The Centre Reporter " Cen re Ha i, Pa. ET 5 SPIRIT OF ROMANCE, To the spirit of chivalry and love of adventure that characterized the wonderful days of long ago the aver sge writer turns for his romantic tales of love and war, but it seems some- Bow as though enough of romance wan be found in the world at every period of its existence, even in its present most practical and, perhaps, is most unpoetical stage, to make volumes of absorbing interest, but the mystery of the past appeals to the «aadinary mind with more persistence han the wonders of the present; per- Sapa, because the intervening periods of time have endowed the occurrences «wf other days with something of the oharm of their own uncertainty. The dmfluence of poetry, of music, of art, of the drama, of literature, helps to mold a world of loveliness, and con- tributes in no small way to the bap jpimens of living, says the Charleston Mews and Courier. Into each profes sfon some of the spirit of romance bas crept, much of which has been Ramded down from generation to gen eration as a priceless heritage. artistic temperament best understands the making of those rosesweet ro mances which breathe their fragrance detter place in which to live, but even those of us who are not blessed with poetic matures cannot, indeed must met, fall to trace along our happiness, Sometimes the question Is “What becomes of all the gold?” It the precious metal mined is not fully ogins in use or the quantity of gold employed in the arts. A good deal ‘of it “gets away” In some lashion r hides from the sight of ticians and the economists a little light may be thrown on the statis Perhaps an in South Bend, Ind, who digging in her flower garden found $1,145 in gold pieces. the money was buried by the wom- an’'s father, who died some years ago How much more has been disposed of those who wish to keep the against a time of need? effected in Milwaukee not patient being a seven-year-old boy. He which were cauterized by a physician Ten days later, however, he became violently ill, tetanus, and being removed to 2 hos pital, subject to frequent spasms. At 5,000 units were used After units had been administered the showed Iy cured ocaped destruction in the of lace loafied by the former quesn of Maly. As all the world interested in Margherita has revived the lace Indus no doubt the Belgians inspected Ralian collection like The collection is now again In the Women arriving at the port of New York from abroad, who wore their furs to escape paying duty on the wraps, bad it made even more warm for them of nonpayment for wear. duty wouldn't The champion fish story. not only of this, but also of many previous sea sons, was told lately at a meeting of the American Fisheries Societies It was to the effect that fishes grow on trees in Alaska. This record triumph matly chal'enges all comers. ————————————————————— A Seattle man wants a divorces be esuse his wife eats seven pounds of meat a day And then has the nerve #0 ask him for ostrich plumes, too we presume, A French student has discover that man is superior to all machines ‘We might add that the common man t# superior to the machine politician A New York paper says its city has “4.700.000 souls” The census says enly that number of people. WAS OFFERED $100,000 BRIBE Senator Travis, of Brooklyn, Springs Sui prise. A FORTUNE FOR HIS ONE VOTE State Senator Swears Before Legis- lative Graft Lobby Of the Senate In 1908 For His Vote Against the Anti-Race- track Bills—Former Senator Gard. ner Involved. the anti-racetrack betting bills 1908 was offered to Btate Eugene M. the legislative graft committee, mysterious little mean, whose name he dogs not recall, made the offer the lobby of the Senate, he said, in behalf of former Senator Frank J Gardner. And Gardner, he added, confirmed it in a subsequent tele- phone conversation Gardner is now charged with having attempted sim- flarly, though with a lesser amount, to influence Otto CC. Foelker, of Brooklyn, now a congressman, but then a state senator. Foelker voted for the bill, as did Travis and it was passed notwithstanding the frantic offorts of the race track interests and the alleged use of a fund which pre vious testimony has placed at $500,- 000. Travis’ testimony and the mittea’s efforts to subpoena James B Keene and Harry Payne Whitney, millionaires, whose hobby racing, were the most velopments ed after an adjournment Efforts to find and Whitney have so far been out success apd M. Linn Bruce, chair man of committee, i8 growing impatient Both men mentioned in previous having been at at Delmonico’s which the corruption fund commitieo anxious to examine com LW i8 horse interesting de- of the hearing, resume on October 22 Messrs. Keene with- the have been ony a conference alleged 4 th and the testin as present at was raised is them, Travis’ story added two new to the list of senators ‘approached The amount offered him, ed, was to be paid in two instalments, $25,000 down and $75,000 after vote had been cast “Did you ever senator being approached?” asked. “Yes, 1 Senator Fuller and Carpenter day and they told me they had been approached. Senator Gates also told me he had been called on the telephone.” “Would you approached you again?” “Yes, I think so." names he explain- his other was hear of any he took lunch with Senator one man who saw him the you know if BIG PILE OF COAL ON FIRE. ing 20,000 Tons of Coal. Fort Madison, Iowa Spontaneous combustion set fire to a 20,000-ton pile of storage coal in the shop yards of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Rallroad here. coal had been steaming for several days and fire was discovered. A steam ditcher from steam shovel from the Missouri di- tering the coal. Progress in extin- guishing the fire is slow,as each time the shovel opens up & passageway for alr the blaze breaks out anew, ——————————— BROTHERS ROB EMPLOYERS. Money Is Recovered. South Bend, Ind. (Special). William H. Deitrich and his brother, Raymond, employes of the Robert- arrested here, charged with robbing the safe of $1,237. The entire sum was recovered by the police, the bro- thers being arrested less than two hours after the robbery. The night STOLE HIS LIFE SAVINGS. Aged Chicago Man Heports Burglars Get Away With $600. Chicago (Special), — Herman Bchwenger, 60 years old, who for 25 years has sold newspapers on the FATAL MISTAKE IN HOSPITAL Wrong Drug Kil's Two Patients in Wilmington, Wilmington, Del. (Special) .—Two men, patients at the Delaware Hos- pital, are dead and three other pa- tients are in a serious condition as the result of swallowing a solution i of bichloride of mercury administer- ed to them in mistake for epsom salts. Dr. E. 1. Dunkelberg, aged 21 years, the junior resident physician, is the one who made up the solution of poison in mistake for the medi- cine. When he learned of his mis- take he tried to swallow some of the poison, but was prevented. He is now almost insane and Is under con- stant guard, as it is feared he might do himself harm. Until he recovers make such a fatal mistake. The epsom salts is kept in a bottle in the ward, and the bottle is labeled “Epsom Salts.” When I(t | the nurses send it to the laboratory, | where the junior resident i has charge of the making up of the medicines Doctor Attempts Suicide. When the bottle was sent laboratory Dr. Dupkelberg made up the solution. The mercury and saits are in tablet form and look alike These tablets are dropped Into water in ratio, according the strength of the solution ed, bottle labeled turned to the ward, five patients A nurse jose to the desired When fill- salts ro. where to the WAS were the gave was each and later the patients a « given a second dose time after the fi vomit In a shor rat " ¥ The suspicious and sumn the patients gan to nurse 1 oped Dr eiberg When told exclaimed true!” imi big dose of pump and m and emeti when he wi oT had taken sign Nurses, however vented him from thus ending b + ite Si mach pumps were ad upon toe «4 ho doctors whe use for nearly other worked mond over PLAN BIG MEMORIAL HALL. For the Bullding. £2.250.,000 Needed George Washington Two share be Washington Memorial Association and $250,000 be raised by Washingtonians is the basis upon which Granville Hunt, chairman of the convention commit- | teee of the Washington Chamber of Commerce, is working to obtain a {memorial ball for the national capital Mr. Hunt and Mrs. Henry F | Dimock, sister of the late William C | Whitney, of New York, and president of the George Washington Associa tion, have been in conference here, and both are working earnestly in the effort to get a hall with adequate facilities for accommodating the large conventions. Mr. Hunt said that he | waa confident of success, and that the business men here already have | pledged $14,000, Mrs. Dimock bas suggested stimulating interest broad- cast by including in the proposed bullding plans separate rooms for every state in the union appropriat- {ing money in furtherance of the proj- i Washington, D. C dollars by the {Special .- million is the to raised George to } —— | APPEALS FOR PAROLE, i ——— | Insurance Agent Sims Pleads Guilty | Of Embezzlement. | Washington, D. C. (Special). — ‘John C. Sims, the former Washing- ton Agent of the Life Insurance Com- {pany of Virginia, who was Indicted for embezzlement of $3,600 from that company, following an attempt at self-destruction in the office of a | local physician a short time ago, | pleaded guilty to the charge in the Criminal Court here. was remanded to jail until next week, i when Chief Justice Clabaugh will : pass on the motion. ’ [der the new probation law, Sims Big Fire In Roundhouse, i Nashua, N., H. (Special).-—8ev- FALLS 500 FEET T0 HIS DEATH Johnstone I) ops Out Of Sky in His Wright Biplane. AIRCRAFT TURNS TRIPLE SCMERSAULT While Crowd Was Cheering Specs tacular Flight At Denver Meet, Holder Of the Altitude Record Is Been Trying To Keep Atop Of Overtarning Aircraft—Is Dashed To Instant Death-—Souvenir Hunt. ers Strip Body and Draw Splint. ers From Wounds. *® Denver, Col. (8pecial).—With one wing of his machine crumbled like a piece of paper, Ralph Johnstone, the brilliant young aviator, holder of the world’s altitude record, dropped like a plummet from a height of 500 feet into the inclosure at Overland Park aviation field and was instantly { killed, When the spectators crowded about the inclosure reached bam his i body lay beneath the engine of the ! biplane, with the white planes that had failed him in his time of need wrapped about it like a shroud. Nearly every bone in his body was { broken. He had gambled with death once too often, but he played the game to the end, fighting coolly and grimly to the last second to regain control of his broken machine Fresh from his triumphs at Belmont Park, where he had broken world's record for altitude with a of 9,714 feet, Johnstone attempted to give the thouy- of ors an extra thrill daring feat, the spiral ch has made Wright thn flight specta most the The spectators got t cost Johnstone his Fight For Life. It 59 eT a fligh “a8 Lhe His ats second ade In the first the air he had of machine with gone dips aAp~ «t control. Then n, and after a few Program 3 @ ili swept back In a reached the north end of the enclosure. he start. glide He was then at {tude of about 800 feet With ited at an angle of almost he in a aeroplane seeming As dle spur, which braces the left side of the gave way, and the wing tips of both upper and planes folded up as though they had been hinged. For a second, John- stone attempted to right the plane by warping wing up Then the horrified spectators saw the plane swerve like a wounded bird plunged straight toward the earth The Dash To Earth. Johnstone was thrown from his seal as the nose of the plane swung downward. He caught on one of the wire stays between the plane and ed his spiral an alt his plane ti 80 degrees, swooped down narrow circle, the to turn al he started the most in its own length second circle, the ne lower pl 0 lower the other and the upper plane with both hands Then, working with hands and feet, he fought by main strength to warp the planes so that their surfaces might cateh the alr and check his descent, For a second it seemed that he might succeed, for the foot ball helmet he wore blew off and fell much more rapidly than the plane. The hope was momentary, how. ever, for when about 300 feet from the ground, the machine turned com- pletely over and the spectators fled | wildly as the broken plane, with the i aviator still fighting grimly in the mesh of wires and stays, plunged | among them with a crash, Scarcely had Johnstone hit ground before morbid men and wom- SEIZED BY THE GOVERNMENT Another Customs Fraud is Un- earthed in New York. New York (Bpecial).—The entire stock of Joseph Brooke & Co., an English woolen firm, which has main- tained a branch house in New York city for a quarter of a century, was seized by the government In an ac- tion to recover $200,000 damages, | “in consequence of fraud and other { wrongful acts.” Alleged evasion of customs duties, disclosed by a former employe of the firm, is the basis for the action. | With the seizure of the goods it { became known that the government { had recently instituted suit against the firm, but, being unable to serve in Huddersfield, England, United od a writ of attachment, The was served by United States Marshal ager of the business, which is con- ducted at No. 540 Broadway. stock is valued at almost the amount ernment. Peter Redling, until clerk in the firm's employ, gave the information on which the government acted Special agents were assigned to Investigate his story and, sccord- ing to Mr. Wise, examination verified years cheated the government by un- dervaluation of goods and false voices, Nicholas C. Brooks, a special agent, who worked on the case, suhmitted an affidavit to Judge Hazel, in the Unit- ed Btates District Court, and Judge Hazel issued the attachment irooks swears “that the five years last past the the and intro during imported ntered defendants and e United States into United States A A iced into the from England woolens, worsteds and i ubiect to the duty imposed id defendants, by false state procured the nDYoices, ments, entries oduction of ier suc 1 mmerce of the The is at members of the parent house of and de abro Bradford, England, Ary ar 1 res ia TES TORTURED BY ROBBERS, Butchers Bound and eaten. Jersey City Jersey City, N. J. (Special) Tor tured until die, one of them will prebably and Ignatz, butchers, brutally attacked while they slept bj burglsrs, who got away with §7 and 8 check for $40 The burglars believed the brothers had money creted in their apart ments, and in order to make them reveal its hiding place tied sheels over their heads, bound their hands and feet and rolled them helpless to the floor They then beat them with black jacks » BEOCONOMY THE WORD. Colhat his brother, John well-to-do were G40 Be Congress To Make Record At Com. ing Session. Washington, D. C House will, it {Special} .—The is believed here, make a record for economy this session They base this statement on the un- derstanding that there will be no rivers and harbors nor omnibus pub- lie building appropriation bills The War Department will recommend a number of important surveys, but the amount asked will be comparatively small The Treasury will probably confine its recommendations to build- ings under way and the purchase of gites suthorized at the last session. DYNAMITE OFF IN POCKET. Stick Exploded When Farmer Falls and Fails To Kill. gone almost through Johnstone's body. Before doctors or police could reach the scene, one man had torn away, carrying his trophy with the aviator's blood still dripping from its ends. The crowd tore away the | canvass from over the body, and even tected Johnstone's hands from the cold. STREET CARS HELD UP. § ; Battle, New Orleans (Special). — Two amounting to $600, bad been stolen from his house during his absence. Burglars forced open a rear door of Sehwenger's house and took $500 from a trunk and the rest from a tin pox which he had hidden under a mattress. Driven From Their Beds, Montreal (Special). Fifty fam- $300,000 worth of property destroy- od In a fire in the north end of the eity. The night was the coldest this year and the suffering was intense, it being nearly noon before tempo- rary homes and clothing could be was In the poorer and newly bullt quarter of the city. Most of the houses were of wood, and the fiames jumped from dwelling to dwelling without a check. | that broke out in the roundhouse of | the Worcester, Nashua and Portland | Division of the Boston and Maine | Rallroad here, The fire waa caused ‘by the explosion of a tank used In | generating gas for the locomotive headlight, INDIAN FIGHTER DEAD. Troops Who Killed Sitting Bull, Champaign, lil. (Special). Lieut. Col. Edmund Gustav Fechet, U. 8. A, ‘retired, died here from heart fallure, He was a famous Indian fighter and | was In charge of troops which in 1880 | chief, who was resisting arrest near ‘Fort Yates, N. D. Colonel Fechet was professor of military science at the University of Illinois from 1898 to 1810 ‘then escaped after a running pistol battle with the police. The highway men got considerable money and a quantity of jewelry. Policemen gave chase, and a duel, in which a score of shots were fired, took place in the streets. Mistook Boy For Dog. , Potteville, Pa. { Special) —Mistak- en for a dog in the gatiering dusk of evening, Michael Bolemius, a 12- year-old hunchback, was run over by a heavy delivery wagon and killed af- ter having been knocked down by the horses of a preceding wagon. Death was instantaneous. The driv. ers were exonerated from blame. Of a total of 88,000 silk night. gowns exported by Japan in 1809, Great Britain ealled for 44,931 and the United States 35,951. Bassfield, Miss. (Special). — Marvin Hudson, a8 farmer, living near here, placed a stick of dynamite in his pocket, intending to carry it to em- ployes in his field Hudson stumbled and fell. That he was not blown to pieces when the dynamite exploded is considered viarvelous. He may re- | cover from his injuries. RAT POISON IN THE PIE, condition, but will recover. The ple {ater was thrown from the window of the restaurant and was eaten by Fromont, a negro cook, in making the ple, got hold of a can of rat poi- son instead of baking powder. He is one of the victims of bis mistake. Cashier Folls Bandit. Deadwood, 8, D.—An unidentified robber entered the First National Bank here, pointed a pistol through the cashier's window and command. ed him to turn over the money. The cashier dodged and the robber fired, but missed his aim, and others in the bank overpowered him. The bandit is now in jail.’ We have in savings banks $3,500, 000,000, in national banks $4,500, 000,000 and in state banks $5,000, 000,000-in all $13,000,000,000. bn — i tsom————— DLN LLL v0 RRB NEWS OF PENNSYLVANIA CET « © uw CT “ . w———— Hollidayshurg.-+A mystery of 45 years was revealed here when the jlalr county relatives and friends of Captain T. I. MeGlathery, Licutea- ants Jacob Brown and lL. K. Cele and thirteen privates of Company D, Beveniy-sixth Pennsylvania Vel- unteers, learned for first time of the manner of death of these Union soldiers They had been in- formed by War Department st the close Civil War that the men had drowped in the ses the Lhe of the been off the coast of North Carolinas. man who has been touring the ern battlefields, brings Lome news to the relatives that the poid 8 were not drowned, were killed in battle and are now buried in the Union Cemetery, Wilmington, North Carolinas. The families of several soldiers purpose their dead North for is- terment in home cemeteries The contests Btate last regular the year, BUsplices the de- husbandry of the hag heen College scoring of 1d under nartn partn he of the ent of da ry vivania BEtate College, entries ever be there vanr Me New ff con More were n The wil 1 be contipued plete J CCOBR this tour ade han plan, next Robert gpector Codley for 84; R E. Williams, 3 0. B. Moti, Reynolds, ace, 2 14, The YEeAr contest fore, ie. ihe butter was scored by Charles Dodge, ittie York: Pa., the received the highest score month, Brandywine Ww goeona sveraged pies, how having a doubt rned ints weedy no wood elds was court by charge of a young pre- dia was ff Ww to this effect Arthur Gardner, 8 res was instantly the plant ¢ Bristol of Cornwells, work at Manufacturing Cor con Gardner wreparing a huge when a proj ponderous mass of Cardner dent at ee killed while the Enterpr pany, Philadelphia, under siru at that ARS ty ? of place ing In was * a I ist steel uss for the roof gave way and the metal toppled over, pinning the earth 0 Reading Peter Berry, one of the sn in the State, died here at age of 1632 oldest me YOars, vas well He spent most of his active years His recipa for a g life is as “Live hy the Golden Rule and be moderate : things, including the use of liguor.’ the which authenticated yn the farm fon follows all tobacco York.~ bia, has been of 1saac Mackle decided that Mackle death by being stabbed in the back by Watson It was testified to be fore the jury that Watson sand bis %ife were the only ones in the house when the murder was committed in and George Watson, of Colum held for the The Coroner's Jury came to bis murder Carlisle Cumberland County's Commissioners have decided that all tramps who apply for quarters at Cumberland County jail this shall be put to work at Cumberiand is al Chester. — Bernard Norton, a 13- year-old boy, a pupil at the Lange- ton Public School, was held for Ju- venile Court by Alderman Elliott, on. the charge of incorrigibility and tru- ancy. The evidence showed that the boy bad made a practice of spending the greater part of his time in driv- Quakertown. — While attempting to cross the railroad tracks here Su- an express. Sone Was hurled a dis tance of fifteen feet, but escaped with a few cuts and bruises Ministers of the boroughs on the west side of the Susquehanna will snnounced their intention to prose- | rute several dealers who had ignored the State law. Rev. G. C. Gabriel, tiation, made a public statement charging that the law was being violated. Pittsburg. —To get back to nature, Rev. Charles A. Bragdon has resign- ed the rectorship of the St. Mat- thews's Episcopal Church, of Home stead, and he announces his intem- tion of emigrating to Washington State early next year to take charge of & big fruit farm which he has bought. The church is one of the piggest in the neighborhood and Mr. Aragdon has been rector for eclght vears. He says he likes farm life petter than life in a steel town.
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