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FALLS TO DEATH
tilph Johnson's Aeroplane Drops Fire
Handled Feet sod He
IS INSTANTLY KILLED
like m Plummet, the Broken Ma- ^
tilne l>rops Amid Thousands of
dpteutators at Overland Park.?
Aviator Js Mangled in the Wreck
and Kvery Bono Is Broken.
With one wing tip of his machine
crumbled like a piece of paper,
Ralph Johnstone, the daring young
aviator, nolder of the worlds altitude
record, dropped like a plummet
from a height of Ave hundred feet
into the inclosure at Overland Park
aviation field,.at Denver, Col., on
Thursday afternoon.
He was instantly killed. When
spectators reached him his body lay
beneath the engine of the biplane,
with the white planes that had failed
him in time of neel, wrapped
about it like a shroud. Nearly every
bone in his body was broken.
He had rambled with death once
too often, but he played the game
to the end, fighting cooly and grimly
to the last second to regain control
of his broken machine.
Fresh from his triumphs at Belmont
Park, where he had broken the
worlds record for altitude with a
flight of 9,714 feet. Johnson attempted
to give the thousands of spectators
nn extra thrill with his most
oaring real, mo spiral glide, wnich
has made the Wright aviators funicu3.
The spectators got their thrill.
fTho fatal (1 i?lit was the second
Johnstone had made during the afternoon.
In the first flight, when he
was in the air with Hoxsey and
Rrookins, he had gone through his
usual programme of dips and glides
with the machine apparently under
perfect control. Then Johnston rose
again and after a few circuits of the
course to gain height, headed toward
the foothills. Still ascending, I
he swept back in a big circle and as
he reached the north end of the enclosure
he started his spiral gliding.
He was at an altitude of about
800 feet. With his planes tilted at
an angle of almost ninety degrees,
he swooped down in a narrow circle,
the aeroplane seeming to turn almost
in its own length. As he started the
second circle, the middle spur, which
braces the left side of the lower
plane gave way and the winds tips of
both upper and lower planes folded
up as though they had been hinged.
For a second Johnstone attempted
to right the plane by working the
other wing tip. Then the horrified
spectators say the plane swerve like
a winnuru niru and piunse siraigni
toward tht oarth.
Johnstone was thrown from Ills
seat as the nose of the plane swung
downward. lie caught on one of
his wire stays between the planes
and grasped one of the wooden braced
of the upper plane with
both hands. Then, working
with hands and feet, he foungt \.j
main strength to warp the planes so
that their surface might catch the
air and check his descent. For a
second It seemed that he might succeed,
for the football he'met he wore
blew off and fell much more rapidly
than tho plane.
The hope was momentary, however,
for when about 300 feet from
the ground the machine turned completely
over, and the spectators fled
woldly as the broken plane, with the
viator still fighting erimly in its
mesh of wires and stays, plunged
among them with a crash.
Brarcely had Johnstone hit the
ground before morbid men and women
swarmed over the wreckage,
fighting with each other for souvenirs.
One of the broken wood stays
had gone almost through Johnsone's
body. Before doctors could reach
the scene one man had torn tills
splinter from the body and run away,
oarrvlni? hta trnnhv urlth ?v>? ?i?.^? _
...0 wr.v " - V I. III. UVIHIUI ?
blood Ht ill dripping from Its ends.
Frantic, the crowd tore away the
canvas from over his body and then
fought for the very gloves that had
protected his hands from the cold.
The machine fell on the opposite
aide of the field from the grand
stand, and there were but a few
hundred persons near the spot, but
physicians and police were rushed
across as soon as possible.
JPhvslcians declare that death was
Instantaneous as Johnstone's back,
neck and both legs were broken, the
bones of h's thigh being forced
through the flesh and leather garments
he wore.
Arch Hoxsey, who In a previous
flight that afternoon had reached an
altitude of 2,500 feet, had risen just
before Johnstone began his fatal
glide and was In the air when the
accident took place. As he swung
around the other end of the course
he saw Johnstono had fallen and I
guided his machine directly over the
body of his friend. He descended
as soon as he could bring his plane
to the ground and rushed to the
wreckage where he and Walter
Bropkjns holped lift the mangled
body to an automobile which brought
it to the city.
Manv of the spectators were watch
COAST LINE LOSES
MUST PAY FOR DAMAGES TO COT- 1
TON OF COPE FIRM.
The Co*ton Wu named While on
the Platform of Defendant Awaiting
Shipment.
The Atlantic Coast Line muat pay
for damage to 26 bales of cottm a
that belonged to the G;een-Brabham *
Pnmnnnv r*f Pnno EKo x.
vw?Wk wjrv, VilV. WltVU UOYIll^ L
been destroyed by fire while on thd 0
defendant company's platform. The f
allegation in the complaint was that
the fire started from a spark from *
an engine of the Atlantic Coast Line, t
The action was brought under e
that section of the law which makes j.
railroad corporations liable for damage
caused by lire communicated by
its locomotive engines, "except In
such cases where property shall have 11
been placed on the right of way of
such corporation unlawfully and P
without its consent."
Only a few days ago the Supreme "
Court rulel that it was not ne"e?- a
sary for negligence to be shown in
order that a person having property 1
damaged might recover from a rail- b
road corporation. In this case, on
which the -Supreme Court rules, the
defendant denied that the fire was h
set by its engine and alleged that the w
cotton waB there without its consent.
-At the time of the fire and for r
several yearB previous to the time, d
the company had kept posted on its (l
depot a notice which said that all
persons were forbidden from plac- 8
ing cotion or other property in the
right of way of the company or on s
its premises, unless the same was P
tendered tor shipment or full ship- b
ping instructions given to the agent 1
at that point. The railroad com- ?
pany pointed out to Its patrons that v
it would not be responsible for proi. 11
erty so unlawfully put on its plat- v
form.
The testimony in the Green-Brab- d
ham case tended to show that foi b
three years the plaintiff had been 11
buying cotton, and from time to time
it was carried to defendants plat- r
form and weighed by the public ?
weigher and left there until enough a
had been bought to make up a ship- '
nient, when plaintiff would call on '
defendant's agent and get a bill oi
lading. c
The defendant company asked thU
a verdict be directed on the ground h
that plaintiff should have known, by o
reading the notice, that the cotton t
had been placed there at his own p
risk. This motion was refused. The ?
Supreme Court rules that it was up T
to the jury to decide the question q
a q t r\ n?h/?tKo?* 4 * ?
? . ~ nuCv?n. in*.- luuuii was iner?
with or without consent. The verdict P
of the Jury for $660.62. was sua- e
tained by the Supreme Court. o
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PREACHER STOLE CHICKENS h
And Sold the Poultry He Stole to
Another Preacher.
S
A funny mix up of preachers took
place at Spartanburg a few days ago.
A negro preacher visited the henhouse
of Rev. L. M. Roper, pastor of
the First Haptlst Church and took "
seven fine hens, which were later
sold to the Rev. \V. H. K. Pendleton, ct
pastor of the Church of the Advent lt
Preacher Henry Worlev, as he is
C!
known from the pulpit, or Clarere-*
Thacker, as he is known when fol- s'
lowing his other vocation, was suspeoted
of the theft of the fowls, and t(
the pollc" department searched his t(
home. He was arrested. an1 toe
Rev. Mr. Roper was present at the
trial when the case was called, and n
positively identified his birds The "
Rev. Mr. Pendleton Identified the
negro as being the one who so'd l!
them to him. and Worley or Thacker
was convicted.
When the officers visited his home
they also found a bicycle that was *
stolen from J. A. Tillingbu.-st, pro s
feasor at Converse College. Wi'en p
the negro completes a sentence of 1
three months for the city he will he 1
tried in the Clrnnit ^
... N/l< VUi V OVMII L UU lilt*
charge of the larceny of a bicycle a
WAXTEI> HIM LYNCHED.
Asbury Park Mob Seeks Life of the ^
Alleged Murderer. ^
II
Following an abortive attempt by s
a mob at Asbury Park, N. J., to lynch b
Thomas Williams, the negro suspect- Sl
ed of the murder of nine-year-olu 1
Mary Smith, the prisoner trembling
with fear and on the verge of collapse,
was quietly removed from the
jail and whisked away in an auto- b
mobile to the county jail at Freehold. 1<
Tho mob had scattered and the a
streets had l?een cleared so that the c<
ofllcers in charge of the prisoner had C
little difficulty in getting him out of d
town. Williams denies m11 f
edge of the crime, and from ofliciai ii
sources It was learned he had apparently
established a good alibi. He
Is being held without bail for further
examination and to await the c
Inquest. n
V
lng Hoxsey's flight and did not see N
Johnstone's machine collapse, but ^ c
woman's shriek. "My God, he's t
gone," drew every eye in time to G
see him dashed to death upon the e
ground. it
VfcKY SIKANWi tAJfc
I(
UCH WOMAN CHARGED WITH g]
TRYING TO PUT HER t(
fi
a
iusband, Who is Millionaire, Out
of the Way So She Could Marry
C
a Poor Clerk. o
A strange case is now being tried fl
it Wheeling, W. Vs., which shows n
hat money does not always brinn e
lappiness to those who have plenty n
if it. Wilson. the chaufTeur, swore 'j
hat Mrs. John O. Schenk, wife of e
no uuiiiuiiuiro employer, nan tried p
o get him to run their car over an 1
mbankment, so her husband would '
ii
c killed, that she might marry a s
20 a week clerk. 1
Failing in this scheme the wo- 5
nan attempted to kill her husband
y slow poison, and he is now in a P
irecarious condition. If
Mr. Schenk, who hovers between a'
Ife and death, referring to his wife's is
rrest said: 1
"If what the police tell me Is T
rue. she is where she deserves to ni
e." Pi
Mr. Schenk has been a man of SI
ron strength up to last June, when 'A
e returned from a trip around the w
rorld. Shortly after that he began Rf
o grow suckly and finally sand into
omplete invalidism. It is said that 's
uring the summer the Schenks
uarreled frequently over the wife's
esire for pleasure and companion- si
hip. 'a
It is said that Mr. Schenk, himelf
mentioned 'to a friend Ills sus- c'
icion that some one was poisoning P'
im. The friend notified his relaives
and then began the clever work P(
f the private detectives. Mr. Schenk
.as confined to his bed, and the ct
urse who had charge of him was a
.oman detective.
Lundy Wilson, the chauffeur, was lN"
isplaced by a detective, who is said n<
0 have gathered evidence while driv- 8n
ng Mrs. Schenk about the city.
The deteotive-nurBe is said to have 's
eported to the prosecutor that, on m
ne occasion, she was trying to open tc
bottle of llthia water when Mrs.
chenk took it from her hands, sayrig:
1,1
"Let me open it: I'm afraid you 11 v<
ut your hand." et
This, 't is believed, was the first e>
ntlmation of the method of the pols- vv
nlng. Several half consumed hot- 1,1
les of the water were sent to the 'n
hemists of the University of Vir- 1,:
InU ~ - J ?
.ii.u ??iu joun uopKins universtiy
'he reports came back that all werp
uantlty.
Mr. Schenk was taken to the hos* 11
Ital about two weeks ago. And, u
ven there, according to the accus>
rs. Mrs. Schenk offered a nurse?
lso the detective $1,0 00 to poison < r
er husband. ,)r
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HARMON A\'l) WHjSON.
tii
* pi
enutor Money Thinks Tliey Would
Make Strong Team.
Senator Hernando D. Money, th
democratic leader in tl>e senate, Bays hi
lat the majority in the Sixty-secono 111
en
ingress should proceed immediately
P
> revise the tariff with any lefer \
nee whatever to the taric com mis fo
ion. or
The senator arrived at Washing- cc
>n Monday from New York. Sena 111
:>r Money says that Judson Harmon ^
i the man for president and that in nt
few York all the talk was for liar R<
ion and Wilson. Concerning Gov.
tarmon the senator said: ca
"He combines 'the essential qual'
ei of leadership. His honesty, .n ca
jgrity, his courage and the sterling w
Dundness of his democracy; his unarallelcd
personal triumph in hi
weeping Ohio.th e president's own I1'
tate; the inspiration which his cc
reat victory has given the Demo
rats everywhere?are a few of tLe cc
liings that made him an Ideal candiate.
He is a strict constitution\i as
nd State rights Democrat. ' w
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Found Watery Grave.
A special to the Savannah Presh u
roni New York states that H. X
lason, with headquarters in New "
'ork, but who had lived recently in ^
toston and Augusta, Ga.t committed .
ulcide at sea on last Sunday nighi
y jumping overboard from the pa? v
anger steamship City of ColumbtiB ot
he Savannah line.
_ to
llecnmo a Nuisance.
Tho court at Topeka. Kansas, has a,
c? n called upon to decide a queer w
sal question?whether or not the (j;
ttentlons of a persistent wooer be- m
nmes a public nuisance. Mrs. Ida w
arter, a pretty widow, declares they j>j
o, and she has had Scott Smith ar- ef
ested, because he persists in propos- rj
ir to her every time they meet. u,
Noted <tase Ended. pi
At Nashville, Tenn., Rob'n J. in
ooper, charged with murdering for- flier
United States Senator Edward th
i*. Carmack, November 5, 1908, wan th
:iven a verdict of not guilty In dj
riminal court Tuesday morning on ki
he recommendation of Attorney T1
leneral Anderson. Thus was clos- lit
d one of the most celebrated caseo te
i Tennessee court annals. ' ca
Tariff lesson for Farmers.
What has caused the Slate of
awa to decrease 7,082 In population
Ince 1900? Secretary Wilson has
aid us that the tariff is making the
armers prosperous, and yet thousnds
have moved away from this
rosperlty to seek other and more
iv'ting fields. Is It possible that
tie bleak prairies of Northwestern
anada. where corn will not ripen,
ffer better prospects for successful
arming than the rich lands of Iowa?
The fact is. Secretary Wilson is
nmaKen ana tne farmers know It,
Ise why their intense demand for
sal tariff revision. The only Iowa
armers that the tariff helps are
lose who raise sheep, for they benfit
by the tariff of 12 cents per
ound on wool. But there were in
909 only 747,000 sheep in Iowa, an !
le number is decreasing; for aecordlg
to the same authority there were
00,000 sheep of sheering age in
908, which shows a reduction of
3,000 in one year.
In these came official statisticts th;
rice of sheep on the farm appears
) be declining; for in 1908 the
rerage price in the United 3tates
quoted at $3.88 per head, while in
909 the price had declined to $3.43.
his doe3 not indicate that the farera
are getting their share of the
rosperit.y which the Republicans aslre
us is due to the protective tarr.
Even their sheep and wool on
hich they are protected do not
em to be adding to their prospery;
and on nothing else than wool
the Iowa farmer really protected
/ the tariff.
The price of wool has declined
nee the passage of the new tariff
,w, although the very high protecon
on wool and woolens was net
langed At St. l.ouis the highest
ice reached in January. 19U8, for
;st tub-washed was 33 cents a
>unil; while during December of
le same year the price fell to 2S
:nts per pound. There are no later
jvernment statistics published, bnt
ie Daily Record of Qulncy, Illinois,
ovember 4, 1910 in its market re>rt
of the price of hi les and wool
lys: "Wool?Although prices are
at advancing just yet the market
toning up. There is a better deand
and the general feeling is betT."
While the Iowa farmer has been
iving good crops and getting good
'ions for thnm u ? A *
... uui illfi L 11*3 pilSI It'W
^ars. the cost of living has advanc
1 over 60 per cent with him as with
ery dweller in the citlcB, and those
ho have rented farms have had
leir rent raised as the price of land
creased. These Iowa farmers wuo
ive emigrated probably mostly tenits?have
evidently not been very
osperous, or they would not leave
icir homes and their neighbors and
leir friends to go to new countries
id begin all over again with all the
trdships of frontier life. No won;r
that in Iowa and in all the Westn
states where similar conditions
evail there has been a general deand
for tarifT revision downward;
r it is very evident that protecan
does not protect the farmer, hut
unders him.
Teddy's liriital Suture.
Roosevelt Is entirely devoid of any
lng like sympathy or kindness for
s fellowman who n?:.y be cifcriuite.
This has been shown in dozis
of cases, but one of the mast conicuous
v.as that of the lats lames
Tyner, assistant attorney-general
r the postofliee department, who
i October 5, llton. was Indicted for
nspiracy to defraud the gov rnent
In the postofliee frauds? ?.:r.
yner was seventy-seven, and for
?arly forty years he had served the
ivernment in various important of
es. He was a broken man physiUy.
After his lnddctmcnt, while his
,se was awaiting trial, at a time
hen every dictate of decency calle-l
r suspension of judgment as to
S guilt. Theodora lfnnon?-on l
- ^ a?wvavt Vll| as IUU
resident of United States, sent to
ngress a inenioranduni on the postliee
frauds In which Mr. Tyner was
indemned as a law breaker, held up
scorn as a scoundrel, and lashed
i a villian. So obviously improper
as this proceeding that Senator
eorge Friable Hoar, of Massac.hu
tts, paid a personal call on Mr. Tv
>r to make public display of his distribution
of Theodore Roosevelt's
itrageous conduct.
'Mr. Tyner was put on trial, and on
ay 2f?. 1004, the jury declared hliu
inocent of the charges. On the
I th of Juno, 1904, M;\ Tyner, then
n Icated and with h':> good name
iclouded. wrote from his deathbed
i Theodore Roosevelt an appeal for
istlee. This lo ter c osed with these
ords: "My remaining hours are few
id though iny nouse is in order and
i.h clear conscious 1 await froa. I
,u t r\ V- ~ I *
.j iw m,kj me ii icvuiMuie summons,
vertheless 1 can not close my eye3
Ithout first appealing to you, Mr.
resident, a3 my chief accuser, io
ideavor, in so far as you can, to
.ht the great wrong which you have
iwittingly done me."
litis manly and pathetic appeal,
esented in the most respectful
anner elicited no symphatic reply
om the President. The attitude of
e general public foun 1 no echo in
e White House. The figure of the
ing man aroused no sentiment of
ndness, no thought of justice, in
teodore Roosevelt. The aged pub
wervnit. his name unamlrched af- ,
r ithe ordeal of the courts, vlndi,ted
after assault by the powerful
CONFERENCE CLOShl
DAUGHTERS OF AMERICAN REVOLUTION*
ADJOURN.
Ttie Next Session Will Ik Held ni
Chester.?Officers Elected atul ai
Committees Appointed.
The fourteenth annual conference
of the Daughters of the Aemerictr
Revolution, ended Its session in Or
angeburg on Friday week after i
enthusiastic and enjoyable meeting
Much business was accomplished ai
the conference and it was the larg
lest ?vi?r ilnlrl TKn " ?'
.... > u? kuuicrvuce wai
presided over by Mrs. F. L. Mayes
state Regent, of Greenville. The an
tiual report of the State reient w.u
excellent showing great knowledge
and researcn.
The following committees mad'
splendid reports at the conference.
State Flage, by Mrs. A. C. Ligon, ol
Orangeburg; Industrial Education
Mrs. F. II. H. Calhoun, Clemson College;
Railroad Rates, Mrs. A. C. L.iuon,
Orangeburg; Continental llail
Mrs. J. A. Miles, Charleston; Magazine.
Mrs. S. C. Baker, Sumter; Revolutionary
Graves, Miss Kale Lily
Blue, Marion.
Mrs. Rebecca Bacon, of Edgefield,
the first State Regent and lineal descendant
of General Pickens and
daughter of Governor IMckeus, was
present and a beautiful tribute written
by Mrs. Bacon to Sumter, Pickens
and Marion was read by Mrs
Robertson. Mrs. Bacon is the pioneer
I). A. R. In this State and. although,
advanced in age, she is in
good health.
An a idress on Conservation by
Mrs. llratton of Gothriesville, an exState
regent, was enjoyed by the
conference. Mrs. Marie G. Richardson,
of Greenville, brought a message
Tom the Children of the Revolution.
It was decided to pe-'.ition the legislature
to adopt the song "Carolina"
is the State song, because it was
omposed by Henry Timrod and so;
o music by Mrs. Burgess, both native
South Carolinians.
The following officers were elected
at this conference: Second viceregent,
Mrs. II. B. Carlisle, Spnrtantiurg;
Third vice-regent, Mrs. F. II.
Calhoun; Auditor, Mrs. S. C. Baker,
Sumter; Assistant historian, Mrs. W.
F. Watson, of Greenville.
The following standing committees
for the ensuing year have been appointed
by the State regent:
State Monument?mesdamoa A. 1.
Robertson, Sattllee; 11. W. Richardson,
Clark Waring. Miss 1. I). Martin,
ill of Columbia; Mrs. Rebbeeca Bacon.
E.lgefleid; Mrs. R. 1\. Carson,
Spartanburg; Mrs. E. W. Duvall,
Cheraw; Mrs. A. C. Sinclair, Ben letsvllle;
Mrs. Cox. Chester; Mrs.
Eason, Charleston; Mrs. G. G. Byers,
GafTcny.
Stato Officers?Mrs. A. H. Dean,
Greenville; Mrs. A. N. Wood, Gafi!
ney; Mrs. W. H. Dial. Lauronn
Revolutionary Graves?MUs With|
erspoon, Yorkvlllo; Miss Mattie 1*.
Izard. Columbia; Mrs. W. K. Sease,
Oraniifbur;; Mrs. W. J. Bailey,
Clinton.
Patriotic Education?Mrs. F. H. M.
Calhoun. Clem son College; Mrs. H
R. Carlisle, Spartanburg, Miss Martha
Brunson, Florence.
The State Regent paid the musical
talent of Orangeburg a deserved tribute
for fhe sweet music tendered
the conference by Orangeburg s gifted
musicians and vocalists.
The social events of the Conference
wore a reception tendered by
the Orangeburg Elks, a tea by Kuta v
Chapter, I). A. R.; a luncheon by
D!\io club: a luncheon by Moultrie
chapter, D. A. R. and a reception tea <?red
by Paul McMichael Chapter,
'J. D. C.
The next conference will he h -Id
t Chester; Anderson and Clemsoa
College having withdrawn their invitations
in favor of Chester.
DOZEN* DIE IX ItlOTS
As Result of a Political Demonstration
nt Leon.
Ti.
persons are dead at Iyeon,
Xlcarauga, and a great many wounded
as the result of a political d*:nnstration.
The governor Issued orjdrrs
prohibiting a Liberal manifestation
and when the Liberals and
their adherents gathered in the
.streets to carry out their plans,
troops were sent against them.
Charles Teller, an American, Is
among the wounded. The American
consul, Jcse I). Ollverac, went to
Leon this morning to investigate the
situation. A report received front
hint states thait there was a'renewal
of the rioting hut gave no details.
Safe liioweis at Work.
Yeggmen Wednesday night entered
the postoflle at Piedmont. Ala.,
blew the safe and secured over $ I too
In money and stamps.
agencies of the department of justice.
went to his grave without one
word of correction of the gross wrong
that had been done him by Theodore
Roosevelt, then President of the United
State. Let us all rejoice because
of the repudiation of this brutal man
by tho people of this great country.
THE DEADLY CAR \
A Fearful Aatuaobile Accident Kart
Rdeifb Aviation Meet.
! WHILE AT HIGH SPEED
> The Car Skidded on a Curve Xcared
1 the Fair Building and Plunged
Through the Fence Over Into a
Crowd of Spectators, Iladly Injurt
ing Tliree of Them.
Mtb. A. H. Mooneyhan. wife of a
member of the mercantile corpora,
tien of Dobbin Farral Co.. of Ra
i leigh. N. C.. and two negro women,
both from Durham, were perhap*
fatally injured Wednesday afternoon
. during ihe bin flying machine an*
automobile meet at Ilnlcigh.
' it was an automobile accident befor
the (lying machine events were
pulled ofT. 11. D. Woollcott. maai'
ger of the Kuleigh Motor Car and
(larage Co., and Mrs. Woollcott wen
speeding a Jackson car around the
race track while the flying machine*
were being prepared for flight.
Mrs. Woollcott was at the wheel
when the car passed 'over a depression
in the track and skidded
1 on a curve nearest the fair building*
and plunged through the fence over
into crowd of spectators.
Mrs. Woollcott fainted and Mr.
Woollcott seized tlie wheel and shut
down the power, neither of the
Woolleotts or the machine being seriously
injured. However the car
ran over Mrs. Monneyhan. breaking
her leg and inflicting internal injuries.
Alice Cas'lebury. colored, of Durham.
had her skull fractured and
other injuries, and Ada Bryant, colored
also of Durham, was terribly
crushed and bruised. There is no hope
for the recovery of either of them
and only a fighting chance for Mr*.
Mooneyhan.
The flying machines, manned by
Messrs. McCurdy and Ely, made successful
flights between four and slat
o'clock. McCurdy led off with *
flight that was all that couid be dosired.
circling the race track uad
going far out over the city.
When he made his descent he
alighted at full speed and would
have crashed into trie race track
fence but for the machine having
careened so as to dig the right piano
Into the earth; it would have bean
wrecked and possibly the aviator injured.
As it was the right plane was
smashed and the machine hnril*
strained. Probably one t lum sand
persons witnessed the event
SKltVKl) IIIM RIGHT.
Takes a <" ?1<I Itutli for IJetiing on a
Republican.
In the cold, gray dawn of the early
morning ? it was the coldest moraing
this fall -John Clear. a no
thought that Henry D. Stiinsnn would
he elected Governor of New York,
took off his clothes, put on a bathing
suit and jumped in the icy K ist River
at New York Wednesday.
With a row boat following close
behind, be swain across the river to
Randall's Island, thereby carrying
out the provisions of an election bet.
A crowd watched and cheered hia
plucky performance.
Must Steer Clour of Them.
The New York Sun, In spe iking of
itbe rumor that James R. Campbell
and John J l.enlz are candidates for
Senator Dick's seat in the CniteJ
States Senate from Ohio, says "If
the Democratic party sen<s pollt'cal
hacks to Washington from those
States where the opportunity ha?
come to it to strengthen the minority
in the Senate it ought to have
short shift at the hands of the v
era."
In the surnp connection, the Chicago
Record-Herald says "John R.
McLean. after Jiving in W tshingtoa
for nine years, has just mo\ed hark
to Ohio. The Ohio legislature is
soon to elect a Uni'ed States Senator
of Mr. McLean s political persuasion."
The political persunsioa
of McLean is with the protected
i is's and other plunderers of the
people.
The Democrats of Ohio do not
need either of these gentlemen In
the l'nited States Senate. As The
state says the Democratic party la
Ohio and other States, recently wrest
ed from the Republican party,
"shou'd have the wisdom to avoid
-the rocks of the professional politicians.
They are not hid len rocks. A
half dozen States have recently demonstrated
their possession of firstrate
Democratic material, and that il
pays to use that material. Kver/
(State has a fair supply, but il has
(to be sought."
Killed l>y Train.
With nis foot cauzht In a frog oa
the track and unable to extricate
j himself. Oeorgo H. Hart. aged .>0,
of Pea body, Mass., stood tin I watcoed
a freiiht train as it bore down od
him. He was Instantly kil'ed.
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