THE NEWS,
Domestic
T. P. O'Connor, member of Parlia
ment for Liverpool, arrived In New
York to raise funds for the Irish Par
liamentary party.
John P. Campbell, a guard in a
prison In Newrastle County, Del., was
shot and killed during a light with a
prisoner.
The Hell telephone Interests are
reported to have absorbed the inde
pendent companies In Ohio and In
diana. Convicts In Denncmora prison, Al
bany, N. Y., plotted to escape by,
blowing out a wall with dynamite.
Judge Oscar Leser, of the Appeal
Tax Court, of Baltimore, told the
legislative commission of Massachu
setts that the state laws of that state
needed many changes to make them
equitable.
The use of tobacco by ministers
will be barred If the wishes of the
Woman's Hoard of Home Missions
of the Methodist Episcopal Church,
South, are carried out.
Evangelistic work occupied the
time of the officers and delegates to
the thirty-sixth nnuuul convention of
the Woman's Christian Temperance
Union at Omaha.
Unable to epeak coherently be
cause of exhaustion, George Schclb
stein, of Chicago, was picked up 4 0
miles off Holland, Mich., by the
steamer Puritan.
James Campbell, of St. Louis, was
elected a director and member of
the executive committee of the Mis
souri, Kansas and Texas P.ailway
Company.
President James McCrea, of the
Pennsylvania Railroad, left Duluth,
Minn., In a special train for the
Mcsnba Iron Kange.
The task of double-tracking" the
main line of the Santa Fe system
from Loe Angeles to Chicago will be
started soon.
Announcement was made that the
telephone is to supplant the tele
graph In train dispatching over the
entire Santa Fo system.
Fire In the manufacturing section i
of Dayton liroke away from control !
and caused damago estimated at j
over $:!OO.o00.
Mrs. Frank Harper was arrested at ;
Athens, O., on a charge of murdering
her husband, a railroad telegraph
lineman.
The entire town of Sbipton, Kau
nas, was sold at auction to Frederick
Warnow, a farmer, for $2,G60.
Hank robbers, believed to number
three, robbed the Reedsvllle State
Rank of Wisconsin of $6,r00.
Judge Lovett was elected president
of the Union Pacific at New York.
ACCUSES HER
OWN HUSBAND
Rich Woman Alleges Schema To
Rob Her.
IS CONFINED IN A SANATORIUM.
Foreign
The seismic disturbances in Italy
the last two days were predicted by
Frank Perret, the American scientist,
formerly assistant director of the
Royal Observatory, on Mount Ve
suvius. The Danish cabinet, of which
Count Holstein-Ledrebord was pre
mier, resigned following a vote In
tho Chamber of Deputies expressing
want of confidence in the govern
ment. David Lloyd George, chancellor of
the Urltlah exchequer, presented in
Parliament the revised budget show
ing a falling off from the original
estimates of $10,500,000.
The contention between Count de
Castellane and his former wife aver
the placing of their children in a
certain school has gotten into the
Paris courts.
Privy Councillor Albert Weissncr,
principal privnte secretary to the
late Emperor William throughout the
latter'8 reign, died in Merlin.
A semi-official newspaper of St.
Petersburg contains an article say
ing that relations between Japan and
the United States ere strained.
Reported In St. Petersburg that
the powers have addressed a Joint
note to Russia with regard to Ma.i
churlan affairs.
An engagement Is Imminent be
tween the revolutionary a:id the
government forces near Kama City,
Nicaragua.
The completion of contracts be
tween tho German potash mines and
tho American fertilizer companies
lias led the German government to
prepare bills for submission to the
Reichstag to create government con
trol of the potash Industry.
Dr. Nordevlskljold, the Antarctic
explorer Is Impressed, he says, with
Explorer Rnsinlnder's report of in
formation the latter received to the
effect that Dr. Cook reached tho
North Pole.
The postal officials of Germany.
Austria-Hungary and Switzerland
met in Kerlln to arrange a system of
postal check interchange between
these two countries.
Seven masked robbers held up tho
cashier of the lianquo Nationuie at
St. Alnne, Quebec, blew open the
safe and got away with $2,000.
Colonel Roosevelt and party re
turned to Nairobi from Nalwasha,
lirltlsh East Africa, and In December
will proceed to Uganda.
Henri Farman has been accorded
the grand prize of $lo,0i)0 for the
longest flight at the aviutlon meeting
at Blackpool. Eng.
Field .Marshal Lord Kitchener, In
spector general of the British foices,
Tia left Peking for tho Manchurian
battlefields.
It la believed at Manngua thrt
President Cabrera, of Guatemala, is
responsible for tho revolution la
Nicaragua.
Twunty-fivo persons were drown
ed In the bursting of a duni at Lake
Derkos, near Constantinople.
A bomb exnloslori In Munich did
considerable damage to buildlucs.
I'itf Flour Shipment.
Minneapolis, Minn. (Special).
very shipping record In the milling
l.iatory of Minneapolis was brok7i
when the railroads took out 551!
ari. containing llO.f.OO barrels of
flour. The mills have all been In
Iteration for tho last ten days and
Ihc Industry Is active beyond precedent.
Four Inches Of Italu In Hour.
Persacola, Fla. (Special). in one
hour here 4.2(1 Inches of rain fell,
r-cordluK to the Weather bureau
fnirfs. The downpour stopped
treet-ear service ard the water--irks.
Water ran four Inches deep
In mar y streets.
Drmdnought For ( bile.
Psrtlago, Cuba (Special). The
Ohl'ian Government hM decided up
m rivsl expenditures to the amount
' 10,r00,000. The program In
fludeo the building of on Dread-
I.OBf. t.
Sensational Declaration Made In
Nashville In An Application For
A Writ Of Habeas Corpus Dr.
I. D. PlunUelt, Prominent In So
cial And lieligious Circles, Is
Charged ISy His Wife With A
Dinholicul Plot.
Nashville, Tenn. (Special). Mrs.
Eliza Plunkett, wife of Dr. J. D.
Plunkett, alleges In an application
for a writ of habeas corpus, filed in
the Circuit Court, that she is Illegal
ly confined in the City View Sani
tarium, near this city, through the
scheming of her husband and others,
who, the says, havo thus far obtained
some of her property nnd expect to
obtain the remainder.
Dr. J. D. Plunkett Is a well-known
citizens of Nashville, prominent so
cially nnd religiously.
Mrs. Plunkett is also well known
In Nashville and elsewhere. She is a
sister of the late Thomas Swope, of
Kansas City, Mo. Mr. Swope was
several times over a millionaire. On
ly a few days ago a copy of his will,
probated at Kansas City, was put on
record In the Davidson County Court.
Mrs. Plunkett is one of the bene
ficiaries under the will, tho estimat
ed value of the properly left her be
ing $100,000.
At the conclusion of a brief hear
ing Judge Matthews continued the
case for final hearing till 2 o'clock
Saturday afternoon, November 6,
and ordered that Mrs. Plunkett be
removed from the City View Sani
tarium and placed at tho home of
Mrs. Janle M. Baker on Eighth Ave
nue South.
Kansas City, Mo. (Special).
Thomas H. Swope, brother of Mrs.
Eliza J. Plunkett, who died here Oc
tober 3 last and left an estate valued
at about $3,000,000. To Mrs. Plun
kett he bequeathed $10,000 In cash
and half interest in a business block
here, making a total of about $8.r,
000. To Gertrude Plunkett, his
niece, Mr. Swope beqoauthed the
other half of the business block here
and $10,000 in cash, making her
share the same as her mother's.
40 rASSKXGEHS SAW HOLD-UP.
Watched Suburban Chicago High
wayman Hob Conductor.
Chicago (Special). In view of
scores of passengers of tho Chlcago-to-New
Orleans Central train two
highwaymen held up and robbed
Conductor Davison when the limited
train stopped at Harvey, a Chicago
suburb, for water. Passengers, fear
ing that the robbers would march
through the train and attack the
mall car, hurried into their seats
and remained there until a posse of
citizens and deputy sheriffs arrived
at the station In answer to an emer
gency call. The thieves obtained a
watch, a ring and about $10.
Shot His Sweetheart.
Chicago (Special). When his
sweetheart told him she had rather
bo dead than be married to him,
Joseph Sezinski, a Russian, fired one
shot through the clothing of the girl
In a big department store here. Tho
girl was uninjured. Sezinski fired
two wild shots at an elevator boy
who tried to seize him, and then, In I
the presence of 200 people, blew out
bis own brains.
TO TEACH BOYS
USE OF TOOLS
Industrial Training Urged in Public
Sc'iools.
Strong Arguments Made Before The
Federation Of Labor Where K
ropenn Countries Are Ahead Of
Tie l ulled States Work Of The
Y. M. C. A. In Training Hoys De-
M i l hod Hy Sec. Tovtson.
Washington, D. C. (Special). The
social and industrial conditions In
the United States demand that In
dustrial education for rich and poor
alike should be democratized.
This conclusion was reached by
many prominent leaders of working
men and Industrial educators, ad
dressing the American Federation of
Labor's committee on Industrial edu
cation here. Suggesting that Euro
pean countries were far ahead of
the United States In the matter of
fitting young girls and boys for a
trade, Charles F. Richards, of New
New York, originator of the National
Society for the Promotion of Indus
trial Education, argued that the
committee should tight for a plan
that should relieve the American
schoolboy of the confusing plight of
not knowing what to do when turn
ed away from the school. He declared
that more than one-fourth of the
boys left the public schools in New
York before graduation because they
were "sick of It." This he regarded
ns an appalling fact, due to the lack
of industrial training which they
were forced to acquire elsewhere.
In the schools, he said, there should
be injected practical constructive
work that would fit the pupil for bis
future career. He deprecated the
fear which he said existed that trade
schools would flood the labor mark
et and said that this phaso of the
question was only subordinate to. the
big issue of extending Industrial edu
cation. Vice President James Duncan, of
the Federation, strongly endorsed
the proposition of introducing Indus
trial training Into the last grades or
the grammar Bchools. Tho courses
of Instruction, he asserted, now de
veloped children to much along pro
fessional lines and that, a youth with
an inclination for mechanical pur
suits was turned out a "misfit" be
cause bis mind had been developed
along tho wrong line. This view
found favor with a large number of
labor leaders who expressed them
selves as believing that tho best so
lution of tho problem was the teach
ing of more technical courses in the
common schools.
.
NEW AUTO FOR TAFT.
Special Machine Purchased For
Handling The Presidential
Hnggnge.
Washington, D. C. (Special).
President Taft has added another to
his collection of autos. The Govern
ment has purchased an express ma
chine for the purpose of conveying
baggage to the station when any
member of the President's family or
guests at the While House niuy be
arriving or leaving.
The wagon is the fourth purchase
of its kind to he made since Mr.
Taft became President, thereby Illus
trating the chief executive's faith in
the bandlness of auius.
Her Hair Pulled Out.
Centreville, Md. (Special). Miss
Bertha Durney, who operates a type
setting machine of the Centreville
Observer, was seriously injured by
getting caugbt In the belting which
runs tho machine. She was stand
ing on a chair when her hnl" came
in contact with the belting, and was
hurled to the ceiling. All the hair
on tho right side of the head was
torn out, she received several scalp
wounds and was bruised about the
head and body.
Accuser The Guilty One.
St. Louis (Special). Mrs. Nan
netto L. Llllard, who accused Mrs.
Maudo Ridley of giving her poison
ed candy, confessed to the police that
she bought the candy and put the
poison In it. She did so, she says,
to turn .Mrs. Ridley against her hus
band, R. W. Llllard, a newspaper
reporter. Mrs. Llllard's confession
followed her Identification by a clerk
who sold her the candy. As she
admitted the poisoning plot was her
own Mrs. Lillnrd fainted.
Hi(t Prizes For Henry Fnriiinn.
Blackpool, Eng. (Special). The
aviation contests were concluded
here. Henry Farman carried off the
chief prizes of the week, including
the grand prize of $10,000 for the
longest flight, and a prize of $2, 0(H)
for tho fastest three laps of the
course. Hubert Latham won the
prizes for general merit and the
slowest circuit.
Man Fell On Man, Killing Him.
Dcs Moines, Iowa (Special). W.
J. Kennedy, a brick mason, at work
on tho Des Moines Coliseum, fell,
alighting squarely upon the head of
John Holmqulbt, a passer-by, 50 foet
below. Holmquist's neck was bro
ken an, I he died within a few min
utes. Kennedy was seriously Injured.
Defended Wife's Name,
nrldgeport. Conn. (Special). En
raged because his wife had been
mentioned in a scandal, Joseph NaJ
manjl, of Fairfield, said to havo been
the younger son of a Russian noble
man, shot John Ecka and then blew
his own brains out.
Train Wrecked, Hut Child Saved.
Wllkcs-Barrc, Pa. (Special).
Seeing a Ovo-vcar-old girl playing
on tho track ahead of blm at Ah-I'-y,
John Knap), an engineer on tho
Central Railroad of New Jersey, was
compelled to apply tho emergency
brakes to his Ions train of coal cars
so suddenly that the train buckled
In the middle, throwing several cars
from the track and nmklng quite a
wreck. Traffic was delayed for some
time. Tho locomotive was stopped
a few yards from where tho child
was flaying.
' ! Oll-Soaked Hoy Afire.
Fargo, N. D. (Special). Kenneth
McKcr.zle, the son of Simon McKcn
ile, of Aneta, North Dakota, lies in
St. John' Hospital In this city In
a critical condition as a result of
ft fiendish attack perpetrated, it Is
said, by two alleged illicit liquor
dealers. In a spirit of revenge upon
his father. Young McKcnzie, while
on hi way home alone, was waylaid
by two men who took bis lantern
from blm. poured the oil It contain
ed over bla clothing; and then set his
garments afire. When help came tho
boy bad been horribly burned.
Nicaragua RcIm-Is Win.
Blueflohls, Nicaragua (Special).
Tho town of Chile, nn important
point twenty miles above Nama, is
In the hands of the insurgents.
There was sharp firing long before
the place was taken. The leaders of
the Zelaya forces and of tho Estrada
forces were both killed.
Died In Church.
Lancaster, Pa. '(Special). As the
services were about to begin at St.
Paul's Methodist Church, Mrs.
George W. Killinn, CO years old, wife
of a prominent carriage manufac
turer, was attacked by paralysis, dy
ing in her pew a few minutes later.
On nccount of the excitement the
congregation was dismissed.
Increase In Denatured Alcohol.
Washington, D. C. (Special). Re
ports to the Treasury show that there
was a large Increase In tho quan
tity of denatured alcohol produced
In the United States during the pnr.t
Ilscnl year. There were 4,55(5.419
wire gallons produced, against
3,321,402 tho previous year.
Big (in i ii In Internal Revenue.
Washington, I). C. (Special).
The big boost In Income from Inter
nal revenue continues snd tho ro
ports received so far indicate to tho
Treasury officials that the Internal
revenue collections during tho cur
rent fiscal year will exceed last year'4
bv between $12,000,000 and $15,-000.000.
Corporation Tax Attacked.
Denver (Special). The featuro of
tho opening scHBlon hero of the con
vention of the American Association
of Public Acocuntants was tho ad
dress of Allen Ripley Foote, f Col
umbus, Ohio, president of tho In
ternational Tax Association. Ho de
clared that tho corporation tax which
recently became a law was "a crime
against American business men;"
that It worked a hardship on every
corporation stockholder.
Savings Of Soldiers.
Washington. D. C. (Special).
The benefit of the army deposit sys
tem to enlisted men, tho report of
General Charles H. Whipple, pay
master general of the army, says, is
universally recognlred. Deposits
during the fiscal year 1909 amount
ed to $1,831,198 from 60,385 men.
The system encourages a spirit of
thrift and saving which, in the opin
ion of General Whipple, unquestion
ably elevates the standard of en
listed men.
FALL OF THE
JKUM CABINET
Result of Attacks on Spanish
Government
A NEW MINISTRY IS FORMED.
Motet Of Prendergast The New Pre
mier Uproar In Chamber Of Dep
uties Over The Announcement Of
The Mauru Cabinet's Resignation.
The Fall Of Maura Not Exacted
At The Vutlcan Id-served About
The Change.
Madrid (Special). The Spanish
cabinet, which was formed January
23, 1907, under Uie premiership of
Antonio Maura, resigned as a result
of tho bitter attacks made against
tho government by the former pre
mier, Moret y Prendcrgast, repre
senting a powerful opposition.
At a conference with King Alfonso
Premier Maura told the King that
in tho face of Senor Moret's state
ment, that the opposition would re
fuse to discuss even the most urgent
measures, he had no option but to
resign. He asked, however, the
members of the majority to support
me new ministry.
Upon the receipt of the resignation
of the Premier and his ministers,
Moret y Prendergast undertook to
form a new ministry, himself assum
ing the post of premier and minister
of the interior. The new ministers,
who took the oath of office, are as
follows:
Premier, and Minister of the In
terior Moret y Prendergast.
Minister of Foreign Affairs Perez
Caballero.
Minister of Finance Senor Alva
rado. Minister of War Lieutenant Gen
eral do Luque.
Minister of Marine Rear Admiral
Concas.
Minister of Public Works Senor
Gasset.
Minister of Public Instruction
Senor Barroso.
Minister of Justice Martinez del
Campo.
When the president of the Cham
ber of Deputies made the announce
ment of the cabinet's resignation, it
was received with such an ear-splitting
uproar that he was forced to
adjourn the sitting.
Preceding the formation of the
Maura cabinet there hns been no less
than five Liberal ministries in 18
months. The religious issues had
been the rock on which these minis
tries had been wrecked and the ac
cession to power of Senor Maura,
who had before held the nremlor-
shlp, was regarded as a sweeping vic
tory 'or the Clericals, and one like
ly to 6 rouse a revolutionary spirit.
This proved to be the case, the
opposition finally uniting against the
govenment's conduct and futherance
of tho war In Morocco. The stern
measures taken to put down the re
cent, antiwar demonstrations In Spain
lenaeu to lntlame the opposition, and
the execution of Ferrer followed by
popular demonstrations of disaunrov-
al brought matters to a crisis.
THF PURE ICE PROBLEM.
TO EXPERIMENT
JITH WIRELESS
The Navy Will Make Elaborate
Tests.
Efforts Will Ito Made To Transmit
Messages Over A Distance Of 3,000
Miles On The Atlantic Seaboard
Itrant Ruck, Mass., Will Iks The
Rase Of Operations During The
Trials To He Secret.
Position Taken Hy The International
Food Congress.
ParU (Special). The second In
ternational Pure Food Congress en
tertained petitions from tho Natural
Ice Association of Massachusetts,'
and other similar organizations In
the United States, sharply protest
ing against the condemnation of nat
ural ice at the Geneva Congress last
year. Tho petitions were consider
ed by a subcommittee, which sub
sequently reported a resolution
modifying tho attitude of the con
gress and setting forth that natural
ice should be made only from water,
tho purity of which was guaranteed
by tho sanitary authorities and that
the ice should be gathered, stored
and shipped under conditions that
would make contamination Impossible.
A subcommittee reported In favor
of permitting the use of small quan-
ltles of boraclc acid as a preserva
tive without indicating tho presence
of tho same. Another subcommittee
reported in favor of requiring cof
fee with which chicory hns been mix
ed to be labeled as adulterated.
Other committees in their reports
recommended that the coloring of
butter and the use of cochineal col
oring in Jams be approved.
Edward P. Shaffter is the rep
resentative at the Congress of tho
United States Department of Agri
culture.
Washington, D. C. (Special).
The Navy is soon to conduct experi
ment In long-distance wireless tele
graphy. Impressed with the import
ance of a system which will in cases
of necessity transmit messages from
some place on the Atlantic seaboard
for a distance of 3,000 mllcB, the
matter was taken up in earnest al
most a year ago. The desirability
of such long-distance communication
the ofllclals say is obvious, for in
times of war it would prove invalua
ble to the government. By its
means the Navy Department will be
able to control and direct readily
from shore the movements of the
fleet. This, together with the propo
sition to install wireless apparatus
on ships so that they may be able
to communicate with each other at
a distance of 1,000 miles, will put
the government in the position where
directions given to one vessel quickly
may be transmitted to another.
The experiments in communica
ting 3,000 miles are to take place
at Brant Rock, Mass., beginning
probably late in December. Instru
ments constructed for this purpose
have been installed in a tower over
400 feet high. Two scout cruisers,
the Salem and Birmingham, are to
be utilized as receiving stations. Re
pairs to these vessels now under way
will be completed December 4, soon
after which they will leave the Uni
ted States for a radius of 3,000
miles from Brant Rock, the present
program contemplating a cruise
from the Scottish coast downward to
the West African coast and also In
the American tropics. Meanwhile
messages will be sent to each of
these vessels, both of which will be
equipped with 10-kllowat power re
ceiving apparatus, capable, it is as
serted, of recording tho long-distance
communications. At the same time
the vessels will exchange messages
for the purpose of testing the ap
paratus for communicating 1,000
miles at sea.
Strict requirements were laid
down by the Navy Department In
the specifications inviting proposals
for constructing the proposed high
powered station, as well as for the
apparatus aboard ships. The mes
sages from shore must not be in
terrupted by atmospheric disturb
ances or Intentional or unintention
al Interference by neighboring sta
tions. The messages also must be
transmitted with entire secrecy. The
apparatus aboard the ships must be
capable of transmitting and receiving
messages at all times. In all seasons
and in all latitudes for 1,000 mlleB
and to receive messages from the
high-powered station for 3,000 miles
at all times.
Upon the result of these experi
ments will rest the question of the
erection by the Navy of a wireless
tower at Washington, D. C, as con
templated originally, that In Massa
chusetts belonging to a private com
pany. nUCHAXAX'S DEATH MYSTERY.
IN THE WORLD OF FINANCE
The Hank of England raised Its
rat j of discount from 4 to 5 per cent.
Commodity prices this month are
at tho high point of the year, and are
higher than at any time since the
end of 1907.
lialtimoro and Ohio In September
returned a gain of $1.0'J!t,424 in
groi:s earnings and a gain of $470,
320 In net profits.
London got rid of about 4 0,000
shares of U. S. Steel, but brokers
Bald many of tho selling orders were
Bent from America.
T. DeWltt Cuyler, of Philadelphia,
and Edwin Hanley were elected di
rectors of the Mercantile Trust Com
pany of Now York.
The Ontario Power Company in
creased in the third quarter of 1909
Its output of electric nower over 71
per cent, as compared with the cor
icspomling quarter of 190;!.
Bethlehem Steel, according to in
side poople. Is earning 14 percent, on
its $14,908,000 of preferred stock or
Bay 7 per cent, on tho preferred, and
an equal amount on the common.
America owes Europe n great deal
less money than has been represent
ed, declared Jacob H. Schtff. tho emi
nent banker, who Just returned from
abroad.
Judgo R. S. Lovett was elected
president of Union Pacific,, to suc
ceed Harrlmnn, and A. L. Mohler, J.
C. StubbB, Julius Kruttschnitt and
William Mahl were appointed vice
presidents. President George II. Earle makes a
vory fuvorable statement of the con
dition of the Real Estate Trust Com
pany, tho assets of which are now
placed at $9,651,276.
President B. B. Thomas, after at
tending the Lehigh Valley Railroad
directors' meeting said that the bus
iness of that company was fully as
good as In the record year 1907.
"The Bank of England's big bank
rate may succeed in getting away
from France a part of its absolutely
large hoardings of gold and if so, the
rest of the world ought to be pleas
ed," aald a well-known Philadelphia
banker.
Autopsy Shows Diplomat Was Vic
time Of Heart Failure.
London (Special). An autopsy on
the body of William I. Buchanan, tho
American diplomat, whose body was
found In Park Lane, was held, fol
lowing which it was officially an
nounced that Mr. Buchanan had died
of heart failure.
The official papers and personal
papers found in the hotel rooms oc
cupied by Mr. Buchanan have been
turned over to the American Embas
sy. Investigation thus far has failed
to throw any light on the move
ments of the diplomat during tho
few hours preceding his death.
Friends who had. seen him during
the day, say he appeared to be in the
best of health and spirits. He left
his hotel Just before the dinnor hour
on Saturday, but where or with
whom he dined or how he spent the
evening has not been learned. There
were no evidences of assault or rob
bery. Woman Pioneer Dead.
Los Angeles (Special). Mrs. John
H. Jones, philanthropist and Cali
fornia pioneer, died Wednesday
night. Aside from her widespread
reputation as a philanthropist, Mrs.
Jones was well known as a rapiTal
1st, managing her holdings with rare
judgment. She leaves an estate esti
mated ot $4,000,000. Numerous
sons and daughters will share the
large estate.
Burned Ingersoll Hooks.
Roanoke, Va. (Special). A pub
lic burning of all the books written
by Robert O. Ingersoll, found ln the
vicinity of Pennington Gap, took
plnc0 here. It was due to a relig
ious revival which has been In prog
ress there for several weeks. A pray
er service was held while the burning
was In progress. A large congrega
tion attended the special services at
which the burning took place.
Kalaries vs. Living.
Washington, D. C. (Special).
In making an earnest recommenda
tion for an Increase In salary for
Government clerks General Charles
II. Whipple, paymaster general of
the army, points out that one of the
prominent mercantile agencies of the
country recently has reported that
since 1896 tbero has been an in
crease of 49 per cent. In the cost
of living expenses. Consequently
each year the burden falls heavier
on tho salaried employees.
A Nation Of Suicides.
Bt. Petersburg (Special) The
acting prefect of police for St.
Petersburg baa applied to the min
ister of interior for permission to
apply restrictive and ' precautionary
measures to the sale of certain drugs,
on account of tbelr widespread em
ployment for purposes of suicide.'
Self-destruction, so prevalent In Rus
sia during the era of demoralization
following the revolution, baa become
epidemlo in St. Petersburg, as many
as 20 cases in one day occurring fre
quently. ' ' ,
WILL FORTIFY THE
PANAMA CANAL
Army and Navy Board Will Consider
the Project
PROBABLY TWELVE-INCH GUNS.
The Defense Of The Inter-Ocean
Canal Will Ito Divided Between
The Fleet And Tho Lund Forces
Congress Will Probably Ho Asked
To Make The Necessary Appropri
ation At The Coming Hession
Officials Are To Visit The Canal.
Washington, D. C. (Special). The
important work of constructing forti
fications for the entrances to the
Panama Canal will be given careful
consideration by a Joint army and
navy board during the coming winter.
This board, tho personnel of which
has been partly completed, will visit
the Isthmus and go over the entire
ground in a thorough and systematic
manner, making the investigation of
conditions there most complete, so
that Congress may be prepared to act
Intelligently as soon as It is decided
that the work for fortifying shall be
gin. Colonel Goethals, the chair
man, and the chief engineer of the
canal commission, has promised that
the canal shall be rendy to be open
ed by January 1, 1915, and the
President and his cabinet feel that
the work of placing that waterway
In an impregnable position should
be finished or at least well under
way by the time the canal Is ready
for practical uses. The board will
consist of Brigadier General William
L. Marshall, chief of engineers;
Brigadier General William Crozier,
chief of ordnance; Brigadier General
Arthur Murray, chief of Coast Ar
tillery; Brigadier General W. W.
Wotherspoon, assistant chief of staff;
two naval officers yet to be selected
and possibly others.
The general question of the forti
fications for the canal has been dis
cussed by the Army and Navy for
years. It is possible that if the re
port of the board is made in time
Congress may at this session appro
priate money for the work. The new
board will have available considera
ble data on which to Inaugurate
work, for in 1905 the national coast
defense board, of which President
Taft was then at the head, made a
thorough examination into the whole
subject of fortifications, and recom
mended an expenditure of $4,827,
682. Since that time conditions have
changed, and it may be found de
sirable by the board to make other
recommendations involving differ
ences found necessary as a result of
development in national defense.
TO SCALE MT. M'KIXLEY.
HAVOC WROUGHT
BT THE
Amateur Mountain Climbers May
Follow Dr. Cook's Route.
Seattle (Special). Steps are tak
ing to organize a party of amateur
mountain climbers to scale Mount
McKtnley, Alaska, the tallest peak
in North America.
Asahel Curtis, an expert climber,
said:
"Tho ascent of Mount McKInley
is feasible, If undertaken by a prop
erly equipped expedition. There
must be at least five experienced
men. The route of Dr. Frederick A.
Cook Is best; that Is, by steamer, to
Tyonek. on Cook Inlet, and then up
the Sushitna River in a power boat."
WASHINGTON
BY TELEGRAPH
The Department of Labor author
ized the release of De tra under
$3,000 bond.
Tho application of the ofllclals
planning a development exposition,
to be held In Boston in November,
to haxe exhibits entered free of duty,
has been granted.
The entire consignment of pickled
skins of animals killed in Africa by
Roosevelt has been received at the
Smithsonian Institution.
The Supreme Council, Southern
Jurisdiction, Scottish Rite Masons,
elected a number of active members.
Tho revenue cutter Wlndon has
gone from assistance of a steamer off
Napcague, L, 1.
American capital Is being Invested
heavily abroad in the construction of
railroads.
The Navy will soon conduct experi
ments In long distance wireless
telegraphy.
The revenue cutter Windham has
gone from Galveston to Corpus
Christl, Tex.
Tha United Textile Association of
America reelected John Golden presi
dent. After selecting Cincinnati, Ohio,
as the place for its next convention,
and electing officers, the convention
of the Carriage Builders' National
Association adjourned.
Attorney General Dickinson order
ed a nolle pros to bo entered in the
case of Dr. E. B. Perrin, accused of
being Implicated in the California
land fraud cases.
The conduct of national bank ex
aminers in connection with the bad
condition of two banks in Michigan
and Wisconsin Is being investigated.
An official of the Agricultural De
partment declared that the rigid in
spection of meat In this country is
responsible for tho high prices.
John L. Griffith, United States
consul general at London, reports a
large increase in the number of un
employed in Great Britain.
A bulletin of the Census Bureau
shows a decrease In the percentage
of deaths from tuberculosis.
The reports of the internal reve
nue collections for tho month of
September shows an increase over
the collections of tho same month
last year of $2,955,674.
Capt. Cameron Mcll. Wlnslow,
commanding the New Hampshire,
has been transferred to duty as su
pervisor of tho harbor of New York.
A dozen scientists of world-wide
standing will pass on the merits of
the Peary-Cook controversy.
A new explosive of great power
has been tested on the Panama
Canal.
Commander Peary's record reach
ed tbe National Geographical Soci
ety. Commander Philip Andrews, who
has been on duty at the Naval War
College, at Newport, has been order
ed to Washington to act as naval aid
to Secretary Meyer.
Juan J. Estrada, the leader of
the present revolution in Nicaragua,
appealed to the Secretary of 1 State
for the recognition of his provisional
government.
Senor Mejla, tha minister front
Salvador, is seriously ill. y
Fierce Storm Off Philippine and
Chinese Coasts.
MANY LIVES AREPROBABLY Lost.
Communication Cut Off W,, Po..
In Ia., several Nusp(,n'
Bridge. Carried Away-ThMw
crty Lss severe -Ton
Kain, Flood A Vast ArTlT.
Steamers Hnip ()ne A
Tho Hongkong Harbor.
Manila (SpecTal7A typhoon of
unusual severity swept across Nort?
cm and Central Luzon. virfi co"'
munlcatlon with all p,lU8 beyond
Dagupan and Luzon was cut off One
message brought to nngunnn f '
San Pagl.it says that the 0 of 2
was considerable and the damage '
property heavy. Torrential rain,
accompanied the storm and an?,'
tensive area was flooded. The ,,,
road bed was washed out at sever J
points and one railway station w,
swept away. "
The famous Bonguet road, extend,
ing 60 miles from DaR,tan to ll
g".0,',.Th7 the Kovnment ha,
established a summer capital and
health resort, has been so dama "d
that probably $250,000 will be ,i
quired for Its repair. It is reported
that two suspension bridges over
gorges have been carried awnv n
reports have yet been received from
the provinces of Union and Iiocoa
which were in the path of the storm'
There is no information from which
to base an estimate of tho possibla
loss of life.
Hongkong (Special). Many raa.
ualties attending the typhoon that
played havoc with the native ship,
ping and damaged other vessels at
various other points on the coast
during the night. At this port the
Standard Oil steamer Lvndhurst
fouled the Japanese steamer Hong
kong Maru and both were damaged
At Macao the Portugueso gunboat
Patrla was lifted from Its moorlnga
and carried up the Canton River
where it stranded on a flooded rice
field.
Many houses were blown down in
the vicinity of Macao, where junka
and fishing smacks in inrgo numbera
foundered, involving many casualties.
HE FLEW ABOVE
THE EIFFEL liEi
The Sensational Feat of Count
De Lambert.
In A Wright Biplane The Daring
Aviator Makes The Round Trip,
A Distance Of 31 Miles, In Lest
Than 60 Minutes Parisians Wild
Willi Excitement And Even Orville
Wright Shows Enthusiasm
French Aviator Comes To Grief
On His First Attempt.
Paris (Special). Count de Lam
bert, tho French oeroplanlst, just be.
fore dark accomplished one of the
most remarkable and daring feats
yet credited to hcavlor-than-air ma
chine. Starting in a Wright biplane
from tho aerodrome at Juvisy he
flew to Paris, a distance of about 13
miles. After maneuvering over the
city at an average height of fuur hun
dred feet, he useended in gradually
diminishing circles and passed sev
eral hundred feet above the Eiffel
Tower. He the returned to Juvisy.
Thousands who watched from the
streets of Paris could ecarccly credit
their senses when they saw the aero
plane, a tiny, object, gliding swiftly
far above the tower, and the sensa
tion created here by this perform
ance was more profound than when
Santos Dumont circled the structure
in his dirigible, balloon in 1900.
Count de Lambert was given o
tremendous ovation on his return ts
Juvisy. Orvllla Wright, who wai
there with his sitter, rushed forward
and wrung tho hands of tho aviator
as he alighted, pale but radiant. He
was led to the pavilion, where his
health was drunk, tho crowd mean
time cheering lustily and crying,
"Long Live Count do Lambert,
"Long live Russia." Do Lambert be
ing of Russian extraction.
The Count held up his hand and
shouted: "Crv lone live tho United
States, for it is to her that I owe
this success."
The aviator said that throughout
his trip he had entire control of the
machine. Tho only inconvenience he
Buffered was from the throbbing or
the engines and from (illRculty in
seeing towards the end in the gatn
erlng gloom.
Tho official time of the Mcht was
49 minutes S9 seconds. The dis
tance was roughly estimated at 60
kilometers (31 miles) and thohelE"1
varied from K00 to 1,300 Pet.
Count de Lambert end Mr. nnu
Miss Wright left the field togotlier
In nn automobile Drr.goons wero
obliged to clear a wy through the
crowd, among which the-o were
many enthusiasts who showed a no
sire to carry the aviator in trlumpn
on their shoulders.
Juvisy (Special). Count de Lam
bert received a great ovation on re
turning to the aviation field here
after his flight to Paris and around
the Eiffel Tower.
New Vork Tribune At A Cent.
New York (Sncclol). The Ne
Vork Tribune, founded by Horara
Orecly in 1811. announced that two
radical changes bad been made too
price has ben cut from three cmta
to one cent, while the familiar aix
column makeup baa been changed to
seven columns. The change crco tea
wide comment taroughout tho city.
The Herald anri Evening Post no
remain tho only threo-ccnt par"
In New York.
Earthquake In India.
Calcutta- (Special). The recent
earthquake in Celuchlstan -aa tba
worst that ha occurrod over auoh
a wfde area in many years. It
reported that the totalities were 12J,
nud thut 1 fiO persons were injured.
Klnjc Alfonso Out Affuin.
Madrid (Special). -King Alfonao,
who had not left tho pr.lacc for aer
eral .lays, drove with Queen Victoria
through tho streets today. Ha aa
cordially aalutcd by Qo cUUens, P-