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McHENRY, e Mcflenry Plalndealcr by P. Q. 8CHREINER. ILLINOIS. After all, the best way to avoid beat l^rofitrations is to keep cool. Eminent actresses stifl insist on losing their diamonds. Airships and wireless messages are Crowding the atmosphere. Summer began working at the joti Industriously as soon as it arrived. Summer-resort mosquitoes have not heard of the war on them. Some of the flies may have romantic natures, but never mind that. It appears from official reports that there is also a made-in-Germany de­ ficit. Be thankful that radium at present prices is not one of the necessities of life. Those who cannot swim should avoid wading in water more than ten fee* deep, v Pish cakes exploded in a New York •tore and wrecked the place. They were probably made from the torped" fish. The best statesmanship these days fa exerted not toward getting nations <#ut of debt, but toward getting then> deeper in. Every man cannot join the uplift by ridding the world of African lions, but be can assist at spreading traps for the feet of the nefarious housefly. Whatever romance there may be In international marriages is removed When the bride's father mast settle J*e groom's debts. It is announced that the Greek ilirama is about to become a fad with Jrmerican theater-goers. It is just an accuse to get women to wear that style of clothes again. The yellow peril is a literal and tenacing fact wherever Sunday hools and well-meaning but worldly- Ignorant reform movements subject girls to the sinister association of Chilli lamen. A Russian grand duke has Bent an # order for the American invention of •liver forks for corn on the cob and •gain does the genius of the western hemisphere triumph over the nonre­ sourcefulness of effete Eurojte. •:]$•/,,A man was arrested in New York . '•• for kissing his wife in their own Itome while the shades at the window 'Were up. This is but a step removed from arresting a man for kissing his wife on Sunday, which will probably follow as a b|ue law not to be over- ^:t°ked- _____ I i i Princeton university rejoices In a i fl|udent who has discovered the first Comet seen this year. That young nan probably is destined to promi­ nence in the astronomical world. He »ay not have hitched his wagon to a (iter, but towed by a comet he may «et there just the same. FHends at Washington of Comman­ der Peary, the Arctic explorer, be­ lieve that he has reached the North Pole and the goal of his ambition and leas placed the American Sag there. This, if verified, will be a crowning triumph for American pluck and per­ severance. Incidentally the announce­ ment will also save trouble for a num­ ber of other gentlemen headed in the flame direction or contemplating a trip to the pole. V ^ Chicago magistrate has decided ffl^at It is no crime for one person to tread on another person's foot, but that neither is it a crime for the down­ trodden person to retaliate by smit- «tg the foot-crusher In the eye or on the jaw. If Solomon could revisit the t earth and hear some of the judicial decisions of modern life, he would ac­ knowledge the folly of trying to keep the record for freak 'decisions for an Instant. FLIES OVER CHANNEL LOUIS BLERIQT WIN8 FAME AN I) $5,000 IN DARING AERIAL TRIP. FROM FRANCE TO ENGLAND The mosquito is made almost a bird of prey by the dispatch from Cape Town which states that un overflow of the Orange river due to a heavy rainfall, has bred so many mosquitoes In the Gordonia northern district that three-quarters of the population are effected with malaria, which has been Catal in many cases. In Rome parts of the world the house screen Is a sani­ tary necessity, both day and night, but the housefly is the chief danger in non-malarious countries. Chicago's plan for the construction of an auditorium capable of accom­ modating 45,000 people is interesting. But the architects will have a task «n planning a building in which so many can And seating or standing room within ear-shot of speakers. A vast hall in which only a portion of an as­ semblage can get within hearing dis­ tance of the speakers' platform would be disappointing and therefore less desirable than a smaller hall in which all can participate in the "doings." It has long been remarked that an island off Chicago that could be used lor pleasure purposes would be bet- 4 ter than the richest of gold mines for !!v . Its owner, but there is no such pro- £,•/ lection from the bottom of the lake, *Dd Chicago has had to be content H with parks along the shore. But now j v ' ,.*•' It *8 suggested that an island be con- 1 ' .t ^utructed on a reef which exists in the ^ 4 vV "iBhallow lake off the city, for a public fc* : Ul\Jpark This 18 visi°nary, and If an r£" - 'l8laI1<1 were made with dredgings and " dumpings it would lack beauty be- *, ®au*e of its docked shores. Makes Speed Close to MHe a Minute as He Crosses the British Watei* way--OrvilK Wright Compliments French Rival. Dover, England.--Louis Bleriot, the famous French aeronaut, performed the feat of flying across the English channel from Calais, France, in his monopl&ne. He landed on the cliffs of Dover shortly after dawn Sunday. The aviator accomplished the re­ markable feat of flying across the channel in 23 minutes, traveling at the rate of nearly a mile a minute. Bleriot left Les Baraques, three miles from Calais, about 4:30 a. m., on one of the smallest monoplanes ever used. He crossed the channel in a little less than half an hour, twlqe as swiftly as the fastest mail- boat. His speed averaged more than 45 miles an hour, sometimes it ap­ proximated 60 miles. He kept about 250 feet above the sea level and for ten minutes, while about mid-channel, was out of sight of both coasts and the French torpedo destroyer which followed him, with his wife and friends aboard. By his achievement Bleriot won the prize of $5,000 offered by the London Daily Mail, for the first flight across the English channel, and stole a march on his rivals, Hubert Latham and Count de Lambert, both of whom had hoped to make the attempt Sun­ day. Bleriot tried Saturday to reach an agreement with Latham that neither should attempt to cross the channel until a certain <tlme, but Latham re­ fused. Bleriot, who speaks a little. Eng­ lish, described bis remarkable flight modestly. Describes His Feat. "I arose at three o'clock," he said, "and went to the aeroplane shed. Finding everything in order on the trial spin, I decided to make the flight. The French torpedo boat de­ stroyer which was in attendance, was signaled and it put out about four miles. Then I rose In the air and pointed directly to Dover. After ten minutes I was out of sight of land and had left the warship well be­ hind. For a few minutes I could not Bee either coast, nor any boat. I tried to keep at an average height of 250 feet. I might «pa»!y have gone higher, but it wottfd have served no purpose. This was about the right height, I thought, to clear the Dover cliffs safely." Bleriot said be had absolute control of the machine throughout and had no fear that the motor would fail. Wright Compliments Bleriot. Washington. -- On the eve of making an aeroplane flight involv­ ing greater dangers than Bleriot risked in crossing the English chan­ nel, Orville Wright expressed great pleasure when he learned the success of the Frenchman. "I have said all along that Bleriot would be the first to make the flight across the channel once he decided to attempt it," said Mr. Wright. "It was a great flight," he added.- That it was a personal triumph for Bleriot, however, rather than any in­ dication of advancement in the art of flying, was Wright's idea of the sig­ nificance of the accomplishment. He spoke admiringly of Bleriot, saying he was one of the most daring of all aviators. Mr. Wright is familiar with the Bleriot monoplane, which, he said, is of the Antoinette type used by Hubert Latham but antedates the latter's form of construction. "I believe Bleriot has added mov­ able wing tips to his machine since I saw it," said Mr. Wright. "His type of monoplane is based on the prin­ ciples of the old French toys and on the models used by Penaud, to which Prof. Langley's machine was also sim­ ilar. The monoplane, however, has not as good a method of control as the biplane which we use." Hay Men in 8ession. Cedar Point, O.---The National Hay association began Tuesday what promises to be the most important convention it has held since its organ­ ization 15 years ago. The constitution and by-laws, the trade rules and the arbitration rules are to be revised, and the hay rate case, which has been a subject of discussion in every re­ cent convention, is scheduled for final disposition at this session. Presidents' Meeting Place Changed. Mexico City.--El Imparcial pub­ lishes what seems to be an offi­ cially inspired article in which it de­ clares that President Taft and Presi­ dent Diaz will meet next September at San Antonio instead of El Paso. Sll MEET DEATH it A WRECK WABASH PAS3ENGERTRA1N PLUNOE8 THROUGH BRIDGE. Forty-Two Injured as Big Four Train Running Fifty Miles ag Hour Is Wrecked at 2ionville, Ind. Kansas City, Mo.--With a roar that could be heard for miles, Wabash pas­ senger train No. 4 plunged into the Missouri river 30 miles , east of this city. - Six passengers iost their liV.es, and of the 20 injured it is believed three will die. The dead were: Charles Flowers, engineer, Kansas City; Louis Bond, fireman, Moberly, Mo.; Harry Eckert, baggageman, St. Louis; Daniel, two- year-old son of E. L. King, Eldon, Mo.; Charles Anthony, Jesse Oldham. Those seriously injured are: Frank Gardner, Mt. Vernon, O.; Mrs. S. S. Hackett, Orrick, Mo.; Miss Irene Dor- ton. Orrick, Mo. Among the injured who are expect­ ed to recover are: P. W. Saathoff. St. Louis; Peter Nau, Cleveland, O.; Jacob' Steinfeld, Cleveland, O.; George Metcalf, Cedar Rapids, la. Of the eight cars which made up the train five and the engine are now in the river, with the water qovering all of them except one end of the Des Moines sleeper. The bridge had been weakened by recent floods. Eight mail clerks were saved only by the fact that the roof of their car was torn off and allowed them to get out on top of the car and swim for the shore. None escaped injury. Dr. Turner Lohveck, a woman phy­ sician of St. Louis, was the heroine of the wreck according to railroad of­ ficials and passengers. In 30 min­ utes she gave temporary treatment to 27 injured persons, several women passengers assisting her by preparing bandages. "It seemed to me eyery woman there tore up her skirts for dress­ ings." said Dr. Lohveck. "Clothing was freely given by the uninjured and many emptied their baggage of wear­ ing apparel." Indianapolis, Ind.--Forty-two per­ sons were injured in a wreck of the Big Four train No. 16, from Chicago to Cincinnati, at Zionsville, 17 miles northwest of this city Sunday. Six of the passengers most seriously hurt were brought to hospitals in this city. They are: D. P. feeatty, Akron, O., roadmaster Lake Erie & Western railroad; H. B. Creel, American Book Company, Cincinnati; Edward Long, LaFayette, Ind.; Dr. D. A. Sullivan, Lima, O.; Mrs. Mary Elzy, Louisville, Ky.; Jacob Elzy, Louisville, Ky.; Mrs. Magnolia Miles, Knoxville, Tenn. All the others injured were able to continue to their destinations on a special train made up in this city and sent to the scene of the wreck. ( The baggage car and the coaches behind it left the track while the train was running 50 miles an hour. The locomotive held to the rails. Several of the coaches turned over. There were 200 passengers on the train, and those unhurt, jojned by Zionsville citi­ zens, took the injured out of the car. windows. TWO DIE IN CLOUDBURST. Colorado Picnic Party In Mountain Deluge--Illinois Woman Among Those Who Escaped. Boulder, Col.--Two are dead and two seriously injured as the result of a cloudburst that deluged Two-Mile Canyon, north of Boulder, Friday. The dead: Verne Carlise, aged 13, Boulder. Arthur Dickerman, aged 25, Greeley. The seriously injured are: Mrs. Abott, Garden City, Kan.; Miss Bris- tow, University of Colorado. The victims were members of a pic­ nic party. When the rain began to fall the party sought shelter under a huge bowlder. Presently a torrent swept down the canyon to a depth of two feet. Six were able to gain shel­ ter, bat in aiding their companions, Dickerman and Carlisle were swept down with the torrent. Among those who escaped were: Mrs. Ross of Rob­ inson City, 111., and Miss Robinson of Omaha, Neb. Houaton, Tex.--Twenty-three re­ ported dead, 14 missing, eight injured and a property loss totalling millions is the most complete estimate on the result of the storm which raged over the southern coast of Texas. The communication with the stricken dis­ trict was still fitful Saturday, and not until full reports are received will the full damage and loss of life be known. Was Not Leon Ling. London.--The man whom an Amer­ ican visitor saw outside a jewelry shop here on July 15, and identified as Leon Ling, the Chinaman suspect­ ed of the murder of Elsie Sigel in New York on June 9, has been traced by Scotland, Yard detectives and found to be a Japanese. Gov. Hughes on Way West. Albany, N. Y.--Gov. Hughes, accom­ panied by Col. George C. Treadwell, his secretary, left for the Alaska- Yukon exposition at Seattle. ' ̂ French naval officers have succeed* ^;«d in conversing at a distance of 100 '.'.."miles with wireless telephone. This [H is an achievement that transcends th« • feats of wireless telegraphy over iJpl" '.many times that distance, because in jjf ^ x naval service ability to talk back and 'forth during the progress of a fleet f . will be invaluable. But the usefulness r*C,of the wireless.telephone will proba- , '$• J>ly be restricted to the sea, because Kv-i if-there are too many interferences on through electrical developments Roosevelt Reaches Naivasha. Niavasha, British East Africa.--Col. Roosevelt and all the members of his ty w"iiu tuts exception of Edmund Heller, arrived here Thursday from their hunting trip on the shore of Lake Naivasha. Kills Wife; Shoots Himself. Cincinnati.--Nelson TuHy shot and killed his wife in their home in La- tonia, Ky., a Buburb of Covington, Ky. He then turned the weapon upon himself, inflicting a wound that may be fatal. Safe Blowers Foiled. Bedford, Inc^. -- Safe crackers blew the safe of the Oolitic post office, but got nothing, as they failed to open the inner door after three trials. The explosions aroused the villag­ ers and the cracksmen fled, leaving tools and nitroglycerin at the safe. They isxpected to get much money, which is deposited every pay day by the foreign laborers, who send it to the old country, but pay day does not come until to-day. Bloodhounds failed to find a trail. Two Drowned While Fishing. Marshall, Mich.--James Comsthek, Jr., and Benjamin Curtis were drowned in a mill pond, Kalamazoo river, after floating down from Ma­ rengo. Both were standing' in the boat casting when it capsized. Umpire Attacked; Fifteen Hurt. Jackson, Mich.--A fnob chased Umpire Eldredge of the Southern Michigan league from the grounds. In the rush of spectators the grandstand collapsed, injuring fifteen or twenty persons, i;hree seriously. THE NEW COLOSSUS. FLEES WITH MOO WR8T NATIONAL BANK OF TIP. TON, IND., CLOSES WHEN , OFFICIAL FLECt. V With Von Buelow Dismounted, Wilheim Appears Even More Hcroic. SLAYER CONFESSES CRIME FORMER INDIANA GIRL MAKES HUSBAND ADMIT MURDER. J. L. Byrd, Arrested in Denver Soon After Wedding, Tells of Killing Fellow Clerk in Memphis. Denver, Col.--James W. Robinson, who was arrested here Thursday on suspicion of being J. L. Byrd, wanted In Memphis, Tenn., for; the murder of Joseph Black, a shoe dealer of that city, has confessed, at the behest of his wile, that he was the murderer. Byrd was married two weeks ago at Colorado Springs and with his bride was enjoying his honeymoon at Den­ ver, The prisoner's wife, Elsie Syms Robinson, came to Denver with her parents from Terre Haute, Ind. Robinson's confession followed a talk with Chief of Police Armstrong j'n the latter's office. Robinson's bride of two weeks, who was present, finally' interrupted. "Jimmie, if you are the man, tell them," she said. "It will make no difference to me, because I will stick by you no matter what the circum­ stances." There was silence for a moment. Then Robinson, white and shaking, owned up. "Chief," he skid, "I am the man you want. I killed Black because I thought my life was in danger. We engaged in an argument over a base­ ball bet and he started toward me with an open knife in his hand. "I seized the only weapon at hand, a shoe stretcher, and struck him over the head with it. I did not mean to kill him. I didn't tell you before on account of my wife." Byrd added that Black previously had insulted him several times. "For two years I have been wish­ ing that I'd never left home," he safd, "and now that I've been caught and told my story, I am happy and will go back there and clear up every­ thing and commence to live right." THANKS COURT FOR DEATH. Hindoo 8tudent Will Be Executed for Assassination of 8ir William Hutt Curzon Wyllle. London.--Madarial Dhinagri, the Hindoo student who, on the night of July 1, at the conclusion of a public gathering at the Imperial institute, shot and killed Lieut. Col. Sir William Hutt Curzon Wyllle and Dr. Cawas Lalcaca, was found guilty and sen­ tenced at the conclusion of a trial of less than an hour at the Old Bailey Friday. As the lord chief justice concluded in pronouncing sentence the prisoner drew himself up in military style and saluted. He said: "I thank you, my lord. I am proud to have the honor of laying down my humble life for my country. Your sen­ tence of death is perfectly illegal. You are all powerful and can do what you like; but remember, we will have the power some time. That is all I have to say." New Trunk Murder Mystery. Lynn, Mass. -- Another trunk murder mystery was added . to criminal annals by the finding of the body of Minos K. Monjlan in the room of Vahan Nalbandian in a boarding house here. Both Monjlan and Nal­ bandian were shoe workers. There was a bullet wound and several knife wounds in the breast. The motive Is not known, as the slayers have fled. Literally Wrung to Death. New York.--Max Ozzine wajl literal­ ly wrung to death in the mlnner of laundry which he handled in a Hoboken laundry. His liand caught between two immense rollers and he was crushed and flattened like a moist garment as a doaen girls looked on. % Six Sentenced to Death. Tiflis.--Six "brigands were sentenced to death" on being convicted of kidnap­ ing a rich merchant for the of obtaining a ransom. Wireless Alarm for Ship Fire. New York.--A wireless fire alarm, sounded from .the steamer Vigillancia of the Ward line, after she had docked in Brooklyn, brought fire boats from Manhattan to fight a blaze In her cargo. The loss will be heavy. GROW DESPITE DEPRESSION. Increase of Building and Loan Asso> ciations Reported at Convention of United States League. Philadelphia.--That the local build­ ing and loan associations have not suffered appreciably during the period of financial depression was shown by the report of Secretary H. F. Cel- larius of Cincinnati, to the annual convention of the United States league of such associations here Wednesday. The figures for 1908 con­ tinue to show a marked increase in the membership and the total assets, as well as an increase in the total number of associations. According to the present report, there are 5,599 local building and loan associations in the United States, with a total membership of 1,908,811, and assets amounting to $775,665,008. This is an increase in membership over last year of 69,692 and an increase for the year in assets of $44,156,562. The sessions of the convention are being held at the Hotel Majestic, and President W. G. Weeks of New Iberia, La., is in the chair. Representatives of the state, county and city welcomed the, delegates Wednesday morning, and Mr. Weeks and the other officers made their yearly reports. L. T. Hart- sell of Concord, N. C., read a paper on "Home Owning." Among the speakers at the afternoon session were Congressman Charles E. Town- send of Michigan. INDICTED FOR MURQER. Dr. Miller, Mrs. Sayler and Her Father Charged with 8laylng Illinois Banker. Watseka, 111.--The special grand jury called by Judge Hooper in the Sayler murder case returned Indict­ ments Wednesday against all of the parties accused of the crime. There are two indictments. The first contains 14 counts and in vary­ ing forms charge Dr. Miller, Mrs. Lucy Sayler and John Grunden with the murder of J. B. Sayler. The sec­ ond indictment charges Ira Grunden, brother of Mrs. Sayler, with being an accessory after the fact. Dr. Miller, Mrs. Sayler and the two Grundens were arraigned Thursday morning and their cases set for trial. It will be determined whether a spe­ cial session of court will be called or whether the cases will go over to the regular term. Each of the defendants pleaded not guilty. ft is regarded as certain that the defense will make a motion for a change of venue to some other county far removed from Iroquois. FRENCH CABINET FORMED. Arlstide Briand, the New Premier, Presents Names of His Aids to President Fallieres. Paris. -- After a day of con­ ferences Aristide Briand succeeded in forming a new French ministry and officially announced the success of his endeavors to President Fallieres. The new cabinet is made up as follows: Premier and Minister of the interior and of public worship, M. Briand; minister of justice, M. Barthou; min­ ister of foreign affairs, M. Pichon; minister of finance, Georges Cochory; minister of education, M. Doumergue; minister of public works, posts and telegraphs, M. Mlllerand; minister of commerce, Jean Dupuy; minister of agriculture, M. Ruau; minister of the colonies, M. Trouillot; minister of labor, M. Vivlanl. Find Dr. Spitz Relic. ' Geneva, Switzerland.--The- <!ce ax of Dr. Spitz of Baltimore, who was killed by an avalanche in 1870, was discovered at the bottom of the Bos- sons glacier at Chamonix. Tftftf ax bears the name of Dr. Spitz. 908,000 Acres for Homes. Washington.--Approximately - 908,- 000 acres of land in Wyoming w'ere designated by Acting Secretary of the Interior Pierce as coming within the enlarged homestead act. Up to date this makes a total of 11,584,080 acres of land so designated in Wyoming. Staunton (Va.) Votes "Dry." Staunton, Va.--In a local option election held here Staunton joined the ranks of the "dry" towns of the state, voting against saloons by a majority of 20 Daughter of President Dead. Winchester, Va.--Mrs. Elizabeth Taylor Dandridge, daughter of Presi­ dent Zachary Taylor and a former mistress of the White House, died here Sunday, aged-85. Mrs. Dandridge was the third daughter of Gen. Zachary Taylor, twelfth president of the United States, and was born at Fort Snelling, Minn., April 20, 1824. Death was due to heart failure follow­ ing a long period of illness. Mrs. Dandrtdge's eldest sister, Sarah Knox Taylor, was the first wife of Jefferson Davis. Plague Victim In Germany. Koenlgsberg, Germany. -- Roger Whinfield, a wealthy business man oi Fond du Lac, Wis., who in February married Miss Eiinore Quinby, daugh­ ter of Edward H. Quinby, a million­ aire of Wooster, O., died here of cholera. Mr. and Mrs. Whinfield ar­ rived Tuesday from Russia where cholera has been raging. A few hWrs after the man died in a hotel. Hip body was burled at once to keep from alarming the town. The widow of the jpan and the railroad employe* are Isolated. ESCAPES WITH A&r CASH Noah R. Marker, Assistant Cashier, After Getting Institution into Litigation, Locks the Em; Vault and Disappears. Tipton, Ind.--The First National bank of this city, one of the old finan­ cial institutions of northern Indiana, is closed and its assistant cashier, Noah R. Marker, has disappeared, tak­ ing with him between $50,000 and $60,000, which was all the . cash that was in the bank's vaults it the close of last Saturday afternoon. Marker, after sweeping together the money, set the time lock on the safe so that it could not be opened until Monday morning and left the city on a traction car for Indianapolis at eight o'clock Saturday night, telling his wife he should spend Sunday with his parents in Indianapolis. Nothing more has been heard from him. Marker left a note on the desk of his brother, William Marker, cashier of the bank, saying he had gone for ever and that he had taken "enough money to pay his expenses." The fact that he had emptied the cash box of nearly $60,000 was not known until the time lock gave admittance to the vault. Whether Marker had previously ta­ ken money from the bank's funds and had covered up the defalcations by making false entries in the books can­ not be known until a National bank examiner, who has arrived, has com­ pleted his investigations. The direc­ tors of the bank decided to suspend the bank's operation until the exam­ iner takes charge of the books. They posted on the front of the bank building a placard reading: "N. R. Marker, assistant cashier of this bank, has absconded with' all its cash. The treasury department at Wash­ ington has been notified and the bank will remain closed awaiting the de­ partment's instructions. The bank has been involved in liti­ gation for the possession of $40,000 of Cuyahoga county (O.) bonds. The bank's president, E. W. Shirk, to-day was notified t>y his attorneys In Lima, O., that they had obtained by replevin suit these securities, which had been held by the Farmers' & Citizens' Live Stock Insurance Company of Lima, O., and had given bond for them for dou­ ble their value. This proceeding waa begun by Mr. Shirk last week when, on returning to this city after several weeks' absence, he found that the bank had been compelled to pay td the owners of the securities th3 amount of their value. The. bonds had been turned over to the insurance company by Noah Marker for examin­ ation, he said, and he had not de­ manded that they be paid for before they left his hands. When the own­ ers insisted that either the bonds should be returned to them or that a draft for their value should be for­ warded to them, Noah Marker ob­ tained a loan of $40,000 from an Indi­ anapolis bank on his own bank's part and he had settled for the bonds. Mr. Shirk says he has not been able to find a record of thiB loan on the Tipton bank's books. Neither, he said, had he found a check for $5,000 rep­ resenting a jpartial prepayment by the insurance company on the bonds, made last April. "I do not know," said Mr. Shirk, "the condition of the bank's funds, but I do know we shall pay every cent of indebtedness. We are perfectly able to do this." The resources of the First National bank amount to $1,100,000. Its capital is $100,000. Deposits amount to $845,- 771. William Marker, the cashier, said he felt sure his brother would return in a few days and face prosecution. "Ho has been worrying over letting those bonds out of his hands until he is mentally deranged," said Mr. Marker "He hardly ate or slept for ten dayi before he left." Noah Marker had been connected with the bank 19 yearB. He was the Republican candidate for mayor of the city four years ago and was defeated. He was an active church member. RIOTING AT M'KEES ROCKS. Deputy Sheriffs Reported to Have Fired on Strikers -- Armed Men Guard Plant. Pittsburg.--For the first time in ten days rioting broke out at the plant of the Pressed Steel Car Company at Mc-Kees Rocks, Monday, when the striking employes of that concern were fired upon, it Is alleged, by depu­ ty sheriffs. No one was injured, The par plant is again surrounded Dy armed guards. The strike of the employes of the Standard Steel Car Company at But­ ler was amicably settled. Michigan the Fastest Warship. Washington.--Having in her official trials fully met the rigid requirements of Ignited States naval constructors, the new first class battleship Michi­ gan, now the fastest afloat, will be turned over to the government by her builders, the New York Shipbuilding Company, in August. Twelve Die In French Mine. Clermont-Ferrand, France.--An ex­ plosion of fire-damp occurred to-day in one of the mines near here, pausing the death of 12 miners. Aliens Must Have $25. New York.--Secretary Nagel of the department of commerce and labor up­ held the ruling of Commissioner of Immigration WiHiams that an alien must have $28 In his posses­ sion or, be refused admission tc the country. Forty Thousand on Strlko. Stockholm.--Forty thousand workers in the paper, woolen, cotton and allied industries went op strike. The strike will be extended to tba iron ^rorkart on August 2. COSTLY PRIZE OFFERED. W. K. Keiiogg of Battle Creak, (Uvea a $1,000 Trophy to Be petad for by the Farmerfc BATTLE CREEK, Mich., July the purpose of stimulating the interest of V 4he farmers of the country in the im~ ^ j provement of the grade of corn and in curing a greater yield, W. K. Kellogg of®;; this city lias offered a gold and gHver trophy to be competed for at the third;5 • JLTlYlll£al VIoj'fAnnl . I 1 lr. this city trophy to be ^ w™8! national corn exposition to be held&«% Jit Omaha, Neb.. Dec. 6 to 18 of this vear-40 The trophy will be known as the W. K.kV- National Corn Exposition trophv, will cost $1,000, and will become the per-^fTf?; sonai property of any exhibitor winning itfiS' twice. The trophy will be in the shape • of a massive yaae, and will probably be" ' Tiffany * huilt by either Gorhani or .Mr. Kellogg has just returned from Chi­ cago where he held a conference with Pro- feasor P. G. Holden of the Iowa State Ag- S& "cultural College at Ames, and Stanley s^ Clague, head of a large Chicago advertis-'S'i ing agenc3*. Professor Holden is known aslHI the foremost authority of the country ou4 com growing, and Mr. Kellogg, who is a- i large manufacturer of food products made from com, is keenly interested in all move­ ments tending to improve the quality of the cereal. This year he has donated $1,000 to be divided in several prizes among the corn growers of Iowa, and at ProfessofHHolden s suggestion, he decided to offer the Kellogg trophy to be competed f°r by the corn growers of the nation. Com is the greatest crop of the coun- . try," said Mr. Kellogg today, "and the big­ ger the yield of corn the greater the coun­ try's prosperity. Seed selection and im­ proved methods of cultivation will not only greatly increase the yield per acre, but will also increase the protein m the corn and thus enhance its nutritious qualities. If the yield per acre, for instance, can be in­ creased five bushels in fhe state of Ne­ braska alone, it will and $25,000,000 to the wealth of the farmers of the state. The, National Corn Exposition is doing a great work in educating the farmers, and I an> glad to help the work along." COMFORTING. Man in the Water--Help! I'm drowning! Droll Gent--What! you don't need help to drown, man. His Preference. Commander Maxwell of the navy enjoys telling of an unique complaint preferred by a recruit. On every man-ofiwar the bar of justice is aft in front of the "stick," or mast. The recruit had gone to tho stick to "state" his grievance. "Well, what do you want?" asked tha executive officer. "Please, sir, I want to cojnplain of the breakfast this morning."' "What did you have?" "Burgoo, crack-hash, hard tack and coffee, sir." "What did you expect?" "Please, sir, I always like to start my breakfast with a nice steak and a pair of eggs." -- Illustrated Sunday Magazine. Good Work Among Children. According to a statement of tha National Association for the Study and Prevention of Tuberculosis over 2,500,000 of the 17,000,000 school children enrolled in the United States have during the school year just closed been systematically instructed concerning the dangers of consump­ tion and the methods for its cure and prevention. Besides the 2,500,000 chil­ dren thus instructed in their schools, the National Association estimates that fully 1,000,000 more have re­ ceived instructions at the various tuberculosis exhibits held in all parts of the, country or through separata classes and organisations. Ths Thrifty 8cot. A Scotsman and his wife were com­ ing from Leith to London by boat. When off the Yorkshire coast a great storm arose and the vessel had sev­ eral narrow escapes from foundering. "Oh, Sandy," moaned his wife, "I'm na afeard o' deein', but I dinna care to dee at sea." "Dinna think o' deein' yet," an­ swered Sandy; "but when ye do, ye'd better be drooned at sea than any­ where else." "An' why, Sandy?" asked his wife. "Why?" exclaimed Sandy. "Because ye wouldn't cost sae muckle to bury." SURPRISED HIM Doctor's Test of Food. A doctor in Kansas experimented with his boy in a test of food and gives the particulars. He says: "I naturally watch the effect of dif­ ferent foods on patients. My own lit­ tle son, a lad of four, had been ill with pneumonia and during his conva­ lescence did not seem to care for any kind of food. "I knew something of Grape-Nuts and its rather fascinating flavor, and particularly of it8 nourishing and nerve-building powers, so I started the boy on Grape-Nuts and found from the first dish that he liked it "His mother gave it to him steadily and he began to improve at once. In less than a month he had gained about eight pounds and soqn became so well and strong we had no further anxiety about him. "An old patient of mine, 73 years old, came down with serious stomach trouble and before I was called had got so weak he could eat almost noth­ ing, and was in a serious condition. He had tried almost every kind of food for the sick without avail. "I immediately put him on Grape- Nuts with good, rich milk and just a little pinch of sugar. He exclaimed when I came next day "Why doctor I never ate anything so good or that made me feel so much stronger.' "I am pleased to say that he got well on Grape-Nuts, but he had to stick to it for two or three weeks, then he began to branch out a little with rice or an egg or two. He got entirely well in spite of his almost hopeless condition. He gained 22 pounds in two months which at his age is remarkable. "I could quote a list of cases where Grape-Nuts has^fvorlted wonders." "There's a*. Reason." Read "The Road to Wellville," ih pkgs. Bm rend the above Wtw! A »•* «sr tppran frs* They m itraahM, tnw, aai Ml «f I latemt