Republican News Item
JOHN B. ENGLISH. Editor.
LAPORTE ~ PA.
WEEK'S NEWS BY
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What Interests the World Chron
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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.
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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.