Loup City Northwestern
V OLUME XXV
LOUP CITY. NEBRASKA, THURSDAY . SEPTEMBER 24, 11KJS
NUMBER 40
MUCH IN SMALL SPACE FOR THE
HURRYING READER.
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Something cf Congress. Political Gcs
sip He-e and There, and News and
Nctes of General Character.
Political.
At the publican league meeting it
Cincinnati this week Judge Taft v 11 i
aitead.
W. j. Bryan, in speaking in Dele- 1
ware. ,• «i that officials of Steel. 1
trust purchased immunity from prose
cution t y contributing to republican
campaii.g fund.
.Mrs. Carrie Nation called upon
Judge Taft in Cincinnati, but did not
get a y promises, prohibition or other
wise.
Harvey Lindsay of Lincoln has in
charge the matter of arranging the
itenerary of Taft through Nebraska.
Speaker Cannon opened the repub
lican campaign in Kansas in a speech
in which he* defended the rules of the
house. He says they have been prac
tically unchanged for a generation and
that the speaker can be removed at
any time by resolution.
Democrats of New York nominated
J.. S. Chai.’er for governor and select
ed af full state ticket after an agree
ment had been reached between Chair
man Conners and Charles F. Murphy.
Senator Beveridge will make a
speaking ‘our from New York to Port
land. Ore . and will reply to speeches
made by Mr Bryan at different points.
The itinerary of Wiliam H. Talt
through Nebraska on his forthcoming
western tour has been arranged^
though subject to change.
Judge Taft and William J. Bryan
wiil meet at the Chicago Association
of Commerce banquet in that city Oc
tober 7 after ail. according to an an
nouncement made by Chairman Dixon
«*f the republican speakers' bureau.
General
At Washington the airship of Or
ville Wright fell to the ground seven
ty fi tv feet, killing Lieutenant Sei
fridge and badiy hurting Mr. Wright.
United States court of appeals at
Richmond. Va.. ruled that private
freight cars must be counted as part
of percentage of equipment in dis
tributing car to shippers.
Samuel Ooiupers on the witness
stand said he hurried the publication
of his paper wth the boycott list in
order to get it out ahead of a court
order.
Pivsid n: Roosevelt received a ntim
ii ; of his friends at Oyster Bay in
preparation for his departure for
Washington.
Complete returns of the Maine elec
tion give the republican candidate for
governor a plurality of 7.S36.
Filipinos are busily engaged disin
ferring Manila in order to have the
city safe when the fleet arrives in
October.
The Illinois Central has decided to
try electricity for its terminals in
Chicago.
Five hundred people in Omaha are
going to make united search for Mrs.
McGuire, wbo recently wandered
away.
Fort Omaha has been selected as
site to make experiments with the con
k struction of airships.
P .The German diribible baloon col
lapsed when on the way to Patsdam
to be inspected by the emperor.
Harriman and Rocefeller have taken
steps to get control of the Wheeling A.
I-ake Erie r.diroad.
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Republicans of New York renomi
l.ared Governor Hughe.-?.
Judge Taft’s itinerary for the west
era trip has [><-;:» announced. He will
speak in Omaha the night of Septem
ber 20 and will make a daylight 'rip
th-ouai N- -f t the following day.
Mee-ing Interstate Association of
Live Stock Sanitary Boards in Wash
ington recommended a number of im
portant changes in laws fo fighting dis
eases amt ng animals.
Governor Charles N. Haskell of
Oklahon a in a signed statement ans
wered Hie charges brought against
him by Beam Randolph Hearst on
Labor day. that he was “interested in
the Standard Oil Company,” and was
• an enemy to labor. ’
Revelations in connection with the
business of she A. Booth Packing com
pany show that statements for three
years have been falsified by someone
intimately connected with the. firm’s
business and banks v.-ho hold short
time notes will Iosp heavily.
Forty dollars a loaf will be the price
paid for prize winning bread at Nation
al Corn show next December.
The public ceremonial procession in
London planned by Eucharistic con
gress for the day was abandoned at
the request of Premier Asquith.
The official canvass of the vote r.f
Nebraska at the stale primaries shows
that Sheldon for governor who had no
opposition received 50,282 votes
The state supreme court of Nebras
ka holds that the anti pass law is good.
Far along towards the completion of
the circuit of the globe the battleships
Maine and Alabama, the vanguard of
the American Atlantic fleet, arrived in
Naples and were given an enthusias
tic welcome.
The Douglas County (Neb.) canvass
ing board refused to recount the vote
on governor at the request of Berge,
holding it could not change the general
result.
Orville Wright broke the aeroplane
record by remaining in the air fifty
seven minutes
Detectives in New York arrested
Pasquale Capionari. an Italian banker,
who is alleged to have absconded from
this city a year and a half ago with
about ... belonging to depositors.
Mach timber in the vicinity of Fort
Meade and Lead, tv D . has been de
stroyed by forest fires.
Bryan told Maryland voters there j
was nothing to f at in the democratic
platform.
The repub’.:' an ticket in Maine was !
elected by a plurality of about tight'
thousand. The republicans also car
ried the legNIa':::•>• and elect. „ all four
congressmen.
Judc-v Taft will make a trip Through
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2.'.. lasting 'en days. He will probably
titake several speeches in Nebraska
rdent the middle of October.
Sioux City won tit3 Western league '
I er.uaat by taking the final game from
Omaha. S to '.
Secretary of Agriculture James Wil
son. may be called upon to be the j
stand-pat candidate for senator in op
position to Governor Cummins . _ ;
Farmers of Nebraska are organizing •
to fight the claim of the I’nion Pacific j
, -ty.i feet right-o£-wa. along the main j
tine.
The final dividend to creditors of
the national hank of North America in
New York, of 25 per cent, was de- i
dared by the comptroller of the cur- •
rency. This makes payment in lull to
creditors and interest at 6 per cent.
The democrats carried Arkansas by i
about Sh.OtMi majority.
The United States circuit court in
Philadelphia handed down a decision
holding the commodities clause of the j
Hepburn rate law is void.
St. Paul. Minn.—Incomplete returns
show that James A. Tawney, James
McCIeary and Clarence B. Miller are
rhe winners for republican congress
siona! nominees in the hree disputed
districts of the stare.
The fire in the Swift plant at St.
Toseph was gotten under control be
fore damage exceeding $6CmKM> had
been done.
Admiral Sperry, commander of the
Atlantic fieet according to estimates
made at the navy department, will
have saved $75.oOO in coal consump
tion by the Atlantic fleet by the time
the fleet reaches the east coast of the
United tSates front its voyage around
the world.
Washington.
The executive council of the Ameri
can Federation of Labor at a protract
ed session unanimously adopted the
report of the labor representation com
mittee calling on "the workers of our
common country to stand faithfully by
our friends, oppose and defeat our
enemies, whether they be candidates j
for president, congress or other offices,
whetln r ex entice, legislative or ju
dicial."
Lawrence 1. Murray, controller ot'
the currency, in a statement regarding
the closing of the Cosmopolitan Na
tional bank of Pittsburg, said: "Judge
F. F. Oldham, the chief of the insol
vent division, whom I sent to Pitts
burg before the dosing of the Cosmo
politan National lank, has returned
and state- that the conditions of the
bank justified i s closing."
Before leaving for New V rk Judge
Alton B. Parker : ok cognizance of a
report that he would be willing to
make the race for governor of the
state of New York at the approaching
election and said in so many words
that he was net so inclined.
Foreign.
The pope received a company of pi'
grims from Venice under the leader
ship of Cardinal Cavallari. The pope
^poke feelingly of his happy days in
! Venice. “I will always sigh for dear
Venice." he said.
The American fleet will he in Manil
la in October and the long jaunt will
soon be of the past.
The Socialist created serious dis
turbances during the eiieharistie pro
| cession which was held in connection
with tlie Carholii congress sitting in
' Budapest!).
A dispatch received in Vienna from
Agram. Crotia. retorts the arrival
there of Suleyman Pasha, the Turkish
commander in Novipanar, who fled af
ter they had threatened to kill hint.
The forces under Suleyman Pasha mu
tinied a shGrt time ago. and made an
attack on the commander, hut he suc
ceeded in making his escape and later
barricaded himself in his residence
Detectives in New York arrested
Parquale Caponiari. an Italian banker,
who is alleged to have absconded from
city a year and a half ago with about
flnO.huO b longong to depositors.
At the request of Germany and Italy
Holland is to invite the powers re
presented at the second Hague peace
conference to participate in a further
•onference at The Hague, probably in
likdt. for the elaboration of a draft of
a universal treaty.
Personal.
The memory of Bishop Henry C. Pot
ter of the Protestant Episcopal dio
oesc of New York, who died in Coop
erstown. N. Y., July 21. last, is to be
honored by an imi>osing funeral and
public services in Grace church on
October 20. next.
Mr. Bryan says he is much pleased
tver results in the Maine election.
On the occasion of his seventieth
nirthday Jas. J. Hill of the Great
Northern was given a banquet by em
ployes.
Elihu Root refused to allow his
name to be used in connection with
the gubernatorial nomination for New
g ork.
John Temple Grave accepted the
vice pr ■"idential nomination of the
Jidepend : :ce party.
Judge Taft will address the National
League of Republican clubs at Cin
cinnati September 22.
DISEASE HAS FIRM FOOTHOLD IN
ST. PETERSBURG.
DEBUG MEASURES TO FIGHT
CriL-sr Ssry Core tior.s Greatly Assist
in Spread of Scourge and It May
Be Hard to Suppress.
St -■ • - Pel
the era-.) of the A-iatic cholera, which
already has exceeded in severity and
numbers the visitation of 1893. The
disease is increasing daily to an alarm
ing ra'e and unless the authorities
show in the future a greater degree
of ability to cope with the situation
than they have in the past, there is
every r< ason to fear that it will get out
of hand.
The government's threat to apply
provisions of martial law has driven
the municipality officials to bend all
their energies to clearing the city of
manic
voted $3r*ii.o00 to enlarge the hospital
space, to purchase and distribute dis
infectants, the supply of which in St.
Petersburg is well nigh exhausted, and
to expedite the interment of bodies,
which has been notoriously slow. The
dead houses are overcrowded and
many c wpses arc unburied.
Under his authority as prefect of St.
Petersburg. General Draefceffshy pro
hibited the sale of liquor throughout
the city, including the government
vodka shot s until September 32. and
he has further ordered that after that
the sale of liquor shall be suspended
at 2 {-. m , on Saturday until 1" a. m.
on Monday. This action has been tak
en in order to diminish alcoholic ex
cesses. which very materially increases
the liability of cholera infection and
the genera! spread of the disease.
A beginning was made when public
schools were transformed into hospital
wards. A number of the grammar
schools were closed and 4.000 students
sent to their hemes. The department
of war has opened stores to supply
immediate needs and army field kitch
ens have beetj dispatched to the poor
er quarters to dispense free food.
The situation assumes a graver
aspect from the appearance of a very
'virulent type of the disease in two
cases in which death followed within
fifteen minutes of the first symptoms.
As announced by the official bulletin
the cases numbered 1140 and 'he deaths
148 during the t went?-four hours be
tween Friday noon and Saturday noon.
This wa-» cons' ierable decrease from
the preceding day. but th- re is doubt
of th« aec iracj < f the official sta e
ment. The record for the same twen
rv-fonr hours. as-~ rained from urn f
ficial but reliable sources, shows the
actual number to have been far in ex
cess of that.
PRESIDENT OUT FOR TAFT.
Points Out Necessity of Electing the
Republican Nominee.
Oyster Bav— President Roosevelt in
a letter to William B. McKinley, chair
man of the republican congressional
committee, appeals to disinterested
citizens to join with the national re
publican c-omraitee and th * congres
sional committee, in a movement to
elect Wiliiam K. Taft, as president
and a republican c- tigress to support
him. After reviewing som ' cf the im
portant legislation of the last seven
years, the president declares that Mr.
Taft and the republican candidates
for congress seek election on a plat
form which specifically pledges the
party to continue and develop the
policies which have been acted upon
for seven years past.
All 'he aid that can be given tc per
petuate the policy of the government
as now carried on. the president says,
should be given by every good citizen
as it is far more than a partisan mat
ter.
Orville Wright Improves.
Washington—Orville Wright, who
was serif usty injured Thursday in the
aeroplane acident which caused the
Lieul
tinues to improve.
Start for Manila.
Perh, W- st Australia—The Ameri
can fleet of battleships passed this
coast this morning cn the long run to
i Manila. The fleet was proceeding in
two columns, the Connecticut and
j Louisiana leading.
Signs Lease Bill.
Atlanta. Ca.—Just at midnight Sat
urday night, Governor Hoke Smith
i signed nil- convict lease bill, which,
! hereafter prohibits the -leasing of fel
1 ons except by the consent of the gov
ernor and prison commission.
Senator Borah Coming.
Des Moines—It was announced from
the republican committee headquar
ters today that Senator Borah will
speak in Iowa for two days about the
middle of the month of October.
SMITH COMES TO NEBRASKA.
Georgia Governor to Take the Stump
for Bryan.
Atlanta. Ga.—Governor Hoke Smith
has been requested by Chairman At
wood of the shakers' committee of
th? democratic national committee to
make speeches in support cf Bryan
and Kern during the month of Octo
ber in a number of eastern and west
ern states. The governof expects to
devote about two weeks to speechmak
, ir.g in Missouri. Kansas. Nebraska and
i Iowa.
Miss Summer—Good-3y. Now That Y ou Have Had Your Recreation, I’ll
Take Mine.
SHIP CnUSSEO; THREE DIE
STEAMER COLON BATTERED BY ■
FIERCE HURRICANE.
Panama Craft Plying Between New
York and isthmus Arrives in
Port. However.
Colon.—The steamship Colon, half
masted and showing other evidences I
of distress, came limping into port
Friday. She had been badly battered
by the hurricane encountered Sunday.
Three members of her crew lost then
lives while engaged in the hold in
repairing a water tank.
The Colon belongs to the Panama
Railroad Company. She left New
York September 10,and was due to ar
rived here Thursday. She encountered
the hurricane at a point 40 miles north
of Watling island. The wind blew 100
miles an hour, and tremendous seas
were soon sweeping over the vessel.
The staterooms and the dining saloon
were flooded, one of her smoke
stacks was carried away, three boats
were washed overboard, and the wire
less telegraph apparatus was disman
tled. Orders were given that no pas
sengers be allowed on deck, and the
travelers had to spend Sunday and
Sunday night in the dining saloon.
The water got to the mail bags, and
the registered and ordinary mail was
badly damaged. SSiuda.. niglit passed
with the ship laboring through the
storm and the passengers huddled be- j
low in a state of panic. Early'
Monday it was discovered ’hat
salt water was making its way
fnfward into the fresh water tanks. I
Fearing that the fresh water would
give out the second assistant engi- j
neer, William Liley. and the ship's
carpenter. J. Olson, were sent down
into the hold Monday afternoon to
change the tank connections.
The two men were below- for an
hour without giving any signs of re-1
turning. Anxious for their safety. R. j
Barthl. a water tender, and A. Sands.]
a junior engineer, volunteered to go j
below and learn what had happened j
when the disaster occurred.
PEST GRIPS ST. PETERSBURG.
Asiatic Cholera's Ravages in the Cap
ital of Russia.
St. Petersburg.—Three hundred and
five cases and 115 deaths from the
Asiatic cholera were reported for the
24 hours ending at noon Thursday.
The municipal administrations are
under fire from ail sides for their
criminal Inefficiency in handling the :
epidemic and for their failure to make
adequate preparation for hospital, am
bulance and sanitary services. Al
though they had ample warning of the
coming of the disease, no effective
steps were taken to stamp out the
scourge; even the elementary precau
tions of disinfecting and cleaning were
neglected. A recurrence of the out
break in the spring in even greater
proportions is considered inevitable.
Six Killed in Explosion.
Sedalta. Mo.—Six persons were
killed and 2.0 injured, four of whom are
not expected to live, as the result of
an explosion of a car of black powder
at Windsor, near here, at 10:15 o'clock
Tuesday morning.
The explosion was caused by John
Wesley, a negro, who threw a lighted
match into a pile of powder which had
spilled from a broken keg of the ex
plosive. For his prank Wesley paid
the penalty with his life, his body be
ing horribly mutilated.
Rain Checks Forest Fires.
Duluth. Minn.—A heavy rain fell at
Grand Marais extending westward
from there 15 or 20 miles. While net
extinguished, the forest fires were
held in check as a result of the storm,
and Grand Marais, Chicago Bay. and
other north shore settlements that
have thus far escaped the fames, are
considered safe.
Tries to Cremate Herself.
Mobile, Ala.—Mrs. Margaret Brad
ford. a widow, suffering from mental
derangement, Friday morning saturat
ed her bed with oil, set fire to it and
lay down. She was horribly burned
and physicians pronounce her recov
ery impossible.
Joliet Woman Killed by Auto.
Joliet, 111.—City Treasurer Martin
B. Schuster, while automobiling Fri
day ran over and killed Mrs. John Lye.
The woman became confused and
stepped in front of the machine
CONGRESSMAN LANING FREE.
Ohioan Acquitted of Charge of Mis
applying Funds.
Fremont. O. — The jury in the
leaning ease returned a verdict of
not guilty late Thursday afternoon
after considering the case less than
an hour ail told. Following the return
of the verdict there were congratula
tions on al! sides between attorneys,
jurors, judge, the defendant and oth
ers interested.
Mr. Laning is interested in many
business enterprises in Norwalk, his
home. He was a director of the Ohio
Trust Company; through which his va
rious financial matters were negotiat
ed. and president of the Laning Print- !
ing Company, the plant of which was
recently burned. This company did
much of the state printing.
Together, with J. C. Gibbs, man
ager of the Ohio Trust Company, the j
congressman was indicted on the
charge of misapplying funds of the
latter company and embezzling stock
of the Norwalk Savings Bank Com
pany. They also were accused of loan
ing funds to fictitious real estate com
panies. owned in part by officers ot
the bank, it was alleged, and used as j
a "blind" to cover persona! loans.
HARD BLOW AT FORAKER.
Hearst Makes Sensational Statements I
About Him and Standard OiT.
Columbus. O. — Thomas Hisgen
candidate of the Independence party
for president, and William R. Hearst
addressed a meeting in Memorial
hall Thursday night under the j
auspices of the local organization of I
the party. Mr. Hearst read letters [
which he said had been written by
John D. Archbold of the Standard Oil
Company, to Senator J. B. Foraker ot
Ohio, referring to legislation pending
in congress and mentioning two in
closures of checks, one for $15,000 and
another for $14.50tt.
Cincinnati.—That he had been at
attorney for tile Standard Oil Com
pany several years ago, terminat
ing such service before the federal
prosecution of that concern, but such
employment had nothing to do with
matters pending in congress or in
which the federal government was in
terested. is the substance of a brief
statement made Friday by Senatot
Foraker in answer to rharges made
by William R. Hearst in Columbus
Thursday night.
NURSE CARELESS: THREE DEAD
Serious Case of Poisoning in San
D ego County Hospital.
San Diego. Cal.—Three deaths have
already resulted from the carelessness
of Mary Arthur, a 19-year-old nurse at
the county hospital, a fourth death is
expected and four other persons are
seriously ill. The dead are: J. Young.
Charles Kemp and Henry C. Shuette.
All were taken sick Thursday after
noon. and evidence Of poison was so
great that an investigation was start
ed. ending finally in a confession by
Miss Arthur that she had neglected to
throw out some water in which there
was a quantity of atropine, and that
her patients had got hold of it for
their medicine. Miss Arthur is itt a
state of collapse, but is kept under
surveillance.
Tabriz May Be Bombarded.
Tabriz, Persia.—A decisive struggle
between the sultan and the National
ists for the control of Tabriz is immi
nent. Ain Ed Dowleh of the shah's
forces has sent an ultimatum to Satar
Khan to lay down his arms and sur
render the city in 48 hours, threaten
ing otherwise that be would bombard
the capital. Satar Khan flatly refused
to comply. Foreigners here are in
great danger. The Nationalists, think
ing that their presence will interfere
with the bombardment, refuse to per
mit them to leave the city.
Slayer Acquitted as insane.
Trinidad. Col.—Charles W, Moore,
who killed David Cohen, son of Rabbi
Cohen of Detroit. August 11. in this
city by blowing his head off with a
shotgun, was acquitted Thursday of
the charge of murder. His defense
was insanity.
Death for Negro Murderer.
Sphngfield. 111.—Thursday evening
the jury in the Joseph James case re
turned a verdict of guilty and fixed
the penalty at death. James took the
verdict unconcernedly.
LIEUT. SELFRIDGE KILLED BY
FALL OF AEROPLANE.
ORVILLE WRIGHT INJURED
Breaking of Propeller Blade Causes
Tragic Accident at Fort
Myer in the Presence
of Thousands.
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Washington.—After having drawn
the attention of the world to his aero ,
plane flights at Fort Myer and having .
established new world's records for
heavier-thau-air flying machines, Or
ville Wright Thursday met with a
tragical mishap while making a two- 1
man flight. The aerop'.anist was ac
companied by Lieut. Thomas E. Self
ridge of the signal corps of the army.
Lieut. Selfridge was fatally injured
and died at S:10 o'clock at night. Mr.
Wright was seriously injured, but is
expected to recover.
While the machine was encircling
he drill 'grounds a propeller blade
snapped off and, hitting some other
part of the intricate mechanism,
•attsed the machine to overturn in the
sir and fall to the ground, enveloping
he two occupants in the debris.
Wright Not Dangerously Hurt.
After a hurried surgical examination
t was announced that Mr. Wright was
lot dangerously injured. He is suf
ering from a fracture of his left
Orville Wright.
thigh and several ribs on the left side
are broken. Both men received deep
cuts about the head. Mr. Wright re
gained consciousness at the hospital
and dictated a cablegram to his
brother at Le Mans. France, and re
quested that the same message be
sent to his sister and father at Day
ton. O., assuring them that he was all
right.
Mr. Wright Wednesday replaced the
propellers which hp had been using
with another -pair, the blades of which
are six inches longer. They were used
for the first time in Thursday's disas
trous flight, and many who have wit
nessed Mr. Wright's flights at Fort
Myer believe the- change of propellers
caused the accident. An examination
of the broken blade showed that it
had been snapped off at a point one
fourth of the distance from the hub.
A deep indentation of the broken
piece indicated that it had struck
some other part of the aeroplane.
FMlly 2.000 persons, including many
array officers and scientists, were at
Fort Myer and witnessed the
tragedy.
Selfndge an Enthusiast.
Lieut. Thomas E. Selfridge was one
of the most enthusiastic believers in
aeronautics among the officers in the
military service and through his own
efforts succeeded in securing a detail
with the aeronautical division of the
signal corps. He was born in San
Francisco 2t> years ago and was ap
pointed to the military academy at
West Point from that state. He was
apjtointed a second lieutenant in the
artillery corps in 1903 and commis
sioned a first lieutenant four years
later. ■%
Military Funeral for Selfridge.
Lieut. Selfridge s body was removed
from the hospital to an undertaker's,
where it will remain until the arrival
of the young officer's father, who
wired from San Francisco that he
would like to have his son buried
either at Arlington or West Point.
Cause of Disaster Explained.
Speaking for Mr. Wright. Mr. Taylor
later said:
"The accident was caused by an ex
traordinary vibration of one of the
wires running from the main planes
to the upper steel fitting of the rudder.
This vibration was so great that the
wire got in range of the propeller and
was struck by the blade, cutting a
deep gash in the edge of the propeller
biade about four inches from the end.
This caused the biade to break. The
other blade of the propeller flew
around and in turn struck the same
wire, breaking it. This made Mr.
Wright lose control cf his rudder en
tirely. and the loss of both blades of
the propeller and the breaking of the
wire caused him to lose control of the
planes.”
International Thief C2ught.
Paris.—The police have arrested ar.
alleged thief who went under the
name of S. Pelisdorf of San Francisco.
According to the police Pelisdorf is
wanted in every capital in Europe.
He made a specialty of stealing bank
collectors’ wallets.
President of Ecuador Recovers.
Quito, Ecuador.—President Alfaro,
who has suffered lately from heart
trouble, has quite recovered and
Thursday he assumed again the duties
of chief executive.
GOV. HUGHES REHCMINATEO
NEW YORK EXECUTIVE NAMED
ON FIRST BALLOT.
Derrocrats Select Chanler to Contest
for Place—Rest of the State
Tickets.
Saratoga. X. Y.—Charles Evans
Hughes was nominated Tuesday by
the Republican state convention by an
overwhelming majority and on the
first ballot to succeed himself as gov
ernor of the state of New York He
received S2T out of a possible l.OOf*
votes, as against 151 for James W.
Wadsworth. Jr., of Livingston county,
speaker of the state assembly, and 31
for former Congressman John K.
Stewart of Montgomery.
The nomination was made uuar.1
mous upon motion of State Commit
teeman William Barnes. Jr., of Albany
who has been perhaps the bitterest
and most outspoken opponent of the
governor's renomination.
The governor's renomination fol
lowed the utter failure of a desperate
struggle on the part of a number of
the county leaders who for fc^ir days
spared no effort to discover a candi
date upon whom they could unite to
defeat him. The rest of the ticket
was made up in the "good old-fash
ioned way," as an organization “slate"
announced an hour or more before the
session of the convention began by
Timothy L. Woodruff, chairman of the
state committee, after a conference
of the local leaders.
Horace White of Onandaga was
nominated for lieutenant governor.
Samuel 5 Koenig for secretary of state
and Edward K. O'Malley for attorney
general.
Rochester. X. Y.—As the culminat
ing feature of the Democratic state
convention, which closed Wednesday,
there was a notable demonstration
here Wednesday night in honor of the
party's national standard bearer. Wil
liam Jennings Bryan, who reached the
city shortly before seven o'clock and
addressed a mass meeting in conven
tion hall and overflow gatherings out
side.
.vir nryan expressed nis grainuae
for the nomination of Lieut. Gov.
Lewis Stuvvesant Chanler as head of
the state ticket and paid a personal
tribute to him. The ticket in full is:
Governor. Lewis Stuvvesant Chan
ler of Dutchess: lieutenant governor.
John A. Dix of Washington: secretary
| of state. John C. Whalen of Monroe;
attorney general. George M. Palmer of
Schoharie; controller. Martin H.
| Glynn of Albany; state engineer and
; surveyor. Phillip P. Farley of Brook
! lyn; treasurer, Julius Hauser of Suf
\ f oi k.
BIG ST. LOUIS FIRM ATTACKED.
Receiver Is Asked for the State Trust
Company.
St. Louis.—Minorit y stockholders
Thursday afternoon filed a petition ia
the circuit court asking that a re
ceiver be appointed for the State Trust
Company, a St. Louis real estate firm
capitalized at $ 1.000.000.
The petition says that on May ft),
1907. the directors voted to increase
the capital of the concern from $500.
000 to $1,000,000, representing that
$750,000 had already been paid in. At
another meeting, it is alleged, the di
rectors voted to pay back to the stock
holders the $250,000 that they paid
into the company to increase its capi
tal to $1,000,000. but the money has
not yet been paid back. It is also
stated that the principal assets of the
company are $499,500 in real estate.
This was subscribed by H. A. Yroo
mau, president. It is understood that
the company has been planning the
erection of a large business block in
St. Louis.
G. P. MOROSiNI DIES SUDDENLY.
j Banker and Noted Philanthropist
Passes Away in New York.
New York.—Giovanni P. Morosini,
banker and noted philanthropist, died
suddenly Tuesday of heart failure at
his country place. Riverdale, in tha
tipper section of the city.
Mr. Morosini, who was 74 years old.
is survived by a son and two daugh
ters. His wife died in 1S92. Mrs. Vic
toria Morosini Schilling, his youngest
daughter, created a sensation a few
years ago by eloping with the family
coachman, and the aged banker disin
herited her. Miss Giulia Morosini. tha
other daughter, is a noted horsewom
an. Otillio P. Morosini. the son. mar
ried Mary Bond, a Virginia belle.
Fire in an Insanv Asylum.
Amitvville. L. I.—Not realizing their
danger. 90 insane patients in the LcTng
Island Home, one of the largest insane
asylums in the state, fought against
being removed from a section of the
main building Wednesday when that
•structure caught fire.
The flames spread so rapidly that a
great portion of the big building was
ablaze in a few minutes and the in
mates were almost cut off from es
cape. Sixty keepers were compelled
to use force to get the unfortunate
men and women to safety and for sev
eral minutes there was a scene of the
wildest excitement.
Fatal Explosion at Mare Island.
Vallejo. Cal.—The explosion of 250
gallons of gasoline on board a barge
moored abreast of the submarine boats
Grampus and Pike at the Mare Island
navy yard Friday afternoon resulted in
the death of Chief Machinist Teddy
May and injuries to Lieut. J. S. Town
send. Chief Gunner's Mate W. H.
l^eahy and Chief Gunner's Mate Mor
rin. Both submarine boats were bad
ly scorched. The tender Fortune and
the tug Unandilla were also injured,
the latter catching Are. The men wera
forced to jump overboard.