AEROPLANE COLLAPSES, ARMY OFFICER KILLED Lieutenant Selfridge Who Went | in Machine with 1lnventor Loses Life. WRIGHT RECEIVED INJURIES Wooden Propeller Snapped and Me- | chanical Bird Plunged Down- Downward Burying Men Under Wreckage. Washington.—After the attention of the world to his aero- plane flights at Fort Myer, and hav- having ing established new world records. for heavier-than-air flying machines, Orville Wright met with a tragiecal mishap while making a two-man flight. The aerc Manigt was accom- panied by Lieutenant Thomas E, fridge, of the signal corps army. Lieutenant Selfridge was jured so badly that he died shortly after. Nright was seriously to recover. 1 hine was the drill grounds, a propeller blade snapped off, and hitting some other part of the intricate mechani it to overturn in the air ground, enveloping the in the debris. iers and Spectators Aghast and s but Wi two tators ran across to where the aeroplane had and assisted in lifting Mr. and Lieutenant Selfridge from the tangled mass of machinery, and shreds of muslin. Mr. onscious and said: and lift the motor.” Lieutenant Selfridge was unconsci- ous and had apparently struck the ground with great force. His head was covered with blood and he was choking when the soldiers extricated him from under the machine. In. Watters, a New York physic- ians was one of the first to reach the spo: and rendered first aid to the in- jured men. When their wounds been bandaged, Mr. Wright and Lieu- tenant Selfridge were taken Foit Myer hospital at the other ead of the field. Internal Injuries Feared. It was feared that Mr. Wright was suffering from internal injuries... He had lapsed into a state of semi-con- sciousness by the time he reached the hospital, while Lieutenant Selfridge did not regain consciousness at all. the fi fallen Wright under rods, wires Wright w “Oh, hurry He was suffering from a fracture at | the base of the skull critical condition. After a surgical examination it wa announced that Mr. Wright is suffer- ing from a fracture of his left thigh and several ribs on the right side. Both men received deep cuts about the head. Mr. Wright regained con- sciousnes a cablegram to his brother at Lemans, and was in a France, and requested that the same message be sent to his sister and father at Dayton, O., assuring them that he was all right. After gliding over the ground on | its runners for 30 feet, the machine rose gradually and had gained a | height of 40 feet, when it passed ove the starting apparatus for the first time. There was a six-mile wind was noticed that run as smoothly as on flights, most of which were made in calm weather. The aeroplanist, ly had control of and it he machine did not however, the aerial flye which rose to a height of 75 feet as it completed the second round of the field. This height was maintained on the third round. While the machine was turning at the southern of the field, severa thousand feet from the spectators, some one shouted: Nhat is that?’ Something fell.” In medial ely all lane and it eyes were on the was seen to turn over s left side and pausing a2 mo- ment made a complete turn and then came swooping to the earth in a cloud of du No e ffort on the part of the aviator could possible have averted the dent. Planes and rudders were ab- | solutely incapable of righting the, ma- chine when it had turned in that man- ner. Government to Auction 1,000 Lots. Washington.—The acting secretary of the interior has issued regulations for the sale at auction of 1,000 town jots, adjoining Lawton. Oklahoma, and | has appoined James W. Witten, chief law officer of the general land office, to superintend the scale, which .take place at Lawton, on November 15. There are no restrictions as to the qualifications of purchasers, or as to the number of lots which any one person may purchase. Capulet Palace Burns. Rome.—The ancient palace of Cap- ulets at Verona, which is associated with the story of Romeo and Juliet, ‘has been completely destroyed by fire. ‘Fiames broke out in the center of the village of Saint Angelo Cancello and were extinguished by the use of wine which was more plentiful than water. | i Fish Stored Sixteen Months. Chicago.—An inspection of fish in Booth & Company's ware house was "made by officials of the city health | department, because of reports that some of the stock had been stored for years. Samples were taken for a bacteriological test. Dr. J. F. Biehn, who was in charge of the inspection, said that he found fish that had been 16 for months. drawn | injured, | encireling | had | to the | at the hospital and dicta‘cd | its former | apparent- | acci- | will | wae poner sarin can igi E16 MANET BY Gi NEW YORK DEMOCRATS Discase Appears. Present Listenant Governor of the vere Type of —St. Pe St. Peter in the >tersburg is Asiatic cholera, has exceeded in sever- grasp of the which already ity the visitation of 1893. The disease is an alarming rate, and unless the authorities show in the future a much greater degree of ability to cope with the situation than they have in the past there is every reascn to fea! Empire State Will Oppose His Present Chief. increasi daily at TYLTR GETS SECOND PLACE that it will get out of hand. Platform Endorses Bryan and De- The government has threatened to nounces Present Administra apply the provisions of martial law tion's “Reform” Methods. and this threat has driven we diuul- cipality officials to bend all their m— energies to the campaign of clearing Rochester, N. Y.—Nominaiing all the city of the scourge. The Alder |jyut one of its candidates by acclama- manic council a preliminary | {jon and adopting a platform which 50,000 to purchase the to enlarge and sum amounti the hospital = distribute di of which in St. rsh nigh exhausted, and to arraigns the administration of Gover- nor Hughes and pledges earnest sup- port to the Denver platform and can- didates, the Democratic State con- XD exj L a, vention nominated as the head of ifs Interment cf bodes, Wi hich ticket for Governor the present Lieu- notorious r tenant Governor of the State, Lewis are overc ) Stuyvesant Chanler of Dutchess coun- i lie unburied. ty. The All opposition to Mr. Chanler dis- turned inte appeared: after a conference of the the State leaders, which occupied a great- and clos er part of 1a to then st night. he | The ticket decided upon by the } war nas leaders, with one excepticn, seemed medite to meet the approval of all the delc- have gates and the nominations were made with great enthus m until the oifice J of ite Engineer and Surveyor was ous sinc eached. ported, The conference candidate for this | the appe nL IY! office was Philip P. Farley of Brook- of the dis Of which lyn, an anti-McCarren man. Senator death follo ! McCarren, amid the cheers of his sup- the porters, took the platform ‘lo resent the insult.” first sympt CHING WAT RAILROADS He declared the nomination of Far- SRST Ll ley was agreed to without any regard Inter-State Commerce Commission |; the Kings county delegation .and Gets Knowiedge of Law's was intended to embarrass them. | Violation. The full ticket named follows: Governor—lL.ouis S. Dutchess county. Washingten.—The inter-state com- Chanler of merce commi has 3 3 . f'ihat the large 3 Lieutenant Governor—Rollin U. Ty- the East will do everytl ible | ler of Haddam. to escape compliance with the act of | | Secretary of State—Andrew J. Congress limiting to 16 hours the | Broughel of Hartford. service of employes | State 1 reasurer—George Many of the carriers have already | of Medion. | appealer to the courts for injunctions, Member of Congress-at-Large— and at least one road has gone even Christopher Avery of Grotas. ; further with a order issued State Engineer and Surveyor—Phil- p P. Farley of Kings. to employes forbidding them to repiy 5 s ions andidates i to questions propounded to them by |, On the national candidates the plat | form says: | | Mischler genera 1 agents of the inter-state commerce kl J y commission until after their answers St ix Democracy of ki Your 1A 1 tate y 7a 2 oN nave been approved by the managers, | Siste convention assem ed reaffirms an order was and renews the allegiance and devo- sion requiring | tion to the fundamental principles of all the roads subject to the act to re- the Demoeratie party, and heartily endorses the platform adopted and the candidates nominated at the Demo- | cratic National convention at Denver. mn To enforce this a { issued by the comr port monthly and under oath all cases in which the statutnrv period nf <« ice had been exceeded. Several of the en- | placed in the field a State ticket and nominee for representative-at- the rirement of the. law. | large in Congress, was unique in the Suits to prevent enforcement were in- | annals of gatherings of delegates rep- Eastern AT : 3 ALR PAR, Eastern road however chaied un- = der this neces 7, and took no appre- | CONNECTICUT DEMOCRATS ciable action during their year of . FO Ace to-conforol ic tho Siatulo | State Convention Adopts Platform and | grace niorn € Sidi . ; . | They contended that conditicns of Nominates Ticket. | transportation were such thot {i Hartford, Cocnn.—In many ways the { would at times he . impossible for | Democratic State convention which | them to hold their traffic and pass gers, unless exceptions were made t0 | a | | stituted. | resentatives of a political party in i The commis intimate they | Connecticut. Former Governor Thom- | will turn lcose rmy of secret .ias M. Waller, whom neariy every | ice men to secure the infor i | delegate in the convention wanted to have nominated for first place, but | fused by the railroad | who found it a physical impossibility managers. FORAKER WILL NOT SPEAK | to respond to the cz2ll of the party, ee | led the delegates as they named Senator from Ohio Will Canczsl His Judge A. Heaton Robertson of New Campaign Appointments i Haven, for Governor. | 2 a’ 1 mm . | se L tid ay The platform adopte h Cincinnati.— United States Senat }y lo im Ta ons of ne | J. B. Foraker has called off all of his sased Hoon by a coaventioh in he speaking engagements in the cam-| &..¢ ts ia = | paier In a written request to Na State. Fifteen of its 16 planks are paign. na te 1eS t Nai ao A S = : : 3 iven u St S 3S. tional Chairman vk H. Hitcheock | © D te Suntec issues he asked to be relieved from the ap- rs > N 1 sointments which had been arranged | SUBMARINE SAILOR KILLED | for him the national speakers bu- ro ther Nava fficers Hurt i - | rean a cation to state! © 2 jo H in an Ex | plosion of Gasoline. Chairman the Ohio publican com tee, he made t} ! | same request as to the engagements | g | which had been arranged for him in , r | Ohio.. i] ampus and Fike at the Mare As to Senator Foraker’s senator navy vard he Press is e senator’s posi the Associated tate th candidacy horized to s as follows: “Senator lection of 1} ture, but see that a elected.” In addition to the ator Foraker told his friends that he should at the proper and convenient | opportunity make a speech in answer | to the Hearst charges and in defense | of himself, and then would campaign { Lea. 33 Both s sub ed. Foraken SUCCeSsorT do all in his power legislature is information Sen- The notostor. thresy flames in all lirections and caused a spectacular fire. The men were forced to jump overboard to escape from the flames. $30,000 in Checks Forged. the entire state in behalf of his sen- New York.—The stock exchange atorial candidacy. but under the juris- | house of E. R. Chapman & Co. has diction of no political committee. been victimized to the extent of $30,- — 000 by means of fraudulent checks, { ROUTE OF BiG FLEET according to a statement issued by | = the firm. The statement says the Battieships Proceeding to Manila the | checks were forged and uttered by a man who was employed as manager of cne of the firm’s branch offices. He has disappeared. and Shortest D. C.—R pi Way. Washington, Speery, commander of the | battleship fleet, informed tne navy : a 1 i] rie Rai ed. department by cable that the fleet, | Tr Erie Raitrond Fined oh having left Albany would proceed to enton, N. J—The Erie Railroaa Manila by way of the Lombok straits’ Company was convicted in the United the straits of Mackasar, the Celebes | States district court and fined $400 ! Sea, the straits of Basilan and the | for four violations of the Federal laws | Sulu Sea. | requiring air coupling$ and ‘‘grab- | These waters are unfrequented or- | irons” on freight cars. The “grab- | dinarily by either naval or commer- | 100s" are required to enable trainmen cial vessels, but the route selected by | to reach the tops cf cars. The com- Admiral Sperry is the shortest be- | pPlainant was the United States gov« | tween Albany and Manila. | elnmert. CAUSE OF RIOT DOOMED Earthquake in Guayaquil. o—— | Guayaquil—A violent earthquake | Negro Responsible for Springfield | shock was experienced in this city on Mobs Sentenced to Leath. ithe 17th. It caused great panic Springfield, 11l.—The jury in the | among the people, but there was no case returned a | loss of life and the resultant damage ty | was trifling. Joseph James murder verdict of guilty and fixed the penal | at death. James was unmoved = the verdiet. There was no demons A private me from Nicaragua on following the announcement of | announces the of Senor > finding. 1e nes tried on a 34] bai Al - ments, RAILROADS CAN'T DISCRIMINATE Federal Court of Appeals Decides Against Baltimore and Ohio and Other Lines. Richmend, Va.—Declaring that a railroad must give all shippers the same transportation treatment, whether it owns all or only part of the cars it carries, the United States circuit court of appeals reversed the decision of the United States court of Maryland in tlhe suit of the Pit- cairn Coal Company against the Bal- timore & Ohio Railroad Company, the Cumberland & Pennsylvania Railroad Company, the Fairmont Coal Company and its allies and 30 other coal com- panies. The complainants alleged that they were discriminated against in the dis- tribution of coal cars by .the defen- dants, especially the Baltimore & Ohio. The lower court decided in favor of the defendants. Judge Pritchard, however, deliver- ing the opinion, held that the inter- state commerce law “casts upon the carrier the plain duty of furnishing a fair and equal distribution of car fa- cilities and this duty cannct be evaded by the carrier claiming that it is not the owner of a porticn of the cars carried over the lines.” The case was remanded to the Maryland cirenit court. The railroad companies will appeal to the supreme court. The court held that there was dis- crimination in favor of the Fairmont companies and that the contention of those companies that their large con- tracts entitled them to such undue preference is untenable. The trial court in dealing with the question of fuel cars of the Baltimore & Ohio and foreign fuel cars held that they should not be charges against the percentage, but the appel- late court declares “that the fuel cars of the carrier, its regular equipment of cars, the cars of other roads sent in for fuel and the private or individ- ual cars of the mine operators should be placed absolutely cn the same basis.” CARRIE NATION CALLS ON TAFT Hatchet Woman Wants to the Liauor Question, Judge Declines. Discuss but Cincinnati, O.—Mrs. Carrie without her hatchet, town and went direct street address of Judge Judge himself admitied in the spacious hall “You know me?’ without preliminaries. The candidate admitted that from the public prints he knew who Mrs. Nation was. “Well, I have come here to have a discussion with you on the liquor question,” was her next remark. “You will have to excuse me from entering upon any discussion with you,” was Mr. Taft's half smiling re- ply. Whereupon Mrs. Nation began one of her characteristic speeches against the drink devil, not overlooking a condemnation of all those who did not go valiantly to the work of reform as she believed it should be carried on. Judge Taft was modestly backing away, and Mrs. Naticn, seemingly somewhat awed by what she was do- ing. also backed her way out of the door and the interview was ended. Nation, dropped into to the Pike Taft. The Mrs. Nation she demanded YOUNG PREACHERS SCARCE Methodist Conference Shocked Be- cause of No Applications for Pulpits. Neenah, Wis.—For the first time In the history of the Eastern Wisconsin Methodist conference there are no ap- plicants for positions as pastors in the various churches of the districtt This condition was made known at | the conference here, and the scarcity of young ministers prepared to take the places of those who annually pass out of the conference is the problem which is now facing the Methodist churches in Eastern Wisconsin. All members of the conference agree that if the condition prevailing | at the present time is repeated very | soon be a notable ministerial ranks. often there will scarcity in the FAVORED STANDARD Road Said to Have Had Only One Day for Shipping Oil. Cleveland, O.—That the Louisville & Nashville Railroad has for years discriminated against independent oil i tor, | tim and the booty HUGHES AENOMINATED ON FIRST BALLOT Parsons Turns Tide With the 183 Votes of New York County. Woodruff Delivers Kings. OPPOSITION FAILED TO UNITE The Opposition Puts Up a Handsome Bluff, But Was Downed on the First Ballot. Saratoga, N. Y.—Charles Evans Hughes of New York, was renomin- ated by the State convention by an overwhelming majority and on the first ballot to succeed himself as Gov- ernor of the State of New York. He received 827 votes out of a possible 1,009, as against 151 for James W. Wadsworth, Jr., of Livingston coun- ty, Speaker of the State Assembly, and 31 for former Congressman John K. Stewart of Montgemery. The nomination was made unani- mous upon action of State Committee- | man William Barnes, Jr., of Albany, who has been perhaps the bitterest | and most outspoken opponent of the Governor's renominatipn. The Governor's renomination fol- lowed the utter failure of a desperate struggle on the part of a number of the county leaders, who for four days have spared no effort to discover a | candidate upon whom could unite to defeat him. The Ticket. Saratoga, N. Y.—The New York Re- publican State ticket is as follows: For Governor—Charles E. of New York (renominated.) For Lieutenant White of Onondaga. For Secretary of State—Samuel S. Koenig of New York. For Attorney O’Malley of Erie. For Comptroller—Charles H. Gaus of Albany. For State Engineer and Surveyor— Frank M. William§$ of Madison. For State Treasurer—Thomas B. Dunn of Monroe. they of Appeals—Albert (renominated.) A $500,000 FiRE Haight of Erie 85 Tenement Houses Are in Ruins and 600 Persons Are With- out Homes, Saco, Me.—The worst fire that has visited Maine since the $1,000,000 conflagration at Portland was brought under control” after doing $500,000 damage. Eighty-five tenement houses in Sa- co are in ruins, 9,000,000 feet of luin- | ever Hughes | Governor—Horace | ber was destroyed and 600 persons | are homeless. The fire started soon