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New-York tribune., 1908-09-08
TWO NEARLY DIE IN MUD
Girl and Father Rescued from COney
Island Creek by PJanks.

After sinking up to their armpits in the mud
and uuicksand of Coney Island Creek, back OF
the Brighton Beach racetrack. yesterday after
noon. Frank Natre, fifty years old. of No 10
East 1O9th street, a manufacturer Of steam
pipes. and his nineteen-year-ci daughter jean
nette were rescued with planks and ropes. They
were much exhausted, and were under the care
of a physician for some time before they were
abls to go home.
Natre went down TO Coney Island yesterday
with his wife, his daughter and his son Charles,
twenty-three years old The family was pick
ing wild flowers in the fields back OF the race
track when the father. in trying TO reach a
particularly attractive blossom growing on the
sIippery bank of the creek. lost his footing and
in an instant was sinking deep into the mud
His daughter went to aid him, and when she.
too. stuck fast Charles TO the Coney Island
Water Works plant. near by. and summoned
help BY laying the planks the mud and
securing ropes under the arms OF Natre and his
daughter the irnperilled ones were rescued
New-York tribune., 1908-09-08
THE CLEVELAND ARTICLE.
Henri Watterson Tells Why He
Doubts It's authenticity.
rBv Telegraph to The Tribune ]

Chicago, Sept Henry Watterson came to
Chicago day to meet w. ]. Bryan. When
asked in regard to the significance of the Cleve-
land article he said
'I think that article fake! 1 do not
believe Mr. Cleveland wrote It. and now am
having the matter Investigated by persons who
were friends of Mr.. Cleveland who believe with
me that the alleged letter was a fake.
Mr. Watterson went on to explain that the
name of Frederick Hastings, MIR. Clevelands 8
administrator, through whose hands the article
is alleged to have come, was not correctly stat
ed in the document, and that a great deal mora
money could have been obtained for the docu-
rnent # 1t had been sold to the Republican Ma
tional Committee instead of to a newspaper.
These among other reasons. he advanced as
suspicious circumstances. tending TO show that
Mr.. Cleveland was not the author of the article
He said the delay in proving its authenticity
had arisen from the fact that Mr.. Hastings,
Mrs Cleveland and Mr.. Clevelands private sec
retary had all been out of reach of the invesi-
gators.
He declined to say whether not John G.
Carlisle a fellow Kentucldan and Secretary of
the Treasury in Mr.. Cleveland's second Cabinet,
was associated with him in the investigation.
New-York tribune., 1908-09-08
GERMS AS DEATH AGENT.
DR.. Rustin Inoculated Himself an
Suicide 4ttempts, 1t Is Said.

Omaha. Sept. I'm connection with the murder
or suicide Of Dr. Frederick Rustin here last week
THE Word-Herald" prints story to-day Of al
legged former attempts of DR.. Rustin TO kill him
self According TO the story. DR.. Rusun inocu-
lated himself with the bacili of typhoid fever. and
for time was in imminent danger of death from
the attack which followed. physicians finally saving
his life At the time II is said he also inocu
lated himself with the germs of tetanus but the
effects of this were overcome by the typhoid.
In May 1906. Dr.. Rustn obtained from the bac-
two test tubes containing pure cultures Of
tetanus bacillus and Of malignant typhoid fever.
These tubes he carried in his pocket and ex-
hibited to his friends. telling them that If he
put few of the typhoid germs into their beer
they would have typhoid fever within two weeks.
or If he scratched them and put the tetanus baciIi
in the wound they would die from lockjaw. Short
" after that it is alleged DR.. Rustn stricken
with typhoid Nothing said by him concern
ing the manner in which he contracted the fever
until year ago. when. it is said he admitted to
friends that he had taken the typhoid fever bacilll
with the intent 10 end his life in such manner
that 1t would appear to have resulted from natural
In 1905 Dr. Rustin reported to friends that he had
a growth in the trachea- which Chicago spe-
calist had declared be of malignant character,
and that he should submit TO operation which
in nineteen out of twenty proves fatal. He
did not carry the expressed intention. and
nothing heard Of the malignant growth
New-York tribune., 1908-09-08
BERRI PRAISES HUGHES.
"The Standard Union Editorially
Declares denomination Likely.

In connection with the growing feeling that
the leaders are weakening in their opposition
to the denomination of Governor Hughes, an
editorial in THE Standard Union" of Brook
lyn. last night was regarded by friends of the
Governor as having much significance. William
Berri. the publisher of the paper. who himself
has been mentioned as possible nominee Tor
Governor, is a close personal friend of Chair
man Woodruff of the state committee. and up
to yesterday the tone of the papers editorial
comment on the situation regarded as dis
tinctly anti Hughes.
In its editorial yesterday "The Standard"
praises the speech OF Governor Hughes at
Youngstown in the highest terms. and. refer
ring to the test vote to be made at the pri-
maries to-day says: Maybe the Republican
voters will turn down Hughes for denomination
after reading that speech, but It does not seem
likely"
1T advertises him to the country as well as
to the people of this state one of the tower
ing figures of Republicanism. Most truly is he
I'm the Roosevelt and Taft class the editorial
goes on to say. II adds: The splendid con-
trihution of the Governor TO the national cam
paign the projection of the size Of the man II
makes on the field of national politics. does
away entirely with the notion that to win his
nomination he requires outside aid Of any
kind"
New-York tribune., 1908-09-08
COUGHLIN IN JAIL.
ze.ls Of His Efforts to Reach Presi-
dent Ro0seUeH.

Aineola- Long Island. Sept. AT the
county Jail this evening Coughlin, the man ar
rested at Oyster Bay to-day. although appar-
entity out Of his head and suffering from de-
lusions told a fairly connected story. He said
ne had long been trying to reach President
Roosevelt 10 lay before him evidence that
Mother Eve of the State Of New York"
was lynched by yeggmen at Forest Hills, Mass
on July 23 He attributes his arrest apparently
70 one Jack Brennan for he says he always
knew Brennan not straight
Coughlin says he is thirty-five years old, was
oorn at Walpole. Mass. and is detective for
the Unelected Congress Of Massachusetts,. %
he says he is not paid because the uneIected
congress has money. while the elected con-
sress has lots of money with which to pay de-
'ectiVes He says he has been gathering evil
oehce Of the lynciling OF Mother Eve" since
July % and two weeks ago reached Washing
Ion, only TO find that the President was not
mere He hung around Washington q few days
sho then started to walk TO find the President.
ne walked TO YORK Penn, where finding he
SUI had far to CO. he took train TO Elmira.
n Y There he heard the President was at
saratoga. he went there. At Saratoga he
'ounc he had been misled. so he took a train
10 New York and finally reached oyster Bay
this morning.
de easily found out where the President lived.
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New-York tribune., 1908-09-08
SENATOR KNOX UNHURT,
His Son Only Slightly Injured in
automobile accident.

Geneva. Sept. 7.-Senator Philander c. Knox,
Of Pennsylvania, had narrow escape to-day
from serious injury while returning from Evian-
les-Bafns to Geneva by automobile Senator
Knox was accompanied by his son, and the
latter also escaped with few bruises and torn
clothes.
The mishap occurred while the automobile was
running along a narrow road at a good rate.
Passing over a soft spot the machine skidded
and ran over the bank into a deep ditch. Sen
ator Knox was practically unhurt. and mis- son.
who jumped from the car, only slightly
bruised about the arms and shoulders.
The automobile extricated from the ditch
with difficulty, and it found to be so badly
damaged that 1t could not be used. 1t was
taken to Geneva. and will he shipped TO Paris
for repairs. Senator Knox left here this after
noon for Basle-
Senator Knox accompanied by Mrs. Knox,
Philander C. Knox. jr., and Judge Young, Of
the United States Court OF Pittsburg. left this
country on August for trip the Cont
nent and expected to arrive home about Octo-
ber l.
New-York tribune., 1908-09-08
MRS. NEUM4NN Il SUICIDE.
Mother of Ensign Killed in Turret
Explosion Leaps from Liner.

San Francisco. Sept. 7.-Rrooding over the
death of her son. Ensign Neumann, who was
killed in a turret explosion on the battleship
Georgia, on the target range near Boston last
fan. 1t Is believed, caused Mrs. Eliza D Neumann
to jump off the deck Of the Pacific mail steamer
City Of Sydney on the night of September 1.
when the steamer a few hours out from
Acapulco.
Mrs Neumann was the widow of the Paul
Neumann, of this city, for many years legal
adviser of King Kalakaua of Hawaii The
steamer was turned back over its course but
no trace of the missing woman could be found
New-York tribune., 1908-09-08
NO SHOT 1T PRESIDENT.
Ramor Denied by Secret Seruice
Hen.

Oyster Bay. Sept. A rumor was current
mere to-day that bullet had been fired over
PRESIDENT Roosevelt's head while he was out
horseback riding last Saturday It was said
mat the President was riding along the Cove
Road, near the house Of his cousin, w. E,rnlen
Roosevelt, when some one concealed In a clurnp
q bushes at the roadside fired a shot Those
"a position 10 know the facts denied that there
was any foundation for the story. James Sloan
u the chief Of the Presidents guard of Secret
service men, eTnphatically denied the story Of
Ahe ambush, and his denial was echoed by the
other operative who was said to have been with
the President
New-York tribune., 1908-09-08
MOTORMAN SHOT ON HIS CAR.
Bullet Fired, Police Believe, from Building
in Eighth Avenue.

George Cobell. a motorman the Eighth avenue
trolley line. who lives at No. 429 West 18th street
was shot in the right eye his nearing
18th street last night. Where the bullet fired
from and who did the shooting the police OF the
old West 10Th street station have not learned.
Cobell when struck by the bullet, fell to the
platform and inspector, who happened to be
on the car brought IL 10 standstill. CobeIl was
carried TO a drug store, where IL was discovered
that his wound of a serious character.
The motorman taken TO the New York Hos
pital and later removed TO the New York Eye
and Ear Inirmary. He probably will lose the sight
of his eye.
The police believe the shot was fred from a
building but one has been found who heard r.
New-York tribune., 1908-09-08
LABOR DAY PosTPoNEs FUNERALS.

There christenings. weddings or funerals
in Bayonne yesterday because of the Labor Day
parade. The coach drivers all took part IN the pa
rade and engaged every coach in town and many
from Jersey City. Several funerals had TO be post
poned until to-day. A number of weddings
were also postponed. but one couple. unable to en-
gage a coach. walked to the church and were wed
New-York tribune., 1908-09-08
JAIL SENTENCE FOR SPEEDING.
Yonkers Judge Gives Brooklyn Man 10
Days, Fulfilling Promise Made in June.

John Hogg, Of No. 141 Keap street, Brooklyn.
was sentenced yesterday by City Judge Beall, of
Yonkers. fifteen days in jail for recklessly driv-
ing an automobile along Central avenue. The tes-
tiuony indicated that Hogg was intoxicated. and
that he the automobile in zigzag course over
the avenue. narrowly escaping collisions with troll
ley cars and carriages.
Hogg admitted overspeeding. He had been con-
victed of similar offence before Judge Beall in
June. At that time the Judge suspended sentence.
but warned Hogg that If he were ever brought be-
fore him again he would suffer.
New-York tribune., 1908-09-08
CRUSHED UNDER HIS AUTOMOBILE.
Well Known st. Paul Man Killed and His
Wife Seriously Injured

ST. Paul Sept Paris Fletcher. member of a
we'll known real estate firm of this city and prom-
uent socially was instantly killed and Mrs.
Fletcher was severely injured by the overturning
Of their automobile at Minneiska, near Wabasha,
Mimi to-day The accident occurred ar the bot
tom of a steep hill a mile out Of Minnelska- The
machine overturned and Mr.. Fletcher was crushed
under II.
Mr.. and Mrs Fletcher left ST. Paul Saturday
afternoon for a trip through Southern Minnesota,
expectng to be gone about ten days.
New-York tribune., 1908-09-08
CHAUFFEUR THROWN OUT AND HURT

IBy Telegraph TO The Tribune
Waterbury. Conn. Sept Mrs. James f. Still
well OF New York was shaken UP Plymouth
yesterday by a runaway which ran into an auto
mobile which she and Mrs. c. +. Barton were
riding that she tainted. In trying to escape the
runaway the automobile nearly upset The driver.
Walter Donaldson, thrown and was un-
conscious for hour.
New-York tribune., 1908-09-08
a MAMMOTH OIL PAINTING.
tBy Telegraph to The Trfhuns'l

IBy telegraph 70 The Irtbnne'I
Proctor VT Sept. Guido Horvath, a HUN
parian artist has completed here. after years OF
careful work study and research. a mammoth oh
nafntnv of washington at the Battle OF Iren-
e. n Ia claimed 10 be the largest single picture
-, arv zuhtact ever produced in this country. IL
is no feet long and eleven feet high.
New-York tribune., 1908-09-08
AUTO TIRE BURST; WOMAN DIES.

TFsy Telegraph 20 The Tribunal
Darvar sept Mrs. Catherine K. Mclaughlin.
an aged widow. died to-day from the shock caused
~ tha bursting Of a tire OF autonobile In which
she was riding a week ago. After she was revived
from, the collapse following the shock she became
:, nerveus that she had to be strapped 10 her bed
New-York tribune., 1908-09-08
WHERE TO T

WHERE TO TAKE LUNCH
And drink the Highest Types of American Wines
ii T Dewey & Sons Co., 1ss Fulton St. New York
--Adyt
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Bismarck daily tribune., 1908-10-01
MOUNTAIN SLIDING.
Hawaiian Small Boys Simply Aprop
| Down she Edge of the Scenery G

Hawaiian Small Boys Simply Aprop
Down ths Edge of the Scenery @
Water sports are by no means the
only vigorous athletics INDUCED In b,s
the boys of Hawaii. Mountain climb,
Ing is q favorite pastime, for there are
peaks 4,000 feet high within easy walk
ing distance Of any part Of Honolulu.
and on the island OF Hawaii there are
two mountains fully $4,000 feet j In
height. Not infrequently the Honolulu
schools give picnics on the mountain
sides that the pupils may gather land
shells. 1t Is on these excursions in
search Of land shells that the Hawaiian
schoolboys revel In the once national
sport, mountain sliding.
A very steep mountain side is Sc
lected, where the grass is long and
sloping downward. Every one gathers
his own tt leaves. The tt leaf is some
thing like the banana leaf, but not near
Iyz so long. With a bunch of ii leaves
In his hand the first boy steps to the
edge Of the side grasps the leaves by
the stems in, both hands, places the
leafy part under him and Sits down,
gives himself a start and drops down
the edge Of the scenery like flash. 4
was assured that IT was an easy mat.
terto regulate the speed of descent by
merely grasping the . tt stems firmly
and lifting them upward, this acting, as
a brake. longed for the, thrill of drop
ping down over the edge Of noun
tain and upon my brief sled Of ID leaves
began the descent. T went like the
wind. 1t seemed as though my breath
would be taken away from me or that
Itwould plunge head over heels, to- he
i dashed to pieces among the trees be-
low. 4 thought of my brake and drew
up on the ii leaves with all my might
and came up with jerk that Jared
every bone in my body. There / sat,
looking downward almost perpendicu-
larly, held In position only by a few
leaves resting on the smooth, slippery
grass, but the sliding grass is nearly a
foot long, and 1t is only after it has
been repeatedly slidden over and beat
en- down that it approaches perfection
in the eyes Of the Hawaiian small boy
and sometimes leads to accidents.
When. for instance, the thin layer Of ii
leaves wears cut beneath the slide a
gentle tug at the stalks parts the sled
and sends the slider whizzing down
ward in most uncomfortable and un.
graceful manner, all arms and legs.
Lucky is the victim of such an accident
II he is not stopped in his downward
career by the trunk Of tree.-St.
Nicholas W, ~ - FIe .s.>22|'-f
Bismarck daily tribune., 1908-10-01
Climatic Chances.

There is plenty of evidence. of the
very, best sort which goes to prove, that
not only Europe and North America,
but the lands. situated within the arc
tic circle, must have enjoyed tropical
climate. The numerous fossil remains
found in those regions are those of
plants and animals. which, according
: to the present state Of our knowledge,
must have lived under conditions now
, found only in the equatorial belt. Moth.
ing is clearer than the fact that the
polar cold is steadily gaining on the
temperate and tropical zones and that
eventually the land will be all Ice
fields. 223A i 's."}e'' ~ ~
Bismarck daily tribune., 1908-10-01
"A MlCRosc
HsM u Opens Up the Wonders OF ts,s |
M. N. World Of Nature.

World Of Nature. .al5
u II you want to keep your boy out OF
mischief, give him a microscope. not
one OF the elaborate, intricate, expen-
sive affairs that the bacteriologists use
when hunting for germs, but com.
mon one with two or three lenses that
revolve on a. pivot and fold into q
cover which protects them from In.
jury when carried In the pocket. Il 4
& There Is no better way Of interesting
the boy In the wonders of the natural
world than this simple contrivance,
which opens to his eyes visions of a
universe Of which he knew nothing.
Seen through the microscope, the most
Insignificant flower becomes thing of
wonderful beauty. The interior of a
nasturtium is fairy cavern, showing
a dozen different tints and hues of
color, with dainty white stalactites and
stalagmites almost touching each 9th.
.er midway between floor and roof.
d He will find monsters. too, for the
head Of an ant seen through a micro
scope is terrible; object. and he can.
not help thinking what an awful as
'pect such a creature would present If
1T We're as big as a horse. He has
heard about the creatures that, are to
besfound inswater from a stagnant
pool. He will find them for himself
and m show them to other boys, and all
bis q crowd will hsbeceme interested and
bring N thinss to look~at and wonder
tabout. He may not develop into Oar
Win. but IL he fBas any faculty of OBJ.
;sefvation at AN II Twin be sharpened
by what he sees, and he will learn that
there is more M nature than what we
discern pm tie GsSrface. = st. Louis
Globe Democrat, n
Bismarck daily tribune., 1908-10-01
SCARED THE ROBBERS.
Odd Incident In England In the Eight.
...,s., s.,....Z%, eenth Century.

Odd incident In England In the Eight
-ars.s z#, eenth Century. u =.
For a time during the eighteenth CEN
tury in England there was lull In
the robbery industry owing to an odd
incident. Shortly after the execution
Of an English burglar named Eliiston
curious communication purporting
to have been written by him was. put
into circulation Nov, as am a dy-
ing man. it ran, ~ have done some
thing which may be Of good use to the
public. ! have left with an honest
man-the only honest man was ever
acquainted with-the names of all my
wicked brethren, the places Of their
abode, with short account Of the
chief crimes they have committed. in
many Of which L. have been the accom-
plice and heard the rest from their
own mouths. I have likewise, set
down the names of those we call our
settlers of the houses we frequent and
all Of those who receive and buy our
stolen goods. have solemniy charged
this honest man and have received his
promise upon oath that whenever he
hears of any rogue to be tried for rob-
berry or housebreaking be will look into
his list and if he finds there the name
Of the thief concerned to send the
whole paper to the government OF
this here give my companions fair
and public warning and hope they will
take it." 1t is said the hint was so
effectual that for long time pick
pockets and burglars in that part of
England went into panic stricken re-
tirement. And. this being so. it is just
as we'll they did not know that the let
ter was a clever forgery. the work Of
that prince Of wits and humorists,
Dean Swift.-New York Tribune.
Bismarck daily tribune., 1908-10-01
Statistics

In ali probability the first administra-
tive act of the first regular government
was to number Its lighting men and to
ascertain as nearly as was possible
what amount Of taxation could be
levied on the rest Of The community.
AS human society grew more highly
organized there can be no doubt that a
very considerable body Of official sta
tistics must have come into existence.
We know that such was, the case in
Greece, Rome and Egypt, but it was
not until within the last two or three
centuries that systematic use OF the i'll!
formation available began for purposes
of investigation rather than mere ad-
ministrationt Newly York American. ~
Bismarck daily tribune., 1908-10-01
His Plan Was Sinpfe,

Frederick the Great once requested
bis generals to submit to him plans of
campaign for supposititious case
Hans Joachim Won Ziethen, the famous
cavalry general, produced a queer dia-
gram in black ink. 1t represented a
big blot In the center, intersected by
two black lines, whose four terminals
ended each In smaller blot. The king
was furious and upbraided his old COM
rade in arms bitterly for what he con-
sidered disrespect.
In explanation Won Ziethen said:
"Why. your majesty, am the large
blot in the center. The enemy is any
one Of the four smaller blots. He can
march upon me from the right or left,
from the front or rear. If he does
simply advance upon any of the four
lines and lick him where I find him."
Frederick was satisfied. @' p .
Bismarck daily tribune., 1908-10-01
SILENT CRANES.
a Mature Story by One Of the Mount
Taurus CIimbers.4=

a Mature Story by One Of the Mount
,.. Taurus Climbers .
4 The mountaineer glanced compla-
Gently at his hard calves. '.s37
4. 1--WE climbers" he said. cup there on
the white heights see lots Of things
worth seeing 1 tell you we could II
we wanted to outdo the nature fakirs
without deviating from the truth. For
instance, take; the Mount Taurus
cranes. Do you know the cranes Of
Mount Taurus?
Well, these birds are great chatter
ers. They chatter, chatter, chatter, as
they fly. Hanged If, they're not worse
than women! Up on the heights the
eagles lie in wait for them, hidden be-
hind crags or ice blocks. They don't
have. to show themselves at all. Their
ears, not their eyes, tell them of the
cranes approach, and, swooping down
on those bundles Of feathers and noise.
they take home a mess of crane for
dinner 2.s..,>r ,~Asv, -,
ts.W iths their chatter and babble and
gossip the cranes OF" Mount Taurus
give themselves away In that still air
to the eagles. and in all eagle house
holds crane is the staple dish.
hut the old cranes fly without a
sound--never a word out Of them as
they sail and wheel in the blue air.
That seems against nature, and it is
against nature. The old cranes to re-
strain their iunate love of talk fly with
large stones in their mouths.
Shoot one of these crafty and silent
birds and you will find his beak tight
| ~ closed upon large stone."-Ex-
change.
Bismarck daily tribune., 1908-10-01
TO RE0RGANIzE.
Washburn. .Pillsbury People TO
Make Attempt in. That. .
Direction Soon

& Z Minneapolis, Mimi, Sept. 30.-Un-
til late this afternoon members Of
the credit committee Of the Pills
ibury-Washburn Flour Milling COM
ipany, met in the Northwestern Ma
itional bank to discuss re-organiza-
ition, the issuance, of receivers GER
tificates and the; statement submit
ted by the expert accountants con-
cerning the resources and liabilities
of the concern. No one has been
designated as yet to fonm a plan OF
reorganization and formal !, state
ments as to the proceedings will, il
is expected, be made Thursday.