Plymouth Tribune, Volume 8, Number 48, Plymouth, Marshall County, 2 September 1909 — Page 2

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! fi' L. Q.iCTN. M. 7 P. Q. F. M V$ 6th. Vsyi4th. V 22nd. ?y 29th PAST AND PEESENT AS IT COMES TO US FROM ALL CORNERS OF THE EARTH. Telegraphic Information Gathered by the Few for the Enlightenment of the Many Hot Jelly Kills Infant. Death from scalds received in a big kettle of boiling jelly was the fate of Gladys, the 5-month sold daughter cf Mr. and Mrs. Bert Hoppel, 913 Liberty street. Fort Wayne, Ind. The little baby fell from her sister's arms into the kettle of boiling liquid and the lower portion of her body was badly burned. The infant was taken to a hospital, where death relieved its terrible suffering In a few hours. The little sister, Helen, from whose arms the Infant fell, waj also scalded by the liquid splashing on her, but is not thought to have ben very seriously injured. Boys Try to Wreck Train. An attempt by four boys to wreck the Chicago Express, south-bound, on the Illinois Central railroad, near Kankakee, 111., was discovered by a , switching crew in time to prevent an accident to the train, which was crowded. The boys had placed rails at a switch south of town. Werly Smith, Sam and David Blatt and Clayton Robertson, ranging In age from 14 to 16 years, were arrested near the scene of the intended wreck where they were awaiting developments. They admitted placing the obstruction on the track, and said they just "wanted to see a wreck." Sisters Plunge to Their Death. ' In an effort to save themselves from being swept over a dam in a rowboat, two sisters, Mary and Corrine Willett, aged 22 and 17 years respectively, daughters of Charles Willett, a fanner living near Tiffin, Ohio, locked arms and plunged Jnto the swiftly moving waters of the Sandusky river at St. John's bridge, seven miles south of Tiffin. Their bodies never rose to the surface. The girls were rowing and got into the swift current and made the fatal plunge to gain a wall a few feet away. The bodies have not yet teen recovered. Big Diamond Theft in Chicago. Diamonds said to be valued at $12,000 were st'-le from Mrs. Adolph Hirsch at the Vendome Hotel in Chicago. Mrs. Hirsch carried the jewels into the dining soom at luncheon. They were in a black handbag which vai hung on a vacant chair at her table. She returned to her room and then missed the bag. Upon her return to the diningroom the bag was gone. Several detectives were Immediately placed upon the case but were unable to secure any tangible clues. " Houses Sink Into Old Mine. Fully $200,000 damage was done In West Scranton, Pa.,, by a mine cave. Abandoned workings called the "Cork and Bottle" colliery of the Falrlawn Coal Company, which ceased operations twenty years ago, gave way un der an area equal to two city blocks, which sank from sit to eight feet, throwing houses from their foundations, cracking walls and otherwise damaging buildings. Dynamite Explosion Kills Twelve Men As a result of the explosion of 700 pounds of dynamite at Bocachia, twelve miles from Key West, Fla., on the Florida East Coast railway, twelve men are dead and five others seriously wounded. The explosion was caused by a member of the railroad construction force carelessly throwing a lighted cigarette in a box of fuses. Two Boys Killed by Traction Car. Jacob Gar be r, 16 years old. and his brother Alfred, 14, were killed when an Indianapolis Northern Traction car struck a wagon in which they were driving at Kokomo, Ind. Their parents were visiting at Matamora, 111., when the news of the death of the boys was telegraphed to them. Falls Under Thrashing Machine. George Beavers, aged 14 years, son Of Samuel Beavers, living near Bedford, Ind., met a terrible death near hl3 home. In attempting to climb on the stacker cf a thrashing machine that was being moved he fell with his head under the wheels. Cpeedway Owners Held Responsible. The owners of the new Indianapolis motor speedway are held responsible for the several deaths that occurred In accidents during the automobile races August 19, 20 and 21 In the Coroner's decision just made public. Aged Clown Dead. William Shafer, who is said to have been the first clown that traveled with Dan Rice's circus, is dead at Newton, N. J., aged 83 years. Suicide of Bank Employe. M. Lw Ottman, Jr., 30 years old, a clerk employed at the Metropolitan National Bank, committed suicide by shooting himself in the head in the di rectors room of the institution in Pitts burg, Pa. Five are Killed in a Feud Fight. In a feud fight between the laborers employed on the farms at Juriquilla, Texas, and those of Santa Rose, a nearbv village, five men were killed and one fatally and ten seriou.sly in jured. Two Killed on the Track. Two men, supposed to be Webster Mitchell and Jas. G. Mitchell, brothers, of Eckerty, Ind., were struck by a Southern passenger train at Knight's Crossing, a short distance west of Princeton, Ind., and literally ground to nieces. It Is believed the men wer? asleep on the track. Drowns in Swimming Pool. Loui3 Coyne, aged 12 years, was seized with cramps while in the swim ming pool at Belle Isle Park, Detroit,

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Great Surplus Supply of Box Cars Being Sent West to Carry Grain.

BIG DEMAND WILL BE MET Gradual Increase In Transportation Business Shown by Report of Committee. The crop moving season in the Middle West and In the great grain belts will not find the railroads napping. According to tha fortnightly report of the committee on relations between railroads of the American Railway Association a great supply of surplus box cars already is in tho section of the country which will first feel the de mand for cars and in which the most j serious car shortages occur. The lat- ' est report of the committee records : that throughout the country there are j 159,424 surplus cars, a decrease of 93 - 579 from the corresponding period in 1908. The largest decrease was in box cars, in which class the surplus was reduced 21,141. The sulplus number of this class of cars at the present tkne is about 80,000, and half of these are in Iowa, Illinois, Wisconsin, Minnesota, and the Dakotas, known as group 6, awaiting the call for crop moving purposes. Before the crop3 really begin to move a still greater number will be sent West to meet the estimated demand. The report of the committee also shows a gredual increase in railroad business as measured by the demand for cars from April, 1908, when the financial panic struck full force. On April 29, 1908, the number of surplus cars reached the highest-point in the history of American railroads. At that time nearly 500,000 cars were standing idle in yards and on sidetracks. By the following August, when the panic had spent its force, this number was reduced to 253,003. During the last year the climb has been gradual, and it is estimated that in the latter months of the year the crop moving will call Into use nearly every Idle car in the country. WILL BE BILLIONAIRE AT 80. Rockefeller's Wealth Now $700,000,000 and Is Steadily Increasing. If John D. Rockefeller lives till his SOth birthday, and he has said he will reach 100, he will become the first billionaire in history. In the last two years Standard Oil, the wonderful automatic money making machine of his creation, has in creased his fortune $0,000,000. This i3 the increment of the rise In value of the stock alone. The latest approximated accurate estimates available place his fortune In 1905 at at least $550,000,000. I n 1900 it was $400,000,000. This is an Increase of $150,000,000. At this ratio the Rockefeller J. D. EOC KE FELLES. fortune is to-day about $700,000,000. In 1914, still at the same ratio of inincrease. it will be about $850,000,000, and In 1919, when the oil king reaches his 80th year, it will have reached the stupendous, br?in-glddying total of $1,000,000,000 an inconceivable sum. Tn September, 1907, It was estimated by Rockefeller's closest associates that his Income was at least $30.25 a minute. Some figures placed it as high as $40 during the same space of time. The sums earned for him by Standard Oil alone have been tremendous. FINDS BIBLE NOT ORIGINAL. U. of C. Professor Says Pagan Beliefs Have Aided Christianity. The Bible is not original with its supposed compilers, according to the opinions expressed by Professor Gerald B. Smith of the faculty of the di vinity department of the University of Chicago. "The story of creation and the deluge appeared long before the Bible Vas written," the speaker declared. "Both of these stories were traditional in the early literature of the Babylonians. x "The theologian or to-day is- ac A quainted as the theologians of former days were not, with the reality and vitality of non-Christian religion, and in the investigation of the Old Testament religion it has been found that many of its elements were derived from Israel's contact with Babylon. The history of Christianity reveals the fact that Christian beliefs have grown and changed as Christianity has met with the secular forces of Its history. Thero are elements in every pagan religion whch every Christian is com pelled to recognize as truth. The question must be raised whether the contact with oriental peoples, which is to be so prominent a factor in the near future, will not mean that Christianity will be influenced and modified as it has been in the past." 3,261 WORDS NEED REVISION. Simplified Spelling Board Publishes List of Sogufiled Reform. The simplified spelling board, which began its reforms three years ago with an unassuming list of 300 words, now publishes an index of 3,261 words in need of revision. Some of the newcomers are. Hed for head, and, similarly, spred, helth, etc.; words ending in "ice" and pronounced "is" as Justis, copis, cornis; delv for delve, carv for carve, and many others that make the unfamiliar eye squint. Rieh Girl Printer Drlde. I Lilburn Martin, a millionaire paper manufacturer of Middletown. Ohio, is said to be angry because his daughter Alst, ran away and was married to George Washington, a young Covington, Ky., rrinter. Russian Kill Twenty Knrdi. Sharp fighting with the Russian consular convoy lasted from noon Saturday until late in the evening at the village of Marzegiz, Persia. The kurds lost twenty men, while two Russians were dangerously wounded.

TAFT TO URGE POSTAL SAVINGS. Will Ask Congress to Keep Party's Pledge as Soon as Possible. President Taft has indicated in talks with callers that in hi3 cnessage to Congress next December he will strongly urge the early establishment of a postal savings bank system. The President realize' that there is strong opposition to such legislation and, while he does not propose to rush Congress on too many matters at once, he will ask that the platform declaration of the Republican party In favor of postal banks be fulfilled as speedily as possible. Influential members of the Senate and House are urging that the matter be left over until the monetary commission has made itä report and ensuing financial legislation has been disposed of. It even has been said that the relation between the subjects to be dealt with by the monetary commission and the postal banks is so close that the two should be handled together. President Taft believes that several hundreds of millions would be placed at the disposal of the government through postal savings banks. PREDICTS USE OF SUN'S HEAT. British Scientists President Says Engineers Will Utilize Bays. The seventy-ninth annual meeting of the British Association for the Advancement of Science opened in Winnipeg. The annual address of the president, Sir Joseph John Thompson, was of Interest. Referring to the almost unparalleled activity in many branches of physics, the speaker said he had not the slightest doubt that engineers would ultimately succeed In utilizing the heat of the sun directly for power, "and when coal Is exhausted and our water power Inadequate," he declared, "It may be that this is the source from which we shall derive the energy necessary for the world's work." Of John Gates, 2:1914. is now owned by J. II. Hopkins, of St. Paul. Hamburg Belle failed In an effort to break her record of 2:02? at the North Randall track, Cleveland. 2:034 being the best she could do. Before 5,000 people at Scarbori Beach Park, Toronto, Alfred Shrubb ran Tom Longboat off his feet in seven and one-half miles of a twelve-mile race. 0 An offer for a match between James J. Jeffries and Jack Johnson has been made by the directors of the Tulcare County (Cal.) Agricultural Association, who ciaim the backing of Hfty business men willing to subscribe $ü0,000. John Welch, of Lexington. Ky., Is pushing a movement to have the af fairs of the Latonia Agricultural and Fair Association investigated. Welch is one of the stockholders and if his statements are fojnd to be true the attorney general of Kentucky will probably take steps that will result in Latonia forfeiting her charter. A new world's record In the hop skip-and-jump was made at Boston by Daniel F. Ahearn, or the Irish-Ameri can A. C, of New York, who made the distance of 50 feet 2.7 inches. Melvln Sheppard. the world's great est runner, Is out of athletics for the rpt of the season. He has been In bed for some time suffering from an ab scess on the calf of one of his legs. Mrs. Christine Struhm, 60 years old is walking from Alberta, Mich., to Chi cago in the hope that dispatches tell ing of her journey will reach her lost son, William Wallace Cutler, whom she not seen since he left home In Grand Forks. N. D., in 1891. W. K. Vanderbilt's Messidor III. won the Prix de Villfrs at Deauville. Mr. Vanderbilt's Bat's Delight finished fourth in the Prix de Honfleur. C. L- Harrison's Waldo, at Saratoga, easily won the Saratoga special six furlongs, and in doing so proved himself the best 2-year-old of the year. Thomas K., 2:17U. the bay gelding which has earned the title, "The Iron Horse," by his remarkable performances In the track, has been sold and retired to private life. He is now owned by Frank Ellis, of Philadelphia, wno will us him exclusively for private driving. He has won over twenty blue ribbons at various track events.

FATAL CRASH IN AUTO RACE.

One Killed, One Perhaps Fatally Hurt at Brighton Beach. Leonard Cole, a mechanic of the Stearns car in the twenty-four hour automobile race at the Brighton Beach track, was killed and Laurent Grosso, the driver of the car, was perhaps fatally Injured in an accident The crash happened just beyond the clubhouse as the cars were bunching to take the turn. Cole was crushed under the machine and instantly killed. Grosso was thrown to one side and his spine fractured. The fatal accident came a .moment after a minor sensation.' The score for the first hour had been given out when the Fiat and the Allen-Kingston came into collision. The latter machine caught fire, and the 10,000 persons in the stands had a thrill, as it appeared to them that somebody must be in the flame3. Announcement was made as quickly as possible that no body was hurt, and the spectators had settled down again when the fatal colision occurred. The Stearns car was a complete wreck. Cole was found f under the wreckage and was pulled out dead. The Indianapolis motor speedway commission is held responsible for the deaths of William Bourque and Harry Holcomb, driver and mechanician of a Knox car in the automobile races in that city recently, in the finding of Coroner Blackwell. Bourque and Holcomb were, among several persons killed on the course during three days" racing. The coroner in his report says the speedway was not properly built for racing. FIGHT rqB THE PENNANTS. Stnudliiff of Club In the Principal Dose Dnll League. NATIONAL LEAGUE. L. 32 Phlladel'a 37 St. Louis w. L. 61 70 74 S4 Pittsburg .84 Chicago ...77 New York. 68 Cincinnati .57 .45 44 Brooklyn ..41 56 Boston ....32 AMERICA LEAGUE. W. L. W. L 60 65 63 86 Detrolt ...76 Phila'dela .73 Boston ....73 Chicago ...59 43 Cleveland ..60 46 New York .53 48 St. Louis ..48 59 Wash'gton .33 AMERICAN ASSOCIATION. W. L. W. L. 69 71 72 71 Milw'kee ..75 Minn'polls .75 Louisville .68 St. Paul ..65 58 Columbus .65 60 Toledo 63 65 Ind'polis ..63 69 Kan. City .61 ALABAMA TO BE VEEY DRY. Drastic Fuller Prohibition Dill I Panned with Little Opposition. The drastic Fuller prohibition bill passed by the Alabama Senate forbids even the possession of liquor except In private residences, making the accused person prove his own Innocence before any evidence against him Is introduced. It makes the uso of the word saloon a crime, bars the advertisement of liquors from bill boards and signs and holds that even the possession of a Federal liquor license is an absolute proof of guilt In selling intoxicants. Girl I Unman Plncuahlon. A few days ago a bent and headless pin was taken from the arm of Miss Adelina Wyckoff, 18 years old, of Pat erson, N. J., and since then sixteen similar pins have been extracted from the arm. Miss Wyckoffs parents believe that when she was a child she probably swallowed the pins. Mosbr Meet Guerrilla. A reunion of Mosby's guerillas at Luray Caverns, Va., wa3 one of the most remarkable gatherings of Civil War veterans ever held in the South. Captain John S. Mosby now living in Washington, D. C, went to greet his old comrades. Born One Nearo; Shoot Another. Following the shooting and burning of Ben Clark, an escaped negro convict, by a posse at Soperton, Ga., and the killing of James Durden, a planter who was a cnember of the posse, in the fight with Clark, John Sweeny, another negro who with his wife had harbored Clark, was taken from a passenger train near Tarrytown and lynched by the posse.

RAIL KING RETURNS.

Harriman Shows Feebleness as He Leaves Liner, but Is Optimistic Ten pounds lighter than when he left America nearly two months ago, but with his spirit unbroken and breathing a sentiment of optimism, E. H. Harriman returned Wednesday to take what he quizically calls the "after cure." Though Mr. Harriman cheerfully declared that he was feeling "pretty well," he showed in every movement, every intonation of the voice, that he is a sick, tired man, a dispatch asserts. He is sallow, almost yellow, arid his" step as he greeted friends who had boarded the steamer Kaiser Willeim II. at quarantine was noticeably feeble. The best description would be that of, a man conval escing from a great and serious illness. At his magnificent summer home at Arden, N. Y., the so-called "$1,000,000 fortress," Mr. Harriman began the after cure," for which the treatment at Bad Gastein and other European resorts was a preliminary. He is constantly attended by his family and a corps of skilled physicians. How lony he will remain In seclusion, how long it will be before he resumes the active direction of his vast railroad Interests, depends solely upon his health. He arrived feeble, face gaunt and voice weak. The Legislature of Georgia came to the end of its session without having permitted the federal Income tax amendment proposed by Congress to come to a vote. Maryland Democrats favor a suffrage amendment to the State corstltution to be voted on this fall. The suffrage amendment will disfranchise the Illiterate negro. President Taft plans to placate the insurrectionary Middle West during his forthcoming Western tour by making a series of speeches explanatory of the Payne tariff bill. The "drys" won the local option election in Santa Rosa County, Florida. The saloon element ordered the election and sought to regain territory lost to them by election two years ago. The President has decided to have the census appointments divided equally among Democrats and Republicans In the States of the solid South which are wholly Democratic, in all other States the Repubicans to get all the places. Since the adjournment of Congress the word has been passed around among the leading Democrats of the Empire State that the time had come for a new effort to revive the genuine simon-pure Democratic spirit in the party councils. It is proposed to hold a general conference at Saratoga on September 9. The Connecticut Senate agreed to de fer until the next session of the Leg Islature the consideration of the fed eral Income tax amendment to the constitution. Gov. Weeks has vetoed the liberal Sunday law, passed by the Connecticut Legislature. It would have repealed the" old blue laws. Advocates of equal suffrage are plan ning a campaign which will emanate from Boston as a starting point. Those who are enthusiastic in the campaign see In Its culmination the election of Jane Adams as a future President of the United States. Capt. Richmond P. Hobson, while addressing the Chautauqua assembly at Correctionville, Iowa, said: "The best thing that could happen to this country would be to have all of the States doubtful. That is, have half of the voters so independent in thought and action that they will vote Irre spective of party in order to advance the ends of good government." The name of Seth Low, former mayor of New York, and once head of Co lumbia University, Is given serious consideration by President Taft in the selection of a successor to Whitelaw Reid as ambassador to Great Britain. As a result of the refusal of Sena tor Aldrlch and other tariff conferees to grant an Important reqifc&t made by Secretary MacVeagh, it Is quite unlike ly that any bonds for the Panama ca nal work will be sold the coming year, Instead, certificates of indebtedness will probably be sold to pay for the canal work and to replenish the treas ury In the event of the development of a deficit.

15,000 Made Homeless and Property Damage of $12,000,000 at Monterey.

RAIN DESCENDS FOR 72 HOURS Adobes Swept from Foundations by 9 Score Light Plant, Darkened, Aids Horror. Twelve hundred persons drowned, 15,000 homeless, and property damage to the extent of $12;000,000 is the result of a flood which struck Monterey, Mexico, between 11 and 12 o'clock Saturday morning. For seventy-two hours rain fell in unprecedented volume throughout the section, and the Santa Catarina River rose gradually. At first it was thought that there would be no loss of life, but the water had a height never before attained and swept buildings from their foundations by the score. The electric light plant was put out of commission before night, and the complete darkness was an added horror. Cries of the drowning could be heard, but the onlookers were powerless to render aid. The entire suburb of San Luisito was swept away. The Santa Catarino River was a raging torrent, many of the streets in the city proper being under water. The great steel plant at Monterey suffered a loss of nearly $1,000,000 by the flood, and the smelter of the Mexican Lead Company was cut off from the city and submerged. It is estirnated that the loss at this plant will be over $3,000,000. The flood is the greatest since 1SS1. The Santa Catarina River runs almost directly through the center of Monterey. Along its right bank is lo cated the suburb of San Luisito, inhab ited by the poorer element. It was in this section that the greatest loss of life occurred, for the greater part of the suburb is composed of one-story adobes. When the flood waters struck these buildings, of adobe, they collaps ed as though composed of paper and burled thelr inmates beneath a mas3 of debris in such a manner that they had absolutely no opportunity to es cape. Many families having experienc ed other floods, remained in their dwellings until compelled to seek refuge on the roofs, but too late, for they found themselves entirely sur rounded by water and absolutely at the mercy of the stream. 150 HAVE PELLAGRA AT PEORIA Army Officer Reports on Conditions at State Asylum. More than fifty cases of pellagra, with fifty additional in a state of re covery, and fifty more under suspicion at the Peoria, 111., State hospital, are reported to the War Department by Captain Joseph F. Slier of the army medical corps stationed at New York, who was sent to Peoria at the request of the hospital officials to investigate the outbreak. Captain Siler is of the opinion, according to the report, that the disease has long prevailed, not only at the Peoria hospital, but throughout Illinois, as well as through the great corn growing States of the West. Overdependence on corn as an article of diet, and especially the consumption of corn in a moldy or nearly moldy state, is given by the army surgeon as the probable cause of the disease. The discovery of pellagra at the Bartonville institution several weeks ago has attracted the attention of the entire world of medicine to that point, and many other physicians are working with Capt. Slier in his atteenpt to get all the data on the disease in its various forms and stages. QUAKE IN ITALY. Province of Siena Shaken, Causing Panic and Injury. v A heavy earthquake was felt throughout the Province of Siena, Italy, Wednesday. Practically all the houses In San Lorenzo were destroyed or badly damaged. Many persons were injured. The quake was felt most severely within a radius of twenty miles from Siena. Considerable damage was done at Buonoconvento. Several houses collapsed and one person was killed. Several persons were injured at Monteroni. A number of houses also were damaged there and masonry fell into the streets. Siena itself escaped with a severe shaking. The people were badly frightened, however, and rushed out of their houses Into the streets, where they wandered about in a state of semi-panic until they were assured that the quakes were over. Siena Province "has an area of 1,470 square miles and a population of 233,000. The city of Siena is at an alti tude of 1,000 feet and counts 30,000 in habitants. San Lorenzo, Buonocon vento. Monteroni and Piombino are villages with populations ranging from 1.000 to 4.000. Unearth Diss de Dar. Mrs. Lillian Hobart French, founder of the "School of the Mahatmas," in Nw York, has discovered that one of her co-workers is Aime. uiss ae uar, known as Vera P. Ava; anotter. known as David Mackay, tells her ae is the prophet David. Cholera In Csar's Palace. The Russian royal court was thrown Into a panic and nasty steps were taken for the disinfecting of the Im perial palace at Peterhof when it was learned' that an army officer cn duty there had been taken ill of Asiatic cholera. Fifteen Fall 1 ,500 Feet to Death. At Mateauhaula, Mex., fifteen miners were killed and thirty imprisoned by the dropping of a cage into the La Paz mine. The cable parted and the men dropped 1,500 feet. Farmer Flicht Backet Shop. That the national meeting of the Farmers' Union at Birmingham will begin a crusade against bucketshops throughout the country is announced by R. II. McCulloch, of Beebe, Ark., national secretary of the union. Mr. McCulloch says the plan Is to go before Congress and drive bucketshops out of every State. Filipinos Die of Cholera. Fifty deaths In a total of seventysix cases of cholera occurred in the Philippine Islands during one week.

A few years ago, when Grover Cleveland was President, the United States treasury was robbed of two silver dollars. This loss, although of no material importance, was decidedly significant and measures were taken to prevent a recurrence. At this season of the year Washington is crowded with visitors and tourists to whom the government extends a welcome. Guides are at hand to show the visitors through the government public buildings, the working of each department and subdivision is carefully described and sight-seeing citizens are made to feel perfectly at home In the business houses of the government. Formerly it was the custom to take visitors through the vaults in the treasury building, where millions of dollars are stored. On one occasion a small boy, tempted by the Immense amount of glittering gold and silver, cut one of the bags with his pocket-

knife and made away with the two "cartwheels," as the heavy $1 silver pieces are referred to. Since that time the vaults have been closed to visitors, except to those who get permission from the Secretary of the Treasury. In the large vault, which is eighty-nine feet long and fifty-one feet wide, is stored $165,000,000 in coin for the redemption of, gold and silver certificates. It Is strongly believed by those who have looked into the situation of late that there will be one change in the Taft cabinet about the turn of the year, which will take out of that body the veteran. Secretary Wilson. He has been a cabinet member longer than any other man ever was in this country longer, indeed, it Is said, than anybody ever was continuously in a responsible government. With his retirement Mr. Meyer of the navy will be the only remaining representative of the Roosevelt cabinet. It is known certainly that close friends of one man who is a likely aspirant for the Wilson seat at the cabinet table have been informed that there is altogether likely to be a change, and that the work 0 getting support organized Is quietly on in behalf of this man. He is Representative Charles F. Scott, of Kansas, chairman of the house committee on agriculture. -: : - Commissioner of Indian Affairs ValH entine has announced the following awards on bids for pasturing cattle and sheep on the Crow Indiaji reservation, Montana, in the year beginning Feb. 1, 1910: Pastures Nos. 1 and 2 were awarded to the Spear Bros. Cattle Company, Sheridan, Wyo., for $53,650 per annum, compared with $18,501.27 received as rental this year. Pasture No. 4 was awarded to C. M. Bair of Billings, Mont., for $33,750 annual rental. This pasture brought $7,000 this year. Pasture No. 6 was awarded to J. E. Edwards & Co., Forsyth, Mont., for $8,000 per annum, compared with $2,500 received this year. This was the first opening of bids by the Indian office,- under Commissioner Valentine's plan of letting grazing lands on Indian reservations under sealed bids. Eggs as an article of mail transpor tation are not popular with United States postal authorities. It develops that some one in Canada had mailed three dozen eggs to an addressee in Brattleboro, Vt, and when Postmaster Taylor opened a mail, bag he found it dripping with eggs freshly scram bled. Addresses were obliterated from letters in many instances and they had to be sent to the dead letter office. Such a situation could not arise from mail originating in the United lates, as such things as eggs are not mail able in this country. The State Department, according to advices from Pekin, has won Its fight for an American share of the new Chi nese railway loan of $27,500,000. This will give the bankers of America, who have asked for a part of the loan an equal share with the British, German and French bankers, who, until the State Department made emphatic ob jections, were to get the entire issue Seven of the twelve members of the national waterways commission have departed on a ten weeks' Investigation and examination of the waterways of Europe, for the purpose of making recommendations for the improvement of the rivers, harbors and canals of the United States. Representative Simms brought out the fact during a recent debate in the house that Speaker Cannon cannot well be classed among the dandles of Washington. He made an uncontra dieted statement ha "Uncle Joe" purChased 50-cent underwear. ( The requests of manufacturers of bleached flour that no more of It be seized until a test case shall have been decided were refused. The food ex perts of the Department of Agricul ture some time ago decided that bleached flour was In violation of the pure food laws, not so much on the ground of Impurity, but because of al leged misbranding, and the agents of the department were Instructed to seize the flour. Western banks and those of the Interior generally are overflowing with money. They can get along with little aid from Eastern banks. This is the view of Acting Secretary of the Treas ury Norton. Any talk Indicating that the banks are pressed for money with which to move the crops seems to be discounted by this view of the acting secretary. The banks of the South are included by Mr. Norton when he described those of the country gener ally as being in excellent condition. Owing to a contagious disease known as the lip and leg disease among the sheep of Wyoming, the Sec retary of Agriculture has declared a quarantine, of all counties of Wyomin except those of the Southern border line. - : rThe crusade against evils in the management of Immigrant societies in New York, which began with the barring of two societies from Ellis Island, has shown conditions which officials declare will be called to the at tention of Congress at its next session;

Ideal Weather Conditions at Aerodrome Bring Out Dozen Ma chines for Contests.

TESTS BY MANY AVIATORS. Latham Breaks Record Made by Paulhan for the Time and Distance. Hubert Latham, the French aviator. Thursday broke the world's record for time and distance In the contest at Rheims, France. He came down after he had covered about 153 kilometers, or 95.01 miles. Paulhan in his flight Thursday made 83.07 miles. Whea Latham started on his second effort there were ominous black clouds on the horizon, and during the aviator's fourth lap a sharp squall of wind and rain broke over the aerodrome. The spectators did not believe it possible for Latham to ride out the storm, but to their delight he only mounted the higher and took his machine over tha tribunes at a height of 300 feet. The fifth day of aviatiOA week was ushered in with Ideal weather conditions. The light airs and overcast sky brought the flyers out early, and before noon no less than a dozen machines, like huge gulls, were circling above the plain. The program of the day included the continuation of the trials for the Grand Prix de la Champagne.the endurance test, the lap event, the speed event, a race between dirigible balloons and a landing competition for spherical balloons. Latham, In a beautiful monoplane, was the first aviator to get away. He announced his intention to make an effort to beat Paulhan's great record for the endurance prize, made yesterday two hours 53 minutes and 24 seconds. He started flying at a great height. Sommer. Cockburn, Buneau-Varilla, Delagrange and finally Glenn IL Curtiss, the American contestant, followed Lathaiu into the air. A noteworthy feature was witnessed when Delagrange, flying low, started to overtake Latham, who was still high in the air. There was a pretty race for four miles and Delagrange was overhauling Latham when he. was compelled to descend. The International cup of aviation, known also as the Gordon Bennett trophy, was won I7 Glenn H. Curtiss, the only American aviator entered In tne Rheims races, in the fastest aerial Journey of twenty kilometers (12.42 miles) ever accomplished by man. His time, 15 minutes 50 3-5 seconds, was only five and three-fifths seconds faster than that made by Blerlot over the same course. Find Con pie Dead on Floor. Returning frdm a drive, John C Pracht and wife found Owen Taliaferro stretched on their sitting-room floor in Brownsville, Ohio, dead, and Mrs. Virgin Reives dying from pistol shot wounds. It Is lelieved to be a case of murder and suicide, but which of the couple did the shooting, or the cause of it. Is unVnowo. Invents Life Line Apparat Colonel William Unge. who was one of the Swedish representatives to 4he Columbian Exposition in 1S93, has Invented a successful life line apparatus, which the big steamship companies, tt is said, will adopt Tooth Filod 3,000 Years Aro. A piece of dental work 3,000 years old was exhibited at the international dental congress in Berlin. The object la a human Jaw taken from an Etruscan tomb and has a calf's tooth held tn place by gold fillings. Drnamlte Kills Ten Fire Drin. As a result of the explosion of 708 pounds of dynamite at Boca Chica, twelve miles from Key West, FU., ten men are dead, five probably fatally Injured and at least a dozeu others are t-ullerlng from less serious injuries. Xavtil Paymaster Is Ml Ins. William H. Doherty, navy paymaster on the battle ship Missouri, has disappeared from his ship and all efforts of the Navy Department to find him have been without avail. U. S. Rents Farms for Airships. Two hundred dollars a month for a farm of 1C0 acres, exclusive of the farm buildings, is the price agreed upon between the War Department and the owners of the property for an airship experimental station near Collegi Park, Md.

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