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'T if VESTERII ROADS MAY MOTHER AUD SOU DIE WOMAN SAYS DAVIS ABOLISH CUT RATES TOGETHER AS SUICIDES AGREED TO KILL MAII Protest Against Reduction of Two Cent Fares for Special Occasions --Revenues This Year Little More Than Cent a Mile. Grief Death of Sister and Daughter. Causes Brooklyn and Boy to Chloroform Selves ia Their Home. Mrs. Abbie Rice, on Witness Stand, Repeats Her Story of -Strange Suicide Agreement of Doctor and CdDESETS Drug X.

1HE INTER JOCEATT, SUNDAY MORNING, BEITE3IIER 27, 1903; T(0)M WILL RESIST CLAMOR FOR RETURN TO FORMER CUSTOM Eastern lines Maintain Three Cent Basis in Interstate Traffic Busi- ncss Men Demand Lower Fare Chicago to South Chicago. Western railroad may enter into an Ironclad agreement to abolish after Jan. Tu 1909. all reduced rates In states where I cent rare laws are operative. A conference of passenger officials has been called for Oct.

to consider thla bot. Railroad men generally strongly favor the proposition and the end of cut rates seems more tban probable. Rate Below Tw Ceats. For a year after the I cent laws became 'effective In July. 1907.

the railroads tried to hold all rates ud to the 2 cent basis. Legls lators. In discussing the measures, had said that with the abolition of passes and other special privileges and the reduction of the maximum rate from 3 cents to I eeats. the railroads would be able te make cent rates tor all occasions and still realise as large profits as formerly. It developed, however, that with a cent rate as the standard- the public demanded a still lower rale for special oca nurin the fall of 1907 and the spring of 1908 the railroads refused to yield to the.

pressure brought to bear against wens xo give low ratee, but Anally, at the beginning of tbla summer, the structure began to crumble, with the result-that conventions, state fairs, and other gatherings have had the benefit of round trip ratea of a fare and ona- Tha If or 1 XL rents a mile. Throughout the summer all the railroads have- joined In the rate cutting, but most the stronger lines have done so under protest, their action usually Demg lorceo oy steps taken by a weak line that saw the op-' portunity of getting a little extra business by reducing rates. Mown Trlpa" Hard mm RcrtMM. According to passenger men the low rates lave been disastrous to revenues. 11 is n-i lieved thst the average rate per mile for thla year will be but a bare trifle more than 1 cent a mile, whereas, before the 3 cent laws were passed the average rate was usually slightly 'mnrr thn 2 rents a mile.

With this situation the railroads seem de- ermind to turn over a new leaf at the first tbe year and stand firm in keeping all on a 2 cent basis. Whether or not they will be able to carry out the plan if they should definitely decide to do so at the com ics- Terence Is croblemsilcai. tor com "toercial organizations, societies wishing wishing rates for conventions, and numerous other powerful bodies -will Join In a clamor for a return to tne tormer custom. toadttleaa Different la East. So far the railroads east of Chicago have trade no move to abolish special rates.

Con Anions in the so called Central Passenger association territory are such that cutting rates does not mean as great Inroads upon rninas at In the Western territory. This Is largely caused by the fact that the Eastern reads have never scaled interstate rates down to a 3 cent basis, as has been done In 'the West. Thus, when the roads. agree to give a rate of one fare and a hs.f the rata Is as low as for the same distance in wesi iero Passenger association territory. laaarttat lMroTmtntB Asltee.

A delegation of South Chicago business men visited Illinois Central officials yester- day to request a number of improvements on the. South Chicago branch of the road. The most Important demand was for a 10 cent fare from Chicago to South Chicago, instead of the present 16 cent charge. The officials informed them that this ceuld not be granted. A number of other requests were granted.

These included a change in the platform at tbe South Chicago station, a shelter over the platform at Eighty-Seventh street, and crossing protections at Seventy-Sixth. Seventy-Eighth, and Eighty-Second street. Members of the South Chicago delegation declared that the 10 cent fare demand would not be dropped and that efforts would be made to force this rate reduction as the price of the ordinance which the Kensington Eastern, the new Illinois Central line. Is seeking. Car Saralaa Dlaaapearlaaj.

A big boost toward prosperity Is Indicated in the fortnightly report of the committee on car efficiency of the American Railway association, issued yesterday. A decrease of 49.045 In the number of surplus cars Is- recorded, the total being brought down to a73.5f. The improvement, though general. Is most marked in New England and In the North- west. In New England the box car aurplua has practically disappeared and shortages have developed on aome of the roads.

In the Northwest the movement of grain has drawn Into service practically all grain box cars available la that territory. The coal car situation ia thla district la also much Improved, and there are few roads reporting an actual aurplua of this claaa of Jn the Eastern and middle states the box car surplus la gradually disappearing, and the number of coal and gondola ears remaining idle continues to decrease, although there are still surpluses. PICKS UP PIGEON AT SEA. Wlaa-ea Carter, OSO Miles Praa Ua4, Fall Exhiasled aa gala. GALVESTON, Texaa, Sept.

SC. Captain Baker of the Morgan liner El CId brought with him a carrier pigeon which ho picked up at aea 850 miles off the Texas coast. He saya that the bird dropped to the deck Of the shin and whan vt The bird had attached to its leg a sliver' xam inscription NO. 19. R.

Galveston pigeon fanciers know of no such record mark or number W0r.lEJ INTERESTED III IlECEfJT IfiVEHTIOn Kirerleseed Payaielaa Orlctaates Kew Doaeke Pslst Dr. E. E. Hall, one of Chicago's best known physicians, has perfected a- douche point on an entirely new Idea that successfully does away with the objections and weak features that women have complained about In other articles of this nature. Dr.

Hall's douche point ia the only Ane that fn h. tliAPs. euhly sterilised In boil- Closed Ins waiter, for It is all-metal and can be taken apart by simply pressing a button. There is no hard or soft rubber or other material that ts damaged by hot water. There Is nothing to corrode, rust or set out of order, and it will last a lifetime.

None of the expanding device enters tha pei-ia. ia Rr 4- Open Jarring or shock. This new douche point gently and evaaly unfolds the tissues, presenting a smooth surface that Is cleaned easily, quickly, and It eenaa in a steaay. forceful stream and provides an unobstructed outlet. Dr.

K. B. Hail's lnven-' tioa is bow on the mar-' If your druggist does not hsndle thla new douche point you ran get it by aendlnr Spraying the price, 3.M, to the Hall-MUIer 97 Ogdea A Chicago, III. Write today for descriptive 1 PKKMSV Wl LSI xi mi I I Compound Antiseptic Healing Tablet non-' aoisoaous. no odor, no DEAD GIRL FOUND ROBED IN WHITE FOR HER BURIAL Other.

Bodies Are in an Adjoining I RoomNote Is Jbeft Explaining Cause for; Tragedy, and Making Disposition of Property. Special Dlapetoh to The Inter Ooeaa. NEWT. YORK. 8ept.

J6 The bodies of Ella and Edwin Soden and of their mother, Mary Soden. were found In their apartment In Brooklyn today, the mother and son evidently having committed suicide together In their grief over the death from apparently natural causes of Miss Ella 8oden. Tbe body of the latter was dressed in white and apparently laid out for burial, hut It lay In a pool of blood, while tha bodies of her brother and mother were foarad in an inner room on a bed together with the bed clothes pulled over their heads. A strong odor of chloroform pervaded the room. teades Revel ver Kama.

A search disclosed a revolver, leading to the belief that the young woman might have been shot, but It was fully loaded, and an examination then aeemed to ahow that she had bled profusely throtigh- the mouth, apparently from a hemorrhage of the lungs. By the bod upon which lay the bodies of mother and son there were three bottles which evidently had contained a mixture of chloroform and whisky. Copious draughts having failed to kill them, they had completely saturated the bed covering with the drug and then smothered themselves under it. Letter Telle mi aaleiae. A letter written by Edwin left no doubt as to a double suicide plot between him and his mother.

It was addreased to nobody, bore no date, and was as follows: "My sister Ella, the best and sweetest and most unselfish, affectionate, and lovable of sisters. Is desd. This world without her seems unendura bl. I will follow her, and so will my mother. She would be too exhausted to live alone.

My mother's brothers, Christopher. John, and Philip Wentsel. of Parma, Cuyahoga county, Ohio, will bury ua. Please notify them. "I wish them to have all my effects, such as they are, which I leave, if thsy will bury us.

If not. I wish them to go to whoever does bury us. There is S31.S1 In the pocket of the clothes I am wearing, to go toward the funeral Each paragraph of the letter, which was written in an unsteady hand, was signed by Soden. Their neighbors say they had not seen any of 'he family around for several days. They had kept very much ts themselves during all the time they had lived among them, and r.othlnr was kcown concerning their affairs.

Soden. was believed to be a newspaper artist. Rockefeller Refuses Sword of Cromwell Sent Him by Woman Special Dispatch to Tha. Inter Ocean. NEW YORK, Sept.

26. Unless John D. Rockefeller sends to the appraisers' stores for the antique sword said to have been worn by Oliver Cromwell, which waa conalgned to Mr. Rockefeller by an English woman, the weapon will be put up at auction by the government and sold to the highest bidder. In a note attached to the sword the sender said that only pecuniary reasons Influenced her In disposing of an heirloom of such priceless worth.

Under the circumstances she said she hoped Mr." Rockefeller would accept the sword and send a draft for a sum commensurate with tbe value of the weapon. It is reported that Mr. Rockefeller sent a representative to Inspect the relic. His report is said to have been unfavorable to the purchase of the weapon, and the consignment was refused. Young Roosevelt Becomes' a Carpet Maker on Monday Special Dispatch te The Inter Ocean.

HARTFORD. Sept. 28. Theodore Roosevelt, Is to begin service with the Hertford carpet works at Thompsonvlllo on Monday next. Recently Mr.

Roosevelt visited the plant and waa ahown over it by Gen eral Manager Hlgglna. It Is not yet known what his dutlea will bo, but It la thought he will enter the operating departments. FINANCING OF ROCK ISLAND IS PRACTICALLY ARRANGED Tata Io Cited aa la Reasaa far the Baal Rise la Sera rl ties af the Frlaea Systems. 8icll Dispatch to The Inter Ooean. NEW YORK.

Sept. 26. That arrangements have 'been practically completed for the financing of the Rock Ialand-Prlsco system Is admitted by hankers closely associated with tbe property. Details aa to the form which this will take, however, are still lacking. This explains the rapid rise in Rock Island-Frisco securities which haa taken place within the last few day.

Following the sharp bulge In the stocks of the Rock Island company and of the St. Louis tt San Francisco Railroad company, accompanied by a similar upward movement In the collateral trust bonds Friday, further Improvement took place In these Issues early today to the extent of a couple of points In the bonds, while the stocks also continued their advance in the first hour of trading. It Is reported in some well Informed circle that one of the conditions of the financing waa that the St, Louis St Ssn Francisco Railroad company should bo divorced from the Rock Island system, but no confirmation can be obtained of this story. GIRL BELIEVING MAN SHE LOVES IS DRUNKARD COMMITS SUICIDE Declares She Cannot Live Without Him, That She Will Not Marry Him, and Hence P'--'- iMustDie." Special Dispatch to The Inter Ocean. DCS MOINES.

Iowa, Sept. SC. Unable to stifle the love she had for Bert Wlllitta. an employe on her father's farm, and unwill ing to become- tbe wife or a man sne Believed to be a drunkard. Miss Lucy Handley, 17 years old.

living near this city, wrote a pathetic note to her parents and then drank carbolic acid. She was missed three days before her dead body, the empty bottle and note by her side, was found in an unused cora crib. It was believed at first she had eloped, as WUlitts disappeared the day after she did. He was arrested Sunday in Des Moines, to be held pending Investigation. He contends ha never made amy protestation of love to the girl.

HER CROSS-EXAMINATION IS POSTPONED BY THE STATE Graphic Story, of Desire of Physi cian to End His Life Is Retold in Omaha Court Identifies Man Again. Speclaf Dispatch to The Inter Ocean. OMAHA. Sept. 26.

Following a legal battle continued throughout the' giving of her entire testimony, Mrs. Abble B. Rice was today permitted to tell of the plana between Dr. Frederick Rustin and Charles Edward Davis, whereby Davia was to shoot tbe physician, and then commit suicide. Many fine points of law came up during the clashes that followed each question, but the state finally secured the testimony of tbe witness with which it hopes to prove.

Davis guilty of first degree murder. Ta Craaa-lSxsaaalao Master. The county attorney questioned Mrs. Rice until noon, when be announced that he would rest for the present, and counsel for th defense waa given aa opportunity to cross-examine her. This, however, waa deferred tuUl! Monday, to which time the case waa adjourned.

Objections were made to nearly half the questions put by the county attorney, and many of the answers were stricken from the record. Lines were drawn to fin that Mrs. Rice waa permitted to say that Dr. Ruatla told hesihe had arranged with a man to kill him. She was permitted to Identify thia man Davis, the defendant.

IswOsTlslsOfflM. The questioning today elicited that Mrs. Rice saw Davis la Dr. Rhstln'a office twice on the evening preceding the killing. Taking up her atory at thts point, Mrs.

Rleo was permitted to tell what happened up to midnight. 8hesald: "Dr. Rustin told me ho had secured a man to kill him and that I was released from the duty. He said it was a man who had several times attempted to take his own life. The doctor told me he bad arranged to have thla man do the shooting, oa condition that the physician give him enough poison to take hia own life.

He said Davla was to come to the office at o'clock that evening. "I then left with the underatandlng that Dr. Ruatla would meet me abort ly oa the corner near hia office. 1 watted for him on the corner, and when Dr. Rustin came, got on a street car going paat his home.

He got off near the house and I went on to tbe end of the line and then back down town. Asarsn Wltk Haa. "By appointment I went to Rustln's office at 8 o'clock and found Davla there. I stayed only a short time. Tbe doctor sent to tbe drug store for a bottle of aconite.

He poured half of it Into another bottle, giving me one portion and putting the other in bis pocket. He then told roe to go to the street corner, here he would meet me shortly. 'l did so and he came down on the atreet with Charles E. Davis. They waited until the first car came, when tbe doctor put Davia on the car going west toward his homo and then Joined me.

"We walked west to within a block of his the doctor stopping once to purchase some whisky. We talked of hia plans with Davis. 1 shuddered at every mention of them, but tbe doctor talked freely. When within two blocks of Dr. Rustln's home he bade me good-by.

aaylng tor me to wait a while. "He told me if hia plana did not work he would soon Join me again. I waited quite a while and then went down town to my room at Clara Olbson'a place. I called up Dr. Rustln's home repeatedly after I got back, but waa told the doctor was not there." Palata Oat Davla la Caart.

At thla point the state turned the witness over to the defease. It was past the noon hour and Attorney Qurley asked the court to adjourn until Monday, when the cross-examination will begin. Mrs. Rice, during her testimony, identified Davla aa a man she saw get on the at ret car after he came out of Rustln's office, and 5Kid ahe saw htm standing at Fortieth and Farnum streets when she walked to that point with the doctor. NEW YORK STATE CANAL BOND ISSUE IS OVERSUBSCRIBED TwestyrFsar Bias Are KerelreJ am Offerlaa- ef 93,000,000 at Per rest Seearltlea.

Special Dispatch to The Inter Ocean. ALBANY. N. Y-. Sept, 26.

The Issue of $5,000,000 per cent fifty year atate canal Improvement bonds, proposals for which were opened this morning by State Comptroller Glynn, waa more than three times oversubscribed. Twenty-four proposals were received. William A. Read at Co. bid 100.

IS for all or none. The state sinking fund offered psr for all or any part. i. S. Bacbe ft Co.

bid 101.20 for 1500.000 and 100.79 for $300,000. Tbe United States Mortgage and Trust company offered to take at 100.14 and 101. Tbe Williamsburg Savings bank bid par for $500,000. The Home Insurance company bid for $300,000 and tha Union Insurance company for $100,000. The award aa yet haa not been announced.

SUES BANKERS' ASSOCIATION. MHMMMM II M. J. Bsss Allesyea Eaaewaaeat Oraraal atlaa la a FraadV Matthew J. Huss brought suit in the circuit court yesterday; asking a receiver for the Bankers' Endowment association and the Bankers' Endowment and Mutual assocla-Hon.

Russ allegea that he was given a Judgment for $230.11 last January and has not been able to aatiafy It. Russ alleges the property of the association to be worth $15,000. He says that the second named company ia but a fraudulent change In name of the first and thst no steps to amalgamate have been taken aa provided by law with respect to smaller concerns absorbed by the main aasociat Ion. It is further alleged that Otto Von Hauten-krans and Bertha Sand, president and secretary respectively, are now in hiding. The note to her parents found by her side v.

"My Dear Parents: I really do not know what to do. I am la sorrow and have bid It as long as possible. I do not want to die. but I'd rather die than be a drunkard's wife, and I cannot live without him. It Bert Wlllitta whom I mean.

"I love him. I worship Bert. God forgive me for thla sin I am about to commit. I know it la wrong. Bury me in my.pink dress as near as possible to Mrs.

Rlnggenberg. "You can read thla to Bert. 1 have my own reasons. "God: hless you all and help him to quit drinking. "From your loving daughter, "WJCY HANDLEY." $3 For three weeks dressmakers from all over the country have attended in New York, Boston and Chicago demonstrations on livine models of the BON TON Corsets and the ROYAL WORCESTER Corsets and received free fittings of these Corsets.

Thousands of them learned the number of the. style which is right for their forms and purchased that style. These dressmakers know how to build the right foundation for the Dircctoire gown, 7 and are convinced that the hipless, almost" waistless, figure with the straight, long lines is correctly made with the v-f ROYAL WORCESTER CORSETS from SI to S3 and the BON TON Corsets from 53 to C12 per pair The BON. TON Corsets are naturally of more exquisite materials, but the two lines are made by the same excellent designer and are equal in style, workmanship and durability." Kr. Tha Calraare later Oeeasi "The Bon Ton.

a. new design that makes hipa fade away like the enow beneath the summer sun." Caleaara Trlhsaei "There will be no compression of the waist to make It amall. If your waist is large, let It remain so i-but the hips abt they most go." Tha Caleaara Rear a-H era Id i "Ladles of fashion are hlpless. She made them mm with the Bon Ton." Every Dealer of Note ia Tfcls City list Sell Tfcen- If Yoa Cannot Get TOUR Style Send at Once tai Us.2sd We See That Yon Get It ROYAL "WORCESTER CORSET GO Chicago, market st. Worcester new york san francisco Makers of ROM WORCESTER CORSETS from SI to $3, BON TON CORSETS from S3 to $12 and ADJUSTO CORSETS S3 and 85 PLAN TEMPLEIO PROPHET PERSIAN RELIGIOUS LEADER MAY MAKE HOME HERE.

Hia Fellewers Believe la laity af All Rellgloas a ad Eiseet TCal vernal Falta aaa Laacaic ta Prevail. Chicago followers of Abdul-Baha-Abbas. the Persisn prophet, are to erect a $30,000 Banal Mashrak-el-Ascar, or In this city to the memory of Bahah 'Ullah. the first prophet. The temple Is to be built to prepare for the coming oT Abdul-Baha-Abbas to America.

They plan to make Chicago the home of the prophet. Delivers In Bahalsm in this city include many prominent society women. Several have made trlpa to the Orient to worship at the feel of the Prophet Vraats Dlaaeaaatlea. The great temple will be erected In Wil-mctte. The ground Is already under option and the greater part of the money for the building of the edifice has been raised.

Tbe first stone of the Mashrsk-el-Ascar waa blessed by the son of the great prophet, and a special dispensation for the erection of the temple here was secured. In order to get bis blessing a member of the local colony traveled to Syria, where the aon of the prophet had been kept In a penal colony bv the Turkish government since his birth. Prominent among the leadera in the Banal aect In Chicago are Mrs. Lillyan She finer. Mrs.

M. A. True. Mme. Ragna Llnne.

tbe famcua soprano: Mrs. Nellie E. Cox. Dr. Susan.

Mrs. Marshail Roe, Mrs. Eva Russell. Mrs. A.

B. Burrows, Miss Jane Masson. Mrs. E. P.

Walte. Mrs. A. R. Win dust.

Mrs. Cecelia HarrlKn. Mrs. Albert Klrchner, and Thornton B. Chase.

The religion reached Chicago during the cocgreaa of religion at the time of the World's Fair In 1S93. At present the followers meet every Sunday morning in a hall in the Masonic temple. Weala lalfr Bella-laaa. "The object of the Bahal movement la religious unification, said Mrs. M.

A. True, who recently returned from a visit toAboul-Baha-Abbaa. "We recognize all propheta. Mohammed and Buddha were sen by God. we believe.

Just the same aa Christ or Moses. Baha 'Ullah was also aent by God. When he died hia aon. our preaent master, Abdul-Baha-Abbas. waa left to prophesy.

"We believe (here Is soon to be a universal religion and language. In the twenty tablets left by Baha 'Ullah at hia death he prophesies many great changes. The religion of Bahal will aoon rule. Christians. Jews, and atheists are united under thle wonderful religion.

Its purpose Is ta spiritualty unite mankind. Abdul-Baha-Abbas Is expected to come to this country In a short time. Followers here expect to begin work on the temple at once' to be In" readiness for him. WRECK DEATHS NOW TOTAL 21; MAN DIES, IN HOSPITAL Ceraaer'a Jary Bearlaa laveetlaratlaa ta Deteratlse Caaae af the Meat aaa Tral a Craaau- Special Dispatch to Tbe Inter BILLINGS, J3ept. 26.

Twenty-one are now dead and nine Injured aa a result of a collision at Tounga Point yesterday. R. R. Ticker of Hardin, died after being brought to the hospital In this city, and Samuel Clomowltt. a hide dealer of Billings, and Berg Western of Atchison.

died shortly after midnight thla morning. Identification of all but three haa been established and these are working men, presumably coal miners, on their way to Klrby, Wjo. Acting Coroner Mann Impaneled a Jury yesterdsy afternoon and visited tbe scene of the wreck. An Investigation waa started today, and Engineer Smith and the conductor of the train: both testified that bad the passengor been on time they would have cleared the siding, but, seeing that a collision waa Inevitable. Engineer Smith backed the freight on the mala line and started his train back ao that the engines would collide hdad-on and the paasenger would not collide broadside.

The freight waa left moving backward when he and his fireman Jumped. RECORD PRICE FOR CATTLE Morris Ca. Bay Craad CTaaanaleas at St. Jaeepls. The highest price paid for a car load of cattle for many years, and the highest price ever paid at St.

Joseph, waa paid yesterday by Morris dc who bought the grand champion car load from the recent live stock show held In that city. There were fifteen animals In the load, which averaged In weight 1.388 pounda. The price paid waa $114.61 a head. The grand champions were Angus cattle, the same breed that the late Nelson Morris Introduced Into Texas, and of which Edward Morrla la today the largest breeder In tha world. td $512 per pair Caleaara Kxaaalaen -Presto 1 this me Hips Dleappear." Yarac Isai "If you want to took am art.

you must get rid of your hlpe." Ker Yerk Kvealaar Telearraass' "There Is but one fismre new tha hipleas, waistless figure that ts given by tbe Ben Ton Corset. BIG CMinDUp llUCTIOfi BUMPER CROPS ATTRACT THOUSANDS FROM THE STATES. Hssksteea at Westera Laaal Ceaapaay ta Offer 230,000 Aere at Awe- tlaa Oet. 12-iT. RECTXA.

Sept. 28. Ha ve you looked at the late crop reports of Westera Canada? They certainly prove that for the man who wants to own a farm or wants to own-another farm, tbe province of Saskatchewan la a land of golden opportunity today. Whether he has a few hundreds or many thousands to Invest, the returns he gets for his money la this great fertile empire are most alluring. And the farmers and" land buyers of the states -are hearing the call thla autumn as never before.

Ratlroada-Tgrowlng cities with their markets only a abort distance from any point practically all the advantages of older communities- and. above all. the possibility of getting the richest fsrms at about one-fourth the cost at home, are taking buyers by the hundred thousand. The world haa never seen such a movement. It will not last long.

For the price of land in Saskatchewan la on a rising market, and will, at no distant date, be quoted at $30. $40. and $50 an acre, where now $12 to $15 rules. Great Laaa Aaetlaa. Interest In Saskatchewan la whetted Just no by the announcement of one of the greatest land auctiona in history.

For one week. Oct. 11 to 17. the Saskatoon i Western Land company. a wealthy organisation which had the pick of milliona In this heart of the Canadian wheat belt, will offer at auction In the city of Regina 250.000 acres in parcels of various aisea adapted to the moat desirable farms.

The Saskatoon 4b Western Land company will return the railroad fare to all buyers of 160 acres or more. Reports from all over the United States and Canada show that city men. as well as farmera. are preparing to take advantage of thia opportunity. It la made the more attractive by the fact that It la different from the usual homeseekera proposition, wherein the buyers are required to live on the land.

Weaaerfal Wheat Yield. This ia a great wheat year for all Canada. The government's eatlmate of the crop la 112.000.090 bushels. Reports from Areola. Saskatchewan, ahow a yield running twenty-five bushels to the acre.

Around Laagham the yield runs eighteen to twenty buahels to the acre ever a stretch of country of about three hundred and twenty miles long. The oat crop la estimated at thirty-five bushels to the acre. At Indian Head. Saskatchewan, there la a government experimental farm on which corn and potatoes are auccessful crops, as well aa amall grates. Taking the whole territory tributary to Indian Head, the crope of wheat on summer fallow are aplendid.

Definite reports of the yield are not In but it la expected to be twenty-five to thirty buahels, and on stubble from eighteen to twenty buahela. At Eatavan. Saskatchewan, fallow land haa the beat crop. Fine buildings and good farmera are characteristic of the whole territory. -The yield from some fields, notably fallow, la from twenty-five to thirty bushels.

At Torkton, Saskatchewan, two-thirds of the crop area la devoted to oats, which run thirty-five bushels to the acre. FIREMEN WILL GIVE BANQUET. Society Waaea Will Oeeaay Bazea at lateraatlaaal Aaaahltaeater. "Society "night" or the evening of Oct. wilt mark the opening of the benefit entertainment of the Chicago Firemen's Benevolent association at the International amphitheater at Forty-Second and Halsted streets.

Mrs." Marshall Field. Mrs. J. Ogdea Armour. H.

C. Chatfleld-Taylor, Mrs. Arthur Meeker, and. Mra. Charles Hen rot in are among thoee who will occupy boxes.

Mrs. Sherburn M. Becker and a party of Milwaukee aoclety women also will attend. The feature of the entertainment will be the performances of the Hagenbeck and Wallace circuses, which will continue until the close of the benefit on Oct. 18.

The firemen have let a contract tor sUDerb decora tion for the amphitheater and the work of decorating will be begun at once MANUFACTURERS ARE COMING. Delenratlea Freas Liverpool aaa Mas. eheater ta Tlalt Cat On a crusade to Interest Chicago manufacturers In English industries, Marshall Stevens, manager and director of the Traffla Park association of England, and a coterie oi prominent manufacturers from Manchester and Liverpool will arrive la thla city on Monday. During the last week the manufacturers have been la New York. They will soend two days here, stopping at the Auditorium Annex.

where they will hold conferences with local capitalists. The English delegation ia booming the manufacturing sites along the Manchester canal. Thla property was formerly owned by Sir Humphrey Trassord. The canal runa from Manchester to. Liverpool.

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Ask for booklet: Far Sale la CENTRAL DRUG COMPANY state Street. CWGETflXni MFC Ca CHESTER. H. SOU fSANlTf aCTCKEKS. JEWISH IE17YUR OBSERVED SYNAGOGUES ARE DECORATED WITH FLAGS AND BUNTING.

Hallaay la Graatea bt Mayer ta Hebrew Eaplsres af City Saapa Are Clasea etlvltle ta Ceatlaae. Hundreds, of shops and stores throughout Chicago were closed yesterday to celebrate the -advent of the year 5669 in the Jewish calendar. Ia the Ghetto flags sad bunting decorated the synagogues, streets, and booths. All Jewa were dressed la their best clothes and attended various private and public celebrations. City employes of tbe Hebrew faith were allowed the holiday and freed from their duties at tbe suggestion of Mayor Busee.

"Ishono-Tova-Tlkoseva. or, "Happy New Tear," was the salutation between all Jewa. Slaafar Will Be Seaaaea. i Today the testlvitlea will continue. This will be the day that the shofar will be sound ed.

It will be taken from its sacred niche In the ayaagogue by the rabbi, who will blow one great blast. The shofar it usually a ram'a horn with a golden mouthpiece. Rosh Hashonah which meana New Tear's day ia one of the most Important In the Jewish All the people of the world are supposed oa that day to pass before the Creator. The names of the righteous are Inscribed and are sealed live. The middle class are allowed a respite of ten ds.

and the wicked are "blotted out of the book of the living." Dr. Tobias Schanfarber delivered a New Tear'a address before the K. A. M. congregation, Thirty-Third atreet and Indiana avenue.

IRISH PREPARE FOR REDMOND. Ieal Hlserslaa aeletlee ta Receive Fsaass Leader Wedaeeaay. Extensive preparations are being made by the United -Irish societies for the reten tion of John K. Redmond," the Irish leader. and bis party, oa Wednesday.

Mr. Redmond will be accompanied by Joseph Devlin, mem- oer oi parliament; Joha FlUglbboaa. presl- uem oi ma Koscommon council, and Mrs. Redmond. Mr.

Redmond. If r. Dovlln ni V(t- gibbons will be the guests of Medill McCor- mica ai a luncneon la the Chicago club, aad Mrs. Redmond will be the guest of the Catholic Women's league at an "at home." Medill MrTnrmfrk will nmM. ih.

eral reception la the evening at Orchestra uu, wnere tne irian cnorai society will take part. MORGANSTEIN IS ARRESTED. Allearea ta Have Defraaaee. Measaera ef Kalgkls et Fythlas. Theodore Morarmnsteln.

altered ta defrauded more thaa 100 members of the Knights of Pvthlaa of monev and vahtHi.a waa arrested yesterday in Kew. York, according to a telegram received -yesterday by Captain P. D. O'Brien of the detective bureau. Charges were made against Morganstela by a number of members of the lodge after they had given htm money to be lovested and had not received returns.

It la alleged that Morganstela represented himself to be a member of the lodge and In a position to make profitable Investments tor other A detective has been sent to New Tork to brine Morganstela to Chicago for trial. sesies J.srsali The hummocks and hollows that all too frequently mar the female form dlv the can be easily and quickly removed by properly fitted corsets As Mlse White eald: "It's all a matter of erseta.V faeetea Peats "She made femininity look thin and petite before fully a thousand a miilag dressmakers. QUEEN GRAY HAIR RESTORER Th Kind That Won't Rub Off, Any desired shade made from the one package. Instantaneous in effect. Positively neither sticky or oily, but Oat' MAXINE ELLIOT TO LET DIVORCE GO BY DEFAULT Aet reae Ma waster Says She Will Be Able ta Aaaear ta Caateet Sat Ceedwla's Salt.

If Special Dispatch to The Inter Ocen. PHILADELPHIA. Sept. St. Mexico Elliott will not appear before Judge Pike at Reno.

cm Dec. 20. as ordered by the court, to. acewer the complaint for divorce Sled against her by Nat C. Goodwin, and aa a consequence the actor-promoter will be granted hia decree of divorce by default.

Thla fact waa made public today by Frank Appleton. Miss "Elliott's manager. "Miss Elliott's theatrical engaremente will not permit her te be in Reno on Dec said Mr. Appleton. "I sm speaking now from a business standpoint only.

Wbat her sentiments In the affair may be I don't know. but I can say positively that she will not appear before Judge Pike." DAPHNE CURLS 99 The abore tllnstratloa shows the exaalslte oolffure knows as the "A la Grecque 99 (Ad vaace Stria. Fan 1S0S. Thla eolffnre la accomvlUhwl with the Daphne Curls, and la on of tb moat universal: popular creation ia haaddreas ever Introduced. It Is bow tbe chief tonic ef style dlscusrton among half the women ot the civilised world.

aUhouah but recantUr shown. Tha "A la Oraeoue" eolfTara ta also produced In a different style by muni of tha Diana Knot," aa showa la our ad last Bundar la this paper. The "A la Oreeeue" Is the very person inca-Mon of arace. eiecance. and ultra-raftneraent.

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