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!&N te St* NEWS Of WEEK SUMMARIZED •KViSV Difest of the News Worth Telliag Co» ga&aMM faitd for the 4 Reader. People Talked About. Ssifs Brig. Gen. A. W. Corliss, U. 8. A., retired, died at his home in Denver. He was born in North Yarmouth, Me., In 1837. S Samuel Clemens (Mark Twain) lc about to establish his permanent resi dence his Connecticut home in Red ding. Mr. Clemens' New York house Is s»ld to have been leased to a phy sician. gv, *1* $6 gL A At the request of Bishop Burke of Albany, N. Y.. tho pope has appointed Rev. J. P. O'Connor rector of the ca thedral at Albany, his domestic prel ate, and Rev. J. A. Delaney, Bishop Burke's secretary, a private chamber lain to his holiness. Both are entitled to be called monsignors. Dr. William Osier, who attracted world-wide attention by jocularly ad vocating the chloroforming of aged persons, has been made rector of Efdin burg university, Scotland. Dr. Osier Is reglus professor of medicine at Ox ford university, to which post he went from Johns Hopkins university at Bal timore, where be still holds the hon orary title of professor of medicine. Accidental Happenings. Philip Lillenthal, manager of the Anglo-California bank of San Francis co, was killed in an automobile acci dent near that city. By the explosion of a gasoline launch on Rainy lake, near Fort Fran cis, Moses Infelt, owner of a fishing fleet, and two fishermen In the boat were drowned. By a fall down an elevator shaft at the Charles hotel at Mason City, Iowa, T. H. Barrett of Austin, Minn., a traveling man, was seriously injured. One man was burned to death, two women were seriously Injured and several others more or less badly burned in afire which destroyed the men's and women's buildings of the Philadelphia Cricket club. The wool house and fertilizer plant of Armour ft Co., in the Union stock yards at Chicago, were destroyed by Hre. The buildings were seven-story brick structures, covering an entire block. The fire was the fiercest ex perience In the stock yards district In seven years. The damage was esti mated at $600,000. Five deaths in one family, all within short time, has nearly wiped out the Morgan family at Central, Mich. Mrs. Thomas Uren, aged seventy-six and blind, died yesterday. granddaugh ter was burned to death by a lamp exploding another granddaughter while 'hunting, and another grand daughter died after three days' ill ness. Miss Florence Port, seventeen yean of age, is dying as a result of injuries received in a gasoHne stove fire at Wilton, Iowa. She passed the stove Just as it exploded. Her garments took fire and, spattered with gasoline, they rapidly burned from her body, leaving her entirely nude. In this condition she ran into the street, tear ing her hair and screaming. %sn —•—r'V-v 8lna and Sinners. Docic "%atson of Hillsboro, Tex., shot a young man named Carl Morn and Miss Ethel Edahl, a telephone op orator, and then shot himself. Both men died almost instantly and Miss Edahl is believed to be fatally wound •d. Carroll Hall, aged fourteen, of Dan ville. N. H., shot his sister, aged six teen, with a shotgun. The charge en tered the neck and death resulted al most instantly. Young Hall was ar rested. He says he-did not know the gun waB loaded. gi^'ArthUr Jenkins, a naval clerk Charged with having sent an obscene postal' cara to President Roosevelt, was 'committed to the Norfolk jail to await the signing of extradition papers tor his removal to the federal jurisdic tion of Connecticut^ 4lt? Vr Daniel. Douohue of""Oakland uil.j the body of whose wife was found buried in Ermeyvllle, and for whose alleged murder Gustave Arkell, alias Alstedt, Is now in the city prison, was found dead at his home from the ef fpcts of a gunshot wound in his head. The oftctals declarfe 3t a case of sui |"s'Clde, JuUti'a Llpps, managed Abe Wolf, secretary and treasurer of the Central Glass company of 'Ke$r Orleans, and Eck^rt, an employe of that con* ffnany, were lndlctibcLiiy 'the in-and jurj US" thei chSrge of arson in connection I *ith afire which about ten days age fel}«rnea,ove»' a'portion of three blocks I 111 "the* business section of New Or 1^' leansf cavsing a lose of $1,300,000. about twenty-five years sold, sbf-• refined appearance,' walked in & Niagara river about* thirty feirt £&&& Prospect Point and was swept 'MS&fr ,th^ .falls. ,She left nothing tc (Jtvannia, a-youni ear, jghot and killed Mrs. Great d« at coney id, and then .fired a into'his own headi wh(chw,ll! it t^th lilm la aaid by the police §§^. cause. Twelve Thousand Maniacs Set Adrift by Closing of Asylums ri Jramp Portugal, GUILTY Of MANY MURDERS Organized Parties Scour the Country and Every Suspected Lunatic Is Shot. Lisbon, via Badajos, Seut. 13.—With 12,000 lunatics, many of them of mark ed homicidal tendencies, wandering through the rural sections of Portugal, and with no protection against their depredations, bands of citizens are now engaged in one of the most brutal and revolting crusades ever known in a civilized country the shooting down pf the lunatics like wolves. Orders have been sent out from Lisbon to stop the slaughter immedi ately, but the situation is so desperate that local authorities are disregarding their instructions and the butchery continues. Lunatics Turned Loose. The matter also has been aired in the cortes, but without resulting in even the suggestion of remedial steps. There are 14,000 maniacs in Portu gal, a larger proportion than is found in any other country, yet there are no asylums for their care except those supported by voluntary contributions. Owing to the frightful financial strin gency, several of these asylums have been closed recently and their in mates turned loose upon the public. These wandering and starving ma niacs have been guilty of a number of murders, and the situation finally be came so desperate that bands of vigi lantes got to work. Organized parties are scouring the country districts and every suspected lunatic found is shot down. Several cases are reported of perfectly sane men and women thus slain by mis take. The hunt is so general, means of communication so poor and the cen sorship so strict, that an accurate es timate of the number of victims is im possible. FRAUDS IN THE FISH TRUST. Biggest Fish House In the World Falls. Chicago, Sept. 13.—Startlln gdevel opments following the failure of the biggest fish house in the world, the firm of A. Booth & Co., indicate that the simple receivership proceedings may uncovered some gigantic frauds. Chicago bankers were charry yester day in discussing this new and sensa tional phase of the matter. All that they would say for publication was that the authorized statements of the company, used a a basis in asking loans, were a tissue of falsehood. But this disclosure is qualified, the unique explanation being made that the heads of the great fish business did not themselves know that the balance sheet of the fish trust was packed with misleading items. W. Vernon Booth, the president of A. Booth & Co. Alfred E. Booth, his brother, who acted as president when W. Vernon Booth was absent, and Mrs. Gaylor, a married sister, held 60 per cent of the preferred stock of A. Booth & Co. and 50 per cent of the common. They were the first per sons misled by the fictitious state merit of the company finances, and ac tually invested an additional $800,000 in the preferred stock of the concern last October, when the shadow of im pending failure was over the old fish house. Several days ago auditors who had been put on the books of A. Booth & Co. at the demand of Eastern credit ors discovered many alleged instances of fraud between the published state ments of the company and the exist ing facts. Each branch has been in the hands of a manager. These men have been paid a percentage on their gross sales. Certain of them are charged by the accountants with padding their sales to increase this percentage. Much has been made of the disap pearance of a certain million dollars loaned to the A. Booth company by the banks. This is an inaccuracy. The million dollars referred to is the $800,000 paid in by the Booths them selves, and $212,000 additional taken out of the business. Minor stockholders of A. Booth & Co. are now organizing to get at .the truth about this million dollars. The money was subscribed by the Booths, with an understanding that, certain pressing indebtedness was to be piad. But the million dollars, it is said, was diverted to other purposes. Just what those purposes were is what the banks are most anxious to find out. Powers Defer-Conference. London, Sept. 13.—The conference to be held this city between repre sentatives of the powers of Europe for the, discussion of laws governing maritime., warfare has b^en postponed from Oct. 1 to Dec. 1 fl: LV 8tronQ Box Unguarded^* Iron Mountain, Mich., Sept. 13—The 4oor of the strong box left unlocked, cash to the amount of Uoo Aiwarr00 ®d from the safe In the grocery store of Edward Llndwall at ,:Stambaugh. There ia no cluo. FIRE FIEND AGAIN TERRORIZES RANGE Hibbing in Imminent Peril as Re sult of Incendiary Work of Montenegrins, fe PEOPLE PRAYING FOR RAIN On All Sides Rage the Flames While Citizens Battle Unceas ingly to Save Homes. SEVERAL TOWNS IN DANGE! Foxboro Surrounded and Nashwauk Threatened—Immense Area of Timber Destroyed. Hibbing, Minn., Sept. 12. Toyed with by the wind and fire, the range, despairing and rapidly losing hope, is praying for rain, while the raging fires creep about it on all sides. But there is no answer. Through the smoky air the sun, the size of a silver dollar, showed all day a dull, angry red, a blood red. sinister and relentless, do ing away with the hope that clouds are gathering, for the range people know that but for the smoke the day would be bright and clear. On all sides rage the flames, driven from one angle to another by the wind, but never dying out. Never are the long lines of battling men allowed to relax, for every hour brings new danger where it is least expected. Montenegrins at It Again. Hibbing itself, threatened on two sides by fire, has fallen a victim to the Montenegrins. A running fight between six Monte negrins and a band of soldiers in which fifty or more shots were ex changed, took place early yesterday morning. The Montenegrins, driven from hiding by hunger, stole into town looking for food. They were dis covered by a sentry, who turned in the alarm and a corporal's guard hur ried to the scene. There was no parleying. The sol diers opened fire as soon as thej^got within range, the Montenegrins re turning the shots. No one was in jured on either side, the foreigners es caping in the darkness. They are be lieved to be a stray band separated from the rest Wednesday and unable to rejoin their comrades. 200 Rendered Homeless. The French location, situated about half a mile west of Hibbing and con sisting of a dozen houses occupied by Austrian miners, was fired shortly be fore 9 o'clock by a band of Monte negrins, who fled into the woods west of the settlement. The settlement was totally destroyed, with the excep tion of two houses. About 200 people were rendered homeless. Miners returning from work saw the Montenegrins running through the woods and a few minutes later thfev saw the flames bearing down on tho little settlement. It was impossible to save anything, although the Hib bing fire department went to the scene. Pipe lines were tapped an:I streams of water thrown on the burn ing buildings, but to no purpose. The homeless families were brought, to Hibbing, where they are being cared for. Two Fires Near Hibbing. Two other fires have broken out within one mile of Hibbing. One start ed in the west, back of the French settlement, and the other to the south. Both are advancing rapidly through the forest in the direction of Hibbing, but the wind has died down and if it does not rise again there is no immediate danger. Several hundred men were sent out around Hibbing and are wetting the roofs of the outlying houses and the ground. Sparks carried by the wind are falling in showers within a quar ter of a mile of the city, but so far have failed to reach the town. No attempt has been made as yet to capture the Montenegrins, the citi zens' entire attention being devoted to fighting the fire. No Sleep in Hibbing. Hibbing slept but little last night. The citizens were in the streets and on the hillsides watching the ap proach of the fire from the south and west. There was n.o thought of bed. The fire whistle blowing wildly last night summoned the men to fight the fire. A long line stretching over two miles is now battling with the flames, laying pipe lines, starting back fires and making water ditches. Considerable alarm was felt early I11 the evening owing to the breaking of the main water pipe leading from the 'pumping station. The break shut off the water supply of the town, hut it was quickly repaired. The fires, as they come through the forest, present a thrilling sight The flames mount high in the air, while heavy clouds of red smoke hang over the city.... W Flying Sparka Spread Fire/ Flying sparks have set firo to the forest In scores of places and every where the brushwood is like tinder. These, are the conditions with which the people of the range have to con tend, and while they have so far beat en off the flames from their villages, human endurance cannot stand the terrific 'strain mucb longer. 'At the mercy of the fire and wind, the range must have rain.. Without It there'la iiiim fL-,. r-y- *$*••** no hope. On every side tho whistles of the mining settlements are tooting frantically for help, arid from one place to another hurry the exhausted men, to begin the battle over again. A place seemingly safe one hour is in grave danger the next, and still it does not rain. Biwabik Safe at Present. Around Biwabik the fires continue to burn with' unabated fury, but the town is for the present safe. Nothing but an unusually strong wind can send the flames there. Several men are kept patroling the neighborhood, and ample warning of the approach of the fires will be given. The Iron Range engines are acting as a fire patrol all along the line, and a couple of the fire fighters spent a portion of the day fighting a nasty blaze at the Fayal location, near Eve leth. Ceaseless Fight With Flames. Forest fires swept down upon Nash wauk, twenty-two miles southwest of Hibbing, and the flames were within half a mile of the village when the wind died down and the advance of '.he conflagration was stopped. For orty-eight hours the 300 citizens of he Adriatic mine location, near Auro a, fifty miles north of Duluth, h"5e :een fighting a forest fire which has :ompletely surrounded the settlement. The location is in danger of destruc ion if the wind does not change or essen its velocity. Surrounded by Fire. Forest fires completely surround the village of Foxboro, twelve miles soutu ,vest of Duluth, in Douglas county. .Visconsin, and the citizens are bat .ling with the flames, which are with 11 a sixth of a mile of the town. Fox )oro has 230 inhabitants, and the fate of the settlement is in doubt. Reports from Two Harbors, Minn., ndicates that vast forest fires are preading throughout the northern ortions of Cook and Lake counties, and that large areas of standing tim ber have been destroyed. $100,000 Loss at Washburn. A block of business buildings at TV'ashburn, Wis., were destroyed by i.e at an early hour yesterday, blames broke out in the Nelson hotel nd razed that structure, three sa oons, an ice house and two small mildings. The damage is estimated :t $100,000. Several firemen were ainfully burned. The town was in larkness last night, as the wires lead ng from the power house to the town vere burned. Solid Wail of Fire 25 Miles Long. Fort William, Ont., Sept. 12. A olid wall of flames twenty-five miles length is said to stretch from ^rand Marais to Chicago bay, on the nternational boundary line. The Pi eon River Lumber company's camp Chicago bay is said to be destroyed ..nd settlers are said to be very anx 'ous. The flames are devouring every hing in the Whitefish valley. There :s a bad fire at Silver Mountain and Gunflint. Two Pigs river lumber camps on the international boundary have been detroyed. The fire in the Indian reserve is still burning, but the ndians have it in check. THREE LOST IN FOREST FIRE. "ather and Two Sons Perish While Fighting for Their Home. Calumet, Mich., Sept. 12. After .ending his wife and two small chil 'iren t.o safety at a neighbor's half a mile away, Jacob Herneeniemi, with his two older sons, respectively twelve nd fourteen years old, met death Tuesday while trying to fight off the forest fires that swept their home stead near Otter Rive* clear of every building and all the harvested crops. RAINY RIVER FAIR CLOSES. First Meeting at Baudette is a Big Success. Baudette, Minn., Sept. 12.—Yester day terminated the Northern Beltrami county's first annual fair at Bau dette. This was the first exhibit of the products of the Rainy river«val ley, Some of the exhibits, especially of grains, grasses and vegetables, would compare favorably with those at the state fair from other portions of the state. BARN, STOCK AND HAY BURN. Lightning Sets Two Fires on Wiscon sin Farms. Clear Lake, Wis., Sept. 12.—Light ning set fire to the hay stacks belong ing to Nick Gemes, one mile north of town, Wednesday night, burning about thirty tons of hay. Lightning struck the barn of H. Johnson, four miles north of Amery, burning the barn and also some live stock. BIG FLEET AT ALBANY.' West Australians Get Chance to See Real Navy. Albany, West Australia, Sept. 12. After a thirteen hundred mile voyage from Melbourne, the American battle ships dropped anchor at 7 o'clock this morning off King Point, at the en trance to Princess Royal harbor, in King George's sound. Great crowds witnessed the coming of the fleet. Whole Town in Danger. 1 fi New Hampton, Iowa, Sept 12—Fire practically destroyed the barn and contents adjoining the American Steam laundry in this city. But for the prompt work of the fire depart ment an ugly conflagration must have resulted, as the neighborhool is filled with old wooden buildings. it&M, %truck by Twilight Limited. Hudson, Wis., Sept. 12. Mrs. Le Fever of Afton, Minn., narrowly, es caped being killed by the Oi£aHa Twi light limited yesterday afternoon, just west of Hudson. The rig In which she was rlding'woB struok and she. was |i^«id::ieTe*4-.rpdi®i- SENATOR LEADS Tennessee Solon Difects Work of Hanging Negro Who Cut White Woman's Throat. URGED MOB ON PPM Of IT Senator Sullivan Says He Don't Care What tiie Consequences May Be, He Will Stand Them. Memphis, Tenn., Sept. 11. A spe cial from Oxford, Miss., quoter, For mer United States Senator W. V. Sul livan as follows, with reference to the lynching Tuesday night: "I led the mob which lynched Nelse Patton, and I'm proud of it. 1 direct ed every movement of the mob, and I did everything I could to see that he was lynched. "Cut a white woman's throat! And a negro! Of course I wanted him lynched. "I saw his body dangling from a free this morning and I'm glad of it. "When I heard of the horrible crime I started to work immediately to get a mob. I did all co ild 10 raise one. I was at the jail last night and I heard Judge Roane advise against lynching. I got up immedi ately after and urged the mob to lynch Patton. Directs Work of Mob. "I aroused the mob and directed them to storm the jail. "I had my revolver, but did not use it. I gave it to a deputy sheriff a^:d told him: 'Shoot Patton and shoot to kill.' "He used the revolver and shot. 1 suppose the bullets from my gun were some of those that killed the negro. "I don't care what investigation is made or what are tho consequences I am willing to stand them. I wouldn't mind standing the conse quences any time for lynching a man who cut a white woman's throat.. 1 will lead a mob in such a case any time." ILLINOIS REPUBLICANS MEET. Speaker r-nnon and Leslie M. Shav. Vi-jke Speeches. Spring. il. 111., Sept. 11.—With twe national figures in America-,1 politics present, Joseph G. Cannon and Leslie M. Shaw, both leaders in the council* of the Republican party, the Repub iicans of Illinois met here in state convention yesterday. Both of these gentlemen made stirring speeches auc were vigorously applauded. It was the first Republican stati convention under the new primarj law, and the business transacted wa: largely perfunctory. The selection o\ four trustees for the University of I: linois, the naming of presidential elec tors at large and the adoption of platform was all of the business tram, acted. STEAL BIG ROLL BY RUSE. While One Man Talks to Postmaster Other Seizes $250 and Both Flee. Ottumwa, la., Seut. 11—While one robber attracted the attention of As sictant Postmaster Frank Brown froiv. the money order window in the post Dflice at Bloomfield late yesterday aft ernoon another man grabbed up bundle of currency, which containe ?250, and both men rushed from the building. A posse immediately start in pursuit. A man giving his name as James Brons was captured at Bei knap, and a posse is hunting the country near by for the other. The Dffipers received S1S1 from the man arrested. WOMAN BADLY BURNED. Fruitless Effort to Rescue Live Stbct From Burning Barn. Appleton, Minn., Sept. 11.—Fire of unknown origin totally destroyed tht !arge barn on the farm of O. B. Carl son, occupied by Andrew Domagella near here. Six horses, twenty hogd, besides hay, feed and farm .imple ments belonging to Mr. Domagella were also burned, with no insurance Mrs. Domagella was badly burned try ing to save the stock. No Compromise With Strikers. Montreal, Sept. 11.—Canadian Pa :ific railway officials emphatically de ay reports emanating from vWinnipeg that there is any likelihood of the company compromising with the strik ing mechanics. All such statements ire declared to be fabrications. Falls From Exploded Balloon. New York, Sept. 11. in view of r.OOO persons at the Richmond county fair, held at Dongan Mills, Staten Isl ind, yesterday, William Coby, a youth ful balloonist of Milwaukee, Wis., fell from an exploded balloon and was probably fatally injured. ML -IC Notorious Crooks Captured. Huron, S. D., Sept.. 11. Plain :lothes detectives in the employ of :he state fair board succeeded In cap ering two well known crooks. One is 'Cone," charged with a Winona silk robbery. The other la/JaD," a noto rious pickpocket. .. 0$ Peil Down a 8haft. Mason City, Iowa, Sept 11.—By a !all down an elevator shaft at the Charles hotel yesterday, T. H. Bar rett of Austin, M!*»»., traveling man, "U Miioulr Injured. 'i: ISffiKSSSBasSSHSSS SETS NEW MARK FOR AEROPLANES Wright Breaks All Distance and Time Records for Heavier Than*Air Machine. SAILS AIR FOR OVER AN HOUR Marks Beginning of New Era in Prog ress of Civilization—Officers Enthusiastic. Washington, Sept. 11. Orville Wright, in three phenomenal flights at Fort Myer yesterday established new aeroplane records that not only assure the success of the official trial before the army board, but indicate that aerial flight is now only a mat ter of development. War on land and sea will find in the aeroplane, it is now conceded by military men, a val uable means of reconnoissance and possibly carnage. Two flights of approximately one hour each, another flight in which two men were whirled through the air for upwards of six minutes were the achievements of the Wright brothers' aeroplane yesterday. That these flights, record-breaking as they were, will even be surpassed by Orviilo Wright during his trials at Fort Myer is confidently predicted. History Is Made. The first flight, made yesterday morning, in which the machine cir cled the drill grounds at the fort fifty seven times in fifty-seven minutes and thirty-one seconds, was surpassed last evening, when a flight of sixty-twa minutes and fifteen seconds was made. Not satisfied with breaking all dis tance and time records for a heavier than-air flying machine, Mr. Wright took Lieut. Frank P. Lahm, the aero naut of the signal corps, for a spin around the drill grounds and made a new record for a two-man flight. All this happened so quickly and unosten tatiously that the spectators, among whom were members of the cabinet anc high officers of the army and navy, could hardly realize that histo ry had been made that a new era in the progress of the civilized world, was begun. Makes Thirty-seven Miles an Hour. In the first flight last evening the aeroplane circled the field fifty-five times, at an estimated speed of thirty seven miles an hour. The power was not fully turned on in any of the flights. It is estimated that a distance of 38.55 miles was covered in the long est flight. "Wonderful!" "Remarkable!" "Ex traordinary!" were the words used by the officers present when they were asked what they thought of the flights made yesterday by Mr. Wright. TWO KILLED BY BULLS. An Eleven-year-old Daughter Braves Death in Vain Effort to Save. Jordan, Minn., Sept. 11.—Two men were trampled to death by bulls in this county yesterday. Ignatz Mar ket, a land owner and farmer, and Frank Hieble, a farm hand, only a few years over from Germany, were the victims. Displaying the most intrepid brav ery and rare presence of mind, the ek-ven-year-old daughter of Market at tacked the bull when it was beating the life out of her father with its horns and hoofs. Distracted for a mo ment from his victim on the ground,, the bull charged the girl and, catch ing her on his horns, threw her a dis tance of a rod or more. Strange tc say, she was not Injured. SCHOONER LOST IN STORM. Cables Part and Lucile Is Driven to Pieces Off Coast of Alaska. San Francisco, Sept. 11. The steamer Lehua reports the wreck on Aug. 19 of the American ship Lucile, having on board 39,300 cases of sal mon and 1,200 barrels of salt salmon. She parted her mooring in Bristol bay, lost both her anchors with their chains and went ashore on a sand spit, at the mouth of the Nashagak river. Within twelve hours her masts went overboard and the ship and cargo be came a total loss. She had on board 168 men, all of whom reached the shore in safety. RAISE EMBARGO ON "DR" TILL. Plaster Specialist Is Freed by Immi gration Officials. New Richmond, Wis., Sept. 11—The federal. immigration authorities in New York have raised their embargo on "Doctor" John Till, the famous plaster specialist of Somerset, and he passed through this city last evening en route to Almena, Wis., where he will spend a few days with his sister, visiting and resting up, before return ing to his practice in Somerset. Gets Head Cut on Saw. Finlayson, Minn., Sept. 11. John Heines was badly cut about the head by a circular saw yesterday In a mill three miles north of here. He was si brought to a local hospital, where he & is in a critical condition. Horse Kicks Boy's Eye Out. Watertown, S. D., Sept 11.—As the result of being kicked by a horse, Al bert Kettleson, residing In the west end of the county, lost an eye. When the eye was removed it was found be apllt in two. tk liPPI in 1