WW id Before starting on his big trave President Taft announced the appoint ment of the three members of the Tar iff Commission created under the law as advisers in the administration of the maximum and minimum provl alons. They aro Trof. Henry C. Em err of Yale, chairman; James B. Reyn olds (now Assistant Secretary of the Treasury), and Alvln II. Sanders of Chicago. Mr. Sanders Is editor of the Breeders' Gazette, mid wa3 one of the original movers for a tariff commis sion. Ha is known at an ardent down ward revl8ionl.it. Rear Admiral W. 0. Melville, re tired U. S. N.. together with J. H. Me Alplne and Ciorge Westlnghousn, has Invonted a device for ships, consisting of a reduction gear for marine tur bines. This will revolutionize the con struction of steamers, as from $1,500, 000 to $2,000,000 may be saved in the building of a ship of the Mauretanla or Lusltanla class. Collector Loeb Justifies the Increased vigilance of the cuBtoms officials in holding up and searching prominent persons on the docks on their arrival from Europe. "Two hundred seizures have been made In the last three weeks at the gates of the docks," said the collector; "that would appear to lustlfy the seizures." Secretary of State Knox has cre ated a new division, to be known as the Division of Latin-American Af fairs, the object of which is to further protect American trade In South Amer ica. Thomas C. Dawson of Iowa, min ister to Chile, has been selected to bead the new division. Ransford S. Miller, Jr., now secre tary and Interpreter of the American embassy in Toklo, lias been called home to take charge of the Bureau of Far Western Affairs in the State De nartment. and Consul General Wil liams, at Tien Tsln, China, Is recalled to become assistant chief of the same bureau. Director of Census Durand estimates that 11,000 more enumerators will be required to count the population next year than were employed in the census of 1900. This increase is due in part to the fact that under the present law the enumerators are to work: only eight hours a day. John W. Riddle, the retiring Amerl can ambassador to Russia, has begun his Journey back to this country. He will spend some time In Berlin and Paris and expects to reach home some time in November. Mr. Riddle Is suc ceeded by W. W. Rockhlll. Virginia's contributions to the na tlon's Hall of Fame have been placed lu the statuary hall at the United States captol building. The donation consist sof statues of George Washing ton and of Robt. E. Lee. Lee Is pic tured in the uniform of the South. NEW YORK'S HISTORY fudson-Fulton Celebration Begins with a Great Naval Pageant Hfteen Allies Long. IT'S ONLY A THIRTY V ILE FLIGHT TO MALS WARSHIPS THE BIO ATTRACTION 3rowds Are so Great They Can Only Be Estimated Millions Witness Fireworks at Night. When ex-President Roosevelt made his tour of the west in 1903 he travel ed a distance of 13,000 miles at an expense of 150,000. President Taft ex pects to travel 12,000 miles at an ex pense of no more than $15,000. The boo.:n of sunrise guns aboard tht warships In the North River awoke New York Saturday morning to the first 'lay of the celebration, long plan ned and long awaited, which honors ihe work of Henry Hudson and Robert Fulton. The river that Hudson found anil where Fulton set his steamboat was the place toward which the eyes of 5,0(10,000 persons turnea iur me most Impressive pageant that ever floated In the New York harbor. A thousand vessels, varying In type from the one-man catboat to tne migmy cruiser Inflexible, were there; fifty seven warships, representing the na vies of the I'nited States, Great Brit ain, Germany, France, Italy, Holland, Mexico aud Argentina. 450.000 tone or steel, bearing 28,000 officers and met: and armed with 1,897 guns. Would Have rooted Fulton. Copies of the Half Moon and Cler mont, so faithful to the original mod els In every detail, that Hudson anc Fulton themselves would have been puzzled to find the differences; 120 steamboats and ferryboats, seventy- five steam yachts, seventy-five motor boats, 300 tugs and steam lighters, 400 sailing craft and small launches. All but the greatest and least of these craft met in the upper bay for the pa rade that escorted the Half Moon and the Clermont up the Hudson. The war ships remained at their anchorages. The day's first spectacle not count ng the grim line of warships In the North River wss the assembling of the naval pugeant In the upper bay. Four American cruisers and five sub marines were assigned to escort the Half Moon and the Clermont. The Clermont was towed from its ancho- ag to Join the Half Moon. Then, with the escort trailing in the rear, the two little craft which epitomize the cele bration cruised along the Brooklyn shore In sight of the spectators. Mean while the rest of the parade was as sembling and when the Half Moon and Clermont finished their round of the upper bay and sailed Into the mouth of the Hudson they fell Into line. It was not until 1 o'clock that the mass straightened out Into something like procession formation. The boats moved up the Hudson In double line at a speed of eight miles an hour, but such was the number of participants that the column was nearly fifteen miles long. At night, with scarcely enough in terval to allow the crowds to get din ner, the participants In Ihe gay parade moved over the sa.:iie rottte, while the river was gorgeously decorated. By- fur the moHt enjoyable feature of the celebration was the fireworks display on the river and the Illumination of the vast fleet of war vessels and the city. Millions witnessed the scene. . jr.jr i ' I II J .'I'' V,lrtVUI I i M'CLUNG U. S. TREASURER. by il' IS YOUR GIIAIICE 10 WIGWAG AI fi1 Planet Only Mere Matter of Thirty Million Miles Away and Is About to Leave Us. LIFE THERE IS HELD CERTAIN GROUNDHOGS ABE GHOULS. Bon AWAIT END OF THE WORLD. Three Hundred of Faithful Take Part in Praise and Exhortation. Awaiting the end of the world, which they believed would come be fore 6 o'clock Saturday night, the 300 or more members of "the Latter Reign of the Apostolic Church," who call themselves "Triune Itnmerslonists," and are popularly known as "Holy Rollers," reassembled for a long watch meeting In their Bethel. In West Dux bury, Mass., on the main turnpike be tween Boston nnd Plymouth. Believers only were allowed to en ter the Bethel during the afternoon. An exception was made In the case of the Rev. Dr. Dillon Bronson, of Brookllne, a Methodist clergyman. When he came out he said the partici pants were evidently earnest In their beliefs, but that much of their talk was unintelligible. Women, with eyes closed and bodies trembling from ex citement, made strange. Incoherent ut terances, which others, claiming to have the "gift of tongues," translated Into religious prophecies. Dr. Bron son said there was much personal hyp notism "in the air," and that he even felt the influence of this hypnotism himself. MOORS ROUTED IN BLOODY FIGHT ( Dead Found gendered la Indiana Omelerles. The people whose dead are burled in many country graveyards south of Terre Haute, in VIko and Sullivan Counties, Indiana, are horrified by the discovery that ground hogs have been ghouls. The animals have burrowed Into many travel and bones of the dead were found strewn on the sur ffcc. These bones have besn reburled And the people are trying to stop the molestation. In some cases watsr has ben poured into the holes. In others -wood fires were started at the mouth of the openings with sulphur thrown in and a lid securely placed to confine the fumes to the Interior as much as possible. I Bleu 'Ira mo Cauaea Reform. The result of the recent experiment ef Edwin A. Brown, a wealthy citizen of Denver, who went to Pittsburg dis guised as a tramp to test the labor and charity conditions there Is the decis ion ef Mayor Magee of the latter city to establish a model city lodging house. Brown first tried to get work, but was repulsed at every point. Then he tried to get a place to sleep at the various oharltabln institutions, but was turned away, finally, tired out, he was taken care of by a kind police sergeant who gave him a coll to sleep In. Even the Salvation Army and the Volunteers ot America had no beds to offer to one who had not at least 25 cents to pay. And the old Liberty Mission charged 10 tents for a lodging. On a park bench lie found that the police would not let him end bis kind sleep. The mayor said he had no Idea that such conditions prevailed. Two Town Takru by Spaniards and Ring- Aronnd tiuruwa Inning. The war office In Madrid announces the complete success of the movement In Morocco against the Moors. Both Nador and Zeluau have been occupied. At the latter town there was bloody fighting with large bodies of Moors. The ring around Mount Guruga is now considered almost closed, and the posi tion of the Moors Is desperate. Kald Amas appeared before Gen. Marina, the commander of the Spanish forces, and asked terms of surrender for the tribes Intrenched on Mount Guruga. The re sults of this conference are not known, but It Is believed the Moors are ready to submit without conditions. The Im mediate successful termination of Spain's war against the Moors, which has been going on since July, would be of inestimable advantage to the gov ernment of Premier Maura, against which the campaign In Spain Is dally becoming more intense among the low er classes. A large section of the up per classes, however, are manifesting warm support of the government. The minister of the Interior Is being del uged with letters begging him to con tinue the work of maintaining public order. Former Yale Athlete Named Taft to Succeed Treat. It was announced the other day a the V.'hlte House In Washington thai Lee McCIung of Knoxville, Tenn., foot ball star at Yale In his day and now treasurer of Yale University, has beet selected as treasurer of the Unitec States to succeed Charles H. Treat. Mr Treat, whose resignation takes effect Oct. 15, has consented to remain at treasurer until Nov. 21. Although Mr McCIung has been living at New Ha ven, where he has been doing Import ant work in connection with th finances of Yale, his home is in Knox vllle, where his family resides. Mr. McCIung was for four years connected with the Southern Railway and alsc engaged In important business enter prises In Tennessee. FINDS HER STOLEN CHILD. TWO PITTSBURG BANKS CLOSED. I. mid and Mrrranllle Trust f'out- uanlea la Stale Ktamlner'a llanda. The Land Trust Company and the Mercauttle Trust Company, both State Institutions In Pittsburg, did not open for business Monday. James L. White, State examiner, is temporary receiver for both banks. These companies were consolidated recently, but, it Is said, they were unable ;to carry out the merger and made arrangements Satur day to assign voluntarily to the State banking commission. Officials say the depositors will be paid In full. RICH MAN STARVES TO DEATH. Aged Hermit la Fond Surrouuded l lollua II flaal lleeu Making. The body of Christopher Kuhn. 08 years old, a cabinet maker, was found In his squalid room at 1622 Central avenue, Cincinnati. He had been dead alnre Sept. 6 when, according to neigh bors, he died of starvation. Secreted In the room where many thousands of dollars' worth of securities and deeds to property the hermit owned. A bank book showed he had $1,100 on deposit. Kuhn remained almost constantly lu his room making violins. Several val uable instruments were near his body. Abrussl's Monatala Haeord. The duke of Abruszl, about who love affair with Miss lOlkins so much still appears lu the European news budgets, has just returned to his home In Italy from an expedition In the Himalaya Mountains, during which he Is said to have made a new world' rec ord for altitude by climbing Mount Godwln-Austtn, sacond highest moun tain in the world, to a height of nearly JS.O00 feet. The top of this ak It Zt.SOO feet high. - II i) Hunter Kill t oinoautciu. George Alpstsg was shot and killed by Stanley Walker ut Wllllston Lake. southeast of LauKdon, X. I). James Walker and his son, Stanley, nj;ed 15, went to hunt ducks In company with Alpstag, aged 17. The boys were out in a bout aud James Walker was on shore. The Walker boy shot at some ducks. The Alpstag boy rose In front of young Walker's gun and received the contents of the weapon In the head, lie died Instantly. TRADE AND INDUSTRY. A strike of 250 actors und actresses employed lit movliiK picture shows In Chicago marked a demand for $25 weekly for single acts und $50 for dou bles. Secretary of Agriculture Wilson, In his recently published report, estimat ed the value of farm products for 1908 :it the sensational sum of $7,778,000, 000. During the past nine years there bus been u gain for agriculturists of $3,061,000,000. The new grund stand ut tho Stutc fair grounds In St. Paul will cost $275.- 000. This is nn excess of $75,000 over the appropriation for that purpose. The fair bourd Intimate that the Legisla ture may bo asked for an additional appropriation. Kansas has two forestry stations each of which has a considerable num ber of young trees ut tho disposal of those who want them. The only cost is the expressugc nnd a guaranty that ine receiver will cure for them a cer tain number of years. The township of Highland, not fur from Aberdeen, S. P., was visited by a destructive tornado, which destroyed half a dozen barns nnd one house Carl Harrington Ilaiinu, grandson of the late Senator Mark liunim, Is work lug In Cleveland to learn the ore busi ness. He Is In the employ of the Mark Manna company und tolls twelve hours dally. Acting Secretary of Agriculture Mays has issued mi order which re leases from (uuraniiiie, on uccount of scabies or mange In cattle, that portion ol North Dakota lying south and west of the Missouri River. a mini i.uuu ncres or cotton were ASSAILS COUNTRY'S BAD ROADS. ICxprrt Deplores Lark of Develop ment In Last Tblrtr Venn. That the roads of the United States are no better developed than they were thirty years ago, considering the ad vance by the country In population and wealth, was declared by Logan Waller Page, Director of the United States Office of Public Roads, at the national good roads convention in Cleveland. "About halt the States are operating under practically the same road laws as prevailed in England when America was a colony," said Mr. Page. St. Louis was selected as the next convention city. The convention will be held In October. 1910. the date to be selected by the St. Louis Auto mobile Club, which will have charge of the gathering. St. I.oul Mother and Daughter Kid naped 7 Venra Ago Hennlted. Kidnaped fn St. Louis when 2 years old, and for seven years a waif, Fanny Belle Lincoln was restored to her mother, Mrs. O. Bender of Little Rock, Ark., Monday. The child was located through the columns of a local news paper. She was kidnaped In St. Louis from the home of her aunt, and since then has been living with various fain ilies about Little Rock. Her mother has been running down such clews for years and had almost abandoned the search. rr i Sporting TEN BURN IN RAIL WRECK. ranhundle Passenger Illta St. I'a Caboose and Flames Deatror Car, Ten men were killed and more than half a dozen Injured probably fatally, besides others hurt, at 12:30 o'clock Tuesday morning when a Panhandle passenger train crashed Into the rear end of a Chicago, Milwaukee and St, Paul stock train at 12th and Rockwell streets, Chicago. The killed were stockmen riding In the caboose. One of the dead is H. H. Potter, stockman home at Diamond. N. D. Six others were In the caboose, which caught fire, Those who lost their lives were burn ed to death. Six of the bodies were The Harvester, Ed Goers' unbeater. stallion, won tho Queen City stakes of $2,000 for 2:09 trotters at Fort Erie in four straight heats. The performance of Hamburg Helle, 2 : C 1 Vi . on the grand circuit this sea son, stamps her the successor of Lou Dillon a queen of the trotting turf. America won a victory over CJer many In the first of u series of boat races for the President Taft nnd Governor Draper cups nt Marblehead, Mass. The national committee of six have revised the rules for basket ball so u to make the game simpler and easier Numerous changes are adopted, espe cially relating to the umpire and score- keepers In the presence of 15,000 people, King Astronomers Find Conditions of At mosphere Like Those of the Earth. If you wish to find out whether the Inhabitants of Mars use Kngllsh or talk in some sort of outlandish tongue, you had better do It right away or you will have to wait a decade and a half for another chance as good. Mars has been right up close, almost, at hand-shaking distance, celestially speaking, and now it Is rolling away again at the rate of several hundred thousand miles an hour, and will not pay us nnother visit for fifteen years. Mars Is, of course, still 30.000,000 miles or so away, and up to the hour of going to press no enterprising avia tor had announced his Intention of making' a Cook-Peary dash for it. The going is far from good, say thoe flying-machine experts who have navi gated the, first two miles of the route, and the scientists think the reception such a venturer would receive would be even cooler than the weather Dr. Cook found at the pole, and he would be frozen stiff before he got. there. Nevertheless the scientists havs got ten much satisfaction out of the neigh-, borliness of Mars. They have seen both its poles with their own eyes, aud that Is more than they can say of the earth. They have seen the ice fields slowly melt away during the summer and grow gradually larger as cold wpather comes on. They are a unit in admitting that there is some form of life on the planet, and with each new advance in facilities for observation they see things that make them think the life is like that on the earth. "There is no question that there is life in some form on Mars," said Pro fessor Philip Kox, the new director of Dearborn Observatory, In Chicago. 'Nobody knows, of course, just what form of life it is, but as we are able to see more and more we learn of the general conditions which must affect this life, and the more nearly these conditions approach those of the earth. the closer will he the resemblance of the life forms of the two planets It Is two years since Pro fessor Iowell announced that as the result of a series of observations and experiments he had detected the pres ence of water vapor in the atmosphere or Mars This means that Mars has an atmosphere very much like the earth's Atmosphere and temperature are the main conditions' affecting life. With the instrument here I have seen the bright rings about the poles ex pand and contract with the advance of the seasons. They must be ice and snow; they couldn't be anything else. And they must melt and freeze, ac cording as it is summer or winter. This must mean that the temperature is prnctic&lly the same us the earth's." Instruments of the size of the Yerkes telescope Professor Fox de clared to be wanted in the dense at mosphere of Chicago, the real center of astronomical observation being at Flagstaff. Arizona, and the Lick ob servatory, both located at high alti tudes. At Flagstaff Prof. Lowell has had his eye glued to the great tele scope, and made nightly contributions to the world's knowledge of Martian conditions. . According to a telegram sent out by him he is able to observe the drying up of the canals in what should cor respond to the southern hemisphere of the earth, and is More than ever con vinced that this phenomenon is sea sonal, and that the canal are artifi cial Irrigation ditches, denoting life on tlie planet at least as intelligent as 'hat of the earth. M'CANN found guilty. Chicago Police Inspector Convicted of Grafting- New Tri il Asked. Police Inspector Edward McCann charged with "grafting," was found guilty by a Jury In Judge Barnes' court In Chicago. Sentence was not pronounced, and will not be until after the hearing of arguments for a new trial. The law provides an Inde terminate sentence In prison. The charges against the inspector lu charge of the Desplalnes street district were the most sensational which have been aimed against a police official In years. State's Attorsey Wayman charged that "graft" aggregating maiiy thousands of dollars had been collected from disorderly houses In re turn for "protection." The chief wit ness against McCann was Louis Frar.k, a Russian Immigrant, who. al though unable to read or write, has accumulated a fortune of several hun- INSl'kXTOIt M CAW. dred thousands of dollars In the West Side "tenderloin." Frank testified that he collected the "protection" money from denizens of the tenderloin. The rate for "protection" was said to be $40 a month. Several checks, each dated a month apart, and calling for that sum, were exhibited In court. A list of women from whom It was charged "protection" money was regu larly collected was read In court and was Identified by Frank. McCann's defense was that he had suppressed and regulated vice In his district with so rigorous a hand that a conspiracy, beaded by Louis Frank, was formed against him. FIGHT FOR THE PENNANTS. iidlnu of Clans In the Prlnclpnl Unac Hull l.eaguea. KA1IONAL. LEACUK. W. I.. :!7 Philadel'a tii St. Louis .Mi Brooklyn 7 1 Boston . . Sti Pittsburg 100 Chicago ...!I7 New York Sti Cincinnati 71 .OH .4!) . ."! . .IJrt lfi: planted in California us an experiment recovered before the flames drove the I James, the even money favorite, easily Hrothera Shot by JSea;roe. John and Henry Queen, brothers, ol Fleming County. Kentucky, In a fight with negroes, were both mortally shot. Three negroes placed in Jail at Mays vllle have confessed the shooting. Alrsala Saatk Tale. Capt Rowland Webster, of the Roy aj Geographic Hoclety, has bean coin missioned by that eminent body to con tinue the work of Lieut. Hhackleton In the Antarctic region and to utilise a combination of airship and balloen in trying to reach the south pole. Web ster Is a famous globe-trotter, having traveled tweuty-four times around the worU and rotda fourteen tripe to Af rica. While in Washington a few days a-o en Ms way to London, Capt. Web ater said he expected the new axpedl tlon would start about on rear hence. Shot Arlalnar from Stamp. W. L. Vale, a business man of Du luth and Superior, was wounded while hunting near Carlton, Minn. He was sluing on a sttwup and, arising, acci dentally discharged one barrel of his sliotun. The charge struck htm In the left shoulder. Mca assoka a. Maelvr Praaehaa. Smoklug was permitted at a service conducted for men by Rev. Mr. Cooke, Episcopalian rector in Daytou, Ohio. The services were held in the parish hall and were largely attended with such satisfactory results that it Is predicted that cotton will become one of the staple crops of the Imperial val ley. The tlrsl cotton crop is being har vested now. Contractor William llorrubin, of Crinnell, Iowa, has begun work on th lylggcst paving contract ever let In tht State ot Iowa. It comprises 92,000 square yards and will cover ull the business portion and several of the fin est residence streets of the city, The Northwestern lino has ordered 125 curs from the Pullman company which will be of lire-proof construe lion, mude chieMy from metal with asphalt Hours. They will he built of compressed steel to withstand the most violent shock In the euse of a wreck nc or me mosi iicuutirul exhibits at the Minnesota State fair was a replica of the famous capltol building executed In pure, luscious, golden butter. It was Ihe work of a ht. I'aul dulry firm. "We are going to have good Tons. says James J. Hill. "That will luy a sound nasia tor a general revival." Mr, Hill is quite optimistic since exoerl dicing a recent trip through the North west. George O. Johnson, Stute Treasurer of South Dakota, claims that with the present systematic methods of farm ing there la no danger that the won rterful yielding qualities ot the soil of rescuers back. U. S. REVENUES GROW FAST. Internal Tases Show Increase of ?, 1T1. H24 la Months of New Year, The revenues of the government from Internal commerce are gaining steadily. Reports to treasury depart ment show that since the close of the fiscal year June 30 the total of re ceipts from Internal revenue is $T.6,- 992,619, an Increase of $2,171,524 over the corresponding period in 1908. The leeeipts during September up to and Including Monday aggregated $14,897 .34. an Increase of $598,487 over last year. Hunk lu t'olllaloai Three llruni, The steamer City of Erie, from Cleveland, ran down a schooner sup- losed to be the Eccleston, hailing from a Canadian port, on crie, r. i ue schooner sunk and three of her crew two men and a woman went down with her. Detroit Philadel' Boston Chicago AMFUICAX I.RAGLX. W. I.. r.2 New York f4 Cleveland . 00 St. Louis . 72 N'ushlngt'n , .91 .91 . .S.'i . .7:1 w. 60 7( GO 39 t 7: 77 K4 107 Mirror Aids Woman la Sairlda Mrs. Robert Nooney. wife of a prom lnent litlien of Wellington. Ohio, killed herself by shooting as she stood before a large mirror in the Park South Dakota will ever be diminished. I Hotel lu Oberlln. won the Ocean handicap, one mile, at Sheepsheod Bay. defeating Jack Atkln by three lengths. The race was re markably fast, the mile being run In 1:37 4-5. There sre now Iwo golf champions In the Alnslle family, of Oak Park. III. At Exnioor Miss Sallie Ainslie won the women's Chicago championship. IIht younger brother, H. (takes Ainslie. captured the Western Junior title at Westward-llo. The star Jockey, (leorge Odimi, who Is now a full-fledged owner, recently won a double victory on the course at Hheepsheud Hay. Prince Uul and Knn nie Kelso, neglected in the hetllng. were real surprises to the many wit nesses of the races. Umpire Mack, of the Minnesota-Wis consin League, was inohhed by Duluth players, at Ij Crosse. Wis., recently In the deciding game of the champion ship rues. J. K. May. acting for the Kcliwarti llrothere at Kheepslmad Hay, purchased a colt by Broomstlck-AS'-olt Belle for $2,600. lie also bought a colt by York shire Lad for $1,710. Adeline Trapp, of New York. Jtf years old. swam nlnu miles through the water of Hell C.ste In the wake of for ty swimmers of the United States vol unteer life aavlng corps. Miss Trspp was in better condition than most ol the men at the end of th Igng swim. ASll:i;!fA ASSOCIATION. W. I.. Louisville .OS 7" St. Paul .. Milwaukee 90 77 Toledo Minneap's NN 79 Columbus . Indianap's S3 Kan. City . w. 80 80 80 71 Hard llleiv at I'l-oblhillon. In the Inferior Criminal Court in Mobile. Ala., Judge Alford declared Section 12 of the Fuller prohibition law, which pievents tianspnitatllii of liquors for delivery, lnoperalhe, und discharged Louis lOaily ami Matthew Cody, who were arrested with wagons on which were barrels of whisky up.J beer. Murderer la Kleclriieulrd. i.,.. i ii - Iiunaiu ii. ii.ik eieci 1'OCIllei! In the penitentiary in Richmond, Va for the murder of his liroilier in-law Thomas lira whom. Hrugg was the second victim of the electric chair In Virginia. QUAKE IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS. Shock AwakenB Resident in RegiOL from Peoria South to Ohio River. A slight earthquake which was felt in Southern and Central Illinois and Indiana and throughout Southwestern Missouri, occurred early Monday. In St. Louis the tremor came at 3:47 o'clock. So far as has been learned little or no damage resulted. The gen eral direction of the shock was west to east, and It was felt more clearly In thinly settled districts. Villages west of St. Louis reported the destruction of a few chimneys. Reports of the phenomenon were re ceived from all stations on the Mobile and Ohio Railway as far south as Ci cero, where the vibrations were from south-southwest to north-northwest. In Madison, Mattnon and other towns in Central Illinois there were shocks at practically the same time. At Spring field, windows and chandellerB were rattled and many persons were awak ened. In Peoria residents of the bluffs and the central part of the city were aroused from sleep by the tremor. A dispatch from Decatur says two shocks were felt there, but no damage was done. EvausvUle, lud.. was severely shak en. Houses rocked and creaked and pictures on the walls swayed. Many people were awakened by the shock. A rtunbllng noise accompanied the dis turbance. A telegram from Princeton, Ind., says the sky was brilliantly Il luminated, while two distinct shocks. each lusting ten seconds, were felt there. A settling of the earth's crust, with the seat of the disturbance many miles distant, Is the generally accepted cause of the quake. Earth vibrations lasting for one minute were recorded at 3:45 o'clock at St. Ignasius Observ atory, Cleveland. U. S. CREW SLAIN BY PIRATES! Humor In Manila Thnt Jloroa llaia t a I ii red Itew-nur Cutter. Official dispatches from southern Philippine ports say Ir Is rumored that the revenue cutter Sora has been captured by Moro pirates and the crew murdered. The authorities have been unable to secure confirmation of the rumor, although dispatches have been sent to all adjacent points. The Sora was used as a patrol bout against the Moro pirates of the southern ar chipelago In the general campaign against smuggling inaugurated by the insular government a short time ago. It commanded by Captain E. A. McOorty and carried a crew ot four teen, all Filipinos. The cutter left Halabao, twenty miles south of Pala man, carrying .1. L. Perrine, collector of the port, who was hound to Sanda kau, In British North Borneo, to pur chase supplies. Nothing has been ierd of the vessel since. ( arrlea I H.H.i.oaii i .,,m. Killed. A statement issued by I lie manage ment ot the Hoi k Island roads shows that during the past twelve months this company carried 18.473,022 passen gers without a single fatality among them Three t hlldreu lle lu Fire. Three children were burned to death and several other persons had narrow escapes fio.ni a similar fate in a fire which destroyed three residences at Mlllvale, a Pittsburg suburb. The vic tims were two sons and a (laughter of John Lang. Haberl lloa Is Dead la I.undoa. Robert Hoe, aged 70 years, head Oi It. Hoe t Co., printing press manufac turers, of New York and London, died in London Wednesday after a short Hints. -