f Yhy Spain Is Fighting
Wf In Moroccc
By Thomas J. Vivian, Foreign Editor of
The American.
^HETHER Spain succeeds in crushing completely its anarchical ai
<^Ay ti-milltarlst revolution by the simple method of shrapnel at shot
Ww range, the war in Morocco remains an unsolved problem. Tb
mmSmmatrn causes for that war are these:
59^85 It is a commercial war, as are all wars of aggrandlzcmenl
'lSmmmJ one of those wars founded on the proposition: "You have som
thing that we want; we will give you for it either an old "brai
.ton or a new steel bullet."
The "something" which Spain in the present case wants is the riches, tl
neral riches that lie in the sun-roasted hills twelve miles to the southea
Melilla, the p-.incipal port of the Spanish "sphere of influence" in Moroec
A group of Spanish financiers has spent much money in digging out the!
nerals, and has succeeded in interesting the Spanish Government in tl
ploitathon of the mines of Beni Bn Fruor. The mines are rich, but nlmo
..accessible, and It was decided to run a railroad down to them from Meltll
Now, a railroad to the Moors?and. Indeed, to most Mohammedans?Is i
iggravating as a red cloak to a bull. It means Interfering with their nomad
habits, the seir;re of some Sheik's right of way and a check on predatory prl
lieges. The proposed railway, at Casablanca, it will be remembered, was tl
beginning of all the bloody trouble thereabouts.
The Riffs and tbe Kabvles, fierce tribesmen of the hills, blocked the pr
posed railroad with their flocks of armed horsemen; the Sultan of Moroc<
refused to interfere to protect foreigners, whom he considered interloper
Melilla was invested, and the old feud between Moor and Iberian that begs
hundreds of years ago is once more being fought out.
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The Hole In the Ground.
By W. J. Lamt>.
AM glad to note that Camille Flammarlon favors digging a p
. ^ J into the the bosom of the earth and finding out what lies betwef
I |^| Bunai-e ana ine towesi auainaoie nepiu, ana 1 nope ue w
kaJkaMHU have better luck in the fruit-on of his hopes than I have had.
ISSSBPl Twenty years or so ago I began to talk and write about tl
%SLmv same subject, and later, when our millionaires began pouring tl
foods of their wealth into the lap of education, 1 bobbed up aga
with a suggestion that they would better pour some of it into the bowels
the earth. But they would not respond, nor have they done so yet. Just wl
I have never been able to discover, because more education along certain lin
could be got out of a hole In the ground for less money than by any oth
means I know of. Just what it would cost to sink a shaft twenty feet squa
Into the earth as far ns interior conditions would permit I am not prepared
state, not being an engineer or contractor, but if it cost as much as $100,000
mile. $1,000,000 would shove it down as far as ten miles, and it is a pret
Pt ?afe guess that at ..at depth an appropriation for ice would be iu order for t'
y comfort of the diggers.
But who knows what? Who knows anything about what a shaft wou
\ bring fort? from those mysterious inner recesses? Mines have been sunk
such depths in the Rocky Mountains that the heat drove the miners out, hut
a straight shaft downward, where cold air could be constantly forced in frc
the surface?>who knows how far down the work might be extended? V
Rockefeller and Mr. Carnegie have got their wealth out of the depths of t
* earth; why should they quit at that? Why shouldn't they put some of th
money back there and see what riches of knowledge for the whole world mis
\ be produced?
Who will start the hole in the ground? If Mr. R. or Mr. C. will not p
down their money, why will not some vonng fellow with too many inherit
ml'lions to be of any other value to himself or the world tumble to his pot<
^ tialities and make a famous name for himself and his family by sinking t
shaft? Even if he should fall into the hole that he has digged ho will ha
done n-?->re than If he had never digged at all.
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Don't Be An Imitator.
!Ry Orison Swett Marden.
HE imitator ruins his capacity for originality; for Initiative;
^ loses his creative 'power; his inventiveness and resourcefulne
are never developed. In fact, his executive ability?the ability
originate, to do things?is seriously crippled, if not utterly d
stroyed by his efforts to imitate some one else.
Vn human hointr ovou vofr m.oHa a miao/ioo frvltior fa Ka enm
body else, no matter how great or successful that person mig
be. Success can not be successfully copied; It Is original; It Is sclf-expresslo
A man Is a failure just In proportion as he gets away from himself.
When Henry Ward Beecher and Phillips Brooks were at the height
their fame, hundreds of young clergymen tried to copy their style, their ma
nerisms, their mode of expression, gestures, habits, but they fell as far sho
of the power of either of these giants as the common cliromo falls short of tl
masterpiece. Not one of these imitators ever amounted to anything until 1
stopped copying, imitating, and began to build on his own foundations.
A great many clergymen to-day merely echo other preachers' sermoi
which they have read and absorbed. The majority of the books published a
imitations of previous books, echoes of the authors whose style and plots tl
writers have copied. But these copied sermons and books lack vitality, fore
naturalness. They do not stir the blood or touch the heart of the hearer i
reader. They are cold, lifeless.
All Nature Is Perfect.
By W. S. Maciclen.
mTE Dehy never made a mistake. All nature is perfect, and thei
would be no earthquakes If man did not destroy the effects 1
nature's resources.
'ISRS9S5I The Creator stored vast reservoirs of gas and oil in the ce
1 tre ?* parlh which was intended to keep this great hail aflo
iSsSmbJ in space, circulate in its orbit and on its axis, hut man in h
greed for m-oney is burning the gas, using up the oil, and destro
ing as fast as possible the power that gives the earth its buoyancy, therel
changing the orbit, as any person can notice by the great change of tl
^ weather conditions during the lsst fifty years.
You may remember fifty years ago we had five months of sleighing eve
W year, a regular spring, a regular fall, autumn. In rotation. How Is It nov
There Is nothing regular about the weather, the Weather Bureau cannot a
count for It. Why?
I will tell you 'Why. It Is because of tapping of the earth or its gas ai
oil, thereby throwing the globe out of its equilibrium. Just as a balloon wou
collapse by tapping its gas, 30 will the earth collapse, only It will take a litt
longer time.
THIS DOG AN EXPLORER. i ari'fl no from Hio oo ? is-'*"- ^?
..v? call!\j lai u?*r. i!<ttc
? night he slept In Dr. Stein's tent, nr
Fox Terrier Covert 20,000 Milts in on occasions proved himself a ve
Asia in Three Years. useful watchdog. On the high Tibet.!
A wonderful record as a traveler uplands his chief recreation wi
has been achieved by Da3h, tho chasing wild doukeys, yaks, and tli
smooth haired fox terrier which ac- Ifke. He managed to kill seven
companied Hr. M. A. Stein, the arch- hares and bring them in to suppl<
aeologlcal explorer, throughout his ment the store of food,
great Journey of 10,000 miles, under- Upon many journeys along the Ii
taken on behalf of the Indian gov- dlan northwest fron'ier Dash ha
rnment, through Central Asia info also been the comrado cf his r.tasiei
cmna and back. and he has probably seen far mor
Though the aggregate of the of the world than most people. H
marches amounted roughly to 10,000 has true British terrier blood in hi
miles in two years and eight months, veins, although India was his blrtf
Che actual distance covered by Dash, place. The dog is now iu qu.iruntin
taking Into account his canine habits after having come from India.?Lot
of progression, may be estimated at don Daily Mall.
well over 20,000 miles. Dash made
that Journey on foot practically the Not His Fault,
whole way, except when he went Irate Woman?These photograph
"pony back" for short distances at you made of myself and husband ar
times of great heat. When In the not at ail satisfactory and I refus
Taklamakan Desert Dash, like the to accept them.
vast of the party, had his water al- Photogfapher?What's wronsr wit
Imwance strictly limited. It came them?
from the supply carried on camels Ir*to Woman?What's wrong! Wh;
ta the form of lea. ">7 husband looks like a baboon.
' Bash want r-er mountain passes Photographer?Well. that's no faul
as high as 16,000 feat shore sea level, of mine, madam. Yon should bar
TBimlml the Journey the dog kept thought of that before you had hla
well, sad Ms men was rah up of takeu.?Chicago Mows.
11.200 ARE DROWNED
) Great Loss of Life By .Flood
in Mexico.
? MEXICAN RIVER ON A RAMPAGE
10 _
Deluge of Rain, Descending For Fcrty-Eight
Hours, Causes Overflow of
?* the Santa Catarina River, and Poss"
sibly Three Hundred Livc3 Aro
ie Sacrificed.
st
o. Monterey, Mexico, Special?Twelve
J? hundred persons drowned, 15,000
st homeless and property damage to the
* extent of $12,000,000, is the result of
tc a flood which struck this city between
v- 1 and 2 o'clock Saturday morning,
ie Word from Laredo, Texas, renehed
this city late in the afternoon of one
'J** of the most disastrous floods that has
ever been experienced in northern
^ Mexico caused by the overflow of the
Santa Catarina river. According lo
rumors there has been great loss of
life, estimated at 100 to 200. and the
financial damage is estimated at anvwhere
from $1,000,000 to $2,000,000.
For the past 9li hours a varitable deluge
of rain fell, which together w*th
the flow ef water from the adjacent
mountains into the Santa Catarina
;n river, so swelled the stream that it
ill reached a width of a mile and a half
and completely overflowed certain
ie portions of the city of Monterey, and
ie wrecking houses, and causing loss of
in life as it rampaged on its mad course. I
oi Keports state that tlie current "in the
*y river was so swift that it appeared |
e9 to the stricken families who lived in
er the vicinity to be a miniature
rc
Niagara.
' Information reaching here through
ty relinhle sources states that so severe
tie was the flood that the inhabitants in
the vicinity of the flooded stream
Id barely had time to flee for their lives;
t0 that the onrush of waters carried
in away their homes and (battles and in
j"' many cnses drowned the occupants
the Jaeales or small huts used by the
at natives. It is said that a chaotic conht
dition exists and that the plazas are
crowded with the poor homeless 11aut
tives who were providentially allowed
ed | to escape with their lives.
;n" Saturday night every effort was
he 1 I... ?1.~ l.:...i i
ve "? ?.? Kiiiu-iitiinrd ciuznns 10
shelter the women and children. Their
homes were thrown open to the sufferers:
the police station, many of
the hotels and private clubs as well
as the rooms of several orjraniz.ations
were placed at the disposition of the
authorities and for the greater part
the women and children were cared
he for. However, many of the men were
83 compelled to sleep in the op?n in the
various plazas. Many women had
le. l,een separated from their husbands,
mothers from their children, without 1
knowledge of the whereabouts of one
'?' another, and scenes of ti e most profound
grief are witnessed on all
n" hands. }
While as yet there is no scarcity of
n. food and the city is amply able to !
care for its destitute, there is fear
He of a shortagle in the near future.
There have been several washouts J
along the line of the National Rail- '
as way between Laredo and Saltillo. '
re Mcx., and not a train has entered the 1
city of Monterery for the past 72 1
:ei hours. '
nr rpi i-- ii ? 4
mere mis in us iar neen no attempt )
to inter the dead. Thev are being 4
placed alone: the hanks of the river, 1
where an impoverished morgue has
been constructed, and tliere await '
identification. The bodies are guard- '
ed by soldiers. *
<
Automobile Party Killed. 1
re .
ot St. Lotus. Special.?Five persons ^
were killed Sunday when an automo- \
n- bile in which they were riding was ^
at struck by a fast passenger train of ;
is I the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific
y- I R.iU... trz *
I ...una; Hem ??i v lgrtes siaiion, or. 1 |
,1 Louis county. All were residents of ?
I St. Louis. The dead: Theodore F. .
rv Witte, Theodore F. Witte, Jr.. aired ^
v? 3 years. Mrs. Carl Klinge, Miss Hal- j
ifr evon Campbell, Frederick O. Witte. ^
The men were brothers nnd officials ^
m *'ie Hardware Company, j
I Mrs. Klinge was their sister-in-law. ^
The party had been at Creve Coeur ^
lake, a resort 12 miles west of the ^
city and were speeding homeward ,
h when killed. ^
ul
rv Dynamite Explosion Fatal. j
in Key West, Fla., Special.?As a reis
suit of the explosion of 700 pounds
io of dynamite at Bocachiea, 12 miles
al from Key West on the Florida East *
c* Coast Railway, ten men are dead and ?
ten others probably fatally wounded, t
i- The explosion was caused bv a mem- _
is her o ft he railroad construction force
r, carelessly throwing a liyhted ci^are
ette into a box of fuses. Nine of the ^
f* tvnrlr mor* mof inelo?4 ??-?-1
? .. w. m?vi> mm urn ucttill (1IIU till*
is tenth died while being brought to the .
? hospital here. The men were hurled ?
<3 high into the air and the bodies of t
> the dead were almost beyond recognition.
America Has Lion's Share
Rheims, By Cable.?A twilight vise
ion of I'aulhan's graceful monoplane,
so high that it seemed to rise above
h the yellow harvest moon just rising
above the distant hills, and the fleet- '
_ ing "goldi* flyer" as the Curtiss ma'
chine has been dubbed, smashing ant
other world's record of the Pris dc,
la Vitesse were the closing glories of
aviation week gives the United Btates
a lions' share of the honors of the
meeting.
CHURCH MEMBERSHIP
Nearly S3,060,000 Church Memlx
in the U. 8.?61.6 Per Orot. Pi
tMtant.
Washington, Special.?That t
church members in the United Stat
numbered nearly thirty-three millio
in 1906; that there were a billion a
a quatrer dollars invested in chur
edifices; that every day eight n<
churches sent their spires skywar
that males formed considerably If
than half the total church membf
ship; that a larger percentage
CatboTTe males than Protestant mal
were members; that in 16 States t
majority of the total church mei
bership were Roman Catholic; b
that of the grand total of chur
members reported for the Unit
States 61. 6 per cent were Prott
tants and 36.7 per cent Roman Cat
olios; these are the salient and co
spicuous facts appearing in the pro
sheets of a United States Cens
Bureau bulletin, prepared by Chi
Statistician William C. Hunt of tl
division of population, of the Unit
States Census Bureau.
The bulletin will be issued th
month. It is in the nature of an a
stract of the comprehensive repoi
now in press, giving the results
the fifth census of religious bodies
the United States.
It is stated that United States Ce
sus statistics of church membersh
by sex were collected for the fir
time in iyuo. Ul" the total number i
members reported by the various r
li^ious bodies and classified by se
43.1 per cent were males and .16
per cent females. Among the Pr
testants the difference was greatc
only 39.3 per cent being males. ]
the Roman Catholic churches th?
were relatively more males, the nut
ber forming 49.3 per cent of the tot
membership.
Of the total estimated populatit
of continental United States in 190
the church members formed 39.1 pi
cent as against 32.7 per cent for 189
amounting to 6.4 per cent more i
1906 than in 1890. Of this 6.4 p?
cent increase, the Roman Cathol
church is credited with 4.4 per cen
and the Protestants with 1.8 per cen
the remainder Kninir
? wvtu^ \<ir iucu auiui
all other denominations.
It is stated in the bulletin that tl
total number of members reported I
the various religious bodies for 19(
was 32,936,445, of which number tl
Protestants were credited with 2C
287.74, and the Roman Catholic wil
12.079,142. Of the Protestant bodit
the Methodist numbreed 5,749,831
the Baptists 5,662,234; the Lutherai
2,112,494; the Presbyterians 1.83C
555; and the Disciples of Christian
1,142,359.
Of the total of 32-936.445 chur<
members, 61.6 per cent were Prote
tants; 36.7 per cent Roman Cath
lie; and 1.7 per cent, members <
other religious organizations. Tl
rate of increase shown for the Roms
Catholic Church is 93.5 per ccn
which is more than twice that for a
the Protestant bodies combined. Tl
Methodists reported 17.5 per cent <
all Protestant church members; tl
Baptists, 17.2 per cent.
The total number of local religioi
organizations in 1906 is given i
212,230, an increase since 1890 of 47
tvrn oo r * ^
i/ia, ui &o.<) per cent, xne irotestanl
are credited with an increase in th
particular artiounting to 27.8 p<
cent; the Roman Catholic, 21.9 j*
cent; the Jewish congregation
231.9 per cent; and the Latter-da
Saints, 38.3 per cent.
The Methodists reported the larj
est number of local organiaztion
54,701; the Baptists reported 54,88(
Lhe Presbyterians, 15,306; the LuU
?rans. 12,703; and the Roman Cath<
lies. 12,482.
Other interesting features of tl
bulletin are those showing that tl
total seating capacity of churche
ivas 58,536,830, an increase over tl
1890 Unite/1 States Census figures c
54.4 per cent; that the rate of ir
srease was practically the same fc
>oth Protestants and Roman Cath<
ics, and kept pace with the increas
n population; and that $1,257,575
567 was invested in church edific.*
n 1906. The total amo-nt of del
vas $108,050,946, of 8.6 ^er cent c
he total value; of this total the Pre
estant bodies owned $53,301,254 an
he Roman Catholics, $49,488,055. I
16 States a majority of the churc
nembers were Roman Catholic; i
59 States, Pi distant; and in :
[Itah, Latter-day Saints.
five Killed and Twelve Rijured b
Explosion at Gasworks.
Geneva, Switzerland, By Cable "ive
persons were killed and 12 dar
rerously injured by an explosion a
he city gasworks Monday The ex
)losion occurred in the purifyin
ihamber, between the two prineips
rasometres. A large number of doc
ors answered the call to attend th
rounded, who, later, were conveye
o the city hospital in ambulance!
Thousands of spectators were at
racted by the explosion and it wa
ann*tA<l *UA* ?? ? ? ? ?? ? * * *
vpui wu iubi uiuuy persons aia Dee
Locomotive Runs Over Auto.
Kankakee, TIL, Special. ? Mrt
Teorge Granger, wife of a retire
Cankakee merchant, end Miss Gene
ieve Rabig, an elocution teacher o
Chicago, were instantly killed am
Ive oeeupants of a touring ear wer
erioualy injured Monday when tb
oachine waa run ever by a Big Fou
oeomotive and caboose in Kankakee
[he party was on tbe way to Mourn
hrove Cemetery at tbe time of tb
eeideat.
| WASHINGTON NOTES | |j
m
ro- David S. Tbornburg is appointed
postmaster at Cherryville, Gaston I
he county, vioe T. J. Summer, removed.
M Henry Farman, an English aviator,
broke all previous records at Reims, {
ch France, on the 27th by staying in
bw the air three hours, 4 minutes and 56 j
seconds. He went 111.78 miles.
President Taft's determination to
?rof
have a nonpolitical census is worker
ing havoc in party organizations,
h? especially since he has ruled that no ^
census supervisor may hold member- ^
eli ship on a political committee or hold j,
ed any partisan office.
Beyond admitting that instructions d
had been given to the United States a
?" Attorney at Pittsburg to maintain a
?* close observation of affairs at the *
u* plant of Pressed Steel Car Company a
at McKees Rocks, near Pittsburg, of- ?
"? ficials of the Department of Justice
would not discuss the strike conditions.
n
us .
The President has commuted to sn
months the term of imprisonment im- *
0f posed upon W. S. Hurlan, S. F. Huggins
and C. C. Hilton, but lias denied u
commutation of pardon to Robert
n. Galligher and Walter Grace, all of t
jp whom were convicted at Pensocola. S
Fla., of conspiracy to commit pconof
age. They were sentenced December c
e. 14 Inst as follows: Harlan, It d
months at hard labor and $500 fine; '<
<j Gallagher, 15 months at hard laboi h
q. and $1,000 fine: Huggins, Hilton and v
,r Grace, 13 months at hard labor and h
[?' $1,000 fine. o
ra Henry Lane Wilson, American s
? .Minister to Belgium, will be appointal
ed to succeed David E. Thompson as ^
Ambassador to Mexico within the
in next few weeks. Mr. Wilson has
been notified of his appointment by
e' the State Department and is clearing
Of up his business at the legation in jj
in Brussels preparatory to departing
for his new post. The Mexican Gov- q
io ernment, while regretting to see Mr. jThompson
sever his connection as
Ambassador, is agreeable to the apig
pointment of Mr. Wilson and has so
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UUlIUt'U Hie UIlllCU OlUlt'S.
16
)V Five of the ten census supervisors ri
for Virginia will he Democrats. The A
a names of nine of the supervisors
were announced Friday as follows: o
, jj W. W. Woodward, first district; R. c
P. Bulking, second; C. Ridgeway
Moore, third; Win. A. Land, fourth; m
ia S. Floyd Landreth, fifth; Edward r
I _ C. Burks, sixth; E. D. Ott, seventh;
g John C. Smith, nineth; Warren L. h
' Hyde, tenth. The appointment foi n
the eighth district has not been made, f
g. but it has been decided that he shall n
0. be a Democrat. Of the nine designat- tl
ed, Messrs. Woodward, Land, Burks
ie and Hyde are Democrats, and the h
in other five Republicans. It is esti- h
j mated that about 1,500 enumerators
jj will be necessary to make the count \
ie in Virginia, as agninst 1,110 in 1900. o
if The public will be permitted to
ie view the airship contests on the new 1
field at College Park, Md. Major j'
is George C. Squier, acting chief of the "
is Signal Corps, stated Thursday aft<4??
noon that no attempt would be made "
ts during the aeroplane instructions to fj
is prevent the public from witnessing 1
the flights. So the people of Wash- "
?r ington and Baltimore can go to Col- $
s, lege Park and witness the experi
y menis. ine rules unaer wmcn nit "
flying will be conducted will be the "
?- same as those in effect during the offis,
eial flights at Fort Myer. All that *
I", the army officers insist upon is that *'
l- the spectators keep off the field dur
> ing the actual process of flying. At "
such a time it would be dangerous for "
ie persons to wander about tho field,
e If the aeroplane should take a sud- a.
s den swoop downward when going 40 C1
miles an hour, a crowded field would CI
>' result in fatalities. No trouble was
i- experienced during the flights in Vir- et
>*" ginia. 81
>- le
;e Two Die in Collision.
Glenwood, Mo., Special.?Two per- 81
sons are dead and a score are injured, m
* six dangerously, as the result of a 81
head-on collision between' a heavily- **
*7 loaded Wabash passenger trail, No.
515, and a freight train one mile
J1 south of here Saturday. The dead:
Henry I.odwk-. Queen fit v. Mo.: R. 1(
n T. Tl-oir.p: on. Moberly. Mo., freight
! ? train fireman. The seriously injured: th
X. W. Warnirke. CentreHlle. Ia: J. G<
W. Zeiglcr, mail <Urk: V. 11. CappPr.
J T. I.. Camay, Grove Clark, Mrs. Ida Ir
F? Tl.oirp-on. p<
in
Curtiss Divides Honors,
. Rheims, France, By Cable.?Glenn th
H. Curtiss, the American aviator, sii
r~ and M. Paulham, representing wi
g France, divided the honors Monday p?
il of the second day of aviation week,
!- the former with a thrilling flight just lie
e before dusk in whie<i?he lowered the so
d speed record for the course, which wi
?. measures 6 1-5 miles to 8 minutes, 35 Jc
2-5 seconds; the latter making two 15
s impressive high altitude flights of 49 nc
n ' 1-2 and 56 kilometers respectively in it
the endurance test for the Prix de la tit
I Ch*mo??m?
""~Z! lei
?. ai;
d OCXNSTTVTPTION OF BOOS.
ft is estimated that the people ot 05
f New York <Clty consume an average da
d of three million dozen eggs every
i week. Conservatively placing the ba
e average price of eggs -in that city at an
T 26 cents per dozen, we find that the mt
, people of New York City contribute thi
d to chicken raisers every week the pr
0 j enormous sum of 175,000.?Farmers' ^
' Home Journal. th
SNAPPY AND BRIff
terns Gathered and Told While
You Hold Your Breath.
;0ME EVERY DAY HAPPENINGS
drsly and Crisp as They Are Garnered
From the Fields of Action
at Home and Abroad.
Ex-President Roosevelt is still sucessful
in downing rare ga " in
kfrica. With a single shot 1
led a charging hippopotamus ntf.
A program is arranged fo > 'rcsient
Taft and President Diaz > h ;i
t El Paso, Texas, on Oct II' v. re
banquet will be given then The,
fill then proceed to Cuidj'
cross tAe river in Mexico, wueic au
ther banquet wil be held. They will
hen part for their own ways.
Not discouraged from the late
lishan Walter Wellman is going to
ave another balloon built with
rhifh he hopes to reach the North
'ole. Much confidence is felt in the
ltimate outcome.
It is said that President Taft was
oo busy with national cares last
>undav to go to church.
Mrs. M. A. McFaul, aged sixtyiglit
years, was killed and a grandaughter.
Miss Williams, was ser>usly
injured late Sunday afternoon
y being struck by a Southern I?ailray
passenger train just east of
Lnoxville, Tenn. They were walking
n the track.
That tunnel at Lynchburg, Va., is
mu 10 oe on nre again.
At Rheims, Frai.oe, airships are
ying around like monster sea pulls.
Six men are reported tc be dead
nd a number dying as a result of
trike rioting nt the Pressed Steel
'ar Company's works in McKee's
lock, Pa., Saturday night.
Scores of houses burned and $1,00,000
financial loss was suffered by
tecatnr, 111., last Sunday.
Washington's headquarters in Sufolk
before the Revolution are beig
torn down.
Edward H. Harrirr.an was given a
pmarkable reception on his return to
imerica.
The benzoate of soda war broke
ut anew at the Denver pure-food
onvention Thursday.
W. J. Hicks, a Norfolk huckster,
rho preferred pockets to banks, was
obbed of $078 last week.
The Federal Court at Chicago
anded down an opinion making per
laneiu tne injunction against the enorcement
by the Interstate Comlerce
Commission of n reduced 1
liroujrh rate to the Missouri river.
Evidences of a hiirhly civilized preistoric
race on the Aleutian Islands
ave recently been found.
Paulan, the French aviator, on
Wednesday broke all previous recrds
at flying. He stayed in the air
hours 53 minutes and 20 seconds,
hen caiae down only because his
uel was exhausted. Part, of the time
e was in a storm of rain and wind.
William Taggart, of Philadelphia,
itended to fret married but has abanoned
the idea to conform to the eonitions
of his brother's will and he
ow comes into the possession of a
15,000 ranch in Texas.
The first reunion of the Red Shirts
f South Carolina was held at Anerson,
S. C., on the 25th.
At the Lapaz mine at Mataehula,
lexico, on Thursday the cable to
elevator parted ami 12 men feiJ
ith the elevator 1,500 feet. Their
odies were such a crushd mass that
lev could not be recognized.
Mexico is in fear of infection from
vessel proceeding from San Fran
sco o*" which it is said there is a
ise of bubonic pleague.
The big boxes of specimens receiv1
from Africa by tlie Smithsonian
re marked "T. R.," in huge white
tters.
Cholera at St. Petersburg:, Russia,
id Rotterdam, Holland, has excited
uch fear of a scourge. Preeautionry
measures are being taken by all
le port* against vessels arriving ,
om the infected points.
Postmagtap&eneral Hitchcock has
jcided to nuc the registry fee to
) cents.
The Army Signal Corps has begun
le erection of its aeroplane shed at
ollege Park, Md.
President Taft has called upon the
iterior Department for a full re>rt
upon the coal lands in dispute
Alaska.
Mr. Ta/t seems to favor i
e Interstate Commerce C
on a judicial body, transferri
ork of investigation to
irtments.
Miss Anna Jones, in a Parke ?ir
>spital, had a premonition mi" .
mething was wrong at hon <1
as finally told her father, Dr. ft.
>nes, had died at Ellenboro
tb. It vns feared that she i?>,ild
it bear the shock of the new.- i '
seemed necessary 'to meet << <ii>ns
by telling her.
The Government has signed the
ise and is getting in shape the large
rship field at College Park, Md.
Trans-Atlantic ships brought 11,,1
passengers to New York in two
y? la.-A week.
At Dalton, Ga., **?;.? <' y a
nd of masked 'n? .. i in town *
d left a menu . rv mea
irked for their leaa
sy desist from -.mil oral
actiees, illegal 1., <>? suling 1 ling
ominent; It is .. .i:n <.. ?f ^
Ku Kluz.