TRAIN IS DITGHED
WITH DELIBERATE
DESIGN OF FIEND
I’atal Accident Occurs on Balti
more & Ohio Railroad Near
Pittsburg.
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jf employes of the tin mills near f
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Newcastle, Pa., Sept. 7.—By the de
liberate deed of a train wrecker, the
Royal Blue limited train on the Balti
more & Ohio road was wrecked at
12:25 o’clock this morning near Cherl
ton, Pa., not far from this city. At
least two passengers were killed and
others were injured.
A rail on the right side of the track
was cut. and the spikes were pulled on
both sides nearly the entire length of
the rail.. The spikes were pulled by a
bar, and the bolts and nuts of the
joint showed that they had been puVed
w-itli a wrench. One splice bar was
placed between the rails to keep them
from going together.
The motive for the act, whether of
revenge or robbery, is not known.
List of Casualties.
The railroad company gives out the
following list of killed and injured:
The dead:
CHARI.ES A. DILL, Chicago Junc
tion, Ohio.
GEORGE WHEATCRAFT, train
baggagemen Chicago Junction, Ohio.
The injured:
E. P. Cavanaugh, chief boiler In
spector Baltimore & Ohio railroad, Bal
timore.
Henry C. Millard, passenger, 54 years
old, at Shenango Valley hospital, New
■Castle.
Tlie two latter were the more seri
ously injured.
Coach Is Set Afire.
The more seriously injured pas
sengers were in the day coach which,
rolling on its side and sliding down
the steep embankment, was fired by
hot coals.
With hand grenades the surviving
train crew controled the flames. The
injured were placed on the rough bal
last of the track bed and a brakeman
was sent to Cherlton siding, where the
first news of the disaster was sent
out.
Reasons for the wreck are today
few. No money was aboard the flyer
according to express company officials.
The loosened fishplates and pulled
spikes, however, are mute evidence
that some one skilled in railroading is
responsible for the disaster. Secret
service men on the scene refuse to di
vulge the result of their investigations.
One More Victim Dies.
The list of casualties was augmented
late today by the death of E. P. Kava
naugh, chief boiler inspector of the
Baltimore & Ohio railroad, who died in
^ the New Castle hospital shortly before
noon.
The total, according to the latest cal
culation, now is three dead and 17 in
jured.
SOCIETY WILL INVITE
TWO POLAR EXPLORERS
Washington, Sept. 7.—Plans have
Deen formulated to secure the attend
ance at the annual banquet of the
National Geographical society in this
;ity next December of the two famous
explorers of the polar regions, Dr. Cook
and Lieutenant Shackleton.
The society is to present to Dr. Cook,
who is believed to have discovered the
north pole, and to Lieutenant Shackle
ton, who led an expedition into the
antarctic, handsome medals in com
memoration of their achievements.
F. Willis Moore, president of the
society, said it was the purpose to have
President Taft, if possible,’ present the
medals and to make the banquet the
most notable event in the history of
the geographical society.
AIRSHIPS MULCTED
FOR A HEAVY DUTY
Washington, Sept. 7.—That the
Payne tariff law will subject aeroplanes
.a imported into this country to a duty
of 45 per centum ad valorem is indi
cated by a reply sent today by the cus
toms division of the treasury depart
ment to an inquiry from Ernest Laru
Jones, editor of a New York aeronauti
cal publication.
There is no specific provision in the
tariff law for the assessment of a duty
on flying machines, but the customs of
ficials, assuming that the motor is the
stable part of an aeroplane, express the
belief that the blanket clause of the
metal schedule will govern the duty
to be levied upon aeroplanes.
ILLINOIS LAW ATTACKED.
Chicago, Sept. 7.—W. C. Ritchie &
Co., of Chicago, yesterday began suit
attacking the constitutionality of the
Illinois law forbidding the employment
of females for more than 10 hours a
day.
LAUREL, NEB.—Mrs. J. B. Eby died
Wednesday. She had been ill only a
few days. A trouble of long standing
reached her brain and quietly released
her from suffering.
MONUMENT ON SITE
OF INDIAN BATTLE
Plymouth, Ind., Sept. 7.—Today at
Twin Lakes, five miles southwes* of
Plymouth, the Menominee monument,
erected by the state of Indiana to com
a memorate the revolt of the Pottawat
tomie Indians 71 years ago, was un
veiled near where stood the old Indian
chapel, erected under the direction of
Father Daden. the Indians' first Catho
lic priest. Congressman Barnhart, of
tiie Thirteenth district, was speaker.
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FIGHT FOR INCOME
TAX (IN NEW YORK
i OPENS IN ALBANY
Small Attendance Materializes
at Meeting of Unterrified of
Empire State.
Albany, N. Y., Sept. 7.—The Income
Tax league, of New Y"ork, was or
ganized today at a meeting of pro
gressive democrats In Ten Eyck hotel.
The large delegation that had been ex
pected failed to materialize, and when
J. Francis Condon, of Utica, the sec
retary, called the meeting to order at
noon only a dozen delegates were pres
ent.
i John F. Crosby, of New York City,
was made chairman, and after the
organization had been perfected reso
lutions prepared by William J. Bryan
were offered by Michael B. Murphy, of
Malone, and adopted. The resolutions
were as follows:
“Whereas, Our federal constitution,
as construed by the supreme court,
prohibits the collection of an income
tax except in a very restricted form;
and
“Whereas, An income tax is not only
just, but may, in time of war or other
emergency, become imperatively nec
essary; and
"Whereas, President Taft recom
mended the adoption of an amendment
to the constitution, specifically au
thorizing the collection of such a tax;
and
“Whereas, Such an amendment has,
by a unanimous vote in the Senate,
and by an almost unanimous vote in
the House, been submitted to the states
for ratification; therefore
"Resolved, That we, the members of
the Income Tax league, of the state
of New York, heartily favor the rati
fication of the said Income tax amend
ment and pledge ourselves and our or
ganization to use every honorable
means to secure such ratification by
the legislature of the state of New
York at Its next session; and further
"Resolved, That we urge all voters
who favor ratification of such income
tax amendment to publicly pledge all
candidates for the state legislature to
vote for the ratification of such an in
come tax amendment.”
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4 Springfield, Mo., Sept. 7.— 4
4 William J. Bryan narrowly 4
4 escaped injury here last night 4
4 when a motor car, in which he 4
4 was being taken to Doling park 4
4 to make an address, got beyond 4
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DIAZ’S SOLDIERY
KILLS POLITICIAN
St. I.ouis, Sept. 7.—William De La
1 Pena, former student of the Ohio state
university, has been killed by Rurales
i obeying orders from the Mexico govern
j ment, according to a message received
here today from Guadaljara, Jalisco,
Mexico.
His death was due to the interest
he was taking in the approaching elec
tions as a member of the anti-re-elec
1 tion party, which is opposed to Presi
! dent Diaz.
COUPLE DRAW A
SIX MONTHS’ TERM
Yankton, S. D, Sept. 7—Lovcy Sadler
! and wife. Pearl, in a special term of
; the circuit court, entered a plea of
I guilty of conducting a house of prosti
tution and were sentenced each to six
months in the state penitentiary. Mrs.
Sadler is the first woman ever sent
from this county to the pen. Both
prisoners are colored.
INCENDIARY IN INDIANA.
Evansville, Ind., Sept. 7—The incen
diary who has been starting a number
of fires here continued his work last
night, and seven more stables were de
stroyed, making a total of 34 fires for
the week. The police have no clue.
WRIGHT SOARS IN AIR.
Berlin. Sept. 7.—Orville Wright gave
an exhibition flight in his aeroplane at
the Templehof parade grounds this
afternoon, starting at 4:55 o’clock. Am
bassador and Mrs. Hill, Consul Gen
eral and Mrs. Thackaray witnessed the
flight.
LABOR DAY UNDER
BAN OF THE LAW
Washington, Sept. 7.—The labor au
thorities purpose testing the right of
the municipality of Vandergrift, Pa.,
to forbid their holding of Labor day
services in that town.
Vandergrift is the seat of a strike
by the iron and steel workers. They
decided a week ago to have a Labor
day meeting Monday, next, but Secre
tary Morrison, of the American Fed
eration of Labor, was notified today
that the affair had been prohibited by
the town authorities.
PRINT PAPER PRICE
MAY BE ADVANCED
Quebec, Sept. 7.-—A deputation rep
resenting all of the pulp and paper
manufacturers and all of the Canadian
owners of rights to cut timber on crown
lands in the province of Quebec have
called upon Sir Loraer Gouin, the pre
mier, and asked the government to pro
hibit the export of pulp wood to the
United States. The Americans having
the right to cut timber in crown lands
did not join. The matter is to be sub
mitted to the cabinet and the indica
tions are that the exportation of pulp
wood will be prohibited throughout the
dominion. The inevitable consequence
will be a sharp advance in print paper
throughout the United States.
SULTAN WILL STOP CRUELTY.
Tangier, Morocco, Sept. 7.—Mulia
Hatid, the sultan of Morocco, has
promised the French consul at Fez that
he will cause to be discontinued the
cruel tortures such as recently were
inflicted by his soldiers upon rebellious
Moors who wore led captive into Fez.
NEW BEDFORD, MASS.—A general
strike of the 30,300 cotton mill opera
tives in this city is threatened as a re
sult of the refusal of the manufactur
ers-to restore a 10 per cent cut in
wages made in March, 1908.
ROYAL BARBARIAN
INVITES TEDDY TO
SHOOT ELEPHANTS
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Crown Prince of Abyssinia Anx
ious to Entertain the For
mer President.
Berlin, Sept. 6.—Lidji Jeasseau, the
crown prince of Abyssinia, has invited
Theodore Roosevelt to a great elephant
hunt, promising to beat up a white
elephant for him to kill, ana otherwise
to arrange a splendid sporting pro
gram.
This news has been brought into
Berlin by Adolph Mayer, a kinsman
of King Minelik, of Abyssinia, who has
arrived here with a commission from
the Abyssinian government to pur
chase supplies.
King Menellk sent an invitation to
Mr. Roosevelt at Washington to be his
guest, but Mr. Roosevelt declined, ex
plaining that as he had refused the
invitations of several European sov
erigns he could not make an exception
of King Menelik, however much he
might desire to do so.
It was then arranged that the crown
prince should invite Mr. Roosevelt un
officially. Before Mayer left Abyssinia,
a commission had been sent to hand
this invitation to Mr. Roosevelt wher
ever it could find him, and King Mene
lik was hopeful that the former presi
dent of the United States would accept
the invitation.
RIO GRANDE FLOODS
REPORTED BY CONSUL
Washington. Sept. 6.—The state de
partment is in receipt of a telegram
from C. A. Miller, the United States con
sul at Mattamoris. Mexico, in which he
says that the Rio Grande floods are
higher than usual; that a telegram
from Camargo states that serious dam
ages have been caused to the buildings
in the city and ranches near the river;
that there were no lives lost in the city,
but 15 bodies were recovered in the sur
rounding country, and that there are
probably many more, but the exact
number is unknown.
Mr. Miller says also that a telegram
from San Miguel states that the water
is a foot deep in the main plaza; that
these is considerable _ damage to the
buildings, but no lives were lost, also
that there has been no damage caused
at Mattamoris and Rcinosa, that the
river is still high, but is reported to be
falling.
BROKERIDGE FIRM
GOES TO THE WALL
—
New York, Sept. 6.—The suspension of
the firm of Freeman, Rollins & Co.,
members of the New York stock ex
change, was announced today. The
firm has branches In Boston and Provi
dence.
The firm was composed of Perley L.
Freeman, the stock exchange member;
Joseph E. Freeman, and Charles Rol
lins. The firm began business on the
New York exchange July 18 this year.
The suspended firm was successor to
Curtis, Freeman & Co., of Boston,
which dissolved last January, Harry P.
Curtis retiring. It is said Freeman,
Rollins & Co., did little business here
lately, and had few outstanding con
tracts on the stock exchange.
Otto M. Goldsmith, counsel for the
suspended firm, said the suspension
was due to heavy withdrawals and in
ability to collect from several debtors.
“We have every reason to believe the
firm will resume business in a short time
and that nobody will lose by the sus
pension,” said Mr. Goldsmith.
A petition in bankruptcy against
Freeman, Rollins & Co., was filed in
the United States court here today by
James A. Anderson and two other cred
itors, whose claims aggregate $2,511.
The petition gives the liabilities of the
suspended firm as $200,000 and the as- 1
sets at $100,000. Judge Holt appointed
Robert B. Oliver, receiver with a bond
of $50,000.
PLAYWRIGHT FITCH
HAS APPENDICITIS
Chalons, Sur Marne, France, Sept. 6.— !
Clyde Fitch, the American playwright,
was suddenly stricken with an acute
■attack of appendicitis while traveling
from Germany in an automobile.
Upon arriving here he was removed
to a private hospital, and underwent
an operation by Dr. Alquier, assisted
by two other physicians. Dr. Alquier
would not express an opinion today re- ■
garding Mr. Fitch, hut it is understood
that the patient's condition is serious.
Mr. Fitch has suffered in the past !
from appendicitis.
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WIFE’S RESIDENCE
DOESN’T HELP ANY
—
Rapid City, S. D., Sept. 6.—Acting j
Commissioner S. V. Proudfit, of the
genera) laand office, has handed down !
a decision in a case sent lip from the i
Rapid City land office, refusing to
accept the proof of a claim filed upon 1
by a Sioux City photographer. The j
decision establishes, in brief, that a
man’s wife cannot establish residence
on a claim. It was brought out in the !
testimony that his wife had made the j
claim her continuous residence* since j
August 7, 3^07, but that the husband j
had been absent two or three months I
at a time, and on one occasion six j
months. Commissioner Proudfit says:
“Residence under homestead laws
must be established by the personal j
act of the entryman. Residence on a !
homestead must be in person and can- j
not bo by proxy, oven by a member of !
the entry man’s family. Residence nn- j
dor the homestead law caipiot be es- j
tablishod by the* acts of another.”
This dec ision is only another mani- ,
Testation of the determination of the!
general land office to be more strict i
In requiring literal compliance with the
provisions of the homestead law.
HOONE, I A.—Mrs. J. P. Jackson, wife
of “Johnny” Jackson, the highest pen
sioned engineer cn the Chicago &
Northwestern system, dropped dead of j
«>toplexy in Chicago whim dressing.
The body will be* sent In re for burial. !
INDIANA. PA. Thirty-eight chil
dren mourn the death of their father.
John W. Miller, aged 76 years,, who died
yesterday at the county home here,
\vh* re he had been an inmate for sev
eral years. Me Miller was married
four times. One wife* survives him.
CLEAR LAKE, I A.—Home coming
lay for the* old residents nud former
residents of northern Iowa will be cele
brate 1 at Clear Lake on 'September 1.4.
'ongressman N. O. : aug< w, of North
wood. will be the speaker.
EXPLORER COOK
TO BE RECEIVED
WITH HIGH HONOR
Friends and Admirers of Pole
finder Plan Big Doings in
New York.
New York, Sept. 6.—Preparations al
ready are afoot here to make the home
coming of Dr. Frederick A. Cook an
event of national, and possibly Interna
tional, Importance.- If the plans out
lined yesterday by members of the Arc
tic club are carried out the welcome
home which Dr. Cook will receive In
New York will be an ovation In which
city, state and nation will take part,
while prominent explorers—Cook's for
mer rivals—from all parts of the globe
will gather to pay their personal tri
bute to his achievements.
Among the most notable of those who
in all probability will be here to greet
Dr. Cook on his return will be Lieu
tenant Shackelton, the Englishman,
whose recent exploration In the antarc
tic, during which he succeeded in push
ing nearer to the south pole than any
previous explorer, made him a figure
of world wide prominence.
Hope to Have Taft.
Members of the Arctic club hope that
President Taft may himself be present
as the nation's representative to wel
come Dr. Cook.
‘‘Such an honor would be no more
than fitting,” one of them declared, "in
view of the fact that the explorer has
placed the stars and stripes on the axle
of the world and added perhaps 60,000
square miles to the nation’s territory.”
Among the explorers who are expect
ed to take a prominent part In the wel
come to Dr. Cook and the Duke of
Abruzzi, Dr. Frltzjof Nansen, Captain
Ronald Amundsen, General A. W.
Greely, Rear Admiral George Melville,
and Anthony Fiala, of this city.
No definite date has yet been set for
Dr. Cook's arrival here. Captain Brad
ley S. Osborne, secretary of the Arctic
club, said last night that the explorer
Is not expected for several weeks. "He
Is due in Copenhagen in three days.”
said Captain Osborne, "and If he came
straight home he would arrive In New
York about the middle of September,
but his friends believe that he may
make several stops on the way home.
For one thing, the geographers and sci
entists of Copenhagen will tender him
a welcome. Ho may go to Christiania
to meet Captain Amundsen, the discov
erer of the northwest passsage. It is
likely that he will visit Belgium, where
he has been decorated for his services
to science, and it is scarcely conceivable
that the British geographical societies
would allow him to pass them by on his
way home without an Invitation to
London.
MRS. COOK SHRINKS
FROM PUBLICITY
South Hartswoll, Mo., Sept. 6.—Mod
est to a marked degree and shunning
the publicity which has been so sud
denly thrust upon her by the remark
able achievement of her husband, Mrs.
Frederick A. Cook, wife of the arctic
explorer, who arrived here last night,
persists in her refusal to make any
statement for publication. She beg
ged lo be excused, saying that she was
tired and nervous and had absolutely
nothing to say.
Mrs. Cook and her two young daugh
ters left Brunswick In a two-scated
surrey on an eight-mile drive over
Sandy Ponds to the seashore resort,
where they have been staying the past
two weeks. Since the receipt of the
news frem Dr. Cook she has been trol
ley riding In this section of the state
with friends. She passed last night
in a Lewiston hotel without her
identity being discovered and nothing
was known of her whereabouts until
nocn today. According to hotel at
taches Mrs. Cook knew nothing of Dr.
Cook’s success until shortly before
leaving Brunswick. Then she express
ed herself as much delighted. She said
that s-lu aid not want any publicity.
GIVES BIRThTtO BOY
AT FUNERAL OF SON
—
Wilkesbarre, Pa., Sept. 5.—While attend- ■
ing the funeral of her 2-year-old son, Mrs. 1
Andrew Zerostek, of this city, gave birth
to another son.
She was taken ill in the church during
the services, and these were stopped while
she was carried to the residence of the
priest adjoining. There she gave birth to
a boy, who is in good health and a lusty
youngster.
After she was removed from the church
the services over the body of her son con
tinued. The husband saw the coffin low
ered into the grave and then hurried to
the parsonage to welcome his new born
child.
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4 Washington, Sept. 6.—Lieu- 4
4 tenant Frank B, Lahm, of the 4
4 aeronautical division of the 4
4 United States Signal corps, 4
4 made an ascension at 10:30 4
4 o'clock this morning from the 4
4 gas works in Georgetown In 4
4 United States army balloon No. 4
4 12, for a practice flight. 4
4 The silk bag, containing 20,000 4
4 cubic feet of gas, rose rapidly 4
4 to a high altitude, drifting oft to 4
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GERMANS HAVE DEFICIT.
Berlin, Sept. G.—The deficit of the im
perial government for 190S is said to
amount to J30.500.000, as announced to
day.
SHOOTS UP HIS FAMILY.
Montgomery, Ala., Sept. G.—William
Stevenson shot his stepdaughter and
fatally wounded ills wife. Ho escaped,
but is being pursued by a posse. Stev
enson had been separated from his
family.
ALGONA, IA.—Falling in a pail of
boiling hot water, little Dorris, the 2
year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
John Dale, was so badlv scalded that
death quickly followed.
'SANTIAGO, CHILE—Beckert, the
former chancellor of the German lega
tion here has been condemned to death
by the court of first Instance on the
charge of having murdered an employe
of tile legation February 5 last, and set
fire to nc legation offices. The trial
was held under the laws of Chile.
KEOKUK, IA. — Father Thomas
O'Reilly, one of the most widely known
Roman Catholic priests in Iowa, and
rector of St. Peter s church in Keokuk
for 31 years, died last night of cancer
of tlie liver, with which malady he had
suffered for months.
ITALIAN CRUISER
MAY CAUSE A ROW
BETWEEN NATIONS
Steams in Between American
Ships During Target
Practice.
Washington, Sept. 6.—General regret
Is expressed in administration circles
over the publication ascribing Improper
motives to the commander of the Ital
ian cruiser Aetna, which, on Saturday
morning last, is reported to have
steamed between the ships of the At
lantic battleship fleet engaged in target
practice off the Virginia tapes.
Naval officers In authority In Wash
ington express the opinion that any
criticism of tho action of the com
mander of the vessel should be with
held until some substantial evidence
Is at hand that he In any way violated
International propriety in an effort to
observe the operations and results of
the gunners' work aboard the vessels.
Guest of Nation.
TIic Aetna, they say, is n guest of
the nation, and It would be highly im
probable that her commander would be
guilty of an affront to our people. The
officers say the ship was on her way
to an American port, and that if she
slowed up as reported when approach
ing the fleet it was, in all probability,
because of her intention to pass in at
tho capes and make port.
If any affront was given, the naval
officers say it was entirely uninten
tional.
Admiral Cowles’ Opinion.
Rear Admiral William S. Cowles,
acting secretary of the navy, was par
ticularly emphatic in his declaration
that In his opinion there was no foun
dation for the allegations of impro
priety.
Captain Nathaniel Usher, acting
chief of tho bureau of navigation, de
clared that no word had come to tho
navy department, officially, regarding
the incident, although the department
was in instant wireless communication
with the fleet.
COMMANDER DENIES
INTENTION OF AFFRONT
Baltimore, Md., Sept. 6.—Captain
Fillippio Baggio, Marquis of Ducarro,
commander of the Italian school ship,
today pronounced as untrue tho story
of alleged Impropriety on his part,
while his vessel was steaming through
the American fleet off Cape Henry last
Saturday.
Captain Baggio said he changed the
course of his ship when he saw tho
fleet in order to salute the fleet, and
as the Americans were slow In an
swering, he said he slowed down so
that the flagship might return the sa
lute before he had passed.
"It would be foolish to say that ws
spied upon the fleet. There was noth
ing to spy upon at the time,” said Cap
tain Baggio.
TAFT PLANsTrIPTO '
ALASKA NEXT SUMMER
Beverly, Mass, Sept. 6.—-President
Taft in bidding goodby yesterday to
Walter Ely Clark, who Is to be in
augurated at Juneau as governor of
Alaska. October 1, announced that he
probably would visit the far northwest
territory next summer. It Is reported
that if the president should go to Alas
ka next year he may extend his trip
to Include tho Hawaiian Islands. Mr.
Clark was with tho president for move
than an hour. Secretary of State
Knox also was present at the confer
ence.
Neither ‘lie president nor Secretary
Knox would dl3cuss the reported dis
covery of the north pole. When the
secretary was asked as to what the
state department ought to do with the
pole under the circumstances, hi
laughingly replied:
"Annex it, of course."
The following statement was given
out at the oxer utlve offices yesterday
afternoon:
"Piesldent Taft has been Informed
that a telegram has been published In
the St. Paul Picneer Press and Dis
patch of the f-.i lowing tenor:
" ‘I assure you of my complete sym
pathy with the plan to honor the Min
nesota congressional delegation by a
pui 11c rattfleat'on meeting.
“'William Howard Taft.’
' Tho president yesterday requested
the press associ^r'on to announce that
no such a telegram was sent by him
to the Pioneer Press or to anybody
else.”
INDIAN CLOSES
LIFE OF CRUELTY
Hot Springs, S. D., Sept. 6.—Gus God
frey, whose name will still make old
residents shudder, especially through
southern Minnesota, because of his mad
cruelty in Indian massacres and mur
ders, is dead at the Santee Indian res
ervation, aged 70 years. Godfrey was a
giant negro who married an Indian
wife and became a member of the Sioux
tribe. Tales of his inhumanity are
seemingly without end. On one occa
sion he drove a wagon containing three
prisoners, Mary Anderson, Mary
Schwandt and Mary Schwarz, while
permitting the Indians to torture them,
and finally shot Mary Anderson himself
while pretending to go for assistance.
Godfrey knew the location of every
building in Fort Ridgcly and New Ulm,
where to shoot through them or the
most expeditious way 10 destroy them.
At New Ulm he discarded all the rules
of warfare and boasted afterward lie
had killed more German babies than it
was possible to count. Afterward he
turned stati's evidence and by his mar
velous memory sent 35 Indians to the
gallows and obtained for himself the
right to live on the Santee reservation.
H< was despised by Indians and whites
alike through his long, monotonous so
journ there.
ESTHn*'VILL,E, IA.—John Sullivan,
of Mundau, N. D., son of Mr. and Mrs.
1“. J. Sullivan, >£ this < ity, war. mar
ried to Nancy ilkin-on at Kansas
City, Mo., yesterday. They will reside
at Mandan.
SAN JUAN, PORTO RICO—George
W. Cabot, the newly appointed secre
tary of Porto Rico, left yesterday for
the United States. He will visit Wash
ington in the interest of insular affairs.
NORTHWOOD. I A.—The erfire herd
of P,4 head of Shorthorn cattle owned
by J. P. Nelson, of Paneroft. was
killed by order of Dr. Nevin, the Min
nesota state animal inspector. The
cattle were affected with tuberculosis.
IOWA CITY, I A.—The Iowa state
hoard o? education i .is called the fol
lowing educators to ;osts in the college
of .applied science. University of Iowa:
Professor Urtdirick \V. Wehh, Thayer
school of civil entice, Mop Dartmouth
college; Professor C. C Certain, Ala
bama polytechnic institute. Auburn,
Ala., and F. C. Young, assistant city
engineer, Io.va City, la.
BOTH IMPORTS AND '
EXPORTS INCREASE
Report for July of This Year,
and Last Is Made by /
Treasury.
Washington, Sept. 4.—Thero was art
Increase In the value ct both the Im
ports and exports of the United States
durThg- the month of July over that
month last year, acording to the month
ly statement of the country’s foreign
commerce issued by the bureau of,
statistics of the department of com-l
meree and labor.
The value of the Imports for July was';
$112,488,354, an Increase of $26,052,862!
over July a year ago. making the
total value of Imports for the seven
months ending with July $830,485,646,
which Is an increase of $221,598,998
over the same period for 1908. Every
class of imports showed an increase
for the July except food stuffs in crude
condition and food animals.
The Increase in the value of exports
for July was a little more than one
fourth of the increase In imports. The'
exports for the month were $109,337,952,)
an Increase over the previous July of
$6,138,376: for the seven months ending'
with July the value of exports for the
country amounted to $897,311,122, a de-j
crease from the value of such exports
during the same period in 1908 of
$3,685,967. }
Tho decrease In exports for the
month were In foodstuffs, ail ether:
classes of imports showing an increase.)
“BLUE LAW” AGENT
HIMSELF ARRESTED,
Dubois, Pa„ Sept. •!.—A new phase of
Sunday closing has presented itself in.
Dubois, where the Blue law agitators)
have succeeded1 in closing all places of
business on the Sabbath, In the arrest!
of E. S. Hoover, who is employed by
the Civic Federation to gather evl
derco against the merchants who per
sist in keeping their places open Sun
days.
Hoover is under bail for a hearing
September 3 for working on Sunday in
collecting evidence. Tho prosecutor is
W. S. Luther, whose daughter Hoover!
had arrested for working in a confec
tionary store last Sunday.
MONTEREY FLOOD VICTIMS
WILL NUMBER THOUSANDS'
_ ,
Monterey, Mex., Sept. 4.—Three thou-i
sand is now tho official estimate of;
those in Monterey who lost their lives!
in the recent overflow of the Santa
Catarina river, and to this total will,
probably be added 500 more when com-;
plete reports are received from along:
the valley of the stream and its tribu
tary, the San Juan. So far reports,
from along the rivers are meager, but;
it is known that several villages have,
been wiped out, and crops, the largest,
for a long period, have been entirely'
destroyed. Cadareyata today reported j
that 125 bodies had been taken from;
the river and buried, and at San Juan;
357 were found by searchers. In Mon-j
terey 853 bodies, many unidentified,
have been buried, and the work of the|
searchers is still far from complete. j
In San Lulsato a terrible condition,
confronts the authorities, ns the stench
from the bodies half buried in the
sands is almost unbearable. Forces of,
prisoners and soldiers are working,
burying these bodies, and by morning
it is expected that mo of them will'
have been interred.
CADET BOOKER MAY
GET CASE REOPENED
Nashville, Tenn., Sept. 4.—After go-|
ing over the records in the cose of J.
H. Booker, jr„ the young cadet of the;
first class, who was dismissed from the.
United States military academy at1
West Point on August ID, on charges
of alleged complicity in a recent hav
ing case, Secretary of War J. M. Dick
inson, intimated that the Investigation
of the case will be reopened.
A conference was held at Judge Dick
inson's home at Belle Meade yesterday
between Mr. Booker and the secretary,,
with the result that the chances of re
instatement of the young cadet have
improved. i
KANSAS MEN RECEIVE
BLACK HAND LETTERS
Pittsburg, Kan., Sept. 4.—County At-,
torney D. H. Wooley lias received a'
threatening letter signed '‘Black!
Hand,” todcy. The letter states that'
death will be the penalty if he does not,
close all the Joints that are alleged by ,
the letter to be running wide open,
while certain others are being hounded!
by him until the violators land in jail.
The letter charges discrimination.
Postmaster Stafford, of Radley, also1
received a letter this morning warning
him to remove the store manager and
company store from his building byi
Saturday night under penalty of death.*
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4 DES MOINES MEETS 4)
4 DEATH IN WRECK *4)
4 4
4 St. Joseph. Mo.. Sept. 4.—Engi- 4
4 neer Thomas Howard, of Des 4
4 Moines, was killed and a number 4
4 of passengers severely shaken 4
4 up in a head-on collision In the 4
4 St. Joseph yards this morning 4
4 between a Chicago Great West- 4
4 ern passenger train and a St. 4
4 Joseph & Grand Island freight 4
4 train. 4
4 Howard was engineer of the 4
4 passenger train. Fireman Hick- 4
4 ok, of Des Moines, suffered a 4
4 fracture of the right leg, and is 4
4 in a St. Joseph hospital. 4
ST. PETERSBURG-—The Russkots
lovo yesterday published an interview
which its correspondent at Teheran,
had with the deposed shah of Persia
who is now a refugee at cite Russian
legation at Zerzende. The former ruler
of Persia complained, according to iho
correspondent, that his abdiea ion was
due to intrigue and treachery, hinting
broadly at Russian and British diplo
macy.
BODY OF WOMAN
IS FOUND IN PARK
Sail Antonio, Tex.. Sept. ■!.—Mystery
surrounds the discovery of the body of
Mrs. Alberta Banta, the divorced wife
of former United States Senator John
R. Phipps, of Homer, I.a., in Breckin
ridge park, here yesterday.
Tin- body won found by the police in
a secluded spot In the park, after a tel
ephone message had been received from
an unidentified party who told of its,
exact location, yet refused to give hia
name.
Mrs. rents, was 30 ycr-rs old and wasj
loriuerly a lender in society.