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NAME MEN FOR .
MB. TIFT'S CABINET
Franck H. Hitchcock to Be Made
Postmaster General
MR. MEYER TO SUCCEED MR. ROOT.
Treasury Portfolio My Go to Myron
Herrtck- Forrest of the Official
Family to Take Charge of the Depart,
menta on March 5 Fills Every Place
But Secretaryship of Interior.
TAFT'S TENTATIVE CABINET.
State George
Treasury My-
Secretary of
' Von L. Meyer.
Secretary of
' ron T. Herrtck.
Attorney General Frank B.
i Kellogg. Wade Ellis.
Secretary Commerce and Labor
James R. Garfield.
Secretary of Agriculture
James Wilson.
Secretary of
Wright.
Secretary of
H. Newberry.
Postmaster General Frank H.
Hitchcock.
Secretary of Interior Un
known. I
FINISHED IH SAVANNAH RACK.
The times of the nine cars that
finished In the Orand Prize race at
Savannah, in hours, minutes and
seconds, were as follows:
Finish- Car Driver. Time.
1 Fiat Wagner G.10.31
2 Bins Hemery 6.11.27
3 Flai Nazarro 8.18.47
4 Benz Hanrlot 6.26.12
5 Clemei.t-B Hautvast . 6.34.06
6 Renault Strang 6 43.37
7 Clement-H Rlgal .... 6.45.49
8 Itala Foamier 6.46.32
i Fii' Oe Palma ... 6.61.34
War Luke E.
Navy Truman
Domestic
After a protracted conference at Hot
Springs between President-elect Taft
and Timothy L. Woodruff, New York
tte chairman, announcement was
made that Mr. Woodruff had elimi
nated himself from the New York
senatorial race In favor of Secretary
Root
Hope Is now entertained for the
recovery of Dr Andrew G. McCosh.
house surgeon of the Presbyterian
Hospital. New York, who was seri
ously Injured In a runaway accident.
Strikers at the plant of the Na
tional Flreprooflng Company, at
Keaarey, N. J., are still holding out
for $1.50 a day. The company of
fers $1.40.
Fire at the car shops of J. G.
Brill & Co., in Philadelphia, caused
thf instruction of trolley cars and
other equipment to the amount of
1100,000.
By a narrow margin of only a
few inches a skidding automobile,
in which Charles Dan Gibson and
Norman Ilapgnod were ridng, escap
ed plunging over a 500-foot preci
pice near Portland. Ore.
Miss Louise Gates, prominent In
society at Sherman. Tex., was acci
dentally shot to death with a target
rifle in the hands of a girl com
panion. Miss Gladys Ely.
James F. Aldrlch, of Little Ftrils.
N. Y., a member of the freshman
class of the University of Maine, wai
drowned In Pushaw Lake near Oro
no. Me.
Th" Western Pacific Railroad Com
pany announced the completion nf i's
Flower Lake tunnel, which cuts
through the Pequoq Mountains In
Nye County, Nev.
Charles E. Jinkens. a publisher of
Philadelphia, was found dead of
heart disease In his room at the
Kaiserhof Hotel, Chicago.
Walter Rhea Whitman, member
of the bankrupt stock exchange firm
of A. O. Brown & Co.. of New York,
who was office manager of the firm,
was arrested on an Indictment charg
ing grand larceny.
Fog. paralyzing in its effect on
traffic on land and sea, which has
hung over New York for two days,
has tied up shipping In the worst
blockade that the city has experi
enced In 25 years.
Robbers dynamited the vault of
the Towanda State Bank at Towanda,
Kan., 20 miles east of Wichita, se
cured $2,500 and escaped on a hand
car. A posse is in pursuit.
Rev. Silas C. Swallow has written ! master. Mr. Meyer, is slated for tne
an open letter to the President Crtti- I Department of State. a;ter possibly
clsin his statement that a voter i a few months' service as Secretary
ought not to consider the religious of the Treasury. The Treasury port-
beliefs of a candidate. - visit. ?lrt position. Hemery In a Gcr- i
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Washington, D. C. (Special).
Mr. Frank H. Hitchcock will become
Postmaster General In Mr. Taft's
cabinet. The announcement was
made here. It created not the slight
est ripple of surprise, for every man
has known from the hour that Mr.
Hitchcock was appointed chairman
of the Republican National Commit
tee that in the event of Republican
success Mr. Hi'chcock would become
Postmaster General.
Having served several years with
splendid success as First Assistant
Postmaster General, Mr. Hi'chcock is
thoroughly qualified by experience
to preside over the pos. office depart
ment, and his appointment, tner
fore, is due him on merit. But the
fact that he was chairman of the
successful national committee maae
him the logical Postmaster General
for In recent years It has become
customary to make the chairman of
the national committee the Postmas
ter General.
Four years age Chairman Cortel
you became Postmaster General, and
, now Chairman Hitchcock will nom
i the same office. The present Post-
WAGNER WINS IN
JHRJILING STYLE
Establishes New Road Record in
Grand Prize Race.
Savannah, Ga. (Special). The
power of slxscore horses, crashing
aud roaring In the cylinders of a
Fiat car, sent plunging through
(hanging fog and sunshine over 402
miles of lllao oiled roadways by the
SX.pi rlenosd hands of Louis Wagner,
won the most spectacular, the long
est and fastest International automo
bile race ever he'.'d In this country
Fate played a game of hide and
seek with three grim and grimy
hooded figures that sat behind big
steering wheels and throttles, and
rought with skill and daring for an
advance of seconds at the fiulsh of
the more than six hours of driving,
driving, driving through the stifling
fumes of burning oil Into storms of
sand and gravel thrown up by the
living wheels of the car ahead at a
risk of life and limb for the honor
of a trophy cup and a purse of gold.
The three drivers who clung to
gether from the very start were
hurtled about like so many cards as
the flying laps wore reeled off. For
a time there was a fourth figure In
the leading column, but when little
more than a minute separated the
first from the last of the cars In the
whirring quartet, a caprice of for
tune sent one pitching from the road.
Out of the mass of wreckage Fritz
Erie, who had been driving the Ger
man Benz. No. 19, was taken with a
broken nose and a broken jaw.
Still the struggle continued, nnd It
was not until the lsst minute of the
last lap that the tide of victory turn
ed to Wagner.
Nnzarro Hesitated And Lost.
Nazarro, the wonderful Italian
driver, holder cf world's records and
winner of countless contests, who
had clung tenaciously to a narrow
margin of lead for more than a hun
dred miles, hesitated long enough at
the supply pits to change n weaken
THE DEATH PIT
AT MARIANNA
One Hundred and Thirty-eight Killed
in the Disaster.
TWENTY-FIVE BODIES ARE FOUND.
Foil Connt of Those Lost in the
Model Mining Town Disaster Cannot
Bs Ascertained -Recovered Bodies
Are Terribly Mutilated - Victim
Ars Americans.
Pittsburg. Pa. (Special). Twenty-five
bodies, all but two of them
horribly mutilated and a number of
them dismembered, were taken Sun
day from the mine of the Pittsburg
Buffalo Coal Company, at Marlanna,
40 miles south of here, where an
explosion occurred killing over 100
men and casting hito gloom what
wis until then considered the model
raining town of the world. .
There is no doubt that the death
list will reach MS men. Officials
of the company, who stated that not
over 125 had been killed, admit that
138 men went down the shaft to
work. According to minors and oth
ers familiar with the number of men
generally employed In the mine the
dea'h list will exceed the company's
estimate by at least 50,
As In nearly all mine disasters
there seems no way at present of
knowing how many men went to
work. The number check-off system 1
EIRE AND PUNIC
ON SHIP AT SEA
Over One Hundred Suffer An Awful
Death.
Valetta. Island of Malta (By
Cable). A terrible disaster, In
which more than a hundred persons
lost their lives, occurred at the en
trance to this port, within sight of
the whole population of the city,
who were powerless to give aid.
The British steamer Sardinia, of the
Ellerman Line, hailing from Liver
pool and bound for Alexandria, with
a crew of 44 Engishmen, 11 first and
6 second cabin English passengers
and nearly 200 Arab pilgrims, caught
fire and, within n few minutes, waf
a roaring furnace surrounded by
clouds of black smoke, through
which the flames burst upward to
a height to 200 feet from the fre
quent explosions in the hold.
So rapidly did the fire spread that
the frantic efforts of the crew to
operate the fire apparatus proved
v.seless, for it seemed but a moment
before the upper works and masts
crashed down upon the deck. While)
the ehlp's beats were crushed by the
falling debits or set fir? nnd quickly
burned.
Safety lay only in the sen. for no
one could save himself except by
Jumping overboard and taking
chances of being picked up. Assist
ance was hurried to the burning
vessel from all the warships In the
harbor nnd from the shore, but the
nas again proven oeiecue ana irom i .ork of xtvw wu greatly Imnendel
no source tan an accurate s.atement I bv ,no Ktronft tIne thBt wn8 running,
as to the fatalities be secured, it Even the navaI iauI1Ph.g, which came
is possible that the exact number of aa fMt as thev coid bo drlven, were
men killed will never be known. I P unable to go alongside Among
to darkness 25 bodies had been (he Arr,JS therp wn a ,c
inuugui iu me sunuee in .... "".could not be controlled. Mnnv of
bucket
Owner's Cousin Found.
Two of the men taken from the
mine had been suffocated and their
bodies were not even scratched. One
of these was John twill, a cousin
of John H. Jones, president of the
Pittsburg-Buffalo Coal Company,
owners of the mine, who was em
ployed as head timekeeper. IvIU'a
body wns found beneath a coal-dig
ging machine and it was apparent i
them were too frightened to Jiimr
nnd they were burned to denth. Oth
ers casting themselves into the waves
were drowned.
Perished At His Post.
The crew behaved with admirable
courage, serving out life preservers to
the last and working the pumps.
When the pumps became assists Cart.
Charles Littler, commander cf the
Sardinia, took the helm and direct-
That the young man had crawled i fd hls ,??"J'f'9 ,hf ?n?re "
there in a vain effort to escape the lonf be. na-.-Kate-i Ho
deadly fumes.
perished at his post. First Officer
T, . . .ii .1 :
Tk,. 1, I.. 'Uar. v,r. .- a a ri.lllK , . . 1 . illl HUff I II K 1 11 1- C I I,
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r,.n,i ,, Kill Thn imfnrtnnniP , Seagraves. Hislop and Nell, eighteen
had placed his face in a pool of wa-
of the rhlp's company and two first-
. . - . . . t f . . :t l u r i'ir; imn ( i i moth n inv
ter, which all miners are advised r x ? , , " "
to do when an explosion occurs, iu a J ant- ire missing. Fifty or
desperate attempt to light off suffoca
tion until rescued.
During the afternoon the coroner
of Washington County held a meet
ing tire and lost. The treacherous lng to organize a Jury and then ad
rubber tubing burst as he was about jOUrned until all of the bodies have
to enter the homestretch and the ! boen takeu from tht. mlne The opin.
three minutes of delay that followed : ,on waa expressed bv a number of
sent the Orand Prix winner of last expert miners that the mine will not
i-ur ,ir, i ma run .o. o Hum unt i Hpnrrd nf Vlettms for several
Benz, No. 8. favorite of the ,
Fire In The Mine.
Standard ' Oil Company consumed lllgton haT been in connection with i JSfW" WmObUtaa took sec- A mM flre bn)ka out , the mlQ
t,.i s, ju 1 uaneis 01 tmur on mm t li ;i t ambitiou
Mr. Bonaparte will be succeeded 1
either by Mr. Kellogg, who is now
had 3,573 marketing s atlons m
1906.
R. W. Drake, a prominent planter. ; n the llmeitgbt each day in Ntw
was murdered at his home, near j York trying the Standard Oil case.!
Laneville, Hale County, KJT. His or possibly by Wade Ellis, of Ohio,
nnd honors.
It was not until the official time
was announced that the actual win-
Several fire boasts properly equipped
were hurried Into the mine and sue-
more bodies hnve been recovered and
seventy persons were rescued. It Is
Impossible at present to say Just
how many were drowned or burned
to death, because the list of Arab
pilgrims is Incomplete, but the num
ber will doubtless far exceed a hun
dred. After the vessel refused to obev her
helm, she drifted around three times,
and finally was bearhel broadside on
the rocks at the mouth of the har
bor. She is still burning and will he
a total loss.
The British Vice Admiral Sir As-
sheton Curzon-Howe and Admiral
ner wns known-
now an ass'stant attorney general In j ap() )hp
house was burned.
Kmrlnwr InHiiB Severson. of tbe - Washington.
Burlington Road, stuck to his post I Secretary Oscar StraiiB. of the De
during a collision, being burled un- paitment of Commerce and Labor,
der six box cars, but saving his train. ! expects to go. and it Is likely that
i.. u . n!im,.H tn ' he will be succeeded by James R.
rait aTund ofVhaVn iliion "dolla" j rfleld. the preset Secretary of the
tor the Lincoln Memorial Cnlversity. j co
A wireles-i station in Ban t ram-isco mlssioner of the Bureau of Corpora
tions, the most Important branch of
the Department of Commerce, and it
is believ&d that he would cheerfully
return to the head of the department
where he began hlB career.
In the event of this transfer the
Department of the Interior will go
to some man from tbe far West, or
the Pacific Slpe, neither of which
sections of the country is represent-
thft Wagner had t'eosu iu ku.i. b mm " " ; Fisher directed the rescuing boats
hurled himself to vietorv by the ! ""'""""'
slender margin of f6 seconds. Hem-i ReP; s have bt' ,lu d.rc"lat'on.?"
ery was the first to finish the 1 5 ! a.a l"a
a second and more ter
race
and enthusiastic1 rifle explosion is likely to occur at
has picked up code messages believed
to have originated In Japan.
I oreign
Mme. SUInheil, whose husband,
the painter, and a Mme. Japy war
murdered In Paris May 31 lust, was
placed under arrest on suspicion. It
is rumored that prominent person
ages are Involved, and all Paris is j ad in Cabinet since the resignation
worked up over the case. or secretary Meteair, or tne .Navy.
It is anonunced nn agreement has! , T,h Interior Department Is prae
tr. r00M.,i hot d.'o.. Sorotnrv nf i ticallj' the only department In which
tho Troaxnrv ffrK-lvrm nn.l w ft. : the People of the far West and of the
thousand! hailed him as a winner, ! moment The company ofllcia s
without heed of the six minutes1 I a8?eri lh'B ls no,1 trlue- ,Ther.e '8
grace which Wagner held. Hemerv ! considerable gas in the mine, how
being sent away at the start at 9 52 ever, aud there Is undoubtedly dan
and Wngner not getting the word to ! of ft second explosion.
go until 9. 58.
PILFERED MONEY FROM MAILS.
Irwin for the exchange of the site I
of the federal building in Honolulu
for a tract of Irwin's land wanted by I
the government.
No British warships have been or- ;
dered to Haiti, the consul general I
of Great Britain at Port au Prince j
Slop? are vitally Interested, and a'l
their efforts at securing representa
tion in the Cabinet tUI be centered
on naming the new secretary of the
interior. Secretary1 Wilson will re
main In the cabinet, but Ig Is gener
ally understood that he will resign
in a year, when he will have made
naving lniorni.-a me foreign umce thp .,...,.,, fnr ,h ,, ,,,,
that he ls not apprehensive of any
danger to British subjects or British
interests.
Professors Beattie and Morrison,
who have been commissioned by the
Carnegie Institute at Washington to
undertake a magnetic survey across
Africa from Cape Town to Cairo,
have begun th'eir labors.
Count Bonl de Casllane'B couusel
In pleading for having the children
removed from the custody of Prln
and Princess dc Sagan. male a lor
rifle arraignment of Prince Balls'l
acandalous doings.
General Lecunte, the Haitien min
ister of the interior, ordered the ex
ecution of Captain Ostcnin, of the
Bervlce of any Cabinet officer. When
he finally resigns his position will
be offered to Gifford Plnchot, at
present chief forester. So far as It
is known Secretary Wright and Se
r ary New berry .will net be imme
diately disturbed, but Mr. Loeb, at
present secretary to the president,
can have Mr. Newberry's place if he
cares for it.
HUNDRED I.IVES LOST.
Head Of Ict ter-( 'urrlers' Association
Is Sent To Prison.
Chicago, 111. (Special). The most
severe sentence ever given by the
federal court in Chicago to a letter
thief was meted out to Robert F.
Palmer. Palmer, who was president
of the City Letter Carriers' Associa
tion of Illinois and superintendent of
PRESIDENT WANTS
THE NAVY REORGANIZED
Mr. Roosevelt Said to Be Date: mined
to Make Changes.
New York (Special). In an ar
ticle entitled "President Roosevelt
and the Navy's Renaissance," which
a Sunday School at Jollet, 111., admit- 's t0 appear In the forthcoming num
whirh did gallant work In saving
those who were yet alive nnl hrlng-
: lng the bodies of the dead ashore.
Captain Lltt'er's body, which was
terribly muilinted, was landed this
: afternoon In the presence of great
j crowds, who stood uncovered. The
I other bodies were also mutilated and
i burned. Fifty-six of the Injured are
being cared for In the hospitals.
ted that he had been pilfering money
from letters Intrusted to him dur
ing the last 17 years. He pleaded
guilty and, despite pleas for leniency
entered by a banker, two State sen
ators and other prominent friends,
lie was sentenced to serve three and
one-half years in the house of correction.
toasting Steamer Kinks Off The
Philippine Island.
Manila (Special). The coasting
steamer Pontlng, carrying a large
gunboat Croyant and of two citizens j number of laborers from Narvcan to
of Jerenire and was then hlmseli j the rice fields In Pangaslnan prov
ince, struck a rock and sank dur-
HulgHi'in And Turkey Agree.
Palis l By Cable). Official advices
received here indicate that Bulgaria
aud Turkey have practically come
to termg In the matter of Bulgaria's
declaration of Independence on the
following baalg: Bulgaria Is to pay
Turkey from $12,000,000 to $14,
000,000 on account of Rumella and
$10,000,000 on account of the rail
road. Tbe capitalization of the Ru
mellan tribute and the participation
of Bulgaria In the Turkish debt ll
to be lelt to ttM Internationa1, congress.
killed.
The British steamer .Sardinia was
ing a Htorin off the town of San
burned ut the entrance to the harbor
oi aieuu, is.anu o. .mm., ana ow-r (i i,ated that a hundred of the
a 7 i , """L"fB"' muBlt I passengers and crew of the Pontlng
Arab pilgrims, were lost. 'w,.r,. rtrowned The ,leumi.r vlgB
A lire broke out on the Hospital caya rescued 55.
Ship Itellef while 'on her way irom a patrol of constabulary, which
Manila to (.uara, and she returned , was ectablished immediately after
the accident, picked up 15 bodies,
under her own steam
The American Association of Mer
chants at Shanghai lesulved In favor
of trial by Jury In the American
court here.
The mutinous outbreak at Nanking
is reported to hae been suppressed, i
It Is denied that King Manuel waa
mobbed In the streets of Lisbon.
While much interest ig manifested
In Oermany In General Lord Robert's
statement that a million troops were
needed In England for protection
ugalust possible German invasion no
comment is madu iu official circles.
The dlapute between Unrmany and
France over the gelzure by French
officials at Casablanca, Morocco, of
deserters from the French Foreign
legion has been refwrred to the
Permanent Court of Arbitration.
Various chambers of commerce in
Germany are petitioning the Imperial
Secretary of Posts to egtabllgh tn
the Interests of trade a two-cent pos
tal rate between Germany and the
i: uited States.
An army of the unemployed of
London made a demonstration In the
fashionable Wegt Kud.
Suit to recover $425,204. til for
work done on tbe Columbia and Port
lieposlt hallway tn Lancaster County,
Pa., was brought against the Mc
Call Ferry Power Company In the
l'l Red Btaes Circuit Court of Pbila
leiohla by H. S. Kerbaugh, isiiiorpora-'.
and many were coming ashore. It
is not known whe'her any Americans
or Europeans were aboard the wreck
ed steamer.
China Sends Thanks.
Ran Francisco (Special). Prince
Tsal Fu and Special Ambassador
Tung Shuo Yl. China's emissaries cf
peace, good will and friendship to
ward the I'nited 8tateg, arrived here
on the Liner Mongolia and received
a notable demonatratlon of welcome
from tbosuands of Chinese and fed
eral and state officials. The Chinese
dignitaries are on their way to Wash
ington to convey to this government
the thanks of China for release from
the "Boxer Indemnity."
Uirelrsg From Japan.
San Francisco (Special). A wire
less station in this city reported hav
ing overheard during tbe pagt fort
night code messages which are be
lieved to have been sent from some
gtatlon In Japan. A Honolulu wire
less statlou is said to have heard
the game code messages. The Japa
nese station Is over 6,000 miles on
an air line from this city, and should
the slgnalg which have been sent In
tbe Japanese code have originated
In Japan, the wireless record will
have been broken bv over 3.000
utiles.
IN THE WORLD OF FINANCE
Atchison's gross earnings In Octo
ber decreased $316,834, but net
profits gained $443,853.
Wall Street firms say they are get
ting big orders for s'ocks from Phila
delphia, Boston, Chicago and other
large titles.
Copper Range Consolidated declar
ed a quarterly dividend of $1 a
share. This is the same amount as
was paid one year ago, but two
years ago $2 was distributed.
La kawanna Railroad directors de
clared an extra dividend of 10 per
cent. The game amount was paid
last year. As the regular dividend
is also 20 per cent., shareholders re
ceive 20 per cent, annually.
Lead miners are keenly alive to
the talk of tariff reviglon. The duty
ls 2 cents a pound on pig lead,
which Ig virtually half of its selling
value. That high duty Bhutg out lor-
elgn lead quite effectually. Any
drastic cut In the schedule would be
felt Instantly by all the lead pro
ducers. Pergong connected with tbe Raw
hide Coalition mines at Rawhide gay
that favorablo developments have
been made on tbe Happy Hooligan
claim. They report a gain In valueg
which In gomo places are said to run
as high as $100 to tbe ton.
London was again depressed by
what It termed unfavorable news
from Germany. Tbe hoarding of
gold by France and tbe liquidation
of securities are two facts worthy of
notice.
W. P. Davis, a Philadelphia min
eralogist, has spent a good deal of
time In Cobalt. Concerning tuat dig
trlct he gays many mines there pay
no attention to their dumps which
contain ore having from $100 to
$160 a ton In silver. He says the
capitalisation of the shipping mines
may appear excessive, but In reality
it la not. Mr. Davla pronounces
Cobalt "tbe greatest silver region In
.the world."
ber of Pearson's Magazine, Henry
Heuterdahl glveg what purports to
be the views of President Roosevelt
on the Navy, none the leagt interest
ing of which ls his attitude In rogard
to a reorganization of that depart
ment. The article is the result of an ln
vlew which Mr. Reuterdahl had with
the President; but the writer re
fralng from quoting Mr. Roosevelt
directly, gave iu a few InBtanceg.
One of these ig In regard to the
reorganization of the entire depart
ment. Mr. Routerdahl Is the marine art
ist who made the voyage around
South America with the fleet and
Who has been very outspoken in his
criticism of the Navy in some re
siects. The President, Mr. Reuterdahl
says, strongly believes that the Navy
can only be made better by chang
ing the admlnlgtration of the Navy
deparment and that hig wish is to do
as much for the Navy In this respect
as he has done for the Army. Mr.
Reuterdahl quotes Mr. Roosevelt as
saying:
"I have from time to time recom
mended the reorganization of the
Navy Department; It lg absolutely
necessary and we will work until we
get It, and we shall get It."
Politic In The Service.
Mr. Reuterdahl goes on to gay that
Mr. Roosevelt believes In this con
nection that "the tide of politics
must bo stemmed and not allowed
to interfere with the efficiency of
the service. "
The President, he sayg, wants a
fleet of ships In each ocean, snd be
lieves with this accomplished and the
Panama Canal completed the Unit
ed States can look forward to years
of peace and oroaperlty.
A Mean llrldgegroom.
Boston, Mil (Special). James
Vogel, of thlg city, who wag married
by Edward Browu, a Justice of the
peace, has brought suit against Mr.
Brown for a penalty of $30 upon
the ground that Mr. Browa illegally
charged him $5 for the service. Mr.
Vogel declares that $1.25 Is the legal
fee for a Justice of the peace marry
ing a couple. Mr. Brown says he
did other and more service than the
statute prescribeg, for he left his
office and went to Mr. Vogel's house
to perform the marriage.
f NEWS OF PENNSYLVANIA I
TWO GILS IN
AJJIC.DE PACT
Disappointed in Love and Drink
Laudanum
Philadelphia (Special). Follow
ing out a compact Into which they
had entered, two comely young girls
Mary Moran, of 1443 Clymer
Street, and Ruth Brlndley, of 1516
South Twenty-gixth Street, attempt
ed suicide by drinking laudanum.
They are both dying In the Poly
clynlc Hospital. The mystery of the
attempt Is so great that nothing of
n gatlsfactory nature can be learned
by the police of the agreement Into
which the girls are said to have en
tered, or the reason for the com- I
pact. Unrequited love is given as
the reason.
The nttempt to end their .lives wns
made by the girls In the branch
establishment of the South wark
Mills Company, at Twenty-firat
Street and Washington Avenue.
They are both employed at this place
and are close friends. A state of
melancholia has been noted In both
for some time and among their mill
girl companions the Jesting remark
has frequently been made that "Mary
nnd Ruth were In love.1'
They were found unconscious In a
dressing room of the mill. The dis
covery was made by a companion,
w ho summoned help. The police re
moved the pair to the hospital.
The police, nfter Investigating the
circumstances, learned that both
girls, within the pas' two weeks, had
run away from their homes because
their parents objected to their re
reiving the attentions of young men.
When the latter learned they had
been forbidden to visit the glrln bit
ter quarrels ensued.
CATTLE DISEASE.
Inspectors Hear Of Many New Cnc.
Danville (Special). Fresh out
breaks of the foot nnd mouth dis
ease in Clinton and Dauphin Coun
ties were reported at headquarters
here. The disease was discovered In
the slaughter house of F. L. Dinner,
at Lock Haven, where eighty hogs
are affected, and the experts believe
they have traced all the Infection In
CMnton County to this place.
The farms of H. O. Mhh-. of Clln
tondale, and Knecht Brothers, at
Parvln, Clinton County, with sixty
five hogs and eleven cattle, have al
so become infected. The farm of
Hays Dorry, Island Post Office, has
been placed under quarantine.
At Elizabeth, Dauphin County,
eighteen cattle on tbe farm of George
E. Erdnian were reported as being
Infected. The farms of Jacob Lea
ner, C. E. Shaffer and E. Boyer,
Ellzahethvllle, with a total of 130
cattle, are under quarantine, their
cattle having been exposed to the
disease.
TYPHOID EPIDEMC
MENACES READING
Nearly 153 Persons Contract Fever
Will in the Week.
Reading (Special). That those
sections of the city gupplled with
water from the Maidencreek stream
are on the threshold of a serious
epidemic of typhlod fever wag made
apparent by the report of commun
icable diseases maintained by tho
Board of Health for the past week.
Since November 16, and Just end
ing, there have been reported the
alarming number of 146 cases of the
disease nnd physicians slate that
there are indications that tills num
ber will be equnlled, If not surpassed,
by the end of this week.
The snow fall of November 14 Is
declared to be the direct cause of
the trouble. This was the only pre
cipitation of any consequence for
some time. When the biiow melted,
the water resulting stirred up the
very dregs In the creekB, and this,
those who claim to know say. is what
the people are drinking In the Maid
encreek supply which Is not filtered.
In the wards north of Penn
Square there are over 100 cases.
HIS FIANCEE ENDS LIKE.
Vounjr Chester (ilrl Commits Suicide
On Kvc Of Wedding.
Chester (Special). Mary C. Pugh,
a pretty 17-year-old girl, committed
suicide at the home of William Bay
ard. Jr., 19 West Fourth Street,
where she was found lying upon the
floor In convulsions. The girl, who
lived on West Front Street, went
to a local drug store and bought
five centB1 worth of gtrychnlne. Bay
ing that she wanted tho poison to
kill a dog.
The girl wag to hnve been mar
ried on December 19 to Charles Vail,
a young employee of the Philadel
phia & Reading Ballwny Co.. and
arrangements for tho wedding hnd
been made. Vail Bald he could not
account for the girl's actions. When
he loft her at night she was laughing
and Joking, nnd there did not seem
to be anything troubling her. She
bid him good-by and did not Inti
mate In any way that she Intended
to end her life.
Conservators To Meet.
Waahington, D. C. (Special). On
Tuesday of this week the National
Conservation Commission will meet
In this city to begin the forniuhuloii
of its report to President Roosevelt
on tbe state of the country's natural
resources. This report Is duo on
January 1. It will be the basis for
a special message the President will
send to Oongress. The commission
will submit an outline of Us report
to tbe Joint conference with the Gov
ernors and national organisations
which will meet December S.
DOINGS AT THEJATIONS CAPITAL
Former Queen Llliuoknlnnl arriv
ed to present her petition to Con
gress for Indemnification for the loss
of her lost crown lands in Hawaii.
The director of the census sub
mitted his annual report, which In
cluded his estimates of the cost of
taking the next census.
The annual report of the Ir'.hmlan
Canal Commission Wsjs submitted to
the Secretary of War by Lieutenant
Colonel Goethals.
Postmaster General Meyer submit
ted his annual report, which shows
the largest deficit in the history of
the department.
Congress will be expected to pro
vide for a deficit that has occurred
In the immigration fund.
Considerable alarm is felt at the
War Department over the Met that
the Army transport Dixie, en route
from Seattle to Manila with a cargo
of 200 horses and 2 50 mulct. Is six
days overdue.
President Rooseve'.t hns signed
proclamations creating tho Orala
National ForeBt in Marion Countv.
Fla., and tho Dakota National Forest
In Billings County, North Dakota.
It has been decided that six of
the eight submarine -toipc.lo boats,
bids for which were recently opened
at the Navy Department, will be
either built or delivered on the Pa
cific Coast.
The Treasury1 purchased 100,000
ounces of silver for delivery at Now
York, 75,000 ounces for delivery at
New Ori'nana and 50,000 ounces for
delivery1 at Denver.
Nr a titieie case nf nl.afrnn Yan
been discovered on the Pacific Coist
since laBi i-ebrunry. according to a
report made by Dr. Walter Wymau.
The Census Bureau made public
a bulletin allowing a notable increase
In the ratio of divorces to marriage
in this country.
The indications are that the tariff
on Iron, gteel and metal products will
be reduced In the next tariff bill.
Public Printer John 8. Leech re
signed, and Samuel B. Donnelly, of
Brooklyn, was appointed to succeed
him.
Tbe plague gituation on the Pacific
Coast is gald to have greatly Improv
ed within the last few months.
Secretary of the Treasury Corlel
you and Asms ant Secretnry of the
Treasury Coolldge were heard by tho
monetary committee regarding pro
poged revision of tbe currency lawg.
Orders were Usued by the Navy
Department to the protected cruiser
Tacoma to proceed to Haiti for the
protection of American intereets dur
ing the present uprising there.
The President has approved a draft
of a walking test for officers of the
Navy.
A bronze statue of General Phil
Sheridan wag uuvelled a' the Nation
al Capital, in the pregence of a dis
tinguished assemblsge.
The legislative committee of the
American Bankers' Association was
invited by tbe National Monetary
Commission to meet with that body
at an early date.
Advices to tbe State Depaument
from Buenos Ayres indicate that iho
armament bill, which has been be
fore tbe Argentine Congress for
gome time, will become a !nw.
Olasa manufacturers appeared bo
fore tbe House committee and ex
pregsed themselves satlgfled with the
propoand revision of the r' r -iln
RVMOll OK DEAL.
Butler Hears That Steel Trust May
Duy Loral Plants.
Butler (Special). A well defined
rumor Is aflo.it here that the United
Stateg Steel Coroporatlon la nego
tiating for the punrhaae of the local
plnnt of the Standard Steel Car
Coirtpany and tho subsidiary con
cerns, the Butler Wheel Works, trie
forged Steel Wheel Works and the
Butler Bolt and Rivet Works located
here.
Representatives of the corporation
were in Butler and inspected the
plants. In connection with the re
port it is snld the $5,000,000 enr
wheel plant, projected by the cor
poration to manufacture wheeU by a
new process, will be established with
the forged steel nlant already here
if the doal goes through.
TAFT'S MAJORITY 230,001.
STATE CAPITAL NOTES.
The Auditor General's department
Is taking Btepg to secure payment
of delinquent taxes.
State Superintendent of Public In
struction Shaffer, In remarking up
on county Institutes he hnB attended
lately, saye that tho attendance ls
larger than usual
The State Wnter Supply Commis
sion haa sent engineers to Lebnnon
to study water conditions. Appli
cations have been made for a num
ber of charters for water companies
and protests have been made.
Chief Rockey, of the State Bu
reau of Industrial Statistics, says
that he expects a bill to establish a
labor bureau to be presented this
winter.
The State Department of Agricul
ture g paying off ownerg of cattle
killed by State live stock agentg as
rapidly as the bills come In. Sec
retary Crltchfleld says that ho will
see to It pergonally that they are paid
so as to cause as little loss to cat
tie owners as possible.
Clay Kcmblc'.s Home Hold.
Norrlstown ( Special ) . 1 ' Fu nsc t , "
the residence of Clay Kerable, on
Church Road, at the top of Bdg"
HUI Hange, Cheltenham, wag Bold by
Sheriff Buckley here. The purchas
er was a Mr. Chase, of Philadelphia.
The property is said to have coat
$75,000, and the sale followed an
attachment leaned at the Instance nf
the H. F. Mlchell Company, of Philadelphia.
Offirial Returns Given Out Dy State
Department.
Harrieburg (Special). William H
Taft bad a majority of 29B.9D-I over
William J. Bryan, or Juat 4.006 short
of 300,000, according to tho official
count of the votes which took place
at the State Department.
The statements snow -ne ioiiow-
ing:
Taft (Republican! 745.779; Bryan
(Democrat). 44R.785; Chafln (Pro
hibition), 36,694; Debs (Socialist),
33,913; Hlsgen (Independent), 1 ,
057; Socialist Labor, 1.222.
Taft's plurality over Bryan is 296.
994; majority over all. 224,108.
The vote In Philadelphia County
was aa foLoWB: Republican, 185,-
I 263; Democratic, 75,317: Prohibi
tion, 1,926: Socialistic, a.iaz; inae
pendence, 234; Socialist Labor, 216.
Trliw On Stairs Over Cat.
Darby (Special). Dr. William P.
Painter, one of the directors of the
Darby National Bank, Is confined to
his bed by Injuries. Dr. Painter
waa hurrying downstairs in the ' -rk
when he stepped on the family cut.
The cat squirmed from under his
feet, causing tho doctor to fall head
long down the stairs.
items in nniKF.
Victims Saw No Kun.
Chester (Special). Charged with
holding up John Delaney, Paul Crow
ther and Willard Delaney at point
of a revolver and rifling their clothen
of money and penknives, Frank Bow
man, white, aud Clarence Cottman,
colored, were each held under $100
ball to keep the peace by Maglstrato
Elliott. Tbe accused lads declared
that tbey were only playing wild
West In fun, but the youthful victims
said It was no fun for them.
IMvide Lafayette IHoyler'a Estate.
Uoyertown (Special). Tbe cou
tegted estate of the late Lafayette
Bleyler, a bachelor, has beon ab
judicated. Tho sum of $8,500 is
given to bis housekeeper, Katie
Deener; while Betheny Orphaug'
Home, Womelsdorf, and the Reform
ed Church, at Tenth and Wallace
Btreeti, In Philadelphia, each receiv
ed $4,486 5. The claim of $1,500
made by tbe administrator of tbe
estate of John V. Haenle, of Phila
delphia, waa not allowed.
The Carllgle Chain Workg were
damaged by flre originating In a fur
nace to tho extent of about three
thousand dollars.
Six-year-old Gertrude Clarey, a
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Edward
Clarey, of Phoenlxville, died as the
result of burns received on Monday,
when she and a little playmate over
turned a lighted lamp.
The eleventh annual reunion of the
One Hundred and Fifty-first Regi
ment. Pennsylvania Volunteers' As
sociation, was held at the Schuylkill
Valley House, at Leeaport.
The 205 women and 600 men, at
tbe Asylum of tbe Chronic Insane,
at South Mountain, enjoyed a
Thanksgiving feast. Their blll-of-fare
consisted of 1,200 pounds of
roast chicken, eight bushels of sweet
potatoes, 3,000 stalks of -celery, 150
quarts of cranberries, 4 0 gallons of
cold slaw, 40 gallons of gravy, 250
pounds of filling and 300 pumpkin
pies.
Tho Hoard of Health of Upper
Darby Township reorganized with
the following officers: President, lr.
Leedom Braadbent; secretary, Wil
liam Pendlehurg; treasurer, t. Mil
ton Lutz; solicitor, W. Cloud Alex
ander; health officer, Harold O. Ver
non. The handsome new three-story
brick home of Shamokin Aerie So.
534, Fraternal Order of Eagles, was
dedicated with imposing public cere
monies. After an lllnogs of eleven days with
typhoid fever, James R. Frank, lieu
tenant of police for the Philadelphia.
Baltimore and Washington Railroad
Company, died at his borne In Media.
J. H. Lehman, a cattle dealer, of
I.ancagter County, convicted '
Chambersburg, September, of secur
ing stocks on worthless checks. "'&
sentenced to four mouths In Jail sua
a $100 tn.-.
While Lester, the 2-year-old noo
of Mr. and Mrs. Dan White, of Hep
burn, In Lycoming County, was ea'1
Ing chestnuts a portion of a
lodged In his throat.
Orders have been given for tbe
resumption at the Lock Ridge an
thracite blast furnace at Alburtl".
uear Reading, after a nine months
Idleness
twenty-five years
thai
In ll,,.
i a uAA.M .....a amieria
tendent of tbe Public Schools o
Montgomery County be amassed
rortune of over $80,000, ou a salar
that averaged leas than $2,000 an
ally. This fact waa developed In
adjudication of his estate
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