ROUNDING UP
THE LEADERS
Mexican Jail Foil of Political
Prisoners.'
HEN TRUSTED BY GENERAL MEDARO.
Several ot Them Now tinder Arrest
Juan Vaca Captured Bjr Secret
Service Ofllccrs He I Said To
Have rianned Attacks Vpon Tar-
ral and Other Towns Two Ban
din Killed In a Fierce Hand-to-Hand
Conflict.
Mexico City (Special). The gov
ernment is rapidly rounding up the
leader and political leaders of the
revolutionary movement. In many
(towns the Jails are overcrowded with
jthe political prisoners. One of the
piost Important captures is Juan 11.
Vaca, who Is alleged to have laid the
plans for the attacks on Farral and
jother' places in that region. Vaca
ftias been brought her and placed In
prison. He ls-sald to have been one
jot Madero's rlghthand men, and to
ihave laid plans for attacks on towns
all over the republic, but in person
supervised the planning of the raid
on Farral.
I After the plans miscarried and the
rebels were thoroughly whipped,
(Vaca fled southward through Dur
ngo up to the capital of the State
of Jalisco, where he was captured by
ecret service men. -
Rafael Qulroz Cardenas, another
Important suspect, and J. Socorro
Cervantes, a scarcely Iobs valuable
capture, have arrived under guard
from Jlqulpa.
El ' Paladin, an antl-re-electlonlst
crgan, currently repdrted to have
jbeen financed by Madero and bis
supporters, has been closed by order
f the court. Ramon Alvarez Soteo,
editor and proprietor of the sheet,
lias been held under charges of
fomenting trouble through his news
paper and is now in Belem.
Two bandits were shot dead in a
fierce hand-to-hand battle with the
employes of the Hacienda Santa
,RoBa, near Puebla. Ten mounted
pandits, heavily armed, attacked the
baclenda about midnight, and the
manager of the ranch immediately
armed his employes and led them in
the defense. So effective was their
fire that the bandits were forced to
flee, leaving two of their number
dead on the field.
DIAZ BEGINS EIGHTH TERM
Seemingly a Happy Termination
' of Hecent Turmoil.
INSANE OVEB TOLSTOI.
Boston Woman Quit Home, Going
To Chicago.
Chicago (Special). -Deranged by
the death of Tolstoi and laboring un
der delusions that unknown persons
In Chicago owe her millions of dol
lars, Mrs. Matilda Hahn, of Boston,
Is in the detention hospital here.
Dispatches from Boston say she left
home after writing an incoherent let
ter to her husband In which she dis
cussed at great length the death of
Tolstoi.
Wireless On Warships In War.
Washington, D. C. (Special). A
new Idea has been worked out in the
use of the wireless telegraph on the
ships of the Navy, according to the
annual report of the chief of the
equipment bureau, and a portable
apparatus has been devised that will
enable the long-distance aerial wires
to be taken down in battle and re
placed by a short wire running up to
the yardarm connected to a set of
Instruments carried by the operator
behind the. armor inside the upper
deck. The shore wireless stations
ot the Navy have been very much
Improved and communication Is now
had nightly between Colon and Key
West.
Never Had a Bonnet.
Denver, Col. (Special).' Mrs,
David Goldstein, wife of a wealthy
Junk dealer of this city, is probably
the only woman in the' United States
who has gone on record as never
having owned a hat. This was her
testimony Friday In a suit for
separate maintenance. Attorneys for
the husband declared this was due
to Mrs. Goldstein's religious belief,
but the woman herself said it was
because ber husband would not
spend the money, -although she de
clares he is worth in the neighbor
hood of $150,000 and has an income
of $10,000 a year.
Killed By Flying House.
Grand Rapids, Mich. (Special).
A steel-cased house containing dyna
mite exploded at the plant ot the
Alabaatlne Company, southwest bf
the city. One piece of the building
was hurled 200 feet and struck
George Munsee, a laborer, killing
him Instantly. Munsee was 60 years
old and leaves a family.- No cause
Is assigned for the explosion.
- Cupid Worked Hard. ,
New York (Special). If busy
times In the Cupid Bureau at the
City Hal) may be taken as an indi
cation- of prosperity, Manhattan and
the Bronx may be regarded as de
cidedly on "the up-grade." Tabula
tions Just completed for the 11
months ot the year 1910 ending with
November show that SI, 666 mar
riage licenses were Issued during
that period, against 81,607 for the
entire year of 1909. In December,
1909, 2,800 licenses were Issued.
Hero Loses His Life.
Norrlstown, Pa. (Special). In a
herolo but unsuccessful attempt to
save tbe life ot Frank Hahn, aged
18 years, Lewis Rowan, asststaut
superintendent of the Schuylkill Val
ley Traction Company, was electro
cuted tni the company's power-house
hers ftlnna with the youth. Hahn
v was cleaning machinery and acci
dentally caught bold of live wire.
Rowan tried to pull the young man
from the wire, but both were instant
ly killed.
Mexico City (Special). "It Is
gratifying to me to say that my heart
is full of faith in the progress of
the people, who like the Mexican has
known how to conquer by Its own ef
forts a place among the lovers of toil,
after having proved Its valor in
patriotic defense of country and that
never, as today, could I declare that
Mexico belongs definitely to the group
of nations assured of stability, be
cause against the firm guarantee of
peace which we possess, no influence,
tending toward its dissolution can
now or ever be able to prevail.
"As to the relations between Mex
lco and the United States and other
friendly nations, never have they
been more cordial."
The above Is the authorized mes
sage of President Dias to all nations
on the day of his Inauguration for
the eighth time as chief executive of
the Mexican nation.
Belief When Over.
Peaceably and seemingly as a
happy termination of the turmoil
through which the nation has Just
passed, the ceremonies attending the
taking of the oath of fealty by Gen
eral Diaz and Ramon Corral, recent
ly re-elected to the presidency and
vice-presidency, respectively, were
conducted Thursday.
There was no discordant note, and
If the occasion was shorn ot some of
Its brilliant features of former years
by reason of recent disturbances,
there was no lack of dignified cere
monial. Notwithstanding a realiza
tion that the possibility of any at
tempt by foes of the Diaz administra
tion to Interfere with the inaugura
tion was remote, there was a feeling
of relief apparent when the event was
concluded.
No Cabinet Changes.
There will be no change In the
personnel of the cabinet. In accord
ance with custom each of the minis
ters submitted his resignation to the
chief executive through the Minister
of Foreign Relations. Each was
asked, however, to retain his port
folio. Following Is the cabinet as
re-appolnted:
MinUter ot foreign relations, En
rique C. Creel.
Minister of Justice, Justlao Fer
nandez. Minister of public instruction and
arts, JuBto Sierra.
Minister of fomento, Ollgarco
Molina.
Minister of communications and
public works, Leandro Fernandez.
Minister of hacienda and public
credit, Jose Ives Llmantour.
Minister of war and marine, Gen.
Manuel Gonzales Coslo.
A HUMAN SACRIFICE.
Mrs. Shunk Killed Herself So She
Might Not Infect Others.
Washington, D. C. (Special). As
a humane sacrifice Mrs. Lena A.
Shunk, wife of Alonzo W. Shunk, a
clerk In the office of the adjutant gen
eral ot the War Department, de
liberately, killed herself at her home
here by Inhaling Illuminating gas.
Mrs. Shunk, who was 36 years old,
was afflicted with tuberculosis. Every
possible means to cure the malady
had been resorted to without suc
cess. The woman had been to many
health resorts and on several occa
sions had met with difficulty In ob
taining accommodations because of
her condition. This greatly worried
her.
When her husband returned home
late Thursday be found his wife seat
ed with a tube In her mouth. Let
ters to her doctors and ber husband
revealed the motive for her suicide
the fear that she would be the means
of spreading tuberculosis infection to
others.
KILLED HIS BROTHER.
Was Trying To Protect Him Against
, , a Moose.
Montreal, Que. (Special). In a
desperate effort to protect his bro
ther, Fred. Drexel Rodgers, of Phila
delphia, from the charge of a wound
ed bull moose, W. T. Rodgers fired
several shots from his rifle, one of
which killed the young man. '
' Mr. Rodgers, grief-stricken over
the accident, passed through here en
route to Philadelphia. The fatal
shooting occurred on the shore of
Coulonge Lake,
The body was brought down to Ot
tawa by Mr. Rodgers and sent to
Philadelphia. Fred. Drexel Rodgers
was 28 years old.
Weds His Stepdaughter.
Lewiston, Me. (Special). Obeying
the dying wishes of his wife, Freder
ick B. "Dolley, of this city, has mar
ried Miss Mabel Furan, his 20-year-old
stepdaughter. He married bis
bride's mother when the child was
five years old. '
HURT YEARS AGO, HE DIES.
Joseph F. Davidson Was Injured In
' Auto Accident.
Columbus, O. (Special). Joseph
E. Davidson, of Columbus, aged 63,
president of the North American
Lead Company, which owns prop
erties near Fraderlcktown, Md., died
here, as the Indirect result of an
automobile accident five years ago
In which the company's former presi
dent, F. E. Stoneman, also ot Colum
bus, was killed. '
' POISONED BY BAT BITES. -.'
A Two-Year-Old Child Dying From
the Infection.
Washington, D. C. (Special).
With fourteen .rat bites on her body,
Llebe Lewis, the 2-year-old dauga?
ter ot M. Lewis, of this city, (s dying
pt blood poisoning. " A short time
since Mrs. Lewis was awakened by
the child's cries. Lighting tie gas
the mother saw a big rat disappear.
A physician was summoned, and tbe
wounds were cauterized, but the
child did not escape Infection.
MISS TAFT AS
THE DEBUTANTE
Brilliant CominR-0nt Party at
tbe White House.
FLORAL DISPLAY WAS BEAUTIFUL.
Two Thousand Guests Form the Offi
cial Circle, and Residential Society
Calls To Make Their Bow To the
Daughter Of the President Mr.
Taft In tjie Receiving Line
Ladles Who Served At the Re
freshment Table Wore Fetching
Gowns Brill iuut Scene.
Washington, D. C. (Special). The
White House was the center of at
traction to society Thursday after
noon when about 2,000 guests from
official, diplomatic and residential so
ciety were Invited to the coming-out
party of Miss Helen Taft, the young
and attractive daughter of the Presi
dent and Mrs. Taft. Miss Taft is the
fourth of the White House debut
antes, Nellie Grant being the first.
Toward the historic mansion ot the
presidents a long line ot carriages
and automobiles was tending as the
sun went down in the clouds of the
West and the lights on the avenue
and those that outlined the esplan
ades and gateways ot the White
House came into view. The Novem
ber weather furnished Just the con
trast that was needed for the warmth
and brightness of the Interior, where
the gay music of the Marine Band
was heard floating through the up
per corridors when the incoming
guests laid aside their wraps In- tho
dressing-rooms below.
The receiving line was formed at
the door of the East Room and pass
ed from the entrance to the south
windows, where the President and
Mrs. Taft with their daughter stood.
Never was a debutante more liberally
showered with bouquets and floral
designs of every sort and conceit.
The large gold-covered piano, which
was one of the first things the guests
saw as they entered the room, was
piled with bouquets of roses, lilies,
orchids and chrysanthemums. Ameri
can Beauty roses filled the huge
vases of Havellne ware, the gift of
the French government to the White
House some years ago.
In all the state apartments there
was the same luxury ot flowers and
fragrance.
PENSIONS BY STEEL TRUST
BITTEN BY A FISH.
Vessel Carries All Sail To Port To
Save Man's Life.
Boston (Special). Favored by a
gale ot wind. Captain Nelson, of the
fishing schooner Reliance, was able
to land Thams Key, a member of his
crew here, before the sailor bled to
death from a wound made by the
bite of a fish. While the Reliance
was on the George Banks, an angel
fish, a species of shark, which had
been caught In a trawl, bit Key's
right hand, thj sharp teeth almost
severing It at the wrist.
Captain Nelson set sail for Bos
ton, and when a physician went
aboard at "T" wharf, Key was In a
state of collapse, due to loss of blood.
The fisherman will recover.
JAIL FOR BIG DEFAULTER.
Man Who Took Million and Halt Gets
Moderate Sentence.
Louisville, Ky. (Special). August
Ropke entered a plea of guilty to five
counts of the Indictment charging
him with embezzlement of the funds
of the Fidelity TruBt Company. The
total of his defalcations was 81,490,
000. The amount was reduced by
recoveries to 81,190,000. Ropke
was given a sentence of from ten to
eighteen years in the Penitentiary,
this penalty covering all his offenses.
Ropke was secretary ot the com
pany's banking department,
d i
Hatpins Stir Philadelphia.
Philadelphia (Special). In an ef
fort to curtail the long hatpin evil
in this city an ordinance was Intro
duced In Councils providing that no
person upon the public streets or on
conveyances shall be permitted to
wear a hatpin the exposed point of
which extends more than one-half
Inch beyond the crown of the bat.
A fine ot $60 for each offense is pro
vided. Councilman ( Schumacher,
who Introduced the proposed meas
ure, declared that the lives of per
sons on street cars and pedestrians
on crowded streets are imperiled.
Forgot Dynamite Cap.
York, Pa. (Special). Trying to
repair an electric bell with a piece of
wire, without noticing a dynamite
cap attached, Adam Hoffman lost the
tips of two fingers and the thumb ot
his right hand when the cap explod
ed. Henry Delia, who was watch
ing the operation, was cut about the
face by flying, splinters. The explo
sion tore a hole an inch deep in a
hickory .board.
From Fund Not Contributed to
lly Kmployes.
New York (Special). Judge El
bert H. Gary announced Monday that,
beginning January 1, 1911, the Unit
ed States Steel Corporation will pay
three classes of old-age pensions to
those of Us employes who have, serv
ed with the parent company or Us
subsidiaries for 20 years or more.
The Income for these pensions will be
derived from the United States Steel
Corporation and Carnegie Joint fund,
to which no employes contribute, and
the division into classes will be as
follows: .
First Pensions by compulsory re
tirement, granted to employes who
have been 20 years or longer in the
service and have reached the age ot
70 years for men and 60 years for
women. '
Second Pensions by retirement at
request, granted to employes who
have been 20 years or longer In the
service and have reached the age of
60 years for men and 60 years for
women.
Third Pensions for permanent In
capacity, granted to employes who
have been 20 years or more In tho
service and have become permanently
and totally Incapacitated through no
fault of their own.
No pension of more than $1,200
will be allowed and none of less than
$12 a month. Between these ex
tremes 1 per cent, of the regular
monthly pay received during the last
10 years of service will be allowed
for each year of total service. For
Instance: An employe who has been
25 years In the service and for the
last 10 years has received a regular
monthly wage of $60. a month will
receive a pension allowance of $15 a
month.
The United States Steel Corpora
tion has a pension fund of $8,000,
000, and the Carnegie fund, estab
lished In 1901 by Andrew Carnegie,
amounts to $4,000,000, so that the
Joint principal available will bo $12,
000,000. This fund Is entirely
separate from the voluntary acci
dent relief plan, put Into effect on
May 1, 1910, which provides for In
jured employes and the families of
those killed In the service of the corporation.
DEATH TOLL OF HUNTERS.
Hundred and Thirteen Killed In
Twenty-Three States.
Chicago (Special). The hunting
season of 1910, which Just closed,
cost 113 lives, according to statistics
from 23 States collected by the
Tribune. This Is considerably more
than were killed during any previous
season of which there is a record.
The loss of life In 1909 was 87, In
1908 It was 67, In 1907, 82, and In
1906, 74.
The number of Injured this season,
however, Is less t,han a year ago, only
81 having been hurt this year,
against 104 for the season of 1909.
It is likely the death list this year
will be considerably Increased later
by reason of the fatal termination In
the cases of many of the Injured.
"Mistaken for a deer" and "shot
by a companion" continues to lead as
tho reason for the Bhooting of hunt
ers. Michigan heads the list, with
27 killed.
JEALOUS SUITOR'S MAD ACT.
Murders Neighbor Because Girl Be
fused Him.
Aberdeen, S. D. (Special). Gus
Banick, homesteader, who lived near
Davidson, .in Perkins county, is dead
from a bullet wound through his left
lung and Arthur W. Lowry, a neigh
boring homesteader, Is under arrest
charged with the murder.
Miss Lizzie Walrath, wflo also
lived on a neighboring claim, had
been receiving the attentions ot
Lowry until recently, when she told
him that Banick was her accepted
suitor. A bullet fired through the
door of Banlck's shack klled him, and
it Is alleged that Lowry fired the
BUOt. -
BACING MEN SPENT $201,000.
To Defeat the Antlbetting Legisla
tion At Albany.
New York (Special). Eight rac
ing associations seeking to defeat
the anti-betting bills at Albany con
tributed $264,000 to the Jockey
Club for legal expenses, according to
M. Linn Bruce, counsel of the legis
lative Investigating committee. .Dur
ing the session ot the committee
Wednesday Mr. Bruce ran over the
various contributions which have
been admitted In testimony and used
them as a basis for his statement.
RAILROAD STATION BOBBED.
Bobber, Who Knew Combination Of
Safe, Got $700.
Orange, N. J. (Special). Tbe rail
road station of the Lackawanna Rail
road was robbed, of nearly $700 by
someone who evidently knew the
combination of the safe. Tbe night
station agent, who was on duty until
midnight, may be able to aid the
detectives In locating the robber.
- Resemble Thaw Case.
Vlucenues, Ind. (Special). With
many features like the Thaw trial,
tbe Menloe Moore murder trial be
gan . here Tuesday. Moore, a local
theatrical man. Is charged with the
murder of Edward C. Glbsou, Octo
ber 8. Moore. tired five bullets Into
Gibson as the latter stood In the
Union Depot. His defense will be
the unwritten law and insanity. Mrs.
Moore probably will take tbe stand
In defense of her husband, and, like
Evelyn Thaw, bare her life to the
Jury.
Rabbits $80 Apiece.
Warsaw, Ind. (Special). Five
Pennsylvania trainmen were laid off
tor a month as a result of stopping
their train to hunt rabbits. They
bagged five rabbits, but while they
were at It a through freight crashed
Into their train.
Mnn Has Kissing Mania.
Boston (Special). James May was
adjudged insane In court here and
sent to an asylum. He was obsessed
with the kissing Idea and bad tried to
kiss strangers In the streets. Sev
eral women have driven him off,
recognizing his condition. He got
Into trouble when he tried to kiss a
local policeman. That convinced tbe
court that he was Insane.
MRS, EDDY'S
LIFE ENDED
The Discoverer and Founder of
Christian Science.
WAS NEARLY 93 YEARS OF AGE.
Only Students Of Her Faith Witn
Her In Her Dying Hours Her
Death At Her Home Saturday
Night Not Announced Until tho
Close Of Service In the Mother
Church At Boston Sunday Morn
ingAnnouncement Made That
Her Mind Was Clear To the Last
Left No Message.
Milestones In a Great Life.
Since 1902 there hare been 45
deaths due to balloons, steerable and
nonsteerable.
UNDERGROUND STREET.
Would Be the First Of Its Kind In
the World. '
New York (Special). Tbe build
ing ot an underground street, tbe
first of Its kind lu tbe world, undsr
St. George Hill, on the upper end of
Manhattan Island. Is favored by Nel
son P. Lewis, a city engineer. In a
report Just made to tbe Board ot
Estimates. The street would be mar
than 80 feet long, 18 feet wide aud
16 feet high, for pedestrians ooly.
I
Mary Baker, born July 16,
1821, in Bow, N. 11.
Married George Washington
Glover about Christmas, 1843,
at Tllton, N." II., and went to live
In Wilmington, N. U.
Mr. Glover died in 1844 and
hlH widow returned to Tilton,
N. II., where her only son, nam
ed for bis father, was born the
same year.
Married Dr. Daniel Patterson,
a dentist, in 1853, and 12 years
later secured a divorce.
Went to Portland, Maine, in
1862 to consult Dr. I'hineas
Qulmby, a mesmerist and faith
healer. He cured her and she
began studying his doctrines.
"Discovered" Christian
Science in 1866 and practiced
healing In Lynn.
In 187 .xjblished first edition
of "Science and HcalthJ'
In 1877 married Asa G. Eddy,
who died five years later.
Began preaching In 1878.
Founded First Church of
Christ Scientist in 1879.
Established her Metaphysical
College in Boston in 1881.
Moved to Concord, N. H., in
1889.
Returned to Boston in 1908.
Sued by her son and an adopt
ed son In 1907, the suit being
compromised in 1909.
Died in Boston, Deoember 3,
1910.
LIVE STATE
CAF1TAL HEWS
Notes That Are of Interest to
Pcnnsiyvanians.
Erief Mention of Matters
asThav Occur at Harris
burg, Official and Otherwise.
Boston (Special). Mrs. Mary
Baker G. Eddy, founder and head oj
the Christian Science Church, Is dead 1
of pneumonia.
She passed away at 10.45 o'clock
Saturday night in her mansion at
Chestnut Hill, but the news of hot
death was suppressed until Sunday
morning, when an official announce
ment was made by Alfred G. Farlow; j
chairman of the Christian Science- '
Publication Committee.
She died while asleep, and the
only physician who has seen her
body, Dr. George L. West, medical
examiner, says that she did not suf
fer any pain.
Gathered about her bedside when
the end came were six followers of
her religion men and women who
had been her companions for years.
A few minutes before the lifo cord
gently snapped she talked with them.
She told them that she was tired,
but felt no pain, and said nothing to
Indicate that she realized that death
was near.
For nine days Mrs. Eddy had been
111, but faith In the doctrine which
she has preached to millions In ever;
part of the globe kept from her the
knowledge that an Illness had come
which prayer could not heal. j
Day after day she became worse,
but she kept bravely at her duties,
and two days before her death took
her dally drive through the wooded
country about Chestnut Hill, which
she loved so well. ,
HIS LI KM WISH GRATIFIED.
John Smyth Dies Before Reuelilna,
His Seventeenth Blrtliduy.
New York (Special). For the
reason that both his brother and his
sister had died Just as each was ap
proaching the age ot 17, John Smyth,
a young rcsldeiu of the upper East
Side, bad frequently expressed that
he would never live to celebrate his
own seventeenth birthday. He was
nearlng what he considered this cru
cial age, when Saturday he fell eight
stories through the elevator Bhaft of
a new building at Broadway and
Ninety-second street, and died as the
last rites of the church were being
administered to him..
Duke Gives Up Title.
New York (Special). Giving up
his title of nobility and renouncing
allegiance to Italy, Tomaso Duca
Pugllattl dl San Giorgio became a
plain American citizen. The formei
Italian duke, one of the professori
at the New York University, appeared
at the United States District Court
Saturday and forswore allegiance to
Victor Emmanuel II and took, the
oath to support the Constitution ot
the United States. ,
Tragedy Instead Of Wedding.
Houston, Tex. (Special). Miss
Bertha Woodworth, daughter of W.
W. Woodworth, a prominent mem
ber of the Texas Oil Company, was
attacked by Lloyd B. Shaffer, at her
home here and. It is believed, re
ceived mortal wounds. Shaffer used1
a razor, and afterward turned the
weapon upon b I in self, with what It Is
believed will be fatal effect. It Is
(reported that the young couple wore
engaged to be married, but Miss
Woodworth had recently broken the
engagement. ,
China's New Navy. . ,
Ptklng (Special). The Chinese
government bas opened negotiations
for a' further and dtstlnct foreign
loan of $26,000,000 to be used for
the development of the navy. This
Is the result of tbe report made by
Prince Tsal Sunn, the uncle of the
Emperor, after his visit to America.
It Is probable that Americans will re
ceive the largest share ot the orders
for the construction of th new vs
(). as well as tbe privilege of fur
nishing one -Quarter ot tbe loan.
Harrlsburg Correspondence.
State's Fiscal Year End.
At the close of the fiscal year tho,
statement issued by the State Treas
ury shows that the receipts during
the twelve months Just ended were
$28,964,424.43, or $154,759.27 less
than in tho fiscal year of 1909. Tho
payments during tlic year amounted
to $27,657,39.88, an excess or re
ceipts over expenditures of $1,2K!),
024.55. In li'O'J the receipts
amounted to $29,101,183.70, includ
ing $1,355,901.33 delinquent ta,
and the payments to $30,021,775.57,
an excess of payments over receipts
of $920,589.87.
The bulk of the receipts this yoai
came from capital stock tax, which
yielded $9,531,891.29, personal
property tax being second, with $4,
469,834.37, whilo State tax on cor
porate loans was third, with $2,238,
845.72. Collateral Inheritance ta
brought in $1,739,852.73.
The balance in tho Treasury at the
close of the fiscal year amounted to
$9,909,039.34, of which $7.4CS.
182.36 was in the general fund and
tho balance In the sinking fund. Tlu
balance at the close of last fiscal
year was $8,620,014.79.
.
State Business Up To Dnte.
For the first time In several years
there are no accounts In the State
Treasury more than thirty days over
due and the financial business of the
Commonwealth Is being conducted
like a bank. This Is the result of
the energetic methods of State Treas
urer Charles F. Wright, who was ap
pointed by Governor Stuart to the of
fice, and has brought the business
thorougl'ly up to date.
Among the last of the accounts
collected were a number for money
due the Commonwealth by townships
and boroughs for highway construc
tion, some of them dating back years
and which have been the subject of
considerable correspondence. In a
number of Instances It has been nec
essary to hold up money to the credit
of counties, but collections have been
made.
Little Weevil Damage.
Pennsylvania alfalfa has suffered
but little from the weevil, which hai
been reported from a number of th
States, according to A. L. Martin
Deputy Secretary of Agriculture.
"This State has been raising a
large amount of alfalfa lately; in
fact, It has been growing it on a re
markable scale aud the planting has
been at a rapidly Increasing rate,"
said he, "but the farmers have been
very fortunate. Some of them have
secured three goods crops and it has
been free from pests. Only a few
Isolated cases of weevil were re
ported." S
Factory Holiday Hours.
Chief Factory Inspector John C
Delaney has Issued orders to deputy
factory Inspectors to call attention ot
mercantile establishments to the pro
visions of the State law relative tc
the hours of work of employees dur
ing the holiday season, so that "the
law will be kept Intact" and at the
same time "meet tho extraordinarj
demands of the holiday season."
He likewise directs the deputies to
cooperate with tbe educational au
thorities In reporting names of all
minors of school age who are dis
missed from employment after the
holiday season.
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State Trolley Men Elected.
The State Street Railway Associa
tion elected these officers at the an
nual meeting:
President, C. O. Kruger, Philadel
phia; Vice-President, E. K. Davis,
Wllllamsport; Treasurer, W. H. Lan
tus, York; Secretary, H. M. Stlue,
Harrlsburg. Executive Committee,
Frank B. Musser, Harrlsburg; II. It
Fehr, EaBton; Walter A. Itlgg, Read
ing, and R. P. Stevens, Allentown.
Cave Serves as Their School.
The mystery surrounding the ab
sence of a band of boys from school
was solved when Truant Offlcet
Swarts located them In a cave. The
boys bad been gathering there along
the river every day, going home for
meals and taking books with them
Tbey were put under arrest.
Seek "Legislative Journal" Bids.
New bids for tbe printing ot the
"Legislative Journal" will be asked
by Superintendent ot Public Print
ing A. N. Pomeroy on advice of At
torney General M. Hampton Todd.
The State received no bids for tbe
contract when it was advertised re
cently. The prices were . then de
clared to be too low. Tbe new bids
will be asked on a busts of 60 cents
per thousand ems composition and
$1 per token of each sixteen pages
ot press work.
Dauphin's Eligible Soldiers.
The- Dauphin County Commission
ers announced the completion of the
military roll. It shows that 84,111
are eligible to military duty In the
county. Ot these Harrlsburg hat
18,881; Steelton, 8,870, and Middle
town, 878.
TURNING ON LIGHT
PRESIDENT VAIL'3 BOLD MOVftj
MARKS EPOCH IN FINANCE.
Pittsburg. William M. Dankley,
84, slipped on tbe Icy steps at he wat
leaving borre In search of work, and
In falling alighted In such a position
that bis reck 'vss broiren. He l'cd
until a physician eV"d.
"Accuracy" Reduced Western Unionist
Surplut $13,000,000 "Publicity1 '
Inspired Such Confidence That
IU Stock Went Up.
Are the great financiers of thai
country beginning to see a new lightf,
Time was, until recently In fact, who
the men at the head of the big cor
porations "kept their business ui
themselves," as far as the law wonlet
allow. Capable men at the head of th
b'g concerns, long realized the weals
nesB of their position, but what was;
needed obviously, as In all great re
forms, was an unmistakable occasion
and a courageous man. The occasions
arose In the purchase of the Western)
Union Telegraph company by the
American Telephone and Telegraph
company, and the man appeared In)
Theodore N. Vail. President of the
purchasing corporation.
It was last December when publlou
announcement was made that the
fiould holdings of Western Union had
been taken over by the Telephone
company.
On account ot the high esteem tnv
which the management of tho tele
phone company is so generally held.
great things were predicted as a re(
suit of the absorption of Western!
Vnlon. Tty the press of the country,
the "deal" was most favorably cons,
niented on, it being widely pointed;
out that under the direction of such.;
men as Theodore N. Vail and bis as-,
soclates, the telegraph company vat.
bound soon to work itself into a po
sltlon where It could offer the publlO;
far more efficient service than It bad.
ever before been able to offer.
Hut a very few months had elapsed'
when it became appurent to the newr
management that a modern and up,
to-date appraisal of the company's!
assets would make possible a far
greater degree of efficiency of oper
ation. "Here," they said to them-,
selves, "we've bought control of this
property and we know tfs Immensely,
valuable, but we don't know Just,
bow valuable. These appraisals of
real estate and securities owned wereii
made a long time ago. If we have,
a complete Inventory made of every
thing we've got we can announce tbef
facts to the public, start a new set of
books, and begin our responsibillty
to stockholders right there."
How Inventory Was Taken.
The most expert accountants and
appraisers to be had were put at the)
task. Their labors lasted over eight
months. Their report and Its publi
cation by the company marks an ep
och in finance.
It began by recommending an ad
justment of tbe difference between
the appraised and book values by a
charge of $5,595,089 against sur
plus. Rook values of securities held
were reduced to market values, bad!
and doubtful accounts were "chara
ed off," an allowance of $2,000,009
was made for "depreciation," another
of $500,000 for "reserve," and so on.
until the old surplus of $18,867,000)
came down to $5,136,000.
It required courage, the publication
of this statement to stockholders, say
ing In effect: "The property of
your company has been reval
ued: the surplus Isn't nineteen mill
ions, as you have been led to be
lieve, but five millions," but it waa
the truth, and President Vail did not
flinch. "Accuracy and publicity," he
declared, was essential. "Tho (stock
holder has a right to know. The
shares of this company are scatter
ed from one end of the I'nion to the
other. This is more than a private
corporation. It is a great national
enterprise. The public Is entitled t
the facta."
The report was ordered published
forthwith. Financiers of the old'
school and speculators generally were
aghast. What would happen? Would
the bottom drop out of Western
t'nlon when the shareholders realis
ed that their propetry was worth
$13,000,000 less than they had sup
posed? Dut the amazing thing
happened. The stock went up and'
stayed up. The public had respond
ed to this remarkable display of
frankness and confidence; tc the new
motto, "Accuracy and Publicity."
The full significance of the action
of the new board is stated concisely
by Harper's Weekly In these words:
"Is this policy of publicity and ot
open-handed dealing with sharehold
ers and public tbe forerunner of a
similar movement on tho part of oth
er big corporations? Certainly It is
to be hoped that It Is. In the easw
of these big companies, dependent
upon public patronage and doing busi
ness under pubic franchise, caa
there be any question of the right of.
the people to know?
"That right Is being recoznlied.
It Is recognized now in this epochal
act on the part of the telephone and
telegraph Interests. It Is the dawn
of a new era In corporation finance,'
Soothad Boston Babe.
Tbe Doston Inrant was restless and
peevish. Its nurse bad crooned
"Rock-a-by, baby, on the tree ton,
when tbe wind blows the cradle will
rock." a long time In vain. The babe
would not fall under Its influence.
Then Its fond mother sang to It gen
tly: "Tbe vibrating atmnrber
causes the soporific receptacle where
in the babe lies ensconc-ed tootrlllate
In tbe arboreal apex .' No reed to;
chant further. Instantly wxithed. ths
babe, with a satisfied smile, fell away
In slumber.
A Modern Problem.
The paragrapbers are still keeping
In circulation tbat paragraph about
the Judge who ruled a man need not
support bis mother in-law. What la
tt, tuipecunloslty, tight waddvdneoa or
Just pure cussednest? ,
Complimentary References.
Tbe way El Dlarlo del llogar talk
about as as "giants of t.b U ,';, p
uiles ot culture and barbarous iiiia
, of tbe north" Is almost ts kid no
'some of the things we sry fbut eai'a
i otter during a hot car.-. i r.u.