A New Story ol the Assassination ol Lincoln.
By W. H. TAYLOR, an Cye-Wltneaa of the Tragedy.
Tho program which 1 own of a per
formance at Ford's Fifth Street Thea
tre, In Washington, D. C, was ob
tained, by me under peculiar circum
stances. I was a young man, about
twenty years of age, and living In
Washington at that time. Having
been away on a trip, to Chicago and
points In the West, I was returning
home on the forenoon of ATJJI1 H
1866, when, on reaching tho Relay
House, nine miles from Baltimore, I
noticed in the morning paper an an
nouncement that President Lincoln,
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The Uist Pbotogrnpli of Abraham Lincoln,
J liken on the Sunday ueiure m At
aiminutioii. It Shows the Great
Change in His Face Worked
by the Anxieties of tlio
Civil War.
tlves for many years, knew one of this
band very well, and he used to tell
Christie some of the wise utterances
of Wilkes Booth, one of which was:
"The fame of the youth who fired the
Epheslan dome will outlive that ol
tho pious fools who reared it." At
tho time of Booth's capture he wai
found to have kept, In his flight, a
diary, in which his egotism was great
ly in evidence. It was rather a dis
jointed affair, full of wild and ardent
expressions. He had seen newspaper
comments, and was surprised and
deeply grieved at not finding himself
glorified In the affair. The following,
lust as written by him, gives a good
idea of the matter: "A colonel was
at his side. I shouted 'Sic semper'
before I fired. In Jumping broke my
General Grant and other notables
were to attend Ford's Theatre that
night. This caused me to resolve
upon going to the theatre, as I had
never seen General Grant, whose
fame had for some time been so well
established. Quite early In tbe even
ing I started out at the solicitation of
a young friend of mine, John Danser,
of Trenton, N. J., to witness a street
parade In honor of the passage of
the eight-hour law, etc. We could
bear the bands playing, and directly
came to a point where we could dis
cern floats, torchlights, etc., coming
down Louisiana avenue. After watch
ing the procession we proceeded to
the theatre. We selected seats In
the dress circle, which was as yet al
most vacant, and secured places
where no more than two or three
dozen others were able to see as well
at ourselves the arrangements of the
President's box, which was situated
Immediately across from our position
and on the same level..
About the mlddlo of the first act
the President and party arrived and
were received with loud and hearty
applause. "The band played "Hall to
the Chief!" which stopped the per
lorraance for a few minutes while
they were proceeding to their seats.
On reaching the box the President
took a large arm-chair in front and
to the left as they entered; Mrs. Lin
coln took a chair in front and to the
right, and Miss Harris one near Mrs.
Lincoln, but not quite as far forward,
Major Rathbone was seated farther
back than the ladles on an old-fash'
loned sofa that ran along the wall on
the extreme right.
. About the middle of tbe third act
a shot was heard and Immediately
thereupon rang out John Wilkes
Booth's cry, "Sic semper tyrannts;"
not after be reached the stage, as has
been stated In some accounts; neither
did be Jump from the box full height,
with arms outspreac and upstretched,
as we often see him in Illustrations.
On the contrary, he placed both hands
upon tbe rail of the box and swung
himself over In that manner, thereby.
lessening tbe fall by tbe distance of
bis own height. One of his spurs
caught In the American colors with
- which the box was draped, and he
probably landed his whole weight on
ne foot. On striking the stage he
pitched forward on all fours, and I
then saw the blade of a long stiletto
or dagger glisten In tbe footlights, as
bis hand lay on the floor. He quickly
rose to his feet and took one or two
uncertain steps, then, turning to face
tbe audience, drew himself up In
theatrlcaj attitude, and, swinging his
arm In a half circle, made a grand
flourish with the dagger, and was off
tbe stage In a flash. Next came the
piercing snd horrifying shrieks of
Mrs. Lincoln, and then arose a fearful
commotion. Directly efforts were
made by some parties to get Into the
box from the outside, but the door
was barred from tbe Inside. I nex
noticed a military officer standing
on the shoulders of another man and
endeavoring to climb up to the box
from the stage. Meantime, the Presi
dent had remained sitting In his chair
with his head bent forward, but I
distinctly saw him rise once to his
feet and In a dazed sort of way at
tempt to take a step or two. He was
not upright, but half erect. Just then
Major Rathbone came to his assist
ance, and, supported by tho latter,
he sank back Into his chair. About
this time I noticed Miss Laura Keene,
who had reached the box from the
private way back of the stage, and
who was said to have brought a glass
of water which might refresh the
President. The bar against the door
having been removed from the Inside,
several people went Into the box from
the dress circle, and little more could
be distinguished thereafter.
Strangely enough, an assassination
plot seemed to have been understood
at once, for word was passed around
that the place would be blown up.
There was a general rush to vacate
the theatre, and from our position
we were necessarily about the last
ones that could possibly leave the
place. On nearlng the doorway we
saw men approaching from the pas
sageway back of the box with the
form of the President, carried on an
Improvised Btretcher as It now
seems to me a window shutter, or
something of that nature and we
stopped to let them pass. They were
hastening from the building as well
as they could, aa,d tho President's
head was thrown back and hanging
somewhat down. He was quite un
conscious, seemed perfectly limp, and
was bleeding slightly from tho wound
In his head. Just as they passed by
glanced on the floor, and, seeing the
crimson blotch on a piece of paper,
picked It up. That the marks there
on are the life-blood of ADranam
Lincoln Is as certain as that he was
shot on the date and In the place
mentioned.
As the place remained brilliantly
lighted and there seemed to be no
Immediate danger, we went back to
the President's, box, where almost
the first thing that attracted the no
where Lincoln Was Shot.
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FOR THE. TMik
State
of
Pennsylvania
Plant Shade Trees.
The farmer who cuts down all the
shade trees In his pasture to prevent
bis cows wasting time lying In the
shade Is lowering the milk mark In
his pall, and Inviting the attacks of
gadflys and sunstroke. It there Is no
shade, plant it. Farmers' Home
Journal.
Ford's Ihcatre, Washington, tn Winch
Lincoln Was Occupying a Box
When 6hot bv John Wilkes
Booth, April 14, 1863.
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JOHN WII.KKS BOOTH. THE MUR
DERJill Of LIXCOLN.
Frvm Wood-Cut Publihl in Hurler
WerLly for April ISM.
leg. Passed all his pickets," and bo
on. Toward the last ' he wrote:
"After being hunted like a dog
through swamps, etc., etc., I am here
In despair, and why? For doing
what Brutus was honored for what
made Tell a hero." Further on he
says: "I am abandoned with the
curse of Cain upon me, when, If the
world knew my heart, that one blow
would have made me great."
The personnel of this organization
under Wilkes Booth as a guiding
spirit was what might have been ex
pected. Payne and Atzerodt were
Just ordinary thugs without a vestige
of character. Herold was a young,
foppish sort of fellow, none too well
established as compos mentis. Sam
Arnold and Miles O'Laughlln were
Confederate common soldiers and
ready enough to take orders from
Booth, but when it came to facing
the Issue they were found wanting.
Altogether they were a wretched lot
until we consider John II. Surratt and
his mother, who were of a decent fam
ily and ought to have known better
than to be found In such associations.
Or. Mudd was an accessory after
Feeding the Colts.
Some farmers seem to think that
the colts can live out tn all Kinds of
weather and thrive on any kind of
food they can get. This Is a great
mistake, however. Colls, like any
other young animals must be kept
growing by careful feeding and care
if the best horses are made of them.
Oats with a little bran mixed in
thom make an excellent feed. Feed
once a day and lightly at first. In a
little while tbey cau be fed twice a
day and will eat a quart of feed dally.
A Reader, In the Indiana Farmer.
LINCOLN'S PINAL RESTING PLACE.
t- 1t . t .
Ail Kdurator,
I think a good scale Is the best ed
ucator on the farm for the boys. By
constantly weighing cattle and horses,
as well as hay, etc., a boy gets his
Judgment developed so that it be
comes wonderfully accurate. I know
a lad eighteen years old who, I really
believe, could guess a hundred Indi
vidual cattle without missing the
weight on a single one more than
fifty pounds, while on most of them
he would not be over ten pounds
from tho mark. Such knowledge is
of very great value to n man If ho fol
lows any branch of the live stock
business. Correspondent of Michi
gan Farmer.
(they knew that the Government actu
ally begged them to tell their difficul
ties as to the raising of their crops
the results that would accrue to the
Nation In a few years would stu
pendous. In my section of tbe country many
beautiful farm lands are deserted,
and I have heard men say "I would
not give $3 an acre for that land."
And why not? The answer Is: Ths
land Is worn out: it will not produce
as it used to. Well, where has SI
Perkins gone? Oh, he's gone over ta
Canada; they've got better farm land
over there. Hence there Is n large
exodus to Canada every year from
this country by farmers.
Right here Is where he must be
stopped and told that his land is all
right and what ho must do to make it
produce. What he needs is a special
ist to tell what the remedy is and how
to Apply it. Most farmers are not fa.
miliar with rotation of crops or Irri
gation or treating the soil that has
developed toxins as a result of de
cayed organic material. He know?
that the soil does not produce as
many potatoes as it used to and that
the crop is growing less every year,
and he therefore surmises that his
land is worn out, and hence his de
sertion. J. P. S., In the New York
Times.
Child Labor Law.
Shenandoah. I. W. Cooper, super
intendent of thn public schools of
this town, scored tho new Child La
bor Law, declaring that besides the
excessive extra work It entails on
tho school district, It Imposes unusual
hardships on poor widows, crippled
parents and orphan children.
He said it became his painful duty
to senJ through a parontless boy of
15, strong and healthy, to the alms
house, as his boarding mistress
would not permit him to stay with
her until he could learn to read and
write.
' The Pig the Farmer's Friend.
No animal on the farm is better
adapted to turning good feed quickly
Into marketable meat than the hog,
and none can better repay, from a
market standpoint, a discriminating
system of feeding. This is particu
larly true as to first costs, for the hog
la by nature planned to utilize the
least expensive feeds and will manu
facture into toothsome pork much
that might otherwise bo reckoned of
little value, if not waste. In any
phase of farm economy the hog is a
feature, and his proper feeding has
In Innumerable instances been the
factor that kept a farm's profit on
the right Bide of the ledger. From
Coburn's "Swine in America."
Remedy For Cold.
The owner of most flocks of fowls
has been troubled more or less with
colds, In spite of the best care. The
following remedy is a simple one, and
one that you have at hand at all
times. It is quite an old one, but Is
given for the benefit of those who
have not tried it. Take a tablespoon
ful of ginger and cayenne pepper,
make Into pills about the size of a
small marble, using enough flour to
stiffen. When the cold Is first no
ticed give ono of these pills three
times a day. If not sufficient, repeat.
It Is always well, even In what, might
seem a mild case, to separate the af
flicted bird from the balance of tho
Hook. Southern Poultry Magazine.
The Monument Erected Over the Tomb of the Great Emancipator in Oak
Ridge Cemetery, Springfield, Illinois, and tbe Scene o:
Elaborate Centenary Exercises.
tice of my companion and myself
was the pistol which Booth had used,
lying on the floor only about three
or four feet back of the chair . In
which Mr. Lincoln sat. I recall the
weapon as a single-barreled, .percus
sion-cap affair of the Derringer type,
shorter and more compact than the
dueling pistols ao much In favor
among gentlemen of the old school In
those days. As we started to leave
tbe theatre we met, at the head of
the stairway, a ' policeman, who in
quired if we were present at tbe time
of the shooting, etc., and said we bad
better give our names and addresses,
as it might be necessary to call us as
witnesses. I drew the pistol out of
my pocket and gave It to the police
man to take charge of against the
chance of Its being called for as evi
dence.
The blood-stained program has
never been out of the hands of my
Immediate family. Soon after the oc
currence I gave It to my mother, Mrs.
Mary A. Taylor, of Trenton Falls, N.
Y., In whose custody It remained until
her death tn 1889. It was then kept
bjr my siBter, Mrs. Merrltt Peckhura,
Jr.. of Albany, N. Y., until It recently
came into my possession again. It
always Beoined to me extremely
doubtful that Wilkes Booth could
have been the accredited representa
tive of the governing body of the
Southern Coufederacy, notwithstand
ing that Jefferson Davis, In a speech
at Charleston, S. C , when he received
a dispatch from John C. Brecken-
ridge, announcing Lincoln's murder,
remarked to his audience: "If it
were to be done, it were better that
It were done well." Tbe brutal
frankness of such a statement made
In public was almost sutficlunt evi
dence that be was not directly know
ing to the Infamous plot.
the fact and not before It, If he had
any guilty knowledge of the con
spiracy. Where his sympathies rea.ly
were, however, was readily con
jectured, for he harbored Booth and
afforded him every surgical and
friendly assistance In bis power.
Spangler was a scene shifter at the
theatre, and no one bad the remotest
Idea that he was oonnected with the
assassination understanding. One
thing that made Booth's act seem
perfidious and dastardly beyond ex
pression was the fact that about three
weeks before that time he wbb at the
White House and specially Introduced.
The President greeted him very cor
dially, and, taking blm by the hand,
said: "Mr. Booth, I am proud to
meet you as a son of the elder Booth."
The night that threw its sable man
tle over this national tragedy was one
long to be remembered. In Wash
ington no one thought of sleep. Tbe
streets were thronged with people.
Of course the Vice-President at
once came Into very prominent notice
and not altogether pleasantly so. It
Is undeniable that the most ugly
rumors sprang Into existence, and bis
rather Inconsistent conduct at the
time, and subsequently, gave consid
erable countenance to some of them.
Wilkes Booth was said to have been
closeted with Antfrew Johnson at the
quarters of the latter In the Kirk
The Farm Meal Barrel.
It Is no better business thun it used
to be to sell the hogs, receive market
price, less the freight and a shipper's
profit, to be killed at some packing
centre and shipped back to be sold to
the producer with all the expenses,
freight and dealer's profits added.
Many of the families In Michigan buy
all their pork when they might Just
as well buy very little and cure the
pork themselves and have an abund
ance of pork that is better than the
packing house product. Good grades
pf breakfast bacon, hams, shoulders
and all parts of tbe pig are selling at
enormous prices at present, and there
Is no reason why the farmer should
pay these advanced prices. No mat
ter how high the price of corn and
the price of hogs, It's cheaper to fat
ten and kill a few pig3 for home con
sumption. The price of meat will
very likely be higher next spring than
It Is now, so those who cure the meat
at present will not be in need then.
With the present cost of an outfit
for butchering on the farm, the elim
ination of the greatest excuse for the
work Is accomplished. A short time
ago I was In Oklahoma, where there
Is a law which makes every farmer
have his animals Inspected before
they are slaughtered and pay a fee of
twenty-five cents for each animal, but
that did not binder the farmers from
Joining together and slaughtering
hogs for home consumption. Where
the families were close enough to
gether they would take turns in kill
lng a pig, half or portions of the ani
mal going to each family. The
weather lu many Instances was the
cause of this, as the winter Is likely
wood Hotel tor over two hours a day
or two previous to the assassination, , to be open and the meat would not
ana tnis iaci, aunouga not necessarily
In Itself of criminal significance,
rankled In the minds of many people.
Against this was the supposition,
pretty well supported by evidence,
that Johnson was Included In tbe as
sassluatlon scheme, Atzerodt being
told oft to effect bis death. Perhaps
tbe most tangible thing to bis detri
ment, as shown by the hotel clerk,
keep long, but here there Is not much
need for such division. E. B. Reld,
la tne Michigan Farmer.
Although the conspiracy was of wai tbe fact of Booths having sent
considerable magnitude. It was not up to blm on one oi me nays reierreo
more than sufficient to satisfy Wilkes to a written communication, the na
Booth's morbid craving for notoriety. ' ture of which Johnson never cared to
He had slsnallr failed as an actor i make known. Leslie Weekly.
and was known to be a man of
moody disposition, suffering from tbe
panes of disappointed ambition, -and
for aome reason embittered against
authority of any kind, He bad a lit
tle following of kindred spirits, who
revolved around him as a central
figure, and to whom be posed as a i
1. I .J AnAnltt vM I - ,kaf. I
Ul, UIUII9 Mli MID VWUaiUU Ul tUVlt
pothouse assemblages. A friend of
mine named Christie, who was door
keeper of the House of Representa-
Fanners I to ot Know,
T read an artlclo by W. J. Spill-
man. Chief of tho Bureau of Plant
Industry, United Siates Department
of Agriculture, who states that the
chittf cauee of slower response to the
modern science of agriculture Is tins
to tho Isolation cf tho faroipr. This
is lu a measure true, but there are
many farmers who are not Isolated
and who are Ignorant of these sub
Jects because the matter baa never
been brought to their attention. I
believe thst If tbe farmer knew that
tbe department solicited correspond
ence from him on subjects of this
kind it would be a great help. Most
farmers are Indifferent and would not
now address a letter to the depart
ment asking for Information, for the
reason that they have the Impression
no reply would be forthcoming. If
Stal)le Conveniences.
So much of the farmer's profit
from his cattle depends on their com-
fort in winter that ho can hardly give
too much t-hought to securing for
them the very best accommodations
that he can afford. Fortunately, the
requisite degree of comfort to keep
them In good condition may be ob
tained at a very small expense, as
has been more than once pointed out
in these columns. There are some
points in winter stable management
that are also worthy of careful atten
tlon. with regard to which a few use
ful hints are given in the Times:
"Cleanliness in the stable Is an aid
to warmth, because it lessens the de
mand for a large supply of fresh air
to remove the more abundant odor
from gathered Btable manure or sat
urated floors. Tho arrangements for
feeding the stock are of much Im
portance, because they regulate the
amount of labor expended In stable
work. The store of bulky food is con
veniently kept on a level with the sta
ble floor, as the work of raising it to
ten or twenty feet Is avoided. A con
venient way of storing hay or fodder
Is to have an annex to the stable.
reached by a door from the feeding
floor and a low wheeled truck to
carry In the fodder. Grain, meal,
bran and similar feed stuffs we would
have kept above tho feeding floor in
bins made like a hopper with spouts
attached, and made larger at the bot
tom than at the top, so that tho feed
falls down when the slide door below
Is opened. These spouts we have
over the feed box In which the fodder
Is cut and mixed. A cistern to save
the rainwater should bo below the
feed floor and a pump from It should
be fixed close to the feed box and
near the wall. This is a great con
venience, as in bad weather tho cows
need not go out. and the feeder is
equally protected if, as should be. a
passage is made through all .the
buildings under cover from any part
of them to the outside door nearest to
the house.
'A large fodder cutter is indispen
sable for economy of fodder and
time, and a bushel basket and a large
grain scoop for measuring the cut
feed are equally serviceable. The
feed troughs should have a sloping
shelf in front of each one, and an
opening through which the feed may
be put Into the trough or manger.
The feed troughs should be capacious,
to avoid spilling and wasting the
feed, and should be completely separ
ated from each other, to avoid steal
ing the feed by one cow from another.
'The convenience of the owner, or
of the workman, which Is the same
thing for time of a hired man Is
money should bestudled ail through
the arrangements. While there are
some Just objections to a manure cel
lar under the stables, yet this may
be so managed as to avoid everything
that may be undesirable, and afford
many desirable facilities. With a
cellar for manure, and a gutter pro
vided with trap doors In the stable,
tbe stable may be cleaned out very
quickly and without soiling the
clothes or boots. A large hoe should
be used for scraping the contents of
the gutter into the cellar, and a
coarse broom should be used to finish
tho cleaning. If a few bushels of
clean, dry Bawdust are then spread
over the stalls and the gutter the sta
ble will be quite free from odor, and
may bo called perfoctly clean for a
cow stable. A wide walking platform
behind the gutter Is a great conve
nience in many respects, for ample
room Is a great saving of labor. To
kacp the cows cleaned at least onco a
day U also a great convenience, for it
saves a world of trouble with the
milk, saves labor In washing clothes
badly soiled, in removing filthy stains
In the house, and saves a man's self
respect, for how can a man respect
himself who deliberately sits down to
milk a cow plastered over with filth,
which soils tbe bands and gives a
foul cdor to tbe whole person? All
the above is applicable to the horse
stable." Weekly Witness.
l.lO-I'Vmt Fall.
Pottivllle. Falling from the top
of the Sllverton Colliery breaker, S
Snyder, of Mlnersville. sustained
probably fatal Injuries. Stepping on
a loose board, he dropped 150 feet
and landed on a pile of roeks. He
sustained many fractures and Intern,
al injuries.
Ieliltfli I'nlvei'Mtty.
South Bethlehem. In memory of
Kckley B. Coxe, who was an active
alumnus and valued trustee of Iyehlgh
I'niversity from its early days, the
Board of Trustees announced that
they had decided to name tho new
$:i0,00O mining laboratory now be
ing erected on the campus, tho Eck
ley 1). Coxe Laboratory.
lilu.n In Pittsburg Hotel.
Pittsburg.-The Hotel IlirniinR
ham, South Side, was discovered
ablaze. Twentv-six guests were forced
to flee down the lire escapes In their
night dresses. Clayton Williams, pro
rrletor of the hotel, and his wife
were seriously burned In their efforts
to ouell tho flames. The loss was
slight.
Sane Fourth For Berwick.
Berwick. Burgess Hetler, of Ber
wick niarto announcement, in ordr
that locnl dealers could not after
wards complain that they had not
been properly warned, that Berwick
would have a safe and sano cele
bration of tho Fourth of .Inly this
year and that any dealer selling' lire
works of any ldnj would bo prompt
ly fined.
Pi Inters ISott.
Pottsvlllp. The Pchuylkill County
Comlssloners are in a quandary be
cause of the fact that every Schuyl
kill County printing office has re
fused to print the ballots for th
Spring election. Thero are 158 dis
tricts in the county and an entirely
different ballot must be provided for
each district. As a heavy bond Is
required for tho performance ot the
work in the legal time allowance,
none ot the local publishing houses
would undertako the risk. It Is fear
ed that part of the county will have
to go without an election unless tho
commissioners are able to make ar
rangements with outside printing
houses.
Begin KOO-Foot Bridge.
Pottsville. As a part of the
$1,000,000 railroad yards of tho
Philadelphia & Reading Railway
Company, stretching between Mill
Creek and St. Clair, work was start
ed on the foundation for a new lat
tice bridge to be erected at Dormers,
a point midway between tho two
towns. It will be 300 feet long, and
will be the largcn structure of tbo
kind In Schuylkill County. Anoth
er bridse will bo built at Paterson to
avoid a grade crossing.
Clone Port ( ill bun Schools.
Port Carbon. At a meeting of tho
School Board it was decided to closo
the schools for an Indefinite period
because of an epidemic of measles
in the town, more than If)') caaes lin
ing reported.
Crushed In The, Mai blue.
Shenandoah. Aniandus Knecht, a
prominent member of many secret
societies, was caught in the machin
ery of the Locust Mountain Powder
Company plant and instantly killed.
He resided at Iirandonville.
Suvo I.'ntoiiilied Man,
Girardvi'.ie. Robert Caton had a
miraculous escape from death at De-
Turke Colliery. He- wa3 robbing pil
lars when caught by a heavy rush
of coal. He was entombed for five
hours and was given up as dead, but
a rescuing party finally took blm
out alive and practically unhurt.
Cuillslp Y. M. '. A.
Carlisle. Carlisle's Young Men's
Christian Association, with a mem
bership of 239, has inaugurated a
novel campaign to secure 500 mem
bers. Marshaled by William Ogllby
and Dr. Harvey Mentzer, the asso
ciation has been divided Into rival
forces, known as tho "Reds" and the
"Blues."
Baseball Player A Benedict.
Shenandoah. Thomas P. Carroll,
one of the best semi-professional
baseball players of this section, was
married to Miss Minnie Fallon, by
Rev. Joseph M. O'Hara, of the An
nunciation Church. They were attend
ed by Miss Anna Carroll, as maid of
honor, and J. J. Carroll, as best man.
Drinks Poison For Medicine.
York. Mistaking a bottle of pol
son for cough medicine, Mrs. William
Essie, of Whlghtsville, drank the con
tents and she now lies at her home
in a critical condition.
Charles K. McCloskey Dies.
Manetta. Charles K. McCloskey,
ono of Lancaster County's most
prominent men. died, aged 4G years,
after a brief nines. He was a grad
uate of several colleges, an Odd Fel
low of note, a Mason and member
of tbe Patriach MiHtant.
Did Xot Hecognlze Her Son.
York. Having left his hcrr.e here
thirty-five years ago at the age of
IS, P. Oliver Stambaugh returned for
the first time. So great a change had
been wrought In the years of absence
that neither the son nor the mother
when they met recognized each oth
er. He has been in the West dur
ing his absence from York.
Homes Of Oftlclnls Burn.
Lewisburg. The homes of Burg
ess George M. Wolfe and ex-Register
and Recorder William E. Housel
were damaged by fire.
Iliindnned Undue.
PhoenixviUe. Convinced that fire
nnlice badce No. 1 ;S of tbo Phoenix
Hose, Hook and Ladder Company, is
attended with a train or HI hick
Herbert Llewelyn, a member of the
company recently el cted as a fire
policeman, has refused to serve if he
i;i compelled to wear the hoodooed
badge. Llewelyn contends that all
his predecessors have met with mis
fortune of ono character or another.
The company will get lilni another
badge.
Arrested On Swindling Cliaiue.
york. Alter wandering about this
country and Canada for over a year,
dodging detectives, who were on his
trail, George Harber, a former resi
dent ot this city, was arrested here.
Harber is charged with raise pre
tense, having, it Is said, secured $250
from Mrs. Anna Brenneman. a widow,
promising to use the money to oper-
i ate a barber shop for her It Is said
he failed to keep is promise.
Trim To Murder lli Family.
York. Lewis Falkenstlne. an aed
farmer, near Paradise, this county,
became violently iDsane and threat
ened to murder the members of his
family and set fire to the house. With
the assistance of neighbors Falken
stlne was strapped to a chair to pre
vent him from carrying out his
threats He had been committed to
the almshouse and will later be tak
en to the Harrlsburg asylum.
Present Hall To College,
Bethlehem James V. Beck, o'
New York City, formally presented
to the Moravian College the new
Students' Hall, his gift to the college
in memory of his father. The pre
sentation was purposely arranged to
occur on Thursday, which was the
seventieth birthday of Dr. Augustus
Schultze, president of the institution.
Killed Sitting On Kail.
Chester. James Dawson a signal
man on the Pennsylvania Railroad,
was struck by a passenger train, No.
51. near Highland Avenue Station.
Dawson, who boarded ot 70:' Monroe
Street. Wilmington, Del., nr.d who
is survived by a widow, was seated
on the rail repairing a osvitch signal
when struck.
Mad Hull Loses I i-ht.
Williamsport. A mad bull on tho
farm of Elmer Kdler. in Woodward
Township, charged upon Edler while
he and several assistants were try
in; to capture the animal. The bull,
in its blind assault, ran into a waon.
locked its horns in the spokes of a
wheel and was held a prisoner whilo
shots were fired to end it.- life.
Fall 8 Floors In I'levutor.
Pittsburg. Six workingnien were
Injured, one fatally, when an eleva
tor in an unfinished building in Al
legheny fell eight stori"s landing a
wrecked mass of timbers und bent
Iron, in the basement.
liascball Star Marries.
CatAsauo.ua. lu the Brldct? Street
Prfsbyterian Church Miss May me S.
Welsley and R. P. Schneider, were
married by Bev. H. W. Ewlng. Mr.
Schneider wa lat yer.r captain of
the Lafayette Collene bnseball team
and after leaving college created a
sensation by bu twirling for th
Reading Tri-Stare League playing
under the' name of Dan'c The wed
ding trip will be to California where
the bridegroom has signed with tht
Oakland baseFall team of the Pacific
League.
A Dsegerons Doctrine.
That Chicago husband who Is ea
tending that be Is entitled to di
vorce because his wife . plays poker
should pause to consider that be Is
setting up a dangerous doctrine. "It
Is a poor rale that does not work both
ways." Chicago later-Ocean.
All Golden. .
Every opportunity that Is missed la
supposed to be golden.
Stole Two Miles Of Wlr.
Pboenlxvllle The biggest wire
theft that has been committed In this
section has been uncovered by loos!
detectives of the telephone company,
and three arrests, two men nnd one
woman, have been made. Tho wire
nearly two miles ol it was found
at tho home of Mrs. Thomas Elvln
who with her son. Robert, and
Mahlon Beard, was arrested.
Monument For Hon Franklin.
Bethlehem. Members ot historical
societies of tbo Lehigh Valley bavt
started a movement to erect a me
morial to Benjamin Franklin, near a
fort which h built ft Welsspor,
154 years ago.
Pui'tor's Salary flO.ODO.
rittsburg.--BeraiiRe he refused a
chair In the fr.culty of Princeton
Theological Seminary and a few
weeks later relused tbe presidency
of a KentucUv college. Iliv. William
L. McEwen, of tho Third Presbyterian
Church of ttls city, known as the
Thaw churoti, has had $3,foo a year
added to his salarv Dr. McEwen will
now receive 110,000, muKlng him
tho highest raid minister In west
orn Pennsylvania. Mrs. Mary Copo
ley Thaw has been prominent In the
support ot thn church.
Dr. C. F.. Albright Dies.
Williamsport. Dr. C. E. Albright,
one of Muncy's oldest citlnens, d:ed,
aged nearly 78 years. He was well
known throughout ibis section, both
as a physician and an Inventor ol
note. The Muncy purse was one ol
his most profitable Inventions Chis
ter and William Albright, ol Uei
toanlown, ore,survlviog sons.
fntnuinniia IVslor ItcMl'rns.
Caissauqua. To accept a rail to
Plalnfield. Mass.. Hev. H, F. Davlet.
pastor of the Bethel. Congrectlou
ChurcD, Dos rnMBiici.
Family Claim Old Fortune.
New Castle. Members of the
Drake family In Western Pennsyl
vania have organized and on Feb
ruary 18 will meet in Nlles, Ohio,
where plans will be formulated by
prominent attorneys to secure a for
tune sal. I to have been left by Sir
Francis Drake and no-.v la litigation
In the British Chancery Courts The
fortune is estimated at $200,000,000.
Women ( limb Aloft.
Pittsburg Fourteen members ot
tho crew of '.bo sand boat Diamond,
twelve men and two women, had
narrow escapes from death when the
craft sank in the Ohio Plver Whsn
near Lanes lienu, tne unaiood
plunged her bow Into the water', an t
before the sleein: ?rew could be
aroused bad .'rk flvr teet below the
surface. By climbing out on the
tcperstriirtare the rc'.'ii and women
managed to keep afloat until fcelu
arrived.
Dr. Rose RlnsolJ is the only
woman contract surreon In the Unit,
ed States Army. When on duty sbe
wears a divided skirt and a uniform
coat. She Is esieclaUy Interested In
the hospital prob'em ot nn army In
the field, and has mad sttidv of to
work of the Japanese hospital corps
In tbe the war with Pvs'.
Canada baa 100,0)0 Indlsnt
among brr population of 6.000.000.
Tbe government hr Isolated them,
as wards of tb nation. In reserves,
which are scatterel all over tho Do
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