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JPialimj 1 0 If VOL. XXI PITTSBURG, KANSAS, FRIDAY EVENING, AUGUST 1908. AU. 101 iiinMniti: mx for taft. tnl, lie accepted the apology In good grace, ANOTHER 10 APPOINT CRUSHED GIRL DROWNS IN WADING Lodge Cement company.

This is the i.nnouncement made by Ralph Faxon, Senator l.ong'n private secretary. This company, It is said, will pas.i Into the control of Senator l.otig on the expiration of his term ns senator, and will be operated tinder his direction. At the present time he is spending most of his time at the cement plant, famliarlzing himself with the details of the business. Mr. Faxon also announce that later hi the summer Senator hong will iiimpalgn the stale for Taft.

111! BUNCH ROCK 11MH the ltir land Newspaper Supported eh rank tin. llalthnoic. M.I.. Aug. 11 The Ha Hi -more Sun.

a ading Democrat newspaper In Maryland and one of the fore, most I'euioetalic papers of the South, has come out strongly in support of Taft for president. In I the Sun fought Hrviin. and he free silver movum. nl but in liiau It supported Mryau and made a good light for him. It I IIMJI III NIMrf.S Ml TlOV A PUHKlroim Fire II A KftllNHM 'riMi'ellitii.

ulina. Aug. 1 1 Fire at Pahoe, Kan. ot Saliaa. hist night lain business block, no fire lighting appara-hrlgade formed.

town bucket MPS NERVOUS I'b ii I A merlen llfltiee With In l-'nriultiK tli Incite. Tokio. pan 14. Special dispatches from New York and London prlii ted In the a pa nose newspa ep resent hat the recent ut te ranees of Count okunia attributing the nava expansion policy of the liiited Slates to the sudden rise of Japan to the importance of world power, is arousing intense Indignation, and has caus-id complete reerndesrnce of the anti-Japanese sen time nt throughout America. New York newspapers are quoted as urging editorially an American -Chinese alliance for the purpose of off -sitting beligeielicy of Japan.

one newspaper is quoted as giving views of Wu Ting Fang. Chinese minister to the Cnited Stales on the subject of an alliance In which he threatens Japan with "an early evidence of 'he real power of American navy." A SWIMII K. F.xproMN Pnekuge Sw I mile Woikf Knly Trnl n. Parsons. Aug 1leers captured thn men this afternoon names of Kd Dimh'i a nd James hen 1 4.

Pa rsoiiK of. alleged bunco Who gave the John Franklin, and who are charged with working passenger trains out of this city on the Katy. Is claimed they used the express package graft, telling their victims they had packare at Parsons and not enouah money tn get rerlng fake drafts exchange for the it out. and piissenK'Ts led money. SANKEY DAED Ira II.

Sttnkey, Nnid F.vnuftellNl, IHrd nt Brflokl? n. New York. Aug. II. Ha D.

Hie singing evungeilst, died home in Brooklyn last night. FOR M'lN A TH. hIIhc I nltet He tiindldnle fur SeiiHtnr. SlHtV Sil ingtlehl. Aug.

II Senator Stone re a telegram today irom Is ma nager 11. Wallace noiiltce his i Sta les sella te saying thai Judge Win. I Kansas City, will an-aildhlacy for the I'tllted within a day or two. Kali: as Cily. Aug 1 JlHlge Will-Sprhlglield tele-I am not a can-1 have not auth- hen shown till odnv said: for anything orized a i andhhit fiyom I- lor to i ny a midline itth me t'uiiNlnii 1 l.fim-inoirlh.

I.eavenw orili, Aug. 1 Rr'g-adh i io ral I'rederh I'nnston arrived lu re today from San l-'ramisco to issiime i lie position ol com ma ml I ot i he army service school. FATAL MISTAKE Harper Mil sit -it nnd Hilled He Thought She it llurginr. Wichita. Aug.

his wife, who had got window, for a burglar, Harper, shot 1 I. Mistaking up lo dose a George Parker her dead last night. evin. The bullet the Jugulal HI flltVII AN I'S him, i ruber Sucm Wife ho Any With Another. Charles M.

Giuber has tiled a In the circuit clerk's office, asking the court for a divorce from his wife. Lulu F. Gruber. The petition states thai i hey were married In Wichita July 12, 1 Sol and from thai union there was one child, now about hree yea i )f affe. The cluirge is ndultry and Will Anderson is mentioned as co-resopnden t.

Tlie petition also charges that the de-lenihint plead guilty to adultry with Anderson in the police court in Joplin. on August S. Th plaintiff asks for a divorce am, the care and custody of their child. Pny When Tnft In Fleeted. Tt-iuiniHeh, Aug.

14. John lias agrerd to shoe hordes and wi.it for his pay unlll Taft is elected this is the banner Democratic conn ty of the state he is doing a rushing hlnec Inllueers PMlHulug. Shanghai, Aug II The Chinese iroois who mutinied at Konh yesiei are today spreading terror ahum tb(. of their ffgltt to the T.i King Mountains Chinese ete Mteamer. ndon.

Aug. II. A special dis pai. ji of Hong Kong says the Chim 1. 1-1 iiorlties at liiinchou have s.

a Japanese steamer. Admiral I uuMwell Demi. Aug. 11. Rear Ad- mllar Kclsey Cogswell.

I'niteil Slates Navy, retired, is dead at sonvllle. Florhla. Build New Mehuul. Klneral. Aug.

14. Ike Laver has the i contract for the erection of the new school building which ts being pushed. i 1 I I RXK'd, IHshee, Al Auk. I t. Acenmpanh il hy half ii dozen rangers, Captain Hurry Wheeler liiiM departed for the international bolder, llilry miles oast of l'otlg-Utss.

to prevent the crossing of a hand of hostile Vaiiul Indians who are being pursued hy troop. There ar' about ad Indians tn the band and tliev are said to be heavily armed lut pontic provisioned. Slum hi they attempt to i liiSH llie border they will be arrested for violating; the neutrality law. CHINA. Shanghai.

Aug. II. The discovery of iile.s and 1. l.niMl ea rt ridges at eh-how, which were smuggled into China from Formosa hy Japanese sympathizers with he Chinese rebels, has greatly aroused the Chinese officials here and they are demanding that their government Insist on redress from Ja pan. The activity of the Japanese in aiding the rebels In southern Chinese provinces has been long an established fact, but the to-Inure of a ruts at Mei-rlimv Is by far the largest that lias yet been ma de, and I nd tea 1 es clearly 1 he extent of the help thai has been given the rebellion.

HII.I. IIFPOHT T1IF.M. FhtiiHiiicu ere Into I iidcn vnrlng Ainerlcn. Topeka. Auk 11.

Six Chi na men charged Willi viidatlon of the Chinese exclusion act by stealing across the hunter line In a sealed freight ear were given a heating here today before t'nl ted States Coin miss inner Williams. Three took appeal from the sentence to deport and gave bunds The others weer granted ten days to appeal and secure counsel and bonds. If in that i me they fail to secure succor they will be sent back to China. Krjiui Will i nrry Viirk hy New Ynrk, Aug. 11.

The Henio-iratie state eomrn 1 1 1 ee met here today to formulate a ea 1 1 for the utato eon -enCnn. Chairman Conner "William Jennings Tlryun will curry X- York state hy nun seven live tino.isand to one hundred thousand. I'rynn is the strongest Democrat in Ni York today HAD A RIOT Au NoHsInn of h-ir I nlon. Chicago, Aug. 1 At last night's se.nsion hero of th Stationary Kngl-neorH' Union, a dozen persons were hurt.

Twelve men attempted to bolt bemuse three of their number had ben expelled and Htarted a erganlzation. Kmil Mhrow, who led the bolters, st ruck Michael Walsh, sergeant at arms, over the head with chair for closing the door at the order of the president. Walsh lurned on and struck him several times, then the flpht became Keneral. A riot call for the police was turned in but when the latter arrived no one wished to pres charges and the patrol wagon left without prisoners. NO TV FT t'OMMKVr ON BKYAW l'erhiliH There'll Re Heply ldneoln Speech Later.

Hot Springs, Aug. 14. No comment for publication In the newspapers on the necepianee speech of William J. Bryan is to be made by W. 11 Taft.

This decision was announced by the Uepublican candidate even before he had opportunity to read the Bryan speech. This he said, he wished to do with great deliberation and fhoiihl Its perusal make a reply necessary or advisiible. it will be made the subject of a speech or included tn a speech Air. Taft may make at some future time. Mis next speech will be delivered here a week from todav to ii gathering of Virginia Republicans who are coming for a general rally.

HIM KKKTKWt'K. lre Heller Who KI'Mteil ith Choir (ilrl lleleimeil From PrUon. Trent on. N. Aug.

1 1. Frank Cor dova, of South River. N. ,1.. a clergyman who eloped with Julia Howne, a choir singer, and afterward was sentenced to the state prison, was released from that institution today after an Imprisonment of nearly four years.

Cordova left the city in an automobile. His dostlnat ion was not known. i i.it a llkeslinrre Cn iik Clerk Hint Molen AVIIkesharre. Aug. It Normal ''ogcl.

until recently clerk In the First National bank of this city, was arrested, today, charged with embezzling A HHAVY 1'ltOVr. nil In ii rlli IliikiMH ivitM nt Damaged Much, Meilora. N. Aug. 14.

A hoavv ust occurred here hist night. Tile giain Is damage too far ftdva need for mini) to suit. i Al WON. (hit led Oil' Honor In ('on teat. U'Iiiiiiih nihil' Warsaw, Aug.

11. Mrs. A. nlnger of Topeka, won the annual Hihle contest lu connection with ho Winona Lake assembly. ltiHttne littler In llue.

Collinsvllle, Aug. 14. Relieved to be insane and lost for two davs. David Cairns a miner, is wardering eomewhiTP in the miles of tunnels of Donk Rro thcrs' No 1 mine. Siim Prohibition Ik Failure.

Atlanta, C.a Aug. 14. ards leader of the arill-salo ll. Rich- element In Hie state has- ad mi tt ed 1 hat pro hibitlon In Georgia has been a failure C'uiiplc lillli'il hy Ants. Fl "Paso, Aug.

II Jesus (lon-zales nnJ his wife uuknuwinKly camp-' ed i. a nest of desert ants and Were. ho terribly, bitten that they succumb-ed ut the hospital later. ONE FLEW Gorman Airship Did Some Stunts Above Berlin With Success Today AIR IN THREE HOURS Til ii (ho Ur.hl,, Alighted on Very Niut If find Mnrtctl From F.dt-h'tn'm lilrn tr Aerial I Snmim'IhUmI I Aug. 1 I.

TU' re I IH'W Vil I'SeVul Berlin, dirigible balloon whhi ti the lleible system, made i JVi'f a nit ii huh I Iliil In today High! I lial lasted I'm' two Ihhii'h and forty-five llllllUtCS. Va tious ma iM-u vi't's w.re i rricd out an 1 1 1 1 ink: of I mm hundred one thousand feet. The airship landed at tin- same spot I rum win-nrc ll set out. Orange, N. Auk.

1 1. "It Is coming. Some one is lia hie to solve the of aerial Havana tin a ny day," declared Thou. Kdlsmt, the electrician uml Inventor today, in discussing; the lesls with aeroplanes and dirigible balloons being- made. "1 ton't you th Ink, 'A I r.

Kdlson, thai the problem is already solved, and that all now needed are scientific and engineering- la lent and money he was allied. "No. I lutl't think that. Jl Is not solved yet have been i great dilticult cndoiis power which, at the don't think I vent ors the right track. The of course, is tlie trcm-reipilred in the engine, a me time must be very re lots of men wink-ay on the problem, and Jo the trick.

Liable to light. There a i UK night and some one will ij run across the He Id, mat lllleen ears aj jointhui any day he made experiments In connection with ll lag- machines. "How about the future of the bk' was asked. dirig-i- "It has no future, speaking commercially. It has no great future any wiij you take It.

11 may he utilized In some measure in whi-. hut he heavier than air mac hi ue that cm go straight against the wind that Is the tiling on must ci une." "Voti refer to the aeroplane?" "No." he said. "I'll tell you I think about the sky Hulling, have said it Is sure to come. what As They haven't got it yet. but they will.

When the question is solved you will find that Hie machine that goes straight up In the air screws itself vertically into the air has answered the riddle." "The he was asked. "Right," he answered. Aug. II. Ctptaln Hald-wln made a very shurl Might In a dirigible ha 1 loon this morning, hut as a strong wind was blowing he did not proceed far enough to make an official night.

THE SEAT OF WAR in i.i.f.tins fhom tiii: 0111; WAR. Tronhle In Turkey, III mi, Moroccii Venezuela mid ou the t.lolie. Tangier. Aug. 1 -The lor--es of Hnlld.

the pretender, have Just struck a staggering blow to Sultan army in a battle near -Marrakesh. from Hie seem of the battle reached Tangier today. ney say that I lie losses on botli sides will run into the Inuixu nds. -Mulai Hafid is belleve'tk to have at least men, many of Hi cm regit -lar soldiers, though the vast majority lire fanatics who oppose the miitan'H ullegcd desertion from the loslem faith. Is following un the aitvuntiige gained In this victory Plans to strike continually until Miuiaii's army is crushed.

TVilK V. Constantinople. Aug. It. Charging 1 ha bin mismanagement in he past was responsible lor the country's depleted financial condition, a committee of Young Turks today wailed on the Huluin and demanded that he surrender half of his private fortune to aid in the rehabllitailon of Turkey.

It was the boldest demand yet made upon the xultnn. and he refused to accede to it. He promised tile coininU tee. however, that he would negotiate a loan of an even larger amount than was demanded of him personally the loan Willi his property. VKNJSZUKIA.

The Hague. Aug. 1 ol W. J. Cohen Stuart has been ordered by the Dutch government to assume command of the naval operations, in the Caribbean Sea.

He will leave for Curacao shorlly aboard the battleship Krlesland. Stuart ts a naval vommHllder of recognized ability, and his selection to the command of the possible demons ration against Venezuela is a guamntee that Hie Netherlands is in earnest. PHIiSIA. Teheran. Aug.

It. Decbi ri ng that vas wholly accidental the commander of the loyalist troops in Tabriz has made a most profuse apology to the American consul for the shooting down or the American (lag In the fighting of Monday, according to a message received here today. The commander nciit his representative in person to convey tils regrets to Consul William v. uoiy. niey declared that thp utmost care would be taken in the future (o prevent a recurrence of such un ind- neni.

an I'onsul Doty had thought nrsi i ne urxHU' Was flcctden Chicopee Miner Crushed Under Cave-in While At Work in Shaft WAS TERRIBLY INJURED Other DlMfinlerK lie purl eil In Ml tie Thritimhoiil the niitr -Dentil in Cut -In nml oIIImIoiin, "Teste I "a i ii lilted, an emploj ed In shaft No. ,1 kee and Pittsbuig Coal West of Chicopee, Hal lu a miner of Hie Chero-aiul Mining was terribly crushed in the mine this forenoon by a fall of rock. While he was engaged In loading coal after a shot, the rock roof of his working place caved in without wiu'ie i g. A mass of se ei al bundl ed 1 omuls of rock and dirt fell un the uutorlunate num. When he was rescued tioni under the.

mass of material ll was found liiat Ins client was terribly i rushed, one leg was tinctured and his lace and head badly gashed. Dr. Newton, the company surgeon, who examined his injuries, stated that ihey would not necessarily prove fatal. The Injured man was brought to Pittsburg In an ambulance and taken to the Mount Carmel hospital for ti eatment. IIM AS lll.FW II 1iue.

Sernutuu Sclanton. Aug. 1 I. An explo sion of gas, that Is known to have ki Red one man and maybe a number others, occurred in the oxford side i.f the Vetlevue mine. Ctodfrled Ross, a miner.

Is the man killed. A number of others are believ-id to have been killed or hurt. On the news of the affair being re-iclved al the surface a dozen or more stretchers were hurried to the mlne.A. Just what caused the explosion 1 i.ot known. It is supposed, however, that a miner wa Iked into a "pocket" with a naked lamp.

Whether thin was Ross is lux yet known. At the mines it wus said that the xplosion would not affect the operation of lie colliery for the rest of (he da hat where it occurred is in an isolated part of Hie mine. TWO Ill Slllill I A I Al Fninl Aeehlent In Pen iixy I nnlM onl Mine. Scranlon, Aug. 1 I.

Caught under fallng rock that had been loosened by a blast, two miners In the Johnson mine of the Or. -en Ridge Coal Co. were Instantly killed Mils morning. They are: Samuel Idineisou. aged years, married.

Michael Colobar. aged aobut years ma ried. The men had gone Into their chamber earlv this morning and made ready for their day work. Alumi o'clock thev prepared a hole for a blast. Returning from a place of safety when they heard the blast go off.

they walked into the chamber abreast and under a slab of rock weighing three tons, which fell as they got under it. rvru.v 11 1 ne otor Crushed Mfe Jlonr Tender. tint of I A vora. Vei John Golden, fatally erusln aw's shaft. nsylvanla.

August 14. aged fifteen years, was hy a mine motor in kest erda afternoon, dy fug at Taylor hospital at 1 a Vclock last night. The buy was employed as a door-I mi der inside I he mi lie, a ml had ae-i ompanlcd the motor runner into a hymber to get nit for his lamp. That was the iasl seen of the youth until he was found a half hour later alongside the trac ks, almost cut In two. INTO AIH Sll FT.

iiuiig Ohtn Miner Fell Do SllHll, potneruy. Aug. 14. Ira Mauley, aged 1 It. and Cha nip Love.

aed 1 '1 fell Into an open alt hole of the Old Hope mine and were recovered all hour Inter. Manley was dead and Love was unconscious and will nol recover. The shaft was Itrt feet deep and in the fall hey broke an exhaust pipe from a gasoline engine In the mine, a nd Ihe' fumes stiff oca ted them. They were rescued by reaching them throiiuh the workings and hauling them up the air course. IlltOKF.N HINtiF.K COST (Miy I'ntlon Futility Hurt nt An Oklahoma Shaft.

Mc face TI. Alester. Aug. 14 Reclining downward on top of a motor in S. shaft No.

1 while operating a of ears Guy Fulton, boss driver trip the mine, drove the train swiftly I hrourfh a 1 rap door, one hinge ot which was defective, and was eiushed between the door Olid motor in such horrible manner that he died three hours later. Tnfl tn Spwik hut Oin. Hot Springs. Aug. M.

Otil-Kide of one speech to be made at Cln-cl-nni' Judge Taft will make nn c-perches during the campaign according lo Chairman Hitchcock. Hack tn Vive-Cent Fare. levelaml, Aug. 1 I lt fares an.1 three-cent ticket far Will Be A Good Bunch of Patronage For the New Governor of Kansas THE CHANGES PROBABLE The I'rosiM'Ct fi'iotl Fur Some lOleetlmi tnttfcMl Seiuiliir tn He ml rmeiit t'oiirn Th Itynn-lliHklu i tinleHt I llileehleil. (SlieeliH to lleiitlllHhl.) T.pcka.

Aug. 1 I The new gn of Kansas will have, among things the of giving cruor ol her a wa twelve jobs. He also has several $,000 Jobs, several and several Sl.Min. The best Jobs which are Included in the governor's absoluLe patronage arc these: State architect. Warden penitentiary, JU.iiO'l and expenses.

Sta te accountant. t.TiOO. Sine architect. live stock commissioner, Three in embers board of control. Sii.MiO each.

Three members tux commission, 500, Other Jobs which pay less are these: Adjutant general, ifjU0; Htiperinten-dent Hutehltison reformatory, game warden. I and partial expenses; oil Inspector. direct or free employment, bureau, tl.liuU forestry commissioners, wo at Jl.OUd. Out of the above list It is likely that the present stale accountant J. C.

tiaf-ford. will he retained; the adjutant ueneral. W. F. Hughes, may be retained and a pot inn at least of the present board ofjnntrol and tax commission will be retained.

All the rest are likely to be remtit'ed tn stand aside and make room for people who supported Stubbs and the square deal. Among those who are mentioned as likely to receive good appointments under the new administration are J. N. Dnlley. T.

H. W. B. Ham, William Newlin of Hutchinson. Can Taylor of Hutirttlnson, Alike Sutton of Dodge City, Sheffield Ingalla of Atchison.

J. N. Allen of Chanute and Guy Swallow of Jefferson county. It is now said that in case N. Tiolley does not want to be state bank commissioner under the Stubbs' administration, the place is likely to be given to J.

N. Allen of Chanute. At the time liovernor Hoch appointed John Q. Royce as bank commissioner, Allen was the man who was favor, eil by Stubbs for the place. Because Governor Hoch refused to adopt Stubbs" suggestion and appointed Royce.

who was a "machine" man, tlie warm friendship between Stubbs and Hoch was somewhat coolen. It was about the tirst "break" which occurred between the governor and Air. Stub hs. UK V'I'KV KAN ANS niftrtVNNFIKtl. A HK Crop of Primary Contest the Probable fteMiilt.

Topeka. Aug. 14. The prospects are that there are going to he a lot of contests over the nominations In the primary a week ago. W.

B. 11am said to be planning to make a contest on the nomination of V. II. Reeder. John Nicholson Is considering a contest on the nomination of T.

1 T. Alurphy for state senator from the Harvey-AiiPherson district, and David Phillips is planning a contest on th" nomination for state senator in the A lien -Woodson (list riot. Samuel (irlftin has already started a contest over the representative nomination in Barber county, where William (Jesner won by two votes. There are several other contests said to be hiewlng. All of the contests will he based on the opinion of the at tor ney general regarding the invalidation of ballots.

The ballots on which voters made cross -marks in the sqtia res opposite blank lines were thrown out in most precincts, and the attorney gen era I has held that this does not invalidate the ballot if there are no other defect. 1. 1 II 1 WON COVri-lKT. Menu County titrl Won nmry. Out lu Prl- K.itchinsou.

Aug. 1 I Out' of Hie most ini cresting ion tests in I iv recent primaries in this county was" between a young man and a young woman for the Republican nomination of clerk of the court. The young lady. Miss Amy Alexander had th latgest vote of any of the county Her opponent. all hough i popular young man.

was beaten by majority. The successful candidate has been a deputy In the office of tlie clerk he district court for the past six t.j Miss Alexande is toe tirst woman the Republican for led will tirst wo ounty office In Reno or nominated office ami if ele niuii to hold a county. WAITINt- von Tin: cor NT. llcftiiH Announced I Ut 11 Vote CHnvasMPil. Topeka.

Aug. 14. The sta te board of canvassers will meet next Tuesdav August IS. to canvass the returns uf the recent primary election. The Democratic gubernatoria convention, bet ween Ryan and Rot kin.

is running rather close. McNeal think-that lie has won the state printer race-by about R.000 votes over Austin. The return which have so far been officially received do not indicate a ma i jorlty of that size, IN IH IXINFKS. Will llecniin. Head of Cement Cnniiiiny.

Topeka. Aug. 1 4. Senator Chester J- Long will not resume the praetlte of Hv in this state, but will Instead 1 ecome the head of the Medicine Galena Girl Perished Wading in Spring River While GIRLS SLIP FROM ROCK Frightened 4 humii It nil Mile tn Tell Heliitlvr or Drnih nt titrl Onr It roe n-il Hy Coni-linnlunM. (Speeln) tn llendliRbtl (ialeita.

Aug. 1 1 Kdithe K' -der, 1 yea i old. a da lighter of Mr nd Mrs, John Klder of Liiicnlnville. was drowned this afternoon In Spring river, a short distance below the 1 levil's promenade," resort pupubir with outing parties. The drowning was witnesstd by her three chums.

Lore tie Bnughton. daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George Houghton, of South Short st reel. Beatrice Fry and Delia McCIeary of Lincoln vil le.

At the time the girl sank beneath the waters of the river Iotene Houghton also narrowly escaped drowning. el nr saved only by quick work of another of the girls, who grabbe 1 hold of her skirts as she a rose and assisted her to safety. Wading In River. The four girls went lo the river yesterday afternoon to wade and wei.i standing upon a large rock in he water when suddenly Miss Roughton and Mi Klder slipped front he ledge a nd sank beneath the water. As they arose Hie first time Miss Roughton was saved by the assistance of one of l.er friends, hut all efforts to r''ch her chum were unavailing and sh-again sank from view, appeariim- mote.

Frightened Chums Hun Mile. The three girls. In a state of frenzy, ran from the place to Linen) -vllle. almost mlb away, to Inform relatives of the fate of their chum, and within a Hhort time the banks of Die river were lined with people eager to assist in the H-areh for the boHv whlch was recovered wit bin a short time. With the removal of the body fri'in Ihe river it was at first helleved lH had not entirely left It.

and for more than an hour frlonds nitempHvl resuscitate the girl, but all efforti were ineffectual. RACE A TRAIN A OI.llFIF.LI TO UK F.NTl HY I.IMITFI). It rive Ills ulo In Mitl Mile Minute Drive In Inillnnn. i Chicago. Aug.

11. -Rarney Oldlield. lie "dea I It racer" whose reckless tiding in fast automobiles hns time and again brought him face to face with iternity. is going to out-Oldlield III own record in a dare-devil feat at Flkhart. Ind.

He Is going to race tlie Twentieth Century Limited train of ihe Lake Shore railroad tomorrow, risking hi life in a mad mile a minute drive front Mlslmwaka, to FJkhart. Of all the wild rides that have been Incident to Ohlnehi's career as an ati-loniobilist. tills race with the fastest train in the world over a public highway is Ihe climax, and It is supposed that thousands of autoists will limine twelve-mile course to see ths racer speed, at death's side. Oldtleld, who time and again ha-i l.een dangerously injured and has killed three persons and in.Itn ed ma nv others during his spectacular career, is not unmindful of Ids danger. H' has even prophesied that his love for reckless driving will eventually brin- his death.

"One of these days." he said, "ther will be Just a little tlaw, Just a fleck in a piece of steel, nnd when it is all will hardly take the tick of watch people will say, "'Well, he wbk going Oldlield Intends tn conduct tin auto race meet at the Rarnev Driving park Saturday and his race with the Twen-t ieeh Century Li in ted Is by wav of Introduction. He has made arrangements for the sjieed test and anmmnc-m that he expect to outrun the fast train. The road is a smooth course that parallels the tracks and passengers on the train will have the bene fit of following ihe nicer along the entire run. TAYLOR TO RF.TVRX. Will Co Hack Kentucky Trial.

Louisville. Aug. 14. It I an- pounced today, on the authority of a lose friend of former Governor S. Taylor, that Mr.

Taylor will return to Kentucky from Indianapolis immediately after the November election, for trial on the charge of complicity In the Goe he 1 tn rd r. It also iji considered probable that the case, upon change of venue, will be transferred to Louisville. Firet FlreN In Mlehfgiin, Marquette. Aug. II ScrloitJ forest tires are racing in the vietnity of "andf.

east of here. Itnllnii Killed by itlaekhHrnln. York. At. 1 I Leaping; from an, hush at Klulbush.

early today, a band of bla. kliand men kllh pietru Rai ilia F. ATHF.lt FOHFt AST. Partly cloudy tonight and Saturday. Pmhahly Nhonvm lu rant KM to nlffbt.

That Ham Avlll Teat omlnton. Topeka, Aug. If. There is r-porl In Topeka that W. R.

Ham. or stock ton. Rooks county, may bring contest proceeding against W. A. Reeder for the nomination to congress from the Sixth district.

Ham's defeat on the face of the returns were about tan votes. There Is a possibility that a recount of the ballots Would lead to the dis covery of other errors which might change the t'n Red Slate senator of close proposlt Ion. in ret urns Milt on ie other TO I Ml HHISTOWS ll II. AY. Popnlnr Niihcrliton StHrteil to Itr-InihiirNf Ctimiiiitftn iiennex.

Topeka. Aug. 14. A. Ma porter of J.

Rristow at county. Kmc, Is seeking 1 dls. a sup-tivia. Reno i have the semi I oria I friends of Hie successful nominee make up bv popular subscription tlie which Rristow spent in his campaign. Mardis st to work on his plan an 1 sa id that he collected In just twenty minutes, and Is urging others over the state to do likewise.

BALOON EXPLODED find Injuring Hull" Dozen Other. London, Aug. 1 1. Two persons Were killed, and six injured bv an explosion his morn 'ng; at the grounds of he French-British exhibition, ot the envelope of a baloon owned bv Captain Doveiace of the New York Aero club. Miss Hill, aged is.

secretary to Dove-lace wa one of lie persons killed. She was burned to efmbr-. The oilier person killed was a man ami those who sustained Injuries were also employed by l.ovelace. Kovelace's clothes were burned but otherwise he sustained no Injuries. ill I.IIN'T HMI IIOM.Y.

Louis Mhii Killed III. l.iinillHuy hen She HeriiHi'd. St. Louis, Aug. II.

Thorns DeWltt. years old. In an alleged confession made lo 1 he police today, told how-he killed his former landlady. Mrs. Adeline ullcr, a ged Ri.

at her home Wednesdn y. "I did not mean to kill her." Dewitt Js alleged tn have told the police. "I sniffed a stocking in her mouth because she was trying lo scream." The cause of the struggle resulting in imp woman Meant was Her reiusal lo loan DeWltt two dollars. KIl.l.UD I'Ol lli'H AN. Vegrn Murderer Was Then Surrounded lu Car nml Killed, New Orleans.

Aug Policeman John Carroll day hy a negro wards killed by Louisville L- Niis ts cut tn death who was afler-poiiitnian on the ilte rail mail train in the station here. The negro was ipii dher negro and ivh 'end Hie dining car elliug wiih nn- the oftber en-le disem. bowled him. The murderer ihe drawing room car, where surrounded and killed Inio was A BIG BLAZE Testirkniifi ted- Dry limine fir.o.ana. Texarkana.

Aug. 1 I. lire ni-v today ueslroyed the ftiirtott-Peel nv (iuiuls company's store, whh a oss of about 1 r.ti.uiui. Other losses mounted lo Only the most strenuous efforts ot he firemen saved Hie surrounding uildlngs. iti: tri.s phis.

ibii'fii Vlftorlii of Mtnlii Trfivellnu In- COIiHllO. Paris, France, Aug. 1 tjuei-n Victoria of Spain arrived here incognito 'oday. by the Southern express from San Sebastian. Her majesty is going in the Isle of W'ghi to visit Iter moth- There Were se vera 1 of lice allruad station welcome ind military honors were i at the DiiAi.i.iii i itoti o.

Sirlngtleld. uman li llin I'lendisli rime. Stniiigtlehl Aug. It. Mrs.

Far treot ear i-iinductoi Uallan, Wife ol a sin was dragged from bed last mid I into the gard night by a negro, for en where the neg assa I ted her. Five tiegn suspicion. i were arrested today on FOUND WIFE Ifter Three Wrr At ks Henreh Wife Found Wlufie Id. (Special to IlrmlllHhC) Win Held, Aug. 11 Alter Hire weeks' search for his wlfi eloped with G.

1. Dehtiessnnt of Pittsburg-. Lomls Demors. discovered the couple living here today. Debuessant as placed under arrest while the woman was taken by the husband lo his home In Si.

Louis. ho had(Wlllt Into effect today on lie lines tne i rai iino inii)innj Ty-HiM elect St. Jimeih. Boston. Aug.

1 1 Jos. ph, was chosen this afternoon as the niet leg place of the next annual convention of the International Typographical Union..