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4 ' >, , *s **-- -or , ^ «» v* < ? , ^ -<-T.v-T - -r^ } ^/r^? } -.r ~ty.", |' V' -J '"̂ L^'aaKMSgRCT <» i v~r vn "r s*r-rp*>. THE MCHERRY PLAINOEALER . Y* MCHENRY PLAINDEAU&t -#*i MCHENRY, ILLINOIS. ni TOLD IN- uftM Mrs. William B. Scott, formerly Mrs. Roland B. Molineaux, left Sioux Falls for New York, where she will appear on the stage early in the fall. A census bulletin just issued at Washington shows that the number of teachers in the United States exceeds that of lawyers, clergymen and physi­ cians, and that there Is one instructor to evejy seventy one pupils in the country. Two men named Helphand and Spie­ gel were placed in jail at Pender Neb., charged with having set fire to a freight car containing clothing taken from a store they conducted. Decid­ ing to abandon their store, they put the stock In a car and billed it to Coun-. ell Bluffs. The car was discovered to be in flames shortly after, and the po­ lice say gasoline had been stored in­ side, which had been fired by means of a fuse. The collapse of the timber work of a terrace sixteen feet above the stage during a rehearsal at the Metropole theater, Berlin, caused the injury of twenty persons, four of whom, includ­ ing Max Steiden. may die. , An apostolic circular letter was re­ cently sent from the Vatican to all the Spanish and South American bishops forbidding hereafter the selling of special dispensations for a money con­ sideration. The United States barracks at West- lawn cemetery, where the late Presi­ dent McKinley's tomb is, was de­ stroyed by fire Aug. 26. The fire started in the kitchen, but Lieut. Goodwin, who is in command, says there had been no fire in the stoves since early Friday evening. Explod­ ing cartridges sent bullets in every di­ rection. Fire at Baltimore caused a loss of 1125,000 to the Fred Bgrgner Com­ pany, manufacturers of badges and novelties. The yacht Magruder, owned by Chairman Shonts of the Panama Ca­ nal commission, was burned at Carra- helle, Fla. Calvin Sly of Morrison, El., died of sunstroke. Eighteen persons perished or are missing as a result of the cloudburst which did much damage to property Friday in and near Tobasco, Colo. ' . Benjamin Kunkle and his daughter- in-law, Mrs. Francis Kunkle, were v drowned in the Big Beaver Creek, me&r Lancaster, Pa., while attempting (to drive over an open bridge which !had been submerged by a storm. , The body of Joseph Ricketts, 18 • r years old, who was employed in De- 7? catur. Hi., by an express company, was found in the street near the company's office. Ricketts was beaten to death with two braces taken from a trunk Jn IMs office. Vice President Fairbanks, who is a : • cuest at Alexandria Bay, N. Y., of F. O. Lowden of Chicago, was given a re* ception Friday at the Thousand Island Souse by Mayor John Weaver of Phil* adelphia, R. J. Tracewell, comptroller ©f the United States Treasury, and ethers. A lire destroyed the entire business » (section of Lotts, Iowa. The loss is es< tfmated at $30,000. The date for the opening of bids for ]the purchase of timber on the White Earth Indian reservation in Minnesota - has been changed from Sept. 5 to Oct :J to give more time to bidders for in- ? <*pectlon. Minister Merry has informed the State department at Washington that Ids report on the case of Consul Don­ aldson, whose exequatur has been can­ celed by the Nicaraguan government will be mailed Aug. 29. In recognition of services rendered too the country by President Nord the ; Haytian parliament has bestowed opon him the title of "regenerator of the country" and has presented him (•with property valued at $5,000. Employes in the molding depart- •nent of the Root rolling mill in In­ dianapolis struck because the owners declared for an open shop and en­ gaged a nonunion man. Jane Young of Clinton, Iowa, died at •Chicago. She had been an invalid dor several months and went to Chi­ cago for treatment. Her mother and brothers, who are prominent in Clin- •ton, were with Miss Young when she •died. A. G. Leonard died at Dekalb, 111., seed about 55. Heart disease was the causa. Mr. Leonard went to De­ kalb from Chicago about fifteen years ago, engaging in the shoe manufac­ turing business. Of late years he had been engaged extensively in reai estate and was a leading member ol the Commercial club. He was a na­ tive of Massachusetts. In waving by-by to her uncle, 2%- year-old Agnes Gardner of Elkhart, Ind., pushed open the screen of a sec­ ond-story window and fell on a cement, sidewalk French authorities appealed to the American embassy in Paris on behalf <tf stranded circus men. Frank Graham of Cincinnati fell from a morning train at Shelbyville, 2nd., and was badly injured Dr. Koch has located in Minneap­ olis. He says he will devote his life to a search for Dr. Gebhard's mur- rer. ; ' Gen. Corbtn jn bis report recom­ mends more centralization in the gov­ ernment of the Philippines. . Vice President Fairbanks, in .•speech at the dedication of the Og- densburg soldiers' monument, said ,--ideals of present surpass those of St. Representatives of the Royal Ar­ canum met in New York and made emphatic demand that the order rais­ ing the rates be rescinded. The Caracas, Venezuela, Gas and i;,;f JBectric Light company has been de- shMd hanlir"** - - -r .• V - LATEST CASH MARKET REPORTS.! Chicago Produce Butte!--Cream fry, extra, 22c; prints, 23c; firsts, 39^4<s*20e; «*eonds, 17©17%c; renovated. dairies. Coolejrs, lS%c; firsts, 17c; ladles, I6>6@17c; pack­ ing stock. 15*4 @16e. Egps--Prrsh stock at mark, new cases included, 18»4 (<? 16^c: firsts, 18c; prime, firsts, packed in white wood cases, 20c; extra high-grade, packed for city trade, 22c. Cheese--Full cream, daisies, ll*4c: twins, 10%c; young America, ll%c; long horns, ll&c; Swiss, block, lO^ic; drum. lol4c; I.imburger, choice, 9®9%c: off grades, G©7c; brick, 10c; off grades, 1 @Sc. Fish--Black ba,<?s, 15c; osrp and buffalo, Jc: pike. To; pickerel, 5c; perch, 4c. Live poultry--Turkeys, per lb. 12@20c: chickens, fowls. U^c; roosters. 7%c; springs. Ho per lb; ducks, lt)^@llc; geese. per do*. Fruit--Apples, bu boxes. $1@1.25; bris. $2.50©*; crabapples. S3 ©3.50 per brl; peaches, southern, per 6-basket crate. Michigan. 40c©$l per bu, 10® 2*ic per l-5-bu basket; pears. Michigan J264.50 per brl; bu, 85c®$1.2o; plums, case. 40^j.")0c; 1-5-bu basket. 10@12^c; grapes. lS®f20c per S-lb basket. Melons--Watermelons, $606? 110 per ear; fi'iii?. ci-ates. $1 fu 4.."id; baskets, £0@3ac; Osages. 7">c®f|l per crate. Green vegetables--Carrots, home-grown, 50.675c'per 100 bunches; cabbage. Sip 3.10 per crate: (.dcumbers. per do*. 10C? SOc; celery. 23Si7.">c per box; radishes, 75c^fW per 100 bunches, spinach. 25@50Q per tub; tomatoes. 25c per case; lettuce, head, 7.1c per tub; leaf. ,'0§it.i0e per tub; beets. 75c(ffjl per 100 bunches: turnips, 60c per box: string beans, 75c@J1.25 pet sack; cauliflower. 75c<fi$l per case; green peas. SlSfl.aO per sack; green onions. 5p Cc per bunch: onions, 40@75c per bu; sweet corn. 3r>£i ."0e per sack: kohlrabi. $1.2561.5? per 100 bunches; potatoes, car lots on track, 3Ktfi43o net- bu: mushrooms, 50®65c per lb; squash. 25c per do*; watercress, 8 @ 10c per do*. New York Produc*. Butter--Steady; unchanged. Cheese--Strong; state full cream, small colored and -white, fancy. 11c; do, fair to choice, lO^^lO^ic; large, colored, and white fancy. 11c. , Eggs-- Eaay; unchanged.^ ' - " Grain Quotations." - • WHEAT. Chicago--No. 2 red. 81 Vs 6 82c. New York--No. 2 red. S6^687c.- Minneapolis--No. 1 northern. $1.06. St. Louis No. 3 red. 357i6aSc. Duluth--No. 1 northern, $1.08. Kansas City--No. 2 hard; 76ii®79Ct Milwaukee--No. 1 northern. $1.09. Toledo--No. 2 red. 83%c. CORN. Chicago--No. 2. BS^c. Liverpool--American mixed, 5s H4. New York--No. 2. 60^£c; Peoria--No. 3. 56^ic. St. Louis--No. 2, 54%c. Kansas City--No. 2 mixed. 52^4c. Milwaukee--No. 8. 55%@55\c. OATS. Chicago--Standard. 27@27%c. New York--Mixed. 3Hi@32%c. St. Louis--No. 2, 26%c. Kansas City--No. 2 mixed. 27%c. Milwaukee--Standard, 27\4@27%c. Live Stock. CATTLE. Chicago--$1.406 6.30. Omaha--$1.5066.15. Kansas City--$1.756-5.25. St. Louis--$2 @ 5.70. St. Joseph--$1.8065.80. New York--$1.5066.10. HOGS. Chicago--$5.4066.35. Omaha--$566. Kansas City--$5,95@6.20. St. Louis--S5.5066.S5. St. Joseph--$3.7566.05. New York--$6.4066-50. SHEEP AND LAMBS. Chicago--$4<?i 7.70. Omaha--$4.506~-40. Kansas City--$3.90©7.25. St. Louis--$3,856 7. St. Joseph--$3.7566.85. New York--$3.50@8.75. A dispatch from St. Petersburg to the London Exchange Telegraph com­ pany states that one million soldiers shortly will be mobilized for dispatch to the front. Owing to the prevalence of the yel­ low fever epidemic at New Orleans all the city's public schools, which were to have been opened on Sept. 25, will remain closed until Oct. 2, by which time cooler weather will have lessened the danger of infection. At Kewanee, 111., Aug. 26 Dr. W. D. Powell, after two unsuccessful at­ tempts to shoot his wife, committed' suicide. Mrs. Powell was wounded in the hand. The Krieger. Verein of America opened its annual convention at Jollet, Dl., with a parade and address of wel­ come by Mayor Ban*. Carl Bailey Hurst, United States consul at La Guayra, Venezuela, has been appointed United States consul at Plauen, Germany. J. H. McColl, member of parliament in Australia, called on Acting Secre­ tary of State Loomis. He is interest­ ed in irrigation work. L. W. Hill, vice president of the Great Northern railway, announced the creation of a new office in the Great Northern system by appointing Howard James to the position of di­ rector of purchases. Major Harry F. Hodges, corps of en­ gineers, one of the assistants of Gen­ eral Mackenzie, chief of engineers, has been appointed a national dele­ gate to the tenth international naviga­ tion congress to be held at Milan, It­ aly, next month. Frederick B. Schnebley, aged 65 years, ate a beef sandwich from a free lunch stand in a Kansas City saloon and choked to death. The deputy cor­ oner declared the cause of death to be heart failure, brought on by chok­ ing on the sandwich. The business section of Stpvenville, Mont., was swept by Are. One entire block was burned. Loss, $100,000. The Kokomo, Ind., steel works, which were damaged $100,000 by lightning recently, have resumed op­ erations. > The National Fraternal congress at Mackinac Island, Mich., elected A. R. Talbot of Lincoln, Neb., president. The breaker, office, boiler-house and engine-house of the Pine Hill Coal com­ pany, at Miners ville. Pa., were de­ stroyed by fire. Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Hyde of Como, 111., celebrated their sixty- fourth wedding anniversary. Four gen­ erations were present. Mme. Blanche Fredin, a distin­ guished French woman, died from pneumonia at her home in Cincinnati, aged 62 years. She was the organ­ izer in this country of the Alliance Francals and was widely known in lit­ erary circles. Henry J. Quayle leaves the UniYer- slty of California because the pair is too small and goes to an Iowa cpl lege. Assistant Secretary of State Loo­ mis has returned to the department and resumed his duties .as acting sec retary. Catholics in national conference commend state aid for parochial schools and government aid for In dian missions. Illinois marriage laws make trou­ ble for Indiana couples who seek to evade like laws in their own state. Germany has decided to end martial law in German southwest Africa. Rev. W. B. Magnan of the Episcopal diocese of Michigan City, Ind., has ac cepted a call to the pastorate of the Episcopal church at Belleville, 111., and 1 toUiepl£ii£J!Ub0" MIKES PLUNGE r. Roosevelt Takes Three- Hew lrip in Submarine Boat DESCENDS WITHOUTINCIDENT Workings, of the Mechanism of the Ship Are Explained to the Presi­ dent, After Which Tiny Vessel Is Put Through Maneuvers. Oyster Bay, L. I., dispatch: Presi­ dent Roosevelt Friday made a descent under the waters of the sound on board the submarine torpedo-boat Plunger. He was aboard the boat about three hours. At one time the little boat was submerged for fifty minutes, and in that time was put through all of the submarine feats of which she is capable. The president expressed his delight at the novel experience, and said that he was immensely impressed with the boat and with the manner in which she was handled. The president's intention not only to make a personal inspection of the tiny vessel, likely to prove so deadly in naval warfare, but to make a sub­ marine descent in it, was reached af­ ter a conference with Lieut. Nelson. The Plunger's commander explained to President Roosevelt the operations of the boat and assured him that a trip on her and a descent into the depths of Long Island sound would be as devoid of danger as would be trip on a New York subway ex­ press train. Convinced by the logic of Lieut. Nelson, the president arranged to take. trip on the Plunger and to have the little vessel perform all her won­ derful feats while he was on board. As soon as the president had des­ cended into the boat the manholes were closed and, conveyed by the na­ val tender Apache, the Plunger start­ ed for the sound. No maneuvers were attempted until the vessel was well beyond the entrance to the bay. A stiff northeast breeze kicked up a heavy sea in the sound, but the Plunger behaved beautifully. The water where the trial took place is about forty feet deep, too shal­ low, in the opinion of Lieut. Nelson and his experts, to enable the vessel to do her best work. Soon after the ves­ sel reached the necessary depth of water she was directed downward until she rested on the bottom of the soand. Full Speed Below Surface. Explanations of the working of the vessel having been completed, Lieut. Nelson began to put her through her paces. From the bottom porpOise giving was tried, that is, the boat would ascend to the surface of the sound for several seconds, long enough to enable her commander to sight any warship that might be within view, and then dive again immediately. After this maneuver had been re­ peated a few times the Plunger was sent down a distance of twenty feet below the surface and her engines stopped. Then the engines were reversed and the boat ascended to the surface back­ ward. Lieut. Nelson made his boat perform the remarkable feat of div- in* to depth of twenty feet, and while going at full speed at that depth re­ versing her course. The complete turn occupied only one minute. Sub­ sequently the engines were stopped and the vessel was submerged to a depth of twenty feet. There she was kept motionless, a demonstration of her ability to remain in that posi­ tion for hours while awaiting an op­ portunity to launch one of her torpe­ does at a vessel of a blockading squad­ ron which which might be passing or repassing a given point. Inky Darkness on Craft. After many manuevers had been performed Lieut Nelson ordered all light on board to be extinguished to demonstrate, how. thoroughly the members of his crew knew their busi­ ness. They worked perfectly in the inky darkness, evidently with as much skill and ease as they performed their duties in the glare of the electric light. During the operations of the Plunger the tender Apache remained within a short distance, prepared to render any assistance that might be necessary. In describing his experiences Presi­ dent Roosevelt expressed great satis­ faction with the manner in which the tiny vessel was managed. He remark­ ed particularly on the possibilities of the submarine torpedoboats in actual warfare. He related the details of his experience with evident pleasure. Llpton on Racing Rules. London cable: Sir Thomas Lip- ton, interviewed on his yacht the Erin said: "I am quite as desirous as ever to go on with a fresh challenge for the America's cup, but it would be a futile effort under the measurement rules of the New York Yacht club." HIDDEN PUZZLE PICTURE. 'ff.R •M* V -Js'.'V Find four hidden soldiers. TOO HOT SOUTH, TOO COOL NOHTH Unseasonable Weather Pre­ vails 4n Texas and New England States. CONDITION OF THE CORN CROP Excellent Reports From Principal Producing States, With Damage From Windstorms in Nebraska; Ar­ kansas, Missouri and Ohio* Lightning Hits Georgis'a Capitol. Atlanta, Ga., dispatch: Lightning struck the state capitol twice. Many window panes in the big building were shattered, and the corridors were flooded with water which fell through the broken skylights." Find Saber-Tooth Tiger, Los Angeles, Cal., dispatch: Prof. Merriam of the University of Califor­ nia has Issued a bulletin on a hither­ to unknown type of saber-tooth tiger found in California fossil beds. Friends' Conference Ends. Richmond,Ind., special: At the clos­ ing session of the Friends' National Educational conference James Wood, clerk of the New York yearly meeting, and Prof. Allen Thomas of Haverford college spoke. Sank Is Robbed of $1,200. Bartlesville, I. T., special: An un known man robbed the First National bank of Collinsville, a small town thirty miles south of here, and |f caped with $1,300. Washington dispatch: The weekly summary of crop conditions, issued by the weather bureau, is as follows: During the week ended Aug. 21, cen­ tral and western Texas experienced unusual heat, while" unseasonably cool weather prevailed In New England and the northern portion of the Middle Atlantic states; elsewhere the tem­ perature was favorable. The rainfall was excessive and injurious in the Dakotas and Minnesota and also in parts of the lake region, South At­ lantic and Central Gulf states, and in Florida. Rain is badly needed over the greater part of Texals, in portions of Kansas, generally throughout the central and southern Rocky mountain districts, and in Oregon. Frosts, «aus- ing slight damage, occurred on Aug. 16 in Montana and Idaho. Corn Conditions Good. The previously reported excellent condition of corn continues generally throughout the principal corn pro­ ducing states and also in the Atlantic coast and Eastern Gulf districts. Wind­ storms blew down considerable corn in Nebraska, Missouri, Arkansas and Ohio. In some counties in Kansas and generally throughout Texas the crop is in need of rain. The harvesting, stacking and thresh­ ing of spring wheat on lowlands in the northern part of the spring wheat region, where grain is fully ripe, were interrupted during the fore part of the week, the fields being too wet for the reapers. Local storms in North Dakota and northeastern South Da­ kota caused the lodging of consider­ able grain. Satisfactory yields are generally indicated over the southern portion. Complaints of shrunken grain are general from Washington and western Oregon. There is no improvement in the gen­ eral outlook for apples, nearly all re­ ports showing an inferior crop. Much complaint of blight and rot in potatoes is received from the lake region and the northern part of the Middle Atlantic states, but the reports from the Missouri and central Mis­ sissippi valleys are more favorable. Foreign Crop Reports. Broomhall's weekly foreign crop summary follows: United Kingdom--There are liberal, supplies of new wheat of satisfactory quality. France--Reports are contradictory, but we believe that the third crop is poor, remainder fair to good. Germany--Harvest finishing under better weather conditions. Frussia=Offlcial report on condition of crops published on Aug. 15 gives condition of wheat at 78. rye 74. oats 74 and potaoes 82, against 76 wheat, 78 rye, 66 oats and 60 per cent pota­ toes on Aug. 15, 1904. Roumania--Rains have improved situation and corn crop expected to be sufficient to supply home needs. Russia--Thrashing results in the southwest below expectations. Delay press continue further predictions of famine, but we think they are pxag- ARE PARENTS OF TWENTY-THREE Pennsylvania Couple Claims Record When More Twins Ar® Born. Allentown, Pa., dispatch: Mr. and Mrs. Allen C. Depp of Hickory Run, with the appearance of twins, are the parents of twenty-three children. The parents are only 40 years old and claim to have the largest family in America, age considered. They were married eighteen years ago. Six pairs of twins are now numbered in the family circle. Depp is employed as a section foreman on a railroad. VENEZUELA AIDS W. J, CALHOUN President's Commissioner Will Re* main at Caracas for Two Months. Caracas, Venezuela, cablegram: Kx- Judge W. J. Calhoun, whom President Roosevelt appointed special commis­ sioner to look into the relations be­ tween Venezuela and the United States, is actively pursuing his investi­ gations, in the conduct of which the government Is affording him every fa­ cility. Judge Calhoun * ill probably re- I faaln here for tiro motitlNk. gerated, although rye is certainly poor. , Sweden--The official yield of wheat and rye is satisfactory. Quality some­ what damaged. Other crops fair. India--Monsoon rainfall deficient in important regions, native food grains damages, situation considered rather serious. Wheat seeding due to com­ mence in September. Spain--Current Barcelona estimates indicate full crop, but these believe to be exaggereated because crop in the south is a failure, which, region pro­ duced 18,000,000 in 1904. STATE OF KANSAS SUES GUARANTY COMPANIES Outgrowth of Failure of Devlin Con­ cerns, Which Held $547,000 In Funds of Commonwealth. Topeka, Kas., dispatch: Attorney General Coleman on behalf of the state has filed suit against the United States Fidelity and Guaranty company of Baltimore for $250,000 and against the Title Guaranty and Trust company of Scranton, Pa., for $500,000. The stjit is the outgrowth of the failure of the First National bank of Topeka, a Devlin concern, in which the state had $547,000 tied up. The United States Fidelity and Guaranty company went on the bank's bond for $250,000 to guarantee the state's deposit. Some Topeka capi­ talists also went on a similar bond for $100,000, and a similar suit was started against them also. In these petitions it is charge^ that the bank wrongfully used the. state's money .to pay off other debts. The Title Guaranty and Trust com­ pany of Scranton was on State Treas­ urer Kelley's official bond for $500,000. In the suit against this company it is claimed that the state treasurer had money in the bank wrongfully in that he did not draw it out as soon as the bank collected the drafts. All state money gets into the local banks through the collection of drafts. The attorney general claims that the treasurer should take the money out as soon as the drafts are collected and that bis failure to do so makes his bondsmen liable. Both surety com­ panies will contest the suits. WANTS ESTATE OF HIS FATHER Alleges Parent Was Insane at Time of Second Marriage. Terre Haute, Ind., dispatch: Alan- son Davis, aged 73, is dead at Rosedale and a son and his first wife will claim the $50,000 estate on the ground that his marriage a few weeks ago to Mrs. Anna Cravens was illegal, as he was insane at the time. The old coupe were refused a license at Rpckville, the county seat, and went to Illinois, where they were married after some trouble in getting a license. Davis had lived the life of a hermit many years and was confined to his bed from the time he returned from the mar­ riage in Illinois. Southerner Beats Walters. New York dispatch: Incensed by lack of attention in a well-known up­ town restaurant, a man of athletic build, who said he was Col. Tazewell Ellett of Richmond, Va., gave battle to several waiters and caused a stam­ pede of diners to the street. Police who interfered were badly mauled by the colonel. _ iff Postmaiter In Tresittffi. Lake Alice, Minn., dispatch: Alvln W. Stowell, postmaster, has been ar­ rested on the charge of padding can­ cellation and falsifying returns. In default of $1,500 ball hp will be taken to the St. Louis county jail to await trial next January. LIVE WIRE DEATH TO LINEMAN J1 * i/'.'V'rw Chicago Printers and Employ- ^ ers Have Lined Up % Gigantic Struck ~ EIGHT-HOUR DAY THE CAUSE Six Hundred Workmen In the Windy . City Expect to Be Involved, Though the Trouble May Spread Through . Sympathetic Action, Dies Trying to Locate Trouble That Injured Fellow Workman. Cincinnati, Ohio, dispatch: After seeing his friend, Joseph Bailey, shocked into unconsciousness by a live wire, and helping* to carry him down from the net work of wires on which he had fallen, Frank Garrett, % fellow-lineman, climbed a pole a square distant to locate the trouble and received a shock which threw him to the ground. The fall caused his death. EXPLO8ION IN MINE KILL8 TWO Pour Boxes of Blasting Powder Lets Go With Fatal Effect. Iron River, Mich., dispatch: John Miditening, in charge of the under­ ground powerhouse, and Richard Pru- dice, skip tender, were killed in the Baltic mine by an explosion of four boxes of powder which were being prepared for blasting. Another man was nearly suffocated by the smoke, but rec«>vered after being brought to *ke suriftp*. , >» Chicago dispatch: t3hi graphical Union No. 16 arranged for a bitter struggle against the Ty- pothetae. An assessment of 10 per cent was levied upon the wages of *11 members and the international officers were re­ quested to ask all typographical unions ill the cities of the Middle West to call sympathetic strikes. The object of the printers, they: de­ clare, is to head off the plan of the Typothetae to fight one union after another wit^^& view of crushing them. Thirty-Seven Office's Involved. According to the union officials about 400 or 500 printers will be in­ volved in thirty-seven offices in Chi­ cago. That is based on the number of employing printers who are mem­ bers of the Typothetae. The latter has declared against granting an eight-hour day next year and has pre­ pared to Introduce the open shop in retaliation against the printers for ad­ vancing the shorter workday proposi tion. Should all the Typothetae offices be struck there will still be 2,000 print­ ers employed in the city. President Wright states that there will be no inconvenience to the business inter­ ests, as there will be 200 printing of­ fices running under union- conditions that will be able to turn out all work required. ;; F :- Strikes All Over the Westw ; , But it is feared ttfat some df the struck shops will send their work to Typothetae members In other cities. This would hinder the plans of the in­ ternational union. The Chicago print­ ers will therefore request sympathetic strikes in all Typothetae offices in Cincinnati, Indianapolis, St. Louis, St. Paul, Toledo, Milwaukee and many small cities and towns in Indiana, Illi­ nois, Wisconsin and Michigan. About 200 printers are already out. Their employers posted open shop no­ tices on August 26, and the union officials called out the members when the employers refused to take them down. The firms affected are: A. R. Barnes & Co., R. R. Donnelly & Sons' Company, Rand, McNally & Co., Ste­ vens, Maloney & Co., and Wallace C. Abbott. Is National Fight. The fight is a national one. The In­ ternational Typographical Union will demand the eight hour day next Jan­ uary in every job and book .office in the United States and Canada. The National Typothetae is opposed t<^ the proposition and its local branches in nearly all cities have prepared to make a fight. 'hi.JC FLEECES WOMEN Swiss Dentist and Chemist? i ; Works Matrimonial Game , for Financial Gain. ^ BLUEBEARD HAS FIFTY WIVES Man Who Is Sought by Police of Sev- eral Cities on Bigamy Charge Is Said to Have Swindled Victims Out • • ef Money. • „ t 4 •> NEW PHILIPPINE BONDS 80LD New York Firm Bids Highest en $1,500,000 Issue. Washington dispatch: Bids were opened at the bureau of insular affairs for the sale of $1,500,000 Philippine bonds. T»ie highest bidders were Fisk & Robinson of New York, who bid 104.64. The bonds are denomi­ nated "temporary certificates of in­ debtedness" and will fall due in one year from Sept 1. They will replace similar certificates due on that date this year. Several bids were submit­ ted, the nearest to that of Fiske & Robinson being the one of the JUggs National bank of this city. NIGHTMARE KILLS YOUNG CilANT Horrible Dream Brings Death to a Man in Indiana. Petersburg, Ind., dispatch: Newton Caats was found dead in bed, the re­ sult of a horrible nightmare. His feat­ ures were distorted frightfully, as if he had undergone great mental agony. A boy who slept on the same floor says he moaned dhd groaned during his sleep. The man evidently had been seized with a terrible nightmare, from which he could not awaken and which brought on an attack of heart failure. He was a young giant and had never been sick in his life. Count Sent to Prism. Berlin cablegram: Count Edgar Wolffskeel, lieutenant In a cavalry regiment, who as tried by court mar­ tial at Munich on the charge of mar­ rying without securing permission of his superior officer, has been sen­ tenced to 75 days' imprisonment in a fortress. The count, who is little more than a boy, married a German actress, Marietta Oily. 'Lad Is Electrocuted. 111., dispatch: Rogers*'^^ Hams, 14 years old, was electrocuted here. A telephone wire broke and fell across an electric wire. The boy pick­ ed up the ifdre to throw It to one side and was killed instantly. Oeaf Woman Killed on Tracl|j| ' Martinsville, Ind., dispatch: Mrs. Alice Burleigh was killed while cross ing the Vandalia tracks. She was deaf and did not hear the cries of the brakeman of a freight train. Senator Clark Off for Paris* Ifew York special: Senator W. A. Clark of Montana, who is recovering from a surgical operation, sailed on the steamer Baltic en route for Paris, where he expects to remain for sev­ eral weeks. -IF Big Bark Sinks at Sea. Buenos Ayres cablegram: A report has been received here of the founder­ ing of the British bark, Bldston Hill. The report states th^ elghteea ^f tJ^ env were drowned. 4 * - r New York, dispatch: Dr. O^orfe A. . Witzhoff, suave talker, refined in ap-. pearance, about 40 years old, is sought!! by .the police of several cities on the %. charge of bigamy. In his matrimonial transactions the doctor has described.; i himself as a Swiss dentist and chem­ ist. . The police declare his record as a. **'• bigamist is longer and shows more $1' daring thaa that of Bluebeard Hoch, ® the convicted Chicago bigamist and; f wife murderer. Lawyer Benjamin. ' Franklin is authority for the state- ment that Witzhoff married the daugh-, ter of a former mayor of this city,'M and that after a short honeymoon heiS deserted her and has not been heard'!? from since. Franklin refused to di- rf •ulge the name of the young woman. X Franklin represents several women -5 complaining of Dr. Witzhoff.'? alle^eC bigamous marriages. Fifty Wives in America. .. "Witzhoff has fifty wives scattered throughout the United States," said the lawyer. "Before we get through with him it will be shown that he operated the matrimonial game by a. system. He swindled his numerous' wives out of amounts ranging from, $100 to $10,000. A large number ofi these women will not appear or pros­ ecute him, fearing the notoriety at­ tached to the scandal." District Attorney Jerome has taken1 the case before the grand Jury, and an indictment for bigamy was found against the doctor. The detective bu­ reau has sent out an alarm for the arrest of the wholesale lovemaker. Some of the Victims. Four women who claim to have been married to the doctor are: Anna Parkhill, 24 years old, of Brooklyn. Loaned $1,200. Deserted. Dora Dorf, 2027 Third avenue, daughter of clothing merchant. Loan- ' ed $300. Robbed of $810. Deserted. Etta Randall of Boston. Robbed of $500. Abandoned. Newark (N. J.) widow. Robbed and deserted. Complaints have been received from Chicago, St. Louis, Phiadelphla, Kan­ sas City, Buffalo and Cleveland, show­ ing that the same doctor working un­ der aliases courted wealthy wompn and is suspected of entering Into a large number of bigamons marriages. HUCKLEBERRY PIE BLOWS UP Boardlng-House Landlady Is Burrratf in Peculiar Accident. Paterson, N. J., dispatch: Mrs. Rob­ ert Jamieson, keeper of a boarding- house, was scalded about the hands and face by the explosion of a large huckleberry pie. The pie had been baked without any air holes in the top and was placed upon the dinner table steaming hot after the boarders had seated themselves. When the boarding mistress sunk a knife into the crust the pie burst with a report that could be heard all over the house. The juice scattered all over the table, staining the clothes of the boarders and burning Mrs. Jamieson's hands and face. TWO 8ISTERS DROWN AT PICNIC Despite Heroism of Charles Nelsort the Girls Lose Their Lives. Fort Dodge, Iowa, dispatch: Strug­ gling in twelve feet of water in tbei Des Moines river, Charles Nelson tried to climb ashore with Pauline Metzner, who was drowned, while he reached shore alive. Pauline and Ida Metzner, with friends, were at a picnic above Humboldt. Ida Metzner in an attempt to assist Nelson lost her balance and fell, striking her head on a rock. The bodies of both girls were recovered. Examination showed that Ida Metzner had no water in her lungs, indicating death from Bhock or heart trouble. ELEPHANTS GO ON 8TAMPEDE Herd Escapes From Bondage snd Ter­ r o r i z e s L o n g I s l a n d T o w n . ^ - New York special: A herd of ele­ phants stampeded from Louis Rupe's "wild animal farm" at Woodside, L. I. While the great beasts enjoyed brief liberty, the air quivered with their trumpetings, the earth, shook with their tread and Woodside natives trembled. Rupe's trainers and keep­ ers rounded up the elephants before any actual damage was done. But the nerves of Woodside's women and chil­ dren were left aquiver. NO BIDS FOR SUTER'S TAVERN Historic Landmark of Capital Fails to Sell at Auction. Washington dispatch: Suter's tav­ ern in Georgetown, one of the historic landmarks of the capital, was put up at auction, but no one would bid It in. The old house often sheltered Wash­ ington and Jefferson and other noted southerners on their journeys to and from the north, and it was under its roof that the commissioners who laid out Washington met and discussed their work. Jail Breaker Is Caught. St. Paul, Minn., dispatch: George E. Custer, leader of a jail delivery at Sioux City, Iowa, Aug. 4, by which eight desperate prisoners escaped, was brought to St. Baul from Bis­ marck, 8. D., and locked up in Jail. Federa! Man to Study Rust. Washington dispatch: The bureau of plant Industry of the department of agriculture has employed E. M. Freeman of the University of Minne­ sota to devote his entire time to study of rust on crops and grasses. • 'k-'h mailto:1@1.25 mailto:95@6.20 mailto:3.50@8.75