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.