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FEW DEAD IX FERNIE
ESTIMATES CONFLICT.
Michel and Hosmcr Still Safe —
Property Loss Heavy.
F*nn>. B. C. Aug. While the number of
dead at Fernie may not be definitely known for
day*. It Is not believed to be so great as was at
f r*t feared- Up to 6 p. m. yesterday only four
bodies had been found in the town, those vic
tin-.s having been overcome by the smoke. Con
sidering the fact that at times It was possible
for a man to outrun the flames, it is believed
the loss of life was remarkably small. Such
was the force of the fiery tornado that one frame
building seventy feet long was picked up, car
ried across several lots and dropped into the
middle of the main street.
Amid smoking embers of homes and offices,
with the great forest fire still roaring In the dis
tance, the plucky men of Fernie are clearing
away the ruins, pitching- tents, checking up the
missing, and have begun to build a new ana bet
ter town. A village of canvas— a village with
mar,;.- men. but few women and children— was
eeen before sunset to-day.
The great wave of fire is still rolling east
ward through the forest, following the lines of
the Canadian Pacific Railroad. In some places
Its path is only a mile wide; In others, three
miles. Nothing can stop it apparently till rain
falls, and that may be days or weeks.
Michel, -.verity miles from Fernie, is the
tcwrr. now in the greatest danger, but that town
Fill! stands, and as the wind has fallen. It has
a good chance of escaping. Fifteen box cars,
loaded with women and children, have been
taken from Michel to Coif Win, Blairmere and
ether points. The men have stayed to fight for
their homes.
The town of Homer, between Fernie and
Michel, was in great danger yesterday, some
dwellings having been burned, but the main
part of the ton was saved and will probably
escape unless a stronger wind rises.
y^'For.. B. ' '.. Aug. 3.— lt is estimate*! that
tbe number of known dead as the result of the
irreat fires will reach 125, and the property loss
Is placed at $5,000,000. The exact number of
deaths ray never be known, and there seems
no way of obtaining an accurate list. Reports'
are conflicting.
Reports received at Michel place the number
of dead at Fernie at 102, -with sixty-four others
burned In a logging camp at Elk River. An
unofficial statement, said to have come from
F»rTi:°. places the official list of dead at Fernle
and surrounding camps at 173, and the property
loss at $5,000,000.
Supplies of food and clothing are being
lushed to th» stricken region from Vancouver.
Nelson, Cran brook and Michel. The fires near
Hosmer. Michel and Cranbrook, which threat
ened each of these towns, have apparently been
checked.
TWO HUNDRED DEAD?
Report? in Vancouver Place the
Losses at -$'10,000,000.
Vancouver. .4ugr. "— A report received h^re to
day from th" Koot^nay fire «=wopt region says
that the loss Trill exceed S 10,000.000 and that the
total deaths ivill never be known. It is be
l?pv«»<i here that at least two hundred persons
perished.
Vancouver MPETapheii j'.onn for relief yop'er
day. and sent a trainload of supplies to-day. A
dispatch from Winnipeg says that the deaths
"Rill reach four hundred.
When the flames were consuming Fernie nil
the prisoner?, with the exception of five Black
.Hand suppected persons, were released. Later
they -R-ere captured and s*»nt to Nelson.
i . . •
FERXIES DESTRUCTION.
Fezc Lives Lost in Toicn Estimate
of Damage.
■ Winnipeg, Han., Aug. 3.— Estimates of the
Ceac: In the E'k River district are one hundred
and fifty persons. The property loss Is $5.-
O"0.O0O la Fernie and six thousand persons of
that <_.•;. Inhabitants are homeless. The resi
dents have l>een taken in trains to places of
■flety a:: I are now destitute. Thousands of
dollars have been sent by "Western Canadian
cities this morning for the relief of the desti
tute. Medical supplies are greatly needed.
Ten cottages, two coal offices, the Western
Canada grocery and the coal company's new
■■re! are all the buildings standing In
Fen.:*. Within fifteen minutes of the time the
ire broke into the city the place was a mass
*f s*irl;p.£ flames. A dispatch from Fernie
At : o'clock on Saturday afternoon the Fort
StecJe Brewery, the :,-Ft large bunding to catch
' fie. was destroyed. Old Town, where most of
the miners resided, boob burned and then the
business eection caught fire, the flames spread-
Ing to the residential portion after the mills of
*• I-:;-. River Lumber Company had been de
stroyed.
, Tiie V. . st Ferula bridges across Elk River
r'-lr '-l not be saved. Several persons lost their
l!\>s trying to escape over the burning bridges.
-' Itr --' itrrsons fled to the river banks and sought
*afuy by wading in Cbe water. Others ran to
■toe Canadian Paciflc tracks, where special trains
*ere '.railing to carry the people to Michel, but
tiis trip could Dot be made because the bridge
.between Hosmer and Michel had burned out.
Saturday night was spent In getting the
*«nwn and children on trains and starting them
•or Cranbrook. During the night the wind went
flown and on Sunday morning many of the men
■nd their wives came In from the hills. Many
«arrowinif tales were told. One woman, of
«cst Ffernie. had Just emerged from her hom<\
*'h!ch was on fire. She dropped dead from heart
Ws*ase. rbt neighbors buried her in her par
■sa and then ran for their lives. In another
X"art of the city an aged woman, an invaiio. was
Banted a short distance, but the heat became
too sreat. She bogged to be left to bar fate,
* J '<s her relatives, wrapping her In wet blankets.
£*& toward the hills. She was burn.-d to death.
"♦•sides the Elk mill, the F.-rnie and Cedar Val
••>' companies' places were burned.
, At Fernie the greatest loas falls on tho Cana
■«■ Pacific Railway, which lost a coal tipple,
''oal bunkers, depot, freight store, water tank
*'•:<! one hundred cars; the Trite' h Wood Com
|.eny, which lost a *tore and stock, and lumber
rr 'n.\>nni+:K whose mills and stock were wiped
!*«• Fully twenty-five million feet of lumber
Is lost
Two tra!r:loa(3s of provisions arrived a: Cran
toook tbis raornine.
A. cSspau-h from Michel Bays no one was i:i-
Gavchsmf en (Uth pt*».
To-day, fair and wnrmfr.
To-morrow, fair; southerly wind*.
II A R RIM AN ON RATES.
Says Roads Do Not Receive Proper
Return for Their Service.
Chicago, Aug. 3. — Edward H. Harriman be
fore leaving Chicago for the West to-night
gave a short dlscussiGn of th« possibility of a
general increase of freight rates in he United
States.
"The American people ought to be willing to
pay the railroads a proper compensation for a
proper transportation service." he said. "Such
a service we are now performing, but we are
not receiving an adequate return.
"If the railroads are to go on extending their
lines, improving those which are now operated
and providing new equipment to take care of
the country's business, they must have more
revenue.
"I am not in favor of a cold, calculating,
cruel and horizontal increase in the rates. I
am not a, traffic man, and I do not know much
about such things, but I know that there is a
proper way to go about a thing and that there
is a bungling way to do the same thing."
Mr. Harriman seemed to favor a general re
adjustment of freight tariffs, rather than a gen
eral increase. He believed that many rates
were too low and should be increased, but he
was opposed to a straight 10 per cent Increase
In the carrying charges for all commodities.
"Is there to be an increase in freight rates?**
was asked.
"How can I tell?" was the reply, accompanied
by a despairing wave of the hands.
"Well, if there Is to be no Increase in freight
rates, will there be a decline in wages?" was
the next question.
"I don't care to talk about wages," said Mr.
Harriman. "But the railroad laborer is in the
same position that the railroad should be in.
He is entitled to all he can get for his services,
provided he gives the best servica that lies in
him.-
INDOMITABLE^ RECORD.
Battleship Makes Wonderful Run
Across the Atlantic.
Cowps, Aug. 3.— The battleship Indomitable,
bearing the Prince of Wales, arrived here at
9:40 o'clock this evening from Quebec Her
speed for the voyage, including the trip down
the river, averaged 21^ knots. She encountered
a hurricane in the Strait of Belle Isle. Her
average t-peed from coast to coast Is reported
to have been 25.13 knots, exceeding the previous
warship record of 19 knots made by the battle
ship Drake, which carried Prince Louis of Bat
tenberg to and from America In 19f>5. For four
hours in the early part of the voyage she made
26.4 knot?.
Although for the two thousand miles from
land to land she has beaten the record of the
Cunard Line whips, the vessel was not stripped
to enhance her racing powers, but carried her
heavy guns, her magazines full of ammunition
and all the equipment of active service. The
longest day's run was 605 knots. The en
gineers consider the feat of the Indomitable a
splendid tribute to the. Parsons turbines.
Tho Indomitable passed more than fifty ice
bergs, but encountered little fog after leaving
Belle Isle, 1 Xo hitch occurred from the start to
the finish nt the voyage. "
The Prince of Wales took the keenest inter
est in th*» speed trial end himself and all the
officers took a turn at stoking.
On her trial trip the Indomitable did 27 knots,
and her captain was instructed to push her to
the highest capacity on her present run. From
the moment the vessel left Quebec the officers
of the Indomitable were In wireless communi
cation with the Admiralty until Saturday mom
ine through the stations on the Canadian coast
and since then through the Sciliy Islands.
Ottawa. Ont, Aug. 3— Th« Governor Gen
eral received to-night the following dispatch
from th? Prince of Wales:
' C<nves, August 3.
Arrived safely, after a most successful voy
ace . We averaged over twenty-five knots from
land to land. GEORGE.
•— i
GEORGE PETTIBONE DEAD.
Operation Kills Companion of
Moycr and Hayxcood.
T>enver. Col., Aug. 3.— George Pettibon*». for
yenrs prominent in the councils of the Western
Federation of Miners, and charged, with Presl
ri^nt Moyer and former Secretary Hay wood,
with complicity in the murder of former Gov
ernor Steunenberg of Idaho, died at St Joseph's
Hospital to-night from the effect! of an opera
tion for cancer.
Pettibone had bees 111 ever since his confine
ment in the Idaho penitentiary, which lasted
more thar. a year before the trials at Boise.
He was triei and acquitted at Boise after tho
acquittal of Haywood.
MOSQUITO BITE KILLS.
Boy Dies in Hospital After Week
of Suffering.
Bitten by a mosquito a week ago. William
Bienz. sixteen years oid. died In the Harlem
Hospital, early this morning. Blenz was a clerk,
and lived with his parents at No. 446 East 123 d
street. A week ago, while In bed, hewes bitten
on thfl upper IP by a mosquito. The lip imme
diately began to swell, and the boy's mother ap
plied home remedies.
lor three days tha upper part of the lad's
face was swollen to an abnormal size, and then
the swelling gradually subsided. A day or two
ago the boy began to complain of pains in his
face near where the mosquito had bitten him.
JJesplte all his parents could do, his face again
besu to swell, and yesterday he became delir
ious. He was removed to the Harlem Hospital,
and died there, after being unconscious for more
than six hours.
BEACON TENDER MISSING.
Ijfrhthousc Dark and Empty Boat
with Coat Found.
Oyster Bay. Long Island, Aug. 3— Cold Spring
Harbor Light remained dark to-night «nd search
has failed to reveal the keeper. It Is thought
that he may be dead. Samuel Rawlings was the
keeper. He went to a motorboat race this after
noon in a power launch and had several friends
with him. After the races he landed his friends
and started for the light a half hour bflfor* it
should have begun to shine.
When half an hour after the lighting time had
passed and there wae no light the Seawan'haka
Yacht Club sent out a launch to investigate Not
far from the light the party came upon a launch
adrift. It was identified as the one Itawilngs
used. RaT.-lings f s cont was found in it. The light
house whs empty and apparently R.<-\ lli«2- '«
<v!fe, who is usually at the light. Is visiting
across ','r.o «oun.i
NEW-YORK. TUESDAY, AT GUST 4, 1908.-TWELVE PAGES.—
EIGHT DIE IS FLAMES
FIFTY HURT IX CHICAGO.
Fire in Elevator and Freight District
i ' Causes $3,000,000 Loss.
[By Telegraph to The Tribune
Chicago, Aug. — The most extensive and dis
astrous conflagration In Chicago since the great
fire of 3871 swept through the elevator and
freight warehouse district, bounded by 16th
street. Canal street and the Chicago River, this
afternoon.
Eight men are reported dead in the ruins.
The list of injured numbers more than fifty.
Hundreds were hemmed in by the roaring walls
of flame which, fanned by a wind amounting
almost to a gale, swept through the district.
An area of six city blocks was burned over.
Armour & Co.'s immense grain elevators "E"
and "F" and the Union Klevator Company's
large elevator were destroyed. They contained
1.875,000 bushels of wheat. Between five hun
dred and six hundred fre%ht cars, many of them
loaded with freight, were destroyed in the Bur
lington yards.
The freight warehouse used Jointly by the
Burlington and Pennsylvania railroads was
burned, the freight house of the Lake Shore &
Michigan Southern was badly damaged, and
that of the Chicago & Eastern Illinois was
threatened.
A conservative estimate of the property loss
puts the figures at from $2,000,000 to $3,000,000.
The fire started at 12:30 p. m.. when, it is
said, a railroad employe tossed the stub of a
lighted cigarette away. It happened to fall in
some rubbish surrounding: a number of barrels
of chemicals. The fire started quickly, and was
followed almost instantly by an explosion which
scattered the flames far and wide and gave
them a tremendous start before the fire depart
ment could arrive.
Every available engine In the city was rushed
to the scene, but so rapidly did the flames spread
that the firemen were unable to make any head
way in fighting them. Grain elevators, freight
sheds, freight cars and buildings were swept
away like chaff, and by 2 o'clock the flames had
jumped the Chicago River and were endangering
the railroad and manufacturing district on the
East Side. An immense crowd of Klghtseers was
packed along the east bank of the river, and
when the flames leaped the stream many men
and boys were injured in the wild scramble to
escape.
Twenty fire companins made a flank movs
and were hurried across the river ten mlnut?s
before the flames gained a foothold on the East
Side. In spite of this the freight warehouse
of the Chicago & Eastern Illinois was soon In
flames and the fire threatening to work through
the maze of railroad tracks and warehouses to
Clark street.
The fire was rendered more spectacular by the
efforts of the firemen and salvage men to pro
vent the flames from reaching hundreds of bar
rels of oil and chemicals stored in the ware
houses along the river. To prevent explosions
these hundreds of barrel?, already almost too
hot to handle, were thrown Into the river. The
concussion, Blight as.it was. caused many to
explode, throwing great columns of water high
into the air and adding a weird aspect to the
scene. ... ._-«. — - —^.~-._» (• .-.w>--. • i«w-« " "' -'■" V-
Eight:' engine companies four-fifths of the
city's fire fighting: apparatus— were at work at
2:30 o'clock in an endeavor to get th« fire under
control, but with little success. From "West
14th street to West 3^th street, and from
Lumber street to the river, a solid mass of
flames prevented the firemen from getting Into
the heart of the blaze. Four fireboats poured
tons of water upon th« plants, but with little
effect. The heavy streams of water were trans
formed into clouds of steam, and the paint on
the sides of the fireboats peeled and blistered
from the intense heat. Finally the flreboat Illi
nois was compelled to withdraw.
The out freight house of the Burlington Rail
road fronts on the west side of the river and is
used to transfer rail shipments to vessels. The
building was 150 feet long and built of wood.
It rested on a dock surrounded by piles of in
flammable material. It was in this building
that the fire started. The explosions of barrels
of chemicals shook the buildings along- the river
docks and were heard for blocks. From the
freight house the flames sprang to the hun
dreds of freight cars. The fire was fanned by
a high wind from the wept. The gale swept
the flames to the Union Elevator, a ten story
structure. Fire Chief Horan sent twelve en
gine companies to save this building, but the
structure and its contents were practically con
sumed. Armour's two big elevators suffered
the same fate. One contained 500,000 bushels
of wheat, the other 300.000. Armour & Co. es
timate their loss at $1,400,000.
The fire was finally checked before it got beyond
the railroad and elevator district Had It
spread through the maze of yards and reached
the south side, Fire Chief Horan declares, Chi
cago would have witnessed a fire as disastrous
—in the extent of property loss, at least— as the
one which practically- destroyed the city In IS7L
SCARE FOR POLICEMEN.
New York Automobilist Resents
Being Stopped Near Fall River.
[By Telpgrapl' to The Tribune.]
Fall River. Mass.. Aug. 3. — Two policemen of
this city had the wildest ride of their lives to
day, and Incidentally were almost scared to
death by a man who described himself as James
Smith, of No. 71 Fifth avenue, New York, and
who drove an automobile bearing the New York
register No. 47,11)1*.
Smith drove right Into a trap five miles out
of town this morning. Patrolman B. F. Nor
ton, who was on duty, waved to him to slow
down and Smith put en the brades. As the
big car went by Norton and Patrolman Rock
ins caught the tonneau and started <o swing
into the machine. Smith turned around Just
far enough to ccc the badge. Then he let out
a yell and turned the power on full. The car
dashed out Into the road, zigzagging back and
forth, threatening everybody with Instant death.
Norton asserts the machine went at the rate of
seventy miles an hour, and that all the while
Smith was yelling like a wild Indian. At last
the machine smashed into a stone wall at an
angle and one wheel was Jerked oft and the
car wrecked. The occupants were not Injured.
The policemen brought Smith Into town and
ho was fined for running a car too fast.
According to the automobile register. No. 47,-
V.to Is the machine of James J. Watson, of No.
11 I'rince street, Rochester -
I AMERICANS WIN CHESS MATCH.
Oxford, Aug. 3.— A chess match, lasting- a week.
bPtw«*n Messrs. Miller, Hughes and Whittaker. of
the University of Pennsylvania, and four Oxford
University players, Messrs. RoughtOtt, Ix>b, Petrle
and Waterfield. the first Jnterunlversity match ever
played over a board, resulted In an American vic
tory of appoint* agnln«t. 6 ! /j points for ii«e Oxford
men.
HAAN'S Restaurant, Park Row B!dq. Cooled .by
fcffecUv*. methods. Luncheon. Dinner, Music,—
NO ACTION ON CADETS
THE PRESIDENT'S DENIAL.
Contrary Reports Erroneous, He
Says — Hatn't Made Decision.
Oyster Bay. Aug. 8. — Whether the dismissal
from the West Point Military Academy of the
eight cadets found guilty of hazing Is to be
made permanent or the young men reinstated
through action of Congress or Executive clem
ency is still undetermined. This attitude of the
government is set 'forth in an official statement
issued to-day by President Roosevelt through
Rudolph Foster, assistant secretary to the Presi
dent, who is the acting private secretary in the
absence of Secretary Loeb, who is on his vaca
tion.
The President characterizes as erroneous con
trary announcements made earlier by Secretary
Loeb and Secretary of War Luke E. Wright.
To-day's statement explains that the President
has not yet heard finally from the Secretary of
War as to the latter's recommendations in the.
matter and that therefore the national Executive
has reached no final decision. By Secretary
Loeb the President had been represented as ap
proving the dismissal of the cadets. Subse
quently, and following a conference with Mr.
Roosevelt, Secretary Wright told the newspaper
men that a decision to reinstate the offending
cadets had been reached.
THE PRESIDENT'S STATEMENT.
The statement issued by the President Is as
follows:
No action whatever has been taken by the
President in the cases of the cadets, the state
ments that they were originally ordered dis
missed and that they had been ordered kept
being equally erroneous.
An appeal was originally made to the Presi
dent to interfere. He declined to take any ac
tion or to interfere in any way until the Sec
retary of War had expressed his opinion, the
view of the department then being, seemingly.
that th« cadets should be turned out. but the
Secretary not having come to any final decision.
The Secretary then notified the President that
instead of making any report he would like to
discuss the matter with the President In person.
He accordingly came, and this discussion was
held, but no final decision was reached, the
Secretary stating that he was not able to make
a final and definite recommendation as to all
the cases, and preferred to make none as re
gards any until he could do it as regards all.
The President has not yet heard finally from
the Secretary, and, therefore, of course, he came
to no final decision. This Ig tha first announce
ment that the President has made in the matter
at all. and h© has never at any time come to any
decision one way or th« other, excepting to state
that ho would probably follow the views of the
department.
In the course of his daily .talk with the news
paper men on July 25 Secretary Loeb said that
Mr. Roosevelt had set his approval upon tho
findings of the board of inquiry, the report of
which had been forwarded from the War De
partment In Washington for his examination.
Secretary Loeb added that this action was final
and explained that the cadets could be rein
stated only by act of Congress. The President,
Mr. Loeb said, had strongly approved the
papers, which had then been returned to Wash
ington. -
RECENT HAPPENINGS IX CASE.
On July 27 dispatches from Washington said
that Secretary Wright expected to go to Oyster
Bay the latter part of that week to confer with
the' President on pending matters of Importance.
These dispatches also contained the information
that the papers in the cases of th« eight cadets
whose dismissal was recommended by a board
appointed by Colonel Scott, the superintendent
of the West Point Academy, had been returned
to the War Department from Oyster Bay bear
ing: th« approval of President Roosevelt of the
findings and sentence of the board. The dis
patches added that Secretary Wright had not
issued his order dismissing the cadets, and that
he might not do so until he had discussed the
matter with the President, who had expressed a
wish to talk the matter over with the Secretary.
The report of the board was received in
"Washington at the War Department early in
the week of July 19, while Secretary Wright
was In Tennessee. Assistant Secretary Robert
S. Oliver, acting for the Secretary, forwarded
the papers in the case to Oyster Bay. Upon
his arrival at Washington Secretary Wright
found th« eight cadets waiting in his office.
General Wright, after hearing a frank confes
sion from the young men, promised to give the
.whole matter careful consideration. Upon in
quiry he then found that the records in the
case had already been sent to 'Oyster Bay.
Secretary Wright arrived at Oyster Bay late
last Friday afternoon. He , remained over
night at Sagamore Hill, and on the following
tnornlng. just previous to his departure, he
talked with- the newspaper men. To these men
the Secretary said that as a result of his con
ference with the President the eight cadets
would be reinstated in their classes, and that
their punishment would be administered ac
cording to the regulations of the academy.
Secretary Wright added that he had not pre
vously promulgated an order for the dismissal
of the men, but, at the request of the Presi
dent, had. allowed the matter to remain open
until the President and he could discuss the
affair together.
Following the publication generally of Secre
tary Wright's statement that a decision had
been reached that the cadets should be rein
stated, there was some criticism of what was
considered by some as a weakening: of mili
tary discipline, and a desire to set the matter
right Is supposed here to have, called forth the
official statement that the President had reached
no conclusion in the matter and that his views
had been erroneously expressed by others.
President Roosevelt, it is announced, will not
attend the national encampment of the Spanish -
American War Veterans at Boston the last week
of this month, as has been reported.
Washington. Aug. 3. — When seen to-night as
to # the statement given out at the executive of
fices in Oyster Bay to the effect that the Presi
dent had come to no decision in regard to the
dismissal of the eight West Point cadets charged
with hazing:. Secretary Wright said:
"Whatever the President say 3 is right. Ido
not wish to discuss the matter further."
In regard to the statement accredited to him
on Saturday to the effect that President Roose
velt and he had decided to reinstate the dis
missed cadets, Secretary Wright explained that
the decision might not have been definitely
agreed upon.
Colonel Hugh L. Scott, superintendent of the
United States Military Academy at West -Point,
Is expected in Washington In a few days to
confer with Secretary Wright concerning tha
punishment to be meted out to the cadets.
Just what the nature of their punishment
will be, if they are reinstated, has not been de
termined. They may bo placed under arrest
and required to do double guard duty; they may
be required to perform additional duty in some
other way, or they may be reduced one year In
their classes.
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STRIKE IN PARIS FAILS.
Police Promptly Disperse Mob in
Place de la Rcpuhlique.
Paris, Augf. 3.— The strike ordered by the
General Federation of Labor was a failure, ex
cept In the case of the typesetters. The elec
tricians did not strike, and a great majority of
the men engaged in all the other trades, and
even the laborers, who were largely responsible
for the Vigneux riot, reported for work. Ail
the afternoon newspapers appeared as usual.
Singing paraders In the Place de la R6pub
lique. while passing a caf6 this evening, an
swered the request of tha police that they dis
perse by hurling tables, chairs, siphons and
glasses at the officers. Reinforcements arrived
on the double-quick, cleared the areas and
close the caf6. Several civilians and a number
of policemen were hurt by missiles.
There were no strikes in the provinces, except
at Lens, in Pas-de-Calais, where a band of
miners tried vainly to make the men quit work.
The rioters fled from the cafe to the Labor Ex
change, from the windows of which they threw
siphons Into the crowd until the police dis
lodged them. By 8 o'clock In the evening the
Place de la Re"publique had been cleared and the
extra policemen were withdrawn. An anarchist
who shot a policeman in the leg was arrested.
The failure of the strike to-day, taken In con-
Junction with the ending of the strike at Vig
neux. the original cause of the. trouble, is gen
erally Interpreted here as a mortal blow to the
General Labor Federation. The workmen them
selves are reported to be tired of supporting a
tyrannical organization, which they now realize
Is actuated more by political motives than for
the wellbeingr of the worker. It is also said
that the government is considering a plan for
the dissolution of the body.
The federation has drawn up another violent
poster, which will be placarded to-morrow. It
congratulates the workers on the success of the
demonstration and warns the government that
further "crimes" will be followed ty a repeti
tion of the strike.
A few sympathetic demonstrations are re
ported from the provinces, notably from Cojr
rieres, where the workmen had a fight with the
gendarmes, several persona on both sides being
wounded. Demonstrations also are reported
from Nancy and St. Etienne.
FIVE DIE IN AUTO CRASH.
Car Plunged Dorvn Embankment —
Two Persons Hurt.
San Francl?cr». Aver. 3. — Five persons were
killed and two were injurei, to-day near Burl-
Ingame. a fashionable suburb, when a large au
tomobile, occupied by fiva women and two chil
dren, plunged down a steep embankment as the
result of the snapping of the brakes. The dead
are MrsL Thomas A. Me<"ormick, Miss Clara
MioCormlck. eighteen years old; Robert T.
O'Brien and Ira G. O'Brien. Jr., three years old,
and Mrs. Ira a. O'Brien.
The injured are Mrs. BfcCanley. both arms
broken, and Mis 3 Ethel McCormick. shoulders
sprained.
. The party had been on a visit to the home of
Prince Poniatowsk, in the hills near Burlln
game. and was returning to San Mateo, where
both families have their summer homes. Com
ing 1 down a steep grade, near Crystal Lake.
Miss Ethel McCormick. who was at the wheel,
endeavored to check the speed of the car by
applying the foot brake, It failed to hold the
automobile, which was rapidly gaining a dan
gerous headway down the hill, and Miss >!<•-
Cormlck hastily threw on the emergency brake.
They snapped almost Instantly.
Fearing that she could not guide the huge car
In safety to the bottom of the grade because of
the sharp turns in the road, the young woman
endeavored to steer It against the high bank on
the right, believing that the friction on the
wheels would bring it to a stop. The front
wheel, however, struck a large rock, swerved
sharply to tho left, and the next moment the
car plunged down the steep embankment, strik
ing thirty-five feet below against a large tree.
So terrific was the force with which the automo
bile struck the tree that the occupants were
shot out of the car as from a catapult, landing
on another road twenty feet below.
Mrs. McCormick was the wife of Thomas A.
McCormick. president of the McCormick Iron
Works, of Pan Francisco, and Mrs. -O'Brien's
husband Is the proprietor of the Keystone Manu
facturing Works. Both families ara prominent
in San Francisco society.
ONE DEAD 3 THREE HURT.
Lane's Machinist Killed in Brook
lands Auto Races.
London. Aug. 3.— The motor racing at the
Brooklands track this afternoon In the presence
of a great crowd of people resulted in two seri
ous accidents, one of which proved fatal.
A Mercedes car, containing Lane, the driver,
and his mechanic. William Burke, slipped side
ways down the track, narrowly missed another
car, and turned over, throwing It 3 occupants
into a pond. Tha men were taken out alive,
but the mechanic died before reaching the
tteward?* roooi Lane had a broken arm and
other Injuries. The car was burned. AH fur
ther racing was stopped.
Previously a heavy. Napier car, while running
at a rate of nearly one hundred miles an hour,
broke a rear tire. The driver of the machine,
Reym Ids, and his mechanic were thrown sev
eral ffet. They landed on soft srround, but
were badly scratched, and. It Is feared, -were
injured Internally.
NEW YORK WOMAN HURT NEAR LENOX
[By Telegraph to Th« Tribune.}
Lenox. Mass., Aug. 3.— Mrs. Henry Ivlson Par
sons, of New York, who has been at her country
place In Stockbridge since early In Dm summer,
was seriously hurt in a collision near the Lion Inn
to-day. Mrs. Parsons was sitting In her carriage,
when it was 6truck by a touring car driven by
Charles Casey, of Lee, a son of John H. Casey, a
wealthy merchant, which came up behind Mrs. Par
sons's carriage and overturned It.
Mrs. Parsons was thrown some distance and was
picked up unconscious and carried to her home,
where Dr. Thomas S. Southworth, one of the villa
physicians, attended her. He found Mrs. Parsons
Buffering from a fractured collarbone, bruises on
the body and face and shock.
KILLEC IN AUTO ON CAMPAIGN TOUR.
llutchlnson, Kan., Aug. 3.— Judge George A. Yan
derveer, candidate for the Republican nomination
as Judge of the 9th Judicial District before the
primaries to-morrow, was killed to-day when a
Rook Island train struck the automobile In which
he was nnl.-<hlng hla campaign. Rowel Taylor, who
wus driving the machine, was injured, but wiil
probably recover.
WYOMING NAMES HUGHES DELEGATES.
Buffalo, Aug. B.— The Wyoming County Republi
can Convention at Warsaw to-day elected a dele
gation to the" state convention Instructed for Gov
ernor Hughes. Frederick C Stevens, of Attica*
State Superintendent of Public Work*. heads the
delegation. Robert M. M in Line, of Kagle, was
itnominated far" member of Assemble
pinn; tiikkk cknts.
TArra\\\s^ speeches
TALKS INTO PHONOGRAPH
Records To Be Sent Broadcast —
Taft and Sherman Tmns.
[By TV:«rra;.h to Ta» Trlbur*. 1
Hot Springs. Va.. An*. 3. — Mr. Taffj voice wttf
bo heard in the campaign from Maine to Cali
fornia, from Minnesota to Texas. By the aid
of the phonograph his words will be carried Into
every city and most of the towns and village* oi
the country, and the voters will be abl» to hear
what he has to say on the tariff and labor ques
tions and other matters Just as plainly and a
good deal more comfortably than they could If
they were to travel to him or he were to make>
a rear platform campaign that would bring him
to them.
Mr. Taft spent two or threw hoars this after
noon In the company of & phonograph expert.
who brought a large number of record cylinder*
to Hot Springs. When the expert left for New
York this evening he carried with him ihr«
speeches made by Mr. Taft. These speech**
run from three to five minutes each, and deal
with what Mr. Taft believes to be the most Im
portant questions of the campaign. The speeches
are selections from some of his former ad
dresses.
As soon as the records reach New York they
will be duplicated several thousands of times,
and within a few days the records containing tho
candidate's words will be sent by express broad
cast throughout the country. In a week or two.
wherever phonographs are on sale or are for
hire, the voter* may hear Mr. Taft's voice tell
ing just what he belleve3 en the subjects they
wish enlightenment upon.
Phonograph men have been beseeching Mr.
Taft for such records for a long time. Eve» be
fore he was nominated at Chicago they were
begging him for little speeches, and- -after h*»
won the prize their Importunities became a mat
ter of almost dally routine. Finally, some tlm*
after the convention was over, he told them
that he would repeat a few speeches for them if
they would bring their record rolls to Hoc
Springs. To-day's session with the wonderful
voice-reproducing machine was the result <jf that
promise.
As Mr. Tn't has posed! for moving picture
makers on several occasions, there can be «•■»
excuse now for the voter who nays he cannot
get acquainted with the Republican candidate.
"With both his pictures and his voice at their
disposal, the voters ought to get a pretty good
idea, of what Mr. Taft looks like anil how he
talks.
The fact that Mr. Bryan's voice has been on
tap In the phonograph shop* for a long time
may or may not have had Its influence with Mr.
Taft In causing his decision to talk for the bene
fit of the country at large. At any rate, th*
man who got the records to-day brought with
him a few sample Bryan speeches to~show Mr.
Taft what a phonographic campaign talk sounds
like. It is understood that Mr. Taft was greatly
interested in Mr. Bryan's arguments on th*»
money, trust and labor questions, but It Is not
understood by any one here that he was con
verted to Mr. Bryan's way of thinking. Mrs.
Taft and their son Charley -were both greatly
lnterested in the afternoon's proceedings, and.
were th«» only on"* tn hear the sp**»chp.« when
they were repeated by phonograph for the can
didate's edification.
TAFT TO SPEAK AT RALLY.
Representative Bascom Slemp. of "Virginia,
and S. Brow*. Allen, marshal of the Staunton,:
Va., district, called upon Mr. Taft to-day and
obtained his promise to speak at a rally of Old
Dominion State Republicans a\ Hot Springs on
August 21. The meeting- is to i->» the real be
ginning of the campaign In Virginia, and Is ex
pected to start the ball rolling for the South.
Mr. Slemp. who<, by th« way. Is the only Re
publican member of Congress from Virginia,
fays ha la hopeful that two or three mom
districts will break away from their old alle
giance and join the Republican column. Mr.
Taft will make his speech from the little rustio
pavilion overlooking the tennis court and the
golf grounds, and will devote himself to th»
questions that art* 'of peculiar Interest to the»
South. What he says will. therefore, be re
garded as a keynote for the Southern cam
paign.
A committee of the Bar Association, which is
to 'beijiri Its twentieth annual meeting here to
morrow, was received this morning by Mr. anil
Mrs. Taft. While many of the members of tha
Virigina bar differ with Mr. Taft in politics,
he found man;.' persona! acquaintances and
friends in the delegation, and an Interchange of
felicitations took place. Mr. Taft was compli
mented on bis evidence of good health. Th»
subject of politics was not mentioned. Mr.
Taft will address the association on Thursday.
and he has been Invited to assist •.< the enter
tainment at the banquet on Thursday night.
Missouri came to the front with a rush to-day
in the Taft baby naming contest. W. F. Hear
cer, of Lebanon, Mo., announces himself the
proud father of twins. As a good Republican
he has undertaken to perpetuate the whole na
tional ticket and the state ticket by naming one
•boy Howard Taft Heavner, in honor of Mr.
Taft. and the other Hadley Sherman Heavner.
to honor the second man on the national ticket,
as well as Hadley, Missouri's Republican can
dldadte for Governor. The twin 3 were born,
the second day after Mr. Taft's nomination.
SAYS MB. TAFT IS A UNITAKIA*.
Cincinnati. An*. Z-— Th« early campaign reports
that "William H. Taft had no particular religious
belief are without foundation. Mr. Taft was a
member of the" First Congregational Unitarian
Church, of Cincinnati, of which the Rev. George
A. Thayer Is pastor, ■when ho was a young man.
So far as Mr. Thayer knows, he is still a member.
Mr. Thayer. when asked about 'Mr. Taft's church
afflltatlons last night, said:
" 'Will' Taft's father. Judge A!phonso Taft. and
Mrs. Taft. bis wife, were Unitarians and were
embers of the congregation of ■which. I ana
now the pastor. Judge Alphonso Taft was a trus
tee of my church for many years and was presi
dent of the board of trustees for some time. Will
iam's father did not attend church very regularly
during his latter years, principally because be wa.»
absent from Cincinnati a great deal of the time,
his duties as a government official calling htm
away.
-When he was In the city, however, I saw him,
frequently at his home. Mrs. Alphonso Taft.
•Will's' mother, however, attended church regularly.
I officiated at her funeral a few months ago. "Will"
Taft attended my church regularly when he lived
In Cincinnati, but he has bad no opportunity to
do so since he has become a wanderer on tha'
face of x the earth— having trotted over all this 01.l
ball on government business. Ha became & mem
ber of th© congregation of which I am minister
when ha was a young man. 'Win* was a very
enthusiastic member of tha Unity Club and once
took Dm part of a fairy in a fairy play given by
the members of the organization in the church.
'Will' must have weighed about 173 pounds then,
and ha made a very plump fairy. to bo aura. No:
'Will" has not been In my church this summer. X
suppose he would have visited us, however, had
our church been open, but we closed on July .1
for the summer on account of the hot weather."
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