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THE NEWS AND FARMER
If. W. WHITE, Editor and Proprietor.
VOLUME XXVI.
MANY VICTIMS OF WAVES
Extreme Heat Causes Thousands
of People to Seek Water.
TWELVE PEOPLE drowned
Three Young Women Drown at Ver
mont Summer Resort—Three Are
Lost When Motor Boat Sinks.
Grand Isle, Vermont.—Three young
women who were staying near Adams’
Landing were drowned while bathing
in Lake Champlain. They were Miss
Lucy Perry and Miss Sarah Disas
way, both of Plattsburg, N. Y., and
Miss Elizabeth Disasway of Brook
lyn, N. Y., a cousin of Sarah Disas
way.
The young women were in the wa
ter together when one of them step
ped into a deep hole. The other two
started to her assistance, but also
stepped into deep water and all went
down. The bodies were recovered.
Wilmington, Del.—Clarence Button,
aged 25 years, and Nellie Nickerson,
aged 20 years, both of Chester, Pa.,
were drowned at Bowers’ beach, a
summer resort on Delaware bay. Dut
ton, Miss Nickerson and the others
had gone in bathing, and were car
ried beyond their depth by the treach
erous current at this point. Three
of the party were rescued, but Dut
ton and Miss Nickerson were swept
into the Delaw-are bay.
Buffalo, N. Y. —Three persons were
drowned in the Niagara river when a
motor boat, loaded to the rails, was
run down by a pleasure barge. Mrs.
William Pagels, Mrs. Charlotte My
ers and Raymond Pagels, a 10-year
.old lad, were drowned.
Henry Schauss, at the wheel of the
•tor boat, thought he could pass
S3l* the bow of the barge. When
/as too late he tried to turn, and
w s run down.
New York City.—The overturning
of a small rowboat off Ellis island
caused the death by drowning of
John Boyd, 22 years of age, of Fall
River, Mass., and John Starboro, of
the same age, of this city. The list
of deaths by drowning was further
increased by those of Patrick Somer,
captain of a canal barke in the East
river, and John Gilson of Newark,
while bathing at Belmar, N. J.
SETTLES”CHURCH MATTER.
Assistant Secretary Bacon Buys Land
in Porto Rico.
San Juan, P. R. —After having sat
isfactorily settled the questions in
dispute between the federal govern
ment ar.d the Catholic .-hun-h in !>.-
to Rico, arising out of the control of
the estates formerly owned by the
Dominican and Franciscan orders, As
sistant Seecretary of State Robert
Bacon has returned to Washington.
Under the agreement reached the
federal government will obtain, sub
ject tn ’’ ''W congress, con
t-.iiBs.J-me convent
j rol of the Santo Dar'HllL the land
1 building ami its land “'♦racks,
'he infantry bar Ifi
s. do i'amr- The N
ishi's 1 .ent will ’he
rind’ ns 3 sanctioned .by the’ jnsu
,iure, the market place, u*4L
If you ..ncisco barracks and the in-;
ird tc asylum and the land surround- 1
lie, fit, paying $lBO,OOO for them in
ee installments. The church, in
Rfdition to the money considerations,
orJiii obtain under the agreement a
chapel ar.d sixty-two acres of land
near San Juan. This disposes of the
last of the church claims. The ques
tion has caused protracted litigation
and discussion in six legislatures.
, The church land in question in Por
•?o Rico involved the right of the Ro
man Catholic church to control vari
ous property valued at about $1,000,-
000 formerly owned by the Domini
can and Franciscan orders. The es
tates were alienated by the action of
the Spanish government in 1838, but
the Catholic church alleged that the
act was not properly carried into
effect.
A UtCULIAR ACCIDENT.
Courthouse Clock Weight Falls and
Kills Prominent Man.
Columbus, Miss.—Dr. A. C. Hul
bert. one of the best known citizens
of Columbus, was killed when a
weight fell from the clock in the
court house and struck him on the
head, killing him instantly.
Dr. Hulbert was sitting immediate
ly beneath the clock tower when the
cable holding one of the weights gave
way and the ponderous mass of metal
crushed through two floors and
struck him on the head.
Roosevelt May Pay Damages.
Bclfasj.- Die.—Captain Guilford Pen
dleton, owner of the schooner Mena
v/a/f, which on July 22 was in collis
ion in Dong Island Sound with the
'president’s yacht, Mayflower, says
that President Roosevelt, who was
aboard the Mayflower, promised to
pay for the damage to the Menaway
if the government did not.
12,000 Eagles in Parade.
Seattle, Wash: —Twelve thousand
members of the Fraternal Order of
Eagles from every corner of North
America paraded through the streets
of Seattle, cheered by a throng of cit
izens and visitors
OptrcTansliecToflicers.
Philadelphia, Pa. —The eleventh an
nual convention of the American
sociation of Opticians ende^d
■today- 'r i
The opticians chose 1
Las the meeting placple
following offlceptne citj
pAcAtti return m>xt weel
the session of the
IRA D. SANHEY IS DEAD.
Famous Author and Singing Evangelist
Goes to His Reward.
New York City.—lra D. Sankey,
known as an evangelist throughout
the Christian world, died at his home
in Brooklyn. Mr. Sankey was ,68
years of age. For the past five years
he had been blind, and had suffered
from a complication of diseases
brought on by overwork. But almost
to the very last he worked at hymn
writing. His tours throughout this
country and Europe with Dwight L.
Moody, the evangelist, brought him
into prominence.
Sankey, it might be said, wrote the
gospel hymns of the world. In China,
Egypt, India, Japan, in almost every
language known to man, Sankey’s
hymns are sung. He received a large
income from his publications, and
leaves considerable of an estate.
Among Mr. Sankey’s familiar compo
sitions are “The Ninety and Nine,”
and “When the Mists Have Rolled
Away.” His songs are said to have
had a circulation of more than 50,000,-
000 copies.
Mr. Sankey had saved his wonder
ful voice for posterity by singing into
phonographs. The records were sent
ail over the world.
Sankey first met Moody at a Young
Men’s Christian Association conven
tion in Indianapolis. Moody was so
charmed with the young man’s voice
that he urged him to accompany him
on his evangelistic tour. Sankey ex
plained that he was married and could
not give up his position. “You must
come,” said Moody, “I cannot get
along without you.”
They visited Great Britain from
1873 to 1875 and again in 1883, and
made many tours throughout the Uni
ted States. When Mr. Moody died,
Mr. Sankey felt keenly the loss of
his friend. From that time he tried
to conduct the work alone which they
had hitherto shared between them,
In 1902 his physical condition com
pelled him to give up most of his
evangelistical engagements, although
he continued for some time to compile
new series of hymn books. Then
came failing eyesight, which speedily
developed into total blindness. With
the blindness came also a nervous
ibreakdpwn.
At the beginning of his active life,
Mr. Sankey was a Methodist, but for
the last seven years he had been a
Presbyterian. He is survived by a
widow, Fannie V. Sankey;; his two
sons, I. Allen Sankey and Edward
Sankey, and two grandchildren.
CONFEDERATES WOULD HAVE WON.
If They Could Have Had Four Bal
loons at Bull Run.
Washington, D. C. —‘‘If the confed
eral e army could have had four bal
loons at the baitie of Bull Run like
llitr unit; UttiU fflii lirU>
Myer, ybur civil war would not have
lasted over nine months.”
Thus spoke Colonel James Templer,
retired, of the Royal Engineers of the
British army, who was for many years
in command of the British army bal
looning establishment. He made this
assertion after having spent some
time at Fort Myer inspecting the
Baldwin dirigible balloon.
“What would have been the re
sult’” Colonel Templer was asked.
“I think that if the confederate ob
servers could have obtained a balloon
Meview of the retreat of the union
after the hat 11 " *’ ' ”
Vpfi \i' w 'xnem, ec
am Au to ltU u,b - v woum na '; u
(follow . .p their advantage and taw
eiv Washington.”
TKfi colonel has come to this coun
try to 1 .make a special study of the re
lation o?n military ballooning to the
great campaigns of the civil war. He
will visit theK principal battle fields,
beginning witit .Chattanooga, Chicka
mauga, Bull Runv and Gettysburg.
“I am going,” he to ascertain
what could have heeftk, done with war
balloons as they exist; today—that is,
dirigible ballons —in these campaigns,
how the tide of battle have been
changed one way or the other.”
ROADS WILL BUY 6,000 ST£& CARS.
Competition Between Builders is
Keen Cars Will Cost $6,000,000.
New York City—The HarMman
roads are in the market for six thous
and steel cars. No order has been
placed, but the car equipment com-
panies have been notified that this
amount represents the total of an ear
ly purchase by the Harriman lines
and for more than half of the cars
there have been filed specifications on
which the equipment companies may
base their bids.
Competition between the companies
is said to be keen, for the order, if
filled, will be altogether the largest
since the panic.
The estimated cost of the six thous
and steels cars range all the way from
$6,000,000 to $7,000,000. It is expect
ed that the lower figure will prove
nearer correct, for the reason that the
competition between the car equip
ment companies may result in a cut
price.
u. s. troopsaremady.
For Service in Haiti— Foreign Coun
tries Expect U. S. to Act.
Washington, D. C. —Rumors con
tinue current at Washington to the
effect that troops are likely to be
sent to Haiti in restoring order on
the island. Under the Monroe doc
trine the foreign countries regard it
as the duty of the United States to
take official cognizance of the situa
tion in Haiti, which is growing y arse
each day. Active preparations nave
been made at Fort Myer, Va„ to dis
patch soldiers instantly upon receipt
of an order from the., war depart
ment.
TURKISH CONSUL SULKS IN ROOM.
Lrs Assassination Should He Re
-5 turn to Constantinople.
lYashington, D. C.—Broken-hearted
. l his political downfall with the
-•asant prospects of assassination
14i he return to Constantinople to
i, several months’ back pay due
D Vom the sublime porte, Mehmed,
3, UV-rian, sulks in the uper room
nnttle red brick house, which un
'lntly was the legation of the
Y 'PUi Empire. He denies himself
J Wand refuse* to be comforted-
;A WEEKLY NEWSPAPER DEVOTLD TO THE MATERIAL —iff- 1 - m"' l ' ■
■ " INTELLECTUAL ADVANCEMENT OF THE COUNTY.
AGREE TO ARBITRATE
Possible That Alabama Strike
Will Be Brought to an End.
THE JEW3 WILL NOT WORK
As Strike-breakers—Operators Hold Out
for the Open Shop. There H 5.3 Been
No Disturbance Lately.
Birmingham, Ala.—Replying lo a
letter inclosing a petition signed bj
20,000 names of people in the Bir
mingham district, the officials of the
United Mine Workers of America, in
charge of the strike in this state,
have signified their willingness to al
low a committee on’arbitration to
pass on the differences that cause the
strike at the Alabama coal mines.
No letter is yet given out by the j
operators, but repeated statements
statements have been made that there
is nothing to arbitrate, and that the
only difference is open shop or closed,,
and that it is their intention of oper
ating the mines on the open shop
plan.
Reports received at the headquar
ters of the military office of the sher
iff were to the effect that there were
no disturbances recently in the dis
trict, and that the seventh week of
the strike starts off with peace on
all sides. A large number of non-un
ion men have been sent out of the
different mines, and no trouble was !
experienced.
A mass meeting was held in the
Jewish synagogue to provide trans
portation and other means to fifty
Jews who were brought to the district
to work in the mines and have quit
because of the strike. This is the
first incident in this section where
Jws were placed at work in numbers
in coal mines in the south.
ENGLAND WANTS BIG LOAN.
Seek $500,000,000 for Purpose of En
larging and Maintaining Navy.
London, England.—The British gov
ernment , according to the Daily Tel
egraph, contemplates raising a large
loan in view of the growing competi
tion abroad. It is stated that finan
ciers of the highest standing have un
dertaken to find $500,000,000 on nom
inal terms to meet the necessities of
the fleet for the next few years with
out disorganizing the annual budgets
or casting a heavy burden upon the
present generation.
If such a plan is attempted it will
be because it is impossible to forecast
the future requirements of the navy
until foreign shipbuilding programs
have 4J;e setting aride
translated into term, of cash, of flie
country’s intention to maintain a-high
naval standard at all costs.
London, England.—The publication
in a local paper of a proposed naval
expenditure of $500,000,000 in the hope
of checking by sheer financial. bold
ness the renewed competition for na
val power, has aroused a storm of
protest from the socialists and mem
bers of the labor party. While it is
generally believed England will hard
ly dare to engage in such a startling
plan, naval expansion is recognized
by opponents of naval extravp.gv ; vf , °“!
I. -.nd are voicing |V
UL&. „ Liieir protests in ho
uncertain terms.
WOMAN IS CHAMPION CLIMBER.
Miss Annie Peck Reaches an Altitude
of 25,000 Feet on Mt. Huascaran.
Lima, Peru. —Miss Annie S. Peck
of Providence, R. 1., the mountain
climber, has succeeded in climbing to
an altitude of 25,000 feet on Mount
Huascaran, the summit of which is
covered with perpetual snow.
Miss Peck left New York two
months ago to make another attempt
to reach the summit of Mount Huas
caran, Peru, which she believed to
be the highest peak in the, western
hemisphere.
By reaching an altitude of 25,000
feet Miss Peck has .ascended higher
than any man or woman in the
world. i
TREATEDCRUELLY BY MEXICANS.
Finger Nails are Torn Away by Pris
on Officials.
Pittsburg, Pa. —Because they refus
ed to “squeal” on their pals implicat
ed in the robbing of a bank messen
ger in Mexico City, Mexico, William
Moffati and Edward Maloney of Pitts
burg were strapped by their wrists to
the bars of a cell while the Mexican
officers tore the nails from their finger
tips with torseps, such as are. used by
dentists. According to Captain of
Detectives Cough, who has returned
from Mexico City, Maloney, Moffatt,
James Russell, a well-known Chicago
crook, and two Baltimore bank
sneaks,, held up the messenger in
broad daylight and escaped with sev
eral thousand dollars.
MURDERED SON AND DAUGHTER.
Man Driven Violently Insane by Relig
ious Fervor.
Los Angeles, Cal.—Henry J. Duffy,
aged 55, while insane, killed his son,
Frederick Duffy, aged 28, and his
daughter, Mrs. Ada Lacombe, aged
30, attempted the life of his wife
from whom he had been separated
and then cut his own throat with a
butcher knife. Duffy, some time ago,
purchased a lot in Evergreen Ceme
tery and erected three monuments,
one for each of the children he mur
dered and one for himself. He wound*
up his affairs and selected a coffin
for himself.
ADMIRALEVANS RETIRED.
Veteran Naval Officer Relieved From
Duty in United States Service.
Washington, D. C.—Rear Admiral
Robley D. Evans, after a lifetime of
service has been retired. Although
he has been inactive for several
months on account of ill health, he
has merely been on leave of absence
from the Atlantic battleship fleet.
The official passing of Admiral Evans
removes one of the most picturesque
and spectacular figures of American
public life.
LOU.SV.bLK. OA. TANARUS; AIJG(JST ~ ~
OF POLITICAL '
Thg INTEREST. ,
The republicans of _
Inated John N. Sim* *T ixas have nom
governor and adopts ■*. of Dallas for
favors local option # a platform,which
loons. V -tut licensed sa-
The republican pa
is divided into two, ; Rj* Tennessee
W. Tillman has be\ factions, George
governor by the Ev j nominated for
T. Asbury Wright ha <ns faction and
lor governor by the t been nominated
l * on ‘ /home rule” fac-
An appeal to the b
the country to cont'rj -, > unionists of
ocratic campaign hat te w>. the dem-
Piei-ident Gompers < ,beefk made by
Federation of Labor a i the American
of tlie United Mine V ni John Mitchell
lca - ,'oi kars of Amer-
William 11. Taft ha: 8 -Via.
lie will in no way announced that
tempt to settle the fi (interfere* or at-
Uvo factions of the ght between the
in West Virginia. L feaublican party
didn't intend to be dr. Taft said lie
state lights. “The tfg ed into these
tee will be left wi h a tonal commit
all of them as far e free hand at
cerned.” as I am con-
Governor Hoke Sn•
has been requested i atth of Georgia
advisory committee 'to serve on the
selected in connection Vi jeh has been
cratic national cam) J with the deiuo-
Culberson of Texas * ;gn . Senator
the committee, and t> chairman of
the committee are i ong others on
Parker, Hon. John . Judge Alton B.
Governor Johnson of ii. irp Williams,
ator Daniels of Virgin Minnesota, Sen
nor of Maryland and ia. Senator Ray
berlain of Oregon. Governor Cham-
At a meeting of
general committee of jtlie democratic
many llall pledged ”** New York, Tarn
unswerving support ibolehparted and
campaign’ to Bryan a;|tb ughout the
Eastern branch hea i<’ Kern,
democratic party have'lq rters of <hq
the Hoffman House, . n opened in
The Florida republi Sew York City,
mittee, which met a cun eentral corn
named the following f Jacksonville
Governor, John M. Cj si ate ticket;
do; comptroller, J. L. jjp ney of Orlan
tow; treasurer, I. t Skipper of Bar-
Gainesviile; secretary;, VY ‘hater of
F. Horr of Key, wA of state, John
eral, Frederick C. Cu’ ; attorney gen-
Keys; superintendent jbe.rly of Cedar
struction, Dr. George.[ of public in-
Brevard county; conn tv. Holmes of
riculture, J. F. Strunk'aissioner of ag
railroad commissiorteiei of Leesburg;
of San Mateo; justi-, g \\\ Roley
court, E. Bly of DeLases of supreme
Marsh of Pensacola. c jd and Fred W.
The democratic ngt
fund of 1908 will ( be tonal campaign
appeals made to the j rais' and through
for contributions. Bandi* ffu.al states
the direction of its Pel .vsffte, under
’V- 1 -. c ->al commit
termine its own ineitv fvov.t:,’,v.\vvy. ,
money. -wHI de-
Mr. Taft has made tod' °f raising
Mr. Bryan’s speech of
yet, but he has annt'no comment on
would answer it in di| acceptance as
he will make duringlmnced that he
Invitations have beff e f ent speeches
•both Mr. Bryan and i campaign,
tend the national ernlen extended to
G. A. R. to be lv/Mr. Taft to at-
September.. 'jampment of the
in a speech h- W in ToWo hl
' NiC It.— rw-.ne p y
nance applie*dfore the Lincoln, Neb.,
Typograpmeal Union, Mr. Bryan re
ferred to Mr. Kern, his running mate,
as a beginner in seeking national of
fice and said: “But I am sure that if
he will persevere the time will come
when he will feel as Ido —so accus
tomed to being notified that it seems
scarcely an extraordinary occasion.”
Macon, Ga., citizens have invited
Mr. Taft, Mr. Bryan and Senator Ar
thur J. Beveridge of Indiana to make
addresses in that city at the state fair
to be held there early in November.
The big saddle uorse which Mr.
Taft has ridden fa. some time in
Washington, and which he has been
using at Hot Springs, Va„ suddenly
developed ankle weakness, and Mr.
Taft was thrown. He sustained no in
juries and made no mention of the
occurrence. But h* admitted that he
believed he would be more comforta
ble hereafter on a horse of sturdier
build.
In a speech before the Epworth as
sembly at Lincoln, Neb., Senator La-
Follette of Wisconsin, expressed great
admiration for W. J. Bryan. A man
in the audience accused Senator La-
Follette of being a democrat, but he
denied the charge strenuously.
Timothy L. Woodruff, chairman of
the New York republican party, has
declared that the rank and file of the
republican party of that state and
not President Roosevelt will dictate
whether Charles E. Hughes will be
re-nominated for governor of New
York.
Charles F. Murphy has denounced
the report that W. J. Bryan was dis
pleased as a refusal of the New York
leaders to ask him to speak in that
•■atate. :
The general impression in New
York is that the federal administra
tion would be opposed to the turning
down of Governor Hughes for a sec
ond term.
Delegates to the independence party
met at Dallas, Taxas, and nominated
E. w. Kirkpatrick for governor. Mr.
Kirkpatrick is president of the Texas
Farmers’ congress.
James Landis, socialist candidate
for congress from Illinois, made an
unsuccessful attempt to shoot Prose
cuting Attorney- WjUlam Batch at
Bloomingron, 111. Landis was arrest
ed. The affair was the outgrowth of
a bitter newspaper controversy.
'California has a Chinese Bryan
club.
- Senator Robert M. LaFolJette is go
ing do'edit a .newspaper of his own,
and'with this end in view he is mak
ing a canvass of Wisconsin to secure
a guarantee of 10,000 readers for a
weekly paper along the lines of Bry
an’s Commoner. The senator propos
es to do his own editing and it is like
ly that the new publication will
much interest in the Wisconsin cam
paign.
James Wickersham, independent
candidate for congress from Alaska,
was elected at the recent elections
I held in that territory,
AIRSHIP IS A SUCCESS
Baldwin’s Craft Lands Safely Af
ter a Successful Flight.
COVERNMENT ACCEPTS SDIP
For Over an Hour Craft Remained in
the Air and Wa> at All Times
Under Perfect Control.
Washington, D. C. —Like a demon
from the skies, its motor spitting fire
and its long gray gas bag outlined
against the dark sky of dusk, the
Baldwin airship landed at Fort My
er after making a flight which broke
ail records for aerial navigation in
this country.
For two hours and five minutes the
big military dirigible, ibuilt for the
United States army flew back and
forth over a course neatly five miles
in length in the official endurance
trial. The airship is now the prop
erty of the signal corps of the United
States army, a few formalities only
remaining to be gone through before
Captain Baldwin turns his aetial craft
over to General Allen, chief signal of
ficer.
The airship lias withstood every
test required of it by the terms of
the contract between the government
and Captain Thomas C. Baldwin, thus
entitling the aeronaut to the full con
tract price, $6,750. The total dis
tance covered in the trial was be
tween 28 and 30 miles.
Throughout the trip, the airship
was kept under almost perfect con
trol, and at no time, said Mr. Curtiss,
did the engines miss a spark.
In the lest it was required that
Captain Baldwin remain in continu
ous flight for two hours at an aver
age speed equaling 70 per cent of
that attained in the previous speed
trial—l 9.6 miles an hour. This would
be 13.4 an hour. It is estimated that
the average speed maintained in the
last flight was about 17 miles an
hour.
Another condition imposed was that
sufficient fuel he carried to run the
motor for two hours, and that exces
sive heating of the engine should not
occur. Both of these conditions were
easily fulfilled, there being two gal
lons of gasoline, of the five taken
on the trip, still remaining unused
when the landing was made.
OLD PANAMA CANAL COMPANY.
It Is Finally Liquidated Ater Nine
teen Years.
——- Paris, France.“-The J, quidatHm of
the old Panama Canal cdh.,
has been going on since 1889, was
completed when the tribunal of
the Seine authorized a last payment to
creditors of 1 per cent, and issued a
decree of discharge to the receivers.
In 1878, a concession was obtained
from Colombia, by the Societe Oivile
International du Canal Inter-Ocetnique
for the construction of a canal across
the isthmus. This concession was
purchased in 1870 for $2,000,000 by a
company headed by Ferdinand de Les
seps. The work of excavating for the
canal proceeded until 1889, when the
company went into bankruptcy and
disbanded. Great scandals followed its
collapse.
Extensions of the time for the com
pletion of the canal were granted in
the 90s, the last naming October 31,
1910, as the time. Anew company
was’organized to prosecute the work
but failure to do so resulted in 1903
in a treaty between Colombia and the
United States, by which the latter
country was to cut the canal. The
American senate ratified this treaty,
but the Colombian congress rejected
it. A revolution in Colombia resulted
in the isthmus falling into the hands
of the new republic of Panama and
the Panama government gave the
United Staes the right to do the work.
In acquiring title to the canal prop
erty, however, obstacles were thrown
in the path of the United States by
the bondholders of the old Panama
Canal company and the individual
stockholders of the new Panama Ca
nal company endeavored to prevent
the transfer. Finaly, however, in 1904
in consideration of $40,000,000,000,
the United States was able to take
all rights in the premises.
Women Killed in Boiler Explosion.
Travehse City, Mich.—The boiler
of the steamer Lelanau exploded
while the boat was en route from Le
land to Founce, on Carp Lake, with
about thirty-five passengers aboard,
many of whom were on their way to
attend a circus here. One woman,
Mrs. Isabel Labonte, aged 35, of
Traverse City, was killed, and two
men were fatally injured. Many were
hurt.
Whole Family Killed By Lions.
Mexico Mexico.—Three hun
gry mountain lions entered the hut
of Murculeano Flores, in the village
of Elezas, state of Jalico, and killed
the whole family, consisting of Flores,
his wife and two children.
The cries of the victims attracted
residents of the village and the ani
mals were driven off, but, not before
they had devoured the two children.
Alabama and Maine Returning.
Colombia—The battleships Alaba
ma and Maine are in port here en
route to the Atlantic. They served
as a special service squadron for the
American fleet on the way to the Pa
cific.
Troops to Fight Castro.
The Hague.—lt has been officially
announced here that part of the co*
lenial reserve troops would leave in
a short time for Curacoa to strength
en the Dutch force which the govern,
ment may send against Venezuela.
Fifty-Eight Automobiles Burn.
Chicago, 111. —Fifty-eight automo
biles were destroyed and damage es
timated at $500,000 was caused by a
fire which burned C, A, Coey’a garage
in this city.
LATE NEWS NOTES.
General.
i “A $50,000 widow for $5.” This and
many other matrimonial bargains
I were temptingly offered by a matri
• monia! agency run by Charles A Hud
t son, in Chicago, but federal officers
did not believe that Hudson intended
to fulfill his promises and they had
j him arrested in Minneapolis.
I Asa result of eating toad stools
for mushrooms, Harry Jarrell and
Mrs. Lillian Jar-eli, his sister-in-law,
died at Rochester, N. Y.
Filing of the will of the late Robert
Pratt, former mayor of Minneapolis,
! revealed a romance. A share in his
estate, valued at $20,000, is left, to
Mary Bettin, Mr. Pratt’s housekeeper,
"who has agreed to become my wife,”
reads the will.
The twelfth annnal convention of
the National Association of Fire in
surance agent which has been in ses
sion at St. Paul, Minn., elected the
following officers: President, Edward
\V. Beardsley, Hartford, Conn.; vice
presidents, I. w. Alexander, E. B.
Case. Illinois; L VV. Childrey. Virgin
ia: E. H. Forty, Indiana; A. W. Neale,
Ohio; secretary, Henry H. Putnam,
Boston; treasurer, W. H. Mandeville,
Olean. N. Y.; chairman organization
committee, C. W. Olson, Chattanooga,
Tenn.
Silas Griffin, aged 7b years, a high
ly respected citizen of Alexander City,
Ala., was killed by vicious hogs on
his farm near that city. Mr. Griffin
had entered the pen to feed the hogs
when he was attacked by them and
literally torn to pieces.
Kingdon Gould, son of George J.
Gould, the multi-milionaire, is work
ing as a miner at Guanajuato, Mexi
co. Young Gould is studying mining
engineering and has taken this meth
od of gathering the practical rudi
ments of mining.
Dr. John Miller Moore, an ex-sur
geon in the United States navy, is
detained at the Villevard asylum in
Paris, whither the police conveyed
him on acount of his peculiar heha
vious in certain Paris hotels and
which led them to believe he is suffer
ing from hallucinations, lie is said
to have left the battleship Kansas at
San Francisco.
Five million barrels of oil, worth
$1 a barrel, have been lost, in the
great oil fire in the San eronimo dis
trict, which has been r;\ ing uninter
ruptedly since July 4.
An English youth has challenged
any one in the world to a series of
feats of memory. It is said that he
is a regular walking encyclopedia,
and among other things has memor
ized 40,000 dates of the world's his
tory.
Juana Diaz, aged 8 years, and her
sister,. Natalia, aged 9, w re , instantly
kiiled' at fc.l Paso, Tex’ps, by Ugla
tiago bias, ‘ who "was sitifhg
in the front of his home holding an
infant of a few months. Lightning
struck the corner of the house, pass
ed through the body of the man and
struck the little girls who were stand
ing indoors. The baby was unhurt.
John J. Forester, a Coney Island
life saver, was the winner of a swim
of thirteen miles from under the
Brooklyn Bridge to Coney Island, held
by members of the United States V ol
unteer Livesaving corps. His time,
four hours and forty-six minutes, is
considered remarkable, having only
once been surpassed. Thirty-two com
petitors started and eight finished,
among them two girls, Miss Clara T.
Hurst, of Staten Island, and Miss Au
gusta Gallup, of New York City.
Electricity, particularly for lighting
purposes, is' being extensively used in
the isthmian canal zone, the system
in vogue supplying l'ght to practically
everv settlement between Colon and
Panama, excepting a few hamlets in
the territory north of Gorgana and the
villages of Mirafiores and Gatun. A
temporary plant is being installed at
Gatun. Twenty-four thousand lights
are in use, and power is furnished
for various purposes.
Joseph Travis, a newspaper man,
formerly of Portland, and San Fran
cisco. has been appointed general as
sistant to Dr. George Mark, one of
the commissioners of the Chinese re
ception committee appointed to wel
come the battleship fleet on its arri
val at Amoy next October.
Washington.
Liberty L. Bailey, dean of Cornell
college of agriculture, who was re
cently appointed by President Roose
velt to be chairman of a commission
of five to investigate the social, san
itary and economic conditions on
American farms, has declined the ap
pointment on the ground that he can
not give the subject the time he con
siders would be necessary to such an
important matter.
John W. Riddle, American ambassa
dor to Russia, who recently under
went an operation at St. Petersburg,
is reported to be recovering rapidly.
A report received in Washington
from the Hague says that definite ac
tion by the government, of the Nether
lands regarding the dispute with Ven
attitude of the United States, which
probably will be favorable to the
Netherlands.
According to a report issued by the
treasury department the goveinment
redeemed paper money to the value
of $912,000,000 in the year 1907. This
redemption was either for the pur
pose of securing clean, fresh notes or
to get change of some other denomina
tion.
Divers examined the cruiser Color
ado and declared it would take sev
eral weeks to repair her injuries due
to grounding in the straits of San
Juan DeFuca.
Spencer F. Eddy, the newly appoint
ed United States minister to Argen
tina, has arrived at Buenos Ayres ac
companied by Mrs. Eddy. He was wel
comed on the docks by representa
tives of the present republic, the for
eign office and by the staff of the
United States legation.
It is rumored in London that the
next minister to the United States
from Turkey will be Perdev Pasha,
late commander of the Bagdad army
corps.
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If a man should come tramping into
your parlor, besmearing the nigs or
carji ts with tho mud, slime and filth
that had adhered to his boots as ho
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■Says the St. Paul Pioneer Press,
Iceland becomes a free and tiide-pen
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only to reach out his hand to take
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ease with which a living was to be
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republic, there would have- been no
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some European sovereign.
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light as the greatest “hustler" among
American cities.
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