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THE JOURNAL - ENTERS THE HOME.. 1t is the gapor that appoals to avery number of the family. Dos the Weattier For Weatarn New Yprk~ohowgrs and: cooler tonight. Thursday fair. s TII‘T‘YJ‘TF’I’ II YEAR LOCKPORT, N Y., WEDNESDAY, JULY 1, 7’19’08. ONE CENT ASSESSMENIS ON FRANCHISES) ‘VvGilty Clork Receives Com- munication From State Tax Board. HEAVY- INCREASE - FOR NEW YORK CENTRAL AND INTERNA- TIONAL TRACTION COMPANY. inCHEASE Gr $1300 FOR BELL TELEFMONGE COMPANY-OTHER . FIGURES. & City Clork Rdwardt 8. Dennett ro- celved tits morning from the stats Hourd of Tus w state~ ment of the franchise tax assessments on corporations within the city for the year 1108, ' 'thove Is but ore. Instance where the rate difts drab beet raised considerably and that Is the Home Telephone Come pany which retains tho same as last year. Thc Now Cork CGontral and Inforna« conal Eeaction \ompany have botit been mvcu w heavy Increase. | Last your thc New Yome Contral paid on property valued at $70,000, while this yeir It Is fxod at $222,000, \Bha International Fraction Contpatty pays this year on i valuation of $85,800 as contpated with $80,000 last year. The Felt 'Folephone Company was increas- ed $1800, the Lockport | Light, Heat and Power Company, | $14,000; - the Western Unlon, $1501 the New Eng- tand 'Potegraph Company, ~ the Beatomy Company, $10,008, The {immense Increase in the New York Central assessment and ths - International -- Railway | com- panies | fs due <to . the . fact that the Stato Fax Board is now tasing them fop stvects wpon which they rum At grade crossings they pay nothfug but this now change has bee. placed dn effect during the lust yew. Cireen Street 4s aw exunmple of - theo deagthwiso | taxation sclteme, | the Nov Voék Central being foreed to stad for extru taxation fon property thereom | Tho International Traction ds taxed for the grade arms] wt Etooding Stipet, wives atong the en» yal, Prospect Street and Franslt Stroet | i OFFIGE AT NIAGARA snd frude crosslugs at West Genese: und Pogspect atroots, A comparative table of the years 1007«# fallownat 1907. 1908 See nnmy i$ 5,000 $ 60,000 fuckport Hydtail, Co.. 25,000 ..... Western T. Tol fo. 750 1,409 SUvat & - 19,000 - 282,000 Now England Tol. Co. ~ 2,400 RTBU frtterirat o R. Thee cca ea $89,000 o Etimis 'Péel; | UBec cc ee £2,000 225,000 tH Wok Cor coke $0,800 27,001 IL & fre Co, £29,000 - 140,003 rot o snteminn atin GHEIEF GUNNINGHAM MAKES AL. TERM’IONS TODAY. ~Chifef of the Fire Department Samucl Cunniuginum announced this morning that ho das femoved the fire alarm box formotly locuted corner of Cititon und (Gooding Etreetg to the corner of Jackson Street and Smith Alloy, . hoy is In the First Ward and ig mum hor H. Tox 64, which fas beetp lovutod ou the Oliver Brothers' | Brass Bedstead Works will be used to supply the calls | formerly necessary fot box 17. This will greatly facilitate things in that vicluity, Inasmuch as tho. boxes are now aftauged to accommodate a great- ep nittmber of the ward residents. cnn amul LIST OF CANDIDATES TO sERVE . ON ELECTION BOARDS. Today Chatty on of tho Rrepublican City Come» In], the Chaltmar of the Demo- crf ~ ounty Committee can fis with the City Clofk thete Hst of natmos of| men cwhon thoy desive to have ap- ralnted to get 8 clection officliIs at the August primaries, the registration days and Jf; etion Day, Witioum &, \tifon, chatrman pro tem. of the Demactatle County Committee, filed his several days ago -and this af- terneon Henery P, Murply, chairman of the Republfcan Clty Committee, will fle tmm figt. ole WORNKMEN CAUGHT UNDER FALLING WALLS | Minnugiipolis, Minn., July 1. ~ Two mon wate Idlied and throe wore {nfur- | eit In the collapsa of a Hvery stable on Seventh street, South, which was | being tom down, Fourteen mon were ~working on tho building. Bricks that Weve being removed worse thrown on the front part of the roof, which caved It, burying sevoral of the workmen tn | the dethris. nes Wind mus t ort ans ${00,- and | | coding year of $41 EIRE BOX CHANGED] exports, $2 . eamy is the fast upon which the} >\} ' _ lifo\ Insurance policy and i[mself need suppose that PRIMARY LAW EXPLANATION OF THE AMEND- MENTS ( WHISH - BECAME oPERATIVE ThIs YEAR, County Clem. Matthew Walsh, has |reccived copfes of the Amendments to the Primiury Eleetion Law, which bes cume effective May 21, 1998, with the of the Governor, and the fol- lowing information is given by him for the guldance of the Electors In Cities to which said Law is applicable. Chapter 463 amends the Primary Blection Luw in telation to time of opening such Elections, via: from three v'clock in the afternoon to nine o'clock in the evening. Chapter 456, Section 4, Subdivision % provides that an Elector who shall have become of age, other than during the thirty days next preceding an oflle. tal primary day, becomes espccially en» rolled In and can have his nairs added t» the original Eutollment | Books of uny party in the Election District in which he resides by filing in statement to this effect, properly acknowledged, with -the Custodian of Primary Ree- ords. | Tha time expires for filing thes: statomorits this year on July 25th. Section 5, Subdivision 6 of the same Chapter provides that, if after being envolled as a member of a party in one Election District cither by original en- rollment 'or hy transfor, an lector shall move {nto another election district th the same City, he may, at any time betwoeh the first day of February of any year, and the thirticth day before the annual primary day, (which this year ig Tuesday, August 25) except during the thirty days before the offic lal primary day In March, become en- rolled Thorein as a member of the same party by making, acknowledging and alidg, or cause to be Aled with the Custodian of Primary Records, a state- | ment specifying the name of the party with which, and the election district in which he is envolled, and the election distrfct Into which he has moved, and stating that he resides in the last men- tloned ntectlon district, and desires to be cnrolled therein as & member of such party; that the time for filing theso statements expire July 25, 1098 An elector who fails to enroll with any party at or on one of the four days of Rogistration cannot enroll until the next yoar, and then only on one of the four days of Registration, RECEIPTS DECREASE FALLS DROPS OFF A BIT, Acom mmm Nlagara Falls, June $0. -The fiscal your «of the United: States Treasury ends at midnight tonight, and customs houses throughout the country are preparing to submit their annual re- ports to Washington. The annual report of the Niagara | Falls office wore compiled today, show- Ing the receipts for the past year to be $859,484.31, a decrease over the pre- o 239.02. - This falling off (s due to the industrial depression. During the month of Jung, however, business took an upward trond owing to the great lumber movement and the receipts for this month are estimated at $59,00% as compared with about | $14,000 la May. The value of domestic exports for the past fiscal year Is $127,075.56; Tor- 1£88,000.39; imports, $4,- 48. - The foreign exports only at wee hi | showed an increase over the preced« \\ Hing year and the increase was very slight, [POSTOFFICE NINE VERSUS LOCKPORT JOURNAL CLUB, (n the Ploneer Hill diamond at 6130 o'clock tonight thy Post (fllce and Lockport Jowinal nines wil play for the fun of the tiring. Nelther dollars, doughnuts, nor a. champfunship is tim- volved, ttor will toy im the cast expect engagements with .uny, National or Amortcan League club as a result \Che umpite has hoon assured that a have nothing in common, 'The game will be free and open for the excel- lent mason that the diamond is with- out a fence and none of the players anybody - would | care cnough to gee them cavort about the field to pay for it, even though the proceeds were designated for the most deserving charity on Earth, Mars or Saturn. goat ae LETTERS OF GUARDAINSHIP AND WILL FILED FOR PROBATE, 'The wilt of Loulsa Hertel of Niag- ara Walls has been Aled in the court of the Surrogate for probate. She left $100 personal and bequeathod it to her Herman Hertel, who is nam- ed as executor, R Letters of guardianship om the por- sonal property of Lauretce CGeger of North Tonawanda have heen issued to Magdatina | Cosep. 'The | property | is valued at shout $500, [N THE SCHOOLS Ps Many N. E. A. Speakers Thought Religion Should Have a Place. _ movEMENT To HAVE THE aov- ERNMENT TAKE A MORE Ac- TIVE PART IN° EDUCATIONAL: MATTERS THROUGH THE BU- REAU OF EDUCATION-SANDI- paATES FOR PRESIPENT AND FOR NEXT CONVENTION CiTY. w ___ Cleveland, July 1.1-At the evosin- session of the National Education association Booker T. Washington, the president of Tuskeges institute, Tis kegee, Ala., talked on nogro education and the nation. ' He said in part: \Some people are fond of asserting that education as a foreo to uplift the negro is a failure. Education has never been tried among the rank and file of our people on a scale large enough to warrait any such judgment, The great bulk of our people have scarcely been touched by education. According to,official statis- tics two years ago there wore 1,400,000 children of my race of school age who were not even eurolied in the public schools, and a large portion of those enrolled, especially in the country dis- tricts, were in school only four or five months during the year. | \Do you know what it means to the good name and future security of this country to have in one part of it a million and a half children growing up each year wholly without education? 'An untrained horse or dog is useless and non-effective. How much more is .this true of a human being. \What is the remedy? What is the one great need of the race of today? In my opinion it is strong, unselfish, intelligent negro leaders and work ers.\ Technical Problems Discussed. The technical problem, or rather the science of teaching in its various phases, was taken up by different groups of the delegates. During the forenoon the question of moral training in the public schools was taken up by the national council. Several addresses were made. Some of the speakers held that the classi- cal should be preserved in preference to the industrial. On the moral point it was claimed that religion should have a place in the public schools. In the consideration of kindergarten methods the main point of discussion was that a child, from the age of one year, should begin to obey someone and obedience to something should continue through life. , James S. Hughes, chief inspector of schoois of Toronto, Canada, was one of those who led the discussion on art in the schools. If was maintained that the hope for artistic attainment in manufacture could be obtained eventually only through a training in art when the future producer is a child in school. That it trains the mind for better things and better tastes was insisted upon by the speakers. During the afternoon the influence industry has had upon education and social progress was discussed. It was claimed that the habits of a people were greatly influenced by their occu- pation. Federal Bureau of Education. A movement has been started among the educators to have the United States government take a more active part in educational matters. They de- sire that the bureau of education be extended so as to take in much of the work that is now done by the assoc1~ atiou The matter of selecting the next president and the place for holding the next annual convention are topics of general discussion. Among those prominently mentioned for the presi- dency are Dr. W. O. Thompson, presi- dent of the Ohio State university, (Co- lumbus; J. M. Phillips, Birmingham, Ala., and L. D. Harvey of Menomes, Wis, The Central Eastern states, which have the largest representation at the convention, are said to favor the selection of Dr. Thompson. Denver and Atlantic City are the two candidates for the next conven- tion. So far these are the only cities that have appeared in the foreground. WILLIAM WINTER SHAKEN UP IN RAILROAD ACCIDENT. Log Angeles, Cal., Jurs 30.-William Winter, the veteran dramatic critic of New York, was brought to this city to- day, suffering from the shock of Sun- day night's wreck on the Santa Fe Limited train near Winslow, Arig. Mr. Winter was badly shaken up and is under the care of a physcian, who will not pormit him to be seen. It is said that his condition is not serious, MORAL TRAINING HUGHES IN ADIRONDACKS G@ovErnoR AND FAMiLY cRUISE ABOUT SARANAC LAKE. Saranac Inn,' June 30.-The first da; of Governor Charles H. Hughes's sta; ut Saranac Inn, Upper Saranac Lake was an ideal one, cool and clear. Th Governor and Mrs. Hughes breakfaster at the Inn about 8:80, an semed 4 find the walk from 'Rustic Cabin\ t the hotel not only pleasant but. ai appetizer. The rest of the forenool was occupied in settling and planning This afternoon Charles E. Hughe: Jr., with a guide, enjorn4 a trip on th lake in a guide boat, while the Gov- crnor, with Mrs. Hughes and daugh- ters, spent a good portion of the at» ternoon in theis privaf. launch, cruis ing around the lake. OPF FOR CAMP SECRETARY IRWIN AND TWEN. | TY- TWO MEMBERS. LEFT TODAY. This morning Secretary | Gregg w. Irwin of- the ¥. M. C. A. left with : bunch of twenty-two junion members of the institution for. the - summe. camp vacation on the lake -at Mawa- dind, inidway | between | Wilson an Youngstown. - They loaded their (supplies aboar. an Oleoif-Lockport trolley bright an carly and traveled to Burt where tue: transferred to the R. W. & Q. R. BR and rode to Ransomwville. From tha point the party will \hike\ to Ramy the supplies going on a wagon. Several of thm elder members wert at the camp to assist in hoisting th tents and preparing the first meal 'The youngsters will be given the ex- perience of pitching tents and operat- ing everything about the camp. 'The following were in the party: Edward Alexander, Carl Seifert, Ce- cil Wicker, Fred Laux, Frank Miller Elton Helmer, Clark, Kenneti Webber, _ Walter - Williams, | Johr (YByrne, Raymond | Taylor, . Charlie. Starkweather, Willis. Weaver; - Lymar Witheck, Clarence _ Wicker, Geni Greenwood, Arthur Pols, Leslie Car- roll, Harrison Roberts. |. | Camp Leaders-Howard Gill, Robert Leake, Donald Clark. - PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH PICNIC AT BUFFALO YESTERDAY. At the annual picnic of the WFirst Presbyterian Church held at Delaware Park in Buffalo yesterday, the Hons Club defeated the Thompson Bible Class 5 to 2. But four innings were played.. The batteries were. Rogers and Tompkinson and Townsend and Irwin respectively. Preceding the game there was an ex- tended program of athletic contests. under the auspices of the Athletic Comimttee, and | several prizes were awarded. There were fully two hun- dred in the party, and they traveled by a special three-car train, returning at 6 o'clock. ENFORCING NEUTRALITY FOUR TROPS OF U. $. CAVALRY DISPATCHED TO DEL RIO. A Washington, July 1.-American mili- tary forces are now in service for the enforcement of the neutrality laws along the Mexican border. General Myer, commanding the de- partment of Texas, has reported to the war department that directions al- ready have been given for the dispatch of four troops of cavalry from posts in his department to Del Rio, As to other points he will be guided by Ris conferences with the civil officials. .The employment of American treops for this purpose is almost without precedent in recent years and the law officers of the war department, as well as the attorney general himself, have been obliged to give close study to the question of€'extent to which they may exercise the power of preventing persons entering the United States across the Mexican border. Under the law no passports are re- quired except in the case of Chinese and Japanese, and about the only other reasonable ground for detention of fugitives seeking to cross the line would be some presumable violation of the immigration or health inspec- tion laws. It will be a delicate task for the army officers who are charged with the duty of policing this international boundary line jo avert clashes with the civil courts if they undertake to make promiscuous arrests of persons fleeing from Mexico into the United States. are now at work along the same linss in the effort to prevent any substan- tial aid being given the Mexicans from sympathizers across the border, All the avenues of the government | JUDGE GRAY With Nothing Less [han Head of Ticket. 1 JOHNSON MEARQVANTETS ~ YET OPEND AND BR NERS WILL BE FLUNG cu. WHEN | NEBRASKAN, RELEGA TION - ARRIVES _- SATURDAY many LEaAbBERS oPPosE RAD CAL INJUNCTION PLANK, 19. AH aio Denver, July 1.-It is the geRer. opinion among the leaders of the party) now here that if Fudge George Gra; of Delaware will declare his willing tess to accept the second place on the Democratic ticket he can have it! Josiah Marvel of Wilmington, Del., the manager of the Gray mesuientlal cam paign, who arrived in Denver las! wight, will not give his consent. He insists that the Delaware man is a can- didate for first place, and there wil} be ample time to place'him in be cares to take it. 'Mr. Marvel da wies, however, that Judge Gray will be satisfied with anything less than the head of the ticket. * K is* well known that Mr. would be pleased to have Judge Gra; for the vice presidential candidatc and the only thing that' mavents th = latter from becoming a leading can- didate for that position is tae simpy): but all-powerful fact that he will nct declare hims self to be a laminate cf all, Gray Presidential Boom Launched. The Gray presidential boom wis for- mally launched yesterday and litad quarters 'were opened in the Havoy hotel. During the early afternoon a corps of expert bill stickers wore go- graphs of the Delaware candidate. Nn other pictures have heen placed ns yet, and the Gray men secured the nicest prominent piaces in the lobbies af all the leading hotels., The Johnson headquarters will not be opened for several days, and the date on which the Bryan banners will mined, but it will be on Saturday or Sunday, after the arrival of thn Ne braska delegation. strong fight in the committee on reso- lutions; and possibly on the floor of the convention itself, over the anti- injunction plank. Word has come in- directly from Lincoln that Mr. Bryan is in favor of a plank of somewhat radical nature, and it is certain that such men as Sullivan, mational com- mitteeman from Ilinois, and Chair man Taggart of the national commit- tee are strongly opposed to it. - Sullivan gave out a statement in which he favored \equal rights before which were consirued to mean that ho was opposed to a strong anti-injunesion plank. Sullivan denies that he in- tended to convey the impression that he planned to fight the anti-injunction plank, but it generally believed that he is against extreme language in this part of the resolution. It is well known that between Mr. Bryan ond Mr. Sullivan and other influential members of the Ilinois delegation no particular amount of love is Tost, aml reports have been circulated that if an and | anti-injunction plank is adopted mors radical in its character than the THH nois people feel that they can approve. the state. when it comes fo balloting for president, will break away from its Bryau instructions. . Sullivan denies this emphatically. He said: \We are told 'to stick for Bryan. and we are going to stick. I Gon't believe that any platform fight can change our present programi. Il- nois has no ideg of breaking. away from its instructions.\ Opposed to Radical Injunction Plank. The forces opposed to a radical la- bor plank were made stronger by the arrival of Charles G. Heifner of Wash» John Y. Terry, the national commii- teeman from that state. Mr. Heifner announced emphatically that the Pa- cific coast, and particularly .the state of Washington, was opposed to the adoption of such a plank as was -pre (Continued on Page Eight.) New Store The well known. firm of M. Gaul & Co., Undertakers, corner of Walnut and Locust Streets, bave moved to the cor- ner of Main and Pine Streets, where, in connection with their undertaking business, they have opened a new and complete linc of Furniture, On Thursday and Friday afternoons and Friday evening, the formal open- ling will take place. The public is in- vited. i But He Will be Satisfifid 'to. When the team . . -was drwing the aw agon. for the secondary position, provided} 'the barrels over ‘ «mm Bryat . falo was fortuitous. ing about the hotel putting up who! be thrown out has not yet been deter | It is certain that there will be a John G. Wallenmeier the law\ and used othel expressions | | cute. ington state, who has the proxy of| EXCiTlNfi RUhAWAY M WAGON DAMAGED AND: BOY IN JUREp YESTERDAY Evening. Yesterday c\ mung” '\ld,l ket and Main { Streets were the scene of an excltlng' runaway. < It occurred with a hay rack wagon, which. was standing loaded with barrels at the corner of Chestnut {/ 'and Market Streets, about six o'cluck, Something. frightened the horses and they boited up Market Street, - At No- bNe's corher the wagon broke and th horses running | oi with - the fron wheels attachment, 12011 opporite the | Farmers and Mechanics' Bank, - There was qu‘xto a crowd on the streets ai the time and several atteinpts were mude to catch the horses.. When they [Ledvmea themselves | after the fall. Dmcu Dee rushed. forward, but. was balked by ain impetuous oilooker, wht gave the animals a cut with a whip he | had in his hand, instead of making ar effort to stop their wild career.\ They dashed 'down Vain Street, but colliding with a rig at the cornet of: Main ane Fine, their mad flight was put an end started off the driver and w boy wore in the wagon. and both wore flung onto the street.: the boy being so seriously injured that he was taken into the surgery of Dr Kittmgm \The boy, whose n'unc js Carl Hen: dclson, sustained a severe cut on th forehead. | His brother, Lewis Hen- The collapse of the wagon scuttmed the sheet and . the driver had the assistance 'of a numbe. of specmpnb in gathering them to- The appearance at this mo- mcnt of the excursion part) from Buf- f The excursionist: were members of - the Cheektowage Bowling Club, and they refuted the im-] | putation that bowling is not athletic: and does not male for physical de- velopment by enthusiastically helping to throw the barrels back in the wagon. ' Whe excursionists had. traveled too \Lockport in a gaily decorated “rubbu‘ neck\ wagon. AFTER QNAL JOB SEVERAL WOULD BE SUPERiN- TENDENT or SECTION 19 AT. TONAWANDA Clonawanch, Jung 30.-There is con- siderable cunjgcuue as to who will be appointed to succeed the late Christian' Schwinger as foreman on vSectxon 19 of the Erie Canal undcx Supclintend- ent William H. Hingston of Buffalo. While the ° appointment | will be an- nounced by Superintendent Hingston, |: it will necessarily come from Syperin- tendent of Public Works Frederick C. Stevens and former State Treasurer. of Tonawanda will lune something to say as to who shall he the appointee. There are pmhaps a dozen Landl- dates after the job. 'Those most protii- inently mentioned for the office art Seymour Lord, George 'Hof{man, Wil- ha'n Luck and Frederick Schwinger, a. hon of the late foreman. Those who think they are expert pickers of win- ners state that the race lies between Hoifman and < Lord, - with the odds slightly favoring the latter. . C. A. ASH ARRESTED FOR ALLEGED LARGENY, Yesterday. evening | Special Office Wood arrested at Olcott Beach C. Al Ash on the charg e of larceny, second degree. The compldmt was made by Charles H. Schad, who alleged Ash had retained the proceeds 'of the sale of a note ba had commissioned him to exe- According to the cireumstunces disclosed to Police Justice Epnest this afternoon it appears that Schad had a note payable to his order for $65. He asked Ash, he states, to sell it and bring the money to him. Ash sold the note to M. X4 Holly for $50 and the money.. Schad then bad him ar- rested, Ash claims that Schad, owes him money and that he retained the proceeds of the sale of the mola against this. Justice Ernest fixed the hearing of the case for tomorrow af- ternoon. William H. Earl appears for Ash. BOY TEN YEARS OLD |__ CHARGED WITH MURDER, Leusiire, Minn., July 1.-Robert Jar- din, aged 10 years, was brought to jail here from his home at Casota, | charged with having shot and instantly killed Russell St. Jolin, a boy about his own age, for whom he is said to: have Jain in walt. TWO FALLS OFFENDERS ' coOMMITTED TO JAIL. William J. Jones and Harry Gaifered were committed to the county jail yes- terday afternoon. The former to un- dergo a term of ten days for assault, third degnem and Gaffered for thirty days for larceny. V fRfvmmmN d began Ahen a bomb was threwn . maS. - UN MEXiGB Garrison at Palemas Gfil - hugahua, Attacked by - 50 Men. PNE 0 FTHEM WAS KILLED AND ANOTHER VJAS WOUNPED AND cAPTURED-HE SPEAKS GQOD ENGLISH AND THE MEXICAN AUTHCRITIES THINK ME 4S A NATIVE OF. NEW. MEXISO. EIL Paso, Tex., July 11-The first zey- olntionary outbreak in the republic of Mexico beyond the bowlers of Coa- huila {occurred yesterday when the garrison at Palomas, Chmngahua, 70 mxles west of this city, was attacked by a band of 50 men, who were re- \pulsed with a loss of one Killed - and one captured There were fourteen guards station- ed at the Mexican post when 'the Bt- tacking party surprised the town. ~} e most of the insunectmnists were atin- {ed with rude weapons and llama-made hupgements of warfare. According to a dispatch received here from Columbus, N. M., geross the river from Palomas, Juan Correon,. the Mexican general, arrived there from | Paiomas bearing drspatches to government concermng the attack g. ithe telegxaph office, thus shutting 'off mommunicntlon with outside points. In the fight which followed several hundred shots were fired and mpgy boil bs thrown at the headquarters of the officers. UWing to the fact that the bombs were ill-timed the officérs were able + lto throw them away before they ex- ploded, thus saving the building and their own lives. The fight lasted one hour, after which the attacking party fed to the mountains west of Palo: One man was killed but it seeins that he was a non-combatant. 'One © revolutionist was seriously wounded and captured. He speaké good English and the Mexican authori- tes thipk be is a native of New Mex- igo. This idea is confirmed by the re- port 'of the section foreman at Mim: bras, seven feiles west of here, to the effect that from 30 to 50 men assent pled there Monday,. They would not allow him to leave the yards during the day. They had two large bundles of tifles and bought mansions They left Xlimbras aA station on the El Paso and Southwestern, about midnight. There is a United States customs office at Golumbgs sand all the cus toms force is held in reserve in case «pf possible frouble. 65,599 ASTKAY peab LETTER orFigce neTugNs &s PER GENT, To SENPERS Washington, June 30. ~Fourth-As- sistant Postmaster, General DeGraW today annnounced that the Dead letter Oflice, during the fiscal year om‘fd to- day, received “16 000 letters less than for the pmceding fiscal yeal and has returned to the sender 7,150,00. let- ters, or £525,000 more than for the year ended June 30, 1907, During 1907 letters containing $27,466 ware [fe- ceived, while for the fiscal year ended today \the figures ' were $65,599. . Of, the money thus received about 85 per cent, was returned to the senders. ¥ There has Been a decyuase .in the number of letters of domestic ofigin received of 450,000, and an jncl‘QaSE in the letters posted in foreign countries of 440 000 for the twelye months. F,, decrease .in the number of do- mostu. letters handled is doubtless due in large part, itis said, to the efforts of the department to teach the publc how to direct envelopes, , For thy. first time in the history of the Dead—letter Office every Ileiter received has Fren opened and disposed of at the end of the fiscal year, except such as con- tained enclosures and 1equired subse— queut 1900161111\ MRS. CL EVELAND GoE§ . T0 SUMMEB HOME Princeton, V J # June so.——~‘\Irs. Frances Cleveland, vidow of Grover Cleveland, left here today for her sur- 'men home at. Tamworth, N. H., «where she will remain with bre children «h- til September. Mrs.. Cleveland was accompanied by two of her children, Esther and Richard. \I suffered habitually fromzcon-i stipation. Doan's Regulets relleved und strenghtened the bowels, so that they have been regular ever since''-A. B. Davis, grover, Sulphur Springs, Tex. A
