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Cudom Horn*,"Pctio BM> PLANNED AMAZING JOY Frenchman's Scheme Was Tee Daring for Even Up-to-Date American .: Amusement Caterers. ing Niagara as an amusement was ttye scheme which James Mon­ terey of Tours, France, tried to start Jest before the Pan-American exposi­ tion, the New York Mail states. The entertainment was to be called the -ride to death," and people were to treated to th< RIDE ; whirling over the tremendous water- | fall. Monterey's plan was to construct a: mammoth swinging derrick, the arm of which was to be more than one hundred feet long, on Goat island. The tackles from the pulleys would be made fast to a covered boat The passengers, only about t^» or fifteen at a time, were to board the craft a short distance up the stream, from whence it would be navigated to the I1""". The sensation of being swept to the brink of the precipice would then be experienced. Faster and faster would the current bear the tiny craft down­ ward until it poised directly over-the thundering chasm. At that instant the arm of the derrick would draw it from the water and lower it through the mist into the waters at the base of the falls. It would then be guided to stepre. Monterey estimated that thousands of people would be willing to pay well for the privilege of saying they had LIE IB TALE SENATOR LODGE MAKES DENIAL QF ST^pY TOLD BV COL­ ONEL.. MULHALL. • HEARING IS NEAR TO END Association Turns Over to 8enate Committee Almost 200,000 Letters Comprising Its Complete Corre­ spondence Files, v y - * Washington, July 30.--When the senate lobby investigating committee resumed its iession on Monday Sena­ tor Henry Cabot Lodge of Massachu­ setts took the stand and gave the lie direct to the "confession" made by Martin M. Mulhall, professed former agent for the National Association of Manufacturers. » Mulhall was taken off the stand long enough to permit Senator Lodge to put into the record his emphatic denials of Muihall'B testimony, The Mulhall testimony started on its fourth week and the committee now hopes to end it during this week, although It probably will lap over into the next The National Association of Manu­ facturers tuf&ed over to the senate committee almost 200,000 letters, com­ prising its complete correspondence files, subpoenaed in New York. It took a special express car to carry the sixty file cases to Washington. Officials of this organization say they are ready to do anything the senators may ask, although they re­ sent the way in which they so far have been treated. They charge that the entire matter Is an effort on the part of the Demo­ crats to repay political debts to Sam­ uel Gompers and the American Fed­ eration of Labor, whom they have been fighting. They cite indlguantly the fact that the political work in which Mulhall engaged was only a small feature of the labors of the Manufacturers' asso­ ciation. "An organization so vast and so im­ portant to the industrial life of this nation," said former President Klrby, "does not propose to be politically chloroformed, nor Mulhalled by a set­ up job, tfuch as the present one-sided investigation has all the earmarks of being. He wrote in the strain he used all through his letters to J. P. Bird, the general manager of the association, and other officials, of having men ap­ pointed to committees, of preventing legislation and of generally having much to do with the operations of government in Washington. Mulhall mentioned in several tet­ ters with assurance that he expected to have even greater success with the Democratic house than he had boast­ ed he had in the days of Republican rule, but, questioned by the commit­ tee, said he had been too optimistic In his prophecy. Mulhall took up his relations with Representative J. T. McDermott of Illinois and I. H. McMichael, one-time chief page of the house and confi­ dential secretary to the representa­ tive. He identified what he said was a receipt for $500 given him by Mc­ Michael for services in September and October, 1911, and reiterated that McDermott borrowed money from him which he never paid back. All through the day's letters Mul­ hall appeared in opposition to legis­ lation favoring labor. He swore that there was a labor lobby in Washing­ ton then in which officials of the American Federation of Labor were conspicuous. One of the last letters to go into the record was dated October 25, 1911, from Mulhall to General Manager Bird offering his resignation. FLYER BLOWS UP WARSHIP French Aviator Drops Bomb on Mex- leap Gunboat and De­ stroys It. Nogales, Arl., July 30 --The federal gunboat Tampica was destroyed on Monday by a bomb dropped from an aeroplane over Guavmas harbor, de­ clares an official Insurgent message. This is the first occurrence of the kind in history. It was said that the French aviator, Dridler Masson, made three flights over the harbor before he succeeded in hitting the boat. The Mexican gunboat Tampico was built at Elizabeth, N. J., in 1902. She is 200 feet over all, thirty-three feet beam and draws ten feet. Her arma-, ment consists of .two four-inch guns and six six-pounders. Her comple­ ment of officers and men is 100. She has two torpedo tubes, both above water. Support Suffrage 'Crusade. New York, July 30.--The Men's League for Women's Suffrage received Sulzer's indorsement to a petition which it is circulating to present to the United States senate urging a suf­ frage amendment to the constitution. Texas Business Woman 8laln. Dallas, Tex., July 30--Miss Florence T. Brown, stenographer for realty firm, was murdered in company's of­ fice. Her throat was cut from ear to ear and her left arm chewed. Twen­ ty-five suspects were arrested. CSstro Disappears Agsln. New York, July 30.--Clpriano Cas­ tro, former president of Venezuela, has disappeared from the Canary is­ lands, where he has been sojourning for some time with his wife. He has sailed for the West Indies. HONOR IS NOT STEPHENSON'S Fifteen Years Before He Built the Aocfcet, William Hedley Had ^ duced Practical Locomotive. ^ There is cause for wonder at the failure of the industrial world to com­ memorate fittingly the centenary of the locomotive steam engine. It is, of course, still lees than a hundred years since the building of Stephen­ son's Rocket, and there are many who think of it as the first locomotive; but ft was not, nor was Stephenson the original inventor of steam traction on railways. Doubtless his genius well deserves the fame which it has won, as does that of Fulton and Morse; yet it can scarcely be disputed that all three of those illustrious benefactors of the race did their great works in the successful adaptation and combina­ tion jof elements which had previously been discovered and employed by oth­ ers. f The germ of the locomotive was first displayed by Trevlthick, at the end of the eighteenth century, but he lacked the genius or the persistence to bring it to perfection. It was left to William Hedley, chief engineer of the historic Wylam colliery, near Newcastle-on~ Tyne, assisted by his colleague, Tim­ othy Hackworth, to produce in June, 1813, a practical locomotive steam en* fine for use on the colliery railroad. This epoch-making machine, which was named Puffing Billy and which is still preserved in the South Kensing­ ton museum, worked satisfactorily and was the prototype of . many others which were widely used for fifteen years, until in 1829 the Liverpool and Manchester Railroad company encour­ aged Stephenson to devise and build the Rocket It is doubtless true that it was Ste­ phenson who gave the impulse to the marvelous development of the locomo­ tive which has since occurred. It is equally true that it was Hedley's great Invention which gave the inspiration and th« impulse to Stephenson. The Newcastle engineer's achievement of just a century ago may therefore be regarded as the beginning of what must rank among the three or four most valuable and influential me­ chanical Inventions in the history of the world. PENALTY FOR "BUTTING IN' Insulted Passenger Got Little Sym­ pathy From Conductor, and Reak ly Did Not Deserve Any. An unexplained Incident with a hu­ morous side occurred at a rairoad ter­ minus. A train was drawing out from the station when a man came running along the platform. "Smith! Smith!" he shouted. In a carriage at the rear of the train sat a passenger, who, hearing the cry, thrust his head out of the window, Im­ mediately the runner on the platform struck him a smart blow across the cheek. Every moment the wheels were re­ volving more swiftly, and before the Insulted passenger could call an offi­ cial the train was clear of the station. He went at once to the conductor. "What kind of an outrage is this?" he demanded. "Here am I, an inno­ cent passenger, sitting quietly just as the train pulls out of the station. Suddenly a man runs down the plat­ form shrieking 'Smith! Smith!' I look out of the window, and he reaches u& and almost knocks my head off! Now, 1 want to--" "Pardon me," Interrupted the con­ ductor. "Is your name Smith ?•" "No, it. isn't, and that is just what makes--" "Well, then, sir, what did you look out of the window for? There wasn't anybody calling you, was there?" Electric Prelghtyards. One of the most difficult problems in connection with railway electrifi­ cation is the electric operation of switching yards for freight service. Where the third rail system of opera­ tion is employed, it will be conceded, probably, that operation of a freight- yard by electric power is out of the question. The work of yard men is dangerous enough at the present time; and if we were to add to pres­ ent dangers the necessity of keeping clear of a labyrinth of highly charged third rails, extending all over the labyrinth of tracks, it may well be ex­ pected that the result in casualties would shortly result in a public out­ cry and consequent legislation com­ pelling the abandonment of the sys­ tem of electric distribution, however, such as is now in use on some lines, it becomes possible to equip a freightyard for electric operation by suspending a network of electric con­ ductors overhead. This has now been done for the New Haven railway at its Harlem river terminal in the northern part of New York city. This terminal covers an area of two hun­ dred or three hundred acres, and its tracks have a total extent of eighty- six miles. been swept over Niagara. But the man he tried to interest In the scheme, though realizing to what ex­ tremes people will go for a sensation, eeemed to think this a trifle too blood curdling and the project was aban­ doned. Mrs. Pankhurst on Hand. London. July 30.--So greatly weak­ ened that she had to be carried to the platform Mrs. Emmeline Pankhurst appeared at a meeting of her co-work­ ers In the Music hall. After the meet* ing she was carried home. Prophet and Puss. Mtihammed cut off the sleeve ln or- der not to disturb the sleeping cat. "I want to go away for the summer and leave it behind," he explained Wedding Follows Air Courtship. Seattle. Wash., July 30-- Harry Christoffersen. a western aviator, and Miss Bertha Mack of Seattle were married here. Dr. M. A. Matthews offi­ ciating. The birdman met Miss Mack during a recent air meet * Full Crew Law Upheld. The supreme court of Pennsylvania affirmed a lower court upholding the constitutionality of the "Full Crew Law." The Pennsylvania railroad, which sought to restrain tha state railroad commission from enforcing the law, asserted it would increase the road's expenses nearly one-half million dol­ lars annually without providing addi­ tional safeguards for the traveling public. The law Is similar to those of Ar­ kansas and Indiana, which have been passed upon by the United States Su­ preme court. It requires an extra brakeman on all passenger trains of more than three cars and all freight .tralnB with more than thirty cars. Had to Get Out and Push. Pushing a train to its destination-- a distance of nearly five miles--the passengers on a French train, near the eastern frontier, performed this unusual task recently when the en­ gine broke down. Allow Much Personal Baggage. V The weight of personal baggage al­ lowed free of charge on English rail­ roads for each ordinary first-class passenger is 150 pound?, r.nd for each ordinary thlrd-^isss passenger. 100 pounds. ILLINOIS NEWS TERSELY TOLD Decatur.--Stephen Keeling, aged twelve, of Fort Scott, Kan., was killed and his brother Keith, aged fifteen, was badly injured when an automobile driven by the boy's father overturned ten miles east of Maroa, IlL The Keeling family, consisting of parents and four children, was touriUfe from Ft Scott to Indianapolis. Johnson City.--The executive com- . mittee of the Southern Soldiers* and Sailors' Reunion association met here and completed rarnagements for the reunion to be held in this city September. 3, 4 and 5. The/com­ mittee was composed of Captain Del- ton of Benton, Captain D. Lawrence of Johnson City, Captain George W. Norris of Anna and Captain E. J. In- gersoll of Carbondale. They decided to invite more speakers of state and national reputation than at any previ­ ous reunion. Benton.--The first local elec­ tion in which women were al­ lowed to vote resulted, in an over­ whelming majority for the anti-saloon forces. The proposition defeated was a bill authorizing the Issuance of dram-shop licenses. The ordinance was defeated by a majority of 526. Fourteen women Toted in favor of the saloons and 408 women against them. The women voters outnumbered the men. ,1 j -- "i Decatur.--Christian county will refuse to accept any state aid in good roads building to which it is entitled under the new Tice bill, recently passed by the legislature. The supervisors of the county voted down any aid, 23 to 3. The farmers of that county, as In most other coun­ ties, fought the passage of the MIL •M Golconda.--Residents of Dixon Springs, near here, are excited over the disappearance of C. D. An­ derson, who was last seen on the road near a neighbor's house where he was to sleep. Mr. Anderson had $800 with him and many persons from Dixon Springs have been searching the woods for him during the past three days. It Is the theory of the police that he was killed for his money. V Lawranceville.--As the result VP' a quarrel over a well which has been used by both Mrs. Frank Wright and Mrs. L. W. Skidmore fought Mrs. Wright's left ear ws» bitten off. A charge of assault and battery was ledged against Mrs. Skid* more in the city court and she will be held for the next grand j»xj, the charge of mayhem. ; Golconda. -- Residents of Springs, near here, are over the disappearance of C. derson, who last was seen road near a neighbor's house where he was to spend the night Ander­ son had $800 with him. Many persons from Dixon Springs have been search­ ing the woods for him. It is tit* theory that he was killed* tor his money. •&T<i excited •m Litchfield.--Because a grocer **•. fused to let him \have a loaf of bread on credit for his supper, Will­ iam Jett cut his own throat with a butcher knife. He was found on the floor of his home by his wife, with whom he had been picking blackber­ ries all day. He was taken to tbs hospital and it Is thought he will re­ cover. Joliet--A balking aatomobUs, an abduc$on wtrrant ahd a pair of angry parents foiled a romantte elopement when Mary Skrinar, eigh­ teen years old, and John Leket, aged twenty-three, were intercepted as they were leaving the girl's home by way of the back door. /•: Mt. Stealing.--Mrs. Herman Netooir died at the home of her pis- rents, Mr. and Mrs. Walter Price, from blood poisoning, caused by a boil. She used the usual remedies for the re» lief, but it did not appear to help anft a physician was called, but it was too late as the poison was already in her system and she passed away. "Centralia.--With their new rigMt to vote and the first opportunity afforded them, the women of 8a~ lem held a school of instruction. The Tutor was E. B. Vandevort and the women students showed surprising knowledge in ballot marking. T)|i* election was for aldermanlc places. • \ .J * U Centralia.--After several months* search for her son. who was in the custody of her divorced hus­ band until December of last year. Mrs. Sarah Gamber of East St Louis learned that the boy was in the Hud* dleston Orphans' home at Irvlngtosn. Armed with a petition fpr a writ tit habeas corpus and accompanied by her attorney, she gained possession of the child. - Jacksonville.--Charlee Degen, for­ mer alderman and retired bus­ iness man of this city, dropped dead here. Mr. Degen had for twenty years been a trustee for the Catholic Knights of Illinois, and through hte work 1b-that orgssizatiou < iisu become quite veil knows throughout the state. Paxton.--The quarantine on publie buildings and churche6 has been raised by order of the council and the pa­ tients have been dismissed from the smallpox camp. Springfield.--Lot* Overby. aged twenty-four years, a telephone girt, employed at ihe Virden. 111., ex­ change, committed auicide at that place by plunging in front of a speed­ ing Interurban car and was grcundl , to pieces. She had been in ill health. Qutncy.--William McArthur fortr* * Sve year? old. a farmer, died whi|& sitting at the wheel of his autontO" bile. Paralysis caused death. His machine ran backwards down a KM • and stopped I Vif, n»»ot # - ̂r. V-.V* .'W"