The
Fulton County News
McConnellsburg, Pa.
STEEL TRUST A3 CAT BUYER.
A rnt got tangled up In one of the
dynamos which supply power for the
great blast furnace mill of the t'nlted
Stale Steel corporation at Gary, Ind.,
ay Louisville. Courier-Journal. It re
quired several hours to separate the
rat's remains from the dynamo and In
the meantime the corporal Ion was los
ing money at the rate of a thousand
dollars a minute. Now the steel trust
Is advertising for cats. Advertisements
bave been Inserted In the Gary news
papers, offering 50 cents apiece, with
no limitations as to age, box, size,
pedigree or character. Fifty cents a
bead Is a good price for cats and the
officials of the steel trust are likely to
liave to contend with an embarrass
ment of offerings. When the news per
colates to all the cities and email
towns of Indiana there will be a rush
of feline shipments to O.-try and the
teel trust will find Itself with a sur
plus of cats scarcely lens troublesome
than the overplus of rats with which It
bas been contending heretofore. Hun
dreds of Indiana families will willingly
.part with nil their feline possessions
at a compensation of BO cents per cat.
f?ome thousands of small boys will ex
plore the alleys and woodsheds until
the last backyard fence Is denuded.
, The report from Pisa that royal en
gineers state that the Inclination of
the leaning tower at that place has in
creased eight inches and that the
structure is likely to collapse will tend
to further increase the number of
those who believe that the tower was
never intended to be a freak of ma
onry, but that It became a wonder by
the yielding of Its foundation on one
vide. As a "drawing card" for tour
ists tbe famous leaning tower has had
value In addition to the historic con
(derations, and If It should fall there
would doubtless be a demand for Its
reconstruction. A modern builder
could give Pisa a leaning tower of
greater inclination by using an an
chored steel skeleton and clothing It
ith well fastened veneer.
A speaker at a meeting of a medical
oclety in New Jersey declared that
tome of the greatest surgeons living
bad left sponges, forceps and other In
etruments in the abdominal cavities
of persons operated upon, and that the
practise was "inexcusable." This
makes cheerful reading for the lay
public, especially that portion of It that
has hospital experience In prospect;
but the statement of the existence of
this practise Is also puzzling from the
fact that it must be a more or less ex
pensive practise to the surgeons them
selves to be so careless about losing
good instruments.
A New York woman was fined five
dollars for getting drunk in public
and using the large "D" to a police
man. New York seems to be doing
something to keep the cost of the
necessaries of life on the Great White
Way within reason.
An Englishman has paid $700 for a
(idO-y. ar old alphabet. He could have
got a now one for nothing, but these
P.rltuns are so conservative!
ft. Louis Is howling for a barrel of
free Ice water at each corner. Will
1ce cool that concrete composition
fondly thought to be water In St
Louis?
Doctor Wiley says that there's noth
ing especially dangerous In kissing
except the prospect of marriage, we
presume.
Home one has discovered 61,000,000
germs in a malaga grape. Still, for all
that, mtiUifu grapes are pretty good
at int.
An elghty-three year-old Pennsylva
nia dame takes her first ride on a
train. She couldn't learn any younger.
Even In hot weather some self-sacrificing,
hard-working correspondent
maneges to sweat out a war scare.
fitatcn Island bas seen the first sea
te.rpent. and now the lid ought ot be
put on 8. I.
Two Hreadnaughts will cost $23,000,
WO. but trat can't scare a dread-naught.
forty-four scrubwomen have been
'.aid off by the city of New York. New
York's economy fad knows no bounds.
fxiwn in Pittsburg tbe overcoat ma
kers have gone on a strike. This may
be tbn psychological moment for an
overcoat strike, but who'd have
thought It?
Aviating and ballooning kill' a man
evary day or two Just to prove that tbe
ttr la a long way from being conquered
Excellent bot weather exertlae la
tchinc ft tennis maun.
Ttxuun are carrying shotguns these
dry. The mosquito season baa arrived.
If Ttsai docan't (top raising so
micb rum the wilt get herself als
l ;-.i ly- Ksm.us.
t;i-tt bg tack from picnic Is tbe
jtu. test of tie kind of time you bad.
Aviators are facing tike 'he leaves
tt! the fcrC ' i
WEEK'S RECORD OFTHE NEWS
A PANORAMIC VIEW OF WE INTERESTING
OCCURRENCES OF SEVEN DAYS.
Events That Make World's History
Gathered From All Over the
Globe and Chronicled in
Brielcst Form.
WASHINGTON'.
New Japanese tariff adds 5 per
cent, to many articles Imported from
this country.
Germany Is reported to be seeking
a special trade agreement with the
United States.
It was announced that Chairman
Knapp of the interstate commerce
commission and the chief of the
Canadian rallwoy board will meet to
outline plans fir the control of traffic
across the border.
The president signed a proclama
tion eliminating 6,075 acres of land
from the llaydon National Forest In
Wyoming, In pursuance of the admin
istration's general plan of restoring
to the public domain all areas not
valuable for forest purposes.
The Interstate commerce commis
sion issued orders requiring 415 com
mon carriers to show cause for the
proposed advances In freight rates,
hearings to be held In New York.
President Montt of Chile sent a
wireless telegram to the state depart
ment conveying his thanks to the
four representatives whom this gov
ernment attached to his suite during
hlB visit in the United States.
Provisions for several aeroplanes
for the army may be made In the esti
mates to be presented to the next ses
sion of congress. The estimates are
now being prepared and an effort will
be made to keep them down to last
year's figure.
PERSONAL.
Charles K. Hamilton sought an In
junction to restrain Glenn H. Curtlss
from interfering with his flying or
making contracts to fly.
The will of John G. Carlisle, for
mer secretary of the treasury, was
filed at Washington for probate. To
his grandchildren, John G. Carlisle,
Jr., Jane Carlisle. Allen and Laura
Carlisle Pitkin. Is left his property, to
be divided equally. The estate Is val
ued at approximately $40,000.
William W. Rockhill, United States
ambassador to Russia, and Mrs. Rock
hill returned to St. Petersburg after a
visit to the United States on leave of
absence.
William Zartman of Brooklyn was
chosen president of the American as
sociation of park superintendents at
the closing business session of the or
ganization In Harrlsburg, Pa.
Jacob H. Schlff, returning to New
York from a trip to Alaska, says the
policy of conservation Is retarding de
velopment of the natural resources of
the territory.
Miss Olive Elizabeth Carmlchael,
daughter of James TI. Carmlchael. a
lawyer, who died fifteen years ago,
and Baron von Urban of Austria, who
has been studying conditions in Amer
ica, were married at the New York
City Hall by Alderman McCann.
Sir Augustus A. Perceval, eighth
Karl of Egmont, once a waiter In New
York, died in England.
GEXKKAL NEWS.
Juneau rabies say incomplete re
turns from Alaska's election indicate
that Delegate James Wirkersham, In
dependent Republican, has been re
elected to congress over Ed Orr, Re
publican, by a large majority.
Bankers In all sections of the coun
try condemn the attempts to discredit
banking conditions In the West, and
declare preparations are ample to
meet any possible emergency.
Lifeless for almost a week, the
body of Joseph H. Hii3ton, thirty
four, a well-known lawyer, was found
In the bathroom of his home in Phila
dMphia. There were Indications that
he had carefully planned and carried
out a suicide becauso he feared he
bad become a tuberculosis victim.
Ethel Leneve spent her last cent
In Quebec for a wig to hide her shorn
locks on her returu to London with
Dr. Crlppen In custody of Scotland
Yard Inspector Dew.
The Illinois Central announced Its
purpose to push the prosecution of
erstwhile officials Involved In the
Memphis car repair swindle.
The Carriage Manufacturers' as
sociation of the United States, In ses
sion at Louisville, Ky., resolved to
advance the price of vehicles for the
season of 1911, explaining that the
Increase was necessary because of the
greater cost of labor and materials.
Members of the committee who
bad charge of the annual "splash"
of the civilian employes of the naval
torpedo station last winter, which
caused an investigation because a
dancing girl was one of the chief
features of the entertainment, are to'
be reprimanded by ordar of the navy
department.
John R. Thayer, the Democrat who
was elected to congress from the
Third Massachusetts district on sev
eral occasions, announced in Wor
cester that he would not consent to
contest the district this year against
Charles G. Washburn, the Republican
Incumbent.
George H. Poell, for three terms
clerk of Hall county, was arrestod at
Omaha, Sub., on a charge of default
ing in offtee. Poell denies that any
shortage exists. Poell In 1805 re
ceived a Carnegie medal for saving
the life of a child when he was a
fireman on the St. Joseph & Grand
Island railroad.
President Taft had a conference at
Bevtrly with Representative Weeks,
who has JuHt returned from a western
tour.
Knights Templar at Chicago elect
ed W. B. Mellsh of Cincinnati grand
master, and choso Denver as the
place for the next conclave.
Contracts have been signed for the
formation of a $15,00'', 000 combina
tion in the retail drug business, In
volving the corporations of William
II. inner & Bon company and Hege
mm: & Co., lu New York. Tbe cun
sjioinatlo.. Is tbe result of negotla
t.or. wtitch have been on for the last
llnee mouths.
' The Sugar Truat, lu defiance of
U;U!i'g employes, marched 1,000
lio.i-uuion i.ion iuto lis t.-cokljn
I'lrnl.
Tl.e American Order of Owl while
In tension In Uocliester, N. Y., voted
to change lis name to th Fraternal
Crder ot Oriels.
.1.
BELGIUM'S GREAT
KILLS FAMILY AND SELF.
Hnndred Thousand People Are
Panic Stricken.
FRANTIC EFFORTS TP f SCAPE FLAMES.
The Loss May Be $100,000,000 Crowd
of 100,000 on Grounda When the
Flames Sweep Them Two Dead,
Thirty Injured.
Brussels ( Special ) .The white city of
the "World's Fair," as the Belgians call
the 1910 exposition, is now a mass of
fUmes and smouldering ruins. A spark
falling into Inflammable material in the
telegraph building burst tip In flames,
which, driven by a high wind, swept
rapidly in all directions. Soon the Bel
gian, English and French sections wore
destroyed. The firemen snd detachments
of soldiers, called quickly to the scene,
found themselves bullied by the veritable
gale, which carried the burning embers
to all parts of the grounds.
The loss in the exposition fire is esti
mnled at 500,000,000 francs ($100,000,
000). To the left of the main building arose
the picturesque roofs snd spires of
"nruexellcs' Kermesz," a Belgian Coney
Island, ' with water chutes, toboggan
slides and scores of side shows. This
place was alive with Sunday crowds, and
before they could be gotten out with any
semblance of order the Kenncsz was
ablaze. The crowds became panic-stricken,
and men, women and children fought
madly to escape. The exits became choked
with the struggling masses, and men
used their fists to clear the pathway.
Many were tramped under foot and badly
injured.
Soon the enormous facade tumbled in
ruins. Considering the rapidity of the
conflagration, the small loss of life is
mervclous. So far ns Is known up to a
late hour tonight only two are dead. The
injured, as officially announced, number
30, but probably ninny hundreds received
minor hurts.
I Life Taken By Each of Four Revolver
Shots.
Chicago (Special). W. J. Meyers,
toe per of a shooting gallery, used hit
ikill with a revolver with trsgic purpose,
iliboting three members of his household
Ihrough the head and then taking his own
jfe.
Just four shots were fired, and four
.Ives were snuffed out by Meyers' un
wring aim.
Policeman Dennis O'Neill was passing
ihc Meyers home when he heard the four
llmts in rapid succession. Breaking Into
(he apartment he found the dead where
Ihpy had fallen. 1 A revolver with four
ihnmbers empty lay beside the body of
Meyers. Death in each case apparently
liad been instantaneous.
Meyers and his wife separated recently
iftcr she had him placed under bonds to
keep the peace. There are no living eye
witnesses to the tragedy.
POLICEMEN MUITNY.
Refuse to Guard Against Strikers in
Columbus. Ohio.
Columbus, Ohio (Special). Fifty-three
members of the Police Department within
24 hours have rebelled against Mayor
Marshall's orders to ride on street curs.
The mutineers were increased by 20.
All of the 20 were men employed as spec
ials for strike duty. Unlike the regular
officers who mutinied, the 20 specials
were not suspended, but upon their re
fusal to board cars they were told that
by that act they had removed themselves
from the service.
The Mayor made no call for the return
of State troops. Officers of the Fourth
Regiment, four companies of which are
stationed in Columbus, say they have been
told to hold themselves ready for service,
but at the adjutant-general's office it is
denied that preparations have been made
for calling out troops.
Mayor Marshall called for 2.000 vol
nnteers for police duty. He took the
brunt of nil criticism made against the
manner in which the situation has been
handled, but said that if his critics were
sincere thev would oiler to perform police
dutv.
SNOW-WHITE WATER.
Sea Captain Relates Seeing an In
explicable Phenomenon.
Port Townsend, Wash. (Special). In
a report to the United States Hydro
graph office here the statement is made of
an inexplicable phenomenon that murine
interests declare is without precedent.
The statement is filed by Captain Sam
uels, of the American barkentine Aurora,
on arrival from Callno, Peru. On June
17. in latitude 11 degree south, and
longitude 80 degrees west, according to
the report, the vessel's course brought her
into an area of snow-white water. The
expanse was so large as to rpquire nearly
an entire day's sail to traverse. Its
merging with the natural ocean water
was sharp and definitely defined in color,
creating a mci'velnus scene of marine
beauty.
Investigation with every menus avail
ship failed to show tlie phenomenon to
be due to submarine volcanic eruption or
oilier seismic upheavals.
, Feud Breaks Out.
Lexington, Ky. (Special). Two per.
sons were probably fatally hurt and sev
eral others severely injured in a free-for-all
fight zetwecn the McN'abb and Rose
families and wveriil friends in Wolfe
founty. according to reimrt which were
received here. Itoy McN'abb was shot and
probably fatally wounded, while Hose was
o badly Is'iiten that his recovery is
doubtful. The tight occurred on the pub
lic mad. where the belligerents, who had
an old grudge, had met.
Big Elevator Burned.
Buffalo, N. Y. (Special). Tho burning
of the Globe Elevator Company's build
ings, near the Buffalo water front, caused
a loss of about $125,000, and gave the
fire department several hours of strenu
ous work. The company's 300,000-bushel
elevator, valued at about $40.(11)0, com-
fdetely wrecked, was uninsured. The
oss in grain in storage is partially cov
ered by insurance.
Kills His Assailants.
Ashevile, N. C. (Special). Report
from Weaverville state that Furman and
Homo lappa, two young men of that
town, were shot and killed by Dr. Clar
ence Pickens after the Utter had been
attacked with knives.
Loses Money, End Life.
Kenosha, Wis. (Special). Frank W.
Nohling, 42 years old, president of the
Kenosha -Mercantile Company and leader
among the Social Democrats of Wiscon
sin, committed suicide in his office. Hu
slashed his throat with a shoe knife,
severing the jugular vein, and then tak
ing another knife drove it deep into the
wound. Mr. Nohling left a letter which
indicated that he had lost money through
speculation and had betrayed others who
hud given him the use of their money.
Gain of $500,000 a Week.
Washington, I). C. (Special). A gain
of more than (500,000 a week in the Gov
ernment's ordinary receipts during the
first six weeks of the present fiscal year,
as com pu red with the corresponding per
iod lat year, was announced by the
Treasury Department. The ordinary dis
bursement for the same periods show a
millioa dollar less for the current year.
TIitm embrace all outside the Panama
Canal, public debt and miscellaneous
transactions.
The United States leads all others la
Mi total number of pateuU lucd.
SEARCHING FOR
POISOH SIGNS
Experts Work on Supposed
Belle Elmore's Undy.
Prof. Pepper, the British Home Office
Physician, Now Seems Sure of the
Identity of the Remains Found
Under Crlppen's House.
London (Special). H is reported that
.h authorities have discovered a clue to
ihe ccrKin Identity of the body unearthed
n the I'illdrop Crescent home of Dr.
Hawley H. Crippen, now under arrest in
Quebec, awaiting extradition on the
tharge of having murdered an unnamed
voman. The police have contended all
long that the bits of flesh were parts of
'.he body of Belle Elmore, the actress
ife of Dr. Crippen, but their identifica
tion as such has been a matter of much
Joubt.
It is generally believed that the case
f the crown rests on a positive identifi
lation and the greatest importance is
Ittachcd to the latest developments.
The hopeful clue was obtained during an
rxhaustive examination of the body by
Professor Pepper, the Home Office ex
pert who had previously given many
lours to the problem. During the five
?ours that he worked Professor Pepper
ibtained conclusive evidence that the sex
as feminine. He then continued with
tlie purpose of determining the manner
sf death, having in mind the possibility
Unit poison was used.
The nnalysis, so fur as the poison
theory is concerned, was not completed,
but. it was reported that tlie physician
'oiind evidence that at some period the
Aoman had undergone a surgical opera
tion. If this can be established tlie mi
norities claim that they will have gone a
long way in proving thnt the victim was
Belle Klmore. It is doubtful if anything
eyond the scientific evidence is brought
o light before the return here of Dr.
Crippen and Ethel Clare Le Neve, who
rc jointly charged with guilty knowl
idge of the woman's death.
MANY NEW GOVERNORS.
Largest Number Ever Chosen at One
Time Four Elections Before Fall.
Washington, D. C. (Special). At the
.'oming fall elections more States will
ilect governors than ever before in the
History of the I'nion. For the'first time
Oregon is to join the list of Common
wealths electing their executives in No
vember. Heretofore the Oregon State
licet ion has been held in June. ,
A total of :)tl governors are to be elect
(d this fall. Thirty-two will be voted
tor at the general elections in November.
Three States Vermont, Maine and
Arkansas will vote for governor next
month, and Georgia will elect its exocu
Vive in October.
The gubernatorial contests in some of
Ihe States are of a more than ordinarily
jiteresting character. The t elections in
others will be of a purely perfunctory
sharacter, the election of the Republican
)r the Democratic candidate, as the case
siay be, being a foregone conclusion. So
lialists nnd Prohibitionists will have can
didates fbr governor in a majority of the
States, and in some of them they are
txpected to poll a considerable vote.
COLLAR STAY CAUSES FIRE.
Celluloid Explodes in Laundry, Re
sulting in a Loss of $90,000.
Portland, Ore. (Special). The little
device utilized by women to hold up their
We collars a piece of celluloid about
two inches long and a quarter of an
inch wide, worth five cents the half
dozen cost the I'nited States Laundry
Company a fire loss of $00.1100, and im
perilled 200 laundry workers.
The collar stay had been left in a
woman's waist, which, with hundreds ot
similar garments, had lieen placed ill
the dryrnom in the basement. The waist
was hung close to the superheated pi pet
Mint lined the room. Suddenly the cellu
loid exploded and the room was instantly
in flames.
Two hundred panic-stricken girls re
fused to descend the smoke-filled stair
nay. Firemen, finally by sheer strength,
drove them down the stairways to tlie
street. Five minutes after the last one
d been rescued, the entire building was
flames. -..
Strangled by False Teeth.
Louisville, Ky. (Special). While
sweeping. Miss Lillie Knutz accidentally
dislodged her false teeth. They became
lodged in her windpipe and she was
strangled to death before help could be
summoned.
Lightning Saves Life.
Norristown, Pa. (Special). A flash of
lightning revealed the 'orm of Joseph
Myers, of Conhohocken, lying on the
Heading Railway track below Wiwt
Conshohocken, and made it possible for
the engineer to stop his freight train in
time to save the man's life. Myers was
walking on the railroad during a heavy
aim in, when he became exhausted and
Ml. The engineer brought the train to
a (top a the pilot touched the body.
Explosion Wrecks Building.
Philadelphia ( Special ). Six pcrtons
were Injured, one seriously, by tlie col
lapse of a three-story brick dwelling fol
lowing an explosion in the northeastern
part of th cityi The most seriously hurt
is John llolagh, a grocer, who ci-ciinied
the first floor of the building. There
were Si-veral narrow escapes from desth.
The explosion wa caned. It it IsMicved.
by the iguition of coal oil in BoUgh's
tore.
The art museum of Boston and New
'oik are doing much valuable work in
arb! n? the multitude to appreciate ait.
JAPANESE FLOODS
THOUSANDS HOMELESS;
A Portion of the Japanese Cnpi-t
tal Now Submerged.
385 PEOPLE DEAD AND 500 MORE MISSING
I
Thousands of Homeless and Hundry'
People Sheltered in the Temples and'
Schoolhousea Not Enough Boats;
to Convey the Sufferers to Places ofj
Shelter A Hotel Patronized by
the
Foreigners Destroyed All
Guests, However, Are Safe.
Tokio ( Specisl).t The great floods In
this city and vicinity caused by the high
water In the River Sumida have caused,
so far as reported, 3F3 deaths and 5(10
others are missing.
At 6 o'clock A. M. it was announced
thnt the flood whs subsiding.
The Ifonjn nnd Fukadawa wards of
Tokio are submerged.
Tens of thousands of persons are home
less and starving. One of the three more
important embankments guarding Tokio
gave way and had the second and third
dikes broken half the capital would have
been submerged. The threatened embank
ments were guarded by troops.
Thousands of homeless persons are be
ing sheltered in the temples and school
houses, at which relief stations the most
deplorable sights are witnessed. The vic
tims of the floods are wholly dependent
upon public relief. Thousands more have
been unable to find shelter, owing to the'
insufficiency of boats to convey them to
places of safety, and they are exposed to
the rain and hunger.
Every available boat is being employed
in the work of rescue and to convey food
where it is most needed.
The question of feeding the stricken
ppople is causing apprehension, Tlie
vegetable and fish supplies are failing,
and the stock of biscuits already is near
ly exhausted. There is no fear, however,
for the supply of rice.
The mountain flood in the ncicnhor-
hood of Karuizawa destroyed the Mikasa
Hotel. Many foreigners were stopping
there, but fortunately no fatality has bee
reported so far.
PITTSBURG'S EXPOSITION.
Will Consist of Exhibits of Land In
terest Only.
Pittsburg, Pa. (Special). Pittsburg is
preparing for the biggest Indoor expos!
tion ever held In the East. The show is
to be known as the National Land and
Irrigation Exposition, and will consist
of exhibits of land interest only. There
will be government and state exhibits of
modern farms and mofl dairies) models
of irrigation plans and systems) samples
01 grains, seeds, plants, Iruits, vege
tables, cottons, tobaccos, minerals and
other earth products. Lectures on soil
I restoration and agriculture will also be
given, anu cliamoprs of commerce, boards
of trade and commercial bodies from all
parts of the country will demonstrate to
the farmer, the homesepker and investor
the particular sdvantanes of their vari
ous districts. The exposition will take
piace tjctoiier 17 to ait.
FLYING MACHINE
JURKED TURTLE
Aviator Brookins P.'nnges Into
Crowd of Spectators.
Daring Bird-man, Who Holds the
Altitude Record, in Avoiding a
Throng of Spectators, Meets a
Tricky Wind and Machine Turns
over Backward at Asbury Park.
375 FEET TO DEATH.
Hundreds See Demented Sailor Leap
From High Tower.
Detroit, Mich. (Special). A Detroit
Journal special from Sault Ste. Marie,
Mich., says: Riley Johnson, a demented
sailor, committed suicido by jumping
from a 376-foot tower of a wireless tele
phone company here while hundreds of
spectators were powerless to prevent the
tragedy.
The sailor threatened to jump on any
policeman who attempted to follow him
and defied the officers to shoot. John
son's home is believed to be in Chicago,
lie had a lake seaman's card from Union,
Xo. 1503.
Murder and Suicide.
Kansas City, Mo. (Special). William
Davis, 5(1 years old, a wealthy farmer of
Kravmer, shot nnd killed his brother-in-
law s widow, Mrs. Nattie O'Dell, In a
rooming house here and then killed him
self. Davis leaves a widow and a son in
Tiravmer. Mrs. O'Dell was 3!l years old.
Davis shot Mrs. O'Dell five times.
Three Boys Killed by Train.
Emlenton, Pa. (Special): Leo Rapp,
aged 13; Walter Sloan, aged 10, and
Lnnle Jacobs, aged 11, were killed when
a train on the Allegheny Valley Division
of the Pennsylvania Railroad struck a
horse and wagon in which they were
ridinp Repp's body was tossed a hun
dred feet from the track.
Former Congressman Bound Dead.
Milton. Pa. tSlK'eiall. Fmtikliti
Ituiind. who was a member of thp Fortv.
ninth and Fiftieth Congresses, died here,
agen m years, lie was a delegate to tne
State Convention which nominated
Andrew O. Curtin for go-ernor and a
delegate to the National Convention
which nominated flrant for President.
No Arrest in Three Years.
Denver, Col. (Special). According to
Martha D. Coates, assistant secretary of
the State Hoard of Charities and Correc
tions, who. has returned irom an inspec
tion of tlie city jail ut Eldorado, (.ol.,
that town holds the record for law abid
ing communities. In three years not a
single arrest has been made and the door
of the jail has stood wide open. Eldorado
has a population of ulll) persons.
Kidnapped By Brigands.
Rome ( Special ) . The mystery of the
disappearance of Salvutore Setta, one of
tlie richest landowners in Sardinia, was
solved when brigands who kidnapped him
on his big estate, demanded $111,(100 for
his ransom. It is probable that Sctta's
family will pay the price, as Signor
Ruin, another big landowner, was re
cently killed by brigands because the price
demanded for his lilwratioii was not paid.
Speaks for Six Days.
The Hamie (Special). Senator Elihn
Root concluded his six-day speech before
tlie Arbitration Tribunal, which will de
cide the Newfoundland fisheries dispute.
His speech marked tne end of the argu
ment and the caw has now gone to the
arbitrators. A verdict is not expected
before the latter part of September or
early in October.
. Spread of Infantile Paralysis.
Providence, H. I. (Special). Much
concern is being felt throughout Rhode
Island on account of the steady increase
of infantile paralysis. I'd to a week ago
tlie disease was practically unknown in
this State, but since that time new cases
have been reported nearly every day. '
ODDS AND ENDS.
After trailing, a good circus borne is
worth from . '1.000 to $5,0(10. .
About one in ten letters passing
through tho Russian postoffice is opened
on gencrsl principles.
The, Subway Telephone Construction
Company, of Chicago, has promised to
provide that city with a complete auto
matic telephone system by tlie first ot
June next year. At first it will cover
only the business district, but later will
be. extended to tho residential sections.
Ohio mines a greater proportion of Its
coal by machinery than any other 8 rata.
It lakes 10 tons of beetroot to make
one ton of sugar.
The 11.52 registered trade unions of
(rest Ilritain have a tot:. I membership
of 1.073.500.
More than 20,000 20-caadlepowcr in
candescent lamp filaments ran bo made
from a single pound of tantalum. .
A pier ami buildings at f-'iudad Holi
var, ampin for storage and handling of
f might, and for t'i cutoui homa, a rail
way to extend the full length of the
pier, all to cost 2H!l.5l)0. The work
mus. lie completed ithin two ye.irs. anc"
it is exprct'd to be ready ly July. lull.
Asbury Tark, X. J. (Special). A seri
ous mishap to Walter Brookins, in which
tlie daring Wright aviator was painfully,
but not dangerously hurt, marred the
opening, day of the aviation meet here.
Brookins was, dashed, stunned to the
earth when the machine suddenly turned
turtle after he had been forced to swerve
the airship suddenly to avoid crashing
into a crowd of sjiectators. Seven other
persons among whom the machine
tumbled were more or less seriously in
jured. Hrookins is the aviator who on July
3 climbed to the record height of 6.275
fppt nt Atlantic City and thpn coasted
safely to the earth with his powpr shut
off.
Brookins was pinnpd under the wreck
age, and was only half conscious when
friends reached him. This started a re
port that he had been fatally injured.
An examination showed that his nose was
broken and that he had been badly
bruised and shaken up.
The mishap was witnessed by tlie large
crowd gathered for the meet and was
directly due to the thronging of specta
tors out into tlie field. Brookins in de
scending hnd no room to operate the
machine, and was driven to make a sud
den turn to avoid crashing among tlie
watchers. The tricky wind caught the
machine and sent it spinning over back
ward, f
In the face of a high wind the avintor
hnd made a successful short flight, circling
the field and then descended in a splendid
jweep. As he neared the earth he first
saw the crowd in the field near the point
here he had intended to descend. To
avoid them he swerved the machine
lharply and found himself headed
straiiht for the grandstand. Instantly
ho allowed the machine to drop, when it
turned turtle.
When Brookins was found bpneath the
tangle of the torn plane fabric and splin
tered framework and wires he lay on the
sod of the aviation field with his face in
a pool of blood and his right hand still
(rrasping a steering lever. He was
thought to be dead as he was dragged out
af the wreck bv Chief of Police Sexton
and Private Henry Kruschkna, of the
Third Infantry, New Jersey National
guard. While being carried into tlie hos
pital tent a few feet away, however, the
aviator began to groan, and, as Dr. Tay
lor, of the Asbury Park Free Dispensary,
leaned over him in tlie hospital tent,
Brookins asked weakly, "How did it hap
pen?" Had the aeroplane fallen 10 feet
further hack in its flight it would have un
doubtedly crashed upon the grandstand
crowd and crushed many men, women
and children, who a few moments before
Were cheering the aviator. One could al
most reach out and touch the wreckage
from the front row of the grandstand
seats.
AT THE NATIONAL CAPITAL.
Major William R. Logan, supervisor of
industries of the Indian Service, and
miMrintendent of the Fort Belknapp In
dian Reservation, in Montana, has been
appointed supervisor in charge of ' the
construction of roads and trails in the
Glacier National Park, in Montana.
Tho United States Civil Service Com
mission lias decided to localize appoint
ments outside of Washington by giving
them over to district secretaries,
Complaint has been filed with the In
terstate i Commerce Commission that
charges by the Pullman Company for
upper Ix-rths are excessive,
(iuneral Wood, chief of staH of the
Army, has directed a battalion of the
Fourteenth Infantry to go to Missoula,
Mont., to help in fighting forest fires on
the Flathead Indian Reservation.
Bituminous coal miners of tlie middle
West live under better conditions than
do the men engaged in the same industry
in Pennsylvania, according to the Na
tional Immigration Commission.
The Navy Department is to investigate
the sinking of the naval collier Ma reel I us,
which was in collision with the Nor
wegian fruit steamer Rosario di Giorgio
olf Cape Hatteras.
Mrs. Judith Ellen Hoi ton Foster, tlie
noted temperance lecturer and writer,
died in Garfield' Hospital after an opera
tion. '
The population of New Haven, Conn.,
according to the Census Bureau, U
133.UU5.
Four hundred and thirteen transporta
tion companies are made defendants in a
hearing before the Interstate Commerce
Commission, beginning August 15.
The Bureau of Indian Alfa Irs Is con
sidering the admission of Indians to
white schools.
Six thousand and 75 acres of land from
the National Forest, in Wyoming have
been restored to the public domain. .
There was a decrease in the exporta
tion of every commodity except corn,
wbiuh showed improvement.
Rcpo.'t comes from India that the at
tempt to grow cotton on large scale
has resulted In failure.
The crop growth throughout the United
States during July was unfavorable, the
deterioration bring about 4.'i per cent.
Brigadier General Bliss lias gone to
Ran Francisco to take command of the
Department of California, succeeding
Major General Barry, who becomes sucr
iutendent of the Miliisry Academy at
West Point. 1
A compromise agreement was reached
lu the District Supreui Court by which
a material portion of the estate of the
late Thomas K. Waggaman will be dis
burwd, ;
Excavation work on tbe Panama Canal
Ml off during July.
WILL NOT Ml
Ills Ileparted Statement tan,
i reiiui i remier.
HE IS FIRM TOWARD THE VATICAi
Declares They Organized Junta,
Which Village Priests Ar .
Leaders His Complaint to tk.
r-.: ... . ln
"n ignored will Keduce tk,
"urnotr oi Kengious urtiers.
Paris (Snnelull ! V,.... o
that it is authorized to deny tlie Mlk
ment of the Madrid Epoca that Pio
Briand strongly advised King Alton,
against a rupture with Rome and hlM
the severance of diplomatic relational!!
tween France and the Holv See to il
The paper says further thnt Kins ti
fonso, during the interview with IVi,,',.
Briand talked frankly about the si;,,,
tion and told the French statesman 'j,
'-ci win- irons inai ne oui not prop,,
to obey tlie injunction of the Vatican t,
il. .1 r' "
I'M'-inir me lorcais OI 1 HIS A, or to .
low the Vatican to mix in Spanish pol,
tics. '
l.es Nonvelles adds:
"M. Briand's experience enahbd bit
to offer sage advice to the poung nionartt
warning his majesty to propped ft.
lomaticnlly, and avoid hrusmii'iicM aii
wounuing.
MAYOR GAYNQR STILL IMPROVE
i
Condition Favorable, but lilnoi
poisoning Still Possible.
New York (Special (.Another day Im'
passed and Mayor Wm. J. Gnvnnr, s!m
in the neck by James J. Gallagher, ihon
no symptoms of blood poisoning. He cn.
tinues to rest well at intervals, to u.
iiourisnment wncn desired and f i,
bulletins his surgeons issue disgui-o not.
ihm .1 : : , ,
p, I'uiiuiiiuu is lavorame towar(
ultimate recovery.
iho bugbear of septicaemia is not vi
passed, however, nor Is tlie possihilit,
that an artery or n blood vessel has ln.i
scraped by the bullet. With tin Se IKHI
bilities ever present he is still in
danger rone and will be for more the
a week.
The same feeling of anxietv is frit
lesser degree, but there is no going V
iiimi tne oiuciat bulletins.
.mere were reports mat the .Mavnn
temperature had increased slighty diiriij
the afternoon, hut no bulletin to this el
feet was issued. On the contrary, hi.
physicians maintain their hopeful' stt.
tude. Reports that his pulse was woa're
aiso iouna no ollicial confirmation.
SWEETER THAN EVER.
Per Capita Consumption of Sugu
Last Year Was Eighty-Two
Pounds.
Washington, D. C. (Special). Til!
avprage American ate 82 pounds of suyit
last year, which was more than he ere
had eaten before in the history of i'J,
country. The figures for the 12 nmnt
ended June 30 were just made public kj
tne iiepartment oi tommeree and J.ahi
"Can you estimate the increased po
ccntagc of sweetness therefore pnsaesw
oy tne American girl? was askPd.
"That is impossible," solemnly rpplii
the . statistical clerk. "I can sav, hm
ver, that the figures show that a great
percentage of the sweetness assimilate
by the American people was what y
niignt term Home grown sweet npss vi
is, sugar produced on American soil."
Ihe total amount of sugar eaten r
Americans during the year is cstimatn
at seven and one-half billion pounc
Only in two previous years did the ton
ever approach the seven billion mark,
only on four other occasions did it exed
six billions.
Hawaii, Porto Rico, the Philipninil
and the sugar producing lands in H
United Mates schowed increased prnuu
tion. Hawaii increased from LOiSM
000 pounds the previous year to 1,0ft
111,000 pounds! Porto Rico from W
(itiiMMMi to 5011,000,000 pounds, the I'
sugar fields in tho tinted States from 9
to 1,(125,000,000 pounds. The I'hili!
pines broke all records since their l
nexation, with 7(l.000,000 pounds, m
cane fields in the United States aloniHJ
creased, showing a reduction from 2'
000,000 to 750,000,000 pounds.
HEIM'S TERRIBLE FALL.
The Aeroplane Drops 225 Feet a
Johannisthal.
Johanuislhal, Germany ( Special).-!
The acroplanist Hcim met with a serioij
accident at the aviation meet he-
While flying at a height of about 2
feet in a Wright machine one of the t"
pellcrs broke. The other continued '
run, causing the craft to turn over r
eral times. It fell and was complete
demolished, lleini was earned on 1
field unconscious. Later he regained e
scimisncss, but his injuries are considoi'j
very grave.
Captain Scott Coo!.
Cape Town (Special). No alarm
felt by Captain Scott, commander of b
British Antarctic expedition, ovethe J-
lay in the arrival of the Terra Nova, t
vessel that the exiiedition is to uae in A
quest for the South Pole. The vessel
now 12 days overdue and has not t"
spoken since she left Madeira on Ju
7. Captain Scott says audi dclavs
not unusual and that he will not becoH
apprehensive if the vessel is not hc I
from for two weeks yet. .
40 Miles With Dead.
Tuscon, Aril!. (Special.) After dr
ing a team of bronchos with one hand l
40 miles on a stormy night, Alfred Vil
a youth, dcelivered the body of his d
brother to his' parents near the cit
While driving through the storm ti
buckboard in which the two ' brotlu
were riding was struck by lightning, ki
ing the younger instantly and paml; fi'j
oiifi siue ui mo uuivr, in-framing r
sciousness, the tiler boy headed the ti.
for home, driving with hi sound hand
Aeroplanes for Signal Corps.
Washington, I). C. "(Special).- Fro'
sion for sevcr'al aeroplanes for tho Anil
may be made in the estimates to be p1
sen ted to the next session of CongrM
The estimate are now being preps"
and an effort will be made to keep tM
down to last year'a figure. If it is p"
sible without reducing any of the e'
mates needed for improvements alrn'
under wsv the Signal Corps will be i'
eluded with fair amount for expr
mental purposes, which will mean tt
two or possibly three aeroplanes will
asked lor.