Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, September 3, 1909, Page 1

CORROBORATED e By Défgaard Jensen, the Da North Greenland DESPATCH TO THE STATE DEPARTMENT From Maurice F. Egan, United States Minister at Copen- hagen—New York Arctic Club Planning Monster Welcome Home to the Explorer—Eskimos at First Feared to Follow the American Owing to Great Risk ‘Washington, Sept. 2.—Maurice F. Figan, the United States minister at Copenhagen, has telegraphed the state department that Dr. Coek’s reported discovery of the north pole has been corroborated by Dergaard genaen, the Danish inspector of North Greenland. NEW YORK PLANS OUTLINE OF WELCOME TO DR. COOK. Will Be an Event of National and Pos- sibly International Importance. New York, Sept. 2.—Preparations are already afoot to make the home-com- ing of Dr. Frederick A. Cook an event of national and possibly international importance. If the plans outlined to- day.by members of the Aretic club are carried out, the welcome home which Dr. Cook will receive when he lands in New York will be an ovation in which ¢ity, state and nation will take part, while prominent explorers—Cook’s for- mer rivals—from all quarters of the zlobe will gather to pay their personal tribute to his achievement. Prominent Explorers to Take Part. Among the most notable of those who will in all probability be here to greet Dr. Cook on his return wil be Licut. Shackleton, the intrepid English sailor whose recent explorations in the Antarctic, during which he succeeded in pushing nearer to the south pole than had any previous explorer, made him a figure of world wide prom- inence. Members of the Arctic club hepe that President Taft himself may he present a= the nation's representa- tive to welcome Dr. Cook. “Such an hour would be more than fitting,” one of them declared today, “in view of the fact that the explorer has placed the Stars and Stripes on the apex of the world and added per- haps 80,000 square miles to,the na- tion’s territory. Among the cxplorers who are expect- ed to take a prominent part in the welcome to Dr. Cook rae the Duke of the Abruzzi, Dr, Frietzjof Naansen, Captain Roald Amundsen, General A. W. Greely. Rear Admiral George Mel- ville, Anthony Fiala of this city and Captain Joseph E. Bernier. Nc Definite Date Set for His Coming. No definite date has been set for Dr Cook's arrival here. Captain Brad- ley 8. Osbon, secretary of the Arctic clu, statcd tonight that the explorer 1s not expeoted for several weeks. “He is Aue at Copenhagen in three days,” ®aij Captain Osbon, “and if he came atraight home would arrive in New Yok about the middle of September, bt hiz friends believe that he rmay make several stops on his way home. For one thing, the geographers and scientists of Copenhagen will tender him a welcome. eH may go to Chris- tiania to meet Captain Roald Amund- son, the discoverer of the northwest passage; it is likely ithat he will visit Relginm, where he has previously been decorated for his services to science, and it is hardly conceivable that the Rritish geographical societies will al- him to pass them by on his way without an invitation to Lon- ESKIMOS AT FIRST FEARED TO FOLLOW THE DOCTOR Owing to the Great Risk Invelved— Statement from Greenland. Gotlienburg, Sweden, Sept. 2.—Dr. Otto Nordenskjold, the explorer, who has just returned from an Arctic voy- age describes an interview he had with Knud Rasmussen, the Danish student, in Greenland, who spent a winter with the Cape York Eskimos, together with Dr, Cook. Rasmussen told Dr. Nordenskjold that the Eskimos at first absolutely declined to follow Dr. Cook, owing to the risk. At last gome young men declared themeelves willing to aid him in his attempt to reach the pole, and at the moment of starting several highly experienced men joined the party, saying that they would not leave their sons and would not forsake tnis man who had trusted them. COOK’S CREDIT STANDS HIGH WiTH DANISH POLAR EXPERTS. “The Explorsr‘iu Most Trustworthy and Opposed to All Exaggeration.” Copenhagen, Sept. 2.—Dr. Frederick A. Cook's credit stands so high with Danish polar experts that th: first message announcing his success in reaching the north pole, meagre as it was, was accepted as conclusive. Com- modore Hovgaard said today: “1 believe the message is true be- cause Dr. Cook is most trustworthy and opposed to all exaggeration.” C. A. Nielsen, an official of the Greenland administration department, who is well acquainted with Dr. Cook and was associated with him in Green- land, says: “When Dr. Cook says that he reach- ed the north pole there can be no doubt sbout it. His scientific discoveries will prove that.” A committee under the presidency of the minister of commerce has been formed to arrange a fitting reception to the Intrepid explorer on his arrival at Copenhagen. HIS ASTRONOMICAL NOTES WOULD BE PROOF Of His Claim of Discovery — British Scientists Discuss the Qu Man., Sept. 2—"“What proofs would Dr. Cook be able to bring back with him to substantiate his claim to the discovery of the norih pole? In other words, will lie have any evidence of a po::ltlvle nchur;c(u; im throw in the teeth o g ubti “Thomas? " 14 vo " ‘"his question was submitted to o number of distinguished British seien- tists who' had attended thg convention of the British Assoclation for the Ad- vance ot Science. They all @t the only evidence Dr. Cook & ‘have would be his astronomical notes. = A gwd deal of vonfld::;c‘ was expressed y the visitors in the reports from the Aln‘&flw and they said that if he- tronomical notes, as he no- that his good faith could sonably challenged. Colone! Sir Dunean Jo! dent of the ‘”“W" M weuld be easy ‘Winnipeg, % | the | pressed herself substantially had really been reached by studying the observations made. It would be quite impossible for observations to be faked so as to deceive scientists, sup- posing for one moment that anyone would attempt to do such a thing, ]vyhich Sir Duncan said he did not be- ieve. DILLON WALLACE NO DOUB.:cR; EXPLORER AND AUTHOR Says You May Put Implicit Trust in Dr. Cook’s Veracity. “ Poughkeepsie, N. Y., Sept. 2.—Dillon Wallace, the explorer and author, whose companion, Leonidas Hubbard, Jr., was lost and starved to death while exploring Labrador, said #day at the home of friends in Matteawan that he had implicit faith in Dr. Frederick Cook’s wonderful fgat. Mr. Wallace had almost completed plans for an ex- pedition to go to the relief of Dr. Cook. In his statement today he said: “I knew Dr. Cook well, as he was one of the closest friends of my youth, You may put implicit trust in his vera- city. I have known him intimately since he was born. “I have no doubt that Dr. Cook has reached the north pole. He is a man of extreme reliability, fairly secientific, and versed in geographical conditions in the Arctic regions. He has always manifested truthfulness in his every report and concerning explorations in north he has been. very exact. Knowing him as well as I do, I am certain that he is truthful in this state- ment. “The great northern country is a stranee la to us. The geographical situation is a matter that is of real im- portance to our government. I have not the least doubt that Dr. Cook has taken a series of geographical notes, which will be of the greatest value. “T have seen some of his notes which were sent back by him two years ago when he was in Greenland, which de- scribe most convincingly the situation in the north. He tells of vast coal mines and other ore, which this coun- try some day will find of the greatest value, and wil] be highlv pleased to posser).” GREAT FAITH IN HER HUSBAND. Mrs. Cook Always B.;_Ifi‘c—;od That Fred- _erick Would Win. i South Harpswell, Me., Sept. 2. Modest to a marked degree, and shun- ning the publicity which has been so suddenly thrust upon her by the re- markable achievement of her husband, Mrs. Frederick A. Cook, wife of the intrepid Arctic explorer, persisted in her refusal to make any statement for publication. When seen tonight by a representative of the Associated Press, Mrs. Cook begged to be excused, say- ing that she was tired and nervous and had absolutely nothing to say. To a friend today Mrs. Cook ex- as fol- lows: “I am very glad that my husband has reached the pole and gained the chief desire of his life. I have always had great faith in the success of his under- taking, and have never for a moment felt that he would not win.” THE LAND DISCOVERED, OPINION OF OFFICIALS. United States Would Not Attempt to Assert Sovereignty. Washington, Sept. 2.—State depart- ment officials are of the opinion that it is of little consequence to the United States what land he has discovered on his way to the north pole, so far as actual territorial possession is con- cerned. 3 1t is recalled by the department offi- cials that ev since 1828 American explorers in both the Arctic and Ant- arctic have discovered vast tracts of land to which no claims were ever made, . Admiral Wilkes found in the Antarc- Uq a tf'n*imry more than 100,000 square miles in area, and Dr. Kane made large discoveries in the Arctic, bui no effort has ever been made by the United States to assert its right to them. Gen- eral Greely somé years ago found lands whicll" never before were known to exist. As to the particular territory which Dr. Cook is said to have d vered, the statement was made today that it was (quite probable that these lands would be found to be an extension of the mainland of Greenland, and, if so, they belong to Denmark. At any rate, it is extremely Improbable, it is said, that the United Siates would attempt to assert sovereignty over them. NOT THE NORTH POLE BUT THE MAGNETIC POLE. Nonsensical Suggestions Advanced in Some English Quarters, London, Sept. 2—Dr, Cook’s narra- tive of his thrilling journey to the north pole, while it has not removed the doubts raised as to his having really accomplished the feat he claims, has at least set at rest the improbable suggestions advanced in some quarters yesterday that he attained not the north pole but the magnetic pole. Capt. Roald Amundsen in an inter- view at Christiana on this point says: “Such a suppesition is nonsensical. The magnetic pole is situated on the American side, and it is. quite impos- gible that Dr. Cook’ could have been driven so far from his planned route.” The London newspapers are not wholly convinced by the narrative and persist that it will be nec await more details and report are unabie to conceive how a task which has beaten the ablest polar ex- plorers, provided with everything that money could purchase, could have been achieved in such a seemingly ofthand and unpremeditated manner, and with such ease and gulckness. At the same time they pay tributes of admiration to Dr. Cook. 38 Children Mourn Father's Death. Indiana, Pa., Sept. 2.—Thirty-eight children mourn the death of their fa- ther, John W. Miller, aged 76 years, who died today at the county home here, where he had -been an inmate for several vears. Mr. Miller was mar- ried four times. One wife survives him. nish Inspector of 3 —_— Berlin, Sept. $n230.000 worth ver & Rio Grande railroad were O here today and closed immediately. The honds were largelv oversubscribed. ‘Batavia, Java, Sept. 2.—It is esti- mated that 600 natives have perished. in the floods in southeastern Java. A nuniber railroad bridges have been swept av and the damage to prop- erty and crops has been enormous. Derby, Eng., Sept. 2.—The Elvaston Nursery plate (handicap) of 200 sov- ereigns, for two-year-olds, five fur® longs, was run here today and by Holy Wind. Carry Nation second and Golden Legend third. The twenty starters included August Bel mont's Boudoir. RPN il i . et BODY DISINTERRED PROVED TO BE JAMES J. NOLAN. Belief of Local Relatives Substantiated —Brought to This City for Burial. On Thursday relatives of James J. Nolan secured permission for the dis- interment of the body buried in New Haven as unidentified last week, and the regult was that it was identified as that of Mr, Nolan, proving that the belief of his local relatives and the story told by Thomas Ahearn to Cors oner Mix were true. The remains were prepared for ship- ment to this city, reaching. here at 9 o’clock Thursday evening, being ac- confpanied by J. B. Keenan of New Haven, brother-in-law of the deceased. The remains were taken in charge by Funeral Director Hourigan and the ' funeral will be held today. HAR NARROW ESCAPE. Clarence Sholes by Ripping Coat Off Saved Being Pulled Into Gasolene Engine. On Wednesday Clarence Sholes had a narrow escape from a serious acci- dent. He was oiling his 12 horsepower gasolene engine when his coat sleeve caught in the gears. Realizing his {danger he gave a hard jerk which ripped his coat off in the nick of time. so great that he faianted. DOING CHOIR WORK. Church. a responsible position with the Wal- worth cemypany in Boston, iz spending a short thne of his vacation at his former home here, having been enjoy- ing ten days of rest on a Central Vil- lage farm before coming here. Mr. Yeates formerly sang in several local church choirs, and is now devoi- ing consideralle attention to vocal culture, being, about to enter his sec- ond season of instruction under Ivan Morawski. During the past year he has been assistant choi rdirector at St. John's Methodist Episcopal = chiurch, singing in the church quartette- and having under him a junior choir of some forty voices. In the estimation of his teacher, he is spoken of as hav- ing a bass voice of much promise. AT THE AUDITORIUM. Vaudeville and Moving Pictures. At the Auditorium Thursday there was a new act on the vaudeyille bill which met with evident favor and won much applause. This was Baby Ed- monds, a 9 year old juvenile, who was very clever in her pretty Song and graceful in a Spanish dance. Mr. Shannon has now changed his booking agency and anticipates much better service from the new connec- tion. He began the season with a New York booking agency, but it proved very unsatisfactory because of the long jumps. as this was the only house in Connecticut which it served. But he is now to be supplied with- vaude- ville through a syndicate which has houses all through Massachusetts and Connecticut, making short jumps for the teams on the road, so that no fur- ther trouble is looked for. FUNERALS. Mrs. James Hogan. On Thursday morning the funeral of Mrs. James Hogban was held from her late home at Wauwecus hill and at the Sacred Heart church, Norwich Town, services were conducted by Rev. C. T. McCann. There were many relatives and friends present, several being present from Philadelphia, Al- bany, and Bloomfield, N. J. The bear- ers were William Tague, Jeremiah Murphy, George Gorgan and M. H. Hourigan. Burial was in St. Mary's cemetery. Mrs. Charles H. Stoddard. Thursday afternoon the funeral of Mrs. Charles H. Stoddard was held from her late home at Sunnyside, Yan- tic, tyfe services being conducted by Rev. J. M. Simpson, pastor of Grace Memorial church. There was a very large attendance and a wealth of floral forms. The bearers were Chester Parkhurst, Charles Congdon, Edward Jones and William E. Manning. Burial was in Maplewood cemetery where a committal service was read. Funeral Director Gager had charge of the ar- rangements. The maiden name of the deceased was Alice R. Potter and she was born in Carolina. R. I, the daugh- ter of Jonathan Potter and Nancy Greene. She is survived by her hus- band, a daughter Ica. a brother and several sisters. She had lived in Yan- tic a long time and always proved a loyal wife, mother and neighbor. Siahtseer Struck a Boat. On Wednesday at New London the steamer Sightseer struck a power hoat in which was WHarry Bossum., who jumped overboard and was taken from the water by a bargeman. His boat was also towed in. It is claimed that Bossun placed the matter in the hands of a New London attorney after ap- pealing to the inspectors at New Lon- don. He had power in his boat, but was proceeding under sail when struck, it is claimed. In the Probate Court. On Thursday in the probate court Judge Ayling named Miss Elizabeth Park administrator of the estate of Lemuel B. Park and J. Charles Lef- fingwell and John 1. Ross appraisers. Of the estate of William C. Osgood, ¥F. L. oWodard and Charles W. (¢ were named as appraisers. The ad- ministrators are William €. Osgood ; and Mrs. S. 0. Gamwell One of the basement stores in Chap- man's flatiron bullding has been taken and fs now oceupied by the Southern New England Telephone comypany as the office for their district foreman, D. M. Millard, and the place for keeping the tools and paraphernalia of their repair gang. This was formerly located in a building in White's court.- Suit for $3,000. A suint for $3.000 has been.brought against P. E. Hendrick by Robert A; Lowe of Waterbury ¢ property h has been athc‘i?‘d.: 234, pron o won | Makes Statement in Regard to Tel ! The excitement and the danger Was|,,.,ne at its command to correct its Arthur W. Yeates Singing in Boston | ROCK ISLAND TRAIN Arthur W. Yeates, now employed in| Two Passengers Probably Fatally and | | | | CONCERNING MINNESOTA CON- GRESSIONAL DELEGATION. " ST. PAUL PIONEER PRESS —_— gram Printed in That Paper—Takes All Means to Correct a Fake. Beverly, Mass.,, Sept. 2.--President Taft has been informed that a tele- ram s been. published in the St. aul Ploneer Press and Dispatch of the® following tenor: — ° “1 assure you of my complete sym- pathy with the plan to honor the Min- nesota congressional delegation by a public ratification meeting. “WILLIAM HOWARD TAFT." The president today requested the press associations to announce that no such telegram was sent by him to the Pionecr Press or to anybody else. Was Printed in Good Faith. St. Paul, Sept. 2—The editor of the Pioneer Press made the following statement tonight in regard to the telegram purporting to have come from President Taft, which was published in that paper: “The telegram purporting* to have been signed by President Taft was re- ceived by the Pioneer Press through the regular local news channels and was printed in good, faith. Discoversd to Be a Fake. “Following the discovery of the fake, the Pioneer Press printed an expose on the following morning in black tvpe on the first page and used every effort to counteract the Wong impression that had been created by the original publication. This was followed with a detailed explanation of how the alleged telegram ' came to be printed. The Pioneer Press has exhausted every error and has made the correction much more prominent than the orig- inal publication. STRUCK PACKED STREET CAR. Eleven Others Severely Des Moines, Towa, Sept. 2.—Mrs. R. M. Roilins and Mrs. Edward Lawless were probablyv fa ¢ hurt and eleven other passngzers were severely injured tonight wien a loaded Rock Island passenger train,carfying state fair vis- itors, struck a packed Fort Des Moines street car in the middle and crushed it to kindling wood. The street car was dragged fifty feet on the 3il-t wnd wrecked against the stee]l girders of the railroad bridge across the Des Moines river. The wrecked car remained precariously on the bank of the river §wenty feet.above the water. It was with difficulty that | the injured were taken from the wreckage without falling into the riv- er. Al the injured live in Des Moines, Mrs. Lawless had her throat eut by a piece of glass. The conductor of the street car de- claved that t);e right of way had been given his car by the ‘flagman at the crossing. Injured. CANADIAN EXPLORER MISSING LEFT QUEBEC IN JULY, 1908 Had Not Been Heard from in More Than a Year. f Montreal, Sept. A good deal of anxiety is felt in government marine circles over the disappearance of Cap- tain Bernier, Canada's Arctic explorer. He left Quebec on a voyage on the northern seas in July. 1908, and simee then no direct word has been received from him. The last word was last October when returning whalers re- ported that Bernier had been planting the Union Jack on many islands in the Arctic. Since then nothing has been heard of the expedition, and no mention of it has been made by Scotch whalers who returned this summer. Mails were sent to Scotland to be forwarded to the Ber- nier party by whalers, but it is not known whether they reached their des- tination. Bernier went north with a well equipped expedition to make sur- veys and to collect customs dues from American whalers. x I e ATLANTIC CITY SALOONS MAY CLOSE SUNDAY To Prevent the Technical Arrest of Mayor Stoy. Atlantic City. N. J.. Sept. 2.—Saloons in this city may be closed next Sun- day to prevent the technical arrest of Mayor Stoy promised by reformers if he fails to obey the order of Attorney General Wilson served on him ten days ago to prevent further violations of the bishop’s law.’ The crusaders promise that they will issue a warrant for the arrest of the mayor under the law which makes it a misdemeanor to ig- nore a state order unless he closes the saloons. While the time of grace for obedience of the state order ran out today, reform lawyers have decided that the prosecution of the mayor cannot “be legally carried out unless | the saloons open next Sunday. Cadet Booker's Case May Be Reopened Washington, Sept. 2.—The statement from Nashville today to the effect that Secretary of War Dickinson had inti mated that the case of Cadet J. H. Booker, Jr., of Georgia. one of seven cadets dismissed from the United States Military academy for hazing| Cadet Sutton, might be reopened. was received with some doubt by army of- ficers in Washington. Nothing has been heard here from Secretary Dick- inson on the subject. Proctor Thayer of North Adams Dead. | style of headgear, put a ban on the hat three-cornered hat of the Louis XVI ‘Worcester, Mass., Sept. 2.—Proctor | Thayer of North Adams, former state senator and member of the state com- mission which negotiated the sale of the Hoosac ' tunnel to the Fitchburg railroad, dled here today. He was born in North Adams 56 years ago and was graduated from Williams college in 1873, 1 < Called to Bristol Episcopal Church. Bristol, Conn,, Sepl. 2-~At ¢ et- ing of the vestrymen of the Trinity Episcopal church tonight a unanimouos call was extended to PE!\ F. ¥. Moore. house of Cheshire, to avcept the rec- torship left vacant by ‘the resignation of Rev. W. . Mortison. s Ao T Chimney Fire. Thursday afternoon there was a bad chimney fire at No. 52 Palmer street which house is occunied bv C. S, Standish. Engine Co. No. 1 was called ;.n_dd extinguished the blaze affer a 2] g x W last. month Dbell_and nine tele | | 'éwmtw _calls for the | _ Rev, by Great aa was devastated _The C twice as Only $204,799 Was United Statés mints du Edmund M. Dunne was conse- crated as bishop of Peoria. . 3 Dialville, a Small Town in Texas, Recei on Sept. 1, 1908, By luSimnia. CUNARD LINER MAKES THREE NEW OCEAN RECORDS. ' cyclone. pts were ; nearly Coined by the ring -August. Royal E. Cabell commissjoner of the internal revenues. LEFT QUEENSTOWN SUNDAY Was Sworn In as Eight Stables and Barns at Evans- ville, Ind,, were burned by an incen- diary. Smithsonian Sc Docked in New York Shortly Before 8 O’Clock Last Night—Beats the Mau« retania Record. E ientists Found the Roosevelt skins from Africa in good shape. Mexico Directed plies for the flood ted free. The Swiss Mini contain rare art treasures collected in the Orient. The American Congressional Party in Honolulu inspected the defenses at Fort Rugar. Cuba’s offices will confer General Hitchcock. The Sultan of Turkey left Constan- tinople on board the imperial yacht for Brusa, Asia Minor. Efforts Will Be torp®do supply sh Massachuseits coast. Arrangements H the reception of Prince and Princ Kiniyoshi Kuni of The British Association for the Ad- vancement of S Winnipeg, elected The Southern Railway Restored ali its employves to th stead of an eight hour Director New York, Sept. 2.—Three new ocean records fell to the Cunard liner Lusi- tania on her latest trip from Queens- town, which ended tonight. The Lusi- tania made the passage in four day eleven hours, forty-two minutes, there-~ by clipping three hours and eightéen minutes from her fastest previous time; she maintained an average speed $5 knots for the entire voyage, beating the Mauretania record o 25.84, and, finally, by landing her pas- sengers at the Cunard pier shortly be- fore 8 o'clock tomight, she became the first liner to dock on the fourth day out from Queenstown. The Lusitania legt Daunts Rock last Sunday morning at 10 o'clock. Her Days’ Runs. Her days’' runs, measured from noon * to noon, were as follow Sunday 61, Monday 650, Tuesday 6 Wednesday 651, Thursday 647 and from noon today 123—total 2,784, ; or PRESIDENT TAFT FOR ALASKA IN THE SUMMER OF 1910, That All Relief sup- sufferers be admit- er's Residence will General of post- with Postmaster, Made to Raise the ip Yankton, off the ave Been Made Japan, cience, meeting at officers. spt. 2. —President Taft in bidding goodbye today to Wal- ter Ely Clark, who is to be inaugurated 1 at e nine hour day in- day. Felix McCloskey, for forty years ser- | as governor of Alaska on Oct. geant at arms of the house of repre- Juneau, announced that he probably sentatives, died in New York would visit the far northwestern terri- The lllness of Supreme Court Justice William . Moody tism, according to President Taft S message to Queen being the annivers; There Was a Deficit of $7,411,728 in department for the treasury as compared with Bri from i the Philippines, coast. dier Gener: pecting th The Steamer Allegany reached Bos- ton after having broken shaft and board. Senor Ferver, the man who is ac- cused of being responsible for the re- cent rioting in Barcelona, has been ar- rested. The Admiral of ward Hobhart Seymour, hoisted his flag at Portsmouth on the battleship-cruiser Hawaii tory next summer. The president had hoped to get to Alask# this year, but the prolonged session of congress and the illness of Mrs. Taft presented. It is reported that if the president should go to Alaska next year he may extend the trip to include the Hawalian Islands Mr. Clark was with the president for more than an hour this afternoon, Sec- retary of State Knox also was present at the conference. Mr. Knox in fact has seen the president every day this week, either on the links of the Myopla club or at the Woodberry Point cot- tage. Neither the president mor Secretary Knox would discuss the reported dis- covery of the north pole today. When the Secretary was asked as to the eti- quette of what the state department ought to do with the pole under the circumstances, he laughingly replied: “Annex it, of course." President Taft had a little touch of sciatica today which may keep him oft the golf links for the remainder of the week. He first felt it when playing this morning. During the afternoon he ‘said he no longer felt the twinges of pain and went for the usual late after- is due to rheuma- his secretary. ent a congratulatory Wilhelmina, the day ary of her birth, August, $13,103,949 for July. al Murray returned he coast defenses of and Pacific been adrift with a a million dollars on ‘the Fleet, Sir. Ed- Inflexible. noon automobile_ride. Tomorrow morn- ing the president will witness the Son- Forty-six Prominent Citizens of|der class international races off Mar- Japan reached Seattle to tour the|blehead from the deck of the yacht United States in the interest of peace and commerce. Four Prominent troit., Mich., were to the house of c days for joy riding. Sylph. COL. ASA BIRD GARDINER Anxious About His Bill of $15,000 in the Thaw Case. Young Men of De- fined and sentenced orrection for ninety The National and Local Officials of the miners’ union disagreed and pa over the use of ex Capt. Samuel G appointed at Berlin, was pri William at the autumn review. A Number of the Men on Strike in Stockholm have leave their homes return to work in Three Trainmen Were Killed in a colision between freight and a cons Huntington and B Government Repo tion of Crop is 635 Per Cent of Normal. Washington, Sept. 2.—The crop re- porting board of agriculture in a mates that 4he a the cotton crop o per cent. with 7 72.7 on Aug. COLONEL A. A. POPE'S WILL. Numerous Beq:ut $750,000 Estate. Dedham, James H. Flint of probate court, sitt allowed the will ef of Cohasset, whic ous bequests to charity. | is estimated at $600,000 personal prop- | erty and $142.250 real estate. The executors, Abby Pope of Cohas- set, BEdward W. Po: L. Pope of Hartfor | Toledo, Ohio, and Robert Winkley of | Brookline, each gave a bond of $1,000,- 000. PEACH BASKET HAT DOOMED. Aeroplane is New Women T Chicago, Sept. 2.—The National As- sociation of Retail launched the aer: peach basket period as the stun coming winter months. new creation resembles an airship, having two long The feathers on either rim. Its dimensi éighteen inches light trimmiygs it less than a pound. ROBBED Aged New Haven Confidence Man in Paris. Paris, Sept. 2.—Mr. and Mrs, Smith, an -aged couple of have been robbed in this city of $4.000 by two confidence entrusted their money for safe keep- ing. Steamship Arrivals. At Quebec: -Sept. 1, Mount Royal, from Antwerp. At_Southampten. trom New York. American military POOR COTTON SHOWING. of a normal, .1 per cent. on Aug. 25, 1908; 25, 1907, and 73.6 the av- erage for the past ten years on Aug. 25. and Albany, N. Y., Sept. 2.—Colonel Asa Bird Gardiner came from his summer home in the Catskills today to ses about the bill of $15,000 which he has charged the state for representing for- mer Attorney General Jackson in op- posing the efforts of Harry K. Thaw to secure his freedom from the state hospital for criminal insane at Mat- teawan. State Treasurer Dunn_sent Colonel Gardiner a check for $2;000 recently as part payment of the bill Colonel Gardiner explained that it was intended to cover his disbursements and not his bill for services. “T gave up five months of my time,” said Colonel Gardiner today, “to fight against Thaw, and I won in all the courts. Mrs. Thaw spent over $100 000 in fighting me. T have been prac- ticing law for nearly fifty yvears and 1 am not to be classed with the inex- perienced attorneys with whom Mr. Jackson plastered the state as special counsel during his administration.” in Pittsburg have rted in controversy plosives. . Shartle, the newly attache esented to Emperor received notice to Okt. 1 unless they the meantime. a double header truction train on the road Top railroad. rts Average Condi- MONTEREY VALLEY FLOOD. The Town of Rayones Was Completely Destroyed. the department of bulletin today esti- verage condition of n Aug. 25 was 63.7 as compared Mexico City, Sept. Word has reached here that the town of Rayones was completely destroyed in the recent flood that swept down the Monterey valley. Other river settlements have not yet been heard from. There is still a large area without telegraphic com- munication. General Manager Clark of the Na- tional railroad system has just com- pleted a trip over the division between Saltillo and Monterey in a hand car. He says the stench from decomposing bodies under the ruins of the houses at San Quisito is a menace to héalth. The authorities are making use of quicklime. The receding waters are exposing great masses of twisted tim- per, trees, all kinds of furniture, pianos, etc. The railroad situation is still very bad. s ta-chari(y Out of Mass. 2.—Judg® thQe Norfeolk county ing at Dedham, has Col. Albert A. Pope h contained numer- The estate Sept. pe of Lincoln, Albert d, Harold L. Pope of " DISCIPLES. “UNKNOWN TONGUE' -k Sorely Disappointed — Prophecy of Pkt Their Priestess Failed. Stvle Headwear for | . na ila., Sept. 2.—Disappointed his Winter. becaunse their prophecy that Tampa was to be wiped off the map by a great disaster Sept. 1 failed to come true, thirty footsore and weary disci- ples of the “Unknown Tongue” re- turned to this city today from Durant,- 25 miles from here. Several days ago the party sold their all here and moved to Durant, which were told would be outside of the en zone. Their chief priestess, | however, is said to have raised th price of provisions to the “faithful’ | the profits gojng to herself. | The prophecy now has been revised | to read Sept. 1. NO LIiVES LOST. Half a Moxic:: Ci‘!y‘ on the Rio Grande Washed Away. Milliners last night oplane as the new and decreed the ning bonnet for the in millinary art| a curbed ons are twenty by because of its weighs considerably end and OF $4,000. Couple Victims of faredo, Texas., Sept, 2 received by the mayor A despatch f Nuevo Lar- New Haven, Conn,, edo, Mexiceo, toulght from Hareo, “ Y | Mexico, sitnated 125 miles from ‘this® men, to whom they | T/ 200 T T wer, Rio Grande, said; that as a result of the floodin~ of the San Juan river, heayy rains and the overflow from the Santa Catarina river, which is & trib-. utary of the San Juan, half the elty has been washed away and I great rufferin feans. No lives :.Mept. 1, Majestie,