FULL ECLIPSE OF THE SUIl
RACE SUICIDE INCREASES
DYNAMITE PROVES FATAL
ALL HONOR TO ROOSEVELT
president Delueed With Notes of
Congratulation at Oyster Bay.
Aeronaut Blown to Pieces While
1500 Feet in the Air.
RECOGNITION OF HIS EFFORTS
Heads o GoTernmeat, Prelates, Dlgjnl
trlw ud Xottd Ktn tb World Orer
Unit la PnUftlac OorCMfEunti
For Bit Labors In BiluK of Peace
BetwMB BomIm Md Japan.
Oyster Bay, N. Y. From out of the
whirl of excitement and the clouds of
j doubt arises a aoytary figure, majestic
;ln Its just pride of accomplishment
ilmple In Its pare American democracy.
I President Itoosevelt stands to-day In
Ihe eyes of the entire world, the most
?otent figure In current history.
While the telegraph wires leading
Into this little Tillage on the shores of
the Sound were humming with con
'gratulatory messages from the mighty
wies of the world, the President might
have been seen dressed in. khaki and
tarrying an axe. striding down the
rwooded lope near his summer home.
'A heavy drizzle -was- falling. It was
but a few minutes before the axe
awakened the echoes.
Two hours later, at 9 o'clock In the
toorning. Secretary Loeb arrived at
Sagamore Hill for his . daily session
of executive business with the Presi
dent. He carried a handbag filled with
congratulations from crowned heads, of
Europe, from men occupying exalted
places in State and church the world
Over, and letters that came from men
and women in humbler station.
Mr. Loeb found the President half
hidden behind a pile of wood. . Thus it
;was that tne man on whom is centred
the gaze of the world received the
official thanks of the world. 1
"Whistle softly. We are getting into
Ihe thin timber, but we are not yet out
of the woods."
This homely admonition is said to
have been used by President Roosevelt
in spetlldng of the situation at Ports
mouth. Peace was in sight but was
not yet an accomplished fact
The telegraphic force at the execu
tive office was swamped with messages
frein those who wished to congratulate
the President on the happy outcome
of bis efforts for peace. Among them
were the following: .
Peterhof , Alexandria.
'Accept my congratulations and warm
est thanks for having brought the
peace negotiations to a successful con
clusion owing to your personal ener
getic efforts. My ' country will grate
fully recognize the great part you have
played in the Portsmouth peace confer-
lib E. Bala wis Meets With rforribls
Death While Giving Demos
timUoa mt Greenville.' O. ...
Solar Data Obtained From Different
- Points the World Oyer.
LITTLE SEEN IN THIS COUNTRY
ence.
NICHOLAS.
Marienbad.
The President:
Let me be one of the first to con
gratulate you on the successful Issue
of the peace conference, to which you
have so greatly contributed. -
EDWARD R. I.
. .. Neues Palais.
President Theodore Roosevelt:
Just received cable from America an
nouncing agreement of peace confer
ence on preliminaries of peace. I am
overjoyed; express most sincere con
gratulations at the great success due
to your untiring efforts. The whole of
mankind must unite and will do so in
thanking you for the great boon you
have given it WILLIAM, I. IL
La Begude, Presidence.
President Roosevelt:
Your Excellency has just rendered
io humanity an eminent service for
which I felicitate you heartily. The
French republic rejoices in the role
that her sister America has played in
this historic event
' EMILE LOUBET.
Ischel", Austria.
. On the occasion of the peace just con
cluded I wish. Mr. President, to send
you my friendliest felicitations on the
result of your Intervention. May the
world be blessed with many years' con
tinuance of peace undisturbed.
FRANCIS JOSEPH.
Greenville, Ohio. John E. Baldwin,
an airship navigator, was blown to
atoms here while 154. - feet in the air
by the explosion of six sticks of dy
namite. His wife and two children
were among the 25.000 spectators who
witnessed his death. - -
Baldwin had been giving daily ex-
hlbltions at the county fair here. He
would ascend several thousand feet and
explode dynamite at Intervals. This
time he had gone up 1500 feet and his
airship was soaring birdlike. Every
eye among the thrilled spectators be
low watched him until he. became al
most a speck.
Suddenly a great cloud of smoke ap
peared. It hid the airship from view.
the spectators supposed, as the bal
loon had vanished.
In another moment the sound of the
explosion reached the straining ears.
The airship did not appear again to
vision.
For a moment the crowd waited ex
pectantly, thinking that a view of the
aeronaut would be obtained through a
rift In the smoke. A second two
three and, finally, a minute passed and
the supposed smoke did not clear. Then
a groan of horror rose from the mul
titude.
The airship had vanished. Where
It bad been but a moment before was
only space. Twenty-five thousand pairs
of eyes searched In vain over the beav
ens for the speck which had been hu
man life.
A woman's shriek broke the spell.
The practiced eye of Baldwin's wife
told her of the tragedy in the clouds
before the crowd could fully compre
hend. With one piercing scream she
fell In a dead faint. j
Searchers immediately began looking
for fragments of the wrecked airship.
A half mile away they found pieces of
silk cloth, of which the balloon was
made, and splinters of the basket-like
frame work on which the aeronaut had
been perched. Scattered about a tweri-
ty-acre field were fragments of Bald
win's body. The distance was so great
that the crowds had net seen them fall.
When they realized what had hap
pened forty or more women fainted,
while the- faces of the men blanched.
The tragedy occurred at the end of the
day's program, and the crowd was
quickly dismissed from the grounds.
Jso one can tell how the accident oe
curred. The six sticks of dynamit
which Baldwin carried with him mus
have exploded simultaneously, as onl;
one report was heard. It is supposed
that In igniting the fuse connected
with the dynamite he set fire to a leak
of hydrogen gas from the balloon, the
gas forming an explosive mixture with
the air, and that this explosion set off
the dynamite also. ' I
Baldwin was engaged in a demon
stration of the possibilities of aerial
warfare. For almost twenty years he
had been giving.balloon and airship ex
hibitions about the country, for the
most part at county fairs. He was
thirty-seyen years old, and his home
'was at Losantlville. Ind.
Host f tli Astronomical Parties A
plisbod Their TTork mt Taklmj
enrolls and Hiking , Observations
Zron PIMM Sm s3m Sfortls of Africa
and la Europe
Guelma, Algeria. The American as
tronomical expedition headed by Rear-
Admiral Chester, Superintendent of the
United States Naval Oberratory, Suc
ceeded In obtaining; a splendid photo
graph of the eclipse of the sun. The
expedition, also, by means of special
apparatus, sketched .the sun's protuber
ances.
Tripoli. The American, Italian and
French expeditions observed the eclipse
here In a dear atmosphere. It lasted
three minutes and four seconds. The
shadow banda were particularly fine.
beginning ten minutes before the to
tality. Bailey's beads were not seen
The corona was evenly developed. Pro
fessor Todd, of Amherst College, head
of the American expedition, took many
photographs.
Assouan, Egypt. The eclipse was ob-
Proportion c! Children to Adults
Steadily Decreasing .
Cldrala Prices SzzizI
OSdal Oartntatat Eeport Shows Eos
StartUsqc tracts-BtaUstlco ta
Urur rttM taia.
President Roosevelt:
Janesville, Wis.
PRESIDENT RECEIVES NEWS.
Message of Peace Reaches Him at
Oyster Bay.
Oyster Bay, X. Y. President Roose
velt received his first news of the
agreement between the envoys of Rus
sia and Japan on terms of peace at
12.50 o'clock in the afternoon.
The President was In the library at
Sagamore Hill dictating letters having
an important bearing on the peace ne
gotiations.
The telephone rang. Secretary Loeb
dropped his pen and stepped up to
receive the message, and the next mo
ment Mr. Roosevelt knew that the ef
forts in which he had set his heart had
finally' borne fruit.
EARTHQUAKE IN PORTSMOUTH
Three Distinct Shocks Drive People in
Terror From Houses.
Portsmouth, X. n. Three earthquake
shocks, which began at 5.40 o clock in
the afternoon and followed each other
Accent congratulations. your sue- i in rayii uw.n5uu, v'- .
ire peace Between t nere. uuuiuj wuuwuu j....?,
cessful efforts to secure peace between
Russia and Japan reflects credit on the
nation. WILLIAM J. BRYAN.
Secretary Loeb, who will see that all
the congratulatory messages are an-
awered becan the task1 at once.
The earnestuess of endeavor and sin-t
ceritv of purpose of the Chief Execu
tive in his efforts on behalf of peace
are shown in his prayer before the
opening of the negotiations when the
plenipotentiaries met on the Presi
dent's yacht at Oyster Bay. He said:
"Gentlemen, I propose a toast to
which there will be no answer and
which I ask you to drink In silence.
standing. I drink to the welfare and
prosperirr of the sovereigns and peo
ples of the two great nations whose
representatives have met one another
on this Ship. It IS my most earnest
hope and prayer, In the Interest of not
only these two great powers but of ail
mankind, that a just and lasting peace
may speedily be concluded between
them." ' .
But for his unfailing efforts and re
lentless zeal the conference would un
doubtedly have failed, and the entire
civilized world knows jt
dishes were shaken from shelves, and
in many cases people rushed in terror
from their homes into the street.
TO CALL' STATE SEQUOYAH.
Indian Territory Committee Selects
Name Decides For Prohibition, i
Muskogee, I. T. The Statehood Con.
stltutiocal Committee agreed on Se
quoyah for the name of the Common
wealth. - t
: It also was decided to make prohibi
tion a part of the organic law and to
issue bonds for $25.OU,OJ0.
DIG PRIZE FOR W2ECKEGS.
Government -Ixpositloa Building Sold
Por $10,500 Cost $0)0,000.
St Lonis, Mo.-The United Stoics
Government building at the Louisiana
Purchase Exposition,, erected at a cost
of ?0OO,O0O, has been sold to a wreck
ing company for $10,00C The stetl
trusses la the structure aiose cost
$100,000. -"'
Washington, D. CThat the propor
tion of children under tea years dd to
the total poulatlon of the United 8tate
has decreased almost cnlnterrnptedly
since the early part of the century Is
the startling information contained in
a report of the Bureau of Census of the
Department of Commerce and Labor.
Betters In the race ralcld theory
have found in the report much in sup
port of their belief. The proportion of
children under ten year old constitut
ed approximately one-third of the pop
ulation of the United, States at the
beginning of the century, and less than
one-fourth at the end.
The decrease has been more rapid
during the last two decades than In
those immediately preceding them.
The report! says in part:
"The decrease in the corresponding
proportion for whites began as early
as 1810 and continued uninterruptedly
until the end of the century.
"Since 1830. when the figures were
first obtained, the proportion of the
negro children under ten years of age
to the total negro population has de
creased. There was, however, an In
crease from 1800 to 1880. On the other
The link Cxtbaac pries Izz stssxr3
C&ahry is 2 Vic per caart
CrAmery Western, extra.f SIHCS
firsts 53i4
Stat dairy tabs, firsts.... 13Vfi
imitation creamery is f
Factory, thirds to rU.... IS Q
115
SUte. fall cream, fuciey..,
- cauai. ............. ..
Part tkimf . good to prune
Prt skim, common..
Falltkims...,
TUt
it
25
21
Q
57
XT
S
Jersey Fancy .
State and Penn. ........ ..4
Weitfrn-Choice ,4
EeiruH-Mxrroir, choice... i S 55 Q SO
Medinra. ehoiee 4, 2 22 H 3 SS
Pea, choice.... .. .. (1 1 75
Red kidney, choice.. .... 3 10 QS15
White kidney ,3C3 375-
Yellow ere A 2 f
JUack turtle soap........ 3 70 f 3 7S-
Lima, Cal 3 S3 QitS
r SUITS AKD TTXLRXT3 TSJCSlf.
Apple. Pippin, per bbl.'... 2 00 2 75
Codling, per bbl 2 00 (3 2 50"
Huckleberries, per.qt...f... 4 Q li
XfuakmelotM, per box.....; 25 I 2S
Watermelons, per 100...;. 3 00 (SIS CO"
Peaches, per buket ... 30 ' 0 1 25
Peari. Kiefer, per bbl...,, 1 00 2tX
Brtlett, per bbl.... .... 2 50 W3 SO
Seckel, per bbl.... ..... 3 00 (3 i CO
Plyms, per.batket 10 23
LXVX POUX.TBT.
Fowls, per lb.... ....... L.i O
Sprin; chickcm, per lb.'...
Russians' Los3 in Guns and Ammunition on Lnnd.
Tbe Russian losses in guns and ammunition in land battles up to
and including the rout at Mukden ha ve been compiled as follows by a
London military expert. The armament of captured naval vessels, Is
not included.' i i I
Guns.
.. 28
.
. . - 78
6
Name of Battle
The Yalu. ... ......
Fengwangcheng....
Nanshan
Tehlitz
Hsihoven ....
Tomucheng ,,, 2
Yushulin Yantseling. . . 2'
Xiiaojang 8.-
The Shaho.....s .. .. ............ 45'
Port Arthur. 529
Heikautai J ......... ..
Mukden.... .. 66
Rounds of
Ammunition.
58,715 i
357
357
1,121
10,030 I
6,920 i
206,735 !
227,700 1
Rifles.
1,021
51232
958
300'
63
600
3,478 5,478
36,598 "
2.000
62,200
112,692
Rounds of
Rifle Am'tion:
S35.CK15
181,000
57,233
980
78,000
1,636,730
26.640,000
28,92848
Total .............. 775
High Russian officers killed during the war: Admiral MakarotT, Ad
miral Witsoeft, Admiral Voelkersam, Admiral Molas, Commander Steph-
anoff, General Count Kellar, General Kondratchenko, General Smolenskl,
General Realinkin, General Tserpitoff. . i r
Several officers of high rank, Including Admiral Rojestvensky, Ad
miral Nebogatoff,1 Admiral TJkhtomsky and ; Generals Hock and r Pflug,
from Port Arthur, are held as prisoners of war.
Roosters, per lb
turkeys, per lb.. ...,...,
Ducks, per pair 45
(Jeee, per pair. ....... :.T. 100
PigccM , per pair . . .
DRESSED POCXTBT.
13
13
o
13
served here by the British, American
and Russian expeditions In perfect
weather. The corona was of moderate
size on account of the Jiaze. Tbe to
tality of the eclipse lasted two minutes
and twenty-four seconds.
The American expedition, headed by
Professor Hussey, of Lick Observatory,
carried out its complete" program. It
obtained eight plates with a forty
foot lens, eight plates which were ex
posed for the intramercurial planet,
with a composite battery of four tele
scopes, and one plate of the general
coronal spectrum.
London, Eng. The solar eclipse was
not visible in London, owing to cloudy
weather. Efforts were made to take
observations from high altitudes by
means of balloons. The eclipse was
distinctly seen from points in the north
west of Ireland. The umbra at the
greatest made the sun appear like a
crescent moon.
Paris, France. The eclipse of the
sun was observed here uuder the most
favorable conditions.
Dispatches from Burgos, Spain, re
port that excellent results were ob
tained by all the scientific expeditions.
Military balloons took part in the ob
servations there. "
St. John's, N. F. All stations along
this coast report satisfactory observa
tions of the eclipse of the sun, but
lack of telegraphic communication with
Labrador makes it impossible to learn
If equally favorable results marked the
efforts of the scientific parties there.
.New York City. Cloudiness made It
Impossible to catch any satisfactory
glimpse of the sun in or near this city
at the time of the solar eclipse. Many
rteople arose at an inconveniently early
hour and sought posts on housetops,
bridses or elevations in the streets
which commanded the eastern horizon,
but without avail.
CASUALTIKS: EXPENSES AM)
LOSSES OF THE WAR.
f
Lenjrth of war, days... SGI
Total Russian casualties 210,000
To talJ a pane casualties 163.000
Cost of war to Japaja..f I,123.iM.00O
Cost to Raia lAUOWJOOO
.Taiwan tear loan
w Koia's war loan
KusU os in hip..
.Japan's loss in thips...
Russian, war ships snk
or captured ..........
Japan's his re?U hi.
His land battle woa by
the J paces
Chief Twtral victories of'
Japan.... "
Length of Tort Arthur
firjre, days ....
J nines r&ACAltie at
Tort Arthur.-..
Hr.ijn cxMiikies a!
Port Arthur..
e70X,0O
150.009,000
,07),W
3
15
5
15,500
hand, there was a rapid decrease from
1880 to 1000.
"The proportion of white children
under - five; years of age to the total
population decreased steadily, except
from 1850 to 1860, the number of such
children being . in 1900 about three
fifths of what it was in 1S30. The de
Crease during the last decade of the
eentury was insignificant.
"The corresponding proportion for
negroes was at its height in 1850 and
1880 and except for 1870 was least in
1890 1 : 1
"The decades of great Immigration
and the-Ciyil War showed the greatest
ratio of decrease in the proportion of
children, i j
'The decades Immediately following
those of great immigration showed a
reduction injthe rate of decrease, nrob.
ably because of the high birth rate
among the j Immigrants. The reduction
in the proportion of children to total
population dnrjng the century suggests,
but does not prove, that the birth rate
was lower.
The Increase in the proportion of
Turkeys, per lb.. 13
Chickns, Pbila., per lb.... IS
Fowls, per lb.... .L.i 11
Pnrinor duck a. I. 1.. Dr lb.
t3quabr, per dozen 1 SO 2 50
- nops. '.v
State. 1904, choice.... 22
Medium to prime. 19
Pacific Cotit, 1901. choice. , 21
Old odd.... ...i-.t
HAT AXD STEATT.
Ilav, prime, per 100 lb....
Nvo. 1, per 100 lb 75
No. 2, per 100 lb. : 70
Qover mixed, per 1001b, 60
straw, long rye.1 .. 70
TZGETABLS8.
Potatoes. L. I., per bbl.... 1 50
Jersey, per bbl ..
bweets, per basket...; .. 50
Turnips, per bbl......;.. 1 00
Tomatoes, per box 20
Kgg plant, per box 25
Squash, per bbl.. .... 40
Peas, per baz.... .....1... 50
Veppers, per box ; . . 20
lettuce, per basket....... 1 00
Cabbages, per 100 2 50
String beans, per bar..';.., 30
Onions. L. I., per bbl...... 1 50
(a?
to
17
TO
13
23
21
22
11
85
72 Si
70
IS
R 1 75
1 50 CC 1 75
(a) 1 2S
(3 1 25
1 25
$ 1 CO
& l no
( W
W 1 so
(fi 5 00
& r :
(S? 2 00'
0. 2 50
0 l 00
50-00
m a no
Conn., white, per bbl. ..L 2 00
Jersey, per basket. ..!.. 50
Celery, per dozen bunchei 15
Carrots, per bbl 1 23
Beetf , per 100 bunches. . . . . 75
Cucumbers. er bbl. . . . . i 1 50
Cucumber pickles, per 1000. 2 00 ( 3 25
Lima beans, per basket. ... 50 0 1 00
Corn, per 100 50 fa fO
Cauliflower, per bbl. ....... 1 60 ( Z
Okra, per basket.... ...... 50 75
cbai. rrc.
Flour Winter patents 4 25
Sorintf natenU '...5 00
Wheat. Tfo, 1 N, Dulutb..J (i
No. 2 red
Corn, No. 2 white
0at, mixed 29
Clipped white 33f?
e
Lard, city..
WHEAT YIELD AND EXPORTS.
............
LIVE STOCK.
Beeveiv city dreed..;... 7
Calves, city lresjied...,1.... 0
Country dre.ed 8
Sheep, per 100 lb j 3 50
t o it. v.. yt- inn ik . . : a 50
.... I w , v.. .......
emiaren among negroes irom .i&mi 10 Uoz. Kv. per loo lb.;.... 5 CO
low auu wie -tiec uum xoov iv
1900 suggests a high birth rate during
the twenty years following emancipa
tion and a rapid fall in the birth rate
thereafter.:
Tbe : proportion of children under
five years of age t women of child
bearing age increased from 1S50 to
18G0, but has decreased since then,
being in lJXXJ atout three-fourths of
what it was in 1SO0.
"The decline in the proportion rof
children since ISfiO has been toss
marked In the South than In the North
and West. The proportion in the Xorth
and West In 1ST0 was aboutr five
sixths, and in 1000 lens than three
fourths of that in the South.-.
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PARIS DEEPLY IMPRESSED.
President Roosevelt Praised by Pre
mier Rouvler and Diplomats.
Pari?. France. The news of the suc
cessful termination of the conference
at Portsmouth produced a profound im-
muefAn whan i mrmm jvimmr'tiffArl
to the member of the Diplomatic ntf are accoacIaUng large ttockB
Corps and tne nsca ociciais or tne iov
Strang Reduction In Foreign Shlp--tnents
Cialn in Home Consumption.
Wafhingtoh. D. CL-Wlth a wheat
crop estimated by the Ctovernmeiit at
710.0QO.GOO bushels." compared wlthi
'm2.000.QOO last year, together with
bad crop reports from Itus!a and In- -dia.
expectation of a reaction from
last year abnormally, !or exports
mm to hare been reasonably well'
founded. Yet wheat expert are still .
surprisingly light. Thit week hat been
the first in almost two months that has
not shown a decrease as compared c reir
with the extraordinarily low figures f
last year, and even the enrrent gain to
very flight. As compared with .the?
figures for 1003. the figure bate tuit-
formly fallen to a boot one-third.
An explanation which at ence gn-
?ets Itself, and which report from
the Wet have in ctnt degree robxtaii-.
tlated. U that ibe cuUler at primary
eminent, who unanimously exprrsd
the keenest satisac:on that the heavy
strain and anxiety had been removed.
President lioosevelt unreltnting; pcr
lteney wa geceratiy considered to
have be?n the main factor In bringing
about tt reulL
of wheat In advance; hence the wheat
is not going forward to seaboard. Rsr.
this theory is far from adequate. Two
ether potsiblliUes are that foreJrxi rep-
pile of wheat are conch better than -
has been generally believed, acd that
our home wheat conumption this jeor
U to be the largftt oa record.
ItCSStJlX WAR PARTY AN till V.
Love Causes Tragedy.
TTOUam Rarl-our, of Ilnntingtoa. TT.
Va shot and kiUcd Etta Denney. Lis
tweetheart, and then killed himself.
j Cest of Czar's People Kxpected to WeS-
St. Peters bar. Kcrsra. The news of
the peace rf emeut dk! sot r?aeh here
nntii ? o'clori In the evening. It Fpeed-,
l!y circulate! by word of trsouih. and
was received with antral IccmiuIIty.
Not far a moment have- the member
of the war party ttflered ttiat icarc
wrs & pofslbJe ontc-orc of the. confer
ence. Thetr aiti;c:e is one of fcrior
exasperation as of people xho have
hern tricSed Into a filse pcsltlcn.
Cocnterfeltcrs Bad Year. ,
The ananai report of Chief VfllUcv
of the- Secret Kervkre. from Waaulnff-
ton, D. C ihowa a total cf S32 armU.
of which 41 related to counterfeit w vr
currency. to altered obllgatlocf. Zli,
to the coatjterfeHis? of coin, and th
otheri to vartoc TlcUUtiu of the Fed
eral statutes
Exct'.Ject Weather For Corn.
Exreilent weather for corn is tr port
ed br ttlegrarh. The Socthern crc?
vrlU be large, and the toUl yield prot-
cbly trtll break all rcccrcy, viqx
t Am