THE NEWS.
Domestic
Application for the appointment of
a receiver for the Deschutes Irriga-
tion and Power Company, of Port-
land, Ore., was made in a suit filed
by John G. Deshler, of Columbus,
of Washington,
of the Bank
and Frederick W.
Ward, a business man of Pittsburg,
were found guilty of conspiracy
R. 8S. Lovett, vice president of the
Union Pacific Railroad, was
a director of the New York, Susque-
hanna and Western Railroad, to suc-
ceed J. N. Hill,
The incendiary who has been start-
ing a number of fires in E vansville,
Ind.. continued his work, and eight
more barns went up in smoke.
Alva Carter, under arrest at Fres-
no, Cal, is wanted in
parish, La.,
Wall, a farmer,
W. FPF. Carter,
“Clifford H
Pénna., former
of Coal Center,
Drum,
cashier
eight vears
general
ago
agent of
ral lines, with headquarters
died from peritonitis,
John Horvatch was arrestéd in
South Bend, Ind., on information
from the police at Racine,
charge him with four murders.
It is estimated that the loss ac-
companying the heavy frost in Mus-
kegon and Oceana Counties, Mich
will run up to at least $100,000.
An order making Lionel Hare,
New York, liable for damages
gregating $62,500 was entered
Judge Wilbur at Los Angeles
Mineral land swindles in Northern
Wyoming in two years have taken
$400,000 out of the pockets of resi
dents of Eastern States,
George A. Johnson, who
and assaulted by four robbers,
at Norristown, Pa.
Extensive damage was done to the
tobacco crop of Western Wisconsin
by frosts.
Mrs. Wililam
plumber living in Dunton,
land, shot Dr. M. C. Hicks,
nent physician of Jamalca, in the leg
and then sent a bullet into her breast
with the same revolver. The physi
cian’s wound is not dangerous, bul
the woman will probably di=
Alice Webb Duke, former wife of
the millionaire tobacco manufactur
er, arrested in Chicago for fallure
to pay a bill for automobile hire, was
held until her mental conditions
investigated
The Brotherhood of Railway
men on the Pittsburg, Fort Wayne
and Chicago Railrogd have refused
to handle strikebreakers destined for
the Pressed Steel Car Company's
plant at McKees Rocks, Pa
Mystery surrounds the finding of
the body of Mrs. Alberta Banta, di-
vorced wife of former United States
Senator John R. Phipps, in a public
park at San Antonio, Tex
Three trainmen were killed in a
collision between a doubleheader
freight and a construction train on
the Huntington and Broad Top Rail-
road.
The national! and local officials of
the miners’ union in Pittsburg have
disagreed and parted in controversy
over the use of explosives
Four prominent young men of De-
troit, Mich., were fined and sentence.
to the House of Correction for 950
days for “joy riding.”
The steamer Allegan) reached
Boston after having been adrift with
a broken shaft and a million dollars
aboard.
Forty-six prominent citizens of
pan reached Seattle to tour the
ted States in the interest of
and commerce.
The illness of Supreme
tice William H. Moody
rheumatism, according
tary.
Felix
sergeant-at-arms
Representatives, died in New York
A cloudburst swept away 130
buildings at Squattertown, a settle-
ment outside of Rawhide, Nev
The United States torpedo boat
destroyer developed a speed of 33.7
knots an hour.
Eight stables and barns at
ville, Ind., were burned-by
cendiary.
Bialville, a small town in
was devastated by a cycione
Foreign
Beckert, the former chancellor of
the German legation of Santiago, has
Been condemned to death by the
Cenrt of First Instance,
The reluctance of the deposed
Shah of Persia to cede his estates
in Azerbaijan provines to the gov-
ernment has heen overcome
The authorities at Warsaw sup-
pressed the Society for the Aid of
Poor Scholars studying in Polish
schools.
Glenn Curtiss, now in Paris, de-
cided to attend the aeroplane meets
ing beginning at Brescia next Sun-
day.
George Cabot Ward, the newly ap-
pointed secretary of Porto Rico,
San Juan for the United States
According to the official forecast |
made by
Tokio the rice crop this vear will be
seventeen per cent. above the aver
age of former seasons,
The new naval station and dry
dock at Pearl Harbor, Honolulu, will
be completed and ready to turn over
to the Navy Department within 232
months
Captain Samuel G. Shartle,
newly-appointed American military
altache at Berlin, was presented 1c
Emperor William at the autumn ro
view.
A number of the men on strike i
Stockholm have received notice t¢
leave their homes October 1 unless
they return to work in the mean
time.
The admiral of the fleet, 8ir Bd
ward Hobart Seymour, hoisted his
flag at Portsmouth on the battleship
eraiser inflexible.
Senor Ferer, the man who ig accus
ed of being responsible for the recep!
rioting in Bareelona, has been ap
rested. :
The former chief of the Russian
ice Department will be exiled tr
Krasnoyarsk, Siberia.
The British Association for the
Advancement of Selence, meeting al
Winnipeg, elected officers,
Two French captains fought »
fieree duel with swords in Paris.
York Cen
at Toledo,
"ia
I8.,
of
ag-
by
was shot
died
wife of a
Long Is
a promi.
Condon,
18
Train-
Jja-
Uni-
peace
Court. Jus-
is Jue to
to his secre
MeCloskey 40 Years
Houde of
for
of the
Evang-
an in-
Te
Xas,
the
08. FREDERICK A. COOX
FINDS NORTH POLE
American,
ARRIVED AT POLE APRIL 21, 1908.
Intrepid Ametiean Explorer is Now
on His Way Home, After Achieving
the Desire of Centuries, and Plant.
ing the Stars and Stripes on the
Pole Itself ~Wonderful Features of
the New Country.
br. FP.
explorer,
Pole April 21,
telegram
Office
ial).
American
North
to
Copenhagen
Cook, the
reached the
{ 1908, according
at. the
| from Lerwick,
Dr. Cook
Spec
@
Colonial here
Shetland Islands.
on board the
government steamer Hans
passed Lerwick at noon,
route for Denmark.
The telegram
Cook's achievement
Greenland official
steamer, and reads
“We have on boa
traveler, Dr. Cook,
North Pole April 21,
arrived at Upernavik
most Danish settlement
on an island off the west
May of 1808 from Cape York
northwest part of Greenland,
fin Bay) The Eskimos
York confirm Dr. Cook’
journey.”
Directo
i received
is
en
i which
®
announcing Dr.
by a
the
was sent
on board
as follows:
rd the American
who reached the
1908. Dr, Cook
{the northern-
in Greenland,
coast)
(in
jaf-
Cape
of his
on
of
& slory
of the
sald thai
any far
achieve
ival of the Hau
gol 1
The ves
voyage
Ry
adm instr]
pect to
r berg,
tion,
[eco
Greenland
he did not
ther details of Dr
ment before the ary
Egede at this port
make no stops on
Lerwick to Copenhagen
Director Ryberg
American Legatior
minister, Dr. Maur
Dr. Cook had reaches
The announcem
enthusiasia
and any Ameticans
leation to congratulate
Among these was Alexander
of New York, a warm
of Dr. Cook. who said that
believed the explorer had
long ag) The legation
rowded with visitors
The noted explorer,
Hovgaard, leader various
Pole expeditions convinced
the message that Dr. Cook
reached the Pole was but
marked that i: was strange that
mention was made in the
to whether or not there is
he Pole. It is the intention
people of Copenhagen, on Dr
irrival here, to give him a most
thusiastic reception
ive
Coo k's
the
proce ile ad
and informed
ice FF. Egan,
i the North
ent cause d Jie
hroug
Pole
grea
out
nd
had
1
eis
pe rsonal
he
perish
Was
Commander
North
thnt
Bad
of
nas
true ré.
cable
land
of the
Cook's
on-
FIRST THOU GHT OF WIFE,
Cook Hastens To Let Her Know
Of His Safety.
New Yor
ul, well
Fred."
Full of meaning if BUC
were interpreted to indicate
had reached the North Pole,
going cable message exaspera
ts 1} riefnese, was received
York from Dr. Frederick
the American explorer
iptest cable advices credit
pg accomplished what no
itd
The message was sent not to any
wientific society, nor to any of his
1ssociates interested in his expedition
‘from a scientific viewpoint, but to
iis wife, who has been counting the
favs and hours and praying for his
wafety since his departure from this
‘ity on July 4. 1907.
Dr.
{ Special). ‘|Ruyccess
Address Copenhagen
k
r
that he
the fore-
ting in
in New
Cook,
whom the
with hav-
man ever
A
LIKE A NINEFOL D ADAM.
Shooting Himself,
Philadelphia
he most
io medical science was successfully
wrformed at the Homeopathic Hos-
pital here.
Clifford Russell sent a bullet into
ais lung Three of his ribs were
shattered and the alr entered the
avity rendering breathing
nable to patch up the ribs,
Tharles H. Harvey and Dr. H
my removed nine of them,
mly
sf the heart and the lower floating
rib
The wound was
tightly,
o lodge in. Russell responded nice-
ly and Is resting quietly
{ Special) One of
Dr
M
then sewed up
$15,000,000 STE AL C HARGE D.
Taken Land From State.
(Special), — Water-front
i
| Chicago
| said to have been taken from
of 8t. Louis, according to
to Chicago from their trip
Mississippi and Illinois Rivers,
these waters border along this State
The charges were made by John
.. Flannigan, representative of St.
Clair County.
by changes of the course of the river,
the original meander line being now
several miles from the water's edge
in some ‘Places.
Liner Hit 70-Foot Whale.
Plymouth (Special). ~The steam-
er Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse ar-
rived here from New York. Of the
banks of Newfoundland she collided
with a 70-foot whale that was evi-
{ently asleep on the surface of the
water. The whale became impaled
on the liner's bows, and all its ef
‘orts to free itself were futile. Final.
'y the steamer had to go full speed
Asters to get clear of the dying levi-
athan
| EARTHQUAKE ON THE
ISTHMUS OF PANAMA
Has Not Been Affected In
Any Way,
| Buildings Were
Occurants
The
Damage
Say That
fected,
Canal
shaken So That
: In Terror Into
But No Serious
Done—The Reports
Canal Was Not Af.
fan
Streets,
Was
The
Isthmus
earth
extent
The
an
Panama (
of Panama experienced
shock extending
of territory, No
however, nor is it belleved
canal has been affected
Lieutenant Colonen G
gave out the following
“The seismographs on the isthmug
8 o'clock recorded earth m
ments at various stations across
isthmus, Hoowever, were
sufficiently severe
felt, nor to have an
on any of the canal
execution or in prospect.”
The administration buildings
both the government and the
commission here and at Ancop
80 severely shaken that the
left their desks hurriedly
street They soon returned,
ever, when it was seen that
age had been done and that
i first shock was not followed
tsecond. The quake
Aguadulece, In Cocle
Pacora, in the
points more than
Colonel Goethals bh
{following offic
quake from
ipecial)
a large
damage
over
done,
that the
in any way.
W. Goethals
gtatement
Wis
in
at
they
10 he
injurious
now
effects
WOrk in
Of
ranal
wer
clerks
for the
how-
the
by a
was also felt at
Province, and at
province Panama,
100 n apart.
thi *
Of
nile “
as rece van
if the h-
ial report
Engineer
ugust es
raph
ANG
we
ment, and hs
scious to g rumbli
At R o'clock mograph here
corded a ere shock, but the pen
ag knocked {from both the ‘100 K'
The noted
fat
igth-
at 11.¢
recorded
obse rye
A
HEMNMOZ
The
» also
r
cone
Was
tha
ree gov
several
and at J
independs«
pi ring ipal
Was
the
y ingicate
f
uir:
| eXPix tod
BOYS TRY TO WRECK TRAIN
Four Lads Say They Just Wanted
To
Kankakee,
tempt fo
‘erowded Chicago
bound, on the
| road, was discovereg
crew in time to prevent
The boys had placed
‘and rail braces at a switct
town
i Werly Smith, Sam and
and Clayton Robertson
age from 14 to 16
{ vauted near the scene of
wreck, where they were
| velopments
They admitted
structions on the
they "J wanted
See Smash.
Iti
ur
by
in
ar-
re intended
awaiting de-
Were
piacing the ob
track and said tha
ust to see a wreck.”
531 Fatal
Harrisburg, Pa
Raliroad
statistics
cidenta in Pennsylvania
six months ending June
There were in all 551
5.427 non-fatal accidents
talities 472 were on steam
and 79% on electric roads
were 3.687 persons injured on the
steam roads and 1,748 on the trolley
roads The tota! number killed on
the steam roads was 53 less than in
the corresponding period of 1908 and
the injured 856 less.
Accidents,
{ Special) The
bas com
railroad ac-
during the
a0 las:
fatal and
Of the fa-
railroads
State Commission
piled of
the
Government Testing Concrete,
Washington, D. C. (Special)
crete as a bullding material has led
to numerous investigations of Its
strength when variously prepared
and when subjected to various con-
ditions An elaborate test is now
Survey, The effort
the comparative value
granite, limestone and
use in concrete.
of gravel,
cinders
Sermon At Ball Game,
Minneapolis (Special). Base
land religious services were combined,
for the first time it is believed, when
the Rev. G. lL. Morrill! delivered a
short sermon at the
{ciation ball grounds prior
game Sunday afternoon
| Minneapolis and Kansas City
{home team won 8 to 0.
to
The
Woman Weighed 500 Pounds.
New York (Special) Elephanti
asis was a contributory caus
death of Mrs. Theresa Habet!s
of a restaurant keeper, who expired
in a hospital here, aged 38 vears
| Bhe weighed 500 pounds, and it will
be necessary to construct a special
casket for her body Until three
years ago she was of ordinary size
Walter Wellman At Tromsoe,
Tromsoe, Norway {Special).
| Walter Wellman, who recently made
an unsuccessful attempt to reach
the North Pole in a dirigible bal.
loon, arrived here from Spitzbergen.
He has left three men to guard the
airship at the S8pitzbergen camp
through the winter.
IN THE WORLD oF FINANCE
American Locomotive Company di.
rectors authorized an Issue of $5,000.
000 § per cent. notes
The Pattens of Chicago having
made a big killing in old wheat, now
predict much lower prices for new
wheat,
United States Steel will this month
smash all its records in the consump.
tion of pig iron and in ore shipment.
Without doubt the steel trade is
humming.
i
i
i
i
\
PLAN GREAT WELCOME
FOR DR. FRED. A. COOK
Event of National and Possibly Inter
national Importance,
PRESIDENT TAFT MAY BE PRESENT.
Noted Explorers Expected To
Cook In New York-—His
Financial Backer Talks——Declares
Careful Preparations For The
Dash Were Made—Steward
firms Statement,
Many
Greet
(Special) Preparations
here to make
Dr, Frederick
national, and
importance
New
aleardy
home
Cook
York
are
coming
event
the
A
afoot
of
an of
international,
e It
| 8ibly
| the plang outlined by
{| Arctic Club are carried out,
{ come home which Dr,
in New York will
city, State and
take part, while prominent explorers
| Cook's former rivals—from
of the globe will gather
sonal tribute te
. we fre}
the wel
Cook will re-
celve be
in which nation will
all
paris
their per
ment.
Among
who will in all probat
greet Dr C on
be Lieutenant Shaci
resid Englishman,
i plorations in the
which he succeeded
er to the South Pole
previous explorer, make
of world-wide prominent
Members of the Arctic
Presiden: Taft
8g repre
Jook
the most n of thos
be here
eturn will
the In-
ox
toy Gok
nay
enti
that
nation
I Dr
"Such
than fired
Jour woul
. one of
{ the
placed the
apex of the
i Dd
in
er has
Lhe
perha a 2 i}
view ©
world
gguare
nation 8 1s
Among
pected
tl
srritory
the ex
to take a
ie welcome
of the
Nansen, Capt
A WW Greely,
Melville,
and Cap
Ca
slorer
Horey
pro Oo
Duke
Bernier
Osborn,
tht
Pp
the said
explorer
weeks
of
ted fo:
Copenh
expe
due in
three
if came
Ne
days.” sald Captain Osh
straight
Yor)
w
wil make
geographi
him to pass
withont
Ic w
home
John financial
iakts pains to
Brooklyn explorers
the North Pole
result of chancy
goeveral polar
ag the
Arctic
e Wie
about our prenara fons for this
brass band
im aginable
jde for
akes and
who had
benefit
wont
thing aul
gccompanin
ontingency had been pros
We studied out the
misfortunes of other
tried for the Pole,
by thelr errors
benefitted by their
“T am not going
cost was, but 1'H tell
One single item of
was 5.000 gallons of gasoline and
another was two barrels of gumdraps
An Esquimaux will travel 20 miles
for a gumdrop. His sweet tooth Is
the sweetest in the world
"Now Cook has as much nerve
man in the world, 1 guess: ha?
he had something besides nerve to
carry him through I'm not trying
to take any of the credit; but I want
to say he had the right kind of out-
fit to take him through Conk will
prove to the satisfaction of ewr:
fair man that he has done exact!
what he claims he did.’
ent,
mist
men
hoping to
and we certainly
examnles
tn 13
you th
the equipment
MRS, SU TTON GETS PERMIT.
Restrictions
It.
{Bpec
Order Hus No
Appended To
Washington, D. C
permit was granted fo Mrs
N. Sutton 'o have the body
son, Lieut. James N. Sutton, which
is buried in Arlington National Cem.
disinterred and an autops;
The permit
| New
ial)
| otery,
{the Quartermaster General of the
the one issued on August
that it was jssued by the Secretary
it
Moonshine Sul te Prison.
Pittsburg (Special) Eight g
the Western Penitgntiaey
dismissed, it is
uards
at Linvn
been
ing of whisky In the big jr'son, Ac.
cording to one of the dischurged
guards, other employes at the pet.
itentiary are implicated. The whis-
ky was made from prune juice, yeast
and sugar
ss a
Big Mine Cave-n,
Scranton, Pa. (8pecial). The big:
gest mine cave-in that has ever oc
curred in Scranton took place when
the earth settied over a large area
in a thickly seftied section of the
suburbs.
————— Tn SO ROA
Two Dead In Grand Trunk Wreck.
petroit, Mich. (Special). A pas.
senger train wreck ia reported to
have. happened on the Crank Trunk
dflroad dear Capac Fireman
Btraseon und Brush were killed and
Engineer McAarous bad one log
broken.
E. H. HARRIMAN SAYS
HE 15 ALL BIGHT
Promises the Reporters to Keep
Them Posted,
Correspondents Camped
Of Mountain — Reach Financier!
Through Special Delivery Letter
Told Of Wild Stories Being
He Will Notify
it
At Foot!
fy
Circulated——Says
The
Serious'’ Happens,
Newspapers
Arden, N. Y. Edwar
H. Harriman, ur
resentatives
(Special)
ged by weary
of the press, who
IT
a week,
statement that
Though brief,
ghtforward
a touch
at the irve
he has been subjects
that the reporters wit}
much for his sake, but
who have been intercept
coming to and from his residence
zealous intervie
latest bit of
cludes thus
should be
the press
deceived
now withdraw | re
ely on me.”
The
Mr
to news
titude«
underwent
interview
that
here
out Monday
he
the
came
was all
statement
and explicit 3
of patient re
ment ur lance to
and requested
draw, not
for hi friend
80
dail}
by
ed
WY
Ww for
informs It
frank!
anvthing
know, and
i
thom
them, |
asl
vi
Chara
aft able
*
nti
IMMEeSERE" Wate
Harriman's
paper ri
which
i
the
t hie
most
Aw
ur
turned
word
"Gentil
letter of tod
low ade
Pp
wi
Was n
and
thie
fogs
covers
Harriman On Himself,
statement Mr. Har
thi
ind C
Dr Walter
the whole
nothing
ITeWwWer
James
esylt
Serious
re previously
t and not
me. and this
COYEers Lhe
if
Lave res
t One ti
"Ts is
RR
a
whole
resentatives
there i
ished,
On
Wa
the rep
degire and
be ac pl
here; but now
jillian the opers
¢ be withdrawn, not so much
account of my fagily or myseif,
the coming and going of
*nds may pot be interfered
gppreciate the interest show?
fare by the and by
n all sections perhaps
1¢ others it was ‘or
shou vy be anything eer will jet
the press know, have never
deceived them | the press
pow withdraw atives and
rely upon
re Rs
io Com
e of
unt
press
and
there
ious 1
and as |
that
sent
ask
ile repre
rams *°
n
WASHINGTON
BY TELEGRAPH
Surgeon
h | iarine Hos
cable
yw {over
An
Was
General Wym
pital Service, was
of the appearance
at L.aguayra, Venez
attempt being
hington Chamber
to secure the next
the capital
Lieutenant
the
bs
HL
1s made
of
aviation for
rest
Foulols will
War Department: at the
aeronautical confers
represent
niterna-
ice al
Nancy
Assiflant
War
Secretasy. Diiver, of the
Department, returned to Wash
a month's vacation.
President Gomes named
fcan as head of the water
system at Cienfuegos, (
Postmas
“i
pid Fewer
uba
tors were airecte
mailing p:
a
. ¢
iu
wrapped
Cei8 LOT
proj
Geaeral Murr
Wwetine the
z Philippines, Haw
Le coast.
There was a
in the Treasur:
gust, as compared
for July.
Arranga nents Bae Lren
sption of Srince and
ahi Kuni, of Japan
Efforts will be made 10 raise
torpedo supply ship Yanktom,
Maseachnsctts Coast
The Swiss ministcv's residen ¢ will
contain rare art treasures collected
Brigadics
ed from ingy
ay
CORE] 0G¢
ait
sid a
deficit of 87,411,728
Department for Au-
with, $13,103,940
nade [or
Princess
the
off
Cuba's direrior general
offices wil! confer with
Genera! Fitcheoek
Mexico directeq that all relief sup-
plies for the Yood sufferers be admit.
ted fred,
Royal #. Cabell was sworn
Commisrioner of the laternal
nues
Smithsonian scientists found the
Roosevelt wiins from Africa in good
shape. —-
Only $254,780 wae coinsd by the
United States ‘mints during August
A dispatch to the State Depart.
ment irom Tampico sald that a por
tion to the north jetty and both
Hghts at
have boen destroyed,
Scientiste raid the Panama Canal
is in no danger from possible earth
auakey. ;
of posts
Postmaster
in as
Revo
I LONE ROBBER HOLDS
UP AN EXPRESS TRAIN
Gets 10,000 Lincoln Pennies instead
i of Bags of Gold,
THE TRAIN CREW WAITS ON Kim,
1 Halted At
Narrows,
Forces Crew Of The
Gold Into A Bag
But Drops The
Pennsylvania
Midnight In
Highwayman
Train To
For Hime. senpes,
Gold The Pursuit—Blood-
hounds Start On His Trail
Across Mountains,
Express
Lewistown
Pou
During
To
The
Lewistown, Pa
most
oraerec
ntied one
the
awakened
r calm
the train
AWS
tra
gent Of
train was
“Good
} OP
gleam
tha
OER
the
y that
pennies sex
in curren
CXpress eon
0 apnounete the
amount their loss
The robber iz described as 12
nbout 5 fert 8 inches ino height, and
was dressed in dark clothing and
wore a sionch hat. pulled well down
his eyes He used excell
ish, but slight foreign ar
Bre
missing. bul the
pany officials
1 Oxaet
refuse
nf
!
b
eine
aver ert
Eng! had a
cent
Agent
aent
Dake? of Lewistown
the scene of the
gix bage of pennies
seals had not been
3%
robe
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ion which io
broken
COTTON CONDITION LOWER.
Por Cent, Indicates
Crop Of 10.500,000 Bales.
Memphis, Tenn we Phe
of the National Ginners' As-
sociation, just made public, gives the
condition of totton up to and includ.
ing August 24, as 64.1 per cent
“This the lowest condition in
a number of years." the report says,
“and indicates a crop of about 10.-
500.000 bales, An early frost wonld
reduce these figures somewhat, and
a late frost would probably increase
the total vield to 11.0006.000 bales
Pead In Slaughter Trough.
§t. Charles, Mo (Spocial). = The
Hands and feet bound with wire, the
body of John McNealy, a butcher,
was found in a trough in a slaughter
house on the outskirts of this eity
The head and face were partly sub
merged in six inches of water, [It
ig thought McNealy was murderad.
{ Special)
i report
iR
Follows Roosevelt dea,
Ottawa, Ont (Bpecinl). «= The
Canadian Government has followed
sx-Precident Roosevelt's suggestion
by appointing a commission for the
conservation of natural resources. it
is made up of representatives of thi}
Mederal and provincia! governments,
the anlversities and men particularly
skilled tn minerals, timber and oth
natural resources. Hoa. Cliffo
Sifton 1s chairman,