Show I P H II I r L I. A D DEI C E L P II H I A A Official announcement an- an has been made by tho the Associated d Cricket clubs club of or Philadelphia Philadel phia that tho the Marylebone Cricket club climb time the premier cricket et organization in the world will sen send a team to the tho Unit United d States In September next this being the second time In their history NEW NEV YORK YORK YORK-At At the Worlds World's Sunday Sunday Sunday Sun Sun- day School convention which has just been held helel In Rome Home Italy the Worlds World's Sunday School association was organIzed organized organ organ- the objects object of which are arc tho he h promotion of ot Sunday schools throughout through through- out th the tho world the holding of oC worlds world's conventions and th the enlistment of time the Sunday schools In the tho work of or evangelizing evangelizing evan evan- tho the world Tho next worlds world's convention the thc first to be I held b by tho the new association is to be In 1910 Its place of meeting has not been fixed although It Is understood understood understood un un- un- un that Tokio Japan will have havo favorable consideration Plans have been made for a n. tour of or the world by leaders In the time new association and other Sunday school workers A steamship I Is to be bo chartered In this country and English and other European European Euro Euro- penn workers will join the ship in tho Mediterranean Egypt Arabia India Korea China Japan and other countries countries- s J and confer confer- I lJ clUg wit no leaders regarding the establishment of or Sunday Sunda schools and the work ork to bedone bedone be bei done b by them It Is 15 possible that the culmination of this tour will be the next worlds world's convention con In Tollo WASH WASHINGTON Tests Tests INGTON-Tests Tests of ot a superior fuel which It is 15 thought will enable any ony war vessel of or this country countr to toi I overtake or 01 an nn enemy as may maybo maybo mayho bo ho desired will wilt be begun on a number number number num num- ber of warships at nt Hampton Roads Ing i as ng soon as the United States cal Surveys Survey's plant at Norfolk 1 erected for the purpose is completed Government Government Govern Govern- ment experts hope not only to demonstrate demonstrate demon demon- j strate that this new fuel tuel Is more ef efficient e- e ef- ef I than coal but also expect that it ft t will ill be practically smokeless which Is declared to be as big a a. factor as its efficiency Tests carried on by the government go Indicate that a n. fuel made from slack coal presse pressed into not on only burns burrs almost without smoke smokeS but also alRo generates more steam and produces more moro power Under tho time boilers than does the same sam amount of coal ST ST. LOUIS One LOUIS One of or the tho interesting phenomena of or the day i is the multiplication cation of or orchestras In the West Vest Minneapolis Min Mm- neapolis and St. St Paul kaul now nov havo theirs and St. St Louis has one with ith a LL subscription subscription subscription sub sub- fund of The rhe conductor conductor con con- ductor of this orchestra it is boasted will receive the largest salary ever paid anywhere to a conductor Eight men muon have havo been Invited to take turns next season at the helm of or this or or- or chestra They are Walter Valter Rothwell of or Vienna last seasons season's conductor of oe Henry W. W V. V Savages Savage's orchestra for or Madam Ma Madam Ma 11 dam Nahan Franko last se season on with th the Metropolitan Opera House orchestra Victor Wolfgang ang Schwartz the Austrian conductor of Max lax of or Felix of Germany German Herr Van der Stucken of Cincinnati and Alfred Ernst the tho present conductor of tho St Sl Louis Symphony |