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RESULT OF SCIENTIFIC FARMING.
A forthcoming circular of the agri
cultural department will contradict
the prevailing impression that the
fertility of the country is wearing out,
but will show that, notwithstanding
the abandonment of farming districts
in the northeast, not only is there an
increase in the total volume of crops,
but an actual growth in the average
yield per acre under cultivation, says
the Mobile Register. This result is ob
tained by restoring to the soil those
elements and compounds needed and
consumed by different crops. The
well-informed farmer of the present
day does not blindly send his plants
out to grope for their food; but sees
that it is supplied them In proper meas
ure. Kecent discoveries in bacteriol
ogy have greatly assisted the plant
er, enabling him to obtain bacteria,
with which the growing plant may be
inoculated and by which the nitrogen
of the air is iixed in form available
for plant food and fed to the plant as
required. A few cents per acre spent
inoculating the plants comes back to
the farmer in Increased yield of many
dollars per acre.
Pennsylvania is doing well in for
estry and in tree conservation. The
state commissioner reports nearly
1,000,000 acres in the reserve, to which
additions are being made, and has
much to say about the effective sys
tem of replanting, cultivation and
general safeguarding. Replanting is a
' very important part of the work.
Many millions of young trees have
been planted, and with the appropria
tion available it is hoped to add not
less than 9,000,000 this year, while the
ultimate number is expected to be 20,-
000,000 annually. An excellent insti
tution is a state forestry academy, in
which young men are trained for the
forestry service. All this is Indica
tive of active and intelligent super
vision. Pennsylvania is a state of
hills and valleys, and denuding the
crests of trees has wrought incalcu
lable mischief, a fair specimen of
which is furnished by the freshets
which so often sweep down the Ohio
and other streams, carrying havoc for
many miles.
Dislike of the cigarette has often
been manifested by fathers, mothers
and guardians, and sometimes figures
in the disposition of legacies. Thus
a young man named Acker, of Atlan
tic Highlands, N. J., has been left $25,-
000 by his grandfather on condition
that for the next 24 years Acker shall
refrain from indulging in cigarettes
or participating in dissipation. To get
tho regular allowance under the will
Acker must at stated periods make af
fidavit that he has complied strictly
with the terms. That ought to be a
pretty fair tost of a young man's
preference. The sum of $25,000 should
be an acceptable offset to deprivation
of cigarette smoking.
The plan, announced from Boston,
of solving the problem of illiterate
and impecunious immigrants by edu
cating them and getting them into
profitable employment is undoubted
ly a good one. and would be effective
if it could be executed, says the New
York Tribune. Hut how such work
is to be done for the scores and hun
dreds of thousands who come hither
is another problem of appalling diffi
culty.
lioads like t hose proposed in Eng
land, on which there would be no
speed limits for motorists; would set
tle the speed problem for good and
all. Sensible persons would all use
Ihe other road, and the speed maniacs
■would soon bring themselves to their
Jit end.
Tb« time-honored swindling schemes
do not show much variety, but then
they probably rely, with more or loss
certainty of profit, on the fact that
there are no special novel changes in
human nature.
Now is the time lor gazing at the
shell-load of plckels, plums, peaches
and other preserves and letting your
self think bow good they will all taste
this winter.
FOR AN EMERGENCY
PRESIDENT TAFT EXPLAINS POSI
TION ON INCOME TAX.
Declares Emphatically He Is Not in
Favor of Its Imposition at Once,
Though He Would Have
States Indorse It.
In the light of extensive and widely
varying speculation regarding the at
titude of President Taft toward the in
come tax. it is gratifying to note that
In his speech at Portland, Ore., he set
forth his views with a directness
which leaves no doubt as to where he
stands. Following his discussion of
the corporation tax. the president
said:
"I am not in favor of levying an in
come tax such as that which was pro
vided in the bill, in times of peace T'
am not in favor of it because I think
it will prove to be too inquisitorial as
to individuals, and 1 think it will be
found also that it puts a premium on
perjury, so that the .gentlemen whom,
you are especially after when you levy
an income tax will escape, and only
those which are too conscientious will
pay more than their share. In-times
of dire need it is necessary that it
(the government) should use such a
tax. objectionable as it is in certain
of Its features, and, therefore, 1 hope
it will pass the states."
The president's declaration must set
at rest the allegations that he favors
the imposition of an income tax at
once, if the constitutionality of such a
measure shall have been confirmed by
the adoption by three-fourths of the
states of the amendment submitted by
the present congress.
The president's self-defined position
does, however, raise a decidedly in
teresting question. If, as he hopes,
the federal government is authorized
to impose an income tax, how long
will it be before it is compelled to do
so? Mr. Taft believes tlie federal gov
ernment should enjoy the right to im
pose such a tax in emergencies. On
the other hand, he would regard the
exercise of that right under normal
conditions as bad because, as he ex
plains, it would put a premium on
perjury and would probably prove im
possible of equitable assessment. And
yet the strength of the advocacy of an
income tax as a normal method of
raising revnue was clearly demon
strated in the session of congress re
cently adjourned. So great was that
strength that at one time a majority
of the senate was committed to it and.
while there were no figures available,
the leaders clearly appreciated that if
the house had an opportunity to vote
on the question it would adopt the tax
by a large majority. The actual adop
tion of the tax was prevented only by
the influence which the president him
self exerted to secure the enactment
of the corporation tax as a substitute,
a part of which influence consisted of
the argument that to re-enact an in
come tax without the authority of a
constitutional amendment would con
stitute an affront offered by the legis
lative to the judicial branch of the
government. The adoption of the con
stitutional amendment would, of
course, destroy the force of that argu
ment and thus detract materially from
the president's influence to prevent
the imposition of an income tax.
while the action of three-fourths of all
the states in conferring 011 the federal
government the power to impose such
a tax would inevitably strengthen the
position of those who favor it.
Progress in the Merit oystem.
When compulsory civil service re
form laws were first introduced they
needed to be guarded from abuses by
certain strict provisions. In making
examinations the test for appoint
ments and in eliminating elasticity
from the system, no one could say an
ideal method of appointment was be
ing established, but only that a great
Improvement was being made over
old methods and that the very inelas
ticity was necessary in order to give
the new system a lair start in the
struggle lor existence.
Now, after ten or fifteen or twenty
years ol experience, the time has
tome when the rigid barriers may to
some extent be relaxed. The old
spoilsmen enemies of the merit sys
tem naturally sneer at the change,
but. nevertheless, what is happening
I Is strictly logical and marks distinct
advance. It it has become pos;lble to
I facilitate the discharge of incompe
tent employes without too much red
tape, that is one gain. If, as has just
I happened in New York state, a reduc
j tion in the weight given to formal ex-
I aminations can be made all ahfcig the
line and a corresponding increase
I made in the weight given to experi
! ence as judged by the appointing
j power that is another gain. At the
I start such provisions would have
been sources ot weakness, not of
strength.
In New Vork state ,he development
hf\s gone to a point at wnich the civil
service commissioners, instead of con
cealing information in a way still
known to occur in some places, are
giving it the largest publicity. At this
year's state lair a large civil service
exhibit is to be installed. If will con
tain statistics of positions and of past
examinations, maps, chaiinforma
tion pamphlets and everything possl
ble toward acquainting young men
who might consider entering the
state's service with what steps they
must take to that end. As providing
an agency lor "peopieizing" the civil
service, ihe idea Is not a bad one.
Can't Beat Him.
You can't beat him, anyhow. Col
j Bryan is about to celebrate his silver
I wodding.—New York livening Tele
grara.
CAMERON COUNTY PRESS, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 4, IW
EFFECT OF TARIFF ON PRICES
Impossibility That Reduction of Duties
Should Result in Immediate
Price Reductions.
Tariff reformers need frequently to
be reminded that the tariff is only one
of many things that influence the
prices of commodities. By harping
too much upon the effect of duties as
a tax on the consumer, they give rise
to the expectation that a reduction of
duties must be Immediately followed
by a reduction of price—an expecta
tion very often disappointed.
There can be no doubt that the duty
upon hides increased the cost of im
ported hides, and allowed a correspond
ing addition to the price of domestic
hides. The removal of the duty was
thus an advantage to the American
tanner. Other things being equal, it
would reduce the cost of American
leather, and the import duty upon
leather being also reduced, there is an
enlarged opportunity for competition,
which might be expected to reduce
the price.
Thus far the reasoning is clear. Rut
suppose the demand for leather to In
crease more rapidly than the produc
tion, and the demand for '-ides more
rapidly than the supply. The price
could not be raised as fast or as far
as under the protection of high duties,
but it does not follow that it would
not be raised at all. If it is true, as Is
asserted and as appears probable, that
the revival of all kinds of industry has
created a greatly enlarged demand for
leather In all forms, even beyond the
general ratio of increase, it is evident
that we have influences to consider to
which the tariff can be only secondary.
The uses of leather have increased
enormously of late years and In many
fields. Even the automobile is said to
have made an appreciable difference.
People are wearing American shoes
all over the world who never wore
shoes before. It may safely be con
cluded that if the duties on hides and
leather had not been reduced, all
prices would have been raised to the
highest possible figures. The "re
vision" has checked an artificial ad
vance. It is also demonstrated that
the reduced duties are more than ade
quate for all desirable protection.
Judge Gaynor's Pose.
Judge Gaynor. the Tammany candi
date for mayor of New York, is con
ducting one of the freakiest cam
paigns iu the whole history of queer
streak politics. He is the willing
nominee of the Tammany organiza
tion, but continues to harangue
against municipal corruption and 'o
discourse in general upon the exceed
ing sinfulness of all the arts and
methods by which Tammany has been
accustomed to win elections and to
thrive upon the boundless opportuni-
r graft that have followed the_
various winnings. He is the nominee
of an organization that has made po
litical crookedness a science, but con
tinues to point with pride to "my Ufa
record and my life work for good gov
ernment and to destroy low and cor
rupt government" without an appar
ent touch of embarrassment at the
ridiculous pose in which he is placed.
A candidate of Tammany hall preach
ing reform in politics is somewhat in
the same classification of that notori
ousin dividual who upon occasion and
to subserve his own ends is supposed
to rebuke sin,
The Tammany candidate has even
made the spectacular play of sending
back money which was forwarded to
him for campaign purposes. Possibly
that SI,OOO check which a Brooklyn
merchant sent directly to the judge
through the mail was for the very pur
pose of giving him an opportunity to
write a letter declaring "I have de
cided not to use a dollar in this elec
tion." Even in the primary which re
sulted in the nomination of Justice
Gaynor, Tammany influences were ac
cused by several of the New York dai
lies with having stuffed the ballot
boxes to assure the election of cer
tain convention delegates And to
think that the candidate of an organi
zation that could resort to such meth
ods i.s opposed to the using of a dollar
to notnote his candidacy! Gotham
must be growing pretty solemn if it
is not touched by the gayeiy of such
a situation.
Taft's Antipodal Critics.
Taft is the type of statesman who
incurs criticism from both the oppo
site extremes of opinion.
lie is too conservative for the radi
cals, and too progressive for the ultra
conservatives. He may lie defined as
a progressive conservative. He Is the
man who thinks hard before speaking:
looks before leaping; and wants to be
reasonably sure he is right before go
ing ahead.
He is a reasonable man. He is cap
able of compromise - the essence, ts
j Burke says, of statesmanship. He be
lieves in progress, but he steei'3 by
settled principles; and he knows when
to shorten sail
It is because of such traits of tem
perament and training that the bulk of
our people regard him as the ideal
man for the presidency at the pres
i ent time, when "slow speed ahead" is
I the needed word in legislation.
The business world, big business
I and little, employers and employed,
I breathed a sigh of relief when he was
j elected. The labor world felt that
I while there might under him be less
| vociferous lip service to the "square
j deal." there would be more of the
J real article all around. It had diseov
j ered that while threatening and alarm
ing capital might be good fun for the
! gallery. It was death lor work and
j wages.— Milwaukee Sentinel.
Mr. liryan is at present engaged <r
j making the next congress Democratic
j and. Incidentally, in keeping himself
j advertised for lecture ouruoses
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PERSONAL.
Horace H. Lurtun of Nashville is
believed in Washington to have the
best chance for appointment to the
bench of the supreme court to fill the
vacancy caused by the death of Jus
tice Beckham. Lurton i.s an old
friend of President. Tal't.
G. A. Simpson, a Grant county (Ky.)
tobacco grower, who shipped 75,000
pounds of his 1009 crop, with the aid
of state troops, says he will move to
New Mexico, as he fears night riders.
Jacob M. Dickinson,' secretary of
war, says if his candidacy for senator
in Tennessee would unite the Demo
cratic factions in the state, he would
make the race.
Prof. Headlee of the Kansas agri
cultural college says chinch bugs
cause from $5,000,000 to $25,000,000 loss
annually to the farmers of the state.
He is experimenting with destroyers.
Dr. E. B. Morgan, an eye and ear
specialist of Paterson, N. J., lias come
into possession of 51,000,000 through
tin- generosity of a brother who made
$7,000,000 in stock deals and shared
his fortune.
Cardinal Gibbons says he pities the
friendless rich. "Millions," he says,
"avail nothing to a man if he have
no one to give him solace in sorrow."
Kichard Croker's trip to the United
States this fall is not in response to
a tall for aid from Charles W. Morse,
according to a statement by Mr.
Moise, who is a prisoner in the
Tombs at. New York.
Emperor of Russia was accorded a
cordial and gracious reception on his
arrival at Racconigi, Italy. His meet
ing witli King Victor Emmanuel was
signalized with booming of cannon
and cheers of the multitude.
GENERAL NOTES.
President Taft and party left St.
Louis for a four-days' trip down the
Mississippi. At New Orleans they
will attend the fourth annual conven
tion of the Lakes and the Gulf Deep
Waterways association.
Five hundred Indian bucks and
squaws, after receiving their annuities,
indulged in one of the wildest orgies
that the Leech Lake (Minn.) agency
ever witnessed. It was the last day
when saloons could sell liquor to the
redskins.
Mrs. Frank Stanley, at Pana, 111.,
shot and killed her husband, Frank,
during a struggle for the possession
ol a shotgun. The woman claims she
shot in self-defense.
Frederick Gebhardt, the New York
selt confessed wife murderer, admits
he has been guilty of three such
crimes, for th< j purpose of securing
the women's money.
Grand jury at Chicago in their final
report to Judge Tuthill, declared the
jury-drawing system of Cook county
"rotten and corrupt," and charge the
commissioners with wholesale viola
tions of the law.
Gen. Oliver O. Howard, the last of
the union commanders of the civil
war, died at his home in Burlington,
Vt., of heart disease, aged 79 years.
Credence is given by Tokyo officials
to the report that the assassination of
Prince Ito was the culmination of a
plot, the ramifications of which ex
tended through Korea and into China.
Federal Judge Holt, at New York,
handed down a decision which will
allow Gustav 15. Kissel and Thomas
B. llarned. who were among those in
dicted along with the. American Sugar
Refilling Company for criminal con
spiracy, to escape prosecution through
the provisions of the statute of limita
tions.
John it. Walsh, the former Chicago
j banker, lias received SIOO,OOO for an
option on his railroads from the United
States Steel Corporation, which will
enable him to settle his financial diffi
culties for the time being, ac least.
Sheriff Strassheim of Cook county,
Illinois (Chicago), was lined SSOO and
costs by tin' Illinois supreme court for
contempt in not promptly obeying a
mandate of that tribunal. Gov. De
mon will pay tin? fine, if the decision
stands, as tiie sheriff wus.it. is alleged,
following ilia instructions.
Harry K. Thaw's contention that
he was illegally committed to the
Matteawan asylum was overruled by
the New York court of appeals.
By !*. decision of the Illinois supreme
court Chicago will have n> pay $700,-
fioo for cars burned during the big
. railroad strike of 1890.
The western section of the Northern
Illinois Teachers' association met in
Galena, 111., with Cyrus Grove of Free
port presiding.
Fifty thousand people greeted Presi
dent Taft upon his arrival at. Cairo,
111., during his trin down the Missis
sippi.
Rumors are in circulation at Chica
go that final steps looking to a
gigantic merger of the various Hawley
and allied lines into one compact rail
road system have been consummated
According to the new minister of
war Spain has decided not to push
further tho Moroccan campaign.
The McConnick Theological semtn
iry at Chicago celebrated the eightl
3th anniversary of its founding, cmi
•u-nt theological educators and divines
from many cities taking part in the
ceremonies.
The honorary commercial commis
sioners of Japan and their suites ar
rived in Washington and visited Po
tomoe drive, along which will be plant
ad 2,000 cherry trees which the em
peror of Japan has presented to the
government.
John D. Rockefeller has given a mil
lion dollars to aid in the extermina
tion of the disease of "book worm,"
ar "lazy disease" germ in the south
am states. He intrusts the expendi
ture to a commission of 12, including
his son and noted scientists.
The federal court of appeals has re
fused to grant the petition of the gov
ernment that. John It. Walsh be placed
in prison pending the appeal of his
case to the supreme court of the Uni
ted States, thus giving the banker a
year's liberty at least.
Mrs. Chapin, a suffragette, in at
tempting lo destroy the ballots at an
election in London, broke a bottle of
acid over the ballot box as a protest
against the exclusion <of women from
the right of franchise. Several offi
cials were painfully burned and she
was arrested.
A general uprising of Korean revo
lutionists is feared following the as
sassination of Prince Ito at. Harbin.
His murderer has been identified as a
Korean newspaper editor, and the
open declarations of approval of the
murder has caused great alarm.
Mrs. Charles Edgecomb and four
year-old son were tound dead at their
home in Chicago from gas asphyxia
tion. It is believed the child turned
on the gas instead of the electric light.
He was in the habit of playing with
the latter.
Frederick Dietz and his wife perish
ed in a supposedly incendiary fire which
destroyed a tenement at West Thir
teenth street and Third avenue, .New
York.
Inventors are to benefit from a clas
sification of patents undertaken by
the United States patent office at
Washington.
Erwin Weinspach, a Los Angeles
druggist, his wife and Jesse R. Thorn
ton, who started for the Sierra Nevada
mountains eight weeks ago, are miss
ing. A searching party is togo out.
The body of Prince Ito, Japan's
murdered statesman, will be taken to
Japan on a warship now at Dairen.
N'ine alleged accomplices of his assas
sin are under arrest.
The new tariff bill is not reducing
the treasury deficit as predicted by its
authors, it is shown by a statement
just issued that, the deficit for the
fiscal year ending October 21-i was only
seven million less than the same pe
riod last year.
By the will of Caroline Phelps
Stokes over $3,000,000 is given for the
erection of model tenements in New
York, the education of negroes. North
American Indians and white students
and for several charitable objects.
Arthur P. Heinze was sentenced to
prison for ten days and fined $250 by
iudge Ray in New York on a charge
of obstructing justice by advising a
witness to evade service.
Suffolk county (Long Island) offi
cials have found Minnie Rosenau,
who says Frederick Gebhardt, con
fessed slayer of Anna Luther, mar
ried her in Russia 14 years ago. The
woman is supposed to be one of Geb
hardt's many wives.
Tiie "unwritten law" figures in the
case of John Sickles of Dallas, W.
Va., whose trial for murder has be
gun. The defendant killed Randolph
Ritchie, his nephew, whom he found
in a room with hia 15-year-old daugh
ter.
What is known as the opsonic treat
ment., discovered in England and tried
on human beings to combat germ dis
eases, is found at the Colorado Agri
cultural college to be successful when
applied to animals.
Earl W. Spencer, with an office in
the Rookery building, Chicago, has
written to Flower hospital. New York,
offering assistance to Edith Thomas,
who attempted suicide after writing a
letter to her mother saying she pre
ferred death to becoming bad.
Baron Rudolph von Outmann of Vi
enna, who has just sailed from New
York for Europe, has returned from a
remarkably successful hunting trip in
Alaska and Siberia. Ho says that big
game shooting in Alaska is the best
in the world.
A report reached Shanghai that
Prince ito, the Japanese statesman
was killed by a shot fired by a
Corean at Harbin, Manchuria. The
Japanese consul general and president
of the Manchurlan railroad were in
jured.
Knud llasmussen, tl - Danish ex
plorer who has reached Copenhagen,
reiterates his former statement that
lie believes Dr. Cook reached the
north pole and snys lie saw the phy
sician's diary and cannot believe it
was false.
A brewery combine of $10,000,000
in Fayette county, Pennsylvania, is
-Mid to be hacked by the steel trust,
lin vn effort to curb drinking habits of
employes in the mills. The corpora
tion would stop the sale of beer in
kegs.
No details of frontier excitement in
the early days i:; lacking in the "Rush
of '4ii" celebration at Stockton, Cal.
for which a typical gold camp has
been reproduced on the public square
Eluding her children and grandchil
dren, Mrs. Rebecca E. Walworth, 71
years old. of Berkeley, Cal., was mar
ried to P. P. Chamberlain, a San
Farncisco contractor, who is 75.
Deputy Marshal Otto W. Zitndars
was tound dead in front of the j.i 1 at
De Pere, Wis . with a bullet wound
llis watch and revolver were missinp
and the jail ltej was broken off in thf
door.
MILLIONAIRE SUICIDES
MYSTERY SURROUNDS THE ACT
OF PITTSBURG MAN.
Suicide Goes to a Hotel, Writes Letter,
Stands Before Mirror and Blows
His Brains Out.
Pittsburg, Pa. —Pittsburg is si nig
gling with one of the most sen
sational suicides in its history. Ed
ward Steinhauser, member of one of
the oldest families in Pittsburg, sup
posed to be worth more than $1,000,000
in his own name, killed himself in a
most tragic manner at the American
house here. It is intimated by some
that Steinhauser had been plunging In
the stock market.
Steinhauser, who was 38 years old.
put his last thoughts on his mother,
grandmother and sisters, whom lie did
not want thrown into a panic by hav
ing news of his suicide telephoned,
nor did he wish them to see his mutil
ated body until it had been fixed up.
Hi- arranged for all this just before
footing himself. The North Side- mil
lionaire in the afternoon slipped into
.he American house and registered as
'•W. F. Lawrence, City." H<- asked to
be shown a room and stipulated that
the room be large, well lighted and
clean. Asking that stationery be sent
to his room he sat down and in a
round, flowing business hand, wrote
the following letter:
"Mr. \V. S. Wilson, No. 925 Pen ave
nue. Pittsburg—Dear Billy: Break the
news to the dear ones at. homo. Tillie
and mamma are at Annie's for supper,
but grandma is at home. I cannot
help this. Forgive me, dear friends. I
cannot rest until I am with George. -
"P. S.—Will: Don't 'phone home
about this. You might startle them.
You goto Annie's yourself and tell
them. And. Will, have my body fixed
up right before I am taken home. Let
them remember me as 1 was. Goodby,
old pal, goodby."
"Lawrence" then carefully removed
his coat, vest and collar, and standing
in front of the mirror blew out his
brains. The shot and sound of the
falling body brought help, and the
locked doors were battered in and the
still warm body found.
j TRADE REVIVAL IS NO DREAM
Reports from Various Sections Make
the Close of the Year 1905 One
of Prosperity.
New York City.—Bradstreets says:
Trade as a whole is good or better.
| the former word, in fact, hardly
sufficing to characterize the buoyancy
and breadth of demand shown in many
lines. Industry, in turn, responds with
advices of lull manufacturers' order
books. full of o\ertime run and gen
eral reports of an insufficiency of
skilled labor to meet the requirements.
Altogether the situation is. all things
considered, a very satisfactory one and
the rate of improvement in the late
months of the year promises to place
1909 close to the front in the list of
years of prosperity.
While mild weather lias tended to
retard retail trade in some sections of
tlie northwest, the general report is
that tho advance of the season and tin
marketing of the year's crops if. bring
ing out a large volume of trade in the
country districts, while enlarging pay
rolls, fall festivals and state fairs are
all helping to stimulate distribution in
the cities.
MANY VICTIMS OF WRECKS
Two Dead and Six More May Die as
Result of Train Crashes in
Two Different States.
Ft. Wayne, Ind. —In a collision
between a westbound immigrant
train and an eastbound freight train
at Tocsin, on the Chicago & Brie rail
road, 3f» immigrants— men, women and
children—were injured, some of them
perhaps fatally. Samuel Barnes, fire
man of the freight train, and six of the
immigrants were taken to Huntington.
Barnes and four of the foreigners
probably will die.
Rochester, N. Y.—Two men killed,
two seriously injured and one injured
in a lesser degree, an engine practic
ally demolished, the wall of the freight
house caved in anil dozens of freight
ears with their contents damaged or
completely wrecked, is the result of a
wreck that occurred in the Kent street
yards of the New York Central rail
road. The train took a wrong switch
and crashed into freight cars.
Twenty-two Miners Killed.
Karran, Wales.- Twenty-two miners
weie entombed in the wrecked
shaft ef the Rhymney Iron Co.. fol
low an explosi*" when 48 o: the crew
were entering. Lighted! succeeded in
fighting their way out. and a rescue
party saved eight more. After
hours of work rescuers succeeded
in digging out of the choked
mine shaft 11 bodies, including that
of .Mine Manager Bowen. When these
corpses were recovered all hope for
the survival of any of the 'J- miners
caught beneath the slide thai followed
the explosion was given up.
Husband Finds Wife Sl-iin.
New York City. The body of Mrs.
Rose Banks, with her head almost
severed, was found in her fiat
here. Her husband is under arrest.
Banks and neighbors told the police
that he had broken in the dcor and
found his wife dJtul.
Korc?ti Rictero Busy.
Seoul, Korea. The mien .station
here of the Seoul-Fusion rail: c.td wa»
attacked by 300 rioters and partially
burned. The rioters were finally dia
oorsed.