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VOL. III. NO. 266
STATE EDITION.
GEEENSBOBON. J., SATURDAY, AUGUST 15, 1908
STATE EDITION.
PRICE FIVE CENTS
DDCcinciiT imn i
I II Lulu Ul I li ILL
CONGRATULATE
AMERICAN WIEN
Will Extend Greetinas to Those
From Country Who Were In
Olympic Events. .
Ti.rcnrr np lMPDiriMC
1WLLIL Ul Al'ILlVlUniW
PFTIIPM FROM FHRftPF
Mrs Roosevelt and Children Will Be
Invited Governor Hughes Will Be
stow the Medals Upon the Winners
and Make Speech.
Xcw York. Aug. 13. That President
Roosevelt will meet and congratulate
the American athletes whotook part in
the Olympio games in London is likely,
although the President cannot be in
this city to participate in the celebra
tion being arranged in their honor. A
letter from the President to that effect
was received bv D. MeLausrllliii, of
the Olympic athletio committee. The
President's letter says:
"My Dear Sir: I have been very
clad to have been named honorary pres
ident of the American Olympic recep
tinn hut it will not be nossible for roe
'.- 1 l . :... t X ..r VArb n at.
lo go 1,0 uir I'lij i iui m v-
tend the reception. If the members of
the team can come out to Oyster Hay
1 shall be sincerely glad to see them
at my house, and greet them in person.
'Sincerely yours,,
"THEODORE ROOSKYKLT."
Arrangement . probably will he made
by the athletes to visit the President.
The committee in charge of the recep
tion also received a letter from Gov
ernor Hughes, in which the governor
said he would be glad to arrange for
the participation of the national guard
in ...the parade that will take place on
the day the teams have their celebra
tion.. Twelve American athletes, including
(Continued on Page Two.)
FARM COMMISSION TO MEET
IN WASHINGTON SOON AND
BEGIN PLANNING ITS WORK
President's Pet Scheme to Better
Social Conditions and Raise
Wages Will Be Pushed Good
Men Named on Committee.
Washington, P. C, Aug. 14. Presi
dent Boosevelt's commission for the
study of farm conditions social and
economic will probably hold its first
meeting in Washington, within a month.
The meeting has not yet been called,
and, indeed, the President's receipts of
acceptance from all the gentlemen ask
ed to serve on the commission has not
been announced. But it is definitely un
derstood that all five of the gentlemen
will serve.
The men selected for this service were
picked by reason of the President's
knowledge that they hart an none a
good deal of thinking, studying, inves
tigation, and writing along the lines of
the task he wished performed. The
chairman is Prof." L, H. Bailey, of
New York Agricultural College, who
has made a specialty of the study of
cooperation among farmers. It is re
markable how far this system of trans
acting the farmer's business has de
veloped, and yet how little is generally
known of it. Prof. Bailey is convinced
that along this line very great progress
is to be made toward the betterment
of tho farmer's economic condition. He
believes that the middlemen with whom
the farmer deals take from him an un
duly great share of the product of his
BOlL
This commission's work will be only
preliminary. It Is desired ultimately to
place the "work on a permanent basis,
and to turn it into a great educational
and propagandist enterprise. The men
who make up the commission believe,
as does the President. .that the bet
work fpr the farm win be to make it
so attractive that the people now there
will stay there instead of moving to
town. '. This moans that bettor schools
must be provided," better social condi-
t.AM. l.A4ni wamia fnr laKnrara nnrt
better returns for proprietors.
v Country Has Been Neglected.
The town is considered, by these stu
dents of country life, to have had vast
ly more than its share of attention at
the hands .of the sociologists, while
the country has been neglected. To
bring back 'the people now in the cities,
and plant them again on the soil, is
looked upon as practically ' impossible.
they win not come back, and no
amount of urging will produce results
worth the while,- The effective results
will be produced by. working to keep the
farmers on the farm, and -flbeir chil
dren after them.
Aside- from the educational and propaganda-
wqrk, this task is mainly one for
the states, so far as concerns" legisla
tion. There Is need for better schools
in the country; but these must be se
cured by some reorganisation, effected
through change of the state laws. Con-
(Contlnued on Page Fiv.)
BALLOON EXPLODES
KILLING TWO AND
INJURING SEVERAL
Captain Thomas T. Lovelace, the
Aeronaut, Hurt, But He Assists in
Allaying PanicMiss Hill, His
Secretary, One
London, Aug. 14. The huge balloon
with which Capt. Thomas T. : Lovelace,
the New York aeronaut, once connected
with the signal corps of the United
States army, has been giving exhibitions
at the France-British exposition, ex
ploded while being inflated here today
and killed two spectators, frightfully
burned a dozen'others and caused the in
jury of scares in a fearful panic.
Captain Lovelace' himself was near the
balloon when it was ripped apart by the
filling hydrogen. He was dangerously
.hurt, .but' insisted on joining the police
and guards in the wor kof stopping the
panic.
Miss Hill, eighteen years old, secretary
to Captain Ixivelace, was one of the
persons killed. . She was burned to a
l isp. .
The shock of the explosion was ter
rilie. The exposition grounds were
shaken as if . there had been a small
earthquake, windows in many of the
beautiful exposition grounds were shat
tered. ' -::
Crowds of visitors to the exposition
crowded about the great gas bag as it
was being inflated. Without the least
warning, the balloon, when it was nearly
full of lias, became a mass of shooting
flames. The hydrogen had in some way
become mixed with -air and the 'conse
quent unstable gas which formed had ex
ploded. The crowd of men and women about
the balloon dashed away from the flam
ing aeronautic enclosure, but many of
them were not quick enough. Two people
were killed outright. Many were badly
burned. Almost every one who bad been
near the enclosure was moreo r less
scorched.
Captain Lovelace has had an adven
turous and romantic career-in his devo
GIFF0RD PINCHOT, -
Forester of the Government, and a Mem
ber of President Roosevelt's Farm
Commission.
12,000 EAGLES MARCH
OVER SEATTLE STREETS
SEVERAL THOUSAND GO TO
TACOMA TO TAKE PART IN
DEDICATORY EXERCISES.
, Seattle, Wash., Aug. J.3. Twelve thous
and members of the fraternal order of
Eagles from every corner of North Amer
ica paraded through the streets of Seattle
today, cheered by a throng of citizens
and visitors that all hut' blocked their
passage. Magnificent uniforms, spectac
ular floats, bands and crack drill teams
mad up the pageant.
There was no grand lodge session to
day and several thousand Eagles went to
Tacoma to take part tonight in the
dedication of a new lodge hall.
of Those Killed.
tion to aeronautics. He has been the
hero of numberless ascensions, the most
recent, before his visit to England, being
in company with Dr. Julian P. Thomas,
of the aero club of America.
In a trip with Dr. Thomas in the
German Pommern, the winner of the
international race from St. Louis, Cap
tain Lovelace climbed from the basket,
up the netting around the gas hag and
took a position at the top of the great
sphere in order to better direct tho
course of the balloon. This was in a
trip from Philadelphia to New York,
mander-in-chief of the Panama navy,
for lie is as well acquainted with nav
igation on the sea as he is with that
in the air. He was also assistant su
perintendent of aeronautics at . the
Jamestown exposition.
The aeronaut was called by the United
States government to consult with of
ficers of the signal corps following a
sensational demonstration he made of
the ease with with which fortifications
on the Atlantic coast could be photo
graphed from above in a balloon.
Captain 1velace sailed with Dr.
Thomas in the Pommerns over : Fort
Wadsworth and took photographs of the
fortifications which he afterwar went
to the signal corps. He said at the
time he was tempted to drop a bag of
ballast into the fort just to show how
easy it would have been for an enemy,
under similar conditions, to drop 1,000
pounds of dynamite.
In January of 1007. Captain Love
lace, started with young Ralph Brand
dcth, the heir of millions, in the yatcht
Taormina in what was to have been a
trip around the world. The yacht was
equipped with a balloon with which
the ascensions were to have been made
at sea for the purpose of taking obser
vations. T
E
MAY DIE FROM EATING
IIS
Whole Family Poisoned by Eating
Fungi Mistaken for
Mushrooms.
HEROIC EFFORTS ARE MADE
Rochester, NT. Y., Aug. 13.' Harry Jar-
roll, of Baltimore, and his sister-in-law,
Mrs. .Lillian' JarrelU wife of J. O-rar
! Jarrcll, of th's cjty. are dead, and .M s.
'Jarrell's husband and her mother, Mrs.
j Margaret M. Schcib, are critically ill
from the a-ll'ccts of eating toadstools
picked by mistake for mushrooms.
While walking in Durand Park last
Sunday afternoon, the darrells found a
large numbe-.' .'f fmgi which they be
lieved to be .mushrooms, '...; and picked
some and took them home and eookjj
them. At supper all partook of the
dish. Thai i vei.i'!g Hurry Jarrcll was
taken sick aiici his condition, beeumo
so bad that it was deemed best to re
move linn to the Homeopathic hospital.
Despite tne efforts of the physicians he
died early '.oday. The rest of the fam
ily felt no ill effects until four o'clocK
Monday morning,, v. hen all were tak.'n
sick. They soon began to respond to
treatment i nd yrslerday were in good
condition. 1 his n-c-rning .Mrs, Jarrcll
had a sudd"! relapse, and died soon et
terwards. The death of Mrs. Jarrell
tiroved to be a severe shock to the !ius
land and mother, and their condition
grew so much worse that it was thoug'it
best to take both to the hospital, where
desperate efforts an being made to save
their livos. .';.,'-
JUDGE FRED MOORE
DIESJJSHEYIllE
ONE OF MOST POPULAR MEN ON
STATE BENCH SUCCUMBS TO
..... TYPHOID FEVER.
Asheyille, X. C, Aug. 14. Judge Fred
E. Moore, of the Superior Court bench,
died here this evening shortly after
eight o'clock from typlBid fever. Judge
Moore came to Asheville ten days ago
from Bakersville, a very sick man. His
condition was favorable until early this
morning, when there was a sudden
changef or the worse. ' A consultation
of physicians was held and it was de
cided tlmtt here was necessity of an
operation. An operation was performed
late this afternoon in the hope of sav
ing his life, but without effect.
ER TURKISH
PENNILESS
T
Threatened With Death From New
York. He Is Stranded in
Capital
CABLES HOME FOR
MONEY HE BADLY NEEDS
He Is Informed That He Must Return
to Constantinople to Get Back Pay
' That He Wants Will Join Father.
Washington, 1). C Aug. 14.--Mohcmid
AH Bey, erstwhile envov extraordinary
and minister plenipotentiary troin the
Sublime Porte, discredited bv the Sul
tan, harrassed by his ciicniies, and
threatened with death ln Now York
Turks, is stranded in ashington.
Although a man of '.wealth and the
son of a wealthy father he has been
for the past Week in a serious way
financially, and it is known that this
alone is the reason he has not left
the city before. He is awaiting the
arrival of a special messenger from lzzct
Pasha, with funds to defray the ex
penses of transportating himself and
family to Kurope, and it is under
stood tlie messenger will reach Wash
ington today or tomorrow. :
The once powerful father of the late
minister is in hiding in Kurope, nnd it is
to join him that Mehemid Ali Bey will
leave Washington within a few days. He
will go to New York under guard of two
private detectives and there embark for
Kurope.
Following the receipt of his dismissal
Mehcniid Ali Bey cabled 'his government
to send him money with which to return
to Constantinople.
Twice he cabled for the. money, his
back pay and expenses for the return
anil twice he was informer! in very
pointed language that it would be neces
sary for him to return to Constantinople
tp" receive the money; tliat none would
be cabled. - - -
SERIOUS OFFENSE CHARGED
AGAINST A WHITE MAN
High Point, N, C, Aug. 14. Jim Poole,
a young white man, is under arrest here
charged w ith a most serious crime, that
of assault upon Mrs. Will Smith, wife
of a factory employe living near the
suburbs of ,the city. The trial occurs
tonight before Magistrate Johns. The
case has caused no little, excitement and
there is said to be conclusive evidence
against Poole.
DAWSON VARIETY WORKS
IS DESTROYED BY FIRE
Dawson, Ga., Aug. 14. The Variety
Works, operated by Baldwin and Com
pany and Geise, 'one of the largest en
terprises in this section, was destroyed
by fire last night together with many
hundreds- of feet of rough and dressed
lumber. The plant had been in opera
tion for sixty -five years and was en
gaged in manufacture Of Confederate
guns during the Civil war. The total
loss to the owners will probably foot up
$75,000. -..'
FORM
ENVOY
AND
DESPONDEN
CHAMBER COMMERCE
GETS APPROPRIATION
Cily Fathers Donate $500 to Help Advertise the City.
Notwithstanding Heat, Lengthy Session
Is Held.
Notwithstanding the extremely hot
weather yesterday afteronon the city
fathers labored for two hours with the
problems that came before them ' for
solution. A number of matters was con
sidered, one of the most important of
which was the granting of an appropria
tion of $300 to the chamber of commerce.
Tho first matter taken up was
the question of paving a part of the side
walk of a Mrs. Sikes, who lives in Greene
street. She wants the city to pay for
the work in consideration of her giving
one front foot of land along her prop-
PENJICTORIA OFF
FORMER TO ATTEND REGATTA,
THE LATTER GOES TO ISLE OF.
WIGHT. ':
San Sebastian, Aug. 13. King Alfonso
and Queen Victoria left here today on
the south express. The queen is going
to the Isle of Wight to visit her mother,
Princess Beatrice, of Battenberg, but will
stop over in Paris for a day incognito.
King Alfonso will accompany the queen
as far as Bordeaux, where he will re
main overnight to enable Professor
Moure, who operated on his nose last
year to make an examination of that or
gan. .Tomorrow the king will go aboard
his yacht Oihraldi and sail for Bialbo
to attend the regatta there.
Pastor and Member of Choir Elope
Ililipf UJi
( 0
MRS. I. F. CORDOVA. i?3
Who
PARSON WHO ELOPED
IS CUT Of JAIL AFTER
SERV1NGTHREE YEARS
Cordova Is Awaited by Julia
.Browne, for Whom He De
serted Family.
THE FIRST "AFFINITY" CASE
Trenton, NV J., Ans. 1 1. Karly this
morning the doors of the state prison of
New Jersey swung open and .f, Frank
Cordova stepped forth a free man, after
having served three years four months
and eleven days as a result of his mis
taken views on love.
It was about four years ago that, the
escapades (if Cordova' filled columns' of
newspaper 'space.. It was the original
"affinity" case, antedating by several
years the equally famous romance, of
Artist Harle. Both were talented and
respected men,' wlio found their "soul
mates"'', outside their own .households.
In the case of ICarlc the wife acquiesced
in the new order of things and subuiis-
; (Continued on Page Two.)
'ertv. Acton on (he matter was post
poned for further consideration.
It. C. Strndwick came before the board
and presented a petition signed by a
number of citizens which set forth the
allegation that It. F. Kice is maintain
ing a nuisance in the shape of a pond,
puddle or pool and which is said to br
an excellent breeding ground for frogs.
mosquitoes and tadpoles. Judge Strud-I
wick said that all he desired Is that tlie I
board giwe the matter a full hearing at
(Continued on Page Two.)
LAUNCH CAPSIZES
CONTAINED NINE PERSONS AND
OTHER FIVE ARE RESCUED
BY STEAMER.
Kilbourn, Wis., Aug. 13. By the cap
sizing of a pleasure launch on the Wis
consin river this afternoon ' four Chi
cagoans were drowned as follows: .
Miss Mabel Ward, Mrs. W. (J. Heath
and son, and E. G. Pfieffer.
The launch containing nine persons
was returning from a trip through the
Dells. When near the wharf, the boat
got into the waves of a passing steamer
and capsized. The accident was seen
by many people on the pier, and rescue
at once was attempted .with boats and
launches, but four had sunk before aid
arrived.
Was Julia Browne, and Eloped I -i'. - ' I
With Cordova. I t fv. ' f
FRANS' CORDOVA.
T IN AN ATTEMPT
Left Wing. Strikes the Ground and
Misplaces' Some Frame
' Work.
MISS MORGAN SEES THE TEST
I.emans, France, Aug 13. The Wright
aeroplane suH'eicd an accident this
.morning which will require several days
possibly to repair.
After two superb flights, Wilbur
Wright essayed a new ami daring met
oil of descent, lie stopped the motor at
a height of seventy-five feet, and tried
to come to earth on a gradual descend
ing glide. The calculations were not ab
solutely correct, and the left wing of the
aeroplane came, in rontact . with the
ground. This tore the frame of the
machine'.... 'Mr.'.' Wright, was not injured.
.Mr..' W right s second night, which
lasted two minutes, was a novel one,
The .aeroplanist soared and descended at
will, executing bewildering turns. Sud
denly, as viewed from tin- grandstand,
the machine lost its speed and began
curving slowly toward the earth. All
appeared to be going well until it was
tilted to leeward, t'"' delicate frame
work struck the 'ground., with the result
that it' was deranged. 'imd torn.
Mr. Wright calmly stepped out and
(Continued on Togo Two.)
OF
BRYAN CLUBS STARTED
TOMLINSON SAYS MOVEMENT IS
PROGRESSING MOST SATIS
FACTORIXY IN WEST.
'hicngo, Aug. 13. National Commit
teeman John W. Toinlinson, chairman
of the committee on club organization,
has practically completed the organization-work
of his department here, and
will leave for Cincinnati tomorrow fo
confer with the political leaders of Ohio.
Speaking of his work Ml. Toinlinson
said:
"With the precinct as the basis of
organization we are endeavoring to es
tablish Bryan and Kern Clubs in every
community throughout the nation. The
machinery for this work has been started
in a most satisfactory way in the wast
IS
L
USEFUL LIFE
Weil-Known Evangelist Passes
Away at Brooklyn Home at
, Age of 68.
MADE TOURS OF THE
. WORLD WITH MOODY
Man Who Wrote, Compiled and Collected
the Gospel Hymns of the World Had
Circulation of More Than 50,000,000.
Xew York, Aug. 1 1 Ira D. Sankey,
known as an evangelist throughout the
Christian world, died last night at Ins
home in Jirooklyn, but the news of his
passing .away-did not become generally
known until today.-'-.. Mr. Sankey was
sixty-eight, years .old...'. For the last hvo
years he had been blind and had suffer
ed from a complication of diseases
brought, on by overwork. But almost to
the very last he worked at hymn writing.
His tours throughout this country am.
Kurope with Dwjght L, Moodv, the
evangelist, brought him into wide prom-.
ineneo. :,
Sankev. it might be said, wrote the
gospel 'hymns of the world. Tn China,
I'.gvpt. India, Japan, in almost every
language known to man, Sankey's hymns
are sung. - He received ; 11 large income
from his ''publications and leaves consid
erable of an estate. Among Mr. rian-
kev's familiar compositions are the
"Ninety and Xine" and "When The Mists
Unve liolled Away." His songs are said
to have had a circulation of more than
titty million copies.
lie' was a rapid composer and wrote
book after book of gospel hymns. Dur
ing tlie last hve or six years ot Ins lite,
he was interested in preparating and
publishing the story of the gospel 'hvnins.
At the same time he saved his wonderful
voice tor gospenty by singing into
phonographs, 'hie records were sent all
over the, world. .
Sankey first, met Moody at a Y. f.
C, A. conference at Tndianapolis. Moody
was so charmed with the young man's
voice that he urged him to accompany
him on his evangelistic tours. Sankey
explained that he was married and
could not give up his position. "You
must come," said Moody. "1 cannot get
along without you.-'
Sankey consulted with his wife, and
they east in their lot with Mr. Moodv.
They visited (ireat liritnin from 1S75 to
ISTo, and again in 1S83, and made many
tours throughout- tlie United States.
When Mr. Moody died Mr. Sankey felt
keenly the loss of his friend. From that
time he: tried to conduct the work alone
which they had hitherto shared between
them, but the task was too great. In
V.I02 his physical condition compelled
him to give up most of his evangelical
engagements, although he continued for
some time to compile new series of
hyninhooks. Then came failing eyesight,
which speedily developed into total
blindness. With the blindness came al
so a nervous breakdown. After his re
tirement from public life the impression
became general throughout the country
that he was dead.
PROTESTS AGAINST THE
liuEASEJIII.il. BATES
Complaint Will Be Filed With the
Interstate Commerce Com
mission. ALLEGESUNLAWFULCOMPACT
Washington, 1). C, Aug. 13. Strong
protest against the action of the rail
roads in the southwestern territory in
putting into ellect on August I, increas
ed rates on grain, grain products, tresh
meats, packing house products and hay,
will be lodged with the interstate com
merce commission within the next twn
or three davs on behalf of the state
railroad commission of Alabama. This
protest Will be brought to the attention
of the commission in a formal complaint
against those railroads somewhat
similar to those filed with the commis
sion by the S. P. Morgan Grain Company,
and others of Atlanta. Ga. and elsewhere
but will it is understood be coudied in
more vigorous language.
Kotiee of the Alabama railroad com
mission's intention to the such action
was given to Chairman Knapp, of the in
terstate commerce commission when W,
1). Xeshitt and Snniuel W. Weekley,
commissioner and .counsel,-, respectively,
of the Alabama, railroad commission heid
a brief conference. Later they discuss
ed with Judge Knapp, the form of com
plaint wliich they would file with tliA
commission and tomorrow will hold a
more extended coneference with him re
lative to the matter.
The complaint will also call attention,
it is understood, to the increased rates
effective August 10 in the southwestern
territory, which the Alabama commis
sion claim affects their state. Commis
sioner Nesbitt declared toduy fbat tho
increased rates would have a very In
jurious effect upon the stats of Alabama.
SANKEY
DEAD AFTER