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Irving Spalding, Ihe yo'.ing son
of A. F. Spalding, of 8prlngfield, III.,
wai rescued from death on the face
of a precipice on Catallno Island, C'al.
Young Spalding had climbed to the
face of a cliff 750 feet high until
he got near the top. when his further
progress WM Impossible either up or
down. After a search of hours a
party, headed by his father, found
the boy.
.Miss Lena Brown suffered concus
sion of the brain and two other wom
en and three men were badly hurt
when a speeding automobile turned
turtle on Willow Grove Avenue,
Philadelphia. The others Injured
were William Atkinson, owner of
the car, and his wife; Miss Flor
ence Payne, William Oakley and
Frank Williams, the chauffeur.
Beaten almost Insensible by white,
cappers, his body perforated with
small holes caused by a nail-pronged
board, covered with tar nnd exhaust
ed by his constant crlea for help,
John Trlbbey, a wealthy farmer, was
found bound to a tree near Huah
vllle. Ind.
Eliza Stewart, known the world
over the "Mother Stewart," and one
of the best-known workers In tho
cause of temperance, died at Spring
field, O., aged 94 years. She had
been advocating the temperance ques
tion for 65 years.
Tho Chicago owners of a Boston
terrier are deeply affected by the
death of the animal, and have in
serted a notice in the city papers ex
Dressinu tho intensity of their grief.
The employer of the Italian at
Chicago who advertised for $500 aB
the ouly means of preventing him
from killing himself has arranged
matters with the man satisfactorily.
The body of the woman found
charred and burned on a man res;
at New York Is now believed to be
that of a Detroit girl who came to
New York seeking employment.
The Shipmasters' Association of
the Great Lakes will file a protest
with Secretary of War Wright regard
ing the sanitary condition of tho
Chicago River.
Mrs. .Josephine Araore has been
held on a murder charge at New
York, though she admits killing tho
victim, claiming the shooting was in
self-defense.
In a regatta sailed at. Lake Gene
va seven yachts were capsized, and
George Uusse. brother of the mayor
of Chicago, was nearly drowned.
George C. Kyan was examined at
New York before the referee in bank
ruptcy concerning the T. A. Mcln
tyre Company's failure.
International Brotherhood of
Teamsters electeil Officer! at Detroit,
choosing Daniel J. Tobln, of Cam
bridge, as president.
Forty-seven thousand and live hun
dred barrels of Kentucky whisky
burned at Lexington, entailing a loss
of $500,000.
Peter Garrahan, of New York, was
sentenced to three months in prison
for failing to flic a certificate of In
corporation. Captain Hewett, of the Salvation
Army, Brooklyn, will wed Marian
Woolman, a wealthy girl, of Bur
lington, N. .1.
John Temple Graves, Independent
party candidate for Vice President,
underwent a slight operation at New
York.
Criticism of his action in the State
Legislature has caused the physical
breakdown of Owen Cassldy, of Ith
aca. Two men were killed and one
fatally Injured by an explosion at the
Auto Gas Company plant, Albany.
Norman C. Bassett, driven insane
by the beqt, wandered on the streets
of Milwaukee, carrying $50,000.
The National Association of Jewel
ers, meeting at Cincinnati, chose
Omaha as the next convention city.
For the first time In 71 years
n couple at Chicago were parted,
the husband dying.
The Missouri Pacific Railroad has
ordered open all of Its locomotive
shops.
A wooden building at Boston col
lapsed and two men were Injured
Robert Turnbull killed himself at
New York, because of tho heat.
Foreign
Agents of the British Department
of Agriculture have evidence, they
declared, that the American meat
trust la trying to corner Smil afield
market, the largest establishment of
its kind in the world, and to smash
ffiy)ltfl competition on Ha own
ground.
The thousands of people released
from Turkish jails and prisons under
amnesty proclamation of the Sultan
are spreading mixed joy and terror
throughout the country.
King Frederick and Queen Louise
of Denmark took luncheon witli 400
Danish-Americans at Copenhagen,
and the King expressed good wishes
for President Roosevelt and the
l ulled States.
The Marquis dl Rudlnl. former
premier of Italy and for many years
prominent in the government of Italy,
died In home.
Count Okuma has been attacking
the new Japanese cabinet, on the
ground that the continuance In office
of certain ministers Is evidence that
Here will be no retrenchment of
military and naval expenditures.
In the If days of fighting In the
streets of Tabriz, Persia, there huve
been S00 casualties and many of the
llnest residences In the city have
I ( ta looted.
In order to have dock arcommnd:'
'.ions for the biggest two ships afloat
which It Intends to build, the White
Slur Steamship Company is negotlat
ing with the London and Southwest
ern Railway Company for the con
struction of a drydock that can car.'
for verse's 1,000 feet long.
The British steamer Kirkwall was
Bunk in a collision with an unknown
bulk In the North S a.
Pari.) was plunged in darkness for
two hours last night because of an
attempt of electricians to carry out
a general strike similar to that of
Ma:ch, 1907.
The International Miners' Federa
tion, with a total membership of
K0.600 men, has decided to afflllat.
with the General Federation of Labor
In France.
Formal i at incut Ions of the new
I raie-r.iark and copyright treaty be
tween the JaMNMM gnvruuieul unJ
the I'nited s:.it ; wtiv exchanged
at Tokio.
'1'ii j at raattaaal congress or
I i 1st :ii leal Sciences opened in Benin
Belted State Ambassudor lllll de
livering the opening address.
Myllus Erichstn, the Danish ex
plcrcT. perlsiod in a snowttorni la
rtrem'.uBd.
PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT
FOR FIRM REFORMS
Would Improve Conditions of Country
Life.
A COMMISSION IS APPOINTED.
Prof. I . r. Bailey, of New York.
Heads Body of Men Who Will Give
Chief Executive Advice to Be Em
bodied in a Message to Congress
Next December.
Oyster Bay. N. Y. (Special).
With a view to bringing about better
octal, sanitary and economic con
ditions on American farms President
Roosevelt has requested four experts
on country life to make an Investi
gation Into the whole matter nnd to
reivort to him with recommendations
for Improvements. The report and
recommendations, with any addition
al recommendations which the Presi
dent himself may desire to make, will
be Incorporated in e message which
the President will send to Congress
probablv early next year.
The men President Roosevelt has
asked to act as an Investigating com
mittee are:
Prof. L. H. Bailey, of the New
York College of Agriculture.
Henry Wallace, of Wallace's Farm
or, Des Moines, la.
President Kenyon L. Butterfleld,
of the I'nited States Forest Reserve.
Wulter 11. Page, editor of tbfl
World's Work, New York.
Gtfford Pinchot, Unite! States
Forest Service.
In a letter to Professor Bailey ask
ing him to accept the chairmanship
of MM commission the President out
lines his desires In the direction of
Improvements on the farms. The let
ter follows:
My Dear Professor Bailey:
No nation has ever achieved per
manent greatness unless thl3 great
ness was based on the wellhelng of
the great farmer class, the men who
live on the soil; for it is upon their
weliare, material and moral, lhat Ihe
welfare ol the rest of the nation ul
timately rest.. In the I'nited States,
disregarding certain sections and tak
ing the nation as a whole, I believe
It to be'true that the farmers in gen
eral are better off today than they
ever were before. We Americans are
making great progress In the devel
opment of our agricultural resources.
But it is equally true that the so
cial and economic Institutions of the
open country are not keeping pace
with the development of the nation
as a whole.
Conditions In South.
The farmer is, a3 a rule, better
off than his forebears; but his In
crease in wellbeing has not kept pace
with that of the country as a whole.
While tho condition of the farmer
In some of our best farming regions
leaves little to be desired, we are far
from having reached as high a level
as that in all parts of the country.
In portions of the South, for example,
where the Department of Agriculture,
through the Farmers' Co-operative
Demonstrating work of Dr. Knapp,
Is directly instructing more than 30,
000 farmers in better methods of
farming, there is nevertheless much
unnecessary suffering and needless
loss of efficiency on the farm. A
physician, who is also a careful stu
dent of farm life In the South, writing
to mo recently about the enormous
percentage of preventable deaths of
children due to the unsanitary con
ditlons of certain Southern farms,
said:
Choose (Dtt.m Mill.
"Personally, from the health point
of view, I would prefer to see my
daughter, nine years old, at work in
a cotton mill than have her live as
tenant on the averuge Southern ten
ant one-horse furm."
This apparently extreme statement
Is based upon actual life among both
classes of people.
I doubt If any other nation can
bear comparison with our own In the
amount of attention given by the
government, both federal and state,
to agricultural matters. But pruc
tically the whole of this effort has
hitherto been directed toward In
creasing the production or crops
Our attention has been concentrated
almost exclusively on getting better
rarmlng. In the beginning this was
unquestionably the right thing 'o
do. The farmer must first of all
grow good crops in order to support
himself and his family.
But when this has been secured
the effort for better farming should
and that Is the tiller of the soil
the farmer. If there Is one lesson
taught by history It Is that the per
manent greatness of any state must
ultimately depend more upon the
character of Its country population
than upon nnthlng else. No growth
of cities, no growth of wealth can
make up for a loss In either the
iiumbeT or the character of the farm
ing population."
CLUNG to PRBCIPtCS.
Boy OOO Feet High I'nnblo To Get
Up Of Down.
Los Angeles, Cal. (Special). A
wireless message from Avalon, Cata
llna Islands, reports the rescue of
Irving Spalding, aged 15. son of A.
F. Spnldlng, of Springfield, III., from
n precipice 000 feet above the sea
where he had spent the day In peril
or his life. The youth disappeared
from the hotel early In the morning.
He went to explore the Island and
Cllmbad the sheer face of the cliff,
7"o feet high, as far as he could go,
and got within 100 feet of the top.
Spalding found It Impossible to
get down nnd shouted ror help, but
railed to make anyone hear. He
could not sit down, and the Bllghtest
misstep would have sent him to In
stant death on tho rocks below. His
rather, as night was approaching, or
ganized a searching party. After an
hour's search, they located the boy,
weak with fear. The problem of how
to rescue him was solved at last
by the discovery of a path leading
50 feet down from the top. A rope
was lowered to the youth and he was
dragged in safety to the top of the
cliff. Aside from the nervous shock,
weakness, hunger and terror, the boy
Is all right.
FIRE AREA THIRTY MILKS.
HARRY K. THAW j BOY MURDERED AND
IS A BANKRUPT HiS BODY MUTILATED
Creditors' Bills For Nearly Half a
Million.
HIS TRIAL HAS COST HIM $600,000.
Slayer of Stanford White Admits
Owing Nearly Two Hundred Thous
andThe Alienists Present Claims
for From One to Twelve Thousand
Dollars Each.
Alleg-
Tuffa Shis' ein is Victim of An
Atrocious Crime.
Chicago (Special). Following the
Identification of the mutilated body
of a boy found in Mud Lake and ad
jacent ponds and waterways as that
of TafTa Shlshcin, a Syrian, the po
lice arrested Joseph Hasson on sus
picion or his being the murderer or
the boy. Hasson was arrested at 102
Mather Street. In his room the po-
Plttsburg. Pa. (Special)
Ing that his creditors are pressing lice found a blood-stained garment
unfair claims against him so that he
Is unable to pay, Harry Kendall
Thaw, slayer of Stanford While,
through his attorney, Charles Mor
schauser, of Poughkeepsle. N. Y., and
ex-Governor Stone, of Pennsylvania,
filed a petition in bankruptcy in tho
United States Court here. Detective
Roger O'Mara, of Pittsburg, was
named as receiver for Thaw's estate
and gave bond In $200,000.
In his bankruptcy papers, which
were Blgned by Thaw while outside
ppvn-nl blood stained saws and an
ax. The body gave every Indication
of having been dismembered with
such Instruments.
With the Identification or the vic
tim or the Mud Lake mystery as
Tuffa Shlsholn, a Syrian, the police
began work on a new theory thai
the lad met his awful death at the
hands of a degenerate, probably one
who had assistance in disposing or
tho body.
Developments have come rapidly
In the case. On Tuesday the detcc-
the Poughkeepsle Jail, he shows some i tives were called to Mud Lake,
startling figures. He places nis as
sets at $128,012, his liabilities at
9453,140. Thaw, through his at
torney, sets forth plnlnly that he doea
not believe that he owes the $453,
140. He names 13 creditors and
gives the amount which they claim
he owes. Of this number only two
pond formed In the old bed of a
branch of the Chicago River, when
the waters of tho river were diverted
to the drainage canal. Here boys
bad discovered the lower limbs of
a human being, severed at the hips
and at the knees, and with one of
Ihe feet miaslnE. The EreWBOIllO
claims are undisputed. He admits to I ro)jL.8 when found were wrapped In
Loss To The City Of Pernio Not Less
Than ijfJ.ooo.ooo.
Toronto, Ont. (Special). J. O. S.
Llndsey. president of the Crows Nest
Coal Company, summarizes the
Northwest Arc situations thus in a
dispatch received here:
"The fire area Is about 30 miles
long and from 2 to 10 miles wide,
and is still burning In many places
at the outskirts, but Michel is safe
except In the case of high wind, and
may be even then. Hosmer is quite
safe and Coal Creek may be said to
be almost certainly sate.
"The loss of the Crows Nest Pass
Company, owning mines at Coal
Creek and Fernie. and Michel will bo
$200,000; the Canadian Pacific Hail
way will lose $200,000; the Great
Northern Railway will lose about
$2&0,000, and the lumber companies
not less than a million. The loss
of timber to the Crows Nest Pass
Coal Company will not bo lesB than
a million.
"The loss to the city of Fernie
will be not lo3s than two millions."
i WASHINGTON
ENGINEER DRIVEN INSANE,
Fatal Accident Responsible For A
Man's Los Of Mind.
Wilkes - Barre, Pa. (Special).
Brooding over an nccident In which
his fireman was killed and holding
himself to blame ror the fatality,
John Bonavitch, of Kingston, one of
the best-known engineers on the Del
ware, Lackawanna and Western
Kailroad, was committed to the In
sane asylum at Danville.
Bonavitch had charge of a switch
engine in the yards at Washington,
N. J. About a month ago his engine
collided with nnother In the yard
nnd James Hutt, of Newton, N. J.,
who was Bonavltch's fireman, was so
badly Injured that he died the next
day.
The accident, and especially the
death of his firemnn, so preyed upon
the mind of the engineer thnt he fled
from Washington and nothing was
heard of htm until a week ago, when
he appeared here at his home a rav
ing maniac.
Assistant Secretary of State Robert
Bacon bus gone to Sun Juan, Porto
Itlco, where he will look Into thi
question ol transferring the I'nited
States' holdings.
Comtnlsnlonar Dennett, of the Gen
eral Laud Office, has return ; Irom
a tour ol inspection, having found
the new land onlce system most el
fective.
ihe probable election or loriuoi
Assistant Post master General Bris
tow as senator from Kansas has stir
red the political circles
Thu niiii.li.-r of VMnU nf ri 1 1 t fv
cease to stand alone nnd should l.e j cavated at the Isthmian Canal con
accompanied by the effort for better
business and better living on the
farm. It Is at least as Important that
the farmer should get the largest pos
sible return in money, comfort and
social advantages from the crops he
grows, as that he should get the
largest possible return in crops from
the land he farni3 Agriculture Is
not the whole or country life. The
great rural Interests are human In
terests, and good crops are of little
value to the farmer unless they open
the door to a good kind or lire on
the farm.
This problem of country life Is In
the truest Bense a national problem.
In an address delivered at 'he semi
centennial of the founding of agri
cultural colleges In the I'nited States
a year ago last May I said:
FaiMsa'i Weifnre.
"There Is but one person whose
welfare Is as vital to the welfare of
the whole country aB Is that of the
wage-worker who does manual labor,
Furls Strike A Fizzle.
Paris (By Cable). Tho 24-hour
strike of 100,000 Purls workmen, as
a protest against the government's
severity In dealing with labor denun
ciations, called for Monday, turned
out a fizzle. Not more than half this
number 1 1 1 c work, and except for the
ncnuppearunce of several morning
papers, due to a lack of compositors,
and the police putrjh in Ihe I'luce
Republl(iie. no one would have
known a labor contest was In prog
ress. Small Hoy Kills Mister.
York. Pa. (Special) A younger
brother of Sarah, the 7-year-old
daughter of John Lloyd. of Muddy
Creek Forks, while bundling an old
gun discharged the mat on acciden
tally and the loud tore the little girl'-.,
head off The parents have Leen
separated for some time, and Ike
mother had gone out 10 work, leav
ing the children In tho custody of
May, ou older daughter. The girl,
instead of looking after the young
sterr. came to York to attend the
luldsiimiier carnival, and the acci
dent happened In her absence.
sldersUil exceeds the work done In
June.
Statistics show that Porto Rlcan
trade has Increased .it ml $200,783
during the pust year.
Commander C. A. Gove, or the
Navy, has been ordered to duty at
the Naval Academy as commandant
or midshipmen, relieving Commands
W. S. Benson, who has been ordered
to duly with the Pacific fleet, wtilch
is to sail from San Francisco on Oc
tober 5.
The Bureau of Yards and Docks
has recommended to the Secretary of
the Navy the acceptance of the bid
oT the Penn Bridge Company, Reaver
Falls, Pa., and Washington, D. C, of
$1 54,426 for the construction of a
coaling plant and shed, a pier and
l ev wall at Key West. Fla.
C. J. Erlcksen, of Seattle. Wash
has been notified by the Navy De
partment of the acceptance of his hid
or $1,025,000 for the construction
of the Pugef Sound dry dock.
The Comptroller of the Currency
announced the closing ol the First
National Bunk at Kile Plains, Minn
The Navy Department has approv
ed the rale of the old warships St
Mary's and Shearwater.
Tho southwestern territory rail
roads claim that tho shippers o
Georgia have no cause or complaint
as the injunction by Judge Spec
has prevented the proposed Increase
In rates.
Soriano, provincial governor o
llocos Mortek, Luzon, hus sent an
exiireseion of sympathy upon the
deuth of former President Cleveland
Banor Queson. ono of the leaders
ol tho Philippine Assembly, dis
cussed the Islands situation with
Secretary or War Wright.
The suspended Went Point cadet
are still wuitlng to heur their rate
no decision having been as yet reach
cd
Robert II Todd has been selected
for the o'll o oi resident commission
cr for Porto Rico at Washington.
A seaman was sentenced to a 10
year term at Wmherslli U prison fo
repeated desertion
An effort has been made at Chi
cago to prove the imunitrution act
unconstitutional.
owing Mrs. Mary O. Thaw, his moth
er, $191,500, and he also upproves
the claim of Roger O'Mara tor $400
rees as a detective. There then fol-
ows in his paper a list or creditors
nnd their amounts. It Is understood
that Thaw disputes every one ol
hem. and will Insist that O Mara,
as his receiver, sift the claims to tho
bottom.
The list of claimants Is as follows:
James O. Graham, Poughkeepsle,
Y., $2,954.
Dr. Graham Hammond, Now York,
$1,000.
Dr. Charles li. wagner, new iurs,
$4,000.
Dr. Smith E. Jelline, New xora,
$5,200.
Dr. Brltton Evans, New xora, o,-
000.
Martin W. Littleton, $3,000.
Hartrldge & Peabody, $60,000.
John B. Gleason, New York, $80,-
000.
Allen McLean Hamilton, New
York, $12,000.
Dr. Dana, New York, $1,000.
Dr. John P. Wilson, New York,
$600.
Total, $153,140.
Attorney Morschauser slipped into
Pittsburg and had a long confer
ence with Governor oione, isswi
new Pittsburg counsel. There was
confusion when It was found that
Judge Young, to whom Thaw's peti
tion was addressed, was in Europe.
The referee in bankruptcy of Al
legheny County was also missing,
and it was necessary to send to New
Castle, Lawrence County, for a ref
eree before the papers could be prop
erly filed, and It was 8 o'clock be
fore this was done.
In his bill of assets Thaw seta
forth that he has $40,000 worth of
real estate, $59,000 In stocks and
bonds, about $10,000 worth of books,
etc. He calls attention to the fact
lhat ho has an income of $33,300
per year from the various trusts
created for him. but this, It is aver
red, cannot be touched by any cred
itors.
From one close to Harry Thaw
here It is learned that he has al
ready spent $600,000 In his two
trials, which, he thinks, Is enough,
and that every bill paid from this
time out mUBl be bona-flde.
The most interesting information
given regarding the proceedings Is
to be found in the petition asking
for the appointment of a receiver,
in which It Is alleged that the ac
tion is taken for the purpose of
preventing his property being dis
sipated iu litigation over claims,
many of which are unjust. Ihe ng
ures in the bankruptcy petition show
that thiB refers to the lawyers and
doctors.
l'haw states that he Is confined in
Jail at Duchess County, N. Y., and
is likely to be there ror sometime.
He Bays some of his creditors have
commenced suitd again t him and
others are contemplating similar no
tion. He Is unable, he says, to give
the litigation his attention owing to
the confinement.
Previous to filing the paper At
torney Morschauser held a long con
ference With Stone & Stone, Thaw's
local counsel, and the greatest se
crecy was maintained regarding tno
action tonight.
an old shirt and a newspaper of July
29. Every Greek detective In the
city was put to work on the case
i In tho belief that a Greek lad, a
victim of. the Padrone system, had
! been summarily dealt with by some
' countrymen against whom the boy
had testified In the recent caBes
I brought by the government to wipe
out the "Greek slave" trade.
Boys swimming In Pelletts Pond,
half a mile from the canal and hav
I Ing no connection with It, discovered
I the head, which was removed to tho
morgue and placed with other por
i tlons of the body. With tho body
j thus restored, It was possible to
: formulate a close description of the
I boy.
At the Lawndale Station It was
! found that the description tallied
i somewhat with that of Tuffa Shls
j heln, whose disappearance from his
homo, at 7 Johnson Street, last Sun-
day night had been reported by the
lad's father, Samuel Shisheln. First
the shirt which the boy had worn
1 and then the corpse were identified
by members of the Shisheln family,
the mother fainting when she gazed
for the first time on the mutilated
remains of what had been a straight
limbed, buoyant youth.
INDIANS KILL THIRTEEN.
That Is Report Received At EI Paso
Concerning Yaquls.
El Paso, Tex. (Special). That
Yaqui Indians on July 24 killed 13
persons, members of three families,
near Lampasas Mine, was the news
received by W. M. Gillette, of San
Carlos, Indian Reservation, Arizona,
In a letter written to him here by
A. D. McPhee, superintendent of the
Promontorlo Mine, 20 miles from
Montezuma, Sonora. The letter says
ranchers of the surrounding country
have congregated at the Promontorlo
Mine prepared to resist the Indians.
"Three Killed By Explosion.
Hazelton, Pa. (Special). Two
Americans and an Italian, all of this
city, were Instantly killed by the pre
mature explosion of a blast at the
Btonecrushing plant of Charles Ke
hoe, on the outskirts of Hazleton.
Thomas Kehoe, a son of the con
tractor, was Injured about the head.
The bodies were blown Borne distance
from the scene of the epxlosion.
President To The Sultan.
Washington (Special) . Ambassa
dor Lelshman, at Constantinople, has
been directed by the State Depart
ment by cable to communicate to the
Turkish government the President's
congratulations and gratification over
the action of the Sultan In proclaim
ing a constitution.
MILLION DOLLAR FIRE.
Cigurctto Causes A Disastrous illh.e
In Chicago.
Chicago (Special). Fire, which
was so hot that the firemen could not
get nearer than a block of It, and
which made It necessary to pluy
streams of water on buildings three
nnd four squares away, destroyed the
Burlington elevators "E" and "F,"
the dock transfer warehouse of that
road and either burned or rendered
useless 100 box cars. The loss on
the grain In the two elevators is
placed by Armour & Co., who own
it, at $700,000. The lotal loss 1b
placed at $1,000,000. .
The fire started in the Burlington
warehouse supposedly from a ciga
rette dropped near several barrel;
containing chemicals.
Stupid lturglur.
Hendricks, W. Va (Special).
Burglars entered the store of J. E
Poling & Co., general merchandise
dealers, at Hendricks, and blew open
the large Bate, securing about $25
in cash, but falling to take away
$20 worth of postage stamps. They
had carefully piled up a large lot
of clothing around the safe to deaden
the sound, and almost all this cloth
ing was ruined. The safe contained
only the books of the firm and the
amount above stated, and was unlocked.
FINANCIAL
Found 150,000; Reivnrcl l2.
Chicago (Special) Wlllllam Beck
er, a poatofllce wagon driver, founJ
i $50,000 check In the driveway he
lical h the Federal Building, and re
nortcd It to Superintendent Day. The
i heck was payable through the
Merchants' Loan and Trust Company.
Ihe trust company was notified.
Ueckcr Is said to have been the re
ipleut of many thanks and a $2
Mil.
COUNT ZEPPELIN'S GREAT
AIRSHIP 18 DESTROYED
Aeronaut's Flight Comes To a Disas
trous End.
BY STORM AND EXPLOSION.
Bad Nearly Achieved His Greatest
Triumph in Navigating the Air
Thousands of People Waiting at
Fricdrirhi hafen to Hall the Comple
tlan of the Great Flight.
Girl l-'atully Wounded.
Greensboro, N. C. (Special). Miss
Mary Ball was fatally shot by Free
land Tharpe In Wickes County. She
was a teacher in a rural school and
Tharpe hud been paying her atten
tions. She ru.'uBcd to go with him
to church, but went with bis brother,
while Freelund Thaipe escorted an
other young woman. Jusl as MIbs
Mall was entering the house on the
return from church, Freeland Tharpe
flrod threo shots at her. One of the
bullets ontered her left breast, aboul
an Inch above the heart, Inflicting
i mortal wound.
Copper metal advanced another V4
:ent.
Jones & Laughliu mills, in rit.ts
burg. report business 25 per cent,
better In July than in June.
Philadelphia & Reading declared
the regular semi-annual dividend of
2 per cent, on first preferred, pay
able October 10, to stock of record,
August 24.
Shipments of coal and coke over
Hie Pennsylvania lines, east of Pitts
bun; and Erie for the week ending
August 1, amounted to 889,134
tons. Since January I the shipments
aggregate 25,770,942 tons as com
pared with 34, 004, 222 tons during
the same period last year.
Conferences between a committee
or the coal operators of the Pitts
burg district and officials of the Uni
ted Mlue Workers foreshadow a prob
able adjustment of difference In the
wage agreement.
Note brokers say that the Western
banks are purchasing commercial pa
per as freely aB Eastern Institutions
and that they are taking paper ma
turing after the first of next year.
This, they say, Is unusual at any
time and especially so at this time
of the year. Offerings of commercial
paper are light and as a consequence
rates continue to be very low.
Bankers aud brokers said that to
their best knowledge Philadelphia
Interests were not affected one way
or the other by the flnanclal affalis
or some or the underwriters in the
Lloyd Syndicate.
Dun's Review for July shows a
healthier condltlou In tho commer
cial community. According to that
authority failures In July were the
smallest for any month In the year
with the exception of May. Failures
numbered 2232. with liabilities
utuountlag to $14,222,126. In July,
1907, there were 777 failures, In
volving $12,834,710.
AN AERIAL WONDER.
The airship was 443 feet long;
diameter, 45 feet; weight, 6,000
pounds; motor developed 140
horsepower; carrying capacity, 16
persons.
Count Zeppelin made a num
ber of successful trips In the last
two months.
June 29 he made a seven-hour
fight at a speed of 39 miles an
hour.
July 1 a 14-hour flight at aver
ago speed of 34 mllcsnn hour.
July 3, In an ascent over Lake
Constance, the Count was accom
panied by the King and Queen of
Wurtemburg, this being the first,
time a reigning king and queen
had enjoyed such an experience.
August 4 Zeppelin started on
hla 24-hour flight over a 400
mile triangular course from
Fried rlchehafen.
August 5, after traveling all
night at reduced speed, because
of one of two motors failing to
work, the Count descended at
Echterdlngen to make repairs.
During a thunderstorm the air
ship was torn from its nnchorage,
a motor exploded and flames en
veloped and destroyed the airship.
Echterdlngen (By Cable). A dra
matic end came to Count Zeppcflln'e
long-waited endurance flight In his
monster dirigible balloon, and the
proud airship lies In an open field
near here, a mass of twisted, use
less metal. A chapter of accidents
occasioned by bad moods of nature
and the failure of mechanical appli
ances combined was responsible for
the untimely end of the balloon, the
flights of which have held the at
tention of the world, and for blast
ing the ambitions of Its Inventor,
Count Zeppelin. The ount, almost
heart-broken and unable to longer
ondure the sight of his shattered
craft, has left by train for Friedrlch
shafen. The airship had lert Nackenhelm,
the scene or Its first mishap, and over
night had vlsted Mayeuce and begun
on the homeward journey when mis
fortune overtook it. Soon after the
start it was found that the front
motor was working badly, owing to
the fusing of metal In the groove
In which the piston rod ran. This
was caused by friction. Consequent
ly Count Zeppelin was compelled
to rely on one motor on the rear
platform throughout the night, which
conslde-ably reduced his speed.
During the night, too, he made an
ascent of nearly 0,000 feet, losing
a considerable quantity of gas. This
deprived the balloon of some of lta
buoancy.
Over Echterding Count Zeppelin
decided to land. Although this was
the first time that Buch a maneuver
had been attempted with a rigid
balloon, the landing was effected eas
ily and smoothly, only one of the
steel wire stays being broken. The
engineers Immediately set about
making repairs to the balloon, which
rode at anchor In the center of a
large force of military, which had
been called out to keep the crowds
away. Count Zeppelin telegraphed
to Frlcdrlchshafen for more gas cyl
inders, and then went to a neighbor
lug inn for luncheon. He was away
: bout two hours, and was destined
to see only tho wreck of his airship
when he returned.
The local railway companies ran
special cars to convey the curious
slght-seers to the spot, while pedes
trians, automoblllsts aud wagons
loaded with peasants also flocked to
the vicinity. It Is estimated that tbe
crowd numbered nearly 40,000.
At 2.30 o'clock a wind suddenly
sprang up and Bonie of the wealhor
wise bystanders called the attention
of the officers to the fact that a
storm was brewing and advised them
to Becure the balloon. Their warn
ings were unheeded.
The balloon swayed to and fro,
sometimes rising a few feet from the
ground. Then a strong gust of wind
struck the airship broadside. At
first the craft heeled over and then
her bows rose in the air, carrying
with them a number of soldiers
holding the ropes. After poising for
u moment at a height of 50 feet the
airship returned to the earth, even
more suddenly than It rose, and came
crushing to the ground. With a
thunderouB report the forward motor
exploded.
From the bows of the balloon shot
forth a livid flame, while from tbe
rear escaped thick clouds of black
smoke which caused the entire struc
ture to disappear from the view of
Ihe thousands of spectators When
the air cle; red the balloon was seen
lying In an open fleld 5n a high
plateau with only the ragged, tangled
strips of the aluminum envelope
still remaining. The metal stays and
bands and portions of the motors
were strewn about in pieces like old
iron apd blackened with smoke and
scorched.
Amend Bunking Luivs.
Washington (Special). Acting
Comptroller of the Curreucy Kane
transmitted to the Secretary of the
Treasury for submission to the Na
tional Monetary Commission, author
ized at the last session of Congress,
his recommendation lor such amend
ments to the national banking laws
as experience In the administration
of the laws by the comptroller's of
fice and observation as to their prac
tical operations has shown to be
necessary. The recommendatloni
cover 40 printed pages.
DNITED STATES SENATOR
ALLISON PASSES AWAY
Was Twice a Candidate For the
Presidency.
Dubuque, Iowa (Special). United
States Senator W. B. Allison died at
his home In this city Tuosday after
noon. The Immediate causo of hla
death was henrt rallure. The end
came as n result of a serious sink
ing spell due to a prostatic enlarge
ment complicated with kidney dis
ease and during a period of uncon
sciousness which had lasted since
Saturday afternoon.
Two weeks ago the Senator left
his home In the city to escape the
heat. He went to tho home of Mrs.
Fannie Stout, n friend of the family,
living on the Asbury road, a few
miles from town For a few days hla
condition seemed to Improve, but he
later began to grow worse. Medical
advisers urged that an operation be
performed to relieve the prostatic
enlargement, which was bringing his
condition to a crisis. Saturday morn
ing the Senator wan brought back
home. Soon afterwards he relapsed
Into a condition of semlunconscloue
ness. Except tor brief periods of par
tial recovery, he remained in (hit
condition until death.
News of the serious Illness of the
! aged Senator was kepi from tho public
as much as possible, and his death
! came as a surprise to his thousands
of friends residing In this city.
I During the Inst week nurses were
employed to cam for the Senator for
i the first time since his illness, and
this was the first Intimation anyone
' hnd ef a change for the worse In his
! condition. Atter the Senator lost
I consciousness on Saturday he did not
I fully recover his mental faculties up
I to the time of his death. He had
I been under constant surveillance of
I physlcans for the last few days.
, His condition grew rapidly worse,
his menial vigor was wholly spent,
and his condition was one of absolute
dependence. Two nurseB were In
constant attendance on htm and ef
forts to maintain secrecy as to his
condition were redoubled, while every
means was adopted to insure rest.
$50,000 IN WANDERER'S RAG.
Hent And Work Unbalanced Mind
Of Wealthy Man.
Milwaukee. Wis. (Special). His
mind unbalanced by work and heat,
Norman C. Bassett, 50, years old,
mnnager of a department at the
Allls-Chalmers plant, wandered for
several hours about town Tuesday
, night until a patrolman took him to
a police station.
I He carried a satchel, which was
I feund to contain $50,000 In money,
; bonds and other paperB.
Bassett talked incoherently and
I was unable to tell about himself,
even his name, nnd imagined he was
. In a foreign city pursued by thieves
FIGHTING THE PAPER TRUST.
Five Carloads Of News Print Paper
Sold At Auction.
New York (Special). Five car
loads of news print paper were sold
it auction In this city under the di
rection of John Norrls, chairman of
the committee on paper of the Amer
ican Newspaper Publishers' Associa
tion, for $1.90 per 100 pounds f. o.
b. at Natural Dam, N. Y., tor the
entire lot.
Two car loads were taken by C.
D. Relmers, of the Fort Worth Tele
gram, of Fort Worth, and three car
loads were taken by M. E. Foster,
of the Houston Chronicle, of Hous
ton, Texas. The paper was guaran
teed to be equal In quality to lhat
used by the New York World.
Japs sign Copyright Treat'.
Toklo (By Cable). Formal rati
fications of tho new trade mark and
copyright treaty betweon the Japan
ese Government and the United
States were exchanged. Viscount.
Terauchfc acting Minister of Foreign
Affairs, signed the document on be
half of the Jaapnese Government, and
P. A. Jay, American Charge d'affaires,
nfllxed his name In behalf of the
United States.
Rewurd For Night Riders.
Frankfort. Ky. (Special). Gov.
Wiljson offered a reward of $500
"for the apprehension and conviction
of the leader r.nd chief officer next In
authority to him. of the Night Riders
In the Hopkln-ivllle raid, the Prince
ton raid, and the Ruaseliville raid."
The Oovernor said that bo is deter
mined to forret out and convict the
leaders that hung tho four negroes
at ItuBBellvtllo, and the Instigators
of the lawless rclgu in western Kentucky.
Fulls 900, Feet And Lives.
Abbottsford, Wis. (Special).
Dropping 900 leet through tho air
Mrs. Eva Jones, balloonist Tor a car
nival company which is conducting
a Btreet ralr here, will probably re
;over. The rope of her parachute
snapped, but she was caught in a tree
.30 feet from the ground. When
taken down she was uncouscious,
jeveral of her ribs were broken and
ihe was otherwise internally Injured.
Chicago Quite A IF.g Town.
Chicago (Special). Chicugo has a
population of 2,425,000, according
.o the 1908 city directory, which will
be Issued this week. This is n gain
iver last year ol 58,000. The total
aumber of names In the alphabetical
list Is 758,100, an lncrense of 20,
700 in a year. In estimating the po
pulation the multiple of 3.2 Is used,
a smaller figure than is used in soms
it her cities.
100,000 Fewer Dead Letters.
Washington (Special). One hun
dred thousand leas nleceB of mail
were received In the Dead-Letter Of
fice during July, 1908, than during
the some month of 1907. Of the
932,983 pieces of mail received, 381,
O.'O were returned to the senders.
Isom E. McCury wsb appointed post
master at Sylva, Mitchell County, N
C. He succeeds R. J. Burleson.
Lightning Kills Family.
Charlotte, N. C. (Spcclul). A spe
cial to the Observer from Sparta, Al
leghany County, brings news of the
death of an entire family at Ed
monds. 10 miles across the moun
tains from Sparta, by lightning.
Frank Murphy, a farmer; hit wlf
.and young son were in tbe field
stacking rye when the storm carne
up. The trio ran for shelter, but
were struck down before they reach
ed the house. The uodies wero found
by neighbors. t
Shot Mother And Bubo.
New York (Special).--Mrs. Berths
Hood,. 32 years old, was shot nod in
stantly killed at her home In Brook
lyn, by Ernest SuKz, 24 years old, ol
(nhattun. Bettr. also shot and ser
iously wounded tho veai-and-a-hal'
old daughter of Mrs. II ;od and then
turned tbe revolver on himself, la
lllctlng a probably lata! wound.
The battloshlp Virginia bus estab
lished a coaling record. She took on
board 1,6(17 tous In four hours at aa
average rate of 416.75 tons a"
hour.