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Noisy Welccme Given Amen-ca,nl Battleshxp Fieet by Japan. | Streets of City for Miles Were Walled With Entwined Americn and Japanese Emblems. Yokohama, Japan.—The American battleship fleet dropped anchor in the harbor at 9:30 o’clock Sunday morn- | ing, : It was in the gray hours before | dawn when the leviathans of Amer ica's great white battleship fleet were dimly discerned maneuvering off the! entrance to Tokio bay, while sixteen warships, the pride of Japan, in som-. bre color, swung at their anchor buoys outside of the breakwater, ‘ From thousands of flag staffs and buildings at every point in the city floated the stars and stripes, and the entire lengths of miles of streets were atmost walled with intertwined Amer ican and Japanese emblems. The enthusiasm of the people was evidently sincere, though mixed with the natural curiosity to see the big fighting ships from America, the long and successful cruise of which has marked a new epoch in naval history. Foreigners were in the minority in the crowds, but wherever they ap peared, they were treated with excep tienal courtesy because to the Jap anese all foreigners must be Ameri cans .many of the Japanese being un able to discriminate between Ameri cans and those from other lands, When the fieet rounded Honmou point and came into full view of thas city of Yokohama, the sixteen assem bled Japanese warships began firing the salute to the rear admiral in com mand of the American fleet. The roar of the guns, the bursting fire works, bombs, the shriek of the steam sirens with the drone of the deep whistles of the liners, filled the air with overwhelming sounds. Ashore, bedlam broke loose and words fail to describe the enthusiasm of the assem bled thousands. When the American fleet finally came to anchor, it presented an impos ing spectacle. Thirty-two great war ships occupied four long columns of elght each. The Americans taking the place of honor in the forefront, the Japanese immediately behind them, As soon as the fleet came to anchor, a reception committee and attaches of the various foreign embassies and le gations and the mayor of Yokohama put off from shore for the flagship Connecticut, Every vernacular newspaper in Yo kohama and Tokio printed special il lustrated editions containing enphusi astic articles with reference to the coming of the American fleet, ADMIRAL EVANS" SON GUILTY. He Will Lose 150 Numbers and Be Publicly Reprimanded. Yokahama, Japan. — Lieutenant Frank T. Evans of the battleship Lou isiana, who recently was court-mar tialed on a charge of absenting him self from his post while officer of the deck, disrespect to his superior offi cer and intoxication, has been found guilty of the two former charges. Rear Admiral Sperry received the pa pers while the battleships were at Manila. and has just announced, his verdict, The sentence pronounced provides that Lieutenant Evans shall lgse 150 numbers and shall be publicly reprimanded. NIGHT RIDERS BURN GIN. Gin Had Been Posted Previously by the Night Riders. Seottsboro, Ala.—News has just reached here of the burning of the large cotton gin of Butler & Co., at New Hope, by night riders. No par ticulars have been received except that the s‘i’n had been posted to gin no more cdtton at the present price. The gin continued to run and the burn ing followed, This is the first report of a gin burned in Alabama by the night rid ers. L CAPTAIN LEAPED INTO SEA. Norwegian Captain Was Despondent Over a Broken Leg. Pensacola, Fla., — The Norwegian bark Majorca, which arrived here, re ported the suicide of the Master Cap tain Ellefsen at sea two weeks ago on the voyage from Buenos Ayres here. The vessel came into port with flags half-masted and in command of the first mate, The latter stated that the captain had become despondent over a broken leg, and, going up on the bridge of the vessel, leaped into the sea, The body was not recovered. AEROPLARE FALLS 50 FEET. First Attempt at Aerial Flight in the South Ends Disastrously. Chattanooga, Tenn.—ln an attempt at flight in an aeroplane, G. M, Mal lory of this city, the inventor, fell 50 with a few slight bruises, Mallory's feet with his machine, but escaped aeroplane was partially wrecked. The aviator’s wife witnessed fi-e ac cident;-and was frightened into hyster fcs. ~She ran with her baby in- her arms to the spot where the aerog‘lane had fallen, and on her -knees b¢gged her husband’never again attempt an other flight.’ The inventor announced that he would rebuild his machiné-and try “ib, again. This is the first @f tempt at aerial flight in the south. " 'FATAL DYNAMITE EXPLOSION. Attempt to Pick Cap Off Mis-shot Re sulted in Disaster, Fort Colling, Colo.—Sßix persons weregnstantly killed and twenty-one others injured by an explosion of dy namite at the Ingleside Limestone quarry. The dead include two Japan ese and four Mexicans, Five charges of dynamite had been placed, but only four of them explod od as arranged. While an attempt was being made to pick the cap from the unexploded charge it went off. E Sl ' | “© LATE NEWS NOTES, I. H. Whaley of f{noxvme, Tenn,, was struck and killed by 'J. W. Green, a blacksmith, Green struck Whaley under the jaw with his fist and Whal ey’s head struck a railroad rail as he fell. Whaley died an hour and a half later, ) - The national convention' of the League of American Sportsmen, in tenth annual meeting at' Lawton, Okla., was addressed Dby Geronimo,. the famous Apache chief, through an’ interpeter. He deplored the staugh ter of American game by white men. The jury in the trial of .Uhland Cul pepper at Opelika, Ala., eharged with the murder of Msay Elvin Haaen, who was shot and killed near Phoeniw City, Ala., several weeks ago, by a bullet believed to have been intended for her father, returned a verdict ot guilty. Culpepper was sentenced to life imprisonment, Six buildings were totally destroy ed and a number of others damaged by a fire of incendiary origin at Olive Hill, Carter county, Kentucky. The losp is about SIO,OOO. D. O. Seaman, a farmer, of Golds berry, Me., went to the district school called out his two sons, aged 10 and 12 years, respectively, shot one of them dead, mortally wounded the oth er_and then shot and killed himself. The cause of the tragedy is not iknown. 1 George Harold, of the El Paso. Tex as, city detective department, who ‘worked up the cases thewe and in Chi Ehuahua against the Mexican revolu tionists, tound a rudely constructed ‘bomb at the front door of his resi ‘dence with a charred fuse attached. iHarold has received several unsigned :notes informing him that he is mark ed for death. . Several girls were slightly injured jand one hundred more had a narrow escape from death when. the ferry steamer Ariel, running between Walk ‘erville, Ont.,, and Detroit, Mich., col lided in a fog with the small freight er Energy. There were about onc hundred girls, employes of local fac tories aboard the ferry, and a panic !I‘eigned among them for a few min utes, > ‘ The store of the Merchants’ Gro cery company at Mobile, Ala., was {gutted when fire broke out in the sec ond story among paper bags.. The building was damaged about SIO,OOO, lcovered by insurance, and the stock is a total loss amply covered by in ‘surance, Two firemen were injured. i The Jenkins lumber mills plant at |Blaine, Wash.,, was almost complete 'ly destroyed by -fire. The loss is es timated at $500,000. A freight engine on the Southern railway exploded at Mayo, Va., killing the engineer and injuring the fireman and several of the crew. One-half of the 'business portion of Bonner Springs, Kans., a watering resort, twenty miles west of Kansas City;” wasidestroyed by fire, causing a loss of SIOO,OOO. After sixteen years of divorced sep aration, during which each had re married and had each been bereft through death, an aged German ecou ple in New York City, who were mar ried in their fatherland forty years ago, procured a marriage license in order to at once re-enfer for their de clining years, the ties they had legal ly set aside so long ago. Conrad Knubert’'s second wife died in New York not long ago, and when he heard that his former’s wife's hus band had also died in Germany, he wrote the partner of his young years, asking her to come to New York and marry him again. She cabled her re ply—that she was coming, and on fi;e next steamer, and when she reached there the ceremony was performed at once, ’ The women of Mexico have organiz ed a mother's congress, ‘which will hold its first meeting in December. The president is Signora Luz Gonzal ez Casio de Lopez and the object is to aid all mothers who need protec tion, advice or assistance, Thirty-one counties with a popula tion of more than a million peaple, have voted to go dry in Ohio in the first forty-one days of the operation of the Rose county local option law passed by the last legislature, and within the next thirty days eight hun ‘dred and thirteen saloons and whole sale liquor houses will have closed *as the result. There are now thirty [five counties entirely dry in the state. ' The battle of Guilford Court House was reproduced at Greensboro, N. C., |by United States cavalry, infantry, lstate malitia and a Gatling gun. The result of the battle, like that fought in 1781, was in doubt, both - sides claiming victory, Colonel S. W. Miner commanded the British, while Colonel P W Craig commanded the Ameri [ecan forces, About 25,000 people wit ’nessed the battle. | Foster George was arrested in St. ;Louis, Mo., on a charge of stealing 'diamonds and watches worth $35,000 ‘from 8. F. Powell, a wholesale jewel ‘er at 170 Broadway, New York, Twea 'ty-five thousand dollars’ worth of the !jewels were recovered from George. 'The man was betrayed into the 'hands of the police by Mabel McCoy, a companion with whom he quarreled |after refusing come of her requests ‘for money, When the police raided ' George’s room diamonds were found In every possible hidioz place. A ra }zor case was stuffed with gems worth 183,000, In a valice were mearly one ‘thousand small diamonds; in George's §Shoes were dozens ‘of gems, some of 'them as large as two carats, Captain Monroe and five of the crew of the British schooner Siroceo, who were supposed to have been lost |when their vessel was wrecked off the ]Florida coast, on October 1, were land 'ed at DBoston, Mass.,, by the fruit | steamer Horatius. All of the mem |bers of the Sirocco’s crew have now ibeen accounted for, two seamen hav ling been landed at Newport News, |Va, . The Sirocco, which was bound !from Brunswick, Ga., te Abaca in the | pahamas, was wrecked on Mantanilla ‘reef, in a tropical hurricane, e For Seventy-Five Miles Michigan is a Solid Mass of Fire. B : - Bolton, Scuth Rogers; Metz and La-. * ' Recque Are Among 'the~Villo'ge.l ; -. Destroyed-<-15 are Dead. - - Alpena, Mich.—Fifteen. people , lost their lives in the burning of the De troit and Mackiraw railray relief train. which was carrying the inhabitants of the little village of Metz, 23 miles north of here, to safety from the for est filres, which were sweeping away their homes. The ill-fated train was ditched by spreading rails at Nowicki Siding, a few miles south of Metz, and the terrified refugeas were forced to abandon the cars and rush for safe ty either down the track, with burn ing forests on either side, or into the ploughed fields near the siding. Hleven of the victims were women and children, who were unable to es cape quickly enough from the gondola car, which they were occupying. Their charred bodies were found there when‘ rescuers reached the scene, Two of the men victims were members of the train crew, | When the forest fires closed in about the village, a special train of three empiy box cars and two coal cars was rushed to Metz, in charge of John E. Kinville, conductors; William Foster, engineer; Arthur iee, fireman. As rapidly as possible the people and their goods were loaded into the cars. Some refused to abandon their ‘goods, or the train might have left earlier and have reached Alpéna in safety, When the train finally start ed there were about one hundred frightened people abroad. The flames ‘were already sweeping through the village. ngineer Foster started his itrain for Alpena, Nearing Norwicki ‘(’mssing, he saw Dblazing piles of ce dar ties on either side of the track. ‘Oponing wide the throttle, he tried to dash through at full speed, but the ‘heat had loosened the rails, and they ‘had spread, and the train left the ‘tracks, Blazing piles of ties surround ‘ed it, and in an instant the cars had caught fire, .~ The terror-stricken people, caught by the peril from which they were fleeing, jumped from the cars and rushed down the track. Three moth ers and their little ones were not quick enough and were cremated in ‘the car, where they were caught. Brakeman William Bartlett sprang into the water tank behind the en gine, only to be literally boiled to death, as the flames swept over it. Engineer Foster and Conductor Kin ville fled down the track through the fire and smoke, and were the first to reach the ,village of Post and re ported the wreck and asked for as sistance. Behind them straggled a burned and wounded procession of refugees from the wrecked' train, It was a fearful march over the hot ties, with the flames from the burning weods on either side of the track roaring and snapping ' in the faces. Engineer Foster was terribly burned |about the head and face, "but is |thought he wil Isurvive, Conductor Kinville was badly scorcheq, The survivors of the frightful ex perience seemed dazed by their -peril land sufferings. They seemed to real iize nothing except the intense heat and menacing flames. I Bolton, South Rogers and Metz are among the destroyed villages. Only the church is left at the village of Cathro, and it is crowded with ref ugees, ; A strip twenty miles wide, from übbard Lake to the Au Sable river, in Alcona county, is burning, More than fifty farms are reported to have been swept by the fires and their buildings destroyed. ROGSEVELT GOES TO ENGLAND. Will Also Visit France After His African Trip. ' London, England.—The Times lis informed that President Roosevelt }will visit KEngland after his African ltrip early in 1910, He will deliver the , Romanes lecture at Oxford, and on |the occasion of the university com memoration will receive the honorary degree of D. C. L., which Oxford has already bestowed upon Emperor Wil liam. According to The Times, Pres ident Roosevelt zlso will .visit Paris and deliver an ‘address at, the ‘Sor 'bomne. Neither the dates nor the *subjects of the lecture«dre yet known, | The Times further states that accord ling to the political plans, Mrs. Roose |velt will join the president at Khar |toum on the journey southward, | Rescued Just In Time. | Hull, England—The German bal- Iloon Plauen, which left Berlin Mondav' in an endurance contest, was picked [up in the North sea by a trawler. | Clinging to the balloon were the two {aeronauts, Hackstetter and Schneider, {in an almost exhausted condition, The rescue took place about 249 miles (from Spurnhead, " Typhoon Damagad Amoy. | Amoy, China.-—A typhoon destroyed [noarly all the buvildings erected for the reception of the officers and men |of the American battleships except Ithe main reception hall. Many stores fin the town were badly damaged, and ithe electric lighting plant is under |gix feet of water, ' Cofton Seed 01 Trade, | Washington, D, C.—Cotton seed &, 'has become the second largest article |of export from the United States to T’l‘urke;.'. reports Ambassador Leish- Imann at Constantinople, He points out the possibilities in the Turkish fmarket for this class of shipments, and states that when America real |izes the advantages of canvassing a 'market hitherto neglected the sales {of cotton seed oil will be widely ex {tended in Turkey, ’ ! e GBI T e TR g T ) ~ BAISE PRICE OF COTTON. Object of Farmers’ Union When They * Meet at New O:leans. Union" City, Ga.—The Farmers! union’infends (0 boost the, price of cotton, and to this end, whigh." will mean s 0 much for the south, Presi dent C. 8, Barrett has isSued an offi cial call to the national bodrd of.di rectors, all state presidents and rep resentatives from all county, parish and local unions in the cotton belt, {0 .meet in ‘session at New Orleans, November'll. L ', The union will hold an executive | session on that day, and on the fol lowing day, all southern people inter- | ested, and willing to aid in raising | the price of cotton, have been request ed to he present and Jend their sup port. The Farmers’ Union, having a mem ship, as it does, of every prominent plantes in the ecotton belt, generally does something when its meets, and this time, when the gavel raps for or der and all heads get down to busi- | ness, the price of the snowy staple is | bound to grow by several cents, FIRED AT PRIEST. Attempt to Assassinate Father Field- | ing in Fashionable Chicago Church, | Chicago, 111.—An attempt to assassi nate Rey. J. K. Fielding, pastor of the Corpus Christi Roman . Catholic Church, was made by an unknown man, After twice shooting at th(:! priest in the Sunday school hallway of the church, the assassin, knocking | down . several children that stood in his way, ran into the street and es caped, The priest was not hurt, The shooting and the screams of the chil dren created wild excitement in one of Chicago’s fashionable residence ‘quarters. | __ Under the conviction that one or more men had entered into a con spiracy to kill Father Fielding and other priests, the police have placed an extra watch over all <Catholic churches throughout the city, | UNIFORM BILL OF LADING. Railrcads Wil Notify Shippers of New Regulations. Chicago, Ill.—Announcement has been made that all of the 416 roads in official classification territory have larranged to address notices to ship pers’ to the effect that on and after November 1, shippers using the new uniform bill of lading prescribed by the interstate commerce commission will be charged the regular rates pro vided in the “official classification.” If a shipper shall elect not to accept the conditions of the new bill of lad ing and shipping order, the property will be transported at carrier's liabil ity, limited only as provided by the common laws and by the laws of the United States and of the several states in so far as they apply, and the charge will be 10 per cent higher than the regular rate, GETTYSBUR& BATTLEFIELD. Park Commission Trying to Preserve It in Its Original Shape, Washington, D. C.—To preserve in its original shape the features of the batdlefield of Gettysburg, the Gettys bury National Park Commission inits annual report states that, in pursu ance of the. fixed policy of that body, large tracts of woodland have been purchased, old road lines have been so altered that they now parallel the lines of battle, The commission ih carrying forward this work has kept in view the pur pose of preserving the features of the battlefield as they were during the bat tle, and also rendering all varts of it accessible. ENGINEER SHOT DOWN. By Naval Stores Operator Near Pan. ama City, Florida, Pensacola, Fla.—Kugene Wood, en gineer on a log road of a milling con cern, was shot and killed by Jack Gil bert, a naval store operator, near Pan ama City. The engineer had passed Gilbert’s place ‘without stopping to take on freight. On the next trip Gilbert placed a red flag on the track, and then stood near with his gun, When Wood left the engine he was shot and instantly killed. B - 800 BALES OF COTTON BURNED. Big Cotton Warehouse at Rock Hill, S. C., Was Destroyed, Rock Hill, 8. C.—Another destruc tive cotton fire visited Rock Hill, The warehouse of Bdward [lewell was burned with 700 or 800 bales of cot ton, with a loss of about $25,000 on the cotton, and $3,000 or $4,000 on the building. The cotton was insured upon the basis of market value of course. On the building Mr, Fewell had about $3,000 insurance, This warehouse was badly damaged on September 13, and 900 bales of cotton burned, SEAT RATES REDUCED. Pullman Company Files New Sched ule Covering Entire Country, ‘Chicago, Ill,—Seat rates in every Pullmgn parlor car have heen reduc ed, according to a new schedule sheet which has just been filed by the Pull man company, The rew schedule which covers the entire country is in tended as a substitute for the com pany’s four rate sheets of the north western, northeastern, gouthwestern and southeastern districts, “The new hook is a re-adjustment rather than /a regulation of rates” gaid General Manager Dean. There are a few general reductions hesides the small seat rate cut, but none is of great importance, HIGH DIVER KILLED. Rebounds From Net-—Skull Crushed | and Neck Broken, Decatur, Texas—Ollie McKenzie, a professional high diver, was almost instantly killed at the fair grounds here when he dived from a height of eighty feet, striking the netting feel first., McKenzie rebounded high in the air falling head first on the outside, crughing his gkull and breaking his neck. 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