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PENNSYLVANIA
Interesting Items from All Sections of
the Keystone State.
80 MILES NEW HIGHWAYS
Pennsylvania Will Spend About $675,
000, Adding to 626 Miles
Completed.
Harrisburg—Pennsylvania will add
between 70 and 80 miles of improved
highways this year to the roads built
under the supervision of the state
highway department. The unusually
early season has -enabled contractors
for road work to begin work in 20
counties and every effort is being
made to push construction rapidly.
The state has built 626 miles of
road since the creation of the high-
way department, the bulk of the work
in the last two years. The construc-
tion is handled entirely by the state,
but townships and boroughs choose
roads to be improved.
Lately steps have been taken to
connect isolated links of road and
several stretches of 10 or 12 miles
soon will be ready for traffic. More
attention also is being given to the
use of brick on roads.
The state has 96.6 miles of road un-
der contract and about $675,000 to
spend on construction this year. The
average cost per mile is between $8.
500 and $9,000.
« JILTED LOVER STABS GIRL
Former Sweetheart Is Cut With Knife
When She Spurns Marriage Offer.
New Castle—His offers of marriage
‘rejected, the unfavored suitor is al-
leged to have stabbed Mary Ferringe,
18 years old, at Wampum. A posse
is seeking a man by the name of Dom-
inick Carosse. .
The girl had just Hopped from the
house when she was attacked with a
knife, and slashed about the head.
Her hands were cut in her efforts to
defend herself. Carossc had drawa
$115, all his money, from a bank, but
he left behind nearly a month’s pay
due from the Pennsylvania railroad.
Fatal Duel.
Greensburg—A pistol duel following
a trivial argument at supper table in
the boarding house of Pasquale Stiller,
at Shire Oaks, terminated fatally for
Vincenzo Trimbo, 35 years old, shot
through the heart, abdomen and right
shoulder. Antony Trucucy, 30 years
old, was wounded in the abdomen.
Both men were employed as section
hands on the Pittsburg, Virginia &
Charleston railroad and boarded at
the home of Pasquale Stiller.
B. of T. Ask for More Wages.
Scranton—Grand Lodge President A.
B. Garrettson, of the Order of Rail
way Conductors, and President W. G.
Lee, of the Brotherhood of Trainmen,
submitted to General Superintendent
FT. E. Clarke of the Delaware, Lacka-
wanna & Western railroad, here the
demands of the conductors and train-
men of that road for an increase in
wages. ]
Colleries Resume Work.
Pottsville—Work was resumed at
the Blackwood colliery of the Lehigh
Valley Coal Company, which has been
idle for a year and a half. Employ-
ment will be given to 700 men. It is
reported that two other colleries of
the company at Centralia, which have
been idle for two years, will also re-
sume. Two thousand men were em-
ployed at the latter colleries.
Franklin Third Class Now.
Franklin—Franklin has . become a
city of the third class, with Attorney
Robert F. Glenn as the new mayor. He
was elected on a fusion ticket. He is
the first Democratic mayor for more
than 15 years. Both councils are Re-
publican. The controller is Phil En-
gelskirger and the new treasurer C. A.
Steele. The mayor's salary has been
increased from $1 to $300.
Brings Back Wrong Man.
Sharon—After an Italian had been
brought from Marion, Ill., to Mercer
county, at a cost of nearly $250, to an-
swer the charge of murdering Car-
mello Bombaco, at Pardoe last May,
it was discovered that he is not the
man wanted. It is probable the man
will be sent back at the expense of
the county. Guiseppe Costanzo is
the man wanted on the murder charge.
‘ Loses Suit,
Franklin—In Common Pleas Court
here a jury returned a verdict for the
“defendants in the case of T. Clifton
Jenkins of Pittsburg against Dr. J. M.
Wallace, S. R. Smith and Henry Wil-
son of Franklin. The action was
brought to compel the defendants to
pay $18,000 for an oil farm in Warren
county.
Peanut Factery Burns.
Bedford—The Fort Bedford peanut
roasting factory, owned by H. C. Heck-
erman, of Bedford, said to have been
the largest concern of its kind in the
United States, was totally destroyed
by fire. The factory and contents
were cvalued at $30,000, with $13,500
insurance.
Wages Increase Six Per Cent.
Kittanning—The Pittsburg and Buf-
falo Company of Johnetta has volun-
tarily increased the wages of its men
six per cent and all are working.
Nearly all other miners in Armstrong
county are working, pending a settle-
ment of the wage scale.
the process servers
VOTE TO KEEP UP FIGHT
Leaders Say Peace Proposal of Mayor
Was Unanimously Rejected
by Car Men,
Philadelphia—The striking car men
of the Philadelphia Rapid Transit
Company voted to remain on strike
until their demands have been granted
by the company.
According to the strike leaders, it
was unanimously voted to ignore the
proposition of the company, made
through Mayor Reyburn two weeks
ago. Many men left the meeting be-
fore the vote was taken, but Peter
Driscoll, president of the local car
men’s union, denied that there had
been any wholesale desertions. Other
accounts of the meeting, which was se-
cret, state that Secretary Pratt and
other leaders had difficulty in restrain-
ing the men from noceniing the com-
pany’s offer.
DEPUTY SHERIFFS ROUTED
Miners at Avonmore Disarm Them
and State Police Are Called
Upon.
Kittanning—Deputies sent by Sheriff
Thomas of Indiana county, to quell
striking foreigners at the Hicks Com-
pany mine, near Avonmore, were driv-
en away from the mine in ignominious
rout. Surrounded on their arrival at
the mine by jeering strikers,. they
were stripped of revolvers and police
sticks, separated and jostled until
compelled to give up trying to control
the situation. The strikers refrained
from injuring the deputies.
The sheriff appealed to the state con-
stabulary at Punxsutawney and 16 -of
the state police responded. As they
advanced to the mine the strikers dis-
persed. The state constabulary are
in charge.
HUSTON ADMITS CONSPIRACY
Accused State Capitol Architect De-
nies He Was a Party to Fraud.
Harrisburg—The trial of Joseph M.
Houston, architect of the State capi-
tol, on the charge that he conspired to
defraud the state by certifying to a
padded bill for desks for the building’s
equipment was virtually narrowed
down to the architect’s part in a con-
spiracy, which the defendant admit-
ted did exist among the men who
have been convicted, but to which he
contends he was not a party.
This admission caused a ripple, but
the attorneys for the Commonwealth
declined to be restricted in their evi-
dence as much as desired. George S.
Graham, who made the offer in behalf
of Huston, declared that it was solely
for the purpose of saving time, to
which James Scarlet retorted that the
state was just as anxious to shorten
the trial, but that it was bound to
prove its case and would put in evi-
dence to do so.
DROPS DIVORCE SUIT
Wife Not Reached by Process Servers
Before Action Was Discontinued.
Franklin—The suit for divorce, in-
stituted by Major General Charles Mil-
ler last January against his wife, Mrs.
Emma A. Miller, has been discontin-
ued. The subpoena in the suit was
never served, Mrs. Miller having led
a merry chase
when in this state. :
Mrs. Miller has not been in Frank-
lin since last November and it is be-
lieved she is in New York.
GODDA GETS FIVE YEARS
Quaker City Man Guilty of Putting
Explosives on Car Tracks.
Philadelphia—Having pleaded guil-
ty to placing explosives on the tracks
of the Philadelphia Rapid Transit
Company, Frank Godda, a strike sym-
pathizer, was sentenced to five years
in the Eastern penitentiary.
Godda is an Australian and has been
in America only two months. He said
he found a dynamite cap and was told
by. boys to ‘place it on the car tracks.
Advance Granted in Butler District.
Butler—An increase of 5.55 per cent
on minihg and day labor, the amount
demanded by the United Mine Work:
ers in“4convention at Cincinnati, was
granted all miners in the Butler coun-
ty district. The operators of the
three union mines joined with the
owners and open-show mines in agree-
ment on the new scale. All non-
union mines in Butler and Mercer
counties will be operated without in-
terruption.
Miners Go on Strike.
Butler—One hundred men employed
in the Bessemer Company colleries at
Russelltown, 30 miles south of here,
quit work when the company refused
to sign the scale. At Kaylor, where
the Great Lakes Coal Company oper-
ates several mines with a ferce of
300, the miners have voted to quit.
Struck By Train and Killed..
Rochester—Wilbur Means, 25 years
old, of Freedom, Pa., was struck by
the Conway relief train on the Penn-
sylvania railroad at this place and
sustained injuries from which he died
a few minutes later. Means had just
alighted from a street car and was
crossing the railroad tracks to go to
the home of a brother,
TH SEASONS
NEW DESICNS_
New York City.—Closings at the’
left of the front make the latest fea-
ture of fashion and children’s dresses
are shown so quite as well as the
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‘closed for its entire length with but-
tons and button holes above and be-
low the trimming, invisibly beneath
the trimming, consequently it can be
opened out and laundered with per-
fect success, and is especially well
adapted to washable materials. Plaid
Scotch gingham is the one illustrated,
with trimming of banding and but-
tons. Linen would be handsome so
made, pique, and, indeed, almost all
the simpler washable materials, while
the model also can be used for the
wools of immediate wear. Plaid wool
material with trimming of black vel-
vet ribbon is always smart and attrac-
tive and suits the design admirably
well. Blouse and skirt portions are
separate and are joined Veneath a
belt. The pleats over the shoulders
give becoming breadth and the pleats
at the back and sides of the skirt
mean graceful fulness.
The dress is made with blouse and
skirt portions, which are joined and
closed at the left of the front. The
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Mushrooms Baked Under Glass.
Peel and remove the’ stems Svea:
good sized firm mushrooms. ome
lightly in plenty of butter amd sess
son with salt and pepper. Put rooms
slices of toast in the dish, cover Wik.
liguor free
the pan in which they have beem samé
ed, cover with the bells and bake ism
fifteen to twenty minutes. WWitem
ready to serve add a tablesposmia
hot cream to each dish and serve am
der the bells.—Washington Star.
Coffee Cake.
This can be made almost while ysis
wait. Take two scant tablespoons
of butter, or one of butter and ome off
lard,. one-quarter cup of suZar, SIEY
egg and three-fourths of a cap af
milk. After this is well mized mdi
enough flour to make a batter abesss
the same as for cup cake. Ii will ms
quire about two cups of flour, siffagl
with a teaspoonful and a half ef halk
ing powder. Stir to a soft dough smi
spread in a dripping pan. Spriekis
with sugar, mixed with cinnazmsm zi:
fine cut almonds. Little lumps of
butter about the size of a snail nme
ble may also be added at inferwiss.
Bake in a moderate oven and seems
hot and fresh.—Washington Star.
Mangoes.
These good, old-fashioned, Some
made pickles, which our grandad
ers patterned after East Indiam pres
parations, are again in the height a
gastronomic style, and the vRmEE
who knows how to make then msg
be sure that they will never gm fs
waste on her hands. They may Res
made from small green mushoeg,
water or musk melons, green lsum
toes, large cucumbers, peppers, memei-
es—any fruit, in fact, from which She
inside seeds or stone can be remmswed,
the cavity filled with a sweel ox Sue
pickle mixture and the opening
closed so as to give the appesmESSs
of a whole fruit. When mem awe
used, cut out a wedge large eynomigi
to scoop out the seeds and scoff pas
tions. nd
For peppers or green ‘tomatoes, eat
a circular piece from the stem end amd
remove the seeds. Then put the piss
in place again and soak over might is
brine. In the morning draim, Sshdsg
pains to keep the separated pesfs af
the same fruit or vegetables Guest.
For the filling use firm white calibmgee
chopped very fine, with a quuefar am
much celery, cucumber, green mmm
or green peppers. Sprinkle well wife
salt and stand aside for sevesat
hours.
Drain, and to each pint of he weg
etables, add a small onion, a few =as-
turtium seeds, a teaspoonful «ff mms-
tard seed and salt, pepper, ivger.
cloves, allspice and cinnamon fr Sass
Mix thoroughly, fill the caviiies, poe
| ing in closely, fit in the pieces imi Se-
long in and wrap firmly with Sufi.
Cover with vinegar and let the piikie
stand over night. In the mormSEgE
heat all together and simmer fie Ralf
an hour. Remove carefully, puf fm =
stone jar and cover with cold vimegss,
The next morning pour off the wvlme-
| gar and allow a half cup of sugmr fo
each quart of the vinegar. Seald ami
pour over the mangoes. Repeaf Ye
scaldings for several mornings, smi
when quite cold cover and set way
in a cool place.—Washington SEac.
Hints.
Cut skirt long enough to furm Sess:
and chalk around bottom; never Sf
to hang perfectly. If shorter Izmgii
be desired, measure one, two or fms
inches from chalk mark.
To serve the yams that one finds Sn
the fine grocreies, wash and fe
them with their skins on amd eg
peel, cut into convenient longi ous
send very hot to the table.
Grease on a kitchen floor cum Ge
softened by pouring kerosems mes Ei
and letting it remain 15 or 2§ wile
Later scrub with hot sods wafer
or borax and water.—Selecied.
Many women waste gas and Hil he
air with poisonous vapors by tmmimg
the gas too high when cooking THe
food cooks no better, often burme, ae
dishes are injured when cooked cw
the high flame.
The famous Southern Hapiack #&:
nothing more or less than the Wen
ern apple turnover fried instead fF
baked. It is made with apple sms,
not the uncooked fruit, and iz wes.
soned to suit the family taste. i.
nary pie paste is used.
Woodwork which has been fnifsg
in dull black or other dark, dull smi
ors can be cleaned to look like a mew
finish by simply washing with csi
black coffee and rubbing wiih &my
cloth. Every finger mark is remewss
and the woodwork appears as how:
newly finished.
See to it that your liver is legt #
good order by right diet. Unless ie
liver works well you will have «wig
hands and feet, and will feel SE
even in a warm room. Avoid amimm
fats and pies and cakes, alse coffin:
and beer. In place of animal fait sms
corn meal and ripe olives and musig,