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BALLOONS III
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Sultania is Taken With Com-
paratively Little Loss '
of Life.
MANY REP0B1S UIICOMFIBMED
Blowing Up of Italian Battleship,
Conte-Di-CaVour at Tripoli Not
Confirmed 'From Any
Source.
London, Oct. B.The' Italian flag
floats over Sultanla fort at Tripoli,
which is occupied by landing parties.
Part of the fleet is anchored in the
harbor and the other warships lie a
short distance from the dismantled
fortifications. Few bodies, of Turks
have been found among the ruins of
the forts, and ; apparently no great
number of Turks were killed by the
bombardment. "
According to a Constantinople re
port not yet . confirmed, the Italian
warships today" bombarded Benghazi
and Derna. Various rumors concern
ing a naval engagement In Turkish
waters, an attack against Mytilene
and the blowing up of the Italian bat
Ueship Conte-Di-Cavour at Tripoli
have . not been confirmed from any
quarter.
An interesting report is current
from Constantinople that while Ger
many favors the adoption of the Ital
ian ultimatum as the basis of peace
negotiations Great: Britain proposes
that Tripoli shall become a privileged
tributary Turkish Vilayet under joint
Turco-Italian administration, thus re
taining the suzerainty of the Sultan.
Italians Landing on Coast.
Malta, Oct. 5. Fugitives from Trip
oli who arrived tonight; say .small par
ties of Italians' are landing all along
the coast from Tripoli to Benghazi It
is believed, however, that - there will
be no landing in force until the main
expedition; arrives. Small-bodies of
Arabs skirmished with tho landing
parties. - - :. r", - , .
Corfu, Oet. B.The " ultimatum of
Vice Admiral Duke of the Abruzzl,
.threatening to bombard Prevesa, has
been withdrawn.: v r r . ; . i
To Protect Frontier. ...
Athens, Oct. 5. Besides calling out
the reservists in : Epirus , on October
3rd, the government proposes to mo
bilize part of the reserves in Thessa-
ly. The number will be limited to a
few thousand sufficient to protect
the frontier against any attempted
coup on the part of Turkey.
FIVE MORE BODIES FOUND.
Inquest to be Held Today lb Deter
mine Responsibility.
Austin, Pa., Oct. 5. In a day's work
of overhauling the wreckage here," due
to the breaking of the dam last Satur-
day and the resultant flood, five addi
tional bodies were accounted for to
day. Four complete bodies and the
nether limbs of a woman are in the
morgue tonight. In such condition that
their immediate disposition has been
ordered. The dead recovered to date
number 50, with about 25 more to be
accounted for, according to the census
by which the casualties are checked
off. . , .
Commissioner, of Health Dixon to
night received notification from Phila
delphia that another step toward the
relief of Austin has been taken by
the Pennsylvania Railroad, which has
sent out a circular to all its represen
tatives and agents to accept and for
ward without charge all goods offered
them consigned to the relief commit
tee at Austin. The circular specifies
that not only does this refer to food
supplies and clothing, but everything
that can be used for the relief of the
stricken people, including . coal. In
terest centers tonight fn the inquest
which will be opened tomorrow. Dis
trict Attorney M. W. Nelson has thus
far declined to disclose whom he will
subpoena as witnesses, but today ask-
f cu uiw uepai uncut ujl ucoim w jw..
' two bodies upon which to hold a post
mortem tomorrow. :
ETHEL BARRYMORE VERY ILL
Stricken Suddenly With Appendicitis
at soutn send, inaiana
South HaH Tnd'. Dctober 4. Ethel
Earrymore, the actress, t appearing In
"A Witness for the Defense." was tak
en suddenly ill in South Bend this
afternoon and was obliged to -cancel
nil pmrairsmerta fnr thft next 10 daYS.
Miss Rarrvmnra , Is threatened with
peritonitis, 1 and will not be able to
le moved to a Chicago hospital ror
She was to have appeared at the
Oliver Onera House tonieht to a "ca
pacity house. Dr. W. D. Chaffee, her
physician, said that while the illness
is criticalhe had no doubt that Miss
Barrymore .will fully recover. -
MORE MONEY IN CIRCULATION
Per Capita of S34.35 on October 2, Says
Treasury Department.
Washington, Octfl 5. Each citizen
of the United States, under an equal
division, should hav3 $34.35, the per
capita circulation on October zna, ac
cording to the circulation statement
of the Treasury Department,
The total money in circulation am
ounted to $3,242,182,715, an increase
over the preceding month, when it was
13,228,913,634. -r. ' '
On October 1, 1910, .the' money In
circulation totalled 13,164,27,681.
Annual International Even tat
Kansas City Promised
Success.
GROSS THE CANADIAN BORDER
Twenty-five Thousand People Witness
Beginning of Cross-Country Race
Above the Air for Big
Prizes.
Kansas City, Mo., Oct. 5. Before a
favorable 20-mile wind from the South
and Southeast, eight racing balloons
sailed away from .here , today in con
tests for the James Gordon Bennett
trophy and the Lahm cup. j
Six Qf the air craft, three represent
ing the United States, two Germany
and one France, ' are entered In the
Bennett race, the annual internation
al, event, j The three American bal-
oons in this contest and two other
American balloons are after the Lahm
cup. A ninth balloon which acted as
pilot in the international race, is at
tempting rto break the altitude record.
Every balloon got away .to 'a good
start. - All of the aeronauts were
pleased with the starting ' conditions
and predicted long flights. One or two
were willing to predict that the rec
ord of 1,171.9 miles established by
the America II., last year, would be
broken. All the - racing balloonists
said that they expected to cross the
Canadian border.
The balloons left In the following
order: The Pilot balloon Pennsylvan
ia, . Arthur T. Atherholt, pilot, E. R.
Hunnewell. aide. ' sailed away at 5 : 13
P. M., traveling rapidly in a northwest
erly direction. The Pennsylvania will
not compete for 'the Lahm cupr but
will try for the altitude record now
heJd by Pilot Atherholt.
The Condor, flying the French flag,
eft the . xround at 5:35 P. M. .This
was the first official balloon to start
n the race vJor tho James. Gordan
Bennett cup
The t)aUoon America. II gat awy at
42 P.. M., and followed the other
going north wesL- Pilot William F. As-
man, aide J." C- Hulbert. v
Rising from the ground at 5:53 P.
M., the Berlin I., sailed away. Pilot
Lieut Leopold Vogt. aide Lieut! Mar
tin Schoeller. ' '
At 5:56 P. M. the Million Population
Club., John v Berry, pilot, Paul McCul
lough' aider rose to a great height and
started northwest.
The balloon Buckeye. Lieut;' F. P.
Lahm, pilot, J. H. Wade, Jr., aide, as
cended at 6:01 P. M., and. went straight
north.
The German balloon Berlin II. as
cended at 6:11 P. M. This was the
last of the entrants lor tne James
Gordon . Bennett, cup to leaveV the
grounds. Lieut. Hans Gericke, pilot;
F. O Duncker, aide.
The first entrant for tne Lanm cup,
the Kansas City II, ascended 6:18 P
M.t Capt. H. E. Honeywell, pilot; John
Watts, aide. The balloon started due
north.
Getting a fine start, the balloon To-
neka IL. ascended at 6:20 P. M. Like
its competitor for the" Lahm cup, it
sailed in a northerly direction. Pilot
Frank M. Jacobs; aide W. W. Webb
About 25,000 persons were on the
balloon grounds.
The starting point was on the soutn
side of the 'Missouri river, north of
the business center of the city.
If an American wins this race, the
Bennett trophy will become the per
manent property of the Aero Club . of
America. . The country mat wins me
trophy three successive times is enti
tled to keeD It. - Americans nave won
the last two races. Lieut. Lahm, who
is flying the Buckeye in thisTace, won
the trophy the first year it was offered
in 1906. v
The Lahm . race Is for Americans
only and Is a distance event, as is the
Bennett race. The cup is now in tne
possession of Allan R. . Hawley. If
his record is not beaten in the next
two years, he bocomes the owner of
the cuo. -
Following are the regular casn priz
es offered in the Bennett race: First,
$1,500: second. $1,000; third ?oou.
In addition , to these the Kansas
City Aero Club today announced it
would give the following prizres: First
$450; second, $225; third, $125.
No cash awards are onerea in me
Lahm race. '
HE'S APOSTLE 'OF - PROSPERITY.
J. J. Hill, Railroad Master, Says There
is Plenty of Casn Avaname.
TnnnmH Wash.. Oct., 5. J. J. Hill.
r oilman Af tha firat : Northern Rail
way board;, who several months J ago
predicted hard times, has Decome an
apostle or prosperity.
Whllfl here, yesieraay ne bjuu;
"There is nothing the matter with the
country, save political gnost oanemg.
ontv of money in banks and
It:' only awaits complete resumption
of confidence before we snan nave a
period of prosperity never Deiore . ex
celled." . . - '
WHERE WARSHIP IS NOVELTY.
Gunboat Wheeling Is First to Enter
Harbor at Morgan City.
Morgan City, La OcU 5,-The Unit
ed States gunboat Wheeling, the first
war vessel to enter this port, arrived
here yesterday. . ' -
. tjitmAmiM entertainments have been
arranged for the officer and men who
will remain hera ior several aays. .
Yet Senator Stephenson of
Wisconsin, Spent $107,793
In the Campaign.
530,000 FOR BEER AND CIGARS
When the Senator Was Told That His
Opponents Were Active He Usu- :
ally Wrote Larger Checks
. to His Managers.
Milwaukee, Wis., Oct. 5. When
United States Senator Isaac Stephen
son found that his expenses for nomin
ation at the primaries in 1908 were
running so high that the item for beer
and cigars alone amounted to $30,000
and the aggregate was fast approach
ing the final total of $107,793, he re
monstrated ' and told his campaign
managers, "I want to win the nomina
tion, but" I don't want to buy it."'"
This was part of the testimony giv
en today before the United States
Senate .Committee, which is investi
gating charges that bribery and cor
ruption contributed to Senator u Ste
phenson's election.- ,
In reply to his complaint Senator
Stephenson was told that the three
other Republican candidates for the
primary nomination former Congress
man Samuel A. Cook, who spent $42,
203;. foriner' State Senator William H.
Hatton, who spent $30,000, and Fran
cis R.' McGovern, now governor of
Wisconsin, who spent $11,063 were
making a hard fight their expenses fi
nally aggregating $83,268. This to
gether with Senator Stephenson's ex
penditures made a total for the Republican-
senatorial campaign that year
of $191,061.
It was testified by E. A. Edmonds,
Mr. Stephenson's campaign manager,
that the senator usually issued checks
for more money when told of the ac
tivities of his opponents. ,
In a report made by a previous
egislatlve - investigating committee,
the - statement is made that $30,000
wfts atismrfor 'ciganr ana beer. Do
youTcnow If that item Is correct," 'ask
ed Senator Georgfe Sutherland, of Mr.
Edmunds. '
"I do not," replied the witness. "I
suppose the committee which estimat
ed that. the various items for beer and
cigars aggregated $30,000 might have
been considered not unfriendly to Mr.
Stephenson.
Much of the questioning of Edmonds
was . devoted to the original charges
made by State Senator J. J. Blaine,
alleging that Mr. Stephenson's elec
tion was due to bribery and corrup
tion. He admitted the many sums of
money named in the charges had been
paid, but he denied the truth of the
phrase "used corruptly and in viola
tion of the law," as included in each
charge. He denied that the fund was
used to purchase corruptly editorial
support in various Wisconsin news
papers or that money had been paid
to any one except for legitimate cam
paign purposes.
The charges also mentioned that
approximately $250,000 had been spent
In the nomination of Mr. Stephenson.
Edmonds declared the amount spent
was not In excess of the $107,793, as
made in the final report to the State.
The committee announced that Mr,
Blaine had been summoned to appear
for questioning .on his charges. Sena
tor W. B. Hevburn' tnade an announce
ment which was regarded as Impor
tant He said where charges of un
lawful use of money officially had
been .made in connection with cam
paign expenses the' presumption was
that the money was wrongfully used
when' no detailed account was forth
coming and the burden of proof was
on the accused.
UNION OF. BAPTISTS.
Home and Foreign Missionary Depart
ments lot Two Organizations.
Boston, Mass., Oct. 5. The long dis
cussed union between the -Baptists
and Free Baptist denominations was
finally consummated insofar as the
home and foreign missionary work, is
concerned, at a largely attended pub
lic meeting here tonight.
Legal documents were signed and
the funds of the general conference of
Free Baptists transferred to the Amer
ican Baptist Mission Society, and the
American Baptist Home Mission So
ciety. ' -
The home mission school heretofore
conducted by the Free Baptist confer
ence, including S teener College at Har
pers Ferry, thus 'come under 1 the su
pervision of the; -American Baptist
Home Mission Society, while the Free
Baptist mission in India, is taken over
by the Amercan Baptist Foreign Mis
slon Society. ' ;:
POOL BURLEY TOBACCO CROP
New Yorker Takes Stock in Kentucky
Organization Assuring Success
- Lexington, Ky., October 5. -The
formation of a ten -year burley tobacco
pool ,, including the establishment of
a great ; co-operative factory here , for
the ,mahifacture of burley pooled to
bacco, was-anally assured today when
James Bxi Haggin, a New York finan
cler, sighed a contract to pool his crop
and -became one of the leading stock
holders in the manufacturing opera
tions.. Haggin annually produces the
largest burley crop dn the world and
his connection with the pool -assures
its success, it is 'said. - ' v .
( The enterprise is to be capitalized
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!?1D1GT WALL PAPER JOBBERS
Cleveland, Ohio Grand Jury' Goes After
Violators of Sherman Anti-Trust
Law and i Return' Eight
. Indictments '
Cleveland, Ohio, October 5, Eight
Indictments against , four wall paper
manufacturers and four wall paper
jobbers, charging them with a conspi
racy in restraint of trade in violation
of. the Sherman lawr were returned by
the "eaeral grand jury here today..
The indicted manufacturers are Win-
field A. Huppuch, first vice president
of the Standard Wall Paper Company,
or Hudson Fails, N.. Y.; Robert. F.
Hpbbs, a director, of the Hobbs, Ben
ton jmd Heath .OoaapanyBJIoi)Oken'N.
J.; George Talt, director of the Wil
liam Campbell WaH Paper Company,
HackenDack, N. J., and Thomas J.
Roche, secretary and manager of the
Carey Brothers Wall Paper Company.
of Philadelphia.
The indicted jobbers are . Jay B .
Pearce, president of the J. B.-Pearce
Wall Paper Company, cf Cleveland;
C. C. Aler, president of C. C. Aler &
Company, of Columbus,' Ohio? Norton
Newcombj secretary of the Newcomb
Brothers' Wall Paper Company, of St.
Louis, and Charles E. Maxwell, man
ager of S. E. Maxwell & Company, of
Chicago. -
The indictments charge that- Hup
puch, Hobbs, Tait and Roche, consti
tuting a committee representing the
Wall Paper Manufacturing Association
o' the United States repeatedly met
with Pearce, Aler, Newcomb and Max
well, members t)f a committee repre
senting the National - Association of
Wall Paper Jobbers In the " United
States and devised a plan to prevent
their products being bought , by the
five and ten cent stores of the country.
According to the Indictments 37 con
cerns from coast to coast are mem
bers of the Wall Paper Manufacturers'
Association and twenty-seven concerns
members of the Jobbers' Association,
practically controlling the. country's
wall paper output.
Today's action of the grand jury is
a sequel to many months of Investi
gation by the government wh-ch; last
Spring returned similar indictments
against a number of jobbers. Owners
of five and ten' cent stores from all
over the. country and two wall paper
jobbers whose names are5 withheld,
gave evidence before the grand jury.
United States District Attorney U.
G, Denmanv conducted the govern
ment's case. 1
PAINT DEALERS ADJOURN TODAY
Officers Elected and New York Select
ed for Next Meeting Place.
, Richmond, Va., Oct. 5. The Nation
al Paint, Oil & Varnish Association in
annual convention here today elected
the following officers : President, A.
S. Somers. of New York: - first vice
president. W. D. FoSs, Wooster, O.;
second vice president, Howard Eltlng,
Chicago; cecretary Frank P. Chees-
man, New York; treasurer, J. D. Wag
goner, Kansas City.
Closer affiliation of all organizations
interested in the paint trade and the
growing demand for more attention to
the linseed oil situation were the key
notes of today's discussions in the
Conventfon. Tomorrow the -gathering
will end, the next meeting place being
N,ew York City.
YQUNG COUNTERFEITERS.
Little Fellows Aided Their Elders in
the Makina of Phony Money.
Washington, Oct. 5. James Leon
ard. 11 years old. and his brother, Hen
ry. 14. : were brought here last night
by Marshal Tyres of West Virginia, to
serve two years in the government re
form school foi making spurious coins,
The boys, despite their tender age,
are said to be clever counterfeiters
The brothers were captured in a raid
by secret service men in the West Vir
ginia mountains about four weeks ago,
together with Jack Wilson, an old of
fender, and the boys' parents, James
and Emma Leonard.'
Wilson was sentenced to ..ten years
and James Leonard totwo years in
tne Lieavenwortn- penitentiary, -r ?
DOWN AND OUT.
FUNERAL OF ADMIRAL SCHLEY
Body of Hero of Santiago Bay Is Laid
to Rest in Arlington National
Cemetery at Washington.
Thousands Attend.
Washington, Oct. 5. Surrounded
with all the pomp of military honor,
the body of Rear Admiral Wlnfield
Scott Schley, who died suddenly Mon
day in New York, was buried this af
ternoon in Arlington National ceme
tery on the Virginia Heights overlok
ing the city of Washington.
A thousand men from the rank and
file of the nation's naval and land
forces formed .the ' imposing escort
to the crepe-decked caisson on which
rested the 'bodfof; the herd of Santia
go Bay. In the procession- were over
700 cadets from the naval academy at
Annapolis; marines from Washington
and Philadelphia; seamen and gunners
from the. battleships of the navy; vet
erans of the Spanish war; and cavalry
and artillery detachments from posts
and stations near Washington.
Distinguished men from every
branch of the public service joined-in
the tributes, Rear Admiral Badger,
commanding the second division of
the Atlantic fleet, led the long proces
sion that marched from historic St
John's church, across . LaFayette
Square from the White House to the
gates of Arlington, where a final sa
lute' and "taps" were sounded over
the grave of the dead admiral.
The public funeral followed a short
Masonic service held at the residence
on I street.
The services were conducted by
Rev. Dr. Roland Cotton Smith, rector
of St. John's, assisted by Chaplain
Bayard, of the Navy. From the church
the casket was transferred to the cais
son platform, the last carriage of the
soldier or sailor accorded the honors
of military burial. The blue and the
white of the Union Jack covered the
coffin. Upon it rested . the 'sword and
the hat of the dead naval officer; and
behind it marched a gunner bearing
the draped flag of the rear admiral, a
blue field with two white -stars.
Six seaman gunners from Norfolk
bore the. body of Admiral Schley from
the church and the house and march
ed at its side .on the long journey toi
Arlington. The pall-bearers .included
eight intimate friends of the dead
fighter: Rear Admirals Nicholson,
Cromwell, Gheen, Barker, McLean and
Remey; Lieut Gen. Nelson A. Miles,
and Justice Alexander B. Hagner, of
Washington.
Secretary of the Navy Meyer, Ad
miral George Dewey and members of
the Supreme Court, the diplomatic
corps, the . executive branches of the
government and both branches of Con
gress thronged the church with Bcores
of intimate friends of the scniey ram
Uy. It was President Taft'a personal
request that Spanish War veterans in
the government service be permitted
to attend the funeral and a large com
pany of them marched to Arlington. .
GREAT TIME AT DUNBAR.
Princes of India Will Pay Homage to
Their New Emperor.
i Washington, Oct. 5. Princes of In
dia will pay homage to their new Em
peror and Empress, King George and
Queen Mary, of England, tor the first
time at the coronation Ducbar at Del
hi, on December 12th. ';..',;-. -
Elaborate preparations ror tne 11
days of ceremonial from December 6
to December 17th, which will be at
tended toy a quarter of a million per
sons, are foeing made by the govern
ment of India, according to the report
of Consul General Michaels, stationed
at Calcutta, to the State Department
A splendid procession wljl escort the
imperial pair on their arrival at Del
hi December 7th. The viceroy will re
ceive them, ruling moguls, rajahs and
other native chieftains will be present
ed, an escort of notables. government
officials, alien visiting dignitaries and
Indian magnates glorious In gold and
colors and fine gems will conduct the
Emperor and the Empress to theplace
nf further ceremonial. ' . .. v:"
; The corner stone of the King Ed
ward memorial is to be laid by King
- George.
DECIDED BY TOSS OF A COW
First Game in World's Championship
Series Falls to New York and
Will Be Played on October .
14th Much Interest
. New York, October 5. The toss of
a coin in the presence of the National
Baseball Commission today started the
making of final arrangements for the
post season series of games for the,
world's championship - between the
New York Giants, winners of the Na-,
tional League championship, and the
Philadelphia Atheltlcs, present -world's
champions and victors in the season's
pennant race in the American League.
New York won the to& and according
ly it was determined that the first
game aha! be" flayed ' here. The
choice was determined by the toss of
a quarter-of-a-dollar. Ben Shibe, pres
ident of the Athletics, called heads
and the coin settled with tails up. '
. The National Commission which
has charge, of the playing of the se
ries, 'met here today to perfect ar
rangements and selected Saturday, Oc
tober ,14th, for the first game, and
adopted this schedule for the series:
Saturday, October 14th, New York;
Monday, October 16th; Philadelphia;
Tuesday, October 17th, New Yonc;
Wednesday, October 18th, Philadel
phia; Thursday, October 19th, Nevr
York; Friday, October 20th, Philadel
phia. The series continues until one club
has won four games. In case a sev
enth game is needed to decide the
winner the Commission will deter
mine the grounds on which It shall be
played. Tied or postponed games will
te played off on the grounds called for
by the . original schedule before the
playing of the game following it In
the schedule.
The schedule decided upon and the
important question of umpires was
settled by the selection of William
J. Klem and William Brennan, repre
senting the National- League and T.
H. Connolly and William Dineen, rep
resenting the American League. Fran
cis C. Richter and J. G. Taylor Spink
were designated as official scorers.
The players engibl to participate
in the world's series- games, by an
nouncement of the Commission tonight
are:
Philadelphia American League Club
Baker,' Barry, Bender, Collins.
Coombs, Davis, Danforth, Derrick,
Hartsell, Krause, Lapp, Livingston,
Lord, Martin, Morgan, Mclnnis, Mur
phy, Oldring, Plank, Strunk, Thomas
New York National League Club
Devore, Becker, Murray, Snodgrass,
Merkle, Doyle, Fletcher, Devlin, Matn
cwson, Wlltse, Ames, Crandall, Mar
quard, Latham, McGraw, Myers, Wil
son, Herzog, Druoke, Hartley, Pau
lette.
All games will begin at 2 P. M., and
will .be attended by members of the
National Commission and its secre
tary. The official ball of the National
League will be used In the games on
National League grounds and the Am
erican League's official ball in games
on American League grounds. Each
of the contesting clubs is required to
deposit a 'certified check for i0,000
with the secretary of the Commission
not later than 11 o'clock on the day of
the first scheduled game. .
The Commission issued a special
warning to - players that the rule re
garding conduct on the ball field would
be strictly enforced against any of
fending players. It also served no
tice that under the Commission's rules
the winner of the world's champion
ship will not be permitted to partlcl
pste in, any exhibition game during
the remaineur of the present year, the
victorious team being required to dis
band Immediately after the comple
tion of the series.
At . the conclusion - of the meeting
John Heydler, secretary and treasurer
of the National League, said the prices
of the seats for the world's . series
would be announced later. It was said
that the New. York club wanted the
prices advanced Over the rates of. last
vear but this was resisted by the' of
ficials of the Philadelphia American
i League club. Last eeason-the prices
Reports Show This to be Tak
ing Place the World
Over.
GOI1FEHEICEATTORO!IIO,0!!T.
Bishop Hendrix Praises Women for
Not Attending Beattie Trial and
Jury In Seeking Divine ?
Guidance. j
Toronto, Ont., Oct. 5. The prind-
pal subject of discussion at today's
session of the Ecumenical Methodist
Conference, which delegates .from all
quarters of the world are attending
was that the decrease in membership
of Chicago, whlch"Was revealed In the
reports submitted, ; has taken place
the world over during the last decade.
The western section, comnrislnn: the
Methodist churches In the United
States, Canada and Japan, reported
during that period a loss In net mem.
bership increase, while the eastern
section, covering the churches in Great
Britain, Ireland, France, South Africa,
Australia and the. mission field, show-
an aDsoiute loss in membership. In
the western section the increase in
membership in the decade ending 1891
was 1,261,209, while in the list decade
it was only 437,962, the latter increase
being but 15 per cent as contrasted
with the former of 33 per cent This.
according to H. K. Carroll, of New
i oric, secretary or tnat section, was
due to a "decrease In earnestness."
In Great , Britain, according to the
Rev. Simpson Johnson, of London, sec
retary of the Westminster Methodist
Conference, . the various Methodist
bodies gained about 150,000 members
during the last ten years, but in the
last half of the decade there was a
notable decrease, attributable, he
thought, to "conditions outside the
church and a weakening of forces to
meet changed . social, conditions."
. msnop juugene nenarix, or tne Me-,
thodlst. Episcopal ,-Church, South, in'
dMcusslna M:hA-.-MAllrtnna.'rnhWm . of
the negrcV' and ta "maintenance of
a pure home in the midst of adverse
conditions," took occasion to refer to
the recent Beattie murder trial. ' .
"Thank God there Is a, place where
women as spectators do. not attend
such a trial," he said. "Thank God for
a jury which sought Divine guidance
in reaching a verdict and which has
tation from the death sentence."
Rev. S. Ogata, of the Japan -Metho
dist Church, who reported remarkable
progress in his country since the
merging of . the three Methodist
churches, said nothing was more per
plexing to the ordinary Japanese mind
than the fact that there are so many
religious denominations and so many
different Methodist churches.. He. be
lieved that Christianity's strongest
appeal eventually would be found in
one church, comprehensive enough to
cover all religious needs, Instead of in
the 35 or 40 denominations. '
Reporting on Australian JuetnoaistB,
Rev. W. Williams, of Australia, said
that every tenth person In Austrilla
Is a Methodist and that the present
nntrin ita QoalHn or m-o 1 tramotfnn with
the Presbyterian and Congregational
churches in its zone of work. i
Prize fighting was denounced by Sir
Robert W. Parks, of London, who said
in that connection: "If free churches
of England could with such absolute
ease bring such pressure to bear up-
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stopping of a brutal prize fight in Lon
don, notwithstanding the efforts of
Society people to the contrary, what
could not Methodists and free church
es accomplish If federated throughout
the world? Such work, bordering on
the executive must be done largely by
the rank and file of the laity, for we
cannot expect and do not wish the pul
pits used for political purposes, nor
the pastors to become" politicians."
ROBBERY IN BIG HOSPITAL
Nurses, Attendants and Convalescant
Patients are Questioned
inaianapoiis, uctooer o. xsurBes, at
tendants and even convalescent pa
tients at one of the largest hospitals.
were questioned by detectives today
in an effort to find a clew to the iden
tity of the daring thief who stole
watches. Jewelry and money from
three, surgeons while they performed
an important operation yesteraay.
Drs. J. W. Slues, J. A. Pfaff and
C. L. Cabalzer left their gold watches,
diamond . rings and . pocket books In
their street clothes in a locker when
they, donned operating gowns, and
when they , returned to tne aressing
room they found their pockets empty.
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were bleachers $1, grand stand $2, and
boxes $3, 'and these -prices probauiy
will prevail.
The Issuance of the tickets ana dis
tribution of them will be done by the
respective clubs, but with the approval
r.f the Commission. The tickets prob
ably will be ready, the first of next
The National ) Commission tonight
announced .the prices of admission for
the games as follows:
At Philadelphia, In boxes and lower
grand stand reserved $3; upper grand
stand reserved, first 12 rows, $3; bal
ance 2; general admission $1.
At New York, boxes $25; lower
grandstand reserved, $2; - upper grand
stand reserved $3;' general' admission