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ESTABLISHED 1871—VOL. 40, NO. 230.
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SECOND OLDEST PAPER IN TEXAS.
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St. Joseph.
Mo.,
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ter who claims
a contract for crema-
tion in Chicago.
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STRIKERS ARE
LOSING GROUND
STORIES AROUT MOVEMENT OF THE
TROOPS DISCREDITED.
CLIPPERTONS
MAY BE MISSING
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GOVERNOR HUGHES AND
FAMILY AT RUSTIC CABIN,
Dallas Committee That Made Long Trip
to Ask for Extension of Time Finds
No Alteration Can Be Made.
NO ATTEMPT TO
TAKEREYESMADE
MAGNIFICENT ASCENT AND DESCENT
PRECEDE ACCIDENT.
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FULL
ASSOCIATED PRESS
SERVICE
THE GREAT RAILROAD FINANCIER IS
LOOKING WORN.
ST. JOSEPH BANKS LOSE
BY CLEVER SWINDLE.
SOCIAL CLUBS STILL
HAVE A FEW FRIENDS.
TURKISH TROOPS CLEAR
COUNTRY OF ALBANIANS.
Buriai of Crcary
vented at Gonhe
In a brief statement 1ssaed tonight
he says:
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Sheriff Telephones Governor
He Needs Aid.
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account of an attempt
Chancery Clerk E. W.
Hight.
LOCAL.
Tnventory of waters- Pierce Oli
pony’* property In Texas 1, med
diatric t elerk.
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plea of his mother,
the family not to
Laredo, Texas, Aug. 23.—From a reli-
able source in Monterey it is denied
that there has been any concerted
movement of federal troops looking to
the arrest of General Bernardo Reyes,
governor of Nuevo Leon,
t Smith,
mpasas;
W. Me-
; BURIAL STOPPED BY UNDERTAKER
\ WHO CLAIMS CONTRACT.
Austin TEXAS, Tuesday, august 24, 1909.
„Pittsburs. Aug. 22.—Three column.
91 1. k* rioated from the chimnesu „f
th. Pressed steel car company's ulant
In.8 choonvine, tonight, the plant being
still in operation oespite the efforts 0
mhe, mobs to frighten off the Import’d
e”
schorinomisxoer to bo losing ground at
STATE
SERVICE THAT IS
UNEXCELLED
can ascertain this except by offering
myself as a candidate. I have decided
to seek again a nomination by peti-
tion."
.There were, several intimations about
three Ivnchirgs that might take place
at anytime and the handful or guards,
•-total oL e’shty men, mostly young-
■■ wiui be unable
to,cope wth the men of Franklin.
. TheBrookhaven company, with Cap-
tain Storm, arrived at Meadville with
only twenty men.
Quick Ear and Cool Head Saved Chancery
Clerk Newman From Cold Blooded
and Cowardly Enemy.
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prTTeAPBrEantott"bragdvr"euzantss-wto
have already taken severai lives
oDrgb.balloon recently completed
for the Russian government inaks
record flight, but is caght by gust i
after descending and fs torn to’
People of Acapulco believe the can
rerton island were sunk ny ttle, recent
earthquake and ask Mexico'to send a
gunboat to look for the islands.
Hurriman comes upon deck for the ,
first time during his voyage home and
appears the victim oz great fatlguend
at'urassnoiidna. horors with !
WEATHER FORECAST.
Washington, Aug. 23—Weat Texn.
Feir Tuesday and Wednesday,
East Texas—Local rains Tuesday
and..probably Wednesday, inoNainI
north winds with squalls. "
GENERAL
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such action would only result in's state
of affairs that has thus far been
avoided. General Reyes is quietly vis-
iting in the vicinity of Galeana and is
taking no active part in- the political
efforts of the Reyeistas to bring about
his .candidacy for the office of vice
president.
So popular is the general with his
party that it is feared that any effort
on the part of the federal government
to place him under arrest would in-
cite his zealous partisans to such an
extent that riot and bloodshed might
Inevitably rtsulL
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COUNTY SUNDAY RALLY
PLANNED FOR TEMPLE.
CREARY’S BODY ____
IS IN DISPUTE HARRIMAN COMES
to assissinate
CONSTABULARY FULLY CONTROLS
ALL SCHOENVILLE.
A conference committee will stand
firm for the modification of the bill.
The Tarrant bill provides that'no so-
cial or literary club or organization of
any kind will be allowed a charter un-
til It is shown by sworn statements
that no liquor will be kept, stored or
distributed, nor before the list of its
members is filed with the prohate
jugde of the county in which it exists. ,
Clubs already possessing charters
which contain the permission to keep
or sell liquor must apply for new chat-
ters.
A number of families, fearing trou.
be, left today, and it is alleged a num-
her of them will never return.
It is reported today that a horse had
heen picketed within thirty feet of
Eugene Newman’s house last night at
the time the house was fired, and it 1«
if Newman had opened his door
after the shot was fired he would have
been killed.
Paris, Aug. 23.—The dirigible bal-
loon built recently by the Bayard Clem-
ent company for the Russian govern-’
ment was wrecked today near Nalasare
-arayette during itsrpreliminary trial.
The passengers aboard, including Colo-
nel Nach of the Russian army, were
not injured.
The airship made its ascent success-
-voepa, au., aug. z3.—EIght IulY, remained in the air and then i
banks here were swindled out of $4000 • yame down without damage, but while
by two crooks who presented what pur-jon the ground the wind tore the ba:-
ported to be certified checks on a St.1oon,from the grasp of the men who
1ouis bank, but which proved to be! were holding it. It was thrown against
borus. The swindlers escaped. Mme trees and posts nearby and the I ..... g, ...
The ir.scheme WAS to deporit the ten Eippedtosfeces.-The,ship then I an autom^X ana ‘conveyoa
bogus checks and draw a part of their i Lell: n to.the Seine. The four occu- ; at Sharoviiie FL, - ’
face amount in cash. ; Pants: who had stuck to the cat, left ’ r -E
summer for that form of social life
which finds its favorite setting on hotel
Plazas. Rather do they prefer a
nd her eldest daughter—the latter iaunch, family plenica, etc. The Roy
now almost ready to join the ranks of emor can not entirely drop work EVn
_____—_____________________ opponent, of the new
ompany hint to ihedno expeSt allence from the presi.
"ramuear“Eaourmacupacsnthey"winesaappomacras-
Andinas 1a4.moreto -discover. He hopes
o.rind most ot them before he leaves
Sorsthe.west, as well as de member
to,ho so-called foreign tariff commit.
TEMPLE EASTERN STAR
CHAPTER ELECTS OFFICERS
Tompl, Aug. The mem-
pon. o Yuahti chapter. Order of the
E T r"i Star, at 11 regular meeting held
today elected omicers for the
new year
ma X Worthy matron, Mre. Eh
maCoxiworthy patron, Roy It. Camp.
, elate matron. Mrs newl
Breazle: seu rotary, Migs Katie Olon.
Iri treasurer.sem niack conducirna,
Mre. Jeusle Alln; assoctate conduc
tress: Mr«. Frankie Lowelen. The
newly elected omicera will be regularly
Intalted in office at a meeting to be
held.cAucust 81. nt whleh «me a big
■ octal sesslon has been arranged for.
.rThe. Dalla» committee, composed Of
Alayor Hay, Judge McCormick and
the debutantes* spare little time in
.Sherif Jones states over the long
distance telephone that men from the
country have been arriving in town all
afternoon and are threatening to "tear"
the town up. He did not think he was
able to cope with the situation and on
h1S earnest solicitation the acting gov-
ernor ordered the troopers to proceed
at once to Meadville. The captain of
the Natchez company Was ordered to
take both Natehez companies to the
scene, which is about mid wav between
Natchez and Brookhaven. There has
been no further outbreak since Satur-
day night when Chancery clerk New-
man was fired on as he sat at his home
and badly wounded in the arm, but it
is feared friends of Newman and of
Pitchard may clash before morning, in
which event there probably will be
) more bloodshed than when the father
of Newman was killed a few weeks
to-gend out the gunboat General Quor.
ero in search of the islands** Th«
clatms of the Acapukoans Md not he
yet sratly impresaed °
mem, a. „„ gunboat ia warrdenar;
ordered on the quest. “ “
xeErearico., Parboa, formerly sub-
aun arbitration court.
'■ NO SERIOUS DAMAGE DONE
BY STORM ON THE GULF.
Newman last
Friends of Mr. Jerome will at once
start the petition by placing his name [
on the official ballot. Two thousand
signatures are required by law,
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t-*ie mcigG,
te"aunttt"sollomprngonrhe‛runax
mounted troopers are more than a
match for them. Yet all during the
day troops have been subject to In-
aults from windows and doors
they chanced to pass a strike s
thzer’s home. 1
STANDING ARMY IS NOT TO BE REDUCED
Mexico, Aug. 23.— Recent dispatches
from Acapulco say that the pep, of
ilit1 port believe that the Clipper ton
lolande were swallowed up by the sea
during the late earthquakes. No Word
of any kind has come from the sx"nl
andas 5!*® neighboring bed of the ocean’
is known to have been greatly aim
turbed and 11 small tldai »»« to have
occurred, the Port officials at Aca-
pulco are urging the war tiepartmem
"I have been considering whether I
should seek re-election. I felt that I
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satheras chancery clerk further serve them in this position.
But as j know of no way jn which I
In the estimation of Governor
Hughes the famous "reform" execu-
tive of the Empire state, there is no
form of vacation to compare with
roughing it” in the wilderness, but the
governor is very averse to being sep-
arated from his family during the play
period of the year. Accordingly the
entile Hughes household spend some
weeks each summer at a rustic cabin
on the shore of upper .Saranac lake—
the Haks of the Clustered stars"-,
one of the most beautiful bodies of
water in the Adirondacks. While the
governor is Indulging in his favorite
pastime of mountain climbing, Mrs.
Hushes and her two eldest daughter/
are spending most of their daylight
hours of each day lh their canoe. Al-
though their forest lodge is situated
not far from fashionable hotels and a
morning for an advance of Turkic
troops to clear the "Coutr0 "o?Turkia
mans with raptd-tiregunB. °hAha:
xance waN carried out, but the 280d;
arspennawn. Hallway traffic ha. ben
The Austin StatesmaI
Natchez company, Mississippi National
Guard, to proceed at once to Meadville,
Franklin county, to quell or keep down
a riot that-is feared by the sheriff on
ago, at which time two or three other
tnen were killed and the present clerk.
Eon of Dr. Newman, was badly wound-
ed. Young Newman has .recently been
elected over five opponents as his
father’s successor in ofce.
Goshen, Ind., Aug. n.—When the fu-
, cortege "r Cha" Crear’
reached the cemetery today is an
met bv C..B: stover, an undertaker,
and his. .... .... and. several police-'
men who prevented the coffin "being
lowered . ino the gave on th" conein:
tion that Crcary Bix year, ago entered
into a conti a<t with Stover to Save
hie body cremated in Chicago
At the time of Creary's d.<lh at
tainmade a whderfut ascenslon, at.
boat, u world s height record ^or
dirigible balloons. We remained aloft
for over an hoar, never coming lower
than 600 feet. .Just after the car had
come down It wan struck by a gust of
wind anawmnched from the hands of
the men holding the guide ropes, ou pre
[uel was exhausted and we had prac- tak.
ucally no food. "
FIVE KILLED AND TWELVE
DANOEROUSLY INJURED
.Gen oa. Aug .21—Mve persons were
killed and twelve dangerously injured
by.an explonion at 'ho city TsWora
tidaz:. The exploaion occurred iZthJ
puneYpasgahomiecrrbotween the >s
gem,,
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during his resptte nthe north woodn,
a™ he has his secretaries and '
stenographers accor"------ , , T 8 and
wilderness cabin a
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authority that 'the' itd B'thq2,1
benericial Influence for prohibition in
the local option election ordered50 In
held September U In Bell county
by wirelesk via Halifax. N. s., Aug. 1 pagengdtsonverpod " ith «««' or tho
tigITanrirhanactirroke «ratiyta-
ent indications are that the steamship
will be late in arriving on Tuesday DIP
£E. Ot the delay occatonea16 tho
Playing of pool and other games in
clubs and also exempt social clubs
from taxation up to $2000 of property
value. ""
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The source from which this Informa,
t on I gleaned ridicules the story to
the effect that federal troops are en-
deavoring to bring about the arrest of
General Reyes and points out t
FINE DIRIGIBLE
tenight that he will be a candidate for
re-election this fall, running independ-
ently.
lawzer who was shot down on June 14
within.A few of Where Dr. Now?
man fell, was In the Notches sani-
tarum trom.that day untii Monday of
Iast weck, when, unable to walk, he wag
Plased In ? carriage, taken to the depot
and then to Meadville.
The Newmans had sfgmnined A reads,
ness to bury the hatchet, sell out their
property amounting to 310.000 Ana
fqv,t henpcounty. But ther Was fnk
."getting the bo>’’ a’ "ell as the
father and ther decided to stand their
ground. The Nev-----*
Palles, Texas, his uncle and heir?
Wetley reary. had ihe body brought)
'n 'hls city and gave it In charge of!
a local undertaking company who an!
tempted to go forward with the fu- pn Hoard steamer Kaiser Wihelm hour and
nerah I jj ( h- —■ -- <
uThkebodzrwiibashetaain.n.vauit un- :h After remaining in his putteprac:
matter, crear uncle alleges that ho' hour/ on tho time a nce leaving chor.
was not mentally responsible when th.la,..JJ? AuguNt 1%, E. " Marriman
contract with slover’was mad. "no/ppnares on deck this afternoon. Ho
“15 remained in the open air for half an
The four Newman boys. Ernest, Eu.
ene, Sam and Monroe, came to
Natchez, and may return tomorrow or
may remain a few days. The mother
remained at Meadville and the wife of
Ernest went to the home of her father
at Pine Ridge, this county.
Ernest went to Chamberlain'^ sani-
tarium to have his wound dressed It
is a flesh wound. He spent thirty,
three days in this sanitarium as a re.
st of the wounds received in the bat-
tle of June 14. The boys had retired
when an interview was sought. They
were disinclined to talk about the mat.
ter.butsaid that they had thought the
matter had been dropped until the mys-
terious attack of last night. Sheriff
,lark retired at once upon his return,
feeling fatigued after his night and dav
of action. He sad excitement at Mead-
Ville,was high and the situation had a
bad look.
ASSIGNMENTS OE TEMPLE ‛
TEACHERS MADE PUBLIC.
",.2 Su-
coming schogl term which begin. Mon- j
dax.september In additfon to th. a
zuperintendent there are Airey adi 1
tlonal Instructors being carried on the
pay roll, fur the city of Temple. Prln- • 9
apalz.or:the,several :choolg have been 1
named a. followa: High nchool MT. W.
Clemnnt centra! grammar, J. B. J
Shawikengan, W. R Newby; Unter. . J
$18 O!ive Barnett; Vandver, Mie 1
lesteri. Bentley, Mlaa hrinnte I
PaynOi colored schools, L j. Lqex. I
Newman-PItchara feud.
Companies B and C. numbering nftv.
n !ne men; under command or Cantaln
<■ . Patterson, arrived at Meadville'
tatiop on, the Atiss/seippt Central I. - j
1.5 "Clock where ammunition wax
obtal ned.ana the men marched to th
town, a half mile away.
Newman Party In Force.
Natchez, Miss., Ag. 23.— ate advices
from,Meadviite, the county seat of 1
Franklin county, state that the com-
munity * without a mayor tonight. I
three companies of the state guard are 1
to succeed his
despite the earnest
begging friends of
vote for him..
Besides searching, the troopers In.
Mated upon examining the bodies or
the strikers, and if they bore bruises
or traces of being clubbed, they were
promptly arrested, ng the troopers con
sMered such evidence as holding men
partly renponsible for last night’s riot-
The men who resisted were mounted
on the troopers* horses and dragged
through the city to the temporary jail.
.Iate today the strikers’ Wives be.
sieged the quarters of Yfeutenant
Smith of the constabulary |n an effort
to see their, husbands.
.Several of the women claimed, that
public.----------------- wryeners maaemherntzowhthhwene ptkng PB :
opncot optlon campalgn in heli county pinKely’ovehetnehnchggdarana wopt co-
Golf tournnment complimehtar,, + The gloom over the little car com-
the army opens At Dall - to । pany village’ is not attributed to the
_Clmplonship tennis play begun at Iactthet,tomrrw,a funeral had been
Dallas. v - -‛un Ati planned Tor the strikers who were the
--- ' . .victims of last night’s nhooting, for so
far A8 can be ascertained funeral --
ranf-~—*- • - • • - -
1ea have not ns yet been arranged.
The news that additional conetabu-
ary were on thelr way from Witkes-
barre, and would be in the strike zone
rEephonernampanor Elein Antomatte
thT"thesunday meetinzs in Bastrop
Anaignment ot/fempieteqchors made
I Natchez, Miss., Aug. 23.—A telephone
messase from Meadville tonight says
I • hat a quick car and a cool head saved
g Ernest Newman, chancery clerk of
I franklin county, from being shot to
ceath last night. The' would-be as-
sassin waa hiding under the flooring of
Newman's room and when the latter
| walked to the window to draw the
shades, the man under the house
■ crawled etealthily to the outside, cock.
in8.a shotgun. Newman heard the
Click and Jumped to one side. As he
Jumped the gun was fired, a buckshot
grazing the skin, one tearing through
the flesh and the remainder of the
I - charge entering the ceiling. The man
fled through the gate and ran some
instance to where his horse ws fast-
[ ened and escaped. .. ------ -I cgity nen; mostly
E Newman a youngest brother, Monroe, ster in their "teena," would be
aged 19 years, was sitting on a veranda *-------- ”
on the opposite side of the ’house at
the time, and grasping a shotgun fired
K towards the gate, but without effect.
Sam ewman, 21 years old, the youth
Who did such deadly execution on June
,3 14, when his father was killed, killing
F P las Reynolds and wounding Herbert
Applewhite and three others, was a*
| church, and hearing the shots, ran to
■ the aid of his brother. Newman’s
I Erends ran to the place in scores, passea tne
l her , Jones telephoned Sheriff Clark I the house, which refused to
of Adams county for the bloodhounds two. -------
and the hounds tracked the man to
where the horse had been tied. The
hoof prints in the sand showed that
only the front hoof was 'shod. The
horse was trailed to a livery stable
downtown. The men followed the
t houndsand remained silent when the
trail ended. One spark or one hot head
would have precipitated a fearful war-1
I rare, but ft was decided to wait. To.
1 g day some of the Nowman and Pitchard
I “ ractlons who have been carrying the
I feud for years met the officers of the
I tWO counties and one of the Pitchards
I offered a reward of $50 for the appre-
hension of the man who fired at Ernest
I Newman. 1
s ™ PEMSrETQOASLANDS-SINCB THE
Temple, Texas, Aug. 23.—A meeting
of the pastors of city churches and the
various city Sunday school superin-
tendents was held here this morning at
the study of the First Methodiat church
at which time arrangements wore per-
fected for a big1 county Sunday school
rally to be held in this city September
, 1, which it is proposed to convert into
L.0 a great demonstration. lading Workers
that of the State Sunday School association
of Dnllas, Texas,
n, Ind., by under-
Kumett, 4
esbeck; )
chofieid, 7
io; Ellie
F. L.
1.; J. C,
Packard,
oy. St.
klahoma
ZImpel-
n, Now
Jackson, Miss., Aug. 23.—Lieutenant housed in its court house to r.nt
Governor Manship, acting governor in bloodshed and the town is filial went
dreabcanczsorsoovernor,Ncr, has or men or the Newman MaCtinWho have
Cl red -aptain Storm of the Brookhaven assembled to the number of several
ompany and Captain Patterson of the । hundred, all determined to sUBbort the
Natchez company, Mississippi National sons of their dead leader. Dr A M
Newman, who was killed in .thie prin-
cipal street of Meadville on June 14.
and whose son, Ernest, was elected to
succeed his father as chancery clerk,
and upon whose life an attempt was
made last night by a would-be assas-
sin who barely missed accomplishing
his purpose.
As the Newman men entered the
town in droves, Mayor Whittington
wanted Sheriff Jones to call for more
troops than had been ordered to the
place, made other suggestions which
were not followed by the sheriff,
whereupon the mayor said:
‘‘The town is in your hands,” and
left. Later, accompanied by hls wife,
he left Meadville.
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aimed tsomery..Alan; Aug 22-The bin I Thia source or informatlon states
amed,at the.So a clubs and drawn; that General Reyes is still visiting in
by Representative Tarrant, which the neighborhood of Galeana and that
Pased.the senate today, m held up by no endeavor on the.pan ‛"Ahenachat
----, • - concur in ; authorities had been made to in any
msenate amendments. , These way inconvenience or molest him
amendments propose to admit the n can be stated with Certain™ that
recently there has been no movement
of troops from Saltillo, Monterey or
Montemorelos, to or in the vicinity of
Galeana. The two former mentioned
cities are on tho line of the Natlonal
railway of Mexico. Montemorelos is on
the line of the Mexican Central or old
Monterey and Mexican Gulf railway
a line tunning from Monterey to Tam-
pico No troops have traversed either
of these lines today.
s *£ Carccom
niThe. dpath "•* resulting. trom tast
17 vupt oKem R2kndl
wounds. Thia bringe IhTdMIh lin
A" wanga-rm imoes
franchire tnx. Payment or of the car plant mcheduled or TR at”
School boari recetven bldn for heat- arternoonwnz.not ’ allowe to taxe
Ing.ana plumbing at Winn achoo" Plan The.statoconstabu lary hearing
Matter of paying draki nt 568001 held Planav.or iho.proponed meet Ing, posted
x-.ay-* to “ sis
■it w ~ —
pirow, offers some of the bonds L -C c:,. 7 । .
citizens of Austin. p,,.City •ouncil Aots.
City council gives hearing to R V gnttsburR, Aus. 23- McKee’s Rock
Sromisestnemngo"atbowea ui BLEOR
to call the Mete com tab-alary from the
Henry D. Lndmy, reached Beverly sust
after the president had left for Myopia
and were compelie to confer with
Seoretay Carpeoter. Tney asked that
the top. In iallas, which is SChedulad
fon.a fw hours in the evening, be pro.
longed "nt the nest morning in order
Cpassthe.rcople misht have a oa view ‘
0 , the chief magistrate. The de'egi-
Son .found., however, that such a brief
delay would upset the itinerary and
coula nut be regarded as advisable
uThe,peralatent.repori of ‘be reduc-
Erug ‛0 zhenindiarm
and onlynmorg emphaticly denied I
wAnle’•nc'1. however, that the full
strength of the army is 80.000 at the
present time, a fore which the Ar’he
den and the secretry deem is sutll-
Agreeable outdoor recreation again
accupled tho treater part of the pralD j
dna timp,todey. 1e defeated Editor '
01Eden ot.the. Now York Evening Post,
to the Myopia course, Arr. rar thinks
MHKn‘h hel the hardest golfing prop.
t . he. has yet tackled at Myopia. 3
1 his afternoon after Captain Butt
had apent an hour in map AUdy. the '
nIautomobile started on another ex*
ploration tour of norheastorn Massa. 2
chusetta Thla time captain Butt knew
the road and brough’ihe part back
boforordar. Yertrday Ihe^slX*
jK' I.was lost <OT a couple of hour* !
J' 'ho highways of Arlington, Cam- A
Pridke and someryiie in an effort to 3
fX route of the British retreat I
From HoX Ineton. It is scarcely twenty- j
fivoomyeg, inatairly straight line from 1
Tovory to LexIngtn, but the resister I
on the presidential automobile marked
eighty-four miles when it "TiK$
atoppodmin.ront ot th ‘Tar mansion
at 9 • • atter a five-hour run. I
Hevoriy, Mass., Aug. 23.—President
Taft’s grasp on the shart th© golr
club and the Hide ot the automobile
wor. considerably firmer today Al-
• thouzh.he found time to glance over
his morning mall, disousa A few ques.
tlons of state with Ihe secretary of the
troqsury .and pasa smilingly and un-
slUon‘nt throus ‘ the b-wek inqul-
no on.on.u he. newspaper men. He raw
noxyinitors.ot importance, not even a"
anxloua Hn" " from dallaa. *h>ch
mada.n.3 5 Journey to obtain the
PnElty.onsent to lengthen his May
.Tho.mosi important news items of
wouldA. were tho statement that there
would be no diplomatic changes unt
arneresa.convanes" an the ""Epegted
er vat on Wednesday of Senator Ald-
rich to.diacuss the report of ",u mone-
-ay commit don.
inAnyuImportant or immediate change,
some of the foreign embassieg° is
discourazed although Ambassador Reid
at I hL'he prosident Friday and prob-
ably have a few words to say retard-
towaid! Phis1”* Eovermene attitude
! 2w ard this country at the presnt
Fan and its wis as % next Amer-
ican ropresentative to th, court of st
President Taft Authorizes an
Important Statement.
NO DIPLOMATIC
.HNGES SOON
worn n« wan issued this morning re.
ported tonight that they had eXper-
*on” rough weather and said
that. 1 was st 'H dangerous for light
craft to verrture beyor the passes. The
were ruhning so high-that much
as can he axcertaineg funeral ar- difficulty WaN experienced by the pilot
grad, for the "burial of the bod- »"«'■ In reaching the steamer Momus '
bave.not n.yetbeen arranged. ! rom New York. The steamer reached .
port this evening several hours late. ‘ t
the am"nenthsontnet ana
later being pieked up by small boats."
' deposit the 2as ripped. । an »«'-'m^ffi'and rconveyM\oPU
• patt of their Pantsnwhhhasntck Tbethourrpccu i atsharovii The
jit and swam for the shore Le’wertiEtet.wohad, charge of the airship,
----- I Picked up by email bnt1" were f trateasthatuarter.thencotlislon wiih ‘he
Colonel. Nach described his exoerl- res.and.the. C ° .0f the balloon its
ence as follows: ' raP d.decent.wa 9, Ineyitable and it
_____ __ Was steered in the direction of the land.
The
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