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LABOR_IN 3 HT1 Uiion Denounces the F=pY=nent of Childr:n. TASS ATLANTA MINISTERS .,joeu.Says Atlanta Preachers Fight Vhiky But Are IadiffMerent About Working in the Mills. .Shington, D. C-Declaring that i arly as he loved the south, he was n#t'--*lfng to have her purchase com rcal success at the sacrifice of Lr Ittle children, F. C. Roberts, for tu. rly a.Gecrglan, and chairman of a agutte of the Central Labor Un "o ts city, at the convention of , jdlted Textile Workers of Amer : stirred up much Indignation -inst Dr. C.-A. Stiles of the United Siues Public Health and Marine Hos T; a!, Service, who was quoted before Boothern Textile Association at !teIgh by a speaker who was defend i the employment of children in the thern cotton mills. Roberts declared his -surprise t a public o2cer, paid from the le revenue, should appear before , 4nvention of employers of labor udertake to defend the system hfild labor in the southern states. iadvocated action by the conven in opposition to any attempt to her extend and to perpetuate the ent of child labor in southern cot mills. Such employment, he said, -ly tended to displace adults. love the southland,"' said Mr. erts, "and I would do almost any 41 g in my power to have the cotton r the south manufactured in the -hem states. But there are prices :uld not pay for such a commer victory. I wouls not give our children as the price of success. Ve know that the houses of these le are unsanitary. The effort of Dized labor is to make them more tary. Here in the district of Co )ia Is a daily occurrence to hear e and black men and women ask the judge, of the police court to them to the workhouse because. would be better off there than in - own homes. jomas Tracy, secretary of the n Laba-l Department of the Amer Federation of Labor, called at on to an article appearining in an ot magazine, which, he said, d place Dr. tSiles in the position witness against, himself in the er of the employment -of child n southern cotton mills. that article, he said, Dr. Stiles deprecated the employment of .-en and stated there were 200,000 ren in the southern cotton mills, that their lives weer slowly be apped by the hook-work disease. Ln L. Rodi3r of this city warned ates from the New England s that if they looked with indif ce on the policy of working the ren in the southern cotton mills would soon face a mo,ement for - epeal of child labor laws in Mas isetts, Rhode Island and Connect as the New England industry I find it impossible to compete ist such cheap labor. find," said Mr. Rodler, "that men advocate putting children In the n mills of the south do not put -own children there, but send to school. .Rodier told of his experience .tlanta, Ga., during a campaign ist the liquor traffic. Inisters of the gospel and women lown on their knees," he said, * prayed to save big,; strong men - the demon rum and against their - ~vices, but these same ministers women were indifferent when we ipted to get legislation prevent * the employment of children un ten years of age. .em the speaker had 'left the as ly hall, his reference to the min s and children brought Edwin son of New Bedford, Conn., to eet, declaring that a gratuitous had been offered to the minis sietary Albert Hibbert of Fall -Mass., suggested that It was a that ministers did not take the Interest in prohibiting child la hat they took in the liquor traf WOMEN ALL,OWED TO VOTE. rb of Richmond, Va., Extends Suffrage to Women. hmond, Va.-The people of Gin 'ark, the most fashionable and wealthiest suburb of Richmond, formally extended the suffrage men. a governing body of the subur-b - .ed a constitution and by-laws, provision of which is that "all .and females, white and over -ars of age, owning property and <In Ginter Park, shall vote. 100 FOUND IN MIL dressed Envelope Containing ney In the Dead Letter Office. shintgon, D. C.-Somebody is ust $100 because of carelessness irwarding money through the .The division of dead letters of ~ostofBece department received.-an se, unsealed and unaddressed, ining an amount of,currency ag ting about $100. Senvelope was deposited in a letter box in a town in New s tate. ? inquiry will be continued for time and if the identity of the * r of the money is not disclosed, onney will be turned into the 'd States treasury. DIVINE HEALER DEAD. .es M. Schiatter Was Unable Tc Cure Himself. -stings, Neb.-Charles M1. Schlat who claimed to cure ils by di power, was found dead in a * at a local hotel. Hei was penni. - and unless relatives or friends ithe body it will be turned over medical college. Schiatter was ~y known, having thousands of * paper clippings discribing his - various American cities. He died I age. IOUSENAIDS ARE SUIRE. igo Professor Says Servanta Rule the House. cago, lL-American families are -the subjection of the maid of ork, according to Dean Sophonis * reckinridge, of the University of ~go, In a lecture at the univer The hand that dusts the furni * s the hand that rules the house, r'~eckinridge believes. -s e modern houseirife empYoy! SSaid more for the purpose of The aining a respectable appearance S C for service," she said., NOITH EXCEEDS IN CHILD LABOR. More Children Employed in Massachu sette Than Any State Excpt N. C. Washington, D. C.-Harsh criticism of leg.1ative bodies was made at the convention of the United Textile wo:kers uf America, when the ques tion of ebtaining shorter working hours came up. Some of the delegates declared that an eight-hour day could be obtained only through the medium of strikes. Delegate Morgan of Patterson, N. J., said that- members of the legisla ture of his state were elected by cor rupt methods, and once in office, paid no heed to the appeals of laboring men. Lelegate Hall of Philadelphia took the position that all polit-lal parties were merely capitalistic organs. He advocated the formation of a work ingmen's party. In this he was op p:sed by Delegate Thomas McMahon of Rhode Island, who insisted that la I boring men in his state sell their votes themselves. This practice must be broken up, he contended, before the legislatures were reformed. He said that while a great furore wa3 now being raised to abolish child labor in the south, there were more children employed in Massachusetts than any state of the south, with the exception of North Carolina. U. 0. C. ELECT OFFICERS. Little Rock Gets Next Meeting of the Confederate Daughters. Houston, Texas.-With the selec tion of Little Rock, Ark., as t e con vention city in 1910 and the !ection of the general officers for the year, the sixteenth annual convention of the United Daughters of the Confed eracy adjourned sine die closing the -ession? in Houston an hour before midnight. The following general of ficers were elected: President general. Mrs. Virginia McSherry of West Virginia; first vice president general, Mrs. L. C. Hall of Arkansas; second vice president gen eral, Mrs. M. E. Bryan of Texas; third vice president general, Mrs. Thomas T. Stevens of Georgia; re cording secretary general, Mrs. A. L. Dowdell of Alabama; corresponding secretary general, Miss Childress of Louisiana; treasurer general, Mrs. C. B. Tate of Virginia: registrar general, Mrs. James B. Gantt of Missouri; his torian general, Mrs. J. Endois Robin son of Virginia; custodian of cross of honor, Mrs. L. H. Raines of Georgia; custodian of flag, Mrs. F. A. Walk of Virginia. Honorary presidents, Mrs. J. W. Tench of Florida, and Mrs. N. D. Randolph of Virginia. The Shiloh Monument Association committee's report was read by Mrs. White of Tennessee, which shogd that over $20,000 has been donated last year. FARMER'S FORTUNATE WIFE. Woman is Left $4,000,000 by a , Former Sweetheart. - Jonesboro, Ark.-Coming as a se quel of her girlhood days. Mrs. John D. Erwin, wife of a Green county farmer, will probably be put in pos seraion of an estate valued, it is es timated, at $4,000,000. R. E. McGoff, a Kentucky attorney, executor of the estate of a resident of that state whose name he will not disclose, is in Jonesboro securing proof as to the identity of Mrs. Erwin. Some years ago, it is asserted, Mrs. Erwin, then Mary Duval, met a young German, who told her of vast ances tral estates. The two became fast friends, but because of parental ob jection the marriage which he pro posed did not occur. Instead the young woman became the wife of a farmer. Recently the man who first sought her hand died, naming in his will as his legatee his former sweet heart. That she can produce ample proof that she is the person is de clared by Mrs. Erwin. POTASH MONOPOLY PLANNED. Germany Wants to Hold Up American 'Trade. Berlin, Germany.-The completion of contracts between the German pot ash mines and American fertilizer companies at prices lower than those of the syndicate has influenced the imperial ministry of the interior to prepare bills for submission to the reichstag, with the object of creating a government control over the pot ash industry. The legislation propos ed would prevent the filling of Ameri can contracts at prices contracted by the Americans, who have placed or ders covering a greater part of their requirements up to 1917. If these measures should be adopt ed, America, which takes about sixty per cent of the potash exported. would be obliged to pay monopoly p)rices. The American interests here are concerned over the situaticn, and probably will make representations concerning it to the state deparunent at WVashintgon. Seiator Johnson ClaImed by Death. Fargo, N. D.-United States Sena tor Martin H. Johnson of this state died from an attack of acute bright's disease at his hotel here. Senator Johnson was fifty-nine years old. In 1890 he was sent to congress, and was three times nominated. He wa cight years in the lower house. Ten Killed in Mine Exploslon. Hartshorne, Okla.-Ten men are dead. two are injured an~d one is miss ig as a result of an explosion in mine No. 10 of the Rock Island CoaI Mining company. The men are be lieved to have gone btycnd( a "dead line" with lighted lamps in entering Ithe mine, the lamps igniting the gas. Tilman WilNot Attend Taft Banquet. Columbia. S. C.-Because he was aked to pay $10 for a plate at the uncheon which will be given to Pres idn aton the occasion of his visit todehis cit November 6. Senator B. t. Tillman has declined to attend the unheon, and states that he may not erve on the reception committee. Senator Tillman says that while Ca umba is to be the nominal host of Mr. Tar:. the city expects the state at large to pay for the president's en tertainment. Supreme Court Justice Peckham Dead Albany, N. Y.-Rufus WV. Peckham, associate justice of the United States supreme court, died at his summer home at Altamont. Albany county. Death was due to a complication of diseases, heart trouble, bright's dis ease and hardening of the arteries 1cntrbuting. .Justice Peckham was a democrat, and befpre taking a seat on th ench gave considerable at tention to polities in New York. He was b'orn in Albany, N. Y., November' , 1838, and had been on the bench New York and federal, for twenty-six BONDS fOR-WATER WAYS President Taft Declares Himself in Favor of Inland Waterways. WOULD SOLVE RATE QUESTION Mr. Taft Declares Work on Improve ments Has Been Nothing More Than "a Procession of Jerks." Corpus Christi, Texas.-In an open addiess here before the Interstate In land Waterways league and the citi zens of Corpus Christi, President Taft announced himself as strongly favor ing a permanent and pracucal sys tem of inland waterways as a means of controlling railroad rates, and said that he favored the policy of issuing bonds for carrying out a practical sys-i ,em of improvements. Up to tne present time, Mr. Taft declared, congie s nas provided for improvements in piece meal tashion ani the work on improvement has been not'hing more than "a procession of jerxs.-' Befote any project is en tered upon, the president aeclared, it should be thoroughly considered, In vestigated and reported upon by a board of engineers as to its feasibil ity and desirability. Once the improvement is declared desirable and tne communities wnicni it is to serve can convince, congress that their growth has been suca as to justify the expenditure of a large sum of money to take care of increas ing trade, bonds should be issued in order- that the improvements may be carried into effect at once and the benefits of it be quickly secured. The president took occasion to re fer to that in some localities that there is a disposition to do injustice to the railroads and to drive ttne cor porations to a system of economy, which prevents the development of the country through which they pass. The president said it was often the case that the citizens of a county would go to any extent to get a railroad to come into the county, but once there, no a friend of he railroad could anywhere be found, except perhaps the local counsel. The remark called out hearty laugh ter. The president turned serious again, however, and urged a "square deal" for the railroads, that they might not be deprived of reasonable profits through popular prejudice. CAR SHORTAGE IN SOUTH. American Railways Make Statement on Car Situation. Chicago, III.-The American Rail ways' fortnightly . statement made public here shows a shortage of 23,.1 431 cars in the east and south, and a surplus of 35,977 in the west and northwest. .The report adds: "There seems to be no doubt that the rail roads are carrying as much freight as they did in October, 1907, and it is to be noted that the shortages are one-third of what they were then, when there was no surplus at alli The surplus has been reduced 17,4111i in the last two weeks. It i,s probable thatI we have reached or pearly reached a maximum shortage, although it is probable that the surplus will be fur ther reduced: If there is any serious shortage this fall, it will provably be upon the commercial roads, SWALLOWED GOLD TOOTH, Macon Woman Had Gold Crown in Her Lungs a Year. Macon, Ga.-In a violent coughing, spell Mrs. Walter Garrity coughed a displaced gold crown from a tooth: from its lodging in her lungs, where It had been a year and a day. She was desperately ill and physicians: had contemplated an operation. She will recover, it Is believed. A year has passed since she was In a dentist chair getting work done on her teeth. A crown in her mouth slipped and she drew it into her lungs. She had several severe at tacks, but h'nproved each time until the foreign matter was finally thrown ANTHRACNOSE DOES GREAT DAMAGE. Disease in Cotton is Spreading and is Costing Planters Millions. Columbia, S. C.-In a report just made to Commissioner Watson, State Botanist Barre declares that the dis ease of anthracnose in cotton is cost ing the growers of the state probably! $5,000,000 yearly and the Georgia! planters possibly as much as $14,000, 000 each year. According to Mr. Barre, the disease is spreaging. Its worst manifestations have followed the use of imported seed, for which reason he urges that inspection of cot ton seed be provided for in the pro posed legislation to minimize piellagra by the inspection of grain. DR. CARLI3LE_IS DEAD. SIgner of Secession and President Emeritus of Wofford College. Spartanburg, S. C.-Dr. James H. Carlisle, the venerable president em eritus of Wofford college died at his home here. Dr. Carlisle wvas born at Winnsboro, S. C., eighty-four years ago, his parents having come from County Antrim, Ireland. In 1875 he was chosen president of Wofford college, and in this position continued until 1902. when he resign ed and became president emeritus. Dr. Carlisle and Colonel Robert A. Thompson of Walhialla, Sj C., were the only surviving signers of :he or dinance of secession which precipitat ed the war betweent the states. CONFEDERATE FLAG RETUlRNED. Captured From the Ram Albermarle Just As It Went Down. Richmond, Va.-D,r. Thomas A. Warrell, fermerly ef C.mpany B, Company B. Penr.sylvan:a volun teers. has pr:esented to the confsder ate muset:m h( re a confederate flag that was tas:en fromi the <crt fderate im Albemr.rle. w>eh was~ sunik off the coast of Nort h C'arolii:a, during the civil war. It wa:s removed from the vessel just before the ship went down. SEVEN KILLED !N OHIO WRECK. Panhandle Passer.ger Train Dashed Into Freight Train. Richmond, Ind. - Seven persons were killed in a wre.ck on the Pan handle division of the Pennsylvania Rairoad, near Collinsville, Ohio, when a southbound passenger train ran into a freight train on an open siding.[ The passenger train was said to~ have been running 50 miles an hour when the crash came. Accordingt t> reports. the switch was open, and th I trains collided head-on. No passe4. er-s were killed. DEATH RATE DE;LININC. 5o the Government Vital Statistics Show. Tuberculosis Is Decreasing. Washington, D. C.-The great fight igainst tuberculos!s is being won, ac :ording to Chief Statistician Cressy L. Wilbur, of the division of vital sta J'stics, United States Census' Bureau. In a bulletin issued he says: "A continued decline in the death rate from It frcm year to year, may be expected." He says that the organization of many state and local anti-tuberculo 5is societics since the international :ongress on tuberculczis in Washing on in 1908 has helpEd to check the lisease. The total deaths from tu berculosis returned in 1908 was 79, 289, exceeding those of any previous vear of registration, but the death rate per 100,000 for 1908 is consider bly less than that for 1907. In all registration states, the death from the tuberculosis showed a decline, ex ept in Colorado, Rhode Island and Vermont. Mr. Wilbur notes pellagra as a dis ease of increasing Importance with twenty-three deaths recorded In 1908. rhis does not include the bulk of pel legra deaths in the south, from which o records are received. Among the rarer disease, smallpox caused nine ty-t.wo deaths; plague, five; yellow fever, two; leprosy, eleven and hy arophobia, eighty-two. UOTTON lINNERS REPORT. 5,320,000 Bales Had Been Ginned to Octcber 18. Memphis, Tenn.-The report of J. A. Taylor, president of the National Ginners' A-sociation, indicates that there has been ginned to October 18, 5,32i,000 bales, which is nearly a mil lion bales less than was ginned in this period last year. The reprt says. As the heavy ginning of September was kept up the first week in Octber, the falling off has nearly all come in the last half of the latter month. The crop is 79.7 picked, compared with 54.5 last year at this tinie, and indicates almost a crop disaster, ex cept in Georgia and the Carolinas, where the crop is better, but nbt as good as expected a month ago. The yield is reported disappointing In all sections of the belt, probably due to smallness of the bolls. Mississippi, Louisiana and Arkansas have the shortest crop ever grown, and will total a little over half of last year's crop, while Texas Is not much better. OBLITERATE CASTE LINES. Methodist , Home Mission Board Dis cusses Work Among Operatives. Charlotte, N. C.-The special con ference of the home mission board of the Methodist church, south, call ed to consider the relation of the church to the industrial problem. came to an end with the adoption of resolutions embodying suggestions as to the most advantageous steps to be taken in the conduct of work in mill settlements. The substance of the discussion was that caste lines in the church must be obliterated and that the churches in the cities having outlying mill settlements must contri bute to the work amongst cotton mill operatives. Statistics read in the conference show that there are in the south, 843 cotton mills, with 411,542 mill people, and the eagerness of the mem bers of the conference to reach these ;eople was manifest. PATRICK HI._M'CARREN DEAD. Democratic Leader of Brooklyn Never Rallied After Operation. New York City.-Patrick H. McCar ren, state senator and democratic eader of Brooklyn, died at St. Cath erine's Hospital, Brooklyn, never hav ig completely rallied from the ef ects of an operation for appendicitis which was per formed on October 13. His death was not unexpected; in act, the senator himself realized that bixs end was near. Lovett Succeeds Harriman. New York City.-Robert S. Lovett, was elected president of the Union Pacifie railroad, to succeed the late E. 11. Marriman, at a meeting of the board of directors. The executive ::ommittee was re-elected, with Judge [ovett as chairman, to which p)lace tie was elected as Mr. Harriman's successor a few weeks ago. Would Bar Tobacco to Ministers. Savannah, Ga.--The use of tobac co by ministers will be barred, if the wishes of the Woman's Board of Home Missions of the Methodist piscopal church, south, are carried ut by the general conference. Newsy Paragraphs. As a result of a feud between Ital an families of New Orleans. Lewis Manacia, aged twelve years. is dead and his mother and two children are lying. -They ate sugar sent them as a present. It was discover-ed that It was sent by enemies of the family. Rocky Boy and his band of Chip pewa Indians, numbering about, one hundred and fifty braves, encamped near Birds Eye, Mont., probably will owe their rescue from death by star vation to the promptness of Indian ffice officials, who took speedy means to relieve their desperate plight. The West Virginia synod of the Presbyterian Church in session at Elkins, W. Va., adopted a resolution protesting against the invitation ex tended to President Taft to address the laymens' mircionary convention November 11. This action was tak en after a lengthy discussion, argu ments in favor of the resolutions be ing based upon the president's affilia tion with the Unitarian church. That San Francisco had made pre liminary plans to hold a world's fair n commemoration of the completion of the Panama canal was the state went made in Seattle by Colonel J. A. Filcher, executive commissioner from Caliornia to the Alaska-Yukon-Pa. cific exposition. He said the United State government shculd furnish "a million er- two to releirate the event." San Diego. Cal.. also is mentioned as a possile site for a w'.orld's fair cel ebrating the ecmnplin of the canal, an it is understooCd that one or mor-e southern cities bordering the gulf of Mexico have similar projects. Mrs. Basil Duke, wife of General Duke, of the Shiloh battlefield com mission, was found dead in bed at Louisville. Ky. Heart disease was the cause of her death. Mrs. Duke was a sister of General John Morgan, the famous confederate raider. By a ur,anlous vote the building trades department of the National Federation of Labor in session at Tampa. Fla.. pased a resolution call in upon all of the branches of or ganized labor to pledge their .aipt ri o Pesident Gomlpers in the cases ow pending agains-t him and other officials of the American Federation of Lbor COTTON NOT TOO Hil Riciard H. Edmonds Discusses the Cotton Situation. FOREIGN SPINNERS BUYING American Spinners are Played By Foreign Buyers for Suckers," Says Mr. Edmonds. New Orleans, La.-Discussing the cotton situation. Richard H. Ed monds, editor of The Manufacturers' Record, who is in the south making a study of crop prospects and probable consumption, said: "The American spinners are being -played for suckers by foreign spin ners, and they are being played with an energy that ought to satisfy the most enthusiastic fisherman. In oth er words, foreign spinners ac*e en deavoring in every way possi'ule to convince the spinners in this coun try and r.M other people ideutified with the cotton trade that the price of the raw cotton is too high, and tnat the way to bring about a reduc tion is to shut down mills until cot ton declines to a point satisfactory to the buyer. "The American spinners are taking this talk of the foreign spinners seri ously, and while they are, to a large extent, as compared with previous years, keeping out of the market, for eign spinners are buying every bale of cotton they can get their hands on. The question of price does not seem to euter into their actual calcula tions, although they are struggling to impress upon American spinner: the folly of buying at present prices. "No one familiar with the shrewd ness and the knowledge of business conditions throuhgout the world of foreign spinners should be surprised at thc game which they are playing. It has been played steadily for more than half a century, but there is room for surprise that American spinrers should so readily fall into the -rap. "As a matter of fact, the present price of cotton is not unduly high. It is not in fact even at present figures yielding to the farmers the profit which should be won out of this, na ture's greatest monopoly. -Considering the increased cost of production and the Increased cost of living, it is doubtful whether 13-cent cotton is giv ing better net results to the producer than 8 or 9-cent cotton would have done seven or eight years ago. To assume that the world will not con -ume this entire crop, even if it sold at 15 cents a pound, is absurd to any man who is thoroughly familiar with the world's business conditions and who recognizes that, until an article reaches a practically prohibitory price, consumption is not materially lessened by what, under other condi tions, might have been regarded as a high price. "All mankind is living on a higher plane. Wages in the Orient and in Europe, as well as in this country, have been steadily advancing for some years, with occasional brief pe i-iods of reaction, such as that follow g the panic of 1907. But, broadly speaking, there Is a steady, world wide forward movement. -The iron producers, the growers of wheat and corn and other agricul tural products, and manufacturers 0f nearly all lines are sharing in this increased activity and increased prof it to a greater extent than the cot ton growers of the south. If there had been no material shortage in the yield of cotton compared with last year. there should have been, mere ly to keep pace with the advance in other things, a rise of. 25 to 30 per cent In the price of cotton over the average of the preceding crop. "The world's Improved business conditions would have justified this. When we remember that whatever may be the actual final outcome it it an unquestionable fact that the crop will be very much less than last year, while the consumption will cer tainly be as large, it would seera thai present prices have not yet reached a point of fairness to the grower. It is incumbent upon every business in terest in the south to recognize the situation and to unite to help the farmer in securing a piice In keep ing with the present increasing pros perity in every othe*r industry. Instead of seeking to depress the price of cot ton, the -south ;hould unite to seek to advance the price. At present ev r man who is paying any serious attention to the talk of foreign spin. ers is simply helping them to laugh up one sleeve, while with the uther and they are reaching behind his ack and gathering in every psssible bale of cotton. -Later on, when the foreign spin ners have secured the best of the rop and the American spinners un dertake to supply their own needs, they will wake up to the game that has been played upon them." SPANISH CABINET RESIGNS. SSain Tranquil Under New Order of Government. Madrid, Spain.-The Spanish cabi net, which was formed January 15, 1907, under the premiership of Anto i Mauria, resigned as a result of the bitter attacks made against the government by the former premier, Mret y Prendergast. The fall of Piremier Maura and the conservative cabinet has produced a feeling of relief and encourages hope that a period of internal tranquility has been ushered in. It is now an open secret that M. Maura's refusal to give King Alfonso an opportunity to pardon Ferrer is regretted by his SYRIANS NOT "WHITE PERSONS." Wconsin Court Rules That They Are Not Entitled to Vote. LaCrosse, Wiss.-Ui.der a ruling re ceeid here from 1. S. Coleman,. the chief exminer cf il:c census buread t asingti. cie t.undred Syrian voters in LaC"rCrme w;il lose their cit iensp, wh.le M.nj'!; of others all Iover the noGiiiI <1.1 ia aifected. The ruling. in ' nvA-.; that Syrians, being of AGiatie miigin. are not "white person:." whhiin the meaning of the law. BRIBED TO CHEAT IiIYERNMlENT. Customs Weigher Confesses That He Was Hired by Importers. New York City...-Eight years of sys tematic and exceedingly profitable chheting of the United States govern ment was disclosed by George E. Brige a customs weigher. Hie told ow e had underweighIedf a large iportation of cheese and receive d $194. He said that he h a .hnilar dealings with hundreds of other- im potes He declared also tat cus toos employees had a regular sys tn ofcheating. LATE NtWS NOTEL General. In a lecture 'before the Acro Club of America, Lyttleton Fox urges that the club take immediate steps to cause the enactment of laws defining the rights and privileges of persons who travel in balloons and aero plianes. Mr. Fox fears that unless laws to the contrary are passed, prop Lrty owners whose titles give them lvossssion of the air above property may prosecute air travelers for tres I;a-s. In order to avoid suits for trEspass, Mr. Fox suggests that the various states condemL% a certain ae rial stratum as a public highway and take title to it. Two large 22.000-pound Rodman gu,nC, re lies of the confederacy, mounted at the abandoned Fort Hen ry, rear Pass Christian, Miss., will be blown up and shattered into port able sections with dynamite. They were recently sold to a St. Louis firm by the state of Mississippi and were to be exhibited as historical cu riosities. But the purchasers have founl it impossible to get the guns away from their mountings. The site of the old fort has almost been buried under the accumulations of the past torty years Counterfeiters, working almost in the shadow of the treasury, have in vaded certain districts of Washington with spurious coin. The counterfeits are of the 25 cent and 10 cent coin age, patterned after the issue of 1908, but, accordiig to the secret service operatives. they are poor imitations. John L. Carlisle, a prominent farm er and politician of Marion county, Mississippi, is so strongl; impressed with the belief that he has found gold on his farm near Magnolia that he has sent a sack of the nuggets to the I United States assay office at Wash ingtor. for analysis. The nuggets were picked up in a cotton field on the Carlisle place, and the ground is thickly strewn with them. They appear to be a composition of sand and bright flecks resembling gold dust. The International Banking corpor ation, an American concern, which was the first to open a house in Pe kin, China, started a branch in Han kow, with the object of increasing trade relations bEtween the United States and the Far East. Washington. When President Taft returns from his western trip he will find awaiting him in the white house a big barrel of sauerkraut which represents his winning at the Elks' fair held at San dusky, Ohio, last winter. The pres ident was presented the winning tick et by W. H Reinhart, head of the I Perry centennial commission, while the latter was in Washington. The baprel was packed with twenty-two gallons of fresh briny food and tx pressed to Washington. Record target practice scores of the vessels of the American navy for 1909 made public at the navy depart ment show that the Washington is a winner of the .battleship class, the Charleston a winner in the cruiser class, the Wilmington a winner in the gunboat class, the Tingey the win ner in vessels competiting for the tor pedo trophy. The use of the words "so help me God" at the end of oaths may be prohibited in the courts of the Dis trict of Columbia if congress passes a law which Is now being drafted by the commissioners of the District of Columbia. The bill under considera tion is similar to one enacted by the Maryland legislature, and leaders of the bench and bar in Washington are being consulted as to the desirability of recommending its enactment by congress. A pew in the fashionable St. John's Episdopal church in Washington, the property of the late Dr. Robert Rey burn, was put up at auction. As there were no bidders the pew probably will be sold at private sale. Last May a pew in the same church brough brought $3,000. This is not the only high price paid for a pew in St. John's In 1816, when the edifice was built, the pen s sold for $100 each, but at that tiime the church or ganizationi received the money and not a pew holder, as now is the case. A few years ago Representative George M.' Huff of Pennsylvania pur chased from an estate a pew directly in the rear of what is known as the "presidential pew," paying $2,750 Uncle Sam grew financially fat off industrious inventors last year, the records showing that revenues in fees from this source were -sufficient to pray $1,887,443, the expenses of the United States patent office, and leave a surplus of $88,476. This fact, which is emphasized in the annual report of Edward B Moore, commissioner of patents, has made the basis for im port ant recommendations urging new law.s by congress which will effectual ly expediate methods for issuing pat ents. Improvements in the methods of sustaining the army while traveling by rail have made the lot of the pri vate soldier much more comfortable than formerly. This is shown In the annual report of Commissary General Henry G. Sharpe. The report says the operations of the kitchen tourist car, the detachment mess car and the - portable gas cooker, which he says have been thoroughly tried Out are found satisfactory. They have revolutionized, he say's, the old sys tem of providing for subsistence of traveling troops. The report shows that it cost the commisary depart ment $333,822 more to keep the army of Cuban pacification in the island than it would have cost to take care of the soldiers in this country. The father of Knud Rasmussen has recel' ed a letter from his son, who lived for many years among the Es kimos and speaks the languiage per f ectly. In the letter M. Rasmussen says he will arrive at Copenhagen from Greenland on November 1, bringing conclusive evidence of Dr. Cook against Commander Peary. Jcseph C. S. Blackburn, governor of the. canal zone, who is in Washing ton for a few days, says the canal will certainly -be completed by the latter part of 1913, which is about two years less than the engineers estimates. The supreme court 'of the United States refused to take cognizance of the case of Majors vs. Williamson, involving responsibility for a note giv en to pay a debt assumed In connet tion with a speculation on the stock exchange. The debt was contracted by Williamson, in Memphis, Tenn., and a note was given with Mississippi real estate as security. The laws of the states of Tennessee and Missis sipp)i prohibit gambling, and it was contended that under such laws the note could not be collected. The United Stites circuit Court of appeals sustamed this view and the effect of ousehold ....Mattere Cleaning Porcelain. With a cloth dipped in kerosene oil the effect is wonderful. You may then rub with a dry cloth. The arti cles cleaned will be as bright as new. The same method may be u sd in cleaning furniture. Even paint may be cleaned with a little oil on the cloth and soapsuds as well.-Ains. lee's. Gardening. One of the most successfui of the amateur women gardeners, whose old fashioned garden is a wonderful tangle of bloom and perfume through out the season, says that her success is due to bringing the clay soil to terms. When having a bed made she has it first filled in with a three-inch layer of sand, then with an equally thick layer of sawdust, and last with a generous amount of fertilizer. The second year the same rule is followed, at which time she has planted what ever hardy plants she wishes to stay there. the first year's planting being merely for a temporary bloom. The sawdust rots and enriches the ground and is almost as beneficial as wood ashes.-New York Tribune. Kitchen Supplies. Keep roasted coffee in tin or glass and tightly covered. When exposed to the air or kept too long it loses both aroma and stren--h. For these reasons it should be bought in lim ited quantities. On the other hand, green coffee improves with age. Store salt in a stone jar in a dry place. When desirable to keep but ter for any length of time wrap each 1I in clean muslin, then pack in brine that will float an egg and weight down with a heavy plate. Cover the top of the jar closely. Lard should be kept in bright tin pails or cans. Soda and baking pow der should be left in the original packages and kept in a cool, dry place. Soap should be purchased in quan tities, unwrapped and stacked on a shelf to harden. When well dried out Its lasting qualities are about double.-New York Tribune. The Home Laundress. To Poll Linen-T give a fine polish to lin use I e m water instead of col to br'eak do the starch. When 1 h een reduce the required -consistency by boiling water add a pinch of fine salt and stir several times with a wa- candle. This will make the iron run smoothly and give a polish to the linen that noth ing else can impart. Getting Up Collars and Cuffs After washing the articles perfectly clean leave them in cold water till the next day. Make cold starch in the usual way and wring the articles through it twice. Then dissolve two teaspoons of borax in hot water, let it cool, and wring the collars and cuffs through that twice. Wrap them in a clean towel and mangle. Wait for a little time before ironing. Iron on the wrong side first, and then on the right, pressing very evenly so as produce a good gloss. A polishing iron is best for this.-Boston Herald. To Wash White Lace. First, the soiled laces should be carefully removed from the garment anid folded a number of times, keep ing the edges evenly together, then bested with a coarse thread without a kot in the end. Now put them in a ba.sin of lukewarm suds. After soak ing a half hour, rub them carefully bet' -een the hands, renewing the suds several times; then, after soaping them well, place them in cold water and i,gt them come to a scald. Take them from this and rinse them thor ouglj in lukewarm water blued a little; then dip them into a very thin, clear starch, allowing a teaspoonful of starch to a pint of water. Now roll them in a clean towel without taking out the basting; let them lie for an hour or more, iron over several thicknesses of flannel, taking out the bastings of one lace at a time and ironing oli the wrong side with a moderately hot iron; the lace should be nearly dry and the edges pulled gently with the fingers in shape be. fore ironing.-Boston Post. Macedoine Salad.-Mixed vegeta bles, well cooked, either canned or fresh, are called nmacedoine. If canned drain, wash and arrange them neatly on crisp lettuce leaves. Pour over French dressing and serve. Raspberry Trifle.-Beat one-halt pint of heavy cream until it begins to thicken, add the stiffly beaten white of one egg. Beat until stiff, fold in onehalf cup of crushed raspberries and sweeten to taste with powdered sugar. Line sherbet cup with thin slices of cream. Shrimp Delight.-Melt a piece of butter, the size of a walnut in a sauce pan, add one-half pint of cream. When heated through add one cup boiled rice, one can of shrimp chopped fine, and last of all one-half bottle of tomato catsup. Serve on toasted bread or soda crackers. Vegetable Soup.-Cut five potatoes into small pieces, one carrot, a small tomato, one-half onion, small piece of cauliflower, one piece of celery and some parsley, then add a pint of milk and one of water and boil until vege tables are soft, and season with a lit tle sugar, salt and pepper. Meat Soufle.-One cupful of cole Imeat chopped fie one cupful of. Isweet milk, one large tablespoonful of flour, one sm.all tablespoonful of. butter, two e gg:., casoning to taste.' Scald the milk. thickened with the flour and butter: stir in the beaten; yolks, pour this while hot over the meat. stirrir g; set aside to cool. Then stir in iightly the beaten, whites and' bake in a quick oven fifteen minutes. Serv hot.