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Fra ming an Issue for the Com lng Campaign s TAFT'S SPEECH IN MICHIGAN Points Ont the Demands and Conten tions of the Socialists, and Admits That it is a Very Gravo Problem, and One That Has Kot Yat Bean Solved by the American ?aople. j Jackson, Mich., Special.-President Taft Saturday proclaimed socialism, as the great problem that confronts _ the American people, the irrae t!utf ~ is soon to come and that must b?. skillfully met. He predicted that the 'American people must soon determine s "whether it shall trust the same party with the solution of "that problem % than which we have had no greater in the history of the country." Mr. Taft spoke with gres-t earnest ness and his remarks seemed deeply to impress his hearers. By many , his words were taken as framing an is sue for for the coming campaign. ? He said: "The issue that is being framed, as it seems to "me, is the . issue with respect to the institution of private property. There ai?, those who charge to that institution the corporation abuses, the greed and the corruption that grew; out of those abuses, the unequal distribution of property, the poverty of some and the undue wealth of others, and therefore / say 'We will have none of it und we must hove a new rule of distribution that for want of a better naree we shall call socialism;' "On the other hand it is contended that it is not the institution of pri vate property that shall be abolished, but only that the time has- come, in which it is necessary to lay down cer tain rules restricting and .ngulating thc use of that private property which "shall not deprive the world of in : dividual, effort but which shall still keep the law and the oppoitunity to use private property under such con trol that these abuses may be wiped nut and the boon of individual effort still be left to us. "Now, my friends, fha'; presents a great and difficult problem that I em quite willing to admit we. have not yet solved." Automobiles Bailing Men. New York, Special.-There are so ..:many young men coursing about the country in automobiles and their pleasure absorbs such a large share of the productive capital pf the coun try that Chancellor James R. Day of Syracuse University believes it is be coming a question if the automobile is not a curse to the country. TI,? ?lianAp.llar jrca? sneaking to the .ff 'ie University S 3 and seliVcle n ii to mc bile as a " Justration" o? a n is not sucri and. clerks and . b id,, "who need li are mortgaging t usa?ds and dos-, -en "hy.-their hi ll ni of -pleasure." g*? . ! ?3 accountable -t es, for a lower at It Didt , Special-Presi the annual corn on at Bryn Mawr laughter Helen is for his subject for Women," thc that.be favored n of 'womeri, and y dissented from -*e higher education .0 wem foy thc dutieg pi* *w mi mother, Gold 8t?imp6df?8, Iditarod City, Alaska, Special.* (Via Kaltag, Alaska,)-Th?ec hun dred and tfty prospectors, the first party of stampeders to reach the new ^ Iditarod gold fields, reached Fair banks Sunday after three-veeks trip down the Yokon river. Uncle Sam After Murderer. Washington, Special.-The Sfyte Department will render every.possible -assistance to the Louisville,.Ky,, au thorities in tracking the murderer of -little Alma Kellner. Bisked Life For False Teeth, i East Point, Ga* Special.-i-A. Gold berg, a merchant, barely missed death Saturday morning when he attempted to rush into his burning residence and secure his set of false teeth. Friends barely reached him in time to detain him. Bride in Agony Ten Years. New York, Special.-When Mr. and Mrs. Asa Cummings,, of Binghamton. .,N. Y., were married 10 years ago their friends showered them with rice. One kernel lodged in the bride's ear. For 10 years it defied the efforts of physicians and surgeons tp dis lodge it. Three fruitless operations were performed, and a-short time agc #he entered the Post Graduate Hos Sital here far treatment; Brain fever eveloped and she died Saturday. Important Action of Mayors. Winston-Salem, Special.-The State Municipal association,1 the closing ses sion of the second annual convention., unanimously adopted a resolution-in troduced by Walter Clarke, Jr., of Raleigh, indorsing the commission /form of city government. It is also to ask the legislature tc' enact a general law allowing citiea'f j by popular vote to adopt'the com mission form of government. Mayor F. ?. Tate of High Point was electee* president of the association and i' was decided to hold the neat annual session ia ftaleijffi) HONOR MEMORY DAVIS Six Southern States Unveil Memorial Windows I Petersburg, Va., Special.-Six Sou thern States Friay, the 102d anni versary of the birth of President jefferson Davis of the Southern Con federacy, honored the memory of tEeir soldier dead who fell before this city during the war by dedicating memorial windows in the old Bland ford church here, in the cemetery of which lie buried these martyrs of a Lost Cause. The ceremonies were under the auspl.es of the Ladies' Memorial association. F. H. Weston, State senator, repre senting Gov. Ansel of South Carolina, presented the window given by that State and made the address. Alabama's window was presented by Gen. C. Irvine Walker; Congress man J. W, Collier, of Mississippi pre cented the window of his State; the Tennessee window was presented by Capt. Carter R. Bishop of Mississippi, and Miss Mary Harvard unveiled the Arkansas window ' and Miss Fannie Constable the Maryland window. The six windows were accepted hy Gov. William Hodges Mann of Vir ginia, on behalf of the Ladies' Memo rial association of Petersburg. With the unveiling of the six win dows Friday, all of these Southern States now.are represented in Bland ford church; except Georgia, Florida. anU Texas. 17. S. Court of Customs. Washington, Special.-With two hundred and twenty-five cases on its dockets as a starter the latest Federal court, the United States court of cus tom appeals, will begin business Tues day. It consists of Presiding Judge Rob ert M. Montgomery of Michigan; and Associate Jtidges William H. Hurt of Montana; James F. Smith of Califor nia ; Orion M. Barber of Vermont and Marion De Vries of California. The term of the court will probably run through June and July, ?he court may adjourn then until Septem ber or October. .One of the niles permits attorneys before the Federal courts or the court of last resort in a State or ter ritory to become a member of the bar oither by recommendation by a judge in one of these courts, or upon motion by an attorney of the customs court. Whew! Some Dividend. New York, Special.-One of the largest "melons" ever sliced for the delectation of stockholders will be cut by the Singer Manufacturing ?o?npany, which has called a meeting of directors on June 18 to declare a $0,000,000- stock dividend to its shareholders. Is It Necessary? Washington, Special. -General Clarence- H. Edwards, chief of the Bureau of Insular Affairs of the War Department, will leave for.the Phil ippines the last of June to make an Extensive" inspection of the govern mental machinery of the islands. Baptist Missionaries Watery Grave. Bombay, By Cable.-Miss W. Wil iams and Howard Bishop, missiona ries of the American Baptist Society, frere drowned while sea bathing in the gulf of Bombay, at Bulsar, north )i this city. Bishop lost his life in attempting x> lave his companion, Miss Williams. Trophies of the Kick. New York, Special,-Mrs. Mary 31air Brokaw bas asked the Supreme jourt in Brooklyn for an allowance >f $8,000 w^th which to contest the tppe*l which her husband, W. Gould Jrokaw, has taken from the separa ten decree recently granted hep, Young Lady Bat on Bnrglar. New York, Special,-Unmindful of \, revolver which he leveled at her. ?Yeda Dolinsky, a girl of 20, tackled i burglar in her parents' home early Sunday and floored him with a seltzei )ottle. She followed this by breaking i tumbler on the burglar's head, ?tunning him, then sat on him until lelp arrived. She is the daughter of i silk manufacturer. Innoncent of Murder. St. Louis, Special.-Mrs. Dora Slizabetlr- Doxey was found not guilty Saturday by the jury which heard be evidence against her on a charge >f murdering William J. Erder with irsenic. She was rearrested on thc iharge of bigamy. A Month to Pass $110,000,000. Washington, Special.-After serv ng as a vehicle for political debate n the House of Representatives, for learly a month, the sundry civil ap >ropriation bill, carrying proposed ippropriations aggregating $110,000, )00, was passed Saturday. Taft Honors Memory of Custer. Monroe, Mich., Special.-President raft Saturday joined with the peo ple of Michigan in paying tribute t? ;he memory of Major General George Armstrong Custer. He stood beside Mrs. Elizabeth B. Custer, the widow, jf the Civil war soldier, and martyr of the "Little Big Horn," af me tugged at the long streamer of :avalry yellow ribbon which released the flags and unveiled the splendid* bronze equestrian statue of Custer. Very Late About Important Matter. Washington, Special.-Autboriza :ion for the compilation of the mili tary and naval records of the Revo lutionary, War, with a view to their publication, is contained in a bill re ported to the Senate Saturday from the Committee on Military Affairs, rhese records are greatly scattered md it would be a gigantic task to ind and assemble them in satisfac tory manner. For this purpose it ia sr cpo s ed that an appropriation o? 350,000 shall bc made* BILL PASSED AT LAST Railroad Measure Passes Sen ate After 12 Weeks. TWELVE DEMOCRATS VOTED NO. ' Senator LaFoUette Incorporates Amendment" Permitting Widows and Minors of Deceased Railroad Employees to Ride Free on Trains Washington, Special.-The Senate passed the administration railroad bill Friday night. It had been under consideration for more than twelve weeks and practically no other busi ness except appropriation bills were considered in that long period. Only 12 votes, all of these by Dem ocrats, were recorded against the bill. The practicable unanimity with which the measure was passed ivas due to the radical changes ma ie in the measure from the form in which it was drafted by Attorney General Wickersham, foilcwing numerous con ferences at the White House on the subject of amending interstate com merce laws. Had it not been for the retention of the sections to create a court of commerce it is likely that the votf ?or the bill would have been unani mous. An amendment by Mr. La Follette permitting railroads to issue passes to the widows, during widowhood, and minor children of employes kill ed in the line of service, was accepted .without division. The only provision in the bill ap plicable io ether than railroad cor porations is one regulating injunc tions by the Federal cor.rts which suspend the operation of State laws. 1* is provided that such action shall be taken only when pi*esented to a justice of the Supreme Court or a circuit judge and heard by three judges, one of whom shall be a Su preme Court justice or a circuit court judge. Clark to do as North Carolinian. Washington, Special.-Repr?senta lire Champ Clark, minority leader of the Housu, has set for himself an ap proximate agc limit in public at about 75 years of age. "The people may set my time of retirement a little earlier than that," he suggested laughingly when discus sing political age limits with a news paper man. "So far as I know the only public man who set an age limit on his service and lived to it wa? Nathan Macon, of North Carolina, Speaker and Senator," said Mr. Clark. "When ia his prime he set the exact age at which he would re tire. When that day arrived he was in the middle of a Senatorial term, but kept bis word and resigned. He was one of the greatest men of that era." Another Police "Theory." Louisville, Ky., Special.-It is now the police theory that th? Kellner child, who was late for the church service, was discovered alone in the church by Joseph Wendling, the miss ing .janitor,^ AssaaHcd nod" murdered and her body dragged through the church and dropped into the base ment through a hole in the sacristy. Another Newspaper Prize. New York, Special.-The New York Times announces that it has ar ranged with J. C. Shaffer of The Chi eago Evening Post for an offer of $25,000 for an aeroplano race between Chicago and New York. Subscribers Must Pay in Advance. New York, Special.-Mayor ?ayr nor announced Tuesday on behalf of the New York World, and the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, a $30.000 prize for a successful aeroplane flight from New York to St. Louis. Elephant Stole Lady's Diamond. New York, Special-The authorities at the Bronx zoological gardens re? gretfully admit that Alice, the biggest elephant at the zoo, is a thief. She stole a diamond ring from Miss Elizabeth Morrell, of Chappaqua, N. Y., who was feeding crackers to her. The ring, which was on Miss Morrell's finger, was loose, and Alice apparent ly snatched it under the impression that it was good to eat. Let It Bs Soon. Atlantic City, Special.-Industrial conditions \vere condemned and res olutions urging that the church take steps to improve the conditions of the working classes were adopted at the closing session of the general as sembly of the United Presbyterian church, held here._ "Pied" a Newspaper Office. Lead, S. D., Special.-A mob broke into the office of the Black Hills Daily Register, of this city, and with sledge hammers, destroyed three presses and a linotype machine. The attack is attributed to labor troubles. Foreigners in Danger in China. Washington, D. C., Special.-The city of Nanking, China, has been posted with placards inciting the peo ple to the destruction of foreign life and property. Prerident's New Private Secretary. Washington, Special.-Charles D. Norton, of Chicago, assistant secre tary of the trerrsiry, was appointed secretary to the President Wednes day. Convict's Heroism Rewarded. Montgomery, Ala., Special.-As a result of heroism during the fire which cremated 26 negro convicts, at Lu cile mines on May 15th, last, Nathan Page, a life convict, will be paroled. Page dashed into the fire and saved J. O. Thompson, one of the guard? who had been overcome by the fumes of the burriing oil while trying to unlock the cell in which the loss o? life took place. Suggestion of th( coroner's jury that this be done hen the -approval of th? convict board. ? I M "ll ? j III ' ' "I j l l COY. CALIS LEGISLATURE Extraordinary Session June 14, Take Action on Bond Issue. Raleigh, N. C., Special.--Governor Kitchin issued Friday evening a pro slamation calling the North Carolina General Assembly to meet in extra ordinary session here June 14 to take action as to the impending $3,430,000 refunding bond issue? to take care of bonds falling due July 1, the neeessity for the special session being the in ability of the Council of State to mar ket the refunding bonds at this time \n sufficient quantities under the re strictions of the legislative act auth orizing them to meet the July bond obligations._ .. Mr. Ballinger Will Resign. Washington, Special.--Richard A. Ballinger will resign his post at the Head of the interior department. His resignation will be accepted by Presi dent Taft, who is aware cf the inten tion of Mr. Ballinger to surrender his portfolio. The resignation will be submitted as soon as the investigating committee shall have filed its reports exonerat ing Mk*. Ballinger of the charges brought against him. That this will be the nature of the report is not doubted, although one, and possibly two minority reports will be submit ted, o dither of which will relieve Bal lingsr of blame. Information of Secretary Balling er's Miteation to resign comes from a source whose reliability is entirely be yond question. Southern Spending Money. Washington, Special. - Contradi for locomotives, rolling stock, steel rails and fittings, involving a t?tal expenditure of $7,290,000 have been let by the Southern Railway company according to announcement made Wednesday, thus carrying qut the statements as to ordera to be given, contained in President Finley's an nouncement of March 17. - By these contracts 75 locomotives, 3,620 all steel 50-ton coal and eoke cars, and 10 .combined passenger baggsge cars are to be added to the motivi power and rolling stock equip ment of the Southern. In addition to this, contracts have been let for 46,000 tons of 85-pound, steel rail and for 180,000 improved joints for use with this rail. Disaster in New York Subway. New York, Special.-Two hundred hysterical woman, screaming children and panic-stricken men fought, their way through a dense smoke in the Mott avenue subway station in the Bronx Thursday, striving to escape. Only one elevator was available to take them to the, street, which, is 65 feet above fae subway level at this point, and the crush to reach this exit on the five flights of stairs which led to the surface increased the panic. Fifteen persons were overcome by smoke and two men were injured seriously enough to require hospital treatment. Fire in an automatic pumping sta tion caused the smoke. The damage was nominal. ?Sgr TS?4?OV. Polk in Democratic Race. St. Louis, Mo., Special.:-Missouri Democrats of all factions st a dinner Thursday night heard former Gover nor Joseph W. Folk announce- the principles on which, it is said, he will seek the Presidential nomination in 1912. The dinner was in charge of men who have been promoting the" boom of the former governor, t Identified by Teeth. . Charleston, W. Va., Special.-Gin seng diggers in the mountain of Fay ette county found the bpdy of Mrs. Rachel Carter Martin, who suddenly disappeared while on a visit to her brother in January. }P08.. The bodv was identified by p?culiar Billing of the teeth. ?> Ko Aid to Special Railroad. Washington, Special.- President Taft says .that during his administra tion he will not lend big approval to legislation designed to give govern ment aid to specific railroad intereste In Alaska. Instead, he favors a gen eral law which will apply to all who comply wi^h its provisions; a law modeled after the policy which for year? has been in effect in the Phil ippine islands. , Would Combine Memorial Days. " Richmond, Virginia, Special. The Rev. James Cannon,' Jr., a proDiinent Virginia Methodist and delegate from the general Southern board to the World's Missionary Con ference at Edinburg, Scotland, advo cates the combining of Decoration. Day of the North with all Confeder ate memorial days in the South into tme celebration. A Murderer at 80. Bluefield, W. Va., Special.-John Dent, 80 years of age, shot and killed Henry Watson at Clintwood, Va., Thursday. Rural Carrier Remembered. Washington, Pa., Special.-George ?Vhite, a farmer and rural mail car rier at Rea, has delivered to himself i letter from a lawyer in a western' state informing him that one Patrick Sullivan has left to him in his will ?10,000. White, who first took it as a joke, has remembered that 15 years ago he befriended a peddler whose name was Patrick Sullivan. He had Dften treated him to meals or lodging. Terrific Tornado in Augusta. Augusta, Ga., Special.-A tornado here Thursday night, reaching a velo ?ity of 62 miles an hour and lasting for 16 minutes did more damage than any in the history of the city, with the exception of the great tornado in 1878. _ Death From Unusual Fall. Cleveland, Special.-Plunging head foremost down a flight of stairs, and through the window of a door, Wil liam Raddalz, 36 years old, had bis head almost severed from his body by the 1 roleen glase? TBE NEWS MINUTELY TOLD The Heart of Happenings Carved From the Whole Country. . The month of May contributed a ghastly record of 30 suicides in Penn sylvania. Ninety-five per cent of the moving picture places in Nsw York are dens of iniquity. In Louisiana, under the present statutes, the appearance of any child under 16 years of age in theatres at night is prohibited. Cuba willingly authorizes the rais ing of the wreck of the battle ship Maine, and will give every assistance to the Americans in the work. The supreme court of the United States set the corporation tax cases for reargument at the beginning of the next term before a full bench. The directorn of American Snuff company, New York, have decJarecV a quarterly dividend of 5 per cent, and an extra dividend of 2 per cont. The Souih Atlantic States Corn ex position which is to be held in Colum bia, S. C., from December 5 to S is attracting attention all over the South. Five thousand bales of Southern cotton are on their way back to Sou thern spinners after a journey froa the South to Liverpool aad from Liverpool to New York. Lack of faith in banks and th? use of an old vest as a depository cost Dominick Rosato his life sav. ings of $747, at Chicago. His wift threw the vest in the fire. The output of the government'! smokeless powder factory at Picatin ny, N. J., arsenel is to be trebled soon. The factory will be able to turn out 3,000 pounds daily. In an opinion handed down Wed nesday, the Interstate Commero? Commission declined to issue an or der which might disturb the system of rice rates in the South. Police records of Gary, Ind., foi May show that one person in every 40 in the city was arrested during the month. The saloons, which re opened May 1, number 135. Ex-Governor Robert B. Glenn hal been making a series of lectures in Newark, N. J., in behalf of the Na tional Religious Training School and Chautauqua foi the Colored Race. "I'd rather be known as a boodlei than a Uar," said State Senator Dan iel Holstlsw in an interview at luka, 111., speaking of his confessioc to accepting a bribe of $2,500 as a legislator. Although ?he New York market re ports show that butter receipts in May were larger than usual, the pricet of the bost grades ara higher no\r than they have been before at thii time sin se the civil war. By a vote of 31 to 25 the senatt refused to challenge the supreme court of the United States to anothei decision regarding the right of com mon carriers to transport commodi ties produced by themselves. The supreme court of the United J?!4<**et--JWetm5s"aay ?TTvanced^?e n?f called government Panama cana' libel suit against the Press Publish ing company of New York for hearing the first Tuesday of next October. Gov. Hadley and John H. Curran commissioner of immigration of Mis souri, have started a fund which is expected to reach $10,000, to bc given to the aviator who in 24 hours shall fly from St. Louis to Kansas City, * distance of 288 miles. Ip a far-reachig decision in th? case pf Monrpe Hampton, a negrc bpy pf 12, sent up foi two years in Lauderdale ccunty, for burglary, th? Alabama supreme court held that nc confession of a child under 14 yeatf pf age, cpuld be used toward convic tion. As a result a new trial wa* ordered, Eighty-five employ?s of tho Treas ury Department received "vacation notices" Wednesday, which mean that they were permanently relieved from duty, King Victor Emmanuel, of Italy thinks highly of the American Crosi of Honor Society, and ha3 sent Thomas Herndon, at Washington, the president, an autographed photo graph of himself as a token of hi* friendliness to the organization. A collar which a couple of yean ago became soiled in one day can now be worn for two days in Chicago, so great have been the strides in abating the smoke nuisance, according to Cii-y Smoke Inspector Bird. Miss Sarah E. Peck, a member of the faculty of Union College, Lin coln, Neb., was fined by United States District Judge Munger $10, after she had entered her voluntary appear ance. Miss Peck was indicted by.? Federal grand jury on the charge that she wifully refused to give her age to the census enumerator or to an swer questions as to whether she had been married or divorced. Her ?ge has not yet been made public. Aerial navigation has made such rapid progress that Secretary of State Knox and the government of Mexico are negotiating an aviation treaty governing the pasage of air ships across the border line betwen these two countries. Memorial Day was observed at Paris by all Americans. The embassy and consulate waa closed and Am basador Beton and Consul General Mason made a trip to the Cemetery of Picques to lay flowers on the grave of Lafayette. Not one cent of the Rockefeller million dollar fund for the investi gation of the hookworm disease will be spent in Texas. The State Board of health refuses to contribute an equal share of the fund. Kissing as a perfectly safe pastime has just received the O. K. of Dr. A. M. Worthington, a professor in the Harvard medical school, Boston. Per sons who refrain because of fear of the interchange of bacteria are mar tyring themselves uselessly, the edu cator told his audience at a lecture on "Man and His Bacteria." BABY GIRL MURDERED Alma Kellner, Who Disappear ed Dec 8th, is Found Louisville, Ky., Special.-The body pf 8-year-old Alma Keiner, -who has Oeen missing from her parents home .ince December 8, was found in an unused cellar of St. John's Parochial School Monday. Th? child was murdered and the ??dy dropped through a trap door into the under ground pasage. The discovery was made by a plumber who was pumping water out of the cellar. When he- had pumped out most of the water ho saw a child's shoe pro truding from the damp debris. Tak ing hold of the foot be found th? body of a child wrapped in a,carpet. .As he unrolled the carpet the flesh fell from the child's body. * One week after the child disappear ed Fred F. Kellner, the father, offer ed a reward of $1,000 for informa tion leading to the recovery of his daughter. On the same day Governor Wilson offered a reward of $500 for the ar rest and conviction of the kidnappers. Died in Interest of Science. New York, Special.-F?mes from an alchemist's furnace heated to a temperature of 4,000 degrees in the world-old quest for the secret, turn ing base metal into gold and silver, were what brought death to C. C. Dickinson, the New York banker, ac cording to a remarkable statement by Dr. W. F. Lange, the physician in whose laboratory the accident oc curred. Dr. Lange claims to have discover ed a process for increasing an atom of silver te 100 times its original size and weight by thc addition of baser metals, the result being still pure silver of fineness equal to that of the oringinal atom. Dr. Lange said he had interested Mr. Dickinson in proposals for taking up the work on a laree scale and that thc latter had developed pneumonia from inhaling gases while bending" over the furnace. Crystals Fall From Sky. Essex, Iowa, Special.-Supposedly due in some manner to the comet, a shower of small crystals occurred in Essex last Thursday afternoon. Boxes of the pebbles have been sent to the State geologists for examina tion. The shower came up late in the afternoon and appeared at first as a light mist of rain. At the time the sky was perfectly elear. For several minutes particles of stone, accompanied by a light ash or dust, fairly rained down, but not with force sufficient enough to cause any damage. The little stones are only one-third as large.as a pea and perfectly trans parent and water white. Sues U. S. Attorney for Slander. Washington, Special-Christopher P. Connolly, a lawyer of Montana and New York, and a well known writer for magazines, has filed suit in the Supreme Court of the District of Co Uaaahxtrtv 1 vt-v ? ?.T-?{>00)000-tl??wc>goM ? mr alleged stander from Oscar Lawler, assistant'Attorney-General for the In? terior Department. Expehsivo to Run For Office. Montgomery, Ala., Special.-The expensiveness of running for gover nor in Alabama is indicated in the iworn stat?ment of II. S. Mallory, Jefeated statewide prohibitionists, be fore the May 2d Democratic pri mary, that it cost him $10,991.03, tnore than two years' pay by $991.03. Worse Than Mississippi. #ew Madrid, Mo.,. Special.-A mph avenged thc insult of a negrp striking i white man Monday when the} itgrraed the jail, took the negro to the hanks of the Mississippi river and joched hirjJi Saw Him Shoot Sheriff, Savannah, Ga., Special.-Eddie Slake, a negro man, is under arrest, ts is another negro who declares he nw Blake shoot James W. McIntyre, fr,, city court sheriff, to death in a jond-to.hand fight on the Augusta 'Dad, a mile from the city, Saturday i>gbt. The sugpeet will make no tatemen t. Southern No. 36 Wrecked. Washington, Special.-Reports re lived at the headquarters here of he Southern Rail tray are to the ef 'ect that three passengers, seven mail ilerks, a fireman and an express mes renger were injured in a wreck of rain No. 36 at Sycamore, Va., Mon lay.. The engine was overturned, but tone of the four coaches and three :ars which left the '-rack toppled ?ve*. Street Car Collision. Oakland, Cal., Special.-As a re mit of the head-on collision between wo street cars of the California electric railway, near Leona Heights, ilonday, C. A. Christensen, motor nan of one of the cars, is dead and ?0 passengers suffered injuries that n some cases may result fatally. Ex-President's Widow Back Home. New York, Special.-Mrs. Grover Cleveland and her children, Esther, liarion, Richard and Francis Grover, irrived here Sunday from Europe on ward the steamship George Washing on. ' GO TC BARLING Before insuring else when Old Line Companies. HAf?UflG A.t The Farmers ] r'ni CAPITAL FACTS. Interesting News Gathered ?in the District of Columbia. THU AMERICAN CONGRESS. Personal Incidents and Important Happenings of National Import Published for the Pleasure and In? formation of Newspaper Beaders. Probably True at Other Places. Col. W; C. Haskill, Superintendent of Weights and Measures, declared that practically all the 300,000 bar reis-of flour sold in Washington were short four pounds each of the adver tised weight and that Washingtonians were paying annually $42,000 for flour which they never rsceived. Other items were in proportion, he said. Nearly every package sold in grocery stores waa short four ounces, accord* ing to the investigations of his of? Seers, Colonel Haskell said, and bot* tied goods were short in quantity too. Diet Won't T)o for a Ploughhoy. Speaker Cannon bas solved the problem of the high cost of living. He explained his system to 100 vis iting school boys'of New York and Philadelphia. He says he spends only 10 cents a day for breakfast, taking but a cup of coffee and an egg sandwich. He declared that when he is recklessly extravagant hi spends a nickel more for an orange. "When a boy, I learned to kee| within my income," he said. "Now I am able to do it and thus can save a little for a rainy day." Not In It For Money. Preachers are the poorest paid class of men in the country, accord ing to statistics compiled by the Census Bureau. The average pay ol the clergymen is computed at $663. City preachers get much higher wages than those in charge of rural flocks, except in Catholic churches. The remunerations are fixed by diocesan authorities. The highest average paid by any denomination is to the Unitarians, $1,653 per year. Homing Pigeon in Fast Company. A homing pigeon with reportorial instincts flew into one of the windows of the Senate press gallery Monday. It seemed quite exhausted, and had evidently found an unexpected harbor of refuge when it darted under the Capitol portico after a long flight. Some of the correspondents revived the bird with a little lemonade, and dispatched it on its way. The pigeon bad on its leg a band marked: "P. B. 11-490-J. X." Soldiers to Establish Clubs. At several military posts the en? listed men are being induced to es* tablish soldiers' clubs outside of thi reservation and beyond the govern ment control where in addition to the useful facilities of the garrison hall within the post they may obtain beer, " tv?-uiin??_nn fi nf li ni lr, >??: n-gi fl fl der such regulations as will prevent k intoxication or excess. One in Washington Too. Senator Gallinger introduced in the Senate the joint resolution which has already been introduced by Rep resentative Moore in the House, foi an exposition in Washington to cele* brate the completion of the Panama canal. The resolution was referred to the Committee on Industrial Art and Expositions. No Canteens At Soldiers Homes. The House, after vigorous debate, voted to refuse authority to national homes fpr disabled volunteers to maintain canteens where the homes are within five miles of tpwns when liquor is legally aold. Needf ? Light Job. Upon bia own application to bi relieved of the duties of secretary to tho President, which, it is said, have, been so heavy as to threaten hil health, Fred W. Carpenter has been Appointed by President Taft to be United States minister to Morocco, to succeed H. Percival Dodge, a post which Mr. Taft believes will benefit Mr. Carpenter's health. Bed Cross Sign for Ads. "The cross is the emblem of tin Christian religion. I do not believe in giving any one organization a monopoly of its use. Therefore, 1 object to the consideration of tb? bill." Representative Crumpacker, of In? diana, with the above objection. 6truck from the unanimous consent calendar of the House a bill to pro? hibit the use of the Red Cross sign by any save the American National Red Cross Society, the measure beipg particularly directed toward those who use the insignia for advertising pur poses. Stamp Book Contract Renewed. Postmaster-General Hitchcock has approved a contract with the Bureau of Engraving and Printing for a period of four years, beginning Janu ary 31,1911, for the manufacture and printing of postage stamps. A pri vate corporation submitted a bid $17,000 lower; but, as the bureau ex pects to adopt methods which will save the Government $180,000 a j sar in the expenditure of $625,000 on tbs manufacture of stamps, the contract was awarded to the burean. IIM?NCE ) SEE & BYRD We^represent the Beat & BYRD> Bank of Edgefield