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While bt was having a tooth pull
ad Senator Adam LltUepage, of
Charleston. W. Va., had hi jaw
broken.
The last rnan to be hangel In
Virginia, Lee Strothent. was execu
ted Friday at Madison.
James O. T. Reed, usslstant post
master at Newport News, Va.. ac
cused of embezzling $6,462 was held
for trial.
Alt us Flower, said to be the son
of Dr. R. C. Flower, had a talk with
Mrs. Hagaman, who Is hold by the
police In Richmond, Va.
The Pensylvnnla Railroad counts
on running 1.00Q. trains Into the
Manhattan Terminal as soon aB the
tunnels are completed.
An Iron ore deposit, containing
600.OO0.UOO tons. Is said to exist In
New York State.
Charles E. Davis has been rear
rested on the charge of killing Dr.
Frederick Rustln, at Omaha.
Suit for tio.000 for alienation of
flections has been filed by Mrs. Wil
lis R. Unland. of West Eaton, N. Y..
against Mrs. Grace R. Robert, who
Is also a resident of West Eaton.
Mrs. Wilhelmlna Protze, aged 83
years committed suicide In New
York. She made preparations to
kill herself after having celebrated
her birthday anniversary alone.
The body of Mrs. Ashtop Harvey,
covered with a fortune of Jewels, was
found In a private pleasure lake on
the estale of Stewart Hartshorn, at
Shont Hill, N. J.
Roger O'Mara, trustee of Harry
K. Thaw In bankruptcy, and his at
torney. ex-Governor Stone, of Penn
sylvania, conferred with Thaw in the
Poughkeepsle Jail.
George W. Fitzgerald, accused by
the Illinois authorities of the theft
of $173,000 from the sub-treasury
at Chicago, was freed by Judge Chel
lain. Announcement Ls made that Prof.
George A. Coe will resign as profes
sor of moral and intellectual philoso
phy at the Northwestern University.
Mrs. Nellie Busch Magnus, daugh
ter of Adolphua Busch, the wealthy
brewer, wbb secretly married to
Jacob W. Loeb. of Chicago, June 0.
Fire destroyed the Proctor Fur
niture Company's building at Asbury
Park, causing a loss of $60,000.
Emil Keehra was blown to pieces
as the rpsult of an explosion of an
oxygen tank in Detroit.
Policeman David E. Shellard. of
Brooklyn, was Indicted for the mur
der of Barbara Reig.
Receiver Austin, of the failed
brokerage firm of Cameron, Currle
and Company, of Detroit, asked that
certain members of the Boston brok
erage firm of Hayden. Stone and
Company be sent to jail on the
charge of contempt of court.
Second Vice President Colllngs, of
the Standard Oil Company of Ken
tucky, denied giving orders for the
payment of money to Becure inform
ation concerning the shipments of
competitors.
One man was burned to death,
two women were seriously injured
and several others painfully Injured
during a Are which destroyed two
buildings of the Philadelphia Cricket
Club.
Mrs. Barbara Barrett, an elderly
woman, of Lost Creek, Pa., and John
Gilks, aged 21 years, of Newark, N.
J., were killed by a fall of earth
while they were standing in a mine
breach.
Mrs. Mary Bedell shot and prob
ably fatally wounded her husband,
Stephen Bedell, a boatman, during
a quarrel at their home, in Jersey
City.
Dr. Frederick J. Mayer told vet
erinarians that they can do much
to prevent the spread of consump
tion and. other disease among human
beings.
The recently enacted pure-food
law was warmly praised by speakers
at the annua! convention of the In
ternational Stewards' Association.
Capt. Walter Auble, of the Los
Angeles police force, was probably
fatally shot by two burglars.
THIRTY PEOPLE INJURED
IN TRAIN WRECX
New York Express Leaves Track a:
Mead villi.
OFFICERS INVESTIGATING WRECK.
Strikes Open Switch While Run
ning Over Fifty Milts an Hoar
Majority of Those Hurt Are Its -tan
Laborers - Three Trainmen
Injured.
Meadvllle. Pa. (Special). Thirty
persons were Injured In the wreck ol
Erie train No. 4. Chicago to New
York Express, at Geneva, Pa., a small
station eight miles west of here,
the wreck, railroad officials believe,
being due to enemies of the company
opening a switch shortly before the
passenger train arrived.
All of the Injured were brought
to this city and 23 of them were
taken to Spencer Hospital. Five
of this number, after having their
injuries dressed, wore discharged
during the day, while 18 still remain
at the hospital.
Three of tho Injured were railroad
employes. A majority of the paseen
gors were Italian and Greek laborers.
It Is not believed any of the vic
tims will dlo from their Injuries.
The train is due here at 12.50.
but was about one hour late and
was running over SO miles an hour.
Upon striking the open switch the
entire train left the track, the loco
motive turning over upon its side.
Two of the cars, a combination smok
er and baggage and a day coach, were
demolished. A majority of the In
jured were riding in the combination
car. being foreign laborers traveling
second class. The two tracks wore
torn up a distance of over 100 feet.
There were but 87 passengers on
the train. The Injuries consist chief
ly of fractured limbs and cuts and
bruises.
Railroad officials assert that they
are convinced that the switch was
maliciously opened for the purpose
of Wrecking the train, but think it
was done by persons having a griev
ance against the company, rather
than for the purpose of robbery.
A key was used to open the switch,
the lock hanging loose from the bar.
The tracks were UBod as late as
11.30 P. M. Saturday by freight
trains and officials state there was
no occasion to operate the switch
between that hour and time of the
wreck.
Among those Injured were the fol
lowing: Mrs. Myrtle Baldwin and 5-year-old
daughter Luetic, of Van Buren,
Ind.: both pnlnfully bruised.
John McDIll. of Meadvllle, fire
man: cut and bruised all over body.
Edward Cox, of Meadvllle; thigh
broken and left tlba fractured;
serious.
Fred Jackson, Brooklyn Navy
Yard; head cut and hips bruiBed;
serious.
W. P. Hamlin, Rochester, N. Y.;
chest bruised.
W. H. Chadick. Suffern, N. Y.;
badly shaken up.
COURT ROLES 00f
THE COMM LAW
Railroads Win in Fight Against Hep
burn Rate Law.
Foreign
A daring attempt was made in
Guilford. Eng., to steal valuable
Jewels belonging to Mrs. John Ward, .
daughter of Whltelaw Reld, the
American ambassador.
There was an impressive scene In j
the Glasgow Council Chamber when
a deputation of ihe unemployed sub
mitted their demand for work.
A German arrested at Orleans,
France, on the charge of being a
spy confessed that he was In the pay
of the German authorities.
The municipality of Sebastopol
conferred the freedom of the city
on Count Leo Tolstoi and named a
school after blm.
The police charged a gathering of
rioting coal miners in the town ol
Wanne, Germany. Ten of the rioters
were wounded.
John E. Redmond and Joseph Dev
lin, members of the Nationalist par
ty, left Queenstown for the United
States.
The breach between France and
Germany on account of the Moroc
can affair is growing wider.
Princess Matilda, of Saxony, was
thrown by her horse near Dresden,
And severely injured.
Silvio Rlccl, who is accused of
throwing the bomb that caused a
panic in the courtyard of the Grand
Mosque, In Constantinople, in If 08.
while the Sultan was descending i he
steps of the mosque, was arrested.
The German Army maneuvers In
Alsace-Lorraine were concluded.
The Trade Union Congress, In
Nottingham, Eng., passed a resolu
tion condemning the British work
men who engaged themselves as
strikebreakers in Germany and the
colonies.
The fraudulent acts of M. Albert!,
of Copenhagen, have caused the lose'
of millions of dollars, and Is a hard
blow for the peasants.
The German administration Is pre
paring the public mind for a plan
for Increasing taxation and reducing
tbe imperial debt.
Dr. Cornllleff, a socialist membei
of the first Douma, was sentenced to
two years' imprisonment In a fort
ress. Gen. Leonard Wood was present
at the German army maneuvers.
Asiatic cholera 's showing signs o.'
spreading In Russia.
The first electric ferryboat in Ger
msny has Just been launched at Duis
burg. It has twin strews, which are
propelled by an accumulating cur
rent from two electric moturs of 60
horsepower capacity. The boat can
carry 645 passengers, besides horses,
automobiles and vulilcles
Philadelphia (Special). The com
modity clause of the Hepburn Act
was declared unconstitutional by the
United States Circuit Court of Ap
pealB, the judges of, which are
George M. Dallas, Geo. Gray and Jo
seph Buftlnglon.
The court was divided on the ques
tion of the constitutionality of the
Hepburn Rate Law commodity
clause. The opinion declaring It un
constitutional was handed down by
Judge Oray with Judge Dallas assent
ing. Judge Bufflngton filed a dis
senting opinion. The opinion of the
court Invalidating the law makes
20,000 words.
.Agrees With Roads' Counsel.
In the main, the majority opinion
upholds the arguments made by the
distinguished counsel which repre
sented half a dozen of the big mine
owning railroads at the hearing last
May, and. by Inverse reasoning, de
clares the commodity clause to be
unconstitutional. This was done by
.-ummarlly dismissing the bills of
camplalnt filed by the government
through Attorney General Bonaparte.
Briefly the constitutionality of the
law Is attacked pn the ground that
it is contrary to Stale's rights and,
therefore, illegally Interferes with
the power of a sovereign common
wealth to conuct its own business.
From beginning to end the ma
jority oplulon is a clean defeat for
the government.
Dlsi lIllllsHll In Fuvor Of Lumber.
The Hepburn clause prohibits all
railroads from transporting Inter
state commerce any commodity own
ed or produced by It, with the ex
ception of lumber. A decision in
favor of the government would have
compelled the anthracite coal ral'
roads to divorce themselves frcrn
the coal compaules which all of them
own and control.
The decision supports the conten
tion made by John O. Johnson at the
hearing last June to the effect thai
the commodity clause in excepting
lumber from the provisions of the
act, Is discriminative.
GREGORI FREED,
SHOT DREYFUS
l- Kiii. - Advanced.
Seattle. Wash. ( Special I . ,Seven
steamship lines operating to the Ori
ent from Seattle, Portland and San
Francisco, have agreed upon an In
creased schedule of rates to take ef
fect November 1. The Increase Is to
be on through shipments only. It
does not benefit the steamship lines,
but will fatten the recipts of the
railroads lu conformity with a re
cent ruling of the Interstate Com
merce Commission.
Law Causes Death.
New York (Special). Believed to
be a suicide on account of tbe antl
bettlng law. which went Into effect
here recently, Rubin Goldberg, long
a Sheepshead Bay business man, wa
found dead. His body was suspend
ed by a clothesline from a beam in
the cellar of bis house. Goldberg
had built up a considerable dry
goods business at Sheepshead Bay.
enjoying not a little patronage from
the raclug stables and tbelr conting
ents, but with the passage of tbe
new race track law it quickly dwindl
ed away.
ranch jury Acquits Man of
Crime.
Paris (By Cable). Louis A. Gre
gorl was acquitted of tbe charge of
attempting the life of Major Alfred
Dreyfus. The verdict was rendered
by the Jury after the Advocate Gen
eral had made an earnest appeal for
the conviction and punishment of the
defendant.
The defense was beaten at every
:urn In Its effort to reopen the Drey
fus case to show Justification for
Gregorl's attack.
All efforts to reintroduce the evi
dence adduced at the Dreyfus trial
were thwarted by the president of
the Court of Assizes. Flnaljy Maitre
Menard, Oregorl's chief counsel, de
clared that as his client's defense de
pended wholly on the general situa
tion and sentiments that Burround
the whole Dreyfus episode, which
could only be shown by an exami
nation of witnesses familiar with the
story from its beginning, and that
he hod no other recourse than to ap
peal to the Jury to appreciate the
president's act In preventing light
from being thrown on the situation.
The session began with a sharp
duel of words between tbe president
and Ool. Du Paty de Clam, a wit
ness, who Buld Gregorl wanted to
tear away tbe veil of mystery in
which the government had deliber
ately enshrouded tbe Dreyfus case,
and that not only some such act as
the shooting of Dreyfus In the Pan
theon aould force these revelations.
The president intervened, declar
ing that be would not allow allu
sions to the Dreyfus oase or critic
ism of the government's attitude
favoring Dreyfus.
After a violent scene, in which
there were heated remarks from all
parts of the chamber, Col. Du Paty
de Clam's testimony was barred out.
The same thing happened to Lecocq,
who lost April spat In the face of
War Minister Plquart; Socialist
Deputy Bletry. Editor Maeeard, of
the Patrle, and Henri Rochefort.
After each of these witnessee had
spoken the president ordered his re
marks sot aside, on the plea that
they either assailed Dreyfuslsm or
pleaded Gregorl's case without bring
ing deflnlto facts to bear In justifi
cation of his attempt on the life of
Dreyfus.
Gregorl was called to the stand
and allowed to make a long Bpeech
denouncing Dreyfus. Shortly after
ward the verdiot of acquittal was
brought lu.
MURDERED IN CHURCH.
Insane Lover Stairs Girl While She
Plays Organ.
Charlotte. N. C. (Special). A
special to the Observer from Newton
says that near that place Miss Bul
llnger, 19 years old. was stabbed to
death by Lon Rader, aged 21. The
girl was at the organ playing the
closing hymn at Sunday School when
Rader sprang across several benches
and with his pocketknife stabbed her
in the back and breast. She died
almost instantly.
Rader was arrested and Is now in
the Newton Jail. Some monthB ago
he was committed to the State In
sane Asylum, and In his ravlngB of
ten mentioned Miss Bulllnger's
name. Recently he was discharged
as cured. The deed was probably
prompted by requited love. In
Jail this afternoon Rader said he
killed the girl "because she was a
witch."
PLAGUE IN SQUIRREL'S BITE.
Park Pet Inoculates Dread Bubonic
Into Boy Friend.
Los Angeles. Cal. (Special).--A
case of bubonic plague has been dis
covered here. The patlen', a boy
named Mulholland, Is convalesced.
Three weeks ago the boy found
a sick squirrel In the park and pick
ed It up. The squirrel bit the boy
In the hand. Sickness followed arid
tbe attending physician declared it
to be bubonic plague. Other phy
sicians were called and discovered
that the squirrels In the park have
the disease.
No other cases have developed, and
it is believed by the authorities that
there will be no spread of the disease.
OPPOSE THAW'S REMOVAL.
Stand Taken By State Conrnrlsion In
Lunacy.
Albany, N. Y. ( Special ) .-Any at
tempt to take Harry K. Thaw from
the Duchess County Jail, at Pougb
keepsle, to Pittsburg or any point
outside tbe State will be opposed by
lb State Commission u Lunacy.
Dr. Albert W. Ferris, president of
the commission, returned from a long
European trip, and announced the po
sition the cpmmission would take re
garding the order of Referee Blair,
t f Pittsburg, that Thaw shall be tak
en to Pennsylvania to be examined
In the bankruptcy proceedings Insti
tuted In his behalf.
Explosion Kills Child.
Pomeroy, O. (Special). -A can of
oil standing near tbe stove In the
kitchen at the home of John G.
Roush. In Mason County, W. Vs., ex
ploded, and as a result one child
was burned to death and Mrs.
RouBb and three other children were
so severely Injured that they may
die. The house was consumed.
I'urdous Japanese.
Washington ( Special) .The Pres
ident has granted a pardon to K.
Yoshlda. a Japanese, convicted Jan
uary 31. 1805, of murder, at Valdez.
Alaska, and sentenced to serve 30
years at Fort Leavenworth. YoihlJa
has gone insane from homcucknckf
since his incarceration, an. I 'he Uni
ted States district attorn:.' who pro
secuted blm, and the warden of the
pribon recommended his parJon.
I'r.e man whom Yosh'ia killed, waj
the foreman of a canning factory.
...iii .. Chancellor.
Morriitown, N. J. (Special). A
woman thought to be demented, In
vaded the home of former Vice Chan
cellor Henry C. Pitney, and had to
be forcibly removed by the police.
She Is a Mrs. Sbulte, of Lyndbursl,
and on former occasions had paid
Mr. Pitney visits regarding a case
which be has bandied for her severs!
ytars ago. Two patrolmen were
kicked snd pummeled berore Mrs.
Shulte was ejected. She was taken
tn the countv Jail
ORVILLE WRIGHT
FLIES JED IN HOUR
Aviator at Fort Myer Breaks Aero
plane Record."
TAKES A PASSENGER WITH HIM.
On Third Trip of ths Dsy Inventor Takes
Lieutenant Lahm for a Six-minute
Sail Flight of 57 Minutes Mads in
tho Morning and One of 62 Minutes
snd 15 Seconds in the Afternoon.
PREVIOUS RECORDS.
October 15, 1907 Henri Far
man. March 20 Farman made one
and a half miles with his aero
plane at Iss-Les-Moullneaux.
May 3 The aeroplane of the
Wright brothers was flown three
miles In three minutes.
May 27 Delagrangee aeroplane
flew ten miles.
July 4 Curtlss' aeroplane, the
June Bug. flew one mile and won
the Scientific American trophy.
September 2 Two Cornell stu
dents covered 3 miles In 5 min
utes In an aeroplane of their own
making.
September 5 At Le Mans, Wil
bur Wright covered 15 miles in
20 minutes in his aeroplane.
Washington, D. C. (Specinl). Or
ville Wright, In three phenomenal
flights at Fort Myer, established new
aeroplane records that not only as
sure the success of the official trials
before the army board, but Indicate
that aerial flight Is now only a mat
ter of development. War on land
and sea will find In the aeroplane
a valuable means of reconnaissance
and possibly carnage.
Two flights of approximately one
hour each, another flight In which
two men were whirled through the
air for upwards of six minutes, were
the achievements of the Wright
brothers' aeroplane Wednesday. That
these flights, record-breaking as they
were will even be surpassed by Or
ville Wright during his trials at
Fort Myer, Is confidently predicted.
FirBt flight made Wednesday morn
ing, in which the machine circled the
drill grounds at tbe fort 57 times In
37 minutes and 31 seconds, was sur
passed In the evening when a flight
of sixty-two minutes and fifteen sec
onds was made.
Not satisfied, with breaking all
distance and time records for a heav-ier-than-air
flying machine Mr.
Wright took Lieutenant Frank P.
Lahm. the aeronaut of the Signal
Corps, for a spin around the drill
grounds and making a new record
for a two-man flight. All this hap
pened so quickly and unostentatious
ly that the spectators, among whom
were members of the cabinet and
high officers of the army and navy,
could hardly realize that history had
been made and that a new era In
the progress of the civilized world
was begun.
The morning flight was witnessed
by only a handful of enthusiasts, but
tho news Bpread so rapidly that fully
a thousand people gathered on the
military reservation across the Poto
mac from the national capital to sec
the afternoon event.
At 5:16, as the sun was disappear
ing below the Virginia horizon, the
latest Invention of man to challenge
the laws of nature rose grandly Into
space and sailed over the green sward
of the drill grounds. Higher and
higher It rose, turned at a slight
angle as the aviator brought it
around at the far aide of the field and
raced along at increasing speed.
There was hardly a quiver of the
aeroplane in the first few rounds of
the field, Mr. Wright evidently hav
ing the steering apparatus well in
hand.
Rising and lowering at will, the
sight of the man-built bird was most
impressive. Round after round tbe
machine traveled on cutting short
turns, shooting along the stretches
and presenting somewhat the appear
ance of an automobile racing about
an Imaginary course in the air.
The aviator paid little heed to
anything but his levers for warp
ing the surface of the planes
and controlling the planes which
control the altitude of the craft.
He seemed oblivious' of the crowd
below until, having broken the
record of 5 7 minutes and 31 seconds
icstablislied by him this morning,
the crowd raised a cheer that told
him of his new achievement. Then
Mr. Wright waved his acknowledgements.
MADMAN ATTACKS
FAMILY WITH AX
Three Victims Dylnp of Wounds
HospitaL
in
Wilmington. Del. (Special).
While temporarily insane, presum
ably because he had been for some
time out of work. Pearson Talley,
a ship carpenter, age 1 about 61
years, at 4 o'clock A. M., made a
murderous attack upen the other
members of hla household, at their
home, 402 West Sixth Street.
His weapon was a broadax, with
which he cut his wife and his adopt
ed daughter, Mrs. Edith Johsnsen,
aged about 30 years, and Andrew
Johansen, aged about 30 years, the
husband of his adopted daughter.
All of the victims are at the Homeo
pathic Hospital and still alive, but
all are expected to die
Talley was formerly a farmer, liv
ing near Wilmington, : .1 trad some
means. About nine ! jars ago he
came to the city and bought the
house In which he lived and In which
the tragedy occurred. After coming
to the city he secured work at tho
local plant of the American Car and
Foundry Company. He had, how
ever, been unemployed fir sometime,
and this is thought to have affected
his mind.
Talley appeared to be In good
spirits when the members of the
household retired, but he awoke
about 4 o'clock A. M , while all
of the others were asleep, and, ob
taining the axe and without a word,
attacked the wife and adopted
daughter In their sleep. The com
motion awoke Johansen. Johansen
grappled with Talley, but Talley ap
peared to be possessed of the strength
of a maniac, and Johansen could not
get the weapon away from him.
John J. Farman, a neighbor, who
heard the noise, came to his assist
ance and together they disarmed
Talley, and though Johansen had hie
skull fractured In the encounter, he
was conscious and ran to the street
in his night clothes and summoned
Dr. F. F. Pierson.
After he had been disarmed Tal
ley's senses began to return to him,
and he realized what he had done,
and begged those about him to kill
him with the axe, which had been
hidden back of a bureau. Talley
was taken to police headquarters In
his nlghtclothes, but not without a
fight with the police. Later In the
morning he was arraigned In the po
lice court and held without ball.
WILL EXILE MANIAC KING.
Annum Monarch Tortured Several
AVIves To Death.
Saigon, French Cochin China (By
Cable). Former King Than Thai
of Annam, who has been on trial for
torturing several of his wives to
death or Into Insanity, will be exiled
to Algeria by the verdict just render
ed. This Is Than's second offense. For
the first he wss removed from the
throne two years ago In favor of his
son, a youth still under 21. Phy
sicians who have examined the de
posed monarch say he suffers from
periodical attacks of homicidal mania.
MAN BLOWN TO PIECES.
Detroit, Mich. (Special). An oxy
gen tank, five feet long and ten In
ches In diameter, used in connection
with a tank of hydrogen In a weld
ing process, exploded at the plant of
the Michigan Crucible Steel Casting
Company on Guoin Street, Instantly
killing Emll Keehm. Two other
workmen were Injured. Keebra was
blown to pieces.
Lonfcworth Stable Burns.
Cincinnati. Ohio (Special). Con
gressman Nicholas Longworth's two
story brick stable at his Uruudtn
Road home was completely destroyed
by fire shortly before 2 o'clock A.
M., causing a loss estimated at ::,
000. With the stable five carriages
were burned, but the servantB who
rlept in the stable got out safely and
saved the horses. Mr. and Mrs. Long
worth had just returned from a party
when the fire was discovered.
WASHINGTON
Electric Chair For Smith.
Norfolk, Va. (Special). Henry
Smith, a negro charged with criminal
assault upon aged Mrs. Catherine
Powell, of Portsmouth, upon his sec
ond trial In the Norfolk County Cir
cuit Court waH found guilty and sen
tenced by the trial Jury to death.
Judge Dain fixed October 13 for the
electrocution, which will be the first
use of the death chair since Its sub
stitution for the gallows in this state.
A number of women scientists,
authorities in research In their re
spective countries, will be accredited
delegates to the Tuberculosis Con
gress at Washington.
Naval officers are greatly impress
ed with the utility of the Wright
aeroplane as an adjunct to the naval
force and careful observations will
be made.
John S. Early, the leper, received
i' from the Pension Department.
He- at once sent the check to his
wife.
Dr. Harvey W. Wiley, chief of the
Bureau of Chemistry, has been hon
ored by the first International con
gress for the repression of adultera
tion of food meeting at Geneva,
Switzerland.
A tropical storm raged through
the West Indies, but will probably
not affect the United States.
Judge Parker was in Washington
to confer with associate counsel rep
resenting Gompers and Mitchell in
the labor coutempt case.
Orville Wright made two very suc
cessful flights In his aeroplane ut
Fort Myer.
Emlle Berliner has lately con
structed an experimental propeller of
such power that, placed horizontally,
It is capable of lifting 460 pounds
In a calm straight up Into the air.
Henry Gannett, assistant director
of the Cuban census, bas almost com
pleted that work.
Owen T. Callis, an Insurance so
licitor, whose home was 1402 B
Street, northeast, committed suicide
by blowing out his brains while In
Hlanton Square.
March Of The Unemployed.
Liverpool (By Cable). The un
employed of this city organized a
procession and marched to the town
hall. Two deputations were received
by the lord mayor. They Bhowed
that 10,000 of the laborers of Liver
pool were out of work, and request
ed relief. A relief fund has been
started.
J. Pierpout Morgan's yacht Corsair
and the steamboat New . Hampshire
were in collision in New York harbor.
Tbe International Council of Wom
en, membership in wblch totals
7,000,000, held Its opening session lu
1-fiDrion
Killed In Wreck.
Sandusky, O. (Special) .Two col
ored men were killed, another was
Injured and a while mau Is missing
as the result of a wreck on the Lake
Shore and Michigan Southern Hall
way, which made kindling wood of
fourteen freight cars, belweeu Huron
and Vermillion.
Terrible Heut In Texas.
Fort Worth, Tex. (Special). A
special from Strawn, Tex., a mining
town west of here, Bays that the
thermometer there registered 112
degrees and la standing at 109 with
a hot wind blowlug from the south.
All business has been suspended In
Btrawn. Waco reports a temperature
of 101 for the past three days and
that the Intense heat there has caus
ed wall paper to split from the walls
of dwellings on account of the un
usuul expansion.
Love Causes Murder.
Cleveland. O. (Special). Rivalry
for the hand of a woman, which be
gan In Sicily several years ago, re
sulted in a murder here, when Angelo
Mazzo, a Sicilian, was stubbed
through the heart by Carmen Bulone,
also a Sicilian. Both men loved the
same girl In Porta. Sicily, but Mazzo
married tbe young woman. Union,
swore vengeance. In order to es
cape Bulone's wrath the couple fled
to America. Buone, however, follow
ed them, and on a crowded thorough
fare, killed Min with a stllleto.
FOREST FIRES ARE
DESTROYING MANY TOWNS
Flames Rage Through Northern
Minnesota Counties.
FINANCIAL
California's gold output In 1907
a: valued at $18,7!!7,U0.) and the
sllvi : output M worth 1761,644.
T. - price if sliver metal has aJ
van iJ to M '.$ cents ,u. ounce.
Wolverine Copper Company di
rectors declared a dividend of "
per share.
Cripple Creek's gold production
last month amounted to $1,329,000.
Tbe tier capita bank deposits in
the United States huve Increased
from $95 to $152 In seven years, a
gain of 60 per cent.
The representative of a large life
Insurance company made this state
ment: "Life Insurance business Is
Improving steadily and we regard
this as a good sign, because experi
ence has shown that depression in
trade and transportation, also de
presses insurance business."
Anthracite coal shipments In Au
gust were 4,599,000 tons, a de
crease of 1,190,000 tons compared
with August, 1907.
The Wisconsin Central has order
ed 2,600 freight cars.
Foreign bond prices advanced as
a requel to belter feeling over tbe
Morocco affair. Ixuidon was a con
siderable buyer of Erie, but it is
said the orders came from Harrlman
brokers in New York.
In seven months this country Im
ported $39, 46'.'. 000 more gold than
It exported.
Jersey Central's receipts in July
decreased l '31 and net surplus
fell off $153,724. The latter was
equal to about 27 ptr ceut.
Union Pacific' gross earnings in
July decreased $484,311 and net
profits declined 1321.391. Southern
Pacific was able in some way to con
vert a gross decrease of $1,703,617
Into a net gain of $216,260.
The International Smokeless Pow
der St Chemical Company has de
clared a dividend of 1 per cent, on
the oommon stock and 4 per cent,
on tbe preferred tock.
Western I'n'.on's Inst quarterly
report shows a uet revenue of $1,
700,000, cum; i. i with ,. deficit of
$811,492 in the sauio quarter, 1907.
A quarterly dividend of of one
per cent . baa been declared.
COMMERCIAL CflLOMl
Weekly Review of Trade and Latest
Market Reports.
HUNDREDS MAY LOSE THEIR LIVES.
liibbing. With Popnlation of 12,000,
Is in Danger of Destruction, and
Only a Changs of Wind Can Save
It-Grand Mara is. With 600 People.
May Be Totally Bnrnad.
Duluth, Minn. (Special). Fore3t
flres which have been raging for sev
eral days, threaten Hlbblng, the larg
est and most prosperous town on
the Mesaba range. The flames hav.
been getting closer constant!?. "Ev
ery place of business is closed and
the men are all out fighting the
flames. A telegram from Hlbblng
says:
"The Are Is very near the Great
Northern spur on this aid a of Brook
lyn, a suburb of Hlbblng. and th
wind is blowing In our direction.
"The city has all available hose out
and every man we can find ll lighting
the fire. They have established a
pipe line and Installed two plugs.
The sky is clearing of pnr':e some
what now, but we are th: ,.iened on
the north."
In response to an n; si the Du
luth fire department ..as gone to
the scene, while the Mesaba Railroad
has trains in readiness at Hlbblng
to take the people away.
Smoke from the forest fires which
surround the town made Hlbblng
so dark that the electric lights were
turned on there In the day to onable
the citizens to see tbelr way about.
The smoke is Btifllng and tbe heat
very oppressive.
Near Grand Murals.
Grand Marais, Minn., on the north
shore. Is on the verge of the Are.
The women are weeping with fright
and the worBt part of the situation
Is that there la no avenue of escape
open. Al. J. Smith, county attorney
of Hennepin County, who has been
camping beyond Grand Marais, was
burned out at his camp, and, with
his party, escaped to Grand Marais
in a launch. Settlers are walking
Into Grand Marais, smoke begrimed,
burned and exhausted, with packs
of their moat valuable belongings on
their backs and their families drag
ging behind them.
When Mr. Smith left the fate ol
Grand Marais was In doubt. The
citizens were loath to leave their
homes and belongings without mak
ing a flght for them, so many of
them remained behind.
Mr. Smith says that an east wind
would bring on the destruction ol
Grand Marais in an hour, and no
power can save the town. If a fire
comes before a boat gets there, the
fate of the population will be in
doubt.
There has been no rain in parts
of the fire stricken country for 14
weeks.
Only a change of wind will save
the village of Buhl with 1,500 people
from being wiped off the map. The
flres are steadily advancing on the
little village in spite of desperate
efforts to flght them oft and nothing
but a change of wind will save it
from corapleto destruction before
night.
Ready For Flight.
The citizens of Bovey are pack
ing their household goods and pre
paring for flight. Coleraine is still
safe but the streets are deserted, the
residents helping the Bovey citizens
to fight the fire and pack their be
longings. Schools have been dis
missed and everybody is ready for
fight. Toconite 1b also In great dang
er and may go before night. Bovey
bas about 2,000 people and Taconite
about 500. The Gopher left Duluth
at 10 o'clock to rescue the residents
of Grand Marais. Reports received
here today Indicate that tbe region
covered by the flres extends as far
along the north shore as Grand Ma
rias, as far west as the western Mes
aba ranges, south to within ten or
fifteen miles of Duluth and as far
north as the extreme northern edge
of the ranges and perhapB much far
ther. Throughout the dlftaDCf. a terrl
torj die hundred miles square, fires
are raging and residents are being i
burned out by the huitflre.ls. It will
be Impossible to estimate the total
loss for weeks to come. It will be
very heavy.
nradstreet's says:
Fall Jobbing trade, and to a
lesser extent retail demand, hat
been helped this week by the ad
vent of cooler weather, the opening
of the season of fall festivals and
the continuance of buyers' excur
sions. Hence tbe consensus of re
ports that distribution has expanded
at leading Northwestern and South
western markets, while there Is a
further gain shown at maay South
ern centers. Enlargement of crop
movements, particularly In winter
wheat and cotton, has also made for
a further improvement In collections,
which at many points are now class
ed ns fairly normal.
Business failures In the United
States for the week ending Septem
ber 3 number 210, against 236 last
week, 130 In the llko week of 1907,
121 In 1906, 137 In 1905 and 144
in 1904.
Wheat, including flour, exports
from" the United 8 ea and Canada
for the week aggregate 5,396,026
bushels, against 4,525,503 last week
and 2,923,710 this week last year,
corn exports for week are 40,051
bushels, against 39.109 lost week
and 607.104 in 1907.
Wholesale Market.
New York Wheat Spot, strong;
No. 2 red, 1.03 01.06 elevator;
No. 2 red, 1.04 f. o. b. afloat; No.
1 Northern Duluth, 1.13 f. o. b.
afloat; No. 2 hard winter, 1.08 f. o.
b. afloat.
Corn Spot firm; No. 2, 89 ele
vator and 90 delivered. Option mar
ket was steady, but quiet, closing
partly c. net higher. September
closed at 89; December 79
79. closed 79; May closed 7 4.
Oats Receipts, 73,500. Spot
firmer; mixed, 26 32 lbs'., 53 64;
natural white, 2631 lbs., 6667;
clipped white, 32 40 lbs., 66
62.
Rye Firm; No. 2 Western, 84
f. o. b. New York.
Poultry Alive, weak; spring
chickens, 16; fowls, 12; turkeys, 12;
dressed, easy; Western chickens,
12019; fowls, 1214; spring
turkeys, 25.
Butter Steady; receipts, 6,488;
creamery specials, 24024.
Philadelphia Wheat firm and
He higher; contract grade, Septem
ber, 97 98c.
Corn Firm; fair demand; No. 2,
for local trade, 87 88c.
Oats Firm and c. higher; No.
2 white, natural, 5655c.
Butter Steady; extra Western
creamery, 25 c; do., nearby prints,
27.
Eggs Firm; good demand; Penn
sylvania and other nearby firsts, f.
c. 23c. at mark; do., current receipts
In returnable cases, 22 at mark;
Western UrBts, f. c. 23 at. mark; do.,
current receipts, f. o. 22 at mark.
Cheese Firm and c. higher;
New York full creams, choice, 12
12c; do., fair to good, 11
12.
Poultry Alive, dull and weak;
fowls, 12 13; old roosters, 9 9;
spring chickens, 14 15.
Baltimore Wheat Firmer; spot,
contract, 9798; spot, No. 2 red
Western. 1.00 1.00; Septem
ber, 97 98; October, 98
98; December, i.001.00,
steamer, No. 2 red, 94 95. Re
ceipts, 52,399. Southern on grade,
9497.
Corn Dull
January, 68
Southern white corn, 82.
Oate Firm; No. 2 white, 52
63; No. 3 white, 61 52; No.
2 mixed, 51 61. Receipts, 22.
427. Rye Steady; No. 2 Western do
mestic, 79 80. Receipts, 1,922.
Hay Easier; No. 1 timothy,
14.00 asked; No. 1 clover, mixed,
11.60 12.00.
Butter Quiet, unchanged; fancy
imitation, 20 21; fancy creamery,
25; fancy ladle, 20; store packed,
16 17.
Eggs. Quiet, unchanged;
23.
Cheese Quiet, unchanged
large, 12; new, flats, 12; new,
Mil. ill, 13.
November, 6.8;
Receipts, 10,083.
22
new,
Lire Stock.
New York. Beeves Receipts, 1,
852. No trade In live cattle; feeling
easy; exports, 5,100 quarters of bee!.
Calves Receipts, 295 head; feel
ing dull. No good veals here. Com
mon and medium veals, 7.25 to
8.00; buttermilks, 3.50.
Sheep and Lambs Receipts, 6,
395 head. Sheep quiet and steady;
lambs very slow and 10 to 26c. low
er; sheep, 2.50 to 4.60; lambs, 4.60
to 6.45; one car, 6.50.
Hogs. Receipts, 1,993. Nothing
doing; feeling easier on Buffalo ad
vices. Chicago. Cattle Receipt esti
mated about 6,010; market steady:
steers, 4.76 7. 5; cows, 3.40
6.26; heifers, 3.00 6.25; bulls.
2.754.50; calves, 6.007.86;
stockere and feeders, 2.60 4.50.
Hogs Receipts estimated about
16,000. Market 10c. higher. Choice
heavy shipping, 6.60 7.00; butch
ers', 6.867.00; light mixed, 6.60
7.00; choice light, 6.75 6.90; pack
ing, 6.5006.85; pigs. 3.7506.00;
bulk of sales, 6.60 0 6.90.
Sheep Receipts estimated about
17,000. Market 10c. lower. Sheep.
3.5004.66; lambs, 4.7606.00;
yearlings, 4.360 4.86.
ODDS AND ENDS.
Tbe bouses of England, if placed
in a line, would reach 27,000 miles.
Liverpool makes nearly $800,000
a year by municipal trading.
The number of new buildings in
Buenos Ayres bos almost quadrupled
in six years.
Of the 361 sorts of birds (ound
In Great Britain only 140 are resi
dents all tbe year around.
There are more women members
of clubs In New York City than In
any two other cities in the world.
Conversation Is a good form of
exercise for those afflicted with heart
disease.
There are In London a number of
great houaea doing a worldwide bus
iness in orchids alone. Most of the
plants come from Brail). In tbe
botanical gardens of Rio de Janeiro
there are over 6.000 varltles of or
chids. Over a thousand employes of an
electrical engineering works '
Loughborough. Leicestershire, Eng
land, have been discharged during
tbe last three months, and the weeK
ly wage Hat. bat. been reduced frotc
$12,000 t'o $7,000.
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