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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-05-27
SPANISH CAPITAL
LIO.NIzES VEDRINE
WINNER Of cross-Mouneain Race
Is Decorated by King
7 Alfonso.

Madrid. May 26.-Pierre Vedrlne. the
French aviator, completed to-dav TIA
CROSS country, ss-mounta1n flight ~
the Petit Parislen's raco from I,aris 70
Madrid. and tonight Is the lion a, tha
Spanish capital. On the lapel OF bia
COAT hangs the Gross of the Order lor
Alfonso XII. which Is reserved for mar
cons VINO have distinguished them
selves In the arts and sciences II u,as
pinned there by tho hand OIL the Snans
ish monarch. who. at an audience
granted Vedrine to-day, also warmiv
shook his hand and congratulated him
for his intrepid bravery. Vedrine corn
pleted the last stage OF the race
flight Of 40 miles from Burgos To the
aviation field at Getafe In two hours
and forty-five minutes. The honorR
and emoluments OF the great inter
national flight oil belong to him. for
Garros is sttll within the Businesses
OF tho Pyrences Mountaine, near An.
doain. and Gilbert the only other con,
petttor. abandoned the race this altar
noon at Burgos when strong wind.
accompanied by rain, set in Gilbert
made a game effort 70 finish He left
olasagutia, whore he spent last night.
at 7:25 o'clock this morning, and mali
gave UP tho race at $50 O'Clock this
afternoon. His distance to-day was
ehout 100 miles.
The Official time for vedrine's flight
OF the 1.1e3 Kilometres (721 miles) be-
tween Paris and Madrid. is given az
thirty-seven hourn twenty seven min
utes. which includes tho numerous de-
i1hys In transit due to making re-
pairs, waits for logs to clear away, etc.
! HIS actual time of flight however,
was twelve hours eighteen minutes,
which LIS at a. rate above sixty miles
an hour.
Tonight a terrific rainstor1n, accom-.
panied By high winds. burst over the
aerodroms at Metafe and wrought con
s.derable damage 20 the grendstands
and hangers. M
The race was under tho auspices OF
tho Petit Parisien, which offered
prize of $4,000 The Spanish Aero Club
added a prize OF $4,000. and King AL.
fonso offered special prixo for speed
over Spanieh territory.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-05-27
Brndstreet,s Review.

New York, May -Bradstreets To-.
morrow will say:
Trade Improves slowly, but In a very
irregular way. Symptoms of better
ment suggested BY the trend Of AFFAIRS
iast week have not. however eventu-
hted in the sustained, spreading I'm
provement that was hoped for. hence
some evidences of disappointment ara
visible. Retail trade, in consonancs
with continued seasonable weather. has
expanded, but the turn over Is still
below anticipations. and In various
parts OF the country bargain sales are
features. Wholesale trade, considered
us a. whole, remains quiet. Cotton
goods are firmer. and there is more
doing In leather, with prices higher.
industrial operations are, on the light
side. particularly In iron and steel anu
textile lines. Building Is less active
than 1t was last season. Collections
range from about slow to fair.
Summed up. the situation as {. whole
indicates volume OF trade tina would
have heen deemed good few years
ago. and. Furthermore, suggests op-
tlmism enough despite evident Tagging
tendencies. but the main desire still is
to procure moro light as to future
events. particularly prospective crop
Yields and tariff changes. before anti
eipnting real sustained betterments in
trade.
business failures In tho United
States for the week ending May 90
wero 2s6 against 235 last week and
200 In the like week OF 1910. s5i
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-05-27
JOHNSONRE ADYTOI
MEET ALL Corners
Watches Heavyweights Try to
Show Fitness as the White
Hope"

New York, May Co.. twenty-thre e
heavyweights from all over the coun$
try who entered in the White HopeN
tournament at the National Sporting
Club Tonight, eleven men tried to show
their fitness to challenge Jack Johnson
for the worlds championship. ohm :
son watched the bouts. and said no was
ready to meet all comers SSss
AL Palzcr was uncovered az the.
White Hope He is New Yorker,
whom Tom O'Rourke, the manager OF
to-nights tourney. has been touting
as the one man At to meet Jerriess
conqueror. In the finals he won irons
Sailor White. OF Newark. in FOUR
round bout. according to the decisions
Of the judges who were allowed under
amateur rules. gs$S
Palzer was q bit slow, but his res
deemiEg features were his ganeness
and dangerous left. It did not look
dangerous to Johnson. He said no
was ready TO meet anybody, even Lang-l
ford, who would put UP the money. and
that he was ready to cover any amount
at a moments notice. He said he was
ready to fight at any time. and hoped
that the next man he mot would bel
worthy OF the fight for the Champion
ship. 8girS. 80
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-05-27
WANTS $4,000 FOR
BUST OF MR.. taft
Matthews to Bring Suit Against
Yale Club for Rejection
of Wife's Work.

New York. May 2s.-Robert Mat
thews an artist, who lives at the
Melrose Apartment Hotel 10 west
Nlnety-fourth Street, has retained
James 8. Aiahon. a lawyer. of 10
broadway, to bring an action in the
supreme Court against a committee
OF the Yale Club to compel the pay
ment OF $4,000 for bust OF President
Taft The bust was the work of his
wife. Mrs. Elizabeth ST. John Mat
theWs. a we'll known sculptor, who
died on August IS 1t was not nc
cepted by the club. and worry over its
rejection is said by Mr.. Matthews to
have fastened the death of his wife
The bust was to have been placed in
the clubhouse. 80 West Forty fourth
Street.
\ President Taft is the nrst Yale man
who has held the presidency, and con
siderable amount was raised by suh-
scriptton among the members. Mr..
Matthews alleged that members OF the
committee. OF which William IT. Taylor.
or ~ Battery Place. is chairman. on
november !, 1910. gave a contract for
the execution of the bust to Mrs. Mat
thews. and that $4,000 was stipulated
as the price. & NJ
Tho bust was completed several
months before Mrs SIatthews's DEATH
1900 - ~ sPoIN, IuNOTa Dly passed
upon by ]. 9. Hartley. an artist, a mem
Der OF tho committee. Some friction
over Its acceptance developed, and Mrs.
Matthews and the committee were un-
able to reach nm agreement
Mrs. Matthews was taken i'll In her
apartments week before her DEATH
and died in the Hahnemann Hospital
of-heart disease.
To nor physician. DR.. W. H. vanden
Burg. OF No. 30 West Forty eighth
Street. her husband. at that time, at
trihuted her illness to worry
Mr.. Matthews has q letter from Mr..
Hartley III which the latter states that
In his opinion the bust is a work of
art. true likeness and we'll worth
$4,000. Other artists, it is asserted.
have pronounced favornbly on its
merits.
Not all the members of the committee
signed the alleged contract. 1t Is said.
Mr.. Mahon said yesterday that action
would be brought only against those
who. 1t is asserted, affixed their sigma
lures.
Mr.. Taylor. chairman of the commit.
tee, at his homo in the Ansonia, Broad
way and seyentythird Streets, last
evening stated that he preferred moi
10 discuss the matter.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-05-27
HEAT RECORDS
AGAIN BR OkE N
Middle West swelters While
East Has Brief Respite From
Torridity.

Washington. D. c.. May 2e.--seasonal
records We're broken to-day BY hot
wave that extended through the Middle
West the Interior East and the South.
while people at Sheridan, Wyo.. shiv-
cred In a snowstorm. The Weather
Bureaus summing up tonight OF con-
ditions the country over showed that
up through the Mississippi Valley tenn
peratures ran from 90 to little better
than 81 in Chicago and s6 was COM
mon in the South.
Tho swelterlng situation in the big
area that includes Chicago. ST. Louis
and other Middle West cities is expect
ed to be upset Immediately by showers,
with cooler wsve in It's wake. Up IN
South Dakota the official record ran to
90, hen 1t dropped rapidly as tho re-
suit OF Thunderstorm The East to-
day enjoyed respite from extreme
heat, but hot wave that may swing
tho temperatures again into the 90
mark is scheduled for tomorrow or
Sunday Nl' 3a 4Fiiyrs X
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-05-27

country as Gabriel searched for
Evengeline. until at last. believing her
burned in the Are, be snve up his
quest
For forty years she. like Evangeline.
urged by restless longing, the
hunger and thirst OF the spirit" hunt
ed for him. She came from Oakland
Cal. Thursday. and her husband and
his second wife met her at the depot.
Refuses to Displace Louisa.
Goodness, man. I must have loved
him to have hunted and waited all
these years for him." tho first Mrs
Sharp said. 1T was a disappointment
to find him married again. but IL
thought my coming would displace
Louira should go back 10 my nursing
in Oakland. She has been a good
wife and married my husband in good
faith This Is her home and I shalr
bring her no sorrow"
Louisa leaned across her husbands
knees, patted Ann Catherine upon tho
cheek and said:
You Will bring me no sorrow my
dear There Is room in this house and
garden for both OF us"
Sharp Is cighty-two years old. his
first wife seventy-two and the second
wlfo nifty.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-05-27
LIGHTNING SETS
FIRE TO HOSPITAL
Patients Removed in Safety
Severe Storm in Various Sec
tons of Virginia.
Especial TO The Times-Dtspstch.7

lSpCcial 10 The TimeS-DiSpatch
Raleigh, N. o., May 26.-During a
very severe rain, electric and wind
storm that swept this city and SOC
ton this evening. lightning struck the
wires in a special shaft In ST. Agnes
Hospital (colored). through which the
wires passed to the different floors
and set the shaft on fire. Panic
spread through the hospital, In which
were eighteen patients. These were
gotten out without any serious results
that have yet developed. Damage by
FIRE and water was probably $500.
Five years ago frame hospital
was burned and the present structure
Is OF stone. three stories In heighth.
1t Is part OF the plant OF st. Angus
tine School.
During the storm the wind reached
velocity OF fortytwo miles an hour.
a rainstorm followed. the total fall
being 30 Inches. The Weather Blu
reau reports this as the hottest day
of the year here. the temperature
reaching 92.5 degrees
Part of the city was left in dark 2
ness. tho electric wires being put out
of commission. Many trees were blown
down. iAt
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-05-27
Dry Spell la nroken.

n Especial TO The Times Dispa tch.1
DanTille. Va. May 2e-The long dry
spell was broken here this afternoon
when this city was visited by a terri
nc electrical and wind storm almost
reaching oyclonic as'oportions. Tho
delugc lasted about an hour and cool
ed things off considerably. Trees were
uprooted and many lawns In the resi-
Dental sections were atrewn with
broken limbs and other debris st
least $50 telephones were put out OF
commission. and tonight a heavy rain
fell. The weather hero the past ten
days has been frightful. though there
have been only one or two prostrations
The crops in all gardens have been
drying up for want of rain. and the
farmers have delayed planting tobacco
owing to the dry spell.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-05-27
ucat cause. six Deuths.

Chicago, ILL.,. May 26.-The second
day of sweltering weather, with the
thermometer eaualing Its May record of
yesterday, 9i.o degrees. caused six
deaths and scores OF prostrations to-
day.
The suffering was more intense than
yesterday, because the breeze was not
so strong. United States weather fore
eastern Tonight said that the unusual
heat probably would continue for some
time
Many families made preparations to
spend most OF the night In the open
air, and as darkness came on the parks
and the lake shore were crowded
In the tenement quarters the suffer-
OF ice were distributed by tho city
and county and by relief associations.
In spite of this, the police patrols and
We're kept busy taking prostra ted per-
sons to hospitals.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-05-27
I OCEAN VIEW opDrISc

Seaside Amusement Corporation onar2
ainng ocean View, announces the oi,en-
Ing Of Norfolk's most popular seaside
re a to-day. 1t is likely that this
VIII ne ono OF the most notable seasons
n tho history of the View. which viii
oHer numerous high-olass amusements
20 those who are fond of seaside past
ing VIII be Just as enticing as ever ann
mere VIII be a number OF new az
f, Factions ! offered The new pavilion
IS y, now nearing completion. This struo.
Ing OF Its kind In tho South. It has
every modern convenience Including n
magnificent dancing floor on the upper
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-05-27
HIGHLAND Pack SCHOOL
TO BEGIN IT'S FTSaIs

Hish sohool will be held neIt Frioav nIrht
~ ., ,:ia In the school assembly hail Tho sai.
ury VIII be delivered by Charlie. f.
ne. ". FOLLOWING are tho gra dua tee: Misses
nesah Cole. Lria GARY, Susie Rohleder.
NnatIes T. Cross and Frank r. Rennie Jr
Wi,i ne Delivered to-morrow night at s
oe!oGk BY Rev. Daniel T. Merritt. pastor OF
me Hl8hland Park Method!et Church
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-05-27
Grent Dnmn,-e In Durham.

Durham. ~ c., May 26-Possibly
100000 damage was caused here to-
night by n severe storm that wrecked
the yenable tobacco factory, which had
10000 pounds OF stored tobacco. blew
down every trolley wire, set IRE and
destroyed the Chatham Hosiery Com
pany's knitting mills, burned out half
tho telephone system, and wrecked
street cars. Several persons were
burned BY crossed wires. All theatres
were closed, as the oity was left In
total darkness.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-05-27
Rain relieves severe Drought.
Especial TO The Times Dlspatch.l

IGPbCIuI 10 I IIO IItHES- DISpQtCh.J
Lynchburg, Va. May 26..This sec
ton. especially Amherst county. was
visited by rain storm this afternoon,
which Will prove OF inestimabie value
in aiding the tobacco planters, in plant.
ing the crop. The rain was light in
the city, but heavy east and north. bo
ing the first for seventeen days The
storm was accompanied by heavy cleo
trical disturbances, and high wind.
Tho drought in the past ten. days has
been the most serious ever experienced
here in May.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-05-27

London. May 26.-Nrs. Sybil Burn :
ably. sister of Baron Deiamare. who
was injured by a fall from a third
story window OF her house in Wilton
Place two weeks ago. dfed today
Mrs. Burnaby married IIeutsnant Al.
gernon e. Burnaby. OF the Royal Horse
Guards In 1896. and divorced him in
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-05-27
nail Fails nj sta,,nfon.
{ Snecial 10 Tho Tfres-Disnot

Especial o Tho Tin es- Dispatch.1
& Staunton. Va. May ga heavy hail
and rain storm came up about O'clock
this afternoon, breaking the long
drought. 1t was too dark for some time
to read without artificial light.
The hall stones were large, but, not
enough of them to do much damage.
a fine shower fell, followed by others.
The rain extended for some distance
around Staunton.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-05-27
Grass Widower,s Traii1,


The Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
VIII operate Grass Widowers' train,
sStaunton y Richmond, Monday morn
ings. commencing Monday, May Goth.
Train will leave Staunton $40 a. NJ.
Mondays. stopping at intermediate sta
lions to take on passengers: arriving
Richmond $3.50 A. NJ III
summer excursion tickets on sale
June LIST to September 30th
Grass Widowera' tickets at low rates
SOLO on Saturdays good until the Mon
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-05-27
LOSES HIS WIFE
. IN CHICAGO FIRE.
Reunion After Separation {
Forty Years Marred by
N Second Marriage.

Pittsburg. Kan. May 2s-Pcter c.
Sharp and his frst wife. Ann Cath
crime. have been united here. They
lost one another in tho confusion OF
the Chicago fire. She found him with
q second wife, Louisa, whom no mar
rlcd n!ne years ago.
For thirty years Sharp sought his
lost wife, wandering up and down the
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-05-27
AUTHORIZES KILLED.
Mrs. Mary pn5mele /. Run Down by

Motorcycles.
New York. May 2S.--AIrs. Mary Par
mele, aged sixty.eight years. author.
ess and historian. was run down and
killed o-night by motorcycle at
Sixth Avenue and Forty ninth Street,
within q block OF her homo. William
Herman. rider OF tho machine. was
paroled to await the, action. OF nm. in
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-05-27
Memorial serv,cc, in obprc,

wood Memorial Association will ba h.id 1,
grace Episcopal Church on Sunday night.
May g. AZ kindred societies. including Lee
brew Memorial Association. ana anv otharo
oefir1ng 10 attend are invited. Tho sermon
VIII be by tho rector, Rev. Landon r..
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-05-27
foitest Mnx Day.

St. Louis, May 26.-This was the
hottest May day locally since the es-
tablishnent OF the Weather Bureau
the government Thermometer register
ing "a degrees. while the mercury in
a government kiosk at street level
touched 90 degrees. One death and
seven prostrations. due to heat were
reported. All public schools were
closed at noon, lf
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-05-27
Am necords nroken.

Atlanta Ga, May os.-All records for
high temperature for May 26 for thtr-
ty-six years past were broken here to-
day when the thermometer registered
81 degrees at o'clock this afternoon.
was In 1893 and 1902. when the ner-
curry reached 90. No prostrations were
reported. lI5l Ms.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-05-27
IIieheat nj Macon.

X Macon, Ca, May 26.--The highest
temperature in tho United States was
recorded here to-day, the thermome-
ter reaching. 81 degrees. No prostra-
tiona were reported.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-05-27
considernble Drop IN Temperatures.

Especial 70 The Tines pIspatch.l
Roanoke, va. May 2e.-After more
than month of extremely dry and hot
weather, n severe rain and hail storm
reached Roanoke this afternoon There
was considerable drop in tempera-
ture
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-05-27
luest. Mrs. Parmele's skull was frac-
iured. and she died before medical aid

recent years have been many phtlo.
sophical articles and stories appearing
IN magazines. She had produced q
dozen or moro books, chief of which
Daily Kennebec journal., 1911-02-14

of miscellaneous bills in January. but in
the travelling library account there was
an unexpended balance of 1894.
The committee expected to have some
fun with the three cattle commissioners
as they put them on the stand one after
the other TO explain the deficit of $4,000
alleged to exist in that department. but
in this they were disappointed, John NJ.
Deering of the board informed the COM
mttee that the exact amount in the de-
ficit of this department was $ij,309.27 to
Dec. l, and that ii would take $1235.1l
additional 10 cover the total deficit to
date
Mr.. Deering explained that this deficit
was caused by the workings of the new
law. imposing much additional work in
the way of testing cattle upon the board
ana for which the cattle commissioners
estimated two years ago $4,000 would
be necessary, but for which only $l"o.U1
was appropriated. The committee at
tempted TO make some capital out of the
fact that "A per diem was charged by the
commissioners for the greater part OF
the working days in the year. but it de-
vcloped that the testing and appraising
of the cattle and the bookkeeping neces-
sary for the department would naturally
consume the greater part Of the time
of the commissioners.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1911-02-14
VASSAIR ROEO.

SOTTH.-Mahlon E. Brann was &
business caller in Augusta Saturday.
returning home sunday.
G. II. Gardner OF Cross Hill spent
sunday with NJ. +. Brann.
Mrs. Gertrude Whitehousc of Water
VILE made a business trip to the old
homestead Saturday returning Sunday.
Chas. Perkins was hauling wood
Saturday to Waterville.
O. ID. Nelson and daughter, Marion,
spent saturday in Augusta.
Mrs. Cynthia Sabin suffered an Ill
turn recently.
Alonzo Boynton and Will Raynes
We're hauling hay last week from the
Robbins place.
Lin Sabir is hauling logs to Nc
Farland's mill for c. II. Morse and
son.
Chas. Morse was in the Small dis
trict recently making necessary re-
pairs on the heating apparatus at the
schoolhouse.
MIR and Mrs Harry Miller are stop
ping at Walter stones for an in
definite time.
very lame foot caused by a horse get
Mrs. Hiram Brann celebrated Feb.
: the Ga anniversary of her birth. Mrs.
Brann feels very grateful to her many
friends who kindly remembered her
with "A generous shower of cards and
thanks all.
Chas, Morse is laid up with an alb
scess on his hand Mr. Morse seems
to be severely afflicted this winter as
! this makes the third he has had.
Mahlon T.. Brann attended Friday
evening the encampnlent of Ahiram
| Lodge, i. q. O. F., at Waterville
Mr.. and Mrs. T.ysander Mason and
son were business callers Saturday in
Augusta.
stephen Pullen of Hollister. Calf,
and sister, Mrs May Ingham. of Wa
tervillc. saturday visited their sister,
Mrs. NJ. +. Davis.
Samuel Roothby and Andrew Web
| bcr were callers Sunday of NJ. f. Da-
/ Wis.
Andrew Webbor sold a very nice COW
recently to Frank Jones of China.
Jasper Crummett of China was a
business caller Sunday in the place.
Omar Davis attended the funeral
Daily Kennebec journal., 1911-02-14
PlTTSF|ELD.

pittsdeld Grange will mold an all
dav session Saturday. Mrs, Kate Ellis
OF Fairfield will be present and con-
fer t!.c Third and Fourth degrees on
candidates. A Harvest dinner will be
served at noon under the direction o.
Mrs. Hattie Larrabee ana her aids.
4 meeting of the CniNersal!st La
dies Aid Society will be held Thurs
dav afternoon at the church. The two
contesting sides ot the mile-o pennies
system. which has been in progress
for some time. will bring in their re
ports.
Miss Amorette Porter, teacher al
the Foxcroft Academy. passed sun
day with her parents, DR.. and Mrs. i
\. Porter.
The Village schools will close this
week for three-weeks vacation.
Raymond pinkham, NJ. G. l., 10, WhC
IS employed at the Augusta court
house, was the guest Sunday Of Mr.
and Mrs W. +. McGilvery.
:. Valentine supper will be given a.
The Free Baptist church Tuesday eve
ming by members Of the Sisterhoo'
Bible Glass of the Sunday school.
Mrs. Evelyn Call returned Monday
from a Weekend visit in Bangor.
1t has been learned here that Law
renee Mitchell, the 6-year-old son o.
Mr and Mrs. c. F. Mitchell of Burn
ham, is sick with scarlet fever. Clar
enee McAllister Of Burnllam is alst
sick With the same disease.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1911-02-14
DEDHAM.

Ernest \. Thompson died. after a
long illness Thursday, Feb. ., at his
home in this town at the age of As
years. \ widow and three children.
James j.. Bisil f., and Madeline E.,
ali OF Dedham. a mother. Mrs. A. T..
Clifford of Lincoln, three brothers and
tNo sisters, Einol ~. and Eugene OF
Eastun. Gerald of Dedham. Mrs. Fred
Edes and Mrs. Melvin White OF Pas"
sadInkeaS, survive. The sympathy OF
wide circle of friends is extended to
the Dereaved family. Mr.. Thompson
was a member of the New Century
Grange Of Dedham. The funeral was
held Saturday at $50 at the home and
the remains taken To Burlington. his
former horne, for interment.
Clifford =. Burril, who has been en-
ployed in the Bueksport bank, has
returned home to assist his father i'll
his store and post office.
Mrs Marion (Cowam Black, who
has been quite i'll with nervous pros
tratinn since her return from the
Eastern Maine General hospital, is re-
ported some better.
The school has closed at the village
and Miss Mason has returned to her
home in Rluehill.