REPUBLICAN NHWSITFJ
LAPORTt PA.
H « hna rton»« mm ti to mlnlmlf*
th« terror* of thi" wpsm
Incubator* h*v* nearly drlvm th»
••hi»k hen Atat of hunlnraa,
Kv*n th«* wlr*lr»* ha* to x»*nd back
tin* and thpfl the *lßnnl "lln«» buif."
"(sft Vm nhtle they're hot" nppllp*
to delegates as well a* to fraukfurt
« rs.
The mnn who duel the moat kicking
la generally in need of a kicking hnu
self.
The Turks have lost their hise 1n
the Aegean MM. where Icarus lost hla
balance.
A Frenchman now claims he was
In the house long before the clock
btrui k 24.
The boat-rocking Idiot has started on
his annual murderous joke with there
mlt of a life lost.
ft Is too early to pick « pennant win'
ner yet; also it is too early in the sea
son to give up hope.
"American women are timid,'* fa
marks lir. Colt. The doctor iievel feat
at tended a bargain sale.
Any fond mother will agree that
however much it costs to keep the
baby, it is worth the money.
One of the chief faults to be found
with gentle spring is that It generally
carries a flareback up its sleeve.
A woman who was sent to Jail for
having ten husbands probably was
found guilty of restraint of trade.
A western woman, in a $20,000
breach-of-promise suit, compromised
for $750, but she had the last word.
New York Is trying to secure a street
ear that is easy to enter if one
be not a ballet dancer or high step
per.
The report that the peanut crop has
been ruined is another blow at the i
ancient and honorable game of base
ball.
Reports that Wu may not come back
after all, will be welcomed by those !
who have bad to answer his ques
tions.
The Mississippi river is not a trust
worthy irrigation agent. It is in
clined to overdo the work every
tspring.
A California man has secured a di
vorce because his wife went through
his pockets. Cut this out and put it
in your pocket.
A burglar appeared as a character
witness in a New York case probably j
to prove the statement that there is
honor among thieves.
A Philadelphia man has discovered
n way to live on $1 a week. Thus is
solved the problem how to attend all
the games this season.
The prince of Wales is going to take
lessons in aviation. Some people find I
that even the next to the top step of |
a throne isn't high enough.
People who have nothing more im
portant to do are beginning to argue j
about the respective merits of "Ty" j
Cobb and "Honus" Wagner.
At San Diego, Cal., the police have
seized 1,200 pounds of dynamite. We
assume that the seizing was done
■without undue impulsiveness.
The sultan of Morocco Is said to be
taking "care of 3,000 refugees in his i
Tangier palace. Our flat used to look j
like that in World's Fair year.
A Trenton (N. J.) man claims that !
he has not been able to sleep for 30 j
years.' Why doesn't he indulge in a
little run down to Philadelphia?
A physical culture artist tells us
that swimming is the safest exercise, I
but even if it is, the man who rocks
the boat never will become popular.
A convention of shoe manufacturers
has decided that women's feet are
growing larger, and a new and im
proved list of sizes is to be adopted.
An Inventor claims that he has j
evolved a safe and sane aeroplane, but
there are those who labor under the
impression that there hain't no sech
thing.
An eccentric Frenchman has left be
hind a collection of buttons valued at j
$40,00. His life was one continual i
game of "Button, button; who's got
the button?"
A Cincinnati woman advocates a
curfew law which shall be applicable
to men only. When the home can be |
made happy by chasing the man to it j
we shall cheerfully admit that the
highest achievement of civilization
has been recorded.
An intoxicated Gcthamite was ar
rested for celebrating too riotously
the not-altogether joyful occasion or
his acquisition of a cemetery lot. The
police probably held such an v object as
running Lbe celebrating idea into Utc
grog rid.
RICHESON DIES IN
ELECTRIC CHAIR
Remarkable Scene as Avis Lin
nell's Slayer Pays Penalty,
hi IS BRAVE AT THE LAST
Bmilea *« He Approachea E*ecu.len
R oom _"| Am Wtiling to Dt«"—
Talha with Friendly Paator Aft
er Bring Strapped In Chair.
Boston Clarence Virgil Thompson
ltlcliitKilt WHS put to death in the »•!«•<•
trie chair in the State Prison at thai
lestown at 12.10.03 a m.
The current applied was of I.SHH)
vilt H, i ight ampi rea. One application
was sulheient.
Richeson went to his death with the
same fortitude ami self composure
that characterised his last three da>s
on earth. He did not quail when he
was called to walk to the chair. He
walked with head erect and eves
straight ahead. As lie sat in the in
struinent ot death he leaned his head
backward and answered in a clear
voice several questions asked of him
by the Rev. Herbert S. Johnson, his
spiritual advisor.
In the course of his answers he
said:
"God w ill lake r.aj» of my soul, and
1 pray for ail. 1 forgive everybody."
The last ol the q.iet,tions was:
"Are you willing to die for Jesus'
sake?"
The reply, in an even, well modulat
ed tone, was simply: "1 am willing j
to die."
The Rev. Herbert W. Stebbins, the
prison chaplain, preceded the con
demned man in the inarch to the chair.
As Richeson settled himself slowly
in the electric chair and threw back
his head and closed his eyes the min
ister turned to Hebrews and read: ;
"For he is able also to save them to
the uttermost that come unto (lod by
him seeing that he ever liveth to
make intercession for them."
Richeson displayed remarkable cour
age to the very end. lie was calm and
collected and appeared to be fully cog
nizant of what was taking place.
He was dressed plainly in a black
cheviot suit, a frock coat, white waist
coat, white shirt, turned down collar
and a black bow tie. with gold studs
on his shirt front, and with low black
brightly shitted. His head was
shaved down the middle, three inches
wide.
The first shock caused instant death
and a*Tter an examination by the phy
sician in attendance, Hiclieson >vas
pronounced legally dead at 12:17.
NEGROES FIGHTING IN CUBA.
Rebels Skirmish with Rurales and
Burn Property.
Havana. —There is no room for
doubt of the existence of a negro con
spiracy extending to all provinces of
the island, with the apparent inten- j
tion of taking up arms against the
Government. The negroes appear to
have been roused to rebellion by the
denial of what seems to them their
just political rewards for services ren
dered in the war of independence, in
which they constituted a great major
ity of the Cuban forces.
The situation was considered suffi- !
ciently grave for the Government to
send 1,200 cavalry and infantry with
field and machine guns from Camp Co
lumbia, bound for Santa Clara and Ori- i
ente provinces Near Sagua la Grande
a squad ot' rurales had an engagement
with an armed band of negroes. One
of the guard was killed, and the ne
groes made their escape.
MAJORITY CLEARS LORIMER.
Senate Committee Denies He Was Per
sonally Guilty of Bribery.
Washington.— That Senator William
Lorimer was elected to the Senate by
the legislature of Illinois as the logi
cal result of political conditions; that
the evidence adduced before the Sen
ate investigating committee establish
es a situation relative to the election,
which had no dependence whatever on
corruption of any kind; that there is i
no evidence of personal guilt on the
part of Mr. Lorimer and that no vote !
was obtained for him by bribery are
among the specific findings of the ma- !
jority of the committee of the Senate
that investigated the case.
The report of the majority was sub- !
mitted by Senator Dillingham of Yer- |
niont, chairman of the committee.
PRINCE KILLED IN AN AUTO.
Duke of Cumberland's Heir and His
Chamberlain Victims of Accident.
Friesack, Prussia. —Prince George |
William, the eldest son of the lJuke of ;
Cumberland, and his Chamberlain,
Herr von Greve, were instantly killed
in an automobile accident on tiie high
way near here.
BANK ROBBERS GET $7.C00.
Cut Telephone Wires and Intimidate
Citizens Awakened by Explosion.
Nashville, Tenn. After barricading \
all approaches to the bank and cut- i
ting the telephone wires, robbers de- |
motished tne vault of the First Na- ]
tionai bank of Camden, in Benton I
County,
'i he first of six charges of nitro
glycerine explosions brought citizens
from their beds, but they were prompt
ly ordered back. Tiie robbers got
about $7,000.
FLEEING FROM TH C FLOODS IN THE SOUTH
This ptioiopiapti hliov. r. tn-< ■ K i Anpini: on the levee in oue «»i Ihe towns near New Orleans. They were
112..., Mm. tin sr In « * ||\ Ux- r *li of "lie liaik waters, and arc waiting for ttijrs to take tliem to safety.
VOTE TO END
COAL STRIKE
Seven Weeks' War Caused To
tal Loss of $69,250,000.
170.C00 TO RESUME WORK
Repairmen Begin Clearing Out Mines
—Miners Adopt Scale by Vote of
323 to 64—News Received with
Joy Through the Valley.
Wilkesbarre, Pa. —The anthracite
mine workers' convention ratified the
agreement entered into by a sub-com
mittee of the miners and operators
and the miners return to work afttr
an idleness of seven weeks. The vote
was 323 in favor of ratification to 04
against.
The result was announced amid
cheering, though it was manifest w hen
the delegates rose to their feet to vote
that the agreement had been carried
by a large inajorty. The debate had
been proceeding for five days.
A motion was immediately adopted
authoriizn the miners' sub-committee
to sign the new agreement with the
coal operators.
John P. White, International Presi
dent of the United Mine Workers of
America, led the light for the adoption
of the agreement, and told the men
that the new wage agreement was the
best they have ever had.
It is the first time in the history of
anthracite mining, he said, that the
miners had gained an increase in
wages wthout striking. The advance
is 10 per cent., with the old sliding
scale abolished. It will net them about
5 1-2 per cent. Other concessions are
contained in the agreement, one of the
most important of which is that pro
viding for grievance committees at all
times, with power to meet officials of
the coal companies and adjust com
plaints.
Scranton, Pa.—The ratification of
the miners, agreement by the district
convention at Wilkesbarre was receiv
ed with joy all through the Lackawan
na Valley.
The suspension started seven weeks
ago. In that time the losses due to
the suspension are estimated as fol
lows: Loss in wages of mine em
ployes, $17,000,000; loss to coal com
panies in net profits, $10,000,000; loss
to sellers of supplies and materials for
mining, $5,000,000; loss to railroads in
coal freight charges, $19,000,000; loss
in wages of idle coal train crews,
$250,000; loss to merchants in trade,
$10,000,000. A total loss of $69,250,000.
STANDING OF THc CANDIDATES.
Headquarters Give Out Their Latest
Information.
Republicans.
Delegates in convention 1.07S
Necessary to choice 540
Claimed for Taft 562
Instructed for Taft 509
Claimed for Roosevelt 500
Instructed for Roosevelt 397
Instructed'for La Follette 36
Instructed for Cummins 10
Democrats.
Helegates in convention 1,094
Necessary to choice j. 728
Instructed for Clark 294
Instructed for Wilson 127
Instructed for Underwood 84
Instructed for Marshall 30
Instructed for Baldwiu 14
Instructed for Burke 10
Instructed for Harmon 4
TEACHER KILLS HERSELF.
Driven to Suicide by Year of Anony
mous Letters.
Liberty, Ind. —Miss Laura Moss,
high school teacher, well known in
educational circles in Indiana, shot
and killed herself because of anony
mous letters she had been receiving
for more than a year. It is believed
the letters were written by some one
connected with the schools, but the
authorities have been unable to run
down the writer.
PRESIDENT TAFT WILL
FIGHT TO THE END
Particularly Desires to Do Nothing
That Might Help Roosevelt —
Figures Are Conflicting.
Cleveland.—President Taft will be
in the to the finish, whatever
may be tiie outcome of the primaries
in the various states.
The Roosevelt people have been
busy circulating as part of the Ohio
campaign reports that the President
will step aside. Some of the Presi
dent's friends have been quoted as say
ing they believed lie would be obliged
to follow such a course in a final effort
to defeat Roosevelt at Chicago.
Mr. Taft himslf, however, has never
entertained a thought of retiring from
the race. He said some time ago that
only death could keep him out of the
fight at Chicago, and his attitude is
the same to-day as it was then.
He will go into the Chicago conven
tion ready to stand to the end deter
j mined, if necessary, to put the respon
, sibility for the present situation in the
j Republican party squarely on the
shoulders of those who ha\e created
it. t
President Taft's advisers declare
that the day is past for talking of a
compromise candidate; that it is now
a tight to a finish beiween Roosevelt
and Taft. They add that the President
could not deliver his delegates to a
third candidate eveu if he had any
thought of doing so, and that the sur
est way to bring about Roosevelt's
nomination would be for Taft to with
draw.
It is pointed out further that any at
tempt on the part of Mr. Taft to step
aside at this time would lead to his be
ing characterized as a "quitter," even
though his motive might be party har
mony.
President Taft received telegrams
from his secretary, C. D. Hilles, and
Director William P. McKinley of the
Taft Bureau claiming 543 delegates to
the convention for Taft. Five hundred
and forty is a majority in the conven
tion.
' The President had nothing to add to
his statement regarding the delegates
to Chicago. In that statement he said:
"If Theodore Roosevelt were to get
all of the delegates that remain to be
chosen yet he could not be nominated.
Carefully prepared figures show that
only 309 delegates thus far are in
structed for or pledged to him, and the
talk of real and genuine contests
against delegates who are instructed
for me is as unsustained by the facts
as many of the misleading issues
which have been injected into this
campaign."
Toledo, Ohio. —Col. Roosevelt issued
a statement concerning his delegate
strength in which he opens the way
to bolt the Chicago Convention should
Taft have a working majority of the
delegates.
i s In this statement, speaking of the
Michigan delegation, he says:
"In this State the contests for the
Taft delegates Lave literally no foun
dation whatever. The Taft delegation
represents not merely fraud but vio
lence. It has no claim whatever to be
considered to represent any Republi
cans.
"In Michigan, as in Indiana and Ken
tucky, the acceptance by the national
committee of the Taft delegates would
be a deliberate violation of the popular
w ill and would relieve all Republicans
of any duty to or respect of any con-
I vention in which these men exercise
a controlling part.
This statement is the first that
Roosevelt has personally authorized
j in the campaign.
WOMEN ELECT WOMAN MAYOR.
Men Have Allowed Gambling, but
Mrs. Wlssier is a Reformer.
Cheyenne. Wyo.—For the first time
in the history of Wyoming, which was
the first State to grant suffrage to wo
men a woman has been elected Mayor
of a municipality. The victorious wo
man is Mrs. Susie Wissler. a widow,
and the town is Dayton. A majority
| of the voters are women.
Mrs. Wissler is a Democrat, but was
i elected on an independent ticket.
AGED KING DIED
j IN THE STREET
Bodyof Denmark'sßuler Found
Among Paupers in Morgue.
CHRISTIAN PROCLAIMED KING
Long Search for Missing Monarch Be
fore His Fate Is Learned—Surgeon
Present at End —Royal Family
Not Told at Once.
I Hamburg.— In the presence of a lit
i tie group of Danish courtiers and local
police officials an attendant in the
j Morgue here drew back the white
' sheet covering one of eight bodies
I stretched on a marble slab and reveal
ed the form of Frederick VIII., King
of Denmark. The monarch had died
; suddenly in a public square a few
j hours before. Heing unidentitied his
1 body was sent at once to the Morgue. '
In the belief that the King had re
! tired at his usual hour. Queen Louise, j
j Prince Gustave, and Princesses Thyra
! and Dagmar were sleeping in their
, apartments. Not until his Majesty s
1 body was recovered from the morgue
, and brought to the hotel shortly after
4 o'clock in the morning did the Queen
and her children learn of the King's
death.
It was a grotesque yet picturesque
| fate that beftl the King. For years he !
: had been another Haroun-al-Raschid,
loving the night life of the cities where j
he chanced to be and seeing it for him- !
self unattended by even an equerry.
The King wore a dark Norfolk jack
i et instead of his dinner coat and turn
! Ed his 6teps toward the Goose Market,
j which is Hamburg's liveliest quarter j
I after 11 at night. The square lies just j
i around the corner from the hotel and
I he had sauntered about for less than \
I half an hour when Dr. Ludwig Selig
! Mann, a surgeon, who did not, of
| course, know him, saw him stagger as
i if in sudden pain at his heart. It was
he who assisted a policeman to lift
i the royal form into a hastily comman
j deered taxicab after he had assured
| himself the then unknown man's heart .
j had stopped beating.
The respectable old gentleman who
| breathed his last on the pavement was |
! King Frederick VIII., whose sudden
j and dramatic demise will put half the
courts of Europe in mourning. The
j King's body was taken to the Sailors' 1
| Hospital.
There was nothing to identify him; :
I he had a gold watch bearing a mono
j gram, a few coins were in his pockets,
j but no papers. So his body was sent
j to the morgue and placed on a marble
slab, common clay with eight others, j
Finally the searchers went to the
morgue, disclosed tlieir identity and
the nature of their mission, and were j
admitted. The valet recogniezd the j
body of the King, and it was removed [
to the hotel.
Copenhagen.—News of the Danish j
ruler's unexpected death amid sur- \
roundings so sensational spread con- ,
sternation in the courts of Europe j
and in his native land. Copenhagen ■
was plunged into mourning, and it
was with sorrowfufl hearts that resi- j
dents of the Danish capital gathered j
about the palace at 3 p. m.to acclaim :
Christian X. as their new ruler. After I
he had delivered a brief address of 1
I greeting, the King stood silently, ;
I tears gathering in his eyes, looking !
dowu from the palace balcony on the j
motionless crowd below.
ROOSEVELT CLAIMS VICTORY.
Declares That He'll Be Nominated on
the First Ballot.
Dayton, Ohio. —In the opinion of
Theodore Rosevelt, he has won al- j
ready. He dictated this statement:
"The number of delegates necessary
to nominate is 539. Of the delegates
already elected, without counting the
contested delegates, I have more than
500. Of the delegates yet to be elect
ed I am confident I will receive enough
to insure my nomination on the first j
ballot."
FLOYD AUEN
DOOMED TO DIE
Virginia Outlaw Convicted of
Ccurt House Murder.
HE IS FOUND GUILTY BY JURY
Firat of the Court House Murderer*
Will Pay the Penalty of Hn
Crime in the Electric Chair
In Richmond.
Wythevllle, Va—The jury In the
enn' of Kloyd Allen, leader of the out
law clan, reported a verdict of murder
Iu i In* tirut di'itrre.
Allen was charged with killing om
tnou wealth Attorney William Fouler in
the Hillsville t'ourt House shooting af
fray cm .March 14.
Allen was hopeful to the last that
the Jury would not agree. The Jury
first reported to Judge Staples that
they were unable to arrive at a ver
dict. Judge Staple* bent them back
for further deliberation and they were
locked up for the night.
The jury reported an improper ver
dict at lirst, the forman stating. "We
hold the prisoner guilty," without
specifying the degree. Judge Staples
ordered the jurors to return to
room and prepare a comple*
ment. The twelve men tro
to the court room a momen
the first degree specific it
The crowd that packe
room made no demons'
the verdict was anno
tives had previously
spectator to preven'
a repetition of th
and plain clothe:
throughout the
Told to star erdict,
which means i0 In the
electric chair i . the prison
er hobbled slowly to ins place, his face
grim and stern, but drawn in lines of
pain. In the words of the mountain
eers in the court room, "Old Floyd
took his medicine like • tan." and liv
ed up to the Allen trau.,ion that none
of the family ever feared to face
death.
Floyd Allen was charged specifically
with the murder of Commonwealth's
Attorney William M. Foster, prosecut
or in Carroll County Court in Hills
ville last March, when the trial
Floyd Allen' culminated in the kii'
of five persons. Judge Thorntot
Massie. Prosecutor Foster, Sheri
F. Webb, Elizabeth Avres and Ai
tus Fowler, juror. The traged'
ated a panic in the little mounta
town of Hillsville, where the in.
ants always held the Allen clansmen
in deadly terror.
SOCIALISTS NOMINATE DEBS.
Seidel Clwsen as Running Mate by
National Convention.
Indianapolis, Ind. —For President,
Eugene V. Debs of Indiana; for Vice-
President, Emil Seidel of Wisconsin.
This is the ticket nominated by the
Socialist national convention, the sen
timent for Debs being virtually unani
mous and Seidel being an easy w inner
over Charles Edward Russell.
The lines between the conservatives
and radicals were drawn many times
again, but,' in the main, the conserva
tives won out either by vote or by
compromise that left, them masters of
the field.
The convention declared against vio
lence in labor strikes, although it went
on record as being in sympathy with
the strikers. The most heated discus
sion resulted over a motion by Miss
Maley, in effect, that men hereafter
applying for membership in the party
must recognize the rieht of women to
vote. There was strong opposition to
it but it was carried by a vote of 135
to S6.
The police having withdrawn oppo
sition to the "red flag" parade, tho
delegates inarched 'n the downtown
streets, each of them carrying a small
red Hag.
FATHER FINDS SONS DEAD.
Children Discovered in Seat Bck of
an Old Wagon.
Cincinnati. —The bodies of the
Nichols children. Robert, 6 years of
age, and Urban, 3, who had been miss
ing from their home since April 29,
and for whom the police of the coun
try had been searching on the theory
that they had been kidnapped, were
found by their father. Robert Nichols,
in the seatbox of an old wagon in the
basement of the stable of a craker
manufacturing company, where he is
employed as stable boss.
The father's attention was directed
to the wagon and it required consid
erable effort on his part to open the
lid, which was tightly hold down by
a steel clasp wTiich had in some way
been placed in position over the sta
ple. The children had suffocated iu
each other's embrace.
MINERS ACCEPT TERMS.
Foreign • Element Influenced by
White's Speech on the Finances.
Wilkesbarre, Pa.—Peace is assured
in the Anthracite fields for four years.
President John P. White's address,
in which he bared the numerical and
financial strength of the union turned
the tide and two hundred foreigners,
most of whom have opposed the peace
offer, decided to accept the agree
ment. The foreigners are a majority
in the convention. They represent
about SO per cent, of the delegates.