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• r^iV^'-^ K*:* f •• *S'f S~i'»»'5•' ,>.> ;.4,. w-.. .W*. pg|*^Rpipie«g||w ^rr^^T4^r ^l^kir^w THE McHENaV PLAINDEALER McHENRY PLAINDEALER CO. MCHENRY, ILLINOIS. lw W»----•! KXfWVWIK Bpevnw | Count Cassini, the Russian ambas- | sador, received a cablegram stating - that the emperor of Russia had con­ ic;: ferred on him the decoration of the |y Order of Alexander Mewaky. jf William J. Bryan has accepted an p Invitation from the Grant Birthday as- - sociation to make the annual address at the observance of Gen. U. S. Grant's birthday at Galena, 111., April 27. - Tfe© municipal council of Panama IMS unanimously declared William Nelson Cromwell of New York to be * distinguished son of Panama, on ac- count of valuable services rendered t>y him to the republic. •t Prof. Thomas Day Seymour of Yale > ' university was re-elected president of ; tSe council of the Archaeological In­ stitute of America. Prof. F. D. Tark- y, di University of Chicago, was made <t vice president, j,/ J. F. Hagenberth, president of.the National Live Stock association, has left Denver for Washington, where he •will ask President Roosevelt for fed-' eral representation at the Stock Men's convention, to be held in Denver from y; Jan. 9 to 15. rj ' The submarine tunnel connecting Boston and East Boston, which was built at a cost of $3,000,000, has been opened for public travel. The merger of the Columbus, Ohio, breweries was incorporated under the name of the Hoster-Columbus Associ­ ated Breweries company, with a capi- 1: tai of $6,000,000. Postmaster J. C. Perdue of Marshall, HI., died of smallpox. J. C. Bethany, proprietor of a restau- . rant at Zwolle, La., was shot and fatal­ ly wounded by Peter Bencina, an Austrian, who then turned the gun up­ on himself and committed suicide. J. R. Barrow killed his mother-in- rfHbw, Mrs. W. H. Parish, made a des­ perate attempt to kill his 18-year-old" wife and shot himself twice with a rifle at Thomasville, Ga. , He may die. Family quarrel was the cause. Mrs. John R. Russell, wife of the secretary and treasurer of the Rus­ sell Wheel and Foundry Company and Great Lakes Engineering Works, •was probably fatall? hurt in an elevat­ or accident in the store of Newcomb, JSndicott & Co., at Detroit. Lewis Jones, colored, who is wanted In Coffeyville, Ky., on a murder charge, gave himself up to the police at Cleveland, O., and will be taken back. He says the murder was com- : mltted in March, 1903, and he fled at » the time for fear of being lynched. Joseph H. Choate, the American am­ bassador at London, does not intend to take up law practice when he returns to New York as reported. He consid­ ers he has been away too long from ^ tbe bar to resume practice at his age. * Elmer Dover, private secretary to TlfS"" late Senator Marcus A. Hanna, is collecting data to be used in an official biography of the Ohio statesman. Jesse Rupert and his sister, Cecil, * are dead and Rupert's wife and an­ other sister, Ethel, are dying as thfl result of natural gas asphyxiation at their home in Chanute, Kan. & Three person^ lost their lives in a . fire which destroyed a farm residence near Geneseo, N. Y., the dead being Charles McMillan, Lottie McMillan, his sister, and Frank McMillan, his i . nephew. . Harvard students, led by the cap- tain of the football team, prevented the destruction of the historic Hollis Hall by fits. Several rooms were v wrecked, including that once occupied " by Emerson. More than 2,000 delegates are ex- pected to attend the national conven­ tion of canners and packers to be held , in Columbus, O., during the week be- . ginning Feb. 6. While Mrs. Pasquale Dell and little ~ von were eating breakfast at Fair­ mont, W. Va., a lamp exploded and Ig­ nited the clothed of both. They died -Within a few hours. .* . Guittano Pisciotta of Cleveland, O., * was sentenced to life imprisonment for the killing of Policeman Welk on Dec. 9, 1903. Weik attempted to quell a: A disturbance, with the result that he was shot by the Italian, t, " A charter has been granted to the Northwestern Railroad company of Elk City, Okla., capital $1,785,000, to build from Elk City through Day, Woodward and Beaver counties in Oklahoma. From Beaver it will build a, branch south to the north bank of the south fork of Red river. The in- ^jpprporators are E. C. Neiss, L. N. Neiss, E. F. Krause, A. F* Colgren, of - Chicago, and W. F. Pierce of Elk City. j The appointment of Rev. J. F. Whar- of Cincinnati to be superintendent of the Anti-saloon league of Michigan Was announced by the national super­ intendent, P. A. Baker. Mr. Wharton , succeeds Rev. E. G. Saunderson. Juray Piper was downed at She-, ygan, Wis., while trying to recover bis bat from the river, where the wind bad olown it. Conrad Christensen left his home in Racine, Wis., to skate on Root river, fee failed to return at night and is gjupposed to have been drowned. y Gen. Draper, former ambassador of ijjhe United States to Italy, presented ID the president Capt. Carl Kaempff Of the trans-Atlantic liner Deutschland. Capt. Kaempff completed a few days *go his one hundred and fiftieth trip Hcross the Atlantic. The Orion, a new steam whaler from Christian la, left Dartmouth, England, for Victoria, B. C., as a new venture ; in North Pacific whale fishery. ' The American steam yacht Alcedo, Owned by George W. Childs Drrxel ?Pf Philadelphia, arrived at Mara-ailles, France. LATEST CASH MARKET REPORTSi Chicago Produce. Butter--Creamery, extra, 2 So; prints, 29%o; June extras, 25c; firsts, seconds, 16@18c; dairies, Cooleys, 24@ 25c; firsts, i9c; ladles, 14%@15c; pack­ ing stock, 15@15%c; storage, 15c. Cheese---Full cream, daisies, twins, U@H%c; young Americas, 11%@ 12c; long horns, ll%@12c; Cheddars, east­ ern, 11%@>11%C; Swiss, block, lQ*4@llc; drum, ll@12e; limburger, choice, 10Si 10%c; brick, choice, ll>4@12c; off grades, 6®9c. Eggs--Fresh stock at mark, 18@21c; prime firsts, 24%c; extra (high-grade, packed for city trade), 26>4c. Live poultry--Turkeys, per lb, 12%@ 13c; chickens, fowls, good weight, 8V6c; |F>rings, 9c; ducks, 10c; geese, per doz, §weet potatoes--Illinois, choice, $2.25® 2.50; common, $1@2; Potatoes--Car lots on track; Wisconsin, Minnesota and .Michigan Burbanks. good to choice. 32<g>83c; extra fancy, 34©35c; rurals, good to choice, 30@31c; coarse, large lots, not well assorted, 25@28c; Kings, common to fancy, 30@32c. Onions--Home-grown, Spanish, $1.35 per box; yellow, 75@S0c per bu; red, 75@80c per bu; white, 90c @$1.10 per bu. New York Produce. Butter--Firm; jireamery, common to extra, 18@28c; d# held common to extra, 20@26c; state dairy, common 'to extra, 16@26c; western factory,, common to Choice, 17® 22c. Cheese--Firm unchanged. Eggs--Strong; Pennsylvania and nearby fancy, selected white, 35(f?38c; do choice, 32@34c; mixed fancy, 30@31c; western fancy selected, 28c; do firsts, 27c; south­ erns, 20@27c; refrigerators, 18 ©21c. Grain Quotations. , WHEAT. Chicago--No; 2 red, $1.17 @1,18. New York--No. 2 red, $1.21$&. Minneapolis--No. 1 northern, $1.14)4. • St. Louis--No. 2 red, $1.17%. Duluth--No. 1 northern, $1,12%. Kansas City--No. 2 hard, J1.06@1.0S.» : . Milwaukee--No. 1 northern, $1.1301.14. CORN. - Chicago--No; 2, 45%@45%c. Liverpool--American mixed, 4s (Hd. New York--No. 2, 55^c. • Peoria--No. 3, 43C. St. Louis--No. 2, 43c. Kansas City--No. 2 mixed, 41%042c. Milwaukee--No. 3, 43 He. OATS. Chicago--Standard, 31@31%c. New York--Mixed. 35%@36V4c. St. Louis--No. i, 31c. Kansas City--No. 2 mixed, 31%c. Milwaukee--Standard, 30%@31c. Live Stock. CATTLE. Chicago--$1.75«/7.00. Omaha--$1.75© 6.25. Kansas City--$1.75@6.26. St. Louis--$1.75@6.75. St. Joseph--$l,75(S!5.t;5. Pittsburg--$2.00@5.50. HOGS. Chicago--$2.2 5 @ 4.85. Omaha--$4.00@4.60. Kansas City--$3.85@4.T0. St. Louis--$3.75tfj 4.80. St. Joseph--$4.25@4.70, J New York--$5.1U@5.25. Pittsburg--$4.85@4.95. Buffalo--$3.00@4.90. SHEEP AND LAMBS. jChlcago--$3.25@6.40. Omaha--$2.75@6.40. Kansas City--$3.75@6.71>. «t. Louis--$3.00@6.75. St. Joseph---$2.75@6.90. New York--$3.25@6.50. Pittsburg--$2.00@5.25. Buffalo-- $2.00@6.50. - • The ^Armenian reyefatiwaary- tion committees in the United States • ut %ith headquarters in Boston, have ad dressed a letter to President Roose- veit, congratulating him upon his elec- tion and asking his interest in behali - of the Armenian people. Mrs. Jesse Rupert, who, with her husband and his two sisters, was as­ phyxiated with gas at Chanute, Kan., died without regaining consciousness. Her husband' and one of his sisters, Cecil Rupert, were dead when found. Secretary J. H. Connell of the Na­ tional Ginners' association issued a letter in Dallas, Texas, declaring the ginners and farmers are in accord with the census bureau in its cotton estimates. Eugene Carleton, who was injured in the wreck at Maud, 111., Christmas morning, died at Dale from his in­ juries. This makes nine dead from the catastrophe. The speed trial of the protected cruiser Chattanooga, which was to have been made at Newport, R. I., was temporarily abandoned because of a snowstorm. The United States navy department is erecting a wireless telegraph sta­ tion at Guantanamo, Cuba, to operate in connection with, the stations , at Key West, Colon and San Juan. The state convention of circuit clerks and recorders in Joliet, 111., de­ cided to ask the legislature to pass a law closing all county offices at 5 o'clock in the afternoon and for a uni­ form adjustment of fees. , , John F. C. Mueller killed himself in the sight, of hundreds of coasters in Highland park, Pittsburg, leaving a note saying that he believed he was crazy and inclosing to pay for cremating his body. The pope received in private audi­ ence Rt. Rev. John J. Hennessy, bishop of Wichita. Kan. Four blocks of business houses and residences were burned at Hartford', •rk., causing a loss of about $125,000. United States Senator William A. Clark of Montana, with his wife and child, will sail for New York on board the North German Lloyd steamer Kronprinz Wilhelm on Jan. 4. They will take up their residence in Wash­ ington. Mrs. Olark has lived several years in Paris. The United States attorney in Cin­ cinnati, Ohio, has beeill formally asked by the Socialists' organization to in­ vestigate exorbitant retail coal prices. A petition for a rehearing of the Ca­ leb Powers case is to be filed in the court of appeals in Frankfort, Ky.V by the attorneys for the prosecution. Senator Charles W. Fairbanks, the vice-president-elect, has left Indianap­ olis for Washington. In the case of the Mutual Life In­ surance company against the estate of James L. Blair in St. LouiB to in­ validate a $200,000 policy a special master in chancery will go to Phila­ delphia to take depositions from the Dick brothers, and also from Mrs. Blair, who is now in New York. If the duty is acceptable to him Rear Admiral Benjamin P. Lamber- ton probably will be appointed presi­ dent of the lighthouse board when Rear Admiral Evans assumes com­ mand of the north Atlantic fleet next March. Babe Taylor, aged 17, of Stockton, Ala., got into a difficulty with Burns Hall, a neighbor, and. inflicted a cut which may prove fatal. W. B. Cat- rett, an old resident, went up to sepa­ rate the combatants, when Taylor turned on him, cutting his throat from ear to ear. Eminent Supreme Archon William C. Levere brought oh a lively discus­ sion at the Sigma Alpha Epsilon fra­ ternity convention in Memphis, Tenn., over the question of extending chap­ ters to colleges not embraced in the membership. ' ' Miss Lillian Frances Hayd«n of II. AverlHy editor of the Stanford Tribune, were married at Stainford, Me. Moneignoire Ambrose Abiui, arch­ bishop of Palmyra and apostolic dele gate to the Philippines, is in San Francisco on his Wav tn Manila. IT I laprftefrain From Entering the Place, Fearing It Has Been Mined. ADMIRALS ARRIVE AT TOKIO Togo and Kamimura Are Honored by the Residents of the Capital City --Czar's Cruisera Are Ordered to Return. London, Dec. 31.--A dispatch re­ ceived by the Daily Telegraph from Ctefoo states that the Russians have fled from the new town of Port Ar­ thur, abandoning everything, but that t]tie Japanese have so far not oc­ cupied the place, because they fear that it has been heavily mined. The dispatch says this information comes from a messenger from Port Arthur, who also says that the Japa­ nese have mounted eight guns com­ manding positions of the EtBe forts, but they suffered heavy losses from the Russian fire. • TOKIO GREETS TOGO. * • Tokio, Dec. 31.--The wildest excite­ ment ever seen here was caused by the arrival of Admiral Togo and Vice Admiral Kamimura, with their staffs. The city was brilliantly lighted and decorated throughput and shouts Of "banzai" after "banzai" filled the air. When the admirals arrived at the Shimbassi station they were greeted by representatives of the emperor and empress, Prince Fushima, Jr., the eld­ er statesmen, ministers, prominent Japanese and thousands of school children. The presidents of both houses of the diet presented them res­ olutions of commendation passed by their respective branches of parlia­ ment Ovation Embarrasses Admiral. The quiet, gray-bearded Admiral Togo, 4n a blue service uniform, seemed embarrassed at the noisy ova­ tion. Rear Admiral Shimamura, chief of staff, laughingly elbowed forward Vice Admiral Kamimura. The junior officers tried to clear the way, but the crowd closed in on Admiral Togo and they were frequently forced to push the crowd backward in an endeavor to clear the reaching hands. Finally Admiral Togo and Vice Ad­ miral Kamimura were freed from their enthusiastic admirers and, sur­ rounded by officers, they reached the carriage sent by the emperor to the station to convey the distinguished party to the palace. Report to Emperor. Preceded by gendarmes, the party drove under triumphal arches, wav­ ing flags and discharging fireworks, through the cheering crowds to the navy department, where a brief stop was made, during which the congratu­ lations of tfee ministers were received and future victories were toasted. Admiral Togo and Vice Admiral Kamimura then proceeded to the pal­ ace to report to the emperor. They probably will remain in Tokio about one week for the purpose of.consult­ ing with the general staff and per­ fecting plans for future operations. Many Russians Slain. The headquarters of the army.-be­ sieging Port Arthur telegraphs that on the night of Dec. 28, after the oc­ cupation of Rihlung fort, a small body of Russians still offered resistance in the passage between the siege gun line and the gorge. At 3 o'clock in the morning they were dislodged en­ tirely and the occupation of the fort became secure. According to the statement of three prisoners the defenders of Fort Rihlung numbered 500, besides some sailors. A majority of the defenders were killed. CRUISERS ARE RECALLED. St. Petersburg. Dec. 31.--The cruis­ ers Orel and Izumrud of the second Pacific squadron have ben ordered to return, is the report current here. Official confirmation cannot be had. If the report should prove true Vice Admiral Rojestvensky may be obliged to await reinforcements from the third Pacific squadron. - » MEXICAN MONEY 18 RUSHING IN Prohibitive Import Duty on 8ilver Will Take Effect Jan. 10. El Paso, Tex., dispatch: A. L. Van Antwerp, traffic agent of the Mexi- can-American Steamship company, says that Mexican pesos have been pouring into that country from for­ eign cities at a rapid rate since the announcement of the new financial system. After Jan. 10 import duty on Mexican silver money will be pro­ hibitive and those holding it in New York and elsewhere have hurriedly shipped large consignments to the re­ public to get it there before the law becomes effective. Mr. Van Antwerp says that the day he left Mexico a Ward liner brought in a consignment of 175,000 Mexican dollars. MADMAN ATTACKS HI8 BROTHER Policeman Fatally Shoots Maniac Whom He Is Called to Arrest. St. Louis, Mo>, special: An Italian who lived with his two brothers, one of whom is employed by the Italian world's fair commissioners, cut his elder brother's throat and was- him­ self probably fatally shot by a police­ man as the culmination of a terrible struggle between two of the brothers, one of whom had become a maniac, and a policeman called in to arrest him. WOMAN ^ETS TANGLED IN FINANCIAL MESHES Physician's Wife Borrowi Money Oft Checks After Her Account at the Bank Has Been Cl*a«0.f : u;:' fllsey City; N. J., special: Jersey City has found a "Cassie Chadwick" in Mrs. Alvina Bergin, whpse husband, Dr. Thomas Bergin, is one of the best known men in New Haven, Conn. She has been indicted for obtaining money by fraudulent checks. She was arrest­ ed at her home in New Haven and taken to Jersey City on requisition papers. Accompanied by a maid and two children, one 7 years old and the other 5 weeks, Mrs. Bergin arrived here and was, taken to the county jail. The maid and children went with her. Michael Dby, a wealthy manufac­ turer, went on her bond, which was for $2,000. Immediately after her release Mrs. Bergin, her maid, and the children returned to New Haven. She said her husband had neglected her forcing her to borrow money. "All of the .checks that I got mon£y on," she added, "will be honored. I have securities in the Lincoln Trust company, in Manhattan, that will be available Jan. 1." If a check for $1,500 which she gave to N. B. Cushing of Jersey City is honored it is probable that she will never be prosecuted. Mrs. Bergin, who !s 40 years old, was formerly a resident of Jersey City. Several years ago she inherited a large fortune from her father. Three years ago the woman married Dr. Bergin. At that time she was a widow with two children. On a recent- visit here she induced friends to cash "personal checks in amounts from $100 to $1,000. When they were presented it was found Mrs. Bergin's accountf* had been closed. Mrs. Bergin got N. B. Cushing to cash a check for $1,500. The check proved worthless. Cushing complained to the police ant! the indictment followed. pozzte PICTURE. 18 FOUND GUILTY OF MURDER Joseph Guilmette of tthode Island Con­ victed in Crookston, Minn. Crookston, Minn., dispatch: Joseph Guilmett^ of Woonsocket, R. I., has been found guilty of the murder in the first degree of Mathias Mongeon, whose home is believed to have been in Ontario, Canada. ; The crime was committed on Oct. 17. The men, who had just returned from the harvest fields, were thought to have quarreled over the earnings of the past summer. The victim was shot and his head was mashed with some blunt instrument. The body was then dragged to some underbrush and. was not found for some time. The verdict carries with it a life imprisonment or hanging. CHARGE LOTTERY IN TOBACCO Government Officials. Investigate Mil­ waukee Company's Methods. Milwaukee, Wis., dispatch: A local manufacturing firm which does an ex­ tensive business throughout the coun­ try has ben subject frequently to at­ tacks from labor bodies on charges that it was affiliated with the tobacco trust, although it employs none but union labor. Another phase of the situation was developed when it be­ came known that an Investigation was in progress by government offi­ cials into an alleged lottery scheme conducted by the firm to exploit Its tobacco. The firm claims that this investigation is inspired by the same persons who stirred up the trouble with the labor unions. J; r- . •/< '•>, ,4: D / PAPER CONCERN Sv* " Quarrels never could last long, if on one side only lay the wrong. Find a Pea cemaker. russWp1nese"waoews Dies When Out of Friends. * Boonyille, Ind., dispatch: John W. Wilson, aged 23, of Pike county com­ mitted suicide by shooting. He said he tad no friends and previous to kill­ ing himself asked an acquaintance to shoot him. Fort Wayne Theater Burns. Fort Wayne, Ind., dispatch: The newly built Majestic theater was ruiaed by fire, causing a ioss of prob ably $35,000. The fire started1 through aa explosion in the engine-room. WHIP CHICAGO MAN AT 8TAKE Mississippi Whites Avenge invader's 8light for Southern Woman. Natchez, Miss., dispatch: A. D. Lewis, 33 years of age, whose home is in Chicago, was lashed in the woods near Natchez and ordered out of the state. He is a white man and was Shipped by w)iite men. Lewis was being taken, |o the county convict farm to serve a sentence for insulting a woman on the street. A crowd of six men took him from the guard, en­ tered the woods three miles from town, stripped and tied him and gave him sixty lashes across the back. Af­ terward they placed him on a train and ordered him to leave the state. GAS EXPLOSION INJURES THREE Machine Blows Up and Wrecks Brick Hotel Building. Grand Forks, N. D., special: A gas machine used for lighting the Colum­ bia hotel, a two-story brick structure opposite the Great Northern station, exploded and wrecked the building. A porter, whose name is Carvel, who was in the room where the machine was.located, was picked up fifty feet from the place In an unconscious con­ dition and has received probably fatal injuries. James Ham, a clerk, and Mary Finn, a waitress, were serious­ ly injured. They will recover. It is not knowjt what caused the ex­ plosion. PLAQUE KILL8 MANY COSSACK8 Two Settlements In Ural Territory Lose 190 in a Single Month. St. Petersburg cablegram: It is offi­ cially announced that a disease the characteristics of which are similar to bubonic plague, has appeared among the Kirghiz Cossacks in two settlements of the Ural territory, re­ sulting in 190 deaths between Nov. 24 and Dec. 26^ The localities have be^h declared to be Infected with the plague. Father and Daughter Burn. Bloom field, Ind., special: The mm of Nathan O'Neall, five miles west ol here, was burned to the ground and O'Neall and his daughter, Nora, were burned to death. The origin of the fire is unknown. Boy Is Suffocated. Richmond, Ind., dispatch:, A trick house occupied by John Shanrionand Charles Droste was destroyed by fire, and Raymond Droste, 11 years of ag» stiffocated. DEC. 28, 1904. Paper Assails Navy--The Russ, Rus­ sian newspaper, denounces the czar's warships as worthless and says 75,- 000,000 of rubles have been wasted. Will Not Aid Fleet--Holland denies its colonies will aid Russian warships to reach the Orient. Victory for Mirsky--The ukase of czar is considered a victory for In­ terior Minister Sviatopolk-Mirsky and a defeat for the reactionists in Russia. While the czar upholds the principle of autocracy the reform plan is de­ scribed as broad and satisfactory. Rush Work on Ships--Czar's work­ men ,rush work on Black sea fleet of warships. ^ DEC. 29, 1904. Hall Togo as Hero--Japan hails Togo as a hero when he returns home preparatory to attacking Russia's Bal­ tic fleet. Double Assault--Port Arthur faces a double assault that the Japanese be­ lieve will end in the capture of the fortress. '* China Aids Japs--China orders out warships to prevent Russian war ves­ sels from escaping from Shanghai and re-entering service against Japs. Jap War Budget--Japanese house of peers votes war budget and also the ordinary budget. Mediation Talk--Russia's apparent willingness to listen to talk . of media­ tion is attributed in Berlin to the fresh inquiry by France as to the terms the czar would be willing to ac­ cept in case negotiations with Japan were undertaken with a view of end­ ing the war. Cruiser May Be Sunk--Another Jap­ anese cruiser is believed to have been sunk off Port Arthur, the belief being based on the publication by the navy department in Tokio of a list of nine officers and sixty-five men killed while on special duty. An explanation is expected soon,. Take Another Fort--Japanese occu­ pied an-entire «fort on Rihlung moun­ tain, an important vantage point. Important Capture--The capture of Rihlung fort by the Japanese cuts the Port Arthur inner defenses in three sections and gives command of every part of the town. Russian Loan--Russia arranges to borrow $116,500,000 from a group of financiers. Repulse Russians--The Japanese repulse a Russian attack on Hellin- tun. Recalls Commissioner--Czar recalls Admiral Kaznakokff as a member of North sea commission. Serious Charge--A Russian paper accuses the Cramps of Philadelphia of seliing the plans of a cruiser to Japan. Troops 8uffer--$feven hundred men in Kouropatkin's army are reported as perishing from the cold, and the general complaints bitterly because his troops are poorly clothed and sup­ plies are slow in reaching him. DEC. 31, 1904. Women Would End War--Society women in Russia and Japan plan the formation of a league to agitate end­ ing the war. Cruisers Are Recalled--Report is current in St. Petersburg that the cruisers Orel and Izumrud of the Bal­ tic fleet have been ordered to return, which would delay Rojestvensky's Pa­ cific squadron. Abandon Hope--The garrison of Port Arthur has given up hope of re­ lief and is determined to die fighting, according to a letter, written by a member of the Sevastopol's crew, which has fallen into Japanese hands. Abandon New Town--The Russian forces have been withdrawn from the new town of Port Arthur. The Japa­ nese commanders have not occupied Plumbers' Trust Is 8topped. Indianapolis, Ind., dispatch: Judge Carter, in the superior court here, granted a restraining order against the further operation of what is called a plumbers' trust, composed of the plumbers' supply houses of this city. Army Officer Commits Suicide. Chattanooga, Tenn., dispatch: The body of Capt. Howard W. French, con­ structing quartermaster at the new army post here, was found with a bul­ let hole through the heart. He is sup­ posed to have committed suicide. Loses Mail Privileges. Scran ton, Pa., dispatch: The post­ master general has signed a fraud or­ der against the Wyoming Silver com­ pany of Scranton, charged with send­ ing worthless tableware advertised as "magnificent." the place, fearing it has been mined. Tokio Is En Fete--All Tokio turned out to greet AdMiral Togo and Vice Admiral Kamimura. The city was brilliantly lighted and "banzais" filled the air. DEAD WITH HOLE TM HI8 "NECK Body of Young Farmer Found Beside RaliRpad With Peculiar Wound. Linton, Ind., dispatch: At daylight Wednesday morning the body of Com­ modore Inman, a young farmer near this city, was found beside the high­ way at a railroad crossing near his home. A small hole in the neck, punc­ turing the jugular vein, had caused death. When found the body was in a kneelltrg posture, one hand clasped to the wound, presumably in a des­ perate effort to stanch the flow of blood. It is supposed that Inman, who was returning home from town af6ot, "had stopped near the crossing as a train loaded with iron and T-ralls was passing and that one of these rails projected far enough to strike him in the neck. There Were no other con­ tusions upon the body. He had evi­ dently crawled to the place where he was found and bled to death. The de­ ceased was 27 years old, married and the father of three children. He was a cousin of Senator Eph Inman of Daviess and Martin counties. FLAMES CAUSE $100,000 L088 Business Houses in Estherville, Iowa, Are Totally Destroyed. Estherville, Iowa, special: Fire de­ stroyed the Coon block and several other buildings adjoining, also owned by H. C. Coon, inflicting a loss esti­ mated at $100,000, which is partly covered by insurance. The fire is sup­ posed to have started in the Coon block, a three-story building, from the furnace. The first floor of the Coon block was occupied by the Bank of Esther­ ville, F. M. Shadle & Sons, dry goods and shoes; Robinson Brothers, gro­ cery store. The second and third floors by offices and lodges and the base­ ment by the Vindicator-Republican Publishing company. The adjoining stores were occupied by the Bemis bakery, W, H. Hodges, agricultural implements; Bemis Brothers, plumb­ ers, and Riggs' tailor shop. The bank's loss was probably the lightest. The contents of stores and publishing company's plant were totally de­ stroyed. GLASSWORKER8 ARE PUNI8HED El wood, Ind., Strikers are Sentenced for Violating Injunction. Indianapolis, Ind., dispatch: For contempt of the federal court three of the striking employes of the McBeth- Evans Glass Company of Elwood were sentenced to jail from ten to thirty days by Judge A. B. Anderson, and eight others were sentenced to pay 'fines ranging from $5 to $25. They had been found guilty of violat­ ing an injunction issued by Judge An­ derson Oct. 8 restraining them from acts of intimidation or violence to­ ward the men that, have been hired to take their places at the McBeth- Evans company's plant. | Gets Isthmian Contract* San Francisco, Cal., dispatch* J.J. Sfobre & Co. have been given the con­ tract for 3,207,000 feet of lumber by the Isthmian Canal, commission. The :«r!ee i» $61,181.48. J . - • • • v - f ' " • Depew to Retain To^a. New York dispatch: Senator Chauncey M. Depew said that he had won in his campaign for re-election to the United States senate. He made the announcement after a con­ ference, by appointment, with Gov. Odell,^Speaker of the Assembly Nixon, and State Senators' Elsberg and Maltby. Consecrates Bishop. Leavenworth, Kan., dispatch: Arch­ bishop Glennon consecrated Fathei Thomas Liilis a bishop of the Catholiu diocese of Leavenworth. Archbishop Messmer, Bishop Burke, Bishop Ho- gan and Bishop Meirschaus assisted. Three-Eye League to Meet. Bloomington, 111., dispatch: The call has been issued by President Holland of the Three-Eye league for the annu­ al meeting of the league to take action upon the Rockford suit and »<hyt « schedule fpr the season of 1905. Will Replace State Bank. > Coffeen, 111., dispatch: Application has been made at Washington for a charter to establish a national bank here to be known as the First Na­ tional, which is to succeed the Ameri­ can Exchange bank. ^ Empress Says "Thanks." St Petersburg cablegram: Tim em­ press of Russia has conveyed her per­ sonal thanks to Countess Cassiril for $9,665 subscribed through her for th? Russian Red Cross. Attorney General Moody Take Action Against Dlstribut- !§§fg|! inc Compan^"^"^ e^j DECLARES IT HAMPERS TRADE? Controls Prices of Products and Regu*j.-.|^ lates Shipments in the Territory in Which It Operates--Say Combine Illegal. • •• 1 £ ' St. Paul dispatch: Attorney General "s' Moody, for the United States, through District Attorney Haupt. and Frank B. Kellogg and James Mi Beck, special a s s i s t a n t a t t o r n e y g e n e r a l , h a s f i l e d a n ^ p e t i t i o n i n t h e U n i t e d S t a t e s d i s t r i c t / » court in which he makes the General- V Paper company as principal defendant x* and twenty-five other paper and pulpNs.?^ companies party defendants in. a suit to enjoin and restrain them from do-- ing business through the General Pa- ^ per company, as the sales agent, In y , violation of the provisions of an act of v congress approved July 2, 1890, en- > titled "An act to protect trade and commerce against unlawful restraints ^ and monopolies." Alleges Illegal Combine. The petition alleges that the defend- " ants entered into an agreement to combine and control the sale of the product of the different companies through th% General Paper company, in that the General Paper company regulated prices, sales and shipment and territory for the sale of the same, and after deducting operating ex­ penses of the General Paper company divided the surplus among the mem­ bers of the corporation. The petition alleges that in conse­ quence of the combination all compe­ titionin .the manufacture, sale and distribution of paper has been restrict­ ed and the price of all pamper products greatly Increased, particularly that of news print paper, which has been in­ creased about 50 per cent. It further states that no dealers or newspapers or other consumers in the territory west of the Mississippi, with the ex­ ception of certain newspaper publish­ ers in St. Louis and Chicago, can pur­ chase any paper except directly through the General Paper company, and then only upon terms dictated by the latter. The court is asked to declare the al­ leged combination unlawful and that the defendants be perpetually enjoined from doing any act in pursuance of the same. The court Is also asked to direct the defendants to come into court and an­ swer such questions relating to the al­ legations of the petition as may be nec­ essary. MOpDY EXPLAINS ACTION. Washington dispatch: Attorney General Moody gave out the following official statement regarding the suit instituted at St. Paul by the federal government against the paper manu­ facturing companies: "On the complaint of many news­ paper publishers last spring that a combination In restraint of commerce existed among manufacturers of pa­ per to control the distribution and sale of their products among the states>of the Union, the department of justice began an investigation of that subject, and to further aid the depart­ ment in that respect the attorney gen­ eral appointed Frank B. Kellog of St. Paul, Minn., bar, and James M. Beck of the New York bar as special attor­ neys to collect the evidence a report thereon. lv 8upport for Complaint. _ "These gentlemen, after an exhaust­ ive examination of the matter sim­ ultaneously with that conducted by the department of justice, have re­ ported to the attorney general that in their opinion the facts ascertained support the complaint and justify In the public Interests the filing of a pe­ tition to enjoin the operations of the General Paper company, a corporation of Wisconsin, which is the instrumen­ tality through which the alleged com­ bination to control the prices and dis­ tribution of those products in the Western states is conducted. In this opinion the department of justice con­ curs. "The attorney general directed that a petition be filed against the General Paper company and the twenty-four paper manufacturing companies locat­ ed in the states of Minnesota, Wiscon­ sin and Michigan, which it represents, to have such combination declared to be an unlawful restraint upon inter­ state commerce and a monopoly. "The petition will be filed in the United States circuit court for the dis­ trict of Minnesota as soon as the nec­ essary papers can be prepared." Rate Gets $35,500 on Big Estate. West Chester, Pa., dlBpatch: Regis­ trar of Wills David G. Byerly has re­ ceived $35,600 as state tax on - the estate of Benjamin M. Everhart, the noted botanist and philanthropist. Charges Mutiny to Sailors. Odessa cable: A dispatch from Simpheropal says that the command­ er-in-chief of the Russian Black Sea fleet has ordered eighty-five sailors to be court-martialed. The joharge against them is mutiny. - Lutheran Pastor Dies. Columbus, Ohio, dispatch: Rer. & G. Tressel, one of the best known. Lutheran clergymen in Ohio and pas­ tor of Grace church, Columbus, died at Grant hospital from paralyse, w Ambassador's Relative Is Kftleil % ^ Berlin cable: Anton von Holle- ben, a relative of the ex-ambassador to America, has lost his life through an injury received in fencing practice. He was a student of the Vw]lr.TV,/>fV high school at Lantzig. President's Guide Gets Job. Denver, Col., dispatch: Jack QoW, who guided President Roosevelt on his lion hunt, * is to -be employed by the government to rid Yellowstone Park rt wildcats and lions* Ai mailto:1.75@6.26 mailto:1.75@6.75 mailto:2.00@5.50 mailto:4.00@4.60 mailto:3.85@4.T0 mailto:4.25@4.70 mailto:5.1U@5.25 mailto:4.85@4.95 mailto:3.00@4.90 mailto:3.25@6.40 mailto:2.75@6.40 mailto:3.75@6.71 mailto:3.00@6.75 mailto:2.75@6.90 mailto:3.25@6.50 mailto:2.00@5.25 mailto:2.00@6.50