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1 r * ? fph , ' ' ' w . „ / - -4 / • \ - ̂ ^ - > | -v; \vi f * ff"y\ %A-,'^f ̂ i^"'7%^J^r P W . < W # ' f f f f * t > * : ~ & ~ s \ * £ * ' ' f 4 ~ ? K ; \ ' « * * " * ^ V V ' '.w EDITORS PROTEST. i • PALL LATEST RULING OF COM* I MERCE COMMISSION UNFAIR. S*- RAlLROAD ADS ftAftRED. Say There la Nothing in tin Law \ That Call* tor Such an Interprs- jffis^-,. tation ---The Commlaaion •,,„<*.* [*' - Flooded with "Klcka." •?!; f£> £„ Washington.--The recent ruling of the interstate commerce commission |o the effect that "nothing but money can be paid (or transportation of either persona or property," means that in future the railroads will be prohibited from exchanging transpor­ tation for advertising space in the newspapersof the country. ^^,JThe ruling has already aroused a storm of protest from the publishers * ̂ throughout the country. Every mail ' Jnto Washington brings hundreds of tetter#' from newspaper men all of /which severely criticise the commis­ sion for "going out of it s way to hit (the newspapers." The publishers in­ sist that there is nothing^ ln^the new v 'law which wpuld in any way forbid the railroads from purchasing adver- tislng space to be paid for in trana- . por tation. and that such a ruling is •not only uncalled for by either the fZ; letter or the spirit of the law, but la •f unconstitutional aa well. v. I One prominent publisher said a day ; jor two ago: • , | 'There ia npt only nothing In the \ jnew rate law which would caJJ for teuch a ruling as this from the com- • (mission, but the ruling ia antagonistic ' jto the national constitution as well, jand it will not be upheld by the / <coOrts. The railroads that desire pub- • . hicitv through the medium of my pub­ lication make advertising contracts -with me, and pay me for the space « tised with transportation which is the same as money to me as it is used by .myself or my employes in connection (with my business. v The' government »: jmight with equal justice say the mer- } ichant could not give dry goods or . jany other marketable commodity in. exchange for advertising space. The- 'courts would not uphold such a ruling ias that for one moment, and there is ino more reason why they should up- ihold this latest erration of the com- , merce commission, for it is equally as untenable as the proposition between the publisher andthe merchant would be. "Everyone knows that the railroads do, and can afford to, advertise more heavily when their advertising ac- !counts can be paid for in transporta- itien. Nor does this increased amount of advertising affect the interests of the general public in any way, but It does assist in making the prosperity of the American newspapers aud peri­ odicals. Th«r transportation that ia given to newspapers in exchange for iadvertising dees not affect in any way Ithe equitable enforcement of the rate llaw, nor does it affect in any way the Irates charged the general public for ^transportation for either persons or .property. It "Is a benefit to the rail- iroads in that it enables them to do a •greater amount of advertising that 'they otherwise!could or would do, and tin this way secure a greater amount jof business for their lines, and under ja just interpretation of the law this increase in business would eventually 'lead to a redaction of transportation ^charges to the general public. It is ian unjust and uncalled for ruling, and lboth the publishers and the railroads should fight/it " • That publishers are fighting It, not •only by their protests to the commis­ sion but by protesting to their repre­ sentatives in both houses of congress 'is proven by the fact that already the commission is ̂ receiving communica­ tions from many senators and con­ gressmen in which these representa­ tives of the people declare they had ;no intention of passing a law that rwould affect the newspapers in this rway, and that there is nothing in Ahe iaiew law which calls for such a ruling /on the part of the commission. MEW YORK REPUBLICAN LEADER 'diaries E. Hughe» Nominated Governed in Convention. for Saratoga, N. Y.--The Republican .state convention met here Wednes­ day, nominated a state ticket, adopted a platform, and then adjourned. < Charles E. Hughes, who conducted the insurance investigation before ttfe legislative committee, was placed Tn nomination fcr the governorship by •dob E. Hedges, of New York county, tine nomination was greeted with tcW mendous enthusiasm. Senatdr Tullyjt •of Steuben county, seconded the nom£ ination, and it was made by acclama­ tion. , / PRIVATE OHIO BANK CLOSED NEARLY ENTIRE FUNDS OF MIO> DLEPORT INSTITUTION GONE. Two 8witchmen Killed. ! Indianapolis, Ind.-^-Charles S. Reed and Herbert G. Oldridge, switchmen employed in the yards of the Big Four railroad at Brlghtwood, were killed in a collision between a switch engine and a coal car. Great Excitement In Town Whan «.v Made Public--To Ar-. . ' v~.£f , ra<t Preaidant. v'-.}3* • Fomeroy, O.--The Middl eport Vank, a private institution at Mlddleport, O., failed to open its doors Friday. It Is stated that all the deposits, amounting to $115,000, are missing and great ex­ citement prevails. Moat of the depos­ itors are poor people and their depos­ its represented nearly all their sav­ ings. E. C. Fox, the president of the bank, has been located at Toronto, O., where his wife's people reside, and his arrest ordered. He is expected to be apprehended and brought back at once. President Fox went away last Tues­ day, leaving Vice President T. S. Armentrout in charge. An examina­ tion of the vaults after Fox had gone, revealed $3,000 in cash and paper worth less than $50,000 on its face to account for the $115,000 deposited. Armentrout was formerly a Presby­ terian minister at Gallipolis and on the solicitation of Fox resigned the ministry the 1st of Julie, converted his property into $6,000, and entered the bank as an equal partner with Fox, perfectly unaware of its financial con­ dition. He has lost his $6,000 and is now almost a physical wreck over wor­ rying about the " Outcome of his new enterprise. The people of Middleport became thoroughly aroused late in the after­ noon over the collapse of the bank. For a time it looked like there might be bloodshed. William Hordett, an old merchant, became so angered over the loss of a heavy deposit that he secured a revolver and sought Vice President Thomas R. Armentrout at his home in the Fox addition with the avowed purpose of shooting the bank­ er. He was intercepted just in time to prevent it , QUIET RESTORED AT ATLANTA. Authorities Succeed In Quelling Racfe Troubles. Atlanta, Ga.-- The race riot situ­ ation ia in absolute control of the authorities and bustness has resumed normal conditions. The city schools are open and well attended and all manufacturing plants and factories, which have been suspended since Sat­ urday, blew their whistles at six o'clock and began operations. All sa­ loons are closed and licenses to negro restaurants and low bars have, been rescinded by city council in special session. A citizens committee of ten, aided by the mayor, police and mili­ tary authorities, are in absolute control. There was no disorder Tuesday night and with 14 companies of state militia, a battery of artillery, a battalion of cavalry, and an increased police force on duty, It ia believed the riota are curbed and peace permanently re­ stored. Atlanta, Ga. --»The. known dead In connection with the riots here since last Saturday night number one white man and 18 negroes. To this number might be added the name of Mrs. Robert P. Thompson, an estimable white woman, who dropped dead Monday evening after seeing two negroes shot and beaten in front of her home. WEST POINT HAZING STOPPED Practice of Initiating New 8tudenta Entirely Stamped Out. Washington.--No more favorable report of the conditions at the mlll- academy at West Point has , been made in recent years to the war de­ partment than that of the board of visitors, of which Gen. Horace Porter was president. In its report, the board says: "The practice of hazing new cadets, at one time prevalent among the older stu­ dents of the adademy, has been ef­ fectually stamped out, and we have been informed that no instance of real hazing has come to the attention of the academy authorities during the last three years, or since effective measures were employed for its abo­ lition." Earthquake at 8an Juan. San Juan, P. R.--The city of San Juan and the island of Porto Rico ex­ perienced a series of heavy earth­ quake shocks Thursday, beginning at 10:47 a. m. The people were thrown into a condition of consternation and indescribable alarm, but the resultant damage was comparatively slight and ire has been no loss of life. Speed Cause of Diaaatar. London.--Excessive speed, cauaing his engine to overturn, has been de­ cided by the board of trade inspectors to have been the cause of the Salis­ bury railway disaster July 1, in which upward of a score of Americans on their way from Plymouth to London lost their liveB. Ik ifc P Taft to Speak at Milwaukee. , Madison, Wis. -- The Wisconsin speech of Secretary Taft, opening the Republican campaign, will probably be made in Milwaukee Instead of ^Madison, as at first planned, during ffe* -fsst week in October. -- ^ -> • Mine 8haft Burned. v , , Dixon, 111--The main shaft of Rut­ land mine caught fire Thursday morn- tog. The flames spread to the coal chutes near the station of the Illinois Central railroad and traffic was de- - iajred several hours. Sociallata to Hold Congreaa. Mannheim, Germany.--Tfts socialist " convention has determined to summon ;an International congress, to meet at tituttgart next Autumn, to demonstrate the solidarity of the socialists through- .Ollt the world. . 1 V * * " Snprema Court to Meet. , "Washington.--The next term of the jWiprpme court of the United States will begin a week from next Monday. The docket now contains over 400 cases and othera will be added before IS 4M* - „ Witii " Killa Wife and Hlmaelf. Chicago.--Charles G. Kline, an Ev- anston coal merchant, well known in the suburb, killed his wife and then instantly killed himself, in their home. He used a shotgun as a weapon. Kline is belleved^to have been mentally un­ balanced. ^ • The Etiquette of the English Royal Household of Life of the futu^intartca Klntf and Queen Castro Seriously III, Washington.--Minister Russell, at Caracas, advised the state depart- mentjoy^able dispatch that Presi­ dent CaBtro, of Venezuela, ia a very sick man. V Wife Murderer Captured. Vincennes, Ind.--John Debord, mur­ derer of his wife, was captured Wednesday by Capt. Kruse at . the fair ground two miles 1fronKtowrfr"^)ebord said he was prepared to take the con­ sequences. 8eventy Rusa Towna Rcbell St. Petersburg.--Grave agrarian disorders have broken out in the prov­ ince of Vlatka. The Inhabitants of 70 villages have disarmed and- expelled the police, and are pillaging the coun- try. The outside world knows very little of the inner life, of the ordering and working of the vast machinery of the English royal household, which must Indeed go with clocklike precision to Insure that absence of confusion which is absolutely imperative. There are several hundred persons on the staff, each one of whom has a clearly defined duty, from which he seldom /deviates, for court etiquette, taken on the whole, Is precise and formal, and many observances which prevailed in previous generations still hold good, the same things. In fact, being done In the same way. . h ' There are several departments ap­ pertaining to their majesties' house­ holds, the head of each one being re­ sponsible to the monarchs for the due performance of duty by every indi­ vidual under his or her authority, and there are offices which are depart­ ments in themselves. Needless to say, each responsible person must pos­ sess the highest qualifications for his Then there is the master of the horse, and it la interesting to note that he takes rank really as the third great officer of the court, and has en­ tire superintendence of the atablea. The office of "mistress" la always held by a duchess, and la vacant each time a minister retires. The duties are rendered chiefly on state occa­ sions, when the mistress rides imme­ diately in front of her majesty, walk­ ing in close attendance in any pro­ cession. She also stands or sits near the queen at royal courts, state con­ certs and balls; while for the last named she is often called upon to take part in the royal set of the open­ ing quadrille. The mistress also looks over, passes, and signs the bills for her majeaty'a wardrobe, and alao signs all warrants issued for this de­ partment. Of course there are a number of of­ ficials of the royal households whose offices are almost sinecures, such aa the state pagea, gentlemen uahera. MAY REGISTER W KNOWN DEAD NUMBER SEVENTY- TWO PERSONS. DdUBT A3 TO ^STIMATE Larger Figure Includes Those Mlaalng From Crews of Oyater Boat* Many of Which Have Put * Into Port. 8inglng and Playing to Her Majesty, the Queen. post, and an abundance of tact In his dealing with all persona with whom he comes In contact. The lord chamberlain, as Is known by many, is a prominent figure at all state ceremonies, and at their majes­ ties' court he it is who makes the actual presentations--that is, reads out the names of the presentees to the king. But there are many other duties connected with his lordship that the public knows nothing about; for instance, he and his department have the absolute charge of all the furniture and fittings -of each palace. Needless to say, this Is a very onerous charge and a most accurate system of detail is requisite. Every article within the palaces Is entered in a huge volume, one of a series styled "inventories" -- at Windsor Castle alone there are 60 such--in the pages of which appear particulars of origin, description, and artistic value, to­ gether with date of acquisition. Noth­ ing whatever which comes under the category of furniture or fittings is re­ ceived in or sent out of the royal res­ idences without the signature of the lord chamberlain's deputy. The lord chamberlain also has completf control of all officials coming under the title "above stairs," this Including the chaplains and physicians, the singers and musicians as well as ia clerical staff. The lord chamberlain holds a permanent post, not going out with his party as do certain others--such, for instance, as the lord steward. The master of ceremonies, another great official, really cotifees very little npon the scene, except at state func­ tions; but it is his special province to Introduce to his majesty visiting or newly appointed ambassadors and other persons of great note. Each monarch has a private sec­ retary, whose duty It Is to open all correspondence and deal with it, the only exception being such as have the hall-mark of relationship or the •'cousinship" of friendly monarchs. pages-of-honor, etc.; these only ap­ pear at court ceremonies during the season, or at the opening of parlia­ ment. But there are numbers of oth­ ers who take their turns In very act­ ive duties, these being lords-in-waiting, grooms-in-walting, esquerrles, maids- of-honor, and women of the bed­ chamber. The lords-ln-waiting and tjfce esquerrles are in close attend­ ance on the king, the esquerrles also riding on each side of hia majesty's carriage in state processions. These gentlemen may be called upon to help receive distinguished guests at the castle or palace, or receive alone those of lesser standing, and In many in­ stances conduct guests to assigned apartnfents. A lord-in-waiting would receive a bishop or a nobleman of high degree, while commoners would be received by an equerry. And the degree of rank regulates whether a guest should be met at the station, the palace entrancef or merely re­ ceived in a saloon. The same rule applies to her ma­ jesty's household, save that Hon. Charlotte Knollys, woman of the bed­ chamber, who is always In attend­ ance on the queen, does the major part of the reception of her majesty's lady visitors. Miss Knollys also does much qf the queen's correspondence, at any rate that of a personal nature, while some of the other Is done by the maids-of-honor, who also wait upon the queen. These young ladies have to undergo very special training to fit them for their posts. They must be fluent linguists^ accomplished mu­ sicians (a part of their duty being to sing and play to her majesty), good elocutionists (as they are often re­ quested to read aloud), expert horse­ women, and clever drivers, and must have a knowledge of a variety of out­ door and indoor accomplishments and games. They are also occasionally deputed to pay visits which the queen cannot pay in person. MARY SPENCER WARREN. fi1nfir11--1r nmnnnn 11nnnmnnirionnnnonnnnnrnnnnononnccmuuu ^MITS HIS MAIDEN SPEECH. New Member of the Commons Taught a Leaaon by Conatituenta. Few^ people have any idea how close is the'watch kept by-earnest constitu­ ents upon the parliamentary perform­ ances of their representatives. About three months after the house met this year a new member, a friend of mine, went down to his constituency He had not made his maiden speech at the time, but he attached little im­ portance to that, thinking that prob­ ably he was more conscious of the fact than was anyone else. He was soon undeceived, for the porter who took his bag at the station remarked directly the honorable gentleman stepped from the train: "Haven't had the pleasure of read­ ing your maiden speech yet, air--we're looking out for it." My friend had to make a polite and pleasant answer, for the porter was a most energetic electloneerer. Then nearly everyone he met began with the pleasure--" natll he was nearly mad. s The climax was reached when he asked a policeman the way to some place, and the constable having in most official manner replied: "First to the right and second to the left," changed his tone and looking severely at the poor man began: "Haven't had the pleasure--" And at this my friend fled. He told me afterward that he be­ lieved the fellow was fumbling for the handcuffs. The result was that the honorable gentleman came back to the house determined to jump up all day and all night whenever a speech was finished, whatever the subject was, until he had said something or other. His chance came at last when he was quite exhausted and when he had real­ ly nothing to say. So he said noth­ ing at cgnsiderable length--and now he Is "quite a hero in his constituency. --M. A. P. Washington.--The weath^ ^ttrW^ anonunced that another "tropical dis­ turbance" la reported as approaching the Yucatan channel from the east, but that there is no Information avail­ able as to Its intensity.\ This second storm was reported to the bureau by the Belen College of Jesuits at Ha­ vana, the same'source from which the warning of the recent gulf hurricane first emanated, which has a number of weather stations. While the bureau officials decline to hazard a prediction aa to the severity of the second storm, It Is pointed out that the remnant of last week's storms being now crowded southward In the middle gulf coast, may serve as a check upon the storm. Fear at Mobile. Mobile, . Ala.--Considerable19 dis­ quietude was occasioned here when the anouhcement was made by the weather bureau that a second storm was present in the Yucatan channel. Mobile ts recovering rapidly from the effects of the recent hurricane. Af­ fairs are beginning to assume a nor­ mal aspect, and business will be con­ ducted as before, as soon as regular traffic is opened by the railroads. The Southern and Mobile & Ohio are run­ ning trains, but the Louisville & Nashville is still unable to maintain a schedule. The streets are being cleared of wreckage^and street cars are running for the first time since Wednesday. Death List I ncreaaea. The number of deaths as the result Of "the storm is Increasing as returns come in from places heretofore Inac­ cessible. The known dead nutnber 79, with a possibility of 102. Four bodies not before counted have been found at Coden, and it is estimated that 23 lives have been lost from the oyster fleet around Cedar Point. This last estimate is not known to be accurate and is probably somewhat exaggerat­ ed for the reason that It includes among the dead every man aboard a fishing boat who has not been heard of since the storm. It Is known some of the boats on which these men were have been driven ashore and it is en­ tirely possible some of the crews man­ aged to reach the shore. Great Lose at Paacagoula. The situation along the coast to the west of this city Is now fairly well known. At Scranton, Miss., sev­ eral buildings were blown down. At Pascagoula Beach not a residence is left standing. . The revenue cutter Winona, for which much fear was en­ tertained, is now known to be safe! The loss to the lumber interests alone by the .st<?rm will aggregate $10,000,000. Tens of thousands of trees of the finest quality have been blown down, and the number of logs that have been carried out to sea or driven Into inaccessible BW&mps is enormous. The great majority of trees that had been weakened by be­ ing tapped for turpentine were leveled and dealers in turpentine are gloomy over the outlook. Huge Sectipn Inlundated. New Orleans.--Reports received from the Mississippi river delta show that hundreds of square miles of land were under 18 Inches to four feet of water during the recent hurricane. The inundated tract begins 50 to 70 miles below New Orleans and Is, mostly inhabited by fishermen and oystermen. Messages from these vil­ lages said that up to that time sev­ eral persons were still missing. Gale at Hongkong. London.--A dispatch to the Dally Mail from Hongkong says: "The observatory signals gave warning of an approaching typhoon Friday afternoon, and by midnight a terrific storm was raging; The violent gale was accompanied by a phenome­ nal rainfall and was still blowing Sat­ urday afternoon. The devastation of the typhoon of the 18th has been com­ pleted. The entire water front is again heaped with wreckage." Large quantities of cane were up­ rooted In the marshes near the coast. This cane collected in great masses on the water and a party of eight fish­ ermen near Buras, who were being driven helpless In a dismasted and oarless boat, report that they ran Into a mass of cane, upon which scores of semi-amphibious and a few small land animals had taken refuge. The cane was packed so closely as to stop the passing of, the boat, end thereby saved the fishermen from what appeared Co be certain death. A fine specimen of a leopard, which killed and part ly ate 21 sheep In one night, har been trapped on the ooMt ^ rytjrfi 1 <<QJJ1H. * •- f ••• ' New Consul at Lucerne. Lucerne.--The newly appointed American consul at Lucerne, Richard E. Mansfield, haa arrived and will enter upon hia duties soon. He re­ lieves H. H. Morgan, who is going with hia family to hia post at Stuttgart Killed by Cream Separator. ^ Chippewa Falls, Wis.--Jessie 'Ma­ son, aged 16, of Sampson, died as a re­ sult of being scalped by a cream sepa­ rator. She was operating the sepa­ rator when the braids of her hair caught and wound around the ahaft. 1 Bug Stopa a Train. Cleveland, O.--A email bug tied up a Lake Shore train and cauaed great excitement along the road from Weat Park to Berea, by getting into the whiatle and causing it to blow un­ til all of the steam was exhausted. ' Dunkarda Going to California. • San Francisco.--The Southern Pa­ cific announced that 10,000 Dunkarda are heading rowarda California 'from Iowa, Illinois, Missouri and Kansas. They are coming to fors; a colgp* Bntte valley, Siskiyou county. TELEGRAPH OF THE KAFFIRS. How Maaaagaa Are Sent Betwesa Chiefs In Zululand. Mention haa been frequently made during the recent native troubles in SoutlA^rica of the "Kaffir telegraph," the stranfee system by which news of any importance la communicated from one extreme of the native territoriea to the other with almost incredible rapidity, and the working of which, it has been stated, is atlll a mystery to tiie white man. This latter statement is scarcely correct Numbers of up-country resi­ dents, traders, and the like are well acquainted with many of the way8 in which communication passes from tribe to tribe. When a chief receives a message he selects a fast runner, and gives him the words, and instructs this man to run in a given direction aa faBt as he can--horses are never used in this work--until he la exhausted. When he can run no longer he enters the nearest kraal, selects the chief man, gives him the words, and this man in his turn picks out his fastest runner, who at once starts off until he also la exhausted, when he acts in a similar way. " With relays of runners like this 100 miles can be covered Id 24 hours. The system of "calling messages" Is largely used by the natives in war time. The air in South? Africa is so dry that sound carries a very long way. Native messengers are stationed at the tops of hills to call messages to each other. It is no exaggeration to say that they can make themselves heard and carry on conversation a quarter of a mile distant; but for obvious reasons they cannot be stationed so close to­ gether, so a syatem of signaling by smoke is carried on at night, but this means Is not followed in such a case as I am trying to describe. A white man named Groom had set­ tled down among the Pondos and adopted their ways, and, except for the trifling difference of color, was to all intent a Kaffir himself. ThiB man once, in answer to an argument which took place outside the store In Mt. Frese, offered to have a message de­ livered in Komgha, about 200 miles away, on the day after the one on which we were speaking, and a note was accordingly written to a store­ keeper in that village and given him.1 On the second morning a Kaffir walked into the store in Komgha and placed the paper in the storekeeper's hand and walked out; but we never found out how this had been accom­ plished.--'London Field. f Foreigners 8tick to Citlea. . Hie commissioner general ot Immi­ gration has made it apparent In his re­ ports that the numbers and quality of the newcomers to our shores do not exhaust the problems of immigration. One of these which causes much trou­ ble and embarrassment is the matter of distribution, it being claimed that the new swarms show a disposition to cling to the congested life of the cities. Professor Wilcox of Cornell univer­ sity and a special agent of the United States census bureau whom we have recently quoted employed statistics to show that there is a general move­ ment cmong Immigrants away from the citlea. On the baBis of his figures it appears that nearly one-half of those who have arrived within the last five years are to be found outside the cities of 25,000 and over. Even with­ out disputing his figures and state­ ments they hardly strike at the root of the matter. With a foreign incre­ ment at the rate of about 1,000,000 a year it is becoming Increasingly dif­ ficult each year to obtain help to gather the fruits of the earth. What­ ever may become of these new re­ cruits when they leave the large cities they appear to studiously avoid the fundamental industry of the country. --Boston Transcript % Nature's Sherlock Holmea. the, sun has revealed an interesting scientific discovery which will delight archeologists. At Castle Park, Col­ chester, England, as elsewhere, the great heat of the last few weeks has considerably modified the natural greenness of the grass. But In one place there were noticed parallel and transverse bands of grass which were much browner than the surrounding verdure. Closer examination showed that the brown bands formed the ground plan of a spacious Roman villa. The shallow soil over the ruined walls of the villa had been (dried more thor­ oughly than the deeper soil on either side of them, and thus th&^sun had made a tracing of the villa foipUie edi­ fication of scientists. - \ Use Guna to Plant Seeda. "It ia aometimes necessary," said a landscape gardener, "to use artillery in my business." "Artillery in gardening? Absurd!" "Not at all. You see, we often want to plant certain kinds of trees or vines or mosses upon inaccessible peaks. In such cases we load a number of canisters with seed and fire them from a big gun at the place where they are to grow. The canisters strike the rocky height, the seeds fly here and there, some l|ght on fruitful soil and In due aeaaon the gray cliff turna green. "Soldler8 with their guna destroy life, whereas we landscape garden­ ers with ours create it." w Giving Up Completely. Two Irishmen were having .their first experience in ocean travel. Mike became very sick just after leaving Queenstown and leaned over the rail In his endeavor to lighten the cargo. He knew he would die. Pat stood beside him with vain words ot comfort "It's no use, Pat" said Mike, "1 am a doomed man. Tell Biddy and the children I thought of them to the last" "Shure,' 'said Pat, "and what am I to do with the remains?" "Never mind," said Mike, aa he trembled with a paroxysm of pain and felt the Boles of his feet start upward. "Never mind, there ain't any remains. England's One Thatched churcfi. The only thatched church in tho United Kingdom Is at Markby, a little village thre« mllea from Alford, Lines. LARGEST DECREASE IN HISTORY OF THE COUNTRY. EXPECT8 FURTHER CUT Despite the fact That 34,974 Names Have Been Added to the Roll, thft Total is 12,470 Below Last * Year's. ,, Washington.--The nrt the pension roll of the United States for the fiscal year ended June 30, last, amounted to 12,470, the largeat decrease ever known in the history ot the country. These facts are brought out in the annual report of Commis- sioner of Pensions Warner, which has just been completed in the report of the commlsisoner expresses the opin­ ion? that there will be a still more marked decrease during the present year. During the year there were added to the roll 33,569 new pensioners and l,- 405 restorations and renewals, making; a total addition of 34,974. The total number of pensioners on the roll dur­ ing the year was 1,033,415. The num­ ber of pensioners dropped from tha roll during the year was 47,144, leav- ing t̂he number of pensioners June 30, 1906, 985,971. The maximum number of pensioners in the history of the bureau was reached January 31, 1905, when it was 1,004196, since which date there has been a steady decrease, aggro- gating to June 30, 1906, 18,225. Death was the principal cause of the decrease of the last year, the number of names dropped on that account be­ ing 43,300. Of these, 29,208 were those of survivors of the civil war, leaving 666,453 survivors of that war still on the roll. There are still four pension­ ers on account of the revolutionary war, one a widow and the other three daughters; 660, all widows, on account of the war with Spain, and 11,472 on account of the Mexican war. Of the Mexican war pensions, 3,984 are to survivors. - The commissioner calls attention to the fact that while there has been a material decrease In the. number of pensioners, the annual value of the roll is nearly as large as it was last year. This arises from the fact that the ratings of many invalid pensions are constantly increasing, the average increase last year being $1.22. OLD STEAMER SUNK IN 8TOIt!t Three off Crew Drowned During Blow on Lake Erie. » s Cleveland, O.--The' old wooden steamer City of Concord, having three barges in tow, went down Saturday night in the storm on Lake Erie, off Huron, O. Three of the crew of 12 were drowned. The other nine, after a ter­ rible time on their yawl boat, landed at Cedar Point at two o'clock Sunday morning and walked into Huron seven hours later in an exhausted condition. The names of the drowned are: Frank Peters, fireman, Muskegon, Mich. John Wiaer, watchman, Milwaukeeu Roy Wakefield, deckhand, Sanilac^ Mich. The City of Concord was built 38 years ago, but notwithstanding her age, her captain, Charles McEcheran, of Buffalo, put out of this harbor la the face of the high wind with three barges in tow. Bible Not God'a Word. Detroit, Mich.--"The Bible la a ven­ erable museum," declares Bishop Charles D. Williams, of the Episcopal diocese of Michigan, in an address to Y. M. C. A. members here on "The Bible and the Word of GodJ" He said the Bible Is not the word of God, and that the teachings to the contrary are the most prolific source of unbelief the church has to contend with. Safety Applance Suite. Washington. -- Attorney General Moody has directed that suits be brought against a large number of railroad companies to recover penal­ ties for violation of the safety appli­ ance law through failure to keep their equipment in proper condition. The largest number of violations attrll* uted to any road is 51, against the Delaware & Hudson company. Balloons in Endurance Test. Paris.--Sixteen balloons, averaging over 2.000 cubic meters capacity each, and representing seven countries, sail­ ed away from the Tuileries gardens, In the heart of Paris, Sunday after­ noon in the first competition for the Gordon Bennett cup for international aeronauts. Secretary Root at Waahington. Washington.--The United States naval vessel Sylph with Secretary Root aboard, arrived in Washington Sunday. Accompanying Mr. Root was Mrs. Root and his son and daughter. Class A Champion Contesta. Columbus, O.--Buffalo won the third game of the series with Columbus for the class A minor league champion­ ship Sunday. Corcoran scored the only and winning run for Buffalo on two hits and Veil's bad throw. Champions of Iowa. Burlington, Ia.--The Burlington hall team. Iowa league champions, defeat­ ed Cellar Rapids, Three-Eye league champions, in the contest for the championship of Iowa. Burlington's Victory makes four out of seing|^ Costly Fire at Ripon. Ripon, Wis.--Fire which started In the store of William Meisenberg, de­ stroyed the opera house, the Method­ ist church and several smaller build­ ings. Loss, $50,000, half of which is <m the church and theater. Ruaaian Military ScanilJki St. Petersburg.--There Is good son tq anticipate the disclosure of a grave military scandal, a colonel of en­ gineers having been arrested an at leged connection with the sale of iafr> portant frontier plana. ^ _ : -- : •srifc'K.v Ir lA jL„.. O . j