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Bridgeton pioneer., 1909-12-02

FOR any other year except 1906. 1t ex-
1ceeds the average of the preceding
five years by 6.5 per cent The value
of all cereals in 1909 has never been
equalled in a previous year. 1t is al
most exactly $3,OOO,OOO,0O0 or "a per
cent above the fve-year average.
Prices of Meat.
Secretary Wilson has just finished
a unique investigation relating to the
Increase of wholesale prices of beef
when sold at retail. Inquiries were
made in fifty cities-large, medium
and small-in all parts of the coun-
try, and it was found that for the
nifty cities the total retail cost charged
SO customers above the wholesale cost
paid by the retailers is SO per cent
"A, gross profit of 20 per cent was
Hound in New York city and in Phila-
delphia, SO per cent in Boston, II per
cent in Baltimore, AZ per cent in
Washington, 46 per cent in Chicago,
rs per cent in Cincinnati, 23 per cent
IN Omaha, SO per cent in st. Louis,
Nc; ga per cent in Mobile, Ala, and
81 per cent in Denver, Colo. The
North Atlantic states exacted the
smallest profit and the south central
states the largest.
Another feature of the investigation
showed that the lower the grade of
beef the greater the percentage of
gross profit. In Boston, for instance,
the rate of gross profit is nearly twice
Rs great for beef costing cents at
wholesale as for beef costing II and
11R cents. Low priced beef is mark
cd up nearly twice as much relatively
as high-priced beef. In other words,
perhaps it is safe inference that the
poor people pay nearly twice as much
profits rs the well-to-do people pay.
F'armers' Share of Profits.
An inquiry was also made to find If,
In the ascending prices of meat, the
prices of the farmers beef cattle and
hogs have increased in proportion to
4he retail prices. and the conclusion
was reached that the farmer has fail
ed to receive a share of the higher
beef prices with regard to the raw
animal. He, however, gets some re-
talrn for the high-priced corn that he
Seeds to his steers, but not return
aqUal to go cents a bushel for his
CoIn, which is the price for the last
Eygo years. AS for the unfed steer, it
does not participate in the upward
movement Of prices in its farm value.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1909-12-02
HEARD PLOT TO KILL
JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER
Cleveland Police Guard OIL
Kings Mansion.

Cleveland, O., Dec. 1.-Acting upon
information given by man who said
that he overheard q conversation in
which plans to assassinate John d.
Rockefeller were discussed, the East
Cleveland police guarded Forest Hill,
the oil magnate's home. Several suspi-
cious men were ordered away from the
place.
The police of Cleveland and other
towns in this vicinity are working on
the case.
The information was given by Saw
yer Smith, of Minerva, who declares
that he heard the plot being hatched
by two men at Alliance, o., on Sunday
night.
Sawyer Smith, who Is a lumber
dealer, said taat while he was visit,
ing in Alliance Sunday night he acci
dentally came near two men near a
railway track.
Smith soon learned that the men
were plotting against Rockefeller and
that they were to be paid we'll for
either killing or kidnapping him. II
was agreed by them that it would be
easier to kill and the reward would be
the same, Smith says.
Extra precaution was used by the
Cleveland police in guarding Rookie
feller when he departed for his New
York home from the East One Hun
dred and Fifth street station.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1909-12-02
DIGGING IN CELLAR TO
find MURDERED men
It is Alleged Nine Black Hand
Victims Were Buried.

Wilkes-Barre, Pa, Dec. LIN the
hope of securing evidence against the
members of the Black Hand gang in
carcerated in the Luzerne county jail,
and Fortunate and Antonio Catabro,
arrested by the state police Monday
as they were making their escape, a
gang of men are digging up the cellar
of house at Sixth avenue, West Ber-
wick. In this cellar is said to be
buried the bodies of nine men who
were the victims of Black Hand out.
RACES.
1t is claimed by the informant of
the authorities that an excavation Of
sixteen feet will have to be made be-
fore the bodies can be uncovered.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1909-12-02
STOVAlNE EXPERT ARRIVES
VIII Lecture on the New Anaesthetic,
Which Deadens Pain.

New York, Dec. Professor Thorn
as Jonnesca, dean of the medical fac
ulty of the University of Bucharest,
arrived in this country on the Kron-
prinzessin Cecile. He is one of the
most distinguished of modern medical
discoverers. He will meet the leading
men of medicine in this country and
will give a number of lectures on his
discovery of the anaesthetic combina-
tion of stovaine and strychnine which
produces complete deadening of the
body to pain while patients undergoop-
erations and which still leaves the
patient awake and conscious.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1909-12-02
Comptroller VIII Compel Them
to Do Their Duty.
OUTLINES HIS POLICY
Notifies National Banks to Amend
Their Bylaws to Provide For at
Least Monthly Meetings of Directors
and the Appointment of Discount
and Examining Committees.

Washington, Dec. Lawrence o.
Murray, comptroller of the currency,
has taken steps to compel directors of
national banks "to direct" He was
convinced by the things disclosed by
the failure of the First National bank
at Mineral Point, Wis, an officer of
which bank took the banks funds on
notes to which names of local citizens
were forged, causing a shortage of
four times the capital stock, that bank
examiners cannot be expected to de-
tect situation of that kind involving
the validity of or the value of local
discounts unless the directors cooper
their full duties. The directors had no
knowledge of what was going on.
In the case of the Wisconsin bank
1t became known that the directors
had not met for six months preceding
the failure, and that a so-called "dis-
count and examining committee" of
the directors had never met. In a
statement Comptroller Murray out
lined the steps he has taken and the
policy he will pursue to compel the
bank officers to perform their full du-
ties in the future.
The comptroller's statement follows:
SIN order to round out general
plan of the comptroller of the currency
in regard to the control by the direc-
tors of the banks under their super
vision, he asked about 20,500 national
banks, which now hold board meetings
at infrequent intervals. to amend and
forward to this office copy of their
bylaws as amended to provide for at
least monthly meetings of the board
of directors; for the appointment OF
examining and discount committees; !;
for the approval by the board of di-
rectors of all loans and discounts at
these monthly meetings, and for the
recording of such approval in perma-
nent form.
Hereafter, as soon as an application
for national bank is approved the
organizers of it will be told that they
must submit with the organization pa
pers a copy of their bylaws, which
must provide for at least monthly
meetings and for discount and exam
lining committees. Under this plan the
banks organized hereafter will have
to comply with the requirements of
the comptroller before the charter is
issued"
Bridgeton pioneer., 1909-12-02
HEIR TO $4,000 DYING
Asbury Park Young Man Fatally In
jured In Grade Crossing Accident

Asbury Park Young Man Fatally In
jured In Grade Crossing Accident.
Asbury Park, N. j., Dec. 1.-Only
nineteen years old, heir to $4,000 and
the family homestead at West Belmar,
Willard Palmer, while attempting to
cross the railroad tracks at Twelfth
street in bakery wagon, was fatally
injured by collision with train. Pal
mer, under the will of his father, vii
liam Palmer, was not to receive his
fortune until he became twenty-one
years old. He has been employed by N.
A. Lloyd, a Belmar baker The wagon
and Palmer were carried block be
fore the train came to a standstill
Palmer's skull was fractured in two
places. He was taken to hospital
where his death is hourly expected.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1909-12-02
Z, GEN. GRANTS DENIAL
Declares He Granted No Interview on
Nicarauuan Matters.

Nicaraguan Matters.
Washington, Dec. MAJOR General
F. D. Grant, U. S. A., commanding
officer Of the department of the lakes,
with headquarters at Chicago, tele-
graphed TO the war department deny
ing that he said in an interview in a
Chicago newspaper that the execution
of Leonard Groce and Leroy Cannon,
the two Americans who were shot in
Nicaragua by order Of President Ze-
laya, were justified by their participa-
tion in the revolution.
II regret extremely" General Grant
telegraphed, "that sensational and
false reports are given of an alleged
interview with me. have had no in
terview on Nicaraguan matters"
officers of the war department de-
clined to say whether General Grants
attention had been called to the inter
view by the department.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1909-12-02
Throw Gauntlet to People by
Adopting Amendment.
VOTE is $40 TO Is
Over Shifting the Burden of Tax
alton From the Masses to the Rich
Now Goes to the Voters.

London, Dec. with the adoption
of Lord Lansdowne's amendment by
the house of lords by the vote of $50
to 70, the climax was reached in the
grave struggle between the peers and
the people over the shifting of the
burden of taxation from the masses to
the rich and titled landholders.
By the adoption of Lord Lans-
downes motion declaring that the
Bridgeton pioneer., 1909-12-02
BISHOP HENDRlCK DEAD
American Prelate Victim of Cholera at
Cebu, Philippine Islands.

Manila Dec. Right Rev. Thomas
A. Hendrick first American bishop of
the Roman Catholic diocese of Cebu,
Is dead of cholera. He. was sixty years
old At the prelate's bedside when the
end came was his brother, Right Rev,
Joseph HendricB, pastor at Ovid, N. Y.
Mgr Hendrick had been advised of
the serious illness of his brother and
had come here in the hope of taking
the bishop home to the United States.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1909-12-02
WEALTHY NEWSBOY
Young. PIutocrat Tries to See Presi.
dent Taft and Fails.

dent Taft and Fails.
Washington, Dec. Louis Green
berg, thirteen-year-old newsboy, who
halls from Reading, Pa, and who says
he has the friendship of mayors and
governors and statesmen everywhere.
called at the White House to see
President Taft. Louis is thirteen years
old, and by his own confession he
made 5000 in two weeks in Atlantic
City selling papers Even his bank
account of $511 in perfectly good coin
could not open the door of the ex-
ecutive Offices but he got as far as
Secretary Carpenter The president
was busy with his cabinet and unfor-
tunately had to postpone meeting
with the plutocrat of the newsies.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1909-12-02
KILLED BY BOYS PRANK
Man Tripped by Cord Across Sidewalk
Dies of Injuries.

Trenton, N. j., Dec. 1.-The pranks
of several young boys who stretched a
cord across a sidewalk to trip pedes-
triaps resulted in the death of Will
tripped about week ago, and in fall
ing cut deep cash on his head. He
was picked up in an unconscious con-
dition and taken to hospital. The
youngsters who stretched the rope ran
away and have not been identified.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1909-12-02
Miner Blown to Atoms,

Tamaqua, Pa, Dec. 1.--Andrew Hal
Iiday, aged twenty-six years, was
blown to atoms by the explosion OF
dynamite at the Lehigh Coal and Nav
igation company's Nesquehoning col.
liery.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1909-12-02
ENTOMBED IN BURNING MINE
Oxygen Helmets and Tanks Sent to
Aid the Rescuers.

Knoxville, Tenn, Dec. Eight men
were imprisoned in cave-in and fire
in one of the several copper mines of
the Tennessee Copper company at
Copper Hill, Tenn.
Four oxygen helmets, two tanks of
oxygen and other mine rescue para
phernalia were sent from here to the
mine by special train. The fire is un-
der control and the imprisoned men
are thought to be alive.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1909-12-02
Faces Death For Assault.

Wilmington, Del, Dec. l. = George
Colobo, a Greek, charged with felon-
ious assault on Mary Lefkowicz, ten
year-old Polish girl, in his room at 407
West Second street, was found guilty
by jury in court after the trial had
been before them for two days. The
penalty for this charge is death. The
case is one of the most vile ones that
was ever heard here.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1909-12-02
23O0 SWITCHMEN STRIKE
Employees of Thirteen Northwestern
Railroads Ask More Pay.

Employees of Thirteen Northwestern
Railroads Ask More Pay.
st. Paul, Minn., Dec. 1.-Switchmen
of all the thirteen railroads in the
great northwest, Numbering 23O0 en-
ployes, went en- strike. A strike order
was issued by Frank T. Hawley, pres
ident of the Switchmen's Union of
North America. The order affects all
the railroads between Lake Superior
and the Pacific coast. Both sides stand
firm.
The men demand an advance of 6
cents an hour, double pay for all Sun
day work and overtime in excess of
ten hours, and certain changes in ser.
vice conditions. At the present time
there is no hope of concessions by the
railroads.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1909-12-02
STAY FOR LABOR LEADERS
Execution of Mandate Sending Them
to Prison Put Off indefinitely.

Washington, Dec. 1.-The court of
granted the petition of Samuel Comp
ers. John Mitchell and Frank Morri-
son, of the American Federation of
Labor, in the contempt case against
them, for stay of execution of the
mandate of the court sending them to
prison.
The mandate is stayed indefinitely,
pending appeal to the supreme court
of the United States.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1909-12-02
ROOSEVELT Ar LONDYIANI
Hunting Party In Good Health and
Delighted With Trip.

Hunting Party In Good Health and
Delighted With Trip.
Londyiani, British East Africa, Dec.
Z.-Colonel Roosevelt, Kermit Roose
welt, Edmund Heller and Leslie A.
Tarlton arrived here from Guas Ing
hisu plateau. All are in splendid
health.
Colonel Roosevelt expressed himself
as delighted at again meeting R. J
Cunninghame and members of the
American party, who awaited him al
this place. The former president is
greatly pleased over the success of the
hunt on the plateau.
Among the sights witnessed was a
display of lion killing with spears by
Mandi warriors. The exhibition was q
thrilling one.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1909-12-02
eroce and Cannon Not Executed2

Mobile, Ala, Dec. THAT the two
Americans, Leonard Groce, of Texas,
and Leroy Cannon, of Pennsylvania,
have not been executed by order of
Zelaya, but are imprisoned near Blue
fields, is the intelligence brought here
by Captain Holmes and passengers of
the steamship Aetnas. This informa-
tion was picked up by wireless as the
Aetnas was passing the Nicaraguan
coast.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1909-12-02
INJURED MILDLY IMPROVES
Earl Wilson, Football Victim, Is Able
to Sit Up.

Annapolis, Nd, Dec. 1. = For the
first time since the accident on Oct
16, when a verebrae of his neck was
broken during football game, Mid
shipman Earl D. Wilson was able to
sit up. His general condition remains
good and his spirits excellent.
A course of electrical and massage
treatment has been begun and good
results are expected.
Since the operation on Nov. IA there
has been a slight improvement in the
paralysis.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1909-12-02
reases Boy; Then Shoots Him.

Wilkes Barre, Pa, Dec. l. While
being teased because he belonged to
the Salvation Army, John Gwyn, a
twelve-year-old boy, of this city, was
shot in the leg by John Luksic, also
about twelve years old.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1909-12-02
Retlred Earner a suIoida Al a2

Wilmington. Del, Dec /. = While
suffering with melancholia at his resi-
dence, near Middletown, Manlove Da.
Wis, aged eighty-two years, retired
farmer, killed himself with shotgun
He left note telling his family that
he had committed suicide. He had
been ill for several months.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1909-12-02
Our outnut Of Platinum Doubles.

Washington, Dec. l., - While the
United States produces merely a frac
tfon Of the platinum supply of the
world, its output Of the metal was
double in 1908 what it was in 1907
Russia exports to this country from
$l,o0o,o00 to $3,O00o0o worth Of plat
1aHm every year. .,..s,.-zlsx.3Ias Iasls,s.l..
Bridgeton pioneer., 1909-12-02
New orleans Richest Man Dead.

New Orleans, Dec, 1.-Isadore New
man, banker and street railroad man,
and probably the wealthiest man in
New Orleans, is dead. He was seventy
two years of age. Mr.. Newman's for
tune is estimated at $10,00O,000.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1909-12-02
Prisoner Escaped From sInq sino.

New York, Dec. 1.-James Murphy,
convict serving ten-year sentence
in Sing Sing prison, disappeared and
general alarm has been sent out for
him. He was at work In the prison
stables when he got away.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1909-12-02
90 Per Gent of Deaths Due to piseas,

90 Per Gent of Deaths Due to Disease
Ithaca, N. Y, Dec, 1.-Ninety per
cent of the deaths in this country are
caused by disease, 2 per cent by old
age and about s per cent by violence,
said Director V. A. Moore, of the State
Veterinary college at Cornell univer.
sity.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1909-12-02
HARTMAN LEFT $4,000, ,oOQ
Dead Magnate's Estate Appraised al
That Figure.

New York, Dec. 1.-The final ap
praisal of the estate of the late E. H.
Hartman, as completed in Orange
county, puts it at $149,000,O00. The es-
tate is made up of railroad stocks and
bonds, principally Union Pacific and
Southern Pacific, and real estate.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1909-12-02
General Booth Faces Rllndness.

London, Dec. IA cataract is ra-
pidly forming on the remaining eye Of
General Booth, head of the Salvation
Army. An operation is inevitable.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1909-12-02
Bride Djes In Dentists Chair.

Watertown, Dec. 1. - Mrs. Harry
Peet, of Oneonta, bride of seventeen
years, died under chloroform In dem
lists chair here.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1909-12-02
The Weather.

Forecast for this section: Fair aaa
slightly warmer today; tomorrow, fsAss
light northeast to east winds.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1909-12-02
PRODUCE QUOTATIONS.
The Latest Closing Prices For Produce
and Live Stock.

The Latest Closing Prices For Produce
and Live Stock.
PHILADELPHIA = FLOUR firm;
winter low grades, $4.50@4,75; winter
clear, $4.90@510; city mills, fancy,
RYE FLOUR firm, at s4.Sb@45o
per barrel.
WHEAT steady; No. 2 red, $1.12
@1.14.
CORN steady; No. yellow, local,
OATS firm; No. white, 46c.; lower
grades, 441ac.
POULTRY: Live steady; hens, 151a
@16e.; old ROSTERS, lie. Dressed
ers, 12c,
BUTTER steady; extra creamery,
35c. per lb.
EGGS firm; selected, 4O@42c.; near
by, SIC; western, SIC.
POTATOES steady. at $4,000. per
bushel.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1909-12-02
Live Stock Markets,

PITTSBURGH (Union Stock Yardsl-
CATTLE steady; choice, $6.S0@7.10;
prime, $6.50@6.75.
SHEEP steady; prime wethers, $3.50
@5; culls and common, $2@3; lambs,
$5@7.60; veal calves, $9Q9.50.
HOGS active and higher; prime
heavies, $S.55; mediums, $S.45@S50;
heavy Workers, $8.40@8.45; light
Workers, $S.20@S.25; pigs, 'SS.10@S.15;
roughs, $7@775.
The daily Alaskan., 1909-03-11
-rr..r - n.L-.LLI-N-

Of SkaEW1y. DI8UICt VI NTlHtI First publication uf this notice Feb ruary IS, 1909. Last publication Of this notice March %, 1909.
The daily Alaskan., 1909-03-11

There is more Catarrh in this see. tion of the country than all other dis eases put together, and until the last few years was supposed to be tn- For a great many years doc. tors pronounced it a local disease and prescribed local remedies, and by con- stantly failing to cure with local treat meut. pronounced it incurable. Science has proven catarrh to be consutu' tionaI disease and therefore requires constitutional treatment Halls Ca tarrh Cure. manufactured by F, J. Cheney & Co.,, Toledo Ohio, is the only constitutional cure on the mar. ket. It is taken internally in doses from 10 drops to a teaspoonful, lt acts directly on the blood and mucous surfaces of the system They offer one hundred dollars for any case it fails to cure. Send for circulars and testimonials.
 Address: F. J. CHENEY x CO.,, To- lcdO, Ohio.
 Sold by Druggists, 75c.
 Take Halls Family Pills for consH, patton.
The daily Alaskan., 1909-03-11
WHAT HAPPENED
 ID HHITEH0RSE

Revenge was sweet. Confident of victory. the Wbitehorse visitors in, vaded skagway in force and were ut terly vauQuished in the bowling games last night. It was a crushing defeat and amply compensated for the bad beating which the Elks were given in Whitehorse on Feb. Sth.
 Early in the evening the Skagway ladies won two games from their fair adversarics from across the line, rin- ishiug lI6 pins in the lead
 After supper the men stripped for action and the battle of bowls com meuccd. skagway won the first gam by G2 pins, took the second game with l52 pins to the good and cap urcd the final contcstwitb 56 pins to spare. Think of it, winning by 27o pins, The blow will be 8 hard one for Stroller" White.
 In the second game Alex Blanchard rolled one of the best games ever seen in Skagway. He made six straight strikes and his score was 2lI. He also had the high average of 200.
 In the womeu's games Miss Sune- baugh had high average with l29 and Mrs. Clayson made the high score.
The daily Alaskan., 1909-03-11
HIDDEN DANGERS.
Nature Gives Timely Warnings Tha; No Alaska Citizen Can Afford
 An Innn.n

to Ignore.
 DANGER SIGNAL NO. comes from the kidney sccretions. They will warn you when the kidneys are sick. We'll kidneys eNcrete a clear, amber fluid, Sick kidneys send out a thin, pale and fOamy. or a thick. red. ill- smelling urine, full of sediment and irregular of pgssage.
 DANGER SIGNAL NO. 9 comes from the back. Back pains, dull and heavy, or sharp and acute, tell you of sick kidneys and warn you of the ap- prOach of dropsy, diabetes and Brights disease. Deans Kidney Pills cure sick kidneys and cure them per manently.
 Theodore Joscphson, 515 Seventh St., Astoria, Oregon. says About five years ago I used DOau's Kidney Pills and derived great benefit At that time I was suffering from se- We're pains across my back and Joins, at times so severe that I was unable tO stOOp or straighten My kidneys also bothered me a great deal. the se- cretiOns generally being too frequent in passage. At last DOau's Kidney Pills were brought to my attention and I procured a box. I used them and as a result my health is now eX- ccllent. I take few doses of DOau's Kidney Pills now and then, when feeling any sign of backache and they never fail to banish the trouble"
 For sale by all dealers Price 90 cents. Foster-NIilburn Co.,, Buffalo, New York, sole agents for the United States.
 Remember the namc-Doan's- and take no other.
The daily Alaskan., 1909-03-11
FRESH GOODS.

The next Jefferson will bring us another fresh consignment of Fresh Premium Butter, Ranch Eggs, choice Poultry and Oysters. Our line of fresh Salt Meats are the best to be had in any market.
 FRYE-BRUHN co.
The daily Alaskan., 1909-03-11
RELIABLE ALL THE TIME.

The Pack Train Restaurant will serve wine with dinner orders, free in place of tea or coffee. Come on boys.
The daily Alaskan., 1909-03-11

149.
 After the bowling was over a dance was given in honor Of the wis. itors. There were a large number of people present, the music was excel lent and delicious refreshments were served by the Skagway ladies. The dancing continued until the morning and the affair was highly enjoyable
 The bowling scores follow:
The daily Alaskan., 1909-03-11
QUICK DELIVERY PHONE 90.

Baggage, coal and wood delivered upon shortest notice day and night.
 II. FREIDENTHAL, General Expressing Bonded Car rler.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1909-10-07
Tom Keller's Nerve.

A Terre Haute paper gives the fol-
lowingaccount of the injury to ex-dep-
uty sheriff Tom Keller, and the won
derful nerve he displayed: Knock
ed down by a cut off freight car
which were being switched in the
Vandalia east yards, Tom Keller, "a
years old, a car inspector was run
over. His left arm was severed near
the shoulder. He was inspecting a
train when the switching cars ap-
preached him from the rear and he
did not hear the train until it was too
late. When rescued from beneath
the wheels he displayed unusual
nerve and although weakened by loss
Of blood he was able to climb into the
ambulance without assistance and a
hurry run was made to St Anthony's
hospital, where he again exhibited
marvellous self control. He mounted
the operating table and never finch.
ed although suffering great pain from
his wound, cody looking on while
the surgeon proceeded with his
work. - : =