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VOL. XLVI. NO. 14.
TIONESTA, PA., WEDNESDAY, MAY 28, 1913.
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BOROUGH OFFICERS.
Burgess. J. C. Dunn.
Justices uflhe Peace O. A. Randall, D,
W. Clark.
OouHcttmen. J. W. Landers, J. T. Dale,
O, 11. Robinson, Win. Suiearbaugh,
R. J. Hopkins, U. F. Watson, A. B.
Kelly.
Constable 1j. L. Zuver.
Collector W. H. Hood.
School Directors W. O. Imel, J. R
Clark, 8. M. Henry, Q. Jamieson, D. 11
Blum.
FOREST COUNTY OFFICERS.
Member of Congress W. J. Hullngs.
Member of HewUeS. IC. P. llall.
Assembly A. R. MecbliuK.
President Judae W. D. Uinckley.
Automate Judges Hnmoel Aul, Joseph
N. Morgan.
Prothonotary, Register Recorder, te
H. R. Maxwell. ,
Hheriff Wm. H. Hood.
Treasurer W. H. Brar.ee.
Commissioners Wm. H. Harrison, J,
C. Hoowden, II. H. McClnllan.
District AttomevVl. A. Carrinirer.
Jury Commissioners J. B, Eden, A. M.
Moore.
Coroner Dr. M. O Kerr.
Oountv Auditors-George H. Warden,
A. C. Gregg; and S. V. Shields.
OmnfySuriKyor-Roy 8. Brsden.
County SuperintenttenlJ. O. Carson.
Heaula
Fourth Monday of February.
Third Monday of May.
Fourth Monday of September.
Third Monday of Novembers u,
Regular Meetings of County Comuils
sloners 1st and 8d Tuesdays of month.
Ckarch and Mabbath Hckl.
Presbyterian Sabbath School at 9:46 a,
m. t M. K. Sabbath School at 10:00 a. m
Preaching in M. E. Church every Sab
bath evenina by Rev. W.8. Burton.
Preaching In the F. M. Church every
Sabbath evening at tue usual nour. rtev
U. A. Garrett. Pastor.
Preaching in the Presbyterian cburoh
every Sabbath at U:UU a. in. ana f.w p,
in. Rev. U. A. Bailey, Pastor.
The regular meetlmrs of the W. C. T,
U. are held at the headquarters on the
second and fourth Tuesdays or eacn
mouth.
BUSINESS DIRECTORY.
'"PI'.N ESTA LODGE, No. 869, 1. 0. 0. F.
-L Meets every Tuesday evening, in Odd
Fellows' Hall, Partridge building.
CAPT. GEORGE STOW POST, No. 274
O. A. R. Meets 1st Tuesday after
noon of each mouth at 3 o clock.
CAPT. GEORGE STOW CORPS, No.
137, W. R. C, meets first and third
Weduesday evening of each month.
RITCHEY,
ATTORN EY-AT-L AW,
Tionesta, Pa.
MA. CARltlNGER,
Attorney and Counsellor-at-Law.
Ollloe over Forest County National
Bank Building, TIONESTA, PA.
CURTIS M. 8IIAWKEY,
ATTORN EY-AT- LAW,
Warren, Pa.
Praotice in Forest Co.
AC BROWN,
ATTORN EY-AT-LAW.
Office in Arner Building, Cor. Elm
and Bridge Sts., Tionesta, Pa.
FRANK S. HUNTER, D. D. S.
Rooms over Citizens Nat. Bank,
TIONESTA, PA.
DR. F. J. BOVARD,
Physician A Surgeon,
TIONESTA, PA.
Eyes Tested and Glasses Fitted.
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OIL CITY, PA,
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J. B. PIERCE, Proprietor.
Modern and up-to-date in all its ap
pointments. Every convenience and
comfort provided for tbe traveling public.
CENTRAL HOUSE,
W R. A. FULTON, Proprietor.
Tlonseta, Pa. This is the most centrally
located hotel in the place, and has all the
modern improvements. No pains will
be spared to make it a pleasant stopping
place for the traveling public.
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Shop over R. L. Haslet's grocery store
on Elm street. Is prepared to do all
Kinds of custom work from the finest to
the coarsest and guarantees his work to
give perfect satisfaction. Prompt atten
tion given to mending, and prices rea
sonable. JAMES HASLET,
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Few Democrats lo Join Repub
licans and Change Tariff
SMALL W00LANDSUGAR DUTY
Preterit Information Discloses That at
Least Four Democratic Senators In
.tend to Desert Caucus Decision.
Democratic leaders hi tlie Vnited
States senate now fully expect that
the Underwood bill wild be amend
ed In important particulars In the sen
ate, If not sooner in the finance com
mittee or the Democratic caucus.
The belief i's girowlng that the bill
when it leaves the senate will carry
a duty on sugar of between TO and SO
cents per hundred pounds and that
wool will be taxed 20 per cent instead
of being on the lree list as at present.
It is further expected that when the
tariff bill comes ba?k from the con
ference committee free wool and ulti
mate free sugar will have been re
stored aa in the bill at present. It
will then be up to the senate to en
gage In a tug of war with the house
over the accetpance of the conference
import.
The Republican leaders In congress
have Information which leaila some
of them at least to believe that the
Bhrewder of the Democratic leaders
look forward to suoh a result as the
best ?o!'Ulion of the troublesome
problem presented to them by the
sugar and wool schedules in the sen
ale. They realize that at least two Dem
ocratic, senators will vote for an
amendment to put a duty on wool
when the Republicans offer it In the
senate and that the two from Ixnilst
ana will vote for a duty on sugar. In
dications aire that these four Domo
oratic senators and probably more
have reached an undor-itanding, or will
reach one shortly, by which they will
pool issues and be able by joining
with the Republicans to amend the
bUl in the senate. Having done this
they will at least have made a demon
stration to satisfy their Democratic
followers in the wool and sugar
producing states.
The Democratic leaders believe
that when the final test comes on ac
cepting or rejecting the tariff bill as
a whole after it has been returned
from the conference committee carry
ing free wool and uMlmate free
sugar the recalcitrant Demoorats will
yield and accept the bill practically in
the form In which President Wilson
had approved it.
This coi rge would allow the Dem
ocrat senators to save their faces with
' h() ..e fc'ks. Realizing the possi
bility of such a denouement the Re
publican leaders are planning to put
the responsibility squarely upon the
Democratic senators who profr3s to
be ardew'i'y in favor of a duty on wool
or on sugar.
There U a coiuilinory spirit among
Democratic members of the finance
committee toward the western sena
tors and the two Louisiana senators
who are Uauding out for the wool duty
and the f.igar duty. Several compro
mise suggestions have been made but
nulling lias been agreed upon.
It is expected that Senator Ransdoll
will strike an effective -blow next week
when tie addresses the senate in an
effort to draw a distinction between
the "sugar trust" and the growers of
cane and beets. The senator insists
th ait the tCcongest single influence that
works for free sugar is the trust. The
speech promises to be sensational.
BIG GUN SCATTERS DEATH
Three Killed, Nine Injured at Fort
Moultrie Near Charleston, S. C.
Three soldiers were killed and mine
or more seriously Injured at Fort
Moultrie neair Charleston, S. C, when
the breech 'blew off a three-inch gun
which was being used for target
practice.
Privates Baker, Christensen and
Dalton were killed, the former two
being cut In two anil dying instantly.
Captain Manna, who was standing
with severail other officers, was badly
wounded in the side by a fragment
from the exploded cannon. Hospital
Steward Lamar was Injured in the
right arm and hand.
Death Under 800-Pound Safe.
Jacob U Rablnowitz, fifty-four
years old, a prosperous merchant, was
found dead In his store in Phlladel
(hla under circumstances which point
to murder. The man's head was
Jainimed under an SOO-pound safe, ?
stirap buckiled about his neck, a heavy
piece of kindling wood lay beside his
body and his pockets were turned in
side out. His wife told the police
that $100 which he received had dis
appeared. Find Another Body In Mine.
Workmen In the Cincinnati mine of
the Monongahela River Consolidated
Coal and Coke company near Monon
gahela, Pa., in which a disastrous ex
plosion ooourcd last April 21!, found
another body, bringing the number of
known vi'rtlnia to ninety-seven. It is
believed to be that of Joseph Vincenzo.
Insane Man Starves Himself,
Worry over domestic troubles sent
FV6tus E. Klger, aged thirty-four, to
lb Columbus (O,) stale 'hospital five
days ago. He died of starvation,
having refused to eat.
Uncle Sam's Soldiers 0(1
For Hawaii
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Photos by Amerlciin Press Association.
The hurried departure of 230 In
fantrymen from Fort Slocum near New
York to Honolulu has caused a stir.
The upper picture shows the soldiers
aboard the transport General Stan
ley. They are seen at the railroad
station in New York in the lower
picture.
JOHNSON SIGNS BILL
Californians May Have Chance to Vote
on Alien Land Measure.
Governor Johnson of California
signed the anti-alien land bill. It will
go, into effect Aug. 17. '
Governor Johnson made this state
ment: "I repeat what I have before said:
California for the first time has an
alien land bill. Any man who wishes
another kind of law may consistently
Invoke the initiative. No man who
really wishes an alien land law will
sign a referendum as to this law.
"If another law is sought it may e
done by initiative petition and in the
meantime the present law will be in
operation. To tie up the present law
by referendum means no law until
November, 1014."
The Asiatic Exclusion League of
California has instructed its legisla
tive committee to draft a petition for
a referendum vote on the alien land
bill to be circulated immediately,
CONSERVATISM RULES
Business Continues Large, But Future
Is Ignored.
Dun's Review of Trade says this
week:
"The volume of business in nearly
all branches of trade and industry
continues ery large, but it is mostly
to immediate iieed. Confidence !s
sustained by the prospect of big crops,
but manufacturers and merchants still
pursuo a conservative policy pending
the termlnitiou of tariff uncertainty.
Such recession in trade as exists is
chiefly In the absence of new orders
for future delivery.
"Mercantile and industrial condi
tions are strengthened by the absence
of large stocks and the financial situa
tion is made more Becure by the ab
sence of excessive speculation. The
iron aij steel mills continue fully oc
cupied in holding orders, but there has
been a sharp falling off In the vouime
of new business."
14 STUDENTS HURT
Seats Collapse in Akron High School
Auditorium.
Fourteen students were injured in
Central High school, Akron, O., when
seats which had been erected in one
end of the auditorium coVJapsed with
nearly 200 pupils seated on them.
The students were rehearsing the
oratorio, "Samson." Although a num
ber of the students, many of whom
were girls, were seriously injured, it
Is not believed any will die.
The tier of seats was u.p about
twenty feet from the floor. The seats
collapsed in the middle and the schol
ars were thrown in a heap on the floor,
falling upon one another.
PITTSBURG MARKETS.
Butter Prints, 3232V4; tubs, 2!V
fi:!0. Egg.-- Selected, 22. Poultry
Hens, live, 16(fjn.
Cattle Choice, $8.40(118.50; prime.
$8.20(Ti 8.40; good, $8fi8.20; tidy butch
ers, $70 8; fair, I7.75&8; common, V
ij"; goad to choice heifers, )67.?S;
common to fat bulls. $tiffr7; fat cows,
$ii(i 7; fresh cows and springers, $i!0ii
"."; common cows, fti r.7.". Sheep
and Lambs lrime wethers, $:M(tj)
6.7"; good mixed, f.'i'Ti 5.40; fair mixed,
$4.2."i(ii 4.8."; cuKs and common, $2..'U(fJ
S..10; lambs, 14ft' 7.50; spring lambs,
$7(j 10; veal calves, $itfi 10; "heavy and
thin calves, $7(Ji 8. Hogs Prime heavy
hogs, $8.80; heavy mixed, $8.80fi 8.85;
medium, heavy Yorkers, light Yorkers
and pigs, $8.iiufi 8 il.",;. roughs, $7.50
7.75; stags, $6.50(7.
JUNE 12 MAY
BE FINAL DATE
Legislative Leaders Can See
Adjournment Short Ways Ahead
IMPORTANT BILLS IN SENATE
Utilities Measure, Unamended, Passes
House Election Bills to Be Re
ported From Senate Committee.
The Pennsylvania legislative lead
ers are beginning to' see the end and
It is likely that In a Bhort time June
12 will be fixed as the date for final
adjournment.
The public utilities bill was report
ed from the senate corporations com
mittee and Chairman W. E. Crow had
It read a first time. It bill be on final
passage June 2.
TUe senate elections committee re
ported the following bills on Mondny
night: ' f7'.ti. v
Statewide "Uniform primary, non-
(mr,iin ballot, nonassistance . t
voteis, making it a misdemeanor tu
assist voters unless the elector Is
physically disabled, prison sentence
for crooked election ofTicers, iprison
sentence for the elector who accepts
pay for voting and prison sentence
for fraudulent voting.
The Rockwell public utilities bill
was passed finally in the Pennsylvania
house. The vote was: Yeas, 185; nayj,
9. The opposition consisted of one
Republican, Light of Franklin, and
these Democrats: Carson, Washing
ton; CorniiT, Good and Mudphy, Lu
zerne; Grabe, Uutler; Kuhns, Lehigh;
Musser, Juniata, and Rothenberger,
Berks.
George W. Allen of Allegheny made
a final attempt to put amendments in
the bill. He was refused unanimous
consent and voted down on a motion
to go into the committee of the whole
to gain (lie same point.
The bill, which now goes to the sen
ate, is designed to regulate the pub'ic
service corporations. It would create
a public utilities commission, which
would supervise rates, service, etc
and would have more power than the
present state railroad commission in
regard to enforcing its findings, as
well as having control over many
more forms of public utilities. The
amendments Uliat Allen, Humes and
Scott wanted to put into the measure
were designed to allow the commis
sion to supervise proposed issues of
stock and bonds so that none could
be issued after the commission ihad
approved them.
The Ulerich bill, to prevent beer
peddling, advocated by Governor
Tener, was defeated In the house.
Ths vote was 90 yeas to 93 nays, the
measure failing for want of a constl
tutional majority.
The Magee bill, to increase the pen
alties for persons arrested for Intoxi
cation and give the fines to the school
fund, was defeated on final passage In
tbe house, 36 to 96.
The Kline bill, to permit an appeal
to the superior court in certain cases
where wloon keepers had been re
fused a license, was defeated in the
house on final passage. The measure
received 86 votes, while 97 were cast
against h. The legislation lacked 18
votes of a constitutional majority. Its
defeat means the end of the Snyder
beer delivery bill, which is being held
in the senate to see what happened to
the Kline measure. The decisive vote
of the house indicates the liquor Inter,
ests might as well go home.
The 'bilil to fix bounties for wild
cats, gray foxes, weasels, certain
hawkj and owls and porcupines was
passed by the house, 144 to 18.
Possession or sale of opium, mor
phine, heroin and their salts and de
rivatives would be restricted by a ibill
passed finally in the house.
The bill introduced by John L. Post,
Washington, to require recorders of
deeds to keep all documents open to
newspapermen, was defeated on final
passage in the house, 94 to 5.
Sentlmentalisni on the part of rep
resentatives coming from cities of the
third class, whose municipalities
would have been shunted Into the
fourth class by the enactment of the
Kaiser bill, sent that bill down to de
feat, 46 to 118.
The bill was designed to rearrange
the cities of the state Into four classes,
Instead of three, the primary object
being to separate Scranton and Pitts
burg, both of which are now cities of
the second class. Under the terms oi
the bill all cities having a population
of 1,000,000 or more would have been
In the first class; over 500,000 and
less than 1,000,000, second class; over
100,000 and less than 500,000, third
class, and all under 100,000 fourth
class.
The governor has signed tht)
Lowers' Bible and the Flynn church
bills. Both laws become effective at
once. The latter measure generally
applies to the Catholic church only,
Some Protestant denominations ob
jected to its passage and approval.
$75,000 Loss In Fire.
Fire swept the business section of
Osceola, Center county. Pa., causing
a property loss of $75,000. Five store
buildings and a number of dwelling
houses were destroyed.
Ice Cream Poisons Twenty.
Twenty persons are suffering in
Charleston, W. Va., from ptomaine
poisoning, which is blamed on stale
Ice cream. '
;eeps out of water now
-sr.der With Fishing Line Tied to
His Leg Has Lively Time
With Pickerel.
A Wisconsin gander was bo upset
y experiments made upon and
through him by a mischievous boy
that lor a long tlmtj ne would not go
into the water.
The gander's determination to ab
stain from water sb a means of bath
ing grew out or the following circum
stances: The boy thought he would tie a fish-inu-iine
to the gander's leg and with
a book properly baited turn tbe bird
out Into the water. The bait was a
frog.
The gander went Into the mill pond,
where he swam around for half an
hour, turning "fllp-tlr.ps" and diving
for food. Suddenly he felt a pull at
his leg and looked as surprised as the
"lone fisherman" when he caught a
whale.
Tbe gander concluded that there
was something the matter, and he
looked to ascertain the cause. The
pickerel on the hook gave several
Jerks, whereupon the gander decided
that be wanted to go home.
He at once started for the shore,
but the pickerel on tbe hook wanted
to eo the other wrv. The Enniler
m seemed frightened at first. Then he
evinced signs of anger and tried to
fly to shore, but the pickerel pulled
him back.
Alter half an hour of the hardest
work he bad ever done, the gander
came ashore dragging a six-pound
pickerel up the bank.
The boy took off the pickerel ana
baited the hook with another frog. He
tried to induce the gander to go In
lor another swim, but no amount of
persuasion could get tbe bird to do so.
He simply could not be driven in. For
many weeks the gander would not go
Into the water. He would proceed
with the rest ot his flock to the wa
ter's edge, but there he would stop.
He would seem to be arguing with
them with reference to the danger
they were courting.
BIG RUBY UNDER HIS SKIN
Burmese-Eurasian Was Used as Hid
ing Place for Jewel by His
Father.
Surgeon Watson tells Tip about
jonie strange smuggling, a story of
Burtnah rubies nnd diamonds that
passed through this port undetected,
It not unsuspected. The surgeon was
called to a big hotel to see a gen
tleman with a painful arm. The pa
lient was a yellow, slender, tawny
blond, the left arm a little Bwollen and
very painful. A hard lump was found
under the skin just above the elbow,
and this was pressed on the "funny"
nerve that runs behind the elbow.
Tbe lump felt so queer and unusual
that the surgeon took an X-ray shot
at It and found it to be a big ruby,
lbout five carats.
This is the novel story of a man
with the ruby In his arm: lie was
a Burmese-Eurasian (Ills father half
white). In his childhood his father
hud been tha chief of a band of da
ooits, cut-throat highwaymen, and had
skillfully and painlessly inserted a
number of stones Into the lnyer of
fat under the skin of his fat boy, to
make him a walking cache of secret
treasure. As a youth he went to a
mission school, later was graduated
from a "tech" school, and was now
a highly successful business man. The
man with tho arm set with rubles
would allow no more examinations or
X-ray pictures. There was not a
trace of scar near the ruby, so skill
fully had the insert settling been
made. When asked what he intended
to do about his hlidden treasures, he
said that was for his father to say
If alive. New York Press.
Man and His Ways.
One day a well-known politician was
enjoying a chat with a friend at a ho
tel, when a strange young man cams
up nnd said:
"Can 1 see you for a moment. Mr.
Dash?'- .
"Certainly," said Mr. Dash, rising.
The young man led Uliu across the
room and seemed to hnva something
Important to say to him. Arrived in
a corner, the stranger whispered In
the politicians ear:
"I am of the staff of an evening
paper, and I should like you to tell
me what you think of the situation in
the ast."
Mr. Dash looked a little puzzled at
first, then he said:
"Follow me."
Leading the way, he walked through
the reading-room, through a passage
into the (lining-room, and drawing his
sltor Into the corner behind the hat
rack, he whispered:
'1 really don't know anything about
it."
Massachusetts Came Farm.
A game farm of between 6,000 and
t,000 acres in Carver and Plymouth
has been acquired by the American
(lame Protective and Propagation as
sociation oil a ten years lease, with
option or purchase, and elaborate ex
periments are proposed for conserv
ing the wild lile of tho New Kng-
land forests and waters.
It Is stipulated that after the ex
piration of the lease the farm shall
continue for twenty years to be a
inctuary for game, whether or not
the tract Is bought. They do these
things rather better in the old coun
try, snd It Is proposed to Import a
Scotch gamekeeper to start a lino cf
rxpei t natives tu the calling. SpriLg-
field Republican.
4 MILLIONS FOR
RELIGIOUS WORK
Presbyterians Vote Great Sum
Before Adjourning
SCORING FOR IRRELIGIOUS
Narrative Committee Reports That
4,000 Churches Failed to Get New
Members During the Past Year.
A budget of almost $1,000,000 for re
ligious work at home and abroad was
adopted by the Northern Presbyterian
general assembly at the closing sua
sion at Atlanta, Ua.
Much Interest centered in Che Narra
tive of Religion, which declared that
the white slave traffic was making In
roads into the Sabbath schools and
Christian Endeavor societies of the
land and that far too many of the
churches' most intelligent members
spent their Sundays on the golf llnlu,
instead of attending divine services.
The narrative called attention to tho
fact that nearly 4,000 churches in the
denomination had not received a
single member of confession last year
and that it requires fifty church mem
bers a whole year to save a single
soul.
Notwithstanding these facts the
oh urc h reports more than 87,01)0 ad
ditions on profession of faith, the
largest number for auy one year in its
history.
Facts were brought to the attention
of the assembly regarding vacant
churches and unemployed ministers,
which led to the approval of a plan to
establish a kind of employment agency
to be known as the committee on
vacancy and supplies and $7,."00 was
voted to defray the expenses of this
agency, which will have an office in
Chicago and a paid secretary. Rev
Walter II. Huston, the secretary of the
committee, declared that hi order to
supply all of the vacant churches
1,000 more ministers are needed.
All efforts by the friends of the homo
board to have the action of the as
sembly reconsidered and the stamp of
approval placed on the department of
church and country life failed and the
wording of the recommendation, "that
this department shall be discontinued
as soon as practicable," stands.
The movement to oust the assistant
clerk of the assembly was withdrawn
through the executive commission
The assembly directed that a pur
chasing agent for mil of the boards and
agencies of the church should be em
ployed. .More than $100,01)0 is spent
each year for supplies nnd this actiuu
was taken in the interest of economy.
The question of a single treasurer fo.
all the boards and agencies of tho
church was held over for another
year.
THIRTY-FIVE LIVES LOST
Municipal Pier at Long Beach, Cat.,
Sollapses Under Crowd.
Prospective damage suits aggregat
ing piobnbly $1,000,01)0 or more and a
grand jury investigation engaged the
attention of city ollicials as the most
imminent outcome of the disaster
when thirty-live persons lost their
lives in the collapse of a portion of
the ni-unicipiiil pier at Long Beach, Cal.
The list is expected to he further in
creased by two.
Mayor I. S. Hatch, members of the
city council and of the board of pub-
lls works conferred with District At
torney Johu 1). Fredericks with refer
ence to the grand Jury Inquiry which
will be started either on or Just be
fore the coroner's inquest tomorrow.
The object of the Inquiry is to fix re
sponsibility for the condition of the
pier, a section of wQiich in front of the
municipal auditorium went down
under a weight of human beings which
has been estimated at less than 7."0
tons.
The weakness of the pier, which
was built eight years ago and never
repaired in that particular portion, is
believed to have been due to decay
caused by the action of salt air on
wood and Its Iron fasteners and sup
ports. M'CARTY'S NECK BROKEN
Prize Fighter's Heart Found to Be In
Good Shape.
Luther .Mct'arty, claimant of the
white heavyweight chumpionship of
the world, was knocked out by Arthur
Pelkey's terrillc blow in the first round
of the light for the heavyweight hon
ors at Calgary, Alberta. He died eight
minutes later.
The latest developments of the
tragic ending of the ball In discloses
the startling newd that McCurty'a
deatli was caused from a broken neck
and a btirsted blood vessel at the base
of the brain, directly caused from the
punch dellvired by Pol key whose left
landed Hush on the right side of Mc
carty's Jaw.
It was learned through ono of tho
medical students who attended tho
autopsy that the heart still almost
held its shape.
Tin; city aiilhorities have decided to
hold I'e.lkey until after the Inquest and
not allow him further liberty on bail.
Killed Under Train.
William Jackson, aged twenfy eif.ht,
of Dubois, I'a., was killod at Dayton,
O., his head and left arm being sev
ered complet ely under the wheels of
a Big Pour tiuiu.
DEAD BEATS OF ONE PATTERN
Veteran Credit Man Says They All
Talk Alike and Try Same
Tricks.
"Deadbeats," remarked an old credit
man, "all talk alike. They are plausi
ble to start with," he went on, "and
are so free and easy they deceive ev
ery one but the most astute credit
man. When they are dunned the first
time they make a frank and positive
promUe to pay on a certain date. They
do this so unreservedly that suspicion
Is disarmed. Of course they don't pay
but they have some of the best ex
cuses In the world. They have had a
run of hard luck, for Instance. If
the merchant takes this well, they will
ask for more credit. If the merchant
Is obdurate they will come back with
the statement that the merchant Is
making It unnecessarily hard for them
to get along by crowding them; they
will hint, also, that others have been
soliciting their trade.
"Right there Is tho time to coma
down on them hard. Shut oft their
credit. Usually It is useless to sue,
tor such persons are Judgment proof.
The next move Is to let them think
you have fcrgotten them. They al
ways are on the watch for the mnn
who keeps nagging them all the time,
but they grow careless of the man,
who leaves them alone. Some day they
will leave an opening so that some
thing can be attached or levied on,
and then is the time to Jump In and
get your money.
"A favorite trick of the deadbeat Is
to offer his note for the account.
These fellows think nothing of giving
their notes. They would buy the con
tinent of Asia if they could give their
notes for It, and would clean up a for
tune and get out of paying the note.
Just listen to one of these deadbeats
talk, remember what he says, and
when the next one strikes you his lan
guage will be Identical. It Is almost
as If It were the fixed ritual of their
order."
PARISH SPLIT OVER LATIN
French and Germans of Metz at War
Over the Proper Sound
of "U."
The proper method of pronouncing
Lntln has long been a matter of con
troversy among the learned, but It Is
startling to find nn entire parish dis
organized by the question. This la
the case in the parish of St. Max
ima's, In Metz.
The older clergy of Alsace-Lorraine
were brought up under French Influ
ence, and are accustomed to pro
nounce the church Latin with tbe soft
French "u." The younger generation
has been taught in the schools to pro
nounce the "u" full, according to tho
German and Italian manner.
Yesterday the choir of St. Maxlmln'a
pronounced the Latin of the pieces
sung at mass in tho German way. The
parish priest, an old man, solemnly
rebuked them, and they shut up their
music books and left the church.
Probably tho clergyman found the
new pronunciation grated on his ears,
nnd his outburst was due to the sensi
tiveness of a scholar.
The parishioners, however, are not
scholars, and are now divided into
two camps those who maintain that,
as Metz is now a German city, the
church Latin should be sung in the
German way, mid those who hold that
the choir is doing the work ot Ger
man officials and attempting to de
stroy French lulluence. New YorK
Tribune.
The Slayer of Mlaco.
Ono of tho most peculiar cases ever
brought to the attention of the court
of first instance recently canio to light
in Pangaslnnn Province.
Pedro Pabalra, with two others, was
accused of the murder of Bernabe
Laco, nnd on being brought to trial
the first pleaded guilty, there being nn
aggravating circumstance of treach
ery, and was sentenced to 20 years
la Bllibid.
Now It comes to light that the do
ceased was Mlaco, an outlaw, who de
serted from tho constabulary some
tlmo ago, taking with him various
arms and accoutrements nnd who had
engaged in outlawry slneo that time.
There was a reward of 500 pesos out
for his capture, dead or nllve.
The question now is. Should the pris
oner serve his term for killing a fel
low-citizen, or should ho bo liberated
nnd given a reward for killing nn ene
my to society? Mnnila Weekly
Times.
Captain Cook Statue.
None too soon, that renowned Eng
lish navigator, Captain Cook, Is to
have a memorial In London. It will
take tho form of a statue of the ex
plorer of the Northwest Passage, and
Is being executed by Sir Thomas
Brock, R. A., the commissioners be
ing tho British Empire league. The
statue Is expected to bo finished in
November next, when it will be set
up, appropriately enough, near ttie
new Admiralty Arch, close to Trafal
gar square. Many distinguished folk
are expected to bo present at the un
veiling, which probably will be per
formed by tho king, who, as a keen
pallor, has taken a lot of Interest In
tho memorial project
Proof of Riches.
Patience They say he was taken
sick on tho train.
Patrice Indeed? What was ths.
mailer?
"Oh, bo nto too much In a dining
cur."
"Oh! is he as rich as thatr