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THE MCHENRY PLAINDEALER HaHENSY PLA1NDEALEB 00. •0H1NBY, - Tp™ J* 'P# mis 1^': Wi Jack Suton, an ex-slave living neai Brown field, 111., has celebrated his 100th. birthday. The steamer Sierra, which arrived at San Francisco from Australia, brought $3,700,000 In English sover­ eigns. John Hendershott, the murderer of Dr. Pratt, a fellow prisoner, was sen­ tenced at Burlington, la., to twelve years in the penitentiary. Elgin and Walker Robinson, aged 24 and 12 years respectively, were drowned at Bonner Springs, Kan., While attempting to ford the Little Kaw river. Dr. W. H. H. Dunn, a prominent phy­ sician and cattleman, was dragged to death at Guthrie, O. T., by being thrown from his carriage, his feet becoming entangled in the lines. An order of court was filed at Kan­ sas City discharging the receiver of the Guardian Trust company and in­ structing him to turn the property over to a committee of the stockhold­ ers. The minority is identified with the interests of John W. Gates. Fire has wiped out the entire busi­ ness portion of Gervais, Ore., two blocks of frame buildings being de­ stroyed. The loss is $50,000. The cantonal authorities at Geneva, Switzerland, have called out the mili­ tary reserves to preserve order and prevent the strikers from interfering with the steet car companies' em­ ployes who are desirous of continuing work. There are threats in some quar­ ters of a general strike. In a quarrel over a woman Christian Bchwer shot and fatally wounded Ed­ ward Lemk at New Ulm, Minn. A mob at Lincolnton, N. C., made an unsuccessful attempt to lynch Cal­ vin Elliott, colored, charged with as­ sault. Clarence A. Fullerton, a farmer, was shot and killed near Gering, Neb., by Walter Houston, a 17-year-old boy, during a running fight. Isaac Weymouth, who killed Mar­ shal Harris of Cedarville, Ohio, while resisting arrest, hanged himself at Springfield, Ohio. The American Smelting and Refin­ ing company has closed the deal for the smelter and mines at Valardena, Mexico. The consideration is said to be over $5,000,000. Two tombs of great antiquity have been discovered in the necropolis in the forum, Rome. While fighting bush fires at Hough­ ton, Mich., Andrew Hongala, 84 years old, was burned to death despite the assistance his aged wife tried to give him. The quarter's exports for all Ger­ many except Munich to the United States were $31,527,923, an increase of $7,107,953. The officials of the trades' union congress of the National Free church council and the National Educational Association at London have sent let­ ters to the municipal electors urging the election of candidates to the muni­ cipal council at the November elec­ tions who are pledged to support the resolutions pressing the government to withdraw the education bill and who are also pledged in any event against granting public money to schools wh'ch are not managed by representatives of the general public. Edith Quist, young daughter of John Quiet of Sycamore, 111., died from burns. She fell against a stove and meningitis developed. John W. Sims of Knoxville, la., who Hilled his father last August to protect him from killing his mother, was dis­ charged, the grand jury having found no bill against him. At Burlington, Wis., Mr. and Mrs. James Patoute celebrated the 70th anniversary of their marriage. They are believed to be the oldest living married couple in the United States. The Republican a3sembly district convention for Adams and Marquette counties, Wisconsin, was barred from meeting in the village of Oxford on ac- account of the diphtheria quarantine. The convention is still in deadlock. After wandering aimlessly around Milwaukee for eight days, his mind a blank, and unable to realize what he was doing or where he was, John Ager, a liquor dealer, was found and taken to his Racine home. Miss Grace Lightbizer, aged 16, of Janesville, Wis., has been missing and is bslieved to have left the city with John Vance of Chicago, a young tele­ graph operator who has been the girl's lover for some time. John Arp of Hamilton, O., brought suit for the appointment of a receiver for the big Rockdale Tissue and Wax Paper Company and to enforce a me­ chanic's lien cf $4,000. Indian Agent Haslett of the Fort Defiance agency, Arizona, reports to Commissioner of Indian Affairs Jones denying the reports that 6,000 Navajo * Indians in San Juan county are starv­ ing. He says he wants to hire 100 In- - dlans at $1.10 per day to work on railroad, but canpnt get one to work. The first-class cruiser Otchakoff was successfully launched at Sebastopol in the presence of the czar. A syndicate headed by John A. Drake has purchased the Gilt Edge mine in Fergus county, Montana, for a price said to approach $1,000,000. The Kansas Democratic and Popu­ list slate committee nominated Wil Ham H. Stryker for superintendent of public instruction. St. Petersburg advices from Khar : bin say that the Russian troops are beginning to evacuate south Manchu rla. The Berlin papers print a letter from one of the crew of the German gunboat Panther saying that Emperor William sent a cable dispatch after the sinking of the Haytian revolutionary gunboat Crete-a-Plerrot say ins:: "Brave Panther; well done." Joseph Grove, aged 76 years, drowned himself in Kent creek near Rockford, I1L A severe storm swept over Labra­ dor. Six vessels are ashore and their cargoes of fish have been lost The mailboat from Labrador to, St. John's, N. F., is delayed. Two freight trains on the Gulf, Col­ orado & Santa Fe railroad collided head-on at Ardmore, L T. Two mem­ bers of the crew were killed and five Injured, two perhaps fatally. A. P. Nelson, cashier of the First bank of Grantsburg, Wis., received a telephone message stating that his 2- year-old daughter Constance was in­ stantly killed in the board of trade elevator at Duluth, Wis. The livery barn and tihdertaking establishment of J. L. Sells at Elwood, Ind., was burned. Mrr Sells was over­ come by smoke while trying to rescue a horse and is in a serious condition. The loss is $8,000; insurance, $3,000. The river steamer Hassalo and the British ship Cypromene collided in the Columbus river at Coffin Rock, two miles below Kalama, Wash. The up­ per works of the Hassalo were raked from stem to stern. No one was in­ jured, but the total damage will be about $10,000. Heavy rains In southern Iowa, which made railroad beds soft, caused two freight wrecks, one on the Rock Island near Unionville, the other on the Milwaukee near Seymour. The British steamer, Drumcruil, which sailed from Galveston August 30 and New Orleans September 7, via' Norfolk September 15 for Hamburg, is aground at Juelsland. Attempts to tow her off were unsuccessful. The cargo is being lightered. Smallpox is reported in Kappa, Woodford county, and Ipava, Fulton county, 111. Dr. E. S. Baker of Jack­ sonville, a smallpox expert, has been sent to investigate. Harry Hubbard, owner of a shooting gallery at Beaver Dam, Wis., was ac­ cidentally shot by Jack Daily at the gallery. The ball pierced his wind­ pipe and lodged in the gullet. While walking along Copper Range tracks near Baltic mine, six miles southwest of Houghton, Mich., two men were struck by a passenger train. Both were killed. They were identi­ fied as John H. Miller and John Haischer, apparently laborers. A man with a handkerchief over his face entered Gus Luistrom's saloon at a railroad work camp near Caslin, Nev., and ordered the proprietor to throw up his hands. Luistrom instead of doing so picked up an automatic rapid-fire pistol lying handy and shot the fellow, killing him instantly. Nine bullets took effect P. Ryan of the Cape of Good Hope, president of the Agricultural Society of South Africa, conferred with Sec­ retary Wilson at Washington to se­ cure information regarding agricultur­ al conditions in this country. He stat­ ed that the Cape Colony government is annually expending $2,000,000 for agricultural purposes. A coroner's jury in New York In the case of Mrs. Harry C. Rose, who was shot and killed Sept. 27, returned a verdict that Mrs. Rose died from wounds from a revolver at the hands of her husband. The coroner sent Rose to the tombs to await the action of the grand jury. It was officially announced at Pitts­ burg that at the meeting of manufac­ turers and jobbers of plate glass, held recently, an advance of 10 per cent was made on all plate glass under ten feet square except that used for silver­ ing. The advance is on the manufac­ turers' prices and will go into effect at once. In an elevator accident at the shoe foctory of A. E. Little & Co., at Lynn, Mass., two persons were killed and eleven were injured. A cable parted and not only did the car containing thirteen persons fall four stories, but a 600-pound weight broke through the top of it, crushing to death Benjamin O. Crane, foreman, and causing in­ juries to Miss Frances Herlihy, an assistant forewoman, from which she died. Crazed by jealousy that Is supposed to have unbalanced his mind, Police­ man Luther McNear killed his wife and committed suicide at Springfield, 111. Fire at Toolumne, Cal., destroyed the business section, causing a loss of $150,000, including an estimated loss to the West Side Lumber Company of $90,000. The Carriage Builders' National As­ sociation, in convention at Detroit, chose Boston for next year's gather­ ing. Ospy Gabrilowitsch, the Russian pianist, inaugurated his second Amer­ ican tour at the Worcester, Mass., mu­ sic festival and' was enthusiastically received. Charles Taylor Olmstead, until re­ cently vicar of St Agnes' church, New York, has been consecrated as coad­ jutor of the Episcopal church in the diocese of central New York. Luther W. Sheer, the self-confessed forger, was sentenced at Muskegon, Mich., to twelve years in the state prison. Andrew Carnegie has donated $1,- 600 to the union for women students of St. Andrew's university, of which institution he is rector. The corner stone of the Methodist church at Clinton, Iowa, has been laid. The building will cost $35,000. Clarence Thurston, son of Senator Thurston of Nebraska, who attempted suicide at St. Louis, is rapidly recov­ ering. Harry L. Dupuy of Pittsburg, Pa., a Yale student charged with manslaugh­ ter in causing the death of D. Thorpe Munro of Chicago by an automobile collision la§t June, waived examinar tion in the poL'ce court at New Haven, Conn., and was held in bonds of $1,- 000 for the superior court ^Nicholas Rogers, aged 65 years, was run over by a switch engine at the plate glass works in Elwood, Ind., and died fifteen minutes later. The Japanese press congratulates the government on the flotation of the loan of $25,000,000. Mrs. Delia Wainwright, ono of the oldest residents of Jefferson county, Wisconsin, celebrated her ninety-ninth birthday anniversary. She enjoys good health, although she has lived under the rule of every president of the United States gave Washington and Adams. • \ LIKELY TO ASK IINERSTfl WORK Roosevelt May Request John Mitchell to Order Men Back to the Mines. WOULD STRENGTHEN POSITION Public Sympathy Would Go Out to the Workers Who Sacrifice Themselves in Order to Avert a Fuel Famine In the United 8tatea. Washington special: There are good reasons for the statement that Presi­ dent Roosevelt is contemplating an ap­ peal to the strikers to resume work. This appeal, through President Mitch­ ell, coming from the President of the United States and based upon the urgent needs of the general public, will, It is hoped, be promptly heeded. Mr. Mitchell, it is believed, will, through a sense of patriotic duty, ad­ vise the immediate resumption of work. Should this appeal be issued it will be made public, and will promise to the miners, through state and con­ gressional action, a thorough investi­ gation of the mining situation, with as full a guarantee as It is possible to give that redress will be found for all just grievances. No further appeal Is to be made to the coal operators. Their flat and final refusal to deal with President Mitchell on any terms is accepted as closing the incident so far as they are concerned. May Operate Mines. An extremely sensational story re­ lating to steps by the national admin­ istration to settle the strike is afloat here, and because of the resolute re­ fusal of all present at the conference which was held at the white house to discuss the subject the story is being accepted in some quarters. It is to the effect that President Roosevelt has advised Gov. Stone that unless the lat­ ter takes steps which will result in re­ sumption of operations at the mines the President will declare martial law in the coal fields, take charge of the mines and operate them. To Confer With 8tone. This action would be contrary to the legal advice of Attorney General Knox and Secretary Root, the President's chief advisers in this matter, and against the opinion of constitutional lawyers. President Roosevelt and Gov. Stone may have a consultation within a day or two without the formality of an in­ vitation going from the national cap­ ital to the capital of Pennsylvania. Gov. Stone is expected here to attend the G. A. R. encampment, Mrs. Stone having already arrived, and official courtesy undoubtedly will lead the governor to Call at the temporary White House, where there will be an exchange of views. Determined to End Trouble. Should the miners return to work upon the basis of the President's ap­ peal, it is the belief that they would thus win the sympathy of the great mass of the general public, and that the operators themselves would see the wisdom of liberal treatment and a prompt adjustment of differences. Both sides, it 1b known, are fearful of bloodshed in the anthracite regions if present conditions be prolonged. President Roosevelt is more deter­ mined than ever to find a solution, and he has constantly turned to At­ torney General Knox and Secretary Root for legal advice, and they have not been backward in expressing to him their firm conviction that it is now the duty of the state of Pennsyl­ vania alone to do something to relieve the situation. CUPID DEFIES AN INJUNCTION Keystone Maiden Weds Despite the Court's Restraining Order. New York dispatch: Miss Helen de Long of Scranton, Pa., despite a court injunction, has married De Witt Tewksbury at the home of her aunt in Brooklyn. The bride's father, a wealthy merchant, opposed the match and secured a temporary injunction against his daughter, who is not yet 21 years old. Accompanied by her moth­ er, the bride came to Brooklyn, where she was married, despite the Pennsyl­ vania court's order. TO REJUVENATE CONEY ISLAND Park Commissioner Has Plan to Wipe Out Bad Features. New York special: If Park Commis­ sioner Richard Young of Brooklyn has his way the present Coney Island, with its Bowery and multitudinous at­ tractions, will give way to a park, taking in the whole water front Mr. Young says it is not his Intention to deprive the resort of its "Innocent pleasures"' but to make it the "health­ iest and most popular resort in exist­ ence." Court by Wire. Ottumwa, la., special: • courtship by wire culminated in the marriage of Charles Hawcock. * train dispatcher for the Burlington railroad in this city, to Miss Mame T. Wist, a telegraph op­ erator of Albany, Mo. Jessie Morrison May Be Freed. Topeka, Kas., special: The Kansas Supreme court granted a stay of ex ecution in the case of Jessie Morrison, now in the penitentiary for the mur dsr of Clara Wiley Castle. at the 8teals Valuable Pictures. Madrid cablegram: An attendant the Antique Museum stole two of I most valuable pictures and sold them to a foreigner. The purchaser is said to be an American who left Madrid hastily. jj> MORGAN FORGES P1CKERST0 flELD Threatens to Raise Ocean Rates on Products of -Tv? Meat PlantJN " ' -- ' r " EXACTS A FEE OF $10,000,000 Forces the Western Combine to His Terms for Underwriting the Bonds of the Proposed Merger tn' Pfeoking House Products. "Unless I am given the underwrit­ ing of the bonds to complete the con­ solidation of the packing-houses, I will ruin your dressed-beef and pro­ vision trade in Europe by raising steamship and railroad rates 10 cents a hundred and lowering the rates on live stock 10 cents a hundred. I made this statement to you, gentle­ men, the day after I returned from Europe several weeks 'ago, and I re­ peat it to-day. It is my ultimatum." This statement, practically in these Words, made by J. Pierpont Morgan to representatives of the Chicago packing-houses, forced an agreement between the "financial king" and the heads of the mightiest industry of the west The underwriting of the bonds was turned over to J. P. Morgan & Co. The packing-house consolidation therefore is now a fact Morgan's fee is $10,000,000. To Buy Plants. The $90,000,000, which will be the smount left after Morgan receives his fee for raising $100,000,000, Is the sum found necessary by the packers to perfect the new corporation which will control the meat business of the world. The greater part of the money will be used by the new corporation to purchase the various plants not already bought, and the balance will be employed as working capital. Since the Federal government be­ gan proceedings in Chicago against the alleged beef trust the packers have realized that a technical trust was out of the question. With a Fed­ eral injunction standing against them they dared not enter into the usual sort of consolidation or merger. With due regard for the Sherman anti-trust law and the governmental action against trusts they a long time ago abandoned the idea of the merg­ er. They agreed, after the Federal1 injunction was issued against them, that if the concerns were united it must be done by outright purchase. By agreement the three great com­ panies, Swift's, Armour's and Morris', set out to absorb by purchase the smaller packing-houses over the coun­ try. Strike a 8nag. It was not found difficult to do this. The three companies had sufficient capital to consummate the deals they had agreed among themselves to make. But when it came to bringing together the three separate compa­ nies there was not capital enough in the hands of any one or any two ot them to effect the deal. At that junc­ ture the packers began studying means of securing sufficient money. It was agreed that only through a heavy bond issue could this be done. The amount needed to consummate the transaction was nearly $100,000,- 000. The bond issue will net the pack­ ers approximately $90,000,000. This money will be used by one of the con­ cerns to buy out the other two. All three have already absorbed a large number of the subsidiary concerns throughout the country. This was the only plan upon which the packers could agree as being en­ tirely legal. A consolidation of this kind, they claim, is In no sense of the word a "trust," and such a company would not stand jeopardized by anti­ trust statutes. ILLINOIS CATTLE TAKE PRIZE8 Win Aberdeen Angus Championships in World Competition. Springfield, 111., dispatch: A superb display of Aberdeen Angus cattle at the State Fair demonstrated the lead­ ership of Illinois in that field, and the superoirity of American over Euro­ pean-bred cattle. Wallace Estill of Missouri was the judge, and the event attracted cattle men from all over the country. All the championships went to Illinois. In these contests the best animals of the East and West and of Scotland met. Vala, a cow owned by C. H. Gardner of Blandsvllle, 111., de­ feated Queen Mother, imported from Scotland this year by M. A. Judy of Indiana. Asked to Stop Murder. Constantinople cable: The Greek legation has informed the porte that 160 Greek notables have been mur­ dered by Bulgarians in the districts of Momastir and Salonica during the last two months and has asked what steps Turkey proposes to take for the pro­ tection of Greeks. Boy Football Victim. Des Moines special: Glenn Hunter, aged 12 years, was injured, probably fatally, in a football game between school teams. He is a son of Edward M. Hunter, a capitalist and a former postmaster of this city. Archbishop Kain Is III. Bt Louis, Mo., special: Archbishop John J. Kain, who has been in poor health for six months, has experienced a marked changed for the worse. His aliment Is closely akin to paralysis. Plan New Electric Line. Sterling, dispatch: Incorporation papers have been filed for an electric railroad to be constructed from Davis Junction In Ogle county, running to McNabb in Putnam county, a distance of 76 miles. •v* uUTORS SPURN PEACE PROPOSALS Killed by s Telephone. Paris, Texas, special: Otis Parker, While using a telephone, suddenly dropped dead from an electric shock. The telephone wire had come in con> tact with an electric light wire. Lost All on Races. Cincinnati, O., special: With only a dime in his pockets and a bunch of losing race tickets on a table beside him, Charles Sparks attempted to end his life with carbolic acid. Refuse to Listen to Mitchell's Offer, Made to Mr. Roosevelt, to • Arbitrate. '; V;' •.. • • The great conference held between Present Roosevelt, the coal oper­ ators and the representatives of the United Mine Workers' association, came to naught The strike is no nearer a settlement than it was be­ fore the meeting of the operators. The conference failed because "the public be damned" was the attitude the operators assumed. The President appealed to them and to Mr. Mitchell as the representative of the miners to resume the operation of the mines to meet the crying needs of the peo­ ple. He appealed to their patriotism, to the spirit that sinks personal con­ siderations and makes individual sac­ rifices for the general good." President Roosevelt had no sooner finished reading his appeal than John Mitchell rose and offeree to order the miners back into the mines to-mor­ row and leave all differences between them and the operators to a board of arbitration selected by the President. He also stated that the miners would abide by any and all decisions by such a board of arbitrators, even should the decisions be against them on every point at issue. The coal operators took four hours to consider the President's appeal and Mr. Mitchell's offer. They then re­ turned to the White House to an­ nounce that they would not treat with Mitchell or any board of arbitrators, nor would they recognize the right of Mitchell to make any suggestions to them through the President of the United States. STONE SENDS TROOPS TO GUARD THE MINES Entire Force of Pennsylvania State Militia Is Ordered to Report for Duty. Governor Stone has ordered the en­ tire national guard of Pennsylvania In­ to the anthracite coal fields. Ten thousand armed men will attempt to open the mines that have, been idle during the last twenty weeks. While the council of war that dedlfr- ed upon this radical action was being held John Mitchell, president of the United Mine workers, was holding a secret conference with Frank P. Sar­ gent, who had been sent by President Roosevelt to discuss new plans for settling the strike. The action of Gov. Stone is believed to have been taken without consulting President Roosevelt's wishes and seems likely to thwart the President's latest move in the interest of peace. Settlement of the great battle be­ tween the coal operators and their em­ ployes seems as far off as ever. This is the first time the entire di­ vision has been placed in the field for strike duty since the Homestead riots in 1892. When all the troops are on duty there will be about 10,000 men In the field. The real reason which impelled Gov. Stone to take this action will probably never be generally known. Evidently he did not decide upon this plan until the last minute, as Adjt Gen. Stewart had to be summoned from Washington to attend the coun­ cil. THE LATEST MARKET REPORT8. Wheat New York--No. 2 red, 74%c. Chicago--No. 2 red, 68% @69He. St Louis--No. 2 red, 67%c. Kansas City--No. 2 hard, 66%c. Duluth--No. 1 hard, 70%c. Toledo--73%c. Milwaukee--No. 1 northern, 72%® 73c. Minneapolis--No. 1 northern, 69® 69 %c. Corn. New York--No. 2, 70c. <• Chicago--No. 2, 60%c. St Louis--No. 2, 67c. Kansas City--No. 2 mxed, 66%c. Peoria--No. 3, 59%c. Oats. New York--No. 2, 33@33He. Chicago--Standard, 35@36%c. St. Louis--No. 2, 33c. Kansas City--No. 2 white, 33He. Milwaukee--Standard, 32H@33%C» Peoria--No. 3 white, 32c. Cattle. Chicago--$2.40@8.15. Kansas City--$1.00@7.90. St Louis--$2.25@7.25. Buffalo--$1.60@7.75. Omaha--$2.50@8.20. Hogs. Chicago--$5.60@7.92H. Kansas City--$6.75 @7.40. St Louis--$7.10 @7.90. Buffalo--$5.25 @7.75. Omaha--$6.00@7.65. Sheep and Lambs. Chicago--$2.25@5.50. Kansas City--$2.00@4.75. St Louis--$2.00@5.56. Omaha--$2.76@5.10. Buffalo--$2,00® G.75. Plus Fund Hearing Ends. Washington dispatch: The state de­ partment has received a dispatch from The Hague stating that the arguments on the Pius fund case are closed. The arbitration court has thirty days In which to render a decision. Found Dead in Bed. Mishawaka, Ind., special: Mrs. Man­ uel M. Fisher, wife of Mishawaka's first mayor and one of the leading women of this city, was found dead in bed. Heart trouble caused her death. Zimmerman Heir. Belfast, Ireland, cable: Th Duch­ ess of Manchester, who was Hiss Hel­ ena Zimmerman of Cincinnati, gave birth to a son at Tanderagee Castle, County Armagh. Mother and child are doing well. . ' ° Cholera Statistics. Cairo, Egypt cable: There were 264 fresh cases of cholera In Egypt and 241 deaths from that disease. The totals since th** outbreak, July 16, are S6,06S cases and 30,988 death*. Rain Causes Grain in Shock :jQ..|prouV Rendering .J| ' Unfit for Bread. ~ SAMPLES ARE OF POOR GRADE Quantity Is of Usual Proportions, but Quality Is Inferior, Forcing the Out- put Into the 8tlll or to Be Used for Feeding. Germany may be able to maintain her embargo upon American meats, but the indications are that she will be a big purchaser of American bread- stuffs during the coming year. Latest official crop bulletins from the empire, according to advices received at the state department at Washington, show that the cereal product of the empire has been very seriously damaged by excessive rainfall and cool weather. The conditions were favorable for an unusually heavy crop of all the cere­ als up until the end of July. Then, as the time came for the wheat and rye to ripen, the cold, wet, cloudy weath­ er kept back the harvest long after the usual date, and, when the work of gathering in the grain finally began, greatly complicated the task of saving the crops. Grain Is Exposed to Elemental In many fields the rye and wheat has been cut and laid in swaths or put up in shocks, exposed to rain and storm, until the grain has been seri­ ously damaged by sprouting. The first samples of the new crop rye which have been received at the new pro­ duce exchange in Berlin are almost without exception damp, more or less unripe, and, even when artificially dried, of inferior grade. While, there­ fore, the German grain crop this year will be up to the full average in quan­ tity, its quality has been more or less seriously damaged, and large quanti­ ties of rye, which should have been used as breadstuff, will now be dis­ tilled or used for feeding animals. Damage Is Great. It is yet too early to estimate close­ ly the extent of this damage, but ac­ counts from all parts of the empire Indicate that it will be considerable. The crop experts of tne agricultural department are keeping close watch upon the reports from foreign coun­ tries^ The agricultural exports from the^'United States last year were about $100,OflO,000 in value less than in 1900. The certainty of a bumper grain crop in this country and poor crops abroad assures a strong demand for export grain and consequently good prices for the products of the American farm for another year at least GRAIN MEN ELECT OFFICER8 T. P. Baxter Heads Dealers and J. O. Foering Inspectors. Peoria, 111., special: The seventh an­ nual convention of the National Grain Dealers' Association adjourned Friday, after electing t;he following officers: President, Theodore P. Baxter, Taylorville, 111.; First vice-president, N. S. Grimes, Portsmouth, Ohio; Sec­ ond vice-president, P. H. Peters, Chi­ cago. Director at large, John W. Snyder, Baltimore. Directors: Thomas Costello, Maroa, 111.; J. M. McCord, Columbus, Ohio; J. L. McCaull, Min­ neapolis; L. • Cortelyou, Muscotah, Kan.; J. A. King, Nevada, Iowa; D. Hunter, Hamburg, Iowa; James Wel­ lington, Anderson, Ind.; J. P. Harri­ son, Sherman, Texas, and J. C. Robb, Kingfisher, Oklahoma. The annual convention of the Na­ tional Grain Ipspectors elected officers as follows: President, J. O, Foering, Philadelphia; vice-president, Charles McDonald, Baltimore: secretary and treasurer, J. D. Shannahan, Buffalo. The convention adopted descriptive grades of contract grain. GIVE8 LAND TO METHODI8T8 Property for Church for Free Hospi­ tal at Mattoon Is a Gift Springfield, 111., special: At the ses­ sion of the Illinois conference of the M. E. church Rev. Dr. Whitlock, pre­ siding elder of the Mattoon district introduced resolutions accepting from Mr. and Mrs. David M. McFall and Mrs. Mary E. Morris of Mattoon a gift of lands and properties in and near Mattoon, which are deeded to the con­ ference on the condition that there be established in or near Mattoon a free public hospital to be under the con­ trol of the conference. Robert Douglas Dead. Princeton, Ind., dispatch: Robert Douglas, aged 72, died here. For twenty years he was engaged in the publishing business, but latterly was engageu by Chicago and New York corporations to locate gold and silver mines In Mexico and western states. Captain Dies at Sea. Victoria, B. C., special: A dispatch from Fort Simpson reports the death of Capt. Salmuna, master of the steam­ er Wellington. He died when the Wel­ lington was bound south to Camax from Juneau. Robbers Blow a Bank £afe. Minden, Neb., special: The safe la the bank at Norman, eight miles south­ east of this place, was blown open by robbers, four in number, who secured about $1,000 and terrorized the town. High Prices for Horses. New York special: Thirty-eight Rus­ sian Orloff carriage horses, just im­ ported, have been auctioned off in this city. One four-in-hand team sold for $7,960. Many sales were made around $1,600. Porte to Buy Quays. Constantinople cable: The Ports has determined to repurchase the quays which caused the recent conflict with France. The price to be paid ii 99,000,000. HAS GREAT YEAR .tie From Fruits and Ber­ ries Helps Lift Mp|,s Mortgages. Pf":W• ~ SHIPS GRAPES TO CALIFORNIA Eighty-Five Hundred Acres of Apples Yield $112,500, While Half the Crop of Michigan Pears Brings $24,000-- •hips 100,000 Bushels of Peaches. j Berrien county, Michigan, has set ll new record for fruit producing, and leads the counties of the middle west in point of quantity and variety. Its market has been extended to all parts of the United States. Every variety of fruit has been suo> cessful excepting peaches, and many mortgages have been lifted from farms in the fruit belt as a result of this year's business alone. Owing to the increase In acreage for peaches, the county has produced more peaches than many counties claiming to be big peach producing districts, but the crop was not nearly up to standard, on account of unsea­ sonable warm rains last fall, resulting in a green growth, allowing trees to go into winter quarters with partly de­ veloped buds, and, for the first time in the history of Michigan, Berrien lost its reputation as the greatest peach growing county in the state. The last season has been the most profitable In berries and small fruit* that this section has ever known. Great Yields of Berries. The acreage in strawberries was ],• 60p. There were 27»,000 cases, of* strawberries shipped, from which the growers realized $276,000, an average price of $1 per acre prevailed. The raspberry acreage was 2,760. The yield was 115,000 cases. The black* berry acreage was 2,900 acres, yield­ ing a crop of 165,000 cases. Raspber^ ries and blackberries commanded an; average price of $1 per case. The price realized from berries alone waa $566,000. Owing to unseasonable rains, the crop of grapes in this county was a Y trifle lighter than usual, but, con­ sidering the big increase in grape acreage, Berrien county is nearing the close of the largest grape harvest in its history. Michigan grapes have been shipped by the trainload to the \ northwest and as far as the Pacillo coast. The grape yield is in the neigh­ borhood of 1,250,000 baskets of eight pounds each. Grapes brought an aver­ age of 11 cents per basket The esti­ mated amount paid fort Berrien county grapes is $137,500. Total Receipts $1,090,000. The apple acreage this year is $•- 586. A conservative estimate of the yield is 450,000 bushels. The average price is 25 cents a bushel, making the value of the yield $112,500. Half of the pears raised in Michigan this year come from Berrien county, there being ^ a total acreage of 1,750. The crop has } been 32,000 bushels, the average price f being 75 cents a bushel, and the total -A receipts $24,000. There are 306 acres of plums, with a shipment of 5,000 bushels. The re­ ceipts have been $4,000. There were 195 acres of cherries, with a yield of 3,000 bushels, bringing a $3,200. S The estimated shipment of peaches from the county was 100,000 bushels, worth $75,000. Total receipts for Berrien county fruit this season reach $909,200. * 1 OFFERS COAL LAND TO NATION Lawyer Tenders Control of West Vl»* ginla Beds to President. New York special: Charles Barry, a lawyer, whose office is given as the headquarters of a company claiming to control a large acreage of coal lands in Virginia, West Virginia, Tennessee ( and Kentucky, has written to Presi­ dent Roosevelt offering the control Of these lands under any conditions the President may suggest. Mr. Barry claims to be acting in the interests of the public. He says, however, that it will be necessary to furnish the means for the development of these coal fields, which hitherto have not been worked to any appreciable extent / BIG FREE DELIVERY 8Y8TEft*4 Champaign's Rural Route Most Ex­ tensive in the State. ' Urbana, 111., dispatch*: The govern^ ment has decided to lay out sixty-three new rural delivery routes of twenty- three miles each, covering 1,500 mifc of Champaign county. The highws commissioners of the county are about to meet and decide upon some method a- • of improving the roads for the routes. This will make the most general free delivery in any county in the state. The work will begin at once. "1/ ray •» Fenian Dies. Bridgeport Conn., special: Michael C. McGuinnis, who during the active years of his life was one of the most ardent Fenians and was identified with many movements to free Ireland, died here. J Massage Helps Salisbury. 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