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JOHNNY. He can scamper a mile to the baseball field, And he never feels the heat; But, oh, it's so far to the corner store? So far for his aching feet. He can run to see the circus come in, And stand and watch b.v the hour; But the postoffice building is so far away, And there might come up a shower. He can get up at five on the Fourth of July? j It's really no trouble at all; But eight is too early on all other days, And his mother may call and call. He can sit up all hours to frolic, and not Get sleepy or tired a bit; ' But. if there's a lesson, or problem to do, He goes fast asleep over it! J O Johnny, dear Johnny, how funny you are! I And when will grown-ups understand That hard things seem easy, and easy ones hard, To youngsters all over the land? ?Emma A. Lente, in Zion's Herald. Crossing the Bar. By VENA ROSS MORSE. The last rays of the setting sun stole softly into the spotless little room where Martha, wife of Abram, the blacksmith, lay motionless in her high-posted, old-fashioned bed. The old high chest of drawers with the snowy towel across the top took on a new lustre as the light struck I it, and the reds and blues in the well-worn rag carpet looked even brighter than in broad daylight. Even the raised edges of the irregular patch near the bed looked less forbidding than usual to the sick woman as she lay drinking in the last glories of the day. Soon the light faded, leaving in its place a soft sweet dusk, filled with the perfume of flowers, the cheerful chirp-chirp of the cricket and the plaintive night call of the birds in the neighboring woodland. Gazing with unseeing eyes where the light had touched, Martha went over her life as she had done so many time before since she had regretfully, but uncomplainingly, laid down the burden of home cafes. It had now been seven months since she had left her little room, and for the last half of that time, she had been confined to her bed. The nature of her disease the country doctors did not know, so she lay patiently waiting for the end. Abram, her faithful companion for fifty years, cared tor her as tenderly as a devoted, clumsy old man could, but helped by a visit from one or another of their kind neighbors every day. "Marthy likes my gruel and toast," he would say with a smile of satisfaction, as broth, jellies and fruits were donated by willing friends, who sought to tempt Martha's appetite. And she did like the gruel and toast and his companionship, also. And -her sweet, faded face would light up a with love and trust as Abram enJ * v. pfono etooH vi'n LCieu nnu ictuio .jiv-uv..-.~o the tray with its cup of tea and plate of toast. How many times he had waited upon her and never a word of complaint, but always that kindly smile and the solicitous "Feel better, Marthy?" or "How, now, Marthy?" It was. for Abram that Martha was content to linger and suffer, for was not there yet a chance that he would heed his Master's voice and believe -as she had believed since the early -days of their courtship? Yielding to all else, the old man ' steadfastly refused to open his heart to the pleadings of wife, pastor or friends. If she could be the means of bringing him to the fold she felt .as if her life work would be accomplished and she would gladly leave her aching body behind that her tired spirit might find rest and peace in her Father's house. A sharp twinge caused her to change painfully onto her other side, and her glance fell upon a faded photograph of her early home. Then her thoughts flew back to her old life; the first visits of Abram; the Rnndflv whnti in nil hor hricrht vnuth fulness she joined the church of her father and mother; the summer day when she and Abram had promised those sacred things?till death us do part; the little house where they had begun housekeeping?and then she drifted into a fitful sleep, her lips still moving and her fingers twitching nervously over the patchwork <juilt. Cautiously Abram entered with the small hand lamp and placed it carefhlly and noiselessly in its accustomed place. He saw that Martha was asleep, and he sank into the high-backed rocker and studied her worn face. He knew as weil as she that the I end was drawing near and soon he would be left alone in the humble i home that had so long sheltered them both. The tears welled up in his eyes and ran over his wrinkled lace, dropping onto his faded vest. He wiped his sleeves across his face and sighed. The rocker creaked as he moved and the aged wife slowly opened her eyes. Abram rose and deftly arranged the usual corner of paper around the lamp chimney so as to shut oif the light from Martha's eyes. "Abram, come up closer," came the weak voice, and he wonderingly ! obeyed, as he was already so near hie could touch her pillow. "Abram, do you remember the church where we were married?" "Yes, Marthv." "And how sweet the roses and thines smelled and what a lot of ! flowers we had on the pews and in the vases?" "Yes. Oh, yes!" still wondering. "And you remember when we came here to keep house and how happy, how happy we were?" she ran on weakly. "I guess I do, Martiiy, as if 'twas yesterd'v," answered the old man. "And then you remember when our first baby came?and then left us before she could say a word but Daddy'?" Abram nodded with tears in his eyes as she continued. "How we siood over the little _B|az|HM|Ba|||HMM|flai,MaMHaBM0aiaM white casket and cried together auc wondered how we should live?" "Yes, Marthy," chokingly. "Then you know how little Fred came, and how we loved him?anc about his getting drowned in the brook?" She had been over it sc many times in her mind that she was quite calm now as she reviewed il again. "Don't, Marthy." sobbed the grayhaired man: "I can't bear it." "And then the twins," she persisted; "they closed their blessed eyes before we had hardly learned tc know them." "Yes/' repeated Abram faintly. He sat with his chin sunk upon his chest and the tears trickled dowc unheeded as he pictured the scenes which his wife brought before him. "We loved our babies, didn't we, Abram?" resumed the weak voice, "Oh, Abram, if we could only have a.% ??xi_ T# mem wuu us agaiu. xl wc wmv only see them once more and feel their little arms and kiss them." "Oh, if we only could; if we onlj could. I should be ready to go. too,' sobbed the old man. "Abram, it seems as if I could set them now?there?see little Annie and Fred?all angels. Oh, see the lights and the flowers?and there come the twins. And there's the Saviour lifting them in His, arms? yes, I'm coming?mother's coming darlings. Wait just a minute." With a cry of anguish Abram dropped on his knees beside the bed. "Oh, Marthy, I b'lieve, I b'lieve. ] want to go to the children too. Oh Lord, have -mercy?take me too. I'm a poor sinner and I haven't been gettins ready, but I want to come." The broken prayer and the heavj sobbing roused the sick woman foi a moment and she realized that all was well. A look of content and joj overspread her countenance and she moved her hand until it rested or Abram's wet cheek. He grasped il feverishly and the heavy sobs grad ually subsided, leaving the room it perfect quiet.?Boston Sunday Post. I Stripes and Bars For Him By CASPAR WHITNEY. The trouble to-day is failure to sufficiently punish the reckless driver, We constantly read of a wealths scorcher wht) deliberately defies the warning of the motor cycle policeman, and sets out on a race to gel away from him. The fine of ten tc twenty-five dollars for a man of this sort is ridiculous and makes no impression as we see, for the offense is committed over and over again bj the same individuals. Around Nevj York there are half a dozen such who ore rnntinnrmslv hf>in? arrested and as continuously offending. Anenl accidents, there is a great deal of talk In the papers of exacting a thorough examination of all those who apply for license,1 thus intimating that the majority of accidents are the result of incompetence in the driver; but such is not the fact. There is no doubt of the desirability of insisting on an examination 7 of the chauffeur before he is given a license, but the truth is that the reckless driving and the greatest number of accidents come not from the incompetence or the ignorance of the man at tho whpp] hut from ahsolnte reck lessness. The men who give the most trouble belong to the expert driver class. There is only one way to stop reckless driving, and that is by rigidly enforcing a few simple laws. The first offense should be punished by a fine, the second offense by revocation of license for a given period?a month say?and the third offense should be punished by a term of imprisonment. Accidents that result in the death of innocent victims should produce a charge of manslaughter. If several of the reckless drivers, who apparently consider themselves immune because of their prominence, should serve a term in jail, I think there would be an end to criminally heedless speeding.?The Outing Magazine. Not a Safe Place. Old Aunt Hepsy Garside never had seen a moving picture show before. She gazed in speechless wonder at the magic contrivance by which mes. senger boys were made to move with breakneck speed, barbers to shave their customers in less than a minute and heavy policemen to dash along the street at a rate never attained by a living specimen, either on or off duty. It was all real to her. She could not doubt the evidence of her senses. All those things were taking place exactly as depicted. Presently an automobile came in sight in the far background, moving directly toward the audience at the rate of at least a mile a minute. Just as a catastrophe seemed inevitable it swerved aside, passed on and disappeared, Aunt Hepsy could stand it no longer. Hastily grasping the baud of her little niece she rose and start cu awuuj iui tuc uuui. "Come along, Minervy!" she said. "It ain't safe to stay here any longer, That thing didn't miss me more than two feet!"?Youth's Companion. Big Texas Melon. Robert Longbothain. a farmer neai Shafter Lake, raised an eighty-pound melon. It is of the Georgia sweet variety from Texas grown seed. The seed was planted July 2. the vine blossomed August 7 and th< I melon matured September IS, mak ! ing an average growth of two pounds a day from the time the blossou dropped oft' the vine until the melor ripened, and during its growth tht ! melon registered a maximum gain ol I six pounds during a single twenty i four hours.?Galveston News. World's Enormous Steam Power. A German statistician has calcu lated that the steam power hi present use on this globe is equal to 12 0. 000,000 liorse-power. The coal need ed to supply this-hteam for a veai would make a freight train extend ing ten times around the earth. The railroads of the United States 1 used 1 S.So.").601 barrels of oil for fue j in 1!?07. an increase oi' 3,000,0Ot ! barrels over l'JOli. ' New York City. ? Simple x* | blouses such as this one are mi worn by young girls, both with ski to match and as separate blouses, the pretty soft silks and satins, cn de chine and chiffon and materials the sort are much in vogue for 1 odd waists and for the gowns ca mere, challis. voile and the like i 1 to be extensively worn this seas This model has the great advants of allowing a choice of the chemise 1 edged with banding or ^>f a plaii waist with the tucks extended to 1 nnllar and made of one mater | throughout. The sleeves are c Jlnctly novel and graceful and can made with the long deep cuffs mat lng the blouse of one material extei i ing over the wrists or can be cut j in three-quarter lengths, all n styles being popular lor Diouses the sort. ' They are laid in tucks , the inside edges and fall in grace folds at the other. The waist is made with a fitted 1 ing, and itself 'consists of the fr< , and the backs. It is laid in f tucks, and when the chemisette used it is cut out on indicated lin . The sleeves are in one piece ea [ but arranged over fitted linin made with upper and under portio and these linings are faced to fo j deep cuffs. The quantity of material requii ( for the sixteen-year size is three a three-quarter yards twenty-one twenty-four, two and a half yai thirty-two or two and one-quar yards forty-four inches wide w seven-eighth yard of all-over lace a one and seven-eighth yards of bai ing to make as illustrated. Stylish Jabot. A stylish jabot is formed by [ | Btrip of tucked linen with seven t ; I pliqued rose motifs, at the left j which is an edging of Irish, w > large appliqued roses. At the rii I 1 ? r i I aic uuuuie I llilltrs ul picaicu iu. . ! with fagoting one-quarter of an ir - from edge. Bow of Irish lace. i 1 ClotJi Tops. , p Cloth topped shoes are appeari: and in greater variety than ev j Checked and striped uppers have g en way to the light and white cl< n.wl I n..nllv Vli Iuiit-o, aiiu tii?roc tilt; uuusuan; ui; being from six to eight inches abc i the ankle. The lower, part of i shoe is of unstitched soft patent k: Jeweled Neckties. i Delightful are the new neckties silk worsted in Oriental embroidi in which tiny jewels are introduc ! The tie is about nine or ten incl 5 ' long, and the two ends may 1 ! knotted or merely crossed over e J | fastened with a fancy pin. ^Monr^^ r JiatJRbslS ' Dusky Blue. ich The new color that Is a good deal rts talked about with the designers is C< All known as dusky blue. It comes in JP6 mousseline, in suede, in cloth and in ?f plumes. the _____ 3k- Torchon Lace. ire Many sets of underlinen made for ai l?-? J ? J J 4-V?/-? Anm- T7? me uriues auu ueuuiaui</o ui mo wm- j*. ing season are trimmed with real tor- m ! chon lace. This Is a durable, service- h able lace that "should never have gone ai out of fashion. . m : T1 Rose Parasols. ? Parasols with tops formed of big . rose colored petals were used at a barn dance In the country. Old par' asol frames may be used for the purpose, and a girl with ingenuity may as easily make the rose covers. Thin green lawn stretched over the frame makes an excellent foundation. ^ w Misses' Five Gored Skirt. es The skirts that close at the front, Jc in what is known as coat style, are ' ce among the latest developments of, gc fashion and are exceedingly smart in effect. They suit young girls admir- pc ably well, and this one will be found T1 * available for the future as well as ai for present needs. In the illustration dj it is made of serge stitched and he closed with buttons and buttonholes, ar and serge is favorite for the present on. and incoming seasons, but linen, pop- ^ tge liuette and the like are charming so tte made, and new skirts of the sort are aer quite likely to be in demand, while h? the also all the heavier skirting and suit- st ial ing materials will be found admir- ba Us- able. 1 a l I . g, ?i I SD .1 " \ I 11 \ re i ; . yo be The skirt is cut on the new lines, po ch- and gives the fashionable slender ef- pu ad- feet to the figure, yet it has width fe] off enough at the lower edge to mean ^ ew comfort In walking. It can bp made of with habit back or inverted pleats as og at liked. There are five gores and the ful front gore is finished with a hem atpt its left edge and buttoned over onto in- the side gore. . The upper edge is atunt tached to a belt. When inverted tne pleats are used they are stitched flat is for several inches below the belt. For fl ? , I s ? nic fr- the hr.bit back the skirt is cut off at iv" the back edges and simply seamed. 3th The quantity of material required for the sixteen-year size is six yards crc )Ve twenty-four, five and a quarter yards drc fhe thirty-two or three and a half yards th? Id. j forty-four inches wide. P" I fin; Sleeves Match Bodice. ot I One of the departures in the fash- ion si".v ion this season is the matching of ed- | the sleeve to the bodice instead of to ] h*'3 I the yoke. This does not mean that be ! the sleeve is of the same material as of tnd I the waist, for it is usually a trans- "vvl1 parent fabric, but it matches in color. cai ' 1 en * HBEEIW ID I I Bill Cim KILLED, oliceman, Revolver in Hand, Entered Suspected "Blind Tiger." a ATAL ALABAMA LIQUOR RAID ambatants Reload Weapons Daring v Battle at Birmingham?Police- t men Arrive When Harris, His 5 Friend and Child Are Eating. a t Birmingham, Ala.?J. W. Harris ^ id Will Womack, with Harris' two- u sar-old daughter sitting on Wo- c ack's lap, were eating supper at' c arris' home when Policeman Jones t rived at the front door and Police- ? an J. W. Little at the rear door. ^ tie policemen have been in charge the enforcement of the prohibition * w and they had been .told that Har- * 8 3 was conducting a "blind tiger. ? Harris arose from the table as soon fc i Little, with revolver in hand, it is s ,id, entered the room, and drew a a stol. Both began firing at close 0 ,nge. Womack also had a revolver, a 'hen Jones ran into the rear room, omack and Little were clinched, 8 ich grasping the other's weapon. ' >nes grabbed them, but Harris sueeded in shooting Little, the bullet 8 >ing through his heart. 8 The shooting caused intense excite- a ent, and several deputy sheriffs and >licemen rushed into the house. J ley found Little and Womack dead * id Harris and his baby daughter 0 rlng. The Harrises were taken to a 1 >spital and died the moment they 8 rived there. Search was made of Harris' house ? id a few bottles of liquor and some ? ser were found. Mrs. Harris was ^ und upstairs, where she had been ? iring the shooting, and consequently, id not been injured. She was grief- 8 - - -s _ a 1 vfl riCKen over xne aeata ui ubi uuomd and child. The sight of the dead baby, with bullet hole in her head, caused great dlgnation. The police said, inasuch as Harris and Womack had bein the shooting, and as the child idoufitedly had been hit by a stray Lllet, that neither Jones nor Little uld be blamed. Little and one, of the men In the om are said to have reloaded th3ir stols after emptying them one time, lat they fired .to kill is evident, for e little child and three men'carry > less than twelve bullet holes. For several weeks the police and ieriff'8 forces have been very active making raids to stop violations of e prohibition law. Blind tigers, soal clubs and other places have been ,ided, but this is the first time there as resistance. BOY SHOOTS FATHER. lie Latter Had Fired at His Wife? Four Ballets Hit Him. Elizabeth, N. J.?While defending mself and his mother from the atcks of his father, Albert Messig, Jr., ghteen years old, shot his father, Ibert Messig, a butcher. Two bults lodged in Messig's head. A third 8 inffatta/1 fins hnna in +"ha rlffht iflw. id a fourth lodged in Messig's right ? LQulder. Mepsig is in a critical contion In the General Hospital. The >y Is in jail. ^ ? Mesilg, according .to the story told * F his son, had been drinking heavily ? r several weeks, and was almost X azed from liquor. He insisted that E s wife g6 driving with him. She * fused, and he rushed at her and d tempted to choke her. The boy 1 ied to interfere, and the father t illed a big revolver and fired a shot 1 his wife, which went wild, and then linted the weapon at the son, but t fore he had time to fire the son rested the gun from hiih, and shot c m with his own revolver. b 1 - , a [RL KILLED AT A REHEARSAL. * lot Through the Head by Roy Who ' HHn't Vnnvtr the* flnn Wao Tflnllprl Hibbing, Minn. ? Edna Geary, relve, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. chard Geary, was accidentally shot , d killed while rehearsing with othchildren in an amateur play. She is the "villainess" and Russell Bartt, thirteen, was the "hero." t< While reciting the lines of the play f< ung Barrett aimed a gun, not sup- e; sed to be loaded, at the girl and h lied the trigger. The little one c 11 dead with a bullet in her brain, ti ie tragedy occurred in the home of c< . G. Barrett, the father of the boy. c< KNOTS FOR A BATTLESHIP, h ill Speed Record For Eight Hours of the New Invincible. London. ? The British battleship Si vincible, at her full-power trial, , ;amed twenty-eight knots an hour p a period of eight hours. At a recent trial, under seven- ^ iths of her power, the Invincible P :ained a soeed of twenty-five knots, b) d it was expected at her full-power " al that she would reach thirty ots. She Is the fastest battleship tc the world. vt n< ta Defeated Candidate Dead. Walter J. Le Grys, city editor of 2 Tfroy Press, Democratic candidate : the Senate from Rensselaer Coundied at Troy, N. Y. He was seized P] th illness just before election. He .s defeated by his Republican oppc- ~ nt by a small majority. rl Chancellor Andrews Oat. The resignation of E. Benjamin idrews as Chancellor of the Unirsity of Nebraska, Lincoln, was ten- j red to the regents and accepted. I ancellor Andrews will retire on nuary 1. The selection of his sucisor was left open. in it Ruef Jury After Three Months. ] tb The jury to try Abraham Ruef on j :harge of bribe-y was completed at ! * n Francisco, Cal. This prelimin- I r has taken more thau three 3i ?nths. . I ki Fear Wheat Crop is Damaged. Fears that the entire winter wheat | in has been seriously damaged by j night caused an advance of more j ^ in one cent a bushel in wheat I ces on the Chicago Exchange, and al quotations showed net gains of I er 2 and an eighth to one and three? ! ^ hth cents. Corn, oats and provis- j co is also were strong. CJr So Divorce For Deserting TJrido. Supreme Court Justice Aspinall, b1' New York, decided that a bride io deserts her husband without ise cannot obtain a divorce on thg )und of infidelity. " as: 70STMASTEBJH0R0AN SNOT attacked by Assassin in a New York City Street lan Believed There Was a Plot \ Among Postofflce Officials to Ruia His Business. New York City.?Postmaster Edward M. Morgan was^hot by one of he many cranks who believe the ostal authorities are conspiring gainst them, but who are permitted o roam about the city in the belief hat they are harmless. This particilar crank was a lunatic who had esaped from,an insane asylum in Worester, Mass., in 1904, and who in he last two years had been spending nost of his money in having physiians examine him and certifying that ie was sane. That tVia Postmaster Wfta not. killed ras due to the courage of his da-ugher, Dorothy, sixteen years old, a tudent in the Wadleigh High School, rho pushed the would-be assassin's iand to one side just as he fired the hot. The bullet, entered Morgan's bdomen on the left side and came ut of .the back at the right. It made wound eight Inches long, but, luckly, it passed between the intestines, nd there was no intestinal perforalon. Morgan was operated upon eon after the shooting, and the sur;eons announced that unless tinforeeen complications set in he, would be hie to leave his bed in about a week. Morgan's assailant was Eric H. B. lackey, employed as a stenographer iy the law firm of Hunt, Hill & Betts, f. No. 165 Broadway. After- firing he shot into the Postmaster he ran everal yards and then fired a bullet ato his body near the heart. The hot did not kill him,: and Mackey [red a second shot into his head, 'he bdllet entered his brain, killing tim instantly. ' When Mackey'B clothing -^as earched, it was found that he had ,rmed himself with other weapons tesldes the pistol. In his hip pocket ras a dagger with a pearl .handle, ,nd in one of the pockets of hIs coat ras a slungshot, consisting of a heavy hunk of lead In a leather cover, n his room, in Nov 239 West 116th treet, the police found evidence that lackey had planned to kill Morgan ,b far back as last July. His room pas stacked with jars labeled Poison," and there also were several tombs In process of manufacture, 'here also were many pamphlets tellng how to manufacture powerful xploslves, and on a table was a later, dated July 14, in which Mackey old of his intention to kill the Postnaster because he had'been unable o obtain justice from Morgan. For several days Mackey has- Eoitired near the Morgan home. He 1iad nquired several times for the Postnaster, but each time Morgan was tut. Evidently the assailant was de erminea not to miss nis victim, 101 te stood opposite the Morgan home, n No. 613 West 146th street, before ' a. m. It was a little after 8 o'clock phen Morgan and his daughter left he house. The two were walking land in hand on the north side ol L 4 6th street, and they almost had eached Broadway when Mackej itepped up to Morgan. "Are you Postmaster Morgan?" he isked, "I am," Morgan replied. Without another word Mackey toot i pistol from- his pocket and pressed he muzzle against his victim's coat Li he did so Dorothy tried. ,to force he man's hand aside. Almost at the ame instant the pistol went off, and Morgan sank to the sidewalk. The laughter began to cry, but she did nol ose her nerve, eihe knelt down by he side of her father and lifted his lead to he/ knee. ' "Speak to me, father; please speak o me," she said. Morgan was not unconscious. He ipened his eyes and tried to say omething to the girl, but he was un? ,ble to do so. While the daughter iras urging her father to talk to her, wo more shots rang out and Mackey ell to the sidewalk about twenty ards from where Morgan was lying. DAUGHTERS GET ESTATE. iisses Sears Heirs to Mother's Property of About $6,000,000. Boston.?Miss Lillian Sears, seven;en years old, and her sister Phyllis, >urteen, are heirs to their mother's 3tate, estimated at ?6,000,000, by er will, just probated at Norwich, onn. Their father is made the ustee. Their combined annual inDmes amount to $300,000. Mrs. Herbert M. Sears, the mother, jmmitted suicide at a New York otel last January. HUNTER SHOT OWN SON. tumbled When About to Fire at Deer and Killed Lad. ' t Calais, Me.?Word was received ere that the fourteen-year-old son of . C. Rollins, of St. Stephen s, N. B., ad been accidentally shot and killed 7 his father while deer hunting. Mr. Rollins stumbled when about > fire at a deer and his aim was dieted, the bullet passing through the 5ck of his son, who was some dis,nce in advance of him. Street Railway Grab. Colonel William N. Amory ex[ained the "grab1' of the * akon ;reet Crosstown Railway, New York ity, placing the loot of the Ryan n? as high as $1,100,000. Dyed Oil Red. A former representative of the ;andard Oil Comnanv testified that ; had dyed oil red in order to take vay the business of a rival concern. New York City's Millions. The New York City budget, carryg $156,545,148.14, was passed by e Board of Estimate. French Train Off Rails; Ten Dead. An express train was derailed near isolles, France. Ten persons were lied and many injured. The Field of Labor. During August 320 people were inred in industrial accidents in Cuna, and 115 died. Yorkshire (England) Miners' Fedatiou is continuing its crusade ainst non-union workeries in the llieries. Boston (Mass.) Cigar Makers' lion has levied an assessment of $5 l each member to advertise the ie label. Delegates trom the Bricklayers d Stonemasons' Unions met at lelph, Canada, to form a provincial sociation. Latest News BY WIRE. 1 'i J General Lingan's Bones Moved. Washington, D. C.?The bones of General James McCubbln Lingan, at personal friend of General Georgo Washington, and a hero of the Revolutionary War, who died in 1812, were exhumed from the private burying ground in which they had rested for nearly a century and relnterred in Arlington National Cemetery. . Manitoba's Treasurer Dead. Winnipeg, Man.?Hon.4 J. H. Ag- y, new, provincial treasurer of the Manitoba Government, died here. He was forty-five years of age. Report on Shipbuilding. Washington, D. Cj?The monthly v shipbuilding returns Of the Bureau ofl Navigation of the Department of Com, merce and Labor show that ninety* three sail and steam vessel^, having a eross tonnaae of 5210. were built in the United States, and officially num; bered during the last month. OjB these only one was built of steel. Colonel W. P. Price Dead. Atlanta, Ga.?Colonel W. P. Price, seventy-one years old, for many years , president of the board olvtrustees of the North Georgia Agricultural Collego at Dahlonega, Ga., died at that i place. 'v. ' %,* i Professor Otis T. Mason Dead.' r, Washington, D. C.?Professor Otis .: T. Mason, head curator of the De; partment of Anthropology of the National Museum," and the. oldest sclen; tist of that institution, died here as a i > result of paralysis. Because of ill health he gave up active work six weeks ago. He was seventy years old, : and a native of Eaatport, Me. i Parkman's Will Probated. * Boston, Mass.?The will of the late > George F. Parkman, bequeathing : $5,000,000 to the city for the/main . tenance of public parks and $500,000 to numerous institutions, was allowed ' by Judge George in the Probate Court, an appearance entered in be hall of Francis Parkman, of' New. ; York City, a cousin ol the deceased, having been withdrawn. Texas Rangers After Night Riders. Dallas, Texas.?Acting on advice from Governor Campbell, Attorney General Newton ordered State Rangers and detectives to Franklin and V Holland because of the operations of night riders in those communities. . Two cotton gins art reported burned ' 1 near Holland, and P. W. Petteway, a large planter near Franklin, received a threatening letter signed "Night' ' r"\ 1 Riders" warning him against market' ing any more cotton until Authorized 1 by them to do so) Auto's Plunge Kills a Man. Cincinnati, Ohio.?Breaking of the 1 .steering gear on an automobile driven ; by J. J7 Rade!, undertaker, caused the ; death of Albert Alteld, a butcher, and mm ; the probable fatal injury of Radel and William Regan, a chauffeur. When 1 the steering gear broke the machine swerved and threw, the occupants from the Eighth street viaduct to th? grQ un<i, thirty test feslftKv. n**1, Pays Fine of $16,006. A Washington, D. G. ?The largest fine ever paid in open courfhere was settled when Edwin M. ...Van Dyke ' handed in' two $5000*1)1118 to pay a ! fine of $10,000 on a plea of guilty of attempting to defraud the GoverjJ' ment. Van Dyke was formerly an I Ink expert In the Bureau of Engrav! Ing and Printing. \ Less Divorce in Sooth Dakota. Sioux Falls, S. D1?Election returns ' make it certain that the new divorce law has been approved by the voters. This is expected to, put the so-called 'divprce mills" out of business. The v? proposed amendment to the Constl- ' >/ tution requires a residence of one . year to make ene a legal resident of the State. . -A' | > - " V BY CABLE. | American Rhodes 'Athletes Triumph, i /;' Oxford, England. ? The American . Rhodes scholars got two firsts and , / two seconds in the 'varsity freshman sports. R. E. Blake, of Tennessee, , won the long jump with nineteen feet ; 'four inches, and C. S. Spaulding, of Arizona, was second with eighteen feet eight and a half Inches. G. El Putnam, of Kansas, won the hammer throw with 143 feet five inches, breaking all freshman records. P E. Blake was second in this events Mr. Morgan's Gift to Abbey. London, England.?J. Pi Morgan, Df New York City, has given $1250 to the fund which is being raised to AViKav nitj ttm purchase uiasiuuumjr n-woj. tonbury Abbey, which Is twenty-five miles southwest of Bath, was founded by King Ina in the eighth century, and was replaced two centuries later by another erected by St Dunstan. New Battleship Speedy, London, ? The British battleship Invincible, the latest addition to the British navy, in a trial under seven- ' tenths of her power attained a speed of twenty-five knots an hour. It is ' expected that the new vessel, when working under full power, will reach a speed of thirty knots, a world's record. I Chinese Feted by IJ. S. Tars. Amoy, South China.?Three hundred Chinese students were received on board the American battleship Missouri and entertained with great courtesy. Manila Editors Arrested. Manila, P. I.?The manager and managing editor and other editors of El Ramaciraiento, the leading Fill- > pino newspaper of Manila, have been arrested on charges of criminal libel preferred by Commissioner Dean C. Worcester, of the Philippine Commission. Turkey's Debt Unknown. , Constantinople.?M. Laurrent, the I reorganizer of the national finances, ftsked the Minister of Finances for fhe approximate figure of the floating 3ebt of the empire. The Minister replied that he did not know even the j approximate figure. I France to Erect Aerial Garages. Paris.?Minister of Public Works Earthou. speaking in the Senate, promised to ask a Government credit of $20,000 to begin the establishment of a system of "garages'' throughout the country that should command the j principal "aerial routes of travel."^