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HUGHES ISBIITER PILLN. 0. M. Finds New York LeadersSwallowing Hard.

WILL TAKE THEIR MEDICINE

But State Politicians Declare theCandidate Cannot Be Elected.

BOSSES SAY THEY'LL THY TO

Governor Has No Headquarters and

No Henchmen to Further His

Interests.His Cause

With Voters.

S;wv-.al I>:sj»atrh to Tin- Star.

SARATOGA. N. Y.. September 12..Inall tlie turbulent history of politics in theKmpire state there probably has never

Ik en a situation quite like the one confrontingthe republican leaders on theeve of their state convention to nominatea governor and other state officers.Here is the spectacle of practically "the

entire party organization.that is to say,the men who lead the party in differentsections of the state and who compose itsgoverning committees.insisting that theman whom they intend to nominate forgovernor cannot, in their opinion, heelected, yet they cannot prevent h.s nomination.mGov. Hughes, it is conceded on all sides,

will be nominated, unless a miracle happens.Other candidates will be presentedand there will be a vote. But the oppositioncannot decide upon any man whowill carry the prestige of Gov. Hugheswith the convention.

No One to Oppose Him."You cannot beat somebody with nobody."is aSi aphorism of politics, which

was exemplified in the case of the scatteringopposition to Secretary Taft. Itapplies in this case.Bast night when the opposing bosses

first gathered upon the scene of theirapproaching activities their animosity tothp Pfivprnnr yjl* #»n t tn tho r»r*int nf cmr.X- o . V. « «. «» */ * -« Vfl. xJUfjgesting that the state chairman and otherstate officers should resign, as an expressionof dissatisfaction with the candidacyof Gov. Hughes for the nomination.That little fit of spleen did not last

long, however. Its puerility and politicalfatuity became apparent to its proposers ias soon as they blew off steam in sug- jgesting It. \They realized that if-anything were ,

needed to emphasize the split between thebosses and the people in this question of ,

selection of a candidate, with a great ,

moral issue at stake, it would be just jsuch action as that. IChairman Woodruff and the leading jbosses declare they will take their medi- (cine and when the governor is nominated jtry to elect him. But Taft's friends and ,the national management will probably .

keep a pretty close eye on the state, aswell as the national campaign in New |.York. .

Machine Blames Administration.t

The machine managers are grumbling ithat Gov. Hughes is forced upon themby the national management and by theadministration. This is not correct. Gov.Hughes is demanded by the people. Theadministration realizes that it would be a ipolitical mistake to refuse to heed the 1call. 1

The latest word which Saratoga hasfrom Oyster Bay is that the President will !

not insist upon the convention taking anyaction, but that it is his opinion that the '

convention would do well to think twicebefore turning down Gov. Hughes.The insistence of machine managers up- 1

on their claim that Gov. Hughes cannotbe elected, carried, as this insistence is.right up to the convention and in a man-ner to attract attention throughout thestate, giving ammunition to the demo-crats. is considered remarkable. Itwould seem to be more than nitre personalantipathy.The bosses claim the question does

reach beyond personality. These machinel>osses declare the storm which the governorhas raised by his reform measuresand by his attitude toward certain meas-vires of legislation to benefit particularlasses has arrayed a large vote against

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But there is more in it than this claim.A large part of the opposition of thebosses is based upon the fact of Gov.Hughes' absolute independence of them,which has extended to the point of treatingthem with scorn. That has been oneof the cries raised against hup from thebeginning of his tenure of office. Thepo iticians cannot do anything with him.

It is claimed that in NewYork state sue-Icessful politics can only be conducted jthrough organisation; and that it re- jquires politicians to organize.

Hughes' Interests Unguarded.An interesting feature <ff the situation

here is the fact that the prospective candidatefor governor has no headquartersin Saratoga, has no organization and hasno one in particular representing him. He iis stantiir.fr aloof from the practical workwhich must be done preliminary to hisnomination and is not represented in anyof the steps being taken.

It is a most remarkable situation. Old-time politi ians are dazed: they go aroundin a helpless, childish kind of a way.They don't know to whom to look for ordersor for guidance.T; . y cling together like sheep without a

leader. Yet all the time they are consciousof the resistless, powerful wave ofsentiment which, from every corner ofthe state, is forcing them on to actionwhich they do not want to take.One of the leaders of the opposition to !

Ciov. Hughes outlined the prospectivecourse of the anti-Hughes people in ata.k which 1 had with him tins afternoon.He said:"We have until Tuesday to settle the

question of a candidate for governor. Wewill try to show the delegates that Gov. !Hughes, if nominated, will lose the state.,In that event Tuft would lose New York!also in our opinion."We have not the slightest "doubt that i

there is a large vote in this state, out-siue in wie lanuci.'", \v;io are repuumanat all times, which will not vote for Gov.Htftrhes for the reasons so often setforth"This class of voters to which I refer

usually goes with the party organizationthrough the efforts of the leaders in thevarious voting districts. It cannot becounted for Hughes.

Any Other Would Do."To bhe suggestion that the opposition

to the governor is not centered upon anyone man we reply that we do not want torenter it upon any Individual. We onlydesire to prevent the nomination of a manwhom we regard as sure to be defeated.We are willing to take any man who isnot open to that certainty."The hope of the opposition therefore.

vain hope as It is regarded by unbiasedobservers, and. really, almost admittedby the opposition itself.is to work uponthe delegates in the next two days andtry to convince them that the governortthuuld not be renominated. N. O. M.

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IN MARYLAND TODAYBryan Invades Col. Pearre's

District.

MAKING 'EM TAKE NOTICE

Doesn't Mind Being Called "Roosevelt"a Bit.

CUMBERLAND IS ALL AGOG

Populace Is Rolling in on EveryTrain.That Wheeling Affair

Was Fine.

Special From a Staff Ow-respondent.CUMBERLAND, Md.. September 12 .

Mr. Bryan made the first of the twospeeches he is scheduled to deliver hereat Cumberland today at 2, o'clock thisafternoon in the plaza of the city hall.All morning; regular and special trains

puffed in. loaded to the baggage rackswith enthusiastic democrats, and hundredsof others from nearby and roundaboutdrove in or walked. So when theP. L.. which is the affectionate and timesavingcontraction of "peerless leader,"used by Mr. Bryan's traveling companionson the private car Olivette, stood upand made his best £ow all the acres ofstanding room within hearing distance,and then some, were covered with people.In spite of his strenuous labors of yesterday,when the P. 1>. stirred up slathers

of enthusiasm at half a dozen Ohiotowns in the very heart of the Taft beltand wound up with a speech of an hourand a half to a crowd of more than 20,000at Wheeling, he was in fine shape thisafternoon, and after the preliminary huskin his overworked voice machinery hadbeen smoothed away by a dozen or so ofwell oiled political pnrases he got downto business and proceeded to stir up thenatives.He didn't say anything particularly new.

but he dressed lots of old thoughts inspick and span verbal clothing, and gotaway with it in great shape. Of course

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liad been speaking for half an hour or soall the democrats within hearing of htesonorous voice were pawing the eartnand howling.

Faithful Are on Hand.The Olivette rolled into Cumberland before8 this morning, but the early hour

had nothing on the genial local committeeand about a thousand of the faithful, whoiii^edthe sta^te platform and spread over

on the neighboring scenery. Gen. JosephH. Spriggs. city attorney, who presidedover this afternoon s speech-fest, and lieWarren H. Reynolds, who .will introduceMr. Bryan.just as if it were necessary.o the crowd in the Academy of Musiconlght, with Col. John Keating, M. L.Fesenfeir, P. L. Seavor, John W. Averettand David J. Lewis, the democratic eaniidatefor Congress, who is trying to liftUol. Pearre out of his House seat, wereill waiting for the Bryan car and pilediboaVd before the wheels -shad stoppedturning. But they all had to pile outagain, for Mr. Bryan was sleeping thesleep of the weary, with his muchlyshakenright hand carefully draped overthe berth hammock.When the P. L. did emerge, about half

an hour later, he had to tight his way,clutching many good right hands, fromthe Olivette to the porch of the Queen CityHotel and stand there, holding an informalreception, while his breakfast chilledin the dining room and his sunken waistcoatflapped distressingly.After breakfast there was more handshakingand cheering and all such, and

then an auto ride for ten miles or so outon the National pike. While the P. L.was standing on the hotel porch, withrh#» jirm-nnmnine rrowd filinir ttv hima dear old lady, with a much wrinkledface and snow-white hair, who evidentlywas there just because she was interestedin everything and not at all because sheknew a politician from a windmill, steppedup to him. shook his hand, smiled,and said something.

''Good Morning, Mr. Roosevelt.""I beg your pardon," said Mr. Bryan,

"I didn't catch that.""Good morning, Mr. Roosevelt, I am

glad to see you," she piped in repetition.The P. L. grinned until his ears receded."You've made a slight mistake," he

said. "I am Mr. Bryan, and not Mr.Roosevelt.""Well," replied the dear old lady, not a

whit abashed, "I'm just as glad ^o seeyou as if you were Roosevelt. You'favorhim a great deal, and, anyhow, I hear youare both reformers."Whereupon everybody laughed.I might say, in passing, that this Dave

Lewis person, who has aspirations to sitin Col. Pearre's seat in the House, is certainlythe most optimistic soul in elevenstates. He was telling a little group infront of the Queen City this morning thathe had the contest all sewed up and thatthe colonel had no more show than a flapjackat a famine party. And it was veryevident he was sincere in his belief.

Lewis Is a "Hopeful Cuss."After Mr. Lewis had temporarily left

the vicinity I snuggled up to a democratwho knows the situation up here back.,1 ^ .3 i ,1 .« v r, . , vi 1 . , n lv twarus. iorwarus anu siuewaja, nnu bshcu

him to tell me all about it."There ain't much to tell," he said,

mournfully, "and I'd be awfully glad totell it if there was. But Dave Lewis alwayswas a hopeful cuss."So 1 gather that Col. Pearre isn't so

scared that he perspires profusely everytime he thinks of Mr. Lewis and the tightthat genial citizen is making on him.

1 Joined the Bryan party at Wellsburg,a little town seventeen miles outside ofWheeling, yesterday afternoon, and naturallywas a whole lot interested in thetales the various members of the partyhad to tell about the surprising ovationsthe P. L. received in Ohio.Of course, one would naturally expect

the three or four loyal democrats who aremaking this swing with Mr Bryan to talkbig and kick up a lot of dust. But whenan old warhorse of a newspaper manwho has traveled around the country withfifty-seven varieties of candidates andwho hasn't any more personal politicsthan a sandwich spoke of the manner inwhich Bryan had been received in themiddle west and of the sentiment whichthis reception would seem to indicate as"astonishintr" T herran to sit nn and takenotice. And last night's gathering inWheeling really was noteworthy.

* Wheeling Ovation Was Great.The P. L. isn't any stranger in that

West Virginia city, as he has spokenthere several times and always to goodcrowds^ But the turnout of last nightmade everything else tame by comparison.Acres of people were banked on thesloping sides of the natural half ampitheaterthat stretched from the river'sedge up to Water street, and the acousticproperties of the place were so wonderfullygood that Mr. Bryan's voice couldplainly bo heard two blocks front thHgrandstand I know, for I snooped aroundthe edges of the crowd Just out of curiosityand heard the P. L. throw the hooks

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into Judge Taft when I was fully that faraway.As I mentioned yesterday, Wheeling is

a grand place for a labor utterance bytlie demorratlc standard bearer, and youcan just bet he didn't overlook the opportunity.With his accustomed oratoricalskill he demonstrated that th£ {.av<yltediversion .q3T the republjcan party wasto" *neak up behind the* downtrodden laboringman and club him over the head,and then he painted a picture of the democraticparty leading labor along theprimrose path to the garden of nationalbliss, where the ham tree and the moneybush grow side by, side. Before he was

half through some thousands of laboringmen who have not known what a Joblooks like for months were just tearingtheir shirts with enthusiasm.The big meeting last night was the culminationof the Wheeling reception that

began at Wellsburg in the afternoon whenthe usual local committee did the receivinghonors. Incidentally, the most strlk-*Ing figure among the members of the receptioncommittee was that of HenryZilllken, who Is well known up in theseparts and who is running for the statesenate. *

Here's the Real Thing!Somebody ought to suggest to Mr. Zillikenthat If he'd spread his whiskers to

the breeze and turn on an electric fan hecould float Into the state senate, or anywhereelse he wanted to go. My, hutthey are grand. They would make themost famous variety of whiskers everseen in Washington, including the pinkones of Col. Jim Ham Lewis, look like abunch of pepper grass. I saw the P. L.look at 'em enviously ever so many times.After his speech here tonight Mr. Bryan

will leave for Deer Park, where he willspend Sunday as the guest of NationalCommitteeman John T. McGraw of WestVirginia. He is tired to death and needsthe rest. Moreover, he has threatened tochide.isn't that a gentle word.to chideany one who makes a political or otherwisebromidic remark to him tomorrow.

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ALBANY CHEERS SPERRY.

West Australia Wearing AmericanFlags and Singing American Airs.ALBANY, West Australia, September

12..The presence here of the Americanfleet of battleships, which arrived yesterdayfrom Melbourne and which are

to remain until September 17, has broughtenthusiastic crowds from all parts of thestate.Albany is brimming over with sightseers.The visitors are wearing and displayingAmerican flags and singing Britishand American patriotic songs.Rear Admiral Sperry, commanding the

American fleet, landed today and calledupon the governor. He was escorted bya guard from the British cruiser Gibraltar.The people on the streets gav« hima splendid ovation.Limited numbers of liberty men are

coming ashore from the ships each day.The local authorities are providing Torfree meals for them.

TO TRANSFER THAW.

Will Be Remanded to White PlainsJail Monday.

POUGHKEEPS IE, N. Y.. September 12. !.Harry Thaw will be transferred Mondayfrom the Dutchess county jail to thejail at White Plains, Westchester county,under an order issued by SupremeCourt Justice Mills at a special term inthis city today.

BRICE PRONOUNCTD INSANE.

Decision of the Physicians AfterExamination.

NEW YORK, September 12.StewartM. Brice, son of the late Calvin S. Brice,United States senator from Ohio, hasbeen pronounced insane by several physicians,and his brother, W. KirkpatrickBriee of tJ93 5th avenue, has taken stepsto have the former councilman committedlegally as an incompetent and alsofor the appointment of a committee totake charge of his personal property.Dr. Montgomery and Dr. Samuel M.

Stone and Robert M. Daley, who have examinedBrlce, say that his mental processeshave broken down utterly. Hecannot talk connectedly, does not answerquestions or seem to understand what issaid to him. acts irrationally and is quitehelpless. His complaint is diagnosed byDr. Daley as disarthria.Meanwhile Brice's creditors are harassinghim for money. He has an income of

$0,000 a year, and though his debts are

many it is believed they could be adjustedor paid off if a proper committeehad charge of the income.Stewart M. Brice was colonel on Gen.

Shafter's staff in the Santiago campaignof the Spanish war.

F. V. BENNETT SUICIDEFormer Arlington fctatjd ManagerDead in Mew York.

CAREER IN WASHINGTON

Twenty Years Connected With NotedCapital Hotel.

WELL KNOWN TO PUBLIC MEN

Member of Gridiron Club.ArrangedEntertainment of Li Hung Chang

and Suite of Chinamen.

Special Dispatch to The Star.NEW YORK. September 12..Frank V.

Bennett, late proprietor of the HotelGotham in 5th avenue, committed suicidethis noon. He was found dead in hisroom on the seventeenth floor of the hotelat 1:50 o'clock. He had been dead an Ihour when found. Death was caused byshooting..Bennett came to New York to take

hold of the Gotham when it was first

opened a few years ago.The Gotham has never been a financial

success because of the fact that it couldnot obtain a liquor license, being situatedwithin 1100 feet of a church.Recently its financial affairs and those

of Mr. Bennett got into the courts.

Managed Arlington Hotel.Frank V. Bennett, who committed suicidein New York city today, was one of

the best known hotel managers in the

country. For twenty years he was managerof the Arlington Hotel in this city,where he was intimately associated withTheodore E. Roessle, the late proprietorof that hotel.Mr. Bennett left here for New York in

the spring of lfiO.'l. to take charge of theHotel Gotham. He left that hotel some

time ago and since then had no hotel connectionso far as was known here.Probably no hotel man in the United

States had a wider acquaintance, particularlyamong statesmen and' newspapermen. than Bennett. He was a memberof the Gridiron Club, and took a conspicuouspart in many of the entertainmentsof that organization, and in District ofColumbia affairs generally.

Wei Known to Public Men.He was also noted as a raconteur, and

enjoyed a wide acquaintance with publicmen of this and other countries.Mr. Bennett arranged for the entertainmentof Viceroy Li Hung Chang of China

and his retinue of about 100 personswhen the noted Chinaman visited thiscountry some years ago and stopped atthe Arlington. The mstinguished Chinamenwere given a kitchen in which theirown imperial cooks prepared food.Mr. Bennett also assisted in entertainingother noted people from abroad. He

was intimately acquainted with severalof the American Presidents of his day.

WILL NOT CARRY HOSTROMAN CATHOLICS TAKE PRECAUTIONIN LONDON PAGEANT.

LONDON, September 12..The Pall MallGazette this afternoon says that the MostRev. Francis Bourne. Archbishop of Westminster.after a conference on the subject,has decided to refrain from carrying theHost'in the procession to be held tomorrowin connection with the eucharistlccongress, on the ground that it would be

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better policy to have the procession withoutthe Host.The proposal to carry the Host through

the streets of London aroused much oppositionfrom various Protestant societiesof England, and protests were lodged withthe Rome secretary.

ENTHUSIASTIC OVER FLIGHT.

Director Barrett Will Try to OrganizeAero Club Here.STAFFORD, Conn., September 12..

Charles J. Glldden, accompanied by JohnBarrett of Washington, D. C., head ofthe bureau of American republics, whomade an ascension from Springfield at4:45 yesterday In the balloon "Boston,"landed at 6:30 last evening on the farmof James Tellier in this town. The balloonwas immediately packed up andwas taken with the aeronauts to Monson,Mass., from which place both men returnedto Springfield.Mr. Barrett, who was making his first

ascension, expressed himself as delightedwith the experience and declared he intendedto make another ascension soon,and hoped to rise in an aeroplane. Hesaid he should endeavor to form an aeroclub in Washington in the near future.

VIXEN RUN DOWN.i

Gut boat Damaged in Collision Witha Tug.

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gunboat Vixen was run into by the tugboatOgontz in the Delaware river todayand damaged. The collision occurred oftthe southern section of Camden, X. J.,and as a precaution the war vessel was

beached on a mud flat. Henry Berger, a

gunner's mate, was injured when the twoboats-crashed, and was removed to CamdenHospital. The cause of the collisionis not definitely known, but it is saidthe captain of the tug had temporarilyleft the wheelhouse in charge of a deckhand.The Vixen was at anchor, havingrecently returned with the New Jerseynaval reserves from a practice trip.

WORLD'S RECORD BROKEN.

Exciting Brushes in the TwentyFour-HourAuto Race.NEW YORK. September 12..Many excitingbrushes marked the hour preceding

the intermission of the twenty-four-hourautomobile race at Brighton Beach, andwhen the red flags signaled for the cars

to temporarily leave the track the world'srecord for seventeen hours had been leftsixteen miles behind. The scores of theleaders at 1:30 were as follows:Mulford and Cobe, 803 miles; Michener

nnri r.vnch 781: Canra and Parker. 771:Laurent and Marquis, 746; Crane andRippigille, 745.

WIN THEIR EXAMINATIONS.<

First Lieutenants in Medical ReserveCorps Announced.

Gen. O'Reilly, surgeon general of thearmy, has announced the appointment ofthe following named as first lieutenantsin the Medical Reserve Corps as a resultof a recent examination; Henry Clay Coburn,jr., District of Columbia; AddisonD. Davis, South Dakota; Charles EdwardDoerr, Ohio; Lee Roy Dunbar, New York;Ralph Harvard Goldthwalte, Massachusetts;Daniel Warwick Harmon, at large;George Dawson Heath, jr.. South Carolina;Richard Augustine Kearny, Louisiana;Robert William Kerr, Rhode Island;Norman Lincoln McDiarmid. Ohio;Donald Miner, New Jersey; AlexanderDwight Parce, Missouri; Henry FullerPhilips. Texas; William Hope Smith.Texas; Corydon Goodrich Snow, Illinois.Morrison Clay Stayer, Pennsylvania;Clarence Albert Treuholtz, California;John Brockenbrough Harvie Waring. Districtof Cojumbia; James Arthur Wilson,Michigan, and Frederick Starr Wright,New York.

SHAW HAS NEW JOB.

Accepts Post of President of PhiladelphiaConcern.PHILADELPHIA, September 12.Leslie

M. Shaw, former Secretary of the Treasury,will come to this city shortly to acceptthe presidency of the First MortgageGuarantee and Trust Company of thiscity.Negotiations between the officials of

the bank and Shaw had been pending forsome time. It has just been learned thata final arrangement has been made.The company was organized in the

spring of last year.

FIRE'S FURURQWIHGDuluth Is Now in Great

Smoke Pall.

TOWNS GIVE UP ALL HOPE

Steamers Dispatched to Get Destitute

t Inhabitants.

RAILROADS AID IN FIGHT...

Magnificent Scene From the Lake

by Night.Bonfire 100

Miles Long.

Special Dispatch to The Star.DULUTH. Minn.. September 12.-The

forest fires in northern, northeastern andeastern Minnesota and northwestern Wis-consm are growing worse.

Practically the entire north shore andMesaba range districts are ablaze andscores of small towns and settlementsare in danger of destruction. Telephoneand telegraph connections are practicallycut off. so that the fate of the more distanthamlets is unknown.Hundreds of thousands of acres of timberland already have been burned over

and the loss of standing timber on thenorth shore of Lake Superior alone is estimatedat $3,000,000.Grand Marais, a town of 1.300 persons,

one hundred miles from Duluth, on thenorth shore, and Beaver. Bay, eighty milesnortheast, were reported ablaze this morning.and It is feared both will be destroyed.The training ship Oopser succeededin removing many refugees fromGrand Marais and the steamer Americahas gone to Beaver Bay to bring away thepeople as the result of an appeal to Gov.Johnson.

Towns in Danger.Among the larger places in danger are:

Areko, Coleraine, Bovey, Nashwauk. Marble,Hibbing, Buhl. Big Bay, Chicago Bay,Cofton. Aurora, Rensha.ll. Fort WilliamOnt.; Hymers, Ont.; Port Arthur, Ont.;Cascade and Nutson.There is but little hope that these towns

can escape serious loss, if not total destruction.unless there is rain soon.The great peat beds of northern Michiganare on fire. The north shore, noted

for its big game, may be deserted bymoose and deer this fall. These animalshave been driven from their haunts bythe widespread fire. Thousands of partridgeshave been burned. These birdswill fly Into a fire at night. A timbercruiser who came down from Pelican lakesays the moose and deer are movingnorth in large numbers.

Hibbing Fighting Hard.Hibbing, a town of nearly 10,000 persons,has had to flght Are almost constantlyfor two days. The residents there

are being aided by the refugees fromChisholm, who have been supplied withfood and shelter since the destruction oftheir own homes Saturday.The Great Northern, Northern Pacific,

Duluth, Mesaba and Northern Dulufh,Rainy Lake and Winnipeg, Duluth andIron Range, Duluth and Northern Minnesotaand Duluth and Northeastern roadsall have fire trains out fighting to save

property along the lines and to protectbridges and stations.The miners have been called out of the

mines at Bovey, Nashwauk, Buhl. Auroraand other places at different times to fightthe fire.

Duluth Is in Smoke Pall.Even Duluth is in the pall of smoke, and

it is so dense that the lake is invisiblefrom the streets and a street car is invisibleat a distance of three blocks.Settlers In the burning district are beingdriven from their homes, and several

steamers have been dispatched to visit thetowns along the north shore and piek uprefugees.The night scene along the shore is an

awe-inspiring sight from the water. Fora distance of 100 miles there are firesburning In timber and heavy underbrush.The roarings of the fire can be heard formiles.

TREND TOWARD HUGHES.

Delegates From New York Boroughsto State Convention Favor Him.NEW YORK, September 13.Delegates

to the republican state convention atSaratoga next week were elected at conventionsin thirty-four of the thirty-fiveassemhlv districts in the hornuehs of Alan-hattan and the Bronx last night. ChairmanHerbert Parsons' recent predictionthat a majority of the delegates from thecity would be for Gov. Hughes' renominationseems to be borne out by the resultsof the balloting in the conventions lastnight. Although only a few of the districtsinstructed their delegates specificallyto vote for Gov. Hughes, sentimentsexpressed during the proceedings of theconventions in a majority of the districtsindicated the trend of sentiment.Herbert Parsons, chairman of the republicancounty committee, goes to the

state convention as a delegate from thetwenty-seventh assembly district. GeorgeR. Sheldon, treasurer of the republicannational committee, and Chauncey M. Depeware also delegates from this district.

FIVE BADLY INJURED.

Gas Explodes in Safe of ChicagoBusiness House.

CHICAGO, September 12..Four women

and a man. employes of the Wahl AddingMachine Company, were probably fatally*- < «.^ <%/!/»*» Kir or* nvnlnclnn nf 111mnlllljuiru iuuak> *JJ va^iuo.vi. VI. «t*uiuinatinggas in a wall safe in the plant ofthe company, 405 Ohio street.The explosion occurred when the vault

was opened and an attempt made to lightthe gas Jet.The third and fourth floors of the buildingwere wrecked and for a time it was

believed that the injured persons hadbeen killed. A number of other employeswere slightly injured. v

THE WASHINGTON PRIMARY.

Returns Indicate 12,600 Majorityfor Jones Over Senator Ankeny.SEATTLE, Wash., September 12..Latestreports to tthe Post-Intelligencer indicatethe defeat of Judge Root (rep.) for

supreme court bench and the election ofChadwick (dem.) and Humphreys (rep.).The republican vote for senator gives

Jones 12.600 majority over Ankeny. Thereturns are almost complete. For governor,Cosgrove (rep.) leads Mead (rep.)by 5,000 on combined first and secondchoice. For lieutenant governor. Coon(rep.) leads Ray (dem.) by over 3,000.

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WRIGHrSNEWRECORDWings Couple of "Figure

Eights," Just as Easy.

LONGER IN AIR THAN EVER

Aeroplane Stays Aloft Seventy MinutesTwenty-Four Seconds.

MAKES* 39.55 MILES PER HOUR

Speed Record Disappoints Aeronaut.Possibilities in Warfare Discussed

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His daily occupation of making historyand smashing aeroplane records was continuedyesterday by Orville Wright.He stayed in the air seventy minutes,

the newest longest flight that has everbeen made by an aeroplane. He cut figureeights in the air while he was flying. Thisis the first time he has cut this dido atFort Myer.He also made a record of the speed attained.He found he was doing 39f>5

miles an hour.This Is not up to his own expectations.

But the mere fact that It is a little underthe calculated speed, while It appealed toWright as a defect, was entirely lost sightof by the spectators."Oh. this is too bad," said one of the

signal officers, with a laugh, when theflight was over. "Another record gone.Pretty soon, if Wright goes up withoutbreaking a world's record they will bosaying the flight was not a success."

Wrights Not Competing.There seems no doubt that the quality

of the operator has a good deal to dowith the flight. Also, it had been thoughtthat as soon as Orville Wright had establisheda new record on this side thathis brother, Wilbur Wright, now inFrance, would cut loose and do somecompetitive record breaking. This hasnot happened.The conditions possibly are not so good

in France as they are here. WilburWright is handicapped by being fartherfrom his base of operations and in havinglittle English-speaking mechanical aid.Wilbur Wright is said by those who

know him to be a solemn-appearingquizzical Individual. He said at one time:"Oh, yes, I know Orville makes better

flights than I do. But then that Is becauseI watch him and give him sucl*sound scientific advice. I don't have anybodyto do that for me."The comparatively low speed made yesterdayled to some alterations in the machinethis morning. The old driving

sprockets were removed and a set puton that would speed up the propellers agood many revolutions. There probablywill be another time flight made thisafternoon.The engine has been run only on threequarterspeed so far. It will probably be

let out today to full working power.This will increase the speed even on

the circular course and give a fair ideaof what the machine will do.hn the speedtest. It will be in the straightaway flight,however, that the actual high speed willbe made.

If the machine makes a speed of fortyfourmiles, as the designer hopes, thiswill net the makers a bonus of $10,Oho.making the cost of the machine to thagovernment SXi.OOO.

Motor Stands Tests.So far the motor has never failed. Duringthe longest flights it has neither becomeoverheated nor shown any indicationof skipping to any serious extent.On one or two flights, after it had been

running for over an hour, the motor skippedone cylinder out of the four in everyten seconds or more. This made no apparentdifference in the speed of theaeroplane. Wright considers it of no significance.

It has been suggested to Wright byseveral officers that he put a rim aroundhis propellers, thus securing a gyroscopiceffect."That would be a great disadvantage,"

was Wright's comment. "The machinewould then travel in a straight line, andthat is just what we don't want. We wantto have its control absolutely in our power."He explained that having the two propellersturn in opposite directions was not

for any particular utility, but was necessarybecause the rudder and the wire*which control it are in the center of thedraft, thus preventing the use of one propeller."We will try only one propeller later

on," he said.Orville Wright has shown considerable

anxiety over the health of his brother.Wilbur Wright, who is making flights atLeMans, France. He has heard that Wilburhas been suffering slightly from fever.Wright is being overwhelmed with requestsfrom enthusiasts to accompany

him on one of his flights.Wright After Prize.

Wright has said that he is going toEurope immediately after his officialflights at Fort Myer, and. while he isnon-committal, he does not deny that hisobject is to make an effort to capturethe prize of £10,00o offered by the LondonDaily Mall to the aviator makingthe flrst flight from London to Manchester,England.The distance Is Kit) miles. As two stops

are allowed for replenish'ng the fuel supply,it would consist of three flights offifty-three miles each.Wright feels confident he can fulfill the

conditions with the same type of machinehe is using at Fort Myer.Wright arri\led at the testing grounds at

Fort Myer at 4 o'clock yesterday. Immediatelyafterward he prepared to make aflight.He had been in conference with Lieut.

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the aeronautical trials, in connection withthe plans of the naval branch of the servicefor adopting aeroplanes.Weather conditions were ideal. Wright

lost no time in having the machine placedon the starting track. Before making thefirst flight Wright said:"I want to make a flight! of about ten

minutes in order to see how my presentspeed compares with what 1 made atKitty Hawk. X. C."I have a time and distance apparatus

attached to the aeroplane. As it registersonly ten kilometers without repeating. Ihave to make a short flight in order todetermine the speed at whicli the machinetravels through the air."

39.55 Miles Per Hour.Starting sft 4:41, the aeroplane made

nine rounds of the drill grounds. Then,landing within a few feet of the thousandor more spectators, Wright computed thespeed of his record-breaking flights."The annemometer registers 11.44 kilometers."said Wright, "making the speed

a little over thifty-nine miles an hour.We made forty-four miles an hour atKittv Hawk with a little less power."Of course the turns there were much

longer. Therefore, they did not impairthe speed as much as the turns I madehere. But I had no idea there was sucha great difference "

Later Wright found he had miscalct^

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