The Fulton County News r t McConnellsburg, Pa. AGE AND HUMAN USEFULNESS. At what age are men at their bestf 'The pessimistic theory attributed to Dwtor Osier, which he afterward re valued. Hint the golden age la thir ty run, or thereabouts, that It la fol lowed Inevitably by waning powers, nvii i hat there should bo provision for chloroforming nil who threaten to sur vive the age of sixty, has never had tti.vpy serious adherents, pays the Mil waukee Evening Wisconsin. It Is gen emlly conceded that thirty-five Is Tmr.er ihe beginning than the end of the rime of life, and thnt the rig emus human Individual who lives r.in ly and cheerfully may do more hi feme Important fields of activity alter ho hag acquired the ripe Judg n cut lhat comes with experience than In the heyday of the thirties and for ties. Dr. T. M. Orothers of Hartford, t'oiin.. has come forward with a dec laration that is quite as Interesting as tre ore Doctor Osier disowned, and that ought to attract equally wide at tention. He says that "there are tunny reasons for believing that we i-urry around with us great reserve powers, and unknown energies which re Kuldom used, and that In old age appe.-il to these powers may give a certain vigor entirely unexpected, which lengthens our life and prac tlrally overcomes disease." He also says that "the man past sixty and from lhat on to eighty ought to be at his very best because life Is then no experiment, and he has attained a po sition where he can use all his pow ers to the best advantage." Doctor Orothers Insists that there Is no the ory In this, but that It "is sustained by great variety of facts which fortu nately are becoming more realized as the years go by." A traveler In the west a decade o w as much amused at the vehicles he saw. They were all kinds of "con tTHrtiens." Buggies, "dearborns" ny old thing to ride In. The people out there were living close, faring hard and saving money, says the Philadelphia Press. That's why the per capita savings bank account of Kansas excels that of all other states. H is astonishingly different today. At the Leavenworth county fair some days ago dozens of farmers came to the grounds In motor cars. They bad paid for them, too. They had raised the wheat and corn to do it. The mere sensation of gliding swiftly over the roads where a year or so back they had condemned the "buzz" wag ons which frightened their horses, gave them confidence and a new sat isfaction. This Is what the automo bile has achieved In our country dis tricts. It has made a modest toller a man of new resources. It has put a niaihire in his hands and said, "Use It." And he Is using It. He feels himsilf on a par with any millionaire ho o:m afford to buy a new model every year. The rapidity of development in this te Ik such as to cause many to lose eight of the fact that some of our chief Industries are of comparatively modern origin. Cotton spinning has come to be one of the foremost of manufactures in this and other coun tries, says the Milwaukee Evening Wisconsin. But In the present form It has been In existence less than a hundred years, the first cotton-spinning mill In the United States having been started In 1811 at Fall River, IIhkh. That city is preparing to ob erve the centenary of the business, and next year will have an imposing celebration. It may be of Intorest to know that when cotton manufacturing was giarted there Fall River was known as Troy, a name which was re tained until IV.'. 1. Cotton goods of T.-irio'.s kinds are made In Troy, N, V., and vicinity, and the anniversary of the origin of cotton spinning will tulist attention. Wor rters never cease. A woman In yii:neapr,lls Is suing for a divorce on the ground of cruel and Inhuman treatment because her husband per ils' u In kissing her too often and ar dently. And others complain because they are never kissed. No wonder the rcor men have been trying un ure nfully to strike a happy medium since the world started. 'i r'rx Is developing a taste for tberk meat. There Is some uneasy Zee I nit in Wall street lest the taste l,r:i.J to Gotham. A Virginia school board has es tab tint tt1 a rule that Its school teachers of tie softer sex must not attend dam en. The board should explain mkcti er thin action Is taken because tie ifurhers are not good enough to rrv-i at dances or because they are tbu Koe.d. Tc nrrctt of a man one hundred -an-t rveu years old shows how care la ly we are protected from menaces V) cut romruuitlly. A refusal ve physician claims Ibpt eTron'. e '.aeas can be cured by a aur g.cal orerstion. I'ndoubtedly it can b An amputation about the region el it? throat will cure the patient Irvr.i drinking In perpetuity. A h i nter to PennsylvanTa peppered a ii-iy wltb shot, mistaking hi in tor a aruiml.' Aviators had better bo care ful r.i ibts season, or this species of turner may aim at an seroplana, ml uk.ii; it tor a sparrow. COTTON'S NEW HIGH RECORD Short Crop Shown Uj Govern ment Estimate. IMS EXCITEMENT IN THE MARKET. Publication Of the Report Causes a Sharp Advance, Making New High Records For the Season In New York Memphis and New Orleans Trailers Are Also In a Frenzy, Hut Liverpool Did Not Take a Dullish View. WITH CONGRESS New York (Special). The gov ernment's annual estimate of the ootton crop was published Friday and caused a very sharp advance In prices of all active deliveries, mak ing new high records for the season in the New York market, with May contracts sellng at 15 cents, or 64 points, equal to $3.20 per bale, above the closing figures of the pre vious day. At this price there was sensationally heavy realizing by bull speculators, but the prospect for an American crop of 11,426,000 bales, excluding llnterg, seemed to be bring ing In buying orders from all direc tions, and after a quick break from 16.60 to 16.13, May quickly rallied to 16.30 In an active and excited market. There was a big business right up to the last moment, and the market closed firm at a net advance of 37 4 8 points, with May contracts quoted at 16.30, compared with 14.86, the closing price of last night. Prior to the publication of the government estimate the market had been very nervous and for the past week or more there had been more or less heavy liquidation by smaller i speculative longs, apprehensive that prices were based on an underesti mate of the yield. At one time dur ing the early trading May contracts had sold at 14.80, a decline of about 60 points from the high record of the season established on November 28, when May sold at 16.40. The report, consequently, found the market pretty well liquidated of scattering speculative long Interest and there also seemed to be a large number of bulllshly disposed opera tors who had taken profits, and who were brought back Into the market by the prospect for a supply which they considered Insufficient to meet the normal requirements of the sea son. The bears maintain that the gov ernment must have underestimated the crop. Campaign Expenses Filed. The campaign committees of the Republican and Democratic parties Bled their lists of contributions and expenditures for the recent congres sional campaign in Congress. The Democratic lists show a total expenditure of $27,771.22. The Republican committee received and expended $74,373.36. The reports indicate that It cost the Democrats about one-third as much to win the election as it cost the Republicans to lose it. The Republican report, filed by Treasurer Charles H. Duell, shows that the committee had $47,030 on hand when the campaign opened. The Democrats received only $3,660 in sums greater than $100, according to Treasurer F. O. Gar rett's report. They had $13,268 in the treasury when the campaign opened, and received $27,790, in sums of less than $100. It was noted that the name of neither President Taft nor Colonel Roosevelt appears among the Re publican contributors. Omnibus Claims nil!. An omnibus claims bill, carrying a vast aggregation of demands upon the government for money will be called up In the Senate this week for action, according to a statement made by Chairman Burnharu (Rep., N. H.), of the Committee of Claims. There are 1,709 claims in the bill, and the total amount asked for is $2, 040,946. The claimants represent 38 states and territories, a geograph ical spread regarded In Senate circles as liable to muster a heavy vote. 1 hese claims have ripened in con gressional pigeon holes for many years, some of them for generations. Among the Southern claimants are 267 churches. They are mostly for church buildings destroyed to fur nish materials for the use of the Union army. The Ralllnger Case. The Balllnger-Pinchot reports will not be acted upon by the House Com mittee on Agriculture, to which they have been referred, until after the Christmas holidays at least and per haps not at all. Members of this committee cannot see why the re port was referred to them. They protest that the reports should have been left on the Speaker's table In stead of being referred to any stand ing committee. SAFE WITH $15,000 STOLEN. Mysteriously Disappears From Ex press Office In the Night. Minneapolis (Special). Mystery surrounds the disappearance of a small safe, said to have contained $16,000 and valuable merchandise, from the office of the Adams Ex press Company here. Charged With Extortion. New York (Special). Alderman Michael Yolkman and Edward Cruise, son of a former police cap tain, were held In $2,000 ball In Magistrate O'Connor's court for fur ther examination on charge of extor tion. Cruise was arrested on the complaint of a one-legged newspaper vender, David Barlsch, who supports a wife and four children. Barlsch was told that his permit to sell pa pers on a certain street corner would be renewed if he paid over $200 graft. The vender told his story to the bureau of licenses and the ar rests followed. Cyclone Sweeps Spain. ; Cerebere, France (Special). Ad vices received here state that West ern Spain has been swept by a cy clone that razed everything in its path. Several small vessels sank in the harbor of Corunna and a number of persons were drowned. At Seville the river rose 10 feet, flood ing the valley. Several persons were killed and many wounded near Bil-boa. Taft's Double Dead. Chicago (Special). "Big Tom" Currier, deputy United States mar shal, who bore a striking re semblance to President Taft, died at his home here, at the age of 64. Currier, who was a familiar figure about the Federal Building for 20 years, stood 6 feet 3 Vi Inches in his stocking feet and weighed 350 pounds. Leaps Into Hot Metal. Barnesvllle, O. In sight of 60 fellow-workmen, Charles Kendall, a moulder's helper, leaped Into a cupola of white-hot metal at a foundry here. The man's flesh was entirely consum ed and only the bones were recover ed. Kendall had been separated from his wife for a number of years. Three Killed By Train. LodI, O. (Special). Joseph Year gon, 70 years old, and his wife, the same age, and their six-year-old grandson, Ross Phorley, were killed, when a rig In which they were driv ing was struck by a fast limited inter urban train. The rig was smashed to pieces and the bodies of Yeargon and his wife burled through the air a distance of 60 feet. The little grandson was partially protected by the body of bis grandfather. Moon Appointed. Representative Moon (Republi can, Pennsylvania) was appointed by Speaker Cannon a member of the Committee on Employers' Liability to succeed Representative Denby (Republican, Michigan), who resign ed from the committee because of his defeat for the next Congress. HAD NO OPPONENT. Crittenden County, Ark., Had Elec tion Without Competition. Little Rock, Ark. (Special). An election -without competition Is con sidered tame in Crittenden county. Ark. To make the record complete the returns from Crittenden for the recent congressional election was all that wsb needed, and Secretary of State Ludwlg sent an urgent letter to the commissioners of that county insisting that the figures be hurried. In return the country clerk made the announcement that no election was held; that the Democratic nominee had no opposition, and, in effect, that an election under such circumstances was an unnecessary formality. SULTAN DIES IN BATTLE. Fierce Battle Between French and Tribesmen Goes On. Paris (Special). The Sultan of Massallt and more than 700 of bis followers have been slain In fierce fighting between tribesmen and French soldiers in the French pro tectorate In West Africa, according to official advices received from there. Among the dead are several officers. Thirty Senegalese sharpshooters on the side ot the French are among the slain. More than 1,000 have been wounded. The fighting Is still going on. REFORMS URGED BY MACVEAGH Secretary of Treasury Advocates Dnsiness Methods. THE KEYNOTE IS RETRENCHMENT. Congress Is Asked For An Appro priation Of $714,414,801 To Cover Alt Disbursements Of the Govern ment Ordinary Receipts Esti mated At 080,000,000 So) s Our Monetary System Is Fanlc-Ilrecd-ing Customs Frauds. KOI! WIDOW OF $8,000. Porch Climbers Make Good Haul In Detroit. Detroit, Mich. (Special). Porch climbers entered the residence of Mrs. J. Elizabeth Buhl, widow ot Theo dore D. Buhl, 1610 Jefferson avenue, while the family were at dinner and escaped with $8,000 worth of Jew elry and diamonds. Hindus Afflicted With Hookworm. San Francisco (Special). Eleven Hindus out of 13 who arrived here on the Mancburlan on Sunday are to be deported under orders issued by Medical Inspector Glover, who de clares them to be afflicted with bookworm. Nan Patterson Married. Seattle, Wash. (Special). Nan Patterson, the chorus girl, twice tried for the murder of Caesar Young In New York, is living In Seattle, the wife of Capt. Summer Prescott, head of a manufacturing concern at Marin ette, Wis., where he formerly lived. The couple were married In lit. Paul In the latter part of October, coming to Seattle ' Immediately afterward. Capt. Prescott admitted the Identity of his bride. Population Of the Dakota. Washington, D. C. (Special). Population statistics of the Thir teenth Census were Issued by the Census Bureau Wednesday for the following States: North Dakota, 677,066, an lncreare'of 267,910 or 80.8 per cent, over 319,146 In 1900 The increase from 1890 to 1900 was 136,427, or 74.7 per cent. South Dakota, 683,888, an increase of 182.- 818 or 46.4 per cent, over 401,670 in 1900. The increase from 1890 to 1900 was 72,762 or 22.1 per cent. STEAMERS IV COLLISION. The Blackburn Sunk, Rut Crew and PaMaengere Safe. Yarmouth, England ( Special ).- The steamer Blackburn, from Grims by for Antwerp, was sunk in a col lision with the steamer Rook off Bherlnghsni. , The 29 passengers and the Black burn's crew of 27 took to the three small boats, and one of the boats containing 14 persons reached here today. The others arrived safely at Grimsby. Washington, D. C. (Special). Economy that beats all records is the keynote of the annual report of Sec retary Franklin MacVeagh, of the Treasury Department, which was sent to Congress Thursday. Other features are currency re form, extension of the scope ot the national banking laws, in the event of no immediate general change of the monetary system; civil service re tirement, a customs service free from "practical" politics, business-like methods In the dally transactions of the government and a general aboli tion of red tape wherever It clogs the wheels of the government business. The estimated ordinary expendi tures for next year amount to $630, 494,013. Including Panama Canal expenses, $56,920,847, which will be repaid to the Treasury by the sale of bonds, the grand total Is $687,414, 860. The total appropriations for this year were $721,313,900. While the Secretary's deport esti mates the total expenses of govern ment at $687,414,860, the estimates which have been transmitted to Con gress ask for $Y 48,414,861, a differ ence of $61,000,000. Congress is asked to appropriate this extra $61, 000,000 to make the sinking fund law effective. It would be an appro priation to permit the treasury to be gin applying one per cent, a year to the discharge of the national debt. The law authorizing such a proce dure has been a dead letter for some time, as Congress has never appro priated any money. The appropriations for the ordi nary expenses of the government were, for 1910, $693,313,166; for 1911, $683,458,900. The estimates for the next fiscal year, beginning July 1, are $630,494,013. There are difficulties in the way of making an estimate of next year's re ceipts, but In the best light available, Secretary MacVeagh places the amount at $680,000,000. These ordinary receipts If realized, will ex ceed the ordinary disbursements by $49,505,986. But taking also into account the estimates for the Panama Canal, the deficit for the next year will be $7,414,860. USE EACH OTHER AS TARGETS. Boy Killed By Comrade While Play ing With Rifles. Indianapolis (Special). In a shoot ing match in which two boys used each other as targets Albert Perln, 15 years old, was killed by his play mate, Jesse Osborne, 16 years old. The police accepted OBborne's story of the shooting, but charged him with manslaughter. He was released un der bond. Osborne said be and Perln were playfully shooting as close to each other as they could with rifles Just after dusk, and that he was horrified when he saw his companion drop dead with a bullet hole in bis forehead. WAS NOT MURDERED. Belief That the Aged Recluse Was Robbed First Disproved. Zanesvllle, O. Mrs. Minerva Wil liams, the aged recluse who burned to death in her home, near Caldwell, Noble county, was not robbed and f robably not murdered, as It was be ieved. The finding ot a pot of melted gold in the ruins ot the bouse disproves the robbery theory. The gold was found in a pot under where her bed is known to have stood. Mrs. Williams, It was known, kept a large sum ot money in ber home, the amount being estimated at from $10,000 to $40,000. DECAPITATED BY A TRAIN. OF THE CROPS Secretary of Agriculture Makes Annual Report. Washington, D. C. (Special). Nothing short of omniscience can grasp the value of farm products ot this year, Is the statement of the Secretary of Agriculture in his an nual report for 1910, Just published. At no time in the world's history has a country produced farm products within one year with a value reach ing $8,926,000,000, which Is the value of the agricultural products of this country for 1910. . The value ot farm products from 1899 to the pres ent year has been progressive with out interruption. It the value of the products of 1899 is placed at 100, the value of this year la 189, or al most double the value for the census year 11 years ago. "During this per iod of unexampled agricultural pro duction, a period of 12 years, during which the farmers of this country have steadily advanced in prosperity and wealth, and in economic inde pendence, In Intelligence, and a knowledge of agriculture, the total value of farm products is $79,000, 000.000." The corn crop of 3,121,381,000 bushels exceeds that of the record year, 1906, and Is greater than the average crop of the preceding five years by 14 per cent. While the value of this corn crop Is below that of 1909 and aso of 1908, Its amount belongs to stories of magic. It can hardly be recognized as less than $1, 600,000,000, a sum sufficient to can cel the interest-bearing debt of the United States, buy all of the gold and silver mined In all of the coun tries of the earth In 1909, and still leave to the farmers a little pocket money. Other Crops In General. The value of the hay crop Is about $720,000,000, an amount which has been exceeded but once, and that in 1907; it Is 13 per cent, above the average of the preceding five years. The production of spring and winter wheat Is 691,767,000 bushels, or sub stantially the average of the preced ing five years, whereas the value is about $626,000,000, or 7.6 per cent, above the five-year average. Easily the fifth crop in point of value is oats, the value ot which this year is $380,000 or 12 per cent, above the average of the five preceding years. In quantity the oats crop this year Is magnificent. For the second time In the history of this country the oats crop exceeds 1,000,000 bushels, the precise estimate standing at 1,096, 396,000 bushels, or 22 per cent, greater than the average of the five preceding years. Next in order ot value is the potato crop, which has been exceeded only In two or three former years. The preliminary esti mate of the department Is 328,787, 000 bushels, or 8 per cent, above the average of the preceding five years. Beet sugar production In 1910 will about equal that of 1909, say 612, 000 short tons. Its factory value Is reckoned at $51,000,000, and the factory value of cane sugar at about $28,000,000, an amount which has been exceeded in four years. VON STEUBEN STATUE. Nation's Tribute To Noted German Soldier. Washington, D. C. (Special). With a great display of military pomp and splendor and amid the enthu siastic demonstrations of Immense crowds of spectators the bronze statue of Baron Frederich Wilbelm von Steuben, the Prussian military leader who reorganized the Conti nental Army after' the disastrous win ter at Valley Forge, and put It into condition for the successful cam paigns that closed the American Revolution, was unveiled Wednesday. The statue completes the quartet ot magnificent memorials erected at the four corners of Lafayette Square In honor ot the four distinguished for eigners who lent the aid of their military genius to the cause of the American colonies. The others whose memories have been thus honored are Lafayette, Rochambeau and Kosciusko. FATAL FIRE IN HOTEL. Man's Effort To Save Boy In Storm Troves Fatal. Philllpsburg, N. J. (Special). Harry M. Kern, a tonnage clerk in the Pennsylvania Railroad yard at this place was killed in a peculiar manner. He was on his way to work and was accompanied by a boy. The boy fell in the snow while Kern was a shoit distance ahead. As he started back to .help the boy a freight train came along and be was run down and had bis head and one arm cut off. Kern was 28 years old. Recluse Burned To Death. Caldwell, Ohio (Special). Mrs. Minerva Williams, 86 years old, a recluse, was burned to death In a fire that consumed her borne, 16 miles southwest of here. Neighbors found her charred body in the ruins. Mrs. Williams, it was rumored, had $6,000 In currency concealed In the house, and it Is believed that thieves who robbed her set fire to the house. The coroner ot Noble county Is Investigating. The valley In which the City of Mexico Is situated is some 60 miles long by 40 broad and 7,600 feet above the sea level. It Is supposed that tbo basin was formerly filled with water and several lakes still cover a part of it. The site is one of extraordinary beauty and impres-siveness. Certain well-known American, prod ucts, like carters and books and eyes, have become household articles In France, largely because of persis tent and systematic advertising, A Woman Dead and Daughter Dying In Pouglikeepsle. Poughkeepsle, N. Y. (Special). , One woman is dead and another fatally burned as the result of a fire which destroyed the Thompson House, a fashionable boarding place. A score of other boarders were forced to flee to the streets In scanty ap parel. Mrs. Susan Jenkins, aged 76, and her daughter, Louise, .aged 26, were hemmed in by the flames in their room on the fourth floor. Mrs. Jen kins died soon after being taken to the streets by the firemen, while the daughter is dying in the Vassar Hos pital. The fire started In the furnace room. FATAL GAS EXPLOSION. Infant Killed and Five Of Family Injured. '. Templeton, Pa. (Special). The Infant child of Alexander French was killed and five other members ot his family were injured when bis house was blown to pieces by a natural gas explosion. The family was asleep when the explosion occurred. The floors dropped Into the cellar and the wrecked building, taking fire, was en tirely consumed. 8ft French Killed. Paris (Special). Thirty-five kill ed, 69 wounded and 18 missing rep resent the French losses In the bat tle of Drljele, In French West Africa, according to an announcement by the colonial minister, The battle was fought November 9, the French column, under Lieutenant Colonel Moll, being opposed by the combined forces of the Sultans of Ousdal. Mes sallt and Doudsmoursh. . - . A BATTLE AT RIO JANEIRO Mutineers On An Island Bombarded. TWO HUNDRED MEN ARE KILLED. Ugly Revolt Of the Men Ot the Bra ailian Marino Corps At the Fort ress On Cobra Island A Scout Ship Joins In the Uprising An Armistice For Removal Ot Dead and Injured Flying Shrapnel Kills a Number Of Persons On Streets Of Rio Congress Haa Or dered State of Siege. Rio Janeiro (Special). After s evere artillery engagement, which lasted throughout the entire day, the mutinous naval battalion on Cobrs Island surrendered at 11 o'clock Sat urday night. The rebels were al most annihilated by the fire from the land batteries and two Brazilian warships, losing more than 200 kill ed and wounded. The seditious movement, it la be lieved, has now been --Completely throttled, but the Senate, despite th opo&ition of Ruy Barbosa, the for mer president of that body, voted to declare a .state of siege for thirty days. Friday night some of the soldiers of the marine corps on Cobra Island captured their officers and sent them to the mainland. The scout ship Rlc Grande do Sul Joined in the rising, but the mutinous sailors were finally subdued by their officers and a por tion of the local garrison that re mained faithful. At 6.30 o'clock in the morning the guns of the land batteries were train ed on the island, which lies in the Bay of Rio Janeiro, only a short distance from the city and opposite the marine arsenal. A heavy fire was directed against the rebels and this continued without cessation foi five hours. Then a white flag ap peared, and it was believed that the rebels were ready to surrender, but they asked only for an armistice, probably for the purpose of remov ing the dead and Injured. The bombardment of the Island ceased for bait an hour, being re newed at 11 o'clock. Two land bat teries and two loyal, warships took part In the bombardment, and the artillery duel continued - with great violence until bait past 3 o'clock Sat urday afternoon. The detonations of the big guns caused the whole city to tremble. The Island proved a good target for the batteries and replied with a vigorous fire, employing considerable shrapnel. A number of people were killed along the shore and in adjoin ing streets. The fight against the scout ship Rio Grande do Sul lasted three hours, and among the killed was one officer. Small bands of the rebels climbed into launches and drew near the front of the Palacto Cattete, but they were forced to retire. SECOND NAVAL POWER. United States Hard Pushed By Ger many. Washington, D. C. (Special). Th 'United States closes another year In second place among the world's naval powers. The great navy build ling race between Germany and Great Britain bas not yet brought the former country up to the United (States In the number of battleships afloat, but In ships projected and in jthe total number ot war vessels ot all kinds, Germany will crowd the .United States to third place. These 'tacts are shown in the new navy year book, prepared by Pitman Pulslfer, clerk to the Senate Committee on Naval Affairs, and soon to be Issued by the Government Printing Office. In armored cruisers, although the technical division made by the Unit ed States indicates Germany to have more than this country, the actual strength of the United States exceeds that of Us European rival. WILL MAKE A FIGHT. Charlton Gets Habeas Corpus Against Extradition. Trenton, N. J. (Special). Judge Rellstab In the United States Circuit Court Saturday granted a writ of habeas corpus In the case of Portei icharlton, who Is accused of having silled bis wife, Mary Scott Castle (Charlton, in Italy. The court alsc granted a writ of certiorari for thr bringing of the case before him on 'December 19. The application In Charlton's be half was made by his father, Paul Icharlton. The purpose of the pro ceedings was to prevent the extradi tion ot Porter Charlton to Italy for itrlal. Give Away $32,000. Saratoga, N. Y. (Special). Mrs Spencer Trask, widow of the million aire banker who was killed In a New .York Central wreck at Croton, N. Y. on December 81, 1909, will glv 'away the $32,000 she received from the $60,000 damages paid by the railroad for ber husband's death Mrs. Trask announced that the vil lage of Saratoga Springs would re ceive $24,600 and that the remalndei would go to Rev. Dr. Joseph Carey to be used to complete the parish bouse Mr. Trask had started. Opium Worth 914,000 In River. Kansas City (8peclal).A wagon load of opium, valued at $14,000 was dumped Into the Missouri Rlvei here by government officials. Th drug was seised In raids upon Chin ee dives here last summer. LIVE NEWS OF THE STATE J Smuggled Opium Seised. Seattle, Wash. (Special). United States custom officers searching tat Great Northern steamship Minnesota dlatovered and seised $10,000 worth of smuggled opium. . -' South Bethlehem. "The Federal tion ot People In America," Is th title of a new society for the upliq of worklngmen ot this country) which' has been organized by Ren A. Varluky, pastor of St. John's Man yar Church bere. The . idea is u. have a better understanding between capital and labor, to oppose strikes etc., and to promote the material and Intellectual welfare of the working men, be they Catholic or Protestant! The federation will issue bonty which will sell at $5 each, the pr ceeds of which will be used In estabi llshlng stores where the necessities of life can be purchased cheaper bj members. In order to prevent aoi cumulation of stock by parties onlj ten shares will be sold to an Individ, ual. Every member of a family, however, can purchase stock. Farmj will be purchased, on which cauls etc., will be raised. Father Varlakj is very enthusiastic over the schem( and says the idea cannot fall, evej though enemies should be encounter, ed at the beginning. Branch socle ties will be organized In every StaW of the Union and will be In chargt of the chief manager, who will b( assisted by district managers. Lancaster. The ' first council o( the sesessionlsts of the Jr. Order o United American Mechanics to affilt ate Itself with another order is Con estoga Council, No. 22, which wti instituted as Conestoga Council, No, 22, Order of Independent Americans, The institution was conducted bj State Counsel R. W. Woods; Stat Vice-Counsel William T. Ramsay, an State Council Secretary W. A. Pike, of the Order of Independent Amert cans, who came from Phlladelphii for that purpose. Conestoga Coua ell has a memoership of 260. It wai one of the councils which at last Summer's convention of the Jr. 0, U. A. M., at Erie, Pa., refused U accept the decision ot the majnrlt) on the question of benefits, and s ceded. Reading. There was a shakeuj among the supervisors of the W. anl C. division of the Reading Rallwaj when these changes were announced: E. R. Meredith, appointed superviaoi at Coatesvllle, vice John Boyer, re tired; W. H. Woltemate, from th supervlsorshlp at Boiling Springs U Lebanon, to succeed E. R. Meredith; R. M. Goodman, promoted from as sistant supervisor at Lansdale tt supervisor at Boiling Springs; A. B. Shaw from Trenton Junction to assistant supervisor at Lansdale; R. R. Gregory from Harrisburg t assistant supervisor at Trenton Juno tion; William Miller, of the chief en gineer's office, Philadelphia, trans terred to office of assistant super visor at Harrisburg. Pottsvllle. Auditors appointed ti examine into certain charges agalnsi the borough council of New Philadel phia, reported to Court, condeuini&i that organization upon their looti manner of doing business, surcharg ing them with the sum of $526.11 and refusing to allow the council and the borough treasurer credit for or ders issued by them, aggregating $U5.6'0, declaring them Illegal. Thesi orders covered labor and supplies, The auditors recommended that I system of books showing the account! ot all the officials be kept, and tbal hereafter the treasurer must pay n orders unless the same are proper!) signed by the president ot the coun cil and the secretary. Templeton. In a gas explosloi which shattered the home of Alexan der French and set fire to the build lng, a one-year-old child was burned to death, and French, his wife aui two children were seriously burned about the head and body. The walli were blown completely away and thi floors precipitated to the cellar. Media. The Grand Jury returned a true bill against Joseph Green, ol Oak ' View, on the charges ot mur dering his infant child and of shoot ing his wife. A true bill was alu returned against John Wright, wbl la charged with the murder of Jobs Scott at Rockdale, during a quarrel Chester. James F. Stewart died at his home In Ridley Park after D lng 111 for many months, aged (I years. He Is survived by a wldo and eleven children. For about year previous to his illness he a Government meat inspector, wlti headquarters in Philadelphia.. Doylestown. Mrs. Sarah Cop aged 60 years, committed suicide U the attic of her farm house near Chal font, by banging herself wltb clothes line. She Is survived b) three; children. . .. Lancaster The Kmlly and trlea ot John Ruth, a well-known clg manufacturer, are greatly worried over his mysterious dlsappeartnct more than a week ago. Ruth, wh Is 68 years ot age, was last seen a local market. Many of bis friend" fear foul play. Reading. Mary, the flve-year-oW daughter of Franklin Troutman, j Host, was burned to death. The chW was left alone In the kitchen upon the return of her mother M found the child in agony, with b' clothes burned from ber body. Norristown. t- William Slugg. 01 Philadelphia, k Perklomen Seminar? student, was tried In criminal court, charged with the larceny of $98 W tbo trunk of his chum, Jacob Trim bath, of Allentown, and acquitted. Pottsvllle. Clarence, four-yr old son ot F. W. Scheib, of Grt idled as the result of eating pllli t0 t' lining strychnine. The little fe" ;ot hold ot the box and ate tbe believing they war pandy pellets-
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