Semi-weekly herald., 1908-10-19

had been an overproduction. but the
retrenchment OF several months and
the revivins of building operations
and the promotion of new projects be
gan In July TO convince manufac'ur-
ers that there would be new demand
within a short time. They begah to
prepare for II. The articles. import
ed for use in factories In August. ex-
ceeded those of 1907 That fact is
shown by report OF the department
OF labor and commerce.
Raw wool, raw silk, crude India
rubber. hides and skins, flbers. lum.
ber. tobacco. tin and cotton are the
principal articles imported for manu-.
featuring purposes. These nine arti-
cles form more than three-fourths the
value of the total imports OF mate
rails, crude or partly manufactured.
for use In manufacturing, and In most
cases. as above indicated, the quantity
of these articles imported In August.
1908. is greater than In August. 1907
On the export side. natural prod
ucts. such as corn. wheat. meats, leaf
tobacco and other articles Of this class
show In many cases an advance In
price over the corresponding month
of last year, and in few cases any ma
terial fall. though In manufactures the
export prices are In nearly all cases
IrxxH fh.a - sk..
rlod of last year.
Corn exports in August. 1908, av-
erage sac cents per bushel. against
6l.S cents in August. 1907: wheat,
sl.o1 per bushel In August, 1905,
against 90 cents in August. 1907;
meats show in some cases a slight ad-
vance over prices of August of last
year and in others slight declines.
What the increase In building and
| manufacturing and the harvesting of
the crops meant to the country is
shown the increase in bank deposits.
In Kansas, for example, on Septem-
| ber l, the state banks showed great.
er total than ever In the states his.
tory. In the eight previous days the
| deposits had jumped at rate OF $l00.
oeo day. The total deposits In the
state banks on September were
more than $4,000. 900. In Seattle
Washington. the banks gained almost
s3,ooo.o00 between May / and the
| middle of Septalnher
Many other factories are held in
check for the present, pending the re.
suit OF the November election. Busi
ness enterprises promise to show re
markable development II Taft is cho
sen president
| LONDON, Oct io.-,reaJ Britain
Russia and France have reached an
agreement on the program TO be sub
mitted TO other powers as basis for
the discussion by the proposed Euro
pean conference on the unsettled Bal
kan question The proposals will be
laid before the conference as eight
number.
SEOUL, Oct. l5.-Serious complica
tions. affecting the peace of China and
Japan, are threatened as the result oi
an engagement between Chinese and
japanese troops in Kaneao. in north
ern Korea, in which several were kill
ed or wounded. The refusal of the
Chinese war office TO permit the pur
suit of a detachment of soldiers said
ID have been the aggressors may result
in crossing of the frontier by Japa
nese troops.
NEW YORK. Oct l5.-More than
twice as many children are seeking
employment this fall than sought i,
last fall. and there has been de
cided falling off in marriages, accord
ing 10 the records complied by the
health department. There is but one
construction put upon this by the
health board and that is that a larger
number OF parents find themselves al
the approach of winter either without
employment or with their earning ca
pacity reduced so that the children's
help must be enlisted.
| CHICAGO. Oct 1s.-Trembling viii
anger at the memory Of wrongs suf
fered at the hands of her husband
Mrs. William F. Tucker, wife of as
sistant paymaster general of the U
S. army, called her husband drunk
ard. said she believed him insane. and
quoted army records attacking his mo
raj character. Mrs. Tucker arrived in
Chicago with her mother. Mrs. John
A Logan, and was informed that tele
graphic advice from St Louis was &c
the effect that her husband had de
parted for Hot Springs, Ark, and
might die on the train. Mrs. Tucker
expressed no regret, and commented
briefly: He has been operated on
ten times: IL they tap him again it
may kill him" Mrs. Tucker declared
she would not so to her husbands bed.
side should he die tomorrow. She is
very bitter on the woman nurse with
Tucker. she says her husband is dy.
ing Of delirium tremens.
1 DENVER. Colo. Oct IA radical