The Savannah tribune. (Savannah [Ga.]) 1876-1960, June 13, 1908, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextVoLKXHL EVANS (ND MEMPHIS U. C. V. Ose Their Convention inßirmingham. TO BUY BRTHPLACE OF DAVIS General Clerant A. Evans Elected Com mander-inChief—Memphis Selected as lext Meeting Place. Birmingb m, Ala. —With the selec tion of Memphis as the place for the next reuni®, and the election of Gen eral Clem^t A- Evans of Georgia as commandeiin-chief to succeed the late General Stephen D. Lee, the United Confederate Veterans adjourned their annual convention late Wednesday af ternoon. I The selection of ttie place of 'meet ing aroused great rivalry between Meniphi^and Atlanta, these two cities being the only ones put in nomination. Strong speeches were made for each place, ba when Virginia came over to the side of Memphis, the Atlanta sup porters realized that the fight was lost. General Clement A. Evans, the new commanier-in-chief, is a man of pleas ant address, and one of the most loved in the prmy. He is a native of Geor gia, and born of North Carolina and Virginii revolutionary parentage. He was a graduate of the Georgia Law school and began practice ot law k at 19 years of age. H? was elected judge of the county court at 22 and state senator at 25. The civil war commenced when he was senator, and although he was ex empt from military service he joined accompany in his county in January, 18G1, and began his. military career. He was first elected major of the thirty-first Georgia regiment, and then promoted colonel. His regiment was put in Lawton’s brigade, afterwards Gordon’s brigade. General Evans suc ceeded Gordon when he was promoted major General, and again succeeded Gordon in command of tae division. His service was in the Army of Northern Virginia; he participated in all the bat tles fought on the soil of Virginia, Maryland and Pennsylvania. He was wounded five times, two of them very serious, .one at Monotaoy and the other at Gettysburg. In cojihand of hisidtvision at Appa niayojoe made th^last fight, which wa^Mne after -the ^krrender because he had not recervod nW^e of truce. He has been active in the United all reunions except one. He was com all reunions ecept one. He was com mander of the Georgia division twelve years with the rank of major general, succeeding Gordon as commander of the Army of Tennessee department with rank of lieutenant general. There was the greatest excitement in the convention hall when the time came to elect a new commander-in chief. After General Irving Walker had taken the chair, General Bennett H. Young nominated General Evans in v glowing speech. General Withers nominated General Cabell and the vote resulted Evans 1,232, Cabell 1,084. In the contest for the place of next meet ing the result was Memphis 1,196, At lanta 1.120. Upon assuming command General Evans issued the following general or der No. 1: “In obedience of the mandates of my beloved comrades as expressed in convention this day, I assume com mand of the United Confederate Vet erans, Comrade William E. Mickle is hereby appointed adjutant general and chief of staff, with the rank of major general. He will immediately enter upon the discharge of his duties and •will be obeyed and respected accord ingly.” Following the election of command er-iu-chief, General George W. Gor don was elected commander of the department of Tennessee to succeed General Evans; General Irvine Walker was re-elected commander of the army of northern Virginia, and General Ca bell commander of the trans-Missis sippi department. The report of the credentials com mittee showed that there were 780 camps in attendance, and the total number of voting delegates 2.350. All the veterans were enthusiastic in their praise of the manner in which Birmingham entertained them. An interesting feature of the big re union convention was the inauguration of the movement to buy the birthplace of Jefferson Davis. BREAK IN LEVEL 25,000 Acres of Land is Submerged Near Grand Cane. Grand Cane, La. —The Red river levee broke at a point near here, sub merging 25,000 acres of ground and drowning much stock. FLOOD IN KANSAS. Seven Thousand People Flee From Raging River. Topeka. Kan.—About 7,000 persoons have b?en driven from their homes in North Topeka by the flood in the Kaw liver. The major portion found shel ter in Topeka proper, where the audi torium, school buildings and prickle homes have been opened to them. No loss of life is reported, but there has been much property loss. The crest of the flood reached Topeka -when the government river guage showed a register of 27.3 feet. This is five feet below the crest mark of the disastrious 1903 flood. W? / ■ '<" v ’? ■ i , ’ (Thr Suumuiah Srtbutw. SOUTH TO BECOME IRON CENTER. So States Mr. Snyder, a Leading Iron Master of Pittsburg. Baltimore, Md. —The future of the iron industry of this country is in the south,” was the statement made by Mr. W. P. Snyder, a leading iron master of Pittsburg, Pa. In pointing out rea sons for his faith in the great iuture of Southern iron interests Mr. Snyder said that within six y?ars the ship ments of Lake ores will reach as much as 60,000,000 tons a year, and, in connection with reference to the rapid depletion of the Lake Superior supplies under this tremendous drain, he spoke of the very great develop ment which is taking place in the south based on the iron-ore and coal resources of this section. The heavy sales of iron at Birmingham for future delivery, amounting during the past two weeks to probably 500,000 tons, indicates the steady expansion at that point, and the announcement, made at the celebration of the opening of the Illinois Central's line to that city, that that road had given a contract for 40,000 tons of Birmingham rails is a significant illustration of how rail road and industrial development in the South go hand in hand and is sugges tive of a turning toward revived in dustrial activity. AN UNGRATEFUL BEGGAR Slips From “Charity Line” to Despoil Rich Church. New York City.—Caught in an al most successful attempt to respoil the Church of th? Most Holy Redeemer of more than $lOO,OOO worth of gems, gold work and relics, Rene Bacy, aged 35. describing himself as a Frenchman and declaring that he had no place of residence, was arrested. He was found cowering in th? dim lights of the sanctuary. Burglar alarm wires, cunningly placed because of previous attempts at robbery in the edifice, are responsi ble for the capture of Bacy, who is said to have made no effort to deny his object in entering the church. “The church had plenty of money. It had more than I; I needed some. Why shouldn’t I take it?” was his answer to the questions put to him by the po lice. Bacy joined the so-called charity line which forms daily at the church to receive alms. The needy are never turned away. Slipping quietly behind a statue of the Holy Virgin, Bacy hid until the services were finished. He remained hidden until all the lights in the altar rail had been extinguished. Then he set out to ..c^U^ct the valu ables of which this, one of the weal thiest churches in the United States, had so rich a store. GIGANTIC SWINDLING SCHEME. Chicago Police After “House of Hope” Crowd. Chicago. 11l. —A syndicate of alms i gathering, said to have collected hun dreds of thousands of dollars on the J plea that the money would be used for i the voluntary support and care of fee ! ble old men and women in various cit i ies of the United States, is being in ' vestigated by detectives of the Cnica , go police department. i A woman in charge of the Chicago ; headquarters said the money collected j would be used in supporting institu ! tions in Grand Island, Neb.,. Denver, I Col., and Shreveport, La. The institu- I tions are said to be called the “House l of Hope.” A telegram from Shreve ! port declared there was no house of hope within the limits of the city of Shreveport. NEWSY PARAGRAPHS. I Professor Paul R. Henry of Virginia, . a great-great-great-grandson of the illustrious Virginia patriot. Patrick , Henry, was elected by the board of ed ucation as superintendent of the Wash- 1 ington public schools to fill the vacan cy caused by the resignation of Super- 1 intendent Thomas G. Wilkinson. There ! were forty-one applicants for the posi tion. John Young and Henry Rieber, aud । itor and paying tellers of the Farm . ers’ Deposit National bank of Pitts burg. Pa., who pleaded guilty to em bezzlement of $1,105,000 of the bank's funds, were each sentenced to serve ten years in the western penitentiary.. Mrs. Catherine Roxburgh Jackson of London, England, sued for a decla ration of the nullity of her marriage with Herbert Parry Malpas Jackson, formerly an artist in Liverpool. Mr. Jackson is now an inmate of a lunatic asylum, and Mrs. Jackson alleges that he was insane when she married him. Mrs. Carrie McDonald, aged twenty four years,, committed suicide at her home in Atlanta by shooting herself through the head. Despondency caus ed by the knowledge that she suffer ed from an incurable disease, caused her to take her own life. Five persons suffered severe injuries at Brooklyn, when a large cat ran wildly through the street, attacking every one it passed until it was kill ed. All persons who were bitten were advised to seek the Pasteur treat ment. While insane Dr. Joseph Pospisiel, an employe of the pension office at Washington, held the police at bay six hours, exchanging over fifty shots with the officers. He finally killed himself. A remedy for rabies is believed to have been discovered at last in Paris. Dr. Auguste Marie, chief of the lab oratory of the Pasteur institute, has been experimenting for several years with the modified treatment for ad vanced cases of rabies like that of Mr. Morsh, of Brooklyn, recently. THE TRIBUNE OFFICE REMOVED TO 462 WEST BROAD STREET. SAVANNAH. GA.. SATURDAY. JUNE 13. 1908. TAFT MACHINE WORKING Secretary of War Seems in Lead for Republican Nomination. CONVENTION MEETS JUNE 16 No Derth of Aspirants for the Vice Presidency—Several Prominent for the Place. Chicago, 11l. —The national republi can committee in session here to de cide the contests for seats in th? republican convention, whicil’ will name its party’s candidates for presi dent and vice president, has put in a strenuous week. The outcome of con tests for seats in the convention seems to be decidedly in favor of Sec retary of War Taft receiving the nom ination for president, although much can be done between now and June 16, when the convention meets, by his oppoents. Joseph G. Cannon, speaker of the house of representatives, arrived in Chicago Wednesday from his home in Danville, UI., and declared himself a candidate for president of the United States “until they stop voting or elect someone else.” The vice presidency is causing much speculation. The opening of headquarters for John Hays Hammond of Massachusetts during the week brought the vice pres idential situation to the front. He was the first to show his candidacy in a definite form, but, coincident with his activity came the movement in be half of Curtis Guild of Massachusetts, who will be strongly urged, when the full force of the delegation from his state. The New York candidates, tentative and otherwise, are numerous. They are George B. Cortelyou, secretary of the treasury, and Representatives Jas. S. Sherman and J. Sloat Fassett. The east also has brought forward another possibility in the person of Franklin Murphy, former governor ot New Jersey, and national committee man of that state. From the west J. P. Dolliver of lowa, United States senator from that state, was most prominently mention ed. Senator J. C. Burrows of Michi gan, who is to be temporary chair man of the convention, and Lieuten ant Governor Sherman of Illinois also found supporters among the politi cians. Much of the discussion as to the availability of these men centered on their campaigning abilities. On thi# point the friends of Governor Guild, Senator Dolliver, Senator Burrows and Lieutenant Governor Sherman were es pecially insistent. ONCE MILLIONAIRE, NOW A PAUPER. Ex-Railway President Seeks Home on Poor Farm. Milwaukee, Wis. —C. J. L. Myer, first president of the Chicago and Northwestern railroad and worth at one time a million dollars, came to Gustav Freslon, of the Associated Charities, and applied for admission to the Milwaukee county poor house. “I have come to you, Mr. Frelson,” he said, “an ordinary pauper, to ask for admission to your poor house, and I suppose you will ask me what brought me to these straits.” He then told of his failure in busi ness; of his losses in first one direc tion and another, until finally he was left entirely penniless. He has two daughters, both of them married to wealthy men, but neither of them re plied to his request for aid. TRAIN RAN WILD. At a Speed of Fifty Miles an Hour Without an Engineer. Omaha. Neb. —Plunging around sharp curves, through cuts and across bridges at fifty miles an hour, without an engineer in the cab, Burlington train No. 23, St, Joseph to Omaha, ran seven miles. Engineer E. Starling had fallen from his cab and lay unconscious beside the tracks. As the train dashed through Patton Station, twelve miles from Poplar Bluff. Fireman Jackson peered into the engineer’s cab and found it deserted. He brought the train to a stop and ran it back to where Starling was found. EMIGRANTS INJURED. Twenty Hurt When Train Jumps the T rack. Buffalo, N. Y. —Train No. 4 on th? Wabash railroad from Detroit was de railed at Stevensville, Ontario, twen ty persons being injured, six of them being brought to this city and placed in hospitals. The others continued on their journey. The injured are all emigrants from Europe. QUIT GUGGENHEIM COMPANY. John Hays Hammond to Make Race for Vice Presidency. New York City.—John Hays Ham mond, the mining engineer who re cently announced his candidacy for the republican nomination for vice I president, and who in his connection with the Guggenheim-Exploration com pany. receives $500,000 a year salarv, according to a statement from his at torney, Charles W. Trueslow, has sev ered his connection with that com pany. Mr. Trueslow said in his an- , nouncement that Mr. Hammond now , feels free to make an aggressive cam paign for the vice presidential nomi nation. GOVERNOR GLENN’S EULOGY Over Graves of Confederate Dead in National Cemetery. Washington, D. C. —“I look forward to the day when those of the north and those of the south will join alike in decorating the graves of their com mon dead.” This was the sentiment voiced by Governor Robert B. Glenn of North Carolina to a vast assemblage gath ered Sunday in the confederate sec tion of Arlington National cemetery to commemorate Confederate Memori al Day. Governor Glenn and Repre sentative Sims of Tennessee were the orat< ’s. A. ?r paying warm tribute to Gen eral Robert E. Lee, saying that he was one of the greatest chieftains that the world has produced, Governor Glenn made a significant reference to G?neral Grant. “Every true southern man respects Grant for his kindness at Appomattox,” he said, “and the southland would not rake up an error of the past to brand his character.” “1 can trtuhfully say,” continued the governor, “that I long to see the day when the name of Abraham Lincoln and Ulysses Grant shall b? loved and respected in every nook and corner of the old confederacy, and when the names of Lee and Jackson will be cheered in Main?, Massachusetts and California.” The governor, in justifying the ac tion of the south in seceding from the union, said that the southern people did uiat for which they had no apolo gies to make, and what they would do again under similar circumstances. Governor Glenn spoke of the rapid strides the south has made in material prosperity since the close of the war. He said the wealth of the south in 1868 was $2,160,000,000 while in 1907 it was estimated at $17,000,000,000. Stating that the south has patiently and faithfully borne its part in pay ing the pensions of the union soldiers Governor Glenn declared that this na tion should unite in caring for the con federate dead as well as the union dead. Representative Sims, who followed, declared that the southern people would never forget their ideals. The exercises were under the aus pices of Confederate Veterans’ Associ ation, Camp No. 171, District of Co lumbia, the United Sons of Confeder ate Veterans, the United Daughters of th? Confederacy and the Southern Re lief Society of the District of Colum bia. Music was provided by the thir teenth United States cavalry band, stationed at Fort Myer. The invoca tion and the benediction were deliver ed rt^pgctively by Rev. Dr. Randolph McKim, chaplain. Camp 171, and Rev. H. Waddell Pratt, chaplain Washing ton camp. Among those on the speak ers’ platform were Mrs. Fitzhugh Lee and Robert E. Lee, Jr., grandson of the confederate general. As has b?en their custom, the president and Mrs. Roosevelt sent a beautiful floral con tribution. USED KNIFE WITHOUT PRICE World Famous Surgeon Merciful * , Waifs of Chicago. Chicago, 111. —Spurning the gold of millionaires, Dr. Albert Jansen, of Berlin, one of the greatest eye and । ear surgeons in the world, operated, j out of pure mercy, and without price, on two unfortunate waifs of the ten ements. The skill of the famous surgeon for which the wealthy men and women of j Chicago in vain have begged and pleaded with offers of fortunes, and ' which at last was given for nothing, resulted in two cures. The children, who had been deaf, were made to hear. Dr. Jansen came across the sea to attend the recent sessions of the American Medical Association. The children upon whom Dr. Jansen opera ted and to whom he restored their hearing, are Willie Simpson, 8 years old. and Marion Stabler, 3 .years old. It was impossible for the fathers and mothers of these children of pov ! erty to gain an audience with the i world-famous Berlin surgeon. But l they wrote him two pathetic letters in j which they told him of the great af fliction that had befallen their little ones, and begged him to cure them. 210,000 POUNDS MEAT SHIPPED. England to Rush Meats to America for Increased Demand. London, England.—lt is declared that 210,000 pounds of American meats that has b?en stored in London, Glasgow and Liverpool, was re-shipp ed by fast steamer to New York to meet the continued shortage of meat in America. STREET CAR WRECK. Twelve Hurt in Chicago Street Car Crash. Chicago, 11l. —A dozen persons wer? injured and five probably fatally hurt in a crash of street cars here. One car was derailed and thrown on to the track in front of a car from the other direction. PRICE OF BEEF ADVANCED. Advance From Half Cent to One and a Half Cent Per Pound. Chicago. Ill.—Wholesale prices of dressed beef took an upward jump of half to one and one-half cent a pound as a result of sharply decreased sup plies in packers’ cool?rs and more gen eral demand for fresh meats. Butch ers said that the meat trade was fast “recovering” from the depression re sulting from the recent financial de salting from th? recent financial strin gency, and that the increase in the consumption of meats “necessitated the advance.” In the cattle market beeves on the hoof were selling at the highest prices attained since 1906. RECEIVER FOR W. & L E. Wheeling and Lake Erie Ry., Unable to Meet Demands. LARGE SUM IS INVOLVED Work Estimated to Cost $16,000,000 is Incomplete After Expenditure of Over $40,000,000. Toledo, Ohio. —On claims aggregat ing $8,791,047 due the National Car Wheel Company, of New York, the Wheeling and Lake Erie railroad was thrown into the hands of a recetv?r by the United States district judge, W. W. Taylor. The petition alleges the total indebtedness of the Wheeling to be upwards of $28,000,000. B. A. Worthington of Cleveland, vic? president and general manager of the Wheeling, was appointed received for the road and immediately qualified by filing a bond of $lOO,OOO furnished by the Unit?d States Surety company, of Baltimore. It is said that the troubles of the Wheeling and Lake Erie road have their foundation in the building of the Pittsburg terminals. This work was started under Presi dent Ramsey, who believed he could put the work through for $16,000,000, but which has already run up to over $40,000,000 with the work still uncom pleted. Other matters which are said to have rushed the matter of a re ceivership are a not? of a million dol lars due in August and an $8,000,000 mortgage which falls due with a few months with no funds available to meet them. GREAT HUNTING TRIP. Roosevelt Will Chase Big Gam© in Africa. Washington, D. C. —When President Roosevelt starts for British East Afri ca next summer for a hunting trip of a year or more it is understood that it is part of his plan to have Kermit, his second son, accompany him. According to present plans, Mr. Roosevelt will go direct to Africa and return without stopping in Europe. He will enter British East Africa at Bom baso and travel north and south as the seasons permit. For the past sev eral weeks the president has been en gaged in making preparations for the trip. It is said he will take two ele phant guns for himself and son and will carry a first class hunting out fit. It is understood the president, while in Africa, will make a careful study of the habits, of animals and that on his return he will write some magazine articles and perffaps a book on his ex-, plorations. WOODMEN SEEK $350,000. Order Had That Amount on Deposit in Failed Bank. Chariton. la. —Head Banker C. H. McNider, of the Modern Woodmen of America, has filed a claim for $350,000 against the F. E. Crocker estate. The notice states that McNider designat?d the First National bank of Chariton, of which Crocker was cashier and manager, as one of the depositories for the Woodmen funds, and his ac tion was approved by the board of di rectors of th? Woodmen. On October 1, 1907. the bank failed. A copy of a bond, which is now al leged to be a forgery, is attached to th? claim. This bond is the security Head Banker McNider had against loss of money in the bank, and is for $400,000. Besides the name of F. R. Crocker, nine signatures appear on the bond. This bond was sent to Mr. Crocker on July 25, 1905, but the nine other men whose names appear, state posi tively that they never signed such a bond. ACTOR BECOMES PREACHER. Declares Actors Are Particularly Fit ted for the Pulpit. New York City.—After spending thirty years as an actor, Reginald Bar low, son of “Milt” C. Barlow, once of a prominent minstrel show, has announ ced that he is to enter the ministry. Giving ashis ambition the reconcilia tion of the church and stage, he said: “In my opinion, every actor when he becomes fifty or sixty years old. if he is still in the profession, should be come a minister. His natural voca tion has be?n appealing to all sorts of women and men, and he has seen all conditions. It is perfectly natural al so that when a man has devoted the greater part of his life to making peo ple laugh he should want to g?t down to serious things. There is bound to come a time in the life of every man and woman when he or she must think serious things. ROBBERS ARE CORRALLED. Men Who Have Been Terrorizing Pittsburg Caught. Pittsburg, Pa.—ln a desperate at tempt to escape from a small house, in which County Detective John F. Englert, and a posse of citizens had corralled a gang of all?ged bandits. Thomas Trevors, was shot down by County Detective Englert. Detective Englert was shot three times, but none of the wounds are considered of a dan g?rous character. Trevors is reported to have been struck by six or seven bullets, and he fell in his tracks in front of the house. The shooting oc curred at Belle Bridge, a small mining town about two miles from Elizabeth, Pa. , . ... . , _ LATE NEWS NOTES. General. King Edward, Queen Alexondra and Princess Victoria are visiting the em peror of Russia. A large suite accom panied the royal paty, including Sir Charles Hardinge, permanent under secretary of the foreign office. The cruisers Minotaur and Achilles and four torpedo boat destroyers met the yachts at Kiel and escorted them to Reval. Emperor Nicholas entertain ed his guests at luncheon and dinner aboard the Russian imperial yacht Standart, King Edward returning the compliment to the Russian emperor and empress. Charles Henry Brent, bishop of the Philippines, has d?clined to accept the post of bishop of Washington, in suc cession to the late Bishop Satterlee, to which office Bishop Brent was elected last month. The declination is made in the following message to his notification: “Must decline. I would have gone, but God bids me stay. BRENT.” A suburban train on the Passaic and Delaware branch of the Delaware. Lackawanna and Western railroad known as the “millionaires’ express,” was wrecked by spreading rails u?ar Millington, N. J., and several persons were hurt. The injured are: Freder ick P. Olcott, president of the Cen tral Trust company of New York, bad ly bruised and lacerated. Fred B. Val entine, a horseman of Newark, wrist broken and bruised. R. V. Lindabury of New York, counsel for the Pruden tial Life Insurance company, sprains and bruises. Assemblyman Henry A. Young of Newark, bruises. Governor Haskell cf Oklahoma, has signed the famous hotel inspection bill commonly known as the “nine-foot sheet” bill, because of the provision that the upper sheet on all hotel beds must be long enough to turn back 2 1-2 feet over the other covers. Judge Burnett, in circuit court at Salem, Oregon, sentenced J. Thorn burg Ross, the Portland banker, to five years imprisonment and to pay a fine of $576,094. Ross recently was convicted cf wrongful conversion of school funds. On the Delaware river at Philadel phia, Pa., an explosion occurred in a launch which killed one and injured fifteen. John S. Leach, who succeeds C. A. Stillings as public printer at Washing ton has arrived from Manila, where he has been director of printing for seven years. Editor J. K. Burkhalter of the Tat nall, Times and Congressman Charles Edwafrd^ came to blows on the rear platform of a Searboard Air Line train at Collins, Ga., Monday. Congress man Edwards took exception to some articles appearing in Burkhalter’s pa per and the quarrel resulted. Eugene Jepson, aged 50 years, ot New York, leading man in a vaudo ville sketch at Keith’s theater, at Cleveland, Ohio, dropped dead of heart disease in his dressing room Momlay. when an alarm of fire was sounded. It has been determined by the friends of Governor Curtis Guild of Massachusetts that his name shall be presented to th? Chicago convention as a candidate for vice president. Captain Louis Guion, of the Twenty sixth Louisiana regiment, has been ap pointed by President Roosevelt a member of the Vicksburg National Park commission to fill the vacancy caused by the death of General Steph en D. Le?. The Uruguayan government has signed an extradition treaty with the United States. James Kingsbury, the outlaw who is alleged to have murdered Sheriff Garrison of Oklahoma City, Okla., is said to be surround?d in a clump of bushes. He is thought to have two men with him and a battle is expect ed. 4 An effort is being made t<f bring a semblance of order in Persia's affairs, and as the only chance to prevent was with Turkey or interference by the czar, the shah, unmindful’ of the seri ousness of the situation and instead of endeavoring to pacify his subjects, has come from retirement in his summer palace and is ordering the arrest of political leaders. Representative J. Thomas H?flin, who was indicted by the grand jury in Washington, D. C., a few weeks ago on a charge of assault with a danger ous weapon on Lewis Lundy and James McCreary, a race track man, was arraigned before Justice Barnard. I Washington. According to cable advices r?ceived at the Japanese embassy in Washing ton, the area of disturbances in Corea has been gradually diminishing and order has been restored along the railway lines as well as in most of the districts important for communication and industry. With the recent rein fonement of Japanese troops in Corea, the work of suppression is pro gressing satisfactorily and the restora tion of order throughout the country Sixty-nine students in the second, third and fourth classes at the naval academy this year have been found deficient in their studies in their final examinations, according to a report received in Washington. Thirteen of the students will be dropped, nine will be turned back, others will b? re-ex amined, and some will be allowed to resign. Th? prosperity convention of the Commercial Travelers’ Interstate con gress, incorporated, will be held in New York, August 14 and 15, under the auspices of the two largest travel ing men’s organizations in the United States, including th? Travelers’ Pro tectiv? association and the United Commercial travelers, with a com bined membership of 86,000. NO. 38.