and music loving peo- ple should remember to attend this. Bids for Hauling Lumber. The Sandy River Lumber Co. want bids for the hauling of -a MARKET DEMORALIZED PANICKY CONDITIONS ON WALL STREET RESULT IN HEAVY DECLINE IN PRICES. 4LL STOCKS LEAD IN THE SLUMP NORTHERN PACIFIC AND GREAT NORTHERN GO DOWN MORE THAN TEN POINTS. New York, March 14—Another break in the stock market soon after the beginning of operations revived the nervous feeling prevailing during the weak period of last week. There was no new development to account for the heavy selling, but it was gen- erally attributed to the immediate needs of the money market. The 15th of the month calls for some very large dividend payments and for stock and note subscriptions and it is supposed the banks were obliged to call loans to provide sources for impending re- quirements. Foreign markets also were upset by the money situation. Liquidation in Berlin and London has a reflected effect here. Western rail- road stocks were the weakest, but declines up to 2 points and over were generally obtained all through the list. Some of the more oconspicuous losses were Great Northern preferred 7%, Northern Pacific 6, Northwestern 8, Unlon Pacific 6, Canadian Pacific 4%, Reading 4, Delaware and Hudson 3%, Amalgamated Copper 3%, South- ern Pacific 3, St. Paul and Colorado Fuel 2%, United States Steel 23 and so on. About 450,000 shares changed hands in the first hour's trading. Prices Become Demoralized. Stock Exchange by noon and prices melted away in a demoralized fashion under the forced liquidation by calling of loans, the wiping out of the mar- glng and the throwing upon the mar- ket of collateral in loans. The sever- est losses were in the high grade rail- road stocks, especially those in the Western reglon. The Hill group, in- cluding the Great Northern Ore cer- tificates, dropped about 10 points, Ca- nadian Pacific 7, Reading 63, Union Pacific, Northwestern, Brooklya Tran- sit and Amalgamated Copper between 6 and 6 points. Fluctuations became very wild in the early afternoon and large blocks of stocks were thrown upon the mar- ket indiscriminately as to what they would bring. The slump in Reading was especlally violent, ‘its 12-point downward plunge being made by 1 to 1%-point drops between sales. Union Pacific was without apparent support and fell away 9 points. The Hill stocks made a momentary stand and rallled several points, but slumped unloaded in frightened haste for a de- oline of 7%. No Market for Many Stocks. In many of the most active stocks efforts to sell found practically no bids in the market and forced sales under these circumstances caused the rapid offering down of the price limit. The shorts were the only buyers and their occasional purchases were lost in the flood of the continued liquida- tion. Many selling orders were for execution at the market without spe- cification as to price and this added meaterially to the demoralization. Bank clerks were busy watching the down- ward plunge of prices with a view to the value of collateral in loans and selling out of such collateral was an three million feet of white pine lumber from Aure to Solway, a distance of ten miles. Party to haul not less than ten thousand feet per day and to commence work April 1. Parties wishing to bil on this work should ad. dress correspondence to the Sandy River Lumber Co, Sol- way, Minn. additional burden on the market. ‘The market closed nervous and un- settled. Covering operations by the bears rallied the market, the rally rTunning from 3 to 4 polnts in stocks that had been weakened. The tone wag foverish and unsettled at the higher level. Union Paclfic dropped back to the lowest twice after the general list rallied and the whole list sold off sharply in the late dealings. Northern Pacific fell 11 and Union Darifin 103, Concert at Preshyterian Church. Ole Theobaldi, one of the great- est living violinists, is now mak- ing a third visit to America. He is widely known in this country and no violinist since the days of Ole Bull has met with the suc- cess Mr. Theobaldi has attained as a master of the violin. He will appear at the Presbyterian church Friday evening, March 15, Admission 50 cents. Basket Social. The M. B. A. will give a basket social at the I. O. O. F. hall Sat- urday evening March 16, All members are expected tocome and bring their friends. Ladies are requested to bring baskets. —By the Committee, The Pioneer at all times has in stock office supplies of every description Resolutions, Resolved, That the officers and members of Bemidji Court No. 211 U. O. Forresters wish to ex- tend our sincere and hearttelt sympathy in this hour of their sorrow to C. E. Albrant and members of the family of Rich- ard Albrant, who has been called by the angel of death. Be it further Resolved, That a copy of these resolutions be forwarded to the family and spread on the minutes of the order and that a copy be published in the Bemidji Pioneer. —Mrs. E. Dwyer, —Mrs. M. Dansher —Mr. E. Ives. " Wolt Bounty, W. S. Fauhl is in the city today from Long Island to claim the bounty on a large wolf hide caught near his place. Repairing Court House. Workmen are busy repairing the court house building. The roof is being fixed, and new plastering placed where needed. Conditions became panicky on tha |- again, and Amalgamated Copper was ! A8 A MATTER OF ECONOMY. ‘Western Roads Propose to Lengthen Time of Fast Trains. Chicago, March 14—Western rail- road officials are discussing the ad- visability of lengthening out the run- ning time of fast trains with a view to greater economy of operation. It is stated that owing to 2-cent pus- senger legislation and the necessity of conserving revenue everywhere the Western officials believe a general lengthening in train schedules is ad- visable. Tt is said all that remains to earry the plan into effect is an agree- ment as to the time it is advisable to make. Tentative schedules are being prepared by several roads with a view to presentation at a conference to be held here. Although no understanding bhas been reached there is a general feel- ing that the time of the fast trains be- tween Chicago and Omaha and Kan- sas City .should be lengthened by about two hours; the time of the fast trains between Chicago and Denver by five or six hours and the time of the fast traing between Chicago and the Pacific coast by nearly half a day. The saving in expense by such a rearrangement In schedules would re- sult in a saving in the cost of opera- tion of the trains affected and would also make it possible to take off a large number of local trains. With lengthened schedules it would be pos- sible to do the local work with the fast trains. TRANSVAAL RAILROAD WRECK. Former Official and Twelve Other Per. sons Kllled. Johannesburg, Transvaal, March 14. —Dr. A. Adam Jameson, ex-commis- sioner of lands, was killed with twelve other persons in the wreck of a train at Alkmaar, on the Delagoa line, due to a washout. In addition to the killed eleven persons were injured. SEEK GURE FOR AILMENTS GREAT CROWD GATHERS AROUND THE BIER OF DOWIE AT ZION CITY. Chicago, March 14.—Rachel Fisher, twenty-six years of age, was seriously injured.in the crowd of people who thronged around the bier of John Al exander Dowie at Zion City in the hope of being cured of their ailments by touching the hem of his shroud. Miss Fisher, who is suffering from locomoter ataxia, kissed the hem of the shroud and then informed her father, who had carried her into the room, that she could walk. She pushed him away and attempted to descend a flight of stairs leading to the outer air. . She fell on the top steps and rolled to the bottom, where she was pleked up unconscious .and seriously bruised about the head and body. She was only one of many who thronged into the house during the day. All of them sought relief from thoir ailments by touching the hem of the shroud. STRIKE SITUATION UNGCHANGED. Policemen About the Only Passen. gers at Loulsville. Louisville, March 14—No improve ment is shown in the strike situation. Discomfort was added to inconveni- ence and the citizens, with the novelty of the strike worn off, walked to their places of business through a heavy rain. The rallway company started four cars at 8 a. m,, the first one out carrying fourteen policemen. The company put on additional cars after midday, screening the motormen from missiles by a heavy wire netting. Very few passengers were carried. The down town strests were the scene of much disorder and the police made many arrests of those who attemptea to impede the progress of cars. PRESIDENT BUTLER’S Wants Root for President and Taft for Chief Justice. Los Angeles, Cal, March 14.—In an interview with Dr. Nicholas Murray Butler, president of Columbia univer- sity, he sald: “President Roosevelt will not run for president again no matter what pressure i8 brought to bear upon him. The prineiples which Roosevelt stands for are greater than the man. The Republican party must support these principles no matter who Its standard bearer may be at the next election. With Mr. Root president and Mr. Taft chief justice of the supreme court con- ditions would be pretty near ideal. But I hardly look for such a combina- tion to succeed.” IDEALS. ONE THOUSAND RIFLES SEIZED. Nicaraguan Gunboat Overhauls Amer- Ican Steamer. Managua, Nicaragua, March 14— The American steamer City of Para, having on board 1,000 rifiles destined for Amapala, Honduras, was recently overhauled by a Nicaraguan gunboat, which seized the rifles. The steamer was permitted to proceed to her. des- tination. Imported Longshoremen at Work. . Hamburg, March 14-~—About 1,500 of the English longshoremen imported to take the places of the locked out canal ‘longshoremen who refuse to work on the shipowners’ terms are at work and more of them are on their way here from London. In addition gangs ‘of longshoremen have been Srought here from Antwerp. DUE TO HEAVY RAINS FLOOD CONDITIONS PREVAIL IN WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA AND ALL OVER OHIO. { 7 P ¥ Sl SCORES OF TOWNS PARTLY INUNDATED RESIDENTS OF MANY LOCALI- TIES FORCED TO FLEE TO HIGHER GROUND. 15 Pittsburg, March 14.—Dispatches from all sections of Western Pennsyl- vania report heavy rains and rapidly rising waters. At many places the downpour resembled & cloudburst and the streams are already beyond thelr banks. Much territory is sub- merged and fears are entertained of dangerous floods. In the Connellsville reglon the streams are said to be rising at an alarming rate. Dunbar is inundated and several buildings have been washed’ from their foundations. Nu- merous bridges are threatened. In Allegheny county Chartlers creek, Robjnson run, Pine creek, Deer creek, Turtle creek and Gintys run are rag- Ing torrents. The towns of Oakdale, Ingram, Carnegie, Wilmerding, Sharps- burg and Turtle Creek borough are already partly under water. At the latter place the rise came so quickly that many persons were rescued from their* houses in skiffs. Pittsburg rivermen are preparing for a flood stage of twenty feet. If it does not exceed this there will be no damage here. BRIDGE WASHED AWAY. Train Goes Into Creek and Three Men Are Killed. Pittsburg, March 14—Three men drowned, a railroad- bridge- washed away and an engine and five freight cars precipitated into the water are the first results of the rapid rise dur- ing the night of Deer creek, near Har- marsville, Pa.,, on the West Pennsyl- vania railroad. The dead are: J. B. Mikesell, an englneer; W. J. Cantwell, fireman, and J. M. Johns, brakeman. An eastbound freight traln was crossing the.bridge when it suddenly gave way,; «Before the men on the front part of the train could escape the bridge went down, carrying the engine, trainmen and five freight cars with it. So rapidly had Deer creek risen during the night that it had at- tained a height of sixteen feet, instead of the normal from four to six feet. One of the five freight cars, heavily loaded, was carried down the creek over a quarter of a mile by the cur rent. Rain has been falling for more than twenty-four hours -at Pittsburg and high water is expected, although a flood stage at Pittsburg may not be reached. HUNDREDS OF HOUSES FLOODED. Residents Compelled to Move to Hills for Safety. Zanesville, 0., March 14.—A cloud- burst occurred five miles southwest of this city and as a result property has been damaged to the extent of thou- sands of dollars. Traffic on the Zanes- ville and Western and the Cincinnati and Muskingum Valley rallways and the Southeastern. Ohlo interurban is completely tied .up, the tracks belng under water. At Crooksville, Roseville and White Cottage, small towns on Jonathan creek, hundreds of houses have been flooded and the residents are moving to the hills for safety. At Roseville the water on the main street of the village is five feet deep. So far no lives are reported lost. GENERAL FLOODS IN OHIlO. Situation Serious In. a Number of Places. Columbus, 0., March 14.—Flood con- ditions prevail nearly all over the state. A report from Bridgeport says that the worst rain storm in years visited that viclnity and all the streams are out of their banks. Land- slides are reported on many electric roads in Eastern Ohio. At Hamilton Seven Mile creek washed away the Pennsylvania track and freight train No. 76 was ditched near Collinsville and thirteen loaded cars were wrecked. No one was hurt. At Dayton the Miami river is at a flood stage and hundreds of acres of farmland are inundated. The electric railway traflic is delayed. ITALIAN VILLAGE BURNS. Fire Renders Two Thousand People Homeless. Milan, Italy, March 14.—In the town of Borsano, near this city, 2,000 per- #ons were made homeless by a fire which destroyed the greater part of the village. The people were indiffer- ent to the spread of the flames be- cause their property was fngured and the authorities were obliged to force the peasants to- work to check the conflagration. Making Steady. Progress. ‘Washington, Mareh '14.—It s stated at the White House that Archie Roose- velt had a good might and that Hefis making steady progress toward récov- ery. After his visit: Dr. Rixey safd that at a continuance of the present rate of progress he will be able tp out in & week or ten days. oy Fountain Pens, Letter Coj Township Plats in book form, Fine qui __l:’lost Complete Stock West of Duluth ————————————————————————————————————— | Blank Books, Ledgers, Journals, Etc., Stationery, Christmas Stickers, 1907 Diaries, Typewriter Paper, Scrap Books, Lead Pencils, Pens, Holders, Ink Wells, Etc. Rubber Stamps and Pads, SECURED BY PHYSICAL FORCE Confession of Alleged Murderer Ig Worthless as Evidence. Denver, March 14.—Unless new and important evidence is found against Benjamin C. Wright, formerly of Chi- €ago, he probably will never be tried on the charge of murdering his wife end child. District Attorney George A. Stelger admits that evidence to sonvict the man is lacking, but he has not yet dropped the investigation. The alleged confession made by Wright to.Chief of Police Michael A. Delancey is sald to be worthless as evidence, having been obtained by use of physical force. Three physi- clans who examined Wright in jail after he made the confession declared that he had recently been beaten, as the prisoner asserted. No polson was. found in the bodies -of Mrs. Wright and her child and it is alleged by the defense that their deaths probably were caused by car- bon dioxide from a defective gas heater in which fire had been burning all night when the bodies were found. As 2 test of this theory the defense blaced a dog in the house with the gas heater burning and after two hours, It is asserted, the animal was taken out asphyxiated. ATTEMPT TO SAVE DAKOTA. Great Britain Asks Japan to. Send Warship to Scene. London, March 14—On the presen- tations of the London underwriters, who stand in the position of losing something like $2,500,000 in the event of the total loss of the Great North- ern Steamship company’s liner Da- kota, which ran ashore in the bay of Tokio March 3, the British admiralty has requested the Japanese govern- ment to send a warship to the scene of the wreck and render every possi- ble assistance in salvaging the steam- ship. OVER A HUNDRED MISSING NUMBER OF DEAD BY EXPLOSION ON FRENCH WARSHIP NOT DEFINITELY KNOWN. Toulon, France, March 14—Minister of Marine Thomson has arrived here from Paris. The roll of the battleship Iena, on which the disastrous explo- sion occurred Tuesday, was immedi- ately called and 407 men replied to their names.” Those of the crew who are Injured are quartered temporarily in the naval barracks. Twenty-four officers and engineers are also report- ed to be safe and besides there are forty-four of the crew lying in the hospitals seriously. injured. As the officers and crew numbered 630 it will thus be seen that 153 are not account- ed for, but the naval authorities con- sider it most probable that a large number of these have sought refuga with relatives or friends in Toulon. Later in the day forty-one of the missing men turned up, leaving 114 killed or unaccounted for. SEEK TO RECOVER $100,000. Children of Dr. Cox Sue His Alleged Murderers. Lexington, Ky, March 14—Suit to recover $100,000 damages has been flled in the Fayette circult court against James Hargls, Edward Calla- han and Elbert Hargis by the three minor children of Dr. B. D. Cox. In the petition it is alleged that the defendants, James Hargis, Ed- ward Callahan and Elbert Hargls, who are awaiting trial for alleged com- plicity in the murder of Dr. Cox, con- spired together and with each other and with John Smith, John Abner and Asbury Spicer and others, whose names are not known, to kill their father. ELEVEN HUNDRED GO OUT. Shipbuilders’ Strike Spreads to Chi- cago Plant. Chicago, March 14—Eleven hun dred boilermakers and their helpers have struck at the plant of the Chi- cago Shipbuilding company after their demand for increased wages had been refused by the company. The major- ity of the men expressed themselves as satisfied with conditions, but struck in sympathy with the striking ship- builders of Cleveland and other places, who have not the working advantages of the Chicago workmen. Three vessels are on the ways at the yards of the company and work on these was completely stopped. TRAIN STRIKES STREET - CAR. Fifteen Persons Injured, Two Prob- ably Fatally. Los Angeles, Cal, March 14.—Fif- teen persons were crushed or other- wise injured shortly after midnight when a Southern Pacific freight en- gine orashed Into a Maple avenue street car at a crossing near Ascot Park. Two of the injured, Motorman Graheek and Benjamin Head, both res- idents of this city, will probably die. The engine struck the car and almost @emolished. it. Two Indicted Men Missing. Columbus, O., March 14.—The . dis- | appearance of Charles E. Burr, one of the members _of the public service board Indicted for.bribery by the spe- | clal grand jury, has led to fears that |- he has committed suicide. - All efforts' to find him have thus far proved un- availing. Edward Morlarity, former secretary of the city board of health, Indicted for embezzlement, is also missing. ality colored Blotters, Letter Coj % py Books, Paper Clips and Fasteners, Rubber Bands, Letter Files, Invoices, Typewriter Supplies, Postal Scales, py Presses, Waste Paper Baskets, Rubber Type Outiits, Staplers, Paper Knives, & FIGHT OVER EVIDENGE ENTIRE SESSION IN THAW CASE DEVOTED TO ARGUMENTS OF OPPOSING COUNSEL. HUMMEL'S TESTIMONY VITAL POINT DISTRICT ATTORNEY ATTEMPTS TO CONTRADICT STORY OF MRS. EVELYN THAW. New York, March 14—There was but a short session of the court trying Harry K. Thaw for the murder of Stanford White, adjournment being taken shortly after noon. This action was taken partly to give Mr. Delmas an opportunity to consult the authori- ties and prepare an argument in reply to an impassioned appeal by District Attorney Jerome for the admission of testimony by Abraham Hummel in contradiction of Evelyn Nesbit Thaw’s evidence, characterized by Mr. Jerome as the central support of the defense, and partly on the statement of Mr. Jerome that if he were allowed the afternoon in which to complete the hypothetical question to be put to his experts he thought the state could close its case in rebuttal in another day. He sald he had been assured by Mr. Delmas that his cross-examina- tlon of the alienists would not be long. The matter of Hummel's testifying is yet undecided. Mr. Jerome spoke for more than an hour in contending that Hummel’s testimony is the most vital in the case. What Jerome Expects to Show. “I will show,” declared the district attorney, “that this woman who was Evelyn Nesbit swore under the sol- emnity of an oath that she had been beaten by Thaw in Paris because she would not sign papers he had pre- pared and which falsely accused Stan- ford White of drugging and betraying her.” Mr. Jerome declared that the mate- rial issue of the case was as to whether or not Evelyn Nesbit told her story to Thaw in Paris. The testi- mony of- Hummel and his stenog- rapher, Abraham Snydecker, who also will be called as a witness, would go far in proving to the jury she did not tell such a story to the defendant. »"If she-did not tell that story,” con- cluded Mr. Jerome, “then the cause of this man’'s insanity disappears and the hypothetical question on which the learned experts for the defense based their contention as to his insan- ity disappears. I claim the right to show that Evelyn Nesbit herself has denied the story she told this jury.” ARMIES NOW IN POSITION. Decisive Engagement Imminent in Central America. ‘Washington, March 14.—A decisive engagement between the forces of Nicaragua and Honduras is expected at any time, according to a dispatch the state department received from Phillp Brown, secretary to the Amer- ican mission to Guatemala and Hon- duras, who has just arrived in Teguci- galpa, the Honduran capital. Mr. Brown's dispatch says that the military encounters so far between the army of Honduras and the army of Nicaragua have not been of such a se- rlous ‘character that they in any way indicated the relative strength of the opposing forces, but that the armies are now getting into such position that an important engagement may be |‘expected in & short time. WEDS WOMAN Man Freed of Murder Charge Married Five Minutes Later. Shreveport, La., March 14—At mid- night, in the courtroom where he had five minutes before been declared not guilty of murder, Lee Brock was mar- rled to Mrs. Hattle Kelly, the woman in defense of whose reputation he did the killing which caused the {rial. The Jurymen who had acquitted him were the witnesses and the trial judge per- formed the ceremony. Brock shot I. A. Byckham last sum- mer, alleging that he cursed Mrs. Kelly. HALF A DOZEN KILLED. Bomb Explodes While Police Are Searching Rulns. Kharkavo, Russia, March 14— ‘While the police were searching the rooms occupied by a student a bomb exploded, killing an officer of the gen- darmerle, three policemen and two civilians. Six others were injured. Crazed by Fear of Robbery. New York, March 14—Crazed by fear that he would be robbed of the savings of years' Nicolal Szadsinski, formerly an employe in the Chicago stook yards, leaped through a closed ‘window on the second floor of a Clark- £on street hotel and sustained serious Injuries. He was on his way back to RBohemia, where he planned to spend the remainder of his life. IN CASE. Employes Overcome by Fright. New Brunswick, N. J,, March 14— The big wallpaper factory of Janeway & Carpenter was damaged $200,000 by fire. Many of the women employes were overcome by fright and were carried from the bullding in a fainting condition. All of ttem escaped injury. ' EXPECTS TO EE ELECTED. ' Aegro Files as Candidate for Mayor of Kansas City, Kan. Kansas City, March 14—Joshua Wallace Voohies, a negro, has filed a petition signed by 678 members of his race with the city clerk in Kansas City, Kan., asking that his name be placed on the ballot for mayor on the independent ticket to be voted at the coming municipal election. Voohies was born a slave in Nash- ville, Tenn., just before the close of the Civil war.. He has been a mem- ber of the police fbrce and a deputy street commissioner and now is in business for himself. “Do you expect to win?” was asked Voohies. “Sure I do. Wouldn't have entered the race if I hadn’t. No man ever lost yet that I backed for office. I can push myself in the same way.” SUBJECT OF IMMIGRATION. Important Conference Held at the © White House. ‘Washington, March 14.—An impor- tant conference on the subject of im- migration was held at the White House at night. Attorney General Bonapare, Secretary of Commerce and Labor Straus, Commissioner General of Immigration Sargent, Commissioner of Labor Nelll, Assistant Attorney General Cooley, Senator Foster of Louisiana, President Gompers of tke American Federation of Labor, D. A. Tompkins of Charlotte, N. C., and Former Mayor Smythe of Charleston, 8. C., were among those who partici- pated in the conference with Presi- dent Roosevelt. JUMPS THIRTEEN STORIES. Sensational Suicide of Young Woman. Cincinnati, March 14—Leaping head first from a window ledge on the thir- teenth floor of the Traction buflding Gertrude Hanish, aged twenty years, a stenographer, committed suleide in the sight of hundreds of people. In falling she struck and broke an elec- tric feed wire before landing on the curbstone near Walnut and Fifth streets, the buslest corner in the ecity. No cause s known for the suicide. BRIEF BITS OF NEWS. Cincinnatl L. H. Kerrick, one of the wealthiest farmers of Central Illinois and an ex- tensive breeder of Aberdeen-Angud cattle, was found dead in bed. Fritz Scheel, conductor of the Phil- adelphia orchestra, well known in America and Europe, is dead in a pri- vate hospital at Philadelphia after a month’s illness. Burglars robbed the Superior (Wis.) Telegram building and carried off the cash box from the safe, which had been left unlocked. Between $400 and $500 in checks and money was taken. Becretary Taft has given orders to the engineer officers of the war de- partment to enforce to the letter the language of the eight-hour law as ap- plied to public works under their di- rection. 3 “Joe” Ullman, known throughout the country as a sporting man, has been placed in a private sanitarium in Belmont, Cal. Mr. Ullman is suffering from nervous prostration and his con- dition is reported as critical. The secretary of the treasury has announced that the $30,000,000 which was deposited in national banks the last of September to be returned about the beginning of February would not be called for at present. The Pennsylvania senate railroad committee has reported favorably the 2-cent fare bill which passed the house two weeks ago. Despite the opposi: tion of the railroads the bill {s ex- pected to pass the senate next week. The Harvard overseers have decid- ed in favor of a continuance of inter- collegiate athletics, including football, at the university under certain restric- tions, especially with reference to the professional coaching system-and the management of contes MARKET QUOTATIONS. Minneapolis Wheat. Minneapolis, March 13.—Wheat— May, 78%@79¢; July, 80c; Sept., 78%c. On track—No. 1 hard, 81%@ 81%c; No. 1 Northern, 80%@80%c; No. 2 Northern, 78%@78%c; No. 3 Northern, 75% @76%c. 8t. Paul Union Stock Yards. St. Paul, March 13.—Cattle—Good to choice steers, $5.50@6.25; fair to good, $4.00@5.00; good to choice cows and heifers, $3.50@4.76; veals, $4.50@ 6.50. Hogs—$6.60@6.75. Sheep—Weth- ers, $5.00@5.75; good to prime lambs, $6.50@7.25. Duluth Wheat and Flax. Duluth, Mareh 13.—Wheat—To ar- rive and on track—No. 1 hard, 81%c; No. 1 Northern, 80%c; No. 2 North- ern, 78%c; May, 803%¢c; July, 80%c; Sept., 79%¢. Flax—To arrive and on track, $1.203%; May, $1.213%; July, $1.22%; Oct., $1.18. Chicago Grain and Provisions. Chicago, March 18.—Wheat—May, T7%ec; July, 78%c. Corn—May, 46% @46%c; July, 48%@46%c. Oats— May, 40%c; July, 36%c. Pork—May, $16.00; July, $16.12%. Butter— Creameries, 22@29¢; dairies, 20@27c. Eggs—16¢c. Poultry—Turkeys, 1lc; chickens and springs, 121%o. Chicago Union Stock Yards. Chicago, March 13.—Cattle—Beeves, $4.15@6.85; cows and heifers, $1.65@ 5.25; stockers and feeders, $2.76@ 5.00; Texans, $4.15@4.75; calves, $6.00 @17.25. Hogs—Mixed and - butchers, $6.70@6.97%; good heavy, $6.90@ 6.97%; rough heavy, $6.65@6.85; light, $8.66@6.92%; pigs, $6.10@6.70. Sheep, $3.75@6.00; lambs, $4.76@7.95.