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TIONESTA, PA., WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 10, 1912.
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THE FOREST REPUBLICAN.
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BOHOUGH OFFICERS
Burg f Kit. J . 0. Dunn.
Jwilieti ufthe Vara -C. A. Randall, D.
W. (Mark.
Omxf imrn. .1 W. tender. J. T. Dalf,
O. K K"t. on. Win. 8uiHrbuifh,
R .1. Hopkimt, O V. Watson, A. B.
Kelly.
Conntabla1, L Zuver.
Oolleetor W. H. H"Mid.
School f)iretnr W. O. Imel, J. K.
Clark, H. M. Henry, Q Jamlexon, D. H.
Blum.
FOB EST COUNTY OFFICERS
Memhtr of Conor P. M 8per.
Metnher'n VflW-l K P. Hall
Armhlv W J Campbell.
Prmmrirni .Iwtgr- W. I) Hinckb-y
Aumnatf Jiutge Haiuuel Aul, Joeph
M Miiricwn.
f tottit.vcta'v. RegUterd Reeoritur, tr.
-8 R. Maxwell.
Hkeriff Win. H. Honrt.
Trratmrm- W H Rraze
f"Yn?miw W n H. Harrlrfon. J.
Cdowden, II. H. Mel'lelUii.
Ihnlrtn Mtorntv -M A- ''a ring T
jury CommitmifiiJ. 1) E leu, A. M.
Moore.
tirimrr Or M C Kerr.
tinmtil twlii-ir W-rt(M H. Warden,
A. C (Jm-kb and H V KhMdH
Omnr.v Vrtifjor -K' 8. Brden.
(iuniy fnijirrmimltm J O Carson.
Hrlr Tr. f
Fourth Monday of February
Third M'Hidav of May.
Fourth Monday nl Hepieniber.
Third Monday f Nviiiler.
Regular Meti-ir- County Cotninl"
doner-. li and l T'Hlay "f month
( hurra mm nkhnlk rbal.
Prwlulermii Malilmtli Heboid at H:4h
in. I'M. K. Stibbath school al IllMN) a. tit.
Prumthnm n M. K. Church every Nai
bath eveu.ua br Hev. W M. Burton,
' Prratntv ik In the F. M. tUiureb ver
SMlibath eveiilnaat theuual hour. R
G A tinmen, PnHior
T'rMW'hlnu in ih Prenlivterlan church
ev-rv Mxblih at 11:00 . hi and 7:30 p
m Rmv. H A B let. Pa-lnr.
The regular ineelhiKM of the W.C. I.
0. are held at the headquarter on the
eiiri ami rourtu rueeday" ot mm-Ii
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BUSINESS DIRECTORY.
rl KSTA LI"K, N.f, l.O.o. r
.Vi .mim every Tnewlay evenitin, in !
Fellow1 Hall. Partridge imlldina.
CPT WKOrlUK STOW POST. No 271
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Wedtienday evening avh nioiiih.
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M'Hlein and up io dae m all It- H
rM.lnl iiH l Kvery convetiienee anil
Comlort rovulnl fir the trnVHnw nubllr
i 1KNTKAL HOI SK,
V K. A FULToN. Proprieto,
rtoiieela, I'a. I'lil- i Hie immti!eiiirall
tmhiwI hotel in Mi plaiw and han all th
uiiHleru linproveiiieuu. No paiiiH wil
he xpared hi make it a pleaHant toppitii
place lor the IraveiiiiK publie.
L)HIL. KM (CRT
FANCY B'lOT Jt SMOKM A K Kh
.Shop over R L Haslel'a urocery htore
on Klin tireel la prepareii vo no i
Hindi, ol I'lixtoiii work I'roiu the til. net U
iliu ... .urMHML ami . iiaraiiUwa lll work l
fivt- perl'ei'i saliHlaiaiou. Prompt alten
tion veil to iiienditiK, and price r
onaiile.
Fred, .(j rotten burger
OKNKRAL
BLACKSMITH & MACHINIST
All work pertalnitiK to Machinery, Kn
ginea, t)il Well Toola, Dan or Water Fit
tinifaand'Oeiieral BlackHiinthiuK proinin
ly done at low RaUm. KepairiiiK Mil
Machinery given apecial attention, aim
aalistactioh giiarauteeu.
Hhoo in rear of and iuat went of th
Shaw Houhh, Tidloute, Pa.
Your patronage solicited.
FKF.n. O RF.TTF.N RF.ROKK
G i to ihe Tmneita
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Holiday Goods
Hand Painie I China.
Jti'iln8e C''tiia
D cornteil (ilaiware
Chr'giina Decorali'iim.
V Card
1) I)h. Toy. Gtmee, &!
G. F. RODDA,
N-Xi D or to thf Fruit St. re. El
fckrwi, Tkiuoota, Pa,
REWARD AFTER
FIFTY YEARS
ive Survivors of Famous War
Time Raid Concerned.
UNEQUALLED DARING SHOWN
Twelve Courtmatt aled and Seven
Shot at Hours' Warn, ng Old
Men Vividly Recall Events
of Youth.
iMudlay, 0. Almost 50 years after
tlKy pieced tue cumcde.ate Hues
near tiiuiiuutjOt,u biiu stoic a .ocomo-
ve in i. lie iK-ui't of ilio loiiicuciacy,
the hvtf b-r.ivui-s ot lilt) Anurews la.d
eis ml. l)u giumea a speuti! nn.ou
ot luU a month, li a bid nuroiiuccd
by Collar. bbinau Wul b ot tu.s dmirict
Cuiuea a luv. i he suivivois uio
Wiiilam Bnsiugr, 72, of Mt:Comb,
this coumy; W. J. Knight, Stryked,
O.; W. W. Brown, V4, iubt loieuo;
1). A. Dursey, 7G, Lincoln, Neb., and
Joliu R. Puiter, rt'b.anig in Ii inois.
Ull Apill, 16ml, ZZ III oil, LOIllpl'.S.ng
the Allure as rumors, picked for tnou
during fibiu ilnve ubio reg. litems, U.s-
guibt-a iiicuis.itt and, getting
hrough lue niies at jLhuttuuuu&a,
leiKuateu lino lifoi'rilu.. At ti.g
bhuiiiy, whi.e the t.a.n ciew wus at'
bri.aKiast, the laideis Btole a locotno
t.ve on tne Western tt At aiil.c rail
road. Wtili ti.e locomotive the band
huriied noiih, tn.rn.ng bridges uehmd
them. '1 he purpose of the raid was
to cut oif the confederate aim
aiound Chattanooga Horn Its haBe of
upi.ics and at the same Hinie biocK
the letreai of the a. my fiom noi th
em Aiauama.
As soon as the theft of the engine
was dmcuvereu thaoe was givin ihd
raiue.s, bin th.y were bo lar in the
.ad they uisiaiaed their pursueis mi-
t.l near (. liauanoo0a, wh-re they
were lorced to aoaiiuou the engine be
cause of a lack of fuel, and llee to the
moiiiiiains.
Wi.hin a week al! ot the 22 men
had been captured and thrown into a
Jail at Chutianooga. James J. An-
diews, the itauei, was tried and sen
tenced to be txecuttd. Two weeks
later 12 oi the men were courtmar
tiaicd, and Beven of them were shot
without an hours Warning. Tae sur
vivors vve.e taken to an Old Jaii at At-
laiua. on October 10 they overpow
ered their guaid and broue for the'
union lines. Vithin two weeks e ghi
of the number reached thj uui-n hues
at vaiious poinie, but the six others
weie reiauiurea aim he d p.isontrs
until exchanged, &iay 17, 18G4.
The oia mtn in tueir peacefu.1 pur-
eu.ts retail with the notation of the
Wvarious haif-tentury ann.versarieB the
Stirling events ot me aays oi iutw
young manhood.
BISCUIT COMPANY FAILS.-
Snail Creditors Throw $30,000,000
Concern Into. Bankruptcy.
New Yo.k. The Federa. Biscuit
Company, a $311,000,000 concern or
ganized a year and a hall ago foi'
the puipoBe of fighting the tracaer
trust, was thrown nto bankruptcy
when a'petition was filed, against the
company for a number of small cred
itors who sought in vain to col.ect
money due thm. Attorney Genera.
WickerBhiin was aupo.nied receiver
of the absets by Juuge Hough, lb.
leceiver was given the powei to car
ry on the busiucBS lor 30 days.
The company was organized on au
gust 1, 1910, undei tue laws o. uei
aware and had a capital stock of 30,
000,000, of which 12,0 J.000 was pre
lerred and the len.aliider commo...
stock. 'Ihe purposu oi tha orsanizu
tion was to merge 78 of iha mdcpcn
dent biscu.t pants scattered through
out the touiuiy. Its control sireun
ed fiom Oregon to Maine.
PARDONED, BUT NOT FREED.
Liberated Convict Must Take on Wif.
and Seven Ch.ldren.
Columbus. O. Peculiar condition.
are impobtd upon George Sheets, wh.
has just been paidontd fioin the pen
Herniary by Governor Harmon. SlieeU
must return at once to Toieuo anu
mairy the widow of his brother, wlu
has seven children.
The woman Binte the death of he.
husband last w.nter has been taking
in washing and her health has" given
way. Shd is in need and has agieed
to marry Sheets, who w..l now be
come a father to his dead brother's
children.
Sheets has been serving a 15-year
term lor Bie&ling th.ckens. His term
btgan March 28, 11104. Prior to thai
he had seived two years for stealing
chickens and seven for robbery.
Was Postmaster Under Harrison.
Oil City, Pa Ex Postmaster Wil -iam
M. McKim is dead alter a linger
ing illneBB. He was born in Cur
wensvl.le, March 25, 1853, and moveu
to Oil City in 18G3. After fol owing
the work of ra Iroad clerk and engag
ing in mercantile business he was ap
pointed postmaster at Oil City by
president Harmon and served two
terms. He held a clerkship at the
State Legislature for a number ot
years.
V.'lnston Churchill declares for
home rule for Ireland and for all divi
sions of British Empire.
Has Outlived Sixteen Children.
Stamford, Conn. Mrs. Marie Griekji
celeb; ated her one hundred und fiftir
biithJay at her home here Saturday.
She has outlived all her family, in
cluding her husband and 16 children,
and is blI 1 lai from feeble. Mrs.
G.ieka spent the early years of he.
lite toiling .n. the vineyards in Itai
and ascr.bes her long life to th
hea thiul nature ot the work.
Secretary N. B. Critchfield of the
Pennsy van a State Department or
..Agriculture, and chief of diviBlsion
,ftau w tfe at BbfffuWfal ViJrWitvlr.
NAGEL FILES REPORT ON
COMMERCE AND LABOR,
Greater Federal Control of Trusts la
Favored by the Secre- '
tary.
Washington, Jan. 3. Secretary Na
gel of the Department of Commerce
and Labor In his annual report trans
mitted to the President called atten
tion to needed Improvements at Ellis
Island, makes recommendations for
additional Inspectors and physicians
for ships carrying immigrants and ad
vocates that American ships be allow
ed the use of the Panama Canal free
of tolls.
The Secretary commends the bu
reau of corporations for tha work It
has done and gives his views on the
Sherman antitrust law and needed
legislation supplementary thereto. His
opinion on the latter, subject are of
moment because Mr. Nagel Is being
considered seriously by President Taft
for appointment to the Supreme Court.
The Secretary says:
"The decisions of the Supreme
Court In the Standard Oil and Ameri
can Tobacco Company cases have
brought forcibly to public attention a
fact that has been repeatedly present
ed In the reports of the Department.
That fact Is the Imperative need for
the positive administrative regulation
of great industrial corporations.
"The recent declslcns and the re
organizations which followed have
made It clear that another Imperative
step remains tihe taken and that
this step Is-the establishment by ap
propriate legls'atlen of a broad sys
tem of supervision and publicity for
all those Industrial and commercial
organizations that are eneaged In In
terstate and fntern-Hinnal business."
The Secretary says that the "experi
ence and Information acquired by the
bureau of cornoratI"ns throuph eight
years of work lnvestWatlnR such prob
lems will necppsarlly be of grent Im
portant In the devp'onment of any
system" and "has demonstrated be
yond question what such a system of
permanent superv'B'on can do and
presents one of the strongest argu
ments for the broadening of th"t By
tem Into pome tuch form -as Is here
supfpsted."
Secretary Naeel p"vg the Bureau of
Labor Is enlaced In sevpol Invest!
gatlrns anion? wr,'"!! perhaps the
mr-st Immed'pte'y Intere'ng Is the
Inquiry Into the Pot of 1'vlne;. This
.report, tbe sTPfory says, promises
"to be th"rot'rh pnd t" provide a basis
for lntel'Ipent disi'Pe,'oh of this ques
tion.' In addlt'on roorts are being
prepared on con'Mt'ons of employment
In the Iron anj stee' Industry, on the
employment of wr"en and pirls In
the lnrrer r'tls. rn f"'poapes In vari
ous Industries and 'n the lahor laws
of the principal Industry countries
of the world.
236 NEW BANKS LAST YEAR
Treasury Rejects 70 Applications
7,340 Institutions With $1,033,
302,135 Capital.
. Washington, Jan. 3 The total num
ber of banks on Doc. 31, last, was
10,119, of which 2,779 had discontinu
ed business, leaving 7,340 banks with
authorized capital of $1,033,302,135
and circulation outstanding secured
by bonds $714,363,008. The total
amount of the rational bank circula
tion outstanding was $740,603,187, of
which $26,240,119 was covered by law
ful money of a like amount deposited
with the treasurer of the United
States.
During the calendar year ended
Dec. 31, last, 314 applications to or
ganize national banhs wera received.
Of the applications pending 2.16 were
approved, 70 rejected, 208 banks with
total capital of $11,505,000 were au
thorized to begin business, of which
128 with rapital of $3,3GO,000 had in
dividual capital of less than $50,000,
and 78 with capital of $8,145,000 Indi
vidual capital of $50,000 or ever.
2,000 COKE OVENS RESUME
All Idl Plants in the Connellsville
Region Start This
Week. .
Connt-llBville, Jan. 3. The IL C.
Frick Coke Co., l.as announced-that
it will start 1,499 additional coke
ovens during this week and that all
the plants in operation that have been
working part time are to be operated
six days each week until further
notice.
Other companies have also announc
ed that they will increase their opera
tions, so that by the last . week In
January the output in the Connells
ville field will be equal to that of the
boom years, 1906 and 1907. Among
the largest companies operating mer
chant evens i3 the W. J. Ralney Co.,
w hich announces that within two
weeks the entire 3,000 ovens of the
company will be In full blast.
The cqmpany is now operating 2,200
which will go on full time. There is
no more stock coke In the Connells
ville .region;
INDICTED FOR NEGLECT
Buffalo Officials Held for Causing
Deaths of Pumping
Station.
Buffalo, N. Y., Jan. 3. Francis S.
Ward, Commissioner of Public Works
far the city, and b's chief assistant,
Henry L. Lyon", were Indicted here on
a charge of mansla filter in the third
degree. They are .ccuscd of negli
gence In the drafting of plans on the
building of the cnplne house fur the
water pumping station which collaps
ed last Jujjo, kffl'Oo eight Vdrtman.
SURFACE STILL BUSY
SAYS DEAD APPLES ARE BREED
ING PLACE FOR DANGER
OUS SPORES.
STATES' HEALTH IS BEITER
Invitations to Governors of Several
States Will Be Asked to Confer
ence to Be Held in February,
subject, "Chestnut Blight."
Kuii'lsburg. "More trees than the
average person Imagines are affected
by the spores of tree diseases of old,
dried, withered fruit left hanging on
trees," declared State Zoologist H. A.
Surface In talking about the common
practice of allowing faulty fruit to
remain on trees. Such fruit Is known
as "mummied," because, from being
Imperfect at the start, it hangs in the
wind and rain and Biinth'ne until it
Is all dried up and fit for aothing but
the abiding place of germs.
"People ought to make It a point
to rempve such fruit from peach,
apple and other trees and burn it,"
continued the zoologist. "I have had
a lot of letters latily asking what to
do about such 'exhibits' and I am
going to strongly urge people to take
off the 'mummies'. Do you know
that such fruit is sometimes left hang
ing for a year and the spores of dis
eases remain in a condition to carry
infection fur a couple of years? It is
certainly a prolific source of trouble."
State Death Rate Decreases.
Harrisburg. The saying that, "A
green Christmas means a fat grave
yard" has been changed during the
past year, thanks to preventive medi
cine and proper sanitation, to "A
green Christmas means a lean grave
yard." That is the conclusion to be
drawn from a statement Issued by
Dr. L'lxon, Commissioner of Health,
giving the net results of one year's
work, and it is a New Year's message
of good cheer to every citizen of the
Commonwealth. He says: "There are
7,500 men, women and children alive
to begin the New Year who, had the
death rateof last year prevailed,
would have fallen victims of disease.
"Putting as:de all thoughts of the
suffering and heartbreak that has
been saved by this reduction In the i
toll of the grim reaper, it means in '
actual money a gain of $37,500,000 to
the people of the state. This enor- I
mous sum is one-fourth of the value
of the entire farm products of the
Commonwealth. Not only this, but
there is an average of ten cases of
sickness to every death, and so there
have been 75,000 fewer cases of. ill j
ness in as many homes.
"In the six jears since the estab
lishment of the department of health
there has been a decrease in the
death rate that shows a total saving
of 50,000 lives.
"1 hanks to. the unselfish work of
the physicians, the local boards of
health, the educational workers an
the co-operation of the press, the
people of Pennsylvania have come to
realize the tremendous value of the
work wh'rh is being done, and they
are aware that every penny jspent In
prevention comes back into the
pockets of our citizens many hundred
fold."
Bid Governors to Conference.
Invitations to the various governors
whose states are interested in the
checking of the chestnut blight for
the proposed conference to be held
here in the first week of February,
will be sent out by Governor Tener
within a few dajs. The State Fores
try Department Is planning for the
presentation of some data covering
the national spread of the blight and
the members of tl e commission to ex
terminate the bllsht will urge the
creation of a deadline district which
wift te watched by every state Inter
ested. Informal correspondence about
the conference shows Interest In every
one of the states between Massachu
setts and Ohio. - irginia may also
como Vt.
Vill
Defend Law.
Harrisburg. State Banking Com
missioner William H. Smith said that
the state would vigorously defend th
new private bank act against the
equity procedings Instituted in Phil
adelphia to test Its constitutionality.
Attorney General Bell will represent
the state banking department in this
action, and every effort will be made
to secure an early decision.
Meantime, the department Is collect
ing evidence against private bankers
who have been doing business with
out a state license since December 1,
when the new law went into effect.
Commissioner Smith estimates that
there are 350 private hanks in the
state. Thus far 105 have applied for
licenses. The others are mostly smallJ
foreign batiks.
Bank Re-chartered.
The Miners' Deposit bank of Lykeng
has been re-chartered for 20 years by
the Btate. Forty years ago it was
chartered by the legislature for 20
years. Twenty years ago it was re
chartored by the governor. Now It
gets its third chart or. Isaac Mossop
Is the president ai. l F. II. VobS is the
cashier.
I New Bloomfleld. A horse owned by
H. II. Uhitiesiiiilh is dead. The- 8JJ
inial w va1'JU ht fJV.
JUSllCE MAY BE
YET METED OUT
Gov. Tener Determined to Pun
ish Guilty if Possible.
GOVERNMENT PLANS MOVE
Deputy Attorney-General Will Ask the
Supreme Court for Unprecedent
ed Order Has However
"Reverse" Precedent
Harrisburg, Pa. Thwarted by the
Chester county jur.es in its effort to
punish the Coatesviiie lyncheis, the
state will try to have the remaining
cases removed to another county lor
trial in the hope of finding jurors who
win not allow race piejudice to blind
them to the law and the evidence.
Governor Tener is determined to
br.ng to justice the men who burned
the negro at the stake mid brought
reproach upon the commonwealth.
Deputy Attorney-General J. E. B.
Cunningham ot Pitisbuith, who is
looking after the Interests of the com
monwealth, haB decided upon a pro-
ceuure never before attempted in the
history of the state. On the first
Monday of tebruary he wi l ask thei
Supifcme Couit to lake the lynching
cases out of the Chester county courts
and Bend them to Borne other county ,
for trial. Such action has been tak
en for the benefit of the defendants,
bui it has never bten done on the mo
tion ot the.coinmonwea.th. The gov
ernor is anxious that the Coatesviile
lawbreakers be punished and Mr. Cun
ningham is bending every energy at
bis comma, d to the big task.
"I want to make it plain," said Mr.
Cunningham, ' that the application to
the Supreme Court is in no way based
on the conduct of the judges of Ches
ter county in the previous, trials.
Judges Joseph Hemphill and Will.am
But.ei, Jr., did eveiyihing within their
power to have the guilty persons
broufeht to just.ee, but the juro.s slm
piy lefuse to do their duty. The
j ace piejudice is so strong m Chester
county that 1 a.a cimtident that if the
recall were In force, these Judges
wouid be taken off the bench by the
e ectors, wno are determined that no
white man will suffer for the burning
of the negro.
"Ihis p.ejudice is found In all class
es of society, from the highest to the
lowest. hv'eiy barr.er possible was
raised to prevent the law from taking
its course. 'Ihe giand jury called
lor the purpose of investigating the
ciime endeavored to evaue its duty
and only alter a number of the Jurors
were excused fiom service was it pos
sible to get the rema.n.us members
to find indictments. The trial juries
pma no aucuiiun to the evidence.
Even when the defendant admitted his
connection with the crime a verd.ct
of acquittal was given. We had five
tria.s
in which six defendants were
tried. They were ail Bet free, ihe
Juiles did not even discuss the evi
dence when they retired.
"After a careiul Siiidy I have decid
ed to app.y to. the Supreme Court to
remove tue cats f'Om Lifter coun
ty. This step, of course, brought me
face to lace with the constitutiona.
piovis.on which gives to the accused
a 'speedy public trial by an inipartla
Jury of the vicinage.' This Clause of
the- bill of rights has btu consuueu
to mean a tnui in the neighborhood or
county. I huve found a Pennsyl
tan a Supieme Court decision wnere
this construction has been "bet aside.
There is aito a Massachusetts opimoti
which says that vicinage does not
neceBsariiy mean county. If we
could have thest cases removed to
Philadelphia, Lancaster, Dauphin or
isome other nearby county, we proba
bly w'ould escape ihe piejud.ee exist
ing in Chester. There ate seven de
fendants awaiting tnal, five charged
wuh muruor and two police oiticers
are accused of involuntary maiiB.augh
ter for lai ure to perlorm their duty in
protecting the negro.
SMOKELESS PUDDLING FURMACE
Pittsburgh Officials View .Operation
at Lebanon, Pa.
Lebanon, Pa. the Pittsburgh city
counei men who came to see the oper
'ation of 8inoke.ess puddling and heat
ing furnaces, are convinced that the
em.asion of smoke from such lur
iiactB can be prevented.
Iho Pennsylvania Steel and Irou
Company operates a plant here and
another at Keuuing, Pa. At the Le
banon works gas coal slack from the
Pittsburgh district is dried and pul
verized and as lui'l is driven into
the furnaces by an air blast, produc
lug complete combustion. The com
pany says It spent from $SO,ooo to
$luO,000 in experiments and insta 1
ing ttu system and the p. ant saves
each year in fuel a sum equal to the
cout of iustal.at.ou.
It is piouao.e that Pittsburgh ord
inances w!.l be overhauled as puddling
furnaces ure now txempt from the op
erations oi the law.
Woman Heads Ohio Schools.
Ceve.and, O For the lirst time In
the histoiy of the city a womau is bu
peiintcndent of the pub.ic Bchools, at
tended bv 100,000 pup. Is. The board
of education has elected Miss Haniet
L. lvecler. 0i. to the puBitiou,
to till
n fchnrt term from January 7, to Au-
gUBt 31( j912, at a salary of $6,000 a
year.
Disastrous Fire In Houston, Tex.
Houston, Tex. The main building,
boi.er house and storage house if the
Industrial Colton Oh Company, witii
10,000 tons of seed and other products,
has Just bu. nod here. Tho loss is
estimated to bo between $0U0,OUU aud
$750,000.
Well Known to Travellers.
llndiuna, Pa. Justice of the Peace
Sam Low man, aged 72, veteran bote
kv lKr of Sheiocia 1b deiul. He was
a li.vjong rt biditit of the couuty and
con.iUUed the l.o,;ail house at bholoc
'U for many yVarrf.
ELDEST SON OF CHARLES
I DICKENS DIES SUDDENLY
i
Alfred Tennyson Succumbs to Attack
of Heart Disease In New
York.
!
i New York, Jan. 3. Alfred Tennyson
Dickens, who was the eldest surviving
son of Charles Dickens, the novelist,
and a godson of Tennyson, died sud
denly In his apartment at the Ifotel
Astor. Mr. Dickens recently came
here from Australia, for a lecture tour
after lecturing for a year In England.
Mr. Dickens was dictating a letter and
had Just finished a New Year's greet
ing sentence when he gasped sudden
ly and sank back dead. Heart weak
ness aggravated by indigestion caused
his death. His secretary, A. Siemer
ling, vas alone with him.
Dickens was born in Devonshire
House, London, England, on October
28, 1845.
'FIGHTING BOB" EVANS DEAD
Rear Admiral Stricken Suddenly With
Acute Indiges
tion.
Washington, Jan. 4. Rear Admiral
Itobley D. Evans, familiarly known to
the American people as "Fighting
Bob" Evans, died at his home In this
city, following pn Illness of less than
three hours. A., attack of acute Indi
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REAR ADMIRAL R. O. EVANS.
gestion, which came on after he had
eaten hi - luncheon, was the cause of
death.
Arrangements for the funeral were
placed 1ft the hands of the Navy De
partment. According to members of
the family, Admiral Evans, was to all
appearances in the best of health up
the time of his fatal illness. At lunch
eon he was the gayest person at the
table, and laughed and Joked all
through the meal.
After luncheon he went into his den,
and wiib examining a sword which
was one of his favorite possessione.
While looking at the weaiion, he was
seized with acute pains In his stom
ach. He died three hours later.
PEACE IN CHINA AT END
Imperial Forces Will Fight to Force
a Limited Monar
chy. Pekin, Jan. 4. Ytinn-Shl-Kal, who
says he has obtained $2,000,000 from
the Empress Dowager and who expects
to seize $10,000,000 more owned by
Manchu nobles, said he would oppose a
republic and fight to the end. He has
Informally notified the legations, but
Just how far he means to go nobody
can say. lie Bays he will stand for a
monarchy based upon thnt of tho Brit
ish Empire nnd intimates he will have
the support of Japan. Itr any event
ho thinks one-half of China can be
saved to the anti-republicans.
GIRLS SAVE BOY'S LIFE
Skating Ccmrade Goes Through Thin
Ice and Has Narrow
Escape.
Danbury, Conn., Jan. 4. When 16-year-old
Harold Kirch broke through
the ice on Oil Mill pond on. the out
skirts of this city the only persons
near at hand were Ruth KIrkby, 17
years old, and Ruth Wilkinson, 16,
whom he had escorted on a skating
expedition.
Throwing herself flat upon the lee
Miss Kirkby made her way as close
to the hole as Bhe could, Iter compan
ion clinging to her at arm's length. In
this manner they managed lo reach
the end of a hockey stick to Kirch.
FEDERAL DEFICIT LARGER
$22,000,000 In Excess of Expenditures
In the Last Six
Months.
Washington, Jan. 3. The year 1911
Is bequeathing to tho Federal Govern
ment an increased deficit, as- com
pared with the dose of 1910, to be
wiped out, if possible, in the remaining
half of tho current fiscal year. The
general fund, representing the availa
hie resume's, of the Treasury, showed
a Llf row Ih, duo to tlio sale of $50,
tMiii, dim jn Panama Canal bonds In
;li year.
Helps to Feed Japanese.
Most abundant of all seaweeds are
the kelps, distributed along every
coast in the world. From these the
Japanese prepare many food r-oducts,
known undor the, gcuorio nuuo
kumbu.
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INAUGURATE FOSS
URGES MANY CHANGES IN ELEC
TION ACTS AND STATE REGU
LATION OF MONOPOLIES.
NEW LAWS ARE PROPOSED
Condemns Corporate Device That
Unites New Haven Line and Boa
ton & Maine Wants Real Consoli
dation Urges Publlo Ownership.
Boston, Jan. 5. Gov. Eugene N.
Fobs, the first Democratic Governor to
succeed himself in eighteen years,
was inaugurated for a second term
here. He urged many measures on
the attention of the Legislature, the
principal of which follow:
Strengthening of the Direct Nomi
nations law and abolition of fixed
party enrolment, "as the voter Is en
titled to the same secrecy at the pri
maries which Is now accorded him at
the polls."
The initiative, referendum and re
call. Direct election of United States Sen
ators. Prohibition of campaign advertising,
participation of corporations in elec
tions, hiring or loaning of conveyances
and all expenditures of money at the
polls.
Punishment of vote sellers and vote
buyers.
Sworn statements of expenses the
day before election.
Diatribution by the State, at State
expense, "of an election pamphlet in
which each candidate shall be allowed
space to state his claims."
Submission of woman suffrage to a
popular vote.
Home rule for cities.
Conservation of the State's natural
resources.
A State finance board to supervise
State and county expenses. :
A public utilities board.
Creation ot a labor bureau to en-'
force labor laws.
EUGENE FOSS,
Governor of Massachusetts.
Larger appropriations for agricul
tural societies and fairs.
Slate aid to higher education by
paying for free tuition In existing col
leges so as to avoid the expense of a
State university.
Ratification of the Federal Income
Tax amendment.
Reform of tax laws.
Co-operation with other New Eng
land States to procure uniformity of
laws.
Regul: tlpn of trusts and monopolies
by the State.
Dissolution of the Boston Railroad
Holding Company, a corporation which
enabled the New York, New Haven
and Hartford Railroad Company to ac
quire control vf the Boston and Maine
system.
Improvement of Boston harbor and
public ownership of transportation ter
minals so as to attfact the Canadian
trunk lines and make Boston the port
of Canada.
Removal of tariff handicaps.
Reciprocity with all nations.
TO STERILIZE CRIMINALS
New
Jersey Commission Organizes
for Work Under
Law.
Trenton, N. J., Jan. 5. The sterlll
Eatirn commission appointed by Gov
ernor Wilson under an act ot last win
ter organized here. Dr. George B.
Wight, Commissioner of Charities and
Corrections, was elected chairman and
Dr. Henry B." CobUU, of this city, sec
retary. The commissioners decided
to, Inform the managers of all institu
tions likely to have inmates available
for treiattiiPtit that they were prepared
to enforce tlK-irovlsions of the law.
The act provides for the sterilize
tion of certain classes of Insane per
sons and criminals convicted of speci
fied offences.
BY-PRODUCTS CHIEF PROFIT
Witness So Explains, Telling How
the Packing Business
Paid.
Chicago, Jan. 5. By-products yield
07 per cent, of the profits In the pack-'
lng business, according to figures glw
cn by William P. Miles, -foraerlT
general manager of the Armour Pick
ing Company of Kansas City, In tha
trial of the ten Chicago packers charg
ed with criminal violation of the Sher
man law. He gave the company's net
profits for 1K99 as $202,876 18 In the
, dressed beef department, based on
the; Blavshter of 24I.S'0 animal.
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