IA AE 0 A om eB L MRC] ri HL SALLOOY. SRLS ans | HIGH IN THE AIR} WO American Aersnauts Fall About 4000 Feet, “'" EE SAVED BY _ THEIR PARACHUTE. Great Britain, France Germany, the United States and Other Nations Re. presented in Event at Berlin—80,000 People Horrorstricken When the American Balloon Conqueror Bursts. Berlin {By Cable) ~The interna- tional balloon whileh started Sunday from the suburbs of Schmar- gendorf, was the occasion of a thrill- ing accident, two American , aero- nauts having a narrow escape from death. The American balloon Con- queror, the only American built craft in the having on board A. Holland Forbes and Augustus Post, less than two minutes after the start, burst at an altitude of 4,000 feet, For 2,000 feet it shot down like a bullet, and then the torn silk assumed the shape of a parachute, and the rapidity of the descent checked. Coming close to earth, rowever, the basket smashed Into the roof of a house, but the two men escaped with but slight injuries, The race in which participated, representing ian, France, Germany, States, Italy, Belg started at P. M. race, contest, was 99 23 balloons Great Brit- the United yium and Spain, in the pres a o nce of at least 80,000 sunshine was that strains of of cheers, The heat the volley | spectators. the Amid was brilliant and of summer, “America” and the first balloon was sent | It was the America II., | and of 8 C. McCoy, was accompanied by Lieutenant | Voghmann. The balloon was decorat- | ed with the Stars and Stripes, and | sailed to the southeast at | 2 rapid pace, the ng | their hats. A other a away. under comin Jame who | it away aeronauts wavl of of each f the | lowed the balloon in succession, two the representative nations fol American | at intervals of | minutes, national hymn the respective countries ringing forth | Ls ropes loose, A Cry Of Horror. e second batch of eight balloons ras led by Forbes, was started wing a of | the were cast revs in in the Conqueror, with dif- to a gusty wind and much ballast. But eventually it shot up and reached a high altitude in an incredibly period, the swaying viole Then, stantly, a cry horror the crowd, who saw and st ping ug The there Some saw ninglike showers of the equal seen ragged on some 0 too | shor ntly. of basket | almost in- arose from collapse is rip- the silk outed: ‘The balloon thousands who stood a turned away, fainting, balloon falli with idity At same of sand ar iad balloon she rapidity through edges side “They are killed,” a hush- ed whisper through crowd, but shortly the remainder of the envelope | appeared to take, first, a triangular shape and then was transformed into | a sort of parachute at the top of the net and the progress of the wrecked balloon was considerably arrested it came down slower and slower, meanwhile being swept by the wind, far to the southeast, and finally dis- | appeared from view behind a block of houses. The suspense among the | crowds was terrible But a few | minutes later a telephone message | was received from Friedenau, which announced that the men had and had not been seriously injured A sigh of relief went up and people threw ir hats the air The other balloons were after a brief delay, without accident had gathered petrified as they lght- time appurtenances downward with and : then daylight was the sval great Wing for moment SL ing ry the of the silk sho either went in the 1 5 $ landed the in for jov. up. sent f1 Forbes Story. A. Holland Forbes who appeared to be little the worse for his ex-- perience except that he was suffering | somewhat from shock, gave a thrill- ing account of the accident, ‘We had some difficulty.” he said, “in getting away, but we left | the ground everything scemed right. We mounted almos: perpendicularly | to an altitude of 4.000 fect As 1 looked at the recording instrument to make a note of altitude, | heard a peculiar swish and said to Post ‘that sounds dangerous.’ Im- | mediately 1 saw that the envelope was rapidly deflating. the gas escap- ing in De Instantly | threw the | appendix clear of the basket and the ropes, and, drawing my jacknife, cut | the ropes that were attached to th 39 bags of sand hanging around the basket, “Post in the meantime threw over everything portable. We could see, however, that we were falilng more rapidly than some of the ejected articles. But later, when the descent of the balloon wag checked, we ab- served one bag of sand fall into a baby carriage, which was smashed to pieces, but, unfortunately, the nurse suatched out the baby Sand saved its Je.’ ¥ awed By A Bneeze, Lenox, Maas. {8pecial) .— Beeaure thelr chauffeur was forced to sneeze and lost control of his machine, an automobile party, consigting of Mra, Walter Boreman, of the Island of Teneriffe; Lady Sutton and Herbert Atsley, of London, who were en rote from lenox to the villa of J. Mal- colm Forbes, of Beaton, shot over a three-foot embankment at Palmer, The machine turned turtle and the party escaped from serious accident because the machine shot clear of once the © the embankment. itn tint co tr eet bbs bbb BI. 6h ELEVAT mR. Ns fm up I———— Roof Sails Sy and Firebrands Rain’ on City, Ap —- Richford, concusion Vt. (Special).—With a which shook the entire village, a large grain elevator, hav- ing a capacity of 500,000 bushels, exploded, causing the death of 11 workmen and 2 women, The ex- plosion blew off the entire roof of the building, scattering timbers In all directions, and almost instantly flames burst out all over the struc- ture, Twenty-one men were employ- ed in the building, of whom 11 are missing and undoubtedly perished. All lived in Richford, Mrs. John Jelifore, who was walk- ing with a companion along the Ca- nadian Pacific Rallroad track close to the elevator, and an unknown woman who mwas with her, were burned to death, Pacific and the Canadian Maine Rallroads, by the Quaker Oats Chicago... The amount contained was very large, which are supposed to have been started by spontaneous combustion in the dry rust of grain, spread so quickly that the limited fire aratus of the village was of no avail Nothing could prevent the entire destruction of the elevator and ita contents. The heat set near the was occupied Company, of grain The flames, of it it the ap- a flour shed the shed, to cars standing fire to elevator and freight burned. 75 it, were The wreckage and fire blocked the tracks of the Canadian Pacific Ralil- road completely for many hours, so for trains make way of Sherbrooke, Que loss is estimated at our by The total $400,000.. ONE KILLE D, EIGHT INJURED. Walls of Burning Elevator Collapse In Buffalo. Buffalo, N. Y. (8 man was killed in the of a small grain elevator on The eleva mill, were ipecia —One fire injured or ig and cen the b collapse of Irn walls Broad tor and a flour and owned by A. Nowak & destroyed, causing loss $100,000. dead fireman 1ellhammer The elevator feed a The was Joseph flercely for ROt iwo compan the windows the burned before the firemen hand Then ies were sent through the third floor to drench smouldering interior The last had no crawled off the ladders when the oposite wall collapsed, hurl ng the entire two comp: in a mass of shat hers Schellhammer was the upper “© man more inies to th tered ti taken he oy in out Willed 850,000 To Dry Party. Chicago Prohibl- party is to receive $50 { Special) The tion national 000 to carry uor traffic, ita work ing to Chi on against annour cago he probab this campai ign made by Dr f New York, Of Beach, Fla., Sep lq accor ment made from the quarters The ind not be avaliable for The bequest Charles E. Lat who died tember 2 fey i was immer, at Palm f -y, Earl Of Rosslyn Weds Again. The Earl was di- who was of New York, upon a third mat- He was married Vera Bavley, of Lan- London (By Cable) who last year by his second wife, Thursday entered rimonial venture in a registry the daughter of office to an ex-officer FINANCIAL London O60 « has sold this week hares of Ameri ing’s output now ahov £100.000 about an stocks Nig climb- wel has a month years ago the average freight on the Reading carried 19. Last year the ave 457 tons last year the road pald In taxes New Haven & JLRS | oe Ten tons load rage Pensaylvania Rail- $2.875.000 and Hartford $3.,692.- 0 A committee of three shareholders has been appointed to audit the books of the Monica Mines Company prepare a plan of reorganization tallroad officials say cars ia steadily chief demand the West, the ¢ de: Of | The from idle CRging and progressing at the rate of eleven feet a day Twenty-seven raliroads have re- ported an average gain of 1 per cent, in net earnings for the last week of September The three metals——asilver, copper and lead show little or no tendency to advance. Indeed, lead is on the decline and has been for some time, Owing to the strained situation in Europe, the fact that the Bank of England did not increase its discount tate, was looked upon as encourage ing. Output of the Nevada Consolidated of Ely in August was 800,000 pounds of copper and of the Cumberland Bly 600,000 pounds. September output for the two was 1,300,000 pounds. Northern Paelfie directors declar- ed the regular quarterly dividend of 1% per cent, There has been a rood dead of gossip recently to the effect that an extra dividend would be paid. Speculation in the Nevada mining stocks is dull, Bome brokera say it will not improve much until some of the companies begin to pay divi dends, ¥ that time ever comes. The number of dividend payers in Tono- pah, Goldfield, Searchlight, Rhyolite, Rawhide and Manhattan is very small, Indeed. A SNR I I IL SLAN ONTHE FUE OF HEA WED] Horse With Shoe Missing Key: to the e Mystery, TWO BULLETS IN GIRLS SKULL Ora Lee Found on Road With Two Bullets in Her Head Was {8 Wed Guy Rasor—Horse, With Bhee Gone, Found in Stable of Rasor—Police Hold Him, Wadsworth, OO. (Special). —With unusual energy the police authorit are endeavoring to unravel the mys~ tery of the murder Ora Lee, 2 years old, a handsome factory gid, whose body, plerced by two bullets, was found on the road between Wadsworth and the hamlet of Cust- ard Hook. Guy Rasor, the was to have married, ed by the police pending develop- ments in an investigation Rasor denies all knowledge of the tragedy, and in support of his denial exhibits a marriage license procured at Woos- ter. The body was found by Charles of Guy Rasor the road in Two jes of whom Miss | is detain- man of the woman Ragor, a cousin passed along early hours of the bullets had entered the gir skull, one piercing the head, while the second thr gh between the eve and n No ive motive for the der pretty young woma yet The band farmers, Bricke hurried 88 s00n received, walking The Lee was kil gy with a pal clew young a8 he the day. =irl's fore- posit of th come (oO led by Marshal the scene word Guy R Wadsworth police theory is that led while riding in a bug- friend The prin to detention of Guy Rasor the that along the road where the murder was « nitted are plainly the of a _horse with An examination Rasor home dis one of Rasor's horses has a missing from one of iis Rasor ny explan cerning this feature of the ca declares he can prove an alibi Another thee is that a rival [oe may of Rasor Miss Lee bly to prepare for her wedding, W the body was found hands were folded over her breast legs straightened out as if rpse had been carefu arranged death The girl's suitcase was on gro beside her. Her Was »! on her right wrist, and in her hand she clutched a handkerchief There was no evidence of a struggle A hundred yards body tracks in the dust cated where a horse and buggy been hitched fence 1 light to was oad ir agedy tt ae rT as of the met toward LAB0T on “elm {ins male that ed the if fart fact t ome- m seen tracks sing shoe sla one of the at losed fact 1 iles the front refuses a » tt i Ole for have her the affecti of Miss shot the Sir! on approaching marr learning Age left Wadsworth ostensis ‘hen the ang the the « after the the to the Rasor appa ! grief He decls the last gaw his Aan was W when th with time h ay © ednesd “ 6g nigh: Highs - oy E went drivir BATTLE WITH RIFLES. American Fishermen And Canadian ¢ Officers In Combat fo Marie. Mich { Bp as An offi Sault § A fig in fisd i i ht with rifles between er c ermen and Canadian ers 3 ¥ aken place on lake te Whitefish Po anadian ‘ ' ie B have oppos VihEg : is 0 sa Superior Boats arri the ( frou at =~ ¥h the 1 b a Gis ad decline are Canadian Canadian officers affair, but said in lake for ¥8 Ago make the of ficers went peizur ermen a © ones Prefers Death To Philadeip Marrs though pleted John Fi h Bride, (Special). — Rat young woman of ] ilesnee hin her b Tm th saan ae choice, arrangement and the izpatrick tried gas, but his chance for said to be good The marriage was posiponed a year ago. from time to time, because Fitzpat- rick believed he did not love the young woman well enough to be-! come her husband, until he finally became despondent. been con tained, his VeCcoversy io end life wit Boy Kills A Bear. Winchester, Va. (Special). After! a lively fight with a big black bear | Massannuien Mountain, a spur of the Blue Ridge, in Shenandoah County, Linden Allen, a young man | of Mount Jackson, killed the beast with a shotgun. Allen was squirrel hunting when the bear sprang out of the undergrowth and attacked him, after knocking over his dog with one of its paws. The bear was almos: on Allen when the boy fired both hae rrels into its body. It weighed nearly 200 pounds. Slain In Philippines, Manila (By Cable). Charles H. Trotter, an American, and Vincente Toledo and Jose Canyan, Spaniards, were killed near Lubao, in the Prov- ince of Pampagna, by a party of Filipinos. The men were murdered with bolos and their bodies mutila- ted. Fired On The New Flag. Constantinople (By Cable).—One of the boats of a Bulgarian company, which rofis a steamship line between Constantinople and Varna, narrowly escaped serious trouble as a result of flying the new Bulgarian royal flag, which is unknown among the nations of the world. The steamer attempted to enter the Bosporus, and the observers in the forts, not know. ing her nationality, fired two blank shots across hor how, Thereupon the steamer turned arovnd and departed, ' BT LA UP-10 THE SUPREME. COURT Government. Awarded Right. To Ap: peal Tts Case. Philadelphia (Specialy. Dallas, Gray and Buffington, United States Circuit handed down an order allowing the govern- ment to appeal from the decigion of the court in the sult States in the matter ality of the the Hepburn rate bill, Coungel for both the government and the defendant coal roads will pe- tition the Bupreme Court of the United States to give this case prece dence over all other on account its great importance. The assignment which the. appeal about 10 in number by IL. Allison as sistant to Attorney General lona- parte, and by Dis Altorney J, Whitaker Thompson It is ded th Cou n nos of Judges of the Court, of the United of constitution- "commodities clause’ of of | of errors was allowed and were Wilmer, upon ! are | filed | special trict Conte *n erred is powers tution, commerce, ri “clause the Cont regulation that measure would depr the railroads of their property d of law It Is miso contended that the co Was wrong declariy rim mtd criminati and the ive without 1e Dre 3 ie Droce: in Inw and 1 ion ve a : al ¢ not a regula of Gray commodities clause tional Judge Buffing! indorses the words Marshall, ne » opinion a any ! ri io own manufac can in detr er of Congress to the com siale BO WAY intersts he sa authority cont fs it mer raci on paver would reg the states, “y power 1o rest ri thatr Carriage effect, it would fi velo ferred on the Un ELEVEN PEOPLE PERISH IN TENEMENT FIRE Incendiary Reaped Grim Harvest in New York { Se of on the power reg ited Slates York SOLE Were New killed, injured and the narrowest Son ; 1 beds over nd hen caunght by Othera, who had been arous- late, ious i and an Tere upper _smoke a v8 too besiore were armas in win- the stroet od an Ley gl t safely choked a ons fire-esca pes of | on the TO ISSUE CHRISTMAS STAMPS, ted Cross Will Sell Them To Swell | Tuberculosis Washin at fighting Red Cross special Fand, g { Special) effort to its fund for tuberculosis the Nationa! Association will issue a Christmas stamp for use on iday mail The stamp will have, | no carrying power, but | will be ueed simply as a Christmas increase A special! design has already been | Howard Pyle. Beneatu a wreath of holly will be the inscrip- tion, “A Merry Christmas and a Hap py Now Year.” The stamps will sell for 1 cent each or in little book i0 cents. The idea originated where the stamps were gold by government, The first netted $20,000, in Denmark the experiment A Rumored Conflict. Vienna (By Cable).-—A telephone message received here from Budapest says Servians killed three Austrian gendarmes on the Bosnian frontier, whereupon gunboats bombarded the Servians. No confirmation of the story has been received here. $75,000 Fire At Willlamsport. Williamsport, Pa. (Special). The cutting mill of the Williamsport Nail Works was totally destroyed by fire, involving a loss of §75,000 to $100, 000. City Hall In Back Yard. West Point, Ga. (Special).—Mayor George W. Howard, of Lanett, Ala., locked up the Council chamber and refused to deliver the city property to the newly elected Mayor, J. B. Rutland. Rutland took the oath of office at 5.80 o'clock A. M. In the street in front of the City Hall four hours later he and his counsel were sworn in by Judge Jordan, The first Council meeting was held in the back yard of the City Hall, t ET AUSTRIA AND SERVIA ON THE BRINK OF WAR Turkey Sends Four Warships to a Greek Island. WAR DEMANDED WITH AUSTRIA. Remarkable Realignment in Europe as the Hesult of What Is Declared to Be a Secret Conspiracy Interesting Game of Diplomatic Strategy De. monstration of Servians. Vienna (By Cabl Austria-Hunga cognized poss e) ry and here Peter is in a diff account of the « 8 for war, p ire the t cult amor artic on wt] = 0 Hiariy on farone n been novement Her a vy A SERVIANS DEMAND WAR Wild Demonstration Palace The atening. At hire King's Becomes 7 KILLED IN WRECK. Northern Jumps Track In uite, Mon killed Great Montana. { Special) Two men ond £44 » ang one iniured of a Grea: Northern passenger Marias River The dead at } fireman liam F. Ramscheck Unknown engine wiper Engineer Charles McClintock wae severely injured. The train while traveling at gtruck a soft stretch of road- e engine rolli followed by the baggage ge Ramscheck and the wiper were under the wreckage The were severely shaken up speed and smokin buried passengers Can Go Home To Vote, Washington (Special). — It was announced at the White House tha! the President would not consider it pernicious political activity on the part of an employe in the classified sorvice in going to his home to vote at the coming election The Pres- ident said it was the patriotic duty of every employe of the Government, who is entitled to vote, to go to his home and cast a ballot. China Legniizes Mexican Dollar, Peking (By Cable).—An edict just issued established the Kuping Tael as the standard colin of the empire. The tael and the half tael will be 88 per cent. fine, and the smaller coins 88 per cent. The Mexican 'dol- lar has beon legalized, pending the preparation of the Kuping coins, Thrust Ramrod In His Eye. Staunton, Va. (S8pecial).—Cadet Savage, of the Staunton Military Academy, is lying at a hospital here with a serious injury which he re- ceived in a singular manner. While he was asleep in his room at the academy a fellow-cadet in an adjoin. {ng room thrust a steel ramrod through the wall and it ran into his eye by accident. Young Savage is from New York and his father was summoned here at once. He nay jose his eye. orp bene ile wean iy he pe RE ——_ —— - apn samy onion SE. WASHINGTON Ade riwy wr * orne are beginn Among epariment trom the Dis st and transport prison at Fort The > oners Nat: ya has caus hensive attempt at standing timber in undertaken Elbridge Henry Goss Dead Mass Fl bridge Henry Goss, author and bank er, died here of pneumonia. Iie was 78 years old Mr. Goss had been treasurer of the Melrose Bank ‘os 24 years and was the author of num erous historical works, the hest known of which is a life of Pau’ Revere, which he wrote in 1§9) Thousands Rush For Homes. Dallas, 8 D. (Special). Thou- ing rush to register for the land lot- sands of persons joined in the open. tery in which Uncle Sam will give away R28,000 acres of the Rosebud Indian lande. Registration opened here and at Gregory and continues until October 17. The drawing be gins October 19%, but notification of the successful ones will probaoly not be until next March. Guests Flee From Hotel, Ebensburg, Pa. (Special).