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THE SUN. BALTIMORE, MONDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 7, 1907. AT SEA IN A FLAT HEW YORK STORIETTES Human-Interest Incidents Of Life In The Metropolis. Vim DESERTS MINISTER Rev. O.

Li, Owens Sends Explanatory Letter To Congregation. HO LIQUOR AT ELEGTION Dr. Conley Eager To Sign Pact Eliminating It. TO WAGE A CLEAN CAMPAIGN SAILORS SEEK MURDERER Work With Police To Kind Comrade's Slayer. Special Dispatch to the Baltimore Sun.

Norfolk, Oct. 6. Sailors from St. Helena, the United States training station opposite the Norfolk Navy Yards, assisted the local police last night and today in the search for the negro murderer of one of their comrades, Thomas Hastings, rated as a flrst-class baker aboard the receiving ship Franklin. Some of the more excitable sailr ors swear they will lynch the negro if caught.

Information received by the police today led them to suspect that Clinton Brackston, colored. Is the guilty man. His wife, suspected of aiding him to escape, has been arrested. Hastings and Lewis Wagner, a seaman, were sitting at a window In the second story of the house occupied by Hastings when some one threw a brick, which struck the house near the window. Hastings went down to the street, and a negro sprang from a shadow, struck him, and immediately fled.

Hastings returned to the house and said to Wagner: "He has got me, and got me good." He had been stabbed in the left shoulder, the knife making a wound four or five inches long and" as many Inches deep. Several large arteries were severed, and Hastings bled to death about a half-hour later. Wagner witnessed the encounter from the window. A FEW HINTS TO FARMERS Suggestions From Those Who Have Made Agriculture Pay. A.

T. Wiancko, in Purdue Agricultural Station Bulletin. The Importance of properly selecting and caring for seed corn has been so thoroughly discussed and brought to the attention of farmers in every conceivable way during the last few year3 that there can be no adequate excuse for any com grower neglecting to save a good supply of Beed corn and put it up in a safe, dry place before killing frosts occur. It Is not so much a question of what to dc or how to do it, but rather of getting started to do it. All observing and up-to-date farmers know well enough what should be done, but the habit of letting such things go until some other time causes many to allow themselves to neglect this important matter until It Is too late to get the best results.

There is plenty of evidence to convince even the most unreasonable man that the time to get the best seed corn Is early In the fall, when It can be selected from the standing stalks and put away in a dry, well ventilated place before damaging frosts occur. The great majority of farmers in the State do not get more than three-quarters of a full stand of corn in their fields and the result is 20 per cent, less corn at harvest time than should be secured, without "any more expense in producing the crop. The cause of the imperfect stand nearly always lies in the use of poor seed for planting. If every farmer In the State would get his seed corn properly stored by the middle of October, several millions of dollars would be added to the value of the corn crop next year. All seed corn should be gathered hefore the first severe frost, and itmay be safely done as soon as the corn is well dented.

This year much of the corn Is very late and many fields are liable to be damaged by the first severe frost and this makes It all the more Important to act A good way to do is to take a handy basket on the arm or sling a grain bag over the shoulder by means of a stout cord and go Into the best and ripest cornfield and go up and down the rows and select the best ears from the best hills, taking care to select only from stalks of stout development under normal conditions and which bear the ear In a good position. The selected ears should be at once put in a dry, airy place, where they can dry out naturally. Artjflcial drying should not be resorted to unless In cases where there is not time for natural drying before severe frosts are liable to occur. When the ears are still sappy the appficatlon of artificial heat may easily do harm by inducing fermentation, a very little of which will Injure? the germs and cause weakness. There are many ways In which corn may be safely put up for drying.

A good rack may be made of pieces of five or six inch fence lumber set on end, and common plastering laths nailed across the edges on either side opposite each other, spaced six "Inches apart to a convenient height. A single row of ears should he placed In each space at first, to permit of more rapid drying. Tying two ears together by the husks and hanging them over wires stretched a foot or more apart across a dry room Is an excellent system for drying. Whatever the scheme used for drying, the imporant thing to keep In mind is that each ear must have a free circulation of air all around it. Putting the ears In bags or piling together in any way must be avoided.

If the corn can be ma ere dry before freezing weather and then kept in a dry place throughout the winter, it will be in perfect condition in the spring. Seed corn should never ha put into a building containing live stock of any kind because of the moisture given off by the animals. The Dairy In October. B. Walker McKeen, in New York Tribune Farmer.

This month should find the dairyman with everything nicely closed in for winter. In a sense, this is one of the most critical months of the year for the dairy cow. She is now preparing for the cold, which instinct tells her is comine. Her hair is over, that he was shrewd and what probably would be termed "smart" in the Middle West. Heee the young Indian-fan's promotions, which give him a position that he naturally is reluctant to part with, even for what appears to be a good chance of being Governor.

Opinion is divided as to Representative Watson's future were he to remain in Congress. It is quite reasonable to assume that that monumental statesman, Hon. Joseph G. Cannon, will continue to succeed himself as long as he lives and remains a member of the House and the Republicans maintain a majority. But even with "Uncle eliminated it Is by no means certain, that the orator from Indiana could be elected Speaker; so, everything considered, a considerable number of bis friends and acquaintances here at the capital think he has acted wisely In announcing himself for the Gubernatorial office, especially as his prospects seem particularly bright.

CLAMS ON JUDGE PARKER Former Presidential Candidate Was Asking About Titles In South. From the New York Sun. At the recent meeting of the Bar Association at Portland, Maine, Judge Alton B. Parker was talking on the way to the clambake to a lawyer who hailed from Alexandria, Va. "What will be the effect." Inquired Judge Parker, in a humorous way, "If they pass a law In the South eliminating titles from your average prominent citizens? I have heard that such a possibility is contemplated In some of the Southern States." "Such a thing would be a calamity," replied the Alexandrian.

"I know that people In the North have had a good deal of fun with our part of the country for its liberality In conferring titles. "But the custom has Its advantage. Not all public men have the remarkable faculty possessed by the late James G. Blaine of being able to recall quickly the name of every one whom he had previously met maybe only once. "But In the South the politician anxious to leave the that he has not forgotten has only to say when he suddenly meets a constituent, 'How are you.

Colonel 7 That breaks the Ice and the constituent glows all over." "But if the constituent should be a general or a Judge?" said Judge Parker. "That would make no difference," interposed the Alexandrian. "The constituent would at once reflect that he had been a colonel before he became a general, and as there were so many promotions In the South he would be charitable to the politician by thinking that the latter could not have possibly remembered all. Besides, it Is always safe to address a Southern man as colonel." "Suppose," said Judge Parker in his characteristic way, "the constituent had been only on the bench." "In that case," replied the Alexandrian, in his gracious Virginia way, "It would be the duty of the constituent to correct the error. That is one of the prerogatives of a judge." "Suppose," continued Judge Parker, trying to corner his brother, "that the constituent had retired from the bench?" "We never retire a judge," was the quick response of the Virginian, "not even to make him a Presidential candidate." Fortunately for Judge Parker, the steamer at that moment touched the- clambake reservation, and the late Democratic Presidential candidate who had retired himself to lead a forlorn hope said the clams were on him.

MR. BRYAN FINDS HOPE Story With Moral That Few Are Defeated Thrice For Presidency. IFrom the New York Times. Stephen O'Grady, formerly of Kansas City and for many years a newspaper acquaintance of William Jennings Bryan, Is in town, repeating a recent story from the lips of the Nebraskan, which may or may not give a clue as to the further designs of the established Democratic candidate for the Presidency. At one of the receptions given to Mr.

Bryan in the West not long ago an ancient Westerner lingered for a short talk with the editor of the Commoner. "How old are you now?" asked Mr. Bryan of his old friend and supporter, as the Nebraskan tells it. "Just over 80," was the reply. "That's well on," said Mr.

Bryan, "and I suppose you are beginning to think of the time when you will have to cross the river?" "Well, not exactly," answered the cheerful ancient. "I notice that there are few advertisements in the newspapers of persons who die after they are 80 years "Did It ever strike you," asked Mr. Bryan of the newspaper man to whom he told the story, "that there are very few men who are defeated three times in a race for the Presidency?" GIRL KILLED WITH HATCHET Doctors Think She Was Maltreated After Struck Down. Camden, N. Oct.

6. The murder of nine-year-old Ethel Nevins, or Marx, of East Camden, whose mutilated body was found In a thicket not far from her home yesterday, Is a complete mystery, though the police to-day arrested August Dongas, of Philadelphia, in connection with the case. He Is held for examination, together with Joseph Wood, 16 years of age, who was arrested last night. Dongas was arrested after he had been acting queerly near the spot where the body of the child was found. He burst Into tears when taken In hand by the police.

The detectives say they have witnesses who saw him nearthe scene of the crime on Thursday afternoon, when the little girl disappeared. Dongas declares he was in Philadelphia. Wood was arrested primarily because Mrs. Harry. Marx, mother of the murdered girl, was wont to leave him in charge of her children while she was on shopping tours, and Ethel had said she was afraid of him.

He denies knowledge of the crime. Since his arrest the police say they have found a witness who saw him on Thursday in the brush near where the body was found, armed with a hatchet. An autopsy performed by County Physician Jones today showed that the child's head had been cleft with a hatchet. Her jaw had been broken on the left side, and there were several cuts over the eyes. In the opinion of the physician, the child had been maltreated after she had been felled by a hlow on the head.

Harry Marx, the stepfather of the murdered girl, is also held by the police, pending an Investigation into the family history. The father is Frank Nevins, whose home Is in Cayuga county, near Ithaca, N.Y. WATCHMAN FOUND MURDERED Xeerro With Bloody Clothing: Arrested On Suspicion. Bridgeton, N. Oct.

6. James Camm, aged 63 years, a night watchman for a local basket factory, was found murdered at his post today. His head had been crushed. The police arrested Gilbert Not-ticks, a negro, on suspicion of having committed the crime. Nottick's clothing was blood-stained and keys, which It is said have been identified as the property of the watchman, were in his pockets.

The authorities believe the negro went to the factory early this morning to rob Camm, who received his pay yesterday. Camm was apparently killed with an ax which was found beside his body. KILLS WIFE, TAKES ACID Key West Man Infuriated By Wife RefusinK To Share Property. Key West. Oct.

6. Austin Griffin shot and killed his wife this morning at the breakfast table, then committed suicide by drinking carbolic acid. Mrs. Griffin had separated from her husband, but he refused to leave the house, demanding half of the property. This morning the husband Insisted on an understanding and she refused to converse with him.

He drew his revolver and shot her In the back of the head, causing Instant death. He survived her only an hour. H. CLAY BARNABEE HURT Former Singer In The Bostonians Struck By Oar. New York, Oct.

6. Henry Clay Barna-bee, 68 years of age, a former singer In "The Bostonians," was struck and seriously injured by a Madison avenue car near Twentieth street late last night Mr. Barnabee was trying to escape a southbound car when he stepped directly in front of a northbound car. A policeman Bprang to the aged man's assistance, but was too late to save him. Mr.

Barnabee was taken to Bellevue nospital, suffering from internal injuries, and was said to be in a serious condition. Today Mr. Barnabee was reported to be much Improved by the physicians at Bellevue Hospital. The physicians said that as yet they had not been able to determine whether Mr. Barnabee had sustained a fracture at the base of the gr IN CHURCH TO SEE COUNT Miss Vanderbilt's Fiance Not There, And Crowd Was Fooled.

Special Dispatch to the Baltimore Sun. Newport, R. Oct. 6. Expecting to get at least a glimpse of Count Laszlo Szec-henyl, whose engagement to Miss Gladys Vanderbllt was announced last week, many persons who do not regularly attend visited Trinity Church today, and while they did not see the young man, most of them thought they did, and went away with just as much satisfaction as if they bad.

Mrs. Cornelius Vanderbilt and Miss Vanderbllt were there, and with them was W.yE. Shepherd, a nephew of Mrs. Vanderbllt, and It was he who was taken for the Count. All through the service the large Vanderbilt pewwas the cynosure of all eyes, and Mr.

Shepherd was the center of attraction. When the large congregation arose at the close of the service there was a crowding and a craning of necks that Is unusual in staid old Trinity. Just across the street from the church gate a brigade of camera men took snapshots of Mrs. Vanderbllt, Miss Vanderbilt and Mr. Shepherd.

Meanwhile the real Count was several miles away, spending the morning with Alfred G. Vanderbilt and Reginald Vanderbllt, his future brothers-in-law. It appears that the first step to the marriage of Miss Vanderbllt and the Count was attended with some" difficulty. It was the obtaining of the certified copy of Miss Vanderbilt's birth by her mother Saturday afternoon. All the record there was of the event was merely that a female child was born to Mr.

and Mrs. Vanderbilt. Though (thls was Miss Gladys Vanderbilt, the record would not have been sufficient for the Hungarian authorities to whom it had to be sent." Mrs. however, was soon relieved of her dilemma by' the suggestion of Deputy Clerk Fullerton that she make an affidavit that the child referred to was the young woman in point. This she did, and a note of explanation, with Mrs.

Vanderbilt's sworn statement, was appended to the official record. This done, Mrs. Vanderbilt was provided with the full and clear record which she desired. This afternoon Mrs. Vanderbilt, Miss Vanderbilt and the Count had a long ride In Alfred G.

Vanderbilt's auto. At the casino they made' a long stop, and Miss Vanderbllt and her fiance received congratulations. YOUNG VANDERBILT ARRESTED. Charged With Driving His Automobile Too Fast. Special Dispatch to the Baltimore Sun.

New York, Oct. 6. Driving his automobile and with his chauffeur Its only other occupant, William K. Vanderbilt, was arrested in Long Island City this evening and charged with exceeding the legal speed limit. He left $100 as security for his appearance in.

the Police Court there tomorrow morning. Mr. Vanderbilt was on the way from his country home in Great Neck to New York and attracted the attention of Policeman Ewers, who was riding a bicycle at Jackson avenue and Beech street. Ewers followed the Vanderbilt machine to Borden and West avenues and there arrested Mr. Vanderbilt.

In the police station Mr. Vanderbilt said he was unaware that he had been going faster than the law permitted. He gave $100 bail and resumed the Journey to New York. COTTON MEN IN ATLANTA Assembled For Great International Conference. Atlanta, Oct.

6. Assembled In Atlanta tonight are 500 delegates to the International Conference of Cotton Growers and Manufacturers, representing the industry of growing, spinning and manufacture of cotton of the entire world. The object in coming together of Interests whose great products are valued at $3,000,000,000 annually is primarily economy, and to this end this world's cotton congress was devised for conference of every department of this vast industry. Another object Is the organization of a permanent congress which shall meet annually and attach to itdepartments for the dissemination of Information at all times. The leading men of international cotton spinners' associations of Europe, the Association of Cotton Manufacturers of the United States, the American Manufacturers' Association, the Farmers Educational and Co-operative Union and the Southern Cotton Association are here, and, collectively, their organizations constitute the international conference which begins tomorrow and continues three days.

Many of these men are avowedly opposed to the speculative element which has attached Itself to the cotton-growing Industry, and if the forthcoming congress can do it, they say, it will devise means to eliminate them. C. W. Macara, rt Manchester, England, head of the great Bannermann mills and president of the International Cotton-Spinners' Association of Europe, calls the speculative end of the business a curse and hopes to see it eliminated. of the work of the congress and Its alms, Mr.

Macara admitted, with qualification, that European mills have sold their product at an average of nine months ahead on the basis of raw cotton at 15 cents per pound, while the present market is under 11 cents. This, he admitted. Is a large profit, but he said is not excessive, when It is considered there are years when mills are operated at a Ipss. Of the total value of last year's crop In this country, over $700,000,000, he said, speculators and bucket shops got in charges and commissions. The conference will be.

called to order at 10 o'clock tomorrow morning by Chairman James R. McCoIl, of Providence, R. of the American Association of Cotton Manufacturers. The address of welcome will be delivered by Governor Hoke Smith. The business of the conference will begin Monday afternoon with meetings oP the various committees on sectional subjects.

Reports of committees and discussions begin Tuesday morning. MRS. HARTRLPGE MISSING Wife Of Thaw Lawyer Searched For By Police. Special Dispatch to the Baltimore Sun. New York, Oct.

6. Mrs. Clifford W. Hartridge, wife of the attorney of record in the Thaw case, who disappeared last Wednesday, left a letter telling her husband she had gone away because a physician had informed her she was suffering from a disease from which she might never recover. Mr.

Hartridge and his mother-in-law, Mrs. Leslie W. Russell, admitted today that they had received a letter from Mrs. Hartridge, written after her visit to a physician. They said they believed she had gone to a sanitarium, but that they had no idea where she was.

Admissions concerning the letter were made only after its existence had been learned outside the family. Until tonight Mr. Hartridge continued to assert, that he believed his wife's mind was temporarily affected. Mr. Hartridge was in a serious nervous condition tonight as a result of his wife's disappearance and showed the result of his suffering.

A recent Illness had given him a haggard appearance. He was operated on last Tuesday for an abscess in the foot at the home of his private secretary, Miss Rachel Rlordan, who Is also a friend of the family. His father, A. L. Hartridge, and his mother-in-law were with, him at Miss Riordan's during his Illness and his wife spent two days there prior to the operation.

The Police Department, at Mr. Hart-ridge's request, has sent out a general alarm for his wife. ALEXANDER M. TOX DEAD Oldest Director Of The Pennsylvania Railroad Company. Philadelphia, Oct.

6. Alexander M. Fox, financier and oldest director of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company, died at his home here to-day aged 83 years. Mr. Fox was active in the organization of the road and first elected a member of the Board of Directors of the company by Councils to represent the city's interests as a stockholder.

After the railroad took over the stock held by the city he was con-, tlnued as a director by a vote of the stockholders. He was president of the Northern Liberties Gas Company of this city and a director in half a score of banks, trust companies, and other corporations. An. Indiscreet Angel. A little girl was being put to bed one summer night, end after she had sad her prayers her mother kissed her good night and said: "Now, go to sleep, dear.

Don't be afraid, for God's angels are watching over you." In a short, time, while the mother and father were at tea, a small voice from upstairs was heard. "Mamma." "Yes, little one; what is it!" "God's angels are buzzing around and one's bitten met" Harper's Weekly. Skipper And His Family Go Round The World In A. Novel Way. JAPAN'S NAVAL PREPARATION Is Making Rapid Progress On The Building Of Cruisers And Warships.

From the Sew York Globe. Some people can recite the beauties of a Harlem flat, others will tell you that the only place to live and bring tip children is In the country, but Mrs. M. A. Madsen, wife of the skipper -of the big ship John Ena, that travels to every port on the globe, claims that her six-room flat on board her husband's boat is nearer the dream of the mlllenium than anything else she knows She admits she has never lived in a dear little Harlem flat, but she has seen them, and has heard some cynical New Yorkers say that when you live tn one of 'em you have to go out in the hall to change your mind.

Therefore she does not even care to give them a Her three children, who have all been brought up at sea, will roam the deck of the John Ena for many moons to come, while she is sailing In the Atlantic and the Pacific, to Africa or Japan, Australia, or the Baltic. The John Ena was one of two sailing vessels that arrived in' this port yesterday flying the American flag, a rare sight in these days of steam and foreign bottoms. Both hail from Hawaii, and brought a consignment of Bugar from Dearborns Co. They docked late yesterday afternoon in Erie Basin. The Riva left her port ten days before the John Ena, and the fact that the ships came along the same route and pulled up at the Delaware Breakwater about the same time would suggest a merry race between the vessels through the Pacific, around the Horn, and up the Atlantic coast, but, sad to relate, from a marine reporter's view point, the two boats never were within sight of each other all the way until the' breakwater was reached.

In the cabin today was found Captain Madsen. coatless and hatless, with his baby daughter on his knee playing horsey. Near by sat his wife, whose eyes were all for that baby, who never cries, but wears continually a smile that would melt the ice around the North Pole. In another corner sat Capt. J.

G. Park. Captain Park and Captain Madsen are old friends, so much so that the former left his home in Dorchester, a year ago last September In order to give Captain Madsen a vacation. That Is how it came to pass that Captain Park was master -of the John Ena on her last trip from Philadelphia to Honolulu and back again to New York. But Captain Madsen and his family are back from their vacation and again in command of the ship.

And you will notice if you compute the time of his going and baby's age that he brought back reinforcements. This skipper was born in Svenborg, Denmark. It was hither he went with his family to spend his vacation. It was there that the little daughter was born, to the delight of not only its parents, but also to Captain Madsen's parents, who are still alive, and to whose home he had not been in 27 years. Because the master loves his ship, the John Ena, which he has sailed for more than 13 years, or during all of the time he has been married, the baby was named Ena, after the ship, and also Atlanta, after the great water hence Ena Atlanta Madsen.

Besides this little charmer there are three other children Matilda, 12 years old Albert, 10, and Dagmar, just 9. Two of these Albert and Dagmar were born on the John Ena near Australia. Matilda's birthplace was San Francisco. All three have claimed the cabin of the ship as their home and the deck as their playground all their lives. They have made the circuit of the earth three times and have been into nearly every big port on the globe.

The eldest girl, Matilda, the father estimates has sailed 100,000 miles or more. The mother has made the cabin their schoolroom. She was. born In the town of Green Bay, but was taken to San Francisco when she was a year and a half old, to remain until she became Mrs. She has taught her children arithmetic and their C's, so that they have become proficient.

She has lulled them to sleep by playing sweet music on the piano that stands in the parlor, and has read fairy tales from Andersen and Grimm to them in the evenings before the cheerful fire that burned in the open fireplace as the vessel rolled in the sea. She taught them nursery rhymes that she herself had learned or had Invented as dear mothers will Invent. And when Christmas time came and the ship was hundreds or thousands of miles from civilization Santa Claus came on board to that home as he did to other homes and made hearts merry with toys and whatnots. Of course, the old tale of mothers that Santa Claus would come down the chimney would not go with those children, and there was no use telling ttiem the story of the reindeers and the sleigh because their little minds would assure them that Santa would be afraid to venture on the deep in that kind of a rig. So that mother must have had a new tale for the children, but she would not tell the visitor what it was.

Besides the parlor and dining room there is a large bedroom, with bath adjoining; a room for the children, a spare room and a room which the captain uses for storing clothing and other things. "The children are getting big now," said Mrs. Madsen, as she tossed Ena in the air, "and I cannot teach them as they should be taught, so we are going to take a governess with ns, If we can get the right kind. I imagine we won't have any trouble, because the trip is a splendid one and the children are easy to handle." "Taking everything into consideration, how do you find life on board ship?" Mrs. Madsen was asked.

"Oh, so far it has been better than 1 Imagined it would have been on land," she replied. GRAFT BY THE CUBIC FOOT Method By Which Pennsylvania's Capitol Was Looted Of Millions. lOwen Wister. in Everybody's. In several rooms of the Capitol at Har-risburg Is a type of mahogany office table 8 feet long, 4 wide, 2 high.

The cost of each table to Sanderson, the contractor, was $40. ne charged the State $1,472, a commission of 3,580 per cent. Still more remarkable are two rostrums, for which $2,060 were paid the builder, and for which the State paid Sanderson $90,748.80, a commission of 4.305 per cent. It appears that all this furniture, and much more, was bought by Sanderson by the piece, but was sold to the State "by the foot" at $18.40 a foot. Jf we now take the dimensions of the mahogany table, which originally cost $40, and compute its feet by multiplying its length by its width, and the result by its height thus Four times 8 -is 32, 2 times 32 Is -80 and then multiply $18.40 by 80, we reach the sum of $1,472, or the price of 80 cubic feet of table paid by Pennsylvania to Sanderson.

This gentleman by similar multiplication found that there were 88 feet of blacking stand and so reached the price of for that article. The rostrums were dealt with In the same cubical way, as were the hundreds and thousands of other objects that you will find distributed through the five stories of the enormous building. We Pennsylvania taxpayers for I don't know how many thousands of feet of clocks, of umbrella tubs, of clothes trees and of filing cases. Watson And His Ambitions. IFrom the Washington Herald.

People who know "Jim" Watson, the Indiana Congressman, realize that his decision to leave the House In order to become a candidate for Governor of his State must have cost him many a pang of regret, for Watson enjoyed being a member of Congress. There can be no doubt of that. Indeed, it Is impossible to recall Just now any of his colleagues who gloried as much in his position of Federal lawmaker, which means so much backbone where the votes come from, and, usually, so little "here in Washington. To the young Indlanian Congress was or is, let us say, since he is still a member and presumably will continue to be during the coming session a very serious matter. He Is not a statesman Just a magnetic talker and a clever politician but he has always taken his politics seriously, and has ai rways been discreet and industrious in the extreme.

To these circumstances, rather than to unusual ability, are due his rise in the House to the more or less Important position of majority whip and to membership on the Ways and Means Committee, which body, although supposed to be at the top of the list in the matter of power and importance, is really second to Appropriations In sessions when no tariff or revenue bills of moment are up for consideration. "Uncle Joe" discovered that Watson could keep his mouth shut as well as talk; that he was a hard worker and, more-, AN INTREPID STEEPLEJACK Is Booked To Perform Remarkable Feat On Flagrpole Of The Singer Building-. IFrom the New York Glob. The crowning work on the Singer Building, the tallest skyscraper In the world, began Friday, when the great 97-foot steel flagpole, which will stretch 679 feet toward the zenith, was hoisted to the tower. The work will end when E.

Dorendorf Capelle. a youth scarcely out of his teens, who will superintend its Installation, places on its top a 20-inch copper ball. The pole Is la three sections, and la setting It Capelle etrangelyvbeglns at the top and builds down. To the top section, 25 feet In length, when it is hoisted up the elevator shaft, in the center of the building, and Its nose out through the apex of the the second section, 30 feet long, will be bolted. After more hoisting tie bottom section will be attached and then raised skyward till It can be locked into its final resting place.

When this is accomplished will begin the work which shows Capelle to be the coolest headed man in New York. At least six times will he have to climb to the crown oi the towering mast five times to give It as many coats of paint, and finally to affix the huge copper sphere. The work may necessitate many more ascents. From the nidewalk to the apex of the cupola of the tower is 600 feet. Of the pole 20 feet will be embedded In the building, extending down three stories.

On the top Is the truck, in which the blocks carrying the halyards are inserted, and on this Capelle will have to stand upright witii nothing to hold to while he makes the glistening globe. As the wind velocity around the tower 1 ordinarily 40 miles an hour and never less than 10, the job of swinging the ball Into place there will be watched with breathless interest by thousands. The Intrepid steeplejack who has beea chosen for this job, for which, by the way. he is to receive a check for $1,000, Is little more than a boy: His smiling face is beardless and showed no sign of the terrible peril which he Is to face when he was seen tew day at his home, at 466 Baltic street, Brooklyn. One slip, one weak strand in a rope, a careless look may plunga him to a death, too awful to contemplate, yet there was not a sign of fear as he discussed the feat.

She Wanted To Check Baby, IFrom tho New York Globs. Mrs. Josephine Wildan, a bride of two months, who lives at 223 East Forty-fourth street, walked into the East Fifty-first Street Police Station and said to Desk Lieutenant Daniel Daly, as she held up a bundle: "I want a receipt for this." "This is not a pawnshop," replied the lieutenant. "I know it, but I want a receipt for Tt anyway," said Mrs. Wildan.

have you in that bundle queried Daly. "A baby," was the reply, and the lieutenant sat up straight. "We can't check the youngster here. he said. "Don't you want it any more?" "Yes, I would like to keep it forever and raise It, but I want to know whether the woman who three weeks ago left it with me to mind is coming back for it." Then the lieutenant saw a ght.

He Is not only a confirmed bachelor, but a woman hater. He was figuring out what was best to do, when Lieutenant Mangin told hlra to advise Mrs. Wildan to go to Bellevue and put in a claim for the child, as she was attached to it. She left the station satisfied. She explained that a strange woman knocked on the door of her flat one even lng and asked her to mind the baby while she went out to telephone.

The woman never came back. Cat Held TJp Broadway. Prom the New York Herald. Chased by a bull pup. a black and whlta kitten no bigger than the palm of a man's hand took refuge in a tree at Broadway and Sixty-ninth street, and as a result traffic was tied up for more than an hour, while hundreds "busy" New Yorkers stood by and offered various suggestions In the line of rescue.

Meantime the kitten, desperately clawing a branch on a level with the third floor of the building on the corner, set up a dismal yowling that brought heads with more suggestions to nearly all the windows of the nearby apartment hotels. In a little while the crowd had grown bo large that somebody proposed calling out the reserves from the West Sixty-eighth Street Station. This was not done, but a special cat squad was formed, consisting of Sergeant Holtza and Policemen Coleman, Armstrong, Williams and Bryant, and they were dispatched to the scene of the excitement by Lieutenant Langan. As the tree was wet and the cat at a dizzy height for a corpulent policeman to venture to climb, search of the neighborhood was made for a ladder, but everyone was Just out of ladders. At about this stage of the proceedings a big moving van came rattling along, and Sergeant Holtza halted it and explained the predicament to the driver.

The latter happened to have a ladder in the van, and he entered upon the rescue work with zest. They adjusted the ladder to the tree and Williams began the scaling act and finally reached the kitten. Williams murmured a few kind words to it. made a sudden grab and got the kitten, but when he reached earth with it his neck was in need of repairs. A sympathetic woman took the kitten away with her, saying she would give it a good home.

Death Shadow Spreads Over Him. (From the New York World. Captain Is about to follow Polly and Do Hong, his beloved friends, who have gone before. This will be sad news to many boys and girls who know Captain as the orang-outang at the New York Zoological Gardens who can play a typewriter like a Miss Fritz, eat with a knife like a political boss, and ride a bicycle almost as well as Eddie Bald could. Polly and Do Hong, who went before, had a pretty romance that Captain saw from the beginning to the end.

In fact, though it Is not generally known. Captain was a suitor, too, but when Polly said "yes" to Do Hong, Captain, like the 'gentleman he Is, swallowed his Borrow and remained their good friend. Polly died two months ago. She, too, was an orang-outang. Do Hong died a month later.

He was a chimpanzee. What ails Captain, Dr. Reed Blair, the park veterinarian, can't tell. Possibly it Is broken heart, to which orangs are as susceptible as human beings. Possibly it is lonesome-ness for the Jungle, which is a common affliction.

Dr. Blair gives Captain two days to live. Bridgeport Via Hippodrome. From the New York Times. This, says an addendum signed with the full name of the press agent, is a true story: A tall man.

with whiskers and a black slouch bat, an umbrella and a dress-suit case, entered the lobby of the Hippodrome, stood In line before tie box-office window, and when his turn arrived planked his belongings on the floor, shoved a five-dollar bill through the window and said: "Give me a one-way ticket to Bridgeport, Conn." "Where do you think you are?" asked Mr. Van Baalte. the ticket seller. This Is the Hippodrome." "I toug11 14 wras tte Grand Central Station," responded the stranger, most crestfallen, as he stepped out of line. lie said he was John Caldwell, of La Plata.

and It was his first visit to New York. One of the ushers showed him the way to tha Grand Central. Phone Girls Suffer From "Nerves. IFrom the New York Press. Scattered through the wilderness of call? and "call-downs," the telephone girl once in a great while may find rewards for her labors.

Such was the case with a girl iu Brooklyn, who recently received a handsome wedding gift from certain politicians who had used the telephone much and who knew that she never had repeated anything she had heard on the wire. But being a telephone girl is hard on the nerves, just the same, and the tendency to gabble may be explained on the ground that the girl seeks mental relief thereby. The telegraph girl, too. A London physican says there are "telegraph nerves." and he. always has a long list of patients thus affected.

"The fear of making mistakes in catching the sounds makes many young women extremely nervous," says he, "and the monotonous tick-tack has a depressing eject oa highly strung persons. One young woman haa committed suicide from the. nerve-shattering nature of the work." IS READ BY CLERK IN CHURCH Cleric Says Wife Attacks Character, But Congregation Votes To Stand By Him. Special Dispatch' t0 the Baltlmora Sun. Cambridge, Oct.

6. Mrs. Oscar Lee Owens, wife of the pastor of the First Bap-tHt Church, this city, left her home here Tuesday for Rochester, N. where her parents reside, with the avowed Intention not to return. Mr.

Owens, who was in Salisbury at the time, knew nothing of his wife's movements until they were communicated to him by an official of his church. He returned at once to consult with the advisory board of the congregation, but no action was taken until a meeting of the members, held at the close of the service this morning. At the meeting, which Mr. Owens did not attend, the following letter from him was read by the church clerk lo the Members of the First Baptist Church Pear Brethren I come to you with a burden that tins crushed my life. The circumstances are all so sad that I cannot speak of them except with a sorrowing and bleeding heart, yet you must know, for to you is committed the welfare and Rood name of the church.

Doutbless the fact is already known to you that Mrs. Owens has left her home and has expressed her determination not to return. She left Jul I was engaged In special meetings in another city. It is needless for me to dwell on the blow that came upon me when I received the message that she had forsaken her home and husband. I returned to Cambridge immediately and was informed that Mrs.

Owens, In Justification of her action, made certain charges that reflect upon the p-character and good name of her husband. I have no desire to exploit the secrets of oar home life during nearly six years we hare been married. However unpleasant some experiences may have been, I have always felt that my home was too sacred a place for me to violate Its sanctity by publishing to the world the things that unfortunately worked against our happiness. I must say, however, that for months and even years I have, been forced to admit to myself that Mrs. Owens was not In sympathy with, my purposes and work in.

life. This dissatisfaction has seemingly grown, it becoming more pronounced as the days and years have passed. She now calls Into question my character and seeks to impugn my Integrity. In reply to these charges I have simply to say that my life and conduct are before you for your observation and investigation. Some things in my life I wish might have been different, but I speak the truth v.iin I say that her charges are false, and, moreover there is no person living who can truthfully joint to my personal character with suspicion.

-I have not the heart to dwell on these unpleasant circumstances. The welfare of the church I love demands that you shall know the facts of the case. I appreciate the love and esteem you have ever shown for me, your minister and the Lord's servant. In this case. however, I ask neither for your sympathy nor your charity for my own sake.

I plead with you to put tho welfare of the church above all other considers tion-s. I am willing to abide by your decision. For her who was my wife and for him who is my child I ask your tender consideration and prayers. Cordially yours in Christian love, Oscah Lee The congregation listened to the letter with manifestations of emotion and after some discussion adopted with a suitable" preamble the following resolutions Tfestnlr.fH. That the members of the First Baptist Church do-heartily sympathize with their pastor In his trouble.

Resolved, That this unfortunate incident shall not, so far as this congregation is concerned, sever The bonds which have united them and Mr. Owens as people and pastor, but that Mr. Owens shall continue to serve this church and that he shall have the hearty support, the sincere sympathy and the loyal co-operation of its members. And be it further resolved, That these resolutions shall be spread upon the minutes of the church and given to the press of the city and State for publication. Mr.

Owens has been pastor of the church here for two years and has been decidedly active In his labors. A year ago he succeeded in securing money to pay off a mortgage on the parsonage after a six months' campaign. Mr. Owens Is about 30 years old. lie was educated at Richmond College, Virginia, and at Rochester Theological Rochester, N.

Y.f where he met Mrs. Owens, who was Miss Louise Burke, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James A. Burke, c7 that city.

They have one child, a boy, 5 years old, who was taken to Rochester by his mother. APPEAL COURT, READY Will Open Tuesday, With Important Cases Up. Special Dispatch to the Baltimore Sun. 1 Annapolis, Oct. 6.

The judges of the Maryland Court of Appeals will assemble in Annapolis tomorrow, and on Tuesday the October term of court will begin. The complete docket contains about 80 cases. Chief Judge James McSherry, who has been ill, will again be unable to preside, and Judge. John P. Briscoe, the senior member, will act.

Another person who will be missed is Mr. R. Vinton Clayton, of Annapolis, ctMef deputy clerk, who also has been ill, The first 12 cases up concern the water rights on the Susquehanna river and the validity of the powers exercised under the charter of the Susquehanna Power Company. Among the Interesting cases from Baltimore is that of the Acker, Merrall and Con-dit Company, against George K. McGaw.

Another is that of the Western Maryland Tidewater Railroad Company against the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore aud the judges of the Appeal Tax Court. This appeal is from the Baltimore City Court, the railroad company appealing against the action of the Appeal Tax Court upon the assessment of property situated at Port Covington 3Iay Get Church For Factory. Special Dispatch to the Baltimore Sun. Ilagerstown, Oct. 6.

Stockholders of fae old United Brethren Church at Mont Alto are considering the sale of the property to Mendal shirtwaist manufacturers, of Baltimore, who wish to establish a branch factory at Mont Alto. Youthful Groom Arrested. Special Dispatch to the Baltimore Sun. Cumberland, Oct. 6.

Luke McKit-trick, and Marie Sant, of Union town, eloped to Cumberland last Wednesday and were married. Yesterday McKlttrick was arrested upon his lather's charge of incorrigibility. The father says the. boy Is only 15 years old. MARYLAND OBITUARY WILLIAM SHEARER.

Special Dispatch to the Baltimore Sun. Cambridge, Oct. 6. William Shearer, 78 years old, a farmer and trucker living near Hurloek, died Saturday night. He came to Dorchester from Ohio about 16 vears ago.

A widow and one daughter, ktiss Myra Shearer, who is teaching In Delaware, survive. MRS. IDITH T. HOOPER. Special Dispatch to the Baltimore Sun.

Belair, Oct. 6. Mrs. Judith T. Hopper, wife, of Mr.

Joseph T. Hooper, died at her home, near Bynum, today. MARYLAND BRIEFS Condensed Special Dispatches From The State. The engagement of JSIr. John Somerville, of Jrjaooriing, son of Col.

Robert L. Somerville, superintendent of the George's Creek Coal and Iron Company, and Miss Nan Dobbie, daughter of Mr. and Mrs James J. Dobbie, of Lonaconing, has hven announced. The marriage will take place in November.

It is stilted that the motive power department of the Baltimore and' Ohio Railroad has completed iVan for the erection of a 60-stall engine house in the South Cumberland roundhouse. Told Fraternity Girls First. Special Dispatch to the Baltimore Sun. -Grafton. W.

Oct. 6. The engagement of Rev. E. B.

Quick, pastor of the Christian Church of Morgantown, W. and Miss Drusilla V. Johnson, assistant In the department of Greek, University of West Virginia, has been announced, and the marriage will take place late in the year. The announcement was made In a group of Alpha Pi Delta girls. Miss Johnson's sorority sisters, at the home of Miss Mabel Weaver.

Miss Johnson has tendered her resignation as tutor at the uni-vsity. Church Auditorium Dedicated. I Special Dispatch to the Baltimore Sun. Petersburg, Oct. The auditorium of Washington Street Methodist Episcopal Church, this city, to which improvements have been made at a cost of $20,000, was dedicated today.

Rev. Dr. I. C. Kllgo, Durham N.

preached. Both Parties In Frederick County To Confer On Purging Politics Of Taint. Special Dispatch to the Baltimore Sun. Frederick, Oct. 6.

As a result of letters exchanged between Dr. Charles W. Conley, chalrnan of the Frederick County Democratic Committee, and Mr. George R. Dennis, chairman of the Republican committee, an agreement will be made this week between representatives of the two parties which will eliminate from the coming election bribery or the use of liquor, either at the polls on election day or prior to the election, so far as both parties are concerned, in Frederick connty.

The agreement will likely be drawn up by a committee of three from each county, whose signatures will bind the party. The move, which originated with Dr. Conley, is popular In this city and county and has already been Indorsed by leading politicians on both sides. DJ-. Conley will leave tomorrow on a business trip to Baltimore and New York.

He expects to return on Thursday, when he will personally call on Mr. Dennis and confer In regard to the appointment of a committee to draw tip the agreement. In outlining what he considers should be embodied in the agreement, Dr. Conley said: "I am glad that on behalf of the Republicans has decided to take up the matter with me In waging a clean campaign. For some years past I have seen the evil of votebuylng and use of whisky on election day, and I believe I voice the sentiment of the majority of men In both parties when I say it Is high time to take concerted action against It.

I appreciate that there are legitimate expenses to be met In every campaign. Everyone understands that it takes money to conduct registrations and to get out the vote on election day, but when it comes to paying out money to voters who hang around the polls and deliberately sell their franchise to the highest bidder I think both parties might as well act together in putting a stop to such a deplorable practice. "I am in favor of abolishing the use of liquor at the polling places. There is a law against this practice, but for some reason it is not enforced. I think every candidate should be pledged not to buy liquor at saloons prior to the election for distribution to anyone who might come along and ask for it.

This practice is in cogue, as is well known, and it should be stopped. "What I mean by legitimate expenses Includes bringing home absent voters on registration as well as on election day. If it should happen that a man is engaged In work out of the city or away-from the voting place who cannot afford to lose the time that it takes to come to vote I think It entirely legitimate to compensate him for the loss he Is put to In furthering the principles of his party. To ask a man to lose time from his work who cannot afford It is doing the man an injustice as well as his family. "What I am especially anxious to get away from Is the man who vacillates between the two parties and looks for the highest price.

When this is accomplished and the use of liquor eliminated fair elections will be held and the best men win." Dr. Conley further said that he Is not aware of what Mr. Dennis desires to have embodied in the agreement. He thinks there will be no difficulty in reaching an agreement that will be approved of by the public at large. The letters In The Son signed by both chairmen have attracted much attention in political circles as well as private life.

Chairman Dennis is equally outspoken as Dr. Conley, both of whom denounce 'bribery as an improper use of campaign funds. OPPOSITION TO MARTIN Election Of Barr's Successor At Jamestown Criticised. Special' Dispatch to the Baltimore Sun. Norfolk, Oct.

6. Never has such a storm of criticism been directed at the management of the Jamestown Exposition as Is now being heaped on the heads of the directors for the election yesterday of Alvah H. Martin as director-general of the fair, in opposition to the wishes of the national Government, to which the Exposition owes $900,000. A committee composed of President Tucker, Secretary Shepperd, Treasurer Beaman, Director-General Martin and Geo. A.

Schmelz, a banker of Richmond, has been appointed for the avowed purpose of patching up matters with the Government, but this committee is still here, and it was declared by Secretary Shepperd that it was undecided as to when it would go to Washington. At the time that James M. Barr was made director-general C. Brooks Johnston (chairman) and others of the defunct board of governors sounded the Treasury Department on the election of Martin to the place. Mr.

Cortelyou would not agree to it, and practically dictated the naming of Barr. There were those In the meeting who knew of this when they voted for Martin. Soon after the meeting of the directors had been called to order the following telegram was read Jamestown Exposition Company, Norfolk, Virginia: After careful consideration the Secretary of the Treasury feels both the interests of the Exposition and the Government require the continuance of Mr. Barr as director-general, under the terms of the understanding had between the Exposition authorities and Mr. Barr when he accepted that position.

The Secretary believes that with so short a time remaining a change of director-general now would but result in great damage to all interests concerned and that every effort should be made to maintain good feeling and co-operation. Please convey this information without delay to the board of directors. J. H. Edwards, Acting Secretary of the Treasury.

Mr. Edwards arrived here last night, but refused to discuss in any way the election of Mr. Martin. Harry St. George Tucker, president of the Exposition, it ia asserted, favored the election of Martin.

It has also been said that he will have Martin's support in his coming campaign for Governor. Martin is the Republican and Fusion leader of Norfolk county and Is Influential even beyond its borders. It is said he exerted a powerful influence in the nomination of Swanson for Governor. When the vote for director-general was cast Martin received 28 and T. S.

South-gate 16, the 42 directors voting out of total of 105 being composed largely of those of Norfolk county and Portsmouth city. A legislative investigation of the Exposition when it closes is a foregone conclusion. Governor Swanson known to favor it, and there are others who are ready to force it. BEHIND IN AERONAUTICS Major Hersey Says Europe Is Beating The United States. New York, Oct.

6. That, the Government and people of the United States are lagging far behind the European countries in the matter of aerial navigation is the opinion of Major Henry B. Hersey, chief inspector of the Government meteorological service, or Weather Bureau as it is more commonly known, who returned to New York last Saturday after a year In Spitzbergen, where he has been assisting Walter Wrellman in his effort, to start for the North Pole with an airship. Major Hersey left today for Washington to seek the consent of the Government to take part in the International aeronautic cup race from St. Louis October 21.

"AI1 the European powers either have strong fleets of war balloons or are pre paring to build them," he said today, "and we certainly can't afford to neglect the matter much longer. "France and Germany are both putting into service strong fleets of balloons, and now I notice that England comes to the front with one of the best-equipped dirigibles yet built. When it is demonstrated that this balloon can circle about over London and frighten the people as it did last Saturday, there ought not to be much doubt about what It could do swinging around over a fleet or a fort. "From an economical point of view, every Government should have Its equipment of war balloons, just as much as it should have a navy- These balloons would cost about $75,000 each, while a battleship costs $3,000,000 or $4,000,000. In case of war a fleet of five or six good balloons would be able to save one battleship maybe half a dozen and it is easy to see what that would mean to our Government.

Suppose all the balloons were lost in the action or after they had done their work, it would be a much smaller sacrifice than losing half a dozen big ships, and as for the practicability of these air fighters there is no longer any question about it. DR. C. H. JONES INSTALLED Impressi-re Ceremonies At Lynchburg: Baptist Church.

Special Dispatch to the Baltimore Sun Lynchburg, Oct. 6. Rev. Dr. Carter Helm Jones, formerly pastor of the.

Broadway Baptist Church, Louisville, began his pastorate of the First Baptist Church of this city this morning. In the afternoon Dr. Jones was formally Installed, an Immense congregation being present. Practically all the ministers of the city were present, as were prominent Baptists from Richmond and Southwestern Virginia. Rev.

T. H. Athey, pastor of the College Hill Baptist Church, presided. Mr. William Ellyson, of Richmond, the president of the Baptist General Association of Virginia, welcomed Dr.

Jones, and Dr. George Braxton Taylor, of Holllns; Dr. J. B. Hawthorne, of Richmond, and Rev.

James Dun lop Paxton, pastor of the First Presbyterian Church, also made addresses of welcome. Dr. Jones, with his son and daughter, will live at the Arlington Hotel, pending the erection of a new parsonage. He is a native of Nelson county and a son of, Dr. J.

William Jones, of Richmond. FOUND DYING ON HIS STEPS George Tasewell Was Assaulted By Unknown Person. Special Dispatch to the Baltimore Sun. Petersburg, Oct. 6.

About 2 o'clock this morning George Tazewell, residing on Third street, was found at the front door of his hone by his wife in an unconscious condition, with his skull crushed by an unknown person. Tazewell died this afternoon. The murdered man was employed at the peanut factory of Mortimer Williams, in this city. He is survived by a widow and one child. FATHER SWOONS AT GRAVE Mother Does Xot Know Boy And Girl Were Suffocated.

Special Dispatch to the Baltimore Sun. Lynchburg, Oct. 6. Many' persons attended the funeral of little Elsie and Ernest Mundy, the children of Mr. and Mrs.

Cary P. Mundy, who were suffocated last night, when their home was destroyed by fire, the servicees being held at the River-mont Avenue Methodist Church, Rev. P. B. Hall conducting them.

The father swooned at the cemetery. The mother, who is still semihysterlcal as the result of her experience, does not know the children are dead. Her mental condition is critical and she cannot explain the tragedy occurred. She was burned on the face in her frantic efforts to rescue her children. But for the fact' that she was restrained, she would have dashed through the flames in an effort to go npstairs.

ENOCH CLAYTON DEAD United States Shipping: Commissioner Was Once Sheriff. Special Dispatch to the Baltimore Sun. Newport News, Oct. 6. Enoch Clayton, 79 years old, United States Shipping Commissioner here and one of the pioneer citizens of the city, died this morning at 4 o'clock.

Mr. Clayton was a native of Pennsylvania, but he came to this State about 30 years ago and located in Richmond. Later he came here and was Sheriff of Warwick county. He Is survived by a widow, several children and grandchildren. TO SETTLE STATES' DISPUTE Virginia Debt Case To Be Decided By Supreme Court.

Special Dispatch to the Baltimore Sun. Winchester, Oct. 6. Major Holmes Conrad, of Winchester, will act with Attorney-General Wrilllam A. Anderson as counsel before the United States Supreme Court tomorrow when the Virginia debt case is called.

Virginia has already won an important point by West Virginia's demurrer not being sustained. John G. Carlisle and Attorney-General C. W. May will represent the latter State.

Hall Murder Case Up Again. Special Dispatch to the Baltimore Sun. Lynchburg, Oct. 6. The trial of the Patrick men under Indictment for the murder of Ann Hall, an old woman of that county, last March will be resumed in the United States District Court here Monday morning.

The case of Will E. Rakes, one of the five charged, with conspiracy and murder, is to be the next taken up, and hewill htfve a separate trial. The other defendants are P. E. Rakes, George Martin and George Booth.

Grover Beamer has already been convicted of second degree murder and sentenced to six years in the Federal prison. New Rector Takes Charge, Special Dispatch to the Baltimore Sun. Lynchburg, Oct. 6. Rev.

Edwin R. Carter, the new rector of Grace Memorial Episcopal Church, entered upon his new w-ork this morning, preaching at the morning service to a congregation that filled the large church. Mr. Carter Is a grandson of the late Col. Robert E.

Withers, of Wytheville. He succeeds Dr. John J. Lloyd, who resigned last summer to take charge of mission work In Southwestern Virginia. Prosperous Farmer Special.

Dispatch to the Baltimore Sun. Winchester, Oct. 6. The disappearance of Myron Wreeks, a prosperous farmer, who recently moved from Strasburg to Saumsvllle, Shenandoah county, is enshrouded in much 'mystery. He went to Woodstock recently and had with him a large sum of money.

VIRGINIA OBITUARY HANNIBAL PARKER. Special Dispatch to the Baltimore Sun. Grafton, W. Oct. 6.

Hannibal Parker, 73 years ojd. a native of Hampshire county, is dead at Mill Creek. He had been living in the West, but a few years ago returned home and made his residence with his brother, John W. Parker. Other brothers surviving are Daniel T.

Parker, of Petersburg, W. and Isaiah Parker, of Fort Scott, Kan. DR. H. I.

ROBERTS. Special Dispatch to the Baltimore Sun. Grafton, W. Oct. 6.

Dr. H. I. Roberts, 56 years old, one of the best-known physicians of Brooke county, W. is dead at Wellsburg? from Bright's disease.

He is survived by a widow and the following children Mrs. J. Harvey, Washington Messrs. W. J.

J. and Dr. A. Roberts, of Wellsburg. VIRGINIA BRIEFS News Gathered From Every Section Of The Old Dominion.

The directors of the Eastern Shore of Virginia Produce Exchange have declared a dividend of 10. per for the current year. Indications are that the business of the year will exceed $2,000,000, The vestry of the Onancock Episcopal Church has extended a call to Rev. J. C.

Cornick, of West-over, Va. The application for a new trial of Samuel I. Barton and others, recently convicted of murder and rioting, will be heard before Judge Blackstone, at Hampton, next Wednesday. Dirt. Mrs.

Avenoo You saylie detests his wife cordially? Mrs. De Scussit Tes, he hates the very ground she sued for divorce on. Puck. thickening and lengthening In its growtbfJ requiring more of tne food of maintenance. Her system needs more and richer food, and If her production is to be maintained at a maximum it must be furnished.

This month tells most severely on the older cow that has passed through a season of heavy milking and if her usefulness Is to be preserved he should be under the careful eye of her owner, and every facility given her to keep herself In full vigor. The cows that have been resting for a winter's work should be looked over with great care, and by liberal feeding and good housing should be enabled to carry their calves to a "vigorous birth, and at the same time to keep enough vitality to themselves to bring them into their working season in prime condition. The calves and young things that are to soon compose the working herd must not be overlooked. Exposure to cold or wet this month means a serious reduction of vitality and a shrinkage in growth that is liable to dwarf their production as full grown animals. No one should make the mistake of allowing them to remain In pasture or to depend on pasture for their food at this time.

The temptation may be great, as they are not needed at the barn for milking work is pressing and food for winter none too plentiful but better drop a part of the work and sell a few of the young animals, if necessary, than to condemn them-all to a period of cold and semi-starvation. The change from succulent to dry food should be made gradually; some of the best and most palatable must be fed every day. Do not think animals will not eat the coarser foods if allowed to have some of the better. This is a great mistake. For many years at The Pines a feed of our coarser foods has been given every day, and it Is always eaten with a relish as a variety.

Feed the best you have in the morning; of the poorest at night. The animals then have more time, and as a rule will eat it more readily than in the morning. October Is a good month in which to establish rules for winter feeding. Make these rules conform to your own convenience as far as possible, but see to it that too great a period does not elapse between feeds, that there Is an abundance and a variety each day, and that the rules, once formed, are rigidly adhered to. Timely Hints About Handling: Fruit S.

H. Fulton, United States Department of Agriculture. The Importance of handling fruit quickly is coming to be better realized. When a fruit is taken from the tree, or plant, its life processes are accelerated, and If it is to be shipped a considerable distance or Is dsigned for hfclding in cold storage, it should be handled with the least delay possible. Here, again, in the matter of quick handling, cold storage has been an important educating, factor.

Apples delayed in transit or at the orchard break down much more quickly In storage, and In the case of bad scalding varieties, scald much worse than when stored Immediately after picking. Grimes Golden apples from West Virginia, picked September. 16, and deplayed in shipment until October 1, developed S7 per cent, scald and 10 per cent, decay by February 2, while the same variety, stored without delay, kept in perfect condition. Delaware-grown Kieffer pears, delayed 10 days before being shipped to cold storage, continued to ripen and soften in storage and were Injured at least 50 per cent, in commercial value by the delay. The effect of delay upon small fruits is very much greater.

In the case of fruit designed for cold storage, a delay of 12 hours In hot weather will shorten the period of keeping by several days, while a delay of 24 hours may give time for the mold to appear, and the fruit be rendered entirely worthless for storage purposes. With small fruits particularly, the effect of delay is so disastrous that any agency which facilitates the quick and safe handling of the crop should be welcomed by the small-fruit grower. The package Is a very important factor in the handling as well as In the marketing of the crop. Types of packages have been evolved which conform to the nature of the fruit for which they are designed. Berries are packed in small boxes, or baskets, in which the weight is so small that the delicate texture of the fruit Is not in jured, while large, firm fruits, like the apple and pear, adapt tnemseives to large packages, such as boxes and barrels designed for such usage.

For such fruits, the barrel is too large a package, retaining the heat and causing the fruit to ripen unduly before it can be cooled down. If the storage period is to be short, an open package for such fruits may be -of additional value, though not neces--sary If the package Is small. For berries, a closed package Is best, provided the fruit is dry and cool at picking time. To Get Fish Over Dam. Special Dispatch to the Baltimore Sun.

York, Oct. 6. J. W. Young, of Wall street.

New York city, assistant to C. T. Hutchinson, chief engineer of the lie-Call's Ferry Power Company, has prepared plans by which he expects to get fish up over the enormous dam at McCall's Ferry. The fishways will be along the York county side of the river, and the old tidewater canal is to be utilized to get fish, up the river ana arouua lai uam, A.