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The Huttig news., 1908-01-04

-zSsn. -21-Merchants' and Farmers bank .ysroff FaiTmont, N.I, Minn,, suspended .sn. suspended Home bank of Goodland, ua ind' found guilty of embezzlement
 enoe9 h tnr of lndaha ta tbra banker Sears in rss-Disappearance of s173,OOo from sub E2ar H-Virtual panic in Wall street; Secretary Cortelyou relieved the situa- &H-Citizens' State bank of Firth, Neb., closed by state.
 @ss-Corbin Banking company of New 4APr Mat fl. W. Salmon of Warsaw. senced three years in penitentiary. EN-Bank of Conception, at Clyde, Mo, ordered closed.
 Za-Ex-Judge Smith of Chicago, found Aguilty of conspring to defraud stock Aholders and depositors of Bank of America. of which he was president; penalty, imprisonment. and $1,oOo fine. -1Sul. 1-Citizens bank of Eureka Springs, asNFort Dallas National bank of Miami Fla, closed
 sso-Farmers' National bank of Boyer Aug. 3-People's State bank of Browns town. Ind, closed by state authorities SA-ReeeiverS appointed for Pope Mfg Co.,, of Hartford. Conn; failure ascribed to eseP. 5sWatson < O., members of New York stock and produce exchanges and of Chicago board of trade, failed &Qct 9-Union bank of Richland, and Bowman bank of Kalamazoo, Mich., both private institutions, closed doors. x4-Collapse of Heinze corner in copper caused violent slump in stocks in New York: firm of Otto Heinze & Co.,, sus- pended from stock exchange. 5z2s,New York clearing house committee declared that the Heinze, Morse and Thomas interests had been eliminated from banking organizations of New York.
 Ga2-Knickerbocker Trust Co.,, New York's second largest financial institution, forced to suspend; great slump in se- curities, call money at 70 per cent. -23-Seeretary of treasury ordered deposit of s25, 100000 of government funds in New York banks. Four Westinghouse companies at Pittsburg and one trust company forced into hands of receivers because of financial stringency....Stat Bank and Trust Co.,, of Carson, Nevada, failed.
 &A-Three minor banks in New York forced to close. Southern Steel Co., of Birmingham, Ala, filed involuntary pe- -s15tion in bankruptcy.
 s15-Six more minor banking institutions in NsA V<,vf ~
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Mich, getting 5000. ... .colored man charged with attacking white girl near Apr. S-Death sentence of Mrs. Aggie Myers, of Kansas City, and Frank Hott- man, for murder of woman's husband, .commuted to life imprisonment. 11-Grand jury refused to indict. Con- who killed Dr. R. H. Aldrich, and he was set free.
 12-Thaw jury discharged, being unable to agree on verdict; Thaw remanded to jail, to await second trial. 1S-Dr. o. c. Haugh of Dayton, O., con victed of murder of father, mother and brother, electrocuted at penitentiary at Columbus.
 21-Negro and mother lynched and three other persons killed and seven injured in fight in Georgia on account of at tempt of negro, who escaped, to assault white woman.
 May 2s-Ex-Judge Hargis acquitted of Cockrill murder in famous feud case at Lexington, Ky.
 Jun s-Trial of Vim. D. Haywood, secre- tary-treasurer Western Federation of | Miners, for murder of ex-Gov. Steunen- berg, begun at Boise, Idaho. 30-Judge Loving found not guilty of mur- der of Theodore Estes, charged with mstreating formers daughter, at Hous- Jul. 2o-Jas Hargis, acquitted of charge of complicity in murder of Dr. B. D. Cox of Kentucky. Henry Scutcheon, farmer living near Nuncia. Mich., while insane, murdered wife, son and father | 1n-ldW WllI dl dN, lHtll dltcHiplCd ooi cide but was shot dead. | 22-Karl Hau, young Washington pro- lessor, condemned to death at Karls- rune, Germany, for murder of mother in-law.
 27-Wm. D. Haywood found not guilty o1 murder of ex-Gov Steunenberg. | Aug 16-Wiu Clifford, negro, lynched al Maple, Ky, for assaulting and killing l two white women. Sep. 21-Frank J. Constantine sentenced to life Imprisonment for murder of Mrs Gentry at Chicago.
 2EMrs Bertha Mund of Buffalo, while insane, strangled her three children. Oct. i-Ex- Sheriff H. K. Brown, of Baker City. Ore, killed by bomb.
 5-Wm. Burns, colored who shot police man at Cumberland, Md. taken from jail by mob, and shot and kicked tt death. 1S-Ex-Banker Frederick McGill and wifi acquitted of charge of murderlng mrs wife of McGill, at Decatur, H.
 2e-Negro at Byron, Ga., lynched fo stealing 75 cents. ,,,,. Nov. 2EFred Singleton, negro, riddlet with bullets by posse for murder of as sistant chief of police at Talladega, Ala 7Seven bandits held up town of Canova s. D., blew open bank vault, and es capped with S6,50O, ,
 Rathdrum, Idaho, failed to agree ol verdict and were discharged. Dec. 3-Mrs. Annie M. Bradley acaultte
 on charge of murder or eX-Senao
 Brown at Washington
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ro,. Moderation oP Y.ahor

nois Federation of Labor t9-Kansas City Southern Railway Co. granted voluntary increase in salaries of $500 month to its telegraph oper- atorS.
 2LStriking cotton handlers at New Or leans agreed to resume work pending arbitration.
 30-S J. Small, deposed president of teleg- raphers' union issued statement "call- ing off, telegraph strike. Nov. 4-Because they were paid In checks, 4,000 miners near Danville, H., struck 6-Commercial Telegraphers union in Chicago, New York and other cities called off strike. =. Threatened general railway strike in Great Britain averted by agreement between railways and union.
 25-Striking street car men in Louisville, Ky, indulged in serious riot. Dec. 6-Five companies of regulars or dered to Goldfeld, New, where trouble between miners and mine owners ex- isted.
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--..ssveeA Ay.rS--ciosea uoors. U mon Trust Co.,, of Providence, R. l., sus- s2s-Banks in New York and Chicago, and many other cities adopted clearing fls0use loan certificate system to prevent made withdrawal of savings deposits subject to legal notice. EG5c-Caiifornia Safe Deposit & Trust Go. bank, at San Francisco, closed. .Finan- cial conditions in New York practically normal again.
 -sNov 4-Three small banks in Kansas closed. United States Steel corpora stfon secured controlling interest in Ten nessee Coal & Iron Co. # rse-Receiver appointed for Arnold Print works of North Adams, Mass, one of sS2-Merchants National bank of Port land, Ore, California bank of Oakland ~Cal and Farmers & Merchants bank of Sapulpa, I. T., suspended Z2+Secretary of Treasury Cortelyou or .dered issue of $50, 100000 of Panama bonds and S100 900, 900 certificates of in rdebtedness means of relieving finan- ctal situation. City National bank of NErederick, Okla, failed. - T1-American Silk Co. capital stock S11,- 100000, which operated mills in several ~ -1lec. 2-Chelsea Savings abnk of Chel- +sseR, Mich, owned by State Treasurer Glazier, closed.
 laG-aTational Bank of Commerce, one of largest financial institutions of Kansas City, suspended.
 SE-Fort Pitt National bank of Pittsburg closed.
 UEJewelers' National bank at North -.Attleboro. Mass, in hands of receiver.
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Jan. Brig. Gen. G. A. Bell, retired, at 1o- -Archbishop Montgomery at San Fran xcongressman John winans. at
 Janesville, Wis, aged 76.
 2-Senator Russell A. Alger, at Wash Feb. 1-Charles Marvin, famous race :, horse trainer, at Lexington, Ky.
 Neb.; left ' fortune M es of s1o ooo, ,ooo. Prof
 ". z. Pickett, noted medical authority,
 at Philadelphia.
 7-Ex- x-Congressman B. W. Harris, at
 Bridgewater, Mass, aged S3. 9-Congressman J. R. Rixey, of Virginia, 1saE5sSy. at oissS, <: Y V Higgins of New York; 22-James A. Kirk, head of big Chicago ,tp soap house at Hartland. Wis.
 head Independent Order of Foresters,
 in Georgia. James B. Williams, shaw
 ing soap manufacturer at Glastonbury, Wisconsin, at Jefferson City, Wis. ezJohn Alexander Dowie.. founder of |, zien r, City.. City. ILL, at Zion City. y,,.. . 10 Wisconsin. at Beloit.
 R.M. Casimir-Perier, ex-president of
 France, at Paris
 lS-Rear Admiral B. F. Tilley, command 10 ant M League Island Navy yard. at basy Adsh oha nated Maope
 former surgeon-general of army, at
 Washington.
 21-Brig,- Gen. T.. J. wint, commander de- 27-James Henry Smith, of New York,
 who inherited over s50,000,0o0, at Kioto,
 Japan, while on bridal tour. 2S-Wm. A. Proctor, president Proctor & Gamble Co.,, at Cincinnati, by suicide. SEX Galusha A. Grow, at Glenwood, Pa. ...H. W. .Goode. who was president Lewis & Clarke exposition, at Atlantic City, N. J.
 Apr. 1-Bishop J. c. Cranberry, of Meth odist Episcopal church South, at Ash land, Va.
 H.Jas. H. Eckels. president Commercial Mau9nal bank m of Chicago and ex- 19-Ex-Congressman J. V. Findlay, of Maryland, at Baltimore. 6-EX-Congressman G. l.. Laws, of Ne braska, at Lincoln. 2S..Ex-Goy; R.: B. Bullock, of Georgia, at Albion N. Y.
 May 3-Peter Maytubby twice governor Chickashaw Indian tribe. at Caddo, L T. 4-E. w. Suffcutt, legal adviser of Gov. Hughes of New York, by suicide on Hudson river steamboat. 6-Dr. John Watson, Gan Maclaren) noted author, at Mt. Pleasant, Ia. To. w. Potter, Chicago millionaire. at 1S-E. H. Conger. ex-rninister to China. N-Ex-Senator Pa-@- of Michigan. HNcr Nal fv7Jn \
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Jan. 3-Negro hanged at Mayersville. Miss, three minutes before notice that his sentence had been commuted was received
 4-Negro lynched at Midway, Ala. for at- tempted assault.
 5.Ro!lo Steele, being refused loan of s5.- 000 by Fourth Street National bank of Philadelphia, threw bomb that killed himself and cashier, injured six others, and wrecked bank.
 9-James Cullen, murderer of wife and step-son. taken from jail at Charles oo City. Ia.,. and hanged by mob. 25.Trial of Harry K; Thaw, for murder of Stanford White, begun in New York Feb. 2S-Thos. Baldwin, rich farmer of Colfax. IL, shot and killed Chas Ken nedy and wife, and Mrs. Eisman and daughter Cora.
 Mar: 1o-R. P. Miller of Beaver Dam, Wis. killed wife, step-mother and self 15IMob of 50 men at Monroe, La, oo hanged two negroes accused of robbery derous attack on white woman killed by mob near Stamp, Ark. 2s.Safe blowers robbed Farmers & MnrChantS' Mo otfoy,aI
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Jan. 5--Moroccan army captured Zinat, Raisulis stronghold, and he and follow CTS fled to mountains. @-z=--s
New-York tribune., 1908-10-28
SHIP At GALES MERCY
Single Screr0 Liner Stops in Mid
atlantic IS Hours for Repairs.

The iron steamer Furnessia, Of the Anchor Lane.
which left Glasgow for New York ten days ago.
arrived here yesterday after stopping in mid
Atlantic for thirteen hours in terrific gale to re-
pair her machinery. The Furnessia, which has
been in service for twenty-eght years mas only
one screw, and when her machinery became de-
ranged IN the gale she unable to keep uhder
way while repairs were being made
The accident could have been repaired easily IN
fair weather. but the fury of the gale caused the
ship to pitch heavily that the men in the engine
room Handicapped. Huge combers pounded
hte steamer continually. and one big wall OF water
that broke aft carried away OF the hfeooats-
The wind. blew at hurricane force and the oaror1-
eter dropped TO 2S-15 The machinIsts had 70 hold
with hand and make repairs with the other.
The passengers were thankful when the Furnessa
got under way at a. m Wednesday Charles
NJ. Steel of Perth. Australia, said he never saw a
vessel hit hard. He said stewardess fell down
a companionway and cut her head William Croy.
who was in thu saloon when the steamer stopped.
was unable to reach his stateroon for an hour.
Mr. Steel said Mr.. Croy sat the floor and
cutched the leg Of piano TO keep from being rolled
about saloon.
New-York tribune., 1908-10-28
HAWLEY COOK ON STAND.
Tells of Helping Aeronauts Sister
to Find Papers.

Alan r. Hawley a broker and aeronaut resuneo
the witness stand at yesterdays hearing OF the
trial OF the suit brought by him and his orother'
William Hawley. against their sister, MIS- 1eHiA7
NJ. Levee, who recently married TO Charles
Levee, the French aeronaut against their Vlsnes-
Alan R Hawley told OF his brother paying taxes
and carrying charges property owned oy tne
three. This Offset the allegations mace oy
Mrs. Levee that she paid out for household e1-
penses the money which she is being sued for'
James ". Osborne who Is counsel for the plain
tifrs rested the case when Mr. Hawley finished MS
testimony. but when he learned that he coulo not
call other witnesses except in rebuttal ne put
Mollie Neenan. former cook in the Hawley mousse
hold. on the stand She told Of helping Miss Ha"-
ley to get papers from a desk in the house MISS
Hawley. she said, had remarked that she would not
sign certain papers which the brothers wanted ner
to sign before she married, and had torn
several papers UP after examining them
William Hawley testified that he had seen five
notes drawn up by his sister and payable to his
brother and himself which covered $4,000 OF the
amount which Mrs. Levee is being sued for. Four
of the notes signed he said, but another for
$1,000 had been signed and was found after
their sisters marriage.
Mrs Levee called to the stand In the after
noon. She told of the payment OF a share Of the
profits OF the firm OF William Hawley & Co. 70 her
and her mother and of the breaking open OF her
personal safe after her mothers death She was
still the stand when adjournment was taken
New-York tribune., 1908-10-28
STEAMER AFIRE AT SEA
S. y. Luckenbach Transfers Passen.
gers to the PHILADELPHIA.

According to cable message received yeS..-.
day by the InsuIar Line. which operates a sfsa-.
ship service between EeE York and Porto s...
the cornpany's steamer s. " Luckeubach oarnG~s
fire at OF Cape Hatteras and a prseau,,.-
her captain transferred his thirty passearar, =.
the Red D liner Philadelphia. which was 80
OF her and also bound for Puerto Rico
The information OF the FIRE on The TueL.,A,
and the transfer Of the passengers reaeha5 s.
Juan through wireless message sent thar. =
the Philadelphia The Philadelphia and thA -
enbach left New York at noon Saturday 49,.
latter vessel. being somewhat the faster t.k.
the lead When OF Hatteras at .. m On ~
day fire discovered in the hold and TIA r.,-,
enbach reduced speed The Philadelphia vsic,
was not far astern. came up and stood By Car
tain Mclean Of the Luckenoach thought IL ha.-
TO transfer his passengers and fight the hrs win
his officers and crew. The Luckenbacn Iosr -
eraI hours. but It is thought she Will make uu ~.
time and arrive In San Juan with the PhiIadApbia
Among the passengers who wers the Illcksn
bach were Mrs. William F. wflIouzhby oS Was5
ington: Mrs z Freiheft, Of No. 40 Senator st-.st
Bay Ridge: George Goetz. Of No. - Murray s+r.sr
Manhattan; r Valdez. of No aO0 Rivsrslds prsv.
Manhattan. and Dr. Jane Harris, Of Montclaas
y. J.
New-York tribune., 1908-10-28
rRx Telegraph 70 ne Trthune. !

West Point, Oct. N.-Lieutenant Nelly the Arrnv
head coach. decided TO dispense with hard scriu-
mage work to-day, and the football practice for the
cadets consisted Of signal drill with particular at
tenton the new formations that have been deveI-
oped since the Yale game. when straight football
was relied upon TO advance the ball Many tricks
Will be employed against Princeton on Saturday.
Lieutenant StilWell went through the squad this
afternoon looking for quarterback material and
had half dozen men at work all tho afternoon
practising passing to backs Wood is rather slow
and the coaches anxious to find good substi-
tute.
A schedule Of games has been arranged for the
third eleven 10 arouse interest among tho players
who cannot make the varsity. All these games
Will be played here. the first being to morrow,
against Eastman College, Of Poughkeepsie RIv-
ervieW Academy will be played on November Il De
La Sale on November b. Mount Pleasant Acsd
emy on November Is and Peekskiu Military Acad-
eIny on November "a
New-York tribune., 1908-10-28
PIMLICO ENTRIES TO-DAY.

First race ceiling; for two year oids: six fnrongs)-
Great Jubilee. 100; Black Nose. Ouantico 1O Fsehs
l0e Maxim Gun. 100. Pimpdnte iO2; Dan a. No,Ias
l0z Rambie lO2 Aralia, 102: Brown Tony. I1G
Second race tseuing: for
one mile ana seventy yaTdsg-Presdent Monroe 10:
Slenents no Sopbie kean. 10; King Rashap IO7
Gr9msaI l"' Niblick 107 Bedouin. fO7; D Arkle i07
bsiiot bo1 Io; F9quessing. 10I Melbourne NOMINEES
lOI Lady karma. lpZ Minot, l02. Kemptop 102
Third race uor three-year-olds and Upward. sir frr
IongslsuniFe il6; Occonechee. 1903 Adr0it In3 mn -
IL Ioh GaiheIeF i1@; Laura A. II3. Westover "a:
i WoHaer dS I1e Burgo. III r. los:
hourth race tEikridge Hunt steepIeohase about tvo
miles and haift-Homelander l52 Warrior ~. ~
Grace, 1876. Haladame. l6I -' ''iii'i' l4'' NY
fHth race selling, for threeyesr-ods and uruars an
miie ana sihteenth) IAlly lib: Gowango 1O Cntaro
10: NsS Catesby. III; Wilton Iackaye tl2. Bohhs
l05; d Arkls, 1Oa 80 ~ iia4i l'f' HIanl~
sixth race tGentemans Driving Park Purse - -,
ages; one mel-Pocomoke. Rossrento- aS Xvbt al
lVI black ohk. no De hund. 115 Cave Adslu It6 ~
seventh race selling, for rolds; sir IrIongs
settonis Bi Elizabeth Sweeney. lG2 Crana 100 HsV5k
wing lVz constellation 102; Racquet 100. Harold ~
lOo Pearl Point. los. Ogemah lOS " 'iu 'i''
New-York tribune., 1908-10-28

The first OF the foreign drivers who will pilot
cars IN the international for the Grand Prize
offered by the Automobile Club Of America at sa-
vannah on November % arrived here on the Austro-
American Line steamship Martha Washington
yesterday. They were Alexander Cagno and Fin-
cenzo Piacenza- Both meu will drive italia cars In
the
Cagno and Piacerza cannot speak English and
when they left the gangplank their first question:
through Mr.. Liey. head OF the Italian Import COM
psny. who acted interpreter. was what car won
the Vanderbilt Cup They showed much IN
terest when told that American car had mn
ished first Cagno drove IN the Vanderbilt Cup
in 1906 and said that he deeply Interested
in the and in the new Long Island Motor
Parkway which the racers were driven for
eleven miles, He said that he had read GOOD
deal about it and would like 10 over the circuit
before starting for Savannah He added mat ne
was glad to have the opportunity to race In this
country again. and that much interest Is being
taken abroad in the Grand Prize race
The drivers went to the Hotel Lafayette where
they m remain until the arrival Of their cars to-
New-York tribune., 1908-10-28
EASTERN LEAGUE MEETS.
Playing Season Heightened and
Po1rers Reelected President.

The annual meeting Of the Eastern League OF
Professional Baseball Clubs was held yesterday
afternoon and evening at the Hotel Victoria Presi-
dent Patrick Powers was reelected without oppo-
sition and the delegates appointed TO the meeting
Of the National Association in Chicago two weeks
from now were instructed to-nlal1e a fight to get
class rating for the league rating now enjoyed
among minor easues only by the American Asso-
cietion President Powers's salary was doubled.
being made 5000 instead OF g 800 and the league s
rlsxinq season was heightened 10 include 154 games
instead Of 1zd
A long executive session took up most OF the
day the committee sitting behind closed doors for
several hours The pennant officially awarded
n +ba Rs1tin7ore club for the season Of 1903 The
following directors were present at the executive
committee session: President Powers: George
S+auings of Newark; Hugh Duffy, Of Providence.
Walter CiMara of Jersey City. and 7. H Cushing.
OF Montreal.
number OF representatives If major league
cluhs were around the hotel during the DAY, but
little information as their purpose in attending
leaked out although some deals pending be
tween Eastern and major league cfuos Tor players
who were not drafted at the end of the season
The constitution vas amended IN regard to post
noned games so that either club can. ny request
force the game 10 be played at the first opportu-
rf+v except on the first visit Of club. the failure
10 plav subiecting the club forfeiture of
the game Another change was that games shall
begin three hours before the time for the depart
1Jre Of trains allowing hour to catch trains IN
stead of one hour and half. as heretofore.
II was expressed as the sense Of the meeting
that every club shall have dressing rooms its
grounds A salary limitation was agreed upon. but
It stated that II is not for publication
The board Of directors was elected as follows:
Edward Hanlon. Of Baltimore: A B. Potter. Of
Buffalo; Charles T Chapn, Of Rochester, and j J.
McCya fferty. Of Toronto.
New-York tribune., 1908-10-28
2acine < Automobiling & Football < Other Sport
Drfvers Here for Big Road Race
Pilots Gathering Take Part in international contest
for the Grand Prize.

morrow. and then proceed to Savannah to begin
practice. -
Felice Nazzaro and Louis Wagner, who VIII
drive Fiat cars in the contest. on the French
liner La Lorraine which is expected here on FIJI
day or Saturday With them will be twelve mech
anicians from the Fiat factory at Turin, Italy.
Ralph De Palma, the American driver, Will plot
the third Fiat in the race The three racing
cars arc on the steamship K0nigtn Luise, which
will reach port to-day.
Nazzaro is one of the ceverest and best known
drivers IN the world. He won all three big road
races abroad last year. His most recent victory
was in the F1orio Cup race, last September, when
he made a worlds average speed Of 74l1 miles
an hour for 81 miles. Wagner won the Wander
bilt Cup race In 1906 and has been prominent In
some of the big races abroad.
Winthrop T. Scarritt former president Of the
Automobile Club of America; Alfred Reeves, gen
eraI manager of the American Motor Car Manu-
facturers Association. and S NJ. Miles, general
manager Of the National Association Of Automo-
bile Manufacturers, will deliver addresses at the
opening of the Young Mems Christian Association
automobile school, In West 9th street tonight
New-York tribune., 1908-10-28
LITTLE DEMAND FOR BREEDING STOCK
Prices Rule Low at Dispersal Sale Of the Nc
Grathiana Stud

Lexington KY Oct E.-The dispersal sale of
Colonel Milton Young's McGrathiana Stud, the sec
ond largest thoroughbred establishment in the
world, comprising five hundred stations. mares
and weanings. began here to-day and proved g.
grevous disappointment. The leading stations Of
fered were Cesarion Sempronius Woolsthorpe and
Yorkshire Lad.
Cesarion q bay horse sixteen years old, by
Faustus-C1eopatra. sold TO James Staples.
representing James B. zegrirn. a member of the
Canadian Parliament at Toronto, for $4,000.
Sempronus, English stake winner and the
sire OF Yankee Consul, could hardly be given away
and was finally knocked down to George J. Long,
Of Louisville. for S525. James Staples bought York
shire Lad for S150