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THE BALTIMORE, MONDAY MORNING. JULY 30, 1906. receipts for Hagerstown are given as CELEBRATED MASS AT WHICH CARDINAL PREACHED ALASKA'S FIRST YOIE Candidates Are Busy Trying- To Bound Up Their Adherents. CONTEST FREE-FOR-ALL RACE FOUR MARYLAND CITIES United. States Government Issues An Interesting Monosraph.

ALL KINDS OF STATISTICS SLAIN WITH TABLE KNIFE Danville Negress' Death Charged To A Drunken Negro. SEVERE ELECTRICAL STORM JOHN TVS DOCTOR TALKS Says Oil King Nursed Concierge's Baby In France. Special Dispatch to the Baltimore Sun. Cleveland, July 29. Dr.

H. F. Biggar, who accompanied John Rockefeller on his trip abroad, returned to Cleveland today. He said the oil king would arrive here Tuesday morning, according to the arrangements made before he left New York. Rockefeller is building a house on his es MANT HEAR CARDINAL He Preaches To Cottagers And Residents Of Southampton.

CHRISTIAN FAMILY HIS THEME Dwells Upon Uplifting Thought Of Fatherhood Of God Bishop Of Detroit The Celebrant. Special Dispatch to the Baltimore Sun. Southampton, N. July 29. Bishop Foley, of Detroit, was again the celebrant at the Church of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary, where a large congregation of cottagers and residents assembled this morning to hear Cardinal Gibbons preach.

The Cardinal took his text from the epistle for the eighth Sunday after Pentecost: "Brethren, we are debtors not to the flesh, to liveaccording to the flesh," etc. (Romans, viii, 12-17.) "Deafly beloved," he said, "the Epistle of St. Paul the Apostle calls our attention to the exalted dignity to which we are raised in becoming members of the Chris RT. REV. JOHN S.

FOLEY Bishop of Detroit, Mich. 576; Frederick, Cumberland, 161. and Annapolis, $40,519. The general and municipal service expenses for Annapolis were $35,131. of which $400 was for executive offices, $950 for leg islative offices, $944 for law offices, $368 lor finance offices, all under the heading of general administration; $724 for courts, $4,866 for Police Department, $2,747 for Fire Department, $253 for Health Department, all under the heading of public safety; $17 for charitable institutions and $200 for hospitals and Insane, under the heading of charities and corrections.

The general municipal service expenses for Cumberland were $82,844, of which under the heading of general administration came $500 for executive offices, $3,180 for legislative ofHces, $1,193 for law offices and $2,398 for finance offices; under the heading of public safety, $300 for courts, $10,075 for Police Department, $1,182 for Fire Department and $3,775 for Health Department, and under the heading of charities, $511 for hospitals and insane. The general municipal service expenses for Frederick are given as $46,074, of which under the heading of general administration came $600 for executive offices, $486 for legislative offices, $50 for law offices and $1,248 for finance offices; under the heading of public safety, $300 for courts, $2,991 for Police Department, $1,905 for Fire Department, $254 for Health Department, and under the heading of charities, $50 for outdoor poor relief. The service expenses of Hagerstown are given as $600 was paid for executive offices, $885 for legislative offices, $125 for law offices, $2,035 for finance offices, $966 for courts, $3,080 for public safety and $5,825 for Fire Department, while $243 was assigned to charities, of which $93 was for hospitals and care of the insan and $150 for outdoor poor relief. MIDSHIPMAN KILDUFF DEAD lie Succumbed To Effects Of Appendicitis Operation. Special Dispatch to the Baltimore Sun.

Annapolis, July 29. Midshipman K. B. Kilduff, of the new fourth class at the Naval Academy, died at the academy hospital this morning from peritonitis, which developed after an operation for appendicitis, performed Saturday afternoon. The operation was performed by one of the surgeons at the academy, but as the youth's condition grew worse a specialist was summoned from Baltimore.

Nothing could be done, however, to save the young man's life. His mother, who is a widow, was summoned from her home in Tomp-klnsville, N. and, with another son, arrived In Annapolis late last night. They, with Midshipman W. D.

Kilduff, an elder brother and classmate of the dead youth, were with him when he died. The body was taken North this morning. The usual military honors were accorded the remains upon their departure. A short private service was held at the hospital by Chaplain H. H.

Clark, of the academy. Accompanied by all of his classmates who are now at the institution, the three sections of the first class and a squad of marines from the academy barracks as an escort, the body was taken to the train. The dead middy's relatives were accompanied by Superintendent James H. Sands, all In his private carriage. Immediately in front marched Capt.

T. B. Howard, acting commandant of midshipmen, and Commander T. P. Magruder, aid to the superintendent.

The cortege was headed by the Naval Academy Band, playing funeral marches. At the West Street Station the midshipmen and marines were drawn up in line in the street and saluted as the hearse passed. The coffin, draped, in the Union Jack, was placed on a bier on the station lawn, and a firing squad of marines fired three volleys and the academy bugler blew "Taps." Eight sailors from the ships attached to the academy acted as body-bearers. The honorary pallbearers, who marched beside the hearse, were the following classmates of the dead midshipman: Midshipmen N. Scott, J.

W. Gates, Whitehead, Lewis, Rl-hedo'ffer and Mann. Midshipman W. D. the dead youth brother, has resigned, and it is understood that Superintendent Sands will recommend the acceptance of the resignation by the Navy Department.

In the meantime he has been granted. leave of ab-snce, pending the department's action. MRS. KATE D. CLAGETT.

Special Dispatch to the Baltimore Sun. Upper Marlboro, Md, July 29. Mrs. Kate Duckett Clagett, wife of Mr. William B.

Clagett, of Tipper Marlboro, died at her home after a lingering illness Thursday of heart failure. Mrs. Clagett was the daugh ter of Mr. Richard Duckett and granddaughter of the late Col. Henry Waring, of Prince George's county.

She married Mr. William B. Clagett, of Upper Marlboro, in 1882 and is survived by her husband and five children Miss Marguerite W. Clagett, Charles Clagett, William B. Clagett, Rachael Clarke Clagett and Louise B.

Clagett. Mrs. Clagett's body was buried in the cemetery here yesterday. The pallbearers were Messrs. W.

Bowie and John Waring, of Washington, and Messrs. George B. Merrick, Joseph K. Roberts, VanvQagett and Frederick Sasscer, of Upper M.rlboro. Among those from Baltimore prefer at the funeral were John Magruder Carter, Lee Bowie, Mrs.

John N. Mackenzie, Miss Adeline Clarke and William Bowie Clarke. DAVID SPONG. Special Dispatch to the Baltimore Sun. Hagerstown, 29.

David Spong, of Sharpsburg, was paralyzed Friday night and died the next morning. HeVas about 70 years old. For many years he followed boating on the Chesapeake and Ohio canal. His widow and the following children survive: William Spong, of Steelton.Pa. Chas.

Spong, of Shepherdstown Samuel Spong, Albert Spong, Mrs. Nellie Hines, of Sharpsburg; Mrs. Lucy Colbert, of Myersdale, Pa. Mrs. O.

Moore, of Bakerton, W. Va. MRS. 31ARGARETTA McCARTY. Special Dispatch to the Baltimore Sun.

Cumberland, July 29. Mrs. Mar-garetta McCarty, -widow of James McCarty, died last night at the home of her son, William J. McCarty, In this city, aged 83 years. Her maiden name was McCulloh, and she was a member of the old McCulloh family of Frostburg, pioneers of that region.

Besides her son she leaves a brother, Henry C. McCulloh, of Petersburg, Pa. ROBERT DAYHOFF. Special Dispatch to the Baltimore Sun. Hagerstown, July 29.

Robert Day-hoff, son of the late Jacob C. Dayhoff, of Hagerstown, died of consumption today at Greencastle, aged 20 years. He married a Miss Fleming, daughter of W. Scott Fleming. His widow, mother and one child survive.

He was a brother of Harry E. Dayhoff and Charles Dayhoff, of Philadelphia, and of Edward Dayhoff and Mrs. Carrie Gunnells, of Hagerstown. MISS IiUCELIiA BEAL.Ii. Special Dispatch to the Baltimore Sun.

Rockvllle, July 29. Miss Lucella Beall, an esteemed resident of the vicinity of Oakdale, Montgomery county, died yesterday at the home of her nephew. Watt Belt, aged 84 years. General debility was the cause of death. DAVID McINTIRE.

Special Dispatch to the Baltimore Sun. Cumberland, July 29. David Mcln- tlre, aged 81 years, is dead at hia home, on the Savage river, in Garrett county. He was formerly a resident of Allegany county and lived in Barton until 1886. Davis Burdette.

Special Dispatch to the Baltimore Sun. Boyds, July 29. Mr. J. Edward Davis, of Fountain Mills, near Hyatts-town, Montgomery county, and Miss Mamie T.

Burdette, of Browningsville, Montgomery county, were married Friday at Buck-eystown, Frederick county, by Rev. Father Harrington. The ceremony took place in St. Joseph's Catholic Church. Both are well known In this section, Mr.

Davis being a former business man of Frederick. Outinffs For Academy Officers. Special Dispatch to the Baltimore Sun. Annapolis, July 29. Provision has been made by Admiral J.

H. Sands for biweekly pleasure trips on the water for the officers at the Naval Academy and their families during the remainder of the Bummer months. The trips will be made aboard the government tug Standlsh, which Is attached to the institution. The vessel will for the rest of the summer, when the weather permits, leave the academy at 2.S0 on Tuesday and Friday afternoons of each week. After an outing on the bay the little craft will bring the parties back to the academy at 5.30 o'clock.

Mr. Dimfel And Guests On Cruise. Special Dispatch to the Baltimore Sun. Annapolis, July 29. Mr.

Robert Dimfel, of Easton, who has been in' the Annapolis harbor for a week aboard hia yacht Minola, sailed tonight for a cruise down the bay, expecting to stop at Chesapeake Beach. Mr. Dimfel has aboard the Minola as his gue6ts Messrs. Russell Fountain NormajL and Xiesteg Mornjjjap. Idea Is To Simplify The Election As Much As Possible Democrats Said To Be Half-Hearted.

New York, July 29. A correspondent of the Sun writes from Skagway, Alaska, under date of July 16, as follows: The political campaign which was started by two party conventions in Juneau today is the first in the history of Alaska, and it will lack nearly all the familiar characteristics of campaigns In more settled parts of the United States. It will be a short contest, for August 14 is fixed by law as the date of the first election of a Delegate to represent the Territory in Congress. No candidate can hope to appear on the stump In more than half a dozen of the larger, towns, for there is no means of rapid transportation, and Alaska covers an area nearly as large as the portion of the United States east of the Mississippi river. One-fourth of all the voters are men busy with mining operations in "camps more or less remote from the voting places.

Mining men in the placer fields of the interior are busier in August than In any other month, for the clean-up season is short; many of them may be too busy to vote. There is no political organization, rarty lines are not sharply drawn and local issues are mostly absent, and there is little except pride in the newly acquired franchise to bring out the vote. Nevertheless, the first general election in Alaska and the campaign which precedes the election promise to show some unusual features. No Nominations By Convention. The Alaska Delegate law, enacted by Congress last spring, provides all the necessary machinery for the election, but there is a disposition imong politicians all over the Territory, and especially in the central and northwestern districts, to be as Informal as possible without actually violating the law.

The act does not require that candidates shall be nominated by a convention. One candidate has already declared that he will run for election as an independent, and has started out to stump the coast towns and the river country without any party or platform. Two others have been nominated by miners' meetings, and are maktn their canvass on the brief platform: "Alaska for the miners." The Republicans decided to hold a convention at Juneau, and delegates were elected at primaries held In precincts scattered all over the Territory. Fifty delegates were elected in each of the three judicial divisions, but only about 0 appeared at the Juneau convention. Comparative nearness to the place of meeting brought the full delegation from the southeastern division, but there was only a handful of delegates from the middle and northwestern sections.

Nearly 40 from the Nome region were represented by proxy, and about 'a dozen from the-Tanana region. Southeastern Delegates In Control. The Southeastern delegates were In control, for several proxies from the Tanans district were pledged to the support cf United States Marshal James M. Shoup, the Juneau candidate for Delegate in Congress. The candidates before the convention, besides Marshal Shoup, were R.

S. Ryan, of Nome C. D. Murane. of Nome, and Frank E.

Toungs, of Seward. Shoup, who had several days before expressed a desire to withdraw from the race but had been persuaded to defer his derision, finally declared last Sunday night that he would not be a candidaate. He could have been nominated almost unanimously, but he believed that there was one obstacle which would render his election exceedingly doubtful at this time. The Governor of Alaska was recently appointed from Southeastern Alaska, and he resides In the same Town as Marshal Shoup. There Is a strong feeling in the interior and In Northwest Alaska that the Delegate should be chosen from the second or third division, and not from the first division, which Is in the Southeast.

Another consideration which weighed heavily with the Marshal was the fact that some of the most influential men in Southeastern Alaska, including himself, are opposed to a Territorial form of government. The local self-government Idea is very strong in the Yukon region and in the Northwest. Mr. Shoup did not believe that he could be elected at this time on an anti-Territorial government platform. He withdrew In favor of C.

D. Mdranc, and Mr. Murane's nomination was made nnanlmouslr. The Ryan contesting delegation from Nome was not seated. Democrats Ha If -Hearted.

The Democrats are' half-hearted in this campaign. None of them pretends that there is any adequate organization among them, and few, if any, really expect to carry the election. If this were the whole story there would be no doubt of the election of Murane, the Regular Republican candidate, by at least a four -to -one vote, despite the fact that some of the Democrats say that the Southeastern disrict is 70 per cent. Democratic. The independent candidates, of whom there are three, began their campaign several weeks ago, and one of them has developed a strength, real or apparent, that must cause the Regular Republican nominee some uneasiness.

Several months ago A. P. Swineford, of Ketchikans a former Governor of the Territory, announced that In case Congress passed the Delegate bill he would be a candidate for election. Soon after the passage of the bill he declared himself as an. independent candidate, saying that although a life-long Democrat, he would not consent to stand on the platform of any political party for this particular office.

He is now about 70, but has started on a stumping tour of ths Yukon river and Seward peninsula regions, spreading tha Territorial government propaganda and appealing to the voters to cast their ballots in favor of a non-partisan candidate who will go to Washington and urge the enactment of non-partisan measures for Alaska without fear br favor. DELAWARE MOURNS PEACHES Nearly Every Orchard Believed Affected With Yellows. Special Dispatch to the Baltimore Sun.l Wilmington, July 29. Word was received here today from Dover that nearly every orchard in the peach belt of is affected with the yellows. An examination by horticulturists reveals this serious state of affairs.

Particularly is this the case around Wyoming. Because of the prevalence of premature fruit the bottom has fallen from the peach market. Some bring only 15 to 25 cents a basket, while fancy peaches sell for 40 to 80 cents. The State Board of Agriculture will be urged to take radical steps to eradicate the disease. The Government experimental station at Delaware College, Newark, will lend its aid.

CUMMINS NOT TO TAKE PART Governor Against Conteat Hearing: Before Committee. Special Dispatch to the Baltimore Sun. Des Moines, Iowa, July 29. Governor Cummins will decline to take part in the contest hearing before the Republican State Central Committee. The progressive faction denies the right of the committee to pass upon the Tight of delegates elected by The Republican voters to participate in the proceedings of the State convention.

It is the theory of the progressives that the delegates elected are tha supreme power In the matter of contests and that tho State which never before attempted to exercise the power, has not the right to determine whether delegates may or may not sit In the convention. Governor Cummins has 945 delegates out of 1,640, and the opposition faction has served notice of contests against 266 of these. If the State committee sustains all the contests, it will leave Mr. Cummins with 679 delegates, or 9 less than majority. BECAUSE 99 out the coffee days and take on Simple, but It will eho- you a way to be well.

JUST Cut 10 Cumberland, Annnpnlls, Frederick And llafreratown Are Covered In Minute Detail. Special Dispatch to the Baltimore Sun. Washington. July data about Annapolis, Cumberland. Frederick and Hagerstown are contained In a monograph Just Issued by the' Census Bureau giving statistics of cities having a population of 8.000 to 25,000 In the United States.

These are the only Maryland cities falling within the mentioned limits of population. According to the monograph Annapolis had a population of 7,604 In 1800. 8.525 In 1000. 8,617 in 8,709 in 1902 and 8.801 in 1903. and an area of 1,344 acres, of which 320 acres were water.

Cumberland had a population of 12.729 In 1890, 17.128 in 1900, 17,568 In 1901. 18,008 In 1902 and 18.488 In 1903. and an area of 1,427.6 acres, of which 26 acres were water. Frederick had a population of 8.193 in 1890. 9,296 In 1900.

9.406 in 1901, 9.516 Jn 19f2 and 9,623 in 1903. Hagers-town's population was 10,118 In 1890, In 1900, 13.938 in 1901, 14,285 in 1902 and 14.632 in 1903 and an area of 1,167.8 acres, all land. Cities Police Department. Annapolis had eight policemen, who made 1.151 arrests, the principal offenses being disturbing the peace, 297 assault and battery, 276. and drunkenness, 263.

Cumberland had 15 policemen, two other employes of the police department and one special policeman, who made 794 arrests, the principal offenses being 507 for drunkenness, 151 for disturbing the peace and 9 for assault and battery. Frederick had six policemen, who made 558 arrests, the principal offenses being 176 for disturbing the peace, 126 for dnfnkenness and 39 for assault and Hagerstown had six officers. Including a sanitary inspector, and three special watchmen, who made 775 arrests, the principal offenses being 385 for drunkenness, 97 for assault and battery and 62 for disturbing the peace. Three vagrants were arrested "-n Annapolis, 9 in Cumberland. 31 in Hagerstown and 90 in Frederick.

Fifteen arrests were made in Cumberland for larceny, 49 In Hagerstown, 52 In Frederick and 58 In Annapolis. Annapolis had 30 retail" liquor 6aloons, Cumberland, 101 Frederick, 26, and Hagerstown, 60. The license fee in Annapolis is $200, of which the city gets three-fourths and the State one-fourth; In Cumberland, $160. of which the city gets 100, the State $50 and the county $10 in Frederick. $153, of which the city gets $125 and the State $28, and in Hagerstown, $125, of which the city gets $25, the county $50 and the State $50.

In Hagerstown the city gets $15, the county $25 and the State $50 out of its beer licenses. Protection From Fires. Cumberland has the largest number of firemen, but Frederick leads in fire engines. Annapolis has 2 regular firemen and 80 volunteers, Cumberland has 68 volunteers, Frederick 2 regulars and 300 volunteers and Hagerstown 10'regulars and 50 volun teers. Annapolis has 1 steam fire engine, Cumberland 1, Frederick 3 and Hagerstown 2.

Cumberland has 1 hand fire engine. Annapolis has a combination chemical en gine and hook and ladder and 2 combina tion chemical engines and hose wagons, while Hagerstown has 1 of the latter. Annapolis, Cumberland and Hagerst6wn each have 1 hook-and-ladder truck, Fred erick has and Frederick each have 8 hand fire extinguishers, Hagerstown 10 and Cumberland 12. An napolis has 3 hose reels and hose wagons, Hagerstown 4 and Cumberland avnd Hagerstown 10 each. The total number of feet of hose in Annapolis Is 3,600, In Cumberland 4,000.

in Frederick 3.100. and in Hagerstown 12,000. Annapolis hires Its Fire Department horses. None were re ported for Cumberland. Frederick owns 2 and Hagerstown 9.

There are 45 fire hydrants In Annapolis, 189 In Cumberland, 108 in Frederick and 95 in Hagerstown. All of these are owned by the cities except 1 in Annapolis, 3 In Frederick and the 95 In Hagerstown. Hagerstown has 12 fire cisterns. The property loss Trom fire In Annapolis was $10,000 In 1903, $22,186 in Hagerstown, but It Is not reported for Cumberland and Frederick. Public Scbools And Libraries.

Hagerstown has 7 school buildings, all owned by the city, with 51 rooms, and 2 high schools, with 4 high school and 52 regular schoolteachers. Annapolis has 3 schools owned by tha city, with 30 rooms, and a high school, with 4 high school teachers, 2 kindergarten teachers and 25 regular teachers. Cumberland had 8 schools, 1 rented by the city and 7 owned, with 41 rooms, and a high school, with 4. high school teachers, 14 kindergarten teachers and 23 regular teachers. Frederick had 5 schools, all owned by the city, with 38 rooms, and 2 high schools, with 6 high school and 29 regular teachers.

In 1903 there were 83 pupila registered In the high echools, 167. In kindergartens and 1,007 In day schools In Annapolis, 84 In high schools, 1,067 in kindergartens and 1,408 In regular schools in Cumberland, 90 In high schools and 1.410 in day schools in Frederick and 114 in high schools and 2,436 in the day acaools at Hagerstown. Hagerstown had one municipal library containing 11,490 volumes, of which 1.720 were added in 1903, and of these 68,997 volumes were withdrawn for home use. No municipal public libraries are reported for Annapolis, Cumberland or Frederick. Water Systems And Gas Works.

Cumberland had 21 miles of municipal gas mains, with waterworks, built In 1871 at a cost of $319,115, and Frederic bad 18 miles of mains, with waterworks, built In 1S44 at a cost of $150,000. No waterworks are reported for Hagerstown or Annapolis, and none of these four Maryland cities Is reported as having municipal almshouses or hospitals, or gas works. Cumberland is reported as having 54 miles of municipal electric mains, with a plant built in 1898 at a cost of Frederick, 13 miles, with an electric plant built In 1887 at a cost of Hagerstown, 52 miles, with a plant built In 1901 at a cost of $69,695, none being reported for Annapolis. The report, however, says that Annapolis has 45 arc lights and 66 Incandescent lights; Cumberland 247 arc lights; Frederick, 100 arc lights, and Hagerstown, 125 arc lights. The total area of the streets of Annapolis Is given as 94,854 square yards, of which 39.593 are cobblestone, 4,166 granite and belglan block and 51,095 of brick.

Cumberland has 175,815 square yards of paved streets, of which 58,080 are cobblestone, 4,435 granite and belglan block, brick and 61,300 macadam. Frederick has 204.658 square yards of paved streets, of which 29,786 are of cobblestone, 12,416 brick and 162,456 macadam, while Hagerstown has 34S.684 square yards of paved streets, of which 302,250 are macadam and 46,434 of brick. Miles Of Pa-red Streets. Annapolis has 5 miles of paved streets; Cumberland, 11 miles; Frederick, 11.9 miles, and Hagerstown, 23 miles. Twenty miles of Hagerstown's streets are macadam.

Annapolis has 5 miles of unpaved streets; Cumberland, 29 miles; Frederick. 1.3 miles, and Hagerstown, 5 miles. Cumberland has 4 miles of single-track street railway; Hagerstown, 4.4 miles, and Annapolis, 1.1 miles. The streets of Annapolis and Hagerstown are swept by hand, those of Cumberland by hand and machine and those of Frederick are reported as being swept by the property owners. There are 7 city "white wings" In Annapolis, 15 In Cumberland and 4 in Hagerstown.

The 4 in Hagerstown sweep an average of 92,868 square yards by band every week, while the 15 In Cumberland by both hand and machine, sweep only 88,558 on an average each week. In Annapolis there are 58 miles of sewers, all tile; Cumberland, 7.7 miles, brick and tile; Frederick, .4 miles, all brick, and Hagerstown, 6 miles, of which 5 are brick and 1 tile. In 1903 there were 85 building permits granted In Annapolis for structures to cost $46,000. In Cumberland 126 permits were Issued for buildings to cost $230,000. In Hagerstown 37 permits for buildings to cost $117,000 were Nineteen permits were issued In Frederick the same year, but the proposed expenditures under them were not reported.

What It Costs To Run Cities. Under the heading of total payments and receipts, classified as corporate, temporary and transfer, together with cash balances and aggregates, Annapolis is credited with payments amounting to of which $38,082 were to the public and $3,478 to departments. Industries and funds; Cumberland, a total of $210,236, of which $205,411 were to the public and to departments, industries and funds; Frederick, $138,867, of whici $138,734 were to the public and $103 to departments, Industries and funds, and Hagerstown, -JL-of tbAubiitV-riThe Street Cars Tied TJp By Flood And Railway Station StrnckByLight-ning Crops Badly Damaged. Special Dispatch to the Baltimore Sun. Danville, July 29.

Barbara Lee Albright, a mulatto woman, was murdered this morningtshortly after midnight at her home, it is alleged, by John Green, a negro. Green, it is charged, went to the woman's house drunk and while in a jealous rage attacked her with a large knife, stabbing her to death. When the police arrived the woman was lying in a pool of blood. Her alleged slayer was arrested about 3 o'clock, and his clothing was covered with Two other negro women who were in the house were chased by Green. He is said to have practically confessed his guilt.

The worst electrical and rainstorm known here in years was experienced this afternoon. Traffic was delayed for an hour on the street-car lines, and several sections of the city were flooded, causing sidewalks and culverts to cave in. The Southern Railway passenger station was struck by lightning and a large part of the slate roofing fell off. A large number of persons were at the depot at the time of the accident, and several narrowly escaped being killed by the falling roof. Some of the machinery at the city electric plhnt was burned out, and for several hours power was cut off.

The growing crops, of tobacco and other products within a radius of 50 or more miles around Danville will suffer heavily as a result of the downpour. The Iron bridge 'where the street-car and railway tracks intersect was impassable on account of. the piles, sand, washed down by the rain. TRIBUTE TO GENERAL JACKSON Negroes- Erect Window To "Stonewall" In Their Church. Roanoke, July 29.

SA handsome memorial window to Gen. Thomas Jackson, was unveiled in the Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church (colored) today. The window was erected by the pastor, Rev. L. L.

Downing, colored, the money for its purchase coming wholly from negroes. The exercises were largely attended by both races, the Confederate camps of Roa; noke and Salem and the chapters of the Daughters of the Confederacy of the same places being well represented. The chief addresses were by leading white citizens of Roanoke. Downing's father and mother were members of a Sunday-school class of negro slaves taught by Jackson at Lexington before the war, and today's exercises marked the realization of an ambition Downing has had since boyhood to pay fitting tribute to the Confederate commander. The picture presented on the window is that of an army camping on the banks of a stream, the inscription underneath being Jackson's last words: "Let ua cross over the river and rest in the "shade of the trees." HELD ON WOMAN'S CHARGE Negro Ford Must Face Grand Jury On Sides' Accusation.

Special. Dispatch to the' Baltimore Sun. Danville, July 29. A preliminary hearing was yesterday given William Arthur Ford, the young negro charged with attempting criminal assault on Mrs. F.

A. Sides, a white woman, and the prisoner was held to await action of the grand jury. Mrs. Sides, who lives In the suburbs, was accosted last Tuesday, it Is alleged, while walking alone on the public road, by Ford, who emerged from a cluster of bushes" and made insulting remarks. The woman fled, chased by Ford, it is alleged, until several white men appeared.

Ford was arrested Wednesday on the charge of" burglary, and while in jail was positively identified by Mrs. Sides as the man who had molested her. Feeling among the citizens against Ford Is very high, but in view of the fact that no actual harm was done Mrs. Sides no mob violence is anticipated. i WILL OF JOHN R.

STURGIS Leaves Property To Widow, Son And Granddaughter. Special Dispatch to the Baltimore Sun. Onancock, Jply 29. The will of John Revel Sturgls, who died at his home here last Sunday, was read Friday. He bequeathed all his property In Onancock, except his residence, which goes to his widow for life, to his grandchild, little Mary Sturgls.

The property includes three dwellings and the Grand Central Hotel, and is valued at $12,500. The remainder of the estate goes to his only son, Mr. Upshur L. Sturgls, Its value is variously estimated at from $75,000 to $90,000. It comprises 22 farms situated at or near Painter Station and cash and bonds.

The timber on the farms Is said to be worth over $25,000. Mr. Sturgls was widely known on the Virginia Eastern Shore. Making War On Cocaine Venders. Special Dispatch to the Baltimore Sun.

Richmond, July 29. Martha N. Taylor, alias "Bunk" Stokes, a notorious colored woman and ex-convlct, was arrested at her home in this city last night, charged with vending cocaine among the colored population. The police of Richmond are waging a vigorous campaign against the venders of this drug. BACK TO SUPREME COURT Bill Of Exceptions Certified In Case Of Rawllngs.

Macon, July 29. John R. Cooper, attorney for J. G. Rawllngs and his sons, under sentence to hang for the murder of the Carter children, near Valdosta, over a year ago, yesterday filed a habeas corpus petition to Judge Emory Speer, of the United States District Court The ground of the petition was that the elder Rawllngs was a minister of the Gospel and that there was no minister on the Jury which tried the case.

Judge Speer took the petition under consideration and declined to sign the habeas corpus order, whereupon Attorney Cooper presented a bill of exceptions, which. Judge Speer certified. -'On this bill of exceptions the case will go to the Supreme Court of the United States again. The elder Rawllngs telegraphed from Valdosta to Macon, asking for a personal Interview with Attorney Cooper. The old man declares that he wants to die and is bitter in his comments on his attorney.

Maryland Briefs. The Gaithersburg Town Council has re-elected Mr, Harry B. Oramer clerk and treasurer and has fixed the tax rate for the year at 30 cents on the $100. Mr. J.

Edward Day. son of Mr. James and Miss Elsie Anders, daughters of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Anders, both of Montgomery county, were married in Rockrille a few days ago by Rev.

Philip McGuire, pastor of St. Mary's Catholic Church. Judge Keedy, Hagerstown, granted an absolute dirorce to Mrs. Bertha Cart la from George F. Car-tie on the ground of unfaithfulness.

She is allowed to assume her maiden name. Miss Watkins. Hagerstown will be granted another letter carrier, making nine in all. The new carrier -will be Charles W. Zahn, now a substitute.

Bar. G. Smith. paBtor of the ProgressiTe Brethren Church at St. Jaraes.

Washington county, has tendered his resignation. John W. Toting, clerk of the court for Allegany county, is being Rushed by his friends for the Democratic Congressional nomination to oppose CoL George A. Pearre. A reunion of all the Reformed Sunday-schools in Frederick will be held at Braddock Heights on Thursday, August 2, In the afternoon religious exercises will be conducted by Rev.

C. J. Musser, of Philadelphia, and Rev. D. N.

Dittmar, of Jefferson. On Wednesday, August 8, the farmers of Frederick will hold their annual picnic at Braddock Heights. Mr. Harry T. Greenwade, night ticket agent of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad at Keyser, W.

has been appointed to a similar position at Cumberland, Tha Kioto Throwing Company will let the contracts for the. erection of the new silk mills at Ixmaconing at once, and it is expected that work will be begun by August 1. T. Ramacciotti, a wealthy fruit dealer cf Hagerstown, left Saturday for, New York to sail on a visit to his old home in Tuscany, He will also attend the exposition at Milan. Latest News Of The Shipping.

Dover, 29. Passed, star Mera, from San Francisco for Hamburg. Glasgow, July 28. Sailed, stmr Fretorian. for Montreal (and passed Inistrahull 29th).

Moville, July 29. Arrived, stmr Laurentian, from Boston for Glasgow (and proceeded). Queenstown, July 29. Sailed, stmr Cmbria, for StwJCOTk, tate at Pocantico Hills and wanted to in-j spect it before coming to Cleveland for the summer. Mi.

Rockefeller is stronger physically now than he has been in the" last 15 years." said Dr. Biggar tonight. "He is as active and as lighthearted as a schoolboy. The trip has benefited him wonderfully. He still believes, however, that the United States is a mighty good country.

I believe that he is glad to get back." While Dr. Biggar was loth to discuss the legal action taken at Findlay against Rockefeller, he Intimated that the oil king was not worrying over the fact that he is bound to appear for trial September 4, "as he is no longer the active head of the Standard Oil Company," as the Doctor expressed it "The public will learn more and see more of Mr. Rockefeller this year," continued the "than ever before. He has shown himself to the people of France as the quiet, good-natured man that he is. While we were in France he went about the streets a great deal.

He had a warm handshake for all he met. Everyone learned to recognize him-" While the party was stopping at a little town en route to Complegne Mr. Rockefeller made friends with a baby belonging to the concierge, and taught It to Bay a few 6lmplfi English words. When the baby grew tired of instruction the citizens of the town were startled to see the baby being wheeled about in a little go-cart by the richest man in the world. ROCKEFELLER GOES TO CHURCH Is Warmly Greeted And Says He's Glad To Be Home.

Tarrytown, N. July 29. John D. Rockefeller, accompanied by his wife and John D. Rockefeller, Jr.r attended church here this morning, as 13 the custom when staying at the Pocantico Hills estate.

Mr. Rockefeller was warmly greeted by the members of the congregation and told several of them he was glad to be home again, although he bad a splendid time while in Europe. Mr. Rockefeller leaves for Cleveland tomorrow morning. ROOSEYELTS IN CHURCH Special Presbyterian Services Held In President's Honor.

Oyster Bay, N. July 29. President Roosevelt and family attended service at the Presbyterian Church and listened to a sermon by Rev. Charles L. Thompson, secretary of the Board of Home Missions.

The President usually attends Christ Episcopal Church, but special services were held today In his honor at the Presbyterian UNCLE SAM WEARS DIAMONDS Somebody Bought $33,000,000 Worth The Past Year. Special Dispatch to the Baltimore Sun. Washington, July 29. Thirty-five million dollars' worth of diamonds were imported Into the United States in the fiscal year which ended June 30, 1906, against $27,000,000 In 1905, $19,000,000 In 1904 and $20,000,000 In 1903. These figures have just been announced by the Bureau of Statistics of the Department of Commerce and Labor.

No article has shown greater fluctuation in the imports than diamonds. In 1906 the total, as indicated, was $35,000,000. Two years earlier, in 1904, the total was only $19,000,000. In 1903 the total was in 1900 but in 1897 less than $2,000,000, and in 1893 about $15,000,000. The total for 1906 exceeds materially the figures of any earlier year.

The largest total prior to 1906 was that of 1905 about $27,000,000 while the total for 1903 fell but slightly below that of 1905. About $10,500,000 worth of diamonds Im ported in 1906 were uncut, to be prepared lor use by the diamond-cutting establish ments of the United States, while more than $24,000,000 worth were cut but not set There has been slow but steady growth in the importation of uncut diamonds. The total value of uncut diamonds Imported In 1900 was a little less than $4,000,000, In 1902 a little more than $6,000,000, in 1903 nearly $11,000,000 and 6lnce that period has continued at about this figure, while cut diamonds, which in 1900 were a little less than $8,000,000, were over $15,000,000 in 1903 and $24,000,000 in 1906. This importation of diamonds in the uncut state Is a development of recent years. Ihe census reports give the number of wage-earners engaged in lapidary work in the United States in 1890 at only 92, and 1900 at 498, and the value of the products in 1S90 at $315,604 and in 1900 at $5,786, 281.

Prior to 1896 the value of diamonds imported In the uncut state was less than $1,000,000 annually. Practically all the diamonds Imported into the United States, while the product of African mines, are Imported direct from European countries. THAW ATTENDS SERVICES Afterward The Minister Spends An Hour With Him. New York, July 29. Harry Thaw spent a quiet aay the Tombs today.

He had two callers, a man and a woman, both fashionably dressed, who refused to trlve their names, but said they were stopping at a notei nere. The prisoner did not see them, as they had no special passes. Thaw had the freedom of the corridor all through the day. In the morning be attended the services conducted by Rev. Mr.

Sanderson, of the Methodist Church. After the service Mr. Sanderson spent an hour with Thaw. um inmost io xne point or nervous prostration by the strain under which 6he has been since her return from Europe, her natural worry over the crime of which her son is accused being increased by his insistence on his plan of defense, Mrs. William Thaw Is at her daughter's country piace, at Kosiyn, Long Island.

Her Illness Is more an exaggerated nervousness than a physical ailment, but because of It her physicians refused to per mit ner to visit her son on Saturday. In spite of the fact that.it Is deemed best that she have a complete rest Mrs. Thaw intends to make an effort to visit her son tomorrow. She believes her presence has a cheering effect upon the prisoner, and she loses no opportunity to try to coax him away from the defense that he and his counsel, Clifford W. Hartridge, have agreed upon.

MORE TROUBLE FOR FRISCO Railroad Construction Hands To Be Called Out. San Francisco. July 29. To add to the complication of the labor situation in San Francisco and following close upon the heels of the strike of the linemen and electricians on the United Railroads, all the laborers, pavers and other workmen en gaged in construction work on the street railway 6ystem will be called out tomorrow morning, it Is said. A general strike of all construction laborers and workmen on the United Railroads was decided on at a special meeting of the Street Railway Construction Workers Union this afternoon, and a committee was named to call on the men tomorrow morning.

The union numbers about 1,000 members, but the or der, it is said, will affect about 1,600. who are engaged in rebuilding the street railways and changing the cable roads into electric systems. Trepofl Rumored Killed. St. Petersburg, July 29.

A rumor reached the Associated Press at a late hour tonight that General Trepoff bad been killed. It could not be confirmed, but prob ably is a revival of tha fajse rumor current last week. Definitions. Tailor Gooee A bird with an abnormally loog- bilL Paper Knife An obstacle to criticism. Bohemian Talent without a nankin.

Philistine Generally the man next door. Gratitude One-tenth of tha interra! between two favors. Temperament An apology for character. Tha ar tistic temperament connotes artleasness; tha poetic drives men to drink. Rising Elocutionist Tha elocutionist who rarer acquire the art of sitting down.

Baca A run for your money. Bookmaker Tha recipient of money for yoor race. Welcher One who makes tha mnning Iiondoa Tribune PRIDE OF CHINATOWN DEAD New York Celestial Ate Too Much Watermelon And Got Cramps. Special Dispatch to the Baltimore Sun. New York, July 29.

Lom Dong, a Chinese, who stood 6 feet 8 inches without sandals and was an object of pride In Chinatown, died early this morning from a malady induced by the eating of too much watermelon. While neither Lorn Dong nor his friends expected his death for many a year, Chinese of the old school had predicted it when they learned several weeks ago he had become a reformer, had donned garments of American cut and had clipped off his queue, which fell to his heels. When Lom joined the reform movement he renounced Chinese cooking and became a vegetarian, with a particular longing for watermelons. So strong was this yearning that he would consume one or two at a single sitting. Saturday night he sauntered forth to buy the biggest melon he could find.

In a grocery he found it on Ice and bore It home. Every bit of the melon, close to the rind, disappeared. Then Lom lay down to sleep. Lom was awakened soon after midnight by cramps and ran to the Chinese hospital, where a doctor labored with him, but to no effect, and in a few hours Lom fulfilled the prophecies of his old-school compatriots. He was 51 years old.

THIS WEDDING A SURPRISE Unites Two Prominent Lower Delaware Families. Special Dispatch to the Baltimore Sun. Laurel, July 29. Harry K. Fooks, only son of Daniel J.

Fooks, and Miss Anna Jackson Horsey, youngest daughter of Thomas C. Horsey, both of Laurel, were quietly married here yesterday at the home of the bride's parents. Rev. F. C.

Kline, of Baltimore, formerly pastor of Christ Methodist Protestant' Church here, officiated. The wedding, which was attended by only the immediate relatives and friends, was a surprise, no announcement having been made. The marriage unites two of the wealthiest and most exclusive families of Lower Delaware. The couple went to Atlantic City, and upon their return will reside in a handsome home here which the groom has Just built. Mr.

Fooks is a manufacturer; DROPS PEN TO AID CHURCHILL Richard Harding Davis Goes To Enter Political Fleht. Special Dispatch to the Baltimore Sun. Boston, July 29. There will be a fight between literature and political organizations in New Hampshire at the coming elections, when Winston Churchill will run for Governor. Richard Harding Davis, author, war correspondent and dramatist, left Boston today to go to the aid of his fellow author.

Mr. Davis and his wife left for Cornish this morning to stay at the summer home of Miss Ethel Barrymore. "Yes, I'm going to help Mr. Churchill In his campaign," said Mr. Davis.

"Take the stump? Well, not exactly. I'm going to be the GreeK chorus." "The political issues? Sure, I know what you mean. It's Churchill running, you know." "What do I think of his chances? I will tell you better when I come back." Mr. Davis is writing a play, not the ordinary everyday play of domestic trials and occasional infelicity, but the up-to-date tribulations of a group of charlatans. This will be produced next season: in New York.

"What have I been doing? I'm a farmer now, you know. Yes, I've got a 250-acre farm near New York, and I've been there nearly a year, which makes me a farmer. You ought to see me pitch hay." PACKERS TO WEAR WHITE South Omaha Houses Make Move For Cleanliness. Special Dispatch to the Baltimore Sun. South Omaha, July 29.

Beginning Wednesday morning every workman in the big packing houses here will be clothed In white duck at the expense of the packers. White clothing for 7,500 workmen has been prepared and every employe will have a clean, fresh suit each morning. The packers have installed laundries, and the clothing soiled during the day will be washed each night. No workman will be allowed to wear a suit two days without the clothes being washed. Nearly 3.000 white duck dresses for women are among those prepared.

Inspectors have been notified to order workmen to change to a fresh suit whenever in their opinion it is necessary, even as often as three times daily if the workman is In particularly dirty work. Regrets For Death Of American. Copyright by New York Herald Company, 1908. Special to the Baltimore Sun. Paris, July 29.

At the Ministry of Marine It was said today. In explanation of the accidental killing of Lieutenant England by French, sailors while at small-arms practice, that the atalirty had been announced to the Ministry by a dispatch which described it as occurring, in the harbor of Chefu, which, is very large. While the French sailors were firing floating targets tt was supposed the Amerloan cruiser was out of range. A representative of tho Government called on Mr. McOormlck, fh American Ambassador, to express regrets and tian family.

He tells us that we are made adopted children of God, brothers and sisters of Jesus Christ and heirs prospective of the Kingdom of Heaven. 'You have not, he says, 'received the spirit of bondage in fear, but you have received tne spirit of adoption of sons whereby we cry "Abba" (father). For the spirit Himself gave the testimony to our spirit that we are the 6ons of God. And if sons, heirs also; heirs, indeed, of God, and Joint heirs with Christ "Fully to comprehend what we are we should first consider what we were. To comprehend the lofty heights of spirit and dignity to which we are raised we should reflect upon the depths of that degradation from which we have been rescued.

We were associated, linked with the fall of Adam. We were without God in this world and the hope of heaven in the world to come. In a word, we were outlaws from our Heavenly Father's Kingdom. But God sent His Son, born of woman, that He might relieve us, that we might receive adoption as of a son, and thus, by one stroke of divine clemency, a threefold blessing is conferred upon us. In other words, we are the children of God, with all that is implied-by that term, if we comport ourselves according to the text of St.

Paul. A Thought To Uplift. "If we realize that God is our father, that thought will lift us up and arouse In us honorable Incentives and worthy aspirations, and -when the tempter tries to degrade us and to drag us down to the earth this thought should draw us to higher things. 'I am a child of and when He shall appear we shall be like unto Him, because we shall see Him as He Is. We shall be like unto God in justice, In righteousness like unto Him in the' possession of everlasting life.

Now, brethren, if you search the Old Testament from Genesis to Maccabees you will very rarely find the title of 'Father' given to Almighty God, -whereas In the New Testament that name is given to Almighty God about 260 times, although the New Testament occupies but one-quarter the space of the Old Testament. "The title 'Father' is by the apostles to Almighty God to Inspire us with a feeling of confidence, and' when we come today to the house of God we should lay aside all our titles of authority, all the claims cf venerable age, and should here appear under that one common title 'children of God' that like children all may rush into the arms of our Fathef and say to Him -with the confidence of children, 'Our Father who art in Heaven. "In becoming the children of God by adoption we become the brothers and sisters of Christ. Have we not brought dis credit upon our brother Jesus Christ? Have we not tarnished the image stamped upon our immortal souls? And yet He is not ashamed to call us brethren. There Is no one that God loves more than the soul that repents.

Jesus Christ, brethren, loves the sinner because we are all His "brethren. "You remember how the apostles treat ed our blessed Saviour? Two hours before His crucifixion one of them betrayed Him. Another denied Him. They all abandoned Him in that supreme moment when He was most in need of their sympathy. And when Christ is raised from the dead, what is the message He 'sends to them? The Message Of Love.

'Does He call them by ignominious names No. On the contrary, He sends them this message of love 'Go and tell my brothers that I ascend to their Father. How tenacious is our memory of Injuries received, how treacherous in regard to favors bestowed upon us. I say there is nothing too great to forgive. On the con trary, forgiveness is the evidence of the highest type of manhood and of courage.

But It is only God and the sons of God who have the magnaminity to forgive from their hearts. "In order to strengthen our hopes, Christ goes before us to the Kingdom of Heaven. 'I go, He says, 'to prepare a place for you, that where I am, you also may In becoming worthy of Christ you are children of God. brothers and sisters of Christ and heirs of the Kingdom of Heaven. Wha? title can compare to those titles? What ancestry can compare to an affiliation with God, the prophets, the saints and the apostles? May I not then say to you today, brethren, that it Is good for us to be In church, for in coming to church we have come to Mount Zion, the city of the Living God, in the company of thousands of angels, and to Jesus Christ? "And may I not say to you also In the language of the blessed Peter again: 'You are a chosen generation, chosen from thousands of millions of others, who know not God and who wapder In the darkness of idolatry? You are the -purchased peophi purchased not with corruptible gold an silver, out Dy tne niessea oiooa or jesus Christ' "I believe that the pen with which Abra ham Lincoln signed the decree of emancipation of the negro race Is preserved as a precious heirloom.

Brethren, what has Abraham Lincoln done In comparison with Christ who emancipated ns from the bur den of sin? And now, brethren, where there is so much dignity and so grand a prospective Inheritance there certainly must be a corresponding obligation. 1 have said that you were children of God and heirs of heaven, but, brethren, does it not happen very often that the unworthy son loses his Inheritance? Let us take heed that we do not lose this divine inheritance by an unworthy life." GREAT FAIL TRADE PROMISED Fine Crops And Prosperity Reported Throughout Middle West. Special Dispatch to the Baltimore Sun. Chicago, July 29. Chicago merchants are preparing for a tremendous fall trade.

Encouraged by the first excursion of out-of-town buyers, the Chicago Commercial Association is making ready for a larger Invasion in August The merchants bring news of fine crops and prosperity throughout the Middle West They are all confident of a good fall and winter business. Last -week's testimony as to the crop conditions is eminently satisfactory, and the railroads report all the business they can conveniently handle, with the prospect of some embarrassment by excessive traffic later on. On account of the rush of receipts of winter wheat leading elevator concerns, which have been bidding for wheat at country stations daily, -will abandon this practice and make such purchases of the cash grain as they see fit when it arrives on consignment to the receiving houses. IRON AND STEEL STRONG All Indications Point To A Con-- tinuance Of Prosperity. Pittsburg, July 29.

Considerable additional strength was developed In the Iron and steel market during the week past with a prevailing activity that is most unusual for this season. Steel men declare that this month's business will exceed that of any July In the history of the iron and steel industry In this country, being even greater than that of last uly. All finished lines have been In excellent demand and inquiry, while Bessemer iron remains exceptionally scarce, with little available for delivery for the remainder of the year. This scarcity of ironj Is expected to prolong the era of prosperity, and it is pointed out that when more Bessemer iron is being produced than ever tefore a shortage of this metal indicates clearly the large volume of business being handled. Assurances of good crops throughout tha country and the fact that the money market Is becoming easier Is taken by steel men to indicate that the flourishing condition prevailing In the iron and steel trade will be carried far Into next year.

Another pleasing prospect is the fact that all the available yard room on the lakes has been reserved for shipbuilding, indicating that shipbuilders are preparing for a heavy winter and spring. It was reported yesterday that the United States Steel Corporation had ordered five new ships for immediate construction. Coke remains in demand-. t--steady prices. i SOLDIER SWELLS COMPLAIN Say They Were Compelled To Travel In Dirty Cars.

Special Dispatch to the Baltimore Sun. Philadelphia, July 29. Because the Reading Railway tried to force the exclusive First City Troop, under Capt. John C. Groome, and the little less exclusive Troop under Capt.

Barclay H. Warburton, to travel from Gettysburg Camp In what are alleged to have been filthy cars without light or water, the courts will be appealed to on Monday for an Injunction to restrain the State from paying the railroad for transportation. Captain Warburton declared that they were put into cars built In the Centennial year, and that when the troopers boarded the train at camp they found no lights In the cars, no ice nor -water in the coolers, and a freight-train crew In charge of the train. The cars, he added, -were so filthy that the odors were nauseating. Troop A and the First City Troop used the same train.

Captain Groome and Captain Warburton put their heads together with the result that once on the main line at Gettysburg they refused to permit their commands to proceed. As a result, lights were got for the cars and water was placed in the coolers. Even then, the two commanders say, the accommodations were such that a decent railroad should have been ashamed to offer them to Immigrants. Captain Warburton said the cars supplied him for his troopers had only 13 seats to a side. Into these he had to crowd his half hundred men, their sabres, carbines, haversacks and horse equipment.

There the sons of Philadelphia's aristocrats sat all night huddled together, suffering from foul air and the heat. The officers' car, said Captain Warburton, had only eight seats to side, and also was filthy. Into this car all the officers with their servants and some of the troopers had to crowd. The conductor and brakeman wore no uniforms and paraded up and down the aisles smoking corncob pipes. Warburton complained bitterly.

MILLIONS TO ONCE POOR GIRL Adopted Daughter Get Nearly All Of Widow Barns' Fortune. Special Dispatch to the Baltimore Sun. Pittsburg, July 29. The will of Elizabeth E. Burns, widow of William Burns, the former traction promoter of Pittsburg, was filed for probate yesterday.

The will disposes of an estimated estate, but it is known to amount to several millions. The will is dated in May, 1906. Mrs. Burns died on June 25 last. Her address is given as the Hotel Majestic, New York.

The testatrix states first that all her debts must be paid. Her daughter, Mrs. Alexis Phelan, of this city, is to have the property known as The Pines, at Round Island, N. Y. Each of her grandchildren, Collette, Elizabeth, Margaret J.

and William B. Burns, gets $25,000 and a niece, Mrs, Mark Kuhn of Pittsburg, $5,000. Each of the children of Mrs. Kuhn gets $1,000, The executor of the will, the testatrix's son-in-law, Alexis Phelan, Is ordered to keep $25,000 In trust, the income to go to Mrs. Burns' sister, Mrs.

Katherine A. Thompson, of Allegheny, during her lifetime. Ten thousand dollars more Is left In trust, the income to keep in repair the family mausoleum. The remainder of the estate, after certain sums are paid for masses, Is to go entirely to Mrs. Cora Burns Phelan, wife of Alexis Phelan.

Mrs. Phelan is the adopted daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Burns and was taken by them when a penniless orphan. BRYAN TO OUTLINE ISSUES Will Make A Carefully Studied Speech At The Garden.

Special Dispatch to the Baltimore Sun. New York, July 29. William J. Bryan, it was announced tonight, desires it to be known that he will outline his conception of the issues upon whioh the next Democratic national campaign should be fought in, Ms Madison Square Ga-rden Bpeech Au-gist 30. He intends to give a great deal oxv thought to this speech, which is to be one of the most notable efforts of his public career.

The official program of the Bryan reception includes a greeting to Mr, Bryan at the Battery the afternoon of August 30 by the members of the reception committee. He will enter a carriage with. Governor Folk, of Missouri, and Tom L. Johnson, Mayor of Cleveland, heading the procession up Broadway to the Victoria Hotel, where Mr. Bryan will meet the Democratic leaders and will dine.

In the, evening he will be escorted to Madljson Square Garden for the reception. Governor Folk will call the meeting in the Garden to order and Mayor Johnson will preside. Augustus Thomas will deliver an address of welcome, Mr. Bryan will then deliver an BURIED UNDER FIRE RUINS At Least One Person Hurt And Damage Caused. West Newton, July 29.

The Coon-shore building, a three-story brick structure, was destroyed and the Stretcher block was damaged by a midnight flre. Shortly after 1 o'clock the walls of the Coonsbore building collapsed, crushing a new two-story building adjoining. Many people were standing on the sidewalk when the walls fell and at least one person was burled in the ruins. The loss was $60,000. GEMS FROM PATIEXCE.

Bl PAUIi Hamiltos Haijiil She hath no beanty In her face Unless the chastened sweetness there. And meek long-suffering, yield a grace To make her mournful features fair BbunnecTtiy the gay, the proud, the young; Within, a secret pain-ana bears Sh roams through dim, unsheltered ways; A pain too deep to feel the balm THE POETS An spirit finds la tears -Alas, all cureless griefs are calm Yet her passionate strength supreme, Despair beyond her pathway flies, Awed by the softly steadfast beam Of sad, but Heaven-enamored eyes Who pause to greet her, vaguely seem Touched by fins wafts of holier air- As those who tn soma mystic dream Talk with the angels unaware Nor lover's row, nor flatterer's tongue Brings music to her somber days. At best her skies are clouded o'er, And oft she fronts the stinging 6leet, Or feels on some tempestuous snJre The storm-waves lash her" naked tee. Where'er she strays or musing stands By lonesome beach, by turbulent mart, We see her half-tremulous hands Crossed lambly o'er her aching heart.