CENTRE HALL PA. NOT IN GOOD TASTE. Should a man go about with a suit case bearing printed notices that he had been as far away from home as Sm— fashion”-—or should he employ some- stations, or at country houses where “impossible.” who carry it, says the Louisville Courier-Journal. And that is why they are not only willing, but anxious, to upon thelr trunks, boxes and bags. Bragging in red, white and green let ters of having crossed the Atlantic— or the Pacific—and having been quar tered at high-priced hotels while abroad is not very good taste. It may be said truly enough that many travelers preferred a rusty and well worn poftmanteau or “kip bag” be fore the institution of the label adver tisement, but they could at least plead modesty and assert that they did not like old luggage for its traveled ap pearance, but disliked new bags be- cause of the attention they attracted The only escape for the bearer of la bel-plastered baggage is to assert that he objects to the custom. Awakening China has taken another leaf from the experience book of the progressive west. She is going to es tablish playgrounds in her cities. It was during the recent ravages of the plague in the crowded empire that some of the more enlightened of her rulers made the observation that west- ern clvilization was free from such wide-spread destruction of life as China had witnessed, says the Cleve land Plain Dealer. When they sought an explanation of the freedom of western peoples from deadly epi demics, they did not look far until they found It in the attention given to producing healthful lving condi tions. First of all the recent Im- provements they decided to seize was that of the scattering of breathing gpots in the cities. Now Antung is to have a playground operated on the most modern of American plans. Pub- He subscription provided for the pur- chase of a large tract of land, which is being fitted in such a way is to meet the demands of every class of the city’s population. A brightly iron golf club attracted a lightning which killed a golfer while he was playing on & Washington course. Better let the irons get a little rusty. polished bolt of If those steamship companies con- tinue to increase the size of their liners, we shall soon be able to walk from one end of the boat to the other and be half way across. *A man has succeeded In crossing from Providence, R. 1, to Gibraltar in a twenty-foot yvawl. Goodness, how he must have wanted to get away from Providence. Desperadoes who tried to rob a man in Seattle recently ran away when their intended victim began to recite poetry. It may pay you to read poetry. Chicago has an Enoch Arden who came home after an absence of twelve years, tried to smash the furniture, and was fined $75. The original Enoch was by all odds the luckier of the two. HI LONG TOUR Leaves Boston on Giant Swing Around Country. Twenty-four States and Will Not Reach Washington Until November 1. President Taft o'clock Friday Mass. -~ ar at 7.356 Boston, Boston and is to continue until November 1 His departure in the special by an enthusiastic from severa! hundred persons gath- him i ered at the South Station to bid and a man may yet try to use his latch key at 22 o'clodk which would be by no means unduly late, A St newspaper reporters as honest and compliment. savings of her lifetime to be apent on her funeral As the sagacious man in “The Mikado” remarked, there was plenty of fun, but she didn’t see it 8t. Pauls business men who plan to move the bed of the Mississippl river will perhaps put it on casters. Facts show that it is better to be shaken around in a steel car that leaves the ralls than squeezed and cremated in a wooden car that col lapses and burns. Hardly appropriate to call an aero plane a “roadster.” Wouldn't “cloud ster” be better? If potatoes are to become legal ten der cash registers will have to be re bullt. Mayor John F Fitzgerald led the cheering The Mayor spokesman a few minutes earlier as for had acted Boston. extending to President Taft i ~ RITES Vil (Copyright, 181.) GOVERNORS FOR STATE RIGHT hundred and of anniversary the occasion its one fiftieth next The pot make abead, but in mind When the special train, which of a regular Albany Station the Presi- on March 17 i \ 14 President sald he could appointments so far keep the m any would at Was run as the first section over the Boston and Rail- road, left ghe South jent’s immediate party Secretary Charles D. Hilles; W. Butt, military Thomas Rhodes, U. 8. A. the Major A aid, and Major physician; guards and nine newspaper train condisted of a Pullman pri by President's three Secret Service men The bag- gage coach, the Car, Ideal, be President and his the Pullman compartment cars Te and Florida and a dining car The carried the entire it found on previous trips thal sO many CAT, vate to occupied immediate coach is to be over journey, as has been boarded not cars Lo From fh of (he committee delegations have the there has been that sleeping train room in erly care ginning train train clals on the various lines o the ¥ fy them end wit} a FEY will carry for to the guperinte:; and other operating ver wi is estimated ths and directly masters it moves, and it 45.000 be in transporting party tween men engaged dential will KILLED IN AUTO ACCIDENT. Party Were Roturning to Cleveland From a Clambake. Cleveland, O Returni clambake in the country, patrick was killed and Elroy, Thomas Beyer and lenback were badly injured when in which they were h and overturns place 5 gccupanis « ng from a James Fitz- William Mq Louis Al the iding TT p The automobile r ran into a dit d accident took avenue The were pinioned beneath it, on Marcelline ¢ if Lhe Rice Famine in Phillippines. Manila A the Philippines. The staple ia already above all previous records and advancing by leaps. The supply on hand in the islands is very limited, and general scarcity of the cereal throughout the Orient makes unlikely any substantial relief from importation rice famine threatens price of the the President Taft is 54, Beverly, Mass dent Taft's fifty-fourth the morning the President played golf at Myopia Representative Nicholas Longworth, of Ohio, was a luncheon guest at Paramatta Con- birthday executive offices here from the world One came from 8.Story Home For John D., Jr New York Plans for the tallest private residence in New York city were filled with the Bureau of Bulldings as architect for Rockefeller, Jr. The struc- by 100 feet, on a plot running through from Firty-third to Firty- fourth street, 290 feet west of Fifth avenue, ' — s—-—— A Y.M. C. A and Mospital Burn. Glens Falls, N. Y.—Fire did $100,- 000 damage to the business section of White Hall. The Y. M. C. A. building and Emergeneéy Hospital were among the buildings destroyed. Record Saimon Pack Seattle — With the salmon packing season almost over on Puget Bound it is estimated that the pack of pinks for this season will reach 750,000 cases, or nearly twice as much as In any previous year, TO PAR Postpone Pesce Congress, Washington. — The International Peace Congress, which was scheduled to be held at Rome on September 26, has been postponed because of the cholera epidemic in that country. Twenty-five State Executives Protest to Supreme Court. | { i ! i i t Case is the * Invasion’ to which the Governors Object. Minnesota Rate The House of Governors Alerican pois autocracy With United States to check "the Federal courts of 8 inferior Harmon, and Herbert and Chester H son Ohio, as chair Madley, « Aldrich, © { Ne the souri, braska, as the other bers, me nmittee will protest for the a gion * eT | rates on the ground be roads 1a Guia could not en- would deprive he proper remuneration terfere ommerce the broader upreme with interstate But the governors Lake ground Court. by state rights, ome that unless the S its final decisi protects soon be- J C08 of Ohio, was (sOYErunor the © EOVernors that the time call 3 help the conference io on : The especially promi- bringing about this action Stubbs, of Kansas: Hadley, Missisouri: O'Neal, of Alabama, and Aldrich. of Nebraska Harmon and O'Neal are Democrats, and Hadley, Stubbs and Aldrich lepublicans the states for ipreme had the 8 ia Court for others who were fient In were of BELLE ELMORE'S JEWELS SOLD An Auction Recalls the Notorious Crippen Case The jewelry elle Elmore, can actress for whose murder her husband, Dr. H H. Crippen, was hanged, was disposed of in an auc- i tion-room here The lot brought about $800, the best price realized being $325, which was given for a | single stone brilliant ring. The flaming sun’ brooch, which figured {in the trial of Crippen, brought only $100, which be- the Ameri- l.ondon longed to Wii Save $2,000 000 Washington. — A saving to the gov- ernment of fully $2,000,000 on the fast freight master General two-week trial of shipment, fect September 1, and during that time gmoothly Hitcheock, this method of and satisfactorily. the leading magazine publishers of the country were co-operating with his department. Murderer Found Dead. Kenton, O.--Officers hunting for the slayer of Della Halsey, who was shot to death, discovered the body of Jesse Newman, a rejected suitor of the girl, in a barn on his father's farm. It is believed Newman, when hie heard of officers in pursuit, com- mitted suicide. Toadstools Fatal to Two. Wooster, O.~—Mrs, Edward Miller, of Canaan, is dead and her husband is near death from eating toadstools which they mistook for mushrooms. i NO COMPROMISE ON PRINCIPAL France's Prompt Repy To German Counter Proposais--Con- cessions Made. Paris had given French Fallieres tion Ly's After President his formal san reply t the foreign to Lhe counter negol a the M. de 1 ’ % i § completed the transcription of 0 Germa in Moroccan minister, document and It was for Berlin The ne dispatched by special courier foreign minister in the early Fired Upon While Attending the Opera. THE CZAR WAS NEAR HIM Gals Opera Performances At Kiev Quick y Changed into Gloom--Third Attempt Upon the Life of the Famous Russian, | Kiev, Russia. The Russian premier, P. A. Btolypin, was attac ked while attending a gala performance { at the opera here He was wounded {twice by his assailant One bullet | entered his hand, while the other penetarted the body, grazing the liver and lodging In Epine It is re- ported that the premier’s wounds are the | 'mperor Nicholag was present in E the theatre at the time The premier’s assailant was arrested { The fired from behind )Y A Bogrof The ag BARSIN t that a The Kokovsofl, Prem two bullets were lawyer named audience tried to lynch the reports WoO { re musician ingen minister of finance, M was sitting beside ier at the of the attack olypin occupied a f the Emperor sm ier St seat firet row o The orchestra the yurt wi d the by a fee ftaries of the which WHE ff +5 2 npege O01 ae aus followed ¥ of mj Rambouiliet, lieres is Paris ment Fal- to President re where and turned olor { Was staying, Before ti off M th bassadors by in ar aoc Bnally sent Selves w interview British According reliable so } from irce the a revised and ted proposed Franco-G Moroc« which the COTrTred ative to O was submit- ed to Minis Foreign The German on ernment September 4 (serman returned i trealy 1o ambassad requiren say. incl IONE ANG Ad the French 1 Or po pressed by or a special the y Y (a h M. Cam- ments for any fur- Von request which Herr Kiderling schter The ¢ Bank of Berlin has telegraphed fo the Sox may Duetsch Generale pub- Paris bank loan of §$1.- Hank M of the Societe Gen- fete cials to deny the asking its lished tt statement that the a the Duestsche had refused to renew 260.0600 ¢ o Dorizon, director t such a loan ever ex- denied had been mentioned by ove of the first bankers of Paris, was assumed to be true when given publicity erale, denies th a isted The transaction and NO HARMONY, DECLARES BRYAN Commoner Wants None, and Gives Notice of Fight, Lincoln, Neb W. J. Bryan says there {8 no harmony in the Demo- cratic party and he wants none. In the last issue of his Commoner, Mr Bryan serves notice that he proposes to fight, He says: “The harmony program has al- ready cost the party dearly A few projectionist Democrats threatened to vote with the Republicans if a free wool bill was reported, so har- mony was purchased by the surren- terial. “The corporation opposed to any on the trust question, and harmony will have to be disturbed if anything Democrats are “What we need ciple in behalf of the public. Bt Mis Tongue Nearly in Two. Williamsport, Md. An unusual 4-year-ol4 gon of Frank Lloyd, a farmer, living between here and While sitting on the The blow caused his jaws to snap together like a trap, and his tongue was caught between his teeth and almost severed at the root. Wants Recall in the Constitution. Tucson, Ariz~—Eugene 8. Ives, of Tucson, made formal announcement of his candidacy for United States senator on the Democratic ticket, He declared himself for reinserting the judiciary recall provision in the con- stitution. ‘ Navy Yarss Closed Washington ~The navy yards at New Orleans and Pensacola are now officially closed. The time limit set by Secretary Meyer for thelr opéra- tion expired at midnight Sunday. ETNA ROUTS THOUSANDS Castiglione and Francavile are Threatened With Destruc.ion-~ Discharge increases AVIATION APPEALS TO WOMEN Graduanily Forcing Way into Game. Females Although bot} and Curtiss schools steadfast. feminine pupils at gradually fore- hazardous game followers of the sport h interest the Ralph Johnstone, whose husband is soon com the craft the « fo teach woman is way into the of aviation, and discusging that Mrs | Kansas City, de: at Denver, New York to master widowed her Today there are only two licensed women aviators in this country Miss Mathilde Moisant and Miss Har- riet Quimby—both of whom are now on Long Island Blanche has made noteworthy in Are wit port ath ug to that Bey flights Jit some cenge Miss Moisant, it will be re- called, took up aviation after the tragic death of her brother, John B Moisant, of New Orleans, and in this respect her career parallels Mrs Johnstone's case France leads the world with more than half a dozen prominent women | aviators, and death has already claimed one of them, Mme. Denise Moore, while the Baroness Laroche, | a filer of note, has been seriously in- { Jured IRA JONES FOR GOVERNOR. Resignation as Paimetto Justice Follows. Lancaster, 8 C.—Accepting Supreme Court, Blease, announced: next August for nomination as Gov- ernor.” With the election a year distant, politics is seething in South Carolina. FORTUNE 8S NKS WITH SHIP. $180,000 in Gold Bullion on the Steamer Ramono. Seattle, Wash When the steamer Ramona joundered and sank off Spanish lsland, Alaska, last Sunday night she carried down with her $180,000 of gold bullion from the Treadwell mine, consigned to San Francisco. The ship lies in water that is usually smooth, and it is be- leved the treasure will be recovered easily. 5 Weekly Review of Trade and Market Reports. — m— — —— Bradstreet's pave: "Three factors helped to expand trade in a moderate way this week fall festivals, the advance of the sea- gon and of period whole, opments are able, but still consery ing #8 everywhere visible, and final purveyors goods display no par- ticular tendency to forsake the policy heretofore pursued-—that is, buy frequently and in small lots rather than liberally at any This attitude is superinduced in a large degree by the inability of retail dis- tributors of wearing apparel, 0 nishings and the like to measure the probable effects on their sales of ascending prices for edible commodi- ties and the idleness ! industrial lines “Business fz States for the 149 - the ending On the vacation recent more atism In the devel- relatively favors buy- of to one time Ife visibie in man} the United week ended September against 164 week o g A ang lures in last week, » like 160% Western i and $€ 6&0 free Capes pts kens old roos~ kens, 14 EB. ¢ chic 13; do, youn Dressed fresh nearby, 15@ 15; chickens, 14@ 1igher “5 1% Lat 1 ing Western, TO id roosters, arby, 186G € % Settling Western, red, Wheat No. 2 a3 % No. 2 red, 913%; Western, 92% Spot and September, 71%e 67: January, 66%; March, BALTIMORE were red No prices 65% ; contract, 02%; steamer Corn nominal. year, February, 67; Oats New oats, per bu: white, 46% @47c; standard 46%: No. 3 white, 46@ 46%; No. 2. 45@ 45%. Rye-—-No. 1 rye, Western domestic, 656 96¢c: No. 2 do, 2G 94; No. 2 rye, nearby, R7@ 88; bag lots, near- by, as to quality, new, S096 Butter— Creamery fancy, 27% @ 9%: creamery, choloe 26 @ 27; cream- ery, good, 22@ 25; creamery, imita- tion, 206 22; creamery, prints, 28 @29 Eggs Maryland, Pennsylvania and nearby firsts, 25¢; Western firsts, 23: West Virginia firsts, 21; South- orn frsts, 21@ 21%; guinea eggs, 11. Live Poultry —— Chickens —— Old hens, heavy, 15e: do, small to medi um, 14; spring, large, 16; do, small to medium, 16; old roosters, o. Ducks White Pekings, 120 14¢; Muscotey, 12@ 14; puddle, 12. Live Stock CHICAGO. —Cattle-—Texas steers, $4.408 6.40; Western steers, $4@ 7: stockers and feeders, $3G 5.50; cows and heifers, $225@6.30; calves, $6.25@ 9. Hoge-~Market 6¢ higher than yea. terday’s average: light, $6.85@ 7.40; mixed, $6 80@ 7.40; heavy, $6.65 © 7.36: rough, $6.65G 6.85; good to choice heavy, S$6.85@7.30; plas, $4.75@ 7.20; bulk of sales, $8.50 Q 7.20. steamer No. 2 red 87%. No. 2 white, mixed ws -
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