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, / ( T V *' «•' ,-.. -ite. ate > :• 4U .'.£ -V" I-R '. RI:-. - ;• ; 'J-., J /I ' . : 'T'1 «H MUM % R, THE MCHENRY PLAIHOEALER fe»|V';" &».-'. ^w8ifW,"?«F«co- fe SfcsHBNRT* ILLINOIS. T® BOIE-i Two gin plants near Timpson, Tex., Ware burned by incendiaries. They were seven miles apart Loss about 16,000, with small%insurance. John Johnson of Louisiana, Mo., & Chicago & Alton section hand, was fatally injured at Bloomington, I1L, by * switch engine. David Ernest of Little Rock, Ark., a conductor on the St Louis, Memphis 4b Southeastern railroad, was killed at Delta, Mo., while coupling cars. In the district court of Medina county, Tex., R. L. Perkins recovered a judgment of $7,000 against the Southern Pacific, alleging injuries to Ills spine while lifting a steam chest In a street fight at Mount Vernon, Ind., Perry Moore was fatally stabbed In the stomach by a farmer named Bmory York. The men were under the influence of liquor. York has been arrested. "While attending a dance at Hilger, Tex., John Haddock and Charles Clan- ton became involved in a difficulty in which Clanton was shot three times and fatally wounded. Haddock has been lodged in jail. John Wright who was temporarily confined in jail at Robinson, 111., pend­ ing an examination as to his sanity, committed suicide by tying a towel around his throat and twisting it with a poker until death resulted from strangulation. A saloonkeeper named Burke hunt- ad tip a man named Gannon at Harris- burg, Tex., looking for trouble. He made a reach for his gun, but Gannon dropped him, firing three times, and every bullet found the mark. Gannon jras released on light bond. Miss Bessie Williams of Richmond, bid., was burned to death by an ex­ plosion of lard and turpentine. Bridget Brennan, aged 70, was at­ tacked by hogs near Baraboo, Wis., and so badly injured that death re­ sulted. George Bowers is in jail at Wau­ kesha, Wis., for attempting to mur­ der his aged father and mother while drunk. Herbert J. Hoffman, aged 22, and Vlorence Carroll, aged 19, were killed by an Erie passenger train at Youngs- town, Ohio. ' J* V vs. Ife5'*.... .r?i • N. J. Oleen, a shoe merchant of v, *. Galesburg, I1L, has filed a petition in bankruptcy, showing $14,000 in liabil- ltiea and assets the same. ' W. O. Davis a merchant of Charles- ^ *nn' was assaulted and robbed *1 ,& * and left for dead in a vacant lot He expired soon after he was found. 'T.t f~\ Fire caused by the crossing of elec- trie wires in the tool shop of the Jones !VfV A Laughlin steel plant, Pittsburg, Pa^ ^ i"' xeeulted in a loss of $100,000. ' "While driving home Judge John Reagan of Palestine, Tex., was thrown from his buggy and sustained bruises About the head and shoulders. It Is not believed he was seriously hurt Advices from Canton state that the reformer, Kang Yu Wei, was the chief author and instigator of the Kuangsi '?• : rebellion and that he is reported to be occupied in organizing a similar great f; rising in Kuang-Tung and the Yun- {:$••*• Kaol provinces. Secret orders have been issued to the viceroys and gov- \M'-' croon to ose every endeavor to cap- ^ tore Kang Yu Wei, who is believed to be in Canton. J. T. Worsham, aged 45, the snperln- dent of the public schools at Oakland ^ City, In<L, died of typhoid fever. He Qjt was a prominent Mason and Odd Fel- low. ' CoL John W. Hodge has returned to his home at Vienna, Mo., with the ^ body of his son, Charles, who was killed in a wreck on the Iron Moun­ tain. The t>oy ran away from home some time ago, but at his father's re­ quest was returning home when he was killed. xj Fire of unknown origin destroyed >tv' one of the car barns of the Union trac- tlon company at Anderson, Ind., caus- v' ing a loss of $20,000. • The Illinois state auditor of public * accounts has issued a permit to or- ganlze the Citizens' state bank of ifSt Keithsburg, with a capital of $25,000. • While S. J. Naugle, a dealer in farm machinery at Raleigh, 111., was show­ ing some farmers how to feed a corn shredder near Union Grove his hand got caught in the cylinder. His arm was completely torn off at the elbow. Lee Cahn of Cincinnati, widely known a8 "Sheeny Mike," was declared guilty of highway robbery at Mem­ phis, Tenn., and given fifteen years at bard labor. It is said by Wabash machinists that tmless Preslden* Ramsey grants them an increase of wages at the confer- ̂ 61106 to be held Nov> 4 ln st* Look _ there will be a general strike. James R. Peterson, stabbed at '%$Yoakum, Tex., last Sunday, died later. , B. A. Hamby was taken to jail at % Cuero. u ff|^ ! A large amount of bagging sent into ^ Texas ID anticipation of a heavy crop 'pr, • <* cotton Is being returned to the { Bastern warehouse, not being needed. / A bequest to the Rathbone Memorial Some for Aged and Infirm Persons at Bvansville, Ind., has been disclosed through the filing of the will of Mrs. J: Kate Rathbone, widow of George W. Rathbone. It is expected the home ^ 1 will receive $50,000 from the estate. QV W. P. Jones, a "blind pig" keeper of lit"" *Goodrich, N. D., was so badly beaten . If two men that death resulted. His fir place was wrecked and his money stolen. '"•* William Gray, a brakeman, was run fit: s over and killed by a train at Hemp 0^- .; stead. Tex. William T. "Ward has been appointed Mdeputy clerk for the new federal cir- cnit court at Tishomingo, L T. - Reuben Rush, an old and respected •!{/';%: I firmer, 70 years of age. committed sui iclde at Danville, UL, bj hanging hinr : rsl# l*> bi« h*<« Pt MS" The Lafayette, Ind., Telephone com' pany mortgaged its plant and fran chlses for $150,000 for the purpose of installing a common battery multiple system. The Lafayette Loan and Trust company is trustee tor the bond­ holders. While working at the top of a fifty- foot pole George Kitzmiller, an em ploye of the Wisconsin Traction, Heat, Light and Power company at Apple- ton, Wis., came in contact with a live wire and was instantly killed by elec­ trocution. Count and Countess Bonl de Casteh lane entertained King Carlos of Por­ tugal at a shooting party at the cha­ teau Marals, near St. Cheron. CoL Swayne has been temporarily recalled to England, where he will act as adviser to the foreign office. Gen. Manning-has assumed command of the British Somaliland expedition. William L. Elkins had a narrow escape from death and John Keudel of Chicago, aged 28, was killed by the fall of an iron column at Philadel­ phia. James Peterson, a bank cashier of Darlington, Ind., was probably fatal­ ly injured by a blow from a mace in the hands of Marshal Brown of Thorn- town. It is claimed Peterson refused to halt when ordered to do so. Joseph Collett broke his neck by falling Into a well at Fredericksburg, Tex. John Fahner and Carl Wurts were drowned at Fourche, Ark. The battleship Oregon went to sea from San Francisco and headed for Honolulu. The big war vessel is on the way to Manila, where it will join the American fleet in Asiatic waters and become the flagship of Admiral Evans in command of the squadron. U. S. Epperson, who has been with the Fowler Packing company at Kan­ sas City, Kan., for twenty-two years, has retired from the management of that company to give his attention to his personal interests. The Fowler employes gave him a solid silver serv­ ice of 163 pieces. Interviewed at Sydney, Mr. Marconi said the warship Carlo Alberto would remain on the Cape Breton coast for the purpose of experimenting with the wireless telegraph station at Table. Head and would then take him to Bos­ ton. He said he hoped soon to give an important statement respecting his success ln transmitting wireless mes­ sages across the Atlantic. Plague has broken out in Yoko­ hama. The authorities are taking dras­ tic measures to prevent the spreading of the disease. In a race between Harry Elkes and Jimmy Michael, the bicyclists, at the Parces des Princes Elkes fell and sus­ tained painful but not serious injure les. The accident occurred as the riders were going at full speed and just as Elkes was passing Michael. The loss by the recent fire in Amoy, China, amounted to $5,000,000 in the native quarter and $300,000 in the British concession. Capt. Fife of the steamer Wanchow and six Chinese are known to have been killed and it is feared other lives were lost Two thousand native buildings and several British business houses were burned. Fire destroyed nearly the whole of the business portion of Primghar, la. Loss estimated at $50,000. Mrs. James M. Fowler of Lafayette chapter has been elected state regent cf the Indiana Daughters of theN Amer­ ican Revolution. Lawrence Fisher, George Rhodes, Hugo Swanson and William Bradish were killed by a rush of gas in a tun­ nel at Niagara Falls, N. Y. A jury at Grand Rapids, Mich., has awarded Mrs. Charles J. Lewis $2,500 damages for the death of her husband, who died from injuries received while being initiated into a camp of the Woodmen oi America. The grand jury at Minneapolis has indicted William H. Johnson, super- irtendent of the poor, for misappro­ priating funds, and Charles H. Brown, secretary of the board of charities and corrections, for falsifying the records so as to conceal Johnson's shortage. The national convention of the Royal Circle in session at Springfield, 111., elected F. D. Ruggs of Oak Park, 111., as president James Fenn, postmaster at Foun­ tain Head, Cumner county, Tenn., and his daughter Belle, his assistant, have been arrested charged with tampering with the mails. Robert Simpson was Instantly killed and his son Charles, aged 18, was fa­ tally injured by a heavy fall of slate in Zeller McClellan's Company's mine near Brazil, Ind. Mllla-i F. Rose, a sleight of hand performer, a former resident of St. Paul, committed suicide at Brownton, Minn. Despondency eis supposed tc have prompted the act The commission to the five civilized tribes announced recently, after an ex­ ecutive session at Muscogee, L T., that the land office for the Choctaw nation would be located at Atoka and the land office for the Chickasaw nation at Tishomingo. Supt. E. G. Cooley of the Chicago schools addressed the Southwestern Iowa Teachers Association at Council Bluffs, defending so-called school fads, such as music, drawing etc. Capt. John S. Hammer has been ap­ pointed deputy clerk for the new fed­ eral court at Ardmore, I. T. A large wild cat was killed in the city limits of Merrill, Wis. The synod of Texas is ln session at Taylor, with a large attendance. The reports show that the Presbyter­ ian church has prospered in that state during the year. The national convention of the Royal Circle, in session at Springfield, 111., adopted an amendment to the constitution whereby the power of set­ tling the meeting place of the supreme body was taken from foe hands of the supreme officers and placed with the supreme circle. t. Rear Admiral Robley D. Evans has assumed command of the Asiatic squadron. " Patrick Gardner, aged 61, was run down by a Big Four train at frazil Ind., and ground to pieces under the v/heels. A train loau of cotton was burned r>ear Laporte, Tex. The er^ineer ran into a prairie fire before he coula stoj and the cotton on open earn caught Frank Lee, white, was shot and instantly killed l>y Jesse Brown, coi cred, in a gambling nouse at Coffey ville. Kas. ' STRIKE BOARD'S FIRST DECISION Any Change in Wage Scale Is to Be Made Effective-" as of Nov. 1. IS AGREEABLE TO BOTH SIDES Individual Operators Are Notified That They Will Be Given a Hearing Be­ fore the Commission If They So Desire Legal Talent for Miners. Scranton, Pa., dispatch: The coal strike commission has adopted a reso­ lution that if any change is made ln the rate of wages it shall go into ef­ fect from Nov. 1. The resolution was that "if the commission, at the con­ clusion of its hearings and delibera­ tions, makes any awards affecting the existing rate of wages, such awards shall take effect from Nov. 1." The commission decided that as the question is a big one, and as the miners might clamor for results soon­ er than they would be able to give them, and there might thus be pres­ sure upon them to report a decision it was - deemed wise to avoid undue haste, and to make the announcement, thus enabling all parties to facilitate their calculations. President Mitchell said of this: "It is satisfactory to the mine workers. It will give the operators an oppor­ tunity to arrange their books, and the mine workers will know where they stand." Operators Are Satisfied. Superintendent R. C. Phillips of the Delaware and Western, the largest operating company in the Lackawanna region, said: "We are quite satisfied with that" # Of the arrangements for taking of testimony the commission believes in adopting court rules as far as possi­ ble, but allowing more latitude in the admission of evidence. The commission has virtually de­ cided to make two findings, the pre­ liminary one being its verdict on questions of vital importance to the mine workers--wages, hours of labor and weighing of coal. This will be re­ ported as soon as the cpmmission can agree, after a thorough investigation of the conditions. The other will be the finding which is to adjust the relation between the miners and their employers in the future, providing for the adjustment of grievances and for the settlement of all matters in dis­ pute without recourse to a strike. As this finding is expected to have an important bearing upon the .govern­ ment of labop conditions throughout the entire country it will require more deliberation and consideration th&L the three points which apply directly to the mine workers of the anthracite region. All May Be Heard. It was decided to notify individual operators that they will be heard be­ fore the commission ln the same man­ ner as the big companies if they de­ sire to attend. There are sixty-seven of these. President Mitchell engaged three Wllkesbarre attorneys, James L. Lenahan, John and James Shea, to aid him in preparing his report to the commission in legal form. Attorney Clarence Darrow left for Chicago and will remain there until after election. Mr. Mitchell has all the data prepared. He has statistics from nearly every colliery in the anthracite region, show­ ing the wages the employes earn, what it costs to live, school facilities, duration of school term, etc. H0N0R8 FOR AFRICAN HEROES Methuen, Kitchener and Others Are Knighted by the King. London cable: A long list of hon­ ors and promotions in recollection of South Afr*can service has been ga­ zetted. Lord Methuen is made a Knight Grand Cross of the Bath; Ma­ jor General Kitchener gets the Order of Companion of the Bath; Major Gen­ eral French and Ian Hamilton are raised to the rank of lieutenant gen­ eral; Colonels Kekewlch and Plumer are promoted to be major generals; Brigadier General Braban is appointed an honorary major general, and Lieu­ tenant Colonel Fiset and Captain Mc­ Millan of the Canadian corps received the decoration of Companion of the Distinguished Service Order. PENR08E MUST LEAVE SERVICE Charges Against Naval Paymaster Are to Be Dropped. Washington dispatch: It Is under­ stood that the case of Passed Assis­ tant Paymaster Charles W. Penrose, United States navy, who was tried by court-martial on charges of Irregu­ larities while paymaster of the Michi­ gan, will be settled by the abandon­ ment of further proceedings against the young officer and the acceptance of his resignation from the naval ser­ vice. T French Ministry Is Sustained. Paris cable: The senate has been debating an Interpellation with regard to the closing of unauthorized con- gregationlst schools by the govern­ ment. By 163 votes to 90 the actioi^ of the government was approved. Germans Ask Government to ' ' ilelax Regulations #1 t Cattle Imports. * BFIF BEEF44 CENTS A POUND 8hould Present High Rates Continue Berlin Must Raise Salaries of Muni* clpal Employes--Butchers Declare That Profits Are 8mal$>, TiJfMT-' Increasing-pressure is being brought to bear on the German government with the object of opening the fron­ tiers for the importation of foreign animals and a relaxation of the regu­ lations created to exclude meat or for something which will afford relief from the excessive prices of meat, which have now risen to levels which are pro­ hibitive for the laboring people and which are seriously affecting the re­ sources of middle-class families. Must Raise Salaries. The magistracy of Berlin, for •in­ stance, in a petition to the government says that if the prices of meat con­ tinue as high as they are now the sal­ aries of the city employes must be raised, because their present salaries were based on times when the cost of food was much less than at present The petitioners also say that the ex­ penses of the municipal institutions already have increased $750,000 dur­ ing the current year, which is attri­ buted wholly to the higher price of meat Beef Comes High. The best beef retails at 44 cents a pound and other meats are propor­ tionately high. The wholesale prices in the German markets are from 15 to 25 per cent higher than in those of neighboring countries, hence the people who advocate government ac­ tion assert that the scarcity of animals is due to the closed frontiers and the exclusion of many kinds of foreign dressed meats, the German farmers seeming unable to raise enough ani­ mals for their country's requirements. Profits Are Small. Carl Marx of Frankfort-on-the-Maln, chairman of the National Butchers' As­ sociation, and J. H. Schuchmaker, head master of the Hamburg Butch­ ers' guild, have had a lengthy confer­ ence with Agricultural Minister Von Fodbielski in an effort to remedy the situation. They pointed out that the butchers, though selling at high prices, are unable to make as much profit as by larger sales and lower prices. The entire trade, therefore, asked for an alleviation of the conditions that limit the consumption of meat. Rely on Home Farmers. Herr Von Podbielski recognized fully that the present situation was intol­ erable and he expressed the hope that the German farmers would soon be able to depress prices through an In­ creased supply of animals. Should this not take place, he added, the gov­ ernment would consider the adoption of remedies. Home Secretary Posadowsky in the reichstag during the meat debate af­ firmed that the farmers were able to supply the country's needs, and this statement is taken by the Fleischer Zeitung as meaning that the govern­ ment has already reached the conclu­ sion that no action is necessary. OPPO8E8 GRAIN INSPECTION State Oealers* Association Holds Pres­ ent Grading Unjustly High. Morris, 111., special: At a meeting of the Illinois grain dealers at Streat- cr a preamble was read setting forth the alleged injustice of the present method of grain inspection, especially corn, claiming that although the qual­ ity of corn was better than formerly, yet the grade of No. 2 was so high as to make it practically obsolete. The grain dealers adopted resolutions ask­ ing the railroad and warehouse com­ mission of the state to give them re^ lief by lowering the grade and allow­ ing the producer more for his product BROKEN CABLE KILLS MINER8 Fatal Accident in Coal Shaft at New* ton, Iowa. Newton, la., special: Five men fell fifty feet down a coal shaft and some of them cannot recover. The men were being elevated to the surface of French Brothers' mine at the close of work. The cable broke Just as they reached the top, and they dropped to the bottom of the shaft with lightning rapidity. The men were found piled in a heap at the bottom, all uncon­ scious. Iowa Library Association. Grinnell, la., special: The State Li­ brary association elected the follow­ ing officers for the coming year: President, Johnson Brlgham of Des Moines; vice president, Mrs. C. H. McNider, Mason City; secretary, Miss Clara Estahrook, Eldora; treasurer* Ml EL Douglass, Grinnell. Smallpox in Barbados. Kingston, Jamaica, cable: Small­ pox continues to spread in Barbados at an alarming rate. A week ago the total number of cases reached 1,200. The other islands are observing strict quarantine against Barbados. Brodrick to Wed. London cable: St. John Brodrick, secretary of state for war,, is engaged to marry Madeline Stanley, eldest daughter of Lady Jeune, wife of Sir Francis Jeune, judge advocate general. Had Noted Playmate. Rockford, 111., dispatch: George S. Buxton, friend of Charles Dickens and at one time a playmate of Queen Victoria, was buried here at his for­ mer home. He died in Chicago at the age of 84 years. 8anta Fe Shops Burn. Beaumont, Texas, special: Thet roundhouse and Hbops of the Bant Fe, together with three or four loco, motives, were destroyed hy Are. The Confesses killing. Upper Sandusky, O., special: Philip Nagel has confessed to the murder of Willie Wade, his bosom friend, whose body was found in a culvert near this City badly decomposed. Five Years for Rioting. Peterson, N. J., special: Rudolph Grossman and William McQueeh were sentenced to five years in state's prison for rioting and malicious mis­ chief at the time of the strike in this dtjr last June. Take Registered Malt. Verona, Pa.,'special: The postofflce safe was blown open and **ifled. A little over $100, a large number of stamps and a number df registered SAVE FOUR LIVES Give Alarm of Fire, Rousing ^the Sleepers, Who loose '.f; Their. Chains. ULI E PROTEST FLAMES BAFFLE THE FIREMEN Unable to etieck the Blase, Which Consumes Calumet Metal Furniture Company's Factory, Entailing a Loss Of About $24,000. Chicago special: SaVe# from tfefcttfr in a fire by the barking of two dogs, four men paid the debt to the canine saviors by unfastening the chains which kept them captives and then all found their way through blinding smoke to the exit and escaped. The blaze was in the Calumet Metal Fur^ niture company's factory at 73 to 83 North Ashland avenue, and owing to the inflammable condition of the con­ tents of the building it was a m&ss of flames when the firemen arrived, and though extra apparatus was called, the efforts of the fire fighters proved un­ availing and the building was com­ pletely destroyed. The men saved by the barking of the dogs were asleep on the second floor. They were: Arthur Hirsh, Henry Hirsh, J. C. Spokane, Benjamin Barigan. Dogs Awaken Then). The men say that it was but a short time after they retired that they were awakened. When they heard a great Dane and a water spaniel dog bark­ ing loudly and heard shouts of fire from the street below they sprang from their cots and hastily dressed. Policeman Knowles of the Lake Street police station saw the flames and turned in a still alarm through the police station. Marshal Cook and engine company No. 12 were the first to arrive. They found the north part of the building almost entirely in flames. A second, third and fourth call for engines was then sent in. Within the near vicinity are sever­ al factories and a lumber yard. These places were carefully watched, but at no time was there any danger of their becoming ignited. The firemen used the Ashland avenue viaduct from which to flght the blaze. Suspect a 8tranger. The blaze is thought to have started in the northwest corner of the struc­ ture. It is not known whether it originated from a spark from a pass­ ing engine or from spontaneous com­ bustion. The Chicago & Northwest­ ern, Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul and other railroads pass the place and a spark from a passing engine may have started the blaze. After the excitement had subsided somewhat the men who were in the building told of chasing a strange man from the building early in the night Manager Hirsh says that the four mpn were playing cards, when they heard a sound as of breaking glass. Upon investigation they say they saw the stranger and fired one shot at him, but he escaped. A stock of $36,000 was kept in the place. The damage is estimated at about $24,000. BU8INE88 18 STILL BOOMING Legitimate Trade Is Not Disturbed by the Election. "Speculation waits upon politics, but legitimate business Is not disturbed by the approaching election. New la­ bor controversies have been promptly settled by advancing wages, and the gradual Improvement in Bupply of coal bas reduced prices and restored ac­ tivity in manufacturing. Complaints are increasing as to the tardy move­ ment of freight, miles of cars being stalled by the lacK of motive power, and many roads refuse to accept fur­ ther shipments until the blockades exe relieved. Lower temperature has stimulated retail sales of seasonable merchandise, but frost comes too late to seriously injure agricultural prod­ ucts. Liberal consumption sustains quotations in most lines; domestic de­ mands being supplemented by large exports." The foregoing is from the weekly trade review of R. G. Dun & Co, It continues: "Agreement on the tin plate wage scale may secure a lot of business that now goes out of the country, and some reduction in prices is expected. Wire nails are also cheap­ er, but as a rule quotations are well maintained. New England shoe manu­ facturers are receiving additional or­ ders at fully sustained quotations, and many shops are assured of full occupa­ tion well into January. Leather is in tetter demand, with prices firmer. Conditions at the cotton mills are healthy, a scarcity of goods being gen­ eral, while there' is no disposition to force transactions. Raw wool is very firm at the leading eastern markets, which are shipping freely to the mills. Failures for the week numbered 233 in the United States, against 291 last year, and 22 in J2anada, compared with 21 a year ago." Ex-Mayor of Newport Dead. Newport, R. I., special: Kx-Mayor Stephen P. Slocum died suddenly. He attended an outdoor Democratic rally the night before and was taken with a chill and sent to his home. He was elected mayor for several terms. 8heng Is Retired. Shanghai cable: Native officials consider that the appointment of Wa Ting Fang as treaty commissioner in­ dicates that Sheng has been perma­ nently relieved of this office. Prominent Lawyer Dies. Plalnfleld, N. J., special: Edward C. Perkins, a well-known member of the bar of New \ork city, died here. He left a widow, who is the daughter of the late William M. Evarts, former secretary of state. y . . . r ' • . C j .rV Chemical Plant Burae. A*;* Detroit, Mich., special: The plant of the Ray Chemical Company, 16 to 26 Locust street, was destroyed by lire. The loss Is estimated St $75,000, COT^ Americans Doing Buiineii In ^ China Enter Objections to * British Pact, , LEVIES CONSUMPTION FAXE8 Providee for Double Duties en Ar# tides of Chinese Manufacture Not Intended for Export--Native Cus­ toms Houses to Be Maintained/ / , Resolutions unanimously adopted by the American association in China Oct. 3, copies of which came to official heads in Washington in the last mails from China, give a comprehensive idea of the objections raised by American merchants in the empire to the treaty between Great Britain and China, signed at Shanghai Sept S last The American association is composod largely ot merchants. The resolutions say the treaty contains certain clauses which will not become operative unless "all the powers en­ titled to the most favored natidh treatment In China shall enter into the same engagements, as Great Brit­ ain with regard to the payment of surtaxes and other obligations im­ posed by article 8 of the treaty of Shanghai. Article 8, it is explained, expressly stipulates that native cus­ toms houses "at the open ports, on the seaboard, on rivers, inland water­ ways, land routes or land frontiers" and "offices for collecting duty on na­ tive opium" at "important points on the borders of each province--either on land or on water"--and "salt re­ porting officers, etc.," are to be re­ tained or established. Increases Taxes. It is further set forth in the resolu­ tions that the treaty provides for a "consumption tax on articles of Chi­ nese origin not Intended for export" to be collected throughout the empire ex­ cept in treaty ports; that an excise equivalent to double the export duty laid down in the protocol of 1901 is to be charged on all manufactures in China and that an additional special surtax of one-half the export duty may be levied on exports to coast ports or to foreign lands, and finally that the treaty stipulates "that foreign goods on importation, in addition to the effective 6 per cent import duty, as provided for in the protocol of 1901, shall pay a special surtax equivalent to one and one-half times the duty." Makes China Debtor Nation. The members of the association are opposed to these taxes on the ground that they wal bring no benefit to American trade, will tend to continue China as a debtor nation, will retard her internal development and hamper her prosperity. In certain oficial circles in Wash­ ington, it is said, the United States will proceed along lines of Its own in negotiating a treaty with China and that this government need not be es­ pecially concerned in what may ap­ pear objectionable in the British treaty, as the American treaty com­ missioners need not be guided by it in any way. MONUMENT FOR WAR GOVERNOR Illinois Grand Army to Petition Legis­ lature for Funds. Springfield, UL, special: At the an­ nual encampment of the G. A. R., De­ partment of Illinois, held ln 1901 ln Peoria, a resolution was adopted pro­ viding for appointment of a standing committee who should petition the leg­ islature for an appropriation to erect on the state house grounds here a suitable monument to first Governor Richard Yates, in recognition of his services to national government as Governor of Illinois during the civil war. At the annual encampment, held at Rock Is­ land this year, a committee was ap­ pointed by W. B. Thistlewood, then de­ partment commander. The committee met in this city, Harley M. Trimble of Princeton, department commander, pre­ siding, and decided to present a bill to the legislature asking for an ap­ propriation of $75,000 for this pur­ pose. VITRIOL 8POILS WIFE'8 LOOKS Revehge of Blind Man on Woman Who Deserted Him. New York special: Richard P. Hard­ ing, a blind gambler, threw enough vitriol Into the face of his wife to leave scars that will last for life. Then the blind man waited for the police. The woman was taken to St. Vincent's hospital. The man was flocked up. Not many years ago he was well known on the American race tracks as a book­ maker's clerk. He was good looking, popular with men and attractive to women. The woman he married was also good looking. Harding's eyes grew dim. At length he could not see the figures on the betting charts, and had t£> give up his job, and then she Jeft him.- Four Die In Wreck. Dayton, Ohio, dispatch: The C. D. H. & L passenger train, en route from Chicago to Oxford, Ohio, ran into a freight wreck. The engineer, one pass­ enger and two tramps were killed and a number of passengers injured. Cholera la Decreasing. St Petersburg, cable: Cholera is decreasing in the Amur and all other Infected districts. There has been only one fatal case of suspected plague At Odessa since Octotfer 2L Boy Stabs Girl. /' Kenosha, Wis., special: Mary Lar­ son, aged 15 years, was stabbed and fatally injured here by Herman Braem, aged 11 years. The stabbing was the outcome of a quarrel over a school dispute. •: . ...t • ----' < • . Elopes With Cousin^ Kenosha, Wis., dispatch: Miss Lis- sie Lapar, who was alleged to have been kidnaped from the town of Sa­ lem, bai been found at Jordan, Mldk She had eloped with a cousin. ON THE INCREASE thirty-Five Cases of the Dis-J ease Iri California Last; * \ Yeart IT mr Officials ©f the Marine Hospital Sei* ^rtce Are Apprehensive and Urge Strong Measures by Authorities at,1 •an Franoisoo to Stamp It Bubonic plague, according to the of- f j flcial report of the marine hospital service, Is increasing at an alarming $ rate at San Francisco. The officials t., of the service are apprehensive that ^ unless the authorities at San Francisco resort to strong measures to siamp out the plague it may spread with dlsas- yi' trou8 results. During the ten months ^ of this year thirty-five cases of bubonic §Sl plague have been located in California, each case proving fatal. The startling ^ phase of the situation is that during the first six months of this year thero ^ were only six cases, the last font* £§ months having developed twenty-nln®. Disease May 8pread. ^ The climatic and sanitary conditions/' at San Francisco are favorable to the* health authorities in the work of stamping out the plague. As long as the disease can be confined to that / city there is little cause for fear, but ^ the grave danger lies In the probability that with the increase in the number Of cases at San Francisco the plague will be carried to some other city where the climatic and sanitary condi­ tions are not so favorable. Chicago and New Orleans, only three days dis­ tant from San Francisco, offer condi­ tions, officials say, that wonld probably develop a real plague should it reach these places. . Easily Diagnosed. 'Experts who have studied the dis­ ease report that there is danger of the plague being improperly diagnosed. The germs breathed into the system will develop pneumonia and a mi- scropic examination is necessary to discover the presence of the bubonie plague. It Is possible, these expert^ say, for the disease to be in a locality producing fatal results, without its presence being suspected unless the microscope is used. The plague causes death In two days after it attacks the lungs or any internal organ. No at­ tempt is being made by the marine hospital service to disguise the serious situation existing at San Francisco,, and it is admitted that the time has arrived when heroic measures must be taken to prevent a national ca­ lamity. THE LATEST MARKET REPORT* Wheat. New York--No. 2 red, 78%@79c. Chicago--No. 2 red, 73@74c. St Louis--No. 2 red, 68%c. Kansas City--No. 2 hard, 67®67^C. Duluth--No. 1 hard, 72c. Milwaukee--No. 1 northern, 74%c. Minneapolis--No. 1 northern, 72%c.t Toledo, 75%c. A Corn. New York--No. 2, 66%c. Chicago--No. 2, 67@67%c. <• St. Louis--No. 2, 66%c. Kansas City--No. 2 mixed, 47048c.. Peoria--No. 3, 58%c. 1 Oats. ^ New York--No. 2* 34c. Chicago--Standard. 326333c. St. Louis--No. 2, 29 %c. Kansas City--No. 2 white, 38c. Milwaukee--Standard, 33@33^C. Peoria--No. 3 white, »0*c. Cattle. Chicago--$1.60@7.40. Kansas City--$2@7M. St. Louis--$2.25@7.50. Buffalo--$5.50@8.25. * Omaha--$1.50 @8. Hogs. Chicago--$2 @ 6.75. Kansas City--$6.@6.60. St. Louis--$6.65@7.$t. Buffalo--$5 @7.75. Omaha-- $5.75@6.55. Sheep and Lankbe. Chicago--$1.60@5. Kansas City--$3 @6.25. St Louis--|1.5O(§)5.60. Omaha--$1.50@5. Buffalo--$1.75 @ 4.85. '/ HOLD IOWA MEN FOR MURDER Levich and Walker Are Charged With Killing Isaac Flnkeletein. Des Moines, la., special: Harris La* * vxch and James Walker were indicted by the Polk county grand jury for the murder of Isaac Finkelsteln Aug. 7 last. They were also indicted for con­ spiracy to murder Finkelsteln because he was prosecuting a campaign against open gambling in this city. It is charged that Walker struck thq4 blow with a buggy singletree which killed Finkelsteln, and that Levich hired Walker, who is colored, to com- mit the crime. ' .' • - School to Get 0940,000. New York special: James E. Rus­ sell, dean of the Teachers' College of Columbia university, announces that the $440,000 necessary to fulfill the conditions of the gift of John D. Rock'1 efeller of $500,000 had been assure^.' v .Gets Life Sentence. A Kenosha, Wis., special: Dan "Gin­ ger" Avery, colored, the self-confessed murderer of Rachael Davis, a colored actress, was sentenced to life impris­ onment by Circuit Judge Belden. Woman la Murdered. w v Reading, Mass., dispatch: An un­ known woman, about forty years old, was found murdered about two miles from here. There were two bullet holes ln her head. There is ao clew to the murderer. Buzz-8aw Kills. > Bloomington, 111., dispatch: Falling against a buzz-saw in a portable saw­ mill on his farm ln western McLean county, Frank Spence, a well-known farmer, was almost cut in two. mailto:1.60@7.40 mailto:2.25@7.50 mailto:5.50@8.25 mailto:5.75@6.55