PREMIER MONIS. Head of French Cabinet Seriously Injured In Airship Accident. v> ■Hi . MiiijyP^fc Panama Canal Three-Fourths Done. "Uncle Sam" has taken stock (if what has heen accomplished at Pan ama after seven years of hard work. May 4 ended the seventh year of canal construction by Americans. Only one-fourth of the great task of excavation remains to be done, for the "ground hogs" have removed 138,000,- OUO cubic yards from the line of the canal. That leaves only 44,000,000 yards to be cut away. The placing of the concrete in the locks Is more than 52 per cent com pleted, the installing of the lock gates has begun and 70 per cent of the filling for the Gatum dam, which will feed the canal with water, has been done. The lock gates are staggering in their vast proportions compared with the timber gates of the canals in this country. Each leaf, of which there are two in a gate, is 7 feet thick, G5 feet long and from 47 to 82 eet in height, there being no fewer t.ian 92 of these leaves. Special hoisting machinery has heen installed to place these masses of steel. One of the unexpected obstacles in the construction was the development of twenty-two slides in the Culebra cut within a distance of nine mile3, but it is stated that these will not delay the completion of the canal, as the earth can easily be removed by dredges after the water is turned on. Persuades Son to Shoot Him. A tragedy that shocked the vicinity of Greenwich, Conn., took place on the farm of Frederick Husted, a well-to-do farmer, forty-six years old. During the absence of his wife and two of ills children he persuaded his twelve-.vear-old son Lester to pull the trigger of his shotgun, killing him in stantly. Husted is believed to have become crazed after years of toil, during which he had paid off the farm mortgage and for the first time in years saw prospects of a life of ease. Husted owned a farm of eighty acres at North Greenwich, and it is said had lately refused an offer of SBO,OOO for the place. He was pros perous and devoted his whole time to his farm. He awoke from a nap and told his wife that he felt queer, hav ing just had a bad dream. Murdered and Robbed. In a little fringe of woods on the edge of Paradise creek, near Nor folk, Va., a murder was revealed when a party of searchers out scouring the country in quest of J. 1,. Benton, a merchant, who had been missing from his home on Deep Creek shell road since last Friday, found him with a gaping wound in his face. Robbery was undoubtedly the ruling motive of the crime and a shotgun was the weapon. Industrious and possessed of a large famil yto care for, Mr. Benton had ac cumulated considerable money, which he carried about with him wherever he went. He had in his pockets when he left his home on Friday morning nearly S9OO. When his pockets were searched the money was gone. Michigan For Taft In 1912. Governor Osborn, of Michigan, a vis itor at the White House, told Presi dent Taft he could expect the sup port of Michigan in the 1912 presiden tial campaign. The governor told the newspaper men later that he is a progressive Re publican, "the same sort of progres sive Republican as Mr. Taft is." Gov ernor Osborn said he believed Mr. Taft to be the one man to unite the factions in the party. More Postal Savings Banks. The postofllce department has de signated fifty additional postal savings banks, making the total banks to date 220. The offices just named are to be ready to receive deposits on June 19. Among the newly designated offices In the east are: Glastonbury, Conn.; West Hoboken, N. .1.; Dunkirk, N. Y.; Minersville, Pa.; Irwin, Pa.; Ea ;t Greenwich, R. I.; St. Johnsbury, Vt. Infant's Body Found In Mill Race. The body of a young child wns found floating in the mill race at the York Haven Water and Power com pany, near York, Pa. The infant bad been badly bruised by coming In con tact with the rocks as it floated down the river. The body had been wrapped In e piece of blanket. AIRSHIP KILLS WARMINISTER Dashes Into Group of French Cabinet Officers. PREMIER BADLY INJURED Aeroplane Becomes Unmanageable and Crashes to the Ground Premier Monis Probably Fatally Hurt. Henri Maurice Berteaux, minister of war, was killed, and Antoine Ernest Monis, premier and minister of the in terior, was probably mortally injured as the result of an accident at the start of the Paris to Madrid aviation race at the drill ground at Isssy les Moulineaux, near Paris. Fifty thousand French people, with the holiday spirit and in holiday at tire, awaited the start. The first away was Naval Liieutenant Conneau. 1-le was followed by Roland G. Garos, who in turn was followed by Gilbert. All were using Bleriot machines. The crowd was cheering the men who had got away, when Train, the new avia tor, was to be seen approaching the drill ground with a passenger. Bon nier, in his machine. He was flying a steel monoplane, built and patented by himself, and as he circled to try his motor it was to be seen that some thing was wrong. As Train arose, the premier, the minister of war and other notables, not being able to see from the stand of honor, moved nearer to the starl ing line. The crowd followed. Tho crush was tremendous, and it was necessary to call for another squadron of cuirassiers to ride upon and keep back the throng. Train was shutting off his motor and preparing to alight directly over the horsemen as they rode upon the field. In order to avoid striking them, Train shot into the air again. He was unable to see the group of notables just on the other side of the horse men. Having cleared the cuirassiers, Train slanted toward the earth again and dashed headlong into tho crow.l beyond. Minister of War Berteaux was dead ahead of the machine. The pro peller caught his right arm, which he had raised to ward off the blow, and in a second had torn the member from the body. M. Berteaux was killed instantly. Premier Monis was buried beneath the machine and was unconscious when lifted from the ground. Both bones of his right leg and all of tho bones of his nose were broken, his scalp was frightfully torn, and upon examination it was found that he was suffering from internal injuries in tho abdominal region. He was carried at once to his home. The body of the dead war minister was taken to the ministry. The torn arm was sewed on and the body was embalmed. Premier Monis is reported to be bearing up bravely, and though suffer ing intensely he nevertheless insisted on signing several urgent state papers and, although the race was ordered discontinued, M. Monis commanded that it goon. Suit to End Lumber Trust. Sweeping charges of a gigantic con spiracy to maintain high prices, to blacklist concerns not regarded as "proper" trade, and to violate gener ally the Sherman anti-trust law, are made in a government suit filed by Attorney General Wickersham in the United States court in New York against the so-called lumber trust. Ten trade organizations and more than 150 individuals are named as de fendants in this suit, which may be the first of several planned by the de partment of justice against combina tions of retailers in staple commodi ties and the necessaries of life to prevent the ultimate consumer from buying anywhere except from local retailers. Government officials consider tho suit one of the most important ever brought under the Sherman anti-trust law, inasmuch as its great object is to put an end to agreements which pre vent the ultimate consumer buying commodities directly from the pro ducer. If the courts uphold the govern ment's contention and rule that such agreements come under the inhibition of the Sherman law, it is believed that many suits will follow with the object of removing one of the greatest causes of the high cost of living. The suit filed is against the East ern States Retail I.nmber Dealers' As sociation, which Is the central body of nine local organizations covering five states, the District of Columbia and the cities of Baltimore and Philadel phia. Attorney General Wickersham and his special assistant, Clark McKer cher, have devoted more than a year to collecting the evidence on which the suit is based. This evidence in cludes copies of the alleged agree ments, blacklists and reports of the various organizations, branding whole salers and retailers, who have da .ed to violate the rules of the associations as "poachers," "mavericks," "si alp ers" and "illegitimate dealers" to whom "short shrift" must be applied. This is the government's first anti trust suit conforming to the supreme Court's Standard Oil decision, in that tt alleges "undue" and "unreasonable" GENERAL TARLINGTON. restraint of the trade of the consumei und the manufacturer. The government charges in brief that by an elaborate system of black listing not only individual consumers but some of the largest industrial cor porations have been prevented from dealing directly with wholesalers. Aged Negro Minister Lynched. Rev. Benjamin Smith, the aged lead er of the negro race near Swainsboro, Ga., was hanged to the limb of a treo and his body riddled with bullets by a mob of white men because lie had wounded Deputy Marchal Canady. Smith had trouble with his young wife, and the latter had complained to the authorities. Canady wont t t the Smith house to arrest the preacher. The later resisted and shot the officer, indicting a serious wound. Smith iled, but was pursued with bloodhounds and was captured in a swamp near the town, back and hanged to a tree in sight of his home. Smith was very old, being white headed and toothless, but for years his word had been law to the negro popu lation. He was noted for his oratory. While the mob was chasing Smith unknown parties dynamited tlie negro Odd Fellows hall, entirely destroying the building. The lynching and the use of dyna mite have terrorized the negroes and any are tleeing. A general exodus is threatened, which will work great damage to the planters. Two Perish in Burning Auto. Slowly burned to death as they were pinioned under an automobile that had turned turtle as they were rounding a curve at Chester, N. J., was the fate of Edward 11. Middlekauff, a broker, of Plainfield, his companion. Miss Elsie Walpole, of Scotch Plains, N. J. Middlekauff and Miss Walpole had been oil an automobile trip through eastern Pennsylvania and New Jersey when the accident occurred. As they were Hearing the Chester crossroad Middlekauff turned out to avoid some obstructions and the wheels of his car struck a boulder, causing Middlekauff to lose control of his car, which turn ed turtle. Miss Walpole was evidently render ed unconscious, but Middlekauff was conscious when the gasoline tank ex ploded and slowly roasted him to death. His cries could be heard for blocks. F. C. Searles, who witnessed the ac cident, summoned aid and attempted to raise the overturned car from (he victims, but in vain. It was not until a team with block and tackle could be procured that the car was raised. By that time both victims had been burn ed to a crisp. Corral Resigns; Diaz to Follow. Word was received at the provis ional government capital at Juarez that Vice President Corral has pre sented his resignation, to take effect at once. The telegram was received by Fran cisco 1. Madero, Jr., from Alfred R. Dominguez, special peace envoy in Mexico City. The news was taken to moan that the vice president's resignation was requested to precede that of President Diaz, which is expected hourly. When President Diaz resigns Senor Madero and his party immediately will leave for Mexico City to advise with Senor de la Uarra in the politi cal reorganization of Mexico. Madero will resign immediately after Diaz. Madero will take an insurrecto body guard with him most likely. Every word of the peace pact was read before the soldiers of Madero's army, which congregated in the prin cipal streets of Juarez. REBELS KILL 225 CHINAMEN Pekin Government Promptly Demands Protection. RANCHES ARE LOOTED Desperate Fight Between Orientals and Insurrectos at Torreon Results In Wholesale Slaughter. In a desperate fight between Mexi can insurgents and Chinamen at Tor reon, 225 Chinamen were killed. This information was received in Eagle Pass, Texas, l>y Sam Wah, owner of the International hoel at Cuidad I'ori firo Diaz, across the river from Eagle l'ass. Details of the reported slaughter have not been received here except that of the number of Chinamen killed were fifty of Wah's ranchmen. Wah has telegraphed the Chinese minister at Washington, asking for protection, and it is expected that Pekin will de mand reparation of some sort. Mexico Is Expected to Act Promptly. As soon as the depredations against Chinese subjects at Torreon, Mex., are officially reported to the Chinese min ister at Washington, who is also ac credited to the Mexican government, he will take steps to protest to Mex ico. The minister already has instructed his charge d'affaires at Mexico City to make vigorous representations to the Mexican government in regard to the reported murdering by bands, of eight Chinese and the wounding of three others at linures, Sonora. The gardens and stores of the Chinese there were looted. The matter was called to the at tention of the minister by Chinese residents of Nogales, Ariz., who were in communication with the refugees from the scene of the butchery. They pleaded for protection for their coun trymen. It is expected here that Mex ico will take prompt measures to in vestigate the situation with respect to the Chinese and offer them all protec tion possible in the present disturbed condition of the country. No word has yet been received by the Chinese legation in regard to the reported massacre at Torreon. The state department likewise was with out advices on the suf>ject. In Central America the diplomats and consuls of the United States fre quently look after Chinese interests at places where China is not repre sented. As China has a diplomatic rep resentative at Mexico City, however, the present difficulty is in his hands and the state department has not been asked to take any action. THE LATEST SWINDLE Postmaster Says Office Is Postal Bank and Gets SIOO From Italian. Charged with representing his post oflice as a United States postal bank and securing SIOO from an Italian, Postmaster M. E. Straub, of Palmer ton postoffiee, near Allentown, Pa., has lied. It is charged that after Straub had convinced the Italian that the post office was a postal bank he got SSO from him on one occasion and SSO on another. An investigation is now under way to ascertain if he secured money from others. The Way of a Woman. The suffragette was practicing lier | address for the Woman's Rights Club i at hor own little home. Her words | were defiant. "Women are marion ettes. Since the beginning of time woman has been the real power be hind the throne; now she fearlessly demands hor place on the throne. She is triumphant; she defies the world; she —" The doorbell rang. The man with the bookagent manners bowed. "May I see the head of the house a mo ment?" "He is not at home," said the suf frngette, slamming the door and re suming her oratory. "Let me see, where was I?" —Lipplncott's. COLE'S Up-To-Date , HARDWARE WIIKN yuu 1 lilnk of buying hard vare you naturally ask yourself 'w liiy; question: "What kind of \ stove, waslier, cutlery, gun,"—or" —-» whatever it. may be —"shall I liuy? Don't ponder over these things, nor spend j'onr time looking at pictures in "cheap goods" mail-order catalogs. Come to our store and lei us solve the problem. We have i line variety of standard goods 1o choose from When you think of HARDWARE COLE'S. SANITARY PLUMBING. We give special attention to Piping, Steam, Hot Water and Hot \ir Heating. 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He looks just like his mother. lie lias eyes of blue just like hers, and bis nose is just the same. lie iias hor chin and mouth, and did you ever see such a resem blance in their ears? What a beauti ful child!" The wife beamed, while the husband stood by glumly. "Hey!" be blurted out. "The kid hasn't grown his teeth yet. Do you think I've got a chance there?"— Now York Sun.
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