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Fulton County News
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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.
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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.
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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-