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NAVAL MILITIA GAMES.
Second Division Wins Point Cup Afttl
q Close Fight.

- Ss@cN 'Sb's
The Second Battalion of the Naval Militia
OF New York held its second annual games
at the arinory, foot OF Fifty-second street,
Brooklyn. last night. and crowd OF about
| s.ec0 persons, partly society folk, we're
present The main feature OF the night was
| the battle for the point cup and Il finally
went TO the Second Division. with the First
| Division close second.
| The best individual performance of the
evening was that OF W. Crawford of the
yards and helped his division to victory
IN the relay race. The programmes con
tained relay for schooI boys and This
second and Commercial High third. The
summaries:
40 Yard Run; Handicap Won BY W.: Craw,
II i7'g gards r s. ifrd Timr 81 seoonds seconds '''S'n
50 6Es 6Hsdn a's %9F * j. 5Sssn TSGTs
yards tSird Timc, 81 seconds, - ''''" ''
Won a Il M f''fE fssn sa'IHf on F"i . 15anaGs0 ysrSs
Dickle, Division 8. 70 yards, second H. T.. Arm
| strong, Division l. N yards. inird. Time ]
''2,ne' One Nile Run; Handicap Won BY w. s. Hall
n:o1 ,..ons G srGs K stsoplS tFs92nsr RSn
yards. Ihird. Time. minutes 50 seconds
Standing ,ss;d Bread ]gmp ssrsicG Mon By P.
D,rr Division 4. efest 1ts inches third
One Mile High School Relay: Scratch-won By
Erasmus Hail H!gh School. win Fred Moe, o;
Training High School, second, with n stewart,
Hifh School. third. with 4. Schumm. W Terry O.
Teevan and C. Reynolds. Time minutes 30 Is
20 Yard Low Hurdle. HsndIcap-won by c
Poucher division = is yards; W. tslspan ,iivi,
sion l. rs Yards second c. y herr, division i
is yards. third. Time. y = seconds
Hair Nile Run. Handlcap,-,Won by " craw
SION .. 20 ysrds second \. Sandal, cusion !.
70 yards n rd. Tine, minutes q IS seconds
Shoiput Handicap Won by W nsvorer, diyi.
sion /. 3 feet. with an actual put Of ~ feet 10
actual MI, Of A feet iircheS sccond,C. T. Forcs
BERG. division :. feet with an actual put OF 81
feet third.
High Jup,n Handicap Won by {. MacCallum,
division :, ] inches, setns, Jump feet inches:
inches. second; II. Il. Shaw, division 5. 3 inches.
actual Jump I feet 10 inches, third,
On Yard Three Legged HandicapWon by
II. j. Poh and H. GrlIths. Jr.. division ?, 5 yards:
j. W. Thompson and J Y Thompson: division 2,
", division /, "a yards, third. Time, 7l.6 sec
Running Broad Jump, Scratch Won BY c. NJ.
Derr, Hiyison ( tTmp u Tee. s ,nGn fnCn w Gala,
y; :. schulz division :, jump "a feet 10 Inches
'n.sS; sack Race; scra,ch--wop by A. ). Kelsey.
Division :; J; B: Gslnnih' division e second 4,
One Mile Divisional Relay, Won by second
Division with Thompson, poucher. Rafferty,
and Crawford: First Division. With JAM. L. !.
Callahan, VI. j. Callahan and KensIng, second:
biscRford black and Baker, third, Time, 5 MINUTES
A Is seconds,
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Eastern District Interc,a.. Races.

Three interclsss relay races we're held by
the Eastern District Hlah School track team
at the Twenty third Regiment Armory yes
terday afternoon. The freshmen won two
OUT OF The three and the seniors captured
the other. The summary:
40 Yard Relay Racc-li0 Pound Clsss-Won by
Sugar; sophomorcs second. with brown, New
man Matthews and Moscourty. Time. 5s eec
onds : ,
$50 Yard Relay Race ii5 pound class Won by
freshmen, with Webber CalImdn, SimpkIn and
Earle; sophmorcs. second. With Hutch. Green
81 20 seconds. =,
-. one Mile Relay l|arc Unlimited weight cIass--
Won by seniors, with NJ. McCaffTcyiy kurI Car.
roll and |. McCanrey: sophmores, second with
MarSitn. herman; Shaler and Hreunan: juniors
Tme. minutes II seconds. :. Z ! -
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TIGERS EASY FOR OUAKERs.
PennsyIvania Scores ss Points TO TO in
'BasketbaII GamC.

PRINCETON. y. j.. Dec. lo-There wss
very little to the basketball game played
here to- light between Princeton and Penn
sylvia mia so far as the Tigers were con-
cerned. for the visitors simply ran away
with their slower opponents. Pennsyl-
vania won by a score OF 50 to 10.
A bewildering system Of passing. fine
shooting and a stiiI defence by Pennsyl-
vauia proved princeton's undoing. The
Quakers started to lombard the baske;
early, and they kept at IL until the ilnAl
whistle blew At the end ot the first pc Rod
Pennsylvania led by 81 TO 0. McNiyhol
individually scored u points. shooting eight
proved a star. and the struggle between
him and Meese, who did we'll. WAS lively
The game was Glenn, aud Referee 4. Sharpe
had an easy time OF it.
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BasketbaII Notes.

Troy. Dec. lg.-The basketball team Of the
College OF the City of New YORK was defea ted by
the Rensselaer, PnlStechnic ave here last night
by the score of 20 70 81
Trinity school defeated Burroughs School at
phsketoail y.sterday by.a score o. - % q The
DlsyinE foF Trinity and Wood foF Burronghss
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Manhattan Wins at Basketball.

The Manhattan College Ave defeated st.
Johns OF Brooklyn at basketball in the
De La Sale gymnasium last. night bv a
score OF 30 TO 20. Murray, rirht forward,
played very good game ard succeeded in
centre for Manhattan, aud Jallon OF st
Johns made two fouls each. in the first
half Manhattan led by u score OF II to a.
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j.. CLOSE GAME FoR NAVY.
Midshipmen beat GeOrgetOwn by- One
Point in Free Scoring Game.

ASsAPoLIs, Dec. i9.-In q game which
started at a whIrlwlnd pace and main
tained it's speed to the last and In which
the advantage swsyed regularly from one
team to the other. the Naval Academy
basketball team won, from Georgetown
here this afternoon, Ba to 30.
The victory was a particularly credit
able one to the midshlpmen from the fast
that they disclaimed the penalty toward
the close of the game when Rice. the visit
ing captain. reached the limit OF Ave fouls
and was disqualified under the rules.
Though GsorEetown was three points IN IN
continue In the game and won out against
the visitors strongest combination.
Tho game was notable for the brtllancy
Of the individual work ON both sides. Team
work was somewhat deficient, though the
midshipmen showed improved form along
that line over the playing last Saturday.
Three points was the maximum difference
between the teams at any period Of ne ne
game. and Its extreme closeness led TO the
baking OF unusually hard chances In shoot
ing goals Tho lineup:
Marai Academy. Positions. GsoyPtforn.
Wenael .,....,....., Forward .,.. ... Schlosser
Wilson .....,...,... Forward ..,....., hlnGGleS
douglass ........... Centre ......> =. =. RICE
sgnkiey'.'"....,, Guard 9. coIIiinnower over
Goals from held-Naval Academy Wilson. q;
W,nzei, 4 Douglass s Georgetown-Sehlosse r.
h:J Colllfower. ); q. Colnower Rice. 2: Downcy.
Goals from ienls-Naysl AcsdemymWllson, deny, H., !;
utcs, Rcferee--Fostsr. Pennsylv anla, Subsd
tutes-Jacobs for Douglass, Downey for Min
Eoley, Goggins for Downey
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Scorc-Wcst Pont-4a; Fordham. IS. Goals
DeTers. 6; Miliken. .: Conard. p Beardslec. s.;
CArtron I; Mahoncy {: White, 8: Slsken. 4; Ne
Carthy. = From foul unc-Beartls lee. ?: Arnold.
noferee-Lleut. Stilwcli. Subsututes-Kutz for
Dtvcrs. Conari for Millken. Suries for Boards
Ice. Fox for Carton.
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CORNELL WINS FAST GAME.
Ithacans Beat College City Of New York
by 2S to 33.

ITHACA, y. V. Dec. le,-In one OF the
fastest basketball games seen in the local
armory in years the team from the College
Of the City of New York was defeated
by Cornell tonight by the score of rs to
81, The result was in doubt until the last
minute. The fortunate substitution of
Twaddell for Heath and rally by the Cor
nell team finally pulled q victory out OF the
fire. though the New York boys fought
every inch of the way.
The first half ended with the score l2
TO in favor OF Cornell. New York then
rallied and aided by the magnificent shoot
ing Of kaplan ran IN the score TO it to Il.
Blumenauer and WINERY played splen-
didiy for the Ithacaus while Raplsn and
Streussand starred for New York.
Tho linaun and SUMMARY:
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gsn<ieEoOd school Wins Football Game.
BUTTE. Mon, Dec. i0.-In tho E..th-
western lnterSchoiastic cham plonship foot
nall game played here to-day the EnRle-
wood, H., team defeated Butte High School
By the score Of II t0'A .
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Score--Cornell. q: College City OF New Iork,
-. Referee-Gilber,. Cmpire-Gemson. Time
): Iieumensuer, 5: Streussand, 3: Crosby. :: Whln
erY. ?: Heath, Tvsddell Goals from fouls
for Heath, Tsaddell for Crosby. Goldman for
nArbanell
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Els o.
{lrt EeSes-s. u. G. G.. Stephenson. Jr., .. Is, 4 G.
asuthwnrth.. Scra.ch, II.
Trophy Shoot p targets, handicap D. T
leAhS. =, 20; 7. ". Moneit, scratch. "a +. b
sAtephsnsnn. scratch %: NJ Stner. 5. "a: J. II.
Ernefs 81 nsl ". Hubbard. !. "a h. B. vanderveer
3 TIC. a. lockwood. ;. %; l., c. Hopkins. 8. is
Ast.tl<pdricksor.2 80, 10. 4. G. Southworth, scratch
fBpNslC. Danron, =, H. ". ". Peabody Jr, 4
III C.. w. Hickling. s. 49,
Shootof--2s targcts-.F, W. Mofrett. scratch,
: ,sShy Il tII., tsn.er soF.p Stephen
Tam Race -35 targets. handlcap--D. T. Lrshy
and T. WI. Nohett scratch. 20; ". W Peabody.
81. and C. a. lakewood, l. 80: W, e. Damron.
ee1tA g. Hendrlcksou. 4. 30: }. II. Ernst and
pf., .,key0s- 9. 81 ss.s
Z Members of. the J,arohmont Yacht Club
rIl1 . visit 10 their brother tars Of the Man
hpseffs Bay. y acbt Club and decided an in
u1l1ektinn. eight man trap shooting event.
til6 Iiarehnont guilners proved to be the
fsti2f rshots and defeated the Long Island
tgse b. the score OF 3oi to 2S4 blue rocks,
The scores
g. ,stuart Scott. t3: X. II. Bernhard, ~; n. /.
ESRQbins, 90 4, G. ostwick. IS: u. l.. SPOTS, 80;
u. Held. 81: H. B. Alley, %: J. R: Collins. 81.
C. q Ioous r. Hf htsr M so b. = provsst mssst so s
q, z, Meyer %. T.. a. Clerk, rs: II. L. Hoyt. Jr.,
~ a. G. ClArtson. 20. Total. e3t
Fifteen expert marksmen gathered at
the Jamaica Bay traps Of the Be. gen Beach
Gun Club and decided many interesting
eY4pts, The best work OF the afternoon was
dcbe. ny G. Remsen, who broke IS out OF
possible 100 targets
The shoots were all in strings OF rs and
ia Ctnt mr.. a IN
The Washington herald., 1908-08-27
BANDIT ONLY ACTING.
Held Up Western stages for Moving
Picture Man.

Butte. Mont. Aug ss-Thzt Cody.
Wyo. stage bold-gp was fake
pulled Of ~ an expense q several hun
drzd dollars. for the benefit OF q corps
OF movinE-p.-r1re expeFfs sent from
Philadelphia sy John warauake- 70 pro-
cure scenes or real Western life. 20 be
used IN Illustrating series = private
lectures tu the Quaker City and Wash
i1Etor-
This information IS brought % Butte by
NTrs. p A IronS.5es and N-s- Frank
1Ialey- passengers on one Of the coaches
that feu victims 20 the -FOUR uade-up bad
men who ear1eAtheir Part Of the money
spent by enac-inE the roles of highway
rca in tre Shosh1-e canyon between
NIeetsetse and Cody
The women returned 20 Butte to-day
with the story
The Washington herald., 1908-08-27

HaHeyviHe. Okla. Aug. 2s.-The ex-
pIosion Of . barrel Of oil. accidentally ig-
uited. fred the shafting OF the HaHey-OIa
Mine here this morning. and the flames
spread with such rapidity that twenty
eight miners working On the lower tiers
were cut of from escape -Four are known
10 be dead
". H. Parker. an employe. was dividing
the oil commonly used for gressing the
pit cars, when somebody was heard %
say. Why. this is gasoline Just then
the oil" caught fire.
There were about l5o men working in
the mine al the time. Joe Lewis. the pit
boss. marshaled out lo0 under HIS i'm
mediate supervision right away. and
about score more strasgled out inde-
pendently. But Vord could not be got
% the others. who were working IN a
section most remote from the shaft en-
trance. and the first warning that they
had Of their danger was The thick smoke
drifting IN upon them
one Chance Of Escape.
The shaft entrance is closed on account
of the fire. and the only avenue Of exit
that the imprisoned miners now have IS
by "a very cirruitous route This after
noon there was evidence that some one
had turned on the compressed air pipes
which rin through the mine, thus cans
.1g sufficient ventilation 90 prevent The
su4ocatlon q the Imprisoned miners
The Hsiley-Ola Mine IS one Of the
largest mines in this district. and usually
employs about - men TIE president Of
the company IS Dr- D. u. HALEY. of ms
city. and James Elliott IS secretary and
general manager.
The Washington herald., 1908-08-27
DELEGATES WATERBOUKD.
Floods Interfere with state Repub-
IIcan Convention.
sPs=i 70 he wasalHzga Head

sps-zl 70 he Wes1irz-o1 Head
Salisbury, y c. Aug e6-Freshets
which developed yesterday n Rowan.
Davidson. Dav1e. Cabarrus. Stanley. and
many other counties were greatly IN
ce1s.aed by heavy rains to-day. and to
night al streams il this section OF North
Carolina are beyond ali previous high
water marks
Il IS estimated that damage TO com crop
IN this section viii reach many hundred
thousand dollars Many bridges have
been swept away by the foods. which
are increasing in fury tonight. At Whit
ney the Tadkin River Is over the big
stone dam making a depth OF forty feet
~ Norwood cotton gin was washed
away last night and al traffic on the
railroads has been seriously crippled
Trains for Charlotte and Atlanta were
detoUred to-day by Asheviue Watchuen
have been placed at all railroad bridges
20 prevent wrecks Il is reported here
that 90 delegates 20 The Republican state
convention at Charlotte were waterbound
and could not attend Rural mails were
interferred with to-day.
The Washington herald., 1908-08-27
WASHINGTON HIT
BY WINTER BLAST
Coolest August Day in Last
Twenty-Five Years.
NURSING COLDS WAS IN STYLE
Summer Clothing Discarded. Stoves
set Going aud Bedquilts Pulled
Cut and Put Into Tse-Straw Hats
Replaced by Derbies- and Merry
Widow Are Tossed Aside.

II the summer Washingtorians' fancy
sadly turn TO thoughts Of winter blasts
aTothbaIIs were rolling yesterday.
faxed ceGa- was au ssJir. and unusual
comuorion was noticeable among all
other preservatIves OF wearing apparel
More than one rain coat. and top coat
TOO was hauled out OF the store-oou and
pressed into service. for twas thought
winter had arrived ahead Of Roosevelt
from Oyster Bay.
washI-gto1iars shive-ed and shook
Occupants Of apartments installed Eas
stoves and enjoyed themselves. while
their meter indicators spun around
Those who were arrayed for summer
sought their homes as quickly as possible.
and some c-awled into beds AID pulled
the Quilts over their shivering forms
Coolest In Twenty-Five Years.
Il was the coolest August day in Wash
inEtoa in twenty-five years. Driven down
bv a uercllssz northeast wind. the ner-
cury. which has recently been amusing
itself around the century mark. anchored
al 50 degrees. and refused 20 bulge. The
Sun did not show It's face. and in the
.
kind things were said about the weather
nan. and The fellows who take Umbrel-
las uncCusci0usLv OF otherwise All in
all i was a miserable day. Hot weather
i coupIainants were Siienced-
straw hats flannel suits white shoes
I and other hot weather raiment were not
worn by the wise Felt hats and derbies
J some Of them looking the worse for their
age. were brought out by the men. aiiG
I the women tossed their Merry widows
| aside and donled hesdgear appropriate
I 20 the season
/ officials at the Weather Bureau promise
10 relief for DAYS II IS pTognosuCaIec
Z that rain viii fall to-day. and that th'
/ temperature viii remain low Throughout
{ the next forty-eiSht hours. Old Sol hasn'
Ia chance 20 show his colors until mex
week. according 70 the authorities
/ In August. 1883. the mercury registered
s. in Washington This IS the neares
/ approach to yesterdays record. when th'
II Thermometer at Ah1eCk's recorded a ten
! perature Of 80. For some reason OF other
the figures al the Weather Bureau neve,
sound as hot OF as cold as Washington
isns feel The temperature at tn
/ Weather Bureau was IS
winter Garb in Demand.
Those men in Washington who hav
s'uncles-- and had sufficient coin 10 tail
I personally with them. dug up their ticket
and redeemed clothing requisite for win
ter.
It IS predicted summer viii return o.
Sunday. and that several heat prostra
tions may be expected Everybody las
I night was anXiOusly awaiting SUNDAY
Some may Try 20 have sunsrrokes-
The Washington herald., 1908-08-27
TONY PASTOR PASSES AWAY
Veteran Comedian Was III but
Two Weeks.
On the Stage for Thfrty-seveR
Years, and a Star in His
Profession

New york Aug Z5-Tony Pastor died
al 1916 O'Clock tonight at his sumner
home in Whitney avenue. Elmhurst. L Z
Al his bedside were his wife. The latter's
cousin. Mrs. James Stack, OF Boston.
Mrs. Stacks son, Hugh. H s Sanderson.
3Ir. Pastors business manager for the
past thirty-seven years. and his physi-
clan. Dr. G. D Fsrweu
The aged theatrical mans death was
not unexpected He was taken in on
August Il OF general debility. and since
he was stricken there has been slight
hope Of his recovery. although he i'm
proved for several DAYS He fell asleep
this afternoon at ; O'Clock and did no.
awake.
Mr. Pastor was seventy-six years old
The funeral arrangements will be made
to-morrow-
The Washington herald., 1908-08-27

Augusta Ga-. Aug Z-To-night Is =
night Of darkness and terror IN Augusta
TIE town is cut on from communication
With the outside world by telegraph or
telephone. and IS in total darkness The
Savannah River Is forty feet out OF its
banks. and Broad street IN the lower
part Of the city. IS a raging river with
water i've feet deep down its entire
length. Practically the entire city Of
Augusta is under water.
augusta has not had such an experience
since lsSS. when there was q food that did
a vast amount OF damage It is believed
that the present freshet viii do even
greater damage than that OF ISsS. All OF
the streets OF the city are flooded
The of7cs OF the Albion Hotel At 8
o-clocs vas three feet under water. and
-le va-=- vas stiu rising The ofHce of
-he Postal Telegraph Company vas in the
same condition. ard The two newspaper
Offices were flooded The Postal and
Western Union Telegraph companies went
our OF business early iu the Gay. and It
was not long before the long distance
telephone connections ceased. because
people could not get TO their local tele-
phones
Big Warehouse Burned.
Long distance telephone messages state
that fire has broken 0lt In the Nixon
warehouses. IN which are stored thou
sands Of bales Of cotton
The IRE -Eas caused hv water reaching
some line stored in the building The
FIRE department could not render aid and
The warehouse was consumed. Reports
do not indicate that the FIRE spread
beyond the warehouse in which i started
II is reported that FIRE broke OUt in the
Georgia Railway shops. but ire extent
of the dauaEe IS not known There does
not seem 10 have been any general con-
fagratio,-
Paper suspends an Issue.
There was 10 issue. of the Augusta
Evening Herald This afternoon. and there
VIII probably Be none 0f TIE Chronicle
Thursday morning The city IS in abso-
7uts darkness tonight because OF me
d-ozninE out Of the fires Of The electric
Heht company. The street cars quit run
Ming early to-day from the same cause
Al Of the big cotton factories and every
other enterprise cf any note are shut
down
The financial loss IN the city VII bs
very large The faI stocks OF the retail
dealers in Broad street are the mos
part stored IN the Easements o. the stores
and these are running over with water
The city has entered upon q night Of ter
ror and horror caused by the Increasing
rise n the food. Many boats are begin
ming 20 make their appearance Fl n.
streets and this IS the only means nj
Cf lie
This afternoon the big dam al the heas
Of the canal. above Augusta. gave VA
under the strain Of the food and g Erea
volume OF water rolled unrestrainedll
upon the already inundated city.
The Washington herald., 1908-08-27
WEATHER FORECAST.

For the District Of Columbia
and Maryland Rain to-day;
tomorrow warmer and generally
fair: light 10 fresh northeast
TO east winds.
The Washington herald., 1908-08-27
GOMPERS MAKES
MACK A PROMISE
Labor Leader to Take the
Stump for Bryan.
CONFERENCE HELDHERE
a. F. of L. President Begins His
Work in Dallas. Tex.

Democratic Chairman for More Than
Two Hours Talks Over the Part
Labor Is to Play in the Campaign. .
with the Man Who Takes I'm.
bragg at the Republican PLATFORM
Indiana safely Democratic.
The Washington herald., 1908-08-27
OIL IN FLAMES
CUTS OFF SCORE
Four Miners Dead and others
Hemmed In in Shaft.
ONE CHANCE OF ESCAPE
CircuitOus Route to Exit Where
ReScuerS Wait.
ONE CHANCE OF ESCAPE

Explosion in HafIey-OIa Mine in
Oklahoma Spreads Fire Before
Workmen Can All Escape-Com-
pressed Afr Pumped Into Subter-
ranean Prison to Prevent SuffOca-
tion Of the Men in Peril.
The Washington herald., 1908-08-27
HERALD NEWS SUMMARY

PAGES. TELEGRAPHIC
Miners Imprisoned by Oil Fire
IFloods Menace the South
S-Third Brother Airs Hams Case
3-Bryan Welcomed at Old Home.
+Taft Takes Issue with Bryan
+Earle in Cell Asks Wife's Aid
9-News Of Maryland and Virginia
LOCAL.
winter Blast Strikes the City
1-Gompers and Mack Confer
-Early Ignores Christian Science
Ali Bey Given a Good Name.
2-Cigar Dealer BUYS a Brass Ring
Casually Company Coming Here
+Holy Rollers Petition the Court
I2-Aer0plane May Fly on Ssturday-
l2-Railway Board Gets Regulations
The Washington herald., 1908-08-27
HUGHES REASSURED
Primary Test in Favor of
denomination.
ERIE COUNTY FOR HIN
Albany County. However, Threatens
TO Make a Fight in the Convention
Has Much at stake, and May Defy
the President with Machine.

New York. Aug 2f-The principal pre-
election test. showing the popular
strength OF Gov Hughes fo- a second
term. was given at the primaries in varl-
Gus upstate counties yesterday
An analysis Of the results. in the light
of the Influences brought 20 bear by such
machine leaders as William Barnes. j..
Of Albany. and Francis Hendricks. OF
Syracuse brings out strongly the fact
that the Hughes sentiment has become a
compelling force. and viii swing the ma
chine into line for the governor renom-
ination at Saratoga.
Instruct for Hughes.
Of greatest significance was the action
Of the Erie County convention to-day IN
fns-ructing for Gov. Hughes This con-
vention was controlled by Fred Greiner.
postmaster at Buffalo. who had been
dragged against his viii aboard the
Hughes bandwagon- Another significant
outcome was the enthusiastic reception
accorded by the Clinton County conven-
ton yesterday 20 a speech praising the
governors administration. and the open
announcement Of all but one Of the dele
gates from this county 70 the state con
vention that they would be for Hughes
Clinton is the territory OF John O'BrieB.
former secretary Of state. whose name
has been connected with election scandals
for the invesug cation OF which Gov.
Hughes has sent a special prosecutor into
the county O'Brien does not Ike TO be
Investigated. and If he could have had it
otherwise he would not have been
brought into line for the denomination Of
the governor
Fight in Convention.
That there viii be a fight on the floor
Z the convention was indicated by the
statement Of William Barnes. IT.. OF Al
bsny. that the primaries in his county
had Indicated snti-Hughes sentiment.
and that the sentiment would be reg
istered by the votes Of the DELEGATES in
I the state convention Barnes is collector
OF the port o. Albany by appointment OF
{ President Roosevelt He has much at
stake in Albany, however. dependent
upon his getting some one for governor
more amensble 20 the influences he can
exert than is Gov. Hughes. and evidently
/ has decided 10 defy the President
The Washington herald., 1908-08-27
winter Garb in Demand.
OLD WAR HERO DEAD.
Col. Glenn Served in Civil and
Spanish Conflicts.

Pittsburg. Pa. Aug. 26.-CoI- William !.
Glenn. captain OF Company z Of the
Sixty-frst Pennsylvania Volunteers dur
ing the civil war. and colonel OF the
Fourteenth Regiment Of the National
Guard Of Pennsylvania during the Span
ish-American war, was found dead in bed.
victim Of heart disease. at his home
here to-day
The Washington herald., 1908-08-27
French Premier Meets Ea,.ard.

Marienbad. Aug c5.-A conference
frought with great International import
ance was held to-day between King Ed
ward. Premier CIemenceau. Of France.
and Foreign Minister Iswolsy. Of Russia.
the latter two being the Kings guests at
luncheon