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HUE SAILORS LOST
Minnesota's Launch Sunk by a
Steamer in Hampton Roads, Va.
VICTIMS RETURNING FROM BALL
Boat Left Jamestown Exhibition Pier
at Midnight and Dropped Out of
Sight?Ran Down by Excursion
Boat?Fleet Joined in Search.
Norfolk, Va. ? Six midshipmen
fresh from the Naval Academy in Annapolis
and five seamen, all of the
battleship Minnesota, lost their lives
in Hampton Roads when their launch
was cut down by a steamer. It was
announced here that Rear-Admiral
Evans, in command of the Atlantic
fleet, of which the Minnesota is a
unit, has absolute knowledge of the
identity of the steamer, and that the
officers will be arrested within twenty-four
hours. The Rear-Admiral delayed
sending a report of the disappearance
of the midshipmen and men
to Washington in the hope that the
launch might only have broken down
and been carried out to sea. But
evidence was found proving the collision
and making it clear that all in
the launch had gone down without a
chance of escape. It is said that the
steamer passed over the men struggling
in the water.
The men lost were:
Midshipman w. u. umcn, secona
class, Wisconsin.
Midshipman W. H. Stevenson, second
class, North Carolina.
Midshipman Philip H. Field, first
class, Colorado.
Midshipman H. L. Holden, second
class, Wisconsin.
Midshipman E. P. Holcomb, second
class, Delaware.
Midshipman HenryClay Murfin, Jr.
Seaman R. H. Dodson.
Seaman H. L. Van Dome.
Seaman F. R. Plumber.
G. W. Westphal, fireman.
Jesse Conn, coal passer of the Minnesota.
The midshipmen were returning
from a ball in the exhibition grounds.
They had gone ashore in charge of
Lieutenant David M. Randall, who
was supposed at first to be among
the dead. But investigation has developed
that Randall remained
ashore and came to this city with
friends. Several witnesses have
come forward with statements that
the launch was run down oy tne
steamer going at high speed. It was
about 12.30 o'clock when the midshipmen
returned to the launch and
at once put out for the Minnesota.
No alarm was felt for the safety
of the launch until next morning,
when a detail from the Minnesota
discovered that the party was not
ashore. As soon as the news was con,
veved to Rear-Admiral Evans he
sent out scores of launches searching
the waters. Several hours passed
without anything being found, and
hope grew that the launch had
broken down.
The first proof of the disaster was
the picking up of a ditty box. It was
after he had been informed of the
find that Admiral Evans confirmed
his worst fears to Washington in the
following message.
"A ditty box belonging to a fireman
of the Minnesota's missing
launch has been picked up afloat
near berth 27, and I am forced to
conclude the launch with all on board
Is lost. Have ordered board of In
vestigation. Steamer last seen at
Exhibition Pier about midnight last
night."
Officers of the fleet were emphatic
In their statements that all the men
could not have been lost had not the
steamer rode over the party. They
pointed to the fact that the launch
was buoyed up by many airtight compartments,
yet its destruction apparently
was so complete that not a part
of it remains afloat.
The belief is that the launch was
cut clean in two, and that the wreckage
was crushed under the weight of
the vessel's hull. It is also said that
probably the collision was attended
by the explosion of the boiler in the
launch, and that in this event many
of those aboard must have been
instantly killed. Those officers who
spoke about the case agreed that had
any of the men got clear of the
steamer they would have reached
shore by swimming.
DROPS DEAD AT OPERA.
General Ellis a Victim of Heart Disease
in Covent Garden.
London.?The King and Queen of
England, attended by King Frederick
and Queen Louise of Denmark, who
are spending a short time in England,
attended a gala performance at
the opera arranged in honor of the
visit of the King and Queen of Denmark.
There were two separata
royal processions from Buckingham
Palace to enable the King and Queen
of England to meet their Danish
guests in Covent Garden.
Major-General Sir Arthur E. A.
Ellis, who was in attendance upon
Kine Edward, died suddenly durine
the performance. General Ellis was
born in 1847.
The death of General Ellis was
due to heart disease, from which he
had long been a sufferer. Thsre was
no premonition of his seizure. He
and Lady Tllis were chatting with
Sir Frederick Treves and other
friends when le General gripped his
throat and fell back in his chair unconscious.
One Killed in Auto Crash.
Alexander Thompson, of New
Haven, one of four occupants of an
automobile, wa= almost instantly
killed when the ca;- was in collision
with a carriage in North avenue,
Bridgeport, Conn. None of the others
was seriously hurt.
Americans Drowned in London.
G. Otto Elterich, of Freeport, Long
Island, and Mrs. Emily Mary McLean,
of New Yofk, were drowned in
a boating accident on the Thames,
near London.
The Field of Labor.
The Boston (Mass.) Pavers' Union
has taken out a State charter.
There are about 40,000 persons
idle in San Francisco because of labor
troubles.
Vancouver (B. C.) carpenters have
asked that wages be increased from
$3.50 to $4.50 a day.
Toronto (Canada) Trades Council
has criticised a police inspector for
granting permits to non-union cab
drivers.
Repeated warnings are being sent
from Canrda to England, stating that
the labor market is overstocked. ^
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SENATOR J.J. M0R6ISN DfllO
Alabama Statesman Stricken in
Washincrton. D. C.
Served as Chairman of the Interocean
Canal Committee Till His Death
?Ill For Several Weeks.
Washington, D. C.?United States
Senator J. T. Morgan,of Alabama, for
thirty years a member of the upper
house of Congress, chairman of the
Senate Committee on Interoceanic
Canals and prominent as a brigadiergeneral
in the Confederate army, died
here suddenly. Senator Morgan had
been in bad health for years, but had
attended the sessions of Congress.
He suffered from angina pectoris,
which was the cause of his death.
At the death bed were his daughters,
Miss Mary Morgan and Miss Cornelia
Morgan, both of this city, and his
secretary, J. O. Jones.
Senator Morgan was' born in
Athens, Tenn., in 1824. When nine
years old he went to Alabama and
lived there ever since. He practiced
law in Selma until he was elected to
the Senate. As a Presidential elector
in 1860 he voted for Breckenridge
and Lane. In 1861 he was a delegate
from Dallas County to the State convention
which passed the ordinance
of secession.
He served in the Confederate army
first as a private in Company I of the
Cahaba Rifles, but when the company
was assigned to the Fifth Alabama
Regiment he was elected major and
afterward lieutenant-colonel of the
regiment. In 1862 he was commissioned
as colonel and raised the
Fifty-first Alabama Regiment. He
was appointed a brigadier-general in
IS63 and assigned to a brigade in
Virginia, but afterward resigned to
join his own regiment, whose colonel
had been killed in battle.
After the war he resumed his practice
of law in Selma. As a Presidential
elector in 1876 he voted for Tilden
and Hendricks. He was later a
member of the commission appointed
to prepare a system of laws for the
Hawaiian Islands. In 1877 he was
elected to the United States Senate
to succeed George Goldthwaite. He
was re-elected in 1882, 1888 and
1894. After a caucus of the Democrats
and a meeting of the Republicans
and Populists, who differed with
him politically, but indorsed him, he
was chosen by a unanimous vote in
the Legislature to a fifth term in the
Senate in 1900.
VETOES TWO-CENT RATE BILL.
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Hughes Says Railroad Problem is One
For Utilities Commission.
Albany, N. Y.?Governor Hughes
\*etoed the Baldwin bill providing for
a flat rate of two cents a mile on all
railroads in the State not less than
150 miles in length. He declared
such action to be too arbitrary, and
said the problem should be solved by
the new Public Service Commissions
after careful investigation.
"This Is a critical time," he said,
"and the interests of all demand that. 1
reason and judgmentshould control." 1
It is stated on good authority that i
one of the first duties that will be
prescribed for the new Utilities Commissions
will be an investigation of
the steam roads of the State with a
view to rate reduction. Some of the
railroads which maintain high mile- '
age rates have already decided to
make concessions to the traveling
public and allay the clamor for reme- <
dial action on the part of the Legislature
or the Utilities Commissions.
NICARAGUA STRIKES SALVADOR.
Acajutln Seized by Armed Force Aiding
Revolutionists.
Mexico City.?A force of Nicaraguans
assisted by Salvadorean revolutionists
has captured the port of
Acajutla, Salvador. News of the outbreak
of hostilities came to the capi- 1
tol in a telegram from President Figueroa
to the Salvadorean Minister
to Mexico, Manuel Delgado.
The Nicaraguans onboard the gunboat
Momotombo bombarded the fort
and then landed troops. The town is
in the hands of Nicaraguan General
Manuel Rivas.
NEW YORKER'S STRANGE DEATH
Railroad Contractor's Body Found in
Knoxville Couple's Home.
Knoxville, Tenn. ? Bearing evidence,
the Coroner asserts, of morphine
in a large quantity, the body
of Frank A. Carroll, a New York railroad
contractor, was found in Jesse
Cunningham's home, in Central
street. There were marks on the
body that indicated rough handling
after if not before death. Cunningham
and his wife were arrested. A
large amount of money was found in
the woman's possession.
AMERICAN REGISTRY IN PARIS.
New Law Caiises Flurry Among tho
8000 Members of Colony.
Paris, France.?On July 1 there
will go into effect in this city a new
law making obligatory the registration
in detail of Americans residing
permanently in Paris, and there is a
consequent flurry among the 8000
members of the American colony.
The consulate isflooded with requests
for information and explanations of
the new law, and lawyers are busy
defining the status of American chil
| dren born in France.
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Day Criticized the President.
Chancellor James R. Day, in his
baccalaureate sermon to the graduates
of Syracuse University, denounced
government by commission
and criticized the President.
Tokio Progressives Protest.
A resolution adopted by the Japanese
Progressive Party Council declares
that the Tokio Government's
attitude toward Washington is unsatisfactory
toward the nation.
Publications Must Bear Xanjes.
Governor Hughes, of New York,
signed the bill providing that after
July 1 newspapers, magazines and j
other periodicals shall print upon
the cover or editorial page the full
name and address of the owners or
proprietors or the name of the publishing
corporation with the address
of the principal place of business, and
the names and addresses of the president,
secretary and treasurer.
Divorces in Ohio.
One out of every four marriages in
Ohio in 1906 resulted in a divorce.
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The Common House Fly.
Whence He Comes and Whither Ko
Goes.
By IIAKOLD SO.MERS, M. A.
The common house fly (Musca Domestica)
is a creature of such secretive
habits that although from the
very earliest times he has been with
us, and the most ancient writers have
mentioned and described him, still
very little was known of his origin
and history.
It remained for the eminent Boston
biologist, Dr. A. S. Packard, in
1873, to make known his origin, habits
and transformations from the egg
through the larva state with its two
changes to the pup? state, then to
the a?rfect fly.
N!iir the first of August the female
Igys about 120 eggs of a dull gray
color, selecting fresh horse manure
in which to deposit her eggs, and so
Becretes them that they are rarely
seen; it takes only twenty-four houra
for them to hatch into the first form
of larva, a white worm one-quarter
of. an inch in length and one-tenth in
diameter. They feed on the decaying
matter of their environment, and two
changes or casting of skins occur before
they turn into the pupa state;
this change comes very suddenly.
The entire period from the egg to the
pupa state is from three to four days.
If moist food is wanting when in this
condition they will eat each other
and thus decrease their number. Heat
and humidity greatly assist their development,
as upon careful computation
each' pound of manure around
stables and outhouses develops under
favorable conditions over 1000
flies. It is no wonder that where
these conditions exist we have such a
veritable harvest of the fly pest.
In the pupa state when the fly is
about to emerge the end of the pupa
case splits off, making a hole through
which the fly pushes a portion *of its
head, but here it seems to encounter
a difficulty; the pupa case is too
stiff and hard to pass through, but
nature comes to its assistance, and a
sort of bladder like substance forms
behind the head, which swells out
apparently filled with air; it acts as a
means of pushing away the pupa ease
and releases the fly. When the, fly
first emerges it runs around with its
wings soft, small and baggy; it is
pale and the colors are not set; its
head rapidly expands and the bladder
formation passes away?within a few
hours the wings grow and harden; it
is now a perfect fly.
The whole time from the depositing
of the egg to the perfect fly is
not over ten days in duration. Many
persons who observe small flies in
midsummer suppose they are the
young, but such is not the case; they
are flie3 that are imperfectly nourished
in the larvae and pupae states,
and do not attain full size; in fact,
they are the dwarfs of their race. The
male fly differs from the female in
the front of the head between the
eyes, being at least one-third narrower,
though in size the female is rather
smaller.
Adult flies like most other creatures
have parasites of minute size
cnat prey upon taem; tnese can uueu
be seen as presenting small red
specks over the body of the fly.
Another enemy in the form of a
fungus often attacks the fly in the
early autumn. This makes its appearance
as a white sweUing and the
white spores Of the disease can be
seen penetrating the body of the fly,
which It finally distends and ruptures.
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i' The fly hibernates in winter, but
with his usual secretive habit it is
very difficult to find him in his winter
quarters. With the first chill of autumn
the files, feeling the cold, seek
temporary warmth in houses, and
clustering together form bunches in
the corners of walls and other places.
They are then sluggish and not so active
as in the warm weather. However,
they do not make a permanent
stay indoors, but on the first mild,
sunny day seek the windows to get
nut and find their nermanent winter
hiding place. Many prefer to make
their homes in the roots of grass on
lawns, where they hide themselves so
effectually that the ice and snow of
winter does not destroy them in their
hibernating state. If in the first
warm days of spring when the snow
is gone and the grass on the lawns
becomes dry and warm, long before
the yellow dandelion shows its head,
a close observer may see numbers of
flies crawling up on the grass to get
the welcome sunshine, their wings
standing out stiff and useless, but
they soon acquire the power of flight,
in the warm rays of the sun. A great
many days, however, elapse before
they appear in the homes of men.
In recent years the medical profession
have demonstrated that while the
ffc-oif dnoc nnt npona^atfi disease.
lij HQtu uwwu "w vr*-o"? '
it is one of the most industrious carriers
of disease germs, which by contact
adhere to his feet, hairy legs and
body, distributing them to innocent
victims.
If every housekeeper could know
all these interesting facts, which have
never before been brought to their
attention, they would realize the importance
of securing the very best fly
exterminator.
Divining Rod.
D. W. S. (New York City): Kindly
give me some information about the
witch hazel divining rod for locating
water; how it is made, used, etc.
As usually employed, this devict
consists of a forked twig, held in ?
horizontal position in front of tht
operator. He grasps one tip of the 'V
with each hand, and the main stem
projects before him. He walks tc
and fro in search of a hidden vein o'
water, and it is said that when he if
over one the stem will bend downward.
Though hazel was once con
sidered essential, some operators re
port equally satisfactory results witt
other wood, end even with wire. The
device does not work in everybody's
hands, and we do not wish to be un
derstood as guaranteeing that it wit
succeed in any one's. Nevertheless, i
few of the cases in which the divinin?
rod seemed to reveal water are no\(
fairly well attested.?New York Tri
bune.
A movement has been initiated ti
commemorate the services of thf
late Lord Salisbury by erecting (
statue in the Foreign Office*
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I CUPID'S BtJ
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MILLIONAIRE'S SON, DYING,
WEDS WEEPING GIRL
Fate Overtakes Rim on Eve of Date For Fashionable
Marriage-Fortune to
Young Willow.
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Father of Bridegroom-Elect Arrives
Barely in Time For the Deathbed
Ceremony.
Louisville, Ky.?Six hours before
his death here Robert Horner, twenty-nine
years old, son of Samuel Horner,
a multi-millionaire of Philadelphia,
married Miss Elizabeth Dallam
Burnett, a member of one of the most
prominent and wealthiest families
in this city. The wedding of the
couple had been set for Tuesday, and
several guests already had arrived.
Horner died of blood poisoning
caused by a carbuncle.
The young man came here three
I years ago as manager of a cement
company owned by his father. He
fell In love with Miss Burnett at first
sight, and their engagement was announced
last winter. The wedding
was to have been < one of the most
fashionable of the early summer.
Horner was preparing for the union,
and had arranged for a wedding trip
of two months. A week ago the
carbuncle developed in his neck and
he grew steadily worse until his
death.
At first Horner made light of the
carbuncle, but on Thursday evening
his condition had become so serious
that he decided to go to the Norton
Memorial Infirmary. There the physicians
said an operation should have
been performed at least twenty-four
hours before. They placed him at
once on the operating table, but the
knife gave no relief. Instead, the
patient was attacked by blood poisoning,
and early in the morning it
became apparent he could not recover.
Horner read his fate in the face
of his fiancee, and he bore it like a
Spartan. The doctors tried to hide
the truth from him, but he silenced
them by his questions. Then he
asked that Miss Burnett become his
bride, and the girl consented. The
young man's father, expecting to attend
the arranged wedding on Tuesday,
arrived from Philadelphia barely
in time to be present at the hurried
ceremony. He was accompanied
by his second son. Charles, who was
pledged by the dying man to care
for the widowed bride.'
The ceremony was performed by
the Rev. J. G. Minnegerode. Horner
was so weak that the physicians refused
to prop him up with pillows.
He gathered strength, however, to
make his responses in a full, clear
voice. Miss Burnett was so overcome
her voice hardly could be heard. Several
nurses were affected so deeply
that they left the room. Charles
Horner broke down and cried, but
, the father stood without the movement
of a muscle looking straight
into the face of his stricken son.
After the wedding Mrs. Horner bent
over and kissed her husband, then
she took a chair at the bedside and
held his hand on the counterpane
until death came.
Only ten days ago Horner took out
a life insurance policy for $25,000
for Miss Burnett. It is believed that
all his estate, amounting to several
hundred thousand dollars, will go
to the widow.
Des Moines, Iowa.?Emily Haven,
a baby orphan, has the proud distinction
of having twelve mothers,
and all college girls at
BABY HAS that.
A DOZEN For a lark the girls
MOTHERS, visited the Iowa Children's
Home and all
fell in love with the baby and decided
to.adopt her. They will "mother"
the child on the instalment plan,
each taking her for a month at a
time.
The baby is to-day getting acquainted
with the home of Edna and
Amy Symires. two of the dozen girls
who have adopted her. She is to
stay there six weeks, and will then
go to the home of Miss Alsit, and
then on around the circuit.
The mother of the child died when
it was an infant.
Carlisle, Pa.?Wallace Denny, a
Wisconsin Oneida Indian, for many
years trainer of the famous Carlisle
athletes, was marWEDS
ried here a few
INDIAN nights ago. Nellie
SIOUX MAID. V. Robertson, a
South Dakota Sioux
maiden of the Indian school executive
staff, became his bride. The best
man was Hastiugs Robertson, who
wits several days ago the first Indian
to graduate in law at Pennsylvania
University. The maid of honor was
Anna Guyituey, a Pueblo maiden.
I Salt Lake City.?former uongress|
man Brigham H. Roberts defended
| Mormonism in the Tabernacle and
asserted he
ROBERTS would live with
ADMITS PLURAL his plural wives
WIVES. in spite of the
Church and the
State. He admits having contracted
plural marriages since the manifesto.
'President at Oyster Bay.
President Roosevelt arrived at his
Oyster Bay summer home, where he
expects to remj,iu.uotU October,
SY SEASON. ~"i
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?Cartoon by Jamie son, in the Pittsburg
Dispatch.
Boston.?That babies deformed or
otherwise nhvsicallv unfit should be
put to a painless death was the theory
advanced here
STATE OUGHT by Dr. Andrew
TO RULE Christian, one of
MARRIAGES. the most prominent
physicians in
this city. Furthermore, the doctor
advised that there should be a Government
control of marriages, requiring
a clean bill of health of every
man and woman before thsy might
approach the altar.
"The world would be better," said
Dr. Christian, "if mothers would consent
to have their deformed or mentally
deficient children quietly put to
sleep. If I myself had a little child
born and it was deformed or showed
that it would be mentally weak I
would be willing that it should be
put to death with no suffering, and it
would be the prudent thing to do,
because it would save it from untold
suffering later. This may sesm
harsh, but it really isn't.
"A board of overseers of marriages
appointed by the State is what we
want. The race is degenerating and
some radical change must be made
soon or we will in time have only
idiots and imbeciles. Just talcs, for
example, what Luther Burbank has
accomplished with the flowers. Even
more can be done with human beings
and greater results obtained.
"Only the fit should marry, only
those who are mentally and physically
normal and sane, those whose ancestors
were clean of life and well
balanced mentally. To be born' under
right conditions with as nearly
perfect mother and father, mentally
ariH nhvslrallv. as nossible. is the
heritage of every child, and the man
or woman who cheats a child of that
heritage is committing a double
crime, one against the child and one
against society.
"The board of overseers I suggest
should understand thoroughly physiology,
psychology and sociology. I
should think doctors, appointed by
the State, would be best. These
could have lists of people in that
State and so far as possible of their
ancestry. They could fix a period of
time to look the individuals up before
deciding whether two persona
were fit to marry." .
Washington, D. C.?Washington
society is beginning to speculate on
the possibility of Miss Ethel Roosevelt,
now
ETHEL ROOSEVELT'S in her sev"COMING
OUT" enteenth
PLANS. year, being
presented
New Year's next. Although
she will not have finished her school
course here in the National Cathedral
for Girls, the President and
Mrs. Roosevelt, it is said, feel she
should see as much of White House
events and entertainments as possible,
and she will appear more frequently.
Miss Ethel is budding into a very
handsome woman, and has all the
frank charm of her sister,.Mrs. Long nrrirtV)
unf-h nHrtpH viraritv. She is
a devotee of horseback riding and,
with her mother, is often to be seen
on the boulevards and in the parks
around the city.
Mrs. Roosevelt and Miss Ethel are
among the best horsewomen in
Washington, and are quite as much
at home on a good horse as they are
in a drawing room. Mrs. Roosevelt
invariably wears the plainest of
black broadcloth habits, made with a
severely plain tight fitting jacket and
rather a short skirt. She usually
wears a sailor hat, although through
the winter she appeared with a
derby. Over her hat and face she
always wears a thin black chiffon
veil, which is tied down closely over
the hat and about the neck.
Miss Ethel frequently wears a
black suit with white shirt waist and
a black and white sailor hat.
Seattle, Wash.?Dr. J. Allen Smith,
head of the department of political
science in Washington University,
has advised his classes
ADVISES against matrimony durXOT
TO ing the present era of
MARRY. high prices.
V mi 11 cr nonnlo mnv
A wuuj, i/vvj/iw "-"J
marry in Seattle, he warned his
classes, but under the existing conditions
of up-in-air prices it requires
an intervention of Providence in
their favor thereafter to enable them
to make both ends meet. Until living
expenses have decreased I certainly
would not advise young men to marry
Newsy Gleanings.
Next in order will be a gyroscope
railway.
There is a dearth of surgeons in
the United States Army.
The Americanized horse show in i
London proved a social success.
The second-class traffic of the
English railroads shows a material
falling off.
i\ earty -UWU ivurtaua nccmj CJ.IV7
said to be crossing the border into
Russian territory to escape the Japanese
rule..
ELEPHSNT SIMPS |
681UNBER FOOT
Reaches From Parade Into Crowd
?? DhW#iIa Carl aiav #*IIs
Ull Dull ulU OlUCVTQin.
ITALIAN LAD INSTANTLY KILLED
Animal Seventy Years Old and Never
Known to Be Vicious Before?
Keeper Arrested ? Parents oi
Victim Will Sue Circus.
Buffalo, N. Y.?Provoked to angei
by the torments of a half dozen small
boys who kept pace with her and
aimed pebbles at her flapping ears.
Ruth, the seventy-year-old, five-ton
elephant in Cole Brothers' circus
parade, wound her trunk arounc. the
body of Rocco Laquino, twelve years
old, as lie stood in a densely packed
crowd on the pavement and dashed
his life out r the paving stones.
Then, with a trumpet of fury, the
great beast shuffled on, leaving the
prostrate body of her victim bleeding
on the street. Another elepLant
following struck the boy viciously
with her foot, and rolled him in toward
the curb. He died in an ambulance
on the way to the emergency
hospital. It was found that his skull
had been crushed in.
For seven hours the boy remained
unidentified, although more than
2000 weeping men and women filed
past the slab, all of them fearing
that the elephant - victim might be
their son. At 6 o'clock Laquino's
mother arrived. For a moment she
looked upon the face of the dead
child, then swooned, falling across
the cornse.
R. C. Dunlop, the elephant trainer,
was riding a horse on the left sido
of the beasts. The police held that
he should have taken a position on
the right side, so that he would have
been between the elephant and the
;rowd. He was placed under arrest
and locked up, but District Attorney
A.bott recommended that he be released.
This was doneT
Cole Erothers gav^ out a statement
in which they said nuth would
be executed within twenty-four
hours. The killing would be done by
chloroform, but they had not decided
whether they would administer
It or hand the animal over to the
Humane Society.
Ruth had been in the possession
of the Cole Brothers for more than
seventeen years. She was looked
upon as harmless, and her owners
declare that the tragedy was the
only vicious act of her life. But now
they can no longer trust her. The
elephant is valued at $7000, and is
3aid to approximate the size of
lumbo.
The Superintendent of Police said
there would be no more circus
parades in Buffalo unless all animals
ot a vicious character are eliminated.
It was stated by relatives of the
dead boy that steps would be taken
to recover damages for his death.
Anticipating this move, the Cole
Brothers retained a law firm to look
after their interests.
MILLIKEXS IN BANKRUPTCY.
Liabilities $G,500,OOO and Assets
?8,000,000.
New York City.?With liabilities
of ?6,500,000 and assets estimated
at $S,000,000,'Milliken Bros, (incorporated),
contractors for the Pennsylvania
Railroad terminal steel
work and one of the largest concerns
tn the country engaged in the manufacture
of structural steel and iron
and in contracts for structural steel
construction, allowed themselves to
be put in bankruptcy on the petition
Df four creditors. The corporation
admitted in writing its inability to
pay its debts and its willingness to be
adjudged bankrupt. Of the estimated
liabilities of $6,500,000, $3,500,Q00
are unsecured and $3,000,000
are bonds secured by mortgage on
the concern's plant at Mariners' Harbor,
Staten Island.
DISGRACE TOO GREAT.
Lieutenant Mack Richardson Took
His Life to Escape It.
San Antonio, Texas.?Mack Richardson,
whose resignation as first
lieutenant in the Twenty-sixth Infantry
was accepted by President Roosevelt,
took a dose of morphine and
prussic acid. He was found at 9
o'clock a. m. in his room in a dying
condition and was removed to the
Emergency Hospital at Fort Sam
Houston, where he died that night.
Lieutenant Richardson was to have
married the daughter of Major Kelly,
who was stationed with the Twentyfifth
Infantry at Brownsville. On the
day set for the wedding he did not
appear, telegraphing that he was ill.
It was found that he was lying and
the President requested his resignation.
SEVEN CANAL MEN KILLED.
Fatal Dynamite Explosion on the
Isthmian Route.
Panama.?A premature explosion
of dynamite took place at Pedro Miguel,
on the line of the canal, and resulted
in the death of seven men and
the wounding of several others.
Four men were killed a short time
ago at this sam6 spot by another premature
explosion.
IJOy OI icn oitriv iuuiiii;i.
Calif McCoy, ten years of age, confessed
at a Coroner's inquest in Bassett,
Neb., that the fatal shooting of
his mother, Mrs. Thomas McCoy, was
not accidental, as he at first said, but
that he deliberately killed his mother
because she had whipped him.
Fund For Mackay School.
A fund of $120,000 has been glv.ra
the University of Nevada by C. H.
Mackay for the Mackay School o*
Miue-.
The Field of SportMiss
Margaret Curtis won the
championship of the Women's Golf
Association, of Boston.
Walter 'Remy Dray. 190$, of Chicago,
is the choice of the Yale athletic i
team for next year's captain.
M. Maurice Bphrussi's Mordant, at |
nf 2fi to 1. defeated thirteen |
opponents in the French Derby, at
Chantilly.
At St. Andrews, Scotland, John
! Ball, five times winner of the amaI
teur golf championship, again captured
the title,defeating A. C. Palmer
by sis UC and four to Dlay. .
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Proud Missouri.
No more "poor old Missouri." 'me
Holden Enterprise shows that the
State Is now supplying ninety-two
per cent, of the soft lead mined'in f
this country; during the la^t fifteen
years it has captured seventy-five per
cent, of all premiums offered for fine ?
Hereford cattle; she is the first among .
the States in value of farm property;
Bhe has the largest available school
fund of any State in the Union except
Texas, and she has the largest stock ;
farm and the greatest apple orchard
In the world.?Kansas City Times.
FITS, St. Vitus' Dance, Nervous Diseases p*r
manently cured by Dr. Kline's Great Nervf
Restorer. S2 trial bottle and treatise free.
Dr.H. K. Kline. Ld..931 Arch S^bila^a, *
Next to the Amazon River La Plata
drains the greatest expanse of territory.
BABY ITCHED TERRIBLY.
Face ar.d Neck Covered With inflamed
Skin?Doctors No AvailCured
by Cuticura Remedies.
"My baby's face and neck were covered
with itching skin similar to eczema, and
she suffered terribly for over a year. I
took her to a number of doctors, and also '
to different colleges, to no avail. Then
Cuticura Remedies were recommended to
me by Miss G?. I did not use it at first,
as I had tried so many. other remedies
without any favorable results. At last I
PiifintiM firtar\ riitioiira flm fnutllf..' 1
and Cuticura Resolvent Pills, and to my
surprise noticed an improvement. After .
using three boxes of the Cuticura Ointment,
together with the Soap and Pills, I- **
am pleased to say she is altogether a different
child and the picture of health.
Mrs. A. C. Brestlin, 171 N. Lincoln St,
Chicago, 111., Oct. 20 and 30, 1906."
The
Origin of Single Combat.
Just where and when the first affaire
d'honneur took place is not _
known, and obviously cannot ever b?
known. Homer makes frequent reference
to single combat, and the story
of David and Goliath is only added
biblical testimony that duels were,
known to the early Hebrews and other
ancient Asiatics, as they were known
to the Arabs at the time of Mohammed.
It remained, however, for the
barbarians who overran the Roman
empire to apply the first touch of poetry
to what had previously been mere
brutal conflicts, for they conceived
the idea that a wager of battle was
an appeal to the decision of the gods
and that success was a proof of right
?From Louis J. Meader's "Duelling
in the Old Creole Days," In Tbe Cen*
tury.
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08, BUT PERFECTLY WELL.
The Happy Experience of a New Cas
tie, Pa., Woman.
Mrs. John Mansell, 614 Sd. Jeffer
son St., New Castle, Pa., says: "FdJ
years M was run
ning down wltl
jh kidney troublf
without knowing
^ /-J>, '~W what was? ai^
\ >3^ ^/ finally got so bad 1
was 8lven UP* 'rtl
urinary passage*
WEsiiEm were painful, sometimes
scanty and again very profuse. .
My limbs, feet and ankles bloated
dreadfully, and sometimes my whole
body. My heart palpitated and I had
smothering spells. A week's treatment
with Doan's Kidney Pills helped j
me and a few boxes cured me. At-68 ^
I am strong and well.".
Sold by all dealers. 50 cents a box.
Foster-Milburn Co.. Buffalo, N. Y.
American Grain Losing Ground.
At a recent meeting of delegates
representing all the leading grain
dealers or Europe it was aeciaea mat
o decisive action would be taken at
present with regard to grain trade
with the United States, the delay being
for the purpose of giving Ameri- t
can exporters an opportunity to improve
existing conditions, and to afford
them time to make a thorough
investigation of the complaints of
European dealers. If, however, no s
improvement appears within a reasonable
time, it is declared that an
absolute boycott of American grain
will be instituted. Even at the present
time there is absolutely no sale j
for American grain in many local!- i
ties, this being especially noticeable '
in the Rhenish-Westphalian district,
where Argentinian wheat has taken
the place formerly held by that from
the "United States.
At the meeting rererrea 10 many
cases were cited where * American J
grain arrived in extremely bad condition,
being moldy and not grading to
sample, and in a number of instances '
bordering very closely upon swindling.
Formerly there was a most
flourishing trade in all American. j
grains in the Rhenish-Westphalian .
district.?Scientific American. 1
Banana Business Booming. J
It is officially stated that the Uni- I
ted States last year purchased ba- '1
nanas to the value of $11,500,000 I
and exported nearly$1,500,000 of the I
same fruit. I
A British company has obtained f
permission to run three steamers on
the Tigris, the famous river of ancient
Ninevah. N.Y.?24
AN OLD EDITOR [
Found $2000 IVorth of Food.
The editor of a paper out in Okla.
I J. : 4- In fmiA T crt\f
ii&lU. ica, it ja Li uc ?utu x &vw
hold of Grape-Nuts food It was worth
more than a $2000 doctor bill to me,
for it made me a well man. I have
gained 25 pounds in weight, my
strength has returned tenfold, my
brain power has been given back to
me, and that is an absolute essential,
for I am an editor and have been for
35 years.
"My pen shall always be ready to
speak a good word for this powerful
nutritive food. I had of course often,
read the advertisements regarding^?!
Grape-Nuts, but never thought to ap-^Wf
ply the food to my own use, until, ixr
my extremity and sickness the
thought came to me that it might fit
my case. The statements in regard .
to the food are absolutely correct, as
1 have proven in my own case. One 9
verv fortunate thine about the food H
is that while it is the most scientific- fl
ally made and highly nourishing, con? 1
centrated food I have ever known, K j
has so delicious a taste that it wins J
and holds friends." "Therms a Rea- I
son." Read "The Road to- Wellville." I
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