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PET. CAT CAUSES DEATH
OF TWO AGED SISTERS
Tube from Gas Feed Pipe Scratched and All Occu-
pants of Brooklyn Home Asphyxiated.

first floor. The door was locked and so
were the front and rear windows.
Then the janitor called Capt Murphy.
who responded with two patrolmen. The
front door was forced and blast OF
gas that made the men stagger met
them. The police opened the front VIM
dows and let in the light and air. On
the floor Of the front room we're found
three Of the cats-all dead. The beds in
the sleeping rooms were empty. On .he
kitchen floor were found the bodies Of
the Misses Henry. On top of the gas
stove was the pet white cat dead. with its
nose In platter OF meat.
Ambulances wers summoned. Miss
Margaret was beyond recall. spark Of
life fiuttered in Miss Helen, and she
was hurried to the Swedish Hospital.
The sisters were In their nIghtclothes.
Capt. Murphy found that the tube lead
ing from the gas feed pipe to the stove
had been detached. The edges IF the
cloth-covered tube had been scratched
as IL by cats claws.
BY the time the sisters were awakened
by the odor of the sas the rooms We're
so filled that they dropped on the kitchen
floor.
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THOUSANDS ARE STARVING.
Floods I'm Mexican States Caus'
wfde.spread DestitutiOn.

Floods I'm Mexican States Cause
widespread Destitution.
Mexico City. July 1S.-Members OF
the Red Cross organization who have
Just returned from the district between
Lagos and Encarnacion. in the states OF
Jalisco and San Francisco, and Leon. In
the state of Guanajato. tell a, pitiful
tale of hunger and misery among the
people who are destitute on account OF
the recent floods.
Their homes were swept away and q
wide territory was devastated. It ID
estimated that more than 5000 people
are suffering from hunger, Several
have died OF starvation.
A dispatch from Morelia. Michioacan,
says that. two work trains oollided near
PatEcuare yesterday morning at 10
o'clock. and that more than forty per-
sons were killed. The details Of the
accident are not known here, but II sts
said TO be one OF the worst railway &C.
cidents recorded In Msxtco In recent
pears. : -. :
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for lunch. At o'clock 1t will reach
Manassas. An escort of two troops of
cavalry will precede the party to the
Court House, where the speaking will
take place.
To Meet President.
A reception committee will meet the
President, and Gov Mann and his staff
will then conduct him to the speakers
stand Westwood Hutchison will intro
duce Representative Carlin, who, in turn,
will present Gov. Mann. President Taft
will be introduced by the latter. The
cavalry escort will remain on Lee avenue
while the President is speaking, and will
then accompany him to Washington.
Reports from Manassas, which Is only
a short distance from the field of Bull
Run, state that many people are arriv-
ing there, and that the town Is nearly
full. The peace jubilee at Bull Run IS
the first great celebration Of its kind held
in the United States, and commentators
on the situation say they believe it will
do more to cement the bonds between
the North and South than anything
which has been done heretofore.
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STRIKERS FOUGHT
WITH HOSE STREAM
Firemen Drive Away AsSa;
ants with Water Power.

Cardiff, July 1s-Striking seamen and
dockers got a damper to-day when the
fire brigade turned streams of water on
them. The water did not quench their
tempers and only aroused them. The
strikers stoned the firemen and the po-
lice.
Finally the strikers were driven of,
but they returned to the docks and
stoned a steamships crew. Encouraged
by his, the men returned to the ware
house and stoned them. There followed
fight with the police, in which clubs
were used freely and a dozen men were
seriously injured. while the police suf-
fered from ston IS and kicks.
Later in the day there was an attack
upon another warehouse. Goods were
thrown overheard and the police wers
pelted with chunks of beef. There was
another hand-to-hand clash and more
strikers and police were hurt. After sew
eral hours, the police managed to clear
the docks.
London was telegraphed for assistance,
and 800 constables are coming to aid the
local police. The warehouses of the Liv-
erpool and Dublin Steamship Company
were burned. 1t is believed that the fire
was started by incendiaries. The strikers
interfered with the fremen upon their
arrival and cut the lines of hose as soon
as they were laid. The warehouses were
full of perishable goods that blazed
fiercely
Many strikers invaded the burning
buildings and looted. Many barrels OF
stout were taken, and the strikers be-
came drunk. 1t was then that the fire.
men attempted to drive the men away
by the use of streams of water
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New York, July 1s.-"Accidentaliy
killed by their pet cat" was the verdict
of Police Capt. Harry Murphy, of the
Classon avenue station in Brooklyn,
when he found the bodies of two spin
ster sisters, the Misses Margaret and
Helen Henry, in the kitchen Of their
apartment at 53s Sterling place this
forenoon.
Miss Margaret Henry was dead and
her sister was removed to the Swedish
Hospital so nearly dead that the hos
pital officials said they could not save
her life.
Miss Margaret Henry was seventy-six
years old and her sister four years her
senior. They were members of one of
the best known Brooklyn families.
Their only companions in their apart
ment were four cats, with a large white
one as their favorite. When the sisters
went to market in the morning the four
cats would sit on the front steps and
await their return. This morning the
occupants of the upper floors were
awakened by the smell of gas. The
janitor traced the source Of the odor to
the apartment Of the spinsters on the
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Honor Memory OF Juarez.

Mexico City, July 1s.-Fifteen thou
sand persons participated at 10 o'clock
this morning in the ceremonies held in
this city to honor the memory of Benito
Juarez, the founder Of the republic.
Gen. Reyes, wearing the uniform Of a
division general. acted as President de
la Barra's personal escort. Madero was
not present.
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Mlu.trel Sues for Divorce.

Portland. Greg. July 1S-Georse Prim-
rose. the minstrel man. filed suit for di-
vorce In the Superior Court at Oregon
City. Greg. this afternoon. Primrose
charged that his wife deserted him July
g. 1910. The complaint recites that Prim-
rose was married In April. 1905. at Mount
Vernon. N. Y
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sfeamer Rammea and sunk.

Detroit. Juiy 1s-Thc wooden steamship
Tampa. owned by Henry wineman. jr..
Of Detroit. was sunk when the steel
frsighter John w. Gates struck II at the
dock OF the Ontario Asphalt Company
above walksrville to-day. All the crew
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GREAT CROWDS
POURING INTO AN !.
OLD BATTLEFIELD
Bull Run, Near Manassas,
Va, Is the Mecca.
TAFT THERE ON FRIDAY
Impressive Programme, Cement
ing Ties of North and South.
TAFT THERE ON FRIDAY

Veterans of Confederate and Union
sands of Voices VIII Sing in Ac-
claiming the God of Peace an
Ruler Over n Free Land and a
Powerful Nation-Trip by Auto.
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WAR GAME STARTS.
FLEET ATTACKING
Submarines Trailing Enemy
Approaching Harbor.
NEW YORK CITY I'm DANGER

Atlantic Fleet, Under Admiral Oster-
hau., Under way-Fog Hides Ma
neuvers of Battle Ships - Seven
Submarines Sent to Spy on Enemy.
Big Guns in Readiness.
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ENTER THE HYDR0PLANE.

Invention Gives United States De-
cided Lead Over Other Nations.
From the PhiladeIphia Pres.
Reasonably safe use is now being
made of the aeroplane by employing 1t
in combination with pontoons as a
hydroplane. The United States govern
ment, after long. close, and scientific
examination of the new contrivance. has
purchased one for use upon the Severn
River and Chesapeake Bay.
This combination of air and water
craft has attained a speed of fifty miles
an hour in its skimming flights over
still water. Experts assert that a We
locity Of seventy-five miles an hour will
be attained by the new and improved
hydroplanes. A feature Of the exhibition
flights has been the ease with which
the great man-built water birds have
risen into the air from the surface of
the water, and the safety and smooth
ness Of their return.
In form these strange craft are nom
capsizable- When at rest upon the water
they are large RATS. The biplane Is the
form Of wing that has been utilized
up to the present time. but IT. Is alto
gether likely that the bat-winged or
dragon-fy monoplane will also be used.
particularly by our European cousins,
who favor the single-surface f1iers.
In the development OF the hydroplane's
size, wing surface, and fuel-carrying ca
pacity, great promise Is given for annihi-
lation of distance over the sea- 1t Is
conceivable that a transatlantic voyage
may be made with comparative safety in
one Of these marvels In the time Of forty
eight hours. The CHIEF obstacle that must
be overcome Is the pounding effect Of
ocean waves. A hydroplane so large that
1t cannot be injured by this roughness
is the desideratum. Designers of the
new craft say that such hydroplane Is
within sight.
This government has a decided lead
upon other nations through the inven-
tion Of the hydroplane. Its utilization
in naval warfare is as certain as any
thing in the future can be. With its
terrific speed and its ability to rise into
the air. the new plane may readily be-
come an engine of destruction capable
of sweeping the seas of their navies.
1uc Cdusc VI peace AnOccQ Oc
appreciably forwarded by this the most
practical invention Of the airmen.
Death in Handshake.
From the London Globe.
To speak of poison rings at once con-
jures UP thoughts of Lucrezia Borgia
and her gentle methods Of eliminating
those of her encourage whom she con-.
sidered undesirable. but these rings were
used by several far greater though less
notorious than she.
Hannibal killed himself by means of
q poison ring. Demosthenes possessed
one, and It is recorded by Pliny that
when Crassus had stolen the treasure
from beneath the throne Of >Capitoline
Jupiter. the guardian of the shrine.
.broke the jem Of his ring In his mouth.
and he forthwith died" Those who have
seen poison ring viii have noticed
what formidable and facile weapon II
made. for Il was 90 arranged that the
fatal scratch could be indicted while
a6ah1ug handa
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TOLD IN PARAGRAPHS

Vienna, July 1s.-The Reichsrath was
opened to-day by Emperor Francis Jo-
seph. In his speech the Emperor urged
immediate reorganization of the army to
bring 1t up to the standard of efficiency
of other nations He also expressed the
hope that peace with other nations
would continue.
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Vienna. July 1s-The Reichsrath was
opened to-day by Emperor Francis Jo-
seph. In his speech the Emperor urged
! immediate reorganization of the army to
! bring 1t up to the standard of efficiency
of other nations. He also expressed the
hope that peace with other nations
would continue.
Safe Is Dynamited.
North Oxford, Mass, July 1s.-Three
men dynamited the safe in the office Of
the Narragansett Worsted Company to-
day and escaped with $500. The safe and
Office were wrecked.
Father of Novelist Dead.
/ Gloversville. N. Y, July 1s.-William p.
Chambers, father OF Robert w. Cham
bers, the novelist. was stricken with
paralysis this afternoon and died almost
Immediately at the Chambers summer
home at Broadalbine.
Killed Mt the Telephone.
Rockville, Conn, July 1s.-While an
swering the telephone here to-day, Ar
thur H. Ramage was stricken dead. The
telephone wire in some way became
crossed with the high-tension wires.
Bride for Third Time.
Shelbyville, Ind. July 1S.-Though onlv
seventeen years old, Mrs. Mary Luther
Smith, to-day the bride of Cary Smith.
has been one Of the principals three
times in wedding festivities. She was 81
vorced last week from Andrew Luther.
with whom she has twice gone through
the marriage ceremony.
Ends Life to Escape Gallows.
Beaver, Pa, July 1S.-Charley Hickman,
| who was to have been hanged to-day for
| the brutal murder of his wife. was found
| dead in is cell this morning. He had on
| three previous occasions attempted to
| commit suicide, and finally succeeded in
cheating the gallows.
Postponed Their Wedding.
Wilmington, Del. July 1S-The mar
| riage Of Rev. Guy E. Shipler, Of St
Louis, and Margaret Strong, Of Chicago.
| was postponed because Episcopal Bishop
Kinsman was bitten by an insect.
Damage Done by Typhoon.
Manila. July 1S.-The typhoon which
visited the Island of Luzon several days
ago did damage estimated at 81. 500 900 in
that province. Floods which set IN after
the typhoon destroyed large part Of
the crops.
Elephant Dfslocates Leg.
Marinette. Wis. July 1S-Jumbo II. the
big elephant of a circus showing here.
slipped in the muddy street as he was
pushing the "chuck" wagon and dislo-
Gated a hind leg.
Striking Sailors Riot.
Antwerp, July 1s.-In riot in which
the police charged a mob Of striking sail
ors, three policemen and several strikers
were hurt to-day.
Gates Holding His Own.
Paris, July 1S-The condition Of John
w. Gates remains unchanged tonight.
He is holding the gain that he made to-
day.
MINSTREL gues for nfyOPce.
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Tickets o. sale Saturdays, good to re-
turn leaving Norfolk Sunday. Tickets and
stateroom reservations at City Ticket
Office. Bond Building, 720 18th Street.
Phone Main 1920.
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Watch Hill. R. l.. July 1s.-The most
extensive war game that has been
played on this part Of the Atlantic
coast in nine years will begin at mid
night and for forty-eight hours after
two squadrons will maneuver and prob
ably fight for the possession of the
entrance to Long Island Sound, or what
has come to be known as New Yorks
back door,"
The game will be played principally
for the benefit of the amateur tars of
the eight coastline States. Maine. Mas
sachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut,
New York, New Jersey. Pennsylvania,
and South Carolina, and also the Dis
trict of Columbia, while Assistant Sec
retary of the Navy Beekman Winthrop
will watch the play from the Chicago.
The problem for the attacking Blue"
fleet, comprised of seventeen boats Of
the North Atlantic fleet. which have been
assembling at Provincetown. is to pene-
trate a defensive line drawn from
Montauk Point through Block Island to
No Mans Land, six miles Off Gay Head,
at the southwestern extremity of Mar
thas Vineyard. The defending Red"
feet is composed of cruisers and torpedo
boats, and one of the most formidable
schools CT submarines that has ever
fought an enemy, sham or real, in Amer
lean waters.
The weather Off here to-day favored
the attacking fleet, for a thick fog hung
like curtain over Block Island Sound
and extended well to the eastward. Re-
ports from Gardeners Bay. where the
defending forces have been assembling
for the last two days. were to the ef-
feet that the naval militiamen were on
their respective ships, and that the fleet
Of submarines would probably reach the
rendezvous early in the afternoon.
Watch Submarines Work.
Newport, July 1S.-Interest in the war
game and maneuvers is OF much interest
here, the point from which the subma-
rines will dash forth and prove their
value in war. The War Department ex-
perts are particularly interested in what
will be accomplished by the diving craft,
and If their opinions prove true. the sub
marines will be regarded as one of the
most valuable of the fighting machines
employed in naval warfare.
Seven submarines dashed from the har-
Dor here to-day, and they will do duty in
the maneuvers that have taken up the
attention OF the war experts all over the
world. The Grayling Is acting as flag
boat under the command of Lieut.. Donald
c. Bingham. The boats presented a
pretty sight as they passed in single file
out through the harbor. The sea was
choppy and 1t made II almost impossible
to sight the perescopes
They are supposed to intercept Ad-
miral Osterhaus. II Admiral Osterhaus
succeeds in Gliding the submarines he
can continue on his way to Long Island
Sound or make a base OF supplies at
Narragansett Bay. and from the latter
point conduct a base of operations. Men
can be landed at places on the sound.
Big Guns in Readiness.
GreenpOint n. Y, July 1S-The big
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Big Guns in Readiness.

Greenpoint, N. Y, July 1s.-The big
naval guns which are to demonstrate
that no foreign fleet can capture the
entrance of Long Island Sound started
booming early this morning. The boom
ing was kept up at different times dur
ing the day, and the men who are man.
ming the guns have assured themselves
that they can protect the big city from
invasion.
The defending fleet steamed out to-day
for the purpose Of locating any possible
destroying fleet that might be headed
for the sound The fleet under the COM
mand of Admiral Osterhaus was ex-
pected to arrive within reach Of the
guns at a specified hour. The fleet was
expected to be within the territory pre-
scribed by the War Department experts
at sundown, and 1t was from that hour
that the maneuvering would occur.
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Safe Is Dynamited.

North Oxford, Mass. July 1s.-Three
men dynamited the safe in the office Of
the Narragansett Worsted Company to-
day and escaped with $500. The safe and
Office were wrecked.
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Rather of Novelist Dead.

|. GIoversville. N. Y, July 1s.-William p.
Chambers. father OF Robert w. Cham.
bers, the novelist, was stricken with
paralysis this afternoon and died almost
Immediately at the Chambers summer
home at Broadalbine.
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VIRGINIA RESORTS.
The ALLEeHAnY INN

ALLEGHANY IMPROVEMENT COMPANY,
Owners
J. W. ROWLAND. Treasurer and General Manager.
In the Heart Of the Allegheny Mountains. Cool
and Invisorating Atmosphere. Modern Brick and
Stone Structure. Pure Water Supply. Perfect in
! AL Its Appointments AL Amusements
NOW OPEN.
CAFE AND GRILL IN CONNECTION.
For information and terms address care Of Cafs
Republique Washington. d. c.. or Goshen. Va.
and at all Chesa peake and Ohio Railroad Offices
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Killed Mt the TeIephone.

Rockville, Conn, July 1s.-While an
swering the telephone here to-day, Ar
thur H. Ramage was stricken dead. The
telephone wire in some way became
crossed with the high-tension wires.
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Gate. HoIdine HI. own.

Paris. July 1s.-The condition Of John
w. Gates remains unchanged tonight
He is holding the gain that he made to-
day.
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strikinr Sailor. Riot.

Antwerp. July 1s.-In a riot in which
the police charged a mob Of striking sail
ors, three policemen and several strikers
were hurt to-day.
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Marinette. Wis. July 1S-Jumbo II, the
big elephant Of a circus showing here.
slipped In the muddy street as he was
pushing the "chuck" wagon and dislo-
Gated a hind leg.
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Manila, July B-The typhoon which
visited the Island Of Luzon several days
ago did damage estimated at $3.50, 900 in
that province. Floods which set IN after
the typhoon destroyed large part Of
the crops.
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has run like thread Of gold Everything have bought
has been with the idea OF whether you would like it. Every
present has had value only thought you would approve
and then three days ago Mr. Bonne gilt came, diamond
necklace On the card written, For my BRIDE
can tell you how felt You know you to have given
me your mothers garnet brooch
l cant DO it, Jimmy! | sent it back. and told him the
truth. Jimmy. Jimmy, how could YOU give up? don't
believe you ever did, really. want YOU, Dear want to
nestle in your arms and hear you call me Molly darling
love you, Jimmy! Do YOU love me- know you do.
can't tell Aunty She much for the fat things
of life and want only my own lean love- | am going 10
run away will wait this evening from six till the
little boahousc in front Of the NJ cottage Come and
take mel l know you wont-you cant-fail mel And,
Jimmy, think OF being together! Oh, what thing it is
TO have a-Jimmy Molly DARLING.
THE letter had been delayed, and Jimmy realized in
a minute that he couldn't make q train that would
get him 20 Larchmont in two hours but he was a dcs-
pcratc man. and packed his suitcase with wild haste,
got a brother officer to see the Colonel and made his
way to the big summer hotel behind the fort Here he
learned from bcboy that the owner OF the namcless
yacht was one Rcdcl and straghtway sought him out
where he alone the far end of the long vcranda
He was a fine strong man. with a straight mouth, and
the tired eyes Of "a sufferer.
are YOU Mr. Rcdcll, who owns the big yacht out
there"
yes | own the Yacht Why"
Il have come to ask YOU TO help me out II al seemed
50 easy, when came over mere on rum but now m
here don't know how to ask it, You see, shouldn't
have to ask it if the conioundcd mails were ever on
time; but as it is, if YOU don't help me- | am lost
81 can't help YOU unless YOU tell me what YOU want.
You act ike YOU wanted marry me. ! have never
met YOU before; but might do worse.
Jimmy turned very red. you may think it funny to
jest at a time ike this; but don't I've half a mind
not to tell YOU at all
AS you like" Rcdcl lit a cigar, and looked out
to sea.
81 know | am a fool, and hope you won't mind;
but am nearly crazy. You see, | have got to get to
Iarchmont before sx-thiry and can't DO it. ought
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way for . glorious in roses and graduates the wide
world ...- N.,v and ~Pahper" had come to see
Jimmy ,-. 10 .ho way of becoming Second Licuten-
ant. Thor. were several others but Molly knew OF
or'r.r. n- ~Pahpcr was SO busy meeting old friends
tha. FL. almost forgot his name. The last dance came,
AMI Mol. H.ated in white gauze and blond beauty
through .. swing and Tilt of the music Ike dream
qir tossed 0at Of d fairy tale. When 1t was half over
Jimmy - her. with little eager catch in his throat,
,r.ta wan, 20 cut it al and come for walk. She
couldn't quite NEE, his eyes and her hands rembled 50
she .or m put on her scarf but he did 1t even worse
than r. SILENTLY hand in hand, they went down the
oil s..-.s .lk 20 secluded nook with bench.
H.-e with Iimmvs arm about her, and Molly's cheek
agir-, u.s. they agreed that any people who loved
each other enough could certainly live on the pay OF
Second Lieutenant With AIolys red lips pressed to
his and Nollys white clinging about his neck IS
]. s.rae. that Wiciersham iet himself lifted above
any consideration so paltry as dollars;
With fmmys fine voice ringing close TO her ears,
every chime Of every love note that has thrilled young
hearts forever and ever is it odd that Molly should feel
.h.. they could get on beautifully without any pay at
a ST. long as they had each other; Who would care to
loves .cond time if they had ever really felt the mad
ezalnt thrill Of Young first love; No one. The ones
who -e of second love are the ones who have never
love-. first.
AFTER /, was al over Jimmy went home on flying
~ visit. and then came back to spend the rest OF his
thru. months grace near the Prentice home He and
MoU.e.ntci % be married at once; but "Pahper de-
INJURED and Auntv Eleanor said no in tones that were
ur- be- She said that no gil raised as Molly
had been could live on the income OF Second Leuten-
am. and that they must wait.
MOL. , On her fathers knee and laid her soft check
q rt,,- ll.rt rr-rI. IA rr. he "a