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Wreckage-Calamity is Considerc
National in Scope.
I I fI f Moulins : , France : While passin
bver the national road which lead
. . from Paris to Antibes , and when at a
. ' height of between 500 and GOO fee ,
the French dirigible military balloo :
Republique exploded Sunday mornin
and fell to the ground. The fou
men on board were killed.
It was the intention of Capt. Mai
chal , who was in charge of the airshii ,
to stop at Nevers , and an automobil
containing mechanics was followin ;
the balloon. It was almost directl '
beneath it when the disaster occurred
The car fell straight down , carryin
"the ; fluttering remnants of the enve
lope , and the occupants were buriei
beneath the wreckage. All were dea
except . Lieut. Phaure , but he lived only
a : few minutes after being removed.
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of the automobile , says that the bal
, loon suddenly burst and collapsed. ] It
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: ment prior to this , as though it hai
been struck , and it fell with the rapid
Ity of a stone.
An examination of the airship dis :
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, axle of the right propeller had brol
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field about 150 yards away.
I 1 SPOTS ON THE SUN.
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tion with Auroral Display.
: Washington , D. C. : Examination of
A photographic negative of the SUE ,
taken by astronomers of the Unitei
States naval observatory : here , dis
closed the fact that there was one
large spot on the "going off" or wes
! isitle of the sun , with a number or
( ; smaller spots south of the large one
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'that the large spot will disappear fron ,
r ; the : sun in about four days , and the
; 'small spots probably sooner.
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-mined to what extent.
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INSPECT A BOILING LAKE.
' Three Adventurers Descend Into the <
I' : Crater of Mt. Kilauea.
Honolulu : L. M. : Hale , J. Reynold :
: and Ernest Moses , a photographer , de
scended into the mouth of the crate :
-of Mt. Kilauea , remaining a half hou :
on the edge of the boiling lake of lav ;
and fire. This is the first time thi :
feat has been accomplished. Member :
of the party ventured almost to tin
rim of the seething lake and attempt
. ed to take photographs. The hea
was intense and at times the adven
turers walked over a partially molte (
area. After completing , their observa
tions they returned safely to the rin
of the crater.
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Forty of Fiery Visitors Were Seen to (
Fall Into the Sea.
Honolulu : A phenomenal rain of
meteors filling the skies over this city ;
Sunday night caused much excitemen
and alarm. The fall began at 10 : 55 ;
o'clock. Although most of the heav
cnly visitants fell into the sea , it is :
believed ; that some of them struck lane
: on this island , and an investigatioi
will be made. Observers counted more
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than forty meteors that fell into th <
' : sea.
.MRS. CLEVELAND TO EUROPE.
Ex-President's Widow Will Take a
Year's Trip Abroad.
New York : Mrs. : Grover Cleveland ,
widow the ex-president sailed on the
steamship Berlin for Genoa. She is
accompanied : by her entire family anc
plans to spend a few weeks in Italy
I and then go to Lausanne , Switzerland ,
c where she has already made arrange
ments for her children to enter school
Mrs. Cleveland plans to remain abroad
for at least a year
Died of Starvation.
Cincinnati. 0. : When the body of
Christopher Kuhn , aged 68. a cabinet
E .maker : , was discovered in his squalid
I } iToom , investigation show-ed that the
: pman had b'een dead since Septembei
1 ; . 6. Secreted in the room were many
ii thousands ; of dollars' worth of securi-
I t 'ties and deeds to property.
Thirty Years for Murder.
Flora , 111. : R. M. Adduddell , former
1 1 .mayor of Flora , was sentenced to thir
i dly years' imprisonment after a jury
1 < bad found him guilty of murder. Ad.
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'Sioux City : Saturday's quotations
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An Aggrieved New York Husban !
Wants $200,000 Damages.
New York : Theodore P. Shonts , for-
mer chairman of the isthmian canal
commission and now president of the
Interborough-Metropolitan compan
of this city , has been sued for $200,00
damages , according to reports , by
Frederick F. Hipsch , of New Yorl ,
manager for a Kentucky distillery. Mi .
Shonts is charged with having aliei :
ated Mrs. Hipsch's affections. Throug
Delancy Nicholl , his attorney , Mr. :
Shonts declares that the suit is pr < .
posterous , and is due to a strange cas
of mistaken identity.
GIVEN UP FOR LOST.
Fate of Explorer Caldwell Still Re.
Mains a Mystery.
Winnipeg , Man. : George Caldwel ] ,
an official of the Canadian marin
department , who started three year
ago to make a trip from Chesterfiel ]
inlet to the arctic circle , has been gn -
en up for lost.
It was expected that Caldwell , wh
was accompanied by two Eskimo ! ,
would reach Cape Fullerton last ax -
tumn , but advices received at the
mounted police department state tha
he did not arrive at the post and
nothing has since been heard fror
him.
him.Chesterfield
Chesterfield is at the northwest end
of Hudson bay.
DIES AT THE THROTTLE.
Veteran Engineer Succumbs to Hear
Disease on His Run.
Beaver City , Neb. : . Dead at the
throttle of his engine , and the trai :
running itself , was the situation pn
sented on the passenger train of the
St. Francis branch of the Chicago ,
Burlington and Quincy railroad , nea
Herndon , Kan. : , Saturday night. Th
dead engineer was George Pronger , a ;
veteran in the service of the companj ,
who had succumbed to heart diseasi
while at his post. His rigid positioi :
drew the attention of the fireman ,
A. Koler , who ran the train to SI .
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MAY BRING SUIT.
Dr. Cook Said to Have Grievance
Against Peary.
New York : Dr. Frederick A. Coo ] ; {
contemplates the bringing of a sui
against Commander.Peary to recove
I damages for slander and defamatior ,
according to friends of the Brooklyn
explorer.
Dr. Cook himself had nothing to say ;
regarding the proposed suit , but his
, secretary , Walter Lonsdale , admittei
: that the matter. was seriously enter
tained by both Dr. Cook and by Join
R. Bradley , Cook's backer.
APPLES A DRUG ON MARKET.
Doesn't Pay to Pick Them for 25 Cent
a Bushel.
Omaha , Neb. : Although not listei
as one of the apple raising states , ap
pies , those of Nebraska grown variety ,
are a drug on the market. This is par
ticularly true throughout the easten
portion of the state.
Farmers of Douglas and half a dozer
of the other Missouri river countie :
! have marketed thousands of bushel
: of apples , but there are thousands of
I bushels more that they will be unable <
i to sell , simply because they canno
I , get enough for them to cover the cos
of picking and marketing.
Medals Are Given Heroes.
Washington , D. C. : For heroic res
cues in various parts of the country ;
gold and silver life saving medals hav <
been awarded by the treasury depart
ment to Frederick W. McNeeley , a
navy yeoman ; Hugh F. Doherty ,
Brooklyn , N. Y. ; Robert Mellon : am
Fitz Wiltshire , Panama canal zone
employes ; Michael Mallai , chief boat
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swain's mate in the navy ; M. M. Ur
I sina , second lieutenant of engineers in
i the revenue cutter service , and Capt
, E. J. Dodge , Harold Dodge , Wilbur L .
I Dodge and Peter Peterson , the foui :
last named for rescues at Mackinac ,
Ii Mich.
Aids Stranded Americans.
Washington , D. C. : Stranded at
Nome , Alaska , 100 American citizens ,
will be brought back to Seattle , Wash. ,
on a revenue cutter. Telegraphic or
ders went forward from Assistant Sec
retary of the Treasury Hill directing
the deputy col\3ctor of customs al
Seward , Alaska , to have a revenue
cutter proceed at once from Sewarc
to Nome.
Drys in Celebration
Chicago : The celebration of the
fortieth anniversary of the prohibition
I party was held here Friday with prom
I inent leaders from all sections of the
country in a : : ldance. More than
1,000 delegates were present. "Forty
Years of Victory , " was the theme of
the speakers.
Former Governor Expires.
New York : Charles J. Bell , former
governor of Vermont , died suddenly
of heart failure on a train in New
York about to leave for Boston.
Kiev : There has been no massa-
cree of Jews in Kiev. There have ,
however , been some slight disorders ,
which apparently have been the foun-
dation for the sensational reports sent
abroad.
Cleveland , 0. : Robert Joyce , aged
11 ; /George Potter , aged 12 , were kill-
ed by a Lake Shore fast mail train at
the Detroit street overhead bridge
here. The boys were walkingon the
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Historic Water Pageant Eclipsed All ,
Else. ,
New York : The stage was set for
the great historical pageant on land
and water which opened Septemb
25 and will continue for two weel ]
along the length of the stream that
1 Hudson discovered and Fulton first
navigated bly steam. All day Frida
the preparations ashore and afloi
1 went on behind a curtain of drivin
rain and mist.
Wilbur Wright was busy on Gov.
ernor's Island preparing for his aerial ;
flights. The great elevated battery of <
forty searchlights of 500,000 caDdte ]
power each , which at night will play
up and down the Hudson and thro
colored patterns on a screen of smoke
and steam , is in place and needs but
the touch of a button to blaze into
blinding brightness. The street ,
shops , -the hotels , theaters and trans
facilities of the city were filled to I
overflowing with the greatest crowc
-more than a million , it is estimate
-that have ever been attracted to t
New York. All the public building ,
the bridges , the monumental offic
buildings and the greater number of
private establishments are gay with
the blue and orange of Hudson-Fulto
bunting and flags , and rimmed witb
incandescent lights.
OFFICIALS IN A CLASH.
Trou ; le in Georgia Over Internal Re' .
enue Tax Collections.
Atlanta , Ga. : The clash between the
state and the federal authorities grov
ing out of the collection of the inte :
nal revenue taxes in Dade count
came to a climax in the arrest of H. A.
Bucker , collector of internal revenu
at Atlanta. Rucker was served wit
a warrant of arrest for contempt of
the superior court of Georgia , but was
later liberated on a bond of $1,000.
At the same time he was ordered to t
produce Rucker ! the sheriff was give
another writ ordering him to produc
Charles E. Slegall , government ston
keeper and gauger , who had refuse
to answer questions in court on the ad. .
vice of Collector Rucker.
Under the internal revenue laws of
the United States , " it is claimed by the
federal officers , any official giving in.
formation required by the state judg
is liable to forfeiture of position , a fine
of $1,000 and imprisonment for ont
year.
MARS AND ITS MOONS.
Planet is Now the Target : : of World' '
Big Telescopes.
Washington , D. C.lars : and its
moons were the target of the big tel ( .
scopes in many parts of the worl
September 14 and with the planet only
35,000,000 miles from the room of the
United States naval observatory , as
astronomical observers figured it , the
instruments of the institution were . . in i :
use practically all night. Friday' dis. ;
tance between the earth and Mar
meant a clipping of 15,000,000 miles on :
the average intervening space , and
Prof. Tsaph Hall , Jr. , son of the as .
tronomer who discovered the satellite
of Mars , began training the naval ot .
servatory's great glass on the big ligh
in the sky early in the evening. Mar
at this time is fairly high in the hori. :
zon and under ordinarily fair condi
tions in this latitude excellent ot ,
servations should be recorded of th
surface markings and polar caps.
HUSBAND NO. 6.
Kansas City Man Awakes from a
"Dream. "
Kansas City , lIo.Vhen he founi
four marriage certificates in his wife'
trunk Frederick Chapman , of , this city ,
who believed he had married an unsc
phisticated country girl , investigate !
further and discovered what he con
sidered evidence that Mrs. Chapmai
had not been divorced from her las ]
nusband.
Her first husband is said to hav <
been Frank Ritter , whom she met in
Paola , Kan. , ten years ago. Anothe :
was James Chaney , of Butler , Mo . ,
and Martin : Wheeler , of Jasper county ,
Mo. , was the third. Her two othe :
husbands were Kansas City men.
STREET CAR ACCIDENT.
Fifty Persons Are Injured , One Fa
tally , at Seattle.
Seattle , Wash. : Fifty persons wen
injured , one fatally , in a street car ac
cident near the Alaska-Yukon-Pacifi <
exposition grounds. Frank Hull , of :
Tacoma , aged 46 , died of his injuries
A car of 80 passengers got beyonc
control of the motorman and attainec
a speed of thirty miles an hour. It
left the track and crashed into a one
ctorv ' building hurling the passengers :
forward with great force. Amen ? the
injured are Mr. and Mrs. A. P. Scofield ,
Df Council Fluffs , la. .
IVIrckczy ; ; Denies Rurr.or.
Ke'\ York Clarence Mackay. when
isked about the truth of the report
which appeared in the press through
3ut the country a few weeks ago to the
effect that the Postal company had
ibsorbed t.heVestern Union , denied
he : rumor.
A Delayed Verdict.
New York : Elsie Sigel. the young
missionary to the Chinese of this city ,
iVas strangled to death by Leon Ling , ,
xccording to the verdict of the coro-
rer's jury rendered September 25.
Powder Mill Blows Up.
Peoria , 111. : The Buckeye Powder
nill , located at Edwards station , 12
miles west of here , was blown up. One
man was killed and several : : severely
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Considerable cxcitement'was cause
Thursday afternoon by a clash betwee
the police and a crowd of strike sym
pathizers on Sixteenth street near the
postoffice in Omaha. Albert Ander
son , a brewery teamster , had blockad
ed the street car track with his loat ,
stopping two or three cars , when Po -
lice Captain Mostyn appeared and or -
dered him to move on. The man fail
cd to obey the command with suffi
cient promptitude and was mailed " oft
his wagon. The crowd , which had
been rapidly gathering , showed a die -
position to take the prisoner's part :
and became threatening when the ol ; -
ficers drew his revolver and cleared' '
the way to the patrol box.
Quiet was restored after a half doz
en more arrests were made and a
number of heads had been cracked by
the p'olicemen's clubs. D. M. Saylerr ,
. a man said to be 68 years old , em
ployed in a book store , received a se -
vere scalp wound during the affair.
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tally Destroyed.
J. M. Bartoff , of Ionia , had the mis
fortune to lose considerable propert ;
by fire. The fire was the result of
chilclreh ' playing with matches in the <
barn. He suffered the loss of tw
barns , one horse , some harness , 20' '
bushels oats , 150 bushels corn , som :
farming tools and other articles. Botl
barns were filled with hay.
Neighbors seeing the fire hastene <
to lend a helping hand and by thei
heroic efforts succeeded in savinj
the house. Mr. : Bartoff was in Pone :
at the time and knew nothing of thi
fire until he reached home. It wa
a total loss , as he carried no insur
ance.
FLEES WITH SOUL MATE.
Young Nebraska , Fanner Leaves Ilis :
Wife Without Money.
Orville Avenall , a well known youn ;
farmer who resides near Aten , ha :
stirred up.a sensation in that neighbor
hood by eloping with a soul mate In ,
the person of a Mrs. Mask , of Crof
ton.
Mrs. Avenall is the daughter of E
A. Sage , of Knox county , one of thi
best known men in the county. Shi
married Avenall eight years ago , and Is :
left with two children , almost with
out means , as her husband has spen
his revenue from the farm on his sou
mate , and , it is said , he realized all he
could before his departure on mort
gages.
Elopement Ends in Arrest.
A warrant : was issued at Fremon
for Earl Fairbanks on the charge o !
enticing away and concealing Leth ; ;
Ross , a 16-year-old daughter of Davk
R. Ross , of Sscribner. ; : Last weel ]
young Fairbanks and the Ross gir
eloped from her father's home at
Scribner and were located at Stanton ,
where the former was arrested and the <
girl detained , to await her parents.
A " 'Bul'banloYnInut : Tree.
Two years ago President Crabtree
secured a "Burbank" walnut plant anc
had it set out on the normal ground ;
at Peru. At the same time he hac
some other walnuts set out on his ;
grounds adjoining the normal. Thesi
last are now two feet high , while th <
Burbank tree is at least ten feet high ,
and has made a growth of five feet thi ;
summer. .
Hayes Leaves Political Place.
At a meeting the republican coun-
ty central committee , Dr. H. E. Glat-
felter , of Central City , was elected
county chairman to succeed Joe A
Hays , who handed in his resignation
Mr. Hays has been appointed federal
census supervisor for the Third con-
gressional district.
Horse Thief Confesses.
Charles Miller confessed that he
and a partner of his , both of whom
had once worked on the Reeves place
west of Central City , where the
horses were stolen had made away
with other horses wliic'.i ' have bet : i
stolen in the neighborhood during : the
ast ! month.
Child MiJiJ-U-il : by Cars.
The little 3-year-old son of ; ! r. anc
Mrs. Hodgins , residing at Grand Isl-
and , wandered out on the track and
was run over. One foot was so badly
mangled that it had to be amputated
immediately ; one arm is crushed.
Hog Cholera Breaks : Out.
Hog cholera has broken out in the
vicinity of Dunbar and 160 head ol
hogs were inocculated with serum and
more will be as soon as the serum can
be obtained. This ) is the first time that
cholera has broken : out among the
swine in that county for several years.
New Bank for David City. ;
The Butler County State bank , a
new institution , opened at David City.
The capital stock is $35,000
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Foresight of Conductor Saves Burling a
ton Train from " 'reck.
A veritable water spout fell in the
\ i southwestern part of Furnas count
. ' and at Stamford , in Harlan countj : ,
' last Saturday night. The rainfall was
at least eight irches , coming in a lim
ited time. Stamford was floQdec
Store buildings were flooded to a :
depth of a foot and cellars filled. On
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the Burlington railroad there was.
three washouts between Stamford an :
Orleans. An eastbound passenger tral i
escaped a wreck by the thoughtful
ness of Conductor Enright , who walk
ed ahead of the engine for three miles , ,
i where he found a blind washout. It
I \ was forty feet a'cross and twenty fee
' deep. The storm was accompaniei
by a heavy fall of hail. Chickens ,
rabbits and small pigs were killed by ; ;
the hundreds. The bridge at th '
Stamford mills is washed away. Th <
water was three feet deep in the prin
cipal streets of . Stamford. It was the
worst storm of its kind ever knowi
in the Beaver valley.
03IAIIA STRIKE CO TIXUES.
Meeting of Principals Held , but X ,
, Progress Made.
Although many more cars were rui :
on all lines of the Omaha and Counci .
Bluffs street railway Tuesday than 01
, any previous day since the strike be
gan , not an instance has been report
ed of any cars or the imported crew :
being interfered with. The cars havi
not been very well patr6nized , eithe :
because the public sympathizes witl ]
the strikers or fears that violence ma : :
develop.
At .the request of Mayor Dahlman ,
Presiden V7attles and representative
of the street car men's union met wit ]
the members of the city council to en
deavor to find a means of adjustins
the difficulties , but no progress wa
made.
The representatives of the men ask
ed for arbitration , ' but President "Wat
ties declared that the company hac
nothing to arbitrate.
The street car company is insurec
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against any damage it may suffe :
during the strike. President "Wattle
says the general indemnity insuranc
policies carried by the company wil
protect it in case of loss of property :
as a result of the strike.
WILL ASK CARXEGIE FOR SUM.
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Omaha Wants $250,000 from Stcc
i "Magnate for Xcw Building.
Andrew Carnegie will be asked to
give $250,000 for a new public libra
ry building in Omaha and then thi
I present public library building will be
I used for a free museum.
This program was outlined by Pres
ident Haller. of the library board , tc
die : , city council and that body is agree
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able. Instructions were given the le -
I gal department to prepare an ordi
I nance to be introduced , declaring it
expedient and necessary to vote bonds ;
! in the sum of $75,000 to buy a site foi
I proposed new library building.
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I The most important feature of th
! business session of the Methodist : con
ference at Lincoln Tuesday was the
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passing of a resolution to back up the
work of the anti-saloon league in it :
'I ' temperance campaign. It is known
that the league is to wage a vigor-
ous campangn in the coming elections
and will exert every influence to place
'in the various offices men who are
known to stand upon the temperance
platform.
I Coal Mine at Peru.
I The company in charge of the ne"
coal mine at Peru is now selling coal
I in large quantities at the mine. This
I mine has been leased to an experienced
I coal miner , and the work is being
I pushed. A new tunnel has been open-
ed to the west of the old one , making
it possible ! to take out the coal rap-
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Recount is Denied.
Judge Hosteller dismissed the actior.
brought by Ira Wolive against the
Lexington school board , the demurrer
I of the defendant being sustained. The
I action was brought to compel a re-
I count of the votes : in the recent school
' I board election . . which carried by a
; niall majority.
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I Actl ; Mis-KousT ! '
i A paper is being circulated bj
I friends ' cf "W. W. icctt , who for about
' ' been working as a
I f'l'teen : year hss
! Sunday school missionary in the west-
I' ' ern part of the state , the object being
to : provide sufficient income for the
" old gentleman to live comfortably for
tho : next year.
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Albion Man Disappears.
I J. C. BotsTord , a resident of Albion
! Cor the past fifteen years , mysterious-
ly disappeared and no trace of him
has been found. He with his family
i ran a dining hall at the fair , where he
I is supposed to have taken . in not less
i than $400.
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i meeting of the National Guard of the !
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Death Takes Governor of Minnesota
After Determined Fight for 1
Life After Operation.
WAS PRESIDENTIAL ASPIRANT
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Lieutenant Governor Eberhart , Be-
publican , Succeeds Him in
Office at Once. .
Governor John A. Johnson , three I
Limes elected Governor of Minnesota ; ,
died at St. Mary's Hospital , Rochester ,
Minn. , Tuesday. He was a candidate
for the Democratic nomination for
President in 1908 and was looked upon ;
by many. as the probable Democratic
nominee in 1912. Death came at 3:25 . . -r. -
. determined fight for life ;
a. m. after a
following an operation performed the
previous Wednesday. Lieut. Gov.
Adolph Eberhardt , who is only 38
years old , succeeds to Gov. Johnson's ,
place. Eberhardt is a Republican.
So frequently did Gov. Johnson's
condition change , aternately for better
and then for worse , that his physi
cians were able to say at no time after
the operation was performed that the
Governor had more than an even
chance for his life.
At his bedside when the end came
were Mrs. Johnson , Miss Margaret
Sullivan , her friend ; Drs. W. J. and
Charles H. Mayo , C. F. McNavin ,
Frank A. Day , the Governor's private
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secretary ; Fred B. Lynch , Democratic
National Committeeman , and the . . . ' . s
Misses .Tannie and Schiller , the Gov- , f
ernor's nurses. Dr. W. J. Mayo stated
stated/
that there were no traces of septic poi-
soning and that the immediate cause
of death was exhaustion and heart fail-
ure.
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DYNAMITE STARTS PLOT TALK.
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Explosive Fonnil Xcar Place Where
Taft Will Meet Diaz.
A stick of dynamite was found in
Ciudad Juarez , Mexico , opposite El
Paso , in a residence which is being
constructed for State Tax Collector
Camillo Arguelles , two blocks from the
Mexican custom house , where Presi-
dents Taft and Diaz will dine when
they meet in El Paso , Oct. 16. Wheth
er there is a plot among MexIcan rev- ,
olutionists or not is not known. Amer-
ican officials are inclined to discredit
such a theory , especially any belief
that it is a plot to kill either or both
of the Presidents. The police in El
Paso believe some sensationalist is dis
tributing the dynamite merely to wor
ry them.
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GIRL OF 13 HELD FOR RANSOM.
Ohio Hotel Man : Seeks Child Kid- ,
imped When Money : In Refused. " !
The entire police force of Pittsburg
has a dragnet in operation seeking
James Leary , an American , who is
charged with the kidnaping of Mary
Cilermo , the 13-year-old daughter } of
Dominic Cilermo , a rich Italian hotel
proprietor of Niles , 0. The father of
the girl says the child is held for ran-
som. Leary was traced to Cleveland ,
to Lorain and Youngstown Constable
H. A. Walsh arriving in Pittsburg one
train behind them. Cilermo says he
received a letter recently threatening
that his child would be kidnaped if he
did not deposit a large sum of money
it a specified place. ,
Mystery : ; Girl's Drotrnin- ; ; .
Mystery surrounds the finding of tht
dead body of Kate Patten , a 22-year-old
shoe factory employe in the Ohio river ,
at Portsmouth , O. Authorities are in
vestigating. The body was afloat in an
eddy near the shore , and in plain view
of the girl's home. She was last seen
in company with her fiance Wednesday
night , but he can throw
no light on-
her death.
Miners : ! Escape Burning Shaft.
More than 400 miners narrowly \
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caped when fire destroyed the tipple
of the Ellsworth No. 2 coal mine oC : , .J
the Lackawanna Steel Company at "
Ellsworth , near Pittsburg , . The loss
will be 30000. "
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