The
Fulton County News
McConnelisburg, Pa.
GROWING COUNTRIES.
LThe census department of Canada
tlmates the present population of
the Dominion to be 7,850,000. The dis
tribution by sections Is: Maritime
(provinces, 1,037,112; Quebec, 2,088,-
61; Ontario, 2,019,025; Western prov
ices, 1,371,164; unorganised terri
tories, 58.309. It Is not surprising tbat
Canada, with ber many resources and
Jjer healthful climate and varied op
gmrtunttles for Industrial wealth-seek-ters,
should grow all the time, Bays the
Mexican Herald. A sturdy race which
Increases by the excess of births over
deaths is continually being reinforced
ry Immigration, and that of the best
kind. Tho consuming power of the
(population of Canada Is very large,
and accounts for the heavy Importa
tions of foreign goods end the excel
lent support given to home Industries.
Argentina, with about a million less
population than Canada, Is rapidly In
creasing In wealth. It Is Interesting
to see that the Influx of Immigrants
Into this country from Spain con
tinues, Just as It does In the case ol
Cuba and Argentina. The ancient
Iberian motherland still breeds a
sturdy race which send Its sons to
former colonies.
It used to be "King Cotton." Then
Icorn came into active rivalry for su
premacy. And now it looks aa though
rubber might be the great staple of
commerce. There has been an enor
tnous Increase in the production of
rubber and In Importations Into the
Tnlted States. This is due to the rap
idly augmenting demand, with rubber
aa an essential for automobile, bicycle
and carriage tires and for other pur
fcoses. Word comes from Sumatra,
phlch baa been the Bource of supply
tor tobacco of a certain grade, that
the planters are giving up the "weed"
land are converting their estates Into
rubber farms. It Is not believed,
Iiowover, tbat tobacco growing In Con
necticut, Kentucky and other Amerl
lean states will be supplanted by rub
eer production.
, This is the day ot the auto, the
fairship and the wireless telegraph.
But some of the old-time slow coaches
still come Into play. A wealthy sum
mer resident of Newport who went In
ibis automobile to visit another gentle
man found himself with bis touring
car stuck in soft sand from which it
could not be moved unaided. An
obliging farmer of the neighborhood
hitched up his ox team and drew the
machine out of the predicament into
which the vehicle had plunged. Could
Irony further go7 Still, the auto is a
good and uneful invention and bos
come to stay, although occasionally,
In the case of a breakdown, it stays
too long in one place.
A now compass which may super
sede tho compass now In general use
is under test on the scout cruise!
Birmingham. It is a combination ot
the conventional compass with the
gyroscope, and la said to eliminate all
varieties of deviation of the needle.
It can also be placed In the interior
of a ship, where it Is safe from the
mtasllea of an enemy. A compass ot
thlB kind would be extremely valuable
In naval service, but It would be far
more valuable to commerce, as the In
fluences which affect the compass on
modern steel ships are puzzling, and
sufficient In some Instances to cause
wrecks through deviations from proper
courses.
The census officials expect to add
tho names of CO cities in the United
States to the list of those having a
r population of 25,000 or over which
was compiled in 1900. Perhaps there
trill be even more than CO. The In
dention of machinery for the farm Is
one of the factors that have contribu
ted to the rise of the cities.
A Now York girl who Is heiress to
a fortune amounting to $0,000,000 Is
compelled to work for tho purpose of
jetting enough money to pay her
board, because the lawyers are busy
trying to divide the estate among
thenmelves. The case affords a strong
argument In favor cf the "give while
yoa live" theory.
Fair Parislennes have adopted the
bobble skirt style of bathing suit. It
la absolutely impossible for thern to
swim when hobbled, but they prob
ably don't mind that. If they wlnhi-d
to go Into tho water they would prob
ably do so In their bathrooms.
Now that we get the true story of
the life of the fly by the aid of the
microscope we see that It merits noth
ing else so little as kind treatment
Shirtwaists for men will not do. It
baa been decreed that men must wear
coats. Old Grimes I dead, but bis
oul la inarching on.
New York will make po'.lcemon out
f farmer boys and Kansas Is going to
Hod It stlU harder to harvest Us crops.
If the country-bred act Is not ma
lting any attacks upon the lemon
scream pie it Is because he does not
appreciate Sunday school picnics. .
The man who succeeds In perfecting
for aviators a life preserver tbat will
pre terra can be sure of a quick and
steady demand for his Invention.
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WEEK'S BIG NEWS
STORIES RETOLD
IN PARAGRAPHS
X WASHINGTON.
Director tturand of the census bu
reau gave out the official count for
New York City as 4.7G6.SS3. In 1S90
what is now the greater city had 2,
607,414 Inhabitants.
It was announced that the experts
appointed to work out a syBtem of
administration for the new postal sav
ings bank law will suhmlt their re
port by the middle of September.
Forestry bureau clerks started a
fund for disabled fire flzhters whom
the government cannot aid.
The treasury department an
nounced that the general stork of
money in the United States Is nearly
$3,500,000,000.
The real cause of the resignation
of Baron Lanercrantz as Swedish min
ister to the United States, It was said,
was the hlsh com of llvimr here.
The Interstate commerce commis
sion announced that it will make nn
investigation of the rates charged by
express companies.
8om day perhaps Count Zep.ielin
wiU build so airship .that will last
tongsr than tores weeks. j
rnnsoNAL.
Dr. Charles Anthony Goessmann,
pioneer in agricultural investigation
and chemistry and for 40 years a
member of the Massachusetts Agricul
tural college, died at Amherst at the
age of eighty-three.
Emperor Nicholas of Russia visited
the baths at Nauheim, and took coffee
at a public, resort, accompanied by
only two adjutants.
The German Kaiser's autumn re
view of the garrisons of Berlin and
Potsdam, 30,000 men of all arms,
was attended by many Americans of
prominence.
Theodore Roosevelt was warmlv
welcomed, by Kansas City, Mo., and
Its namesake in Kansas; he made
speeches in both cities to enthusiastic
audiences.
President Taft laid the cornerstone
of the new Young Men's Christian as
sociation building in Eeverly, Mass.
GENERAL NEWS.
Ex-Governor Hoke Smith was nom
inated by the Democrats at Atlanta
to succeed Gov. Joseph M. Brown, by
whom Smith was defeated two years
ago. He was also Indorsed for Presi
dent of the United States In 1912.
It Is estimated that 90 per cent, of
the private bankers on tho east side
of New York City were driven out of
business by the new law regulating
their transactions, vhlch has Just
gone into effect.
In his will James R. Shanley. the
millionaire contractor of Stamford,
Conn., made his second wife guardian
of three children by his first wife,
who divorced him and remarried.
Mrs. Adrlance of Poughkeepsie, N.
Y., proved by bills of sale thnt all the
Jewels seized on her person were
bought from a di m in New York Cltv,
except a $6,000 pearl necklace. She
must appear before a Jury on a charge
of trying to smuggle the necklace.
The Tompkins county (X. Y.) Dem
ocratic convention showed enthusiasm
for Gaynor for the gubernatorial nom
ination and was reported to stand
ready to support hint In the state con
vention. Glenn H. Curtiss made his return
trip from Cedar Point to Euclid
Beach, flying over Lake Erie, racing
with a Lake Shore train. He claimed
an average speed of seventy miles an
hour.
Records show that In August. 17
persons were killed and 57 hurt by
motor vehicles.
In granting demand of Connecticut
trolley men for an increase in wages
three arbitrators agreed that the cost
of living has advanced.
Southern railroads have put Into
effect their plan for validating bills
of lading on cotton consignments des
tined for export.
Bids were asked in New York for
the construction with private capital
of the $125,000,000 system of tri
borough subways and for the building
of $60,000,000 worth of subways with
the city's money.
Messrs. Claude Grahame White and
A. V. Roe, England's famous ama
teurs, are In Boston, ready for the
Atlantic aviation meet.
In the opening rifle match of the
twentieth interstate competition on
ranges at Sea Girt, N. J., the Fourth
regiment of New Jersey won with a
total score of 1,039.
C. E. Evans, Jr., defeated D. E.
Sawyer In the tournament for the
open Western golf championship.
Mayor Gaynor of New York learned
for the 3rst time that he still carried
the bullet In his throat. After a con
sultation of physicians at bis summer
home, St. James, L. I., ho agreed to
allow it to remain. Ills condition was
found excellent.
A bronzo statue of Thomas B. Reed
was unveiled at Portland, Me.
It was suggested at the rate hear
ing In Chicago that the railroads
might turn the tables on tho shippers,
subjecting them to an inquisition as
to their profits and the return which
they enjoy from their invented capital.
S. C. Hlldreth's Novelty won the
Futurity at Saratoga track and
brought the Eastern racing season to
a close.
Executors of Grovcr Cleveland's es
tate, rather than dlscloso the amount
of property outnldo of New York, paid
to the rtate of Now York $400 more
tax on collateral legacies.
Colorado E. lowered the world's
record or threo-year-old trot'ers to
2:06i In a race at Boston.
Ruth Ha.dln? of Bognlusa, La., Is
one of the younncst brides on record.
She is eleven years old and was mar
ried at Pine, La., to William Brclund
sued nineteen yean.
Denver gave Theodore Roosevelt a
most cordial welcon.e.
At South Deerfield, Mass., Roger
Wolcott Stchblos, thj fourteen-year-old
son of Charles u. HCMilns, "com
mitted aulcldo in his father's bain be
causo his parents were to cavo him
at bomo with n younger l.iiibcr wbllo
they were abscut ou u vac allan trip.
Mis. Adelbort Wr.lveii was to
shocked on discovering that lier farm
house, at West Suuiiortles, N. Y., bad
ben robbed that she dropped dead
President Taft at Beverly carefully
went over plans submitted by John P
O'ltourks of Nw York for tho raising
if be ouukcu saUUtbiii Male.
Mrs. Dora Neine. raid to be the old
est woman In Pennsylvania, died in
the home of her daughter at Potts
vllle. She was 108 years old.
Theodore Roosevelt, at Osawatomle,
Kan., advocated Government control
of combinations dealing in recessarles
and i.ssertsd government's right "to
regulate tie terms and conditions of
labor."
Fritz Augustus Meinze, -he mining
man, was married to Mrs. Bernlce
Golden Henderson, an actress. The
ceremony took place at the home of
Rev. Henry A. Handel, an Episcopal
clergyman lfving In Brooklyn.
Glenn H. Curtiss established a new
world's record by flying from Euclid
Beach, ulne miles east of Cleveland,
to Cedar Point, sixty miles over Lake
Erie In an airline, In one hour and
eighteen minutes.
Mrs. Mary Marsh Williams, seven-tv-two
years old. of Stokon, pnd John
Chapman Rice, seventy, of Camden,
were married at Lee Centre, N. Y.. by
Rev. C-jorge Dermott of the Method
ist Episcopal church. They were un
attended. Copies of a resolution condemning
moving pictures depicting strike
scenes have been printed by organ
ized labor In Washington and will be
Fent broadcast throughout the coun
try In a national crusade.
Jpr.els rn to b? worth $100,000
were sflzed by Collector Loeb. The
gems, whirh are alleged to be smug
gled, are the property of Mrs. Ada F.
C. Adrlance. society leader of Poueh
keepsle, N. Y.. and wife of I. Reynolds
Adrlance. millionaire mowing ma
chine maker.
President Taft attended n luncheon
given in his honor by Charles P.
Searlcg at his home in Ipswich, Mass.,
and discussed with several Judges who
were present the filling of the two
vacancies on tho Supreme court
bench.
President Ripley of the Santa Fc
railroad system testifying at the rate
hearing In Chicago, spoke pessimisti
cally of prospects for the coming year.
Miss Ethel Mae Davis of Chicago
was robbed of $3,400 in money and
Jewelry while a passenger on board
the Kaiser Wilhelm II.
Rev. Peter Henry, pastor of the
First Reformed church of Grovevllle,
N. J., has notified the women mem
bers of his flock that none such can
enter the portals of the edifice wear
ing a hobble skirt.
Members of the alumni of Princeton
university are planning a non-partisan
league of graduates to work for
the nomination and election of Presi
dent Woodrow Wilson as governor of
New Jersey.
The Aero corporation. In charge of
the international aviation tournament
to be held at Belmont park. New
York, October 20 to 29, gave out Its
program. The sum of $50,000 has
been set aside for cash prizes.
A good government league was
launched in Louisiana, with a fund
of $50,000; resolutions denounced
Senator Sanders and bossism.
Uhlan trotted 2.02 to wagon,
driven by C. K. G. Blllinrs. at the
opening of Eoston's grand circuit
meeting.
The Pennsylvania railroad ran two
train loads ot guests over Its under
ground system that links New Jersey,
Manhattan Island and Long Island.
Touched by her mother love Su
preme Court Justice Bischoff of New
York allowed to go unpunished Mrs.
Grace L. Starbuek. who hid her chil
dren in New Jersey when ordered to
produce them In court.
FOREIGN.
Lord Kilmarnock, one of King
George's shootlne party nt Balmoral,
received four pellets through the ac
cidental discharge of a gun. His in
juries were not serious.
American Catholics returning from
ft pilgrimage to Rome gave a dinner
In Tarls in honor ot Ambassador Ea
cor. Cardinal Vannutelll. nanal legato
to the eiieharistlo congress to be held
at Montreal, received an enthusiastic
welcome at Quebec. '
The Spanish government declared
Bilbao In a state of siege on account
of the rioting resulting from the local
strike.
The expulsion of Jews fromKlev
pnd other points in Russia outside
the Jewish pale continues, though on
a modified scale.
President Mendoza In his message
to the national assembly of Panama,
which held its first session, ignored
the recent pronouncement by the Uni
ted States that his re-election would
be unconstitutional.
Socialists in Copenhagen adopted a
resolution for compulsory insurance
against unemployment.
Berlin, it is officially announced, Is
free from cholera.
Pope Pius denounced modernism
as the foe of the church.
General Juan Estrada was inaugu
rated President of Nicaragua at Man
agua. The troops have been paid off
and the country is quiet. General
Mena has been chosen minister of
war,
Turkey has granted to American
religious, educational and benevolent
institutions there the right of exemp
tion from the Ottoman law, and al
lows them to hold land.
Election results In Portugal show
that, while the monarchists won a
sweeping victory, the Republicans
made notable gains.
The cholera mortality In St. Peters
burg is decreasing.
Four alrBhlps raced from Havre to
TrouvlUe, across the mouth of the
Seine. Hubert Latham made tho trip
three times without landing.
Chilean specifications for two new
battleships set forth that the guns and
some of the machinery must be of
English manufacture, thereby practi
cally eliminating American tenders.
An 'carthshock In Calabria caused
great alarm among the inhabitants.
Dr. Crlppen suffered- a nervous
breakdown and was removed to the
hospital ward of Brixton Jail.
Sir Wilfrid Laurler, speaking ot
Nelson, B. C, declared the British
preferential tariff would stand as Ions
us he holds ofllce.
The Canadian postmaster general
favors reciprocity with the United
States.
Severe but brief earthquake shocks
were reported In Calabria, Italy.
The wedding of the Duca degll Ab
ruzzl and Miss Elklns is regarded now
as certain.
Emperor Nicholas of Ruosla arrlvjd
at Fricdberg and two suspects, be
lieved to be f.Viarchlsts, were arrested
by the secret police.
The historic seminary ' Perugia
has been ringed by order of Popo
Pius. It has been described as the
last refuge of liberal Catholicism In
Italy.
Lsdy Margery Eriklns, daughter of
the Earl of Buchnn. was foun.t dead
in tbs Scottish highlands.
THE BENEFITS OF
A SANE FOURTH
National Holiday Not So Like a
Battlefield.
Notable Improvement Shown. In the
Day's Casualties Since the Move
ment for a "Sane" Observation,
Though the Record Is Still a Fright
ful One.
Chicago (Special). Although ths list
of deaths and accidents due to the cele
bration of the Fourth'of July is appall
ing, the "wine" observance of the day this
year shows a notable improvement in
this respect, according to statistics com
piled by the Journal of the American
Medical Association which were made
public here.
The docroas" in accidents is most mark
ed in those sections where restrictive
legislation ho been put In effect, the
journal snys. The snmmnrv shows:
"Two thoiisnnd nine hundred and
twenty-three injured .Tulv 4th this vonr,
of which 131 died. Sixtv -seven deaths
were due to tetanus; nineteen kill'd out
right hv fire arms; eleven bv explosions
of powder, bombs or torpedos, six by
cannon or similar contrivances, while
twenty-six. mostly little girls, were burn
ed to death by fire from fire works.
"Startling its is this showing, it is the
best since 100.1, when the Journal began
keeping its record. In 1003, 4.440 per
sons were injured, of whom 400 lost their
lives; 400 of them dying from tetanus.
"The grand total for eight years shows
that 37..2(l persons have been injured in
Independence Day celebration. Of these
1.002 died, (104 as the direct result of
their injuries, and P0S from tetanus fol
lowing injuries. One hundred and
twenty-two persons have lost their eye
sight; 651 have lost the use of one eye;
432 have lost the use of arms, legs' or
hands, and 1.S41 have been crippled by
the loss of fingers.
"The decrease from 1003 to 1010 is
due to more intelligent methods of cele
bration, the most marked decreases oc
curring in states where the agitation for
restrictive measures was most urgent.
Massachusetts had this year only one
seventh of the injured It had the previous
vear; Missouri, New Jersey and New
York reduced their injuries to one-third;
Illinois and Ohio to one-half; Pennsyl
vania reduced its injuries to two-thirds
of Inst year; Indiana. Iowa and Wiscon
sin show larger totals than a year go."
MAN TURNING TO BONE.
Supposed to Be After Effects of Hook
worm. Richmond, Va. (Special). S. M. L.
Peaden, a farmer, aged 30, of Titts coun
ty, X. C, is threatened with ossification I
of the limhs and body at the Retreat for
the Sick here.
Peadcn's condition is thought to be due
to the hookworm disease, from which he
suffered two years ago. lie was pro
nounced cured after a year's treatment.
Six months ago he noticed the harden
ing of the muscles of his feet, limits and
hands. Physicians diagnosed tiie case as
rheumatism. The hardening continued
so that he could not move about much.
Dr. .1. C. Walton, who is treating tiie
patient with electricity, says that the
disease was yielding somewhat to the
treatment.
NEW YORK THE
SECOND LARGEST CITY
Given That Distinction By the
Census Returns.
LONDON ONLY METROPOLIS AHEAD.
Figures Given Out By Director Du
rsnd Show That Greater New York
Has Increased Since 1900 By 1,329,
681, or 38.7 Per Cent. The Borough
of Bronx Showed the Greatest In
crease, With' 114.9 Per Cent. Mors
Residents Some Comparisons,
REED STATUE UNVEILED.
Heroic Shaft of Maine Granite Raised
In Portland, Me.
Portland, Me. (Special). A bronze
statue of the late Thomas Brarkett Heed,
for many year Speaker of the House of
I'epres-ntatives at Washington, was un
veiled in his home city, on the western
promenade overlooking- C'ascn Hay.
The statue is eight feet high and rep
resents the former Speaker in an attitude
of repose with a scroll in his left hand.
The pedestal is of Maine granite, nine
feet high. The statue is the work of
liurr C. .Miller, of New York and Paris,
a soli of Warner Miller, who wag an
intimate frieml of Mr. Heed.
Tiie cost wus about (fH.'i.OUO.
Washington, D. C. (Special). Greater
New York has a population of 4,700,883,
under the thirteenth decennial census, ac
cording to figures issued by Director of
the .Census Durand. This makes New
York the second largest city in the world,
and as large as any two foreign cities,
exeepiing London.
Since 11)00 the population of the mc
tropolis has increased bv 1,32!). 681, or
JU f ...... , ' ...
".i pt-r i-erii., us compared Willi
20:2 under the hist census.
The borough of Bronx showed the great
The borough of llronx showed the
greatest increase in the greater citv,
(linens. Brooklyn, Richmond and Man
hattan following next in order. The
figuns for these boroughs, together with
the increases, are as follows:
llronx, 43(l,!i8(l, an increase of 230,473.
or 1 14.1) per cent.
Queens. 284,041, an increase of 131,
042, or 85.0 per cent.
Hrooklyn, 1,(134.331, an increase of
407.7MI. or 40.1 per cent.
Richmond borough. 85.0(18. an increase
of 18,048, or 28.3 per cent.
Manhattan borough. 2.331.542, an in
crease of 481,44!), or 26 per cent.
A Comparison.
New York citv contains onlv 104.04!)
fewer people than the combined' 14 cities
of more than 200.000, the population of
which already has been announced, name
ly: Pittsburg. St. Louis, Detroit, Buffalo,
Cincinnati, Newark, Milwaukee, Wash-
ngton, Indianapolis, Jersey Citv. Kan
sas City, Providence, St. Paul and Den
ver. The aggregate population of the
citir named is Riven as 4,031,(532.
Ihe city of New York, as constituted
prior to the act of consolidation effective
January 1, 1808, had a population in
1800 of 1,515.301, as compared with
3.437,202 in 1000, showing an apparent
increase of 1,021,001, or 120.8 per cent,
for the greater city.
the population of Cliicaco in 1000
was l.(i!)S.575; Philadelphia.' 1,203,007 ;
St. Louis. 575.238; Koston. 500,802; Bal
timore, 608,057. These were the onlv
six cities in the I'nited States that had
u population over 500,000.
Paris Is Third.
According to fiirures at the Census P,u-
rcau. the population of Greater Ixtndon
in 11)01, at the official count. wa 0.581.-
372. Tiie estimated population for 1U0O
Paris in 1000, by an official count, had
a population of 2.703.303. St. Petersburg
in 1001), oflieial count, 2,740,300. Berlin
in 1005, oflieial count, 2,040.148. Home,
1001, oflieial count, .1,100.000, and an
estimated population in 1000 of 1,323,
000. Pekin, China, at one time supposed to
lie one of the largest capitals in the
world, with a population of more than a
million, according to records in the Cen
sus Bureau, now has a population esti
mated to he somewhere in the neighbor
hood of 700,000.
BANDIT IS DESPERATE.
HITS SECRET SOCIETIES.
Prof. Wells Condemns School and
College Fraternities.
Sagamore Beach, Miss (Special). A
defense of the American colleges and
school against the charge thut the stu
dent bodies were Irreligious and immoral
and a vigorous condemnation of secret
societies in high schools were the feature
of the session of the Sagamore Beach
conference on moral and religious train
ing of the young. Prof. Amos R, Wells,
of Huston, editorial secretary of the
I'nited Society fur Christian Endeavor,
was tne speaker who denounced secret
soc-ict if in high schools.
ENGINEERS GET INCREASE.
Ann Arbor Men Also Get Shorter
Working Hours.
Toledo, O. (Special). llcginning today
all engineers employed by the Ann Arbor
Itailroad, numbering about 115, will re
ceive an increase in wages and a reduc
tion of working hoiut.
The new scale of wages, which is not
given out, was decided upon at a con
ference at which the railroad was repre
sented by .Mr. liolliday mid K. A. Coher
ing, superintendent of the road at
Owoxso, Mich., and J. B. Hurst, A. Mo
Herring and Frank Amos, who were pres
ent for the engineer.
Cotton Crop Report,
Washington, D. V. (Special). The
crop reporting hoard of the Bureau of
Statistic of tho I'nited States Depart-,
ment of Agriculture estimates,' from the
reports of the correspondent and agents
of the bureau, that the average condi
tion of the cotton crop on August 25 was
72.1 per cent, of a normal, as-compared
with 75.5 on July 25, 1010, 3.7 on Au
gust 25, 1000, 7(1.1 on August 25, 1008,
and 73.1 the average of the lust 10 years,
on August 23.
Piano Dropped On Him.
Philadelphia (Special). George Wood
lock, a piuno mover, died in the Stetson
Hospital from injuries received when a
piauo fell on him. With two other men
Wood look was moving the piano from a
seeond-tlory room. His associates had
carried the instrument to the window
where they fattened a rnp around it,
with which to lower it to ths ground.
It had jut been pushed over the win
dow ledge, When the roue broke letting
the piano fall upon Woodloek, fracturing
his skull and causing falsi internal injuries.
Kills Man and Wounds Five Members
of Posse.
Cartersville, Ga. (Special). After kill
ing a man named Phillips at Boas ley
(lap, near this city, and wounding five
pursuers, William Fowler, an aged white
man of this county, escaped to the hills
and is now at liberty heavily armed
Fowler is being pursued by a sheriff's
tosse and threats of lynching are being
made.
At the time Fowler killed Phillips he
also shot and wounded James Byers and
Sam Boston.
A posse surrounded Fowler in a house
near Beasley Gap and demanded his sur
render. Fowler came out, firing as lie
advanced, aniLCapt. J. W. Pierce, Hardy
Goode mid Sain Killiy fell wounded, the.
latter lieing dangerously shot. Fowler
then escaped to the hills,
LAST CENT FOR POISON.
Suicide Pawned Trousers to Buy
Carbolic Acid.
Philadelphia (Special). After obtain
ing money with which to purchase poison
by pawning his trousers, a man, supposed
to lie Thomas II. Goodrich, 40 years old,
was found dead in a lodging house, clasp
ing a hot tie which had contained carbolic
acid, iu his hand. According to the po
lice, the suicide wus employed as a sweep
er at the Ix-ugiic Island Navy Y'ard.
Among the papers found in his pock
ets was a membership card in a trolley.
men's union of a Western city. Two
pawn tickets, one for a cout and vest
and the other for a pair of trousers, were
also found. The pawn ticket for the
trousers was issued by a pawnbroker with
an ofllce a square from the drug store in
which Goodrich bought tlic poison which
ended his life.
New Director of Mint.
Chicago (Special). George E. Rob
erts, of Chicago, announced that lie has
sept to President Taft hi acceptance of
the post of direct of the Mint. He will
go to Washington this week and hi fam
ily will soon follow.
Drowned In Freezer.
St. Louis (Special). Drowned In an
ice-cream freezer while neighbors wcr
searching for him and while his mother
was at work four miles away, the body
of Harry Kramree, two years old, w
found in the rear of the Dcstrelian Thar
mac He had climbed upon a box be
side the freezer and leaned over tho ledge
and lost his balance. It is believed the
child was seeking the fragments o'
that remained.
Death Ends Failure.
Lancaster, Pa. (Special). Edward O.
Hardy, until reoently a student for tht
ministry, who had to abandon his studies
at Muhlenberg College because of his
health failing, was found dying in his
bedroom. A shotgun was on , the floor
nearby. lis died Iu a few minute from
a wound In tbs side. It cannot be de
termined yet whetli ,r his death was th
result of an accident or suicide ' Hardy
was married last July.
OVER WATER FLIGHTS RECORD
Cnrtiss Averages Speed of Forty
Fire Miles Aa Honr.
Announced Time Consumed In the
Passage One Hour and Eighteen
Minutes Forty Thoussnd People
Cheer ss He Soars and Sweeps
Out Over Lake Breeze and Rain
Cause Him to Postpone His Return
Flight.
, Cleveland (Special) Glenn II. Cur
tiss, of Hammondsport, N. Y., establish
ed a new record for over-water flights by
traveling over Lake Erie from Euclid
Beach, nine miles east of this city, to
Cedar Point, Ohio, approximately 00
miles distant.
The time of pa-ssngc was 1 hour and 18
minutes. His average time was 45 miles
an hour, although one stretch of 20 miles
was covered at a rate of a mile a minute.
Curtiss used the eight-cylinder 60
hornepower biplane of his own construc
tion, in whioh ho mndc his recent fights
down the Hudson river from Albany to
New York.
It was shortly nfter 12 o'clock when
the biplane was taken from tho aero
drome. At 1.03 P. M., after It had been
ascertained that the 12-mile breere from
the northeast prevailed in Cleveland and
Cedar Point alike, the motor was started.
At 1.00 P. M., with the cheers of 40,000
people who had gathoj-od at the starting
point ringing in his ears, the aviator
swept out over the lake.
After reaching a height of 200 feet the
machine turned to the west. At 1.13
P. M. it hsd passed Cleveland harbor,
where 100,000 persons had grouped them
selves along the lake front and on top
of buildings, and three minutes later had
faded into the mist beyond Rocky river,
the western extremity of tho city's 18
mile water front.
At 1.20 P. M just 20 minutes after
leaving Euclid Beach, tho biplane was
sighted ofr Dover Bay, 20 miles distant.
At 1.4(1 it passed Loraine, at 1.58
crossed directly over Vermillion and at
2.18 was sighted at Cedar Point. Five
minutes later it glided onto the beach in
Iront of the Breakers Hotel.
A crowd of 10,000 persons gathered on
the beach went wild when Curtiss landed.
The throng rushed down on the aviator,
lifted him from the machine and enrried
him on its shoulders to his hotel.
Had the aviator been able to maintain
the speed at which he started out he
probably would have broken all speed
records. West of Dover Bay, however,
he encountered air currents that material
ly impeded his progress.
HOPE FOR MILLION.
COLONEL ROOSEVELT
. ANDJTHE BUS
The Men to Submit Their
Troubles to Him.
LITIGATION VIEWED WITH ANXIETY.
When the Colonel Visits Pittsburg on
September 10 the Legal and In.
dustrial Entanglements of the Min!
ers and Operators In the Irwin.
Westmoreland Fields Will b
Placed Before Him.
Tuberculosis Societies to Unite In
Selling Seals for Letters.
New York (Special). Arrangements
for the sale of Red Cross Christmas
seals for 1910 were announced in a bul
letin just issued by the Xational Associa
tion for tho Study and Prevention of
Tuberculosis and the American Red
Cross. "A million for tuberculosis" will
be the slogan of the 13-10 campaign.
Two features of the sale this year are
unique mid will bring considerable capi
tal to the tuberculosis 'fighters. The
American Xational Red Cross is to issue
the stamps us in former years, hut this
organization will work in close co-operation
with tho Xational Association fur
the Study and Prevention of Tuber
culosis, which body will share in the pro
ceeds of tho sales. The charge to local
associations for the use of the national
stamps has been reduced also from 20
per cent, to 12M- per cent., which will
mean at least $50,000 more for tulier
culnsis work in all parts of the United
States.
The stamps ore to be designated as
"Red Cross Seals" this vear and are to
be placed on the backs of" letters.
The Xational Conference of Tultercnlo
sis Secretaries through its president,
John A. Kingsbury, if Xew York, has
issued a letter calling upon all State
and local anti-tuberculosis associations
to unite with the National Association
for the Study and Prevention of Tuber
culosis and the Bed Cross Society, in tho
sale of Christmas seals.
It is expected that over 430 anti-tuberculosis
associations and himdreds of
Bed Cross societies in every State of the
Union will unite in tho tale of Christ
mas sella.
Pittsburg (Special). The legal td
Industrial entanglement of the mincr,
and operators in tho Irwin and Vet.
moreland fields will be submitted to
Theodore Roosevelt when he visits thii
city on September 10. This w,.s an
nounced bv District rrt.i,lnn .
Feehan, of the United Mino-,.rL-n.. 1!
America, after he had been arrested jt,'
five other local officers, in connection with'
the actions hronirht. in thn nn.t,.
against H7 miners and officials hv acwm
operating companies in the alfected dij.
Keclinri furtlirr until tlmf. t
velt visited the anthracite field a month
..I jiimr agu ne was requested to invcuti
gate the trouble In tho Westmoreland
Irwin field, and that now it was lmnoj
he would be instrumental in restoring'
fieace. Those arrested are -under $3 loJS
bonds. '
Three hundred and thlrtv.fWo ... .1
400 workmen in the mines of the Vet-'
moreiana toai company, one of the
plaintiffs, are reported to have left their
work when thev lenrneH of flm i..
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ing brought. For several weeks this mine
has been running at full capacitv.
The extent of the litigation is viewed!
with much anxiety in industrial circles
here because of the persistency of both'
sides. In a statement Feehan asserted
that the miners had been misrepresented
in their attitude, while Attorney Kichsrd:
B. Scandrett, counsel for the plaintiff
companies, announced that the actions
were not to be construed as attacks upon
the right of workingmen to organize, but
"we charge that operators in the Pitta-'
burg district have contributed support to
the maintenance of the strike ami paid to
have organizers in tho field that the
strike might be prolonged." Other suits
will be brought against certain operators,
according to Scandrett, that will reveal
a sensational plot.
OPIUM INVADES ARMY.
Enlisted Men at the Presidio Take to
Using Drug.
Snn Francisco (Special). Opium, the
insidious enemy of the armies of the
world, has invaded the ranks of ths
United States troops stationed at
tho Presidio to such an extent that
a strong campaign, in which arc in
volved more than 2,5"i0 men, has been
launched in an effort to crush out what
is declared to be the greatest danger con
fronting the enlisted men at the reserva
tion. An appeal has been made to the
civil authorities to aid in taking drastic
steps.
Last January company commanders be
gan to make reports to post head
quarters, and the general hospitil daily
received a stricken soldier. It is esti
mated that 40 per cent, of the men at
the Presidio are using the drug.
DR. CRIPPEN COLLAPSES.
CUBAN EDITOR KILLED.
Shot By a Liberal, Who Resented
Article About Society Woman.
Havana (Special). Juan Amer, edi
tor of the satirical weekly Character, of
which the first issue appeared, was shot
which the first issue just appeared, was
and killed by Jose Pcnnino, -a Liber
al candidate for city councilman in
Havana. Tho cause of the shooting was
a scurrilous article in the Character con
cerning a young woman prominent in so
ciety to whom Pennino is attentive.
Pcnnio was arrested.
Prisoner Removed to the Hospital
Ward of the Jail.
, London'' (Special). Dr. Hartley H.
Crippen, jointly accused with Ktbel Clara
Le Xevc of tho murder of his wife, has
suffered a nervous collapse, and was re
moved to the hospital ward of Brixton
jail.
Solicitor Newton says that his client
has given him an explanation of tiio fare
well message found among the prisoner's
effects by Inspector Dew, which will
throw a different light on the matter
when it is made public. The messape
was read in court nt the arraignment of
Crippen and Miss Lc Xeve and indicated
that the writer contemplated suicide dur
ing his flight to Canada on the steamer
Montrose.
TORNADO KILLS TWO.
Saved By Curling Iron.
New Salem, Mass. (Special). A fish
bone lodged in the throat of little Charlie
Vorce at dinner. The boy's father tried
various expedients to remove the bone,
without avail. Charlie was in a fair
way to choke to death before the family
thysician arrived, when his father seized
lira. Vorce s curling tron, thrust it down
the throat of his protesting son, and
tiumphantly drew lorth the fish bone.
Houses and Barns Lifted from Foun
dations and Wrecked.
Heatnn. N. D. (Special). II. O. Thor
hinson and the infant child of Albert
Alsson are dead as the result of the tor
nado which nearly wrecked this town.
A. 11. Hubert was seriously hurt and
scores of others painfully injured. The.
property loss will exceed $100,001).
Smith Center, Kan. (Special). A
tornado, accompanied by a terrific hail
storm, laid waste an area a mile wide
and about 10 miles long north of here.
Houses and barns were lifted from their
foundations, outbuildings were wrecked
and trees were shorn of their foliage and
uprooted. So far as known no person
wus injured.
Shoots 16-Year-Old Wife.
Dallas, Tex. (Speciirl). After shooting
and fatally wounding his 10-year-old
wifo at their home, William Jones, aged
10, shot himself, dying almost instantly.
Domestic trouble caused the tragedy.
Aim to Secure Bodies,
Washington, D. C. (Special). A cor
fcrdnm will be constructed sliout the
wreck of the battleship Maine, in Havana
harbor, according to preliminary plans
adopted by tho board of engineers In
charge of raising the vessel. The engi
neers decided that it was the intent of
Congress to regain the bodies pf tho dead
and give them decent buriul. The work
will bti undertaken with this in view.
The board also propose to remove any
possible doubt as to the cause of the de
struction of the battleship.
' Buried Alivs In Cave.
Wheeling, W. Va. (Special). Joseph
Itleifus, an 11 -year-old boy, was buried
alivs in the historic Lewis Wetzel Cave.
11 and somo companions attempted to
explore the cave, itleifus led the way in
on hands and knees, going several feet
before ho was able to stand up. llefor
tlis rest of the boys could follow, the en
trance eaved in. The companions hur
riedly notified the police, and they work
ed for several hoars With pick and
shovel, bvt later used their hands for
fear of bringing down more dirt. The
youngster was finally rescued, uninjured,
though badly scared. y
American Girl Killed.
Munich, Bavaria (Special). Mill
Rose Buckingham, of San Francisco, wus
killed and Miss Agnes Hoos, of the sm
city, was severely injured by a runaway
automobile as thev were leaving tha
Prins Regentin Theatre. The driver had
lost controT of the car as it approached
the main entrance to the playhouse, and
swerving suddenly, it plunged into the
crowd on the sidewalk.
Senator Root On Way Home.
' Southampton, England (Secial). ,
Senator Klihu Root, who headed the
counsel in the Xew Foundland fliheriei'
dispute before The Hague arbitration
tribunal, and Mrs. Root, sailed for K
York Wednesday on tho Kaiser WillmW
dcr Grosse.
Fortune In Blast.
Portland, Me. (Special). Forest I
Heavy, of Lewiston, will net, it is
from $50,000 to $00,000 from a sM1
blast of dynumlte that uncovered th
greatest find of tourmalines over un
earthed In this State. In ous pwk
alone no less than 0,000 carats of tht
gems was taken out. Already the farm
er residents of this and adjoining tovttl
aro digging in all directions, hoping f
locate other pockets that may coutsis
wealth. ,,,.', ,
Island Legislature. .
Rnn .limn. P. R. . I fKueolal). w
pursuance of the tall issued by tlovenio
Colton the Porto Kican legislature con
vened in extra session Tuesday w
awlnr anil et linnn a. number of HJStterS
of Importance to insular affairs. For
most is a urastic measure prouiuiu.. --
ImnnrtAtlnn nf diueAipri seeds and pltUI
of ihe sugar cane. A proposition to less
the insular telegraph service to a P"
corporation and the necessary legal twp
looking to tbs ceding of a sits for ""J
creation of s million dollar hotel in
Juan are ether matters that will rsew,
,ttntion. '.'")'