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Tjik beoate re'med yeeteidsy, by a
-r,ts oi 37 to 28, to airike tbe commerce
eia t Irom Ibe pendlog railroad biil.
Again, aa before Ihe recent opheavsls ia
tbe Senate, the number ol aoti-Aldrich
repoblicaoa was rednced to ei^b', Tb?e
a*er< Ihe origioal Insorgeot progreasives.
The commerce c urt ia oot regarded by
the progrtasives as entirely objectiorr
able. 11 baa b? en opposed as uaeltss.
Agalmt this Ihere tas been urged tbe
ia-t itnt the piesldect haa pleadtd for tbe
ntentioo ol tbia leatore of the measure, in
order that somethlng migtv be left -J tbe
h ? ! ..riglnally preaentedaa that ol thead
roluiitration. Io the conference of sec
ttonsi ibe White H^uae on 8alurd?y
night, t ip president pleaded ariib tbofe
ir.ro tho wertsro sta (h present avho bad
v t?d foi tbe long and sboit-haul pro
vialon, a. v.aticed by ihe pro?re?s \et to
let the commerce court remain lo tie
bill. Tbey bad co^senled. Tberelore,
Mr. Allrich appesredti bo caco more
in ln* ascindncr yeaterday
Tiik Alabama kutraocratlc convention
-rblc^i nue'a lo Montgomery today is ex
pected t> dcclare that the democratic
part/ aftor itrial ol etale wide prohibi
bitioi, fatari Ibe rMtorstlonof local op
tion. Leadiog mpporters of Emmetl
O'Neal, who was nomioated hr gover.
nor in tbe primary of May 2, assett t^at
80 prr cent of the 610 delegates wbo
comptisn ibe coovention are ior local
opliou. Htate avide prohibit^on hss
proven a iallore, io facf, woerever tried
It U iin-_meric?r_ aod esp?cially un
aoothero, aod such iaws shoud have no
plac? oi ihe s.atite bjoka. L c*l optloa
is tie democratic way of d^aliog with
the liqaor qmstion.
Tii _ moveumit lor a saue Fm th ol
Ju'y is gr.wlng all ihe time. Ssbool
children in some place are vcting in
favor ol it and Biltimore will have a ra
tlonal celalaaUoa this year G>vernor
Hsdley, nl Misicuri, rrqaesttd tae state's
police hoard at Ht. Louis yeslerday to
order the puliceti enforce s.rictly the
ordinance prohlbitng th? discbarge ol
firearms and setting off oi rock 3ta on the
Foorfi ?l Jaly. The governor sbsb
thlru-fiu- thoosand children bave been
kilh d M mairoed through the nse oi ex
plosives on foortbs 0/ Jnly in eeven
years in tbe United fctat h
Thi- Jaraay aooqatto i-? to meet bis
de-erved doom, according to Dr. Ed
ward lifdloe. formeily IJnitsd Ststes
ninistf r to Bism acd now a realdent of
Atlar.t c Oity. Followlng years of ex
perimeut, Dr. Bedloe bas annonnced
discovery ol a small fish that deligbts io
the mofqnito as ? dainty morsel, ?nd
Cmgress has been asked ti approprlate
|40 006 to breed the fiih in wa'ers along
tbe Atlantic r i.st. Oongressman Johu
J. Oardner has glven bis tuppoit to the
bill, and expects tobave the first experi
metit msde ibis snmruer.
Pl__i_KNT 1 ai i nasasaed Chsirman
Tawney, ol tbe H mse sppropri&tlone
committte, t) lesert in the BoniJrr-civil
bill b elsaso antboriaing the preaident to
employ fxpeiti tocarry on tbe work of re*
forming baBiness metbods in tbe various
government depaitnents in Washington
with a view t > fnrtber economy of admin
Istr.t oo. Tbis will be mort uilavorably
received br governmpnt employes.
Many peoplw sre heommg "comtt
wild" as Ibe visitor gets closer t > the
eartb. b'trert fakirs In New Yoik are
today sr-llinp portal cards bearing fsnei
fnl picturfs ol tbe end of tbe world aod
are reaping a harvest, while nearly all
of tbe big hotels and restauracti bave
bad special tables engsged by pr-rsoos
wbo will give comet diuners tomorrow
ni?h*. Bsrkeepers are di-pensing comet
ocktall*.
From YVa-striiigton.
Washington, May 17
Declaring t\al ihe present "oleomar
garine" law as framed In tbe interest oi
the eleomargarine people and that Oon?
gress had pat a j iker ln Ika bill against
the former, I'r itfas^r MiKav, ol Iowa
Uoivets tv. yesterday t>r<ii<ht clown
uprn bis uiatl the wrstb ot ihe Houae
committee on ser.culinre. E. J. Halner,
a former coogreesmao fnm Liucolo,
Nebr, sppeared againat tbe Oulbeisoo
bill lighteniog tbe restrictioos againat
eleomargarine. Todsy's hearing is ex
pect?d to wind np the poblic hcarlog on
tbe bill.
A new method of wiooing a no-j rity
of Oongress to a prr poaiiloo bas aprnog
up here with tlie apirlted contcst ihat ia
inder way hr tbe Panama Oaoal Eip ?
aitirn ta be htlJ lo 1915, st the complt
tion ot tbe cans'. San Francisco ard
Man Diegr, Oalilornls; New Orleans and
WaabingK n are all clamorlog for the
fair, and a atrennrua campaign of atreet
car, bill-b .ard and newspaper advertis
ing, setting iirth the txposltion mtrits
of ihe varioos ajHIw, is on. Each c >o*
lendiog city baa e>t>blished a beadquu
ters for a peimanent delegation bere,
and la carrying on the rigbt in every
possible qnarter.
Germaoy has otjected t) the terma of
the AogloKusaiao note, wbich demsods
ibat Persis shall oot grant rallway con
cesaions lo a ihird power or oegntiate
loaos txcept witb tbe two nations.
Special Ambassad.r Rooseveit, while
atteudiog the looeral ol King Edsrard,
will have to seltle for hims^lf ihe prob
1 m ol wh't lo wear. Ihe Unltel H atea
i.eiog a democratic Dition cflera do aog
gtstiocs. The only thiog It objectsti
on iUdiplomatlcagentB Issboit breecbts.
Ou side ol tbat tbey may wear what ia
nearest the conventional of tbe conrt
to which they are accredited Mr.
Roosevelt will have the choice ol three
coslumrs,?tbe ordinary frock coat and
t?.ll bat, evening dr?ss, or bis colooel's
uoiiorm of tbe rongh riders. Evening
dress at ten o'clock in the morning Is
decidedly put oi place in London where
it Ib anaibema to appear io that dress
belore aix o'clock In the evening. It is
doubted tbat be will wear his army
urilform aa be is batter known as an ex
president than as a aoldier. TbiB leavea
tbe frock coat. In this gsrb tbe coloo?l
will ott be dittiogaiBb*! from tbe tbou
Bsods of private citlzsna wbo will watcb
tbe funeral proceasion paas by.
About aeven million milea off into
space Hallev'a comet is perforniing all
eorte of lotty tnmbling today, and is
hurrying toward tbe earth at the rateof
some 5,000,000 miles every twenty-four
hours. That Is, the nearest point of tbe
comet's tail is 7,000,000 miles away and
th?t point will bj wrapp'd about the
earth bv tomorrow evening at tbe Naval
Observatorv in the midst of telescopes,
spectroscopes, and other queer looking
instrutnents, Prof. Asaph Hall, and his
corpa of scientists apent several hours
with the comet this morning, chartinj
its way through the atmoapbere. Ac?
cording to Prof. Hall the tail of the corrt.
will hit the earth Wednesdsy evening,
and we wi'l be flounderinsr. about in the
bluiost total vacuum tbat forms the tail
the better part of Wedr.esday night.
But the skysharps 6ay there is no cause
for appreben*ion. The noxious vapora
of the tail, if it possesses any will beun
able to penetrate the earth's heavy
wrapp'ng of atmoiphere and beyond a
few aerial fireworks and aome illumina
tion of the sky the comet will slide by
without extraordinary incident.
A petition. which ha* already beeu M?nel
by seventv-tive democratic memberf, is being
r-irculat^d i 1 the Honsecalling ou the rnles
littc* to repm a rule by whicb the
.-,.- ott Huti-aption bili may be eonsidered. The
advorateiof this measure do not helieve that
it ea. be conbidered unless a special rule is
framed. The bill prohibiu dealings in ool
ton futiir*--.
Tba regulars in the Senate are out in open
I oppositicn to the tftatehood bill.
Sixty-tirst Cougress.
SENATE
T*>s Seoate tiday made aott.er efl irl
to expedite Ibe railroad bill by coover
l?g at 11 o'clock, To the mrprise ol all
senator*, Measrs. Aldrich aod l.lkios,
wdo favored tbe early biur, were io tbe r
sesta. The work of obtaiolng a qaoium
begso a* once but only 89 sena(ors ap
penred. Stragglers soon added tbe neces
-ary eia.ht more and hr twelve minutas
were lcas in ott:iolng a workicg ma
j >rlty.
Tbe r-iroad bill was lakeo up aod
dlacoasion re-uned on the (Jauimins
smendaaeots t) strike out the provislon
ibat tbe a tirney general shall bave
chargo of all I t'gation, auiis to be
biought by and afjaiost tbe Uoiteii
.States, leaving tbe method of prcceliire
aa at presett
Thettlct of his amendment was ex
plained by Senator Oummlna. He be
lieved the Ioteretate Oommerce Oommif
sion shculd briog and defend buIib as
pr vidrd by existlng law.
Senators Aldrich and Elklns fa\ ired
ocoeptlng tbe House provision srhicb re
qalrea tne loteralate Oommerce Oommis
sioo to appear iodefeoae ofall ita orders.
HOUSE.
Reprfsentative Oampbell, ol Kanaas,
made a ('efruae of the Payoe tariff bill
in tbe Hooae by poioling to the "ah
ery" which bas lollowed democratic
tarifl. He charged tbat only the Idle
iicb aod thoae wbo produce nOtbing (o
sell and employ no labor aod wbo live
on tbe interest of government bonds de
aire a democratic tarifl.
A Urong argnment in favor ol nuit
ra! zition aod coo lortifica'.ioo ol tbe
Paoama Oanal was delivered by Mr.
Keifcr, ofObio. lie favored ao ioter
oat oaal tre.ty tu aafegoard Ita er
traoce aod preventa Its blockade.
Io reply to a qaestlon by Mr. Loog
worth Mr. Uodrrwood said that he saw
oo neceaalty eitber for a laiifl board aa
provided for In the aoodry civ.l bill oor
(or ao ru -aod-out tarifl commlaaloo not
u iilcr the control of Oongress.
Mr. Tawney aaked bim later if be bsd
any resson for belie.vlng tbat tbe preai
dent would withbold any facla ascertaio
ed tbroogh the tarifl b >ard uotil he waa
ready to send them to Oongreas.
Mr. Uodirwood rrplied tbat be was
jast'fied in io ssaomicg bicauae tbe
president had advocated the corporation
rx law in order tbat (he corporation
?etu-ns migt<t be made poolic aod that
al.tr tbe re uros bad been callectei
tbey were nct made poblic. He charged
tbat thia was the resolt of tbe "coc
apiracy" between tbe p-esident and
nvmbrra of (be appropriation i O'lircitUe.
Ha cooclodel by chsracter z og ihe
tarifl board provWioo aa a "cancealed
weapio io tbe pocket of tbe preaideo'."
Mr. Uoderwcod aonoonctti tbe demo?
cratic opposition to the Tawney tar 11
board provision in thesnndry civ.l bill
o'uring a speech in tbe H me loday. He
based his opposition to this provision un
tbe ground it glves ibe presideot too
mu.h p wer, allows bim to withbold any
facts bis boaid may gather and compela
Cbogreasti edopt his recommeodat'ons
because they will be ooable to collect
ntfcar data H? declared tbat tbe prr
viaion shotill specily eitherthat all fiod
ings of Ihe tarifl board be sobmltted to
Dorgre?B or tbat tbey be msde poblic.
, Miss Etbel Causes bmbarrassment
Londoo, Msy 17? Miss Etbel Roosr
vel', daughter of Oolonel Roosevelt,
was tbe inoocett ci use of considerable
embarrassmeot t day, wben she rode
shrieking witb Ii ught <r io tbe immediit*
vlcinity of tbe procession accompanyibg
K ng EIward's body from Bu kineham
Palice t > Westmlnrtr Hall. Mi?s Etbel
grew tired cf tbe solemn atroo*phere of
D)rcheetrr hnne, the home of Amta*sa*
il r lif :.l, and sccepted an intitaioi. of au
Eoglisb g'rl caller to go riding in R-itt >n
Kow. It wai while oo tbis trip tbat she
gave vent to tbe bugl.tr.
Palmer Flr.g iato Picture.
Parie. May 17.? Jean Bala, a BpM*
iih pstoier, crest*d a sensstion in the
?.sloon today by drawiog a revoiver aod
rJrn g priwiKiiously at paintings buog
there. He Ii ught deaperatsly wben the
gendarmts soght to overpower bim
and it ruui'ied the combined tflorls of
several cthcers to mbdoe bim. Sala
made do rftort to aboot aoy person.
Wben ttken to a police sUt on for ex
amination, Sala wbo was diiguised as
a workmar, declared be was disgutttd
at ihe maonrr in whicb his paiotiogs
bad been "skled" in a dark coroer and
.rz'd tb s manner ol expresaiog bis
disaatisfactioD,
Kemoval of Kiog's Body.
Lor.doo, May 17. ? London witneised
today tbe firat of two psgeaota of sorrow
marking the passsge of ihe 1st) Kiog
Edward from tbe bier to tbe grave,when
his body was removed frou the throoe
room of Backiogham Paiace to Wesf
minister Hall, wbere for two days it will
pnblicly lie in state.
Todsy's procession lasted only half an
honr, bfginniog at I1:M and endlng at
dood, bot in tbat brief perlod ooe of the
greatest crowds tbat ever jsmmed ? see*
tion of London witnraaed a wooderfal
scene of pomp and gloom.
Tbe rcute, one mile io leegtb, was
lined by 11,600 soldiers who stood so
cloee togeiber tbat as almoat to tonch
sboolders. Witb erect figures and aol*
pmn mien they siood at preaent arms as
t ie goo carriage bearing the coffio of tbe
royal dead passed slowly by.
Todsy's procession lacked tbe glit'.er
of royaltr that will mark the fnoiral pm -
c aslon on Friday, as aside from King
(laorge and tbe members of the Brltisb
hoDsebold, few of the vlsltiog mooarchs
parricipated ia the exeriaea. It was ori
gloally iotended for all of the roysldta
and nniitled rrpresettatites to lace part
lo today's procession, bot this plan waa
rinally abaodonrd owiog to the fatt that
aeveral of theae have ntt yet arrived.
Former Presideot Roosevelt, tbe am
bstssdor to tbe fnneral did not partici
|.?t ? in today's ceremony.
Tbe atrticea at Weetmioialf r Hall did
not end mtil 1 o'clock, aod from tben
until 1 o'clock tbe body lay io state to
tbose wbo had been inviied by members
of parliameot to view it. At 4 o'clock tbe
public Jylog-iD-iiat i begao aod immedl
i taly a great tbrong begao a ceaacless
tread throogb tbe anclent corridors
E*t matea on tbe nuraber of people
*h;i witoessed today's procession vary
greatly and IM aa higb aa 1,260,000.
Loodon, May 17 ?A panic occurred
at WeatmloBter duriog tbe fonerai of
Kiog Esward. Tbe crowd broke throogb
ibe cordoo of mouoted foot police tried
io rush in the court yard. The ii u?
of Parliameot mouoted police tftova the
crowd back, c'uobiog men and w. men
Many women fainted.
Sa11ora Btat Fishermen
Toulon, France, May 17.?Two com
tnissioned oiiicers from the armored
crnlser New York, which has been here
several days undergoing repairs, will
probably be court-niartUled for beating
a fisherman today so severely tbat he
had to be aent toa hoapital. The Amer
can conaul has been notified of the
occurence and has instituted anoincial
investigation. _
Crown Prince* lierolam.
Kerliu, May 17 -For aaviag the life ol his
grand-mother, the heirto the crown ol the
Grand Un hy of Oldenburg, Prince Nicholas,
has received a bigh decoratioa I'rom Emperor
William. Detailsoftbe boy's h-rorism were
made public today. Prince Nicholas was
rowing with his grand-mother, the Uowager
Urraii'i Uut-'baasa Marie of Mecklenbarg wben
tbe boat cverturned. Tbe grand-Hutches<
could not swiai bot her graod-soo managed to
cHcb ber as she waa sinking and waa able to
hold her bead above water, un.il help arrived
ut eea ruinutes Uter. Both were in a aerious
eooditloa when reacued but are today deolared
to be ont if daLger.
Ballinger-Plnchot lavMtigatloo
Fredeifck M. Kerby, tbe former sti
nographer of Sscretary Ballloger's
office, who made tbe affidavlt revealing
tbe cbaracter of ihe Lawler memcranduro
today took the staod befote tbe B?l
linger-Pincbit invesilguog committee.
Ci.airmaa Nelson after placiog io the
Record the preaident'a letter of May 16
iu reply to the Kerby cbarges, asked
tbat Mr. Kirby blmselt be called to the
s'aod. Braodeis nqaested to bave the
Kerby affldavit and Ibe denial iaemd
May M;h by Private Sfcrelary ot tbe
Presideot Oarpentir but was deated
by Obairmao Nelson. Tba witoeai
among otber ibioga admitted that be was
very friendly wftb (ormer Svcretary Gsr
tieid but denled that bo bad received
any commuoicatloos from Gaifieldio re
gaid to bis tt t>meot.
ibe t-stimony of Kerby was frcqusot
ly interrupted by Obairmao Nelaon on
lil Represtntative Orabam aaked bim to
let tbe witoeaa proceed with aomechaoce
t) tell bis own story. Afier tbis Senator
Nelson waa not beard from lor some
lime.
Tbe former clerk told bis story with
an earotstotas of maoner that carrled
convlction. L'aoiog forsrard teosely,
be gave a grsphle recital of the prepara
tlon of a draft o.' tbe Ballioger exooera
tloo lit er by Aaslataot Attorney Geoeial
Oacar Lawler ibatatt mea alinoat cauaed
applaose in tbe crowded btariog room.
He wss cool, colltoted and empbttio
In bis answers to the grilliog examina
tlon of Attorney Veitrees, as well as to
the ar.uil pitfalls laid for bim by m:h
lawyers ia Seostirs Root aod Sntberlaod
aod Obairmao Nelaon, of tbe comm ttae.
Vertreea iosistectly orged Kerby to
sdoiit that he had a selfiab motive in
glviog oot bis atatemeot. Thia Kerby
denled, and upoo the empbatlc proten
of democratic members, Kerby waa al?
lowed lo tell hia eiory In bia owo way.
Tbe giat of Kerby'a testimooy waa to
brand Ricbard A. B&'lioger, secretsry
ol the intrrior, as baylng sworn fslaely
under ostb.
Forest Flres.
Dolntb, Minn., May 17.?Alibongh
conslderabla ratn fell ln tbe Iron Range
diatrlct and paris of Micbigao and Wis*
consln durlog ths laat 24 bturi, tbe
faJt was oot sof-cleot| to alley tbe
danger fojest fires. A siv.re cooflsgia
lion wbs reported io the besvily timber
id region nortb of Hlbbiog today and
the timber c.uisers say it will take a
dreoching rain of two or tbree daya dn
ration to cbeck it.
fi x lownahlpaof vslusble timber nortb
of Hibblng sre in dsnger cf destrutt on.
Sixty milllon feet of tbis pioe hss al?
ready been cooaumed. Rain today pot
a damper oo ? forett fire wbich raged
fiercely stub of Bsmedjl yesterday and
tbrestned to coosome thetiwo.
THE 0AN10N HANKOW LOAN.
After a protracted period of neirotiation tbe
fioancial group of the four powen, the
loited Ststes, Germ?ny, Great Britain and
Fran'e, hsve ?t Isst come to an ssrree
ment oa tbe (.'anton-Haukow railroad loau,
according to reports received at the Htate
lepartment today. All that remained to
be dooe ii the arrsngement of all unim
portant dttaila before tbe argreeiDe.it is
finslly adopted. The loan will theo be
iie_'itiated for the Chinew government snd
work long delayed plan lor the constmciion of
tbe Chiceete railroad wil! bebegun. Tte.hare
r<f the I'nited States io tbe loau is over
$7,000,000. American engineers will be eru
plojeu for ptrt (f tbe work aoil American
materisl will be use I io constrnction of the
road._
Fatal Pall
Bristol Va., May 17 ? Perched on the top
of a fdegraph pole where be sat sboutiog and
laughing at tae people below, George Lane, a
l.'-vesr-old raewenger boy for ite West T.o*
neisee Telephone totnptny, lost his bslanr.
snd fell t > tbe fid.wsl- tbi- morning. ilis
ukull wss fractured aad b. died a few mi_
utes later,
MILIIIATOPAY FORL03rOOODS
Oross csreltBioaas oo the part of
some of the compaoy ifficers ot the Vit
ginia volooteera in failiog ta care for
mililary property has Ud Adjotact Qeo-J
aral W. W. Salet) tske decisive steps
to preveot tbe great Iosb from tbia
soorce.
An order waa istued yeaterday by Ibe
adjutant geoeral to tbe tffect that the
value of aoy missiog or wortbless prop?
erty which is not shown to have been
w.irn out In service or wbich is not
i therwiae aatisfactorlly accoonted for at
tie time of the aoooal atate inspeciion,
will be deducted froaa tbe company'a
foods. This dividrs the responatbility
to aome extent, and lt is hoped wi.l tend
to make every man more carefal io
haodllng (be property cf tbe Stat? and
of Ihe War Departme.t
Theoretically, the commsnding officer
of each company ia held personally re
sponaible for any such losses, but it ia
recognlzed that iuasmuch as these men
give their services without compenaation
it would be perhaps a hardship to make
them pay. Under the new order, how?
ever, it is believed that these officers will
be much more careful in future, for the
reaaon that carelessneas in thia rexanl
will cause a direct loas to the company.
The War Department replacee any
property wblch ia shown to it to have
been worn ont in the service of the or
ganized militia, but when such informa
tion is missing the State is charged with
the coet of the material furnished. In
this way the State, some of these days,
may have to pay a large sum to the de?
partment becauee of lack of proper care
in listing, watching and keeping track
of the supplie*.
Instructions to company qtiartermaa
tersergeants in looking after the prop?
erty may later be given by the quarter
master-sergeant, who iaemployeil l>y the
State Department, and who haa bad
much experience wi'b the regular army.
? I Richmond Tinies-Diapatcb.
THBEE BISH0P3 ELEOfEI)
The electlon of blshops by tbe Siu'.ta
ero Metbodlst Ooofereooe drew p'.rhsps
26,000 persons to tbe aadltorhi-t in
Asheville, N. 0 , yesterday.
Tbe aelecttoo of Rev. Dr. Ollios
Deoay, of Baltimore, a proftsior at
Vanderbilt University, aad Rev. Dr
Jobo (). Kilgo, presldent of Tiimty
Oollege, as bishops on the first bsllo.
came as no surprlse. Bnt wbst did
smixe tbe body wbb tbst a sum totsi ot
116 men, nesrly balf ol the ronfareoce,
received votea for the higb offioe ol the
oplsccptcy.
Seveo, a record cunber of bishops,
were to be chosen, aod the record wbb
agaio brokeo by so many recsiviog
votes. lt was about 12:40 o'clock wben
the t'llers, after more than t.o honrs of
countlng, walked oot upon tbe ttige and
ioterruptod a spirited dlscmsiou cio
ceroiog tbe "pastor*! t me limit." A
once tbis was forgotten, and tbere wss
orcpltte sllencp, itteriupted by a barst
of applause wheo it wss aooounced tbat
Drs Kligo aod Denny bad been elected.
The tellers reported the reenlt of the
secood ballot shortly before 4 o'clock.
K'v. Dr. W. B. Mirrsh, presideot ol
Millsaps Cjllrge, Misslsslppl, received
166 votea and was declared the thlrd
blsbop.
Others rtcciving bigh vet>s, but not
eotugb to elect, were: R. <J. Water*
house, 101; E. D. Moazoo, 102; W. R.
Lambutb, 111; H. M. Dubose, 108; W.
F. McMorry, 109; W. N. Aioswoitb,
92, snd James H. McOoy, 10.
A thlrd ballot rjsulted In uo elect'on.
After a hot debit? beginning io tbe
moroiog, tbe coofereooeln tbe afternooo
settled the qaestion of "time llmlt" by
tbe decislve vote of 194 to 90 io favor
of tbe reteotlon ol tbe llmlt. Thia is a
distioci viotory for tbe cooiervatlve ele
ment of tbe conference, wbich ls elearly
in control of the sltnstloo.
A DENIAL FnOM BISHOP
PARET.
Osrdlnal Oibboos yesterday received
the following cablegram from Ii sbop
Paret, of ibe Protestaot Episcopal dlo
ceae of Marylaod, dated at Floreoce,
Ialy:
Oardinsl Oibboos, Bs!t!more:
Miatake very false. No rpfiissl. No
diacourtesy. Wii.i.iam Pabet.
Thia cabhgram, wbicb was said at tbe
eardioal's realdaoce lo bave beeo noso
licitod, reftrs io a repcrt circulated lo
this couotry to tbe atf-ct tbst Biahop
Partt, armed with a letter of iotroduc
tion from Oardioal Oibboo, rcqae?'ed
aa lot -rriew witb the pope, but wm
refaeed.
SNOW AND FROST.
Froat plsyed havoc with fralts and
vegetsblcs io tbe Roanoke erction of the
state Snodsy and yes'erday morning,
and the fsrmers, fniltgrowerssnd trock
eiB are heavy losers. The loaa caonot be
estlmated, bot it ia aore to rracb op ioto
tbe hondreds of thonsaods.
mow la now lyiog in tbegorgea of tbe
B uaRidgeio P/gaand Madiaoncruotlee.
Tbe soow fell aoon'. mldday aod late (o
the alteroooo on Saturday. The tem
peratire at tbe great elevaton where
the soow haa lalleo is maoy degrees
below ths, in tbe Icwlaode. Maoy of
theae mcu tilo gorgea are cccopled by
tbe dwellinga of mouotaiofolk, who osu
aily are early gardeaers, and wbo, in all
probabll ty, will be compelled to plaot
over tbelr gardeoa.
No Dangwr from Comet.
New Yirk, May 17.?Wnl Halley's
cnmet Ir ju re ibe e_nh tomorrow night?
"I ihlnk not" saia ProfesBor fiarold
Jacoby Ruiberford Prnfesaor of Astron
omy at Oiln-bia Uaiveralty." O.meta
have stiuk thi* eartb io tbe paat and
will cooiku) O hit it in tbe lu are.
In tbe mnaeom cf oatoral blstory in
New York city tbere Is a meteor
welghiog 27 1 2 tms. Tbere may be
aeveral s.cb chips io tbe bead of Hal?
ley's comit Aod K the head of tbe
celeatial via t ir atu k tha eartb we
woold bave aome loial diaturbaoce a?.
leait.
"The bead ol Halley's comet will oot
come ncarer to oor plaoet tban by about
14,000,000 miie*. Astroocnieis dlaa
gree on tbe flgores but not on the fscta.
Howevrr, the tail ni Halley's comet
may be long enoagh to bridge tbe io
terval btaeeo tbe bead of the comet
aod the eartb. l( ao, aod astrr nomers
feel fairly sore that tbe tail la loog
eooogh tido bo, tbe eartb will paaa
taroogbt tbe tail of tbe comet
"We know tbat tbe head of tba comet
is aolid. We know also, tbat iu tail
la less denae than the air in the best
vacu.m we can make with a mercury
air pnmp. Tbia U tblooer tban tblo.
Tbe molecolea wlll be s<parated each by
aeveral coblc feet.
"Sj the tmid may take new hope.
This eaitb of oon will cootione to do
basloessst the old stand,"
News of the Day.
Mrs. Elizabetb, Asbmead, a ootorlcus
"baby farmer," aad a'x others have beeo
arrested at Millvllle, N. J, obarged
witb borning infaota.
Dr. H. Bu t m Bteveosoo, a pbysl
cian of Sherwood. Biltimore county,
Md., was shot In the face yeetsrday by
bis brolbor, Allen S.evenson, wbo is
said to be menially deraogeJ.
Tbe Hoase committee oa banking
aod curreacy hss liaally fsvorably re?
ported a bill to reiaborse depoaitors
in the Freedman's Baok, and Ita ad
vocatea will use every tffort to paaa the
bill duriog the preseot seaaloo of Oon
gress.
RepreaeoUtive Msrtio, of Oolorado,
who waa ooce a locomotive eogloeer,
appeared before tbe Hooae committee oo
iotertt.tsaod 'oreigo commerce yesterday
t) orge a favorable repoit oo the bill for
federal iospectiun of locomotive bollera.
Tbe measure ia favored by tbe Brother
hood of Locomotive Engineers and will
probably receive favor.ble cooalde rstloo.
A revolutiooary uprsing ia feared at
C.aog rjha, according to dlspatchea re?
ceived at tbe $ ate Department yeaterday
from Lteut9oaot Oommaoder R. 0.
Bitler, commaoder of the gaoboat 11 1
eoa. All forelgoeera bave beeo ootfird
to go oo tbe gooboats of tbe forelgo
powers atationed io the river. Oommoni
cstion by telegrapb waa ioterropt'd.
The coodition at Oaog Sha Ib very uo*
favorable, accordiog to reporls from Hao
Kow. Ever iloce the oprislog of aeveral
weeka ago wbeo aeveral oreigo mlasloos
and the governor's Yahen waa burned
the nst'ves bave beeo lo ao ugly mood.
At tbis crltical time, also, there is ap
prehenaion because of the appearaooe of
H illey's comet wbich haa a diBtarblng
ttfect upon the ignorant massee. Ameri?
can gaoboati rt t'.looed on tbe Yaoglaen
are the Heleoa, Hamar, the Villalobaa
and tie New Orleana. The New Orlraos
has just airived. It ia believed tbst tbe
imperial forcea Bt baod are auflicieit to
preveot the revolotion from uprfadiog
ba*. tbe aitaatloo ia coosldeaed aericus,
THE BAPriSTS ADJOURN.
'The lie that Blnds," song by 3,000
persons as they sbook bands and wlahcd
each otber bappineas, marked an Im
presaive closlrg of the Southern Baptlst
Oooreotion lo Baltimore yesterday.
They adj mroed to meet next yesr at
Jacksunville, Fla,, on May 17.
Obalrman Barlon, of the temaerance
committee, will have an intetview witb
Speaker Oannoo, of tbe Hoase, today,
coocerolog a hearlog ol tbe report on
temperaoce made to the convention.
Tbe convention decided not to draw a
tatritasjfal line between the noitb and
sootb divlaions of the ehuicb and voted
to take in New Mexico cburcbee. Thia
is acceptcd aaa national expaosioo move
meot for the H uihero Baptiat*.
A r;porl nrgiog Oongreas to ameod
the loteratate commerce law ao aa to pre
veatsbipment of l'qoor into "dry" ter
ritory wss adopted. President Taft waa
commended for bis total abstlnence ex
ample.
The invitation from tbe Northern
BaptiBta lo partlclpate in (be work of
educatlog the negro preacbers of tbe
south wbb refosed.
Senator Owen'a bill for creating a na?
tional health tureau was iodorsed.
Tbe Sanday achool board waa allowed
to beglo poblicatioo of booka.
The Baptiat World AUhnce wai Io
doraed and a promiae to raiae londa for
itj-as made,
LIVE FAOrS ABOUT THE BAP
THIH.
Among the Protestaot deoomioatlons
of the United rft .t a tbe Bsptsts raok
second. They n timber 6,662,234
Tbe MethodlstB are flrst wltb 6,749*
838.
The Bsptltti of the Uoilel States
rslsrd last year for cburch work f-2,?
813,864. Tbis does oot loclode tbeir
gifiB toe?'ucatioD.
Tbty own aod cootroi teo tbeologloal
semioaries, vslued at $1,327,000,
srttl an eodowomeot food of $4,000
000.
They owo aod cootroi 94 nniversities
and collegfs, vslaed st$28 846,036 witb
aa endowment of $2H,212,869.
They have 36,000 studeoti io tbeir
coUegee and uoiversities. This means
that abru". oop-ieventh of all tbe ool
verslty aod college atudents in tbe Uoit*
ed Aletit are lo Biptiat iosil'ir.ions.
Tbey owo abe ut one-elghth of all the
college and aoirrrslty properly la the
I'oited rf st's, snd cootroi oat-oiath of
toe eodowmett fand.
H sides tbelr ooiversitie* and oolleges
the Baptsts own and oontrol 84 second
ary schoola, valoed >t $4,245,407, with
aa eadowment iaad of 11,684,094. They
have io these sehools 14,463 studen'a.
Tbe BsptisiB of the United S atea
bave nearly $75,000 Inveated ia eda
cationsl work.
In tbe year 13S0 there were 50,000
BiptiaU in tbe Uoited Statea. Oo Janu
ary 1, 1909, tbere were 5,145,148 Bap
tiata lo good araadiog ln tbe Uoited
States.
The 15aGiitbern atatea, comprlalog tbe
terrltory of tbe Soothern Baptiat Oon
veoiloo, have withln tbelr bordera
2,139,080 Baptlst*
Toere are 48,302 Baptiat cburchca and
34,132 ordsinedmlnlstera of thisdeooml
nati >n lo the Uoit'd States,
Tbere were .95,000 people baptlaed in
tbe United Statea last year.
Wben Gaorge Washington took h!s
osth of rffice aa tha first preaident of the
Uoited States one man oot of every 94
was a Bajtist.
BECEIVERS APPOINTED.
lo appointing receivers for the Hock
ing Valley Railway Oompaoy Julge
Klokead in Oommon Pleaae Ocurt yes?
terday declared illegal aod vold tbe re
tlremeot of $16,000,000 worth of pre*
ferred ttxk by the Hockiog Valley
directcrs oo April 1. Tbe owoerablp of
common stock by tbe Oheasptake aod
O.io io the valley waa drclared Illegal
aod tbe Hockiog Valley directors were
restralned io recognixiog tbe vote of tbe
stock of tbe Ooesspeake aod Obio.
Attoroeys were yesterdsy appoioted
reeeivers of ibe Hockiog Valley Rsilroad
by Jadge Kiokead, onder $600,000
bood eacb.
Jobo D. Rockefeller would go broke
if be ahoald spend bia eotire looome
trylog to prepare a better medicioe tbao
Ohamberlaio'e Colic. Obolera aod Diar*
rhoea Remedy for dlsrrboea, dyasntery
or bowel complslots. It Ib simply im*
posslble, aod so says every ooe tbst bas
-sed it. rfold by W. F. Oreigbton A
Oo, aod Richard Qibaoo.
Everyltem iiitliis A?J Is a Rar
jpi (or This Week.
Mennen'a B.rated Talcum Powder, 12.c a box
Cuticura Soap, 18c.
5o Women'a Haodkercblefs, 8c or 30c a do?o.
50: Oorsets withi ut hose suppnrters, 29c a pair.
B->at Sou brro Apron Gngraro, 6. a yard.
Best made Oalicoea 6a a yard, any color, black and wbite, b.ut, gray
or light colors.
Neaso S'lf Redoco Corset io all slzea, $2.50 a pair
Beat made Biassieres 50c, all air s
60c Mercerlzad Table Linen nearlv 2 yards wide at 89..
$1.00 Percale WrapperB, all sizee 88?
Wumeo's Silk Hosiery, 50c a pair.
0. B. Ala Splrlt Oorsets at balf, oot all slxas, $1 00 Coraeta at 50:.
$1.50 Oorset at 75c.
Untrimmed Bala worth np to $2.50 choice 69c
Ohlldren'B Hosiery, blsck, red, piok, white and blne u .der (he well
koown name Hop Scotch, 12}. a pair.
Oarpeta made, lald and iined (ree of charge,
ROSENFELD'S
518-20 Street, Alexandria, Va.
Virginia News.
Toe Amerloso rfrnp Oimpaoy, of
Roanuke, William H. Duocan, prc
prletor, bas gone loto baokrdpto/. Tbe
llabllltlPB in aboot $10,000.
Basioess clrcles were stlrred lo Rich
m md vrsterday by tbe report tbat a
merger of tbe Natlooal Bsuk of Vii
glnla aod the Baok ol Riohmoad is to be
efl cted.
The goveroor has app"Inted Osplalo
0. H. Oonsolso, fnrmerly qaartermaater
at tbe Foorth Virginia Rguieot, aa
paymastfr general of ihe Virglola milits
w tb tbe tank of ll'ir.ensnt c.lonel.
The Di'rc O.aod Lodg* for tbe
Fiith DlBtrlct, Order B'Nai, B'RIib,
will bo beld in Richmond, beginniug
next Saoday aftjroooD, wbeu a ra*
orpiloo will be tsndered tbe delegates
aod their ladies by Mr aod Mrs. Jo
sepb L. Levy, 2202 west Grace street.
The board ofqaaiaotlaeoffioers for the
Eli-tbau river distrlrt, followlng a loog
Sght, yesterday removed ail state quar*
autloe oo vesjels arriving there from
snutbera domestlo ports, bnt oontlrued
the state quaraotloe oo veasels arriviog
direct from lorelgo psrls.
The aonlversary ol tbe battle of New*
market waa observed yestetdsy at the
Virglola Military loetituts by suspeosloo
of aoademic duties. Forty-slx yeara
ago the boy battalion of the school took
actlve part io tbat battle aod galned
ererlattiog fame by charging and rap
lurlrg a federal battery. Memorlal
exercises were observed at tbe cadet
cemetery yesterday, wbere seven ol
the boy beroea are boried.
OONGRE^SIONAL.
The Senate yeaterday a'ternoon voted,
37 to 28, to retaio the commerce cuurt
aectiona of tbe admioiBlratioo railioad
hill. Senator Cunmlns msde a motion
Immediately after the Senate met to
strike ont all tbe first six sectlons of tbe
bill, which provide lor the cna'ion ol
tbls crurt, its procei'ure aod th*- way io
which tbe orders of tbe lutei. a'e com?
merce commlssion are to be brcugbt be?
fore tbe new trlbuoal.
Senttora Cutnmlos, after the firet vote
wss takao, urged tbe adoptioo of bis
smeodmeot to reduce tbe number of
jadges io tbe propoied coart from fire,
as deslred by the admiolstrstioo, to 8,
rei'uotlon beiog oo tbe groaoda of econ
omy. Thia motlon wu loat by a vote cf
30 to 86.
Beostor St me glosf *d over tbe defeat
of tbe Aldrich cllqae aod proclaimed tbe
loiurgeDti tbe masters of tbe Kscate,
Hentlmect waa again testtd in the
Houae toward the proposal to move fore*
ward insujurstloo day from March 4 to
April iO. Tbe propositlon was defest>d
by ooe thlrd of a vote, This cbaoge cao
be made ooly by coostilutlooal ameod
meat, anduadtr sospeostoo of tbe roles
tbe jolot resolatioo crtered by Mr. Heoiy,
of i'exss, propc.ilog socb ao ameodmeot
to tbe coottllutloo waa called op for coc
sideratloo. A two-tbirds vote of each
braocb of Ooogress Ib rrquired for tbe
pssssge of socb a resolatioo, which most
io uiro bave tbe appruvaloi the Legiala
tares of tbree-foartbs ofthe at -t aa.
After a 40 mloutes' debite tbe roll
wss called, aod the retult stood 139 to
70 lo tavcr of tbe resolution, 21 otber
members aoswerlog praaeot. Tbe total
noraber of votee csst was 209. Two-tbirds
of tbat oumber ls 139f, sotbat P wbb by
one-thlrd of a vote tbst tbe resolntion
falled.
Tbe H use paaaed a bill providing for
pardon nf Uoited States prlsooers by a
bosrd of parole aod tbe biil advaociog
t) enalgn grao'u tsa of the Naval Academy
prlor t> their two year craise.
Ihe meamre koowa as tbe "motor
boat bill," wblch went tbiougb the Set
ate oo April 26, was paaaed by (ba Hoase
wi'b some amendmenta.
THE KATAHDIN A TAROET.
A bit of naval wsrfare took place yea?
terday on tbe Potomac river at lodian
Head, wben tbe old Uniud St tca oavy
ram Kaiabdin, wbich waa atricken from
the navy Hb. laat year, wsa uud aa e tar.
gel. Tbe curlcua naval craft waa clotbed
in modern 12-lncb, blgb-grade srmor
plate, and a d<z<n ordnance experta
directed the attack on ber with ibe new
aoft nose naval sbeil bnrled tbrcugba
big 12 Incb gno. Aochored at a dutioce
of abont 5 miles, the Katsbdin eerved
to aaaist the naval experts in Baceitairj
iog whetber the oewahell can be dirlect
ed wben it strikea atan angle or wbether
it woold blta lot'i tbe armor plate aa tbe
naval officers aoticlpated. Tbe Navy De
partment conducted the cxperlmeot witb
all poaalblo aecrecy.
Prompt relief in all caaeaof throatafid
Inng tronble It you nse Ohamberlalo'a
Oough Remidy. Pleaaaot to take, sooth
Ing aod healiog ia eflect Sold by W.
F. Orelghno & Oo,, aod Ricbard Glb
aoo. !
?&MERALD
If the Stork came in May
si.a.
If Old Mr Stork brotight your
frieod into this world some
month of May?
You ought to get bim or her
an Emerald. For?
"Who first beholds the light
of day
ln Hpriup's sweet flow'ry
month of May,
Shall near an Kmerald all
throogh life."
And bestof all- Emerald* are
so reasonable in price that you
can afford them as giffr, or to
wear yourself
We want you to see the rich
deep coloredr- meralds we bave
here. All sizes, shapes and
prices to suit every tante and
purse
Sauoders & Son,
629 King Street.
FOR RENT.
PJESIRABLE HOUBI, 6 rooms, cellur,
*J water, sideslley. large yard. $10 h moatb.
Inimediate eosaeasto.. Aildro, Dsalr-bl.
flonae, Qacette Orti a, mayl.i.'it
pROPtMAI.S. ProptMsl* will I,.- receiv.-d
? until noon Wmlotwlay, May lu, 1910, al
the City Engineer's r.fbVe for the fnllowiiiK
work at the ,>e R*hool for girls
1 Metting granite curb io concrete aod lay
ing gutters.
2 Grading and laviog concrete side walks.
3 Grading and mrfaeing ihe lot.
4 Manuring Ihe lot.
5 Plowing, rolling, harrowing and sowing
the lot with grass seed.
Flans and speciticati'm* can be seen at the
offioe ofth. City Knglneer.
Heparate piopoaals are required (sc each
itetri of work aod the comroitlee rt--rves tht*
right to rejenl any aml uil propo-als, snd lo
award thedilferent iteins todiffcreal liidders.
-ACRKNCE8TABLER.
Cbairman Committee Houses and Furoiture
of School Board.
ru?y13 td.
MONEY TO I.OA N at five per cent sim
pie interest on ettv or r-ounty property in nn<f
around Al?xaodria Seven aml o w half yeir-.
time given on loan. I.oau ran be repayed in
iostailmeDt* if you chose iioppiog interest.
I.oans are made in full vaiuation of rea.'
ealate or we will buy you a lot and huiid a
hoase for you N>e our Mr. il.rgrave at The
Rammel, THURSDAY. May 2?th, there. t
that date only. Don't forget Ihe data*.
THE NATIO.VAL IIOMK PITRCH A8INC
A8SOCTATION. INC.
1301 east Main atreet, Richmond, Va.
raa;17 td
\A/ANTED.?Manager for Branch Offic- in
?? Alexandna, condneting huilding and
loin business. Man with experience iu life
inauran-e or hrokaraga busiiiesa pref rre-i.
AppiyTHt'RSDAY, May _?ith,io N. P. Har
grave, "Tbe Rammel," Alexandria, Va.
mayl" td_^_
COR RENT -Eight room DWELLISOla
? good location aud uodera'e rent. Apply
at 60S Cameron atreet.
may J 7 31*
ROOMS FOR KKNT -DE8IBABLE FOR
NiSHED ROOMM for rent Apply at
f*ul Csmeron street. 1?
NOTICE ?Having qualitijd as executor of
the estate of MABY H. Ll'NT. decea?ed,
all persoos having claiim ag.tinst the said
estate are he-eby notified to present the same
torre dnly verified f?r setUemen'., and all
persons indebted to sa d estate are hereby
uotiflej to make prompt payment of tbeir
uidsbtedness to me.
SAMIELH LL'NT.
msyl7 lOt Kxecuior.
FOit RENT
D.sirable FRONT ROOM, hoase has a. m.
).; well located; ubl. bosrd if deaired; very
nioderate terms. For particulars addres.
T," On'\te t&re.
Rooasvcia's Place at Fuoeral
Londoo, May 17. ? Ex Presideot
Rioaevelt today aa tled tue mooted
qaeation of wbat "Precedeoce" sboald
oe shown him at tbe fooeral of Kiosj
Edward on Friday by annoancicg tbat
be will aot r>de horae-back io tae pr< -
cessioo, bot witb his aoite will cccupy
a carriagr.
Mr. Rooaevelt deciaion is believed to
bave been prompted by hia desire to
save King George embarreeameot.
Never braltate ab; _| girlog Cbamber
lain'a Ouogb Remedy to chlidren. It.
coLtaios oo opiam or otber oarcotica aod
can be given with impiicit confiJeoce.
As a quick cure for cougha aod colds to
which chlldreo areaoacrp.ible, itlsoniu -
pa<sed. Sold by W. F. Oreightoo &
Oo aod Ricbard Glbaoo.