The fplton County News McConnellsburg, Pa. " SHOPPING IN MIDOCEAN. Tie wireless message pulsing over the sea hat put the voyaging financier ta dally communication with the toorses of New York, London and Paris. Even In mldocean the capital ht may buy or sell, with a rlrw to (he protection or the profit of hla yune. Hut It were Tain for mere man to Imagine that he could reserve this tastrumentallty to his exclusive use. If the wireless can be utilized to sake or to conserve money, It fol lows as the night the day that It 1 available for upending money. The enterprising merchant could not fall to be alert to this opportunity to In crease the debit aide of a fair cllent'e account, says Washington Post. Eath ars, husbands, brothers have cherished the thought that when their dear ones were safely at sea In swift and luxur tons palaces, the Item of shopping wa la a state of at least temporary de suetude. But not so; the ribbon coun tar and the showcases have been ex tended, flgurately speaking, across tht a. The lady fair may now lndulgi tier penchant for shopping evon 1b mldocean. Every department store Ir Treat cities near the Atlantic coast will be topped with Us tall electrk snast and maintain an operator at lti loot. Bulletins of bargains may b published on shipboard. Moreover, II (he lady Ih on her way home with t opleted purse, she can make an'aeria: draft to meet every tip of every stew rd on board and make sure that somt of her men-folk meet her with mor applies promptly on arrival at tht tik-r. 1 London's bad season, with dull array skins and chill winds. Is partlj compensated for by the promise ol good grouse shooting. Parliament hat risen In time for the sport, and thai part of society which Is not alreadj "on the continent" Is bound northward (or the moors. Summerlcss England Is exchanged for Scotland, which when the grouse are plentiful and io Vood condition, la a good place to bo. ven II the weather la wet. Bright hie over the moors transform the portsman's part of Scotland Into a semblance of paradise. To be sure khe serpent Is there. The guns crack audi the birds are slaughtered by the thousands. But they have fulfilled their destiny. Who can do morel And mighty good eating Is a well tcooked grouse from the Oram plan tills. i la East Haddam, about sixteen, knlles north from the mouth of the Connecticut river, hanging in the bel fry of St. Stephen's church and in us today, Is a bell that was cast In Spain over 1,000 years ago. The Spanish In crlptlon stating that the bell wat cast In Spain in 815 and the name ol the priest who blessed It are all very distinct Those who have Interested themselves in thla valuable old relic claim the church in Spain where It originally bung was destroyed by Na poleon, this bell and many others be leg sent to America, where there wat a good market. It is 28 Inches high and 84 inches in diameter at the base Nearly one million new farms have teeo created in the United States du ring the last ten years. In the last ten years the total number of farmt has Increased 18 per cent., says Amerl can Agriculturist. In the older states (rem Ohio eastward, there has been going on for twenty years a tendency toward the amalgamation of farms dls tant from market Into larger holdings On the other band, this section bat witnessed the cutting up Into smaller sizes of many farms nearer to mar ket. There are now almost three times as many farms as in 1870, and an unprecedented Increase In the raloo of farm lands and live stock. There Is one boat on the Hudson river that refuses to be Oalerlzed. Al though the word fast Is not usually reltuhed when applied to the feminine cender, the Mary Powell glories In the epithet and has made friends by ft. This boat will complete this sea bod fifty years of service, and the emtcentennlal anniversary will be appropriately celebrated. Captain Anderson has served on the boat forty years to various capacities. The Mary Powell it still In dally use by the Hud tta River Day Line, and cuts the wa ter between New York and Kingston aot only like a thing of lire but like a thing of very lively life. A passenger has been carried on a monoplane across the English channel A. majority of the people who have tc cross the channel will continue for a white, however, to risk the danger ol being shaken up in the old-fashioned way. Esperanto Is attracting as much at (ration now as tho puzzle pictures did a short time ago and has as umny disciples as simplified spelling ever achieved. An Indiana mule kicked a motor cyclist and his machine across the road the other day. A kicking mule never stops to count a hundred befort suaklug up bis mind what ought to bt lone. A Nw York man has won a cham ptooihlp and s $100 watch by eating Izty-four Isnanas In a given time StULi we decline to look oo this con test as one that In any way Involved Jb honor of the white race. 7 , FOUR KILLED AND SCORE INJURED IN AUTO RACE Heavy Toll in Death in Annual Struggle for Vanderbilt Cup. BARRY GRANT VICTOR IN MAD SPEED CONTEST Driver of AIco Car Duplicates His Last Year's formance by Finishing in Front of Joe Daw son in a Marmon by Margin of Twenty-five Seconds. Per- Comparison of Fatalities. 1910 Vanderbilt Cup 4 1909 Vanderbilt. Cui 1 1909 Indianapolis Speedway. H 1904 Vanderbilt Cup 1 1903 Paris-Madrid 0 New York (Special). Four per sons killed, a score more or less seriously injured and many specta tors suffering from hurts, constitutes the record of death and disaster which attended the winning of the William K. Vanderbilt. Jr., tup by Harry F. Grant in an Alco, after one of the most daring and stirring auto mobile races ever known in Ameri can sport. The accomplishment of gaining the victory over time wag attended by casualties so numerous as to amaze the veterans of many a hard won course, suggesting in its results some Mediaeval tourney, in which lives were freely risked and lost for the entertainment of the multitude. The winner of the race attained hla triumph in the same automobile in which he won the same race 1 2 months ago, thus proving that both champion and automobile may come back to the condition in which they made former successes, which not able achievement will go down to his tory linked with disaster and death. The 278.08 miles of the course were traversed by the victor in 4 hours 15 minutes and 48.39 Beconds, practically less than half a minute, in advance of Joseph Dawson, who won second place in a Marmon ma chine, while John Aitken, the thirl In the race, piloted his National ovel the clrcut in 4 hours 17 minutes and 29.72 seconds. The victory was won over what li generally considered to have been thi best Held of cars ever entered In tht classic race on Long Island. It Included the flower of Amerl ran automobile production, In addl tlon to three Benz cars, especlallj built In Germany and imported foi the occasion. The contest was a sue cession of surprises from start tc finish, for at least half a dozen timet the lead shifted from ono car to an other. Grant allowed his competitors tc show the way for tho greater part o tho journey, and it was not until hali a dozen laps remained to be run thai the spectators became aware thai tho ebon-hooded pilot was creeping, toward the front. Five laps from tho finish he too command and, duplicating his won derful finish of last year, again cap tured the coveted trophy. His tlm was the fastest ever made in a long distance road race In America, and as compared with the 65.3 miles at hour average made In the Grant Prize in Savannah two years ago, h achieved a record of 65.10. His feat today also surpasses th average of 64.3 miles an hour, whicl was the best previous record for thi Vanderbilt cup race. EXPLOSION WRECKS LOS ANGELES TIMES Gen. Otis Newspaper Plant Destroyed By Explosion and Fire Many Dead and Injured. Los Angeles (Special). An at tempt to destroy the residence of Gen. Harrison Gray Otis, publisher of the Los Angeles Times, by means of an Infernal machine was made late Sat urday, following an explosion which earlier In the day, caused a loss of Ufa estimated at 15 to 20 and de stroyed the buildings and plant of the Times and a suspected effort to blow up the auxiliary plant of that paper. A powerful infernal machine was also found in the residence of Secre tary Zeebandelaar, of the Merchants and Manufacturers' Association. General Otis and the other re sponsible heads of the Times unequiv ocally charge the Times building disaster and the narrowly averted attempts at further destruction of life and property to lahor union sources. With equal empiiHsis, the leaders of union labor repudiate the acetiba tlon and offer all aid In their power to detect tho culprits. General Otis VnilaunliMl. The Times made public the follow ing telegram from General Otis, cu route from Mexico. "Your wire, with Its terrible news, reached me. I am amazed at tho desperation of the criminal conspira tors in destroying the Times build ing and slaying its loyal defenders, whose loss I deeply deplore; but the Times Itself will live on,' bravely de fending the vital and essential prin ciple of Industrial freedom under law, which must yet triumph in the entire nation. "HARRISON GRAY OTIS." For 20 years following a quarrel with the Typographical Union and the changing of the Times to a non union paper. General Otis has fought unionism with every resource In his command. He has been ably sec onded in this fight by tho Merchants and Manufacturers' Association. Feeling ran high throughout the city over the Times disaster, and was augmented by the discovery that a dynamite bomb had been found un der the residence of Secretary Zee handolaar. The public reached a state of alarm and consternation when the attempt to blow up General Otis' residence became known. Tho Otis' home, known as the Bivouac, stands on Wiltshire avenue, In the most fashionable quarter of the city. After the finding of the In ternal machino at the Zeehandelaar residence Detective Rice was sent to the Bivouac to search the premises. Iktmb At Otis Home. Aided by Charles Focken, the gardener, he found a suitcase hidden In a bunch of vines under a bay win dow on tho side of the house front ing Westlake Park. Convinced that tho suitcase con talned a bomb, Chief Galloway or dered the lnfe-nal machine rusher over to Westlake Park, where Its ex plosion could do comparatively littU damage. Rice and Gardener Focken took ii up and dashed across the street Putting it down they sped away ami put about 100 feet between them anc the bomb before it went ofT with f crash that threw the entire neighbor hood into a panic. The explosion tore out a portloi of the curbing of the street along the park. Branches of a tree di rectly overhead were torn off and I portion of the park fence was splin tered. A plateglass wlndow-shielc on a porch In the Otis home also wa shattered. in the Otis home at tho time of tin explosion were Mrs. Harry Chandler daughter of General Otis, and a rel atlve, Mrs. Booth, and the latter", two children. Another Infrrnul Machine. The infernal machine found at Mr Zeehandelaar's residence was com posed of 15 sticks of giant powder attached to a fuse and set by clock work to explode at 1 o'clock In thi morning, the same hour at which th explosion occurred In the Tlmci office. Assistant General Manager Chand lor, of the Times, says that an at tempt was made to blow up tht Tlhies auxiliary plant at College anc San Fernando streets a few minutei before the explosion destroyed the main building. The succession of tragic eventt and the rumors of other attempted outrages set tho populace of Lo Angels in a state of mind bordering on panic. Only two arrests were made, ano there Is little Indication of complicitj on the part of the prisoner:). The City Council met In special session during the day and appro priated $25,000 for the purpose ol determining the cause of the Tlmei building explosion, and provided reward of $2,600 for the capture ol those responsible for the outrage. The death list of this morning' disaster will probably total 19. Other Theories of Disaster. Two theories other than that ol criminal violence have been advanc ed as probable causes of the ex plosion: First That leaky gas connection! allowed sufficient gas to collect it the building to form an exploslvt mixture. Second That the tank of gaso line in the composing room, kept foi the purpose of cleaning ink from type, was left open long enough t lot sufficient fumes to escape, to coust an explosion. Study Infuntllo Paralysis. Washington, D. C. (Special). Statistics are being gathered by the Public. Health and Marine Hospital Hervlce to bIiow the prevalence of in fantile paralysis in the United States. According to tho reports so far re ceived the disease Is practically un known in some States, Florida haviuij reported none. Connecticut, tho Dis trict of Columbia, Illinois, Massachu setts and Pennsylvania seem to be the principal sufferers. Statistics from most of these States, bowevor, are not yet available. (itts Explodes; Three Dead. Philadelphia (Spoclal). Thrci men were killed end a number In jured In a'n explosion at the Rich mond Gas Works of the United Gai Improvement Company, Front ant Tioga streets, this city. Tho explo sion occurred In the coal gas bouse where a 40-tnch pipe burst from some unknown cause. The three men whe were killed were In the room when the pipe exploded and were almost Instantly killed. The injured were not seriously hurt. A Mayor Under Arreot. Indianapolis , (Spoclal). Mayor Shank la constructively under arrest and will appear In the city court to answer a charge of cruelty to ani mals. Humana Officer Diets saw the mayor driving on the street, and from tho way tho horse traveled believed that bo bad been Improperly shod. He ordered the mayor to send the animal to a smith at once and to re port to the city court. The mayor did not make any protest, but admit ted that the horse needed shoeing, tnd will enter a plea of guilty. ISO Miners Entombed. Eagle Pass (Special). One bun dred and fifty miners, possibly more are entombed, probably dead, i. Mine No. 2, at Palau, Mexico, In th Las Esperansas mining field, operate by tho National Railways of Mexlcc as a result of two explosions, pre sumably caused by an accumulatlo of gas. The men entombed are mos ly . native and Japanese miners, a' though the number Includes seven Americans. At the time of the fin oxploslon the entire night shift, est mated at from 160 to JOO men, wet at work. NEW PRISON METHODS REFORM THE OBJECT Plan Advocated at International Prison Congress. DELEGATES FOR NATIONAL REGISTRATION. wport of the Committee On Criminal Law at the Meeting In. Wanning ton Calls for IW-rtlllon Measure ments and) Photographs of Kvery Citizen Such a System, It I Said, Would Elevate Standard of Citizenship, Washington, D. C. (Special). Bertillon measurements and photo graphs of every citizen for public record were proposed at the Ameri can Prison Association Convention by Albert H. Hall, of Minneapolis, in submitting tho report of the com mittee on criminal law reform. "The United States government ought to make Its chief concern to discover,' develop and realize itself, by gathering and recording full bio graphic and civil data of each of its component units, the life of every man," said Mr. Hall. "We have de veloped the registration and Iden tification of domestic animals. Why omit the record of human life, the supreme product of creation? The task is not impossible, its benefit would be Incalculable and far-reaching. "Such a registration should be na tional in scope and authority, em bracing a continuous enumeration and consecutive numbering of the whole citizenship, including a dupli cate card certificate system, identi fying its 'bearer by photograph or finger print. Such duplicates should be kept in a Federal bureau. There should be a compulsory daily entry and report by all courts of record and other official keepers of social and vital data to show every contact of the man with the state." Hall expressed the opinion that such a system would elevate and equalize the standard of citizenship, prevent duplicity of the Individual In all of his relations and extend the family ties, constitute a universal In telligence and credit bureau and simplify expensive election discus sion among the delegates, many argu ments being advanced for and against it. Attorney General Wlckersham, who was to have led the discussion on the report, was detained at the Cabinet meeting until late and was not present. DIX IS THE NOMINEE. Democratic Candidate For Governor of New York. Convention Hall, Rochester, N. Y. (Special). The Democratic State convention nominated the following ticket for the next State election: For governor John A. Dlx, Wash ington county. For lieutenant governor Thomas F. Conway, Clinton county. For secretary of Btate Edward Lazansky, Kings county. For comptroller William Sohmer, New York. For state treasurer John J. Ken nedy, Erie county. For attorney general Thomas J. Carmody, Yates county. For state engineer and surveyor John A. Bensel, New York. For associate judge of the court of appeals Frederick K. Collin, Chemung county. Thla list of candidates, prepared after a day of almost continuous con ferences, went through shortly after midnight, with only one halt In its quick progress. ThlB was the pre sentation of the name of Congress man William Sulzer as the only rival candidate for governor. Mr. Sulzer received 16 of the 450 votes of the convention, and Mr. Dlx got the rest. All the other nominations were made by acclamation. FALLS 75 FEET UXHUItT. Painter Hits Two Men On His Way to Earth. Scranton, Pa. (Special). Arthur Mills, a painter, fell from the top of a 76-foot smokestack on the Lacka wanna Mills. He struck a fellow workman part way up the stack, breaking his fall somewhat, and then hit the foreman on the job, just be fore he landed. Mills was made semi-conscious by the drop; but a superficial examina tion at the State Hospital, where he was taken, disclosed that not a bono was broken. SWIFT JUSTICE FOR SLAYERS. Highwaymen Arrested and Sentenced for Life In a Day. , Grand Rapids, Mich. (Special). Arrested late Wednesday for the brutal murder of aged Marinus Land man. Clem llood, 38 years, and Arthur Shellhorn, 18, were Thurs day sentenced to life imprisonment In Marquette prison. Landman died Monday as the re sult of Injuries received in a hold-up Saturday. MINISTER ENDS BIS LIFE Planters Faring Ituin. Lexington, Ky. (Special). Hun dreds of tobacco planters in the Ken tucky field are facing ruin in conse quence of the announced intention of the American Tobacco Company that tt will not bid in the 120,000,000 pounds of the Burly Society's 1909 pool. D. R. Toewater, vice-president of the tobacco company, has served notice upon Kentucky planters that, while his company will pay from S to 10 ceuU for the 1910 crop, it will not bid for the 1909 pool of the society. Rev. Dr. Little Fires Bullet Brain Rector of Rich Chicago Parish. Into Chicago (Special). Rev. Dr. Arthur W. Little, ono of the most prominent and popular Episcopal clergymen in the United States, rec tor of one of the richest Episcopal parishes in America and the recipient of distinguished honors from Oxford University, is dead at his home in EvanBton, a suicide, his brilliant mind having given way under the weight of a great grief which bad been a burden for five years. Dr. Little was rector of St. Mark's Church, Evanston. His body was found shortly after 6 o'clock on a couch in his study on the third floor of the rectory at 1601 Ridge avenue. In his right hand Dr. Little held a new revolver. The fatal bullet wound was In his temple. Dr. Little left a letter in which ho said that "something had broken in his brain" and professed anxiety lest his wife should not bo cared for prop erly. The letter said: "Something has broken in my brain. I told the doc tor and he would not believe me, but It is true." Then followed three or four words written In a scrawling hand, which appeared to be: "Clock and wireless line is broken. God have mercy. Oh, my poor, dear wife, be good to her. A." The life of this distinguished di vine had been sad for years. His wife, whom he married 18 years ago, whom he loved devotedly, and who was of great assistance to him In his work, pastoral as well as literary, be came mentally unbalanced five years ago. Dr. Little refused to have her ad judged insane and kept her In priv ate sanitariums. Lately she had been at Kenosha, Wis., but escaped from there Thursday. Sunday he receiv ed a letter from her, dated Wll wauk.ee. The letter, somewhat in coherent, told him she was out of funds. H. S. Staymaker, one of the parish wardens, and his daughter, Miss Letltla, make their home at the rec tory. Dr. Little sent Miss Staymaker to Milwaukee to seek Mrs. Little. Miss Staymaker accomplished her mission and placed Mrs. Little in a private sanitarium. She reached home about 5.30 o'clock, and seeing neither her father nor Dr. Little, began to prepare din ner. Her father came In a few min nutes. He advised her to see if Dr. Little were not in his study. She went to the study and found the clergyman dead. Dr. Little was a native of Brook lyn, N. Y. He was educated in the General Theological Seminary of New York, and received his degree of doc tor of divinity from Oxford. He was 63 years old and came to St. Mark' s. In Evanston, 22 years ago. PATTEX LEFT $."5,000,0OO. Greater Tart of Money Will Be De voted to Charities. Chicago (Special). George W. Patten, the millionaire grain operator who died of tuberculosis at the home of his brother, James A. Patten, in Evanston, left a fortune estimated at $5,000,000, the greatest part of which, it is said, will be devoted to public charities, including a large donation for the furtherance of tho anti-tuberculosis campaign. Though relatives have tried to conceal from him the belief that he was dying, it has been known for months that be was suffering from tuberculosis, and there was no hope of recovery. He spent eight years in Colorado fighting against the malady. Two weeks ago announcement was made that Mr. Patten had created a fund of $600,000 known as the "Agnes and Louisa Patten Fund" for the endowment of the Evanston Hospital Association, an institution in which the two brothers took a great interest. TAFT ADDS TO CIVIL LIST. 7,000 Assistant Postmasters to Conic Under Law. Washington, D. C. (Special). President Taft Issued an executive order placing over 7,000 assistant postmasters throughout the country under the civil servlco laws. This new policy was announced as a result of the deliberations of tho Cabinet. It was also stated that tho President will recommend legislation to place all second and third-class postmasters in the classified service. This class of Federal employes aro executive appointees, and are con sidered to be the plums of congres sional patronage. MAX IS DECAPITATED. Typhoon's Terrible Havoc. Manila (Special). A typhoon of unusual severity swept over the Val ley of Cayagan River, in the Prov inces of Cayagan and Isabela, North ern Luzon. Four towns, including (lagan, tbe capital of Isabel prov ince, were practically demolished. A thousand persons are still homeless and destitute, but the dispatches so far received Indicate that there were no casualties. The tobacco crop was seriously dsmaged. The government la making relief plans. Explosion of Steam Pipe Severs Head From Body, Unlontown, Pa. (8pecial). Jacob Foreman, aged 37 years, was Instant ly decapitated and twp other men in jured by the bursting of a steam pipe at the Orient Coke plant, at Orient. The injured are Cbauncey Shipley, machinist, condition serious, and Richard Adams, who will recover. - Tbo three men were at work In the engtneroom when, without warn ing, a six-Inch steam pipe burst, fragments of tho iron being hurled with terrific force in all directions. One pioce cut off Foreman's bead. ExMrts Increasing. Washington, D. C. (Special). During the month of August the ex port trade of the United States to every part of the word Increased lu all over $12,000,000, according to a summary completed by tbe Bureau of Statistics of the Department of Com merce and Labor. During the eight months of the calendar year which ended with August tbe value of ex ports to Europe alone were nearly $620,000,000 and the Imports for the same period were more than $625,000,000. Bomb From Housetop. ' New York (Special). His friend ship for several members of the Ita lian squad of the detective bureau which the late Lieutenant Petroslno used to command is believed to have incited Black Handera to attempt as sassination of Agnatni Klnl, a watch man, on First streot, by burling a bomb at bint from a housetop. Tbe missile struck near him and he was shocked Into unconsciousness, but escaped fatal Injury. Tbe explosion created a panic In tbe neighborhood. A similar attempt on Rlnl's life was made three weeks ago. CRITICAL SITUATION EXISTS CHINA American Army and Navy Pre pared For Action. BOXER OUTBREAK IS THREATENED. Rice Famine and Dynastic Difficul ties Have Caused Discontent In a Number of Provinces -AH That Is Needed Is a Leader to Start Seri ous Trouble At Any Moment An Anti-Foreign Outbreak May Occur Number of American War Ships Not Far1 From Chlnn. Washington, D. C. (Special). Ad vices have been received here from American officials In the Orient to the effect that a critical situation exists In China and that an outbreak similar to the boxer rebellion of sev eral years ago would not surprise the close observers of tho recent trend of events. Diplomatic officials in China have been Instructed to maintain a close watch on Internal conditions and to submit quick telegraphic reports as the occasion warrants. The advices thus far received irn;; cate that the unrest in China 1b so great that only a leader is needed to put the spark of life into an open re bellion. All through the summer months there have been muttering of discontent lu some of the Chinese provinces arising from the rice fam ine, dynastic difficulties and dissatis faction over acts of the Peking gov ernment as to foreign investments in China. United States Minister Calhoun, at Peking, who last May reported to the State Department the generally disquieting antt-foreign and anti dynastic rumors, is keeping in close touch with the situation there, and the foreign consular body at Nanking early in the summer emphasized to the viceroy there the Importance of immediate protective measures. The Army and the Navy are pre pared for any emergency, but their readiness Is solely a precautionary measure, it la said, and should not be taken as an Indication of imme diate danger. Authentic advices from those charged with keeping in touch with the conditions indicate that the only thing lacking to parallel the situation with that preceding the boxer trou bles, w'hlch drew Into China the American forces, as well as those of other nations, is the matter of organ ization. Every vessel in the Asiatic fleet, as well as the military forces at Manila, Is prepared for almost instant action in the event the trouble breaks. There are available in tbe Navy the armored cruiser New York, which is the flagship of Rear Admiral Hub bard, commander-in-chief of the fleet, the protected cruiser New Orleans, the gunboats Callao, Helena, Samar, Vtllalobos, Mlndoro and Paragua, the light draft gunboat Wilmington, the protected cruiser Albany, tbe cruiser Rainbow,- tho coast defense vessel Monterey and the transport Buffalo. All the vessels are in reach some where between China and the Philip, pines. ROOSEVELT'S CANDIDATE CHOSEN. MURDERED WIFE AND 1) Also Tries to Kill His Young Daurt, ter -Green Fled Fiom the House But Was Captured. ' Philadelphia (8peclal). Folio ing a night of constant quarrellni with his wife at their home in Oak View. Delaware county, John Greer a carpenter, and tho father of tii children, shot and perhaps fatiti wounded his wife and instantlv luul their 13-month-old infant. in th promiscous shooting by the enrawJ man a 16-year-old .daughter narrow ly escaped death. Green fled trot. the house, but later was captured Green had been drinking and quar roled all of the evening with hi." wife. After the children bad beJ put to bed Mrs. Green and her daugh ter and a son 15 years old, tried i pacify the father. The son final, gave up the effort -and retired. Later in the night he was awakened by scream and the next moment hi. mother, with the baby in her arm. and followed by the daughter, ran Into the room. The infuriated' hua. band rushed after them and began shooting In the dark. He fired fi shots. Two of them struck his wif and one bullet went through the baby in her arms. ' When the mother fell, still holdinc the dead babe, Green called out for, Alice, the daughter. She had been hiding In a corner of the room, and when her father began searching for her she exclaimed: "Here I am, go ahead and shoot," and then leaped from a window of the room. She struck a shed and rolled off Into the arms of a neigh bor, who had been attracted by the shooting. Green tried to shoot out of the window, but the revolver was empty. All the children were aroused br the shooting and were screaming aa their father fled from the house. BANDITS HOLD I'P MAIL CAR. Tho Hold Robbers Escaped to Rlrtr at New Orleans. New Orleans, La. (Special). Posses are scouring the levee district in search of two white bandits who held up four United States mail clerks on a westbound Southern Fa cile train at Avondale crossing, on the Mississippi River, and made their escape with registered mall and bul lion believed to aggregate $50,000 in value. More than $30,000 In gold and silver alone is reported to have been taken. While the engine was taking tht express and mall coaches up the track so the other coaches could fol low the masked men surprised the four mail clerks, two of whom vera negroes. While one man kept them with hands up ,the other gathered the registered pouches and tbe expreta matter desired. The whole tblna was over, the mall men say, in a few. minutes. The robbers bound the clerks before they jumped so they did not tell of the crime until discovered when the train reached tbe Wagga mon Station. HUGHES CHIEF JUSTICE. Stlmson Nominated for Governor of New York. Saratoga, N. Y. (Special). rThe Republican State Convention nomi nated Henry L. Stlmson, of New York, as its candidate for governor. The nomination of Mr. Stlmson was one more victory tor Col. Theodore Roosevelt, who personally led the fight tor the nomination of his candi date, completing the unbroken series of triumphs from the moment the convention was called to order until its final adjournment. The- remainder of the state ticket follows: For lieutenant governor. Edward Schoeneck. For secretary of state, Samuel S. Koonlg (renominated). For , state comptroller, James Thompson. For state treasurer, Thomas S. Fennell. For state engineer, Frank M. Wil liams (renominated). For attorney general, Edward R. O'Malley (renominated). For associate judge for the Court of Appeals, Irving G. Vann (renomi nated). The vote for governor stood as fol lows: Henry L. Stlmson, 684; Wil liam S. Ben net, of New York, 242; Thomas B. Dunn, of Rochester, 38; James B. McEwan, of Albany, 28; scattering, 23., ' Tbe slate as made up by Colonel Roosevelt, Senator Root and their ad visers went through without a hitch. With tbe exception of the nomina tions for governor. and Comptroller there were no contests. Statement Is Made On Highest Au thority. Washington, D. C. (Speclal). That Governor Charles E. Hughes it definitely slated to become chief Jus tice of the United States was tbe statement made upon such high au- jthorlty as to give It specific newa value. Taft, already strongly Inclined to make Hughes the chief justice, was niado much firmer in his conviction by the discussion with the cabinet. To Prevent Cotton Frauds. Austin, Tex. (Special). The Texas Railroad Commission held a public hearing on the proposal to adopt rules for issuing negotiable and non-negotiable bills of lading by railroads and to make the roads re sponsible for shipments made on bills of lading. The object is to prevent frauds in cotton shipments. Valued At $530,000,000. Chicago (Special). The Burling ton Railway was ready to finish its part of tbe case -w lion the hearing of tbe Western rate cases was resumed before Interstate Commerce Commis sioner Clark. The Alton and the Chi cago Great Western are -the two car riers yet to take the stand. According to Frank E. Ward, gen eral manager of the Burlington, the value of the road Is near $530,000, 000. His valuation differs from fig ures presented by other witnesses. Postmaster Has Pellagra. Roanoke, Va. (Special). Assist ant Postmaster A. M. Prince, ot Roanoke, is in a desperate condition, suffering from pellagra. He has been unconscious two days and bis death may occur any hour. Mr. Prince bas ben 11) several months. He has held tbe position of assistant postmaster about sis years. . Birmingham's Population. Washington, D. 0. (Spoclal)'. The population of Birmingham, Ala., Is 18M8B, an Increase of 04,170, or S46.4 per cent, over 38.410 to 1900. MRS. DAVIS DEAD. Was- Mother of Richard Hardin Davis, Novelist. New York (Special). Word reached the city of the death at 5 o'clock in Mount Kisco, N. Y., of Mn. Rebecca Harding Davis, mother of Richard Harding Davis, tho novellit. Mrs. Davis was 80 years of age She was born In Washington, Pa., and was an author of note, first gaining prominence with her "Life In the iron Mills." Glavls' Work Attacked. Los Angeles, Cal. (Special). Tbe Committee on Alaskan Legislation reported to the American Mining Congress vigorous criticism of tto work of L. F. Glavls and the otbfr government employees engaged lo In vestigating claims in Alaska. Among other things it was charged tint Glavls and Jones were not within SW miles of the Alaskan land which they reported upon. Two Autoist Killed. Piqua, Ohio (Special). Mi Maria Anderson, 23 years old, Piqua, and Edward Piper. 28 1n old, of Sydney, Ohio, were killed m Miss Grace Conover, of Piqua, fatally hurt, and C. A. RIcbey, Columbus, and Ray Piper leaa ously injured when a Cindww Hamilton and Dayton train itm their automobile. Cavalier! Ill In Paris. Paris (Speelal). Lina CavalWj Is 111. She has been confined to room since hor return from three days ago. She thinks her ill ness is a relapse after ber re5' operation. Conqueror of Alps Dcud. Domodossola, Italy (SpociaD George Chaves, the Peruvian stM who achlevod the glory of being tb first man to fly over the- Alp & aeroplane, dlod in a hospital here " injuries which he received whea t-' Dlerlot monoplane crashed to i earth with him here, JuBt tu' f bad oomploted the perilous leg of " journey from Brlgue, Bwltxerlasa, Milan. His fiancee, who had ried here from Paris, to ct V nurse, was at his bedside vben " dlod. Thwarted lu Love, Ends I tf New York (Special). Fratt" Paterna. 18 years old. Jumped fr a window at her home, Thirty-ninth street, and was in The girl had been melancholy ' Sunday on account of troubi twoen ber father and her sweeiw Playing Doctor Fatal. . Covington, Ky. (Special).-- , playing doctor a aon and a ds , ot Thomas Cobb swallowed acid and died soon afterward, were Ave and seven years
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