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If Count Boni should really reform and go into politics it would be an up­ lift that might well cause the Gould family to take a second look at him. ' . , S i r T h o m a s L i p t o n i s e v i d e n t l y n i b ­ bling at the America's cup bait, but Will he bite? Defeats do have a ten­ dency to grow monotonous. "What the Human Race Owes to the Moon" is the title of a current magazine article. We fear Luna is going to have trouble collecting. "Necessity cannot be placarded or dismissed," says the Baltimore Amer­ ican. Go on--didn't you ever need a new suit of clothes and have to for- *et it? The "Esperanto waltz" has arrived. It is probably intended to enable the waltzers to say something more than "fisn't the music lovely?" or "What a splendid floor this is." New York barbers are threatening to refuse to cut the hair of men who shave themselves. Girls who are anx­ ious to get married should make haste to learn the hair-cutting business. According to the Washington Post, **an English scientist claims to have discovered that Darwin was wrong when he said men were descended from monkeys." Now let that "scien­ tist" read Darwin, and he can make the further discovery that Darwin tfdn't say it 1 ~4~A Washington paper prints a story of a man who went fishing, and in swinging his line through the air pre­ paratory to casting caught an English sparrow, and tops this with a tale of Smother disciple of Isaak Walton, whose catch was so large that It polled him overboard. "Billy" Edwards, the famous old- pugilist who in 1868 won the last lightweight bare knuckles fight for the championship, has just died, "leaving a fortune and an unblemished reputa­ tion for honesty and decent behavior." The Question arises, how in the world did Mr. Edwards get into such a call- It has been discovered by an Eng­ lish statistician that it requires $37,- 600' to raise a society girl. This amount must be put down as having been expended on "art for art's sake," as the most a society girl usually ac­ complishes is to win an impoverished aobleman, who simply adds to the ex- An Egyptian sun temple and a city that has .been lost for 3,300 years have been located by Prof. James H. Breasted, of the University of Chica­ go. It is the temple of Sesebi, found­ ed by Amenhotep IV. The city is situ­ ated in the heart of the almost inac­ cessible district of Nubia, near the foot of the third cataract on the Nile. Bands have been playing the "Mar­ seillaise" in Strasburg this summer for the first time since Germany took possession of Alsace and Lorraine after the Franco-Prussian war. A German from Berlin, visiting Stras­ burg, wrote the other day to a home paper about the "s«ditious airs," but no one else seems to be seriously dis­ turbed over the matter. The barrel top is still a strong vantage ground in the down east Country store. No greater victory %as ever gained upon that eminence than that reported in a Maine paper Where the storekeeper had a pitch barrel placed for a regular visitor The latter took the place, but was able to disengage himself and resume Ids seat upon an open barrel of small nails, whence he soon departed car- tying a goodly quantity of useful hard­ ware. Last month the foundation-stone of lie "Peace Palace" was laid at The Hague. Mr. Carnegie, who gives the building, thinks, it would be more ap­ propriately called "The Temple of Peace." Ideas are enshrined in tem- ples, seldom in palaces. TffliST FOOLS TEXAS CORSICANA COMPANY &EUEVED ' TO BE PART OF STANDARD. TILFORD DOES NOT KNOW Attorney Kellogg 8ays Officers of Lat­ ter" Control the Former--Immense Personal Profits of J. D. Rock- efeller. " ' It sounds well for an inventor to that he has harnessed the sun, but has he asked the sun's permission? In these days, when we split hairs ®ver the consent of the governed, a thing like that should not be over­ looked. New York.--That the Standard Oil company is operating under the name of the Corsicana Refining company in the state of Texas, which has forbid­ den the oil combine to operate within the state, was indicated Thursday, when Wesley H. Tilford, treasurer of the Standard Oil company, under ex­ amination in the government's suit against the company, testified that H. C. Folger and Q. M. Payne, who Frank Kellogg, the attorney for the govern­ ment, states control the Corsicana company, are prominent in the con­ duct of affairs of the Standard Oil company. Mr. Kellogg sought to draw from the witness the information that the Consicana company was really a Standard Oil company and was oper­ ating in Texas because the anti-trust laws of that state would not permit the combine to operate there, Mr. Til- ford replied that, so far as he knew, the Standard Oil company had no in­ terests in Texas. He said that Mr. Folger and Mr. Payne were both offi­ cers of the Standard Oil company, but he was not aware that they owned the Corsicana company. Another interesting development was the official statement made for jthe first time, of John D. Rockefeller's personal holdings in the Standard Oil company. Just to what extent the reputed head was individually inter­ ested in the great concern has long been a matter of speculation. It was brought out that Mr. Rockefeller owned 256,854 shares, or more than one-fourth of the total 972,500 certifi­ cates of the Standard Oil company. Based on the earnings of the com­ pany as placed on record Tuesday, It is computed that Mr. Rockefeller's per­ sonal profits during the past eight years have aggregated almost $125,- 000,000. At Tuesday's hearing it was testified that in the years 1899 to 1906 inclusive, the Standard Oil company had earned total profits of $490,315,- 934. A Big Profit In Oil. New York.--More light was shed upon the remarkable earning capacity of the various subsidiary companies of the Standard Oil company Wednes­ day when Frank B. Kellogg, who is conducting the federal suit, succeeded in placing upon the record the profits of 17 of the principal subsidiary com­ panies in the years 1903 and 1906. The statement of the earnings of the Standard Oil company of Indiana, which was recently fined $29,240,000 by Judge Landis, of Chicago, for re­ bating, disclosed that in 1906 the com­ pany earned no less than $10,516,082 on a capitalization of $1,000,000, or over 1,000 per cent, a year. The Indi­ ana company in 1906 earned more than any subsidiary company of the big combine. In a period of eight years, from 1899 to 1906 inclusive, the company, on a statement spread upon the records of Tuesday's hearings, was shown to have earned total profits of $490,315,- 934, or at the rate of more than $61,- 000,000 a year, and distributed to its shareholders in the same period $308,- 359,403. CHICAGO'S CHARTER BEATEN. Voters Reject the Instalment at the Special Election. Chicago.--Chicago's new city char­ ter, the result of many months' work by committees and organizations, was defeated in the special election Tues­ day. The vote was nearly two to one against it. The efforts of the United sociales for Local Self-Government, the South Park board, the Deneen faction among the Republicans and of the Democrats generally, are credited with the result. The claim that the new charter would result in much higher taxes had moth to do with its defeat. Arrest 800 Men in One Raid. Lodz, Russian Poland. -- Troops and police made a sudden de­ scent upon the large cotton mill here owned by Marcus Silberstein, who was murdered by his employes Sept. 13, because he refused to pay them for the time they were out on strike. Eight hundred of the workmen were taken into custody. War on Greek Restaurant*. Joliet, 111. -- War against Greek restaurants was begun following an attack on Frank McFadden, col­ lector for a laundry, by the proprietor of the Royal restaurant in North Chi­ cago Btreet. The restaurant keeper, a waiter and a cook are under arrest. New Head of Chester Asylum. Springfield, I1L--Gov. Deneen Fri­ day appointed Dr. Cyrus H. Anderson, of McLeansboro, superintendent of the asylum for insane criminals at Chester in place of Dr. Walter E. Singer, who died on Wednesday. Commander Peary, Just before he - 'jailed for the north, bought of the Waine people, who owned her, an .an­ cient pinky, or pointed-stern schoon- «r. He will have the vessel restored, lis an attempt to perpetuate a type ofcee famous in the fisheries and coast­ wise trade, but now almost extinct. "'w ^ doubt the world is small, yet of us know much about what is On the other side of it. An English paper, In, paying tribute to Mark Twain, calls one of {its books, "life 4R> the Minneapolis." Dr. H. L. Getz 8tabs Marshalltown, la.--rDr. former president of the Association of Railway tempted suicide at the tion at West Liberty by self over the heart. Himself. H. L. Getz. International Surgeons, at- railway sta- stabbing him- Arrested for De#P&t Swindle Rochester, N. Y --Upon his release from the penitentiary Thursday J Laurence Miller Was rearrested oa a warrant from Detroit on the charge of swindling Fred J. Stone, a lumber dealer. Miller formerly was a bank clerk at Charleston, W. Va. Fort for New Jersey Governor. Trenton, N. J.--Supreme Court Jus­ tice J. Franklin Fort was nominated for governor at Thursday's Repub­ lican state convention on the first bal­ lot IKE PRESIDENT TO GAMP «E WILL SPEND 1? DAYS IN CANE B$tAk'ES<<iQF. LOU 181 AN* f READY FOR . THJL' .JP.IGYJSY 4s5?\.<*k f s«- * Reel on Abounds In Game and Mir. Roosevelt Will Have Some Good .Hunting* Oyster 6ay, N. Y. -- Seventeen days of real vacation, with none of the duties of his office to Worry him, is what President Roosevelt is to have when ho goes into camp next month, and it will be most welcome to him. Though nominally on his vacation at Oyster Bay this summer, there have been but few hours in which official business has not intruded. A physi­ cal and mental recreation, as complete as his cares will permit, is now ar­ ranged. President Roosevelt will pitch his camp in the northeastern corner of Louisiana, on or about Oc­ tober 5. The exact spot is yet to be determined. The plans provide for a "camping trip," but every one who knows north­ eastern Louisiana knows that the cane brakes shelter game worthy of a huntsman of presidential calibre. Those who have the good fortune to make pleasant the president's camp, expect that the monotony of camp life will occasionally be broken by a hunt. While the details of the trip have not been thoroughly worked out, the main features were announced by Secretary Loeb Thursday. The presi­ dent will leave Oyster Bay for Wash­ ington next Wednesday and on the following Sunday will start on his western and southern speech-making tour. At Memphis, Tenn., on October 4, the speech-making program will be interrupted and the president will start for the camping grounds. He will break camp on October 21, going directly to Vicksburg, Miss., to make his promised speech there. The re­ turn to Washington will be begun al­ most immediately after, and the White House will be reached on the afternoon of October 23. The president will be the guest while in camp of Civil Service Com­ missioner John A. McElhinney, of New Iberia, La., and of John M, Par­ ker, of New Orleans. Following the speech at Vicksburg October 21, the president has consent­ ed to make an addresB at Hermitage, Tenn.,-on the following day. FOUR DIE IN AUTO WRECK; Prominent Elks Are Killed at Color­ ado Springs. Colorado Springs, Col.--A pewerful racing automobile occupied by seven prominent Elks and chauffeur and built to hold only three passengers, while running at a terifip rate, crashed into a telephone pole at the bottom of libe West Hurfando street hill here early Tuesday and was wrecked. Three of the occupants were killed outright, a fourth died shortly after the accident and others were more or less seriously hurt The bodies of the three dead were mangled almost beyond recognition. The dead: John S. Grey, formerly of New York, killed outright; Britten L. Graves, druggist, died shortly afterward; W. H. Ralston, a dealer in electrical supplies, killed outright; H. Winnal, killed outright. The injured are James English, George Buckley, F. H. Ward and A. W. Markscheffel. The party had been to the Elks' clubhouse at Manitou to attend a so­ cial session and was returning home. NOVELTY IN LA CROSSE, WIS. Electric Light Company Is Ordered to increase Its Rates. La Crosse, Wis.--By a decision handed down Friday by the state railway commission, the electric light­ ing rates charged by the La Crosse Gas & Electric company are declared to be too low and unremunerative and the company is ordered to put a high­ er scale of rates into effect. This is the first decision of this kind ever made in the state. Under the new state law, public service cor­ porations, as well as customers, may appeal to the commission for relief, and this step was taken by the local corporation. . Wu Tung Fang May Return. Peking.--It was announced Friday that Liang Ton-Yen, who had been se­ lected to succeed Sir Chentung Liang Cheng as minister to Washington, had instead been appointed assistant sec­ retary of the wai-wu-pu or Chinese board of foreign affairs. While no official announcement has j^t been made of the name of the new minis­ ter to Washington, it is understood that the determination has been reached to send Wu Ting Fang back to that post, from which he was re­ called four years ago. Employes Lose Dock 8trike. Galveston. -- The strike of the Southern Pacific dock workers has ended. The company made minor concessions, but the wage scale re­ mains unchanged, 30 to 40 cents an hour. Elizabeth Holmes Found Insane. New York.--Mrs. Elizabeth M. Holmes, who was ejected from the White House in January, 1906, after a series of attempts to interview the president, was adjudged Insane Thur*- day by a sheriff's jury. Asylum Superintendent Dead. Springfield, 111.--Dr. W. E. Singer, superintendent of the asylum for crim­ inals insane at Chester, died at the institution there, aged 80 years. The remains will be interred in Belle­ ville. Venezuela Paying Belgium. Brussels.--It Is declared here that the"government of Venezuela has paid over to the Belgian legation at Cara- cas the first installment Of the $2,000,- 000 owed by Venezuela to Belgian creditors. . Train Robbers Got 940,000. Spokane, Wash--Forty thousand dollars, mainly in large bills, is now 4iecla.«d to have been secured by the robbers who held up the Great North­ ern train near Rexford, Mont., Sep­ tember 12. fflMm )ipi>p Wjw /A/retp- oce*Af I nt! inun HUKNb DRUDE RESUMES HOSTILITIES, NEGOTIATIONS FAILING \r - ]'• v*/ FRENCH IN QUICK MARCH ' Expedition Beset by the Natives, Forms in Two He I low Squares and Repels Their 0ri|. ilant Charges.\ *\ GAGE FALLS ANO ELEVEN DIE HORRIBLE ACCIDENT IN MINE AT NEGAUNEE, MICH. Brake Fails to Work--Miners Hurled Down 75 Feet--Seven Found Alive But Fatally Hurt. Negaunee, Mich.--By a cage plung­ ing 75 feet down the shaft of the Jones & Laughlin Cteel company mine, 11 men were killed and seven fatally injured Friday. The cage with its human freight was being lowered on its. first tr|p for the day when the brake on the hoisting drum suddenly failed to hold, Two other men sprang to the assist­ ance of the one at the brake wheel, but their combined efforts did not avail and the wire cable continued to unreel from the drum like thread from a bobbin. The cage shot down a couple of hundred feet before a kink in the too rapidly paying oiit cable caused It to part and from that point the cage had a sheer drop to the bottom of the shaft. The safety catches with which it was equipped failed to operate. Workmen at the bottom of the mine immediately set about the grewsonye task of removing the dead. Seven men were found still alive, but they are fatally hurt. Thousands of people soon congre­ gated about the mine shaft. In the crowd were the wives and children of the 200 men who are employed in the mine. Each thought that husband or parent or a son was in the cage. There was no way of relieving the suspense, as the fallen cage blocked the exit. It was fully two hours before the cable was adjusted so that the cage conld be raised to the sur­ face. When all the miners came from un­ der ground and many anxious wives and others failed to find members of their families who worked In the mine, the scene was awful. The priests and ministers moved among the peo­ ple consoling them and begging them to be calm. LOW FARE LAW-HIT AGAIN. Pennsylvania's 8tatute Qnce More Is Declared Invalid. Harrlsburg, Pa.--The two-cent fare law, enacted at the recent session of the Pennsylvania legislature, was ad­ judged Invalid, unconstitutional and void in its application to the Susque­ hanna River & Western' Railway company in an opinion delivered Thursday at Bloomfield by Judge Shull, of the Perry county court. Britain to Burn Oil In Her Navy. London.--According to information from the inner circles of the admir­ alty, the government has decided to substitute oil for coal at the British naval b&ses throughout the world. It is asserted that the government al­ ready has made heavy purchases of oil in Texas, Roumania and Galicia, and is also prepared to monopolize the entire oil-producing field of Nigeria. The latier Is still undeveloped, but tho authorities are. drilling on a large scale in places where the surface conditions indicate plentiful oil depos­ it*. Bar 8pinsters from 8aloons. Milwaukee.--A special from Wau­ paca says that the common council of that city has passed an ordinance for­ bidding women to enter saloons un­ less accompanied by their hus­ bands. Woman Tortured to Death. Zlon City, III.--Five persons, mem­ bers of the sect of Parhamites, are under arrest here held on the confes­ sion of one of them on a charge of torturing to death Mrs. Letitia Green- haulgh, 64 years old, who had been a cripple for over 20 years from rheu­ matism. Two of the accused fanatics are the son and daughter of the vic­ tim. The son said the five twisted the woman's limbs and neck In order to drive out the devil that they be­ lieved possessed her. Soon after that she died. Alleged Grafters Arrested. Harrlsburg, Pa.--The long-expected arrests of Mbose held to be responsible for the frauds committed in the fur­ nishing the decorating of Pennsyl­ vania's $13,000,000 capitol were made Wednesday, the attorney general causing warrants to be issued for 14 of the 18 persons and firms named by the capitol investigation commission as being involved in the scandal. The warrants were sworn out before Har­ rlsburg aldermen, and nearly all the defendants appeared, waived a hear- la# aad gave bail. WOMAN SLAIN BV ROBBER. Chicago Kindergarten Principal Is Found 'Choked to Death. Chicago.--Mrs. Lillian White Grant, 40 years old, a widow, well knowp in Hyde Park and principal of a kinder­ garten, conducted in the building of the University Congregational church, was found murdered in her room at 5520 Madison avenue, Friday. Every article of jewelry owned by Mrs. Grant was missing and it is believed robbery was the object of the murderer. Her body was found lying across the bed dressed only in night clothing. One of her* own gar­ ments was twisted tightly about her neck and knotted under her •left" ear. Death had been caused by strangula­ tion or a broken neck. The imprints of the fingers of the woman's assailant were found on her neck, which was broken by the mur­ derer. A colored man who had been assisting Mrs. Grant in preparing to move is being sought by the police. THIRTY KILLED IN WRECK. Disastrous Accident Occurs en the Mexican Central Road. » Mexico City.--There has been a dis­ astrous wreck oa the Mexican Cen­ tral railroad. A freight train and a passenger train came Into collision at Jjhicarnacion, near the city of Aguas Calientes, and it is reported that 30 persons were killed and many injured. The passenger train was the regular El Paso express, which left that city Tuesday. Nb train from the United States came in Thursday over the Central. It is impossible to get further details of the wreck. The railroad officials here admit that the wreck occurred, but refuse to talk of the matter. REJECTED SUITOR SLAYS. Kills Girl Who Refuses to Marry Him and Commits Suicide. New York.--Because she had per­ sistently refused to marry him Henry Fischner, a baker, shot and instantly killed Miss Johanna Hoffman Thurs­ day and fatally wounded himself. The shooting took place In the presence of several persons in a bakery and lunch room in Tenth avenue, of which Miss Hoffman's uncle is the proprietor. When the girl fell and several men rushed at him, Fischner shot himself In the head, Inflicting a wound from which he died in a hospital. ENTOMBED IN BLAZING MINE. Terrible Predicament of Three at Sparta, Minn. Men Sparta, Minn.--Three men are en­ tombed in the Malta mine here, which is afire. Firemen fought the blaze all Tuesday night and Wednesday, but made little headway. The fire was started by the careless throwing of a lighted cigarette into the hay In the underground stables. Jail Delivery at Laporte, Ind. Laporte, Ind.--After knocking down the wife of Sheriff Smutzer with an iron rod wrenched ftom a bed, when she stepped into the cell corridor to give a drink of water to a sick prison­ er Thursday night, Arthur Cummlngs and John Edwards, awaiting grand jury action on grand larceny charges, escaped from the Laporte county jail. Mrs. Smutzer, though badly hurt, crawled to the outside door and locked it, preventing the escape of 11 other prisoners who were about to rush out 8outh Dakota Fares Reduced. Sioux Falls, S. D.--The state board of railroad commissioners Friday adopted a resolution reducing the maximum passenger fares in South Dakota from three to two and one- half cents a mile, to become effective October 6. Wisconsin Pioneer Dies. Hustis Ford, Wis.--John Hustis, a pioneer of Wisconsin and one of the leading spirits in the development of the state, died here in the ninety-sev­ enth year of his age. Allegheny Family Poisoned. Pittsburg, Pa.--A mysterious poi­ soner probably afflicted with a mania for taking life, is causing terror among families In the neighborhood of Gerst alley, Allegheny. Having been suc­ cessful in causing the death of a num­ ber of horses and dogs, the poisoner Is believed to have attempted Wednes­ day to kill a whole family. The vic­ tims are: Mrs. Maggie Hoffman, 44 years old; Fred Hoffman, 22 years old; Charles Hoffman, seven years old; Esther Hoffman, five year? old* Evsllns Tuscher, tea years old. Casablanca.--Negotiations for the Cessation of hostilities having failed, Gen. Drude Sunday resumed the offensive and burned the Moorish camps at Sidi Brahim, south of Casa­ blanca, and dispersed the tribesmen, who offered but little resistance. These operations were chiefly not­ able for a brilliant forced march of the French troops, Who covered 40 kilometers inside of 12 hours, The expedition, consisting of 2,000 infan­ try, with a detachment of cavalry, ar­ tillery and native auxiliaries, left camp, before dawn and formed into two hollow squares, one behind the other. IP. .this formation they marched some distance under the cover of darkness and unobserved by the tribesmen. A heavy morning sea fog came up at daybreak and forced & half-hour's halt, during which shots fired by the advance guards gave the alarm to the enemy. The tribesmen came up in large numbers, but a vigorous attack by the first square soon dispersed them. No further stand was made by tie enemy 'during the march, al­ though scattered groups of horsemen harrassed the French fianks. After the destruction of the camps had been effected the tribesmen re­ turned to the attack, a troop of cav­ alry repelling a spirited charge by the Moorish horsemen. The French then- abandoned their defensive formation and the column returned to camp. Their losses were one killed and ten wounded. PROPRIETARY REMEDIES VS. PHYSICIANS' PRESCRIPTIONS Statistics Show, of the Deaths from ; ' Misuse of Drugs in Two Years, Only • Three Per Cent. Were Due to Patent •ssjWSecficine'i, According to Figures^ Based on Medical Certificatea.^ ' COMPRESS TRUST ILLEGAL. Mississippi Court Ousts thfe Concern from That State. Vicksburg, Miss.--The Gulf Com- press company was Saturday after­ noon declared an Illegal trust by Chancellor R. S. Hfcks, of the Missis­ sippi district court. He gave the company one year to wind up its busi­ ness in this state and withdraw. Ho denied the state's application for a re­ ceiver. The Gulf Compress company was organized two years ago apd now owns and controls 31 compresses, 16 of Which are located In Mississippi. These plants in a measure control the cotton business of the state, at least tfie export business, and it has raised the price of compressing, increased the rates for storing cotton and low­ ered the value of seed, according to the allegations, until the gulf company is doing business In restraint of trade. THIRTY-TWO PASSENGERS HURT. Broken Rail Wrecks Limited Train on the Southern Road. Washington.--Thirty-two passengers were Injured, none of them seriously, the Chattanooga & Washington Lim­ ited train on the Southern railway, just north of Ryan's Siding, early Sun­ day. A broken rail was the cause of the acjpMfent. The entire train, com- posgd"of a baggage car, day coach and three sleepers, left the track, the sleepers being almost destroyed by fire. A special train was quickly made up and came to this city with all the passengers of the limited. Lake Steamer Lost; Seven Dead. Detroit, Mich. -- Capt. Randall, First Mate James Hayes, and five sailors of the steamer Alexander Nimick lost their lives Saturday night when their ship stranded on the south shore of Lake Superior and went to pieces in the heavy northwest gale. The remaining 11 men of the crew got to shore. Mayas Attack Mexican Troops. Merida Yucatan, Mexico.--Word has reached here of a battle between federal troops and a band of rebel Maya Indians near San Isidro, in this state. The fight was in reality an assault on the part of the Indians, who attacked the patrol of troops from ambush. Seven soldiers and a number of Indians were killed. J. N. C. Shumway Is Dead. Taylorville, 111.--J. N. C. Shumway, former state senator from this dis­ trict and president of the National Building and Loan association, died of a paralytic stroke at his home here Sunday. He was 57 years old. Samuel Sloan Passes Away. New York.--Samuel Sloan, one of the best known railroad men in the country, died at his home at Garrison- On-The Hudson Sunday. He was 90 years of age. Life Sentence for Constantino. Chicago.--Frank J. Constantine was found guilty of the murder of Mrs. Impulse Gentry by a Jury in Judge Marcus Kavanaugh's court at 11:45 o'clock Saturday night. His punish­ ment was fixed at imprisonment in the penitentiary for life. Coal Pockets at Hornell Burned. Elmlra, N. Y.--The big coal pockets of the Erie railroad at Hornell, head­ quarters of the Susquehanna division, were destroyed by fire Sunday night, causing a loss of $100,000. Col. R. E. Withers Is Dead. Roanoke, Va.--Col. Robert E. With'- ers died at his home at Wytheville, Va., Saturday night, after a long ill­ ness, aged 85 years. He was at one time a United States senator from Virginia, and had been in the diplo­ matic service. Mining Ptsnt Is Dynamited. Joplln. Mo.--The mining plant of the Tdhnessee company, situated in East Joplln, was blown up by dyna­ mite Saturday. The damage Is esti- at several thousand dollars. press committee of the Proprie­ tary Association of America will pre­ sent at the next meeting of that bewfy a repOrt showing the number of acci­ dental-deaths caused by patent medi­ cines in the two years ending June 30, 1907, as compared with deaths from other causes. Almost immediately after the begin­ ning of the latest crusade against proprietary medicines this committee was instructed to collect data. This work was done through the clipping bureaus, which furnished accounts of all deaths, exclusive of suicide, due to' the misuse of medicines, drugs or poisons. The result showed that only three per cent, could be traced di­ rectly to the products made by tha members of the association. The greatest care is said to have been exercised in tabulating the fig­ ures received. Whenever the cause of death was doubtful, special inves­ tigation was made, no matter where the case might have occurred. The work of assorting end preparing the record was done In Chicago, and the original clippings and correspondence are in the possession of Ervin P. Kemp, 184 La Salle street, that city, the association's publicity agent. The report says, in part: "A largo number of accidents, re­ sulting fatally or otherwise, were caused by the carelessness of persons who left drugs, medicines or poisons within the reach of children. A large number, also, were caused by persons going to medicine cabinets in the dark and taking down the , wrong bottle. In no case reported was any medicine, patent or otherwise, held responsible for injury or death except when left within the reach of children or taken or administered in gross overdose." The committee says that it Is un­ likely that any cases of death from the use of patent medicine • escaped the newspapers, but that it is prob­ able that death from the causes tabu­ lated did occur without receiving pub­ licity. Physicians, of course, report the causes of death. The committee says that they would be the last to suppress the cause if due to the use of medicine not reqularly prescribed. A recapitulation of the committee's findings show 4,295 cases of poisoning, of which 1,753 were fatal. The great­ est number of cases, 1,636, with 803 deaths, is attributed to medicines other than proprietary remedies There are on the list 90 cases of sick­ ness and 43 deaths due to patent medi­ cines. Analyzing its statistics, the commit, tee finds zOi cases of sickness, with 143 deaths, due to strychnine tablets, which are among physicians' favorite remedies and are often left within the reach of children. Under the head of miscellaneous prescriptions are grouped 44 cases where, the report says, it has been lin- possible after diligent inquiry to as­ certain the name or the character of the drug or medicine which caused in­ jury or death, beyond the fact that the medicine or drug was prescribed by a physician. Of these cases 18 were fatal. The committee says: "Under the head of "All Patent Medicines' are grouped all those rem­ edies which are recognized as patent medicines and which are advertised direct to the public for internal use. Competent authorities say that at least one-half of the medicines taken in the United States are of the kind known as 'patent medicine,' and yet in two years among 80,000,000 people there have been but ninety cases (forty-three fatal) that have been Re­ ported in the newspapers from the use or misuse of these remedies." • Not in a single fully substantiated case is it ever charged that any pat­ ent medicine in recommended doses , was injurious.,. In this connection it should be understood that in making death certificates and in reporting cases of injury to the newspapers from which these cases were secured, a physician had the final word, and in this connection is there any prob­ ability that the doctor will hide his own carelessness or neglect or that of a fellow practitioner whose support he may want at some time, and is there even a possibility that he might hide any responsibility that could be thrown at a patent medicine? Ask yourself these questions. Then when you have found the answer, consider that during all this most thorough and careful investigation covering a period of two years, in not a single established case was It shown that patent medicine in recommended doses was injurious. The most remarkable case reported was that of an Italian laborer in New York who suffered from pains in the chest A physician ordered a porous plaster which the patient ate, with fatal results. The Real Burden Bearer. •"The late Senator Pettus," said a Selma man, "came to view with a lit­ tle alarm, in his later years, the im­ mense and unrestricted immigration to our shores. J "Walking one evening with him, I pointed to a foreigner marching along at the head of his family. The man was tall, erect, robust, a superbly handsome fellow. "'There,' I said, 'is a fine figure of' an immigrant See how he carries himself.' "Senator Pettus laughed bitterly. " 'Yes,' he said, 'and see how he lets his wife carry everything else.' " New Methcki qf Cutting Steel. A new method of cutting steel la said to have been patented by a Bel­ gian engineer. The process consists in first heating the metal by means of an oxyhydrogen flame and then cut­ ting it by a small stream of Oxygen gas, which unites with the steel and forms a fusible oxide, which flows freely from the cut It is said that the cut is fully, as smooth as that made by the saw, and If ohly Inch wide. 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