REPUBLICAN MEWS-ITEI bf a K I>At'BKRMAS. Imm LAPORTK PA. UL. ■ - ■ ■' ill The spider's favorlto mulm U, Intra to labor and to wait. The tummrr girl I* putting on her coat of ta.n and freckls* It's etth«i a deluge or a drought to tnaJte tb» farmer unhappy. Why not aell It "aeroplane?" It vould be easier to pronounce. Vacationer* regret that the gam* of coming back was ever Invented. Almost any *mall boy"* ambition at this season I* to be a pearl diver. In hot weather, put off all the thing* you don't have to do to another day. Thla 1b good weather for a revival of the Qre«k costume of toga and san tfals. Confiscation of their automobliles would deter reckless motorist* from scorching. The summer season is trying to make good the deficit of heat piled up last winter. Yale has given up basket ball, thus heading off a challenge from the Welles ley girls. It takes as much time for a water melon as for a man to become thor oughly "cooled off." Strange as it may seem at first thought, no grape seed was ever found in a vermiform appendix. Father's pocketbook agrees with the textile men In the belief that there is ruin In the hobble skirt. Uneasy lies the 'head that has no hair, especially when there are flies In the Immediate vicinity. One advantage of being a pitcher for the Detroit team Is that you don't have to pitch to Ty Cobb. The Philadelphia Inquirer calls the Ibeft of an umbrella a "white steal." That feller has a guilty conscience. The millionaire who paid $45,000 for a pair of ancient andirons is plainly started in a way to have a hot old time. Now the warning has gone out against soap as a carrier of germs. This time the crusade makes a clean ■weep. One of the obstacles in the way of the anti-klsslng crusade is that most girls would rather be son-kissed than sun-kissed. The man who threatens to let his whiskers grow if his favorite candi date is not elected now has the center of the stage. If, aa a fashion expert says, the skirts will be tighter next fall, there will he a great Increase In the use of the shoe horn. According to a Boston doctor the American nation la becoming flat footed. And some are being caught red-handed, too. Superstitious persona who look upon thirteen as an unlucky number over look the fact that there were thirteen ■tars In the original flag. For every man killed In flying a doz en die boating and swimming. It Is In the number who survive that avia tion makes a poor showing. The hay fever season is ushered In with the dog day3, and both are abom inable. each, however, in Its own de spicable way. Those misguided people who have been wishing for an old-fashioned sum mer will confer a favor on this com munity by promptly unwlshing It. Attendance at big league baseball parks is said to have fallen off since last year. Even baseball finds it hard to compete with a political circus. Doctor In Boston tells us that the American nation Is becoming flat footed. Probably due to the vaat amount of gum-shoe work in politics. A convention hall In Atlantic City was picked up and carried away by a recent cyclone. Usually, a convention ball Is a magnet for all wandering air eurrents. We fain would rise In our righteous -Indignation and Bmite the feminine practice of wearing male hosiery, but we hesitate for fear of being called a rubber-neck. A hug and a kiss were the rewards given to the man who rescued a girl from drowning at New Kochelle. Up to date. Many a man who yearns to he a boy on the farm again would kick like a mule If he were asked to do the chores. A man convicted of deceiving his wife ebout money has been sent to Jail in hot Angeles. This precedent Is enough to send a scare throughout th* (■hole of these United States. VETOES SAVE COMMERCE COURT House Passes Bill Extar ding Its Life L'n.il March 4 Next. YIELDED TO THE PRESIDENT House Votes 153 to 84 to Overrid* Taft, but Senate Refute* 34 to 27 Redrafted Measure Provide* Fund* for Court. Washington.—Pretldent Tuft won hi* light for the retention of the Com merce Court—at i* -*bt until March 4 next. After having twice sent him the legislative bill In a torm which ab olished this court, the House leaders brought out the bill with a provision granting appropriations for the sup port of the court until March 4, and the measure was passed for the third time. This followed the receipt of a mes sage from President Taft, vetoing tho bill for second time within a week, basing his objections on the abolition of the Commerce Court. By a vote of 104 to 53, more than the necessary iwo-thirds, the House passed the bill over the veto, but the Senate, half an hour later, sustained the vote by a vote of 27 to 34. None of the thirty four Senate votes in favor of abolish ing the court was cast by Republi cans. Senators Bourne, Bristow, Clapp, Crawford, Cummins, La Toi lette. Nelson, l'oindexter and Works, and one Democrat, Thornton of Flori da, voted to sustain the President's veto. In the House the following Republi cans voted to override the veto: Coop er, Curry, Davis, Farr, French, Helge sen, Hawley, Kendall, Kinkaid of Ne braska, Kent, La Follette. Laffertv, Lindbergh, Murdock, Norris, Rees, Stonerson. Towner, Woods and Young of Kansas. The surrender of the House leaders, forced by the refusal of the Senate to override the veto, postpones until next Winter the ultimate fate of the Com merce Court. While the court is to be continued until March 4 next, it is the purpose of Chairman Fitzgerald and Representative Underwood to renew next Winter the struggle for its elimi nation. By vetoing the bill President Taft again held up his own salary, that o£ Cabinet officers, every member of Con gress and every Judge and employe of the United States courts. BRAMWELL BOOTH, ARMY HEAD. Son of Founder of Great Salvation Organization Accepts Post. London. —Brain well Booth, son of the late General Booth, was designat ed by the latter as his successor in a sealed document which was opened. Bramwell accepted the position offer ed to him. All the Salvation Array commission ers, who were present in London were convoked to meet A. W. Banger, one of the army's attorneys, at the inter national headquarters on Queen Vic toria street. At this meeting, Mr. Banger produced a sealed envelope which he stated the late General Booth handed to him twenty-two years ago this day. The envelope bore in the general's handwriting the inscrip tion: "The appointment of my suc cessor." Mr. Banger then formally asked Bramwell Booth if he accepted the ap pointment, Bramwell replied in the affirmative and expressed his keen sense of appreciation of the loss to the army by the death of his father. SHERMAN NOTIFIED. Makes Speech of Acceptance Before 30,000 People. Utica, N. Y. —Sunny as ever, having recovered from his recent illness, James S. Sherman received official notification of his renomlnation for Vice President by the Republican Na tional Convention. The Albany Unconditional Club of Albany, the Conkling Unconditionals of Utica and the Twenty-ninth and Forty-fourth Separate companies of the National Guard marched to Sher man's house and escorted the Vice President and the notification commit tee to Koscoe Conkling Park, where it was estimated SO,OOO persons had gathered. Charles Symonds made an address of welcome, United States Senator George Southerland of Utah delivered the formal notification, and Sherman expressed his acceptance. President Taft Bent a congratula tory telegram. Following the notification exercises Mr. Sherma" entertained the members of the notification committee at his residence and later took them to see a State League baseball game. SANTOS' SHIPPING PARALYZED. .Stevedores Join Freight Strike—3,ooo Battle with Troops. Santos, Brazil. —The strike which started here when the freight handlers on the Leopoldian Hailway quit has spread to the stevedores and ship ping is at a standstill. In a battle between 3,000 strikers and troops a number of persons are reported to have been killed tr wounded. GENERAL WILLIAM BOOTH Head of Salvation Army. REFORMER IS AN EX-CONVICT Councilman Resigns Confessing He Was a Jail-Bird. MAYOR PLEADS FOR HIM Former Pickpocket and Second-Story Man, Known in Underworld as ''New York Slim" —Friends Hope to Prevent Resignation. Philadelphia—William Burke, elect- j ed a member of the common council from the 33d Ward as a reformer on j the Keystone ticket last fail, has re signed. In doing so he has taken the people of the city into his confidence in a remarkable confession, published j in a newspaper to the effect that hav- j ing spent the greater part of his life J as a pickpocket, yeggman, second story thief, bank robber and house \ireaker, being known as "New York Slim," he repented his misdeeds in the Charleston State prison in Massachu setts and became a Philadelphlan in 1904, determined to lead an honorable and honored life. Not one of his associates suspected hie criminal record and he was held in high regard by all those who knew him officially, lu the street one day he saw one of his former pals in crime. The man recognized him, and told him he knew of his election to the Cou..eil and demanded money for keeping the secret. Burke paid him. The man continued to demand money and Burke, to keep his story from reaching the public, continued to pay. [ lie has been married since his re lease from the prison at Cliarlestown | and has two children. Yeggman, pick- \ pocket and burglar he admits he was, but he declares that he has tried to live a righteous life since his release in 1907. He tells the story as follows: 1 "I was doing well. I married and 1 was happy. A girl was born to my wife. I thought I had lived down my past —God knows 1 had tried to! "Cut ambitious as 1 was to make the most of my new life, I finally decided to take a chance. I became a candi date for Common Council. At the elec- 1 tion in November of last year 1 was j elected a member of Common Councils from the Thirty-third Ward by a ma- j jority of about 1,000 votes Mayor KuJolpli Blankenburg, in a statement issued from Pocono Pines, i practically leads a movement to "turn back" the resignation of William Burke as a councilman, and allow him to face the music of Ills confession, but remain a City Father. ORDERS 30,000 VACCINATIONS. Pittsburgh Health Director Fights Spread of Smallpox. Pittsburgh.—E. It. Walters, Director of the Department of Public Health, issued an order that all the residents in the upper end of the old Lawrence ville district be vaccinated at once. WOMAN ON POLICE FORCE. Mayor of Topeka Names Her to Arrest Wayward Girls. Topeka, Kan.—Mayor Billard ap pointed Mrs. Lillian A. King a mem ber of the Topeka police force. Mrs. King formerly published a newspaper and is considered a level-headed wom an. She is Secretary of the Kansas State Temperance Union. Mrs. King will be detailed to arrest way'vard young girls. CLARENCE S. DARROW FOUND NOT GUILTY Lawyer Acquitted of Charge of Brib ing Juror in McNamara Case — May Be Tried Again. Los Angeles, Cal. —Most spectacu larly, Clarence S. Darrow was found not guilty of the charge of bribing a juror in the trial of John J. and James Bryce McNamara, in whose defence he appeared as chief counsel. The jury in Harrow's case was out only ; thirty-four minutes. In his defense Darrow had charged that the prosecution was an attempt I by the Steel Trust, through the Erec tors' Association, to throttle union lab ; or. He declared the rt-sult was a sig nal victory for the cause he says he I represents —the cause of the union workmen oppressed by organized capi tal. The prosecutor still holds in reserve an indictment against Darrow charg | ing bribery of another juror, Robert j F. Bain. j "Certainly we shall try the Bain j case," said District-Attorney Freder : icks after the Darrow verdict was ren dered "It is a much stronger case than this was, and with cumstances we have reason to believe we w ill secure a conviction." The scene immediately following the reading of the verdict by Foreman M. H. Williams was most remarkable. Men and women were hysterical and several jurymen shouted. The judge 1 sank back in his chair, making no at tempt for several minutes to maintain order. As the last syllable absolving the defendant of guilt passed the lips of Foreman Williams, Darrow jumped to his feet and embraced his wife. For several minutes they stood there, while scores of friends and sympathiz -1 ers crowded about them, showering j congratulations. As soon as possible Darrow rushed over to the jurors' box. Jurors Dun bar, Golding and Dingman embraced him and with tears streaming down ! his cheeks the defendant told them ! how glad he was of their decision and the warm place he would ever hold in his heart for them. While Darrow stood there smiling amid his tears, spectators, the major ity of whom were women, fought their way past the bailiffs to the jury box. Some of the women were weeping, oth i ers smiling as they poured forth con gratulations. Immediately after Judge Hutton dis charged the jury all semblance of or der seemed to be lost. One coterie of i men and women rushed at Chief Coun sel Earl Rogers of the defease, as he stood at the head of the counsel table with his wife. Some confined theft actions to pretty speeches but others slapped Rogers on the shoulders until he was forced to stand against the wall. The others of Darrow*'s attor neys, Appell, Geister and Dehm all came in for their share of the mani festation. Chicago.—William J. Burns, who was active in the prosecution of Clar ence S. Darrow at Los Angeles, being one of the witnesses for the State, pre dicts that Darrow will have togo through another tfial.. He admitted that he was surprised at the verdict. KILLS WIFE AND HER MOTHER. ininolc Man Flees From Mob and Surrenders. Chicago.—A family reunion was turned into a tragedy at Ashton, 111., when Mrs. Wessie Sanders, Chicago, jumped from a Northwestern train in to the arms of her little daughter and was slain by her jealous husband. The husband, Warren Sanders, then shot to death Mrs. George Griffith, his wife's mother, and fled from a mob to the police station, where he surrend ered. GENERAL BOOTH DIES, AGED 83 Commander of Salvation Army Expires in London. SEPTIC POISON THE CAUSE How His Work Grew and Won Recog nition—Quarrelled with Son Balling ton, Who Formed a Rival Army, th« Volunteers of America. London. —Gen. William Booth, com mauder in chief of the Salvation Army, died Jjere of septic poisoning. He had been unconscious for forty eight hours. The Geueral just past 83 years of age. had been failing since last May, when an operation for cataract was performed on his left eye. There are no details of the General's death beyond the brief official state ment that he passed peacefully away, alto that Brain well Booth, his wife and their daughter, Mrs. Booth Ell berg, the General's youngest daughter, Dr. Milne. Commissioner Howard and Col. Kitching were present. Where General Booth will be buried has not yet been decided. While every English member of the Salva tion Army is convinced that no man was more worthy of interment in Westminster Abbey, it is not expected that the honor will be awarded to Gen. Booth by the Abbey authorities. It is the general belief that the commander in chief's last resting place will be alongside that of his wife, who eleven years ago was buried in Abbey Park, Stoke Kewington. Almost the last words of General Booth were uttered just before he lost consciousness. He was referring to God's promises, and, speaking with great difficulty, said: "They are sure —they are sure—if you will only believe!" It is probable that the obsequies will include the lying-in state for sev eral days at Congress Hall, Clapton, which will be followed by a big me morial service and a procession from London to Abbey Park. Col. Kitching said that up to Satur day General Booth showed solicitude for the work of the army. "We had not expected the end quite so soon," Col. Hitching continued. "The general died very peacefully and quietly, without the slightest struggle. His breathing simply became less and less until it ceased altogether. 1 tl)jiil£ the operation may have accelerated death, but 1 do not believe it was the cause of his demise. 1 think perhaps the disappointment following the non •eturn of the general's sight was a, greater strain upon him than the oper ation itself. He was very buoyant un til three weeks ago, when a decided change for the worse occurred. After that time he gradually sank. "When General Booth said from time to time that when the wires flashed around the world the news of his death they would also carry th# name of his successor," Col. Kitching added, "he spoke metaphorically. The announcement of his successor proba bly will be made in a day or two." GOVERNOR MARSHALL NOTIFIED. Grand Stand Collapses. During Cere monies at Indianapolis. Indianapolis.—Governor Thomas R. Marshall was officially notified that he is the candidate for Vice-President on the Democratic ticket and the running mate of Gov. Woodrow Wilson in the coming campaign. Ex-Judge Alton 15. Parker, of New York, who was the Presidential candidate of the party in 1904, made the speech of notification. Stands for the speakers and Demo cratic notables who came from all parts of the country, were facing University Square. In tlfe midst of the rejoicing and en thusiasm at the notification, a gayly decorated stand collapsed, carrying down most of the members of the No tification Committee, many prominent Indiana party leaders and scores of women. Among injured were the following: Judge Pliny Bartholomew, Indianapol is; J. W. Tripppeto, director of the Fortville State Bank; W. A. Doherty, of State Board of Accounts; W. H. Vollmer, State Treasurer; Frank Van Dearen, Wabash Realty Company; Miss Ella Goodwin and sister, Miss Hazel, of Cincinnati, Ohio; Walter St. John, Martinsville, Democratic candi date for Recorder; Louis Sarter, Mar tinsville, chairman of Democratic com mittee; Thomas Brolley, State Statis tician; Col. Joseph M. Rice, vice-presi dent of the Duckworth Club, Cincin nati; W. H. Payne, County Clerk of Morgan coufity. Gov. Marshall attacked the Republi can party on the grounds that it had fostered special privileges to the point of making men everywhere Socialistic in theory if not in conduct. COLLEGE SEEKS LEPERS. May Establish Colony on Campus for Educational Purposes. St. Paul. —The establishment of a colony of lepers on the campus of the University of Minnesota is proposed for educational purposes, according to Dr. H. M. Bracken, of the State Board of Health, who says there would be less danger than with an equal num ber of consumptives. The board of regents is to be told ail the conditions which prompted the propoKal. MEXICO ACCUSES A U. S. SENATOR Government Organ Imputes In terested Motives to Fall. SAYS HE ASSISTS REBELS "Nueva Era" Adds That He or a Clou Relative Own* a Million Acrea in Chihuahua —Warships for Mexico. Mexico City.—The extent to whlcfc the sensational utterances of Senatoi Kail, of New Mexico, ou the Mexican situation have iccreased the ill-feeling among Mexicans toward American? and the United State* government it indicated by the publication in the "Nueva Bra," which is recognized as R government organ, of what purports to be the real animus of Senator Pali's attempt to arouse the sympathy of the United State® for Orozco ajid force American intervention in Mexi co. The "Nueva Era" accuses Senator Kail unequivocally of conferring sev eral times with Orozco in Ciudad Juarez and promising hi-j personal and political support against tlie Mexican government. Jt charges that Senator Fall's attitude is dictated by motives arißing from the fact that disturb ances in northern Mexico impair tha value of property owned by members of his family. "Senator Fall is married," said the "Nueva Era." "to Clarice Greene Chase, a niece of the late Colonel Greene, owner of the copper mines at Cananea, Chihuahua, and u|>on Greene's death Senator Fall or his dauhter acquired a vast expanse of land at Temosachic, Chihuahua. This is the reason why Senator Fall has pre cipitated himself into the politics of this country." Ridicule intervention Talk. Washington Widespread depreda tions by the Mexican rebels are re ported in dispatches to the Depart ment of State and the War Depart ment, and serious trouble, including an attack on Americans near Noga'.es, is considered possible, if not probable. Officials of the State Department ridicule the statement of Senator Ba con that this government is planning to Invade Mexico as soon as Congress adjourns. The sole purpose of this government, it was pointed out, la to protect American lives and property. Warships Visit Mexican Ports. Washington.—President Taft has decided that the revolution In Mexico is sufficiently broken for this Govern ment to resume its custom of carry ing the American flag into Mexican ports by the friendly visit of warships. The gunboat Vicksburg was ordered •o proceed at once down the west coast of Mexico and the cruiser Des Moines will go as early as possible down the east coast. The Vicksburg left San Diego for Guaymas, on the Gulf of California. PANIC AT CIRCUS FIRE. Main Tent of Ringling Brothers De stroyed at Sterling, 111. Sterling, 111. —Thousands of persons fought in a panic when the main tent of Ringling Bros.' circus was destroy ed by fire. The animals in a nearby tent, scorched by the flames, added to the excitement by their roars and snarls. No one was seriously injured, and prompt action by the circus employes prevented the escape of any of the dangerous beasts of the menagerie, but the main tent, together with poles, seats and other paraphernalia, valued at SIOO,OOO, is a total loss. The fire started just as the crowd had nearly filled the lot on which the tents were pitched. TO SUE AMERICAN TEL. & TEL. Department of Justice Plans Action to Dissolve It Under Sherman Law. Washington.—lt was intimated that the Department of Justice is about to bring a suit under the Sherman anti-trust law to compel the dissolu tion of the American Telephone & Telegraph Co. This big concern has been tinder in vestigation by the department for six months or more and it has been said from the start that the attorney-gen eral believed he would be able to es tablish a case against them. $1,000,000 IN JAPAN'S EXHIBIT. Structure for Pan-Pacific Show Will Occupy Four Acres. San Francisco. —The Japanese build ing at the Panama-Pacific Exposition will cost $1,000,000 and will occupy four acres with its grounds, and will be a permanent gift to the people of the United States. WATER FOR 96.000 ARID ACRES. Contract Signed to Bring Government to Supply Kittitas Valley, Tacoma. Secretary of Interior Fisher, signed the first water supply contract under the Warden bill, passed last year. The government thereby contracts to deliver three years bene# enough storage water to irrigate the 96.000 acres of arid land tinder Kittitaa Valley. The Hlghline canal can be built by the irrigation district itself, at a cost of $5,000,000 and bonds will be issued.
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