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rot Mchenry PUifiuMi.tR McHENRY PLAINDBALKR CO. MCHENRY, ILLINOIS. fli JJj? mmmc BPEVmE/ LAYii#T <wA«H MAiikki Chee •Wc; daisies. twins, youas Aaa«rl«M.j long: Ivorns. ll^yiSo; cited- Edward • Cassidy, colored, wall hanged at Towson, Md* for felonious assault on a girl. Fire destroyed a brick building at Lee Angeles, Cal., occupied by the Pi­ oneer Roll Paper company, entailing aTloss of $100,000. Wind blew down a two-story brick building in process of construction at Peru, Ind. The wall caved in the adjoining frame house of Mrs. Clare Taiylor. With her were Mrs. Ann Ar­ lington, Miss Ann Murphy and Adrian Taylor, a boy, all of whom were in­ jured. A four-story laundry building on Blackwell's island was destroyed. Six­ ty-live laundresses were on the top floor of the building when the flames broke out, but all escaped. The laun­ dry was situated between the city hos­ pital, in which were 700 patients, and the female nurses' training school, and for a time it was feared that the flames would spread to those build­ ings. Loss, $40,000. Governor-elect Douglas of Massa­ chusetts has been advised that the secretary of war cannot detail Gen. Miles for duty with the Massachusetts militia until the request comes from Mr. Douglas in his capacity as gov­ ernor. It has been reported to the statfe de­ partment that President Castro has deposed the entire superior court of Venezuela because It acquitted a pris­ oner of the charge of murder whom the president believed should have been convicted. The appellate division of the su­ preme court in New York affirmed the decision declaring invalid the wiil of Miss Maria B, Mount, leaving $20,000 for a church and $5,000 for a rectory within the Protestant Episcopal dio­ cese of Utah and Idaho. Fire in the furniture store of George F. Bisch in Springfield, 111., caused a loss of $40,000. Forgie's lumber yard, warehouse and machine shop and four houses were destroyed by fire in Washington, Pa. Loss $75,000. The strike of the cotton mill oper­ atives in Fall River, Mass., is soon to end" by compromise, according to an authoritative report. The package of beer known as the "eighth," the smallest measure turned out in staves, was abolished by unani­ mous vote at a meeting of brewers from eight states in Cincinnati, Ohio. The will of, Miss Bertha M. Dol- toeer, who was killed in the Waldorf- Astoria hotel in New York, was sus­ tained by a jury in the superior court In San Franeisco. Notice of an appeal was filed. Eight business houses at Mitchell- ville, a suburb of Des Moines, Iowa, burned, entailing a loss of $30,000. Jacob Kuhn, a traveling man, fell from a fourth-story window at Evans­ ville, Ind,, and was instantly killed. He was 60 years old. j The steamer Robert E. L6e, owned jby the Lee line, of Memphis, Tenn., struck a snag and sank in shallow water in the Mississippi. The jury which is to try Joseph Gulllmette, arrested in Woonsocket, R. I., and charged with the murder of his partner, Mongeon, was com­ pleted at Crookston, Minn. _ Count Ca&sini, the Russian ambas­ sador at Washington, who has been 111 for several days, is still confined to his room, but at the embassy it is said his condition is not serious. The countess, who also has been indis­ posed, is better. Rev. Albion W. Knight of St. Phil­ ip's Episcopal cathedral, Atlanta, Ga., was consecrated bishop of Cuba. A large number of bishops and clergy were present. President Roosevelt accepted an in­ vitation to visit Richmond, Va., next year. The invitation was extended by a delegation representing the city government of Richmond. Gen. Frederick Funston, command­ ing the department of the lakes, visit­ ed the reservation at Fort Thomas on a tour of inspection. Owing to cold weather he did not have the troops parade. William Loeb, Jr., secretary to the president, apeared at his desk in the white house after a vacation of nearly two weeks. With Mrs. Loeb he had passed the time visiting relatives and 'friends In Albany and Troy, N. Y. ! "Death was the probable fate of Seven men on the schooner Richard 8. Learning, which was driven ashore near Nantucket, Mass. The vessel's lifeboats have been found, smashed to .splinters. ' Affected by worry over the $78,000 Shortage of Cashier Anton M. Mispagel of the St. Charles, Mo., savings bank, Henry D. Meyer, Jr., one of the direct­ ors, died in a St. Louis asylum, to Which he had been removed. • Miss Eleanor Robson, who has Just completed a long engagement at the lOuke of York's theater in London, ar­ rived in New York on the steamer JBeutschland. She will give one per tormance in New York on Dec. 28 and will then join her company at St. "Louis. • Mrs. Frank J. Mackay, formerly of Chicago, who sustained a slight con- • cussion of the brain as the result of an accident while hunting in Leices­ tershire, England, Dec. 19, is reported to be making pood progress toward re­ covery, Andrew Ptynfc'it W«» fe»und dead in ted at Sault gte. ftfcrfo $§Mt» with a trallet in his brain. »;^|'.||p»ved 4$ be a case of suicide. John Lane and Percy' Wamer, Ch Bolter--Craam Jurwt extras, 23 _ seconds, - 19a; ladles. ieese--Full cream, liaise. ....... __ . dars. eastern. Il*4@ll%c: Swiss, block. drum, lialzc: llmb«rser, choice. lOfflOHc: brick, choice, lift @ 12c; oft grade, 6@8c. Eg*s--Fresh stock at mark, 18ft2Je; prime firsts, 24c; extra (hlgh-graxie packed for city trade). 26c. Live poultry--Turkeys, per lb, 12Hc rh tokens, fowls, good weight, 8V&c; ||>rtn£s, 8%c; ducks, 10c; reese, per dos. Apples--Michigan, in car lots, 11.750 1.90 per brl; New York. In carload lots, |1.#0®!2 per bri. Sweet potatoes--Illinois, choice, . $3.35; common, $1@2. Potatoes--Car lots on track: Wisconsin, Minnesota and Michigan Burbanks, good to choice, 32{f34c; extra fanoy, 85c; rurals, Rood to choice, 30@"31c; corase, large lots, not well assorted, 27039c; red stock, 31®33c. Onions--Home-grown. SDanlsh. $1.45 per bu; yellow, 70@75c per bu; red, 65© 76c par bu; white, 90c@|l.l0 per bu. New York Produce. Butter--Firm; extra creamery, MHO ,27c; creamery, common to extrfe 17® Cheese--Firm, unchanged. red. _Eggs--Quiet, unchange , Grain Quotations. ' WHEAT. GUMM-^Na 3 red. J New-York--No. 2 red. $1.18%. $1.14*. jrd, $1.94©1.M. Minneapolis--No. 1 northern, $1.10%. St. Louis--No. 2 red, Duhith--No.-}, 1 northernl Kansas City--No. 2 hairdv _ Milwaukee--No. 1 northern, (l.!i@l.lli CORN. Chicago--No. 2, 46\c. Liverpool--American mixed, 4s 7%d. New York--No. 2. 55*4c. Pecrla--No. 3, 42%c. St. Louis--No, 2, 43c. Kar.itas City--No. 2 mixed, 41%e. Milwaukee--No. 3. 43@44c. OATS. Chicago--Standard, SOU03154c. New York--Mixed, S5@36c. St. Louis--No. 2, 30c. Kansas City--No. 2 mixed, 31c. Milwaukee--Standard, 30%@31%e. Live Stock. CATTLE. Chicago--S1.7506.30. Omaha--$1.75@6.10. Kansas City--$1.75@6.50. St. Louis--$1.75@6.75. St. Joseph--$1.75®5.50. Pittsburg--$2.00 @5.60. HOGS. Chicago--$3.75 @6.65. Omaha--$4.00® 6.45. Kansas City--$3.75@4.$0, St. Louis--$3.75@4.65. 8t. Joseph--$4.2»@4.62?4- • New York--$5.25. Pittsburg--$3.00@4.70. Buffalo--$3.00 @4.60. SHEER AND LAMBS. Chicago--$2.00@6.75. Omaha--$2.50@6.25. Kansas City--$3.50@6.50. « St. Louis--$3.0i"S6.fe0. New York--J2.00@7.15. Pittsburg--$2.00@«.85. Buffalo--$2.00@7.20. 3L Firemen Are Unable to Check Spread of Flames in Busi­ ness District STARTS IN DEPARTMENT STONE Crowds of Shoppers Are Thrown Into Wild Panic, Cool-Headed Men As­ sisting Women and Children to Es­ cape From Building* "«je Jong and short men," suspected of ,Me ft Peoria bank robbery, were formcRy f held to the grand jury. • 5 ,|jS Industries in western Pennsylvania f, "t~. #nd eastern Ohio are paralyzed by rear £ ' I ton of the prolonged drought. There t ' Is much suffering and scores of / towns and villages in the district are %• mercy of flame*, tjiete -|«ttnr lack of water. The president approved the sen­ tence of dismissal imposed by court- martial on Capt. John W. L. Phillips of the Twenty-seventh infantry at Fort Sheridan, 111., convicted of duplication of pay accounts, financial irregulari­ ties and other violations of regula­ tions. . « ' Sears, Roebuck & Co. of Chicago are reported to be closing a deal for the purchase of the plant of the Meri- den (Conn.) Malleable Iron company, and will employ 1,000 hands in the manufacture of firearms. > • The drought which has nearly para­ lyzed western Pennsylvania industries was broken by a drizzling rain, which commenced Friday night. The people are praying that the rain will con­ tinue, but the weather bureau predicts a cold wave. A statement just issued shows that the surplus and capital stock of the suspended German bank of Buffalo, N. Y., were wiped out, the deficit be­ ing $781,646, and that the bank exam­ iner for various causes had thrown out paper aggregating $1,465,936. The little open-decked gasoline launch Sisama started on her voyage of 1,800 miles across the Gulf of Mex­ ico from Mobile to Honduras. She came from Detroit down the Missis­ sippi. In a head-on collision between a freight train and wofrk train oh the Atlantic Coast line eighty miles from Montgomery, Ala., one man was killed and four more or less seriously in­ jured. I. E. Christian, a leading lawyer and partner of Joseph M. Sanders, recent, ly elected supreme judge, was shot and killed ,at Oceana, W. Va., by Ken Canterbury, who made good his escape to the mountains. Gov. Cummins of Iowa appointed Capt. W. H. Thrift of Dubuque adju­ tant general of Iowa national guard to succeed Melvin H. Byers, who was ap­ pointed by Gov. Shaw in 1898. Capt Thrift is a veteran of the civil war. Mrs. John Johnson, the wife of a la­ borer, and their two sons, aged 7 and 3 years, at Ban'gor, Me., lost their lives in a fire which destroyed their home. The woman perished in an at­ tempt to save the children. _ The president had aB guests at luncheon at the white house Baron Kaneko, first secretary, and Com­ mander Takashita, the naval attache of the Japanese legation. Former Policeman Wilbur Sherwell, alias Wilbur Charvill of Evansville, Ind., a resident of Norwalk, Ohio, who was convicted of arson, was sen­ tenced to three years in the peniten­ tiary. Nicholas Rein of Aberdeen, S. D., was instantly killed by a Dayton ft Troy traction car at Piqua, Ohio. The imposing consecration service of the Protestant Episcopal church, by which Rev. Albion W. Knight was ele­ vated to the list of bishops, was ob­ served at Atlanta, Ga. On Tug river, Lawrence county, Kentucky, Morgan Curry, a feudist, was shot and instantly killed by a rail road detective during a fight near the Curry home. The Currys have been terrorizing the men who were operat­ ing a new railroad. Mrs. William Gladden shot and lulled her husband at their home at Requa gulch, south of Cripple Creek, Col. She says he beat her. The plan of establishing a wireless station at San Diego has been ap­ proved by the navy department and the work will brushed. George McMahon died suddenly at Belleville, Ohio. His relatives say he wjbi ip good health and upon taking a powdter fttten. him by a physician for became unconscious and tJbS doctors wdie%nable to arouse 'him. ' • The conviction of State Senator William P.- Sullivan for soliciting bribe was affirmed by the Kansas City, Mo., court of appeals. Rev. Dr. Carroll, president of St. Joseph's college, Dubuque, Iowa, been consecrated bishop ot Helena. Mont City. Iowa, Dee. 14.---Thou­ sands of Christmas shoppers were placed in peril Friday night by a fire which broke out at 8:30 o'clock, when the holiday trade was at its height, swept through the center of the re- tall district at the heels of fleeing buy­ ers and sightseers, burned over two solid blocks and caused a property loss of $2,000,000. That c many persons were not killed or Injured Is little short of marvelous! As it was, an un­ identified man lost his life by jump­ ing from a fifth-story window, and twenty-five buildings, including three banks and many of the leading busi­ ness houses of the city, were des­ troyed. Shoppers In a Panic. The fire started In the basement of the Pelletier department store from a cause that has not yet been deter­ mined. The place was crowded and when the first alarm was given there was a rush for exits that threatened to develop into a serious panic. The clerks in the store and several men among the shoppers combined their efforts in protecting the women and children, the last of whom were led out of danger just as the flames reached the ground floor. Meanwhile a large crowd had gath­ ered from near-by business houses, fill­ ing the streets and making effective work by the firemen almost impossi­ ble. All the available police were called Into service, but they were not strong enough to meet the emergency and in many cases force had to be used to drive back the excited spec­ tators. Several persons were pain­ fully crushed in the mob, but none was seriously injured. Within a short time the Toy building, in which the Pelletier store is located, was envel­ oped by flames, which, carried by a brisk wind, threatened to destroy the entire retail district. Wind Carries Brands. The firemen seemed to be losing ground in their fight against the blaze, which threw out intense heat and sent a shower of blazing torches over near-by buildings, igniting many of them. This rain of fire, however, had the compensating advantage of driv­ ing back the crowds, making It pos­ sible to attack the flames with more vigor. For three hours and a half, or until. It had got beyond range of the large buildings, the fire carried everything in its path. Calls for help were sent to all towns within a radius of a hun­ dred miles. Several responded and gave assistance in bringing the flames under control at 11:30 o'clock. The territory between Jackson, Pterce, Third and Fourth streets, in which were many of the most sub­ stantial buildings in > the city, was burned over. The principal buildings and business houses destroyed are as follows: Buildings Destroyed. The Toy building, a six-story stone structure, in which, besides the Pelle­ tier store, were the First National bank and many office-!; the Massachu­ setts building, another six-story struc­ ture, occupied by seven large stores, including the Gillett Hardware com­ pany; the Pullman hotel, the Leader hotel, the West Hotel, a large new house; Johnson & Aronson, clothing and furnishings; Orkin Brothers, la­ dies' furnishings; George Conway, wholesale tobacco and cigars; Ameri­ can Express company's offices, filled with Christmas goods awaiting ship­ ment or delivery; the Commercial block, occupied by the City National bank, J. J. Prugh, queensware; War- fieldrPratt-Howell company, wholesale grocers; Peavey ft Nash, furniture; Dow Clothing company, Harsted ft Halsuth, shoes; Theodore Becker Tai­ loring company, Walde Hardware com­ pany and the Western Union Tele­ graph company; the Northwestern Na­ tional bank, Selzer Brothers, whole­ sale liquors; Magner ft Welsh, saloon; Higman ft Skinner, wholesale boots and shoes, and a large number of small establishments. IOWA BANK CL08E8 ITS DOORS President Missing and Said to Be 920, 000 Short. Sioux City, Iowa, special: The Ded- ham Savings bank of Dedham, Iowa, has been closed and the president, J. C. Caton, who left ostensibly for funds, cannot be found. He is said to be short about $20,000 and the bank has commenced suit against him for the amount. The bank had about $60 - 000 in deposits. CLEM ROBS EMPLOYER AFTER BLINDING HIM Affable Young Man Disappears with $95 In Caeh, First Squirting An*, monia Into Pawnbroker's Eyea. Chicago dispatch: While he was counting money in his pawnshop, Ed- -ward Heyman was blinded by am­ monia thrown into his face with an atomizer by his clerk. When the pro­ prietor's yells ot pain brought assist­ ance it was found that the employe had disappeared, and with him $95, which was on a desk. Heyman, it was declared, may be permanently blinded. Heyman engaged a new clerk for the holidays. The man gave the name of Goldstein Bower, and said he was 22 years old and came from St. Louis. The proprietor took a liking to the new employe, who wore a large dia­ mond and was affable. The pawnbroker opened the store safe containing & large amount of money and then began handling a small pile of currency. He heard a footstep behind him and turned to re­ ceive a stream of ammonia In his eyes. The victim's yells could be heard a block away, While he was staggering around the store vainly seeking relief from the agony he heard the safe door clang and the clerk de­ part. It was found that only the |95 In currency had been taken. This money In the safe was left untouched and the diamonds displayed alluringly in the window were all in their places. -wuuM ruiae rieiuiic. "• Where to the Mllierf DISMISSES CARRIERS. Two More Rural Men Are Discharged From the Service. Washington dispatch: Postmaster General Wynne has removed two more rural carriers for alleged efforts to influence legislation, the employes being H. E. Nivin of Berthoud, Col., and J. W. Whitehead of Medina, Ohio. Nivin is chairman of the ex­ ecutive board of the National Rural Carriers' association. Whitehead is a member of the -same executive board and secretary of the Ohio state organization of carriers. The executive board held a meet­ ing in St. Louis, as the result of whose instructions President Cunningham of the National association is said to have called on th£ members of the national committees of both the Re­ publican and Democratic parties to ascertain what support they would give to legislation in the interest of the carriers. - The report on the investigation points out that Nivin's plan was that only such candidates for election to congress as proved "true" to the car­ riers should receive the association's support In the election of Nov. 8. Two postoffice Inspectors are inves­ tigating these matters and other de­ velopments are expected shortlv. It is understood that a meeting of the executive board of the National Association of Letter Carriers, com­ prising the carriers in the city service, will be called immediately after the Christmas holidays to take action in connection with the recent dismissal of President Keller of that organiza­ tion from the government service. This meeting is made especially nec­ essary by the fact that Keller, hav­ ing been dismissed as a carrier, will not be received or recognized in any way at the postoffice department and his power as head of the association thereby is seriously crippled. The question of continuing the present ex­ pense accounts incident to the office of president also is expected to be considered. HOLDS BARBECUE FOR FARMERS Three Thousand Are Quests of Janes* ville Beet Sugar Company. Janesville, Wis., dispatch: Three thousand farmers from Dane and Rock counties assembled here Wednesday, the guests of the Janes­ ville Sugar company, whose $800,000 beet sugar factory started a month ago. The farmers have been growing beets for the Janesville factory and the local firm gave them a free barbe­ cue and a general all-around good time, at which a whole beef, thou­ sands of pounds of vegetables and several thousand cigars were passed out. The railroads and street cars were filled to overflowing and a line of teams a mile long were hitched near the factory. PdWERS IN CLA8H OVER CHINA'4 the face of a strong fire, Keeps Quiet--Russian Celestials Look to America to Save Falls 135 Feet. New York dispatch: After falling 185 feet from the central span of the Williamsburg bridge into the East river, Charles Summerfleld, a work­ man employed on the structure, was picked up by a tug and is still alive- Takes Oath In Bathroom. Zanesville, Ohio, dispatch: When Prosecutor E. F. Blakely went to the office of Justice Huntington to swear to an affidavit he found bim taking a bath, and there took the oath. Plan Church \lnlon. St. Johns, N. F., special: A depu­ tation from the maritime provinces has gone to Toronto to attend a con­ ference at which a union of the Meth­ odist, Presbyterian and Congregational churches will be discussed. Buy* Three New York Hotels. Pittsburg, Pa., dispatch: The Rusli estate of this city has purchased for $4,150,000 the Brettoxc Hall, the Re­ gent and the Aberdeen, all thirteen- story hotels of New York. Them From More Exactions. London cable: The correspon­ dent at Pekin of the Times telegraphs as follows: "China having consented to payethe indemnity growing out of the 'boxer' troubles, in gold, the min­ isters of Russia, Germany and France are now disputing among themselves as to what fresh terms they can extort from the Chinese and are seeking to force an arrangement whereby cer­ tain banks will make further profit out of the Indemnity. Great Britain supports China, whose officials count on the assistance of America and Ja­ pan also to secure a just settlement." COUPLE PERISH INTRAIN WRECK Two Men Meet Death and Fifteen Are Hurt in Michigan. Menominee, Mich., dispatch: The fast train from Chicago to the copper country on the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul road was wrecked by a broken rail at Lena and Engineer Mar­ tin Gavan and Fireman Louis Miller were killed, and fifteen persons were injured. The engine and two coaches went into the ditch and the rest of the train was derailed. RUSSO-JAPANESE WAR NEWS DEC. 22, 1904. Fort Is Important--Capture ol t|ie north fort on Keekwan mountain is said to be of the greatest importance In the siege of Port Arthur, as it opens the way to the other forts on the mountain. Five of the seven protect­ ive forts are held by the Japanese. Relief for Stoessel--Steamer laden with ammunition and supplies reaches Port Arthur, according to a corre­ spondent in Chefoo. He said the Japa­ nese are preparing for a great attack "With the idea of compelling the city's surrender by the Chinese New Year. Ask More Troops--Japs are prepar­ ing a greater assault than ever at Port Arthur, having asked for 60,000 more troops. Russians Fail--Russians around Mukden make vigorous attacks, but are repulsed. . Warns of Plot--St Petersburg pa­ per warns against "a new Chinese so­ ciety that is plotting with the Japa­ nese, it says, to exterminate foreign­ ers in China. Abandon Hope--Deepest gloom pre­ vails in St. Petersburg over the cap­ ture of another fort by the Japanese. All hope for the relief of Port Arthur Is abandoned. DEC. 23, 1904. Escape in Storm--Eight Russian tor­ pedo boats have escaped from Port Arthur during a severe storm, accord­ ing to a London report from Chefoo. Retake Meter Hill--St. Petersburg hears through Gen. Kouropatkin a report that the Russians have retaken 203-Meter Hill. Japanese Victory--Tokio says the Japanese have captured two more im­ portant positions near Port Arthur. Czar Rejects Petition--Czar rebukes reformers, using strong words in re­ jecting a petition from a zemstvo for a general conference on concessions to the people. His action Is regarded as ending all hope for a constitution or an elective assembly. To Meet Fleet--A Japanese squad­ ron under Admiral Kamimura Is head­ ed south to meet the Russian fleet. Auxiliary cruisers of the mikado are reported at Singapore. Court to Meet--The court of arbi­ tration to consider the Hull ipcident meets in Paris, organizes and adjourns until Jan. 9. Sustain Russians--English fishermen at Hull have made affidavit that they saw Japanese torpedo boats in the North sea trawler fleet when the Baltic fleet attacked. * DEC. 24, 1904. Fortify Vladivostok--A Korean who recently reached Wonson from Vladi­ vostok states that the Russians have strongly fortified the city and are gathering vast stores there. Plans are discussed for a winter campaign, and a force is said to be moving south from the Tumen river. Repulses Russians--Gen. Oku's army repulsed a Russian attack at Lamuting with serious loss to the Muscovites. The Russians south of Mukden ad­ vanced some of their sfej|e guns in admiralty profess Ignorance of alleged movement of torpedo boat destroyers. Watch German Ships--Japanese offi­ cers watch movements of forty Ger­ man ships in Bouth sea suspected of having supply of coal for Russian Bal­ tic squadron. Ignore Czar's Order--Czar Nicholas of Russia sends orders to his subjects' in America to return to fight Japan, but those in the west ignore the im­ perial command. Minister Flays the Rich. Springfield, Mass., dispatch: "There 1b more lawlessness in the United States than in ahy other civilized SEAT8 FOR EIQHT CARDINALS fa-Chief Ames Gets a Pardon. St. Paul, Minn., dispatch: Former Chief of Police Ames of Minneapolis, under a six years' sentence in prison, has been given a full pardon. He was convicted of receiving bribes from women of the town. Boiler Explosion Kills Four. Wilkesbarre, Pa., dispatch: Four men were killed in a boiler explosion it the sawmill of B. F. Redllne, near Rohrsburg. The mefl comprised the entire fore* of the sawmill. Pope May Hold Consistory to Increase Numbers of 8acred College. Rome cablegram: It is highly prob­ able that the pope will hold a consis­ tory in February for the nomination of carditoals. Plus is disposed to de­ lay the creation of new cardinals, but Cardinal Merry del Val, the papal secretary of state, insists that it is necessary to give the sacred college more power by a proportion of for­ eign cardinals. There are eight car­ dinal vacancies. * Lectures Aid the Miners. Pflttsville, Pa., dispatch: So benefi­ cial have proved the experimental course of practical lectures on mining themes given to the Reading com­ pany's thousands of employes that they will be made permanent. Shoots His Foreman. Shawneetown, 111., dispatch: Janes Currey, a lumber contractor, shot and killed his foreman, Johnson Rushing, ten miles west of here, because Rush­ ing pulled him fropx a hod upon which he was reclining. country In the world," said Dr. Lyman Abbott in an address on "Lawless­ ness." * "Rich men and rich corpora­ tions are among the greatest violat­ ors," he said. CHARGE EMPLOYMENT FRAUD Miners Accuse New York Agent of Hiring Them by False Means. New York dispatch: Isadore Herz- an employment agent, was accused be­ fore the city commissioner of licenses of violating the laws in sending men under false representations to the coal mines in West Virginia. Frederick Lynch testified that he and about 300 others had agreed with Herz to go to Cabin Creek, W. Va., for $3 to $4 a day under the assurance that there was no strike there. He found the highest wages paid at Montgomery, to which point they were shioped, was $1.75 a day. Counsel for Herz admit­ ted there was a strike at Cabin Creek when the witness signed the paper. Lynch said the men were taken to West Virginia under guard and that seventeen of them Escaped In Wash­ ington. He attempted to do so, but was put back into the car. It was stated that in November and December Herz sent 752 men to vari­ ous mining towns where the men were on strike. * - ' V u' ; TOWNS SUFFERING FOR WAfEft Overworked Engine Breaks Down and Many People Have Trouble. Pittsburg, Pa., dispatch: Towns in the Turtle creek valley were in dire distress Wednesday for lack of water. Pitcairn, Stewart Station, Trafford City, Wilmerding, part of Braddock and several other smaller towns were high and dry through the breaking down of the Pennsylvania Water com­ pany's engine, which had been weak" ened by extra work in trying to send water through the pipes during this season of drought. The business men of these towns went to their offices with unwashed faces, as there was no water in the pipes When they arose, and most of the schools in the territory were closed during the day because there was no water. CONFESSION LEADS TO ARREST Peoria Saloonkeeper Faces Charge That He Incited Bold Robbery. Peoria, 111., special: "Red" Murphy, charged with holding up and robbing B. F. Cassell, cashier of the Great Western distillery, of $2,700, Sept. 17, confessed before the state's attorney, saying he was induced by Thomas Dunn, keeper of a saloon near the dis­ tillery, to commit the robbery. Dunn, he said, got all the money and then refused to give up any of it to de­ fend him. Dunn was arrested and re­ leased on $5,000 bonds. The arrest and implication of Dunn caused a sen­ sation. The hold-up was one of the boldest ever perpetrated in Peoria, be­ ing committed in daylight on a busi­ ness street. Fire in Two Cittey. Peru, Ind., dispatch: The plant of the Peru Steel company was de­ stroyed by fire. Loss, $100,000. While the Logansport engines were helping to fight the flames fire in the latter city caased a loss of $48,000 in the implement store of E. M. Watts ft Co. Death of Temperance Worker. Laporte, Ind., dispatch: Mrs. Mary Ann Anderson, descendant of the well- known Butterworth family and one of the best-known temperance workers and woman suffragists in Indiana, is dead at her home here. She was born in Warren county, Ohio, in* 1818. COMMON SCOLD 18 THE CHARGE Ducking Stool Is Penalty for Offense in New Jersey. New York special: "She was and is a common scold/' is the indictment which the Hudson county grand "jury has found against Mrs. Charlotte P. Wood ot Jersey City and to which Mrs. Wood pleaded not guilty. The old-time penalty for a common scold is to be subjected to the Indignity of the ducking stool. The penalty has never been repealed by New Jersey legislators. _ Urging Jewish Massacre^ St. Petersburg cable: The noted anti-Semite Krushewan, editor of the Bessarabez, who is credited with hav­ ing organized the Kishineff slaughter, Is urging the peasants to march on Kishineff and exterminate the Jews. 8teel Billets to Go Up. New York special: Steel manufac­ turers in session in Jersey City reaf­ firmed the present price of $21 a ton for steel billets It is believed, how­ ever, that an advance of $2 a tan will be made soon after Jan. 1. LICENSE SYSTEM Advocates Control of Interstati ; Corporations Through 7 Congress. TO GRANT FEDERAL FRANCHISE Would Retain Right-to Refuse w Withhold License Where Law I#--, *'Violated, With Full Protection to X the Companies. - ? . __ ';>• Washington dispatch: The inaugu­ ration of a federal franchise or license ,' system for the control of interstate '•£> commerce was recommended by v James R. Garfield, commissioner of •M corporations. In his first annual re» " 'k Port, m£de to President Roosevelt. ,'^fi The placing of (corporations doing;.,. interstate business under the eye of ' th© government by the license syst was proposed, according to Ccmmis« slo&er Garfield, after a year's exhaus* tive study of conditions and atter careful consideration of other planer suggested. The investigations of the?; commissioner brought him first to the; --=^1 conclusion that state control is not,.' " feasible. "There is," he said, "a strong^ ' f positive motive leading the state leg- iBlatures toward lax and improper cor-„ ^ poration laws, and even if all ther A states were actuated by most correct" motives, nevertheless it is obviously - v-' impossible that forty-five different jur- isdictions should agree on anything; - * like a uniform system in so important; a matter as corporation law." Addi-*~-v^ tlonal state action, therefore, is casfc V aside by the commissioner as wholly inadequate and impracticable^ : Opposes State Control. The second plan considered was the*', ' delegation by the United States to the- ; Individual states of the control of in-.* 5^ terstate commerce. To this plan two^- ^ conclusive objections are urged. Firs ts such action is believed to be uncon- stitutional, congress not having the* power to divest itself of its cons'titu-.-'^,i tlonal powers nor to delegate them to* another legislative body; and, second* * the results would be open to the same- -;^ objection as the "additional state ac- tion" plan. > The plan of federal incorporation larc ^ discussed in the report as one of the-'~ . » two more practical methods suggest- , ed. It assumes the passage by con­ gress of a complete corporation law with the compulsory requirement that all corporations engaged in interstate- business shall be organized under ,~r such law. It is pointed out that such : a law should have three principal fea- . tures, as follows: "The creation by congress of cor­ porations with power to engage in . #; interstate commerce. "The prohibition upon all other cor- - porations from engaging in such busi­ ness. ' "The granting to such federal cor* porations of the right to manufacture^^ and produce within the several"^ states." " „j Commissioner Garfield believes no- vital legal objection holds against the first two powers, but that a serious- question arises as to whether con­ gress can give an "interstate com* merce corporation" the additional power to produce or manufacture la any state. Federal Franchises. e After thus disposing of three sug­ gested plans, Mr. Garfield outlines the- fourth, or license system. The prin­ cipal features of this system, accord­ ing to the report, would be as follows: "Granting of a federal franchise or license to engage in interstate com­ m e r c e . [h i "Imposition of all necessary require-- ^ ments as to corporate organization! . and management as the condition* precedent to the grant of such fran­ chise or license. , ...r "Prohibition of all corporations andf.>^^ corporate agencies from engaging i» ^ interstate and foreign commerce with- ' * out such federal franchise or license. "Full protection of the grantees of such franchise or license who obey the laws applicable thereto. "Right to refuse or withdraw sucl> franchise or license in case of viola­ tion of law, with appropriate right or judicial appeal to prevent abuse of power by administrative officer."* Congress to Control. The commissioner holds that no* fundamental legal difficulty can be discovered in this plan. Under it con­ gress would grant to corporations that meet the proper conditions power tc engage in interstate commerce andr,^" j; would fix the conditions under which { : ^ their business should be done in sucb» a manner as to remedy the present de­ fects in the state corporation law. Congress would also require all cor­ porations engaged in Interstate com-" ' merce to make returns to a federal ^ bureau, showing the amount and na­ ture of the business done, and sucb other facts as may be desired. It Is urged furthermore that the plan would obviate the difficulty regarding state taxation. McCormick Salle for Russia, * New York special: Robert S. Mc­ Cormick, American ambassador to Rdssia. who has been on a two months' vacation trip to his home in the United States, has started on his return to St. Petersburg on the steamer Moltke. • r ' v - , jfttal Fall From Window. - Evansville, Ind., dispatch: Jacob Kuhn. a traveling man, fell from a fourth-story window in a hotel and was Instantly killed. He was 60 years old. A widow and several children survive. Jewish Families n»r Texas.' Houston, Texas, special: One thou­ sand Jewish families from the Ghetto, New York, will be distributed in Texas. Many of the larger cities have contracted to take a certain number per week and care for them. -Horses Are Burned. ChraMft Tower, 111., dispatch: barn of Thomas J. East, near Grand Tower, one of the finest in southern Illinois, was burned with twenty- head of horses. 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