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1 4"r <*&* X? ' "W2* f J *% t J> if ^ % -f 7 ' , 1 * * ' * l l * ' ! v. ; l^hTi::-',i-^,.--< . - •-' f': #«l ows TREMeNEimY PLAIHDEALER McHKNRY PLAINDBAluBR 00 W --TOLD IN- The inventor of a new airship i? 'tbade a successful flight In New York, p controlling the mechanism perfectly • fbr two hours in face of a strong 'f%, %ind and alighting at a stated spot. • The end of the yellow fever terror at ^ Kew Orleans is now believed to be in L,...focht . - - San Francisco grand jury accuses Mayor Schmitz of incompetency and Biisconduct in office. | /*! President Roosevelt is expected to " fcneet with United Spanish American K : War Veterans at Milwaukee next month. Mexico has begun a fight on the fev_-_ great national vice of pulque drinking. / Gov. Winthrop declares that he will '• atop future rioting in Porto Rico by ' ordering the rioters shot down. The growing prosperity of Cuba is shown by the report of the Cuban Minister to the United States. " , Adolphe William Bouguereau the , noted painter, is dead at his home in Roshelle, France, at the age of 80. The pope, in order to recognize the ^ ®rowth of the church in America, may «&me a papal nuncio for Washington. *' Russian imports show a decided de» «tease over the time of last year, while (bxports are larger. Imports of cotton from the United States are 50 per eent smaller. jj^ Lieut. Gen. A. R. Chaffee, Brig. Gen. es P. Bell and William Crozier, o will represent the general staff of e United States army at the French maneuvers, sailed for Europe. 'A dispatch from Pekin announces tat China has raised a loan of $2,->0,000 in Belgium for the service of Luhan railway. , IJThe governor of German Bast Af- ijtea telegraphs that the situation in t^e colony has changed for the worst, ^pd Emperor William has ordered two ?uisers t,p proceed these immed-ely. .Frank Ward, foreman of a yard gang at the Pueblo (Colo.) steel works,, tSmsed the death of his daughter, Frances, aged 16, by forcing her to , fallow poison, and then committed gfcucide by using the same drug. Neigh* .* Ijors said Ward had been drinking. J|e was a widower. Edward Hollaran, aged* 15, of Alle­ gheny, Pa., who escaped from the Morgansea reform school, Pa.t was - *hot and killed yesterday at Riverview yS "y TlioUiiis Noiuer, whose grocery Store the boy, it is said, was robbing. • Hattie Hackett, 18 years old, daugh­ ter of Levi J Hackett, a farmer of It ; Kent's Hill, Me., was strangled and f - killed by four men believed to be tramps. John Zar, aged 19, died at Litch- field, 111., from the effects of a gun* V /siiot wound received in a quarrel with '•» Vic Poloni at Mount Olive Tuesday. i< * Poloni has not been arrested. r In a second meetings of the feud clans of the Mullins and Flemings in ' Letcher county, Kentucky, Monroe * Reward and Henry Mullins of the Jfullins faction were killed. The State Department has been in* • formed that the Russian government has postponed for one year the meet- Ipg of the fifth international congress of obstetrics and gynecology. J f The secretary of the interior has or- t • dered the withdrawal from entry of I 160,000 acre sof land In the La Grande, Ore., land district on acount of the ^ 1 Umatilla irrigation project. The Texas Railroad Commission, ^ Saving decided that icing charges for ;.t fefrigerating cars are excessive, will cut the rates more than 50 per cent, f; according to an announcement made Lil lit Austin. s*. The JPramatic Order of Knights of f^Srv|thorassan, which has been in conven­ tion in Detroit for three days decided ||jf to hold its next session in two years at Colorado Springs. )4- Capt. Carl F. Hartmann of the sig- tf/ aal corps, U. S. A., who was court- 5'; jnartialed at Vancouver barracks, ' Washington, accused of unbecoming Conduct, has been acquitted. |7 Forest supervisors' examinations p Will be held under the direction of the ift , civil service commission commencing p, about Oct. 6 and lasting throughout h the month in several of the western |V, States. / William W. Russell, the American minister to Venezuela, will present his credentials to President Castro Aug. Y 32. ^ „ Several members of the royal set- tlements commission have been or- P dered to visit the United States for I*- j the purpose of studying western farm management and conditions. This ;>•' commission is engaged in buying & ; lands owned by Poles and settling |i,4 Germans on them, so as to increase 2?" German influence in Prussian Poland, fe Charles Krotzenberger, district passenger agent of the Big Four rail- ti way at Columbus, Ohio, was appointed .jj general agent at Cincinnati. ;t(J' Maj. Gen. Lord Choylesmore of the British army and Lady Cheylesmore arrived in New York on the steam­ ship Baltic from Liverpool. The United States war vessels Chi­ cago and Bennington arrived at San Francisco from San Diego, accompa­ nied by the naval tug Fortune. ^ The Perth assembly carried a mo- |F* > * tion for home rule for Ireland by 21 te*- Wong Kai Kah, Chinese Imperial trade commissioner, comes to the XTnited States to discuss boycott and if proposed new exclusion treaty. L - Mrs. Frank Chew died at Moweau- f% njua. 111., from taking a dose of corro- «ive sublimate,-sold by a druggist by >•, mistake for cslomel. ^ ̂"" The police of Qranmkshele, Sicily, "ifired on strikers who were stoning them, killing seven and wounding a number of others. Five tourists were killed by falls in the Tyrol mountains, while three others were probably fatally injured LATEST CASH MARKET REPORTS. . CMMOO Produe®, Bntt«p-- Creamery, extra. 21c; prints, , 22c; firsts, lS'Ae'tff^c; seconds, renovated, J8@18Uc; dairies. Cooley's. 18c; firsts, 17c; ladles, packing Stock, 15Vb#16c. --FTPSII stock at mark,. new CUPM icluae^ Included. 12%(3>iri%c: cases returned, :©15%c; firsts, 17c; prime firsts, parked In whitewood cases, 18^c; extra fclgh- J^ade, packed for city trade, 21c. Cheese--Fix 11 cream, daisies. 11%®11H^: twins, ll@ll%c; young Americas. 11^4® ll^ic; long horns, ll%4c: Swiss, block, 10%c; drum, 13c; llmburger, choice, >>c;. off grades, G&Tc: brick, 9c; oft grades,5 i@8c. Fish- Black bass. 15c; carp and buffalo. 2c: pike, 7c; pickerel, 5c; perch. 4c. Live poultry--Turkeys, per lb. 140.15c; chickens, fowls, lie; roosters, 7Hc; Springs. 13Msc; per lb; ducks, 10c; geese, $4®6 per doz. Fruit--Apples, new baskets, 7.">c@J1.23; boxes, $1@1.2.V, brls. $2.50<®4.50; crab- apples, $1 per brl; peaches, southern, per 6-basket crate. $2@2.25; 4-basket crates, $1; Michigan, bu. 40c@$1.50; 1-5 bu, 8dg> 25c; pears. Michigan, sugar. 65@75c per case, $.S@4..V> per brl; plums. 4-basket case. 50@75c; 1-5 bu baskets. 45c; cherries, $1.25@1.40; lt>-qt case; grapes, 8-lbi baskets, 20@2Sc. Berries--Red raspberries. $1.75@2 peri ^4 ^,10; blsckfcerrrrs, vfrc©;?.2.^ p«r-LM qts; blueberries. $1.25^2; currants, common, $1.25; cherries. $1.50®l.ti0. Melons--"Watermelons. $100@1."15 per car; gems, crates. 50c@$5.50; baskets, 15@25c; Osage, 75@83c per orate. Green vegetables -Carrots, home-grown. 50@75c per 100 bunches; cabbage, $1.25® 1.30 crate; cucumbers, per doz. 10@:t0c; celery, 25®2t;c per box; radishes, $1.25® 1.50 per 100 bunches; spinach. 2.">@.»c per tub: tomatoes. 25c per case: lettuoc.. head, 30@ti0c per tub; leaf. 25®40c per tub; beets. 7-3c@$l pet1 100 bunches;-tur­ nips. 60c per box; string beans. 40@75c per bqpx; asparagus, J1.50 per box: cauli­ flower,, 75c@51 per case, green peas. $1@ 1.80 per sack; green onions. 5@tic per bunch; onions, 40@75c per bu; sweet corn.* 30@40c per sack; kohlrabi. $1.2.1@1.50 per 100 bunches; potatoes, car lots on track, 40@53c per bu; mushrooms. 50<£>ti5c per lb; squash; 25o per doe; watercress, H& 10c per doz. New York Product. " Butter--Firm; unchanged. ; c * • Clieese--Quiet; unchanged. Eggs--Firm; Pennsylvania and n«H*r-by fancy, selected, white. 26@28c; do choice, 24@25c; do mixed, extra. 24c; western extra selected, 21 ̂ 2 &23c; do firsts, 20fip 21c. Grain Quotations. WHEAT. Chicago--No. 2 red, 88%@84»4c. New York--No. 2 red. 87^c. Minneapolis--No. 1 northern. 11.08. St. Louis--No. 2 red, 82%@83c. Puluth--No. 1 northern, $1.07*4. Kansas City--No. 2 hard, 7d@88Hc. Milwaukee--No. 1 northern, fl.OSlbe. Toledo--No. 2 red. 83^c. CORN. Chicago--No. 2, 54%@55c. Liverpool--American mixed, 4s 10%d. New York--No. 2. 60Vfcc. Peoria--No. 3, 55c. « St. Louis--No. 2, 53?ic. Kansas City--No. 2 mixed. 51%C. Milwaukee--No. 3. 53*4@54%c. OATS. Chicago--Standard, 27 @27 Vie. New York--Mixed. :i2Vz&IlSc. St. Louis--No. 2, 28Vfcc. Kansas City--No. 2 mixed, 27%c. Milwaukee--Sta ndard, 27 Vi &27%c. Live Stock. CATTLE. Chicago--$1.15®t t».10. Omaha--$1.50$ 5.50. Kansas City--$1.75 6t. Louis--$2^5.35. St. Joseph---II.iff/5.40. New York--$1.75(S5.W. HOGS. Chicago--$4.75 <51>. 40. Omaha--$5@6.o5. Kansas City--$5.O,">@6.20. St. Louis--$5.50$ St. Joseph--$4.75$ 5.90« New York--$t>.50$t>.tJ0. / SHEEP. AND LA3CT& Chicago--$2$ 8. Omaha--$4.25@7.10. Kansas City--$4@7.2$. St. Louis--$4.25®,7. St. Joseph--$3.75<&C.75. ' \ PEICE DEPENDS THE Wi Preposition to Arbitrate Has Been Sent to Emperor by M. Wittel ROOSEVELT SEEKS A WAY OUT President of the United State* Offers His Good Offices to Secure an Agreement Between the Envoys on Disputed Points. Richard Med. Elliott, Jr., Pennsyl­ vania, and Ralph G. Haxton, Indiana, have been admitted to the naval acad­ emy at Annapolis as midshipmen. Dr. Fred Wolle, who has become famous as the conductor of the Bach festivals in Bethlehem, Pa., has ac­ cepted a call to the chair of music at the University of California. Capt. W. T. Burwell will command the navy yard station at Puget sound, Washington, as the relief of rear Ad­ miral C. J. Barclay, who retires from the navy on Sept 8. Henry St. George Tucker, dean of the school of law and diplomacy of George Washington university of Washington, D. C., has not yet ac­ cepted the presldenoy of Jamestown Exposition company. Several thousand socialists and an­ archists paraded the streets of Milan Sunday, creating disorder and rioting. The police were powerless and caval­ ry dispersed the mobs, many persons being badly wounded. H. H. Piper, a farmer and the only millionaire in Bureau county, Illinois, residing in Berlin township, is critic­ ally ill. Medical Inspector H. G. Beyer of the navy has been ordered to Paris as a delegate to the international tubercu­ losis congress. The State Department of Delaware issued certificates of incorporation to the Pittsburg Investment Company, a concern with an authorized capitaliza­ tion of $6,500,000. Chief Wilkie of the United States secret service has announced the ap­ pearance of a new counterfeit $5 sil­ ver certificate. It is of the series of 1899, with Lyons as registrar and Rob­ erts as treasurer. Confirmation of the report that the Marshall islands were visited by a hurricane and tidal wave on June 30 has been received. One hundred lives were lost. Achinese rebels are reported to have attacked the Dutch post at Ram- bong, Dutch East Indies, killing two officers and twenty-two men. Only six men escaped and these were wounded. Willie, the 12-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Bert Bryant of Rockford, 111., was fatally shot while playing with a pistol. James Norfleet, John Champion and General Bone, three negro murderers, were hanged at Memphis lor killing women of their own race. Robert Murphy, a depttty sheriff from Virginia, who had just brought Henry Harmon from Virginia to Lo­ gan, W. Va., for trial, was shot from ambush and killed, supposedly by a friend of Harmon in revenge for the latter's arrest, ' Mme. Belmont made a parachute leap at the fair grounds at Belolt, Wis., landing on a house nearby, and was badly cut and bruised. The steamer Idlewild was rescued at Buffalo after floating helpless in Lake Erie for hours with 250 panic stricken passengers. The workmen In all the factories In Vienna went on strike. Their attitude is threatening. Enoch Emery, a wealthy. American, has disappeared from Paris and detec­ tives have been engaged to search for him. By a modified order President Roosevelt makes about 85,000 more acres of public land subject to entry In the Uintah Indian reservation. Premier Rouvier states that the re­ cent demonstrations of Anglo-French friendship are to be considered an as- Portsmouth, N. H., Aug. Bl.--Upon •• *, ̂ ̂ 1 _ ft ~ - iu«'aui-tspuuiVTC ujr me cwt UL cut) i\sv>- ommendation made to Russia Saturday through Baron Rosen by President Roosevelt depends the fate of the "treaty of Washington," For it has been definitely ascer­ tained that the president suggested arbitration as a. way out of the dead­ lock in which the plenipotentiaries of Russia and Japan have found them­ selves. Another proposition of the president was that if Russia so desired he would act as mediator in an effort to patch matters up with the emissaries of the mikado. Whether the proposition to arbitrate contemplates arbitration of all the ar­ ticles upon which the plenpotentiaries have failed to agree, or only upon the question of indemnity, cannot be stated with positiveness, but it is more than probable that it relates only to indemnity, or to indemnity and the cession of the island of Sakhalin. Neither is it possible to say whether the president has yet mad0 a similar proposition to Japan. The custom­ ary diplomatic proceedings in such a case would be to submit the pro­ posal simultaneously to both coun­ tries, but there might be an advantage •n securing the adherents of one be­ fore submitting it to the other. Hard to Reject Offer. To Emperor Nicholas, the author of The Hague Peace conference, the sug­ gestion of arbitration, which will nec­ essarily immediately command the sympathy of the public opinion of the world, will be practically hard to re­ ject. If he agrees, Japan, if she has not already done so, will be all the more bound to submit her claim to the de­ cision of an impartial arbitrator. Ac­ ceptance by both Vould involve a great extension of the principle of ar­ bitration, as nations have heretofore declined to arbitral® questions involv­ ing their "honor and dignity/' Both Mr. Takahira and M. Witte In the earlier stages of the conference absolutely rejected the idea of arbi­ tration, and only Sunday both reiter­ ated their disbelief in such a solu­ tion. It was noticed, however, that M. Witte's opinion was not expressed as strongly as it was last week. The president expressed the great­ est interest in the negotiations. He said he was aware that unless conces­ sions are made there can be no peace, and that the meeting on Tuesday will probably be the last meeting. Roosevelt Does His Duty. He said that, after watching the proceedings, he was convinced it was his duty to make another effort to end the war. He showed Baron Rosen that he has the moral support of the great neutral powers. The president is willing to devote all his time for the present to the question. He asked Baron Rosen to take this message to M. Witte, who, in turn, sent it to the emperor. M. Witte made no comment except to say to his Intimates that if the Jap­ anese make concessions the Russians will be obliged to make concessions also. M. Martens, the Russian inter­ national law expert, having listen^ to the president's proposal, said for quo­ tation: "The situation is and will remain unchanged. We shall go home Wednesday, in my opinion." It 16 reported here from Russian quarters that there was a meeting of the imperial council at Peterhof Sat­ urday and that it was decided that Russia has conceded enough and that •there must be no cession of territory or granting of an indemnity. This statement was not backed by any proof other than the word of mouth of Russians. n Both 8ides Stand Pat. The Russians think and say there can be nothing further done by them. They claim they have granted every­ thing to Japan that Japan demanded before the war began and that they are not in sych a position that any­ thing more is required. Meantime the Japanese appear like adamant. There is no warrant for saying they will recede on any de­ mand. It has been stated they will not dare to return home without a substantial money Indemnity. In fact, the Japanese envoys say so them* selres. » . Arrests Alleged Murderer. Sumpter, Ore., dispatch: S. D. Det- lin, a locomotive engineer, has been arrested by Sheriff Steele, of Catta­ raugus county, New York, cnarged with the murder cf a man with whom he quarreled at Olean, in that county. Flea "Dope" is Fatal. Cincinnati, Ohio, special: As a re­ sult of spraying their bodies with a disinfectant to destroy fleas Earnest A. Graham and Alva Cain are in a serious condition and may die- Friends' Conference End*. Richmond,Ind., special: At the clos­ ing session of the Friends' National Educational conference James Wood, clerk of the New York yearly meeting, and Prof. Allen Thomas IJayfcl college spoke. h * Miss Roosevelt Likes 6hlna. Washington dispatch: Miss Alice Roosevelt, it is reported, is planning to prolong her stay in the Orient and visit the family of Minister W. W. awirhtli at Pefcta./ VOICE IN GOVERNMENT FOR PEOPLE OF RUSSIA Emperor Nicholas Issues Imperial Manifesto Calling Representative Body to Asterrfbie in January, f | 8t. Petersburg cable: The pecqsie of the Russian empire have fome into their own--partly. In- an imperial manifesto the Emperor Nicholas an­ nounces the creation of a national as­ sembly which, though consultative in character, will give the nation's mill­ ions a. voice in the government under which they exist. For this new institution, while it places the common people of the em­ pire on a higher plane than they have ever known before in a political sense, does not provide for the making of laws by the representatives of the populace. But it takes its piaee bsh)?® the fundamental organisms of the govern­ ment with the power to suggest, pre­ pare, and repeal legislation. The man­ ifesto comes as the culmination of dec­ ades of stress and striving for reform and is the fruition of the czar's plan outlined by him in a rescript March 3d last. It fixes the date for the first convoca­ tion as mid-January, and in a ukase addressed to the Senate the czar for^ mally orders that body to register as the Imperial will a law project, form­ ulating the nature, powers and proced­ ure of the new governmental organlza- tion. The date of the occasion has been happily chosen with due regard to the poetical symbolism so dear to the Rus­ sian heart, for on this day is celebrat­ ed the great religious feast of the transfiguration of Christ, with the bringing to the church of the first fruits of the new harvest. The powers of the emperor remain theoretically absolute. As the emper­ or is the supreme law giver and auto­ crat, the decisions of the Douma have only a recommendatory and not a binding force, though the rejection of any legislative measures by two-thirds majority of both houses is sufficient to prevent that measure from becom­ ing law. The representatives of the people will have not only the right to be heard on any legislation proposed by the goverftment, but also can voice their desires on new laws, and will have the right to exert a certain su­ pervision over budgetary expendi­ tures. The suffrage, though wide, is not universal. It is based on property qualifications, the peasantry having a vote through membership in com­ munal organizations. A considerable portion of the residents of the cities, possessing no lands, together with women, soldiers, civil functionaries, etc., are without suffrage. TRAIN CARRIES BLACKS TO INJURY AND DEATH Engine and Six Coaches Plunge Through Open Draw of Bridge. Drowning Score of Negroes. Norfolk, Va., dispatch: Between twenty and thirty negroes, occupying the first car of an Atlantic Coast Line excursion train from Kingston, N. C., to this city, were killed or injured six miles from here shortly after noon Thursday. The train, consisting of the engine and six coaches, plunged through an open draw of the bridge at Bruce Station, the enftkfcg and one coach being completely siffimerged in about twelve feet of water and the second coach partly submerged. It is difficult at this time to estimate the number of the dead. It is believed that every person in the first car per­ ished, none having yet been accounted for. With the exception of the train crew and the promoters of the excur­ sion, all aboard were negroes. The engineer, fireman and conductor es­ caped. The specific orders of the road to stop all trains at the bridge, whether the draw is open or not, was appar­ ently ignored. The train plunged into the abyss. Both engineer and fireman discovered the open draw too late to stop the train. The air brakes were applied, but did not work properly. The scene following the wreck was one of indescribable horror, with the shrieking of men, women and children who were drowning, struggling out of the partly submerged coach and float­ ing in the river. The passengers who were uninjured Immediately started to rescue those imprisoned in the cars. OPPOSE THE EIGHT-HOUR RULE Periodical Publishers Object to Action of the Typographical Union. New York special: The periodical publishers of this city adopted a reso­ lution pledging their support to the United Typothetae in their determina­ tion to resist the present adoption of the proposed eight-hour rule of the Typographical Union. It was reported at the meeting that the International Typographical Union was discussing in convention at Toronto a strike for an eight-hour day on Jan. 1, 1906. Accused of Poisoning Husband. Pratt, Kan., dispatch: Mrs. Harvey McPherson Null, charged with poison­ ing her husband, a farmer, and H. C. Kelley, a farm hand, have been arrest­ ed here. Twenty-four grains of ar­ senic were found in Null's stomach. TV wopm pyzzus WJlffc Boys Hold "City" Election. New York dispatch:... Boys who fre­ quent the Hamilton Fish playground held a "city" election and chose a "mayor," after which "police-' werj|, named and "ordinances" framed. Heavy Fall of Rain. Charleston, W. Va., dispatch: In6a storm in West Virginia five inches of rain fell in two and a half hours. Railway bridges were washed away and landslides in the mountains blocked tracks at several points. Commissioners at Deadwood. Deadwood^S. D., dispatch: The na­ tional railway* commissioners arrived in this city. Preparations have been made for the accommodation of- at least 206 guests. J Rate in United Stat# Has Bfen on the Decjine "•is- - - , - FEWER LITTLE ONES IN CITIES! Mothers in Country Districts Bear Mori* J Children Than Do Their Urban Si»- # ters, Whilo Foreign-Born Wom«i» Outrank Natives. >6rty-seven yekfa agto the crftife across the Atlantic was completiii, Find Cyrus Field. ly prohibited by statute, or would in any degree disable the corporation from the performance of its statutory duties, the undertaking cannot be en­ forced by either party," u T OF CITIES Federal Judge Deals Blow to Plan to Buy Gas Com­ pany Property. ACT PROHIBITED BY STATUTE Renders Long Opinion In Which He 8ta\es That Corporation Had No Power to Agree to Surrender Rights Under Its Charter. Indianapolis dispatch: Municipali­ ties have no power to take over the property of public service corporations, even when an option on such property is provided to the corporation's char­ ter, according to a decision rendered by Judge Francis E. Baker of, the United States Circuit Court. The franchise granted the Consum­ ers' Gas Trust Company, formed in 1887 to bring natural gas to this city for fuel purposes, contained a stipula­ tion, which the company accepted, giving the city the right after ten years to take overTthe property at an appraised value. The Consumers' com­ pany has ceased to do business and the city gave notice that it would en­ force its option. Suit was brought by a stockholder- alleging that the corpor­ ation exceeded its powers when it ac­ cepted the ordinance containing, the provision regarding the option. Judge Baker sustains this contention and renders a long opinion, in which he quotes liberally from United States decisions. The opinion is based on the ground that the Consumers' Gas Trust Company had no statutory au­ thority to sell its plant or to contract to do so, and that it is against public policy to permit a public serv­ ice corporation like a gas company to sell its franchise or plant and there­ by disqualify itself from rendering such public service. The city contended that the com­ pany, having entered into the contract, was estopped from disputing its power to do so, and that the sale to the city was not open to the objections of pub­ lic policy which are involved in a sale from one company to another, but the court held differently, and not only permitted the company to plead on au­ thority to enter into such a contract, but decided that it could not do so. The court says in part: Gist of the Opinion. "If the gas company were required at the end of ten years, or at any time while it was engaged in serving the public, to surrender its property as an entirety to the city, It is obvious that the company would not be in a position to continue the service it had been rendering and for which it had been granted its charter by the state. The sale of its plant as a going con­ cern would necessarily include the good will of the business. "And although tbe city would not be required, in order to operate the plant, to take an assignment of the franchise of the gas company, yet in paying for the good will of the busi­ ness the city would be paying for the extinguishment of the franchise. And at all events the city would be author­ ized to cancel the privilege which had been given the company instantlj upon the company Incapacitating itself and falling longer to discharge its obligations to the public. "It may be said that if a contract is of such a nature that had the corpora­ tion at once proceeded to execute it its act would have been contrary to public policy, or expressly or implied- TWELVE ARE KILLED IN QUARRY ROCKSLIDE Thousands of Tons of Limestone, Loo* ened by Recent Rains, Entomb Twenty-seven Workmen. Allen town, Pa., dispatch: Twelve men were killed and six injured in a rockslide at the quarry of mill "A" of the Lehigh Portland Cement company at Ormrod Wednesday. All were for­ eigners. Two of the injured will die. The heavy rains had softened the Surrounding earth and a mass of lime- Btone, weighing thousands of tons, slipped from the side of the quarry. Twenty-seven men were at work, and but nine escaped death or injury. Two men who saw the side of the quarry shiver shouted a warning. The men misinterpreted the calls and failed to move until it was too late. All the men from five neighboring quarries set to work to extricate the unfortunates. The rescuers used block and tackle, crowbars, hydraulic jacks, and pitchforks to remove the stone. Six men were found hudled in one place, four standing and two lying down. Three were alive, but one died before he could be gotten out. Five physicians were summoned, and the injured were taken in wagons to the Allentown hospital. SNAPPING CABLE CAUSES PANIC Suspension Bridge Over Lake at Springfield, HI., Breaks In Two. Springfield, 111., dispatch: Without the slightest warning the suspension bridge across the lake at Mildred Park gave way Wednesday afternoon, precipitating fifty young men, women and children into the water, which at that point is twelve feet deep. Ow­ ing to the fact that one of the cables did not break, thus keeping the bridge from sinking, no one was drowned. All those who were thrown into the water clung to the sides of the bridge until they were taken off in boats. The retail clerks of the city were giv­ ing their annual picnic at the park and there were 3,000 people on the grounds. The accident created a panic, and It was some time before the crowd was quieted. The accident was due to the breaking of a cable. HEIGHT OF MOUNT WHITNEY United States Surveyors Make Its True Altitude 14,502 Feet. San Francisco, Cal., special: A par­ ty of United States geological survey level men under Topographer R. A. Farmer, which has been running a line of levels to the summit of Mount Whitney, have completed their work and found tbe true height of the mountain to be 14,502 feet. While this shows Mount Whitney to be the highest measured mountain in the United States, it makes the true height twenty feet less than the figures that have generally been accepted. LION MANGLES ITS TRAINER Animal Attacks Charles Duncan' Dur* ing Performance at Clarksville. Clarksville, Tenn., dispatch: During a performance of a circus -here Lion Trainer Charles Duncan, of Louisville, Ky., was seriously injured in a fight with a lion. When Ducan entered the cage the animal sprang toward him. Duncan slipped and fell, the lion biting and crushing his left shoul­ der in a frightful manner. The lion was forced into a corner by the use of hot irons and Duncan was rescued. He is in a serious condition. RESCUES FIANCE, BUT DROWNS ASKS DAMAGES FOR DOG BITE Philadelphia Girl Sinks Exhausted Af­ ter Placing Man in 8afety. • Philadelphia, Pa., dispatch: After carrying, her fiance, M. F. Alexander, to their overturned canoe and seeing him safe, Miss Annie B. Ober, exhaust­ ed, sank to death In the river just as a rescuing party arrived. After being taken ashore Alexander tried to com­ mit suicide. Their boat capsized while turning aside for a launch, and Alex­ ander could not swim. 8ue Lawson for $6,000,000. Boston dispatch: Thomas W. Law- son is made a defendant in a suit by Paine, Webber & Co. over 16,000,000 worth of Copper Range Consolidated stock. . The bill filed asks restoration of 70,000 shares of the stock. Rebels Slay Twenty-four. London cable: Rebels in BataVia, Dutch East Indies, have attacked the post of Ram bong and slain two offi­ cers and twenty-two men. Only six mm escaped and tlwy were wounded Waukegan Woman Sues Owner of An­ imal That Attacked Her. Chicago dispatch: Attorney A. K. Stearns has filed in the circuit court at Waukegan a suit for $5,000 dam­ ages against Charles Crawford of North Chicago, with Mrs. Annie Voss of that place as complainant. She asks that amount because Crawford's dog attacked her and bit her so severe­ ly that she sustained what she alleges are permanent injuries. Cars Crush Painter to Death. Valparaiso, Ind., dispatch: Nathaniel Eckert of Nevada, Ohio, a member of the Pennsylvania railroad painting crew, Was crushed to death between two cars in the yards here. 37 years old and left a family.. s Publishes German Tariff. Washington dispatch: The depart­ ment of commerce and labor has just published in convenient form the new German tariff which is expected to af- the American export trad* " Washington dispateli: Hiere h®! 5 been a persistent decline of the birtb rate in the United States since 186&» according to a bulletin issued by the census bureau. The bulletin was pre­ pared by Professor Walter F. WiHcoi» of Cornell University. The buletin shows that at the beglft» ttlng of the nineteenth century th*'" children under 10 years of age cott- stituted one-third and at the end lesil than one-fourth of the total popula* tlon. The decrease in this proportion-, began as early as the decade 1810 to 1820, and continued uninterruptedly*, though at varying, rates, in each sullt' ceeding decade. Between 1850 and 1860 the propojp* . tlon of children to women between l£."-" and 49 years, the' child-bearing ag#» . increased, but since 1860 it has de­ creased constantly. In 1860 the num» - ber of children under 5 years of ag§jpf to 1,000 women was 634 ; "In 1900 |j&: was only 474. Decline in Sections. Considered sectionally it is that in the north and west there hap7 been a more or less regular declini* while in the south the change has been less regular and the decline le^l." marked. In 1900 the smallest propojti ( tion of children was in the Distri#f' of Columbia. The next smallest pr£ portion was Massachusetts. Th#> largest proportion was in North Di^ ' kota and Indian Territory. !,?3 In the general decrease betwee|K? 1890 and 1900 not a single State off." the north Atlantic division took part, fn seven other StateB, also, there wa^' no decrease. In only six States--Il­ linois, Maryland, Michigan, Ohio, Ken- tucky and Indiana--did the proportion- decrease in each of the five decadefc- City vs. Country. In 1900, for the United States as jjjjjig whole, the proportion of children waa only two-thirds as great In cities a* in the country districts. In the nortb ' Atlantic division, however, it was afcjV most as great in the cities as in th|j^C: country. In the southern division it ilk' hardly more than fialf as large in th» . cities as In the country, while in thii " far west the difference Is intermediate " in amount. - A comparison is made between th(* . proportion of children born of nativ*^-- mothers and the proportion of child- ren born of foreign mothers. In 1900 the former proportion was 462, thtt latter was 710, the difference indicafc* ing the greater fecundity of foreign born women. r fi ; Increase In Natives. In the Atlantic divisions theSe a slight increase in the proportion c£" children born to native white mot%. ers, and in the south central division ^ there was but a slight decrease. Tb|ffV decrease for the whole country, there- ' 4 fore, was the result largely of the great decrease in the north, central, and western divisions. The decrease in the proportion of children born to native white women was confined chiefly to cities. The proportion of negro children born to negro women wa3 largest in , 1880 and smallest in 1900. There bat been uniformly a larger proportion of negro Children than of white children#' That difference more than doubled b^ A tween 1800 and 1880, but in 1900 i^*i was less than half what it was in 1880 and less than at any other census except in 1860. •| ••••; ji ;;>:k •s, J FLORISTS COMPETE FOR HONOR American Society Agrees to Meet Next Year at Dayton, O. Washington dispatch: The Society of American Florists and Ornamental Horticulturists began its second day'a. session here with an unusually largf - , Attendance. Particular interest waf, displayed in the report of the judgeft in the prize essay contest, the subjec^ ? . ? being "The Ideal Employer." The firs! . ^ prize was awarded S. S. Skidelsky of Philadelphia, the second to Henry Eicholz of Waynesboro, Pa., and the . third to J. Austin Shaw of New York City. Following the nomination of officers Dr. B. T. Galloway, chief of the bureau of plant industry, delivered an illustrated lecture on floriculture and horticulture. The visiting ladies were tendered a luncheon by Mrs. J. R. Freeman, wife of the vice president of the society, and afterward taken on a drive through the city and the valley of Rock Creek. The next meetiag w& be held in Dayton, O. AMERICAN SLAYER MUST HANG Canadian Government Refuses to In­ terfere In Execution Plans. Ottowa, Can., dispatch: Charles King, an American, will be hanged at Edmonton on Aug. 31. King was con- - victed of murdering an English pros* pector named Hayward at Lesser Slave lake, N. W. T., last fall. He was tried twice. The Dominion gov. eminent had the case under review and decided net to interfere. King came from one of the Dakotas. Road Will Be Independent. Springfield, 111., dispatch: Manager G. W. Talbot, of the Peoria & Pekin Terminal line, now building to Snring&j^ffi field, denied the rumor that his roa^^ ' was to be absorbed by either the Chi­ cago and alton or the Illinois Central. Rob Jeweler of Diamond. South Bend, Ind., dispatch: Two sharpers, supposed to be Chicagoens, stole a $750 diamond ring from Mayer £ Sons' jewelry store while pricing Tfefy escaped. ... , 1 ' T - . - i f L , . . * . . . . u . mailto:2@2.25 mailto:1.25@1.40 mailto:5@6.o5 mailto:4.25@7.10