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<«#* <\ i» . •"* ,-feV •-, ^ Kif^pipP3®f? 3t,f«r-i' j, * ' * % ^ " -•:,., ^"•V «, H I D D E N F l C T U R E , LATEST CASH MARKET REPORT*. . . . .*. r - .*.*< <•*<* . -• • „ •• * THE MCHENRY PUINOEALEA McHENRY PLAINDRALER CO. HMmNRT, ILLINOIS; TOLD N-- Chicago Produce. Butter--Creamery, extra, 21c:; print*, 2Sc: firsts. 18(920c; seconds, 16#l?c; rend' vated. lS®19c; dairies, - Cooleys, 19c; firsts, ISOi ladles, nominal, packing stock, 15o. E(?rs--Fresh tftock at mark, new cases included. lii^c; firsts, 1514@16c; prime firsts, packed In white wood cases ]6'<>o; extra (high-grade), packed for city trade. ISc, Cheese--Full cream, daisies, Jlip'll'/ie: twins, lie; Young Americas, liC'll^o; long horns. ll^llVjo: Swiss, block. llVt (ftKV: drum, 12c; I.imburger, choice. 10© 10l*>c: off grades, 8@9c; brick, 10@10>4c; off Srrades. S@9c. 1 Fish--Black bass. 14c lb; carp and buffalo. L'c; pike. 7c: pickerel. 5c; perch, 4c; bullheads, skinned, 5@6c; sunfish, L*uW Eight persons were killed by light- aing and ten were* injured .in various places in Silesia. King Victor Emmanuel received James Stokes of New York, vice pres­ ident of the Young Men's Christian association, in private audience. The new commercial treaty between Great Britain and Nicaragua, which was signed April "6, at Managua, will shortly be submitted to,parliament for approval, Mme. Du Gast,. who attempted to navigate her auto-boat Camilla In the race from Algiers to Toulon,-has sent $2,000 to the sailor Who jumped into the sea from the French cruiser Kle- ber to rescue her'during the storm which scattered the racing boats. Dispatches from Puerto De Santa Maria, on the bay of Cadiz, ann-.ou.nee, that experiments made there with an invention of Senor Balsora, an em­ ploye of the telegraph department, for directing torpedpes at sea by means of Hertzian waves, have proved high­ ly successful. The first-class English- 'battleship Africa, of 16,350 tons, was launched at Chatham dock yard. She is of the King Edward VII type. The Africa when completed will have cost $7,500,- 000. The new armored cruiser Coch­ rane, of 13,550 tons' displacement and of the Duke of Edinburgh type, was launched at Glasgow. _ Frank C. Brooks stepped into a hair store at Fort Wayne, Ind., to get a wig and dffered a $100 check on tfyg Grand Rapids Traction company in payment. He was arrested as a forger. Gov. Johnson of Minnesota h*as fixed- Aug. 15 as hanging day for C. D. Craw­ ford, convicted on April 18 at Elk' River, Minn,, on the charge of mur­ dering Heine Lundeen. The crime was committed in November last Miss Margaret Bradley, 50 years old, who lived alone in a small house, was found dead at Franklinville, N. J., un­ der suspicious- circumstances. The woman is supposed to have had con­ siderable money in her possession, but no money was found about the house. Francis B. Keene of Milwaukee, United States consul to Milan, Italy, has been transferred to Geneva, Switz­ erland, the change to take effect on June 1. It is said the transfer is in the nature of'a promotion. Former Senator L. E. McCo- mas of Maryland is to be appointed by the President as judge of the Dis­ trict of Columbia court of appeals to succeed Martin F. Morris, who hasv Indicated his intention of resigning. Dr. William Osier, recently profes­ sor of medicine at Johns Hopkins uni­ versity, and who goes to Oxford uni­ versity, England, to accept a profes­ sorship, sailed from New York on the steamer Cedric for Liverpool, In a fight at Mannington, Ky., Roy Blanks shot and killed Lsaac Dunning. Blanks surrendered. Robbers secured between $40 and $50 worth of government property by their raid on Brinkman's store and postoffice at Afton, Wis. Garrett Mann, Jr., aged 24, was crushed to death in a collision of loaded coal cars in the mine of the Latham Coal company at Lincoln, 111. (The Rockford and Interurban Rail­ way company of Rockford, 111., an­ nounced an increase of 1 cent" per hour in the wages of conductors and motormen, to take efTect June 1. At Porter, Ind., at the Chicaget Hy­ draulic Brick company's yards, Theo­ dore Anderson, agedv 28 years,, the manager, fell off a ladder into a drive wheel and was crusbe4»\> death. The convention of tile Structural Building Trades Allance closed at Buffalo. James Kirby of Chicago was elected president; A. G. Bainbridge of Minneapolis and Herman Lillien and James Hannahan of Chicago, vice presidents; William H. Spencer of - Dayton, Ohio, secretary-treasurer. E. Portela, who succeeds Senor Me- roti as minister of the Argentine Re­ public to the United States has ar­ rived in Washington. 4 f The actual work of construction of the McKinley monument, for which the people of the nation have given $500,000, will be begun at Canton, Ohio, within two weeks, i Secret service men arrested three women and a man, who are charged with counterfeiting silver coins in Philadelphia. The new sawmill of Moore & Gallo- way^at Fond du Lac, Wis., burned, en­ tailing a loss of $40,000. Joseph Eitte, an employe, was burned to death. W. J. Bryan, in the next issue of the Commoner, will appeal for dona­ tions with which to establish scholar­ ships for Illinois college, of which he Is chairman of the board of trustees. Dr. Henry E. Whitford of Chicago was elected president of the Illinois Electric Doctors' association at Pe­ oria. William J. Bryan was a visitor at ^Culver, lad., Military academy and addressed the cadets at their morn­ ing chapel ex^cises. Rev. James Eason, Litchfield, "111., has accepted a call frorn the Gran­ ville. Ohio, Methodist church, and Rev, "ji. H. Lathrop of Greenville has ac­ cepted a call from*,the Litchfield church. The exchange of pulpits will take place in July. _ The home of A, L. Comstock, three solles east of Waynesvillft^Ohio, was •burned and Mfs. Com stock? and her 8-year old child perished in the flames. Dr. Frank Billings o f Chicago has been elected president of the Associa­ tion of American Physicians, in ses­ sion in Washington. The National Piano, Manufacturers' association, in session at Atlantic City, elected H. Paul Mehlin of New The Capitol City oil mill at Baton Rouge, La., was destroyed by fire. York president. fjott $160,000, fully insured: poultry--Turkeys, per lb, H^lSc; fowls. 124g?13c; ducks, l2@14c; geese. $4 Si 7 per domen. Berries--Strawberries, II @3 per 2* qts. Potatoes--Oar lots on track: Wisconsin. Minnesota and Michigan Burbanks, good to choice. 20@21c; extra, 23c; rurals. good, 20@21c; fancy. 23c; coarse, large, not well assayed. in<filSc: Kings.' corns mon to faney, 19(g'21c; new potatoes, $2.75®3 per brl. Grain Quotations. " WHEAT. Chicago--Xo. red, $103@1.05. i Minneapolis--No. 1 northern. Puluth--No. 1 northern, $1.05. Toledo--No. 2 red. $1.01. 1 " New York--No. 2 red. 99S&c@,$1.00H. St. Louis--No. 2 red. 97lic@J1.07. Kansas City'--J1.00@1.04. Milwaukee--No. 1 northern, $1.1201.13. v r<AT>X* * n«W 4* CORN Chicagor-No. 2. 54*4 @54 He. Liverpool--American mixed, «Hd. New York--No. 2, 57c. St. Louis--No. 2; 51 He. - Kansas Citv--No. 2 mixed". 49©'4d\fcC. Milwaukee--No. 3. 52^ @'53ftc. OATS. }"' •'. • \ Chicago--Standard, 32o. . * • ' , New York--Mixed, St. Louis--No. 2, :30Hc. «•' -V Kansas City--No. 2 mixed. 31032C. Milwaukee--Standard. 33@83ftc. Live Stock. CATTLE. Chicago--$150® 6.75. Omaha--$2 @6.10. Kansas City--$2.:>0@6.25. St. Louis--$3,®6.25. St. Joseph--$1.7;>4i6. New York-- $1.7f.0>6.3O. Pittsburg--$2.50® 6.50. HOGS. Chicago--$2.I'i@.:i.40. Omaha--$4 ©5.27 Kansas City--$4.60@6.35. St. Louis--$4.50iff5.46. St. Joseph--J4(§~5.30. New York--$5,90@6.»0. Pittsburg--$3<S 5.70. Buffalo-- *3 @5.70. SHEEP AND LAMBS. Chicago--$2.50@5.65. Omaha--$4@ 7.40. Kansas City--$4 @ 7.40. Omaha--$4 <§ 7.50. St. Joseph--$305.25. New York--$4<3'8.50. Pittsburg--$4@11. Buffalo--$3 @6.75. . ARE REJECTED Actfoti of Express Companies at Chicago Causes Re­ newal of Trouble. REFUSE TO TAKE BA#CK DRIVERS Positively} Assert That None of their Old Employes <Will B.e Given Work, Upsetting Plans for Peace After Union Leaders Yield. Great soiils with geaetfons pity melt, Which coward tyrants never felt. For Whom is She Weeping? REV. DR. MOFFAT IS Presbyterian General Assem­ bly Selected Chief Official by Acclamation. QUESTION OF UNION WORRIES Twenty-one students graduated from the Washington academy at Washington, Iowa. The police of Sterling, 111., ordered every slot machine removed by the owners from cigar and other stores. Ras Rasmusen, residing near Thom­ son, 111., committed suicide on account of having an incurable lung disease. Silk thieves, believed to be part of1 an organized gang, looted a depart­ ment store at Sterling, III., of Silks val­ ued at $700. Delegates to the national command- erv;v Naval and Military Order of the Spanish-American War, are in session at Boston. . H. Clsty Grubb, on trial at Salisbury, N. €., charged with the killing of his brother-in-law, O. TJ. Davis, - Oct. .16, 1903, was acquitted. _J0raile, asleep in his burning wagon a rag picker, who gives his name as Barger, was almost suffocated and probably fatally burned in Muskegon, Mich - i Paul Grand D'Hautville of Newport, ft. I., has been appointed secretary of the American legation at the Nether­ lands and Luxemburg. H. Clay Evans, former consul gen­ eral at London, was a passenger on the American line sjteamer St. Paul, which sailed from Southampton for New York. Lieut. Gen. Chaffee, chief of staff, will leave Washington for Alaska about Jufv 1. He will be accompa­ nied by Mrs. Chaffee. Quartermaster General Humphrey also may be of the party. At the convention of the Switch­ men's union of North America in In­ dianapolis, Ind., an effort to bring about the removal of the natldnal headquarters from Buffalo to Omaha met cwith failure. The convention of the Amalgamated Association of Iron, Steel and Tin workers, in session at Detroit, Mich., voted down a proposed amendment providing ®for the adoption of the ref­ erendum system. Scenes of disorder in the collar starchers' strike at Troy, N. Y., were continued when the manufacturers at­ tempted to haul goods to freight of­ fices for shipment. Non-union team-e sters were hauled from their wagons and assaulted and dthers were pelted with stones. Dr. H. Hollander, who was sent to • Santo Domingo as a special commis­ sioner to investigate the fiscal affairs of that government, in an extended interview with the president, said there was no reason why the present Untirely" opposed" Vo ~the"union7 whi"le Plan to Join With the Cumberland Church Likely to Be Postponed, While Short Creed Issue Will Bring Long Debate. P • Winona Lalte, Ind., dispatch: The Rev. Dr. James D. Moffat, president of Washington and Jefferson college, was elected moderator of the Presbyterian general assembly by acclamation, the first moderator, chosen from a small town for fifty years. Justice Harlan of the ynited States supreme court was named as vice moderator. The nominating speeches were made by the Rev. Dr. Robert McKenzie of New Xprk, Dr. John H. Converse of Phila­ delphia and the Rev. Dr. John F. Hendy of St. Joseph, Mo. After Dr. Moffat's inaugural address the -usual routine business, incident to opening the assembly, was trans­ acted. The assen^tSTy was formally constituted in the presence of a con­ gregation of more than 3,000, -includ­ ing the full enrollment of 650 commis­ sioners, the largest in the history of the church. The Rev. Dr. J. Addison Henry, retiring moderator, preached thS^pening sermon, a plain discourse on "Go to Wo$k To-day in My Vine­ yard," and was assisted in the serv­ ices by twelve men, the largest num­ ber ever on the platform for such an occasion and including three ex-mod-' erators. In the list of commissioners are several millinaire laymen, Henry W. Jessup and Alexander Ketchum of New York, John H. Baldwin of Phila­ delphia, Louis H. Severance of Cleve­ land, T. B. C. Burpee of Philadelphia, Charles L. Dubois of Washington City, and others. Debate on Creed. Preliminary vigorous discussion is in progress on the perplexing ques­ tions to come before the assembly up­ on which there is great difference of opinion. A presbyterial proposition to adopt the "short creed statement," the outcome of the creed revision movement, ih place of the bid-time Westminster standards, has enough friends to insure a'hot debate, but the demand will be yoted down by an im­ mense majority. The question of overshadowing im­ portance, discussed constantly in the assembly groups, is that of the pro­ posed union with the Cumberland Presbyterian church. It is generally conceded that the union will be practically postponed for at least two years. The majority Of the elders and communicants of the Cumberland Presbyterian church are status *(phould not continue uninter­ ruptedly until a more definite arrange­ ment could be effected. Oris Foster, aged 12 years, had bpth hands torn off in a roller at the Vin- cennes, Ind., paper mill. A. S. A>res, better known as "Patsy" Ayres, reputed to be one of the fastest sending telegraph operat­ ors in the profession, died in Cincin­ nati. Earl C. Bellinger, aged 19, a stu­ dent at Ohio State university* was found dead In his room. The Chadwick homestead in Cleve­ land, Ohio, was disposed of at public sale, the highest bid being $35,000, made on behalf of the Savings Deposit Bank and Trust compiany of Elyria Ohio, the bolder of a mortgage on the property. W. R. Robson of Wabagh,, Ind., of fers to give to every man named Rob- son in th,e United States one lot on Higgins' lake, Michigan Homer Ramsay was caught by ma chinery at the oil pumping power house on Johp Keener's farm near Upland, Ind., and killed. J. Hampton Moore of Philadelphia has resigned as chief of the" bureau of manufactures, department of com merce and labor, in Washington, to accept an appointment as president of a financial institution in Philadel phia, Gov. Deneen will be asked to grant requisitions to take C. R. Dowd, under arrest at Dixon, 1*1., to Sanilas center, Mich. He is charged with taking a large sum of money The sixteenth annual convention ol the Travelers' Protective association assembled in Savannah,- Go. tended to set them off in presbyteries by themselves. Church Boardsjput.of Debt. Nearly all of the boards of the church are out of debt. The board for church erection has just received $30,000 from bequests. It has been agreed to hold- the Pres­ byterian "general assembly of 1906 In the Broad Street church o^Columbus, O., in response to a cordial invitation from Gov. Herrick, a member of that church, who promises to do something handsome for the assembly. As the governor recently gave the Salvation Army of Cleveland $40,000 and is a wealthy man, the assembly has a curiosity to know what he pro­ poses to do for the Presbyterian church. METCALF TO QUIT THE CABINET Tires of Official Life and Yearns for Business Career on Coast. Washington dispatch: Victor, How­ ard Metcalf, secretary of the depart­ ment of commerce and labor, has tired of his official position and is planning to retire so as to engage in business in California. He has not determined upon the time when he w!!J give up his portfolio. He has not found life as the head of an executive dspart- ment as congenial as he expected. There, is neither, glory nor money !n being the heed of a department" th&* deals with as prosy subjects as come under the control of the secretary of commerce and labor. When Mr. Met­ calf left congress to take the vacancy created by the retirem/n\ of George B. Cortelyou he detefmijred that he would not return Wcoffgress, hence his going from tlrecabinet will be followed by his entry into active busi­ ness life. WILL RECEIVE $2,000 PER WEEK Nan Patterson Signs Contract to Go on the Stage in New York. Philadelphia, Pa., dispatch: Nan Patterson has signed a contract to appear on the stage of the Harlem Music Hall, New York, at a salary of $2,000 a week. It is said she arrived here in the afternoon and returned to Washington immediately after the ne­ gotiations had been closed. Miss Patterson, it is understood, was rep­ resented by Attorney Daniel J. O'Reil­ ly. She is to appear in an act at the head of six other chorus girls. The length of " the engagement Is not known. • the majority of the ministers favor it. A warm debate is scheduled over the report of the committee on "forms and ceremonies." The committee will report a ritual for all the services of the church and recommend its adop­ tion, when several addresses will be made in opposition. There are twenty-five negro com­ missioners who are most earnestly opposed to the overture for separate presbyteries, which they think was a weak concession to the demands of the Cumberland Presbyterians and in- 8ILVER IS GIVEN A HARD BLOW Judge's Fingers Are Amptifat^fck Springfield, 111., special:^To secure relief from a cancerbus growth Judge N. W. Branson of Petersburg, a men^ ber of the state board of law exam­ iners, suffered the amputation 6f the second and third fingers of his right hand at the Springfield hospital. The operation was a success. Laborers Are Injured. South Bend, Ind,, dispatch: Seven Italian laborers were injured in a Lake Shore gravel pit. The accident was caused by the parting of a cable, which released a car, the latter plung­ ing upon the pen before they real­ ized their peril. Electricity Fails to Kill. Evansville, Ind., dispatch: Allan Peek, while on top of a telephone pole, touched a wire that had crossed a trolley wire. He received 500 volts of electricity, but was not killed. The -current .passing through his body stopped the street cars. Mexico Forbids Banks to Hold Bars as Basis for Notes. City 6f Mexico dispatch: The gov ernment has forbidden banks to hold silver bars as a basis of ,note isfue, bars being no longer at the option of holders capable of. conversion into pesos. No' new • charters of banks -for note issues will be granted until after December, 1909t This is done to enhance the currency as contem­ plated in the plan of monetary re­ form. Big Contract for Steel. New York dispatch: The Pennsyl­ vania Railroad companjr has awarded a contract for 22,000 tons of structStal steel. The material is to be used in the construction of the Pennsylvania railroad terminal in New York. Death of Magazine Editor. Philadelphia, Pa., dispatch: Dr. Frederick W. Spears, editor of Book- lovers' Magazine, is dead at his home in Lansdowne, a suburb of Philadel­ phia, after & short illness. .Girls Start Riot. £ Chillicothe, Mo., special: The girls of the industrial home initiated the new superintendent, Mrs. Emma Mackey, with a small-sized riot. LIGHTNING HITS WORSHIPERS Eighteen Members of Congregation Injured During Storm. Richmond, Va., dispatch: While Rev. W. F. Dunaway of Ashland was exhorting his hearers in Cool Spring church at Lee, Va., to take Christ as their refuge in times of storm, light­ ning struck the building and injured eighteen persons, several of them se­ riously, besides splintering a part of the floor, tearing a hole through one of the pews gnd causing a panic among the congregation. Theatrical Managers ICemblne. New York special: Fifteen theater managers of stock companies in cities between r vidence, R. I., and Chica­ go have formed an organization which will be known as the Asspptation of Theatrical 'Stock Manager**. Chicago, May 22.--The teamsters' strike is scheduled to take a warlike turn. In its reinvigorated state it threatens to be a larger and more bitter struggle than it was before the employers' peace terms were rejected. The first extension of hostilities probably will be in the lumber and allied industries. Unless there is a sudden weakening of employers or mpn nothing apparently can prevent a spread of the strike, which is likely ultimately to tie up aimost the entire building industry of Chicago. The lumbermen declare they will carry but their announced Intention to make deliveries. If they do, the drivers say they will strike. . The expected strike of lumber teamsters is likely to involve the closely allied unions of the sand, lime and cement drivers and the brick, tile and terra cotta drivers. Of the lum­ ber ffeamsters there are 800, and of the other two unions about 500 each, making a total of 1,800 drivers. It Is not believed probable that all of these men will be forced into a strike sim- ultaneotisly. Only one firm will be affected at a time, but the others, like a string of firecrackers, will follow. Conditions^Are Serious. What will have to be done to pre­ serve law and order is the one thing that worries Mayor Dunne. Whether It would be .necessary to call out the state militia was the subject of two conferences. That he would do It if necessary the mayor Indicated bluntly when he said: "The law will be preserved and dis­ order stopped." • The mayor added that he did not think the strike would spread extens­ ively to-day, though it might later. The Employers' association says it Is prepared to furnish men to fill va­ cancies that may be caused by strikes. Frank Curry, the strike breaker, who had been ordered on Saturday to cease recruiting men in Kansas City, was notified by telegraph to hire all the men he can and send thejn to Chi­ cago. He is offering the men $3.50 a day, with board and protection from violence. Only white men are to be sent. Federation to RaiseY Funds. At the meeting of the Chicago Fed­ eration of Labor Sunday a committee of twenty-five was appointed to solicit financial aid for the teamsters from the unions of the city. Gratitude was expressed for the contributions pre­ viously received. What probably will be productive of more results was a resolution, which was adopted, indorsing the school strikes. The board of education, the juvenile court and the1 press of the city were condemned for their efforts to suppress the outbreaks of the pu­ pils, and assistance was promised children and parents prosecuted. Two general agents declared the ex­ press companies were firm in their determination not to re-employ strik­ ers. The union leaders, at a meeting, guardedly intimated that the corpor­ ations- were weakening. This was based on a ^mysterious conference with a company "employe." "The thing 1 am concerned In Is the chances of its spreading. I have asked thie gentlemen with whom I have been talking as to their informa­ tion on that point. They have prom­ ised to report to me later. Until I get further knowledge of the situation I.cannot say what I will do." Troops Only as Last Resort. Asked for his reason for seeking further information, the mayor said: "It Is simply a question of the pres­ ervation of the peace. It Is a ques­ tion whether, if the strike increases, the present police protection is suffi­ cient. I want; however, to be fully acquainted with all conditions .at as early a moment as possible." As to whether he thought the time had come to call on the governor for aid the mayor would not say. He in­ timated he could not then determine what the morrow would bring forth, but said that if conditions grew worse he would exhaust every recourse In maintaining the pace. Sheriff Barrett had little to say about his ability to help out the city polled force in case the strike spreads. "I am putting special deputies on all the time," he remarked, "and prob­ ably will keep putting them on." As to whether he had .advised the calling out of the militia he would not say. Mayor and 8heriff Confer. Mayor Dunne was a badly .disap­ p o i n t e d m a n . H e h a d . e o n e o u t t n Italian Rivers Overflow. Rome cablegram: Most of the rivers In northern and central Italy are over­ flowing: The Po has inundated the town of Moncalieri, a short distance from Turin, and the inhabitants have abandoned the lower part of the place. fTheatcxi on Saturday to spend the Slight, under the full belief that the strike was settled. He woke up to find it was not and returned to the city Sunday afternoon and at once called people into his office. . What the mayor wanted to know of the labor representatives was whether the strike was likely to assume larger proportions than it had. What he asked of his police officers was whether if it did they could handle the situation. Personally he did not pear to think they could. Sheriff Barrett was questioned as to how. far he could help as a peace ofll- cer. The idea in the mayor's mind appeared to be as to the possibilities of preserving., order without calling for troops. At the conference in the mayor's office there weire originally, besides ttffe mayor, Sheriff Barrett, Controller McGann, and Assistant Chief of Po­ lice Schuettler. Chief O'Neill had been sent for but be could not be reached at once. So had Corporation Counsel Tolman, but he was out of th# city. Gompers Sent For. The mayor asked the sheriff what extra force of efficient men he could put on* The reply was 200 tnore depu­ ties at once. Then the mayor said he would like to see Samuel Gompers, aad Sheriff Barrett sent Deputy Sher­ iff Daly put to find him. He returned with Mr. Gompers and President |?er- kins of the cigarmakers' union. To the labor leaders the mayor said lie would not permit the strike to spread if he could avoid it, and asked for their information as to the proba­ ble outcome. He also asked they do everything they could to prevent it. They agreed and went out on their mission. Sheriff Barrett went with them. It was then after 6 p. m. and the mayor went to supper. He also had an engagement to welcome the Norse singers. Before he left the mayor had this to say about the situation: "When I went to Wheaton Saturday evening I supposed the strike wa£ ended. I had been assured on all hands it was lost. Now I find it has not." ^ Express Drivers Meet. The express drivers met in Bricklay­ ers' hall after the Federation of Labor had vacated the place. The meeting was delayed two hours because of the absence of Business Agent James Bar­ ry and President Bernard Mulligan. It was reported they were in conference with the agent of the express com­ panies and they would have terms of settlement to offer to the union upon their return. While waiting the men held a vaudeville show. Their cheers and laughter could be heard for blocks. They had not the bearing of men who had been assured that they would never get back their positions no matter how long they stayed out or how many were affected. James L. Calhoun, general agent for the Adams Express Company, posi­ tively denied that any meeting be­ tween the express drivers and their former employers had taken place 6r was planned. "There is no truth in the rumor that we are weakening in our stand," said Mr. Calhoun. "These men understood before they went out what they would get. As far as the Adams company is concerned, I will say finally that we will not take back one of those men. We now have all the men we want. The public need not expect that we will change our front. We are not playing fast and loose with these men, and the>re has been no attempt to find out how they stand on the part of any of our employes that I know of." "There has been no conference," Said George C. Taylor, general agent for the American Express Company. "I do not see the necessity for any. There is no chance of the men getting back to work, Why should we discuss this with them? Their places already are filled, and filled permanently. No change need be anticipated in our at­ titude." • • Calumflr-T BISHOP SPALDING IS STILL ILL Returns to Peoria, but Is Placed in Care of Hospital. Peoria, 111., dispatch: Bishop John L. Spalding returned. Thursday from Hot Springs, where he has been for the past month for his health, follow­ ing an attack of paralysis. While slightly improved, the bishop's condi­ tion iff yet unsatisfactory, and he was taken to St. Francis hospital, where he will continue treatment. He is able to walk a short distance with help, but is very feeble. He has no use whatever of his left arm, which he carries in a sling. William Doyle, a physical culture teacher returned with the bishop and will remain with him. He has been working with the physicians, and to him more than to the doctors Bishop Spalding attributes his Improvement. . Indiana Men Organize. New =3fork dispatch: The Indiana society of New York, recently incor- corporated, has held its first regular meeting, at which it was decided to bold the first big dinner next fall. Big Prifce for Old Vase. London cable: Christie's Tjegan a nine days' sale of the famous Louis Huth art collection. A superb, Nan­ kin vase, ten inches high acfd painted with flowers, realized $29,500. Heroine Is Dead. " Bunge, Texas, dispatch: Miss Lily Newman, who became prominent through bravery displayed in nursing supposed yellow fever patients at the Bennett ranch, contracting the dls- berself, is dead. Ambush Their Victim. Yoakum, Texas, dispatch: E. S. Ma­ son, a prominent business man, tu shot to death by M. A. and P. A. New- £»n, who concealed themsslves In a the Lane hotel. Boy Ends His Life. Milwaukee, Wis., special: Charles Abram, aged 14 years, committed sui­ cide by taking carbolic acid. The youthful suicide was to have graduat­ ed as the valedictorian of his class next month and it is thought his act was due to results following close ap­ plication to study. Breaks Wireless Record. San Francisco special: The Pacific coast record for long-distance wireless telegraphing has been broken, it is asserted, by a wireless message re­ ceived from 315 miles out at sea from the government transport Solace. Prisoner Surrenders. Sioux Falls, S. D., special: For the first time in the history of the penir tentiary, an escaped prisoner, in the person of Furbie Howard, voluntarily returned and surrendered himself. , v John Mitchell Loses Child. Indianapolis, Ind., dispatch: Marie, the 6-year-old daughter of John Mitch­ ell, president of the United Mine- workers, died at Spring Vallef, 111., of pneumonia. Mr. Mitchell left at once for home. " Goes to Stanford University. New York dispatch: Austin Flint Rogers, a member of the faculty of the Columbia university, has been ap> pointed assistant professor of mineral* ogjf at Stanford university. m m m.- * 4'. •/ Powder Health- Economy WASTE BY FOREST FIRES. Average Annual Destruction ArtiountS to an Enormous Sum. The average destruction by forest fires in this country is estimated at $25,000,000 or more annually. It Is impossible to prevent all this waste- in some respects the worst that fir« can Caiise, because it takes years to replace it--just as it is imposible to establish conditions whereby all otb» er forms of property shail be protect­ ed against this agent of destruction, but it undoubtedly is possible to en« ^force a policy or policies to very ap­ preciably reduce the danger and the loss if once the public is brought to realize the gravity of the situation. In Germany and France these experi­ ences are . guarded agaip^t in large measure, because the governments have strict forestry laws, anlj the for­ ests are well policed anjd vigilantly cared for. Here the general govern­ ment can do little except on its own preserves and the work of protection must be left to the sta,tes, which as yet do not seem to have risen to a sense of their responsibilities.--Bob* ton Transcript. , Back at Work Again. Buffalo, N. Y., May 22nd.--(Spe­ cial)--Crippled by Kidney Disease till he could not Stand on his feet for the hours required at his trade, F. R. McLean, 90 East Ferry St., this city, had to quit work entirely. Now he's back at work again and he does not hesitate to give the credit to Dodd's Kidney Pills. "Yes," Mr. McLean says "I was too bad, I had to quit. I could not stand on my feet for the necessary hours. It was Kidney Disease I had, and a friend advised me to try Dodd's Kid­ ney Pills. I did so and after using six boxes am completely cured and em working as steadily as before I was sick. I recommend Dodd's Pills, to any one afflicted with Kidney trou­ ble:" There is no form of Kidney Disease. Dodd's Kidney Pills will - not cure. They always cure Brlght's Disease, the most most advanced ^nd deadly stage of Kidney Disease. Robbed by Kind Stranger. Madame Langle, a widow, residing in the rue de Vanves, in" Paris, found on returning to her home the other afternoon that she had lost her keys. She was mentioning her predicament to the concierge when a well-dressed man entered the porter's room and listened to the lady's story of her .loss. He volunteered to ascend a ladder in order to affect an entrance and to opein the door with another key left in the rooms. His offer was grate­ fully accepted, and when he came downstairs and opened the door, the obliging stranger was profusely thanked by the lady, who, however, missed her jewels and some 4,500 francs. She has laid a complaint of theft with the police against the kind stranger. BABY CAME NEAR DYING. From an Awful Skin Humor*-- ---Scratched Till Blood Ran--- Wasted to a Skeleton-- Speedily Cured by Cuticura. • "When three months old my boy broke out with an itching, watery rash all over his body, and he would scratch till the blood ran. We tried nearly everything, but he grew worse, wasting to a skeleton, and we feared he .would die. He slept only when in our arms. The first application of Cuticura soothed him so that he slept in his cradle for the first time in many weeks. One set of Cuticura made a complete and permanent cure. (Signed) Mrs. M. C. Maitland, Jasper, Ontario." - Bit of Real Life. The woman was actually hungry. Despondent she sat in her cheerless garret while two little children clung to her skirts and clamored for food. Suddenly there came a knock upon the door. Succor had perhaps arrived. A sweet-faced lady stpod upon the threshold. "My poor woman," compassionately cried she, "do you want work?" ,n> "Yes, mum." . "Well, I can give you nice easy work at good wages. I need a house­ maid. Do you wish the place?" "Well, I don't know, mum. How many evenin's off a week, do you give?"--Houston Chronicle, Every housekeeper should know that if they will buy Defiance Cold Water Starch for laundry use the* will save not only time, because it never sticks to the iron, but because each package contains 16 oz.--one full -pound--while all other Cold Water Starches are put up in %-pound pack­ ages, and the price is the same, 10 cents. Then again because Defiance Starch Is free from all injurious chem­ icals. If your grocer tries to sell you a 12-oz. package it Is because he has a stock on hand which he wishes to dispose of before he puts in Defiance. He knows that Defiance Starch has printed on every package in large let­ ters and figures "16 ozs." Demand De­ fiance and save much time and money and the annoyance of- the iron stids ing. Defiance never sticks. Sounds Irish. Petty Fogger, Esq.--^Ton wish to sue this man for breach of-contract? Let's see a copy of the contract. Hiram Ezey--Well, they want nothin* but a verbal contrack. P. Foger--A verbal contract? Wfcaili that good for anyhow? My dear sir, » verbal contract isn't worth the pa» per It's written on! 1 • V mailto:103@1.05 mailto:J1.00@1.04 mailto:0@6.25 mailto:4.60@6.35 mailto:2.50@5.65