V Th Polton County News McConnellsborg, Pa. .' WORLD GROWING BETTER. ' Every Issue of a newspaper which tries to record the most Important rants of the day seems to be on Its face an Indictment of the human race fend modern civilization. Stories of Kreed, oppression, wrongs and crime ften take up moBt of the rpnce In Us fcolunins. The effect upon the reader la sometimes to make hlin think, for kbe moment at least, that the world la growing more hard and cruel, and that Boclety, as It Is constituted. Is a Xailure. Hut such a view Is all wrong, land the thoughtful reader soon real ises It. The world Is Browing better Wl the time, and humanity Is steadily kdranclug from one plane of lifo to Wnother. The reason there ceems no re wickedness Is that the people of khe earth are In closer communication fsrtth one another than they were only El few years ago, says the Cleveland reader. Crimes which once remained mknown to all but a comparatively few are now revealed to the entire EYlllzed world, that It may know the rt of men It must suppress, the ex tent of the harm they Inflict and the manner In which they are dealt with, prongs which once flourished be cause they were hidden are now (dragged Into the light of day and ex ,posed In all their meanness In the 'pages of the newspapers. Modern civilization, through Its most power ful agency for progress, the public press, lays bare the hitherto hidden ."wounds inflicted upon society, that they may be cured and their repeti tion prevented. No, the world Is not Vjrowlng worse. There is less of pov erty, crime and suffering than ex isted only a few years ago. Life Is easier, more profitable and more full vt Joy. The man with the shovel gets more out or it than did the man with the two-handed sword In his castle, a brief remove back in the life of the race. Exchanging professors with Amerl ran Institutions of learning is an in creasing practise among educators mbroad. For several years the Inter change has been going on between this country and Germany, and some ef the ablest of our teachers have eerved In Berlin and elsewhere, while Cerrnan professors have done similar work in American universities and colleges, says the Troy Times. Now a prominent business man of Copen hagen has given $100,000 to the Scandinavian-American Society to pro mote the interchange of professors between American and Danish univer elties. The Rhodes scholarships, through which American students re ceive the benefit of advanced courses et England's great university of Ox ford, furnish another Illustration of the solidarity of learning which inci dentally must tend to draw nations nearer to one another. Runaway matches have been known to turn out Ideally, but not often. Their sverage course Is toward wreck age and wretchedness. The very need ofj secrecy and flight Is generally in dicative of a fault In the scheme somewhere, and young girls who are willing to defy parental love and care and marry hy Btcalth need feel no sur prise when their Idols' feet turn out to be clay, and a poor variety of that. Spite of the Jokesmiths, the cartoon ists ard the waggish poets, marriage 1b the nioiit serious step in the lives of men nncl women, says the Boston Post. Even the mature ought to give It at least ns respectable considera tion as they would any other Invest ment. Hoys and girls need to take advice on the matter, not railroad trains to a quick-service city clerk's "Office somowhoro "across the line." The many exposures of smuggling by rich women shows a curious cast of the femlnlno mind. In nearly ev ery Instance the culprit was aware of tbn law and that she was violating it; but few. If any, regarded the sta tute seriously and doubted even in the event of. detect Ion that It would be applicable to her own individual In stance. Most women of this class have never come In contact with the Jaw. having lived In a realm In which their own will was sovereign. That Hhe law . Is no respecter of persons they have had to learn, and those who Ywlll take to themselves the lesson whould ho better citizens and certain ly more familiar with tho Institutions -.of their country. Among the fashion notes of the day is one to the effect that there Is fwar between the large and the small bonnets. In such a strife no doubt the principal weapon of offense and '.defense wielded by the ladies will he Jtbe hatpin. When tho czar and the kaiser met fchey kissed; but the salutation of the governor of North Carolina and the rovernor of South Carolina had far jmore spirit to It Some of the aviators nave recently fbeen exhibiting rather poor sports nanshlp. We nop they will adjust their differences as gentlemen should, o that tber may aviate more and Wold eacb other lesu, A Canadian baa been lined $50 In fWIlaukee for bugging a trained rnurse. It teems to be tbe bardest thing In the world for some men to keep from falling Id love with trained (Burses. I MANY ARRESTED IN POSTAL RAIDS Fraudulent I'se of the Mails Charged. IN NEW JERSEY AND PENNSYLVANIA. Arrests Ordered lly 1'ostmastcr Gen eral, Who Had Inspectors At Work On ("uses for Month and a Half- Seven Of tin Defendants Given Hearing In Philadelphia Physl rlan Is Also Accused Of Making Fraudulent Statements Through the Mulls. Philadelphia (Special). Nineteen arrests were made Friday In towns In Pennsylvania and New Jersey In the government's crusade against persons accused of using the malls to de fraud. The arrests were made by postal Inspectors and all the defend ants were given hearings before Unit ed States Commissioners and held In ball for trials or for further hearings, on charges of "using the malls to de fraud." Seven of the defendants were given hearings in Philadelphia. These were four officials of the Chain Shoe Store syndicate with offices in this city; two constitute the Pine Heights Company, a New Jersey land Improve ment concern with Philadelphia con nections and the seventh is a local physician. The complete list of de fendants with the results of their hearings follow: Chajn Shoe Store Syndicate, Louis I,. Rice, president, Philadelphia; An drew C. Patterson, first vice-president, also president of the Excelsior Trust Company of Philadelphia; Edgar Phllng, the second vice-president and treasurer; George H. Brooks, third vice-president, Phila delphia. Each was held In $1,000 for a further hearing. Pine Heights Company, Harry F. Stanton, Ocean City, N. J. Waived hearing and held in $500 bail for trial. Others Arrested. Other Individuals arrested were: Dr. J. B. Hornsteln, Philadelphia, $800 for court. Charles B. McKee, Huntingdon, Pa., $1,000 for a further hearing. J. S. Leepsch, RIdgway, Pa., $2,500 for further hearing. John A. Weltzel, Lancaster, Pa., $1,000 for trial. Abram O. Stauffer and Oscar A. Stauffer, Palmyra, Pa., $5,500 each for court. William S. Learn, Lebanon, Pa., $500 for court. Abram S. Stauffer, Palmyra, Pa., $4,500 for court. Ira C. Webster, Newark, N. J., $1,000 for further hearing. Oscar Gustavson, Jersey City, N. J., $1,500 for further hearing. S. Joseph Silverman, Pittsburg, Pa., $2,500 for court. Lewis Conrad, Conrad Lotz and William Bingham, officers of the Cor respondence Institute of America, at Scranton, $1,000 each for further hearing. This organization has no connection with the International Correspondence Schools. The government allegs that the Chain Shoe Stores Syndicate sold stock through fraudulent representa tions. Abram G. Stauffer, Oscar A. Stauf fer fid Abram S. Stauffer, prominent residents of Palmyra, Lebanon coun ty, are said to have obtained thou sands of dollars and to have employ ed 25 clerks and stenographers at their office In Palmyra, where they own handsome homes. Their opera tions are said to have been In several States. The Stauffers are charged with having been selling instruments to locate hidden wealth, one of the articles being the "Spanish needle." They were sold at from $10 to $15 each and about 1,500 are alleged to have been sold In the last year. Charges of sale of obscene literature through the malls have also been made. Tho first two men are said to have been doing business under the names of Prospectors and Miners' Agency, Hall Co., Electric Motor Company, Diamond Publishing Com pany, Gem Novelty Company, Frank lin Drug Company, Smith Remedy Company and Stauffer & Co. Abram 8. Stauffer la said to have been In terested In a concern known as the Miners' Supply Company WITH CONGRESS Urgent Deficiency III II . The Urgent Deficiency Appropria tion Bill, carrying $850,000 needed for the current fiscal year, was re ported to the House by the Appro priations Committee. Among the Items nre $100,000 for continuing tho Investigation of the mineral re sources In AlaBka, $500,000 o con tinue drydock work at the New York Navy Yard, $17,500 for the salaries of the recently appointed five addi tional Judges for the half-year be ginning January 1 next, at $7,000 per annum each, together with $1,500 per annum expense allowance for each additional Judge In connection with their service on the United States Court of Commerce, and $36, 000 for the expenses of the court during Its first six months of exist ence, beginning January 1. Another Military Cable. Seattle, Wash. (Special). The laying of another mllKary cable be tween Seattle and Alaska at an esti mated cost of $2,000,000 Is being considered by the War Department, according to Information received Friday. The present cable la In adequate to handle the business. The projected new cable Is to run direct from Seattle to Cordova, a distance of 1,884 miles. Whole College Arrested. Gainesville, Ga; (Special). The entire student body of the North Georgia Agricultural College, at Dahl onega, was arrested, following the bursting of the big Government can non In the barracks Friday morning, resulting In the wrecking of the bar racks. It Is said that the cannon was loaded with 50 pounds of giant powder, with a 60-foot fuse attached. The college Is under $6,000 bond to the Government us a guarantee for security of the cannon. Dumb Woman Speaks and Dies Columbus, Ind. (Special). Re covering her voice suddenly after having been dumb many weeks, Mrs. Albert Hook, aged 20, called her bus baud and other members of ber fam ily to her bedside Friday, bade them farewell In a firm tone and died. She bad been 111 for a year, and ber voice strangely ringing through tbe bouse startled the family to believ ing she bad been -miraculously re stored to health, but when they .reached ber tbe was dying. Both Want Exposition. Advocates of New Orleans and of San Francisco for the exposition of 1915 to celebrate the opening of the Panama Canal were given a hearing before the House Committee on Rules. Governor Gillette, Represen tative Kahn, former Representative Theodore A. Boll, and Josph H. Scott, of Los Angeles, spoke for California, urging early action to permit tho in stitution of the preliminary work, ap pointment of foreign commissioners and making of representations to state legislatures. Representatives Kstopinal and Pujo, of Louisiana, spoke for New Orleans, detailing that city's claims. For Reappointment Of Congress. Three Joint resolutions were pro posed providing for amendments to tho Federal Constitution by abrogat ing that part prohibiting an export tax relating to House procedure, and providing for reapportionment of Congress so as to make the House consist of 4 00 members. Represen tative Foelker, of New York, father ed all three. House Passes Pension Hill, The 18 pension agencies through out the country will be centralized in one agency if the Senate agrees to the Pension ' npropriatlon bill as passed by the .jouse of Representa tives. Attempts have been made for many years to have these offices abol ished, but without success, although last year the House conferees bill "fought to the last ditch," as It was expressed by Representative Kalfer, to have the Senate conferees agree to the abollshmnt of the agencies. The bill, as passed by the House, carries $153,614,000, $74,000 less than was recommended In the bill as presented. SWOOP DOWN ON STOCK COMPANY Government Agents Raid a Chi cago Concern.. GOING AFTER THE 26 BRANCHES. Secret Service Men Confiscate Iter ords and Papers Of Capital Invest ment Company GeUHich-Quick Firm Did n Business Of $10,0110,. OOO Annually Made $000,000 In One Day On a Deal Got Ahead Of Ticker. . $0,000 Salary Too Small. "I could not save anything out of a salary of $6,000 a year and I have a family," said Librarian of Congress Herbert Putnam, In arguing before the House Committee on Appropria tions for an Increase of his salary from $6,000 to $7,500. Mr. Putnam failed In his effort. He pointed out that he had no other sourco of Income, and, while admit ting that the Librarian of Congress does not have to entertain largely, he declared he ought to be able to meet certain social obligations Incurred be cause of his official position. For Memorial To Lincoln. A national memorial to Abraham Lincoln to be erected In Washington at a cost of $2,000,000 Is proposed In a bill Introduced by Senator Cullom, of. Illinois. The bill names a per- manent. commission to be composed of President Taft, Senators Wetmore, of Rhode Island, and Money, of Miss issippi; Representatives McCall, of Massachusetts, and Champ Clark, of Missouri. The sum of $100,000 Is to be Immediately available under the bill. More For I". S. Judges. To increase salaries of Supreme Court Justices $5,000 and to Increase proportionately the compensation of all Federal Judges Is the purpose of a bill introduced by Senator Depew, of New York. The salary of the Chief Justice Is fixed by the bill at $18,000; and those of associate Justices of that court at $17,500. These salaries are now respectively $13,000 and $12. 600. It 1b proposed to Increase cir cuit Judges' salaries from $7,000 to $10,000; and Federal district Judges from $6,000 to $9,000. Ink For Communion Wine. Mount Sterling, Ky. (Special). Many members of the Pleasant Val ley Christian Church were made 111 Sunday as the result of some un known persons substituting indelible Ink for the communion wine, which was kept In the church. The officers of the church passed the supposed wine at, communion before It was found that the change had been made. Laughed Himself To Death. Lacrosse, Wis. (Special). Laugh ing heartily at the Joke of a friend, Albert Summers, 58 years old, gasp ed and sank to the ground. He died a few hours later. Physicians are of. the opinion that the strain of laughing Induced a stroke of paraly sis. At present the 2.600,000 popula tion of Manhattan Is Increased to 3, 000,000 during business hours. Woman FaJtteU Two Months. Aberdeen, S. D. (Special). After a fast of oyer two months, during which time she smoked a pipeful of tobacco every night and morning, Mrs. Susannah Cooper died here, aged 91 years. Mrs. Cooper fasted In the belief that It would benefit ber bealtb. There are cattle ranchers In Argen tina wltb so many buildings that they almost form a town in them Chicago . (Special). Federal agents are prepared to swoop down upon 26 branches of the Capital In vestment Company scattered through eight Middle Western States. Fol lowing the sensational raid on the main offices and four brandies of this company in Chicago and branches in Jollet and Aurora, 111., Thursday this roundup will mark one of the most extensive movements In the his tory of the government's war against alleged get-rich-qulck concerns. Im mediate action, It Is said, will be taken In the following cities: Milwaukee, Racine and Green Bay, Wis.; Detroit, Grand Rapids, Kala mazoo and Lansing, Mich.; Daven port and Muscatine, Iowa; Rockford, Elkin, Monmouth, Galesburg, East St.. Louis, Belvldere and Dekalb, 111.; Indianapolis, Anderson, Kokomo, Muncle and Lafayette, Ind.; Louis vile, Ky., and Cincinnati, O., and St. Louis. Mo. Made $10,000,000 a Year. According to agents of the Depart ment of Justice, the Capital Invest ment Company controlled 6,000 miles of leased wires to supply these branches with news of the New York stock market, and was doing a busi ness of more than $10,000,000 an nually. It Is said that on one 10 point break In the market the con cern netted $600,000 In a single day. The government alleges that the firm dealt with Its customers on a basis of "Heads I win; tails you lose." In this connection Federal agents say that the company con trolled ' two fast New York wires which were beating the "ticker" with regular market quotations by from three to five minutes. With this ad vance Information the men In charge of the company's offices would decide If orders would be filled. The gov ernment charges that the concern bought no stocks outright, but took a commission on all orders and then played tho "longs" against the "shorts." Although operated at a loss six months In the year, because of its extended wire service and many branches, the concern Is said to have been a big payer at the end of the year. It has recently been dealing heavily In cotton. Successor To Hammond Co. This concern is a successor to the Hammond Elevator Company, wblch did a big bucket shop business for a number of years. The principal offices of the elevator company were In Hammond, Ind., until the opera tion of such a concern In that State was made a felony. The Hammond Elevator Company was then dissolv ed and the Capital Investment Com pany was organized under the laws of Illinois. Among the warrants that have been served In connection with the case are those for Sldmon McHle, and William R. Holllgan. of New York, and William J. Lloyd, district traffic manager for the Western Union Tele graph Company In Chicago. It is ex pected that 17 more arrests will be made here. BIG FUND TO END WAR Mr. Carnegie Gives $11,500,000 to Promote Peace. Washington, D. C. (Special). President Taft has consented to be come honorary president of the $10, 000,000 International Peace Founda tion, which was presented to a board of 20 trustees composed of men of international reputation by Andrew Carnegie. The gift Is In the form of $10,000, 000 In 6 per cent, first mortgage bonds which have a market value of $11,500,000. The transfer was made at a meet ing In the rooms of the Carnegie Re search Foundation. The trustees chose Senator Elihu Root, of New York, as their president. Senator Root is also permanent representa tive of tho United States at Tho Hague Tribunal. Ihe purpose of the foundation is the abolition of war. ' Ills Plan World-Wide. While Mr. Carnegie refused to dis close his entire plan, It is known that I he expects to see a world-wide organ ization which will be created by this 'vast gift. The distribution of $600,000 a year which the $10,000,000 endowment will yield, is to be left entirely In the hands of the trustees. It Is consider ed possible that the trustees will co operate with Secretary of State Knox to promote the proposed peace court. While Carnegie's gift was unex pected, It caused no great surprise among the promoters of the world peace movement In Washington, at In recent years ho has Bhown an In creasing Interest In the work. It It known that he has been putting aside other activity to devote himself al most wholly to the cause. Carnegie's Purpose. In the trust deed Mr. Carnegie sa.VB: "Although . we no longer eat out fellowmen nor sack cities, killing their Inhabitants, we still kill each other In war like barbarians. Only wild beasts are excusable for doing that In this, the twentieth century ol the Christian era, for the crime ol war is Inherent, since It decides not In favor of the right, but always ol the strong. The nation Is criminal which refuses arbitration and de ceives its adversary, which knowt nothing of righteous Judgment." MAYOR KILLED AT FIRE. Embers Of One Blaze Cause Another. La Grange, Ky. (Special). Fire which broke out from the smoulder ing embers of the blaze, which did $30,000 damage Tuesday night, cost the life of Mayor Collis McDowell. Mayor McDowell was killed by a falling chimney while directing the fire against tho flames. Charles and Alfred Fisher fell through a floor and were perhaps fatally In jured. The loss is $25,000. REBELS WIX IX MEXICO. Federal Troops Reported Defeated In Battle At Mlnaca. El Paso, Texas (Special). Federal troops were completely overthrown In an engagement lasting several hours at La Junta, a small town near Mlnaca, on the Mexican Northwestern and Orient railroads, according to In formation received by railroad offi cials here. At 4.30 P. M., the remnant .of tho Federal troops, numbering 160, sur rendered their arms and ammunition and were allowed to depart in the di rection of Chihuahua. As telegraph wires were cut in many places, no details of the battle can be secured. A telephone wire running north through the mountains brought the news to the Juarez branch of the Mexican Northwestern that the Federals wereoverwhelmlng ly defeated and that the survivors had surrendered. RICHES TO MOTHER CHURCH. 11ALLINGER FOE ACQUITTED. Louis R. Glavis Was Accused Of Starting Forest Fire. Golden Gate, Wash. (Special). Louis R. Glavis, principal witness In the Pinchot-Balllnger hearing was acquitted here on the charge of hav ing started a forest fire. Tho Jury was out twenty minutes. The evidence showed that Glavis had nothing to do with a ,blg forest fire near White Salmon, alleged to have been caused by a small fire started on his own land. KILLED LIGHTING I.AM I. Farmhouse ISiiiihmI and Two Chil dren May Die. Jamestown, N. Y. (Special). The farmhouse of Amel Nelson, of Rus sell, Pa., was destroyed by flro. Nel son's five-year-old daughter was cremated and two other children, aged two and three years, respective ly, were seriously, and it Is feared, fatally burned. . . The fire was caused by the ex plosion of an oil lamp, which the daughter was lighting. CAUGHT RY EXPLOSION, Twelve Miners, Perhaps More, Trapped By Fire. Denver (Special). An explosion In the Leyden coal mine, owned by tbe Leyden Coal Company, 14 miles west of Denver, entombed at least 12 men, and possibly more In tbe lower workings. The fate of (he men is unknown, but It Is feared all may bave been killed by tbe explo sion or burned to death in tbe lire htrh. followed. Mrs. Eddys Will Shows Estate May Reach $2,000,000. Concord, N. H. (Special). Gen. Henry M. Baker, executor of the estate of Mary Baker O, Eddy, filed her will In the probate court In this city Wednesday afternoon, Judge Charles R. Corning presiding. Under the terms of the will, the mother church at Boston Is to get tho bulk of Mrs. Eddy's enormout fortune. This church, in addition to special bequests aggregating $150, 000, Is also made the residuary lega tee. There is every reason to believe that the value of Mrs. Eddy's estate has been underestimatd and that It will reach, if it does not exceed, $2,-000,000. LE RLAXC GIRL ACQUITTED. Takes Hour and Half For the Juror To Agree. East Cambridge, Mass. (Special). After deliberating an hour and thirty minutes the Jury, wblch for the last 10 days has been sitting in the case of Hattie Le Blanc, the 17-year-old French-Canadian girl, accused ot the murder of Clarence F. Glover, of Waltham, Wednesday!, morning re turned a verdict of "not guilty." The courtroom was crowded,' as it has been since the beginning of the trial, and the spectators cheeren loudly when the foreman ot tbe Jury made known its verdict. Hens Worth $22,000. Philadelphia (Special). Wlnnei over all others of ber breed. Lady Washington, a raven black Orping ton hen, worth $12,000, has only one of her kind as a rival hej- own daughter. Her offspring is worth $10,000. Whenever either choose to do tbe commonplace thing of lay ing an egg that egg is worth $25. Both chickens were on exhibition at the Fifth Annual Poultry Show In this city. Woman Burned To Death. Chicago (Special). Fondness foi her corn cob pipe cost the life of Mrs. Bertha H. Byers, 81 years old. Daniel Lynch, 72 years old, who was smok ing with ber In the front room of bis flat was severely burned, trying to save ber. , The fire partially de stroyed the tenement and 17 families were forced into the street. Mrs. Byers went . Into the Lynch apart ment, as was her custom, for quiet smoke wltb ber old friend. She sat by tbe window and Are from ber pipe dropped Into tbe lace .curtain, 1 ' STATE CAPITAL NEWS State To Supervise Orchards. State Zoologist Surface announced that, with tho conclusion of the orch ard demonstrations for the control of fruit tree pests last Saturday, the demonstrators would undertake the supervision of about 1,000 orchards which have been placed' under the care of the State. The list of orch ards so put within the control of the State authorities Is the largest ever known and Includes every county. The supervision of orchards will In clude Inspections and advice and as sistance to farmers and fruit grow ers for the extermination of San Jose scale and other pests, which cost the State an annual loss of hun dreds of thousands of dollars, accord ing to Dr. Surface's estimates. Where possible preventive measures will be taken to show owners how to care for trees. It is proposed to resume tho demonstrations In orchards of the State In February or March and 300 orchards are listed to be visited before the buds burst. This work has ben in progress several years and has resulted in marked success in holding down damage from pests In - many sections of the State. Numerous fruit exhibits from farms where State methods have been fol lowed will be Bhown here next month during the meeting of the State Horti cultural Association. Answer League's Call. Eight of the third class cities of Pennsylvania have given notice that they will be represented at the con ference of the third class City League, in this city, December 30, when legislation to be presented to the next General Assembly will be discussed. York will send 6 repre sentatives, Including the Mayor; New Castle 5, Bradford 3, McKeesport 3, Wllkes-Barre 3, Easton 3, Allen town 1, the Mayor of the city, and Harrlsburg 9. It la expected that other cities will announce their dele gations this week. The delegates 11 be entertained by a committee of Harrlsburg Councils. Among the Important matters to be presented will be bills relative to reduction of size of Councils, and it Is possible that some effort will be made to have the commission form of government, or a single chamber of councils recommended. Taxation of real estate of public utility companies, underground wires, personal notice 'n damage suits, and other subjects will be discussed and bills drafted for submission to the Legislature. Governor Writes Message. Governor Stuart Is devoting him self to his message, which he expects to have ready a week or more In ad vance of the assembling of the Legis lature. The message will not only contain a summary of the work ot departments, with recommendations, but also one of the Governor's finan cial statements, showing the exact condition of the finances and ' what may be expected In the way of revenue. Charters Granted. The following Philadelphia char ters were Issued: Ontario Land Company, capital $100,000; Seaboard Coal and Core Company, capital $5,000; New Brandon Knitting Com pany, capital $10,000; Pearson & Ludacher Company, capital $100,- 000; Carlton Company, capital $10,- 000; Samuel R. Sharp Company, capital $20,000. State Scribes To Talk Shop. The Executive Committee of the Pennsylvania State Editorial Asso ciation changed the date of the an nual meeting in this city from Jan uary 17 and 18 to January 24 and 25. It Is planned to have five papers pre sented on topics relative to newspa per work and to conclude with a ban quet at which meu ot national and State prominence will be present. Milk Inspection. The city's campaign for milk In spection has ended in an ordinance for inspection being approved by Mayor E. S. Meals. The Mayor signed the bill Wednesday and an In spector will be named shortly. Complains Of P. R. T. Cars. Stockton W. Jones has made a complaint to the State Railroad Com mission that the Philadelphia Rapid Transit Company's Doylestown line cars are poorly heated and uncomfortable. The French government Is serious ly considering a plan to explore Al giers and the Soudan by means of aeroplanes, for the purpose ot ascer taining the most desirable locations for airship stations. The foreign trade of the United Kingdom showed still further in creases In both Imports and exports during the month of August. Ex ports of British merchandise aggre gated $188,000,000, an increase of $32,000,000 over August, 1909. Im ports aggregating $263,000,000 were $18,000,000 higher. In the foothills of Mount Tacana, a Guatemalan volcano, there is an almost Inexhaustlve supply of sul phur in huge blocks, wblch Is taken out from time to time by Indians, The Norwelgian steamer Helm has brought to Manila a cargo of coal from Labuan, Inland of Borneo, Cargoes are also arriving from New. castle, Australia. This coal Is re tailed at $6.60 per ton In Manila. That the prosperity of the rail roads Is intimately associated wltb that ot the whole country U proved 'jy tbe fact that In tbe 12 months ".bat followed the panic, the railroads luffered a loss of over $230,000,000 .n gross earnings. 1 ' STATE NEWS. Media. Miss Amanda Carey, a woman well along In years, bled to death at her home here. She was working In the kitchen of her home and apparently struck her leg against the door of the stove. An artery was broken, but she walked across the room to a chair, where she sat down and tried to stem the flow of blood, A trail of blood was left from the stove to the chair. She gave a call and her sister-in-law, Mrs, Elwoo Carey, aroso from bed and came downstairs. Miss Carey tried to talk to her, but her lips quivered and sha could not speak. Dr. Trimble Pratl was summoned, but when he reached the house Miss Carey waB dead. Ebensburg. John R. Edwards, ol Johnstown, who shot and killed hl wife last June, appeared in court here and pleaded guilty. Testimony was taken so Judge O'Connor could fix the degree of guilt which will be either first or second degree murder. The Court's decision will be made known January 17. Edwards parted from his wife in May. He went to hlB home June 21 and killed her. In an effort to induce the Court to fix the crime at second degree mur der, Edwards' attorneys pleaded that he was under the Influence of liquor when he committed the act. Pittsburg. Helen Boyle, who it serving a 25-year term in the West ern Penitentiary here for her connec tion with the kidnapping of Willie Whltla, will ask the Pennsylvania Pardon Board to release her from further confinement. Mrs. Boyle wa convicted for a crime committed in Ohio, she having taken care of th stolen boy at her apartment in Cleve land while the search was on. Tha claim of her attorneys for pardon ! based on this fact. Doylestown. Mrs. Maggie Byers, the aged woman who was convicted in November, 1909, of setting fire to tho barn on the Robert Beatty farm and sentenced to not less than two and a half or more than ten years In the Eastern Penitentiary, will be free In a few days, as the Superior Court has ordered her discharge. York. Upon a plea of guilty to a charge of embezzlement, Harry Pier pont, a young bank clerk and expert accountant, was sentenced to the Eastern Penitentiary for a term of not less than six months nor more than two years. Plerpont, while cashier of the Pullman Motor Car Company, took $500. . Pottsville. Having declared that she had a premonition that she had: attended her last service, Miss Annie Moyer, of Orwtgsburg, aged 36 years, a devout member of the Reformed Church, dropped dead midway be tween the church and her home. She had attended a public preaching service. Pittsburg. H. W. McMaster and F. H. Skeldlng, receivers of the Wabash-Pittsburg Terminal Rail road, were granted permission In the United States District Court to spend $2,000,000 for gondolas to be used In the lake coal carrying traffic. It is said that bids will be asked at once and the orders placed as soon as pos sible. The money will buy 2000 cars. Bristol. By the discovery of aa extensive stratum of fine white sand on the old Simons farm, the Penn sylvania Railroad has saved Itself one dollar per yard In the construction ol the new elevated line through here. When the work began the steam shovels unearthed the layer of Band. Reading. Robert Forricey, aged 56, a puddler, plead guilty before Judge Endlch to setallng a satchel containing $5,000 worth of bonds and other valuables from a passenger train on the Reading Road a month ago. The grip was later recovered. He was given a term of one year In Jail. Bristol. Borough Council author ised the borough solicitor to adver tise tor bids for the erection of a municipal water works and the con struction of a sewerage system. Thus, after several years of legislation and litigation, the borough is to own and maintain these two Important utilities. Beaver. While standing on bank watching a companion digging for a rabbit near his horns, Wilber Bevlngton, aged 16, slipped and foil The gun be carried was discharged and the shot entered bis neck. He died almost Instantly. Ashland. Englebert Loper, a car penter, aged 48 years, fell down stairway at a new building bere and received Injuries from which he died an hour later at the Miners' Hospital. In the fall bis bead came in contact with a railing, crushing bis skull. Scranton. Three Polanderi, miner and laborers in Cayuga mint. North Scranton, while eating tbelt dinner were caught by a fall of roof coal and killed. Another was seri ously injured. Economy Expert. An expert in municipal economic Will be secured for Harrlsburg, th Board of Trade having agreed to bring such a man to this city to study Ita problems. Fire depart ments and othei mattera will cotu Up. It has just been learned from apparently reliable source that th Canadian Pacific Railway bus ready figured but aa estimate for the bridging ot Seymour Narrows, Di that this estimate falls consider!!? short ot the $16,000,000 which I has been stated it would take to com plete the work. Buenos Ayres bas only recent'' completed a .new and extenalve " tern ot docks and port equipment yet so rapid has been the lucres jot the commerce that complaint (congestion Is already beard. I
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