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Nefv York, Aug. J— (Special to Dally Democrat)—William mayor of New York City, jFaplendid "dmlnistration has a national figure was shot adt? perhaps fatally woundeil by a crank, after he had boarded the Kaiser Wil- £ helm der Grosse ship at 10 o’clock thfiF morning for a months’ vacation abroad. The would-be- assassin was ft captured and lodged in Hoboken jail, ' where he was Identified at James J. Gallagher, a discharged employee of the city. Gaynor was standing on the companion way, talking with several friends and his secretary, Robert Avannon, when Gallagher approached and without warning, fired four shots at him, one taking effect in the back * of Gaynor’s head, behind the ear. He whs rushed to a hospital, where ms wound was dressed and was pronounced serious. -Immediately before the shooting, Gaynor had been joined by William Edwards of the street department and D. K. Kelley of the, Hoboken po- ' lice. Gallagher, approached and without warning opened fire. He was seised by Edwards and Keiley. Gaynor did not lose consciousness. At the hospital ether was administered and Surgeon Melville operated for the bullet. Physicians announced at noon that the mayor was in no immediate danger. Gallagher was arraigned before Recorder McGovern and remanded to jail without bail. The police pf pnce began sweating him for his motive. In case Mayor Gaynor should isle, John T. Mitchell, president of the board of aidermen, would succeed him. Late this afternoon Gaynor’s condlktlon was not unchanged and he was still conscious. He asked bls wife and son not to worry and smiled as he told of the shooting. A telegram from Colonel Roosevelt says: "I am shocked and horrified.” 1 A message from Taft said in part: L "I earnestly hope and pray yous recovery may be rapid.” > 5 At police headquarters Gallagher -said he boarded the vessel at 10 o’clock and asked a passenger to point out Gaynor. ’Hearing that Gaynor was going abroad to enjoy him- • self, after depriving me of my bread and butter, I shot hims said Gallagher. He was discharged last Janu- - ary, for intoxication. Edwards was shot through the arm in the struggle | with Gallagher. ' The speed program as arranged by the managing committee of the Great Northern Fair association and which has now been approved is the greatest card ever given here, Including purses aggregating *2,725, with four big events for each afternoon. No person who attends the fair this year will have cause to complain about the races as may be guessed from a glance at the following, which is the official program iur the week of September 6th: Wednesday. - Gentlemen’s Buggy Race, one-half mile, 3 In 5, purse, *50.00. Open for horses in Adams county only that have not been tracked for speed. Purse divided: *l3, *ll, *9, *7, *5, *3, *2. Free admission to fair, free stalls and straw. The usual five per cent of purse will be charged for entries. Entries so rthls race close September 6th, at 6 p. m. 2:30 Trot, one mile, 3 In 5, purse, ■*250.00. '■ Geneva Stake Mixed Race, closed purse, *500.00. Decatur five-eight Mile Run and Repeat, stake closed, purse, *IOO.OO. • Thursday. Three-year old or under, mixed race, pace or trot, for horses in Adams and adjoining counties, one mile, 2 In 3, purse, *IOO.OO • Citizens’ 2:25 pace, one mile, 3in 5, stake closed, purse, *50(100. Decatur, 2:18 purse, one mile, 3 in 5, stake closed, purse, *500.00. Five-eighth mile run, dash, stake closed, purse, *75.00. Friday. 2:17 Trot, one mile, 3 in 5, purse, *250.00. 2:13l Pace, one mile, 3 in 5, purse, *250.00. • ! Free-for-all, three-year-old or under, mixed race, pace or trot, purse, *IOO. Five-eighth mile run and repeatstake closed, purse, *IOO.OO. .Entries close In class races September 3rd, unless otherwise specified. Not less than five entries and four starter will be required in class races. Money divided, 50, 25, 15 and 10 per cent. . s. , • There-are. already many entries for ! the races, the stake races having closed with from six to nine entries in each guaranteeing this feature. It

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will be a real big fair this year and don’t you forget it. / — . o— - the present campaign, through a .. the election boards, will the 3,178 voting precincts in Itn. or a majority of 527 precincts, according to figures just made public. One precinct will be controlled by prohibitionists, republicans will control 51 of the 92 county boards of election commissioners and canvassers. These boards are composed of the county clerk and one man from each political party, the politics of the county clerk determining the political majority of the boards. Voting machines will be used In 443 precincts in the November election in the followln gcounties; Marlon, 138; Miami, 6; Montgomery, 21; Newton, 10; Pulaski, 13; Vanderburg, 40; Vigo, 46; Warrick, 14; Allen, 52; Bartholomew, 20; Delaware, 34; Fulton, 11; Henry, 24, and Knox, .14. Inspectors will be named for these election boards at the September term of the county commissioners and then vacancies will be filled at later meetings. In Adams county there are thirty-three precincts. — Q— Two-young men of the city, about sixteen or seventeen years of age, who from their actions of Monday evening, must be bullies of the first type, are in danger of arrest for assault and battery upon Otis Poling, a son of Mr, and Mrs. Robert Poling, of this city. The Poling boy, Who is only about fourteen years of age, and much smaller than dither of his assailants, would be no match for one at a time, to say nothing of a doubleheader. The Poling boy, it is said, was walking west on Madison street, and passed these two boys, who were sitting on a bench near the City News stand. TWO Os the hoys, it is said, actuated by pure michief and delight in tormenting their juniors, suggested that they run after the Poling boy and catch him by the feet and leggjMJS'.drag him home, dr make -m think they were going to kidnap him, or otherwise try to frighten him “out of his boots.” They ran after him and to elude his pursuers, it Is said the Poling boy ran down an alley and finally into a yard a block farther on. His pursuers finally got hold of him, and in his efforts to get away, the boy, it is said, began to pommel him. When he finally got away, the officers were notified of the disgraceful conduct of- his assailants, and it is thought arrests will be made. !■ 1 1 "■ 1 RETURN FROM MICHIGAN TRIP. i Mr. and Mrs. Harry Wagoner m . Monroe transferred here this morning i enroute home from Hesperia, Mich., . where they visited with their son, Clarence Wagoner, and other relatives. They like- the country there ! very much, but Mr. Wagoner says he likes other places just ks well. The season there is very dry, as it Is here, ' and the winds blow up great clouds , of sand and dust The fruit crop in , that section is very light. Early ap- ( pies are scarce and the peach jrop, while not a failure, is not the best. t The country is well adapted tj the growing of peaches and some farms , contain as high as fourteen hundred peach trees. Bean raising is also a great Industry and the bean crop this year is very good. Mr. and Mrs. Wagoner enjoyed their trip very much. — o Anderson, Ind., Aug. 9—-As republi- , cans view it who are here attending . the get busy meeting, district poll- , tics is as much up in the air now as at any time in the past How matters , will eventually settle ddwn is only a guess. The dearth of desirable candi- , dates continues. It is said by those who pretend to know that Bert.Vesi tai has lost interest, and has ceased to make any effort to land the congressional nomination. There is some , talk today of Frank Snyder, who Ilves In the north part of the district, coming out, but like Theodore Schockney of Winchester, he has been a sort of standing candidate for years, and his candidacy arouses no enthusiasm. The voters will never warm up to Watte, and Judge Leffller of Muncie seems out of the question. A republican who site well up in the Amen corner in all political conferences like that of today, was bemoaning the lack *of congressional timber and the liability of defeat at the polls. He said “There is only one way for republicans to get back into power in this district that I can see. That is for some good man, like Judge Leffller, .. ?-- -- i ■ " i

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Judge McClure, or some one of that calibre to accept the race for congress, realising from the start, that they would be defeated at the polls. Then let it be understood that whoever makes the race shall have a second nomination. I believe a good candidate ca nwin on the second heat, privided the administration quits , making a fool of itself, as is now being done. Whether we win in the Eighth district or not, depends principally upon the administration. I 1 see that Chairman McKinley of the congressional committee says the i campaign is to be fought along tariff ; lines, and If that is the case, the re- : suit in this district can be already ; correctly forecast. The big majority : of Eighth district republicans are iot ; in sympathy with the present admin- i istration, nor its tariff measure.” A meeting similar to the one held in Anderson, will be held at Muncie to- ; day, Winchester Wednesday, Portlapd Thursday, Decatur Friday and Bluff- : ton Saturday, thus covering the en- < tire district. — o —— The following, with perhaps-a few alterations, is the program to be rendered at the third annual reunion! of the Carter family, to be held Augtist 18,1910, in the Mosier grove at Wr»n, Ohio. Every member of the family is earripstly urged to be present to renew the former acquaintances *nd make new ones, and make the occasion the most enjoyable one yet,attended: Invocation—Rev, Sharp. Welcome Address. Recitation—John Walters. Instrumental —Goldie Worden. Recitation—Gordon Vizard. Recitation—Wave Medaugh. Recitation—Tony Myers. J Instrumental —Mamie Teeple., | Reading—Edith Hawk. Recitation—Lester Bower. Recitation—Alma Thomas. Vocal Duet—Goldie and Mildred Medaugh. I Recitation—Fern Hurless. | Recitation—Bertha Carter. Violin—Viva Worden. Recitation— Vena Thomas. . Family History—N. R. Carter. Vocal Duet —Bessie and Alma Thomas.- - / ■— ——— -— Collection. - i ■ ■■ —o ' ' Attorney L. C. DeVoss filed a new case, in which Louisa F. Garwood is the plaintiff. She seeks a divorce from her husband, Joseph Garwood, and the custody of the seven minor children. They were married In 1894 and have since lived in Blue Creek township, She charges neglect, failure to provide, cruel and inhuman treatment and the usual offenses in such cases. The couple has been separated several times. A marriage license was issued to Sarah E. Chrisman, aged 46, of Geneva and John Bair, 50, a farmer of near Geneva. Each has been married before. John P. Regier, 25, carpenter, Fort Wayne, and Addie J. Roth, 25, of Berne, were granted a license to marry. Real estate transfers: Mary H. Spade to William Spade et al., 180 acres, Kirkland tp., *2775.55; W. H. Graham to Mary E. Reichard. 4 acres, Washington tp., *600; Arte L. Shady to A. J. Shady, 5 acres, Kirkland tp., *1458; E. A. Hoffman to Wm. Jaebker, lot 11, Preble, *1600; Emma Erhart to Amos Reusser et al., pt lot 363. Berne, *3500; D. J. Sprunger to John P. Mozelin, pt. lot 20, -Berne, *ISOO. — o ———— Now for the circus. The Carl Hagenbeck and Great Wallace Shews combined are announced to appear here tomorrow. The several trains bearing the big circus company will arrive in this city some time early tomorrow morning and already quite a number of both the young and old generation will be on hand to greet it and to watch with Interest the unloading and erection of the tens. The opening performance tomorrow afternoon will be preceded by a street parade at 10 o’clock in the morning. The procession comprises a number of gilded chariots and the monuted contingent is beautifully costumed with gold and tinsel. The most attractive feature is the elegant exhibition of hbrses, for which this show is world-famed’. The parade is greatly augmented sby a large number of entirely new cages, chariots, tableau cars, calvacades, etc. It is by all odds the most pretentious street parade

ever seen upon American streets. It would take columrfs to tell of the many acts that ape to be seen with the show, but naturally the feature to receive most attention is the trained wild animal act that is seen only with this show. Then there are all kinds of acrobatic stunts on the ground and in the air, including the Delno troupe of eight, the four flying meteors, the Merodias, bicyclists, the William Heuman troupe of bicyclists, the laCarmen troupe of high wire walkers and acrobats, the Tasmanian sisters, acrobats, the Savoys and their seven riding and acrobatic dogs, Geo. Holland and Rose Dockrill, in a superb carry act, the Great Connors Family of six, in different riding feats and a host of others, including the three herds of trained elephants. Forty clowns are included in the list and they have a number of new and up-to-date comedy stunts that have never before been seen and keep the audiences in a continual roar of laughter. Hippodrome races of every kind are seen, and a magnificent menagerie and splendid parades, all go to make an exhibition that has never been approached in quality by any show of previous years. There is a free exhibition given on the show grounds immediately after the parade. /. o— Pennsylvania Brakeman James A. Morgan, residing three miles from Monroe, Ind., sftitained serious injury Sunday morning shortly before noon while entering Chicago on the through extra freight, which left this city early Sunday morning. The accident occurred on the Chicago Terminal division at Fifty-ninth street, Chicago, when he was climbing down the side of a freight car and his foot slipped and .he ten to tne bridge crossing the street, sustaining serious injuries; He was immediately removed to the- Englewood hospital and given the attention of the company’s physician, and the report received at the local office was to the effect that his injuries might prove fatal. His parents were Immediately notified of the accident by the local officials and left Sunday afternoon for Chicago. Mr. Morgan has been in the employ of the Pennsylvania company for some time, and left on his run on an extra freight early Sunday morning. He is employed by the local division of the company but will be attended by officials of the Chicago Terminal division, the accident occurring on that division. —Fort Wayne Journal-Ga-zette. The young man, who has been in the employ of the railroad for about nine months, is a son of Mr. and Mrs. Abe Morgan of Blue Cree ktownship, and is well known to many of the county. A letter was received this morning from the parents of the young man, saying that Jims injuries were not as serious as at first thought and the physicians extended hopes that he will recover. His parents will remain with him and will bring him home as soon as he is able to travel. .. —-o y Attorney J. C. Sutton is busy today with duties pertaining to his position as secretary of the Sutton Family association, sending out cards, ‘ which announce that the annual family reunion will be held this year as usual on the third Wednesday of August, the 17th, at Matter park at Marion, Indiana. The association is composed of descendants of Amos R. Sutton, who settled in this state some fifty*’ years ago, and 315 members are now enrolled on the secretary’s books. The greater number of the family reside in Wabash and Grant counties and these annual meetings are always most delightful events. The meetings are held in the same place eaca year, because it is a deliguuul spot and is easily accessible for all memm«« of the family. The day is spent in the usual way of reunions, with a program, the big dinner and the happy greetings of relatives from far and near. ■ — o —— GAINED TEN THOUSAND. Washington D. C., Aug. 9—(Special to Daily Democrat)—The census bureau today announced the population of Evansville, Ind., as 69,647, an increase of 10,640, or eighteen per cent; Akron, Ohio, as 69,057, an increase of o ; Dr. J. 8. Coverdale will Ipave Thursday morning for Marion, Ark., where he will attend to business matters and incidentally visit with his son, Clark, and family. He will be gone about ten days.

Oshkosh, Aug. 10 —Criticism of the tariff' law,, which he designated as a repudiation es the pledges of the republican party, praise for Senator LaFollette and severe condemnation for Senator Aldrich, Speaker Cannon and Attorney General Wlckershani’ — these were the principal features of an address given here by United States Senator Joseph L. Bristow of Kansas, in opening the campaign for 1 United States Senator R. M. LaFollette in his contest before the pri, maries for renomination. Mr. Bristow , quoted the tariff plank in the republican platform, and said that the party pledge had been violated and besought to call to the bar those who had violated their obligations. He said the tariff instead of being revis- i ed for the benefit of the consumer was detrimental to the American, standard of living. At this point her . went into details concerning the. so- r called lead trust, which he said-“con- i. trolled 90 per cent of the production; and also controlled the cost.” He said the reason “Aldrich had secured leg l - [ islation favorable to this trust was because the American Smelting; company wanted it” He also spoke- ita detail of the so-called rubber trust. He said Aldrich and Cannon had caned him a “liar,” but that they kadi failed to specify wherein he- had lied.” He said he was ready to meet them with proof for every statement he had made thus far in the campaign. In closing Mr. Bristow said the organized trusts had no party lines in reaching owt to get control of legislation for their interest®, and so the voters should draw no party lines in the coming election, but stand' by the men who were trying to defend' their interests. He said the conditions now were almost as serious as before the war, except that the sMvery was of a different sort. Mar. Bristow also took up the railway bill and told of the fight es the insurgents: to “wipe out viciwnß features proposed by Mr. Wickersham.” ■ n t -.-e- - ■ Pairi youngest son of the late Anson V&aCamp of thia city, is lying at the St Jodbpb hospital at Fort Wayne with his legs smarting from seyeral bird-shot wounds. His condition is not at all serious, and he will be able to be about no doubt within a few days. He was shot by an employee of the St. Rochus hospital, located west of Fort Wayne. Paul, his brother, Huber, and a young man named Harry Comstock, had been at Bluffton and were enroute to Kalamazoo, Mich. They stopped to rest and Paul was induced to jump the fence at St. Rochus and secure some apples. As he was picking them up he was fired upon by the employee, three or four shots taking effect in the boy’s legs. The lads were taken to the police station, where Paul’s legs were dressed, ahd he was then taken to the hospital, where the sisters agreed to care for him. The other boys were released, as the man who did the shooting, and the latter’s name was withheld after he gave the excuse that he had been annoyed for weeks by people stealing apples. His means of stopping the annoyance was rather drastic, but it is safe to say, it will be a permanent one, so far as the Van Camp boys are concerned. — o —- A message, sad in the extreme, bringing the news of the sudden death of her sister, Mrs. Charles Kern, of Chicago, was received late Tuesday afternoon by Mrs. Leo Wilhelm of this city. The deceased was formerly Miss Cora Mumma, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John A. Mumma of Root township, and was well known here, where she was born and reared to womanhood. The family had lived in Elkhart for several years until last June, when they went to Chicago and they were just making plans to come to Fort Wayne to reside. Saturday morning Mrs. Kern became ill, violent vomiting contributing to the seriousness of the case. It was found that she was suffering from peritonitis and Tuesday morning an operation was advised. Accordingly she was conveyed to a hospital, but expired while on the way there, about 11 o’clock. Her death comes, as a sad and most unexpected shock. A sad feature of the case was that the son, Homer, aged thirteen, not knowing of the seriousness of his mother’s illness, had gone Tuesday on the excursion to Walbridge park, and was not at home

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when her death occurred. She leaves a husband and four children, Homer, Hattie, Russell and Kenneth, the eldest being thirteen years of age and the youngest Severn Mrs. Amos Lewton of Root township, Mrs. Leo Wilhelm of this city, Chas. Mumma of near Pleasant Mills, and Mrs. Josie Stewart of near Monroeville are her surviving brothers and sisters. Her parents also survive. This is the second sad and unexpected death in the Mumma family, as it was only about two years , ago that the remains of another daughter, Mrs. Clara Aber, who died ’ £n New Mexico, leaving a little babe of a few days, were brought to her old home here for burial. Mrs. Kern had visited here only last April and at that time was thought to be in good health. The body will be brought here for burial. It was thought at . first tha tthe body would arrive here at , 3.23 o’clock this afternoon over the j Erie, but later message stated that it would not come until tomorrow. The remains of Mrs. Charles Kern ; wiH be taken, upon arrival here tomorrow afternoon, to the home of her sister, Mrs. Leo Wilhelm, on Nint street, this city, and the funeral will' be held some time Friday morning: from the Evangelical church in this city, tne hour to be decided later. Q. —— Galveston, Texas, Aug. 10 —United States Senator Joseph W. Bailey was given a great demonstration at the state democratic convention which opened here. The demonstration came when Clarence Ousley, temporary chairman, in his address, sounded the keynote, declaring that the convention should reaffirm the tariff plank of the state platform of 1896, which was a declaration in favor of a tariff’ for revenue duty, saying that this, would be “fresh encouragement to that matchless statesman whose name It is hardly necessary to call.” Mr. Ousley had previously said that Texas should send a message to the democracy of the nation and Senator Bailey said something, of the sort, when he addressed the convention following the time his friends in the convention had teen acclaiming him as the party candidate for president in 1912. It is practically certain tha tthe tariff plank will go in this platform with the idea that it will seta pace for democracy of other sates and put Senator Bailey prominently before the country as presidential timber. o — Hoboken; N. J., Aug. 10—(Special to Daily Democrat) —Physicians attending Mayor Gaynor, issued the following bulletin at 10 o’clock this morning: “The mayor continues to do well. It is the opinion of the surgeons that no operation is necessary at this time.” The surgenos believe that unless infection should appear it will not be necessary to remove the fragments of lead from the wound. An earlier bulletin said Gaynor spent’ a quiet night London, Eng., Aug. 10—(Special to Daily Democrat) —English newspapers today liken the atempted assassination of Mayor Gaynor to the killing of Brevier Boussgros Pasha in Egypt, which Rbosevelt charged to the incapabilities of English officers. New York, N. Y., Aug. 10—(Special to Daily Democrat) —Commissioner William Edwards, who overpower Gallagher, today received a letter in which Edwards is warned that he will be killed within twenty-four hours. The letter was signed, “A Friend of Gallagher’s.” New York, N. Y., Aug. 10—(Special to Daily Democrat)—The rapidity with which criminals are punished in New Jersey will be displayed in the case of James J. Gallagher, the wouldbe murderer of Mayor Gaynor. The trial will be held in Hudson county. Prosecutor Garber will summon witnesses before the grand jury tomorrow and the trial will be held next week. The maximum penalty of assault with intent to kill is twenty years, which under all rules can be reduced to twelve years. I" > e The Bowers-Niblick Grain company has now moved into the new office just west of the new elevator on West Monroe street, and Robert Case, the manager, states that he likes the place very much. Everything is new, convenient, and up-to-date, and arranged for the best service to their patrons.