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PERSONAL.
Secretary Nagel of the department
of commerce and labor has returned
to Washington to prepare for the next
census so he can return to his sum
mer home in Massachusetts next
week. A considerable saving will be
made, he has found, in the cost of
taking the next census.
Edward H. Harriman, upon sailing
for the United States from Cherbourg,
said his health was improved and he
would be glad to see the soil of
America again.
GENERAL NEWS.
The opening of the Indianapolis au
tomobile speedway was marred by the
killing of William A. Bourque and
Harry Holcomb, driver and mechan
ican of a Knox car, which crashed
through a fence in the 250-mile race.
A bulletin issued by the United
States census bureau shows that out
of a church membership of nearly 33,-
000,000 in this country, males form
considerably less than half the total.
It is estimated that the wealth of
John D. Rockefeller, whose income
now is $2,400 an hour, will reach the
billion dollar mark when he is 80
years old, which is only ten years off.
With one of its pastors, two girls
and two men imported missing within
five weeks, the town of Williamsburg,
Kan., is greatly wrought up.
William H. Wright, a former mer
chant of Neosho, Mo., who had been
declared dead after his disappearance
eight years ago, has returned to the
hospital at Nevada, from which he es
caped.
Abolition or curtailment of general
delivery was the principal feature dis
cussed in the first day's session by the
National Association of Postmasters
at Toledo, O.
Terre Haute, Ind., council commit
tee will exonerate City Attorney F. S.
Rawley at least from corrupt motives,
for delay in the suit involving the
traction company's franchise.
To test the automobile's value for
fighting purposes Malcolm E. Parrott
of the New York National Guard,
started from New York to San Fran
cisco, bearing dispatches from Maj.
Gen. Wood to Gen. Weston.
The end of the gambling war be
tween tl.e state of Indiana and Tom
Taggart and Lee Sinclair, owners of
the resorts at French Lick and West
Baden, occurred when $30,000 worth
of gambling paraphernalia was burned
by the authorities.
Gov. Comer of Alabama signed the
bill providing submission of a consti
tutional prohibition amendment to a
vote of the people within 90 days.
A uniform bill of lading is one of
the demands made by the conference
on uniform laws in session at Detroit,
Mich.
A tugboat of the Bayane River Com
pany, bound from San Francisco for
Panama, is long everdue and is be
lieved to have been lost.
At Colon the first public play
grounds ever established on the isth
mus of Panama are about to be
opened.
Engineer William Bradley and Fire
man Fred L. Graves were killed when
the boiler of a west-bound Pere Mar
quette passenger train exploded near
Grand Ledge, Mich., wrecking the
train.
Postmasters to the number of 150,
representing as many cities through
out the country, are at the annual
meeting of the National Association
of Postmasters of the first-class, which
opened in Toledo, 0., to-day.
Half a pound of meat per day per
person is the estimated average con
sumed by the 40,000 people in the
isthmian canal zone.
The highest price paid for cotton In
Montgomery, Ala., in 25 years was
reached when the first new bale of
the season was sold for 30 cents a
pound.
Every city on the Mississippi river
will be represented on President
Taft's boat trip from St. Louis to
New Orleans, says Secretary Treze
vanl of the New Orleans Progressive
union, who is arranging the program
for the president's visit in that city
October 30 and November 1 and 2.
Gilford Pineliot, chief forester of
the I'nited States, was loudly cheered
for his speech before the trans-Mis
sisippi congress at Denver.
Five officers and two enlisted men
have been awarded medals of honor
for nallant conduct while under fire in
the Philippines.
The annual conference of embalm
ers opened at Louisville, Ky., with
nearly every state in the union repre
sented.
The Alabama legislature approved
the proposed amendment to the fed
eral constitution in favor of an in
come tax.
Gov. Brown of Georgia has signed
a law prohibiting negro societies from
using the insignia, ritual or grips of
orders composed of whiten.
Walter Wellman had planned to
start for the north pole in his airship
August 13, but high wind blowing, he
postponed his start.
More than 100 labor union men,
delegates to the National Convention
of Stationary Firemen, were Miter
tained at a dinner by Mrs. J. Borden
Harriman at her summer home at
Mount Kisco, N. Y. John Mitchell
was a speaker.
Secretary Wilson of the department
of agriculture in his year book shows
how, during his 12 years in office, the
American farmer has increased the
agricultural balance of trade from
$234,000,000 to $111,000,000.
The court of inquiry decided that
Lieut. Sutton of the United States
marine corps shot and killed himself,
either by accident or with suicidal in
tent.
The Greek flag over the fortress at
Canea, Island of Crete, was shot down
by marines from the warships of the
four protecting powers, and the trou
ble which nearly led to war with Tur
key was removed.
Ashley Deneen, son of the governor,
is able to be about the executive man
sion at Springfield, after a week's ill
ness, which has caused his parents
considerable concern.
After being on for four months, the
"lid" in Wichita, Kan., has been pried
loose and the town is again wide
open. But one restriction is placed on
the dealers, and that is they must op
erate only on the second floors of
buildings.
Following the shooting of an on
looker during a light between strike
sympathizers and imported workmen
of the Pressed Steel Car Company,
near Pittsburg, special precautions
are being taken by the state constabu
lary to prevent a recurrence of trou
ble.
James Shaw Maxwell, senior magis
trate of Glasgow, Scotland, who had
made a trip over America, declares in
an interview in New York that Cana
dian cities are ahead of those in this
country. He finds them cleaner.
William Kennedy, a Waukegan
(111.) business man, who disappeared
several weeks ago, has been found in
a comatose condition on the wharves
at Seattle. He is now in a hospital.
Forty armed fish pirates from the
Frazier river swooped down on tho
traps of the Pacific-American Fisher
ies Company at Point Roberts, Wash.,
and baled out SIO,OOO worth of sock
eye salmon, which they carried back
over the Canadian line.
Passengers who have reached San
Francisco on the steamer Acapuico
say reports about earthquakes in Aca
puico are greatly exaggerated. Only
two persons were killed.
Postmaster General Hitchcock will
soon name a successor to Frank F.
McMillan as chief post-office inspec
tor. It is understood in Washington
that a man from the west will get the
place.
In holding Argyle Lett to the grand
jury for the killing of Durwood Dent
wood, the court at Henderson, Ky.,
decided that killing was sometimes
justifiable, but that Lett had chosen
the wrong time.
One man was shot and several in
jured by stones in a riot at the
Pressed-Car Company's works at lie-
Kees Rocks, Pa. Strikers attempted
to keep an alleged strike-breaker from
entering the plant.
The Long Island life savers added
another victory to their long list
when they saved the lives of seven
men on the stranded slilp, Arlington,
off Long Beach.
A pardon for Mrs. Evelyn Romadka,
former wife of Charles L. Romadka,
.i Milwaukee millionaire, convicted of
burglary in Chicago, has been asked
of Gov. Deneen and the pardon board.
William Loeb, collector of the port
of New York, has threatened a suit
against Samuel De Nedrey, editor of
a labor journal in Washington.
The health of Mrs. Taft, wife of the
president, has been completely re
stored, and her sister, who has been
with her for several weeks, will leave
the summer White House soon.
While the people of the middle west
and southwest in this country were
suffering from the heat, six inches of
snow fell in Johannesburg, South Af
rica. Now shiver.
After killing Frank F. Fortino, a
wealthy merchant of Elkhart, Ind.,
Tony Tino was surrounded in a ceme
tery by a sheriff's posse and desper
ately fought against arrest.
Expert mountain climbers, spurred
by the offer of a large reward, are
hunting on Mount Tacoma for Joseph
W. Stevens and T. V. Callaglian of
Trenton, N. J., who are lost.
Members of the American club of
the City of Mexico are forming a mili
tary company which will tender its
services to the Mexican government
for the protection of American resi
dents, in any emergency.
The executive board of the Free
men's Aid society of the Methodist
Episcopal church, in session in Cin
cinnati, has elected Rev. J. T. Dock
ing as president, of Rust university, at
Holly Springs, Miss.
Gov. Haskell and associates, indicted
in connection with Oklahoma land
frauds, filed motions to quash, claim
ing the prosecutions are the result of a
political conspiracy.
The thermometer reached 110 de
grees in the shade at Muskogee, Okla.,
while towns in Missouri, Arkansas,
Kansas and Nebraska reported record
breaking temperatures.
Madelina Vlceo, 50 years old, was
found dead with a bullet wound
through her heart, in her lodging
house at 105 West Twenty-ninth street.
Giuseppi Cerino was arrested.
Four cruisers, the West Virginia,
Maryland, California and South Da
kola, sailed from San Francisco for
Puget sound. They will take part in
the neval parade at the Seattle fair.
A reward of $2,500 has been of
fered for the arrest of the murderer of
Anna Schumacher at Rochester, N. Y.
While at confession in St. Paul's
Catholic church, Burlington, la., James
Nicholls died from the heat.
CAMERON COUNTY PRESS, THURSDAY AUGUST 26, 1909.
BOAT BURNS TO WATER
PASSENGERS AND CREW OF THE
STEAMER ARE SAVED.
Escape? from Vessel of Passengers,
Most of Whom Were Women and
Children, Exciting.
Peoria. 111. The steamer Fred
Swain, Capt. Verne Swain, of the
Peoria & Lasalle Packet Co., with
its 25 passengers and 15 sailors
aboard, burned to the water after the
flaming craft had been piloted into
four feet of water and the occupants
had escaped to the bank of the Illi
nois river, up which the steamer was
bound when it caught lire. No lives
were lost but Joseph Casrider, the en
gineer, was burned about the face and
body, and Charles Ileicheberger of
Peoria suffered a broken arm. The
loss is $35,000. Several of the pas
sengers lost their belongings.
The escapes from the burning ves
sel of the passengers, most of whom
were women and children, was excit
ing and at one time when flames were
discovered issuing from a state room
on the second deck, panic reigned.
Fears were partly calmed as the burn
ing steamer drew nearer shore and
scores of rowboats were seen hur
riedly putting out to the rescue.
The gang plank was lowered to the
water's edge when the steamer had
been beached and one rowboat after
another took off a load of passengers
and sailors. After boats had
loaded and started for shore the gang
plank caught fire and fell away from
the steamer, letting 15 persons, in
cluding Several women and children
into the water. Thomas Powers of
Peoria and E. A. Caron of Worcester,
Mass., who were on the plank when it
fell, each saved the life of two chil
dren, half carrying and half swim
ming with the tots on their back and
shoulders to old tree stumps to await
the arrival of rescuers. The others
who were thrown into the water by
the collapse of the gang plank were
taken in boats to safety. Those still
aboard the steamer managed to let
out a new gangway at a place farther
from the flames which were rapidly
creeping over the boat.
DEATH CLAIMS TWO BATHERS
Girl Gives Up Her Life in a Futile
Effort to Save Male Companion
—Both Expert Swimmers.
Wildwood, N. J.—ln a futile effort
to save the life of W. Brooke
Lessig, a very well-known Philadel
phia lawyer with whom she was
swimming in the surf at Wildwood
crest, Miss Virginia Paul, one of the
leaders in the younger set of Philadel
phia society, was also drowned in the
swift ocean current.
Miss Paul was a stepdaughter of
Clarence Jeffries, a Pennsylvania offi
cial, and resided at Swarthmore, Pa.
She was about 21 years old. She and
Mr. Lessig were guests at the cottage
of Morton Z. Paul, at Wildwood Crest.
They entered the surf at a point be
low the regular bathing grounds and
after the life guards had gone off
duty. Both were expert swimmers
and were soon beyond the breakers.
After they had been swimming for
some time members of their party on
the beach noticed Lessig threw up his
as though in trouble. At first
did not appreciate his danger but
soon noticed Miss Paul swimming to
wards him. She also waved toward
the shore and appeared to be calling
for help. A swift current seemed to
be dragging both swimmers further
and further from the shore. Realizing
at last the struggle which was going
on before them, those on the beach
ran to the life saving station and no
tified the crew. A boat was hastily
launched and an effort was made to
reach the struggling bathers. Lessig
had disappeared from view in spite of
Miss Paul's efforts to reach him. Miss
Paul continued her unequal battle
with the rough surf, but before the
life boat reached her she too had been
swallowed by the huge waves.
MONEY IS CERTAINLY FIRMER
Higher Range of Prices for Cereals
Has Encouraged the Movement
from the Farms.
New York City.—Bradstreets says:
Jobbing trade and manufacturing
industry tend to expand as the
vacation season wanes and harvest
possibilities grow into certainties.
From a number of markets, however,
come the reiteration of reports that
purchasers take hold conservatively
and that retailers are still cautious
buyers. Currency shipments to the
country are enlarging and money is
certainly firmer.
Something like a sobering process
has been witnessed in the securities
markets, which are lower all around.
Perhaps tbe most encouraging fea
tures reported come from a few of
the leading industries. The high
er range of prices for cereals, particu
larly winter wheat, has encouraged
the movement from the farms, and
the number of Idle cars has decreased.
Two Women and a Man Drowned.
Burlington, la.—Two women and
a man were drowned jumping
into the Mississippi river from a burn
ing launch. During an exhibition of
fireworks on the river the powder on
the supply barge accidently was ex
ploded.
Two Killed at Crossing.
Reading, Mich.—Otis Giery and his
wife of Clear Lake, lnd., were killed
by a Lake Shore train while driving
over a crossing near Montgomery,
Mich.
Keystone
State Jots
STATE CAPITAL CULLINGS.
Twenty-five pigeons out of the flock
of 300 or more at Capitol park have
been killed and no more will be shot
this summer. Only those birds that
had roosted in inconvenient places
were got out of the way.
The fire wardens and their deputies
are already getting the numerous for
est fires throughout the state under
control, according to word received
recently at the forestry department.
Rains are assisting the fire fighters.
The state department of agricult
ure has received news from the sau
erkraut belt of Berks county. The
cabbage crop is going to be a failure,
which means that sauerkraut will be
scarce and high in price the coming
fail. The sauerkraut trade has be
come a big industry in this section,
hundreds of barrels turned out there
being exported every winter to for
eign countries. Many of the fields of
late cabftage are rotting and a few
others are being saved by the appli
cation of water from lines of hose.
The Harrisburg postoffice received
a sheet or paper about eight by ten
inches in size which was folded into
the shape of an envelope. It cov
ered a letter and was sealed with an
old-fashioned seal. It bore the post
mark of Harrisburg, Pa., April 3, 1827.
It bore no postage stamp but the
legand that ten cents postage had
been paid on the letter. It was ad
dressed to N. P. Hobart, Esq., Read
ing, who was auditor general from
183G-3!), and sent by Francis R. Skunk,
who was afterwards governor of
Pennsylvania. James Peacock was
postmaster of Harrisburg at that
time.
Dairy and Food Commissioner
James Foust ordered 18 suits against
violators of the Murphy pure food
law. Two of these were against Har
risburg men who sold mushrooms
which contained sulphurous acid and
it is expected that arrests will follow
within a short time. The other suits
ordered were in the following coun
ties: One milk case, Allegheny coun
ty; one preserved cherry case, Alle
gheny county; two sausage cases,
Washington; one lard case, Venango;
one vinegar, Washington, and four ice
cream cases, Washington. Three suits
against dealers who sold baking pow
der containing alum and three cases
against dealers in pickles in Ulair
county.
The United Sports of Pennsylvania
have accepted the proffer of the Co
lumbia Rod and Gun club's bungalow,
grounds and boats and will hold their
annual meeting there on September
14 and 15. The meeting will be the
first held by the association and two
trophies have been offered for the
heaviest black bass. Fish Commis
sioner Meehan is a director of the
association and he has offered a split
bamboo bait bass rod, which is known
as the Meehan trophy. It will goto
the man catching the heaviest bass
in any stream in Pennsylvania be
tween the dates, September 1 and 11.
Only individual members are eligible.
The bass must be landed with a single
rod and line. If the man catching the
bass is a member of the local camp
the flsh must be weighed in before
two members of the camp. If he is
a member of the association and not
of any local camp, the fish must be
taken before a notary public. There
are 21 camps in the state and over
half of them have accepted the invita
tion to attend the convention. Bach
camp is entitled to send three dele
gates.
The name of every Pennsylvania
soldier who fought in the battle of
Gettysburg is to be placed on the
memorial to the veterans to be erect
ed there by the state. Bronze tablets
will be placed around the base and
the names carved thereon. It is de
sirous that these names shall be cor
rectly spelled and that the name of no
man who was engaged in the battle
be omitted. The members of the
commission desire that tiie surviving
soldiers of each regiment engaged at
Gettysburg will assist them in revis
ing the lists, correcting the spelling
of names, etc., and they, therefore,
wish to find the whereabouts of all
regimental organizations or where
there are no regimental organiza
tions, they wish to obtain the names
of surviving officers or soldiers who
will take sufficient interest in the
matter togo over the rolls and revise
the list. Forward to Comrade St.
Clair A. Mulholland, IJ. S. pension
agent at Philadelphia, information
that will enable him to correspond
with survivors' association or surviv
ing members who will take an inter
est. in the matter.
Three hundred and forty-six certifi
cates for physicians who have passed
the state examinations were sent out
recently from the <»epartment of pub
lic instruction.
A new order Ims gone into effect
on the Pennsylvania, which requires
ttl 1 shippers of household goods to
pay the freight in advance. This or
der was promulgated on account of
the many shipments Blade by foreign
ers who invariably refuse to pay the
freight when their goods reach their
destination.
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