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tOMCM GROWERS
WHIP THE TRUST
American Company Finally Agrees
to Pay Price Demanded.
TOTAL MAY REACH $14,000,000
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Deal Just Closed Means the End of
Night Rider Outrages in State of
Kentucky ? Nearly 80,000,000
Pounds Held in the Burley Pool.
Louisville, Ky.?The Tobacco Trust
has been whipped to a finish and
made to dow aown to ine cune.v iubacco
Society. Some of the members
of that organization unofficially
formed the bands of marauders
known as night riders, who resorted
to arson and murder to attain their
- ends.
? By a deal between the Burley Tobacco
Society and the American Tobacco
Company, closed lately, the
1906 and part of the 1907 crop of tobacco,
involving 80,000,000 pounds,
becomes the property of the American
Tobacco Company at a cost of almost
$14,000,000. The average price
pe? pound for the 1906 crop was
twenty and a half cents and seventeen
cents for the 1907 crop. There
Is great rejoicing in Kentucky among
the night riders and those who sympathize
with them. It is considered
ft decisive victory for the night riders
and will end the marauding in
Kentucky.
The Burley Tobacco Society is an
organization that comprises about
fifty-five counties in the northern and
central portions of Kentucky, and has
In its membership all tobacco raisers.
These growers pooled all of their
crops of 1906 and 1907 and the organization
was controlled exactTy like
any corporation or trust would be,
that is, by officers and an executive
board. Tobacco raising in the Burley
district is very arduous work, and
employs the time of the farmer practically
the year round. It is estimated
that it requires at least a price
of eight cents a pound for a farmer
to realize any profit on raising Burley
tobacco.
The tobacco growers, knowing th^t
the trust was realizing at least from \
forty cents to $1 for the Burley tobacco
after it was manufactured for
consumption, decided, as a last resort,
to organize against trust prices. This
they did, with the result that by this
deal they received an average of nearfly
nineteen cents a pound for their
tobacco, thus attesting that they have
gained their point. This was done by
x- *1 *? ? xu.-. on/9 r>nf
curtailing me pivuu^uuu ouu
raising a crop this year.
TOM L. JOHNSON POOR.
Cleveland's Mayor Says Fine Home
and Autos Must Go. Cleveland,
Ohio.?Mayor Tom L.
Johnson, who for years his been credited
with possessing a large fortune,
(announced that he had lost everything
and would be compelled to give
kip his handsome home In Euclid ave- 5
nue and move into smaller and less
expensive quarters. The Mayor also
stated that ne wouia give up nis automobiles
and other luxuries, because
he could no longer afford to keep
, them.
His fortune was wrecked, the May
or declared, by his devotion to the affairs
of .the estate of his dead brother
Albert, who was heavily interested in
traction properties in the East. After
Alberts death it was suggested to
Mayor Johnson that he resign ^s
Mayor and take up the management
of Albert's estate.
It Is said Mr. Johnson has recently
lost approximately $400,000 in con- '
nection with his interests at Lorain,
Ohio.
DR. ROYCE OX FOOTBALL.
"Result Unfavorable to Best Moral
Education of Youth," He Says. 1
Boston, Mass.?The declaration
that "the prevalent result of football
Is not favorable to the best moral
education of the great body of our
youth," is made by Professor Josiah j
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XVUjce, UL cue uepai tuiriiu ui punuauphy
at Harvard, in a long article in
the football number of the Harvard i
Illustrated Magazine. In his article
Professor Royce says further:
"It does not train loyalty to see
another man's bones broken. Among
the spectators it makes a loyal life
and practical love of loyalty impossible
as far as the conduct and spirit i
and results of these public displays
are concerned."
BAD SHORTAGE
Forest Fires Did It, and Result Will Be a
ting mat Represented a MarKE
New York City.?With the peach
crop scare forgotten months ago and 1
the oyster crop scare only a clammy ;
ghost, it seemed there would be rest :
from reports of shortages. But a
man came to the front with an announcement
which, in its possibilities
of widespread gloom, made peach and
oyster famines look joyous. If the
situation is as bad as he said, Christ-mas
Day in hundreds of thousands <
of homes will seem as if there were a
funeral, or the rent collector had
come around again. i
Simply, there is going to be the
worst shortage of Christmas trees i
this country has known. The man
who said it deals in those trees by
Two Maine Canoeists Drown.
Miss Maud Boliff, twenty-two years
old, of Monroe, a teacher in one of '1
the public schools of Bradley, and i
Edwin M. Gray, twenty-one, of Brad- 1
ley, were drowned in Great Works
stream about two miles from Brad- 1
ley, Me. They were on their way in
a canoe to a hunting camp.
, Lookout Inn Burns.
Famous old Lookout Inn, on the
crest of Lookout Mountain, Tenn.,
^ was burned to the ground, together
Kith all its contents.
Far Eastern Notes.
Jepan is buying more American
Iron and steel pipe each year.
Egypt's sugqr cane crop this year
Is only 400,000 tons, against 5C0.000
tons in 1907 and 700,000 tons in
1906.
The sailors of the American fleet
at Amoy, China, contested in various I
sports and the winners received <
prizes.
An unsuccessful attempt to shoot
Sir A. H. L. Fraser, Lieutenant-Gov- i
ernor of Bengal, India, wa3 made by
i Bengali at the Calcutta Twn Hall; ;
Che criminal was caught. j
LANDSLIDE FOLLOWS '
FATAL BUS EXPLOSION
Half a Block Slips Into 48-Foot
Trench in Brooklyn. ~
LABORERS PERISH IN FLOOD
Bursting Water Main Inundates Excavation?Men,
Women and Children
Go Down Under Water and
Earth in Gold Street Sewer.
Brooklyn, N. Y.?Twenty-two-lives
are believed to have been sacrificed
in an unusual accident in a sewer
trench in Gold street, this borough.
Half of the block in Gold street, between
York and Front streets, fell
into a forty-eight-foot trench after a
gas explosion that wrecked a twentyfonr-inrh
main and loosed thousands
of gallons of water. Men, women and
children walking on the sidewalk slid
into the excavation and were drowned
or were burned by a gas flame that
rose eighty feet above the pavement
and burned for twenty minutes before
the Brooklyn Union Gas Company
shut it off.
Exact knowledge as to the number
that perished will not be had until
the big trench is pumped clear of water.
The accident is one of the most
unusual in the city's history. The 1
street is in such a condition that Deputy
Chief Lally, of the Fire Department,
refused to permit his men to
work at night in the .trench, and issued
an order that no- attempt at recovery
of bodies be made until 7
o'clock next morning. If there are
twenty-one buried in the mass of
sand, timber and water, there is not
a chance for getting any out. alive.
One body is out of the trench.
More than half the block has gone down
from building line to building
line, ana the foundations of the oldfashioned
frame houses that line the
block are washed by water. R
Among the dead is Frederick H
Scheffmeier, of the Brooklyn Sewer
Bureau, who went into the trench to
inspect the work on the thicteen-foot
sewer at 9 o'clock a. m. Scheffmeier
was overwhelmed by the flood of
water released from the burst main.
Four carpenters employed by 'Hag-*
gerty & Rogers, of Manhattan, the
contractors, were swept through the
finished section of tjie sewer to the 1
bulkhead at the end of Gold street t
and cjimbed out almost drowned.
They collapsed on reaching the surface,
and were cared for by one of
the six ambulance surgeons wno responded
to calls.
The known dead are:
Samuel Abrams, fifty-four years
old; body recovered. , .
Gustave Anderson, foreman carpenter.
Francis Armando, laborer, Brooklyn.
Jacques Armando, brother of Francis,
also a laborer. IN
. Eruil Bachman, carpenter. *
. John Brady, six years old.
Vincent Doherty, seven years old.
Charles Farrell, foreman laborer.
Felix Green, carpenter, Manhattan.
Gustave Lane, carpenter, Manhat*
tan. h(
Charles Nelson, carpenter/ w
Frederick Scheffmeier, city sewer 2inspector,
Brooklyn. . Gustave
Wallo, carpenter.
The unknown dead are: y3
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i wo iiauan lauurers.
A woman,. .
The Injured are: ^
Domlnick Labonio, laborer; scalp m
wounds. I1
Archie Gunochlo, laborer; laceratlons
of face and scalp.
The cause of the catastrophe prob- IV
ably will never be absolutely known, tE
though the general belief Is that It rc
was the result of the accumulation of y(
Illuminating gas In the sewer trench
and some of Its pockets. u
CLOSES "MOTHER'S ROOM." "
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Thousands of Christian Scientists
Have Made It a Shrine. T]
Boston, Mass.?By order of the 8<
board of directors the "mother's tl
room" in the original part of the m
great Christian Science tabernacle in
the Back Bay has been shut to the P*
public, curious or devout, without a 4(
single explanation beine given as to fi"1
the reason. to
Ever since the original church, the
First Church of Christ, Scientist, was C<
dedicated, the "mother's room" has Iti
been one of which thousands of the 01
devout made a shrine. At first it was ei
open to the public at all times, then it
was decided to open It only on three tt
days a week. ei
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OF XMAS TREES
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i Rise in Price?Trees Ready For Cut- ?0\
it Value of $100,000 Burned. ti
wholesale. He asserted the recent ^
forest fires, that swept hundreds of . f0
acres in the northern section of k
Maine, killed off thousands of young a(
trees. Already dealers are in the m
north woods of Maine, having the
trees cut and getting them ready for j)
shipment. A large real estate dealer a,
in Maine says the forest fires de- l,
stroyed Christmas trees ready for g|
cutting that represented a market or
value of $100,000.
All "famine" stories, whether of
bueuusu, iruit or trees, winci up witn | Wl
a certain form of announcement. It !
comes with the Christmas prediction.
It is: pj
PRICES WILL 3E HIGHER. n<
Chestnut Crop Good. jB
The chestnut crop in New Jersey is
the best that the State has enjoyed in
the last ten years. In some places
the ground is covered with nuts.
While the nuts are smaller this year N
than usual tbey are almost entirely
free from worms. w
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Pinchot in Taft's Cabinet.
At Washington, D. C., the post of it
Secretary of Agriculture In President
Taft's Cabinet has been offered to gi
Gifford Pinchot, and it is almost cer- tli
tain that Mr. Pinchot will accent. fli
Prominent People.
Ellhu Root, Secretary of State, said
be would accept the Nov; York Sena- S]
torship. C(
Senator Elkins denied that his 0j
daughter is engaged to the Duke of jc
the Abruzzi. .
A movement was begun to over- s
throw Charles F. Murphy as the lead- 61
sr of Tammany Hall. B'
Dr. Waldemar Jochelson left New tl
York City on a two years' ethnologi- tii
cal expedition among the Aleuts. il;
In his annual report Rear-Admiral "(
Pillsbury recommended restoring the in
rank of Vice-Admiral of the navy.
SIG^OF RI^URNI^
?Season's cleverest cartoon by
WSPEH1TY W~FELT IN C
ailroads Plan Gigantic Improvem
XT nllnnnl D?nonai>]Hr
UUilOi o*"Xlauuiicu x jl v/opwi iij .
No*More Work to D<
The certain return of prosperity is <
in the news of the .past week.
From all over the country have con*
factories after ten months of cessation.
vthe,employment of thousands of men anc
ing to do.
While only a short while ago mills ^
to-day they are rushed with work and ai
who apply.
Railroads are feeling the Aladdin-lik
planning to expend millions of dollars upi
been a loosening up of the money market
gigantic projects contemplated are to be
Correspondents send in glowing rep
manufacturing centres. In the North we:
everywhere there are signs of better time
One positive evidence of the improve
in the disbandment of the National Prospe
Its chairman, E. C. Simmons, explained
swiftly returning, there is no more work t
fews of a Week Thai
tvidence
Washington, D. C. ? Reports re- Th
sived by the International Brother- tion
jod of Operative Potters during the plant
eek indicated a general opening up nong;
' work everywhere in that industry. Th
he force at the Riverside Pottery at Pitts!
Wheeling, W. Va., has been greatly take
icreased, and the firm is getting or- 500,C
jrs in a steady stream. Th
The Dresden Pottery is working at Keesj
ill force. The Klondike Pottery will time,
ive no slack time this winter, its Th<
nployes having all they can do. The put a
ibring Pottery, at Sebring, O., has Th
id the busiest November it has pany,
aown in years. It is expected that of its
ie American China Company, of To- Ev
>nto, will operate steadily to the Midh
jar's end. , Conn
The Union Buffalo Cotton, Mills, of mills
Q r> mhlnh 4o oalH tn nnprfttp Th
ore looms than any other textile mills
>rporation in the South, received ing t
ich a rush of orders that it will be riod j
Dliged to run all of its three im- work
ense plants to their fullest capacity. Th
bis sets going 17,000 spindles and- Comp
)0 looms, which were idle during ed be
ie summer. The mills employ 2000 start<
en and women. ed to
The Fales & Jenks Machine Com- 1 Mi
iny, of Pawtucket, R. I., employing Comi
)0 hands, began working on a fifty- three
re-hour-a-week schedule. The fac- duced
ry had been running on half time. J.
The Easton & Burnham Machine repre
Diapany, of Pawtucket, R. I., started tbe P
s factory on full time, after running to N<
l short time during the summer. It tract<
nploys 100 men. tion
Lumbermen of Tifton, Ga., report know
iat nil thA mills are booked with the ]
lough orders to keep them going Coast
ill tilt for three months. Some are Paul
jcllnlng orders until Harch 1. three
The American Tobacco Company ions
jreed to take seventy-five per cent, get S'
! the 60,060,000 pounds of tobacco Off
! the Burley Leaf Tobacco Society, road
he deal involves $10,000,000. costii
After a shut-down of six months, soon.
ie Illinois Steel Company reopened exten
iur of its plants at South Chicago, electi
)0 men being put to work. Several conte
Idltlonal furnaces, requiring 500 Ge:
en, will be blown at once. cy, g<
Prominent railroad men, including tutioi
onald G. Reid, of the Rock Island, cline
id E. C. Converse, of the Baldwin slacki
Dcomotive Works, and the United mone
:ates Steel Corporation started the ton e:
ganization of a $2,000,000 corpora- ports
on to manufacture steel. Most_of show
le bonds have been subscribed. Tne tres :
orks will be located near Gary, Ind. most
Contracts were awarded by the grow]
rescent Steel and Wire Company to dustr
instruct a new plant at New Cor- Coi
irstown, Ohio. rema;
ivention of Great Importance to Danci
Ironclads Exhibited in Germany.
Charlottenburg, Germany.?At a Pa
eeting of the League of German skirts
aval Architects, Dr. Anschuetz- dance
lempfe, of Kiel, exhibited a compass impei
ithout a magnetic needle, which has the c
ist been invented. It is in the form sultec
! a gyroscope, which, when suspend- depri
i in a certain way, always adjusts llhooi
self Darallel to the earth's axis. Th
The invention is regarded as o! decre
eat importance to ironclads, where other
ie compass needle is frequently de- steps
jcted by the adjacent metal. U3e o
Family Cannibalism.
The English spoken by the "Penn
rlvania Dutch," a3 the inhabitants oi ^
jrtain districts in the easte'rn pari wlnnj
! tho 'State are popularly known, af wjth
irds some rare specimens of exprcs Ar
on. A man who was passing a name
nail house <n the out skiits of "Sous bilt ?
esselem"? that is the nearest possl' Yaclv
e spelling of the local pronuncio- Th
on?heard the daughter of the fam to re:
V calLing her brother in to supper. | The
Jeorge," she said, "you come rlghl j *?^ne^
now; pa's on the table, and ma'a '
i. l... . j , ' effort
ilf et! V-Everybody s. - a '
G CONFIDENCE
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11,1 Li,Lili j
Davenport, in the New York Mail.
OUNTRY'S INDUSTRIES.
s
ients Costing Millions oJ
Association, Having
), DiSfeandsi
iloquently indicated in items
e reports of the reopening of
Whirring machinery tells of "
1 women who have had nothvere
running on half time,
re giving employment to all
e touch of prosperity and are
on improvements. There has f
so that funds to carry on the
had readily. c
torts 01 conditions m an tne i
st, the 'South, the East? j
s. s
jment in conditions is given
rity Association, of St. Louis.
I that now that prosperity is
or the organization to do. ? j
: Shows
of Better Times I
c
e United States Steel Corpora- 1
decided to erect a $3,000,000 v
at Monessen, Pa., in the Mo* c
ahela Valley. a
e Schoen Steel Company, ol p
burg, announced that it would v
on 300 more men and'spend $1/ c
*00 in improvements. p
e National Tube Works, of Mc- f
port, Pa., ptttced its plant on full t
s WestlngLouse Electric Companj f
II its. departments on full time. t
e Republic Iron and Steel Com- i:
of Pittsburg, ordered every on? t
furnaces run to full capacity. e
ery spindle in the cotton mills o) r
am and New London counties: i
., has been started up, and th?
are rushed with orders. ' I
e American Woolen Company'i
at Moosup, Conn., are prepar- J
0 run full time; after a bad pe*
in which less than half time waj
ed.
e Michigan Lake Superior Powei 1
any, of Chicago, which suspend- 1
cause of the financial conditions, i
id to reorganize, and it is expect* c
resume within a few weeks. t
lis of the International Paper c
>any, at Berlin, N. H., idle foi
months, reopened with a re* t
1 force. c
D. Farrell, of Seattle, Wash., *
sentative of E. H. Harrlman, in to
acific Northwest, has been called to
3w York. Financiers and con* t
>rs say that railroad construc*
work on a scale heretofore un* c
n is about to be inaugurated in F
Pacific Northwest. The North i'
Chicago, Milwaukee and St s
and Harriman system are the 5
4 4-Virt nnon/Hn(y r\f mill. .
laULUI 3 ill LUC opcuuiug Vfc uitir
for a dominant position in Puound
and Northwest Coast.
Lcials of the Lackawanna Rail- j
announced that improvement*
lg $25,000,000 will be begun
* Plans have been drawn for th?
sion of the road to Chicago. Tht q
ification of the suburban lines is f,
mplated. s
nerally, the shipment of curren- jj
aid and silver to financial insti- s
is in rural districts begins to de- n
in November, in accord with the fi
*nlng of trade and the receipt ol- j]
y from abroad on grain and cot.
importations. But confidential reof
the St. Louis reserve agent?
thai the shipments to all cen*
In the South and West are al- ji
as large as last month. To the f,
[ng trade and invigorating in* fi
y is attributed the activity. T
nditions in the whole South show b
rkable improvement. e
ing Masters Solve Problem x
of Clingsome Drapery.
ris.?Women are dow wearing
i so tight that old-fashioned c
is are Impossible, and it became
ative to devise means to meet
rlsis. If the present styles re*
1 in stopping dancing they would a
ve fhfe dancing masters of a live- d
3. ' c
ey met, resolved and forthwith s
ed that waltzes, polkas and all A
dances be danced with shorter (1
until fashion gives women freer li
f their lower limbs. s
The World of Sport.
le has thirty-five candidates for
ions in the hockey team. t
? - - e
K.. vanaerDiit neaas me use 01 w
Ing owners on the French turf
a total of $263,640. g
thur Curtlss James has been a
d to succeed Cornelius Vanderis
commodore of the New York si
t Club. J
ere Is going to be a bitter fight
store racing at Hot Springs, Ark.
business men there have com- e
1 in favor of the sport, and they; F
tiey hope to be successful in their a
:s. f li
MANY KILlEDjy TORNADO [
Two Mile Wide Path Through
Arkansas is 70 Miles Long.
Visited Western Edge of State, Leaving
a Trail of Death, Suffering
and Destruction. '
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Fort Smith, Ark. ? From meagre
reports received here from a score of jij
towns in northeast Arkansas it ap- a
pears that twenty-five people were m
killed, fifty injured and a number are
missing through a tornado which
swept through this section of country. s
The path of the storm was two i
miles ''vide and seventy miles long, i
Its force was felt in the greatest de- I
gree in the vicinity jof Ozark, Ark. t
rhe small town of Cravens, four miles 1
west, was completely wiped out. Four
people were killed and three fatally ?
injured. I
The dead are Mr. and Mrs. John c
Rosin and two children. The injured e
are Dr. and Mrs. Hill, an aged couple, c
who were caught in the collapse of I
th?lr house and crushed. Grocery
stores in which several people had I
taken refuge were blown to 'pieces
an/1 oil tho nnnnnntita mnrp or less *
hurt. . 't
Dr. Croker, of Lenall, Ark., was r
slightly hurt. Eight people?three ' t
men and two women and three chil- t
Iren?are reported missing in Crav- 1
3ns. All were seen before the storm.
At Knoxville, Ark., the storm (
passed over at the mouth of Piney
Dreek, demplishing everything in its r
path. Twenty people were injured -]
ind several are reported to have been f
filled. t
CaJAs for doctors have been sent g
!rom Barr, a small town four miles e
lortheast of Knoxville. Physicians
vent to the stricken town on a hand- I
:ar and have not returned. Barr was
iwept nearly off the map. j
The country between Knoxville and
3arr is waste, the farmhouses were a
ihattered and some of the occupants j,
filled. The path of destruction in 3
tome places is four miles wide. ?
The damage at Berryville is con- f
Ined mostly to stores and churches. t
Che storm came up from the west at t
!.15 o'clock and lasted but a few min- c
ites. The Methodist Church was
vrecked and the parsonage badly 1
lamaged. , ; >. s
The homes of four doctors, frame
itructures, were completely demol- r
shed. The Baptist Church cupola f
vas blown 150 feet, and.a neighbor- t
ng frame house, unoccupied, was re- g
luced to kindlings. Eleven other
Iwellings were blown from their g
oundations and barn3 unroofed.
A telegram from Knoiville at 11
'clock states that the'storm passed :
lear Russellville at 3 o'clock in the
ifternoon and killed fifteen people
md injured a score.
GERMAN MENACE REAL. J
fteld Marshal Lord Roberts Startles
House of Lords With His Words. I
' London.?Speaking in the House of
jords, Field Marshal Lord Roberts 0
ixpressed .the conviction that the lack ]j
if a military force sufficient to make 1
lopeless the attempt of an Invasion Jj
rould in all probability be the cause 1
if the loss of Great Britain's suprem- 1
.cy at sea. In a studied speech he <.
ointed out the comparative tease with s
rtiich Germany could land an army
oIiawao Af Pn trl onH TTnHor th A T
'U bUC ouuioa Vi juugtnuut MWW* V-W
iresent conditions England would be c
orced, he said, to submit to most '
lumlllatlng demands.
He disclaimed all hostility to or ^
ear of Germany, but he declared that j
he defense of the Islands required
mmediate attention. There should I
>e an army so strong in numbers and 1
fflcient In quality that the most for- I
aidable of foreign nations would hestate
to make a landing In England. j
ENGLAND PANICKV OVER INDIA. )
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fative Hatred.Intense?Drastic Pow- \
ers For Suppression of Outrage. ?
London.?The daily records of vlo- t
ence and seditious acts in India have j
ong shown that the unrest there is
ncreasing rather than abating. The
iptnion ^s becoming general here that *
he situation is more serious than is [
ifficially admitted.
One of the latest Indications that 6
be trouble is growing is the sudden A
letermination of the Viceroy, the 1
Jarl of Minto, to cut short a tour that ,
ie is making in the provinces. He
las resolved to return to Calcutta
en days earner tnan ne intenaea.
Some of the newspapers here are
ailing for sterner methods hi reiressing
sedition, which, in one opinon,
signifies a revival of race hatred
uch as has not been shown since the
lutiny.
PRIEST SENT TO PRISON.
"nlhcr Crocinta Gets Three Years
For Participation in Murder.
Rutland, Vt. ? The Rev. Francis
Jrociata, a Sicilian priest, who was
Dund guilty several days ago of asault
in connection with the murder
ist July of Accarito Santoro, was
entenced in the Superior Court to
ot less than three nor more than
ve years in the House of Correction
a this city.
Getting Ready to Fortify Hawaii.
United States engineers under Maor
Winslow have begun the work of
ortifying the Hawaiian Islands. The
rst task is to prepare military maps,
'he dredging of the. large drydock to
e built at Pearl Harborand the deepning
of the channel will begin soon.
MR. ROOSEVELT'S LECTURE.
I
Lccepts an Invitation of the Royal J
oeograpiucai outiety.
London.?President Roosevelt has i
ccepted the invitation of the prpsi- ]
lent of the Royal Geographical Soietv
to deliver an address before the t
ociety on his visit to London about
ipril, 1910. The subject of his ad- j ]
ress has not been determined, but it | ,
robably will deal with his Impres- | j
ions of his African tour.
Women in Mir Day's News. ! k
Miss Hilma Johnson defied death
hreats and frightened off two bur- '
lars in New York City.
Miss Clara Howard, an American J
irl, has been chosen for a free schol- ]
rship at Girton College, London. .
Mrs. Louisa Balderman, sixty- <
even, of New York City, proposed to ,
ohn D. Haight, fifty-three, her
oarder, and was accepted.
Five hundred young girl friends *
scorted to the grave the body of '
'ranees Grossman, a leader in charit- 1
ble endeavor and a political worker 1
i New York City. 1
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jett $18,000,000 Estate. ' Jt
Chicago, 111. ? Edward, Ira and fli
drs. Sarah Morris, executors of the fli
istate of the late Nelson Morris, filed 11
m inventory in the Probate Court, fli
?he value of the estate was fixed at is
ibout $18,000,000 at the, time the Kg
vill was filed for probate. ^
Voman Dies at Church Fair. *
fMnHnnntf . Mrs T> T.po n &??
ixty years, of South Carthage, a sub- |?|
irb, was stricken with apoplexy while em
n charge of d booth at a fair in St.
'eter's Episcopal Church, and died in Ml
he booth before a physician reached aj
Luto Driver Killed, Others Hurt. I:*
Washington, D. C.?Noble Davi3, a Ifj
hauffeur, was killed and several oth- as
rs were injured by the overturning |?|j
if an automobile near Hyattsville, uj
'Ian Huge Auditorium.
Washington, D. C.?A great audiorium
for the use of national convenions
and for the holding of inaugu- J
al balls and other large functions,vis Cit
o be constructed in Washington if !
he plans of a committee of well
:nown men are carried out. ^
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Unnders Kills a Physician. .
Chicago: ? Death from glanders, on
are in a human being, overtook Dr. . ^
'homas M. Wilson, of Atwood, Onta- JJj-]
lo, at the Presbyterian Hospital, in
his city. . Dr. Wilson absorbed the all
;erm of the disease while conducting ]
xperiments at Rushwell College. Do
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'rands May Total $2,000,000. % ha
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Chicago. ? Further developments i
n the real estate frauds of Peter yan \
Hissengen indicate that the total a?
mount obtained through his forger- 8U!
es will total $2,000,000, instead of j""
700,000. The Blatz estate may lose te*
1200,000. Van Vlissengen was taken I
fliA ziAiin + r -till frt TnHof fn ATI* I aim
1 UU1 LUC WUUVJ J U*1 bv W1IV w vw VM vr?
er upon his sentence, fears being en- Pe
ertained that he might attempt sui- ??l
ide. 1 ' ~
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nidation Breaks Leg.
Lincoln, Neb,?Governor-elect A- of
\ Shallenberger is confined to hia _
oom at the Lincoln Hotel with a ^
ractured leg. He was injured while fei
>eing initiated as a member of the
ihriners. to
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Che Emmannel Movement.
New York City. ? The first of a ie.
ourse of lectures on the principles, jn
nethods and results of the Emmantel
Movement, which have been arahged
for in accordance with the re- tu
[uest of a number of clergymen of
his city, was delivered at Mendcls- eo
ohn Hall by the.Rev. E. Wood Wxirester,
D. D.
fertilizer Merger. % .
New York City.?Representatives 5?
if many fertilizer companies, princltally
of the South, met here to per- an
ect plans for the merger of the com- ch
>anies into a concern with $25,000,- ch
i00 preferred and $25,000,000 comQon
stock. j ' ^
>3,000,000 a Month For Canal. *r'
Washington,* D. C.?Construction
rork on the Panama Canal is now *
osting the Government about $3,- ba
>00,000 a month.
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I BY CABLE. |
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vaiser Effacing Himself. v?
Berlin.?The Kaiser has apparenty
begun his self-effacement disci- 10
jline. He excused himself from his ne
iustomary attendance at the annual bi
neeting of the Association of Marine, on
Architects, which he has invariably ,ro
ittended and dominated, pleading ex- ar
remely urgent business.
luler of Trade Navy of 112 Ships. ln
London.?Sir John Ellerman, con- ^
rolling owner of the Ellerman, City- W(
_j tt.ii rt+hof otpnmshin I 0D
inu nan UUCO auu vwvi ,
onnage, has acquired control of the in
>ntire Bucknall fleet of twenty-eight hi
essels, giving him 112 steamers, f0
vith'a total of 430,000 tons. ^
'enny Post Shows Quick Result. te'
London.?The Postmaster-General ^'
mnounced that the weight of mail
natter from the United Kingdom to
he United States in the month of Oc?
ober increased twenty-seven per
:ent. under the penny post, as com- to
)ared with that in September. " m<
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kloro Revolt in Luzon.
Manila, P. I.?Several hundred rit
varlike Moros have gathered near .
Halabang. A column of five *v> 1
janies of infantry, with a couple or ca:
juns, has been sent out to make a
econnoissance. It is hoped that after
i parley the Moros will disband ^
jeacefully. ju
}ueen Wilhelmina Expectant. thi
The Hague.?In view of the fact
hat an interesting event is expected
lext spring, Queen Wilhelmina has
)een forbidden by her physicians to
told her customary private audiences.
rhis precautionary measure is to ,
tvoid fatigue.
Jervia Withdraws Guards. th<
Belgrade.?The Servian Govern- to
nent has withdrawn its special miliary
guards on the Austro-Hungarian ha
rontier and discharged the reserves wa
ecently called to the colors. Ile
U1 Target Records Broken. j
Manila, P. I.?It is unofficially anlounced
that the battleship Nebraska
luring the target practice now in ret
)rogress broke all recorfis established
jy any navy in the world for marks- lor
nanship with her twelve-inch guns, in
sci
Reorganizing Capuchins. Gr
Lemans, France.?The police have { im
seized evidence from five houses here
jroving that there is a movement on f0,
toot to reorganize a Capuchin mon- he,
istery in the neighborhood which has - '
)een closed for some time. _
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special Rate For Jews. "?
St. Petersburg.?The newspapers *
)f St. Petersburg announced the in- "a
ititution of a special railroad passen- we
*er traffic for Jews emigrating to
\merica or other countries not in an
lurope as laborers. This new fare is bo
ipproximately half the existing third -vy,
:lass rate. Qr
Montenegro Arming.
Vienna.-r-A telegram from Cattaro Cr
states that arms and ammunition are! W
jeing distributed to the entire male
population of Montenegro and that ne
:he Montenegrin frontier is studded ^
,vith sentries. |
MR. WM. F. VAHLBERG.
ur. wunam a. vuniuerg, uiiianom*
ty, Okla., write*: j . / '
'One bottle of Pcruria which 1 ,bare
ten did more toward relieving me of an
rravatted case of catarrh, of the stonin
than years of treatment #ith, the ,V
st physicians.
'1 had given up hopes of relief, and
ly tried Peruna as a last resort.
'I shall continue using it. as ] feel -sat- '
ed it will effect an entire and perinent
cure. ,.
'1 moat cheerfully recommend Penma'to
who may read this.'' ,
Peruna is usually taken as a last resort.
ictora frave been tried and failed. Other
nedies have been used. 'Sanitariums
ve been visited. Travel baa been re- / ,
ted to.
U last Peruna is tried. Relief a found. <
L'his historv as repeated over, and ov$r, .
lin, evenr dav in the year. it la such retts
as tnis this .give Peruna ita unsalable
hold upon the people. We could
r nothing that would ada force to such
timoniafs as the above. That people o
have had catarrh and have tried
sry other remedy available, find relief in
runa, constitutes the best argument that
ild be made. ?
Opening the Season. <
It was the first night performance ^
the season, and at the end of the
st act a man leaped hurriedly to his
Bt.
"I heard an alarm of fire," he said
his wife. "I must go and see where
is."
It happened that her hearing was
js acute, and she made way for him silence
as-he disappeared, i (
"It wasn't fire," he saicf on his rem.
' "Nor
water, either," said his wife , '
Idly.?New England Grocer.
- Indian Babies Don't Cry.
"Affection for children is an Indian
aracter," says Dr. Charles S.
jody, of Idaho. "I have never seen
Indian mother or father punish a
ild, nor have I ever seen an Indian
ild cry. An Indian child iever sobs
len hurt. Just an extra snap of
e bright black eyes and a slight
awn is all to indicate td the obser- . .
r that the little fellow is suffering. .
have never heard even an Indian ;
by cry."
The Ideal Short and Tall Woman. ' ,1
There is no longer a perfect type of
jman, such as the Greeks admifed.'
lere is the ideal short woman and
e ideal tall woman, but they are
ry different. Artists say that the
ort woman should measure as folws:
Height, five feet four Inches;
ck, twelve and one-half inchfee; i
ist, thirty-six inches; waist, twenty- (
*? Mno thlrtv-flfivon inches:
lO 1UV/UV/U y U4J/W, ? v ~ # ,
und the largest part of the foremf
below the elbow, eleven Inches,
tklch should gradually taper to six
ches around the wrist. Here are
e proportions of the correct tall
jman: Height, five feet eight and 1
ie-half Inches; bust, thirty-six
ches; waist, twenty-five inches;:
ps, forty-two inches; top of arm,
urteen inches; wrist, six inches; (
igh, twenty^two inches; calf, four*
en inches; ankle, nine inches.? V.
jw York World. ^
For Snapshots.
An album of brown paper in which
stick all one's photographs is &
jst useful thing. A friend of mine
s one?merely sheets of brown par
tied together at the back with
>bon ties, and with tiny slits into1
lich the corners of the photographs
a be fixed.?Home Chat. ? ^
Gas engines are rapidly replacing
2 steam engine in smaller factories,
ey give twice as much power for
3 same quantity of fuel.
NEW LiFE
Found In Change to Right Food.
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After one suffers from' acid dyspepsonr
stomach, for months and
an finds the remedy is in getting
i right kind of food, it is something
speak out about.
A N. Y. lady and her young son
d such an experience, and she
,nts others to know how to get ref.
She writes:
"For about fifteen months my Htboy
and myself had suffered with
jr stomach. We were unable to
;ain much of anything we ate.
"After suffering in this way for so
lg I decided to consult a specialist
stomaca diseases, instead 01 pre lbing
drugs, he put us both on
ape-Nuts, and we began to Improve
mediately. j
"It was the key to a new life, I
and we had been eating too much
avy food which we could not digest.
a few weeks after commencing
ape-Nuts I was able to do my
T watro in tho mnrnlnP
UaCWWI A, A V?V -.-o
th a clear head and feel rested and
ve no sour stomach. My boy sleeps
11 and wakes t^ith a laugh.
"We have regained our lost weight
d continue to eat Grape-Nuts for
th the morning and evening meals,
e are well and happy and owe it to
ape-Nuts." "There's a Reason."
Name given by Postum Co., Battle
eek, Mich. Read "The Road to
ellville," in pkgs.
Ever read the above letter? A.
w one appears from time to time,
ley are genuine, true, and full oI
man Interest.
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