CINDERS.
Story of a Dog That Earned Mis Welcome.
By Eleanor. M. Porter.
Half way through the park the boy
with the dog stopped and looked
about him. A chill wind had, sprung
p. and the wide, elm-bordered path
wao almost deserted.
"Jlmlny!" muttered the boy. "This
dog-etealln' ain't what It's cracked up
ter be. I've a good mind now ter
leave the little beast where he It! "
It had been growing on the boy for
an hour this terror. All the elation
of that first moment of successful
theft had fled, leaving behind a lively
fear of pursuit and punishment. The
incriminating collar with its name
and address had long ago been
thrown away, to be sure; but there
yet remained the dog "Cinders," ac
cording to the collar.
" 'Taln't wuth the risk," muttered
the boy at last; and with another
swift glance about him he tied the
ena ot the dog s leader to a con
venient settee, and ran down a side
path toward the avenue.
For one amazed instant the dog
stayed motionless, then he strained
at the cord with all his small might,
giving a series of frantic barks and
whines. Two men and a woman,
coming up the path, glanced at the
dog, swerved, and passed by on the
farther Bide. A small boy shied a
Btone, then ran; but a backward
glance assuring him that the cord
still held, he turned and shied a
larger one.
The wind from the east grew
sharper, and brought a cold, fine rain.
The dog, exhausted, frightened and
hopelessly miserable, crept under the
bench for shelter. He was there when
the tall, blue-coated man came down
the path ten minutes later, and so
he escaped the cold gray eyes of Offi
cer O'Callahan.
The rain Increased with the dark.
By midnight, hunger, cold and terror
had driven the dog almost wild. Lit
tle by little his jorks and pulls loos
ened the cord about his throat, until
one last frenzied effort disentangled
the knot and set him free. He
paused, then rushed down the path,
leaving behind him the cord still
fastened to the settee.
At the edge of the park the dog
stopped. The endless blocks, tho
lights, the shadows all were un
familiar and confusing. Cinders,
born and bred In the Western town
that was his master's home, had
never been In New York until that
morning when he had come with that
same muster on a visit East, only to
be stolen nt the very railroad station
by the boy who had so quickly aban
doned him. No wonder Cinders eyed
his surroundings in dismay! Up ona
Btreet, down another, across a third
trotted the" weary llttlo feet, hour
after hour, until at dawn the dog
reached once more the park, and de
jectedly dragged his way to the bench
which had so recently held him a
prisoner.
It was then that there began for
Cinders a new existence. An exist
ence of anxious days and apprehen
slvo nights; of little food and less
Bhelter; of small boys with stones,
and big boys with sticks. His long,
silky hair grew soiled and matted, his
body loan, and his eyes wide and terror-filled.
Once a blue-coated, hel
meted man with short club chased
him for some distance, but In the be
wildering maze of paths he eluded
his pursuer and crouched under a
low-hanging bush until the man,
puffing and swearing, had passed him
by. It was a trying experience, but
a necessary one; after that Cinders'
hid when a blue coat came In sight.
Both tho park and the adjacent
sheets Cinders claimed as home, but
after his experience with the blue
coated man he grew more wary; and
when In tho park spent mo3t of his
time hiding under shrubs or behi:.'
trees until night brought darkness
and safety.
As for food sometimes a bread
crust designed for a squirrel was
snatched up by his own hungry little
Jaws, and once it was the squirrel It
self that made his dinner. Occasion
ally a child with a cooky, or a man
with a sandwich, strolled along una
ware of the hungry eyes that peered
out from beneath tangled hair and
watched for a stray crumb thrown
aside.
It was toward the end of the week
that Cinders, skulking under the trees
in the twilight, came face to face with
a shabby, hollow-eyed man on one of
the park settees.
"Hullo!" greeted the man.
The dog barked away.
"Well, by Jove! you look a rittle
more hard up than I do. Come here,
sir."
The dog did not stir.
"Prrtty tough old place, this world
eh?" Bald the man, with a weary
smile.
Still the dog did not stir.
"Hungry?"
Two mournful eyes gazed unswerv
ingly into tho man's fara. The duct
of the dog's heels stirred faintly with
the slight the very slf'ght motion o!
a tall feebly wagged.
"Humph!" grunted the man.
thrusting his hands into his pockets
and pulling out a dime and four cop
per cents. He glanced from the coins
to the dog, and from the dog back to
the coins. "Humph!" he grunted
again, rising to his feet. "Reckon
you need 'em the most, old fellow."
And he shambled down the path that
led to the avenue.
When he came back some minutes
later he threw a hurried look about
him, then drew a sandwich from the
paper bag in his hand.
"Come, sir, come good fellow!"
bo called softly.
A bird chirped overhead.
"Come, sir, come! Where are you,
Weary Willie?" called the man again,
peering into the sbadowi.
The silence was unbroken.
Until It was quite dark the man
tat on the bench and watted; then be
rote and walked away.
On the next night twilight found
the hollow-eyed, shabby man on the
tame benen. The dog, too, found
bin there.
"Humph!" growled the man.
throwing that same quick look about
him, and dragging from his pocket a
paper bag. "Seems to me you were
a good while coming! " He extracted
a sandwich, broke off a generous
piece, and tossed It to the dog.
Snap went the famished jaws, and
the dog came at once to "attention."
"Ah, ha!" crowed the man. "So
you were hungry!" He threw a
second piece, then another, and an
other. "There!" ho exclaimed, when
the sandwich was finished. "How do
you feel, Weary Willie?"
The dog whined, and took a tenta
tive step forward.
"What's your name 'Jack?' "
There was a Blow wagging of the
dog's tall.
" 'Fldo? "
The tall wagged harder.
" 'Rover?' "
There was a quick, short bark.
"Come here, sir," ordered the man;
but at the outstretched hand the dog
turned and ran; the memory of those
friendless day! and nights wa3 rot to
be bo lightly cast aside.
It came to be a regular thing after
that for the shabby man to bring a
nightly sandwich to the bench in the
park, and for the dog to come and
eat it. There was always an ex
change of courtesies In the shape of
jovial greetings and sharp barks, and
gradually the dog lost his fear. Three
times ho tried to follow his new
friend home, but the sharp "Go back,
feet to a halt, and sent the dog slink
sir, go back!" brought the little eager
ing bacl. to the shadows, there to
stand with wistful eyes gazing after
the shabby figure disappearing down
the street.
"After all, where's the use of It,
Weary Willie?" asked the man one
night when, the sandwich gone, the
two sat together on the bench.
"Where'B the use of It? There's no
fne to care what becomes of us, you
and me. Let's chuck It!"
The dog thumped his tall against
the Beat.
"Humph! Think It's a joke, do
you? Well, maybe 'tis, maybe 'tis."
There was something queer about
tho man that night. His voice shook,
and was not quite clear; his step, too,
was far from steady, and he dropped
on the seat with a curious relaxation
of all his muscles. The next night it
was worse, and the next, worse still.
There was a flat bottle which he
brought again and again from his
pocket and put to his lips after a cau
tious look about him. He stayed
longer and longer each night, and
sometimes he seemed to sleep, so low
was his head bowed on his breast.
At such times the dog spent long
minutes in motionless watching of the
silent figure, giving occasionally a
low whine a whiue which met with
no response.
There had been almost a week ot
this when one night the man slipped
from the seat and lay half on the
ground. Cinders leaped to the man's
side and licked his face, his hands,
and again his face. He whined, then
barked, then stood quiveringly alert
for the slightest movement. At that
Instant down the path came several
boys eating bananas.
There was a chorus of jeers, then
a fusillade of banana skins. Cinders,
fierce and bristling, faced the crowd
and barked. He growled and showed
his small white teeth, as from all
sides came mon and boys on the run.
More banana skins, and even small
stones, struck the man, the dog, and
the ground near-by. Still the dog
stood firm, thrusting his tiny, flercs
little self between the Inert figure
and the crowd.
Suddenly the man opened his eyes.
One glance at the mob, the dog. and
the flying stones and banana skins
cleared his brain. With a snarl of
rage he caught the quivering little
dog In his arms and staggered to his
feet. There was a cry 61 "The cop'B
a-comln'!" and the man found him
self all at once alone with the dog,
while up the path came a blue-coated,
uurrylng figure. Clasping the dog
yet more i.rmly in his arms, the man
turned and walked rapidly In the
opposite direction.
"Come, come, what's the meaning
of all this?" called the policeman, be
tween short, panting breaths, as he
reached the shabby man's side.
"Nothing." returned the man, la
conically But the crowd what were they
doing?"
"Stoning the dog and me."
"Stoning you! Been drlnkln'?"
"Do I act drunk?" retorted the
man, sharply.
The policeman gave him a 'lour,
shrewd glance.
"Mighty near it." he growled.
Then he tried a new tack.
"Whose dog is it?" he demanded.
"Mine." There was a ring of de
fiance in the man's voice.
"Where's Its collar? Got a 11
conso?" probed the policeman.
"It will have by this time to-morrow.
"
"Looks tj me mighty Ilka the little
beast I've been chasln' in these 'ore
parts fur the last month. I've had
more'n a dozen complaints ot a stray
dog; but I couldn't catch the little
varmint."
"You'll not have any complaints of
this dog," eald the man, quietly, as
he turned tff at one of the side paths.
It waa then that existence for Cin
ders changed Vet again. It became
now a thing of kind words, scanty but
gladly given food, and a bod In one
corner of a spaniely furnished room
up many flights ot stain. Thero
were the same walks in the park, only
now he both went and came with the
man. There waa the same bottle, and
there was the same cautious tipping
of it to the man's lips but perhaps
lest frequently now. At all events,
there never again came a time when
the man waa not fairly erect and In
bit right mind at be sat on the
bench.
As the summer passed the man's
clothes became more shabby, and bit
cheeks more hollow. At first he bad
gone away from the room each morn
ing and returned at night clinking
.
a few loose coins in hlti pockets; but
now days and days passed when be
did not leafre the room until night,
apparently preferring to lie for hours
on the bed In the corner with his face
to the wall.
"Where's the use?" he would say
more and more frequently, as Cinders
would leap upon the bed and coax
him, dog fashion, to go out for a
walk. "Where's the use, Weery
Willie? If there was some one to
care, I'd quit It," he went on one day.
"Perhaps I'd never even have begun.
She cared once, Weary Willie; she
said she did; but it didn't last It
didn't last. She got tired and skipped
skipped." There was a long pause,
then the voice began again. "You
don't blame her, do you, Weary
Willie? Maybe you'll skip some day
eh? She said 'twas incompatibil
ity, old fellow; In-com-patl-blHt-.
Long one, isn't it? But not half so
long as the misery It holds. S'pos
it will be that way with us, old boy
Incompatibility?"
The dog whined and leaped to the
floor.
"Ha!" cried the man, whimsically.
"So you do want to leave me, sir?
By Jove, old fellow, I should think
yon would," he added, suddenly, get
ting to his feet. "Come, let's go for a
walk!"
Days passed. Both man and dog
grew thinner; and the nights when 1
the man came home clinking colni '
in his pocket grew fewer and fewer. I
Even the walks at twilight were not
taken so frequently now, and the man I
had fallen into the way of passing
long silent evenlngB, gazing blankly
Into space. Sometimes there was in
his hands a gleaming thing of pol
ished metal, which he handled linger
ingly, almost lovingly.
"Come, let's chuck It, Weary
Willie, you and 1," he would say,
And when the dog barked and
whined, he would smile and lay th
thing aside with the laughing re-
proof: "Why, old fellow, it doesn't ,
hurt! It's all over before you ever
know it's begun! "
There came a day when Clnderi '
had no breakfast, no dinner, no sup- j
per. All day long the man had been
tramping the room like some wild I
thing. He, too, had not eaten, but h 1
had twice picked up the gleaming '
thing of polished steel, only to lay it
down again.
At dusk his jaws set in sudden j
stern lines. With one stride h j
reached the table, clutched the re
volver, and raised It to his head. Al- j
most instantly there came a frantic
bark and a sharp report. The woman j
coming up the stairs thought the two
had occurred at the same Instant; but j
the man in the bare room on the
top floor knew that the bark had :
come just in time to startle him so 1
that the ball had found a harmless '
resting place in the wall across the j
room.
"Good God! can't you let a fellow
be! " he stormed at the dog, as the re- !
volver fell from his relaxed hands.
The next Instant he strode to the door
in answer to a frightened knock.
"Oh-h!" breathed the woman out
side in glad relief, as she saw that the
man was at least alive. "Tom! how
could ypu? Are you hurt?" she cried,
stepping swiftly Inside, and closing
the door.
The man fell back in amazement.
"Sally! you?"
"Yea, dear, yes. I've come back,
Tom. I've been miserable, wretched
without you. 'Twas my fault, dear
the whole of It. I've come back.
Won't you take me?"
A shamed red came Into the man's
face.
"But, Sally, I " his eyes swept
the bare room, and a despairing ges
ture told how little he had to offer.
"Yes, yes, I know," murmured the
woman, coming close to his side.
"You got discouraged, and things 1
went wrong. But we'll change all j
that now. We'll begin again. Why,
Tom, I'm here. Don't you see? We'll j
start together. Tom, don't you j
want me?"
"Want youI-vSally!" And hie
hungry arms closed about her.
Long minutes afterwards the man, !
the woman, and the dog sat down to
gether. "After all, Weary Willie," said the '
man, softly, as he patted the dog's '
hend, "I reckon it's Just as well you I
did bark when you did. a little bit !
ago. There's some one now to care."
San Francisco Argonaut.
"THIRD DEonEE" A MYTH.
Veteran THU a Dramatic Story
About a Knpnoscd Instance of It.
It was my privilege, several years
ago, to witness the Infliction of that
much-dreaded "third degree," so
much written about, and believed by
many people to be conferred with
torture, etc., on persons arrested for
crime. The officer who took upon
himself the right to inflict It was the
former Inspector of Police, Mr,
Byrnes.
The case In question was the mur
der of a drug clerk on upper Third
avenue. The evldonce on which the
arrest was made was clrcumstancial,
but of the highest and most convinc
ing character. The officer, now re
tired, who made the arrest, reported
with the prisoner at the Detective
Bureau, 300 Mulberry Street, and
after stating the facts to the inspec
tor, was asked: "Have you got a
confession from the prisoner?" "No,"
he replied; "I had not the heart to
ask for It. I consider the evidence
sufficient." "Bring in the prisoner,"
said Byrnes. He was brought in a
youth about sixteen years old. Mr.
Byrnes looked at him for a second,
then he said: "Sonny, how old are
you?" "Sixteen," he replied.
"Where do you reside, and whom do
live with?" He answered, "With my
sister. " stating the location. "Where
do your parents reside?" "They are
both dead," he answered. A minute
elapsed, and then the Chief looked
steadily at the officer and at the pris
oner, and calling the doorman, told
him to take the prisoner out. He
requested the officer to remain.
After the door closed and the boy
was out of hearing, Mr. Byrnes, turn
ing sharply, asked the officer, "Why
didn't you get a confession?" "Be
cause I have a child of the same age,
and all through this Investigation
I have kept my child in thought, as
If he was In this unfortunate's place.
Do you. who have no boy, ask for the
confession?"
Mr. Byrnes sat for fully two min
utes in deep thought, turning to the
officer, In a husky voice replied, "You
are right."
The next day's papers reprinted
the fact that under the terrible third
degree positive evidence was ob
tained from the prisoner of his guilt.
In due time an indictment for mur
der was found by the Grand Jury,
and a trial followed. The pres
ent District Attorney, then an assist
ant, prosecuted; the prisoner in his
own defense took the stand and told
of his arrest and of the torture In
flicted on him by the Chief and de
tectives the horrors of the "third
degree."
A jury went out and brought a
verdict of not guilty the Judge
(Glldersleeve) looked In amazement
at the jury, then at the prisoner, and
said: "If you did not kill the de
ceased, who did? You are dis
charged. "
Every reference to the third de
gree since brings this memory to my
mind and causes me to ask myself,
"Was the 'third degree' ever given
anybody, at any time or place, out
side of a fraternity? And why will
people continue to believe such
cruelty as is frequently reported to
have taken place In connection with
arrests, when in fact there has been
none?" The belief in the practice
not only influenced that jury', but
misleads as well the Grand Jury, out
Public, and crea'es prejudice against
our police. The New York Times.
What Happened.
The Rtmit man on thii rvlit.
form declined to agree with the con
ductor. The conductor thought he
hadn't paid his fare. The stout man
was of the contrary opinion.
They exchanged harsh words over
the matter.
"I gave you a nickel when I not
aboard." Bald the etont man.
'I haven't taken in a nickel on this
trip," said the conductor.
The Btout man grew very red. Hit
hair seemed to bristle.
"That's just enough of this," he
growled. "I don't want to have any
trouble with you. I had trouble with
a conductor once. I'd hate to tell you
what happened."
The conductor drew back a little
and made no further attempt to col
lect the Btout man's fare.
But when the stout man was about
to alight from the car at the Penn
sylvania crossing the conductor's cu
riosity waa too much for him.
"Say," be asked, "what happened
when you had that trouble with the
other conductor?"
The stout man looked back.
"I was in the hospital six weeks,"
he mildly answered. Cleveland
Plain Dealer.
An "Inch" of Rain.
Few people have an adequate Idea
of the amount of water that descends
from the clouds during a rainstorm.
We read In the weather bulletins that
two or three Inches of rain some
times fall in a day, and that in out
last rainy spell nearly Ave Inches fell
in forty-eight hours: but these fl
really convey very little information i
to our minds and give us no idea
at all of the prodigality of nature.
An acre contains 6,272,040 square
Inches of surface, and an inch of rain
means, therfore, the same numbe:
of cubic inches of water. A gallon
contains 277.27 cubic Inches of water,
and an inch of rainfall means 22,622
gallons to the acre, and, as a gallon
of water weighs ten pounds, the rain
fall on an acre Is 226,220 pounds.
Counting 2000 pounds to the ton, an
inch of rain means over 113 tons pet
acre. An acre is about half a St
Louis block, bo that a rainfall of an
inch means a downpour of about 22G
tons of water on every city block.
Multiply this by five, the number ol
Inches of rainfall during the wet Bpell
In the last week In May, and no one
can wonder that the gutters were In
sufficient to carry off the water. The
occasional overflow of a sewer In the
.ower part of town is regarded as a
very remarkable thing, but the won
der really Is that then Is not an over
flow every time It rains. St. Louli
Globe-Democrat.
The Industrious Hen.
A billion two hundred and fifty
million dozen eggs were produced in
this country last year. That means
that the hen, the greatest trust butt
er of the age, took fifteen billion
whacka at the octoput In 1906. So,
when you wax eloquent about the
Bplendldnest and permanency of
American Institutions, don't forget
one of the mightiest ot them all the
Industrious hen. Brittol Courier.
Many tales are told by travelers
ot the wonderful skill ot the Algeri
ans In handling rifles. The native
Algerians would rank with our expert
rifle shooters.
A New Problem.
It i3 reported that more than 1000
Hindoos have crossed the Canadiar
border Into the State of Washington
recently, and have become competl- j
tors in the labor market of the State.
Men of their race, who present a
strange and curious typa to most
Americans, may be seen at work now
on the railroads of California. They
are made conspicuous even at a dis
tance by their turbans.
A gang here and there makes an
impression on the traveler without
being noticeable because ot its size.
But there Is a population of 294,361,
000 In India, an area ot 1,766,642
Bquare miles, as against a population
that Is probably considerably leu
than 400000,000 on an area of 1,
532,420 square miles In China, and a
population of 47,000,000 on an area
of 147,655 square miles In Japan.
Chicago Record-Herald.
Ill-Health.
There is a groat deal of ill-health
which deserves not sympathy or pity
but criticism and condemnation, and
a worship ot good health, including
workt at well as faith, might with
advantage be made a feature ot the
national religion. Hospital.
According to the moBt reliable re
ports, there are 262,000 Sunday
schools in the world, with a total en
rollment ot 26,000.000 nupllt.
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CHILD WONDER BACK.
;irl Cclclii-nled For Her Mind Hand
ing Tricks.
Lam-aster (Special) .Elsie Miller,
or "Elsa the Child Wonder," as she
Is known on the vaudeville stage was
returned to her home In this city by
tho police authorities, and her re
turn was accompanied by one of tho
most daring escapes of a prisoner
ever recorded in local criminal an
nals. For several seasons the girl, a
child In years, had been taken over
the country and featured in a "mind
reading" act in all the principal
vaudeville houses. Her manager was
H. R. Parker, and the pair were un
usually successful. Recently the
girl's parents decided to recall her,
but Parker, It is alleged, enticed her
away from her home.
Warrants were Issued for his ar
rest and he was Anally taken Into
custody at Hanover. He waB brought
here and taken to police headquar
ters. Prior to his Intended removal
to the county jail Parker nsked per
mission to send a telegram. While
talking to a messenger boy in a pri
vate room and surrounded by offi
cers Parker plunged from a window
and made his escape.
DREAM SAVED TRAIN.
Engineer Saw Landslide In A Villon
And Ran Slow.
Harrlsburg (Special). ConAdente
In a dream probably averted a big
wreck on the Northern Central Rail
road. Previous to reporting for duty at
the roundhouse Tuesday night. En
gineer James Burd. who hauls the
Buffalo flyer leaving Harrlsburg at
11.10 P. M., dreamed that his train
had run Into a landslide at a point
between Dauphin and Halifax. He
told his dream to several roundhouse
attaches, but they laughed at him.
Engineer Burd, to ease his mind,
determined to run very slowly be
tween Dauphin and Halifax. So
speeding his train to the limit till
Dauphin was passed, Burd then slow
ed up. And It was well he did, for
at a point some distance north of
Dauphin, Identical with the place
he had seen in his dream, the en
gine ploughed Into n lardsllde. Go
ing slowly, the engineer was able to
bring his train to a stop with little
or no damage.
BLEW OF F HIS HEAD.
Engineer Commits Suicide Tying Dy
namite Around His Neck.
Shamokin (Special) .The head
less body of Stephen Raker, a promi
nent church member and secret so
ciety worker, was found on a moun
tain by Sergeant Hennlnger and sev
eral companions. Raker had com
mitted suicide by blowing bis head
off with dynamite. At Arst It was
thought he bad been murdered! but
the authorities soon determined Rak
er had killed himself In a fit of tem
porary Insanity.
From all appearance Raker seat
ej himself on a rock and without
even removing his bat, placed the
dynamite In a bag around his neck.
Holding both ends, he applied a
match to the fuse and the explosion
blew away his bead and a portion of
the neck and chest. Only small par
ticles of the head were found. Rak
er wns employed as an engineer at
Bear Valley shaft.
STATE NEWS IN BRIEF.
TABLET FOR HKADIVG PION l'.KIt.
Site Of Conrad WHscr's Old Store
To Be Marked.
Reading (Special). At a monthly
meeting of the Berks County Histori
cal Society It was reported that ar
rangements had been mnde to dedi
cate a tablet In memory of Conrad
Welser. the pioneer, on October 30.
The tablet will be placed on the
Stitcher building at Fifth and Penn
Streets, which occupies the site of
Welser's store.
The memorial will be three by four
feet and will briefly narrate the his
tory of the man and the place. When
Reading was laid out In 1748 this
famous pioneer and Indian Interpre
ter engaged In the mercantile busi
ness at the spot where the memorial
is to be erected. Years ago a move
ment was started to erect a monu
ment over his grave at Womelsdorf.
but the project has been dropped for
the present. A few months ago his
old Womelsdorf home, near the grave
was burned.
Conrad Welser was born Novem
ber 2, 1696, and was the principal
Judge of Berks County from 1752 to
1760. He was born In Germany and
came to this country when 18 years
of age. He learned to speak the In
dian language, and often acted as
Interpreter between the Indians and
the provincial government.
The following nominations were
made by the historical society: Pres
ident, Louis Richards; vice presl-
uents, s. h Ancona. B. F. Owen,
Kicnara L,. Jones and Daniel Miller;
recording secretary. William Fegely;
corresponding secretary, George M.
Jones; treasurer, William M. Zech
man. An invitation from the borough
authorities of Phoenixville to attend
the unveiling of the monument mark
ing tne farthest point reached by
General Howe in bis march up the
Schuylkill in 1777, to be held on Sep
tember 21, waa accepted.
TOOK POISON FROM SORROW.
Girl's Mind Unsettled By Frequent
Deaths In The Family.
Chester (Special). Pretty May me
Feeney, agi 1 17 years, drank six
drams ot laudanum at her home at
357 Howell Street, but the arrival of
members of the family and a physl.
clan frustrated her plans. The girl
was taken to the Chester Hospital
where, after several hours of heroic
work by the physicians, her life was
saved.
Friends claim that the attempt
was made on account of the great
sorrow she has experienced by deaths
In her family and that when notified
that her brother could live but a
short while longer, she became
mentally deranged. The girl claims
that sho did not intend taking her
life, but that she took the drug in
mistake for medicine.
LOAN BT..iL defeated.
Trinity Methodist Episcopal
Church, Chester, has asked that Rev.
Dr. John W. Sayers. the pastor, be
returned for another year. Should
the bishop return the minister It will
make his seventh year at the church
The contract for the new Trust
and Savings Company Building, at
Bristol, has been awarded to Er
nest Lawrence, for $11,386.
The milkmen of Royerstord have
decided to raise the price of milk
from 5 cents to 7 cents per quart.
At the Schuylkill Haven Storage
Yards, George Rene, aged 52 years,
stepped In the way of a passenger
train, was struck and Instantly kill
ed. The unfortunate man is surviv
ed by his wife and a large family.
Playing about a bonfire, the clothes
of 4-year-old James Colson, of Ma
hanoy City, became Ignited. His 10-year-old
brother fought nobly to
save the boy's life, but before tho
fire was extinguished the little fel
low was bsrned so badly that death
followed soon after.
U. G. Prey, Deputy Internol Rev
enue Collector of the Ninth District
for Cumberland County, has sent his
resignation to Secretary Yerkes on
account of his having received an ap
pointment in tho State Health De
partment. Jamet M. Guest, a well-known resi
dent of Lionvllle, Chester County,
died at the -jge of 83 years. At his
ripe old age he helped to do all the
harvesting on his eon's farm this
year. For the past sixty years be
has been a member of the Dunkard
Church.
W. H. Sechrlst, of Stewartstown,
the oldest resident of that borough,
died in his 89th year. He had been
retired for a number of years.
When Mrs. John Mehl. of New
Cumberland, awoke she found her
6-fnonths-old baby dead in her arms.
The child was apparently In good
health nt midnight.
The new post office building at
West Chester was thrown open for
business and a large crowd of young
people waited to be the first ones
to purchase stamps and keep them as
souvenirs-. 1
Falling from a pear tree, Levi Rlt
ter, of Mountainvllle, fractured his
spine and is now in a critical con
dition at the Allentown Hospital.
Mrs. Catharine Martin, 80 years
old, died in the Reading Homeopath
ic Hospital as a result of talllug
out of a second-story window at her
home.
Asleep on the tracks of the Penn
sylvania Railroad, a short distance
cbove South Danville, John Rogers,
to Ironworker of that place, wis
truck by the locomotive and ground
to death. Rogers had been drinking
and had fallen asleep on ths tracks
York Votes Against Burrowing $750,
001) For Improvements.
York (Special). At the special
election here to decide whether or
riot York could borrow $750,000 for
municipal improvements the loan
proposition was snowed under by a
big majority.
This action of the voters came as
a thunderbolt to the members of the
Municipal League and others who
have been working arduously for the
past several months to induce the
voters to cast their ballots In favor
of the loans.
The proposition voted upon was
for the completion of the sewage
system, street paving and for park
purposes.
TWO-CENT RATE INVALID.
lYnilKvlvnnin Court l)u-1iii-a f ,n
Unconstitutional.
Mi Hud el rib in (Siieclal). In a 3(Li
AAA a . . . . , n
,wicn VTOinou HI1U Auuruiiwi,
of Common Pleat Court No. 4, ren
dercd their long-awaited decision ojw
vii iuo i- u u is in u i -r..-iiL ruio inw, mw- gm
clarlng the act "unjust, unreason
unconstitutional Insofar as It appltr
to the Pennsylvania Railroad.
While the decree was hailed an
great victory by the Pennsylvanll i
Railroad, which had made the Cora A
ty of Philadelphia defendant in
tult to enjoin the collection of
provided for the violation of tbo
Dunsmore act, the opinion of the
whlrh s to lip token to thn Hunrnm.'
Court will not untie the legal knot
for all the State's railroads.
It is specifically stated by the court
that the opinion is rendered entire
ly upon the contentions set up by
tho Pennsylvania Railroad, leaving
open the question as to whether the
law may not apply legally to other
railroads unless these corporatlont
can prove the same facta shown by
the Pennsylvania Railroad.
The Judges' Findings.
Briefly the finding of the Judge
Is this:
"It agrees that the Legislature pon
3esses the power to fix the rates to
be charged by tho railroads, bat It
excepts part ot the Pennsylvania Line
that part between Pittsburg and
Harrlsburg built under charter
rights which permit It to charge
whatever fare its officers consider
.-easonablp.
"It is set down by the Court, how
ever, that the Legislature under
ruling of the Federal Supreme Court
has no right to regulate rates bo that
a company will not be able to earn
the legal rate of interest--whlch la
this State is six per cent.
"By their own calculation tht
Judges decide tbat the Pennsylvania
would not be able to earn this all
per cent, under the two-cent law.
Therefore, it is that the act In its
application to this railroad is de
clared 'unjust, unreasonable and con
fiscatory.' "
Effect On Other Roads Uncertain.
Whether this will apply also to
the pending cases of the Philadelphia
& Reading, the Lehigh Valley, the
Northern Central, and the Philadel
phia, Baltimore & Washington, can
not be known until the figures of the
roads are subjected judicially to the
same test as used In the case of the
Pennslyvanla. AH of these roads
claim that they would not be enabled
to earn the legal rate of interest.
But tho interpretation of the law la
such that each corporation must
stand upon Is own bottom In court.
Prcpurlng Appeal To Supreme Court.
Preparations to appeal the case to
the Supreme Court of the State waa
begun Immediately by City Solici
tor J. Howard Gendell, who has been
defending the case in company with
Attorney General Todd. He will first
have to file exceptions which will be
argued bofore the entire Court,
Judges Willson, Audenrled and Carr.
This is but a formality necessary to
make the decree final.
President McCrea and General So
licitor Gowen, of the Pennsylvania,
announced that they wore anxious
to go through with these prelimi
naries hurriedly In order that Mr.
Gendell might get an early bearing
and decision upon his appeal to the
Supremo Court.
TO RETURN BRIBE MONEY.
Poisoned By Rut's Bite.
Bellefonte (Special). Miss Mary
Rapp, a seamstress of this place, Is
threatened with a bad case of blood
poisoning as the result of the bite
of a rat. She encountered the rod
ent In a closet and attacked it with
a broom. Before she realized what
It was up to the rat ran up the
broomstick and bit her on the hand
and made its eacanp Ml nunii
had the wound dressed and thought , collateral
little of it until a day or two ago,
when sores broke out on her arm
and face and the attending physl
clans say they are symptoms of blood
poisoning and that they are undoubt
edly due to the rat's bite.
Pittsburg Criminal Suits Will, How
ever, Be Pushed In Courts.
Pittsburg (Special) . Negotiations
are in progress for a settlement of
the financial differences between
President C. S. Cameron, of the Pitts
burg & Tube City Railroad Company,
and Broker C. H. Richardson, who
furnished the $70,000 in the attempt
to bribe Councilmen, Attornoy
Charles A. O'Brien, of counsel for
Cameron, said.
This is said to mean that Cam
eron will pay Richardson the money
be borrowed from him and that Cam
eron will get back stocks put up as
Hid Gold In Mountain.
Mauch Chunk (Special). Some
where on Flag Staff Mountain there
Is $940 in gold In a coin bag. This
amount of money disappeared from
the Madouse home when Mrs. Ma
douse, suddenly bereft of reason, left
her home and family Sunday evening
and roamed the mountain until the
Monday night following.
The woman has had but few ra
tional moments since. During one
of these she told her husband she
remembered taking the family sav
ings and hiding them under a rock
In a mountain crevasse but just
where she does not know.
Dynamite In Dinner Pall.
Carbondale (Special). Two
pounds of dynamite caps carried In
a dinner pall by Peter Obleck, a
miner employed In the Northwest
Colliery of the Temple Iron Com
pany, at Simpson, exploded while
Obleck wsb homeward-bound from
his work.
The pall blew up with terrific
force. Pieces pf the tin stuck like
pins in a cushion In che miner's face,
while his hands and body wero torn
in a hundred places.
Read Paper (rousing Track.
Chester (Special). James Far
ren, aged 40 years, was struck and
instantly killed at the Madison Street
crossing ot Baltimore & Ohio Rail
road by a northbound express train.
He. vyas carried three squares on a
cow-catcher before the train stopped.
Hit neck was broken.
ynren was employed in the rail
road round house in West Philadel
phia and was on his way to the eta
tl3n to catch a train. Farren vu
reading a newspaper when the fatal
ity occurred.
The settlement of the civil suit
will not affect the criminal cases
against Cameron and Richardson.
Swallowed Thermometer.
New Cumberland (Special). Dan
iel Erney, a Lewisburg trucker, died
from the result of swallowing part
ot a clinical thermometer which ht
broke while holding between hit
teeth to ascertain his temperature.
Mr. Erney has been sick for somt
time and symptoms of typhoid fever
had developed. He is the father ol
nine children.
Brukenuui Falls From Train.
Wilkes-Barre (Special). Earl
Barton, of Sayre, a Lehigh Valley
brakeman, was killed at Coxton bf
falling off the top of a freight train
while it was running. He was miss
ed and the train was run backward
for a couple ot miles before bis bod)
was found.
Doctor Causes Wife's Arrest.
Qua ken own (Special). DomostM
troubles In the family of Dr. Nelson
Weinberger, finally resulted in tht
doctor having his wife arrested on
the charge ot threatening to kill
him. Tbe doctor alleges that on dif
ferent occasions Mrs. Weinberger
threatened to shoot him and thai
she forbid htm visiting his parents,
continually threatening him with
revolver, and thus intimidating him.
Mrs. Weinberger wat admitted to
bail.
Lawyer Got Good Slinking.
Reading (Special). Mias Mary
Rogers, a buxom maiden of 19 years
and a witness In an assault and bat
tery case In Criminal Court, gave a
striking Illustration of the way she
said bt r friend, Hiss Jennie Geta
was assaulted by William Ptlgert and
bis wite.
Asked by Ue latter't lawyer, D.
E. Schroeder, to describe the alleged
assault, she took hold of the attor
noy by the neck and shook him un
til he tell luto his chair. The in
cident caused a general laugh In tho
courtroom.