Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, July 8, 1908, Page 2

Herald-Review. By C. E. KILEY. GRAND RAPIDS, + MINNESOTA. NEWS OF THE WEEK IN EPITOME {mportant Events at Home and on Foreign Shores Briefly Told. Personal. Thomas Lord, eighty-four years old, a retired druggist of Chicago, died at the home of his daughter in Louisville. George H. Daniels, general passen- ger agent of the New York Central, died at his home at Lake Placid, N. x. Robert Muir, a well known Manitoba grain merchant and former president of the Winnipeg Grain exchange, is dead in Winnipeg. Lieut. Goy. George H. Prouty of Newport, Vt., was nominated for gov- ernor of Vermont by the Republican ' convention, Mrs. Jane Engis Smith, “Daughter of the Revolution,” who lived in Iowa, is dead at Lincoln, Neb. She was ninety-two years old. Lieut, Col. Ammon A. Augur, U. S. A., who for the past two months has been stationed at Fort Thomas, Ky., is dead at Cincinnati of Bright’s dfs- e, Booth Tarkington, the Indiana nov- elist and playwright, and Harry L. Ison, who collaborated with him in “The Man From Home,” have com- pleted their joint plays, “Countess Nancy,” for Eleanor Robson, and 1eo Kirby,” for Nat Goodwin. They are also engaged in writing a play for May Robson and one for an- other American star. Accidental Happenings. Two firemen were injured and $100,- 000 worth of property was destroyed by fire in the dry goods district of Jersey City. Fire in the lumber yard of A. G. Chew at Tannersville, Ont., destroyed 7,000,000 feet of lumber, 2,000,000 laths, 2,000 railway ties, 50,000 broom- handles, 13 Grand Trunk cars and 11 tram cars. Charles Cleveland, nineteen years old, a pianist of considerable ability, who had planned to make his living as a musician, lost both hands at Ridgewood, N. J., by the explosion of a giant firecracker. The tracks of the Joplin & Pitts- burg railway at Chicopee switch, near Pittsburg, Kan., were blown out by dynamiters. The trouble is the out- come of feeling against the railway company because of a raise of fares. While Bonnie Fisher, Anna Taylor, J. Parker and Ruby Redman were ating on Sugar lake at Armour Junction, Mo., the boat capsized and Fisher and Miss Taylor were drowned, Miss Redman clung to the until rescued. Parker swam ashore. Crimes and Criminals. John Marshall, aged thirty-five ars, shot and killed his wife at ling, Pa., and then himself. The ragedy was the climax to a series of domestic quarrels, imelia Sansome, the wife of Mi- rino Sansone, an Italian fruit dealer, |" committed suicide by pouring gasoline over herself and igniting her clothing. She had been in poor health, Disheartened, it is thought, over his failure to locate his mother and brothe n Des Moines, George Whee- ler of Kansas City, Kan., committed suicide by drinking carbolic acid. Ralph Aldrich of Des Moines was arrested at Springfield, Ill, charged with forging bank notes to the amount of $8,000 on the Farmers’ Bank of Huxley, Iowa, while cashier. He con- fessed. Two burglars on their way to blow open a safe in Pittsburg met Police- men Cummings and Valentine. The policemen attempted to arrest the burglars as suspicious persons, and the latter threw two bottles of nitro- glycerin at- them. The _ explosive failed to act, however. One of the men escaped. The law against manslaughter has been invoked at Salt Lake City to punish Charles P. Titus, a “divine healer,” who, it is alleged, permitted two of his small children to die of diphtheria without medical attention. A third is very ill from the disease. A warrant for Titus’ arrest was is- sued yesterday. Charges of misconduct as public of- ficials were filed in the district court at Des Moines against County Attor- ney Lawrence D. Graff, the board of county supervisors and F. Vanliew, an East side justice of the peace, re- vealing an alleged plot to protect a county official who should have been prosecuted for embezzlement, accord- ing to the statements in the petition. In attempting to act as peacemaker in a pistol fight between Harry Clay- ton and Al Scheeler, Mel Powers, a former steamboat man, race horse owner and gambler, was shot through the heart and instantly killed at Sioux City, Iowa. Clayton is a bartender. He is under arrest. Robert Chemoise, Jr., cashier of the Marine Trust company of Atlantic City, N. J., was arrested charged with a defalcation of $20,000. He made a confession in which he says that he olayed the stock market. He is under $11,000 bail. a real j Foreign. 4 « For the first time since the Franco- “German war French army officers will this year attend the Geman maneu- vers in uniform. The duma has adopted the finance minister’s bill authorizing an internal loan of $100,000,000 to cover the an- ticipated budget deficit. ey The Swiss Aero club’s balloon has succeeded in crossing the Alps. The feat has often been attempted but never before accomplished. The Swedish gunboat Swenskshund, bound for Spitzbergen with Prof. Geers’ geological expedition, has been wrecked near Norrvik. The members of the expedition were saved. The French government has asked parliament to authorize a credit of $80,000 to meet the expenses of Presi- dent Fallieres’ forthcoming visit to Russia and other foreign countries. The Paris theater commission, un- der the presidency of Prefect of Po- lice Lepine, has decided to prohibit women wearing hats of excessive di- mensions in theaters under penalty of a fine. The announcement has been made that Grand Duke Frederick of Baden has accepted the plans for the restora- tion of the old castle of Heidelberg. The question of rebuilding the castle has been hotly discussed for six years. The pasha of Azamore, a small sea- port town in Morocco, having seized a courier and maltreated persons under French protection and committed oth- er acts of hostility, Gen. d’Amade, the commander of the French forces, has occupied the town. The new British cruiser Inflexible, which is undergoing her official trials on the Clyde, has attained a speed of nearly twenty-seven knots an hour over a measured mile. This record was made by a _ reduction in the weight of the cruiser’s armor. Sins and Sinners. One negro was shot and seriously wounded as a result of a mutiny among the negro convicts at a convict camp twenty miles from Atlanta, Ga. Ferdinand Dudenhofer, formerly a state tax collector in, New Orleans, was found guilty of embezzling about $66,000 of state funds. Sentence was deferred. Adolph Meyers, the ten-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Meyers of Springdale, Iowa, hanged himself from a limb of a tree in the garden of his home. Just as John T. Sparks, a prisoner at the police station at Belleville, Il, was about to hang himself with his ssupenders and necktie, his cell mate interfered and called for help. A claim is made by the officers of the Santa Fe that the wreck of the California limited near Winslow, Ariz., Sunday night, was deliberately brought about by the burning of a bridge. ‘ Despondent over lack of work, Emil Gourding, aged thirty, formerly em- ployed at the Wolverine mine, killed himself at Calumet, Mich. He shot himself in the temple with a revol- ver. He had been drinking heavily. Jealous of his young wife and mis- taking his son for another man, Ju- lius Turner, sixty-three years of age, of Sailor Springs, Ill., shot his wife to death from ambush, seriously wound- ed his fifteen-year-old son and at- attempted to commit suicide near here last night. He and his wife had been separated four years. Generai. A bronze statue to the memory of John A. Roebling, erected by popular subscription, has been unveiled at Trenton, N. J. The convention of the North Ameri- can Turnerbund ended in Chicago aft- er St. Louis had been selected for the meeting place in 1910. King Haakon and Queen Maude opened the great Scandinavian fisher- ies exposition at Trondjhem. The American minister to Norway, Her- bert H. D. Peirce, was present repre- senting the United States, The executive council of the Upper Mississippi River Improvement asso- ciation met at Chicago and fixed the dates for the next annual meeting of the organization, to be held at Clin- ton, Iowa, Sept. 22, 23 and 24. Suit has been filed in St. Louis against. twenty-four laundry concerns, alleging violation of the anti-trust laws of the state. The laundrymen are charged with having entered into an agreement to fix and maintain rates. While the paper, it is claimed, has paid all expenses to date, the organ of the Mexican junta in Austin, Tex., has been forced to suspend because of the refusal of the union printers to handle the copy and the pressmen to print the paper. John Calvin’s indulgence in bowling on Sunday was cited for the basis of a decision in the appellate division of the supreme court in Brooklyn, in which it was ruled that the operation of a moving picture show on Sunday was not a violation of the law. With the introduction of the new Officers headed by Mrs. Philip N. Moore of St. Louis as president to the assembled delegates of the Gen- eral Federation of Women’s clubs at Symphony hall, Boston, the federation brought to a final adjournment the ninth biennial convention. A falling off from the previous year of $33,303,514 in duties collected at the port of New York during the fis- cal year ending June 30, is shown by the annual report of the collector of. customs. On the other hand, domes- tic exports increased $85.478.684 JACOBSON NAMED — FOR GOVERNOR Lac qui Parle Man Selected for Head of Republican Ticket by Acclamation. YOUNG AND SNIDER WITHDRAW Platform Pledges Party in Minnesota to Continue Work of Railway Legislation. St. Paul, July 2. — The Republican state convention yesterday nominated Jacob F. Jacobson of Madison for gov- ernor and adopted a platform endors- ing the work of the Chicago conven- tion and pledging the party in Minne- sota to continue the work of railway legislation. The work of the conven- tion was transacted in a continuous session lasting only three hours. Mr. Jacobson was nominated by ac- clamation after Attorney General E. T. Young and Samuel P. Snider of Minneapolis, opposing candidates, had withdrawn from the race and second- ed the man from Lac qui Parle. Joel P. Heatwole, who also was a candi- date for governor, did not withdraw from the race, but his name was not presented to the convention. Other Nominees. Lieutenant Governor—A. O. Eber- hart, Mankato. Secretary of State—Julius Schmabl, Redwood Falls. State Treasurer — C. C. Dinehart, Slayton. Attorney General—George T. Simp- son, Winona. Railway and Warehouse Commis- sioners—Ira B. Mills, Moorhead, and Charles E. Elmquist, Rush City. All these, with the exception of Mr. Simpson and Mr. Elmquist, now hold the offices for which they were nomi- nated yesterday. All nominations ex- cept those for railway commissioners were made hy acclamation. Eddy Nominates Jacobson. Mr. Jacobson’s neme was presented to the convention by Former Con- gressman Frank M. Eddy, who aroused laughter when he said: “The only reflection any one has been able to cast on our candidate is that he eats pie with a knife. He is a rough, rugged, natural man. / We could not have him different if we would, and we would not if we could.” The demonstration that succeeded the nomination speech of Mr. Eddy had not subsided when Attorney Gen- eral Young arose to second the nomi- nation, thereby throwing the conyen- tion into a fever of enthusiasm. Ye, was followed by Mr. Snider, who also seconded the nomination of Jacobson. The nomination was made by accla- mation. Jacobson Greeted With Cheers. Loud cheers greeted Mr. Jacobson when he was escorted to the platform by Mr. Young and Mr. Snider. “I want to tender to you my sin- cere thanks for this honor,” said Mr. Jacobson, “My only regret in this fight is that we have had to oppose some of our best friends. I have tried to conduct such a campaign that if I received the nomination I would re- ceive it from a united party. I have made no pledges; I am absolutely free and untrammeled and I expect to re- main so to the end of the campaign.” John H. Steele of Minneapoils was unanimously chosen temporary chair- man and he served also as permanent chairman. After the nomination of the candi- dates the platform was adopted and the convention adjourned. The Platform. The platform, in brief, was as fol- lows: The record of President Roosevelt was praised, and the nomination of Taft and Sherman was indorsed. The entire national platform was in- dorsed. Republican state officials commend- ed for their efforts to preserve “he rights of the state in the regulation of intrastate commerce. Services of the Minnesota delega- tion in congress commended. A demand for a revision of the tar- “ff. Indorsement of the work on the Panama canal. Commendation of the policy of the administration for the conservation of the natural resources. Demand for additional railroad reg- ulation. Approval of the tax amendment to the constitution proposed by the legis- lature. Equal rights plank, with a resolu- tion presented by the American Fed- eration of Labor favoring the enact- ment of the employers’ liability -act. A temperance plank, favoring the enactment of such legislation as would insure the strict enforcement of the local option and high license laws of the statute books. Commendation of the state immi- gration bureau. Favoring good roads. BRAVE LITTLE GIRL. Walks to Hospital and Undergoes Operation for Appendicitis, La Crosse, Wis., July 2. — With a big, brave heart, Josie Anderson, eight years old, accompanied by her twelve-year-old sister, walked to a lo- cal hospital and requested an: opera- ‘tion for appendicitis. The operation was successful and the little one is steadily improving. Battleship Squadron in Fit Shape for Second Half of Cruise Around World. San Francisco, July 6.—Fresh from dry docks, with bunkers full of coal and magazines filled with ammuni- tion, newly painted and looking as spick and span as the day they left Hampton Roads, the sixteen battle- ships of the Atlantic fleet are riding at anchor in the harbor, ready to sail next Tuesday for Honolulu on the sec- ond half of the long cruise around the world. At 2 o'clock Tuesday after- noon, two months and a day after it entered the portals of the Golden Gate, at the end of a 13,000 mile voy- ago, the flower of the American navy, headed by the flagship Connecticut, will steam out of the harbor of San Francisco, under the command of Rear Admiral C. S. Sperry, the third commander-in-chief since the fleet sailed from Hampton Roads. The fleet will reach Honolulu on July 16, remain a week and then proceed to the Antipodes. Elaborate prepara- tions for its entertainment have been made at Auckland, Sydney and Mel- bourne. The fleet will reach Manila after a visit to Japanese ports about Oct. 1. Before returning to Hampton Roads the latter part of February, fourteen months after starting from the Atlan- tic, the fieet will have sailed nearly all the seas on the globe and complete the most remarkable cruise in naval history. YOUNG BALLOONIST KILLED. Wind Drives Him Against Live Elec- tric Wires. Columbus, Neb., July 6. — Paul Haunstocker, a amateur aeronaut, was killed while making an ascent in a balloon. As the balloon started up a gust of wind caught ii, throwing it against some electric light wires, and Haunstocker apparently received a shock. He clung to the ropes, but was dashed against a brick building and fell lifeless to the ground. WRECK IS FATAL TO FIVE. Head-on Collision Near Boonville, N. Y., Causes Deaths. Boonville, N. Y.; July 6. — North- bound Passenger Train No. 55 on the Rome, Watertown & Ogdensburg rail- road collided head-on near Boonville with a south-bound freight train. Four persons were killed outright and one died later in a Utica hospital, while eight or ten were more or less in- jured. MAIN BURSTS; DROWNS MAN. Another of Victims Sleeping Under Walk Is Seriously Hurt. Chicago, July 6. —- One man was drowned and another seriously injur- ed when a thirty-six-inch water main burst at Canal and Harrison streets, flooding basements within a radius of several blocks. The two men were sleeping under the sidewalk and were trapped by the rush of water. TRAIN KILLS ATHLETE. Reynold Donnan of Independence, lowa, Killed While at Work. Waterloo, Iowa, July 6. — Reynold Donnan, resident of Independence, Iowa, was instantly killed at Kansas City while working with a_ bridge gang there. The young man was hit by the train and was so badly man- gled that he lived but a short time. THE MARKETS. Latest Quotations From Grain and Live Stock Centers. St. Paul, July 6. — Wheat — No. 1 hard, $1.083-4; No. 1 Northern, $1.06 3-4; No. 2 Northern, $1.04 3-4. Corn — No, 3 yellow, 67 3-4@68 3-4¢c. Oats—No. 3 white, 49 3-8@49 7-8c. Minneapolis, July 6. — Wheat—No. 1 hard, $1.08 3-4; No. 1 Northern, $1.06 3-4; No. 2 Northern, $1.04 3-4, Corn — No. 3 yellow, 67 3-4@68 3-4c. Oats—No. 3 white, 49 3-8@49 7-8c. Duluth, July 6. — Wheat — No. 1 hard, $1.09 1-2; No. 1 Northern, $1.08; No. 2 Northern, $1.051-2. Flax — $1.201-2. Oats—49c. Chicago, July 6. — Wheat — No. 2 red, 88@91c; No. 2 hard winter, 88@ 91c; No. 3 spring, 94¢c@$1.03. Oats— No. 3 white, 49 1-2@52c. Milwaukee, July 6. — Wheat — No. 1 Northern; $1.10@1.111-2; No. 2 Northern, $1.09@1.091-2. Barley — No. 2, 68c. Chicago, July 6. — Cattle—Beeves, $4.85@8.40;stockers and feeders, $2.60 @5.40; cows and heifers, $4@6.25. Hogs—Bulk, $6@6.65. Sheep — Na- tives, $2.85@5.10; lambs, $4@6.50. Sioux City, Iowa, July 6. — Cattle —Beeves, $5.40@7.65; stockers and feeders, $3.50@4; calves and year- lings, $2.50@3.25. Hogs—Range, $2.85 @6.10. South St. Paul, July 6. — Cattle — Grain-fed steers, $6@6.75; cows and heifers, $4.50@5.50; veal calves, $3.75 @5; good to choice stock steers, $3.25@3.75. Hogs—Bulk, $6.15@6.20. Sheep — Yearlings, $4@4.50; spring lambs, $5.25@6.25. Czar Will Visit England. London, July 6. — The Chronicle says that a visit of the emperor end empress of Russia to England has been arranged and they will be the king’s guests off the Isle of Wight during the Cowes yachting week. Noted Evangelist Dead. Joplin, Mo., July 6.—Rev. Simpson Ely, an evangelist who had conducted services in every state of the Unica, FLEET READY FOR LONG TRIP! REVOLUTIONISTS WIN IN PARAGUAY New Government Established— Personnel of Cabinet Assur- ance of Early Peace. 500 ARE KILLED AND WOUNDED Fighting Has Been Going on for Several Days—Many Public Build- ings Damaged. Buenos Ayres, July 7. — Advices received here yesterday state that the revolutionists have been victorious in Paraguay and that a new government has been established. These advices have been confirmed by a dispatch, 1¢- ceived by the minister of foreign af- fairs from the Argentine legation at Asuncion, officially notifying the min- ister that the revolutionary party had succeeded in overthrowing the Para- guayan government and that several of the Paraguayan ministers of state had taken refuge in the legation. The revolutionists have appointed as pres- ident Dr. Emiliano Gonzales Naveiro. He held the office of vice president in the government which has just been ousted. Unofficial dispatches state tthat the new cabinet includes Manuel Gondra, the Paraguayan minister to Brazil; Dr. Eusebio Ayala, Dr. Alviro Jara, Dr. Adolfo Rigulme and Dr. Manuel Franco. Will Assure Early Peace. These represent a combination of the two most powerful parties in Par- aguay, the Liberal and Colorado, and it is believed that their appointment will assure early peace to the coun- try. The members of the former govern- ment, who included Manuel Benitz, minister of interior; Cecilio Baez, for- eign affairs; Gen. Rics, war; Adolfo Soloer, finance, and Carlos Isasi, min- ister of justice, it is understood, haye taken refuge in the foreign legations. Fighting has been proceeding in the streets of Asuncion for some days past and many of the public buildings have been seriously damaged. Pre- vious estimates of the killed and wounded, however, have been exag- gerated, and it is now believed that the number will not exceed 500. It is expected that telegraphic communica- tion with Asuncion will be restored to-day. ADMIRAL THOMAS DEAD. Apoplexy Cause of Sudden Death at Del Monte, Cal. Del Monte, Cal., July 7—Rear Ad- miral C. M. Thomas died suddenly of apoplexy here Friday night. Mrs. ‘Thomas and her daughter Ruth are at the hotel and will accompany the re- mains, which probably will be taken East. Rear Admiral Thomas voluntarily gave up the position of commander-in- chief of the Atlantic battleship fleet, after holding that rank a week in- stead of a month, as planned, in order that his successor, Rear Admiral Charles S., Sperry, might familiarize himself with all the workings of the fleet before it started on its long journey around the world from San Francisco. 4 228 BODIES TAKEN OUT. Eight Men Rescued Alive From Rus- sian Mine. Yusovo, European Russia, July 7. — An official statement shows that 228 bodies have been recovered from the Kikovsky coal mine, where a gas ex- plosion occurred several days ago. Nineteen injured men are now in the hospital. The fire in the mine has been extinguished, and Saturday eight miners were brought out alive. Sixty-five bodies were brought up yes- terday, thirty of which were interred after identification. The others will be buried to-day. The inquest will begin to-day. POTTER MAY RECOVER. Physicians Now Believe Bishop Has Good Chance. Cooperstown, N. Y., July 7.—With each succeeding hour hope brightens for the recovery of Bishop Henry Cod- man Potter, who is seriously ill here from a complication of stomach and liver trouble. His physicians believe that his improved condition warrants a decided hope for a favorable out- come of the case. The bishop made gains Saturday night and showed further improve- ment yesterday. Murderer Is Captured. Birmingham, Ala., July 7—Joe Hin- son, an Italian who chopped off the head of Charles S. Bassford with an ax at Eastlake Saturday, was cap- tured in the woods near Irondale yes- terday. He frankly admitted his crime, but claimed he acted in self- defense. Lynching Is Feared. Springfield, Il., July 7—C. A. Bal- lard, a hoisting engineer, was stabbed to death at his home early yesterday, and Joseph James, a negro, was later arrested charged with the murder. Lynching is freely talked of. Three Are Drowned. Muscatine, Iowa, July 7. — Miss Maud Garnes of Muscatine, Miss Vera Croxen of Atalissa and Clyde Slater of Moscow were drowned at Resley’s died last night from injuries received | lake, near Muscatine, by the sinking in’a fall from a street car. He was | fifty-nine years old. of a gasoline launch. DROPS INTO LAKE MICHIGAN Chicago-to-Ocean Balloon Race Is Marks ed by Thrilling Escapes From Death. Chicago, July 7. — The Chicago-to- ocean balloon race ended last night when the last of the nine contestants came to earth at West Shefford, Que- bec, 800 miles from the starting point. This craft was the Fielding, owned by F. J. Fielding of San Antonio, Tex. It covered approximately 100 miles more than its nearest competitor and is also believed to have captured the prize for the balloon which remained in the air the longest. Thrilling Escapes. The contest was marked by several thrilling escapes from drowning. The Ville de Dieppe dropped into Lake Michigan soon after the start, and for an hour or more Col. A. E. Mueller and George Schoeneck, its pilots, were swept across the surface, finally arising with their craft to a height of 7,000 feet, from which they descend- ed to Benton Harbor, Mich. A similar experience fell to the lot of C. H. Perrigo and J. D. Case of the Illinois. While endeavoring to effect a landing near Lake Ontario their balloon fell into the bay of Quinte. The aeronauts had donned life pre- servers and managed to keep afioat until a yachting party put off from Glen Island and rescued them. The fate of their balloon is not known here, Perrigo’s message to his family stating simply that he and Case are safe. Painfully The third serious place near Clinton, Ont. The balloon Columbia could not be controlled by Capt. M. Peterson and C. H. Leichleiter, and they were dashed against trees and dragged through barbed wire fences. Both men were painfully injured. The landing places of the nine bal- loons were as follows: Fielding, West Shefford, Quebec; America, Carsonville, Mich.; King Edward, Port Huron, Mich.; Chicago, Atwood, Ont.; United States, Pinker- ton Station, Ont.; Columbia, Clinton, Ont.; Cincinnati, Covert, Mich.; Illi- nois, Glen Island, Ont.; Ville de Dieppe, Benton Harbor, Mich. Injured. accident took “FOURTH” CLAIMS 48 VICTIMS. Injured Victims of Annual Celebration Number 1,124. Chicago, July 7. — Results of the frenzied methods by which the Fourth of July is “celebrated” in the United States are given in the appended sum- mary of the number of persons killed and maimed. Reports from all parts of the coun- try showed that forty-eight persons had been killed and 1,124 burned, maimed and lacerated by the various instruments used in making noise to celebrate the signing of the Declara- tion of Independence. Cities in which the Fourth of July deaths occurred were: Chicago, 11; Philadelphia, 3; Butte, Mont., 2; Cannonsburg, Pa., 2; Rice Lake, Wis., 2; Cleveland, 7; Pitts- burg, 1; Missoula, Mont., 2; Harris- burg, Pa., 2; New York, 6; St. Louis, 1; Tacoma, Wash., 1; Indianapolis, 1; Leominster, Mass., 1; Battle Creek, Mich., 1; Boston, 3; Springfield, 1; Milwaukee, 1. In addition to the forty-eight dead and 1,124 injured, the nation has a loss of $145,510 by fire to shoulder as one of the results of its patriotism. Carelessness is charged with a large portion of the fatalities and in- juries, and downright foolishness was the cause of many, NELSON REGAINS TITLE. Knocks Out Joe Gans in the Seven- teenth Round, San Francisco, July 7. — Battling Nelson Saturday won the title of champion lightweight pugilist of the world from the man who defeated him at Goldfield, Nev., almost two years ago. He knocked out Joe Gans in the seventeenth round after.a fight as desperate as any that had been seen here in years. Fighting from the be- ginning to the end of every round, moving ceaselessly, followed and nev- er giving ground, Nelson, with his bulldog tenacity and wonderful stam- ina slowly battered the veteran color- ed champion into submission. Heat Causes Four Deaths. New York, July 7. — Four deaths from heat and nine heat prostrations were reported yesterday. The official maximum temperature in the city was 88 at 4 o'clock. Cremated in Hot Cement. Florence, Colo., July 7. — Antonio Avenich met a horrible death here at the plant of the Portland Cement company by being cremated in a bin of hot cement. Wilbur Wright Injured. Lemans, July 7. — Wilbur Wright was painfully scalded on the chest and arms, as the result of the burst- ing of a water tube while he was test- ing the mechanism of his aeroplane. Accidentally Kills Wife. Grand Forks, N. D., July 7.—While handling a repeating rifle at his home, C. W. Lining, a laborer, accidentally shot his wife. The bullet struck her in the abdomen and went completely through her body, lodging in the wall. She was hurried to a hospital, where she died in two hours. Falls From Launch. Sault Ste. Marie, Mich July 7. — Charles E. Overton Clarke, while on a launch trip in St. Mary’s river fell in and was drowned,