BLACKMAILERS MAKE
THREAT TO KILL BOY
Demand $1,000 From His Fa
ther, Wichita Contractor,
but Fail to Appear.
Wishita, Kan., Aug. 23.—W. G. Ben
nett, a contractor ot this city, received
a "black hand” letter yesterday order
ing him to leave $1,000 in a bucket near
a tree, clo^e to the business district of
the city last night.
His 16-year-old son was threatened
with death if the money was not left.
Detectives watched a dummy pack
age left by the tree throughout the
night, but no one came for it.
CHICAGO THREATENED
WITH BIG CAR STRIKE
Chicago, Aug. 23.—The rejection by
the Nosth and West side street com
mission last night of the proposed wage
schedule offered by President Roach,
of the Chicago Railway companies, re
opens the controversy between the
street car companies and their employ
es, and again brings within the range
of possibility a strike of all street car
men of this city.
An amicable settlement of the dispute
however is still hoped for, based on
the efforts which will be made by Pres
ident William Mahon, of the Interna
tional Street Car Men's union, who is
, expected here today to take charge of
the situation.
Arbitration Only Hope.
It is probable President Mahon will
ask for a reopening of the negotiations
and, failing, it is predicted, he will
offer to submit the entire matter to ar
bitration. Acordlng to Walter L,.
Fisher, the traction expert, who rep
represented the city in 3-cent negotia
tions. the latter course is the only one
now left open.
"I believe the companies will not
yield another inch," declared Mr. Fish
er today.
Possibility of a strike prompted act
ing Chief of Police Schuettler to issue
fin order today instructing command
ing officers to cancel all applications of
policemen for furloughs and also to
learn the whereabouts of all policemen
now on furloughs.
GIGANTIC SCHEME TO
DEFRAUD UNEARTHED
Louisville, Ky., Aug. 23.—Dreams of
wealth centered in a brass bound trunk
containing $1,000,000 in counterfeit
Mexican peso notes were shattered for
John C. and Marion Roberts, brothers,
here yesterday when Deputy United
States Marshal Belaydes arrested John
Roberts in Shelby county with the
money in his possession.
John Roberts, sitting in the office
t>f the secret service bureau here yes
terday, cobllv said that he would plead
guilty at the October term of federal
court, and seemed resigned about
spending a majority of his years in the
prison at Atlanta, Ga. He had only
wanted to get rich, he said.
It was through Marion Roberts that
the counterfeiters were apprehended
and their plan to defraud Mexicans of
$1,000,000 exposed. Marion Roberts
some days ago offered a Louisville
broker a high commission to dispose of
some Mexican money for him. The
broker notified Chief of Police Haager,
who at once enlisted secret service men,
and a trap was set for Marion Rob
erts. Since Marion Roberts was ar
rested Monday the police learned from
him the information which led to the
descent upon John Roberts at Simp
sonville yesterday.
Will Koenig, a printer, has also been
arrested in connection with the case.
Tonight Roberts Is in Jail under $15,000
bond.
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4 Avalon, Catalina Island, Aug. 4
4 23.—By wireless to Los Angeles— 4
4 The leaping tuna, the fish fa- 4
4 mous for its fighting qualities, 4
4 has returned to Catalina after an 4
4 absence of five years. The first 4
4 one, a 126-pounder, was taken 4
4 yesterday by A. C. Brode, after 4
4 he had fought it from a launch 4
4 for two hours and 40 minutes 4
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NORTHWESTERN TO BUILD
LINE TO HAWARDEN
Des Moines, la., Aug. 23.—The Sioux
Clity, Dakota & Northwestern Railroad
company filed articles of incorporation
•- here today to construct a line from
Sioux City to Hawarden. The articles
give the same officers as the Chicago
& Northwestern, with capital stock at
*600,000.
S. H. Brown, division superintendent
of the Northwestern line, with head
quarters in Sioux City, returned to
day from a lengthy conference in Des
Moines, where, it is understood, with
other officials of the company, he con
ferred upon the matter of constructing
the new air line from Sioux City to Ha
varden.
, Northwestern trains now go to Ha
warden by way of Alton, la., and the
proposed route will cut off 30 miles
of the distance between Sioux City and
Ha warden.
Plans for the new road have been
In the making for some time, and
were completed a few' days ago. The
»stimated cost of the cutoff branch is
*900,000 Construction will, it Is un
derstood. begin within the next 30 days.
AVIATORS MAKE
JTR[AL FLIGHTS
Rheims, Aug. 23.—Taking advantage
of the beautiful weather and a prac
tically windless day. seven aviators
who are here for aviation week,
brought their machines out this morn
ing and made successful practice
flights over the Course.
At one time three machines were sail
ing over the plain at the same mo
ment. Glenn H. Curtiss, the Ameri
can. was in the air at the same time
as Hleriot and Sommer, the two French
champions.
’•FIREBUG” WORKS
IN STEEL PLANT
Pittsburg, Pa., Aug. 23.—Early today
in attempt was made by persons un
bown to start a fire Inside the plant
>f the Pressed Steel Car company.
Several large bundles of burning excel
ilor were thrown over the mill fence,
jut were extinguished by guards.
Hearing that strike sympathizers had
:lireatened to dynamite the ferry
steamer F. H. Pfell, used to carry em
ployes to the works, th" crew of the
rest quit today rather than take th«
■isk of «.n explosion.
New York Police
Branded Corrupt
GENERAL BINGHAM.
Theodore A. Bingham, former
police commissioner of New York,
who declares that $1,000,000 of
graft and blackmail money changes
hands in New York every year,
and characterizes the city judiciary
as “crooked, supine and incompe
tent.”
KENTUCKY GANG PLANS
A WHOLESALE FRAUD
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Louisville, Ky., Aug. 23.—With the
exception of a negro, who acted as
drayman to cart from the counterfeit
ing “mint” at Harrods creek, in this
county, the bogus 100-peso Mexican
notes to this city, the police have put
behind the bars all those supposed to
! have been connected with the million
dollar counterfeit enterprise unearthed
] in Kentucky yesterday.
John Roberts, who was In charge of
the making of the spurious money;
Marion Roberts, John's brother, who
had handled the negotiable end of it;
Nannie Harp, Marlon’s housekeeper,
i and Will Keonig, who confessed to
having printed the notes, were all ar
rested. Mrs. Harp and Keonig were
released, Keonig under $1,500 bond and
Mrs. Harp on her own recognizance.
One Ready to Quit.
Both Roberts brothers are held under
$15,000 bonds each, and John has al
ready announced he will piead guilty
in the federal court. The final details
i of the swindling plot exposed by the
l police and J. H. Felter & Company,
the Louisville brokers approached by
Marion Roberts, show that the plans
of the brothers contemplated “faking”
even stock certificates of railroads,
such as the Louisville and Nashville
and Pennsylvania, issuing counterfeit
money to pay for them, and conducting
an imaginary business with imitation
collateral.
Trunk Good Capture.
The brass bound trunk with $1,000,
000 in Mexican notes is the most im
porant capture. When Deputy United
States Marshal Blaydes went to Shelby
county yesterday after Marion Roberts
i had confessed that John was there,
the station agent at Simpsonville was
asked if he could tell where a rnan
answering John Robert's description
lived.
“There was a fat guy called me ‘old
sport’ when he got off the train here
some days ago,” said the station agent
| resentfully. “He's the man.”
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'■¥ SUFFRAGIST SAYS -f
4i SHE WANTS COOL '■¥
'■¥. MILLION FOR WORK if
•f -f
■f New' Orleans, Aug. 23.—"I ♦
■f want to raise a million dol- f
-f lars to aid in making the worn- -f
-f an suffrage question an issue, -f
■f and to attack the power of or- -f
-f ganized vice,” declared Miss ♦
■f Kate M. Gordon, upon her return f
•f here today from the northwest, f
-f Miss Gordon was recently elect- -f
-f ed chairman of the Susan B. f
-f Anthony fund. -f
•f "My plan is to get 100 women -f
-f to give me 31,000 each." Miss -f
■f Gordon continued, "and 1,000 f
■f women to give me 3100 each for -f
■f this memorial fund to Miss An- -f
■f thony." -f
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HOME OF DANTE IS
HAUNTED BY GHOSTS
Rome, Aug. 23.—The papers of Flor
ence are full of comments on the re
port that tlje house where the great
Dante Alighieri lived is haunted by
ghosts. The premises are occupied now
by a blacksmith, whose shop once
formed the bedroom of the poet.
Apart from mysterious noises in the
apartment, all the implements of the
blacksmith shop used during the day
move through no apparent agency. A
few days ago a big hammer started
mysteriously from the desk, dealing a
heavy blow on the blacksmith's head.
Two assistants of the blacksmith,
believed to be powerful mediums and
the cause of the phenomena, yesterday
decided to hold a spirit sitting wtth
two mediums. The spirit revealed him
self by writing and handing over a
piece of ancient parchment on which
he expressed the wish that nobody
should occupy the room where Dante
was born, and also that the mediums
should be dismissed by the blacksmith.
CANADIAN FOREST FIRES.
Winnipeg, Can., Aug. 23.—The gov
ernment report on forest fires in Can
ada during the last year shows that
timber was damaged to the extent of
325,500,000, and that 21 lives were lost.
Forty million feet of timber were
burned in British Columbia.
STORM IN PITTSBURG.
Pittsburg. Pa.. Aug. 23.—Wind, rain,
hail and lightning visited this city and
vicinity today. Windows wrere broken,
cellars flooded and a number of persons
injured when frightened’ horses ran
away. Wire cotnmuncatlon suffered and
traffic was blocked. There were two
storms, each lasting a half hour.
TANGIER—The sultan of Morocco
has sent a written communication to
the Riffs, who ure opposing the Span
ish expedition at Mellila ordering them
to suspend the struggle until the ar
rival of an imperial mission.
WILSON POINTS WITH
PRIDE TOHIS RECORD
Secretary of Agriculture, in
Year Book, Reviews Change
During His Service.
Washington, Aug. 21.—During the
last 12 'years the period covering the
administration of Secretary of Agricul
ture James Wilson, the agricultural
J balance of trade in the United States
increased from a yearly average of
! $234,000,000 to $411,000,000, or 75.6 per
| cent, according to the department's
; year book Just made public. This won
derful development is in keeping with
] the progress that has been made all
along the lines of agricultural activity.
At the same time, it is stated, many
conditions affecting the lives of the
farmers of the country have advanced
In even greater ratio until many ol
the undesirable features of farm life
have been eliminated.
“So increasingly disposed has the
public been to ask and receive the aid
, of the department, and so large have
j been the new fields of work assigned
to it by congress," says Mr. Wilson, in
a resume of his work, “that the num
' ber of employes has increased enor
1 mously. On July 1, 1897, 2,444 persons
> were employed, and 11 years later, in
| 1908, the number was 10,420, or over
i fourt times as many.”
! Among the notable increases were in
the bureau of animal industry, from
777 to 3,152 employes; in the forest serv
ice, from 14 to 3,753; in the bureau of
chemistry, from 20 to 425, and in the
bureau of plant industry, from 127 to
976. Most of the additional workers in
these bureaus are employed outside oi
Washington, there being 2,488 within
and 7,932 outside of this city.
! Many have been the innovations in
troduced and developed into potential
forces for the betterment of farm life
during this period, says Mr. Wilson
The entire system by which the work
of the agricultural department has beer
operated has been changed. Never be
fore has the work of state agricultura
colleges and experimental stations beer
so intimately related with the depart
ment as now.
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Peculiar case of
YOUTH’S DEPRAVm
Indlanola, la., Aug. 21.—Simply be
cause the diabolical depravity of thi
crime appals older minds, doubt ha:
been raised as to whether Harry
Hutchinson, aged 12 years, tells thi
truth when he says that he killed hi:
stepfather. Thomas Carraher, on thi
night of March 1, this year.
If his story is true, the boy has out
witted the, authorities, who for flvi
months have been trying to secur
from him a confession of the crime
only to be won by George Brand, thi
new "Cowboy” husband of his mother
i to whom he told the story of his step
father’s cruelty and of his shooting thi
man with a rifle, afterward hitting hin
with an ax to make sure of his work
and then hitching a horse to a loi
chain fastened about the dead man’
legs and dragging him to a ditch when
he dumped him in. A note, writtei
by the boy and signed with Carraher’:
name, was produced the followlni
morning showing that the stepfathe
had left, never to return, and then li
the. excitement the young crlmlna
says the note was burned.
The mother, now married to Brand
has sold the home place for about $20,
000 and they have gone to Dakota
while Harry Is In the custody of thi
sheriff, and plays with childlike inno
cence about the yard, with toys of thi
simple type which are dear to boyhood
apparently unmindful of the blot whlcl
is to rest forever on his name.
The mother and Brand, .who is said ti
have come to the farm to work on thi
day following the murder, have agreei
to come back next month and attenc
the trial of the boy, who, if convicted
will undoubtedly be sent to the re
formatory.
| The boy is "foxy,” secretive, am
parries questions like a swordsmai
parries a thrust, and to no one excep
Brand has he told the story of hi:
crime. He is companionable, bu
"wise beyond his years,” in a specie:
of cleverness of which only .few mei
are possessed.
The whole history of criminology
and the records of crime in this stati
furnish nothing to compare with thi
depravity of this cheerful, clever
chatty boy who, if his story is true
is utterly depraved at the tender ag'
of 12 years, almost a baby murderer.
WILD DUCKS RUIN
CROPS OF FARMEF
Watertown, S. D„ Aug. 21.—Wher
State Game Warden W. F. Bancrofi
yesterday received a long distance tel
ephone appeal from a farmer neai
Hazel for protection from the ravage!
, of an enormous flock of ducKs thai
, were invading his grain fields, a seven
1 shock was given to the common re
port that wild game is disappearlnt
from South Dakota.
j The heavy rains of the past seasor
have made the ponds and sloughs ex
cellent breeding places for ducks am
the result is that they have com*
forth by millions and are actually prov
ing a source of heavy loss to the farm
ers by destroying their crops, and lr
some cases it is claimed that they hav<
actually sought out gardens, where lo
cated at some distance from the house
and made onslaughts upon the vege
tation, especially on cabbages, whlcl
are their especial favorite.
State Game Warden Bancroft is try
ing to devise some way of relief for tin
troubled district without resorting tc
' the wholesale slaughter of the birds
which cannot be killed, legally, untl
September 10.
JACK LONDON HURT.
Santa Rosa, Cal., Aug. 21—Jack Lon
■ don is at Glen Ellen, recovering fron
the shock of a bad fall several day:
ago, when he was thrown from a run
away horse. London is visiting hi:
wife's mother, Mrs. Eames, at Glei
Ellen. _ _ _
DETROIT, MICH.—The wcstboum
Pere Marquette passenger train whlcl
left Detroit at 9 o’clock with Cincin
natl and Detroit sleepers for Gram
Rapids and Petoskey was wrecked las
night two miles east of Grand Ledge
Fireman Fred Graves was killed.
SALT LAKE CITY—The standard o
the Grand Army of the Republic, whlcl
has been carried for the past 20 year:
by the commander in chief of the gram
army, and has been the official ban
ner of every encampment since 1S89
has been missing since the parade o
the veterans, August 11, and it is fearei
it has been stolen.
SAN FRANCISCO—With but foil
precincts to be heard from the nomlna
tion of Francis J. Heney, special prose
eutor In the so-called graft cases In thl
city, as democratic candidate for dls
trie.’ attorney is virtually conceded.
'bids for vessels
HELD REASONABLE
Navy Department Officials Say
Prices Asked Are Not
Too High.
Washington, Aug. 21.—Naval officials
say that the figures submitted by the
two big battleship building concerns for
the construction of the battleships
Wyoming and Arkansas, are reason
able and tho time in which they pro
pose to deliver these vessels also is
I satisfactory.
j A contract is made of the lowest
figures submitted by the Cramps, 54,
| 450,000, for construction of one of these
; vessels with tho contract of price of
l the North Dakota, $4,.177,000, several
! years ago, which at that time was re
garded as moderate. This, too, in the
face of the fact that both the Wyo
| mlng and the Arkansas are to be 26,
000-ton vessels, while the North Da
kota is but 20,000 tons.
| About 10 days will be required for
study of the various bids submitted be
. fore tho award of the contract is made.
WEST POINT CADETS
“FIRED” FOR HAZING
West Point, N. Y., Aug. 21—By di
rection of President Taft seven cadets
were dismissed from the United States
military academy today for being in
; volved in the hazing of Rodando Sut
ton.
j Cadet Sutton is a brother of Lieu
tenant James N. Sutton, of the naval
academy, whose death was investigated
at Annapolis recently.
The cadets ordered dismissed from
the service are: John J. Booker, Jr.,
of West Point, Ga., first class; Rich
ard W. Hocker, Kansas City, Mo.,
: third class; Earle W. Dunmore, Utica,
N. Y., third class; Chauncey C. Devore,
Wheeling, W. Va., third class; Gordon
Lefevre, Richmond, Va., third class;
Albert E. Crane, Hawarden, la., third
class, and Jacob S. Fortner, Dothan,
Ala., third class.
SOLDIER BELIEVES
IN WOOING AT THE
DROP OF THE HA1
Chicago, Aug. 21.—"If you meet a
girl, look into her eyes and decide that
I you love her, tell her so that minute,
j "Don't wait for her to say yes or no.
Take it for granted that she is ypurs.
"Begin immediately to act as if she
were your property; all women like to
feel as if they belonged to a man.
"The girl will soon begin to take your
viewpoint of the affair.
"It ought not to take any man more
than 30 minutes to win a wife.
"If the young woman’s relatives ob
ject, Just ignore them.”
i These views of Brigadier General
, Thomas S. Hutchinson, of Tennessee,
1 put into practice, won for him a bride
and the couple are spending their
I honeymoon in Chicago. They were
married there Saturday. The bride,
who is the daughter of the late Colonel
' David W. Cheatham, of Clakksville,
; i Tex., announced the happy event.
I JAP MERCHANTS
SAIL FOR SEATTLE
' Tokio, Aug. 21.—A delegation of 39
! i business men, representing the civic
' and commercial organizations of Tokio,
' Yokohama, Osaka and Nagoya, sailed
• yesterday on the steamer Minnesota
1 for Seattle. They will tour the United
I States as guests of various chambers
‘ of commerce. An unusually hearty
j farewell demonstration was accorded
1 the delegation at the station, where
1 were gathered a crowd of distinguished
■ persons including members of the im
’ , perial household and several members
1 of the American embassy headed by
1 Peter A. Jay, charge d'affaires in the
1 absence of Ambassador Thomas J.
: , O'Brien.
: ROADS START SUIT
TO ENJOIN NEW DES
MOINES RATE ORDER
> _
i
, Chicago, Aug. 21—The Chicago, Rock
Island and Pacific railroads with some
. western railroads as co-complainants.
Hied suit in the United States
circuit court here yesterday to en
join the Interstate Commerce com
mission from enforcing its rate order
, of June 20. This order reduces the
i through rates from points east of the
I Illinois-Indiana line to Des Moines, la.
I This is the third attack of the west
ern railroads against the commission,
, involving the commission's order that
: through interline freight rate from the
| East shall be less than the sums of
I the local rates. The roads lined up
with the Rock Island are the Illinois
Central, Chicago Great Western, Chl
: cago, Milwaukee & St. Paul, Chicago
& Northwestern, Chicago, Burlington &
| Quincy, Iowa Central and the Wabash
, railroad.
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MILLION DOLLAR
ESTATE SUBJECT
OF BIG LAWSUIT
St. Louis, Mo., Aug. 21.—Suit to set
aside the will of Robert A. Barnes, who
| left a fund of $1,000,000 for the erection
| and maintenance of an institution to
| be known as the Barnes hospital, and
I to vest the fund, now said to be $1,700,
| 000, in four nephews of the testator,
| was filed in the circuit court here today,
j The petitioners allege the trust fund
has lapsed and the terms have been
I violated. The nephews who sue are
W. H. Buchanan, R. B. Buchanan and
I W. H. McCarthy, of St. Louis, and Ed
1 win Eairman, of Kansas City. Each
was bequeathed $16,000.
IS SCARED TO DEATH.
Bellefontaine, Ohio, Aug. 21—Edward
Harriman. a war veteran of Quincy,
startled by an unexpected clap of
I thunder, dropped dead where he stood.
FAMILY IS DROWNED.
1 I Beloit, Wls., Aug. 21.—James Mac
■ j donald, his wife and their 8-year-old
j son were drowned in Rock river here
yesterday.
; PRINTING PRESSMEN
; TO ESTABLISH HOME
Knoxville. Tonn., Aug. 21.—The In
; :ernational Pressmens’ union has pur
; chased at chancery court sale the Hale
j Springs property, located in Hawkins
county, Tennessee, and about six miles
. ‘ out of Knoxville.
" | It is the purpose of the union to
■ j establish a home for old, indigent and
. I disabled pressmen.
i ! The property Includes the Hale
■ Springs hotel and 1,100 acres, with
four mineral springs.
BARGE FOUNDER IN
GALE; FIVENIEN LOST
Craft Cuts Loose From Tug in
Heavy Sea and Is Seen
No More.
Saunderstown, R. I., Aug. 21.—The
barge Shawmont, with a crew of five
men, bound from Philadelphia for
Portsmouth, N. H., broke away from
the tug Valley Forge, off Shinnecock,
L. I., early Tuesday morning and it
is feared that she went to the bottom
with all hands.
Five other barges bound for Provi
dence, Boston and Newburyport, broke
away and floated helpless for 10 hours
before they were picked up. One in
jured man was carried ashore for
treatment when the Valley Forge ar
rived, and he brought news of tho dis
aster.
Run Into Heavy Gale.
Tho barges left Philadelphia Sun
day In tow of the tugs Valley Forge
and Monoeacy. When off Shinnecock
they ran Into a heay northeast gale.
The Shawmont broke loose Tuesday
morning. At almost the same Instant
tho tow of the Monoeacy broke away,
and so thick was the weather that the
barges had disappeared bofore the tugs
could be put about.
They erulsed for 10 hours before tho
Valley Forge picked up tho barges Mo
line, Saucon, Wlconisco and the
Meshamang. Soon after the Monacacy
picked up tho Oley. There was no
trace of tho Shawmont, except some
wreckage and the captains finally de
cided she had gone to the bottom.
Barges Badly Battered.
The barges were all badly battered.
Abraham H. Sells, a deck hand on the
Saucon, was badly Injured and was
taken ashons for treatment.
The missing barge was commanded
by Captain Alfred Gould, of Cape Cod.
The Shawmont was a schooner-rigged
bargo of 865 tons net. 193 feet In
length, 85 feet beam, and 17 feet depth
of hold. She was built at Nonnk,
Conn., In 1900.
Tho other members of the crew
were Joseph P. Thompson, Frank Pu
benlte, Frank Markolln and Christian
Storoc.
FISHING VESSEL
GOES TO BOTTOM
Lunenburg, N. S, Aug. 21—The Glou
cester fishing schooner, Orinoco, cap
sized here today and 11 men, all Nova
Scotians, were drowned.
COLORADO FLOODS
TIE UP TRAFFIC
Denver, Aug. 21.—Trains blocked in
lonely mountain passes, tracks washed
away or In some Instances pitched Into
canyons hundreds ot feet below, peo
ple driven from their homes to seek
safety with their belongings In higher
places—these were scenes revealed at
daybreak today along the overflowed
Arkansas river.
Alarmed by another cloudburst at
Four Mile creek, near Canon City, last
night, scores of people in the lower
sections of Pueblo and other points
passed the night in rescuing their
household effects from the danger
line.
The famous Royal Gorge, walled In
by rock 1,000 feet high, hus been
washed by a torrent for almost 48
hours, and the rallrot. 1 tracks have
been washed out.
Trains are Detoured.
Trains on the Colorado Midland, the
Denver & Rio Grande, and other rail
roads, most of them carrying eastern
tourists, have been detoured over cir
cuitous routes.
One road had to detour Its trains
by way of Alamosa, Colo., In the
southern part of the state, a distance
out of the regular line of travel of
more than 300 miles. Engineers have
been sent out by some of the roads
to determine the amount of damage
done In the mountain passes. It being
declared that the detouring of trains
will be necessary for four or flve days.
Not only the Arkansas river, but al
most all its tributaries, are overflowed.
The rainfall In the last two days has
been unusual.
TWINS OF EIGHTY SAY
SIMPLE LIFE IS GOOD
Pennington, N. J., Aug. 21.—At the
home of Mr. and Mrs. Samuel P. Hunt,
of Pleasant Valley, a family reunion la
being held In honor of the 80th birth
day of twin uncles, George W. Hunt,
of Harbourton, and David H. Hunt, of
Titusville.
The twins have one brother, William
Smith Hunt, of Trenton, 84 years old;
another, Enoch, of Pleasant Valley, 79,
and Wilson, of Trenton, 77. The sum
of the ages of this quintet Is 400 years.
The five brothers who joined In the
reunion are In the best of health and
are dally engaged actively In farming,
wheelwrlglitlng and carpentering. They
attribute their health and longevity to
the fact that they havo been total ab
stainers and have lived the simple life
of "early to bed and early to rise
makes a man healthy, wealthy and
wise.” The brothers hope to live to
reach the century mark. The twins
FIGHT IN GOOD CAUSE.
El Paso, Tex., Aug. 21.—For the pur
pose of raising money for entertain
ing Presidents Taft and Diaz when
they meet here, tiie leading citizens of
Ciudad Jaurez, opposite El Paso, gave
an amateur biillflKht yesterday. Three
bulls were killed.
ATLANTA, GA.—Charging her hus
band Major Fletcher Hanson, president
of the Central of Georgia railroad, with
cruelty and with Infatuation with a
Mrs. Horner, Mrs. Cora L. Hanson, of
Macon, Ga.. has (tied suit for divorce
In the superior court In this city. Major
Hanson Is also a large cotton mill own
er.
CHICAGO—Ten persons were Injured
seriously and 20 others had narrow es
capes last night when 25 feet of the
Twelfth street bridge over the railroad
viaduct collapsed. It was thought at
first several had been killed, but work
men digging in the ruins until late at
night had not found any bodies.
TRINIDAD, COLO.—Charles Taft, a
second cousin of President Taft, was
killed at Prior, Colo.. 30 miles nortli of
here, yesterday bv lightning.
MATTEAWAN. N. Y.—Harry K.
Thaw was returned to the Matteawan
state hospital for the crimnal insane
yesterday evening after a trip under
the escort from the White Plains Jail,
following the adverse ruling of Justice
Isaac N. Mills on his application for
release on a habeas corpus writ as a
sane man.
PITTSBURG, PA.—The body of Rob
ert Staub, aged 45 years, a wee-thy
dairy farmer, was found at his h >me
with a bullet wound In the head. The
house was partly destroyed by fire.
Oeorge Ftauh. m brother, made the dis
covery.
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INCOME TAX FINDS
HOSTS OF FRIENDS
Poll of Legislators Over Coun
try Shows Favorable Senti
ment Everywhere.
New York, Aug. 20.—Prospects for
the adoption of the Income tax amend
ment to the constitution of the United:
States are being convassed by a local
newspaper which favors the adoptions
of the amendment.
The canvass Is being made by In
terviewing members of the legislatures
of the various states, and, of 27 states*
partly or wholly polled, the majority
of the answers In every case a» fa
vorable to the amendment.
Even In states llko Massachusetts^
New Hampshire, New Jersey and
Connecticut, where adverse sentiment
would be supposed to obtain, a ma
jority of the legislators Interrogated
have expressed themselves, It Is an
nounced, as being In favor of th®
amendment.
The following table shows the re**
suits of the poll:
Non-conw
Yes. No. mittal, j
Arkansas .24 9 0
Colorado .13 9 0
Connecticut .60 15 13
Idaho . 12 1 0
Illinois .26 0 0 1
Indiana .24 7 1
Iowa .22 9 0
Kansas .42 9 0
Kentucky .17 9 0
Massachusetts .41 7 U
Michigan .24 2 0
Minnesota .32 3 0
Mississippi .30 0 0
Missouri .31 0 0
Montana .12 0 9
Nebraska .36 9 9
New Hampshire .70 IT (
New Jersey .....14 2 4
North Dakota .22 4 0
Ohio .11 1 1
Oklahoma .,.27 0 9
South Dakota .81 0
Tennessee .19 0 4
Texas .40 0 9
Utah . 3 0 9
Wisconsin .24 1 l
Wyoming .—... .13_9 9
FLAG OF GREECE IS
LOWERED BY POWERS
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Canea, Island of Crete, Aug. 20.—A
wall direoted shot, fired by one of the
partiea of bluejaoketa landed early thie
morning from the international squad
ron anchored in Canea harbor, brought
down tho flag ataff of the Canea fort,
and with it tho Greek flag that hae
threatened to bring about war between
Turkey and Greece.
A combined landing party composed
of detachments from the ships of the
four protecting powers were sent
ashore before sunrise today and the
task of removing the Hellenic emblem!
was carried out In u few minutes, with
out any attempt at Interference on the
part of the Islanders. Most of the blue
jackets then returned to their ships,
but small detachments, representing
each of the four powers, were left be
hind In occupation of the bastion off
the fortress to prevent any attempt on
the part of the Cretans to raise an
other flag. Cretan gendarmes have)
been posted throughout Canea to main
tain order.
Four Warships There.
Four warships of the protecting
powers. Great Britain, Russia, Italy
and France, assembled In Canea har
bor yesterday afternoon, their presence
being an outcome of the difficulty that
had arisen between Greece and Turkey
since the evacuation, and an idontlfl
catlon of the purpose of the powers to
maintain the status quo.
Yesterday the foreign consuls at
Canea notlflc 1 the Cretan government
1 that the Greek flag would be hauled
i down this morning and warned the
; government that Irreparable conse
quences would follow any attack made
: on the international landing party. On
receipt of this warning, the Cretan au
thorities Issued an appeal to the people
not to obstruct In any way the action
of the powers.
I The action of this morning meana
i that the protecting powers have re
turned to the Island and the situation
' Is again much as It was before July 7.
4 WIFE OF ILLINOIS ffl
ijj 8ENATOR 18 DEAD .4}
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■4 Washington, Aug. 20.—Mrs. 4
14 Shelby M. Cullom, wife of the 4
1 4 senior United States senator 4
4 from Illinois, died here today of 4
I 4 heart trouble, after an Illness of 4
4 several weeks. She was Sen- 4
4 ator Cullom's second wife. They 4
] 4 were married in 1863. 4
1 MEDIUMS REAP LARGE
FORTUNE IN SWINDLE
Mexico City, Aug. 20.—What they
declare to bp a gigantic spiritualistic!
swindle extending over a period of one
year, and which has well night im
poverished Mrs. de Jesus Perez, a
widow, has been discovered by the po
lice authorities. A great fortune, the
police say, has been depleted through
i dally payments by Mrs. Perez to the
alleged materialized form of her de
I parted husband. Medical men. who
1 have examined Mrs. Perez declare her
the victim of a powerful suggestion
and not responsible,
i Mme. Dolores Carrado Bay and Pro
fessor Hipoloto Salaxar, a spiritualist,
are in prison, while the authorities aro
making an effort to effect the appre
! henslon of Enquire Bay, husband of
the madame. _ _
4 CRAMPS LOW BIDDERS. 4
4 ♦
4 Washington. Aug. 20.—Wm. 4
I 4 Cramp & Sons, of Philadelphia, 4
I 4 were the lowest bidders for con- 4
4 structing the battleships Wyom- 4
4 ing and Arkansas, bids for which 4
4 were opened at the navy depart- 4
4 ment today. 4
4 They submitted two bids, one 4
4 at $4,400,000 and another at $4.- 4
! 4 475,000. Only one ship can go, 4
1 4 however, to any firm of builders. 4
I 4 The New York Shipbuilding com- 4
4 pany, of Camden, N. J., made 4
4 the next lowest bid at $4,675,000. 4
| t$44 4 4 4
PRESIDENT EASY
ON OFFICER WHO
EMBEZZLED CASH
Washington, Aug. 20.—In the case of
Captain Herman A. Selvert, Ninth cav
1 airy, charged as post quarter master
j at Camp McGrath, Batangas, P. I., with
falsifying his accounts, embezzlement,
etc., and sentenced by a court martial
to be dismissed from the service and
to pay a line of $1,000, the "resident
i has commuted the sentence to a reduc
tion of 25 files in rank on the lineal
list of captains of cavalry.