EXPLORER PERISHES
IN MRETIG REGIONS
Mylius Erichsen and Party Are
Carried Out to Sea on Ice Floe.
HAD NO FOOD FOR MANY DAYS
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Attempted to Cross a Region De-
void of Both Animal and
Vegetable Life.
Copenhagen.—Mylius Erichsen, the
Danish expiorer, has met his death in
the far north. According to informa-
tion received in a telegram to’ the
of the Denmark-Greenland
expedition, Erichsen and two compan-
ions that sailed with him from Co-
penhagen June 24, 1906; to the north-
eastern coast of Greeniand, perished
by a snowstorm.
The three men were. on an ice floe
committee
when they were overtaken by the
storm. The floe drifted out to the
sea. The provisions of the explorers
soon became exhausted. They drift-
ed for some days, growing weaker
and weaker. Then the floe was fin-
ally driven back to land, the three
men did not have sufficient
to make the effort
turn to the station.
who brought in
strength
necessary to re-
The Esquimau,
the news of the diss
aster arrived at the station in a dy-
ing condition and succumbed imme-
diately after making his report.
Mr. richsen planned this last trip
and was the most adventurous
portis cf his undertaking, to cross
the ice cap of Greenland at its broad-
est part by means of snowshoes, dog
sledges and an automobile. He pro- |
posed to set out about harch, 1908, |
accompanied by one of nis staff and |
two Greenlanders, belonging to the |
crew. Other members of the expedi-
tion, with fully loaded sledges, were
to go with him the first third of the
journey. After leaving his compan-
ions, Erichsen and the tiree men he
planned to take with him, were to
proceed to the unknown ice dome of |
the interior, which rises at its high-
est point, to 10,000 feet above sea
level,
This regicn is completely devoid of
vegetables and animal life, and here,
it is believed, to be, he found one of
the cold poles of the northern -hemis-
phere.
Under these circumstances, the lead-
er chose the months of March, April
and May for his venture. He hoped
to compass this venturesome journey
fn about two and a half months, com-
ing out on the west coast. It was
probably on this trip that the explor-
er met his death.
Mylius Erichsen had devoted sev-
eral years to the expioration of
Greenland. His first expedition re-
turned from that country in Novem-
ber, 1904, after two years and a half
in the north. The expedition that
sailed from Copenhagen two years
ago was supported financially by the
Danish government and ais plans had
been approved by many societies and
scientists, including the American
Geographica] society.
NEW ZEALAND GREETS FLEET
Admiral Sperry and His Men Are En-
thusiastically Cheered.
Auckland, New Zealand.—Cloudy
weather greeted the landing of Ad-
miral Sperry, commander-in-chief of
the United States Atlantic fleet, and
his officers: to receive official wel-
come to Australian waters at the
hands of Prime Minister Sir Joseph
George Ward on behalf of the gov-
ernment.
The landing was made on the 8th
at the newly-erected quay at the foot
of Queen street, the city’s principal
thoroughfare, at the shore end of
which an elaborate decorated stand
- hed“been erected for the reception.
Immense crowds thronged the
streets and verandas and roofs of
houses adjacent were moving masses
of humanity. It was a great recep-
tion and unbounded enthusiasm pre-
‘ vailed.
Sir Joseph eulogized President
Roosevelt as representing the best
traditions of the common blood of
civilization. He then presented to
Admiral Speery, for President Roose-
velt, a decorated gold and silver al-
bum suitably inscribed as a souvenir
of the visit of the- American fleet to
New Zealand. To Admiral Speery
was given a beautifully illuminated
address of welcome, enclosed in a
handsome casket of wood with an in-
laid cover having a design emblematic
of New Zealand.
Freight Rate Inquiry.
Washington.—President Roosevelt
has been appealed to by Senator Cul-
berson of Texas, in an effort to re-
strain the. railroads from putting in-
- creased freight rates into effect in
that state and Mr. Roosevelt has re-
ferred the matter to the attorney gen-
eral.
To Better Farm Life.
President Roosevelt has asked five
eminent students of farm iife to serve
on a commission which he desires to
investigate and repert to him on the
social and economic side of the farm,
to the end that a national movement
may be started for the petterment of
the farmer and his family.
-
Six Burn to Death.
New York.—Six personas were burn-
ed to death in a tenement house fire
at 332 East One Hundred and Twelfth
street, four children, between the
ages of eight and 12, an Infant of two
months and an aged man. Other oc-
eupants of the tenement were injured
}umping from windows, three severely.
Twenty-one death sentences were
pronounced in Russia July 31, 16 of
which were on persons connected with |
the Simpferopol jail delivery last]
May.
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CROP REPORTS
The Government Report Shows Condi-
tion of Corn 82.5 per cent
‘of Normal.
Washington. — The crop reporting
board of the bureau of statistics of
the department of agriculture in a
bulletin issued shows that the condi-
tion of corn on August 1 was 82.5 per
cent of a normal as compared with
828 last month, 828 on August 1,
1907, and 83.1 the 10-year average on
August 1. Preliminary returns indi-
cate a yield: of winter wheat of about
14.3 bushels per acre, oi a total of
125,940,000 bushels, which compares
with 14.6 bushels and 409,442,000 bush-
els, respectively, the final estimates of
last year’s crop. The average quality
of the crop is 20.1 against 90.5 last
vear. The average condition of spring
wheat cn August 1 was 80.7 per cent
of a normal, as compared with 89.4
a month ago, 79.4 cn August 1, 1907;
86.09 on August 1, 1906, and 82.7 the
10-year average on August 1.
The condition of the oats eron on
August 1 was 76.8 per cent of a nor-
mal as compared with 85.7 last month,
75.6 on August 1, 1907; 82.8 cn August
1, 1906, and 83.8 the 10-year average
on August 1.
THREE BABIES CREMATED
Mother Goes Shopping, Leaving Her
Little Ones Helpless Prey to
the Flames.
Minneapolis.—Three children aged
one, two and four years, respectively,
were burt 23 to death.
The mother, Mrs. Frank Lindberg,
left the house in the morning to go
shopping. She locked the children in
a room. The house caught fire and
was hurning fiercely before the neigh-
bors heard the screams of the chil-
dren. It was then too late to rescue
the little ones.
DIRT FLYING IN PANAMA
Even Record Breaking Work of June
Exceeded During Last Month.
Washington.—Month by month the
total excavation on the isthmian canal
is increasing. A cablegram received
| from Colonel Goethals, chief engineer
on the isthmus, shows the excavation
for July was greater than for June,
although the latter was aimost a reec-
ord in canal work.
The total excavation for July was
3,168.640 cubic yards, against 3,056,976
cubic yards for June and 1,077,498 for
July a year ago.
In July of this year 1,847,173 cubic
yards of material were removed by
steam shovels.
NINE MEN ARE DROWNED
Gloucester Kishing Vessel Sinks
When Struck by German
Training Ship.
Halifax, N. S.—The Gloucester fish-
ing schooner Maggie and May was run
down by the German schoolship
Freya, 60 miles off Halifax harbor
Saturday night.
Captain Erick MecCathoran of the
Maggie and May lost his life. Eight
of his men also perishea.
The Freya arrived here with four
survivors from the schooner on board.
The schooner Maggie ana Mary car-
ried a crew of 19 men. She was of
88 net tonnage, and was owned by G.
Dennis of Gloucester. :
TRAIN FIRED ON
Three Killed and Severa: Injured in
Alabama.
Birmingham, Ala—Three men were
instantly killed and 11 injured, two of
whom will probably die, when striking
miners fired into a passenger train on
the: Birmingham Mineral railrdad at
Blocton. The dead are: Conduc-
tor Joe T. Collins, O. Z. Dent, Deputy
sheriff, and Willard Howell, non-
union miner.
Among the injured are Major E. H.
Dodge, superintendent of safety, Ten-
nessee Coal Company, wounded in the
hand and leg, and E. E. Cox, super-
intendent of mines, Tennessee Coal
Company, slightly wounded in knee.
WHEAT CROP [IS SHORT
Ohio State Board of Agriculture Makes
a Report.
Columbus.—According to the month-
ly report of the state board of agri-
culture the wheat crop this year in
the state of *Ohio will fall short of
the yield last year. The report is-
sued places the crop at threshing time
at 82 per cent of an average. This
is 2 per cent better than the estimate
of August 1, 1907, but the acreage
this year is 12 per cent lower. The
oats crop is estimated at only 65 per
cent of an average. There is no esti-
mate on corn, but the indications are
that a fair yield will be realized.
Dies at Age of 105.
Cumberland, Md.—Mrs. Mary Ann
Perry, 105 years old, widow of Dr.
George C. Perry, died here on the 7th.
She leaves no relatives in this city.
The Perrys at one time were among
the most wealthy and influential fami-
lies of this county. Dr. Perry was a
brother of the late Commander Roger
Perry, of the United States navy, and
of the late Judge Thomas Perry, of
Cumberland.
Plague Increasing In Azores.
Fayal, Azroes Islands.—The bubonic
plague is speading to Tercelra Island.
There have been 12 deaths since July
27.
Yaqui indians Kill Thirteen.
El Paso, Tex.—Yaqui Indians on
July 24 killed 13 persons, members
of three families, near Lampazas
mine, 20 miles from Montezuma, Sof-
ora.
The report in iron circles for July
showed that the total production- of
pig for the month was 1,217,000 tons,
against 1,092,000 tons for June.
The gain for the month was 125,000
tons. The production for August is
| expected to show a greater gain.
JAPANESE SOLDIERS
IE WASSIGHEL
Korean Insurgents Kill an Entire
Detachment tg a Man.
INSURGENTS BECOME DARING
They Attack and Kill Japanese Indi-
viduals Or When in
Small Detachments.
St. Petersurg.—Particulars have
been received here from: Possiet Bay
of the annihilation jast month of a de-
tachment of Japanese soldiers on the
Russo-Chinese frontier by a band of
Korean insurgents. The Japanese
troops were attacked unexpectedly the
night of July 11 and perished to a
man.
Russian Cossacks scouting the fron-
tier noticed the disappearance of the
Japanese flag from over the encamp-
ment. Visiting the place they found
traces
dead bodies of the Japanese. The
local population was questioned, but
professed ignorance of the occurrence.
The Korean insurgents are daily be-
coming more daring. They attack
and kill individual Japanese or even
smal] detachments. Recenily three
Koreans captured by the Japanese oi-
fered to act as guides to ihe insur-
gent headquarters in the mountains.
The detachment was thus lured into
the hills and overwhelmed by Koreans
in ambush The Koreans made use
of stones and muskets.
IRON MARKET IMPROVES
Many Firms Place Large Orders for
Pig and Pipe.
Cleveland, O.—The Iron Trade Re-
view says:
Heavy buying of pig iron by cast
iron pipe interests has brought new
life to the pig iron market. A read-
ing pipe interest has, within a few
days, purchased 30,000 tons of south-
ern iron and an order for 15,000 tons
placed recently by a New York state
pipe concern is announced. The sale
of southern iron places several com-
panies, which have been making low
prices, out of the market for the
third quarter. Although it may still
be possible to buy on a basis of $11.50
Birmingham for No. 2 foundry, several
important interests have advanced
their quotations to $12.25@12.50. In
in the south, the situation is not such
as to justify further advances, which,
if made, would probably check buying.
The Standard Sanitary and Manufac-
turing Company has purchased 4,000
tons for its Louisville plant and is in
the market for 4,000 additional tons.
The usual sale basis for southern
products has been $11.50 Birmingham.
In the east there is moderate activity
in foundry iron. The average price
of Bessemer for July was $15.85 val-
ley, the lowest figure since October,
1905, and.the iron is now selling at
$11.50 valley, with a limited demand.
Basic is also very quiet. E.
The movement of ore from the
Lake Superior region for July amount-
ed to 4,364,283 tons, making the total
for the season 7,235,281 tons, a de-
crease of 10,299,460 tons, compared
with the same period last year.
Prosperoqus Plants.
Kittanning, Pa.—The Ford City
plant of the Pittsburg Plate Glass
Company has broken all its decords
for shipments during the last three
months. Over 1,000,000 feet of glass
was shipped monthly. The Kittan-
ning Clay Products Company is pre-
paring to install new dryers and a
new Kiln. The Kittanning Brick &
Fire Clay Company is putting in a
new brick machine that will increase
the capacity to 250,000 a day.
TELEGRAPHIC BRIEFS.
Buffalo.—Coal shipments by lake
for July was 696,906 tons as compared
with 656,456 tons for June. Ship-
ments for July a year ago were 427,-
425 tens.
The Baltimore & Ohio Railroad has
placed an order for 14,500 tons of steel
rails which will be used on the grades
of the mountain divisions.
William J. Bryan will make several
campaign tours which will embrace
nearly all parts of the country, speak-
ing in most of the principal cities be-
tween the Atlantic and Pacific coasts.
A voluntary contribution of $1,000
has been made by the American Na-
tional Red Cross for the sufferers
from thé forest fires now raging mn
British Columbia. ) x
John W. Kern will be officially noti-
fied of his nomination by the Demo-
cratic party for Vice President of the
United States Tuesday, August 25, at
the State Fair grounds.
Miss Anna Howard, who has been
dean of the department of women in
ithe University of Washington, left
Seattie to become manager of a Ken-
tucky mule farm.
Bronson Howard, the dramatist,
died of heart disease at Avon-by-the-
Sea, N. J., where he has been ill for
several] weeks past. He was 66 years
old.
The American Car and Foundry
Company has been awarded a contract
for 300 box cars for the Panama Rail-
road by the Isthmian Canal Commis-
sion. The price of the cars is $993
each. .
No Mercy for Navy Deserters.
Washington.—Rear Admiral Pills-
bury, acting secretary of tke navy,
has approved the action of a court-
martial in the case of Frank J. Hur-
ley, an ordinary segman, sentenced to
imprisonment at hard labor for ten
years and to be dishonorable dis-
charged.
serving a few months. The depart-
ment is endeavoring to break up the
growing practice of fraudulently en-
listing and where convictions occur
will impose the heaviest penalties.
of a fierce struggle and the’
spite of the improvement in conditions
Hurley had deserted after
800 KILLED IN STREETS
American Missionaries Exposed to
Bullets—Shah’s Forces
Augumented.
Tabriz.—There has now been 35
days’ fighting in the streets of Tabriz,
and the casualties, dues chiefly to
bombs ‘thrown from mortors and
shraprel, are estimated at 800. Many
of the finer residents of the city and
hundreds of shops in the bazars have
been looted, the loss in this direction
being placed at more than $1,000,000.
The American missionaries in the
city bave been expgsed to stray bul-
lets, but, although they have had
some narrow escapes, none of them
has been injured.
A very bitter feud is going on be-
tween the constitutional progressives,
who hold 11 wardens of the city, and
the reactionaries, who hold one large
warden. The mass of the people,
however, have informed the central
government that they are not opposed
to the shah.
Teheran.—A battery of quick-firing
guns has been sent from here to Ta-
briz. The shah is augmenting the
military forces in Teheran by the for-
mation of new units of troops.
REVOLUTION IS COMPLETE
Two Christians Now Niembers of the
New Turkish Cabinet.
Constantinople—The Young Turks
have now completely triumphed. A
new cabinet, practically composed >f
their own nominees and commanding
public confidence, is established on a
constitutional basis, the Sultan hav-
ing given up his claim to the right to
appoint the Ministers of War and
Marine.
Kiamil Pasha, who for the third
time becomes Grand Vizzier through-
out his career has struggled for a
constitutional regime and thrice has
suffered exile for his opinions. His
ministry, with two exceptions, is com-
posed of new men of liberal view. Two
of them are Christians. Gabriel Ef-
fendi, Minister of Works; is an Ar-
menian, and Prince Mavromordato,
Minister of Agriculture, is a Greek.
GLLASSWORKERS WIN
Bottle Manufacturers
Wages as Last Year.
Atlani/c- City.—Representatives: of
the Glassblowers of America won a
notable victory in the final day of the
wage conference with the manufact-
urers of glass bottles, wien they ob-
tained a wage scale at the same fig-
ure as last year.
Working hours are to be the same
as -last year. Manufacturers, owing
to the number of men out of work,
allowed another concession in the
number of apprentices, which shall be
one to fifteen journeymen this year,
an advance of one apprentice to ten
journeymen, which provision prevail
ed last year.
Concede Sage
WILL LAY AWAY DEAD
People of Huntington, Ind., Imitating
Egyptians, Will Build Big
Mausoleum. >
Huntington, Ind.—Huntington is to
follow the custom of the Egyptians in
laying away its dead. A stock com-
pany has been organized to build a
$30,000 Mausoleum in Mt. Hope ceme-
tery and provide crypts for hundreds
of bodies.
The structure will be half buried
in the side of a hill in the best ceme-
tery in the county and will be con-
structed in marble, tile and reinforced
concrete.
BRISTOW IS NOMINATED
Defeats Senator Long of Kansas in
Primary—Stubbs for Governor.
Topeka, Kan.—The nomination of
W. R. Stubbs for governor and J. L.
Bristow for United States senator on
the Republican ticket at the primaries
is a certainty. Practically complete
reports from 60 out of 105 counties
give Stubbs a lead of 13,222. The
election of J. L. Bristow was definite:
ly determined.
At the headquarters of Senator
Chester I. Long the nomination of
Bristow is conceded. Complete re-
turns by counties so far received give
Bristow a lead of 6,841 votes.
BOAT SINKS AT CHAUTAUQUA
Two Hundred Passengers Get Ashore
in Safety.
Jamestown, N. Y.—The steamer
Cincinnati cof the Chautauqua Steam-
boat line, struck a submerged spit in
Chautauqua lake when within 20 feet
of the Chautauqua dock. - The colli-
sion tore a great hole in the side of
the boat and water began pouring in-
to the hold in a deluge. .
There were 200 passengers on
board but owing to the closeness of
the pier all were soon landed.
Within a few ‘minutes from the
time the last passenger was off the
boat she sank.
INCREASE TRAIN CREWS
More Freight Along Allegheny Valley
Demands More Men.
Oil City.—Increased tonnage from
the Pittsburg district necessitated the
placing of 10 additicnal freight crews
cn the Chautaqua division of the Penn-
sylvania Railroad. Its headquarters
are here and it comprises the lines
between Oil City and Buffalo and be-
tween here and Olean, N. Y., along
the Allegheny river. The Allegheny
Valley division has put on additional
crews between Oil City and Kiskimin-
etas Junction.
GEORGIA SHIPPERS COMPLAIN
Pratest to Interstate Commerce Com-
mission’ Against Increase
in Rates.
Washington.—The Interstate Com-
merce Commission received a com-
plaint from shippers of Georgia
against railroads of the Southeastern
territory, protesting against an in-
crease im freight rates, the enforce-
ment of which Judge Speer has tem-
porarily enjoined pending a delermin-
ation by the commission gf the rea-
sonableness cf the propesed rates.
SENATOR W. B. ALLISON
ENDS LONG PUBLIC LIFE
Member of Congress and Senator
for Thirty-five Years.
HELPED TO NAME LINCOLN
Held the. Record for Length of Service
and Would Have Been
Chosen Again.
Dubuque, Ia.—United States Sena-
tor William Boyd Allison died at his
home in this city of heart failure.
Senator Allison was born at Perry,
O., March 2, 1829, the son of John
ind Mary Allison. His boyhood days
le spent on the farm .which was his
dirthplace. Reaching young man-
0d, he secured his education in Al-
iegheny college, Meadville, Pa., and
the Western Reserve college, Hud-
son, O.
Senator Allison was admitted to the
par in 1850. He was married to Miss
Anna Carter, of Wooster, O., at Ash-
land, O., in February, 1854. From
1850 until 1857 he practiced law in
Ohio. In 1857 he removed to Du-
buque, where he took up the practice
Of law.
Senator Allison was a delegate to
the Republican State convention in
1859 and to the National Republican
convention in Chicago in 1860. He
was a member of the governor’s staff
during the Civil War and raised troops
in 1861. In 1863 he was elected
United States senator from Iowa,
where he remained until his death.
In 1881 he was offered the position
Ee ea
GREAT AIRSHIP WRECKED
Nature and Mechanical Difficulty
Combine to Thwart Purposes
of Sky Navigator.
Eichterdingen. — A dramatic, end
came to Count Zeppelin’s long-awaited
endurance flight in his monster diri-
gible balloon and the proud airghip
which was, cutting rapidly through
the air and outdistancing pursuing au-
tomobiles lies in an open field near
here, a mass of twisted useless metal.
During a thunderstorm the airship
was destroyed.
A chapter of accidents occasioned
by bad moods of nature and the fail-
ure of mechanical appliances combin-
ed was responsible for the untimely
end of the balloon, the flights of
which have held the attention of the
world, and for blasting the potest .
of its inventor, Count Zeppelin.
How It Happened.
The airzhip came to grief when a
wind sterm sprang up suddenly in tae ug
The balloon swayed to
afternoon.
and fre, sometimes raising a few feet
from the ground, when a formidable
gust of wind struck the atrship broad-
side.
At first the craft heeled over and
then her bows rose in the air, carry-
ing with them a number of soldiers
holding the ropes. After po#sing for
a moment at a height of 50 feet the
airship came crashing to the ground.
With a thunderous report the for-
ward motor exploded. From the
bows of the balloon shot forth a livid
flame, while from the rear escaped
thick clouds of black smoke, which
caused the entire structure to disap- =
pear from the view of thousands of
spectators.
The vessel had almost completed a
24-hours frip covering a long dis-
| tance when the accident occurred.
of secretary cf the treasury by Presi- |
dent Garfield, but declined.
he again refused this office, when of-
fered him by President Harrison. For
the third time he refused the office
tendered by President McKinley, in
1897.
In 1892 he was chairman of the in-
ternational monetary conference at
Brussels. He was candidate for the
Republican presidential nomination
before the National Republican con-
vention in 1888 and again in 1896.
Shortly ‘after his first election to
the National House of Representa-
tives, Senator Allison was appointed
on the ways and means committee.
He helped plan and carry through all
the great measures for the conduct ot
the Civil War, and. re-establishment of
the national credit and the develop-
ment of the national resources.
Senator Allison’s aid in the nomin-
ation of Abraham Lincoln as Repub-
lican candidate for President In 1860.
while a delegate to the convention at
Chicago was perhaps his first great
service for his country
For more than 40 years he had
been assigned to the responsible task
>f planning the revenues and super-
vising the expenditure of the govern-
ment.
HARRY THAW BANKRUPT
Heavy Demand of Eastern Lawyers
and Doctors Are Reason
for Action.
As a means of preventing the ab-
gorption of his assets by New York
lawyers and medical experts, who
have been trying to free him from
prison, Harry K. Thaw filed a peti-
tion in bankruptcy in Pittsburg, and
also secured the .appointment of
Roger O’Mara as receiver in his bank-
ruptey petition. Thaw states that his
assets are $128,012.38, and his liabil-
ities $453,140.43. :
The most interesting information
given regarding the proceedings is (Lo
be found in the petition for a receiv-
er in which it is alleged that the ac-
tion is taken for the purpose of pre-
venting his property being dissipated
In litigation over claims, many of
which are unjust. The figures in the
bankruptcy petition show that the
refers to the lawyers and doctors.
GREAT STRIKE IN CANADA
Walkout of Canadian Pacific Shop-
men Is Larger Than Any
Former Struggle.
Toronto, Ont. — The threatened
strike of the Canadian Pacific railway
mechanics from end to end of Can-
ada went into force on the 5th, and,
judging by the unanimous action of
the men in Toronto, West Toronto,
North Bay, Chapleau and other points
heard from the number out will reach
more than 8,000. It is estimated at
Winnipeg, union headquarters, that
fully 12,600 men are out.
The men in Western Canada are
involved in a dispute with the rail-
way over the new schedule drawn up
by the conciliation board, which the
men refused to aécept. The Eastern
men went out in sympathy. Unless
an agreement is reached the whole
system will be tied up, the men claini.
The strike is the largest in Can-
adian history and covers more than
any former struggle in the annals of
railroading.
Three Killed by Explosion,
Fenton, Mich.—Three workmen are
dead and a fourth was severely burn.
ed as the resuit of an explosion of
coa] gas and dust in a coal conveyor
at the plant of the Aetna Portland
Cement Company here. The dead—
William - Harris, aged 40, of Linden,
Mich.; Andrew Corwin, 45, of Fenton;
George Hatt, 25, .of Saginaw. The
injured—Robert Boyd, aged 30.
Holding Back for Later Speeches.
Fairview Lincoln, Neb.—The speech
of acceptance of William J. Bryan will
be short. Mr. Bryan said that by act-
ual count it contained 5,300 words.
The issues of the campaign will be
discussed, ‘but not at great length.
Mr. Bryan’s views being reserved for
more elaborte treatment in the sew
eral speeches he intends to make.
Governor Albert B. Cummins of
Iowa, announced himself as a candi-
date to succeed the late United
States Senator Allison.
In 1889 |
GAS OVERCOMES FIVE
Two Dead and Three Have Narrow
Escapes in Reservoir.
St. Johns, Mich.—John Allen and
Walter Reynolds were asphyxiated by
gas in the city reservoir in front of
the city hall, and William H. Smith,
ex-prosecuting attorney, John Harley,
a prominent merchant, and Walter
Polsein, a 16-year-old boy, were also
overcome while {rying to rescue them.
Harley and Smith are still in ‘a dan-
gerous condition. Polsein, whose
home is in Winona, Minn., is thought
to be out of danger.
Allen had gone down to clean the
reservoir when he was overcome.
Reynolds had been watching him and
hurried to his assistance. He, too,
fell unconscious into the six feet of
water. Then Smith and Harley in
turn went to the rescue and each was
overcome before he could help the
men in the reservoir. Polsern was
next let down on a rope, but became
unconscious, before he could reach
the four men. Members of the fire
department finally rescued them with
long hooks.
THREE KILLED; ‘SIX WOUNDED
Bloody Battle Growing Out of Elec
ticn Dispute in Which Three
Are Killed.
Frankfort, Ky.—In a dispatch over
the count of ballots in am election for
school trustee at. Layman in Perry
county, three were killed and six
wounded. The dead are: James
Blanton, Pearl Blanton, Stokely Os-
born. :
The wounded are Lee Russell, Tay- 3
lor Monroe, John Tayler, Sherman
Blanton, Richard Blanton, Mrs. Laura
Blanton. : ~
The trouble was caused by long-
standing enmity between the Taylors
and the Blantons, which dates back
several generations.
BALDWIN TEST SUCCESSSFUL
Dirigible Balloon for American Army
Guided in Circle and Satisfies
Its Builder.
Washington, D. C.—The new mili-
tary dirigible balloon built by Captain
Thomas S. Baldwin for the United
States army made a successful prelim-
inary flight with Captaln Baldwin
piloting and Glenn H. Curtis handling
the motor. It made several evolu-
tions over Yio drill grounds at Fort
Myer.
The airship reached a height of 100
feet, and, guided by Baldwin, made a
; complete circle, landing within 30 feet
of the starting point. The airship
had been in motion about 20 minutes,
and Curtiss estimated the speed at-
tained at 12 miles an hour.
Wool Market.
Boston.—Prices hold steady and a
slight increase in the demand for me-
dium fleeces is reported. Manufac:-
urers are said to be waiting on the _
men’s wear situation, which has not
developed satisfactorily as yet. Re-
ceipts from the West continue heavy.
Michizan one-quarter keood and Ore-
gon staple are the market leaders.
The leading domestic prices range Aas
follows: Ohio and Pennsylvania
fleeces: XX, 32 to 33¢c: X. 31 to 32¢;
No. 1 washed, 34 to 35c; No. 2 wash-
ed, 33 to 34c; fine unwashed, 22 to:
23¢c; half blecod combing, 26 to 27¢:
three-eights blcod combing, 26 to
27c; quarter blood combing; 24 to
25¢; delaine washed, 35 to 36c.
Three Killed in Wreck.
Imboden, AIN.—Ti®ee persons were,
killed, four more badly injured and a
number of passengers slightly bruised,
vhen the engine of Frisco passenger
train No. 206 was deraiicd 12 miles
east of here. The engine dashed
over a 12-foot embankment pulling the
pall, baggage and smoking car with
it.
TRAIN KILLS JUDGE
Campaign Auto Collides With Cars
With Fatal Resuit, 3
Hutchinson, Kas.—Judge George
A. Vanderveer, candidate for the Re-
publican nomination for Judge of the
Ninth judicial district before the pri-
maries, was killed when a Rock Isl-
and train struck the automobile in
{ which he was finishing nls campaign.
Rowel Taylor, who was driving the
machine, was injured, but will proba-
i bly recover.
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