The
Fulton County News
McConncllsburg, Pa.
We should look up for help and
then look (Uvn to help, preaches
Rani's Horn.
Even when she marries her Ideal a
woman Is apt to etitgrow i(, muses
the Philadelphia Record.
The endeavor always count more
for one's happiness, asserts the Chi
cago Tribune, than the success.
The only way to pi aloni with a
railroad Is to pound It, warns the
Atchison r.lolie. Don't he feir TKh
It; that's fatal.
The commendable thins; to Ham's
Horn about a bantam rooster is, that
lie puts every feather and toenail he
has Into his crow.
Summer is another season when
we can all rejoice that we don't live
1n New Yoilt t'lty, boasts the Syra
cuse Herald. There are three other
such seasons.
He who says that the world Is on
the whole growing worse misleads
the people who believe him, and, says
the Christian Register, so far as his
Influence extends, puts an obstacle In
the way of prom-ess.
Says the New York World: Mod
erate users of the automobile who
respect the rights of others, chauffers
who are skilled and sober, need new
legislation as much as does the man
who walks or the playing child. They
need it for protection not only from
the road hor;s but from the indis
rriminate anger of the public, which
Is now unable to discriminate be
.ween those who use autos and those
who abuse them.
The story runs, relates the Brook
lyn Kagle, that once upon a time a re
porter hurried Into a Manhattan
newspaper office, rushed up to the city
editor's desk, and said: "I want to
give you a column about a mans
Jumping from the Brooklyn Bridge to
the water." The city editor respond
ed coldly: "Make It two sticks. I'll
give you two columnB If you'll bring
me in a story of a man's Jumping
from the water up to the Brooklyn
Bridge. Anybody can Jump down."
Tn the past the skyscraper men
were a boisterous, swashbuckling lot.
They "floated" from New Orleans to
Vancouver, lived In freight cars, built
bridges and dropped off them with a
Erin and a choking "good-by." A
hero among them was a man who had
the longest fall to his credit, or who
could tos a white-hot rivet, the great
est distance, cites Harper's Weekly.
They lived hard and died easily. To
day they know that a man stands
highest on the pay roll who takes his
work and its danger most seriously,
who also watches the man next to
him--for in this calling one man's
trror often means another man's life.
'ery few people are aware that the
first practical telescope the one
which Galileo used in discovering the
satellites of .Jupiter In January, 1610,
Is still in existence and preserved In
the Museum of I'hyslcs and Natural
History In Florence, notes the Strand
Magazine. It is about three hundred
years since (hi:i instrument was first
turned toward the heavens. Unlike
tho present astronomical type, It had
a concave instead of a convex eye
piece, Just like the opera glasses now
in use. When Galileo first exhibited
his new telescope to the doge and an
enthusiastic assembly he was over
whelmed with honors, because it was
thought that the Instrument would
five the soldiers and sailors of the
republic a great advantage over their
enemies.
SURPLUS OF FIDELITY
TRUST COMPANY STOLEN
The Secretary-Bookkeeper Was
a Hear- Speculator.
ALL OF IT LOST IN WALL STREET.
Officials Of I.oulsvlllo's Soundest
1'liianclul Institution Find Thnt
Shortage Of $0,000, Discovered
Two Weeks Ago, linn Grown
Tin My I'ntll Nothing Is Left Of
Surplus An Kmploye, August
' Itopke, Hud Dabbled In Stock
Markets In New York And Chi
cagoGoing On For 18 Years.
Louisville, Ky. (Special). August
Ropke, assistant secretary and book
keeper of the Fidelity Trust Com
pany, one of the soundest financial
Institutions In Louisville, is believed
to have made away with $1,140,000,
the entire surplus of the concern,
Recording to a statement made by
John W. Barr, president of the trust
company. Kopke Is In the county
Jail, whore ho has been for 10 days,
unable to furnish ball in the sum
of $25,000. Ropke was a heavy
speculator and lost large sums, it is
said, in Wall Street and the Chicago
Board of Trade.
Mr. Barr's announcement was
made after a sppcial meeting of .the
stockholders. Mr. Barr said that
the stockholders were told that the
rapltal stock of the concern was In
tact, but that the entire surplus was
gone as a result of the defalcations.
The loss will be met by an increase
of stock, as announced several days
ago, aggregating $1,000,000, which
will he issued to stockholders at par.
The Fidelity Trust Company rep
resents the wealth of Louisville, but
there is apprehension in financial
circles over tho outcome of the
Bhortage. The stockholders have
agreed, it Is understood, to sub
scribe the full amount of the new
issuo.
August Ropke is a German, about
4 5 years old. He lived unostenta
tiously, but began dabbling In stocks
and grain several years ago. He was
successful for a time, but the In
evitable losses followed. Ropke has
been in the emp'oy of tho bank for
18 yearB, and It is understood the in
vestigation into his books will cover
the entire period.
Ropke, because of his splendid
work on the books and his shrewd
ness in handling deals for the hank,
gained the confidence of the officials
years ago.
About two weeks ago a shortage of
$6,000 was accidently discovered by
one of Ropke's assistants and the
matter reported to his superiors.
This resulted In Ropke's arrest and
his incarceration on the charge of
embezzlement. He was sent to Jail
In default of $25,000 ball and a firm
of Chicago experts put to work on
his books. The shortage grew daily
until it reached the stupendous
amount Just reported. Some of
Ropke's property has been recovered
and turned over to the bank.
Horsewhipped By A Girl.
Yonkers, N. Y. (Special). As
Miss Grace Hewison, IS years old, of
Tuckahoe Road, a member of Yon
kers' fashionable set, was driving a
team along the Speedway In her
phaeton a man held up the" horses
and tried to Jump into the vehicle.
The section is lonesome, and though
Miss Hewison was all alone she kept
ner wits, and, using the whip on
the hold-up man, she succeeded in
driving him away.
Pittsburg (Special). Lorrie Long,
aged 14, a "puller" employed In the
Park Steel Mills here, was horribly
burned while aBleep on a bench at
his place of employment by a four
inch white-hot billet of steel, which.
It Is alleged by the boy, was placed
Inside of his shirt against his back
by a crowd of negro boys also em
ployed at the plant, and with whom
there is a feud of long standing.
The lad may die.
Bryan Says He Will Not Lead Bolt.
Chlllicothe, Mo. (Special). Wil
liam J. Bryan made a general denial
here of the story sent out from Lin
yn, Nb., that he would lend a bolt
from the Democratic convention in
Nebraska and organize a rump convention.
K F
A review of the development of ath
letic competition in the United Slates
prepared by a committee of the Ama
teur Athletic Union calls attention to
the remarkable growth of athletics In
the pajt twenty yeais. From a total
of about three or four thousand com
peting athletes in recognized events in
1R90 to nearly a million to-day is a
wonderful expansion, but no less than
the increase In the number of athletic
clubs, from which - these entrant
come, from about fifty a score of
years ago to several thousand. Prac
tically every city and town now hat a
recognized athletic club, Including in
it membership not only competing
athleter, but nicu prominent in af
fairs, in business and the profession
wbo are interested In good, clean
tort and who themselves enjoy lb
opportunities afforded for exerclso
and recreation. The increasing pop
ularity of golf and teuol and outdoor
game and the country club more
men t have no doubt done much to
foster tbl Interest. And It I an ex
cellent development tending to coun
teract the effect of the sedentary lit
Imposed by modern condition In tb
centre ol population. For what th
athletic club are doing toward build
ing, op physique, defeating the In
road of dUeaM aqd promoting nealth
they sr a dUttnct gain ta th eew
'Wni'..
Gun Factories Swmnped.
rferlin (Special). German gun
factories are fairly swamped with
orders, according to the military ex
pert of the Taegllche Rundschau. A
delivery has Just been made to Ar.
gentina of 200,000 Mauser rifles,
while an order for a similar number
has been received from Brazil. Sev
eral other South American states
have made smaller contracts. Tur
key, Servla and Roumanla are all
purchasing machine guns.
$1.10,000 Diamond Found.
New York (Special). A report
reached Maiden Lane from Johan
nesburg, South Africa, of the finding
of another large diamond at the
famous Premier Mine. The gem Is
suld to weigh more than 191 carats,
and Is described as a pure white
stone, flawless, and measuring two
inches In length by about three
fourths' of an inch thick. It is esti
mated to be worth $150,000 uncut.
Shot Down By Her Huklmnd.
I Chicago (Special). The mas
Dougherty, assistant foreman of the
Illinois 8teel Company, shot and
dangerously wounded hi wife and
then committed suicide. They were
'ecently married, but had separat
ed. Mrs. Dougherty, who is a mem
ber of the choir of the South Chi
cago Methodist Church, -was on her
way to a concert and wa being ac
companied by Clarence Ixngaere,
cousin, when she wa fired upon.
Canada' limit Customer.
Washington, D. C. (Special). The
United State I the largest custo
mer for (be product of Canadian
mine, according to figure reported
to this Government by Consul Fred
erick M. Hyder, of Rlmouaky, Dur
ing the year ended March 31, 1910,
the export or mineral product from
Canada to the United State were
valued at 133,488,464, or 88.6 per
cent of the total export of mine,
while the export to Great Britain
amounted to 88,830,674, or t.l per
cent.
The Government Forces Reported
in Retreat.
Many Dead And Wounded Left On
Tim Field Near Jlugolpa Insur
gent Forces Divide And Attack
Two Different Forces Of The Gov
ernmentNorway And Tho Port
Of Illueflel.ls.
Blueflelds (Special). Advices re
ceived at the Insurgent headquarters
from General Mena state the latter's
belief that the success of the revolu
tion in the interior hinges upon the
outcome of fighting now in progress
north of Acoyapa. An insurgent
victory is reported.
General Moncndo is now at Julgal
pa at the head of 600 Insurgents.
Upon the receipt of advice that
the government forces were advanc
ing upon him on either side, Mon-
cando divided his forces, sending
one column to engage General Cas
trllla, while with tho other he led
an attack against General Vasquez,
the commander-in-chief of the "ov
ernment forces, and General Garrida
at Comolapa.
After ten hours' fighting Garrida,
with his 500 men, retreated in dis
order, leaving ninny dead and
wounded on the field. Moncado cap
tured 200 rifles, a large amount
of ammunition and 100 pack mules
with camp equipment. Among the
prisoners is Salvador Mantilla. The
other Insurgent division IsvBUpposed
to be engaging General Castrllla.
GOLD OUTPUT NOT LARGE.
Not Knougli To Support The Men In
Idatni'od, Alaska.
Seattle, Wash. (Special). "A fair
estimnte of the season's output of
the Iditarod district, I believe, will
not run over $20,000, certainly not
enough to support the more than
2,00(1 men now there," said Briga
dier General Marlon P. Maus, com
mander of the Department of Colum
bia, upon his return from a tour
of Inspection of Alaskan mlllltary
posts, including a special trip to the
new gold fields.
"Some method of supervising the
rush to this gold field should be de
vised," said General Maus, "for
there Is bound to bo much suffering.
Alaska has now reached the point
where it is a case of big development
projects. The day for the small
miner is over, because there are no
more places where a man can get
rich by a little scratching."
SUFFRAGISTS A FT K II GAYNOH.
Missionary Reports She Has Hopes
Of Converting Him.
New York (Special). Serious ef
forts were made to win Mayor Gay
nor over to the suffrage cause, and
the missionary, Miss Mary A. Donnel
ly, a district captain In the Woman
Suffrage party, went away with the
conviction that the Mayor was, to
say the leant, a hopeful case.
"Mayor Gaynor was moRt gra
cious,'' said MIsb Donnelly after his
honor had bid her a cordial good
day, "and he accepted both a Suf
frage party and a 'Vote-forewomen'
button."
George W. To Fare Josephine.
Pnrla Knerl.'il Tho French
Government accepted a bronze copy
of Houdon's statue of George Wash
ington, which was presented by the
State of Virginia, through M. Jus
serand, the French Ambassador to
the United States.
WASHINGTON
BY TELEGRAPH
President Taft made several
speeches in Maine whllo suffering
from a strained ankle, and was glad
finally to rest for the night at Sena
tor Hale's home in Kllsworth.
Attorney General Wlckersham In
terpreted the elg'ht-hour law as ap
plicable to work done on warships at
navy yards.
As a result of a conference be
tween Chairman Knapp, of the Inter
state Commerce Commission,' and a
committee of traffic officials of West
ern trunk lines. It was announced
that the advanced rates filed by the
railroads would be suspended until
November 1.
Regulations designed to protect
the Indians, whose trust periods have
not expired. In disposing of their al
lotments by will, are being compiled
by the Bureau of Indian Affairs.
The work of excavation in the
Panama Canal last June exceeded by
200,000 cubic yards the excavation
during the same period last year.
The State Department has declar
ed Blueflelds, Nicaragua, to be an
open port.
A suit was Instituted In the Dis
trict Supreme Court to compel the
Interstate Commerce Commission to
assume Jurisdiction over Alaskan
transportation companies.
United States Consul Willrlch, at
Quebec, reports that there Is no
shortage of Canadian pulp wood to
Justify an increase in price.
Van H. Manning, of Mississippi,
was appointed chief clerk of the new
Bureau of Mines.
The railroads In Eastern classifi
cation territory made an agreement
with the Interstate Commerce Com
mission to voluntarily suspend all
freight Increase until November 1
next.
John A. Nelson, coxswain on the
California, committed suicide on
board ship, according to advice re
ceived by the Navy Department.
The board of army engineer des
ignated by the President to super
vise the expenditure of the $20,000,
000 to complete Irrigation project
held It first meeting.
Consul Moffat, at Bluefleld. ha
reported to the State Department
that fear exists fop Edwin W. Trim
mer, consul at Cape Gradas, Nica
ragua, and that the cruiser Tacoma
ha been lent to the scene to inves
tigate. The Civil Service Commission an
nounced that women stenographer
are no longer wanted In the govern
ment service,
The government l going to proa,
cut manufacturer of ice-cream
eoaes containing borax ander the
pore food law.
A BIG TWELVE-
ARMY GUM BURSTS
E even Killed and Six Injured
at Fort Monroe.
THE TRAGEDY STOPS THE WAR GAN1F.
During The Target Practice The
Itreech-lock Of A Twelve-Inch Gun
Is Blown Off And The Entire Gun
Crew Is Mowed Down Several
Bodies Cut In Two Anil The Dis
membered Parts Blown Into The
Wafer Wives Of Officers And
Men See Their Husbands Slain.
Army And Navy Mourns.
Eleven men died after an ex
plosion of a 12-lnch gun at Fort
Monroe.
They were trying to beat the
firing record, and so many of
the crew are dead the cause may
never be known.
All were members of the Sixty-ninth
Company, Coast Artil
lery. In the presence of high army
officials they'were taking part in
a "defense" of the entrance to
the Chesapeake Bay.
Fort Monroe, Va. (Special).
Eleven men of the Coast Artillery
are dead as the result of the blowing
out of a breech block in one of the
big guns while the fort was engaged
In target practice. A half dozen
others are in the post hospital, one
of whom may die.
The exact of the explosion is not
yet definitely determined, although a
board of Inquiry was appointed im
mediately after the disaster by or
ders from the War Department in
Washington.
The toll of death, It is believed,
would have been larger had it not
been for the heroism displayed both
by the officers and men in the bat
tery. The wounded forgot their
hurts and aided the uninjured in
stamping out the burning powder
that threatened the sacks In which
the charge for a second shot had
been brought up.
The explosion took place In Bat
tery Do Uussey, No. 1 gun doing the
damage. The run was In charge of
Capt. James Prentice, who had with
him Lieuts. George P. Hawes, Jr.,
and George I.. Van Deusen. Lieuten
ant Hawes had gone forward from
the breech to examine the range
wheel when the charge was exploded.
He was thrown down and momentari
ly stunned, but otherwise unin
jured. Eight men were killed outright,
their bodies lying scattered around
the emplacement. Under the pall
the wounded writhed and moaned.
Captain Prentice and Llentenant
Hawes foresaw a further sacrifice
of life if the other charges caught
from the smoldering spark and the
two sent out a call for surgeons,
while they attacked the flames with
their bare hands.
Captain Prentice reached tho em
placement first, and before looking
into the extent of the damage he
pushed his way through the smoke
and sparks and carried out a bag of
powder. He then wa3 joined by
Hawes, and the two completed the
task of averting a further explosion.
During this time Llentenant Van
Deusen lay crumpled beneath the
gun, his leg broken in two places.
He was suffering agonies, but when
his brother officers sought to remove
him he would not permit them to
touch him.
"See to the men first," he order
ed, and, propped against the gun
carriage, he aided in directing tho
work of the rescue party and the
surgeons.
Col. C. P. Townsely, commandant
of the fort, promptly ordered an in
vestigation. While no decision had
yet been reached, Colonel Townsley
advanced his theory of the disaster.
"It is evident," he said, "that the
explosion occurred during the inser
tion of the breech block into the
breech of the gun and before It had
been rotated and locked in place.
The safety devices on the gun are
Intended to make a premature dis
charge impossible. Just how they
failed to operate probably never will
be known to a certainty. Every
member of the detachment who
could explain it was killed."
Girls Braver Than Man.
Winstead. Ct. (Special). While
picking berries on the mountain side
near the Harnuni, Richardson & Co.
furnace In East Canaan, Misses May
and Julia Foley heard a rattle In
the bushes and, looking down, saw
a rattlesnake roiled and ready to
strike. Stepping back out of danger,
one of the girls watched the snake,
while the other ran to the furnace
for help. She returned with a man
anmed with a shovel, but when be
saw the snake he became frightened.
Miss Julia Foley then seized the
shovel and, with well-directed blows,
severed the head of the snake.
Dentist Attacks Sugar.
Asbury, Park, N. J. (Special).
That the human rare is degenerating
through general use of sugar was
the declaration made by Robert
Roessler. M. D., of Hoboken, at the
session of the New Jersey Dental
Convention. "The manufacturing of
the sugar of commerce." said Dr.
Roessler. "shows plainly that it is
nothing but concentrated crystallized
acid, which is very dangerous to the
general welfare."
Runs Shop To Erect Church.
Washington, Ind Special). As
a mean of raising funds with which
to erect a new church in the west
end of the city the congregation of
the Second Methodist Episcopal
Church will operate a grocery store.
The congregation has purchased the
stone and the pastor, Rev. William
Hogon, has been put in charge. The
name has been changed to "The
Square Deal Grocery." The preach
er la not a novice in tho grocery
business.
James ArthiW Crane Dead.
WeetOeld. Mas. (Special).
Jaime Arthur Crane, a millionaire
paper manufacturer of th! town and
a cousin of United States Senator
Crane, died after a long Bines here.
He was 62 years old. Mr. Crane
wma a member of the paper manu
facturing firm of Crane Uro.
15kuied Br Explosion.
Johannesburg ( Specie,) ) . Fifteen
native) were killed and 76 native
and It whit miner Injured aa a. re
sult of a gelatin explosion la the
BUnmer Bast -ej aunt..
WILL SAVE MM
MINERS' LIVES
Three
Rescue Stations to
Established.
They Will He. Built At Convenient
Places In The Southern, West
Virginia And Pennsylvania Coal
Fields How They Will He Man
ned And . Equipped To Train
Miners In Rescue Work.
Be f. G. Rawn Killed Bv Burglar or
Committee Suicide.
WAS HEAD OF THE MONON RAILROAD.
Washington (Special). The first
three rescue stations to be establish
ed in the coal fields of the country
as a means of reducing the number
of deaths in the mines will be es
tablished at Birmingham, Ala.,
Huntington, W. Va., and Wllkes
Barre, Pa. This announcement was
made by George Otis Smith, acting
director of the new Bureau of Mines.
By order of the Secretary of the
Interior Ballinger nine rescue sta
tions are to be established. Of
those Just ordered the Alabama sta
tion will be accessable to the coal
Holds of Alabama, Southeast Tennes
see and Northwest Georgia. The
Huntington station will cover tho
coal fields of Southern Ohio, West
ern West Virginia and Northeastern
Kentucky. The Wllkes-Bnrre sta
tion will cover the entire anthracite
field. Other stations will be estab
lished throughout the country as
soon as the plans are prepared and
the best locations decided upon.
Each station will be in charge of
a foreman, a man with practical
mining experience who has been a
miner, a fire boss, mine foreman,
manager of a mine or inspector of
mines. It will be his duty to train
the miners from tho coal fields with
in his district In rescue work. It Is
proposed that the miners who work
In the nearby mines will, under the
guidance of the foreman of the sta
tion, form a volunteer rescue corps
ready to respond at once to any
emergency call within the district
MADE TO TAKE A HAT 1 1.
Rich Mteer Of California Hud Not
Washed For Ten Years.
Red Bluff, Cal. (Special). Charles
Wood, considered to be wealthy, hav
Ing $10,000 in the bank and owning
valuable farming property, was
obliged to take a bath, pay a fine of
$10 and serve five days in Jail for
using profanity in public. The or
der for the Jail sentence and bath
came after Wood declared In count
that he would pay the fine, but no
court could send him to Jail, make
him take a bath or quit profanity.
Clares Wood was forced into the
tub and thoroughly scrubbed. It was
his first bath in 10 years, so he said
He has gone about the streets for
years, ragged and in filthy condition.
This is the second time he has been
arrested for profanity and sentenced
to pay a fine.
TO HUNT BROKEN HEART.
Rejected Suitor Drops Dead At
Girl's Wedding.
Chicago (Special). Dr. 11. G. W,
Relnhart, coroner's physician, decid
ed to make a pathological examina
tion of the body of John Tyka, to
determine definitely that grief broke
his heart after he danced at the wed
ding of the girl he had loved since
childhood.
Tyka, who was 21 years old, had
been engaged to Bertha Kowalskl,
who recently accepted marriage from
John Klupa. She asked Tyka to
the wedding. He appeared, danced
with her and dronpe1. dead.- "Brok
en heart" was given by a physician
as cause of death.
SUSPEND RATE RAISES.
The Western Trunk Line Will Walt
Until November.
Washington, D C. (Special). The
proposed Increased rates of the West
ern Trunk lines will be suspended
until November 1, next, as the result
of an agreement reached between
Chairman Knapi), of the Interstate
Commerce Commission, and' Chair
man W. B. Hosmer and a dozen
members of the Western Trunk
Lines Committee.
The terniB of the agreement are
similar to. those between the com
mission and the Eastern Trunk lines
announced some time ago.
OVER 2,000,000 CHICAGOAN8.
Population Of Western Metropolis
According To School Census.
Chicago (Special). The popula
tion of Chicago ha passed the 2,-
000,000 mark, according to esti
mates based on the 1910 school cen
sus Just made public. The total
minor population of the city Is 814,
115, an Increase of 66,768 over the
census of 1908.
Based on the minor count, the to
tal population is 2,100,000. Chil
dren or German parentage take the
first rank, followed by Pole, Rus
sians and Irish. I
The total population according to
the school census of 1908 was 1,
922,336. In 1904, the population
was 1.714,144.
KM-ltt Mormons. '
Berlin (Special). Mormonlsm
will make no headway In Germany,
for 21 Americans, wbo have been
propagating 'the Mormon faith here,
were arrested and expelled from the
country. The law under which they
were expelled was that which gives
the government the right to end
over the frontier undesirable aliens.
, The Moon And Time,
Pittsburg, Pa. (Special). The
moon ha lost It legal standing in
Pennsylvania. Joe Cloihen, through
hi counsel, sought release from Jail
on the ground that, according to
lunar reckoning, he had served the
month's time to which he had been
sentenced. Judge Robert S. Frazer
ruled that In legal or criminal mat
ter the moon ha ever aince 1821,
by ruling of the Supreme Court,
been suspended by the calendar a a
measure of time.
Three Uvea Lost In Fire.
Grand Rapid, Mich. (Special).
Trapped In bed with her week-old
baby, Mr. Grace Wilson wa burned
to death when fire destroyed the old
Ledyard block, at South Division
Street and Fourth Avenue. A nurse,
Mr. Amelia Keoney, who tried to
rescue mother and baby, received
burn which proved fats) an hour
later. The baby died In the hos
pital. The bulldln wa two stories
in height and contained a tailoring
bop on the first floor and dwelling
obove. lli lira started la tke tall-
or shop.
SHOT JDS LIFE
OF
President Of Monon Railroad Killed
Himself On The Eve Of A Possible
Exposure A A Central Figure Of
What Is Declared May Be One Of
The Greatest Railway Scandal
Of The Country Rawn Had Al
ways Denied The Implied Charge.
A Strange Cane,
Chicago (Special). Death came
to Ira G! Rawn, president of the
Monon Railroad supposedly from a
bullet fired by himself, but certainly
on the eve of possible exposure as a
central figure of what 1 declared
may be one of the greatest railway
scandals of the country.
Counsel for the Illnols Central
Railroad, when confronted with a
verbatim copy of question and an
swer at a recent investigation of
the company' affair admitted that
the foundation had been carefully
laid with Intent to show Mr. Rawn
a primarily responsible for year
of crooked car contracts. His an
swers, however, had been steadfast
denials of the Implied charges.
Tho Chicago police have dropped
the Investigation into the death of
Rawn. Herman Schuettler, acting
chief of police, said that he was
satisfied that Mr. Rawn had com
mitted suicide. Acting Chief Schuet
tler announced his decision after a
long conference with the detectives
who had investigated the Wlnnetka
tragedy. All the details point to
suicide, according to th detectives.
Members of Mr. Rawn's family
say he was killed by a burglar.
The police Bre working on a theo
ry that Mr. Rawn killed himself.
As a basis for their suicide theory,
the police advance the following
reasons:
They point to the fact that Mr.
Rawn was operating vice president
of the Illinois Central Railroad at
the time fraudulent car repair con
tracts were put through .and that
recently he has been drawn into the
Illinois Central graft investigation
as a chief witness.
They Bay that the action of Mr.
Rawn's relatives in refusing the aid
of the Chicago detective department
to search for the alleged murderer
is suspicious.
They declare that there exists a
lack of convincing evidence that an
intruder had actually been In the
Rawn residence.
Mrs. Rawn, wife of the dead man;
R. G. Coburn, his Bon-in-law; Mr.
Coburn and two children and three
maids were in the house when the
tragedy occurred. Mrs.' Rawn says
that her husband wa aroused from
sleep at 1.30 o'clock In the morn
ing by a noise on the first floor of
the residence. She says Mr. Rawn
picked up a revolver In hie room
on the second floor, started down
stairs and was shot oa a landing
halfway down. Both Mrs. Rawn and
Coburn say that two shots were
fired. A minute search of the front
hall and adjoining rooms of resi
dence, however, show hut one bullet,
that fired from Mr. Rawn's revolver
and which, apparently, had passed
through Mr. Rawn's body Just below
the heart.
Coroner Peter Hoffman took per
sonal charge of the Investigation in
to the death. He refused to say
whether he thought the case was
one of murder or of suicide He
state, however, that powder marks
had been found on Mr. Rawn's night
gown. Indicating that the bullet
which killed Mr. Rawn was fired at
close range.
Performed In Court.
Hamilton, O. (Special). William
Deonso, a trick Jumper, was a per
former and Judge Murphy was au
dience and critic In the latter's court
here. Deonso was hurt in a railroad
accident. He sued the company and
won $1,500 damages. He had been
Jumping In and out of barrels for
a livelihood, but after the accident
claimed that he could no longer do
that trick, o he perfected a new
performance. The rairoad alleged
that the new trick wa more difficult
than the old one. Deonso perform
ed hi later effort in court and con
vinced the Judge that, while it seem
ed difficult, any child could do It
with a little practice.
Kentucky Town Goes Dry.
Louisville, Ky. (Special). A
count of the votes cast in the local
option election shows that Fulton,
Ky., went dry by 17 votes. High 11
cense leaders have not yet decided
whether to contest' the election In
the courts. Fulton had been dry for
three years , Car ollto- Ky.,' went
"wet'1 by 84 votes.
KlUs Bride And Self.
Danville, 111. (Special). While In
a fit of Insane Jealousy Frank Suth
erland, aged 65 years, shot and kill
ed hi wife, aged 60 year, and a
bride of les than three week, and S
then turned tne revolver on him
self, firing one shot into hi brain
and dying Instantly. There were five
bullet wounds Into the woman' face.
100 Persons Injured. ,
Dublin (Special). Several cars of
an excursion train on the Great
Southern Railway broke away from
the locomotive and running wild
down an Incline, crashed into a pas
senger train. Many person Jump
ed from the runaway care and tum
bled down the embankment. About
100 person were Injured, moat of
them slightly. A score of the In
jured were brought her for medical
treatment.
Lost With AM At Hand.
Long Branch, N. J. (Special).
Finding himself bein carried to sa
by a strong current, Joseph Jullaao.
bathing master at the Hollywood
bath, let go of his hold on the buoy
that held John Feta, a German wait
er at tae Hoiiyowood Hotel, and
the young man waa carried to sea.
FeU, who was 20 year old. arrived
at the baths overheated and was
warned not to enter the surf, which
w filled with driftwood. He laua-h.
ed at hie advlasr and a half hour
later he eried for halo aa he wu ha
ling carried out I
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Shepherd, of the Boston and Maine'
waa shot and killed by George c'
Creley, supposed to be Insane.
, A wireless call brought a sisteJ
Ship to the rescue of the paascngM
from the Southern Pacific liner J
mus, afire off Charleston, S. C.
Col. C. G. Gates, a native of MaryJ
land and secretary of the People'
Fire Insurance Co., of Philadelphia'
is dead. )
Frederick Breadmyer, a Phliadei:
phla iceman, was killed by f Hllinal
down stairs with a 60-pound blocg
of ice. .
Strikebreakers at the plant of th
New York Sugar Refining Company
were stoned by a mob. i
United States Revenue Officer
captured $18,750 In St. Louis, Mo. "
Two lives were lost when a tload
burst struck Bisbee, Ariz. '
Shorn of whiskers, which had
been his pride for 40 years, Hrund
Newkirk, of Paterson, N. J., hai
brought suit for $500 damaged
against William Otten and Emil GW
ger, who, he alleges, trimmed hli
face despite protestations.
Mrs. Stephen H. P. Pelf, wife of s
banker, threatened to throw a neckJ
lace of pearl and diamonds overJ
board when questioned by a New
York customs official. i
Joseph Bush, alleged leader of th
mob that hanged Carl EtheriiiRton',
i at Newark, O., wa captured at tlia
point of a revolver.
Thousand of operatives have
been thrown out of employment
by the closing of cotton, wool and
'silk mills in New England. I
Rear Admiral John A. Rodpen
.has gone to Alaska to search for hid
on.
The American Antlboycott AssoJ
elation, of New York, has declined
,to abandon on Its part the litigation1
between the American Federation ot
Labor and the Buck Stove nnij
Range Company.
, Five persons were Injured, non
seriously, when two interurbnn cari
on the Cleveland, Palnesvllle and
: Eastern Electric Line met in a head
ion collision near Willoughby, O. 1
i Rev. Dr. Henry W. Rugg, grand
: master of the grand encampment oj
'Knights Templar of the United
States, is critically ill at his horn
In Providence, R. I.
i Newport, R. I., is planning a hril.
llant welcome for the Atlantic hat
tleship fleet when it arrives in Nar
ragansebt Bay on August 15 for a
week' stay.
Representative Murdock has ran
celled his engagements to speak at
Saline, Topeka and Fort Scott, Kan.,
owing to the condition of his throat,
Rev. Henry W. Rugg, grand mas
ter of the grand encampment ot
Knights Templar of the United
.States, died at Providence, R. I.
Revenue officer have destroyed,
In Cleburne County, Ala., one of thd
largest "moonshine" stills located la
' years.
Puget Sound miller are rushed
with orders for thousands of barrel!
of flour for the Orient.
1 Two women are dead and an in
fant Is dying as the result of a fire
In Grand Rapids, Mich.
Two men may die as the result ot
a train crash at Portland, Ind.
Leroy Holzner, aged 12 years, set
fire to seven buildings In Chicago
to "get even" with firemen who
chased him from an engine house.
Both President Taft and formef
President Roo&avelt may appear be
fore the Conservation Congress, to
meet in. St. Paul, Minn. !
Miss Katie Tomara, of Chicago,
was wounded during a struggle with:
a burglar she found in her bedroom.
Leyton Potter, a student of Ober
Hn College, shot himself while gaz
ing at the photograph of a girl. '
Thirty-seven banks of Western
Pennsylvania have organized the
Central Bankers' Association. I
The Forest Hill estate of John
D. Rockefeller has been appraised
at $1,060,000.
Rev. A. A. Hall, of London, com
mitted suicide in Colonial Park,
s'ew York. ,-
v' Foreign
French police official now believe
that Dr. Crlppen ha reached Bar
celona, Spain. The Scotland Yard
detective have followed every clue
without- success.
Thieves aboard the Hamburg
American liner Amerlka robbed Eva
Stradford, of New Jersey, of Jewel
valued at ,$40,000.
The House of Commons passed the
new civil list of King- George, which
amount to over $2,000,000 a year.
A serious mutiny occurred in the
prison in Madrid, which required
military force to supress.
Marshal da Fonecsa, president
elect of Brazil, who Is touring Eu
rope, arrived at Berlin.
A young woman believed to be
Miss Leneve, the companion of Pr.
Crlppen, accused ot killing his wife,
committed suicide In a hotel in
Bourges, France. Crlppen is sup
posed to have been - in Vernet-lea-Bains,
France, under the name of
Tarbot.
The Chinese government In lt
reply to the announcement ot th
Russo-Japanese convention .express
es satisfaction at the purpose of both
Russia and Japan to continue th
o Den-door.
Thu annual rftnnrt tt . V. k narm.n
Shipbuilders' Society Is pesslmlstla
In tone, a it doe not show the
same advance In the trade a haa
been made In England.
The British court officer of arm
proclaimed that the coronation ot
the King and Queen will take plac
In June, 1911.
President Madris, of Nicaragua,
haa appointed a new cabinet, the
member of which are aupporter of
Zelaya.
German gun factorle are awamp
ed with order for arm tor Argen
tina and other South American
tate. f
It I officially reported that the
, Portugese troop have completely
subdued the Chinese outlaw on
Colowan Island, oft ' Macao.
Th British minister to Brazil wilt
be aaked to serve a arbitrator lA
the Peru-Columbian boundary dis
pute. LlghtnJng struck an airship while.
In flight, near Barcelona, hut Avla-j
tor Thomana escaped without Injury .
- Tho Porto Rlcan Bar Association)
held memorial services for the tale)
Chief Justice Fuller.
A new French camera takes U-
Btantaneou pictures under water!
with a magnesium light I
speed Indicator vfcloh perform,
the same service for vessels as a
soesdomeUr for automobiles Is aa
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