Th Fulton County News McConncltsburg, Pa. ' . SPIRIT OF ROMANCE. I To the spirit of chivalry and lore f adventure that characterized the wonderful days of long ago the aver age wrltt-r turns for his romantic tnlcB of love and war, hut It seems some Tiow as though enoup'i of romance can bo found In tho world lit every period of Its existence, even In Its present most pni'tlcal and, perhaps. Its most iinpcctlcul pinKc, to rnal;e volumes of ntm.i hint? Interest, but thf mystery of the p;,. t appeals to tho ordinary mlml wdh mor: persistence than the wonder--- of thi present: Pr,r taps, bt-cnuhe tlx- In'erverliiK perlniln of time have eixP-wo the neenrrrnees of other days v-i U scn'.-thlpg of tho cb.-ar It) of their own ure'-rf alnty. The Uifluonco or pi-(.tiy. of mns!e, of art, of the drnma, of literature, helps to mold a world of loveliness, und con tributes In no small way to tho hap piness of llvirir. nays the Charleston Nws an,l Courier. Into each profes sion some of the pplrlt of romance has crept, ninth of which has been handed down from Keneratlon to gen eration as a priceless heritage. Tho arttatlc temperament best understands tha making of those rose-sweet ro mances which breathe their fragrance far and wide and make the world a better place In which to live, but even those of ub who are not blessed with 'poetic natures cannot, Indeed must .not, fall to trace along our dally .paths the romance of the world Itself -with all Its throbbing beauty a ro mance of life and color, of effort and achievement, and above all of Joy and .Happiness. 8ometlmes tho question Is asked, "What becomes of all the gold?" It 1s a well-known fact that the total of the precious metal mined Is not fully accounted for by tho amount of gold coins In use or the quantity of gold -employed In the arts. A good deal of It "gets awny" Id some fashion and fcickn from the Fl;;ht of the statis ticians and the economists. Perhaps a little light may be thrown on the myBtery by the experience of a wom an In South fiend, Ind., who while digging In her flower garden found 11,145 In gold pieces. It Is believed the money was burled by the wom an's father, who died some years ago. .How much more has been disposed of In like fashion or stored away in mi ser's hoards and in secret places by those who wish to keep the coin against a time of need? The remarkable instance of a cure mt tetanus after th ef jaws were locked, effected In Milwaukee not long ago, has been paralleled In New York, the patient being a seven-year-old boy. He Jacerated his right hand and left knee, watch were cauterized by a physician. Ten days later, however, be became -violently ill, showing symptoms of tetanus, and being removed to a hos pital, where for four days his jaws were locked and for eight days be was subject to frequent spasms. At the first Injection of the Improved serum from the New York board of health 6,000 units were used. After 30,000 units had been administered the lad showed improvement and gradually grew better, until a week ago he was -discharged from the hospital complete ly cured. One of the precious things that es caped destruction in tha fire that wrought such havoc at the Brussels exhibition wan tho priceless collection of lace loaned by the former queen of Italy. As all the world Interested In lace-maklng is aware, Queen Dowager Margherita has revived the lace Indus try In Italy, and her endowed lace fac tory at Venice Is visited by many trav elers. Brussels as well as Venice in old times was famous for Its lace, and no doubt the Belgians inspected the Italian collection like connoisseurs. The collection is now again In the the possession of tho queen dowager. Women arriving at the port of New "York from abroud, who wore their furs ta escape paying duty on the wraps, had It mado even more warm for them by the explanation that their excuse o nonpayment for duty wouldn't -wear. The champion fish story, not only of this, but also of many previous sea sons, van told lately at a meeting of the American Fisheries Societies. It wan to the effect that fishes grow on tree In Alaska. This record triumph oily challenges all comers. A Soattlo man wants a divorce be aus bis wife eats seven pounds of veal a day. And then has the nerve to ask him for ostrich plumes, too, we presume. A French student has discovered that man Is superior to all machines. We might add that the common man Am sepertor to the machine politician. ( A New York paper says Its eltr has "4,700,000 souls." The census says only that number of people. Another woman of eighty years real lies the need of an education and baa decided to become a coed. ----. "Hobble Skirt More Fullness In Vogue." reads a headline. Can you blame the men? Surely the Gulf of Mexico Is old enough to quit tuujbllng out of bed. It's mean man wbo will steal a raotocyclo from a policeman. WAS OFFERED $100,000 BRIBE Senator Travis, of Brooklyn, Springs Surprise. A FORTUNE FOR HIS ONE VOTE f tate Senator Swears Ilefore Legis lative (.raft Committee In New York That Offer Was Made In Lobby Of Uio Senate In 1908 For Ills Vote Against the Anti-Racetrack Kill Former Senator Gard ner Involved. New York (Special). One hun dred thousand dollars to vote against the anti-racetrack betting bills in 1908 was offered to State Senator Eugeno M. Davis, of Brooklyn, as ho swore on the stand, testifying before the legislative graft committee. A mysterious little n an, whose name he does not recall, made the offer in the lobby of tho Senate, be said, In behalf of former Senator Frank J Gardner. And Gardner, he added, onflrmed it in a subsequent tele phone conversation. Gardner Is now under indictment, charged with having attempted sim ilarly, though with a lesser amount, to Influence Otto C. Foelker, of Brooklyn, now a congressman, but then a state senator. Foelker voted for the bill, as did Travis and It was passed notwithstanding the frantic fforts of the race track Interests and the alleged use of a fund which pre vious testimony has placed at $600,- 000. Travis' testimony and the com mittee's efforts to subpoena James B. Keene and Harry Payne Whitney, two millionaires, whose hobby is horse racing, were the most Interesting de velopments of the hearing, resum ed after an adjournment on October 22. KITortB to And Messrs. Keene and Whitney have so far been with out success and M. Linn Bruce, chair man of. the committee, Is growing Impatient. Both men have been mentioned In previous testimony as having been present at a conference at Delmonlco's at which the alleged oorruptlon fund was raised and the committee Is anxious to examine them. Travis' story added two new names to the list of senators "approached." The amount offered him, he explain ed, was to be paid in two Instalments, $25,000 down and $76,000 after his voto had been cast. "Did you ever hear of any other senator being approached?" he was asked. "Yes, I took lunch with Senator Fuller and Senator Carpenter one day and they told me they had been approached. Senator Gates also told me he had been called on the telephone." "Would you know the man who approached you if you saw him again?" "Yes, I think so." FATAL MISTAKE IN HOSPITAL BIG 1'ILK OF COAL ON FIRE. Steam Ditcher and Shovel Scatter ing 20,000 Tons of Coal. Fort Madison, Iowa (Special). Spontaneous combustion set fire to a 20,040-ton pile of storage coal In the shop yards of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad 'here. The coal had been steaming for several days and Ore was discovered. A steam ditcher from this city and a steam shovel from the Missouri di vision of the road were set to scat tering the coal. Progress In extin guishing the Are Is slow, as each time the shovel opens up a passageway for air the blaze breaks out anew. nr.OTnr.HH iton em ploy Kits. Obtain $1,2.17 From Safe, nut the Money Is Recovered. South Bend, Ind. (Special). William 11. Deitrlch and his brother, Raymond, employes of the Robert ion Brothers' department store, were arrested here, charged with robbing the safe of $1,237. The entire sum was recovered by the police, the bro thers being arrested less than two hours after the robbery. The night watchman was beaten by the Diet rlchs into unconsciousness, it Is said, and the safe was opened with a hlsel. Wrong Drug Kills Two Patients in Wilmington. STOLE HIS LIFE SAVINGS. Aged Chicago Man Reimrts Rurglars Get Away Willi 0OO. Chicago (Special). Herman Schwenger, 00 years old, wbo for 25 years has sold newspapers on the streets of Chicago, reported to the police that his savings of many years, amounting to $600, had been stolon from blB house during his absence. Burglars forced open a rear door of Bcbwengcr's house and took $500 from a trunk and the rest from a tin box which he had hidden under a mattress. Driven From Their Beds, Montreal (Special). Fifty fam ilies were rendered homeless and $800,000 worth of property destroy ed In a fire in the north end of the lty. The night was the coldest this year and the suffering was intense, It being nearly noon before tempo rary homes and clothing could be found for those In distress. The fire was In the poorer and newly built quarter of the city. Most of the bouses were of wood, and the flames Jumped from dwelling to dwelling without t check. ; Honry 8. Davis 87 Years Old. Washington, D. C. (Special). Henry O. Davis, former United States Senator from West Virginia and Democratic candidate for vice-president In 1904, received many congrat ulations on bis eighty-seventh birth day anniversary. Indiana's Population. Washington, D. C. (Special). The Census Office announced the 1110 enumeration for the State of Indi ana as 1,700.171, Increase 184,414, f 7 1 per sent. Wilmington, Del. (Special). Two men, patients at the Delaware Hos pital, are dead and three other pa tients are In a serious condition as the result of swallowing a solution of bichloride of mercury administer ed to them in mistake for epsora salts. Dr. E. I. Dunkelberg, aged 21 years, the Junior resident physician, Is the one who made up the solution of poison In mistake for the medi cine. When be learned of his mis take he tried to swallow somo of the poison, but was prevented. He is now almost insane and is under con stant guard, as It Is feared ho might do himself barm. Until he recovers it will not be known bow he came to make such a fatal mlstako. The epsom salts Is kept In a bottle In the ward, aud tho bottle Is labeled "Epsom Salts." When It Is empty the nurses send it to the laboratory, where the Junior resident physician has charge of the making up of the medicines. Doctor Attempts Suicide. When the bottle was sent to the laboratory Dr. Dunkelberg made up the solution. The mercury and salts are in tablet form and look alike. These tablets are dropped into water in ratio, according to the desired strength of the solution. When fill ed, the hottio labeled Baits was re turned to the ward, where were the Ave patients. A orse gave each of the patients a dose und was to have given a second dose later. In a Bhort time after the first the patients be gan to vomit. The nurse became suspicious and summoned Dr. Dunk elbeig. When told what had happened, he exclaimed: "My God. It can't be true!" Immediately he swallowed a big dose of the poison. A stomach pump and emetics had to be used on him and when he was revived be de clared: "It would have been better If I bad taken a larger dose than that given to any of tho patients," and he proceeded to swallow more of the poison. Nurses, however, caught and pre vented him from thus ending his own life. Stomach pumps and emetics wero used upon the five patients and for nearly 24 hours the nurses and other doctors who had been sum mond worked over the vletlms. FALLS 000 FEET TO HIS DEATH Johnstone D ops Oat Of Sky to V Bis Wright Biplane. SEIZED BY THE GOVERNMENT HIKKfl TURNS UIP1E SOMERSAULT While Crowd Was (Steering Spec tacular Flight At Denver Meet, Holder Of tho Altitude Record Is Seen Trying To Keep Atop Of Overturning Aircraft Is Dashed To Instant Death Souvenir Hunt ers Strip Bmly and Draw Splint ers From Wounds. PLAN BIG MKMORIAL HALL. $2,2.0,(K)0 Needed For the George Washington Building. Washington, D. C. (Special). Two million dollars is the share to be raised by the George Washington Memorial Association and $250,000 to be raised by Washingtonlans is the basiB upon which Granville Hunt, chairman of the convention commlt teee of the Washington Chamber of Commerce, is working to obtain a memorial hall for the national capital. Mr. Hunt and Mrs. Henry F. Dlmock, sister of the late William C. Whitney, of New York, and president of the George Washington. Associa tion, have been In conference here, and both are working earnestly In the effort to get a hall with adequate facilities for accommodating the large conventions. Mr. Hunt said that be was confident of success, and that the business men here already have pledged $14,000. Mrs. Dlmock has suggested stimulating Interest broad east by including in the proposed building plans separate rooms for every state In the union appropriat ing money in furtherance of the project. APPEALS FOR PAROLE. Insurance Agent Sims Pleads Guilty Of Embezzlement. 1 Washington, D. C. (Special). John C. Sims, the former Washing ton Agent of th'e Life Insurance Com pany of Virginia, who was indicted for embezzlement of $3,600 from that company, following an attempt at self-destruction In the office of a local physician a short time ago, pleaded guilty to the charge in the Criminal Court here. Following an appeal for a parole under the new probation law, 61ms was remanded to jail until next week, when Chief Justice Clabaugh will pass on the motion. Illg Fire In Roundhouse. Nashua, N. H. (Special). Seventy-five thousand dollars' worth of locomotives were destroyed In a fire that broke out In the roundhouse of the Worcester, Nashua and Portland Division of the Boston and Maine Railroad here. The fire was caused by the explosion of a tank used In generating gas for the locomotive headlight. INDIAN FIGHTER DEAD. Col. E. G. Fernet Had Charge Of Troop Who Killed Sitting Bull. Champaign, 111. (Special). Lieut. Col. Edmund Gustav Fechet, U. 8. A., retired, died here from heart failure. He was a famous Indian fighter and was In charge of troops which in 1890 killed Sitting Bull, famous Sionx chief, wbo was resisting arrest near Fort Yates, N. D. Colonel Fechet was professor of military science at the University of Illinois from 1898 to 1910. Driven To Suicide By IUimws. Kansas City, Mo. (Special). De spondent becauce be was a victim of acute rheumatism, J. Ridley Ward, 41 years old, a prominent business man of this city, shot and killed him self at his home here. Terrell Succeeds Clay. Atlanta (Special). Gov. Brown announced the appointment of for mer Gov. G. M. Terrell as United Statoa Senator to succeed the late Senator Clay. Denver, Col. (Special). With one wing of his machine crumbled like a piece of paperftTalph Johnstone, the brilliant young aviator, holder of the world's altitude record, dropped like a plummet from a height of 600 feet into the inclosure at Overland Park aviation Hold and was instantly killed. When ' the spectators crowded about the inclosure reached him bis body lay beneath the engine of the biplane, with the white planes 'that had failed him In his time of need wrapped about It like a shroud. Nearly every bone la his body was broken. He had gambled with death once too often, but he played the game to the end, fighting coolly and grimly to the last second to regain control of his broken machine. Fresh from his triumphs at Belmont Park, where he had broken the world's record for altitude with a flight of 9,714 feet, Johnstone attempted to give the thou sands of spectators an extra thrill with his moBt daring feat, the spiral glide, which has made the "Wright aviators famous. The spectators got their thrill, but it cost Johnstone his life. His Fight For Life. The fatal . flight was the second Johnstone had made. In the first flight, when he was In the air with Hoxsey and Brookins, he had gone through his usual program of dips and glides with the machine ap parently under perfect control. Then Johnstone rose again, and after a few circuits of the course to gain height headed toward the foothills. Still ascending, ho swept back in a big circle, and as he reached the north end of the enclosure, he start ed bis spiral glide. He was then at an altitude of about 800 feet. With his plane tilted at an angle of almost 90 degrees, he swooped down in a narrow circle, the aeroplane seeming to turn almost In its own length. As he started the second circle, the mid dle spur, which braces the left side of the lower plane, gave way, and the wing tips of both upper and lower planes folded up as though they had been hinged.. For a second, John stone attempted to right the plane by warping the other wing up. Then the horrified spectators saw the plane swerve like a wounded bird and plunged straight toward the earth. " Tho Dash To Earth. Jotfhstone was thrown from his seat as the nose of the plane swupg downward. He caught on one of the wire stays between the plane and grasped one of the wooden braces of the upper plane with both hands. Then, working with bands and feet, he fought by main strength to warp the planes so that their surfaces might catch the air and check his descent. For a second It seemed that he might succeed, for the foot ball helmet he wore blew off and fell much more rapidly than the plane. The hope was momentary, how ever, for when about 800 feet from the ground, the machine turned com pletely over and the spectators fled wildly as the broken plane, with the aviator still fighting grimly In the mesh of wires and stays, plunged among them with a crash. Scarcely bad Johnstone hit the ground before morbid men and wom en swarmed over the wreckage, fight ing with each other for souvenirs. One of the broken wooden stays had gone almost through Johnstone's body. Before doctors or police could reach the scene, one man had torn this splinter from the body and run away, carrying bis trophy with the aviator's blood still dripping from Its ends. The crowd tore away the canvass from over the body, and even fought for the gloves that had pro tected JohnBtone's bands from the cold. Another Customs Fraud Is Un earthed in New York. New York (Special). The efttlre stock of Joseph Brooke ft Co., an English woolen firm, which has main tained a branch house In New York city for a quarter of a century, was seized by the government in an ac tion to recover $200,000 damages, "In consequence of fraud and other wrongful acta." Alleged evasion of customs duties, disclosed by a former employe of the firm, Is the basis for the action. With the seizure of the goods It became known that the government had recently instituted suit against the firm, but, being unable to serve the summons In the action, because the Brookes' are at the present time 'in HuddorBQeld, England, United ! States District Attorney Wise obtain ed a writ of attachment. The writ was served by United States Marshal Henkel upon Robert C. Berron, man ager of the business, which Is con ducted at No. 840 Broadway. The stock is valued at almost the amount of the damages claimed by the gov ernment. Peter RedllDg, until recently a clerk In the firm's employ, gave the Information on whlchuhe government acted. Special agents were assigned to Investigate bis story and, accord ing to Mr. Wise, examination verified his charges that the company had for years cheated the government by un dervaluation of goods and false in voices. Nicholas C. Brooks, a special agent, who' worked on the case, submitted an affidavit to Judge Hazel, In the Unlt- ed States District Court, and Judge Hazel Issued the attachment. Brooks ! swears "that during the five years j last past the defendants Imported i Into the United States and entered and Introduced into the United States from England woolens, worsteds and linings subject to the duty imposed by law, and said defendants, by false' and fraudulent Invoices, statements, affidavits and entries, procured the entry and introduction of such mer chandise into the commerce of the United States at less than the true value." The parent houso of the company Is at Bradford, England, and the members of the Arm reside abroad. STREET CARS HELD UP. Highwaymen Escape After Pistol Battle. New Orleans (Special). Two masked highwaymen held up two street cars, rifled the passengers and then escaped after a running pistol battle with the police. The highway men got considerable money and a quantity of jewelry. Policemen gave chase, and a duel, In which a score of shots were Bred, took place In the streets. Mistook Hoy For Dog. Pottsvllle, Pa. (Special). Mistak en for a dog in the gathering dusk of evening, Michael Bolemlus, a 12-year-old hunchback, was run over by a heavy delivery wagon and killed af ter having been knocked down by the horses of a preceding wagon. Death was Instantaneous. The driv ers were exonerated from blame. Of a total of 88,000 silk night gowns exported by Japan In 1909, Great Britain called for 44,981 and tbe United States 85,961. Educator Hangs Himself. ' Lexington, Ky. (Special). Prof. W. T. St. Clair, one of the best-known educators of the Middle West and former principal of a high, school In Louisville, committed suicide at the Eastern Kentucky Asylum by hang ing. He was 46 years old and re sided in Louisville. Overwork Is said to bare affected his mind. In 1109 Japan exported earthen ware and porcelain to the value of $8.t8.400. and of this the -United States took $1,442,841. TORTURED BY ROIlBKltS. Jersey City Butchers Bound and Beaten. Jersey City, N. J. (Special). Tor tured until one of them will probably die, John Colbat and his brother, lgnatz, well-to-do butchers, were brutally attacked while they slept by burglars, who got away with $700 and a check for $40. The burglars believed the brothers had money secreted in their apart ments, and In order to make them reveal its hiding place tied sheets over their heads, bound their hands and feet and rolled them helpless to the floor. They then beat them .with blackjacks. ECONOMY THE WORD. Congress To Make Record At Com V ing Session. Washington, D. C. (Soeclal). The House will, It Is believed here, make a record for economy this seBBlon. They base this statement on the un derstanding that there will be no rivers and harbors nor omnibus pub lic building appropriation bills. Tbe War Department will recommend a number of Important surveys, but the amount asked will be comparatively small. The Treasury will probably confine Its recommendations to build ings under way and the purchase of sites authorized at the last session. DYNAMITE OFF IN rOCKET. Stick Exploded AVhen Farmer Falls and Falls To Kill. Basefleld, Miss. (Special). Marvin Hudson, a farmer, living near here, placed a stick of dynamite In his pocket. Intending to carry It to em ployes In his field. Hudson stumbled and fell. That be was not blown to pieces when the dynamite exploded la. considered marvelous. He may re cover from his Injuries. RAT POISON IN THE PIE. Seven Persons 111 and Thirty-Seven Chickens Dead. Washington, Pa. Seven persona were made ill by eating poisoned pie In a South Main street restaurant here. They are reported In a' serious condition, but will recover. The pie later was thrown from the window of the restaurant and was eaten by chickens, 87 of which have died. John Fremont, a negro cocrk, in making the pie, got hold of a can of rat poi son Instead of baking powder. He Is one of the victims of his mistake. Cashier Foils Bandit. Dead wood, S. D. An unidentified robber entered the First National Bank here, pointed a pistol through the cashier's window and command ed him to turn over tbe money. Tbe cashier dodged and the robber fired, but missed bis aim, and others In the bank overpowered him. The bandit is now In jail. We have In savings banks $3,600, 000,000, In national banks $4,600, 000,000 and In state banks $6,000, 000,000 In all $13,000,000,000. Dr. Wiley After Farmers. ' Washington. Farmer wbo are at tending conventions In Washington are looking for Dr. Harvey W. Wiley, th pure-food expert. In an address yesterday he joined tbe ranks of the conservationists by proposing to con serve tho American farmer. "The farmer has stood still for SO years," he said. "He ought to out distance tbe suburbanite In years, strength and vitality, but be doesn't ---because be is blind to aclentlfld Knowledge. I,' COUNT TOLSTOI'S CAREER ENDED Russian After Numerous Heart Attacks Saocumbe. KEPT ALIVE ON DRUGS FOR DAYS Aged Philosopher While Gasping For Breath Drew Himself Up In Bod and Said To Thoee Around, "There Are Man Sufferers In the World. Why Always Anxious About Mo?" Astapova, Russia (Special). Count Tolstoi Is dead. He passed away peacefully Sunday, after surviv ing a number of alarming heart at tacks during the day and night. His wife and family were admitted to Tolstoi's bedside several times. The distinguished patient had suf fered several serious attacks of ih heart in the course of the night. During the early morning hour, these followed each other in rapid succession, but were quickly re lieved. Tolstoi's condition after each at tack was what the attending physi cians called "deceptively encourag ing." The patient slept for a little and seemed to breathe more comfort ably than usual. During one of ths hard attacks Tolstoi was alone with his eldest daughter, Tatina. He suddenly clutched her hand and drew her to him. He seemed to be choking, but was able to whisper: "Now the end has come; that is all." , Tatina was greatly frightened and tried to free herself so that she might run for the doctor, but her fathei would not release his grasp. She called loudly from where she sat. The physicians iajected eatnphor, which had an almost Immediate ef fect In relieving the pressure. Tolstoi soon raised his head and then drew himself up to a sitting position. When he had recovered bit breath bo said: "There are millions of people and many sufferers In the world. Why always anxious about me?" ) TnE NATIONAL GRANGE. Effort To Bring About Pence Be tween Warring Factions, Atlantic City, N. J. (Special). In an attempt to bring the warring fac tions of tbe National Grange, Patrons of Husbandry, Into harmonious rela tions, William T. Creasy, worthy mas ter of the Pennsylvania State Grange, introduced a peace resolution in the convention which he asked be turn ed over to the committee for the good of the order. His request was granted. The resolution declared for a com mittee of representatives of five grange states having the greatest membership to be given power to go over the records of tbe National Grange and its officers, and make a report to the latter body. Tbe resolution provides for the ap propriation of $4,000 to extend the grange in four Northwestern States. A further appropriation of $800 for grange extensions In Virginia un der the direction of the Pennsylvania West Virginia and Maryland organ izations is authorized by 'the resolution. BOILER BLOWS UP. Three Men Are Killed and Twelve In jured In Accident. Altoona, Pa. (Special). A thrill ing and disastrous wreck on thi Pennsylvania Railroad, resulting Ir the death of a locomotive englneei and two firemen and tbe Injury ol three other trainmen, occurred neai the western limits of this city. . A fast freight train westbound was just starting up tbe mountain helped in the rear by two locomo tives, when the boiler of the second rear engine exploded. Tbe holler rose from the engine frame and wai hurled through the air Just as an express train, composed entirely of express cars, also westbound,' came along on the next track. The ex press train was being drawn by two locomotives. The first engine struck the fall ing boiler and hurled It over an em bankment 300 feet from where It bad left the ertglne trucks. Tbe impact derailed both locomotives hauling ths express train and threw them agalnsl thj freight train, knocking over sev eral freight cars. Ten Took Of Eggs Belated. New York (Special). After trail ing a shipment of canned eggs sent, according to the label,. from the Nat tonal Poultry and Egg Company of Atchison, Kans., to a Brooklyn ware house,, two United States health in spectors seized 720 cans containing about 10 tons of the eggs. Samples showed, the Inspectors say, 2,800, 000 bacteria to each gram of eggs. Killed Father Instead of Rat. Dayton, O. (Special). Lewis Bar ron, one of tbe wealthiest and most prominent farmers of Darke county, was killed by his son Charles,- aged 24, while the two men were shooting rats In tbe granary. Tbe father was armed with a rifle and the son with revolver. Thy shot simultaneously at the same rat, the bullet from th young man's revolver striking and killing the father instantly. Cnngrrma Py Cut Vete. Buffalo, N. Y. (Special). A single vote In a district where ever 41,00i ballot were cut on November I elected Charles Bennett Smith, Den. ocrat, a member of Congress. Th Board of Canvassers completed th official count for th district. Th. face of th returns Indicated a t)'' Representative D. B. Alexander an Mr. Smith received 80.684 each There was au error of on In th total on a tally sheet from on dls NEWS OP PENNSYLVANIA Hollldaysburg. A, mystery of 4& years was revealed here when to Blair county relatives and friend ef Captain T. L. McGlathery, Lieuten ants Jacob Brown and L. R. Co and thirteen privates of Company D, Seventy-sixth Pennsylvania Vol unteers, learned for the first tim of the manner of death of these Union soldiers. They had beea Lt formed by the War Department at the closo of the Civil War that tbe men bad been drowned in the so off the coast of North Carolina. Thomas Tlorney, a prominent Grand Army man who has been touring the Southern battlefields, brings borne the news to the relatives that the missing soldiers were not drowned, but were killed In battle and are now burled In the Union Cemetery, Wilmington, North Carolina. The families of several soldiers purpose bringing their dead North for In terment In home cemeteries. State College. The last regalar butter scoring contests of the year, held under tbe auspices of the de partment of dairy husbandry of ta Pennsylvania State College, has been a complete success. More entries were made this year than ever be fore. The four contest plan, there fore, will be continued next year. The butter was scored by Robert Mc Adam, Federal butter Inspector, New York; Charles Dodge, Little Codkiy, Pa., received the highest score for the month, 94; R. E. Williams. Brandywlne Summit; O. B. Met).. Edluburg, and Fred W. Reynolds. Malnsburg, tied for second place, each receiving a score of 93V&. Tie butter entered this month averagdtt good. Many of the samples, bow ever, were criticised for having a weedy flavor. This was no doubt due to the cattle being turned rnlr stubble fields and in weedy wocil lots. Chester. Mrs. Lulu Deshlelds was held under $200 ball for court try Alderman Oglesby, on tbe charge of encouraging May White, a young girl, to steal. The charge was pre ferred by Thomas Rollins, of Medfe. who accused the woman of having urged the child to pick bis pock whlln be war lvlnz asleen on a coach In Mrs. Deshlelds' home. The girl, he said, informed blm to this effort. Bristol. Arthur Gardner, a rest dent of Cornwells, was Instantly killed while at work at the 'plant ef the Enterprise Manufacturing Com pany, of Philadelphia, under eon-t structlon at that place. Gardner was assisting in preparing a huge steel truss for the roof when a prop gave way and the ponderous mass of metal toppled over, pinning Gardner to the earth. Reading. Peter Berry, one of the oldest men in the State, died here at tbe age of 102 years, which was well authenticated. He spent most of his active years on the farm. His recipe for a long life Is as follows: "Live by tbe Golden Rule and be moderate In all things, Including the use 6t tobacco and liquor." York. George Watson, of Colum bia, has been held for the murder of Isaao Mackle. The Coroner' Jry decided that Mackle came to hb death by being stabbed In the back by Watson. It was testified to be fore the jury that Watson and hi wife were the only ones In the boas when tbe murder was committed, j Carlisle. Cumberland County's Commissioner have decided that all, tramps who apply for quarter at the Cumberland County jail this winter shall be put to work at breaking stone. Cumberland to at present entertaining 84 hoboes and th regular winter delegation Is exi pected soon. Chester. Bernard Norton, a 13-year-old boy, a pupil at the Laags- ton Publlo School, was held for Ju venile Court by Alderman Elliott, oni the charge of Incorrigibility and tru ancy. Tbe evidence showed that the boy bad made a practice of spendingi tbe greater part of hi tJme In drrv .tng about in a delivery wagon. Quakertown. While attempting to cross the railroad track her Bs san Trambauer, an aged Quakertown woman, was struck by the engine of an express. She was hurled a dis tance of fifteen feet, but enapl with a few cuts and bruises. Ministers of tbe borough on th west side of tbe Susquehanna will make a crusade against tbe sal of cigarettes, especially to boys, od announced their Intention to prose cute several dealers who had ignored the State law. Rev. O, C. Gabriel, secretary of the Clergymen's AsW-' elation, made a publlo statement charging that the law was beta' violated. , Pittsburg. To get back to naturs, Rev. Charles A. Bragdon ha relg" ed the rectorhlp of the St. Mat thews' Episcopal Church, of Home stead, and he announce his lates tion o emigrating to Washington State early next year to take oharg of a big fruit farm which h bought. The church I on of tfc biggest in tbe neighborhood and Mr Bragdon has been rector for eight year. He ay b like farm 1H better than life In a teel town. . Franklin. Seven physician t examined former Congressman Jo seph C. Sibley reported to the Ce that he was In no pbyalcal condition, to stand the ordeal of an audit of at primary election expense account $42,600 and the bearing on tbe 1 tit therefore postponed to May 1911. The contlnuano was not P posed by the petitioner for tbo ft, four of whose physician war amroers. Th belief I growing th th audit will never take plae. V!. k- Wi
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