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• * . .:M*d rug 7" "** / ?x^w H: *. "Jf;: J i ™v " " t f 7 f y ~ > ' : 'V-^ >?•», ""; .V; ":*)* ^ ̂ v'. "O, .* V ~;V *• , . ->$. Wf< fr * TSf MCHENRY PUilDEALER McHENEY PLAINBEALER CO. LATEST CASH MARKET REPORTS TOLD IN m |v- * kr*- £&•" • Jv Dr. L. S. Byers of Sellersburg, Iqd., whose son is supposed .to have been kidnaped by a band of gypsies in May, 1904, has found a boy who greatly resembles his son in Paducah Ky. San Francisco plans & world's fair for 1913 to celebrate the opening of the Panama Canal and show the re­ sources of the state and the power oI the city as a commercial center. Authorities of New Haven, Conn., make little headway in the effort to ^solve the mystery of the murder of Charles A. Edwards, the coroner get­ ting no testimony of value at the in­ quest. / George W. Gordon, a wealthy resi­ dent of Jefferson City, J$o., has been indicted on the charge of killing his wife in January, 1904. Her death at the time was supposed to have been ' due to an accident. President Roosevelt has accepted an ^ «invitation to attend the annual dinner ' of the Gridiron club which will be given at Washington on Saturday night, Jan. 27. Representative Bourke Cockran of New York, who has been in Santa Barbara, Cal., has greatly improved in • health and expects to return to Wash­ ington Jan. 15. It was announced in Brunswick, Me., that William J. Bryan had giv- / en a prize to Bowdoin college for the beBt essay discussing the principles of free government. It is called the Philo Sherman Bennett prize. Ruth Wheaton, the third victim of the Styer Wheaton quadruple shoot- * Ing at Caledonia, Minn., because of a lover's jealousy, is dead. Pearce Wheaton and Mat "Styer, who did the shooting, died on the day it occurred. The large fly .wheel, weighing eighteen tens, of the Corliss engine and power house of the Morgan Engi­ neering works at Alliance, Ohio, burst, wrecking one end of the build­ ing. Rear Admiral H. Glass retired from active service on the 7th in­ stant. He will be continued indefi- ; nitely In his duties as commandant of the Pacific naval district, witn headquarters at San Francisco. Representative John Sharp Will- lams, minority leader in the house, has returned to from his home in Mississippi, where he was called by the serious illness of his daughter, who is now much improved. Rev. Dr. Stephen S. Wise, rabbi of Temple Beth Israel of Portland, Ore., • has received a call from Tem- * pie ISmtnanuel of New York, one of the largest Jewish congregations in the United States. • The Ogle county, Illinois, grand jury at Sterling returned indictments against Samuel Elgin, charging him with burning his own creamery, and against Enno Bookholder for the mur­ der of John Anderson. In a rear-end collision between freight trains on the Baltimore and •Ohio railroad near Chester, Pa., Henry A. Mulford of Baltimore, a conductor, was killed. Harry H. Baird of Pataskala, Ohio, was appointed receiver of the New­ ark, O., Water company, the com- patty's difficulties having resulted when the city of Newark built its own water works plant. ' i John Fletcher Moulton, M. P., has been appointed lord justice of appeal for England in place of Justice Mat- hew, who recently resigned. Mra Moulton is a daughter of Major Henry Davis of Syracuse, N. Y. W. Morgan Shuster, collector of cus­ toms for the Philippine archipelago, will accompany William J. Bryan on his visit to the southern islands of the group as the representative of the Filipino civil government and Cali- ciano Apasible, former president of the Filipino junta at Hong-Kong, as the representative of the radical party. Roscoe G. Scott of La Porte, Ind., son of Dr. W. T. Scott, formerly presi­ dent of Franklin college, has accepted the chair of English in Drury college, Springfield, Mo. Captain Sidney Bowers and Fire­ man Frank L. Hines were killed at an incendiary fire in Springfield, Mass, which destroped the Highland Baptist church. Secretary Bonaparte has decided to Attend the ceremonies at Charleston, 8. C., incident to the presentation by ' the residents of that city of a silver % service to the new armored cruiser Charleston. Bight persons were wounded by promiscuous shooting during the first minute of the new year in Philadel­ phia. At a meeting of the local board of the Federation of Women's clubs at St. Paul, Minn., which has in charge the arrangements for the biennial meeting at the General Federation of Women's Clubs in May, It was de­ cided that the sessions would be held in the armory. Arthur Johnson was bit by a limit­ ed train going sixty miles an hour at Sterling, 111., and instantly killed. Stewart Edward White, the well- known author, is confined in a San Francisco sanitarium, suffering from the effects of overwork. Despondent over the desertion of her lover, Miss Hewitt of Warren HI., committed suicide by taking car bollc acid. The cruiser Chicago, flagship of the Pacific squadron, arrived in San Francisco after a cruise to the Ha­ waiian islands. Under the law, having being absent without leave for three months, Lieut Frank L Otis, Fourth cavalry, has been dropped from the army rolls He disappeared on the way from New York to 8«n Francisco last Septem- 1 Chicago Produce. Butter--Extra creamery. MHc; Mints, S.%c; firsts, 20®23e; seconds, 17@19c; reno­ vated. 19@19Vie; dairies, Cooleys, 22c; firsts, ]$3®19c; ladles, 16>4(?j>17c; packing stock, 150 15^^; storage, 2£S?22%e Eggs--Fresh stock at mark, new eases In­ cluded, 18^4@23Vic; cases returned, 18@23c; firsts, 22c; prime firsts, packed In white- wood cases, 25c; packed for city trade, 27c; storage eggs, 18%c. Cheese--Full cream, daisies, 13c; twins, young Americas. 13c: long horns, Swiss, block, 12%@123&c; drum, 13V*c; Lini burger, choice, 10*4® ll%c; off grades, 6@8c; brick, 12©12*4c; 0fT grades, 8@10c. Fish--Black bass, 14c; carp and buffalo, 2c: pike, 7c; pickerel. 4c; perch, 4c; sunflsh, 2f?3c; croppies, Live poultry--Turkeys, per lb, 14c; chick­ ens. fowls, ll^e: roosters, 7c; springs,' ll^o per lb; ducks. 11c; geese, $6@>9. Game--Rabbits, 75J®90c per dos; Jacks, gray, $2 per doz; white large, $3 per dos: opossum, 25^400 apiece: bear saddles, 120 J3^c per lb; venison carcasses, H>©18c per lb. Apples--Jonathans, |3.50tf?3.75 per brl: Greenings, >3.75®4.50 per brl; Baldwin, $5.75 @4 per brl: Ben Davis, $2.50(fr3.50 per brl. Green vegetables--Beets, 60p75c per sack; carrots, home-grown, 65@75c per sack; cab­ bage, $1.35@1.8G per brl: celery, 75c@$1.25 per nox; cucumbers. 30c©$].50 per doi: radishes, hothouse, 25iSf50c per doss; spinach, 7r>@Kio per tub; tomatoes, $2.50@3 per case;, lettuce, head, 50c(ff?5 per brl; leaf, 30@40c per case; potatoes, car lots on track, 55® tifie per bu: turnips, 75c per sack; string beans, 75c@$2.50 per hamper; cauliflower, $2®f3.25 per crate; onions, 40@50c per bu; kohlrabi, $1.25@2.&0 per 100 bunches; mush­ rooms. 20«860e per lb: squash. $1@1.25 per doz; watercress, 20c per doz: sweet potatoes, Illinois, $1(®3: horseradish, C3@75c pep bunch; eggplant, $2®2.50 per crate. Broomcorn--Market firm; self-working, common to choice, $50@85 per ton: hurl, common to choice, $50@!K> per ton; dwarf, 960 ,®70 per,ton. , * v\4 : IJlraln Quotations. • ' '. ' • WHEAT. Chicago--No. 2 red. S9@90c. ' New York--No. 2 red. 92Vie. . Minneapolis--No. 1' northern, 8*0. St. Louis--No. 2 red, 94@94Hc; Duluth--No. 1 northern. 83%c. Kansas City--No. 2 hard, 80%e. Milwaukee--No. 1 northern, 86%e. ' Toledo--No. 2 red. 88%c. CORN. Chicago--No. 2, 42c. ' Liverpool--American mixed. It <%d. New Yerk--No. 2. 53%c. Peoria--No. 3, 41Vtc. St. Louis--No. 2, 43c. * Kansas City--No. 2 mixed, (It. Milwaukee--No. 3, 42>4c. OATS. Chicago--Standard. 32^4@32%e. St. Louis--No. 2, 3194c. New York--Mixed, 37%e. Kansas City--No. 2 mixed, 30%e. Milwaukee--Standard, 32%c. Live Stock. CATTL®. Chicago--11.5006.25. Omaha--$1.75@5.50. Kansas City--$206. St. Louis--|2.105f6. St. Joseph--11.7505. New York--$1.50@6.2fc' HOGS. Chicago--$4.S0®5.50. Omaha--$4.50@5.25. Kansas City--$4.75@5.I0. St Louis--14 50®5.45. St. Joseph--S4.75firo.30. New York--J5.50@5.fl0. SHEEP AND IjAlIttS. Chicago--$3(??7.90. Omaha--14.75@7.50. Kansas City--$14.50^7.99. St. Louis--*3@7.75. St. Joseph--$4.25(37.35. New York--$5.50@8.90. » t P" ' uinn«r»i puyn c PICTURE. \... • • ....... Berenty-three years aigo tbe Egyptians defeated the Turks at Konletu FIND AN EGYPTIAN. POLITICAL FEUD ISCHDUP Senator Spooner Escorts Col­ league to Vice President to Take Oathi PROFFERS ARM TO U F0LLETTE Together They Walk Down Aisle Leading to Senate Bar and Former Governor Swears to Do His Full Duty in New Office. The first Tennessee congressional district republican committee met at Rogersville Junction and formally de­ clared Congressman W. P. Brownlow the candidate for reelection next No­ vember. Arthur W. Ryder of Harvard, an au­ thority on the Sanskrit language and literature, will act as instructor at the University of California in the de­ partment of dead languages. The steamer Joseph S. Sell wood was launched at Lorain, O., Jan. 6, in the presence of a large number of spec­ tators. The Sellwood is 545 feet long, with fifty feet breadth. x The restraining order against Food Commissioner Ladd of Fargo, N. D., preventing the enforcement of the North Dakota paint law, has been con­ tinued until Feb. 15. United States Judge Amidon has announced that the unconstitutionality of the measure was its leading feature and stated he could not decide that phase of the question without some facts, as the allegations of the attorneys for both sides were too prejudiced. The Bennett ft Morgan rectifying plant at Marion, N. C., the largest in the state if not in the south, was burned at a loss of from $200,000 to $250,000. A mortgage from the Louisville ft Northern Railway and Lighting com­ pany to secure a $2,500,000 bond is­ sue, issued to the American Trust and Savings bank of Chicago and Prank H. Jones, trustees, was record­ ed at Jeffersonvllle, Ind. For the construction of trolley lines in Indi­ ana $500,000 of the money raised on the mortgage will be utilized. Fire broke out in the public library at St Louis and before it was ex­ tinguished aboiit 1,500 books had been destroyed and the sixth floor considerably damaged. Daniel B. Jacobs was Indicted by the federal grand jury at Helena, Mont., for running a lottery. Jacobs was secretary of the Montana Min­ ing, Loan and Investment' company. AnttAMn/tAWiAitl Vnn KAAW A# «.AMUVUMW<UVMV UUO UVV>a UiOUO U1 the resignation, of H. P. Kimball, chief engineer of the Chicago $ Alton rail­ road. A successor has not been named. Patrolman William H. Thatcher was killed in a collision between a pas­ senger train and a trolley car at De­ troit William G. Crawford of New Tork appeared in court in Washington in answer to a new indictment found against him involving the presenta­ tion to the i?oatofflce department of alleged false vouchers for letter car­ riers, straps and satchels. He plead­ ed not guilty. Violent death was meted oat to three persons in Toledo Thursday. Dr. Henry Hathaway, prominent In the city's affairs, was killed by a train* Elmer V. Groves, a Lake Shore brakeman, was crushed between two cars, and an unidentified woman was found frozen to death in the bayou. The Boonvllle, Ind., Republican purchased the Boonville Standard and the two papers will be merged. An explosion of a boiler at the Tay lor silk mill at Taylor, Pa., fatally in­ jured Patrick Connerton and John Gal­ lagher. President W. E. Corey attended a meeting of the heads of the depart­ ment of the Carnegie Steel Company at Pittsburg Jan. 6. It was agreed to build two additional blast furnaces ten open hearth furnaces and to im prove the plants at an aggregate cost of $7,000,000. Mr. and Mrs. Nels Swanson .of Co- lona, 111,, celebrated their seventieth wedding anniversary Jan. 6, four gene­ rations being present. Ernest Thompson Seton has sailed from New Yoik for Europe, where he wtl! ctudv fauna. Washington special: After waiting for almost a year, R. M. La Follette appeared in the senate when it recon­ vened Thursday after the holiday re­ cess to claim his seat as a senato^ from Wisconsin and the oath of office was administered to him by Vice^ President Fairbanks. The ceremony was witnessed by a crowded gallery, which manifested much interest in the proceedings. This interest was greatly height­ ened by the fact that Mr. La Follette was escorted into the senate chamber and to the vice-president's desk by Mr. Spooner, between whom and Mr. La Follette there has been Ih recent years a difference of opinion as to partj' and public policies amounting to personal antagonism. Neither sen­ ator displayed any trace of such feel­ ing. Mrs. La Follette was among the spectators of her husband's Initiation into this new sphere of public duty. 8pooner Does the Honors. It was not known up to within a short time whether or not Mr. Spoon­ er would escort his colleague to the desk to take the oath or that Mr. La Follette would accept the escort, but all this was arranged in the cloak­ room. Mr. Spooner before the session introduced a number of senators to Mr. La Follette. Several members of the house from Wisconsin joined the senators and shook hands with them. A few minutes betore the senate was called to order Mr. Spooner in­ vited Mr. La Follette to a seat be­ side him in tho second row on the republican side of the chamber just off the center aisle. The reading of the journal had not progressed far when Mr. Spooner moved that this formality be dispensed with. This motion prevailed and Mr. Spooner lost no time in announcing the pres­ ence of his colleague. Introduces La Follette. "Mr. La Follette, the senator elect," he said, "is now In attendance and I ask that the oath of office be admin­ istered to him." He then proffered his arm to Mr. La Follette and the two Wisconsin men walked down the aisle and across the vacant space in front of the vice- president's desk. They were the ob­ jects of general observation and the fact that the spectacle was regarded as of unusual interest was made umy*- fest by a murmur in the gaUwies, which were well filled. . The ceremony at the desk was brief. The new senator was received by the vice-president at the threshold of his platform and was greeted with a cor* dial shake of the hand. The oath was immediately administered. After Mr. La Follette had signed the oath which he had taken he was again joined by Mr. Spooner and escorted to the seat assigned Him among the Republicans who have seats on the Democratic side of the chamber. Tillman Is Disappointed. The senate discussed at some length Presbyterian Celebration. Pittsburg, Pa., dispatch: United Presbyterian congregations next week will teke the preliminary steps for the semi-centennial celebration to be held here in 1908 and the raising of $2,000,000. a proposition to reprint a magazine article by Mr. Newlands and also a resolution for the regulation of senate patronage. Both were adopted. A resolution calling for information coh cerning the status of affairs in Santo Domingo was presented by Mr. Till­ man, who made an unsuccessful effort to secure Immediate consideration of it. Mr. Oalilnger had expected to open the debate on the merchant marine shippingj^blll, but when the bill was laid before the senate he asked to be excused from talking until next Mon­ day, when the bill will be formally taken up as unfinished business. Assignments of Mr. La Follette and Mr. Gearin to committees were made as follows: La Follette--Potomac river front, chairman; census, civil service, claims, immigration, Indian affairs and pensions. Gearin--Claims, pension, forest res­ ervation, industrial expositions, na­ tional banks and District of Columbia RAILROAD RATE BILL. Mr. Hepburn's Measure Is Presented to the House. Washington special: Representa­ tive Hepburn of Iowa Thursday intro­ duced his railroad rate bill, which has been anxiously awaited, as Mr. Hep­ burn is chairman of the interstate and foreign commerce committee of the house. The bill is similar to the Dol- liver measure and embraces in a mod­ ified form many features of the plan of the interstate commerce commis­ sion. In Mr. Hepburn's opinion it is so framed that It will satisfactorily regulate refrigerator cars, do away with "midnight tariffs" and abolish other alleged injustices aimed at by the pending bills. The bill increases the interstate commerce commission to nine members and fixes the annual salary of each at $10,000. Its most es­ sential departure from the other bills is its greatly enlarged definition of "transportation" as used In the act The word Is defined as follows: "Transportation shall include cars and other vehicles and all instrumen­ talities and facilities of shipment for carriages, Irrespective df ownership or of any contract, express or im­ plied, for the use thereof, and all serv­ ices in connection with the receipt, delivery, elevation and transfer in transit, ventilation, refrigeration or icing, storing and handling of prop­ erty transported." The provision requiring railways to furnish icing and other facilities is regarded by Mr. Hepburn as a strong feature. It is also provided in the bill that the commission is to havfe'^au­ thority to fix a minimum rate. Would Unseat Congressman. Washington special: Charges ques­ tioning the citizenship of Representa­ tive Michalek of Chicago will be pushed by Representative Ralney of Illinois, who presented the resolution of inquiry. Mr. Rainey says he has been making a careful investigation In Chicago during the holiday recess and is satisfied from the Information collected that Representative Micha- lek's father was not naturalized and that the Chicago congressman is an alien, not eligible to a seat ill house. | Street Car Merger Rumor. Moline, 111., dispatch: A scheme to buy and consolidate all the street car lines and lighting plants of Moline, Rock Island and Davenport is credit­ ed to St. Louis parties. Wisconsin Plant Is Burn|j^, \^ Fort Atkinson, Wis.,"'dispatch: The cutter works, part of the plant of the Northwestern Manufacturing com­ pany, was burned Friday night, with a total loss of probably $100,000. The Insurance amounts to $50,000. Chicago Public Building. Washington special: Representa­ tive Madden of Chicago introduced two bills, one appropriating $85,000 for interior decoration of the hew Chi­ cago federal building, to be expended under plans to be prepared by the su­ pervising architect, and the other ap­ propriating $15,000 to pave Adams, Clark and Dearborn streets at th« federal building. Lumber Loss Is $100,000. Panther, W. Va., special: Thelargt dry kiln of the William Ritter Lum­ ber company, containing 4,000,000 feet of. dressed oak and poplar lumber, was destroyed by fire with a loss of 9100,000. Sweden Plans New defense. Stockholm cable: The council of state has Instructed the general staff to devise a new scheme of national defense in view of the altered posi­ tion at Sweden. Congressional II Proceedings ̂ ~ ̂ n |R f|jL Thursday, January 4, 1906. Representative l'ayite. Republican floor iMtlor, spoke lor four hour* la the hou«« Mhr<*Niintg ttr* !»*»*«*<* tt»« Philippine UNIT bill, AOTHIS; an A printed olmrgt* that m*iHb<»r* of the flows* were noiutln* cows, llbr«rle«, and <t|| mntiner of freight free through th<> mail* the llmiwe inHtrurtnd ita poatomro oonnnltte? to nirtk«> an investiga­ tion as to whether tncintar* ar« abualnR 'he tranklnc privilege. The question of which commute* shall get the Inamance qucntiou *M referred to the jvidlfiary committee for an opinion. Kepreaentative McCnll Intro­ duced a resolution providing for nn annual Appropriation of $16,000 for tb« President'* traveling; cxpeiiae*. lie a Ian Introdured n joint resolution providing for th« neutraliza­ tion of the Phlllpplnea. At 4:15 p. m. th» House adjourned to to-morrow. In the Senate Mr. La Follette ot Wlaoonala took the oath, belnK Introduced by Senator Spooner. resolution calling for Informa­ tion of aifalrs In Santa Domingo wan pre­ sented by Mr. Tillman. Salaries of officers of the United States army are arranged In a bill by Senator Scott. The bill proscribes a schedule as follows: General. jaG.WW; Lieu­ tenant General. |ii,000; Major General. $7,- 600; Brigadier General. *5,500; Coionei.~IS.5o6; Lieutenant Colonel, 83,000; Major. $2,052; Captain, mounted, $2,400; Captain, not mounted, $2,160; First Lieutenant. Second Lieutenant, mounted, $1,920; not mounted. $1,680. Friday, Janusry 5, 1906. Representative Champ Clark spoke for three hours in the House advocating the pas- sage of the Philippine tariff bill and In favor or free trade generally. Representative Fdrdney opposed the bill in a short speech, for the Incorporation of the National Educa- Representatlve Southwlck introduced a bill tional association under the laws of the Dis­ trict of Columbia. Representative Reeder Introduced a resolution requesting the At­ torney General to Investigate whether there exists illegal contracts between certain rall- roods. Representative Curtis introduced a bill providing for grazing leases of govern­ ment lands. Committee on foreign and inter­ state commerce decided to defy the Senate In connection with all lighthouse* and simi­ lar bills which must be passed by the com­ mittee. The Senate was not„ln session. The inter­ state commerce committee met and decided to hold regular meetings every Friday and to take up rate bills In their regular order. Trouble la threatened. Confirmation of Panama canal commissioners delayed by absence of Chairman Miliard and other mem­ bers of the lnteroceanic canals committee. Saturday, January 6, 1906. In a session of five hours to-day the House ->laced on record a speech in favor of the Philippine tariff bill, one against it, and a twenty minute talk for tariff revision ac­ cording to the Republican demand of Massa­ chusetts. Mr. Hill of Connecticut, In advo­ cating the Philippine bill before the House, explained away much of the misapprehension as to the enormous products that might be expected from the islands. Mr. Mondell of Wyoming, who has led the fight against the bill in the interest of the beet sugar Indus­ try of this country, spoke vigorously against the measure. He said the passage of this bill would be the death knell of the beet sugar industry in the United States. The abolition of the tariff on hides was pleaded for by Mr. Lawrence of Massachusetts. The senate was not in session. ROYAL ARCANUM MAKES REPLY Hero Meets Death. Cranford, N. J., dispatch: Peter Btady, a crossing watchman, jtnd a legro woman whom he was attempts ing to save, were killed by aa ex­ press train. Denies Patrick Reprieve. Albany, N. Y., special: Gov. Higgins has announced he would deny the ap­ plication for a reprieve for Albert T Patrick, the lawyer who Is confined in Sing Sing prison under sentence to, die Jan. 22 for murder. Purse for Acquitted Womaib New Tork dispatch: Mrs. Elizabeth Wilson was acquitted of a charge of shooting her husband after telling of his cruelty and a purse of about $60 was made up for her. Supreme Council Files Dejnurrer In Rate Dispute at Boston. Boston, Mass., special: The supreme council of the Royal Arcanum has filed in the equity session of the su­ preme court a demurrer and answer to the suit brought by Stephen W. Reynolds and other members of the order seeking to restrain it from put­ ting into effect the new rates result­ ing from the by-laws adopted at At­ lantic City, N. J., and Put-fn-Bay. O. The demurrer, whicli, it is expressly stipulated, is not intended for delay, attacks the plaintiff's bill on the ground that it does not show any il­ legality or invalidity In the amend­ ments of the laws of the order or any violation of the supreme council of any legal or equitable right of thd plaintiffs. The answer argues that the new rates are reasonable and necessary to assure the ability of the order to meet Its obligations. ROOSEVELT'8 KIN MADE MAYOR Major Dun woody, a Cousin, Elected Executive of Kirkwood, Qa. Atlanta, Ga., dispatch: Maj. Jeffer­ son D. Dunwoody, cousin of President Roosevelt, has been elected mayor of Kirkwood, an Atlanta suburb, the most effective plank of his platform being his relationship to the chief executive. During the president's re­ cent visit to Atlanta he signally hon­ ored Maj. Dunwoody, referring to him publicly as his kinsman and request­ ing that he ride at his side during tho parade. Rewards Navat Heroes. Washington dispatch: Recognition of the extraordinary heroism display­ ed by the officers and crew of the United States ship Bennington, when its boilers exploded on July 31 last, is contained in a general order issued at the navy department by Secretary Bonaparte. Each of the eleven mem­ bers of the crew has been awarded a medal of honor and a hundred dollars gratuity. Carroll College Gets $100,00d Waukesha, Wis., special: President Wilbur F. Carrier of Carroll college has announced the acceptance of $100,000 from Ralph Voorhees of Clin­ ton, N. J., to be used- for additional buildings for the local college. This makes a total of $200,000 that Mr. Voorhees has given Carroll college. Lamp Explosion Is Fatal. Wilkesbarre, Pa., dispatch: By the explosion of a lamp in a boarding- house at Nanticoke Margaret Voldaly- ka, aged 16 years, was burned to death. Two other residents of the house were so badly burned that they will die. KANSAS CITY, M0„ FIRE CAUSES $500,000 LOSS Retail District Threatened by Bias* Which Destroys Two Big Build* Ingt and Defies Firemen. Kansas City, Mo., dispatch : The e* tire downtown retail district of this city was threatened with destruction by a fire which started late Friday evening. The loss amounts to nearly $600,000. Two big buildings are in ruins and a third may be a total IOBB. The blaze started in the rear of the three-story brick building occupied by the Columbus Buggy company, Wal­ nut street near Tenth, and the inflam­ mable nature of the contents made its doom certain from the start The ad­ joining structure occupied by the Kimball Piano company and the Het­ tinger Brothers Manufacturing com­ pany, dental supplies, soon caught, a&d the entire fire fighting force of tfye city was unable to save it. / From the latter structure the flames spread to the Commerce build­ ing, one of the finest in the dty, and occupied in part by the National Bank of Commerce, the largest financial concern here. For a time the fire­ men thought they had the blaze check­ ed, but at midnight it broke out again In the upper stories and the fire chief said the structure could not be saved. The vaults of the bank contain $3,- 000,000 in currency, but Cashier W. A. Rule declared that the money would not be harmed. Dr. W. S. Woods is owner of the three 'buildings and. president of the bank. .The cause of the fixe cannot lie ascertained at this hour. INSURANCE AFFAIRS IN OHIO TO BE PROBED Legislature Will be Asked to Appro­ priate $50,000 for Investigation of Life Concerns. Cleveland, O., special: Ohio will in­ vestigate the national and state in­ surance companies. A griddle has been prepared for the concerns, and the legislature will be asked to light the fire under it. The probing may rival the famous New York inquisi­ tion. A joint committee of the house and senate and an appropriation of $50,000 are to be used in an effort to learn how the companies operating in Ohio have cared for the interests of the policy-holders. This particular movement is being managed by republican legislators. One of them has been in consultation with Charles E. Hughes, the inquisitor of the New York legislative commit­ tee that has revealed the rotten con­ ditions in the affairs of the big insur­ ance companies in the East. An effort will be made to secure the services of Hughes for the Inves­ tigation* in this state. Gov. Pattison is president of the Central Union Insurance company, an Ohio concern. During the campaign the republicans attacked his acts and he Invited an investigation, claiming his company was clean. He still wants an Investigation. The inquiry, how­ ever, is really aimed at the companies under fire In New York. ENGINEER IN PERILOU8 PLACE Held Under Wreck With Leg Crashed, He 8aws Timbers Away. St. Louis, Mo., dispatch: Pinioned under wreckage resulting from the collision of two Burlington freight trains near Wood Station, 111., Friday, which was made more complete by the explosion of an engine boiler and a car load of powder, Engineer Grover Hinderer of Beardstown, 111., with his leg crushed and held fast, sawed des­ perately for forty-five minutes and finally freed himself and was pulled out. He was taken to the hospital at Alton and it is believed will recover. Fireman W> A. Anderson was serious­ ly Injured, but will probably live. Brakemen Mason, Franks and George Anderson were imprisoned in the debris and at first were believed to be dead, but finally were rescued not se­ riously injured. Rescuers were un­ able to release Engineer Hinderer and finally passed him a saw, cheering him until he released RU88IAN ORCHESTRA LEADER Vassily 8afonoff Arouses Enthusiasm -in New York Audience. New York dispatch: The Russian conductor. Vassily Safonoff, who came from Moscow to conduct sev­ eral concerts Of the Philharmonic so­ ciety, led the orchestra In its pub­ lic rehearsal Friday at Carnegie hall. The hall was crowded and when Saf­ onoff appeared he was enthusiastical­ ly greeted. Battleships Prepare for Maneuvers. Norfolk, Va., dispatch: The armored cruisers West Virginia, Pennsylvania, Colorado and Maryland, and the bat­ tleship Iowa are In Hampton Roads awaiting the arrival of other vessels. They will proceed to West Indian wat­ ers for maneuvers. SHERRICK GAIN8 A VICTORY Three Bills Against Former Auditor of Indiana Are Killed. Indianapolis, Ind., special: Judge Wilson quashed three of the nine in­ dictments against former Auditor of State David E. Sherrick, who recently resigned his office on demand of the governor. All the counts charging conspiracy were removed. Six Indict ments remain, charging Mr. Sherrick wtth the larceny or embezzlement of sums aggregating $68,637. Deport Destitute Texan. New York special: Henry Kulper, a naturalized American, who says he lost $30,000 in the Galveston flood, was deported because he returned to America recently as a stowaway. J' -Jill- .. ....a/ Provides for# Maidens. Springfield, Ohio, special: Mrs. Sir rah Feighly of Tippecanoe, who died Tuesday, has left her home to Luther­ an widows and "aged maiden ladies," with all her property, amounting to $40.0(10. BANK WILL PAY ITS CREDITORS Permission to Liquidate Is Given Sav­ ings and Trust Company. Memphis, Tenn., dispatch: Chancel­ lor Meiskell has Issued a decree per­ mitting tJie Commercial Savings and Trust company to liquidate the af­ fairs of the American Savings Bank and Trust company, which closed its doors at the time of the recent fail­ ure of the Merchants' Trust company. Notice has been given that all cred­ itors will be paid In full. %Museum Managers to Meet^< Pittsburg, Pa., dispatch: Dr. W. J. Holland, director of the Carnegie mu­ seum in this city, has announced a meeting of representatives of all the museums In North and South America will be held May 16 in New York. Dies for Want of Job. Pottsvllle, Pa., dispatch: Louis J. Reed, a public school teacher, living about three miles from Friedensburg, despondent because he was out of a position, hanged himself In a bun. Ill * <&• * «. ^ r?vc-> > ̂ "• h. * ;>.v, * r j~ ^be wonderful growth vO ... i • is due to its moderate price and the fact that food prepared from it is free from Rochelle Salts, Alum or any injurious substance. *• All grocers ara authorized * •?:' * to guarantee this. Poet's Tribute to Carnegie. The dedication of Joaquin Miller's latest book, "The Building of the City Beautiful," which reads: "To Andrew Carnegie the Builder of Libraries Beautiful," calls to mind this story: When they were members of the Authors' club Miller one day wrote1^ Carnegie's album: Here's to King Ned, and here's t» Msf Ted, And here's to Old Oom Paul, But a single twist of Carnegie's rd choose Instead of them all.' In speaking of the matter Carnegie said: "I had this same little verse framed and hung in my hall at Skibo castle, when King Edward came to visit me. The royal guest paused and began to read: " 'Here's to King Ned,'--why, that's me, Mr. Carnegie, that must mean me. Ho, ho, ho! 'And here's to our Ted'-- why, that is your president, Mr. Car­ negie--ho, ho, ho! 'And here's to old Oom Paul.' His majesty frowned, for the Boer war was in progress. " 'But a single twist of Carnegie's^ wrist, I'd choose instead of them all.' Ho, ho, ho! laughed the king:" 8tray Cow's Act JL stray cow, picked up by lice on the South Side, nearly put the officer out of business and created lots of fun for the urchins In the neighborhood. The cow was captured by the newly appointed subpoliceman, and, wishing to distinguish himself by an arrest, he determined to take, the bovine to the statlonhouse. Pro­ curing a rope, he fastened it to her horns and started down Cottage Grove avenue. The thoroughfare was slippery from a rainstorm, and in a jiffy the policeman was sliding down the asphalt on his stomach,, with the cow on a dead run. The officer was game and hung on to his captive for a square, when the boys headed the animal off. He landed his prisoner and then begged off for the night tr clean up.--Chicago Inter Ocean. Curzon May Re-enter Politics. The return of Lord Curzon to Eng­ land is thought by many shrewd poli­ ticians to add a new element to the political situation. It is said that the ex-viceroy of India, taking advantage of the fact that he is an Irish peer, wil! stand for parliament and so re­ turn to the arena in which his first triumphs were won. It was at one moment thought possible that Lord Curzon would throw in his. lot with Mr. Chamberlain, but -he has always been a pronounced free trader, so it is more probable that he will cast his great Influence on the side of Mr. Balfour's conservative free trade supporters. Unique Birthday Celebration. Squire Richard Van Winkle, a resi­ dent of Bergen county. New 'Jeraey, celebrated his ninetieth birthday last week by having his photograph taken for the first time. He wore the suit of clothes and the tall hat which he bought for his second marriage forty years ago. Mr. Van Winkle's ances­ tors came from Holland In 1636 settled in Bergen county. INCIPIENT CONSUMPTION How Pood Headed Off the inaldleus Disease. The happy wife of a good old faafe* loned Michigan farmer says: "In the spring of 1902 I was takes aick--a general breaking down, as it were. I was excessively nervous, could not sleep well at night, my food seemed to do me no good, and I was so weak I could scarcely walk across the room. "The doctor said my condition was due to overwork and close confine­ ment and that he very much feared that consumption would set In. For several months I took one kind a! medicine after another, but with no good effect--In fact, I seemed to grow worse. "Then I determined to quit all medi­ cines, give up coffee and see what Grape-Nuts food would do for me. 1 began to eat Grape-Nuts with sugar and cream and bread and butter three times a day. "The effect was surprising! I be­ gan to gain fleBh and strength forth­ with, my nerves quieted down and grew normally steady and sound, sweet sleep came back to me. In all weeks' time I discharged the hired girl and commenced to do my own housework for a family of six. This was two years ago, and I am doing II still and enjoy it." Name given by Postum Co., Battle Creek, Mich. There's a reason. Read the little book, "The Road to Wellvtlle," la mailto:1.75@5.50 mailto:4.50@5.25 mailto:4.75@5.I0 mailto:J5.50@5.fl0 mailto:14.75@7.50 mailto:3@7.75 mailto:5.50@8.90