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-1 TILE BEE: 0MA1LA, "WEDNESDAY, JULY 5, 1911. HEAT TAKES TOLL OF DEATH Third D7 f Torrid WaT Bringi Mora Abnormal Temperature!. GREAT LIST OF FATALTTIXS Tbraa Deaths la ew York, la la !, rear la rfclladetafcla, r la Kaaea City Faae la Detroit. WAHIN1TO.y, Joty -Th ih rd day ef th heal v spread Ilk a hot b arket from New Pnglsnd lit western Ksnsss nd brought no hop. of fnaiked relief. A light baromotrto dfr'lm) ahirh the w ather (harp ar la now frmlnf In tie northwest, la th only hop now he:d out ,VnlM it grow to. a fullfledgt-d rain form, ttiera la no Immediate pmapct el reenii from tha abnormal temperature and oppreselva humidity whlnh hav rol-le-fed a rorord-breaking toll of death and suffering. , ' "No material change salt of tha Mlls Ippt river during tha riest hlrty-rU , hour." aald Iho .weather man today. "Comwrd. N. H. In tha beart of tha Now England mmiflff enttsg auction of ,oot hllla and brwty'sa shore, tb hottest place In shs Untied "tt at o'cnh thia morning. Tbo mercury regis tered degrees. In tha towering altliod of rtagaiaff. Aria, It played around 44. Tare Dm i ha la aw York. NKW TOBK. July 4-Th h.-t wava rf lesed Ita hold today, tiHtiowgh tha weather wa warm raouglr to' cause dlaromfort ard dtath and prostration from h heat. Tha offlo'aJ tempera tur at It o'clock wn tt. erm pared wth M at tha tlma ye- tarda. A thunder atorm off tha eoast early th a morning and. brink sea breessr war responsible f T tha change. - Thre death war recorded todav, bring ing tha total fine funday morning up to twenty-eeven. PIlltADIUJPTtlA. JnTy 4,-Whri tha temperature tiere at I a. m. waa 13 drgT-" lower than at tha aama hour yesterday, when It registered tt dvgrees, the day was Just aa unomfortsbl brai of tha tx trmly high percentage of humidity. T tarda? morning It waa K per cent and tbla morning It waa 6. Fifteen desths havo heen reported during tha, h at wsv. Mlaaoart Valley Tvmpr r4area rllajs). KANSAS CTTt, July .-Thrs wera four daatha from heat and, a deien prostrations hero today. At' 1 o'clock tho go'mmot waathar bureau,.'' tweW tort abov tha treat, report d ,101 degree. , Tha minimum temperature hare for tho twenty-four hotfn ended -at T o'elaclt-Trrrs morning waa M.atid, a.' m. today. The thermometer te-a'.at- M at m'dnight and at 1 a. ra. felUra. lawna and In tha poorer quartaray avan the at reel wtre ra- ortad to by pereono aaeklng a breath Of breaio and alaep.-1 At 7 o'elookt thia morning tho tempera ture waa U. at Kt Joaeph. Mo.; at Okla homa City.' t W. and at port Worth. Tex., TO. Kairlng a trace at Oaage City. Kan., laat . rtlght. there jiaa been no rain and none a predicted today. Thouaanda of lawna la the city are burned brown. Ia rompanlea are begging the con turner to bo oeonomical that they may havo enough to auppry tho demand. At noon tha temperature recorded at the weather, bureau waa 100. A temperature of Kit a( noon waa reported from' Topeka. Atohlaoa and Ballna, Kan. Bedalla. ito.. reported a temperature of 101 at noon, i ' fctaa Daatha la Chleaara. CKICAOO. July 4-Nlne deatha. .and twenty proatratlona duo to tho Intenae. heat were re'portad In Chicago up to 1 o'clock today. Ai light hot breeao from tho aouth-, weat added, to tho clty'o auffarlnc. . j' Rata la It. raal. T. TAVI July 1-Baln which began falling during th night and continued al most ateadtly until nearly .10 o'clock thia foronnon. aooled the tamperaturo In the aarty part of tho day. Tho official '(emperatare reading today waa at V o'elo-fe when tho mercury ahowed tt degree. Weet of atlnneaota cooler temperaturea prevailed today, v Two IWataa la C3olaabaa, O. " COLCMBU O.. July 4-Tha heat wave contlnuea In Columbua' today and two deatha thia mornlni arc attributed to th high temperature. Tho thermometer today to higher than yeaterday. but a -alight braeae afford eome relief. ' Oaa Ioah la t. Loala. WT. LeOClS. July 4 One death from the heat waa reported to tho police today. The temperature at 11 o'clock waa H degreee. TJia weather forecaater expect tha govern ment thermometer will reglater 100 degreea today, tho aama aa yeaterday.' The mini rrt'iro during the nht waa tt.' Faar Deatha la Detroit. fETBOIT. July 4.-four deatha duo to heat were reported today, making a txHal of eight in Detroit for three daya. TAFT AT BANQUET AT INDIANAPOLIS (Continued from First Pag) tfcouaead of people turned out to see him. War Mat Bellttlea. Ta hi speech to the veteran th presi dent said In part: "I am far from saying that war ha not la times past accomplished much ta th progress of th world, wbathet tho earn progree migrtt save seen - achieved la a Mar peaceful way. It la unaeoeaaary to dlaeusa. Probably not. "tt was by war that tbla country gained h Independence of Great Britain. If Eng land had been better advised probably war aeuld aot have ensued, and wo might now be, aa In the case of Canada, cherishing attachment ta tho mother country without Cttsfiplete independence. The war of U1I might certainly har beaa avoided by arbitration. Th questions th ro presented were queetlon. all of-which hive been eettied by tho judgment of man. k.i4 la favor of our aide of tho contro eersy. "The war with Mexico though there la nm disiHit ever this waa one of tha qjeetlon capable of aolutioa by an m irwrttal tribunal. ."tvbetber th civil war could havo been at tided la a ery difficult question to er. When slavery ha become em-sM-)4 la th social fiber of a country It 1 pbie that only aa excision by a war ni( cue reawve th cancer. .' J'o shall I attempt to answer a similar aueatiua as to tha iipanUa war. It la one vf times taalaaces of Internal dlsseaslon !U Ike civil war and yet I believe the ajbmisiu of the leue to a tribunal mtrfit have affevted gpaia'a treatment of Cuba ks each a way that wo could have avoided a rert to arm. ( ('adttlaaa la tew Anerleaa. "The awful coaaequeave to tw heavily aree4 eeuairieo u4er avodera. conditions f er have beva a great deterreat of war, but the trrospoaaibtUty of mea ciaimlng to tea pairiota aad destrtag to overturn exist lag goverasMnts wbera law aad urder are w welt eetab(uh4 ha led to a greet deal f gwemlla warfare aad to th suffering of a.ucai people, who ftad aa real prktctple tauled sa ta taa eoateaViag parUea ex cect thai of a h. ;ian for pwer. 1 "Ma f lh luod a wrk ttaa occurred -. " ' In Sonth America and In Central .Amevfca and in the dere of guardlanahlp which tha t'nlted Btatea muet feel over the re publlce of thia hemlephero. In maintaining their Integrity agalnet European Invaalon, a ought to welcome every opportunty which glvea ua a legltlmat Inetrument by which wo can make lea probable auch In ternecine etrlfe. 'In tbo aaeertlon of that eort of gnard- lanrhlp we have to be careful' to avoid the charge, which la alway made" by the eueplclou that w are eeeklnf' bur on aggrandliemenL It I an Unfounded charge, for we envy no power If' territory. We have enough. But wo have been able to fend off war In five or mora'lhetancea of recent .date because of our attitude' 'aa an older brother of theaa omall govern ment. ' ' Iteetrletloae Omitted v' "For tha farther aecurrng of (peace and aa an example to all tho ' world of th poenlbllltlea of th ueo of arbitration w have Invited England and Franca and' Ger many to make a treaty for the arbitration of all difference of an International char acter that In their nature can be adjudi cated. We have left out thoee exception which have heretofore always been excluded from arbitrable controversies Question of a nation's honor and of It vital Interest. "Of course I cannot aay with poeltlveneee that all these treaties will b. madar.and confirmed. -L can-'only say that th -prospect of an agreement with "the executive of one of the countrleg I reasonably, eure and w have every hope a to tha other two .-' -.. , "Objection haa'been made than an agree ment to arbitrate a queetlon of national honor ought not to be entered .Into, for the-reason that when one'a honor is af fected ohe. will never consent, to ''have the. question arbitrated and therefore that to agree to do ao In advance 1 ta. sarreo to do something that one will not bA willing to do and that one doe not Irit'j l ,'tJ do and therefor It savors of kyp(n'viy; and ought , not to bo adopted as a'" national policyr - - . . ' J "I cannot concede th premliee oj. this argument. ' I look upon a treatyfiii thia sort aa a self denying ordinance, 4, self restricting obligation. A willingness of great countries like Oigland, France, Ger many and the United State' to submit all their ..difference, oven. Involving . their honor, to an Impartial tribunal will bo ft lep; forward in the cause of peae for tha world that can hardly be estimated." . , Tho president told the banker that the Aldrlch -plan oould not bo regarded a a politic! measure and should have th sup port of men' of all political parties. ' "SAFE AND SANE" CELEBEATION .(Continued from ; First Page.) "141 trews Margaret Brent" represented by Sheriff John J.' Hanson and Mies Cather ine Self, was fol lowed by a large parade. Haadred Thoaaaad Slnsj Asaerlea. DENVER, July . "My Country, 'Tie of Thee," sung' or hummed by 'more than IW.OOn person marked the celebration of a sane Fourth in Denver. At 11 o'clock the booming of a great bell In the tower of a down t-iwn department store gave tho sig. nal for' Mi beginning of a military and Industrial parad. Th crowds packing the streets, in the parks, street cars and the unfortunate In offices and stores joined In the song of the republic. A eoot breeao from tho mountain - tempered tho sun' ray. - . : . - , Compete Uptake la At. Laala. . 8T. tOUIrt, July .-Vlebratlons,j lrl- t ended ta be ai and. sane, were scheduled to ho. rfhj re vjqday- amj .tocljrljt. ;Vdar tho auspices- of the . Central TradeaPand tJibor union And tho Building1 JfraHo, coun cil, a -proteek meeting Was held. Samuel Qompsrs, . president of the Amerloan Fed eration of Labor, and Frank M. Ryap, president of the Bridge and Structural Iron Workers, addressed tha mooting. No Firwworka fa it. . Joseph. , ST. JOSEPH, Ma, July 4. St. Joseph en- Joyed Its first "an Fourth", today with th discharge of firework prohibited. The heat la Intense, wljh Indications of oquaillng yesterday's record of 10. Moaasaeat ta SfaeGahaa TJavelled. NEW IXINUTON, O., July , A monu ment to th memory of J. A. MaoOahan. an American Journalist, whom the Bul garian call their "liberator," waa unveiled her today. ' MacOahan worked In this' be half, In conjunction with Arthur Forbes, in rousing Europe to tho point of putting an end to the Bulgarian atrocities. Almost a generation ! ago th' remain' of McOahan were brought back from Constantinople on a man-of-war. ClerelaneT Wlthoat Fireworka. ' T CLEVELAKD, O., July, tWNot .a single firecracker, toy pistol or gun was fired in Cleveland today. A parade ddrtng the day and public firework tonight were the feature of Cleveland' Fourth celebration. ST. PAUL. July 4. Governor Eberhart and Mayor Keller, preceded by a band, led about 1,000 youngster through th city street to Harriet Island City .park, on the Mississippi river, today, for the Com-' merclal club's annual "safe and sane" Fourth of July celebration. Ambassador aad Mrs, Held Beeetre. LONDON, July 4. Tho Fourth of July reception at Dorchester house by Am Be, sador and Mr. Raid wag even more largely attended than usual on account of. the faet that a large number of th American who cam over to attend th coronation are still In London. Standing at tho head of th grand staircase for two qoit, tjia am bassador and Mrs, Raid wsri constantly occupied In welcoming a stream of-guest. On tho lawna and tarraoea of th Reld mansion buffet tents had . bean erected for refreshments, which were served to th guests. 1 - -, American FlaaTo la Rea.-' '1 ROME. July 4. Many American flags waved hero today In the vicinity of the American pavilion at the International ex hibition. Mgr. Kennedy, . rector , of . tha American college in Rome, gave a dinner to tha studeuts and many ptelateal num. boring WO. . . Big Celebration ta Maalla. MANILA. July 4. There was an Ideal celebration-of Independence day her, fine weather contributing Ua ahare. , Th Fili pino Joined with th American resident lo th publlo exercises. . Fifty thousand persons turned out. GANG OF ROWDIES BEAT . MAN AND BREAK WAGON Freak Mirk Attacked 'at Klxteeatk aad Vlatoa tree Is, Tesgki F.K-aplaa. , Dilvtrg a peanut wagon around tha corner of Sixteenth and Vinton streets, at. S:3p. o'clock last night. Frank Nick SOI North Twentieth atreet. waa attacked, by .a gang of young men who, it ia aald. make that corner their favorite haunt. Nick was pulled from his wagon and beaten by a dosen of the fellows, while others demolished his peanut wagon. A. Vogt. loll Vinton street, cam to the peanut vender acslstanro and reoeived a severe besting at tha band of th gang.' A riot call waa turned Into tho (Ue station and policemen arrived at the corner to find tbo gang had disappeared. Mer chant told tha officer that tb rowdies had made it a custom of "banxlnr about that ooravr and btj( .ua. 1J. Lfsjgrfc" YTOLGAST KNOCKS OUT KORAN (Continued from First t'age.) about the ring, during the minute's rest. At th gong he rushed to Clove quarters, sending bla light -to the kidneys. Moran crtaliated with two atraight rlghta lo the fftce and tb champion swung back wildly. However, he landed several hard right and left wallopa to th stomach and they cloeed la. flgbtlng at an awful pace. Wolgaet al most sent the .Knglishman througn the ropes with neart punches, but Moran came back gamely and scored frequently on the body. Another rally followed with both fighters apparently tiring from tha hurri cane pace. Wolgast had the better of the round. ' Hound JO "Wolgaet forced the issue, but waa met with a straight right on the jaw and they slowed up With the champion swinging ills left to the JaW And almost sending the Briton through the- ropes with riant, and Jeft-to. the body and face. Moran brought the Crowd to Ita feet aa he met Wolgast at his own game,' beating him to the punch and starting tho bio fromd the champion's mouth. Wolgast slowed per ceptibly and they rested In a clinch, Moran swung a hard right t othe Jaw and they were In another- slashing rally when the belled .clanged. . It waa Moran' round. Bound 11 Moran opened with two lefta to th face and a moment later shot two mora to tha same place and escaped a re turn. They clinched, and exchanged rights to tho face. Moran after blocking several rights, drov his right to th face. Wol gast countered with slashing body punches but Moran did not. give way an inch. The Briton swunx rlaht and left hard to th Jaw and clevdrly thwarted a vlcloua as sault. It waa Moran'a round and he ap peared to be gaining strength. Bound 1 a hey clinched, -hammering away at each other' body and face. Wol gast sent two right uppercuta to the body. Moran then ahot a atraight left to th fare and another o the nose, Wolgast retaliating with two forceful body punchee. Moran swung his right to the Jaw at long range and quickly followed It with a left to the same mark. Wolgast started Moran s mouth bleeding wlfh a hard right Just as th bell rang and the Briton spat a tooth. Brltoa Kaaeked Oat. Round 12 Wolxast rushed desperately and finally forced th Briton Into a cor ner. I hey had not been ngnting thirty seconds when the champion shot hi right with terrific force to the pit of the itom- a h. The Impact of the blow waa heard clear across the arena. QulcW aa a flssh Wolxant sent two more rlxhts to the stom ach and as Moran began to fall a left hook found the jaw. Moran went to the floor with hla mouth open and hi eyes glassy, lie wAi counted out wltil in a recumbent position. - "TAMA JIM'S" SUMMER TIPS They Relate to Moaqaltoea and th v Beat Way ot Bateetalalag "' . Them,'1... ' ,' A little heed' now lo'tncle Jim Wilson's official thought on mosquito bite and you may save yourself many ; an , itch and a lot of unnecessary scratching In the Imme diate future. Th secretary f agriculture haa Just Issued a bulletin telling how not only to "doctor the bites, but .explaining In detail how to catch a tnosq;tifto jon the bed room ceiling at th very first Jab. Incredible a this latter" statement may seem Oven tr th ' beat of bedroom aero Imts, Secretary Wilson certifies that It his been don in several' part of th United State. Tb feat as' accomplished under Secretary Wilson's dlcertiona, I not however' entirety .devoid of excitement. There 1 a chance of dropping a, little kero sene ojl'into your upturned face. "A home-mads apparatus" is, necessary for this ' improved bedroom campaign against th "skseter." As described In tb department bulletin It consist of a tin cup of tin can cover nailed to the nd of a long tick In such a way. that, a spoonful of kerosene can bo placed in th cup. "The cup," say the bulletin, "may then by mean of th stick be pressed up to th gelling so as to enclose on mosquito after another." ;. A soQn as th mosquito perceives that ha la. cauxht under tha ouo ho bee mea n&nicslfcken and file right dew, into th kerosene. It is an interesting; pay etio logical -fact that the human hand.,' appa ratus has no such effect upon mosquitoes of any variety, for ther are many well authenticated -lnstancea where . they hav been enclosed' In th hand and -Instead of beating about trixdly' far an opening, hav lurked quietly . In a. finger crevice with vary- -evidence ot self-possession and sanity. " Secretary, Wilson, however, has great faith in tha tin can macnod. "By It" he says, "perhaps th majority of 1 mosquitoes In a,, given bedroom cer tainly all or those resting on tho oelllng can bo caught befor one goes to bod." Some objections havo been heard to this method because of. Its lnexpertness, but It Is understood that none of tho fault finders his yet tried ttfe tin cup and kero sene method on sidewall or lac curtain mosquitoes. j Secretary Wilson also suggested a mos quito trap after a model Invented by H. I Maxwell Leroy of Indiana. Till trap I a fpot long, a foot wide and nine Inane deep, lined . with dark 1 green . balsa nnd having a hinge door.' aJ small hole, to be covered when deaired by a revolving piece of wood or metal, ia cut in th top ot th box. This trap l designed to tak ad vantage of th mosquito' desire for a nioa cool resting placa after a hard night's work. Th agricultural bulletin tell how to set this trap;' ' . . "Owing to th habit of mosquito," it says, "to eek a cool shady place in which to rest, such a; a dark comer of th room or a bookshelf or something of that sort, they will enter tho trap, which I put In th part of tho room moat frquented by mosquito, all other dark plaoeo being rea der ed uninhabitable aa far as possible They gre driven out of bookshelves with 'a duster or tobacco moko and got Into a de sirable sleeping place for the day. The door is then closed 'and faatened and Into th mal hoi at . th top of th hog a teaspoonful or' lea of benslno Is then In troduced. .TW kill th mosquito Inside and tha box i ' thoroughly aired and re placed." ... Secretary Wilson say 'Mr1. ' Lefroy has been vary successful in catching mosquitoes In this way. He has averaged aa many as eighty-three a day. Ur." L. O. Howard,' th department's chief ' entomologist, who .prepared the pamphlet for Secretary' Wilson, ' says tha best mix ture he ever found' to' prevent mosquito bites - waa mad of . oil ot cltronella, one ounce; spirits of camphor, one ounce, and oil of cedar, half an ounce. "Ordinarily," aaya tho official bulletin, "a few drop on a bath towel hung over the headf of th bed will keep the common house mosquitoes away. Whey they are very abundant and persistent a few drops rubbed on th fao and hands' will auffic. Th government officials . acknowledge, .however, that even thia .mixture won't be good for all night and that If ou want a real- sleep. -you" will t havo. to get up and dose yourself again just befor dawn. New York Sun. x ' r KENYON GIVES HIS. VIEW OFORIMER'S ELECTION Meaaaer of Caaasalttea Make It Plain What View Ho Taken ( llllaela Kle-etloa. WEBSTER CITY. Ia., July -Special Telegram.) Senator Kenyon la a Chautau qua address la this city this afternoon made U plain to tboussnds of people that he believed Senator Lorlmer. was elected through bribery. Comparing the Bishop of I)., a character in Victor Hugo' Le Miser able, to "present day political leaders, he made the etatement, "Had we more men yejnn todgl. Ihera. would.' not J) whole township In Ohio bought or legislatures corrupted in-our neighboring slate of Illinois." Tb statement waa greeted with vocifer ous cheers from thousands. THE NEW SECRETARY OF WAR Activities aad goeaeeeea at Heary to tlaXsea Before tho Canrta. - Henry L. Stimson first cam promi nently Into th publlo eye when, aa United State district attorney', ha conducted suo ceesfully a notable series of prosecution against half a dosen of tha big railroad s stems for giving rebate to th Bugar trust. Those prosecutions closely followed his appointment by President Roosevelt early In M08. After he bad twice con victed tho New York Central befor a Jury, th Hock Island, the , Bt. Paul and th Central Vermont all pleaded guilty and the Ureat Northern, which held out, met th same fat as th New York Central In a Jury trial, Ther followed in cloe succession th prosecution . of various paper combina tions, and th beginning ot the case against the American Sugar Refining com psny, .which rssuited In verdicts ot guilty against th trust Itself, as well as against Charles B, Hleka,, Ua treasurer; th u perlntandeat of -the Havemayer aV Elder refinery In Williamsburg and various men under blm-.-.Th Sugar trust custom frauds cases and. other prosecution for violation t t th' c as to ma laws brought in fine and back duUea Into th United Statea treasury. Th other big financial ease of tho Stim son regim in th United Statea attorney' office was the prosecution of Charles W. Morse aad his conviction tor wrecking tho National Bank of North America. Mr. SUmson was still engaged la winding up the sugar " cases when he - resigned and wa succeeded by Henry A. Wise, In th spring ot ltn. He continued aa special counsel to tbo government until tho last Bugar tcuat defendant waa convicted. Then cam a period, ot the practice of law, In which he had been engaged from tb time of hi graduation trdm th Harvard Law school In 19L When ths republican progressives got control of ' the Saratoga convention last summer Theodora Roosevelt mad Mr. SUmson his candidate for governor and brought about ih nomination, which waa followed by hi defeat. ' Since the first of the year Mr. Stimson has delivered several addresses that at tracted attention. In which he placed him self In th progressive wing of tbo party. In state affair ho has' declared himself a believer In th policies that Governor Hughe advocated, HI moat recant pub llo activity has been as head of tha new firs prevention bureau established by th Cltixens' Committee of Safety. Thl work wa put under way' following the Triangle Shirt company's disaster, and waa a volun tary service so far as Mr. Stimson and th other organisers ' of tho bureau are concerned. " Mr. Stimson ia 43 years old and a mem ber of the law firm of Wlnthrop ae Stim aon, of which Senator Root was a member before ho entered ' President MoKlnley's cabinet, aa secretary., of war. His oity horn la 176 Lexington avenue and hi country placa at Cold Spring Harbor, Long Island. New York Time. "KITTY. N THE HUMAN CAT" "Niae-Ltve Datcalo," Pnlntln; Tradesman, Survives Inna- -I'M nterablo Palls. b ,T ' :r.m n,L ' ' ' RsFeHow worlmMBt4kJ tni'mixii., . j ,0MprEvan Sherman. ,wio la ,a0 years old. anu live at noo rWMt On Hundred and ,'Twsnty-flrst street,.,. Nw York. "Nln. Lives Dutchi," and his . old schoolmate dubbed him "Kitty. . , th Human . . Cat." both sobriquet having to do with Bher mon's ability to fall from heights varying from ten to 100 feet without hurtina- him self.. H himself estimates that he has nad about 100 falls. But be show him self without a scratch, and is sura that no isn t going to die that way. ,Ho fell eight stories recently from the Scott Bowno building, near tbo Brooklyn bridge, about 100 feet But he was stlU th "Human Cat" of youth, for he landed on th flagstone on , his , feet. x And it wasn't because of Injuries that h went to St- Gregory's hospital. His trousers were torn and he went to the hospital to wait Ull another pair was sent him. Hi knee were somewhat bruised, and one hand lacerated. Ho was standing on tho outer sill of a window In th eighth story when h slipped and pitched out Into th air. Criea of horror arose from those who saw him from the Street, and' they turned their head away to avoid tha sight of seeing the man killed. But "Nine-Lives Dutchie" saw on his way down some telegraph wires, and h grabbed for one. He caught it, but hi weight tor tho wire from his grasp. However, this act brok hi fall. He landed on hi feet and aank to hi knee. For a llttl wb.ll h was atunned, but when th ambulance got ther he waa sitting up. "I've been falling ever sine can re member,"' .a said Sherman. "I tarted by falling out of my high chair. When I was a boy. th other boy called me 'Kitty th Human Cat I wa always oUmblng up somewhers and falling a good part of th Uma I hav fallen out of fruit trees about twenty-five time. I guess. I nay toppled off barn or out of th hayloft about twenty time, too. Tve fallen off tenoe about. thirty times, off boats six, and bicycles eighteen. ' "Only, two weeks ago I tumbled off th fourth story of a building, and I wasn't A bit hurU Tv had o much practice that I'v kind ef got -th knack of failing on my feet l)kh pussy cat do." The human tumble-bug said tbat during his fall he bad his faculties with him all the way. .. , "When .! started to shoot dawn V Wln of got a hunch that say good luck In ths past wasn't going to Assert ma.'? Shermon explained. But thia was sur th biggest ever got., xou bet my brain was working fast. "-New Tork World. CICADA VISITS HOSE COMPANY Pet Cat ml Flresara Discovers Pint Iaeet af Klad Thl Season nan Adopts It. A lusty seventeen-year locust, discovered by the pet cat of hos company No. 10, has diverted th attention of a Urge number of persons from ths weather. The notorious Insect was serving as a substitute for a mouse for puss, which had dlscovsred It i under an arc lamp In front of the engine house, when the winged pest waa rescued. A, C. Nelson, of th ho company, aald laat night that he was fa miliar wijjj. th appearance of tha locust and that he was sure of Its Identity. The chirping noise pecullsr to this species of ths cicada was produced at will aat night by gently 'squeeslng the Insect back of th head. . HYMENEAL ' JoUy-Hapkiaa. MILWAUKEE, Wla.. July 4--8peclal Telegram.) Oaa of the prettiest weddlnge of th year wag that today of Peter M Jolly of Norfolk. Neb., and Mia Ma A. Hopkins, daughter of an old Milwaukee family, at St. Patrick's church this morn ing. Ther was a large array ot local social notables a ushers and bridesmaids, a well aa among the guests. The bride wore a beautiful gown of white satin, trimmed with old lace worn by several generations of brides of her family, caught with pearls. Th bridesmaid mad a pretty seen In whit, with picture hats and carrying pink roses, while tha maid of honor wore palo green aatin. HAZARDOUS TASK OF FLYING Roster of Aeeldents Dae to Fanlt of MerheaUm and Reek leaeaeoa. - In the volume entitled "The Aeroplane" (LlppincotO. of which th aeronaut, Claud Orahame-Whlte, 1 part author, chapter ar devoted to aeroplane record and th achievements of aeronauts th world over. and th atory of progress revealed 1 heartening. A full analytical account ' 1 given,-' too, of all the fatal accidents of which th detail ar known, and with no disposition to minimis th risk, th author and th other airmen who col laborate with him express confidence 'that th cause of accident ar In considerable part removable and that th aeroplane will som day be made a safer carriage than th automobile. Even at present tb risk of flying I not ao great as 1 com monly supposed from th numerous acci dents recorded. In th first place most of the accidents damage tha machln with out Injuring th aeronaut, the elastio struc ture serving to break th fall. . In th second place, the proportion of accident to flight la. smaller than Is Imagined, be cause It Is not generally realised how many airmen there' are at work. In thl book (ketches ar given of som TOO, but tha total - number runs well above 1,000, some placing tho figure as high aa 1,000. ' In a little more than two years, from September 17, 1908, to February 9, 1911, there wer thirty-four aeroplane fatalities. In tho year 1910 ninety people were killed and ' eighty injured while mountaineering, and the number ot real climber ' fa not greater than the number of aviators. Even In crude figures, then, flying seems to bo safer than mountain climbing, but this is only a part of the truth. For the work in aviation dona during this time' was experi mental, both a to the building and th operation of th machine. A large part of the accident may. be traced to cause which have already . been removed, whl I others, sure of a sort .which careful training would, go far to obviate.. Of the thirty-four fatal accidents studied, tho causes gstghd are: Breakage, 11; loss, of control, g; failure of controlling mechanism, g; . wind gusts, 4; accidents on ground, 4; fallur of motor, 1; illneaa of pilot, 2; unknown, L- Tho list 1 suggestive. At least fifteen of tho thirty-four accidents were duo to faults of mscbanlsm, which it is believed can be remedied. Of tha rest, it is safe to say that a number wer due to lack of kill at point upon which th operator of the futur will' be well coached.- Other war caused by reckless stunts which hav no place In legltlmat aeroplanlng at the present stage of the - art, and therefor ar no more to be reckoned - against th aeroplane than a oup race accident I to be reckoned against th automobile. -When ail these deduction ar made, th residue of fatalities, while deplorable,, 1 really not very large for two years' progressive conquest of the air and tha breaking In of over 1.000 pilots. It. will probably bo long befor flying ia safe, aa -walking or trolly riding la safe, and it Is not a sport for those who hav other- dependent upon them. For the, young and adventurous it is quit a legitimate field- for the employ ment ot courage and presence cf mind not free from danger, certainly, 'but by no means foolhardy. Those who tak part In th development ot flight ar a very - gal lant legion In th van of man's battl for th conquest of nature. Springfield Re publican. Moat Food 1 Poison to th dyspeptic. Electrlo Bitters cur dys pepsia, liver and kidney complaint and debility. Prlc 60c Sold by Beaton Prug Co. SAFES BLOWN AT-SANTA ROSl Poatoffleo and General Store Are. Robbed of Bla Sam by Gaagr ef Cracksmen. SANTA ROSA. Cal., July 4. Blowing In quick succession the safe of th poatoffic and the merchandise store of Frank J. Pool In the town of Windsor, ten miles north of here, a gang of cracksmen early today made what Is believed to have been heavy hauls and escaped after an exchange of shots with a policeman and several citl- sens. Stamps from the postotflce formed a considerable part of the robbers' loot. '. ' ofr 7A fmt SCISSORS . RAZORS MONDAY, JULY 3d CONTINUING ALL WEEK. 1612 Harney Street. DUIII1KIG mRDUnnE CO., Agents 10 Elegant, Useful Prizes Given Away Free. th exact amount of which haa not been learned. Posses ar now searching th surrounding country for th thieves. OVER SEAS IN 19-FOOT YAWL Foolhardy tailors Challeag tha Man with tho Pike to Da His Worst. Tho tiny yawl Sea Bird, with three men but no dog on board, sailed away from th Rhode Inland Tacht club nous at Paw tuxet Juna 10 bound for Rome. Th Sea Bird la owned by Thomas Fleming Day, editor of the Rudder and an enthusiast on mall boat sailing. With him ar T. R. Goodwin and Fred B. Thurber of this city. The Sea Bird, only nineteen feet on the water Una, lastly tugged at its mooring off the yacht club houa all th morning while the last of the stores wer put on board and carefully stowed away. In a boat of thl sis ther Is not much room for stow ago and much care, has to be taken to put things 'where they can ba reached easily and not be spoiled by salt water that may be taken on board. A big fleet of motor boats accompanied the Sea Bird down th bay. Bom went as far as Newport and then returned. Th yacht by sundown waa making toward th Nantucket Shoals lightship, from whicn It will head across th ocean. On th way out It was met by th achooner Westward, which was Just arriving from England. The two boats, ono coming horn with laurels and the other seking honors start ing out, saluted, ' Thomas Fleming Day, who promoted nearly all tha long distance races for smalt boats and who helped to maka them suc cessful by sailing In them himself, haa tor a long time wanted to cross the ocean In a small boat. Once ho made plans, but had to give up the Idea because his crew withdrew. Now he haa Induced two reek leas amateur sailors to ascompany him In a cruWe across the Atlantic and tbo three have started from Bristol. R. I., with tho Idea of reaching 'Rome, Italy, Mr.' Day, who is art honorary member of the Rhode Island and forty-seven other yacht clubs. Is the skipper of this cruise. Ho Is accompanied by Theodora R. Good win, president of tho Narragansett Bay Yacht Racing association, and Fred B. Thurber, a member of tho Rhode; Isffifcd Yacht club. Mr. Goodwin la an abl yachts man and has don considerable sailing and Mr. Thurber haa sailed In many an ocean rac and was on of tho crew of the Kltclnque when that boat was burned two years ago while racing from Bay Ridge to Marblehead. Tha Sea Bird la twenty-fit feet fly inches over ail, nineteen feet on the water line, eight feet four Inche beam and three feet eight Inches extreme draught. It Spreads 400 square feet of canvas In Its working sails and In addition can set a square sail when th wind I favorable. Tho area of this sail Is 130 squar feet Recently th Sea Bird was equipped with a three-horse power Knex ngln. This turn a sixteen-lnch propeller. It haa thirty gallon of keron In tubular tank under th cabin floor, five gallons In th cockpit and thre gallon of gasolln for starting. New York Sun. '. PRECAUTION AGAINST CHOLERA Pnbllo Health and Maria Hospital Board Decides laereaaa -Period of Detention. WASHINGTON, July l-Th publlo health and marine hospital service today decided that with th approval of tho see retary of the treasury tha period of de tention of immigrants expo4 on a chol-era-lnfected ship, arriving at port in. tha fJnfted "States should b extended'from fl v days toten Bays.'' This Increased deten tion, said' Surgeon ' General Walter Wy man, of the publlo health and marine hos pital service' after a conference on tho situation today with Dr. Alvah H. 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