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IN LOCAL CHURCHES First of November Notable Day on the Calendar* HOLD SPECIAL SERVICES Observe the Feast of All Saints and of All Soul*-. CLOSES TWO WEEKS' MISSION Papal Delegate Bestows Apostolic Benediction at St% Patrick's. Go**! Shepherd League* Yesterday war a notable <lay in the i-hurch calendar and sp?c!a' celebrations ?n con>memor:t?!or wf hel4 I:: local "huT^hes nf several denomination.* All Halms' dar was oh?rv?d In the Krlscopa'" and Catholic churches with ?<!.' ltoratp reremonl"f. Reformation day, which nvtrks tha anniversary of the data when Ma< tin Luther nailed the ninety-five theses or the Wlttenberp Church doo- !n 1517, was observed In the Lutheran ohurches. \t the Church of Our Father, Universalis*. All Souls' day was observed. At St Patrick's Church tha day was marked by thr spec!*! services In com memoration of the Feast of All Saints, th* closing by the pnpal delegate of tha two weeks' mission with the apostolic benediction and the first meeting of the League of the Oood Shepherd, which wai organized the p rev Jots week. Before th? mass 4n the morning prayer was sa:d "for the church and civil author ities." 012 account ot the approach of the election. Rev. Dr. William T. Russell sang the mass, with Revs. John Dalauney and John H. Burke as the deacons ' League of Good Shepherd Meets. At the reception of tha members into the League of the Good Shapherd at the sendee last evening Father Russsll pre sided. Four hundred members were en 1 oiled. It was announced that at the special sTvlce November 10 to dedicate the pulpit 10 the memory of Rev. Dr. D. J. Stafford Cardinal Gibbons will officiate. The speaker will be Rev. John W. Cavanaugh, p-es'den: of Notre Dame University, Votra Dame. Tnd. In Episcopal churches yesterday the Hi>?4T* war.? decorated with autumnal foil age and flowers, and the special rituals ?a p-r followed. Story of Luther. The story of Luther and the reforma tion wa-* told in many of the Lutheran ??rurchea yesterday. In Concordia Luth e.i?r Church, "JOth and G streets. Rev. Paul A. Menzel. pastor, delivered a spe cial sermon, pointing out the meaning of :h" reformation al the present day. and urR-vi a continuation of Martin Luther's work. ?'The great character of the reforma tion." he said, "was founded 011 Christ, first, as a personal Savior; second, as the iul?i of the affairs of the church; third, as one who has issued the command that the work already started by Himself be ? ontinued." Meaning of Change. \t thr Church of Our Father. Univer salis!. Rev. John Van Schafck explained to the members of his congregation why that denomination had changed the feast or All 8aints. as observed in Episcopal and Catholic churches, to that of All Souls. "In the Anglican church today is the day of all saints." lie said. "In our church it is the day of all souls. Since the day of Pope Gregory III November I has been celebrated as a day sacred to all saints It has been called All Hallows day and the evening before All-Halloween. "In Scotland and Ireland certain sports and festivities, said to be relics of Druid ism. were indulged In. I don't know whether our sports and pranks on Hal loween had their origin in the oak groves of England or the jungles of Africa, but side by side with many ancient and time honored religious observances we find sur vivals of most curious customs and an tics. "The great thought of Halloween and All Saints' day Is the life of the blessed in paradise. "Our church has modified the ancient teaching.' and on this day celebrates the sreat truth that all souls are precious in God's sight; that all souls will eventually be delivered from sin. and therefore we tail this Sunday the day of all souls. "The foundation for*our faith is very simple and very strong. It is God." Rev. Dr. Woodrow Lectures. In the First Congregational Church last '?vening Rev Dr. S. H. Woodrow gave the third In tlie course of lectures on "Jo seph the Dreamer." The subject was The Dreamer Tempted." The speaker pictured Joseph'B life in bondage and his rise to power in the house of Potiphar, his master. "We should learn to say 'No' to tempta tion," the speaker urged. In concluding he said: "It is sometimes argued that the temp 's tions of our great cities are such that Ley cannot be resisted. With good sense ;:nd God's help they can be. Shun evil thoughts, banish bad books, avoid evil ?ompanloits as you would a pestilence, and you can be pure and strong, master of your own soul, a blessing and not a curse to others." Forty Hours' Devotion. Forty hours' devotion was begun yes terday in St. Ann's Church, Tenleytown. The special feature of the service last evening was the unveiling of an eight foot cross bearing a life-size image ot < hrist The crucifix was presented to the church by a member of the parish At the Shrine of the Sacred Heart this ??*ek is known as encharlstlc week, with services every day. The text will be the same as that for the eucharistic congress recently held in I/ondon, "Couldst thou not vatch one hour with Me?" Rev. Joseph McGee. the pastor, will be assisted by Rev. James GIIIls and Rev. John Har aey, from the Paulist House of Studies. Rev. l?r G?orge A. Miller of the Ninth Street Christian Church, ass'sted by Mrs. J E. Powell, the evangelistic singer, last evening began a series of revival serv ices to continue nightly, except Saturday, as long as interest is maintained. Third Death in Eight Months. BALTIMORE. November 'J.?Three times in eight months has death visited the Neal household at ."{411 Chestnut ave nue, Hampden The last to pAss away *c.s Mrs l^tuisa Neal. widow of William Neal She succumbed Saturday morning a titer a lingering illness of dropsy. March I" her husband died at the age of eighty four; three days later, Samuel T. Evler. thirty-four years old. the son of Mrs. Neal by her first husband. Henry S. Ey l??r. was called to rest. Mrs. Neal leaves ?our daughters <Mrs. Sarah McFaul. Mrs." Grace Stoupp Mrs. Nellie Wood and Miss Ivy Eyleri.. two sons (Samuel M. and Fillmore Franca Neal, the latter a resi dent of San Francisco) and eight grand i li ildren. Florida Plant Destroyed. MULBERRY. Fla.. November 2-?Fire yesterday destroyed a large portion of ;he Mulberry plant of the Prairie Pebble Phosphate Company. The fire was dis covered at 8:30 a.m., and the employes of the company battled with the flames for several hours before they were extinguished. The entire drying pfent. drv bin and general offices of the com pany. together with a boarding house, hotel and two private residences, were burned to the ground. The loss is es timated at finn.ooo. | IN UBOfSJTEREST Taft Specifies Measures That Ought to Be Adopted. RECOMPENSE TO INJURED - Believes Sixteen-Hour Bill Might Be Amended. WILL MAKT NO BEPRI8AL8 Says That Unjust Attacks Will Net Turn Him From His Attitude of Sympathetic Support-. BUFFALO. N T., November 2.-Judge Taft caused this statement to bo Issued here lax- nigh! as coming from him: ! have beei' honored by Mr, Roosevelt In the last foil" years In being called In to ass!?t as an ad'-lser in resp.'Ct to a'l the executive ami legislative measures projected in h!s administration in the In terest of labor, and I have had a very deep sympathy *vith a!1. tha? has been done Steps That Should Be Taken. "There are other measures in the inter est of labor that ought to be adopted. The sixteen-hou; bill ough: probably to he amended. The compensation for gov ernment employes' act ought to be en larged and liberalized with a view to mak ing the government liable in the same way as a private employer for the injury of its workmen suffered while in its employ. "It is the legitimate and approved prac tice of labor organizations to propose leg islation of this kind to the executive for recommendation and to Congress for action, and it will be a pleasant duty on my part, if I atn elected, as I expect to be, to consider all -such labor proposal? and to urge upon Congress those measures approved in the republican platform, as well as such others as commend themselves to my judgment and my d?sire to aid labor. The functions of the commissioner of labor may well be enlarged to make the bureau more useful to the cause of labor, and all proposals in that direction will meet my hearty concurrence. Will Make No Reprisals. "The bitterness and injustice of the at tacks made upon me by Mr. Bryan, by Mr. Gompers and by Mr. Fuller will not in the slightest degree turn, me from my consistent attitude toward labor of sym pathetic interest in its progress and an earnest desire to aid in every way that federal legislation may legitimately do it. Calls Fuller's Attack Unjust. "The statement made by Mr. Fuller that I refused to give a hearing to labor ing men in respect t</ a cut in their wages of 10 per cent made by the receiv ers of a railway company grows out of his failure to note a full and complete decision on the subject, showing not only a full consideration, but the fact that 1 called in another judge to help me. as well as the submission of a great deal of evidence and its careful consideration. The failure of the men. having thirty days" notice of the proposed order, to ob ject to it until the day before the order was to go Into effect led to a refusal to suspend the order, because there was not time for a hearing, but full opportunity to modify or revoke it was given upon five days' notice of the employes to the receiver, and this opportunity was im proved by them and the hearing had. "Garbled," Says Taft. "The statements of Mr. Bryan and Mr. Fuller on this subject include garbled sentences from one of two opinions, and give the impression that the court reached cxactly the opposite conclusion from that which it in fact reached in respect to the propriety of a hearing in such cases. A reference to the decisions on the subject in the Fed. Rep.. 17, will confirm this statement and show the utter injustice of Mr. Fuller's attack. "The case reported later of 02 Fed. Rep., <W. was a memorandum opinion, which should have preceded the opinion reported in the fi2 Fed. Rep., 17. and the real decision reached was contained in the latter. This may have misled Mr. Fuller and Mr. Bryan, but it did not jus tify the use of garbled extracts from the earlier opinion." 60MPERS' POLICY FAVORED TELEGRAMS FROM MITCHELL AND DUNCAN READ. Labor Leader Quotes Taft and De clares That the Republican Can didate Tried to Deceive. NEW YORK, November 2.?Samuel ?ompers, president of the American Fed eration of Labor, made his final appeal to organized labor last night to support the candidacy of William J. Bryan. In an address extending over two hours Mr. Gompers dealt in detail with the labor is sues of the campaign and in his perora tion asked with all the feeling he could put into words that the support of labor be given to Mr. Bryan next Tuesday. Grand Central Palace, where the meeting was held, was crowded to the limit of capacity, and at the close of Mr. Gom pers' speech there was applause and cheering that lasted until Mr. Gompers had left the platform. In the course of his address Mr. Gom pers declared that William 11. Taft in a speech at Buffalo Friday night had en deavored to misrepresent the cause of la bor and to decelvc laboring men into the belief that prominent labor leaders were "falling away from Mr. Gompers in his effort to pledge the labor vote to the dem ocrats party," this quoted phrase being included In a paragrapli from Mr. Taft's Buffalo speech which Mr. Gompers read. After reading this paragrapli Mr. Gom pers said: "Then Mr. Taft mentioned the names of John Mitchell. James Duncan. Max Morris and Daniel J. Keefe as men who were 'falling away from Mr. Gompers.' Answers of Labor Leaders. "Yesterday I sent telegrams to John Mitchell and to James Duncan. I did not send telegrams to Morris or Keefe. 1 will now read you the answers. " 'Qulncy, Mass., October 31. " *! have not changed in thought, word or deed since our Washington executive meeting, when our circular was drawn Up and approved by the whole council. Any statement by any party stating differently is without authority from me. nor do 1 expect to change my views. You are at liberty to use this in any way you see tit. , "'(Signed* JAMES DUNCAN.' "The next telegram is dated Chicago, October .'11. and reads: " 'Your telegram giving what purports to be an extract from a speech made by Taft at Buffalo last night is at hand. His statement, so far as relates to me. con veys a wrong impression. I am in full sympathy and accord with the policy of the American Federation of Labor as promulgated and outlined by the execu tive council. "?(Signed! JOHN MITCHELL. " Mr. Gompers read a telegram of similar purport from Max Morris of Denver. Col orado. Mr. Gompers read two other telegrams, one from the branch of the American Federation of Labor at Louisville, Ky.. and the other from the branch at Fort Wayne. Ind. Both telegrams informed Mr. Gompers that the branches had In dorsed Mr. Gompers' policy. f 0 Ehibroidered FlanneV 59c. {Regular Price* 75c Yd. 25 pieces of All-wool Embroidered Flannel \ in a variety of handsome silk wo1 ven designs-. Extra soft Saxony wooli es pecially desirable fot infants' weai\ One day at 59C a yard- Regularly 75c. y t SEVENTH AND K "THE DEPENDABLE STORE:" Silverware Sale* A Great Opportunity to Buy Wedding Gifts and Christmas Presents ?t Savings of Nearly One-half, We are distributing the "sam ple lines" o* Silverware secured from the manufacturer's selling agent ri about ?*? cents 011 the dollar?the most remarkable economies ever known. All the most famous silversmiths are represented. Including ROGERS' SIL VERWARE COMPANY. FORBES' 8ILVERW ARE COMPANY. WAL LACE BROS. SILVER COMPANY and WM. ROGERS' 8ILVER COM PANY The lot includes Triple and Quad ruple Plated Silverware, comprising the best-selling numbers. Many are one-of-a-kind, and of others there are two and three of a pattern. Sale Prices, 49c to $3.98. Regular Prices, $1.00 to $7.98. Women's Sweaters, Regular $1.50 Value, Women's All-wool Blouse Sweaters; double and single breasted styles, with pearl buttons. Colors of oxford, red. white and fancy colors. All sizes. Special for ( one day at ?)5C each. Regularly $1.50. omen i 50 Imctties Long, Braod= New Models, to?sSo.oS = = ? roadelotfa Coat $8.98 Picture Sale. of at The continued mild weather and pre-election dullness in the trade forced the maker to sell these garments'at a sharp loss. We took over his entire stock of two hundred coats, and got them at such a low figure that we can offer you bargains that wouhl be; counted extraordinary in January. Handsomer styles or better qualities have not been seen this season celling at the regular prices, which range up to $20.00. They arc all full fifty inches long. Materials consist of tine quality black broadcloths and satin kerseys, in the smartest and most approved styles for fall and winter wear. Styles comprise Elegant Full-length Chiffon Broadcloth Coats, with directoire revers: Handsome Long Broadcloth Kersey Coasts, made in automobile style, seml-flttlng model*, richly embroider.^ effects, trimmed front and hack; others beautifully braided, some embellished with insets of braid and velvet; others trimmed with satin combined with braid. There are new directoire styles, with velvet revers and braided effects; others are trimmed with novelty diamond silk braid. Every garment shows the little touches of style-and is tailored in the best manner. Styles suitable for street or evening wear Linings of rich satins and soft satin duchesse, plain and figured. Choice of black, navy blue, garnet, grpen and brown. Values worth as high as fciO.OOO for S8.0S. Entire "Sample Line" Famous l.'llman Mfg. Co. One-half Original Value. This sale, offering the broad est possible assortment of styles, pro vide* ? very unusual chance to secure wedding presents for November brides and handsome Christmas presents at an actual saving of half price. The collection embraces (In* pastels, genuine water colors, hand-colored lithographs, etchings, real carbon prints and copies of highly treasured paintings by famous artists. Pictures suitable for parlor, hall, den. office. library, dining and bed room. An immense assortment of shapes and styles, in square, upright, oblong, oval and novel shapes, with burnished gilt, ebony, weathered oak. mission wood and highly polished woods, many hand carved and with fancy orna mental trimmings. Sale Prices, 10c to $12.50 Regular Prices, 25c Up to $25. .Yard-Wide BLACK TAFFETA Extra heavy grade, sold regularly at $ 1.00 yard, Two unusual features about tomorrow's sale of Yard-wide Black Taffeta Silks?the unimpeachable quality and the extraordinarily low price. Just think of buying the regular $1.00 grade Extra Heavy Black Taffeta Silk, full 36 inches wide, rustling quality, witli rich, glossy luster and firm \>joven texture, at this big saving. ( This Black Taffeta is with the famous green satin selvage edge?a guarantee of long wear and satisfactory service. Tomorrow at 79c a ya rd instead of $1.00. SALE OF BLACK GOODS. For$l 54-in.wide, All wool Black Cheviot. regular one-dollar All-wool Black Cheviot, 54 inches (yard and a half) wide, with new pebble finish, rich jet black and correct weight for tai lored suits and skirts, at 49c a yard. This is one of the most serviceable black mate rials you can buy, as well as one of the most desirable. Notions Greatly Lowered. WOOL BLANKETS, Worth $4.50 and $5 (3 Pair - . - - - - ? Just when Jack Frost makes additional Bedwear a necessity we are ready with a sale of 500 pairs of Wool Blankets at savings lots of housekeepers will welcome. They arc Heavy W eight W ool Blankets, in 10 and 11 quarter sizes for double beds, in white, gray and red. finished with soft shaded pink and blue-bor ders. All finished with heavy silk bound edges. All-wool flecce and Oiling. Regular $1.50 and 15.00 values to morrow at a pair. 5 cases of Australian Wool Kxtra Heavy-weight Blankets, large double-bed size, wool-nap fleece finish: in white, with so t shades of pink and blue borders: taffeta silk-bound edges; has the aame warmth and appearanco as the * r> ,f> all-wool blankets. Regular $3.00 valyc. Special for II ?5^ one day at ^ 35 dozen Pure White Cotton-filled Comforts, covered witli good quality figured silkolines. in light and dark /Hvo _ colors; scroll stitched quilting: full size. Regular price, $1.50. Special at 10 dozen Heavy-weight Comforts: extra large size, filled with pure white sheet cotton:covered with fine quality fig- ^ *>0 ured arateen and printed cambrics. Sold regularly for >5 'U'r^ S3.00. One day at ^ ? 9xl2-ft. BRUSSELS RUGS, Sold regularly ^<1 at $30.00, Here's the most remarkable sale of Room Size Rugs we have offered this season.* and the greatest, from a money-saving standpoint, you have ever known. W e secured at a big concession a lot of fifty of.the famous Alexander Smith & Sons' make gxu-ft. Brussels Rugs?and we offer them tomorrow at the lowest price ever quoted for this grade of rug. They are extra heavy weight. 10-wire brussels rugs, and are made in one piece. No disfiguring seams to mar the beauty of the design. In a range of c+iolce patterns, showing handsome floral and conventional effects in rich reds, }?reens. blues and tans. Try to buy these rugs eluewhere for less than you cannot. Here tomorrow at $18.50. Regular 10c Yard-wide Percales, f Five thousand yards of Yard wide Percales at ?*4c a yard?just the quality women want for makine waists, house garments and children's schooi dresses, and always sold at 10c a yard. Choice of a wide range of choice styles, including grounds of white, navy, cadet blue. etc., showing dots, rings, scroll ef fects. stripes, ?snd some with side band designs. fiarter Klastic. plain and fancy frilled, nil colors. Regular 12c and1 l.V values. Three-quarter yard lengths for G?"d Quality White Basting Cot ton. 500-.vard spool*. Heg- f tllarl.v 5c. It spools fur 1 vTV Light-weight Pre#* Shield*, nain aook covered, all sizes. Regular price. 10c to 13i: pair. 8pe- "7 rial at Bias Seam Tape, all width*, made of lawn or cambric. Worth up to 15c for 12-yard pieces, Special at vFv Nickel Xtcel-finlebed Seiaaors sod Shears, all sl?es. Worth up to 19>j pair. Special for one Q-, day at Children's Underivaists. with hoa?- supporter* attached; well made of flne quality Jean, double stitched and strong host- support ers: all sires from 2 to 14 years. Special at ?9C The "Sandow" English Pin*. Regularly 3c paper of 400 r? pins. 3 papers for vt The "Genera" Silk-finished Thread, regular 10c spools. o_ all numbers...... ; Ov Good Quality naming Cotton ?rti spools. black or white, f Worth 3c, for IV Composition Bone Collar Button*, one dozen on card, full sixes. Reg ular price. 5c card. Spe- 'Jtt/ _ rial price | Yard-Wide Bleached Cotton, | 5^c a Yard, Regularly 10c. X For one day only?regular ioc grade of Yard ?> wide Bleached Muslin at close to half regular price. Y Heavy round-thread grade, entirely free from starch. Y (No mail or phone orders.) NEW LACE CURTAINS, Worth $4 and yfl $4.50 Pair . . <$>^?^ The lot includes Fine Quality Scotch Lace, Cable Net and English NottinghamflLace Curtain*;, in choice of thirty handsome patterns, faithful copies of the most expensive imported laces, such a- Tambours, Irish Point, Brussels Ne<. Cluny, Antique, Renais sance, Point de Arabe and Point d'Esprit effects. Plain, motif designs and heavily worked centers with richly designed borders. 50 to 00 inches wide, all full 3% yards long. Regular $4.00 and 14.50 values tomorrow at 12.48 a pair. REGULAR 8c APRON GINGHAMS, 5c YARD. Two cases of Standard Quality Apron Ginghams at 5c a yard tomorrow. In blue, brown, green and pink checks; warranted fast co'.ors. Regular price, 8c yard. (No mail or phone orders.; 81x90-Inch BLEACHED SHEETS, Regular Price 59c Each. We contracted for an immense lot of these 81x90 Bleached Sheets with one of the best known mills in the country?and got them to sell at the extremely low price of 39c each. Every one worffi 59c?made of heavy round-thread bleached cotton, entirely free from dressing. Hand torn and ironed and finished with 3-in. hem. These Sheets are welded in the center and ara stronger and more serviceable than the ordinary seamless sheet. On sale to morrow at 30c each, instead of 59c. 8c CAMBRIC?Two cases of 38-inch Cambric; soft fin ish, close-woven quality, entirely free from starch; excel- _ lent grade for women's undergarments. Regular 8c val ue for. 70c SALEM SHEETS?Lot of 81x00 "Salem" Bleached 8heeta; full size for double beds; hand torn and ironed; made of genuine "Salem" sheeting cotton, and have no seam. Regular price, 70c. Special at. 12^c PILLOW CASES?'J00 dozen 45x.tr. Bleached Pillow Cases; regular size; hand torn and Ironed; finished with 3-inch hem. Sold regularly at I2tyc each. One day at 59c 834c ?X"X"X~X"XMX**X < ? < ? t MISS FRICK FAINTS IN CHURCH DUE TO LOSS OF SLEEP FROM EAELT RISING. Was Anxious to Hear Sermon by Bishop-?Worshipers Rush to Her Aid. PITTSBURG. November U.?The sudden fainting of Miss Helen Frick. daughter of Henry C. Frick. multi-millionaire coke and steel manufacturer. In Calvary Episco pal Church, yesterday, caused excitement among the fashlonahle congregation. Mi*) Krick and her father had arisen early in order to hear the sermon prom ised by Bishop Joseph H. Darlington of Harrishurg. and the young lady's sudden illness is attributed by her friends to her not having had sufficient sleep. Miss Frick is worth i*everal million dol lars in her own name. She is the owner of the $7,000,000 Frick office building ,here. The lesson had been read and the bishop had just announced his text when Miss Frick arose in her seat and sank back again. Her father, who sat beside her, showed great concern. Then Miss Frick. feeling herself growing faint, arose to her feet the second time and attempted to pass her father and leave the pew. As she did so she uttered a slight scream, tottered and fell into the arms of her father. Frick laid the fainting girl in the pew. Several worshipers nearby rushed to his assistance. A physician in tj?e congrega tion offered his services. Miss Frick was soon revived and taken home in Ijer father's auto. In the meantime Bishop Darlington had admonished the congregation to be quiet, and had assured them that nothtng was wrong. PRIZE BEAyTY WEDS. Denver Girl Who Won National Contest Takes Husband. DENVER, Col., November 2.?Miss Mar guerite Frey. daughter of Mrs. B. A. Frey, and winner of the national beauty contest, was married Saturday to Wilkins Mc Clair Armour of Dallas, Tex., formerly of Denver. The wedding was a surprise. Tired of being pointed out as the most beautiful woman in America, Miss Frey wanted to avoid as much publicity as pos sible. so the quiet wedding was decided upon, and only her family knew of the date. (>owned in a tailored suit of Alice blue, with a large black satin hat trimmed with I blue satin and blue feathers, Miss Frey made an exquisite bride. She carried a gorgeous bouquet of lilies of the valley I and violets. Norfolk Tug Burned. BRUNSWICK, Oa.. November 2.?The ttig Redwing, owned by the Wise Dredg ing Company of Norfolk, Va.. caught Are and was burned to the water's edge in this port late last night. The tug was a tender for the company's larre dredges at work her-? PAGE FROM A CITY'S LIFE MOTHER AND SON DIE IN THEIR LITTLE ROOK. * Pathetic Story of Suicide in the Heart of Noisy Chicago^?Dead in Each Other's Embrace. CHICAGO, November 2.?In the heart of the great, noiay West Side there is a solemn, quiet house today. It is the house where there was recently revealed one of the saddest tragedies known in Chicago for months. There the body of Mrs< Winifred Henry was discovered clasping the form of her dead son after she had ended her own life. The boy had been dead for several days. The mother held the secret of his death so that the body could not be torn from her. Apparently she had kept her watch until, torn with anguish and crazed with grief, sho decided to end her pain by turn ing on the gas in her room. Detectives were summoned to the lodg ing house at 40H Madison street by a woman who lived across the hall from Mrs. Henry. She had detected escap ing gas. The leak was traced to Mrs. Henry's door. Find Bodies Together. Detectives Bowler and Barry of the Desplanes street station knocked at the closed door. There was no response and they put their shoulders to it and braced themselves against. The lock gave Way, and there was an outrush of gas. The two policemen were almost overcome. Lying on the bed in a death embrace they found the body of the mother. Her arms clasped the body of her boy. The mother's life had become extinct but a few hours before the door had been burst open. Little at first could be learned of the dead mother and her child Mother and Son Chums. Only the neighbors and the lodgers knew that the two had been chums? the mother had been the idol of the boy and the boy had been the life of the mother. Always they had been com rades. A few days ago the boy had been com pelled to give up his place. He had had a lingering Illness. The mother, who had been a waitress in a downtown restau rant. gave up her work. When the little fellow could not get out of his bed she knelt by his side. Through the day she watched him, and then, through the night, never leaving to eat or sleep. Neighbors did not come In fre quently and last Friday, the last day she was seen by them, they concluded she had taken her boy to a hospital. Turned on the Gas. The physicians who examined the boy's body said that it must have been on that day the little * fellow's suffering ended. Sunday the mother is said to have visited her sister, several blocks away, but she did not reveal her secret. She had come in late in the nfght. Her appearance had frightened them and they tried to per suade her to remain. But with a look as of a demented wom an she went out in the rain. Indications show that the woman sat by the dead body of her boy until Tuesday night. Then she stuffed all the cracks in tiie room and turned on four gas jets. When found her cheek was found pressed close to that of her hoy. It is only one o? the stories that go tu n^ake up the tales of a great city. PRANK ENDS FATALLY. Lareaux Mister Accidentally Shot by Sister at Baltimore. BALTIMORE. November J.-Aftei be ing accidentally shot by his adopted sis ter. May Blackwell, I,areaux Mister of Grace street, near Reisterstown road, died yesterday morning at the Maryland General Hospital. Death was due to loss of blood. Mr. Mistfer resided with his mother. Mrs. Mary E. Blackwell, at the above address, and, with the rest of the fam i;y. was annoyed Saturday night by the small hoys of the neighborhood, who were celebrating Halloween. The boys shot peas against the windows and did other things to disturb the family. A little after 7- o'clock the patience of the family gave out, and Mr. Mister sug gested that a gun be loaded and fired out of the window to frighten the tor mentors away. May Blackwell, who is but fifteen years of age. hastened to get the gun. After inserting a shell in the chamber of the weapon she rarrled it across the room to hand it to Mr. Mister. In some unaccountable way the gun went off, the entire cha^e lodging in his left arm. just below the elbow, causing a gaping wound. It was found necessary to amputate the arm below the elbow. Mr. Mister, however, did not seem to rally, but grew steadily weaker from the loss of blood, and expired about in o'clock yesterday morning. I.areaux Mister was about forty-five years of age and unmarried. Baltimore Woman Shoots Herself. BALTIMORE. November ? After grieving eleven months over tlie death of her father. Mrs. Mamie Baitz. thirty-two years old, committed suicide by shooting herself through the mouth in the rear room of the second floor of her home, 1H07 East Lexington street, early yester day afternoon. She had been a little more cheerful than usual all the morning and had worked energetically about the house in preparation for the arrival of' company. Immediately after dinner she left her mother and sister, Mrs. Bmma Hopkins, wife of Gustavus Hopkins, one of the deputy wardens at the city jail, in the dining room and went upstairs to her room, presumably to dress for the ex pected visitors. A few moments latet her mother heard a dull thud in the room, but paid no particular attention t& it. When some time had elapsed and Mrs. Baits failed to come downstairs her sis ter went to find out what detained her. and was shocked to discover Mrs. Baitz lying on the floor with blood pouring from her Ynouth and the back of her head. A ..'52-caliber revolver lay by her side, and she gave no signs of life. A doctor was hastily summoned, but his services were not needed, as he said that the woman's death had b?en almost in stantaneous. Mrs. Baitz war mu1 ? * ? years ago. bur after the we?" * r FRENCH AVIATORS PROTEST AWARD IN GERMAN BALLOON RACE OBJECTED TO. Towed, When He Could Have Cut Rope, and Landed in Sea. Con trary to Rules, Is Alleged. [ PARIS, November 2-?The decision of the German Aero Club placing Lieut. Col Schaeck, the Hwiss competitor, lirst on the list of the competitors for the Coupe In ternationale des Aeronautes, before the pilots who descended on land, but at a shorter distance from the starting point, is causing a great sensation in French aeronautic circles, and on all sides pro tests are raised. M. Jacques Fail re, who was a member of the French team in the contest, says: "Unless the federation immediately re pudiates the verdict of the German club I shall tender my resignation. I do not doubt for one moment the decision of the federation. It must apply the rules drawn up some months ago, in which it is em phatically stated that any pilot who de scends In the sea must bet disqualified. Could Have Cut Rope. "Lieut. Col. Schaeck descended in the sea, and though he says he was towed against his will, the argument cannot hold. Many times, even in the neighbor hood of Paris, my guide rope has been seized by peasants, but such incidents never brought my trip to an end I sim ply cut the rope and continued. "Lieut. Col. Schaeck could have done this if he really intended to prolong his journey to the bitter end. It cannot be admitted thai the Helvetia was towed into port against the wish of its pilot. The fact that lie climbed on the vessel is a sufficient argument against him. "Why did the French pilots and Lieut. Dunville stop on the seashore? Simply because they knew the regulations. 1 am not afraid of the sea. 1 have proved this often enough by ni> trips across the channel, but I do not take risks which prove nothing and which mean disqualifi cation when they fail. "I am certain the members of the fed eration wilj be unanimous in declaring that Lieut. Co!. Schaeck. however mar velons was his voyage, did not comply ?with the rules and is disqualified." It is pointed out, on the other hand, that the rules in force when the trophy was presented made no mention of de scents in the sea. May Race Among Alps. BKRJ..IN, November li?The decision of the Aero Club awarding the Coupe Inter nationale des Aeronautes to Switzerland meets with hearty approval here and is looked upon as a thoroughly sporting set tlement. Aeronauts are delighted with the idea of holding the contest next year in Swit zerland. which is looked on as an ideal country for the start of a bai:oon race. TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY Take LAXATIVE BROMO .Quininn Tablets. 7>rucffUta refund money If It falls to cur*. SC. W. UROVE'S signature is on each bos. 25c. ?w5-m.tf FALLS DEAD IN CHURCH AISLE CONGREGATION IN PANIC OVER , TRAGEDY. Daughter Cries Over Corpse?Pastor Halts Prayer to Hurry to Stricken Man. NEW YORK. November 'J.?Pitching forward from the vestibule through th? spring doors into the auditorium, in a nt. Solomon R. Hendricks fell dead in th* aisle during the pastor's opening prayer last night at St. Mark's M E. Church. Ocean avenue and Beverly road. Flat bush. A panic ensued., but was quickly ended by the Rev. John H. WHIey, who stop ped his prayer abruptly, hurried from the pulpit and ran down the aisle where Hendricks lay, with a daughter. Mlsa Henrietta Hendrit k?, bending over him hysterically. Several women in the rear pews had jumped up with an out--ry when Hen drick's body fell into the aisle. They ran out of the church. The pastor, when he reached the body, found himself In a general movement of the congregation toward the door. In a few ringing words he stayed the panic and ordered that the body of Hendricks, who had apparently died instantly, he removed into the vestibule. After the es citenjent had subsided the services were resumed. Mr. Hendricks, who was a commercial traveler, fifty-eight years old, living at Westminster road, attended St. Mark's Church for the first time yesterday morning, introduced himself and his two daughters to the pastor and said he would attend again at nght. In accordance with a rule of the church he and his daughters were waiting in the vestibule for the prayer to end when he was taken with the fit. He was to have started for California today on business. LIVELY FISTIC ENCOUNTER. Quarrel at Amelia Courthouse Leads Representative Southall to Blows. RICHMOND. Va.. November 'J.?For mer Representative Robert G. Southall of the fourth district and Dr. J. Craig Eg gleston. a well known practitioner at Amelia Courthouse, engaged in a ftstle encounter at that place Saturday, as the result of a quarrel Over the moral ques tion involved in the killing of game birds out of season. The prompt intervention of friends saved the combatants from do ing each other serious bodily Injury. Dr. Southall is alleged to have said that it was unsportsmanlike to kill birds out of season, and that he would report any person whom he knew personally to have violated the law prohibiting the killing of game, except within stated times. Dc. Eggleston is said to have replied hotly, believing that the remark was aimed at himself. The physical encounter followed. Dr. Southall. who is regarded as one of the ablest politicians in the state, was succeeded in Congress by Francis Rives Lassiter. the incumbent. He Is fifty years old and twenty years the senior of Dfe Eggleston.