Abilene weekly reflector. [volume], October 03, 1912, Image 8

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A3 LEWS TTErnXT Rrn,rr.TOB. ASllXXfi, . , OCTOSKa a. ma.
nr.ioons failed
TOCOBm
Eggest Grain Deal Ever Attempted
on Kansas City Market.
FIRM NOW FACES HEAVY LOSSES
Prompt Delivery Was Mads on Nr-
ly all Contract Purch Mad
; at Hlflhar Prlcaa Than Those
Now Prevailing.
Kansas City. Oct. 1. Tha biggest
wheat deal aver undertaken in the
Kanaaa City market ended without
ay of tha excitement that uaually ac
companies' tha culmination of auch an
"aeration. . Ther were . no "eborta"
left to " aqueeie" at the laat moment,
All contracts were filled and the Ar
aonr Grain company now owna about
.000,000 buahela of wheat in eleva
tor and on track in Kanaaa City. De
Hrerlee were 410,000 buabela, making
total of 8,985,000 buabela which the
Araoura have taken and paid for In
leptember. .
Grain men aay that practically all
this wheat remain here and no one
.know what diapoalUon will be made
f la
Trade U mettled. ,
The deal haa unaettled the grain
trade here becauae tha neceaalty of
delivering auch a large quantity of
arhaat to ona concern haa Bent pricea
eelatively higher In Kanaaa City than
laewbere and thereby Interfered with
Ah free merchandising of wneat to
aalllers in different parta ol tne coun
try. and to exporters.
It la assumed that pricea will quick
tr get back to a normal level relative'
tjr to other market, now that tha Ar
nmr contracts have been filled.
drain men aay that the Armoura
t amm time held contract for ruiiy
,00,000 buahela of wheat for Sep-
Jesnber delivery. They believe mere
avas a purpose to corner the market
and lay a heavy toll on ahort aellera
evno were unable to deliver.
Moat Contracta Filled,
A scarcity of regular elevator ca-
awdty from which to make dellverle
I aa expected to help tne mampuia
ainn Rut tha board of trade dlreo
rtora provided for increased elevator
' Mapacity by making rauroaa eievaior
available, and by providing emer
gency deliveries of grain in carloada
.an track. The result waa that most
contract were filled. Probably et
tlement waa made on contracta for
t.000,000 buabela, while nearly 4,000,
Ml V...V.1. M riallTAreri. '
The Armour drain company la par
lna- nearly 81.000 a day for atorage
.aeom. Grain men believe that. Ar-
ui r will not keeD ud the big expense
; song, but will seek to ell tha wheat
- for shipment to Eastern mill or to
foreign countries. ' '
Practically all tha wheat was
konght at higher prices than thoae
chaaea were presumably protected by
ale elaewhere, the opinion prevail
t aware that the Armour company will
tliave a rather heavy loss before the
wheat is disposed of. '
CrCPLEXY FATAL TO F. A. FAXON
tiPreeldent of Kanaaa City School
, ', ' Board and Prominent Citizen
v Dleaat Hla Home. ,
Kansas City, Mo., Oct. 1 Prank A
-STaxon, president of the school board
"ad president of the wholesale drug
v"9ra, Faxon A Gallagher, died at 8:50
t p, m. at his home, here. His death
- waa the result of a stroke of apoplexy,
offered at 12:15 at the Commercial
- dub room. At 1:30 o'clock he wa
- taken In an ambulance to hla home.
Mr. Faxon did not regain consclous-
eaa after the stroke.
Mr. Faxon waa president of the
T feoard of education and had been one
- of tta members for many year. He
!to bad served aa president of the
Commercial club.
It is &id of Mr. Faxon that no pub
lic enterprise ha been launched for
n"the betterment and good of Kansas
Oty that he was not -In the foremost
-.ank pushing It" along. : ,
. New LavJ' fbr Women.
New York, Oct L At midnight the
smew 64-hour-week labor law, which
'will affect ' nearly 600,000 girls,
-women and boy a in New York, went
,lato effect The law, ' which la an
outgrowth of the agitation fln
the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire,
antgrowth of the agitation following
(affects all girl and women ana hoy
mdr . 18 rears old. It aDDlie to
rJTactoriea, a factory being defined "a
; aay mill, workshop or other maau
: factoring or business establishment
' ewhere one or more persons are em
' ffloyed at labor." .
" , Thousands Greet Deb.
New York, Oct 1. Fifteen thou
"uraad persona cheered Eugene V. Deba
,ar 17 minutes In Madlaon Square
rSarden. where the candldatea of the
-Socialist party were officially notified
of their nomination. They had paid
sa admission price of from 15 cents
to a dollar. Seata at aa overflow
- lasting in the Garden theatre sold
i Jar S3 cent. Two thousand attended.
' Struck Cas Near Gamett" ' .
nrcctt Kan., Oct 1. A new gat
i f id to be as strong aa any la
i ' '. t -1 ttn'ck by tbe Cirnett
- . T ! ccrrsjr t.rra e'J?s
FRANCIS a NEWLANDS
-Bi,isHl flnj ar -,: ..f
united skats Senator Newlande f
Nevada I presiding over the dellaer
tie of tne national Irrigation con
gress new la aeaaien In salt baa
City.
SEVEN RATIONS EXPECT WAR
GREAT UPHEAVAL THREATENS
BALKANS.
Armlea Mobilising and all Prepara
tion Being Mad to upon
Hostilities.
London. Oct 1. Only a tiny spark
sopears necessary to explode the Bal
kan "powder magazine." Every ele
ment for a tremendous upheaval
seems ready. Seven European armies
are under mobilization or calling in
reserves. Here, In brief, are the prepa
rations made:
Bulgaria Army mobilized and
ready for war relations. Ottoman
troopa from the capital en route to
the frontier. Railways are refusing
civil transports.
Austria Reserves summoned.
Russia Eight army corps mobilized
in the Warsaw district as a test .
Italy First class reserves of 1890
and 1887, now on leave, recalled to
the colors.
Servla War office surprisingly
busy. Eighteen carloads of Turkish
ammunition detained at Belgrade and
the reservists called up.
Greece Mobilization of troops un
der way.
Turkey Troopa mobilized near Bul
garia. '
Banka Preparing.
Sofia, Octl. Relatione between the
Ottoman bank and the National bank
were broken off and large commands
of troops are being sent to the front.
The aovernment ha Just ordered
the mobilization of all troopa. The
first overt act by Turkey will result In
a declaration of war.
WILL INVESTIGATE SHOOTING
Mllltla Who Shot Citizen at Augusta,
Ga., During strike pace
. Trial.
Augusta, Ga., Oct 1. Investigation
of the killing of three citizens by
members of the state militia an out
growth of the strike of Augusta street
railway employe waa startea. ine
men killed trespassed on "dead line"
territory established by the mllltla to
protect the railway company'a power
plant. v
riant. Jowitt and Cant Henderson.
together with every man who guarded
the "dead line," will face trial by, a
military court It. Is expected the
hABxliisra will take olace thla . week.
The men killed were business men
and their friends say they were
ignorant of the-line established by the
soldiers. .
The city continued quiet during the
day and late at night the military
forces were reduced to 40 men.
Negotiations for a settlement of the
strike proved fruitless. :
CHAFIN S30RCHES METHODISTS
Prohibition Candidate, Denied Pulpits
at Grand Rapids, Become
. ; Peevish.
Grand 1 Raolda. Mich.. Oct 1. Eu
gene W. Chafin, Prohibition candidate
for prealdent of ' the United States
was denied permission to speak from
the pulpit of three Methodist
churches of this city. Addressing an
audience at the city rescue mission af
ter the regular service late
In the
afternoon, the candidate asaalled the
U - thodlata of thi city and denounced
Methodists of this city and denounced
the' Rev. John B. Lathrop, superin
tendent of Grand Raplda diatrlct as a
whisky, presiding elder." ,
Burned Saving Horse.
Emnorta. Kan.. Oct 1. Mra. F. P.
Rnwara waa Dajnfullv burned about
the head and face when ahe.lod the
family horse from the barn, which
a a In Camea. The norse cot be
tween Mrs. Bowers and the door and
refused to move. Mr. Bower lay
down and rolled under the horse and
out the open door. Then she suc
ceeded In. leading out the horse.
- Quake Shock Recorded.
Lawrence, Kan., Oct 1. An earth
Quake shock, which bean at 3:15 a.
m. and lasted aa hour and cne-half,
waa recorded on tbe Kansas univer
sity stfsacjraph. Fret. Csly estl
rstfs tit cuaka wa 7,CvJ mi!?
-o-tT.
SMS fflCCIilESi-
ARE WOfllllLESS
Kansas ' Authorities - Issue Warning
( Against Horse Remedies.
VETERINARIANS IN CONFERENCE
Gov. Stubb Hear Reports From Men
- Studying Horse Plague Farm
er Cautioned AgaJnat
Uae of "Curoe."
Toneka. Oct 1. War on the com
merclal vaccine which are being
offered throuahout the central and
western parts of Kansas where the
horse plague ha been so disastrous
waa declared by the government and
tte veterinary authorities after a
conference that lasted all afternoon,
an thnaa wha attended the conference
Joined In a signed statement about
the horse plague, warning farmers pot
to use the commercial vaccines aa
many are worthless and some harm
ful By the report from the government
and atate veterinarian at the con
ference It was shown that anthrax,
tetanus and several other vaccine or
( serum for specific diseases were be
ing sold and urged upon the farmers
by men claiming to be veterinarians
I and offering to treat the sick animals.
Prominent Authorities Meet
Thus far good results have come
from the vaccine prepared by the
' state agricultural college but It haa
not been tried out tborougniy.
The conference waa called by Gov.
tubba in hi office. Those In attend
ance, besides the governor, were: G.
I E. Griffin, veterinarian, third field
I artillery; Charles Thorn, mycologist,
bureau of animal Industry; H. Buss
I man, veterinary Inspector, bureau of
1 niTi inrinatrv? Prof. 8. . J. Hunter,
i state entomologist; Dr. W. H. Trim
ble, pathologist University of Kan
sas; Dr. I. W. Gosa, pathologiat, agri
cultural college; Dr. F. 8. Schoenle
ber, state veterinarian; Prof. T. P.
Haalam. arricultural college; H. J.
Wa'ltera, president agricultural col
tt ajici m, c"'uvu o-
lege; J. H. Mercer, live stock sanitary
commissioner,
Cause Still Unknown.
mmmw v.iii
mL ... mam alirnAif a ! Q tPTTl All t re-
men uwu
gardlng the disease In which it
atatftd:
"In our opinion no vaccine against
this disease has been fully tnea out.
lUil UIQC..V MM aw
It is strictly urged that the-farmers
ia not use any of the commercial vac
cines offered. Many of them., are
known to be worthless and more ; are
positively harmful. In case of an out
break, co-operation with the agricul
tural college la much to' be desired."
It waa the unanimous opinion of the
veterinarians that the disease could
not be transmitted by direct inocula
tion. All agreed that the forage or
water transmitted the disease but
none knew how It waa transmitted or
what did It, whether it was a fungus
n ucw
..ninth hot, formed a toxin or a germ
- . ..
that got into the animals tnrougn tneit8 tne gafest course. The troops or
feed.
CHINAMAN TO RUN FOR CONGRESS
Charlea H. Shu, Nominated In Maaa-
chusetts. Would Admit Ch(nes
Women to America.
Boston, Sept. 28. Charlea H. Shue
the Chinese Just-nominated by th-
Republlcan for congress obtained his
nomination on a platform in which he
inserted this personal plank:
'I pledge myself to do all that '
can to have laws enacted which wll'
admit Chinese women to this country
without restriction." 4
He was born In Seattle of Chinese
parents and Is 30 years old. He haa a
wife and three children. , , .-.
HOME RULE RIOTS WORRY KING
Increased Factional Fighting Viewed
With Alarm Unionist Leader
Visits Balmoral.
Balmoral, Scotland. Sept. 27. King
George view with concern tha situa
tion In Ulster on account of the In
creasing factional fighting there, .
The Unionist leader, Andrew Bonar
Law, arrived at Balmoral aa a guest
and there la somelnclinatlon to con
nect his visit with the Irish question
It is, however, officially announced
that Mr. Law haa been invited hen
merely for the purpose of meeting the
Russian foreign ' minister, Sergiua
Sasonoff
Harvesting Kafir Corn. '
Ccttonwood Falls. Kan, Sept! 27.
The Kafir corn crop Is being har
vested with a larger yield than last
season. In the extensive Kafir corn
section In the Prairie Hill and Home
stead neighborhoods where Kafir 1
the main crop it Is estimated that the
average yield will be from 25 to 30
buahela per acre, while many bottom
tarma will bring a yield ol 45 to 50
bushels. t
Shot 200 Mutineer. -Wn
Chang, China. Sept 17. More
than 200 mutinoua soldier were shot
without the formality of a court
martial by the loyal troops, com
mar.ded by Gen. li Yuan Heng in con
aefjuene of tbe outbreak which oc
curred arcorg tbe soldiers ear ; :sl
c;,.", tba w!'s cf this city Tv ' .'.
r
CHlnVS TROUBLE
r
HOT YET EfJDED
Troops Mutinied and Made Attack on
Wu Chang.
TWO OFFICERS WERE EXECUTED
After Several Hour Fierce Fighting J
Mutineer were Dispersed Ap
parent Object wis to
Loot Citlta.
Pekin. Sept. 26. The troop en
mttarl AiitaMa , tlA if Wll
Chang, capital of the Province of Hu-
Peh, muUnied In the night and at-
. .' . . jt
raAffan r n nirw na tywitibb nnmiiHmii s
' v
several hundred and were composed
for the most cart of cavalry.
A atronc force of General LI Yuen
Hena'a rtarlment Immediately engaged
the rebela and after several hours of
fierce flahtina dispersed them. The
casualty Hat is not known, but two of
fleers were executed for falling to di
u lire their knowledge of , the . move
ment
It la believed that the attacking
party Intended not only to loot the
city, but moat of the towns in the in
terior which have no defendera from
auch outbreaka. in which both the re
publican and former imperial troops
ndulge. The republican spirit appar-
ntlr a not annreelated by the classes
from which the soldiers are recruited.
Qeneral and Soldier Included.
The object of the preaent loan 1
ostensibly for the purpose of paying
off and discharging this menacing
army, which is very large, according
to the lists submitted by the generals
The national assembly recently made
an Investigation and discovered that
the generals, like the soldiers, were
not free from the methods prevalent
under the Manchus, but tbe govern
ment arrues that It la cheaper to pay
the military leaders' demand than
flaht
The Chinese anoear to be well
Dleaaed with the success of the new
loan negotiations, the newspapers hay
ing stirred up an agitation against the
I ill mill ou up u hbiiauuu
foreign control as proposed by the si
power group. Little beed has been
paid to the fact that contrary to the
I ialll W til V laLl uiM) wiitis. . t..
I .V. I Vi nn,
i cuQBUvuuvu, wis wuusvi
I ben submitted to the national as
sembly.
Thousands Are Starving.
Pathetic conditions prevail through-
I rBlUCUV WUUIUWUP V1 V'.'t " 0
I out the country. Occasionally detach-
ments of soldiers engage in looting
and wanton destruction. Trade is
greatly hampered and thousanda of
oeraons are dylna from starvation wno
could be saved by the employment of
a few foreign engineers.
Meanwhile the political situation.
which I absorbing the Republican
leaders, has curious and Interesting I
pnases. ine msdcdu pnuces imvij
Sen, and toasted the republic But the 1
KBTB SSL U1I1UD1 iU UVUW Wa. .
imperial guard lined the streets dur-
" .- " -
ing Dr. Bun's visit, tnis ueing resaruoa i
the court, contrary to the abdication
terms, remain in the forbidden city,
President Yuan evidently desiring I
.V.I- AA n. -
lucir yicavuvs ..uo..
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VACATION TRIP ON WHEAT MONEY
Seventy-Two "Kansas and Oklahoma
Msnnonlte Start on Jaunt
Through West.
WlCnlta, Kan., Sep. ZD. oevcuiy- i
two German Mennonlte,' from near
n.i .Lii. I AU.kM. will 1 a n xt A nVB, I
the Missouri Pacific road under the
direction of Charles K. Rothwell, pas
senger agent, for a month's trip
through the West and . Northwest
Thev will travel in three tourists'
-
sleeping cars
Bleeping cars, ine, Mennouiwi uo
raised big crop of Ruslan red wheat
this year and they will enjoy ome of
.v- rv will Mat In iha
wnirtt ifiiKfi rmlllea from Wlch-lwaa
raei ' i
Ita, Hltlsboro and Inman, Kan , and I
Iherokee, Ortenta and Falrvlew, Ok
will compose vuo ynj,
Blame Boys for Wreck.
Fort Smith. Ark- Sept ZS'.-'-Four
persons were Injured, pne seriously,
vhen Iron Mountain passenger ; train
Mo 104 waa wrecked at oreenwooa
Junction. The engine turned a omer-
janlt after the crew Jumped and the
combination car waa thrown bottom
uuiuuiuBLivu v. . ri
ride up. Railway officials declare joys
placed bolt, on the track to wreck the
tralp.
; Blocks a Two-Cent Fare.
Snrinefleld. Ill- Sept 28. Holding
that the Illinois two-cent fare law was
confiscatory so far as the Chicago,
Peoria & St Louis railroad la con
cerned, the .United State diatrlct
flonrt here granted a permanent in
junction, restraining the state from
enforcing th law.
? Like Old-Time Campaign. -
Chicago. Sent 28. A procession, the
flrat In Chicago In yeara, preceded the
opening of tbe Taft campaign la llll
nola. Member of the Hamilton club
marched from the clubhouse to tbe
aalL each ona carrying a blazing torch.
Nicaragua Rebela Beaten.
San Juan Del Sur. Sept 21 Tbe
town of Granada, which was In" the
v.-j. . v x-l...ir.. rehel tival
surrendered to the government Gen.
Ira ka:isjsec3s mm
SUPREME . COURT DECISION TO I
SETTLE DISPUTE.
Interpretation of Pure Food Law Will
Affect Much Legislation all
Over Country.
poegg w,'thnCthe mlanin'g o?Te
pure feA and drug act or 1906, tne
ame thing as a "rotten egg," under
the common law?
Upon ' the early decision of that
question by the supreme court of the
United Ststes is said to hang one of
the moat far reaching disputes In re
gard to the pure food law since it
enactment. Egg men are attacking
the department of agriculture aa aeek
ing to enforce the law, according to
arbitrary and unreasonable stan iait?,
while officials of the department are
wh"e fflC,?i' "? jTJySvta
pending their cour.e " JTlT2
the most valuable features of tne leg-
Tll - l - ,l Imnrnmr food
The controversy arose over the seiz
ure in Jersey City or hj cane oi
frozen egg product packed In Topeka
bv tbe Seymour Packing company up
on the order of the J. Keith com
pany.
Tha Dure food law nrovided . that an
article should be deemed adulterated
when ' "decomposed."
The Keith company contended tnat
mnirtui had not dettnea wnai u
meant by "decomposed.'
The egg company attacks tne gov
ernment as acknowledging that every
thing In this world is more or less de
composed and that it oM to aaopt ; an
arbitrary standard of decomposition In
composed and that it had to adopt an
order to mane ine .aw
,o interpreting the -ecretary o ! agri-
cuuure, """ -
w.ould. r.k.ld!;.r"C,U,,l?I
atruction under the law, it Is asserted
NO "RACE SUICIDE" IN . IOWA
Man of 73 Becomes Father of Girl,
. Making 25 Children in Family
Mother la 39.
Marahalltown, la., Sept. 26. What
la believed to be the largest family of
children In the state has Just been
auamented by the birth of a girl wnion
makes the 18th child of Capt. D. K
1a TO a ai
farmer living
CWAll, I a Jtai a vaa m .- e
three miles west of Albion. Altogether
It l me zom cnua ui wmviuou
narentaae of Mr. Ewalt and his wife
Mr. Ewalt Is 39 years old. sne if
Ewalt a fourth wile ana nas norne mm
seven children. She also had seven
by her first husband.
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Al AfKAN VOLCANO IN ERUPTION
ML Wrangell Now Throwing Smoke
and Lava From Seven Vanta
Instead of On.
Valdei. Alaska. Sept. 26. Mount
WTangell, the moat widely known of
Vho .mnlrlnv vnlcannAB of ' Alaska.
ftgain 8 jn eruption. Lieut Prosser
i0r tne signal corps, who Juot lcr
I III II Mil UI V BIUOA IIUJU Va w w
8pectIon reported that Mt Wrangell
lwftg throwing out large volumes of
Smoke and lava. .
Tnfoo nf nun prater there are now
at lease seven vents and with the aid
of field glasses lava can De seen
.uinE- from the opening and flowing
iqowo acruaa lire fcmv.c .
This I believed to be the explana-
. IV. .1..li..
22t2S 1Z S
it-1 reported that, the aulphurou
fumes are so strong that prospectors
working near Ketsina uiacier nave
been driven out
I
SNOW TOO ARLY FOR FARMERS
. . . ; I
Northern Grain Crope Uncut, Thresh-
ing Unfinished and White Blank
et Covers Ground.
in xt i Cant 9R irnilnwlne
riBv, , ft"- -- -
WO weess or rain, we nrw mow i
tna geason partly cover North Da-
koU,' eastern Montana and western
,i t. aflnna tliA fall
haavtf annneh to delay traffic. .
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Farmera In tbe northern counties
of North Dakota and Minnesota .win
he heavy sufferer, many
fields of
wheat rye, and barley being un-
lnr The corn croD also will auSer.
Threahlna- waa about half completed
I and a week more of good weather will
I be needed before work can be re
sumed.
Killed In Motor Wreck.
Albany. Ma. SeDt 26. Mrs. J. A.
- - - .
Tipwn. wire o t a P'--
of thi. place, w. kil ed and Mr Tip-
ton himself badly injured when a
motor car in which they were return
ing borne from a shopping trip, turned
over between Stanberry and King
City. Mr. Tipton and bis wife bsd
been in St Joseph aU day and left
there at 1:30.
Quake In llllnola.
Rockford, HL, Sept 2. Two earth
quake shocks, ths - first at - 12:10
o'clock, were felt here. Dlahea were
aattrd from dinner table by the
tremor which continued for several
' second.
TlQht Lid for Springfield.
Snrinefleld. Mo.. Sept 27. Spring
Sunday of all retail establishments.!
At a meeting of the local retailera as-1
eoclatlon the delegate elected to the
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tntorfeta cf a Sutday clcsicg bin
ifnnnniincn ficrr
IIIUUUULUIiLW
i f STRIKE
Demonstration at Lawrence, Mass..
Accompanied by Usual Kioting.
SPEAKER URGES USE OF FORCE
Saya If I. W. W. Leadera on Trial at
Salem Are Not Freed, Jail Wlii
be, Stormed and Prlson
, ers , Releaaed. ": . ;
T awwamma If a a a 1 la '
iJBWIVUtVf 4V ABBJ.a Wb A.- J. Uf - Aav
duBtrial Workera of the World In-
troduced ,n thlB COuntry for th flr,t
time a "demonatraUon" strike against
i .. iv t.-.
a vain at- :
the imprisonment of labor leaders.
After hand to hand clashes between
rioters and police lasting all day, the:
"demonstration ' was declared off by
the I. W. W.. an organization recent
ly barred by California towns. -
Tbe strike was called for 24 hours .
only, in protest against tbe imprison-
ment of Josenh J. Bttor ' Arturo Uio-v
vannittl and Joseph Caruso, whose
trial In connection with the death of
Anna Loplzzo has just opened In
Sevan Thousand Obayad.
Seven thousand of the 25.000 opera
tives In the cotton and woolen mill
here obeyed the call, forcing out 6,000.
through lntimldatlon or
i of wjrk becauge of clQBlng dowa
of department. Then at a mass
meetlng Jn afternocn the workera
were told to go back to work in the
Uorning. ready to come out again at
the call of the Industrial Workers, If
the leaders are not satisfied with the
oroarress of the trial.
One of the addresses In Italian tnat
aroused the crowd at the afternoon
mass meeting waa- translated Into
Eneliah and Riven out in the form of
a . statement by the speaker, Carlo
Trsca, an editor of Plttaburg, Pa, It
aald:
' "If Kttor. Glovanntttl and Caruao
are found guilty, or either of them la
found auiltv. the Industrial Workera
of the World will march to Salem,
aja, LUO VI m waa a ru
I Btorm th jail and rescue the prison
jn, u possiDie.- '
: Dlaorder Beams Early.
The worst rioting occurred at' the
opening of the mill gates early in tne
morninz. Pitckets armed with re
volvers, knives, hammers and other
weapons, attempted to stop operative (
I from going imp me ram. n ft
. xl ill Kn
I iw interfered to maintain order the
pickets strugglea witn laem cesser-,
atrfy. Swinging their clubs wlttt
effect the bluecoats drove back the
picketa. A score of arrests were
made. '
Men, women and children on their
v tn work were neia up ana as-
eaulted by Btriker or Bympathlzera.
Rut one hoaDltal case was reported,
that of an operative who was thrown
headlong from a street car and ren-
I dered unconscious. Xo policeman was
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WOunded and no shots were fired.
COURT MAY SPOIlVVlFE "TRADE'1
Judge Burna Calla All Partlea Into
Court to Explain illegal
Transaction.- ' ,
Plftttabunr. Mo.. Oct 1 A court in-
! qufry inta the trade of wives made by
! dam O. Montgomery, a barber, and
John Heath, railroad agent at Cower,
Mo., was ordered hy judge a. u.
Burne of the circuit court here, who
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granted the two men divorce a week
d tr ' ' .
Judge Burnes 1b determined to learn
the details of the alleged barter.
Rnrrine wa obtained and ootn men i
and their wives ordered to appear in t
-onrt
Montgomery and. Heath filed their
monisuiuer uw -
petition about a month ago and the
decrees were granted Monday. Tues-
Jimm Unntrnmanr and MrS. Heata
were .married and the following day
Heath ; and Mra. Montgomery were
married. ' "
Both couole. have lived In Gower a, ,
number of year and have been very
friendly. . " i'
Killed Demented Brother.
rhifo. OcL 1. Charlea Nellaon
fatally wounded hi demented brother
and then killed himself. . HI slater
aald he. grieved constantly over hla
brother's, mental condition. In the
last few day he had read In news-
of the proposed legal alaying
papen , ol m t P
of Incurables. Apparently he decided
it ought to be a humane act to end hla
brother life. He cut M wotaera
throat and. then- killed Mmselt.
ehinaaa Loan Not Popular.
London. Oct L The Issue of the
HndAtwndenf Chinese loan waa a
failure as far as the public waa con-
f.aniui Only about 40 per cent o
the $25,000,000 offered waa subscribed
for by the general public, o that the
underwriter bad to taae up ue re
maining 60 per cent The loan la
quoted at ttt per cent discount
Sailor- Killed a Clerk.
chicaro. Oct 1. Michael Cooper,
a Bailor, who had' been robbed of his
earnings two hour previous, darted
across me irei i
western Railway elation and Plurr f
. vntfa Ir.to the Jugular vein cf DaviJ
ti'..v. - . a iitV. Waat&era tied to
A3th in tWO THIUKeS. COOpr told
tie policeman mho arrestee mm I. si