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Evening journal., 1910-05-12
Financial and Commercial

C.. I. Hudson & Co.. say:-"There is
much uncertainty as to developments in
this country during the next two months
enough to induce caution i'm trading in
stocks although we have received intima-
tions that stocks will be carried some-
what higher by degrees. The purpose
Is obvious-to distribute the holdings Of
prominent people"
L. ID. Lacked X Co., says:-"There was
further liquidation I'm the New York stock
market this morning and at noon prices
were practically at the lowest for the
first session. Financial interests are ad-
vising their friends to purchase stocks
on this recession, predicting higher prices
next week The declaration Of the regular
dividends OF Southern Pacific. Union ra-
cnc and increase from 4 per cent. to 8
per cent. on Brooklyn Rlsid Transit
seems to be discounted. but on the re-
cession some good buying is noticeable.
The Philadelphia market is dull. Phila-
delpha Rapid Transit is slightly below
yesterdays closing. while Tonopah and
Belmont are i'm better demand
Evening journal., 1910-05-12
NEW YORK STOCK MARKETS.

BY United Press Leased Special Wire.
NEW YORK, May 12.-Pennsylvania
was unusually prominent at the opening
of the stock market to-day and opened
up one point higher. The rest Of the
list generally started at fractional de-
cIines but at the end of fifteen minutes a
strong tone developed, prices going above
Yesterdays close.
II o'clock-Nearly all the speculative
interest i'm the market during the morning
centcred i'm Pennsylvania which continued
strong. Trading in the resa of the list
was small
Governments unchanged other bonds
firm.
Noon-Price movements I'm the general
list were generally at lower figures IN
the last half of the forenoon. In tn early
ging.
Evening journal., 1910-05-12
FOUR DYING AS RESULT
OF A GAS EXPLOSION

Dy United Press Leased Special WIRE
BUFFALO. n. Y. May 12-Four per-
sons are dying and four seriously in
jured as the result OF a gas stove eN-
plosion and fire to-day in the home
Of William Moran, a moulder Moran
and three of his daughters were mort
ally wounded and his wife. mother and
two children painfully injured.
Moran carried three of his family to
safety before he succumbed.
Evening journal., 1910-05-12
SEAFORD EPISCOPALIANS
WANT A PARISH HOUSE

Special 70 TIE ENbNINU JUUNNAI'
sEAFORD. Del. May l2-With over
three hundred dollars In the treasury to
build parish hall in connection with
tho ST. I.ules Protestant Episcopal Church
here. members OF the choir Of the church
are working to raise the balance and plan
10 start work on tho building immedi-
ately. The money in hand was nearly all
cleared by a country fair and now the
workers are rehearsing for play entitled
''The Matrimonial Exchange" which theS
viii lpresent for the benefit OF the building
funds. The site where the building is e
~o~-creoied is located near tho church and
was given the choir by the church Of
nciais.
Evening journal., 1910-05-12
STAND UNTIL
COURT OPENS

Under a rule OF tho New Castle County
Court hereafter all persons I'm the Court
room are to remain standing until after
tho crier has opened the court. This an
nounccment was made by Judge Conrad
when the judges entered the court room
this morning.
Tho case OF Antonio Di Nardi VS. The
standard Limo and stone Company was
continued until the November tcrm
Under a peremtory rule the case OF
Francis Mccartney vs.. the Peoples Rail.
way Company went over until the Novem'
ber term OF court
Evening journal., 1910-05-12
UNCLE SANS MEN
co TO TIE PEN

Three men, two OF whom were soldiers,
discharged from Fortress Monroe. were
committed to the workhouse yesterday for
ten days by Magistrate Pyle on the charge
Of riding on the Pennsylvania railroad
without paying their fares. The men were
Homre Am, Albert Larson and Albert
Koch They were found in a loaded mer-
chandise car attached TO the Delaware
road passenger train due here after 4
o'clock yesterday morning.
Evening journal., 1910-05-12
SMALLPOX SCARE
HITS MILLNlILE. N J.

MlLLVILLE, n. j.. May 12.-Charles
Brown, aged twenty years, a resident
of Newcombtown, a suburb of this
place, and an employe In a glass works
here, was found to be suffering from
smallpox. after having been III for the
past week. Every precaution has been
taken to prevent the spread of the dis
ease.
Evening journal., 1910-05-12
CONFER ABOUT NEW
IEWES CHItpCH

The Rev w r. Mowbray, pastor of
the Methodist Episcopal Church at
Lewes was a Wilmington visitor today
and conferred with Leon W. Crawford,
architect, who prepared plans for the
new church TO be erected by Lewes
Methodists. The contract has been
awarded and work. on the edince will
begin soon.
Evening journal., 1910-05-12
EeltonIs commeneement.

Srecial 10 THE EVENING JOURNAL.
FELTON,. Del, May l2.-rhe FELTON,
llish School. which usually holds one OF
the most elaborate open air commence
ments in the State, has changed the date
foi the closing exercises this year. The
exercises win be held on Tuesday. May 81,
Instead OF on June 2.
Evening journal., 1910-05-12
Panks Finht Postnonsd.

SAN FRANCISCO. Cal, May 12.-
The Billy papke-Joo Thomas fight has
been postponed for q week following
the action of District Attorney Bullock
OF San Mateo county who ruled that
the supervisors had no right to grant
a fight permit within the unlncorporat-
ed town Of Coma
Evening journal., 1910-05-12
TAFT TO SPEAK AT
WATERWAYS CONVENTION

WASHINGTON, May 12.-Presldent
Taft today accepted an invitation TO
visit the Atlantic Deeper Waterways
Providence, r. l., in September The
President according to todays plans
will motor from Beverly to Providence
on September 2, spend a few hours in
Providence and motor back
Evening journal., 1910-05-12
Killed by Baseball Excitement.

PHILADELPHIA. May 12-Too
much excitement at a baseball game
cost Michael McDonough Sergeant
Of Marines at the Philadelphia Navy
Yard, his life McDonough was stricl5-
en- with apopleXy at the Philadelphia
Cleveland game at Shibe Park yeSter-
day and died today in the Naval Hos
pital
Evening journal., 1910-05-12
Body Not Rnoounred.

There Is yet no trace of the body OF
the colored man who is believed to
have been drowned in the Chrstiana
river while trying to make his escape
from policemen on Tuesday morning
Evening journal., 1910-05-12
Returned From Waehinoton,

The members of the local Polish So
cieties who participated in the un-
yelling exercises and patriotic celebra-
tion at Washington ID. c., yesterday,
returne dhome last night About one
hundred were in the party and they
made the trip in a special train.
Evening journal., 1910-05-12
Law VoIume Not Readv.

Part I, vol /, first Boyce, Delaware
State Reports, including cases up to
February term viii not be ready for
binding at this term of court An un-
boun dcopy can be seen by the mem-
bers of the bar at the Office OF the
court stenographer.
Evening journal., 1910-05-12
Plonasrs to Present Faree.

The farce NOW We Are Al It. viii
be presented this evening by the Mask
and Wig Club OF the Benevolent Pic
aeer Literary Association in the rooms
OF the association.
Evening journal., 1910-05-12

Funeral Today Of Winfield n. Smith
The funeral OF winfield IL. Smith
took place from his late home No. 1875
West Seventeenth stert this afternoon
with interment in Riverview cemetery
Mr.. Smith was a printer.
Evening journal., 1910-05-12
Sent Over a Note.

Before Magistrate Gluckman today
Franklin A Murphy sued George Roth
well for $112.25 being the amount al
legged to be due on endorsed notes for
Spencer Foulke. Judgment was given
in favor of the plaintiff.
Evening journal., 1910-05-12
Juniors 10 Have Festival.

Arrangements have been completed
for strawberry festival TO be given
for the benefit Of the Jr. o. L.. A. NJ,
home on the evenings of May 10, 20 and
21
Evening journal., 1910-05-12
Mr.. JoIla in conneotieut.

Register in Chancery Joseph c. Jolls
Is visiting friends in New Haven
Conn.
Evening journal., 1910-05-12

In the number OF its mineralspecies
North Carolina is said TO exceed any
other in the Union.
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4, LOcomoH 4ox Northern PacTAr
ANAL. Copper 6oH Norf. & WestIo2H
am. smelting 7S4 No. Central I3o
Am. sugar CO i731z Peoples Gas -oSK
Atch. T. & sr36K Pennsylvania rs,X
Asphalt Com. 3IH Phils r. T. 70
Balto. & ohlIio Phils. Co. e. ASY
brooklyn r. T soH Phila. Electric sX
GenI Leather Az Reading -. .Iso%
Ches. & Ohio S6N Rock Island sAk
cambria steel 46% st. Paul .....al5H
penver & r. G 4o5z Sou. Pccihc i26H
Erie Common 7ok Sou. Ry Co. 26M
Erie 1st f'fd 81. AK Tonopah Min. 81
Elec of Amer if% United Gas I'm SsX
Louisville = fI46H Union Pacific 1919
Lehigh Nav. o4H U. s. st. Con say
Leh. Valley max U. st. Pr IGs
Missouri Pac 70 Wabash Pr =. Ass{
No Kan & T 4rM West. Union 6s4
N. Y .centralI 7oB
Reported daily by =. D. Laekey &
Co., bankers and brokers', members
Philadelphia Stock Exchange, s4s Mar
ket st.
WHEAT CORN. OATS.
Dec. May Dec May. Dec May
1O55s 1885 elk 6sb 42z 4O7.
Evening journal., 1910-05-12
Joe Bailey for Prohibition.

GALVESTON, May 12.-senator Joe
Bailey has announced that he will
take stump in the campaign here for
Statewide prohibition.
Evening journal., 1910-05-12

e.t5 .. m. quotations from 2. D
Laekey g. Co., Bankers and Brokers,
members philadelphia Stock Exchange,
sas Market street, Wilmington, Del.
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DEATHS
Elsie n. Jordan.
Lewis J. Sharp.
Wilhelmina CahalI.
James F. Burns.
J. J. MoGlinchey.
Charles Names.
NH-AsII CIsL

Matilda Schteber.
McGLINCHEY-In this citv. on Nav -
1910 j. j. McGlinchey.
Due notice of funeral will he given.
MANNES-In this city. on May 18th, 1910.
charles Names aged 20 years.
SCHIEBER-In this city. on Nav IL 1910
Matilda, widow Of Jacob Schieber aged
IS years
Relatives and friends of the family. are
respectfully invited to attend the fun sraI
from her late residence, No. 421 Orange
street, on Sunday afternoon. May Is, 1910
at 3 o'clock. lnterment at Riverview
Cemetery.
lJORDAN-In this city, on May 10th. 1910.
Elsie H., wife Of David w. Jordan. and
daughter Of William j. and the late ella
J.. Brown, aged % years.
Relatives and friends of the family arc
invited to attend the funeral services
from the residence of her aunt, Elizabeth
]. Banner. No. $40 Jackson street. on FRI
lInterment at Riverview Cemetery
Newark papers please copy.
SHARP-In this city, on May nth, 1910
Lewis James Sharp, aged 30 years.
Relatives. friends, members of Crusad-
ers Castle. No. 8. X. of @. T., and Beta
Tent No ]. Knights of Maccabees, are
invited to attend the funeral services at
/ the residence of his brother William
sharp. No 1922 West Tenth street, on
| Friday afternoon. May 18th, at 3 O'clock
Interment at Mt Salem Cemetery.
CAHAIL-In this city, on May 10. 1910,
Wilhelmina. wife OF William James Ca
hall. in her 61st year.
Relatives and friends of the family are
invited TO attend the funeral services at
her late residence. No. 1904 Pennsylvania
avenue. on Friday afternoon, May 18th.
/ at . o'clock. Interment at SilverbroolS
Cemetery.
! BTRNs-In this city on May 10th 1910,
| James f. Burns. aged 81 years.
! Relatives, friends. members OF the
/ Weccacoe Fire Company, members Of tho
! Machinists' Union. and employees of the
I Harlan and IIollingsworth Corporation,
are invited to attend the funeral from
his late residence, No. SIG Monroe street.
on Friday morning, at o'clock. Re
ouiem mass at Sacred Heart Church. In
terment at Cathedral Cemetery.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-05-18
SEEING MANY FRIENDS.
But Colonel Roosevelt Is Not Accept
ing Dinner Invitations

London. May 1s--Mr- Roosevelt IS
seeing many personal friends ar Dor
chester house. the home Of Ambassador
Reid but is going out very little and Is
accepting no dinner Invitations On
Friday he VIII be present at the fun
eraI Of King Edward in his capacity as
4 special ambassador Of the Unitad
States
The appointment of Henry White,
France. as the diplomatic delegate from
the United States to the royal obsequfes
Is regarded at court as a thoughtful act
by President Taft, because Mr.. White
had long known King Edward Mr.
White was appointed second secretary
OF the American legation In London in
1854 and was promoted to secretary two
years later Subsequently he was re-
called by President Cleveland but re-
turned as secretary OF the embassy IN
1887. continuing in that office until 1905.
when he was appointed ambassador TO
Italy
Mr.. Roosevelt began the day with Z
long talk with his old friend Seth
Bullock. deputy United States marsha
in South Dakota Mr. Bullock had
luncheon with Secretary Phillips Of the
American embassy
During the forenoon Mr. Roosevelt
was received in audience by King
Frederick Of Denmark Mr.. White was
received at the same time by his ma
ieSty
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-05-18
IN TAIL OF COMET
Earth Is Being EnTelOped at
This Time.
Observations Early This Morn
ing Interesting.
FEAR IN SOME CITIES.
Foreign Districts at Chicago
Scene OF Excitement.
Greatest BriIIiance May Be Ex-
pected Friday Night.

Chicago. May Is.-A splendid view
OF the tail of the comet was enjoyed
here from 70 $50 o'clock this morn
ing
The comets head was not above
the horizon until just before the sun
rose. but the tail presented an exceed
iugIy bright picture declared Prot
E Barnard Of the Yerkes observa-
tory
five 70 six degrees while its length was
1OI degrees It was brighter than any
portion of the milky way II was
slightly convex at the north and slight
Iy more brilliant at the middle The
edges were well defined and through
out there were no coudeusat1ons or
other irregularities
Although the tail looked longer
ov-inE 10 the fact that it is nearer, it
is much shorter than it was last sun
day-Iess than 20 million miles, but
probably more than Is million Il
viii be about one million miles VIDE
where We break through it.
There is now a curve that l De
Eave has not been seen before II IS
out Of our plane Of vision and there
fore We can not tell much about IL It
Il not grEat enough 10 SWING lle laIl
away from US
Prof. D. J. McHugh described the
tail as sha ped like a megaphOue made
OF gas with a void in the center
We will pass first through one
wall said ne then through the void.
and then through the other wall
While this is happening 1 looA Tor a
faint light in the sky
To View IL From a Balloon
ST Louis. No. May 1s.--The most
7 expect in the way Of positive results
from my balloon trip tonight said
Prof. g. o. James. OF Washington uni
versity. lis a faint aUroral display IN
the sky or a hay Illumination spread
over the heavens
Prot James viii be the guest o.
the Aero club Of St Louis on the as
ceusfou and John Berry will pilot the
AerUstsr which is scheduled to leave
the Aero club grounds at dusk
The equipment in the balloon will
consist 0f an aueroid barometer, a
Thermometer and the finder of tele-
scope Enough ballast for remaining
up all night II necessary viii be car
RED. but it is planned to make q land
Tuz about midnight.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-05-18
CHEAPER MEAT.
Reduction of One-Half Cent Made in
Dressed Beef Cuts

Chicago. May 1s.-A reduction of
one-haIf cent a pound was made in
the price of the better grades Of
dressed beef cuts yesterday, while
cheaper grades remained the same
Packers said that since the public
has awakened to the fact that beef
plates, chucks. and rounds are as
nutritious as beef Ioins and ribs. even
though their cost is much lower, the
demand for the cheap cuts has
doubled Consequently. they say, they
were compelled to reduce the cost of
ribs and l0ins in order to equaIize the
demand for the inexpensive parts
This latest reduction brought No
ribs TO 141z and No. 1 Ioius TO IS
cents q pound. as compared with II I.
and % cents in January
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-05-18
MILES OF PEOPLE.
Line Up Six and Eight Abreast
in Street.
Awaiting q Chance to View Body
Of King Edward.
In RAIN ALL NIGHT.
Thousands Remained Until
Westminster Hall Opened.
Procession Passes at Rate of
5000 an Hour.

London. hay 1s.-The greatest
crowd ever formed in line in this city
waited patiently under oppressive at
rnosPheric conditions today to nav q
tribute to the memory Of king Ed
ward. whose body lies in state at West
minister hall
The queue. six and eight abreast.
extended nearly seven miles from the
entrance to the hall through the ad-
Jaeent streets. at 4 o'clock this after
ened
The sun shone bright after =
night OF rain and with little air stir
ring the heat was excessive
Many persons. men as well as wo-
men tainted from exhaustion. and
ambulance attendants were busy all
along the stream of humanity
The doors of the hall were opened
at 8 o clock Many thousands were al
ready in line and by noon the total
number who had passed the bier in
Guiding those who secured entrance
yesterday had exceeded 100000. Some
5000 moved silently through the hall
every hour, but the waiting lines grew
rapidly.
The police with some tact and much
patience maintained order and kept the
thousands moving steadily. The mourn
ers entered at one end Of the hall.
double rows passing on either side OF
tLA6 c1l1LdIQU2 ana emerging at the O1-
posite end of the building When the
doors were closed at 10 o'clock last
night between $1,000 and 90 900 persons
lad viewed the caSket while perhapS
half that number were still waiting in
the adjacent streets. At IL o'clock n
new queue was formed and midnight
found the waiting throng swollen by
many thousands These kept a night
long vigil with a purpose of paying
tribute to Tne dead monarch that would
rot be abandoned despite a heavy fall
of rain that made them most uncou1-
Portable The queue extended for I
mile or more and was made up OF men,
women and children or many classes
It was 4 strangely cosmopolitan
crowd Every land and every -oIor was
I represented. There was no class dis
4 fiction The Iaborer in corduroys
touched elbows with the frock coated
west ender.
l In today's files women appeared to
predominate- BY noon the total OF
those who had paid their respects had
passed the hundred thousand mark
The arrival of q score of royal per
sonages with their suites TODAY made
the west end the scene Of unusual ami
nation
Buckingham palace. where most Of
the members of royalty are staying:
Marlborough house. still the resideuce
[ of King George and Queen Mary and
other royal homes opened their doors
again and again throughout the day as
calls of courtesy were exchanged. Mr.
Roosevelt was among the callers at
Marlborough house.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-05-18
SEVEN BOILERS BLOW UP
More Than Score of Workmen Kill
ed and Fifty Injured

Canton. O., May 1s--With roar
that was heard three miles away. a
battery of seven boilers at the plant of
the American Sheet & Tin Plate COM
uauy exploded. killing from 20 to 80
men and fuiuring about so. Among
the injured are a half dozen who can
not recover
The explosions force was terrific
The big plant Is q total loss A mere
ezzsheII of the building is left Identi-
ficatiou Of the men was difficult be-
cause many Of them were mutiIated-
Heads were blown from several bodies,
arms and legs were torn from the
trunks Fragments of bodies were
of human flesh have been picked up
on uorches and roofs of houses and in
trees
There were one hundred men at
work in the plant at the time Of the
accident Not more than a dozen or
so escaped some injury These and
others who rushed TO the plant as soon
as the disaster was known worked
hercfcaIIy to rescue the injured from
the ruins which soon took fire
The body Of one man unknown.
was blown through q house zoo feet
from the plant The body entered the
house from the east side and con-
tiuued in straight line through a
bedroom and out the west side The
torso OF another man was found in q
garden 500 feet away
The plant had five mills All the
employees working at mills I. 2 and
4 were either killed or injured while
the men in mill No. 5, farthest away
from the boilers escaped serious in
fury.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-05-18
WILL USE INVENT YBALLoONs-
Uncle sam TO DO His Best to Find Out
Something

Omaha May 1S--If 1t is possible TO
accomplish the feat Uncle Sam IS going
10 discover and determine the cOmpo-
sftfou of the tail Of the Haley comet
And he Is going 70 do IT at the Fo-t
Omaha balloon station near here the
only place in the United States where
experimeuts Of the kind will be con-
Quoted
The work viii be in charge OF W r
a1regg and c s Wood. meteorological
t@-1erts. Who have arrived from Wash
iuztou and who will be assisted Uy
1oegf offTcers Of the Fort Omaha sta
ton Balloons viii be used for the
purpose OF ascertaiuing the specific
era witty. if there is any in the comets
tail and they will also be used IN de-
terrifying what kind Of gases, If any,
the CELESTIAL visitor is dragging along
in It's wake
Nav IS. 1s and 20 are designated by
Professor Gregg as comet days, these
days covering a period Of time when
the tai Of the HALEY comet VIII De
sweepfug the earth During these three
dsvs the professor and his assistants
will be busy men prying into the comet
and its tail Each day 20 hydrogen bal
looms viii be sent up. with flock 9f
extra ones ascending each morIng and
evening It is hoped TO initiate the bal
looms so that some Of them may reach
4 height Of Is miles. and possibly 20
miles
Bv so doing the professor believes ne
will be able to touch the tail OF the
comet at numerous places and thus
learn Of its consistency
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-05-18
MILITARY SCANDAL.
Colonel Ames Imprisoned to Await
Court Martial

Manila May 1S--Upon instructions
from Washington. Lieutenant Colonel
Robert Ames was today confined TO
quarters and will be court mArtiaIed
on charges of conduct uubecoming an
officer and to prejudice Of military
discipline
The action Is a sequel to the inves-
ugatIon Of the circumstances which
led Clarence NJ Janney of the Twelfth
infantry, Z. g A, to take his life fol-
lowing a dinner party at the home of
Ames at Fl William Mckinley. The
suicides wife remains at the fort and
probably will be the chief witness at
the court martial
\ Filipino coroner and an army
board of inquiry found that Janney
committed suicide and so reported to
Major General William H Carter,
commanding the department. of Lu-
zon- After examining the findings the
general returned them TO the board
with Instructions that It obtain addi-
tfonal testimony covering certain fea-
lures. No further developments were
made public until the receipt of the
Instructions from Washington today
Jauney's death occurred on the
night of March u last On that even
| ing Janney and his wife attended q
dinner given by Ames- Captain VIM
| H. Jordan. ir-, also of the Twelfth in
fantry. completed the party.
According to the testimony Of the
tenant Januey and his wife quarreIed
during the evening II seems that
| Janney recognized in the home Of his
friend a champagne cooler which had
I belonged to him but which Mrs Jan
ney had given to Ames.
( Januey upbraided his wife because
[ of the gift and harsh words followed
Finally Janney demanded an apology
from his wife and this was made This
ended the quarrel according to the
testimony and the dinner was re-
/ sumed-
4 little later. however. Janey left
[ the house. returning soon with re-
voIver with which it was testified he
/ shot himself in the presence of his
wife and Colonel Ames. 1t was teStf-
fed that Janney rushed into the din
while he talked wildly Before the
others could interfere they said he
I uTared the revolver to his head ana
fred Death followed quickly.
Following the shooting Aues was
placed under arrest but preliminary
/ investigation Of the special board OF
/ inquiry having cleared him. he was re-
leased
1 The only witnesses Of the tragedy
were Col. Arnes and Mrs. Janney-
Mrs Janney testified that her hus-
band and Ames had been good friends
| The JanneyS were married IN New
York in 1908 She was Madeline Nc
Kassfck and belonged to q prominent
I family of san Francisco She nrsr
| married DR. Pedar BrugS1re- Whom
| she divorced on grounds Of failure 70
provide for her. When she married
/ Tanuav he was stationed at Governor s
| island. He went with the Twelfth
I regiment to the Philippines in July,
/ 1aGq