Republican News Item JOHN B. ENGLISH. Editor. LAPORTE ~ PA. WEEK'S NEWS BY TICK AND FLASH What Interests the World Chron icled by Telegraph and Cable GLANCE AT FOREIGN AFFAIRS Washington Looms Large as a Center of Interest—Legislatures Busy in Many States—The Lights and Shadows of the News. Washington Attorney General Wickersham left Washington for Omalia, Neb., to de liver an address before the prison congress. Beginning the celebration of his jubilee. Cardinal Gibbons laid the cornerstone of Gibbons Memorial Hall at the Catholic University of America in Washington. The annual report of the Commis sioner of Pensions showed 28.955 fewer names and $3,498,1 .">4 reduction in the amount paid last year; mailing of checks i3 proposed, to ( .save sl,- 000,000 to pensioners and SIBO,OOO to the government annually. Personal Mr. and Mrs. Joseph IT. Choate gave a dinner for fifty at Naumkeag, in Stockbridge, Mass., in honor of their golden wedding anniversary. Harold S. Vanderbilt and Miss Eleo nora Sears are reported to have enter ed into a "trial engagement to last till next summer. The ecclesiastical celebration of Cardinal Gibbons's dual jubilee was celebrated in the Baltimore Cathed ral. Dr. Felix Adler said the human race was slipping backward in its morals and declared democracy was respon sible. Spcriinti Frank Gotch, world's champion wrestler, won from Fred Beell, former champion, in straight, falls at St. Joseph, Mo. Gotch won the first fall in 11 mintues and 30 seconds and the second in 10 minutes and 8 seconds. The largest crowd that ever wit nessed a baseball game in Chicago, 37,000, saw the Chicago American League team win its third successive game from the local National League club in the city championship series, 4 to 2. General President Taft left Los Angeles on his way East, having completed half of his 13,000-mile journey. Insurgent Republican leaders met at Lake Forest, 111., to indorse Sena tor La Follette for President. The members of the Democratic Na tional Committee will meet in Wash ington oi| January 8 to fix a time and place for holding the next Democratic National Convention. The meeting of the Republican National Committee will be held early in December. Friends of Justice Swayze of the New Jersey Supreme Court will urge his appointment by President Taft to the United States Supreme Court to fill the vacancy leTt by the death of Justice Harlan. A decree handed down in the Fed eral Court at Montgomery, Ala., with consent of the defendants, forbade the Southern Wholesale Grocers' As sociation to restrict competition. The mobilization of the Atlantic and Pacific fleets at New York and Los " \ Angeles, October 30 to November 2, "will mark the gathering of the great est naval force ever seen in Ameri can waters, including 126 vessels of 693,844 tons. The United States Circuit Court at Baltimore, ordered the dissolution of The Bathtub Trust, which the govern ment sued under the Sherman law. The Lorimer investigation commit tee at Chicago made a vain effort to find out where ex-State Representa tive Blair got $1,500 shortly after Lor imer's election. A movement which appears to be backed by many conservative Repub licans has been started for the nom ination of former Vice-President Fair banks for Governor. Charles Dennison Price, a midship man attached to the cruiser New Or leans, lying off Cavite, committed suicide; he had been ordered to re sign. Dr. W. Charles Willis, of Patcho gue, L. 1., crazed b- morphine, tied his girl wife, also hys crical from the drug, to a tree and threatened to shoot her. He was committed to the Central Islip Tnsane Asylum. Women who won the right to vote at the recent election in California will escape the poll tax and probably jury duty. The poll tax law stipu ates that it must be paid by "male" residents. Three associations of independent tobacco men protested against the re organization plan of the American To bacco Company. Senator Bourne, of Oregon, in a statement made in AVashington, took issue with Cardinal Gibbons and Arch bishop Ireland about their comments cn there Attorney General Wickersham spoke before the Prison Congress at Omaha, favoring extension of the parole sys tem to convicts serving life sentence®. Secretary Wilson, of the Depart ment of Agriculture, denied rumors that he intended to resign from the Cabinet. H. W. Gill, aviator, broke the Amer ican endurance record at St. Louis by remaining in the air 4 hours, 16 minutes and 35 seconds. Because he knocked down a white man, Jerry Ix>velace, a negro, was taken from jail at Manchester, Ga., and lynched. Manchester was adver tised as "a model town." The Board of Estimates of New York City voted to buy the Dream land and the Rockaway Beach prop erty under consideration, to be used as free beach parks. The total cost is estimated at $2,225,000. Christy Matthewson* pitcher of the New York Giants, is planning to take a hunting trip in the Adirondacks and will probably hunt around Delacett Place at Raquette Falls. Testimony was given in the Nation al Sugar Company suit at Newark that $10,000,000 in stock was given to H. O. Havemeyer as a promoter's fee. Victims of the "Quiektrigger" Ellis Hatfield and Troy Hatfield, sons of "Devil Anse," were shot and instantly killed near Montgomery, W. Va., by Octave Gerone, in a duel over saloon trade. Mrs. Julia Richards, of Harrysburg, Canada, and Mrs. Rose Richards, of Champlain, N. Y., were killed, and Mrs. T. S. Maillaux. of Springfield, Mass., dangerously hurt in an auto wreck at Warehouse Point, Conn. The Court of Appeals reversed the judgment of the lower courts, award ing $20,000 to a Brcoklyn man who was struck by an ambulance in the service of the Church Charity Foun dation. It was thought in Washington that one of three St. Louisans —Charles Nagel, .Frederick W. Lehmatin or Frederick N. Judson —had an excel lent chance to succeed Associate Jus tice Haran on the Supreme bench. Mine. Olive Fremstad, on her re turn from Europe, announced that she had obtained a divorce from E. W. Sutphen on July 11, in the New York Supreme Court. Four hundred cutters employed in a dozen Lynn. Mass., shoe factories, were refused work unless they disre gard the edict of 45-hours-a-week, is sued by their organization. Stewart Brown, at a meeting of the Monetary Conference, attacked the Aldrich reserve banking plan, saying the gold and silver in the Treasury should be considered in any new fi nancial system. Governor Dix, of New York, re moved four members of the new State Prison Commission who had refused to resign at his demand; the Govern or inspected the Wingdale site, and declared it unsuitable for a new prison. There was indication of the states of North Carolina, South Carolina and Virginia joining, through their attor neys-general, the fight against the acceptance by the government of the proposed Tobacoo Trust dissolution plan. Governor Dix signed the direct pri maries bill, the reapportionment act, the Hoey fire protection measure and many other bills before leaving Al bany for a vacation. He also vetoed the bill paying counsel in the Allds- Conger trial and several other meas ures. Foreign The Turkish Deputies passed a vote of confidence in the Cabinet. Derna, Tripoli, was bombarded and the forts destroyed; a heavy sea pre vented a landing. Portugal has ordered all emigrants of royalist sympathies to return under pain of confiscation of their estates. Count Zeppelin's latest dirigible, the Schwaben, made the trip to Berlin, via Hamburg and Bremen, in 10 1-2 hours. ' The British Railway Commission reported that the right claimed by the companies not to recognize the labor unions could not be challenged or in terfered with. The Reichstag resumed its sessions and interpellations of the German Im perial Chancellor on the Turco-Italian and the Moroccan situations were filed; the Chancellor remarked by let ter that it was inopportune from the viewpoint cf German interests to dis cuss foreign politics at present. Italy is reported to Ie hastening the completion of three dreadnoughts, and has ordered 4,000 tons or armor plate from an American concern, be cause the Italian workers are unable to furnish it speedily enough. It is ex pected the ships will be ready for service by the end of next year. A three-hour bombardment of Beng hazi, Tripoli, by the Italians was re ported; it was followed by the land ing of four thousand soldiers, who were received with sharp rifle fire from the Turks, but the invaders succeed ed in occupying part of the town. Theodore Molkenboer, " court paint er of Holland, has come to America to make a special study of the Ameri can business man's face. The Canadian steamer Emperor sunk at the lower entrance of the Canadian lock of the Sault Ste. Marie Canal, practically blocking naviga tion The Novel prize In medicine has been awarded to Prof. Allvar Gull strand of the Faculty of Medicine of Upsala University, Sweden, for re search work in dioptrics in connection with his study of the eye. * OFFICIAL SLAIN; NEGROLYNCHED City Attorney of Coweta, Okla., Shot Dead in the Street. RACE WAR IS THREATENED Three Counties Stirred by Race War and Sheriffs Rushed with Posses to Prevent a Fatal Riot —Negroes Armed National Guard Out. Coweta, Okla. —J. D. Beavers, City Attorney, was killed, two other white men wounded, probably fatally, and two negroes were shot in a battle hero between blacks and whites. Ed Suddeth, the negro who killed Beav ers, was hanged to the railroad water tank, but was cut down and did not die. After he was strung up at the water tank and just as his life was going out strong-minded men in this little community convinced the mob that nothing would be gained by lynching. Suddeth was then hurried toward the railroad station, the peace officers hoping to fool the mob and take him by automobile to Wagoner, where there is a stout jail. A mob in tercepted the rescuers and riddled the negro with bullets. It is said he was shot fifty times. The wounded white men are Car men Oliver and Steller Thompson. Both were shot through the body. A telegraph operator named Swazer was walking witli a young woman when Ed Ruse, a negro, in passing pushed the girl from the sidewalk into the mud. Swazer struck at the negro, and another white man, whose name is not now known, seized Kuse until Swazer beat him with his fists. Kuse continued walking the streets with a long knife in his pocket, seek ing the man who held him. City Mar shal Hart ordered the negro to give up the knife and Kuse shot at him. At that instant Ed Suddeth, a negro, ran out of a house across the street and opened fire, instantly killing City Attorney Beavers and wounding Oliv er and Thompson, all of whom were passing and had taken no part in the trouble. Suddeth took refuge in a house, which was bombarded with guns and revolvers by several white men. The house was set afire and Suddeth lied. He was shot, but not fatally injured. He was taken to tjie water tank, a rope placed about his neck and he was swung up. It was then decided, however, that to kill him would preci pitate a general race war and he was cut down. Then the mob, seeing he was to be taken elsewhere, killed him with their ritles. The negroes of Coweta were thrown into the greatest excitement, and run tiers were sent from the negro sec tion of the city to arouse the mem bers of their race in neighboring towns. Company F, Oklahoma National Guard, was ordered to assemble at once and proceed to Coweta. Tha Guardsmen started for Coweta on a special train. 20,000 CHINESE ROUTED. San Francisco Hears of Rebel Victory Over Yin Tchang's Forces. San Francisco. —The main army of the Chinese Government under War Minister Yin Tchang, said to number 20,01)0 men, was defeated at Kwang Shili, in the Hu-Peh Province, accord ing to a cable received by the Chi nese Free Press of this city. The rebel army of 15,000 under Gen. Li, it is stated, captured artillery, bag gage, and ammunition of the Imperial army, which retreated to Slio Got. The cable stated that the imperial forces were completely routed and abandoned their supply trains during the retreat. AUTO IN RIVER; ONE DEAD. Three Escape When Machine Plunges from Bridge. •Sea Isle City, N. J. —Mrs. William H. McArdle, wife of a Philadelphia iron manufacturer, was drowned and three others narrowly escaped a simi lar fate when an automobile in which they were riding to Egg Harbor City plunged from the bridge over the Mullica River near the village of Green Bank. Mr. McArdle and Dr. Howard G. Steimus, Philadelphia, occupied the front seat of the machine and their wives were in the rear seat. Mrs. Steimus also managed to crawl from beneath the car, but when Mrs. Ardle was dragged from the stream she was dead. JUDGE GROSSCUP RESIGNS. Gives Up Place on Federal Bench on Monday—Will Practice Law. Chicago.—Peter S. Grosscup, Judge of the United States Circuit Court, sent his resignation to President Taft. It becomes eriective at once. The last act performed by Judge Grosscup as a Federal Judge was to enter a decree of intervention in the Chicago-Milwaukee Electric Railroad company case, so that the company could goon with its reorganization plans. | For the Hostess | Hallowe'en Suggestions. Hallowe'en Is almost here and with lt3 approach come voluminous letters from excited youngsters all bubbling over with curiosity as to what Is to be done and how to do it. To many it Is a first experience; there are others who want "something new," and there are others who want to give "Bur prise" parties. To each one Madame Merrl hopes to give Just the necessary suggestions, but she must say that about the only way to plan a Hallow e'en party is to do the old time-hon ored stunts, perhaps with new settings. Where it is possible, make a tour of the shops, visit the favor counters; they are full of clever things. Where this is Impossible, we feel sure that to day's department will contain enough for every one who is going to cele brate on the last day of this glorious red and yellow October. Traditions and legends do not change, it is only the novelty of our carrying them out; it is a blessed pro vision made by a wise and loving Fa ther that all things are new to the in dividual, though the things themselves are as old as time itself. If one has only a wee bit of talent with pencil and brush with the paste pot's aid most charming invitations and favors inay be made at home. Half the fun of a party is the prep aration and happy anticipation. Cut Hallowe'en designs from paper nap kins, paste on cards or thin pieces of wood, then write the name or invita tion. A new favor consists of tiny wire corn poppers filled with real pop corn which will pop when held over candles. Imagine a table set with these poppers at each place, the name tied on the handle, a candle in a car rot candlestick in front of each plate. What fun for the guests. Pumpkin and "Jack O'Lantern" seals are for sale, also all sorts and conditions of witches; some astride the proverbial broomstick, some with cats and some without. There is yet ample time to plan just the very love liest kind of a party. Hallowe'en Fun. How many have ever tried an "owl hunt?" To each guest give a wooden gun such as may be purchased at a toy shop for a few cents, and tell him to hunt owls. First, of course, tnese funny little gray paper owls decorated with water colors must be hidden throughout the rooms. Ordinary gray owls count five, white owls count ten and horned owls count fifteen. Each bird has a looped bit of red string tied through a punched hole, so it may be hung on the gun. This makes great sport, the one bagging the most owls and the one who has the fewest being award a prize. I have not tried this next stunt, but I am told that fortunes may be writ ten on white paper with milk held over the heat from a lamp or gas jet. The milk letters will turn brown so the writing is perfectly plain. The for tune slips can be distributed by a lit tle fairy, then each guest takes one at a time Into a room where a wizard is hidden who, with a magic lamp, in terprets the writing. All such things add to the mystery of a party. Provide each guest wtth a neat bun dle of faggots and tell him he must tell a mystery story while they burn. This is only practical where there Is a large open fireplace around which the guests may gather. Have plenty of cushions and no light save perhaps a candle or ".lack" here and there. Ir some of the guests have been asked to prepare for this part of the pro gram, so much the better, but many people do better on the spur of the moment. Making tissue paper pumpkin caps Boot and Shoe Rack A very useful rack for boots and shoes is the subject of the accom panying sketch, and It is a simple contrivance that may be arranged low down in the recess of a wall, or in the lower part of a cupboard, or across the corner of a room. It is very necessary to assign a place for boots and shoes, when they are removed, where they may be more or less out of sight; but the particular advantage of the rack illustrated is that the boots are held in such a po sltlan that the soles are exposed to '.he air, and therefore, should they be damp when taken off. will dry much more quickly on a rack of this kind tfcan If placed on the floor. Is a favorite stunt. The hostess pro vides stiff cardboard for the rims and plenty of orange crepe paper with some green paper and tubes of library paste, some coarse needles and thread. This Is especially good for young girls of twelve to fifteen, as they are Just at the age when they love to make things. The caps are worn the rest of the evening, A Witch and Goblin Party. Children dearly love to dress up and the party described will delight them. Ask the girls to come as witch es In scarlet frocks or capes, with tall black hats, and the boys as goblins. The beloved "brownies" will serve as models for the boys' costumes. Just for this one occasion set the hours from "9 to 12," for It really would not be a true hallow eve party If they could not stay until the "clock In the steeple strikes twelve," that witching hour when ghosts walk, when cold chins run down one's back and that delicious creepy sensation comes when trying the charms that must be done precisely at the mysterious midnight hour. It may be a little hard on mothers and chaperones, bill they must all smile and look happy on hallow e'en night and do their part to placate the evil spirits. A cotillion with appropriate favors Is the best wind-up for this party and the guests are supposed to be from twelve to six' teen years of age. A Hallowe'en Party Prize. This idea may be utilized not only for a card party prize, but for any stunt for which the hostess chooses to offer a reward. Get a nicely formed golden yellow pumpkin, hollow out carefully and line with waxed pa per. Then If the really clever Imita tion vegetable candies are obtainable, fill with these delicious concoctions. They come In the shape of carrots, corn kernels, potatoes and many kinds of fruits such as cherries, currants, and even many kinds of nuts are imi tated. If these sweets are not to be had, fill the pumpkin with home-made goodies, which will prove just as ac ceptable. Replace the top of the pumpkin and tie down with green rib bon. A cabbage may be arranged In the same way, filling with chestnuts, if desired, for a booby or consolation prize. MADAME MERRI. iN^^jq The bows at the throat multiply. Shetland veils are fashionable. The newest fashions are charmingly simple. Sashes and military effects will be strong this fall. White lace veils continue to be ex tremely popular. Indoor wear favors mohair, tussah, voile, crepe, etc. New black patent leather shoes have snow white tops of calfskin. Both cream white and dead white are fashionable for evening hats. As far as Paris is concerned, the large hat is the one In fashion now. For coat sleeves the sit-into-the-arm holes style is generally accepted. Soutache braiding as well as wide braids will be seen on gowns and suits. Bows trim everything from cap on pretty heads to the slippers on slen der toes. Metal fringe is much employed on evening dresses ar.d bead fringes are also seen. The sketch shows very clearly the nature of the rack, which consists of four bars of wood (old broom handles would quite well answer the purpose) fixed across a recess in the wall. Two of the bars are fastened within an inch or so of the wall, and the other two are fastened in front of them and a trifle lower down. Nails run through the end of the wood in a slanting direction and into the wall will quite well hold them in their place, and It is an easy matter to arrange a little curtain in front should It be desired to hide the rack from view; and in a bedroom thiß, perhaps, would be desirable, but In a cupboard It would of course be unnecessary.. COLDS Cured in One Day As a rule, a few doses of Munyon's Cold Remedy will break up any cold and pie vent pneumonia. It relieves the liend, throat and lungs almost instantly, Priea 25 cents at any druggist's, or sent postpaid. If you need Medical advice write to Munyon'a Doctors. They will carefully diapnose your case and give you advice ly mail, absolutely free. Address Professor Munvon, 53d ar.d Jefferson streets, Philadelphia, Pa. IjaißHHSm roR ALL iMiliHiOXiEvS cvc IAMUBUASLU42 DISEASES Would Arrest Him Anyway. Sergeant—'Alt! Take Murphy's name for talkin' In the ranks. Corporal—W'y, sergeant, 'e weren't talkin'. Sergeant—Wasn't he? Well, cros-s It out an' put 'im in the guardrooiu for decelvln* me. —Tatler. SPOHN'S DISTEMPER C'l'RE will cure any possible case of DISTEMPER, PINK EYE, and the like among horses of all ages, and prevents all others in th» same stable from having the disease. Als-> cures chicken cholera, and .dog distemper. Any good druggist can supply you, or send to mfi-s, 50 cents and SI.OO a bottle. Agents wanted. Free book. Spohn Medical Co., Spec. Contagious Diseases. Goshen, Ind. An Unbeliever. "Sir," said the haughty American to his adhesive tailor, "I object to this boorish dunning. I would have you know that my great-great-grandfather was one of the early settlers." "And yet," sighed the anxious trades man, "there are people who believe in heredity."— Argonaut. Tho Very Worst. Clement J. Driscoll, at a dinner in New York, told a number o£ amusing stories about his strenuous life as commissioner of weights and meas ures last year. "A friend of mine," said Mr. Dris coll, "noticed one morning that his grocer looked very sad. 'What's the matter, old man?' my friend asked Jokingly. 'The weights and measures man hasn't been dropping in on you, I hope?' " 'Yes, he has,' snapped the grocer. " 'But you don't really mean to say,' exclaimed my friend, 'that he caught you giving only fifteen ounces to the pound?' "'Worse than that!' groaned the grocer. 'l've been giving seventeen.' " Oxen in Massachusetts. J. D. Avery of Shelburne Falls is surely the king of oxen in this part of the country. At the Brattleboro fair recently he has had the most wonder ful exhibit of oxen, and in all the tests I of strength for pulling heavy boat | loads of stone his oxen have cleaned j the decks. One of the secrets in these j tests is the way the oxen are man i aged and driven. Mr. Avery does his { own driving and is a master at the business. The other day again, as the | day before, he cleared everything be- J fore him in the ox pulling ring by tak ing all three prizes in the free for all j class and tirst and second in the 3,. r ioo j class. The load drawn in the 3,500 class [ was about 9,100, while the veteran ox j man an exhibition pull of nine j feet in the free for all class with a j fancy pair of Devons with a load of 10,238, which is the biggest load drawn at Bratlteboro since he pulled ! over 11,000 with his famous pair of j Holsteins. —Hampshire Gazette. Salve to Conscience. It was at a concert, where the re j moval of hats was not obligatory, still the woman with a conscience wished jto be accommodating. She turned to j the woman sitting beside her and said: "Does my hat bother you?" "Not in the least," said the other woman sweetly, so the woman with a conscience settled complacently back to listen to the music while persons on the back seats twisted their necks out of joint trying to see around her ! hat. SHIFT If Your Food Fails to Sustain You Change. | One sort of diet may make a person ! despondent, depressed and blue and a ! change to the kind of food the body demands will change the whole thing. A young woman from Phila. says: "For several years I kept in a run down, miserable sort of condition, was depressed and apprehensive of trouble. I lost flesh in a distressing way and seemed in a perpetual sort of dreamy nightmare. No one serious disease showed, but the 'all-over' sickness was enough. "Finally, between the doctor and fa ther, I was put on Grape-Nuts and cream, as it was decided I must have a nourishing food that the body could make use of. "The wonderful change that came over me was not, like Jonah's gourd, the growth of a single night, yet it came with a rapidity that astonished me. "During the first week I gained in weight, my spirits improved, and the world began to look brighter and more worth while. "And this has continued steadily, till now, after the use of Grape-Nuts for only a few weeks. I am perfectly well, feel splendidly, take a lively interest in everything, and am a changed person in every way." Name given by Postum Co., Battle Creek, Mich. Read the little book. "The Road to Wellville," in pkgs. "There's a reason." Ever read the above letter* A new one ntipenr* from time to time. Tbey are ftenulne, true, and full of hnmaa Interest.
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