DAKOTA COUNTY
MOTTO-Ail The Sctti When It Ii flow.
VOLUME XVII I
DAKOTA CITY, NKR, FRIDAY, SEPTKMHKU ), 1909.
NUMBER 1
WORLD'S DAILY NEWS
CAREFULLY COLLECTED
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'DREAM COMES TRUE
'NORTH POLE FOUND FOR FIRST
TIME BY DR. COOK.
Discoverer is an American Intrepid
Eiplorer Started on Polar Expedi
tion in Summer of 1B07 Coveted
Goal Reached April 21, 1908.
The dream of finding the north'pole
has for centuries lured explorers, sci
entists and daring adventurers. Wheth
er this dream has now become a real
ity by the achievement of Dr. Freder
ick A. Cook, of Brooklyn, N. T., rests
thus far upon the reports cabled from
Copenhagen Wednesday apparently
through an official source. At the same
time Dr. Cook cables a laconic mes
sage from Lerwick, Shetland island,
whence he is proceeding to Copenha
gen, saying:
"Successful. Well. Address Copen
hagen." That Dr. Frederick A. Cook, t 'n
American explorer, reached the north
pole in his expedition which has Ju:'t
ended was given full credence in Co
penhagen, although details are lack
ing of his intrepid dash across the Ice
A message was received at the colo
nial office Wednesday via Lerwick.
Shetland islands, announcing that Dr.
Cook had reached the pole April 21.
1908. This dispatch was sent by v
Greenland official on board Dan:-'
government steamer Hans Ege-I.
which passed Lerwick at noon c :
route for Denmark, and read as l
lows: "We have on board the American
traveler. Dr. Cook, who reached the
north pole April 21, 1908. Dr. Conk
arrived at Upernavik In May of 1903
from Capo York. The Eskimos of
Yerk confirm Dr. Cook's story of hU
Journey."
BIG WARSHIPS READY.
The Michigan is Turned Over to the
Government.
The new battleship Michigan waj
officially turned over to the United
States government by its builders
Wednesday. The latest acquisition to
the United States flgntlng force is of
the Dreadnaught class and one of the
largest battleships afloat.
The Michigan was damaged on Its
recent trial trip and had to be sent
buck to the builders for repairs.
The Fhlp on Its trial trip exceed. -il
the contract speed limit. She has a
displacement of 16.000 tons and car
ries eight 12-inch guns. She is a sister
ship of the South Carolina recently
built on the Delaware. The new ship
will be commanded by Capt. N. It.
Usher, and will remain at the navy
yard until her full o.uota of officers and
men are ready.
The battleship was built at the yards
of the New York Shipbuilding com
pany in Camden.
Steel Strike Victory.
Another victory was recorded by the
Vchoenville. Pa., strikers Wednesday
when it was reported that the mem
bers of the Brotherhood of Railway
Trainmen employed on the Pittsburg.
Fort Wayne ajid Chicago railroad had
refused to bring any more strike
breakers to the Pressed Steel Car com
pany's plant.
Five Persons Injured.
Five persons were Injured, one seri
ously, and a monetary damage ' (if
KiOO.OOO resulted Wednesday by a f t - -which
destroyed the J. A. Blanck ix-pre-ss
and storage house In the east
end district of Pittsburg, Pa. Five fire
men were buried beneath the debris
when the side walls of the Blanck
building broke.
Loss Reaches $100,000.
The west wing of the parliament
building at Toronto Canada, was com
pletely destroyed Wednesday by a fire.
;The loss to the building Is about $100,.
'000. fullyeovered by Insurance, but the
fine Wowat law library, one of the best
collections in tho dominion, is a total
'loss, with no insurance.
Royal Guests Are Coming.
Special arrangements have been
made by the secretary of state for the
icception and entertainment of Prince
mid Princess Kitlyoshl, of Japan, who
are coming to the United States fur
the Hudson-Fulton celebration In
New York the latter part of thlt
month.
Sioux City Live Stock Market.
Wednesday's quotations on the
Sioux City live stock market follow:
Dressed beef steers, $5.GO'(i7
Top hogs, $7.85.
Missouri Beer Consumption.
According to the repoit of the state
beer inspector more beer was sold
in Missouri in August than in any pre
vious month in the state's history. Col
lections for August amounted to $49.
39.34.
Killed In Auto Wreck.
Jack Southwell Ilussuil, Lord De
Clifford, was killed In an automobile
accident Thursday at llamber, nar
Brighton. England.
SKTKN LITTLE OMCg KURYED.
Bodle Found In Ruins of ClUMreaTa
Home
That iUrea Inm.tw
Historical SpcjctV for chiwr t
""., park. Long Island, were
I suffocated in a Are which destroyed a
portion of the home Monday night,
was discovered Tuesday by firemen
digging In the ruins.
There were 750 children In the in
stitution, which is conducted by the
Sister of St. Joseph, of Brooklyn. Most
of them marched out of the building
In good order while the Are alarm was
ounded, and it was supposed all had
escaped.
Nearly all of those burned to death
were under 5 years old. The portion
of the dormitory in which they slept
was directly over the laundry, where
the fir originated. How they were
overlooked in the work of rescue Mon
day night, or whether there were oth
er bodies remaining in the ruins, could
not be determined Tuesday morning,
as most of the records of the institu
tion were destroyed.
The Are was discovered In the laun
dry in the north wing at 8 o'clock Mon
day night. Three hundred and fifty
mall children were in their cots on
the third and fourth floors of that
wing, and some of the older children
wer attending evening prayers In the
chapel.
As the alarm sounded the older
children marched from the chapel to
board walk along the beach, and the
nurses and attendants began carrying
the little children from the floors
above. Firemen assisted in searching
the halls and dormitories and found a
few children lingering in the halls, too
frightened to leave the building, but
the rescue work had been conducted
with such dispatch and good order that
It was believed until Tuesday all the
children were out of the building.
LONE BANDIT ROBS TH UN.
During Holdup on the Pennsylvania
Railway.
A lone robber, believed to be a for
eigner, held up the Pittsburg and
Northern express on the Pennsylvania
railroad at Lewiston Narrows, Pa.
one of the lonllest places along the
line, at 2 o'clock Tuesday morning. In
timidating the traincrew and robbing
the express car In a daring manner.
While there were thousands of dol
lars in the express car, the robber Is
believed to have got only $110. With
this he escaped and Is believed to be
hiding in the mountains. But the rail
road company Is using a pack of blood
hounds from Chillicothe, O., and the
capture of the desperado is believed
to be almost a certainty.
EARTHQUAKE IX ROME.
Causes Considerable Alarm, But Dam
age is Slight.
Rome was visited by an earthquake
Tuesday afternoon. The damage done
was slight, and no casualties have
been reported. The only damage so
far reported Is the cracking of the fa
cade of the chapel of Santa Anna.
! The shock was felt appreciably In
the higher quarters of the city. There
was considerable apprehension in the
crowded districts of the city, and the
men and women in the city hospitals
and prisons were In a condition bor
dering on panic until assurances were
gven that there was no danger.
The shock occurred at 2:40 p. m.
STEEL STRIKE CONDITIONS.
Federal and State Inquiries Keep Af
fairs at Fever Hent.
With both the federal and state In
quisitorial guns bombarding the al
leged unbearable conditions of the
workingmen within the plant of the
Pressed Steel Car company, strike af
fairs Tuesday were again brought to
a fever heat. With a view to institut
ing a grand jury investigation similar
to those set In action by the Investiga
tion in the councilmanlc muddle, the
district attorney of Allegheny county
Tuesday began the examination of
witnesses and the taking of testimony
for presentation to the grand Jury
when It shall convene September 6.
Voliva Places! in a Cell.
Wilbur Glenn Voliva, successor to
the late John A. Dowle as head of the
Dowle religious cult, Is a prisoner in
jthe McHenry county jail at Wood
stock, 111. He was arrested Tuesday
and sentenced to Jail In default of pay.
ment of a $10,000 Judgment.
Justice Moody Quite III.
With many precautions fur secrecy
Associate Justice William H. Moody,
ot the Ufiited States supreme court,
was removed In a police ambulance
from the Bradford railroad station
to his home In Haverhill, Mass., Tues
day night. It Is understood that his
condition is serious.
Gum Bag Escapes.
A balloon that was being filled with
gas escaped from its moorings at Mo
non, Inc , Tuesday, and Henry Moore,
the aeronauts's helper, was caught by
trailing ropes and carried up among
the telegraph wires. Torn from the
opes, he fell to the street and way
instantly killed.
Illtcticock's Homo Burns.
The summer home of Kaymond
Hitchcock, the actor, at fJreat Neck,
Long Island, was destroyed by fire
Tuesday. The loss is estimated at
$30,000.. The owner was not in the
house at the time.
Sam Berger, of San Francisco, has
received a telegram from James J.
Jeffries ratifying Berger's action In
Signing tentative articles with Jack
Johnson in Chicago several weeks ago.
MINNESOTA FARM TRAGEDY.
MUior Drown Her Thre Children fca
a Well,
Mrs. Fred Young, aged 22. wife of
a farmer residing about five miles
southeast of Barnum, Minn., Monday
morning about t o'clock, while her
husband was on his way to town with
a load of cream and milk, threw her
three children, aged 1, 3 and G years,
into a deep well, set fire to the barn,
destroying it and then set fire to the
house. Falling In her efforts to burn
the building she took a dose of parts
green and then gashed her throat sev
eral times with a knife, making ugly
wounds, but failing to sever the Jugu
lar vein.
Mrs. Toung was taken to the sher
iff's residence at Carlton and a spe
cial meeting of the Insanity board was
held. The woman was found to be In
sane and erdered committed to the
state Insane asylum In case she recov
ers. In the meantime she was ordered
taken to a hospital. Her condition is
serious. The physicians, however, be
lieve she will recover.
Mrs. Young had been in poor health
for the past two years and it is paid
she had threatened several times to
kill her children and herself. Her
father committed suicide several years
ago.
QUAKE ON ISTHMUS.
Shock Causes Alarm Among tho In.
habitants.
A strong earthquake was experi
enced in Panama shortly after 8
o'clock Monday morning. The people
were greatly alarmed but no serious
damage has been reported and no one
was injured.
The American buildings of both the
government and the canal commission
at Panama and at Ancon were so se
verely shaken that the clerks rushed
Into the street. They soon returned,
however, when it was seen that no
damage had been done and that the
lirst shock was not followed by a sec
ond. The quake was felt also at Agua
dulce. In Code province, and at Pa
cora, in the province of Panama,
points more than 100 miles apart.
There Is nothing as yet to indicate
that the Panama en on I was damaged.
Special Inquiries arc being made in this
direction and a report from the canul
commission is expected.
SCHOOL CHILDREN STRIKE.
Only a Few Are Enrolled In a Penn
sylvunla Town.
When the public school at Plttstpn,
Pa., in the Pressed Steel Car company
strike district, resumed Monday after
the summer vacation only three child
rcn out of an enrollment of 200 were
present.
On a telegraph pole opposite the
front door of the building was posted
this sign, written in a child's band:
"We are all on a strike."
Whisky Made in "Pen."
Eight guards at the Western peni
tentiary In Pennsylvania, have been
dismissed. It is alleged, because they
failed to detect some of the prisoners
making whisky in the big prison. Ac
cording to one of tho discharged
guards, other employes at the peniten
tiary are Implicated. The whisky was
made from prune juice, yeast and
sugar. '
IialMir Day in Strike 7,onc.
The American Federation of Labor
has decided to celebrate Labor day at
Vandergrlft, Pa., the rne of the Iron
and stel workers' strike. The organ
ization Is under the ban at Vandergrlft
and there Is much In the outcome of
the celebration. A number of feder
ation orators will speak.
Butch (ict itrvrngr.
Severe punishment has been In
flicted upon the rebels of the island of
Flores by a Dutch detachment, fifteei,
members of which were killed In an
ambush by the natives. The Dutch
sent for reinforcements and killed 117
rebels In a sharp battle.
Breaks Record at Sea.
The steamer Mauretanla, the record
holder for the trans-Atlantic passage,
arrived in Queenstown Monday from
Njw York ,over tho short course and
made the passage In 4 days, 14 hours
and 27 minutes. This beats her pre
vious best passage by two hours and
fifty-three minutes.
Held for Husband's Dculh.
A coroner's Jury that Investigated
suspicious circumstances surrounding
the death of John S. Hathaway, a
Sumner county, Kan., farmer, who
died Thursday, returned a verdict
Monday holding Mrs. Hathaway re
sponsible for the death of her hus
band by administering poisonous
drugs.
Dozen Persons Hurt.
A dozen persons were Injured in
Chicago Monday when an Ogden ave
nue car Jumped a temporary track fit
.Vest Twelfth Siieet and Vahtciij .v
avenue and overturned.
Rank Robber Identified.
J. B. Austin and W. I;. Dickinson
were Tuesday formally charged with
the murder of Town Marshal Swine
ford and Robert Palmer Wedding,
cashier of the Klefer State bank at'
Klefer, Okla,
Harry Thaw Is Librarian,
In their search for a regular occu
pation for Harry K. Thaw tho Mattea
wan authorities have appointed him
librarian.
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NEBRASKA STATE HEWS
N4 HH-t O
STATE THEAsrHKR'8 REPORT.
Monthly Statement of State Treasurer
Carries New Item.
The monthly report of State Treas
urer Brian for the month of August
carries a new Item, fire commissioner
fund. This fund, which now has a
balance of J7.24R.ao, was created by
a tax on fire insurance companies by
an act of the late legislature which
created the office of fire commis
sioner, whose duty It Is to Investigate
fires. The commissioner, his deputy
an Ms expenses are to be paid out of
this 'and.
The total balances on hand the first
of the month amounted to $783,983.07;
the receipts amounted to 1235.9Sfl.fi";
payments $240,264.6(1; leaving a bal
ance on hand of $778,78".94.
Both tho permanent and the tempo
rary school fund ar" large at this time,
due to the fact that a lot of bonds
bought have not et been delivered.
The treasurer has on deposit $600,500
and on hand In cash and cash Items,
$178,285.94.
COHEAN SCHOOL NEAR KEARNEY
Oriental Military Academy Conducted
oil I 'm in.
People In Kearney were not aware
of the existence of a ('mean military
school until it was learned a few days
ago that about one mile west from
the court house one had been in oper
ation all summer and was just clos
ing the summer term. Thirteen stu
dents from Lincoln weie attending be
sides those living in Kearney,
.1. H. Kim is the commandant and
the school Is loe.Mid on a farm be
longing to I). S. Llp.i.
The following studies are taut; '.it:
C'orean motir tongue, Corean history
and geography, Chinese com position
and literature, English, geometry, al
gebra, arithmetic, English grammar
and reading, and other sciences. The
school will open again next year.
EAR TOHX Oi l'.
Wonivn Terribly Mutilated and Four
Children Badly Hurt.
Mrs. Ed Boyd, who resides on the
east side of the river near Nebraska
City, was terribly mutilated In a run
away accident. She was dragged over
the rough ground and her left ear
completely torn off, her scnlp badly
lacerated and her left shoulder brok
en. It is feared she cannot recover,
and. If she does, she will be a cripple
for life. Mr. and Mrs. Boyd and their
four children were out drK'Inf when
the accident occurred.
The horse ran Into a barb wire
fence. Mr. Boyd was dragged some
distance and injured. Ore of the hoys
had a four-inch wound in his scalp and
his left foot almost severed by b.irb
lro. The other children had serious
wounds.
Millers Confer on Bleached I lour.
A number of millers, whose names
could not be l-arncd by the press,
were closeted in the office of the Kear
ney Milling company recently. They
were mostly men from the western
part of the state and were holding a
consultation regarding the matter of
fighting Secretary Wilson's order that
flour must not be bleached.
Held for Manslaughter.
The county attorney filed a com
plaint charging manslaughter ngnlnsl
George Gilmnrc, the chauffeur who
while driving the automobile of XV. B.
Millard, ran down and futully Injured
Miss Sadie Hopper In Omulia last Sat
urday. Cllmore was arraigned at once
In the police court and waived exam
ination. Fanner Muddled on Dates.
Albert Mount, a farmer living north
of Kearney got mixed upon his dates
badly and drove into town Sunday
morning with a loud of outs and eggs
and other produce. When someone
Informed hlrn that It wuh Sunday he
climbed back on his wagon and drove
homeward, admitting that lie had lost
'he day of the week entirely.
Pure Milk ( jinfpnieii.
Three inspectors from the state
department stalled out recently taking
camples of milk from wagons deliver
ing milk to Lincoln residents. Thirty
four wagons were visited and 102 sam
ples of milk taken. For the most part
It came up to the requirements of the
law.
Nebraska Wants Rehearing.
Arthur Mullen, special attorney for
the state, filed a motion for a rehear
ing in the supreme court of the Dunn
hoe non-partisan judiciary net. re
cently declared Invalid.
Expense Bill I 'lied.
Guv. Shallenlieigcr filed his bill for
expenses to tlie Seattle exposition.
The governor made uflidavit that In
spent $185.80.
Newspaper Suspends.
After u stri uuous career of eighteen
years, the Nehawka Register has
ceased publication. Editor Thomas
Jefferson O'Day will remove the plant
to Maiden, Wash , a new town on the
Milwaukee's l'aeific coust line.
Union IcMt Proposal.
The Burlington railroad has made
a proposition to the Lincoln city coun
cil in effect that It will construct a un
ion depot for the use of all roads if it
,Cit& make the piopett l-rins,
BOLD ROBBERY AT LINCOLN.
Bandits Rifle Vault Cash Box of Gro
cery Comiwtny.
The Hnrgreavcs Wholesale Grocery
house, near the center of the Lincoln
jobbing district, was the scene of a
bold holdup and robbery Saturday
night. Between 7 and 8 o'clock two
strangers entered the office and after
lenrnlng that the bookkeeper, A. D.
Rawles, was alone in the building, cov
ered him with revolvers and while one
stood guard theother entered thevnult,
the door of which had been left open,
and wltn a "Jimmy" pried open ,the
cash box, taking the contents. Kawles
gave the alarm as soon as tho men
escaped, but no trace of them has
been found.
Manager XV. S. Stein, of the Hnr
greavcs company, was unable to state
the amount secured, but said h? doubt
ed If It greatly exceeded $100.
PIONEERS AT Tl.KAMAII.
Five Thousand People Attend the An
nual RctiTilun.
The seventh annual reunion and
picnic of the Pioneers and Old Settlers'
Association of Hurt County was held
at Tckamah. The crowd wus estimat
ed at G.OQO people.
The officers chosen for the ensuing
year are: ,Col. Wellington Harrington.
presidint; all who oniric to the county
in the GOs. vice presidents; M. M. War
tier, secretary; J. R. Sutherland, his
torian.
Prizes were given to those building
the fli't residences in ench township
of the county. Some of the prize win
ners w. ie Col. Harrington, James Ask
wlg, John Ruddy. George Murtcr, J. T.
Rlackstoi'.e, I:. S. Roscue, Gideon
Kriits, W, H. Newton, George Peterson
and Michael Evans.
FAIL TO FILE EXPENSES.
Candidate for Supremo .Judge Ignore
Primary I41W Provision.
Judge J. J. Ktilllviui, candidate for
supreme Judge, bus failed to file with
the secretary of state, as required by
law, a statement of his expenses In the
primary campaign. The time limit for
filing the statement expired Saturday,
and nt the close of buHlness It had not
reached the office of the secretary of
state.
The law provides a maximum pen
alty of $1,000 fine for the failure and
also that the certificate of nomination
cannot bo Issued tu Mr. Sullivan until
the expense account has boen filed.
HAIR CATCHES IN SHAFT.
Miss Emma ISoolcn s Partially ScnlHG
lit Nchrasku City.
While stooping over to pick up an
ear of corn, Miss Emma Booten, of
Sidney, la., who was operating a ma
chine for the cutting of the grains
from the ear ut the canning factory
In Nebruhka City, was caught by the
hair in a fast revolving shaft and she
whs partially scalped before the ma
chine could be stopped. Four Inches
(pf the scalp were torn oft and other
portions were torn loone.
Boy Loses Feet.
Fcrohi Root, ,10 years old, wok
thrown from u farm disc near Beaver
City, and terribly Injured. He wns
driving four burses, which became un
manageable and ran a quarter of a
mile. The boy's clothing caught and
he was drawn beneath the disc. Both
feet were nearly cut off und his body
badly bruised. He will live.
Sorenson Ready for Plight.
Ulrlch Sorenson, the aviator-blacksmith
of Broken Bow, whose drop of
3. GOO feet while testing his aeroplane
made him famous, Is preparing for
another test of his machine. He will
fly as one of the attractions at the
Custer county fair, to be held In Bro.
ken Bow.
in Trouble With 1'ncle Sum.
A man giving the name of Franko
It is charged, took a letter containing
a draft out of II. J. Crapenhoffs box
on route No. 2 out of Arlington, and
attempted to cash the draft at Blair,
assi rtlng his name to be Crauenhoft.
The matter has been taken up and
reported to the department.
Fatally (jnrctl liy -ov.
William Sims, a retired farmer liv
ing a mile from Nchiusku City, was
fatally gored by n cow lie was leading
to water. Ho was rescued from the
animal, but died soon after medical
isslstanee was su in ninncd.
Oldest Man In Gate County.
The funeral of in-. .Mark Davis was
held at Beatrice and the body was tak
en to his old In. me at lUller for inter
ment. Dr. Davis was the oldest male
citizen in Ghkc county, h ing 95 years
and 2 months of .id.. 111 the time of hl
death.
Wain a Ball Club.
A fund of $ J.nno has been ruised by
the leading citizens of Nebraska City
for the puiiiosi of securing a stronn
seml-profestlunal base ball team for
next year.
Aurora .Man Gets Place.
Fritz llnefer, of Aurora, has been
uppolnted a member of the board of
optometry In place of .Max Eggt of
Grand Iselund. The term Is for threq
years und dates from Augus
150 HAVE PELLAGRA AT PEORIA
Army Officer Report ou Condition
at Stat Asylum.
More than fl.'ty cases of pellagra,
with fifty additional In a state of re
covery, and fifty more under suspicion
at the Peoria. 111., State hospital, are
reported to te War Department by
Captain Joseph F. Slier of the army
medical corps stationed at New York,
who was sent to Peoria at the request
of the hospital officials to Investigate
the outbreak. Captain Slier Is ot the
opinion, according to the report, that
the disease has long prevailed, not
only at the Peoria hospital, but
throughout Illinois, as well as through
the great corn growing States of the
West. Overdependrnce on corn as an
article of diet, and especially the con
sumption of corn In a moldy or nearly
moldy state, is given by the army sur
geon as the probable cause of the dis
ease. The discovery of pellagra at the
Bartonville Institution several weeks
ago has attracted the attention of the
entire world of medicine to that point,
and many other physicians are work
ing with Capt. Slier in his attempt to
get all the data on the disease In It
various forms and stages.
TAFT TO URGE POSTAL SAVINGS.
Will Ask Congress to Keep Party's
Pledge as Soon as Possible.
President Taft has Indicated In talkt
with callers that In his .message to
Congress next December he will
Btrongly urge the early establishment
of a postal savings bank system. The
President realizes that there Is strong
opposition to such legislation and,
while he does not propose to rush Con
gress on too many matters at once, he
will ask that the platform declaration
of the Republican party In favor of
postal banks be fulfilled as speedll" nj
possible. Influential members of the
Senate and House are urging that the
matter be left over until tho monetnry
commission has made its report and
ensuing financial legislation has been
disposed of. It even has been said
that the relation between the subjects
to be dealt with by the monetary com
mission and the postal banks is so
close that the two should be handled
together. President Taft believes that
several hundreds of millions would be
placed at the disposal of the govern
ment through postal savings banks.
MEIf IN MINORITY IN CHUBCH.
Cental neporl Ihani Wnmea the
More Itrltitloas Ses.
. . Standing out as a conspicuous fea
ture of a bulletin issued by the census
bureau entitled "Census ot religious
bodies," is the fact that out of a
church membership In the United
States in 1906, of nearly 33,000,000 men
formed considerably less than half ot
the total. Of the total church mem
bership reported by the various relig
ious bodies and classified by sex, 43.1
per cent were men and 56.9 per cent
were women. Among the Protestants
the difference was greater, only 3D. 3 per
cent being men, while in the Roman
Catholic Church the mea formed 49.3
per cent of the total membership. Few
er men than women were found among
the Latter Hay Saints, the Lutherans,
Dlsclplos, Methodists, Baptists, Presby
terians and Protestant Episcopalians,
the percentage of men members de
creasing in the order shown, and there
being only 35.5 per cent men among
the Episcopalians. Among the Chris
tian Scientists, only 27.6 per cent were
men. and 'of the Shakers, only 21.3 per
cent, but In the Greek Orthodo
church, 93.9 per cent were men.
TIGHT; FOR THE PENNANTS.
Slundlnar of Club In the Principal
Unas Hall I.rnuuea,
NATIONAL LKACUK.
ntUburg .83 32 Phlladel'a .55 61
Chicago .'..78 3S St. iouls ..45 71
New York. 69 45 Brooklyn ..41 75
Cincinnati .58 56 Boston ....32 85
AMKMCA LEAGUE.
V.'. L. W. L.
Detroit ...76 ii Chicago ....59 60
Phlladel'a .74 4fl New York .53 65
Boston ....73 49 St. Louis ..49 68
Cleveland .61 60 Wash'gton .33 87
AMKIIICAN ASSOCIATION.
W. L. W. L.
Mtlw'kee ..76 5S Ind'polls ..63 73
Mlnn'polia .76 60 Kan. City .61 72
Louisville .68 66 St. Paul ..65 70
Columbus .65 70 Toledo ....65 70
John Gates, 2:19',, Is now owned by
J. II. Hopkins, of St. Paul.
Hamburg Belle failed In an effort to
break her record of i!:0J4 at the North
Randall track, Cleveland, 2:03',i being
the best she could do.
Before 6.000 people ut Searborl
Beach Park, Toronto, Alfred Sbrubb
ran Tom Longboat oft bis feet In seven
and one-half miles of a twelve-mile
race.
An offer for a match between James
J. Jeffrie and Jack Johnson has been
mado by tho directors of the Tulcare
County (Cal.) Agricultural Association,
who claim thu backing of fifty business
men willing to subscribe $50,000.
John Welch, of Lexington, Ky is
pushing a movement to have tho af
fairs of tho Uitonla Agricultural and
Fair Association Investigated. Welch
Is ono of the stockholders and if his
statements are found to bo true tha
attorney general of Kentucky will
probatdy tako steps that will result in
iatonia lorreitmg her charter.
1 FULL OF RACERS
OVEn RHEIMS COURSE .
Ideal Weather Conditions at Aero
drome Bring Out Dozen Ma
chines for Contests.
TESTS BY MANY AVIATORS.
Latham Break Record Mad by
Faulhan for the Time and
Distance.
Hubert Latham, the French aviator,
Thursday broke the world's record for
time and distance In the contest at
Rhelms, France. He came down after
ho; had covered about 153 kilometers,
or 95.01 miles. Paulhan In hi flight
Thursday made 83.07 miles. When
Latham started on his second effort'
there were ominous black clouds oa
tho horizon, and during the aviator's
fourth lap a sharp squall ot wind and
rain broke over the aerodrome. Tha
spectators did not believe It possible
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for Latham to ride out the storm, but
to their delight he only mounted the
higher and took his machine over the
tribunes at a height ot 300 feet. !
The fifth day of aviation week was
ushered in with ideal weather condi
tions. The light airs and overcast sky
brought the flyers out early, and be
fore noon no less than a dozen ma-'
chines, like huge gulls, were circling
above the plain. The program of the
day included the continuation ot tha
trials for the Grand Prix de la Cham
pagne, the endurance lest, the lap event,
the speed event, a race between dirigi
ble balloons and a landing competition
for spherical balloons. Latham, In a
beautiful monoplane, was the first avi
ator to get away. He announced his
intention to make an effort to beat
Paulhan' great record for the endur
ance prize, made yesterday two hour
53 minutes and 24 seconds. He start
ed flying at a great height. Sommer,
Cockburn, Buneau-Varllla, Delagranga
and finally Clenn II. Curtlss, the
American contestant, followed Latham'
Into, the air. J
A noteworthy feature was witnessed,
when Delagrange, flying low, started
to overtake Latham, who was still
high in the air. There was a pretty
race for four miles and Delagranga
was overhauling Latham when ha was
compelled to descend.
The International cup of aviation,
known also as the Cordon lienmt tro
phy, was won by Glenn H. Curtlss, tha
only American aviator entered in toe
KlieluiB races. In the fastest aerial
Journey of twenty kilometers (12.41
miles) ever accomplished by man. Ills
tlrjn, 15 minutes 50 3-5 seconds, was
on"y five and three-flfths seconds fast
er Uan that made by Uleriot over the
sat'ie course.
PREDICTS USE OF SUN'S HEAT.
British Scientists' President Says
Engineers Will Utilize Bays.
The seventy-ninth annual meeting
of the British Association for the Ad
vancement of Science opened in Winni
peg. The annual address of the presi
dent, Sir Joseph John Thompson, was
ot interest. Referring to the almost
unparalleled activity in many branches
of physics, the speaker said he had
not the slightest doubt that engineers
would ultimately succeed In utilizing
the heat of the sun directly for power,
"and when coal is exhausted and our
water power Inadequate." he declared,
"It may he that this Is the source front
which we shall derive the energy ne
essary for the world's work."
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