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Domestic
Sentiment (or the amalgamation of
11 branches of the Presbyterian
Church was expressed at the General
vAssepibly of the Presbyterian Church
In the United States of America, In
session at Kansas City.
James L. Andem announced that
he has Instructed his lawyers'to bring
suit against Thomas A. Edison for
f 60,000 for false arrest and malicious
prosecution.
Calvin Mllbanks, an expert me
chanic, accidentally came Into contact
with a switch In the testing depart
ment of the General Electric Com
pany at Schenectady and was electro
cuted. Walter Bottomly, who was scalded
by falling Into a vat of boiling water
In a dye works In Philadelphia, died
in a hospital.
Adam I.gezysten attempted to kill
his daughter, and then shot himself
at his home. In New York.
William P. Boardman, who built
the first street, railway In America,
died In Demet. S. D.
James Brimuilngstall Is under ar
rest at Dowagiac, Mich., charged with
six murders
Gov. John Sparks, of Nevada, died
at his ranch, near Reno.
Monroe M. Harrell, for a number
of years connected with newspaper
work in El Paso, Tex., was shot and
Instantly killed by J. E. Mltchim,
proprietor of the El Paso Evening
News.
Government rangers have succeed
ed in extinguishing a forest Are on
Long Pine Forest Reserve, north of
Bellfourche, S. D., which burned over
an area of 20 square miles.
The Chicago police are searching
for two boys Ralph McCabe, beven
years old, and Chester McCormlck,
eight years of age both of whom
are believed to have been kidnapped.
Robert C. P. Holmes, purchasing
agent for the Commonwealth Edison
Electric Company, was murdered and
robbed In Chicago, his dead body
having been found In an allejj.
One man was killed, from nine to
n dozen injured and property to the
extent of 1400,000 wag damaged by
a fire In the plant of the Winter
meyer Box Factory, Chicago.
Congressman Mudd's physician at
Atlantic City reports that his condi
tion is not critical, but he Is kept
In strict quiet and not permitted to
receive visitors.
The second section of Southern
Pacific train No. 16, known as tho
Oregon express, was wrecked near
Oakland, Col. Express Messenger
Cummings was killed.
A bridge under construction on
the Harlem Branch of the New York,
New Haven and Hartford Railroad
at Baychester was wrecked by dyna
miters. Rev. Dr. Baxter P. Fullerton, of
St. Louis, was elected moderator of
the General Assembly of the Pres
byterian Church in the United States
of America.
Thomas A. Mclutyie, of the failed
brokerage firm of Thomas A. Mc
Intyre & Co., of New York, was In
dicted by the grand Jury, arrested on
a warrant charging grand larceny,
and released on $25,000 bail.
Senator T. C. Piatt testified that
he paid $10,000 to his son, Frank H.
Piatt, to bring about a settlement
of a suit brought ngalnst hlra by
Miss Mae C. Wood through the law
firm of Howe & Hummel.
The marriage of Miss llelnn Mo
loney, of Philadelphia, and Arthu
H. Osborne, a stock broker, has been
annuled, making the woman's second
marriage with Samuel Clarkson le
gal. The fourteenth annual Conference
on International Arbitration opened
at Lake Mohonk, N. Y.
II GIANT AIRSHIP
BURSTS IN THE AIR
Drops Three Hundred Feet With
Sixteen People.
10,000 PEOPLE SEE MACHINE FALL
The Big Morrell Airship, the Largest
Ever Constructed and Driven by
Six Engines, Collapses on Trial Trip
-Gas Bag Bursts and Machine De
scends In View of Thousands.
Oakland, Cal. (Special) . Sixteen
occupants of the Morrell airship, the
largest ever constructed, fell 300 feet
when the craft collapsed on its trial
trip. None was killed, but all of the
16 men were seriously Injured. They
Offered broken legs and arms and
several probably have lhternal In
juries and will- die, It is believed.
Thousands of persons gathered Just
before noon to witness (he trial.
The giant ship, which was 4 50 feet
long and 36 feet in diameter, a com
bination of aeroplane and dirigible
air craft, driven by six gasoline en
gines generating lion-horsepower,
rose success(ull troin the ground to
a height of 300 feet.
The car was occupied by 16 men
who bad become interested In the
Invention and who agreed to make
the trial trip bofore buying stock In
it. All are residents of Berkeley and
Oakland. Suddenly tho large gas
bag, containing 500,000 cubic (eet of
illuminating gas, burst. The ma
chine began to settle slowly as the
gas escaped, and it appeared tbat It
would settle to tho ground without
Injuring the occupants of the car.
When it was within 75 feet of the
ground, however, the remaining gas
was let out with a rush and the
whole machine, thousands of pounds
in weight, daslied to the ground with
terrific force. The occupants of the
car were caught under the heavy ma-
chlnery. Among the thousands watch
! lng the ascent were many women.
; As the big machine collapsed and
I dashed to the ground scores of them
I fainted. The 16 Injured men were
taken to the Roosevelt Hospital, In
Berkeley.
The accident was spectacular. A
great concourse of men, women and
children from Berkeley and Oakland
bad gathered around a field wherein
the great air shatt had been filled
with Illuminating gas. After much
waiting that made the onlookers anx
ious, the Btay ropes were cut and the
airship rose slowly from earth. The
six gasoline engines, suspended be
neath the long gas receptable at In-
FOUR PERSONS KILLED
AND FIFTY INJURED
Crrwded Trolley Cars Collide in
Philadelphia.
Philadelphia (Special). Four per
sons were instantly killed and at
leaBt flvo others were so badly in
jured that there is no hope for their
recovery, and 4 5 or more were ser
iously hurt In a collision between
trolley cars on Germantown Avenue,
noar Chestnut Hill, a suburb, in the
northern section of the city.
The only body thus fHr Identified
is that of Mrs. George D. Wagner,
aged (8 years, of Cornwell, Pa.
The bodies of an unidentified wom
an about 60 years of age and an un
identified man about 46 years of age
arc in a hospital near the scene of
the accident.
Forty-five persons were taken to
the Chestnut HIM and Germantown
hospitals, each of which Is several
miles from the scene of the accident,
and many were taken away in auto
mobiles by the wealthy residents of
the exclusive Chestnut Hill district.
They were treated by private physi
cians and In consequence absolute
details as to the injured cannot be
obtained.
Among those who were danger
ously Injured were George Wagner,
tfhose wife was killed; Alexander
McKay, aged 45 years, who has u
wooden leg. The artificial member
was Jammed up Into his body and he
cannot live, it Is said.
The accident was caused by a car
running north Jumping a track while
going down a steep grade not far
from Chestnut Hill. The car swung
across the southbound track nnd wa3
struck by a car on that track. Both
cars were filled with passengers, the
runaway car containing many per
sons returning from Chestnut Hill
Park.
Among the many pathetic inci
dents, was that of a little girl who
was thrown from her seat and fell
under the wheels of tho runaway
car. The long strands of her hair
caught between the hinges of the
seat and she was thus held half sus
pended along the side of the running
rail until finally she was ground to
pleceB under the wheels.
WASHINGTON
Secretary Metcalf protested to May
or Reyburn, of Philadelphia, againBt
the action of a restaurant keener
tervals of about 50 feet, each at-: wno refused to serve Chief Yoemau
tended by an engineer, were put in
operation until the airship were well
up in the air. Then two of the en
gines slowly set in motion the long
propellors reaching out from them
on each side of the ship. Before the
ship could be propelled further than
n few feet the forward end tilted
downward until the craft stood at
an angle of 4 5 degrees, nose down
ward. The members of the crew were ap
parently unable to run along the can
vas pathway In order to equalize the
weight and to right the airship, and
they clung desperately to the netting
and superstructure. The rush of the
gas to the stern of the long gas bag
caused the envelope to burst with a
loud, ripping noise.
The release of a great quantity
of gaB caused the airship to settle
toward the earth. For a few mo
Slurtevant of the Navy.
Chairman Harry Now, of the Na
tional Republican Committee, issued
a call for the meeting to hear tho
contests for seats in the convention.
Tho House and Senate agreed to
the conference report on the Omni
bus Pension Claims Bill, and also the
Fortlcatlons Appropriation Bill.
President Roosevelt will receive tho
Liberlan officials who have come to
ask for closer commercial relations.
The conferees on the Public Build
ings Hill reached an agreement which
was adopted by both houses.
The Senate passed an nntigraft
bill that covers employes and agents
of United Slates offices.
The House passed the bill for the
remission of part of the Chinese Indemnity.
Charles Fernald, former engineer
Foreign
An "all-Irish" Industrial confer
ence is to be held In Galway, Sep
tember 16 and 1". at which one ol
the special subjects for consideration
will be the opening up of new mar
ket3 for Irish goods outside Ireland.
Georges Leeomptc. president of the
Society of French Writers, in an ad
dress in l'urls, protested against the
bad reputation of French literature
abroad.
Mulal Hand, the usurping Sultan
of Morocco, Is about to enter Fez,
which will compel France reluctantly
to face the possibility of having tc
recognize him.
Twenty peasants who took part In
recent agrarian disorders Id the
Yekateiii.oslav District, Russia, were
hanged under decree of a court-martial.
Representatives of the Utitlsh anc
continental transatlantic steamshij
lines meet In London Monday to con
fer on matters of trafllc.
Anarchy reigns throughout Persia
according to ndvlccs from Teheran
It is reported that t lie Shah Is in
terror of his life.
By an explosion In the Say sugat
re-finery In Paris several persons were
killed and 4 0 wounded.
The exequatur of the United States
consul at Charlotti town, Prince Ed
ward Island, was withdrawn because
of bis great prominence in commer
cial enterprises, the United States
government not permitting Its con
suls to engage In such operations.
Eighty-five school children of
Vienna mad.- a beautiful demonstra
tion In front of Siiioenbrumiu Castlo
!n honor of the sixtieth anniversary
of Emperor Francis Joseph's acces
sion to the throne.
Seventeen members of the First
Douma commenced serving In St.
Petersburg the sentences of three
months' Imprisonment Imposed for
signing the Vlburg manifesto.
In a fight between the Mohmands
in India and the British punitive ex
pedition two Brl'.lsh officers were
killed. Tin- Mohmands lost 200.
The first iutf-rnatioual congress for
the purpose of suppressing the sale
of Indecent literature opened In
Paris.
There vnj collision off the Lizard
between the British steamers Latonia
and Japanlc
Alfonso Costa, a Republican lead
er, threatened in the Portugese gov
ernment that a revolution would en
sue A patriotic policy was fullowed
The Genual) boveruinent Is invc-s
tlgrilng alleged malt reatinent of an
employe of the German consul at
Casablanca.
Two persons were killed In a fire
which destroyed the Queen's Hotel
at Tilsonburg, Ontario.
A party cf militant women suf
frugbis made a noisy demonstration
in front of Premier Asqulth's res!
itence. in London, ar.d the rlnglead
crs were arrested
ments It looked as thoueh It would Of highways, is accused of accepting
come down slowly enough to avoid i 8rafl-
any injury to the 16 men. Tha House Committee on Banking
Some of them, however, lost their ant Currency took the last step to
heads before the ship could alight the creation of a Joint congres-
and Jumped, suffering broken limbs! slonal commission to perfect a per
or severe bruiser Nearlng the earth I niallcnl system of banking when it
the ship lost gas more rnpldlv and sported favorably to the House the
the overweighted remnant of gas -i"lnt resolution providing for the ap-
p, ll II I 111' II I Ul Mil II tl l i till 111 1 l U f.
Former Secretary of the Treasuary
Shaw, In an address in Chicago, de
clared the trend was toward political
bossism and that the people were now
without conservative leadership.
Admiral Evans called at the White
House for the first time since his re
i turn from the Pacific Coast and re
I celved the congratulations of Presl
i dent Roosevelt.
A Train Filled Wth Pilarim In a ! The House rejected the. conference,
,,dlM n,,eu " l" rsJJjyiWI in I report on the Postofflce Approprla-
Wr BC k l,ou '" i4' '" wl'c" means the
1 defeat of ship subsidy.
Antwerp (By Cable). The worst The Senate passed the bill grant
accident In the annals of Belgian j ln8 pensions to the widows of Major
railroad disasters occurred at Con- ' Carroll and Dr. Lazeur, who lost their
was borne to earth rapidly with great
force. Morrell, the Inventor of the
craft, and several of the engineers
were caught In the understructure
and injured by the engines.
MET DEATH ON
WHY TO SHRINE
A GIRL'S MOTHER - CODNTED THE HOORS
AROUSES HER PASTOR HEJAO TO LIVE
Rav, R. A. EHwood is Forced To Wm. H. Marsh, Victim of Hydrophobia,
Resign. Passes Away.
LOVE LETTERS WAS THE CAUSE.
He Admitted the Authorship of Love
Utters lo a Young Choir Girl
Mr. EHwood Was Formerly Station
ed in Wilmington, Del., and Was a
Progressive Worker.
Leavenworth, Kan. (Special). A
sensation was caused here when II
was announced that the Rev. R. A.
EHwood, formerly of Wilmington,
Del., had resigned as pastor of the
Leavenworth Presbyterian Church,
following charges preferred against
him by the mother of one of the
young girls In the church choir. The
resignation was accepted.
Mr. EHwood has a wife and child.
The church Is one of the oldest nnd
moBt conservative In the city. Since
coming here, three years ago, the pas
tor has been a leader in many re
forms. Mr. EHwood when confronted with
letters alleged to have been written
by him to the young choir girl ad
mitted that he had written them, and
offered to resign.
The elders agreed to accept the
resignation and let the matter drop.
One of the elders later declared that
there was nothing criminal in the
letters, but that in them many pas
sages from the Scriptures were quot
ed and that they were of un affec
tionate nature.
Wilmington, Del. (Special). The
Rev. Robert A. EHwood, who has re
signed hlB pastorate at Leavenworth,
Kan., wns brought Into prominence
here by a somewhat sensational ser
mon a couple of days before the
burning at a stake near here of
George White, a negro, on June 23,
1902, for an assault on Helen Bishop,
a young girl who died from her in
juries. Mr. EHwood came to Wilmington
from Absecon, N. J., about 1899, to
assume the pastorate of the Olivet
Presbyterian Church, which was his
second charge In the Prersbyterian
ministry. Prior to entering the min
istry he had served in the Spanish
American war and had also engaged
In newspaper work.
As pastor of Olivet Church, Mr. Ell
wood displayed somewhat sensational
methods, including the advertising of
special features of his services in the
newspapers. He was active in church
and temperance work and built up
his church from a feeble body to a
large and flourishing congregation.
Ho also Introduced the Innovation of
holding religious services in the
Opera House.
At one time he became Involved
in charges of doing violence to church
laws, but was acquitted on trial be
fore the Newcastle Presbytery. He
left a good record for work In the
cause of morality nnd religion when
he departed two years ago in response
to a call from the church in Leavenworth
THREE IN AIRSHIP.
tlch, a station six miles southeast of
Antwerp, on the main line. An ex
press train from Antwerp to Brus
sels crashed Into a train filled with
pilgrims on their wuy to a local
lives by yellow fever experiments In
Cuba and propagation of yellow fever
by mosquitoes.
The General Deficiency Appropria
tion Bill, the last of the big supply
shrine. This train was standing on i measures, was reported to the Hen
a siding and several of its cars were
telescoped and shattered to match
wood. The total number of dead is placed
at 60 and the wounded at over 100.
The engineer and fireman of the ex
press train were killed outright.
Rescuers from Contlch were at
once on the scene and the labor of
succoring the Injured and removing
the dead was conducted with all pos
sible haste. Special trains with doc
tors, priests and nurses were sent to
Contlch from Antwerp ami Brussels
Thirty-eight dead and 79 Injured I 4,M".
ate. It carries a total appropriation
of $18,384,811.
The bill to Increase the efficiency
of the militia was passed by tho
Senate. It makes all men between
18 and 45 available for military
duty.
Senator Aldrlch Introduced a joint,
resolution creating a national mone
tary commission, comprising nine
senators and nine representatives.
The Military Academy Appropria
tion BUI was reported to the Senate,
currying a total appropriation of
have been taken from the wreck
The accident Is supposed to huv
been due to u misplaced switch. Th
signal man at Contlch saw that bin
switch was not working Just as th
Antwerp express came thundering
down the line. He leaped from the
window of his signal station and ran
down the truck toward the oncoming
train, waving a red flag, ills effort,
however, was too late to avurt a
disaster.
Hen Mulches Snakes.
Elwood, Ind. (Special). Peter
I Wise, living near Omega, had the
surprise of his life when he pulled
a sitting hen off the nest that she had
made in the edge of a straw stack.
He had noticed her Bitting there for
sometime and began to suspect that
sho was sitting on a deior knob or a
nest of spoiled eggs. When he lifted
her up, Instead of a brood of chick
ens or a batch of spoiled eggs, Inert
was a bunch of snakes, little sleek
black fellows, lach about seven Inch
es long and wriggling furiously.
Anarchist To Be Deported.
D'nver (Special). Wholesale de
portation of anarchists, criminals,
thieves and all other suspicious for
eign! rs, many of whom are now in
Jails and prisons in Colorado, will re
sult from the Investigation be-l n g
made by Immigration Agent Louis
Adams of every penal and other In
stitution in the- state. It is stat'd
that as many as 500 undi-slrahle eltl
xens, who have been guilty of crimes
ranglug from murder to vagrancy
will be shipped out of the country a
aoon as the department ul Washing
to'-t cuy ct.
Kiiiibensliuc Make's A World's Rec
ord For Dirigibles.
Toledo, O. (Special). A. Roy
Knabcnshue est ablished a new world's
record when he successfully flew his
big new airship carrying himself and
two assistants with him. Never be
fore has an air craft that was diri
gible been propelled and guided
through the air in America carrying
other than the driver. But Thurs
day night, when the test was made,
this new big bird rose and traveled,
and was handled with full control.
Slowly at first, and more rapidly
as It gained momentum, the big bag
with human freight, kept on up and
assumed a horizontal position and
traveled away a distance of five or
six blocks. Knabenshue then
brought her down almost to the
earth and rapidly ascended again,
this time mnklng a circle of several
blocks around his aerodrome, finally
coming to a full stop about two
blocks ahead of his aerodrome. Then,
by means of the neroplanes alone,
Knabenshue descended to within
few feet of the earth and headed
the nose straight for the entrance
of his canvas home.
( I RE FOR HOG COLKRA.
New York (Special). William M.
Marsh, the Brooklyn man condemni I
by his gentleness to a pet bulldog t
die In the convulsions or rnbles, pas
sed away at 5.30 P. M. He had
known in lurid moments that dearh
was near during tho last 24 hours.
Nothing remained but to await the
wearing down of the mnn's great
nerve and the strength of his body
by the racking tortures of convul
sions. For the last 24 hours the patient
had tossed and burned on his be 1
at. his home, 74 Ocean Avenue, suf
fering a double torture. Dr. Hem.
M. Culllnnn, the physician who ha I
been in close attendance upon Mi.
Marsh since first he went home wit i
the knowledge that death was com
ing on him, said that the man hn.l
been able lo follow step by step the
course of tho disease that was rack
ing him through knowledge he once
ncqulred in a full course in medlcln -that
he had taken. Like a man sil
ting in the condemned cell and lis
tening to the striking of the clock,
that brings the dawn nearer, Mr.
Marsh had diagnosed the advance of
the plague that had him In its hold
during the intermittent periods of
consciousness.
One of the cruellies of rnbles Is.
that between the times that Its vic
tims are twisted with the stiffening
of their muscles and the convulsions
are attended by a species of hallu
cination, the mental faculties remain
remarkably clear. According to the
testimony of the three physicians
who were nt Mr. Marsh's bedside, the
patient showed unusual mental
strength, nnd during his periods of
consciousness he Inquired calmly of
his symptoms and commented upon
the advance of the disorder knowing
ly, and with almost a detached in
terest. Counted His Hoars Of Life.
True, hydrophobia, and as the
medical men explained, pseudo-rabbles
induced by self-hynotlsm Is very
rare, Is almost as certain In the peri
ods of its development nnd Until cul
mination as the march of the clock.
When Mr. Marsh left the Pasteur
Institute on Monday he knew that
he must die, and he had been told
that 72 hours was almost the defi
nite limit to his life. Since that time
the patient had made subtraction of
the passage of time from those 72
hours and reckoned the total that
was left to him. He did not know
the approach of the end by several
hours, for with the final paralysis
came a merciful coma.
When Mr. Marsh went back to his
house on Monday nnd told his family
that he had to die he was already
well advanced In the second stage
of rabies. The intermittent convul
sions of the larynx, which had first
led him to seek me-dlcal advice were
more pronounced, the characteristic
difficulty of swallowing had grown
acute and the sense of unrest and ex
citability that drives a dog stricken
with the malady to wander without
purpose in the streets had madn
themselves evident.
Dr. Culllnan called Dr. W. L.
Wheeler, of the Pasteur Institute,
and Dr. E. H. Flske, of Brooklyn, in
consultation. To the physicians the
patient spoke rationally and without
feor.
"When the convulsions get too
hard," he said, "make things easier
with opiates."
During Tuesday night and all day
Wednesday Dr. Culllnan, who never
left the man's bed endeavored to
make things easier. He administered
constant doses of morphia and
hyoscyamlne. Chloroform he dared
not use, for in too great quantities
it becomes a poison. The law which
forbids a physician committing mer
ciful murder made the alleviation of
the stricken man's tortures only
partly possible.
SAILED 112 MILES IN AIRSHIP.
A national commission on vice an I
(lime was organized, with Dr. Wil
liam A. White chairman.
The House passed a bill creating
a bureau of mineB In the Interior
Department.
The treaties with Japan to pro
tect American trade-marks, etc., in
Japan and to protect Japunese trad)
marks, etc., In the Cnlled Slates was
reported favorably by the Senate
Committee on t-urclgn Relations.
All postal stations for the receipt
and dispatch ot mans that are local
ed outside the corporate limits of
cities will be known as branch offices
hereafter, according to an order of
the Postmaster General.
That Representative Lllley was
not warranted in bringing charges
against certain of his colleagues is
the conclusion of the special com
mittee in the Electric Torpedo-boat
Company Investigation.
The treaty to regulate wireless
telegraphy will not be acted upon by
the Senate Committee 0 i Foreign
Relations at this session
W. W. Russell, United States min
ister to Venezuela, arrived in Wash
ington. He declared the stories o(
the plague In Lu (iuayru wero exag
gerated In this country.
Rear Admiral Stockton, retired,
aud Professor 8. Wilson, of Brown
1'ulversity, were appointed American
delegates to the International Marl
time Got) ft renee In London.
The cbance-e for a report being
made to Congress on Ihe Investiga
tion of the wood pulp and paier in
dustry are not blight.
The Senate passed the Omnibus
Public Building Bill, which, as pass
ed, carries a total ot $36,000,000.
Government Experts Have Plan To
Furnish Serum To Farmers.
Washington, D. C. (Special). A
conference of Representatives of the
Department of Agriculture nnd of the
State experlme-nt stations to eonsldei
plans fo supplying serum for hog
cholera will be held at Ames, Iowa
next week.
The Bureau of Animal Industry
has developed a method of lentment
effective In saving a large percentage
of hogs In affected herdB. Secretary
Wilson hopes to have the Slates pre
pare the hog-cholera serum throngii
their agricultural experiment sta
tions and furnish it to their citizens
He hopes thus to almost rid the coun
try of the pest of hog cholera.
F.xpeii 100.000 Visitors.
Denver, Col. (Special). From
reports now in the possession of C.
M. Day, president of the Denver Con
vention League, it Is evident that
more than 100,000 visitors will at
tend Ihe National Democratic Con
vention In this city in July. Eleven
hundred reservations have already
been made from New York Stale
alone, and the Empire State's dele
gation probably will number 2, .100.
Order For Two Thousand Steel Cure,
Pittsburg (Special!. Evidence oi
returning prosperity Is furnished by
the announcement that the Pittsburg
aud Lake Erie Railroad has ordered
the Standard Ste.1 Company to be
gin construction of 2,000 all-steel
cars for that road. The new curs will
be used to handle the'tonnage be
tween the coal and coke regions and
the lakes. The order calls for 1,000
specially designed all-steel coke cars
aud 1,000 all-steel gondolas.
Hti-elwerkcre Gain A Point.
Youngstown, O. (Special). Al
though' the sessions are secret, it is
reported from a reliable source that
the local wage agreement amend
ment has been adopted after four
days' discussion by the Amalgamated
Association of Iron, Steel and Tin
Workers in convention here. This
agreement will allow m. organiza
tion of lodges In nonunion mills and
will, it is believed, strengthen the or
ganisation. The amendment Is the
most radical change in the policy ol
the association In the third of a cen
tury of its existence.
Wright Brothers Traveled At Speed
Of Forty Miles An Hour.
New York (Special). That the
Wright brothers made a flight of 32
miles in their airship at Manteo, N.
C, became known here, when Wil
bur Wright, who has been staying at
Ue Park Avenue Hotel, declared that
he and his brother, Orville, have
at least solved the problem of aerial
navigation.
Mr. Wright said that lo their ex
periment (hey traveled not only 32
miles, but went at the rate of nearly
40 miles an hour. Other flights
made by the brothers included one
of 24 miles and one of 1 8 miles.
FINANCIAL
MB. PUTI'S NEMESIS
IS SENT TO JAIL
Judge Denounces Mae Wood as a
Wilful Perjurer.
WAS ARRESTED WHILE IN COURT.
Woman Who Surd Senator for Breach
of Promise Not Only Loes Cae. but
Is Locked Up to Answer a Charge Maefe
by the Judge- Lawyer Turns Tale as
Woman Calmly Vtalkstothe Tomb.
Now York (Special). From the
county courthouse as plaintiff and
accuser to the Tombs as prisoner and
accused Mae Catherine Wood, who
for five years has acclaimed herself
as the secret wife of United States
Senntor Piatt, walked up Lafayett l
Street, charged by Justice O'Gorma -.
who had listened to her testlmot ..
In Special Term, Part 3, of the Su
preme Court In her suit for a divorc
from the senior senator of New York
based on his marriage lo Mrs. Lil ,
Han Janeway, with deliberate per
Jury.
This unexpected termination of ho:
suit came with dramatic suddenness
The taking of her evidence over, Jus
tice O'Oorman had asked her a i .v
questions concerning her claims, and
had then listened to a short addrcaU
by her counsel, Charles E. LeBar
bier, in opposition to a motion tc
dismiss the suit on the pleadings and
evidence. The lawyer's somewhai
apologetic argument ended. Justice
O'Gormnn leaned forward In hit
chair, dangled a pencil a couple ol
time's and then delivered himself ol
this short but positive opinion:
"The court cannot credit the plain
tiff's evidence as to the alleged mar
rlage, and the testimony In the case
Impresses the court with Ihe beliel
that It Is a most wicked design tc
support a fictitious claim by forgery
and perjury.
"The court cannot believe from
the evidence that there ever was u
marriage. On the merits of the caB
every Issue has resulted in the court's
impression that the plaintiff has coin- j
mltted wilful perjury In this ense.
"Being impressed with Ihe plain
tiff's guilt of perjury the court com
mits her to the city prison unless
she furnishes bail in $5,000."
The Wood womnn flinched lest
than her lawyers ss the blow fell
Something of what was coming had
been suspected by onlookers for al
most half an hour, when Captain
Lynch, of the court officers' squad,
had stalked Into Ihe courtroom short- j
ly after recess and taken a place an .
arm's length or so from Mrs. Wood, j
.Mr. L,chJaruier gianceu ai lyncn oui
of the corner of his eye, and turned
to Joseph Day Lee, the woman's at
torney of record, to whisper a few
words. Lee's pallid face turned al
most white as he listened, but not a
word was said by cither to Mrs.
Wood. Then, when what they had
feared became an actuality, the two
lawyers faced the woman with scared
countenances.
She said little. Her Hps tightened,
the color came and went In her
cheeks and her bosom palpitated visi
bly. But beyond that a casual spec
tator might have Inferred that the
pronouncement of the court, brand
ing her as a felon, one who would
stoop to perjury to accomplish her
blackmailing ends, related not to her,
but to some person in whom she took
little or no Interest.
CONSERVATION OF FORESTS.
Iron business is improving, say
trade papers.
Western Maryland needs $8,000,
000 cash this year.
Total gold exports so far this
Spring exceed $30,000,000.
American Smelting In two days
fell 9 points. Reading 5, St Paul 5
and Union Pacific 46.
Charles E. Ellis was elected a di
rector of the American Railways
Company to succeed the late Samuel
R. Shipley.
All railroads which have so far
made reports for the second week
of May show a decrease of over 22
per cent, gross.
At the annual meeting of the
l'ltisburg, Youngstown & Ashtabula
Railroad an iBsue of $15,000,000 of
4 per cent, bonds was authorized.
Operating revenue of the Pitts
burg, Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis
Railroad In April decreased $859,
356, and the net income fell $218,
167. Two years hence the Pennsylvania
will have to lake care of $80,000,
000 of maturing obligations. Of this
amount $60, 000, 000 Is in the shape
of notes and the remainder is old 6
per cent, bunds.
Atlantic Coast I. me directors de
clared a semi-annual dividend of 2 V4
per cent, on the common stock, pay
able in cash. The dividend six
months ago amounted to 3 per cent.
Earnings of Philadelphia bunks
during the year ending this month,
as shown by the reports to the Con
troller, were very largo. In case of
nil I be in o ni banks the nrr.fUn
far exceed the dividends and the lat
ter wero lu many instances Increased
during 1907. The Central, which
pays the largest dividend, or 16 per
cent., earned 38 per cent, on its capi
tal stock-
Provisions Of A Bill Passed By Tie
House Under Suspension.
Washington, q. C. (Special).
Under suspension of the rules the
House passed a bill appropriating
$100,000 to enable the Secretary of
Agriculture to co-operate with States
and with private owners of wood
lands for Ihe admission and conser
vation of forests. It also provides
for a commission of five members
of the Senate and five from the House
to study the whole question of the
Decewlty, desirability und legality ot
Ihe purchase of forest lands by the
United States, and to report to the
next Congress.
The bill contains the unique pro
vision that the consent of the United
States shall be given to any State
to enter into an agreement with any
other State for the conservation ol
forests and of water supply.
Threaten A Revolution.
Lisbon (By Qable). Alfonsc
Costa, one of the Republican lead
ers, made a speech In the Chambei
of Deputies In which he declared
that unless the present government
was economical in its expenditures,
liberal In its ideas aud patriotic lii
its purposes his party would organize
a revolution. The Portugese people
he added, would not tolerate for
eign Intervention In their domestic
affairs, aud that any such attempl
would be signal for the execution
of all traitors.
A Slenmer Wrecked.
Halifax, N. 8. (By Cable). Car
rying 17 passengers and a full carg.
of freight, tho Plant Line steamei
A. W. Perry went ashore in a thick
fog early on McMillen's Point, neai
Port Hastings. The steamer wa.
bound from Hnwkesbury for Char
lotletown. The passengers and crew
reached land without difficulty. Ef
forts lo flout the vessel tailed and she
filled with water, her bottom bein(
badly damaged.
Elklns-Abru7..l Wedding.
Rome (By Cable). It Is report
ed here that an aid of the Duke pi
Abruzzl has Just returned fron
America, where ho reached an agree
ment with Senator Stephen B. El
kins, of West Virginia, regarding the
marriage of the Senator's daughter
Katherlne Elk ins, to the Duke. No
gotlatlons are still progressing, how
ever, to decide, whether the marrlagt
Is to occur here or In the Unlter
States.
Natural Resource- Commission.
Washington, D. C. (Special).
Senator Newlands, of Nevada, intro
duced a bill for the appointment ol
a national commission for the conser
vation of natural resources and de
fining Its duties. The President It
authorized by the bill to appoint a
commission of 60 members for the
investigation of all questions relat
ing to the conservation, use and con
trol of the water resources of the
United States for navigation, irriga
tion, municipal supply, power and
swamp land reclamation, prevention
of flood, prevention of waste in min
ing, etc
MILLIONAIRE DRUGGIST
' IS SLAIN By SON
Troube Over the Father's Intended
Marriage.
New York (Special). -George Ed
ward Sterry, aged 72 years, president
of the Weaver c Sterry Company,
wholesale druggists, a director of
Princeton Theological 8emlnary, an
elder of the Fourth Avenue Presby
terian Church and a millionaire, was
shot and killed at noon as he sat
before his desk In his private office,
at 79 Pine Street. His murderer was
his second son, George E. Sterry, Jr.,
aged 40 years and married, the sec
retary of the drug company.
After shooting his father the son
walked to a chair a few feet awny,
spread a newpnper on bin Inp and then
fired a bullet Into his own brriln at
almost the exact spot where he had
shot his father There were no wit
nesses to the shooting. The first to
reach the private office after the two
shots were fired found father and son
sitting up in the chairs facing each
other, both dead. It Is believed the
proposed marriage of the father un
balanced the son's mind.
The elder Sterry was to have been
married lo MIssRachaei BrlggsBlalkle,
a school teacher of East Orange, and
40 years his junior. It was his son's
Objection to this marriage. Bhared In
to some extent by his brothers, which
led lo the tragedy, as wns shown
conclusively by the following loiter
written, presumably, at his desk In
the office adjoining his lather's short
time before the crime and found af
terward In his coat pocket by Coro
ner Harburger:
Weird Thoughts Before DCOtb.
"To Whom It May Concc rn (the
Coroner first. I presume):
"I took a solemn oath to myself
that my father should never disgrace
the memory of my sainted mother,
there Is not a taint of selfishness In
me, and had my father engaged him
self to a lady of mature age I would
not. and certainly none of my
brothers would not. have done else
than bid him good luck and certainly
trust that he would live forever. I
always desired a long nnd happy life
for my 'old man' a term which I
frequently nnd affectionately used
toward him.
"This Is now 11 o'clock, May 19.
No one Is In my confidence, but my
brothers may draw a conclusion f-om
my double murder.
"There Is a point which struck me
as particularly Interesting. While
riding down on the Ninth Avenue
elevated I passed casual glaces on
those around me, as they doubt lose
did on me, and the thought that I
desire to convey Is this: How many
thousands would have stared inc out
of countenance had they known ol
the prominent captions my double
crime would warrant In tomorrow'f
papers.
"There Is a comical and laughable
side to this. I would willingly give
$500 to Rachael B. Blalkle to hear the
beautiful and touching prayer for the
salvation of my soul that she will
offer up. Of course, I nm under a
violent strain. Many of my sentencet
may not be gramatlcnl and may be
crude.
"It seems to me that God has told
me to do what I propose doing.
prayed to God no less than 20 min
utes a day to show me some othei
way out of this trouble, and I truth
fully believe He has shown tne the
proper way to save my family from
disgrace
"GEORGE F. STERRY, JR."
"P. S. Another point 1 desire to
mention. Two seconds after by fath
er starts I will follow as the poor
old nian needs a guide and a guard
Ian. Should wo run across some of
that East Orange bunch we will glide
up n side street."
We-dellng Plans Were Complete,
This letter was written on blue
note papers belonging to the .Man
hattan Square Hotel, where the dead
son had been living for three years
with his wife. He had used nil four
pages, writing In a rather bold nnd
determined hand. After writing It
he put it in his pocket unsealed, wc nt
out and" bought a drink of whisky
and absinth-?, nnd possibly the gun.
and then returning walked in and
shot his father.
At The Murder Conn,
Laporte, Ind. (Special). Digging
for more bodies will be resumed
Monday on the farm of Mrs. Belle
Guinness. Until the trial of Lam
phere, which. It Is believed, will bo
heard In June, there will be a lull
In developments unless Ihe officers
are able to get informal Ion about the
supposed accomplices of the murder
ess. About 4,000 persons visited the
GulnneBS' farm Sunday.
Golf Player Killed.
St. Louis (Special).-W. H. How
ard, a wealthy commission merchant,
was killed by lightning during a rain
storm which swept over St. Louis
Mr. Howard, who was a member ul
the Glen Echo Golf Club, left off
play and sought the shelter of a tree
when it began lo rain. The light
ning ran down Ihe tree, killing him
Instantly.
SO Passengeis Killed.
San Francisco (Special ) .---Two
crowded street cars collided ut Devi
sudere and Sacremento Streeu, at
the foot of a steep hill, killing Henrj
Baer, a traveling salesman, nnd in
juring 20 other passengers, one prob
ably fatally and several seriously.
The car on Devlsat'ere Street got be
yond control of the motorman and
dashed down the hill with terrific
speed, striking the Sacremento
Street car Just as it rounded a curve
Large numbers of raw skins, goat,
kid, sheep and lamb, are annually
exported from Sicily nnd from th-i
neighboring provinces of Reggio, on
tho mainland, viz., to tho United
States, 538,000; to France, 440,000.
a large portion of which eventually
finds its way to the United States
It is to be presumed that shipping
subsidies have benefited Europea.i
nations or they would not continue
paying them. England pays some
$6,000,000 annually, France and
Germany about $5,000,000 each and
Japan pays $4,000,000.
In the past few years tho cost
of living in Switzerland has increased
lo such an extent that wages of both
artisans und laborers havn advanced
very materially, which fact for a time
tends to affect adversely the buslnesJ
of the small producer much more
In proportion than that of tho Ian;"
manufacturers, who employ more
modern method. in tho business.
In Switserland uniformity, or fixed
prices, may be arranged, but agree
ments to discriminate against or (n.
prohibit the sale ot any article is
not permitted by law.