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.
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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