The Centre Reporter centr Pa. Centre Hall, THE PRICE OF PROGRESS, The historic reluctance of races to indulge in reforms is little un- derstood, but time and experience will explain. These races are old In exper jence and In wisdom. Therefore, they ard always apprehensive of the ulti ats ends to which any reform will each, says the Detroit News. modernized rapidly. nefits of a very improved form government. Out of this change de- the masses and one of the Quences is a discontent. Alexander IL of Russia emancipated 23,000,000 serfs in the spring of 1861, after glving all landowners and sert three for the event masters notice to his 18 years' prepare setting ywn serfs 4ree ple. In of the em the benefit of and exam » sons and ters ited serfs enjoyed educatior thereby the wrongs past and jpoor were the nd and pressed thelr emperor ybles who status of free elan chael Bake {sm in Rus: in in Denjiro Kot vontent. Recen were discontent n has her Ba ako a publicist of dis gpirators charge of plot the em neror 1] and been execute i voldable con sequences of i » status of the people superficial obsary witempts ernments voly gerous plague that is the matter has b tion by the Russi ties east of the Caucasus Heve in killing off the rats the spread of the disease, the methods they propose will arouse the spec They be to check But some of to employ ial wonder even of an age which is accustomed to remark able The military spector of the district in question has issued an order in which is set forth “the hypnotic influence of music, as employed by wizards and witches™ and it is remarked that this should not be ignored. In fact, the methods which rat-catchers can lure their prey specified, ludes with the as developments in by from the hiding places are and the order concl sumption that “it is very possible that among the soldiers of the Caucasian military district there are ards.” If there is a pled Russian army get busy. such wiz piper in the he may now proceed to Ecuador has rejected the the bot dispute Peru to The Hague tribunal has sent proposition to submit ndary with Colombia a foree of tory claimed by evitable troops into terri Peri. between tt squabblers, Haiti and And what looks like fledged revolution is the War seems In 56 perennial Santo a under way In Troy Times. It would seem that there are several un ruly children In fly of the western need a make erly. Domingo pretty full Honduras, says the internation fam hemisphere diselipl behave themselves al who little wholesome ine tc them prop A woman, with a mandolin and =a guitar, has salled from New York on a wager that she can make a trip around the world on what she can earn with her music. Perhaps. Those who not appreciate it may to pay her to move on, dc Aviators engaged to be married are command of their flancees. No one in any other fashion than Cupid's way. —— ga ———— “Chicago has limited all scrapers to 200 feet” says the New York Telegram. Not all. Merely those to be bullt between the time when the ordinance goes into force and the time when it shall be declared of no effect. its sky A ———— The No. 13 is still looked on as a hoodoo in some quarters, although It is hardly probabie that the most super #titious person would turn down a gift of $13,000, while some would not seri sously object to $13. Flies are to be exterminated in Wor «ester, Mass. A college blologist there has formed plans for this extermina tion, and the students will eatech the files. It remains to be seen in the contest who stays longer in the ring the files or the students, A southern planter has domesticated pn alligator and is using it for a “watchdog.” ° However, our notion of nothing to have running around the house is an alligator, wo THE STATE CAPITAL and Gossip at | Harrisburg. | DOINGS OF THE LEGISLATURE. Occur at the State Capital Official and Other- wise. Ballon Finally Eseapes Gallows. The State Board of Pardons an- nounced that had recommended for commutation to life imprison- ment the sentend John Ba conde 0 be } ged at Norris town ase o of the most remarkable ev the bo: tion it Ons « i8 On r sfore December, Complete Utilities Bill, Attorney ants for several ed for the Answers Rate Complaint. Answering a complalr ductor char 11 P © ged # rt} M. for a dists rate after by a the Pullman Company State Rallroad “ordinary at 10.30 S-cent Commis hour M." for reti P Tener Appoints Governor Arbor Days. Tener appointed April 7 and 28 as arbor days Bills Signed by Tener. Governor Tener signed ing bills: Regulating fendant may testifying in Perm ( to issne bo the follow. extent to whit h ined a de be cross-exan whe his own behalf ‘ounty Commissioners and repalr of child nds for erectic of buildings for the under jurisdiction Refunding to A. Sidney Philadeipl $470 paid as a St license, Aut! erect yn care of courts of r County to non-navigabl tide Bills Passed by Senate, Abolishing the ¢ tendent and Assistant of the Bureau of Rallways in the De partment of Internal Affairs and ere ating chief of the Bureau of Rall- ways at an annual salary of 32.500 and an assistant chief at $1,800, Authorizing road superv second class townships < iffices 1porin. Superintendent isors to ald in in the bill the providing proper for the of House DAY~ ment by county wits nesses committed and held In default of ball to fy on behalf the Commonwealth, Twelve bills amending present laws relating to road jurors by fix ing the number of viewers in all feat] of i ! i | Federe!l Barracks at Jaurezx Blown Up--Minor Fights--Ameri- can Camp. El Paso, made to Juarez, Mex of nitroglycerin ing out parts of the Mexican Tex blow attempt up barracks ico. Two heavy charges were exploded, tear- the buildings occu- troops. Two of crotly entered town were Supplementing the act relating to the relief of wives and children Ae gserted by their husbands and fathers, providing hard for the imprisonment labor of such husbands and the wives or children. The Senate passed a concurrent resolution extending the life of the commission investigating the Carbon- dale mine fire from April 17 Among the bills that passed the second reading stage was that abob: ishing the Rittersville Hospital Come mission and giving the Governor the authority to appoint a new commis sion, Bille Passed by House, Permitting consolidation of puble schools when necessary for erection of new building. Fixing terms of Mayors and Select Councilmen at four years and Come mon Councilmen at two years in all cities, Extending to petroleum companies right to.erect buildings and hold real estate, ! Providing for removal of the West. ern Penitentiary and appropriating $300,000 for site. Calexico, Mexico.- American side of the Mexican customs ligodones sent a volley surrectos, the latter ing across the line can town of wounded officials into the into -the Andrade No one w g0 far as know again HORSELESS FIRE ENGINE Motor-Driven Machine Goes 40 Miles an Hour. like the gun, in yartment repair death knell of jepartment. The came from the md new of York of New An explosion large -bored Fire Deg was the report a shot front of the shops here $f vp the horse in the fir explosion of th ig first hich the the first time teat that it Or 0 automobile re engine, ts kind 3 « department the untry, Was ting for COR pressure rested thickly ti with bound with chains half-inch links it through th to 40 hour testing of the new hy © here, but f cl red sollte with andone it ski one 0 prever ding when whizzes it roots at 3 The witneased not only Fire Department of fire departments o 0 engine als by was fic of the others out the country. represented by their fire ii Mire Commissioner Waldo the new engine 40 miles an hour and found that its pumps exceeded guaranteed speed and strength many of drove BANK TELLER SENTENCED PLAGUE IN MANCHURIA. PRESIDENT DIAZ MUST Chief Condition of the Rebels’ Terms of Peace. NO FAITH IN GOVERNMENT. Both Must Terms, the Meet on ctos Not tc Surrender Their Arms Sides Insurre ballot allo wed 1857 57. He mus political gurrectos must render their arms sured This is Garza, te : the reply of Senor Gonz: insurrectos secretary of New York Mexicar rmulated ingurre the statement from Senor of finand plans for In effect | I. Madero, who the is now fig! Madero is RY OTs sir select of by ap 3¥ the governors of states “Reform of the | nitations, pointment laws, that On and BO now as extensive as fr million million divided and distributed o1 in amall lois to the fo ten Acres, people ail dividual ri “Free ballots in elections iy preservation of shits der the constitution "Extension of the school system.” N.Y. C. AND PENNSY FINED ment, Gets Seven Years. Philadelphia, Pa. After pleading Court here to the charge of embes. zling about $7,000 from the Western | National Bank of this city, Joseph P. Mellon, former paying teller of the institution, was sentenced to seven McPherson. Wm. J. Bryan's Daughter to Wed. Lincoln, Neb. Mr. and Mrs. Wil iam J. Bryan announced the be- trothal of their daughter, Grace Dex- ter Bryan, to Richard Lewis Har graves, of Lincoln. The marriage will take place early in June, Tuber Raisers May Combine. Presque Isle, Maine — Farmers of Aroostock county, Maine, the largest potato-growing district in Aumnerica, are contemplating the formation of a combination to govern the prodac- tion and output of the tubers, with especial attention to the distillation of potato spirits. The proposed or- ganization is planned on the lines of the tobacco ralsers’ organization in Kentucky. There is talk of sending a delegation to Sweden to Investigate the distillation question. i Rebates. Buffalo. ~ The New York Central | Rallroad was fined $35,000 and the Pennsylvania Railroad $20,000 by triet Court here, after attorneys for | the railroads had entered pleas of | guilty to granting rebates to the | Standard Oil Company. The case was prosecuted by John Lord O'Brian, United States Attorney, up- on indictments found in 1907. The fines were pald immediately. Warships After Hunters. Copenhagen.—— The Government is gending warships to Greenland with instructions to arrest foreign walrus hunters, chiefly Americans, who are reported to be killing thousands of walrus annually. Carrie Nation Sericusiy HL Leavenworth, Kan, — Mrs. Carrie Nation, the militant Kansas temper. ance worket, who is at a sanitarium here, is gradually growing weaker. eral breakdown, Is regarded as seri ous. Man hanged, Leaves 12 Children, Nashville, Tenn. —— Napper Byron, convicted of the murder of his wife, the mother of 12 children, was hanged at the State prison here. EI. CARTERS FAST OA lt s For Maneuver ireoses NEW FIELD SERVICE RUL Si Gen. Carter's Order Sets in Motion the Severe Regime of Discipine and Training to Whip theNew Recruits Into Shape Men Charged With Trying to Defraud Grab Government--To 10,000 Acres. other corrupt qualified by Is on and lands, law enter should be jocations, 03 of unlawful clusive and fact gpirators.” use for the TREATY WITH GREAT BRITAIN lar Session of Congress. Washington, D. © When gress assembles in regular session pext December it is believed the President may be able to redeem his promise to submit a treaty with Great Britain, providing for general and unlimited arbitration of all ques tions arising between America and directed to the subject by the re- in Parliament, proceeding informally for a long time, though neither side has sub | mitted a final, concrete proposition, Freed From Prison. Pittsburg. ~ After 20 years in the Western Penitentiary for a murder for which he has been declared in- nocent, Andrew Toth will go free. os ——— This Trust Gives Up. anti-trust suit against the socalled | Electric Lamp Trust the Department | of Justice has received intimation that the prices of all electrie light bulbs will be reduced 33 1-3 per cent. all over the United States. By such a cut in present prices folks who buy the electric lamps will save more than $6,000,000 a year. For State-Wide Prohibition Tex The socalled 1 bill was sig: iquitt Friday shory of a ipmission tat » : consti e-wide 22 th amend r ition at an The Governor also ill transferring 1 the San Jacinto on Galveston Island ment fo . 104 Dn JULY TR 2 signeq to the United : States ' military reservation Ten and Half Miles of Land Washington, D. C.—The Panams Canal has been completed for a dis tance of five miles at the Pacific ene trance, according to a report received by the Isthmian Canal Commission At the Atlantic entrance the canal channel has been completed to its full width for a distance of five miles and {a half inland from deep water in | Limon Bay. | | Big Fishing Interest Soid. | Seattle, Wash. The Post-intellls | gencer Says that the Morgan and of the Northwestern Fisheries Com- pany, one of the largest salmon pack. ing companies of Alaska, to the Qur Interests in Mexico. Washington, D. C.—< A total of 5.708.925 gold has been invested in 21 vears by foreign intercats in Mexico outside of the mining indus Americans supplied $338,001.573, while capitalists of the United King. dom furnished $254.650,823; Ger- many, $26,246,382; France, $16. 207,076; Austria-Hungary, $403,200;
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