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HUNDREDS PERISH IN Estimates of Fatalities in the Strlcke Six Hundred?Oyer a Villas Shattered and Prisoners in Jail razzan?Town in Ruins?People Na Dead Under Fallen HousesBeds When Arousei Rome, Italy.?Earthquake shocks ( which were felt throughout the coun- ( try have causod widespread disaster , and great loss of life. The severest i shocks were experienced in Sicily and I Calabria, where the panic stricken * people are now camping in the open, j Much damage was done at Reggio r and Messina, where houses were t wrecked. Two walls of the cathedral 1 at Gerace collapsed. Buildings fell at Sinopoli, burying nine persons. ( Brancaleone is almost entirely in i ruins. One village was absolutely j ruined. The misery of the people is in- c creased by torrential rains. The Gov- c eminent is sending aid. 1 The correspondent of The Sun sue- c ceeded in reaching Ferrazzano on ' horseback the day after the disaster, t He found the town a mass of ruins, 1 there being scarcely a single house i standing. The roads, or rather mule tracks, leading to the place have c been blotted out by landslides or car- ( ried away by the floods. \ Each ruined house has been con- c verted into a tomb, occupied by the < dead and the living. A majority of ] the survivors have fled. Those remaining are hoping against hope t p that they will be able to rescue bur- i ied relatives. i The inhabitants are semi-nude, i most of them wearing the night < FINANCIAL SITUATI Wednesday.?Corner in copper City by the F. Augustus Heinze int heavilv. Gross & Kleefeerg, brokers, for Otto Heinze & Co., brokers, una Stock Exchange firms. Thursday.?After conference of Morse, F. Augustus Heinze retires as Bank. State Savings Eank, of Butte, I its doors. Friday.?On demand of the Cles directorate o? the Mercantile Natioi Heinze, Charles W. Morse and E. R. uary, resigns. Mercantile Bank reqi of $754,000. Stocks reached lowest point of I Saturday.?Charles W. Morse r fourteen banks and financial institu Bank of North America. Sunday.?Bankers held all day is chosen president of Mercantile B Monday.?0. F. Thomas resigns National Bank. William R. Montgomery succeei the Hamilton Bank. The National Bank of Comraerc* it will cease to redeem checks for tt and Charles T. Barney retires as pre: Company. Tuesday.?The Knickerbocker T: payment following a run by depositc drawn. Marcus Mayer & Co., stock br< 000, forced to suspend. George B. Cortelyou, Secretarj York City to take charge of financia Wednesday.?Depositors start < Company of America and withdraw ! vVestinghouse Electric and Man ities of $100,000,000, forced into hs Pittsburg Stock Exchange suspe Thursday.?With stock market and associates save situation by send call loans. Twelfth Ward Bank, Hamilton suspend payments to protect deposit Friday.?United States Exchac Bank, of Brooklyn, and Union Trus close doors. Eight banks and trust compar suspended payment. The Clearing H cates whJch will be used in the settl assuring statements as to the financ ing business men and Government c dents decided to require sixty days withdrawal of funds. Confidence be i i<?snps semi-official reassurances. No i country prosperous and good times GIRL SLAYS FIANCE AXD SELF. Broken Engagement Causes Tragedy ' Which Sliocks Shamokin, Pa. Shamokin, Pa. ? This city is wrought up as rarely ever before by * the murder of William Klinger, a [ member of one of the leading families ' of Locust Gap, by Miss Lucy Dough- ( ton, who was eighteen years old and ' a leader of the High School sopho- lr more class, and who killed herself with the same revolver with which ' she slew young Klinger. * In an examination of Klinger's ef- ( fects the authorities found a letter, ' which they regard as the key to the tragedy. It was in Miss Doughtoa's handwriting, and read as follows: ' "Will, I know you would rather I 1 would not write, but I must know < what you are going to do. I want you i to marry me, but I know you would < prefer to serve time in Sunbury. The i suspense is torturing. I hate you 1 now as much as I loved you." < iUinger WtJUl IU lUC nvtuuu U home and found her -walking in the ' yard. They talked ^vith each other i a while, when angry words followed ] by two pistol shots were heard. The j young woman and her former sweet- (j heart were found dead within a few Ii feet of each other, each with a bullet i wound in che head. < Up to three months ago Klinger. i who was twenty-three years old, had paid the girl attentions with the view < of matrimony. After their engagement he ceased calling on her. I TjTES on warpath. Kill a Sergeant and Reported to Have Begun Scalping. 1 Sturgis, South Dakota.?Sergeant Baker, in charge of the distribution of rations to the Ute Indians on the Cheyenne River reservation, has been killed by the Indians. There is also a rumor that the Indians have begun scalping at Fort Meade. The troops are waiting orders to move. , The Field of Labor. The plasterers' was the first trade in Boston, Mass., to obtain the Sat- , urday half holiday, eloveu years ago. Needle making and file cutting seem to be the occupations most susceptible to the ravages of consump- , tion. j. The members of the Federation of | German Seamen, 30,000 strong, ars . still on strike, having gone out May j 20 last. The initial steps have been taken ?t Chairns, Queensland, to form a ; strong branch of the Sugar Workers" Union for the surrounding district. Italian earthquake i n Calabrian Villages Run as Higft es p Thousand injured. Maddened by Fear-Desolation al Fer- j ked and Hungry?At Least 300 | s n f M?I TKntn oumvurs riKu rruiu iugu I s 1 by Earthquake. f i Ia :lothes they hart on when the earth- J 11 luake came. They are drenched ; hrough and through, having no shel- I ^ .er from the steadily falling rain. Vlute desperation and terror are de- t dieted in their faces, and many of ? .hem weep silently. j J? A majority of the injured inhabi- * ants are sheltered in military tents, i t The doctors are kept busy attending I ;hem. A long row of bodies is await- * ng identification and burial in half * lug graves, which are flooded. The torrential rain increases the 3 lesolation and renders the work of ? escue difficult. The scenes witnessed * tre heart rending. The latest reports from the affected E listricts place the number of dead at h >ver COO and the injured at 1000. * The troops are doing their utmost to s liminish the sufferings of the people, t They work steadily, unmindful of fa- P ;igue, burying the dead, rescuing the ^ iving, distributing food and clothing e ind providing shelter. Minister Lacava is going the rounds ti )f the villages dispensing help. Car- F linal Portanova, Archbishop of Reg- t jio di Calabria, and the Bishops arc a listributing the Pope's first contribu- y ion of $10,000. It is likely that the i iing will visit Calabria. * Among the terrifying scenes during t Via niiairoc ira? fhp nnnir of nrisoners 8 n the jail at Catanzaro. They muti- b lied at the first shock and screamed h md pounded on the doors and were 1 luieted with great difficulty. o e OX IN SYNOPSIS. d securities engineered in New York d erests collapses and stocks slump o c ced to suspend. ' c ble to settle with other New York 1 r e bankers at home of Charles W. e i president of Mercantile National g t klont., a Heinze institution, closes e f tring House Association the entire a aal Bank, of which F. Augustus a Thomas gained control last Jan- x lires aid in clearing debit balance r <3 the year. v esigns as director and trustee of itions, among them the National I S conferences and Seth M. Milliken 2 ank. g as president of the Consolidated o F is E. E. Thomas as president of x c 5 notifies the Clearing House that '? le Knickerbocker Trust Company, b sident of the Knickerbocker Trust E g rust Company forced ta suspend 1: >rs and after ?8,000,000 is with; t jkers, with liabilities' of $U,000,r of the Treasury, goes to New j I situation. i run on the $80,000,000 Trust 56,000,000. ufacturing Company, with liabil- o inds of receiver. t nds trading operations. C demoralized, Mr. J. P. Morgan V ling 527,000,000 to be put out as d li and Empire City Savings Banks d 01*8. ' b ige Bank, of Harlem; Borough r t Company, of Providerics, R. I., C lies in Manhattan and Brooklyn ouse decided to issue loan certifi- I j ement of bankers' balances. Re- ^ ial situation were issued by lead- j v ifficials. The savings bank presi' notice from depositors for the , a ing restored, President Roosevelt cause for further alarm. Whole will continue. s tl : b NEW COLLEGE, $5,000,000. o t; Sequest of R. N. Carson to Orphan Girls?Girard as Pattern. Philadelphia.?It was r.nnounced hat the will of R. N. Carson, of this 1 :ity, who died suddenly in a theatre lere last week, provides for a $5,)00,000 college for orphan girls, pat- p ;?rned after Girard College, in this t :ity, which Is exclusively for boys. e rhe bequest becomes effective after he death of the widow, Mrs. Frances t Larson. The institution will be lo- D :ated at Flourtown, just over the city t ine, in Montgomery County. The will is almost identical with p ;hat of Stephen Girard, who founded ;he largest college of its kind in the a world. Like Mr. Girard's will, Mr. ^ Larson's bequest provides that the E nstitution shall not be controlled by a my religious denomination and that r 10 religious services shall be held in 0 :he institution that arc peculiar or ^ exclusive to any church. a The college will be open to all poor g svhite girls both of whose parents are dead. In the matter of admission j. preference is to be given equally to ? sirls born in Philadelphia or in Mont- I ^ornery County. After that admissions are to be to those born in Penn- t sylvania, and, lastly, to those born ? elsewhere in the United States. The age of admission is between six and ten years, and of discharge from the college at eighteen, or earlier if the trustees deem it for the best interest c of the girls. I d Knickerbocker in Receivers' Hands. The affairs of the Knickerbocker Trust Company, of New York, passed into the hands of three receivers? I Otto G. Bannard, Ernest Thalmann t and Henry G. Ide. The appointments A were asked by Attorney-General Jack- J son after a preliminary inquiry 11110 < the condition of the company. v 1 Consumption Attacks Alfonso. King Alfonso's health was reported to be poor, and it was feared that the hereditary disease of consumption in l the family was getting a hold on him. E c The World of Sport. Martin Sheridan, of New York, won the .irst javelin throwing contest held in this country. 1 Edwin P. Larned won the lawn ten- 5 nis championship of New Jersey by ' defeating Frederick G. Anderson by a . score of 6?4, 8?6, C?3. It is said that Johnny Kling, the v star catcher of the Chicago National j League team, will succeed Hanlon as i manager of the Cincinnati team. Prince Adolphus will heac* the subscription list to be started for the purpose of building a Swedish chal- <. lcnging yacbtvfor the America's Cujfr rHANHSSiVINfi NOVEMBER 28 'resident Ronseveli's Proclamation Says Our Prosperity Has Been Fraunht With Dar.ner. Washington. D. C.?Through the Secretary of State the President isued his Thanksgiving proclamation, 'hursday, November 28. is designated s Tliangsgiving Day. The following s the text of the proclamation: "Once again the season of the year ias come when in accordance with uniir f.'irofslbprr. for I1C VUOkUlil VI VM. ;enerations past, the President a]> ioints a day as the especial occasion or all our people to give praise and hanksgiving to God. " During the past year we have been ree from famine, from pestilence, rom war. We are at peace with all he rest of mankind. Our natural reources are at least a3 great as those t any other nation. We believe that n ability to develop and take advanage of these resources the average nan of this nation stands at least as ligh as the average man of any other. Jowhere else in the world is there uch an opportunity for a free people o develon to the fullest extent all its lowers of body, of mind and of that rhich stands above both body and aind?character. "Much has been given us from on iigh and much will rightly be exacted of us in return. Into our care he ten talents have been intrusted. ,nd we are to be pardoned neither if re squander and waste them nor yet ? we hide them in a napkin, for they nust be fruitful in our hands. Ever hroughout the ages, at all times and imong all peoples, prosperity has ieen fraught with danger, and it belooves us to beseech the Giver of All 'hings that we may not fall into love f ease and of luxury: that we may iot lose our sense of moral responsi illity; that v.'e may not forget our iuty to God and to our neighbor. "A great democracy like ours, a lemocracy based upon the principles f orderly liberty, can be perpetuated inly if in the heart of the ordinary itizen there dwells a keen sense of ighteousness and justice. We should arnestly pray that thisspiritof rightousne3s and justice may grow ever :reater in the hearts of all of us, and hat our souls may be inclined evermore both toward the virtues that tell or gentleness, for loving kindness ,nd forbearance one with another, .nd toward those no less necessary irtues that make for manliness and ugged hardihood, for without these [ualities neither natidn nor indivirilal can rise to the level of greatness. "Now, therefore, I, Theodore loosevelt, President of the United itates, do set apart Thursday, the 8th day of November, as a day of :eneral thanksgiving and prayer, and n that day I recommend that the leople shall cease from their daily /ork, and in their homes or in their hurches meet devoutly to thank the dmighty for the many and great ilessings they have received in the tast and to pray that they may be ;iven the strength so to order their Ives as to deserve a continuation of hese blessings in the future." DR. GILLETTE IX PRISON. former Assistant of President McCurdy Convicted in New York City. New York City.?After being out nly eighty-five minutes, the jury in he Criminal Branch of the Supreme Jourt, which has been trying Dr. Valter R. Gillette, former vice-presi+ v? Miifnoi T.^fo for norinrv cut UL tuc xriUbUUi J v.. a the third degree, returned a verict of guilty. With blanched face, ut without other show of emotion, be man who for years had stood at he right hand of Richard A. Mclurdy, the $150,000 autocrat of the lutual Life, stood up to hear the udgment of the jury passed upon im. When the foreman said the erdict was one of ghilt a flush sufused the face of the defendant. For n instant he seemed dazed. Before he could recover hi~:self ullyfthe foreman relieved the tenion :by informing Justice Dowling tie verdict of guilty was accompanied y a recommendation for the mercy f the court. He was remanded to de Tombs. SOUTHERN STEEL CO. FAILS. Sankruptcy Demanded by Creditors of Birmingham, Ala., Conccrn. Birmingham, Ala.?An involuntary etition in bankruptcy was filed in he Federal Court against the Southrn Steel Company, capitalized at 25,000,000. The creditors seeking he bankruptcy order are the Birningham Coal and Iron Company, he Sayre Mining and Manufacturing lompany and the Cahaba Coal Comany. The Southern Steel Company owns big steel plant in Gadsden, steel rod, /ire and nail mills in Ensley, coal nines in Altoona and Virginia City nd ore mines throughout the Birningham district, as well as coke vens and other properties. Moses 'avlor, of New York, is president, nd E. T. Shuler, of Birmingham, ;eneral manager. United States Circuit Judge O. R. lundley, at Huntsville, appointed Ed:ar Adler, E. G. Chandler and J. O. "Tiompson receivers. The receivers re empowered to borrow $200,000 o continue the operations of the com>any. Union Pacific Holding Company. Plans for a holding company to are for the investment assets of the Tnirtn Ponifin PoilrnaH fnmnflnv xvp.rp iecided on in New York City. Toothache Leads to Suicide. William H. Kurz, aged sixteen, of 'hiladelphia, had suffered from oothache for a week. His sister -lary sought to divert his mind from lis pain by taking him to a theatre. Vhen she went up stairs to see if he ^as ready to go she found his body i langing from his room door. New York City Cuts Expenses. A reduction of the New York City > ml gat from $157,000,000 to $143,iOO.OOO was agreed on at a meeting iT department heads with the Mayor. Try to Force Tobacco Pool. "This is an army of peacc, but It nay be one of war," was the slogan if 250 farmers of Ohio, Hopkins and I iTcLcan counties, who rode in to )wensboro, I<y., and called on the uyers of the American Tobacco Com lany ana omer orgumzuLiuiis, auu warned them not to attempt to make urther purchase of the 1907 crop iu Javies County. Standard Controls Independents. H. G. Westcott explained how the Standard Oil Company held control )J independent companies. fflffiL Bflllf U01SWIR808 Mutineers Seize Russian Destroy er ana sneii i-ons ana town. OVERWHELMED AND BEACHED j The Slcory Crow Fight Against Four Warships?Naval Enlisted Men and Residents of the City Shot Down. Vladivostok.?A fierce naval bat- I tie occurred in this harbor between J the mutinous crew of a Russian destroyer and their loyal comrades. The mutineers finally were subdued,! but not before a number of men had ] been killed or wounded. The mutinous boat was the Skory, and she gave fight to the gunboat i Mandchur. the destroyers Grozovoi. Smely and Serdlty and the garrison of one of the harbor forts, manned by the Twelfth Regiment of Artil- J lery. The Skory soon was over- . whelmed and had to be beached to j save her from sinking. This was not accomplished, however, before guns had done considerable damage, and several officers and men of the other ships had been killed or wounded. The crew of the Skory were in- | cited by agitators, including some j Jews, who had managed to get on board and" take charge of the de- i stroyer. She steamed out into the harbor with the red flag flying, and J at once opened fire on the town and i forts. A gunboat and three destroy- j ers went out to engage her, and with the aid of the forts soon had the I Skory riddled and helpless. She then j turned, ran through the surf and was beached. Those of the crew who had not been killed or wounded by f;unfire were arrested by soldiers as , hey made their way to land. Among the men killed are Captain Kurosch, commander of the torpedo boat Ravy, and Lieutenant Stoer, commander of the Skory; Lieutenant Vassilief, commanding the Serdity, was wounded. Several persons in Vladivostok were killed by the shells from the Skory. The town has been declared in a state of siege. ENGULFED IN LANDSLIDE. Karatagh Destroyed With More Than Half of Its Inhabitants. Tashkend, Russian Turklstan.? I The little town of Karatagh, in the Hissar district of Bokhara, has been overwhelmed and completely de-1 ptroyed by a landslide that followed the earthquake of October 21. Ac-1 cording to the latest reports of the disaster a majority of the inhabitants of Karatagh lost their lives. The first reports of the casualties were exaggerated, the death list being placed as high as 15,000. Karatagh has about 2500 dwellers, and I there is reason to believe that about j 1500 were buried alive. Among j those who si'/vived the disaster is ] the Governor of Karatagh and his , mother. Karatagh is remotely situated, and ; it takes a full week for news to get ! out from there, but according to c;ne I courier who has come through an enormous section of the Karatagh 1 Mountain, which practically hung j over the town, broke loose and thundered down upon the village, which is almost completely buried from sight. Efforts are being made to get in communication witn the survivore and learn the actual state of affairs, j and to send in such relief as may be j required. AFTER 223 RAILROADS. Violation of Rate Law Alleged in Complaint Piled With Commission. Washington, D. C.?Two hundred and twenty-three railroads, involving all the Important railroads in the United States, are named as defendants in a complaint filed with the Interstate Commerce Commission, in which violations of the railroad rate act are alleged. The complainants are the Johnston & Lorimer Dry Goods Company and the Cox-Blodgett Dry Goods Company, corporations doing business under the laws of Kansas, with -headquarters at Wichita, that State. i They allege that the defendant railroads haveumposed unjust and unreasonable commodity rates on shipments of cotton piece goods between New York and Wichita. INDICT RAILWAY OFFICIAL. Cleveland Man Charged With Trying to Influence Witnesses. rMpveland Ohio.?The Grand Jur5 returned an indictment against John J..Stanley, Vice-President and General Manager of the Cleveland Electric Railway Company, charging him with endeavoring to influence a witness. ] ; The specific allegation is that Stanley endeavored to influence the testimony of two witnesses in the investigation by the Grand Jury of cases of illegal registration of voters. Bomb Thrown at Prince. A bomb was thrown at Prince Gortchakoff, the Acting Governor of Viatka, Russia; it failed to explode, and a guard shot and killed the revolutionist. Saicide, Not Murder. Investigation showed that H. B. Potter, Jr., the Pennsylvania insurance agent, who died in the WaldorfAstoria, in New York City, had not been murdered, but had killed himself. Russia and France Dispute. "Gil Bias" says that a dispute has arisen between Russia and France over the former's alleged unwillingness to maintain forces on the German frontier. JUDGE GROSSCUP ARRESTED. Servicc of Warrant in Trolley Accident Manslaughter Case at Chicago. Chicago.?Judge Grosscup, of tho United States District Court, -was served with a warrant charging him with manslaughter. Judge Grosscup is a director in the electric railway at Mattoon, 111., on which a number of persons recently were killed in a collision. Judge Grosscup was prepared to furnish a bond of $500, and the serving of a warrant was a mere formality. I Late Mews 1 BY WIRE ' WASHINGTON. Congress v ill bo asked to establish a permanent aerial fieet to be used in future warfare. ? 1 "r"? from president .nuuseYcii. a-uiwu his trip to the South. Naval matters took up much of the time at the first formal meeting of the Cabinet since June. President Roosevelt will order the 1 Atlantic battleship fleet home from < the Pacific within ninety days after its arrival there. The War Department announced the distances of the balloons that ascended at St. Louis as follows: Pommern, German, 876% mile?; L'l3le de France, French, 870% miles; America. 735% miles, and United States, 625 % miles. Albert A. Wilson, formerly United States Marshal for the District of Columbia and a close friend of former President Grover Cleveland, is dead. , Secretary of State Root expressed 1 great satisfaction with the results of The Hague Conference. It was: announced at the Mexican State Department that Ambassador Creel would retire from the post of Ambassador to the United Spates. OUR ADOPTED ISLANDS. The return of Secretary Taft from the Philippines was postponed from A fr\ Mmromh^r 1 Q nUVt'UIUCl 1 \.sj 1.1VIVU..? Senor Osmena, Nationalist, former Governor of Cebu. P. I., was elected presiding officer of the Assembly. The Philippine Commission has authorized the creation of a permanent Public Utilities Commission. Thirty bandits are still disturbing the peace in the Sancti Spiritus district, Santa Clara Province, Cuba. Confirmation of the uprising of a small band of brigands near Manzanillo, Cuba, was received by the authorities. Secretary Taft outlined the policy of the United States toward the Filipinos in a speech at Manila. DOMESTIC. Vain attempts to run Yonkers, M. ST.. street cars were attended by rioting. Mr. Harriman practically confirmed the rumor that the Union Pacific was to sell its holdings in other roads. At Metropolis, 111., Sarah Goodman and Myra Scalls each sixteen, quarreled and scuffled over the possession of a knife. Myra received fatal wounds in the side. Sarah fled. The National Civic Federation, a: Chicago, recommended many changes in the laws for the control of railroads and the regulation of rates. The party headed by Secretary Loeb is reported to have had much better success nunting near lenuwstone Park than the President had in Louisiana. The explosion of a mixing mill at the Atlantic Dynamite Company's factory, at Ashland, Wis., killed four men. William- J. Bryan denied that his candidacy for the Presidency depended on the retirement of President Roosevelt. After an eventful day banking circles in Providence, R. I., believed thai the cri3is had been met. Senator Elkins, of West Virginia, said in Washington that the present money troubles would have been avoided if the currency law had been more elastic. Following the action of the local union in calling the strike off at Helena. Mont., many operators were reinstated by the telegraph companies. The Ute Indians temporarily located on the Cheyenne reservation having become unruly, the War Department ordered a force of cavalry stationed at Fort Meade to subdue them. General Webb Syck, Civil War veteran, and his bride of two weeks were found shot to death near Pikesville, Ky., and it is believed he committed the double tragedy because of jealousy. Suit was begun before Justice Goff, of New York City, by John S. Jones,, of Ohio, against George J. Gould and others for the recovery of $460,000 for services in the purchase of 18,000 acres of coal land3 in Ohio. FOREIGN. Justice Riddell, at Toronto, imposed a fine of $25,000 on the Michigan Central for the explosion, of a car of dynamite listed as powder. The crew >of the British steamer Tampico and five men of the Dutch schooner Anna, abandoned at sea, were landed in England. Testimony in the libel action of General Count Kuno von Moltlce against Herr Harden was closed at Berlin. China has cancelled the foreign concessions on the imperial railways and has sent Chinese troops into the disputed boundary zone of Manchuria. The Canadian Cabinet has decided to refer, to The Hague tribunal the dispute with the United States over fishing rights at the Magdaleu Islands. ~ " ^ f fipmn r% f Ar. I ue iteglSH ttl Ul tuc Uiiiio VI *?. buthnot & Co., bankers of Madras and London, said that the liabilities exceeded the assets by nearly $9,? U00.00Q. China has begun a grain rate war directed against the Japanese lines in Manchuria. The Cris de Paris casts doubt upon the authenticity of the remains of Paul Jones now in America. J. Martin Miller, the American Consdl at Rheims, France, has resigned in order to engage in private business. Mr. Wu Ting-Fang expresses his belief that his recent reappointment as Chinese Minister at Washington means a continuance of friendly relations between China and the United States. Leading English weekly newspapers say that opportunities for successful dishonestly and apathy of the respectable classes regarding politics are responsible for the financial situation in America. M. Ranwaert, manager of one of the Belgian concessionary companies in the Congo Independent State, and another white man were killed there by natives. ormnro/l r?ri?icr>r TC urnmn.1 of J ..s <*. -- , 14,C20tons,was successfully launched at Yokosuka in the presence of the Japanese Emperor and Empress. George Frederick Bodley, of London. the famous architect, is dead. IUHOM BM SiiS" Acting Governor Takes Precautions Against a Run. On Demand of Financiers He Issued Proclamation Closing Institutions of Territory For Week. ( Oklahoma Ciiy. Okia.?uuanea Filson, Acting Governor of tho Territory, issuer! a proclamal ion declaring a six-day holiday. In conscquence, every bank in the city v/as closed. The proclamation follows: "Whereas, It appears to the undersigned, Acting Governor of the Territory of Oklahoma, that all of the lead1?" r*f thc\ TTnit/aH ! U1& CIHGD v/1 . vuv. WMftVw** ~ through their clearing house associations have entered into an agreement to protect themselves agains' conditions which they are apparently unable to control, and by such concerted action are refusing to ship currcncy to country banks which have deposits with them or to honor the bills ot Jading drawn upon the banks of such, or to pay checks of customers over the counters; and "Whereas, Such action makes it impossible for the banks of Oklahoma to meet the immediate demands u[)on them for currency to pay for the cotton and other products of the Tsrritory; and "Whereas, Our banks appear to be In a solvent condition; therefore, "Be it ordained that a legal holiday, extending from October 28, six days, to November 2, be proclaimed. "CHARLES FILSON, , "Acting Governor." There ha? been no uneasiness in this city, and the bankers say the deposits last week were greater than in any previous week in the month. The motive in closing is protection in case of a run. Since the banks here could not get cash from Kansas City in case of unusual demands they considered the risk too great. The banks of tbis city are carrying many of the small banks of the Territory. They have arranged to issue Clearing House certificates until conditions improve. The banks of the Southwe3t are further embarrassed because of the demand for cash to move the cotton crop. It is said thai many bankers of Oklahoma, Indian Territory, Arkansas and Northern Texas were in consultation by telephone early in the morning, and that all decided on nJmiloi* o inn Diiunai OKLAHOMA TO BE THE FORTYSIXTH STATE ON NOVEMBER 16 Washington, D. C.?In the presence of a large delegation of citizens of Oklahoma and Indian Territory, President Roosevelt announced that he would sf&n the Constitution of the new State of Oklahoma afhd issue his proclamation proclaiming Oklahoma a State of the Union on Saturday, November 16. Governor Frantz, of Oklahoma, had just l?.id on the table before the President a certified copy of the Constitution bound in red morocco. The admission of Oklahoma make? the forty-sixth State in the Union. The. last State admitted was Utah, which became a State on January 4, 1896. BEEF PRICES ARE CUT. General Fall in Values Predicted After Packers Lop Off Ten Per Cent. Chicago.?A general fall in values and prices of all foodstuffs, due to peculiar trade conditions and not to the present financial flurry, was predicted by Edward A. Cudahy, the packer, in Omaha, where the picking bouses announced a general reduction of ten per cent,, in the prices of all meats. Still further reductions, It was stated, are expected. Even before Mr. Cudahy's prediction reached Chicago a slight decrease in meat values was noticeable in the Union Stock Yards of this city, the same condition occurring simultaneously in other packing centres of the country. In many places an oversupply of cattle in the hands of drovers seeking a market for their wares became apparent. "The customary purchases varied In no manner from the daily average during the day," declared Edward Morris. '"To my knowledge owners of cattle have accepted the customary checks without hesitation. From my observation I could not say that a general fall in prices of foodstuffs is coming." "There has been a slight falling off of meat values, but nothing of a very marked nature," asserted J. Ogden Armour. "Drovers have been offered a slightly lower rate for the goods and will have to accept the present market conditions." AKRON SAVINGS BANK CLOSES. Suicide of Cashier Reveals a Deficit of $2.1,000 in the Accounts. Akron, Ohio.?The Dollar Savings Bank has been closed by order of the directors until after the funeral of Fred A. Boran, the cashier. The sixty-day time limit has been ordered enforced on all savings accounts in the banks of the city. Coroner Davidson has announced that Eoran committed suicide. Boran killed himself when alone in his house, his wife and only child, a son "* 1 ? rvrtrta in I agea twelve years, uana6 w Cleveland to visit. A deficit of $25,000 has been discovered in the accounts of the bank according to members of the directorate. BIRMINGHAM, ALA., GOES DRY. Prohibitionists Vote Liquor Out of the County. Birmingham. Ala.?The local option election held in this, Jefferson, county, resulted in a majority of nearly 2000 in favor of prohibition. In the city of Birmingham the vote was 302 against a dry town, but the city goes dry with the county. Alfonso weicomuu IU I ana. , King Alfonso and Queen Victoria were warmly welcomed in Paris. DOCTOR TRUST NOT ILLEGAL. Iowa Court Releases Physicians Indicted For Increasing Fees. Charles City, Iowa.?Iowa antitrust laws do not apply to physicians. Judge Kelley released the Bower County doctors who were indicted for organizing an association and increasing their scale of fees. Rath, Maine, Bank Suspends. Because of the withdrawal of deposits, the Bath Trust Company, at Bath, Me., controlled by Charles YV. Morse, suspended operations. ' ' i m +" % Progress. ? Caxton had just invented the printing pres9. "Fine," cried the college boys; "we can now send home for money for books." Thus did the discovery meet with early appreciation.?New York Press. Switzerland's greatest industry, the entertaining of tourists, has been officially computed to bring $23,000,000 a year, $7,000,000 more than the public revenue of the whole confedture. Dr. George Archbold, who was chief chemist of the War Department half a dozen years ago, and has just died, was the inventor of the process for making sulphide paper pulp. ^ BABY IN TERRIBLE STATE ?__ Awful Humor Eating Away FaceBody a Mass of Sores?Cuticura ., Cures in Two Weeks. "My little daughter broke out all over her body with a humor, and we used everything recommended, but without results. I called in three doctors, but she continued to grow worse. Her body was a mass of sores, and her little face was being eaten away. Her ears looked as if they would drop off. Neighbors advised me to get Cuticura Soap and Ointment, and before I had used half of the cake of Soap and bos of Ointment the sores had all healed, and my little oneV ? face and body were as clear as a new-born babe's. 1 would not be without it again if it cost five dollars, instead of seventyfive cents. Mrs. George J. Steese, 701 Cohum St Alrrnn. Ohio. Alio". 30. 1905." Pink Wood For Piano. A newly imported wood, used for high-class cabinet and piano work, is Che Tasmanian myrtle. It is a rich pink color, moderately hard, and very close grained. Deafness Cannot Be Cored bylocal applications as theycannot reach the N diseased portion of the ear. There is only one way to cure deafness, and that is by constitutional remedies. Deafness is caused by an Inflamed condition of the mucous lining of the Eustachian Tube. When this tube is inflamed you have a rumbling sound or imperfect hearing, and when it is entirely closed Deafness is the result, and unless thd inflammation can be taken out and this tube re- " stored to its normal condition, hearing will be destroyed forever. Nine cases out often ire caused bycatarrh, which is nothingbutan inflamed condition of the mucous surfaces. We will give One Hundred Dollars for any case of Deafness (caused bycatarrh) that canaotbe curedbyHall's Catarrh Cure. Send for arculars free. F.J.Cheney & Co.,Toledo.0. Sold by Druggists, 75c. Take Sail's Family Pills for constipation. Eagles Fly High. The eagle sometimes soars to the height of 50,000 feet, (fee of these birds has been known to rise from the ground and disappear from view overhead within three minutes. FITS, St. Vitus'Dance, Nervous Diseases permanently cured by Dr. Kline's Great Nerve * Restorer. 82 trial bottle and treatise free. Dr.H. K. Kline, Ld.,931 Arch 8t.,Phila.,Pa. "7 The Australian coast is unbroken by any stream for nearly lOOOjniles. Mrs. Winslow'a Soothing Syrup forChildren teething, softens the (fums, reduces inflammation, al lays pain, cures wind colic.25c a bottle The Indian population on Indian reservations is 291,581. Itch cured in 30 minutes by Woolford's Sanitary Lotion. Never fails. At druggists. For the Nerves. Ours is an-age when we give our nerves but a very poor chance. Half the time our bodies are t\k- . ing their i^venge upon them for overstrain: - The ' happicrjgs. of many a home is tampered with because the overwrought one becomes irritable and erratic through nervous exhaustion. No moment of rest, no relatation. It may be from necessary labor to make both ends meet, it may be the ceaseless toil and strain for social prestige. It means the same j thing?burning the candle at both ends. If taken in the beginning it is easily managed. After a while it grows almost beyond our control or that of a physician. But it can be cured, no matter how bad, and can be forestalled. First of all, when you feel exhausted, no matter' when or where, stop?rest five minutes. It will often savo you years of suffering. A moment-Jn the nick of time Is worth hours afterwards. If strictly observed the following will prove effectual?but be persistent: Go to bed as early as possible, rise early, but get eight hours' sleep. Throw open the window, and in a warm, loose robe breathe deeply, . slowly, during twenty counts; then take vigorously a simple gymnastic exercise for ten mlrfutes. Then sponge off with tepid, then cold, water, into which throw a handful of salt.?Health. TAKE THEM OUT Or Feed Them Food They Can Study On. When a student begins to break ! down from lack of the right kind of fnnd there are only two things to do; either take him out of school or feed him properly on food that will rebuild t the brain and nerve cells. That food is Grape-Nuts. A boy writes from Jamestown, N. Y., saying: "A short time ago I got into a bad condition from overstudy, but Mother having heard about GrapeNuts food began to feed me on it. It satisfied my hunger better than any other food, and the results were marvelous. 1 got fleshy like a good fellow. My usual morning headaches disappeared, and 1 found 1 could study for a long period without feeling the effects of it. "My face was pale and thin, but is now round and has considerable color. After 1 had been using GrapeNuts for about two months 1 felt like a new boy altogether. 1 have gained greatly in sirengcn. .is wen as nesu, anil it is a pleasure to study now that 1 am not bothered with my head. 1 passed all of my examinations with a I reasonably good percentage, extra ] good in some of them, and it is Grape-Nuts that has saved me from a year's delay in entering college. "Father and mother have both been improved by the use of GrapeNuts. Mother was troubled with sleepless nights, and got very thtn, and looked care worn. She has gained her normal strength and looivs, anl sleeps well nights." "There'r a Reason." Head "The Road. to Wt'llville," in pkgs.