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    THE NORFOLK WEEKLY NEWS = JOURNAL
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NORFOLK NEBRASKA KKIDAY AIMWi 0 11)0(1. ) (
STAG HOTEL IN BLACK FOREST
COLLAPSED AT NOON.
MANY PEOPLE IN THE BUILDING
Wreck of the Hotel Is Complete Sev
eral Bodies Have Already Been Re
covered and Many Victims are Still
'in the Ruins.
Magold , Black Forest , Germany , April
C. The Slug hotel collapsed today
while the guests were at lunch , killing
and injuring many. Several b MOB
have already boon recovered nn " " ' 04
victims nro still In the ruins. < S '
wreck o f the buldlng Is complete ,
cannot bo told now how many people
were In the building at the time of
the catastrophe , but ninny are known
to have been killed.
CRITICISESJOQSEVELT
Fitzgerald Takes Umbrage at Presi
dent's Action on Grazing Bill.
Washington , April 5. 'Iho houaa
during its session listened to a crit
icism of the president on the part ol
Fitzgerald ( N. Y. ) for tbo failure ol
the chief executive properly to nilvlsu
the house as to the objections ho had
to the bill opening 505,000 acres ol
land for grazing purposes in Okla
homa territory instead of advising UK
members of the Indian affairs com
mlttee as to the weakness of tha
measure so that it might be aa.eulud
to meet the wishes of the commis
sioner of Indian affairs. Fitzgerald ,
In the course of his strictures on tha
president , said :
"This is not Russia. The president
! not like the czar , who originates
and enacts legislation. The president
may recommend , but ho can neithei
originate nor enact legislation. Some
body may say this is trivial. Tha
history of all governments with par
liamentary Institutions shows thai
the failure to resist trivial encroach'
ments on the part of the chief execu
tive has led to vast encroachments ,
until the legislative branch of tha
government existed in name only. "
The postoffico appropriation bill
was then taken up , but beyond tha
explanation of the bill by the chair
man of the postoffice committee. Oven
treet , no headway was made.
NEWLANDS"SPEAKS ON RATE BILL
Advocates Amendments Providing foi
Government Ownership.
Washington , April 5. In the senata
k Nowlands discussed the railroad rate
bill and Daniel the question of thi
lack ot representation by the southern
states In the public service. Newlanda
advocated amendments to the rate bill
providing for the national incorpora
tion of railroads and announced him
self as favorable to the governmental
ownership of those utilities. Daniel's
speech was based on a provision in
the urgent deficiency appropriation
bill for the representation of the Unit
ed States at the next pan-American
congress , to be held In Rio Janeiro ,
ext July. He said that the plans ol
the state department did not contem
plate representation of the south 01
the far west , and then entered upon a
general consideration of southern par
ticipation in public affairs , contending
that political differences should not
be permitted to prevent such partici
pation on a broader scale. The de
ficiency bill was amended so as to
provide for more delegates , and , aa
amended , was passed.
The senate passed a bill Increasing
the limit of cost for the pMbllc buildIng -
Ing at Yankton , S. D.
Rural Delivery Service.
Washington , April 5. A statement
concerning the operations of the rural
free delivery division of the postofllca
department , covering the period endIng -
Ing March 31 , shows the number oi
petitions received for the establish
ment of rural free delivery service to
have been 52,611 , upon which 14,040
adverse reports were made. The
number of routes In operation Juna
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30. 1905 , Is stated to have been 32-
' ' 055/whlle on April 2 , 1906. they , had
% creaked t6 36,205 The balance ayaji- '
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able 'for'ttfp ; servlce April 2 , 1906 , ag
gregated j8.8p,7SO. . ? ; > * ? f . * "
. , , , ; , i Republican Congressional' Committee ,
i - . „ .4-/rWashlnBtpn'April 5. T 'Ropu'b-
t-v . Means ofthe.senate and house of reps -
s . .rpaentatJyee 'met' In' joint caucus at
the close of the session of the house
and selected members of the Republic
an congressional campaign committee ,
among them being the following :
F / Iowa , A. P. Dawson ; Nebraska , J. J.
McCarthy ; Kansas , J. W. Miller ;
South Dakota , C. H. Burke.
Street Car Union Wins.
Oakland , Cal. , April 5. The car-
wen's union unanimously adopted the
agreement reached between its lead
ers and representatives of .the street
car company. Under the new order
of things the traction company recog
nizes not only the union , but grants
all discharged employes tbo right to
appeal before the directors of the cor
poration through the union. All dis
charged employes who secure rein
statement through appeal are to re
ceive full pay for the time lost be
tween date of their discharge ( o date
of their return to work * *
Say * Americans Are Money Mad.
Lincoln , April & . "A whirlwind of1
'money madness' has swept the coun
try The Amorlcim people have been
overwhelmed by It , " so declared Pro-
fosHor 13. A. UOSR at the State univer
sity convocation. Ills remarks were
enthusiastically cheered by the stu
dents. "Men lust after wealth be-
ciuir.u of the standing which It gives , " ,
ho declared. "Oroat corporations at
tain their ends and 'protect' their In
terests by corruption , " ho asserted.
Professor Hess has accepted a po
sition at Wisconsin university. He
loft Iceland Stanford on account of
his views on the accumulation of
wealth.
Memorial to Susan B , Anthony.
Toledo , April 5. The National
Council of Women adopted a plan
presented bf ; Mrs. May Wright Sow-
< l/o as chairman of n special commit-
/ y-r setting aside u memorial day
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. ° tyn next for the late Susan n.
Am. o07/ bo observed by every or
ganlzai , P0tbo council. Also to
collect nt ml time the sum of $1,00
with which to purchase n bust of Mlas
Anthony to place In the national cap-
Itol.
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THIRD DISTRICT REPRESENTA
TIVE DANGEROUSLY SICK.
HE IS AT HIS HOME IN PONCA
Mr. McCarthy Returned a Few Days
Ago From Washington and Is Now
at His Home In Ponca Alarm Is
Felt for His Serious Condition.
Lincoln , Neb. , April G. It is report
ed hero today In a telegram from Pen
ca that Congressman J. J. McCarthy ,
represcntathe from the Third congres
sional district of Nebarskn , is danger
ously 111 at his homo in Dlxon county.
Mr. McCarthy recently arrived nt
Ponca from Washington , having come
home to look after his political Inter
ests.
PAN-AMERICANJONFERENCE
Arbitration One of the Subjects to Bo
Considered at Rio Janeiro.
Washington , April 5. The program
of subjects to be considered by the
pan-American conference , which
meets at Rio Janeiro in July , was
unanimously approved by the bureau
of American republics. This pro
gram was prepared by n committee , of
which Secretary Root Is chairman ,
and Included the ambassadors from
Brazil and Mexico , and the ministers
from Costa Rica , Chile , Cuba and the
Argentine republic.
Probably the most Interesting of
the subjects are embraced In resolu
tlons affirming the adherence of the
American republics to the principle of
arbitration for the settlement of dls
putes arising between them , with an
expression of hope that the coming
Hague conference will agree upon a
general arbitration convention ; also
a resolution recommending that The
Hague conference be requested to
consider the extent to wlilch the use
of force for the collection of public
debts is admlssablc.
RECEIVER PORTION CHURCH
Vollva Says Drastic Measures Will BeTaken
Taken Against Dowle.
Chicago. April 5. It was decided
by Overseer Vollva of Zion City that
in view of the announced return ot
John Alexander Dowie from Mexico
and his declared Intention of making
a fight against the action suspending
him from office , that the present over
seer shall be appointed receiver of
the Church of Zlon and of all the pub
lic properties standing in the name of
the church. The courts will probably
bo asked to name Vollva as receiver
within the next few days.
It was also asserted by the officers
of Zlon City that If Dowie returns and
commences legal action against the
present officers of the church or at
tempts to oust them , they will cause
his arrest and prosecution on the
charge of misuse of funds. ,
Captain Greene on the Stand. *
Savannah , Oa : , < April 6 : Captain
Benjamin D. Greene , one of the de
fendants la the Oreone-Q&ynor trial ,
occupied the1 witness stand , and the
court was crowded. He denied most
emphatically that Carter was inter
ested financially or otherwise In any
of the firm's contracts. Captain
Greene testified that the contractors
made about half a million dollars out
of the Savannah 1892 contract , sayIng -
Ing that it was one of the rare cases
where the contractors make money
and in which the government Is cor
respondlngly benefited.
St. Louis Block Sinking.
St. Louis , April 5. Slnco the begin
ning of March a block of ground
hounded by Bltman , Esther and Sul
phur avenues , In the southwestern portion
tion of the city , has been slowly sink
ing into a supposed subterranean
cavern , until It is now fifteen foot be
low its original level. Several fam
ilies have been forced to remove from
homes , building's have fallen down
and damage has resulted to the ex
tent of $25,000. Ten homes that are
located around what is. now the edge
of the depression are In great danger.
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CHANCELLOR VONBUELOW FAINTED -
ED ON THE FLOOR.
DURING THE MOROCCO DEBATE
It Was First Thought flint the Chan
cellor Had Peon Stricken With Pa.
ralysls But. Iti.Wna Soon Found That
He Was Qrjly Exhausted ,
llorlln , April , 5. Chancellor Voulmo-
low fainted In the rolclmtng tills morn
ing during the debate on the Moroc
can question , causing great excite-
in out. It was first thought thut the
Chancellor had boon stricken with pa-
ralynlH. Modlcnl attention was given
Immodlatoly when It was found Unit
ho had become oxhauHlod and fnlnlod.
ULTIMATUM OF IOWA OPERATORS
Will Fix Scale Independent of Action
of Other States
Dos Molucu , April 5 Iowa conl operators -
orators agreed on u policy by which
thfy will bo governed In tholr con
ferences with the miners regarding
the wage scale. Although the details
of tao agreement nro kept secret , it
Is known that the operators contem
plate the fiamlng of u scale Independ
ent of the action of Illinois or any
other state. It Is also stated that I ho
operators are not Willing to grant the
return to the ISIO.'l Hcalo , hut they
claim that their proposition Is a fair
ono and one that the miners can ac
cept honorably. The operators say
that tholr proposition will be final
and that tfio minors must accept It or
thoio will ho no settlement.
Pardon Board Refuses to Act.
DCS Moiifta , Api 11 5. Unless Gov
ernor Cummins commutes the sen
tences ot Louis HURHO and .lames.
Smith , under sentence of death April
20 , they must hang The legislative
hoard of pardons decided that it could
do nothing In the matter , leaving it
entirely in the hands of Governor
Cummins. Both nro wife murderers
ANTHRACITE MINERS TO SUBMIT
NEW PROPOSITION.
HARD COAL PEACE IS IN SIGHT
It Is Believed If Operators Meet
Them Half Way Trouble Will End.
President Mitchell Says Situation
Is Satisfactory.
New York , April u. It la the gen
eral belief of those who are closely
watching the situation about the an
thracite miners' headquarters in this
city thai the minerb have definitely
decided to inodlly their domandb. and
will present them to tlie operators
probably this altoinoon. Some of the
members , ot the committee privately
admitted before coming to New York
that the original demands were great
er than the mlneis really expected to
get and the leaders could afford to
trim them down and still leave the
workers enough to be satisfied. It is
believed that if the operators will
meet the men half way on some ot
the demands they have made , such
as a reconstruction of the conciliation
board , an eight-hour day and an in
crease in pay for some classes of labor
the miners would seriously consider
the proposition of renewing the strnco
commission award for not more than
one year. The miners have all along
asserted they would not bind themselves
solves to .any agreement for three
years.
All the district leaders received re
ports from the anthracite fields and
notwithstanding reports that more
coal was mined than yesterday , they
declared the situation was satisfac
tory to them. President Mitchell Is
devoting almost as much time to the
situation , in the bituminous field as
he is to the hard coal region. He Is
hourly in receipt of telegrams from
the Vjest. ; When asked how matters
too'iTjn the soft coal flelda ; > he said :
' ' / 'Emir'ely'satisfactory to me."EvdryJ
thing IB turning outtas I expected , , and' '
I bolle'yetUo situation-in the wost'will
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Boon b'ojcljeared up. "
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Whe'n. .PresidentMitchell ,
formed th'at President Roosevelt'had '
declined to Interfere with the soft
coal troubles , he showed great Inter
est and inquired if the text of the
president's communication had been
made public. He refused to comment
on the president's action , but ho plain
ly showed he was much gratified at
the stand the president has taken.
In the bituminous field there were
more mines In operation than on the
previous day , and many more are to
resume within a day or two. The
number of men at work In the Pitts-
burg district , however , was not as
largo as was expected. This was duo ,
it Is said , to the factional troubles
within the miners' union in that terri
tory. Negotiations arc under way be
tween the miners and operators In
several districts outside of the cen
tral and southwestern territories , and
while no agreements have yet been
reached , no serious trouble is antici
pated.
Predicts Eenrly Settlement
IndliuiiipollH. Apill 5 An oiirh not
tlon out of the conl strlKo Is picdlil < d
by the United Mluo Winkers' l uir il
the olllclnl OIKIIII of the I'lilto-l ' V no
Workers of Amoilca. Acordhu lo
ropmtH received Hum district olllclnlH
of the mlnorx' organization. II In Mm
oil that 70 jior cent ol the tonnage of
the hllumiiiouH fields luis olthoi
nlgned the scale grunting mi Ineioiiso
in wages or has slKtilflcil an Intention
of doing HO.
Two Striking Miners Shot.
Johnstown , PH. , April ft.Tun strik
ing miners at the Ilorwlnd-Wliltn
works near Wlmlbor were shot hv
guards' . They wore not seriously
bur ! . The Hlluatloti II.IH mown so no-
HOUR hero ( lint 'national ollloliils of
the mine workoi'H have boon appealed
to to conio and assist In attempts at a
Rcttloniont. It was stated that conl
WIIH holug shipped , although In re
duced quant It Ion.
Hunter Fatally Shot.
Cedar Hnplds. In. , April R. TJy the
accidental dlsclim-go of n gun In the
bauds of ( 'Innlos Prlvotsky , a com
panion with whom ho wan huntliiR ,
Joseph Klouboo wan mortally wound
ed In the abdomen.
AND TWENTY-ONE VICTIMS.
HURRICANE CLAIMS HUNDRED
MOST OF THE VICTIMS NATIVES
Signals for Assistance Seen , but Help
Could Not B Sent Until Storm
Abated Fears Entertained That
Vessel Was Lost.
Honolulu , April 5. The steamer
Mono , reports that 121 persons were
drowned during the hurricane which
recently swept ever Tahiti and the
neighboring Islands.
Of thcso victims , one polished on
Tahiti , nlnoty-ono natives and four
whites on the Pimiuoats and twonty-
four natives and ono white on the oth
er islands.
Before the windstorm broke over
Papeete tbo water rose steadily after
a high tide to twenty feet above tbo
normal mark , and by midnight was
wrecking the wooden buildings and
splashing between the American and
British consulates. At first no alarm
was felt , but the continuation of the
rise -caused a panic. The wind blow
in brief hurricane blasts every few
minutes , tearing up trees and send
ing roofs fiying through the air. Slg-
mis for assistance wore seen In Pa
peete from Lcblloc , a white resident
of Motuta Island , but It was ImpOHsl
bio to render any help until morning ,
when the flouting body of his wlfo
was rescued from the top of a cocoa
nut palm.
Fears are entertained for the safe
ty of the schooner Fimuo , with seven
persons on board.
ANOTHER MINErTVsAVEO
Man Entombed In France Early In
March Comes Out Alive.
Lens , France , April 5. Another llv <
ing survlvcr of the mine disaster at
Courrleres March 10 was discovered
and brought out of the pit.
The finding of another miner allvo
after twenty-five days' entombment
caused intense excitement. The man
was found in pit 4. Ho was In good
condition. According to his first
statements this man , Auguste Merlon ,
suffered less than the preceding res
cued men. Ho is thirty-two years old
and was born in the same place as
Nemy , the leader of the thirteen men
rescued March 30.
As the news spread through the re
gion It caused extreme exasperation
against the engineers who have been
directing the salvage work. M. Leon ,
the state engineer , when he arrived
at the pit was surrounded by a crowa
of people , who cursed and swore at
him , one woman going so far as to
strike the engineer.
Borton described his experience as
follows : "I found some lunch bags
which had belonged to the men who
had been killed by the explosion , and
I lived on Jhe food I found In them.
'I sufjerei from the scold and 'took
cIotKing ahd shops , from the dead. " "
* 'T e ! rowjj several times during the
"dp' ' fjro)5& ) through lh - cordrin of
iYiJop's1 ; surrounding the . pit and ex-
'tljjedfy ( luestioned the salvagers , who
"stajpd that no further traces of BUT-
vWors had been found Several bed
its of miners , with the appearance of
not having been dead long and a lir
Ing horse wore discovered.
Russo-Chlnese Deadlock.
Peking. April .1 The Russo-Chl
nose negotiations appear to have
reached a deadlock Russia has the
upper hand because she holds nearly
all the privileges she contends for
while demanding that China officially
grant them. The Chinese , on the
contrary , were never so determined
to withstand all foreign encroach
nionts. Both parties are trying to
keep the details secret , as was the
case with the Chinese-Japanese treaty
Maniac Suspected of Cremating Wife.
Grand Rapids , Mich. , April 5.
Martin Van Thof , said to be dement
ed , is being hold , charged with burn
ing his wife to death In their home
her * .
SANTO DOMINGO AGAIN A SCENE
OF TROUBLE.
NAVY DEPARTMENT IS NOTIFIED
Cablegram Received This Morning
Gives Announcement of the Trouble ,
It Is Not Stated How Serious a Mat *
tor It Is.
Washington , April ft. A ciihlCKi'ant
received ul the navy ileparlmnnt today
na.vH that a revolution iuni hrokon out
at Hamana , Haiitn DomliiKo.
SHIP SUBSIDY HEARINGS
Shipbuilders In Favor of Plan of Gov
ernment Aid to Companies.
Washington , April [ i. Ship mibnldy
hearings were begun by the houno
committee on HUM chant inarliio and
fishorloH. John Mi Nolll , past national
president of the hollci'iiiukois' iiHHOcla-
tlon , stated Hint workmen engaged In
shipbuilding woto in favor of u uub-
ulily.
( leorgo It. Dtival , chairman of the
ship subsidy committee of the Now
York Morchnnls' association , drew a
rupld llro of questions I nun Itepre-
scntallvo Humphrey of WiiHhliiKlon ,
the latter stilting that ho wanted lo
show that Mr. Duuilas simply rep
resenting I'oielun nhlppliiK InterouU.
This the witness hotly denied. Ills
association was In favor of a sub
sidy , but he had opposed blllti so fur
brought foilli , MH they would have allowed -
lowed HOIIIO of the subsidy to got to
foreign owned ships. With Hovcrnl
amendments willed J. H. Dockory , lev
gal adviser of the association , would
present , the association was prepared
o support the bill. The amendments
were later presented by Mr. LXiclfory.
They related to the tonnage tax pro-
vlr.lon of the bill and were dlHciiHHcd
at length.
VALUATION Jtf RAILROADS
Commissioners Desire to Know What
Roads Arc Worth.
Washington , April 5. lly unani
mous vote the National Association of
Railroad commlHBloiiors adopted the
resolution of A. 11. Myer of Wisconsin ,
declaring It to be the sense of the as
sociation that the congress of the
United States should authorize and
direct the Interstate commerce com
mission or some other department of
the federal government to ascertain
the Inventory value of all railways In
the United States and to fix a valua
tlon on the railway property of each
state separately.
Kurt her consideration of the report
of the cotninlttiio on railroad taxation ,
pres"iitod by Andrew l > \ Oaten of Con
noctlcnl , was postponed until the next
convention.
Famous Broncho Buster Killed.
Clie\enne , Wyo. , A pi.I 5. Duncan
Clark. M famous broncho buster , lor
years holder of the title of champion
steer roper of the world. WIIB accident
ally killed while hunting with two
friends The thrco wore crawling
along the ground toward a herd of
antelope when a gun carried by a man
Immediately behind Clark was dls
charged. The charge entered Clark's
body , causing Instant dcnth.
Death of Colonel John H. King ,
Huron , S. I ) . , April 5. Colonel John
H. King , founder of Chamberlain , 8
D. , died hero. > ! had a wldo ac
quaintance among public mon.
Six Red Men HurTlrT Vreck.
Richmond , Vn. , April 5. As the re
sult of the caving in of ono sldo of a
heavy fill on the Chicago , Cincinnati
and Louisville railroad , a special train
hearing 300 Richmond members of
the Order of Rod Men was wrecked
Six passengers were Injured , none fa
tally.
Troops Called to Colors
Budapest , Hungary , April 5. A
royal decree was publlRhod formally
calling out the supplementary re
serves of the 1904 contingent 0
Honved troops. The extraordinary
measure of summoning , to the colors
this class of reserve men Is Access !
tatedsby the failure of the Hungarian ,
parliament to pass the
Rogers Goes to Sing Sing. ' ' '
, < New York , Anrit . jUrjr , Rogen
.who recency perjured , himself ' , ile Jni
thowdlstrict attorney pf'aJ'ploj toftf-3 ,
Basslnate Rev. C. H. ParKhurst"was
sentenced to seven years and BX |
months In Sing Sing.
TELEGRAMS JERSELY TOLD
General Blanco , formerly governor
general of Cuba , died at Madrid.
Miss Ethel Barrymore , the actress
was taken suddenly ill of appcndl
cltts at Boston.
While saying requiem mass at the
funeral of ono of his parishioners
Rev. John Dempsey of Crawfordsvllle
Ind. , dropped dead at the altar.
At Pontlac. Mich. , fire destroyed the
buggy and wagon factory of R. D
Scott & Co. and seven residences , oc
cupying half a block , causing a tola
loss of $120,000.
The declination of Senator Chaun
coy M. Depew to stand for re-election
to the Yale corporation was an
nounced from the office of the secre
tary of the unlversitr.
THE CONDITIONJtf THE WEATHER
Temperature for Twenty-four Hours.
Forecast for Nebraska.
Coinlll Ion of i bo weather an record-
M | for the 21 bourn ending at 8 a. to.
nday
Maximum . -11
Minimum , . , . . . . . . . . HO
llnronielor . I10.0I )
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April n. Tim bulletin IH-
mi nil by the Chicago iitallon of the
United I HtuloH weather bureau this
moruliiif ijlvoH the forocaot for No-
brnitka as follows :
( loiioriilly fair tonight and Friday.
Indian Territory Danker Assassinated.
MiBl ! < oi5oe , | . T. , A pi II n. J. Mm *
dott , president of tliu Kufala Na
tional bunk anil ono of the moat
prominent ami wealthy mon of tbn
Crook tuition , was shot and killed nt
bin homo In ICiifala. Ills body was
found near a well In the roar of bla
rcnldonco , n portion of his head beIng -
Ing lorn nwity by a bullet. Thorn In
no duo to the IIRSIIHRII. | Mr Ilunlott
can led life liimiranco policies aggre
gating $2nonn. ( )
DEATH ENDS BALLOON ASCEN
SION OF PAUL NOCQUET.
LANDS SAFELY WITH HIS CAR
Searchers Find Remains of French
Sculptor Near Collapsed Balloon on
the Marshy Shore of Long Island.
Had Struggled for Hours In Water.
Now York , April 5. Death In the
tvatera of Mass crook , on tbo south
Bhoro of IXIUK Island , ended the dar
ing balloon nscont of Paul Nociiuut , n
French sculptor of note , and i.n en
thusiastic amateur aeronaut The
body was found on I ho muddy shoio
of the crock , whcio the tide hud left
It , and not a gieat distance from
where Nociiicl/s | collapncd balloon
was dlscovoieil by the lU'e.savors of
Jones' bench
The discovery of thn body put nn
end to a scntch which Included ocean ,
hind and marshes and which hail been
begun un.lor th < > direction of Noc-
< iuet'n associates of the Aero club of
Now Yoik as soon UR word was re
ceived that tbo balloon hud boon
found , with no truce of Its mlnHliiR
occupant.
Nociiuct apparently landed safoljr
with bis car , and In fighting his way
out of the meadows In the darkness ,
bad traversed about two-fifths of the
dlHtanco from Jones' beach to Amity-
vlllo , several miles , when ho died.
Ho had crossed thirteen or fourteen
iHlamlH and had swnm or wndcd the
runlets between them. That Nocquot
traveled as far as ho did IH considered
wonderful. Ho must have struggled
the last mlle of the two ho traveled
under fearful dllllcultlos. Ho essayed
a trip that few men could complete
In daylight. The valve-controlling
ropes of the balloon when found indi
cated that the descent had been
started by Nocriuet's action and that
It mils' ' have been gradual.
When Nocn.net started on bin fflght
Tuesday afternoon the wind was blow
ing out to sea. This meant that un
less ho Hlionld come down after being
up but n short tlmo having started
from the Bronx he would surely ha
blown actoss Long Island and out
over the ocean A life preserver was
strapped Inside the banket and the
wor.I to let go wns given. The bal
loon. In Its Might , passed ever Ja
maica , Garden City. Westbury , Jorlco
and Cold Spilng Harbor ; then dark *
ness came and shut It from view.
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E , C , SWIFT IS DEAD
Well Known Meat Packer Succumbs
to Pneumonia.
Boston , April n. K. C. Swift of ChN
cage , a member of the packing firm
of Switt & Co. , died early toauy at
the Qulncy house , whore he engaged
rooms about two weeks ago. Pneu
monia , was the cause of death. Mr.
ill with pneumonia
He grew rapidly worse
Mrs. Clarence
_ , was summoned ,
ills physician , Dr. Johnson , also was
calM/rfrrtrtn1 / Chicago and watched by
tl } "lh'ftTc/vman'8 bedside until ho died.
> 'B'Wl/i's ' wife was traveling In
her husband was strick
en niTd" itrtfs thought she Is now on
her way'to1 America. Mr. Swift was
e. native of * Sandwich , this state. He
left h6tnti 'when ' but a boy , and with
his brother , Oustavus , did much to
develop tlio packing Industry , ono of
the prominent features of his work
being the perfecting of the system of
refrigerator cars.
Over-Exertion Kills Student.
Iowa City , la. , April 5. Lee Struble ,
nineteen years old , an engineering
student In the State university from
LaPorto City , la. , died In the univer
sity gymnasium from heart failure ,
brought on by over-exertion. Ho ran
around the two-fifths track In the ath
letic park and after returning to thu
gymnasium showed signs of distress.
Director Rule worked over him for
forty minutes before a physician
came , triable died twenty minutes
A
later.