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The Semi-weekly leader., 1905-12-02
EFFECTS OF MILD WEATHER
al Lines, But Retail Trade and Col
lectiOns UnfavOrabIy Affected.
York, Nov. 25.-Bradstreet's

New York, Nov. 25.-Bradstreets
weekly review says:
Mild, open weather favors in a high
degree the unprecedented activity in
all industrial lines, but unfavorably
affects retail trade in wearing apparel
and retards collections, which also feel
the influence of country wide freight
congestion. Evidently in an effort to
avoid trouble from this latter source,
holiday trade at wholesale is active be-
yond all preceding years. In whole
sale and jobbing lines the backward
ness of retail trade is reflected in slow
er recorder trade than expected, but
confidence in the general outlook is
evidenced by the liberal orders report
ed for spring goods. Perhaps the most
marked evidence Of confidence in the
future is found in the metal markets,
The Semi-weekly leader., 1905-12-02

A sadder occurrence can hardly be
imagined than the recent death of a
public man in. Georgia at the hands
of his own wife, who shot him in his
home at night in mistake for bur.
glar. The house, it seems, had been
disturbed by burglars, and shotgun
was kept On hand as precautionary
measure. This instance, which is only
one Of many such tragedies brought to
public notice in recent years, compels
the reflection whether vastly more
harm than good does not come from
keeping firearms in a home for pro-
tective purposes.
The Semi-weekly leader., 1905-12-02
CHICAGU AGAINST FOOTBALL.
Game May Be Barred Until New
Rules Are Framed.

Chicago, Nov. 28.-Members OF the
Chicago council believe that college
football, as it is played at the present
time, is too rough, and Corporation
Counsel Lewis has been requested to
prepare an ordinance prohibiting the
playing of the game in this city until
the rules regulating such exhibitions
have been modified and the dangers of
brutality eliminated. The matter came
up before the city council tonight, and
the resolution which was introduced by
Alderman Harris of the Ninth ward
was sent to the caz1mlttee on health for
considerT% .. The resolution follows:
"Wheras, Numerous casualties have
been reported in football games this
season, where a number of deaths and
serious injuries occurred among the par
Elephants; and whereas, the game as it
is played at the present time has been
condemned by President Roosevelt and
the professors of various universities
and colleges as a game of brutal and
unnecessary roughness, where the lives
of players are jeopardized, therefore
be it ordered that the corporation
counsel be and is hereby directed to
prepare and to submit to this council
an ordinance prohibiting college foot
ball in this city until the rules regulat-
said games are so revised as to elimi-
nate the element of danger that now
Prevails"
The Semi-weekly leader., 1905-12-02
TOP FIGURES ARE REACHED
In the Wealth Production Of Ameri-
can Farmers.

Washington, Nov. 81. -"Wealth pro-
duction on the farms of the United
States in 1905 reached the highest
amount ever attained in this or any
other country SO, Ale, 100000"
In the first annual report of his tl1sfd
term Secretary Of AgricultuFe Wilson
presents an array Of figures and state
ments representing the products and
profits of the farmers of the country,
which he admits ''dreams of wealth
production could hardly equal" -Four
crops make now high records as to
values corn, hay, wheat and rice, al
though in amount of production the
corn crop is the only one that exceeds
previous yields.
In every crop the general level OF
production was high and that of prices
still higher.
Besides the enormous yield of wealth,
the secretary estimates that the farms
of the country have increased $6,-
1873, 100000 in value during the past
five years.
This increased value, the secretary
suggests, is invested better than in
bank deposits or even in the gold-edged
bonds of private corporations.
Analysing the principal crops for the
year the secretary says corn reached
the highest production with 2,708, ,000,-
900 bushels, gain of 42,OO0,O00 over
the next highest year 1899; hay is
second in order of value, although cot
ton held second place during the two
prece ding years. The hay crop this
year is valued at s6o5 100000. Cotton
comes third, with valuation of S575,-
600, 900; wheat, 1925, 900, 900; oats, $780,
oO,OOo; potatoes, $13s,OOO, 900; barley,
$58,000, 900; tobacco, $52 100000; sugar
cane and sugar beet, S5o,OOO,0Oo, rice,
$13, 1892, 900; dairy prod acts, S665,000,
The Semi-weekly leader., 1905-12-02
FIFTEEN PERSONS KILLED
Thirty Or More Seriously Injured In
n Rear-End Collision On the
Boston & Maine Railroad.

Lincoln, Mass, Nov. 27.-The most
disastrous railroad wreck in this state
for many years occurred at Bakers
Bridge station, mile and half west
of Lincoln, on the main line of the
Fitchburg division of the Boston &
Maine railroad.
The regular Sunday night express for
Montreal crashed into the rear of a 10
cal train which left Boston for points
on the main line and Marlborough
branch.
At least Is persons were killed out
right, burned to death of suffocated.
and 80 or more seriously injured. Many
passengers sustained minor cuts, bruises
and hI1rnS
The Semi-weekly leader., 1905-12-02
M'CURDY AND SON RESIGN
President of the Mutual Life and His
Son Decide to Step Down
and Out.

New York, Nov. 27.-The World says
that Richard A. McCurdy, president Of
the Mutual Life Insurance Co., has re-
signed. The date of his resignation de-
pends only on the time required by the
trustees to find his successor.
Quickly following the retirement Of
President McCurday, his son, Robert
H. McCurdy, general manager of the
the Mutual, and his son-in-law, Louis
A. Thebaud, the favored general agent
for New York, have resigned. Each Of
these three men has been drawing ap-
proximately $150,OO0 year in salaries
and commissions from the company,
besides their indirect profits in finan-
cial transactions with the Mutual COM
DanV
The Semi-weekly leader., 1905-12-02
HENRY WATTERSON
Would Not Accept Governorship Of
Kentucky.

Louisville, KY, Nov. 27. = The
Courier-Journal wishes to state by au-
thority and absolutely and for all time
that Henry Watterson would not accept
a nomination for governor of Kentucky,
or any other Office, even in the event
that it was unanimously rendered him
was equivalent to an election.
''If he had ever desired Office he
would have sought it thirty years ago,
when an official career possessed some
meaning and objective point and was
open to him. AS a matter of fact, Office
and officialism, in all their forms, have
always been odious to him.
''He hopes and expects to die as he
has lived, journalist, and nothing but
journalist, with whatever that i'm.
plies of honorable aspiration and per.
sonal and intellectual freedom"
The Semi-weekly leader., 1905-12-02
FOR SOUTHERN EXPOSITION
Movement on Foot for Exposition in
Atlanta in 1910.

Atlanta, Ca, Nov 2S.-The Atlanta
Chamber of Commerce will make its
annual meeting tomorrow the occasion
for formally launching the project for
a Southern exposition in Atlanta in
1910. A large number of out of town
visitors will be present, and among the
speakers of the occasion will be former
Gov. David r. Francis, president of the
St. Louis Exposition; former Gov. w.
E. Cameron, commissioner-gener of
the jamestown Exposition; Mayor W.
L. Frierson of Chattanooga, Mayor L.
H. Chappelle of Columbus, Ca; r. H.
Edmonds of the Baltimore Manufac-
turers' Record, Gov J. M. Terrell of
Georgia, Mayor Woodward of Atlanta,
President J. F. Hanson of the Central
of Georgia Railway, President Thomas
K. Scott of the Georgia railway, Presi-
dent S. A. Wickersham of the Atlanta
and West Point railroad, and repre-
sentatives of other large interests.
The Semi-weekly leader., 1905-12-02
Women Hold Lid On.

indianapolis, Ind, Nov. 2S. Every
woman who lives near a saloon in this
city made it her business to assist the
police in keeping the lid" on Sunday.
As a result seven arrests were made,
one of them a grocer, for Illegal sales
of liquor. Before noon women had
telephoned the police of five violations
of the law, and in every case the saloon
was found doing business on the sly.
Throughout the State there seems to
be about the same vigilance as is exer-
cised here, and all cities and towns re-
port that the lid was on
The Semi-weekly leader., 1905-12-02
THE POWERS REMAIN FIRM
The SuItan's Effort to Compromise
With the Powers Ends
in Failure.

Constantinople, Nov. 27.-The fleet
Pasha, minister of foreign affairs, Wis
tied the ambassadors in order to sound
them as to whether a compromise was
possible in Turkeys dispute with the
powers regarding the financial control
of Macedonia. The ambassadors strict
ly refused to discuss the subject, saying
that, as the powers had been forced to
employ coercive measures. no compro-
mise was possible.
The Semi-weekly leader., 1905-12-02
The Prussian minister for railways

The Prussian minister for railways
has placed at every important railway
center throughout the kingdom mag.
niflcently built and appointed car for
the transport of sick persons. These
cars have been fitted up from plans
supplied by sanitary authorities
Spring beds and every medical device
for the alienation of suffering during
transit have been utilized. There are
ice safes, gas stoves for cooking, rooms
for attendants, and ingenious devices
for muff1ing the sound caused by the
motion of thetraSn.
The Semi-weekly leader., 1905-12-02
Lynching Threatened

Shreveport, La, Nov. 2S.-Dr. r. B.
Martin was shot and killed by negro
named Andrew Patterson this after
noon. DIR. Martin went to the negro's
house accompanied by his son to see
Patterson about the payment of bill.
A dispute arose, when the negro ran
into his house and returned with a
shotgun applying both barrels at DR..
Martin, killing him instantly. Young
Martin fired at Patterson with small
revolver, but without effect. Two
posses are searching the woods for the
negro, and lynching is feared.
The Semi-weekly leader., 1905-12-02
TRAGEDY OVER HORSE TRADE
Lawrence and Charles CassOn
Wounded at New Berlin, III.

Springfield, ILL.,, Nov. 25.-In a fight
resulting from a disagreement in con-
nection with horse trade, Will and
James Hinman shot and killed Samuel
Douglass, probably fatally wounded
John Lawrence and severely wounded
Charles Casson. all of New Berlin. 1t
is said that the killing was done in
self-defense. The Humans gave them
selves up to the sheriff.
The Semi-weekly leader., 1905-12-02

Since the foundation of our govern.
ment we have admitted nearly 23,00O,-
900 immigrants. The direct descend.
ants of these and those living consti-
tute fully one-half of our populatioE.
Without them we would have been q
nation of but 100000 people insteah
of over S0,O00,000 We have absorbed
and Americanized them easily, and
to-day we find them in the United
States senate, the house of representa-
tives, as governors of states, in legis.
lative halls, as mayors of cities, in al.
dermanic chambers, and in all ave
nues of business and social life.
The Semi-weekly leader., 1905-12-02

1t is a remarkable fact. and one
that should be Of interest to our farm.
ers; that while population, the area
Of land cultivated, the number of live
stock and productive industries, have
made very large advance in the last
three decades, the number of sheep
the world over has greatly diminished.
The principal reason for this dwin-
ding of the Cocks is the fact that the
world has been eating up its sheep.
The figures taken together show a de-
crease of at least 93,OO0,O00 sheep
since 1873, an average of 100000 a
year.
The Semi-weekly leader., 1905-12-02

1t has been the subject of frequent
remark that suicides indicate how
much the unfortunate people who com
init them are Influenced by the force
Of imitation. 1t thus happens that sui
cides that succeed each other in rapid
succession are committed in much the
same way, showing, apparently, thai
the later ones have initiated those thai
have gone before.
The Semi-weekly leader., 1905-12-02

In France M. Santos Dumont has
been continuing his experiments with
various shaped airships. His latest
patterns have assumed more of a fish
shape. Experiments have been contin.
ued also with Lebaudy's, airships. AS
cents with them have recently been
made at Moisson, in France, great
attention being paid to the aeroplanes
for securing constancy for the airship
in the vertical plane.
The Semi-weekly leader., 1905-12-02

Maddened by jealousy because the
affections of his young masters had
been usurped by pony, an English
bulldog attacked the horse in the sta.
Bile of Attorney F. c. Perkins, of Pitts
burg, Pa, and in the battle which fol.
lowed the pony was so badly injured
it will probably have to be shot. For
some time the bulldog had been a spe-
cial pet of Mr.. Perkins children. Mr..
Perkins a few days ago secured a
beautiful pony for the children, and
they at once forsook the dog, trans
ferring their affections to the pony.
The Semi-weekly leader., 1905-12-02
soldiers to Garry TOOLS.

Washington, Nov. 25.-Gen. Crozier,
chief ordnance officer of the army, has
given an order for intrenching tools
for the use of the enlisted men in the
army. Upon the recommendation CT
the general staff, intrenching toola
have been adopted as part of the
equipment of the soldier.
The Semi-weekly leader., 1905-12-02
MUTINY IN BLACK SEA FLEET
Report Current in ST. Petersburg.
Also That Portions of the Sebas-
tpoI Garrison Have Mutinied.

London, Nov. 25.-A dispatch to
Reuters Telegram Co. from st. Peters
burg says It is persistently reported
there that there had been mutiny in the
Black sea fleet and that portions of the
killing the chief of staff and wounding
a colonel
The Semi-weekly leader., 1905-12-02
Polar ship Not Lost

San Francisco, Nov 27.-Henry Lund,
the Norwegian consul at this port, is in
receipt of information relative to the
Amundsen Arctic expedition which
convinces bim that the report from
Dundee, Scotland, that the expedition
ship Gjuah had been crushed in the
ice at Boothia Felix is erroneous.
The Semi-weekly leader., 1905-12-02
Louisiana Lvnching.

Tapgipaho, La, Nov. 27.-Monroe
Williams has confessed to criminally
assaulting an old lady, Rhoda George,
and implicated Popsey Knighton. The
citizens were trying to get further evi-
dence against Knighton, or Williams
would have been lynched ere this.
Williams was taken from an officer this
afternoon by mob and taken to the
woods and at $50 tonight he was hanged
TO tree and shot. Williams has been
in the parish prison at New Orleans
ever since his arrest, but was brought
70 Tangipaho few days ago.
The Semi-weekly leader., 1905-12-02
PAID SMALL FORTUNE.
). P. Morgan, Jr., Pays $15, 900 to
Escape From st. Petersburg.

Stockholm, Nov. 27.-Private infofs
nation has been received here that J.
P. Morgan, Jr., recently paid 10000
marks, or about $15, 200, for twenty
four hour steamboat ride.
When Mr.. Morgan was in St. Peters
burg in connection with the negotiation
of loan he saw from the condition OF
affairs in that city that the safest thing
for foreigners to do was to get away
without unnecessary delay. Uufor-
tunately the railroads were not running
and navigation was stopped.
Then Mr.. Morgan appealed to the
government, which ordered vessel
from Finland and put it at the disposal
of the Morgan party, who were safely
landed in Stockholm at the cost of a
small fortune,
The Semi-weekly leader., 1905-12-02

According to the last religious cen
sus of the United States, there are
In this country no less than 145 dis
tinct denominations, or church bodies,
coming under the general name OF
Protestant. The Presbyterians them
selves are subdivided into II separate
bodies; rtfe- Methodist into IL and the
Lutherans into A.
The Semi-weekly leader., 1905-12-02

The special report of the bureau OF
the census upon the benevolent insti-
tutions of the United States shows
that Ohio supports more of public
character than any other state. In adj
dition to the countless benevolent in
stitntions maintained by the counties
and cities. Ohio has II great charities
and uses two-thirds Of her state rev
cnues in their maintenance. Not only
are the people Of the United States
becoming more interested in charif
able work, but they are expressing
their interest BY establishing and sup
porting benevolent institutions
The Semi-weekly leader., 1905-12-02
Forger Pardoned.

Montgomery, Ala, Nov. 27.-Louis
Schmidkofer, sent to the penitentiary
for forging his fathers name to note,
has been pardoned by the governor.
His father prosecuted him and has
never done anything to get him re.
leased. He said he had no idea his
parent would take the matter SO seri-
ously. He served year, and is re-
leased at the suggestion of the trial
officers. He is a young white man OF
Lauderdale county, and State and coun-
ty officials have shown great interest in
him because of the action of his father.
The Semi-weekly leader., 1905-12-02

During the last fiscal year 1927, ,421
immigrants were admitted to this
country. This number, which may or
may not be exceeded during the cal
endar year, makes new high record
and is by many viewed with alarm.
The number excluded and deported
also reached new high record. be-
ing 1853. AS our laws stand, then,
those admitted were acceptable. This
round million of new people means a
million more consumers, a million
more mouths to be fed, bodies to be
clothed and sheltered. It also means
ut least 100000 more producers.
The Semi-weekly leader., 1905-12-02
JOYS OF MATERNITY
A WOMAN'S BEST HOPES REALIZED
Mrs. Potts Tells How Women Should
Prepare for Motherhood

The darkest days of husband and
wife are when they come to look for
ward to childless and lonely old age.
Many a wife has found herself inca
pable of motherhood owing to dis
placement of the womb or lack of
strength in the generatiye organs.
The Semi-weekly leader., 1905-12-02
Urges South to Hold Cotton.

Memphis, Tenn, Nov. 27.-J. L. But
Ter, of New York, representing Daniel
J. Sully, is at the Gayoso. Mr.. Butler
has just returned from Arkansas, and
says that State will make only about
half as much cotton as last year, and
the total crop of the South will be
probably less than 10, ,00O, 900 bales, with
the surplus carried over from last year
having disappeared and now existing
only in the minds of few unhappy
bears. Mr.. Sully thinks the balance OF
this crop should bring IA to Is cents,
and urges the South to hold their crop.
The Semi-weekly leader., 1905-12-02
The Hebrev Relief Fund.

New York, Nov. 27.-The fund for
the relief of the suffering Hebrews in
Russia was increased, Sunday, by $780,
302, making total of $87S,511 collected
to date. Among the contributors to a
collection taken up in Indianapolis,
Ind, was Vice-President Charles w.
Fairbanks, who sent $100.
The Semi-weekly leader., 1905-12-02
0ueen nTand,a Rirthdax.

Christiana, Nov. 27.-The guns of the
fortress and the warships fired salutes,
Sunday, in honor Of the birthday Of
Queen Maud. Their majesties spent
the day quietly, though many visits
were made to the palace and many gifts
received in honor of the event.
The Semi-weekly leader., 1905-12-02
Must ray or Stay In JaIl.

Norfolk, Va, Nov. 25.-Peyser Abra-
ham, rs years old, bankrupt mer-
chant of Portsmouth. Va, has been
committed to jail until he pays for the
benefit of his creditors $4,000 which
he processes to have gambled away in
New York.
The Semi-weekly leader., 1905-12-02
DOUGHERTY GETS HIS DOSE
The Peoria School Fund EmbezzIer
Was Given an Indetcrminate
Sentence.

Peoria, ILL.,, Nov. 25.-Newton c.
Dougherty, former city superintendent
of schools. pleaded guilty to a charge
of embezzlement, and was given an in
determinats sentence.
Dougherty has paled and aged con-
siderably since he went to Jail. He
trembled slightly as he entered his
plea, being anything but the debonair,
suave, hypnotic man who was able to
loot the Peoria school fund out of a
million dollars.
The Semi-weekly leader., 1905-12-02
cuTIcURA, THE SET, 500.
Complete Treatment for Every HUI
NOR, from Pimples to Scrofula,
from Infancy to Age--A Set
Often Cures.

Cuticura Treatment is local and consti.
tutional- complete and perfect. pure.
sweet and wholesome. Battle the affected
surfaces with Cuticura Soap and hot wa
ten. to cleanse the skin of .crusts and
scales and soften the thickened cuticle,
dry without hard rubbing, and apply
Cuticura Ointment freely to allay itching,
irritation and inflammation, and soothe
and heal. and lastly take Cuticura Re
solvent Pills to cool and cleanse the
blood, and put every function in a state
Of healthy activity. More great cures
OF simple, scrofulous and hereditary
hhumors are daily. made by Cuticura RENE
dies than by all other blood and skin
The Semi-weekly leader., 1905-12-02

Rev. DR.. Parkhurst is quoted as say
ing that he was put in possession Of
the evidence ten years ago showing
all the lately exposed methods of the
big insurance companies. His reason
for not making use of the evidence is
that it would have been too much like
planting dynamite bomb under the
throne of Satan.
The Semi-weekly leader., 1905-12-02

1t is the opinion of Charles DENLY,
the new chief clerk of the state de-
partment, who recently completed a
20-year official residence in China, that
the Chinese boycott on American
goods can not be carried to the point
of seriously affecting our commerce in
the Orient.
The Semi-weekly leader., 1905-12-02

Chicago, Nov 27.-An official bulle-
tin on the condition of Marshall Field,
Jr., indicates a slight improvement.
Semi-solidl nourishment has been re-
tanned. The pulse and the temperature
are normal.
The Semi-weekly leader., 1905-12-02
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My factory at Brockt0n, Mass, the largest IN
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shoes and show you the care with which every
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II could show you the difference between the
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The Semi-weekly leader., 1905-12-02

The United States government has
placed one of the largest contracts for
torpedoes ever made with Brooklyn
firm. The contract calls for the de-
livery of $2,O00,000 worth OF dirigible
electric torpedoes of the kind which
the company patented several years
ago
The Semi-weekly leader., 1905-12-02
Armours Corner Turkeys.

Cincinnati, Nov. pa corner in
turkeys all over Kentucky, said to
have been engineered by the Armours
two weeks ago. is visible in Cincinnati
in the train loads of fat gobblers sent
to Boston by express.
The Semi-weekly leader., 1905-12-02

Stamford, Conn, Nov 25.-,F. T..
Peckham, physical instructor, and F.
C. Willard. superintendent of schools,
have added dancing to the public
school work in physical training here.
The Semi-weekly leader., 1905-12-02

But little paper has been recently
made from rags; vegetable substan-
ces, such as wood, alfalfa and straw,
are especially employed. But the use
of furze, wild or cultivated, has not
been thought of until recently.
The Semi-weekly leader., 1905-12-02
.ChiId Fatallx Injured Rv Hnn.

Richmond. KY, Nov. 27.--John, five-
year-old son Of ]. H. Thorpe. while
playing in the barnyard with his little
sister, was grabbed by vicious hog
which carried the boy to dense woods
several hundred yards away and 50
badly injured the child that he will die.