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Killed 800 Feet Down. ?> Bessemer, Mich. ?Nat Nakalu and Inane Rnntl were killed In Rureka mine, X00 feet below the surface by tho explosion of dynamite which came in contact with a miner's eaudle. Jack Pcnirta was fatally injured. Standard Oil In Dig Deal. Pltiab'urg, Pa. ? Tho Standard Oil Company has a deal pending which ll ft&td by financial interests hero to be the beginning of a movement to gain control of tho entire country's produc* tlon of natural gas. Largo Grain Company Folia. Mllle Rock, Ark. ? -Tho T. TL Bunch Company, ono of tho largest grain concerns In the United States, filed a petit ton in bankruptcy here. It la re ported that )ocal banking Institutions arc involved totheextent of $300,000. Found l>o:td in Highway. Ayor, Muss. ? The body of Dr. Henry A. Stone, dentist, of Newbury port, wag found near the main high way running between Ayer and Har vard. t li o circumstances Indicating .that he was a victim of foul play, Date For Hig Baseball Came. Chicago. ? At a meeting of the Na tional Baseball Commission here ar rangements were made for the world's championship series, and October 8 decided' on as tho day for the opening game. ^ J7nrpenter? at a Day. New York City. ? There was con siderable otcitoment among the New York locals of tho Brotherhood of Carpenters at news that the master carpenters were advertising through out the country for enrpenters t <j* be employed in this city at f 5 a day, - Breaks Trotting Record. Lexington, Ky. ? The world's trot ting record for ?.*crtr!|ngs was broken nt the Colored Fair here by Miss Siokos, who made the mile In 2.1D^S. The former record of 2.2 3 was held hy Adbell. Miss Stokes is by Peter tho Client, and is owned by W. E. D. Stokes, of the Patehen Wilkes Farm. Cashier Gets Seven Year*. Marquette, Mich. ? In the Federal Court TO. T. Larson, former cashier of the defunct Ironwood National Bank, was sentenced by Judge Knappen to seven years In tho Detroit House of Correction. T.ahm to Operate Army Dirigible, Washington. ? First Lieutenant Frank P. Lahm, of tho signal corps, has been ordered to Des Moines, Iowa, for temporary duty In operating the dlrlglblo balloon No. 1, belonging to the ai'my, at the military tournament to bo held there, beginning on Sep tember 20, V. 9. Treasurer Treat to Qnlt Washington, ? Announcement was made by Charles H, Treat, of New York, that he had tendered to PresN dent Taft his resignation of the office of Treasurer of the United States and that he would retire in October, Kentucky Rank Closed. Washington. ? Tho Comptroller of the Currency was advised that the First National Bank of Burnslde, Ky., had been closed by order of the Board of Directors. R. D. Garrett, of Princeton, Ky., has been appointed receiver. BY CABLE. JtooEevclt Kills nn Elephant, Nairobi, British East Africa.? New* has been received here that Mr. Theo* (lore Roosevelt, who has been hunting in the Mweru district, has killed a bull elephant with good tusks, Kermlt Koosavelt has been hunting Indepen dently at Guaso Nylro, and has been very successful, bagging flvo Hons and three buffaloes, He has niw started out elephant hunting. Fltes Over Son. Ostend. ? Louis Taulhan, tho French aviator, flew two kilometres (1.24 ip.ile3) on tho beach here In 3 niinutcs 15 3-5 seconds, thereby win ning a prize of $ltiOO. After com* pleting the distance the aviator, with uut landing, cirelcd over the sea and returned to his starting pointy- ? Peru and Bolivia End Disputes. - . I.a Pa*. Uoi i \ la.? Tho Minister of Fdreign Aii'ai.i', tft&or Jiua'auiemt*, and tn-j l'eruvian Minister to Bolivia, plgued a protocol for the settlement of the differences that long h*v? ex isted between Peru end Bolivia over tho boundary qucstlou. Frctendcr Pot to Dentin Fex, Morocco. ? El Roghi, tho re* bellloui subject of the Sultan of M&> rocco, who recently was brought here a prisoner In an Iron cage, was put to death Sunday inside the palace and 1? th? presence oILthil imperial Jjarenat^ Manilans Oppose Vlvtfectiou. Manila, P. I. ? Americans here are loudly protesting agafnst the action - pf the Municipal Board consigning impounded doge to doctor* tW'wl. I Nttation. The protest may force $ re minding of the order. DIES 10 GIVE WIFE $100 Jefferson Leaves Letter Cursing the Landlord. Suicide Was Too IfaHly, ?? tlu> Slier ilf JlnlMcd Money Needed For (lie Rent, rroveutlittf Widow's ivvicUou. Philadelphia, Pa.? William A. Jet* feraon, who died In the Presbyterian Hospital, committed suicide with pot ton that his widow might obtain $100 death benefit from his lodge. A baby la about to come to her. Jefferson had been out of work for six months and could not pay his rent. His land lord Had ordered their eviction. Jefferson, lov'ng his wife, would have been a murderer, nioat prob ably. had dot his devotion to her turned him to a died almost as des perate. When be was arrested, ho swore he Intended to kill the land lord with a revolver bo had. His last letters were made public by the Cor<Jn4r. To his wife JofforeOn wrote: "Dear Nell: I cannot collect the money due me, and there la no other way out of It. I take my own llfo be cause I think It will bo better for you and the.cblldren. There Is $100 com ing to mo from the lodge. ' "First settle with that old landlord and then get me the cheapest funeral possible. I do not want anybody at my funeral but yon. Get the cheap est coffin you can and bury me lu the cheapest spot you can And. I do not want any preaching over me, hut Dr. Fulton may make a few remarks tell ing of how I was raised In my boy hood In Tomvllle. Good-bye, dear." And he cursed, the landlord: k "God may forgive you; I cannot. I hope He will put Ills curse on you for tbo rest. of your llfo. You would hnvo got all your money In a short time If you had waited'. Now you have my life on your hands. I hope you will never be able to sleep agnlo, for you knew of the condition my wife was In." ' Even in his.sulcl(!e Jefferson was too hasty. Constable Mufray. who waB sent to evict hlni, learned the state of affairs in the household, and Instead of turning Mrs. Jefferson out of doors, sympathetically raised $110 to pay the rent. Kl/OW UP MANAGER'S HOME. Shell of Dynamite Plaecd Beneath Mlllmnn's Itoom, Dut He Escapes. Youngstown, Ohio.^-The resldenco of Charles I. Gibson, general manager of the Btrnthors plant of the Amer ican Sheet and Tin Plate Company, was damaged, by n dynamite ex plosion. A strike has been In progress at the mill for several weeks, and' Mr. Gib sen l?ns IsCCM uctivc to sccurc t-Ii^ rs opening of the plant under the oneu shop plan. While Mr.<- Gibson hns mado no direct enlarges against any one, the county authorities kellevo that strlka sympathizer^ aro respon sible. The escape of the Gibson family from Injury, was remarkable. A large brass shell, filled with dynamite and fitted with a cap and a fuse, was ex ploded in a cellar window directly under Mr. Glbaqn's room. The house was badly damaged. Tho report of the explosion was heard for miles. RECORD YEAR FOR PATENTS. Total Issued Was 04,332, Forthcom ing Report Will fihowr. Washington, D. C. ? That tho last fiscal year was the bigsest In the his tory of the Patent Office will be shown bv the forthcoming annual report of the Commissioner of Patents, Dur ing the twelve months there were Issued 84,332 patents, or 229 more than the previous year. The business of the Patent Office bas Increased with great regularity* ever since 1830, when the first patent was granted. Panics have had only email effect upon the number of pat ent! laaued. Since the financial de pression of 1907 there haa been an Increase of business In the Patent Office far beyond anything previously experienced, PAST HALL SURVIVOR DIES. P.'R. Hayward Was Master Carpenter on His Second Expedition, Baltimore, Md. ? Robert R. Hay ward, aged slxtyrslx years, the eolo survivor of the second Arctic expedi tion of C. F. Hall, the American ex plorer, died at the home of his son-in .law, the Rev, L. S. Helchard, in Ham ilton, a suburb of this city. Hayward joined the Hall expedU tlon, which sailed from Philadelphia, in the capacity of master carpenter. Upon his return from the Arctic, Hay ward entered the United State! Light house Cervlce and was stationed at a number of lighthouses In the Chesa peake Bay and in tho Sound of North Carolina. DR. J. W. WASSALL* DROWNKD. Woman Who Divorced Hint After ward Hcrmuo Mrs.rChadbourne. Racine, Wis.? When on a pleasure trip f^om Chicago to Milwaukee on the two-masted yacht Mistrel. ot Chi cago, Dr. Joseph W. Wassail, forty eight years old, u promlcent society man and dentist, ot Lake Forest ao-l Chicago, fell ' overborn1 d ntiej off North Point aud was uio?ueU. James O. Hey worth, a Chicago con tractor and owner of the boat, was in the part?) as weve John Pirle and Os car Strehlow and a crew of four men. JOHN T. BRUSH INJURED. ' J1 ' j | (tight Arm Brtiken by Being Thrown to Deck on Steamer. 1 ? Paris. France.? :A Bpeel&l wireless dispatch received here from-'tfc~6 steamer Kaiser Wllhelm 11. says thai in a gal* John T. Brush, president of the New York Baseball Club, was I thrown to the deck and had his right brokaiw- The Kaiser Wllhelm 1 sailed from Cherbourg on September llvt.-Lrt 3bs: '*1 ' "Vi 1 v U MINI'S ESTATE LEFT TO HIS WIDOW Brief Will Makes Her One of World's Richest Women. $100,000,000 PROPERTY VALUE Only On? Named In tho 00-Word Will? Stock* and Honda May Hay? H??n Transferred Be for? Death to Save Inhcrltauco Tax. New York City.? E. H. Harrlman, in hti will, which vai Aled for pro hate at Goshen, Orange County, N. Y., left all hla property, real and per sonal, to his wife, Mary W. Harrlman, Tho estate la variously estimated at between $20,000,000 and $100,000, 000. Mrs. Harrlman was ulso ap pointed executrix, without any re strictions. Tho documont, which was made public by Charles A. Poabody, presi dent of theMutual Life Insurance Com pany, who la understood to havo drawn up the will and was one of the wltnessos, contained just ninety-nine words and woe probably one of tho shortest wills on record considering tho value of the estate involved. It was dated dune 8, 1SJ03, and was as follows: I, Edward If. Harrlman, of Arden, In the State of New York, do make, publish and declare tills n? and for my last will nnd testament, that in to say : I give, devise and bequeath nil of my property, real and personal of every kind nnd nature, to my wife, Alary W. Harrlman, to be Hers almo* lately and forever, nnd I do hereby nominate and appoint the Mild Mar y W. Hnrrimun to be executrix of this will. Ill witness whereof I have hereunto Ret my hand mul seal this eighth day of Juno in tho year nineteen hundred and three. [ Signed. 1 KDWARD If. HARR1MAN. Signed, sealed, published and de clared by tho testator as nnd for his last will and testament iu our pres ence, who at his request and in his presence, nnd in tho presence of each other, havo each of us hereunto sub< scribed our names as witnesses. [Signed.] CHARLES A. PEAHODY, O. O. TEGETHOFF. C. C. Tegethoff, who, with Mr. Pea body, witnessed the will, wad Mr. Har?. rl man's private secretary. If tha highest estimates of tho value of the estate r.ro correct, the will makes Mrs. Harrlman one of the richest women in the world. If not the richest. Tho only other women who nro regarded us her possible rivals for that honor are Mrs. ilutrsell sage, whose wealth has been estimated at $80,000,000; Mrs. Frederick C. Pen field, whose fortune has been also es timated at that amount, and Mrs. Hetty Green, whd Is believed to bo worth anywhere from $40,000,000 to $100,000,000. Since no provision Is made for Mr. Harrlman's two sons and three daughtors It Is believed that ho pro vided for them before his death. Tho children are Mrs. Ilobert Livingston Gerry, who was Miss Cornelia Harrl man; William Averlll Harrlman, Miss Mary Harrlman, Miss Caroline Harrl man and Roland Harrlman. Among some of Mr. Harrlman's closest friends It Is believed that dur ing his last Illness he gave large blocks of railroad stocks to each of hlB children and to a number of his close business associates and em< -ployes. TAFT DEFENDS TARIFF LAW, Says All of It Is Good Dut the Woo) Schedule, Winona, Minn. ? President Taft de livered hit defense of the Payne tariff bill here. It was the speech for which the country has been waiting ever since he affixed his signature to the bill. The President talked frankly and fearlessly to his audience. He pointed out the things in the law that he does not like and arrayed against them Its good points. On the whole he conceived It the best tariff law the Republican party has ever passed, and therefore the best ever enacted In this country, and as he vlewB the law It is on the whole a revision uuwunvaru iii nccuruancb With his own and the party pledgos. He acknowledged that the wool schedule la too high and ought to have been reduced, yet the fact was deplorable, as it seemed to him, that the Interests of the wool products of the West and the woolen manufac> turers of the East were so strongly Intrenched In Congress that to have Insisted on a reduction of the woolen schedule would have defeated the en tire bill. ? For President Taft to have vetoed the bill would, In his opinion, not only have demoralized the party but de stroyed all chance for the accomplish ment of other reforms to whtch^he and the Republican party \rcre pledged. The President spoke with great earnestness when ho came to this part of his speech. It was ap parent that ho hRd felt tho stlnK o( the criticism of his signing tho bill. narrlman's Grave Impregnable. The grave of E. H. Harrlman at Arden, N. Y., has been covered with a great mound of concrete, which will he reinforced with three tons of steel. v Spencer F. Rddy Resigns. Spencer F. Eddy, of Chicago, has aent In his resignation as Minister to Roumanla and Servla. His decision is due chiefly to continued illness in his family. Mrs. Eddy, who Is* In Paris, has not been well enough to loin her husband. ? Carnegie Library Falls In Indiana. The public library In Elwood. Ind., ?to uhlch And row Carnegie gave <M0,~ 000 several years Ago. la a failure, fhrit h? been filed to prevent the eKy officials from paying any more money tqwqrd cqipgrfc _ ? ' W|', EVENTS AT NORTH POLE I TOLD By WMT. MSOH Peary's Colored lieutenant Nar rates Interesting Incidents. NIGHT SPENT IN SNOW HOUSES Observations in Morning Indicated Goal Was Only 100 Yard* From Its Tcntatlvo Juration ? Flag Cheered by Eskimos, Battle Harbor, Labrador. ? "We hoisted the Star* and Stripes twice at the North Pole," said Matthew Hen son. He is Comma ndosi Robert 13. Peary's colored lieutenant and the only other civilized man, according to Commandor Peary, who over reached the pole. Henson gave an account of the one night and two days ho and Cwmman- j dor Peary and four lSctklmos camped i at ninety degrees north latitude, lie personally assisted in raising tho American flag, and ho led the Eski mo* in the cheers, with an extra cheer for Old Glory in Eskimo. ''Having spent eighteen years with i Commander Peary and u considerable portion of that time in tho arctic," said Hanson. "I havo acquired a knowledge of thodlaleetof tho North ern Greenland ICsklmoH, who aro prob ably superior to uny other. As is commonly known to travelers in tho Ear North, tho Eskimo entertains a strango prejudlco toward any tonguo but one, and it Is therefore necessary, for successful dealing with them, to study their unwritten language. "We arrived at the polo Just before noon on April G. the party consisting ! of tho Commandor, .myself, four Es kimos, and thlrty-slx dogs, divided Into two detachments equal In num ber. and headed respectively by Com mander Peary and myself. We had loft tho last supporting party at, clgli- . . ty-seven degrees fifty-three minutes, : where wo separated from Captain j Bartlett, who was photographed by tho Commander. Captain Jlartlett regretted that he did not havo a Drlt Ish Hag to erect on tho Icq nt this spot I so that the photogra^ might show j this as. tho farthest north to which j the banner of England had been ad vanced. 1 kept a personal diary dur- I ing this historic dash across tho lco ! field. "Our first task on reaching the I pole was to build two igloos, as the ' weather was hazy and prevented lak- I Ing accurate observations to confirm the,., distance traveled from Capo Col umbia. Having completed the snow houses we had dinner, which included tea made on our alcohol stove, and then retired to rrst. thus sleeping ono night at the North Pole. "The arctic sun was shining whrn I awoke and found the Commander already up. Thero was Oiilv wind enough to blow put tho small flags." Tho ensigns were hoisted toward noon from tent poles and tied with fish llnea. "We had figured out tho distance pretty closely and did not go beyond tho pole. The flaca were up about midday April 7 and were not moved until lato that evening. .The haze had cleared away early, but wo wanted somo hours to tako observations. We made three close together. "When wo first raised the Amerl-j can fiag Its position was behind tho I Igloos which, according to our Initial observations, was tho position of the pole, but on taking subsequent obser vations the Stars and Stripes were moved and plnced 150 yardB west of the first position, the difference In the observations being duo perhaps to the moving ice. "When the fiag Was placed Com mander Peary exclaimed In English: " 'We will plant the Stars and Btrlpes at the North Pole.' "Itt the native language I proposed ! three cheers, which were given In the Eskimos' own tongue. Commander Peary shooU hands all arpund, and we had a more liberal dihner than usual, ea|^ man eating a$'much as he pleased. "The Eskimos danced about and ihowed great pleasure that tho pole at last was reached. For years the Eskimos had been trying to reach that spot, but it was always with them ?tlquelgh,' which, translated, means, 'get so far and no cloeer.' They ex claimed In a chorus, 'Ting neigh tlm ah ketl8her,' meaning, 'We havo got there et last.' " Henson said conditions were about jine Banns at ine pule us elsewhere in ? the arctic circle. All was a solid sea of Ice, except for a two-foot load of open water two miles from the pole. The Eskimos who went along on the final lap were Ootah, Eghigwah/ Outaueeah and Slaloo, the two first being brothers. Commander Peary took photographs of Henson and the | Eskimos waving flags and cheering. CAIt WORKERS STRIKE AGAIN. Pressed Storl Car Company Accnscd of Breaking Iho Recent Agreement. Pittsburg, Pa. ? The car workers' strike at the plant of the Pressed Steel Car Company in Schoenvllle, which was thought settled after coat ing nine lives and heavy financial lots, began anew when between 2000 and 4000 employesof thecsvworkswalked from thoir work and quietly dis persed to their homes. The workmen allege the car com pany officials have broken faith with them regarding the discharge of bosses broujht here during the re cent dispute. Street Our W reeks Funeral. A street car crashed into a hearse bearing the body of Charles Dutsow, In Washington, D. C., badly damag ing the hearse and throwing the driv er and the coffin to the pavement. The coffin suffered no damage. ; UVUlnni MaaC A<~a TataF POT SySStOf, \ General Arthur MacArthur is prom inently spoken of as a possible candi date for the United States flenata against Senator iaa-FoHette, -of Wis consin. In tho September priftiftiY of aext year. __ WOMEN Mil EACH OTHER With Knife and ftavolvfcr ttave Fa tal Struggle Irt.Citogo Fiat Mr*. Julius Tripp niul Klslor-ln-lawi Mm, Jncob Silver*, of Now York, Read us Result, Chicago. ? Two screaming WOTHJBJI,' both wounded, called (or help from tha first floor apartment at 6609 Prairie avenue. When neighbor* rushed into tha fl&t thoy found one woman dead, with eleven bullet holes In her body, and the other uncon scious with a bullet wound In her breast and a knife out across her tore head. flhe died a few hours later. Mrs. Julius Tripp, who, with her husband, lived In tho flat , was the dead woman. She was lying fully dressed on tho Moor of u front bed room, her 'elothlng torn almost t,o ah reds. Tho other woman was her slster-ln-law, Mrs. Jacob Silvers, of Now York, 8ho was at (I rod only in a nigh' dress, and was Kins on her hack en a hod in an adjoining bed room. Hesldo her was it now revol ver. Mrs. Silvers died at tho Washing ton Park Hospital ?t 10 p. m., and b<> foro dying confessed ehe had killed her sister-in-law. The rooniH in which tho fight oc curred wero (Qiind In couf tislotK 1'ur niture won wrecked and pictures lay' on tho floor, Indicating thnt the strug gle between th6 women was n Ioiik and deaperato one. Retweon periods of dollrlum In the hospital beforo her death Mrs. Sllvors Bald that Bho nnd hor Blstor-ln-law had quarreled over household matters. "I made up my mind to kill hor with an are," the woman said, "and then I came to tho conclusion I would use a revolver." Relatives of tho two wompn#bear out tho belief tliat Mra. Sllvera wus not of sound mind. ... ?-???. - . - ?? i ii ? ?? EIGHT I>KAI> IN TRAIN WRECK, Victims of Head-On Collision Are All Railroad Moiu Nashville, Topn. ? Ah tho result of a head-on collision between passon ger train No. 4 and fast freight No. f> 1 on the Nashville, Chaltnnooga and St. Louis Railway, ono mile west of Pegram Station, Tenn., eight men were killed, one seriously Injured and several othorB reported hurt. No pas r.cngers were killed. The cat*8 caught flre end several of tho victims were crcmated. The Dead. Palley, Tj. F., .mall clerk, Martin, 'Tenr.; body burned. . Cower, Joseph, Nashville, engineer on onsnengor train; body burned. Mogau, William. Nashville, travel ing engineer; body burned. Roach, Walter, messenger; body burned. SLalcap, W. S., mall clork, Martin, Tenn. Tarklngton, Jes3o, engineer on freight; body burned. Walt, S. P.. head brakeman. Whltod, Samuel, fireman; body burned. Poth cnglnon wero ~ completely wrecked. Tho wreck was caused by the over looking of orders. BANDIT PARDONED BY TAFT. I n A. Totter, Who Held Up Stnge Coach In Bravado, Freed. Washington, D. C. ? After twenty four years' Imprisonment for a boyish bit of bravado L. A. Potter, a "lifer" In Jhe Leavenworth penitentiary, has been pardoned by President Taft, Potter was an Illinois lad. He went to Texas, became a cowboy, and In 1885, after drinking too much one night, held up a stage coach. He made no attempt to harm any ono r.nd got away with only $9, But he was convicted and sentenced to Ufa Imprisonment. He 1b now fifty and broken In health. One of hie hold-up victims, Mrs. J. W. White, wffe of the presi dent of the German National Bank of Mason, Texas, has been trying tor years to have him pardoned, and her offorts have succeeded. TWO DIE IN PISTOL FIGHT. Neither Victim Lives Long Enough to Tell What Quarrel Was About. Neosho, Mo. ? Two deaths resulted from a fight with revolvers between Heni'v tv nist$5 ssd Ben Msvsh?.!! on the streets of Newtonla, a village twelve miles east of here. Neither lived long enough to tell what the quarrel was about. Estes was a large dealer in cattle. Marshall came from ft good family, but in recent years had a bad reputa tion. He was quarrelsome, and had been in court Several times, once for attempting to kill a man. Estes came to town and met Mar shal!. A quarrel was atarted by Mar shal, and both men drew revolvers and ran Into the street. Each fired one phot and both fell mortally wounded. FOB EQUALITY IN SWEDEN*. Cabinet BilL to Al>oIi?h Orders of Civil B/tnks Causes Sensation. Londo.j.? A dispatch to the Dally Telegraph from Copenhagen says a sensation has been causod In Sweden by the decision of the Cabinet to pre sent u bill to Parliament to abolish all orders of ranks and grades of pre cedence, except the officers, of the army and navy. I Borden Advances Pay; Strike Ends, The 1000 striking weavers at the Iron Works Cotton Mills, the Borden plant at Fall Hlver, Mas?., have ac copted a five per cent, increase In wages and will return to work. . They struck for Km pewrent. About 6000 other- employee wcrtr tinrpvrrDUttff work. \ -.*? l,i i Cannon Opposes Currency Reform. Speaker Cannon, at the bankers* fjctiiTetUMK Cfilcaifo TgTffTOffr?F would not chants the curreucy sy? torn. . ? , _ FRESIDENT'S WESTERN TRIP At Minneapolis and Si. Paul? Greet ings From the Sick Governor. Preside^ Tuft arrived at Minncu |>olis at S t? . i??. Saturday, and with the shadow of dcat li hanging over the Governor oi thtj St at?.*, received u cor dial, but nut demonstrative welcome, The rxitiiuii illjK'?a of Governor John. son, probably tlio most popular exeen* t Ivo Mi. 68ota has ever known* ?ij> I tercd deeply into tlie spirit of the day and dreaded . event utilities threatened for a time during the morning serious ly to curtail the program of enter j tuinment bo|h here and in St. Paul. President Taft whs deeply affected and said: "1 unite with you in a fervent prayer to God t hut he may he spa iv >d to you and to tho couutr v. With his ability, his courage, his great common sense, he cannot he spared. lie is too valuable not alone I ? l'*e people of this State, but to the people <>1 this country, who doubtless will insist in time (hut he shnll serve them." At Fort Snelliug, li 1 guns were II red in honor of the President. An automobile ride over the busi ness portion of the town was taken. I !'?' party then crossed (he river to St. Paul. After ? brief speech the President was driven In I lie Stale Capitol where it had been intended that a public re ception should be held. This feature was eallcd off on account of Gover nor .Johnson 's. illness and tlie Presi dent appeared for only u few minutes Oil the south balcony lo express to the great crowd on the terraced lawn his gratitude lor the cordial greeting. Gov. Johnson grew very much bet ter apparently and sent the President the following telegram: "Hearty and sincere welcome to Hie Slate of Minnesota. Greatly re gret my illness prevents my presonco ' at youf .reception. ".JOHN A. JOHNSON. President Tiftt replied to Governor Johnson's telegram, the answer hav ing I <'cn transmitted by telephone. President Tuft's message said: "My Dear Governor Johnson: " I am great ly distressed to hear of >our serious illness. I miss your smil ing and courteous personal greeting, which I have had every timo I havo come to the State heretofore^ and I thank you from the bottom of my heart for your message of welcome, suit when you are on a ly?d of pain. "I fervently hope and pray that your wonderful strength and forti tude will make your recovery speedy. My complimcntf* and respects lo Mrs. Johnson, whose visit in Wash ington I remember with much pleas nre. WILLIAM H. TAFT." Later the President met a number of prominent Japanese and exchanged compliments. President Tuft leaving the "in surgent" States of Minnesota and Iowa-, behind him, crossed the Mis souri river Monday and stopped in Omaha for the afternoon and even ing on his way to the Pacific coast. He found at Omaha a street ear .strike. To avoid possibility of troublo Mayor James C. Dahlman ordered that no attempts bo mode to run cars during the President's stay. The strike did not prevent the gathering of a great crowd in the downtown districts and there were times when tlio President's automobile had diffl culty in making its way through the cheering throng. IIo was taken on an liour'a rid? over the city especially to the schools where he was greeted by the thou sands of children. At Dcs Moines ho made on open air address, touching chiefly tho sub ject of trusts. He declared thot he know of no way in which o distinction could bo made between "good" and "bad" trusts for he regarded all combina tions to suppress competition and to maintain a monopoly to be in tho same category. He forecasted some legislation tot Congress that he would recommend in his message. He said: "When I look forward to the next session and realize how much there is to be con sidered I tremble lest 'the session will not be long enough and that it will not be possible to do all that ha? been promised." Regarding the anti-trust law, ho said : "I am strongly inclined to the view thnt the way to make tho anti-truat law more effective is to narrow its scope somewhat, ho that it shall not include in its prohibition and de nunciation as a crime anything but a conspiracy or combination or contract entered into with ^actual - intent to n <mopoliy,o oj- suppress competition in interstate trade." Hp reviewed" a parade of the thou sands of troops, afterwards made a speech. A great military carnival marked by extensive manoeuvres and haloon and r.-roplane flights, was commenced and will continue through the week. Governor Johnson Cannot Live. Rochostcr, Minn., Special. ? The physicians attending Gov. John A. Johnson reported at A oVloek Monday afternoon that the distinguissd pa tient was dying and would not suiv> vivo tho night. At midnight Dr. Mayo stuivu that he could not live hour. The Governor aaid to those in the sick room: "Time drags so. I earn? silent. He is entirely eonscioua. Jle was still living at 1 :2$. RHflHRflUaBI mm'. >? ' + - >n Wreck and Ruin in The Wake of Equinoctial Tempest WATER HIGHER THAN FOR YEARS Storm That Hah Laahed the Waters o i the Qulf of Mexico -Into Fury Bw6opa Down Upou Gitioa and Towns in Its Northward Path and the Howling dale That Accom panies It Steadily Increase in Force, Memphis, Special. ? Fragmentary reports from points in southern Louisiana and Mississippi evidence thut u severe tropical hurricane was sweeping along the Mississippi-Louisi ana gulf coast Monday night damag ing shipping, wrecking the more frail struct urea and seriously impeding railroad t rattle. New Orleans, appar ently i ho center, was cut otT from communication at 4:30 in the after noon. At the ojlk'o of the Illinois Cen tral railroad here announcement was ina<]e that Train No. (I, <>f that road, duo in leave New Orleans at 4:30 in the afternoon had been dotoured over the Vusr-oo and Mississippi Valley route via Baton Huge, the trucks of the Illinois Central routo between New Orleans and Ken nor, being under watej^and " mrttty jnilew of track are watdum away. ITiTbxi and Soranton, on tho gulf coast of Mississippi, ineagre re ports tell of the damage to shipping unci buildings along tho beach and, so far as could be ascertained late Mon day night, there has been one life lost. I Natches, Miss., was cut off from communication by wire. Before com munication was lost the wind had ut tained a velocity of ">0 miles an hour. Tho power plant was out of commis sion, putting tlx) city in darkness. A number of trees were uprooted and several buildings unroofed. -In western Louisiana, at Crowley aud Jennings, considerable property damage has resulted. The greatest damage is to tho rice crop. Although it had been raining heiav- s ily at New Orleans through fidnday night, there were no indication*; of a gale, further than might be deducted^ from a falling barometer, till about 9:30 o'clock Monday morning, when the gulf wind, great in its intensity, .. Kwnnt over tho city. So strong was the force of the wind that the watorB of tho Mississippi, hacked up from tho gulf a hundred miles below, rose three feet at Now Orleans levee. Tho' neighboring lakes were agitatd till they all overflowed, covering the adjacent lowlands. The waters from Lake Horgone were ad dod to the volume of the flooc^**T^S> when the latept dispatches came out of New Orleans there were outlying parts of that city covered with water, while the winds had damaged several. . buildings. , The direction of the wind was northwest and its area was groat, for it-reached far up to the northernmost ~ line of Louisiana, west of the Missis* sippi river. An early blow destroyed i the tracks of the Louisville & Nash-, villa road along tta coast 'west of New Orelans and thia latter gust wiped out the traoke of the IUinoil Central north of the isolated city. The last train to reach Memphis from New Orleans was the through Illinois Central that arrived here at 8 il5 Monday night. It had left New Orleans soon after 0:15 in the morn ing. Coming north through Louisiana and Mississippi the train passed through continuous rains almost as far as Jackson, Miss., but there wero then no reports of unusual winds. The storm came up soon afterward. Good Offlcos of Wireless. Beaufort, N. C., Special. ? Wireless telegraph again played . an important part in relieving distress at sea, fov iurotigh this agency prompt amuiuuvW was Monday furnished to the Clydu line steamer, Carib, bound for Now York to Wilmington, N. C., and Brunswick, Ga., with passengers and cargo, which- lay at anchor oil Sunday night in a disabled condition off Cap*} Hatteras. Bathe In Acid Elver. Pittsburg, Special.? Hundreds of Pittsburg youths and adults are suf fering from a scourge of boils, the re i suit of swimming in the Monongahela rfyor. Acid from the mills have so contaminated the water that the i>o lice have decided to end the bathing season. Life Guard James Gallagher is covered with hugo boiLi and is in a serious ipndition. Piiyaicians attrib ute the epidemic solely to tho ncid in the water. Thousands of dead fish daily float down the Ohio river. For eigners at the stiv>el ear plants pick these flsh from the stream and carry them home for food. Mrs. Harnman to Af* 1'or Appraisal. New York, Special. ? Mrs. II. Harriman, who by the i the world's richest woman, ?d to ask fof an official ~iho"flnan tier's "esTaJo " weeks. Until this nothing definite the amount <