S LEO SCIENTIST 15 DEA Professor Simon Newcomb's Life Work Ended, WAS A CAREER OF ACHIEVEMENTS. Having Completed His Studies Of “The Motion Of The Moon,” The Famous Astronomer Prepared For The Death He Knew Was Inevi- table—Was Decorated By Many Foreign Governments And Uni- versities—Began And Ended His Teaching Work In Maryland, WORLD NEWCOMB'S MANY HONORS. Born in Wallace, Nova Scotia, March 12, 1835 Received Royal clely gold medal, Huygens gold medal, Dutch ciety of Sciences, 187s. Director Nautical Almanac O 1877 to 1897. Professor of mathematics and as- tronomy, Johns Hopkins Uni- versity, 1884 to 1894. Received Royal Society gold med- al, 1890. Made officer of the Honor of France, Received Bruce gold medal, from Astronomical Society of the Pacific, 1898. Received degree of Johns Hopkins 1902. Made Knight of the Prussian Or- der of Merit for Science and Art in 1908, Received Russia, Received Sylvester Hopkins Universi | Died in Washington, | 1909. stronomical So- 1874. So- i fic 2, { of Legion 1883. LL. U D. from 1iversity, Schubert prize from Johns D Newcomb, nomer, died residence, 1620 P Sireet, at o'clock A. Newcomb was a retired Navy, with the Washington, 'rof. Simon astro al 3.2 U ral ¥ Deg id on W urch of given ¢ niiit ¥ fun » direction of Services will nesday morning at the Covenant, at nett, of ths Childs, of ficiate, Arlington Professo 3Y rst sympton September, Europe, and w} a meeting of the University. He had mer in Switzerland, his advanced mountain c walks, some of 18 America bh at $118 hed spent and did years ¢ limbing of t Just before ‘ 1 An har fe miles Halt e Visite Skibo astie Prepared For End. featur his ill a from done Newcomb kept A it was nothi dise his when would made great work Moon.” This few weeks ago. comb then made for his death, He leaves a Caroline Hassler, Surgeon Charles A. United States Navy, daughter of F. R found- er and first superintenden the United States Coast and Geodetic Sur- vey. He leaves also three daughters, all married, one of whom is Mrs Anita Newcomb McGee, well Known for her Red Cross work in Japan and elsewhere; five grandsons and six granddaughters, Professor Newcomb was recognized in this country and abroad most eminent scientist of e of ness w the to as first heck : 3 tha o the an ug and strength : h researches, * 23f € his ished a New preparation : longer every 3 work and ey was Profes ery widow. who the daughter of of grand- Hassler, and a 2 ler the TH ce 38K Ld 1 t of as the America A DESPERATE BATILE Snap ms—————— Americans Suffer Severely in the Fighting, One Private Killed And Three Of- ficers And 20 Enlisted Men And One Sailor Wounded As The R sult Of A Bold Bandits Who Pluckily Fight From The Cave Until Every One Was Killed — Jikiri Leader Of Many Raids, Manila (Special). — In a ate fight near Patian, on Jolo Island Jikiri, the famous Moro outlaw, was killed and entire band nated by detachments of and constabulary under Capt. George L. Byram, of the Sixth United States Cavalry, operating in conjunction with a naval flotilla of the mosquito his extermi- i i many honors were bestowed on him for his services to the cause of science, as TORNADO KILLS SIX. Fifteen Also Injured In Terrific Storm At Ortonville, Minn. Ortonville, Minn. { Special), — Six people were killed, 15 were injured a tornado which this section. The tornado passed over demolished two dwelling houses, the roundhouse, coal sheds and five boarding cars of the Chicago, Milwaukee and St, Paul Railroad. About 40 Italian Ia- borers were in the cars and of these five were killed and 15 injured. Philip DeGriff, a 'bus driver, was killed by being hurled against a tree when his vehicle was blown and crushed. The tornado companied by a heavy rai storm. Anti-Cigarette Law Void. Tacoma, Wash. (Special). ~Judge Clifford, of the Superior Court, de. clared the new state anti-cigarette law to. be unconstitutional, ground that it is in conflict provisions of the Interstate Com- merce Law, Kidnapped Boy Back, York (8pecial).—Johnnle New Calandra, leet under Lieutenant Commander Signor Th American loss was one vate killed and three officers ar d 20 enlisted men and one sailor wound- ed Private © O'Connell, of Troop man among the Americans The wounded are Lieutenants nedy Miller and Arthur H Wilson, the Sixth Captain Byram's cavalry bula and constabular a inder scouts of sailors Commander Sign attacked out not and the far from The rrounded d to a large colu and esallors but Jikiri concerted fi Of cave, su 4. refuse © E hti mouth ¥ a Lil dead fight } i Hed the band was of the vision 10 » ra ¥ accounts for wounded r Th og «¢ Notorious Jikiri. and ed him time managed y fs I iu pe { for i ted. of band Sulu, his or largest extreme Philippine Archipelago. § is t native p § Tet Yas hy of Sulu the is the as it 4 of 16 , In the southwestern of the Sultan The Wounded Officers. D. C.—Many Inquiries reached the War Department dur- the day as to the identity of officers and soldiers reported to been wounded during the at- on Jikiri, the Moro outlaw and as the character of their injuries The officials unable to give information the subiect, for the reason that no report of the fight had been received up to the close of office hours Washington. ing the have tack chief, to were any on KILLS BRIDE AND HIMSELF. covery Of Bodies, Niagara Falls, N. Y. The wails of a deserted infant greet- ing the ears of Charles Small, a | SENATE PASSES THE NEW TARIFF BILL | Action Tzken After Continuous Ses- | sion Day and Nisht, ~ | ARD DAY'S WORK. |THE SENATE HAD H uous Sess on, Keep'ng His Steam. { roller Continuously at Work Rolling {| Over Amendments (fered by Friend and Foe— Last Stand by His Op- ponents — Contervailing Duty on | Last, HISTORY OF TARIFF BI 1 March House by the House and Means April § a vote of 217 April 17—Intre Senate as amended by the Committee on Finance April 18 Debate Senator Aldrich July 8 Passed by a vote of 45 to 34 contains 400 paragraphs The Senate added $40 amend- ments House provis 7 the Introduced in Payne, on Ways i Chairman Committee H Passed ouse by 10 +h Lae in Senate opened by by the Senate The bil } oy i to the Be Visions i D mn nate at Washington, The tariff passed by the S« April Senate 12 ¥ revisic 8: tives on fore the veriod of passed by P. M., Wie eke he Senate at ifter Ta Tavlo: 34 Senate Conferves Named. bill passed A Senator as Aldric #8 on s0O0n in . ’ for a conferent hat chair ate i ao NSO v th I int ta Bi and e confe ©oey Senator Bailey objected tl ground that the : unusual. He thought the teous method would House a chance to amendments if it Mr. Aldrich claimed tion was usual and course pursued in House, he sald, could concur or concur in the Senate amendments Vice President Sherman decided that Mr. Aldrich’s motion was in or- Democrats, th for the 0 ie motion on 1 Tr » more course proposed was cCour- give the in the do so his followed the to concur desired be to that mo- the The not saat past vision. Mr. Balley announced that on ac- count of the lateness of the hour he would not ask for a roll call Vice President thereupon ap- the following conferees on part of the Senate Senators 2406 Whirlpool Street, 30 years of age, George Eng- during the turning the weapon on himself, shot a bullet through his head, ing late at night, but heard shots, The infant had belonged to Mra in Detroit. Cattle Loss 82,000,000, El Paso, Texas (Special). Two i : | er the losses sustained by stockmen the drouth in Northern Mex. acording to conservative esti. from leo, ed nearly a year, has been broken have died by the tens of thousands from star- vation and thirst Checker Champion Dead, Boston (Special)-—It became unharmed to his father's door. does not know who took hi where he was kept or who brought him back, but his uncle was arrest- ed and Is held without ball for a hearing on Friday. The father says he received Black Hand letters be. fore the boy disappeardd. He paid no attention to them, he says, or to subsequent demands for ransom. { i : i He had been 111 for some time with gastritis. Barker was born in this city 51 years ago. Before he was 20 years old he had met most of the famonug checker play- ers of the country and had defeated many of them. In 1887 he won the world’s championship by defeating James Wyllle at Glasgow, Scotland. Republicans , and Money, Democrats, SUICIDE ON WEDDING TOUR. A Boat Over A Dam. South Bend, Ind. man and woman who ended in the Bt. Joseph River here were H. Lindeman and his wife, of Chi- They were on their wedding the had hotel and Lindeman told he and Mrs. Lindeman Bend day before, Searchers found Lindeman's coat. { hotel assigned to the Lindemans and by comparing the coat with articles of clothing established the Murders Wife And Kills Self. Lodi, Wis, (8pecial). -- George Knerzer, of this eity, killed his wife end of a shotgun. He then commit. ted suicide by drowning in a shallow pool. He was insane. sis IN THE WORLD OF FINANCE ise Pullman Company's assessment in Chicago was raised $1,000,000, United States Steel Is sald now to have 87 per cent. of its plant in operation. Raliroad (carnings of the United States are now about 9 per cent. ahead of last year's figures, Production of pig iron Ip the United States in the first half of 1909 was 11,000,000 tons, against 8,018,000 tons in the first half of PRESIDENT TAFT 15 AGAINST WAR British and French Ambassadors Join in Sentiments, Executive And Diplomats Of Three Leading Powers Urge Eternal Pearce At Historie Old Fort On Lake Champlain—FPresident Says Great Achievements Of Humble Explorers Whe Found America Should Diminish Heads Swelled By Modern Progress. Bluff Point, N. Y. (Speci With al) bassador Jusserand, of Bryce, of of W Dickinson France; bassador Great Britain 1 War Vie Admiral Uriu, of an Secretary © d Japan, the hundredth re annive f Lake plain § ing two York and Vermont : 30K oF national terest, For Bryes ted the confined f tnt of New OD Ji Jusserand Taft all con Ambassadors and President ir respective cles peace and an old fortre BOTI¢ the hi they again of t sadow : in ne § #8, which batt the hope peace among of ti he world be of bloodiest expr ¥ sed i H les in story, would the the great terrupted by The Presid tinguished of contin nations a War ent and i the other dis- tuests had an afternoon niterest from the mo- ment Wis Taft Sees Historie Ruins. ¥ WOMAN FASTED 49 DAYS. She Says Abstention From Food fas Cured Her Ailments. A» A GIGANTIC CHEESE. Ten Tons of Milk Were Used In Its Manufacture, N Y cheese ever Utica,, { Special) The 1 4 largest manufacture in the Mohawk Valley to firm by Age company. The usual shape, but inches high, 45 Ind in diame- containing 41.728 ecubie inches, ed 1,850 pounds. It took ik to duce it into shape by a press, was shipped a Chicago a local cold stor- Cheese it JOR was built in the measured 32 ter, and about and it specially weg 10 tong of 1 pro was construc nress Presse ted Want Nine-Hour Day. Raleigh, N. C ~A nine- hour working day is to be asked of the Air Line Railway by the machinists, carmen, blacksmiths and boillermakers of the entire BY H- tem A conference to take place between representatives of those and the superintendent of motive power of the Seaboard has been arranged to take place In Portsmouth, and a reduction from 10 hours to nine hours will be asked. { Special) Seaboard Nine Men Killed Im Mine, Trinidad, Col. (8pecial).—Nine men were killed by an explosion of gas in the mine of the Cedar Hill Coa! and Coke Company, at Toller. ville, near here. All the dead were foreigners except one. The men were | descending in the cage. The explo- slon partly wrecked the shaft and those who were not instantly killed | were guffocated by gas. | Rockefeller 70 Years Onl. i Cleveland, O. (8pecial).—John D. | Rockefeller reached the three-score | and ten period of his life Thursday. {a small farm near Richmond, Tioga i County, N. Y. Beginning life as a | penniless farmer's boy, Mr. Rocke- feller is today reputed to be the world's nearest candidate for a bil- lionaire. His health is good and he is enjoying a rugged old age. Through Fire To Save Baby, York, Pa. (8pecial).—The explo- gion of a coal oll stove at New Free. dom caused a fire which resulted in the loss of the dwelling of Paul Harkenstine and threatened for a time to destroy the whole borough. Efficient work on the part of the members of the town fire company and bucket brigades kept the flames from spreading, The explosion oo- curred while Mrs, Harkenstine was out in the yard, and the woman had to rush through flame and smoke to PAINCELY GIFT FROM al Education Board, Needs Of Great The Income From Appropriations Having hausted —- Vast Fund Restrictions And May Be Disposed Of As Directors Deem Best Ly Two-Thirds Vote, caticnnl Import. Previous Been Exe Heleasesd ance, From HIS LARGEST GIFTS the back tok place wer shooting will rec BY TELEGRAPH The tariff bill is now in ence committee of both houses House by a vote 178 to adopted a rule whereby the amendments of the Senate w ere agreed to and the conference quested by the Senate granted. Secretary Wilson, of the Depart ment of Agriculture, contradicts the report that Me had entered into an agreement with a representative of { Nebraska millers regarding prosecu. | tions for bleaching flour General investigation of the op- eration of the Civil Bervice Law ia | authorized to be made by the Senate | Committe on Civil Service in a res. | olution introduced by Senator Borah. ! Congress will be represented by | committees of the Senate and the | House of Representatives at the | Alaska-Yukon Pacific Exposition at | Seattle, Wash | The Secret Service has discovered {a new ten-dollar gold certificate 3 i confer. The 151 547 dis- res of { which is similar to the one unearthed in March, 1508. | President Taft outlined his plan {for his tripe to Seattle, California, {the Bouthwest and the South. It is quite certain now that the | large corporations will test the con. | stitutionality of the corporation fax ‘law. Opposition is also brewing in the House, The Agricultural Department is. sued a bulletin showing the condi tion of the crops. P. H. O'Donnell, of Chicago, has given Georgetown University a fund for selsmographical equipment. Former Congressman McCleary, of Minnesota, fs likely to be appointed director of the mint A naval board has been appointed to make a second Inquiry into the cause of the death of Second Lieu. tenant James M. Sutton, of the Ma- rine Corps, at Annapolis. it is charged that a number of Interstate express companies have been organized by liquor interests to save her baby, which was on the 1908, inside evade the prohibition laws. i i { MUCH TROUBLE 0JER THE LOSS OF PANAMA Columbia, Discontent Colombians Which A Por. Among The The Terms Under Panama Was To Assume tion Of The Colombian De bt Reyes Leaves Holguin The Presi- dent Designate Ac ting Ax The Chief Executive, Over Fruit Grower Mu; Woman's Long “rh orpse Devoured By go Alligators, With ensacoia, ia | Moro Spe § Patian " Chief Killed Manila ( fal) In a d fight Mikiri, killed ted near the 3 NA by ad Byram Sixth Cavalry operating ; with a naval flotilla of the fleet under ant Signor The American private killed and 20 enlisted men wounded, fr Lieuter Peacemaker Shot, jrayson, Ga (8pect Much excitement prevails in this communi- ty over the fatal injury of Res | i. Langley, who wae shot while try. ing to separate his son, Bose Lang- ley, and J. E. Webb, who were en. gaged in a fight. Webb and young Langley fought a desperate duel with pistols. Each receiving two wounds Of a serious nature, he minister, in attempting to act as peacemaker, came within the range of the fly- ing bullets and fell at his son's feet mortally wounded. ai) Drank Acid For Whisky, Salisbury, N. C. (Special). —Mis- taking a carbolic acid bottle for one containing whisky, L. D. O’'Kelley, a policeman, drank of the contents of the former and died in great agony within 40 minutes O'Kelley arose from his bed about ¢ o'clock and complained of feeling unwell, He remarked that he believed a little whisky might him some good and went scarching for the stimulant among several bot. ties upon the pantry shelf, Senators To Be Witnesses, Seattle, Wash. (Special) Counsel for Mrs. Vera de Noie said that Senators and congressmen would be called to testify when the woman, who is held in the Immigrant deten. tion pen for investigation on the charge that she is an alien ang lack. Ing In qualifications to enter this country, has a hearing in court Mrs. De Nole says she is a native of lowa, where she lived until 17 years old. She sald that she for merly lived at Long Branch, N. Jo where she has relatives. She are rived recently from Hongkong. 1
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