The
pjton County News
lieCoandlsbnrg, Pa.
COCKNEY A3 A DIALECT.
I The effort of the London county
council to drive out the Cockney
vpeech from the schools of the iSngll'sh
tnetropollB hardly needed the opposi
tion given In a book recently Issued In
defense of the dialect This book, which
ts, curiously enough, the work of a man
named Mackenzie MacBrlde, contends
lht Cockney Is no modern dialect, but
Jiat It possesses an ancient and hon
orable lineage running back nearly
(.000 years. When one born within
ound of How Boiis says "thet" for
Uat," "benk" for "bank," and "by
lyfTe" for "bailiff," he is using no mod
ern corruption of the English lan
cuage, but the pronunciation of those
words which has obtained not only In
London, but In Kent and Surrey for
hundreds of years. Moreover, In an--dent
times, the words were spelled as
lhe Cockney now sounds them. So,
too, are "abaht" and "ahtslde" Justi
fied for "about" and "outside," accord
ing to Mr. MacBrlde. He says that
many Londoners have been laughed out
of these nnclett pronunciations, and
ha advises them not to change their
peech, because of outside prejudices
mgalnst It, says the Chicago Tribune.
Certainly Cockney would seem to be a
dialect or It would not have survived
for so many centuries In the midst of
peech which calLs Itself more cul
tured. It Is a curious fact that In
the Ituhama islands, which were set
tled more than 200 years ago by Lon
doners, the Cockney dialect is as
trong as in Cbeapslde.
These are the days for sausage.
There is no use for a person to stick
tip his nose at sausage, for sausage
la good when it is made right. It is
' the respoubo of the food world to the
polar breeze that blows through the
morning. It is as sweet as a plate
of strawberries on a mild June day.
But It must be made right Good sau
"eage is an art product It la made
p of Judgment, taste and skill. It la
a combination of ingredients that cor
relate with one another as the fra
grance and the blush of the rose. The
butcher doesn't understand this. Gen
erally he throws in some scraps and
odds and ends, and especially the odds,
4abs of some salt, pepper and sage,
crlnds it out, and the confiding cus
tomer buys it because it is sausage,
aya the Ohio State Journal. He does't
like It very well, but he eats it,
nd everything goes. The oth
tr day we saw a customer in a meat
shop direct the making of his own
B&'inage. He selected the meat, simon
pure cuts off the best parts, had It
-ground and took it home to season it
there. That man knows how to take
'are of himself. He knows art from
w bull's foot He appreciates the
true sentiment of sausage.
"Remove not the ancient landmark,"
Is a Scriptural injunction to whose
value the United States Is only begin
ning to subscribe in earnest, says the
Omaha Bee. Spasmodic efforts at
preservation have been made here and
there, the most notable being in (the
ease of the Yellowstone, but the in
sensate greed of the utilitarian world
baa wrought heavy da range in many
pots of beauty and Wonder ere the
jieople awoke to a realization of the
wantoneES. The Palisades of the Hud
son have fteen saved after years of
desultory fighting, during which com
mercialism was steadily at work scar
stye 'the noble features of the Hudson,
feimllar destruction of the famous Del
aware Water Gap has been averted
rlth the utmost difficulty. Only pri
rate enthusiasm and ability to pay
saved and perpetuated the Garden of
the Gods, which a wealthy patron has
just presented as a Christmas gift to
Colorado Springs.
The announcement that the two
ends of a waterway by which it will be
possible for vessels to avoid passing
outside of Cape Hatteras have been
Joined, so that completion of the route
Is a matter of but a short time, is of
pedal Interest Cape Hatteras is one
of the most dangerous points along
the American coast, particularly at
-certain seasons, and anything which
can lessen Its terrors for mariners
or passengers will be a most welcome
change. Incidentally the canal In
question will form one of the links in
the Atlantic deeper-waterways sys
tem, which Is destined to play a roost
Important part in the development of
the country's commerce and as an
adjunct to the national defense.
We are glad to have that newspa
per clipping giving the information
that "flies will not alight on picture
frames If you keep them well rubbed
with oil," but it would be Just like us
to lose it before next summer.
Abdul Hamed, former sultan of Tur
key, Is reported to be happy and grow
ing fat Certain middle-aged ladles
will wonder how anybody who . is
Crowing fri can possibly be happy.
A Worcester (Mass.) man, 5.1 years
aid, has been sentenced to the house of
correction for ten months because be
kissed a widow who Is 70 years of age.
Tbe old theory that women, after pass
ing a certain age, become thankful for
such attentions must be all wrong.
The new counterfeit 1100 bill Is Just
now giving the treasury agents and
the ultra rich considerable trouble.
This, however, Is one of the worries
hat the ultimate consumer escapes.
FLIES OVER
MLWILSON
Arch Hoisey Soars Abovfe High
est Peak in Range.
upper aliiiid; far below zero.
Holder Of World's Altitude Record
Crosses Runge That' Rims Cull
lorn la Valley lu the Air One
Hour and Twenty-Eight Minutes
Army OOlccr (Says One Thousand
Aeroplunes Could Carry 10,000
Troops Across the Alps Jn a Sin
gle Day.
Los Angeles, Cal. (Special).
Arch Hoxsey, of I'asadeua, holder of
the world's aeroplane altitude record
11,474 feet Thursday flew over
Mount Wilson, the highest peak of
the mountain range that rims the
valley in which Los Angeles, Pasa
dena and the towns of the orange
belt He.
Under Ideal weather conditions, ho
oared 10,005 feet Into the sky, and
cleared the crest of Mount Wilson
with 4,200 feet to spare.
Lieut. Vernon Boiler and several
other army officers, who are here to
see the flights, asserted Hoxsey's per
formance pointed a new way of
transporting armies across mountain
ranges.
Lieutenant Boiler, who came here
from Fort Whipple, Arlu., said that a
thousand biplanes could transport an
army of 10,000 men across moun
tains as high as the Alps In a day.
Runs Into Sleet Storm.
Hoxsey used a Wright biplane,
equipped for passenger service, and
he made the Journey from the field
to a point beyond the mountains in
1 hour and 28 nilnutes.
The distance Is estimated at 34
miles. On an air line the distance
from the field to the mountain is less
than that, but Hoxsey circled over
the field until he had reached bis
maximum height, before he pointed
the nose of his machine toward the
range. He was out of sight before
he made the attempt at topping the
peak.
News of his success was flashed to
the aviation field by telephone from
the Carnegie Solar Observatory, on
Mount Wilson, directly above which
the aviator soared.
"It was fearfully cold," said Hox
sey, "and when I got to a point Just
above the summit, I found that the
haze, which obscured the mountains
from the aviation field, wss a heavy
pall of vapor with fine '.ce particles
that stung my face. I am cortn
that if I had had a recording ther
mometer with me it would have-
shown the temperature of the upper
altitude to be far below zero. How
ever, hurdling mountains Is much
easier than climbing 11,000 feet over
a valley of the sea. The earth does
not seem so far away,"
GROWTH OP THE SOUTn.
Has Doubled Output of Entire
United States in 1860.
Charlxrfte, N. C. (Special). In an
address' at the annual banquet of the
Greater Charlotte Club Richard H.
Edmonds, editor of the Manufactur
ers Record, in discussing matters
bearing upon the South and its prog
ress, said:
"Despite all the disadvantages un
der which we have labored, despite
much of the unwise agitation of all
kinds of the last 10 or 12 years, agi
tations which have created false im
pressions about the South, this sec
tion has achieved wonders of which
it may well boast. Sometimes we
have talked about being too poor to
develop our educational facilities, and
yet the South Is now spending for
common-school education largely
over $50,000,000 a year, against
$23,000,000 as the total amount thus
expended by the United States In
1860, when the population of the
country exceeded by 3,000,000 the
population of the South at present.
"In its cotton mills this section has
twice as many spindles as the United
States had In I860. It Is making
three and a half times as much pig
iron as the United States then made.
Last year it produced almost as much
grain as the whole country raised In
1860, and Its total farm products ex
ceeded by $900,000,000 the value of
the agricultural output of the United
States at that time. We have two
and one-half times as much railroad
mileage and six times as much money
in bank deposits as the whole coun
try had in 1860."
Yes, Tli Lion Yawned.
San Francisco (Special). While
visiting the winter quarters of a wild
animal show here, John Kellort, of
Knights Landing, Cal., was told that
he could make a lion yawn by tick
ling his chin. John tried, with the
result that he is now In a hospital
nursing a hand from which two fin
gers are missing.
A Model Hospital.
Chicago (Special). The new
Emergency Hospital building erected
by the Iroquois Memorial Associa
tion at 87 Market street In memory
of the 600 persona who lost their
lives In the Iroquois Theatre fire De
cember 30, 1901, was presented to
the city of Chicago Friday, which was
the seventh anniversary of the dis
aster. The building is said to be the
finest and most complete small hos
pital in existence. It Is of fireproof
construction, four stories and base
ment and contains 20 rooms.
, Pullman Porters Ask Raise.
Chicago (Special). About 200
Pullman car porters met In Chicago
Tuesday for the purpose, It Is said,
of forming a union. The meeting
was secret and very little of the pro
ceedings became public. The union
when It Is fully organized will be
along the lines of labor unions gen
erally, and will also have a doath
benefit. The porters have already
sent a request to the Pullman com
pany for an Increase in wages.
A SELF-SUSTAINING BASIS
Dot P. 0. Department Expendi
tures Exceed Receipts.
Washington, D. C. (Special).
That Postmaster-General Hitchcock
is determined to put the Postoffice
Department on a self-sustaining ba
sis la evidenced in the annual re
port of Third Assistant Postmaster
General James G. Britt, Just made
public, Though the expenditures of
the department for the past year
still are in excess of the receipts,
thero is a marked decrease In the
expenditures for the past year when
compared with those of a year ago.
The total poBtal receipts for the
fiscal year 1910 aggregated $224,
128,657.62. This Is an increase of
$20,566,274.55, or 10.10 per cent.,
when compared with those for the
preceding year.
The expenditures for the past year
amounted to $229,977,224.50, an ex
cess of expenditures over receipts of
$5,848,566.88. To this deficit should
be added the sum of $32,915.07 lost
by burglary, fire, bad debts, etc.,
making a total deficit of $5,881,
481.95, a decrease of $11,598,
288.62 when compared with the defi
cit of the fiscal year 1909.
The Third Assistant Postmaster
General discusses In detail the dif
ferent branches of the postal service
which come under the Jurisdiction of
his office. The financial system, the
supervision of the manufacture and
issuance of postage BtampB, postal
cards, etc., the money-order system
and registry system and the classl
fleotion of domestic mpll matter aro
all taken up fully in thy report.
GIVES EMPLOYES $100,000.
T. G. Plant, Shoe Manufacturer, To
Retire From Business.
Boston, Mass. (Special). Thomas
G. Plant, the Jamaica plain shoe
manufacturer, is about to retire
from the firm bearing his name, and,
In pursuance of a policy he inaugurat
ed in the nature of a merit systom,
he gave to his employes a vast sura of
shining gold fresh from the mint, ex
ceeding $100,000. This gift will be
followed later in the year by a sec
ond distribution of $50,000 to the
employes. Although the news of the
distribution came through the em
ployes, it was confirmed at the office
of the company.
In letters he sent with the gifts of
gold to the several hundred employes
Plant said: "I r-jlleve length of
service, to a groat extent, expresses
the IndividusV loyalty to his em
ployer. I express my sincere appre
ciation of your loyal services."
T,RAIX HIT IJl'GGY; WIFE DEAD.
Husband Thrown On Pilot. Rides Six
Miles Still Holding Reins.
Lemoyne, Pa. (Special). Thrown
on the pilot of the engine of the
Bouthbound fast Hocking Valley pas
senger train, which struck and de
molished the buggy and Instantly
killed his wife, who was riding with
him, John Bartelsheln, a wealthy
farmer, was carried to Pemberville,
six miles distant, where he alighted,
dazed from the shock and exposure
to the cold, but otherwise uninjured.
When he alighted from the engine
he still held part of the broken lines
In one hand, together with the lap
robe.
KILLED BY NITROGLYCERIN.
Charge Containing 25 Quarts Put in
. Hot Water.
Washington, Pa. (Special). Wil
liam C. Maloney was about to shoot
an oil well in Cross Creek township
when he complained that the nitro
glycerin was too thick.
He placed the explosive in a bar
rel of hot water and was completing
preparations for the shot when the
charge exploded.
Maloney was blown to pieces, and
tho derrick at the well wrecked. His
horses, although knocked down, were
not hurt. The charge contained ,25
quarts of fluid. Maloney had been
a "shooter" for 10 years.
Lives Saved From Shipwrecks.
Washington, D. C. (Special). Ac
cording to the annual report of the
general superintendent of the life
saving service, Just made public,
6,601 lives were saved and 1,463
disasters to shipping at soa were aid
ed during the courso of the year.
Fifty-three lives were lost.
More than $10,OG1,160 was saved
to the companies owning vessels.
The entire cost of the service was $2,
249,395. Gem For Mrs. Taft.
Washington. D. C. (Special).
Among the earliest presents received
at. the White House for Mrs. Taft
was one which came as a testimonial
from her associates, the women of
the Cabinet. The gift was a beau
tiful ring, set with rubies and dia
monds. Ruby Smothers To Death.
Trenton, N. J. (Special). Christ
mas festivities at the homo of Mr.
and Mrs. Ernest Smith, Morrlsville,
were spoiled by the discovery that a
4-nionths-old daughter had been
smothered In the night by the bed
clothing. The children were put to
bed early and the father and mother
ppent until far Into the night trim
ming the Christmas tree. When the
children awoke In the morning the
mother could not move her daugh
ter. She had been smothered in the
night.
To Catch Dynamiters.
Los Angeles, Cal. (Special).
Though it was officially announced
Monday that the damage sustained
by the plant of the Llewellyn Iron
Works as the result of Sunday's
dynamiting wil) not exceed $5,000,
the members of the Merchants and
Manufacturers' Association held s
special meeting to devise plans for
Investigating" the explosion. The
po'1 -e have made no arrests and an
n need that they have no suspects
under surveillance
BOILER EXPLODES
SIXTEEN KILLED
At Least Two Other Men Expect
ed to Die.
BODIES OF VICTIMS BLOWN TO PIECES
Men Had Gathered In the Roller
Buililng Of the Morewood Luke
Ice Company, At Morewood Luke,
Preparatory To llurvcstlng Croj
Senator W. Murray Crane Heads
Relief Fund.
FitUfleld, Mass. (Special). The
lives of 16 workmen were obliterated
Thursday, by the explosion of a
boiler at the plant of tho Morewood
Lako Ice Company, at Morewood
Lake, two miles south of this city.
Twelve men were killed Instantly,
one died shortly after the accident
and three others died in the hospital.
In addition 12 men were Injured, and
It was stated at the House of Mercy,
the hospital to which they were re
moved, that it was feared that two
of tho patients would die.
State Officer A. H. McNeill was as
signed by the MuBHachusetts District
Police officials to muko a thorough
Investigation of the cause of tho ex
plosion. At a special meeting of the City
Council resolutions were adopted
calling for immediate action to sup
ply the wants of the fatherless and
Injured. Upon the suggestion of
Mayor William B. Maclnnis, a sub
scription paper was started and in a
short time nearly $3,000 had been
subscribed. United States Senator
Winthrop Murray Crane, whoso home
Is in Dalton, near here, headed tho
list with $500.
Gathered this forenoon In and
about the little boiler building, which
was some distance from the ice
houses, were about 125 men, mostly
Poles and Italians, awaiting the
chance to earn a few dollars by cut
ting Ice. With a crash, heard for
miles around, the boiler burst.
Bodies of men and fragments of iron
and timber were hurled through the
air. Those of the workmen who were
not killed outright were either seri
ously injured or dazed by tho shock.
SUGAR TRUST OFFERS $700,000.
Wants To Compromise After Dis
covery Of Drawback Frauds.
Washington, D. C. (Special).
Recent disclosures in the "draw
back" frauds against the government
have put the Treasury Department In
a position practically to dictate the
terms of compromise with the sugar
refining companies. The American
Sugar Refining Company's recent of
fer of $700,000 may not be accept
ed, in view of the fact that the gov
ernment la said to have evidence to
compel the return of not less than
$1,000,000.
It has JuBt become known that at
a recent conference with Attorney
General Wlckersham, attdrneys for
the sugar company offered $500,000
In settlement and declared that "was
the last cent." The offer was de
clined and the $700,000 one came
soon after.
WEI) CO YEARS; NEVER FUSSED.
Aged Hubby Says Only Way Is to
Marry Young.
Cleveland, Ohio (Special) . Mar
riage Is a success, say Mr. and Mrs.
Max Dubinsky, respectively 80 and
77 years old, who celebrated their
sixtieth wedding anniversary Tues
day. The Dubinskys were married in
Riga, Russia, when ho was a lad of
20 and she a lass of 17. Dubinsky
Bays tho only way is to marry young.
Both say that they never quar
reled. They are hale and hearty and
hope to live to celebrate their seven
tieth wedding anniversary.
ft TONS OF RAD EGGS SEIZED.
Board of Health Will Re Asked to
Destroy Them.
New York (Special). Nine tons
of "liquid eggs" were seized Tuesday
by federal officers In tho cold storage
plant of the Merchants' Refrigerator
Company, Jersey City.
The warrant of seizure, which was
Issued by the United States Commis
sioner, described the eggs as "filthy,
decomposed and putrid animal mat
ter." The Jersey City Board of
Health will be asked to destroy them.
Murderer Stabs Keeper.
Trenton, N. J. (Special). rWllllam
D. Turner, deputy keeper at the state
prison, was fatally stabbed by Domin
ic Menango, a convicted murderer, of
Passaic county. It Is believed Menan
go bore Turner a grudge and waited
his opportunity. The convict called
Turner to him and stabbed him twice.
Menango was overpowered and plac
ed In a dungeon.
Overcoat As Life Net.
Chicaco (Special). A life net.
improvised from a man's overcoat, at
tenement fire here, saved the life of
baby. Mrs. A. Dekanavisky, the
lothcr of tho child. Jumped to the
sidewalk from an upper story and was
severely injured. Two neighbors,
ho also Jumped, were hurt. Mrs.
eknnavlsky was about to Jump with
her baby when Fred. Hoffman, man
ager of a nearby apron factory, jerk
ed off his overcoat, spread it out in
the hands of by-standers, and shouted
to the mother to drop the baby.
Gas Wrecks Home,
nttsburg, Pa. (Special). An ex
plosion of gas, followed by fire, Mon
day, caused the death of two persona,
Injured another, and wrecked the llt
tlo home of Mrs. Laura Bryan, a
widow, at Coropolls. Six other mem
bers of the family had narrow
escapes. A rubber hose, It- Is sup
posed, became detached from a pipe,
allowing the gas to escape until
Ignited by fire burning in an adjoin
ing room.
SEVEN KILLED; SCORE HURT
Over a Ion of Powder Explodes
at El I'aso, Texas.
El Taso, Tex. (Special). Attempt
ing to blast away a slag pile at the
El I'bbo smelter, workmen accident
ally exploded 2,400 pounds of blast
ing powder and came near wrecking
the plant of the American Smelting
and Refining Company, second largest
In the world, damaged it considerab
ly, caused a loss of probably seven
lives and tho Injury to over a score.
Property was damaged severely In
the Immediate vicinity of the explo
sion, and windows were broken threo
miles away. Many small houses of
Mexicans In the vicinity of the smel
ter were badly damaged, and in
these most of the Injured were lo
cated. About 20 men were tunneling be
neath the slag pile when the explo
sion occurred, and tho tunnels saved
those who eacaped with their lives,
as the slag merely poured down
around them and they survived until
dug out.
At dark Gulllermo Domlnguez and
Florentlno Naltarro had been taken
(out dead and as nothing could be
I heard from five men unaccounted for
and believed to be In the tunnel No.
3, nearest the explosion, they are all
supposed to bo dead. Those in other
tunnels had talked from their pris
ons to their rescuers. All are Mex
icans. Marcentl Ilermanos, a Mexican wo
man living In a small house near the
smelter, was sick In bed when the ex
plosion occurred, and its force
wrecked her house, and the wreck
age fell on her. She was taken to
the smelter hospital, where she died
later. T'orflrlo Vorak, Maturn Mar
quez, Louis Marques and Domingo
Mlnjares and their families suffered.
Most of all the children were more
or less hurt In these small homes
and Mrs. Maturo Marnuez, who was
sweeping her bouse at the time, was
thrown to the floor and hurt.
The operations of the smelter were
not Interfered with, although all win
dows were broken and holes were
torn In the roof by the falling slag.
ACCIDENTALLY KILLS HIS SOX.
Shotgun Discharged When Knocked
Against Hollow Tree.
Greensboro, N. C. (Special). Fred
Ward, a lad of 15, was Instantly
killed when a shotgun in the bandi
of his father, Richard Ward, wai
accidentally discharged.
The father nd son were squirrel
hunting in Orange county, and while
the father was knocking against the
butt of a hollow tree with the gun
stock the weapon was discharged, the
entire load going through the hear!
of the boy.
8 CHILDREN PERISH IN FIRE.
Mother Away, They Are Trapped By
Locked Doom.
Glasgow, Ky. (Special). On re
turning home from an errand Sun
day Mrs. Robert Boles, of Wisdom,
Ky., found her home In ashes and In
one corner of the ruins the charred
bodies of her three young children.
When Mrs. Boles left home she
covered the fire and locked the doors.
The children had apparently tried to
escape, but were trapped.
Ice Rreaks; Judge Drowned.
Springfield. 111. (Special). Precl
tated Into Shoal creek when the
Ice broke under the weight of his
horse and buggy, Judge Milton M.
Creighton, of the Montgomery Coun
ty Circuit Court, of Litchfield, drown
ed Thursday. Another Jurist riding
with him escaped. Judge Creighton
was a brother of Circuit Judge James
A. Creighton, of this city, and Circuit
Judge John Creighton, of Fairfield,
ill.
Earthquake In Greece.
Athens, Greece (Special). Im
mense damage to property, with
probablo loss of life, has been occa
sioned In tho province of Ells by con
tinuous earthquoko shockB. The
movements of the earth have been
unusually severe, hundreds of
houses and stores having been
thrown to the ground. Thero Is
great panic In the province, and much
suffering. Troops will bo dispatch
ed to the aid of the people.
, Poisoned At Communion.
St. Petersburg (Special). By ac
cident a' priest In the Lutheran
Church in the Teterhof district filled
the communion cup with a chemical
compound Instead of wine. As a re
sult, three of the communicants died
Thursday and more than a score ae
In a serious condition.
Two Killed In Pistol Fight.
Cypress. Fla. (Special). "Jim"
Whitt, of Altha, Fin., shot and fatally
wounded Stephen Johnson, a neigh
bor. In a quarrel over a trivial mat
tor Sunday. Whltt was in turn shot
and Instantly killed by the mother
of Johnson.
10-Yenr-Old Roy Hangs Self.
Cleveland (Special). Ralph Shan
non, 10 years old, died at his home
here in convulsions from an attempt
to hang himself because his mother
would not allow him to go to a
motion-picture show. When his
mother told him ho must stay at
home he went to a woodshed In the
rear of the house and tried to hang
himself with a Bkate strap. His
mother rescued him, but the boy
went from one convulsion into an
other. Two Killed by Powder Flash.
Butler, Ta. (Special). An explo
sion of 150 pounds of blasting pow
der at a quarry near heref'kllled Tony
Rossi and Peter GuannI, two of the
blasters, and fatally Injured Andrew
RuBslna, an assistant. The latter was
blown 25 feet. Both feet were torn
off his body and his head and body
were lacerated. The explosion Is
thought to have been caused by a
drill striking a cap In an unexploded
charge.
TO CONTROL ALL
RAILRAOD RATES
An International Commission is
Assured.
THE NEGOTIATIONS COME TO END.
C'hulrnian Knupp, Of the Interstate
Commission, nnil Hon. J. 1. Mabie,
Of Canadu, Present Report To the
State Department Question To
Ro Settled Ry Treaty Some Ol
the Things the Commissioners
Recommended.
Washington, D. C. (Special).
An International railway commission,
with supervisory authority over the
railroads operating between the Unit
ed States and Canada, practically It
assured. After many months ot
negotiations between the govern
ments of the United States and the
Dominion of Canada, a conclusion
was reached Friday which meant
that, in the course probably of a few
months, regulatory authority will be
extended over railway operation be
tween the two countries.
For several days chairman Martin
A. Knapp, of the Interstate Com
merce Commission, and the Hon. J
P. Mabie, chief commissioner of tho
railway commission of Canada, have
been in conference, as the represen
tatives of their respective govern
ments, on tho subject of the creation of
an International railway commission
Tho commissioners reached an agree
ment last Wednesday. Since that
time they have been working out the
details of the report.
Chairman Knapp and Judge Mabie
called at the Department of State and
presented their Joint report. As It
is a diplomatic matter, the commis
sioners were directed by the State De
partment not to make public at pres
ent the result of their negotiations.
The text of the report, therefore, is
hot available.
Commission Recommended.
It la known, however, that the
commissioners have agreed as to the
advisability of the creation of an Iti
ternatlnnal railway commission,
which shall have supervisory author
ity over the railway lines doiug an
international business between the
two countries. This authority is to
extend to the regulation of Interna
tional rates, both freight and pas
senger, and by the exercise of the
powers conferred upon It, the Inter
national commission may prescribe
through routes and joint rates and
through bills of lading between
points In one country to points In the
other. The commission will have the
authority over all international trans
portation and may be appealed to by
shippers or carriers In either country
for relief from what they may deem
oppressive methods or regulations, or
excessive or unreasonable rates.
The principal subject under con
sideration by the designated repre
aentatlves of tho two governments
was the method by which the com
mission should be created. It finally
was decided to recommend that the
arangement between the two coun
tries should be concluded by treaty,
rather than by Joint legislation. In
the nature of things, it will be neces
sary to have whatever treaty may bo
negotiated submitted to the Senate
of the United States. No serious dif
ficulty in that regard Is anticipated.
ROBIN TAKES POISON.
Rnnker Collapses Just Before He Is
To Re Arraigned In Court.
New York (Special). With head
prect, shoulders squared and eyes lev
eled at the battery of cameras trained
jn him, Joseph p. Robiu, the Indicted
banker, stepped from his sister's
homo Friday morning to face arraign
ment, calm In the knowledge that he
had swallowed a dose of hyosclne,
tho subtle and deadly alkaloid with
which Dr. Crlppen killed his wife,
Belle Elmore.
Robin collapsed before he could be
taken Into court, with the exclama
tion: "I'm a dead man; I've taken poison
'.ablets." .
Tho case was postponed amid the
greatest excitement, a stomach
pump was hurriedly brought into
play, and the sick man was carried
first to the prison hospital adjacent
and later to Bellevue, where he lies
tonight In the prison ward.
No charge of attempted suicide is
entered against him, and it la thought
he will recover, although the action
of hyosclne is slow and much will
depend ou his vitality.
Father Of 31 Dies.
Grafton, Mass. (Special). Frank
King, father of 31 children, died here
Thursday at the age of 104 years and
24 days. Ho was born In Quebec,
and until two days ago, when he suf
fered a shock, had never been sick a
day.
Less Gold From Alaska.
Washington, D. C. (Special). A
marked falling off In the production
of gold in Alnska, due to the failure
of the placei. mines in tho Fairbanks
and Seward peninsula districts, Is re
ported In the preliminary statement
of the Geological Survey upon Alaska
mining conditions for 1910. The
production of gold during the year
has been approximately $16,360,000,
compared with $20,371,000 In 1909.
The decline Is blamed upon the work
ing out of the beach placers about
Nome, and other placer mines.
Messina Fire Costs $1,000,000.
Messina (Special). Fire among
the wooden buildings along the har
bor was got under control Friday af
ter a loss of approximately $1,000,
000. The postoffice, telegraph office
and railroad station wero among the
buildings destroyed.
Automatic machines have been in
vented which will thoroughly clean
1,000 fish an hour.
It Is easier to be divorced than
married In Switzerland.
LIVE NEWS
OF THE
STATE
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Unlontown. Washington If t-lgnt
died Wednesday from a eunshot
wound, said to have been Inflicted
by Daisy Meade, whom he followed
to her home at Republic. Tho Rr
was at the home of William Taylor
when Height entered, and, It ,'
stated, renewed his suit, so often re
Jocted. The girl became angry and
Height attempted to walk home ta
her. When in front of her brother!
house, she says, he pulled a knl
from his pocket and attack?:! her.
She did not hesitate, but shot hint
Unlontowr.. Miss Lucy Jnnej, t
University woman, and one o( th
leaders of Unlontown society, h
been appointed a deputy sheriff bj
her father at her own request, and
will be expected to do her part B
looking after the outlaws of Kayette
county, although her particular duty
will be work In Unlontown. t.
nouncement of Miss Jones' new p.
tion came when the force of dr-pnti
presented her with a revolver, badge
and a pair of handcuffs. She sue
ceeds a deputy who will study law.
Pottsville. Philadelphia & Read
ing locomotive No. 1675 was turned
over Into a ditch at Palo Alto after
being sldeswlped by a coal train.
Engineer Dewald, who was In the rab
with other trainmen, escaped as b;
a miracle, tho locomotive hanging
suspended for several minutes, finally
falling with a crash. The big engine,
weighing 117 tons, snapped a nun-'
ber of chains put on It to pull it
back on the tracks before It u
finally righted.
Mauch Chunk. George Cossimer,
while looking for a night's loaning
selected one of the ashpits below the
New Jersey Central roundhouse. Hii
peaceful slumbers were awakened
during the night by the dropping o
a boxful of redhot ashes from a lo
comotive. The man was so severely
burned that he was taken to the Pal
mcrton Hospital, where he died dar
ing the night.
Norrlstown. Mr. and Mrs. Walter
Smith, of Phoenlxvllle, brought suit
here to recover $25,000 from W.
Gordon Dyer for Injuries rercired
last September, when they were run
down by Dyer in his automobile, it
Jeffersonvllle. Dyer was convicted it
the October term of court of aggra
vated assault and battery and is serr
Ing nine months In the county prison.
York While Emerson Ellison and
Andrew Miller were practising at tar
get shooting with rifles they had re
ceived as Christmas gifts, the former
was shot In the back of the head and
was probably fatally injured. It It
said that Ellison, who Is 14 yean
old, stepped In front of Miller Just
as he raised the rifle and shot at the
target.
Reading. Mrs. Susan Burton, 5J
years, died In the homeopathic Hot
pltal from burns sustained on De
cember 15. Mrs. Burton was sitting
alone In her borne dressing two dolls
which she intended to-glve as Christ
mas . presents. While thus engaged
she fell into a doze, and, It is sup
posed, overturned the lamp, setting
Are to her clothing.
Scranton. Miss Sadie M. Peck,
aged 61, daughter of the late Iter.
Luther Peck, at one time pastor of
Adams Avenue Methodist Episcopal I
Church, was found on the floor of the
kitchen at her home on Chu'.nut
street with her throat cut from ear
to ear. She had taken her own life
with an ordinary kitchen knife.
Kennett Square. Mrs. Dlanna W.
Sheward, probably the oldest ferm
in Chester county, died at her home
in Unlonvllle in the one hundred and
second year of her age. She a
born the samo day as Abraham Lin
coln, and lived in this section all her
life. She was quite active until a
few weeks ago.
Windsor Castle. Henry Schulti.
of Windsor Furnace, who lived In
small shanty with a wife and three
children, died In the hut after being
ill for six weeks, without medical at
tention. Charles Young, a half breed
Indian, was also found dead in abut
at the Six Mllo House.
Altoona. Going to the stable, Ed
ward Donley, aged 54, an engineer,
living at Bellwood, near here, put
a bullet in Ills brain. Tho family told
Coroner Blackburn that Donley had
threatened to commit suicide, and
that within the past few days they
had kept a close watch on him.
Reading. Charles Borcky, ap'
31 years, was bo badly injured si
hours after he attended the funeral
of his grandfather, Joseph BorcW.
that his death resulted In a PhoenU
ville hospital. Borcky fell under Mi
train at Perklomen Junction and
left leg was severed.
Scranton. Benjamin II. ThrooP.
having just attained his majority,
fallen heir to a fortune of $5,lM'
000. By the will of his granihatW'
the late Dr. B. H. Throop, he
not to got the money until he was 2'
Altoona. Frederick Durr, ape"1
30. a brakeman on the Pennsylwni'
Railroad, was thrown from a car W
the snapping of his brake stick and
cut In two.
Tamaqua. Andrew Carnegie sif"
nlficd his willingness to donate W
toward the payment of a pipe ors38
(or St. John's Reformed Church
Beaver. Just after
laughing
telling his companions that ho '
had enough Bkatlng for one day,
starting for home, Avery Powc"1
14' years old, of Rochester, Woi
through the ice on the Beaver Rrt
at Brldgewater and was drowned.
Shamokln. After having been "
tombed in tho Cameron colliery f"1'
for seventeen hours by a fall of toi'
Willis Faust was saved by a rescuM
party penetrating the Immense- W
rier. Faust was not seriously
Jured.