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They are Edna. aged IA years; Har-
ry. aged 4 years: Aldin. aged 2 years;
Viola. aged years and a cousin, TIL
lie Dresler. aged 10 years. Accord.
ing to the lieutenants, the children
have been in the habit Of making q
disturbance and then running into
their room. which they barricaded
with chairs and other articles of fur
niture. This procedure was gone
through last night. Candles are fur
nished the children and they are sup.
posed to extinguish them before re-.
firing, but it is believed that they fail.
cd to do so.
At 2 o'clock this morning Miss Tay.
lor was aroused and smelled smoke.
She traced 1t to the children's room
on the third floor. but when she tried
to enter found the door jammed. Sum
moning her assistants, she seized a
chair and started to batter down the
door. In the meantime some one
turned in an alarm. to which the en-
gine company from Tenth and Com.
merce streets responded. The five
children were found to be unconscious
and Miss Taylor says that two min
utes longer in the room would have
ended their lives.
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FIVE CHILDREN RESCUED FROM FIRE
BY OFFICERS OF VOLUNTEERS HOME

Philadelphia. May 25.-Five chill
dren, whose ages range from 2 to IA
years, were overcome by smoke in the
third floor front room of the Volun-
teers OF America home for girls, at oil
Spring street this morning, when three
women, members of the volunteers,
found 1t impossible to get into the
room to aid the little ones, because
they had barricaded their door before
retiring so as to avoid being punish
ed for making disturbances.
The door was finally broke down by
Lieutenant s. Clara Taylor. assisted by
Lieutenant Dixon and Lyttle. All the
children were found unconscious on
their cots and were carried to the
street In their night clothing and re-
vived with difficulty. For ten min
utes following the rescue the three
women, in their night attire, fought
the flames with buckets of water, in
spite of the fact that the room was
filled with smoke and extinguished
the blaze before firement arrived.
The little ones are the children of
Mr.. and Mrs. Hershelroth, formerly
of Charleroi. Pa. who came to this
city recently to take charge of the
home for girls. There are no inmates
at the institution at the present time.
A few days ago Mrs. Hershelroth was
called back to Charleroi by the illness
OF her mother. and since that time,
the lieutenants say, the people at the
homo have had trouble with her Ave
children.
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mourning is being made it was said
tf It white mourning robes are being
m ore and more worn
1t is quite as correct for a younx
person as black, and certainly is in.
finitely more in keeping with youth
even though in sorrow" one of the
women OF the establishment decia red
After all. the color used as outward
evidence Of mourning for the dead de.
pends upon the custom Of a country
or even OF city. And often the color
is emblematic of beautiful beliefs held
by those who sorrow for their dead
The Chinese wear white as emblenna-
tic Of the purified spirit of the depart.
ed and of the celestial robes in which
saints are clad. For generations pur.
Pile has heen the hue of royal and
omcial mourning. In Vienna the IN.
neral ~ondolas are red.
DEVILS Black.
Violet purple is the Turk'a
mourning color He wears 1t because
II Is the hue of the earliest fiowers
of spring. and to him symbolizes hone
on the one side and sorrow on the
other. Mohammedans select a pain
for the forty days the
Korean prescribes. The Persian.a
garb OF bereavement is brown. YeIiov
is worn as mourning by man. oriental
nations as signifying that the spirit
OF the departed has entered the 1iori-
ous yellow light Of the dawn Of eter.
nifty. In many eastern countries blacl.
Is considered the devils color.'
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ONE MILLION
TO EDUCATION
Manchester College Was One
of the Rockefeller Beneh-
ciaries for $4,000.

New York. May 25.-Nearly $1,000
900 was contributed to the cause o1
education by the general education
board. founded bv John D. Rockefel-
ler. at tbs meeting here today. OF this
sum 100000 was appropriated fol
distribution among five colleges. the
largest contribution of s250.o00 goins
teachers of Nashville. Tenn. for the
establishment of the Seaman a
Knapp school of country life The
other colleges awarded appropriations
| are:
Beloit college, Beloit. Wis. $780,
900: Coe college, Cedar Rapids. Iowa
100000.
Manchester college, st. Paul, Mimi.
$4,000.
University of Rochester. Rochester
n. Y. 100000.
1t is explained that the gifts to the
colleges mentioned are conditioned on
an equal sum being raised by the
respective institutions.
| Aside from the college appropria-
tions. the sum of $4,000 was set
aside for demonstration work in agri-
culture in the southern states. for pro-
fessors of secondary education in state
The work of negro education in the
south. The demonstration work ap-
preparation is slsS.oOo
What may be regarded as the
boards most important appropriation
was that for the establishment of the
Seaman A. Knapp school of country
life. The late DR.. Seaman A. Knapp
years of the farmers cooperative
demonstration work in the south. In
connection with this gift the follow
ing statement was issued:
The general education board rec
ognizes that the George Peabody COL
lege for teachers at Nashville. Tenn,
promises to render conspicuous and
permanent service in the promotion
OF popular education throughout tho
that the PEABODY education fund. dur
ing its long years OF service to the
south. has been largely instrumental
in bringing about the promising con-
ditions which call for just such an in
sutution as this enlarged college for
the training Of teachers. 1t further
recognizes that the affiliation of this
will greatly enhance the value of both
institutions. The board has therefore
watched with sympathetic interest the
progress of the new movement
THE general education board has
been interested in the promotion Of
practical farming in the. southern
states and in the development of an
efficient system of rural schools The
George Peabody college for teachers
proposes to train leaders for rural
schools; not for the traditional school,,
but new school which shall meet
the needs of All agricultural popula-
tion.
Prom the beginning it has been tho
purpose of the general education
board to contribute to the endowment
fund of George Peabody college for
teachers and for the specific purpose
Of supporting" the Seaman A. Knapp
school for country life. For ten years
the late DR.. Knapp was the recognized
leader Of the new agricultural life Of
the south. 1t is fitting that his name
should be associated with the George
Peabody college for teachers
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MRS. JOHN J. ASTOR WILL WEAR
WHITE AS HER MOURNING CARR

New York. May 25.-Mrs. John
Jacob Astor. who. at ~. was widowed
by the Titanic disaster. will wear
white-not black-as mourning for
her husband.
Mrs. Astor wished to wear the
deepest mourning. But Mrs. Force.
her mother. believes she Is too young
to drape herself with black cloth and
black crepe. Such funeral trappings
might depress her spirits. even affect
her health, at this the most important
time of her life. For it is a fact.
established scientifically. that prena :
tai influence Is very powerful.
So Mrs. Force has overruled her
daughters wish and has orderej
widows weeds of white for her. The
gowns are cut on the simplest lines
and. like the millinery. are being
made at a fashionable Fifth avenue
mourning clothes store.
Such dresses as are to be worn out
OF doors are OF white crepe: the widow
and lounging robes are of the finest.
lusterless silks and lousines.
Black Depressing.
The very color. black. is depress-
ing" Mrs. Force told friend recent
ly. and I do not see why a young
girl like Madeline should be wearing
black crepe at a time when. with all
her sorrow, her greatest 10Y is to come
to her. White will have a better. more
soothing effect upon her spirits, and
seems to me far more appropriate for
SO young a -trl"
At the shop where the Astor white
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Homer Eaton. G. p. Mains. E. r.
Graham ana N. c. Jennings were

Homer Eaton. G. p. Mains. e. r..
Graham ana N. G. Jennings were
those elected to their old position As
publishing agents.
During the seconding Of the nomin-
alton of DIR. Marvin '",der for mis-
sionary bishop in southeastern Asia.
DR.. Benjamin Young of Portland, Ore {.
candidates of the bishopric race, jocu-
larly declared that he favored DIR.
Marvin because he does not have
red hair nor does he smoke" Friends
of DR.. Young declare thu. story
which was circulated to the effect that
DR.. Young smoked, but which later
was denied, injured his candidacy.
The night session was given over to
the work Of the American Bible :
ciety. the Methodist brotherhood, and
the Methodist federation for social
service. Among the speakers were:
J. P. Wragg. Atlanta. Ga: S. H. Kirk
bride. Chicago; W. P. Nell. San Fran
cisco; w. l. Haven. New York: Bishop
F. d. Leete and III. F. Ward. Chicago.
Social Greed of Church.
The social creed of the church was
the burden of the report of the Meth
odist federation for social service, to
the conference last night. The report
was In the nature of an answer to
questions referred to the federation
by the general conference of 1908. one
of which was what principles and
measures of social reform are so evil
Gently righteous and christian as to
Sxa< and the specific approval and sup
Lse r.. the church"
In >Asf ~ the federation aff1rms
Episeopal e.yet. Stand stands: :"e "s'"0''S'
For equal rle c., ID complete Jus.
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Yress Demanded Free Print
Paper and Failed to
Secure it.
CHARGED THAT FIGHT WAS
STARTED BY INSURGENTS
This Statement was Challenged by
Senator Cummins Who Declared II
Was Started by President Taft VIII
Charged Insurgents with Disloyalty.

Washington, May 25.-In a speech
m the senate today in opposition to
the house steel bill Senator McCumber
Of North Dakota, a member Of the A.
nance committee attributed the un-
popularity of the Payne-Aldrich bill
and the subsequent election of demo-
cratic majority in the houses to the
split in the republican party and the
opposition Of the press because the
measure did not provide for the free
he asserted. had been the price of the
big newspapers.
1.-The American publishers associa-
tion demanded free print paper" said
Mr.. McCumber. I'VE were given to
understand that If we acceded to this
request all would be we'll. but that If
we did not we should pay the penalty.
A reduction was made In the Payne
Aldrich bill, but 1t was not sufficient
to meet the demands of the associa-
ton. An immediate assault by an
army equipped with rapid-f1re guns
followed with the result that the re-
publican party was slaughtered in
1910"
A statement by Mr.. McCumber that
the fight within the ranks Of the party
had been begun by the insurgents
was challenged by Senator Cummins of
Iowa. He placed the responsibility at
the door of President Taft. who he
said. in his "Winona speech" had
e.made the charge of disloyalty against
Republican senators voting against the
Payne Aldrich BILL
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EXPLANATION RECEIVED.

washington. May 25.-The navy de-
partment today received an eNplana-
ton of the rejection of the IS. 900
pounds of beef intended for the Prai-
rie. In substance it was that the
meat was perfectly sound but was not
frozen hard enoush to meet the re-
quirements for naval tropical cruising.
There is little or no demand for this
hard frozen beef for local use and as
ii takes some time to refrigerate the
meat sufficiently 10 meet the naval re-
quirements. there was not only
shortage in Phila delphia when this
sudden demand WAS made.
The marine expedition was not de-
laEed in any way nor will the men
suffer for fresh meat. for il is stated
at the navy department that there is
an ample supply in the cold storage
plant at Guantanamo, whittier the
Prairie is bound
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Mexican Rebels Destroy
Railroad Bridges in Their
Flight After Battle
The CUBAN REBELS RA|OEO
ANOTHER PLANTATION TODAY
Captured Large Supply Of Horses,
Provisions and Other Plunder-Gov.
ernmcnt Trops Being Rushed by
Steamer to Scene of Disturbance.

At General Hurta's Headquarters,
of the Federal Troops. Rellano. Mex
leo. May 25.-Confronted once more
by series of burned railroad bridg-
es. General Hurta set his engineers to
work today to repair them. at the
same time ordering a division of cav
airy to pursue the rebels who fed
northward after the battle here two
days ago.
Every bridge between Rellano and
Corralitos is destroyed today and the
rebels are continuing their flight to
destroying most Of the rail-
road behind them.
in two miles of Corralito, the rebel
front and General Huerto, had issued
orders for his horsemen to hurry north
to check the insurrectos engage, N
d, stroying bridges.
The federal columns is in much bet
ter condition to resume the campaign
than the defeated rebels. as the losses
to the government were small. This
was becase the artillery of the feder-
that their fire was ineffective.
General Orosco's cannons were
practically useless. The shells were
of poor manufacture and the range
of the guns was short.
More than 500 dead and wounded
rebels We're found on the battlefield
behind Rellano as the federal advance
guard under General Rabaga and
Telles pressed forward in pursuit of
the retreating insurrectos.
IL all General Orosce is estimated
to have lost nearly 5000 of his force
of 5000 rebels. Two thousand are
reported to have fled in disorder.
1--WE mean to press the campaign
vigorously" said General Huerta. to-
day. 900" r;,.cr,- has once moro
shown the power of the government.
Our men have confidence"
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PLANS FOR PEACE.

Paris. May 25.-The idea of 80
sembling congress of the European
powers in an endeavor to settle the
Turco- Italian war seems to be gather
ing force. 1t Is understood here that
Turkey is favorable to such sug-
gestion. and the Temps thinks that
while 1t Is too early to form definite
conclusions. Italy is not hostile to It.
and this would mean a solution Of the
conflict. The newspaper understands
that Italy is even ready to abandon
her previous insistence on tho decree
proclaiming the annexation Of Trip
oil.
France. 1t is believed. is ready to
Join In any neutral effort at media
tion and diplomats everywhere in En-.
rope are discussing its feasibility and
seeking a practical means for launch
Ing the proposition Of an European
congress.
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[Conttnued on Page 2.I
NAVAL BILL MET
COOL RECEPTION
Many Pet Measures Slaught-
cred by the House
Three Reforms Killed.

Washington. May 25.-A rough re-
ception was accorded the naval ap-
preparation bill when consideration of
that measure was resumed in the
house today. One after another pet
provisions of the trainers of the bill
went out on points of order. although
Representative Padgett of Tennessee,
chairman and Representative Hobson
of Alabama of the naval affairs com
mittee pleaded for gentler treatment
Three of the principal reforms
stricken out included proposed
change in the promotion and retire
ment of officers. based more largely
on sea service than at present, the
creation of council of national de-
Tense and the creation of the rank
OF admiral and vice admiral to be be-
slowed on the commanders of the At
lantic and Pacific fleets. Hobson
made strong plea for the first NAM
ed proposition.
The retired list of the navy is a
crying scandal" he said. I'VE spend
81. 100000 a year while the active
pay list is only s3,o00.o0o. We have
i49 admiral = the retired list and
only twenty-eight on active duty. out
of seventy captains and 120 com
n1anders on the active list we have
put two who have seen more than
two years of sea duty"
Abolition Of what Chairman Pad
Eett termed an admiral factory"
was sought in committee amend
ment, which WAS adopted. prescribing
that hereafter officers transferred to
the heads of bureaus in the depart
nent will resume their. regular rank
when they return to the line. Under
the present law junior officers ap-
pointed to he temporary chiefs of bu-
reaus with rank of rear admiral re-
tain the rank when they go back into
active duty or are retired.
Representative Murray Of Massa-
chusetts (democrat). precipitated a
lively discussion by seeking to amend
the bill to prevent enlisted men from
engaging in work aboard ship in port
that civilian labor could perform. The
amendment was intended to safe
guard the interests of union labor.
but 1t was defeated. II to II. Con-
sideration of the bill had not been
completed when the house adjourned.
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ONE MISSIONARY
BISHOP ELECTED
w. p. Erland Was Selected
by Methodists on Third
Ballot Today.

Minneapolis. May 25.-W. P. Eve
land. president of the church semin-
airy at Williamsport, Pa. on the third
ballot today was chosen missionary
bishop of the Methodist Episcopal
being necessary to elect.
BY vote Of 557, thirty-eight moro
than necessary to elect. the general
conference of the Methodist Episcopal
church today elected w. p. Thirkield,
president of Howard university, a
negro institution at Washington. D.
c.. the eighth and last of the bishops
or general superntendents. In ad-
W. Robinson. formerly of Harlan.
Iowa. but for twenty years a mission
ary in India. missionary bishop for
southern Asia and reelected the four
publishing agents of the church.
The election Of DR.. Thirkield came
on the twenty sixth ballot. practically
his only opponent being NJ. S. Hughes
OF Pasadena. Cal. who received 173
votes. The eight general superintend..
ents. or bishops as distinguished from
missionary bishops who have author
ity only in their own districts, elected
at the present session of the confer.
ence are: Homer c. Stuntz. New
York: +. S. Henderson. New York; w.
Q: SHEPARD, Chicago; N. Luccock.
troit. Mich: F. }. Mcconnell, Green
castle. Ind; r. J. Cooke. New York,
and w. P. Thirkield. Washington
d. G.
AS son as the election of DR.. Thir
kield was announced. the conference
turned to the election Of two mission
ary bishops. one for southern Asia
and one for southeastern Asia. which
includes the Philippine islands and
MALAYSIA. RI. Robinson was elected
over the Rev. Rockwell Clancy. 4
missionary in India. In the election Of
bishop for the southeastern Asia dis
trict. no election resulted. DR.. Emil
Luering. Frankfort on Main. Ger
mary. being high man with 199 votes.
W. p. Eveland of wil,iamsport, Pa.
second with 1913 and Harry Farmer.
illogical seminary there. 1856.
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general result OF the presidential pri-
mary in Ohio known. interest today
shifted to the outcome Of fights in the
republican and democratic parties for
control OF the state conventions. The
republican convention will be held in
Columbus Juno and 4 and the dem
ocratic in Toledo June 4 and 5.
Late returns today indicate Roose.
velt will secure 80 of the delegates TO
the national convention. and President
Iaft 10 as result OF the primary.
SIX delegates at large will be named
ny the convention and these are be-
ing claimed by both sides Numerous
county conventions will be held Satur-
Gay and vigorous fight will he made
by Taft and Roosevelt adherents.
Although the returns are insufficient
10 SHOW how many delegates to the
national convention Governor Har-
mon secured as result of the pri-
mary. 1t is believed he has 2S.
Wilson men are willing to concede
him but 25. Six delegates at large
go to Harmon automatically as the
result of Winning the direct prcferen-
tai primary. although the returns in
dicate the Harmon forces may contro!
the convention and make an effort
cation to Baltimore convention a unit
tor him. Mayor Newton Baker of
Cleveland today declared he would
lead fight against such action.
Beats Everything.
Newark. n. j.. May 23.-"1 thought
I'd had middling lively time in the
west but upon my word New Jersey
beats it," Colonel Roosevelt made
this remark as he stood upon the
platform of the Roosevelt armory
here and gazed upon the crowd before
him. Sanding and seated people kept
cheering for several minutes before
he could get word in.
The rally came toward the close Of
the opening day of Colonel Roose-
velts New Jersey campaign. The
Colonel said he was deeply moved by
the way he had been received.
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TO. UNITE DENOMINATIONS.

Baltimore, May 25.-Negotiations
for organic union between the Metho-
dist, Protestant and United Brethren
church. which had been broken off.
are to be renewed by the terms of q
resolution adopted almost unanimously
at today's meeting Of the general con-
ference of the Methodist Protestant
church here.
Rev. DR.. w. H. Washington and
Rev. DR.. A. p. Funkhausen. fraternal
delegates from the United Brethren
church. took part in the discussion Of
the subject. Both pointed out how
close the two denominations are in all
essential details and how easy it
would be to Join them.
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OFF TO EUROPE
United States Sends Representative to
Rio International Law Conference.

Washington. May 25.-Frederick
Van Dyne. assistant solicitor of the de-
partment of state, left Washington to-
day for New York, whence he will sail
tomorrow on the Olympic for Europe
on his way to Rio. With Prof John
Basset Moore, of Columbia university.
Mr.. Van Dyne will constitute the
American delegation to the interna-
tional commission of jurists which is
to meet at the brazilian capital June
IS. Henry l.. James. assistant chief of
the division of Latin affairs. will be
the secretary of the American delega-
tion.
The conference. it is expectd, will
initiate the first formal attempt to
rect a code of International laws to
which all of the American states will
subscribe, and which eventually may
become the basis for the administra-
ton of the great international tribunal
for which peace advocates have been
striving.
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UNITED KINGDOM
FACES NATIONAL
WORK S70PPAGE
All Transport Workers are
Considering the Question
of a National Strike.
ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY
THOUSAND ARE ALREADY OUT
Mass Meeting of Stevedorcs This
Morning Voted Unanimously to
Strike Next Wctlncsday-Ranks OF
Strikers Are Being Augmented.

London. May 25.-National stop
page Of work by all transport workers
early next week was threatened this
afternoon. Those in touch with the
situation believe next Wednesday will
see an order general strike of the
whole United Kingdom a mass meet
ing of stevodores this afternoon pass
unanimously resolution i'm favor OF
a national stoppage of work.
Large numbers Of car men aug
mented the ranks Of the striking
transport workers as today progress
ed. and it is calculated that by to-
night 100000 men will have ceased
work.
Some friction is threatened. owing
to the attempts of the employers to
have clerks do the work of the strk-
ers.
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NO COFFEE INJUNCTION.

Washington, May 25.-The state de-
partment today declined to interfere
at this time with the holding up of
braziiian coffee by the valorizatiin
committee in New York. The depart-
ment informed Brazil through the
Brazilian ambassador that It must
await the decision of the federal court
In New York where the case is now
pending.
The issue presentd is NV though It
resembles the potash controversy with
irmany. 1t is pointed out that in
that case the United States was oblig-
ed to admit the right of German n
potash producers to control the nrira
and quantity of Grman potash in the
American markets.