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Over 60 Families Unheard
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100 PEOPLE HOMELESS
I Considerable Apprehension Is
1 Felt for Grace Harbor on
Uko Huron
WATER SUPPLY IS SHORT
Thousand! of Acres of Timber Landi
In Berkshire Hillt Hu Been Burn
ed Oevr Another Hundred Miles
Threatened in Vermont
ALPENA, Oct. 19.-Thc certified
known death list resulting in the
foreit fires in Tresque I tie and Al
pine counties standi tonight at 41
with leveral persons unaccounted
for and probability severe loss of
life in Northern Pulaski and Krakow
townships in Preaque Isle county.
At least tS0 families living near the
shore of Lake Huron in the northern
half of Pulaski and ; Krakow and
nothing has been heard from them
since the fire.
While the big fires are still burn
ing throughout the northern tier of
the counties, not a single town is
now known to be in danger. Some
apprehension Is felt for Grace Har
bor, northeast of here on Lake Hu
ron. No word has been received
from there since the fire. At the
lowest estimate 100 people are home
less and there is not even an ade
quate supply of water. . .
NORTH ADAMS, Mass.; Oct. 19.
Thousands of acres of timber lands
in the Berkshire Hills . has been
burned over by forest fires and to
night some fires are assuming dan
gerous proportions. Most serious
reported are east of Bennihgton,
Vermont, where a hundred square
miles of unbroken woodlands' arc
threatened.
KANSAS DROUGHT.
KANSAS CITY, Oct. 19 All
drought records have been broken. In
the last 48 days less than one-third of
an inch of rain has fallen. Except
that springs and wells have gone dry,
the rainless weather has been bene
ficial for corn and hay ripened per
fectly, and there has not been a de
structive frost,
TAFT WILL ABANDON
OUT DOOR SPEECHES
Specialists Believe That Open Air Talks are Re
sponsible for Condition of Candidates Voice .
NEW YORK, Oct. 19,-That
Judge Taft's voice is in such a bad
condition that he will have to change,
his dates for speaking was indicated
by Chairman Hitchcock today. This
means a re-arrangement of, Taft's
itinerary, but it will;, not affect his
dates in New York. The re-arrangement
wijl cut out all of Taft's day
speeches, specialists accompanying
him believing it to be the out-of-door
use of his voice that proved disas
trous to it. All his night speechs will
REST I
41 DEAD
WRIGHT RAPS BRYAN.
, NEW YORK, Oct. 19,-Seldom
has Colonel Bryan been to severely
irraigned during a political cam
paign as here tonight by General
Luke E. Wright, secretary "of war,
who addressed k larga gathering at
Terrace, ' Garden. General Wright,
who 'was Introduced as "Democrat
having the honor of holding a cabinet
position under Republican adminis
tration," was greeted with enthusi
astic cheering when he appeared on
the platform.
H MY TIISIHI YET
REACH PITTSBURG
JUDGE YOUNO TO RENDER
HIS DECISION IN TODAY'S
- PROCEEDINGS.
JUST A RUSE SAYS GARDNER
Deputy Attorney General Declares
jwhol. Affair U Only a Trick to
' Obtain Thaw's F.elm and Re
moval of New York Jurisdiction.
PITTSBURG, Oct. 19-After hear-
ing the motions and arguments today
in the proceedings of having the ob
ject of bringing Harry Thaw to
Pittsburg to" testify in the voluntary
bankruptcy proceedings instituted by
him some months ago, Judge Young
of the United States District Court
reserved the decision until tomorrow
in the two principal points raised to
day, These are, whether Judge Young
shall accept jurisdiction or whether
the matter will be presented to Judge
Archbold of Scranton by whom the
original writ was issued (Judge
Young having been on a vacation in
Europe), and second, whether Thaw
shall be brought here to testify in the
bankruptcy proceedings.
Special Deputy Attorney-General
Gardner representing the State' of
New York moved for the removal of
the writ of issues by Judge Archbold
and said he will not take his motion
before Archbold, holding that Arch
bold merely acted for i'oung.'
As to bringing Thaw here Gardner
contended he has been twice declared
crazy in New York and that he is not
competent to file a petition in bank
ruptcy or to testify. Gardner also
charged that the whole matter is
merely a ruse to have Thaw removed
from the jurisdiction of New, York
courts and to secure his liberty from
the institution .in which he is held
for the murder of Stanford Whte.'.
NEW YORK, Oct. 19. In his re
ply to Judge Young of the Western
be delivered except one scheduled for
Chicago next Saturday night. It is
also expected , that most of Taft's
dates in West Virginia will be can
celled. Hitchcock says he never saw
the candidates looking in a better
condition and that Taft is more hope
ful of the result than any time since
the campaign began.
Hitchcock believes from informa
tion he has received that there is
,a fighting chance for the Republican
ticket in Missouri.
PfEieiTiiii
uroox di.gi.zq
Mm Contract to Wrlb Story
cf African Travels
NEW YORK, Oct. 19.-President
Roosevelt has signed the contract
with the 'Outlook" to act as associate
editor after his retirement from the
presidency next year. This is made
subject to the existing contract to
write the story of his African travels
for Scribner's & Sons. His work in
Connection with the "Outlook" is to
cover political and economic subjects.
W. C. T. U. CONVENTION.
Congresa of Women Will Seek to
Boom Their High Principle.
DENVER. Oct. 19-Dclegates rep
resenting practically every civilized
nation of the world will gather in this
city this week to attend the 35th an
nual convention of the Woman's
Christian Temperance Union, which
meeting, it is declared, will be one of
the most imporant in the history of
the organzation. This year for the
first time the convention proper,
which begins on Friday next, will be
preceded by a day of prayer and
praise, Wednesday, and an institute,
to be held on Thursday, when nation
al superintendents of the' various de
partments will lecture on methods to
be pursued in order to obtain the best
results In the work.
Among the subjects to be consid
ered are the passage of the Link-field
bill the retention of the anti-canteen
law; the prevention of the sale of li
quor in all government buildings; the
passage of state laws forbidding the i
sale of liquor within four miles of
soldiers camps, tents, etc., and a pro
vision for an amendment to the con
stitution advocating the prohibition
of the liquor traffic everywhere.
district of Pennsylvania, Superintend
ent Lamb of Matteawan Asylum to
day, declared Harry Thaw still in
sane and to be dangerous to transfer
him to Pittsburg. He also asserted
that he found no mental improvement
in Thaw since he was committed to
the asylum.
Subscribe to the Morning Astorian.
JUDGE TAFT CARRIES (IlPl
CLOSE TO
Candidate Gives, Clear Indication of Character of
Speeches lie Will Use While in Nov York
CONNECTICUT ELIMINATED FRO". ITINERARY
judge's Disabled VclcS t!ake This Action Necessary.Speeches in
K'c.v Ycrk are Cat Down to Two a DayWill Arrivs
at Chicago Saturday.
BALTIMORE, Oct.. 19. Hitting
straight "at his opponent with even
more fierce thrusts than in the north,
west or south, Judge Taft today car
ried his campaign to the very doors
of New York City and gave a clear
indication of the character of
speeches he would make in the Em
pire State next week. Taft spent
three hours in Newark, an hour in
Wilmington and the-evening in Bal
timore. He encountered tremend
uotts crowds and enthusiasm, spon
taneous and ample.
His extended efforts of the day
were at Elizabeth and Baltimore. At
Newark he gae attention to all is
sues except labor. In the Elizabeth
speech he dwelt solely on the labor
HIS STEAL GEO!
IIIOTO, STATUE
Bronze Monument cf American
Hero In Switzerland
LUGANO, Switzerland, Oct. 19.
During last night the bronze statue
of George Washington was removed
from the top of its monument on
quay here and it is believed thrown
into the lake by rowdies. The inhabi
tants of the town are indignant at the
outrage. The statue was made in 185,1
for country here of American resi
dents. Subsequently it was pur
chased by the municipality.
SPECULATION RIFE.
At To Th Fine Points Of The New
; Aerial Monoplane.
NEW YORK, Oct. 19,-Acronau-tic
inventors and investigators believe
that in his monoplane, now at the
Morris Park Testing grounds of the
Aeronautic Society of New York for
a practical test. C. W. Williams of
Richmond Hill has a machine which
will prove a revelation in stability if
not in speed.
The greatest point in favor of the
Williams machine is its stability. It
has the appearance of an enormous
parachute and Williams asserts that
in acse of accident in mid air, it
would act as one and settle gently to
the ground without damage to air
ship or aviator. This action will be
due. first. to the. unusually large sus
taining surface and the air spaces be
tween the four separate planes which
compose it, and second to a low point
at which all the weight of the machin
ery and operator is suspended. Wil
liams says that it is impossible for
his machine to turn over and if this
proves by actual experiment to be a
fact, one of the greatest dangers of
aerial navigation will have been ov
ercome. ;
While the spread of the canvas, in
width, in the Williams machine is 30
feet, the framework on which the
canvas is stretched is constructed to
fold back on itself when the ma
chine is not in use, making the mono
plane much less cumbersome than
one with fixed planes and more eas
ily handled on the ground. The whole
sustaining surface of the four planes
is about 600 square feet and weight
question and, tonight he combined
Newark and Elizabeth speeches. The
zest with which Delaware received
the candidate resulted in curtailing
Wilmington speech in V. few lines.
The important part of the conference
this morning between the candidate
and Chairman Hitcheock will be the
eliminaton of Connecticut from his
itinerary and cut the: number of
speeches in New York state to two
each day. The Indiana itinerary of
candidates were announced' ScWght,
; Thursday, Friday and Saturday he
will speak in that state. Ha' will
reach Chicago Saturday. Tovrtonro'W
night he will speak in Cumberland'
and West Virginia en route to Cin
cinnati, where he will stop for a
day's rest Wednesday.
TI
JM GIVES FLEET THE fill
IffiPl! OF C1ISE
of the machine with the operator is
about 600 pounds, making the sustain
ing proposition about one pound to
the square foot,, This is considerably
lower than any other'aeroplane in ac
tual use.
MORRISON COMING WEST.
WSAHINCTON, Oct. 19 -Another
step in participation of orga
nized labor in political campaign
was taken today when more orga
nizers were offered .to Ohio by the
American Federation of Labor and
Secretary Morrison left on a speech
making tour of the west.
,! GREET IW AT
HDY GITY
ENDS DAY OF CAMPAIGNING
THROUGH ILLINOIS AT
CHICAGO.
VICIOUS ATTACKS CC.'sTft'JE
Democrat Now Declares Republi
cans Are Preparing to Purchase
'' Election Says That What the Mil
lion Dollars They Ask is For.
CHICAGO, OcU 19.-Col Bryan
arrived here today in a blaze of glory
after an all day trip through the
state. Dense throngs assembled at
Union Station to greet him s his
special pulled in and a procession of
50 automobiles escorted him to Pil-
sen Park where he addressed a great
... A V. W, t'.l.V .(,- aria, aava.
the depot and all along the route of
parade a great quantity of red fire
. . t
great crowi
d all went wild by cheer-1
. t, , ,:
ing. From Pilsen Park the candi-1
date was escorted to Arcade hall
where another great crowd was on
hand and gave him an ovation.
Features of Bryan's journey
through Illinois today was the asser
tion repeatedly made that the Re
publican party are now preparing to
purchase the election. The Demo
crats he said were asking only $100,
000 to finish the camapiga with while
the Republicans are asking $1,000,-
'XX). Bryan answering his own ques
tion, what they want with it; sai'i
was for the Use On election day aS
they have used it year after -year.
fhe trip from Lincoln was made via
St. Louis and the Democratic .can
didate all along the line was accord
ed enthusiastic demonstrations by
large cheering crowds. He delivered
16 speeches in all, some of them of
considerable length. Bryan will
speak in Indiana tomorrow and in
Louisville tomorrow night.
BIBLE DISCUSSION
ENDS SERIOUSLY
George Helick KiSis Peter Rickavana During Heat
ed Argument-Falls to Death Trying to, Escape
' WALLACE, Idaho, Oct. 19.-As a
result of a quarrel as to whether there
is diety and whether the statements
of the Bible based on mythology,
Peter Hukavana and George Melick
are both dead at Taft, a settlement
near here. . Melick asserted that
there was no gods and that the Bible
statement were untrue. In the heat
f the discussion, he drew a revolver
anf shot Rskavana in the mouth kill
ing; hint alrsvost instantly. Re'.ick man
age! t& tmie hh escape, but while
by
- liii libtal if Li
CCH13
ALL ARE 111 NAFOiiY
American and tepaness Saibrs
Fraternizing and Ream
tresis Tcthsr
SPER3Y TO VICIT E"fnCH
Admiral Will Deliver President
Roosevelt's Sealed Message at Im
perial Palace Today and Will Prob
ably Get Answer.
TOKIO, Oct. 19.The reception
accorded the American Beet by the
government and people of Japan is
conceded by American naval officers
to be the heartiest and most perfectly
.carried out of the many receptions
received by the fleet since it sailed
from Hampton Roads. Admiral Sper
ry said to the Associated Press today
that he is utterly unable to say how
it has been accomplished; but that the
welcome given the fleet and officers
here had been so, carefully planned
and carried out to the most minute
detail that a lasting impression has
been stamped on every American who
had witnessed it Men of American
and Japanese fleet are fraternizing
everywhere throughout Tokio and
Yokohama. Every wish of the Am-
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I guide among the Japanese sailors.
iflC "menca" un,sonn Pen
same everywhere to cordiality from
the Japanese.
The American officers and sailors
are already beginning to understand
the fact that the evident desire on
the part o( the Japanese for the
friendship of Americans is not found
ed upon opportunism.
Since the arrival of the fleet not a
single unpleasant incident has occur
red, though the sailors of both fleets
are swarming through the sight3 of
both Yokohoma and Tokio, Tuesday
Admiral Sperrv will be received at
te Imperial Palace and on the morn
ing of Wednesday, the Admiral and
captains of the fleet will be the guests
of the Emptror at the Palace. Ad
miral Sperry will convey to the Em
peror a message from President
Roosevelt. Words of this message
have not been given out, but there is
a, reason to believe it breathes spirit
of friendship and sympathy, and ex-
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trying to hide in the mountains he
fell over an embankment and landed
on his head. He received injuries
from which he died yesterday.
EARTHQUAKE AT MANILA.
MANILA, Oct.1 19,-Two sharp
earthquake shocks, early today, fol
lowed by a third which was less severe,-
No damage is done about
manila and as yet no report has been
received from other points on the
Island.
Officers (mpre:::j