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THE McHEIBr PU1RDEALER kf'uammr iuundbalbe O& McHENRT. ILLINOia NEWS OF THE WORLD Political, Domestic MI Jbqpeflings of Minor ImportaM* '. ToU h Paragratta. The Boston police arrested Guy Tong as he was preparing to smuggle a package of cartridges into a build­ ing alleged to be the headquarters of highbinders. Stephen P. Hearty, a member of the St. Louis fire department, was shot and killed by Riley C. Wallace, a car­ penter, following an altercation about the payment of rent George T. Tomlinson &xid W. H. Shackford of Syracuse, who started from Binghamton. N. Y., for New York City in a balloon, landed at Oonstable- vllle, having drifted toward Utica on account of the wind. The police of Middletown, Conn., ar­ rested N. H. Ward, whom they claim to be a clever burglar. It Is said he used a yacht and bicycle to carry on his work. Several trunks of plunder were found on the yacht. The quick work of Engineer Daniel Flyiffi in applying the air brakes be­ fore running into an open switch saved the New York and Boston limited train of the Big Four railroad from a prob­ able bad wreck at St. Louis. A remarkable exposition which has closed at Dawson proves that the Yu­ kon is self-supporting in grains and vegetables and farming has become an established industry. The hat of George Ward, who disap­ peared from Marion, Ind., has been found in the river. A reward of $100 Is offered by Mrs. Ward for the recov­ ery of the body. Donald Cameron, wife and two ba­ bies were struck on the Big Pour crossing in Springfield, O., by a be­ lated passeger train. The older child was killed outright and the father and younger child died an hour later. The mother is seriously hurt. Former Mayor Pajardo of Maya- Sues, Porto Rico, has been acquitted of embezzlement. Judge Irwin (Amer­ ican) assented. The verdict indicates the acquittal of all those who were involved in the alleged frauds at May- aguex An unexampled fishery situation prevails at Newfoundland. Owing to the shortage in the Canadian and American catches on the Grand banks agents of the large dealers in codfish In Nova Scotia and Massachusetts are seeking to purchase 100,000 quintals of codfish at St. John's for disposal in their markets. The local supply is also short. Cod liver oil, which last year •old for 70 cents a gallon, now brings *3. A shotgun quarantine against yel­ low fever along the Rio Grande bor­ der in Texas hasjyit the affected coun­ ties off from th/e world. State rangers have been ordered there to prevent in­ terruption of railway traffic. President Porfirio Diaz of Mexico lias sent his portrait to Emperor William. This is the first time, the National Zeitung says, that the presi­ dent of a republic has sent such a present to the emperor. Commercial and mercantile ex­ changes asked by interstate commerce commission to urge amendment giving It greater powers. Senor Pulido, the Venezuelan charge d'affaires at Washington, has made arrangements for the formal presentation of General Hernandez "El Mocho," the new Venezuelan minister, to President Roosevelt. Cephas B. Rogers, a retired manu­ facturer, has given $25,000 to Wes- leyan university of Middletown, Conn., as a contribution to the fund of $1,000,000 being raised for that in­ stitution. In addition to this gift, $75,- 000 has been contributed and the •lumni have pledged $100,000. A declaration of principles has been issued by American Federation of La­ bor at Washington, demanding en­ forcement of eight-hour law, abolish­ ment of injunction abuses and opposi­ tion to "open shop." H. H. Friedley of ladiana was elect­ ed president of Fire Underwriters' as­ sociation of the No:thwest; Spokane (Wash.) water supply deficiency Is causing anxiety among New York In­ surance men. Wholesale desertions are reported to have taken from the cruiser Olym- pia, now at the Norfolk, Va., navy yard. Five of the deserters were cap­ tured by the police. Mrs. Henry Yates, a sister-in-law of Gov. Yates, is ill with appendicitis at 8t. John's hospital in Springfield, 111. It Is thought an operation will not be necessary. While crossing the Baltimore & Ohio tracks at Whiting, Ind., W. W. Warner, a prominent citizen of that place, was struck by a train and in­ stantly killed. F. W. Trombler of Fergus Falls, Minn., aged 70 years, who "has been living alone in a miserable hut, Is dead. Neighbors who searched his bouse found $2,350 secreted. An important decision favoring the ; •rovlcipalities of Iowa was given by Judge Caswell of the district court at Marshalltown. The court holds that cpmpanies are liable for a share in paving, although the "company mriy have been exempted by former coun­ cils under previous statutes. The cable-ship Burnside struck an fMiberg and laid the Alaskan cable with its hold full of water. ^ The Indiana prison board let con­ tacts far the labor of 400 prisoners for 52% cents a day for a period of six years. The exports from the Berlin con- enlar districts to the United States fipr the quarter Just ended amounted to $2,991,010, an increase of^558,814 over those of the third quarter of 1902. A corresponding increase is shown in the other consular districts ; ef Germany. Nellie Parrot, a schoolgirl, eloped from her home in Princeton, Ind., and . • jparried Arthur S. Books in Vin- Cfnnes. ^ Jockey 6hea wfts totally hurt at Del- ssar track by stumbling of M*T»thf Ale mount, In first race. John Irwin, a paroled convict, fa­ tally shot Thomas Glenn at Shelburn, Ind. The men were driving from Star City. Irwin was captured by Deputy bheriff Mills near jb arniersburg. The Terre Haute Electric Company has leased for thirty years the interur- ban lines entering Terre Hatrte, Ind., owned by the Terre Haute Electric Traction Company. Both companies are controlled by Stone & Webster of Boston. A $600,000 mortgage has been filed by the Terre Haute Electric Trac­ tion Company, which Is building new lines to Paris, 111., and Clinton, Ind. Cases of bubonic plague have been discovered at Campos, state of Rio Janeiro. A report sent to Washington recom­ mends $1,500,OOOJ improvements at the Brooklyn navy yard. The Western Virginia conference of the United Brethren cnurch voted unanimously for forming a union ot the Congregational and Methodist Protestant churches. David Goodwin of Richmond, md., has been acquitted of the charge of at­ tempting to poison the family of Jo­ seph Myers. The state department has received a dispatch from Minister Beaupre stat­ ing that Charles Radford of Georgia, who was sentenced to twenty years' Imprisonment for murder, has been re­ leased by the Colombian government. Horse Trainer Gieason has sued the Springfield, 111., board of agriculture for $5,000 damages for breach of con­ tract in failing to light the Coliseum for him. Gieason was arrested on a charge of failure to return a borrowed drum. Senator and Mrs. John' «J. Spooner and son Phil arrived in Madison, Wis., to remain until the special session opens Nov. 9, when they will return to Washington, and will again occupy Senator Stewart's home. Wearing a coat of mail, made of sheets of pliable steel, a Chinaman in Boston named Wong Lung shot a fel­ low countryman dead and inflicted se­ rious if not dangerous wounds upon two others. The police believe that the shooting was the result of a gam­ bling dispute. Children are dying of an epidemic of formaldehyde milk-poisoning in Phoenix, Ari. Rear Admiral T. Kempff will be re­ tired Oct. 11. Orders have been is­ sued for his detachment from duty as commandant of the Pacific naval dis­ trict to await his retirement Samuel Cunningham of Hammond, Ind., a brakeman on a Chicago & East­ ern Illinois freight train, was killed while making a coupling at Marion, HI. Elizabeth Habecker of Peoria, I1L, was killed by the cars on the same spot where her husband was killed a few years ago. County Judge Vinsonhaler of Omaha makes a sensational charge in local newspapers that Editor Rosewater of, the Bee called on him to Influence the court's action in favor of a political association. W. J. Bryan has left Lincoln, Neb., not to return until after his European' trip with his son, William. He will stop in Ohio en route East and make several speeches. The entire plant of the People's Lumber company, with the exception of the office, at Monessen, Pa., was destroyed by fire. The loss is $50,- 000 with an insurance of $13,000. Alexander Leffard, alias "Amster­ dam French,"was arrested at Rich­ mond, Va., on suspicion of being one of the murderers of George Hickey in Rochester, N. Y., some time ago. William Banks of Ashland, Wis., was acquitted of the charge of mur­ dering Joseph Denomie at Odanah on the night of Aug. 20. Banks pleaded self-defense and justifiable homicide. A northbound passenger train on the 'Frisco system and a southbound' freight collided headon near iCosho- nog, Mo. Three trainmen were killed, a fourth fatally hurt and a passenger was slightly injured. A number of arrests have been made recently In different parts of the country of persons peddling an inferior quality of cigars made in New York, but having the marks and brands changed so as to make it ap­ pear that the cigars were manufac­ tured at Key West from Havana to­ bacco. Third Assistant Secretary of State Peirce has arrived In Paris after an inspection of the United States con sulates in Germany, Switzerland and elsewhere. Mr. Peirce collected val­ uable information upon which to base recommendations for legislative re­ forms in the consular service. He expects to sail from Liverpool for New York Oct 14. Charlemagne Tower, United States ambassador to Germany, accompanied by Mrs. Tower, called on the presi­ dent and Mrs. Roosevelt. The am­ bassador's mission was simply to pay his respects the president prior to his departure for his post, after an extended leave of abence spent in this country. Arthur Goebel, brother of the fate Gov William Goebel of Kentucky, is in New York to inspect the model of a statue to be erected in memory of the assassin's victim. The monument, which is to cost $15,000, donated by public subscription, will stand in the Frankfort, Ky.. cemetery. The pope received in private audi­ ence Bishop Henry Gabriels of the diocese of Ogdensburg, N. Y., and spoke to him in the kindest way of America, mentioning the Americans sturdy piety and sending them his blessing. Charles Desjardin, 30 years old and a married man, was steamed to lis. E OUTLOOK IS Business In All Lines Main­ tains a Steady Upward Tendency. NO SHORTAGE IN GRAIN CJ10P Average Yield at Satisfactory Prices Promises Continuation of Present State of Prosperity and Merchants Generally Are Doing Well. New York dispatch: Dun's Review, issued by R. G. Dun & Co., the mer­ cantile agency, says: "Aside from a few strikes confined to minor interests, the industrial sit­ uation exhibits a gratifying activity, the manufacturing and distributing lines being fully employed and new business coming forward freely. De­ mand remains strong for finished prod­ ucts of the steel mills, and there is heavy buying of wire and hardware. Structural materials are in easier sup­ ply, but current buying is good, and there is much heavy work appearing for bridge building and railroad ex­ tensions. Foundrymen have all the business they can handle, and are large consumers of pig Iron, the low­ ered cost of the latter material placing them in a position to undertake large contracts tor future completion. Export Trade Is Good. 'Implement makers find the export trade steadily advancing, and domes­ tic requirements continue excellent, the capacity of work being taxed for the ensuing winter months. Heavy now found to be replenishing their fttdck more freely* Mercantile dis­ counts are taken more frequently and local and country collections show well. "Grain shipments have exceeded the 5,000,000 bushel mark. The mar­ kets record a large volume of sales, notwithstanding quieter demands for export and milling purposes. Cash wheat is reported to be lessened, but (Other cereals are in ample supply. "Failures this week in the United States number 226, against 232 last week and 207 the corresponding week last year, and in Canada, ten, against, nineteen last weeft* and twenty-three last year,'4 MEXIQO OPEN TO COOLIE LABOR China Commercial Steamship Company May Land Coolies. San Francisco dispatch: The China Commercial Steamship Company^ oper­ ating steamers to this port, has won In its fight to land Chinese coolie la­ borers in Mexico and is now in a po­ sition to enter into the freight rate war with the Paci3c Mail Company and itsaliies on an equal footing. News of the intention of the Mexican gov­ ernment to permit Chinese to land on Its soil has been deceived by steamsbijp officials in this city A ,:> 'A'a „ J,,1', • j\" , PUZZLE.! MAY IMPEACH THE GOVERNOR Coloraoro Springs Trades Council Op* poses 8ending of Militia. Colorado Springs. Colo., dispatch: Resolutions were adopted by the Colo­ rado Springs Federated Trades' coun­ cil calling on the citizens of the state, regardless of calling, to demand the Impeachment of Gov. Peabody for sending the militia to Cripple Creek during a time of profound peace. In the spirit of the resolutions a com­ mittee was appointed to arrange for a mass meeting to be held in this city. THE SEASON'S CHANGE. The Last of the Good machinery and electrical lines are well supplied with a wide variety of de­ mands at good prices,s>anu are now shipping liberally for domestic and foreign use. Producers of heavy and shelf hardware are in some respects yet behind on old contracts. Dis­ tributors complain that adequate sup­ plies are not easily obtained, and re­ port buying for the Interior and farm needs prolonged more than usual, and while forwarding is somewhat easier, the volume of current shipments reaches a high aggregate. ' , Demand for Lumber. "The lumber movement indicates some improvement in receipts, but not to th& extent desirable. Dealers find sales to be best in hard woods and to the railroads. Both local and coun­ try buying maintained good volume and prices are quoted firm. Railroad traffic is of enormous proportions in general freight and passenger carry­ ing, and there is increased activity in iron ore, forest products and grain on the lakes. "Although the scarcity and high cost of cotton goods has prevented satisfactory distribution, sales of the textiles make favorable comparison with a year ago. The placing of many augmented orders for dry goods requiring immediate shipment has been a prominent feature In an other­ wise good week's dealings. Clothing and, footwear continue in good re­ quest, and in men's furnishings, head- wear and women's apparel the trade holds up better than was anticipated. The mail order bouses are now im­ mersed in another busy season, ad- vnce orders from many sections in­ dicating prosperous conditions. Look for Average Crop. "The promise of average crops at prices which compare favorably with previous years strengthens confidence in the future course of business gen­ erally, and western merchants are MINERS DEMAND WASHROOMS Old Summer. Time. From the Minneapolis Tribune. at an early date for the purpose o! taking action. The resolutions also denounce the militia and declare that it is composed of the most undesir­ able elements in society--"youths oi inexperience and men of low charac­ ter." . I HERO'S WIDOW A8KS AN OFFICE Politics May Prevent Mrs. Shipp From Becoming .Postmistress. Washington dispatch: Among the president's callers was Mrs. Margaret Shlpp, widow of Lieut. William E. Shipp of the Tenth cavalry, who was killed while leading his men in the charge on San Juan hill. She wants to be postmistress of Lincolnton, N. C. The present postmaster is F. A. ctarkley and he has the backing of the Republican state organization. The president, who knew Lieut. Shipp well, in talking of him to iurs. Shipp, said: "He took breakfast with me the morn- in&he was killed. He was as true and brave a man as ever lived." No deci­ sion as to the Lincolnton postmas- tership has been reached, by the presi­ dent. IMMENSE CATFISH MAN death at a paper mill in Marinette, Wis., as the result of an explosion. Daniel H. Ogden, a prominent bus­ iness man of Ogden, Utah was shot and killed while duck hunting. The wound was inflicted by a stray shot. Final warning to Macedonian rebels has been posted by Turks in Manlstir; pursuit and destruction of their homes threatened if revolt continues; chil­ dren are said to have been slaughtered by sultan's troops, who hurled them from rockg. A severe electric storm swept over Porto Rico. At Ponce the lighting system was damaged and the city was put in darkness. Henry Bremour and George Hunter of St. Louis were arrested at Oakland, 111., for robbing Benjamin Fulz, a mail carrier, of a gold watch. Eleven Hundred Strike in Illinois Be­ cause Law Is Ignored. Springfield, 111., special: Eleven hun­ dred miners in the Springfield subdis- tricts quit work Friday because the operators in the district have not com­ plied with the law which requires them to furnish washrooms and ether con­ veniences for the miners at their shafts. This law was passed by the last general assembly and the opera­ tors have ignored it on the theory is unconstitutional. .. .. v 'vh"'. . Strike Riot at Budapest.* Vienna cable: Serious riots nave occurred at Budapest. Striking van drivers came in conflict with the po­ lice and sixty persons were Injured, ten of them seriously. Troops were summoned to restore order. . Eighteen Years for Robbery. Des Melnes, Iowa, dispatch: W. A. Richards, ex-deputy United States marshal, was sentenced to eighteen years in the penitentiary for robbing the home of Mrs. 8arah 8ulllvan at William McClain Drawn Into the Mis­ sissippi River and Drowned. Muscatine, Iowa, dispatch: After a desperate struggle with an immense catfish in the Mississippi river, Will­ iam McClain lost his life. McClain was in a skiff enjoying a day's sport. Suddenly he felt a tug at his line and he prepared to land the fish. At the first pang caused by the hook in his mouth the hugs catfish shot for­ ward, dragging McClain out of his boat and into the swift current The line became entangled about the un­ fortunate man's body, sind, despite his efforts to. release himself or reach the shore, he was drowned. BIDS ON FIFTEEN DESTROYERS British Admiralty Receives Proposals for Torpedo Boats. Glasgow, Scotland cable: The Brit­ ish admiralty has received tenders for the construction of fifteen torpedo- boat destroyers," to have a speed of twenty-five and one-half knots. Their chief characteristic will be a high fore­ castle. The biulders were asked to submit designs for the machinery on the forced lubrication principle, so the working parts of the engines will be inckwed. . 'f - 'Tramps 8uffer In Wreck^^ Union City, Ind., special: One'man was killed, one fatally Injured, and five others received broken bones and se­ rious injuries by the breaking of an axle on a lumber car on a Big Four freight All the injured are tramps. /Yard Foreman Is 8lain. J Omaha special: George Blafn, yard foreman for the Havens Coal Company, was found dead in the company's office supposedly murdered and robbed. A gash several inches long was cut acroei %-l.A i: Find the Shepherd's Sweetheart. CLEAR MYSTERY' • IN MTIFTS Detectives Arrest Man and for Phila^iph|gu \ ^ - Jobbery, STOLEN CHECKS ARE RAISED Acids Are Used to Erifcse Names of Persons to Whom They Are Payable, the Amounts Below $100 Being .Advanced Tenfold. Ifew York special: By the arrest of a man and a woman in Denver, Colo., detectives have cleared up a mystery thac for a month surrounded one of the boldest mail pouch robberies of recent years. The prisoners are Charles H. Crawford alias E. E. Bell, alias Hammond, alias Homan, and Mrs. Eula Carolyn Barnes. In one pouch which was stolen in Philadelphia were checks and drafts for $500,000, and noc until a score of banks had lost thousands of dollars by the work of an expert forger were the arrests made. In unraveling the case the detec­ tives brought back into their net a young man who had been implicated in four previous mall pouch robberies, is an expert forger, and has served four terms in prison. That he was at liberty was the first clew taken up, and this led to his ar­ rest: ' ; Pose as English Folk. The arrest also reveals the gay summer sea shore life at Asbury Park of the young couple, where they were entertained as recent arrivals from Crewe, England. The husband found time to run over to Philadelphia on Sept. 8, where early that evening was stolen a mail pouch destined for Pitts­ burg, In which were 2,600 letters with inclosures from banks for Western correspondents. Crawford was arrest­ ed !n St. Anthony's hospital in Denver, where he was about to undergo an operation. When the Philadelphia pouch had been missing about a week several banks reported that checks had been presented for payment. It was found that these had been mailed In the stolen pouch. By the use of acids the name of the payee had been erased and' new names , inserted. Chepks that originally were drawn for $30 had been cleverly raised to ten times that amount. Checks for more than $100 were only altered so far as the payeeft' names ^ere con­ cerned. Other Crimes Are Charged. It was recalled that a mail pouch had been stolen at Springfield Junc­ tion, 111., last April, and that an A. E. Hammond had opened a cash account at the Lincoln Trust company, St. Louis^ depositing a number of altered checks from the stolen mall pouch. The prisoners will be first sent to St. Louis for trial there in connection with the Springfield Junction affair, and an effort will be made to have them given long sentences. Crosby Is suspected of committing numerous postofflce robberies in New York, Buffalo, and other cities. He is said to have made a big haul in Buffalo some time ago, when he dis­ guised himself as a railway porter and got off with a pouch. ' WASHINGTON VOLCANO IS ALIVE Mount 8t. Helens, Near Portland, in Eruption Recently; Portland, Ore., dispatch: John Con­ nors, superintendent of the Gold Qrown quartz mine, declares that Mt. St. Helens was .in eruption Sept. 15, the date on which the earthquake shock was felt over the Pacific? north­ west country. Mt. St. Helens is 9,- 750 feet high and is about Bixty miles northeast of Portland over the state lint f* Washington. •?&;' " Lifts Cattle Embargo. i^-W Springfield, 111., special: Gov. Yatea has annulled the proclamation issued by him last December prohibiting the shipment of cattle having foot and mouth disease from certain Eastern states into IlUnois. ^ Receivers for Two BanksP^ • Washington special: The comptrol­ ler of the currency has appointed re­ ceivers for the Bollivar National bank nf Rolivar. Pa., and the Packard Na- Meetlng to Be Held in Chicago to Plan Federation Disruption. Chicago, 111., special: "I hope the National Employers' Association will grow so strong that it can disrupt the American Labor Union and the Western Federation of Miners." J. C. Craig of the Citizens' Alliance of Denver expressed the above desire after a conference with Secretary Fred W. Job of the Chicago Employers' as­ sociation. Mr. Craig was one of the leaders that engineered the Citizens' alliance fight against the Denver labor unions last spring, and was Afe of the or­ ganizers of the National Employers' association. "All the members of those organiza­ tions are anarchists or socialists," continued Mr. Craig. "Out there we call them the 'Western Federation of Murderers."' While the National Employers' as­ sociation was organized, according to its members, to crush all trade unions, Mr. Craig's statement was taken to mean that the struggle would be most bitter in - the West. • - Arrangements have been made by Mr. Craig and Secretary Job for the convention of employers. It will be held Oct. 29 and 30 and during the proceedings particular attention will be paid to the National Civic Federation, whicn holds a convention Oct. 16 and 17 in Chicago. Tbe intention, according to Secre­ tary Job, is to expose the Federation and declare to the world that it dees not represent any one except ita/own members. ALLEGE JUROR8 SOUGHT BRIBE Two Jurymen In Bioomington Case Are Arrested by Court's Order. Bioomington, 111., special: A sensa­ tion was created here by the arrest of two jurymen who had been hearing the evidence in a suit for $6,000 grow­ ing out of Chicago board of trade transactions. Oscar Greene sued John Tjardes, a broker of Saybrook, claim­ ing that his sons had lost the amount in dealing with the Saybrook firm. William O'Neill of Bioomington and W. A. Booth of Glenaven, who were 'drawn on the jury, are alleged to have approached the lawyers for the de­ fense, soliciting bribe money. The lawyers notified Judge C. D. Myers, and after a rigid examination of the two men he directed their arrest. WOMAN PRISONER 18 GUIL.TY Jury Convicts Mrs. Mary Munaon of Manslaughter. Putnam, Conn., special: A jury in the Superior court returned a verdict of manslaughter against Mrs. Mary Manson, who has been on trial charged witn the murder of Mrs. Julia A. Wil­ son by poisoning. An indeterminate sentence of not less than eight years and not more than ten years in state's prison was imposed. As a motive for the crime the state alleged that Mrs. Manson desired to get possession of Mrs. Wilson's prop­ erty through the latter s son, George Wilson, whose attentions to Mrs. Man- son were frowned upon by the mother. Join Federation of Labor. Kansas City, Mo., special: The In> ternationai Association of Structural Iron and Bridge Workers at its annual convention voted unanimously to af­ filiate with the American Federation of Labor and the secretary wag in­ structed to immediately apply for a charter in that organization. ANARCHIST PLOT 18 UNCOVERED Life of Queen Charlotte of Wurtem- berg Is Threatened. Berlin' cable: The police investiga­ tions made as a result of the receipt by a member of the Queen's suite of anonymous letters threatening the life of Queen Charlotte of Wurtemberg have resulted in tracing an anarchist plot. Queen Charlotte is stopping at the Castle of Nachod in Bohemia with her father, Prince William of Schaum- burg-Lippe. . Ntne Are Wounded irr |§;4 the Crash. to t M FAST TRAIN STRIKES TROttET EMPLOYER8 TO FIGHT THE MEN Fatality at Fifty-Second Avenue le^-J' Laid by the Motorman to the Slip-' pery Condition of Tracks. ' ^ Chicago, HL, special: Vive men werotfef killed and nine injured when the Wis- consin Central "limited" running1 at high speed, crashed into and! - ^ demolished a Forty-second avenue4 trolley car at the Fifty-second avenue1 ^. '1 .crossing of the Illinois Central. TheJ§.|^ trolley car was squarely across the* railroad tracks when the fast 'train vt; flashed into sight. There was no time- >•* $;• for the doomed passengers to escape. The warning cry of the motorman, struggling with brakes that refused to- hold on the wet rails, came too late< ^ and in a moment the ponderous loco- ^ motive and its heavy train had plunged; through and over the frail trolley car,. leaving death and wreck in its wake, I The trolley car was approaching: from the south on Its way to the city.' The occupants, nearly all of whom. I were connected with the Harlem race* track, were discussing the day's races. Cv; A slow passenger train toward the- city was passing a the car approached the railroad track, the motorman V-'1,' slackening speed to allow the train U* pull across. . } ' Car 8lides on Tracks. • } ̂ When the track was cleared ha'start- ed ahead at full speed, unconscious off the approach of the swift express 1* train. Conductor Enrlght saw thef headlight of the locomotive and shout- ed a warning. John Luney, who wast seated at the eifd of the car, repeated' // the cry, and, with the conductor jumped to the street. The motorman- 4;^ sought to stop the 4ar, but the slip4 ^ pery rails prevented the brakes fromi > ^ being effective. t. With a sickening crash the heavy, engine struck the car near the center,, '$•$ cutting it completely in two and hurl-* ing passengers and wreckage to either side. Screams and groans filled the air as the survivors, hurried to the aid! of their stricken companions. On the opposite side of the track; was another trolley car, which had: not'attempted to cross,f The crew and passengers of this, car hastened to aid the injured.' The express train stopped and Its- crew joined in the work of rescue. Quick calls for help were sent and patrol wagons and ambulances front the Lawndale and other police sta­ tions hurried to the spot. Four bodies were taken from the- wreck, with the crushed and senseless form of Joe William, a jockey, who a. few hours before had narrowly escaped; riding to victory on Carat in the last race at Harlem. William died in the- ambulance on the way to the hospital1 and the body was taken- to the county morgue. , Motorman Gilveney declared the- brakes would not work and he could not stop his car when he saw the dan­ ger. "The track seemed clear when f started to cross," he said. "When F saw the headlight I souht to stop the- car. The brakes would not work and before I knew it the crash came." $ y.f % •tm . "-I,' ' M :?4 LATEST CASH MARKET REPORT WHEAT. Chicago--No. 2 red, 76%@78%tv„ New York--No. 2 red, 84%c. St. Louis--No. 2 red, 86V4c. Kansas City--No. 2, 71@72c. Milwaukee--No. 1 northern, 84c. ? w-*? Minneapolis--No. 1 northern, 7P®2fCK#y Duluth--No. 1 northern, CORN- * r Chicago--No. 2, 45l,£c. New York--No. 2, 53c St. Louis--No. 2, 44V£>@46c. •>.,! Kansas City--No. 2 mixed, Peoria--No. 3, 44i4c. • s 1 OATS. Chicago--Standard, 37%@38%c, New York--No. 2. 41V£c. St. Louis--No. 2 white, Kansas City--No. 2 white, CATTLHL Chicago--<2.25@7.2S. St. Louis--$2.00@5.55. Kansas City--|1.50@6.0dt/A # O m a h a -- 5 . 6 0 . 1 HOGS Chicago--$4.2506:46. V St. Louis--$5.50(5j6.35. Kansas City--$5.071/4@6.05. Omaha--$5. OOfffS. 80. SHEEP AND Chicago--$2.50@5.75. St. Louis--:" Kansas Omaha i f f # ' •' ft i£v • ifi KAN8A8 CORN YIELD IS HEAVY Governor Bailey Says Crop Will Reach ' 190,000,000 Busneis. Topeka, Kan., special: "I have just finished a* tour of the Kansas corn belt," said Gov. Bajiey, "and I feel safe in saying to the country that the corn yield this year will reach 190,000,- 000 bushels. There will be 50,000,000 bushels more than the grain men are figuring on." 6ov. Bailey is one of the most extensive farmers of . *43 m « '4: Dies in House of Commons. :' Ottawa, Ont., special: Henry Cargill, member of the house of commons and a wealthy lumberman, fell unconscious as he was leaving the house after mak­ ing a vigorous speech. He died intone of tMe rooms of the parliament house. Kidnaped Boy Is Home, j; « Oakland, Cah, dispatch: August F. Gonaloes, aged 17, who was kidnaped ten years ago by his father and who had since wandered all over the world, has been restored to his mother in Hay wards. Woman Held for Murder. • Bunker Hill, 111., dispatch: On a charge of murder in the first degree the grand jury has held Mrs. Ida Qui- ler. who is accused of poisoning Kw- Death of Actress. Hot Springs, Ark., dispatch: Jessie ' Cherry of the famous Cherry Sisters, ' is dead here after a lingering illness. Her remains have been shipped to Jqv* for burial by the other steter«.? ________ j,. • Three Die In «.Wreck. West Plains, Mo. special: A north­ bound passenger train on the "Frisco system and a freight collided near Koshkonong. Three trainmen were killed, a fourth was fatally hurt, and a passenger was slightly injured, Shaffer to Be Retained. Pittsburg, Pa., dispatch: President Shaffer of the Amalgamated Associa­ tion, according to the Board of Inquiry investigating the charges of neglect of mailto:2.00@5.55 mailto:4@6.05 mailto:2.50@5.75