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MANY CHALLENGES
BOLDLY OTTERED
iaft l ern ncs ihatHis
Critics Make Good
Their Words.
SPEECHES HAVE
CAMPAIGN RI\TG
Plunges Into Political Phase of
Trip With Defense of Anti
Trust Law, Declaring Op?
position to Amendment
Overthrowing "Rule of
Reason."
Detroit, Mich., September It.?Presi?
dent Taft to-day plunged into the po?
litical phase of his long trip thtough
tho West and delivered one of the set
speeches which may have a detcrmln'iia
effect upon his future. Mr. Taft chost
tho "trusts" for his first appeal to
the people, and outlined his position
regarding this ever-pregnant issue. In
a second speech lie answered thu
charge that he has UBed patronage to
further his own ends, and boldly chal?
lenged the men who had made the
charge to oome forward and Join him
In an extension of tho civil service to
practically all of the appointive omces
under the government. Mr. Taft's free
use of the words "I challenge" gave a
campaign ring to his utterances whlcn
seemed to delight his hearers.
Tho President announced his unqual?
ified opposition to any amendment ol
the Shorrnan antl-truet law designed to
overthrow the "rule of reason" laid
down by the United States Supreme
Court In the Standard Oil and tobacco
trust caat*. and challenged William J
.Bryan and all other- critics of the
court to cite a restraint of trade which
they would condemn and which would
not be condemned under Mr. Justice
White's definition of the law.
Statute la Sufficient.
Mr. Taft declared that the Depart?
ment of Justice at Washington Is con?
ducting an Investigation of all corpo?
rations suspected of operating in do
tlance of the anti-trust law, and addeu
that the statute, as interpreted by the
Supreme Court, would be found nufll
clent to cause the breaking up of any
illegal combinations. The President en?
tered into the defense of the Supreme
Court with more than his usual vigor,
and his speech was frequently Inter?
rupted with applause.
The "trust" speech came near the
close of nlno busy hours spent by the
President In and about Detroit.
Whcrover he went to-day?in Detroit
proper, at Pontiac and at the Stale
Fuir Grounds?Mr. Taft was compelled
to make his way through dense crowds
Ills welcome Into Michigan, which is
regarded as wavering on the brink of
insurgency, seemed 1? please the Pres?
ident Immensely, and he was In a
happy mood when he left at 1:30 p. M.
for Saginaw, where u half hour's stop
was made, and for Bay City, where he
spent the remainder of the evening
and dedicated the new armory.
Mr. Taft spends four days In Mich?
igan, swinging to-morrow up to Sault
die Marie. He was greeted here to-day
by both Senators Smith and Townsend.
Governor Osborne, detained at Irnsing,
sent a warm message of welcome.
A Day of Incident*.
The President's day was tilled with
incidents. He arrived in a downpour
of rain, but while banqueting at the
Detroit Club the clouds began to break
away, and by the time he started for
Pontiac by special trolley train the
sun had come out and tho skies were
blue up to the hour of his final leave
taking in the late afternoon. There
were crowds at the station as early
us 6:30 o'clock, and neither the ruin
nor the police, who drew a deadline
half a block away, seemed to dampen
their enthusiasm. At Pontiac the
President was greeted by a big throng,
but it was at the opening of the State
Fair later in th? forenoon that he faced
his largest audience. In the midst ot
a splendid agricultural dlbpiay the
President spoke of the value of scien?
tific farming.
Following an Introduction by Milton
McRae, president of the Detroit Board
of Commerce, Mr. Taft was Interrupted
by an enthusiastic admirer, who culled
out:
"Three cheers for the next Presi?
dent of the United States"
The President smiled indulgently,
and then with something of a twinkU
In his eye, he replied:
"My friend, 1 fear that y%u are not a
prophet."
The live miles of streets leading Into
Detroit from the Fair Grounds were
lined with people, und the President
was given a noisy greeting as he
passed by.
It was at the Board of Commerce
luncheon that ^resident Taft took up
the trust question. The function, held
In an Immense pavilion, was attended
by approximately 1,600 business men
of the city. Mayor Thompson and
President McRae, of the board, lit brief
speeches of welcome and introduction,
referred to President Taft's eiforis foi
reciprocity, which In heartily l'uvoied
In Detroit, but the enthusiasm and
praise did not swerve Mr. Taft from
his determination to say nothing on
that subject until the Canudian elec?
tions are completed next Thursday
evening.
Fonowing the luncheon came an au?
tomobile parade through the city and
a brief visit to the convention of
United States internal revenue officers,
where the President spoke regarding
patronage, thus adding another politi?
cal toucn to his visit.
Challenges III? Accusers.
"They have charged me with using
patronage to accomplish something,'"
be said. "If I have, 1 urn not conscious
of It. But I csallcnge the mon who
make the charge to come forward und
Join with me In legislation which will
enable me to put every local otllcer, be
he postmuster, internal revenue collec?
tor, customs collector or anybody else
filling an office of the United Stute?, In
any of the States of the Un'on, under
iXontanuaa pa Third Fftscj.
CHARGED WITH CONTEMPT
Chic-alto Attorney lief used to Ansviel
(lueatlona lletore Grand Jury.
Los Angeles. Cal., September 18.?A
warrant charging John H. Harrington
?i Chicago attorney, allied with thi
defence uf the McXamaru brother*,
with contempt of court for having re?
fused to answer questions bnforv thr
grand Jury, was issued to-day. The
warrant, uccordlng to Arthur L. Velten,
deputy district attorney. |. the llr-t
of a scries planned by the prosecution
to stop alleged attempts to intlmtdata
or Influence 'Witnesses for the ,'ituto;
at the coming trial of the accused dy?
namiters.
The warrant was issued after Veltcli
had filed with the Supertor Court a
citation In contempt against Hairing
ton, accusing the attorney of having
refused to answer before the grand
Jury questions concerning an allegod
attempt to Influence Mrs. I^ena Inger?
soll. It was at Mrs. Ingersoll's board?
ing house that the "J. B. Bryce," said
now to have been J. U. McNamaru". was
a guest Just prior to the blowing up
of the. Times building. Mrs. Inger?
sau Identified McXumara later as "J.
B. Bryce."
SCHOOL OF DIPLOMACY
Young Men Receive Instructlou for
Work Abroad.
Washington, D. C. September 18.?
Thirteen budutug diplomatists entered
upon a course uf instruction at tht
Slate Department to-day In order to
'?i>* titled for taking up their duties
abroad in the L'uitod St-.tea foreign
service. So much criticism hereiofuro
has been heaped upon American con?
sular ofllcers tbul the Slate Depart?
ment recently began a schuol where
men w,ho have been appointed to thu
service Will bt grounded in the proper
methods of conducting the "business of
the United Statos at foreign ports. For
thirty days nine newly appointed con?
suls and four consular assistants will
be thoroughly drilled by ofllcers of the
State Department and others.
An elaborate program, consisting ot
addresses and study has been prepared,
and each subject will be treated by
Specialists. Ofllcials of the Bureau of
Manufactures, the Bureau of immi?
gration and the Bureau of Matstlcs,
the customs division and the Marine
Hospital Service will supplement the
lectures to be given by the Stale De?
partment ofllcials, and the Agricultural
Department will detail an expert to 'n
slruct the now consuls In methods of
plant collection.
BOTH HAVE HARD LUCK
Croaa-Contlnental Fliers Companions
In Misfortune.
New York. September 18.?C. P.
Rodgers and J. J. Ward, the aviators
who are Hying to the Pacific Coaat
from New York for the Hearst prizt
of 110,O?o. are companions In misfor?
tune to-night. Rodgers's filer Is *
wreck ut Mlddlctown, where he landed
yesterday after an Inlt'al flight of
, about eighty miles from the bheepj
I head Bay race track, and Ward is at
Corning, about ?j? mile^ from New
York, with the engine of his nachine
so badly burned that It is usele.ta.
Rodgers smashed hts machinu by
striking a tree while trying to make
un early morning start trom Middle
town. Telegrams received lure ihis
arternoon were to the effect lhat he
might patch up the machine and bo
ready for further trial by Wednesday.
Ward, after flying, fifty-six miles la
forty-three minutes from Owego to
Corning, -was forced to align*. becSnao
of the breaking of an oil feed and the
burning out of hts engine Mechanics
? from liammondsport this afierouun
; began installing a new engine, with
I which the young aviator hopes to Hy
onward to-morrow.
GET 40-YEAR TERM
W. T. Ham Tried and Taken U> Prison
In Tiio Hours.
Maysvllle, Ky., September IS.?After
being out three minutes, the Jury in
the case of W. T. Ham, aged sixty-two
years, charged with assault on three
little girls here July 11, to-day re?
turned a verdict of guilty, and Ham
was sentenced to forty years In the J
penitentiary. The trial was one of the
shortest ever held In Kentucky, the ,
hearing, verdict and the taking of Ham
to the prison Immediately thereafter
occupying less than two hours.
Ham was escorted here by sixty
members ot the Kentucky National
Guard to prevent possible violence.
RANCHES ARE RAIDED
Meslrann Cross Border and Take All
Horses In Sight.
Mission, Texas. September IS.??
Bands of armed Mexicans attack'-d
American ranches in the lower Rio
Grande Valley to-day, taking all horses
In sight. A band of twenty visited
Tabasco ranch, near Sam Fordyee. last
night and took twenty-five horses. The
news was wired to Mission, and all
farmers and ranchmen quickly gath?
ered their stock, while armed men kept
watch over the herds all night. A
guard of <hlrty men camped last night
on the ranch of Ramon Vela, n few
miles af-iove Mission.
I Raids are reported In the Hidalgo
neighborhood, and are attributed to
I followers of Matron, the L?wer Cali?
fornia revolutionist.
IN HANDS OF TROOPS
Soldiers Have Bieters lu Vienna Under
Control. j
Vienna, September IS.?Vienns to-]
nlerht Is in the hands" of the military
authorities. The garrison has been
reinforced by several other regiments,
an<i all the palaces and public build?
ings are guarded. Two thousand troops
surround the Schonbrunn Palace.
Martial law has been declared Irt
the Ottaking district, whore the most
serious disorders occurred last night.
1 This district Is occupies by ?,000
troops. Disturbances of u minor nature
occurred there this evening, but the
soldiers soon had the rioters under
control.
MAINE STILL IS WET
i Official CsnvaM* Show* Slim Majority
of Twenty.
Augusta, Me., September IS.?Com?
plete returns from the election of last
'Monday, when Maine voted on the
question of the repeal of the consti?
tutional prohR.ltoty amendmont. as
canvassed by the Governor nnd Coun?
cil to-night, showed a majority of
twenty votes in favor of repeal.
Various discrepancies were found in
the official returns as compared with
I the tabulaC-ms complied by the beere
J tary of Stute'ti office. The latter indl
I cated a majority for repeal of 13?.
EDITOR A SUICIDE
Shoots Himself While Standing nt
WHe'x Grave.
Reading. Pa., September IS.?Henry
Selbert, sixty-one years old. a Gcrmm
w.rltcr of some note, and fur twenty
fivo years, until his retirement u year
ago, editor of the "Adler," a German
weekly published h?re, committed sui?
cide to-day by shooting while standing
at tho grave of his first wife. He was
nunrlccj A- second time A year ago,
Court's Order Follows
Inquiry by Lunacy
Commission,
PROBABLY B.JNGS
TRIAL TO AN END
Hearing on Proposition of Com?
monwealth's Attorney to Have
Him Sent to Asylum for
Criminal Insane Nov. 22.
Proceedings Against
Son Dismissed.
[Special to tho Times-Dispatch.]
Alexandria, Va., September IS.?The
case against C. Jones Rixey, the in?
dicted head of the collapsed Virginia
Sa{e Deposit and Trust Corporation,
was virtually closed, as tar as a civil
trial la concerned, in the Corporation
Court this afternoon, when a lunacy
L-omraisSlon declared Rixey insane.
Itixey was. by order of the court,
turned over to Dr. J. S. DeJarnctte,
superintendent ? of the Western State
Hospita. at Staunten, and carried there
this evening.
The Jury which made the report on
his sanity was composed of Dr. De
Jarnette and Dr. W. F. Drewry, the
latter being superintendent of the
Centtal State Hospital, Petersburg,.
In part the report reads as follows:
"We rind him Insane and In no con?
dition to be tried at this time, our !
opinion being based on personal ex?
amination und the attached deposi?
tions."
Fixed for Hearing.
I Arguments on tne proposition of
Commonwealth's attorney to send
I Rixey to the asylum for the criminal
Inrane at Marlon were fixed for hear?
ing November J2. It was stated to the
', court by Dr. DeJarnette that the build?
ing fur the criminal Insane at Marion
will not be completed for a year to
come.
Rixey collapsed late this afternoon
w.hlle being examined by the alien?
ists, and a cot was placed at his dis?
posal.
During the proceedings Rixey occu?
pied a seat near his brother. Dr. Pres?
ley M. Rixey. He looked feeble, worn
and haggard. At no time did he show
any Interest in the proceeding*. Most ,
of the time he leaned on his cane, with j
his head bowed down, as if In sorrow, j
Now and then, when he realized that i
he was helng gazed upon by the large :
throng in court, he would rub his hand !
ovar his face several times. Ills hair j
was disheveled and the accused looked
111 at ease.
Following an explanation by Attor?
ney Jeffrey?, the court dismissed tho
order for the rule to be issued against
C. J. Rixey, Jr., for contempt in hav- j
lng his father sent to the asylum at ;
Staunton.
! Rr. Rixey arrived here shortly be
fore noon, accompanied by Dr- De Jar- ,
I nette and his brother. Dr. Presley M.
Rixey-, formerly surgeon-general of the'
United States Navy.
Oblivions of Surroundings.
Rixey looks ten years older than he|
formerly did. and appeared perfectly
listless and oblivious to his entire sur?
roundings. He had to be assisted up
the steps of the courtroom by his
brother and Dr. De Jarnette Without
any delay he was assisted to the Jury ;
room, where the examination Into his
Sanity was held.
The court at once appointed a com- I
mission, consisting of Dr- J- S De Jar-j
nette, superintendent of the Western ,
State Hospital for the Insane, of Staun- !
ton. and Dr. W. F. Drewry. superln- j
tendent of Central State Hospital for |
the Insane, of Petersburg, to examine
Into his sanity. The examination of
Witnesses was then taken up by the .
commissioner and a stenographer was;
allowed the commission at the request j
of Attorney Jeffreys, of Norfolk, one j
of Rlxey's attorneys.
The Jury completed its findings
shortly after 3 o'clock. A recess of
court, however, was taken a short
time after the commission was made
by Judge Barley under section 16S2 of
the State statute.
Rlxey's array of legal talent was
in court, among them being Attorneys
John J. Jeffreys, Norfolk; John S Bar
hour and j. B. Hiden, Fairfax; James
R. and H. B. Caton, Alexandria, and C
Jones Rix'ey.
MURDERER CAPTURED
He Had Escaped in Garments of War?
den'* Wife.
Columbus, O, September IS_Mich?
ael Soboleski, the Lucas county mur?
derer, who escapod from the peniten?
tiary yesterday afternoon, clad in the
garments of the warden's wife, was
captured to-day about 11:30 at Dela?
ware, to which place he says he
walked, by Clarence Moyer, chief dis?
patcher of the Columbus, Delaware and
Marion Railway. ?
Mover had gone downtown on a
traction car, and when he alighted at
Lincoln Street Soboleski came up apd
asked the way to a railway station.
Moyer recognized the man In the de- I
scrlptlon given in the newspapers. He
at once nabbed the prisoner, and, after
a struggle, succeeded In taking him to
the police station.
AVATORS WILL MIGATE
Probable That They Will Fly to Head
qnnrtern tn Mouth.
i Washington. D. C, September 18?
1 Rrlgndter-Oeiterel James Allen, chief
j of the signal corps of the army, to
I day began active work in planning the
I winter's campaign of the army aviators
I under his direction. The avlatlort
I corps wjl go South for Its winter's
i work, said Oenenl Allen to-day. but
I we have not yet decided where head?
quarters will be. The work at the
: aerodrome at College Park, Md., will
I close at the #n<j of October. Several
I cities In the South already have filed
applications with the signal corps*
chief to be considered when the winter
o*mp Is selected. Among these are
Greenville .S. C, Augusta. Oa., Alken,
S. C. and Palm Beach, Fl?.
It Is probable the armv aviators will
fly from their quarter^ a't College Park
. to the c?i\p aelco&cd. j& the South*
LIVERPOOL PLAN 1
WILL BE OPPOSED
Southern Cotton Export?
ers 1 hink It Reflection
on lheir Integrity.
WANT NOIHING
TO DO Wl iH IT
Believe It Scheme to Insure
Loose Business Methods
Against Loss at Expense of
Firms Which Have Built
Up Reputation by Hon?
est Dealings.
New Orleans. September 18.?De- |
nounclng the Liverpool cotton bills pf
lading validation and central clearing
house, plan a_i an extraordinary and
unique Insurance against the results
of the negligence of the European cot?
ton buyers in dealing with irrespon?
sible rirms, and declaring it a reflec?
tion vpon the honesty and Integrity of
the Southern cotton exporters, tine con-*
ferenee of Southern bankers and ex-j
porters ol cotton, held at the Cotton i
Exchange to-day adopted resolutions
placing themselves on record as un?
alterably opposed to the scheme and
.?cfusing absolutely to have anythm,,
to do with it.
The plan was branded as being re?
pugnant to sound business principles,
offensive to reputable business men, in
that it assumes that all cotton ship?
pers are dishonest until the New York
validating house has pronounced them
otherwise.
A militant resistance through a thor?
ough organization of Interests was
.suggested to tight the Liverpool
scheme.
Thinks Motive* Impugned.
Charles S. Hatgiit. or New York,
representing the "interests," explained
the workings of the proposed central
clearing house. The conference was
enlivened when Mr. Haight felt that
his motives were impugned and his
statements questioned.
Following a preamble which declar?
ed that the foreign buyers In combina?
tion with certain New York bankers
had "undertaken to Indicate to the
Southern cotton shippers and bankers,
over the earnest protest of the latter,
the method of billing export cotton"
and branding <t a plan of "unique In?
surance," the resolutions adopted in
condemning the central bureau pla"n'
declare that the proposed scheme Is un- !
Just In that It "proposes to place self
respecting sad universally respected
merchants tnder the same obnoxious
surveillance that It bestow's on ques?
tionable parties, and ruially futile. In
that the Mat of tho central bureau cer?
tifying to the one virtue of genuine?
ness of signatures, would place Irre?
sponsible and dlsnonest shippers in a
position of .vantage from which they
could practice a multitude', of collat?
eral Irregularities pregnant with
greater Injury to the cotton trade than
the isolated danger of forgery.
"The remedy for the conditions com?
plained of lies in enforcing the prac?
tice of more careful and discriminat?
ing business methofis on the part of
both the carriers and buyers of cotton,
and not In attempting to devise i
schemes whereby the former may con- j
tlnue to escape liability for the injuri?
ous and fraudulent acts of their agents
and employes, and the latter may be
protected In their indiscriminate andj
care free traffic with firms of a doubt?
ful standing-"
Militant .Methods,
The resolution then declares that "it
is the sentiment ot the interests here
represented that they will oppose the
said central bureau plan, not only by
refusing to comply with the require?
ments theroof. but by organizing
among their several constituencies a
militant resistance to the proposed re?
flection upon the honor of the Southern
cotton merchants and upon the rightr
of the Southern cotton trade."
After calling the conference to or
der. President Thompson was elected
permanent chairman. He reviewed ths
bills of lading matter from the Incep?
tion of the Liverpool plan to the pres?
ent conference. In part he said: N
"The plan represents a desire, a ruth?
less Intention, on the part of the for?
eign buyers and bankers to protect
themselves In a loose and careless sys?
tern of business, and furthermore to
make the reputable merchants, those
who have built up their business and
character through long years of unim?
peachable transactions, to make these
people pay the premium for this pro?
tection."
J. D. Moss, of Athens, da., was the
only one to vote against the adoption
of the resolutions. He said he thought
there was some merit In the Liverpool
plan.
RESCUE WORK DELAYED
Another Cs-r-lu "Occurs In Morning
Slnr Shaft.
Leadvllle, Col., September IS.?Work
of recovering three miners entombed
In the Morning Star shaft was de?
layed tu-day. when another cave-in
occurred.
The prisoners arc still In communi?
cation with the surface. Mrs. Caskl.
wife of one of the men, sent down the
following note through a pipe:
"Dear Fred: Cheer up and be happy.
We aro on top, baby and I, doing
overythlng to get you out. Don't be
discouraged."
To-day's cave-in w-lll cause twenty
four hours' delay.
INDIANS ON RAMPAGE
Clash WUh Mexican Troops and Sev?
eral Are Killed.
Mexico City. September IS.?A num?
ber of persons were killed and wjound?
ed to-day near Rl? de Orijalva Crlapas
in an encounter between state troops
and the rebellious Indians of Chiapas,
according to dispatches received here.
The Indluns are reported to have re?
ceived the blessing of a priest Just
before entering the fight. It was stated
at the President's office that soldiers
would bo sent from trie capital In the
morning to Chiapas,
RUSSIAN PREMIER
STOLYPIN IS DEAD
He Dies of Wounds in?
flicted by an As
s a s s i n.
WAS CONSCIOUS
ALMOST TO LAST
News of Death Brings Panic to
Jews, Who Fear Massacre, and
30,000 Troops Are Rushed
Into Kiev for Their Pro?
tection?Many Are Flee?
ing From City.
Kl*v, September 18.?The Russian
Premier, Peter A. Stolypln. died to?
night from bullet wouuds received ai
the hands of an assassin during a gala
performance at the Municipal Tneairo
Thursday even.ng. The oiuclal time ol
his death was announced as 10:12 P. M.
(3:12 P- M. Now York time.)
Almost until the last the Premier
was conscJjnus and for half an hour
aurlng the early part ot the evening
his wife alone was at his bedside.
Suffered Intensely.
Towards the end Stolypln suftereo.
greatly. He groanea incessantly and
threw h'mself about on the couch on
which he lay. Finally the heart action
became weakei, ana as the body grew
cold the Premier rtullnea that Oeath
was overtaking him. At a lucid in?
terval a priest a?minlstered extreme
unction. The Metropolitan Flavlar
blessed and> consoled him In his lasl
moments Frequently he called: "Glv?
me the letier. Take It away. Give
me a red pencil."
Hi3 last words were: "Lift me. Light
up."
Half an hour before his death Stoly?
pln asked the doctors to turn him on
his side. He died peacefully surround?
ed by several of his relatives and state
officials.
All hope for the Premier's recovery
was abandoned this morn'ng. Satur?
day night indications of peritonitis
were notcu, which became aggravated
Sunday. The bulletin Issued by tho
attending physicians early this eve?
ning declared thut the patient's con?
dition was hopeless.
Premature reports of the Premier's
death were current for hours before ii
occurred. Several missions and em?
bassies were misled by these reports
and ncxllied their governments. .The
authorities at first decided to conceal
the news of the Premier's death until
morning, fearing anti-Jewish out?
breaks. This was found to be lmpos
slble, and after the announcement was
made all the attention of the authori?
ties was centred in the protection of
the Jews.
Jews Panlc-Strleken.
Representatives of the Jewish com?
munity were panic-stricken and begged
for protection, and 30,000 troops wer?
poured into Kiev to prevent excesses.
The city is depressed, but calm. M.
Kokovsoff. Minister of Finance, who
was appointed acting Premier after M.
Stolypln was shot, has sent a peremp?
tory circular to the various Governors
on the maintenance of order. It is
stated on excellent authority that M
Kokovsoff will be appointed Premier.
An autopsy will take place at aji
early hour to-morrow morning, after
which the Premier's body will be em?
balmed. Emperor Nicholas left Tchern
igov to-night for Kiev.
Governor-General Trepoff has issued
a public notice that disorders wfll not
be tolerated, and stringent regulations
are published, forbidding the carrying
of arms. Outgoing trains are orowdeu,
j and double trains and extra trains ere
i leaving Kiev every hour. Hundreds of
i well-to-do Jews are departing from
the city.
I Prepare for Reign of Terror.
St. Petersburg, Friday, September S.
According to the police reports, the
revolutionary bodies are showing
signs of recovering from tho stagger?
ing blow dealt them two years ago
by the exposure of the dual role of
Eugene Azef. who was once head of
the fighting Socialists and a police spy.
The revolutionists are now, the offi?
cials say. closing up their ranks in
preparation for a new campaign. Some
time ago Russian police agents abroad
in reports to their government indi?
cated that a new outbreak attended
with terrorism was pending.
Recent acts of violence directed
against those in the employ of tho
government have appeared to give
some substance to these reports.
RUSHES TO HIS DEATH
Frightened IJoy, Driven From Orchard,
Drowned in itlver.
Portland. Ore. September IS.?Ter?
ror-stricken by the discharge of a
shotgun in the hands of a Windham
farmer, in whose orchard he wus tres?
passing, Angelo Delmonico, aged nine?
teen, is believed to have met death
by bolting blindly into a river that
runs through the farm. The boy's
body was found lHst night and the
farmer was detained until an lijvcsti-'
notion showed that he was not to 1,0
blamed. He showed that he discharg?
ed his shotgun when he found .Del?
monico and somo companions on his
premises, but that he tired in the Hir.
No murks were found upon the body
nnd death was declared due to drown?
ing.
It is believed In his panic the boy
ran Into the river and, being too ex?
hausted to get out. was drowned.
MAIL BY AEROPLANE
First Delivery Will Ue Mode by At la
tor neck.
New York. September IS.?Captain
Paul Beck, of the United States Army,
Is the aviator who will carry the first
special delivery .- nlted States mail
sack that has ever been transported
through the air. He will make trips
twice dally from Nassau Boulevard,
Dong Island, to Brooklyn and varlcus
post-offices on Long Island during tho
International aviation meet to be held
j Pnotomber 22 to October 1.
Regular collections will be tnken up
[ ut the aviation Hold, und after de?
livery at the various surrounding post
offices the aeroplane mull will be for?
warded to any destination. The enn
I cellatlon stamp will road: "United
I States Aeroplane Station No. t"
I FOREIGNERS STILL SAFE I
Reassuring Report Han Reached Peking
ttegnrdlng the Outbreak at Chengtu.
Peking, Soptember ts.?The British
, consul here to-day received a dispatch
from Cnengtu dated September la
reading:
I "Foreigners have not been molested,
' and are being treated civilly. Theft
, has been no lighting within the city
, elnce September 7, but there hilve been
; several engagements outside the walla
, the Insurgents losing considerably und
the loyal troops lncc#is|derably."
Apparently the proclamation issued
by General Chao-Erh-Feng his not
been heeded. Dispatches to the French
and German (legations from Cheng tu
dated respectively September 10 and
September 11. Indicated that the com?
mander or the troops at the capital
of Bzechuan had attempted to conciliate
the besieging forces, promising not to
decapitate the leaders of the anU
rallway movement and offering to In?
demnify the families of the insurgents
who had uoen killed.
Coming Into City.
Chung-KTng. China, September 1?_
The Canadian missionaries Irutn the
stations at Jenshow, Junghsien and
Tselintstng are coming rnto this elty
to-day.
The missionaries mentioned in the
above dispatch were sent out hv the
missionary society of the Methodist
Church, Canada, the huudquuiturs of
which a>re at Toronto, Out.
j EVANGELIZE CONTINENT
< Ambitious Plans of New York Christian
Workers.
I . New- York, September IS.?Joseph G.
Cannon, a New York banker, wno i?
one of ninety-seven inlanders and
j clergymen who are directing the "mcr
j and religious forward movement," gave
an elaoorate dinner at the Metropoli?
tan Club to-night to the thirty trained
Christiun workers who uro to open tho
new crusade to evungellze the Ameri?
can continent in Minneapolis on Oc?
tober J. It is said that the movement
which has been taking torm for some
time, is the most umTiitiuus religious
crusade since ihe days of the Refor?
mation. The thirty workers are all
men, so chosen because the leaders In
the movement believe that men cuu
best be converted by fellowmen.
At a meeting attended by ;">ou min?
isters interested in the movement, held
at the Broadway Congregational
Tabernacle ihls afternoon, it was
argued that "a real man's" tniluenco
was strongest with the masculine sex.
The speakers said that the time was
ripe lor a crusaae of this Sort. The
workers will visit seventy-six centres
or population in this country and
Cunada.
PLOT DETAILS REVEALED
Spanish Government l.earna ot Revolu?
tionists' Plans.
Madrid, September IS.?Premie?
Canalejas announced to-night that the
government was in possession of ull
ihe detail of the revolutionary plot
which has been discovered at Barce?
lona and Valencia. It knows the names
of all the persons concerned, us well
us the numeg of those who provided
funds, from what source they came
and by and from whom received. Tili
Premier also announced that the gov?
ernment had Information to the efteei
that plans were luid to assasslnalo
General Weyler, captain-general of
Catalonia.
Energetic moasurea have bean taken
to preserve order, and the latest otil
clal advices from Valencia aro of a
more optimistic tone. There waa con?
siderable rioting in that city this
morning, and barricades werev thrown
up, but the police charged the maba
and dispersed them. Artillery hus been
posted al strategical points, and other
prompt steps have been taken to sup?
press the disorders. As a result the
afternoon passed without disturbances.
All telegraph wires have been cut ex?
cept those to Madrid.
DATES BACK 700 YEARS
' Historic ''Mounting Stone" * Gift to
Massachusetts Town.
1 Hlngham, Mass, September IS.?The
j Rev. Louis Cornish, pastor of the Old
' v?hlp Church, has received assurance
Crom British Ambassador Bryce thut
he will m.-?ke the presentation of the
old 'mounting stone," which Old Hing
I ham. In England, hus presented to this
j town.
I The mounting stone, or horse-block,
'? stood in the village square of Old
j Hlngham for at least 700 years. It
j will become the eoVner-stone of the
; bell tower, which is to be built here
. as a memonul to the tlrst settlers and
i for Which Mr. Cornish founded the
movement anu raised $20,000.
I The corner-stone will be laid Octo
I her 9, Ambassador Bryce making the
j presentation speech.
INVENTOR'S LIFE IN PERIL
j "Aerial Life Preserver" Collapses
While Undergoing Test.
Venice. Cal., September IS.?"An !
aerial life preserver,'' designed to float
i a man through space and land him
j without injury, almost caused the
death of C. W, Clark, Its inventor, yes
I terduy. With the apparatus fitted tc
i his arms and legs, Clark leaped from ]
I the platform of a scenic railway gev- j
j enty-five feet high Into the ocean oft I
! Venice pier. The apparatus collapsed j
1 under his weight, and he struck the '
water with his fall unchecked. Life I
guards ilshed him out. He was not se?
riously hurt.
ETNA IS STILL ACTIVE
' Wind Blowing Ashes nnil Cinders To- i
word City of Cntnnla.
Catanlu. Sicily. September IS.?A
1 north wind blew to-day and a greater !
: quantity of ashe:t. cinders and small ,
stones were carried In the direction
' of the city, although the eruption of '?
Mount Etna is not Increasing Ii) vol
i nmo.
Professor Pont<\ the volciinologlst of I
Catania University, says that the .
1.resent eruption is five times greater
than thnt of Ir> 10. and that more lava .
has been thrown out In six days than
\ during twenty-six days of the dis- '
! turbance a year ago.
, ARABS WILDLY ENTHUSIASTIC
! -
Witness 1-Tlchl <>f French Aviator I
With Passenger!
Fez. Morocco. September 18.?Thai
French aviator. Breijl. orrtvod here ;
yesterday, having made H successful
lli;;lit from Casablanca, carrying a
passenger in his aeroplane. The air- .
men and their machine were In ex- I
cellent condition.
The Arabs exhibited wild onthusi
asm when the men tiliehtod.
M. Bregl was received by the Sul- 1
ton.
??The Ilncli?" Destroyed.
Highland Falls, N. Y.. September IS. !
The Roeks. property of Ihe estate of
the late Colonel Caleb Muse, of the
Southern Confederacy, which was used
as u sort o? annex to the Military
i Academy at West Point for the hous- [
; ing of summer guests, was practl
! cally destroyed by tire to-night.
The loss is $60.000.
Borden Pleads With
People to Defeat
Reciprocity.
HOLDS UP DANGER
OF ANNEXATION
Opposition Leader Makes Final
Appeal of Campaign, Asking
Voters to Rise Above Party
Lines and Prevent Absorp- ,
tion of Dominion by
United States.
Halifax. N. S.. September IS.?R L
Borden, the opposition leader. Issued
a final appeal to the people of Canada
to-day to defeat reciprocity. The ap?
peal, In tho form of a signed state?
ment, declared that the people now un?
derstand that they are called upon tc
determine not a mere question of mar?
kets, but the future destiny of Canada,
He appeals to Liberals and Conserv?
atives alike, and says he spcuks not
as a party leader, but as a Canadian
citizen, whose hopes are bound up with
the hopes of his country.
While he says that the outlook Is
full of hope, he believes "that we are
In truth standing at the parting of th?
ways," and he therefore begs tho peo?
ple to cast a carefully considered vote
?for tho preservation ot our heritage,
for tho maintenance of our commercial
and political freedom and for the per?
manence of Canada as ,.n autonomous
nation within the British empire."
After referring to the reciprocity
issue as tho most Important question
?ver submitted to the Canadian electo?
rate, Mr. Borden says:
Means Annexntlon.
-On either side of the boundary line
j Its advocates realize perfectly that la
Its final outcome this treaty undoubt?
edly means the commercial and fiscal
union of Canada with the United
States. The chief magistrate of our
I powerful neighbor on the south hag
warned us In language of unmistak?
able Import that the consummation of
this treaty will forever prevent th6
consolidation of our empire,
j "With profound Insight and clear
I vision, he has made the memorable
I declaration that if Canada accepts this
compact she can never become a pari
of that great Imperial commercial
band which, as ho anticipates, will
reach from England around the world
to England again. We must make out
choice between reciprocity within ths
empire and reciprocity with the United
States. And let us never forget that
Canada cannot beoome fiscally and
commercially a part of the United
States and remain politically a part?
and an Important part?of tho British
empire.
"Can there be any doubt that this
compact will result In prematurely dis?
sipating those abounding resources
which We hold, not alone for our own
use and profit, but In trust also for
those who are to succeed us? Will
the peoplo of Canada willingly decrea
that so splendid an Inheritance shall
pass Into other hands than their own?
"The relations created by vils com?
pact will increase threefold the power'
of the United States over our commer?
cial destinies. Less than two years
ago. by the threat of prohibitory duties,
they forced our government to ulteu
our tariff. Do not Imagine that the
spirit which compels this unwarranted
concession to our powerful neighbor
will die on the morrow of its first
; great sucees'X, If we .-weept this com
! pact we must antlcipateVa renewal of
the attempt. If the tariffs of fhe two
countries are Interlocked by this
treaty, be assured that the stronger
I party will always carry the ke}.
"I bellove that we are In truth
standing to-day at tho parting of the
wnys. This compact, made In secret
and without mandate, points Indeed to
a new path. We must decide whether
Canadlanlsm or continentall6m shall
prevnll on the northern half ol
this continent- To-day Canada Is the
mistress of her destiny- She commands
both the Atlantic and the*Paclflc; sha
holds the highways of the world. Out
s...e of the United Kingdom she Is tht
most important unit of the whole- Brit?
ish system, that evtends beyond every
sea and throughout every continent
and governs no less than one-tlfth ol
the entire human race. With Canadu's
youthful vitality, her rapidly increas?
ing population, the marvelc is mate?
rial resources, her spirit of hopefulness
and energy she can place herself with?
in a comparatively brief period in tho
highest position within this mighty
empire This is tho path upon which
we have proceeded, this is the path
from which wo are asked to depart.
"1 do not believe thut the spirits ot
the Canadian people will sanction any
such departure."
In conclusion. Mr. Horden makes an
earnest appeal to the people "to arise
above party lines, to take heed of the
higher considerations and to deter?
mine, their course with a sense of the
enduring results of their decision. I
entreat them not to swerve from the
straight path that leads to the making
of a great nation."
Sir Wilfrid Is Confident.
Ottawa, on*... September IS.?Assort?
ing that the limelight of campaign
publicity had driven the annexation
bogey to haunts known only to oppo?
sition leaders, and that an overwhelm?
ing majority of Canadian voters ars
propared to vote favorably next Th?rs,
day upon ratification of the reciprocity
agreement. Sir Wilfrid Laurler to?
night stirred to remarkable enthusi?
asm an audience which tilled the l.irg.
est auditorium here.
"If I wcra as iiiro of my eternal sal?
vation as 1 am that Canada will ratify
reciprocity three days hence, my soul
would be at peace." declared the pre?
mier, and his hearers', gave him cheer
upon cheer.
Sir Wilfrid said that as a refjR ol
',:- l-maklng campaign In CAn
ada. he had found '>oth his friends
and opponents praising the reciprocity
agreement Though the millionaire!
.may denounce the treaty, he said, th^
multitude who cast the ballot* t?vo<
r*?"