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LAPORTE PA.
; ! • t>» ft eMii r or t . t ter topic
than baseball.
The baseball knocker 1* simply t>
reactionary In the field of sport.
Thank goodness, the circus nevei
threatened us with a farewell tour.
The wireless Is fast being consid
ered the greatest Invention of the
use.
Fortified by statistics, swat the first
fly, and kill #.327.648,595,671 other
flies.
One person who need not be told that
the baseball team Is In town Is the of
fice boy.
The bleachers are never willing to
fidmlt that n hostile umpire was born
free and equal.
If any person thinks that free
speech is restricted in this country lej
him goto a baseball game.
Also, it is well not to forget that
there is a certain amount of healthy
exercise in swatting the fly.
The best barefoot dance of them all
is the one the youngster does on the
brink of the swimmln' hole.
A London court is trying to decide
what is a "sardine." Even the small
fish get their day in court.
It appears to be absolutely useless
to dispute with a locomotive for the
right of way at a grade crossing.
There is reason to suspect that the
expressive slang phrase, "Never
again!" originated on moving day.
Despite the war of extermination on
Jhe mosquito and fly last year, the cru
sade will begin as usual this year.
A Chicago reformer advocates the
employment of policewomen in plain
clothes. No use —they wouldn't wear
'em!
Every woman knows that she can
l>e her own beauty doctor, but prefers
the work of a more experienced mas
seur.
A Chicago pastor refuses to marry
■couples who are not physically sound,
but we presume he winks at lovesick
jiess.
King George's doctor says that Chi
cago is a pretty place. Anyway, most
of the campaign portraits have come
down.
Japanese children, it is said, are
taught to write with both hands. It
takes a halfnelson to master that lan
guage.
The price of gasoKne has gone up
ns well as the price of hay. This 18
where the auto has nothing on the
horse.
Amateur gardeners should be In
formed that It is not necessary to
plant string beans to the music of
mandolins.
According to a fashion authority,
styles in women's hats this year are
to be "more sensible." Going to raise
garden truck on them?
Certain dreamers talk about the mil
lennium, but it will only come when
baseball fans take the word of the
umpire without a murmur.
China now has a native aviator of
Its own. Very likely China before
long will goto talking about the back
ward civilization of the Occident.
A food expert advises us to eat less
•wheat and more rice, but we have a
vague suspicion that he is doing press
agent work for a chop suey factory.
We see by the papers that two Los
Angeles girls rescued two young men
from the angry deep. This being leap
year, there can be no doubt about the
sequel.
A Pennsylvania woman, charged
with having ten husbands, has been
sentenced to a year in jail. If the
Jury had been made up of spinsters
nothing short of capital punishment
would have sufficed.
A Boston professor is quoted as say
ing that 1,000 westerners could re
store rural New England to its former
prestige. M-m-m. Well, It took near
ly that number of New Englanders to
make a prestige for the west.
That story of a workman who fell
21 stories in New York and caught a
rope several times on his way down
and remarked on reaching the ground
that he felt a little dizzy, certainly
igives the reader a dizzy feeling.
Remember the cake walk? Perhaps
Ihe day will come when we can ask
the same question about rag time.
A lady named Ylk Yug Ying is re
ported to be at llie head of the woman
suffrage movement in China. Nobody
can accuse her of not being a Y's
woman.
A five-story pickle factory In Chi
cago was destroyed by fire the other
flay. But, then, one could hardly
expect a pickle factory to be pre
perved.
FOUR MONARCHS
AT ROYAL BIER
Kings. Queens and 2.000 Nota
bles. See Frederick Buried.
200.000 DANISH MOURNERS
Buried Among Tombs of Thirty-Three
Predecessors on Danish Throne—
Diplomatic Significance in Gath
ering of Three Rulers.
Copenhagen With impressive pomp
and ceremony, in the presence of four
kings. lour queens and 2,000 notables
from all over Europe, anil in striking
contrast to the loneliness and obscuri
ty 01 his sudden death In Hamburg,
ihe body of the late Ki 11 n Frederick
VIII. was laid to rest in Frederick V.'s
chapel at HosUilde. after lying instate
in the Christiansborg Chapel.
The funeral in the chapel of the pal
ace at Christiansborg was attended I>>
all the Danish and foreign royal per
sonages, the members of the various
foreign embassies and military and
naval officials.
The Queen Mother was greatly af
fected during the services and fainted
a few minutes before the close.
From the chapel the coffin was tak
en to the railroad station close at
hand. All the male members of royal
families walked, while the women
were in carriages. The procession
went through a crowd of 150,000 peo
ple which had massed along the route.
A special train conveyed the body to
Roskilde, from which station another
procession w : ent to the cathedral. The
men members of the royal families
again walked behind the coffin, which
was on a gun carriage, while the wo
men were in carriages further behind.
After the funeral service, while the
royal mourners, following an ancient
custom, threw handfuls of dirt toward
the cofiin, the King's body was en
tombed in the crypt of King Frederick
V.'s chapel, where rest the. bones of
thirty-three monarchs.
Great diplomatic importance was at
tcahed to the meeting at the King's
funeral of the three Scandinavian
kings. Christian of Denmark, Haakon
of Norway and Gustav of Sweden. It
was the first time in a thousand years
that the three Scandinavian monarchs
met on friendly terms.
Other royalties in attendance at the
funeral included Dowager Queen Lou
ise, the widow of King Frederick;
King George of ('.recce, the dead
King's brother; Dowager Queen Alex
andra of Great Britain, a sister; the
Dowager Empress Marie ol' Russia, a
sister; Queen Maude of Norway, Arch
duke Peter Ferdinand of Austria, the
Italian Duke of Genoa, the Spanish
Infante Don Carlos and many others.
KENTUCKY TOWN IN ASHES.
Business Section of Lebanon Junction
Burns with $250,000 Loss.
Lebanon Junction, Ky.—The busi
ness section of Lebanon Junction was
wiped out by fire, which swept the
length of the town's main street. Thir
teen business buildings and three resi
dences were consumed and the two
general stores and the ho'el which re
main were badly damaged.
The fire originated in the third
floor of the store of A. Davis and
spread rapidly. A special train
brought fire apparatus from Louis
ville, thirty miles away, but the fire
had burned itself out or had been
checked before this help arrived. The
loss is estimated at from $200,000 to
$250,000.
BIGAMIST KILLS HIMSELF.
Albert Law Townsend of Brooklyn
Ends Life with Bullet.
Albany, N. Y. —Albert Law Town
send of Brooklyn, wanted in New
York City on a charge of bigamy, shot
himself when under arrest. Town
send was arrested by a detective on
the street. He asked permission to
goto a local insurance company's of
fice, where he wrote some letters and
called New Yoik and Troy on the tele
phone. The detective then permitted
him togo to a washroom in the base
ment, where he shot himself through
the head with a revolver. He was
taken to a hspital, where he died.
ROOSEVELT BARS ROOT.
Word of the Colonel's Demands Car
ried to Chicago.
Chicago.—Col. Itoosevelt served no
tice on the Republican National com
mittee that he would oppose the se
lection of United States Senator Root
a". Temporary Chairman of the Na
tional Convention. I
The Roosevelt message was brought
to Chicago by Ormsby McHarg, who
has been intrusted with the work of
breaking up the Taft Relegations in
the. "Solid South" and subsequently
representing the Roosevelt claims be
fore the National Committee.
NEGRO ELKS RESTRAINED.
Can't Use Name of White Men's Order
by Court's Ruling.
Albany, N. Y.—The "Improved Bene
volent and Protective Order of Elks of
the World," a negro organization,
must adopt another name which con
tains no reference to the Elks, and its
members must not wear the Elks' em
blem, according to a decision by the
Court of Appeals.
The action was brought by the Ben
evolent and Protective Order of Elks.
Incorporated.
CHAMPION RUNNERS TRAINING FOR OLYMPIC GAMES
Tins photograph shown four of ihe leading runners of ilio United Slates, training ai Celtic Park, L.l. Heading
from left to right they are Bonhug, Kiviat, Mel Shepard and tiissing. The four men are the fastest, three-mile
relay team in the world and are looked upon to shatter all records at the coming Olympic games at Stockholm,
Sweden. They sail 011 June 15.
OHIO IS SWEPT
BY ROOSEVELT
Wins Plurality Over Taft and
Gets Majority of Delegates,
GOOD SHOWING BY WILSON
President Wins Cincinnati, but Loses
Toledo—Close Vote in Some Con
gress Districts—Wilson Shows
Unexpected Strength.
Columbus, Ohio. —Theodore Roose
velt has won a sweeping victory in the
Presidential primaries in Ohio.
Gov. Judson Harmon will have a ma
jority over Gov. Woodrow Wilson of
New Jersey on the preferential prim
ary ballot, which will give him the
control of the six delegates at large.
Wilson made a surprising race
against Harmon.
National Committeeman Harvey C.
Garber claims that Wilson has carried
the Third, Fourth, Eighth, Ninth.
Tenth, Sixteenth, Nineteenth, Twen
tieth and Twenty-first districts. Gar
ber does not claim that Wilson defeat
ed Harmon in the Presidential prefer
ence primary.
Harmon leaders assert that Harmon
carried the State in the Presidential
preference primary by a vote of at
least 2 to 1.
It was a great victory for former
President Roosevelt. He won by prob
ably 30,000 votes. He swept all the big
cities except Cincinnati.
The results indicated mean a politi
cal revolution in Ohio. Chairman Wal
ter Brown, of the State Central Com
mittee, by reason of the Roosevelt vic
tory, becomes a dominant figure in
Ohio Republicanism, along with Dan
Hanna and James R. Garfield, of
Cleveland.
Brown claims a majority, but does
not designate which other districts or
delegates are for Taft.
These districts extend from the
Ohio River to Lake Erie, and cover
farming, mining and manufacturing
sections. Roosevelt will have a large
majority of district delegates.
President Taft failed to show mark
ed strength in any section of the State
except in his home county of Hamil
ton. That despite the Brownsville
argument advanced against Roosevelt
during the primary campaign, the ne
groes voted almost solidly for Roose
velt is shown by the figures of the
Sixth District, containing a large ne
gro vote which went overwhelmingly
for Roosevelt. The Eighteenth ward
in Cincinnati, which contains a heavy
negro vote, gave Roosevelt a majority
of 500.
The rural districts were against
Taft almost without exception, owing,
undoubtedly, to the fact that the farm
ers resented Taft's attempt to effect
the reciprocity pact with Canada.
Although Roosevelt's victory in the
election of district delegates to the
National Convention gives him a ma
jority of the State's 42 delegates, it is
possible that the Taft forces may con
trol the State Convention and elect
the six delegates at large.
HELD FOR DEFACING FLAG.
Striker Arrested fer Displaying "I. W.
W." on U. S. Banner.
Clinton. Mass. —In a parade of strik
ers of the Lancaster mills Stanilous
Chiavarus, a Greek, who was carrying
an Ameilcan flag, was arrested for de
facing the flag, which bore the letters
"I. W. W."
The Greek was taken to the police
station. A revolver was found in his
hip pocket, and an additional charge
of carrying concealed weapons was
made against him
RUSH UNITED STATES
MARINES TO CUBAN COAST
Move to Protect Americans As Negro
Revolt Grows Worse —s,ooo
to Quell Rebellion.
Washington.—The uprising of ne
groes in Cuba reached such an acute
stage that the United States took defl-
I nite steps toward a third intervention
in the island republic.
The steps taken were the ordering
of 700 marines from Philadelphia to
Gnantanamo, Cuba, and the issuing of
orders to 5,000 United States regulars
to be ready to move to Cuba at once.
The 700 marines sailed on the naval
transport Prairie for Guantanamo,
Cuba, to join the marines from the
gunboats Paducah, Nashville and
Kagle. after which all will go into
camp at Guantanamo and be ready for
field service, carrying with them thir
ty days' tield rations.
In addition to calling out these 700
marines, orders were issued to the
i commandants of the stations on the
Atlantic coast, to hold the remaining
marines in readiness for duty in Cuba.
Several battleships of the North At
lantic fleet have been directed to be
! ready to proceed to Cuban waters for
the purpose of landing marines and
bluejackets.
This action followed the receipt of
! appeals from Americans in Cuba for
protection of their lives and property.
Additional despatches were received
from Cuba, stating that conditions in
the island were growing worse, that
thousands of negroes have joined the
uprising and that there is grave doubt
of the ability of the Cuban Govern
ment to cope with the situation.
This despatch was followed by an
other, which stated that the Cuban
Government has acknowledged its in
ability to cope with the trouble by is
suing a decree granting the plantation
, owners the right to arm employes and
' servants for self protection.
It is reported here that if the Ameri
can troops go into Cuba they will re
| main there indefinitely and perhaps
for all time.
I
STANDING OF THi CANDIDATES.
Headquarters Give Out Their Latest
I nformalion.
Washington.—The standing of the
Presidential candidates, according to
the latest information received at the
respective headquarters, is as fol
| lows:
Republicans.
Delegates in convention 1.078
Necessary to choice 540
I Claimed for Taft 580
j Instructed for Taft 523
i Claimed for ltoosevelt 539
i Instructed for Roosevelt 433
Instructed for La Follette 3t
Instructed for Cummins 10
Democrats.
Delegates in convention 1,094
Necessary to choice 728
Instructed for Clark 294
! Instructed for Wilson ... 140
Instructed fpr Underwood 84
| Instructed for Harmon 85
Instructed for Marshall 30
liibtructed for Baldwin 14
Instructed for Burke 10
AMERICAN CONSUL KILLED.
F. D. Hill Falls Over Staircase Rail In
Hotel at Frankfort.
Frankfort-on-the-Main. Frank D.
Hill, of Minnesota, American Consul
: General here, was killed by falling
| over the railing of the staircase in the
Frankfuerter 1-lof. He was found on
the ground floor with a broken skull.
! It is assumed the fatal accident was
caused by a spell of giddiness.
Mr Hill lived at the Fr»'( kfuerter
Hof. There were no actual witnesses
• of Mr. Hill's fall.
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NEGRO REBELS
MENACE CUBA
Blacks Plan to Rise in East as
Well as West
TROOPS RUSHED TO SCENE
Fear Crisis, if Government Fails to
Protect Foreign Interests—Ameri
can Soldiers May Be Landed,
but No Intervention.
Havana.—The revolt of the blacks
is so serious that while there is no
doubt of the Government's ultimate
victory, it will be a question of weeks,
if not months, before the State will be
handling the situation well.
The Government is rushing troops to
Oriente and Santa Clara, but the num
ber of negroes already in revolt in
those places, and the country's natural
formation, will enable them to contin
ue a guerrilla war indefinitely, especi
ally in Oriente, where an immense ma
jority of the population are blacks and
the mountain fastnesses are practical
ly impregnable.
Another serious danger is the Gov
ernment's strength being concentrated
there, for this leaves the western pro
vinces weakened, and it is insistently
stated that the negroes plan to uprise
in force in Matanzas, Havana, aud in
Pinar del Rio provinces as soon as the
Government forces have gone east
ward. There are ugly rumors coming
from Pinar del Rio.
The Government concedes that sev
eral hundred are out in Santiago. Sen
or Manduley, Governor of Oriente Pro
vince, wires that 2,700 negroes are out
there.
The rural and public schools in Ori
ente have been suspended, owing to
the danger to children and teachers.
The white people in Santiago pro
vince, where it is estimated 1,500 ne
groes are already armed, fear that a
general race war is upon them. The
proportion of negroes to whites is
very large in this province, and it has
been the scene of the principal disturb
ances reported thus far.
The monetary damage is already im
mense. The sugar mills are closed.
Forty blacks entered the American
mill at La Esperanza at Sagua, seized
fifteen rifles and ammunition, and de
stroyed the telephones. The mill,
which was expected to grind for
weeks, is closed. The owners have
protested to the Administration.
Washington.—Further reports from
Cuba placed more serious aspect on
the negro uprising there, in the minds
of the State Department officials. The
matter of sending one more warship to
Cuban waters to back up the request
made for protection of American life
and property was discussed at the
State Department.
The abundance with which the ne
groes are supplied with arms in all
the provinces in which they have tak
en to the Held, is a source of consid
erable perplexity to the State Depart
ment officials. This fact has given
RESTRICTS SALE OF FRIAR LAND
House Limits Corporations to Pur
chase of 2.500 Acres in Philippines.
Washington.—The House passed the
bill forbidding the sale of Friar lands
in the Philippines to corporations in
larger quantities thnn 2,500 acres and
to individuals in larger tracts than 40
acres. The measure makes the status
of the Friar lands the same as that of
the public lands.
The bill allows the Philippine Legis
lature the right to change the areas
in special leases
CUBA OBJECTS
TO INTERVENTION
President Gomez Protests to
Taft Against U. S. "Invasion.
WARSHIPS RUSH TO COAST
Gomez Sends Rifles for Distribution
Among Planters, Not Having En
ough Men to Guard Those At
tacked—Warships Sail.
Havana. —President Gomez sent 0
cable dispatch to President Taft, pro
testing against American intervention
at this time.
The Cuban Executive has thereby
struck a popular chord, even among
the newspapers and politicians, who
formerly condemned his every act.
"It is my duty to say that so serious
a resolution alarms and hurts the feel
ings of a people who love and are jeal
ous of their independence," he says,
after reciting that he had received
from United States Minister Beaupre
a note informing him that the Wash
ington Government had ordered a gun
boat to Nipe Bay and a strong naval
concentration at Key West in antici
pation of possible eventualities, and
also in the event that the Cuban Gov
ernment was unable to protect Ameri
can property it was the intention to
land forces for that purpose.
President Gomez says the Govern
ment is doing its utmost, having with
in four days sent 3,000 troops by land
and sea to crush the rebels in Oriente,
and in that short time having restored
order in all parts of the island with
that exception, fie also says that 9,-
000 rifles, with ammunition, have been
distributed to loyal citizens and that
the Government is prepared to flood
the comparatively small disturbed sec
tion with regulars and volunteers.
"I appeal to you," he continues, "as
a loyal friend of Cuba, respecting her
rights, that you will be convinced that,
this Government is capable and suffi
ciently supported by the valor and
patriotism of the Cuban people to deal
promptly with a few unfortunate and
inisguded persons without reason or
flag.
"If you understand these conditions
you will perceive that it is not the
part of a friendly government to con
tribute, under such crcumstances, to
the embarrassment of a government
and people such as those of Cuba,
placed, it is true, in unfortunate con
ditions, but not lacking in its methods,
patriotism and courage." ,
Washington. Emergency orders
were issued by the Navy Department
to commanding officers of every bat
talion of marines in the United States
directing them to be prepared to start
for Cuba at a moment's notice.
Warship for Key West.
Key West, Pla. —The ships of war,
bound 011 the mission either of pacify
ing ruffled Cuba and protecting Ameri
can interests or of making a mere de
monstration in the rich little isle, are
as follows:
Washington (flagship of Rear Ad
miral Osterhaus). Captain, Richard
M. Hughes; crew, 856; marines, none;
guns, 4 10-inch, 16 6-inch.
Georgia. Captain, Marbury Johnson;
crew, 812; marines, 190; guns, 4 12-
inch, 8 8-inch, 12 6-inch.
Nebraska, Capt., Spencer S. Wood;
crew, 812; marines, 190; guns, 4 12-
inch, 8 8-inch, 12 6-inch.
New Jersey. Captain, Prank W.
Kellogg; crew, 812; marines, 190;
guns, 4 12-inch, 8 8-inch, 12 6-inch.
Rhode Island. Captain, Hilary P.
Jones; crew, 812; marines, 190; guns,
4 12-inch, 8 8-inch, 12 6-inch.
Minnesota. Captain, George E.
Clark; crew, 806; marines, 190; guns,
4 12-inch, 8 8-inch, 12 7-inch.
Mississippi. Captain, William J.
Maxwell; crew, 725; marines, 190;
guns, 4 12-inch, 8 8-inch, 8 7-inch.
Missouri. Captain, Fred L. Chapin;
crew, 779; marines, 190; guns, 4 12-
inch, 16 6-inch.
Ohio. Captain, Wilson W. Buchan
an; crew, 820; marines, 190; guns,
4 12-inch, 16 6-inch.
Gunboat —Yankton (dispatch boat).
Hospital Ship—Solace.
Transport—Lebanon (carrying am
munition).
TROOPS READY FOR SERVICE.
Gen. Wood Orders Army Posts to
Make Preparations.
Waukegan, 111. —Orders have been
issued by Major-Gen. Wood to the
commanders of army posts in the
East and middle West to hold troops in
readiness for foreign service. They
were received at Port Sheridan. The
Thirteenth Infantry arrived at the
fort direc tfrom the Philippines last
week. Its fighting strength is 800
men. The Twenty-seventh, 650 strong,
leaves the fort the second week in
June on a 1,000 mile hike to lowa un
less a change of orders is received.
Members of the Thirteenth Infantry
j figure they will be sent at once to
Cuba. They are acclimated.
ROOT WILL BE CHAIRMAN.
No Foundation in Report That He-
Would Not Accept Place.
Washington.—Senator Elihu Root
said he had 110 intention of declining
the temporary chairmanship of the
national Republican convention at
Chicago. He made it plain also that
he will not be forced into declining
by any threat of Col. Roosevelt's
triends. In a statement he said:
"There is 110 toundation whatever
for he story that 1 contemplate *ec;:n
iug to act as temporary chairman."