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OR. COOK, OF BROOKLYN, REACHES NORTH POLE Message Sent to Wife Announc ing Success and Safety. AMERICAN'S WONDERFUL FEAT Hardship* and Cold of Ilia Journey to the N.ntli DeMrlbcd ? Men him! Dii^n Poiinh on the Way? Kukimos Turn Rack. Other Kfl'ortv Made to RoacIi tlio 1 *<?!??. The following table of stalls* tics ihoffi former effort# to j reach the North Pole unci their results; Miles Latitude From Yenr. I'xp'nrer, Rem-htsd . Pole. 1500, .Barents ...79,40 713 I 1607. .Hudson , . . 80. 'J 3 654 17 00. . PhijipK 80.4S 635 ! 1806. .Scdreaby ... 81.30 687 1827.. Parry 82.45 600 1876 . . Narea 83.20' 460 ! 1882 . .fireely ....83.2 4 4 55 189 5.. Nan sen ...86.14 260 1900. . Abruzzi ...86.33 241 Brussels. Belgium. ?The observa tory here received the following tele gram, dated Lerwick, Shetland Isl ands: "Reached North Polo April 21, 190S. Discovered land far north. Return to Copenhagen by steamer Hans Kgede. * "FREDERICK COOK." The American ofllclals at the ob servatory Ktate the dlapatch 1b surely In ten day? the party only pro grc-MAod two degro** of latitude, being frequently compelled to turn back and make long dolour# tuouud lui paaaablo loo barriers. Th^ party wa? uow roduoed to twenty dogs. Many fell from weak ness and woro devoured by the hungry survivor* in the park. Within 100 miles of the goal the icefield became heavier, tho obstacle* greater, but there woro uo deop rlfls. Tho party saw DO sign either of land or of an open polar sea; only ice, Ice, ice everywhere. The temperature ,wa? BOldom abovo fifty degrees below tero, The actual Tole was reached on Aprfl 21. Moat careful observations were taken. Nothing wau to be Been but tho il limitable fields of ice ? -no evidence of land, or life, or water. Tho party remalnedf thirty-six hours taking observations at tho Polo. On the return trip tho expedition whi reduced to half rations and only two faithful Kskimos survived. All the ammunition was gone before the (Ireenlaud shore*) wero reached May 21, 1909. A Cltiy.cn of Brooklyn. Brooklyn, N. Y. ? Dr. Frederick A. Cook has taken part in half a dozen notable exploring expeditions in his 11 fo tlmo, in Arctic and Antarctic re gions, and in mountain climbing. In this last his greatest feat was the ascent of Mount McKlnley, in Alaska, in 1906, after unsuccessful attempts In 1902 by himself, and before that by several geographical societies. From his boyhood Dr. Cook has been interested in scientific achieve ments. He was born at Calllcoon Depot, Sullivan County, New York, June 10, 1865, the sou of Dr. Theo dore Albert Cook ? the family uamo was originally Koch, but was changed after coming to this country. Ho re ceived his oducatlon in tho public schools of Brooklyn and in Callicoon, and was graduated in medicine from the University of New York City in 1890. In 1892 he married Mary tm. FREDERICK A. COCK, DISCOVERER OF THE NORTH POLE. authentic and that the North Pole has been reached^ for the first time and by an American. Lerwick, Shetland Islands. ? Dr. Cook says that the most important discovery made in hi3 journey of more than 200 miles farther north than any human has ever gono before 1b a new strip of land more than 30, 000 square miles in extent, inhabited by polar animals and gam o of consid erable variety. Before reaching the Pole Dr. Cook -Buffered almost killing hardships trom hunger and cold. From Eskimos who accompanied the explorer it was learned that the jarty lived upon Immense catches of >ear meat which resulted from the |reat hunt of Eskimos on the Green ind shore just before Cook's party prlved at Annootok. Large quantities ot these stores Pere laid at a point 7 00 miles from ~?e Pole. During the long winter fht Pleds were prepared, equipment Instruments packed for the jour |y across the ice packs, which was Tbegln at least, a month before the tt dawn of light in the spring of >8. ?he actual start by Dr. Cook, ac ipanied by ten Eskimos on a m heavily laden 'sledges, drawn Tover a hundred dogs, was made on jruary 19. the next four wecKs nearly 200 98 was accomplished. Numerous Ik. oxen, several bear and baro fre killed and eaten during this rney. The cold was frightful, ^he ^ury fell at times to more than |:y degrees below zero. >ro than twenty dogs died from cposure, and four of the Eskimos ted and turnod hack, takjng two sleds and some of the supplies fijthem. fctwo more w-^eks Dr. Cook and Llthful followers left him sav vey reached the latitude of S4 [7 sec., longitude 86 deg. 30 sec. ras found up to this point, in by much ga:ne. Beyond this Itretched the Arctic waste for jtiiau 300 miles of ice, where iio thing seemed to live except fo few marks of which were Carkey to Rnlsc Duties. irfcish Minister of Finance M that tho Government will igotlatlons with the Powers ^.to Increasing the Import du rkey from eleven to foor> rnt. ? : ? ? jlna Wife Killed by Auto. [.Mm. Charles A. Copper skilled at New ten, Iowa/ motor car i Oiled down a ibankment. Another oc evcaped uninjured. Fidell Hunt, who is now a resident of Brooklyn. Cliief Engineer Melville's Opinion. Philadelphia, Pa. ? 'If Dr. Cook has' discovered the North Pole it is nothing less than a miracle," safd Rear-Admiral Melville, retired, him self well posted on tho difficulties of exfrloration in northern latitudes. "Without- backing, money, outfit and equipment. I don't see how Cook could have ever reached the Pole, let alone llvo through the return journey," said the Admiral. "If Peary, with >.he bent equipped expedl MAP OF THE NORTH POLAR REGION. Showing Ihe route which Dr. Cook intpnded to take and the joints ?*eachcd by other ?xplorers. TiOst His Two Right Kyes. In -an accident recently, Charles Kearney, of Bloomlngdale, N. Y., lost his right eye and had a glass one sub stituted. Kearney's glass eye was struck by a' bullet and broken flred from an air gun by some person whose indentlty was aot learned. TW? Sailor Saved $1400. Tha Navy D?parU??nt la proud of thJ^coM for thrift o? a yeoman, who In four yaam hn ?*??! 11400 on MS ? montfc. t ? a ? tlon that ?v*r penetrated norfherr* latKnde*. oould Duly kv< wllhtn oim hundred miles <>/ tho Mirth's I cannot eooctflvw how (Vw>k bus done it oil hie ?K*rrt\ 0b Ui ?<****? Lktw oould hu tho n/Ui vus to go with htm as oarrlors. for carriers he must have had cr wiarve? Food aud fuel tufflclent to last for months must have bovn taken along, ?ud how and where would he get the funds to buy the food or tho men and dogs to car- j ry It?" J DOWIE'S SUCCESSOR JAILED. Voliva Says He'll Stay Six Months Itatlwr Than I'sy Judgment. ' Chicago, ill. ? Wilbur Glenn Voliva, successor to the late John Alexander Dowle as head of the Dowta religious cult, wan placed In the tlcltenry County Jail, at Woodstock, 111., lu defautt of payment of a >10,000 Judg ment rendered against him by Judgo Wright in favor of l'hlllp Motberlll, a farmer of Montana. Tho judgment was obtained on a slander charge brought by MotherflL Voliva declared he would stay In Jan the entire six inonthB rather thaa pay tho Judgment. DESTROYER'S GREAT RECORD. VluH^er I)<xw Thre? Knots Faster Than Any Ship in U. 8. Navy. Ilockland, Me. ? A record three knots faster than that of any ship In the United States Navy was scored .by tho Hath built torpedo "boat de stroyer Fluaaer in a standardization trial, the first of her official accept ance trials on tho Rockland mile course. Her fastest mile wui made at the rate of 33.7 knots an hour, while another was at the rato of 33. A knots; The average of her five top speed runs was 32.7 knots. KILLED BEFORE FIRST FLIGHT. I?uIm Raynaud, Aeroplane Inventor. Strurk by a Passenger Train. New Orleans, I^a. ? Ixv.ils Raynaud, the Inventor of an airship, which was to have Its Initial flight hero, and a party of three others, return ing home, in a wagon from a day's work oh the aeroplane, were struck by a New Orleans and Groat North ern passenger train at Oentilly road and Bruxelles street here. Raynaud died shortly after bolng taken to the Charity Hospital. Two of his com panions were slightly injured. Franrig H. Leggett IHes Suddenly, i Francis H. Leggett, a prominent wholesale grocer of New York City, died suddenly In an ambulance while being taken to tho North Hudson Hospital in Union Hill, N. J., from the West Shoro Railroad ferryhoime at Weehawken. The cause of his death w?g presumed to be heart dis ease. Colorado Corporation Tax Valid. At Denver. Col., Judge Lewis, In the Federal Court, held the Colorado ' State tax of $2 a year for every $1000 of capital stock of foreign corpora tions valid. Tho Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad complained that the tax was nn lnterferenca with interstate commerce. Suffocated by Own Invention. Milton .T. Kent, of Warren and Orleans streets, Newark, N. J., went to the house at No. 4 54 Fourth ave nue to exterminate roaches by a pat ent gas and was suffocated by his own preparation. Ho was dead when found by his partner who went to search for him when ho did not re turn. England Depends on Navy. Admiral Lord Charles* Beresford told Canadians at Montreal "our peo ple in England have a weary look," and that the continuance of the Brit ish Empire depends gu its supremacy on all seas. Baseball Fan Dies Cheering, Cheering vigorously for a player who had J \ist knocked a home run in an amateur ball game Robert Myers, sixty-five, dropped dead of heart dis ease at Chicago. Killed Playing Soldier. . While playing soldier at his home at Swedesboro, N. J., Henry Freder icks, aged fifteen years, shot and 'killed with a musket he thought un loaded his cousin, George Lang, four teen years old, who was on a visit to the .home ot hs-unele. - - ? * w - Rteel Ban Up $1 Ton. The Cambria Steel Company am nounced an advance ot |1 a ton in bars, an increase which brings- the price to $1.40 a hundredweight at Plttsbarg. . PEARY AT POLE TOO Dispatc hes I lash Ovit Mm Wires Monday. REACHtS GOAL APRIL 6, 1909 Several Messages Sent Including One to Mrs. Peary Loave No Doubt of Their Meaning ?Did Not Know of Dr. Cook's Discovery. New York, Special. ? From out t lio Arctic darkness there were (lashed Monday the messages which stun ned the scientific world and thrillcll (ho Iveart ol every layman. From the bleak roast of Labrador I Vary pave t<i the world the new* that lie had attained his portl in the tar north, while ui the same moment in tar olf Denmark |)r. Frederick A. (look, of Brooklyn, was heinp dined and lionised by royalty lor the same aehievement. Undeniably Yankee pril has 'con quered the frozen north and there has been crented a coincidence sneh as the. world will ncv?er *>ee apniri. The Americans have planted the (lax of their country in the land of ice which man IiAk sought to pene trate for four centuries and each, ifrnorant of th<? other's conquest, has Hashed within a period of live days a laconic message of success to the waiting world. The following telegrams t ?? 1 1 the fact t hut there is a story coming. New York, Special. ? l'cary has succeeded. "Indian Harbor, via < 'ajy> Hay, N. F., September (>. v "To Associated I'ress, New York. "Stars and Stripes nailed lo North I'ole. (Signed) " BF.AKY. ' ' "Indian Mariior. via Cape Hay, N. F., September 6. "Herbert L. Bridtrcman, Brooklyn, N. Y. "Bole reached. Hoojv?velt . safe. ' (Signed ) " PKAHY." "Indian Harbor. via Capo Hay, N. F., "I have the pole April (>.- Kxpect arrive Cheateau bay September 7. Secure control wire for me there qjid arrange to expedite transmission of big story. (Signed) ' ' PEA K V . " April (J, 1900 ? the date that I'eary planted the flag at tlie\ Polo ? and April 21, 1008, the day that Dr. Cook unfurled the stars and stri|K's a year before, consequently become the car dinal dates upon which exploration of the far North will rest liereafter. Though separated bv nearly a year, tlx* same feat wa* accomplished by two Americans, neither of whom was aware of the movements of the other. Cook says that he found no traces of Peary in the moving ice and ac cording to word which was received here through ('apt. Robert Bart let t, of ] Vary's ship, the Hoosevelt, late Monday night. Peary likewise found no signs of his reputed predecessor. However, this phase of lVarv's ex perience will not be thoroughly clear ed up until a statement is obtained from his own lips. A "Washington ? dispatch says: Commander Robert E. Peary, al most three years ago prophetically outlined his view of the value and in terest attached to the achievement he announced in the dispatches Mon day. The penetration of the frozen heart of the Arctic circle, the news of Peary's feat following close upon the heels of Dr. Cook's planting of the American tlag at the same spot, evoked enthusiastic plaudits in Wash ington. Everywhere among army and navy o fibers and scientists and official Washington, generally, only words of praise were spoken. Dr. Cook was intensely interested at the cablegrams and said: "That is good news. T hope Peary did get to the Pole. }fis observations ami reports on that region will confirm mine." Asked if there was any probability of Peary's having found (he tube con taining his records. Dr. Cook replied: * ' I hope so. but that is doubtful on account of the drift." 1 fc added : "Commander Peary would have reached t lie Polo this year. Probably while I was in the Arctic region last year his route was several hundred miles east of mine. . We are rivals, of course, but the pole is good enough for t wo. "That two men got to the Pole along different paths." continued the explorer, "should furnish large ad ditions to scientific knowledge. Prob ably other parties wiil reach it i:i the next ten years. sinc<* every explorer is helped by the experience of bis predecessors, just as Sverdrup's ob servations and reports were of im measurable help to me. i can say nothing more, without knowing fur ther details, than that I am glad of it." Fleet's Battle Practice. Norfolk, Vn., Special. ? The Atlan tic battleship and cruiser fleet had highly favorable conditions Monday for their rough water battle practice work, as a northeast wind was blow j ing 20 miles , an hour, but unfortu [ nately one of the larger boats having been penetrated by shells from the i big guns of the ships, became water ! logged an<l bad to be brought in for" repairs, i v- * .. . ---? - - ? t* - . . '? f* ? > V ? ^ s it rrrr. '.it! V ?r'TT.T THE DISPENSARY CASES Attorney General a;rd Associates Will Soon Bo Heady For Trial.. Colombia, Special Active prepar ations are being mado by Attorney Ooneral Lynn and his associate attor tuya lor trial uX' the .dupennuiv graft " cases. at tho coining term of curt, which convenes Tuesday, with ?Judge Mcmmingcr presiding. The attorneys have been at work for sumo time gathering up the I oust* ends i.t die evidence obtained at in tervals, and the cases brought up aro expected to.be of interest throughout the entire country, It is not known vet when the cases will be called, although it is thought that souio of them will be taken up ? luring the second week of court. All may not be brought up at the present term as each of the trials may con sume several days and it is customary to dear the jail of prisoners beforo the other cases are started. Those now under indictment in clude Jas. S. T'ariiiiin, .J no. Black, Joo H. W'ylie, duo. Hell Towill, h. W. Boykin, \V. < >. Tatuni, M. A. (lood man, Jodie M. Wawlinson, W. A. By ars and Others. Seminole Cases Will Bo Pushed. Columbia. Speciyl. The prosecu tion in the indictments brought and at ter wards to be presented to the gram I jury in the case' against those involved in the organization of the Seminole Securities company, will be pushed by .1. W. Thurmond, an attor ney of Kdyefleld, and former solicitor of lliis circuit when Riclihiml was in cluded in t he Lexin^ton-Mdgetleld t ?? r ritory. The cases will come up at the coming term of court if possible ind it is very probable that other in dictments will be brought then. The prosecut ion as planned bv the receiv ers was not pushed , accor?ling to Mr. W . I1'. Stevenson, who was in the cilv Saturday, because of the dillietilty in securing the service <>f solium of the lawyers interested in t lie receivership hearing, to continue in the criminal work. Mr. Stevenson is busy "in the dispensary litigation and could not serve. Ii is thought, however, as a r/'sult additional warrants will be sworn out. Water Rontn to Columbia. Columbia, Special.- It is a wel come announcoment which comes to Columbia, (leorgetown and other towns alon<r~Hie. water route between here and (leorgetown in the form of a letter from Chief Engineer Adams to Commissioner Watson and others interested that the report of the in vestigation of the Conga roe, Sautee and \\ atcree recommends securing a depth of six f<v*| ami a width of one hundred feet from Winyah bay to the San tec, and a channel 'depth of not less than four feet to Columbia by the Sautee and the Conga roe and not less than four feet fo Camden bv the Wateree, and the raising of the dam at Columbia two feet. This means water freight business frmn Baltimore and New York to Col u di bit by (leorgetown all the year round and placing this city on the samo water basis as Augusta. Child Drinks Coal Oil. Hock Hill, Ky ociul. ? Haywood, t lie 2-year-old son of Mr. F. II. Moore, a prominent livryman of this city, while playinp arohnd their home in NVoodlawn I'ark Saturday afternoon, managed in some way to yet liohl of a vessel entaining some kerosene oil and drank a lot of it, fotrnnately . a physician happened to be at the next loor iviphbor 's and was called in and administered antidotes and after working with the little fellow for some' time brought him around ail riirht. lie is said to have been a sick child for several hours. Drought Unbroken. Orange bury. Special. ? The dry spell continues here and the cotton is <roiny hack every day. Owing to this condition the cotton is opening rapid ly and I he market here has been flood ed. On Saturday .'410 bales were sold here and about were marketed Saturday. Most of this cotton brought 12 cents per pound. First Saturday in November For Farriers' Competition at Gaffncy. ? (rafTney. Spe' ,al. - The first Satur day in November has liccn fixed for 1 1 v ('her)ikee county exhibit of the colts which will compete for the valu able prize* offered bv the National Hank of OalTney. It is probable that a I remendous crowd will be in (iaff nev on that date, as a larire number of farmers and slock raisers are com I v t i ?i *_r for the prizes. The prizes of fered bv the Merchants and Planter? Hank for th?? best yields* of cotton and tern and the prizes offered by the National for the best stock is an in centive to farmers to do their best. Hamrick and the Improvement Bondi Win Out in Gaffnoy. OafTney, Special. ? Full return? from the senatorial* election give Hamrick 820 votes and Hardin 040. a majority of 4^0 fi>r Uaatrtok* While this is i*>t olTicial, it is approximately correct. The vote for sewerage and water works as giv*?n the special was not quite correct. The vote in l'avor of water works wa* 336 againM 10. - In favor of sewerage 335 again*! VJ. ! KlllS MOTHER FOB MONEY George Shuons, of Pottsville, Pa., Theu Commits Suicide. Voting Man Kh>ep* For Smi'ii Ony* iu Jli'MM' With Yirtiin'* llody Wftltli lug HI* Father'* Frantic (jrlef, roruivlllo. Pa.-? (Soorgo Simonfl, a young civil engineer who was promt* nont ?oclally in this illy, mupdered hit* mother because she refused to give him money' which would onablu him to ruurry his sweetheart, Mia? Viola Hnrtranft, After ho had Alain her he curried her hotly to n sparo room on tho third floor of tho Simon* homo and laid It on tho floor, leav ing It. there ho went out and pui> chased a In rgo quantity of quicklime Returning vvl'h It to the ku r r?'t ho poured It over tho body,- hoping to de stroy tho ovidenc.o of bin unnatural crime. Leaving tho llmo to do 1 1 h deatruo tlvo work, young SlmoiiB cloned and locked tho door. Not fidtlBflod with that, ho got u screwdrlvei and Hcrows and used thom to make the door doubly securo. Then ho stoppod up tho c.racka with parafllne and painted tho door ho It would look like part of the wall. 'IV> safeguard still further hlH secret, he put up a Hlgn "Paint." thinking n<i one would touch tho con coaled door with that sign displayed. Then he wont to the rooms below. For seven nights he slept in the house in ii room ndojlnlng tho one In which his mother's body was bidng eaten up by the lime. 13y Ills' bod was a loaded rifle. For nearly tho samo length of tline he watched his father, who wub almost frantic, searching for liiB wife. Young SlmoiiB was calling upon hl? sweetheart when a policeman arrived at the Martranft homo to Inform him that tho'body of his mother had been dlBcovered and that sho had been murdered. The police had no hub plclon of young SI mona. 111b guilty conBcIenco led him to BuppoBe, how ever, that his crime had l>?.e:i discov ered. Ah soon as he heard the police wero asking for hlrn lie pulled a pistol from his pocket and sent u bullet through his brain. It was not until ho had dono that that Miss llartranft or any one suspect od ho know any thing about tho murder. TRAIN 11ITH AUTO; Jl KILLKD. Mr. and Mm. W. I/, Graul and Mrs. Kchlegel I/oso Their Lives. Reading, Pa. ? - An automobile in which wore William L. Ciraul and his wife, of Temple, Pa., and Dr. and Mrs. Samuel I'J. Schlegel, of thlB city, was Btruck by a Pennsylvania Hall road train at Douglasavllle, near here, and all except Dr. Schlegel were killed. The train was running at high speed and tho auto was thrown down an embankment. Mr. and Mrs. Qraul and Mrs. Schlegel wore dead when picked up, and Dr. Schlogel was unahlo to move, both legs having boon broken. William L. Graul, one of tho vlc tiniH, was formerly a resident of Reading and was widely known. >llu was a veteran of the Civil War. Mrs. Graul was flfty-elght and Mrs. Schle gel thirty-eight years old. The party had boon on a woek's motor trip to Delaware Water Gap and Philadel phia. TAFT'S NAMK FORGED. ffelegrnm Published Upholding Mln? nesota Congressman Tawney. Reverly, Mass. ? President Taft han learned that a forged tologram slgnud in his name ban been published In Minnesota in tho Interest of Con gressman Tawney, who voted with the Cannon machino on tariff matters ngalnst tho proteBtB of many of his constituents. The President aBked ' that a statement be Bent out declar ing that no such telegram wan sont by him to anyone. This is tho telegram, which was published in the St. Paul Pioneer Proas and Dispatch: "I assure you of my complete sym pathy with the plan to honor tho Min nesota Congressional delegation by a public ratification meeting. "WILLIAM HOWARD TAFT." HOLD HARK FOR DAMAGES. Former Associates Accusn lliin o4 Swindling in Mining Transactions. Los Angeles, Cal. ? An order mak ing Lionel Hare, formerly of New York City, liable for damages aggre gating $62,500 with interest amount ing to J 14,000 moro was entered by Judge Wilbur, of the Superior Court. Hare has been in Jail since Juno 18, when ho was arrested on tho com plaint of F. E. Powers and several wealthy New Yorkers, who alleged that liaro had swindled them in Alaska mining transactions. * Four Days From Europe. Four days from Europe to Amerl* ra is the record of the Lusltania, tho first steamship to dock at New York \ City on tho fourth day out from Queensjowu. Tho ship made tho j western passage from Daunt's Rock Lightship to tho Ambrose Channel Lightship in 4 days 11 hours and 42 j liii nu tes. I.nw Professor Kills Himself. Roger M. Lee, a lawyer, of Clove* land, Ohio, who was formerly a mem ber of t'..e fnculty of tho Western Re serve Law School, committed suicide by shooting himself in tho head, ill health Is thought to be the reason. Ho was tltty-scven years old. Patrol Wnjjon Woke 3 Days' Sleeper, The noise of a rapidly driven patrol wagon that had come to take him to the hospital awakened Edward W. Clark, a clerk, from a three days' sleep, at Los Angeles, Cal. Clark fell Into a comatose condition. After try ing vainly to wake him. hi? landlady sent * call for the police. I Government Cotton Report. * Ttti Government cotton report. Is sued In Washington, D. C.. Indicated a yield of only 11.006.000 bales. Latest News. BY WIRE. Balloon (itw* I *|? 12,0(K) Feet. | Dayton, Ohio. -<-rT.be new balloon, | Tho IK-riKlit, In Its Initial voyage retcjieit H height of 12,000 foot, it lauded fourteen miles beyond Dela ! Wright Wmi't lliuo (*urti>?. Dayton, Ohio.- Wilbur Wright, will not fly ut St. i?ui* in edmpetjtlon" 1 with (ilonu H. Curti&a. This informa | i u >11 ww given out at tho Wright ! homo by rn?wnbora of tho family. Curtlns In accused of Infringing Oil tho patent rights claimed by tho Wrights, and a unit In now pending against hliii. . . -< ? Cyclone lta**"* Te*a? Tiwn. Jacksonville, Tox. ? rDlalville, a small town on tho Cotton Holt Rail road, eight miles from here, waa devastated by a cyclone. Sovoral per ?ona w?r# injured. Cut?kill Hotel Man Arrested. Catsktll, N. Y. W. Piatt Fisher, proprietor of thu Klskatom Rotfeat HouBfc, of Catsklll, whh put under ar reat. here on a chargo of forgery to tho amount of several thousand dol lars. Tho complaint was made by tho Tannura' National Hank, of this city. iMj f U. N. Jobs For Students. Washington, D. C. ? Students with an agricultural training, who aro fa miliar with laboratory and tteld work, ivith classes and varieties of cerealB, are In demand by the Government, at salaries ranging from $1200 to $2000 a year. A Buya Disputed Island. Har Harbor, Maine. ? A land Halo which probably will terminate a dis pute over tho proposed location of a $50., 000 bridge on the land In ques tion was concluded when tho western l>art of Bar Island was bought for ap proximately $150,000 by Richard T. Btotesburg, hoad of Drexel & Co., Philadelphia bankers. Will Return $50,000 ?lft. Hoston, Mass. ? It was decided by Attorney-General Malono that tho $50,000 which was donated by Mrs.! Rophronla A. Harrington, of Winches tor, for a memorial hospital in that .(own should bo roturned to her. It waH found that the amount would ba insufficient to maintain the hospital. Women In 20-Mllo Flight. ^ Pittsfleld, MaBB. ? A (light, approx Imatoly- twonty miles in an air lino, was made by Captain Thomas 9. Bald win, of New York City, as pilot, and! Mr. and Mr. Clifford B. Harmon and/ Miss Anna Byrd, of Now York City,' an passengers, in tho balloon Spring-, field, which aBcended from Aero Park here. Tho landing was safoly effected' at Wllliamstown. A Boston Plasterers Win Demands. \ Boston. ? Tho plasterers' strike, ?which has been in progress hero since July 29, has ended. Tho men struck for a wago scale of sixty-five cents an honr, which has been granted. ?_ One Dies in Fire. Philadelphia. ? One man was burned to death and six others were badly injurod in a fire at the Point Breeze gas works. It is feared that some of those burned will die. * * Try to Raise tho Yankee. Washington. D. C. ? Efforts soon are to be maae to raise tho supply ship Yankee, which has been on tho ocean bottom for some time off the Massachusetts coast. ' ~\ Cuban lottery Tickets Barred. Washington, D. C. ? An agreement was reached by American and Cuban postal officials by which the sending of lottory tlcke*B from Cuba to tho United States through the mails will bo prevented absolutely. , I ware, Ohio. BY CABLE. OOO Killed by Floods In Java,. Hatavla, Java. ? It Is . estimated that 600 natives have perished to tho floods In southeastern Java. Damage to property and crops has been enor mous. Nixon TCntertalned by Kin;;. Marienbad, ? King Edward gave a farewell' luncheon to guests, includ ing Lewis Nixon, the American ship builder, who hns recently entered into contracts with tho Russian Navy. Adriatic Carries 3000. Southampton. ? The steamer AdrU atlc left here for Now York with a full complement of passengers, nearly 3000. Congressmen in Volcano, ? Honolulu. ? The American Con* gresslonal party whllo on a tour of the Islands was escorted Into tho era tor of the extinct volcano In Diamond Head Point. Officer Sent to Siberia. St. Petersburg. ? The Minister of tho Interior has selected Krasnoyarsk, Siberia, as the pl?e? o( etilo for Alexander Lopukln the former Chief of tho Russian Police Department, ?who was recently found gv.Mty of be ing a member of the revolutionary or ganization and Sentenced to five years' imprisonment at hard labor. New American Attache. Rerlin. ? Captain Samuel O. Bhfcf tlo, American' Military Attache, was presented to Emperor Wilham at the autumn review of the Berlin and Potsdam garrison* <m the T*? I'tytSMVvtiii Rnrnnuiio \ni \ 11*7 1 viujn^iiui, parade ground. Among the Ameri cans to witness the review were Or vilie Wright and his sister. Zeppelin Airship at Frledrtchshafen. Fried r ichshafen. - ? Tht Zeppelin III. arrived here after a voyage of twenty-two and one-half hours from Bui a* - wM