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202 Nation’s Problem to be Solved by the Level- Headed, Courageous and Practical ADDRESS AT G. A. R. ENCAMPMEN Influence of Demagogues and Theoretical Extremists Must be Reduced as Well as the Reactionary In- fluence of Combinations of Wealth—Analogy Be- tween the Struggle of 1861 and That of Today. Rochester, N. Y., August 23.—On the eve of his forty-day swing around the circle on which republican leaders ex- pect him to define the jssues for the campaign of 1912, President Taft to- night -announced ~himself unalterably opposed to the “nostrums” of reform which he declared “‘demagogues” and “theoretical extremists” have advanced for the solution of the problem of con- centrated wealth in this country. The Battle of Today. The president spoke to the veterans of the G. A. R, and in the struggle which they went through fifty years ago and the one which he said now confronts this nation he found a strik- ing analogy. In the end, the president said, the peace-loving, straight-think- ing people of the country will be vi torious, but the fight itself may be the longer because it will be fought out to the end without bloodshed and the roar of the battlefield. Medicine Worse Than Disease. “Higher aims for the betierment of society, these new evils growing out of the concentration of wealth and these combinations which, properly controlled, are a great good in the reduction of the cost of production,” said the president, “have invited from the active-minded of today Sugges- tiong of remedies that are so extreme that the medicine to many of us seems worse than the disease. Secialism on One Hand, Inertia on Othe “Those who are charged with the responsibility and sobered with the cifficulties, (ind ourselves in the middle of the road resisting the tendency to socialism on the one hand and the inertia of reactionary contentment Wwith presen: evils and ambition for Ereater concentration of financial pow- er on the other: but we are gradually #olving ihe problem. The present does not bring difficulties so great as You had to meet and overcome in '61. Reduce Influence of Demagogues. “it may be a longer fight, hecause it Wwill not involve violence, or the shed- | ding of blood. but it must and will be solved peacefully and by the earnest efforts of the level-headed, the prac- tical and the courageous among us, and by reducing the influence of the demagogue and the theoretical ex- tremists on the one hand and the re- actionary influuence of combinations of wealth in politids and progress on the other. Its solution will be con- sistent witih the preservation of our ancient institutions of personal liberty and private property under the con- stitution. Can Safely Work Out Our Problems. “The message that you bear, with Your experience and your success, to those of us struggling now with the pProblem is, that however dark at times the. situation seems, so long as we retain in this country a God-fear- ing, sober, intelligent people, we can-| count in the long run upon their work=- ing out safely and sanely the problems met before them, no matter how many mistakes in the form of ‘nostrums’ they may have been led into by the Speciousness of half-baked theories of progress, no matter how often they may have been defeated in their pur- pose by the temporary success of un- due and corrupt influence of concen- trated wealth.” Taft Surrounded by Veterans. From the moment he reached Ro- chester-about nine o'clock this morn- ing until nine o'clock when he left for Beverly, the president was surrounded by veterans. He stood on a reviewing stand for more than two hours in the morning while thousands of old sol- diers, most of them in blue, many of them just tottering along with the aid of friends, filed slowly by. Governor Makes Hasty Exit. Major Gen. Frederick D. Grant, Mayor Edgerton and Commander in Chief Gilman of the G. A. R. stood with the president. There was some surprise expressed when it was learned that Governor Dix, who it was expect- ed would be present, left Rochester last night. That an affront was in, tended to the president, however, was not taken seriously by the members of the party. The Arbitration Treaties. Peace was re=ll, the subject of the president's speech-to the veterans to- night, but he said he could not miss an opportunity to draw an analogy be- tween the contests of the past and those of the present and the near fu- ture. Turning aside from that purely national question, he took up the gen- eral arbitration treates with Great Britain and France, which the senate foreign relations committee sought to amend and which part of that com- mittee labeled “breeders of war™ Not Breeders of War, Tn none of the objections made by the senate committee to the treaties could the president find substance which ‘would lead him to change his mind as to their desirability. That they would prove breeders of war he could not conceive; that the Monroe doctrine might be held by European nations to be subject to arbitration he found was illogical and unfounded. Will Keep Up His Campaign. If the senate rejects the treaties, the president said, he would have to abide by its decision, but that he in- tends to keep up his campaign before the country to have them ratified he made plain also. 2 MRS. THOMAS EDISON CANNOT BE LOCATED Addressed to Her Being Returned in Large Bunches. M Minneapolis, Minn., While Thomas Edison, inventor, is dis scien in Paris, clals of the Minneapoli Sault Ste. Marfe rallroad & for Mrs, Edison. Mr. Ed res to communicate with his wife, and the letters he sent from _the Irench capitol to Detroit, where Mrs. :l-_‘dlfiun had been visiting, did not reach er. Mrs. Edison started for the Pacific coast shortly after her husband safled for Paris. She lcft her traveling ad- dress with Assistant General Passen- ger Agent ‘Huston of the . Michigan Central railroad, who in turn faith- fully forwarded the mail. A few days ago mail in bunches began to return to the company's office in Detroit marked “Not here.” Vigorous efforts on the part of the Michigan Central officials to locate Mrs. Edison have failed. Today th passenger department of the “Soo” road was importuned to locate the wife of the inventor. HARTFORD STABLE FIRE GAUSES LOSS OF $15,000. Three Carloads of Hay and Grain Consumed—Horses Saved. August 23— the American cussing aviation with Minneapolls offi- St Paul & Hartford, Conn., Aug. 23.—The sta- bies of Bills Brothers, situated on Grove street, In this city, were totalty Gestroyed by fire late this afternoon, causing a loss estimated to be aboat $15,000. The fire whan discovered had gained tremendous headway and tha efforts of the firemen were confined to the saving of the adjoining buildings. Three carloads of hay and the sam2 amount of grain,which had been placiid in they building only vesterday, were consumed. Five horses which were in the stable at the timz were led to safety. John Daly. a harness maker, was caught on the second floor, and he jumped to the ground, sustaining a sprained ankle. Two small boys who were in the building were also rescuzd by _spectators. The les spread to the Lehigh Coai company’s office and also to Beeckier's laundry, but they were put out wiih 1ittle damage. The fire officials are at a loss to determine the cause of 'tbe s Cleveland to Wed. New York, August 23.—A despatch from Tamworth, N. H., this afterrioon, that it is reported there that Esther Cleveland, eldest dausihter of the late President Cleveland, is § marry Randolph B. West, som of gflf. Andrew ‘West of Princeton uni- versity. Miss Cleveland is about 20 years old, ¢ © Congressman Latta Under the Kaif Rochester, Minn.. Aug. 23.—Congress. man Latta df Nebraska went to St. Mary’s hospital hece today to undgerzo an_operation for what is supposed 1) he an intestinal adhesion. J. P.Tlalta, o > ~and Dr. Lukens, his family , are here to attend Mr, La'- FLOWERS BY CARLOAD AT FUNERAL OF JOHN W. GATES. Was Attended by Nearly 2,000 People at Hotel Plaza, New York. New York, Aug. 23.—Nearly 2,900 persons gathered at the Plaza hotel today to pay their last tribute to the memory of John W. Gates. Three whole floors of the big hostelry where the late financier made his home in this city were used for the funeral arrangemants. The mourners came from all parts of the country, and flow- ers arrived by the carload from far dis- tant points. Mr. Gates' body rested in a copper casket enclosed in silver mounted ma- hogany in the hotel assembly room. The room was draped with black and purple,with flowers banked everywhere. Seven hundred _chairs accommodated relatives and friends: so great was the number attending that not all could be seated. The funeral services wer2 conducted by the Rev. Wallace MacMullen of the Madison avenue Methodist Episcopal church, assisted by the Rev. J. W. La Grone. Mr. Gates’ body will be kapt in a receiving vault at Woodlawn cemetery until the family decides upon its final resting place. —n o B S REFERENCE TO TAFT: BY ORONOKE GRANGER. Speeches ‘Made at Gathering of F: field County Pomona Grange. Georgetown, Conn., Aug. 23.—About 500 members of the Fairfield County Pomona grange met at the Gilbert ex- periment farm today for an inspection of the building and work bein~ doac. The only mention of the President Taft incident was made in a short speach by J. H. Blake of Oronoke, who said that the executive committee of tha! state grange had not officially taken any action on the holding qf a granse day at the state fair. Th2 matter of having such a day. he said, was sug- gested by an outsider, and when the committee heard that President Taft | was to speak on that day the commit- tee paid no more attention to the mat- ter. There were several other speak- ers, but the Taft incident was not touched. FEENEY RE-ELECTED. Convention of American Federation of Catholic Societies Ends. Columbus, O., August 23.—With the election of officers and the selection of Louisville, Ky., ds the convention place next year, bus sessions of the American Federation of Catholic Soci- eties came to a close here late today. Several social affairs rematn on the programme, which ‘'will be completed tomorrow with a meeting of editors of Catholic newspapers and magazines. President Edward Feeney of Brook- Iyn was re-elected, as were Secretary Anthony Matre of St. Louis, Treasur- er C. H. Schuite of Detroit, Marshal J. W. West of Kansas City, and Color Bearer Chief Horncloud of the Sioux Indians, ' At Barcelona: Aug. 19, Manuel Caivo, from New York. R The Bulletin's Circulation in Norwich is Double That of Any Other Paper, and Tts cme, Aug. 23.—Torrential rains, ac- companied by cyclonic winds, have fallen for 24 hours in Lombardy, de- vastating the rich province. St. Petersburg, ‘Aug. 23.—Five hun- dred Jews who are attending the fair at Nizhni-Novgorod have been declared subject to expulsion from the district. Berlin, Aug. 23.—Emparor William has conferred with the decoration of the Order of the Red Eagle, second class, upon Prof. Hugo Muensterbers, professor of psychology at Harvard university. < Paris, - Aug. 23.—A cabinet council has been called for next Friday, when consideration will be given to what is designed tc be France’'s final word o Germany concerning Morocco and the compensations to Germany in other parts of Africa. Berlin, Aug. 23.—A despatch from Saloniki, Turkey, today states that Di. Fdmund Richter, the German engineer, who was captured by Greek bandits and held for a ransom of $225,000, has een rescued on the Greek frontier and is returning to Saloniki. ‘Viterbo, Ttely, Aug. 33.—Today’s ses- sion of the Camorra trial was occuplad with the confrontations of Nicola Mo ra, Guiseppe Salvi and Antonio Cer- rato by, witnesses for the crown, who alleged that they saw the three de- fendants together on the night that Gennarrio Cuocolo and his wife were murdered. AR N e JURY FOR BEATTIE” TRIAL IS COMPLETED. Four Farmers Challenged Off Panel by Counsel for Defense. Chesterfield Courthouse, Va., Aug. 23. —The jury which will decide whether Henry Clay Beattie, Jr., of Richmond, shall go to the electric chair, convicted of wife murder, was completed today. The battle for a human lfe will begin at 10 o'clock tomorrow morning. The commonwealth then will call its first witness. : Father Embraces Him. The prisoner was locked up for the night in the small jail here and will not_be returned to the Richmond jail during the trial. His gray haired fa- ther embraced him and journeved homs in_a dusty public convevance sur- rounded by the curious. Personnel of Jury. Tha jury is made up almost entirely of lean, bronze faced farmers. The 12 men are: No. 1, N. W. Farley, 37, quar- ryman; No. L. Wilson, 38; No. 3, A. L. Fetteroff. contractor, 34 years old; No. 4, Irviog L. Bass, Jr., 30; No. 5, V. W. Fuqua, 27; No. 6. W. L. Bur- gess, 52; No. 7, M. E. Purdie, 27: No. s, M. C. Robinson, 44 vears: No. 3, Thomas A. Hancock, 37; No. 10, Lewis Robertson, 44 years old: No. 11, W. P. Rooks, 48: No. 12, M. E. Biankenship, assistant superintandent of a hilk mill; 38 years old. All of the foregoing are farmers except the three otherwise specified. Four Farmers Challenged. “Beattie conferred earnesfly with his lawyers and studied intently the faces of the full panel befora the defense de- cided upon its four peremptory chal- lenges today. Then after a moment of whispered conversation with H. M. Smith, Jr., his chief counsel, the pris- oner nedded his head and the clerk an- nounced tiat the names of four farm- ers delectzd on Monday were droppel from the list. Indictment Covers All Degrees. In charging the jurors, who will ta kept during the trial at an old tavern near the courthouse, Judge Walter A. Watson simply set forth the Jaw of Virginia as applicable to homicide. As the indictment covers all degrees from ths first degree to involuntary mau- slaughter, he explained that the de- fendant might be found guilty accord- ingly. Second Degree Maximum is 18 Years. “If you find him guilty of murder in the first degree,” said the court, “you shall say so, and nothing more. in which event the punishment shall be death, but if you find him guilty of mutder in the second degree, vou shall say so, and shall fix his punisament by confnement in the penitentiary at not less than five nor more than elghteen ears.” e After citing the penalty for lessor degrees of manslaughter, the court concluded with the words that “if you find the prisoner mot guilty of any of the offenses charged, you shall say 5o, and no more.” Beulah Binford Not Present. It was hot almost to suffocation in the little courtroom today. Xone of the witnesses was on hand, and those who came to see Beuiah Binford, the “girl in the case” were disappointel She will p=rbably 10t be called to tes- tify until late in the week. Mrs. Beattie’s Uncle to Testify. Thomas Own, an uncle of Mrs. Beat- tie, to whose home Henry brought the body with a tale of a bearded hig wayman firing into his from the roadway, first witness called for the common- wealth in the morning. OPERATION OM PRINCE JAIME 1S SUCCESSFUL. It is Confidently Expected a Permanent Cure Has Been Effected. Fribers, Switzerland, Aug. 23.—An operation was performed today at tie laryngological clinic by Drs. Reymond and Grinda on Prince Jaime, the sec- ond son of King Alfonso and Queen Victoria_of Spain. for ths relief of a nose and throat affection from which the prince has been suffering since birth. J It was stated that the operation proved very sucressful and it is be- lieved that a permanent curz will be effected after further treatment lasting several weeks. Queen Victoria brought Prince Jaime here in July and then she proceeded to England. It is expected that she will come to Switzerland to take her son back to Madrid. THREE HELD FOR DEATH OF LIEUTENANT WHITTIER. ns Say a Third Struck the Fatal Blow. Boston, Aug. 23.—After dne of the two Italians, Frank Cassassa and Guiseppe Balsuretti, who are under ar- rest, had told the police toduy that John A. Garibboto was the man who struck down and caused the death of Lieutenant Whittier of the revenne cutter Androscoggin, the- authorities arrested. - Garibboto, The three men were gziven a hearing ‘before Judge Wentworth in the municipal court on a charge of manslaughter and _all pleaded not guilty. Bail was fixed at $1,000 each, in default of which thoy were taken to jail. John W. Gates Left an Estate val- ued at §30,000,000 to $40,000,000. Two Ital Total Paragraphs |Parig Polige 'bofi_feSsion, of ~ hre Baffled FIAVE NO CLUE TO MISSING ART TREASURE. A QUEST OF FINGER PRINTS Frame Which Contained the “Mona Lisa’ to Be Carefully Inspected for That Purpose—Council of War Held. « 5 Paris, August 23.—The mystery of the disappearance from the Louvre of Leonardo da Vinci’s great painting, “Mona Lisa,” popularly called by the French “La Jocunde,” appears more impenetrable -than ever tonight. Picture Disappeared Monday Morning The only thing definitely established as the result of today’s investigations is the fact that the picture disappeared between the hours of 7 and-8.30 o’clock Monday morning. Whether it is still in the Louvre or has been taken away it_is impossible at present to deter- mine. - Police Are Baffled. Not the faintest clue has been dis- covered in spite of the united efforts of sixty of the smartest detectives in Paris and all on the museum staff. Whether the picture was abstracted by one or several persons also remains in doubt, and M. Lepine, the prefect of police, admits that he is completely baffled. ° Museum to Be Closed. It is one of the hardest cases in the annals of . criminal investigation and the search is being continued with un- remitted - zeal. To" facilitate this the museum will be closed for three days. No one will-be admitted on any pre- text whatever, except the police and ficials, L A Council of War. A council of war was held in the Louvre this afternoon. Various hypo- theses were advanced, weighed and examined in turn, and finally rejected for lack of evidence. The consensus of opinion, however, was that the pic- ture has not left -the building, but is hidden in one of the innumerable recesses. _All the gate Kkeepers are positive that no such package as the picture would have made was taken from the museum, Buildings to Be Searched. 1t will take at least a week to search the buildings. It is thought the pic- ture might be hidden -in one of the cases covered by straw. Only Expert Could Do Job Alone. An_experiment made today estab- lished the fact that while a-guardian, or a person accustonied to the work, could handle a picture the size of “Mona Lisa” unaided, "it would be practically impossible for an inexpert hand to detach and carry it alone.- It i$ supposed that the thief or thieves entered the museum before it was closed on Sunday and remained hid- den in the lavatories all night, emerg- ing in the morning wearing workman's blouse and thus passing unremarked. To Look for Finger Prints. ‘All persons present on Monday were again toddy subjected to a searching examination by Magistrate Drioux, but nothing further was brought to light. M. Bertillon took a number of photo- graphs of the frame and the paper packed around the frame to prevent dust from penetrating between the frame and the painting, pieces of which were found strewn about close to the spot where the frame was dis- covered, . These will be examined un- der the microscope for finger prints. THAW MAINTAINS HE 1S NOT INSANE. Answer to His Wife’s Application for a Lunacy Commission. Pittsburg, Aug. 23.—An answer was filed today by Harry K. Thaw, through his attorr.ey, former Governor William A. Stone, to the petition of his wife, Evelyn Neasbit Thaw. in which Judge L. L. Davis was asked to appoint a lunacy commission to take charge cf the income of Thaw in this state and provide fer the suorort of the wife. Thaw's income is said to be 360,000 a year. Thaw claims that the verdict of the jury in New York state of a finding that he was insane and that the de- cree confining him in Matteawan was statutory and not a proceeding as to the lunacy of Thaw. He claims that the fact ihat he is sftill confined at Matteawan does not judicially or in any way establish his present insan- ity. 'The answer alleges that thes ve- tition asks the court to do what it has no authority to do. In the second part of the amnswer Thaw states: “Your afiant is not 2t present insane. He is quite capable of attending to his own affairs, and does attend to his own affairs. If thare was ever any derangement mentally, the affiant had entirely recovered from it, and is now in the possession of ail his mental faculties.” . SNEEZE OF HIPPOTAMUS JARRED MAN INTO SEA. Cook of ‘the President Grant Saved by His Shipmates, New York, Aug. 23.—A giant hirro- tamus, a cook and the ship's crew, as principals, enacted for th2 2,000 pas- sengers aboard .the steamship Presi- dent Grant, which reached New York tbday from Hamburg, a ‘“near sea tragedy” last Tuesday, when two days out from Southampton. Max Harvest, the fourth cook, was sitting on the rail forward, dozing .ia the sunshipe. Just then from the near- by cage of the hippo, consigned to the z0o at Cincinnati, and>the largest ever brought to America, came a tremen- dous sneeze. The shock of the hippo’s ‘wheeza was apparently too much for the somnolent cook, who unceremoni- ously toppled overboard, and a mo- ment later was struggling in the wake of the ship. cry from one of the passengers brought aid: A boat was lowered and th: President Grant cir- cled around until the crew fished the cook out and got him aboard. Milke Producers Dissatisfied. Sterling, ‘Aug. 23.—The milk »ro- ducers in’ this section are discussing ‘the plan of forming a co-operative as- xnclatlon with the purpose of dealing irectly with the consumers in Provi- dence and other points to which their product goes, instead of through ths mn!;lk ‘dealers’ association, as at pres- e — Frést in_North Dakota Duluth, ‘Minn., Aug. 23—Frost was reported last night at Dickinson, -~. D., where mercury registered 30 ' Geidel, Jo o MR TR FL S TRV o A SR 2. B B S u S B A TR AN i G s i Tod il i A aea st e R LRSI o i 6 A} Young ‘Geidel PLACED BEFORE THE 'JURY AT MURDER TRIAL. BOY’S. COUNSEL OVERRULED Defense to Claim That Jackson Died of Heart Failure—Mother of Acoused Lad Present in Court. New York, August 23—The prose- cution scored a point this afternoon at the trial of Paul Geidel of Hart- ford, the hellboy accused of killing William H, Jackson, the aged Wall street brokér. Part of the verbal con- fession alleged by the police to have been made by the seventeen-year-old defendant was placed before the jury after Judge Crain had overruled an objection of Geidel's counsel. Admitted Ownership of Handkerchief. Detective Jeremiah Barber testified that young Geidel had admitted the ownership of a bloodstained handker- chief found in the room of the slain broker. According to the detective's testimony, he showed the handkerchief to Geidel anad asked the bellboy if it was his. Geidel admitted it was, the officer said, and added: | “I used it to wipe my hands on.” “It Makes Me Sick,” Said Geidel. Bdrber testified that he saw Geidel again the morning following this con- versation and asked him why he killed Johnson. “Don’t talk to me about that It makes me sick,” Barber said Geidel re- sponded. ? Defense May Claim Heart Failure. “Before the detectives took the stand a line of defence had been foreshad- owed during the examination of wit- nesses. Questions put by James A. Gray, Geidel's counsel, to coroner’s physician Lehane seemed to indicate that the defence would try to prove that Mr. Jackson died of heart failure. Dr. Lehane was asked if the body ap- peared, disregarding the wounds, sim- [Tlar to that of a person dead of heart failure. It did not, the doctor replied. The Curious Excluded. Court officers this afternoon en- forced unusually strict rules to ex- clude crowds of the curibus who sought admission to the trial Boy's Mother Present. Geidel was dull-eyed and pale and marched mechanically into court at the side of his lawyers. Mrs. Annie mother of the accused boy, entered the courtroom shortly after the session was resumed and took a. seat in the back of the room. Mother Smiled at Prisoner. As_the mother’s eyes met those of her son she smiled reassuringly, but Geidel's immovable face gave no re- sponse. A shade of disappointment or worry crossed the mother’s face at this greeting. The trial will be con- tinued tomorrow. WASHINGTON GRANGE— REPUDIATES OFFICIALS. Deprecates Attitude of State Officers " Toward the President. Hartford, Conn., Aug. 23.—Washing- ton grange, Patrons of Husbandry, of ‘Washington, in this state, on Monday 2vening passed resolutions “in sorrow and not in anger,” rebuking those who presumed to represent the order in this state in thLeir attitude toward Presi- dent William H. Taft in connection with his coming to the Connecticut fair at Charter Oak park, when they decided to have no grange day at the fair. The resolutions declare the ac- tions of the officials of the Connecticut state grange to be “acts of gross ani unwarranted discourtesy to tha chief executive of opr nation, whom we re- spect as o maf and honor as our pres- ident, regardless of our party affilia- tions, or our views in regard to the reciprocity agreement. A $500,000 TRAINING SCHOOL FOR STEWARDS. Commission of Chefs to Study Subject of Food Preparation. Chicago, Aug. 23.—Plans for estal- lighing a_training school for stewards to cost $500,000 were considered at to- day’s session of the annual convention of the International Stewards' asso- ciation. Nearly $200,000 has already been piadged for the project, according to officials of the organization. The training school probably will be erected at Indianapolis, Ind. A special commission composed of 13 of the best known chefs in the world will be appointed to study the subject of food preparation with a view of adopting certain standard rules for us: n_the- courses of instruction to be given at the proposed training school. WOMEN DISTRESSED BY BATHING SUIT ORDER Must Be Draped for Street Wear in Atlantic City. Atlantic City, N. J., August 23.—The thousands -of pretty young women from New York, Philadelphia and other Jarge cities who are fond of dis- porting themselves on the beach and also on the streets of this resort clad in bathing suits and high-heeled shoes are sorely distressed today over an order which acting Mayor Lfarmany has issued. The order bars the wearer of an undraped bathing suit, no mat- ter how fair she may be, from appear- ing in the stree® so garbed, unless she is willing to wear a raincoat or a wrap of some kind to hide the short-skirted, sleeveless bathing suit. Pl P o e LRI, UPTON SINCLAIR TO SUE FOR DIVORCE. A Young Western Poet to Be Named as Co-respondent. New York, Aug. 23.—Upton Sinclair, the author, issued a statement tonigat saying that as soon as he can get in touch with his lawyer and have tie necessary legal papers drawn, it is nis purpose to instituts a suit for -divorce against his wife. He says he will name as co-respondent a young western poet who recently was a visitor at the Sin- clair summer home at Arden, Del. Mr. Sinclair in 1900 married Meta H. Fui- lar, Moving Picture Causes Death. New York, Aug. 23—The excltement aitending the porirayal of a scene of a holdup of a western stage coach dig- plaved on the screen of a movi pic- ture theater last -night . causes the death of Mrs. Lizzie Haybeck, 45 yeurs old, of Philadelphia i Circulation is the Iaa.rgestmconnectmutm le!opoé'fion'to the City’s Population | Condensed. Telegrams All Grades of Refined Sugar wérsad- vanced 10 cents a hundred pounds yes- terday.* € The Mills of the Salmon Falls, N. 1., Manufacturing comefany will be closed from next Saturday noon auntil Sept. 5. Mrs. Grover Cleveland Saved the life of a caretaker from death by fire at her country home at Meredith, N. H. The Report of the House Committes ‘which investigated the charges against Ib)r. ‘Wiley, will be made next Decem- er. 4 Judge Butler Declares That Ever: Derson in the mob that lynched Zac| Walker at Coatesville, Pa., may be accused of murder. Rodney J. Diegle, sergeant at arms of the seénate of Ohio, convicted of aid- ing and abetting bribery, will confess to save himself from prigon. The Commission Appointed by Con- gress to investigate and report upcn second class postal rates expects to finish its inquiry this week. - Jesse Johnson, Colored, 30 years old, was drowned yesterday while swim- ming in the Quinnipiac river, at New Haven. ' He leaves a family. Sergt. Ferdinand Batenfield, station- ed at Fort Leavenworth, committed suicide because of despondency over separation from his sweetheart. . John W. Bentley, a_Millionaire Vis- itor from Plymouth, Mass., died sud- denly at an_ Atlantic City beach front hotel vesterday from heart disease. Joseph K. Cusack and Frank E. Hering were named as opposing can- didates yesterday for grand president of the Fraternal Order of Eagles. The Twelfth Case of Infantile Pa. ralysis during the recent epidemic at Woburn was reported by the health authorities of that city yesterday. Admiral Togo Reached Winnipeg, Man.,, at 1 o'clock yesterday afternoon and was met by representatives of the dominion and provincial governments. Miss Susan Murphy, 58 Years Old, was burned to death at her home at North_Scituate, R. I, vesterday by a lighted lamp dropping from her han-. During the Extra Session of Congress thers were 35 presidential nominations which failed of confArmation by the senate. Three nominations were re- Jjected. About Eighty Per Cent. of the votes of the Federation of Illinois Central Employas have been received by the federation, and 75 per cemt. favor a strike. Mrs, Hetty Green, America's richest woman, failed to get a reduction on the assessed valuation of ner Chicage property, despite vigorous protests of her lawyers. The Organization Element in the Loyal Order of Moos2 now assembled at Detroit in annual convention was overwhelmingly victorious in the elec- tion of officers. : The Burley Tobacco Crop of Ken- tucky, which last year was estimated to be 300,000,000 pounds, will not amount to more fhan 50,000,000 this year, it is believed. ¢ The Denver Board of Supervisors have voteG to erect a monument in honor of Ralph Johnstone, the aviator, who was killed at the meet at Overland park Nov, 17th last. A Resolution Asking Congress io establish a one-cent postage rate for first class mail was adopted vesterday by the American Philatelic society 1m convention at Chicago. Frank Mauratz, a Young Japanese, who was_caught at Rockaway beach after a chase that lasted nearly four vears, was sent back to Greeley, Col, to stand trial for murder. The National Waterways Commis- sion decided toexplore the route of the proposed canal from Toledo, O., via Fort Wayne, Ind, to Lake Michigan, beginning about November 1. The House Passed a Bill Authorizing the use of a site on a government res- ervation in New York harbor for the erection of a bronze statue commemo- rating the American Indian. 5 E. P. Ripley, President of the Atchi- son, Topeka and Santa Fe railroad, said that unless business conditions improve it will be necessary to reduce the 60,000 employes of the company. Two ltalians .Were Killed and six probably fatall wounded in an ex- plosion at Bonham, Harlan county, at the works of the Wisconsin Steel com- pany at Middlesboro, Ky. vesterday. Benjamin Foss, Son of Gov. Eugens . Foss, of Massachusetts, and Miss Dorothy Chapman of San Francisco were married at noom vesterday in Grace Episcopal cathedral, San Iran- cisco, Frank Gotch, the Champion Wrestler, now weighs close to 207 pounds, and when he steps upon the mat in Chicazo Labor day to meet George Hacken- sehmidt he expects to be three pounds lighter. B Three Girls Were Burned to Death in their home on Shuniah road, Port Arthur, Ont., yesterday. The girls were daughters of Thomas Schmidt. Their ages were from five to sixteen years. For the Purpose of Securing ammu- nition to be used in the practice cruise of the Atlantic fleet, the battleships Mississippi, Missouri and Maine ar- rived at the Philadelphia navy yard from Provincetown. The Fourteenth Atlantis- Conference of German Baptists, comprising the New ‘England states, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware and Maryland, opened at New Haven last night with 100 delegates present. After a Chase Which Started in ‘Wilkes-Barve, Pa., two men, who gave their names as Ignatz Divack and Dominick Goslenski, werg arrested by the police of Milwaukee, charged with forging a large number of checks, A Verdict That August Jacobson didl not commit suicide but was brutali murdered was signsd by the corone: jury. T'he body of Jacobson, a New Sweden, Me., farmer, was found béhing his house on the morning of June 12, Two Carloads of Beef Steers re- ceived at the Kansas (‘ity stock yards vesterday from Plattsburg, M brought $8.20 a hundred, which, stock- ard officials say, is by five cents the ighest price reached Im any market this year Atwood on Last Lap of Flight EXPECTS TO LAND AT SHEEPS- HEAD BAY TODAY, " HAS 134 MILES TO MAKE Calculates to Finish the Trip in Three Hours—Farmer at Castleton, N. Y, Objected to His Presence Yesterday. Summary of Atwood's St. Louls-New York flight: Distance to fly to New York, 134 miles. Distance already flown from St Louis, 1,131 miles. Total time in the air, 25 hours and % minutes. & Days flying, 10. Portions of states passed over: Mis- souri, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, Pennsyie vania #nd New York. Cities: St Louis, Chicago, Toledo, Cleveland, Buf- falo and Albany. Will beat the world's lonz distance record at Rhinecliff, when he will be 13 miles more than the present record of 1164 miles. Expects to reach New York Thur day afternoon, when he will be 1 miles from his starting point. Aeroplane Hitched to Apple Tre Jastleton, N. Y., Aug. 23—On the last lap_of his flight from St. Louis to New York, Harry N. Atwood tonieit has his aeroplane hitched to an apple tree on top of a hill here overlooking the Hudson river, and Albany. -°-ht miles to the north. Tomorrow Atweed expects in two “bird hops” plete his journey to New York, ing in Sheepshead Bay, with a possible preliminary circle over Governor's Is!- and. To Make 134 Miles Today. Atwood hopes to sail over the 134 miles between here and New York be- fore mid-afternoon. It is not proba- ble that he will make it without a stoy on the way, because he carries only 12 gallons of gasoline and uszs one galloa every 10 miles. He hopes to make his first “hop” the longest. so that he will be able more accurately to estimate ths actual time of his appearancz over New York. His actual flying time from here down, he thinks, will be much less than three hours. Pontoons Attached Last Night. When he landed here Atwood in 10 days had flown 1.131 miles from his starting point in St. Louis without anv mishap more serious than losing his way by diverginz from his course In a run from Lyons, N. Y. to Auburn. The biplane, beaten against for days b» high winds along the edges of Laks Michigan and Lake Erie, withstood the test witheut friction. It was only be- cause of a slight wearing of the bamr- ings of his engine that Atwood decided not to continue his flight tonight, but to put everything in shape for smeoth sailing tomorrow. His mechanics pre- pared to work on the biplane all night, atiaching pontoons for possible lsnd- ings in the river. Proposed Route Today. Leaving here, probably earby, At- wood will take a straight course down the river, fiying over or near Kingstor, Poughkeepsle, Fishkill, Newburg, Os- sining and intermediate points. His appearance ovar Rhinecliff, opposits Kingston, will mark his breaking the world’s record for cross country fiving, for at that point he will have exceeded by 13 miles_the present record of 1.161 miles. At New York he will havs flown 1.265 miles, or 101 miles above tie present record. Only Forenoon Flight Yesterday. Atwood's flight today of 66 miles be- tween Fort Plain and Castleton was the only day's run which hs started and ended pefore noon. From Fert Plain, where on the bank of the Mo- hawk river he ascended in a fog =t a. m. he swept through the M- hawk valley, went over Amstardam and Schenectady, “turned the corner” for the south at Albany and landed hers at 9.12 a. m. He stoppéd 15 minutes malking his ac- flying tima 1 and 32 min- The run was attended by a eon- tion of the excitement along the 1as marked the flight sines in began in St. Louis 10 days ~~ Sought to Aveid Crowds. Over villages and cities and didre- garding all importunities and offrs of money bonrses to land in places whers Atwood en route for gasoline. tual hour great crowds awaited him sailed rough the valley in the fox and as: a wind. Whistles and the ringing of belis had no nducement for him, for generally he detoured around cities. At Schenectady he went thres miles out of his way to avoid the dem onstration and was seen only in the distance. Approaching Albany, he turned to the south and again svaded the crowds. Factory Declares Half Holiday. When he was swinging out gver the Hudson river, however, thousands sew him and then began a great rush in the direction in which it was seen he was Zoing to land. Many business estab- lishments were emptied of their em- ployes and one factory declared a half holiday. In the rush down the country road leading to Caatleton, when peopls on foot mingled with wagons and & tomobiles in ths chase, one man was reported to have fainted. Another business concern announced it had discharged half its employes becauss they ran into the streets. Atwood himself, after shunning hos- pitality a'l day, landed on the properts of an irate farmer who protested against .the appearance of the “man- bird” and_its consequent rush of the people. Tha more the farmer pro tested the greater became the crowid, and soon a nearby apple orchard was half denuded of its fruit. At first Af. wood declared a resumption of fthe flight down the river was the only way to save the apples, hut finaily an agreement was reached, ropes were stretched around the acroplane under a trez and the onlooking crowd was permitted to stay. BULLET DEFLECTED BY A COLLAR BUTTON New York - ltalian’s Life Saved Strange Manner. in a New York, August A collar but- el the life of Thomas Junts, n, when he fired_upon by a fellow Couniryman in an Fast Side fight tonight. 1is opponent took care- ful atm at the back of Jonta's neck and fired. Junta staggered and it ap- peared that he was mortally wonnded until_the police got himr to a neighbor- ing drug store. As the physician was looking tor a wound a flattened bul- let dropped from Junta's coat, The "l(;elf thfl!"u"k] the ('Iollurl m f‘uufl and failed 1o pierce it, alt] button was driven into Junis's meck,