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ffiREEYEAROLB HOY
SAVES HIS MOTHER
Smells Smoke and Arouses the
Sleepers.
WAS SCORCHED BY THE-FLAMES.
Fire Flares Up Into The Baby Hero’s
Face, But He - Never Falters—His
Little Brother And Sister Are
Carried To Safety Through His
Warning—His Ruined Pajamas
Cause Him Serious Grief.
Philadelphia (Special) .—The
presence' of mind of three-year-old
Raymond Althouse saved the lives of
his mother, brother and sister when
he discovered a fire in the basement
and flrkt floor of his home at the
southeast corner of Twenty-seventh
aad Oakdale Streets.
About 3.45 o’clock the child, who
was sleeping on the second floor, in
a room adjoining his mother’s, was
awakened by the smell of smoke.
Dressed in the tiry suit of pajamas
his mother had bought him the day
before, he ran down to the first floor,
occupied as a gr- eery store. The
smoke was stronger here and he heard
the crackling of the flames. Smoke
was coming up around the edges
of the trapdoor leading to the base
ment and Raymond opened It. A
burst of flame met him, burning his
clothing and scorching his neck and
face. He dropped the trapdoor with
a bang and ran upstairs.
“Mother, mother,’’ he screamed,
“get up, the house is on fire, and
we’re all goin’ to be burned. Get
up, get up.”
Put the smoke filling the bed
room was too much for Mrs. Alt
house. She moaned faintly and
Raymond was driven to desperation.
“Get up, can’t you get up? You'll
be burned ’an so will Harold and
Ethel.”
Then Raymond woke Harold by
punching him till he cried. Ethel,
who is one year and a half old, was
•wakened more easily. • •
“You take Ethel out the back,
Raymond ordered, “an min’ don’t
you look In the store. But you tell
the peoples in the street tat te
lionß6 is on fire, and that I can t
wake mama.”
But/before the arrival of rescuers
Raymond had roused Mrs. Althouse
to the danger, and they left the
house hurriedly. Raymond tried to
re-enter to get a football given him
last year and a woolly dog, his most
cherished possession.
“T’at woolly dog ain-t really
mine,” he confided later, “for 1 gave
it to Et’el las’ week. But she liked
it very much and I wanted to get
him out.”
But the firemen saved the woolly
‘dog and the numerous other toys
from destruction. Mother and chil
dren were taken into the home of a
neighbor and clothed. The firemen
placed the loss at SSOO, but this
does not include the damage done
to Raymond’s new pajamas. He
looked sorrowfully at them when the
exeftement was over.
ROOSEVELT KILLS ANOTHER.
Big Bull Elephant Falls This Time
Before Hfs Gun.
Nairobi, B. E. A. (Special).—Col.
Theodore' Roosevelt, who is now
bunting in Kenya, one of the seven
administrative provinces of the Brit
ish Blast African protectorate, killed
a good bull elephant on Saturday.
The animal’s skin is being taken
care of by Edmund Heller, the zo
ologist of the Roosevelt expedition,
and E. J. Cuninghame, the British
naturalist. Colonel Roosevelt is
hunting without any companion to
ward Mweru.
Kermit Roosevelt and Leslie A.
Tartlton, of Nairobi, are hunting
along the Owaso Nyiro, the principal
stream in Kenya.
• TARIFF RECEIPTS INCREASE.
Revenue Under New Bill $300,000
Greater For Eighteen Days.
Washington, D. C. (Special).—
Receipts under the new tariff law
are showing a steady, progressive in
crease according to a statement made
at the Treasury Department.
The average increase for the
eighteen August days is $200,000
aver the same period last year. The
customs Officials do not attribute this
increase to a flurry, but brought
about by normal conditions in this
country and Europe.
Human Bones In Shark.
Pensacola, Fla. (Special).—When
a 14-foot shark, caught here, was cut
up, its stomach was found to contain
the backbone, two ribs and portions
of the skull of a man. The remains
are believed to be those of a fish
erman who fell overboard from a
schooner in Pensacola harbor several
days ago. A school of sharks were
following the schooner.
George Cabot Lodge, dr., Dead.
Tuckernuck Island, Mass. (Spe
cial).—George Cabot Lodge, son of
United States Senator Henry Cabot
Lodge and private secretary to his
father, died suddenly from heart fail
ure, superinduced by .an acute at
tack of indigestion. Mr. Lodge was
35 ysars old and a graduate of Har
vard. A widow and three children
survive him.
1,000,000 Children To Celebrate.
New York (Special). Elaborate
plans for the participation of the
nearly 1,000,000 children of Greater
New York in the Hudson-Fulton cel
ebration through memorial exercises,
parades and carnivals \\have been
mapped out by the children's festival
committee, which finds ample evi
dence that they are looking forward
with eager anticipation to their part
in It. Saturday, October 2, has been
designated as the day for the chil
dren’s parades and play carnivals.
SSSt Sis
PERTH SELF INFLICTED
Court of Inquiry Decides That Sutton
Shot Himself.
The Decision By The Inquiry Court
Which Investigated, For A Second
Time, The Cause Of James N.
Sutton’s Death Is Approved By
Acting Secretary Wintlirop—Com
mander Hood Snbmits A Minority
Report Criticising Sutton's Com
panions.
THE SUTTON TRAGEDY.
\
Lieutenant James N. Sutton’s
death occurred, as the result
of shooting. October 12, 1907,
at Annapolis.
Lieutenants Adams, Roelker and
Utley rode with Sutton from j
Carvel Hall Hotel to the scene ]
of the tragedy.
During a fight near the Naval
Academy, jn which the three
officers foiight Sutton, the lat
ter met his death.
An inquiry was immediately held j
by a board of officers at the
Naval Academy, and it was de
cided that Sutton shot himself.
The mother of the dead man was
not satisfied with the verdict j
and worked to have it reversed.
Har efforts and those of her
daughter, Mrs. Parker, led to
a new inquiry, which opened
at Annapolis Monday, July 19,
with Lieutenant Henry Leon
ard as judge advocate.
A number of witnesses, including
the three lieutenants and the
mother and sister of Sutton,
were examined.
Acting Secretary of the Navy
Winthrop approved the deci
sion that Sutton came to his
death, accidentally or inten
tionally, by a shot fired by him
self.
Washington, D. C. (Special).—
Another chapter was written in the
tragedy of the death of Lieutenant
James N. Sutton when the court of
.inquiry,'- which investigated his
death at Annapolis, found that the
young officer had shot himself, eith
er intentionally or in an effort to
shoot one of the officers restraining
him. But the' end is not yet. Mrs.
Sutton, the dead officer’s mother, and
Mrs. Parker, the sister, acting on
the advice of their counsel, Henry E.
Davis, declined to make any com
ment on the verdict except to say
that they were not surprised at the
result. Mr. Davis indicated that
there would be an appeal either to
the federal court at Baltimore, or
to Congress itself. “This is a mere
curtain raiser to the whole perform
ance,” he said.
All the young Officers involved in
what the court of inquiry styles a
“Scrimmage” are exonerated from
any complicity or responsibility in
the death of Lieutenant Sutton. But
the verdict of the court is merciless
in its comments on the officers in
volved. Utley, the senior officer pres
ent, is charged with having failed to
do his duty in permitting Lieuten
ant Sutton to run away and arm him
self; Bevan, the officer of the guard,
likewise failed to do. his duty in not
disarming Sutton; Willing, officer of
the day, similarly failed in his duty
in not helping to disarm Sutton, but
at the same time the court recom
mended that no action be taken
against them.
There ic a unanimity of condem
nation in the conditons existing in
the Marine Corps in both the re
ports, the indorsement by Judge Ad
vocate General Campbell and finally
by Acting Secretary of the Navy
Winthrop. While it is true that the
court disposes of the charges that
Lieutenant Sutton came to his death
by foul means, by stating that “Lieu
tenant Sutton is directly and solely
responsible for his own death,” thus
exonerating every living officer, and
while it is true that the charges of
th<? dead man’s mother and of his
sister are dismissed casually, as
“purely imaginary and unsupported
by even a shadow of evidence,” the
verdict seems to fall hardest on the
Marine Corps itself.
“The conditions in the camp of the
Marine Corps at Annapolis and the
details of the midnight brawl are in
themselves shown by the language
of the report of the court to have
been disgraceful. But Commander
Hood, the president of the court,
goes further, and after reprimanding
Utley, Adams, Osterman, Willing
and Bevan as showing a “deplorable
lack of knowledge of their duties and
obligations as officers,” goes on to
say that Willing, Bevan and Utley
should have been r unished at the
time for neglect of duty, and that
Adams and Osterman should have
been punished “for engaging in a
brawl unbecoming officers and gentle
men.”
But severe as is this language,
Commander Hood impeaches the dis
cipline of the entire Marine Corps
when he excuses the offenses of .the
officers on account of their youth ”ond
inexperience, and “because of their
being in a sense the victims of a sys
tem for which they themselves were
not responsible."
Forest Fires Great Waste.
Winnipeg, Man. (Special). The
Government report on forest fires in
Canada last year shows that the
damage to timber was $25,500,000,
and that 21 lives were lost. Forty
million feet of timber were burned
in British Columbia.
Gift Of Cherry Trees To Taft.
Tokio (Special).—Mayor Ozaki of
Tokio, has offered 20,000 cherry
trees as a gift to President Taft, to
plant in the new park on the banks
of the Potomac River, Washington,
D. C.
Two Killed In Feud Fight.
Stanford, Conn. ‘(Special).—Addie
Chapman and John Luttrell are dead
and John Chumley and wife, the son
in-law and daughter of Luttrell, are
seriously wounded as the result of
a feud fight in C*y County.
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M BLUDSOES
W BEHL LIFE
Blazing Steamer Held To Banks Until
All Escape.
WAS BURNED 10 WATER’S EDGE.
Capt. Swain Heads The Mississippi
River Packet Fred Swain For
Shore Daring Fire And Panic And
Holds Vessel Against The Beach
Until 40 Souls Escape—Engineer
Sticks , To Post Until Badly Burn
ed—Escapes In Boat.
Peoria, 111. (Special).—TKte steam
er Fred Swain, Captain Verne Swain,
of the Peoria and Lasalle Packet
Company, with 25 passengers and 15
sailors aboard, burned to the wa
ter’s edge after the flaming craft had
been piloted into four feet of water
and the occupants had escaped to the
bank of the Illinois River, up which
the steamer was bound when it
caught fire.
No lives were lost, but Joseph Cas
ride, the engineer, was burned about
the face and body, and Charles
Reicheberger, of Peoria, suffered a
broken arm. The loss is $35,000.
Several of the passengers lost their
belongings.
The escapes from the burning ves
sel of the passengers, most of whom
were women and children, was exci
ting, and, at one time, when flames
were discovered issuing from a state
room on the second deck, panic
reigned. Fears were partly calmed
as the burning vessel drew nearer
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MANY KILLED AND .
INJURED AT CAR WORKS
State Troopers Reply With Volley Fire on
the Mob—Sheriff Brings Riot Guns.
Renewed Rioting At The Works Of
The Pressed Steel Car Company’s
Plant Develops Into A Pitched
Battle The Infuriated Crowd
Storms The Stockade, And Troop
ers Fire After Four Of Their Men
Are Killed Ambulance Contain
ing Wounded Is Attacked And The
Horses Run Away.
Pittsburg, Pa. (Special). One
State trooper and one deputy sheriff
and three foreigners were shot and
killed Sunday night in a wild riot
at the Pressed Steel Car plant in
Schienville, whose employes are now
on strike. At least a score of per
sons were seriously wounded, 10 fa
tally. The rioting followed a day
of quiet and broke out without warn
ing.
The riot scene was practically In
describable. Mounted State troop
ers galloped indiscriminately through
the streets with riot maces drawn
cracking the heads of all persons
loitering in the vicinity of the mill.
Deputy sheriffs and troopers broke
in the doors of houses, suspected of
being sympathizers of strikers, and
wholesale arrests were ipade.
From 9.30 to 11.30 scores of per
sons were arrested and placed in
box car jails in the miy yards.
Women Took Part.
During the early stages of the riot
ing women were conspicious. Some
of them were armed; others effec
tively used clubs and stones. These
women, all foreigners, insane with
rage, were mainly responsible for in
citing the men to extreme measures.
At midnight quiet reigned in the
strike zone.
Shortly after 9 o’clock a mob of
men gathered about the Schoenville
entrance to the Pressed Steel Car
Works and without warning made
a concerted attack upon the big
swinging gates of the stockade. The
attack' was resisted by State troop
ers and deputy sheriffs, who used
riot maces. In the melee Harry Ex
ler, a deputy sheriff, aged 50 years,
was shot and instantly killed by a
bullet fired, it is said, by an alleged
strike sympathizer.
GETS CHINESE LOAN.
Victory Of American Syndicate
Causes Satisfaction In Bank
ing Circles.
New York (Sepcial).—Great satis
faction is felt in banking circles here
regarding the settlement of Ameri
can participation of the Hankow-Sze-
Chuen Railroad loan. The Ameri
can bankers are to get one-quarter
of $30,000,000.
The syndicate formed to handle
the loan consists of the National City
Bank, of New York; J. P. Morgan
& Co., Kuhn, Loeb & Co. and First
National Bank, of New York.
Mosquito Plague In Texas.
Galveston, Texas (S p e c 1 a 1). —A
plague of mosquitoes is now afflict
ing the gulf coast, causing serious
losses to stock-men and heavy fall
ing off in travel to the coast. Cattle
by the thousands travel miles to the
gulf, where they stand in the water
starving. At Point Bolivar section
hands flagged a train to escape the
pestß. The use of oil in Galveston
has prevented serious annoyance.
Start Military Auto.
New York (Special).—A military
automobile, with Malcolm E. Parrott,
of the National Guard of New York,
at the wheel, left New York for San
Francisco bearing despatches from
Major General Wood, commanding
the Department of the East, to Com
mander Weston, commanding the De
partment of the West. The trip will
cover 3,693 miles and cross 11
States. On its sucecss, it is said,
will largely depend the establish
ment of a regular automobile service
for the Army.
shore and seores of row -boats were
seen hurriedly putting but to the
rescue. \
The gangplank was lowered to the
water’B edge when the steamer had
been beached and one row bo%t aft
er another took off a load ofi pas
sengers and sailors. After two \oats
had loaded and started for
gangplank caught fire and fell a\Vay
from the steamer, letting fifteen per
sons, including several women and
children, into the water. Thomas
Powers, of Peoria, and E. A. Caron,
of Worcester, Mass., who were on
the plank when it fell, each saved
the lives of two children, half carry
ing and half swimming with the tots
on their back and shoulders to old
tree stumps to await the arrival of
rescuers.
The others who were thrown into
the water by the collapse of the
gangplank were taken in boats to
safety. Those still abroad the steam
er managed to let out a new gang
way at a place farther from the
flames, which were rapidly creeping
over the boat.
The fire was discovered in a state
room by Miss Furbish, a cabin girl.
She spread the alarm, but all efforts
to subdue the flames proved fruit
less, the fire spreading rapidly. Cap
tain Swain, realizing that the ves
sel was doomed, ordered Pilot Mar
tin Huston to beach the boat and in
structed his crew to deal out life pre
servers.
Engineer Casrider, after attending
to the boilers to guard against an.
explosion went to the pupftps, remain-!
ing there until the flames licked his
face. Severely, burned and almost
blind, he turned to escape, only to
find that a rowboat which had been
left for him had caught afire. He
got into the boat, however, and,
beatipg the fl&mes from him and
rowing hard, reached shore. He
was taken to a hospital
’ (In an effort to arrest the man
i picked out of the crowd as the one
, i who did the shooting. State Trooper
Williams was instantly killed by a
I revolver bullet. Two other troopers
. on foot were also shot and killed,
, falling into the arms of their com
rades.
' For the first time since the incep
-1 tion of the strike the State troopers
then opened volley fire on the mob.
Six strikers fell at the first round.
> Three of them are reported fatally
, shot.
•The members of the mob then
opened fire with rifle 9. Two mount
ed troopers dropped from their
horses fatally shot. They were tak
en to the Ohio Valley Hospital in a
dying condition.
Ambulance Attacked.
As an ambulance made its way
from the car plant to the 'hospital,
carrying wounded ttooper , the ve
hicle was attacked and .he .driver
forced' to flee for hi - life. The fright
ened team of horses attached to the
ambulance ranged .wildly in and
about the crowd. Two men were
trampled under the horses’ hoofs.
The ambulance was finally driven to
the hospital by a detachment of !
troopers.
Shortly after a deputy sheriff, not
yet identified, was surrounded by a
crowd r f strikers. In a 1 ist desper
ate attempt to save himself the of- 1
I fleer drew his revolver and emptied
the contents into the crowd. Then ,
throwing the gun away he yelled: “I
give up. I am all in.”
The next moment five bullets w>re
fired into his body. Not satisfied ,
even then the crowd beat and kick
ed the body until the features were
mutilated be; or.d recognition.
Sheriff Gumbert, at the county I
jail, called, for flffy "men to serve as
deputies at the strike zone at 10.30.
At 11 o’clock the sheriff started in
an automobile for the scene of the
rioting. He took with him 10 riot
guns, and two boxes of riot ammu
nition.
The country morgue has sent for 1
the bodie of the de: d troopors and 1
deputy -sheriff. 1
The Ohio Valley Hospital has
treated 10 injured, three of which 1
are reported fatal.
DUEL WITH ROBBERS. <
1
Hotel Clerk Shoots And Fatally :
Wounds Thief.
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Colorado Springs, Col. (Special), t
—Two men made an unsuccessful at
tempt to rob the Bafe in the office of j
a hotel at Manitou.
James Morrow, the day clerk, shot (
one of the men, Edward Clark, 1
through the head, fatally wounding
him, and received a bullet through r
his own clothing. The other robber j
escaped, but was captured.
Astronomer Grinds Scissors.
Atlanta, Ga. (Special).—After de
voting 58 years of his to the 1
study of the BOlar Bystem, Prof. J. 1
H. Swindell, for many years profes
sor In a well-known Southern UnL (
verstty, is a scissor sharpener on the
streets of Atlanta. Professor Swin- ]
dell became totally deaf several
years ago, and was forced to give up -
his place. Even in his poverty he \
continues his researches, and lately t
he published a book. ,
Many Killed In Wreck.
Santiago, Chile (Special).— A ter- J
rible railway disaster occurred when (
two trains came into collision thirty .
miles north of Santiago. Many per
sons were killed or injured. Both t
trains were completely destroyed. t
The monetary loss will reach $l5O,- j
000.
Bank Robbers Get $1,500.
Hallock, Minn. (Special).—Rob- \
bers broke into the State Bank of
Karlstad, Minn., and got $1,600 in ,
cash. *
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KILLED IN K RUSE
OF FLYING AUTOMOBILES
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Bourque and Holcomb Were Making
a Mile a Minute.
THE CAR SWERVES INTO A FENCE.
Accident Marks Opening Of New
Motor Speedway At Indianapolis
-—Men Were Running A Knox Car
In 250-Mile Contest Tragedy
Enacted In Front Of Thousands
In ■ Grandstand—Skulls Crushed
And Limbs Broken—One And 10-
Mile Records Broken.
Indianapolis, Ind. (Special).—Two
lives were lost and two records bro
ken during the inauguration of the
Indianapolis motor speedway. Wil
liam A. Bourque, driver of the Knox
car in the 250-mile race, and Harry
Holcomb, his mechanician, were kill
ed in the frenzied carnival of speed.
Barney Oldfield, driving a hieb
powered Benz, covered a mile m
•13 1-10 seconds, breaking De Pal
ma’s mark of 51 seconds, and Louis
Chevrolet, in a Buick, negotiated 10
miles in the marvelous time of
8:56 4-10, cutting Oldfield’s time of
9:12. Both of these are new Amer-
I ican track marks.
I Robert Burman, in a Buick car,
won the 250-miie race, the feature
of the day, and the contest which
cost Bourque and Holcomb their
lives. The winner’s time was 4:38.
57 4-10 —slow because of the many
accidents that marred the race. The
Stoddard-Dayton '(■Clements) was
second, in 4:46:01 8-10, and the
National (Merz) finished third, in
4:52:39 7-10. Another National,
with Kincaid at the-wheel, was the
only other car of 10 starters to fin
ish the long grind.
Were In Second Place.
The American Automobile Associ
ation demands that the tl'ack be
freed from its many dangerous ruts,
which are claimed to be unavoidable
in a new track, and that every inch
of it be thoroughly oiled and tarred.
Two records bad been' broken and
the first day of racing over the im
mense track bade fair to be an un
qualified success, when a pall was
cas't over the crowd of 12,000 ex- i
cited spectators by the sudden death !
of Bourque and Holcomb. i
The Knox car was in second place,
with Burman in his Buick, leading. :
It had covered nearly 150 miles
when the crash came. Coming down .
the home stretch, the car suddenly
swerved and tore into the fence at :
the left of the track, turning com- i
lately over and pinning its two oc- j
cupaots. beneath it. Both men were (
alive when taken from under.the ill- j
fated machine, but Bourque died in ;
the ambulance on the way to the |
Emergency Hospital. Holcomb lived j
a few minutes longer, but was dead j
soon after he arrived at the hospital. |
280,000 Children To Greet Him.
Chicago (Special).—Y/hen Presi
dent Taft comes to Chicago on Sep
tember 16 is it planned to empty the j
public schools in his honor and have \
280,000 children line the boulevards j
along which the President will be
taken in an automobile. Each group j
of children will be allowed to wel- j
come the President in its chosen way,
such as flag salutes; patriotic songs ;
or cheering. Each pupil will carry i
an American s flag.
Taft To See Bull Fight.
Jaurez, Mexico (Special). The j
city authorities here voted to appro- !
priate $20,000 to entertain Presl- J
dents Diaz and Taft when they meet
on October 16. The city will be
profusely decorated.
A bull fight will be held for the
entertainment of the Presidents’:
WASHINGTON
BY TELEGRAPH
The Interior Department will pot 1
permit the Standard Oil Company to
reduce the price paid for crude pe
troleum in Oklahoma.
Secretary Morrison will ask an in
vestigation of the conditions at the j
Pressed Steel Car Works at McKees
Rocks, Pa.
Fifty deaths out of 76 cases of
cholera occurred in the Philippine i
Islands for the week ending June ,
26. j |
Acting Secretary Pierce ordered
an investigation of the conditions at 1
the Haskell Indian Institute.
Justice McKenna's friends scout j
the idea that he is preparing to re
tire from the Supreme Court Bench.
Returning prosperity has made dif
ficult the enlisting of men for the .
United States Army.
Visitors are barred from the j
Treasury vaults unless special per
mission is secured.
Henry E. Davis sharply criticised
the conclusions of the James N. Sut
ton court of inquiry.
The tax of $7 a ton on foreign
built pleasure yachts will increase |
the revenue about SIOO,OOO.
An effort will be made to drydock j
eight cruisers at Manila in seven i
days.
The first pilot chart of the South *
Pacific Ocean was issued.
United States Minister Dodge, at
Tangier, stated that the Sultan’s j
forces had routed the pretender’s I
troops and that the pretender was ;
a prisoner r,t Fez.
Contracts were let by the Navy De- ;
partment to Philadelphia companies ,
for dredging and other work inci- j
dental to the improvement of the |
Navy Yard there.
From the forest service headquar
ters came a denial of the charge that
a press bureau is maintained in the
interest of Pinchot.
The Agricultural Department has
brought in over 2,000 plants for the
purpose of diversifying the products
of the soil.
President Taft congratulated Em
peror Francis Joseph on the occasion
of his birthday celebration.
' MEN REFUSE TO ' 1
attend Church
Sixty Per Cent, of CWrch-Goers
Are Women. \
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| rile Census Bureau's Report Show*
I A Remarkable Condition In Th®
Religious Field The Greatest
Difference Is Fyuiid An 101 *?? I* l ®
Protestants—Nearly 000,000
Members In Ameriea.
Washington, D. C. (Speci a, U
Standing ouv, as a conspicuous
ure of a bulletin issued by thd ® en "
sus Bureau entitled “Census o',* ® e *
liigous Bodies,” is the fact thatf out
of a church membership in| ****
United States in 1906, of nl arl y
3,000*000, males formed cons| <ler '
ably less than half cf the total. 1
Of a total church membership! 1 "'"
ported by the various religß® u ®
bodies and classified by sex, * 3 ‘~.
per cent, were males and 56.9 JP®
cent, were females. Among K*®
Protestants the diffe-ence
greater, only 39.3 per cent., bt*S*
males, while in the Roman Cathw“*"
Church the males formed 49.3 per
cent, of the total membership. %
I Fewer males than females WfP. re
found among the Latter Day SainK®’
] the Lutherans, the Disi "pies, MetVT
odists, Baptists, Presbyterians, ai.T.“
| Protestants Episcopalians, the pelt
cent age of male members decreasing
' in the order shown, and there beintf
i but 35.5 per cent, male among thl
Episcopalians. Among the Christian!
j Scientists only 27.6 per cent, were'
; males, and of the Shakers, but 21.3
! per cent.; but in the Greek Ortho
dox Church. 93.9 per cent, were
mqles.
Other salient features of the re
port show that there were a billion
and a quarter dollars invested in
1 church edifices, and that every day
eight new churches ' :nt their spires
skyward.
Of the total estimated population
i of continental United States in 1906,
| the church members formed 39.1
| Per cent., as against 32.7 per cent.
: for 1890.- Of this 6.4 per cent, in
; crease, the Roman Catholic is credit
ed with 4.4 per cent.. and-the Prot
i estams with l!8; the remainder be-
S ing divided among all other denomi
i nations.
| The total church membership for
! 1906 was 32,936,445, of which num
ber the Protestants were credited
| with 20,287,742, and the Roman
Catholics with 12,079,142. Of the
Protestant bodies the Methodists
i numbered 5,749,838; th„ Baptists,
i 5.662,234; the Lutherans, 2,112,-
j 494; the Presbyterians, 1,830,555,
j and the disciples or Christians, 1,-
■ 142,359. The rate of increase shown
I from the Roman Catholic Church is
I 93.5 per cent., which is more .than
| twice that for all the Protestant
bodies combined.
LIQUID EGG UNDER BAN.
j Dessicated Product Seized By Gov
ernment Pure Food Experts.
Washington, D. C. (Special).—
Liquid egg, or dessicated egg, does
j not meet the approval of the pure
; food experts of the Agricultural De
j partment. They maintain that the
I egg must reach the consumer in its
original package—that is, the shell.
| Seizure was made here of six
! drums of dessicated egg. On Sep-
I tember 18 a hearing will be held
to determine whether eggs in this
! form, as found in a local bakery,
j can be used for food.
SIOO,OOO BABY DEAD.
Its Birth Saved That Amount Be
queathed To Parents.
Frankfort, Ky. (Special). The
three-weeks-old daughter of J. F.
| and,Clementine Deshon, the “SIOO,-
i 000 baby,” died at their home in the
; country. It was the birth of this
! child which saved to Mrs. Deshon
and. Mrs. Clark, neices of the late
I James A. Holt, the SIOO,OOO farm
I in this county which was to have
| gone to the Clark Masonic Lodge of
Jeffersonville, Ind., if they died
without issue.
Lawyers here say the lodge has
| no claim upon the property.
Pipe Causes Fatal Burns.
! Peoria, 111. (Special).—Mrs. Mary
Riordan. aged 92. died in horrible
agony as the result of burns. She
, was smoking a pipe w T hen soipe to
bacco sparks alighted on her dress,
: creating a blaze, which enveloped
i her. For- 80 years she had resided
in Illinois.
Two Farmers Killed,
j Coin, la. (Special).—Louis Wier
; and Glen Hutchison, prominent
1 farmers, were killed, when an auto
i mobile in which they were riding
was struck by a Wabash passenger
i train at a crossing wfcere the Wabash
| and Burlington railroads intersect.
Savannah Wants Exposition.
Savannah, Ga. (Special).—The
city government of Savannah has got
behind a popular movement looking
to an international exposition, to be
held in Savannah in 1915, to cele
brate the opening of the Panama
canal, and to combine with it a
Southern commercial exposition.
The city’s claim to share in the ad
vantages to the South in the opening
of the canal will be emphasized.
Burned In Their Cell.
Charleston, W. Va. (Special).—
John Robert Johnson, 18 years old,
charged with criminal assault, and
Charles Smurlow, charged with lar
ceny, were perhaps fatally burned
in Kanawha County Jail, when mat
tresses in their small Sceil were set
on Are by cigarette stubs. They had
been smoking and were asleep when
the fire started. Before the cell
could be unlocked both were burned
so badly that flesh dropped from their
limbs, and both inhaled the flames.