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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1909-10-22
TO IMPROVE CIVIL SERVICE.

The Municipal Club of Brooklyn will
meet October 2e at $50 o'clock in the I'M
perial, Fulton street and Red Hook Lane
The meeting will te conducted by the COM
mittee on Civil Service and pensions. John
T. Doyle, secretary of the United States
Civil Service Commission; Roscoe c. E.
Brown, State Civil Service Commissioner.
and Arthur J. O'Keeffe. member of New
York City's Civil Service Commission, are
among those who have been invited to
speak. The phase of the subject which
will receive special attention will be the
Improvement of the Civil Service and the
pensioning Of public officials.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1909-10-22
'PossUM CHEWED UP LETTERS.
Trouble for Louisiana Joker Who
Mailed 1t TO the President.
Tfsv Telegrarh TO Tho TribunI

A'~@ -N4NeA'l'i' ~ -'iN AA-DNhf-S
Leegville. la, Oct. 1.-THE other night
a party OF young people OF this city went
on an old-fashiOned possum hunt, capt
uring several Of the animals. The same
night some one placed a 'possum in the
package department Of the postofiice and
addressed it to President Taft.
II was found next morning by the post
master after il had chewed up and de-
stroyed all the mail IN the box. The
natter has been reported 70 the postal au-
thorities, and what was started as a prac-
tical joke may result IN serious trouble
to the perpetrators. Inspectors are at
work on The case
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1909-10-22
IN THE LIST OF MEAN MEN.
Wife Says Husband Took Of Electric
Bulbs When He Went Out.
TBy Telegraph to The Trib

Chicago, Oct A.-According 10 q hill
filed by Mrs Irene O'Calla CHAN for a d.
vorce to-day, her husband takes high rank
in the list of mean men. After reciting
that she was married 10 DIR. Charles
OCalaghan on June CO. 1908, and that
they have been separated since August
8 of this year. she says that when her hus-
band went out in the evening he always
took the electric light bulbs from the fxt-
ures and hid them, making it necessary for
her 10 sit In the dark until his return.
thus keeping the bills for light down
Mrs. O'Callaghan says that when he dis
covered she owed the grocer s. he declared
il was rank eXtIavagance and said that he
could not pay any such bills. She says
that he is worth $4,000 and wants provision
made for her maintenance
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1909-10-22
FATHER PAYS HER SALARY.
Miss Paden's Devotion to Missionary
Work Based on Sacrifice.
- Telerraph b u Tribuns.

~
Pittsburg, Oct. 2.-With the return oi
Miss Marion Paden to Cairo Egypt, II
became known here to-day that her deVo-
ton to missionary work is based on eX-
traordinary sacrifice on the part OF her
self and her family
Several years ago Miss Paden left he's
luxurious home III this city to take UP
missionary work in Egypt She is the
daughter Of George NJ. Paden, assistant
cashier of the Union National Bank
When she announced 20 her family that
she was convinced she was called to mis-
sionary work abroad her father would not
allow her To he paid for her work Ac-
cordingly. he stipulated to the Church au
thorities that he should pay every cent o.
his daughters salary and expenses while
she was working as a Tnissionary.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1909-10-22
EK.pREsIpgMTs ~ PosT.

la Paz. Boiifia, OCT. I.-Islnscl Monies,
lhe ek-presiaent - Bolivia, has accepted
i1s poDi OF Minister 40 Great Britain and
france. re VIII leave here iu January ANA
Va1 reside in lgrig.
- lf cTpGrted inst Tie Bolivian Congress
- fFtgfdsF VII approve the protocol be-
tween Bolivia snd Peru definitely setlng
pepalns Questions,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1909-10-22
NEW Works. DEPRECATED BONDS
From IN. The Rochester Democrat ana chron-

tcle. anu S"lOh-
New York City has begun TO rean tho
harvest OF municipal extravagance mis-
rue ana greed, and even the most ana
thetc dWeller in the city OF the ''GTest
Whlte Way" can read and divine tbs
meaning of the warning Handwriting on
lhe wall, such IS the apprehension ~ the
moneyed interests in view of the reckless Sv
traVagance which has marked the financIaI
administration during recent years thai the
per cent longtime bonds OF the munici-
patty are quoted In the market below mar
Ihefe Is something radically wrong when
municipal bond of the metropolis of the
country. which does not mature until ieSS
can be negotiated In the open market on.v
~ discount a government bond havins
nifty years to run. at per cent would he
IN active demand at a material premium
ana national bonds hearing a lower rate
OF interest are eagerly sought above parity
the causes oT at least one sufTicient
cause, Tor the present depreciation Of New,
1orks credit is found in the Conviction
that public sentiment cannot be aroused
10 the point OF breaking the hold OF the
dituTes HN'
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1909-10-22
FAMILY GETS BleLow ESTATE

The VIII Of Lucius Horatio Biglow, OF
No. 25I Broadway, who lived at No. $40
west End avenue. was hled for probate
IN the Surrogate's office yesterday. It
dlsposes OF large estate. although the
petltion merely says that the value Of his
real estate is unknown and that his per-
sonal estate is over S1O.000. Mr.. BigloN
died at Ridge1eld. Conn. ON September al
His will was executed on May s. 1905, and
the estate is divided among his family
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1909-10-22
CONTRACTOR ASKS MORE TIME.

Albany, Oct. PA request has been made
10 the State Trustees of Public Buildings
BY the Il. T. Ford Company of Rochester,
contractors for the new $4,00O0OO state edu-
cation building for an extension Of one
year IN which 20 complete the WORK. The
contract requires that the building be COM
pleted January ], 1911. Unexpected delays
encountered Ia connection with the work
on the big structure led 10 the request
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1909-10-22
GIFT TO BISHOP OF washington

Washington Oct. 21.-Mrs. Grace E. At
water who died In New York CITY last
Thursday, bequeathed to the Bishop OF
Washington and his successors her estate
valued at $1,000. the income to be ex-
pended for such charitable purposes as
Bishop Harding and his successors NAV
determine.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1909-10-22
MUST DIE IN DECEMBER.

Albany, Oct. 2l.-The Court of Appeals
to-day set the week beginning December
as the time when Bedros Hamparttoomian
must die in the electric chair for the muir
der OF Hovannes Tavshanjlan, a wealthy
rug merchant of New York, on July %
1891. The court on Tuesday affirmed the
judgment OF conviction of the lower
courts.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1909-10-22
DR. cRosvENoR FOR PRESIDENT.

The Rev. Or. William NJ. GrosyenOr has
been chosen president OF the committee on
the fabric Of the Cathedral of St John the
Divine. 10 iii the vacancy caused by the
death OF the Rev. Or. William r. Hunting
ton At the same time the Rev. Or. J.
Lewis Parks was chosen 10 succeed Dr.
Grosvenor as secretary Of the committees
The vacancy in the membership OF The
committee caused b. Or Huntington's
death has not yet been hlIed.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1909-10-22
EASTMAN ESTATE APPRAISED

The appraisal Of the estate OF Lucy. Put
nam Eastman. OF No, East 10Th street
who died on August 10. 1908. gives the val
uation OF the estate as S2.2l4.244 IS In per-
sonal estate and se03.s50 In real estate
From this amount are deducted 81 IN 50.
funeral expenses, N,250; expenses Of ad-
minIstration. SiOOOo. and executors. com
missions. S22.5O2 a. The estate goes 10
Mrs. Eastman's relatives.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1909-10-22
MRS. PANKHURsT WELCOMED.
Notable Greeting When She Reaches
Boston.

Boston. Oct. 21.-A notable welcome
was given Mrs. Emmeline Goulden Pank-
hurst, of Manchester. England, who Will
begin an American campaign for woman
suffrage III Trement Temple here to-mor-
row evening, by the Massachusetts lead
ers of the movement, when she arrived
from New York this afternoon.
Waiting outside the station was long
line of automobiles, displaying flags and
banners bearing the motto. Votes for
Women" and as soon as Mrs. Pankhurst
appeared, escorted by the officers of the
state and city associations, a procession
was formed TO escort the visitor to the
Suffrage headquarters.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1909-10-22
FOUND FLOATING IN RIVER.

The body OF John Griffin. sixty years
old of Newark, was found floating in the
Passaic River, az the foot of River street,
Yesterday Griffin was a sober man and
there is much mystery in his death. He
had no troubles Of any kind that his rela-
tives knew Of and they scout the idea Of
suicide.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1909-10-22
WINTHROP DECLINES NOVEL BOAT.

Washington, Oct. 81 Replying 10 let
ter from a Massachusetts man Rho says
nc has plans foT 3 boat that viii 20 on
lana or water. Acting Secretary Winthrop
SAVE = careful examination Of the descEjp-
lion Of the vessel does not disclose any
novel features % VALUE fer the navy The
inventor says Isis boat Is immune from tor
pedoer. has armoT plate which cannon
would not hurt. and is equipped with guns
h. night OF acceptance.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1909-10-22
SAN FRANCISCO MINING STOCKS.

San Francisco. Oct. sl.-The official clos
ins quotations for mining stocks TODAY
were as follows
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1909-10-22
C. @. o.

From The New Haven Palladium.
& =. ID. might serve as a football signal.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1909-04-30
EIGHT IN THRILLING ESCAPE.
No Time to Warn Their Sleeping Com.
panions Sinking Of Vessel Is
Mystery.

/, New Orleans, April 27:-Eight peo-
pie were lost and eight others on
board had q thrilling escape from
death when the towboat Eagle of the
Louisiana Petroleum company, went
down early yesterday in the Missis-
sippi river, forty miles south of New
Orleans.
The accident occurred at 1880
o'clock yesterday morning and at the
time all those who persisted were
asleep.
Without seeming reason the boat
began to dip and take water, and in
an instant was going down, breaking
in half as it sank
No Time for Warning.
Without opportunity Of giving warn.
ing to their companions, those on
deck were thrown into the swift current
of the deep channel. They succeeded
in catching hold Of objects washed
from the boat and managed to stay
afloat until they attracted attention.
from shore.
The sinking of the Eagle is mys.
terry. There was no explosion. At the
time the Eagle was conveying an oil
barge up the river. The barge broke
away from the towboat when the lat
ter sank.
The Eagle was a stern-wheel boat.
At the point where it went down the
river is about 100 feet deep.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1909-04-30
ROOSEVELT BAGS SOME GAME.
Breaks Camp and Starts for Pease~
Ranch on Athi River.

Breaks Camp and Starts for Pease:
Ranch on Athi River.
Nairobi, East Africa, April q. -
After brief hunting expedition Sat
urday evening at Kapiti Plains, Col.
Roosevelt and his party broke camp
and started for the ranch of Sir AL
fred Pease, on the Athi river. yester-
day.
An old settler, who seemed to take
liking to Kermit, offered to show;
him likely place for good sport
They succeeded in bringing down one
buck
Col. Roosevelt's first hunt, favored,
by fine weather, was enjoyed I'M
mensely. He bagged two wildebeests-
and Thompson gazelle.
The hunt lasted several hours and
all were we'll tired out when they re-
turned to camp.
Smallpox is prevalent at Nairobi,
and two cases have developed among
porters at Tahiti. These have been
quarantined and the strictest precau-"
lions are being observed. The dam
ger is considered slight.
The police still maintain their
measures for the protection of the
Americans from annoyance. They
will not permit any except those des-
ignated by Col. Roosevelt to go with
the expedition.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1909-04-30
MAY DUST CENSUS DIRECTORS.

Trouble Between Secretary Magic and
Director North-office Investigated
Washington, April 81. - S. N. D.
North, director of the census, has
been made the subject of an investi-
cation by Secretary Nagel, which
probably will result in a new director
being appointed to take the next Gen.
sus.
The matter has gone so far, 1t is,
said, that new director has been
agreed upon. His name will be an
nounced shortly. Secretary Nagel,
however, does not confirm this re-
port.
The chief trouble, it was learned, u.s.
that there is a great friction between
Director North and Secretary Nagel,
which is said to amount practically to-
AS one of the OIL
Gals put it yesterday:
'"The simple question is, who is boss.
Magic or North"
President Taft last night summoned
Secretary Maggie and Director North
to the White House for an Important
conference, which lasted nearly three
hours. No information was given out
regarding the conference.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1909-04-30

Papal sendarmes surprised three
burglars In the Vatican gardens.
from where they were trying to break
into the Italian royal mint adjoining.
Upon evidence obtained by Special
Federal Inspector T. q. Van Writ war
rants were issued at Des Moines for
the arrest Of twenty-five local saloon
lists, charged with selling liquor to
Tama Indians.
After wrecking the bank with dyna.
mite at Havana, Kan, and securing
$4,000 from the bank vault, two rob-
bers escaped on a handcar under a
heavy fire from residents. Before en-
tering the bank the robbers cut tele-
phone wires entering the town.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1909-04-30
FIFTEEN killed; f|fIY HURT
Storm Lasts but Five Minutes People
Blown Of Feet, Roofs aud Walls
Hurled Down.

Cleveland, Ohio, April 23.-Six per-
sons were killed. nine fatally hurt
and at least fifty sustained injuries,
and property valued at more than ST.
100000 was destroyed in a tornado
which swept through Cleveland and
Northern Ohio yesterday.
The storm lasted but five minutes.
At 1880 the sun was shining brightly.
At 1888 the city was shrouded in
darkness. From the northeast. OF the
lake came gale blowing sixty.six
miles an hour. In it's wake followed a
sheet Of rain and hail which fell with
terrific force.
Blown OF Their Feet.
Pedestrians were blown of their
feet and hurled about, roofs were lift
ed off, walls hurled down, smoke
stacks blown over and chimneys de-
molished, and porches were stripped
off residences and small buildings car
ried away. In some instances roofs
were carried 300 feet. Skylights and
windows crashed and many persons
were injured by falling glass. Twelve
school buildings were damaged. Many
pupils had remarkable escapes, but
none was seriously hurt. The roof was
lifted from the main building of the
Case School Of Applied Science and
buildings at Adelbert college sustain
ed impairment. Poles were swept
down by the wind. Crossed wires set
poles on fire. Trees were torn up at
cemeteries and a score of monuments
were overturned.
One Killed at Ashtabula.
Ashtabula, Ohio, April 23-One man
was killed. a dozen persons injured
and heavy property damage resulted
from a ten-minute cyclone which
struck this vicinity yesterday.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1909-04-30
ACCIDENTAL HAPPENINGS.

D. L. Patton Of Des Moines had
both legs amputnted as a result of
being run down by freight train in
the yards at Sibley, Iowa. He is near
W sixty years Of age.
The explosion Of gasoline lamp
at Little Sioux, Iowa, started fire
which destroyed the postofice, the
general store of H. Hathaway and the
residence Of John Strain.
An interurban car jumped the track
ut a curve after entering Canton,
Ohio, and toppled over. Herman
Frease was instantly killed and TWEEN.
ty persons were injured severely.
One man was killed and seven 9th.
ers were injured, two probably fatally,
In an explosion in one of the caissons
being sunk on the site Of the new Chi.
cago & Northwestern railroad station
In Chicago.
A terrific hail and wind storm
struck Des Moines and Central Iowa
last week, doing heavy damage to
budding fruit trees. The Polk county
court house was struck by lightning
and slightly damaged.
While cranking an automobile a
spark lighted the gasoline and caused
IN explosion which nearly cremated
e. C. Litchf1eld of Waterloo, Iowa, a
wealthy manufacturer and owner of
the machine. The car and barn were
destroyed. This is the second accident
of the kind for Mr.. Litchfield within a
month
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1909-04-30
SINS AND SINNERS.

William and Thomas Stewart, two
brothers living near Buckingham
Court House, Va, were found murder
ed. Robbery is supposed to have been
the motive.
Four robbers blew open the safe Of
the Badger Savings bank at Badger,
iowa, secured $1,000 in silver and
gold and escaped on a handcar. There
is no clue.
The safe Of the Bank Of Iiucien,
Okla, was blown and robbers secured
$1,000 in cash and $4,000 in securi-
ties and escaped in buggy stolen
from a farmer.
John l.. Johnson, an insane man.
who escaped from the state asylum at
Norman. Okla, returned to the insti-
tuition and probably fatally shot T. w.
krause, an attendant.
DR.. Rosa 8. Monnish drank prussic
acid and died at Atlanta. Ca, an hour
after she had been sentenced to serve
two years in the federal penitentiary
at Leavenworth, Kan.
John Bullette, wealthy Indian land
owner, was assassinated while sitting
1T his desk in his Office at Claremore,
Okla. The assassin escaped. No mo-
tive Is known for the crime.
Juan Niculas. Filipino, was exc.
euted at the penitentiary at Walla
Walla, Wash, for the murder of an
other Filipino and white boy at Port
Blakeley. Niculas died with a smile
IN his face.
Crazed over religion, Hommel John
son, aged forty-two, prominent
Grundy county farmer living near
Parkersburg, Iowa, placed a rope over
. rafter in his barn, fastened one end
around his neck and held the ether
end until life was extinct.
Alexander N. Jacobs, said to be one
Of the best known and most success
full cigar statesmen in the country,
shot and killed himself in a room at
the Park Avenue hotel at New York
because he feared he had lost his
r-ip' as a salesman.
A man known as Benjamin Addison,
said BY the police to be one of the
most noted pickpockets of the coun-
try, was captured at Pasadena. CAL,
by J. 8. Brady, a g. A. r. veteran.
Grady told the police Addison at.
empted to steal q diamond from him
during parade.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1909-04-30
NEWS OF WEEK SUMMARIZED
Important Events at Home and on
Foreign Shores Briefly
Told.
PEOPLE TALKED ABOUT.

w. w. Stevenson, brother Of former
Vice President Stevenson, Is dead at
Bloomington. Ill.
President Taft has nominated
Thomas c. Dawson of Iowa to be
United States minister to Chile.
John Augustus Colby, pioneer fur.
niture dealer Of Chicago, is dead. He
had been in business in Chicago since
1857.
Miss Aimee Tourgee, lecturer and
author, daughter Of the late Albion
w. Tourgee, well known author, is
dead at Pittsburg.
Honorary membership in the Bos.
ton Yacht club, to which he was elect
ed few weeks ago. has been accept
ed by President Taft.
Amzi Lorenzo Barber, head of the
Barber Asphalt Paving company, died
from pneumonia at Ardsley Park, N.
Y. He was born in 1843.
A monument to the memory of Bar.
bara Heck, founder of Methodism in
America, will be unveiled in August
on the site of her grave at Blue
Church Bay, on the st. Lawrence
viver. 1t is now nearing completion.
Roland Post Falkner, former COM
missioner of education of Porto Rico,
has been rendered appointment to the
vacant membership on the commission
to investigate conditions in Liberia.
succeeding w. Morgan Shuster. re.
signed.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1909-04-30
PATTEN SELLS OUT AND QUITS.
Wheat King Disposes Of Heavy Hold.
inqs Of May and July Wheat.

Wheat King Disposes Of Heavy Hold
inss Of May and July Wheat.
Chicago, April 24.-That James A
Patten. hailed throughout the country
as the wheat king" has withdrawn
from the market after disposing of his
heavy holdings Of May and July
wheat, was asserted in many quarters
here yesterday. To this assertion
verisimilitude was added by the fact
that prices have tumbled over 9 cents
in the last week. and that Mr.. .Patten
himself has sought rest in the fast
nesses Of New Mexico ranch.
Whether he has eliminated himself
from the so-called "deal," and, II SO,
whether he came out with profit or
loss, are questions which can be an
swered only by Mr.. Patten himself.
Day Is Sensational.
The session of the board of trade
was sensational yesterday. Bulls had
expected that after the 6-cent decline
Of the two previous sessions a recov-
cry would ensue. Taking the Patten
view Of big crop shortage as correct
and wheat intrinsically worth all that
has been paid for it, in purely spec
ulative way the reaction was due.
But the first quotations were star
thing disappointment to the bulls.
From nearly every point came re-
ports of normal, or even better, crop
prospects,. Liverpool prices were
down and the shipments from Argen-
tina, Australia and other foreign coun-
tries were said to be greater than
usual at this time of the year.
Many Fortunes Wiped Out.
Bears filled the wheat pit in dense
mass, and hike an eruptive volcano
poured forth q swollen stream of
wheat. Longs liquidated all along the
line, and the execution of stop-loss
orders added to the confusion.
While Mr.. Patten, quoted as saying
he was fleeing from reporters, was
making for the ranch of his friend
and partner, w. H. Bartlett, Just over
the Colorado line in New Mexico, de-
lection was pictured on the face Of
many small Spectator haunting the
tickers in various brokerage houses.
Many fortune has been wiped
out by the decline this week, and
many man who had handsome
profit on paper, but still hung on for
more. now confronts q deficit. There
are many such.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1909-04-30
FOREIGN.

Information has reached Melbourne,
Australia that Capt. Comino, a we'll
known Japanese trader, has been kill
ed by natives of the Admiralty ISL
ands.
John Hicks, the American minister
to Chile, has presented his resignation
10 the state department. He will leave
for his home at Oshkosh, Wis.,, early
in May.
Mrs. Bartels of New York was rob.
bed and nearly murdered in her apart
ments in Paris by burglars, who Sc
cured jewels and money to the value
of $4,000.
Private cable dispatches received at
Mexico City confirm the advice receiv-
ed from Washington on military ac-
tivity in Nicaragua. Troops are said
to be concentrating in the bay Of Fon-
SEGA, and two small expeditions are
reported to have been turned back by
the Salvadoreans.
A severe eruption of the Colima vol
cano, in Mexico, followed by an earth
quake shock, has spread terror among
the inhabitants of nearby towns and
villages, a number of whom deserted
their homes and fed to points outside
the affected zene. No loss Of life has
been reported.
Fritz Reicher, king of the usurers,'
of Vienna, has bolted with an i'm
mense amount of money, leaving
fraudulent debts amounting to s2,OOO,-
00O. He is supposed to have gone to
America. Ileicher was convinced
there would be a great European war.
and specialized heavily on the bear
side of the market and lost $5,O00,-
900, ,>hich ruined him.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1909-04-30
BOATS CRASH; NINE DROWNED.

Norwegian Steamer co.Ildes With
British Vessel OF christIanla.
>Christiania, April 25.-Nine persons
were drowned of Christiania last
night by the sinking Of the Norwegian
steamer Edith after q collision with
the British steamer Oxford. Those
who went down with the Edith are the
captain and his wife, one passenger
and sixteen members Of the crew.