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AN PAPER ? gfTHE HOME RICHMOND, V A., FRIDAY. JUNE IT 1910 8 PAGES City Kill lion.1 CM* *«««« Kdllloa_2 (KM* Hr Mail, On* Tear. HN rOL. 1—No. 117. THE WEATHER—Fair, Warmer. MELCBME WILL BEJfll ONE New York Thronged Withj Hero-Worshippers Ready to Receive Colonel HAMILTON MAY FLY OVLR NAVAL PARABE! Greauvi Precaution Being Taken to Prevent Accident or l)e lay—Police Are Vigilant. CHOOKtM FOR ROO»KVri.T RKfEFTlol. j A U -iialAer In Victoria tvlth Co’ Roosevelt abottrd anchor.! off Sandy Hook, d A. M--Vessel will pH* ebl t<i Quarantine 7.IS A. M Col. Roosevelt taken aboard 1 ho Manhattan 1* A. M - Ittart of water parade up the Nbrtb Blver 11 A. M—Mayor Oajnor wel comes Col. Roosevelt at Rattery. ll ;:fl A. M Thirtide starts up Broadway 1 I*. M -Cnrade on da. Cot Roosevelt la presented with er. grossed resolutions from the Spanish tmr veteran*. 1 SO C M -Co! Roosevelt lunches at home of his pn.th'rr In-law 1'ouifla.s Roblnshn. 4 Th M Roosevelt starts for home accompanied b} his netifli bors from Nassau county. ON UOAUD THK KA1SERIN At!-. jat'STE VICTORIA < l>y wtrelr** t<* ihasconset, Mas* and land line t** I b'«*w Yorkl, June. It—At ll ttcloHt this morning thl* vessel, with formsr \ Pcksidcnt Roosevelt on boat'd, was 4Sj i miles east of the Ambrose channel | light. The weather was thick, but : Schedule was being maintained, and | Kandy Hook will probably be reached at the exact time planned. NEW YORK, June I i —The on thuatasm over the return of the mighty African hunter la invreaalng’ as the Kalsertn Auguste Victoria ; draws nearer New 1 orh. Pictures of the eoiotiet are hung iu every public l place. The hotels are tilled Mill hero j worshippers anxious for tn« iu»ur to arrive wtion they can "eke* for j lAwidy" and the sidewalks of th" «.-ttj Are crowded with i alter*. selling Souvenirs of the festive occasion Teddy bears, medals bearing a replica of countenance of the hunlefi miniature dlg-dlge and plaster casts. of the former president In the uniform of the. first volunteer e*v»iry are sell- | tng like hot cakes on the streets, and the return of the “first cttlsen" spells fortune to the men who gather the . pennies of the souvenir seekers. *. Plane «»» Arrival. ’ It is a Utile urn ertaiffriit jum w'tiat h’.ur the Hamburg Amef'b ati Ither" Hill reach Handy Hook. She may get there as early a* I o'clock, to-morrow morning but the general Impression Is that ‘t will lx- later before she will drop her mud tick off the Ambrose channel light. At ti o'clock the ves- i »el will proceed t.> Quarantine, where the revenue utter Manhattan on which win be Collector laieb and a few- of the intimate friends of the re turning tra'Sle- will bo waiting The colour i will breakfast on board the cutter afterward being transferred to the cutter Androscoggin, which will, bring the committee. President Taft s persons! representative and that. governor* and their representatives up the bay. After the colonel has received the letters or welcome front President Taft and Governor Hughes and shaken hands with the commute, the water , parade wld start All vessels partiel 1 sting hav e been directed to uasem-: Ide at Clifton, Staten Island, at KiSO. They will anchor In double column 4 Oil feet tArt. Ten mlnutea before j time to gel under way the oode signal “Prepare” will he flown from the Androscoggin, while the signal “S“ will Indicate the start which la expected to take place about K o'clock. The naval escort and the revenue cut ter wt-ah t*\e colonel on board will Mill j througn the double line of craft Then the latter will fall In behind and the parade will move up the North river In twelve divisions. After sailing north to Fifty-ninth street the water; parade will return to the battery, where the colonel and the^commtttee and distinguished guests will land rnd proceed to the grandstand for the •peechmaklng. Airship Race. There Is a possibility' if the weather . is “O, K" that the paradors will have ft chance to compare an aeroplane and a dirigible balloon in flight. I'hurleH K. Hamilton with bis Cur tiss bi-plune said to-day that if he could »et his machine in shape he' v ould try to fly over the tops of the Incoming craft, while Frank Goodal, the first aviator to pilot a dirigible 1 across the Hudson river and around the tomb of President Grant, Intends to try a slm'btr feat. Roth of these eAblhUtons. however, depend on the wiather and the indications to-day are not most favorable. The proceedings after Col. Roose- | velt lands w ill be carried out with I clockwork Precision. The only speak ers at the Rattery will be Mayor Gay nor and the colonel, and then will come the triumphal march to Fifth avenue and Fifty-ninth atreet. Elab orate precautions are being taken to safeguard the more than a million ■pectator* who will gather at the Battery and all along the line. Dep uty Commissioner of Police Bugher, • veteran of the Philippines and a close personal friend of Col. House- ; velt. has assumed command of the police detailed for parade and guard ; duty to-morrow. He will have un der his direction Chief Inspector Max Schmlttberger, three tnapeetora, fifty police captains, 125 lieutenants, >00 sergeants and 4,200 policemen. In addition. Chief of Detectives John Rueeell and 500 plain-clothes detec tives will be scattered ' through the crowd to be on the lookout for pick pockets. All of the known crooks In town are being rounded up to-day. taken before magistrates and committed for two day* “on suspicion.” Emergency fcAAQttAle have been orgaalaed In con HIDING IN EITHER TURKEY OR AFRICA Police Declare They Have Proof of Porter Charl ton's Escape RUSSIAN SUSPECT HAS PROVED ALIBI Believed That After Killing Wife Young Husband First. In tended Coining to America. COJ4'>, June It.—Tb» police in .-•aUgatiAg the murder of Mrs. Mary Scott Castle Charlton, * hr American «onian whoa* body, stuffed into a trunk, w*» ilrwmv Thom Cakv Como a week ago, declared to-day that they had found |Mritlv« proof that Porter Charlton, the murdered woman * hus band. sailed from Oenoa on the steamer Verona June 8. and that he disembarked at Palermo, there tak ing i<assage for either Africa, or Tur key. They refused to make public their wt evidence, but they Insist that It leaves no doubt that Charlton killed his wife. Their theory Is that Charl ton sailed for New York not believ ing that the body of his wife would be found and that when he learned ai Palermo the news of the discovery of the trunk, he realised the danger <rf continuing on to New York and changed his course. it is also stated by the police that an unaaaaltable alibi has t.een found for Constantine Jspolatoff, the Russian suspect, covering both June 5 and June «. on one of which day* It is now certain Mrs. Charlton was mur dered. and his release within the next twenty-four hours is expected. The search by ritvers of the bottom of Inke Como wq continued to-day SELLS BAD MILK; DAIRYMAN FINEO L. H. DeGraaf Convicted of Selling Milk Containing Formaldehyde SENTENCED TO PAY #25. HE TAKES AN APPEAL Despite his protest that he knew nothin* of _»urh sl , preservative ami tfes.r he .».»# ,«nhr».i r»jnoc«n« »t aouj-, terattng milk eold from hU farm. L* Ji. DeGiaaf, a young jnan who con ducts a dairy In the county not far from the city limit*, «u convicted in police court Friday morning of put ting formaldehyde In milk and lined |25 by Justice Crutchfield. From the decision he noted an ap peal and was hailed for his appear ance before a Jury In the hustings court, Mr. A. 1>. Crutchfield, nephew of the police Justice, becoming his t or.dsman. It K. C. l-icvy, president of the board of health; I>r J M. Whitfield, analytical chemist, and Health Officers Holdsworth and Cantrell were the principal witnesses against the dairy man Mr. L,. T. Hudson, president or the F.ennle Dairy Company, which purchased the alleged adulterated milk from IVGraaf. told of having report ed to the health department the fact of .'.uspectlng the milk to l»e of in ferior grade and asking that n sam ple of it be analyzed. “Preservatives A<l«led.“ The charge against DeGraaf was thrt he sold milk In which preser vation had been added." The alleged (Continued on Sixth Page. I BRUNSWICK EDITOR CALLED BY DEATH Mr. Frank Buford Lxpirvs at Memorial Hospital After Long llluoss. Mr. Frank Buford, editor of the Bruns wk k. Gazette. at Ij»wrem.evUte, ya , died early Friday atternoon at Memorial hospital irom a complica tion of organic troubles, after a lin gering lllnest. Several member* of not been lounU out but reports froni Strange, of North Carolina, formerly rector of St. Haul's Episcopal church, Richmond. hts brother-in-law, were present at tho bedsiua when death came. A decided change for the worse In >lr. Buford's condition was noted about 11:30 o’clock Thursday night, noon after Dr. and Mra. Strange, who had been with him for some time, left the hospital. The body will be forwarded to Dawrenrevllle Saturday morning for Interment In the family burying ground at Sherwood, near that place. Mr. Huford. who was in hia forty socond year, was a son of the late Judge H, Emmett Huford, of Bruns wick, who was at one time a member of the State legislature and for many year* prominent In politics in the southeide section of Virginia. Mr. K. JF. Buford, a brother, has been com monwealth's attorney of Brunswick for tho past twenty years. He has also been active In politics having at one time opposed Governor Mann for the State senate before the latter was ohoeen chief executive of the State. -Mra, Martha Buford, mother of the I.awrencevllle editor, established a hospital for the colored people near Lawrencavllle soon after tho war and oonttnued active in charity work for many years, being largely assisted In her work by Mra. John Stewart, of Richmond, one of her oloeest friends Mr. Buford also leaves e sister. Mra, Porter rkarltn. Hollered to have kilted hts wife ant sunk her hody In Cake (K’mo, upon the reipiest t'f T'nlted States Consul Cauchy, despite the statement of the authorities that it was use less. "We dan't a ant the American state deportment to have any ground for charging its with Indifference In our attempt to iolw the murder," Pro curator Ouglle doolared to-aay, "and for thla reason we will keep up the s;oarch of the lake." If the report that Charlton headed for either Turkey or Africa after ar-' riving at Palermo is correct tt Is be Ueved that he has made good hts es cape. Uesnc>« have been sent to ail Important points In Turkey and along the African Mediterranean coast, but It la admitted that the facilities for tracking criminals In these countries are inefficient. I BANK WINS POINT | IN HIGHER COURT Supreme Tribunal Grants Writ of Error in Famous Hudspeth Disappearance Case LAW AND EQUITY COURT IS NOT SUSTAINED A writ of error wa-i granted Friday the Supreme (’uurj. of Ap.wjtU.ln. the vase of thb 3<e< urity bank ,ji ii'rChfnbhd Ugalttst the fiquitAble" Lite > Assurance Company of the United States, which was decided in favur ' ot the insurance company by the iaiw and Equity Court of Richmond on March 10 last. The attorneys f..r the bank filed a voluminous record of the proceedings ! Ir. the Ijtw and Equity Court, and n brief of the case, in which all the ■ frets leading up to the suit against (lit. Insurance company for $17,500. i (aimed to be due the heirs and cred itors of c.Sharles H. Hudspeth. ' who : disappeared on March 1 0, 1902. and; w ho has not been seen or heard from i since. The granting of the writ of error., awarded because of exceptions taken during the proceedings by the hank's | attorneys, means that the ease wil, (l>» argued before the Supreme Court :o. Appeals next fall, and probabh a new trial will be allowed. IVad or Alive.* 1 The essence of the ease and the i , issue seems to be whether or not sat isfactory proof of Hudspeth's death was furnished the insurance company I to warrant the payment of the $17, idiO. the aggregate of three policies held by him. The bank officials, into whose hands the policies were plated foi collection, contend that they fur- I ntithed sufficient proof of Hudspeth's death, while the insurance company maintains that the tact ssei forth in the claim for the *17.500 did not lead to the inference that Hudspeth was dead, but rather to the belief that he was concealing himselt "to avoid dis agreeable consequences.” | The brief,contains a great deal ot the life history of Mr. Hudspeth and j lells the tragic tale of a prosperous grain dealer and speculator with wealth and position at his command meeting with inevitable' reverses and I being weighed down w ith despair and i chagrin at tickle fat« until he was i goaded into penning a morbid missive i portending self-destruction, and Ills I utter disappearance from his loved ones, either by death or becoming a wanderer. The disappearance of Mr. Hudv | peth after the collapse of his business and his futile efforts to recoup Ills multiferlous losses in ail directions Is still fresh in the minds of Richmond ! business men. particularly his credit ors. who are said to have suffered be cause of his failure. Had Three Policies. The brief recites that Mr. Hudspeth took out two policies, one for $10 000 and the other for $6,000, in the Equitable on June 13, 1800, and a third for $2,600 on September 5 of the same year. Those were hla palmy days, when he prospered, was respect ed. and thought of his family's future The premiums were made payable on April 14 of each year. They were met promptly in 1901. Early in 1902 Mr, Hudspeth's for j tune began to dwindle, his, business I was wrecked by financial reverses. Valiantly he struggled to assemble his scattered forces, bringing to bear all the business acumen and sagacity with whloh he had amassed his wealth and attained his success, but the circumstances, the market and the fates were against him. Best by creditors on all sides, who knew of his financial decadenceahdwiahed to collect their money at the earliest moment to avoid loss, worried day by day by, further reversee, each hour i bringing its heart-breaking disap pointments. and tortured at night by L GREAT DMHCE III PATHJF FLOOR ! Loss Throughout State Will Aggregate Many Thousands of Dollars ‘torrential RAINS IN VALLEY SECTION I -fi rm sbet in .lames Reaches Its Height and Will Begin to Sub side Friday N’igtu. It is Bel Fereu. Damage to crops, bridges and other property resulting fr^rn torrential lain* throughout tn« State within th past week or two will aggregate hun dreds of thousands ol dollars, a* • lording to reports received from va rious quarters. A considers >le part of this loss wilt fall upon the \ alley section, where It ts estimated the loss will reach fully a quarter of a mil lion of dollars. Rains In that section within the past thirty-six hours have wrought great hav»r, especially to the growing wheat and corn crops along the lowlands of the .Shenandoah river and Its tributaries, this river be ing reported higher than at any time since the flood of 1873. Track Washed Ana;. The heavy downpour washed away a quarter of a mile of the Southern railway between 8trasburg and Har risonburg. blocking traffic on that line for the greater part of Thurs day. Friday reports from that sec tion say that traffic lias teen resumed. The war hoot occurred In the neigh borhood of Broadway Near Wood stock. where the Valley l.ight and lower Company is building its dam. some of the preliminary work has been washed away. In the vicinity of Winchester great destruction to property and crops Is reported. With the exception of the washout tn the Valley, none of the railroads in Virginia appear to have suffered materially from the rains and flood water. The Chesapeake and Ohio re ports no trouble and similar reports come from the Richmond. Fredericks burg and Potomac, the Seaboard Atr Line and the Atlantic Coast Line. The Southern also reports no mishaps on its Richmond or on the main line from Washington to Danville. The Seaboard Air Lin* “Tear-Round" lim ited from ACioruU *•;. New York pulled Into Richmond frJkr hours Tate Fri day morning, but this delay Is said to have been due to a slight derailment below Raleigh. .\ot Much Damage Here. I Tactically no damage of conse quence has resulted from the freshet in the James at Richmond and none seems likely, although the flood reach ed its highest point Friday morning, when the weather bureau gauge show ed a measurement of 13.1 feet. This height., ts expected, bo. be maintained ,Uj, day,, the .water^beginjijhg "to falj" some time Friday night, aecorcffhg to the outlook as viewed by Director Evans, of the weather bureau. No report from Columbia had been re ceived Friday morning by the bu reau. and this was regarded as indi cation that the freshet which reach ed a stage of 36 feet there Thursday has alreadv begun to recede. 1 The flood has undoubtedly reach ed its height here," said Director Evans Friday. Car traffic at the lower end of Main street continue* to he blocked, and this will probably continue to t>e the case for the next day or two. (Continued on Fifth Page > LOCKED IN BOX GAR WITHOUT ANY FOOD Man Spends Three Days in Con finement aul is Arrested When <'ar in Opened. l>. \V Stokes. a young- white man, appeared before Magistrate J T. Lewis Frldat mornfng charged with trespassing on the property of the Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad Stokes was taken from a freight ear by Offl < er M. 8. Angle, after he had been locked up In the oar for three days without anything tp eat The man entered the car at Hunt ington. VV Va.. and was arrested here last Wednesday. After hearing the evidence Magistrate J<ewts discharged Stokes. TRIAL OF THORNTON BEGINS AT CHARLOTTE i Former Bunk Official CEargect With Embezzlement Faces .Richmond Jury. j (Special to The Richmond Virginian.) CHARLOTTE C. H.. VA.. June 17. —The trial of F. C. Thornton for em bezzlement of the funds of the de funct Charlotte Ranking and Insur ance Company, acting aa cashier, was begun Thursday. The Jury Is com posed of Richmond men, and Is as follows: Fred S. Valentine, Littleton Fitzgerald, Peter G. Tredway. w C. Bentley. W. C. Thompson. Fug. ne Jones, Charles A. Spence, Milton J. Strause. J. C. Freeman. John H. Young, O. Harvey Clark and George W. Warren. The trial will likely last nearly a week, aa there are about fifty witnesses summoned for the proseoutlon, and a number for the de fense. TO AWARD CONTRACTS AT SPECIAL MEETING Contracts for supplies for the City Homs wll be awarded at 4 o'clock ~ t _-dock Fri day afternoon whan the sub-commit tees on relief for tha poor wlU hold a NEAR-VICTIM OF MOB SENT FROM THIS CITY Hev. .1 anif' P. Stuart. Baptist M ission Worker. Who X arrow lv K< capcd Death in Italian H.*rthquuke District. Ha- .Mother and Brittle** Living Here Rev. Jtimer R Stuart, the Baptist missionary Who narrowly es. aped death at the hands of a mol. in the AvelHno earthquake district of Italy recently, acoordtng to reports from that country, because of belief among the natives that he and his co-work ers were responsible for the catastro phe, was sent out by the Foreign Mls aion Board of the Southern Baptist i; n\entlon which has its headquarters In Richmond. Mr. Stuart is also a native of Virginia, and has a brother and widowed mother living here. They are Mr. Herbert M Stuart, real estate agent, and Mrs. Emm I. Stuart, both residing at 616 North Sixth street. The Richmond brother is connected with the Capitol Realty Company, at II North Ninth street. He learned for the first time Friday through The Titgrtn'ihh of the'ffbLib’ie Ih^Khlv; and too Ii'rt VC ,j. 'hie hi othdv <o . the sea. Mother and Brother I'neasy. Both Mrs. Stuart and her son here displayed great anxiety when they heard the news, but were quickly composed on being assured that the excitement had already subsided, with no serious consequences from the mob. Hr. R. J Willingham, cor responding secretary of the Foreign It. ard. also gave assurance that the danger war, past, saying that he would certainly have been advised by cable of any further trouble. Hr. Willingham, discussing the sit uation with The Virginian, said that tht Baptist missionaries In Italy fre quently encountered trouble In work ing among the natives, and on more than one occasion troops had to be vailed out to suppress the disorder. He spoke very highly of Rev. Mr. Stuart, expressing the belief that he was thoroughly competent to handle Rlmoat any situation that confronted him. Italy Termed "Heathen l.and." Italy Is included among the heath en lands on the Southern Baptist for eign mission chart, and it appears that the Catholics w ho predominate in that Believ ed That Governor Will Order Out Troops to Stop Fight SAN FRANCISCO, CAL, June 17 — Confident that no San Francisco court will Issue a temporary injunction stopping the Langford-Kaufman fight. Louis Blot, promoter of the battle to-day, announced he was proceeding with the arrangements for the battle to-morrow Just as If Governor Glllett had not taken stops to prevent It. "We are going to hold this fight to-morrow and we are going to hold It In San Francisco, too," said Blot to-day. "I don't believe any court In this city will issue a temporary In junction If Attorney-General Webh asks one, and It tvould he Impossible to get a hearing on the case and Issue a permanent Injunction before the time set for the battle. I am not the least bit frightened. either, by the reported threats of the governor that he will call out the militia it necessary to atop this fight. He can't do that, aa the law suye he can't send State troops into a city except when requested to do so by the mayor or sheriff.” Blot declared he had no plans at all for holding the fight any other place I .In San Francisco. A report that It had been arranged to hold a double , bill at Reno. Nev„ on JulyM, holding the l-angford-Kaufman fight In the morning and the Jeffries-Johnson bat tle in the afternoon, was denied to ’ day by all parties concerned. Just what Blot will do In case an ; injunction is granted Is not known, but it Is probable he has "something I up his sleeye." Attorney-General Webb announced tCoAUsued •« «i*th *ap*i country dn not tuke ven favorably to the iirewno of Amerhan mission.* among them, in many instances. The recent Rouble in the earthquake zone is believed to have some connection indirectly with the Fairbanks and Kooaevolt Vatican incidents of a month or two ago. J.U?v. Mr. Ktuat.t. had t Raj-ge < f a church In Missouri vvKrn’he was sent out to Uie Italian field in October. 190.' H ■ wu* born In Spotsylvania county, near Fredericksburg, in 1871. Receiving liis early education in Vir ginia. he went to -Missouri soon after reaching his maturity and was there converted in 1M3f! lie secured a bus iness position in Kansas City, Mo., and lived in that city for several years. I-ater. believing that he was called to preach, he went to Wiliam Jewell Col ui .--c.. 'o ! . After .tins, hr ,yv-;M .T„ a' Tr.V Mr, Fulto.n, ail'd of i •■inpton Heights Baptist church St. Louis. While pastor In St. Louis, he was for ;hre, years ehalrman of the program commllee of the Missouri Bap tist General Association. In 1905, he gave up Ills pastoral work to enter The i Southern Baptist Theological Seminary at Louisville. There he took a full [course, finishing with the degree of Th.M. Wife a Christian Worker. Since his conversion, Rev. Mr. Stuart has been deeply Interested lit missions and at the close of his seminary course, he offered his services to the Foreign Board at Richmond. In 1904. Rev. Mr. Stuart married Miss Lillian Lewis, of LaCygne, Kan., whose grand father, Charles Quarles I-ewis. moved west from Albemarle county. Mrs. Stuart accompanied her husband to Italy and is said to be an earnest and faithful Christian worker herself. Mr. and Mrs Stuart have a family of two hfinvTSorne boys and a pretty lit tle girl. Rev. Mr. Stuart is one of the South ern Baptist General Missionaries in Italy. He has his headquarters in Rome IN HiDSJP JURY Argument Concluded and Ver dict Expected Friday Afternoon (Special to The Richmond Virginian.t MANASSAS, VA.. June IT.—One of the heat arguments made In the Harris murder trial this morning was made by Ed. Garrett, Commonwealths at torney for I.oudoun county on behalf of the accused. He was followed by Mr. McCormick, leading counsel for the defence In a moat powerful and con vincing analysis of the evidence relied upon to freo his client. Mr. Keith who closed for the state left no stone unturned In upholding the peace and dignity If the commonwealth and assured the Jury that In obedience to their oaths and the law they must! bring In a verdict consistent with the offence alleged. The argument whs concluded at 1:15 o'clock, and It Is thought n verdict will be reached upon the reassembling of court this afternoon. Henry Gory Dead. Mr. Henry Gary, son of Mrs. Annie Gary, who lives on tne government road, died eaerly Friday morning at the Retreat for the Sic k. He Is sur vived by two brothers. Messrs. Frank and Willie Gary, and two slaters. Misses Eva and Maggie. The funeral arrangements have not been made. Robberies la Newport News. (Special to The Richmond Virginian.) NEWPORT NEWS, VA.. June 17.— Burglars made three hauls last night, the principal one being from the cloth ing store of S. H. Wethelmer, in thei business center, where under the glare of electric lights, about five hundred dollars worth of clqtfclftg was taken. COLONEL’S HfPORT; TELLS OF HIS TRIP Gives Account of Hunt and Enumerates Specimens Collected by Party LIFE WAS TWICE IN GREAT DANGER Hid Behind Tree When Charged By Elephant—Nearly Uvei tlimed by Fleet of Curi. ous Hippos. Dlmanred Traveled by flonaevalt. Miles -M From New York to Mom hasa. ..... 'j,300 M While on the hunt, ♦esti mated) 6,000 Down l he Nile . . . 4.0U0 ■;% From Alexandria t,. Naples ‘,020 ■c;|§ In Europe 5,313 From Southampton to New York *,900 Total .26,433 ■ ■ ®*"» m“ I ra , rit u, Miles p.v Boat 17.120 B> ral 1 5,613 on horseback 4.300 i >n foot 1,376 On camel . .. 2J, NEW YORK. June 17,—Colonel Tli' otlori Koosevelt ha»■ completed the ■ Sal report of hi* hunting expedi tion in Africa and is expected to sub' mit it within a fen days to the Smith sonian Institute, under tit* auspice* ot tchi'-h the hunt took place. The Col* "rie| gives in detail an a count ofjhls passage through the jungle, relate* the experiences of the several exploring: parties which he sent out. and give* a. list of the specimens collected by'him and he ids party. This report In is as follows • jHBl "I have the- honor to report that the Smithsonian African expedition, which was intrusted to my cimrge, has now completed its work Full reportsIwlII he made Inter by the thr«* naturalists Messrs .Vlearns, Heller and l.ortnf^* I send this preliminary statement “ summaritte wrhat has been done; figures are substantially accurate,a__ may liave to be changed sllghtlj^n final reports. *s"s‘‘ > the "We landed in Mombasa, on Aprls-,. « 1909. and reached Khartoum on 14. 11*10. On landing we Were by Messrs R J. Cunningham* i,cs!le J. Tarlton. the former was tfj) us throughout our entire trip, the lat *er until we left East Africa and both, worked as zealous and etflctenUy for the expedition as any other member t hereof. "We spent fight months In British East Africa. We collected carefully in various portions of the Athi and Knpltl! plain*, in the Sotik and roundi Lake .Nlsroeh*.. •M-eetitw. Kc*im -ande* .l.oring made a thorough biologic*!., v Lx •>{' ML Kmia, w hile' the rWet the party skirted its western went to and up the Ruwo Nero and later visited the <}uas Nglshu region and both side* of the Rift Valley* Messrs. Hermit Roosevelt and Tarlton went to the Laiklpla Plateau And Lag* Herrington and Dr. Mearns and Kermit Roosevelt made separate trips to tb* coast region near Homhaaa. On De centber 19, the expedition left East Africa Passed UUganda and went down the White Nile. Aided By British. "North of Wadelai we stopped an# spent over three weeks In the Latto* end irom Oondokora Kermit Room* veil and I again crossed Into the Ledot* spending eight or ten days in the neigh— borhod of Rejaf. . In Gondokoro we were met by tb* steamer which the SUlar. with" great courtesy, hud put at our disposal. On the way to Khartoum we made collec tions in Ixike No, and on the Babral (Jhaxel and Uarel Zeraf We owe OOP warmest thanks for the generous eour- J tesy shown us and the air freely given '■< us. not only by the Sidar, but by alt the British officials In East Africa* Uganda, and the Sudan, and by th* Belgian officials in the Lado; and tlda of course, means that we ar-e.alg* indebted to the home governments of Egypt and Belgium. X!*K v |Jv OIlll DolU 1 Ullt j. . ,-3< P "On th» trip Mr. Heller has prepare# 1.020 specimens of mammals, the mai jority of large sizes; Mr Lortng baa prepared 3.163, and Dr. Mearns,- 71t* a total of 14.<-97 mammals. Of tb* birds Dr. Mearns has prepared nearly. 3.100: Mr. Lortng 899. and Mr. Hgjitae about 50. a total of about 4,00 birds. "Of reptiles and betrachlans Messrs* Mearns Lortng and Heller colls about 2,000. Many Fish. "Of Ashes, about 500 were colle Dr. Mearns collected marine flshaa near Momhata and fresh water flsbM elsewhere In British East Africa, and he and Cunnlnghame collected fishes In the White Nile. This makes In all of vertebrates: Mamals 4,897, birds about 4.000, reptiles and batrachlans about 2.000. fishes about 500; total 11.307. "The Invertebrates were collected carefully by Dr. Mearns, with so-'aa#™ slstance from Messrs. Cunnts and Kermit Roosevelt. A few shells were collected near MomB and land and fresh water throughout the regions visited, as crabs, beetles, mllllpeda and Invertebrates. "Several thousand plants looted throughout the regions by Dr. Mearns, who employed trained for the work a Wur name Makaugnrrl, who soon how to make very good specimen* *d turned out an excellent man ft* way. "Anthropological materials gathered by Dr. Mearns with elstance from others. A col lectio contributed by Major Ross, an . lean In the government swvk Nairobi.” The hunt was under th s of the Smithsonian Institution, tfe at the colonel's Initiative. Thai of It, excepting the personal 'of the colonel and his son. by contributions, said to b* .made by a group of friend* ‘name* of these friends havg.'jj been published. The cost of ing the specimens secured by peditton will, it is estimate^,. 000. The colonel paid his «j mil's expenses, though this be reimbursed to him over by the proceeds trop