THE NEWS, Domestic An Indictment charging murder was returned by the grand Jury of Chicago against l)r. Haldane Clem Inson. Experts who analyzed Mrs. Clemlnson's stomach reported to the Jury that death had been due to chloroform. Frederick Warren, business man ager of the Appeal to Reason, a So cialist paper published at Glrard, Kansas, was sentenced to six months In jail and to pay a fine of $1,500. The federal grand Jury In New York Indicted the American Sugar Refining Company and eight direc tors on the charge of violating the anti-trust taw. Michael J. Mitchell, purchasing agent for the city of Boston, and Thomas F. Maher, a contractor, were convicted on charges of grafting. Mayor James Brown, of Nashville, Tenn., received a letter threatening him because of his active enforce ment of the prohibition law. Capt. John C. Raymond, of the Second CitMiiiy, Fort Des Moines, died from bullet wounds Inflicted by Corporal Crabtree. The reorganization plan of the Seaboard Air Line Hallway was an nounced by a special committee In New York City. Samuel Silverman, a mining pro moter, of New York and Seattle, filed a voluntary petition In bank ruptcy. A large number of people attend ed the funeral of Israel Durham, the political leader, in Philadelphia. The new Lincoln pennies coined at the United Sta'os mint In Phila delphia are ready for delivery. A fire believed to be Incendiary caused 14 families In a four-story tenement to flee for their lives. Pollcpman Henry Schnadle was was killed In Chicago by a burglar be was attempting to arrest. Forty thousand onlookers saw Harvard defeat Yale in all three races on the Thames. President Woodrow Wilson, of Princeton, delivered the Phi Beta Kappa oration at Harvard. Capt. John P. Green, former first vice president of the Pennsylvania, goes on the retired list. Seven members of the Jury that Investigated the Woodill-Eastman tragedy at St. Michaels have issued a statement criticising the methods of State's Attorney J. Frank Turner in conducting the case. Amherst College has conferred the degree of doctor of divinity on Uev. John Timothy Stone. L. F. Loree has been selected as a director of the Erie Railroad. John Kelster, aged sixteen years, was burned to death In a pit In the plant of the Meadow Board and Box Company, at Newark, N. J. President Taft, In an address at Yale, warned the Republican party that It must keep Its pledges to the people or suffer defeat. Mayor McCIellan caused a shake up among officials of the Police De partment of New York, and Commis sioner Bingham may resign. Israel Berger and Harry Green berg were drowned In a sluiceway while swimming in the Delaware River. Rev. William W. Carleton Is to perform the duties of chief of po lice in Mason City, Iowa, for one night. The Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad has passed its coal mines to a holding company. The Ninety-third Company of Coast Artillery fired fourteen shots In fifteen minutes. Sidney Herndon was reprieved forty-five minutes before the hour set lor bis execution. Statewide prohibition went into ef fect la Tennessee at midnight. Foreign Failure of the Cuban Senate to pass the financial budget has caused President Gomez to Issue a decree making effective Governor Mngoon's budget of lftOS-i!, amounting to $24, 285.000, with a deficiency of 110.000,000. Adolf Varg, a Swede, who shot nnd killed Major General Ileckman In Stockholm and then committed aulcide, belonged to a group of an archists who have been plotting the death of the Czar. Severe earthquakes caused a pan ic among the nervous residents of Ill-fated Messina, Italy. One woman was killed and seven persons injured. The court at Auch, France, lined Archbishop Hlcard $100 for making public a pastoral letter denouncing secular education. Tho Russian government has or dered the preparation of troopB for an expedition to Teheran, the capi tal of Persia. Herbert Latham, the aeroplanlst, bas arrived at Calais and will make au attempt to fly across the English Channel. One hundred and fifty thousand tons of iron has been shipped re cently from Stockholm to the Uni ted States. Richard Jones, deputy United State consul at Southampton, is dead. The occupation of Teheran, capital of Persia, by a Russian expedition, is regarded as a possibility. Marie Barkhtadze, a Russian spy, ni killed by a bomb bent to her with some cherries. Officers of the Western Coal Op erators' Association and 'he United Mino Workers met at Hosmer, B. C, and algned an agreement ending the three-month strike. The Pope confirmed the election of Chancellor Dunne to be bishop of Plona. Rev. George Mundeleln has been Appointed auxiliary bishop of Brook lyn. Mr, and Miss Elklns arrived at Antwerp on the steamer Lapland. The fishing boat Emlie Marie was lust off the coast of Iceland. Mitt Elklns In Antwerp. Antwerp (Special). Among the passengers that arrived here from New York on board the steamer Lap land were Mrs. Stephen IJ. Klklna, of West Virginia, and Mist Katberlne Elklns, her daughter. The Mb. My Of The Press. Jefferson City, Mo. (Special). That It la not libelous for newspapers to criticise In a a; Irit t.f fairness the official acta of public ofltceis was the unanimous decision of Division No. 2 f the Supreme Court of Missouri. STATE OF TENNESSEE HAS GONE DRY Church Bells Ring Out at Mid night. RUSH FOR DRINKS AT THE CLOSF. Liquor Goes A-ltegglng And Revelers Have An Orgle, While Prohibition Ists Offer 1'rayers Of Rejoicing Every Saloon Watched By Police men As Carnival Of Hilarity Reigns President And Directors Of Beer Brewery At Odds. Memphis, Tenn. (Special). Hells In church and town clock Bteeples on tolling the midnight hour marked the passing of saloons In Tennessee, for at that hour the Holladay State wide prohibition law went Into ef fect. This law makes it illegal to sell alcoholic beverages within four miles of any schoolhouse In the State. Only two cases are left In ail Tennessee. Both are within 'i miles of Memphis, near the Missis sippi State line. The nearest school house Is six miles from both of these points, but s eps have already been taken by white ribboners to have the county board of education erect a schoolhouse within the distance prescribed by t.lio Holladay bill so that there will be no mecca in tho entire Stnte Tor thirsty pilgrims. Thousand:) of men are thrown out of employment and barkeepers are seeking better irrignled Holds. The passing of the saloon in Mem phis and in other cities through out the State, according to advices received. Is marked by scenes of un usual hilarity. The celebration started early and lasted until the moment of closing, when there was a rush to purchase one last farewell drink over the bar. Grogshops were crowded with lively revelers. Extra police precau tions were taken In Memphis, Mayor Maloney instructing the chief of po lice to detail a patrolman to every block wherein Is situated a saloon. But It was on the main a good na tured throng that Indulged in a fare well revelry. While this good fellowship of tip plers was In progress, Prohibition ists held meetings of rejoicing. Prayers were offered and hymns were sung in the homes of the lead ing teetotalers, although no public meeting was held at any of the churches. , Many were of the opinion, and some still are, that with the pass ing of the open saloon would come a reign of "blind tigers" and social clubs, where It would be possible for boozers to assuage alcoholic thirst, but Mayor Maloney declared his In tention of enforcing the law through out the city and State officers say they will do the same In every coun ty. In an effort to force him to con tinue in the manufacture of beer and at the same time test the con stitutionality of the law prohibiting the manufacture of liquors in the State of Tennessee, stockholders in the Tennessee Brewing Company, of this city, filed an Injunction suit In the county chancery court against John W. Schorr, president of the concern. President Schorr has de clined to continue the manufacture of beer because of the prohibition act. The stockholders claim that to cease manufacturing beer would en tail a great loss upon them. Chan cellor Minor has the case under consideration. CHICAGO SHAKEN BY DYNAMITE EXPLOSION Another Bomb Thrown in the Gam bier's War. Every Window Is Broken In The Downtown District And Many Per son Injured lly Flying Glass One FutnVty Is Heported Panics In Many Hotels And Restaurants. No Arrests Made. Bl'RXED TO DEATH IN'.PIT. Vlclin Cut Off By Flames Before He Wns Aware Of Danger. Newark, N. J. (Special). George Kelser, 20 years old, was arrested here after a fire, in which his brother, John Kelser, aged 16 years, lost his life and William Mannion, another boy, was severely burned. The fire destroyed the plant of the Meadow Pasteboard and Box Company and caused a loss of about $30,000. The 23 men, besides young Kelser and Mannion, who constituted the night shift at work at the time, all had nur row escapes from the building, so rapidly did the flames spread. Kelser and Mannion were at work in a pit and were cut off by the flames before they were aware of their danger. The man under arrest was a member of the day shift, and his early arrival at the fire and his conduct made the police suspect that he might know something about how the fire started. PAPF.R PRINTED IX BALLOON. First Journalistic Publication In The Clouds. Hamilton, Ohio (Special). The first newspaper ever printed In a bal loon was received in Butler County when a balloon from Daytan passed over the western part of this county. The bag was equipped with a corps of newspaper men and a printing press by a Dayton (Ohio) paper, and, as It soared over the towns minia ture copies of the paper, printed in the balloon basket, were thrown to the ground. When the balloon reached Woods Station, eight miles east of Hamilton, copies were sent down telling of an exciting experience at Darrtown, four miles from Woods, when It was said farmers fired at the balloon with rilles. Dure Itlot Over Klopemcnt. Springfield, Mass. .(Special). One man was killed, another fatally In jured aud several dangerously wounded In a race riot, in which Turks and Syrians participated here. The trouble arose over the elopement of a 15-year-old Syrian girl with a 17-year-old Turkish youth. Joseph Allev. Turk. in. I anw.i - - - - ' t'l.i.iai puiit;o officer, la alleged to have started the trouoie Dy urging ins lurks to gath er and kill the Christians. Policeman Murdered. Brunswick, Md. (Special) About 9.30 o'clock P. M. Police Officer W. E Orrlson arrested a small boy named Cahlll for jumping on a merry-go-round, which la running on Potomac Avenue, Just opposite the Baltimore and Ohio transfer iheds. A crowd gathered, and when about 200 or 300 yards from the merry-go-round, demanded the release of -the boy. Someone In the crowd trucks Policeman Orrlaon behind the right ear. crushing his skull and killing Dim instantly. Chicago (Special). Bomb No. 31 in the war between rival gamblers was exploded here In the crowded downtown district. It occurred Just as the theatres were letting out, and scoreg of people were hurt by flying glass. All the windows for blocks around were wrecked. Tho explosion oc curred somewhere on the Btreets bounded by Dearborn, Clark and Madison Streets. The exact location of the explosion Is said to be in Calhoun Place, and was undoubtedly tho work of a bomb-thrower. Located on this place Is one of the biggest gambling houses in Chicago. It was this gambling house that the bomb was intended for. A dishwasher In a nearby res taurant was reported to have been killed. The police are still at sea and no arrests have as yet been made. Glass In nearby buildings was shattered and fell on passersby In the streets. The several theatres in the loop district had Just been dismissed nnd the steeets were crowded. Fall ing glass from the Tribune Huilding, the Hartford Building nnd several other tall structures fell In a shower, and a large number of people were cut and more or less injured. A panic occurred In the Edelweiss Restaurant, almost across the street from the explosion. Guests ran mad ly from the place, fearing a repe tition of the catastrophe that occur red In the place several years ago. In the Hotel Morrison, located Just a half block west of the explosion, a panic occurred among the guests. No one was Injured, however, al though all the glass In the upper story windows was shattered. In the Hartford and Tribune Build ings, every pane of glass above the fourth story was broken by the force of the explosion. All of the telephone connections In the loop were destroyed. MORO BANDITS KILLED. Jiklri Loses Followers, Bnt Gets Away Himself. Manilla (Special). Successful operations against Jikirl'B band of Moro bandits have been conducted in the last few days by Captains Byralt, Rhodes and Anderson, com manding detachments of the Sixth Cavalry that are cooperating with the mosquito fleet under Captain Slgnor. Captain Anderson struck the band on Pata Island, and in the running engagement that followed five of the bandits were killed, a number were wounded and several others captur ed by friendly Moros. Thirty-one of the band were killed or captured In the last 30 days, but Jiklri himself always manages to elude capture. HEALER SCHLATTER IN JAIL. Charged With Obtaining Money Un der False Pretenses, Des Moines, Iowa (Special). "Di vine Healer" Schlatter, who declares that his rlgl ': name Is Charles Mc Lean, Is In jail here charged with obtaining money under false pre tenses. Information against Schlatter was filed by J. Anderson, of Clinton, Iowa, who declares that the healer accept ed a large sum of money from him as advance payment for a cure he was to make, but which was never made. He says Schlatter left town without paying him back a cent. At the police station $755 and three diamonds '"' fitii in hi. clothing. 13,000 CARDS A !. LOST. Many Tinseled And Frosted Ones Go To The Dead Letter Office. Washington,' D. C. (Special). Failure to Inclose tinseled or frosted post cards In tightly sealed envelopes, to prevent the escape of particles of tinsel, mica and the like, as required by the postal regulations, is causing from 15,000 to 20,000 such cards to be withdrawn from the mails and sent to the Dead Letter Office of the Postofflce Department every day. The postage stamp is often placed on the card inside the envelope, and these envelopes fall to prevent the escape of particles which fill the air, thereby causing Inflammation of the eyes of railway mall clerks. Bandits Trapped. Winnipeg, Man. (Special). De tective Draper, of Spokane, with a pack of bloodhound:), has traced the Canadian Pacific train bandits that held up an express train last week at Kamloops Into an old mining tun nel at Ked Gulch, six miles east of Ashcroft, British Columbia. Detec tive Draper has sent for help, as the two men trapped are heavily armed and show fight. One of the robbers was killed by Constable Rucker. He wore clothes bought In Spokane. IN THE WORLD OF FINANCE Harrlman roads have ordered a large number of freight cars. Philadelphia banks have $534,000 less note circulation than a year ago. During May this country exported 1000 tons of copper daily and Import ed 350 torn datly. A $20 assessment on Western Maryland stock la talked of In the reorganization plan. Kansas City Southern stockholders voted to sell $10,000,000 of bonds Immediately. The Morgan pool was again active In United States Steel. A Canadian loan of $32,500,000, at 8V4 per cent, la being Issued un der par. Price makes the condition of cot ton 73.1 compared with 73.S last month. New securities Issued In the first half of 10 bave averaged $125, 000,000 a month. All last year tha average waa $160,000,000 a month. Since January 1, 1108, $2, 600,000,000 of new stocks and bonds have been put out, not over $500, 000,000 of which waa for refunding purpoaea. VON BUELOW WILL CUE UP HIS OFFICE lha Prince To Soon Retire From Chancellorship. QUESTION OF HIS SUCCESSOR. Vice Chancellor Dr. Von Ilethmnnn Holltvcg The Emperor's Probable Choice As The Imperial Secre tary He 'Has Been Close To The Sovereign Ambassador Von Blc hersteln May Also Have A Chance For Elevation To Premiership. Berlin (Special). Prince Von Buelow authorized tho announce ment that he intends to retire from the chancellorship of the empire In any event so soon as the pending finance reform measure is disposed of one way or the other. The Prince remains in office only temporarily in an endeavor to pass the bill. The semiofficial Norddeutsche Al legemoine Zeltung, commenting on the various reports published tend ing to weaken tho significance of Chancellor von Buelow's statement, says: "Prince von Buelow besought the Emperor to permit him to go at once, but His Majesty, in the warm est terms, expressed the wish that the Prince remain in office until the finance proposals had beon put through the Reichstag." Emperor William has not yet giv en consideration to the question of a successor to Chancellor voiv Bue low. The most probable choice, however, Is Dr. von Betbmann-Holl-weg, Imperial secretary of state for the interior and vice chancellor. He has been In close contact with the Emperor for some 10 years as president of the Province of Bran denburg and- Imperial secretary and his personal relations with the Em peror are cordial. As secretary for the Interior Dr. von Bethmann-Hollweg has dealt with affairs between the federated Btates and the empire, often most delicate in character with uncommon success, and he has won the con fidence of the various allied govern ments. He Is an able parliamentarian but he never has had anything' to do with foreign affairs. He is 62 years old and has a great capacity for work. In filling this office, however, the Emperor has a wide choice and he may consider Baron Marschall von Biebersteln, the ambassador at Con stantinople. The Baron is not al together agreeable to the Emperor personally on account of certain In cidents when he was foreign secre tary, and had a violent controversy with Ernst von Koller, secretary of state for Alsace-Lorraine, when Kol ler was Prussian minister of the interior. TWO MAY DIE AFTER DUEL. One Combatant And Woman In Case Fatally Wounded. Middlesboro, Ky. (Special). J. W. MayeB, a locomotive engineer, and Robert Culbertson, both of Norton, Va., fought a duel in the streets of Middlesboro. Anna Hayes, over whose affections the men were Jealous, was shot twice and is dying. Mayes was fatally shot, but Culbertson escaped with a serious wound in the arm. Mayes, though mortally wounded, fled after the shooting, and when the police and a posse overtook him, Is said to have attempted suicide by jabbing bis throat with a pocket knife. CHARLESTON' A CHINESE MECCA. Charleston, S. C. (Special). Sys tematic smuggling of Chinese into this port Is believed by the Immigra tion authorities to have been un earthed, through the arrest by Cus tom House officials of two stowaway Chinamen and a Chinese laundryman. The Chinese, it is believed, come from Jamaica and other West Indian ports. Coal Crisis In England. London (Special). The country is threatened with another serious coal crlslB. The new mines eight hour act, which comes Into force In Wales on July 1, has led to a dis pute between the mine owners and the men, .which is expected to re sult In a lockout of all Welsh mi ners. A conference of the Miners' Federation of Great Britain was held In London, and a resolution was adopted, promising to support the Welsh miners, and, If no settlement of the dispute is reached, to call a national strike of all the miners in the kingdom. The Strong Men Of History. Burlington, Vt. (Special). Presi dent John S. Thomas, In his bac calaureate address warned the sen iors at Mlddlebury College that "the men that stand out In American his tory are strong In the love and honor of the American people, and are not the men who have made great corners In markets and run printing presses for the limitless Issue of stock." Tramp Murdered An Engineer. Durham, N. C. (Special). Be cause he was put off a Seaboard Air Line train on which he was steal ing a ride, Solomon S! epard, a negro, confessed that he thot and killed Engineer Holt last December. The negro was arrested a few days ago In Colunfjus, O. Mrs. Tucker Get Divorce. Chicago (Special). Mary Eliza beth Tucker obtained a divorce from Col. William F. Tucker, United States Army, retired, on grounds of desertion. Alimony was settled privately. Colonel Tucker did not contest. Mrs. Tucker was permitted to resume her maiden name. Tho only witnesses were Mrs. Tucker and her mother, widow of Gen. John A. Logan. Both testified that the par ties to the suit were married In 1877 and that Colonel Tucker de serted the complainant In 1906. Heat-Crazed Man Kills Himself. Allentown, Pa. (Special). Suffer ing physically and mentally from the effects of the recent excessive heat, William Hlskey, aged 67 years, formerly of Oakland, Cal., committed suicide by hanging himself. Hls key'a widow lives in Oakland. Circus Flag Leae Majeste. Winnipeg, Man. (Special). Or ders have been issued prohibiting any , United States circus from pa rading on tha streets unless it files a Brush, instead of an American flag. THE WRIGHTS SHOW THEIR PLUGK1HESS Successful Flight After Three Failures. Crowds At Fort Myer Cheer The Aviators' Perseverance Orvllle Makes The Flight, While Wilbur Aids With His Advice The Troub le At Last Located And Remedied. The Machine Is A New One They Used Yesterday, Washington, D. C. (Special). After making three unsuccessful ef forts to get his new aeroplane Into the air Orvllle Wright made a short flight, encircling the Fort Myer aero drome. Lack of power, due to a loose spark control, was finally determined upon by the two Wrights as the cause for the refusal of the machine to fly for more than a few hundred feet beyond the end of the starting rail. Their persistency In trying time after time to make the machine behave properly won the approval of the large crowd that had gathered in anticipation of a flight. "A flying machine Is liko a horse,'' was the way Wilbur put it afterward. "If it's new you have to get used to it before it will go Just as you want It to. You have to learn Its pe culiarities. I am glad we learned what the trouble is and after a few more trials you will see some fun." Everything being in readiness, Wilbur Wright and Taylor, the me chanic, each stationed himself at one of the propellers, ready to turn it like "cranking" an automobile. Or vllle Wright turned on the ignition and his brother and the mechanic gave the propellers a twist. The lat ter whirred around at a great rate as Orvllle took his placo in the opera tor's seat. Wilbur stationed hlm Belf at the end of the aeroplane and ran along with it when Orville re leased the weight, which pulls it down the track and gives it mo mentum. The machine rose from the ground as soon as It left the rail, but ap peared to be able to mount Into the air but a few feet. The right wing veered toward the ground and struck the earth at its tip. The machine was swung completely around so that it faced the starting apparatus. Or ville quickly stopped the motor and climbed out to Inspect the damage, which was trivial. It was found that the canvas at the tip of the wing had been torn slightly by scraping the ground. Af ter the canvas had been repaired the machine was returned to the starting rail for another trial. It had travel ed a distance of about 200 feet. At 6.30 o'clock the machine was ready for another trial, and the first mishap was repeated, with the excep tion that this time the left wing scraped the ground. The machine was again returned for a third trial, and the crowd see ing that Orvllle was determined to make a flight, cheered lustily. His brother contended that the weight was not sufficient in front and he gave an Illustration of his ingenuity by attaching a rather heavy vice on one of the skids forward of the ma chine and an iron clamp on the op posite side. Orvllle stuck to his theory that the power was not sufficient. He said that the machine required three miles more average speed per hour to rise from the ground than the old ma chine had needed. Orvllle did not appear to be the least bit nervous or concerned over the two failures. He Joked with the newspaper men, who were the only persons allowed within the field, and seemed to be confident that the ma chine would ultimately make a suc cessful flight. The third attempt was even less successful, the machinery refusing to rise at all. The motor was then given a trial to tlr.ie the number of revolutions, and the power was in creased before the machine was brought back for a fourth attempt. At 7.45 o'clock the final trial was started and the machine rose to a height of about.15 or 20 feet. Short ly after It ascended from the ground It showed signs of losing headway, but Orville kept on around the field, remaining In the air about 50 sec onds and landing almost immediately In front of the starting track. Her Kits Almost Fatal. Pittsburg (Special). In her anx iety to kiss her husband farewell at the Charlerol Station. Mrs. Marie Antonio, of California, neglected to take the car window into ac count and thrust her head through the glass. She was severely gashed ou the neck and is not expected to survive. DEFICIT IS SMALLER THAN WHS EXPECTED Shortage Tor the Fiscal Year Ninety Millions. BIG MISCELLANEOUS EXPENDITURES. Treasury Officials Gratified That It Does Not Reach 9114,000,(100, As Was Estimated Last February It Was Feared That It Would Go Up To $130,000,000 Anticipate Monthly Deficits. Washington, D. C. (Special). Treasury officials are pleased at the present Bhowlng of the government finances. Ordinarily a deficit In the government revenues of $89,811,156, as shown by statement, would not be a matter of congratulation. Never theless, at the close of the fiscal year 1109 tho Treasury officials express much gratification that the official estimate of a deficit of $114,000,000 made last December has not been verified, and ore hopeful for a con tinuance of the improvement which has been especially noted during the last lour months. Since the December estimates were submitted to Congress, however, the receipts and expenditures have I shown marked irregularity, and as late as February lust the expendi tures were increasing at such a rapid rate and the revenues falling off so sharply that it was greatly feared the balance on the wrong side of the ledger might by the eiose of the fiscal year reach $130,000,000. But a slight upturn in customs receipts was noted about the middle of De cember, Improvement was slow, however, until about the beginning of March when large Importations were made, probably induced, in part, by prospective tariff changes. The re sult, both of improving revenues and the strong holding down of expendi tures, has resulted in a greatly re duced deficiency. The customs receipts for the year aggregated $301,209,863, which is an increase as compared with last year of $15,000,000. The Internal revenues produced $246,329,063, a decrease of about $5,000,000. Mis cellaneous receipts aggregated $56, 893,919, which is a falling oft of about $6,500,000. The receipts from all sources during the year aggregat ed $004,432,846, which is an increase over last year of $3,250,000. On the side of expenditures the to tal for the year was $694,244,002, which Is an increase over 1908 of about $37,000,000. The civil and miscellaneous expen ditures amounted to $164,288,538, an Increase of $5,000,000 over last year. The War Department expenditures aggregated $164,100,242, an increase of $40,000,000. Tho Navy account is the only item In the list to show a decrease, the figures for the year being $115,988,869, as against $118, 780,233 for the year 1908. Pension payments for the year amounted to $161,689,423, an in crease of about $8,000,000. The ex penditures on account of Panama Canal were $6,000,000 less than for last year, being $31,420,286. It Is fully expected that the new fiscal year will start with a series of monthly deficiencies, notably for July, when the new appropriations made by Con gress become available. The Treasury working cash, now standing at about $42,000,000 will be raised by tho call on the deposi tory banks to about $67,000,000. This will be a comfortable working balance with which to enter upon the summer operations of the depart ment, but will not be sufficient to carry the Treasury through the fall crop moving season unless the reve nues, either under the -existing tariff or under the pending act, show even greater improvement than has been exhibited recently. Miner Murdered For His Pay. Mahanoy City, Pa. (Special). Patrick Grant, aged 35 years, a min er, was murdered on the outskirts of the city while returning homo with his pay. His body was found Sunday. The skull was fractured and there were half a dozen stab wounds in his back. Several sus pects bave been arrested. Escapes Gallows Ky 40 Minutes. Kansas City, Mo. (Special). Forty-five minutes before he was to have been hanged for the murder of Sid ney Herndon, Claude Brooks, a ne gro, was granted a 30-day reprieve by Governor Hadley. Fourteen Shots In Fifteen Minutes. Fort Stevens, Ore. (Special). The Ninety-third Company Coast Artillery In full service practice with 12-Inch mortars fired 14 shots In 15 minutes, and so accurate was the firing that an almost perfect score was made. The shortness of the time and tho accuracy will. It Is said, probably place the company close to first place for this season's full service practice. Reading's net surplus in May was $441,688, compared with $639,416 In that month last year. Electrocuted, Dut Stood Erect. Grundy Center, la. (Special). In the presence of a number of young persons at a lawn social, Laurie Rogers, aged 18, was Instantly killed when ba attempted to turn on an electric current to Illuminate the place. He remained after death in a standing posture until the current was broken. Several who came to his aid received shocks. President Harrahan, of tha Illinois Central, denies that his- road ras bought tha Tennessee Central. I WASHINGTON BY TELEGRAPH ' Orvllle Wright made three suc cessful flights in his new aeroplane at Fort Myer, remaining in the air about 22 minutes all told, and rising to a height of 40 feet. Two thousand employes at the Bureau of Printing and Engraving have been placed on the per diem basis. The Capital Traction Company distributed $16,000 among its mo tormen aud conductors for efficient service. George W. Relk, of Maryland, was appointed private secretary to Post master General Hitchcock. Admiral Sperry's board will select nine naval officers for compulsory re tirement. Rear Admiral Potter assumed charge as chief of tbe Bureau of navigation. Neither the United States nor oth er nations not directly Interested are expected to sanction In its pres ent form tbe agreement reached be tween Russian nnd Chinese official boards for the administration of af fairs at Harbin. Manchuria. Queen Wllhelmina, of the Neth erlands, has expressed, personally, to Mr. Beaupre, American minister at The Hague, her appreciation ot congratulations from the people ef tbe United States upon tbe happy birth of her daughter. The pregram for the ceremonies attending the unveiling of the mon ument to Benjamin Franklin Steph enson, founder of the Grand Army of the Republic, has been comple ted. The Secretary of the Treasury no tified depository banks of tho order In which the bonds held by the treas ury as security for the deposits called for must be withdrawn. Representatives ot the Tobacco Trust protested before the subcom mittee of tbe Scnato Committee on Finance against the effort to prevent the use of premium coupons. Andrew O'Connor, tho Irish--American sculptor, submitted a new model of the statue of Commodoro Barry, to bo erected In Franklin Park, Washinston. Marcus George Daniel, a natur alized cltlson of tbe United Btates, has filed with tbe State Department a claim for $29,600 against Persia. Twenty-three vacancies - have oc curred among the officers of tha United States Navy during tha fiscal year which ended yesterday. One hundred and forty-five mid shipmen were assigned to vessels ot tbe Atlantlo and Paclflo Isets. Siaie of Pennsylvania " , ELK'S HOME DEDICATED. Members From All Parts Of State Attend Exercised. Reading. Tho handsome a., $80,000 lodge hall of Reading Lod N'o. 115, B. P. O. Elks, was dedl! ;ated with appropriate exercises and was the means of gathering togoHj, prominent members of the order from all sections of this and othef States. The new home Is located i the old Trexler mansion at the north, west corner of Fifth and Franklin Streets or directly opposite City h,m and the Public Library. " The dedicatory service took nlac. t 3.30 o'clock in the afternoon nd was conducted by District Deputy jl Palmer, of West Chester. It was sluslvely for Elks. The principal ad .1 reuses were made by Judge .leronu B. Fisher, of Jumratown. X' V ... Congressman John K. Tener n . win lurui, i u. ine nan was then formally turned over to the Headins lodge. s At night there was an inspection or me loage nail nntl over moo n. vitations were sent out tn tho . friends of the order. The Elk's hall is comnletelv furnished nml 1 ceded to he one of the finest In the mate, jne rurnlture is of special design. The building Is provided wnn nowiing tiller's, billiard and pool, rooms and other features. The following committee naj CharEG of the dedication- R. V ai. , ... . im,. Bnder. chalrmnn. Klwnnri K. lin-.k.. William I. Goldman. James K. Engh ueorge n. jonnston, j neoaore v,. An men, E. J. Morris, William H. AJ. bright and B. F. Hunsicker. TROLLEY COLLISION. Failure Of Block Slgnnls To Work Causes Accident. Pottsville. Two large veBtlbuK trolley coaches on the Pottsville- Tamaqua branch of the Eastern Rail- way Company collide head-on about 9 o'clock near a curve at Brockton, a few miles this side of Tamaaus. resulting in the injury to the crew or one car and seven passengeri, none or them very seriously. It Is believed that the wreck wa due to failure of the block signals to work properly, as the crews of both cars assert that they had the right or way. Priest Seeks Police Protection. Lebanon. Rev. Fnther Fred Wag ner, rector of the Germnn Catholic parish at East Lebanon, will ask the county court for police protection for the East Lebanon residential sec tion, as a result of the almost night- ly riots. Recently, it Is alleged, two American men insulted several for eigners as they were talking to wom en of their own nationality, and In the mixup which followed one Ameri can was severely gashed with a bro ken bottle, and others were injured with knives. Since then there have been nightly reprisals by armed bodies of Americans and foreigners, Poison Kills Joshua Trncey. York. The analysis of the stom ach of Joshua Tracey, who died June 14 at his home near Collinsvlllc, has been analyzed by Dr. Franklin Beck, of Franklin and Marshall College. The investigation shows the presence of strychnine was suggested by Dr. David Posey, who attended the man during1 the night of his death. This completes, the District Attorney say, the line in tbe -chain of evidence against Mrs. Minnie Tracey and Wil liam R. Brown, a brother-in-law, no in the county . Jail, charged with the Murder. STATE ITEMS. Representative Edgar R. Kelss, of Lycoming County, has filed a com plaint with the Railroad Commission for Charles E. Dennlson and other against the New York Central & Hudson River Railroad Company, al- . leglng that the company proposes to abandon Its passenger station it C'immal, Lycoming County. Judge Charles E. Rice, of Luzerne, has filed his expense account as I candidate for Justice of the Supreme Court before the recent Republican State convention. His expenses were $248.50. Camp 214, P. O. S. of A., of Bethel, elected the following officers: President, Levi Napp; vice president, Ralph Man beck: master of forms, William D. Wise; conductor, Robert Wagner: Inspector, Walter wise, guard, Charles Klahr; trustee, Hen ry Sotslng; delegate, Henry Sotslng; alternate, James R. Kohr. Oscar Long, a Bethel farmer, Is the owner of a turkey hen that laio 81 eggs this season. In the rural school districts of Berks County there are 16.872 chnnl children 8.584 hovn and 8.- 288 girls. With the number of school children in Reading' there is a total enrollment ot 31,262 schol ars. Boyertown, with a population of 3,000, has had no deaths in two weeks. The Emaus Fire Comoanv has In vited twenty-two fire companies to take part tn the big firemen's parade to be held during Jubilee Week Emaus In August. The Emaus Artificial Ice cu"" pany has been organized with a cap ital of $40,0Qi). The officers re: President, J. D. Lloyd; secretary, W. R. Chapin; treasurer, Harvey leas er. William Moore, of Media; a gaj company employee, la sunering wn severe injuries as tbe r.ouK of fall from a ladder wbilo worklpg at bwnrthmore Hall. . Tho publje sale of tho furniture an1 nlhu- nt-nnftrtv frnm fnllleS, mm v v 'J .w... . l. belonging to Mrs. M. Florence Efh, widow or captain J. Clayton will take place at Chester on July 15. Inlira Tun He .Tnhnitnn. nf the Deis- ware County Courts, Is spending bis ... itnn fArminir n.i Ilia nrnnnrtV At Chadd's Ford. He works In the Sold witu tue farm bands. SI'S. Margntet Milltr, of MertiK. l... kMim a ,i f..- tin onn ilain- uilniil h Phllaiialxhla RltDid Transit Company for the death her husband, Joseph Miller, vbo died from Injuries received on A" gust 18, 1808, wben he was cruhJ d between two cars on Island "' Philadelphia. Hnt.l nwnml bV HI ram Griffith, baa been aold at private terms to Lira on Lelsy. of Elversoo. who formerly conducted tue iar Mile House. Farmers at Joanna. Berks -Coun-:y, bav planted 75 acres of tobao (O. One acra requires 6,600 plants-
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