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WORSTJS OVER.
Storm Has Passed Away From
the Middle West.
Caused Great Damage Bat Little
Loss of Life.
SEVERE IN THE SOUTH.
Train Service Is Still in De
moralized Condition.
Slippery Rails Canse Wreck and
Loss of Two Lires.
Kansas City, Mo., Jan. 30. After
being securely wrapped for tlie past
2 4 hours in the grasp of the most
severe blizzard on record, reports to
day from the southwest showed that
the storm had spent its force and
that conditions were improving. The
temperature, however, remained at
its lowest point. in many places a
drop of. from 40 to 60 degrees being
experienced since the beginning of
the storm. Telegraph and telephone
communication which had been al
most completely cut off for 24 hours
was slowly being restored today-
Reports from Missouri. Kansas.
Oklahoma. Arkansas and Texas, re
ceived at the local weather bureau
this morning reported clear but colder
weather. The wind had almost died
out. The following temperatures
were reported today, all showing a
fall of from 3u to SO degrees in 36
hours:
Concordia. Kan., 2 above; Wichita.
P: Springfield. Mo., 4: Oklahoma City,
16; Amarillo. Tex.. l;: Ft. Worth, 2 6-
According to Patrick Connor, of
ficial forecaster, the storm is over so
far as the territory west of the
Mississippi river is concerned.
Locally the wind, which for 3 0
minutes last night attained the hur
ricane velocity of SO miles an hour,
and which had been blowing at the
rate of TO miles for 2 4 hours, dropped
to the almost usual 20 miles. But the
temperature here today registered 1
above zero, a drop of 60 degrees in
32 hours.
Damaze Was Great.
Chicago. Jan. 30. Chicago and the
middle west arose today with official
assurance that the worst of the storm
which devastated this section of the
country yesterday was over and that j
it would be quickly followed ry clear.
cold weather, while the east inherit
the. bl zzard.
The damage done by wind and sleet
can scarcely be estimated. Many cities
and towns are stiU practically isolated
find train service remains demoralized.
In the Dskotas and Nebraska hope is
he!d out for immediate improvement in
conditions.
In the south, the storm was the most;
severe in recent years and the story of 1
wrecked buildings, interruption to wire I
communication and general distress is
almost a duplicate of that sent from thel
north and nortnwest. Railroad trade
is also badly delayed in Arkansas. Ok
lahoma, Mississippi and portions of
Texas.
Fire and havoc from winds have re
sulted in loss of several hundred thou
sand dollars. The heavy snowfall in
the states of the west and northwest
of Chicago, is the most serious result j
of the biizzard. The delay in freight
traffic and passenger service will pro-1
bablv continue for some time. The loss I
of life considering the extent of the
area anTcted has been insignificant.
The blizzard had abated materially in
Chicago before the morning business
rush besan. but the heavy snowfall
that had accompanied it remained and t
caused much confusion and delay. Ele-;
vated and surface lines were impeded
and attempts to maintain regular sche
dules were abandoned.
Suburban trains were also greatly de
layed by the snowdrifts. Several trains
from extreme western and northwest
era points were reported from 10 to 13
hours' late.
Storm Causes Loss of Life.
Cincinnati. Jan. 30. The snow
storm and consequent siippery track is
given as the cause of an accident here
today that may cost at least two lives,
while several other persons were in-
passengers Jumped the rails on Clifton j
avenue and roiled down a steep em
bankment, into a ravine. Practically f
all of the occupants of the car were
caught under it or hurled from the
platform or through windows. More
than a score of passengers were in
jured. That some were not instantly
killed is considered remarkable. The
motorman. Joseph E- Mulligan, is be
lievtd to be dying and Lieutenant
Poppe is probably fataliy hurt-
Poppe. who is chief of detectives,
tried to assist the motorman in regain
ing control of the car. He was work
ing at the brake when the car jumped
the track. Poppe stuck to his post, as
did Motorman Mulligan.
Tiic Storm In Xcw York.
New Tork. Jan. 3. The center of
the western blizzard reached this city
today. Accompanied by a high west
wind a heavy fall of wet snow suc
ceeding a rainfall throughout last
night filled the streets with slush
which threatened to delay all city
transportation except the subway.
Frequent accidents to pedestrians
were reported. With the front win
dows of the street cars thickly
coated, motonnert were unable to see
pedestrians going across the slipperv
crossings and snow on the tracks
deadened the sound of the approach
ing cars. James Barry, aged 73. was
struck by a Madison avenue car at
Fifty-ninth street and suffered a
probable fracture of the skull.
Among the hundreds who soueht
shelter last night In the municipal
lodging houses were about 40 women
and children. Most of the men were
put to work clearing snow. Fire
which broke out in a stable on Mont
rose street in Brooklyn, set fire to
two adjoining tenements and -the
tenants had narrow escapes
Loss $25,000.
Centered Over New England.
Washington. Jan. 30. With the
temperature falling rapidly in its path
and snow and sleet in many sections
marking its sweep eastward, the cen
ter of the storm that has raged with
great force through all that part of
the country east of the Rockies, today
is centered over . New England
Through the west and largely through
SATURDAY EYKJiXNG.
the south there is a cold snap and the
weather bureau today predicted freez
ing temperature In the fruit belt of
Florida. Snow has fallen west of
there as far as the Mississippi river
and north of Florida.
It will be much colder in the east
ern states tonight and tomorrow. In
the east many points haTe recorded
freezing temperature today and a
drop of about 20 degrees generally is
forecasted for that section. Accord
ing to the weather bureau experts it
probably will be close to zero weather
tonight and tomorrow in the interior
of Xew Tork and below the zero mark
in "northern New Tork. In the far
west intense cold is reported, 24 de
gress below zero being reported in the
northwest.
Much Damage From Fire.
Dallas, Tex., Jan. 30. Damage
from fire and havoc wrought by the
high wind estimated today at about
$300,000 was caused during the past
two days in Texas and Oklahoma. In
Dallas alone within two days there
were 1" fire alarms. A number of
residences were burned with losses of
$20,000.
Four residences burned at Grand
Saline.
The grain elevator at Buson near
Kingfisher. Ok., with a. quantity of
corn in cars burned causing a loss of
about $25,000.
In the Glenn oil pool near Tulsa,
the damage is probably $50,000 by
reason of the wind having levelled
many derricks. The walls of a hotel
were wrecked at Muskogee. Fifty
derricks are down in the oil field
near Keifer, Okla.
In the Texas Panhandle, the sand
storm was terrific. The gale has been
followed by a cold wave which em
braces the entire southwestern conn
try from Kansas' to southern Texas
arid into Mexico.
Church Carried a Block.
Hot Springs. Ark., Jan. 30. The
Third Baptist church in the southern
portion of this city was lifted from
the foundations by the heavy wind
and carried one block to the Central
avenue entrance of the Oaklawn race
track. There was much minor dam
age here from the wind.
Snow Drifts 20 Feet Deep.
Benton Harbor. Mich., Jan. 30. As
a result of the blizzard traffic is al
most entirely suspended in this sec
tion of Michigan. Snow drifts in
some instances are 20 feet deep.
DEFINING DUTIES.
Senators Want Agriculture Restricted
to Manhattan College.
Senator A. S. Cooke, of Mitchell
county, in an interview specifically
denies that he and Former Senator
Edwin Taylor, now a regent of the
Agricultural college, had any motive
or thought of hindering the progress
of that school or the State university
in the bill introduced recently, which
defined specifically-the fields of the
two institutions. The bill presented
by Senator Cooke was prepared by
himself and Mr. Taylor. m It prohibits
the State university from establish
ing certain courses connected in
timately with asricultural training
and also it prohibits the Agricultural
college from encroaching upon the
distinctly scholastic field of the uni
versity. In his
said:
interview Senator Cooke
"There is a general misunderstand
ing in the state regarding the attitude
of ex-Senator Edwin Taylor and my
self, toward the Agricultural college
and the university. The intent of the
biil introduced was to plainly define
the field in which each school f to
perform its work and the measure
was not prompted by any ill-feeling
or ill-will toward either institution.
"We desire to go on record that
no one has a deeper interest or a
more earnest desire to see the de
development and upbuilding of the
Agriemtural college than ourselves.
We offer this explanation to correct
the misunderstanding that the people
seem to have regarding our purpose
in introducing this bill."
KANSAS DAY" AT OGDEN.
One Hundred Jay hawkers Join in a
Celebration.
Ogden. Utah. Jan. 30. Kansas day at
Ogden was happily and appropriately
observed. There are fully 200 Kansans
who are residents of this citv, many
" "uuin are organized as the "Utah
The Officer rvf
l-Tor. L H. Masters, formerly of New
ton, president; Q. R. Craft, formerly of
Downs, secretary.
About 100 of the "Jayhawkers" had a
gionous time in the auditorium of the
r library building in celebration
of Kansas Day." The programme of
the evening consisted of music, speech
making. Kansas reminiscences feast
ing and general social recreation. The
principal speaker of the evening was
Judge John A. Bagiey
Lo Angeles Celebrates With Picnic
Los Angeles. Cal.. Jan. 30. While yes
terday was really "Kansas Day" and
was so celebrated by the former Kan
sans at Long Beach, the Kansas soci
ety of southern California deemed it
better to hold the o,,ot tl-
sas picnic in East Lake park today in-
m umer to accommodate more
Kansans.
ONLY A SLIGHT SHOCK.
But the Inhabitants of Spain Had a
Bad Scare.
Madrid. Jan. 30. A message has
just been received here from Barcel
ona saying the reports of a disastrous
earthquake and tidfel wave at that
city emanating from England, are ab
solutely untrue. There was a slight
earthquake shock at Totonana in the
province of Murcia, but no serious
damage was done. The walls of only
a few houses were cracked. Slight
shocks were also felt in the neighbor
hood of the village of Ollas.
At both Totonana and Olias the in
habitants fled panicstricken to the sub
urbs, fearing that a disaster was up
on them such as devastated Sicilv and
southern Italy.
It is reported that the moment
the qu-dtke occurred the sun was hid
den by a dense gray cloud, which
however, disappeare-i immediately,
while a phower of hail stones as large
as walnuts covered the ground to a
depth of several centimeters.
DIGGINGJUT.
Snow Blockade on Colorado
Roads Being Raised.
Trains Hare Been Marooned
From Two to Ten Days.
SLIDES CUT THROUGH.
Some of Them iTom 30 to 40
. Feet Deep.
Business Practically Suspend
ed in Oklahoma.
Denver, CoL, Jan. 30. Snow from
7 to 10 feet on the level and drifts
many feet deeper are still blocking
many of the lines of the Coiorado
railroads, but most of the passenger
trains stuck in drifts have been reach
ed and the passengers are being taken
care of. The Colorado & Southern
passenger train which has been ma
rooned near Jefferson for two days is
still in the snow, but the passengers
have been brought to the village. The
Denver & Rio Grande broke its three
days blockade on Cumbers Pass yes
terday and released the snowbound
Durango passenger train. The Rio
Grande Southern railroad, however, is
still badly blocked in the vicini
Durango.
The line to Telluride, has been
blocked for nearly a week and it
probably will be another week before
the road is opened. The line to Sil
vertou was opened last night after
being blocked 10 days. Some of the
snow slides cut through were from
30 to 40 feet deep. Train loads of coal
and supplies are being rushed to.Sil
verton, which city has been close to
famine.
The high line or Leadville branch
of the Colorado & Southern is having
much trouble with huge drifts and
two passenger trains are snowbound
at Boreas station, on top of the range.
The weather in the mountains has
cleared, but It is still intensely cold.
Business Practically Suspended.
Muskogee, Ok-, Jan. 30. Great
damage has been done throughout
the greater part of Oklahoma by the
terrific windstorm that has swept the
state the past 24 hours. Business has
been practically suspended and peo
ple have stayed indoors. Thousands
have been panic stricken by the fear
of injury or death from falling wires,
poles, endless numbers of which have
been levelled to the ground by the
unprecedented gale.
- Oa accouat of the disabling of all
sources of information except the rail
ways the trains of which are running
hours behind schedule time, informa
tion is meager. The storm evidently
has now spent its force.
Schooner Struck a Lightship.
New Tork. Jan. 30. A four masted
schooner, during the storm this
morning, ran into the Scotland light
ship and damaged the light vessel,
staving in her bow and breaking her
anchor chain. The lightship blew
signals calling- for immediate assis
tance and the revenue cuter Mo
hawk has gone to aid the lightship.
Blizzard in Kentucky.
Louisville. Ky., Jan. 30. Kentucky
and other parts of the south, which
yesterday felt a touch of winter, are
today in the clutch of a genuine bliz
zard, which has been raging for more
than 12 hours. Snow fell throughout
Kentucky and sections of Tennessee
nearly all night and high winds at
both Memphis and Atlanta denoted
the passage of the blizzard. The min
imum temperature as reported by the
weather bureau, was six above. All
trains are late.
BLOWN ON THE BEACH.
Schooner Helena Grounds on Shore
of Massachusetts Bay.
Scituate, Mass., Jan. 30. Driving
in through a blinding snow storm at
iia-hreak todav the three masted
schooner Helena, lumber laden from
Savannah to Portland. Me., ' brought
up on the rocky beach right under
the fourth cliff on the south shore of
Massachusetts bay. The vessel came
in so close to the cliff that the crew
of the Fourth Cliff life saving station
had no difficulty in firing a line across
the rigging and pulling the Helena's
eight men to land.
REPUBLIC CREW SAILS.
More Than $1,000 Baised for Them
by Subscription.
New Tork. Jan. 30. After a fare
well dinner at the Sailors Home of the
Seamen's Friends society, the crew of
the White Star liner Republic, which
sank after the collision with the Flor
ida a week ago today, will sail for
England today on the steamship Bal
tic. More than $1,000 was raised by
subscription for the men who lost
their clothing and belongings Jn the
wreck and they were well fitted out
before their departure.
Weekly Bant Statement.
Vw York. Jan. . The statement of
clearirur house banks for the week shows
t,nlA T 7 37S mnr. than
tnat 1 1 1" ,.i : - -
th requirement of the 3 per centreserv
rule. - This is a decrease of tiK. in the
proportionate ca3Q reserve as comparea
with last week. The statement follows:
Loan, tl,341.9Xr S.?14.Tf
OeoositB wzsaiw
5.043. ft )
Circulation 4&.41..-.
T e.il tenders... -
5-1
Specie
Reserve
Reserve required
Surplus
Ei-V. S. deposits......
3rL2"2.3 t,4.9
33.rl.X n.42S.l"
355.706.OJS l.i,S5
25,i4.06) S.'.TS.iS
Decrease.
The percentage of actual reserve of the
clearing house banks today was 2S.53.
The statement of banks and trust com
panies of Greater New York, not report
ing to the clearing house, shows that these
institutions hive aggregate deposits of
$1.291.sn.sOO: total cash on hand. tliT,7tJ9,9tH
and loans azuountttg to Sl,0S1.5ju.
TOPKKA, KANSAS, JAJSTJARY
H0USEV0RKING.
Pnt in the Day in Committee of
the: Whole.
Only Minor Bills Were Con
sidered." NEWSPAPER MEASURE.
Forbids Padding of Circulation
Figures. :
Was Reported Favorably, Also
"Two Per Cent" Bill.
The house went into eommittee of
the whole this morning to consider the
bill by Feder of Barton .which pro
vides that all newspaper publishers
shall give correct and honest state
ments of their circulation to adver
tisers who apply for the same and fail
ure to do so shall be regarded as a
misdemeanor; also that the circula
tion of the previous month may be
published the first of each month, and
a false publication of the same punish
able by a fine of from $50 to $500. The
bill was recommended for passage.
There are a number of newspaper
men in the house and a difference of
opinoin arose among them. Amrine of
Morris and Brightoa of Montgomery
being against and Morgan of Reno,
Kreisel of Harvey and Feder of Barton
for the measure. The debate lasted
for an hour. Among the amendments
killed was one by Westeott of Chero-
kee which read as follows: "That no
member of the legislature have an
eulogy printed in any paper except
that he- pay for the same at regular
advertising rates."
The bill by Allen of Wyandotte pro
viding for disposition of lands wrong
fully reclaimed from the channels of
navigable streams was recommended
for passage.
The Kd wards anti-cigarette biil
came on for a hearing before the house
at this time and. as usual, was recom
mended for passage without debate or
remonstrance.
Krehbiel's bill directed against the
2 per cent joints and dealers was rec
ommended for passage and also the
measure making it unlawful for. any
person to drink intoxicating liquor on
passenger trains.
Penweli of Shawnee has Introduced
a bill which provides that all grad
uate nursesj shall register in a book
kept by the secretary of the board of
health, and that the secretary shall,
if satisfied -with the genuineness of
the dioloma presented by the nurse
at time of registration, issue a cr-j
tifleate of registration, to said nurse
and any "V're,"
fessiou without this certificate shall
be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor.
Stone of Shawnee introduced a bill
calculated to strengthen the milk in
spection ordinance now in force in
Topeka and other cities of Kansas..
The bill provides further that the city
council may enforce the ordinance
preventing the sale of milk in their
citv from cows that have not been
subjected to or passed the tuberculosis
test.
At the afternoon session the house
continued in committee of the whole
and disposed of a number of minor
bills.
The San Jose scale appropriation
bill has been 'made a special order
for Monday morning.
. Xew Bills in House.
H. B. No. 536. By Ryan An act con
cerning the taking up of stray animals.
H. B. No. o37. Hy snyaer An act re
lating to the outstanding bonded debt
of Leavenworth county.
H. B. No. 538. By Morgan of Reno
An act to regulate and define the prac
tice of optemetry.
H. B. No. 539. By Penweli An act
providing for the registration of grad
uate nurses.
H. B. No. 540. By Allen An act re
lating to liens for labor and material.
H. B. No. 541. By Cline An act auth
orizing and empowering the board of
county commissioners of Montgomery
county to construct ana maintain a
bridge across the Verdigris river-
H. B. No. 542. By Kyle An act to
prohibit discrimination between dif
ferent sections, communities or locali
ties. H. B. No. 549. By Allen An act
to provide for the payment of an
under sheriff in counties having 35,000
and less inhabitants.
H. B. No. 5 50. By Gray An act to
protect trees from depredation.
H. B. No. 551. By Watson An act
vacating certain portions of the city
of Savonburg.
H. B. No. 552. By Watson An act!
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1 ' ' I XLLIU tC . 1 ..... J
the memory of the Union soldiers and
sailors.
H. B. No. 55 3. By Cranston An
act to authorize the board of county
commissioners of any county to levy
a tax for the creating of funds out of
which bounties may be paid upon
noxious animals.
H. B. No. 554. By Newlin An act
relating to public parks.
H. B. No. 555. By Fred Fehr- An
act prohibiting the making or publish
ing of false statements in the sale of
stock companies.
H. B. No. 556. By Judiciary Com
mittee An- act relating to civil pro
cedure. H. B, No. 55 7. By Buckman Ah act
relating to assessments and taxation.
BIG GAIN FOR TOPEKA.
Bank Clearings 46,5 Per Cent Larger
" Than Last Tear's.
New York. Jan. Bradstreet s bank
clearings report for the-- week ended Jan
uary 2S shows an aggregate of $2.S58,22S
0C0. as against $2.258J63.flO last week and
S2.2S9.436,W0 in the corresponding week
last year. Following are the clearings m
the larger cities:
Per.
Inc.
32.0
IS. 3
15.9
12.5
12.
33.3
7
15.2
27.3
33. e
New York ...
I.7n5.?l7.flriO
... 249.S24.00
I52.W6.O0O
... H7.i?7fl.MO
S4.33S.00O
43.54iCt
s.330,PO
2.736.."x:
2.423.'0
1.743, VO
Chicago -
Boston ......
Philadelphia
St. Louis
Kansas City
St. Joseph
Des Moines -
Sioux City
Wichita
Okiaho-na City
sas.
I rm-orrr. Neb
1S9
TOPEKA. - L268,0GO
1909.
IT WAS THE WORST
Panic of 1901-8 Described by
Geo. W. Perkins :
As Exceeding Anything of the
Kind in Financial History.
HE GIVES TESTIMONY.
Before the Special Committee of
Investigation
Regarding the Tennessee Coal
and Iron Co. Deal.
Washington, Jan. SO. When the
special committee charged with the
investigation of the president's auth
ority for permitting the absorption of
the Tennessee Coal and Iron company
by the United States steel corporation
resumed its inquiry on Tuesday next,
it is understood there will be a num
ber of witnesses examined. Among
these may be Judge E. H. Gary and
Henry C. Frick. the representatives
of the steel corporation who laid the
Question of merging the two concerns
before President Roosevelt and Lewis
Cass Ledyard, who is said - to have
originated the merger idea in order to
take Tennesee Coal and Iron stock out
of a number of loans which were be
ing pressed for payment by New i
Tork banking institutions, which held
them.
Perkins' Testimony. '
According to testimonv of George
W. Perkins, of the firm of J. P. Mor
gan & Co., given to the committee
, Mr. Ledyard appears to have been the
jjfirst to suggest that the steel eorpor-
ation take over the Tennessee con
cern. ilr. Ladyard is described as the
faw-yer of the partnership which was
in difficulty over loans it had secured
on Tennessee Coal and Iron stock.
Thus far in the hearing before the
special committee on judiciary this
partnership remains nameles. but it is
understood members of the commit
tee are confident they know the con
cern meant and will be able to sub
poena its members.
Mr. Perkins was pressed very hard
for an explanation of the value of ex
changing United States Steel corpora
tion for Tennessee Coal & Iron stock
when both were quoted at about the
same price on the market. He was
asked the difference between the two
securities and how the mere substitu
tion of one security for another re
lieved the situation. He said:
Worst Panic Ever Known.
"There was a very great difference.
No one dared press any security on the
market at tnat time that there was
. nv OT-estioii about beine able to sell.
p?JlIe and thf Wli
panic tnat any city or cuubitjt
ever known. It was not a question
whether anything was intrinsically
worth something or was not. It was
what vou could do with it what peo
ple believed. They did not believe in
that security (Tennessee Coal & Iron
stock) and they did believe in the steel
bonds. Whether their belief was well
founded or whether it
was not had
nothing at all to do
minds at that moment.'
with people
PROF. CARRUTH'S GIFT
Founds Scholarship for High School
Pupil at K. U.
Lawrence, Kan.. Jan. 30. Prof. W.
H. Carruth. vice chancellor of the un
iversity, has announced to the high
school authorities that he has found
ed a scholarship at the University of
Kansas to be held each year by some
graduate of the Lawrence high school.
The scholarship is to pay $100 each
year and be known as the Frances
Schlegel Carruth Scholarship. It is to
be given ifor high scholarship in Ger
man. The generous bequest of Mr. Car
ruth was made public at the high
school and great was the enthusiasm
among the pupils. His letter to Prof.
F. H. Olney in which he explained the
purposes of - the scholarship was as
follows:
My Dear Mr. Olney: I have estab
lished at the University of Kansas, a
freshmen scholarship of $180 in value
to be known as the Frances Schlegel
Carruth Scholarship to be assigned to
the graduate of the Lawrence high
school who passes the best competi
tive examination in German on tb
rhnu , n.-warr p.t r3nrp cierman
work. The scholarship is to become
7 W e r,aid in two installments,
.. . . - . , .
November 1, and May 1. of each year.
I trust that this may prove an aid to
the scholarship of the high schooL
Yours truly.
W. H. CARRUTH-
NOVATA BURNED OUT.
Oklahoma Town Nearly Wiped Off
the Map by Fire.
Coffeyville. Kan.. Jan. 30. The
town of Nowata, across the line from
here in Oklahoma, was almost wiped
off the map today by a fire that de
stroyed 13 business houses, two banks
and the county court house, which
latter held all the records of that sec
tion of Oklahoma.
The loss is estimated at $200,000.
The intense cold made it difficult to
fight the flames-
FIRE AT COFFEYVILLE.
Destroyed a
Boarding Stable and SC
line Horses.
Coffeyville, Kan., Jan. 30. Fire
here today destroyed A- B. Hollo
way's boarding stable, together with
26 fine horses, a veterinary hospital
and three other buildings. Several
of the horses were valued at from
it. 000 to $2,000. The total loss is es-
I timated at $75,000. A terrific wind
fsnread the flames endangering the
U business section for a time.
SATURDAY EVENING.
DROP TO NEAR ZERO.
Mercury Registers One Above at the
Lowest Point.
Although the temperatures have
been a number of degrees lower to
day than those of Friday, the
weather conditions have been much
more agreeable. The sun has shone
bright and warm nearly all day and
the wind which has been from the
northwest has averaged something
like 24 miles an hoar against a much
greater velocity yesterday when a
maximum of 66 miles an hour was
reached. The wind has been falling
every hour today. The forecast calls
for fair weather tonight and tomor
row with a rising temperature Sun
day. The minimum temperature was
recorded at 7:30 this morning when
the mercury reached to one degree
above zero. The following are the
temperatures for today:
7 o'clock 2 111 o'clock 1
g
9
10
o'clock 2 1 12 o'clock 8
o'clock..... 2 I 1 o'clock. ... .11
o'clock 4 1 2 o'clock 13
TRADE IS QUIET.
Except at Few Points In West and
Southwest.
New York. Jan. 2Q. Bradstreets
says: Trade is rather quiet this week
exceptions being a few points in the
west, southwest and Pacific northwest
where more Is reported doing by
wholesalers and jobbers. Lines show
ing especially quiet conditions at pres
ent are iron and steeL
Good reports still come from the
cotton goods line where demand is
steady, despite recent advances.
Business failures in the United
States for the week ending Jan. 28,
were 311, against 307 last week, 3 59
in the like week of 1908. 211 in 1907,
228 in 190S and 239 in 1905. Canadian
failures for the same period number
4 2, compared with 40 last w?ek and
4 4 in the same period last year.
Wheat including flour, exports from
the United States and Canada for the
week ending January 28 aggregated
3,644.693, bushels against 3.058.219
last week, and 4.328.205 this week last
year. For the thirty-one weeks end
ing January 28, the exports are 129.
050,794 bushels against 140,059.225 in
the corresponding period last year.
Corn exports for the week are 1.
3S5.299 bushels against 749.000,088
last week. 1.947,927 in 1908. For the
31 weeks ending January 28. corn ex
ports are 15.635.435 bushels against
30.078.776 last year.
LOSE ONE DEMOCRAT.
Harmony Township Votes Can't Be
Found Broil Itr Ahead.
Harmony towmsiiip. located in Stev
ens county, Kansas, is not all that its
name would indicate. In the contest
' proceedings from the Stevens-Morton
representative district of Broiller vs.
, Sr-t . . v.r. th- -rtmmi,
tee on elections, it was discovered, af-
ter the ballots had been counted by
the commitee, that those from Har
mony township in Stevens county
were missing. They were sent for
1 he second time but could not be
found. Broiller, the contestant, bases
his contest on alleged crookness in
that township and makes many
changes against the Stout forces. The
recount of the ballots with this town
ship mising gives Broiller a majority
of one vote over Stout, Democrat,
the present " incumbent of the office
who was elected by two votes ac
cording to the certified returns by the
election judges of his district. It is
likely that Broiller will be seated by
the house.
GARFIELD TO QUIT.
He WUI Xot Hold Office Under the
New Administration.
Washington. Jan. 30. The definite
statement is made that James R. Gar
field, secretary of the interior, will
not be a member of the cabinet of
the new administration. Neither will
he be an ambassador to a foreign
country. He will return to his home
in Ohio and take up the practice of
law. " -
AS OPEN SHOPS.
AU the Hat Factories WUI Start Up
February 9.
South Norwalk. Conn.. Jan. 30. Posi
tive information was given out today
by the heads of hat making concerns
.closed by the United Hatters of North
America will be started up on Tuesday,
February 9, as "open shops."
The order of the Associated Hat
Manufacturers is that no union label
shall be put in hats hereafter. The
strikers heer are greatly surprised at
the action.
TO RACE 26 MILES.
A Long Jaunt for 280 Athletes From
Rochester to Pittsburg.
Pittsburg. Pa., Jan. 30. Under the
auspices of a local newspaper 2S0 ath
letes from western Pennsylvania, east
era Ohio and West Virgina will start
at noon to run over the full Olympic
marathon course of 26 miles S3 yards
from Rochester, Fa., to this city. It is
impossible to predict how many will
finish as the western storm reached
Pittsburg during the early morning and
today wintry conditions of snow, wind
and cold are being experienced. t
THE BURNS HANDICAP.
A Dozen High Class Starters Faced the
Barriers hi a Sea of Mod.
San Francisco. Jan; 30. On a track
fetlock deep in soft mud and in
drenching rain storm." a dozen high
class starters faced the barrier this af
ternoon in what will probably be the
last running of the famous Burns hand
icap, the classic of the western turf.
The choice for favorite Is divided be
tween Big Chief and Firestone, both
from-the stable of President Thomas
Williams: Dorante. owned by F. A. For-
sythe and King James from Samuel
Kikiretu's taco-
FIVE CENTS.
PAYS $300 A DAY
Senator Depew Hires Room for
Inauguration.
Another Sew Yorker Pays $100
for Two Windows.
HIRES THE PARLORS.
Got. Gnild Gives Cp Small For
tune to a Hotel.
Bed Rooms for a Single Person
Go at $10.
"Washington. Jan. ao. For the com
ing Inauguration. Senator Chauneey
ax. jjepew or -New York has contracted
for a single room in the Corcoran
building. Fifteenth v and Pennsylvania
avenue, opposite . the treasury depart
ment, for which he has agreed to pay
J300 for a single day, March 4. In this
apartment the senator will entertain a
number of his friends. Luncheon will
be served and there will be "all the
comforts of a home."
Another wealthy New Torker has
contracted to pay JlOO for two windows
in a building on Pennsylvania avenue.
Governor Guild of Massachusetts has
contracted to pay a small fortune for
the parlors on the second floor of one
of the leading Pennsylvania avenue ho
tels. He will entertain in the apart
ments, and on March 4 will be-sur
rounded by a brilliant company, who
will view the big parade from the front
windows.
Chairman Weller of the local inaug
uration committee, in discussing the
general proposition of caring for the
inauguration visitors, said the hotels
here can not accommodate 20 per cent
of the people who will come to Wash-
ington.
As to the approximate rates that will
be charged. Chairman Welter said that
in the best hotels off Pennsylvania,
avenue a regular $5 a day rate will
prevail where one room can be occu
pied by two persons. Where a room is
occupied by but one person the rate
in first class hotels will -be Jio per
day. At good hotels the rate will be
frem $2.50 per day up. The average
rate for lodgings in boarding house
and private homes will be $1 per
night, or $10 per week, for room and
board in boarding hooees.
It was explained that in the down
town restaurants meals can be had for .
from 26 cents up. There will be Junch
counter privileges for street stands and
the public halls and other places, where
the National Guard and other organi
sations will be quartered. There will
a iso be hrneh wagons driven about the
principal streets oa March 3. 4 and 5.
OKLAHOMA CONVICTS.
A Train Load of 343 Taken Prom Kan.
' sas Penitentiary Today..
Leavenworth. Kan., Jan. 30. The Ok
lahoma convicts were not taken from
the Kansas penitentiary Friday because
of the failure of a .railroad company to
set in the spectal train of cars to haul
them. R. W. Dicks, the warden, and
14 guards came' In with the intention
of taking them out. It was decided to
increase the guard force to 3. and
Kansas penitentiary officers and local
men were secured for this number.
The special train left this morning.
It took 345 convicts, as twelve are to
be held here on habeas corpus writs.
There are thirty-nine life timers and
many more with long terms, which
caused Warden Dicks to arrange for
an increase of guards. The prisoner
were chained to gether In pairs. There
are fifteen women and they were kept
separate from the men by a partition
In a car. Attorneys Died habeas cor
pus 6uits for five more Oklahoma pris
oners on Warden Haskell of the Kan-
sas penitentiary, making twelve.
The writs are made returnable next
Tuesday. In order to forestall more
of the suits the entire Oklahoma con
tingent was formally turned over to
Warden Dicks who receipted for them.
It was understood that he would take
them out and pay no attention to habeas
corpus writs. There is considerable
Indignation among both ' the Kansas)
and Oklahoma prison officials " over
the filing of suits to release murderer
and long time prisoners Just as thi
arrangements are made to take them
away. . -
v arden Dicks received a messaga
from McAlester, Oklahoma, urging him
to return at once, that a mutiny was
feared among the 400 convicts now held
at that place. It came too late for him
to connect with evening trains, and in
stead of leaving he sent telegrams di
recting that certain steps be taken t
hold the convicts in check. The special
convict train is timed to arrive at Mc
Alester so that the prisoners can be un
loaded by daylight.
BOTH MAKE DENIALS.
P. Ta and Cromwell Send Com
munication to House Members.
Washington, Jan. 30. Vigorous de
nials both by C. P. Taft and William
Nelson Cromwell, of the charges
made in the recent speech of Mr.
Rainey of Illinois on Panama canal
affairs have been read In the house.
The communication from Mr. Taft
was in the shape of a cable from Ha
vana to Mr. Rainey while Mr. Crom
well's rejoinder was addressed to Mr.
Levering of Massachusetts.
There was an animated discussion
of the subject. Then the army ap
propriation biil was laid before the
house. The btll was not considered,
however, the time being taken up f
general debate.
Mr. Jenkins (Wis.) presented views
holding to be unconstitutional the
acts of the last session of congress in
relation to the issuance of restrain
ing orders, injunctions and contempt
of court; Perkins N. T. favored a
lowering of the tariff: Gaines Ten"
attacked the so-ealled powder trust
and Reeder (Kan.) spoke in defense
of the forest service. The army bill
is still pending.
Weather Indications.
Chicago. Jan. 30. Forecast for
Kansas: Fair tonight and Sunday
with, rising temperature.