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portent E rents from Ererrwlter
ol)ed Down for Tlaatj Terns!.
The Senate passed tha Aldrich
till to enable the r.'cretary of the
Treasury to combat a money stria-
gehcy.
President Roosevelt will appoint
Senator J. C. S. Blackburn, of Ken-
tucky, a member of the Isthmian
Canal Commission.
By a vote of four to three the
Court of Appeals acquitted George
W. Perkins, accused of criminality
in connection with a New York Life
contribution to the Republican Na
tional Committee.
Three passengers were killed and
many hurt when the Chicago express
on the Grand Trunk Railroad
plunged down a thirty foot embank
ment. E. II. Harrlman told the Inter
state Commerce Commission he
ousted Stuyvesant Fish from tho
presidency of Illinois Central for
misuse of funds.
Three lnrgo appropriation bills
and a measure granting service pen
sions to army nurses were rushed
through the Senate.
Major General Frederick D. Grant
explained to President Roosevelt
and Secretary of War Tntt that he
hud not criticised the. President in
connection with the Japanese dis
pute us reported.
Tho House voted to give con
sideration of the Ship Subsidy bill
precedence over all other measures
of general legislation.
Jurors to try Philip and James
Strother3 for killing W. F. Bywaters
were quickly obtained and the trial
began In Culpeper, Va.
Mae Wood, who has sued United
States Senator Piatt for a divorce,
said she had named sixteen women
rs correspondents.
Mr. Jerome, District Attorney of
w York City, confronted Evelyn
shit Thaw with documents pur-
rtlng to show that she had accused
' irry Thaw of having throttled and
rashed her and compelled her to
'.. cocaine, besides otherwise
brutally maltreating her.
E. H. Harrlman, before the Inter
state Commerce Commission, admit
ted that $60,000,000 of the Chicago
and Alton Railroad was water.
President Roosevelt visited Gro
ton School and talked to the boys on
fair play in sports.
Willian J. Bryan, of Nebraska,
and Senator Beverldge, of Indiana,
engaged In a Joint debate on exten
sion of power of the federal govern
ment. The Senate Judiciary Committee
will decide whether the ousting of
Insurance Superintendent Kelsey
shall be prompt or long delayed.
The record of the present session
of Congress showed that few bills
of public Interest had been passed.
Reformers plan a State League to
watch and expose bad man and bad
measures In the Legislature in Al
bany, N. Y.
Following his refusal to pay $600
to "Black Hand" blackmailers the
store of Michael Alonge, in Elizabeth
street, New York City, was wrecked
by a bomb.
Cnban liberals were Indignant at
a decree of the Mayor of Havana for
bidding a proposed cock fighting
demonstration, and the order waa
modified at Governor Magoon's
suggestion.
The House passed the Each bill
regulating hours of labor of railroad
employees, amended to meet Presi
dent Roosevelt's wishes.
By the will of her mother, Mrs.
Ida Binge, whom she is charged with
killing Mrs. Lottie Wallau, New
York City Is the sole beneficiary.
Governor Hughes of N Y. sent to
the Senate a message calling for the
removal of Superintendent of Insur
ance Kelsey.
By a vote of 28 yeas t 42 nays
the United States Senate rejected the
resolution declaring the neat of Sf na
tor Reed Smoot vacant.
In seventy-five minutes the S lata
passed the Naval Appropriation and
River and Harbor bills, aggregating
$194,000,000.
Joaqulm Nabuco, Brazilian Am
bassador to the United 3tates, told
the Liberal Club in Buffalo, N. Y.,
that Pan-Americanism n.eant peace
among the American nations.
President Roosevelt urged the
building of children's playgrounds
by every city In the country.
ICvelyn Nesblt Thaw, under the
nro of District Attorney Jerome's
cross-examination in the Thaw trial
In New York city was foced to ad
mit that despite her alleged bitter
hatred of Mr. White she accepted his
money long after the affair In which
he aooused him.
FORF.IOIf NEWS.
Mr. Heenan, American Consul at
Odwss, hM Informed the Embawur
of the 1'nlted 8tates that nil tha
consuls in Od'jRsa have neon threat
ened bceause of their protests
agalnRt reactionary outrages.
The secret of the defence of Tort
. Artliur, the; basis of tho Indictment
I on which General Stoensel and other
' Russian clTlcers are being tried for
1 their lives, and written by I.IeuMn
! n.it (leneral Smirnoff, charges (lon
; rral S'.oosjx 1 practically with trea
son. K horiiHHiin'u Governor, accused of
' conivnnoo In the sale of Persian chil
dren, has been dismissed.
Kupturs between CnrJlnal Rich
ard and the French government as
to the church leases In believed to
be dell til to.
Plots to make a raid on the Dutch
Island of Celebes, In the Malay
Archipelago, have been discovered in
-Pe lwn.
Nlraragun complained that Hon-
duras was invading her territory,
and that the latter country was aided
Sal""" In filibustering expeditious.
Keen competition is promised In
the coming London Horse Show ow-
lng to competition from America
nd the Continent, says a special
despatch.
Mme Sarah Bernhardt, a despatch
says, will begin her course of In
struction as a teacher In the Con
servatoire this week.
According to a despatch from
Paris, the newly appointed women
cab drivers are meeting with much
opposition from thtlr masculine
rivals.
Despatches from Caracao and
Trinidad announce that the condi
tion of President Castro Is hopeless
and his death is expected soon.
A despatch says Mr. Whitelaw
Reld, American Ambassador in Lon
don, Is popular with all classes, de
spite allegations by newspapers.
Pope Pius, according to French
clerical organs, will reject the gov
ernment's new church lease ulan.
Emperor William, In conversation
with the President of the Reichstag,
said the elections show that tho so
cial democracy has been overcome.
President Zelaya, of Nicaragua,
Diamus Honduras lor beginning tne
Central American war, saying ho
offered arbitration, but it was re
fused. It Is feared tho French cruiser
Jean Bart, wrecked off the west Afri
can coast, will bo a total loss.
SPORTING NEWS. I
German professor ut Harvard said
President Roosevelt's "mollycoddle"
speech on college sports was luck
ing In Justice.
England has selected a strong
team of acrobats, who will try to
win tho International Cup at St.
Louis, Mo., next November.
National Rifle Association will
provide a special code for the con
duct of boys' rifle shooting matches.
Alfred G. Vanderbilt's prize horr.ea
left for England, where they will bo
exhibited at the International show.
Members of the Aero Club made a
trial uscenslon In the balloon Amerl-
ca from Washington, D. C.
Before the members of the State
Racing Commission arugument on
I behalf of Issuing a racing license to
' the Empire City corporation was
heard. Decision was reserved.
Head Cut by Circular Saw.
Point Pleasant, N. J., Feb. 26
; William Lawrence of the firm of
Cbafey & Lawrence, butchers. Is dy
ln here as the result of a cut on the
head from a circular saw.
Lawrence an J Darrlel Mcllhenney,
one of his men, drove to Herberts
vllle, five miles distant, to get a 'cad
of sawdust for the shop from Os
born's sawmill. While Lawrence
was under one of the huge circular
saws filling a sack, the men started
tho mill. Lawrence raised his bead
and struck the revolving saw, which
out on the right side of 1.1s he.id a
gash over two Inches deep the whole
length of his head.
Screams In 'Phone for Aid.
Oentervllle, la., Feb. 27. Rural
telephone users all over Wayne
County heard the screams of Mrs.
George Stech while she struggled
desperately with a tramp who at
tacked her in her home near tha
county line.
Men in the homes of her nearest
neighbors who hastened to get out
teams and rush to her assistance,
were too late to save Mrs. Stech from
mistreatment or capture her assail
ant. JcitlciiiN of American Autos.
Paris, Feb. 27. Les Sports vlo
lently attacks the proposed tour of
American automobiles through
France as dangerous to the French
industry, and demands that it be
prohibited. La Presse concurs In
this demand.
Both papers maintain that If
American manufacturers want to ad
vertise the capabilities of their cars
they should enter the French tests
or allow French cars to participate
In the tour.
Tried Dynamite in Stove.
Steubenvllle, Ohio, Feb. 26.
"Red" Urlch, a Slavlan workman at
the Carnegie Works furnace stock
house, Mingo Junction, threw a stick
of dynamite In a stove Just to see
what woud happen. The stove waa
blown to pieces and the stock house
wrecked Urlch and "Mike" Lai re h
were blown some distance and fa
tally Injured. "Tony" L&loch and)
three othov workmen vese erlouan
fturl
hi hi i an,
Pennsylvania's Special
Slides Down 70-Poot
Embankment.
STEEL TIES SPREAD.
That All of the Passengers on the
Eighteen Hour Train That Was
Hulled Into lUver Were Nut
Killed Considered Miraculous .
Train Rolls Down Kmbunkiiient, j
Johnstown, Pa., Feb. 26 Rushing
around the sharpest and most dan
gerous curve on the linn at teniae
speed, In an effort to make up forty
six tnlnuteB of lost time, the wet
bound Pennsylvania Special, Hie
company's crack elglvteen-hour trnla
between New York and Chicago, left
the rails seven miles east of tills
place Saturday. Treo sleepers went
down a twenty-foot embankment
Into the Conemnugh River.
No one was killed, but of tho one
hundred passengers on the train ail
were hurt.
Tho flyer was composed of the
combination parlor car Kokomo,
sleeping cars Cresheltn and Whit
ford, and the observation car Wana
tah. Tho train had left this city
forty-six minutes late, and was run
ning at high speed down the western
slope of the Alleghany Mountains.
A new piece of track had been
put in at this point a short time ago.
Instead of the ordinary wood cross
ties the track was supported on steel
ties, to which the rails are bolted.
One of these bolts, the railroad men
say, gave away, the rails spread and
the train, running around a curve
at sixty miles an hour to make up
lost time, was thrown to the river.
When the heavy train went over
the embankment everything went be
fore it, including the telegraph polos.
For that reason it was hours before
the outside world could be communi
cated with and assistance sent to tba
Injured.
J-V. -J
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I'rinre Von lletilow.
the Chancellor of the German Em
pire, who has received congratu-
latons for his victories over tho So
callsts in the recent elections. Lat
est photograph of him and facsimile
of his signature.
yOlTH GOES TO DEATH CHAIR.
Granger Murdered and Robbed llody
of Who Employed Hlin.
Osslnlng, Feb. 27. George Gran
ger one of the youngest prisoners
ever confined in the death cells at
Sing Sing prison, was executed by
eloctrlclty for the murder of his
former employer, Charles Lutz. an
aged farmer, who lived ot Middle
ton in Duchess county.
Granger was employed by Lutz as
a farm hand and when he was dis
charged Lutz paid him from a large
roll of bills. The following day he
met his former employer driving
along a lonely road. He hailed him
and asked Lutz to reemploy htm.
The request was refused, whereupon
Granger pulled a revolver and shot
him and then robbed the body.
20 Negroes Die in Wreck.
Charleston, S. C, Feb. 27. Twoc-
ty negro passengers wuro drotnui
or burned to death and a do-'en
more are missing us tho result rf
the burning of the steamer .Marioa
at Hart's Landing, on Wadnrtlnw
River, about forty miles from CliaV
leston, Friday. Capt. Ferguson
filed his report with the Government
Inspectors here to-day.
There wero seven white passen
gers and about fifty negroes. Tha
nogroes were terror-stricken and
neglected to get life preservers,, of
which there were 350 on board.
Mica I'ost Cards Marred.
Washington, D. C, Feb. 26.
Postmaster Wlllcox announced tlia
post curds ornamented with parti
cles of glass, mica, or other similar
substances llnblo to injure the per
pons handling the mall are by an
order of the Postmaster General ex
eluded from the mulls, oxcept when
Inclosed In suitable envelopes.
Another Slunk in Kingston.
Port Antonio, J a in lac, Feb. 26
a. severs earthquake shock was felt
In Kingston causing several build
ings, partially destroyed by former
shock, to fall.
One man was killed In the old
ruins.
ENGLAND'S MANY YACHT CLULi
Tho Most Exclusive loathe Royal Yasht
Squadron st Cowet.
There are forty-three yacht clubs i:i
Groat Britain, most of them estab
lished at ports on the English coust.
Several Important ones belong I.i
Scotland and Ireland, the oldest or. J
of them all tho Royal Cork havln,;
Us headquarters at Queenstowu. This
one was founded in 1720.
The chief of all the British cl ibs
Is the Royal Yacht Squadron, founded
in 1812, with headquarters at Cowus.
It Is the most exclusive Intuitu. .on In
England, no one, until quite recently,
being admitted a member of U with
out the approval of King Edward.
When his Majesty was l'mud of
Wales ho olllcialed as commodore, but
on his m-cesslon to the throne he re
linquished the position. The- dub,
however, still retains lis diaracter lor
exWuslvencKs, and according tj
llaily'3 Mar,a.l:ic, no candidate c:i:i
hope to secure election utiles poa
k!.sied of coiiti.ucritblu social Influence.
The ballot Is so severe that tha
j.iiiing" of extreme ly well knowa
r.pi,risiiirn frequently takes placa,
much to the chagrin oi their pro
posers. On one ocasion a ertaia
ropal personage Is said to have been
so unuoyed at lindiug ore ol his nom
inees blackballed that he promptly
tendered his own resignation.
Among those who have belonged t
the dub lor at least thirty years ar?
the Duke of Coiinaught, the Duke cf
Fife and the Marquis of urniomle. Ct
thuiM who have Joined more iv. uiiily
the best known are perhaps tho hail
of Duuraven and Marquis of Zcllaui'.
The list of yachts registered to i:y tin
rquailron burgee Includes such univer
sally famous ones as the Meteor, be
longing to the German r-r.iperor; Ilia
Sunbeam of Lord Hramey, and tin
Valkyrie of Lord Duuraven. On clc- -tion
all members pay an entrain e W.
of .tluil, while the annual subscrip
tion is J-'ll).
11. e yacht club next In iinpi rtanca
la the Royal Thames, cstaonslieU li
liL'l. The membership (winch is lim
ited to l.uuu) induuus the Emp-nir tf
Russia, the Kin;; of the Bclgi t!.-3
Prince of Wales, Lord Brassey u:vl
Sir Donald Currie.
The uniform oi the U. l. Y. C. 15
unique In its way. it consists of a
plain blue cloth' dress coal iui.1 wliltj
wahncoat, each with r pedal Lallona,
and either blue doth or while dud;
trousers, according to the season, la
undress a short blue Jacket Is worn
in place of the tail coat.
Tho annual subscription is elht
guineas, except in the case of mem
bers owning yachts of not less than
nine tons, Thames measurements. For
these latter the yearly dues are re
duced to six guineas.
Another old c.-tabllshed yacht flu')
Is the Royal Western Yacht Club of
England. Membership is restricted to
60 , and no one can be elected if tm
ballot shows him to have received oils
black ball against five white. The
clubhouse, which Is at Plymouth, con
talus a number of valuable pictures
and souvenir
The Islo cf Wight being the chief
yachting center in Great Britain, tha
Royal Victoria Yacht Club has its
headquarters appropriately enough at
Ryde. It was established at this port
In 1814 for tho encouragement of
yachting among gentlemen owning
property on the island.
By its constitution membership 1j
still confined to persons coming under
this heading. Admission to tempor
ary membership, however, may be ex
tended to yacht owners who belong to
other recognized clubs.
Although it was established at so
comparatively recent date as 1875, the
Royal Southampton Club is recognizoj
as a leader.
Membership Is open to both ladies
and gentlemen, the proportion of the
former being large.
The Irish Houss of Commons.
The Irish House of Commons sat
for the last time on June 10, 1800. It
was the duty of Lord Castlereagh to
move the third reading oi the union
bill, and he discharged tne duty with
the utmost apparent equanimity.
Other members were not so com
posed, and to conceal their emotion
hurriedly left the room. The speaker,
who hated the measure, rose to put
the fatal question. He held up the
bill for a moment In silence, and
looked, according to a spectator's ac
count on the scene, steadily rounu on
the last agony of the expiring parlia
ment. "Ho at length repeated In an
emphatic tone, 'As many as are of
opinion that this bill do pass say aye
the contrary say no.' The affirmative
wos languid, but Indisputable. An
otner momentary pause ensued. Again
his lips seemed to decline their olllce.
At length, with an eye uverted from
the object which he hated, he pro
claimed with a subdued voice, 'The
ayes have It.' The fatal sentence was
now pronounced for an Insiaut he
stood statue-like, then indignantly
and with disgust, flung the bill upon
the table and sank In his chair with
an exhausted spirit. London Chroui
cle.
Successful Ostrich Farming.
Consul General William 11. Michael
of Calcutta Is sanguine of great sue
cess in ostrich farming In certain
parts of the United States. Its dovel
opuient In India is also promising. If
found sufficiently profitable It will no
doubt extend largely In this country.
Tho Klml You Have Always
in uso for over 30 years,
and
rSt fional supervision Pinco its Inraney.
eUcUAi Allow no ono todeeeivo you In thin.
All Counterfeits, Imitations and Jiist-as-pood' nro hut
Experiments that trlllo with and endanger tho health of
Infants and Children-Experience against Experiment
What is CASTORIA
Castorla is n harmless substitute for Castor Oil, Pare
goric, Drops and Soothing Syrups. It Is Pleasant. It
contains neither Opium, Morphine nor other Narcotlo
substance. Its ago Is Its guarantee. It destroys 'Worm
and allays Feverlshness. It cures Diarrhoea and Wind
Colic. It relieves Teething Troubles, cures Constipation
and Flatulency. It assimilates the Food, regulates tho
Stomach and Dowels, giving healthy ami natural sleep.
Tbo Children's Panacea Tho Mother's Friend.
GENUINE CASTORIA ALWAYS
Bears the
The Kind You Have Always Bought
In Use For Over 30 Years.
VMS CENTAUR COMMNV. TV MUIIIUT Tt' CT. HCW TO CrTV.
GKN. IWIMDKS EXKCtTKO.
Seventeen Followers of Venezuelan
Kewdutlonlst Also I'll' to Death.
Washington. V. C, Feb. 21. The
State Department has he-.in informed
by a cablegram from the American
Consul at Tort of Spain, Trinldud. cf
he complete extirpation of the latest
ititrnpted rebellion in Venez.-e'a.
The news Is contained in the follow
ing despatch:
"Genertil Antonio Parades and
seventeen others wero shot after be-
:mm:
(Jeneral Antonio Parades.
Ins captured by Government troon3
nar ilarancas, In the State of Ber
niiKlei'." Pnral'-s landed on the coast of
Venezuela from one of the West In
dian Inlands about two weeks' ago.
I-lIs p: ity conslbted of about twenty
Lien, U it It was stated that he had
ample I'.iuds and that he would soon
reo'Ive n large supply of weapons
v.'ll'.i which to arm the natives whom
he expected to flock to his banner.
SI KKCII IlKSTOItEI) I1Y BlltX.
Mule had Touches an Electric Idjilit
Wlrts and Meging to Tulk.
Toledo, Ohio, Feb. 21. From
practically a mute little Roy Dwyor,
four years old, was transformed into
d boy with his full gift of speech by ti
painful accident.
During the absence of his elders
Hoy wandered into the sitting room
of his home and took the Incandes
cent bulb from its socket over tho
writing desk. The light was burning,
when a moment later the boy put hU
flnsei into the socket he received n
severe shock and the tip of his lin
ger was burned nearly off.
Ciylng with pain, the little fellow
ran to his mother. In sympathetic
tones she Inquired Into his trouble
nud was amazed when, In tones
strangely unnatural, her hitherto
mute child answered, "I burned my
finger, mamma."
Roy is an exceptionally bright
child He Is strong, healthy and has
unusual knowledge for one of his
years. But his speech was only gut
tural sounds, such as are niado by a
mute. Surgery has been applied In
every form by the very best of sur
geons In America. The boy's tongue
has been slit, his throat has been
doetorod und other methods have
been tried, but all uvnilud iiothlue.
Bad for American Packers.
London, Feb. 21. The War Office
Is taking steps to ascertain the pos
sibility of obtaining for the British
Army larger supplies of canned
meats from Australia and New Zeal
nud, so that the contract! with the
American packers may be reduced in
the future.
Bought and which lias been
has borno tho slpnaturo of
has been made under Ins per-
Signature of
NO UNWRITTEN LAW.
So Holds a Philadelphia Judge.
Judge Martin, in the criminal
court at Philadelphia during the
trial of a negro on the charge of at
tempting to kill nnothtr, refused, to
permit evidence offeied by the cie-
f. ndant s counsel to go to the jury,
which tended to rove that the
prisoner's action was prompted be
cause he claimed that the other ne
gro had stolen the affections of his
wile. Judge Martin aid :
"It sometimes happens that a
man may catch Ins wile in a com
promising position with another
man, and there have been occasions
when a shooting at such a time has
been exonorated on the ground that
the husband was temporarily in
sane. Y hen the period of excite
ment has passed, however, and the
husband has had a chance to delib
erate upon the matter, such a de
fense could not be raised There is
no unwritten law. Nor is iealonsy
any excuse for murder. There is
no proper remedy in the courts for
any wrongs that a man may suffer
in his home.
The defendant was convicted.
There are some women whi seem
to be perennially youthful. The
grown daughters are companions as
well as children, and the color in
the mother's cheeks, the brightness
in ner eyes, tne roundness ot her
lorm, ail speak of abounding health.
What is her secret? She is at the
middle age of life when so many
women are worn, wasted and faded,
and yet time has only ripened her
charms. The secret of this matron
health and beauty may be told in
the brief phrase, Dr. Pierce's Favo
rite Prescription. The general
health of woman is so intimately
related to the local health of the
delicate womatilv oreans. that
where these are diseased, the whole
bodv must suffer. "Favorite Pre
scription" dries the debilitating
arains, neais ulceration and mllani
ation, cures female weakness and
imparts to the delicate female or
gans natural vigot and vitality.
Women who have bst their health
and their beauty have been made
"robust and rosy cheeked" by the
use of this marvelous medicine.
The flower of the family may be
a blooming idiot.
There is No Use Fighting Nature.
Dr. Kennedy's Favorite Remedy
does nothing of that kind. It acts
tenderly and in sympathy with
what Nature is trying to accom
plish. Do you have trouble with
digestion, your liver or kidneys?
Does rheumatism pain and rack
you? Is your head thick and
heavy? It will charm away these
ailments almost ere you are aware.
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Oood news, interesting and up-to-date,
of the State National
Guard appears in The Press
every Sunday. A special feature
is made of this news and the article
is written by a commissioned officer
who is recognized as an authority
in the matter. Every Feunsylvan
ian ought to be posted on what the
National Guard has done and is
doing. m