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HARRY THAW FREED BY PRY AND COURT STATE WILL APPEAL THE CASE —HE GOES UNDER A Bie BOND. NOTED CASE ENDED AT LAST For First Time Since He Killed Stan- ford White in New York Roof Garden, Nine Years Ago, He Is Free Man. _f New York.—Harry K. Thaw, judged sane July .Court Justice Peter A. Hendrick, who announced that he had adopted the jury's verdict. .The state immediately served no- tice of appeal and Justice Hendrick • MARKET REPORT New York. Coffee—Spot quiet; Rio No. 7, 7%c; Santos No. 4, 9%c. Raw sugar—Market steady. Cen- trifugal, 4.8304.86c; molasses, 4.060 4.09c. Refined, market steady. Cotton—Spot quiet; middling up- lands, 9.10c. Chicago, Wheat—No. 2 red, nominal; No. 3 red, new, $1.2001.22; No. 2 hard, nom- inal. Corn—No. 2 yellow 79 1 ,.i 0 79 1 / 2 c; No. 4 yellow, 783/ 4 c. Rye—Nominal. Barley -73078c, Timothy—$5.5006.75. Clover—$8.50013,25. Hogs—Market strong, Sc above yes- terday's average. Bulk, $6.0007.40; light, $7.3007.85; mixed, $6.8507.75; heavy, $6.6007.45; rough, $6.6006.80; ad- pigs, $6.7507.70. 14 by a jury, was Cattle—Market weak. Native beef s given his freedom July 16 by Supreme steers, $6.60010.40; western steers, $7.1008.25; cows and heifers, $3.200 9.25; calves, $7.50010.75. Sheep—Market 'weak. Sheep, $5.60 06.75; lambs, $6.2508.60. Butter—Market unchanged. Eggs—Market higher. At mark, fixed Thaw's bail at $35,000 to insure cases included, 14617%c; ordinary firsts, 16 1 / 4 @16 1 ,4c; firsts, IV/ 4 017 1 / 2 c. his presence in future proceedings. A surety company was prepared to give San Francisco. the bond and Thaw was released. Barley—Feed,, $1.0501.0744; choice, For the first time since he fired the $1.101.121,42. shot that killed Stanford White at the Oats—White, $1.4501.50: Madison Square roof garden, more than nine years ago, Thaw went free to go and come as he pleased. THE , MOST THRILLING MARCH. How \The Stars and Stripes Forever\ Was Born—Sousa Was Given Inspiration at Sea. \Did you ever know how Sousa came to write his master -piece among march's, The Stars and Stripes For- ever?'\ queried Carl Schroeder, lib- rarian of the Sousa band, of a fellow musician during a controversy at the Musical Union one morning last sum- mer. \Well I'll tell you.\ \Sousa had been playing all over Europe with his band and he had cre- ated a sensation wherever he went. When he would go into some places, musicians, musical critics and writers and others, would often affect a vein of derision, or of disparaging remarks about the 'American bandmaster.' 'Only a bandmaster,' a writer of marches only,' and all that sort of thing; but before Sousa returned to AriiirICI:They, everyone, changed their tune. When they saw and heard him— it Was different. \But just the same, in spite of his triumphs, the earlier disparagements rankled in his brain. He was sensa- JOHN PHILLIP SOUSA. tive, but., most of all, homesick. He longed for America, the land of his birth the land he loved the best of all on earth. Ah, there was the joy of it. He was, that moment, homeward bound! \The American colors showed for- ward as the country of destination and at sight of them the inspiration burst into Sousa's heart and brain. He has- tened to his cabin, seized pen and copy score and wrote with inspired celerity. The theme was surging through his brain—and very soon it was transcribed to the parchment. Then elaborated while the inspiration was on.\ And so \The Stars and Stripes For- ever,\ the greatest martial piece ever written, was born and today is played throughout the world. Sousa's Band, vocal and iiiittumen- tal, of 65 pieces with soloists, will ap- peatkat Natatorium park, week, Aug. 18 inclusive. Concert every afternoon and evening, commencing Sunday matinee. There will be 16 concerts in all. War Requires U. S. Medicines. Washington—The European war has nearl'y doubled American exports of medicines and surgical instruments. The bureau of foteign and domestic commerce estimated that during the year ended June 30 exports of this class of goods amounted to $35,- 744,000, compared with $19,918,000 the preceding year. Chicago Car Men Win. Chicago.—The text of the arbitra- tion award in the street car employes' case is announced. The motormen and conductors receive an advance of 3 cents an hour and thus become the highest paid street cat operatives in the country. W. K. and J. B. Nattinger have pur- chased the hardware, , and furniture business of Henry Guetenberg at Port Angeles, and will conduct it under the firm name of Nattinger Bros. Tacoma. Wheat—The local situation con- tinues without feature of special in- terest. The business passing is not adequate to establish definite market quotations, but, influenced by the gen- eral easy undertone to the situation, quotations are nominally lower for ex- port grades, with bluestem still hold- ing at around $1.08. There are varying reports from the Interior. In some sections of the Walla Walla valley the yield is not meeting expectations, as the berry is shown to have shrivelled, while the stand appears to be excellent. Har- vest has been started in western Whit- man county and the returns show a very large yield'. In the northern sec- tions of tHe state the prospect main- tains for a record yield per acre and the general outturn is expected to run well above the normal. There is little animation to prices. With the movement of new wheat to Chicago, the problem of disposing of the surplus is causing hesitation in operations. Europe is well taken care of for near -by requirements, and is not . an active bidder, while little ac- tivity is noted in- the fixing of char- ters, owing to the, shortage of ton- nage. Flour—The, situation is quiet. Buy- ers are taking only to cover current requirements, and oriental orders are not being placed freely, owing to un- certainty in the price of wheat. Quo- tations whim im 1u1 titer chit gel,. Feed—Market is practically un- ctittnged. All grains are relatively easy with the exception of corn, which is up $1 to $36037 per ton. Hay is quiet, and mill -feed holds unchanged. ruling lower this week, the figures be- ing 60075c, 60085c and 85c0$1, re- spectively. Watermelons are also a little easier at 0.102c. Demands in all lines have been good. Potatoes—Old stocks are about cleaned up arid there is very little do- ing in a jobbing way. New spuds are getting rather plentiful and of better quality. The quotation this week is $1.5001.75 per cwt....,.,. Other Vegetables—Cabbage is a lit- tle easier this week at $1.75, as is also cucumbers at 60c0$1. Peas and beans have eased off to 3r - d5c for the for- mer and 467c for the latter. Wheat—The past week has been rather characterized by fluctuations in the wheat market, but at the moment it shows some recovery in tone com. pared with the prevailing conditions several weeks ago, With bluestem quot- ing at 95c, club 87c and red Russian 82c. There is very little business passing, in fact the movement has been almost nil, the tendency seeming to be to await until more settled con ditions prevail in the market. Har- vesting is now in progress in most parts of the Inland Empire. Some damage has been reported in the Walla Walla country from hot winds, but it does not seem to be apparent that it is as bad as reported from some quarters on the coast. Flour—The flour situation holds at about the same stage as for some time past. While there is an inclination from some quarters to replenish stocks, it seems to be the general ten- dency to follow the market and irs t ep close to requirements, though it ap- pears that the bottom has been reached. Feed—The activity of the millfeed market is rather restricted owing to the light output. Oats continue strong on spot stuff with future rather easy. Barley is rather quiet and no special demand. New hay is now coming into the market and timothy has eased off $1 at $16, otherwise there is no change as to quotations. INDUSTRY AND IMPROVEMENT. Hillyard, Wash., is making plans for the issuance of $6,000 in bonds to pro- cure funds for improvements to the water system. Moscow, Idaho, has received bids for an extensive street improvement program, including the grading, park- ing and paving of several streets. The Pacific Fruit Co., in connection with the Union Pacific system, will commence the erection of a $25,000 ice house at Wallula, Wash., within .a week. The house will have a capac- ity of 6,000 tons. . Guthrie. McDougal Ai Co. of —Spot kane have been awarded the $600,000 contract for the construction of the West Okanogan irrigation project, near Oroville, Wash. The land to be watered consists Of about 10,000 acres and lies on both sides of the Okano- gan river, starting at the international boundary line aheve Oroville, and e - tending to three miles below Tones- ket, 24 miles. THE SPOKANE MARKET. Business gcnerally has been good during the week, with the outlook rather improved than otherwise by the development of the advancing sea- son.. That times are better is quite readily apparent in practically all branches of activity. That the trend Labor is now fairly well employed, and there will be requirements for the handling of the crops that will still further reduce the percentage of idle men during the ,next three months. Financial conditions, as reflected by bank statements, hold favorable,. with a larger demand for money in evidence for the moving of the crops. In the lumber trade the week, as usual, has been a quiet one. Butter—Due to the curtailment of the milk supply the figures on all lo- cal butter were advanced 2c per pound this week, which is in sympathy with the advance made on the coast last week. This makes the quotations 27 030c, The demand is steady. At Eggs—The undertone of the market became much firmer this week and quotations were marked up 50c per case, making the figures $6.5007.50. Cheeae—There has been further Im- provement in the situation as regards cheese and triplets are up to the 19c mark, with brick holding at 20c. Other lines are quoted at 17020c, with good offerings and fair demands. Poultry—Hens are off half a cent this week, live weight to the produc- ers, toe quotation being 9 1 / 2 c. Arriv- als are rather limited owing to the producers being engaged in harvest- ing operations and demands are only fair, curtailment- being caused by the exodus of consumers to summer re- sorts. Dressed Meats—With cattle in some- what better supply, cow beef is ruling easy at 10c, with steer beef at lie. Mutton is also coming in freely, and quoting down to 12013c, with lamb at 16017c. Pork still holds at former rulings. Cured Meats—The only change noted this week is a slight recession on dry salt sides from 13c to 12c, and the undertone on both hams and bacein is strong, with lard ruling easy at 11 1 1 7 4 2 c. Berries—The berry market has held rather firm during the week, the only change in quotations being the slight stiffening in the quotation for black- caps from $1.250:1.50 to $1.50. Sup- plies in paw lines nave been coming in freely and the demand has been bet- ter than usual, the tendency to put up more fruit by the consumer • being more marked tha.ii in the past. Goose - are out of the wholesale mar- ket. Other Fruits—An advance of 50c• is noted on oranges this week, the quo. tation being $4.50 against $4 last week. Peaches, apricots and plums are all BREVITIES. The crop reporting board of the de- partment of agriculture announces that the area of cotton in cultivation this year is 31,535,000 acres, a- de- crease cf 5,871,000 acres since last year. This decrease of' 15.7 per cent is due to the slump in cottoil, follOw• the beginning of hostilities in Europe. The condition of the crop June 25 was 80.3 per cent of normal, practically the same as a year ago, and a little bet- ter than the average of the past ten years. The acreage has been reduced in every cotton -growing -state. yinley P. Mount, receiver for the M. Rumely Co. of La Porte, Ind., is re, ported to have under consideration a proposition to sell the company's plants at Richmond, Ind., and Stillwa- ter, Minn. When the company has been reorganized according to plans now being worked out, the manufac- turing probably will be concentrated at La Porte, Battle Creek abd --- To- ronto. It is possible, however, that the plants at Richmond and Stillwater may be retained and used for other purposes. It is understood that the receiver has received a number of at- tractive offers for the two plants. General Trade Conditions. Dun's says: Uniform progress is not to be expected at this period, when inventorying and the advance of the vacation season tend to produce quiet- ness in various mercantile lines. It is significant of the changes resulting from the war, however, that industrial conditions do not reflect the usual midyear lull and all indications point to fully sustained activity throughout the summer months. Instead of showing the customary abatement, industrial operations stead- ily expand and each week there is a further reduction in the percentage of idle machinery and in the number of unemployed. This is a most en- couraging feature, inasrmich as the re- tail demand for all kinds of staple merchandise is stimulated as more wage earners find work and payrolls increase. Bank clearings, $2,957,158.965; same week last year, $2,584,364,322. British Shut Off Booze. London.—Besides limiting the hours during which liquor may be sold in towns where the government has taken over the control of the sale of liquors, the board of control appointed to deal with- the munitions areas has ordered that there shall. be no treating and has prohibited the giving of credit for liquor. President Ends His Vacation. President Wilson Sunday a close the longest and most strenuous vacation he has had since entering the White House. He left Cornish, N. H., Sunday afternoon and reached Wash- ngton Monday, prepared to give im- mediate Consideration to the German situation and other problems. brought to HEAT AND STORM TAKE TEN LIVES SUNDAY. §.\ Philadelphia Swelters at Ninety De- grees—Violent Electric Crashes at St. Louis. St. Louis—Three St. Louisians were killed by lightning in ohe of the most severe thunder and rainstorms in re- cent years. Laramie. Wyo.—Timber valued at several hundred thousand dollars has been destroyed by a -forest fire along Turpin creek in the Medicine Bow national forest, 50 miles northwest o' here, which is still burning. Philadelphia.—Five deaths were r‘ ported here as due to the heat and a man committed suicide while tem- porarily insane from the oppressive weather conditions. . The maximum temperature for the. , ..;day was 90. Kansas City.—irwo hours after the Missouri and Kansas rivers ceased rising with the passing of the flood crest, due to heavy rains last week a terrific rain and windstorm renewed fears of a disastrous flood. The Mis- souri river is at a height of 28 feet, which is reported to be the highest in the history of the weather bureau. Omaha, Neb.—The first hailstorm in Many years visited this city at noon. Although it lasted but 15 minutes it left in its wake a toll of damage to property and crops that will run to thousands of dollars. The area cov- ered by the storm extends from Fre- mont, Neb., to Creston, Iowa, and from Sioux City, Iowa to Bellevue, Neb. The hail, which varied in size from that at a pea to a hen's egg, was followed by torrential rain. EAGLES' GRAND AERIE. Their National Meeting Will be Held in Spokane August 2 to 7. Members of the Fraternal Order of Eagles in all parts of America have their eyes trained on Spokane and the Inland Empire, and between 10,000 and 30.000 of them are planning to at- tend the big Grand Aerie meeting at Spokane August 2 to 7. Officials of the Eagles and chamber of commerce at Spokane will make an effort to have a large number of the visitors see as much of the Inland Em- pire as possible, to familiarize them with the opportunities and advantages of this section. To make the week attractive not only to the visitors, but to home peo- ple the committees in charge are ar- ranging to stage the best features of the Pow Wow or summer carnival held in Spokane in 1913. This task will be made easy because of the presence of numerous uniforfed marching clubs, bands and choruses of Eagles from all parts of the country. The down town streets are to be turned over to the merrymakers for four days com- mencing August 3. On that day CO quartets of Eagles from as many cities will engage in a song competition in the open air. This contest will be continued over four days at the leading hotels, cafes and public meetings. The Eagles' bands will engage in a similar contest on Wednesday morn- ing. In the afternoon the ' Pacific Coast parade will take place, with floats and other spectacular features entered by the different Pacific Coast aeries of the order. The day_ will be closed with ,a grand ball, fireworks dis- play and the finals of the band con- test. all at Natatorium park. The official Eagles' parade will be held Thursday morning, participated in by thousands of uniformed members. In the evening high carnival will reign at the Mardi Gras parade and cele- bration, closing with a confetti battle in which the public will take part. On Friday morning every - Eagles' drill team will compete in a drill con- test. That evening the visitors will be given a glimpse of pioneer western life. A secret order, \The Knights of the Peek Saddle,\ has been organized by Spokane citizens to reproduce an early day mining camp with all its features. Every effort is being made to make this true to the traditions of the old-time mining camp. The Coeur d'Alene aerie will be host on Saturday, August 7, at a day of water sports and steamer excur- sions,. The railroads have granted reduced rates of a fare and one-third for the round trip to Spokane for this meet- ing. The rates cover all of the north- west and British Columbia and Al- berta. Washington.—Secretary Lansing has made public a paragraph of the note presented by Ambassador Page on July 14 to the British government to con- serve the rights of American citizens in cases being tried by British prize courts. It hafrno relation, he said, to the general note on contraband still in purse of preparation. Advices from Washington announce that motor vehicles will be introduced in the rural delivery service of the postoffice department in August. That the inspiration for this innovation came from the mail order houses has been charged, but Postmaster General Burleson emphatically denies that he had any such ulterior motive in plan- ninethis move. However, motorizing of the country mail service will ex- tend the.rural free delivery by thou- sands of additional miles of routes and thousands of additional families will be served, which there is no denying will benefit many peal dealers by put- ting them 'In touch with patrons they are now not able to serve to advan- tage. On the other hand it will speed up deliveries, enable heavy parcels to be conveyed more readily and other- wise facilitate long-range merchandis- ing as though at the behest of the mail order concerns. 0=11111111111MOMB131111111110111NOLIIIIIMMICH=MEMOMMCINIMISINIII:1=11011MOIMI:11MOICM.. HE whole of last summer was wandering through Rus- sian Central Asia, says Stephen Graham, writing in Country; Life. I commenced on May day from the frontier of Persia, vis- ited Bokhara, Samarkand, Tashkent, tramped across Syr Dana, traversed the great Russian colony of Seven Rivers Land and had reached a vil- lage in the Altai mountains, 1,500 versts away from a railway, when the war broke out. There were three months full of interest and adventure spent among the Russian peasant col- onists, the Cossacks, the Kirghiz and the Sarts The whole of this vast 'ter- ritory is colonized by specially loyal Russians, preferably by Cossacks. One of the conditions of the ten- ure of land is that the colonist unre- servedly believes in war, and is ready to bear arms at the call of the czar No Quakers, Dukhobors or people with consciences are allowed to be there, no Jews except the aboriginal Asiatic Jews. This policy is designed to create in southern Asia a counter- balance to Siberia, so strongly in- fluenced by the thousands of revolu- tionaries who have been sent there. My Journey threw much light on the question of the future of the Russian empire, and was an interesting prepa- ration for the study of Russia and the war. Where Tamerlane Ruled. The glorious southern May was spent in what is particularly the land of Tamerlane, a sort of Russian India on the northern side of Hindoo Koosh. if atmosphere of mystery and choly to the youngest ,of Russia!, As I tramped across Russian :At. tral Asia the great event that sh .od change everything was hidden ben ud the screens of the future. The gtttle and innocent present was more eating than past or future. it .11 touching to go over by diary and ,ies how guilelessly and unsuspectim,17 and everyone was walking the rims road that led so soon—if we only could have known it—to the precipies of In the the Village of Antonovka One night, near the new Russian village of Antonovka, there was an ap- palling sunset—through a barrel. shaped thundercloud into a sea ot And directly the .sun went below iDi horizon the lightning became vnibls in the cloud, and I watched it runaing through the dark veils of vai ia ropes and loops and flying lassoes of silver. The thunder rolled lugubro,us- ly, and far away I could see the rats pouring in continuous flood, the black fringe of the cloud torn from heaves down to earth. I wondered had I not better pack up and go down to the vil- lage. But a little wisp of clear ski containing one pale star expanded it•• self slowly and drove away the great lightning -riven barrel and banished every cloud, and it was clear and the thunder was not, and the night was dry and starry. Dawn next morning was clear and cold, and at the sound of cart wheels on the highway below me I gladly took the road again—' - ,0110121a4Z10:,' ,,.=trr.:41 • . , Tombe TriouR a country with a majestic past - but with a little present. Tamerlane the Tartar was once emperor of Asia and a potentate of greater fame than Alex- ander. At the head of the Tartar hordes he conquered all the nations of the East and ravaged every land, com- mitting deeds of splendor and of bar- baric cruelty. The cruelty that is in the Cossack and the Russian, and the taste for barbaric splendor comes directly from the Tartar and the Mon- gol. But the greatness of the Tar- tars has passed away—they are all tradesmen today—and the greatness of the Russians has come about—they are all soldiers. ' There stand among the' deserts of Turkestan and beside the irrigation cotton fields of a new civilization the remains and ruins of medieval glory, the mosques and tombs and palaces of the days of Timour and of his loved wife, Bibi Khanum. For Timour was the true name of the emperor; he was on-ly nicknamed Tamerlane for his ugliness. The Russians are not touched by archeology and have no interest in pagans, even splendid pagans. -. rnglish people have consid- erable difficulty in obtaining permis- ni= cr.tc: thc lane is little thought of. Yet in two successive years he conquered India and eastern Russia. He wore what was traditionally held to be the ar- mor of King David. He dethroned by power of arms twenty-seven kings: Yet today, who so poor as to do him reverence? Only the beautiful name of Timour and the ruins of his tombs and mosques remain—giving a strange quick march to get warm In an hour, however, the sun was already too as' dent a friend, and I took shelter in a caravanserai, and from the eve\. steaming samovar prepared my mot* j ing tea. ; The village street was full of life. I crowded with wagons and wagoners standing half in the bright new light of day and half in the deep, damp shadow of mud walls and banks. I eat down opposite the village school. The school door was wide open, and I saw all the village children sitting in desks round the mud -built room. There were about thirty children, and they were a pretty sight, the boys in tur- key red cotton trousers, the girls ill red frocks, with their black hair la plaits. There was only one now of desks, but it went right round the room. In the middle space were two teachers squatting on a carpet spread on the floor. Each and every child was saying his lesson at the top of his voice, and sing-song—but not the same thing, all different according to the page the boy or girl was at, some _far behind, another far in front. One might ask where Is Tamerlane, where the warsiors, the robbers, the ,amp wijuwers 01 UltS uuruen:ibfl Easterns you meet are all gentle al children. No one needs to carry a weapon. Where is the old spirit of fighting? The answer might be found in the thousands of Cossacks and Rtur stens who have been traveling these roads all this past autumn, coming thousands of miles to die and conquer gloriously on the far battlefields d Poland.
