BATE BILL CLAUSE
15 KNOCKED OUT
One Referring to Commodities Is |
Declared Unconstitutional
at ‘Philadelphia.
, JUDGE BUFFINGTON DISSENTS
€oal-Carrying Roads Win Important |
Point, and Stocks Are kmme:
diately Affected.
Philadelphia. Declaring it to be
drastic, harsh and unreasonable and
amr invasicn of the rights of the
‘States, and therefore repugnant to
the (Constitution, the United States
@ircuit Court for the Eastern District
ef Pennsylvania dismissed the suits
of the federal government to enforce
the commodities clause of the Hep-
Burn railroad act against the anthra-
ieite coal-carrying railroads of the
‘State. 2
Judges George Gray and George M. |
Pallas filed opinions dismissing the |
suits, and Judge Joseph Buffington
dissented, but did not file an opinion.
The commodities
linter-State commerce any article or
commodity manufactured, mined or
produced by them or under their au-
thority.
The case was
United Stat
parte delivering the principal argu-
ment for the government. The ef-
fect of the commodities clause, if con- |
stitutional, would be to confine the
mining of anthracite coal by the rail-
roads for use in Pennsylvania only,
or compel the railroads to sell all the
mining property they are interested
‘a cither directly or indirectly.
The decision of the court did not
come as a great surprise. It is al-
mos! cer n that the case will be ap-
pealed directly to the United States
Supreme Court.
. ———
4 New York.—The coal stocks were
affected by the announcement that the
Pernsylvania courts had declared the
Hepburn commodities clause uncon-
stilutional.
THIRTY-FOUR INJURED
Eric Railroad Officials Think Wreck |
Was Caused by Enemies of Com-
pany Opening Switch.
Meadville, Pa.—Thirty-four persons |
of Erie |
were injured in the wreck
train No. 4, at Geneva, Pa., a small
station eight miles west of here. Erie |
officials believe the wreck was causerl
By enemies of the railroad opening a
.8witci shortly before the passenger
grain arrived, and are
‘Tock being found hanging icose from
the bar.
were passengers and three members
of the train crew.
passengers hurt were Italian and
Greek laborers, traveling second class |
fn the combination: car. The proper-
ty loss is estimated at $20,000,
The Americans injured in the wreck
are: Mrs. .Myrtle Baldwin and 5-
year-old daughter, Lucile cf Van Bu-
ren, Ind., both. painfully: bruised;
John MeDill, aged 232, Meadville, fire-
‘man, cut and bruised; Edward Cox,
aged 39, Meadville, thigh broken and |
left tiba fractured, serious; Fred
Jackson, aged 31, Brooklyn navy yard; !
W. P. Ramlin, Rbchester, N. Y.. chest |
Bruised, not serious; W. H. Chadwick, |
Suffern, N. Y., badly shaken up.
The train was runninz at the rate
of 50 miles an hour. The engine
was overturned and the entire train
Feft the track when it struck the open
Switch.
i British Embassy Is Robbed.
Washington, D. C.—Burglars enter:
‘ed the British Embassy at night and
stole from the room of the house:
‘keeper, Miss Clara Childs, a sum of
money, most of her jewelry and a
gold watch and chain. The police
arrested George Chism and William
Owen on suspieion.
TAILORS ARE PLEASED
Pittsburg Garments Compare Favora-
bly With London Work.
The second day of the "Merchant
Tailors’ local exchange of Pittsburg |
exhibit at the Hotel Lincoln attracted
many prominent Pittsburgers. The
clothes. received very favorable com-
ment. and astonishment was express-
ed at the high grade of garments be-
img turned out by local tailoring
kouses.
An interesting comparison of
clothes made in this city was drawn
with those coming from Engiand. A
sack and waistcoat was ioaned the
exchange by a customer of the Lon-
don house, which, it is claimed is the
maker of King Edward's clothes. A
Full dress overcoat from a London
goncern was also on display. The
show will be opén this afiernoon and
‘evening.
Much stimulus was afforded the
stock market last week by a number
of developments, not least of which
,was the decision by a Philadelphia
,Tedera] court that the commodity
,elause of the Hepburn rate law is un-
eonstitutional.
* HARRIMAN TO BUILD SCHOOL
Ptans New York Institution to Aid
Worthy Young Men in Gain-
ing Education.
Middletown, N. Y.—E. H. Harriman
plans to build a free school to aid
worihy young men in gaining an ed-
meation unobtainable otherwise on ac- | tickets at a nickel theater.
count of lack of means. If the plans
of the railway magnate, the best
jkmown educators of
de asked to become members of the
#aculty of the school to be
at Arden. Orange county.
| concerning
Arthur 1.
clause prohibits |
wailrcad companies to transport in
| ered in George
argued in June,
es Attorney General Bona- |
: | earlier than last year.
trying io!
Arace the fiends with blcodhounds. A
key was used to open the switch, the |
Thirty-one of the injured |
A majority of the
the country will |
TAFT PREPARES FOR TOUR
SE
Would Like to Invade“Tennessee and
Wilt 1 Then Stump Middle
“West States.
O.—William H. Taft's
begin
Cincinnati,
firzt campaigning tour, will
| Wednesday, September, ds if. the" Cane’
didate’s
_present desires are observed.
Mi. Toit indideteld~that. he
Hitchcock
has conferred in Chicago with Sena-
toraDixgn and the western managers
tHe proposed itinerary.
Bhe arrangements to have the Na-
tional league of Republican clubs
hold a rally in Cincinnati September
22 was made known to Mr. Taft by
Vorys. After the meet-
ing of September 22 it is regarded as
not unlikely ‘that Mr: Taft will accept
the invitation he has received from
the Kentucky Bankers’ association
and address them at Lexington Sep-
tember 23.
Mr. Taft has expressed a desire to
speak in Tennessee and it is pointed
out here that he could extend the
Kentucky trip to Nashville and Chat-
tanoscga, and from there go to St.
Louis and Kansas City, and thence
into other middle western states.
DISTRESS IN GLASGOW
Unemploved Call on City Officials,
Demanding Work.
Glasgow.—A remarkable scene was
witnessed at the offices of the City
Council. Crowds of unemployed gath-
Square before the
Council convened and a delegation of
12 was admitted to the meeting.
The councilors received the dele-
gation by rising from their seats. The
spokesman of the unemployed said
that never before had there been such
distress in Glasgow.
“Every house unit,” said this man,
“is entitied to food. We make no
outrageous request; we are only here
to splead for the souls of men and
women. They demand work.”
The chancellor said the council
would do all in its power to help those
who needed work.
[.arge hodies of troops were held
in reserve in anticipation of rioting.
The men, however, have decided to
refrain from demonstrating for one
week in order to give the council an
opportunity to adopt measures for the
improvement of the situation.
The police arrested a Socialist who
incited a man to resist arrest. He
threw pepper in the eves of the con-
| stable before they secured him.
Wheat Crop Moving.
St. Paul..—According to the general
freight agents of the Northern rail-
roads which run through the wheat
belt of the Northwest, this year’s
wheat crop movement has just started
and it is from two to
ceived ‘from Dultuth and Superior
show that the movement the last days
of last week indicates receipts of from
500 to 600 cars daily in those two
cities for
lakes.
Germany and Europe.
It is announced by the French for-
eign office that all the powers signa-
tory to the Alzeciras agreement ex-
cept Germany have approved the
| French program for dealing with the
| situaticn created by
i of Sultan Abdul Aziz, by
the overthrow
his brother,
Mulai Hafid, and assumption by the
latter of the prerogative of the sul-
tanate.
Miss Ccghlan Gets $125,000 for Riine.
Halifax, N.
Edward Island. On the property
which Mi=s Coghlan inherited from
her father a platinum mine has been
found and Miss Coghlan has sold it to
a Montreal firm for $125,000.
Rioting at Procession.
Budapest.—The socialists created
serious disturbances during the Eu-
charistic procession, which wasgheld
in connection with the Catholic con-
gress now sifting here. The police
used their swords to restore order and
50 of the rioters were arrested.
FOUR SHOT IN HOTEL
Lynching Said to Have Been Narrowly
Averted After Row.
Cumberland, Md.— Four men were
shot and a lynching narrowly averted
| as the result of a row in a hotel at
Frostburg _ Saturday night. = The
wounded are: Charles Martin, aged
45 years, a salesman of Chambers-
burg, Pa., shot in breast, bullet. em- !
| victims almost exclusively among the
bedding itself just belok heart, may
die; Joseph Bruno, 24, Eckhart, Md.,
bystander, shot in abdomen by stray |
Constable
Bartolon of Frostburg, flesh wound in |
bullett, condition eritical;
bask, and J. W. Campbell, aged: 42;
shot in leg while escaping from hotel:
H. J. Heinz, the wealth Pittsburg |
man, has added a $25,000 Sunday
school auditorium to his numerous
benefactions to Winona Lake assem-
bly, Winona, Ind.
The steamer Malinhead was badly
damaged in a collision with the Co-
rinthian at Crane island, 30 miles be-
low Quebec. The Corinthian was
outward bound from Montreal and the
Malinhead inward bound.
LEPER FOUND IN NICKLEODEON
Had Been Passing Out Tickets to the
Patrons.
New Orleans.—John Mouton, a lep-
er, who escaped from the Louisiana
| leper home in Iberville parish, about
a year ago, was found here selling
He said
he went from the heme to St. Louis
in company with three other lepers
who escaped at the same time with
| him. Mouton said he did not know
situated |
what had become of hi» companion».
He will be returned to the home.
”
would |.
| much like to talk with Natlonal Chair-
{ man Hitchcock after Mr.
WRIGHT BREAKS ALL
AsHP l
After Flying for. 57 Minutes, 31
Seconds Early in. the Day,
He Again Ascends.
NEW MARK OF 62:15 SECONDS
x tmeage
Thirg Trip Hé Takes Army LOfficer |
~ With Him and Again-. Susgeeds:
eae > w
Washington.—Orville Wright in
three flights at Fort Myer establish-
ed ‘new: aeroplane ‘records that assure
the success of the official trials . be-
fore the’ army. board. War- on ‘land
and sea will find in the aeroplane, ft
is now conceded by military' men, a
valuable means of reconnaissance
and possibly carnage.
Two flights of approximately one
hour each, another flight in which
two men were whirled through the
air for upward of six minutes, were
the achievements of the. Wright
brothers aeroplane. That these flights
will be surpassed by Orville” Wright
during his trials at Fort Myer, is
conceded.
The first flight, made in the morn-
ing, in which the machine circled the
drill grounds at the fort 57 times in
57 minutes and 31 seconds, was sur-
passed in the evening, when a flight
of 62 minutes and 15 seconds was
made.
Not satisfied with breaking all dis-.
tance and time records for a heavier
than air flying machine, Mr.
todk Lieutenant Frank P. Lahm, the
aeronaut of the signal corps, for a |
spin around the drill grounds, making
a new record for a two-man flight.
The morning flight was witnessed |
by only a handful of enthusiasts, but |
the news spread so rapidly that fully |
1,000 persons gathered on the mili- |
Wright.
FOREST FIRES RAGING
Flames; Eat Their Way
Limits—Car Shops Destroyed.
Duluth, Minn.—Forest tires are still
doing great damage. The heavily
timbered Isle Royale in Lake Super-
icr was ab'aze and hundreds of
campers were in jeopardy: fo
Fires have also broken out ‘near
Duluth and at Lester Park, a suburb.
The'i burning bush, ‘threatened, great
damage. A dispatch from .Menomi-
nee, Mich. says.
The car shops of the Wisconsin &
Michigan Railroads at Peshtigo were
burn and fire from _ t#e woods is
ends gering—tfe city: The loss to
sthe pailroad isf estimated: at $70,000.
Reports from the country around
Marinette are that the forest and
brush fires are raging. Farmhouses
near Coleman and Grover have been
destroyed. - Alofig the Soo Railroad
the fires are meanacing and it is pre-
dicted that unless rain comes soon
there “will be huge property losses.
The town of Dunbar is surrounded by
fire.
HARRIMAN BUYS CARS
Orders and Cuts
Original Estimate.
New York.—Contracts were placed
for the big freight car order for the
Harriman lines, the Union and South-
ern Pacific. It had been expected
all along that the order. would aggre-
gate 7,000, but it developed that the
number was cut to a little more than
5,000 cars.
Firms obtaining the contracts were:
Cambria Steel Company, 1,600 cars;
Standard Steel Company, 470 cars;
American Car & Foundry Company,
2,000, and Barney & Smith Company,
1 ,000 cars.
The combined order aggregate $5,-
070,000.
Scatters Down
SUNDAY USES HAMMER
Evangelist Destroys Plates and For: |”
bids - Publication of Sermons.
Hammond, Ind.—While scores of
tary reservation across the Potomac | employes stocd about aghast “Billy”
from the National capitol to see the
afternoon event.
LARGER SIGNAL CORPS WANTED |
| a publishing company.
three weeks |
lenorts re- |
trans-shipment down the |
S.—Gertrude Coghlan, |
| the actress, has struck it lucky at her |
| summer home at Fortune bay, Prince
Administration Is Determined to In- |
crease the Army in Any Old Way.
Washington.—With the. utility of
aerial navigation as an adjunct to the
army in time of war, practically de-
monstrated by the phenomenal flights
made at Fort Myer dureng the past
week by Orville Wright, with, the ac-
tivity displayed by foreign \govern-
ments in securing aerial navies, and;
with the advantage of maintaining
constant commumnieation between the
various units of-an army in time of
war strikingly illustrated in recent
international . conflicts, military au-
thorities are arguing the necessity for
increasing the- strength of the: signal
corps of the army.
Indeed, there is now awaiting the |
action of the military. committee of;
the senate a:bill providing for doub-
ling the strength-of the signal corps.
While the officers of the casairy,
artillery and infantry arms of the
service believe, that their respective
organizations should be enlarged, in
official reports and in other ways
these officers have shown also that
they are agreed cpon the crgent needs
of a larger signal service.
MURDER IN SUNDAY SCHOOL
Girl Is Stabbed to Death While Play-
ing Organ.
Charlotte, N. C.—Miss Willie Bul-
linger, aged 19, was stabbed to death
Sunday by Ion Rader, aged 21, while
she was at an organ playing the clos-
ing hymn at Sunday school.
Rader leaped suddenly across sev+
eral benches and with a pocketknife
stabbed the girl once in the back and
twice in the breast. She died in-
stantly.
Several months ago Rader was com-
mitted to an insane asylum and in
his ravings he often mentioned Miss
Bullinger’s name. Recently he was
discharged from the hospita) ras;
cured.
Rader said he had killed the “girl
because she was a witch,
CHOLERA IS EPIDEMIC
Dread Disease Is Spreading Rapidiy |
in St. Petersburg.
St. Petersburg.—The Asiatic chol
era in St, Petersburg Is increasing,
and each day that passes brings a
larger number of cases. Up to noon
September 12, 23 deaths and 109 new
cases had been, reported at the hos-
pitals.
The scourge continues to find its
lower classes. -dIn ong quarter, for
example, there reside 10,000 work-
men, who have the services of but one
doctor. ~
There are no water mains in this
| section and the people drink the
| polluted water of the canal.
Thaw Changes Prisons.
Saratoga, N. Y.—Sheriff Lane. of
Westchester county, who 1s a delegate
to the Republican State convention,
learned that Harry K. Thaw had been
transferred from the Dutchess county
jail to his custody. He telegraphed
instructions to the warden of the
White Plains pail to place Thaw in
the hospital ward of the prison on his
arrival there.
DRUGGISTS’ SYNDICATE MEETS
3,000 Retailers from Every State and
Territory, Except Alaska, in’
Convention in New York,
New York.—Three thousand retail
druggists from every State and Terri-
tory, except Alaska, are in New York
attending the third annual convention
of the American Druggist syndicate.
The convention will last for three
days, an elaborate business and social
program having been arranged by the
secretary, C. H. Goddard.
Sunday, the evangelist, armed with a
sledge-hammer, destroyed
worth of plates containing an edition
of his sermons in the press rcom of
After com-
pleting the task and scattering the
broken bits of metal about the room
the evangelist put on his coat, warned
‘those present that- he would repeat
‘the act if an attempt was made to is-
sue the edition and walked rapidly
from the place.,
The action is the climax of a fight
thatvSunday has been waging against
the: publication of his sermons.
DUEL. FATAL TO. TWO MEN.
Alabama Citizen and His Son-in-Law
Dying from Wounds Received
+ in. a Fight.
Selma, Ala—John G. Morris and
‘his son-in-law, J. Kirk Phelan, are
‘volver: duel: The men are members
of: prominent Alabama families. Trou-
"ble had existed between thenr for
years. After they had emptied their
pistols rat each other, both men. be-
ing wounded, they used the weapons
as clubs and continued the fight until
they could stand no longer.
Scarcity of $1 and $2 Bills Exists.
New York.—The national and state
barks and trust companles through-
ou! the country have cash reservce
that have been equalled seldom in the
there has developed a scarcity of
small bills, which is beginning to em-
barrass many bankers and their cus-
tomers «The lack of $1 and $2 bills
is the more extraordinary, because
it occurs at a season when small
“money is ordinarily plentiful and be- |
: dinner case.
cause in the panic last fall the Treas-
ui'y turned out small bills as rapidly
as the printing presses could york
them off.
Awaiting the Stork’s Arrival.
The Hague.—Queen Wilhelmina,
who, it was announced 2a’ week ago,
expected an heir to the throne of
Holland spends most of her time now
in private aparéments and receives
visitors only on urgent affairs. She
walks occasionally in the park.
London Trade on Decrease.
{ London.—The August statement of
the board of trade shows decreases
of $32,722,000 in imports, and $35,-
062,000 in exports. The pricipal im-
port decreases were in grain, flour
and raw materials and the. decreases
in exports were in manufactured
goods, of which $15,000,000. was in
cottomr, wool and textiles.
Fear Gigantic Strike.
Nottingham.—The greatest railroad
strike ever seen in England is fore-
the Trades Union Congress at which
lish workmen are in attendance. The
sentiment for a strike of all railroad
employes in the United Kingdom is
most pronounced.
May Buy Franklin’s House.
Paris.—Michael J. Doyle of Phila-
delphia, announced that he had se-
cured an option for an American syn-
dicate upon the house in this city oc-
cupied by Benjamin Franklin ‘when
he was cultivating friendly relations
with France during the American
Revolution. Mr. Doyle declines to
give the names of those Interested.
Cholera Epidemic Threatens.
St. Petersburg.—The fact that Asia-
tic cholera exists in St. Petersburg
has been established beyond doubt.
The body of the woman who died in
this city has been examined and the
bacilli of cholera found. The pres:
ent weather conditions are favorable
to the spread of the disease and the
authorities are making preparations
to combat a rapid increase in the
number of cases. The Russian win-
ter is close at hand, but experts dis-
| trust the efficacy of the cold to check
\ the scourge.
to Cities’
$3,500.
dying from wounds received in a re- |”
financial history eof the country, but |
| lator. Livermore is Jordan's broth-
| refused to testify.
casted in the opening session here of.
delegates representing 1,750,000 Eng-’
TOWN OF BLUR
1 WEFT BY FIR
Business _ District of Clairton’s,
Next Door Neighbor Is
Wiped. Qut.
ANNEXATIONISTS ARE ANGRY
ee
Cigim Obstructionists Prevented Bor-
ough Obtaining Fire Protection,
& oo sani
Flames originating in a tailor shop
from an overheated tailor's goose,
followed by an explosion of gasoline,
wiped out practically the entire busi-
ness district of Blair, a thriving little
town. adjoining Clairton, entailing a
loss conservatively estimated at $45,-
000. The place was at the mercy of
the flames because several non-resi-
dent property owners are said to have
so fr succeeded in preventing the
annexation of Blair to Clairton.
Blair has never enjoyed any fire
protection, and it was not until the
fire department of Clairton and East
and West Edizabeth came to the as-
sistance of Blair that the flames
were got under control and finally ex-
tinguished.
A water plug and a few feet of
fire hose would have been all that
was ‘necessary to extinguish the
flames five minutes after their origin.
The residents of Blair heaped anath-
emas on the property owners who
have prevented Blair from getting
proper fire protection.
REDS CAUSE SMALL RIOT
Berkman, Goldman and Other Anar-
chists Try to Capture Labor
Meeting.
New York.—An attempt was made
to turn a meeting of unemployed
workingmen into an anarchistic de-
monstration and for half an hour the
big meeting hall in Cooper Union,
where the meeting took place, was
the scene of wild excitement, during
which red flags were raised, the po-
lice denounced and incendiary speech-
es made.
Alexander Berkman, the anarchist,
was dragged from the hall by the po-
lice and locked uv.
A young woman, who gave her name
as “Mary Smith,” and who stood by
Berkman, was also arrested, and Em-
ma Goldman, recognized leader of the
“Reds” in this eountry, was ordered
to leave the hall.
SEA SERPENT KILLED
Irish Fisherman Shoots
Thirty Feet Long.
Belfast.—A message received here
from the Copeland Islands, a small
group off County Down, says a locai
fisherman shot a snakelike sea mons-
ter and secured the body. It is 30
feet long and 6 feet in circumference
and has a fan-shaped tail and a head
like a seal. Many photographs of it
have been taken.
It — Only
Insanity Will Be Jordan’s Defense.
Boston, Mass.—Insanity will be the
defense of Chester Jordan, the self-
confessed murderer of his wife. To
defend him, the principal in the Som-
erville trunk murder will have one of
New York's most noted criminal law-
vers bac™d by the millions of Jesse
L. Livermore the young cotton specu-
er-in-law and it is undestood that he
engaged Attorney William F. 8S.
Hart, who is here preparing his case.
Hart gained fame several years ago
by his defense of Police Captain
Chapman in the sensational ‘Seeley
Alleged $173,000 Thief Goes Free.
Chicago.—George W. Fitzgerald, ac-
| cused by the State authorities of the
theft of $173,000 from the United
States subtreasury here, was freed by
Judge Chetlain, United States Sub-
treasurer Boldenweek, acting on in-
structions not to disclose evidence
gathered by the federal authorities,
Judge Chetlain
thereupon: dismissed the case.
Water Famine Alarming.
* Cumberland, Md.=—Western Mary-
land is” suffering the inconvenience of
a water famine consequent on a lonz
drouth and the mountain streams are
being dammed to procure a supply of
drinking water for the towns. The
Potomac giver here is at the lowest
ever: knewn and navigation has: been
crippled on the Chesapeake & Ohior
canal. Rigid rules as to the. waste
of water are being enforced’ through-
out the whole region.
Navy Paymaster Insane.
Parkersburg, W. Va—_James GC.
Mills, . paymaster on’ the battleship
Chicago of the United States Navy,
became suddenly insane at the Hotel
Monroe, where he was a guest. Chief
of Police “Oliver and Patrolman Me-
Manus had a battle with him before
he was subdued.
Charles K. Lord Dead.
Philadelphia. — Charles K. Lord,
president of the Tonopah & Goldfield
Railroad Company and formerly vice
president of the Baltimore & Ohio
Railroad, died at the Presbyterian
hospital. He had been ill for weeks
with Bright’s disease.
Thieves Scared Away from Big Booty.
Guilford, England.—The wedding
jewels of Mrs. John Ward, who was
Miss Jean Reid, daughter of the
American ambassador almost fell a
prey to burglars. The thieves en-
tered Mrs. Ward’s apartments and se-
cured gems and wedding gifts worth a
vast fortune. They had laid their
booty on a table preparatory to pack-
ing it in grips, when they were scar-
ed away, escaping through a window.
So hurried was the flight of the burg-
lars that they.took with them only a
few small pieces, worth about $500.
PACKAGE oF $50,000 MISSING.
Express Company Running Down
Mysterious Theft in Oregon.
Portland, Ore.—A package entrust-
ed to the care of the Wells Fargo
Express Company at Salem, Ore., by
J. R. Albert, president of the Capital
National bank ef that city and ad-
dressed to Joseph M. Meyers in this
city, containing notes and other val-
uable papers representing: over. $50,
000, is strangely missing: +x
As soon as the robbery was report-
ed to the express company detectives
were put to work, and their efforts
to unearth a clue to the perpetrators
of the robbery have not, it is believed,
been entirely unsuccessful.
How the theft. was accomplished is
almost as great a mystery to the ex-
press company officials as is the iden-
tity of the thieves. From the best
information at hand it is understood
that the package contained jewelry,
promissory notes and other papers
valued at over $52,000.
TOURISTS LOST IN FOG
Four Found on Mountain Nearly
Frozen to Death.
Geneva.—After climbing the Jung-
frau, Ormiston Smith, an English
Alpitist, found four German tourists—
two women and two men—in a frozen
condition.
They had climed the mountain and,
becoming Jost in a fog, had wandered
about for 48 hours. All were nearly
dead from exposure and lack of food.
The men had dug holes in the ice, in.
which they placed the women. Their
hands and feet were frozen. Mr.
Smith and his guides carried the ex-
hausted tourists down the. mountains
some distance to the Concordia hut,
where they received adequate treat-
ment, and were then removed to the
Giindelwald hospital..
FOUR CREMATED IN HOTEL
Scores of Others Badly Hurt in Fire
at Denver.
Denver.—Four men lost their lives
and a score of persons were injured,
several of them seriously, in a fire
that gutted the Belmont. hotel, a
three-story building at 1723 Stout
street. The dead are: Edward
Moore, real estate agent, Philadel-
phia, killed jumping; John D. Kane,
Colorado Springs, suffocated; George
Bode, Middletown, N. Y. died at hos-
pital of injuries sustained by jump-
ing.
In the opinion of officials of the
fire department the hotel was set
afire and a rigid investigation is be-
ing made.-
NELSON CONQUERS GANS
| Nelson Inflicts Terrible Punishment on
Ex-Champion, and Scores
. Decisive Victory.
. Colma Arena. — Battling Nelson
clinched his claim to the lightweight
pugilistic championship by defeating
Joe Gans for the second time at Col-
ma Arena. The fight ended in the
twenty-lrst round, when Gans, beaten
down by a succession of blows from
his sturdy conqueror, failed to get
upon &is feet within the count of ten.
The veteran colored fighter was se-
verely punished, but the champion,
too, bore the marks of battle. From
the first clang of the gong to the last
moment Nelson forced the fighting
never giving ground, and gradually
battered down his older and less vig.
orous opponent.
Gans succumbed in the twenty-first
round after being unmercifully
trounced. Nelson in this round
rained right and left blows to the jaw
and body and Gans sank to the floor.
INDICTED FOR ARSON
Officers of Firm Charged With Caus-
ing $1,500,000 Fire.
New Orleans.—Julius Lipps, man-
ager; Abe Wolf, secretary and treas-
urer of the Central Glass Company of
New Orleans, and John Eckert, an
employe of that company, were. in-
dicted by the grand jury on the
charge of arson in connection with a
fire which about ten days ago burned
over a portion of three blocks in the
business section of New Orleans,
causing a loss of $1,500,000.
The fire originated in the building
occupied by the Central ‘Glass Com-
pany.
Jap Premier Has an Economy Policy.
Katsura,-
Tokyo, Japan.—Marquis
the new premier and minister of
finance, outlined a. policy of rigid
economy for Japan in an address be-
fore the Bankers’ club. He declared
that the patriotism of the people of
Japan was as necessary now, when
economy was neeessary to Testore
confidence and credit, as. during the
Russia-Japanese War, when he was
foreign minister.
New Pittsburg Corporation.
Dover, Del.—Articles of incorpora-
tion - were filed here for the Ameri-
can Sales Company, Pittsbuig, to act
as. general agents and? managers for
societies, ete. 4 corperators, Allen
K. Gillespie, Frank B. Kelley, Fg K.
Gillespie, all of Pittsburg, Pa: Gap-
ital stock $100,000. we
Vineyards Are Devastated.
Rheims.—The vineyards = through.
out the entire champagne regions
have been devastated by mildew. The
crops have been practically destroyed
and the output will be only 2,000,000
bottles instead of 45,000,000, which
represents ‘a loss to the ‘rowers of
nearly $20,000,000.
Measure Volume of Water in Ohio.
Cincinnati, O.—The first measure-
ments of the kind ever attempted in
Cincinnati were taken from the sus-
pension bridge "to determine the
volume of water flowing in the Ohio
river, by first ascertaining the veloc-
ity of the current. The work is be-
ing carried on under the direction of
Engineer A. H. Horton and is to de-
termine the feasibility of a general
reservoir system at the headwaters
of the streams for controlling the flow
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