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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-07-26

KILLS FIVE

(By United Press Leased Wire.)
TOXIC, July 26.-F'ive persons
were killed and four wounded
Sunday afternoon by a powder
explosion aboard the battleship
Ashai. Beyond the fact that the
explosion occurred during target
no details of the accident
have been received. An invest1-
cation has been ordered.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-07-26
NORWICH. Conn. July q

NORWICH. Conn, July a..
A romance of the parlor and the
kitchen has ended In court. When
VIM. Henry Jennings. q society
man, sportsman and bon vfvarlt,
eloped with Bridget A. Collins, &
pretty waitress in the Chetuckot
house. society sat back and await.
ed results. Now society Is merely
saying II told you SO. =
Mrs. Jennings has entered SUIT
against her millionaire husband
for $4,000, charging that he de-
eexfad ner 1nt that ~ has refused
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-07-26
A Mile a Minute.


DOVER, England, July 26.-
Counting as naught the prize of
5000 awarded him for crossing
the English channel in am aero
plane, Louis Bleriot, the French
aviator, declared today that he
most enjoyed the honor of being
the first man to accomplish the
feat.
Bleriot's fight, made in one of
the smallest monoplanes ever con-
|structed, Ia the topic of conversa-
ton throughout the British empire
today. Starting from Les Bane-
ques, France, at 4:30 a. M, the
aviator landed at Dover, at 4:55
la. M, the average speed of the
flight being 60 miles an hour,
which is twice as fast as the swift
est mail boat. The distance COW
!ered is 22 miles.
Story of Thrilling Ride.
Declaring that he was through
with aieronautics, having promised
his wife that he would fly no more,
Blerfot today told the story of his
achievements.
0sertaISes Boat.
81 begin my flight steady and
sure towards the coast of ENG
land. I have no apprehensions,
no sensations at all. The Esco-
petite, the torpedo boat destroyer,
has seen me and she is driving
|ahead at full speed. She makes
|forty-two kilometers an hour
What amtters, as I am making at
least sixty-eight kilometers. Rap
idly overtake her, travelling at a
height of eighty meters (about
$50 feet.)
II drive on. Ten minutes have
gone and l have passed the de-
stroyer. I turn my head to see
whether I am proceeding in the
right direction. / am amazed.
There is nothing to be seen, neith-
er the torpedo destroyer nor
France. I am alone. ! can see
nothing at all.
Lost In the Air.
"For ten minutes / am lost. It
is a strange position to be alone
and unguided, without compass IN
the air over the middle of the
channel. I touch nothing, my
hands and feet rest lightly on the
levers. ] let the aeroplane take
its own course. I care not whith-
er 1t goes. For ten minutes / con-
tinue, neither rising nor falling
nor turning. Then twenty min
utes after I left the French coast
1 see the white cliffs of Dover.
Dover castle, and to the west, the
spot where ! intended to land.
What can do? 1t is evident
the wind had taken me out of my
course. / am almost at st. Mar
garet's bay and going IN the direc-
tfon of Goodwin sands. Now 1t is
time to attend to steering. press
the lever with my foot and turn
easily toward the west reversing
the direction in which I am trav-
cling.
Again Over Dry Land.
''I fly westward, hoping to cross
the harbor and reach Shakespeare
cliff. Again the wind blows. I
see an opening in the cliffs. Al
though am confident / can con-
tinue for an hour and q half. that
might indeed return TO Calais,
cannot resist the opportunity 70
make a landing upon this green
spot. Once more I turn my aero
plane, and I'm describing a half
circle enter the opening and find
myself again over dry land.
Avoiding buildings at my right I
attempt q landing, but the wind
catches me and whils me around
two or three times. stop my
motVr. Instantly my machine de-
scens!s straight upon tho land
from g height OF twenty meters.
IN two or three seconds I am
safe upon your shore.
Soldiers xsnn up, and police.
Two of my oonpelrio(c are On the
Enuf They ki1. mx n64e<z Z.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-07-26
Government Airship
Test This Evening


PARIS, Jly 26.-Three IA
nous aviators were awarded
medals of the Legion OF
Honor. They are Orville
and Wilbux Wright and Henri
Farman.
Mart o. Berg, European
business manager for the
Wrights, and Santos Dumont
were also honored by the Le-
gion of Honor by being pro-
NOTED to offices.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-07-26
FRACE ESTATE
Is APPRAISED

An appraisement OF the estate
OF James A. Frace was filed in the
superior court today estimating
the value of real estate at $3.50.
The appraisers are L. e. Hendley,
Fremont Campbell and G. l.. Rob-
erts.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-07-26
HOW YOU CAN FIND
MARS IN THE Sky

Mars rises nowadays at about 3
a. m.
1t can easily be told from other
stars because it shines with a
steady glare, while the stars
around IL are less bright, and seem
to twinkle. A
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-07-26
(By United Press Leased Wire

(By United Press Leased Wire.
LONDON, July 26.-Welcomed
to London by a hundred thousand
cheering people, Louis Bleriot, the
French aviator, who yesterday
the English channel in an
was escorted today to
the Hotel Savoy, where the formal
presentation of the Daily Mails
$4,000 prize took place.
Lord Monthcliffe, in presenting
the Mail's prize, offered to the first
aviator to cross the channel in am
aeroplane, complimented Bleriot
highly upon his achievement.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-07-26
CUTS HER BODY
TO PIECES
Crazed With Drink, Massachusetts, Man Stays
Beautiful Woman, Writes Confession and Then
Blows of top of his head.

(By United Press Leased Wire.)
NEW BEDFORD, Mass, July
26.-Killing his wife and hacking
her body to pieces with a toina-
hawk, Robert e. Tanning, a
wealthy resident of Westport, cast
the mutilated corpse into the
bushes beside lonely road, re-
turned to his home and wrote a
sensational letter, sped in his au-
tomobile to the police station here.
delivered the written confession Of
his crime to an officer and blew
off the top of his head with a re-
volver shot. Drink is believed to
have been responsible for the
tragedy. -s+ss-
Knocked Down In Dark.
Half crazed from a long de-
bauch, Tanning hid near Lyons
brook last night, He selected a
spot which he knew his beautiful
wife would pass on her way home
from neighbor's home where she
had been visiting. The woman,
unsuspecting the terrible fate
which awaited her, walked into the
ambuscade and was felied with a
blow from the tomahawk.
t. ''nan then hacked at her
pr ~ until II was mutil-
ate beyond recognition.
.Th & the evidence of his
crime ar she bushes near the road
way, he returned to his home at
Westport.
Writes Out Confession.
Tanning spent the remainder of
the night In composing sensa-
tional letter to the police. Early
today he got into his automobile
and came to New Bedford. Meet
ing friends and acquaintances,
flaming chatted gaily with them
and none suspected that anything
was wrong. He took his machine
to a garage and left detailed in
structions regarding its care.
After attending to several busi-
ness matters of minor importance
the man walked to the police sta
tion, where he asked to see the
chief. ..t...8s.
The letter was addressed "To
Whom It May Concern. and the
lieutenant opened 1t.
Blows OFF His Head.
Startled by the sensational con-
tents of. the letter, comstoek ask
ed: What do you want me to do
about this?'
Just this, ,"quickly replied Fan
ming, as he placed the muzzle of
a revolver In his mouth and fired,
blowing away the top Of his head.
Praised Wife's Beauty.
In his letter to the police Fan
ming declared he was sorry for
what had occurred and praised his
wife's beauty and good qualities.
He said that he loved his baby
better than himself and hoped
that 1t would receive proper care.
In an attempt for justification of
his terrible deed the murderer de-
clared that he had a good deal to
contend with.
81 trust my baby will have the
best of care as she is one of the
best babies that ever lived" the
letter read.
II would like for my baby to
join us but. cruel as / am, have
not the heart for such.
Body is Found.
When Tanning ended his life a
squad of police was dispatched to
the scene of last nights tragedy
and found his wife's body where
he had said he left 1t.
The Washington bee., 1909-05-08
PsAeeaeus Brazilian Vinern-

kuoh is made OF the Ianee-head
Eiper, the most deadly OF all know
Rsntilss." brought from Brazil to
New Yerk for the purpose Of an op-
sE&tiez which will give Z serum that
Is practically extinct. There are
several hHsularly interesting snakes
in Brazil. The suTu eueu Is sup
posed to cause death In six hours. II
is sometimes found niAs feet long.
Its ska b , dirty tawny yellow, with
dark bFSwn losszges OF the back. It
Is said to Be attracted by fire but sell
dom to iAiurs travellers. The Rerc-
est OF the Ianes-headed vipers is the
JararOc&, and it, also, It q dirty yell
low, but 4 Is brown-bIAck about the
tail.-Beston Herald.
The Washington bee., 1909-05-08
Birds, Fruit, Dead Leaves.

Ths Hcki Indian Womsa of Arr
coma kavs an Ingenious aad roman
tic foTH sf coif1urs. when young
these women cell their tressaS 1t the
sides Of their heads, - &c ts repre-
sent she buds OF Aativs plaHt. This
signifies that they themselves are in
the ausA OF youth and Of marriage
able age. When they are married
their hair u arranged 70 represent
the fruit Of tas plant; wAils in cid
age their leekS hang struggling down
their backs, typical Of ths withere2
stalk ef tie a0ed sE GJtng plant
The Washington bee., 1909-05-08
A YOUNG LION SLAYER.
Beer Farmer Boys Make Good BhSss
On the African Veldt-

Three lions were killed near Pist-
srsburg. Tr2nsYaal by the nineteen
year-oId sen of Jozef Erasmus, 3
Beer farmer. It appears that young
Erasmus was on his way to the Mes
sina mine and had outspannsd his
donkey team, when his kafir Roy
came running 70 tell him that three
lions were tackling the doRkeys
Erasmus seized his gun and ran hard
In the direction indicated. On his
arrival at the spot he found the
lions lying around one Of the dom
keys. He ared and killed a big
Iioness. The other two jumped up
but he was ready and shot another
(younger) lioness. The young lion
which was left ran behind some
brushwsod, Erasmus first collected
his denkeys and brought them inte
safety and then once more carefully
approached the scene Of the fght
In order to ind out il the two lion
s<ses were dead he fired another shot
at one OF them. This disturbed the
Surviving lion who thereupOn came
forth roaring. Erasmus was again
ready and shot him dead on the spot
Asked By the Volkesstem correspond
ent whether he was alone at the
time, Erasmus replied; "Oh, no,
oon.' had my little KAfir boy,
vita ne.'-Tae skins we're sold in
Pietsrsburg.-Pretoria Volksstem.
The Washington bee., 1909-05-08
knswsrB.
Brides Older Than Rridegroomes.

The vital statistics prepared by
City Clerk Entwisle of Salem shows
that during 1897 there were Ats
marriage licenses Issued and sos sol
emniLed in the city, which is 1s
fewer thaA the previous year. The
oldest Bridegroom was 6S and the
oldest bride so, while the youngest
bridegroom was Is and the youngest
bride is. SeVenty-One brides were
older than the Boston
Transcript.
The Washington bee., 1909-05-08
e. 5@=:.=.. 81. .:...ssEE.GE..F.3.GE -

Still swee best in th-erso Ourb
Pierce my de- vo ed heart Meath thy fond
u sind be rILD Dem mi. dps alan be mi,
FEd 6h dieo At,arr1y sia36a damn
The Washington bee., 1909-05-08

CalId the "For : get not;" Wear that fow'r
Swift ly I'd home-ward fly, No Fal con
das helsst Yer giss ncht- meia. Da8 Blam-Jeia
R0IF ich bald bei DIR sein. ,Scheuf FI,lE und
The Washington bee., 1909-05-08
Vegetable MiIk.

Vegetable milk" is used in Japan.
1t is made from the sofa bean. The
liquid Is exactly like cows milk in
appearance, and in taste can hardly
be distinguished from it. To make
it the beans are first soaked and
then boiled in water. Some sugar
and phosphate potassium are added
aRd 1t is boiled down till It has the
consistency of condensed milk.
The Washington bee., 1909-05-08
Valuable Relics.

At an auction sale at Christie's
in London of the late Marchioness of
ConynEham's art collection 3 silver
ever and dish, weighing together so
ounces. q gift Rf George ~ to an
ancestor of the MaFchionsss. sold for
$4,000.
The Washington bee., 1909-05-08
A Venerable Turtle.

A Massachusetts, boy, Nathan
Sampson. has found q venerable tuT-
tie which bears markings made by
his grandfather, now 81 years old.
which were put on in 1S40, and by
his grest-graRdfather, who marked
the same turtle in 1915.
The Washington bee., 1909-05-08
Slightly Mixed.

The story is now going the rounds
Of the country papers about man
whs visited the paying-telIer's win
dow IN q bank and asked for enc Of
the new coins with God Bless Our
Home" left OF.
The Washington bee., 1909-05-08
A HssIthfuI occupatiou.

Ball lighters receive SAT- per
hsur, snd the occupation Is 20 health
full tAat unless killed by aosidsBt its
followers invariably reach . green
cid age.
The Washington bee., 1909-05-08
Nawspapen fn Perzia

Persian newspapers are reproduced
from handwriting By litkogTaphy,
40 types being usSa
The Washington bee., 1909-05-08
Nennas BeEEGs.

Vienna has $4,000 otres4 bsgEars,
AHd many of them make 3 better liV-
ing than WeTkmen.
The Washington bee., 1909-05-08

II las hS1z estimated that = Lon
Gon fsg weighs 8.sss,ADe.sss tons,
The Washington bee., 1909-05-08

2 ~1C ~
The Washington bee., 1909-02-06
Good SentrieS.

"Silly goose" is an expression
which should be used by the extreme
ly ignorant alone. No bird requires
more patience to shoot with gun or
camera. especially the latter. When
feeding you will find fiOcks varying
In size on open ground, and nearly
always on such ground that a stalk Is
impossible. On the outskirts of these
fiocks you will always find sentries
with heads erect, eyes and ears alert,
the slightest sound or movement and
you are detected-true descendants
from the ancient preservers of Rome.
County Life.
The Washington bee., 1909-02-06
ElectrOcuting Animals.

The slaughter of animals for food
By slectrocution is being experiment.
ed by DR.. Leduc, a French scientist,
who has been conducting his invesd-
cations in the French abbattoirs. He
has been using the intermittent low
tension currents and says that ne f.
satisfied that the system is painless
the central functions of perception
being first destroyed and then thoss
Of circulation and respiration, 20
hat there is neither suffering nor re-
action In the animals thu killed. The
doctor Is sndeaVoring to devise Ioms
piece OF apparatus by which the kTlss-
ing Of cattle may be accomplished ky
electricity with economy and celerttA
The Washington bee., 1909-02-06
SmOkeIess Coal,

A London inventor claims to have
discovered a process for producing
rmokeless coal, apparently by distil-
lation OF coal at a low temperature.
This, after distillation, is said to de-
posit very brilliant substance, the
heating properties Of which are far
greater than those of the original
coal, and which is absolutely free
from smoke and dirt. The inventor
contends that efforts to overcome the
smoke plague have hitherto been un-
successful because they have been
made in the wrong direction, and
that by the extraction of the smoke
producing material in coal before be-
ing burned, he has been successful
IN producing q smokeless coal.
The Washington bee., 1909-02-06
Arctic Dog Life.

Nowhere in the world has the dog
such unrestricted right of way as in
our most northerly possession
Alaska. In winter, when the more
than $4,000 square miles of territory
are sealed up in solid ice, dogs are
almost the sole means of getting
from place to place-in fact, they
seem necessary to life itself.
The aristocrats of Arctic dog life
are the mail teams in the service of
the United States Government. They
are to-day a superior breed to the
dogs employed some half dozen
years ago before great gold discov-
cries demanded increased mail SER
vice.-St. Nicholas.
The Washington bee., 1909-02-06
Dogs Around Blacksmith Shops.

Two or three dogs are nearly al
ways to be found loafing about every
blacksmith shop. This fact is so
well recognized that detectives when
sent out after valuable dogs that
have been lost invariably visit first
all the blacksmith shops in the neigh
borhood. The reason why dogs visit
the blacksmith shops is that they
love inordinately the odor and the
taste of burning hoofs. They sniff
the odor as a woman shifts a rose,
and they eat the hoOf parings as a
gourmet eats Minneapolis
Journal.
The Washington bee., 1909-02-06
sTRATEGICAL USES OF TAILS.
The Clever Little Weasel and His
Means of Defense,

Take another of our animals, a
fierce little weasel, clad in summer
In coat of brown. in winter turn
Ing white, but always with a Jet black
tip to the tail. The ermine. as it is
Incorrectly called in its winter coat.
has an easy time Of it, sneaEing upon
the mice and birds upon which 1t
preys. but when a hawk takes after
1t in an open field in the sunlight or
al owl in the moonlight, it would
lave but short shrift with all its
sinuous leaping, were ii not that the
black tall tip is so conspicuous that
1t constantly attracts the eye and al
lows the pure white Of the body to
be confused with the snow. Even
when we place a dead weasel on the
snow and look at it from a distance
we realize how true this is, and how
valuable must be the pencil tufts Of
black hairs to this little vermin
who spends his life in hunting or
being hunted.-The Outing Mags-
zine.
The Washington bee., 1909-02-06
Names that Don't Nama.

Many chemical names convey no
exact idea Of the things they stand
for. Oil Of vitriol is no oil, neither
are oils Of turpentine and kerosene.
Copperas is an iron compound and
contains no copper. Salts of lemon
is the extremely poisonous oxalic
acid. Carbolic acid is not Gn acid
but an alcohol. Cobalt contains
none of that metal but arcensic. Soda
water has no trace of soda, and su-
gar Of lead has no sugar; cream Of
tartar has nothing of cream, Ior milk
CT lime any milk. German silver
has no silver and blacklead no lead.
The Washington bee., 1909-02-06
Three Men to Move Book.

There lies in the British Museum
the largest book yet printed, 8 CO.
lossal atlas of engraved ancient
Dutch maps. 1t takes three nen to
move it from the giant book case
in which t is stored in the library OF
the museum. 1t IS bound N Gather.
magninccntly decorated, and is fGs-
tened with clasps of solid silver,
richly gilt. t is nearly seVen feet
high and weighs 500 pounds and was
presented to King Charles II. before
he LETT Holland in the year 1860.
The Washington bee., 1909-02-06
EYerYOne of Them q RIrd.

A current newspaper item is as
follows: The wife OF Methodist
minister in West Virginia, has been
married three times. Her maiden
name was Partridge; her first hus-
band was named Robin; her second
husband. Sparrow; and the present
ones name is Quayle. There are
Tow two young Robins, one Sparrow,
and three little Quayles in the family.
One grandfather was a Swan, and
another was a Jay; but he's dead
and now a bird of Paradise.
They live on Hawk-ave.. Eagle
vile, Canary Islands, and the fellow
who wrote this article is a Tyre bird
and an interesting relative of the
family"
The Washington bee., 1909-02-06
The Shy Man.

Women show no mercy to the shea
nan, for he stands outside Of IL
compass of convention. Could h
break out all might be saved; ths
man might be permanently cured,
But he cannot. He has been brough
up to respect convention. His mus
cles may be of steel. his heart of fire.
but in his soul the spirit of difidenos
holds him in vice. In a drawing
room he stands gaping, quEkiBg, 9
prey to introspective torment t-hs
Who would perhaps storm s RAM
part with q triumphant smile o -
nps.-London Observer.
The Washington bee., 1909-02-06
TUsKLEss ELEPHANTS.
CeylOn the Only Part of the World
Where They Exist.

What sight for a Ceylon elephant
hunter would be the first view Of a
herd OF African elephants-all tus-
kers! 1t is a singular thing that
Ceylon Is the only part of the world
where the male elephants have no
tusks; they have miserable little
grubbers projecting two or three
inches from the upper jaw and in
elining downward.
Nothing produces either ivory or
horn In fine specimens througout
Ceylon. Although some of the buff
faloes have tolerably fine heads, they
will not bear a comparison with
those OF other countries. The horns
OF the native cattle are not above
four inches In length.
The elk and the spotted deers ant
lers are small compared with deer
OF their size In India. This is more
singular, as It is evident from the
geological formation that at some re-
mote period Ceylon was not an is-
land, but formed a portion of the
main land It is thought there must
be elements wanting in the Ceylon
Pasturage for the formation Of
iVory.-Ceylon Manual.
The Washington bee., 1909-02-06
Hanging Pictures Dangerous.

Railroad casualties receive BuCz
vide publicity" said an Insurance.
man, that there is a common bellies
on the part of the public that one Il
more liable to accidents while travek-
ling than when living the simple life
IN the confines of his home "As .
matter of cold fact, statistics show
that accident insurance companies
pay more money to people who get
hurt hanging pictures or taking
stoves apart than they do to the VIC
tins of head-on collisions. 10
sounds strange, but it's the truth"
kansas City Journal.
The Washington bee., 1909-02-06
Dead Historians.

for my part believe in the dead
historians. glory in the posses
sion Of some hundreds of volumes by
them. A great deal of cant Is talk
ed and written on this subject. There
Is an idea in some minds that book
on history to be good must be new.
In nine cases out of ten the new book
Is a commonplace Te-statement OF
facts that were better presented by
an older writer.-The Sphere.
The Washington bee., 1909-02-06
Prince bismarck

Bismarck himself, was q tremen-
dous smoker, eater, and drinker, and
would stride about the house fol-
lowed by his dogs. The pipes and
long cigars which he smoked IN q
day would have killed an ordinary
nan. He loved to pour into a huge
stein a bottle of champagne and then
a bottle of porter. and drink the
whole mixture off at a single draft.
Bismarck said of himself: ''If there
were many eaters like me in Prussia
the state could not exist. l should
have to emigrate p. T. o.
The Washington bee., 1909-02-06
FOLLOWERS Of Mark Twain

The latest addition to the fresh air
fiends seems to be included in the
young ambulance surgeons. In spite
of near-to zero weather It is common
to see one OF these young men re-
spending to a hurry call without q
hat, and 1t is quite as common a sight
to see them, even at night time,
when 1t always seems colder than in
the day time, seated on the rear seat
of the ambulance, attired in white
duck trousers. Doubl less IL Is only
a part of the exuberanes OF youth,
but duck trousers on a night when
the mercury is trying to push the
bottom out Of the Thermometer do
seem a trifie out of place.
The Washington bee., 1909-02-06
A Long Sleep.

An astonishing trance case has
come to light in Berlin. A clerk,
aged 46-a healthy normal man
suddenly fell asleep in June 1904.
All efforts to awaken him were un-
successful and the sleeper since then
has never opened his eyes. He
breathes regularly and swallows his
food mechanically, but is insensible
to the severest attempts to arouse
him.
The Washington bee., 1909-02-06
Cards for EVERYTHING,

So thoroughly has the card indp
or catalogue become a part of mod
ern business that practically no ac>
tivity Is without it. Brides keep the
list Of presents on cards. Pastors
are adopting the card index to keep
the name AMI addresses of their par
ishioners. Not long ago the COM
plete list of nembeTs of the Grand
Lodge of Masons of New York was
transferred to cards. There are a
million names. Owners of stables
and kennels keep the records of their
animals on cards instead of in books.
Writers now keep cards on which
they put down experiences or
episodes" to be fled away and to
be used for material when they get
down to writing.-Sat Evg. Post.