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THE WEEKLY LEADER
(Successor to Watertown Republican.)
®"he Leader Is Entered at the I’ostofflce as
second-class matter.
$1.50 Per Year Strictly in Advance.
Bnruple Copy Free. Advertising Rates are
Furnished on Application.
P. H, SWIFT, - - - Publisher.
€TXR APE S [Tarp?] C OUN OL^
NO LOW FARE
FOR ARKANSAS
JUDGE GRANTS INJUNCTION RE
STRAINING RATE BOARD FROM
ENFORCING NEW LAW.
TAKES SIDE OF RAILROADS.
Says Tariffs Proposed by the Commis
sion Are Unreasonable and
Also Unlawful.
THREE ROADS ARE AFFECTED.
ST. PAUL, Minn., Sept. Judge
Vandevenfer in the United States cir
cuit court, today granted the injunction
requested hy the St. Louis, Iron Moun
tain A Southern and three other rail
roads operating in Arkansas, against the
A rka nsas State Railway commission.
Don’t Want 2-Cent Fare.
The injunction restrains the commis
sion from enforcing the new 2-ceut fare
law and from interfering with the rail
roads in raising their freight rates on in
terstate traffic.
Before Judge Vandevenfer announced
Jus conclusion in tin* case there was a
brief conference between tlie attorneys
and the conn on the valuations of certain
of the railroads, defendant in the matter,
which were still pending when the court
adjourned yesterday. On this account
•fudge- Vandeventcr had no decision pre
pared and merely made an oral an
nouncement of his conclusion, stating
that lie would write a brief opinion this
afternoon with the order in the case.
Commission’s Act Unlawful.
In his oral decision the court held that
the testimony in the present hearing had
demonstrated to him that the rates pro
posed by the Arkansas railway commis
lon were unreasonable, non-compensa
tory and unlawful and could not lie en
forced against the railroad companies.
The court directed that each defendant
give a bond, which will probably bo
about SIOO,OOO each, that, they would
keep a distinct and accurate account,
showing the difference between the tariff
charges of the railroads and what would
have been charged if the rates of the
Arkansas commission had been applied.
The order of tin* court will he fash
ioned after that issued by the same
court in the Chicago Terminal railroad
case which was decided here last spring.
Judge Gives Opinion.
In an ex-cathedra discussion explain
ing the order from the bench. Judge
rVandeventer hold that the laws of Con
gress should take precedence over the
laws of Arkansas in rate matters, where
the interstate regulations infringed on
the intrastate regulations.
■■ ■
WILL NOT HELP MINERS
Eugene V. Debs Finds It Too Expensive
to Alter Schedule and Go to
Alabama.
KANSAS CITY, Mo., Sept, a—Much
refreshed from a good night’s rest, Eu
gene V. Debs, the Socialist candidate
for President, and liis party departed
at 1) o’clock this morning on the “Red
Special” for Omaha, stops to be made
nt Leavenworth and St. Joseidi. and
the train is due to reach Omaha at 0:40
o’clock. In the latter city a big even
ing meeting lias been plaflued.
At tlje Union station Mr. Debs held
on informal reception in his car this
morning, and several times while eat
ing his breakfast stopped long enough
to shake the hand and chat a while
•with some workingman who. dinner pail
in hand, had dropped in on his way to
work to bid the Socialist leader good
fcye.
Mr. Debs said he had not yet deter
mined what to do in the matter of going
to Birmingham, Ala., to campaign for
She coal miners there. He thought it
would be too expensive a proposition
now to alter his schedule.
PLAGUE IS DECLINING.
General of Philippines Orders
House Cleaning in All Towns
Where Cholera Prevails.
MANILA. Sept. 3.—Gov.-Gen. Smith
ilias gone to the northern portion of the
Island of Luzon to make a personal in
spection of the districts infected with
cholera and to urge the native officials
in such districts to lend their aid in the
carrying out of various sanitary meas
ures. including a general cleaning up of
the towns.
Cases of the plague are reported de
clining steadily and it is now believed
that the spread of the disease has been
conquered. A few cases of the disease
have appeared in Manila, coming chiefly
from northern provinces, but the local
health officers have been successful in
preventing the plague from gaining a
foothold here.
There is a marked decline in the num
ber of deaths due to cholera and in the
total number of eases reported from all
provinces.
SI,OOO
Builds this elegant 6-room Bnngalo. fin
ished throughout with hardwood natural
finish. Cemented cellar. It is very con
veniently arranged with Living Room with
beam celling. Dining Room and Kitchen
on first floor and 3 bedrooms on ‘2nd floor.
We will furnish complete working plans,
specifications and bill of materials and de
tails complete, so that the most inexperi
enced carpenter can build it, for the sum
of $5.00. IF AFTER RECEIVING THE
I’LANS THEY DO NOT SUIT YOU RE
TURN THEM. STATING WHEREIN
THEY DO NOT MEET YOUR REQUIRE
At ENTS AND WE WILL FURNISH OTH
KK PLANS THAT WILL SUIT. Our
object is to have one of our Bungalos built
in your City. We make plans to order for
Business buildings. Schools. Hotels, Barns,
etc. THE WISCONSIN BUILDING PLAN
ASSOCIATION. Architects and Engineers,
J’ O. Box Too, Milwaukee, Wis.
SEVEN DROWN:
SQUALL TIPS BOAT
SIX WOMEN AND ONE MAN WELL
KNOWN IN EDUCATIONAL CIR
CLES, LOST.
EFFORTS AT RESCUE VAIN.
Mount Holyoke Teacher a Victim—Uni
versity of Pennsylvania Pro
fessor Escapes.
AID COMES JUST TOO LATE.
DEER ISLE, Me., Sept. 3.—Seven
out of a party of ten persons, well
known in educational and social circles,
were drowned when a thirty-five-foot
sloop capsized in Penobscot bay off this
island.
THE DROWNED.
HUTCHINS, JASON C. f theological stu
dent, Bangor, Me.
CRAWLEY, MRS. LUCY C., wife of Ed
ward 8 Crawley, professor of mathcuia
tb*s in University of Pennsylvania, Phil
adelphia.
EVANS, MISS ELIZABETH G.. teaeher in
Mount Holyoke college. South Hadley,
Mass.
KELLOGG, MISS, Baltimore.
KELLOGG, MISS LUTTE, Baltimore.
TOKICO, MISS ALICE. Washington.
'iORRO, MISS ELEANOR, Washington.
THE RESCUED.
Edward S. Crawley, professor of mathe
matics in University of Pennsylvania, Phil
adelphia.
Henry B. Evans, Mount Holyoke college,
brother of Miss Elizabeth Evans.
Capt. Haskell, in charge of boat. Deer
Isle.
The bodies of Miss Lutie Kellogg and
Miss Evans were recovered. There was
some hope at first that Mr. Hutchins
had been saved, as when last seen he
was making a brave struggle through
the choppy seas toward Barren island
near by. A boat was sent from this
place tonight in an effort to locate him
or his body, but returned unsuccessful,
and Jiis death is now regarded as cer
tain.
The wind was from the southwest and
squally. The sloop was of the “open”
variety. It had no deck forward and no
cabin, as many of the small Maine boats
have, and it contained no ballast, as the
party often weighted the boat down
quite heavily and Capt. Haskell, an ex
perienced navigator in these waters,
thought that the craft would be well bal
anced.
Wind Heels Sloop Over.
All the party were perched high up on
the weather side, as the sloop cut
through the waves with the water almost
coming over the gunwales on the lee
side, when Capt. Haskell gave a shoot of
warning that he was going to tack, and
then threw over the tiller. An unusually
heavy gust struck her, and in a twinkling
the sloop went over on her beam ends
and the party of ten were thrown into
the water.
Capt. Haskell saw the boat’s tender
was right side up and, shouting to Prof.
Crawley and Henry Evans, who were
nearest him, be directed them to make
for the tender, doing so at the same time
himself. Prof. Crawley, however, svill
clung to the overturned sloop, looking for
his wife, while Evans was trying vainly
to locate bis sister.
Men Nearly Exhausted.
The upset, however, had been seen
from Eagle island, not far from the
scene of the accident, and as soon as
possible a sloop was sent out to pick up
the srtrvivors. The rescuing party
reached the tender just in time and
pulled the three exhausted men aboard.
Of the rest of the party but two were
in sight, and the boat was headed for
them. They were Lutie Kellogg and Miss
Evans. They were unconscious, and, al
though the rescuers worked vigorously
over them all efforts to restore life failed.
The bodies were taken ashore.
SHOT ON HIS PORCH,
Dr. F. T. Rustin, Well Known Surgeon,
Murdered in Mysterious Manner
at Omaha, Neb.
OMAHA, Neb., Sept. li.—Dr. Freder
ick T. Rustin, one of the best known
surgeons in the west, was shot and killed
as he was on the point of entering his
home this morning at 3 o’clock. There
is not a single clue to the murderer. Dr.
Rustin had remained out late for the
election returns. 11 is wife was awak
ened by a pistol shot and rushed down
stairs and out on the porch. Dr. Rus
tin was sitting in a chair. "I have been
shot," he said, and then lapsed into un
consciousness.
MINERS CALL STRIKE.
Trouble Over Settlement of Wage Scale
Near Tracy City, Tenn., Ends in
a Walkout.
'1 RACY CITY. Sept. 2.-—Trouble over
settlement of the wage scale culminated
iu a strike being called at the mines of
the Sewauee Coal, Coke and Laud com
pany at Coalmont, about seven miles
from here, yesterday. The plant had
just recently been acquired by the Ala
bama Fuel company. Of the 300 un
ion miners employed there it is said that
about sixty remained at work. All is
reported quiet at the mines.
PRESTON GIBSON DENIES DEATH.
Former Chicagoan Says He Was Not
Drowned Near Pittsburg Recently.
W ASHING TON, D. C., Sept. 3.
Preston Gibson, formerly prominent in
i Chicago social circles as a clubman, polo
player, and society man, was inter
tie wed in this city regarding the story
repeatedly sent out from Pittsburg to
the effect that he had been discovered
drowned near that city, with his features
mutilated.
“The reports of my death are exag
gerated.” said Mr. Gibson, with a smile.
He said he could not account for one
of his cards having been found in the
pocket of the man who was found m
the Monongahela river at McKeesport,
Pa., hut thought it possible the man had
been at some time employed by him and
thus secured one (if his cards. About
the man’s identity Mr. Gibson could give
no cine.
FUMES KILL FOUR SAILORS.
Burning Pitch and Oakum in Hold Suf
focates Men.
BOSTON. Mass., Sept. 3. —Succumbing
to the fumes of burning pitch and
oakum, deep down iu the fore pesk of
the British bark Puritan, as she lay
at anchor in President Roads yester
day. four seamen were suffocated and a
fifth was partly overcome before he was
rescued by shipmates. The dead are:
Harry E. Olsen. Carl Morsen, Peterson
Becks and George Si uhlade. William
Roberts was injured. The fire, which
caused only slight damage, is supposed
to have been caused by spontaneous com
bustion.
Homecoming at Portage.
PORTAGE. Wis.. Sept. 2.—The home
coming celebration opened formally here
last night with a large banquet, recep
tion and reunion at the armory, in which
800 people participated. Mayor M. J.
Downey made the welcoming address,
which was responded to by H. Hera
mingway of Junction City. Kan. Other
address followed by D. M. Niel of Red
Wing, Minn.; W. S. Wright. Omaha,
Neb.: George W. Morrison, and Prof.
W. G. Clough of Portage. The city is
decorated with floral and electric arches
and great preparations are being made
for the reception of the Milwaukee and
Chicago delegations, which will arrive
tonight.
MRS. FIELD, JR.,
OF CHICAGO IS
A BRIDE AGAIN
DAUGHTER-IN-LAW OF LATE MER
CHANT PRINCE MARRIES AN
ENGLISHMAN.
WEDDING EXTREMELY QUIET.
Groom, Madwin Drummond, Is Promi
nent in Society and Friend of the
Field? for Years.
SPEND HONEYMOON IN EUROPE
LONDON. Sept. 3.—Mrs. Marshall
Field. Jr., of Chicago was married at
the Westminster registry office this
morning to Madwin Drummond, second
sou of the late Edgar Atheliug Drum
mond and the Hon. Louisa Theodoria
Pennington, who was a daughter of the
third Lord Muncaster.
Wedding Extremely Quiet.
The wedding, which was extremely
quiet, was celebrated in the little regis
try office opposite Buckingham palace.
The only persons present to witness
the ceremony were the Duke of West
minster. who is a great friend of Mr.
Drummond: Craig Wadsworth, second
secretary of the American embassy, and
Mrs. Fields’ two sons. The boys have
been living in England with their moth;
er since the death of their father and
they are to enter Eton in the autumn.
Mrs. Field had known Mr. Drummond
for about ten years, having met him dur
ing her frequent visits to England. Sht
renewed her acquaintance when slu
came here after her husband’s death tc
practically take up her residence and
educate her sons iu an English school.
Groom Prominent in England.
Mr. Drummond is a member of a wel
known Hampshire family and a nephew
of the late Sir Victor Arthur Wellington
Drummond, who married a daughter ol
Charles Lamson of New York. He if
most popular in social circles, where iais
mother was one of the leader’s. He if
also a keen sportsman. He aisc
belongs to the polo and hunting set ol
which the Duke of Westminster is s
m*- nber. Mr. Drummond is 3(> years old
The marriage, while generally a sur
prise, was known by the intimate friendf
of the couple to be imminent, Mr
Drummond and Airs. Field having seer
a great deal of one another, particularly
during the past year. The couple wil
spend their honeymoon on the conti
nent. Marshall Field, Jr., was the son
of Marshall Field, one of Chicago’s most
prominent merchants and who died ir
1900, closely following the death of hif
sou. which occurred on November 27
1905. Mrs. Drummond’s maiden namt
was Marie Hack.
WASHBURN V ABLAZE
NORTHERN WISCONSIN TOWN MAY
BE WIPED OUT.
Five Residences Destroyed by Flames—
Fire Started in Sawmill District
—Ask for Aid.
ASHLAND, Wis., Sept. 3. [Special.]
—A dangerous fire which started just be
fore noon in Washburn, just across Che
quamagon bay from this city, threateuf
to wipe out the residence district at the
south end of the town if the yviud does
nor change shortly.
Five residences have already been
wiped out by r the wall of dame that is
advancing on the city T proper and al
though the Washburn tire department,
assisted by hundreds of citizens, is do
ing its best to check the conflagration,
the flames have driven the fire-fighters
back.
Calls were sent to surrounding towns
for assistance and the fire department of
this city has sent over all available ap
paratus.
The fire started this morning in a -lis
irict to the south of Washburn which is
called Slab town. It spread rapidly ami
at 10 o’c lock was beyond recall.
A heavy wind is blowing at this time
and fears are entertained for the town’s
safety.
“DR." TILL IN LIMBO,
(
Plaster Specialist Still Held in New
York—Friends Working to Se
cure His Release.
NEW RICHMOND, Wis., Sept. 4.-
I Special.]—“Dr.” Till, the plaster spe
cialist of Somerset, Wis., has not re
turned to his home as was reported, nor
is he liable to reach there for some
weeks unless the immigration bureau at
New York relents and passes him
through. Friends of “Dr.” Till have, it
is said, sought the aid of the New Y'ork
city agent of the Wisconsin Central
road and with the help of the Austrian
consul at that port, nope to secure the
Somerset man’s release before long. One
of the party who accompanied “Dr.” Till
to Austria, a young woman, and who
was also detained at New Y’ork, but
later released, has arrived here on her
way to Somerset.
STAB WOUNDS FATAL.
Husband of Chicago’s “Queen of Little
Italy” Dies of Injuries—Was a
Ward Politician.
CHICAGO, 111.. Sept. 3.—Joseph- Car
lo. husband of Anna Carlo, known as
the “Queen cf Little Italy,” died today
of three stab wounds inflicted, the police
say. in a quarrel with Antonio Pottozo.
a fellow Italian. Sunday night. Carlo
had taken part in ward politics and for
a long time had been at enmity with
Pottozo. who is now in custody.
MAKES 6-MILE FLIGHT
Wright Takes Aeroplane Up to Height
of 75 Feet—Motor Trouble on
Second Trial.
LEM.) NS, Sept. 3. —Wilbur Wright,
the aeroplauist of Dayton. 0., made a
ten minute flight this morning at an al
titude of seventy-five feet and covered
six miles. Another attempt made later
was a failure owing to trouble with the
motor. The aeroplane humped against
the ground three times in a distance of
400 yards.
Epidemic Keeps Schools Closed.
EAU CLAIRE, Wis.. Sept. 3. [Spe
cial.] —On account of public health condi
tions. the Eau Claire board of health
today requested the board of education
not to open public schools September 8,
as intended and no date can be set for
opening. A principal cause is polyic
myelitis among children.
Rev. Francis Tiffany Dies.
CAMBRIDGE, .Mass.. Sept. 3.—Rev.
Francis Tiffany, preacher, author and
traveler, died at his home here today.
He was born in Maryland in 1827.
BRYAN'S MAN IS
BEATEN IN RACE
MAYOR DAHLMAN OF OMAHA LOSES
DEMOCRATIC NOMINATION
FOR GOVERNOR.
LOSER CHARGES TREACHERY.
Declares Opponent Has Desire to Sell
Out Commoner at the Presiden
tial Election.
GOV. SHELDON IS NAMED AGAIN.
OMAHA, Neb.. Sept. 2. —Returns
from yesterday's primary election
throughout the state are still far from
complete. The indications now are that
A. C. Shallenberger of Alma wins the
Democratic nomination for governor uy
a safe plurality with Mayor Dahlmau of
Omaha second, and George W. Beige
of Lincoln third.
Sheldon Is Unopposed.
On the Republican side George F.
Sheldon, present incumbent, was unop
posed for the nomination for governor.
A. W. Jeffries secured the Republican
nomination for Congress in the Second
district anti will oppose Gilbert Hiten
cock, the present congressman.
In the Fourth district. Congressman
Hinshaw is leading in the race for re
nomination. In the Third district there
is a close race between Edgar Howard
and State Senator Latta, with Latta ap
parently leading.
Dahlman Charges Treachery.
Da hi man has publicly charged one of
his opponents with treachery against
Bryan and a desire to sell out Bryan at
the election. Dahlman is running on an
avowed anti-Prohibition plank.
VERMONT STRONG FOR G. 0. P.
Republican Governor Elected by Plurality
of 28,000.
WHITE RIVER JUNCTION. Vt..
Sept. 2.—A revised tabulation with the
additional returns received today of the
vote cast for governor in yesterday’s
state election with nineteen small towns
still missing gives George H. Prouty.
Republican. 43.043; James E. Burke,
Democrat. 15.318; Quimby S. Backus,
Independence League. 1222; Eugene M.
Campbell. Prohibitionist, 801, and H. H-
Dunbar, Socialist. 403.
With the missing towns to hear from,
it was estimated that Prouty’s plurality
in the state would be about 20,000. The
decrease in the Republican vote amount
ed to 0 per cent, and in the Democratic
to 3 per cent. Political leaders were in
clined to look upon the returns today as
indications that the voters were some
what apathetic in regard to national is
sues.
The Republican majority in the Legis
lature the coming year will insure the
election of a Republican successor to the
late Senator Redfield Proctor, probably
in the person of his son, Gov. Fletcher
D. Proctor.
GOV. WARNER IS DEFEATED.
Michigan Voters Name J. B. Bradley
for Governor.
DETROIT. Mich., Sept. 2.—With re
turns in from a large majority of the
election districts of the state. Dr. James
B. Bradley of Eaton Rapids, state audi
tor general, lias, it is conceded, defeat
ed Gov. Fred M. Warner by about 2500
votes for the Republican nomination for
governor. Horatio S. Earle, state roads
commissioner, polled only about one
quarter of the vote received by the two
leading candidates. Returns compiled
early today from all but 387 of the 2015
election districts of the state give the
following totals for the three candidates:
Bradley 72,012. Warner 70,3(53 and
Earle 20.010. The result of the primary
was in doubt until after midnight. The
vote cast yesterday was, on the whole,
light, excepting in those districts and
sections where local contests added to
the interest,
GOMPERS OPENS CAMPAIGN.
Labors Head Urges Texans to Vote for
Bryan.
FORT WORTH. Tex.. Sept. 2.
Samuel Gompers, president of the Amer
ican Federation of Labor, last night
opened his campaign for the Democratic
national ticket. He began with a de
fense of unionism and diverted u discus
sion of strikes, saying that the strike
was a weapon of labor to be used only
in cases of extreme necessity. He
closed an appeal for every man present
regardless of political affiliation to vote
for Bryan.
TAFT LIKES BIG SEA.
Republican Standard Bearer Takes Rough
Trip on Lake Erie in Small
Boat.
TOLEDO, 0., Sept. 2.—William H.
Taft, Republican candidate, had a pleas
ant experience with a choppy fresh
water sea today on his trip from Middle
Bass island to this city to review the
G. A. R. parade. Mr. Taft and party
left the fishing grounds at 0:30 o'clock
this morning. Spray dashed from stem
to stern of the boat in clouds, and the
entire party was well moistened.
Mr. Taft remained on deck during the
entire trip and was in the best of spirits
when he stepped ashore in the city and
greeted Gen. Corbin, Congressman
Keifer and President Lewis of the Mid
dle Bass Fishing club, who were at the
dock to escort him to the reviewing
stand. During the afternoon Mr. Taft
was the l center of a public reception at
the Lyceum theater.
EATS MATCHES; DIES.
Three-Year-Old Child of Birchwood, Wis.,
Residents Lasts but a Few Min
utes After Act.
BIRCHWOOD. Wis.. Sept. 2.
[Special.]—As the result of eating
matches. Freddie, the 3-year-old son of
Frank Dauhlke of this place, died this
morning.
MINNEAPOLIS JOURNAL SOLD.
Deal for $1,200,000 Is Closed in Chi
cago.
CHICAGO. 111.. Scut. 2.—A syndicate
headed by Herscbel V. Jones, proprie
tor of The Commercial West, has pur
chased the entire stock of the Minne
apolis Journal for 81,200,000. The deal
was completed in a conference in the
offices of the Union Trust company in
the Tribune building- Mr. Jones will as
sume active charge of the editorial and
business management of the paper at
once. The change in ownership results
in the retirement of Lucian Swift as
manager and Will A. Frisbie as manag
ing editor. So far as known the remain
der of The Journal's operating staff will
remain intact-
Manitowoc Shipbuilder Dies.
MANITOWOC. Wis., Sept. 2.—[Spe
cial.] —E. H. Rand, pioneer shipbuilder
and business man of the city, and found
er of the Rand & Roemer company, re
cently dissolved after forty years, is
dead, aged 74.
RACINE—A piece of steel flying from a
machine in the boiler shops of Freeman
Sons' Manufacturing coo’uany struck Pat
rick Devine on the right eye, destroying the
sight.
TAFT IS NOT TO
TAKE STUMP NOW
REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE TO WAIT,
UNTIL OCTOBER TO OPEN HIS
SPEAKING TRIP.
THIS IS HITCHCOCK’S PLAN.
Standard Bearer Goes Bass Fishing with
Son—Enjoys the Sport
Immensely.
BACK TO CINCINNATI SEPT. T.
MIDDLE BASS, 0., Sept. 3.—That
Judge Taft should not go personally into
the campaign outside of Cincinnati until
some time in October seems to be the
suggestion now under advisement. It
is believed that this is one of the sub
jects to le taken up when National
Chairman Hitchcock arrives here for a
conference next Saturday.
Hitchcock to Come.
The definite day of Mr. Hitchcock’s
appearance here was communicated to
Judge Taft today by James T. Williams,
Chairman Hitchcock's secretary, who
accompanied the candidate from Toledo
to Middle Bass last night. Chairman
Hitchcock expects to report to Judge
Taft the progress of the campaign gen
erally and to inform him as to the de
tails with which, because of his sojourn
here, he has not been in direct touch.
Judge Taft's plans for visiting Sandus
ky has been changed. He will not ap
pear there on Monday, September 7.
for fear that his presence there might
interfere with tie- Labor day celebration,
arranged. He may leave Middle Bass
for Sandusky Monday night, but any
demonstration in his honor would be
postponed until Tuesday morning.
Tafts Go Fishing.
The departure of the Taft party from
Sandusky for Cincinnati is scheduled for
Tuesday at 1 p. m. Judge Taft went
fishing at 7 o’clock this morning. A
naphtha launch took the party, consist
ing of Judge Taft and his sou Charlie
and Ted Miller of Columbus, to Rattle
snake island, which has been Judge
Taft’s favorite fishing grounds thus far.
WILL NOTIFY WATKINS.
Prohibition Candidate Will Receive Sur
prise in Ada, 0.
ADA. 0.. Sept. 3. —This little city was
early astir today with preparations for
the opening of the state Prohibition cam
paign here tonight coincident with the
official notification of Prof. Aaron S.
Watkins of his nomination as candidate
for vice president.
Political partisanship lias temporarily
been laid aside in the effort to do honor
to an esteemed fellow citizen. The city
is bedecked with flags and banners,
while- Prof. Watkins’ pictures hangs
from every window.
The notification will take place in
Brown auditorium of the Ohio Northern
university.
The notification address will be made
by Robert Patton of Springfield, 111.,
who was temporary chairman of the na
tional Prohibition convention. Presiden
tial Candidate Chafiu, A. A. Stevens of
Pennsylvania and Felix T. McWhorter
of Indianapolis will also speak.
TWO SEEK EKERN’S PLACE.
E. W. Le Roy of Marinette and M. J.
Cleary of Blanchardville in Race.
Who will succeed Speaker H. L.
Ekern?
His defeat for renomiuatiou as assem
blyman has caused much speculation al
ready regarding the possible successor
as speaker of the next Assembly.
Assemblyman E. W. Leßoy of Mari
nette will be a candidate and it is said
that M. J. Cleary of Blanchardville rep
resents the choice of the statesmen of
southern Wisconsin.
BRYAN PRECINCT REPUBLICAN.
Democratic Loss Shown in Primary Vote
at Nominee’s Home.
LINCOLN. Neb., Sept. 3. —At the pri
mary election Lancaster precinct No. 4.
in which is located Fairview. the voting
precinct of W. J. Bryan, cast thirty-five
Republican votes and twenty-six Demo
cratic. The same precinct last fall cast
forty-three Republican votes and thirty
five Democratic, a Democratic loss of
slightly more than 1 per cent-
EATS ALASKA MELONS.
Head of Experimental Station in North
Tells of Fine Farming Country in
Valleys Near Nome.
SEATTLE, Wash., Sept. 3.—Prof. (
C. Gorgeson. head of the agricultural
experimental station in Alaska, who ar
rived last evening on the Victoria from
Nome, says that he ate watermelons
grown in the open at Manley Hot
Springs in the Tanana valley on August
IS, was served with tomatoes grown in
the open, had his picture taken in a corn
field where the stalks stood seven feet
high and traveled through farms on the
Tanana and Yukon where wheat, barley,
oats and rye were maturing.
OLD SOLDIER BURIED,
Funeral of Gen. Alex. P. Stewart, Con
federate Officer, Is Held in St.
Louis, Mo.
ST. LOUIS, Mo.. Sept. 3.—The fu
neral of Alexander P. Stewart, late lieu
tenant general in the Confederate army,
who died at Biloxi, Miss., last Sunday,
was held here this afternoon at the
home of his son, A. C. Stewart. The
services were military in character and
the rites at Bellefontaine cemetery
where interment took place, were in
charge of the United Confederate vet
erans.
HEARS! TAKES STUMP.
Will Speak at Opening of Independents’
Campaign at Indianapolis—Hisgen
on Pi ogramme.
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind.. Sept. 3—The
Indiana campaign of the Independence
party will he opened tonight at English's
opera house when, according to the pro
gramme, William R. Hearst, Thomas A.
Hisgen, presidential candidate and
George TV. McCaskrin. candidate fur
governor of Illinois, will speak.
AIRSHIP HURLS MAN TO DOOM.
Crowd of 25,000 Sees Aeronaut Fall
from Burning Gas Bag.
WATER VILLE. Me.. Sept. 3.—ln
full view of 25,000 horrified spectators
assembled on the Central Maine fair
grounds here late yesterday Charles
Oliver- Jones, 40 years old, an aeronaut
of Hammondsport, N. Y., fell 500 feet
to his death. Among the witnesses of
the plunge were Mrs. Jones and child,
and they were almost the first to reach
the side of the dying man. The aero
naut died an hour and a half after the
accident. The machine caught fire.
NEW YORK JEWS
SCORE BINGHAM
DECLARE COMMISSIONER’S STATE
MENT THEY COMMIT MUCH
CRIME IS FALSE.
COURT RECORDS ARE SHOWN.
Figures Quoted Show That Race Is Law
abiding, Compared with Native
Born Americans,
RETRACTION NOW IS DEMANDED
NEW YORK, Sept. 3.—lncensed by
Police Commissioner Bingham’s arraign
ment of the Jews in New York who are
responsible, he claims, for ~>o per cent,
of tiie crime in the city—Edward Lauter-
Lach. president of the Liberal Immigra
tion league and prominent in Jewish af
fairs. characterized the police official’s
statement as "an apparition of know
nothingisui," and furnished interesting
figures to prove his contention.
Throughout the city, among prominent
Jewish residents, including Jacob 11-
Schiff and Judge Otto Kosalsky. the con
sensus of opinion was that (Jen. Bing
ham should he forced to retract his state
mem or furnish facts and figures. The
leaders and protectors of Jewish inter
ests expeer to hold a meeting for the
purpose of formulating a plan "to cheek
the mad career of a man who, clothed
with police authority, makes random
statements derogatory to a race that, ac
cording to court records, is both thrifty
and orderly.”
Jews in the Minority.
In tli 3 clerk’s office of the court of
general sessions 4573 indictments were
examined, and, according to Mr. Katz.
000 of them, or 14.5 per cent., were
against Jews, and of this number 4CO. or
09 per cent., resulted in convictions.
Of the thirty-nine persons tried for
murder in the last four years in New
York county seven were foreigners, and
in the list of 114 persons charged with
manslaughter only eight were foreign
ers. In a total of 3077 convictions for
various crimes 2021 were against Amer
icans and 1050 against foreigners.
In the cases of robbery, burglary and
assault, the report says, twice as many
Americans as foreigners appeared in
court. The total number of indicted
Jews for all crimes in 1907 in this coun
ty was less than one to every thousand
Jewish inhabitants, while corresponding
statistics for gentiles showed more than
two in every thousand of population.
Aliens Make Good Showing.
The investigation also showed that
during the past four years 10.347 con
victions showed 0090. or 04 0-10 per
cent, to the discredit of the native horn
and 3057. or 35 4-10 per cent, against
the foreign horn. The table follows:
Race. Convictions. IVt.
Americans 6.690 t 14.(!
Italians 873 s.-l
Russians (Jews) 729 7.4
Germans 569 5.5
Irish 399 3.8
Austrians 286 2.7
English 217 2.0
Roumanians 07 0.0
Si-ots r>2 5.0
French 51 5,0
Swedes 51 5.0
All others 502 3.5
The following tallies of percentages
shows criminality among the native horn
and the foreign element in New York
county during the past four years:
VIOLENT CRIMES.
Race. 1904. 1905. 1906. 1907.
Americans 62.8 00,7 61.5 01.4
Foreigners 37.2 33.3 38.5 38.(5
CRIMES NOT VIOLENT.
Americans (50.2 07.4 00.3 66.8
Foreigners 5155.8 552.0 355.7 5555.55
Rabbi Joseph A. Silverman said:
‘Mr. Bingham has been indulging in
generalities and he should be forced to
give the exact figures to prove bis state
ments. or else he will be asked to make
a public retraction and apologize to the
race he lias so insulted.”
MEET DISASTER !N AIR
CALIFORNIA AERONAUTS HAVE
TROUBLE WITH SHIPS.
One Falls on Sand and Other Slides Down
Wire from House, Receiving
Severe Injuries.
LONG BEACH, Cal.. Sept. 3.—Two
attempts to navigate the air resulted dis
astrously during tlie opening of the fes
tival of the sea here yesterday.
Frank Ketchell, with an airship called
the Beetle, attempting a tibrnt from the
grandstand, but instead of sailing, he
came down on the hard sand. He was
not seriously injures and the airship
can be restored with a litt'e work.
Aeronaut Wright made an ascension
in a balloon. Cutting loose with his
parachute, he descended, striking on the
roof of a house and tearing off a small
cupola. His hands slipping from the
bar, he caught a wire guy rope and
slid down to the eaves, cutting his hand
to the bone. He men lost Ids balance
and fell fifteen feet, spraining bis ankle
and severely bruising Ins legs.
HARRIMAN WILLSPEAK.
Railway Magnate Accepts Invitation to
'Address Civic Organizations
in Oregon.
BAN FRANCISCO, Cab. Sept. 3.-
According to reports received here, E-
H. Harrimau, who is now staying at his
summer home at Pelican lodge in the
northern part of the state, lias accepted
the invitation of several civic bodies in
Oregon to address gatherings and will
start for Portland today for that pur
pose.
E. E. Calvin, vice president and gen
eral manager of the Southern Pacific
system, has left this city for Pelican
lodge and will accompany Mr. Harrimau
to Oregon. Air. Harrimau is reported
to be in the best of health and to he
enjoying hugely his stay among the big
woods that surround his summer home.
NEWSPAPER ADS CAMPAIGN AID.
Republicans Contract for Space in Pub
lications for Taft Arguments.
NEW YORK. Sept. 3.—That the ju
dicious use of printer’s ink is fully ap
preciated by Frank H. Hitchcock, chair
man of the Republican national commit
tee. is shown by the fact that contracts
are now being made for full page dis
play advertisements in a large number
of leading magazines and illustrated
weekly publications. Later this “cam
paign of education.” as it is termed by
the Republican Oterary bureau, will be
extended to the New York daily newspa
pers and newspapers in other sections of
the country and side by side with the
display advertisements of merchants,
manufacturers and the theaters will be
found, set in bold type, arguments why
Mr. Taft should succeed President Roose
velt in the white house.
Boy Is Burned to Death.
PHILLIPS, Wis.. Sept. 3.—Harold
Coyle, the 3-year-old son of Mr. and
Mrs. John Coyle of Chicago, who have
been camping at Crr.in and Chase’s lake,
seven miles northwest of Phillips, was
burned to death when he was left alone
at the camp for oniy a few minutes. The
boy is supposed to have found some
matches in the tent and started the fatal
iiro.
LATEST MARKET REPORTS.
MILWAUKEE, Sept. 3.
EGG AND DAIRY MARKETS.
, MILWAUKEE-BUTTER - Firm Klein
I prices of extra croamej-y is 251 e; local uricr
;'* tra orea,uei T ‘S 23c; prints. 24c; Hirsts’
_(Ky2lc; seconds, 16@lSc; process 19 <i '0,3
; dairy, fancy, 19c; hues, 17@18c; fresh roll'
; Kxa’lio; packing stock. 13fti(14e.
i CHEESE—Steady; American full cream
now make twins. 12@12%c; Young Amer
i V as l 1-'-’fcTJc: daisies. 12%@13c; longhorns.
i.xiloV: nmbnrger. new make, tup 1014 c;
fancy brick, ll(g‘ll* 4 o; low grades, Oe; Im
ported Swiss. 24e; block, ll@ll%o; round
Swiss, 11%@12c.
EGGS—Steady. Tbo produce board’s of
neial market for strictly fresh laid as re
ceived, eases returned, 16% c; fancy candied
'V Sl|l ah way. 19@2()e; seconds and
checks. Satie. Receipts, 5542 cases; y ester
day. 460 ruses.
CHICAGO. 111., Sept. 3.—Butter steady
ilea merles. 18%(s/22%c; dairies, 17a"be'
Lggs Finn; tiists. 19%c.
CHICAGO, in Sept,* 3.—Cheese—Steady;
4 a ' s, l’. s - *2’V; twins, 11 %c; Young
Americas. 12%c.
AKi'i.f.ToN, Wls .Sept 2 ■'Twenty-three
f.H tones offered 1213 tio.xcs of cheese, all
twins. lae sales were: 57 boxes, pjUe
.>4 at l.i-: lie. at ll" s e; 933 at lUV *53
withdrawn. 74 ■ "*
A V i‘i > , Al 'g 29.—Tnihsaetlons
111 ..‘ N fuil "" s Large white, 210 boxes,
w hi!: •IT- I '/ "" n 'I - L’-'i; boxes, small
I box, '£ n ’" ; small colored. 3081
sold at "4'*.',• H >itter -Creamery, 24 tubs
NK\\ YORK Sept :• But lor St idv;
receipts. J*4ss ; creamery specials, 2t ,2t , -V.
( heese- Firm, unchanged, receipts, 25521
Eggs- Steady, unchanged; receipts, s 21.
MILWAUKEE STOCKYARDS REPORT.
HOGS—S@ 19c higher; closed weak fait i.
choice mixed and butchers. 6.25(.<(i.JC ‘ ,-om
mon and grassy mixed. 5.506.i0- •,ackers
selected. 6.6(K</6.79; fair 10 good. p
rough packers. 5.25V8 5.75; light. 6(*Ki u.mi
mas. [email protected]; thill throw outs 1.99x175’
■ s *‘- Ave. Knee. No. Art p
J 4.75 54 1514 659
- 229 4.75 31 2559 6.55
2 IK 5.59 H JS4 C. 55
2 4">3 5.09 ,12 163 15.69
0 314 ,1.75 45 235 6.(59
■; 298 5.75 IS 231 6.69
I— 279 (5.99 559 J 96 (!.(><•
29 157 6.19 17 189 6.(59
V. 1 , '92 ti. 25 45 171 6.79
19 194 (5.49 45 HI (1.9
98 IV9 (5.49 59 251 6.75
21 ■ ■ •.. 146 6.49 66 259 (5.7,'i
< A1 ILK Market steady; butchers steers,,
good to choice, 4.504/ 5.59; medium to good.
heifers, medium to good. 3.5040
7 common to fair. 2.594/3.99; cows, good
In eholee, 3.094/3.50; fair to good, 2.594(51.09;
eanuers. 1.50(a2.09: cutlers. 2.004/2.50; hulls,
good to choice. 3.904(3.59: bologna bulls'
common to fair, 2.504(3.99; feeders. 5! AOJp
4.99; stoekers, 2.75(ji 55.25, Milkers and
springers limited to few choice cows at
.t.. 00474.1.09; common sold for eanuers.
Cattle.
No. arc. Price. No. ave Price.
1 bull.. .1130 2.75 1 810 2.25
1 hu11... 1249 2.75 2 885 2.49
8 hulls.. 978 2.75 1 629 2 ~<,
3 bulls.. 919 2.75 6 .! 985 2 .0
2 hulls.. 995 2,99 1 1999 2,(i.‘>
4 hulls.. 1125 2.95 4 95(9 2.79
55 hu115..1259 55.19 1 1149 2.75
1 bu11...1329 3.15 I 1109 2.85
2 699 2.99 1 769 2.85
8 793 2.90 2 11SKI :t.Oo
2 8555
Calves.
No. Are. Price. No. Ave. Price.
3 100 7.50 19 129 8.00
o 1550 7.50 9 120 s.oo
2.... . 145 8.00 6 125 8.25
SHEET*—Steady; spring lambs, 4,25(05.25;
sheep and yearlings. [email protected].
Cl hAHY. Wis., Sept. 55. —Keoelpts, (559
hugs; market steady to 5e higher. Common
to good packing. 6.00<ix().55: good to eholee
butchers and heavy, (5.75541)7.00; fair to
choice light, 0.854(6.85; pigs, rough and
mixed light. 4.994(6.00. Representative
salt-s 57 hogs, average 192 Ihs at (5.25; 3
hugs, average 341 Ihs at 5.75; 46 hogs, aver
age liS Ihs at 6.55; 32 hogs, average 2(5t
Ihs at (5.45: 15 hogs, average M 2 Mis at 5.25;
519 hogs, average 192 Ihs at 6.75; 557 hugs,
average 232 Ihs at 6.515; 54 hugs, average
255 lbs at 6.50: (50 hogs, average 174 Ihs at
(5.40.
KANSAS CITY, Mo., Sept. S.—Cattle
Receipts Moot); market steady; native
steers. 4.504(7.50; southern steers. 3.25 (<i
4.65; southern cows, 2.20GD3.5J0; native cows
and heifers. 2.004/6.09; stoekers and feed
ers, 3.(KKti;5.00; hulls, 4.004(4.60; calves, 51.50
4(7.00; western steers, 3.604(5.50; western
cows, 2.504(5!.75. Hugs—Receipts, 7000;
market s@l(>c higher; hulk of sales, 6..50(8)
6.80; heavy, 6.704(6.85; packers and hutch
ers. (i.504((5.57*i>; lights, [email protected]; pigs,
6.80; pigs. 55.504(5.50. Sheep—Receipts, looo;
market steady; muttons, [email protected]; lambs,
4.004(5.50: range wethers, 3.504(4.555; fed
ewes, 55.254(4.25.
ST. LOUIS, Mo.. Sept. 3.—Cattle- Re
eeipts, 6500; i.iarekt steady; beef steers.
1.094(7.50; stoekers and feeders. 2.75 .1 1.75;
cows and h‘‘lters, 3.994(6.99; Texas steers.
2.894(5.25; cows and heifers 1.504//4.09.
Hugs-Receipts. 7091; market si( K)e higher;
pigs ami lights. 4.(Kt4/6.70; packers, 6.256/)
6.85; butchers and best heavy, 6.65407.99.
Sheep—Receipts, 4ooo; market steady to 5c
lower; native, 3.00(/r4.99; lambs, 4.094/6.15
CHICAGO, 111.. Sept. 55.—Cattle—Receipts
about 6500; market steady; beeves, 3.60tx;
i.70; Texans, 55.404/5.70; westerners, 3.20a
5.80; stoekers and feeders, 2.(M)4()4.50; euws
and heifers. 1.754/5.70; calves, 5.504(7.50.
Hogs—Receipts a boat 16,000; market 5c
higher; light. 6.204(6.93%; mixed. 6.254/TOO;
heavy, 6.2.14/7.00; rough, 6.254/6.45; good to
choice heavy, 6.454/7. OO; pigs, 4.004/6.00;
hulk uf sales, 6.001/.6.80. Slieep— Receipts,
about 17.999; market steady; native. 2.106(1
•4.15; western. 2.254/4.20; yearlings. 1.104/,
4.(5; lambs, 51.254/6.00; western, 5t.25@(* ’ *•
MILWAUKEE HAY MARKET.
Choice timothy hay. 10.506/11.00; Nu. I
timothy hay. [email protected]; ,\u. 2 timothy
hay, 8.504(9.00: clover and mixed. 7.506/
8.50: choice Kansas and Nebraska prairie.
[email protected]; Nu. I pralri/ 1 . 9.00409.25; Nu.
2 prairie. 8,00',/5.50; Wlseonsiu marsii
feeding. 7.504/8.00; packing hay. 5.504/(too;
rye, straw. 6.506(7.99; oats straw, 6,2.54/6.50.
MARKETS BY TELEGRAPH.
MILWAUKEE. Sept. 3.—Close—Wheat
Firm; No. 1 northern, on track, 1.084/, 1,09;
No. 2 northern, on track, 1.054/1.07. ( urn
Finn; No. 5! on track, 79e. Oats—Firmer;
standard, 51c; Nu. 3 white, on track, 49%6/.>
50%c- Barley Firmer; standard, OU-'aiLc.
Rye—Steady; No. 1, 76@76%e.
Flour ipiotations in eartuts are- Hard
spring wheat patents, in wood, 5.454/5.
straights, in wood. [email protected]; export pat
ents, in sacks, 4.504(4.80; lirst clears, in
sacks, [email protected]; rye, in wood, 51.956,4.0,7;
country. 51.754j3.55: sacks, Kansas, in wood’
4.506i 4.60.
CHICAGO, HI.. Sold. 3.—Cash—Wheat
No. 2 red. 984/99%e Nu. 3 red. 9<6/9N%c;
No. 2 hill’d, 96%@99c; No. 3 hard, 96,/{(He;
Nu. 3 spring, 96e4t1.055. Corn—No. 2, sm,
@Bo%e; No. 2 white. BOV2C; No. 2 jT-ilmv,
80%c4(81e; Nu. 3, 79%4/SOe; No. 5! while,
79%e; No. 55 yellow. 80%4(80%e. Oats ,\u.
3, 49%e; No. 'I white,, 49%4(,51%c; Nu, (
white. 484/50%c; standard. 51V4e.
CHICAGO. 111.. Sept. Close W hei
Sejitemher, 98%6/98>/4e; Oeeemher. 97( K e;
May, 1.01%. Corn—September, 79%e; lie
(•ember, 78e; May. 6(>e. Oats—Sepieuita r,
50% c; Deeemlier, 50%@5(>%e; May, 5
52%c. I‘ork—Sept <*m her, 14.80; Ocluher,
14.85; Jiii hiry, 16.45. Lard—September,
9.67%: October, 9.72%; January, 9.52%.
Ribs—September. 9.154/9.17%; Oet.uber,
5,.22%; .laumiry, 8.52%. Rye—Cash. /6%e;
September, 756/,77e. Barley—(.’ash, 614(64e.
Timothy—Septemher, 3.60; October, 5! 4.5.
Clover —October, it.7o.
NEW YORK. Sept. 55. —Lead —Quiet. 4.43
4/4.60; lake copper, easy, 13.50',/13.7.5; sit
ver. 51%.
IJVERUOOL, Sept, a—Close—Wheat-
Spot, steady; No. 2 red western, winter, 7s
(id; No. 1 Calif,■’•ala. 7s lid; futures steady;
September, 7s i%d; December, 7s (%;.
Con: —Spot, linn; American mixed, 7s 4%d;
futures steady; Septemher, sjs 9-> 4 d; Octo
ber, 5s 6d.
MINNEAPOLIS, Minn., Sept. 3.—Close-
Wheat, Septemher. 1.01%; December. 1.01%;
May, 1.05: cash No. 1 hard. 1.06%; No I
northern, 1.05%; No. 2 northern, l.(;2‘ /s ; Nu.
3 northern, 1.00.
KANSAS CITY. M<>.. Sept. 5!. Close
Wheat —Septemher. 91e; December, 92e;
May, 95%f. Cash: No. 2 hard, 956/,!><•;
No* 3. 944/97c; No. 2 hard, 99%[email protected]; No.
3, 974/99c. Corn—No. 2 mixed. 74%e; Nu.
3. 744/ 74%c; Nu. 2 white, 75c; No. 3, 71%'„.
74%e, September, 71%e; Deceinljer, 59%,-;
May. 60e. Oats—No. 2 white, 494/51c;
mixed, 48c.
ST. LOUIS, Mo., Sept. 3.—Close— Wheat
—Higher: track Nu. 2 red, cash, 99e4/].oo;
Nu 2 hard, 97%[email protected]; futures December,
97%e: May, 1.01%. Corn—Higher; track
No. 2 cash. 78*.@79c; No. 2 wliite 79' •
79%e: futures December, 63%4t(g4%< ;’Mav,
63%4/,(gi%e. Oats—Higher; track No. 2.
cash, 50c; NO. 2 white. 53c. Futures—
December, s(>%c; May, 52%e.
NKU YORK. Sept. 3.—The cotton market
opened steady at an advance of 54(8 points
on better cables than expected, reports of
light southern offerings In Liverpool. local
covering and buying by houses witli Eng
lish connections. But at the advance of
ferings increased and prices reacted sev
eral points, leaving the market rather nerv
ous and unsettled, and within 2 or ;; points
of last night’s finr.Js, during the middle of
the morning.
NEW YORK, Sept. 3.—Cotton—Futures,
closed steady Closing bids: September,
8.43: October, 8.53; November, 8.41; De
cember, 8.4i; January. 8.544; February,
8.36; March, 8.541): May, 8.47.
NEW YORK, Sept. 3.-Close-Wheat
September, 1.05%; December, 1.06; May,
LOB. Corn—September, 89%c; December,
79 6-S.

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