THE NEWS, Domestic ' Mary W. Snead, the aunt and mother-ln-law of the murdered worn, an, Ocey Snead, and the third of the Bisters charged with connection with the crime, was placed under arrest In New York. Collector Loob, of tho port of New York, left for Washington, to discus the sugar fraud scandals with tho President and Secretary of the Treas Macvengli. Knpinerr Saab Davis, of tho fieor plu C entral fast mall, put his hand through scalding steam to n,.ily the emergency brakes alter t!.e driving rod had broken. Ch'trWM L. Worrinor's trial on the ohargo of embezzling funds Irom the Big Pour Railroad was postponed at Cine-lnt utl to a later (late. Knur men were arrested in New York, cha.'g''.l with stealing more than $100,(100 worth of goods from freight cars of three railroads. Tho btisinrsrt portion of Gardiner, N. I)., was ,hstrood by fire. The lots amounted to $100,000, about half covered by Insurance. Kohers dynamited the vault of the Bank of Exeter, near Fresno, Cal., and secured $7,000 In cash. Eleven collieries of four coal com panies were closed at Coal Gate, Okla., by Chief State Mine Inspector Totcr Ilanraty, because they had ig nored his notice that, they must ceaso maintaining mule stables in the mlnei. Charged with funding a Black Hand letter demanding $10,000, and threatening death if It was not giv en, Frank Puras was captured by state troopers at .tlaltby, I'a., and lodged in jail to await a hearing. The Brooklyn Rapid Transit Com pany, which controls the traction sit uation In Brooklyn, announced plans for the creation of a pension system to be participated in by its 10,000 emnloyes. Herman Klatzke, a restaurant pro prietor, of .New York, Is charged with sheeting Lizzie Shapiro, his former fiancee, and her companion. Max Goldberg. Miss Alice Claypool, aged IS years, daughter of a wealthy manufacturer, of Pasadena, Cal., was killed by an auto plunging over an embankment. Adelaide Portwood, of Decatur. 111., attempted to enlist in the I'nited States Navy to bo with her sweet heart. J. P. Morgan & Co. have paid $8,000,000 for six Independent tele phone lines in Ohio, Indiana and Michigan. Arbuckle Brothers have turned over to the United States Treasury $G95,573 due on importations of su gar. .Mrs. Argyra Hunter, wife of Dr. E. L. Hunter, of Chicago, routed a burglar with a footstool. Thirty divinity students oi MeCor mlck University hanged their pro fessors in Hebrew in elligy. Policeman Kinil 1-2. Kolar, of Chi cago, was discharged from the force on charges of cowardice. The White Star liner Oceanic arrived, with 5,1 ill sacks of Christ mas mail. The big game season in New Ehg land has cost 34 lives. Capt. Thomas Franklin. U. S. A., former commissary and treasurer at West Point, who pleaded guilty to embezzlement and was sentenced to two and one-half years in the fed eral prison at Atlanta, was released from custody under $10,000 bail. More than l.'iO.dnO depositors, chiefly of the poorer classes, with deposits of more than $ 1 D2.oo0,000, will b affected by an interest rate reduction of the Bowery Savings Ban':, the largest In New York. The breach of promise suit of Miss Juliette Hero against tir. Anibul Zelaya, a nephew of President Zilaya, cf Nicaragua, for SUO.uoO damage- Is on trial in the Supremo Court of New York C y. Miss Bertha Loitau, of Pontine, Mich., who shot and killed H. .1. Mar ley when he taunted her with the fact that he was about to marry another . timan, was acquitted. Ktihn, Loob & Co. have purchased Ki.o't'j shares of Norfolk and West ern common stock, presumably for Pennsylvania Railroad interests. Seven persons lost their lives In a fir panic in a tenement in Cincinnati. LEOPOLD SUCCUMBS AFTER GREAT FIGHT A .Monarch With a Long Career Full of Scandal. THE COLLAPSE JCCURRED SUDDENLY, Ills Morgan I tic Wife, The Baroness Ynuglian, Almost Constantly At His Bedside, While Ills Daugh ters Were Not Admitted Drove His Daughter Stephanie Away From Beddi! Her Mother's Collin -Ills duel Uule Of Tho Congo Checked By Intervention Of For eign Nations Prince Albert Of Flanders Heir To Tlirono , THE DEAD KING. Leopold Louis Philippe Marie Victor. King of the Belgians, born April !). 1 ?,.". Succeeded to the throne on the death of his father, Leopold I., December 10, 1865. When 17 years old, in 1 So3, mar ried the Archduchess Mario Henrietta of Austria. The Queen died September 19, 1902. Three daughters Louise, Steph anie and Clementine. The two elder princesses have been estranged from their father. Leopold's morganatic wife, the Baroness Vaughan, was the daughter of a porter. THE NEW KING. Prince Albert, onlv son of Leop old's brother, the late Phil lippe. Count of Flanders. Born April R, 1875; married to Princess Elizabeth October 2, 1900. Three children Prince Leopold aged 8; Prince Charles, aged 6, and Princess Marie-Jose, aged 3. The new ruler is one of the most popular members of the reign ing house of Belgium. The man n't -J body of Madame Gouln, widow of Jules Gouin, gover nor, of the Bank of France, was found under a train in Paris. The com partment in which she traveled was tpoiten with Moou. tier rings an.! other jewelry are missing. A will l as been fe id In which the late i'.ter.e Sating, t:ie eccentric art coJIerti ol London, 1. ft his art col lection valued ut $ 1 .".,000,000, to the British iii-tion. Tho Jupam ':( Premier gave assur ances that, the. death of Prince Ho will make no change In tho govern ments poli-.-y toward China or in Korea. Tho Ar.i"ric.m-C!ii!can protocol In viting Kin:; I. d ward to arbitrate the Also-) claluM dispute- was submitted ! to the Brills' Foreign OTice. ! "Count" Cul.ta and lii.i American ' wife, were convicted In Paris of the charge of bwIi. ling M. Fontant, a ; jeweler, out o: $10,000. Archibald (i or Jon, second son ol ' the Karl of Aberd.cn, died In Lon don from Injuries received in an auto accident. I Duke Johann Albrecht of Mck-lcnbiirg-;-'berln, and Princess F.liz aocth of Stolberg-Rossla, were mar ried In Brunswick, duchy of Bruns wick. Arthur A. Wider cabled from Hon olulu to Wi'Hhington his res gnatlon ns ,'ikb into Justice of tho Supremo Court of t't.ail. The G'-r 'iau s'camer Helene Men cell colli ie 1 w!'h the Swedish steam er Moi:lo S'rotn. off Rotterdam. J-'cven hund-'xl and sixty-two min er lost their Uvea In an accident at the Otionra colliery, in Japan. A bomb wail thrown In Lisbon at the riiuhop of Braganza. The bish op was uninjured. Tho ltusln Duma by vote cen sured U. hatcheplovltoff, the min ister of Justice. Ganeral Estrada and his revolu tionary followers In Nicaragua have taken couraga at (ho prospect of as sistance from the United Static. Tbtt Unfcnd States cruiser Dea Nolue and Tacoma axe. lying out side too harbor of BluenVlds. V. B. Bplllor, an American, has been expelled from Panama, on the chars of enticing men to leave their work on the canal and take employ ment In South America. It la expected that some of the . flaeat art treasure will come Into -the market through the death of t George Halting, the art collector la 'London. Brussels, Belgi'm (Special). Leopold II., King of the Belgians, died at 2.3.". A. M., his aged and wasted body being unable to stand the strain put upon it. Tho col lapse occurred suddenly and at a moment when the doctors seemingly had had the greatest hopes lor his recovery. Throughout the clay bulletins is sued from the sick room indicated progressive improvement. The bul letin posted at C.oO P. M. gave the King's temperature, pulse and res piration as practically normal. Ap parently the drainage of the wound was perfect, as no fever was pres ent, and during the day the King had be-n able to take nourishment. On Tuesday last the King under went a serious surgical operation for intestinal trouble and astonished the surgeon by his wonderful re cuperative power. Only a tew hours after the operation he was able to sign an Important military bill en acted by Parliament. Tho public at large was satisfied that the King was on the road to recovery, but within the pnvilion, where the King lay there was a feel ing of anxiety, chiefly because, of Leopold's great age. After a rest ful day, the patient was able to Fleep for a brief period early in the evening, and the night passed quiet ly. But toward 2 o'clock, alarming symptoms appeared. Suddenly the King turned and called to Dr. Tblrar: ",1'etouffe, Docteur, j'etouffe" (I am suffoca ting). Dr. Depage was summoned and the two physicians did everything pos sible to prolong life, but without avail. Th end came quickly, and after a spell of weakness, peacefully. BIG SIM VOH V Alt DUPAHTKKXT Estimates Of Expenditures Will Carry Nearly $!)(!, 000,00(1. Washington, D. C. (Special). The estimates of expenditures of the War Department for the coming year, amounting to $94.799,0G7, were fa vorably acted upon by the House Committee on Military Affairs, and the bill is ready to be reported to the House. The committee, Instead of making the customary reduction of departmental estimates, increased several Items and inserted one or two new ones, making a total increase in appropriation over the department estimates of about $i, 000, 000. The bill as completed, will carry nearly $96,000,000, ljust year's military appropriation was $100, 459,083. The general disposition of the committee was to accept the es timates of the department as bf-lng based upon tho conservative military needs. U. I MAY ESTABLISH A PROTECTORATE This the Next Probable Move in Nicaragua. Washington, D. C. (Special). One of the projects for the solution of the Nlcaraguan situation which has been strongly urged upon the State Department Is the establish ment of a protectorate, either singly by the United States, or Jointly with Mexico. This may bo regarded as necessary In tho event that the In surgents fall to displace Zelaya by their own efforts, nnd may even fol low an insurgent triumph which would leave the country without re sponsible leaders, It Is said that precedent for such action could be found in the cases of Santo Domingo and Cuba. In the first instance largo sums of money were owing to American citizens which could not bo collected from the Dominican government (then in a state of chaos) by diplomatic means. In tho case of Nicaragua the govern ment has defaulted In tho payment of the agreed allotments in the Emery claim In the case of Cuba a state of disorder that threatened the safety of the lives and property of Americans and ithor foriguers ex isted that was tho warrant for in tervention. There is some reason to believe that a forward movement will be made by this government In the near future; perhaps as soon as a suffi cient number of marines have been gathered off the Nlcaraguan coast. Calls Zelaya Arch Criminal. Washington, D. C. (Special.) In an address before the Senate advo cating his resolution that this gov ernment capture and try President Zelaya for the murder of tho two Americans, Cannon and Groce, Sena tor Iiayner drew a picture of the dictator of Nicaragua, which for brilliance of coloring, intensity of denunciation, sweep ot eloquence and comprehensive grasp of the grave questions of law involve d approached the matchless arraignment of Warren Hastings by Edmund Burke. Mr. Hayjier spoke for less than an hour, but in the brief period of his ad dress he held the undivided attention of the Senate', and when lie hail closeel Senator Lodge, speaking for the Kepublicnn side, expressed his indorsement of all that had been said by Mr. Itayner, and Senator Ciillom, the venerable chairman of the Committee on Foreign Relations, to which the resolution was referred, assured Mr itayner that tho com mittee would act without, delay and that he, himself, would then have occasion to address tho Senate. It Is the general belief that with per haps some slight modification the committee will approve of Mr Ray ner's resolution, anil that the; Sen ate', and subsequently the House, will carry out the purpose of the reso lution by authorizing President Taft to use all the military and naval forces of the government that may be nee e .-sary to se ize Zelaya. and to punish him for his crime. Senator Itayner made it clear at the very outset of his address that his resolution was aimed at President Zelaya himself, and not ot tho peo ple of Nicaragua. Upon Ze laya alone lie placed the responsibility for tlin murder of the two Americans, and upon him alone', therefore, should fall the punishment. Mr. Itayner favors actual corporeal punishment.; he did not demand an indemnity, which could come from the pockets of the unfortunate people over whom Zelaya has reigned with a rod of iron for many years, and that they should be taxed to pay for his crime. He suggested ' Zelaya's rapture by tho American forces, and his trial by a military commission, and he cited many precedents and opinions in favor of his position. 10 I'ei'I.sli In Tenement. Cinc innati (Speclul ). Ten per sons lost their lives, seven others were injured, two probably fatally, and about 50 had narrow escapes In a fire which de stroyed an old wooden tenement and lodging house at Third and Sycamore Streets. The fire wag started on the second floor by a keroBono lamp, overturned In a quarrel between tenants. Four of the dead were found on tho upper floors. Miners Still Buried. Detroit, Mich. (Special). A spec, ial to tho Detroit Free? Press from Negaunee, Mich, says that the four miners who were entombed lu a drift at the third level of the Ne gauneo Mine have not ye t . been res cueel. Rescuers are working fran tically to reach them, but have little hopes of accomplishing the task for several hours. The mine in which the accident occurred la owned by the Cleveland Cliffs Iron Company. WASHINGTON BY TELEGRAPH ft7,UOO,000 Stolon In Kiv Yearn. Montreal (Special). Disclosures mado in Judge Cannon's report on civic conditions In Montreal will cause steps to bo taken at once to bring to trial the 14 officials and others, Including eight aldermen, who are charged .with malfeasance. According1 to Judge Cannon's report, a quarter of the city's Income for tttt last six years, or IT, 200,000 has hpstii feloniously used by the alder men. Flayed With Death Near. New York (Special). While Pan' Gebauer was In police court await ing aralgnmcnt for Intoxication and still half-dazed from tbe effects ol drink, tils -wife's dead body "was found In their Oat In Brooklyn. The woman had been strangled to death during the nlgbt, and when neigh bors entered her rooms her five-year-old son was found playing with 10 feet of clothesline which he said he bad unwound from around her nock Gebauer waa held ou a chargo ol homicide. Tho proposition to change the date of tho Inauguration of the President and Vice President of tho United States was considered by tho House Committee. Conservation of all timber lands ly ing wib'.iln the Yosemlto National I'nrK- Is urged bv Mator Forsvtlie. acting superintendent of tho park. Representative Hitchcock, speaking In the House, mado an attack on Sec retary Ballinger In connection with the public land frauds. A scientific Investigation of Immi gration shows that dosceudenu ol foreigners eoon become Americanized. Secretary of the Navy Meyer ex plained to tbe Hon so Committee his plans for the reorganization of the Navy. Chin Yin Ting, the new Chinese minister, arrived with bis daughters and a suite of nrty Chinese. At Secretary Knox's requost tho Senate committee temporarily post poned consideration of the resolu tion to investigate tbe Nlcaraguan affair. President Taft arrived home from a two-day visit to New York and New Haven. Representative Burgess, of Texas, Introduce a Joint resolution in tbe House looking toward the giving of freedom to tho Philippine Islands. The Each Bill, requiring all rail roads to report accidents to the In terstate Commerce Commission, wan passed by the House. Former Congressman, Philip B. Thompson, Jr., of Kentucky, died at the Emergency Hospital from hemor rhage of the stomach. . ' Secretary of War Dickinson an nounced that Major General Leonard Wood will succeed Gen. J. Franklin Bell as chief of staff next April. ZELAYA GIVES IIP THEjRESIDENCY His Resignation Submitted to the Congress. THE PRESSURE WAS TOO STRONG. In Ills Message He Declares The Kevolt And The Danger Of For eign Intervention Beyond His Power Of llcslstuncc Tho llffort To Have Ills Puppet, Dr. Mudrl., Named As Ills Successor Failure Of His Desperate Ffforts To Stem The Tide. SOUTHERN TRAIN JUMPS TRESTLE Fourteen Killed and Over a Score Are Injured. Managua, Nicaragua (Special), Jose Santos Zelaya has resigned from the presidency of Nicaragua. He placed his resignation in the hands of Congress. Apparently there was no other course for him to take. The people were at last aroused. The guns of the revolutionists threaten ed the capital. The warships of the United States lay In Nlcaraguan ports. Managua has been seething for days. The Bpirlt of revolt has spread even to the gates of tho palace. Ze-, laya surrounded himself with an, ..... i i. i. ...i i i ni lucu KUttiu, l. licuci lli'U, me popu lace have marched through the streets, crying for the end of the old, proclaiming the new regime. Dr. Jose Madrlz, judge of the Cen tral American Court of Justice at Cartago, who lias been close to Ze laya and Is now his choico for presi dent, Is on his way here. Madrlz has his following, strong and Influen tial, even among the revolutionists, but General Estrada, under . whose command the great body of fighting Insurgents now face Va3quez's troops at Rama, will have none of him. Estrada's word will bear weight in the choice of a president. Zelaya has known, too, that Ma drlz Is not acceptable to the United States, and he tins sought to learn who would be looked upon with fav or by that government as his suc cessor, but the American government, so far as ran be learned, haB named no man, and the choice probably will lie with those who have gained the upper hand. WRECKS ON THE SOUTHERN. October 2, 1904 Head-on colli sion near Newmarket, Tenn.; 62 killed and 162 Injured. November 29, 1906 Hear-end collision near Lawyers Station, Va.; 7 killed and 11 injured. President Spencer and promi nent Baltimorcans among those killed. December 8, 1906 Collision at Danville, Va.; 2 killed and 6 injured. April 21, 1907 Collision at Woodlawn, Ala.; 2 killed and 7 Injured. June 15, 1907 Train plunged off 13-foot embankment at Black Branch, Tenn.; none killed and 67 Injured. October 17, 1907 Collision at Rudd, N. C; 3 killed and 37 Injured. January 7, 1908 Derailment at Copper Mine Creek, Ga.; 3 killed and 80 Injured. N. Y. CENTRAL'S FLYER WRECKED. Many Are Killed and Injured in Collision. Erie, Pa. (Special). Tho Twen tieth Century Limited, the New York Central fast train en route from Chicago to New York, collided with tho rear end of passenger train No. 10, on the Lake Shore Rail road, at North East, Pa., 16 miles east of here, shortly after midnight. At tho time of the collision the Twen tieth Century was easily making C2 miles an hour. Six bodies have already been tak en from the wreck, and it Is be lieved there will be manv more fatalities. A crew of a freight train arriving i here reported that when they pass-1 ed the wreck scene at North East : (10 injured had been removed from ! the debris of the splintered cars. North East Is a small town and at night is cut off from both tele graph and telephone communication. The Twentieth Century Limited Is due at Erie at 11.45 P. M., and passed running faster than schedule time. Train No. 10, also East bound, left here at 10.05 P. M., and was scheduled to take the siding at North East, but it is believed the train did not reach the siding far enough in advance of tho fast flyer to make a proper clearance. The wreck oc curred directly opposite the North East Railway station. Railway officials here refuse to make public any facts concerning tie wreck. Coroner Hanley has been notified of tho wreck, nnd is preparing his morgue for tho reception of the pos sible dead which may be brought here. $1)0,000,000 For Wur Department. Washington, D. C. (Special). The estimates of expenditures of the War Department for the coming year, amounting to $94,799,067 were fa vorably acted upon by tho House Com mittee on Military Affairs and the bill Is ready to be reported to the House. Tho committee, instead of making, the customary reduction of departmental estimates, increased several Items and Inserted one or two new ones, making a total in crease In appropriation over the de partment estimates of about $1,000, 000. Tho bill as completed will car ry nearly $96,000,000. Last year's military appropriation was $100,459, 083. Killed Man Who Tuunteel Her. Pontlac, Mich. (Special). Miss Bertha Leltzau, charged with shoot ing and killing S. J. Morley, at Bloomflcld Hills, a month ago, was acquitted.' During tbe trial he tes tified that she. had bought a revolver contemplating suicide when sbo learned of Morley's Intended mar riage to another woman, and that she couldn't remember what happen ed after Morley hael taunted her the night of the shooting. Had $02,000 In Her Possession. Monterey, Cal. (Special). Hold ing fast to a handbag In which were $12,000 worth of diamonds and oth er Jewelry, $20,000 In railroad and Industrial bonds and Insurance poli cies for $30,000 on property in Oak land, a well-dressed woman was found lying ill In the streol. The woman could give little account of herself. She Is about 65 years old. A letter was found In her bag ad dressed to Mrs. Ina I. Cummlngs, 628 Twelfth Street, Oakland, Cal. Sulrlile Kills Another. ' Fassalc, N. J. (Special). AbBent rolnded Mllda Relnhold was so pre occupied with her own sorrows that in committing suicide, she thought lessoly killed her friend, Fanny Ke-mlHuk, who vas quite content with life as sho found It, Both girls were servants in a small hotel and shared tho same bedroom. Fanny tame home cheerful. Milla had bad news from home and weut to bad weeping, a'ter talking of suicide, an tha only escape from hof trlalti. Greensboro, N. C. (Special). Local passenger train No. 11 on the Southern Railway, known as the Richmond and Atlanta train, due in Greensboro at 6.40 A. M., was wrecked at 6.32 o'clock at Reedy Creek trestle, 10 miles north of here, falling 30 feet to tho little stream below, and at 6 o'clock 11 dead bodies had been removed from the wreckage. It is reported that 14 are dead. Twenty-five Injured are being cared for at St. Leo's Hospital. Sluch time was required to remove the dead and Injured from the debris and it was 8.30 before the work was well under way. The Injured were brought to this city as rapidly as they could be extricated and placed In St. Leo's Hospital. George J. Gould, who with his son, Jay, was in one of the Pullmans when the train Jumped the track, and who was reported dead, escaped with very slight injuries. He, with his son. Jay, and friend, R. H. Rus sell, of New York, former editor of the Metropolitan Magazine, had just got out of their berths when the wreck occurred. Mr. Russell was badly hurt by coming in contact with a car stove and is at the hospital. The derailment was caused by a broken rail about 200 feet from the trestle that spans the small stream. The train was composed of two bag gage cars, express and mall cars, three day coaches and two Pullmans. The engine and baggage, mail and express cars passed over in safety, whllo the day coaches and Pullmans were thrown from the trestle into the creel; nnd alons the banks, some 20 to 30 feet below. At the point where tho first coach le'ft the track the right rail was bro ken about 18 Inches from a joint. The rail was broken into fragments for several feet and torn entirely from the cross-ties. The truck wheels ran on the ties until near rhe trestle, when the outside wheels went over, allowing the brake beams and axles to fall on the guard rail of the bridge. As the last coach was about on he trestle tho five coaches toppled over, broke loose from the mail and express car and tumbled into . the mud and water below. The Norfolk Pullman fell Into tho water, while the Richmond sleeper, Just In front, landed only partially In tho water. The most of the injured ind killed In the sleepers were in the Rich mond sleeper, which was totally de molished. Tho Norfolk sleeper was not so badly torn up, but fell on its side in the swollen stream, submerg ing many of the passengers. The rnllway had a corps of of ficials, physlcans and laborers on tho scene quickly after the news was re ceived here. Improvised litters were quickly put Into service as the in jured were released from the wreck age. Pullman mattresses and blank ets were used to protect tho Injured and the dead were wrapped and handled as tenderly as possible. Hero Medal For -Year-Ohl. Washington, D. C. (Special). Vincent Brennan, the 6-year-old son of the late Patrick Brennan, has been recommended for a Carnegie Hero medal. The little fellow aiding In rescuing five-year-old Alfred Effer, who had fallen into Rock Creek, on December 5. Tho boy Is probably tho youngest hero on record, and his name has been sent to the manager of the Carnegie hero fund, by Com missioner Macfarland. IX Til E WOItl JTOF FINANCE. A consignment of $250,000 goll was engaged for export to Brazjl, Bank of England reduced it dis count rate from 5 to 4 Vii per cent. All three Goulds and all their friends including Alvin VV. Kretch re tired from the Western Union Board of Directors. They wore succeeded by T. N. Vale, U. N. Bethel and their American Telephone and Telegraph party. A rumor says the Gould party Is trying to get out of the Missouri Pacific and all its railroads. Gross earnings of the American Telephone and Telegraph Company for Ootcber were $11,811,174 agalnBt $10,692,178 In that month last year. Although Presldont Oscar G. Mur ray, of the Baltimore and Ohio, was re-elected, it Is firmly believed In financial circles he will resign very shortly and become chairman of tbe Board of Directors. Philadelphia as a port shows up handsomely. In November tho Im ports were $7,883,738 against $6, 021,341 last year, while exports, were $8, 685,066, compared with $7,704, 17 1nl908 Tbe St. Petersburg publisher of Tolstoi's book, "The Kingdom of God Is VPh Us." was sentenced to a year's Imprisonment In a fortress. Tbe Canadian Northern express was wrecked 100 miles east of Vln-nl-Ae, Manitoba, and 40 persons In jured. . Tho Belgian Fenato passed the mil itary servlie bill for the strengthen ing of 'be tmili.nnl de'enros. ri'-l f 'itd' rfiieii and other clvie of " " '". till bo prosecuted for malfeasance. PENNSYLVANIA Criminal I -aw. Carlisle. Claiming the law under which James Alexander, a horse thief, was sentenced by Judge Sadler to thirty years' Imprisonment as an habitual criminal is unconstitutional by taking Into account Imprison ments previous to its enactment, ex District Attorney William A. Kramer, counsel for Alexander, argued for an arrest of judgment. He- contended that Alexander's sentence should have been seven years minimum and thirty years maximum, and read let ters supporting; his position from Charles P. Adams, of the Attorney General's odlce, and quoting Judge Von Moschzlsker. Judge Sadler, say ing the case contained Important new points, reserved decision. Sioiy Proves Fatal. Lancaster. Laughter over a fun ny story told her by her husband caused the death of Mrs. Daniel F. Shlmp, of Epbratn. Mrs. Sliinip. who had not been In the her. of health recently, retired early. Her husband awoke her about midnight and told her a funny story he had heard. This caused the woman to laugh heartily and the exertion proved too much for her weakened heart. She was laughing as she died. Tolmceo lOxpert Dies. Lancaster. B. Ezra Herr, for many years president of the Lan caster County Tobacco Growers' As sociation, and one of the best known authorities on agricultural subjects in the Eastern section of the State, died sueldenly at his home at West Lameter. During the agitation over the tariff on Philippine tobacco, Mr. Herr was called to Washington fre quently to confer with the national legislators. He was 67 y;ars old. Bunk Clerk Gone. Lancaster. Harrison I. Martin, until recently a trusted clerk In a local barik, and previously a clerk in the Treasury Department, is among the missing. Warrants have been issued for his arrest on charges of false pretense. The young man, who is the son of a rich farmer of near Blue Bnll, lived high, and a half-dozen local merchants allege they cashed worth less checks for him. In addition to this he is accused of forging his father's name to notes given for jewelry. 21 Strikers Sentenced. Newcastle. Twenty-four etrik Ing tin workers arrested charged with disorderly conduct were fined $25 each or thirty days In the work hojse by Mayor Lusk. Mother Of 17 Children Dies. Easton. Mrs. Almlra J. Bobbins, wife of John W. Robblns, died aged 48 years. She was the mother of seventeen children, seven of whom, all boys, preceded ber to the grave. James Young, Fasten, 'Dies. Easton. James Young, one of the best known of the old time Demo cratic leaders in Northampton Coun ty, died In his 8'0th year, having sus tained a second stroke of paralysis during the night. He served as sher iff for three years beginning in 1877, and was postmaster of South Easton under President Johnson. He was ono of the oldest Odd Fellows In this section, having joined the order sixty years ago. ' Enlarge Automobile Works. Wllkes-Bnrre. Tho directors ot the Sheldon Axle Works approved an Issue of $200,000 worth of bonds for improvement purposes. .Mont of this money will be used to erect build ings and install machinery for the' manufacture of automobile springs and ax,les. Blown From 40-Foot Ladder. Shenandoah. After August Mc Demus, a painter, had climbed forty feet up a ladder and was about to Btep upon a roof a gust of wind unbalanced him and he plur.ged to tbe pavement, his body barely miss ing shoppers ipassing beneath. Ho was picked up fatally hurt Fxpert Killed By Dynamite. Lansford.- In a premature explo sion of dynamite at Negauohonlne. j William H. Bond, nn expert mining I contractor, was kilL 1 and three la borers were slightly Injured. miui'on Hill Postmaster Stays. Sharon Hill. Postmaster David Dulton received notice of hla reap pointment by President Taft. AsMessmi'nt Of 00 Per Cent. Pottsvllle. At n meeting of tha i assessors of Pottsville, It was decid ed to place n valuation on local prop erty equivalent to 60 per cent, of what it will bring In the market. This rating Is tho highest made any where lu Schuylkill County, and Pottsvllle citizens are preparing to make a vigorous fight. Loses Ejo Looking At Gauge. Mount Holly Springs. William Zug, engineer at the local electric power plant, had his left eye blown out by the explosion of a broken water gauge which he was examin ing. Augustln Querol, tho Spanish sculptor, died In Madrid. White pepper comes from the same berry as black pepper. White pepper is the seed only, whllo black pepper Is the entire fruit. Since Its introduction from Ameri ca tbe chlgger has spread for and wide alone the west coust of Africa and is now a greatly dreaded pest. Two blind girls from the Koyal Normal College for the blind have given some marvelous exhibitions of roller skating, including a waltz on skates. A terminal Btorage and transfer elevator under construction at Fort William has a total capacity of about 10,000,000 bushels. The first unit of this greut elevator Is rapidly near tng completion, end will hold 2,800, 000 bushels. For' tho Anglo-Japanese exhibition to be held In London lit 1910 the Japanese Imperial and provincial gov ernment have voted $1,600,000 for expanses. ,-... . Tbe House committee Increftjeil the War Dcpcrtmeiit estimate to $n,ooo.ooo. ' 1 ' COMMERCIAL Weekly Review of Trade and Market Reports. . i Dun & Co" Weekly Review of Trade says: "eview and the close of the year naturally curtails operations in most primari mrakets, though retail trade is co7. respondlngly augmented and evVrv Indication points to a very lar distribution of merchandise. "The difficulty experienced by tha steel mills In making prompt deliv eries Is the cause for some abate ment in the demand for flnlshci products, while the lull in nUt iron buying is becoming more pro nounced, production rapidly overtak lng consumptive requirements. Cotton " Bieauior, ana larger pur chases of gray goods have been mad on contract. The Fall River wa schedules have been continued on a basis of 8 per cent, above normal and the wage agreement will be con tlnued for another six months. Job hers are buying In a very limited way and are taking their semiannual Inventories." Bradstreet's says: "Colder weather and the nearer ap. proach of the holidays have stiniu lated trade quite generally through out the North and West, ami even helped Southern trade, especi lly in the western part of the cotton . tatos As the week advanced there i mei to be evidence that the r. . road strike was losing its effective! s as a trade deterrent, though the . atU tlcp, of flour output at large . urth western cities Bhow those ccr.' rs to have been sharply affected. Business failures In the Vnlted States for the week ending wi. i De cember 9 were 259, against 23 J last week, 298 In the like week of 1908, 284 In 1907, 220 In 1906 and 226 in 1905. Wholesale Markets. New York. Wheat Spot firm; No. 2 red, 126c. nominal domestic elevator; No. 2 red, 1.25 ',i nominal t. o. b. afloat; No. 1 Northern Du luth, 1.20 Vi nominal f. o. b. afloat; N'o. 2 hard winter, 1.21 nominal 1. o. b. afloat. Corn Spot firm; No. 2, 72c. ele vator domestic, 72 k delivered and Cti'.i f. o. b. atloat all nominal. Op tion market was without transac tions, closing unchanged to Mc net llgher. December closed 69;8c, May closed 70 Vi. Oats Spot firm; mixed, 26 ? 32 bs., nominal; natural white, 2C !2 lbs., 45 47; clipped white, C4(&42 lbs., 46to&51. Option Market was without transactions, i losing unchanged.. May closed I7c. Butter Firm; receipts, 3,480 ackages. Creamery specials, 34 toe; do., extras, 33 to. Eggs Irregular; receipts, 6,175 ases. State, Pennsylvania and near by gathered, white, 32(& 40; do., hennery, brown and mixed fancy, 38 ((40; do., gathered brown, 30 It 37; Western extra first, 32Q34; first, B9 4J.31; seconds, 2628. Philadelphia. Wheat Firm; ontract graete, December, libjp 118c. Corn Firm; December c. high er. December, 63 to & 64c; Jauu ry, 03 li 63 Vi. Oats Firm, tolc. higher; No. Z white, natural, 49S49toc. Butter Steady; extra WeBtcrn creamery, 35c; do., nearby prints, 36. Eggs Steady; Pennsylvania and 5ther nearby firsts, free cases, 32c. at mark; do., current receipts, In returnable cases, 30, at mark; West-, era firsts, free cases, 32, at mark; do. current receipts, free cases, 26 Q.30, at mark. Cheese Firm, Vic higher; New fork full creams, choice, 1 7 Vi c. ; do., fair to good, 16 to 17. Live Poultry Dull; fowls and chickens lower. Fowls, 1 2 1 4c; Did roosters. 10 to; chickens, 12'4 t?t l4; ducks, 14 15; turkeys, 181" 19; geese, 12 13. Baltimore. Wheat No. 2 red, 11 4 to for No. 3 red, 1.11 to fr steamer No. 2 red, 1.07 for steam er No. 3 red, No. 4 red and stock rejected, and 1.03 for "can't use" rejected. Small bag lots, by sample, sold at 105 112c per bush., as to Quality and condition. Corn Western opened firmer; spot, 63 64 toe; year 63 . 6IV; February, 63 64 to ; March, 04 64 to- Steady demand for corn In all positions, but trading moderate. Sales 5,000 January, 61c; 25,000 March, 64; 10,000 January, 64; flva cars new spot, 64 to; car new spot. 64 Vi; 5.noo year, 64; 10,000 January, 64 V4! 5,000 year, 64. Oats White, No. 2, as to weight, 47 to I?;-4 8c; do., No. 3, as to welsht, 4 6 ftt 4 7 Vi ; do., No. 4, as to weight, 4 5 tit 4 5 Vi. Mixed. No. 2, 45 Va 4Cc; do.. No. 3, 44 0 44. Hay We quote, per ton: No 1 timothy, large bales, $17.50 18; do., small blocks, $17.501S; No. 2 timothy, as to location, $16.50l 17; No. 3 timothy, $ 14.50 & 15.60: choice ' clover mixed, $1717.j0. No. 1 clover mixed, $16.60 17. Butter Creamery fancy, 34 34; creamery choice, 32(5 3-. creamery good. 30 31; creamery Imitation, 22 25; creamery prints, S4 ffj 30. Eggs Maryland, Pennsylvania nnd nenrby firsts, 30c; Western firsts, 30; West Virginia firsts, 30. Southern firsts, 29; guinea eggB, " 16. Live .stock. Pittsburg Cattle Supply Ugh': steady. Choice. $6.80 7.10; prime. $6.50tft6.75. 6heep supply light; strong Prime wethers. $5.10 5.25; culU and . common. ? b5' $5.50 8,25; veal calves, $910. Hogs Receipts heavy; active. Prime beavles, $8.60 8.65; medi ums, $8.60 0 8.52 to; heavy Yorkers. $8 468.B0; light Yorkers, $3 3of 8 45; Pisa. $8.20108,30; rough. V 7.80. . .... ,' , Chicago. Cattle Market 16 0 25c. lower. Steers, $5.0J8-26: cow. $3-6005; heifers. $36: bulls, $3.404.75; calves, , $3 9 25; stockcrs and feeders, $3,76 6.25. , ' ' . Hogs Market firm. Choir heavy, $8.50 8.60; butchers. $845 . 8.53; . light - mixed. $8 1O08-3O, , packing, $8.40 8.60; choice llg". $8. 30'$. 40; pigs. $77.76; bum Of salea. $8.80 8. 60.; ' . fhoep Market 10016c. hlahr Suee-v, $4 0 6; lambs. $7.60 0 8 60; yearlings, $5.60 7. 65.
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