A ——— —— “FATAL DROP OF THE WRIGHT AEROPLANE Jeutenant Selfridge Killed at Fort Myer, —————————— AVIATOR WRIGHT BADLY HURT, Holder of the World's Record for Flights With a Heavier-than-air Ma. chine Has an Accident Which Causes the Death of His Companion—The Car Dashes to Earth, Manteo, N..C., May 14 Bros.” aeroplane wrecked. bur Wright slightly hurt. Oakland, Cal, May 28—Morrell car, the largest ever constructed, fell 300 feet with 16 passengers; all seriously hurt. Cleveland, August 5 — Wing machine fell, the aeronaut killed and his two companions injured. Echterdingen, Germany, Au- gust 5—Count Zeppelin's giant car totally destroyed, but no one injured. I.e Mans, France, August 14— Wilbur Wright's aeroplane dam- aged while desgending, the aero- naut escaping unhurt, Fort Myer, September 17— Lieutenant Selfridge killed, Or- ville Wright seriously hurt and his machine badly damaged. - Wright Wil- Washington, D. C, (Special).—Af- ter having drawn the attention of the Myer and having established new ing machines, Orville Wright a two-man flight. The as E. of the Army. Lieutenant was fatally injured and dled at P. M. Mr. Wright was seriously Jured, but is expected to recover While the the drill snapped off and hitting some part of the intricate mechanism caus. ed it to overturn in the alr fall to the gound, enveloping occupants in the debris ; Soldiers and spectators ran across! assisted in lifting Mr Wright and Lieutenant Selfridge | from under the tangled mass of! machinery, rods, wires and shreds of | muslin. Mr. Wright was conscious and said: “Oh, hurry and lift tae | motor.” Selfridge was unconscious and had apparently struck the ground with great force. His head was cov ered with blood and he was chokin when the soldiers extricated him from under the machine Dr. Watters, a New York cian, was one of firgt to the spot and rendered first aid to the | injured men When their wounds] had been bandaged Mr. Wright and | Lieutenant Selfridge were taken the Fort Myer Hospital at the other end of the field It was feared that | Mr. Wright was suffering from in-| ternal injuries He had lapsed into! a state of semi-consciousness by the! time he reached the hospital, while! Lieutenant Selfridge did not regain! consciousness at all. He was suffer- ing from a fracture at the base of the skull and was in a critical con- dition. After a hurried surgical examina- | tion it was announced that Mr. | Wright was no: dangerously injur-! ed. He is suffering from a fracture] on his left thigh and several on the right side are fractured. men received deep cuts about head. Mr. Wright regained sciousness at the hospital fallen and physi- the reach | the | the same message be gent to his sister and father at Dayton, O.. as- suring them that he was all right. Although there have been but handful of people at the aeronauti- cal testing grounds at Fort Myer during the past few days, fully 2.- 000 had gathered by 4.30 o'clock The aeroplane was still in its shed. but Mr. utes later “and ordered it taken the northern end of the field to be ness for a flight. to Lieutenant Selfridge and said: “You might as well get in. We'll etart in a couple of minutes." Mr. Wright announced several davs ago that he would take Lieutenant Selfridge, who is secretary of the Aerial Experiment Association and an aeroplanist himself, In his next fight, The young officer was delight- ed to have an opportunity to fly in the aeroplane. He was to leave Sat- urday for St. Joseph. Mo., where he wag to assist Lieutenant Foulols in operating the Baldwin airship at the coming army maneuvers. After Mr. Wright told him to get in the machine Lieutenant Selfridge took off his coat and hat and took his place in the extra sea: next to that occupled rR Mr. Wright, the latter started tH® motor by means of a stcrage baitery, his assistants, Tay- for and Furnass, turning the propel lers to get them going. At 5:14 o'clock the aeroplane was released and it was noticed that is did not rice as quickly from the ground as on previous two-man flights. Lien- tenant Selfridge weighed about 175 pounds, making the weight greater than the machine had ever carried before. | After gliding over the ground on Prince Leaves His Wife. Paris (By Cable).—It is under- stood that Prince Robert de Broglie, while admitting that he has left his wife, denies the intention attributed to hith of suing for dworce. #e sald that he would not oppose a divorce suit brought by the Princess. The Princess de Broglie is an Amer. fcan woman, Her malden name was Estelle Alexander and she lived in San Farnclsco. ‘Later she married Syndney B. Wall in Chiea fi whom she was divorced. its runners for 30 feet the machine rose gradually and had gained a height of 40 feet when it passed over the starting apparatus for the first time. There was a six-mile wind and it was noticed that the machine did not run as smoothly as on Its former flights, most of which were made in calm weather. The aero- planist, however, apparently had con- trol of the aerial flyer, which rose to a helght of 75 feet as it completed the second round of the fleld. This height was maintained on the third round. While the machine was turnfng at the southern end of the field, several thousand feet from the spectators, some one shouted: “What is that? Something fell!” Immediately all eyes were on the aeroplane, and it was seen to turn over on its left side and, pausing a moment, made a complete turn and then came swooping to the earth in a cloud of dust. No effort on the part of the aviator could possibly have averted the accident, Planes and rudders were absolutely {ncap- able of righting the machine when it had turned in that manner. Several officers, who were stand- ing around the starting apparatus, ordered the mounted soldiers over to the wreck, but spectators, soldiers, officers and newspaper men were al- ready running across the field It was fully a minute before anyone reached the tangled n.ass, CHANDLER 15 NAMED “BY ACCLAMATION Democrats Nom'nate Him For Gov- ernor of New York. Rochester (Special). .—New York's Democratic Convention was like a love feast. The whetted knives of the warring pagtisans were concealed up their sleeves, perhaps, but still concealed—and the delegateg pro- ceeded to name Lewis Stuyvesant Chanler, now Lientenant Governor, by acclamation for Governor of the State In similar fashion and with un- diminished enthusiasm the other nominations on the slate were put through, They are ag follows: Governor-—Lewis Stuyvesant Chan. | ler, of Dutchess i Lisutenant Governor-—John A Dix, Attorney General—George M. Pal. mer, of Schoharie. Secretary of State—John 8 len, of Monroe. Comptroller-—Martin H Albany. State Treasurer of Suffolk. Wha- Glynn, of Julius Hauser, SA A GREAT BATTLE WITH WHITE PLAGUE Tuberculosis Crusade to Open in Washington, ALL NATIONS WILL BE REPRESENTED. i ee ATI ee Arm Scientists, Physicians and Laymen From the Ends of the Earth Will Be in Attendance at the Internation. 4 al Conference, the First Meeting of Which Was Held Monday. Washington, D. C. (8Special).—For the next three weeks the national capital wil be the scene of such a crusade as never before has been witnessed against humanity's worst foe-—the white plague, It will be an educational campaign world wide in Its scope, the ultimate object of which is to eradicate, if possible, from the ends of the earth a disease which, statistical experts declare, cut short the lives of from one-tenth to one-eighth of the civilized population, Such distinguished foreigners as Drs. Robert Koch, of Berlin; Bang, of Copenhagen; A. Calmette, of Lille, France; N. Theodore Tendeloo, of Leyden: R. W, Philip. of Edinburgh; C. von Pirquet, of Vienna; G. Sims Woodhead, of Cambridge; Lydia Rabinowitsch, of Berlin: Camilo Cal. leja, of Vallaolid, Spain; T. Ishigami, of Osaka, Japan, and noted American physicians and scientists and others who have devoted their lives in an effort to solve this problem will ae- tively participate. The campalgn will be carried on by the coming International Congress on Tuberculosis on its sixth annual session, which will meet in the United States for the first time at the Now National Museum in this city. This congress, which might fittingly be! called a real world’s congress on tu-| berculosis, will mark an epoch in the! anti-tuberculosis movement in this! country Such a distinguished gath- ering probably will not meet again! in this country for many years, for! honor of entertaining the con- | gress ig eagerly sought by foreign countries The initial step will be taken when there will be a jubilee opening at the | in connection congress and tuberculosis exposition. It will be one of the largest, the most Important and, in| every way, the most comprehensive exhibits ever assembled It will be Mustrative of what is! being done throughout the world in| the fight against tuberculosis. While | tise display Is connected with the con- | gress, it is not so closely related as | with the State Engineer and Philip G. Farley, of Erie ; Judge of Court of Appeals—Albert | of Erie { Republican) : harmony nomina' ions were the credentials commit- | contests’ and | McCarren delegates | Surveyor The tee, that reported “no all the from Brooklyn WOMAN LOST 878.000, ; i i Dealer And Promoter. i i Denver, Col. Clint ol Heath, formerly dealer | and promoter of this city, was found | embezziement of $8,560 from Mrs. Mary Husted, of New York The verdict carries sentence of one to ten ten years in the peni- { Special). a real estate of While the information on which Heath was found guilty involved the embezzlement of only $8,500, the! sums lost by Mrs. Husted through her dealings with him amounted to $78.000 Heath disappeared from Denver last April, and was captured in Los Angeles several months afterward. TO SETTLE FOR FRISCO FIRE. 30 Cents On The Dollar, (Special). — The | Moselle Fire Insurance | which has been settling San Francisco Rhine and Company, in the big fire of April, 1906, on a! basis of 26 cents on the dollar, made fis final proposition for gettlement to! the unpaid policyholders, amounting | 3.000, ! The company agrees to pay 230! cents on each dollar of liability, of cents goes to the policy! holders and the remainder is divid- | ed between the expense account and the attorneys. Final action was de ferred. RACE RIOTER TO HANG. ————— Jury at Springfild, Il, Finds Joseph James Guilty, Springfield, Ill. (Special). « The jury in the Joseph James murder case returned a verdlet of guilty and fixed the penalty at death, James was tired on a charge of having murdered C. A. Ballard, this crime being largely responsible for the re- cent race riots 4a this eity. Aged Man Kills Housckeeper, Decatur, “111, (Special). — John Cook, a farmer 78 years old, living near Philo, 111, shot and killed Mrs, Edna McClelland in the nee of her four-year-old child with a rifle, He then turned the gun on himself in an ineffectual attempt at suicide, The woman is the mother of three children and was housekeeping for Cook, The cause of the tragedy is a mystery, ’ wn ih Grants Fifty Pardons, Washington, D. C, (Special). The upon 96 applicatbons for pardon, which brings the work of the par don attorney of the Department of Justice up to date. Of this number, 46 applications were denied and 50 Jere granted. A large percentage of e feations werk for the restora- tion That will occur one week later important event September | of Internationtl in attendance out the congress. They will explain | the influence and effect of the eru- | against consumption and the most advanced methods for its treat. ! ment and prevention HUGHES WINS ~ RENOMINATION Scientists tion will be reputa- through- Succeed Himself. Saratoga, N. Y. (Special) The Republican State convention nominat. ed this State ticket! without conten- tion: For Governor-—Charles E. Hughes, of New York. For Lieutenant Governor--—Horace White, of Onondago. For Secrélary of State— Samuel 8 Koenig, of New York. For State Treasurer— Thomas B Dunn, of Monroe = For Comptroller —- Gause, of Albany For Attorney General O'Mailley, of Erie. For State Engineer and Surveyor Frank M. Williams, of Madison For Associate Judge of Court of Appeals Albert Haight, of Ere Governor Charles £. Hughes was renomiaated before the-roll call on the first ballot was half completed At the end of the ballot the Gov- ernor had S27 votes, Speaker James W. Wadsworth 151, and John K. Stewart 31. The motion to make the nom nation unanimous was made by Wil Hlam Barnes, Jr, of Albany County, who had only a few minutes before assailed the Governor's political at- titude. After the failure of the anti- Hughea forces to unite upon a can. didate to beat Hughes, everybody knew that the Governor's victory was absolutely assured. It was only a question of how many votes he would get, and how fast certain of the delegations would swing into line. Charlies H Edward R. ona FINANCIAL ini ds itor eo ————— Lehigh Valley Transit in August operated its railway lines at 45 per cent. of the gross Income, which compares with 55 per cent. for the last fiscal year, . y Montgomery Shoshone's output of concentrates last month ks said to have n worth approximately $16,000, The company shipped out some gold bricks worth $30,000, John W. Gates is reported to have invested recently In a new mining camp in Nevada, Copper metal was reduced an eighth of a cent a pound, Stockholders of the Miami Copper Company and the holders of rights subscribed for 83,000 shares of new stock, leaving 17,000 shares Lo be taken by the underwriters, The excess of American merchan- dise exports over imports in August was $19,169,000, compared with Jaase.000 i year and ni . Total exports th month, however, fell nearly $17,000, civil rights forfeited by rea- nvictions for penitentiary ° 000, Ship Has Terrible Experience In Hurr'cane. Colon (By Cable).—The steam- ship Colon, half-masted and showing other evidences of distress, came limping into this port. She had been badly battered by the hurricane en- countered Sunday. Three members of her crew lost their lives while engaged in the hold repairing . a water tank. The Colon belongs to the Panama Rallroad Company. She left New York September 10, and was due to arrive Friday, She encountered the hurricane at a point 40 miles north of Watling Island. The wind blew 100 miles an hour and tremendous gel, The staterooms and the din- ing saloon were flooded, one of her smokestacks were carried away, three boats were washed overboard, and the wireless telegraph apparatus was dismantled. Orders were given that no passengers be allowed on deck, and the travelers had to spend Sun- day and Sunday night in the dining saloon. The water got to the mail bags and the registered and ordinary mail was badly damaged. Sunday night passed with the ship laboring through the storm and passengers huddled below in a state of panic, Killed By Gas. Early Monday morning it was dis- covered that salt waler was making its way into the forward fresh water | tank. Fearing that the fresh water! would give out the second assistant | engineer, Willlam Liley, and his! ship's carpenter, J. Olsen, were sent | down into the hold Monday after-| noon to change the tank connection of return- ing. Anxious for thelr safety, R. Bar a water tender, and A. Sands, a junior engineer, volunteered to go iearn what had happen- to enter the feet behind but a few to drop but man back to the Barth! was the first with Sands a few Barth] had walked he was seen fell, his way paces when to make to the deck by the chief He was partially unconscious a condition ® prosiration it was then seen that the hold was filled with deadly gases and all hope | for the three men had to be given | up. When the. storm abated efforts! were made 10 reach the missing men were removed and the foul alr was pumped out of the hold it wis possibile to go below bodies of Liley, Olsen and Bat were then found Just what | caused the presence of these deadly | gases in the hold of the been explained engineer and i Colon has | WILSON NOT TEMPTED. Leave Secretaryship To | Become Senator, i Boston, Mass. (Special) Secre of i Agriculture James Wilson, | date for the senatorship from lowa, | referred to the subject again, saying “1 have told my people out theres that not even a senalorship could induce be to leave the work in which | I am now engaged. There are two factions of the Republican party in fowa, thé conservatives and the so- called progressives | have suggest: ed that the differences are not so great that they cannot be compro- mised, and | have advised my friends to try to compromise them. The git. uation ean be adjusted, 1 believe” LIGHTNING STRIKES MAGAZINE. McAlester, Ok. (Special). —A pow- der magazine used by the. Samples Mining Company was struck by light- ning at 5 P. M., the explosion kill- ing one miner and seriously injur ing eight others The explosion shook the country for a radius of several miles, and cracked plate glasses ip the business section of McAlester, nearly two miles away. Ruel's Attorney Arrested. San Francisco (Special).— Adolph H. Newburgh, one of the attorneys for Abraham Ruef, who is now on trial before Judge Lawler on one of the many indictments against him charging bribery, was arrested on an indictment returned by the grand jury charging him with having at- tempted to bribe John M. Kelly, a prospective juror in Ruef's trial Newburgh was held on $5,000 cash bail. Touches Match To Clothing. Mobile, Ala. (Special).— Her oil soaked garments blazing fiercely, Mrs. Margaret Bradford created a great sensation here when she rush. ed into the street enveloped in flames. She is dying at an infirmary. Mrs. Bradford, who is believed to have been demented, poured coal ofl over her body and then touched a match to her clothing. — Oldest Odd Fellow Stamford, Ct. (Special).—Joseph Scofield, sald to be one of the old ost Bold, Sak of the Odd Feliows' or- der in this country, is dead at home in New Canaan. He was 859% years old. He was born in Lewliaboro, N. Y.. and lived in that section until a few years ago. a OA S03 SH FSI AB Detective Kills Burglar, Macon, Ga. (8pecial).—City De tective Tom Jongs shot and Killed Junior Braid, a negro burglar, just after he had robbed the grocery store of J. C. Vann, and attempted to enter the dwelling o Thomas G. Carroll. Mrs, Carroll "was aroused by the negro in the house and screamed. He broke through the The city detec — was hd w FOUR PERSONS ARE KILLED BY DYNAMITE Hurled to Ceath By Car of the Explosive. NEARLY TWENTY ARE INJURED, Bystanders at a Country Station in Missouri Torn to Pleces When With. out Warning, a Freight Car Blows Up—Cause of Accident Has Not Been Discovered. Kansas City, Mo. (Special) four to eight persons From are YOnAE report Jured, some of them perhaps fatally as the result of the car of dynamite at of explosion Windsor Mo that ties accurate figures on were unobtainable The dead number four, as follows Frederick Yates, station agent of the Missouri, Kansas & Texas way. Dee Hall, of Windsor, a dravn An unknown tramp : An unknown laborer Yates and Dee Hall, drayman, were the most mangled, though many broken bones and- were terribly The Injured were made ip : h usual crowd commonly found about the rallway station of the small town at train time The explosion red without warnieg. and t tims had no opportunity fo It was of such force that it great hole in the ground car had stood and hurled the wrecked car and platform The town an earthquake tk ne Cas Tail Lal an the latter horribly received “ cut of the OCCur- ae vic- escape tore wiiere was as if and oy J miles fortunately, CA Most of the Was sent In the from the siat alone logs {life Unusual mas of excliiement followed but as quick dead and dying nearby and telegraph wires were explosion, the were houses CATE As soon as were apprised Was points lawns phe, ald sent in ven places The car containing the a sc » % & froiod Texa reign where t} ithhou sourl, Kansas & Windsor, Mo occurred, is a town al persons, situated in Hens 21 miles southwest in the of community, fice, Hi ¥ € 1 | of : Ce of Sedalia center « a rich farming and has a news Ye churches, a two carriage | {own County ig another of in Jefferson part of the State RECORDS BROKEN in France. Le Mans AUvour: aeroplanist of Davion all aeroplane the air for seconds brothers spheres Mr. Wright circled over at an average height of 45 fee! He turned and twisted in every direc tion and his complete mastery of the aeroplane aroused great enthusiasm among the spectators it is mated that he covered 26 miles M. Bolliee, president of the Acid Club of the Sarthe, was the official timer, Mr. Wright used his motor, which much trouble, European ds flight He 29% minute This gives the records for both recor the the field eati- but od. Upon alighting Mr. Wright he conld have remained in the longer had not the gasoline exhausted Mr. Wright was out again in evening and for the first time car ried a passenger on his acroplane, Ernest aeronautl, occupying in the machine On the first air the other seat attempt the on the second: attempt it gracefully and described a great cir- cle and the figure § it then de- scended easily, having been in alr for two minutes, 23% seconds The machine covered a distance of about a mile and a hall at an aver- age height of 30 feet. Mr. Wright has notified the Aero Club that he will compete for the club's prige of $1,000 for the longest flight over an enclosed ground. He will compete at the same time also for the Michell $4,000 cup for the greatest distance covered by an aero. plane in 1908. HIS BROTHER PLEASED. Orville Wright Expects His Own Records To Be Equalled. Washington (Special), — "Well, I'll have to look out now or he'll be breaki my “records,” was Or- ville W it's comment when he heard the news of his brother's suc. cessful flight at Le Mans. "l. am very pleased to hear the news,” he added. Shot Wife In Street Orowd, ' Memphis, Tenn. (Special).— Mose Cook, 456 years old, an insurance clerk, shot his wife and tried to kill himself on a crowded sireet corner. He did not succeed In taking his own life, because all his cartridges had been fired. Starting to reload the weapon, he was felled by po M was shi * maa: nd boro condition ix fray was — i WASHINGTO BY TELEGRAPH i Special Agent Charles Pepper has reported on the Pan-American com- merce, declaring that $60,000,000 is to be spent on harbors What is termed an abuse practiced in securing Indian children to tend schools has been stopped by government effort is being made 19 tain the internatd al character the Conzress on Tuberculosis at Washington, and visi ‘ {11 be the pr fons, eference in le Aerro- at- the An main- on of given The physicians who w ry ag injures accident at Fort Beliridege was reco rUlenant he will Ver No official reports onda he colonels eral tsrant Adn imiral nas that he of coal Sperry notified ment worth ident Pres ysimaster Gen on having the postal the school The vari ed a tofal of $87 to be eretcted at Military Park us sta‘es have approj Ge for memorisz v Gan icksbharg N Cholera Among Troops. { Bpe Asiatic the Washington fall cholera has broken out among regular troops stationed at de Espana resulted A ceived at the War Major General John F Philip; death from Christian in Manilia, and o dizpatch 1% partment Weston livis that of Company 1. Infantrs been prev: Pang. Luzon geveral his is the first at Manila 3 ine s ion, 1 ru 8 Yn is - Res porting ihe Hista of Bent nt at ta in fot although t be reported asinian, months o Saco Swept By Fire, Biddeford, Me (Special) city, across the Part river from here was swept by a disastrons fire that broke out in the lumber yard ufacturers of box shooks, causing a loge estimated at about $150,006 The flames licked ap 18 tenement houses in the vicinity Soldiers’ Monument, Harrisburg, Pa. (Special) Many old Union soldiers of Pennsylvania and Maryland will attend the cere- monies of the dedication of the sol- diers’ monument in the national com- etery at Winchester, Va. All veter- ans of the Pennsylvania corps who took part in the battle of Winchester are expected to be present Ambassador Hill To Preside, Bremen (By Cable).