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August exports of flour, corn, moats,
•otton, and mineral oil show a
marked Improvement when compared
with August of last year.
While about to board a southbound
suburban car into the city where she
Intended to purchase the final ar
ticles for her trousseau Mrs. Eliza
E. Williams, who was to have been
married soon to Warren K. Jessup, of
Los Angeles, Cal., was struck by a
northbound trolley car and instantly
killed.
There is a new counterfeit ten-dol
lar national bank note at large. It is
a poorly executed, photo-etched pro
duction, printed on two bits of paper,
with a few pieces of silk thread dis
tributed in it. It is drawn on the
Home National bank of Staunton,
Tex., Beries of 1902-1908, check letter
D. The note is supposed to be the
work of the same counterfeiters that
recently produced a five-dollar Carls
bad, N. M., national bank note.
Deplorable as it was, the accident
on the battleship North Dakota, re
sulting from an explosion of oil, will
not be permitted to check the de
velopment of the use of petroleum as
an auxiliary fuel on naval vessels.
The lesson learned in the case of the
North Dakota is that the settling
tank containing 400 gallons of oil
should be at once removed from the
Are room to some convenient place
where any small leakage in it would
not be exposed to heat sufficient to
set the oil on fire.
Foreign.
Police of Naples are searching for
Timothy Sheckly, who is said to have
escaped to Italy after having been
sentenced to thirty years' imprison
ment in the United States.
Sobriety Is in the ascendancy in
England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales
and licenses to public houses are de
creasing In number, according to
statistics communicated by Consul
General John I* Griffiths of London.
Prince Tsai Hsun, Chinese minister
of naval affairs. Prince Tsai Hsun,
who is an uncle of the Chinese
emperor, is coining to this country to
look into American methods of naval
construction, and it is stated to
place an ordtirfir Chlaa's new navy.
Charles M. Schwab, president of the
Bethlehem Steel company was In San
Francisco to meet the prince.
The annual meeting of the perman
ent committee of the Toung Egypt
party opened at Geneva, Switzerland,
and afforded ah opportunity, of which
several Egyptians availed them
selves, to attack former President
Roosevelt because of his speeches at
Kharton and London. Among the
epithets applied to the colonel were
"vulgar blusterer" and "self adver
tiser."
M. Auburn, the French aviator fly
ing in a Bleriot monoplane broke all
speed records for 300 kilometers
(186.3 miles), negotiating the dis
tance in three hours, thirty-three
minutes, seven seconds. At the end
of the second hour he had flown 167
kilometers (107.7 miles) and at the
end qf the third hour 252 kilometers
(156.49 miles). His average time was
about fifty-five miles an hour.
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General,
Progressives won In three of the
Illinois congressional districts.
This year's wheat yield of the
world will be above the average.
Dr. Woodrow Wilson was nominat
ed for governor by New Jersey demo
crats.
In a trolly car collision in Indiana
forty-two people were killed and
many others injured.
Governor Hay of Washington rapped
the men who controlled the concerva
tlon congress at St. Paul.
In his next message President Taft
will recommend an appropriation to
fortify the Panama canal.
The Idaho republican state conven
tion adopted a platform endorsing
Resident Taft's administration.
^Secretary Ballinger denounced as
silly rot the story that the cabinet
^aa to pass Judgment upon him.
^Congressmen insist on having' the
test there is of comforts at the
»pital when Uncle Sam pays the bill.
,'|Klng Manuel of Portugal has ap
pointed sixteen new peers, all of
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birthday of President Diaz.
Mrs. Hyde, wife of Dr. Hyde,
Kansas ity, is critically ill.
The cholera scourge is sweeping Its
way across Asiatic Russia.
There were 100 Rockefellers ln
Newburg, N. Y., for a reunion.
One was killed and eighten injured
in a collision of Burlington and Rock
Statistics show that American rail
road employes get better wages than
those of Europe.
From eight to ten thousand people
listened to the speech of Ex-President
Roosevelt in Omaha.
D. E. Thompson, late minister to
Mexico, has sold his interest In the
Lincoln (Neb.) Star.
The democratic machine in Virginia
Is in a position to receive a severe
setback at an early day.
Congressman G. W. Norris of Ne
braska, returned from Wisconsin
pleased with insurgent victory.
The report that Taft will step aside
for Roosevelt in 1912 was declared at
Beverly to be unworthy of a denial.
The voters of Shreveport, La., de
clared in favor of the commission
form of government at a special elec
tion.
Arizona's constitutional convention,
which will meet October 16, will have
forty-one democrats and eleven repub
licans.
Hamilton W. King of Michigan,
United States minister to Sicm, is
seriously ill at a hospital at Balti
more.
"I don't care what anybody says
about me so long as I am conscious
of doing my duty," says Secretary
Ballinger.
Governor Shallenberger has quit
the recount game and declares Mr.
Dahlman the democratic nominee for
governor of Nebraska.
A formidable bomb was discovered
lying on the railroad track in front of
Emperor William's train in which he
was proceeding to the hunting lodge
at Mohacs.
W. M. Broadshaw, a guard in the
federal penitentiary at Leavenworth,
shot Bertha Schmetz at her home
near Horton, Kan., and then commit
ted suicide.
The building which stood upon the
site purchased for the Carnegie li
brary In Alliance has been moved
and work is now progressing on the
new building.
Mon Win, St. Louis' only patient at
quarantine, escaped from the leprosy
isolation hut" west of the quarantine
station, leaving a note which read:
"Me going west."
The.estate of the late Thomas W.
Evans, the Philadelphian who won.
fame and fortune as a dentist to ari
stocracy in Paris, has dwindled from
$6,000,000 to $1,750,000.
The war department decided to
send the Seventh and Eighth cavalry
to the Philippines to relieve the
Twelfth and Thirteenth. The Seventh
is now at Fort Riley, Kas.
Acting Mayor Mitchell of New York
has ordered that Police Commission
er Baker be removed on the ground
of unfitness in permitting gambling
to flourish in the city unchecked.
Prospectors returning from Knik
Arm, Alaska, a branch of Cook's inlet,
report the discovery, of an immense
field of bituminous coal that promises
to be more valuable than the Man
taniuslta deposits.
H. T. Howell, one of the most
prominent bankers and financiers of
Nashville, Tenn., has resigned his
position as president of the Fourth
National bank of Nashville to accept
'the presidency of the Carnegie Trust
company of New York.
Lightning struck the statute of
Henry Clay in the Lexington, Ky.,
cemetery, shattering an arm and leg
of the figure. The memorial was un
•veiled in July and took the place of
a similar monument which was struck,
by lightning in July, 903.
The Right Reverend Joseph Char
trand was consecrated as bishop co
adjutor of the Indianapolis diocese.
Chai-les Mindeleff, a New York ex
pert metallurgist, has been engaged by
the treasury department to make a
study of the methods of refining gold
in the United States mints. He was
engaged by Acting Secretary A. Piatt
Andrews and will begin work at once.
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Miscellaneous Matters of General In
terest Here and There.
Democrats of the country are very
much encouraged ovsr recent stato
state elections.
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Indicted beef packers of Chicago
gave bond for their appearance.
New Jersey republicans adopted a
ticket that is partly progressive.
Colonel Roosevelt denies that5 life
went So President Taft as a suppli
cant
The anniversary of the entry into
Rome of King Victor Emmanuel II
was marked by celebrations.
Emperor William arrived at Vien
na, and for two days was the guest
of Emperor Francis Joseph at Scho
enbrunn.
Ambassador Whitelaw Reid has
cabled the: state department from
London that the British government
agrees to the projected opium con
ference.
Congressman Tawney has been
,leaten tor renominatlon in the First
•Minnesota district.
Charles R. Heike of sugar fame
W£B sentenced to eight months on
Jilaofc3»fftU'«-lHlaTid. .--- -o
Colonel Roosevelt relterat&l "be
wpuld not accept the nomination for
.governor of New York.
President Tatt and Colonel Roos»
Telt had a conference, without arriv
'ing at a perftbt understanding.
lather Oliver, who delivered" a sen
'tt^tlonal sermon, at the funeral of the
victims of the charity bazaar In Paris
May, 1907»1« dead,
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JOHN E. GILMAN IS ELECTED
COMMANDER AFTER SPIR
ITED CONTEST.
OPPOSES I-A-BAY PENSION
Rochester, N. Y., Decided Upon as the
Next Meeting Place if Satis
factory Rail Rates
Are Made.
Atlantic City, N. J. John E.
Gilman of Boston, for commander-iu
chief, and Rochester, N. Y., for the
next place of meeting was the win
ning combination in the national en
campment of the G. A. R. The other
officers elected were:
Senior. vice commander-in-chief,
Charles Burrows, Rutherford, N. J.
junior vice commander-in-chief, Wil
liam James, Jacksonville, Fla. sur
geon general, John L. Smith, Spokane,
Wash. chaplain-in-chief, Rev. Thom
as Harwood, Albuquerque, N. M.
The new commander-in-chief had an
easy time of it in his election, but
Rochester's selection as the next en
campment site has a little string to
it. The veterans decided that the en
campment can get to the New York
state city on condition that satisfac
tory rates are secured from the rail
roads, otherwise the executive com
mittee of the G. A. R. can select an
other city to which reasonable rates
can be secured.
Los Angeles, Denver, and Spring
field, 111., also were after the encamp
ment, and San Francisco invited the
veterans to the Golden Gate city in
1915. When New Orleans heard of
the latter invitation a veteran from
the southern city said the encamp
ment also would hear from New Or
leans before 1915, the year for the
opening of the Panama canal.
The election of the commander-in
chief brought up a subject that many
of the veterans hoped would not come
before them. It related to the conduct
of John McElroy of Washington, D. C„
who was Gilman's opponent for com
mander-in-chief. When McElroy's
name was presented to the convention
he promptly withdrew it in an earnest
speech. He declared that he had be
come a candidate on the solicitation
of thousands of Grand Army men and
that he had tried to win the honor
fairly. But, he continued, he had be
come the "target of most persistent,
rancorous columnies, falsehoods and
innuepdOB."
DeBpit his announced withdrawal
McElroy's friends rallied around him
and insisted upon voting for him. The
ballot resulted: ,,Gil*ian, 667 McEl
roy, il6. lH
The proposition of a dollar a day
pension for life will doubtless be
shelved by the encampment. The
committee on pensions which made
its report to the encampment, decided
against the proposition on the ground
that it would be too expensive to the
national government.
If the most influential members of
Riot In Big Convention.
Erie, Pennsylvania. The opening
Bession Of the Council of Junior Order
of United American Mechanics broke
fused to permit the delegates support
ing John Aphford of Pittsburg, candi
date for vice councillor, to be seated.
Books ..and chairs were thrown, NH:
tlonal Councillor Taylor asked the sup
porters of the national body to with
draw and a portion of the delegates
followed their: leader tg/,another hall.
Delegates cokinueC-M session ,be
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COMMANDER IN CHIEF GRAND ARMY OF THE REPUBLIC.
Ex-Gov. Samuel R. Sant. of Minnesota.
the G. A. R. can prevent it, the present
encampment will take no action on
the matter of placing the statute of
Robert E. Lee in the national capital.
Leading members of the Grand Army
declare they do not want to offend
the soldiers, of the Confederacy.
Van Sant Lands the Gray.
Atlantic City, Sept. 23.—With a fine
tribute to the soldiers of the Confeder
acy, Commander in Chief Samuel R.
Van Sant formally opened the business
session of the national encampment
of the Grand Army of the Republic on
the steel pier. The commander spoke
earnestly as he expressed his gratifica
tion at the increasing fraternization
of the "blue" and the "gray." When
he said that no braver troops were
ever marshaled for conflict than the
Southern soldiers and that the Union
veterans now realize that no men ever
made greater sacrifices for what they
believed to be right than their former
foes, the commander was applauded.
The matter of incorporating the
Grand Army of the Republic will prob
ably come before the encampment.
The commander recommended in his
report that the national organization
be incorporated under federal laws.
Van Sant Reviews Parade.
Atlantic City, N. J. The open
ing day was a happy one for the thou
ands of veterans of the Grand Army
of the Republic, now in its forty-fourth
annual encampment here. The big
crowd indicated that the encampment
will be one of the best the civil war
soldiers have held in several years.
Once again the "boys in blue" have
passed in review before their comman
der-in-chief.
Forty-four states were represented
in the procession and while the pa
rade was not as large as those of
other years, there was no end of en
thusiasm as the veterans marched.
The spectacle was a stirring one!
Every building along the line of march
was draped in national colors and the
sidewalks were massed with people
whose interest did not cease until the
last of the line had passed. Near the
end of the route the parade was re
viewed by Commander Van Sant. On
one side of him on the reviewing
stand stood the vice president, James
S. Sherman, and on the other wa3
Lieutenant General Nelson A. Miles,
U. S. A., retired.
The route of the parade was com
paratively short, it having seemed un
wise to subject the old soldiers to any
more fatigue than was necessary.
The first troops in line were the
City Cavalry of Atlantic City, and the
advance guard was made up of a pro
visional regiment from the Sons of
Veterans under the command of Colo
nel Henry Stewart. Then came the
commander-in-chief and his staff un
der the personal escort of the famous
U. S. Grant post of Brooklyn. Fol
lowing these came the long line of
boys in blue, headed by the depart
ment of Illinois because of the senior
ity of its organization.
Omaha," Nebr. Cardinal Vannu
telli, papal delegate at tne eucharist
congress at Montreal, arrived here, ac
companied by a party of distinguished
ecclesiastics.
Straus Frowns ^pn Russia.
London, England. A special die
patch from Constantinople says that
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visit to Russia, because he refused to
accept the privileges of a passport
from the Russian government
Priest Ends Life At Eloper.
Madrid, Spain. Father Novedo, a
professor In a Capuccine college com
mitted suicide when overtaken at Lor
ca by the uncle of a. womiin with whom
the priest was said to have eloped.
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CARS CHASH TOGETHE NEAR. FT,
WAYNE WITH TERRIBLE
RESULTS.
SOME ONE BLUNDERED
Of 60 Passengers Aboard Few Escape
Death or Injury.—Cause of Dis
aster Seems to Be
Mystery.
Bluffton, Indiana. Forty-two per
sons were killed in an interurban
trolley wreck between here and Fort
Wayne. What caused the wreck no
one seems to know. At 11:50 a. m.,
if the train left on schedule, a regular
train consisting of one car and a trail
ler left Bluffton for Fort Wayne. At
practically the same hour a single
motor car left Fort Wayne for Bluff
ton, empty, to pick up a load of pas
sengers to bring back to Fort Wayne
for the county fair in session at Fort
Wayne. Some one made a mistake.
At Kingsland, IS miles south of Fort
Wayne, the cars met.
Those who were in the accident can
tell little of what actually occurred.
In the extra car were no passengers.
In the regular local were probably 55
to 60 persons. Of these, few escaped
death or injury.
One Blinding Crash.
John R. Boyd, of Marion, Ind., was
probably the only person-aboard the
ill-fated cars who escaped without
bruises from the wreck.
"I decided to avoid the crush," said
he, "in the crowded car and got down
on the steps. After we had passed
Kingsland and were rounding a curve,
I saw the limited bearing down on us
about 200 yards away at a terrific:
speed. We were going at about 15
miles an hour. Our car suddenly
gave a lurch forward. Our speed in
creased to fully 25 miles an hour al
most in a moment. The limited, bear
ing down upon us at 40 miles an hour,
was now not -100 feet away. I saw
what was coming and jumped off.
"There as a splintering crash and
a dull grinding. The big local car
seemed to climb on the trailer and
heavier loaded car and, from its pilot
to within six feet of the rear, swept
over the coach, taking it almost clean.
That anything alive could have sur
vived that terrible sweep of splintered
and twisted steel is a miracle.
"Following the crash there was a
period of appalling stillness and then
arose the shriecks and groans of the
wounded. We who survived and had
got out of the wreckage, set about to
do what we could for the wounded.
The dead were taken from the wreck
and cared for on the ground, which
was the best that could be done under
the circumstances.
"The big car had completely tele
scoped the smaller. Blood dripped
from the cars and formed pools be
neath the debris. The conductor's
open safety box had become wrench
ed and it was filled with human blood
that had dripped into it. The corpses
taken from the wreckage were terri
bly mangled.
"I watched one young man who had
been brought to the scene by news of
the disaster to loved ones. He was
taken to where lay the body of a young
woman. It was that of his sister. He
looked on with dry, fixed eyes. They
told him that his mother was yet to
be found, and forthwith he began to
dig into the charnel heap to find her
body."
Time Is in Doubt.
Even the time of the accident is in
doubt. Probably it was about a half
hour after noon. Out of the ends of
this short curve near Kingsland, IS
miles south of Fort Wayne, came the
two cars. It was only a flash a
breath. The cars were together. The
southbound car seemed to take the
right of way. Like a giant missile it
ploughed its way through the traffic
packed coach, coming in the opposite
direction. Its heavier frame cut like
a keen knife a pathway half the length
of the opposing vehicle. It cut off
seats an inch above the floor and
smashed and packed in one ghastly
mass the whole interior of the cars,
seats, overhead baskets, lighting fix
tures, luggage and the bodies of two
score passengers.
In the north bound car there were
only a few capable of giving aid to
the dying. They did what they could
and from fields came the farmers who
either had witnessed the accident or
who had been summoned by neigh
bors. Word was flashed by telephono
to Bluffton and a special car was load
ed with all the physicians available
and sent to the scene. At nightfall
all the dead and Injured had been
removed and the wrecked cars were
lying beside the right of way, a bon
fire to illuminate the spot of the great?
est electric traction wreck in the his
toy of the country.
Ohio River Boat Sinks Crew Safe.
Gallipolis, Ohio. The towboat
Sallie Market sank in deep water
at the head of Gallipolis island, the
crftw narrnwlv eacaDing drnwning. Tha
boat was owned by the Marmet com
pany of Cincinnati and was valued at
$20 000
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Brussels, Belg. A Typewriter,
manufactured at Syracuse, N. Y., has
been awarded the grand prix over all
competitors at the Brussels Interna
tional Exposition.
40 ARE KILLED! ELIES THE ALPS
GEORGE CHAVBZ ACCOMPLISHES
MOST DARING FEAT AVIA
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AMERICAN FAILS TWICE
Mistake Would Have Meant Certain
Death. —Safe Until He Tries to
Alight, When Ship Is
Wrecked.
Domodossola, Italy. To young
George Chavez, the Peruvian aviator,
belongs the honor of being the first
to fly across the Alps in an aeroplane.
The daring feat was accomplished
in an attempt to win the prize of
$20,000 offered by the Italian Aviation
Society of Milan for a flight from
Brig, Switzerland, to Milan. Chavez,
however, was unable to complete the
trip, having sustained painful injuries
when he alighted here. His machine
was overturned and he was buried in.
the wreckage.
As the air man was seen slowly des
cending a great crowd gathered.
Gracefully the airship neared the sur
face and was only about 30 feet above
ground when a gust of wind caught
and overturned the machine. It fell
heavily, carrying the aviator beneath
it.
American Aviator Fails.
Chavez was pinned under the motor.
He had fainted on striking the ground
and was bleeding profusely when re
leased from the wreckage. The ma
chine was ruined.
Chavez's injuries proved to be more
serious than was at first thought.
Physicians found that both his legs
were broken and that the left thigh,
was fractured. His condition is grave.
The American aviator. Waymann,
also attempted the flight, leaving the
table land at Brig at 1:10 p. m. Later
word was received here that he had
descended after being in the air four
minutes. He started on another at
tempt at 3.43 o'clock.
Chavez crossed the Simplon at 1:48
and thus accomplished what has been
regarded as one of the most daring
feats attempted by air navigators. Ile
had waited patiently for favorable
weather for the route where strong
winds are the rule.
Most Reckless Flight.
The weather for the competition was
excellent. The haze that had gath
ered on the mountain tops, was early
blown away and the wind died out.
Chavez believed the favorable op-,
portunity he had awaited since Mon
day morning had come and he decided,
to make the start. He got away at
1:29 o'clock. He reached here at 2:11
o'clock.
There is general regret that fate
which permitted him to make what
has been described as the most reck
less flight attempted, should have
dealt less kindly with him when he
had reached the zone of easy flying
and the prize was in sight.
With the exception of Chavez and
Weymann, the aviators abandoned th&
competition.
Follows Road Napoleon Built.
This morning both sides of the Alps
reported clear weather, but the top of
Simplon Pass was obscured in a haze.
Chavez rose to a height estimated at
nearly 7,000 feet. It was known that
it would be necessary for him to clear
the pass where the summit rises 6,592:
feet.
He apparently maintained this alti
tude for at least a half hour and fol
lowed the road built by Napoleon in
1800 over the Simplon Pass. He cov
ered the eight miles that took him
over the top of Simplon and then,
sailed gracefully over the 18 miles
down to Domodossola.
Easy Finish Lay Before Him.
Arriving at Domodossola he had left:
the hardest part of his journey behind
him, having escaped the high peaks
and the jumble of rocky gorges on
this side of the summit.
The remaining distance to Milan of
fers less difficulty but leads over Lake
Magglore and a succession of plains.
j.ho distance from Brig, Switzerland,
to Milan is 75 miles and the prize was
for the aviator who should accomplish
the first flight, starting from a tabl©
of land 900 feet above sea level at the
head of the Rhone valley.
in addition to reaching a height that
would lake him over the Simplon sum
mit and ln doing which he must suffer
severely from the cold, the aviator
was required to guide his frail craft
over wide chasms, notably the Gorge
of Ysetto, where a safe reBcenl would
bo quite Impossible and an accident
must mean almost certain death.
Success or Death Faced Him.
Avlutlon experts had predicted free
ly that the only alternative to a suc
cessful flight across the Alps was
death of the aviator.
Regent of Persia Is Dead.
Teheran, Persia. The regent of
Persia Azad U1 Mulk died in this city.
Twin City Markets.
Minneapolis, Sept. 24.—Wheat, Dec.,
$1.11% May, $1.15% No. 1 northern,
$1,12 No. 2 northern, $1,09% No. 1
Durum, 90c No. 3 corn, 51%c No.
white oats, 32%c barley, 71C No. a
rt.^3, 70%c No. 1 flax, $2.65.
Duluth, Sept. 24. Wheat, Dec.,
$1.14 May, $1.17% No. 1 northern,.
$1.13%.
South St. Paul, Sept. 24.—Cattle
Steers, [email protected] cows, fair, $4.0Q@
5.60 calves. [email protected] hogs, $8.7&
@9.15 sheep, yearlings, $4.00^)4.25.
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