Rg ETEOTIVES. TROOPERS GOOD 1 Prove Murder Where Man Was Sup- posed To Have Died Naturally. Wil..es-Barre Members of the State Constabulary have given wmnother proof of their efficiency by unraveling a murder case which the county authorities gave up County detectives recently decided that John Bachor died a natural death, Then the troopers took up the and unearthed evidence to prove the man died from injuries sustained when he was attacked and beaten by sev- eral men. They learned that these men pur- chased and destroyed their victims’ clothes as soon as he died, that they threatened to kill two men if they testified and that they made other efforts to hide the crime. The troop- ers have arrested three guspects and expect to be able to prove a first de- gree case, (Special). Case BEES AND FRUIT. Old Belief Disproved At Meeting Of Bee Keepers' Association. The Na- held Harrisburg (Special) tional Bee fts annual here ward of 100 delegates in attendan Pr. H. A te Zoolo Pennsylvania, read a pa Keepers’ Assoclation convention with up erp fs Q Ura Sa Dey Dr WORK STOPPED ON DAM. Suspension Of Knickerbocker Trust Company Halts Construction. Lancaster (Special).—The suspen- the Knickerbocker Trust Company, of New York, has interfer- ed with the speedy completion of the great ten million d McCall's Fer- ry Dam, in the Susquehanna River. The trust company was the financial agent of the MeCall's Ferry Company and when the former closed its doors curtailment of work was ordered at once, Within the past two days three hundred hands were laid off but enough men will be kept employ- ed to put the uncompleted work in shape to withstand {ce gorges and freshets. sion of ollar The company is under contract to supply the City of Baltimore with its entire electric supply in 1908 and it Is anxious to proceed with its work as speedily as possible The Knick- erbocker Company became trustee of the ten million dollar mortgage plac- ed on the plant and under this mort- is were sold It is said time the company 18 $500,000 on deposit the McCall's trust 01 HEIRS OF GILL SUE. br. Stein 83500 In Debt Woman, To Drowned “Bees and Heorticult face demonstrated ti fnjure fruit and sustained by the lowed. York, in One Hi A eommitt is chairman a sys! the honey-produci ca. Papers were members of the asso« hees dt $ + y tention ion whi a sent ant iaAnNis read ation LOOKOUT BLOWN DOWN. Demolished By Storm. Altoona standing the across the into the the fan Lookout nock, was blown the distinction i it | inhabitable place in the State, be-| 3e | v fierce winds tha mountain top valley below for it down Ing 2710 feet above The Lookout and reared binff that feet. Fr of seven ¢ church distant, could against the sky. Jor two years. was four its r fell it ountie OF ¥ O0t om steeple It been BRIBERS REST SAFELY. Aud Justice Halts, Pittsburg (Special) no further & Tube City #al until President Char sron and Harvey P. Bost: eated and brought here” Prosecutor John Moran de have creditable infor Cameron in Canada only place that I know has been assured immunity from e tradition.” The present aspect manic bribery affair cate that there will action taken to convict those alleged | to have been | icated in the scan-| dal. | action in Railroad is of © i he wv * of the council-! indi- | no further! seems to ne mpl MILLIONAIRE SHOT. Face Peppered By Friend While Gun- ning For Birds, E. John operator, B. Jer- Jermyn, Seranton (Speci myn, son of the the millionaire ghot in the face while hunting mhurst, with bis [friend SOM. The two were Mason fired at a covey that Mr. Jermyn was ‘Fhe bird shot full in the face, destroying his eves. | While he will be disfigured the force of the charge happened to be so spent that the results are not as serious as were at first anticipated, late coal Was near John 2 "tar a i birds and not knowing *ithin range and hit him fortunately no geattered but —— Tnconscious In Carriage. Stroudsburg (Special) Mrz. Sarah Ransbury, a wealthy resident of East Streudsbhurg, was found unconscious hanging over the dashboard of her carriage, having suffered a stroke of paralysis, The driverless horse was making for home, passing vehicles in safety, when stopped by Floyd Albert, who was atiracted by the woman's position fa the carriage. Four Men Blown Up, Pittsburg (Special) A premature | explosion of dynamite occurred at Venice, Pa., sixteen miles from this eity, on the Wabash Railroad, where & cut iz being made, and four men were killed. Two others were seri- ously injured. The men had been ¢namiting rock when a heavy charge of the explosive was set off prema- turely. Four Men Run Down, Mahanoy City (Special) —Return- og to thelr homes in Gilberton af- ter missing the last car in town at midnight, four Lithuanians locked arms and walked on the Reading track, being plowed into by a fast freight west of Town. Enoch Bartis snd Simon Kislowsky were killed, while Anthony Sibutchis and Thomas Attorney uting the immer by! The boat Dr. Stein when it into reach man | was called 1 tient a few | i 110 i i created by | with the | agedy i SWiIT« HMEN ASK MORE PAY. ! Re- | District ! Confer, | i i Pittshurg To In quested A formal the re- | pro Switch- | ica by! was wmting | * were | re of sitin ' Ohio, & flak Erie, Pittsburg, Pitts Monon Union Rail} aversing the The new all-around in- time i & © : | ke Erie i : and | ! work and S8un- | where specified in the | 4000 men were af : {- fected. | i 1I0OUr. not 3 wy F About i Asks £30,000 For An Arm. i Altoona (Special) The stituted on behalf of Ilo! aged six, fi §5 Pennsy nia Telepl on trial the Blair Co Lis asks damages for his right thumb ani permanent | injury to his right arm While the | company was stringing a cable near | the boy was caught | tackie, hiz thumb mus of his arm | to der the arm | allegation ia negligent in suit wr 1.840 var ie {13 Lik ter Ks tae ; Lister the biocks off injured useless that t not home the and the as life com in torn 30 and les 8 for he any guarding tl injured at the No, 2, at Home- ctead by an explosion f hot metal and cinders, which they were lifting from the cinder pit. They were removed to a hospital, where it wag sald they will recover. Three men were seriously burned, two of them fatally, by the explosion of a can of kerosene at Evans City, near Butler. They poured the ofl on wet fuel to hasten the fire. Stephen B. Haslet, aged 71 years, a prominent Venange County farmer, died” from injury caused by a team running away while delivering pro- duce in OH City. Owing to the increase in the price of milk, ice cream dealers of Altoona announce that they will be obliged to advance the price of their product from 26 to 35 cents a quart retail. In operation less than three weeks the plant of the Columbia Drying Company, at Espy, caught fire Sun- day night and was burned to ihe ground. The origin of the fire is unknown. Anthony Marecavage, of QGirard- ville, prepared a stick of dynamite for a shot at Hammond Colllery and laid it on a stone. It rolled off, ex- ploded and tore off his left arm at the shoulder. Works 0 M. Dock Speese, the former pro- prietor of the Central Hotel, York, was sentenced by Judge Bittenger on Monday to a two-year term in the Bastern Penitentiary for obtaining large sums of money by false pre- tense, Willlam Lutz, of Laurel, York County, while gunning on Saturday lay down under a tree to sleep and when he awoke his gun and hunting lacket were missing. Robert Harker fell under a wagon at Henry Clay colliery, Shamokin, ‘Ambrose were tossed aside, escaping with only a few brulses, © i b WOMAN GOES TO PRISON. Weird Scene In Court When Sentence Is Passed. Milford Newman, who i (Special). Mrs Dora 74 old, w taken to the Eastern Penitentiary by { Sheriff Chol Since hep one year and six months ern Penitentianr killd {band with k the {has cried continually veird sentence Staples at will never he oil lamps. one er near Mrs. only light in th room. Judge Staple her son, to give ‘ does not understand Kn vice he had to offer In to the passing of “Please tell her a man instead of an Your E Woman woman, the gent would be muct intend to pa recognize thet { the verge of the nize, ab yeut as entence of 1 the East her hus woman The 180541] when pronounced hiv eleven fr il sO I piteht i oF al $ ano scene in the was Judge y'elock night forgo ten ant ne sewiman » all, t which, er 1 ’ the would BIBLE LEADS TO DISPUTE. Berks Orphans’ Court Must Deel Ownershin Of Book. Reading {Special A that hag be Car hie # i fie CRS he heirs of Court Jot the tolet, n decedent hi esinte precious volun deci i $ parent tenturies It wis printed than ome hnndr ba stitlione [loet ie entire £54 including birt}? turies and if preservati When neys it ™ representing that a v it Judge Ru Per such i of the priv book is the alue woul on Governor ity In One for the Association, composed of ma adeiphians and residents Pennaylvania Bertolet Work On Cement Plant Stopped. Easton (Special) The Stewart of thi cit $ t On (0 disd received instruct tinue work on the stockhouse the eoal trestle for the nent Company at Stockertow: million dollars has been expended « the plant. Those who ar » know say that the the money market is tae order to stop work m and Atlantic Cao. A n e inp siring the cauen STATE OBITUARY. York After Ld O Berger Catholic Ch ease of the the rectors 1 ous ke was hurried to where he remained Father Berger was came to York from Lancaster months ago During his rectorst here he gained a host of friends. Scranton Mrs. Alfred Hand, wife of former Justice Alfred Hand, of the Supreme Court, died from pneun- monia. She was prominent in chari- table, church and social circles and was a woman of wide culture. Dr. Alfred Hand, of Philadelphia, is her stepson. BShe is survived by two daughters, Mrs. J. L. Peck and Miss Ruth Hand, of this city. Bethlehem. .-—For forty-five years a public school teacher in Freemans burg and Bethlehem and having the honor of being the oldest woman teacher in point of service in the State, Miss Louisa M. Beck died aged 76 years. Mahanoy City.—Three of the old- est residents of the city died Tuesday. Thomas Hallahan was found dead in bed; Thomas Ward died after a long illness, and Mrs. Catharine Roos passed away surrounded by her eight children and thirty-five grandchil- dren. All three were over seventy years old, and had lived forty yedrs in town, Media. Dr. Linneaus Fussell, a prominent physician of this section of the State died here aged 72 years, He was chaplain of Bradbury Post, No. 149, G. A. R., of Media. Dr Fussell served through the Civil War, the last year as surgeon on the ship “Unidilla.” and held the rank of Major. » He was a member of the Delaware County Medical So. clety and American Society of Phy- slclans and Surgeons. He wag secre. tary of the Media Noard of Health and secretary of the Delaware County ” brief Rev i St Mary's dis Ago fine HR rector © rok tad i 2» liver Several condition davs s oe coming hos his death old the i Cars ip and was cut in half, Institute of Science. bi: St 4 | FU) avd SCARCITY OF HORSES. ————— { THE | Our eastern cities, towns and coun try districts are filled with poor, mis erable horses that are made to do work for which they were never in- tended, and result every other horse geaved The work at least horges as is a 1 Gl about brew. in | | i i erles do one always keeping thelr zo0d ' ed to the work they have to perform. strprizsed be to should a we to a pulling satisfactor Speaking on t Says: ™ 1 oo. 1 RAGvVAa AR breeding draft he require less care training. because {} biooded as the carriage generally, and will market with again, slizht and dents, than in the highly farmer toward the Jraft to select the best draft stalllo able to breed to. It no raise a well-formed, muscular, ly<constituted horse than script weakling, for-nst Perhaps the and one frequently forgotten in ing horses is to breed to ts having decided what intend to change your min nares to a4 Perch then change to a and to a trotter end in geting colts The same thing holds true with all domes tic animals. Keep in mind the matter of soundness, size, form, quality, fection and Jdisposition. See that stallion that serves your mares is near perfect as it is possible to be Also remember that to get size we must have large roomy brood mares as well as large sires —E K., in The Country Gentleman, WELL FITTING HARNESS, OF are not road ho £0 to Then for ieRCes and therefore, ln preparation ies from wire trifling reduce th fake ¥ £4 & shies through market finished type E i ” acc i 3 vARIUe (ORS vory who has brood mares ea ling fail i : type, should not fal n obtain cosa more to stroug a hig had nonde ig. point, breed good most important pe ¢ One i type of horse you ne anything ! Don't breed your this year and coach next raise, ver Jet eTon French next, and that are us si clossg, per the as One of the most successful stage drivers of the old-time told me, years age, that a horse would last a third longer and do better service if its harness fitted in every part—and I think he was right. Take a look the next time you drive out and see if { the horse ia the right distance from | the carriage to insure the minimum of os — Garaep STRIPPINGS Don't let your pond and the keep sweet, that up cows stand in nN expect Milk smeared 4 mua milk to from cows half way only filthy, but to the consum i your drawn with sides is not are mud their absolutely : er, If elnn dangerous Af separator that agent or any Ons tells you you need wish a sepa off the farm < thing but keep it The rator once A (yet clean only Cream separa wre goed one 1 BRIN FL wel rs $ MONLas ana eight to forty4wo mx This by just were known . painful swellin forms “ soon breaks the na poll evil d is feverish and holds his ground This often persistent malady and may be a nall wound, a Lruise on Or a8 matterating corn or sand erack. above the hoof discharges the charges, nx pus of fistula and The and same fire in horue and off his feed; the table foot a very from is caused by the sole, the treat make a the An important secret of ment this free opening of troublas ta from the bottom of foot Next once a day, with a inject sole Two ounces of the st eight { poultice, to sole dal will be beneficial, but the should be poulticed, as a strong poultice around the whole fool in this disease is apt to poultice off the whole hoof — Wisconsin Agricul turist, syringe, in the ture of this mix hate of 1ipt A 8 quantity RR 4 ¥ ’ zine, ounces rain water mild the ly, foot applied ye entire never DRUMS VS. RATS !{ The beating of drums has | found efficacious by Newton W in clearing out a ratinfested farm | near Washington, Pa. Rats were 80 numerous they ate the fodder nipped his cattle. He engaged four friends to help him, and they beat been farm bulldings, causing the scatter, a rat about the place since ~Country , Gentleman. holdback is not too high or low the saddle too far forward. at a glance detect anything wrong. Coachmen and stable boys are reason. ably careful, but it is the eve of the master which is wanted to correct or | confirm and the faithful servant will { welcome such oversight. A few days ago 1 saw a small horse wearing a | heavy harness, hitched to a coupe while close at hand was a large horse decked vut with almost a pony har ness, drawing a dog cart. The whole thing savored of the ludicrous. Could { the two have been changed, there { would have been harmony of parts. Dr. G. M, Twitchill In "Suburban Lite.” LEG WEAKNESS, Now that the young roosters are running at large they will grow rapid {ly if properly fed, but should the | weather become damp they may sud !denly show weakness in the legs. If ithey will soon become strong again, as the weakness is caused by the birds | growing in height rather than In (breadth, the legs seeming to grow longer. Such birds show these symp: toms of weakness moré on a sudden !change of the weather than at any lother time, as if subject to rhouma- tiam. Keep then in a dry place, feed | plenty of bone meal, and they will not only easily get over it, but cventualiy will be the largest ones in the flock. | | { | { { We must insists the York Commercial, to the Texas per i ‘that mated Kk." objec t New pa ani cal E Minister Wu * Mongolian question mar The Chicago that th country, for one, mercial profes who no h or declared umorists in this an opening rk Com There's proach of notes the New seems to political have dry bon Another man olis wa) slaughter News, The admits lay man, to be had even ing. rivers servitors « without the ask ope ready The weather scientists hold that equinox has nothi with the generating cording to the doctrine 3 scientists in the premises, remarks New Orleans Picayenne, the sun is the prime of every change of woather., The sun determines whether the earth shall be hot or cold, just ae our hands turn on register - of hurricane held bs n whatever to the the cause or off the Chief Powderly, of the Yurean of im migration at Washington, ts ap plications from State officials for 400 Ilaborers——men, women and drer ranging from $2.50 a day timate of the the Boston Post persistence have been operative the year. It is a good sign. The further report that in three States alone the commissioners of agricuiture call for more than one million settiers to take the land indicates the possibilities which still exist of healthful growth in home making. Toxic Headaches. Many people suffer continuously from headache and never think of blaming it on some poison that they consume dally. This polson may be in different cases coffee, tea, alcohol or tobacco, etc, articies which may agree in every way with the other members of the family, but neverthe Jess may be rank poison to the In dividual. Careful observation and the cutting off of various suspected art cles of diet in turn should lead to discovery of the cause of the trouble Dr. H. H. Riddle in the Weekly Pittsburg Dispatch. The Love Note in Fiction. There ia something irritating and at the same time fascinating (n the dom. inance of the note of Jove in Western novels. Few havg not feit at some time in their lives the responsive echo in their own nature even to the erud. est love story; passion in some de gree 18 universal; we are all Involved and there Is no escape: hence the novel, no matter of what materials it is built up, pays. tribute to tha primary law of man’s nature by giv. ing precedence in finality to love. - re por 256. chil $2 a is a moder genera! demand it showy 1itions al Wages 1, “ 89 Ni woe to o ils ate gavs but the of con which throughout
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