The Fulton County News McConnellsburg, Pa. THE DANGEROUS HOUl FLY. Tho city department of public health Ives a timely and needed warning to those leaving the city for their vara tlons to avoid places where there am many flies. Those who follow this ad vice will avoid places which nre un cleanly, which allow food Hnd garbnz9 to be so exposed as to attract and feed the flies, says the Philadelphia Press. They will avoid plares where stables and dwellings are In near vicinity, as the exposed mnnuro Is the choice breeding place of thousands and even millions of flies. In other words, to void disease-conveying flies avoid places where they permit flies to breed and feed. Formerly tl.e condi tions which multiply !!ies and the flies themselves were roiisld' red ob jectionable) but endurable. Now the patient toleration of lli- s Is known to "be a heedless trlflini; with the health and life of human being. Tdrase germs are for the most part Innocuous to man, until through some convenient t-edlum they are conveyed to hlj Sys tem. This purveyor of disease is the fly. His guilt has been proved to a demonstration. His capacity for car rying on his feet from foul and putres cent sources the bacteria of disease has been recorded by gelatin plates on which ho has been made to alight and have proven his guilt. The raisin growers of Fresno coun ty, California, are trying to promote the consumption of raisins by estab lishing "raisin day," on which all patriots who believe In patronizing "home enterprise and consuming homo productions are expected to Indulge In raisin cakes and puddings, raisin bread, etc. The boys and girls will fall In line for this, and as they are the best consumers of things sweet, It would seem to be good policy to awaken the enthusiasm of young eat rs. Parents are now busy striving to get enough of things more staple than raisins, which would be adopted generally If they could be made to take the place of meat, eggs and other products. Moreover, It Is suspected that If all were to do as the raisin growers desire there would be a boom in the price as a result of the boom In the demand. Smokers who are going to France should know that, now the French du ties on tobacco and cigars have been Increased, travelers entering France are allowed to bring Into the country free of duty only ten cigars, 20 cigar- iettes, or 1 ounces of tobacco, and thin must he on their person, or in their hand luggage examined at the frontier. The customs officials are fully entitled to confiscate or tax any quantity of tobacco or cigars however small which may be found In the heavy luggige of passengers sent un der seal to a terminal station (St. Lazare or Cure du NordJ and ex amined there, and just now they are very strict. The British commercial attache at Yokohama reports that there has been a sudden development at Tokyo and Yokohama in the use of solid rubber tfrca for jlnrlklshas, and the adoption of the new tire promises to become general In Japan. Tho utilization of rubber and Its products for every con ceivable purpose is so rapidly swell fng the demand that there will have to be a corresponding augmentation of the annual crop or prices will hound to prohibitory heights. Tho world will shower wealth on the In ventor who produces an artificial rub ber that will give service approaching 'that of the genuine article. Misfortune seems to follow the Zep jpwlln concern. Hard upon tho recent -disasters to sovcjal of the flying ma . tMuin come the explosions In the ) worts at Frledrlchshufen, resulting In (serious damage to property nnd the "earn of one man and the Injury of a mnmlier of others. Still, German de- termination Is of the holdfast order, and It is nulla likely that tnere will ,V persistent effort toward perfecting Hie Zeppelin principle to the point where present perils will be minimized. A man and his wife are demanding tlM.flO1) because they were ejected rhxwn s New York hotel. People who tore so often been told when apply fir? for accommodations at New York 'Jo rids that there were no rooms left wfif extend sympathy to tho ejected ti r. Tne city oj Cleveland has Just cele- ni f its one hundred and fourteenth ifrf-day. People who remember when ihtew wasn't anything but a school la ts and a grocery store there are k-cewtog scarce. A merriment is on foot at Atlantio Vtr to vTiiiblt pcoplo from maintain or; aa'.trf yards Inside tlw city lira ir. K'o have always been Inclined to ' :' n thai cities were not Intended J.-r r'l purpose of stock raising. . A i a an rtHOgntted an old. Wins rtfrb tueethenrt by bis voice an he f "d est I'j name of stations In toe rvrn tub. IVar ol such thi.ius futt xb'.y accounts for most conductors a, v ewt'y disguising their uaturhl V'.-Zk Nw York Herald wants to ltii the name of the man who In- vvied tbe ctestall. Whv cot let ulm ,nn his obscurity if be is trying i Ue down? j I NEWS OF THE WEEK : 5 IN CONDENSED FORM WASHINGTON. The war and navy departments de clined at Washington to Are the big guns In the neighborhood of the northwestern forest fires. It was de cided that the experiment would be of no value In producing rainfall. Tn a statement Issued at Washing ten Glfford Plnchot attacked Senators Ileybnrn and Carter and Representa tive Mondell for opposing appropria tions fer the nrnper equipment of for est rangers, who, he said, were Illy prepared to fight great forest fires. Col. Sylvester II. Burrh of Kansas, chief clerk of the department of agri culture. Is dead. He was born March 1, 1 842. near Dresden, Ohio. According to the census bureau the population of Mobile. Ala., Is 51,521. an Increase of 13.052. or 33.3 per cent., since lltnn. Kalamazoo. Mien., has 3!), 437, an Increase of 15,033, or 61.6 per cent. It was announced that all the mem bers of the cabinet would meet the President in Washlncton at the time of his several days' stay at the White House. The forest supervisor announces that 114 of his employes have per ished in the western flames. Inadequate means of protecting the forests and unusually dangerous con ditions are blamed by Associate For ester Potter for the flies In the northwest. PERSONAL. Dr. Robert ,T. Aley, state superin tendent of public Instruction of In dianapolis and candidate for re-election, decided to accept the presiden cy of the University of Maine. Prof. William James of Harvard university, one of America's foremost philosophers, died suddenly at his summer home, Chocorua, N H., of heart failure. Charles Barton Hill, former assist ant professor at the Lick observatory on Mount Hamilton and a member of the United States coast and geo detic survey, is dead at his home in San Francisco. He was forty-seven years old. Mayor Gaynor of New York walked about his room In the hospital at Ho boken, N. J. All diet restrictions have been removed. Colonel Roosevelt snoke to enthu siastic audiences in Buffalo, Cleve land, Chicago and other cities. Beverly reports that President Taft enly awaits a real demand from the business interests of the country to decide him to call an extra senate ses sion for the confirmation of new Su preme court justices. W. A. Larned, by defeating T. C. Rundy of California retains the lawn tennis championship ef America. Wilkinson Call, aged seventy-six. United States senator from Florida from 1879 to 1S97. died at his Wash ington home from apoplexy. In her will Mrs. Harriet Coles of Glen Cove. L. I., leaves the hulk of her million-dollar estate to revert to the Female Guardian society. Mrs. Jack Cudahv. whose husband slashed Banker Lllllswas granted a divorce In Kansas City. She alleged cruelty. GENERAL NEWS. Alhert Bnrnett, sfxty years old, an Inmate of the Overbrook Insane asy lum, stepned in front of an automo bile near Cedar Grove. N. .1. He died In the Mountainside Hospital an hour later. Col. Theodore Roosevelt Issued a statement in reply to one given out by Timothy L. Woodruff, in which the former President said that bosslsm was the real Issue of the campaign in New York state. Timothy L. Woodruff will not seek re-election as state chairman of the New York Republican committee. President Taft. at a meeting of the board of trustees of Hampton insti tute, held at Prides Crossing. Mass., delivered an address on negro educa tion. Messrs. Qitaley and Corhett, the promoters accused by Mrs. Mary Nev. ins Bull, were Indicted In New York upon complaint of a one-time em ploye. who asserts he invested $3,000. Thomas A. Edison gave a demon stration at West Orange. N. J., of his new talking pictures, in which the photographs nnd phonograph records are taken at the same time. William Jennings Bryan while In Kalnrnazoo, Mich., declared positively that he would not be a candidate for the Presidency in 1912. Miss Lttella Moore, of New York, and her fiance, Samuel D. Valentine, of Brooklyn, were drowned In Lake Waramaug, near New Preston. Conn., w hen a small boat in which they were rowing capsized. President Taft, It was announced In Beverly, is in favor of a further revision of the tariff; he has written a letter to Congressman McKinley for publication In the Republican campaign textbook giving his views In detail. Minor Heir paced a new record of 2 .no in a race at Galeshurg, 111. Timothy L. Woodruff Issued a state ment blaming Grlseom for "spring ing" Roncevelt's name without con suiting the New York state commit tcemen. He adds that Taft is "in no wav involved in this matter." A fresh revelation In regard to rub ber trust methods was that boots that averaged $4 a nair here at retail were sold in England wholesale at 48 cents. Six Pullman passengers were hurt, rve others were Injured and eight escaped unhurt In a rear-end colllsi. n "n 'ne. pran Trunk railroad near Du rand, Mich. More than a score of persons were Injured, crops in the surrounding dls- -Ki,hW,r dHtro'l nd damage which may amount to $1,000,000 was rought In a storm which swept Chi cao and suburbs. At Ludllngton. Mich., damane estimated at a million dollars was done by a tornado. It Is said that Thomas F. Ryan will enter tbe private banking nniu te coronets with the bluest firms, espe cially J. P. Morgan & Co. In tho final round for the national lawn tennis chs-'iplonshlp Reals C Wrl.ht lost to Tbouias C. Bundy of OWornia, by ( 3, 6-3, 68, io Ksto Klizsteth Stevenson, known on the stags s Kate Claxton. famous for ber work In "The Two Orphsns," flle:l su't In the city court. In Kast St. Louis. to have set sslde a divorce !-ree obtained by her hutband. Charles A. Btevenann. on February . . without her knowledge. ; Joseph C. Sibley, following his withdrawal from the race for con gress In the Twenty-eighth Pennsyl vania dlrtrlct, was arrested at Frank lin, Pa., on a warrant charging him with "conspiracy to debauch voters." The forest fire situation In Mon tana la brighter than at any time for a week, and unless heavy winds set in and again fan the dying embers Into flames and spread these Into new districts It is thought that no new property will be destroyed. The Republican county convention of Orleans county, N. Y., Instructed delegates to the state convention to favor Theodore Roosevelt for tempo rary chairman. Ex-President Roosevelt, In an ad dress to the granges of Herkimer and Oneida counties In Utica, aligned him self with President Taft and Gov ernor Hughes. Edward Wagner, of Pearl River, N. Y., was arrested as the murderer of his wife by a constable, who had to fight to rescue the man from a moh. Returns from the Georgia primary election Indicated that Hoke Smith hnd won the nomination for governor over Joseph Brown, the present In cumbent. Colorado E. won the $15,000 Ma tron futurity stakes at Empire City park. New York, In 2:07U and 2.07?i, the fastest race on record for three-year-old trotters. The Investigation of the Adiron dack affairs at Albany brought the statement frorri John K. Ward, coun sel to the forest, fish and game com mission, that he did not consider It Improper to purchase a camp in the midst of a tract bought by the state. The new oil burning torpedo boat destroyer Paulding broke all records for her class In trial trips. Her fast est mile was at the rate of 33.94 knots, almost two knots In excess of the fastest mile made by the Roe. It is now practically certain that President Taft will make his pro posed trip to the Isthmus of Panama In November. The trip will be cur tailed considerably, however, and the time of the President's absence may he cut down from twenty days to two weeks. It was reported at Spokane, Wash., that the number of deaths In the northwestern forest fires would reach 400. Copies of a resolution condemning moving pictures depicting strike scenes have been printed by organ ized labor in Washington and will be Bent broadcast throughout the coun try In a national crusade. President Taft has directed Gen. Leonard Wood, chief of staff of the United States army, to render all as sistance In his power to the stricken states of the west. He also has sent a telegram offering aid to Governors Brady of Idaho, Norrls of Montana and Hav of Washington. A good government league was launched in Louisiana, with a fund of $50,000; resolutions denounced Senator Sanders and bosslsm. FOREIGN. Cholera. It is officially admitted, now exists In Austria. Prince Nicholas of Montenegro as sumed the title of king. Emperor William' speech at Kon Igsberg, In which he said that he was ruler bv divine mandate and not by the will of the rieonle. has caused a storm of protest in Germany. , The Workmen's federation pre c'nimed a general strike throughout Rtmln. Strong military precautions have been taken. General Chamorro will assume the presidency at Manaeua pending the arrival of Gen. Juan Estrada. Several esses of cholera were re ported In Vienna. Deaths from the disease in Italy and Russia show de creases. A general agitation has been caused in French business circles by the ap plication of the rule requiring export ers to forward samples of all textile patterns. Leaders of the Panama assembly have decided, a dispatch says, to elect Carlos Mendoza president, despite possible opposition from the United States. Vatican authorities still declare there can be no revision of the Con cordat with Spain until the bill for a reduction of the religious orders Is withdrawn. The International congress of sail ors and marine firemen voted to strike unless-the ship owners agreed to board of conciliation. The Koenlgln Lulse rescued 23 men from the sinking ship Harvest Queen and set the vessel on fire. Lucius A. Cole, president of the National Lead company, died in Carls bad. Madrlz changed his mind about go ing back to Costa Rica, where he is not wanted, and will seek asylum In Mexico. Venezuela Issued a statement ex posing an alleged plot Instigated by Castro to seize President Gomez on his farm and compel him to telephone orders to surrender the garrison at Caracas. The Vatican denies that It Is on tbe eve of a rupture with Portugal. President Fallleres of France gave a luncheon at Rambouillet In honor of the delegation which, on. behalf of Virginia, presented a copy of Hou don's statue of Washington to France. Oswln King, an American, was ar rested in Paris at the request of the Swiss authorities on a charge et swin dling by passing forged checks. An aviation meet opened at Havre with 41 competitors to contest for prizes amounting to $53,000. The Japanese government commu nicated to representatives of the pow ers the text of the convention annex ing Korea.' No fears of serious trou ble in the latter country are enter tained. Mm-o chiefs, representing 40,000 Inhabitants of Mindanao, tendered their allegiance to the United States, after 200 Filipinos at Zamboanga had presented a petition for the Inde. pendence of tbe Islands to Secretary Dickinson. M. Venlzelos the founder of the Hellenic army league, won a signal victory in the Grecian assembly elec tions. Russia has placed an order for $15,000,000 worth of artillery with the Creusot works in France. Many members of the Deuma are displeased with the contract. Fighting between liberal and cleri cal factions occurred In a suburb of Brrcelona. Spain. Troops restored order. Serious trouble Is feared on Sunday. ' General Estrada, on assuming tbe temporary presidency ef Nicaragua, csbled to the American people assur-an-e of warn regard aud a promise ef proper restitution for the killing of Cannon and Groce and other atroc ities perpetrated by his predecessors. CASTRO BEHIKD GDMEZ PLOT He Conspired Against Vene zuela's President. The Government Publishes a Full Statement of the Facts In Which Is Shown That the Exiled Former President Was the Guiding Spirit In the Move to Seize President Gomez Intercepted Letters Foiled Plots. RE R END U Caracas (Special). The government published a full statement concerning the recent conspiracy against President Vicente Gomez, in which it is stated that Cipriano Castro, the former president of Venezuela., who is now in exile in Eu rope, was the instigator of the plot. On .Inly 26, the statement says. Gen eral Uribe informed the governor 'of Caracas that he hnd been approached bv Carlos Gafaro, a Colombian, who asked him to join a plot for the enpture of President Gomez. The plan was for the seizure to take place at Kenor Gomez's arm in the suburbs of the capital, and the conspirators, armed with poignard in order to overcome any resistance, were to compel Sennr Gomez to telepiione or ders to the governor and to Inspector Jcneral Galavis to surrender the garri son at Caracas. According to the statement meetings were held at Cipriano Castro's Villa Zoila. (Jen. Ben jaminltniz, a Colombian, was the leader in the plot, and from a dozen to 2(1 other persons are said to have been connected with it. Senora Xioves Castro do Pnrra, a sister of Cipri ano i astro, the statement declares, guar anteed IJUO.OOO to the conspirators. The government, it is said, intercepted a letter from Celestino Catro, a brother of Cipriano. to his sister, which indicated his complicity in the plot, and also a cir cular by Romero Garcia, a follower of Cipriano Castro, saying Hint President Gomez had better carry his will in his pocket, as Castro would make hira pay fur his treachery with his blood. The statement concludes by saying that the Castro families have been expelled from Venezuela, that General Ruiz had escaped and that several others of the alleged plotters are under arrest. SHOOTS WIFE TO DEATH. Husband After Securing Shotgun Lies In Wait. Xyack, X. Y. (Special). Edward Wepner, of Nanunt, shot and killed his wife with a shotgun and he was arrested during the day and held for the grand jury on a charge of murder by Justice Cooper, of Pcnrl River. Wepner and hi? wife were married 2! years ago, and have one son, 1H. For several years past the home had been unhappy because of Weg ner's hard drinking. For the last few months the couple have been separated. Mrs. Wepner and her son living together. The husband visited the farm, evidently for the pur pose of killing his wife. He secreted him self behind a small building about 70 feet from the house, and when his wife came out to feed the chickens he raised his gun and fired. The woman fell dead. CHILD HACKED TO PIECES. Disappeared Last Friday, Believed He Was Kidnapped, Kingston, X. Y. (Special). Peter, the four-year -old son of Frank Fabian, an Italian, disappeared from his home, at Porterville, a few miles north of Kings ton, on Friday last. Hundreds of Italians searched for the boy until Wednesday morning, when his body was found cut to pieces alongside an outhouse on an ad joining neighbors' property. The father went to New York Sunday and consulted a fortune-teller, and when he returned Monday night the father said that the fortune-teller had told him that the boy would return within three days. The opinion now prevails that the boy was kidnapped, and when the kidnapper learned of what the fortune-teller hnd told the father he killed the child and placed tbe body where it was found. CURE WAS ALMOST FATAL. Man Uses Chloroform to Relieve Neuralgia and Escapes Death. New York (Special). Henry B. Lind say, of Dallas, Texas, who is staying at the Hotel Knickerbocker, applied chloro form to his face in an ellort to cure neu ralgia and narrowly escaped being killed bv the fumes. He was found lying on the bed unconscious. Two physicians worked over him for an hour and finally managed to restore him to consciousness, llu will recover. Lindsay is manager of the Southwestern Life Insurance Company, with headquar ters at Dallas. KILLED SIK PEOPLE Locomotive I'longhs Throngh Pullman Sleeper. VICTIMS ARE UNABLE TO ESCAPE. Collision Took Place Near Durand, Mich., Between Second and First Sections of the Boston and Mon treal Express The Sleeper "Ne. braska" Is Set On Fire From Fire box of Engine and Burned Five Passengers Were Injured and Eight Escaped. Durand, Mich. (Special). Superinten dent Ehrke, of the Grand Trunk, gave out a statement that six passengers were kill ed, five were injured and eight escaped without injury in the Grand Trunk rear end collision, three miles east of here, when the Pullman car Nebraska, on the eastbound train No. 14, was demolished and set on fire by the locomotive of pass enger tnnin No. 4. Sii'iintendent Ehrke's statement says that the assertion that there were just 10 passengers on the wrecked ear is borne out by the train chart of Pullman Con ductor Haynes and the list given out at Chicago by II. O. Elliott, first sssistnnt general passenger agent of the Grand irttnk. The uninjured passengers, according to Superintendent Ehrke, who has charge of the Grand Trunk lines west of the De troit and St. Clair Rivers during the absence of Superintendent Egan, were ctiecked up when the train started east ward after the wreck. The forward section, which wbs known as No. 14, had stopped because of an accident to the air brakes, and Engineer Mitchell, of the forward section, had crawled under his engine to locate tlm trouble. The locomotive of the second section, known as No. 4, plowed half way through the rear sleeper of the forward train, and tho locomotive fire-box set fire to the Pullman car. The passengers in the rear berths had not the slightest chance to escape, and those not killed by the crashing timbers as the locomotive forged through the sleeper were burned to death by the fire that followed. Half a dozen passengers, however, seriously in jured, were rescued from the forward berths and taken to hospitals in Lurand and Flint. SMITH BY 3,476. Hoke Has 230 Votes to Gov. Brown's 138. Atlanta, Ga. (Special). Complete returns from the Democratie state primaries show that Hoke Smith will have 2.10 votes in convention against Gover nor Urown's 138. Smith's popular majority is 3,476 votes. The vote fell about 30,000 short of the total vote of two years ago, owing to the registration date being two months earlier. Other results were unchanged except that latest returns reversed the decision of prison commissioner, Robert E. Davi son winning over G. R. Hutchens. JERSEY JAIL ROBBED. Thieves Steal Breakfast Intended for Prisoners. Morristown, N. J. (Special). For the third time in two months the Morris County Courthouse has been broken open and the jail pantry raided. . George Hill, janitor and cook, discovered the thieves had gotten away with 10 pounds of roast beef and a dozen loaves of bread which were to luive been used for the break fast of the prisoners. Entrance was effected through a base ment window. Wanted: A Xylotomist. Washington, D. C. (Special). The government is hunting for a xylotomist. A xylotomist is admitted by the forest ollicials to be a rarity and to find just one, eapahle of making microscopical studies of trees and their structure the Civil Service Communion will hold ex aminations in all principal citie of the country Octoler 6. The po.ition pays $1,100 per annum. DROWNED RESCUING GIRL. Grabs Man About Neck When Boat Capsizes On Pond. Poughkcpsie, N. Y. (Spet.ii. A sailboat containing a party of eight campers capsized on Pinks Pond, 17 miles from this city, and two of the party, Irving G. Paulding, an electrical engineer of New York, and Miss liessie Drake, aged 19, of New Hamburgh, were, drowned. - All of the young women in the boat, except Mist Drake and one of the men, caught hold of the overturned boat. Miss Drake went down and Paulding swam to her rescue. The young woman grabbed I'uulding about the neck and both sank. Went to Bed Smoking. Pittsburg (Sccial). A guest at a large downtown hoic! went to lied with a lighted cigar in his mouth. In a few moments his bed was a lire. An alarm was turned in calling out all the down town fire fighting apparatus. Guests in the hotel fled panic- stricken into the streets, scantily clad. Frightened women narrowly escaped being run down by the fire horses. ' Gaynor's Wound Healed. .- New York (Special). The bullet wound in Mayor Gaynor's neck has healed on the outside, and the Irritation of t lip til rout caused by granulation on the in side has ceased. The Mayor eats heartily, and will go back to his regular diet of three meals a day. . No bulletins are now iued, and only the hospital . physicians are in attendance. There will be a con sultation of physicians toward the end of this week to fix a date at which it will be wine to allow the Mayor to leave, Big Hats to Stay. ' Chicago (Special). There is no relief In sight for women who have accepted the dictates of fashion and struggled un der the unwieldinnss of hats of the sire of an umbrella. I'hat is the edict of the National Association of Retail Milliners, which held a convention here, Dig huts are to b bigger and small hats smaller than ever before. The desire for extreme extends even to the coloring, according to Mme. Moerie, president of the associa tion. The more brilliant the colors the more nearly to the ideal effect will the new hat conform. YOUNG GIRL A BURGLAR. Fourteen-Year-Old's Effort to Become a Heroine. Newark, N. J. (Special). Alice Mc Laughlin, 14 years old, unable to resist a desire to become a heroine, has confessed to having committed two "burglaries." While her aunt, with whom she lives, was away one duy last week she ran sacked the house and later told of having encountered a burglar, whom she drove away willi a parasol. Today while her aunt was again away she repeated thd little drama and told the same story. After severe questioning by the police she confessed all. YOUTHFUL MAIL ROBBER. Twelve. Year-Old Confesses to Detec tive Who Arrested Him. Kelson, Neb. (Special). A government agent arrested William Moody, aged 12, charging him with robbing the mails. The boy broke down and confessed, after which he took the officer to a cave where l had secreted nearly a bushel of letters, $2,1100 in cash and several hundred dol lars iu drafu.- Oil Well Shooter Dies. Butler, Pa. (Special). Frederick Emerson Hinniun, 82 years old, an oil well shooter for forty years, died at Petrol ia. In forty years he shot 6,500 wells, the wells requiring from 2 to 333 quarts apiece, and he manufactured and handled more than 2,500,000 pounds of nitroglycerine. In the early days of the industry he was leader of the "moon lighters," so railed because they were compelled to shoot wells at night. His daughter, Fanchion, for years helped him hoot wells. x Kills Wife and Self. Philadelphia (Special). During a quarrel nt their home here, Elwood M, Smith, a contractor, well-known among local horsemen, shot his wife In the breast and then fired a bullet into bis own brain, dying instantly. Mrs. Smith expired on the way to the hospital. The couple, had been separated for sis months but a reconciliation was effected. About noon, however, Smith's voice was hoard in sngry tones and a few moments lates the two shots rang out The Smiths leave tlii children. t THE WORST IS NOW OVER . .. A- ' Reported That forest Fires Are Xot So Violent. . Sixty-five Men Reach Spokane and State That Fifteen Austrians and Two American Choppers Were Burned to Death Last Saturday On Big Creek, Idaho Many Rangers and Forest Fighters Are Still Miss ing. Spokane, Was. (Special). Following Is the revised tabulation of the dead in the Korthwestern forest fires s United States fire fighters in and near Idaho, S6, Montana deaths, including Bullion Mine, 13. At Newport, Wash., 3. At Wallace, Idaho, 4. Near Avery, Idaho, probably settlers, At Mullan, Idaho, 2. At Spokane, 1. On Ilig Creek, Idaho, 47. Total, 203. This gives a total of 303 dead, but It is probable that some of those listed by places may duplicate those listed as fire fighters. But as many are still missing the total dead will probably total more than 200 when the record is completed. The fires are not so violent, and it is lielicvcd that the worst is over. Sixty- five men arrived in Spokane from Hig Creek and said that 15 Austrians and 2 American choppers were burned to death. Thirty Italians had already been reported dead near that point. The Austrians were undertaking to hackfire, but their work was so unsuc cessful that they were killed by the fire tiiey themselves had just lighted. It Hew back on them and drove them against a line of flame advancing from the oppo site direction. CONTINENTAL UNITED STATES. Expected to Show 90,000,000 In Popu- - lation. Washington, D. C. (Special). The total population of the United States and island possessions may reach 100,000,000, according to unofficial estimates made by Director of the Census Durand. When the figures are completed, about November, Mr. Durand expects to see the total for the states show about 00, 000,000. It may run up to 01,000,000, but this now appears improbable. The statistical estimate places the figure at 80.01 2.000, but it is considered sure that It will go beyond that. With the resi dents of the Philippine and other islands it is possible that the total will round out the century of millions. "That's not such a big number," said a census employe, "if you stop to think that John D. Rockefeller could (five every man, woman and child $10 each and then have some change to put in the Sunday school plate." It is estimated that from 1!)00 to 1007 this country gained about 4,2112,000 by immigration. About 30 per cent, of im migrants in those years returned to their native lands. From 1907 to 1910 rec ords of returning immigrants were kept, and show that of the 2.o70,000 who en tered this country 700,875 returned. The total increase in ten years from immigra tion is estimated at 6,000,000. MISS ELKINS AND THE, DUKE. Italian Dispatches Say the Wedding Will Take Place Soon. . Paris (Special). Special dispatches from Italy insist that the marriage of Miss Katharine Elkins to the Duke ,of Abruzzi, in spite of all denials, has been decided upon and that Senator Elkins and the allianced couple will soon arrive in Paris to arrange the details of the wed ding. Both the Queen Mother of Italy and King victor H-mmanuel nave, ac cording to these reports, given their con sent to the wedding.- RULES BY GOD'S GRACE SAYS EMPEROR WILLIAM Declares Independence of Parlia ments and Assemblies. AGAINST VOTES FOR THE WOMEN. Martial and Militant Address By th, Emperor at the Provincial Banquet at Koeningsberg Doctrine of th Divine Right of Kings Is SharpW Set Forth By Him He quotes th Words of His Grandfather William I, In Regard to the Crown. Dcrlin (Special). The speech deliver, ed by Emperor William of Germany It tore the provincial banquet at Koe'nigiJ burg, In which he reiterated and emi phasized his belief in the divine mandate by which he rules, referred to the IW sinn crown as bestowed by God's grnci and not by parliaments or people', as semblies, and laid a lance against the present movement for women ufTrnj j,' the political sensation of the hour. ' The leading organs of the German prm devote extended comment to it, generallr criticizing the Emperor's utterance, aDJ there are indications that the ilisi-ki,,..' will have a deep political effect nion th country, nearly all of the Iterlin pnperi discussing the subject in conneetiun wild the political crisis oj Xovenilier. !i(ig. when the publication by the London Daily Telegraph of an interview with the Era. peror aroused a storm against the uncon trolled puhlio speaking of the Emperor. The serious Vossische Zeitung. tlie Tageblatt, the Post and other papon point out the constitutional character o the Kingdom of Prussia in the enuiirs' and inquire whether the chancellor. Dr.' Von llethmann-IIollweg, was privy to the Empercr's purpose in delivering' such s speech. They predict that It will lead to a renewed discussion of the Empernri constitutional position when the Keich staiz reassembles in November. Tho strongly monarchist Tngliche Kundschau, the favorite journal of armr oiiicers, says: "This speech means a storm. Never before, has Emperor William vt into such' clear relief his romantic, modi eval idea Of his nnn-responsiliility to man's judgment, of his not hein bound by the constitutional co-operation of the people and of rulinc by God's free crar against all those convictions and feelings which today determine our existence ai a state." "Why," oslcs the Tageliche Ttumlse'.iau, "should the Emperor choose this moment to emphasize his ruling by God's prncs and his own right, when it will nourish an anti-monarchical agitation and good monarchists be thrown into a condition of tragic disruption?" The organ of the landed nobility. The Deutsche Tages Kietung, thoroughly up. proves of the declarations of t!ie" Em peror. The Local Anzeiger lays stress upon the desire of the Emperor that the peo ple co-operate with him, nnd points out that the Emperor delivered the speech in the castle where the Prussian kins were formerly crowned. He said in the damn hall in May, 1800! "We llohenzollerni take our crown from heaven nlone," and in the same plnce on September (1. 1 804, he quoted the words of his grandfather William I. about ruling by divine right, and added: "So, too, do I take my king dom by God's grace." The Tageblatt nfllrms that although' prices did not fall on the exchange, trad ing slackened, and brokers apprehend an unfavorable influence of the fepeccli upon markets at home and abroad. MINISTER FALLS TO DEATH. Washington, D. C. (Special). The lat est report concerning the romance of Miss Katlierme Elkins and the Duke ol the Abruzzi was read to Senator Elkins, who was reached by long-distance telephone at Elkins, W. Va. He said:. "1 am going to remain in West Virginia for the next six mouths, and have no inten tion of going abroad. I know nothing. of the 1'aris report, and don t want to be bothered any more about the matter.'' CLIMBS PIKE'S PEAK. Woman, Aged 70, Only Little Tired After Feat Colorado Springs, Col. (Special). Mrs. Mary Powell, of Philadelphia, 70 years old, has walked from Manitou to the top of Pike's Peak and back, return ing to Manitou. Mrs. Powell, who is uniting Manitou, is an experienced pedes trian. On returning from her trip to . the peak, which many strong, young men would shun, Mrs. Powell said, "I'm a little tired from my walk," She started out Wednesday - morning, reaching the summit before dark and returned by moonlight. Would Drop Old Glory. HarrUburg, Pa. (Special). Asking to be registered as the candidate -of .the "Jesus Christ Party" for governor,' a man from a southwestern county whose name is not disclosed sent a cmiriunica tion to the State Department. In his platform he declares fur the substitution of the cross for the Stars and Stripes, the prohibition of all religions except the Christian, prohibition of low wages, like wise of gossip, substituting a flat S per cent, assessment on all possessions for other forms of taxation, and permitting women to voie. Indians Sacrifice $2,000. Los Angeles, Cal. , (Special). Two thousand dollars was sacrificed to the god of fire by poor Indians at the crema tion of the body of one of their trioe. Jose Escalate, in the Yuma district. The superstitious act was reported to the Bureau of Indian Affairs at Washing ton, and the bureau sent an order that the burning of money was forbidden for the future on the reservation. Escalate, who was a teacher in the government school at Old Knrt Yuma, had committed suicide when his love was rejected by a white girl. His Pardon Too Late. Chicago (Special). At the funeral of Mrs. Caroline bhipmsn Mclteynolds, at Keuilworth was ber son, George, whose release from Joliet Penitentiary after nearly three years, was accomplished through the mother's requests and tears, although her clwished hope that she might see him before she died was- not realized. Mciteyuolds. a former broker, who was convicted of securing $700,000 from banks on fraudulent gnain receipt, was set tree ten hours after. bis mother died. 1 . Father of William Stearns Davis Tumbles Off Ledge. Mount Washington, Mass. (Special I. Rev. Dr. William Wall Wilson Davis, prominent Congregational minister of Pittsfield and father of William Stearni Davis, the author, was killed by falling over a ledge at Bosh Bish Falls, one milt from the Xew York State line. liev. Dr. Davis was formerly stationed at Cleve land, 0., and Worcester, Mass. Accompanied by his daughter, Mi Fannie Stearns Davis,- and his two sons, William and Harold, tho clergyman was having an outing at Bash ltish Falls. While the other members of the family were a little distance away, Dr. Davis undertook to harness a pair of horses to his carriage. As he was swinging the carriage around, one of the wheels strufk him and pushed him over the ledge, lh) fell 20 feet to the bottom, striking on bis head and breaking his neck. Dr. Davis was born in Western Nf York, 67 years ago. His wife, who was a daughter of the late Presik'iit Stearns, of Amherst College, died about two yean ago. NEW METHOD OF WARFARE. Submarine Invented to Pull Battleship to Bottom of Sea. Washington ( Special ). In the inter; vals between the transaction of such busi ness as preparation of his annual stl'. mates, writing of his annual report and supervising relief from tho army to the forest fires In the Northwest, Gen. Leon ard Wood, chief of stad of the Army, mi had his attention called to a novel method of naval warfare. An inventor sent to bis ollice desigus of a gigt submarine construction, capable ol ap proaching a fleet under water, at tw psychological moment flapping a huge wing over the uususiecting battleshiPi a. it .1. ...... i i.. 1.,, it, .in of ti" ocean aud holding the vessel there until its crew was "drowned. uenerai has forwarded the plan to tho Navy Vf partrmmt. KILLED DURING QUARREL. Italian Shot Brother Becauss Hs An noyed His Wife. Wilkes-Barre' Pa. (Special). Vut'H a quarrel at their .borne at Pittston, near lion MuHun Pldnntn was shot Slid i'ei by . his brother, Frank. The meu qu ruled because Frank had 'been aniiovins his brother's wife. The latter infori1 her husband, and when Mattao eai his brother to sceount Frsnk drew re volver and shot Jim. The mum,.-cut-aped. 'j TWO LIVES' LOST. Excursion Boat Runs Down Sinks Launch. I K. York iRneclaD-TwO lives ere lost when the excursion boat Majetl- H . VorU N. J.. from CofJ, Island, ran down and sank a launeh Uining a party of inefrymors - , Bay. The work of rescue was ma , .I . ... ti, u nd da" euit Dy me iw iihuiihs . . ., nre. Mary Kops and David Bunrs w" drowned. - .
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