mi The Centre Reporter hn Centre Hall, Pa. CENTER OF POPULATION. é — In the predictions as to the show which the census figures would e there was one virtually agreed upon—that the center of population ould be shifted some distance west ard from its location in 1880, which jas six miles southeast of Columbus nd., says Toledo Blade. But this pre diction was one of the kind which 8 wrong. The census people have tatively announced that the mark pill have to be moved but slightly. The west has flourished tremendous ly in ten years. It has gained not only new railroads, but the old rail roads have been renewed. Irrigation bas caused new lands to be cultivated and new cities and towns to be build ed. Such cities as Seattle have profited in wealth and population by velopment of new resources, the fill fween town and town. But in these Bame ten years an immense immigra tion has been distributing itself in the Jt has offset the settlement of the far west, Ignorance and prejudice frequently is accompanied by difficulties. Cholera prevails In parts of Italy, and the of ficials have taken wise precautions against the spread of the disease. And one result has been a riot, accom office in the town of Barletta. cise course that opens the way for In wvasion by the deadly ailment. This §s an age of enlightenment, but there Bre regions where there has been lit tle advancement in ideas since the Rime when plagues swept away vile not sufficient knowledge to ward off Rhe danger. be congratulated. Rhe finest months of the year for va cations, as any one who has been for at this time will tell you. try lies before you. There is no bet ter exercise than walking. Nature, in the full beauty of her late summer Holiage, is at her best, and the crisp The coun mble mornings. Soon it will Rap all day. ppen-air vacation habits all winter? be estimated at a little under ered. The largest wheat the crop of the United States. ghan it was in 1909. The United States government has ordered another large installment of the rifle “silencers,” by which the molse of firing is done away with. Ex periments are also under way with similar silencers for cannon. It may yet come to pass that the noise of battle will consist mainly of the “shouting and the tumult” that were ia order before the days of gunpow der. Firearms as playthings are not en ely justified of wisdom, as proved n the case of a twelve-yearold Buf Halo boy who received a gift of a pifie from his father and a few min mites later shot and killed his mother Of course, it was an accident, and everybody concerned is very sorfly but the moral’ is that, given every possible opportunity and Invitation, pocidents will happen. The expicurean world is still walt ing for developments in the project to provide meat from hippopotami fed on water hyacinth. It sounds better than terrapin. Woman steals silk stockings and pleads that she did It “to feed her children.” The science of infant die Ketics 1s making great strides, these pars \ | Beeing that Uhlan has trotted a guile in less than two minutes, with put the ald of a windshield or other mssistance of any kind, is it not time fo begin talking about the minute-and p-balt trotter? A Bt. Louis preacher is In trouble use he stole a number olf tches. Perhaps the poor man mere wanted enough watches to be al ays warned againkt the danger of hing overtime, A A 0. POA AMERICAN RON AND STEEL INSTITUTE An Important Meeting of Big Ironmasters. First General Meeting of the Ameri- can Iron and Steel Institute Is Held In New York—Iron and Steel Manufacturers From Many Parts of the World Are In Attendance Plan To Control the Markets of the World. New York (Special).—Iron mak- ers from many parts of the world met at the Waldorf-Astoria here, in attendance at the first general meet- ing of the American Iron and Steel Institute. No such gathering of steel makers has ever taken place before in this country, and from it results may flow which will revolutionize that gigantic industry in some of its The American Iron and Steel In- stitute is & new departure, inasmuch as its aim the technical part of the but take up its commercial as well, and hence invade the domain prices so important to the world to Other organizations, notably the views regarding the technical side of steel making and have held many im- portant meetings, but the meeting to- day was probably the most important step yet taken toward securing what under dis cussion, namely a world-wide corpora- tion among the iron for mutual protection world in the of productions and prices. The movement looking to such a thing has been going on quletly for sometime. Prominent among those who have been trying to bring it about are Judge Gary, of the United States Corporation, but him in these efforts have been representatives of many of the so- called independents and the foreign steel makers, Already several institute have been held, in the matter meetings of the but It was not bed shoulders with many of the grea! iron masters of such countries as Great Britain, France and Germany these for- war Chie! among makers, perhaps, tanaging operation elgn steel Colonel Sir Charles Allen, a Bessemer and Essen. WAS an- other. All told, there were thirty eight of the foreign steel iakers present, representatives of practical- ly all big foreign steel works. STUDY PANAMA'S NEEDS, Canal Zone. Washington, D. C. Zone, He will sall from Charleston, 8. C., convoyed by the affecting the administration of the Canal Zone government. No specific form of government having been pre- geribed as yet for that country President Taft, in his executive capacity, Is the supreme authority there, Mr. Taft desires to inform himself also concerning the extent and character of the fortifications need- ed, the fixing of the tolls for ves sels going through the canal, the proposed Increase in wages, the fu- ture management of the Panama Railroad, the best form of perma- nent government for the Canal Zone and the regulation of the sale of coal at the terminal points. The govern- ment may itself sell coal, in order to prevent extortion or monopoly. The President may ask the coming Congress to deal with some of these questions when he prepares his an- nual message. ’ Wash Machine Kills, Brigham City, Utah (Special). —A simple device attached to the wringer of a washing machine operated with deadly effect when it drew from a live wire more than 2,000 volts of elec tricity and dealt death to Thomas McMaster and his sister, Verna, and shocked the man's wife into uncon sclousness. Suicide After Reproof. Paducah, Ky. (Special). When a fast freight rattled around a bend and tore down the grade toward Luzerne, 18-year-old Rosalie Pettie ran along the track, and when the engine was about a hundred feet away, deliberately lay down across one of the rails. A minute later the mangled fragments of her body were taken from under the train by the crew, The girl had been corrected by her father, and Is thought to have brooded over the punishment until she determined to end her life. ART DEALER UNDER ARREST Féderal Authorites Seize Noted New York E tablishment. A ——— New York (Special).—The entire Fifth avenue establishment of the five Duveen brothers, known the world over as dealers in rare art objects and antiques, was seized by Federal ofM- cers, and Benjamin J. Duveen, the only member of the firm now in the city, was placed under arrest, charg- ed with conspiracy to defraud the government out of customs dues, Henry A. Wise, United States dis- trict attorney, in asking for extraor- dinarily heavy bail when the prisoner was arraigned, said that the frauds would reach more than $1,000,000 and that all five brothers were im- plicated. Bail was fixed at $50,000, which was promptly given and Du- veen was released. Special agents of the Department of Justice, armed with warrants, con- ducted the raid on the aristocratic establishment. After placing Benja- min J. Duveerr under arrest a search for undervalued articles was begun and more than a vanload of ‘sus. pleious’ goods was found. It was then decided to place the entire establishment under seizure. Duveen surrendered the Keys of the safe and desks and was taken When the prisoner was taken be- fore United States Commissioner Shields, District Attorney Wise, ask ing for héavy bail, explained that the has thus far had to deal with in connection with importation frauds. He suggested that $100,000 would be the proper amount of bail He assured the commis he was In of cerning aggregating than which had been systematically car- ried on by the five brothers and an- man mentioned in the com- plaint. The decided, however, to set the bail at $50,000 Mr. Wise, explain! that information in his the Duveens frauding the government « toms duties on works of art government sioner that evidence on. frauds possession a series of revenue more other commissioner ing the case, said Was rocently hands tending had placed to show that for years been d¢ ut of cus and anti- ahroad invoices que furniture imported from consular the false at hurriedly by means of The records custom overhauled and substantiate were the records charges seemed to the RECKLESS AUTOISTS HURT. Miles An Hour, Train. They Crash, At 45 Into a Freight Johnstown, Pa. (Special) Tear ng through the street at 45 miles an collided 3 at a five one automibile with freight engine crossing. occupants perhaps heavy seriously the injuring of the automobile, fatally George McFeaters, su department perintendent of the electrical of the Hos- and in- Memorial skull ing the car, is in the pital with a fractured injuries DESCENDANT OF COLUMBUS. Caesar Columbus Wants To Become a Citizen. Pittsburg (Special) Caesar Col- appeared in he had declared been waiting naturalization papers Mazitti, and has been in 1965 Italy, since July 30, covered America. Sioux Indians Return. New York (Special). —A party of 31 Sioux Indians, en route to the Pine Ridge agency in Bouth Dakota were brought in by the steamer Presi. dent Lincoln, which arrived from Hamburg. The Indians passed the summer in Hamburg, taking part in an exhibition there. One of the from phthisis. Ex-<Gov. Stanley Dies. Wichita, Kan. (Special). -—-W, E. Stanley, former governor of Kansas, died at his home here of hardening of tho arteries, from which he had suf- fered for four years. Ex-Governor Stanley was born in Hardin county, Ohio, in 1848. He was elected gov- ernor of Kansas in 1898 and was re- olected in 19800, He was a Republi can. A 22 Dead In Times Disaster, Los Angeles, Cal. (Special), ~- Buried beneath tons of debris, a man’s body was found on the second floor of the Baumbardt Printing Company plant, adjoining the wreck- ed Times building. ' This makes 22 known dead in the Times disaster, Boy Kills Playmate. Saratoga, N. Y. (8pecial) ~—~Roger Davison, the 11-year-old son of Ralph H. Davison, a foundry proprietor of this village, was shot and Instantly killed in the woods near here by the accidental discharge of a rifle in the hands of a companion. The Davison boy and a party of playmates about his own age were planning to join a company of boy scouts about to be formed here and had taken advant- age of the holiday to make an expedi- tion into the nearby woods. ——— BATTLESHIP MAINE MAY FLOAT AGAIN President Taft Authorizes the Raising of Vessel. SPAIN WILL BE ASKED T0 BE PRESENT The Work Is To Be Done Under the Direction Of An Engineer Officer Of the Army — Paramount Ques- tion To Be Decided Is Whether the Explosion Took Place Within Or Without—The Disposition Of the Old Hulk Has Not Yet Been Settled, Beverly (8pecial).— President Taft finally approved plans for raising the wreck of the battleship Maine from Havana Harbor, which calls for the completion of the work on or before { struction of the war vessel, Febru- jary 15 next. The work is to be done {according to plans made by engineers and to be under direction of an engineer officer | The President believes that the paramount question in the raising of {the Maine is the determining for all time of the cause the and whether the source tion was from the outside the vessel. For this reason sires that the work shall be the hands of the army €t out by contract of the Pr been invited to send a representative to Havana to be ient during the of explosion, destruc O1 of inside he de retained in engineers and not By direction gident Spain has pres work of exposing and wre k of the old mains to be settied The it will be the after two-thirds of the The forward third, whe sion wrought the greatest gErentes ww loo: EE were asleep in the removing The disposition hulk re army engi- possible neers believe flont in Yes re the havoc thelr far Ww hole believed to Be too be taken as ie removed If Congress appr the mendation of wreck will be taken given a ceremonial wate r. OvVes recon the and deep the engineers ott to sea burial in haw w * ut . 1 } 5 there to remain until! the end yf time Various have plans SUE gested of exhibiting the and if these finds Wash- preserving it. bat favor ington The wreck n It has sunk t the Years since {it Underneath the wreck soft mud been found to a depth of five and beneath Congress has alread: for the work none « with the authorities is now waler went down has to eight this there {8 hard DHT 8Ppro 191 Ae feet, clay priated $300,000 "HOLY ROLLERS" ARRESTED. They Were Dancing and Chanting Around Body of Boy. Rev. E one of the leaders religious sect known as “Holy and F. K. Key were here when officers { home and found Spencer and 12 “Holy Rollers” dancing and Ga { Special) Atlanta, i H. Spencer, of the Roli- arrested Key other chant. 1 ers,” entered the RAILROADS |S —————————" ARE PROSTRATED The Fren h Premier Calls Strike An Insurrection. Paris (Special).— The strike of the rallroad men, which threatens to spread throughout the length and breadth of France was denounced by Premier Briand as ‘‘an insurrection purely, built upon criminal founda- tions.” The Premier declared that the strike was called while negotiations were going on through himself and the Minister of Public Works for an adjustment of grievances, and he i i i promised that the instigators of the strike would be eriminally prosecuted. The River SBzine, which in January threatened to destroy Paris, now The arrangements to Paris from government has made a 16-year-old whom they attempting to convert, It is sald that the boy had been In a hypnotic state Charges of main- taining a public nuisance were lodged against the minister and Key. boy, Weds Her Adopted Son. Aurora, N. Y. The i marriage of Mrs. Bridget Johnson, 172 years old, to her adopted son, Au- | gust Bendel, 22 years old, at York- ville, has stirred the wrath of {children of the gray-halred bride. | They retained a law firm {suit to have the marriage annulled {Charging that Bendel duped their { aged mother into marrying him so {that he could obtain possession of | her property, valued at about $5,000, iJohn and James Healy and Mrs. (Special) court and ask that the marriage be declared illegal. Miss Hayes Engaged. Denver (Special). — Miss Lucy Hayes daughter of J. Addison Hayes, & Colorado Springs banker, and granddaughter of Jefferson Davis, is engaged to marry George Bowyer Young, son of the late Harvey Youngs, the artist. The wedding will take place during the winter. Four Dead In Wreck, Ridgeville, Ind. (Special) —Four men were killed, four probably fatal- ly and 14 seriously injured in a head- on collision between a through north- bound freight train and a work train on the Grand Rapids and Indiana Railroad, five miles north of here. Prefers Life In Prison. Madison, Wis. (Special) Bidding good-by to freedom forever, Mrs. Theresa Steinhacuser, 70 years old, of her own volition will return to the Wisconsin Penitentiary at Waupun to gpend the remainder of her yoars. Mrs. Steinhaeuser has served 20 yoars of a life term for the murder of her husband In Jefferson county, but she was paroled last January. A fow wooks ago she petitioned the Board of Control that the parole be revoked, as she wanted to serve the full term. N i i and barges to meet the erisis brought about by the stoppage of the railway service, and ease the food market, The city is threatened with famine unless sup- plies arrive soon The employes of the Eastern and the Paris, Lyons and Mediterranean talircads have not vet to any appre- ciable extent responded to the lead- call to strike, and the govern- ment’'s weapon of mobilization has induced some those employed on the Northern Road to return to their Posts Nevertheless, the Northern and Western Rallroads are jpros- ers’ of trated The ignored by the lar € to the been and at call calors has ge majority, mass meetings held the strikers reit- rated their to the call determinatic destruct 0 the where the strikers ters have held blocked ripped pos trains, {ei The i the arrest of nals, up raise and cut Phone and telegraph Wires 1 government has orde in- the of the strike leaders and been troops (0 use severe a SCO re structions have issued 1c TGeasures wher- occasion ever required COAL FOR 6.000 YEARS, Gov. Clark Says There In Alaska. Is Plenty Juneau, Alaska (Bpecial) Gov, Clark, tour Walter E who © from a 70- that in President as returned of Alaska, said eport the day to ake a recom- concerning the opening of the great coal fields of the territory It he favors leasing the land, but outline hig plan further than that it provided for protection of the people against the coal falling into hands of monopolies The governor said mendation is understood he declined to 10 say 1 Alaska is entirely capable of sup- porting a large permanent but m HHberal treatment Federal to the devel The Alaska coal of cons pti tion. tha ore by is necessary the government opment of at on n on territory the present the last the const 6 060 years or nore. The coal that Alasks is now urning is imported largely from ti countries and costs $18 a ton. miles aways th ound.” Lae a" s 1.8 Ouia oy mT Manuel Not Worried. {Bpecial) King Man- uel the forenoon in the gar- dens the Eovernment house to be well of worry Gibraltar spent adjoining He appears gives no evidence characters, fined and expelled the garrison merchantman arrived in the harbor firing the flag of the Republic of Portugal Nun Commits Suicide. Lisbon An English nun, named Tipping, whose mind had become deranged as a result of her experiences during the recent fight mobs and the suicide. She (Bpecial) clericals, committed house occupied by the the British legation, where she had been given shelter, and was instantly killed. Prepared For His Funeral. 8t. Augustine, Fla. (Special). — After tying crepe on his front door, donning burial clothes and writing a note to an undertaker directing the disposition of his body, Giles Phelps, a well-known business man, commit- ted suicide by inhaling gas, National League Of Postmasters, Chatthnooga, Tenn. (Special). The National League of Postmasters elected the following officers: H. K. Hong, New York, president; Alex- ander Archie, Wisconsin, vice-presi- dent; P. C. C. Young, Illinois, secre- tary. To Use Our Potatoes. Paris (Special). A commission of scientists has come to the conclu sion that American potatoes are no longer a source of contamination, and the French government has decided to admit this product, which has been barred out of France since 1875, on the ground that it was infected with a disease dangerous to French pota- toes. The French potato crop this year is poor. COMMERCIAL Weekly Review of Trade an Market Reports. R. G. Dun & Co.'s Weekly Review of Trade says: “The Industrial and mercantile outlook is better than statistics of ac tual transactions indicate. PBusiness sentiment is always prone to outrun current trade, and there are certain evidences of a more encouraging view of the business position just at the time when the records show that the trade recession which has been In progress since the first quarter of the year {8 pronounced, The law by which the course of business runs in & circle would appear to be in opera- tion. The tone of the financial mar. kets is stronger in spite of the recent advices in foreign discount rates.” Bradstreet's BAYS: “Business failures in the United States for the week were 192, against 211 last week, 203 the lke week of 1908, 256 im 1908, 162 in 1507 Gea ¥ 04 192 in 190 in ing flour, exports States and Canada t ended October 6 aggre- bushels, against 2,- week 4,139,662 year exports bushels, 167,~ and Corn Wholesale Markets | NEW ne « nO ° YORK Wheat red, 103% levator Spot easy; and 103 afloat: vorthern Due ob i th 1% ¢ # - ils standard white +2, and No, on fancy pkgs. ; 8, 24@ 28¢c ‘ennsyivania and 28@ 80c. grades 081 Creal ehele good, 14% @ 15! eat—No. § red No. 3 red, 82. a3 BALTIMORE wi 3 contract, HE8; r. No 2 weslern, nominal; Western, S850 £5 red, 85%. steams steamer 4 year, 38%: No. 3 4 white, 35% No. 3, 40% NO 37@37%e.; domes. No. 1 Western, is@77; 2, nearby, 145 @ 71; bag lots, 65@ 73 per ib a0 to 28% to 26% to .22 to 31 to Blocks .29 to Cheese—Market steady. Jobbing per 1b, 17@ 17%e. Eggs—We quote, per dozen, loss pff: Marviand, Pennsyivania and nearby firsts, 27c.; Western firsts, 27; West Virginia firsts, 26; South- ern firsts, 25; guiena eggs, 13@ 14. Live poultry-——Chickens—0ld hens, heavy, 16c.; do, small to medium, 14@ 15; young, choice, 1516; rough and poor, 14@ 15; old roost ers, 10@11. Ducks—0Old, 12@13; young white Pekings, 14@ 15; young Muscovy and mongrel, 14@ 15; pud- dle, 13@ 14. do, No. 2, do, 70 Butter—We Fancy quote, 20% 29 27 24 32 “8 ve Good Imitation Creamery Creamery Creamery Live Stock CHICAGO-—Cattle, market strong; beoves, $4.70@ R00; Texas steers, $4.10@ 5.65; Western steers, $4.00 @6.75; stockers and feeders, $3.40 @5.76; cows and heifers, $2.20 @ $6.40; calves, $7.50@ 10.00, Hogs—Market 10 to 15c. higher than yesterday's average; light, $8. 7009.25; mixed, $85.45@9.20; heavy, $8.20@ 9.00; rough, $3.20 8.45; good to choice, heavy, $8.45@ 9.00; pigs, $R25@9.05; bulk of sales, $8.55 @ 8.90. Sheep — Maret steady; natives, $2500 4.25; Western, $2.75 4.20; yearlings, $4.30@ 5.30; lambs, na- tive, $4.50@ 7.00; Western, $34.75 0 7.00, NEW YORK.——Beeves-—No trad ing, feeling nominally steady. Dress ed beef slow at 8 to 11%e. for native sides; Texas beef, 7 to 8%c. Calves — Veals steady; grossers and Western dull and weak. Veals, $8.00 to $11.00; culls, $5.5096.00; eity dressed veals, 183 to 1T4e.; country dressed, #1 to 15e. Sheep and Lambs-~8heep dull and weak; lambs firm to 10c. higher. to $7.13%. Hogs-Feeling steady, state and Pennsylvania hogs, $9.00 to $9.50.
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