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THE MORNING NEWS , ——
President. f M TMKFJ* 17.881.
PARKER SPEAKS
ON MILITARISM
SMALL ARMY AND NAVY
the plea made by the demo
cratic CANDIDATE.
Judge Parker Was Given an Ovation
Both at Cooper Union and Car
negie Hull—C heerinK Was Loud
and Prolonged—Advocated n Re
turn to Smaller Armed Forces
and Such an Entente With All Na
tions as to Render War Improb
able. ■
New York, Nov. 2.—Judge Parker
addressed meetings at Cooper Union
and Carnegie Hall, and was given a
reception at the Democratic Club to
night, which was the busiest evening
programme arranged for him during
the campaign.
At both meetings the candidate was
given great ovations and at the recep
tion following nearly every member of
the club and many invited guests
shook hands with him.
Judge Parker will make a hurried
tour of Connecticut to-morrow, visit
ing Bridgeport, New Haven and Hart
ford, at each of which places he will
speak. He and his party will travel
by special train and return to New
York the Bame night.
One of the most rousing receptions
of the campaign was given Judge
Parker at Cooper Union, where he ad
dressed a large meeting under the au
spices of the German American Parker
Union. The candidate was substituted
for former President Cleveland, who
was scheduled originally to address
the gathering, but was compelled to
cancel the engagement.
Others Spoke in German.
Other speakers at the meeting were
Carl Schurz. the presiding officer,
George Von Schal, Sigmund Zeisier of
Chicago. All of the addresses were in
German, except that of Judge Parker.
Under an escort of mounted police
men in charge of Inspector Brooks,
Judge Parker arrived at Cooper Union
at 8:23 o’clock. Before his arrival
there was a display of bombs and oth-.
er fireworks in the square north of the
building. The candidate was warmly
cheered by the crowd about the build
ing. He entered by the platform door
on Fourth avenue. He was shown to
the si age by officers of the union, in
charge of the meeting, and met Mr.
Schurz in full view of the audience.
They clasped hands In a greeting that
lasted fully a minute, while the crowd
looked on and applauded approvingly.
The reception given the candidate
was but a. repetition of others that
have been given him in New York, and
in fact, on every occasion where he has
made public addresses. The demon
stration continued eight minutes be
fore he was permitted to begin his
speech.
Demonstration fop Hearst.
Cooper Union was filled long before
the meeting opened. The first great
demonstration was at 7:45 o'clock
when Mr. Schurz arrived. A few min
utes later the meeting was called to
order by Herman Ridder, who intro
duced Mr. Schurz as chairman. The
presiding officer has not been well and
he spoke with considerable effort, mak
ing his only address of the campaign.
Mr. Schurz was cheered heartily
hroughout his speech and received a
tremendous ovation at the conclusion.
He then introduced George Von Schal,
who made a fervent appeal to the vot
ers of German descent to preserve the
liberties “for which you have paid so
dearly and which are threatened by a
party satiated with greed for power
and lust for pelf.”
It was during this appeal that
Judge Parker entered. The ovation
given the candidate was far beyond
that accorded to those who had pre
viously appeared. There was a dif
ference, too. in the character of the
applause given Judge Parker in com
parison with that for the other speak
ers.
Judge Parker’s speech was almost
entirely devoted to the subjects of im
perialism and militarism, and the sub
jects seemed peculiarly popular with
the audience of German Americans.
He was interrupted frequently with
prolonged applause, and once when he
paid homage to Mr. Schurz personally
as one who had "felt the blighting
power” of militarism, Mr. Schurz
came forward and shook Judge
Parker by the hand and thanked him
for his words. The audience stood
up and shouted its approval.
President Can Canse War.
Judge Parker, after discussing the
moral effect of the policy of conquest,
as shown in disregard for the principle
th at governments derive their Just
powers from the consent of the gov
erned and In the attempt to dominate
and suppress public discussion and
opinion, spoke of the great power
wielded by the President in the con
duct of our foreign relations, saying:
'The Constitution provides that only
Congress shall have power to declare
wur. But it is within thee power of
the President, If he desires war, to
create, by his conduct of our foreign
’pintlons, situations which make war
inevitable. It may happen that on
‘■■•'■h an occasion. Congress being op-
Pff'f'd to war, would not consent to It
|f consulted beforehand; but it may
I” 1 mnfronted by things already done,
• v accomplished facts, which make the
“scape from war exceedingly difficult,
lr ,not impossible.
“The President may then force a
nur upon the country In spite of the
■uverse opinion of Congress. He may
'**> this, keeping, as to the exercise of
JV* powers, within the letter of the
institution, although flagrantly vio
lating its splilt and Intent. And he
may do this almost sure of the subse
-2.'; nt approval and support of Con
s'l as which, when an accomplished
ha * Put our country In an attl
u' inorg or h<Jßt , le to R forp | Bn
■ii r ‘ ** usually very reluctant to
a , in°- our * overn meni. We have
lllustration of this in the history of
affair, It being very
hetiuhit 1 wh * ther Congress, even the
v o lcan pHrt of it. would. If pre
pollrJ y ~? on * u i ,eil, hav * approved the
by the administration
, ornm.il!? . i, <' <y)r "Plt*hed fact easily
Jorlty* nae<l th<? acceptance of the ma
ts Dangerous Power,
deT.nl pow#r executive le •Vi
-0,,.. tn .T- V#rjr , '* l, ** r ®iM one—danger
tn tk i***.* 0 * °* country as well
—unleae the" ehirUb iS
Jlatatnab JKofnin® IfoM,
al reSpect f . or the constitution
niiiv,rniaatlons of his P° wer and over
snirUS^alre/elisiously to obs erve the
spirit and intent as well as the letter
of the constitution, as well as an in
nate love of peace and fair dealing.
You may judge for yourselves how
dangerous is such a power under the
influence of the imperialistic tendency,
w tin its lust of conquest and domin
ion, its love of adventure and military
achievement and its proneness to im
p*J*® lve action and dramatic display.
„Tu . J m P eri a!istic tendency armed
with that power will be all the more
dangerous when it is at the same time
armed with an ample supply of fight
ing material ready for action. Until
a very recent period we enjoyed the
priceless blessing of living in perfect
peace and security without bearing the
burden of a large army and navy
costing untold millions a year—a
unique privilege of which other na
tions, groaning under heavy military
and naval expenditures, envied us
most heartily. Our imperialists now
tell us that this must cease to be so.
According to them, we must have a
much larger army in proportion than
before, and our Secretary of the Navy
assures us that we must have the big
gest navy in the world, whatever the
ccst.
“Have you ever seen anybody able
to give you an intelligent and satis
factory reason why we must have
those things? Some say that we must
have them to protect our commerce. I
ask then, has there ever been a sin
gle moment since the year 1812 when
our commerce suffered in the least
from the w r ant of a big navy to pro
tect it? Others say we must have it
to enforce the Monroe doctrine. Was
there ever before or since our Civil
War, a single occasion when the
Monroe doctrine failed, so to speak,
to enforce itself without our having a
big army or big navy?”
Judge Parker alluded to the Vene
zuelan affair as showing that we do
not need big armies or navies for the
enforcement of just demands, but
that whether armed or unarmed ev
ery European power will go to the ex
treme of concession to avoid a serious
quarrel with this republic.
None Wants to Attack Us.
“Every sensible man knows that
there is not one of those powers which
entertains the slightest idea of attack
ing us; that they will readily comply
with whatever w r e can decently ask
for. and that if we are to have any
conflict with any one of them we shall
have to bring it on ourselves by un
endurable provocation. The simple
reason is that, aside from what moral
love of peace they may cherish, they
can hardly afford to have a serious
struggle with so resourceful and per
tinacious an antagonist as this repub
lic, in view of the possibility of dan
gerous complications at home.
"Our absolute safety from foreign
Russian Ambassador to England, Who Strove Successfully for
Peace.
aggression, as every reasonable person
will admit, being thus assured, I may
ask my sober-minded countrymen for
what purpose large armies and big na
vies—the characteristic tool and favor
ite ornament of empire—may be want
ed by us. Being entirely unnecessary
for defense, is the greatest navy in
the world, or any big navy, the cost
of construction and maintenance of
which will run into the hundreds of
millions, needed or intended for any
other purpose? If not, then the build
ing and maintenance thereof is a wan
ton waste of the people’s money,
wicked and unpardonable. But if it
is designed for any other purpose,
what is that purpose? The world
abroad will but too probably see in it
a design of aggressive movements on
our part. This would have a most un
fortunate effect. Whether we enter
tain such plans or not —and I am con
fident a large majority of the Amer
ican people do not entertain them—the
world will always be distrustful of our
professions of a peaceable disposition.
However smooth our speech may be
before peace congresses and arbitra
tion courts, the world will see In the
building of large navies, utterly un
necessary for defense, a threat of
armed aggression—a transformation of
the old Republican peace power Into
an empire preparing for war. The In
evitable result will be an additional
element of apprehension and disquiet
among nations. This republic will
thus be a leader of a backward and
most baneful movement, Instead of
leading In humane projects.
ItulUl the Country.
“I ask you now In all soberness, Is It
not best for the peace, well being and
happiness of our people, and for the
preservation of our free Institutions,
to which we owe so much of our
growth In comfort, wealth and power,
that, Instead of Indulging our ambi
tion In an adventurous policy of em
pire and dominion over foreign coun
tries and alien populations; Instead of
squandering our substance In wholly
unnecessary war establishment* at Im
mense cost: Instead of sacrificing the
great conservative principles and high
Continued on Fifth Pag*.
THOUGHT IT WAS
A SHAM BATTLE
THE TRAWLERS ENJOYED IT
UNTIL THEY FOUND RUSSIANS
WERE SHOOTING AT THEM.
Jury at the Coroner’* Inquest nt
Hull Found That the Heath of the
Five Fishermen Wns Due to the
Shots from the Russian Warships.
It Wns Sneh n Non-Committal Ver
dict as the British Government
Had Requested.
Hull. England. Nov. 2.—“ That George
Henry Smith and William Leggett
were, at about 12:30 a. m., on Oct. 22,
while out Ashing with trawls aboard
the British steam trawler Crane, with
Board of Trade marks exhibited and
regulation lights burning, killed by
shots fired without warning or provo
cation from certain war ves
sels at a distance of about a quarter
of a mile.”
This is the text of the jury's verdict
at the*coroner’s inquest on the fisher
men victims of the North sea tragedy.
At the request of the British govern
ment, represented by the Earl of Dy
sart, solicitor of the treasury, this
conservative award was rendered by
the first court of inquiry preceding the
sessions of the international tAbunal.
'The government asked the jury not
to find a verdict of wilful murder or
manslaughter because “delicate nego
tiations are going on, which should not
be made more difficult; and ttjey ought
not to let any one think they had pre
judged the case before having heard
both sides.”
In consequence, the jury simply set
forth the facts proved by the evi
dence of physicians, experts on explo
sives and the trawlers themselves.
The testimony consisted of medical
evidence, by which it was proved that
the death of Smith and Leggett was
the result of shell and machine guns;
then an expert identified fragments of
shells by private marks which he said
were undoubtedly Russian; and the
COUNT BENCKENDORFF
stories of captains and mateß of the
trawlers.
Story of the Fishermen.
These latter related that while they
were engaged in their regu.'ar work
the ships of the Baltic fleet in two
squadrons emerged suddenly from the
haze and throwing the glare of their
searchlights on the Gamecock fleet,
without warning and disregarding the
flare of green lights, the fishermen’s
signal, and though within actual speak
ing distance of one vessel, commenced
a cannonade, which the fishermen at
first, not realizing the danger, enjoy
ed, thinking it was a sham fight. The
firing lasted half an hour.
To each of these witnesses was put
the vital question regarding the pres
ence of a foreign vessel or torpedo boat.
Each with equal positiveness denied
that at any time preceding or during
the firing was any Japanese, British
or any foreign vessel seen by them
or the accompanying fishing fleet. It
was also stated that there were no
Japanese among the crews, and that
none of the trawlers carried arms of
any description.
ADMIRAL DEWEY MAY
BE A COMMISSIONER.
Afe
Great Brfttiln May Reqnest Him to
Serve.
St. Petersburg. Nov. 2, 2 p. m.—The
Associated Press can authoritatively
announce that the basis for the Brit
ish-Russian agreement to submit the
North sea incident to a commission
Insures an amicable settlement with
out a sequel. The understanding is
complete.
it is now regarded as almost cer
tain that the commission will sit In
Paris and be composed of five naval
officers, one Russian and one British
each power to choose another mem
ber and four to select a fifth. Russia
has practically named Admiral Kaa
nskoff and Great Britain Admiral Rlr
Continued on Fifth faffed
SAVANNAH. GA.. THURSDAY. NO' I’liKH 3. 1904.
STEADY RAIN BROKE
DROUGHT IN GEORGIA.
Condition* Hail Become Almost In
tolerable In Some Section*.
Augusta. Nov. 2.—A steady rain this
afternoon and to-night put an end to
the longest fall drought In this part
of the state and for many miles around
in South Carolina on record.
There has not been a soaking rain
since the middle of July and no ap
preciable rainfall since August. The
Savannah river is below four feet in
the day time and navigation down the
river has been stopped for more than
two months, causing great hardship to
cotton shippers en route.
Many wells have gone dry, and pas
turage is scarce in the country dis
tricts.
Some towns have refused water to
he engines on the railroads, owing to
tcant supply, and not a few delayed
schedules have resulted.
RAIN BROUGhTrEUEF
IN COAST COUNTIES,
Brunswick, Ga„ Nov. 2.—For the first
time in over two months this section
of the state was visited by a heavy
rain to-day, and it was welcomed by
the people generally.
The drought has been unprecedented
and considerable damage has been
done in this and nearby counties. Re
ports received in the city yesterday
were to the effect that cattle were dy
ing over the county for the want of
water and grass. On account of the
dry spell the growth of grass has been
greatly reduced, aud cattle, which has
been grazing on grass alone for
years, is suffering considerably.
In Wayne county the condition is
said to be serious. The Turtle river,
for the first time in twenty years, is
reported to be absolutely dry. The
river is a fresh water stream and
farmers have been watering their stock
there for years. Usually, at this sea
son of the year, the river Is from one
to three feet deep, but now, around
Waynesville, there is not a drop of
water in the river.
Wells, which have never before been
dry, are not giving a drop of water,
and the people, as well as cattle, Is
suffering as a result. The rain to
day, however, being a very heavy one,
will no doubt helri conditions.
DROUGHT WAS BROKEN
IN AMERICUS SECTION.
Americus, Ga., Nov. 2.—The drought
prevailing in this section of Georgia
without intermission since the middle
of Augusta was broken this afternoon,
a good rain falling to-night. It has
been the longest drought remembered
In twenty years and entailed much
suffering. Cotton is out of the fields
here, and this rain Will be conducive
to grain planting.
GRIFFIfTCANNOT TELL
OF HIS DISAPPEARANCE.
Cordele Aboit tile Only Place He
Can Recall Hat lug Vialted.
Camilla, Ga., Nov. 2. —E. H. Griffin
is now In the country, seven miles
northeast of Camilla, at the home of
his wife's brother, T. E. Butler. He
arrived there a few days ago in a
very dilapidated condition of body and
mind, scarcely knowing his own name.
He only remembers of places where he
has been since leaving Savannah the
name Cordele, and as yet can give no
intelligent account of his departure
from Savannah on Sept. 25, nor of
the details of the trip and his experi
ences while wandering through the
country to this county.
It Is reported here by one person
who went out to see Griffin yesterday
that he was a mental wreck, hts cloth
ing in rags and he was scarcely recog
nizable, but that he was certainly the
same E. H. Griffin who at one time
in the past years ran a store at Ca
milla. and some years ago led to the
matrimonial altar at this place Miss
Josie Butler.
Mrs. Griffin arrived here last night
from Quitman and was driven at once
in a carriage out to see her long-mlss
ing husband.
The mysterious disappearance of
Griffin from the hotel in Savannah has
been a profound mystery to hls friends
hare.
GRAND CAYMAN IS IN
THE DEEPEST DISTRESS.
Great Destruction ('nnsril There by
the Recent Morin,
Mobile, Ala., Nov. 2.—A letter, dated
Oct. 20, received here to-day from
Georgetown, Grand Cayman, give de
tails of the storm which swept over
that island about two weeks ago.
The schooner Albatross has not been
heard from since the storm. The peo
ple are suffering from the direst pov
erty. There Is not a pound of food
stuff in the whole island for sale, and
hundreds of persons have nothing to
eat.
The British steamer Ben Clune,
Smith, master. Is ashore on the reefs
on the east end of the Island. She was
bound from Port of Spain to Gulfport,
Miss. She ha* a hole In her bottom
and ha* been bilged and will probably
be a total loss.
The sloop Goldfish is also supposed to
be lost.
BARK WAS^ABANDONED.
Hamilton, Bermuda, Nov. 2.—The
bark Sunny Hide, Capt. McDonald,
from Pensacola, F!a„ Sept. 27, for He
kondl, was abandoned, waterlogged,
the night of Nov. I In longitude 64 de
grees and latitude *0 degrees north
Ths captain, his wife and two children
and the crew of the Sunny South were
taken off by the steamer Beta from
Jamaica for Halifax.
The Bunny South waa a bark of 418
tons, bulk at Bear River, N. S„ In
I*B2, ani waa owned by H. D. Troop A
Son of IMffby. N. S.
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NINE DROWNED
BY A RESERVOIR
DISASTER AT WINSTON, N. C.
CAUGO THE INJURY OK SEVERAL
OTHER PERSONS.
Slile of the Reservoir Gave Woy.
Tu milled t poll tbe House unit
Hum of Murtlu V. Peeples—Noo,ooo
Gallons of Water Freed and
Kuslied on to the Destruction of
Lives aud Property—lnjured
Thought tt au Enrlli<|iinke Snnl
lowiug Them.
Charlotte, N. C,, Nov. 2.—A reser
voir of the Municipal Waterworks, lo
cated near the center of Winston, N.
C„ broke at 5 o'clock this morning,
causing the loss of nine lives and the
injury of four or five persons. The
dead are:
Mrs. Martin Peeples.
Mrs. Vogler.
Mrs. John Poe and 12-year-old
daughter.
Mrs. Southern and son. John South
ern.
Miss Octavia Bailey, aged 20.
Luclle Malone.
Carolina Martin.
The two last named are colored.
The injured;
Martin V. Peeples, both legs brok
en.
Walter Peeples, Injury to back.
Gilley Jordan, slightly bruised.
These are at the hospital. D. L.
Payne, a traveling man of Greensboro,
may recover, though his condition pre
vents his removal to the hospital now.
Side of Reservoir Tumbled.
The north Side of the reservoir,
which is thirty feet high, tumbled over,
falling upon the home and barn of
Martin V. Peeples. There were about
800,000 gallons of water in the reser
voir, and the mad stream rushed
northeast to the Southern Railway cut
and thence to Belo’s pond, a distance
of a half mile. Four tenement houses
were washed several hundred yards.
D. L. Payne, Injured, said he was
awakened by the crash and thought
he was being swallowed by an earth
quake.
"I cannot describe my experience
while I was floating on the mad, rush- J
ing stream of water,” said Mr. Payne,
after his removal to a house near the
place he was found.
There W'ere several miraculous es
capes. A colored man and his wife,
named Uavls, after their house was
turned over, floated upon the stream of
water on their bed to the railroad
Junction, a distance of 500 yards. He
lodged upon a heap of rubbish and
walked out without a scratch.
The Winston aldermen met this
morning and made arrangement* to
bury the dead and care for the In
jured.
The Winston reservoir was built In
1881 by a company composed of sixty
citizens. Ten year* ago It and en
tire water plant was sold to the city.
Soon thereafter ten feet was added to
the hlght of the reservoir, which was
full of water when the oollapse came.
The city has Just had a large stand
pipe completed. It Is full of water,
and the town Is prepared to supply
every demand.
Great Crowd Gathered.
Despite the early hour, the news of
the disaster spread over the city In
an incredibly short space of time, and
within thirty minutes between 590 and
1,800 people surrounded the spot. An
hour later the entire city was aroused
and excited.
Before the extent of the damage was
known, and whilo It was thought that
perhaps the members of the Peeples’
family were the only ones who had lost
their lives, cries of distress were
heard farther doivn the street.
The thousands of gallons of water
that flowed from the reservoir formed
a pond In the vicinity, and it was
thought that several persons might
have been drowned In thl*. The Ctty
Council met and decided to drain the"
pond In order to recover any bodies
that might He beneath the water.
The reservoir was situated about five
blocks from the center of thq business
district of the city, and was surround
ed bv a number of residences and
several stria!! stores. It Is understood
that the structure had been condemn
ed. but the city authorities had failed
to remove It.
TON OF DYNAMITE
SHOOK THE TOWN.
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n( M*. Vernon, !V. Y.
Mt. Vernon. N. V., Nov. 2.—The ex
plosion of over a ton of dynamite un
der the Bond street bridge here at 1
o’clock to-day shook the city und the
surrounding country within a radius
ot five miles, probably killed at least
one person and Injured nearly forty
others, two of whom may die.
The man supposed to have been kill
*ed was an Italian in charge of the
dynamite. He was seen at his post
of duty just before the explosion, and
no trace of him has since been found.
There were 2,300 pounds of dynamite
stored at the side of a deep rock cut,
which was used for blasting a path
for additional trucks. The explosion
tore a hole in the ground eighty feet
deep thut is now full of water from
a hidden spring, wrecked the Bond
street bridge over the railway tracks
and broke all the windows within a
quarter of a mile.
The force of the explosion, as is us
ual, was downward, but the up
heaval along the sides of the cut hurl
ed large stones for blocks. Many
houses were shifted from their founda
tions, walls were stripped, of plaster
and furniture was splintered.
Most of the injured were caught by
fulling ceilings and walls in the
houses near by. Stoves in stores and
dwellings were overturned and many
fires were started, but In each case the
flames were quickly extinguished.
Chief of Police Foley at once ar
rested William F. Ryan, foreman of
a gang of workmen employed on the
blasting operations, and many wit
nesses are now held while an Investi
gation Is being made Into the cause of
the explosion.
Hiire n ii’m Faille Opened.
Norfolk, Va., Nov. 2.—The weather
bureau’s cable from Nags Head to
Manteo, Roanoke Inland, N. C., was
opened at 8:30 o’clock this morning.
The first message was a greeting from
the Manteo Chumber of Commerce to
the chief of the weather bureau In
Washington.
The laying of the cable is In line
with the extensive Improvements the
government haa undertaken In the
service between Norfolk and Hattera*.
Ten thousand dollars were appropri
ated for the purpose of bettering the
coast communication, and an entire
new line Is being built. The new ca
ble is four and a half miles long, and
with Its opening the weather bureau
will move Us station from Manteo to
Kitty Hawk. _
Rase Poison to Her Child.
Norfolk, Va., Nov. t.—Mrs. Samuel
Levitin mistook a physician’s order
and gave to her two-yesr-old boy an
overdose of worm seed oil to-day. The
child died and the mother Is prostrat
ed wKh grief.
5 CENTS A COPY
DAILY. |8 A YEAR.
''REKLY 2-TIMEB-A-WEEK.SI A YEAR
LOST-ONE AIR SHIP;
PLEASE RETURN TO
T. S. BALDWIN AT ST. LOUIS.
WHEY I,AST SF.KST IT WAS GOING
NORTHWEST.
The Arrow Broke Away from the
Men Who Were Conducting I?
Hack to the Aeroiinutle Concourse
After nn tlmtuceessl’al Start—Then
It Went Off to Ui a Little Aerial
Navigation I pon Its Ow n Respon
sibility—Nobody Aboard It.
St. Louis, Nov. 2.—While Capt.
Baldwin of San Francisco, Inventor of
the “California Arrow” airship, and
several assistants were returning the
airship from the place It landed In Bt.
Louis county, after Its unsuccessful
flight, to the World's Fair aeronautic
concourse, the lead rope was dragged
from the hands of Baldwin's assistants
and the airship broke loose and soared
Into the air.
When last seen the airship was drift
ing rapidly In a northwesterly direc
tion.
The airship escaped Just as the per
sons towing it Into the concourse had
reached the Immediately vicinity of
the place. There was a trolley line to
be crossed, and it was necessary to
pass the prow of the craft over the
trolley wire and catch the down-hang
ing rope and then release the rope that
hung from the rear. In the darkness
those manipulating the ropes miscal
culated and both the front and rear
ropes were released at the same time.
In a twinkling the buoyant airship,
from which had been taken twenty-five
pounds of ballast, and which was not
even encumbered with Knabenshue,
shot up and was gone. '
Mr. Baldwin said he thought the
condensation of gas due to cold of the
night air would bring the airship safe
ly to the ground within an hour.
Two Accidents Occurred.
Two accidents to-day prevented the
long distance flight arranged by Capt.
Thomas 8. Baldwin of San Francisco,
to test the staying powers of his air
ship, the "California Arrow,” and
what was to have been a speed
demonstration around a prescribed
quadrangular course of about fifteen
miles developed into a drifting exhibi
tion, the Arrow finally landing In a
corn field four miles west of the aero
nautic concourse at the World’s Fair,
after the motor had been disabled by
an exhaust cap being blown off and
t'he vessel had resumed its flight after
■the first breakdown had been repaired.
The first accident resulted In the Ar
row being brought to the ground about
a mile and a half northeast of the
concourse. Repairs were made and
the airship resumed its flight. Th# ac
cident was repeated and the Arrow
drifted before the wind until brought
safely to the ground.
SUING GEN.' MATOS.
How President Cnatrn Will Get Even
With the Re voln lion tat.
Mexico City, Nov. 2.—Advices from
Venezuela received by steamship at
Mazatlari sav that President Castro
has filed a claim in the courts against
Gen. Matos, the revolutionary leader,
who attempted to overthrow the Cas
tro government, for 14.750,000. The
claim Is baaed on damages caused th
government of Venezuela through tha
ra volution.
Gen. Matoa is now living In Colom
bia.
The move on the part of President
Caatro means that all Matos’ proparti;
will be confiscated.