i
THE NEWS.
Domestic
The conference of Democrats at
Saratoga, N. Y., declared for an in-
come tax, federal and state control
of the trusts and taxation of corpor-
ations by the state alone,
. A bronge statue of former Secre-
tary of War Willlam H., Seward, the
father of Alaska,” was unveiled at |
Seattle, i
The corpse of a three-weeks-old |
baby was left in the Library Park |
Hotel, Detroit, by a. well-dressed |
woman. :
Prof. Adolph Struempell, the
Vienna specialist, declares Harriman
had a cancer. i
A decrease of 48,848 idle rallroad
cars occurred during the last two |
months.
Mobile, which fought
against the passage of the
state-wide prohibition laws, gave eyl-
dence of determination to enforce
the laws to the letter,
Governor Warner, of Michigan, ap-
pointed the Withington Zouaves, of
Jackson, as Michigan's official rep-
resentatives at the Hudson-Fulton
celebration,
The Farmers’ Union in annual con-
vention at Birmingham, Ala., decided
by a small majority to ask Congress
to take the tariff off jute bagging.
Thomas J. O'Brien, ambassador
to Japan, who is now visiting In
Brussels, Belgium, will return to his
home in Grand Rapids on September
265.
A westbound passenger traln on
the Salt Lake, Los Angeles and San
Pedro Railroad collided with a lo-
cal train near Tintic Junction, Utah.
Alice Webb Duke, divorced wife of
Brodie IL. Duke, the tobacco mag-
nate, was committed to the asylum
for the insane at Kankakee, Ill.
The fifty-ninth anniversary of the
admission of California to statehood
was observed at the Alaska-Yukon-
Pacific Exposition.
Thieves are believed to have been
the murderers of an unidentified
man whose body was recovered from
the river at Chicago.
" During a quarrel
table Edward Black,
Tex., shot his wife
wounding her,
Missouri Pacific
No. 501, westbound,
pear Palmer, Kan
By practically a unanimous vote
the strikers of the Pressed Steel Car
Company's plant at Schoenville, Pa.,
decided to re work at the
plant and accept concessions
granted them by the company.
What is believed to be a "Black
Hand” murder was unearthed when
the body of Givsoppi Casemento, an
Italian, 60 vears old, was found in
a hovel at Piqua, Ohio.
Prof. George B
University of Chicago.
fous views were attack
tists, has accepted a
tarian pulpit
Miss Olga Menn,
Baron Oscar Rothsc
life, arrived in New
rope, suffering fro
Mrs. Daisy port,
Homer Davenport, » eartoonits, has
been granted 0 a month alimony
pending her suit 3
Lieutenant General Heuary C
bin, TU. 8. A. die Roosevelt
Hospital, New Y an opera-
tion 1 di
(is
at the dinner
of San Antonio,
twice, fatally
passenger train
was deralled
turn to
the
of the
whose relig-
»d by the Bap-
call to a Uni-
Foster,
=
beecanse of whom
hild ended his
Yo from Eu-
wane collate
rvyous collapse
is
TR
wife of
¢ v
for vena
James N
3 voted
£101,000, to Chi
tional
Vice } erman and
ernor Hughes addressed a reunion
of Union Confederate veterans
at Utlea, N. Y.
Prof. W. W. Campbell,
the Lick Observatory, reports
water vapor exists on Mars
Miss Stella Levy, of Pittsburg, died
from a needle plercing her heart,
; Foreign
The University of Copenhagen
conferred an honorary degree upon
Pr. Cook, who reiterated his state.
ment that he would bring forward
the Eskimos to give evidence of his
trip to the Pole.
The British government has agreed
to a continuance of the Newfound-
land modus vivendi until the conclu-
sion of the arbitration proceedings af
“The Hague.
Representatives of Chicago pack-
ing firms are in St. Petersburg in-
vestigating the possibilities of the
Caucasus and Western Siberia as a
source of meat supply.
The signing of a treaty between
Brazil and Peru put an end to the
frontier dispute concerning posses.
gions in the Amazon.
Crown Prince Frederick and the
Crown Princess of Germany saw
Orville Wright fly over the Temple |
hof parade field.
United States Ambassador and
Mrs. Hill have arranged to sall from.
Germany for New York September
23.
The deposed Shah of Persia has
gone to Russia, where he will live ip
practical exile at Odessa,
The King of Saxony enjoyed at |
hour's flight with Zeppelin In his
airship at Friedrichshafen, !
James Campbell, of New York. |
pleaded guilty at the old Balley Po
lice Court, London, to the charge ol |
having obtained $10,000 under false
pretenscs, :
The Rio Grande River overflowed
fts banks at Matamoros and cpused
much damage.
Miss Florence Breckenbridge
daughter of Gen. J. C. Breckenbridge
of Washington, D. C., was married
in Paris 10 Thomas F. Hasketh,
A private soldier named Khariz
was sentenced to death at 8t, Peters
purg for an attempt to kill Liew
temant General Mistchenko,
Robbers centered the postofiice ol
Miass, Ruevin, killed the watchmar
and three polfeemen and escaped
with $40.00
John WW. iliddle, the retiring
American ao lncendor to Russia, lef
de
t +4 $1 5
institutions,
President Si Gov-
and
diréetor of
that
8t. Petersburg tor Berlin,
&
EDWARD H. HARRIMAN
‘THE WIZARD DEAD
News of His Death Withheld For
Two Hours.
————
All The Family Assembled Around
The Bedside—Demise Not Expect.
ed To Cause Any Great Unsettied
Conditions—Continuation Of En-
terprises Believed To Be Provided
For,
HARRIMAN'S LIFE.
Born February 25, 1848, In
Hempstead, IL. L
One of six children of a coun-
try clergyman who earned about
$300 a year
Taught at home by his mother,
and later spent two years al a
church school.
Forced to go to work at the age
of 14 and obtained a job as office
boy in a Wall Street brokerage
house,
Rose to position of clerk in
four years and was given share
of profits,
Speculated boldly and was suc- |
cessful from the start
Bought a seat on the New York
Stock Exchange when he was 22
years old,
Began his railroad career when
he was 36.
Made vice-president of Illinois
Central four years later.
At 50 reorganized the Union
Pacific,
Dominated more than 50,000
miles of railroad before he died,
Virtually realized his dream of
ocean-to-ocean railroad system
under his control.
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Arden, N. Y. (Special). —Edward
H. Harriman is dead. The final crisis |
came just before noon, He was con-
scious up until within a few moments
before the end, and conversed with
Mrs. Harriman and other members of
the family
It was just 1. when Dr.
30 o'clock
William Gordon Lyle, the family phy.
ician, released his hold or pa-
tient's pulse. Turning to Mrs, Harri-
man, who was bending over the bed-
side, he whispered: i
“He is dead."
For two hours
é the
and five minutes!
the secret of the financier's death |
was carefully guarded. The first an-|
aouncement was telephoned from |
Tower Hill to Judge Robert 8S. Lovett, |
Mr. Harriman's personal counsel, at]
the Union Pacific offices, 120 Broad-|
way, New York, at 3.40 P. M. !
brief bulletin dictated by Dr.
Seven minutes later the
statement was recived from Dr. Lyle
by the correspondents and newspaper!
men who have been keeping an al.
most constant vigil since the raliroad
man returned from Europe,
Not until o'clock wag it known
that the hour of Mr Harriman's|
death had been withheld fron
world
“He passed
Mrs. Charles §
gister, to a
her at her he
returned
Are
she was asked
“1 am,” sl
bedsaifle
&
the
away at 1.30.”
imons, Mr. }
orter who
Arden just
Tower Hill
the hou
farriman’s |
talked
she
in about
gnificant bul-
from Arden
day by Judge
who spent the night at Mr
Harriman's bedside It was signed
by Dr. Lyle and conveyed only the
information that there had been no
change In the patient's condition. i
Hopeful To The Last,
There had been an all-night vigil
at Arden House, Mrs Harriman and
Judge Lovett did not close their eves
in sleep. The family fully realized
that the financier was dangerously |
ill and that only his marvelous will
power would bring him through the |
crisis ;
Although, suffering from a
fever and with his vitality at a low
ebb Mr. Harriman did not abandon
hope until a few hours before his!
death. As weak as he was he tried
to cheer Mrs, Hariman and his chil-
dren
“Don't worry,
to his favorite
high
my dear,” he said
daughter, Miss Mary
Harriman, “I am going to get well”
It was the fight of his life Ed-
ward H. Harriman had fought his
way from a minor clerical place to a
position where he was looked upon
as one of the most dominant figures
in the financial and raliroad world.'
But on Sunday night he found him-
self face to face with death. He rea-
lized it, but never lost hope. He was
determined to win in the unequal!
atruggle i
Dr. George H. Brewer had return-
ed to New York Wednesday after.
noon, and Dr. Lyle resorted to every
eans known to medical science to
Fron the life of the patient until |
other physicians could be summoned, |
Oxygen was freely administered. But |
the financier's vitality’ had ‘reached |
third
end
the relapse-the
the
to survive
since Sunday night-—and
Bade All Last Farewell,
The scene at the bedside as Jde-
seribed by a member of the family
was most touching. Mr. Harriman
bade each member of the family
He had words of cheer for
his wife and his daughter and good
advice for Walter and Roland, his
sons,
NIGHT IN COFFIN FOR $50.
Suffolk, Va. (8pecial.)--To win a
purse of $560, W. G. Elam, a local
insurance man, spent a night in a
coffin on the top floor of the Floro-
dora Club, at Lake Phillip, six miles
from Suffolk.
Heavily armed and taking a dog
as a companion, Elam drove out in
bis automobile about midnight and
lay in the burial box until after &
o'clock, but acknowledges he did not
sleep. A party of watchers followed
in another car and found that he
keot the compact.
London (Special), — The Times
published the following message from
Commander Peary, dated Battle
Harbor, via wireless, to Cape Ray:
“As a prelude, which may stimu-
late interest and partly to forestall
208gible leaks, I am: pending you a
brief summary of my voyage which
is to be printed exactly as it is
written,
“The Roosevelt
July 6, 1508 She
17, arrived at Cape York, Greenland,
August Jd; left Etah, Greenland, Au-
gust RX, arrived at Cape Sheridan,
Grant Land, September 1, and win-
tered at Cape Sheridan,
“The sledge expedition
Roosevelt February 15, 1909, and
started North of Cape Columbia]
March 1. It passed the British]
Record on March was delayed by
open water March 2 and 3; was held
up by open water from March 4 to
March 11; crossed the 84th parallel
March 11 and encountered an open
lead March crossed the 85th
crossed the 86th
encountered an
open lead March 23; passed the Nor-
weglian Record March 23; passed the!
Italian Record March 24: encounter.!
open lead March 26; i
87th parallel March 27;
the American Record March 28;
left New York
left Bydney July
left the
9.
ay
15:
March 18;
BE.
a hey
croased |
passed
en-1
Start Of What Will Probably Be An
Discovered
Of
or OA
North
Having
Polo—Admirers
That Cook's
Declare He Never Got
Sight Of Land—The
Reaches Battle Harbor,
Charges
Out Of
Roosevelt
The lle was hurled concerning the
foundation laid for a controversy un-
paralleled in history.
1. Peary is making uncertain
Progress off
Labrador in his ship, Roosevelt, but
there came from him a message as
direct as his homeward journey has
been slow It challenges the veracity
of Dr. Frederick A. Cook, of Brook-
lyn, and further complicates a situa-
tion which the whole world ls
CUsSsing,
In effect
claims with
{Peary) and
Robert
southward the coast of
Peary discredits
the intimation that
he alone planted
American flag at the North Pole
April 6, 1908, and that Dr. Cook,
who asserts that he unfurled the flag
at Pole on April 21, 1505, must
21,
substantiate his claim,
the
the
7 NG
—
8 sso Sabir
be Augu
arrived at Ind Harbor
“All the members of the
are returning in good
Prof. Rosg G. Marvin,
nately was drowned April
five miles north of Cape Columbia
while returning from 86 degrees
north latitude in command of a sup-|
porting party.”
THREATS AGAINST TAFT.
y 1 Cape
: left York
an
health
unfortu-
16, forty-
who
Secret Service Men Have Letters And |
Will Take Precantions,
Chicago (Special).~-Two letters]
threatening the life of President Taft
during his visit in Chicago, now in
the hands of Captain Porter, of the
Secret Service, have stirred up the
police officials of the city, with the
result that efforts will be made to
make the Chief Executive of the na-
tion the most guarded President that
ever came to Chicago.
Captain Porter was inclined to dis-
believe the threats, although he be-
gan to take unlimited precautions,
The letters, he declared, were from!
cranks
The President will arrive in the
care of Government Secret Service
men These will be reinforced by
gix of the best men at local head- |
quarters and a heavy guard of city
detectives and policemen, One of the
new methods to be employed In
guarding the President is the plan of
Captain Porter to have all of Mr,
Taft's protectors face the crowd every |
moment,
A A ts
i Wouldn't Be Burden, i
Wheeling, W. Va. (Special). —De-|
that he would be a burden to his
family, U. M. Hervey, deputy sheriff
and president of one of the county
boards of education, committed sul
cide by shooting himself through the
head with an automatic pistol. He
was not found until 24 hours after
he had killed himself,
SA AH RA
Alarm Felt For Ani®ricans.
Monterey (Special). Much alarm
is felt here for the safety of the,
lives and property of many Ameri
can oil men in Soto La Marina and
the surrounding country, which ter.
ritory Is reported overwhelmed by
a tidal wave, General Manager
Clarke, of the National Railway, has
sent the steamer Panuco with relief
supplies, The affectey district is sit.
usted on the Gulf coast of the State
of Tamaulipas, where rich oll dis
coveries were recently made.
%
the meantime
8 homeward Journ
carred R i
Mrs ;
another
markable happenings, while
Cook's supporters it was a signal for
war. Cook, if his plans do not
carry, will sail for the United States
on Sunday next and will arrive here
by September 21. By that time Com-
Peary will have reached
but no one has as yet sug-
the possibility of a dramatic
au
mis
sadam.
home,
gested
Cook's achievement came from
dian Harbor, Labrador, the
through which he first reported his
suceces by wireless. It had probably
been delayed in transmission, and
read as follows:
“YI have nalled the Stars
Stripes to the North Pole.”
authoritative and correct.
“Cook's story should not be taken
too seriously. The two Eskimos
who accompanied him say
no distance north and not out
sight of land Other members
the tribe corroborate their story.”
About the same time Mrs, Peary
received the following message un-
der the same date, both having been
sent via Cape Ray, N. F.:
“Good morning. Delayed by gale,
Don’t let Cook . story worry you.
Have him nailed.”
and
This
Telegraph Operator Eaten,
Antwerp (Special).—Advicesg from
the French Congo say that cannibal-
ism ig rampant in the Mataba and
Sangha regions, where the blacks
are in complete revolt. They have
killed and eaten a number of fac-
tory employes, and a telegraph opera.
tor was slain at his key and devour-
ed. Native detachments, headed by
four French officers, have left for
the scene to quell the revolt and
punish the cannibals,
Atal
IN THE WORLD OF FINANCE
Thayprice of steel billets has again
been advanced.
No change in the directorate of
American Smelting,
United States Steel is earning now
at the rate of $144,000,000 net a
year,
During August 740,129 shares
changed hands on the Philadelphia
Btock Exchange.
ir Bl gg ong Long OF Fy
gain n »
and In net revenue 19301003 :
v
OVERWHELMED BY
A TIDAL WAVE
City in Mexico is Wiped Off the
Map.
SURVIVORS FLEE TO
Soto La Marina And Surrounding
Country Filled With American Ol
Progpectors Reports 1,500 Dead—
THE HILLS.
No News From A Number Of Other
Sections—Tota] Casualties From
Floods In Mexico Now 8,000
Great Destruction.
Ma
surrounding country,
oll men,
by a tidal
of the dis-
the hills,
Gene
Monterey (8pecial) Soto la
na and the in
which are many American
has been overwhelmed
| wave, inhabitants
in
to
fhe
and the
have taken
according 1
| trict
refuge
o a dispatch ral
{ Trevino, commanding military
zone The message came m
| alcalde of the town of Pregas Ald
{ The loss life ia n plated.
| General Manager Clark, of the Na
{ tional Railway, sent th Pa
{ nuco to carry relief supplies
Soto 1a Marina, situated
Gulf coast of the state of
lately attracted a great
| tention on account
there.
ama
of of
steamer
on the
deal of at-
of oll discoveries
Mexico City (Special) It {8 be-
“
lieved by the authorities that the 10-
Mexico!
not be,
Northern
will
casualties n
rom the
less than
President
Yrs
recent floods
3.000
> ne al
Brown, National
tal Mexico
KILLED BOY WITH STICK.
Miedehl's Fatal Attack On Youth
Attempt «1 To Rob.
tr Va [Qoecizll
He
Ati-
weapon struck th ]
and pierced the brain
of three inches
The little fellow
ground and expired
time Miedeh] was
HNaced in the Marshall
at Moundaville,
fo the
ghort
and
Jail,
dropped
in a very
arrested
County
Shot From Ambush With Rifle,
Knoxville, Tenn Jet
Richards, an employe of the Little
River Lumber Company, in one of
ite camps in Sevier County, near the
| Blount County line, was shot from
ambush and instantly killed. A rifle
| bullet entered his breast A fellow |
employe, George Moore, is suspected |
of the crime and a warrant has been |
| fssued for him. He left the camp al
| short while before the shooting, arm-
ed with a rifle.
{ Special).
Had Passport To Hades, i
{ New York (Special) Henry Ken- |
{ dall, 21, after suddenly going insane
{in Hackensack, N. J., as the result)
| of the excessive use of cigareties, |
{was taken to Morris Plains Asylum
The unfortunate young man exhibi-
ted a colored supplement of a news-
paper, saying he had a passport to
hell via a white automobile, Al
though he is slender, it took three
policemen to control him,
CAN A SOA
Army Sergeant A Suicide,
New York (Special). — Quarter-
master Sergeant Eugene F. Heim,
Company A, Fifth United States In-
fantry, a veteran of the Spanish War
and of the Philippine insurrections,
after years of unblemished service
in the regular army, was missing
from inspection for the first time.
He had shot himself dead with an
army revolver,
A IARC ASRS.
Man Behind The Barrow.
Pittsburg (Special). — Pushing a
wheelbarrow containing a 160-pound
weight, John Schumann, of Balti-
more, reached Pittsburg on his re-
turn trip from New York to Chicago,
66 hours ahead of time, Schumann,
who walked to New York in 258
hours, is making the trip on a wager
of $2,000, and is due in Chicago Sep-
tember 20. On his trip he played out
six men and three and has worn
t t pairs of nine
and ‘seven ‘rims on hie Darrow.
0
PRESIDENT TAFT
HAS ROYAL VISITORS
Prince and Princess Kuni Cali at
Beverly,
M NY ASKED TO MEET THEM
The President Gave The Prince A
Message Of Regard And Personal
Good Will For The Emperor Of
dapan——Exchange Of Courtegles
Is Stilied, As An Interpreter Had
To Be Used — Mrs. Taft Unable
To Attend The Ceremonies,
Beverly
Taft received
dietice Prince Kiniyvoshi
f the Ei
. Mass (Bpecial)
Presi.
ale
grand-
and
of re
to his
The
cordial-
on the
world
dent nformal
Kun
Ia
through him sent a message
and
ir
iil
sOn « OTC ¢
: ) npero an,
wife,
ta, his
charge
mbassy,
Chen
¥, who
nent op
he is In
if representing the LOY i
the staff of the in while
this country
The party
gerrat Station 3
President's ald, and two Whit
Automobiles The P
vited a number
to meet the Prince and
the Mont
it, the
House
had ‘n-
soot
Princess,
During th mor the ealith of
the Jar pledged,
Pi hrough
toasted
an peo
at
alr Bu
Lr ’
resident
toy the
f COT-
ef be
r aad
or
of the
nterpre-
1 asked
of
family.
ed the
t the
id be
ire
being
heen
and
tea with
COT.
rank the
} To
pre
esident
red to
k and
Board-
Mabel
Philip-
was
Princess
private
24 Miles In 36 Minutes,
Berlin (Spe A Wright
made tw onef f ver
{ narads i Alone
a
jules,
cessed
esti
people
Enox To Tour With Taft.
Killed,
A
Three Instantly
Robins
il Supply
Company, of this ty: his wife and
Mrs. E. E. Trem Citys
were instantly City,
Michiga: nirat ¢
daughter of Mrg, Tremaine is
to be fatally injured
Detroit
¥
fast
t bought
wom—
BY TELEGRAPH
Senor Don Guillermo Dominico,
inspector and vice director
he entine Re
public, will ghortl in the
United States
The Pennsylvar
fied the Treasury
it proposes to operate
station in 2?
nots
There was an the ime
portation of Americas goods ints
China during 19%08 and a Jecrease
in the exports from China to the Uni
ted States.
The President approved the sen
tence of dismissal imposed by court
martial on First Lieutenant Clarence
8. Nettles, United States Army
Special attention 8 being given
by the Public Health and Marine
Hospital Service to the prevention
of bubonic plague on the Pacifie
Const.
Postmaster General Hitchcock ap
pointed Herbert 8. Wood as chiel
of the correspondence division of the
Postoffice Department.
Thomas J. Shannon, of Washing
ton, was reelected commander of the
Union Veteran Legion.
Admiral Von Koester, of the Ger
man Navy, and his adjutant, Lieuten
ant Captain Von Mueller, will be the
German representatives at the Hud
gon-Fulton celebration.
The resignation of Governor Post
of Porto Rico, reached the Bureau
of Insular Affaire and was forward
ed to the President at Beverly.
A reward of $1,000 has been aw
EE Commer OF Tan
m. 1¢, Of pany C, p
second Infantry, :
"i
increas
in