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Richmond.

PRICES FOR POULTRY.
paid by Bee Hive Grocery
Young chickens dressed per H..
Is TO 20C
Old chickens. per ID. ..12A to lac
COUNTRY PRODUCE.
(Paid by Bee Hive)
Creamery butter, per lb. .25c
Country butter, per lb -. ;. is to zoe
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Terre Haute. Indianapolis &
Eastern Traction Co.
Eastern Division

(Time Table Effective Oct 81. 1907
Trains leave Richmond fJr Indian.
apolis and intermediate stations at
600 a. m. "7:25. 500. 1926. 1000.
HOO, 1900. 100. '2:2s- 400. 400.
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Limited trains.
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b. this concer-s -ou. read carefully Dr
aldwelps Syrup Pepsin 10 cositi.e guaran-
ed to cure indiges tion. constipation, sic head.
The, offensive breath. "a aiaria ana an ciseases
Using from stomach trouble.
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Pittsburg Livestock

Pittsburg. Aug. 20
Cattle-Receipts, light. e---.-------.~.
Cattle-S6109 6.25; down.
Veal-s5. 600 7.T5.
Hogs-15 loads: $500
Sheep and lambs Receipts light,
$40 down.
Spring lambs 1915 down.
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LOST-Watch charm. Return TO 1917
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CHOSEN TODAY.
State to BE Represented at
Toronto.

Indianapolis. Aug. 2o.-Governor
Hanly today appointed Charles r.
Williams. of Indianapolis. Secretary OF
State Sims, and W. A. Rawles. Ind
lana University, as Indiana delegates
to the international tax conference.
Toronto, Canada, Oct. TO Q.
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Richmond Hay Market.

Omar G. Whelan.9 .-..----
Timothy hay (baled). .... $1,000
New Timothy hay Qoose)S7.OO toSS.OO
New clover hay Qoosel. $500 to Sc. 90
Mixed hay. =. :. -. 80. :. 100
Straw (per tom. :. .S4.oO to $500
Corn (per bu.) .75c
Oats (new, per bu.).. .4O@45c
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wages, diplomas '1ted. write scr
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Cincinnati. Q. tt
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Noih ...... ioC
odtS -.....'.. ........ ......' foC
Glover Seed &C. 90
PRODUCE.
FURNISHED by w. B. Barefoot & Coz
Country Butter, per lb. ......... lac
Eggs, per doz. .15c
Young Chickens, per lb ....... .10c
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Turkeys, per lb. &c
Ducks, per ID. &C
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PRODUCE AND SEEDS.
FURNISHED by F. M. Jones & Coz
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Glover Seed (big) per bushel $3.50
Glover Seed (smalD, per blu ....s6.50
Potatoes, per bushel ............$1.0 90
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Richmond Grain Market.
(Richmond Roller MiUs)

Richmond Seed Market.
Grunge & Coz
Timothy. per, bu. . $500
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E stinates

Estimates
Wheat. So. corn, 231: oats. 125.
NORTHWEST REcEIPIS.
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'hodol F E:''.! .as dig :'sssss:
palpitation Of the heart. Digess whasyoa eat
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Chicago.

CHICAGO GRAIN AND PROVISIONS
tBy CorTell aud Thompson. Brokers.
Eaton. o.
Chicago, Aug. 90
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CAMBRIDGE CITY.

Furnished by J. S. Hazelrigg)
Wheat, No. ................. $50
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Market-Corn scarce; oats limited
and of poor quality; rye limited.
PRODUCE AND POULTRY.
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you want to buy or sell
real estate or borrow or loan mon
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Country Bacon Notwithstanding
Apples MISUNDERSTANDING .0O6$1.50
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Common to fair heifers $3.50 4.25|
SHEEP.
Best yearlings ..... 1000 4.50
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U. S. YARDS. CHICAGO.

Hogs-Receipts, 10000: steady.
Left over. 1894. v7..<
Cattle Receipts, 1000; strong, 10c
higher.
Sheep-Receipts, $4,000: steady.
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FOR SALE-4O acre farm, new build
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Address 3O3 N. 7th. 20-2t
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CHICAGO GRAIN RECEIPTS.

Estimated tomorrow, 14,OVO.
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The Simplest and Cheapest Way
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New-York tribune., 1908-12-29
TO STUDY GATUN DAM
TAFT TO TAKE s EXPERTS.
Expected to GiUe Message to Whole
South at atlanta.

Aupusta Ga Dec 2S-President- Taft
said to-day that his stay on the Isthmus or
Panama would be limited to one week While
there he will be the guest Of Colonel GoethalS
at his house at Culebra. Mrs. Taft will accom-
panv her husband on the trip, and with him will
also go six civil engineers.
A special train will be at the disposal of Mr..
Taft and party while on the isthmus- He ex-
poets to spend much of his time at the site Of
the Gatun dam, as the principal work of the
engineers with him will be to ascertain the ade-
ouacy of the natural foundations for this struct-
,Ire Minor tangles of administration which
NAV be found to exist will be ironed out by Mr.
Taft who will also make it point to give i'm
petus to the general work on the canal
From New Orleans his return from PAN
ANA Mr. Taft will go direct to Cincinnati where
he is TO be the guest at a dinner to be given on
February 10 by the promoters of the Tart Clti-
zens Club His next engagement is at Phila-
deIphia on February %.
Mr.. Taft was photographed to-day for the
medallion to be used at the inauguration
Frank H Hitchcock. who left Washington to-
dav is expected here tomorrow.
Upon inquiry tonight. Mr.. Taft said that ex-
Land Commissioner Ballinger, Of Seattle. had
been mentioned to him for Cabinet place. but
that no decision had been reached
Atlanta is to have the President-elect from
l o'clock D. m Friday. January IS. to p m on
the next day The feature of the visit Is to De
a dinner on Friday night at which Mr. Taft Will
be the chief speaker. About one hundred South
erners will atsend the dinner, at which every
part of the South will be represented The Taft
visit is TO be made the OCCASION of an elaborate
celebration. and it is hoped to give the Prest-
dent-elect an opportunity to deliver message
t. the entire South under appropriate conditions
These arrangements made here to-day
upon the visit to Mr.. Taft of President Asa G.
Gambler of the Atlanta Chamber of Commerce:
David woodward. its vice president: Walter c.
Cooper, secretary. and Charles E. Caverly.
New-York tribune., 1908-12-29
DEAD MAY REACH THOUSANDS
Caabna and Sicily Overwhelmed by Earthquakes and
Tidal Waves.
TWO-THIRDS OF MESSINA DESTROYED
Sea Sweeps Over Caana Causing Loss of Many Veseegglo
Rnoed InndatedCreat Numbers Flee from Towns Caves

provisions were Immediately prepared ali avail
able railway lines and warships being used for
their transport.
The city of Messina has suffered probably
more than any other place. the latest informa-
ton coming indirectly from that quarter say
ing that two-thrds Of the town had been de-
stroyed and several thousand persons killed.
The steamers Washington and Montebello,
whi.h were in that harbor, later proceeded to
Catania. loaded with injured, who were so stu
pefied by terror that they seemed unable to
realize what had happened simply saying that
it looked as if the end of the world had come.
Five steamers left Catania for Messna to as
sist in removing the injured from that place,
who are reported to number thousands.
At Catania the panic stricken people, fearing
new shocks, absolutely refused to re-enter their
houses, and are camping in squares which are
free from water and the surrounding country,
The tidal wave sank five hundred boats there
and did great damage to several large vessels
and steamers. including the Austrian steamer
Buda.
Not only did Catania suffer from the effects
New-York tribune., 1908-12-29

e+ that place. but the rushing waters carried
everything before them, and caused such In
aasc-iba hle confusion that it will be impossible
,o so,ra time 10 estimate the damage and the
lives lost.
For a period the town Of Messina and the
whole province of Reggie completely iso-
lated through Interruptions to the telegraph
and telephone service and landslides which OBJ
structed the railways Absolutely nothing was
heard from Reggie throughout the day, while
the first news from Messna came in the form
of a dispatch which torpedo boat speeding
along the coast of the peninsula. carried from
point to point always finding the wires down.
until it reached Nicotera. where the lines
found TO be intact.
Il briefly said that the situation desper-
ate and after summarizing the immensty of
the catastrophe ended with the announcement
that Captain PASSING. commander Of the local
station Of torpedo boats, was buried under the
wreckage. after having, with other officials. per-
formed heroic work in trying to others
The Italian government proceeded energet-
icaIIv to relieve the far spread distress concen-
trating at the points of greatest need troops and
engineers Members of the Red Cross were
dispatched TO various places. and camps and
Look for the name krementz on the back of the
New-York tribune., 1908-12-29
"ROGUS" NOTES GENUINE.
Washington Erperts Declare Bel
gian Thousand Franc Bills Good.
Iron The Tribune Bureau !

washington Dec 2S.-The money experts OF
,1,e Treasury Department declare the counter
-oit F2eleian 1.G0O-franc notes TO be genuine
several Of the suspicious looking notes have
5,aen in the rossession Of Chief Wilkie of the
Secret Service for nearly week, and he mas
r,7led 10 them all the tests known TO his expert
counterfeit detectors. with the result that they
have v-ithstood them all. To make assurance
6o,,bI, certain Mr. Willie has sent two or three
,f the notes to the National Bank of Belgium
z-i4b request that they be subjected to the
most searching scrutiny.
The notes will be back from Belgium with
-.-,o-+ from the National Bank, and expect to
1ea~,, that they are genuine" said the chief OF
-9,a Secret Service to-day. The gentlemen over
IN New York who jumped at conclusions that
,,,ez were counterfeits were just a little bit
,-acir,itate / believe. for the notes stand all the
,-e.s They have the watermark that Is found
IN +ta genuine paper. are printed perfectly, and
ever note bears a different number should
say that the Belgian banknotes are harder to
counterfeit than our paper money, and If those
an my nossession are not genuine they are GER
,aiv,1, marvellous examples Of the counterfeiter
skill 1t has been ascertained that all those who
had the notes in their possession were persons
Who might reasonably be Expected to own Them
=, there is very little reason TO believe that they
were K.assing bad notes.
New-York tribune., 1908-12-29
PANIC In SHOW PLACE
Spectators FIND EXIT
BARRED By WIRE.
Performer Shouts Fire" When
Film in Mo5fng Picture Machine
Burus-NO One Hurt.

Eighty persons in a moving picture place at No.
$50 Thompson street were thrown into a panic
st O'Clock last night. when the celluloid film
IN the picture machine caught fire and burned
nke powder. To make matters worse, the spec
tators who tried TO escape by rear exit lead
ing into yard found their way barred by a
wire netting Several men threw their bodies
against the screen. and it finally gave way. per-
rnittirg the temporary prisoners to escape.
Five cents is the price Of admission to the
show which is on the ground floor The build
Ing three stories in height, the two upper floors
being occupied by the Tucker Athletic Club Last
night while number of persons. including men,
women and children, were in the place. and
Nine Rossi vaudeville performer. and her
husband were on the stage at the rear Of the
bsn. celluloid film in the box of the operator
caught fire from spark from the moving pict-
ure machine. and set fire to the woodwork Of
the box.
The operator. Rosario Calderone. of No. 1913
Avenue a, was arranging a film showing the
evolutions of Farmans aeroplane, and 1t was this
H1-n that caught fire. The operators box was
On platform just inside the entrance of the hall.
The fire was seen by Nine Rossi on the stas@,
and she shouted Fire" This caused the crowd
70 rush wildly for safety. Most Of the frightened
spectators dashed toward the street entrance,
bot 3 few went to the of the hail. where
there were two signs marked Exit" over doors
on each side of the stage. There was slight
lam at the front entrance for time, but all
reached the street safely.
Those. however. who went TO the rear, found
an unexpected obstruction confronting them.
The rear exits LED to an iron platform that ex-
tended through gate into the yard at the rear
Of No I7s Thompson street When the. first TO
dart out the rear exits reached the gate. they
sav they found il closed and bound with wire.
Among the first TO reach the gate were Mrs
Julia FelIini. Of No. 215 Thompson street. and
her two children. John and Edna. Mrs. Fellini
tried to open the gate. but could not. She
pushed against the gate. she said, but could not
bulge It A young man and a woman Joined her
and they also tried TO open it, but the combined
efforts Of the three proved unsuccessful The
young man helped her two children over the
fence Then several men threw their weights
against the gate. the wires broke, and they
passed through into the yard and reached the
street by way Of the hallway of No. 17S.
The frernen came in response 10 an alarm
sent in by Patroman Daniel keenan,, Of the
Mercer street station. The fire had consumed
the operators box on the ground floor and made
its way through the floor into the rooms of the
athletic club on the floor above. It was extin-
guished. with estimated damage Of $500
New-York tribune., 1908-12-29

Rome. Dec -Hundreds-possibly thousands
of persons were killed to-day In an ear'h-
ouake which devastated the three provinces OF
Cosenza. Catanzaro and Reggie di Calaorla
coronrising the Department Of CalabTia- whlch
forms the southwestern extremity of italy or
.'the toe of the boot" Two-thirds of the town
of Messina in Sicily. destroyed. and Ca
tania was inundated. Hundreds of houses have
fallen there Owing however, to the fact that
telegraph and telephone communications were
almost completely destroyed, it is impossible to
Obtain an approximate idea OF the great damage
done
The fate of entire sections within the zone of
the earthquake is unknown. but reports
ceived here at late hour tonight indicate that
the destruction to life and property has been
greater than Italy has experienced in many
wears The uncertainty of the situation for
many thousands has filled all Italians with the
deepest distress, for they still have fear that
the day may come when that part of the coun-
try, which seems to have been most blessed by
nature, will be destroyed by the forces which
nearly nineteen centuries ago overwhelmed
Pompeii and Hercuaneum.
All reports show that the present catastrophe
embraces a larger area than the earthquake in
1868. The tidal wave, which followed the earth
shocks on the eastern coast of Sicily. sank yes
sells and inundated the lower part of Catanta.
It is known that a number of people were killed
New-York tribune., 1908-12-29
TOM" LoNGBoAT IS MARRIED.
Archbishop W;thdraws opposition-Gifts at
Public Reception Include $500 Check.
lBy Telegraph 70 The Tribune ]

Toronto. Ont. Dec. 2S.-Archbishop Sweatrnan.
having satisfied himself that Tom LOng5oat had
been received with due solemnity into the Chris
tian Church. withdrew his opposition 10 the mar
riage OF the runner. and the ceremony took place
al o'clock this evening in the Church of Ascen-
sion. the Rev. Mr.. Creegan. who few days ago
baptized Longboat. performing the ceremony. The
athlete Tuxedo coat. the nearest he woui
approach to full dress. and was8supported by
Flanagan. his manager. The bride Miss Lau-
retta Maracle, modesty attired in white was at
tended BY Miss Elsie Claus. OF Albany
After the ceremony there a public reception
a Longboat testimonial concert in Massey Hall
when wedding presents many of them substantial
including check for $500 frCm Hugh Graham OF
Montreal presented. Mrs. Longboat goes 10
New York tomorrow. but her husband will stay
behind to train for the with Shrubb.
New-York tribune., 1908-12-29
4 SKYSCR1PER CHURCH.
Pittsburg Congregation Plans Com
Iipation Of Religion and Commerce.
IRr Telegram 20 me Tribune.I J

By Telegraph 10 Inc 4ilD1Aio-
r,it-st77rg Dec 2S-The trustees Of the FIRST
Tinted F,1angelicaI Protestant German Church
or Pittsburg. which has the most valuable down
town church site in the city, but which has
been handicapped by the fact that it was grant
ed for church purposes only have struck a
happy medium. they think. and Will erect a
fourteen story church and Office building COM
bined.
Plans for the front elevation wcre made pub
lie tonight and show cathedral style front
with cathedral bells, extending stories
The church will be in the middle and the Office
building erected around il. The whole ediice
VIII cost 81. 100000.
New-York tribune., 1908-12-29
THE REGION OF ITALY DEVASTATED BY EARTHQUAKES.

of tidal wave, but a similar body of water
inundated the fine streets of Messina which
flank the harbor, covering them with a thick
layer Of mud which rendered more difficult the
succoring Of the wounded, many of whom could
be seen lying under the wreckage. 1t is re
ported that the villages of Faro and Ganzirri.
adjoining Messina. have disappeared The ef-
fects Of the earthquake were aggravated by fire
through an explosion of gas the flames which
swept along several OF the streets adding ter
upon terror.
In Calabra the region around Monteleone was
most severely stricken. The village of Stefana-
conf the inhabitants of which number 1900.
was practically destroyed only five persons
were killed, but many were injured. Monsignor
Morabito the Bishop of Mleto who distln-
guished himself in the earthquake Of 1908, did
valiant work again to-day He rushed into
places where the ruin was the greatest and
brought aid and encouragement to all.
Thousands of people abandoned their homes.
although a heavy rain was falling, and filed
the air with lamentations and prayers. In some
places, such Irizzo. Cotrone. Santa Severina
and Piscoplo the people had the courage TO
enter the churches almost while they were fall
New-York tribune., 1908-12-29
WILD EAGLE CAUGHT FIGHTING CAT
Escapes in Police Station and Bites One Man
on Hand-Captured in Yard.

Abraham Pfefer assistant Of Joseph Solo
mon a butcher. II No. 1924 Madison avenue. cap
tured fnu grown gray eagle in the rear yard Of
LIS employers shop last night
Prefer saw the bird and a cat fighting over the
possession Of a piece meat The was hurled
aside by blow from its opponents wings and
t.q-. o.,r a fence Then Pfeffer Threw old coat
over the cage and captured it, While Solomon
was eA libiting his prize the East 1O4th street
police station. the eagle escaped ana through
The stairway the dormItoTy the third floor
= he station house.
Patroln eE Naher. Mchenna and DOnohue and
Dcornsn Hugh Armstrong tried 10 corner the
bird and finally placed il in a berry crate. Pfeher
was bitten upon the hand while ossistIng in the
eagng process.
New-York tribune., 1908-12-29
TEN DIE IN CAVE-IN.
T1o0 Bodies RecOUered-SeUeraI In
jwed IN alabama accident.

Birmingham. Ala, Dec. 2S.-TwO dead bodies
have been recovered and eight more are known
TO be buried in immense cave-fn of a trench
at the blast furnace plant at Ensley early to-
night Several other Iaborers were injured,
also were two foremen who were experimenting
the work
The cave-in occurred without warning. and
the bodies are being recovered with difficulty
because of the large amount of gas which is
pouring into the excavation from the furnaces.
New-York tribune., 1908-12-29
c. p. TAFT TO sUILp RAILROAD.

IBy LeIegTap0 % I0e ITIoune- !
Taft Tex. Dec IS.-Charles p. TAFT. % C!ncirN
natl is the chief sJockhoder in a company being
organized TO build a railroad from the new deep
water port Of ATansas Pass on the Gulf coast %
Texas To Eagle Pass the upper Rio CSrands
border. The line will be abou, two hundred and
nfty miles long. 1t viii pass through the 80 0oo-
acre ranch of Mr.. Taft Aransas Pass and
also the e0oocO-acre ranch which ne owns aftse.
miles west OF here.
New-York tribune., 1908-12-29
FLEET PASSES 4DEN.
american BattIeshipS Entering Red
Sea on Trip TO Sues.

Aden Dec. 2S-The sixteen battIeships. COM
posing the American Atlantic battleship fleet,
under command of Rear Admiral Sperry. passed
this port to-day bound for Suez The fleet left
Colombo. CeylOn. December 20.