The News Domestic Tho Loof-and-mouth dtsoaso has appeared In Philadelphia and several cattle were killed as a method of precaution. Tho Pennsylvania au thorities are taking vigorous meas ure to check the spread of the dis ease. There were a number of callers on President-elect Taft at Hot Springs, and a variety of subjects were dis cussed. Among his callers was Judge Cm in packer, of the Houso Ways and Means Commlttoo. who assured him ttmt the tariff would he honestly revised. Charles A. Walters, a veteran of the Oivtl War, and his daughter, aged 40. were found dead In their apartment. In New York, from Inhal ing jrne. It Is supposed that they committed suicide. Mr. Andrew Carnegie ha written an article for December Century, In which he favors tariff revision, but Insists there is no occasion for hasto or fcr any revolutionary step. Mrs. Peter Van Vllsslngen. wife Of the Chicago forger, said that her husband had kcpt'afl of his doings a secret trotn her. An official of the Boston Steamship Company, at San Francisco, owners of the big steam freighters Tremont and Shavvmut, Is authority for the statement that the government Ib -collating for tho vessels with a view to using them between New York and Panama. John Krauss, who ts said to have been connected with the Pacific State and Sunset Telegraph Company, of San Francisco, committed 3ulclde In his cabin on tho steamer Adriatic while the vessel was going from Cherbourg to Queenstown. Edward, Ira and Mrs. Sarah Mor ris, executors of the estate of tho late Nelson Morris, filed an inventory in the Probate Court. Chicago, the valuo of the estate being fixed at about $18,000,000. O. E. Welser. the Anaconda banker on trial at Butte, Mont., for the second time for forgery in con nection with the failure of his pri vate bank iu Anaconda, was found not guilty. The State Live Stock Sanitary Board officials have not yet received any detailed Information about the English embargo on Pennsylvania FIVE HUNDRED LIVES IN PERIL Startlers Collide in Fog On New York Bay. A BIG CATASTROPHE AVERTED. A Panle Ensues on the Mount Desert and a Stampede for Safety on the Admiral Dewey Levelheaded ness of Latter' i Captain Prevent Loss of Life. Now York (Special). Tho lives of more than 500 persons were im periled Sunday when tho fruit steam er Admiral Dewey, Inward bound from Jamaica, crushed into the steamer Mount Desert, outward bound from Hay Rldgo for the Ash ing banks. Tho Admiral DoW?, coming suddenly out of a fog bank, struck the Mount Desert almost amidships, opening a gash In the fishing vossol that extended from the upper deck to the water's edge. There were 4 50 passengers. Includ ing 20 women and six children, on tho Mount Desert, and the Admiral Dewey carried 45 passengers. In ad dition, there were the crews of tho two steamers. Panto Immediately followed the collision and It was due to the prompt action of Captain Davidson, of the Dewey, that a catastrophe was averted, for the passengers on the fishing steamer began piling over the guard rails of that vessel and leaped for the deck of the Admiral Dewey. Had he backed his steamer away, many would have fallen Into the wa ter. Captain Davidson kept the steamer moving slowly ahead and this held the prow of the fruit steam- ir lutn th rent flint liml heen nmile and afford i il a boarding-place for the Ijy Wife frightened passengers of tho Mount Desert. Thus the two steamers moved slow ly toward the east bank of the lower bay, while a wild scene waa taking place on the decks. It was believed the Mount Desert would sink and tho passengers fought frantically to get to the deck of the Admiral Dewey. A number of persons wore slight ly Injured In the stampede. Men and women crowded over the guard rails onto the Admiral Dewey so COMMON SENSE IS FOR COMMON GOOD Gifford Pfnchot Declares This Is Key note of AH Real Reform. Pittsburg (Sveolal). "Common sense for the common good Is tho keynote of tho whole oonserrajtiou movement." This was tho text of the address made before the Joint meeting of tho American Civic Association and tho National Municipal League here by Clifford Plnohot, United States for ester and chairman of the National Conservation Association. "Common sense of tho samo kind and degroo whloh Individual man constantly uses in managing his own affairs and providing for his own family must bo applied by tho na tion In managing Its largo nffatrs, both In the present and In tho fu ture." said Mr. Plnohot. "To no other work does this prlnclplo apply more directly than It does to tho work of tne Internal Improvement and development. "Our duty now Is not only to live In the great present, but to proparo for the greater future. "The PanjHAa Oanal Is an enor mous achlevinent, but In magnitude and In result It will fall far betow tho development of our Inland wator ways. The Reclamation Act Is a sub urb advance, but It will contributo little to tho public good compared to the national control of waterpowers. "What Is now most needed In car rying on this groat work of internal development Is a fuller realization of the vast Importance of making n right start for In thta work wo have only Just begun." TOTS' hath gasoline. Unusual catllo becnuse of the prevalance of rapidly that they tramped upon eacn the font and mouth disease In Ponn- i other. ylvania Samuel E. Campbell, an auto mobile dealer, was held criminally responsible for the death of Rev. Dr. G. Brinley Morgan, of New Hav en, Ct., who was struck and killed by Campbell's machine. The necessity for a trained mili tary body among the citizens of this country was emphasized by Major General Franklin Bell in an nddress before the Association of Agricultur al Cof.eges and Experiment Stations. Rear Admiral James II. Adams, re cently promoted In tho space of 15 minutes fully 350 of the passengers of the Mount Desert sprang to tho deck of the Admiral Dewey. By this time the Admiral Dewey had pushed the Mount Desert close to the cast bank. GETTING MARINES ASHORE. Steps Taken To Cany Out The Presi dent's Recent OHM. Washington, D. C. (Special). Conformably with the President's or- has been relieved jpr detaching the marines from the of duty as captain of the New York battleships and assigning them to Navy Yard, and ordered to assume j shore duty, steps are being taken to Divorced On Ground. Los Angeles (Special). Bocauso gasoline was tho only fluid sbo would use to wash their two children, Cy rus Sanford has been granted a di vorce from Minnie T. Sanford. "My wife," he says, "dronohed a rag with the gasoline, ond in two minutes had given each of tho chil dren a bath. 'It takes too much time and is too much trouble to scrub those young ones with water,' sho said. "'Gasoline Is tho quickest way to clean them with tho least trouble.' "Sho used to let the children run around stark naked half the time bo cause It was too much work to dress them." TWENTY-FIVE MEET DEATH AT BROOKLYN Save Foreman Dies Trying To Woman's Life. THE WHOLE DISTRICT IN A PANIC. Gaa Escaping From Main Pipeline Ignited in Deep Trench Exploded and Giant Timbers and Great Quanti ties of Earth Are Hurled Into the Air. OAS TRAGEDY LN BRIEF. Twonty-flro persona were kill ed by an explosion at gas In Brooklyn. Nineteen workmen wore crush ed by the debris or burned to death. One woman and flvo children were killed. Samuel W. Trout, foreman, mot death trying to save tho woman. Four men eecaped by crawling through a connecting sower line. Residents in the vicinity were thrown Into a panic by the force of the explosion. The bodies of tho victims aro being recovered with groat difficulty. CZAR DREADS Tin: RISK. May Not Expose Himself At His CbqIo'i Funeral. St. Petersburg (By Cable). Re ports aro in circulation in official cir cles to the effect that Emperor Nich- Now York (Special). Twonty five persons aro bolloved to have lost their Urea in an explosion of gas which tore up a great section of Gold Streot, Brooklyn, It la definitely known that 15 persons wore burled uudor tho hundreds of tons of earth and Umber that were thrown Into tho air by tho explosion, and 10 more persons aro reported. as miss ing. Thu exaot number of dead can not be determined, for those work ing to recover the ontombed bodies must dig through 50 feet of dirt, rock and a tangle of pipes and tim bers. The explosion occurred in a fifty foot deop excavation that had been mado In Gold Stroet between York and Front Streets, where a water main was being laid. The gas main roooutly sprung a leak, and In a likaunor unknown a spurk came In contact with escaping gas. Imniodl tately thoro was a terrific explosion that lifted tho surface of tho street for half a block In both directions and hurled dirt, paving stones and dobrls into tho air. When the sinoko and dust cleared away It win seeu that t.he streot had boon opened from doorstop to door stop ovor an area of nearly a block. The loosanod earth and debris had fallen into tlio excavation, burying the score of laborers who were at work whon the accident happened. Great tonguoB of flamos shot out of crevices SAYS MAN CAN M- live forever NEWS OF PENNSYLVANIA t CALL 25 EXPERTS TO FIGRT PLAGOE Student of longevity Asserts Spirit of Life Can Be Cultivated. Now York (Special). Chnrlea Brodlc Patterson, who has made a special study of longevity, told the Medico-Legal Society at tho Waldorf- i8,0" '!"l,:,ln J,?1?:. I State and Federal Authorities i roused ever. He supported hla contention by citing many authenticated cases of long life and arguing that if It is possible to Incroase tho length of life by 10 or 20 years, It Is possible to Increase It Indefinitely. "There Is," said Mr. Patterson, "a spirit of life which must be culti vated. Without paying the greatest attention to this Inner world It is lniposslblo for us to five Indefinitely." Miss Jessie Fowler soft sho know at Spread of Disease. Danville (Special). The epidem ic of foot and mouth disease contin ues to spread among the livo stock of the 8tate. according: to Dr. Leon ard Pearson, who says that the State and Federal authorities have become thoroughly aroused over the serious ness of the situation, tlr Pfrnn summoned to Danville a man who was now 1 0f years old ( twenty-five Federal Inspectors from all over the oaBtern part of tne uni ted States, many of whom nsslated In eradicating the disease during tho great epldomio In Now England in 1002. It was also decided to make n canvass of 3,000 farms In thoso parts of the six counties, Montour, North umberland, Columbia, Union, Snyder and Lehigh, to which tho infection has sproad. The outbreak In Lehigh County Is aerlous. Herds at three different places, Center Valley, New Trlpola and Vera Cruz, aro Infected. At Vera Cruz twenty hoad were found Infected. All the cattle that had developed tho disease in Lehigh County were appraised, killed and burled. Dr. Pearson was in Snyder County Inspecting the outbreak which oc curred there. Near Mlddleburg six cows wore killed and five additional farms wero placed under quarantine. and who intended to walk from San Francisco to New York. She said that she had received corroboratlvo proof of tho death of a man In Eng land a few weeks ago nt the age of 130 years, and that her Investiga tions had convinced her that per sons who live with care may arrive at almast any age they deBlre Mii s Fowler continued that one trouble with persons who set out to llvo long Uvea Is that thoy Indulge in stimulants. "Men who drink a quart of beer a day." she said, "may not feel the I effects of that quart for many years, but Booner or later It will' count against them in their effort to ob tain unusually long llfo." Dr. U. O. B. Wingate, of Milwau kee, In discussing expert medical wltnossos in court said: "Unless the court decides they are qualified they uhoud not be permit ted to testify, but having gone to the witness stand they should bo protected from lawyers." olas Is Bllghtly Indisposed. These iu the stroet and besido them goy- the naval station at j (T(!t them ashore. Orders were la- command on Charleston. sued detaching those aboard the New The Stock Exchange creditors of Hampshire and the marines will be A. O. Brown & Co. received a 21 peri iaI1(ie(j at the nearest navy yard. In cent, dividend on their claims from ;u (jByg an the marines aboard the the sale of two Stock Exchange seats i ships of the third squadron of the for $140,000. ; Atlantic fleet now in Atlantic waters rinAfnr.l.,1 qlvla rnr r( VfI nt ttlPl ...ill ,-.. ,-..1 1 i.vnl frntll tlioir Navy Department state that the sal- duty aboard the vessels. From tha fid by a llTtal Jftf jOf troojilr but of tho YnnUoe wrecked oil! n.nifl (l...t 190 murines are to be' w ...wv, . vago Of sent to Bremerton and a simuai number to Mare Island. Marines from two of the vessels of the ships of the Atlantic fleet now at Manila are to be sent to Olongapo. Spindle Rock, at the entrance Buzzards Bay, will be complete. Capt. N. E. NUes. TJ. S. N . has heen detached from duty In command of the Hancock, New York Navy Yard, to duty as governor of the naval home, Philadelphia. No Arabic numerals appear on the new issne of two-cent sumps, more PronoaitioJi To Build Lur;;o Hall In man IVU.UVViUVO OI which nave jusl been printed and placed on sale by sers of water leaped Into tho air from a main that had been shattered by the explosion. Two bodies were pro truding from the wreckage. Five Children Dio. Gold Street was crowded with school children whon the explosion occurred, and that scores of chil dren woro not killed or Injured was romarkabla. A woman and three children were almost opposite tho apprehension for tho safety of His , excavation whon tho earth crumbled Majesty. under their feet and they were swept - down into the hole under tons of rumors may mean that he has de cided to abandon his idea of walking for a distance of threo miles through the streets of St. Petersburg In tho funeral cortege of his uncle, Grand Duke Alexis, who dlod recently In Paris. The entire route of tho funeral procession Is to be lined on either FOR THE INAUGURAL BALL. the Poatoffloa Department. John D. Rockefeller, president of the Standard Oil Company, made his appearance as a witness for th de fence in the federal suit to dissolve the so-called Oil Trust. The name or George A. Knight, the gifted California orator, who seconded Mr. Taft's nomination at Chicago, is the latost figure in the Cabinet gossip. I oreign Washington. Washington. D. C. (Special). After numerous attempts in years past to provide in this city a mam moth structure wherein could be held the Inaugural ball, large conven tions or other gatherings of consider able size, definite stepB were taken looking to the construction of a na tional auditorium. Behind the proj ect are some of the most prominent citizens of Washington in official and business life. It is proposed that the auditorium proper shall have a Beat inir capacity of 12.000, while small- er rooms are to be provided which will accommodate from 100 to 1,000 Emperor William's s'atements to Chancellor Von Buelow regarding his observance of the constitutional requirements is not laucn sei lousiy , afforde(J the cHlxens of Washington by large numbers of he German shareholders in the enter- people, who doubt his sincerity. pl.j3e 1 ue Japanese loan, in u.e nupe THE "BREECHES BIBLE." Copy On Which Washington Was Obligated As Hi'sttlf Muson. Montreal (Special). A copy of the famous "Breeches Bible," publish ed In London In 1590, and said to be the Identical book on which Goorge Washington was obligated as a mas ter MaBon, was restored to Lodge of Antiquity. No. 1, Q. R., A. F. and A. M., the oldest Masonic lodge in Canada, to which it originally be longed. Antiquity Lodge received Its char ter from Ireland, and was Instituted by officers of tho Forty-sixth British Regiment, of which W ashington Vras al6o a member. The Initiation took place In New York on a visit of the Forty-sixth Reglmont. The book has since been kept In n vault under the care of various Masonic bodies. IN THE WORLD OF FINANCE wreckage. Onfy four of tho men working In the excavation escaped and their ob oape waa romnrkable. 11-YEAR-OLD SHOOTS MAN. Williams Suld To Have Drawn Pistol On Boy In Game Of Curds. Peusacola, Fla. (Special) Charles Williams, a whito man, was prob ably mortally wounded at the tur pentine camps of Godwin Bros., about 11 miles from Peusacola, by Ha nlstor Sheffield, 11 years old. The man and boy were playing; cards and with them was James Sheffield, 13 years old. A dispute arose and the man. It Is said, threat- ! ened James Sheffield. He drew I1I3 WANTS PERSIAN PROVINCE. Turkey Reported As Planning To Seize Azerbaijan. London (By Cable). A special dispatch rocotved here from Tohoran, Persia, says that the Turkish Am baesador to Persia, has left secretly for Constantinople. His departure Is attributed, the dispatch continues, to tho rumored plan to bring about the annexation of the Persian prov ince of Azerbaijan to Turkey. The intimation contained in this dispatch is offset by the fact that the departure of the Turkish Am bassador was announced two days ago from Teheran. It was then said that he was going to Coustautlnople on leave of absence. WILL HEAR THE SHAH. Majesty To Make Known Decision Concerning New Government. Toheran (By Cable). The Shah has summoned the representatives of the various classes In Persia to appear bofore him and hear his de cision In the matter of a constltu- 1 tlonal government for the country. It Is understood that His Majesty purposes the formation of what may be called a council of state. This body shall consist of about forty members, elected on limited suffrage and with power to control tho min isters, but without executive powers. DOINGS AT THE NATIONS CAPITAL FIRE IN STATE ARSENAL. Storage And Work Building Destroy ed In Spectacular BIMi Harrisburg (Special). Stato prop erty to the valuo of $86,000 was destroyed in a flro which burned tho brick f'orago and work building at tho State Arsenal. The origin of tho flro Is unknown, hut it swppt through tho long structure with re markable rapidity, endangering the main building and tho storage sheds nearby. An immense amount of am munition was stored In a vault about 100 feet from tho burning building, but the earthen bankB wero kept wet, and a serious danger nvertod. The building was built by tho State after the Spanish War for the pur pose of going ovor quartermasters' and ordnance stores after thoy had heen in sorvlco at camps or on Btrlke duty. It was valued at ovor $25, 000. For a time It was feared that the main building, which crowtis a knoll about a mil? from tho Capitol, would catch fire, but hoso streams were thrown against it and the structure saved. Thousands of people wero attract- I cd by tho spectacular fire, and the entire flro and police departments were called to tho scene. FAMOUS TUNNEL TO BE ABANDONED Philadelphia 1 Reading Will Find More Direct Way Around Black Rock. Phoenix vllle (Special). The pic turesque Black Rock Tunnel, the longest or. t&O main line of tho Phllndelphla & Reading Railway, will shortly be abandoned for passenger traffic and the rails laid In a more direct way around it. With the abandoning of tho tunnel hotter time can be made by tho passenger trains which leave the Reading Ter minal for Pottsvllle and WtlllaniB port and Intermediate points, and the congested condition of the freight traffic will be materially re lieved. For many years tho Black Rock Tunnel, with Its picturesque open ing on the shore of the Schuylkill River, has been the delight of sight seers and photographers. "The Hole," as it Is called by railroaders, gives no evidence of its long service other than the blnek ened condition of Its Interior, made so by the smoke of thousands of trains. Hewn out of a Bolld rock at the cost of hundreds of thousands of dollars, the Black Rock Tunnel was In Its day one of tht engineer ing wonders of tho country. The tunnel running beneath a large por tion of North Phoenlxvllle was begun In December, 1835, and was finished In 1S39. Tho first train passed through It on January 10, 1842. When, because of the great coal traffic over the Reading Railroad, the management decided to make tho railroad from Reading to Philadel phia n four-tracked one, tho Black Rock Tunnel problem arose, and a corps of engineers have laid out a route around the hill, which will cross the Schuylkill three-quarters of a mile below the stone bridge and again join tho main lino at Aramlngo Station. i revolver, u is anegea, wnereupon u j)art of (;le Arm? Lilt- uiuift. I ui uuici i. m'.i lilt; contents of a ohotgun Into tho stom ach of Williams. I Both boys fled and have not been j captured. An official statement mado by Ad miral' Dewey concerning the action of tho Newport conference waa mado public by Acting Secretary of tho i Navy Newberry. John Norrls. of tho American I Nowspaper Publishers' Association, baton tho House Ways and Means , Committee, made an attack on tho Paper Trust. The report of Roar Aamiral H. L. Hollyday, chief of the Bureau of I been disposed of. Yarns ana POCKS, was bu omitted to the Secretary of the Navy. Chairman Hull, of the House Mili tary Affairs Committee, believes tho Marino Corps will eventually become HUNT RABBITS, FIND GOLD. Sawmill Workers Unearth fjSiJ.OOO In Gold In A Pot. Oil City (Special). Edward Woods and Thomas Dickinson, lum bermen, employed at Reed's sawmill, at Oleopolls, took a day off to hunt, and as a result are nearly $4,000 richer. Whllo digging with the ends of the guns Into a rabbit hole they unconvercd an Iron kettlo filled with bright coins, containing $3,600 In gold aud $22 in'stlver. Oldtime residents bollcve tho mon ey was burled by John Caldwell, an eccentric farmer, who died In an in sane asylum nearly thirty years ago. Caldwell sold his farm for $10,000, and persons recall being shown the money, but never knew how It had of an issue of $1 0,000, ouo in 5 per cent, bonds of the Industrial Bank of Japan, with the guarantee of the Japanese government, has been an lnEtantancous success. TIME TO DO SOMETHING. Japan has sold $10,000,000 of per cent, bonds at 97. Washington Woman Tries To Kt'.r Daughters Of The Revolution. f'hlcairo (Sneclall. "Is il not United States Minister Gummere, j tme for UB l0 QUt being literary ! at Morocco renorterl Mini the rol 1 Dn,inffin. m,,.Atiaa l,n wttv,. nt tn Mlf v HH,i hn,i heen I 1. '.I 'IT. "... yielded over $100,000 annroved bv all the nowers sienine 1 IV. , ki. h ,i anmn. A blic Binelter that will handle record, was compelled to descend in the Ala-eelras act without reserve. I .1 ' , ......inilo,. In which the output of Utah Consolidated and : a sale on Thursday night near Novo An official of the Chine.-e Foreign v p nveV" i other mines in Utah Is under way. Board, at Peking gave assurances; This ouentlon was flung at members "There are lots of buvlng orders BaUOOn't Ijong Voyage. London ( Bv Cable). Word has Considerable ore of a good quality i b recelved noro that lho balloon has been lound at Broken Hills, near! . . , Zi L, L Tonopah. i owned by the Dally Graphic, which Up to date the Red Top lease on ! ascended from this city Wednesday the Consolidated at Goldfield has morning. In an attempt to reach Siberia aud break the long distance i alexandrovsk. Russia, after having traveled about 1,1 i0 mileB. . The best new administration would 1 ha Qansthtara of the American in the market from thu nubile." was wiui vigor tne reiorms Revolution by Mrs. John Murphy, of ; tha statement of a large Philadelphia of the Republic, who addressed a meeting In the Fine Arts building on "Patriotic Work Among The Youth." that the promote started by the lute Emperor The Netherlands government will advocate the convocation of an in ternational committee to arrange fori a third pence confer. : KM, A bill will be introduced In the British Houso of Commons prohibit ing the use of hop substitutes in Out manufacture of beer. Both the British and the Irish ' Boards of Agriculture have prohi bited the importation of cattle from Pennsylvania. Tho telegraph lines between Ce tlnje and Cattaro, an Austrian sea port, have been cut, and the Monte negrins have mounted guns to nien aco the Austrian town. Genevieve, daughter of Joseph Win lerbotham of Chicago, was married in Copenhagau to Frank H. Kowrar, the American consul generai there. Counsel for Count Boul de Castel- Chinese, was thwarted when 103 lane insisted in court that despite j ,,ana ot tha drug was discovered in a Princess Halle de Sagan's alUl,K supposed to contain cement, she contemplates divorce proceedings. ''! , .. The battleship Nebraska is unof- The shipment was for Corregldor Is flcially reported to have broken ull ! land. Tho opium was confiscated, records for naval marksmanship dur- j Despite the vigilance of the author ing target practice in Manila Bay. itlcs, the Chinese have succeeded In The Casablanca dispute between , bringing In large qusntltleB of opi um, and It Is almost as easy to ob tain it as before the crusade was began. Washington, D. C, national prasl- j commission house. dent of the Society of the Children rre handled by the Montgomerv- long distance record was m Count de La Vaux, who sue in covering a distance of 1,103 miles. I Major Frederick W. S'.blcy, Sec I ond Calvary, has been appointed COBB 1 mendant of cadets at the United Statos Military Academy The '.'bieached flour" concluded before the Board of the Department of Agricul ture. The Dep-irtment of Agriculture or dered tho seizure of 42 rases of cheeao containing sodium borato. Chief Wllkle. of the Secret Serv ice, announces the appearance of two new counterfeit five-dollar notes. Ambassador Takahlra continued with Secretary Root the conference looking to a mutual restatement of GOVERNORS TO MEET. Sixteen Stale Executives Invited To Meet Stuart At Pittsburg. Pittsburg (Special). Governor Edwin S. Stuart Issued a ctill and FINDS SON AFTER 30 YEARS. Mother Who Lost Her Reason, Rec ognizes Boy By Scapular. Allentown (Special). Lost for thirty years, during which time his mother had lost hor reason through grief, Joseph Celeste, an Italian, was recognized by his mother at Sieg fried, when he came to seek board nt a hotol kept by his parents. The recognition came about through ini tials ongraved on a gold scapular worn by the boy. Thirty years ago, while his mother was washing clothes on the banks of the Sorento Hlver, near their home In Naples, Joseph, then 2 years of age, wandered out of hla mother's sight. A stranger picked the little fellow up whe he found him tired out and sleeping, and thinking that he had been deserted by his parents took him homo. The little fellow was reared as a son of the man who found him while within a few miles of his new home. His mother was confined for years In a madhouse as the result of grief over losing the boy. Both families came to this coun try, and with the development of the cement Industry to Siegfried, where Joseph found work, and then sought a boarding house. While washing, his mother, who had noticed whnt appeared to be a familiar resemblance, snw his scapu lar with tho initials "G. C." Glu soppo Celeste, and the story of the lost boy as he gave it corroborated the story of tho parents. A celebration Is being held at tho Celeste home as the result of tho happy reunion. 'OLD LIBERTY" TABLET. Memorial Unveiled At Allcntovrn For Men Who Protected Bell. Allentown (Special). A bronze tablet, In a granite boulder of eight tons and six foet high, commemor- personui invitation tj tne uovernors ; atlnK ,ne gervce8 ot John Jacob Mlckley and Frederick Leaser, who tf sixteen States to meet in Pltts- he.irlng was ' bur- December 4, during the annual , haule(1 the Liberty Bell from Phila Pure FooJ ! convention of the American Mining delpnla ln 1777 to Allentown to be IVjn gress The purpose of the conference is to promote uniform State leglsla lon for the promotion of miners, jrotectlng mining Investors, prevent ing unnecessary waste and unifying State laws generally, and also to ivold conflict with proposed and es tablshed Federal legislation. CAPTAIN BINGHAM GUILTY. adc by j the position of Japan and cceeded States regarding the ope Castro Arresting Suspects. Wlllamatadi Oaraoao (By Cable). If Is reported here that sevoral Venezuelan politicians, followers of the former revolutionary leader, "El Mocho" Hernandez, have heen ar rested by order of President Cast ro and Imprisoned at Maracnlbo. Among them Is a priest who was seized while officiating ln church. MSB Smuntled Opium. Manila (By Cable). An opium smuggling plot, cunningly devised by France and Germany Is to be sun mltted to the arbitration of a com mission of five members. The trial of the editors of El Renaclinlento, a leading Filipino daily, on the charge of libeling Com missioner Worcester was begun In Manila. The teachers at the free clerical school In St. Pierre, Mlguelon, kept the doors open in defiance of the orders ot the colonial officlulb to close them. The King and Queen of Sweden, were entertained at luncheon by the Iord Mayor and Corporation of Lon don. An edict lsssued ln Peking desig nates the era of Pu Yi as tho "Pro claimed Succession." How To Pick A Wife. Chicago (Special). Ability to cook well 75 per cent.; physical beauty, 20 per cent.; dress, 5 per cent. This is the score by which tho modern young woman should be judged regarding her qualifications for marriage, according to the views of Rabbi Felix A. Levy, of Emman uel Temple. "The woman who can ook well Invariuhly makes tho best wife," says Rabbi l.ovy. "Too much attention Is paid nowadays to beauty. A pretty face Is a big asset to a woman, but it is as 71 is to tt when compared to her ability to set a first-class meal on thu table." Shoshone mine at Rhyollte last month approximated 4,400 tons. It il tald that 11,000 tons of ore are In sight. Calumet & Hecla Copper Company directors declared a quarterly divi dend of $5. This compares with $10 paid at this time one year ago and $20 two years ago. Tho average rate of interest paid on the United States Govtrmeut dob: tan ears ago was 3.85 per cent., and now It is only 2.35 per cent. In the meantime tho debt has also decreas ed by about $100,000,000. Western railroad men generally rny that earnings ln October and No vember have been the best bo far this year. A high class Investment banker of Philadelphia made this statement: "We have bought more stocks since the clecttlon than in all thu rest of the year." This is a ampi- of how the public has ccme In. The Pennsylvania's coal and coke shipments last week were 1,000,000 tons, which Is the largest amount in many mouths. The totnl for the yeor Is about 12.000,000 tons under thu traffic Iu a similar period of 1907. Foreign government securities wero weak, as a result of the latest flare up In the Bhlkans, but Europe did not sell many American stocks. In ternational bankers aud thu brokers who would be best Informed on this ques'lou assert that Loudon, Berlin, Pnrls and Amsterdam are not much Interested speculatively ln American stocks. They disposed of enormous quantities last year and In the earlier part of 1908 and they bave not bought anywhere nearly so many as they sold. Of course, this is entire ly apart from tho great bulk of In vestment securities which aro owned on the other side. Weds His Adopted Daughter. Boston, Mass. (Special). It be came known here that Goorge F. D. Paine, the millionaire head of the Paine Furniture Company, of this city, was married on November 9 to Miss Margaret E. Johns, formerly a totohar at the Young Womon's Christian Association. The bride wns the adopted daughter of Mr. Paine up to within a week of the marriage, when he had the ad( ption proceed ings annulled. The couple are now on the way to Ceylon. GreeiiDiigh Statue Moved, Washington (Special). The fnm-, ous Greenough statue of George Washington, which for years has sfod in tho plaza for the Capitol, bus boon removed and given a per manent resting piaos in the National Museum. The figure of Washington resembled a Roman senator mora that It did tho first President, and the statue ln consequence has been the subject of a great deal of criti cism. At IU iasi session Congress appioprlr.ted $5,000 to ohuugu its location. tho United gardir.g the open door in China. Pouruarlours are in progress b Fined $10 For Assisting Sergeunt l'leknrd From Armory. Pittsburg (Special). Captain twn the American and British gov- Rutherford Bingham "'Company F ernmcnis looking to the submission of the Newfoundland fishery dispute to The Hague court. Contracts for supplying the armor for tne new battleships Utah and Florida were awarded to the Car negle, Bothlehem and Mtdvale companies. Itidgcly Resigns From Bunk. Kansas City, Mo. (Special). At the close of business William Bar rett Rldgely, president; George T. Cutis, vice president, and Edward Rldgely, cashier, presented their re signations to the board of directors of the National Bunk of Commerce of Kansas City and they were ac cepted. Dr. W. 8. "Woods, the ex president of the bank, and his as sociates Immediately assumed con trol, having recently gained control of a majority of the stock of the Institution. CUPID WON IN POLITICS. Eighteenth Regiment, N. G. P., son j of Police Commissioner Bingham, of I New York City, was found guilty of I assault and battery upon Sergeant Floyd J. Plckard lu criminal court j here and was fined $10 and costs. I The trouble arose when tho men I were receiving their pay following , the encampment last Summer. Ser- Willlam H. Taft arrived at Hot ; geant Pickard objected, to tho size Springs from Cincinnati, and said, 1 0f the check and was ordered from with considerable force and posi- i the armory by Captain Bingham, tiveness, that he would not leave the 1 wno, it Is said, assisted him from tho Springs again until the night of uullding. December 0. I . Judge Advocate General of tho Army George B. DavlB submitted his annual report, recommending tho re storation of thu canteen. The War Department disapproved the plans tor lie proposed municipal free bridge across the Mississippi at St. Louis. Representatives of the milling trade appeared before Secretary of Agriculture Wilson to justify the bleaching of flour. George Mason, an inmate ot the District of Columbia Home for the Aged, shot and killed Martin Mc- Cooksen. Secretary Dolan, of the Steam Shovelers' Union, had a talk with tiie President on the subject of strikes. A woman has some rights, and they include the searching ot her husband's pockets, according to a decision of Judge Mullownuy of tho District ot Columbia Police Court. Dr. Harvey W. Wiley, tho gov ernment's chief chemist, Is again un der lira, tho millers of the country having attacked his position as to flour bleaching. Major General W. P. Duvall has been selected to succoed Major Gen eral John F. Weston in command of the troops ln the Philippines. (hid in Zlon Reformed Church during Howe s occupancy of Philadelphia, was unveiled ln front of the present church. State Treasurer John O. Sheatz was the orator. An address was also made by Mrs. Donald McLean, pres ident general of the D. A. R., under whoso auspices the unveiling took place. The State appropratcd $1,000 to pay for the tablet. Mrs. Allen P. Perley, State Regent, presented the tablet, which was ac cepted by Mayor Herbst and Rev. H. M. J. Klein. Tho tablet was un veiled by nine-year-old Edwin John Jacob Mlckley. j Treasurer-Elect Hasslcr Weds Sten I ogrupher Who Helped Him. ! Harrisburg (Special). Dr. Sam . uel F. Hassler, County Treasurer ' elect, announced his marriage at Bal ' tlmore on September 30 to MIbb Mao ; Reed, of this city. Dr. Hassler had employed Miss ! Reed as his stenographer, and their ' association over the details of cor- iBpondence and handling a political campaign ripened into a romance. ITEMS IN BRIEF. Attorney General Todd received tho application of tho Crystal Ice & Storage Company, of Charleroi, for a writ of quo warranto against the Douora "Brewing Company, on the ground that it Is Illegally engaged In manufacturing Ice for the mar ket. . Judge B. A. McClung, of Common Pleas Court No. 3, at Pittsburg, has sent his reslgnatlou to Governor Stuart. Judge McClung has beeu on the bench seventeen years. His de cision to retiro was actuated by ill-health. The voluma of freight business done In Reading during October, from reports Just computed, li al most equal to that of the name month of 1907. Tobias Schlndele, aged 90 years, Pottsvllle's oldest resident, who after many years of total blindness had his eyesight suddenly restored to hlin, died of general debility. A fall of 200 feet down the shaft at the Jamison No. 2 Mine, near Greonsburg, resulted in the death of John Burtus, aged 22, a Slav. Peter A. Tolon, aged 58, of Bir mingham, fell from a train In mo tion and rolled under the wheels. He lost a leg and is ln a critical condition at the Altoona Hospital. Coming down a stoop flight of stairs, at Crcssona, A. Henry Hag ner slipped and fell to the kitchen floor. He dropped ln such a way that his head was doubled under his body, and he dlod lu that position from strangulation. The Philadelphia & Reading Coal & Iron Company's officials completed arrangements for washing the culm bankB at Bwatara Colliery, near Pottsvllle, abandoned twenty-five years. It is estimated that more than 2.000,000 tons will be secured from them. An order was made in Common Pleas Court, at Pittsburg, officially 'disbarring from practice Joseph K McQuaide, attorney, formerly ot Homeetead. The order was mads upon a petition presented by the Al legany County Bar Association, which accused McQuaide of embezzling a woman client out of $1,000.
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