RATES OF ADVERTISING! One Square, one Inch, one week... f 1 00 One Square, one Inch, one month. S 00 One Sqaare, one inch, 3 months...- 5 00 One Square, one inch, one year .... 10 10 Two Squares, one year 15 00 Quarter Column, one year SO 00 Half Column, one year 60 00 One Column, one year 100 00 Legal advertisements ten cents per Una each Insertion. We do fine Job Printing of every de scription at reasonable rates, but It's oaab on delivery. Pulili i i bvory Wednesday by J. E. WENK. Offios in Smearbaugh & Wenk Building, KLM 8TRKKT, TIOMI8TA, FA. Tern, 91.00 A Year, Strictly tiAituN. Entered as seoond-olass matter at the pont-ollloe at Tionesta. No ubaoription received for a shorter period than three months. Correspondence solicited, but no notice will be taken of anonymous communica tions. Always give your name. Fore EPUBLICAN. VOL. XLIII. NO. 30. TIONESTA, PA., WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 5, 1910. $1.00 PER ANNUM. R BOROUG OFFICERS. Burgess. J. D. W. Reck. Justices of the Peace C. A. Randall, D. W. Clark. Oouncitmen, J. W, Landers, J. T. Dale, O, 11. Robinson,. Wm. Smearbaugh, Frank Joyoe, W. O. Calhoun, A. H, Kelly. Constable Charles Clark. Collector W. H, Hood. School Directors J. O. Soowden, R. M. Herman, Q. Jamlnson, J. J. Landers, J. C. Uelit, Joseph Clark. FOREST COUNTY OFFICERS. Member of Congress N. P.Wheeler. Member of Senate J. IC. P. Hall. Assembly A. R. Mecbling. President Judge Win. E. Rice. Associate Judges P.' C. Hill, Samuel Aul. Prothonotary, Register dt Recorder, de. -J. C. Uelst. Hheriir-ti. R. Maxwell. Treasurer Geo. W. Holeman. Commissioners Wm. H. Harrison, J. M. Zuendel. II. H. MoClellan. District Attorney M. A. Crrltigr. Jury Commissioners Ernest Hlbble, Lewis Wagner. Coroner Dr. M. 0 Kerr. County Auditors Ooorge H. Warden, A. C. Gregg and J. P. Kelly. County Purveyor D. W. Clark. County Superintendent I). W. Morri son. Regular Terai mt Cart. Fourth Monday of February. Third Monday of May. Fourth Monday of September. Third Monday of November. Regular Meetings of County Commis sioners 1st and 3d Tuesdays of month. C'hsroh urn Mabfcath BefcMl. Presbyterian Sabbath School at 9:46 a. m. t M.E. Sabbath School at 10:00 a. in. Preaching In M. K. Church every Sab bath evening by Rev. W.O. Calhoun. Preaching in the F. M. Church every Sabbath evening at the usual hour. Rev. E. L. Monroe, Pastor. Preaching In the Presbyterian church everv Sabbath at 11:00 a. ni. and 7: p. m. Rev. U. A. JJailey, Pastor. The regular meetings of the W. O. T. U. are held at the headquarters on the second and fourth Tuesdays of each month. BUSINESS DIRECTORY. TV . N EST A LO DU E, No. 869, 1. 0. 0. F. M eets everv Tuesday evening, in Odd Fellows' Hall, Partridge building. C.VPT. GEO ROE 8TOW POST, No. 274 Q. A. R. Meets 1st Tuesday after noon of each month at 3 o'clock. CAVT. GEORGE STOW CORPS, No. 187, W. R. C, meets first and third Wednesday evening of each month. TF. RITCHEV, . ATTORN EY-AT-LAW, Tionesta, Pa. MA. CARRINGER. Attorney and Counsellor-at-Law. Office over Forest County National Bank Building, TIONESTA, PA. CCBTI8 M. 8HAWKEY. ATTORN EY-AT-LA W, Warren, Pa. Practice in Forest Co. AO BKOWX, ATTORN EY-AT-LAW. Office la Arner Building, Cor. Elm and Bridge Sts., Tionesta, Pa. FRANK S. HUNTER, D. D. S. Rooms over Cltlseqs Nat. Bank. TIONESTA, PA. DR. F. J. BOVARD, Physician A Surgeon, TIONESTA, PA. Eyes Tested and Glasses Fitted. D R. J. B. BIGGINS. rbyslolan ana surgeon, OIL CITY, PA. HOTEL WEAVER, C. F. WEAVER, Proprietor. Modern and up-to-date in all its ap pointments. Every oonvenlenoe and comfort provided for the traveling public CENTRAL HOUSE, R. A. FULTON, Proprietor, Tionsela, Pa. This is the mostcentrally located hotel in the place, and has all the modern Improvements. No pains will be spared to make it a pleasant stopping place for the traveling public. pHIL. EMERT FANCY BOOT A SHOEMAKER. Shop over R. L. Haslet'a grocery store on Elm street. Is prepared to do all lnds of custom work from the finest to the coarsest and guarantees his work to give perfect satisfaction. Prompt atten tion Klven to mending, and prices rea sonable. Eleetrio Oil.-Guarnteed for Rheumatism, Sprains. Sore Feet, Pains. Ac At all dealer Every day we are opening up the New Shoes fqr Men and never before have we hadjust the great big values tot the money you upend. All the new styles fefd leathers. LAMMERS OIL CITYA. pnoposrco amendments to thb CONSTITUTION SUBMITTED TO THE CITIZENS OK THIS COMMON WEALTH FOR THEIR Ai'ITtOVAL OR REJECTION. HV THE UKNKRAL A8 8EMHI.Y OE THE COMMONWEALTH OE PENNSYLVANIA, AND PUHLISH ED BY ORDER OE THE SECRETARY OE THE COMMONWEALTH, IN PUR SUANCE OF ARTICLE XVIII OF THE CONSTITUTION. Number One. A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION l'rnpnsliig an amendment to section twenty-six of article live of the Constitution of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Resolved (If the Senate concur). That the following amendment to section twenty-six of article five of the Constitution of 1'ennxylvHnla be, and the same Is here by, proposed, In accordance with ths eighteenth article thereof: That section 2C of Article V., which reads as follows: "Section 26. All laws re lating to courts shall be general and of uniform operation, and the organization, Jurisdiction, and powers of all courts of the same class or grade, so far as regu lated by law, and the force and effect of the process and Judgments of such courts, tlmll be uniform; and the General Assem bly la hereby prohibited from creating other courts to exercise the powers vested by this Constitution In the Judges of the Courts of Common Pleas and Orphans' Courts," be amended so hut the same hall read as follows: Section 28. All laws retailing to eour s shall be general and of uniform opera tion, and the organization,' Jurisdiction, and powers of all courts of the same class or grade, so far as regulated by law, and the force and effect of the process and Judgments of such courts, shall be uni form; but, notwithstanding any provi sions of this Constitution, the General Assembly shall have full power to estab lish new courts, from time to time, as the same may be needed In any city or coun ty, and to prescribe the powers and Ju risdiction thereof, and to Increase ths number of Judges in any courts now ex isting or hereufter created, or to reorgan ise the same, or to vest In oilier courts the Jurisdiction theretofore exercised by courts not of record, and to abolish the sanio wherever It may be deemed neces sury for the orderly and efficient adminis tration of Justice. A true copy of Resolution No. 1. ROBERT McAFEE. Secretary of the Commonwealth. - Number Two. RESOLUTION Proposing an amendment to the Constl tutlon of the Commonwealth of Penn sylvania, so as to eliminate the require ment of payment of taxes as a qualill cntion of the right to vote. Resolved (if the House of Representa tives ronctir). That the following amend ment to the Constitution of the Common wealth of Pennsylvania be, and the same Is hereby, proposed, In accordance with the eighteenth article thereof: That section one of article eight be amended, by striking out the fourth numbered pnrngrnph thereof, so that the said section shall read as follows: Section 1. Every male citizen twenty one yenrs of age, possessing the follow ing qualifications, shall be entitled to vote at all elections, subject however to such laws requiring and regulating the registration of electors as the General Assembly may enact. First. He shnl have been a citizen of the United States at least one month. Secqnd. He shal have resided In the State one year (or If. having previously been a qualified elector or native-born citisen of the State, he shall have re moved therefrom and returned, then six months). Immediately preceding (he elec tion. . Third. He shall have resided In the election district where tn Bhall offer to vote at least two months immediately preceding the election. A true copy of Resolution No. I. ROBERT McAFEpJ, Secretary of (he Commonwealth. Number Three. A JOINT RESOLUTION Proposing an amendment to the Consti tution qf the. Commonwealth of Penn sylvania, so' as to consolidate the courts of common pleas of Allegheny County. Section ). Re It resolved hy the Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania In Qon eral Assomhly mot. That the following amendment to the Constitution of Penn sylvania be, and the same is hereby, pro posed, In accordance with the eighteenth article thereof: That section six of article five be amended, by striking out the said sec tion, and inserting in place thereof the following: Section 6. In the county of Philadel phia nil the Jurisdiction and powers now vested In the district courts and courts of common plens, subject to such changes as may be made by this Constitution or by law, shall be In Philadelphia vested In five distinct and separate courts of equal and co-ordinnte Jurisdiction, composed of three Judges ench. The said courts In Philadelphia shall be designated respect ively as the court of common pleas num ber one, number two, number three, number four, rind "number fjve, but' the piimber of said coprfg may e by Inw Increased', from, time to, time, and shall be In like manner designated by successive numbers. The number of Judges In any of said courts, or In any county where the establishment of an additional court may be authorised by law, may be In creased, from time to time, and when ever such Increase shall amount In the whole to three, such three judges shall compose a, distinct and separata court as aforesaid, which shall be npmbered as aforesaid. In Philadelphia nlj suits shall be Instituted In the said courts of com mon pleas without designating the num ber of the sal.l court, and the several courts shall distribute and apportion the business among them In such manner as shall be provided by rules of oourt, and each court, to which any suit shall be thus assigned, shall have exclusive Juris diction thereof, subject to ehnnge of venue, as shnll he provided by law. In the county of Allegheny alt the Jurisdiction and powers now vested In the severnl numbered courts of common plens sha)l he vested In one court of cqm mon pleas, composed of nl the Judges In com mission In said courts. Such Juris diction and powers shnll extend to all proceedings at law and in equity which shnll have been Instituted In the several numbered courts, and shall be subject to such changes as may be made by law. and subject to change of venue as pro vided by law. The president Judge of Said court shall be selected as provided by law. The number of Judges In said court may be by law Increased from time to time. This amendment shall take effect on the first day of January suc ceeding Its adoption. A true copy of Resolution No. S ROBERT McAFEE. Secretary of the Commonwealth. Vumber F.fir. A OQliJT RESOLUTION roposlng an amendment to sectlqn eight, rtlcle nine, of the Constitution pi Penn sylvania. Section I- Be It resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Com monwealth of Pennsylvania In General Assembly met, That the following Is pro posed as am amendment to the Constitu tion of the Commonwealth of Pennsylva nia, In accordance with the provisions of the eighteenth article thereof: Amendment to Article Nine, Section Eight Section t Amend section eight, article nine, of the Constitution of Pennsylvania, which reads as follows: "Section 8. The debt of any county. city, borough, township, school district, or other municipality or incorporated dis trict, except as herein provided, shall nev er exceed seven per centum upon the as sessed value of the taxable property there in, nor shnll any such municipality or district Incur any new debt, or Increase Its Indebtedness to an amount exceeding two per centum upon such assessed val uation of properly, wltfiout the assent of the electors thereof at a public election In such manner as shall be provided by law; but nny city, the debt of which now ex ceeds seven per centum of such assessed valuation, may be authorized by law to Increase the same three per centum, In the nKgrcgnte. at any one time, upon such valuation," so as to read as follows: Section 8. The debt of nny county, city, borough, township, school district, or oth er municipality or Incorporated district, except as herein provided, shall never ex ceed seven per centum upon the assessed value of the taxable property therein, nor shnll any such municipality or district In cur nny new debt, or Increase Its Indebt edness to nn amount exceeding two per centum upon such assessed valuation of proierty, without the assent of the elec tors thereof at a public election In such manner as shnll be provided by Inw; but any city, the debt of which now exceeds seven per centum of such nssessed val uation, may be authorized by law to In crease the same three per centum, In the aggregate, at any one time, upon such valuation, except thnt any debt or debts hereinafter Incurred by the city and coun ty of Philadelphia for the construction and development of subways for transit purposes, or for the construction of wharves and docks, or the reclamation of land to be used In the construction of a system of wharves and docks, as puhllo Improvements, owned or to be owned by said city and county of Philadelphia, and which shall yield to the city and county of Philadelphia current net revenue In ex cess of the Interest on said debt or debts and of the annual Installments necessary for the cancellation of said debt or debts, may be excluded In ascertaining the pow er of the city and county of Philadelphia to become otherwise Indebted: Provided, That a sinking fund for their cancellation shall be established and maintained. A true copy of Joint Resolution No. 4. ROBERT McAFEE. Secretary of the Commonwealth! GIRL FOUND SLAIN Murderer Smoked a Cigarette After He Had Committed the Deed. Savanmih, Ga., Oct. 4. With her fkull crushed and several gashes on her head and fare. Miss Catherine Burke of Wilmington, Del., and once a resident of Philadelphia, was found dead In the dining room of a closed house early yesterday. The discovery of the girl's body folr lowed a search of the premises by the police. The police are now hunting for ThomRS Lewis, the Inst person known to have seen the young woman alive. The girl wns known to hare been infatuated with Mr. Lewis, whom she attempted to kill with a revolver sev eral weeks ago on account of jealousy, The murderer, flfter ihe deed, smoked a cigarette, the stump of which was, found by ihe girl's side, before making his escape. HER LOVER WAS A HOTEL WAITER YoungWaman Drowns Herself On Discovering ths Deception, Atlantic City. Oct, 4, Discovering that tho man who had laid siege to her affections was merely a hotel waiter instead of a wealthy visitor as she supposed him, Miss Anna M. Howe, sister of Frank Howe. Philadelphia theatrical manager and for years man ager of the Walnut Street thea'er, cast herself Into the sea here on the night of Sundi.y, Sept. 25. The woman's body was found in the bay off Somera Point last Friday. He' identity was a deep mystery until parts of her outer clothing, wrapped around pathetic notes to her former, loverere found on the beach here. The corpse which is In the under-. t.aker establishment at Pleasantvilla was later identified as tjiat qf Miss Howe by empnyes of ie fashonabl jlotel Windsor of tb's city where she was a gitest when she decided to kUl liersplf, No a'tdresa wa found cm the open farewell notes which e woman left, A sealed note was addressed, however, tq Valter Orampton, a hotel waiter, who deulnred last night that he had, pot indulged In a, love affair wUn the dead woman, "Now J find that you have lied' to me." said part of tho note. "You are pot what you ald; you are a waiter. Of course I do not think that a man's work changes the color of his soul, but I hate to be deceived. Tq He seems to me to be the lowest, the as resort. Try when yon think of me ta pe truthful tq ether women and men, po what yon will, but don't He," Tried to Flimflam Professor. New York, Oct. 4. A man giving the name of Cook has been arrested at Geneva, N. Y., for trying to flim flam I'rofefBor Eaton of Hobart col lege out of $1.80. The man. It Is learned Is much wanted for working hiname in a number of cities. Hq has a number of aliases and his real name- Is an yet a, mailer of conjecture. Some of his victims have formed Ihu Association of Easy Marks. Erie W! Issue Bonds, Albany, Oct, 4--Tie Krie Railroad company asked authority or the Up state public service commission to Is sue $1,000,000 general lien bonds to reimburse the company's treasury for amounts expended for coal cars. I'n der the terms of the company's first consolidated meeting, dated Dec. 10, lis!!5, these bonds were reserved for fu ture needs in amounts not to exceed K 1,000,001) per year. The commission reserved decision. FIVE LEAVEHOSPITAL Three Others HurtlnlVanrferbiil Cup Race Still In Danger. Although the Driver of Car 12 la Lia ble to Die. Both His Lrga Being Broken, He Requested the Doctors Not to Remove Hla Right Leg. Louia Chevrolet, Driver of Mar-quette-Buick Car, Still Suffering From Shock and Nervousness. Of the more than twenty who were injured in Saturday's Vnndcrbilt cup race, three of thoe who were taken to the Nassau County hospital were sail to be still in daneer. Five were able to leave the hospital. Mrs. Ferdinand D'Zubia, whose hus land was killed when the car he was driving containing his wife and four oiher men got beyond hla control near Old Westhury and plunged In the darkness to the bottom, where It turn ed over, is one of those at the hospital who Is atlll In extreme danger. Both hpr legs nre broken. Thomas Sum mers and Kdward Brown were in the car with the D'Zubia's and were hurt. Their condition is not serious. They are still in the hospital. Harold A. Stone, the driver of the car 12, is the second of those liable to die. His car Jumped the Meadow hrook bridge killing the mechanician Matliew Bacon and throwing Stone clear. Both his legs were broken. It was first thought that his right leg would have to be amputated hut It was not done at his own request. Theodore Gramuccl, a chauffeur for Wilfred Taupier, of 542 West 112th street has slim chances to live. The cor In which he was, was driven Into a telegraph pole near the Garden City hotel and Grammuccl received Inter nal injuries. Four others In the ma chine at the time wore also hurt. Of the four, Co-nell Reid of 876 West F.nd avenue was the only one who could not bo moved from the hospital. His leg Is broken, but his condition is not serious. Louis Chevrolet, the driver of the Marqnette-Buick car No. 29, Is still at the hospital Buffering from shock and rervousness more than anything else. A bursting tire caused his machine lo swerve off the road Into a yard, where Chevrolet was thrown out and the mechanician was pinned under neath the machine and killed in ptnntly. YOUNGD0CT0R SUICIDES Mother Tried to Prevent Him Cutting Hla Throat With a Razor. Dr. Hubert B. Codger of Ashevills, N. C, a young graduate of the Uni versity of Pennsylvania Medical fcIiooI, killed himself In a room of the Grand Union hotel at Broadway and 42nd street, New York city, whlla his inother fought with him for possession of the raw vUh which he wa cut ting hi throat, Pr, Gudger wna S4 years old and wag graduated from the medical school with the class of 1009. His father la J. M. Gudger, an attorney, ot Ashevllle. The young physician undermined his health through hard study and on returning home It was decided that hl remaln quietly at his father'3 home, while every effort was made to restore him to health. Symptoms of acute melancholia soon developed and on advica of phy sicians he was brought here by his parents to be placed in a sanitarium. SEARCHING THE RUINS Number of Dead Still Buried In the Wrecked Tme$ Building, Twenty one n,ersop3, it U now known, lost, thpir lives Iq the explosion und fire which destroyed the plant of the Los Angeles Times on Satur day. Only five (if te nineteen bodies bqrled in the rnlns have been recovered when night fell, although scores of men worked all day remov ing the dobrs, while the police spent a hard flay seeking clews to the perpe trators of the outrage. One more arrst was made, but lit tle real progress seems to have been piade, The latest suspect, the third taken Into custody, Is artinJgan, and he Is an alleged AnnrehlhVl The police declined to say on wlWt 4aind they arrested him,. Eighteen thousand five hundred dol lars reward Is now offered for the jtrrcst of the persons who blew np the Times plant. The city council raised the city's reward from $.",000 to $10,000. It addition to this tho union labor leaders have offered $7,500 and the other newspapers $1,000. CAMDEN NEARLY WIPED 0UT Fire Destroyed Twenty Building, In cluding Several Buainesi Blocks. The vllliiga of Camden, a thriving community, situated 10 miles north, if liome, N. Y., was neatly wiped ot by fire early Sttmlav. The hazo stiuld in the Whitney (louse from an unexplained tuinnc and i-efore It was brought under control, p) huililliiKs, Including seven business blocks and 10 residences, were re duced to ashes. The Camden fire department, rein forced by a large detachment of fire men and several pieces of apparatus from Rome, fought the (lames rievcrrl hours, but were handicapped In their efforts by insufficient water pressure. Incendiarism Is hinted at in connec tion with the fire, but nothing tangi ble along this line has developed,. The loss will exceed $100,000. MRS. JULIA WARD HOWE Smith College Will Confer Doctor's Degree on Her KILLED EIGHT PEOPLE Italian Hacked Whole Family to Pieces With a Hatchet. A man named Merchese, who 1 a member of the Black Hand society, lias been arrested at Pellara, Italy, for the murder of Giuseppe Itugo lino, the forvst guard, and his wife and six children. Marclicse admits the crime. He Kays lie committed it because Rugoline luid betrayed his wife. The murder was a most brutal one. Kugolino and nil the members of hif fiimily were hacked to pieces with a hatchet. Itugolino spent a number of years in the United Stntcs, but return ed to IVllnro Home time ago ami was ap pointed a forest guard. The murders Were committed early on the morning of Heptepiber 5, REPUBLICAN TICKET Stimson Named For Governor Candi dates For Minor Offices. The Republican state convention at Saratoga nominated the following ticket: For governor Henry L. Stimson of New York. For lieutenant governor Edward Schoeneck of Syracuse. For secretary of state Samuel S. Koenlg of New York. For comntroller James Thompson of Valley Falls, Rensselaer county. For state treasurer Thomas Fen r.ell of Klmlra. For attorney general Edward R. O'Malley of Bulfalo. For state engltieer and surveyor Frank M. Williams of Oneida. For associate justice of the court ot appeals Irving G. Vann of Syra cuse. DIX FOR GOVERNOR State Chairman Nominated by Demo cratic Convention Other Candidate. Democrats in convention at Rochest er Friday nominated the following ticket: Governor .)h A, llx of Albany. Lieutenant governor Thomas F. Con way of Clinton. Secretary of state Kdward Laznnsky of Kings. Comptroller William Soluner of New Yprk. State engineer .lohn A. Beusel of Nw York, Treasurer .lohn .1, KtMUiedy of Erie. Attorney jivneval Thomas F, Car mody of Yiitcit. Aoolatp justice, court of appeals Frederick K. Collin of Chemung. WILL RECEIVE DEGREE Mrs. Julia Ward Howe to Be Honored by Smith College. Mrs Julia Ward Howe, now 91 years of age, will received doctor'n degree on Wednesday at Boston for the third, io.' Smith college will Confer the degree on the occasion of the Inauguration of President llurton. Six years ago Tuft's college made her a doctor of laws. In June, 1909, Browu university made her a doctor of literal tire. Mrs. Howe, si 111 keen and alert mentally, has passed the summer at her Newport summer home and la re ported to be In her usual health, DROWNED NUMBER 29 Police Searching For Bodies of Sailors Lost Off the New Hampshire's. Sailing Lnunch. In ap oirtcta.1 Nt authorlzinl by Rear Admiral Charles N. Vreeland, pivon cut by Captain Rodger of ihe battle ship New Hampshire at New York, Ihe nitmbvi of the Now Hamp shire's Kallors who are believed t- have been on I lie bailleshlp'a railing laiipi'll when It tilled in the Hudson on Saturday night and who are still missing. Is set down at 29. Twelve member of Saturday's lib erty party oil the New Hampshire, who were .net known to have been In t lie sailing launch, but who are vt 111 ml:s!ng, were noted !n Captain itodgors' list. The water there is very deep and grappling cannot be followed to great advantage. J. THE NEWS SUMMARY Short Items From Various Parts of the World. Record of Many Happenings Condensed and Put In 8mall Space and Ar ranged With Special Regard For the Convenience of the Reader Who Has Little Time to 8par. Wednesday. A coroner's Jury found Dr. Hawley H. Crlppen guilty of the murder of his wife, who was known on the stage as Belle Elmore; death was said to have been due to hyoscine poison ing. The trial of Governor Haskell of Oklahoma in the Muskogee town lota cases began at McAlester. A conductor of a streetcar at Bev erly, Mass., was knocked from the running board by an automobile and killed; the occupants ot the muchlnd escaped. John A. Dix, chairman of the Dem ocratic state committee, In which he said he was not a candidate for the nomination for governor. Thursday. Hundreds of persons were injured in Berlin, when the police adopted severe measures to quell the strikers In the Moablt district; women took a prominent part In attacks on the offi cers. Advices from Naples say that vic tims of cholera are dying in the streets and that 100,000 persons have left the city; suspected cases are re ported from Palermo, Leghorn and Turin. President Taft and the cabinet de cided to put all assistant postmasters, numbering about 8,000, under civil service rules; they also cut army esti mates $'.0,000,000. James Creelman made public a let ter of Mayor Gaynor to him In which the mayor asked Mr. Creelman to make it plain for him, if necessary, that he would not accept the Demo cratic nomination for governor. Friday. Several New York correspondents watching the dispersal of strikers In the Moabit district of Berlin were In jured by police, who attacked them with sabres. Fifteen cases of cholera and nine deaths were officially reported from Naples In the last twenty-four hours; strict preeputlons are being taken in New York city. The Wisconsin Republican state convention, which was controlled by La Follette, adopted a radical progres sive platform, voicing his views and policies. The Federation of Master Cotton Spinners of England decided to make no concessions to their employes, and a lockout of 150,000 persona Is ex pected Oct. 1. Saturday. It was reported from St. Johns, N. F that the Labrador fishermen faced a winter of privation, as the catch was the smallest In the history of the organized Industry. ' Vice President Sherman, at Utlca, N. Y., said that he accepted the result of the Republican state convention complacently and would support the ticket nominated. William Barnes, J, of Albany, also promised support for the ticket. Sir Thomas Vesey Strong was elected Lord Mayor of Umdon; he Is the first teetotaller to occupy that office. The funeral of George Chavez, who crossed 'the Alps In an aeroplane, was held in Domo d'Osollo, where ho fell from his machine. Monday. Deficiencies found In the moral character of Columbus, according to a dispatch from Paris, make It unlikely that the explorer will be canonized London financiers have received advices from Nicaragua, saving that the t'nlted States will lend that coun try $20,000,000 and manage Its finan cial administration. The aeronaut, Henri Wynmalin, es tablished a new record at Milan, as cending 9,1 21 feet: his engine was dis abled by the cold and he wna forced to plane to tho earth. Nineletn perron were killed by fire following &n exploslou which wrecked Ihe idant of the Los Angeles Times; union labor was blamed for the ex plosion as well as for three other out rages. Tuesday. The English hoard or trade has sub mitted a compromise in the lockout of cotton employes which the work men have accepted and Ihe employers are expected to approve. Tho fiancee of Edmond Polllot, who wag killed on Sept. 2." by the fall of his aeroplane, went to his grave and fliot herself through the heart. Twenty-eight new cases of cholera and six deaths were reported from tho city and province ot Naples. It was learned at Washington that Wu Ting Tang had memorialized the throne of China In favor of abolishing the queue. The freighter New York foundered In Thunder bay, Lake Huron; the crew was roscueii. According to official estimates, 29 of the crew were lost when the bat tleship New Hampshire's bont sank Saturday right, and 13 additional men were reported missing from rollcalt. GAS KILLS MOTHER AND BOY Patrolman Breaks In Door and Flnda Both Dead In Bed. New York, Oct. 4. With her arms tightly clasped around the form of her six-year-old son, Mrs. Mary Yae ger, 32 ycaro old, was found dead in bed In her rooms at 238 East 89th street yesterday afternoon, a victim, ith the little boy, of asphyxiation. She had turned on the gas, it is thought, and then lay down with her boy as her companion to await the death which, according to friends, she Lad sought twice within the last week. A young woman living in the build ing smelted gas in the hallway. She traced the odor to the rooms occu pied by Mrs. Yacger. When no one answered her repeated knocks at the door she called in a patrolman, who broke In. Dr. Patten of the Presby terian hospital said that the mother and child had been dead for several hours. Mrs. Yaeger had been suffering from nervousness for some time, and about a year and a half ago separated from her husband. TOOK UP CHILDREN'S FIGHT Mothers' Quarrel and Later One of Them Is Shot to Death. Philadelphia, Oct. 4. After a quar rel between their two young children, Mrs. Mary Marito shot, and Instantly killed Mrs. Angelina Monzzo In the Italian quarters here, according; to the police. The children, two and three years old, quarreled while playing together, and the mothers, who lived In the same house, became Involved. A rough and tumble fight between tho vomen was stopped by a policeman. After the latter left the house neigh bors heard Mrs. Monzzo upbraiding Mrs. Marito. The latter walked down a flight upstairs with a revolver con cealed behind her back, it Is charged, and shot the other woman three times. She then picked up her three-year-old son and fled, but was later ar rested. GIRL STRUCK BY AUTO Skull Is Fractured Driver Surren ders to Police. Easton, Pa., Oct. 4. A big touring car of General Superintendent C. A. ruck of the Bethlehem Steel compa ny, late yesterday afternoon, struck an Italian girl, Francesca Lolacona, five years old, on East Canal street, this city. The child's skull wns fractured. She was placed In the auto and tak en to the hospital. Subsequently, Ed ward Matz, the driver of the car, sur rendered to the police. He was per mitted to go on his own recognizance, awaiting the result of the girl's In juries. Opium Joint Raided. Reading, Pa, Oct, 4. More than 1,000 bottles of beer, brandy In largo quantities, Imimrled wines, cigarettes, cocaine, "dope" pills, pipes and other paraphernalia for the smoking of opium were recovered In a raid matin by the police late la-it night on South Seventh street. The raid was ied by Assistant District Attorney H. J. Dunn and County Detective Merkel, who were surprised to find that an opium joint existed here. Thirty-two men wore caught In the raid. Stabbed Twice ty Foreigner. Reading, Pa., Oct. 4. Moses Harris, of rtldgwood, last night while on hi way home along a lonely road was act upon by a foreigner and atabbed In Ms right arm nnd in the ribs. He was found lying in a dazed condition by frevoral men, who brought him to a local hospital in a wagon. Fifteen stitches were required to close his; wounds, and he was very weak from loss of blood. His assailants escaped. Arm Crushed by Trolley. Norrlstown, Pa., Oct. 4. While try lng to avoid a trolley car last night George Stockdale ran against the automobile of Severn Ttegar, son of H. K. Regnr, a hosiery manufacturer, and was thrown under the wheels of the trolley car. One of his arms was so badly crushed that amputation was made near the elbow. Failed to Kill Herself. South Bethlehem, Pa., Oct. 4. Miss Cora Hell, 19 years old, following a scene with her sweetheart, Waller Glenn, adopted a novel but unsuccess ful method to commit suicide. The plrl took a bottle of chloroform and saturated the bedclothes with it. She then crept Into bed and was nearly lead when her father discovered her i umit. Preparing For York Fair. York. Pa., Oct. 4. Thousands of ex hibits reached here for the 63rd an nual cxhlhtion of the York County Ag ricultural society. The largest con signments consisted of livestock and poultry from Tretno and other fair In the East. The grounds cover ".1 acres. Bigamist's Third Wife Wins Suit. Bloomsburg, Pa., (M. 4. .lame A. McCall, a self-conftssed bigamist, with three wives said to be living, was sentenced by Judge Evans to pay tho third wife, who caused his arrest, M a week on a non-supKrt charge.
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