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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-10-24
THINK HE Is a BAD MAN.
Chicago Police Arrest Frank Ware as
Dynamiter.

Chicago. Oct. 24-Frank Ware was
arrested last night on suspicion OF
knowing who dynamited Geo. F. Getz's
automobile Wednesday night in Haw-
thorne.
Night SUPERINTENDENT John at the
Chicago Automobile club garage and
the chauffeur who towed the machine
to the suburb. will be asked today If
they can identify Ware as the man who
took the automobile from the clubs
garage.
The police say Ware was indicted
several years ago for throwing decay
ed eggs at street evangelists and left
the city He is suspected to have been
implicated in an attempt TO plow up
the residence of John Hill, Jr., with
dynamite ten years ago. Ware told the
police he had been travelling in foreign
countries for several years
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MARKETS TODAY.
Wet Weather Has Weakening
Effect on Wheat.
December Sells Below One Dol.
lar in Chicago.
LIVE STOCK TRADE.
Cattle Are Steady - Natives
Bring $500 TO $7.25.
Hogs Are Off Five Cents-Bulk
SIS 10 to 1878.

Chicago. Oct 2-WHEAT-Wet weather
generally in the winter wheat belt had a
Weakening effect today on the local Wheal
market Unexpected firmness at Liver
pool however tended to restrain Woulo-
be sellers and in consequence prices SNOW.
ed only slight declines. Prices at the start
were unchanged to &c higher with De
cember at 99bc to 1sQ>14c. Later Decem-
Der sold off to 9S7sc. - -,
Sentiment in the pit was bearish an
day The low point for December was
reached at 9S1zG9S5sc. There was little
rally late in the day on covering Dy
shorts which caused the market to close
steady with December shade lower at
99c. ...
CORN-The wet weather had an opposite
effect on the corn market from what IL
had on wheat sentiment in the pit being
bullsh owing to prospects or smaAer re-
ceipts as result of the rams trace
however was dull demand being not very
active, and offerings light. December open
ed lA1 to 14@2sc higher at eS1zc 10 oo7sc
and sold at 637sc- a.
pressing effect late in the day and nearly
ali the early gain was lost. The close
was steady with December 1@Ac higher
at 631kc. -,
OATS-Oats were firm in sympathy with
corn but trade was quiet December open
ed 1hc higher at 477sc and sold at 4is4c.
PROVISIONSTrade in PROVISIONS was
dull and the market was easy. Prlces at
the start were unchanged tc &c ioWer.
RYE-Cash: 75c: December, 74lsc.
BARLEY-Cash: 5S1sQ61c.
TIMOTHY-October. $315; March, $S.SU.
CLOVER-OctobeT. $3.50.
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Kansas CITY Produce Market.

Kansas City. Mo-. Oct. N.-WHEAT:
Close: Market unchanged to 1c lower. De-
cember. 93c: May, 96s4c; July, 911sc. Cash:
No. hard. 95cQs1.01; No. 8, 92G9Slhc; No.
2 red. s1.o0d1.01; No. 8. 9Sc@s1.00.
CORN-Market NC to 1c higher. Decem-
ber 567kc: May and July. 57ssc. Cash: No:
mixed. 65G6sc No. g. 631x@67c; No. 2
white 6566Sc; No. 3, 646l67c.
OATS-Market unchanged. No. white,
451hG4Sc; No. 2 mixed, 451z447c.
RYE-75c.
50 50sdlO.O 90: choice prairie, IS 25dS. so.
BUTTER-Market firm. Creamery ex-
ira. 271hc: packing. TIC.
EGGS-Market NC higher. Fresh extras,
271Lc; current receipts. 221zc-
WHEAT-Receipts, 119 cars
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TURN THE TEACHER LOOSE.
Miss Writ, of Court Plaster Fame, Not
to Be Prosecuted.

Kansas City, Kan, Oct. 24.-Miss
Edith Writ, the Rosedale schoolmarm
who was recently arrested on a war
rant issued by a justice of the peace
for sticking court plaster over the lips
of a pupil as a cure for Whispering is
not to be prosecuted. County Attor-
ney Joseph Taggart of Kansas City,
Kan, yesterday ordered Justice Geo.
H. Cook to dismiss the case, stating
that the charge if true did not con-
stitute a criminal offense, and that the
young school teacher should not have
been Inundated by having a warrant
served on her.
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state and almost 5000 students were
taken in for the coming year.
This morning a praise service was
given at the First Christian church
president of the State Bible school. Mr..
1. w. Gill. George o. Foster gave a ten
minute talk on Model Bible School
Equipment" R. c. Harding on Boost
ing the Work With Men," Clifton Z.
Rash on How to Make a Success of
Teacher Training Class" Herbert E.
| Meninger gave a general address on
Bible work.
This afternoon at 1870 Mrs. w. G.
Menzies of Rath, India, spoke to the
women of the convention and at $3.50
able to brave the weather. If the
weather is permissible the delegates
will be taken over the city on a seeing
Topeka trip this afternoon.
| Tomorrow the visiting delegates will
occupy the different pulpits of the city
churches. The pastors of these
| churches have very kindly turned over
their services to the following men:
Where Visiting Pastors VIII Preach.
| land, pastor. o. L. Smith, Ell Reno,
| Okla.
| First Presbyterian-Dr. S. s. Estey,
pastor. o. L. Cook. Hutchinson.
North Side Presbyterian-J. S.
| Glendenning, pastor. o. N. Roth
Wichita.
| Oakland Presbyterian-S B. Lucas,
pastor. r. c. Harding. Belleville.
| First United Presbyterian-J. A.
| Renwick, pastor. w. S. Lowe, Paola.
| Second United Presbyterian. P.
White. pastor. F. ]. Stinson, Ell
Dorado.
Potwin Presbyterian-H. L. Nelson.
| pastor. E. D. MacDougall, Norton
| vile.
| First Methodist-Dr. F. N. Lynch.
pastor j. H. o. Smith, Oklahoma
| Lowman Methodist-C. E. Hol-
combe pastor. A. L. Drummond'
| Norton.
| Oakland Methodist. Whittlesey,
pastor T. H Adams. Bethany. Neb.
| Kansas Avenue Methodist-G. w.
Stafford, pastor. w. T. McLain, Man
| haitian.
| East Side Methodist. w. john
stone, pastor. F. E. Blanchard. Smith
| Center.
First Congregational-Dr F. L.
Hayes. pastor. w. p Aylesworth
First United Brethren-o. t
Deever, pastor. Nelson Gardner
Kensington.
North Side Baptist-O. j. Peterson
pastor W. L. Harris, Lyons.
First Christian-C. A. Finch, pas
tor J. B. Briney. Louisville. Ky.
Third Christian-F. E. Mallory, pas
tor. H. E. Bates, Atchison.
North Side Christian-David Lyon
pastor. w H. Scrivno, Beloit-
Oakland Christian-Homer Foltz
pastor. w. M Berkeley, Mcpherson.
Central Park Christian-W. c
Cooper. pastor. Edward Clutter
Bethany, Neb.
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HE CARRIED TEN PASSENGERS.
Count Zeppelin Makes a Successful
Three and Half Hour Trip.

Friedrichshafen, Oct. 24.@The re-
constructed Zeppelin dirIgible air ship
NO. made triumphant reappear-
ance and ascension with ten passen-
gers Friday afternoon and went
through evolutions that for speed and
staplnty were most satisfactory. The
trip in the air lasted for three and a
nalf hours and passed without a
hitch. The balloon maze an average
speed OF 1881 miles an hour at a
mean altitude of 500 feet Critical
aeronauts and throngs of the populace
crowded the shores of Lake Constance
watching the evolutions of the ain
ship.
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Kansas City. Oct. "a.
Kansas city 1--we Stock.

Receipts 500. No southerns. Native steers,
IS ooD7. Is; southern steers, $4,000 70;
southern cows. S1so63.1 Is; native cows and
heifers, $1.75Q4 rs; stOckers and feeders,
$2sOa4. IS: bulls. s.. 0Oa3.4o; calves. 5000
$50: western steers, $330q4.S0; western
cows. 81 400D3.65.
HOGS-Receipts 5000 Market &c lower.
Bulk of sales. S510a5.76; heavy. 3 e0q
8. So; packers and butchers. S5.3oQ5. 50; light.
5.15I5. 90; pigs. s.. 10000.
SHEEP-Receipts none. Market steady
Muttons, s.. 1904 10; lambs, 81 25q6: IS; range
wethers, $3.500I4.30: fed ewes, $3.2504.20.
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DIR. HALL is IN TOPEKA.
Well known Medical Authority Lee
lures Here.

The we'll known authority on med
zeal matters and author of many val
liable books on hygiene, DR.. Winfield
;: Hail, professor of psychology at the
Northwestern university medical COL
lege, spoke at the Kansas medical
college today. and this evening at 8
o'clock in Gemmen hall, Central Y
M {. A DR.. Hall will speak to men
only on The Biology, Physiology and
Sociology of Reproduction and Sexual
Hygiene
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SOAP COMPANY is FAVORED.
Proctor & Gamble Given Reduction
in Assessment.

The state tax commission today an
nounced that it would reduce the as
sessed valuation of the Proctor &
Gamble plant in Kansas City, Kan,
from s7e0.OoO to s723.250. The com
pany asked a reduction of $500. 900
The tax commission visited the Proc
tor & Gamble plant with state Aren't
test ]. f. Stanton, and made a close
appraisement of the value. After
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Chicago Live Stock.

Chicago. Oct 24-CATTLE-Receip
about 600. Market steady. Beeyes, g l5g
565: stockers and feeders. S2.60Q4. 40; cows
and heifers. s1.50G5.10; calves, $600Q8.00.
werk to sc lower Light, 81 90d5. 90: heavy,
s5.15G5. 80; mixed. $5.15@5.95; good to choice
IS. so: bulk of sales, 5.30d5.70.
SHEEP-Receipts about 1900 Market
steady. Native: s.. 40m45o; western. 81 400
450: yearlings. 81 250i5.00; lambs, 50. 75Qo. s.;
western SO. 1885, IS.
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Chapman is. CLAY Center o.

Dickinson county high school defeated
the Clay county high school here in
a fast game of football by a score of
Is to 0. Clever use of the forward
pass and a run the length of the field
for touchdown by PERIL were the
features OF the game.
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New York Money Market.

New York. Oct. .-MONEY-Money on
call nominal: time loans very dull and
per cent; six months 3z4 per cent.
Close: Prime mercantile paper 4G41s per.
cent. - = :
Sterling exchange easier with actual bus
mess in bankers bills at $4.S46504 81. 10
for so day bills and at $4S650GD4 1856 for
demand: commercial bills S4 S4l<QD4 Si1h
SILV ER-Bar silver 51Sc; Mexican dol.
lars. 45c.
BONDS-Government bonds, steady:
railroad bonds. firm.
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TWO Crops I'm One Season.

Chapman, Oct 24.-Last spring Rob-
ert Clemetson of Doniphan county.
sowed clover in his growing wheat.
Afterward he harvested a 1900 bushel
crop of wheat and lately threshed out
sixty bushels of clover seed from the
field-two crops IN one season.
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New YORK Stock Marked.

Wal St.. New York. Oct. A.-STOCKS-
Dealings in the stocks at the opening
today were very light and price changes
had little Significance. Union Pacific and
Amalgamated Copper rose a sa5s. antial
fraction and St. Paul declined H.
Bushes was too small to alter prices
much, the market ruling at about the
opening prices. Realizing in Reading af-,
fected prices momentarily, but they hard-,
ened again when Southern Pacific develop
ed strength.
Closed about steady and dull. Interest
IN the automobile cup race diverted at
tention from the stock market and deal
lngS were Scanty. American Car, West
ing mouse Electric and Louisville and Nash
vile rose l. Is the general list the small
gains were mostly included. lake Erie
and Western preferred sold at a decline OF
~. International Pump preferred IA and
and Sloss Sheffield Steel i.
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Chicago. Oct. 24-CHEESE-Mark
steady Daisies. 131kc; twins. 121zc; young
Americas. 131zc.
POULTRY-Alive. strong; turkeys, 15e;
chickens SGS1zc; springs. 12c.
BITTTER-Market steady Creamery,
coarse: dairy. 1Sd23c.
EGGS-Market steady. Firsts, 24c.
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hearing the evidence, the tax commits
sion decided that the real estate was
assessed S66,750 too high, and also
discovered an error of $4,000 in the
personal property assessment, due to
double assessment.
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Topeka, Kan, Oct. "a.

FURNISHED by The Continental Creamery
GeGSER1 54s Il 5 ssseso se
N ELG1N sBHUTTER-1Mc.
Iwholesalc prices f furnished by Topek.
Packing E Gs JAN. AND Y fo6 ngFfps street,
POULTRY-Hens Sc; springs. 1oc; broil-
Keys y; i2c: ducks &c; geese. &c. o. 'Df-
BUTTER-Packing stock 15Q22c.
WHOLESALE FRUIT AND PRODUCE.
FURNISHED by sam'i e. Lux. wholesale
ff coLo ono A fHE'I UTAH pEAcHEs-per
OI BULK DATEs-Per h.. 7c.
HONEY-Per case, $335@3.50
Catawba. per bsk. zoe. Almira grapes.
APPLES-Per box 81. 1591.75
CRAZE F pNn TsPssr box OK, $40.
FANCY TABLE PEARS-Per bog. e.
FIGS-Per box. 65170c S-''
RANBERRIES-Per bbl.. $3.50.
CABBAG &c c%t; +: $50; Wisconsin
RED GLOBE ONIONS-wisconsin per
0S SPANISH oNIoNs-Per crate ss
ITALIAN PRUNES-Per crate, s5c0
IEMONS-Messina. per box. 4Oo
ORANGES-F1orida. per box. e Ss7s IN
BANANAS-Mediun. per bunch, $3.50
2s1 bs a5ss g s5 Ss9sh s. s55 SS
TURNIPS-Per bushel &C.,
BEETS-Per bushel, 75c
COLORADO POTATOES-Per bu.. sor
KAM Valley Va. POTAToEs-Per bu. 75c.
WAX BEANS-Per box. 75c
CELERY-Coiorado White Plume Jum-
DO, per bunch, 75c.
FRESH OYSTERS-N Y. Counts. Ter
can soc: N. Y Extra Selects. per can &c:
STANDARDS sr per can CO n. Sc Bulk.N: 7.
per gall 81 Standards. per gal, $1.6O.
CHEESE.
Wisconsin. Y. A. Ice; Limburger, 15c:
Daisy. 20 lib. each. 15c: Dairy Twins, 2 to
box. 15c; Wisconsin yellow. 15hc; Wis
consin white. 1511c: Brick. 15c: Block
Swiss. domestic style. 15c
Grain Market.
FURNISHED by ]. b. Billiard, corner kan
sas Ave. and Curtis St1
Topeka. Kan, Oct "a. 4
No. 4. 77d79c.
CORN-65c.
NEW CORN-55c.
OATS-504Sc.
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Bank CIearings.

New York. Oct 24.-Bradstreet pa 5I
clearings report for the week endlng O &c
tober % shows an aggregate of s212l, n9W9
as against 81 134, 016,000 last week a na
e, 1871 S47 600 in the corresponding week last
wear. The following is a list of the clI1es 3
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Old DinIomat Is nend

Washington. Oct. 24.-Phillip w
Buddecke. for 33 years chancellor of
the German embassy at Washington,
died here Friday.
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New York. Oct. 24.-BUTTER-Marke
steady. Creamery specials. &c.
CHEESE-Market steady. sss4
EGGS-Irregular.
POULTRY-Alive. quiet: spring chick
ems. 131kc: fowls. 131zc; turkeys, lac. Dress
ed, quiet; western chickens, 12Q16c; fowls,
9q14c; spring turkeys. 1OQ16c.
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DR.. Hall is one of the foremost au-
thorities on these matters in the coun-
try today. and his lecture tonight
which is free, will undoubtedly be we'll
attended
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New York. Oct. A-COTTON-Spot
closed quiet, points decline middling
uplands. 1875; middling gulf, $500 Sales,
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New York Sugar and Coffee Market
New York. Oct. 24.-SUGAR-Raw, firm:
fair refining. s359d3.55: centrifugal, 81
test: s4G244Oo; molasses sugar, $327Q3.32.
$50: granulated, $500.
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Range of Prices on Stocks,

AZ uIL-SliGN Dy }. N4aA NOtaI.aIs SSSlOl8.
Grains, Provisions, Cotton and Stocks.
OuAcc Alv West SKIN ST. Phone 4s6.l
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Open High
Kansas City Grain Market.

Furnished by ]. e. Gall. Commissions.
Grains, Provisions. Cotton and Stocks.
Office 10 West Sixth st. Phone 1851
Kansas Citv Oct "a
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FURNISHED by the Charles Woln Pack.
ing Co.. yards close at noon SATURDAY.
We cannot use pigs. thin sows or hog
weighing less than 10 lbs. Do not mar
ket hogs unless same are well finished,
below prices effective at once. until fur
ther notice.1
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O11ISe 110 W est ol1tH 81 = HOIIe 7oUsl
Liverpool cable: Wheat 1d lower, corn
unchanged.
Kansas City car lots today: Wheat 81.
corn l. oats 10.
Kansas City estimated car lots Monday:
Wheat ll9. corn u, oats y.
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ARE POURING IN.

Continued from Page One1
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Market Gossip.

FURNISHED by J. K. Gall, Commissions,
Grains, Provisions. Cotton and Stocks-
OhIce l10 West sixth st. Phone 49,
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Cb,.ogo Cra,n Market.

Furnished by J. E. Gall. Commissions
Grains Provisions, Cotton and Stocks.
Office ITO West Sixth St. Phone 1851
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This afternoon at 1870 Mrs. W. G.
Menzies of Rath, India, spoke to the
women of the convention and at $3.50
she spoke to all the children who were
able to brave the weather. If the
weather is permissible the delegates
will be taken over the city on seeing
Topeka trip this afternoon.
The Cairo bulletin., 1908-07-20
TAT rs POLICY
PLEAStS BRYAN
IMPRESSED WITH STATEMENT
THAI CORPORATION MONEY
Is NOT WANTED.
BIDS HIM co FARTHER
And Announce That Individual Con.
trihutions viii Be Made Public
Before EIection--Vistors
at Fairvew.

Lincoln, Neb.. July l9.-The sta. :.
ment Of Judge Taft at Hot Springs.
Va, yesterday that the Republlcal
national committee void net ACCEPT
any contributions from corporations
In his campaign was viewed here
with more than ordinary interest. Mr..
BRYAN was so much impressed vi. h
the announcement that he dictated
the following statement.
We welcome him 10 this advan ell
ground and bid him TO go further an
announce that all individual contfi,
buttons above a reasonable minimum
viii be made known before the cleo
tion"
The f. e that today was Sunday dil
net deter number Of persons from
suing out to Fairv;ew. The streasa
Of visitors began while Mr.. Bryan
was at church The most important
caller was Mayor Dahlman, II
Omaha, who was eloseted with Mr..
Bryan for some time.
The Cairo bulletin., 1908-07-20
CUT HAND GAVE CLUE
CIarksviile, Tenn, Man Confesses to
Many Petty TheSis-lnvariably
Robbed Cash Registers.

Clarksyllle, Tenn. July l9.-Lccal
officers arrested Ben McCurdy yes.
terday on the charge of having been
guilty of various burglaries committed
recently and the prisoner confessed
Within the past few weeks at least
twelve stores have been broken into
and small articles extracted. the cash
register always being touched for
its contents. The burglar always
made his egress through a rear win.
dow and completely covered up his
tracks until last night when the furni-
ture store of 7. f. McReynolds was
entered. The burglar went through
a window which had been broken and
cut his hand, splotches of blood being
noticed on the safe and window at
the door in his effort to open same.
This gave the officers the clue and
McCurdy was soon noticed with his
hand bandaged up.
Having an unsavury reputation, and
not explaining the cause of the injury
satisfactory to the officer, he was
placed under arrest. An investigation
disclosed a quantity of cigars and TO-
baccos which had been taken from
Winters restaurant and at the ex-
amining trial McCur-y was placed un-
der a 81 900 bond which he was un,
able to furnish. After the trial he
made a confession
The Cairo bulletin., 1908-07-20
HITCHCOCK OUT WEST.

Colorado Spring. Colo,. July lS.-
When Frank H. Hitchcock, chairman
Of the Republican national committee
arrived here this evening, he was
greeted by a large number of politl.
cal leaders who had reached the
Springs during the day. He found as.
surance from others which made it
certain that the two days conference
which opens tomorrow, will be sue.
cess
Tomorrow there will be a general
conference at which various leaders
will exchange ideas. After that Mr..
Hitchcock will hold Individual con
ferences with representatives of each
o fthe II states and territories which
are sending men to the political gath.
ering.
The Cairo bulletin., 1908-07-20
PROSPERITY RETURNING
Over Ten Thousand Railroad Men and
Many Packing House Men Re-
turned to Work.

Chicago. July 19.-Reports frJ II
more fhaa thirty states received here
this week indicate that the long nc'
aided business revival is making e.
self strongly felt in the Middle and
Far Eest while New England and the
AtlaauC states are recovering mo.
slowly from the effects Of the depres
sion. Manufacturers and dealers OF
Pittsburg report tina, the last two
months have seen a marked increase
in the volume of business and pros
poets for the future are very encOur
aging. In Chicago over 10000 railroad
men have gone back to work since tn
first fthe year Half of the men the
packers laid off during the winter are
back at their old places. There has
been a marked falling off in the mum
ber OF idle freight cars since the high
mark which was reached In May
Prospects Tor the crops in Illinois are
good, the slight reduction in wheat
acretage being Offset by the increase
in oats, and estimates for the corn
crop placing the total at 325. 900, ,00p
bushels or about the same as last
year Reports from Milwaukee. d.
luth. Detroit, Cincinnati. St Louis
Kansas City and Denver are uniformly
favorable In all these cities men are
finding good employment and business
Is on the increase. The South also
reports progress. Advices from Pitts
burg, however, state that i'm the East
mills are still running at only 50 to
go per cent capacity, although more
men are being put to work every day
The gain in confidence. as shown by
the increase in postoffice receipts an
nouneed last week. has been particu
arly noticeable west OF the Alleghen
les. The June receipts at the Chica
90 postofice were s43. 900 greater than
Tor the orresponding month last year
before the financial depression ha {
begun to make itself felt
The Cairo bulletin., 1908-07-20
STRANGE MURDER
CASE DEVELOPS
HAckENSAck, N. j., OFFICIALS
FIND BULLET WOUNDS IN
WoMAN's BODY.
WAS RUN OVER BY CARS
With Daughter and Nephew
Daughter Wounded-$2, 200
and Nephew Missing.

New York, July IA strange MFR
der case developed today when Off
eials + HackensacK, N. j., examining
the body of Mrs. Oteiia Eberhard.
which was found lying the railroad
tracks near Coalburg, H. j., discov.
cred bpilet wounds \ passing train
had cut the hndy in two.
Otelia Eberhard, daughter of the
dead woman, was wounded three
times br bullets and dragged hansais
a mile TO an ISOLATED farm house.
The police are hunting for August
Eberhard, nephew of the murdered
woman, believing that he may know
something Of the crime, Mrs. Eber.
hard and her daughter arrived from
Vienna last Thursday on invitation CT
August Eberhard, her nephew.
The girl states that there was an
understanding that august was to
marry her. Miss Eberhard says she
and her mother were invited by Aug
ust Eberhard to go to Rochell Park,
Saturday. They wandered around
there until evening and in the dark
ness, trying to find the way stumbled
over the railroad track.
The girl saw flash between two
passing cars and heard a revolver
shot follwed by a series of shots. She
had been struck three times by the
bullets. Recovering consciousness
she found her way to a farm house
and today came to Hackensack.
Miss Eberhard says her mother had
81 zoe in United Sta;es currency AMI
$500 in German notes when they left
for their excursion. The s2.200 was
missing when the body was found.
The police say that Eberhard too
may have been murdered and his body
of.