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New-York tribune., 1909-07-02
BROKER FAILS FOR s19S,9OS.
Samuel Silvermar's Assets Are Sl17,650-
Some Creditors Secured.

A voluntary petition in bankruptcy was fled
YESTERDAY by Samuel SilverDan, an investment
troker of No . Broad street. his schedules show
ing la bities Of sls8eg. Of which S6'2H are
secured claims and a22Io3 unsecured claims The
assets are Sll7S5o. consisting of western mining
stocks s425eo: unliquidated claims. $3.50 and
household goods, $500 Among the secured credt-
tors are the Firs+ National Bank OF Seattle. Wash
$4,000. Isaac Cntermeyer. of No. 81 Wall street.
5000: selgnan & Meyer, Of No 52 Broadway.
$4,000
petition IN bankruptcy was filed yesterday
against George Giarkopoulos. furrier, OF No 13
East 18th street. and Of No III State street. Al
banv by Hans 2 Wagner and others, with claims
CT S. 473 The Liabilities are said TO be over $1,000
William Bondy appointed receiver with
bond Of S3,eoo
New-York tribune., 1909-07-02
SHIPPING NEWS.
Port of New York. Thursday, July l, 1909
ARRIVED

ARRIVED
Steamer Fnrisbrook (r) Muir Guantanamo June "a
70 the Muuson IS Line with sugar Arrived the Bar
steamer arroyo CBr). CIough June .. the
West India IS with Arrived the Bar az 5
Steamer Duca di Geneva QtaD orengo Genoa June IS
ana Naples 10 fairfield Solar Co. with SO cabin
and 307 steerage passengers and dse Arrived az the
steamer Antiiia Cuban) corneh TauptcO June q TO
the New York and Cuba Mail IS Co. with passengers
Steamer Argentina (Austl. Cherubin Trieste and Pola
with 81 cabin and s4 seerage passengers and
mdse Arrived the Bar at $50 m
ego Bay Kingston, TO the Hamburg American Line
with passengers mails and mdse on Scotland Lishtshtp
steamer chesapeake DeIano Baltimore TO tire New
York and Baltimore Transportation Line. with mdse
steamer Fl Ana Quick New Orleans June 2s to the
Southern with mdse Left Quarantine 6.55
Steamer Yumuri Cuban. seeley Tanpico June 90
Campeche % and Progreso "a 10 the New York and Cuba
Nal IS GO with passenger ana H'dSe ARRIVED AZ 'he
steamer simon Dunaois CSor,. sorensssn Plata
steamer Konign Iuise GER, Harrassowitz Genoa June
15 cabin and 35 steerage passengers and rds Arrived
Steamer Princess Anne Taplsy Newport News and
Norfolk Old Dominion Sc Co with passengers and
steamer Jamestown cafheTine Norfolk 10 the Old
Dominion Co with mdse. Left Quarantine at 432
bados 10. s. Vincent and Martinique 81 DOuainca
uaaaal%9g2e % ~ a Sugqa ~ Th ana % 20 S e sb sS MsTns
Co with ia passengers. mails and merchandise Ar
steamer Huron Devereux. Jacksonville June "a and
Charleston 2s The Clyde S. Co with passengers and
md'e Left Quarantine s,g%n a. 500 m
steamers George ". Clyde Philadelphia Themstoces
CGreehl. Naples. Pannonia lBr). Naples La Provence
Havana: Suwanee (Brl. Flushing; Buffalo (Gerl Flush
ms oEtlams (RT Blsye ThSrney = 2rI PhiodeghS
Port Antonio: Hamburg CGe) Naples city q Macon.
New-York tribune., 1909-07-02
NORTHERN PACIFIC CASE APPEALED.
Federal Supreme Court Will Decide Suit
Against Interstate Commerce Commission.

s. Paul July l-An order granting an appeal 70
the United States Supreme Court vas fled to-day
bv Judge Walter H. Sanborn. Of the Federal Cir
cult Court, on behalf OF the Interstate commerce
Commission in the case OF the Northern Pacific
Railroad Company against the commission
The case involves effort on the part Of the
Hartman lines to have the Interstate commerce
Commission compel the Northern Pacih, road -
Join In the issuing Of through tickets and through
baggage checks from Chicago ST Louis Kansas
cirv and other Hartman terminals Seattle and
other Puget Sound points. by Of Portland. ore
At present passengers arriving az Portland over
the Southern lines compelled TO buy local ticket
and to recheck their baggage over the Northern
Pacific from Portland to Seattle.
The commission granted the request OF the Har-
riman lines. but the order was resisted by the
Northern Pacific in the Circuit Court. hich sus-
erded the enforcement of the commission order
New-York tribune., 1909-07-02
RECEIVERS FOR ILLINOIS RAILROAD
Legislation Held Responsible for Difficulties
of Chicago, Peoria & ST. Louis.

Springfield III July Judge Humphrey. in the
United states Circuit Court to-day. on application
Of the Trust Company Of America. Of New York.
trustee for the second mortgage bondhoders ap-
pointed John P Ramsey. president Of the Chicago,
Peoria & St Louis Railway, and Henry NJ Mer
riam OF Springfield receivers Or the Chicago Pc
orla & St Louis Railway. of Illinois.
The amount Of bonds which the company IS
said 10 have defaulted I'm interest Is 100000. The
railroad company did not contest the action. II is
said the difficulties Of the company attributable
TO the reduction in passenger and freight rates by
the state and depression In coal traffic. The COM
pany owns "a miles OF tracks.
New-York tribune., 1909-07-02

4 jury before Judge Foster IN the court OF
General Sessions discharged Yesterday be-
cause il failed either TO convist acquit Mrs
Marie Kncx who svas on trial charged with grand
larceny The young woman remanded to the
Tornbs and will be tried again
Her husband. George F Knox, who is serving
term OF not less than two years and three months
in Sing Sing, was brought here TO testify for her
Knox was convicted of stealing a quantity of
valuable furs from Revillon Freres, the furriers,
ho say they lost some $4,000 worth of furs in the
last few years The specific complaint against
the young the theft of a $3.50 mink
coat The husband took all the blame for the
theft and testified that his wife never knew the
goods were stolen
New-York tribune., 1909-07-02
cUsA,s Italian MINISTER SAILS

Carlos Manuel Cespedes. the first Cuban Min
lister TO Rome, sailed yesterday the French liner
La Provence. Senior Cespedes. whose father was
the first President OF the Cuban Republic in the
late SOS. said that Cuba prospering under the
regime Of President Gomez He said the anti-ad-
ministration party now in harmony with Gomez,
and as they had received 80 per cent Of the Pres-
Dental appointments, including the post at Lon
don. they could not complain. The minister also
said that Spain and En- ngIand investing heavily
in developing Cuban plantations and other enter
nrsaS
New-York tribune., 1909-07-02
SUICIDE AFTER PETTY QUARREL.
Prosperous Farmer Grudges Wife Cash, slaps
Her Face, Then Hangs Himself

After slappng his wfe's face Sunday night
when they had dispute money she wanted
for window shades. Alfred Burt. 4 farmer, or
Mineola Long Island. went 10 the attic and hanged
himself from q fatter. His body discovered
Yesterday by his wife and Constable John Buhler
She had left the house Immediately after her hus-
band had struck her and did not return till yes
terday. when she was accompanied by the con-
stable.
Burt is said TO have been nlser and TO have
amassed at least 100000 Early last month he
married his housekeeper. hut their honeymoon was
short lived.
New-York tribune., 1909-07-02
NEW BOAT FOR CITIZENS LINE

Another important accession TO the steamship
feet of the Hudson River viii be made to-day
when the Rensselaer,. a sister ship of the Trojan
Of the Citizens Line, will make her first regular
trip from r"ew York 10 Troy Both ships steel
huIled sidewheelers and are $50 feet long. The
Rensselaer, is licensed 10 carry twelve hundred pas
sengers and has freight capacity of four hundred
tons The accession of the Rensselaer, to its fleet
will give the Citizens Line accommodation for more
than hftY-hve hundred passengers night.
New-York tribune., 1909-07-02
CAPTAIN JOHN P. GREEN RETIRED
Pension of Former P r. r. ViCe-President
It Is Said. Will Be $4,000 a Year.

Philadelphia. July Captain John P Green for-
r,er first vice-president Of the Pennsylvania Rail
road Company went on the pension list to-day.
having arrived al the Of seventy years The
amount Captain Green Will draw as his pension is
estimated to be $1,000
Il is said that his salary for the last ten years 81
his service averaged $4,000 a year. which his
pengion is based He receives annually per cent
Of the average salary received for the last ten years
for each year Of his service in the COMPANY Re
tirernent was compulsory under the rules OF the
New-York tribune., 1909-07-02
II SELLS 5. ?. coNvERTIeLe eoNps.

The Union Pacific Railroad Company it is under
stood has sold its holdings of Southern Pacific
convertible bonds amounting TO sS60Oo.c0 which
were its pro rata share of the S22 0o0On recently
offered for subscription to stockholders Of the
Southern Pacific The Union Pacific is said TO
have made prcdt Of about s2G0a.G5o on these
bonds, which it did not need for purposes of con-
troll of the Southern Pacific The convertibes
were offered to the stockholders at e6. and are
now quoted at about 102.
New-York tribune., 1909-07-02
FEAR OF THE FOURTH KILLED HIM.
Civil War Veteran Predicted He Would Die
unless Celebration Was Sane

Akron, Ohio July 1--Gustav THESE. q Civil War
veteran. who some time ago predicted that his
death would occur between July and g. died TO-
day as g direct result, his physician says. Of his
dread Of the coming Fourth Of July celebration
Some time ago These wrote a letter to the Akron
woraan's Christian Temperance Union begging
that body every means to secure quiet
Fourth Il know / cannot live through another
Fourth wrote, II there is much noise and
life IS in danger il viii be impossible for me TO
stand 81" His appeal led.to movement for sane
Fourth in Akron
New-York tribune., 1909-07-02
FOUND HUSBAND DEAD IN SLEEPER.

Blnalo. July 1.-When the Lehgh Valley train
from Philadelphia arrived at Depew this morning
Mrs " LILY cf Camden, y J. informed the
train crew thar she had found her husband dead
in he sleeper
The medical examiner Of this city examined the
oody its arrival here and stated that death
due 10 heart disease. Mr and Mrs. Lilly were on
ther way to Chicago TO visit friends.
New-York tribune., 1909-07-02
OLD SEXTON DEAD.

Patrick J. Cunneen, for thirty-hve years sexton
OF ST Peters Roman Catholic Church, Barclay and
Church streets. said to be the Oldest Catholic
church IN this osty. died yesterday from compH-
cation OF diseases. He seventy years old and
lived at No l16 Cedar street Cunneen known
10 nearly every member of the enormous congrega
iors oF 81 Peters during his long term of service
New-York tribune., 1909-07-02
Savannah. Fl Mar Galveston. Jsrsrson. Norf''s' :
nee. Philadelphia
STEAMERS AT FOREIGN PORTS
ARRIVED

ARRIVED ,---{
Bculogne- July I. , ? n-NCordaEr tDc'cl''
for Rotterdam land proceeded - ~o-k -
Southampton. July l-Adrtatic tHf'- ~
Plymouth and Cherbourg -, Vac Ycfk
Havre. July 1. a MA Lorraine tFrl. -t-.rl Ner
Naples. July I . a u-koenig Aloert 'N
York taud proceeded for Genoal - ,41 ltss
Manila. June 30-Indrawadi (Br} Ne" t0'A
and singapore - -, Nysvv loss
Malta July I-Hohenfels (Gerl. Calcutta a.
for Boston and New York -, vork -
Alexandria June 2s-Empirieos tGrsek)- New
Kobe JaiT if@Matoppo CBr, New York VIA
Horg Eong, etc
Port Natal. June 29-sreiz Hue' 'sr' =.
York; Saigon and HaiDhong 49,, f-aicgrtaf
Colombo. June sO-oueen Mary CBr> GRO" !.
Boston and New York 49, Yc-z y,
Kingston, etcl Southampton - |-,-s
Naples, June 2T-San Giovanni (ItaD NsS fzr} ~
Queenstown. July l. IL 40 o nl-IeutonS-
SouthamDton ard Cherbourg(. New 4oiA
Hull June SO-Galneo (Br). New York
PASSED - e.
ST Michaels July Berlin (Gsr}- Ne"
Naples and Genoa -.--N New -.
for Bouogne and Rotterdam; july l.
New York for Eavre
New-York tribune., 1909-07-02
ELECTRIC MoToss AS MAIL WAGONS.

Postmaster Morgan announced yesterday that
fo- al postoce districts north Of 42d on the
East and Vest sides Of the city the morse and
wagon service heretofore used in the transporta-
ton c. mail betHeen stations had been superseded
by fast electric motor service The Postmaster
also announced that tVenty-three large pack
age boxes nave been installed n the Washing on
ks.ghx aastrick
New-York tribune., 1909-07-02
CITY PLANNERs IN DOWNTOWN ITALY.

The exhibition congestion and city planning
is 70 be moved downtown for ten days stay be-
ginning JULY g. Public School p, Mott and Spring
streets on July is it will be opened in the Bolle
tino Hall No. IFS Park Row. with Italian in
charge TO explain its features 10 his fellow coun-
trynen Programmes in Italian to be given out
at both places and special emphasis viii be laid
the relation between congestion of population and
t,thp
New-York tribune., 1909-07-02
NEW LI,CoLN PENNIES READY.
Mint Awaits Orders from Washington to
Place Them in Circulation.

Philadelphia. July 1.-The Lincoln pennies
coined at the United States mint in this city are
ready for delivery. There hundred
and irry thousand Of the 1-cent pieces in the
vaults Of the mint and they will be placed in cir
ouation as soon as orders are received from Wash
ington.
The new coins much ike the old ones with
the exception Of the Indian head. In its place is
q profile Of Abraham Lincoln.
New-York tribune., 1909-07-02
MUROERER's AccoMPLlcE CONVICTED

tonight found guilty Of murder in the first degree
He tried on the charge Of being accompce
Of Napoleon Monat in the murder of John kin
Monat has already been sentenced 70 death at Sing
Sing Prison in the week beginning August 9
New-York tribune., 1909-07-02
WIRELESS REPORTS.

The Pennsylvania reported 3o3 miles Of sandy
Hook T-3o yesterday. is expected TO dock This
morning
The Cedric reported 80 miles Of sau4y Hook
AZ 45 N yesterday. ts e1pscted TO dock saturday
morning
Ia savoe reported 740 miles Sandy Hook a.
10 yesterday, is expected dock Saturday rc-n-
New-York tribune., 1909-07-02
P. S. C. NOW WORRIED
Fear Board of Estimate Won't
adopt Sub5oay Report Today.

Fears expressed in many quarters that the sub
way-eevated offer of the Interborough Rapid Tran
sit Company clever move to throw over the
report of the committee of the Board of Estimate
and Apportionment on the Public Service Comrnls-
sions request for permission to advertise for oios
according the plans proposed by the Braoiey-
Ciaffney-Steers Company alarmed the commission
yesterday If the committee report is not adopted
bv the hoard to-dav nothing will done along
that line until fall The report heads the supple
mental calendar and action on 1t Is expected put IL
is believed in railroad circles that the lnteroorough
and its sympathzers are working vigorously for
delay any excuse
Chairman Wilcox and other members OF the
commission unwilling to talk on that subject
The attitude of the commission all along. though.
has been one Of anxiety to get permission to ad-
vertise for bids for Broadway. Lexington avenue
and other routes covered by the Bradley-Gafney-
Steers proposal So from the commissions view
delay until fall would be little short OF a public
calamity. since it would several weeks OF
delay at best. and easily might mean months OF
inaction.
Inspection of the Interboroughs plan has not
caused the commission to lose its good opinion Of
the Bradley -Gafney-Steers proposal
The commission has not had any opportunity TO
consider the Interborough plan in great detail
said Commissioner WILCOX last evening We have
gone over it. and will devote to it all attention
giving il thorough study and careful consideration
We have studied It enough to feel certain that
II contains nothing to cause US to change our minds
the desira bility of the lines laid out in our
letter to the Board Of Estimate and Apportionhert
and the necessity for permission to advertise for
bids for those routes. In other words. the conHis-
sion does not feel that IT to alter its stand
for the construction of the entire Lexington avenue
route
So far as the lengthenng Of the station plat
forms IN the present subway is concerned. we have
already taken that matter Up with the company ana
The Board Of Estimate and Apporttonment, and we
are waiting now for the decision Of the board We
hope we shall get some action on that tomorrow
New-York tribune., 1909-07-02
OUTGOING STEAMERS
TRANsPACIFIC MAILS

IfNANSFA ACAr II MAILS
Destination and steamer Close IN
Hawaii. japan. Corea and China tvia san
F,rancisCol-Asta July
Japan Corea, China and Philippine ISL
ands tvia Vancouver and Victoria,
Japan. Corea and China Especially ad-
dressed onlyb tvia Tacoma l-Anttlochus July
Australia except Vest. New Zealand.
Fiji Islands and New Caledonia (vta
Vancouver and Victoria. B C1-Aorangi July
Hawaii (via san Frdnciscol-Alameia-- July
Japan. Cored and China (vta Seattle)-
Tosa MarU -.--.-... -.--. - July
Hawaii. Japan. Corea. China and Philip
pine Islands (via san FranCisCo)-9ion-
eolta ..-.-.....-.. ..- --. % July
Hawaii via san Franciscol-Hilonian- July
New Zealand Australia Except Wesc.
Samoan Islands and New Caledonia via
san Francisco1-Gymeric ..-.....--...- July
Tahiti, Marquesas Islands. New Zealand
and Australia except WesD (via san
Franciscol-Maripcsa Aug
New-York tribune., 1909-07-02
MARINE INTELLIGENCE.
MINIATURE ALMANAC

MINIATURE ALNANAC
Sunrise Sunset T:35 Moon sets p Moons Is
HIGH WATER
= M-Saudy Hook 40 Island ~ FfelI Gate : 81
N-Sandy Hook SIS Gov. Island III Hen Gate 9o1
New-York tribune., 1909-07-02

: significant fact in connection with the Inter
borough's s1O0cco01O offer 10 build new subways
and elevated tracks disclosed yesterday at the
Office OF Controller Metz. The Manhattan Railway
Company-one of the Interboroughs subordinate
companies-has been paving its franchise taxes TO
the city for the last three years, the sum asgre-
eating nearly S2.dGQ0oo. The company's estimate
OF the tax Indebtedness and the amounts IT paid
New-York tribune., 1909-07-02

Harrisburg, Penn. July Ia 10 per cent increase
in wages Of the seven thousand employees of the
Pennsylvania Steel Company went into effect to-
day The two hundred employees Of the Harrisburg
Pipe and Pipe Bending Works also received a 10 per
cent increase.
New-York tribune., 1909-07-02
STEEL WAGES INCREASED.

Baltimore July 1.-The wages Of the three thou
sand fve hundred men and boys employed in the
plant of the MARYLAND Steel Company at Spar
rows Point wer. increased 10 per cent to-day
thus restoring the scale in effect prior April !
New-York tribune., 1909-07-02

In addition this there also paid for the
Borough Of The Bronx the sum Of s12t,36o Il, the
combined figure for the two boroughs reaching
1105.403 So. To the foregoing the company added
payment of S794 Is to the bureau of city revenue
for percentage charges
New-York tribune., 1909-07-02
SAN FRANCISCO MINING STOCKS.

san Francisco July THE official closing quota
IONS for mining stocks to-day were as follows:
New-York tribune., 1909-07-02

,se in New York
July s. 6.Sopm
July 8. 6-3Opm
July 8. $50 n
July II. $50 m
July IL. 6 so ? m
July Is. s so p N
July Il. s so ? m
July 23. s. 30 p n
July IS. g. 50 p N
lug I. g. 30 p -
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1909-12-31
Record of the Year From
January to December.
HISTORY DAY BY DAY.
Notable Happenings Throughout
the World.
NAMES ON THE DEATH ROLL.

Discovery of the North Pole-Items
of miscellaneous Interest-Destruc-
ton by Accidents, Shipwreck,
Storm and Flood-Sporting Events.
A Chronological Review.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1909-12-31
DECEM Der.

/. Political The United States severed
diplomatic relations with Nicaragua
virtually demanding the organization
of a new government to replace Ze-
layas.
2. Fire: Fire in the business district OF
Baltimore caused loss of nearly 81
100000.
g. Sporting: Calvin Demarest OF Chicago
won the 1872 balk line billiard title
from George Sutton in New York
4. Shipwreck: Steamer Elan Vannin lost
in the Mersey: IL passengers and q
sailors drowned. Steamer Thistlemor
wrecked in Barnstable bay; 20 OF the
crew lost.
Obituary: Princess Waldemar. noted
member of the royal family of Den
mark. in Copenhagen.
8. Obituary: George Crocker, capitalist.
in New York city: aged SO.
6. Personal: William J. Calhoun of Chi
cago appointed United States minister
to China.
3. Fire: Kalamazoo, Mich; loss of S7ds.
900 by flames in the business district.
10. Obituary; Red Cloud. noted fighting
chief of the Sioux. at Pine Ridge res
ervation: aged Sc
Shipwreck: IS lives lost by the founder
ing of car ferry Marquette and Besse-
mer No. 2 on Lake Erie.
IL Fire: Herne Oaks, home of the late
burned at Southampton. N. Y.
r. Fire: Racine. Wis. the Racine Man
ufacturing company and other plants
destroyed loss $6S0.00O
1S Personal Judge ii. II. Lurton appoint
ed justice of the United States SUI
preme court.
10 Railroad Accident: II killed and many
hurt in a wreck on the Southern near
Redsville. N c.
16 Political: President Zelaya placed his
resignation in the hands of the Mica
raguan congress.
a. Obituary: King Leopold II. of Bel
gium at Brussels; aged "a
IS. Obituary; Grand Duke Michael Nicho-
laievitch of Russia. at Cannes. France:
aged II. Gen. Green b. Raum. con-
gresham and former commissioner OF
pensions. in Chicago; aged so.
g. Prince Albert formally succeeded to
the throne Of Belgium.
Is Convention: The 18th anniversary OF
the American Historical and the Amer
lean Economic associations celebrated
In New York.
q. Gladstone Centenary: The Tooth ami
versary of the birth of Right Hon
William Ewart Gladstone, British
statesman. known as the Grand Old
Man" OF England. celebrated.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1909-12-31
AUGUST.

Personal: The Russian Emperor Mich
olas received as a guest by King Ed
ward of England at Cowes.
& Political: Congress adjourned. The
Payne tarin bill finally passed by the
senate.
g. Aeronautics: Paulhan. French aviator.
made new height record for aero
planes. varying from 200 to 400 feet, at
Douai. France
Tennyson Centenary: The Tooth anniver-
sary of the birth OF Alfred Tennyson
celebrated.
T. Aeronautlcs: Roger Sommer of France
beat Wilbur Wright's duration record
OF hours, 20 minutes and 81 seconds
by minutes and Is seconds at Mour
melon. lie Grand. France.
8. Convention: National irrigation con-
gress met at Spokane. Wash. Annual
G. A. r. encampment at Salt Lake
City.
70. Fire: Monticello, N. Y, popular
summer resort. nearly destroyed by
fire; loss about 100000.
u. Morocco: A captive Spanish balloon
used with fatal effect to direct fire
upon a Moorish camp at Melilla.
IL Personal: Samuel r. Van Zandt elect
ed commander in chief Of the G. A. r.
at Salt Lake City.
"a. Accident: 8 killed and so hurt in a
head-on collision on the Denver and
Rio Grande near Colorado Springs,
Colo.
Earthquake: over 800 buildings destroy
ed and many lives lost in central
Japan.
16. Convention: The transmississi~ri COM
mercial congress opened in Denver.
II. Obituary: Lawrence Bacher. an artist
known for his etchings, at Lawrence
Park, N. Y; aged 81.
Convention: 43d annual congress OF the
Universal Peace union.
IL Obituary: Sir Theodore Martin. Eng
fish author and poet. in London; aged
So
-. Polar Research: Walter Wellman as
csnded In his dirigibie balloon at epits-
bergen. bound for the north pole. meet
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1909-12-31


l. Commander Robert E. Peary reached
New York.
Aeronautics: International balloon race
from Zurich.
2 Aeronautics Orville Wright broke the
high flying record by soaring 1000 feet
at Potsdam. The Mars won the in
ternational goal race from Zurich.
landing within COO yards OF goal.
4. Obituary: Albert Pulitzer, founder of
the New York journal and brother of
Joseph Pulitzer of the New York
World, in Vienna: aged 5S.
6. Mining Accident: 80 deaths by an ex-
plosion at Nanaimo, b. c.
Aeronautics: Edgar w. Mix, American
aeronaut, won the Gordon Bennett
cup in the race from Zurich, landing
at Warsaw, Poland. after covering So
miles.
ident of Harvard.
3. Storm: A West India hurricane dew
astated the west coast of Cuba, nearly
wrecked Key West and swept up the
Florida and Carolina coast.
IL Personal: American minister TO China,
Charles r. Crane, recalled from his
mission by the secretary of state
13. Aeronautics: A. Holland Forbes won
the Lahm cup in the balloon race from
st. Louis landing near Richmond. Va,
after covering 731h miles In 10 hours
and is minutes.
Political: Meeting OF the provincial as
sembles OF China under the new con-
stitutional program. Prof. Francisco
Ferrer. Spanish revolutionary teacher.
executed at Barcelona by the Spanish
government.
ie Personals President Taft and Presi-