The
)Fulton County News
f McConnellsburg, Pa.
LARGE AND SMALL FAMILIES.
Where the population It largely agri
cultural and Isolated, and where labor
It scarce, the husbandman la proud to
raise a large family, for the boys It
jtlme will help to lift the labor from his
(houlders, and also there Is always
blent y of work for the girls to do about
she farm. Moreover, food la plentiful
pud other desires are lew. Dut no such
Stimulus for a large family exists In
urban life, where It Is often necessary
to live In a flat, the very limitations of
Khlch point to the Inadvlsabllity of a
fcumerous progeny, says Indianapolis
(Btar. Moreover, as the individual
rises In the social scale former desires
fcecome present needs. The coming of
numerous children would moan the
Sacrifice of these needs by the parents,
fthe descent to a lower standard of liv
ing, and the parents will not consent
Finally science has shown that a
kmall family well taken care of makes
jfc better showing In future generations
Whan a large family poorly looked
uler. The fewer children of the well-Iprovlded-for
family will actually show
tsv more numerous progeny In the third
generation than will tho underfed and
neglected children of the larger family.
'Eugenic is a big question, and a con
scientious Investigation of It will con
"Ttnco anyone that dogmatic assertion
tfn that field is a hazardous perform
ance. It is a general rule in biology
that aperies with the most numerous
offspring are those that bring fewest
perfect and efficient Individuals to maturity.
A Rhode Island traveling agent who
was disappointed in the demand in a
certain section for the tireless cookers
rwhich h j was offering, discovered that
(the farmers of "Little Rhody" have
jtaken to the use of their incubators for
Bummer coking. Like the discovery of
iroast pig In China, this utilization of
(the Incubator was the result of acci
dent. A husband who had forgotten to
t)ut on the pork and beans in accord
ance with a promise to a wife "out
hopping," dashed the beans Into an In
cubator, thus saving his bacon at the
expense of a few chicks which were
called out to death In a fervent pork-and-beans
atmosphere. The Idea of
fcoth raising and cooking chickens In
fncubators Is depressing to the munu
acturers of tireless cookers.
President Taft has signed orders
which provide for the further with
drawal of coal lands from entry and
appropriation for mining purposes.
The aggregate of such withdrawals
Bow reaches over 71,500,000 acres.
This means that the enormous area In
question Is to be preserved by the gov
ernment for disposition in the future
and that It Is not to fail Into the bands
ef grasping monopolists, says Troy
Times. Coal lands may be open to ag
ricultural entry, but the rich deposits
underneath are to remain public prop
erty, subject to such arrangement as
may be made In the general Interest
The ramming of the gunboat Cas
Une which ss a result lies on the beach
t Provlncetown, Mass., full of water,
was due to a miscalculation in mimic
warfare similar to that which caused
the sinking of tho French submarine
I'lu' ioso and tho drowning of her en
tire crew. But In the case of the Bo
xilta, which struck tho Castine. the
mistake was made in the line of duty,
whereas the loss of the I'luvlose was
due to a "fool trick" on the part of
er commander, who miscalculated
when attempting to dlvo under a pas
wanger steamer merely for spectacular
effwt.
The first sham battle In the air Is
reported from Vlncennos. France,
where balloons carried guns to the
tieight of ?,2T, feet and discharged
them. One of the contending balloons
was compelled to retreat, and both bal
loons happily outlived tho sham battle,
which was remarkable chiefly for this
latter denouement.
Congress Is to have another prince
aa delegate from Hawaii, but neither
lie nor his country ran be supersti
tious, for his name Is Jonah. It does
not follow, however, that his entrance
Into our national deliberations will
be followed by a wail.
A physician says that going on the
atago la a sure cure for the blues.
Somebody ouglu to protest against
this prescribing for tho indlvlduul at
the eipense of the public.
There has been a gain of $1M,000.
00 in tho value of Imports during the
past eleven months, not including the
diamonds and things that were rnluued
fby the Inspectors at Ne v York.
In Russia It Is against the law to
.marry more than fivo times. Even In
Russia we can't tee why such a law
ishould be necessary.
la London they say that a man
,ehould allow bis wile one fifth of bis
Income. Here, she gets five fifths.
,
Butter is getting so haughty that It
will aeon scorn to be known aa out of
the necessities of Ufa. .
Three New York balloonist have
-disappeared. Now their friends are
ia la the air.
la It not time to set down killing
fey automobile in the list of prevent
able diseases?
VJEEX'S RECORD OFTHEMEWS
1 PANORAMIC VIEW OFfTHE INTERESTING
OCCURRENCES OP SEVEN DAYS.
Events That Make World's History
Gathered From All Over the
Globe and Chronicled in..
Briefest Form..
WASHINGTON.
Forty-sit relatives of ex-President
Castro were expelled from Venezuela,
according to advices received by the
state department In Washington.
The I'nited Stales will not oppose
the annexation of Korea by Japan,
which now seems Imminent, on ac
count of a provision In the Ports
mouth treaty between Russia and Ja
pan, which seems to permit It.
Capt. Edgar A. Maeklln of the
Twenty-fifth Infantry has been placed
on the retired lint of the army by di
rection of the President on Recount of
disability Incurred In line of duty.
Gtistav A. Rlst, an American cltl
ren, was murdered In Bolivia on June
11 by Augustin Hunf, according to a
dispatch received at the state depart
ment from Minister Leslie Combs at
Lima, Peru.
The census bureau announced the
population of Albany to he 100,253, a
gain of 6.5 per cent. In ten years. The
population of Indianapolis Is 233,
650, a gain of 38.1 per cent.
Secretary Ballinger of the Interior
department has sent word to Beverly
that he 'will resign any time he Is
asked to do so by the President, but
not until then.
PERSONAL.
President Taft visited the tombs of
Ma ancestors In Massachusetts, met
many relatives, found he was distant
ly related to Senator Aldrlch and Gov
ernor Drnper and christened a baby.
National rejoicing upon an unsu
ally extensive scale marked the eleh
tleth birthday of Emperor Franz Jo
self, the venerable sovereign of Aus
tria and Hungary and dean of all the
European monarchs.
David Ranken. Jr., the millionaire
St. Louis philanthropist and founder
of the school of mechanical trades
which bears his name, died In Atlan
tic City, N. J. Just before departing
for Atlantic City Ranken gave $3.
000.000 to the school of which he was
the founder.
Vice President Sherman, after a
long conference with President Taft.
made It clear that direct primaries
will be treated as a dead Issue In the
state campaign.
GENERAL NEWS.
8e that your Ice cream coot wears
' the pure food label,
Speaking of his recent western trip.
Senator Crane told his callers that be
found general business surprisingly
good, the only menace to reviving
prosperity being found In popular un
rest, which is manifesting Itself In
some of the political activities of the
dav.
Sneaker Cannon addressed the "old
settlers" of Watseka, 111.. In optnlng
his campaign for re-election to con
gress. President Taft sent a message of
sympathy regarding the death of
President Montt. An American war
ship may bring the body to this coun
try. The probating of the will of the
late Representative Walter P. Brown
low of the First Tennessee district,
reveala that his estate, valued at
$200,000, Is left In the bands of trus
tees for twelve years, following which
It Is to bo divided among his five chil
dren. Frank B. Hnrrlman. Charles T. Ew
Ine and John M. Tavlor. former offi
cials of the Illinois Central railroad,
were arrested In Chicago on chares
In conned Ion with tho railroad graft
scandal.
The Democratic state committee. In
session at Saratoga Springs. N. Y..
voted to hold the etnto convention nt
Rochester on September 29.
Five and a half miles of the Pan
ama canal at the Atlantic entrance
were opened to navigation for the
sand and rock fleet.
Mayor Gaynor's secretary said that
the physicians now consider him to be
out of danscr.
J. F. McMurray denlpd at Sulphur.
Okla , that lie had offered Senator
Gore a $23,000 or $50,000 bribe to
further his Indian contracts, or that
be had said that. Vlre President Sher
man was interested In them.
Commander Henry L. Johnson, IT.
S. N.. retired, died of heart failure at
his homo In Burlington, Vt.
The Washington woolen mills.
owned by John C. Melville of Freder
icksburg, Va.. and a number of New
York people, have been burned. Loss
$150,000.
Rellectlng tho views of the admlnls.
tratlon. It is generally believed, Rep
resentative Nicholas Longworth of
Ohio gave out a statment at Reverly,
Mass., In which he says he will never
support Speaker Cannon again.
Tho prosperity of the west Is em
phasized by James J. Hill, Just re
turned from tour.
Six more veniremen were dismissed
In the trial of Lee O'Noll Browne, In
Chicago, making a total of 111 who
have admitted that they were "ap
proached" as to their views.
The last bulletin issued by Mayor
Gaynor's surgeons stated that all con
ditions were favorable.
The contest committee of the Boston-Harvard
aero meet decided at
Boston to do away with the balloon
exhibition and make the affair strictly
an aviatlni meet.
More than 3,600 enlisted men of
the Atlantic battleship fleet were the
guests of the citizens of Newport R
I., being served with a clambake.'
Speaker Cannon at Danville, m
said that he would go Into the Repub
lican caucus as a candidate.
Rudolph and Leopold Klevholte
sued In New York for $2,000,000
damages for losses In railway deals,
accusing Newman Erb, as trustee of
estate.
Acting Mayor Mltchel of New York
says the law prohibiting prize fighting
must be enforced.
The congressional committee In
vestigating the dare charges st Sul
phur. Okla.. sent to Ileverlv. Mass., a
statement covering tho amount of
attorneys' fees paid by Indians In the
last twenty year.
Seattle, Wash., health commission
er, alarmed at Infantile paralysis fa.
'Illy, departed for East to consult
einerts.
Stockholder of the old ppenlx Fl
Insurance company sad ,. nni
sue the direr tors for an
lomt attributed ro tnft 4"mp
Representative Lloyd onened n.
tlonal congressional campaign head
quarters in unicago.
The cloak manufacturers of New
York estimated the cost to the com
munity of the cloakmakers' strike at
$150,000,000.
The New York legislative commit
tee on graft was said to have received
information regarding abuses in the
appointment of legislative clerks.
Gen. Frederick Dent Grant Issued
a statement at Pine Camp, N. Y., in
which he praised the workings of the
present prohibitory canteen law.
Herbert L. Pond, who killed Mrs
Gertrude Umschled of North Bergen,
N. J., was found near the scene of the
murder, and his pursuers saw him
Are a bullet Into his brain.
Mayor Marshall of Columbus re
fused to be responsible for the opera
tion of street cars by strike breakers
nt night; the state authorities refused
to allow mllltla to do police duty.
Douglas H. Johnson, chief of 80,
000 Chickasaw Indians, when asked
at the land hearing at Sulphur, Okla.,
how It was that he was able to de
posit $75,000 In a Texas bank a few
days after J. F. McMurray had re
ceived $750,000 as attorney's fees,
Insisted that he did not remember.
The Pan-American conference In
Berlin unanimously approved a con
vention forcing all the republics of
America to submit all pecuniary
claims to arbitration.
The wave of popular protest against
prize fights and prize fight pictures
that manifested itself after the Johnson-Jeffries
affair nt Reno had Its echo
when the police under orders from
Acting Mayor John Purroy Mltchel
prevented tho Kaufman-Lang bout at
the Fairmont A. C, New York.
The "Insurgent" forces swept Cali
fornia In the primaries. Johnson was
nominated for governor by a plurality
of 30,000. Three "atandpat" repre
sentatives were defeated, and Mr,
Works, "Insurgent," may succeed Mr.
Flint In the Senate.
Theodore Roosevelt, defeated by
tho Republican state committee for
temporary chairman of the New York
state convention, says his speech
would have helped "the right kind of
a man on a clean-cut progressive plat
form." The half-mllllon dollar art collec
tion rf Edmund D. Lewis of Phila
delphia was bequeathed to his niece,
Mrs. Vaughn of New York.
Details of the alleged scheme by
which "land grabbers" enriched them
selves at the expense of minor Indians
were revealed In the Inquiry Into the
charges of Senator Gore at Sulphur,
Okla.
Infantile paralysis Is spreading rap
Idly through Rhode Island.
Stockholders of the Norfolk &
Western Railway company are to vote
on nn Increase of $50,000,000 in cap
ital. Pittsburg has risen from eleventh
to seventh place among the great cit
ies of the United States, according to
population statistics made public by
the census bureau. Pittsburg and
Allegheny are one city, with a popu
lation of 533.905.
Governor Harmon of Ohio assumed
personal charge of the car strike situ
ation In Columbus. Without consult
ing any one he put a force of 1,000
state troops in the capitol yard. In
cluding the First regiment of Cincin
nati, part of the Third regiment of
Dayton and Troop B and Battery C of
Columbus.
FOREIGN.
The cholera epidemic In Italy Is
spreading, more than forty deaths be
ing reported, and the cabinet met to
discuss the situation.
It Is officially admitted that the
deaths from cholera In the province
of Bnrl delle Puglle, I'aly, now num
ber about forty. The doctors, how
ever, are hopeful of checking the epi
demic. Richard Arnst of New Zealand won
the sculling race for the chamnlon
shln of the world with Ernest Barry
of London on tho Zambesi river.
Virginia's gift of a bronze replica
of Houdon's statue of Washington
was dedicated In tho Napoleon hall of
the Chateau of Versailles, France, in
the presence of a distinguished assem
blage of Frenchmen and Americans.
John B. Molssant, an architect of
Chicago, flew from Issy to Calais and
thence to a point near Deal, across the
English channel, In a Blerlot mono
plane, carrying a passenger.
President Montt's body was em
balmed in Bremen preparatory to be
ing taken to Chile.
Mrs. Daniel, Bacon, wife of a New
York stock broker and sister of Lady
Gilbert Parker, was robbed of Jewels
valued at $45,000 while touring
Switzerland.
John B. Molssant, the American
svlator. who Is attempting to fly from
Paris to London, was forced to de
scend twice, the second time when
within about twenty-five miles of Lon
don, on account of defects in the
motor of his machine.
Capt. Elman Mlkkclsen's ship, the
Alabama, with a party In search of
the bodies of the men of the Erlcksen
Greenlnnd expedition, was wrecked
on the coast of East Greenland. No
lives were loRt. .
A protocol was signed In Riff Jan
eiro by representatives of Brarll and
Argentina in full satisfaction for re
cent flag Insults at the capitals of
both countries.
Dispatches from Toklo say that
Japan has begun negotiations at
Seoul, Korea, for the annexation of
the country.
Sir Ernest Cassel hss created a
foundation of $1,000,000 in memory
of King Edward VII., to aid poor Ger
mans and Britons.
The London Dally Mall says the
union of Canada and the United
States Is the aim of Americans.
The clerical Juntas have decided to
hold demonstrations against the gov
ernment throughout Spain.
The visit of the papal nuncio to the
nueen mother of Spain has caused
much comment. - n.
Thirty-nine lives were lost by the
sinking of the Spanish steamer Mar
ios after a collHioti with the German
tramp Elsa. off Gibraltar.
I.e Blanc's airship beat the first of
forty-seven carrier pigeons released
at Doual on the flight to Amiens, by
six minutes and twenty seconds.
Thousands of cases of cholera are
reported dally in Russia; tnuny chil
dren are starving.
The Vatican In a semi-official com
munication says it will make no new
proposals to Spain until Premier Can-,
alejas resumes negotiations.
The managemeut of the Brussels
exposition, which was swept by fire,
decided to close It for t few days to
clear away the Ore ruins and ..hen re
open it.
In the great flood which Inundated
many districts and ubmeig; inov
ot the Hoitj and Kukadaa j
of Toklo, Ja: i f, 1,1 ID pri' in mi.
known to -ii drowped
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ATTEMPT TO FLY TO L
John Moissant a Reckless and
Romantic Character.
HE FAILS IN ATTEMPT TO FLY TO LONDON
Determined, However, to Complete
His Remarkable Journey From the
French to the English Capital The
Young American Aviator Now
Recognized as an Agent of General
Zelaya. ..
Chatham, England (Special). Two ac
cidents to his monoplane brought down
to earth the American aviator, John B.
Moissant, who the day before made a rc
mnrkahle flight across the English Chan
nel, with a passenger, in a during at
tempt to fly from l'uris to London. Mois
sant's aeroplane lies partially wrecked in
a brick Held near Ruinlium, Kent, some
30 miles from London.
Hy a remarkable stroke of fortune,
which seemed to have followed the al
most unknown and inexperienced aviator
on the first two days of his Might. Mois
sant and his mechanician, Albert Filuux,
escaped unhurt. But the machine came
heavily to the ground, alighting in a nar
row space banked high around with enrth
nnd piles of broken brick. There it is
lik'-ly to remain until it can be removed
pic-emcal and refitted with parts now on
their way from Paris to replace those
that were broken by the fall.
Moissant resumed his flight from Til
manstone at- 4:55 o'clock A. M. Tho
weather was clear and hardly a breeze
stirred the air. Everything seemed most
favorable to the accomplishment of his
hopes, but at 7 o'clock he wok obliged
to descend near Sittingbonme. A small
pin had become displaced, and almost
from the start it gave the aviator trou
ble. After this defect was repaired Mols
sant reascended, but 1m-fore he had gone
many miles a connecting rod was broken,
which forced him to use the planes to
reach the ground.
VIRGINIA'S GIFT ACCEPTED.
Statue of Washington Dedicated at
Versailles.
Versailles (Speciol). In the Napoleon
Hall of the Chateau of Versailles, in the
presence of the French Minister of War,
General Brim; the French Ambassador
to the United Stutes, M. Jusserand, and
his wife, and the American Ambassador,
Robert Bacon, and Mrs. Ilacon, the bronze
replica of Houdon's celebrated statue of
Washington in the State House at Rich
mond, Va., presented by the State of Vir
ginia to the French Republic, was dedi
cated with appropriate ceremonies.
Among others present were the Marquis
de Uifuyette, the members of the French
mission, which presented to America the
statue of ItnchanilM-au, now at Washing
ton, and I'nited States Senator Nathan
li. Scott, of West Virginia.
General Urun, who presided, spoke of
the sUitue as the greatest work of the
greatest French sculptor of the Eigh
teenth Century. Col. .tumes Mann, chair
man of the Virginia Commission, deliver
ed the speech of presentation. State Sen
ators Don P. Halsey and K. W. King, of
Virginia, also made addresses on behalf
of the State of Virginia.
Ambassador Jusserand, in the absence
of the French Minister of Foreign Af
fairs, M. l'ichon. accepted the statue on
behalf of the French Government. He
declared that tho friendship of General
Washington and of the American people
constituted one of the glories of France.
GOVERNOR VS. EDITOR.
Nevada Executive Resents Article
With Fists.
Reno (Special). Governor Dickerson,
enraged by a story which appeared in a
iReno paper on the selection of a new
prison site, went into the office of the
('arson News, which is edited by George
A. Montrose, and demanded to know if
Montrose wrote the article.
Montrose said he did not, but that if
lie had he would not be afraid to ac
knowledge it. Dickerson is said to have
made a lunge at Muptrose, his fist graz
ing the editor's cheek. Montrose, catch
ing the Governor by the throat, bore him
backward, also delivering a stiff body
blow. A friend separated them. Dicker
son refused to leave and Montrose started
to call an otlicer by telephone. Dicker
son then departed.
DEMANDED BABY BOY.
.Refused, Automobilists Threw Car
bolic Acid Cn Mother,
Stanford, Ky. (Special), Stopping
their automobile in front of the home of
T. I. Fads, a young farmer, a man and
woman demanded that Mrs. Kails give
them her baby boy. When Mrs. Kails re
fused the woman threw a bottle, of car
holio arid on the young mother. Then
the two strangers 'eft in their car. No
explanation for the act was obtainable
from1 Mr. Eadi.
TOO SMALL TO LIVE.
Virgile Kills Himself On Account of
His Small Stature.
. Lewistown, Pa, (Special). Because of
liis diminutive stature Virgile i Sinna,
!iged 42 years, of New York city, sent s
iullet into his brain on ths it-et her,
iinna was a drummer in a band plsyinf
n a prk here.
A letter was found at his lodgings eon
tain ing $60, to be forwarded to his father
in South America. The letter said he
fiad eommitUd suicide because his fellow
rnusleians were always making sport of
titm owint fet hjs snjfclj stature,
JERSEY CITYHAS BIG BLAZE
Engines Are Sent Over From
New York City.
Big Buildings Are Reduced to Ashes
With Great Rapidity on Account of
the Inflammable Nature of Their
Contents Burning Cork Scatters
the Fire Tenement Dwellers Are
Driven to the Streets.
Xew York (Special). Fire in the
warehouse division of Jersey City caused
damage estimated at $1,0(10,000. Chief
t'rokur and five engines from New YorK
hurried across the Hudson to aid the
Jersey firemen and dynamite was used
frequently.
The lire started in the plant of Trus
low & Fulle, manufacturers of cork prod
ucts, at Washington and Morgan stcets
The flaming light cork was carried by the
wind and ignited the plant of the Riegel
Sack Company across the street.
A few minutes later the Independent
Puking Powder Works were burning.
Then working up Washington street, the
fire attacked the W. Amos & Co. spike
works and the Butler liros. notion ware
house. The entire Jersey City fire department
was on the scene at this stuge, and the
baking powder plant was demolished with
dynamite. But as the flames continued
to spread aid was summoned from Now
York, and the two departments worked
together.
The vicinity is fringed with old wood
en tenement houses, occupied mainly by
Poluk dock laborers and their families,
and thousands poured into the streets,
wailing and dragging their belongings.
The streets were soon congested with
furniture and other household articles,
seriously hampering the firemen and af
fording loot for hoodlums.
Only on serious accident was reported.
The victim was Spencer Babcock, a fire
man, who 'u knocked unconscious by a
live wire.
PHILANTHROPIST DEAD.
David Ranken, Jr., Who Gave Away
Fortune of $3,000,000.
Atlantic City, X. J. (Special). David
Ranken, Jr., a millionaire philanthropist
of St. Louis, died here.
Mr. Ranken was the founder of the
David Ranken, Jr., School of Mcclinnial
Trades, which he endowed with $3,000.
000, saving only $23(1 a month for him
self. He wag horn at Boystown, County
Londonderry, Ireland, October 3, 1H33.
He was educated at Belfast Academy.
Coming to the t'nited States in 1802 he
settled in St. Louis, where he remained n
bachelor while amassing a fortune in the
real estate and financial business.
He was a director of the Louisiana
Purchase Exposition and a member of
the Business Men's League.
CAN'T SHUT HER MOUTH.
Waterbury Girl Yawns and Jaws Re
fuse to Close.
Waterbury (Special). Physicians arc
puzzled by tho case of May Fielding, of
Cherry street, whose jaw is set so tight
she cannot close it. She is in a partially
cnniarVise state, following hysterics and
severe fainting spells, and it is feared she
may not recover.
She was employed by the Waterbury
Clock Company, and all last week looked
forward to the picnic. At the outing she
was the merriest of the crowd. Return
ing to her home, she sat in a rocking
chair and yawned several times in suc
cession. Finally her jaws refused to
clo3
CRACK POSTOFFICE SAFE.
Burglars In Auto Pay Visit to Grove
land, N. J.
Auburn, X. Y. (Speciul). Safehlow
ers, supposedly the gang who operated on
the safe at tjroveland, near Rochester,
snme night ago, and eseaptl in an auto
mobile, entered the village of Cayuga by
auto at 2 o'clock A. M. First they broke
into the barn of the Mansfield Hotel and
took rugs and blankets. They next raid
ed a blacksmith shop and obtained tools.
Finally they gained access to the post
office and wrapping the safe in the robes
obtained from the hotel barn, they dyna
mited it. They got away with a liirge
quantity of stamps and money.
ETHEL TURNS EXPLORER.
Roosevelt's Daughter With Expedition
to Glaciers.
Orrat Falls, Mont. ( Special ).-iMiss
Ethel Roosevelt, daughter ' of former
President Roosevelt, is in Montana, ac
companied by Major Henry Fairfivld Os
born, the famous paleontologist of the
I'nited States Geological Survey; Otherj
in the party are Miss Osborn, the Major's
daughter, and a number of guides. Miss
Roosevelt, it is said, is interested in ex
ploring the recesses of the glacier park.
Arctic Ship Sunk.
Copenhagen ( Special ) .The Alabama,
the vessel of the Danish Arctie expedi
tion, sank last winter off Eastern (iren
land. News of the disaster was received
here. Captain Mikkelson and the other
members of the expedition were able to
reach Shannon Island, whence they have
just been rescued. ,
A number of fialonlki and Servian
capitalists have organised with the in
tention of producing oottonamd oil at
fialonlki. The eotton seed is to be pur
ehased from Alexandria and the eotton
produeinjr towns of Macedonia.
EPIDEMIC OF CHOLERA
in SOUTHERN ITALY
Thousands of People Fleeing
From the Pest.
CARRYING THE DREADED GERMS.
The Pope Orders That the Lazaretto
of Santa Marta, Built Inside the
Vatican By Pope Leo, Be Prepared
for EmergencyPriests Instructed
, to Aid Civil Authorities.
Barl, Italy (Special). The epidemic
of cholera, which has broken out in
Southern Italy, is steadily showing an in
crease in the districts allected, particular
ly in the town of Trsni, where the num
ber of deaths already is more than 30.
The latest official report gave 20 deaths
at Trani, showing the rapidity with
which the disease is increasing there. The
epidemic is of a virulent type and the
death rate Is high.
Even graver danger is anticipated from
the flying population of the infected dis
tricts, who may bear the germs of the
disease to regions not yet involved. Trani
seems almost deserted as a result of the
panic, 20,000 of the residents, fully one
naif of the population, having tied the
town. Fully as many have escaped from
the island town of Barletta.
Rome (Special). Rumors that the epi
demic of cholera, which has broken out
in Apulia, had spread to Rome are em
phatically denied. There have been no
cases here and the general health condi
tions in Rome are excellent, better than
at any time during the past 10 years.
Although the danger of infection is not
felt here, the Pope ordered the Lazaretto
of Santa Marta, built inside the Vatican
by Pope Leo in 1HH5, during the great
cholera epidemic at Naples, but never
used because of the absence of cholera
patients, made ready for any emergency.
The hospital, instead, has been employed
to shelter pilgrims from all countries, in
cluding parties of American sailors who
have visited Rome from American war
ships lying in Italian ports.
The influence of the church is to be
used to assist the civil authorities in
fighting the epidemic, the clergy having
been instructed to use all means to en
force compliance with the sanitary regu
latinns on the part of their parishioners.
No final decision has been taken regard
ing the proposed departure of King Vic
tor for the cholera region. The King, it
is said has determined to proceed person
ally to the scene if conditions become
more serious, in which esse Queen Helena,
it is said, will insist upon accompanying
him.
BACK FROM MT. McKINLEY.
Prof. Parker Says Cook Was Ten
Miles From Summit.
Seward, Alaska (Special). The Parker-Browne
Mount McKinley expedition
passed through here and sailed fur Seat
tle. The party failed to climb Mount Mc
Kinley, and members declare that they
have conclusive proof that Dr. Cook never
reached the summit and that the peak
which he reported as the summit is fully
10 miles from the real summit.
Prof. Hirschell Parker took photos of
this peak, which he says can easily be
identified as pictures of the peak that
Cook gives in his book.
Among the party were Professor Par
ker, of Columbia; Professor Cuntz, of
Stevens Institute, Hoboken; Herman S.
Stuckens, of Xcwton, Mass., and Walde
mar Grasnee, of Columbia University.
Professor Parker doubts the claims
made by Tom Lloyd, of Fairbanks, that
he and his companions climbed McKin
ley from the Fairbanks side.
Clears Car With Hat Pin.
Philadelphia, Pa. (Special). Violet
Ida Adams, a mndishly attired young
woman of South Fifth street, created a
panic in a Spruce street trolley car when
she drew a hatpin and opened an attack
upon 10 passengers and the car crew.
She began the attack by smashing a
young man in the face with her first be
cause he apparently scrutinized her too
closely. When she had finished him, the
conductor and motorman were driven
from the car, then each passenger in turn
was jabbed with the woman's weapon.
She was captured by a patrol load of
policemen from the Sixteenth district and
taken to the Philadelphia Hospital.
tl'lRRRAY DENIES
1FFERISG BRIBE
Bjmon Also on Stand inj n.
dian Land Case.
Man Whom Oklahoma Senator
Charged With Offering Him
Bribe, Also States That Vice-Presi.
dent and Senator Curtis Were N0J
Interested,
Sulphur, Okla. (Special). "It hM
been charged that you, through Jake
Hamon, offered Senator T. P. Gore $25.
000 or $30,000 as a brilie to influence hiaj
in Congress to withdraw opposi(ion t0
the approval of your contracts. Did you
or did you not offer Senator Core such t
bribe?"
"No," replied .T. F. McMurray. to t,j.
question when asked at the hearing ht.
tore the congressional committee invostj.
gating Indian land affairs.
Mr. McMurray, who holds enntrarti
with Chickasaw and Choctaw Indians fni
the sale of $.'10,000,000 worth of land in
this State on a 10 per rent, enminjrorit
fee basis, was on the stand all day. Tht
questions were propounded to him b
Cecil H. Smith, his counsel. 1
"Did you ever tell any one that Vies.
President Sherman had any interest in
your contracts?"
"I never did," answered McMurray.
"Did you authorize Hnnion to siv Mr
Sherman was interested?"
"I did not."
"Did Senator Charles Curtiss, of Kan
sas, ever have any interest in the con
tracts?" "He never did; and I never told anr
one that he did." -
"Did you ever tell anyone that Con
pressman B. S. Mctiuire rind any int-rcst
in anv of vour contracts?"
"I never did."
"Has anv memher of Congress nr any
employe of any department of tiie gov
ernment anv interest in vour contracts
"They have not."
Describing his contracts n a plain
business proposition. Mr. McMurray told
of his relations with the Indians, begun
in 1800. In the first contracts for the
sale of the land Cecil Lyon, Xntional
Republican Committeeman from Tca,
was a partner, McMurray said. Thesi
contracts were disapproved bv President
Roosevelt in 100S, and Mr. f.yon ccawd
to be connected with them. Mr. .McMur
ray said he then employed as counsel
former Senator .1. M. Thurston, of Xe
hraska; former Senator C. I. Iene, n
Kansas, and Richard C. Adams, of Wash
ington. The witness denied that he ever
offered $25,000 as a bribe to D. C. McCur
tain, a Choctaw lawyer. McCurtain had
testified that the offer had been made to
him in connection with the old tribal
contracts.
Mr. McMurray testified that lie had
called twice on Senator (ore after Msj
6 (the date on which the Senator said
Hamon tried to bribe him), and the Sen
ator had made no reference to the allcpd
offer of hriliery to him, He had not
heard of it until Gore's speech in tin
Senate which was made on .lune 24.
Jacob L. Hamon, mentioned by Sen
ator Gore as the man who offered tin
bribe in McMurray's behalf, took the
stand and denied he had ever made uen
an offer.
FLORIDA LIMITED DERAILED
One Dead, One Wounded.
, Dalton, Ga. (Special). Meagre reports
of the killing 01 a young man named rai
tersnn and the wounding of another man
named Teems st Wood Station, Catoosa
'county, have reached Dalton. The au
thorities here have been telephoning a de
scription of the alleged slayer of Patter
son John Iirockman who left imme
diately after the tragedy, headed in this
direction. A posse is searching the sur
rounding country thoroughly. The cause
of the shooting is said to have been fam
ily troubles.
$7.50 To Dine With Roosevelt.
Chicago (Special). It will cost $7.30
to dine with Colonel Roosevelt at the
Congress Hotel on the night of Septem
ber 8. Besides, one must first have an
invitation from the Hamilton (.'lub, whose
guest he will be, and then draw for a
chance to be a favored one. Engraved in
vitations with cards sotting forth that
the drawing for tickets will take place
at 2 o'clock, August 2!), have been.lssued.
Twenty-Seven Passengers Injured On
Southern.
Washington, D. ' C. (Special). Tm
general offices of the Southern Railway is
sued the following statement regarding
the wreck of the Florida Limited, north
bound, near Rockton, S. C. :
"The engine remained on the track, 1ml
the combination express and baggage cat
and two coaches were derailed. Thru
j sleeping cars left the track, but remained
i upright. The accident occurred about 10
o clock r. M. The cause has not yet been
ascertained, as the track is in good con
dition at the point where the train ai
first derailed. A further investigation
will be made.
"Xo persons were killed. Twenty seven
passengers 8 white nnd 19 colored re
port slight injuries, but were all able to
proceed on their journey, with the excep
tion of J. D. Ruden, of Atlanta, Ga.. who
was injured about the head, and who it
I under the care of a physician at Co
lumbia. . c,
Conductor Rlanton and Moil Cleric
Thompson were the most severely injur
ed, it was learned. Over 300 yards "f
track were torn up sndj traffic badly delayed.
15-Passenger Dirigible.
San Francisco, Cal. (Special). On
funds supplied by leading business and
professional men, a 15-possengcr dirigible
is bying secretly constructed here and will
soon be completed. It is said to be of a
new type which, it is hoped, will intro
duce radical changes into air craft gen
erally. Jilted, Ends Her Life.
Hoboken, N. J. ( Special ) . Arrested on
the complaint of a former sweetheart,
Anton Eiuner, who charged her with an-'
noying him, Minnie Kritchner, aged 22
years, shot and killed herself in the detention-room
of police headquarters. The
matron of the prison hud Just entered to
search the girl, when she Suddenly drew
the revolver from the bosom of her dress,
placed it behind her right ear and fired.
The bullet lodged in her brain. "Tell
him I love him," she exclaimed, as shu
fired.
Crippen's Accuser In Court.
London (Special). Dr. II. H. Crippen,
under arrest in Canada on a charge of
murdering bis wife, Bells Elmore, gained
tbe ffrst step in his preliminary fight to
clear his name when the Criminal Court
of Appeals granted the plea of his solici
tor, Arthur Newton, for a writ of at
tachment against the London Chronicle.
This paper accused Crippen of poisoning
his wife, and said thai the prisoner had
confessed. Contempt of court Is the al
legation made in the plea of Crippen's
sounael.
NEARLY OVERTHROW MADRU
Zelaya's Wife Plotted to Make Dr.
Irias President,
San Jose, Costa Rica (Special).
Quick work on the part "of President
Madriz, of Nicaragua, prevented the over
throw of his government.
According to information which n.11
reached here from Managua, from an tin
(iiestionablv reliable source, Mme. Ze
laya, the wife of the deposed president ol
Nicaragua, organized a conspiracy to
overthrow Madriz and install Dr. Iriai.
The conspirators had progressed to a
point where they were almost ready to
spring the trap, when one of tho trusted
followers of Mme Zelaya got drunk and
gave the plot away.
President Madriz took summary tepi
to prevent the conspiracy from being Mi
ned out, and the plotters were frustrated.
Mme. Zelaya was ordered to leave tn
country forthwith, and Madriz took pij"
to see that she was placed on board tin
steamer San Jose hound from Corinto to
Panama, with a through ticket to Eu
rope. .
Dr. Irlas, who held a place in tM
Madriz cabinet was Invited to resign,
the lesser figures in the conspiracy wen
thrown into prison.
FOR PANAMA EXPOSITION.
Louisiana Senate Passes Bill Provid
. ing 16,500,000.
Baton Rouge, La. ( Special ) .The Sen
ate passed the speciul tax and bond l6""
bill, providing $0,500,000 for the Psnsjn
Exposition Company of New Orleans. Tbs
bill now goes to the House, where e"f"
ances have been given of its passage tin'
wek. With popular subscriptions W
New Orleans this will give the promoter!
of the eipositlon considerably more th
the $7,500,000 recommenced by CougreH-
KILLED WIFE AND SELF.
Mill Foreman Calls His Si Children
to See Him Die.
Montreal ( Special WI. have kill
your mother and now I'm going to k
myself," said John OTCeefe, a eotton Wu
foreman, to his sis little children, wlw
he bad eallad around him after ;
Ing them. He then shot himself in v
head. He was dead when tielghbori "
rived. Bis wife was found dead in
Thero were bullet wounds on her W
Jealous is Mid to have kd w
trsgeajr,