THE NEWS,
Domestic
The heat wave accompanied by
temperatures ranging from 95 to
110 degrees was broken by the moRt
severe electrical storm ever experi
enced In Central Louisiana.
Henry La Franc and his wife were
killed and their three-year-old daugh
ter waa seriously injured when their
automobile was Rtruck by a car.
Mrs. Anton H. Stratise, mother of
tlx children, residing near Kast Great
Korku, Minn., killed her one-year-old
daughter and three-year-old son.
MIrs Virginia Paul, of Lansdownc,
Pa., and W. Brooke Lessig, a lawyer
of Philadelphia, were drowned In the
urf at Wlldwood, N. J.
The corpse of William Leach, aged
20 years, the throat cut from ear to
ear, was found on railroad tracks
ear Wilkes-Barre, Ha.
Judge John M. Dean, a pioneer of
Went Texas and former district at
torney of El Paso, died at the Con
gress, Hotel, Chicago.
The steamer City of Green Bav, J
owned by Capt. C. N. Moiles, of Sail- i
Inaw, Mich., was destroyed by fire i
inursaay on Saginaw Bay.
The entire force of the WcHtlng
house Electric and Manufacturing
Company at East Pittsburg has been
placed on full time.
Whltelaw Reld, American ambas
sador to Great Britain, arrived on
the steamer Mauritania, from Liver
pool and Queenstown.
Former Governor Warfleld had a
conference with President McCrea, of
the Pennsylvania Railroad, in Phila
delphia, on the Union Station project
for Baltimore.
The International Pressmen's I'n
lon has purchased land in Hawkins
County, Tcnn., where a home for dis
abled pressmen and stcreotypers will
be established.
By direction of President Taft
seven cadets Involved In the hazing
of Cadet Rolando Sutton have been
dismissed from the Military Acad
emy. A letter containing a check for
SI, 000 was found among rubbish un
der the flooring of a substation of
the Chicago postofllce.
Trains have been blocked in moun
tains and tracks washed away In
Colorado by the Arkansas Kiver ov
erflowing Its banks.
The seagoing barge Shawuiont
foundered off Shinnecoek, R. I., and
all hands (five men) were drowned.
A new geyser, playing from ISO
to 200 feet in the air. hns made Its
appearance in Yellowstone Park.
Edward Lateril. of San Francisco,
nearly bled to death when a stiff
collar cut his throat.
Rev. Carl S. Jones, of Detroit.
Mich., has mysteriously disappeared.
Mrs. Belle Bemis Bnrber got per
mission from Supreme Court Justice
Golf to serve a summons and com
plaint, by publication upon her hus
band, Dr. George Holcomb Barber.
U. S. N'.. in a suit for separation, the
wife aJlcglng that her husband de
serted her in New York nine years
ago.
Thirty thousand dollars worth of
gambling apparatus, seized at French
Lick Springs, were burned by the
State authorities, of Indiana.
Cornelius P. Cuyler, the New York
banker, killed while motoring in
France, left $100,000 to Princeton
University.
Madden Plerson. a missing seaman
from the wrecked schooner Arling
ton, was picked up adrift on a hatch
way. The fortieth anniversary of the
founding of the Prohibition party
will be observed In Chicago Septem
ber 21.
Elmer Burritt Bryan, of Franklin
College, Indiana, has been elected
president of Colgate University.
Samuel J. Seliginan, the New York
banker, dropped dead at bis sum
in e.r home, at Deal, N. J.
Harry K. Thaw was returned to
Matteawan Asylum.
Foreign
Glenn Curtiss, the American avi
ator, now at Rheims for the aviation
contests, denies the charge of In
fringement by the Wright brothers
in their suit against the Aeronautic
Society of New York.
Jean Gaston Darhoux, permanent
secretary of the French Academy of
Science, will be the official represen
tative of France at the Hudson-Fulton,
celebration in New York.
Advices from Nairobi, British
Africa, state that Colonel Roosevelt
' has no time to answer the myriads
of letters from persons In the United
States.
Governor Reyes, of Nuevo Leon,
opposition candidate for the vice
presidency of Mexico, Is surrounded
by government troops in the moun
tains. In a railway disaster near Santi
ago. Chill, many persona were kill
wd and Injured and both trains de
stroyed. Anger over the failure of the
strike in Stockholm has caused the
extreme Socialists to threaten a revo
ltttron. Twenty-one lives were lost and
timber valued at $25,000,000 waa
dustroyed by forest fires in Canada
the last year.
China bas agreed to afford Japan
evej-y assistance In the construction
of the Antung-Mukden Railroad.
The conference on the naval and
military defense of the lirltlsh Em
pire agreed that all forces, both na
val and military, shall be so organ
ized as to be able to render efficient
Mir vice In eniergenoy In any part of
tbe empire.
Or v Hie Wright and his sister ar
rived In Berlin, where the Emperor
will witness ouo of his flights.
Eight aufTragoltefl, Including Mrs.
iMMpard and Mrs. Sau ruler son, were
arrtniie-d In London In connection
with the picketing of tbe Premier'
residence.
The American Aacoolatlon of Com
tneroe In Berlin gave reception In
honor of the uiiuukn of tbe Ameri
cas National Waterways Commis
sion, Tbe BrltUli govarniniint will bear
the debt Incurred b Lieut. K. II.
Bbackleton In bis South Pole expodl
Ui.o. The reply of Creca to the latest
Turk lab, note 1 conciliatory.
The fishing schooner Orinoco, of
Gloucester, Maiw., oapMiawl off Cam
bra, N. 8., and 11 of the crew perinh
d. Many Amerlooaj are among the
crowda of visitor at Hheluis fsr avi
ation week.
The Span tub arubwr Prince h d
Astoria ha begun a bombardment
(tf'Uie Moors at Nador.
General William Booth, of tbe Sal
vaJJoa Army, who started from Lon
don on Jaly 14, lor a religious tour
ut the provlnoea, tu compelled to
return, owing la reabla with bis I
yes.
JIM BLUDSOES
IN REAL LIFE
Blazing Steamer Held To Banks Until
All Escape.
WAS BURMEDTOWATERS EDGE.
Cupt. Swain Heads The Mississippi
Kiver Packet Fred Swain For
Shore During Fire And Panic And
Holds Vessel Against The Beach
Until 40 Soul Escape-'Engineer
Sticks To Post Until lladly Burn
ed K.MHves In Boat.
Peoria, 111. (Special). The steam
er Fred Swain, Captain Verne Swain,
of t Peoila and Lasalle Packet
Company, with 23 passengers and 15
sailors aboard, burned to the wa
ter's edge after the flaming craft hud
been piloted into four feet of water
and 'he occupants had escaped to the
bank of the Illinois River, up which
the steamer was bound when It
taught Are.
No lives were lost, but Joseph ('as
ride, the engineer, was burned about
the face and body, and Charles
Reicheberger, of Peoria, suffered a
broken arm. The loss Is $35,000.
Several of the passengers lost their
belongings.
The escapes from the burning ves
sel of the passengers, most of whom
were women and children, was exci
ting, and, at one time, when flames
were discovered issuing from a state
room on the second deck, panic
reigned. Fears were partly calmed
as the burning vessel drew nearer
shore and scores of row boats were
seen hurriedly putting out to the
rescue.
The gangplank was lowered to the
waters edge when the steamer had
been beached and one row boat aft
er another took oft a load of pns
sengers and sailors. After two boats
had loaded and started for shore the
gangplank caught fire and fell away
from the steamer, letting fifteen per
sons. Including several women and
children, into the water. Thomas
Powers, of Peoria, and E. A. Caron,
of Worcester, Mass., who were on
the plank when it fell, each saved
the lives of two children, half carry
ing and half swimming with the tots
on their back and shoulders to old
tree stumps to await the arrival of
rescuers.
The others who were thrown into
the water by the collapse of the
gangplank were taken In boats to
safety. Those still abroad the steam
er managed to let out a new gang
way at a place farther from the
flames, which were rapidly creeping
over the boat.
The fire was discovered In a state
room by Miss Furbish, a cabin girl.
She spread the alarm, but till efforts
to .subdue the flames proved fruit
less, the fire spreading rapidly. Cap
tain Swain, realizing that the ves
sel was doomed, ordered Pilot Mar
tin Huston to beach the boat and in
structed his crew to deal out life pre
servers. Engineer Ca3rider, after attending
to the boilers to guard against an
explosion went to the pumps, remain
ing there until the flames licked his
face. Severely burned and almost
blind, he turned to escape, only to
find that a rowboat which had been
left for him had caught afire. He
got Into the boat, however,
beating the flames from him
rowing hard, reached shore,
was taken to a hospital.
GETS CHINESE LOAX.
and,
and
He
Victory Of AnicWcun Syndicate
Causes Satisfaction In Bank
ing Circles.
New York (Sepclal). Great satis
faction Is felt In bonking circles here
regarding the settlement of Ameri
can participation of the Hankow-Sze-Chuen
Railroad loan. The Ameri
can bankers are to get one-quarter
of $30,000,000.
The syndicate formed to handle
the loan consists of the National City
Bank, of New York" J. P. Morgan
& Co., Kuhn, Loeb & Co. and First
National Bank, of New York.
Shot Girl Who Jilted Him.
Portsmouth, Ohio (Special). En
raged because he had been Jilted,
Harry Bliss, IS years old, shot and
fatally wounded Miss Minnie Clarke,
17 years old, at a crowded street cor
ner. Miss Clarke refused to return
a ring, and Bliss shot her through
the back, the bullet penetrating the
right lung. Bliss was arrested.
Savannah Wants Exposition.
Savannah, Ga. (Special). The
city government of Savannah has got
behind a popular movement looking
to an International exposition, to be
held In Savannah In 1915, to cele
brate the opening of the Panama
canal, and to combine with It u
Southern commercial exposition.
The city's claim to share in the ad
vantages to the South in the opening
of the canal will be emphasized.
Mosquito Plague In Texas.
Galveston, Texas (S p e c 1 a I). A
plague of mosquitoes is now afflict
ing the gulf coast, causing serious
losses to atock-men and heavy fall
ing off in travel to the coast. Cattle
by tbe thousands travel miles to the
gulf, where they stand In the water
starving. At Point Bolivar section
hands flagged a train to escape the
pests. The use of oil in Galveston
has prevented serious annoyance.
Gift Of Cherry Trees To Taft.
Toklo (Special). Mayor Ozakl of
Toklo, has offered 20,000 cherry
trees as a gift to President Taft. to
plant In the new park on the banks
of the Potomac River, Washington.
I). C.
Two Killed la Feud Fight.
Stanford, Conn. (Special). Addie
Chapman and John Luttrell are dead
and John Chumley and wife, the on-ln-law
and daughter of Luttrell, are
feriouHly wounded as the result of
n. fud fight In Casey County.
Hoy Alleged Tralu Wrecker.
South Haven, Mich. (Special).
P.lchard Phelps, aged 13 years, son
of a Chicago railroad man, was ar
rested at Covert charged with four
attempts to wreck trains on tbe Fruit
Holt railway. It Is said the boy, who
Is lodged In Jail, has confessed.
To Insure Total Abfainrr Only.
Atlanta. Ga. (Special). Applica
tion for a charter for an Insurance
company that will accept risks only
on total abstainer waa filed here
with Secretary of State Cook.
.
LIEUTENANT SUTTON'S
DEATH SELF INFLICTED
Court of Inquiry Decides That Sutton
Shot Himself.
The Decision By The Inquiry Courf
Which Investigated, For A Second
Time, The Cause Of .lames N.
Sutton' Death Is Approved Uy
Acting Secretary Wlnthrop Com
mander Hood Snbmlts A Minority
Report Criticising Sutton's Companions.
THE SUTTON TRAGEDY.
Lieutenant James N. Sutton's
death occurred, as the result
of shooting, October 12, 1907,
at Annapolis.
Lieutenants Adams, Roelker and
Utley rode with Sutton from
Carvel Hall Hotel to the scene
of the tragedy,
During a fight near the Naval
Academy, in which the three
officers fought. Sutton, the lat
ter met his death.
An Inquiry was immediately held
by a board of officers at the
Naval Academy and It was de
cided that Sutton shot himself.
The mother of the dond man was
not satisfied with the verdict
and worked to have it reversed.
Her efforts and those of her
daughter, Mrs. Parker, led to
a new Inquiry, which opened
at Annapolis Monday, July 19,
with Lieutenant Henry Leon
ard as Judge advocate.
A number of witnesses, including
the three lieutenants and the
mother and sister of Sutton,
were examined.
Acting Secretary of the Navy
Wlnthrop approved the deci
sion that Sutton came to his
death, accidentally or inten
tionally, by a shot fired by himself.
Washington, D. C. (Special).
Another chapter was written in the
tragedy of the death of Lieutenant
James N. Sutfon when the court of
Inquiry, which Investigated his
death at Annapolis, found that the
young officer had shot himself, eith
er intentionally or In an effort to
shoot, one of the officers restraining
him. But the end Is not yet. Mrs.
Sutton, the dead officer's mother, and
Mrs. Parker, the sister, acting on
the advice of their counsel, Henry E.
Davis, declined to make any com
ment on the verdict except to say
that they were not surprised at the
result. Mr. Davis indicated that
there would be an appeal either to
the federal court at Baltimore, or
to Congress itself. "This Is a mere
curtain raiser to the whole perform
ance," he said.
All the young officers Involved In
what the court of inquiry styles a
"scrimmage" are exonerated from
any complicity or responsibility In
the death of Lieutenant Sutton. But
the verdict of the court Is merciless
In Its comments on the officers in
volved. Utley, the senior officer pres
ent, is charged with having failed to
do his duty in permitting Lieuten
ant Sutton to run away and arm him
self; Bevan, the officer of the guard,
likewise failed to do his duty in not
disarming Sutton; Willing, officer of
the day, similarly failed in his duty
in not helping to disarm Sutton, but
at the same time the court recom
mended that no action be taken
against them.
There ic a unanimity of condem
nation in the conditons existing In
the Marine Ccrps in both the re
ports, the indorsement by Judge Ad
vocate General Campbell and finally
by Acting Secretary of the Navy
Wlnthrop. While it Is true that the
court disposes of the charges that
Lieutenant Sutton came to his death
by foul means, by stating that "Lieu
tenant Sutton is directly and solely
responsible for his own death," thus
exonerating every living officer, and
while it is true that the charges of
the dead man's mother and of his
sister are dismissed casually, as
"purely imaginary and unsupported
by even a shadow of evidence," the
verdict seems to fall hardest on the
Marine Corps itself.
"Tbe conditions In the camp of the
Marine Corps at Annapolis and the
details of the midnight brawl are In
themselves shown by the language
of the report of .the court to have
been disgraceful. But Commander
Hood, the president of the court,
goes further, and after reprimanding
Utley, Adams. Osterman. Willing
and Bevan as showing a "deplorable
lack of knowledge of their duties and
obligations as officers," goes on to
say that Willing, Bevan and Utley
should have been iunlshed at the
time for neglect of duty, and that
Adams and Osterman should have
been punished "for engaging In a
brawl unbecoming officers end gentle
men." But severe as Is this language.
Commander Hood impeaches the dis
cipline of the entire Marine Corps
when he excuses the offenses of the
officers on account of their youth ond
inexperience, and "because of tbelr
being in a sense the victims of a sys
tem for which they themselves were
not responsible."
Forest Flren Groat Waste.
Winnipeg. Man. (Special). The
Government report on forest Area In
Canada last year shows that the
damage to timber was $25,500,000,
and that 21 lives were lost. Forty
million feet of timber were burned
in British Columbia.
MANY KILLED AND
INJURED AT CAR WORKS
State Troopers Reply With Volley Fire on
the Mob Sheriff Brings Riot Guns.
Start Military Auto.'
New York (Special). A military
automobile,' with Malcolm E. Parrott,
of the National Guard of New York,
at the wheel, left New York for San
Francisco bearing despatches from
Major General Wood, commanding
the Department of the East, to Com
mander Weston, commanding the De
partment of the West. The trip will
cover 3,693 miles and cross 11
States. On its sucecss. It Is said,
will largely depend the establish
ment of a regular automobile service
for the Army.
Wright To My In England.
London (Special). Tbe "Dally
Graphic" asberta that Orville Wright,
the American aeroplanlst, baa been
engaged to make demonstrations
with his machine In England two
months hence, under the auspices of
the British Government.
Renewed Rioting At The Works Of
The Pressed Steel Car Company's
Plant Develops Into A Pitched
Battle The Infuriated Crowd
Storms The Stockade And Troop,
ers Fire After Four Of Their Men
Are Killed Ambulance Contain
ing Wounded Is Attacked And The
Horses Run Away.
Pittsburg, Pa. (Special). One
State trooper and one deputy sheriff
and three foreigners were shot and
killed Sunday night in a wild riot
at the Pressed Steel Car plant In
SchienvlUe, whose employes are now
on strike. At least a score of per
sons were seriously wounded, 10 fa
tally. The rioting followed a day
of quiet and broke out without warn
ing. The riot scene was practically In
describable. Mounted State troon
ers galloped indiscriminately through
the streets with riot maces drawn
cracking the heads of all persons
loitering in the vicinity of the mill.
Deputy sheriffs and troopers broke
In the doors of houses, suspected of
being sympathizers of strikers, and
wholesale arrests were made.
From 9.30 to 11.30 scores of per
sons were arrested and placed in
box car Jails In the mill yards.
Women Took Part.
During the early stages of the riot
ing women were conspiclous. Some
of them were armed; others effec
tively used clubs and stones. These
women, all foreigners, insane with
rage, were mainly responsible for in
citing the men to extreme measures.
At midnight quiet reigned in the
strike zone
Shortly after 9 o'clock a mob of
men gathered about the Sehoenvllle
entrance to the Pressed Steel Car
orks and without warning made
a concerted attack upon the big
swinging gates of the stockade. The
attack was resisted by State troop
ers and deputy sheriffs, who used
riot maces. In the melee Harry Ex
ler, a deputy sheriff, aged 50 years,
was shot and instantly killed by a
bullet fired, it Is said, by an alleged
strike sympathizer.
In an effort to arrest the man
I picked out of the crowd as the one
wno did the shooting, State Trooper
Williams was instantly killed by a
revolver bullet. Two other troopers
on foot were also shot and killed,
falling Into the. arms of their com
rades. For the first time since the incep
tion of the strike the State troopers
then opened volley fire on the mob.
Six strikers fell at the first round.
Three of them are reported fatally
shot.
The members of the mob then
opened fire with rifles. Two mount
ed troopers dropped from their
horses fatally shot. They were tak
en to the Ohio Valley Hospital in a
dying condition.
Ambulance Attacked.
As en ambulnnce made its way
from the car plant to the hospital,
carrying wounded tiooper , the ve
hicle was attacked and ..he driver
forced to flee for hi life. The fright
ened team of horses attached to tiie
ambulance plunged wildly in and
about the crowd. Two men were
trampled under the horses' hoofs.
The ambulance was finally driven to
the hospital by a detachment of
troopers.
Shortly after a deautv sheriff, not
j yet identified, was surrounded by a
crowd tf strikers. In n lust despcr
I ate attempt to save himself the of
i fleer drew his revolver and emptied
tne contents into the crowd. Then
throwing the gun away he yelled: "I
give up. I am all in."
The next momer.t five bullets wre
fired into his body. Not satisfied
even then the crov.-d bent anJ kick
ed the body until the features were
mutilated bc;-ond recognition.
Sheriff Gunibert, at the county
Jail, called for fifty men to serve as
deputies at the strike zone at 10.30.
At 1 1 o'clock the sheriff started In
an automobile for the scene of the
rioting. He took with him 10 riot
gun and two boxes of riot ammu
nition. The country morgue has sent for
the bodle of the de:.d troopers and
deputy sheriff.
The Ohio Valley Hospital has
treated 10 Injured, three of which
are reported fatal.
MEN REFUSE TO
ATTEND CHURCH
Sixty
Per Cent, of Church-Goers
Are Women.
Tim Census liurcau'g Report Shows
A Remarkable Condition In The
Religious Field The Greatest
Difference Is Four.d Among; The
Protestant Nearly 3:t,000,0(K
Members In America.
Washington. D. C. (Special).
Standing out as a conspicuous feat
ure of a bulletin Issued by the Cen
sus Bureau entitled "Census of Re-,
liigous Bodies," is the fact that out
of a church membership In the
United States in 1906, of nearly
3,000,000, males formed consider
ably less than half of the total.
Of a total church membership re
ported by the various religious
oouies and classified by sex, 43.1
per cent, were males and 56.9 per
cent, were females. Among the
Protestants the dlffe-ence was
greater, only 39.3 per cent., being
males, while In the Roman Catholic
Church the males formed 49.3 per
cent, of the total membership.
fewer males than females were
found among the Latter Day Saints.
the Lutherans, the Disciples, Meth
odists, Baptists, Presbyterians, and
Protestants Episcopalians, the per
centage of male members decreasing
in tne order shown, and there being
but 36.5 per cent, male among the
Episcopalians. Among the Christian
Scientists only 27.6 per cent, were
males, and of the Shakers, but 21.3
per cent.; but in the Greek Ortho
dox Church. 93.9 per cent, were
males.
Other salient features of the re
port show that there were a billion
and a quarter dollars invested in
church edifices, and that every day
eight new church-s r:nt their spires
skyward.
Of the total estimated nopulatlon
of continental United States In 1906.
the church members formed 39.1
per cent., as against 32.7 per cent.
for 1890. Of this 6.4 per cent, in
crease, the Roman Catholic Is credit
ed with 4.4 per cent, and the Prot
estants with 1.8; the remainder be
ing divided among all other denominations.
The total church membership for
1906 was 32.936,445, of which num
ber the Protestants were credited
with 20,287,742, and the Roman
Catholics with 12.079,142. Of the
Protestant bodies the Methodists
numbered 5,749,838; tb Baptists,
ft. 062,234; the Lutherans, 2,112,
494 ; the Presbyterians, 1.830,555,
and the disciples or Christians, 1.-
142,359, The rate of Increase shown
from the Roman Catholic Church Is
93.5 per cent., which Is more than
twice that for all the Protestant
bodies combined.
Collar Cuts liall Player's Artej-y.
San Franclsed (Special). A huge
stiff collar nearly coat the life of
Edward Lateril, of this city, by cut
ting an artery In bis neek when he
waa playing baseball. He almost
died from loss of blood.
DVKt, WITH ROBBERS.
Hotel Clerk Shoot And Fatally
Wounds Thief.
Colorado Springs, Col. (Special).
Two men made an unsuccessful at
tempt to rob the safe in the office of
a hotel at Manltou.
'James Morrow, the day clerk, ahot
one of the men, Edward Clark,
through the head, fatally wounding
him, and received a bullet through
his own clothing. The other robber
escaped, but waa captured.
Father Stabs Hoy Shah.
Rome (Special). According to
advices received here from Teheran,
Persia, the recent reported attempt
of the young Shah of Persia to com
mit suicide waa really an attempt to
assassinate the boy, made by hi
father. The deposed Shah stabbed
his son with a long, keen bladed
knife. '
101, Falls ltead Reading HJble.
Bellefootalne. Ohio (Special).
Jacob Johnson, one hundred and one
years old, dropped dead while sitting
in a chair reading the Bible.
KILLED IN A RACE
OF FLTOJUTOMOBILES
Bourque and Holcomb Were Making
a Mile a Mnute.
THE CAR SWERVES INTO A FENCE.
Accident Marks Opening Of New
Motor Speedway At Indianapolis
-Men Were Running A Knox Car
In 2no.Mle Contest Tragedy
Enacted In Front Of Thousands
In Grandstand Skulls Crushed
And Limbs Broken One And 10
Mile Records Broken.
Indianapolis, Ind. (Special). Two
lives were lost and two records bro
ken during the Inauguration of the
Indianapolis motor speedway. Wil
liam A. Bourque, driver of the Knox
car in the 250-mile race, and Harry
Holcomb, his niechonician, were kill
ed In the frenzied carnival of speed.
Earney Oldfield, driving a hleb
powcred Benz, covered a mile in
13 1-10 seconds, breaking De Pal
ma's mark of 51 seconds, and Louis
Chevrolet, In a Buick, negotiated 10
miles in the marvelous time of
8:56 4-10, cutting Oldfleld'fl time of
6:12. Both of these are new Amer
ican track marks..
Robert Burman, In a Buick car,
won the 250-mile race, the feature
of the day, and the contest which
cost Bourque and Holcomb their
lives. The winner's time was 4:38:
57 4-10 alow because of the many
accidents that marred the race. The
Stoddard-Dayton (Clements) was
second, in 4:46:01 8-10, and the
National (Merz) finished third, in
4:62:39 7-10. Another National,
with Klncaid at the wheel, was the
only other car of 10 starter to fin
ish the long grind.
Were In Second Place,
The American Automobile Associ
ation demands that the track be,
freed from Its many dangerous ruts,
which are claimed to be unavoidable
In a new track, and that every inch
of it be thoroughly oiled and tarred.
Two records bad been broken and
the first day of racing over the im
mense track bade fair to be an un
qualified success, when a pall was
cast over the crowd of 12,000 ex
cited spectators by the sudden death
of Bourque and Holcomb.
The Knox car was in second place, I
w'th Burman In his Buick. leading.
It had covered nearly 150 miles
when the crash came. Coming' down
the home stretch, the car suddenly
swerved and tore Into the fence at
the left of the track, turning com
pletely over and pinning Us two oc
cupants beneath it. Both men wete
alive when taken from under the Ill
fated machine, but Bourque died In
the ambulance on the way to the
Emergency Hospital. Holcomb lived
a few minutes longer, but was dead
soon after he arrived at the hospital.
Burned In Their Cell.
Charleston, W. Va. (Special).
John Robert Johnson, 18 years old,
charged with criminal assault, and
Charles Smurlow, charged with lar
ceny, were perhaps fatally burned
in Kanawha County Jail, when mat
tresses in their small cell were set
on fire by cigarette stubs. They had
been smoking and were asleep when
the fire started. Before tbe cell
could be unlocked both were burned
so badly that flesh dropped from their
limbs, and both inhaled the flames.
Japan And China Agree,
Toklo (Special). Announcement
of an amicable 4 settlement of all
pending questions which have served
to disturb the friendly relations be
tween Japan and China, will be
made officially within a short time.
Arrangements of the differences rela
ting to the Antung-Mukden Railway
probably will, be contained in a note
to tbe powers.
Bank Robbers Get fljsoo.
Hallock, Minn. (Special) Rob
bers broke Into the State Bank or
Karlstad, Minn., and ot 11,600 In
cash. 1
A OSiTEO STATES
BANK IS FAVORED
Majority Opinion of Monetary
Opinion of
Commission.
LIKE THE BANK Of ENGLAND.
Revolution Of The Country's Hank.
Ing System I To He Proposed To
CongressThe Minority Will Hand
In A Separate Report Committee
Appointed To Investigate Special
Features Of Hanking System Of
Canada.
New York (Special). The mem
bers of the National Monetary Com
mission, appointed by Congress last
year to improve the currency system
of this country", who had an Informal
meeting at the Plaza Hotel on Mon
day, met again for the last time until
the commission begins its final meet
ings in Washington early in October.
At this meeting, which was presided
over by Senator Nelson S. Aldrlch,
chairman of the commission, plans
were mapped out for the continuance
of the work of the commission.
It Is understood that Senator Aid
rich and the majority of the mem
bers of the commission are In favor
of the establishment of a central na
tional bank on the lines of the Bank
of England, and that this bank shall
have the only power to issue paper
currency. Some of the members of
the commission, however, do not
agree with the proposition and will
oppose it when .the body makes lt3
report to Congress.
These members of the commission,
It is said, are unwilling to change
the present banking system of the
country, but are ready to vote tor
a report which will recommend the
adoption of postal savings banks.
It was also stated that all the
members of the commission are
agreed that some reforms should be
made dealing with the class of se
curities which shall be regarded as
suitable for deposit against Issues of
currency by the national banks.
At the close of the session a state
ment was issued, which had the
sanction of Senator Aldrlch. saying
that a sub-committee was appointed
to make a personal examination in
Canada of such features of the Cana
dlon B.vstem ns have not already been
covered by the investigations of the
commission. The committee will
consist of Senators Burrows and
Daniels, Representatives Vrceland
and Weeks, it Is the purpose of the
commission to visit different sections
of this country during the late fall
and winter to continue Its investigations.
LIQUID EGG UNDER BAN.
Dessliated Product Seized By Gov
ernment Pure Food Experts.
Washington, D. C. (Special).
Liquid egg, or dessicated egg, does
not meet the approval of the pure
food exports of the Agricultural De
partment. They maintain that the
egg must reach the consumer in its
original package that Is, the Bhell.
Seizure was made here of six
drums of dessicated egg. On Sep
tember 18 a hearing will be held
to determine whether eggs in this
form, as found In a local bakery,
can be used for food.
$100,000. BABY DEAD.
Its Ilii'th Saved That Amount Be
queathed To Parents.
Frankfort, Ky. (Special). The
three-weeks-old daughter of J. F.
and Clementine Deshon, the "$100,
000 baby," died at their home in the
country. It was the birth of this
child which saved to Mrs. Deshon
and Mrs. Clark, neices of the late
James A. Holt, the $100,000 farm
in this county which wag to have
gone to the Clark Masonic Lodge of
Jeffersonville, Ind., if they died
without issue.
Lawyers here Bay tbe lodge ha.
no claim upon the property.
PANIC CUT DOWN
THE COAL
Productioi in 1908 Short
of Tons.
5,449,938 WORKING DAYS LOST.
The Record Of 1007 Showed Ih.
Largest Mining Figures Of Both
Anthracite And Illtiimlmn Co,"
In The Country's Hlstoryih.
Adjustment Of Tho Wage r(.
Temporarily Delayed Work.
Washington. D. C. (Special)
The effect of the financial depres
slon, beginning in 1907 and cnnunil.
Ing in 1908, was the most powerfU
factor which caused a marked declln.
In tho production of eoal In th
United States in 1908, as compare
with the preceding year, areordinr
to statistics, compiled by the Geo
logical Survey, which were Just niA.
public. The total production of coal
In the Vnlted States in 1908
415,842,097 short tous, bavins I
spot value of $532,316,117. Of t hi.
total 74,347,107 long tons, with
spot value of $151,178,840, ai
Pennsylvania anthracite and' 83".
C73.944 short tons, with a. spot value
of $374.13.,262, with bituminous
coal and lignite. The total produc
tion of both anthracite and bitumi
nous coal in the . United State ;n
190S showed a decrease of 64.520.72S
short tons of 13.43 per cent in
quality and of $82,484,781 or 14 42
per cent, in value. In the produe
tion of bitumln us coal, however, the
decrease in 1908 amounted to 62..
185,168 short tons, or 15.75 per
cent, in quantity and $77,079,674,
or 17.08 per cent, in value. The
history of the coal mining industry
in 1908 was In marked contrast to
that of the preceding year, when the
production of both anthracite and
bituminous coal reached the highest
point ever recorded.
In addition to the effects of tbe
panic In 1908, which contributed to
the decrease In the production of
coal in 1908, there was in the states
of the bituminous regions a soneral
suspension of operations in April of
that year, pending the adjustment of
the wage scale. Another unfavorable
influence was the protracted drouth
In the eastern and middle stat s.
The total number of men Idle be
cause of labor dlsaffectlons in 1505
iu the bituminous regions was 145,
14 3, and the average time lost bv
each was 38 days. The total number
of working days lost in the bitumi
nous alone was 5,449,938, compared
with 462,392 lost In 1907.
Mini And Woman In Duel.
Orange, Texas (Special). E. II.
Rice and his sister-in-law, Mrs. A.
Smith, fought In a street with re
volvers as tho result of domestic
troubles. Rice Is alive at his home
with three bullets in tho body and
the woman Ib In jail. Mrs, Rice
and Mrs. Smith were at tho Rice
home when Mrs. Rico announced
that she intended to leave her hus
band. Armed with a pistol, he fol
lowed the two women In the street
and the fight followed.
Astronomer Grinds Scissors.
Atlanta, Ga. (Special). After de
voting 58 years of his life to the
study of the solar system. Prof. J.
H. Swindell, for many years profes
sor In a well-known Southern Uni
versity, is a scissor sharpener on the
streets of Atlanta. Professor Swin
dell became totally deaf several
years ago, and was forced to give up
his place. Even in his poverty he
continues his researches, and lately
he published a book.
To Bridge Kentucky River.
Chattanooga. Tenn. (Special).
The Cincinnati Southern Railroad
awarded a contract of $125,000 for
the removal of 200, 0u0 cubic yards
of earth In preparation for tbe con
struction of a new bridge over the
Kentucky River at High Bridge, Ky.
The new bridge will be 306 feet
above low-water mark, one of the
highest in the world.
Fireman Saves Children.
Wellston, Ohio (Special) Two
little children were saved from death
by Charles Carpenter, a fireman on
a Detroit, Toledp and Ironton switch
engine. Seeing the children at play
in the middle of tbe track. Carpen
ter dashed out on the running
board and leaning far out from the
pilot, caught them In bis arms.
280,000 Children To Greet Him.
Chicago (Special), When Presi
dent Taft comes to Chicago on Sep
tember 16 Is it planned to empty the
public schools in bis honor and have
280,000 children line the boulevards
along which the President will be
taken In an automobile. Each group
of children will be allowed to wel
come the President In Its chosen way,
such as flag salutes, patriotic songs
or cheering. Each pupil will carry
an American flag.
Theodore, Jr., To Fly.
New York (Special). Theodore
Roosevelt, Jr., Lloyd O. Grlscom, for
mer American Ambassador to Italy,
and James Deerlng, the harvest ma
chine manufacturer, were elected
members of the Aero Club of Amer
ica. Young Roosevelt Is an enthusi
astic aeronaut and will make a bal
loon ascension shortly with A Hol
land Forbes.
Of the 4,000.000.000 gallons of
wine manufactured In tbe civilized
world every year, about 40,000,000
are made in the United States.
Duke Of Abruzzi's Explorations.
Allabad. India (Special). The
Duke of the Abruzzl will return from
Kashmir to Bombay, whence he will
proceed to Italy as soon as his ex
pedition has explored the entire
glacier system of which the Baltero
glacier Is tbe center'. The scientific
results obtained by the expedition
are considered most valuable.
Many Killed In Wreck.
Santiago, Chile (Special). A ter
rible railway disaster occurred when
two trains came Into collision thirty
miles north of Santiago. Many per
sons were killed or injured. Doth
trains were completely destroyed.
The monetary loss will reach $150,-000.
Taft To See Bull Fight.
Jaurez, Mexico (Special). The
city authorities here voted to appro
priate $20,000 to entertain Presi
dents Diaz and Taft when they meet
on October 1C. The city .will be
profuselv decorated.
A bull fight will be held for rte
entertainment of the President!.
WASHINGTON
BY TELEGRAPH
Henry E. Davis sharply criticised
tbe conclusions of tbe James N. Sut
ton court of inquiry,
The tax of $7 a ton on foreign
built pleasure yachts will Increase
the revenue about $100,000.
An effort will be made to drydotk
eight cruisers at Manila In set
days.
The first pilot. chart of tho Sou?
Pacific Ocean was issued.
United States Minister Dodge.
Tangier, stated that the Sultans
forces had routed tho pretenders
troops and that tho pretender
a prisoner at Fez.
Contracts were let by the Navy De
partment to Philadelphia companies
for dredging and other work inci
dental to the Improvement of th
Navy Yard there.
From the forest service headquar
ter came a denial of tho chargo thai
a press bureau Is maintained in the
interest of Plnchot.
The Agricultural Department ha
brought In over 2,000 pluntu for too
purpose of diversifying the products
of the soil.
-Twenty barrels of large mammal
skins for 'the Smithsonian Institu
tion were received from Col. Roose
velt. .
Consul Lee said the workers or
OrnDnn lsbor uy t.nr.iina cackcr
at one season and Irish lace-makcrs
at another scasou. j
President Taft eoncwfuluted Em
peror Francis Joseph on the occasion
of his birthday celebration.'
The Sloan and Cuace Maoufsctur
iug Company, of Newark, N. J., w
awarded tho contract for supplying
the census bureau with one huudretl
tabulating machines at $478 racn.
Land aggregating 21,400 acres.'
located In Montana, was designated'
hv 'thm bfifrotnfv tt tlia Interior AS1
coming within tho enlRrjad hotnstead
act.
Thi Ri-lrtith htMih(n Airamanl-
nnn stranded on i.nnir Hands rsnic
while at target practice.