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THE MCKSVILLE TRIBUNE. HlCKSVILLE, OHIO. ISSUED EVERY THURSDAY. MYRON tCHBU. Edll.r aad publUher.

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S) 6th. v.llth. VJ 18tbv S.2(iUi. FEATURES OF INTEREST ABOUT THAT WHICH HAS BEEN AND IS TO BE. All Bide and Condition of Thlnga are Shown.

Nothing Overlooked to ankt It Complete. MYSTERY UNSOLVED. Investigation Throws No Light on Death of Aged Couple. Thnt Emlle Jabas dropped dead of heart failure; that his wife strove to revive him, and finding him dead, fainted away, bur faco falling into the wash basin which she held In her hand and smothering, either la the water it held or in the excreatlon from vomiting, died beside, her htiRband, Is the theory held by the police In the case) of the aged French couple who were found dead in their home in Fort Wayne, Ind. Sergeant William F.

Pap-pert, who was with the party that visited the Jabas home immediately after the discovery of the bodies, gave this as his own opinion at the coroner's inquest, and bis view Is shared by Chief Ankenbruck, Sergeant Hurkenrlder and other police officers who have been working of the case. The majority of the police ofllcers do not credit the murder theory, for many reasons, and they placo little credence upon the broken bones of the throat as Indicating foul play. They believe the bones were broken, cither In the handling of the bodies-, or in the course of the post mortem, especially la the case of the man. In the case of Mrs. Jabas, the head was lying In the basin, with the throat across the rim of It, and it Is posslblo In her fall she Btruck her throat with sufficient force upon the edge of the vessel to fracture the weak hyold bone.

The mark on the right side of her face was Just where the rim touched it, and was probably made by the contact from her fall. Killed In Auto Accident. Q. Wlnthrop Sands, a Btep-son of W. K.

Vanderbllt, was killed In a frightful automobile accident which occurred Just outside the grounds of Mr. Van-derbllt's beautiful country seat, the Chateau St. Louis do Polssy, twenty miles from Paris, France. Mr. Sands was riding with the chauffeur when the automobile, which was spinning along at a very high speed, left th road and struck a tree with terrific force.

The car was overturned, and mr. sanas ana tne cnaunetir were pinned under the wreckage. The gaso line tank at once caught Are. Bee Sting Is Fatal. Laban Pollock, of Mansfield, Ohio, died from the effects of being stun by bumble bees.

lie was about 71 years of age. Mr. Pollock went up In the hay mow to throw down some fodder, and while he was there disturbed a bumble bees nest. The bees started for him and before he could get away he was stung forty or fifty times In various parts of the body. Wreck on the Santa Fe.

Santa Fe passenger train No. 1, west-bound, the California limited, went Into the ditch at Wakarusa, near Topeka, Kas. The engineer was killed and several passengers Injured. The wreck Is said to have been caused by fast running. All the coaches left the track.

Parachute Man Killed at Jackson. William Oliver, a young aeronaut of Mason, was killed while making a parachute drop at Hague Park, on Vandercook Lake, near Jackson, Mich. Just as the parachute filled the strings on one side snapped and the aeronaut dropped 2,000 feot to his death. Fire at Jefferson vi lie, Ohio. A special from JefTersonvlUe, Ohio, says that fire, which started from an unknown cauBe in a vacant room in the business suction for a time threatened the entire town.

A block of six business buildings were burned. The loss was about $25,000. $100,000 Foundry Fire. Lightning set fire to the buildings of tho Enterprise Foundry In Sackvllle N. and they were totally destroyed The fire spread to the Intercolonial Hotel, which also was ruined.

Loss $100,000. Instantly Killed by Train. Ed Overlease, residing near Van 111., was Instantly killed by freight train. He failed to hear the whistle, and the train was upon him before ho saw it Two Children Die In Fire. In a fire that destroyed the dwelling oX James Jarasky, a short distance south of the city limits of Cleveland, Ohlo.v two children were burned to (loath.

Xaclc Chosen Chalrau, Norman E. Mack of Mew To ha beea chosen chairman of the Democratic national committee and Drey Woodson baa been re-elected secretary. Street Are Ferlloas. The streets of New York are shown to be perilous by official figures on accident, nearly half the violent deaths happening In the thoroughfares. Praaperltr Retairas.

Resorts In the dally papers (rota all arts of tie United States aaow that prosperity la fatreturniujr. -j 1 t-M-ffiW 'J. (AFT AT CINCH nn Republican Candidate Is Notified of Nomination at House of His Brother. OHIO CITY OBSEEVES GALA DAY. In Speech of Acceptance Ohloan Declares He 'Would Continue Roosevelt Policies if Eleoted.

Cincinnati on Tuesday threw Itself headlong Into the work of helping Senator William Wumer notify William Howard Taft that the Republican party had Loiiiliwted him for the presidency of the United States. And, standing on a Hug-draped platform In front of the old colonial portico of bis brother's home, William II. Taft accepted tho nomination. The quaint old residence of Charles P. Tnfl--once In the outlying residence section of the city, but now almost swallowed up by tho big business buildings thut have sur amin! it was the center of a dem onstration uueinmlcd In Cincinnati's Istory.

The nominee delivered a spi-eeh of acceptance in which he nailed the Roosevelt colors to his masthead and HOME OF aiARLKS P. said that tliey were the main strength of tlie Republican party in tho eyes of the people. lie praised the standards by President Roosevelt ami fol lowed this praise with an outllno of hat he thought a "Tuft" administra tion should be, "The chief function of the next ad ministration, in my judgment," wild Mr. Tuft iiejnr the opening of his speech, Is distinct from and a progressive de velopment of that which has leeii informed by President Roosevelt. Th? chief function of the next administra tion Is to complete and perfect the machinery by which these new 'standards may be maintained nnd by which tho lawbreakers mny be promptly restrained and punished, but wl.ich shall ev-ernte with sullklent accuracy and dis- iteh to Interfere with legitimate busi ness as little as possible." Point fnim Tnft'a Spi-ceh.

The man who formulated the oxpres- ion of the popular conscience was Theo dore Roosevelt. He hud down the dor-trine that rich violators of tho law should be as amenable to restraint and punish- niont as the offender without wealth nnd influence." In this work Mr. Roosevelt hns had the sympathy nail support of the Republican party, aud its chief hope of success must rest on the confidence the jieople have in the sincerity of the party's declaration in its platform that it intends to continue Ihr policies." "It is necessary to devise some means of classifying and insuring federal sillier- vision of such corporations as have the power and temptation to effect restraints of interstate trade nnd monopolies." "The combination of large capital in plants to manufacture poods with the greatest economy is just as necessary as the" assembling of the parts of a machine to the manufacture of what formerly wns made by hand. The government should not interfere with the one any more than the other." "Unlawful trusts should be restrained with all the efficiency of injunctive pro cess nnd the persons engaged in them should Ive punished with all the severity of criminal prosecution." "The (Democratic) proposal to super vise the business of corporations in such a wny as to fix the price of commodities and compel their snle nt such price is ns absurd and socialistic a plank as was ever inserted in a Democratic political platform." 'Our position is clear and unequivo cal. We nre anxious to prevent even nn appearance of injustice to labor in issu ing injunctions, not in the spirit of fav oritism to nny Bet of our fellow citi tens, but in the Interest of justice to all." Another George Republic.

William R. George, founder of the fam ous boys' republic at Freevillo, N. and wdio recently organized similar in stitutions in various parts of the country, announces that tho next location for one of the republics will be Pittsburg. Prmldent Van Ulna Honored. President Clinrles R.

Van Ilise of the University of Wisconsin hns been selected by President Roosevelt as a member of the Committee of Conservation of Nat ural Glrla Healthier than Dora. From the examination of children under the new child labor law in the District of Columbia since June 30, oat of 1,000 children so tested as to their physical con dition, at the age of 10 or less, it appears that 75 boys were rejected and only 2 girls. At the same time a censua bureau bulletin shows that women and girls gen erally live healthier lives. But wherever the labor of women approximates to that men, as in Italy and Ireland, the death rate of women rises. The death rate for both men and women Is leas per thou sand than in 1300.

lfir THE PEACH IS NOW KING, This Tear's Crop One of the Largest in Our History. The peach Is now tho king of the fruit world ami will continue an undisputed reign fur the next three months, when he will iiuko way for the apple. All tho Southern Slates are now shipping their peaches North lu hitherto unheard-of quantities. Georgia takes first rnnk us a peach-growing State. This great State has now pench trees In bearing.

The crop from these trinsa will uggrc-gute more than 5,000 carloads. Perhaps no better Idea may he conveyed as to the size, of tills year's chop than by comparing it with the crop of last year, that was considered a fair average crop, when the shipments aggregated only 1,000 cars, us against the 5,000 ears this year. It Is not alone by the stupendous size of the crop that the Georgia eoinmunils such attention this year, but also by its excellent quality. Not only has the weather been Jimt right for their proper growth and ripening, but the trees are also free from disease. North JersH.v, which for so long held a front rank its a producing region for peaches, has lost Its claim because of diseased trcew.

The South Jersey crop la always very uncertain, but this year la much better and bigger thun the average, Delaware has an uupreccdentetlly lurgc crop. Not during the last twenty-five years hns there Ix-en anything like It, The crop will reach over 000 baskets of eighteen quarts, or a lit. tie more than half bushel each. This would make about carloads. TAFT IN CINCINNATI.

Sixty per cent of the crop will Iks sold tit the orchards. For the first time In two years the Haiti-more can neries have started up, and they nre I his membership on tlie National Coin-buyitig the peaches from the orchards mil tee. Illsgcn, wealthy oil producer, of Delaware nnd Maryland In enor-lu' was the choice of William R. moils quant It les. They lire making a III for the presidency from the out-specialty of buying only whore' ml of the convention, led (he Held on they may be shipped into the can-1 tin- 'bree ballots taken for the iioml- nerlcs by water, ns tlie railroads nre' taking advantage of (lie opportunity and clinrghtg very high rates for such perishable freight ns pouches.

I The nntionnl executive committee of the Socialist party hns decided to send its candidate. Debs, in special train for a two months' tour of the country, beginning Sept. 1 at Chicago. In in nddress at the unveiling of the statue of Capt. John Underbill, a Long Island pioneer, at Oyster liny, President Roosevelt made a hot denunciation of socialism in connection with his sermon on citizenship.

This attack has drawn tho fire of a number of prominent socialists, among them J. G. Phelps-Stokes, the mill ionaire New Yorker. In addition to editorials in the various Hearst papers, attacking the Democratic nndidate and platform, a letter from Kditor Henrst, now in Paris, to Samiad Gompers 1ms been published, In which he tells the labor lender flatly that he hns lost confidence In the nbility, in the sincerity and even in the integrity of the, leaders of the Democracy." I'pon the motion of Candidate Iirynn, the Democratic national committee, in session at Lincoln, adopted a reso lution in fulfillment of the platform pledge, declaring that "it will accept no contributions from corporations what ever; that it will accept no individual contributions above $10,000, and that it will make publication before election of all individual contributions above date of publication being fixed as Oct. 15 and all contributions received after thnt to be published on date of their receipt, but no large contributions to be accepted within three days of election.

After visiting Candidate Rryaa at Lin coln in company with Kern, the Democratic vice presidential candiilnte, Presi dent Gompers of the American Federation of Lnbor gave out a statement saying pos itively that lie would take the stump for the Democratic ticket. Former Judge Alton B. Tarker of New York, the defeated presidential candidate of the Democracy in since the Den ver convention has announced his deter mination to take the stump for llryan und Kern, and expresses the hope that they can carry New York this year. President Roosevelt will be urged by the Republican State committee of Nebraska to take the stump in that State for the national ticket. Senator La Fol- lette is expected to devote much attention to Bryan's home State.

In reply to a telegram asking bim if it were true that he had told Bishop Waters of the African Methodist church that he disapproved of the dismissal of the negro troops accused of the Brownsville riot, Candidate Bryan wired' from Lincoln that the report was untrue. He added that tie would discuss only those questions mentioned in the platform. IP, i (10 MIL! MANY SHOT II BATTLE Two Killed In Bloody Fight Defense of Colored Prisoner in Florida, In LYNCHERS ARE VICTORIOUS. Batter Down Prison Doors, Overpower Sheriff's Forces and Hang Victim In Publio Park. Three men killed nnd nine wounded, several of them perhaps fatally, was the result of the clash nt l'ensncolu, between inoh bent upon lynch-In I.eiintlcr Shaw, a ncgio, and the sheriff it lid Ills forces.

The mob finally overpowered Urn authorities and lynch-ed the negro Iny'tlie incut prominent park of the city about mldilghl. The mob formed about i) o'clock Wednesday night mid nuido nn attack on the Jail. The Jail gnte was broken down mid the sheriff and his deputies opened fire. Volley after volley was tired by both sides, but the nioli was repulsed. Shortly before midnight nn- nlluip fitf.tcb it'nu tititli li.ivlm.

to The secot.d wn" H.iecossful, for he reason that It was made upon all sides of the One party forced lis way through the rear, ovcrpowensl the olllcers and the trembling negro. A noose wn slipped alHiut his neck, und after being dragged (wo blocks he was strung up to nn electric light pole In the center of the park, where builds riddled his body. There were over 2.000 people nbout Ihe Jail, nnd nearly every shot llred from the building told. Many of those wounded were cirriiil away and concealed. NEW PARTY'S TICKET.

Hlsgen of Massachusetts and Graves of Georgia National Candidates. Thomas Hlsgen, of Massachusetts, was nominated for President and John Temple Graves, of Georgia, for Vice President by tlie Independence party convention, In session tit Chicago. During the course of the proceedings a riot was narrowly averted when Jiiuies I. Hhcpard, of Kansas, took the platform and iiiaile a pica for the Humiliation of Jennings Itrynn. Sliepard was flniily escorted from the hull by the police after having been stripped of his delegate badge, repudiated by the Kansas delegation and stricken from nut fit "-Candida jc ihe platform i54 til contains the The pin 'form lApled llowlng planks: foil Initiative and referendum; recall svs tem government ownership of public utilities; money to be issued anil controlled by the government; postal savings banks, the deposits to lie loaned to the people on prosr security; good ronds; nn eight-hour law for government work; chilil luNr plank opposing child labor of nil kinds; Hiiti-bncket shop plank prohibiting the existence of lie shops nnd abolishing fictitious dealings in ugriciil- tural products ilisiml valuation of railroads a larger navy; prohibition of ings, but this only aggravated the poi-Asiatic immigration mi nnti-injiiuctioii son.

As a result of tho uso of the plunk prohibiting the issuance of injunctions without notice mill hearing, nnd permitting cases of constructive contempt to be tried jury; evils of overcapitalization, condemnation of tlie manufacture I and sale in tlie open market of prison- I ninde goods, tariff revision with especial reduction of the schedules on goods competing with trust products, criminal prosecutions for violations of Ihe anti-trust laws, court review for tlie findings of the Department on fraud orders nnd the estfllilislilllent of a national bu- reau of health. POISON IN MRS. GUNNESS' BODY. Also Found in Children, Says Eeport of Chemist. Something of a sensation was caused at Laporte, when Coroner Muck received from Dr.

Walter Haines, of itush Medical College, Chicago, his report on the examination of the stomachs of Mrs. Belle Gunness and two af the children, which had lieen submitted to Dr. Haines for analysis. Tlie expert reports thnt he found stryclw-nine nnd arsenic in fatal amounts In filch of the three stomachs. The theory that Mrs.

Gunness murdered her children and then committed sulfide Is strengthened, In the opinion of many persons, by the unexpected developments. Mnny persons who have been contending that Ray Lnmpliere, held under six Indictments for the murder of An-Jrew Helgeleln, Mrs. Gunness and the three children Is innocent say the theory is now strengthened. NUBBINS OF NEWS. There is now $3,01.1,274 In the Minnesota State strong box, more money than Minnesota has bud on deposit at one time in some years.

Minnesotn Insurance statistics for fifteen years show the total premiums paid in the State have amounted to over nnd the losses 'over For two ami half months the county commissioners of lted Lake county, have been pnying a bounty of 10 cents each on crows nnd during that time were killed. George E. Rolsjrts, president of the Commercial National bank of Chicago, and former director of tlie United States mint, delivered the address of the day at the State bankers' convention in Dend- wood, S. D. Mr.

Roberts a voeated the central bank idea as a safeguard against financial panics. The most interested visitors to the Minnesota State capltoi for many moons were two Japanese archite ts sent by the Imperial government to Uis country to set ideas for the new parliament build ings at Tokio. They shown the de tails of the building by ot.e of the assist ants from Cass Gilbert iffics. I REVIEW Alexander Grlfilth, a farmer near Ripley, was hit on the Adam's apple with a pitched ball aud his injuries may be fatal. Ho is unconscious.

George R. Gnmblo, found guilty of burning his gristmill neur Zanosflold, in order to collect the Insurance, was sentenced to serve three years In the penitentiary, by Judge Droderlck. J. n. Ranch, aged 40, principal of the West Sldo Public Schools, dropped dead while attending the first session of tho Mercor County Teachers' Institute at the Chautauqua Auditorium In Ccllna.

Inability to secure work caused W. E. Hlxenbaugh, of Pleasant City, to drain the contents of a bottlo of poison on crowded High street in Columbus, a few days ago. Ho died on his way to tho hospital. Tom L.

Johnson, the Mayor's grandson, Is critically 111 nt the Johnson home In Cleveland. IIo has slight chance of recovery. The child became ill a week ago. He has been unconscious most of the time since. Loflln Johnson, tho father, says tho doctors are puzzled over the nature of the boy's Illness.

For the third tlm In six weeks, death has occurred In the Turner fain- .1 1 J( ul uiuiar. Miliar 11 an uu umii, the mQ BaJ Mnj )am Tiirnor gno ftt Umm but came to visit In Flndlay and to consult her physician, when she was taken ill and died from peritonitis. She was 32 years old und leaves a husband and a 2-year-old child. Whiskers is a pet squirrel, whose homo has been in the Stateliouse grounds for a long time. John McClay, day officer In the Capitol grounds, who has been custodian of the squirrels for several years, recently found Whiskers In his front yard, eight miles north of the city, tlie animal having made the entire distance on foot.

How the squirrel found the way Is a mystery. He had never been taken to tho McClay home. John Suttenbergcr, a tinner from Newcastle, amazed a number of people recently in a Youngstown cafe by eating two whisky glasses ns though ho enjoyed them. Shttenburger has been eating glass for fifteen years and declares bo lias suffered no ill effects from bis peculiar diet. There is no deception about the performance.

Suttenbergcr chewed tho glass sometimes with a cud of tobacco nnd sometimes without this appetizer. William Fellebanm, of Flndlay. died from the effects of a large dose of carbolic acid. Two hours after his wife had given birth to a child, the father seemed to lose his mind and mado. an unsuccessful attempt to kill his three children, Including tho newly born babe.

He then started for his wife and would have killed her had be not been checked In time. Ho left the room after breaking from his captors and swallowed a dose of carbolic ucid and died soon afterwards. The wife's condition Is critical. John Sweetly, one of the best known section foremen on the II died under unusual circumstances at his home In Oxford last week. About a week ago Sweeny was cutting weeds along tho II.

D. near Oxford when he got into a patch of poison ivy and was severely poisoned. Sugar of lead was used to alleviate his suffer- sugar of lead Sweeny began sleeping from thirty to forty hours at a stretch, and his condition gradually became worse until ho died. Tho Lake Shore Electric limited was derailed near Hellevue by a cow and narrowly escaped being overturned. The car was in charge of Motorman Emmons nnd Conductor Fred Genmnn.

It had just left Woodvlllo and was running at a high rate of speed when a cow, which had been grazing near the track, stepped In front of the car. The cow was instantly killed and the car was derailed, nnd would have been overturned but for the fact that it bo-came wedged between a tree and a pole. The passengers were bruised and badly frightened but none was ser- lously hurt For her yenrs Mrs. Augusta Welch- old, of Bucyrus, Is without doubt the most traveled woman of the country. Though nearly 95 years old and unablo to speak a word of English she left recently, unattended, for her old homo In Germany.

She is apparently undaunted by her handicap in years or restricted vocabulary. This not Grandma Weiehold's first trip across the briny deep ulone. Ten years ago, when away was 80, she came unattend ed to this country. She stayed four years and then wanted to go buck to Germany and made tho trip without any companion. Several years later and she again had a longing to see her relatives in Bucyrus, and, unaccompa nied, she came back to Bucyrus.

Farmers In the vicinity of Youngs town are getting help cheaper this summer than they have In many years. One hundred foreigners went Into the I country and will work in the hayfields for 75 cents a day aud their board. Miss Grace Golf, who was burned by her clothes catching fire while cooking supper, at her home one mile north of Kenton, died at the Kenton hospital. The accident occurred on the twentieth anniversary of Miss Golf's birthday. The little son of Mr.

and Mrs. Frank Kirby, of Upper Sandusky, 25 months, is ill from tetanus and there are no hopes of recovery. The cause of the Illness Is unknown, and so far can be ascertained he has not been Injured in any way. W. K.

Keppel, an attorney, was Imprisoned for two hours In the anteroom of his ofllce In Tiffin by the presence In the corridor of the office building of a mad dog. The animal took possession of the corridor and maintained It against all comers for two hours. OF OHIO Mrs. Vernon Iluber, of Greenspring, was seriously burned In a fire from an overfilled gasoline stove. Her husbmd saved her life and was badly burned about the hands and arms.

A thief etnered St. Joseph's Catholic rliureh In Tiffin and rilled the con tribution box of $100. The thief gained cntrnnco through nn open window. Thirty-five cents was left in the box. A llttlo daughter of Guy Smith, of Flndlay, fell Into a kettle of boiling water nnd severely Bcaldcd its right arm.

The mother saw tho child falling and grubbed her In time to save her from being fatally scalded. George Samuel It. Hurst, aged 79 years, died at his homo in Chilllcothc from Hrlght's disease. Ho was prominent In tho public and political life in Ohio. He was probate judge, revenue collector, postmaster, and Ohio's first dairy and food commissioner.

He was ex-comtnnndcr of the Stale G. A. A. After the coroner had returned a verdict of "accidental shooting" In the case of Louis Galadga, aged 14 years, who killed Albeit Adams, aged 12 years, in Youngstown, the father of the slain boy sworo to a warrant charging Galadga with murder. Galadga was shooting at a target when ho killed his companion.

When the home of Mrs. H. Lauden-bach, of llucyriis, caught fire from an exploding gasoline stove, the owner forgot to swoon nnd scream. Instead she caught up broom nnd dipping It In water, she proceeded to beat the fire out. Although the blaze covered the entire kitchen she succeeded in checking It and finally saved the rouse.

A peculiar coincidence attended tho running down of George Nuiifesser by an Ohio Central train in liucyrus. Nun-gessor was walking on the (rack and was knocked from tin rails by an en- glue driven by Mike Winklefoos. Several years ago the same engine, at Ihe same placo, run over and killed two Kelirer sisters, who were sisters-in-law of Nungesser. Clyde McKltcriek, ngod 8 years, the most youthful bor.se thief ever captured in Logan County. At the Chautauqua grounds he took the first turnout be came to and drove ta Hiintsvllle.

Placing the rig in the stable of Dennis McGinnis, he took Mc-Glnnis' horse and as en route back to liellefontaliie, when he was met by the owner. The police have taken tlie boy in charge. Tho women of the Methodist Episcopal church In West Milton. Miami County, In order to stive labor expenses on a new church, unloaded two carloads of brick. Some of the women took positions on tho cars while others were at work on the site of the proposed new church, and all worked with a will in passing the bricks along.

With rounh gloves they handled tho brick until tlie entire contents of the two cars were piled up at the site. In order to escape the annoyance of over-zealous friends, Patrick Drohen, deputy auditor of Seneca County, arose at 3 o'clock in the morning, met his fiancee, Miss Maud Wentwnrth, and a half hour later were married by Rev. W. J. Dempster of the First Presbyterian church at Tiffin.

The first electric ear out of the city was boarded by the couple and they were well on their hoiu ynioon trip while their would-bo tormentors were still in bed. Because tlie fangs of a copperhead struck un artery, instead of a small vein In her ankle, Mrs. Howard Lawrence, of Marquand's Mills, will likely recover from the bite. Sho narorwly escaped bleeding to death from the wound. Whisky was given at once, in largo quantities, and a newly killed chicken was bound over the wound.

With all tho treatment, however, in less than half an hour a lump had risen at tho point of the wound, larger than nn apple. Ortez Hanna, Henry DIetzen and Arthur Casteel, of Napoleon, barely escaped with their lives when their gasoline launch blew up. They had been fishing down the Mauniee river and Hanna was awakened by water coming into the boat. He lighted a mutch to discover the leak, and the escaping gas exploded. The trio jumped.

Into the water and swam to shore. Hanna was frightfully burned about the face and hands. Ills companions were also burned. A hive of bees on the farm of George Wagner near Delphos swarmed and alighted on the body of a three-months. otu colt in au enclosure nearby.

The colt became frantic and dashed through a fence and rau into Wagner's house through an open door. Wagner's aged mother and his three small children essayed to drive the colt out of the house and were attacked by tho bees in a vicious manner. They were seriously stung. Cold water was dashed on the colt, but It was so badly stung mat it will not live. Little Jennie Btishbecker, of Fre mont, was kicked by a mule and sus tained a fractured skull.

The child was seeking to get a pet kitten, which was beneath the mule. Her recovery is expectea. Lightning struck a large barn on the farm of John Fuerst, near Delphos, and tne structure was destroyed by fire together with all of Fuerst's farming Implements, many tons of hay, 500 bushels of wheat and two head of norses. Ringing of a telephone bell In his office at Byesvllle when he was lancing an abscess, so startled Dr. T.

V. Long that he let the lance slip and enter his left hand. Blood poison resulted aim Lir. died at the Cambrldgi Hospital. The funeral of Mrs.

Eliza Spade, 83 years old, one of Napoleon's oldest residents, took place last week. Rh born In Seneca County, but had lived In Napoleon Bixty-one years. She leaves six children, fourteen grandchll-dren, twenty-seven great grandchildren uuu uire ecWgreat-graudculldren, CHICAGO. The Weekly Review of Chicago Trade, published by It. G.

Dun says An extending use of money in investments nnd buoyant security markets reflects the better tone which now characterizes improving business condition. Crop reports continue to bo uniformly encouraging, aud sustained profitable returns impart a more cheering outlook for tho industries. Further recovery Is made clear by wider demands for finished products, additions to active capacity nnd hands employed. T'hcro is also a further sign of ulreugth in the. volume of payments through the banks, the dally average being now 1) per cent above thut during June.

It is notable at this time that new demands in the leading productive lines come forward more freely, nnd there is a disunion to Increase furnace and stool outputs, while there Is also favorable consideration given to plans for heavy construction. A largo number of factories run closer to their capacity, especially In rails, wire, farm implements, furniture and footwenr. Much building work is now hurried, and there nre more mercantile structures and extensions contemplated, thus strengthening the demand for future consumption of lumlier, qunrry products, plumbing materials and structural Iron. The markets for the principal raw materials maintain the recently noted recuperation, and the improved nbnorption of supplies imparts a healthier tone to commitments. Weather conditions proved exceptionally helpful in leading retail lines, and at no time hitherto have slocks of ill mine! merelin iwl hnnn art an i iufiiclnril rplll- Hank clenrings, nre fi.l per cent under those of the corresponding week in 1IMI7.

Failures reported in the Chicago district number oo, ngainst last week nnd year ago. Those with liabili ties over number 8, against 10 last week and 3 in 11)07. NEW YORK. Good crop reports, the advance of the season and growth in confidence ns to the trade outlook are reflected in reports of moderate enlargement of future buying nt a few huge centers, notably in tlie West nnd Southwest. Industrial lines, too, have been benefited by evidences of revival in demand nnd tlie number of idle operatives has been reduced ns a whole.

Still the progress making is of very conservative kind, curtailment of industry is still marked feature and small orders for immediate shipment largely make up the volume of business doing by jobbers. Itetnil trade is fair ns a whole, being stimulated by price reduction sales, though complaint of stocks not moving rapidly conic from some cities, and collections show little if nny improvement. Best reports come from tho central West, Northwest and Southwest nnd the excellent outlook for the cotton crop makes for a better tune of advices from tht South. Business failures in the I'nited States for the week ending July number 2ll. ngniiiMt last week, in the like week of 1007.

171 in 107 in and 171 in 1IIOJ. Canadian failures for the same period number 21, against 27 Inst week and 2i in this week last year. rndstrcel's Iteport. Chicago Cattle, common to prime, 1.00 to $7Xi; hogs, prime heavy, $1.00 sheep, fair to choice. to wheat, No.

2, 00c to Die; corn. No. 2. ioc to 7(lc: oats, standard. 2c to rye.

No. 2, 77c ot 70c: bay, timothy, fS.OO to prairie, $8.00 to butter, choice creamery, l'Jc to 21c; eggs, fresh, 17c to 20c; potatoes, new, per bushel, 72c to 82c. Indjnnnpolis Cattle, shipping, $3.00 $7.23 hogs, good to choice heavy, to sheep, common to prime, to wheat. No. 2, 87 to We corn, No.

2 white, 79c to 80c oats, No. 2 white, to 00c, St. Louis Cattle, $1.50 to $7.40: hoes, $4.00 to sheep, $3.00 to wheat, No. 2, 80c to 00c; corn, No. 2, ite to Tic; oats, No.

2, 50c to 51c; rye, No. 2, 75c to 77e. Cincinnati Cattle, $4.00 to hogs, $4.00 to sheep, $3.00 to wheat, No. 2. 00c to 01 corn.

No. 2 mixed, 70c to 80c; oats, No. 2 mixed, 55c to 50c rye, No. 2, 78c to 80c. Detroit Cnttlo, $4.00 to S5.40: hogs.

$4.00 to sheep, $2.50 to wheat, No. 2, 0Oc to 91c; corn, No. 3 yellow, TKc to 80c; onts. No. 3 white, G3c to 04c; rye, No.

2, 74c to 75c. Milwaukee Wheat. No. 2 northern. $1.09 to corn, No.

3, 77c to 7Sc; outs, standard, 50c to 00c; rye, No. 1, ic to si; barley, No. 2, 09c to 70c; pork, mess, $15.25. Ruffalo Cuttle, choice shinnimr steers. $1.00 to hogs, fair to choice, $1.00 io im.w, slioep, common to good mixed, $4.00 to Iambs, fair to choice, $5.00 to $7.50.

New York Cattle, $4.00 to hogs, $3.50 to sheep, $3.00 to wheat, No. 2 red, 9Sc to 09c; corn, No. 2, 83c to 84c; oats, natural white, C3c to COc; butter, crenmery, 20c to 23c eggs, western, 18c to 21c. Toledo Wheat, No. 2 mixed, 90c to Die; corn, No.

2 mixed, 77c to 79c; onts. No. 2 mixed, C7c to 58c; rye, No. 2, 73c to 74c; clover seed, $7.90. Noma Clean-Vp, a3, 500,000.

The first report of the annual spring output of the Nome gold workings places the total at $3,500,000. Propoaea Telephone Mercer. President Hubbell of the Consolidated Telephone Company at Buffalo has confirmed the report that arrangements are complete for the combination of all the Independent telephone companies in one $100,000,000 concern. It 1b rumored thnt the Bell company is the Interest behind the merger. rotter Against Child.

Iabor. The Brotherhood of Operative Potters, in their recant convention at Atlantic City, passed resolutions condemning child labor and urged the fixing of the limit at 18 years..