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eHRONieLE. VOLUME XXI. , CAMDEN, 8. C? FRIDAY. JULY 2J..11M0. No. 2H. ?<"iiwiwiw??w?i??? :_gMk_- ? . Latest News. BY WIRE. Jiodgci-H HcckM Lost Hon. Seattlo, Waah.?Rear-Admlrnl Jno. A. ltodgors, who ha# Just retired from the command of tho Pugot Sound Navy Yard, gulled for Nome on tho Btenmer Senator to search in tho In terior of Alaska for his twenty-two* year-old Bon, Alexander. C'ouvictcil Mayor Resigns. Mayor William P. White, who 1|* serving a three year eentenco In the local Houso of Correction for 6on splracy to bribe three Aldermen in, 1009, resigned his ollice. * Mrs. IJui'dctto Voted, Anyhow. Pasadonp, Cal.?At ?n election hero on bonding tho city for $500,000 for ft new polytechnic high Bchool Mrs. Robert J. Durdette, wife 'of the hu morist, attempted to vote. Her bal . lot was refused. She then delivered n scorching criticism to tho Election Commissioner on the Buffragetto ques tion and Insisted on voting. Iler voto M as accepted under protest. Hall's Deficit is $307,031. Worcester, Mass.-?-'Tho dcflclt ac count of .the Southbridgo Savings Hank, us a result of embezzlement by the former treasurer, John A. Hall, who is now ecrvinH a long term In State prison, is $337,92 1. Tho liabil ities of the institution are placed at $3,071,071. Dostonian Cets Dock Contract. Norfolk, Va.?-William L. Miller, of Boston, was tho lowest bidder, at $533,784, for the ecterclon of dry dock No. 3 at tho Norfolk Navy Yard, making this do~k capable of receiving the largest battleships now building. Made Wife Crawl to Church. Chicago,?Because of a family quarrel In-Which ho insisted his wife was at fault, J. Anderson, of Wauke gan, compelled her to do penanco by crawling on her knees several blocks to a church and confessing she had marred the domestic tranquillity. Hoys Start Fires, $."50,000 Loss. Chicago.??-Tho youngest pyromanl nc3 in the history of Chicago were ar rested and have confessed to setting iiro to eight buildings in two days. The boys are Lcroy Ho'.zner, twelve, and Harry .Hanson, thirteen. They said they liked to r.ca the tlames. ^Tho - flres caused a loss of $50,000. JMster Opposed Him, is Killed. Wayne, Neb.?William Flego was arrested charged with the murder of his sister. Miss Loulee Flcge, on Juno 30. Opposition to his intended mar ring? Is said to have caused the mur der. Dlvorceo Rowed?. Iteno, Nev.?Mra. Mary Gatins Coyne, divorced wife of Judge Coyne, of New York City, lias married "Tom" Riley, of New York City, theatrical promoter. Tho wedding 13 said to have taken pln.co In London, where Mrs. Coyne recently had dinner with the man from whom she was di vorced. Po^ial Ilanl; in Capital. Washington, 1). C.?This city will h$\vo ono of tho first of thclifty ex perimental postal savings banks to bo established under tho Postal Savings Hank bill, according to an announce ment made at tho Postofflco Dopart luent. BY CABLE. Clergymen Visit the Pope. Rome.?The Pope gave private au diences to the Right Rev. Cornelius Van de Van, Uishop of Natchitoches, La.; the Right Rev. Patrick James Donahue, Bishop of Wheeling, W. Va., and to Mgr. Kennedy, who intro duced D. P. Kenny, of Pl^ainfleld, N, J., a Papal chambcrlain. To Excltmigo Arsenal Lands. Havana.?President Gomez signed the bill to exchango the Government arsenal lands for the United Railways Villancttva station on the Prado, the legality of which has been regarded doubtful. Irish At.k Hitchcock's Aid. Loudon.?A deputation headed by the Lord Mayor of Lub 1 In 'utoi vieneu hero American Postmo&ter-General Hitchcock about the proposition to abandon Queenstown as a port of call for e&st-bOxmd Cunarders. Mr. Hitch cock promised to look into tho caso when it is placed before him at Wash ington, D. C.?? _ ^ Mr. BJUtt Leaves Panama. Panama.?R. S. R. Hitt. the retir ing American -Minister to Panama, who recently waa appointed to Ven ezuela, left hero for tho United States. MW Hltt made many friends here, who regret his departure. Vatican Yields to Spnin. Madrid.?Prime Minister Canale Jna stated in the Corte^ that he hoped shortly to announce a satisfactory eo lutlon of the religious difficulty. The . Vatican, ho Bald, is willing to nego? tiate on the basis of State control. Irfberfem Troops Defeated. Monrovia.?Commander Luby, of the cruleer Des Moinos, which cleared from here for tho Canary Islands, an ?tuouneed that the Liberlan troops had been signally defeated In an effort to quell a new uprising. Commander Luby report* four cases of black wat er fever aboard the Des Moines. Ends Lib at Pigeon Shoot. Atx-le*-Batn?.?A tragedy occurred here at the pigeon ^hooting ground. elice. twenty-three years, com icide by shooting himself. >pearcd to bo excited sll day, na.?Aptonio Maura, former mm 590,000 Sl'FFMGISlSHRCH ** - L ? . Greatest Woman's Damonstration in lilsbry of Movement. At llydo Park tlio Cruwulcr? Ctath* ercd In Forty Monster Mass Meet* lBOHpoakers Participating, i London.?-Tho greatest parade of SuffragUts In tho history of tho world wmi held In London. Upward of GOO, 000 women inavchod In a hod/ to ward Hyde Park to protect against tho action of the Government In shelving the ShacUelton Franchlso bill. At Hydo Park the half million women gathered in forty monster mass greetings, 150 speakers partici pating. The parade was led by 617 prison "martyrs," women who had served Jail and penitentiary pontence* for their activities in connection with the suffrage movement. These women, attired in prison garb, canned grout cheering. A notable feature of tho procession was furnished by tlio contingents from America, France, Germany, Hol land, Norway, Swollen and Canuda and other British colonics. The Uni ted States was represented by tweu ty-flvo women, each ofw.hom carried the Stars and Stripes. JttCCOitD OF DROWNINGS. Now York City Leads With Ten Fatal ities In One Day. New "York City.?Ten persons were drowned "Sunday and others narrowly escaped death while in bathing. In one case thrco brothers wljo were Bwlimnlng In tho Harlem Itlver got beyond their depth, and two narrowly mlesed death when they tried to res cuo tho third, who was drowned. Tho list of persons drowned fol lows: Thomas Brown, fifteen years old; Philip Boyle, Eixtean years old; Gaqtano Bova, nineteen years old; Frederick Klatt, sixteen yeriia old; George Kane, sixteen years o!d; Peter Neggle, . Patorson, N. J.; Jullu3 Schlat ter, thirty-five years old; Lillian A. Soulhwo'rth, sixteen years old; Fred erick Steinberg, soventeen yeai'3 old; Otto Welssner, nine year3 old. Erie, Pa.?Harry and Alvln Wln fleld, brothers and well known young men, wore drow-ned-ln Erie Harbor when lUelr sailboat capsized. Toronto, Canada. ? Tho yacht Melba upset in the lake, and Mrs. W. S. Tobias and her three-year-old I grandson, Daniel Tobiaa, wcro ' drowned. Now Brunswick, N. J.-?Anna Hill, twonty-ono year3 of ag?, of Highland Park, a suburb of this place; Edith Hill, her sister, about tv/o years younger, and Gordon Silverthorne, twenty-two years of age, of Newark, wero drownod hero. Boston. ? New England waters reaped their usual crop of drownings*, ten having been reported from var ious sections. Jlongaup, N. Y.?While in swim ming in Mongaup Ulver, Oliver and Ernest Iiode, nine and fourteen years old, respectively, of Brooklyn, were drowned. Pittsburg.?High temperature find oppressive humidity drove crowds to rlvor and lake. Seven persons met death by drowning In different parts of Western Pennsylvania. DEAD MAN RENOMINATED. Constable Wns Killed on Eve of Pri maries In Texas. El Paso, Texas.?A dead man was nominated for offlceby the Democrats of Belton, Texas. He was James Mitchell, wlio was killed the day be fore by Henry Gentray, the negro who was burned to death that night by a mob. Mitchell, who was a con stable, was slain by Gentray when hie attempted to arrest him. Mitchell was an unopposed candi date for renomination at the prima ries, and as tho ashes of the negr? were being blown through tho streetB the Democrats went to tho polla and voted for tho dead man. SHOT DEAD BY BANDIT. Latter Flees After Killing Ono of Three Men He Tried to Hold Up. Klttannlng, Pa.?A" masked high wayman shot and instantly killed Morton Craig, an office employe of tho WIdrioon Coal Company, near hero, nftor v>e!ng repulsed in an at tempt ^to secure $2800 In cash car ried by Cralg'aTWo companions. Tho attempted hold-up and killing took place in a lonely spot near Pen dleton, a mining settlement. Craig instantly whipped out bis revolver, but before ho could flro ho was shot dead by the highwayman, who then fled. CONGRESSMAN FINED. O'Connell Guilty of Distributing Cards to Influonce Voters. * Boston.?Congressman Joseph F. O'ConnoU was found guilty by Judge Churchill In the Dorchester court of distributing cards 4o influence votera in Precinct G, Ward 20, at tho city election January 11 and was fined $20, tho maximum penalty. Grand Trunk Rcjccts Arbitration. _Toronto, Canada. ? Grand Trunk officials refused the attempt of the Canadian Minister of Labor to Mttt* tho strike by arbitration, saying that the time for mediation had passed. Broker Sued For $730,000. New York Cltx?-James R. Keene and certain associates In the Colum bus and Hocktog pool were sued for $T6ft.00fr, clatnrcd as damages by members of tfcn'ttrm of Lathrop, Haa kins A Co., mined by the slum]). ) **,000,000 Loss by ForeH Ffrwp? icouTer, B. C?The total LOUISVILLE BANK IS LOOTED Of $1,HO,OOP Secretary Loses Entire Surplus of Fidelity Trust Co. in Speculation. CASE STRANGEST IN HISTORY Augimt Ropke Toro Up Chocks?I)c* fitultor Covered Up. 'Jiicftn For Ton Years by Destroying Clear.' lllg IlOUkO Returns, , Louisville, Ky.?As a result of the examination of the hooks of August Ropke, tho defaulting assistant secre tary of tho Fidelity Trust Company, of this city, at a mectiug held by the siockholders of the company It was reported by experts from Chicago that the entire surplus of the com pany, $1,140,000, had bcon used by Ropke. As there are several millions of dollars behind the bank, tho Fidelity will not huve to closo Its doors, al though tho shortage of Ropke Is onq of tho largest that has ever bcon known in the South. Tho stockhold ers provided for the Issue of $1,000, 000 additional stock. When Ropko was placcd under ar rest It was feared there would bo a run on the bank, but instead tho de positors stood by the bank, and thero lias been an actual Increase In de posits sinco that tlmo. Tho Bell Tel ephone Company sent a deposit of $100,000 several days ago, and other largo sums have bcon deposited, v The shortage of Ropke Is consid ered to bo the most remarkable ono In the history of banks, as 'lie man aged to take the money of tho bank, year In and year out, for a decade without being caught. The books were examined at times, but Ropke was on hand to aid In the checking and in this manner staved off discov ery until he had used every dollar of the surplus fund. The manner In which Ropke man aged to rob the bank of eo large an amount was discussed by the stock holders at their meeting. That tho Clearing House system lie need made It possible ia tho opinion of tho et perts who are at work on tho books of the bank. Mo would glvo a chock on the Fidelity TrustCohipany, which he Would turn over to his broker, and when the check was returned to tho Fidelity through tho Clearing HoiIbo he would tear it up, thereby hiding his theft. MIXED RESULT IN TEXAS. Antl-CoUl Water Candidate Wins, Hut Prohibition 1'lank is Voted. Austin, Texas.?Incomplete re turns from the Democratic primaries give O. B. Colquitt, anti-Prohibitionist candidate for Governor, a lead of about 45,000 plurality. Cono John eon is second; William Poindexter, favored by Senator Bailey, third, and It. V. Davidson, fourth. Colquitt's nomination is assured. The proposition to make State-wldo prohibition a demand of tho Demo cratic platform and to have the ques tion submitted to a vpte of thq people at a general election Was carried by a safe majority. It places Colquitt in the embarrassing position of having to run .on a State-wide prohibition platform, although he was nominated by the antl-Prohlbltlonists. The Prohibitionists claim to havo two-thirds of tho new legislature. BROKER SEYDKIi SHOOTS A MAN. Kills Wealthy Italian With Whom Ho Had n Dispute. Poughkeepslo, N. Y.?Clemeat Do mcrond, said to be the wealthiest Italian in Ulster Couuty, was shot and killed at WeBt Park by Louis Victor Seydel, a New York broker., who has a Glimmer home In the colony founded on the . mountain near West Park railroad station by John Burroughs, the author-naturalist. The two men had a disagreement over the use by Demeroud of the private road which winds past the bungalows In the West Park colony and terminates high up 'In tho liills where Mr. Burroughs live:-* In sccluslon. CO DEAD IN ITALY'S CYCLONE. Injured Number Hundreds and Dani? ngo Amounts to Millions. Milan, Italy.?The list of dead in the ?yclcuo wuicu swept over the dis trict northwest of Milan has increased to sixty, aud tho Injured number sev eral hundred. Tho material losses are estimated at many millions. Assistance has been cont to tho villages which suffered most severely from tho storm, but tbero are many homeless to be taken caro of. ALLEGE!) LYNCHERS GO FREE. Cairo Jury Acquits Twelve Mo? Charged With Storming Jail. Cajro, Ili.-r-'Wo find tho de fendants uot guilty." This was the verdict rendered here in tho mob case, ending the trial of tho twelve men charged with the attack ou the county jail here on the night of February 17 last for the purpose of lynching a negro. * 7000 Cotton Mill Hanus Idle. Lawrence, Macs.?The Pacific Cot tozr Mills, In this city and Dover. N. H^ vrero shut down, lhe mills em ploy about 7000 operatives. Bavarian Railways Ron by Klsctrlcltj Munich, Bavaria.?The Bavarian Diet appropriated *$1,600,000, the (l.rat Instalment for .constructing wat cr works .at Lako Walchen to furnish power to run all -the State railroad* of Bavaria by electricity. Gelatine Explodes, Fifteen Dead. Johannesburg. ? Fifteen natives wevo ! lio fc and^ seventy-al* native ^ ? ired by MIIWW PIIESM MjUffl an fflin suicide Family Declare Monon's Head Victim of a Burglar. WORRIED BY GRAFT SCANDAL Bhqt Through Koart In Hummer uome Near Chicago at Tlmo Wlicu He wits r??!or Firo About the UUIIOIm CciltlHl'N IllVC?t|gH(Joi|. Chicago. Ira Orllllth Hawn, presi dent of tho Monon Railroad, whoso death by ah oo ting early in the morn, lng at his summer home In Wlnnet'ka, a Chicago auburb, wasat first charged to a burglar, Id now tailored to havo Killed himself. It Is considered practically certain In! Hf)Wa iwilelde j at hoi than face tho Impending reve latlon of l,is alleged connection with ,!n?,f u" du,,ar f,aUda perpetrated on tho Illinois Central Railroad while lie wn? Its vice-president. ulw,hl<.iH t!!? th"ory of l,oth th? poller Who investigated the easy and or "awn's Jill-,1 n )la Central record, The latter frnm lld rS"11!1 knowledge of tho facts and clicuinstances attending the rail road aft Jo,3eP( furn,Hh ()J0 jno lives fear of a recession from wealth and a respected position and of posi tion a| prosecution and convic-j of t/m Ph MCm' from thc,r lnvestlgatlon ! rebitiv ? ??' ' B? ' as tho reticent relatives have permitted that Investi gation to ko, refuto all theories of murder by a burglar, a hired assassin or a private enemy; iji fuct, ull the orloa but (hat of suicide. t?HA? " ba8lB, f6r tho,?' Buiclde theory the polieo advance the following rea sons; y . Th?y Point to the fact that Mr tho nmf8. 0,^ra!,nR vice-president of thQ Illinois Central Railroad at the time fraudulent car repair contracts were put through, and'that rc^nUy ho had been drawn into tho Illinois wRiicsb ' ,uvest,Gutiou ?? " chief ? J,h<;y ?y that tho notion of Mr 1 fh^f'hi VG* In refusing the aid of BearHi 5 ?n m,V0 ^"^"H-nt to ?u"|.Wou? ""L'gC" I* doc,?r(\ there exists n lack of convincing evidence that an Intruder had actually been It the Rawn residence. "awn was qdo ot the: noted -allway men of tl'io West. M0 was flfty-flve years old and had been an 8iCnieei8 70UO n? AV"e8teni railways man SL?Was a "arrlman Cent'rnlH month? nK? Illinois S2oonnnnT,er,fid that morc than fhn !> !i oen ove,'chargod in ho operating department of which n was tho executive. The corporation charged that ex izSri of ?f th?e con,l)a?y had organ ic th?1", repa'r conil)anles, und that all tho overcharges were in the car iSiis vSS,Pnt8.idurl,lls 1907 ftn<1 re?l^noJi PTldent Uawn "uddenly took W H M(th? Central and dent Of-,?; S2, a "lace na 1"'C81 prnoiiin montli ftIr. Rawn had faced a gruelling examination before Master edico of?tho "8 t0 h,fl Pl edge or tho overcharges. Twice bo nsl<ed postponements on tho ground that his wife was ill. i?0 was to have appeared on the stand again the following Monday. g "Mr. Rawn would "have come out of ? r?lnert nZr Vc clared ono of the men who has had ?!maC# fu par,t ln the Inquiry when "Aa f nnl10 rn,hoad President's death. neas t!L th08Sf[r?rauhlm at the wlt" ness table tho thought came to mo that I was watching a man slowiv slipping Into his grave. Every day ins Zllllx wl" '"".l"" "k" " wnlk ing death. When the news struck knew ?Mr nHS?-8u,>urbs who Knew Mr. Rawn and saw him diiK were not surprised at it rZ only Wr8hr?"'e'' ,V"S at H,c 8,or' Athelstniie Comforth n Suicide. bv^f?W y?rkc,t>'--?WIs mind wrecked by his failure to obtain a rectorshl fOTth oCf? thirW'T- Corn io? e Church of England of ? a Stock broker, shot and Iciiled himself just before dawn beside a clump of bushes in a lonely part of Colonial^ Park, Manhattan. P Mrs Id en ti fled hVs body.' W1<iow' LIGHTNING FIRES AIRSHIP Wonderful Escape of an Aero naut at Barcelona. llt iT Ehrmann Was eliding Along tit > Moderate Speed When 11 In Craft Shrivelled (iiul Full. iJarcelona, Spain.-?A groat nowd witnessed an aviator'* marvelous ea? cape from death when IiIh aeroplane, struck by a bolt of lightning, wn# in stantly halted in its course and then driven to the earth in a mass of flames. The aviator, Ehrmann, was Bailing along at moderate height on a cross country flight. Without warning, a Hash broke from the low-hanging clouds, followed by a roar of thunder. The holt shot through the very midst of the aeroplane, totting lire to the canvas. Luckily, the motor was not struck. r Herr Ehrmann kept his presence of mind and stuck to his post. Envel oped In tbo IIamos lie guided the tumbling mac.hlno as best ho could and Kucceoded In elevating the front plane to lis to bring hli)i to the Held on u Klunt. The throng, which had given him up for dead, cheered when he stopped out of the smoke-filled wreck of lit.-i machine to tho frame of which lie bud olung after the wires shriveled up In lire. Tho ilylng machine, despite it* slanting course, struck the ground with considerable force, but Ehrmann was not hurt. Ehrmann heretofore has not figured prominently in (lying events, and the strange accident occurring to him brlngB htm into widespread notice for the fust time. DOCTOIt A OKATKFUIj PATIENT. Nurse Hewaidod For Attention to Sick Physician in Hospital. Atlanta, (la.??Mrs. S. J.'IIolllns, a trained nurse of Atlanta, received $f>0,000 ftom Dr. Herbert 11. \Vy mlng, of Los Angeles, tlal., as an ex p.cssion of gratitude on the physi cian's pai't for the attention the min;o showed him during a dangerous Ill ness at Savanualf two years ago. Accompanying the Rift of $50,000 was a letter from Dr. Wynilng in which he said that bo had also drawn his will and In it had bequeathed Mrs. ilolllns $75,000 more. Mrs. Hollius. who Is only twenty three years old, has been a widow for four years, her husband dying ten months attar thu-lr marriage, She has a litlhe daughter. TO HA It "SPOONING" SCENES. Missouri C. E. Societies Will Fight All Improper Pictures. St. Louis.?A State-wide movement to abolish tho oxnlbltlon of all moving pictures of "Improper tone" has been started by the Christian Endeavor Societies of Missouri. Tho crusado embraces all films which depict what are called demoralizing scenes and ranges from elopements to robberies and prizefights. It Ib proposed to put the ban on "spooning*" scenes and on films that depict kissing on tho part of any e?? copt relatives or married persons. LEI'KOSY KILLS EX-SOLDIEU. Spanish War Veteran Lived iu Little Siiack at Soldiers' Home. Milwaukee, Wis.?Albert S. O'flor man, ailllcted with leprosy for the last five years at tho National Soldters' Home, in Milwaukee, died. He lived alono in a shack erected In one corner of the grounds and pre pared most of Ills meals. At noon each day, liowover, an orderly brought him his dinner. O'CJorman fought In tho Spanish American war in Cuba and tho Philip* pines. He enlisted in Minnesota. Victim of Lockjaw Dead. Jamaica, L. I.?Frank Dangraff, sUteen years old, died, in St. Mary's Hospital, at Jamaica, L, I., from lock Jaw. Three days before lie accident ally ran a piece of stcil Into ono of his feet, and the disease quickly do> veloped, Ij. nnd N. Trainmen Haired. Louisville, Ky. Four thousand Louisville shop employes of tho Louis, vllle nnd Nashville Itallroad were giv en a surprise when they opened their pay envelopes and found therein aq unsolicited increase of six per cent. ASK FOR A RULING ON LARD SUBSTITUTE. The United States Attorney-General to Psolde Whethsr It Is a Meat Product and Subject to Inspection. Washington, D. C.?Is lard made from cottonseed oil with a percentage of animal fat a meat product? If so aro the establishments In which such product is made subject to the meat inspection law? These aro ques tions that have been put up to the Attoriiey-General by the Department of Agriculture. The manufacturers affected desiro to avail themselves of the privilege of buying'oleo-stcarln, the animal fat used, in foreign mar kets, where It is chcapor than in thi* country, but under a ruling of the Department, since they admit inspec tion, where they use domectlc oleo Btearln they dannot use tho foreign product In the same establishment. The manufacturers say that there are large Interests Involved. They add that tfrera fry 7B.0QQ.QQQ.jaounds NMW ROOSEVELT LEAGUE. Organized fa K?mm City to Posh.Ex* President'* PoUoiee. ' Kansas City.?The Republican Na tional League, whose object is to "perpetv^te thaRoosevelt policies and principles/' was organised h%re at a meeting of prominent Republicans. It is planned to organise similar clubs throughout tlm State and Na tion. E. Mont Reily was sleeted chairman of the Executive Committee and O. V. Do#ge was elected presi ? Of lard substitute mhdc for export, and that . thero are 500,000,000 pounds consumed annually at homo. The makers have heretofore ad mitted that they wcro making a meat product and havo euhmltted 'to In vpcctlon, but the packers, that Is tho four big meat packing houses in the trade, have begun to crowd them arid the makers of the lard Eubstltuto now want to get out of their arrangement for Inspection. The trouble Is said to be that the whole supply of oUo-stearln used in the manufacture of lard substitute Is lu the hands of the packers -And. comes from their establish ments. They export the oleo oil. rrblch is sold abroad for making oleomarsar ine, and tho residue Is used at home Jor, making the lard compeundr r No More Free Boer at Hreweriee. Oreensburg, Pa.?Ordera A?*e been issued by the Federal authorities, it la bsM at ifiteral' Urge br?*?tsi-in Westmoreland County, tharthe prac ttee ox giving away beer ?o visitors at the breweriee must be discontinued. I? ? ? ?tioo>o??chioago reMyatfcwi. Chicago, 111. ? The population of Chicago rj?ga napped (ho 2.100,000 , iSSks"? msmm [puMfr RHODE ISLAND CENSES Returns Show a Poputetlni of 042,674, an luciesso Gf 110,000. Stnto IttM'ps lis Two Wi'Utti Irt C\m? grey's \\ Itl'. h It ILum iiml Since ilu? lU'tthjoiii;?, Washington, 1). CI. Khodo Island census returns, the Hist glvon out for % State, rIiow that l\or population lias Increased llH.ooo ju ten years, but this is not enough to lusur.0 her an ml dltlonal representative. Thus for at leaBt ten years more too Stato will l?o compelled to got along with two mem bers of the Hou.sc, whte'.t wan her ap portionment under the first national census In 17 90. Tho census returns for the Hi a t o were announced by theConnus Murcau as 642,67.4, nu Increase t)t 26.0 per cent., as compared with 12S,r>r>G in 1 '.ipo. Providence, It. I., I?24..'i20. an in oi ? -.ceo of 27 H.per cent., s ;i compared with l7iV,5i)7 in 1000. l'.'vwt ucki t. It. I , 51.622; as coin pared with i in jooo. Woonsoeket, 1?.- I., 8S,12"i, as com pared with 2K.20 1 in 11UVQ-. KtjW| ort, U J., 27,1* >), as com pared with i Im t0?V., 'Population of o'.hcv P.ho.le Island citie;-: ? City. n0irt. 1000. ? Central Fa lb. .... L'L'.T." i 1S.1C7 f'ramdon "1.1 V I 111.31 It Ma?t PrnvUk'uc \. . 1 , mi > lL\t";i. Wcst.-ily ,<if? ; 7,Ml llrislol . . ....... S,->(>.'? 0.!?t> | Cumberland in, in; s. Lincoln '.).?!!."? S,0:i7 Warwick . . 2o,'j2;) .21,31(1 Population of Rhode Island coun ties: ' , County. >01 0. 1 000. Bristol 1 7,(502 ),1,lfl Kent a (J.3 7 S 20.076 Newport . :i0,3.15 S2,!?99 Providence 424,'17 32M8P. j Washington 24,9'12 2 4,15 4 i Tho population of I I'll c do Island ( has been announced at this early | da to to meet, tho nce.dj ef the J,?eglt< I laluro. which will convene early In ' August for the purpose of rcdistrict ing the S'ale. Noticeably, the ir.crca.vo In the Slate's population la confined almost entirely to the manufacturing cen tre*, a itch as ProvMene?, P.i.vt ucket, Central Pall?. Wormsoekot, Warwick. P,lintel and < Y.niboidnnd hi Wush? ln;rton County, the principal agricul tural eornty, there was a growth in the ten years c( o:i4y 70S. STATU TAXE3 AUIIOCJATEIV Mlunefio'.a Collections So Large None Are Needed. Minneapolis, Minn. ? Minncrota'a taxes abrogated for the year 1911; no State taxes paid; the State running It self through collections coming in from various sources an-l through the unusual collection mado during tho >car! Tills Is an unheard of tiling, something that probably has never occurred In the history of this or any other State. Tho unusual amount of money In the State's cr.sh box has conic about through tho successful settlement of cases which have netted tho common wealth largo sums* of money. The largest of these items crime from the settlement of the lumber jenses, tho gross earnings tax cases, tho Kennedy inheritance tax eases and others, HAD COINS MADE IN PRISON. Charlestoun (Mass.) Officials Find Crudo Counterfeiters' Outfit. Boston, Mass.?An outfit for mak ing counterfeit money and a lot of counterfeit dollars have been discov ered in Charlestown State Prison. Warden Benjamin P. P.rldge in hla search .has found material for nvak ing nlloy and the moulds. Wagering on the regular Saturday afternoon bafiehnll gamo in the prison yard ex posed (ho counterfeiting. for tho loser paid with a counterfeit half dollar. The winner found that hlu coin win not one of Uncle Sam's and protested. A guard overheard tho conversation and an investigation was started that disclosed moulds and a clumsy coun terfeit layout. I-'ISII'S STING KILLS 110Y. Spike on Tail Plerccs Jugular Vein While Youngst/M* West Palm Peach, Fla.?Whilo swimming in Lake Worth tho jugular vein of Lawreuco Uaker, tho fourteen year-old Bon of a merchant of Jack sonville, was plcrced by the tail of a giant stingarcc. Death resulted In a few m.inutcR. NEGRO RURNED AT STAKE. Put to Death by Texas Mob After At tark on While Woman. Dallas, Texas.?Henry Gentry, la negro, who attempted to enter tho room of a wlrtte woman at Helton, Texas, and who later killed Constable .Taines Mitchell .who tried to arrest hini, was burned at tho stake by a mob. Pittsburg's Huron Comes nigh, Pittsburg. ? Bacon reached tho highest wholesale price In PitUburg since the siejs of Viekahurg. Eight to ten pOTThd strips <xl hest bacon were quoted et twenty-thres cents whole sale, and back strips at twenty-one cents m pout.<i. " PAT FINES OP PRISONERS, Farmers Resort to Novel Means to ? .get Whet Harvest ftaads.? Georgetown, Ky.?A novel method to save the'wheat estop ot Scott Coun ty was resorted to here when a ntim ber of farmers appeared before Jg| county Judge and p*id tt*e lines of ton prisoners in the jail hi oi*der to c?t V$c erajrr BIG GUM EXPLOSION ill IISGLOBS ' ? * Broec'i Plows Out In Target Practice at Forlrcss Monroe. HEROISM OF THE WOUNDED Olio Officer Anions the Six Injured, Ono Of Whom May TMo?Rigid Inquiry Ordered by Hie War De partment, Fortress Monroe, Vn.-r-Klcven men 1 of the Coast ArtHlery were Hilled by the blowing out. of a brcecb block In one of the bUg guns whllo tUo fort won engage* In target practice. Six oth ers were eetit to tho polt hospital wpunded. " ' - . ? ? The exeat cause of Hie explosion OTg Oc finitely cMci mined. al though a board of Inquiry v.us ap pointed Immediately after tho acol (lant hy order* from tho War, Depart ment ut Washington, D. C. The de?.d: . . , , Servant Harry Q. Hesi, of Phoebus. Vi>., kuii commRttdet*. Cori oral Charles O. Adklnfl, address lihkiiowt' Corporal Albert Bradford,. Dorothy, \VT. Vr. Private A. J. Sullivan, Perkins, Ivy, i Private Hoy Duffy. Kenovn. W. Vu. Private n. Adoy,Drnndonville. W. Va. Private C. \V. King, D iv.nn, Ohio. Privivte John \V. Chadwlck, Tazewell, ' ri\mi. , (? . . ....... ? Private Alfred W. Smith. New York. Private .Tudd K. Hogan, Ceyer, Ohio. Private James 11. Turner, Ripley,Tcnu. The Injured arc: Private A rile Adey. fatally, Second Lieutenant Ceorge L. \ an Denser. Private Orvillc T. Ilalney. Private Ellsworth Hoffman. Private Charles ll. Parks. Private William C. Sulzberger. ? The toll of death, it is believed, would have been larger had it not been for tho heroism displayed, both by- the ofllcei'3 and men in the battery. The wounded?torgCLt their hurts and aided tho uninjured In stamping out tho burning powder tliat threatened the sacks In which tho charge for a second shot bed been brought up. The explosion took place in Battery Do Rnesy, No. 1 gun doing the dam age. The gun was in charge of Can tata James Prentice, wlip had wlt'i him Lieutenants (leorge P. llawer, Jr.. and Cc-rgo L. Van B/iureUr- Lieu tenant llawes had go-io forward from tho brcech to exanilno tho rang) wheel when the charge was exploded. Ho was thrown down and momenta rily stunned,/ bat was otherwies unin jured. In tho thick, heavy smoke t.ie scene was almost Indescribable. Right me'V were killed outright, their bodies ly ing scattered around the emplace ment. Under tho pall tho wounded writhe J and moaned. Captain Prentice and Lieutenant Hawes foresaw a further sacrifice of life if the other charges caught from tho smoldering Snarks, and tho two Bent out a call for surgeons, whllo. they attacked the flro with, thelf bare hands. ~ Captain Prentice reached the em placement first, and before looking into tho extent of the damage ho pushed his way through the emoko sparks and carried out a bag of pow der. Ho then was Joined by Hawes. and tho two completed the task ot averting a further explosion. Lieutenant Van Deusen lay crura- , pled beneath tho gun, his leg broken In two places. He was suffering in. tensely, but when hie brother officer! sought to remove him he would not pormlt them to touch him. "See to the men flfst," he ordered, and, propped against the gun carriage, ho aided In directing the work of the rescue party and the surgeons. Corporal Humphreys and Sergeant Brinkley, a gun pointer, also dlfttln- 'T gulshed themselves. The former's head, body and arms were filled with pieces of fiylng concrete that had been blown from the emplacement when the explosion took place. In spite of bis wounds lio rushed to Ills dead and ^ wounded comrades, extinguished their burning clothing and then hurried to tho nearby encampment 'for water. Sergeant Brinkley was close to ths breech when it blow out. He was hurled over the right standard, and when ho regained consciousness be found himself hanging by one arm from the raillnc-of the tightlng put. form. Although severely bruised and guttering from tho shock, Brinkley de?. cllned to go lo the hospital or permit tho surgeons to examine him until af ter they had assisted In the work ol rescue. Colonel C. P. Townsley, command ant of the fort,'promptly ordered an Investigation. "It is evident," ho said, "that the explosion occurred during tho Inser tion oZ., tho breech block into tho oreech of tho guriV and before tt had been rotated and locked in place. The Safety device* on the gun aro intend ed to make a premature discharge Impoeaible. Juct how they failed to operate probably never will be known to a certainty. Every member of the detachment who could explain It wa# killed." Sheriff Kills Five Men. Elliott. Mlsa.?Five negroes weri killed and two others-were mortally wouuded here by Deputy Sheriff Cau? ? ley, of this county, when tho negroes, whom he war endeavoring to place under .Arieat, advanced on. Mm wltfc pitchforks and other weapons. 8T1U)XQ HOX LOOTED. RnMO'Chbieu Bonlc la 'New York Robbed Strangely of $*0,000. York Ciqr.? Honda tftd -otter eccurliles of the estimated val $80,COO waj reported etolea the Amwlca* .Agency of* Chines Bank. no. 50 T* v. J'iOfonnd mystery' niatntafned by ?verj A rotice wa* sent ov?