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Worfc. PAHTICLLAU ATTENTION PAIDTO LAW
r*INTIKO.
No paper will be discontinued until srrea*-
ages are paid, except at the option of the pub
lisher.
Papsrs sent out of the county must be paid
(or la advance.
One f?r a Family.
Penguin eggs are rich In fatty
phosphorized constituents. They are
easily digested, and English phy
sician feed them to invalids. One
Is big enough to make an omelet for
a family. A man lined with a pen
guin's egg is good for a hard day's
work. It takes twenty minutes to
boil a penguin's egg, but the result is
worth the wait.
When Anesthetics Were Unknown.
In 1839 Velpeau, one of the greatest
surgeons of his time, wrote as fol
lows: "The escape from pain in sur
gical operations is a chimera which it
is idle to follow up to-day. 'Knife'
and 'pain' in surgery are two words
which are always inseparable in the
minds of patients and this necessary
association must be conceded."
Too Fond of Domestic Animals.
From a Japanese newspaper: "A
man named Uyedan Rikimatsu, aged
28, of Kobe, has been sentenced to
ten years' imprisonment for stealing
a young dog belonging to the proprie
tor of a piece-goods store at Tachi
bana-dori, three chome, Kobe. It ap
pears that the accused had previously
been convicted of stealing a cat."
Pay Day Always Comes.
Bent Murdock's warning: "One
thing is certain. Too many people in
this land of the free and home of the
brave out-eat, out-drink, out-wear, and
out-gad their incomes, doubtless in
the belief that pay day will not come.
It always has and always will."—
Kansas City Journal.
One of Lamb's Witticisms.
Charles Lamb was invited to a par
ty where the room was crowded with
children. Their noise and tricks
plagued him not a little and at sup
per, when toasts were flying to and
fro, he rose to propose the health of
the "m-much ca-ca-calumniated g-g
--good King Herod!"
Pity tor the Malade Imaginaire.
Suffering, even if "imaginary," is
nevertheless real enough—the one
real thing, think those who have to
bear it, in a world of dreams and
shadows. Therefore, we must pity
even the fanciful valetudinarian.—
Ix>ndon Daily Mirror.
Coincidence!
"Now, Tomraie," said the teacher,
"you may give me an example of a
coincidence." "Why, er," said Tom
mie with some hesitation—"why, er,
why—me fadder and me mudder was
both married on de same day."—Har
per's Weekly.
Delicate Compliment.
Modiste —To wear a fashionable
bat with grace you must have a head
like this wooden model. That is the
reason why madanie looks so charm
ing in the hat I made for her. —Sim-
plicissimus.
Husbands and Babies.
After the baby comes, a woman re
alizes that the lesson in patience she
had to learn to get along with her
husband, was only the a b c of what
she had to learn later.—Atcbison
Globe.
Wisdom of Little Value.
"Superior wisdom," said Uncle
Eben, "don' 'pear to do much foh
some people, 'ceptin' to keep 'em wor
ried 'bout de mistakes dey is enabled
to notice in others."
Ancient Use of Asbestos.
Asbestos was known to the an
cients, who used it in which to wrap
bodies previous to cremation, to sepa
rate the human ashes from those of
the funeral pyre.
Beyond Reformation.
Patience—-"She says she married
him to reform him." Patrice—"And
he says he was a fool when he mar
ried her." "Well, she says she
hasn't reformed hitn a bit."
Why They're Disappointed.
"Some men sit with folded hands
waiting for their ships to come in,"
remarked the Observer of Events and
Things, "who never made a single
move toward even raising a sail."
Cats Subject to Influenza.
Cats are subject to a form of in
fluenza which is communicable to hu
man beings, and they can catch
from man just as readily.
WIELDS THE POWER
CHIEF EXECUTIVE IS THE"MAN
IN THE SADDLE."
White House Influence Far Above
That Exercised by Senate or
House Leaders, and Seems
to Be Growing.
President Taft makes no appeals to
the country, over the heads of sena
tors and representatives. He does
not let the nation hear the swish of
the big stick. He is quiet, moderate,
diplomatic. The administration is mak
ing no record of fervid oratory. It
is using; no threats which the peo
ple can hear. But the White House
inlluence remains now, as it was un
der Theodore Roosevelt, a tremendous
power in the government, outside of
the exercise of the functions enu
merated by the constitution.
The provision in the organic law of
the United States that the president
"shall from time to time give to the
congress information of the state of
the union, and recommend to their
consideration such measures as he
shall judge necessary and expedient,"
certainly was not supposed to imply
such pressure as President Taft has
been exercising for lower duties on
raw materials and for the corporation
income tax.
Nothing, it seems, can now stop the
gradual growth of the power and in
fluence of the chief eexcutive of the
United States. The White House
has been gaining at the expense of
the capitol for a long time, and the
change is likely togo farther, not
withstanding all that is written and
said about Aldrich and Cannon as the
real heads of the national govern
ment. Senate leaders and speakers of
the house of representatives come and
go, but the president will almost al
ways be a masterful man, with the
immense advantage of being the di
rect choice of a majority of the Amer
ican people, known to them and trust
ed by them as no one in either house
of congress is likely to be.
The secret of the change lies in the
concentration of power over the vast
business of the national government
in the hands of the president, togeth
er with an equal or greater concentra
tion of popular interest. Nine times
out of ten the people feel that tha
president is their choice, their fa
vorite, their representative, in a sense
which is never true, in any such de
gree, of the majority in the house,
and certainly never in respect to the
senate.
The Amended Corporation Tax.
Several changes of moment have
been made in the corporation tax pro
vision of the tariff bill, the attorney
general himself, in bliealf of the ad
ministration, submitting the rivised
clauses and amendments. Of course,
the most important of the changes
is the reduction of the tax to one per
cent, of the net income, over and
above $5,000, of the corporations af
fected by the provision.
It cannot be said, however, that the
weightiest objections to the tax—
those going to the very principle ol'
the proposal—have been met to any
extent whatever, declares the Chicago
Record-Herald (Ind. Rep.). Those who
merely complained of the tax as a bur
den naturally prefer one per cent, to
two per cent, deductions from their
net incmose for the benefit of the gov
ernment, but the tax still remains
partial, discriminatory and undesir
able as a premanent or even lasting
feature of our fiscal system. Neces
sity alone—a necessity emphasized by
a heavy deficit, by admitted difficulty
in providing for growing needs and
authorized expenditures without new
bond issues in the fall, and by the un
certain virtues of the new tariff as a
revenue measure—renders the tax at
all defensible as a temporary or emer
gency device.
It may be added that the approval
by the requisite number of the state
legislatures of the income tax amend
ment would enable congress to sub
stitute, in case of need, a just and
equitable income tax for the cor
poration tax. All that is progressive
and far-sighted in the country should
enlist for the campaign in behalf of a
scientific, rational tariff and a fair
tax on incomes consonant with the
"ability to pay" principle.
War Department's Wise Stand.
The stand which the war depart
ment has taken in the Ciilippines in
favor of respect for the institution of
marriage, will prevent many scandal
ous desertions. It will sometimes
prevent thoughtless marriages. If a
soldier, he he private or officer, mar
ries in the Philippines he must bring
his wife home with him when he re
turns to the United States. The reg
ulation will prevent sailing under
false colors. It will prevent bigamy.
Abundant Material.
Mr. Bryan can always spare some
economic suggestions from his store
without fear of damaging his supply
when it is time togo to work on a
presidential platform. Washington
Star.
America in Philippines.
In the ten years of American occu
pation the Philippines have made long
strides toward self-government. They
have gone far on the way from purely
military government, to practical au
tonomy. They have to-day their own
executive anil executive departments,
their own judiciary, and their own leg
islature. They have their own finan
cial system and they are self-support
ing. in their internal control our de
clared policy 1 of non-interference lias
been maintained. —Brig. Gen. C. R. Ed
wards.
CAMERON COUNTY PRESS, THURSDAY, AUGUST 19, 1909.
MAY FIGHT SECOND BAT^IE.
Possibility That Taf\ anc j Bryan Will
Again Be 'icahdard Bearers of
Their Party.
Some of Mr. Bryan's friends are
very much pleased with the political
situation. They are confident their
hero will lead the democracy again
in 1912, and regard his chances of
election that year as excellent.
This faith seems to be based upon
the proposition that Mr. Bryan is
really winning through his success
ful competitor of last year. The Bry
anites believe that the president has
been brought to his action as to an
income tax and to his championship
of free raw materials by the senti
ment first aroused by Mr. Bryan and
his friends. Why, then, they ask,
should not the country reward at the
next opportunity the man who has
brought his opponent around to his
policies?
Undoubtedly we shall see this point
pressed. It is all that remains of the
Bryan case. The three defeats cannot
be denied. But if there is sufficient
insistence on the claim that, not
withstanding his defeats, Mr. Bryan
achieved an indirect success with
some of his policies, his friends may
secure for him another nomination.
What, then, as to new policies?
With the tariff revised downward, and
an income tax indorsed by three
fourths of the states, what next will
Mr. Bryan propose? He must have
for a platform something stronger
than the claim of having forced cer
tain measures on his opponent.
It is reasonably certain that Judge
Taft will be renominated, and he can
be placed now on the question of the
Philippines, the question of a big
navy, and the question of an active
policy for an increased share of the
oriental trade. He wants the flagll
to remain in the Philippines for many
years to come, and a navy big enough
to answer all the ends of our presence
there, and the obligations that will fol
low the completion of the Panama
canal.
Is Mr. Bryan still in favor of scut
tle? Does he advocate hauling down
the flag as soon as the Filipinos can
form a government of their own, at
the same time giving the warning of
hands off to all outside powers? And
would he supplement such a policy
with a recommendation for a small
navy?
If these two men oppose each other
again as candidates, we shall wit
ness a very stirring contest. The?
have taken each other's measure, and
both are vigorous fighters. Mr. Bryan
excels in oratory, Mr. Taft in clear
and persuasive reasoning. Neither
is a young-man-afraid-of-his-horses.
Both showed last year the pluck that
goes with real political leadership.—
Washington Star.
The Senate a Worthy Body.
The senate of late years has been
abused beyond all possible warrent.
It has never been—could not be —the
body held up in certain quarters to
exercration. Its membership on both
sides of the chamber has shown a
character putting down with a very
plain tale the charges of unworthi
ness. Now and then a man has ap
peared not associable with the senate
and its traditions; who suggested
merely personal vanity and an excess
of boodle, or a close connection with
corporation wealth seeking legislative
favors.
But such men at any time have been
few. The great majority of senators
have at all times been the pick of
their respective states, qualified for
their work, and performing it as con
scientiously and patriotically as men
in any oWitr high station. They have
worn no corporation collars, and
seived no special ends. They have
been senators of the United States
in th~ best and broadest meaning at
tar' ' ■" to the office.
<-.r.d Without the Big Stick.
Mr. Taft has not bribed recalcitrant
Republican members of congress with
patronage. He is not threatening to
swing the power of the administration.
He is not denouncing them in speech
es or in messages or in White House
statements. He did not tear passion
to tatters in appealing to the country
to support him in liis fight for down
ward revision, but the country sup
ported him just the same with a unan
imity of opinion which his predeces
sor seldom commanded.
There is no flourish of the big stick
in what Mr. Taft is doing; no per
sonal government. As the leader of
the Republican party, he is appeal
ing soberly and seriously to other Re
publicans to keep the party's pledges
and promises to the people. What is
more, he seems to be succeeding.
Discredited Mascot.
And now wopd comes from Gold
fleld, Nev., that Bryan's mascot mule,
which was assigned to the precinct
showing the largest Democratic gain,
is hauling a beer wagon. Pretty low
ly job, but then a mascot that couldn't
get results any better than this one
did last November doesn't deserve any
better fate.
"Leather men are with Taft." So is
about every one else.
Remedy Is in People's Hands.
If the people of the various legisla
tive districts cannot elect representa
tive legislators who will, upon mature
deliberation, select the best man to
represent the people's interests in the
senate, how can the people them
selves elect such a senate? If the
people want, better and more represen
tative United States senators let them
send to our state capitols a better and
more trustworthy brand of legislators.
The task is infinitely simpler and eas
ier.—Milwaukee Sentinel.
IMPORTANT NEWS
NOTES OF # WEEK
LATEST HAPPENINGS THE WORLD
OVER TOLD IN ITEMIZED
FORM.
EVENTS HERE AND THERE
Condensed Into a Few Lines for the
Perusal of the Busy Man—
Lat«Bt Personal Infor
mation.
PERSONAL.
Prof. Barry Gilbert of the college ot
law, University of Illinois, will return
to the faculty of the University of
lowa.
Edward G. Feeney of Brooklyn was
elected president of the American Fed
eration of Catholic societies at the
convention in Pittsburg.
E. H. Ilarrimau will occupy his
new $1,000,000 stone mansion on the
summit of Tower hill, near Arden, N.
Y., upon his return from Europe.
Harry K. Thaw in a signed state
ment, issued on the eve of the de
cision to be rendered by Justice Mills
as to his sanity, fired some hot shots
at the experts who say he is crazy and
District Attorney Jerome who has
fought bitterly against his release
from the asylum.
Speaker Cannon upon his return to
Danville, 111., declared he will again
be a candidate for congress and, if the
people will, intends to remain in pub
lic life.
Jane Addams, head of Hull house in
Chicago is being boomed for president
of the United States by suffragettes of
Boston.
William D. Mahon, president of the
Amalgamated Association of Street
and Elevated Railway Employes, will
goto New York in a few days to or
ganize the car employes there.
GENERAL NEWS.
Turkey will send another note to
Greece informing that country that its
explanation of the Cretan trouble is
not satisfactory.
Justice Mills decided that Harry K.
Thaw is still insane and that public
safety would be endangered by re
leasing him. Thaw will appeal.
A lone bandit entered the Farmers'
& Merchants' bank at Franklin, 111.,
held up the cashier and his brother
and fled with $2,500.
For the second time in his career
Wu Ting Fang, Chinese minister to
the United States has been recalled
from the country. He will be suc
ceeded by Chang Yin Tang.
Former Senator Wilson of Washing
ton and John Farson, banker of Chi
cago, replied to attacks 011 Secretary
Ballinger of the interior department
before the National Irrigation con
gress at Spokane.
When the company refused to lend
aid in removing the goods, the sheriff
of Allegheny county declined to evict
the families of any more of the strik
ers from houses of the Pressed Steel
Car Company at McKees Rocks, Pa.
In a battle between striking em
ployes of the Canadian Pacific rail
way at Fort William, Ont., 24 men
were wounded, three perhaps fatally
and martial law was declared.
The investigation of the death of
Lieut. James Sutton came to a close
at Annapolis, Md„ and the board of
inquiry sent its verdict to Washing
ton, where it will be made public by
the secretary of the navy.
The cost of the extra session of
congress which revised the tariff was
$500,000, according to a report issued
in Washington.
Prof. William Bernhardt of Wash
ington was killed by a train at
Burlington, Vt., where he was spend
ing his vacation. He was deaf and
did rfot hear the engine's warning
whistle.
Jack Binns, whose "C. Q. D." saved
the lives of 250 passengers on the
steamer Republic last winter, says he
doesn't care whether he is a hero or
not, but resents criticism by General
Manager R. P. Sehwerin of the Pa
cific Mail Steamship Company on the
efficiency of the wireless telegraph.
Montagu Holbein, in his seventh ef
fort failed to swim across the Eng
lish channel, a distance of 21 miles.
With only 142 miles of its line from
Salt Lake City, Utah, to Oakland,
Cal., to be constructed, the Western
Pacific Company expects to have
trains in operation between the two
cities within 90 days.
Delight Weston, daughter of E. B.
Weston, president of the Terre Haute
(Ind.) Paper Company, received a bal
loon as a gift from her father 011 the
occasion of her graduation from Smith
college.
When President Taft's new political
policy for the south is worked out,
the Republicans and Democrats, it is
said, will share in the federal jobs.
King Gustave of Sweden failed in
his efforts to bring about a peaceable
settlement of the strike which threat
ens his country with a revolution.
A cloudburst caused SIOO,OOO dam
age at West Colfax, Col., near Denver.
The mother of Lieut. Sutton of the
United States marine corps, whose
death is being investigated, in a let
ter declared her sou's spirit had vis
ited her and told her he did not com
mit suicide, but was murdered.
Philip Spizzirri and his wife fought
a duel with pistols in their home in
Chicago, the woman being slain and
her husband mortally wounded.
Six foreigners lost their lives in a
fire which destroyed 20 frame build
ings near the steel plant in South
Chicago.
Gen. Frederick D. Grant, in an ad
dress in Pittsburg, predicted th*x air
ships will be the deciding factors in
future warfare.
The council of Waterville, Kan., has
passed an ordinance making it a mis
demeanor to swear. "By chowder"
was exempted as not being swearing.
George De Weese, 17 years old, son
of William De Weese of Chicago, was
drowned while bathing in the Kokos
ing river at Mount Vernon, O.
Daughters of the American Revolu
tion are to take a conspicuous part in
the Hudson-Fulton celebration at New
York in October. They have estab
lished headquarters in Fifth avenue,
where they will hold receptions, and
have arranged for a large grandstand
in Riverside park for members.
Priceless heirlooms and works of
art were consumed in the fire which
the home of Mrs. C. B.
Alexander on Castle Point, Hoboken,
N. J. A painting by Tonyea, of a
Dutch farm scene, more than 400
years old, was lost. One of the valu
able papers burned was the original
deed by Queen Anne to Gov. Carteret,
first English executive of that state,
of the northern half of New Jersey.
Minneapolis was selected by the In
ternational Typographical union con
vention at St. Joseph, .Mo., as its
meeting place next year.
Former Gov. Pardee of California
assailed Secretary of the Interior Bal
linger before the National Irrigation
congress at Spokane, saying the Taft
cabinet officer favors a trust. A reso
lution was introduced in the congress
favoring a $5,000,000,000 bond issue for
irrigation, waterways and good roads.
Following the crusade at Ellis Is
land, N. Y., against societies which
have been taking charge of immi
grants, charges were made that immi
grant. girls have been sold for from
$1 to $5 each.
Mrs. Elizabeth Phillips, a charity
worker of Philadelphia, known as
"Miss Santa Claus," committed sui
cide after she had been robbed by a
young man whom she had freed from
jail.
Human skulls were introduced in
evidence by a gunshot expert before
the board of inquiry to prove that
Lieut. James Sutton could not have
committed suicide as claimed by fel
low officers of the marine corps.
A report was received in Madrid
telling of a fierce battle between the
government troop and Moors at Penon
de la Gomera. The Spanish troops
were suffering for the want of water.
Announcement was made in Wash
ington that President Taft in a few
days will appoint 300 supervisors for
the taking of the 1910 census.
When he found that he weighs 32G
pounds, President Taft employed a
masseur to rub off 30 pounds of the
"superfluous" flesh. The president
doesn't care to weigh more than 300.
Belgrade, the capital of Servia, was
startled by an explosion at the king's
palace and rumors of a bomb mur
der spread quickly. It was found that
Prince George had caused all the noise
in experimenting with a new explo
sive.
Work has been secured for 3,000
persons during the last six weeks
through the information division of
the department of commerce and la
bor. Most of them have gone to the
wheat fields of the northwest.
Several persons were hurt at Port
Huron, Mich., when a herd of steers
bolted into a crowd watching a wild
west show parade.
Five deaths and a total of 47 new
cases of infantile paralysis have been
reported to the Minnesota health de
partment.
Becoming seasick. William Sterne
was forced to abandon his attempt to
swim across the English channel.
A tariff issue has arisen in Kansas
City over a consignment of 27 car
loads of zinc ore from Mexico. The
shipment crossed the Mexican frontier
five hours before the tariff bill was
signed. The importers claim it should
be admitted free.
Tiie Georgia senate has passed a
bill to impose a SI,OOO license tax on
wholesale dealers in ''near beer"and
one of S3OO on retailers.
Fire which destroyed 36 buildings,
including several large hotels, at
Monticello, N. Y„ a summer resort,
caused a loss of $1,000,000.
Sergt. Arthur Todd of the United
States Marine corps is quoted in an
interview at Boston with saying he
saw Lieut. James Sutton shot by fel
low officers.
M. Spelterine, a French aeronaut
and three companions, succeeded in
flying over the Alps in a balloon, at
taining a height of more than three
miles as they were above Mount
Blanc.
The report, which reached London,
that Count Zeppelin, the German
aeronaut had died, proved to be un
true.
While driving along a road near
Nashville, Ind., Mrs. Charles Dailey
was shot from ambush and seriously
wounded.
Thirty-two skeletons, supposed to be
those of parly settlers slain by sav
ages, have been unearthed by railroad
excavators near Piedmont, Tex.
Fifty-two dray loads of liquors have
been moved from points in Alabama
to Columbus. Ga., in an effort to de
feat the Alabama liquor law.
The treasury department in Wash
ington is planning for the issue of
new paper money. The same portraits
and emblems will appear 011 bills of
the same denomination.
After practicing for GO years. Dr.
Jesse Cope Green of Westchester, Pa.,
probably the oldest dentist in the Uni
ted States, retired at the age of 92
years.
Archbishop John Joseph Keane of
Dubuque, la., will retire and a coad
jutor is to be suggested at a meeting
or irremovable rectors and consultors
ol the archdiocese in the lowa town
August IS.
INVITATION TO NATIONS
CALL FOR ANNUAL SESSION OF
DRY FARMING CONGRESS.
Meeting Will be Held at Billings,
Mont., October 26, 27 and 28—
Objects of Congress.
Billings, Mont. —Secretary John T.
Burns has just issued the official
call for the fourth annual session of
the Dry Farming Congress, to be held
at Billings, Mont., October 26, 27 and
28, 1909. The call is addressed to
the president of the United States,
the diplomatic representatives of for
eign nations, ministers and secretaries
of agriculture of all countries, gov
ernors of states, presidents of agricul
tural colleges, state land boards,
state engineers, state boards of agri
culture, national state and county ag
ricultural associations, or grange
lodges, livestock associations, horti
cultural societies, county commission
ers, mayors of cities, presidents of
towns, all commercial bodies, railroad
and immigration companies and mem
bers of the Dry Farming Congress.
In addition to these the call is sent
to about 30,000 individual farmers and
others interested in agriculture in the
west. The call outlines the objects
of the congress as follows:
To discuss and compare methods by
which the great area of arid land can bo
profitably utilized under thorough tillage
by which the natural rainfall can be
conserved.
To encourage the use of methods by
which, In districts where rainfall is slight,
or irrigation water is limited, the actual
productive acreage can be Increased.
To create closer co-operation between
tlio government and state experts in
charge of dry farming experimental work
and the actual farmers of the arid dis
tricts.
To enlarge the plans for carrying on a
great educational propaganda by which,
eventually, the arid districts of the entire
world can be populated by prosper
ous and contented agriculturists.
To encourage legislation looking to in
creased federal and state appropriations
for the establishment of more experi
mental stations, the employment of more
field experts and the actual co-operation
of all these stations in fixing and main
taining a certain recognized standard of
methods for obtaining results from the
operation of farms in the arid districts.
To study methods and results of dry
farming operations in the various west
ern states and in foreign countries which
are represented in the congress.
To establish a better understanding of
the value of agricultural education in thd
public schools of the west.
To bring to the attention of active farm
ers the various theories and working
plans whereby eacli farmer may assist in
the general commercial, social and politi
cal uplift of the western states.
This will be strictly an agricultural and
development congress. All irrelevant
matter will be eliminated. There will be
technical, practical farming, horticulture,
livestock and development sections and
It is expected that the world's best experi
mental authorities and actual commercial
farmers will be present.
THE WEEKLY TRADE BULLETIN
Reports from Important Cities in All
the Leading Trades Are
Most Encouraging.
New York City.—R. G. Dun & Co.'S
Weekly Review of Trade says:
All branches of business affected by
the new tariff law are rapidly adjust
ing themselves to the amended sched
ules, and the ending of the period of
uncertainty as to the rates of duty
to be imposed has already had the ef
fect of stimulating trade. Reports
from all the important cities in all the
leading trades are most encouraging.
In the iron and steel trade each
week serves to bring an increased
volume of business to the mills, and
labor is in greater demand. Advices
from the principal industrial centers
indicate that working forces are be
ing enlarged whenever possible.
BULLETS FLY IN PRINT SHOP
Two Compositors in a Daily Newspa
per Office Shot and Killed by
Man Who Enters Place.
Bisbee, Ariz. —A. T. Hoy and Wil
liam Bockholtz, who were compositors
for the Bisbee Daily Review, were
shot to death while at work. William
Pfancuck entered the composing
room and without a word, drew a re
volver and opened fire. After kill
ing the two men, he fired without
effect at Miguel Avaveta, a printei 1 ,
and at a boy helper, and wounded
Jay Wilmothi, a special officer.
The slayer then slid down the ele
vator rope into the press room and
surrendered. The shooting grew out
of a printers' strike in Review office.
BUSINESS SECTION IN RUINS
Four Blocks of the Town of Milton,
Del, a Lumber and Canning Cen
ter, Destroyed by Fire.
Dover, Del. —Four blocks of the
town of Milton, Del., a lumber
and canning center, were entirely de
stroyed by fire, causing a loss which
will exceed $150,000. At one time
more than 100 buildings were on lire,
but the arrival of firemen from sur
rounding towns saved all but 38 build
ings from complete destruction.
In the business section there were
a number of dwelling houses burned.
Asphyxiates Herself and Daughter.
Philadelphia, Pa.—Discouraged by
a df sperate struggle for existence
Mr?. Matilda Dowd, 38, asphyxiated
heVself and her daughter. Beryl, 15,
ir. the bedroom of their home in the
northeastern section of the city. The
bodies were found by neighbors. It
is thought the woman waited until
her daughter was asleep and then
turned on the gas. Mrs. Dowd had
been flighting against heavy odds to
support her daughter and a six-year
old son since the desertion of thein
by the.' husbf.n'V'd father.