Nappanee Advance-News, Volume 29, Number 33, Nappanee, Elkhart County, 14 October 1908 — Page 6

The Nappanee News G. N. MURRAY, Publisher. NAPPANEE, INDIANA.

NEWS NOTES FOR THE ; 8 mu iu Most Important Happen- g ings of the World 8 Told in Brief. 8

POLITICAL. Joseph M. Brown was elected governor of Georgia over Yancey Carter, Independence., party candidate. William H. Taft and William J. Bryan, rival candidates for the presidency of the United States, met in Chicago at the fourth annual banquet of the Chicago Association of Commerce. It was strictly a non-partisan affair, politics being absolutely barred. Earlier in the day Judge Taft addressed the Lakes-to-Gulf Waterway convention, and Thursday morning Mr. Bryan made a speech'before the same body. • President Roosevelt announced that he would make no speeches in Support of the candidacy of William H. Taft for the presidency, as there was no necessity for such action. •;* Revival of the rumors that President Roosevelt will speeches in support of the Republican national ticket were met by this statement from the White House: “The president has no intention at present of taking the stump in behalf of Mr. Taft.” PERSONAL. John H. Buckner pleaded guilty of election frauds in St. Louis nnd was given three years in prison. W. S. Carter of PeclVia, 111., was elected grand master of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen at Columbus, 0., to succeed John J. Hannahan. 8 W. L. Woolley, principal owner of the town of Stewart, Okla., and a prominent Oklahoma capitalist, was taken to Stigler under arrest, charged with complicity in the murder of a man named Anderson in 1881. Capt. Allen G. Fisher of Chadron, Neb., was disbarred by the supreme court for a period of one year. Fisher was charged with raising a claim against the state from $1,500 to sll,600 and presenting it to the legislature. United States Senator La Follette of Wisconsin has decided to start a weekly magazine devoted to the public interest. Harry Augustus Garfield of the class of ’BS, son of President James A. Garfield, was inducted into the office of president of Williams college.

GENERAL NEWS. „ In spite of warnings to King Peter from Great Britain and France that the people of Servia be kept in check, the populace of Belgrade held demonstrations and demanded the resigna tion of the cabinet, and also the abdication of King Peter unless he declared war against Austria-Hungary, which has refused to accept Servia's protest against the annexation of Bosnia and-Herzegovina. M. Iswolsky, the Russian minister of foreign affairs, arrived in London and conferred with Sir Edward Grey, British secretary of ■tate for foreign affairs. Prince Ferdinand, the “Czar of Bulgaria,” entered Philippopolis and received an enthusiastic greeting at the hands of the troops and the Rumelian populace. A British fleet of two battleships, two cruisers and two torpedo boat destroyers sailed from Malta: to the ..Aegean sea... .... „•„ All the great events of' Philadeb phia’s 225 years were set forth in a historical pageant, the most magnificent thing of its kind ever planned in America and the culminating feature of Founders’ week. Charges of discrimination in awarding the cableway cbntracts for the Panama canal were denied by Col. George W. Goethals, head of the Isthmian commission, at the inquiry before Inspector General Garlington. Ora Lee, 21 years old, a handsome factory girl, was found shot to death on the road between Wadsworth, 0., and the hamlet of Custard Hook. Guy Rasor, whom Miss Lee was to have married, is detained by the sheriff pending developments of the police Investigation. Rasor denies all knowledge of the tragedy. With drafts and money on his person to the amount of $5,000, and a drove of horses, F. H. Peters of Rog-. ers, Ark., has' disappeared Mistaking a cannon firecracker for a candle, Mrs. Sophia Brehm of Lincoln, ls T eb.', lighted tlile fuse and went -into the cellar to get vegetables. The explosion shattered her right hand. She probably will die. Robbers in Slobodze, Russia, killed 12 members of a Jewish family. Wilbur Wright made an aeroplane flight, at Le Mans, France,’ with Mrs. Hart O. Berg as a passenger. Norman E. Mack of Buffalo, chairman of the Democratic national cOnfmittee, collapsed ip his room at'the Auditorium Annex hotel, Chicago, from overwork, a hard cold and a chill. —-

The new town of Taft, on the Island of Samar, was destroyed by the recent typhoon In the Philippines. During manuevers of the Turkestan army corps in the vicinity of Askabad, Gen: Mistchenko, who played a conspicuous patt in the Russo-Japanese war and who is now governor general of Turkestan, was wounded in' a sham battle. A revolutionist plot is suspected. Hongkong dispatches asserted the real reason for Sir Robert Hart’s recent visit to England was to bring about an alliance between China, the United States and Great Britain to conserve the interests of the nations in the far east. , The Atlantic fleet sailed from Manila for Japan. Gov. Willson of Kentucky sent a company of state troops to Hickman, Ky., to prevent an attack by night riders. Fire destroyed the business section of Inkster,N. D., the loss belng*sll9,000. A 15,000-gallon water tank supplying Tombstone (Ariz.) Consolidated | Mines Company was blown up with | dynamite and the pipe lines supplying, the mill damaged. Mrs. Rose D. Rittman of Memphis, Tenn., leader of the so-called anti-ad-ministration element in the Woman's Catholic Ordv.r of Foresters, was elected president of the order by a majority of one vote over Mrs. Elizabeth Rodgers of Chicago. Chicago won the National league baseball pennant by defeating New Work in a game witnessed by a recordbreaking crowd. • The jury in the case of Abe Raymer, alleged mob leader, charged with destruction of property during the recent riots in Springfield, 111., returned a verdict of nqt guilty. Charles H. Trotter, an American, and Vicente Toledo and Jose Canayan, Spaniards, were killed in the province of Pampagna by a party of Filipinos. The Liberal party held its first national convention in Chattanooga, Tenn., and the following nominations were made: For president-, Sydney C. Tapp of Atlanta, Ga.; for vice-presi-dent, John Maddox of Minnesota. Comptroller of the Currency Murray announced that he would put into immediate action a plan for the formation of 11 districts of national bank examiners, with a chairman examiner in charge at each of the following cities: Boston, New York, Philadelphia, Pittsburg, Nashville, f Chicago, Minneapolis, Kansas City, Fast Worth, { Denver and San Francisco. *■ The arbitration treaty between the United States and China was signed in Washington. The strike of lowa Central railway, shopmen was settled, the shops remaining union. Salvatore Sallina was convieted of throwing a bomb in New York and sentenced to nine years' imprisonment. P. T. Ecker and S. Ecker were sentenced at Clarksburg, W. Va., to four years in the penitentiary for making spurious nickels, which were used to work slot machines. Five Harvard men who sailed in the old cup’ defender Mayflower to recover the treasure from a long-ago wrecked Spanish galleon, were wrecked in the hurricane* that swept the West Indies ( and were rescued with difficulty. With a concussion which .shook the entire village of Richford, Vt., a large j grain elevator, having a capacity of 500,000 bushels, exploded, causing the death of 12 men and a woman.

The French fishing schooner Juanita foundered on the Grand Banks and 25of her crew drowned. Six Mexican miners were killed by a cave-in at Gananea, Mexico. John \V. Richardson, a Virginia farmer, killed his fatherin-law, his sisterin law and himself. ' • Perry Royer, marshal of Morrill, ■Kan., shot and killed J. H. Schmucker, editor- of the Morrill News, and then committed suicide. Leaking gas in an Italian boarding house at Waterbury, Conn., killed four persons and made six others unconscious. In an attempt to escape after being arrested, Lucian Ferriss was shot and instantly killed by Sergt. George Smith at Nashville, Tenn. After rescuing an-aged woman-from A, burning., house-Policeman- Nicholas NSstor of Jersey City plunged again into the blazing building and met death by suffocation. One fireman was killed and eight were injured by the falling walls of a burning grain elevator In Buffalo, N. Y. Messages of congratulation from President Roosevelt and Messrs. Bryan and Taft were read in the transMUaissippi congress in San Francisco. * . A woman, believed to have been Mrs. L. D. Draper of Saginaw, Mich., committed suicide by leaping over Niagara Falls. 1 The Janitor oi one of the largest public schools in the Bronx, New York city, discovered a charge of dynamite in the foundation walls. While temporarily insane Jacob Hempfling, aged 70, a prosperous farmer who lived at Atwood, Ky., shot and fatally wounded his wife, and then killed himself. Eleven perjsQns were killed, more than a dozen were injured and 30 escaped death by the narrowest margin in an incendiary fire which wrecked a tenement bouse on Mulberry street, New York, . ' * ■ Fog caused a wreck on the Pennsylvania railroad near Lancaster, Pa., in which one man was killed and a. number injured. The Belgian steamer Tiflis, picked up 200 miles southwest of the Bahariias, a raft on, board of which was the sole survivor of the Crew oi the American schooner Beulah McCabe, which foundered in a hurricane.

GREAT BRITAIN SENDS WARSHIPS TO AID TURKS Squadron Despatched from Malta to Aegean gea—lswolsky Conferring / with Sir Edward Grey—Rumelians Welcome the "Czar 5 ' - of Bulgaria.

Valetta, Island of Malta.—The battleship Prince of Wales, flagship of Prince Louis of Battenberg, the battleship Glory, the cruisers Diana and Suffolk and the torpedo boat destroyers Angler and Banshee sailed Friday for the Aegean, sea. The squadron will be followed later by the battleship Canopus and the cruiser Minerva. It Is believed the warships are going to the Turkish Island of Lemnos and will go to the sultan’s aid if necessary. Rumor of Conflict on Frontier. Vienna. —AaTelephone message received here from Budapest says Servians Friday killed three Austrian gendarmes on the Bosnian frontier, whereupon gunboats bombarded the Serbians. No confirmation of the story has Been received here. Icwolsky Arrives in London. London.- —The center of diplomatic Interest in the Balkan situation has. been transferred from Paris to London by the arrival here Friday night of M. Iswolsky, the Russian minister of foreign affairs, who purposes a conference with Sir Edward Grey, the British minister of foreign affairs, c6ncerning the situation and particularly with regard to a concert of the powers to settle the outstanding difficulties. Rumelians Welcome Ferdinand. Philippopolis, Bulgaria.—“ The Czar of Bulgaria,” or Prince Ferdinand, as he Is still known officially to the rest of the world, entered Philippopolis, the capital of eastern Rumelia, at five o’clock Friday evening. He was greeted by salvos of artillery and the enthusiastic shouts of the populace. He was welcomed at the railroad station, gayly decorated in his honor, by the civil and military authorities and high dignitaries of the church, who accompanied him on a triumphal tour of the city. New Demonstrations In Belgrade. Belgrade, Servia. —Theater Square Friday was the scene of renewed demonstrations by the populace. They were directed mainly against the government, the demonstrators demanding the resignation of the cabinet. The already strong movement against King Peter is growing and the organizers of it are demanding that he either declare war against AustriaHungary or abdicate In favor of his son, Crown Prince George. Wants Servia to Explain. Budapest.-—An explanation ig being demanded of Belgrade regarding the reported calling out of the Servian reserves. Meanwhile Austria-Hungary has notified the signatory powers of the necessity adequately to protect her frontiers, including that of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Baron von Aehrenthal, the foreign minister, in view of Friday's dispatches from Belgrade, is hopeful that Servia will refrain from any further hostile action. % Austria’s Big Army Ready. Vienna—Austria-Hungary’s military preparations are so complete that should it be necessary, which ig not anticipated, 150,000 men could be thrown across the Servian-frontier in 24 hours. There are 10,000 men in garrison near the Drina river, between Bosnia and Servia, ready for any eventuality. Crete Unites with Greece. Canea, Island of.. Crefe.—A decree announcing the union *4 Crete with Greece was published here Wednesday evening. Events leading up to the climax followed each other throughout the day with dramatic rapidity, . The town, was bedecked and" early in tfio morning people began flocking in from all directions. There was much firing of guns and revolvers, with plenty of cheering, but perfect order prevailed. Mussulmans mingled with Christians freely and unmolested. At two o’clock in the afternoon a great demonstration in favor of union with Greece occurred on the military review grounds. More than 100,000 people, one of the.largest crowds ever seen here, gathered at this place. Greek Flag Is Raised. Ten thousand men marched singing arid shouting to the various consulates, leaving at each of them a written copy of the resolutions adopted. They then surged to the governor’s palace and lowered the flag of Crete, raising the Greek flag in its place. The flags on all the public buildings were similarly replaced by the flag of Greece. With incessant and wild cheering for the union, the great procession made its way to the '' • y- ' Two Americans Have Cholera. new cases of cholera were reported for the last 24 hours. The liar, includes the names Os two Americans. —C. 0.-. Harbpugh of the civil service and Charles Ridgeway, known aB “the blind poet*” , Cuban Town-Suffers in Storm. Havana— Raracoa, on the northeast coast, suffered severely on. Saturday and Sunday from a heavy storm. The cuatom house, which was in the course of construction, arid many other buildings were destroyed.

STRENGTH OF ARMIES TURKEY. On a war basis— Total war strength 1,007,658 Officers 26,973 Soldiers 981,685 Horses 67,320 Gyns 1,386 On a peace basis— Infantry, 318 battalions. 293,196 Cavalry, 197 squadrons.. 34,827 Artillery, 231 batteries.. 31,547 Landwehr (Ist reserve). 324,544 Landsturm (2d reserve). 324,544 BULGARIA. On a war basis— Total war strength..... 296,108 Officers 5,431 Soldiers 290,677 Horses * 41,776 Guns ■; 486 On a peace basis— Infantry, 24 regiments.. 102,812 Cavalry, 10 regiments.. 5,920 Artillery, 6 regiments... 9,828 Active reserve 88,774 Militia 88,774

fortress, where a Greek flag also was sent up to the top of the flagstaff, "but the French troops insisted upon lowering it, and unfurled the flag of Crete and those of the four protecting powers. Turkey to Appeal to Powers. Constantinople.—The council of ministers held a long session Tuesday morning to consider the action of Bulgaria in declariug her independence of Turkey at Tirnova Monday, it was decided that it was impossible to accept any proceedings that violated existing treaties, and that Turkey should address a circular note to the powers pointing out the necessity of taking measures to enforce respect _ for_the-.tr eat-y. of ...Berlin. Replying to the telegram sent to the Turkish government by Prince Ferdinand, in which he said that in declaring the independence of Bulgaria he had been compelled to respect the voice of the nation and expressed the hope that the friendly relations between the two countries would continue, Turkey says she has invited the powers to confer on the situation, and as her rights are guaranteed by the powers, she will look to them for their defense. .... Servians Are Enraged. Belgrade.-Servia—The news of Aus-tria-Hungary’s action with regard to the annexation of the provinces of Bosnia and Herzegovina has aroused Servia to the danger point. ‘The streets are thronged with a wild mob, many of the rioters discharging their revolvers and demanding war with Austria rather than annexation. Mediation by France. Paris.—France has essayed the role of mediator with the object of preventing war between Turkey and Bulgaria, and as a result of Foreign Minister Pichon’s series of conferences Monday with the representatives—©E the gnwers, including M. Iswolsky, Russian foreign minister; Naoum Pasha, the Turkish ambassador to France; the A.ustro-Hungarian, the British,-the American and the Italian ambassadors, and of active exchanges which have been going on between the various cabinets. it was announced that France, Great Britain, Russia and possibly Italy were prepared to act in unison to preserve •poaee and to call a conference of the signatories of the Berlin'treaty to deal diplomatically with the situation that has arisen between Turkey and Bulgaria and to harmonize conflicting iriterests so that fresh* complications may be avoided. Bulgaria Declares Independence. Sofia, Bulgaria.—Bulgaria, a Tributary principality under the suzerainty of the sultan of Turkey, Monday proclaimed her independence of Turkey. This action was taken at Tirnovo by Prince Ferdinand, who was elected prince of Bulgaria in 1887. The Bulgarian cabinet was present with the prince, having met Sunday at the frontier and journeyed with him to Tirnovo. . • The proclamation was made at the cathedral of Tinovo at 11 o’clock Monday. It was a dramatic scene, accompanied by much enthusiasm. A manifesto of independence addressed to the nation was subsequently issued by the prince. Wright in Passenger Trips. Le Mans, France.—Wilbur Wright, the American aeroplanist, made two flights with passengers Monday. One was with M. Bollee, who weighs about 216 pounds, and the other with M. Pellier,' vice-president of the Aero “club of the Sarthe. ’ Charged With Staying Kin, Chattanooga, Tenn—As a result of evidence taken before the coroner's Jury Monday, J. C. Stanfield is in jail charged with having murdered his fa-ther-in-law, “H: C. RisleyT

BURSTS HIGH 111 1 ’' t * BALLOON COLLAPSES IN THE INTERNATIONAL RACE. YANKEES IN DIRE PERIL Envelope Forms Parachute and Forbes and Post Escape Almost Unhurt —Twenty-Three Airships Start Berlin.—The international balloon race, which started Sunday from the suburb of Schmargendorf, was the occasion of a thrilling accident, two American aeronauts having a miraculous escape from death. The American balloon Conqueror, the only American built craft in the contest, having on board A. Holland Forbes and Augustus Post, less than two minutes after the start, burst at an altitude of 4,000 feet. For 2,000 feet it shot down like a bullet, and then the torn silk bag assumed the shape of a parachute, and the rapidity of the descent was checked. Coming close to the earth, however, the basket smashed into the roof of a house, but the two men escaped with' but slight injuries. The- race, in which 23 balloons participated, representing Great Britain, France; Germany, the United States, Switzerland, Italy, Belgium and Spain, started at three o’clock in the afternoon in the presence of .at least 80,000, spectators.

The second batch of eight balloons was led by Forbes in the Conquerer, which was started with some difficulty owing to a gusty wind and too much ballast. But eventually it shot up and reached a high altitude in an incredibly short period, the basket swaying violently. Then almost instantly a cry of horror arose from the crowd, who saw the silk collapse and shouted: “The balloon is ripping up.” Thousands who had gathered there stood for a moment petrified. Some turned away, fainting as 4hey saw the balloon falling with lightning-like rapidity. “They are killed.” went in a hushed whisper through the crowd, but shortly the remainder of the envelope appeared to take first a triangular shape and then was transformed into a sort of parachute at the top of the net and the progress of the wrecked balloon was considerably arrested. It came .down slower and slower, meanwhile being swept by the wind far to the southeast, and finally disappeared from view behind a block of The suspehse 'amohg Chs crowd was terrible. But a few minutes later a telephone message was received from Friedenau - which announced that the men had landed and ha3 not been seriously injured. NEGRO SAVED FROM MOB. Thousand People Fight State Troops in Spartanburg, S. C. Spartanburg, S. C.—ln the heart of Spartanburg, a city of 20,000 population, a mob numbering a thousand or more persons at times fought Saturday with the military and civil authorities for the possesion'of John Irby, a negro, alleged to have attempted to assault Miss Lillie Dempsey earlier in the day while the young woman was on her way here from Saxon Mill village, three miles away. Three mill operatives were wounded. Three companies of militia arrived about nightfall and Gov. Ansell himself hurried to the scene. The mob then dispersed and no further trouble Is expected, though the troops will remain for a time. Several alleged mob leaders were arrested Sunday. KILLED BY CANADA INDIANS. J, C. Curwood, Detroit Author, Slain In Hudson Bay Wilds. Winnipeg, Man. —It is reported here that James Oliver Curwood, the wellknown author of Detroit, Mich., who recently went into the Hudson Bay wilds for a Detroit publishing firm, has been killed by Indians in the Lac La Ronge country. Details are wanting, but the trader who brought in the report says that the Lac La Ronge Indians assert the white man began the trouble by shooting one of them. Bad Fire in Florida Town. Pensacola, Fla. —News of a disastrous fire which swept over Carrabelle, Fla., a small town east of Pensacola, was brought to this city Sunday by the steamer Tarpon. Nine business houses, a residenpe and many thousands of feet of lumber were destroyed, entailing a loss estimated to be more than SIOO,OOO. Among the buildings destroyed were the United States customs house, post office, freight and passenger depots. Big Lumberman Dead. Calumet, Mich. —John S. Morrison, aged 67 years, the largest timber jobber in the Copper country, died Saturday of a complication of diseases, He was a prominent Free Mason and very wealthy. . - • Accused of Brutal Crime. Chicago.—Luman Mann, the son Os Orville C. Mann, a prominent and wealthy citizen of Oak Park, was brought to Chicago Saturday night and locked up on the charge of being the" murderer of Mrs, Fanny Thompson, \ who was found strangled and bound j hand and foot with a clothesline in a ! rooming house at 1242 Michigan ave- j nue on the afternoon of July 1. The , youth’s family and their lawyer pn> | fess entire confidence in his innocence. He was arrested at.. Phillipa- j Burg, Pa„ after a long search.

Ja, ; 1 ’ ■ PUTTING IT UP TO BILLIE. , Logical Reason Why Ho” Should the One to Ask Favor. i . . —- The wagona of the "greatest show on earth” passed up the avenue at daybreak. Their incessant rumbl# soon awakened ten-year-old Billie and his five-year-old brother, Robert. Their mother feigned sleep as the two whiterobed figures crept past her bed into the hall, on the way to investigate. Robert struggled manfully with theunaccustomed task of putting on hie clothes. "Wait for me, Billie,’’ hie mother heard him beg. “You’ll get ahead of me.*’ "Get mother to help you," counseled Billie, who was having troubles of lile own. Mother started to the rescue, and then paused as she heard the voice of her younger, guarded but anxioue and insistent; "You ask her, Billie. You’ve know* her longer than I have.”—Everybody** Magazine. ALL HIB OWN.

“My! What a big figure you are getting!" . “Well", what does that matter? E haven’t taken yours, have I?” GIRL WAS DELIRIOUS With Fearful Eczema—Pain, Heat* and Tingling Were Excruciating— Cuticura Acted Like Magic. “An eruption broke out on m t daughter’s chest. I took her to * doctor, and he pronounced it to b# eczema of a very bad form. He treated her, but the disease spread to her back, and then the whole of her head vu affected, and all her hair had to be cut off. The pain she suffered was excruciating, and with that and the heat and tingling her life was almost unbearable. Occasionally she was delirious and she did not have a proper hour’* sleep for many nights. The second doctor we tried afforded her just a little relief as the first. Then I purchased Cuticura Soap, Ointment, and Pills, and before the Ointment was three-quarters finished every trace of the disease was gone. It really seemed like magic. Mrs. T. W Hyde, Brentwood, Essex, England, Mar. 8. 1907." India’s Precious Metals. It Is estimated that $1,500,000,000 in gold, and perhaps as much in silver, is hidden away in the Hindu stocking. Vast quantities of the precious metals are known to be kept in the form of personal ornaments. From time immemorial India has been a reservoir into which the precious metals have flowed from all quarters of the globe, only to disappear from statistics. Could tho idle wealth be drawn upon, the effect on the industrial and commercial lifs of the country, would be very great. It Is, therefore, a matter of concern to try to turn India’s dormant capital to active use. It may be impossible to do it. The Oriental mind views everything in a way incomprehensible to westerners. But if only a tithe of tho concealed hoards of India were vitalized anew aspect might be given tothe conditions of life in England’# great eastern empire.' Animal Food. Doctor (upon finding his patient weaker than before)—What does this mean? Haven’t you been following my instructions? Patient (feebly)—Yes, doctor. ‘ Doctor —Been eating animal food right along, have you? Patient (grimly trying to smile) Well, doctor, I tried to, but somehow it did not seem to agree witi me very well. * I managed to worry down the hay and the clover tops all. right; but the thistles kind of stuck In my throaty and FfiLd to give it up. —Judge. . “ WANTED TO KNOW The Truth About Grape-Nuts Food. It doesn’t matter so much what you hear about a thing, it’s what you know that counts. And correct knowledge is most likely to come from personal experience. "About a year ago,” writes a hj. Y. man, “I was bothered by indigestion, especially during the forenoon. I tried several remedies without any permanent improvement. *„ ■ • “My breakfast usually consisted of oatmeal, steak or chops, bread, coffee and some fruit. “Hearing so much about Grape-Nuts,. I concluded to give it a trial and find out if all I had heard of it was true. "So I began with Grape-Nuts and cream,4 soft boiled eggs, toast, a cup of Postum and -some fruit. Before the end of the first week I was rid of the acidity of the stomach and felt much relieved. “By the end of the second week all traces of indigestion had disappeared and I was 1 in first rate health once more. Before beginning this course of diet, I never had any appetite for lunch, but now I can enjoy a hearty meal at nodn time.” “There’s a Reason.” Name given by Postnm Cos., Battle Creek, Mich. Read “The Road to Wellville,” in pkgs. . " . Ever read the above letter? Anew one appears from time to time. They are genuine, true, and full of human interest.