The
on County News
i HcGoooellsbars, Pa.
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COCKNEY AS A DIALECT.
I The efforts of the London county
Council to drive out the Cockney
speech from the schools of the English
metropolis hardly needed the opposi
tion given In a book recently Issued In
defense of the dialect Thla book, which
1m, curiously enough, the work of a man
named Mackenzie MacBrlde, contends
that Cockney Is no modern dialect, but
that It possesses an ancient and hon
orable lineage running back nearly
0.000 years. When one born within
sound of How Boils says "thet" for
"that," "benk" for "bank," and "by
Jyfte" for "bailiff," he Is using no mod
era 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
Ihe Cockney now sounds them. So,
oo, are "abaht" and "ahtslde" Justi
fied for "about" and "outside," accord
fag to Mr. MacBrlde. He says that
Siany Londoners have been laughed out
of these ancient pronunciations, and
he advises them not to change their
pooch, because of outside prejudices
gainst It, says the Chicago Tribune.
Certainly Cockney would seem to bo 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 Bahama Islands, which were set
tled more than 200 years ago by Lon
doners, the Cockney dialect Is as
trong as In Cheapslde.
These are the days for sausage.
There Is no use for a person to stick
ip his nose at sausage, for sausage
la good when It Is made right It is
' the respoiibo 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.
.Hut It must be made right Good sau
1 eage is an art product It Is made
p of Judgment, taste and skill. It Is
ft 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,
tfabs of some salt, pepper and sage,
grinds it out, and the confiding cus
tomer buys it because it is sausage,
ays the Ohio Btate Journal. He does't
like it very well, but he eats It,
nd everything goes. The oth
er day we saw a customer In a meat
shop direct the making of his own
sausage. He selected the meat, slmon
ipure 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
bull's foot He appreciates the
true sentiment of sausage.
"Remove not the ancient landmark,"
la a Scriptural injunction to whose
value the United States Is only begin
ning to subscribe In earnest, says the
Omaha Dee. Spasmodic efforts at
reservation have been made here and
there, the most notable being in ,the
case of the Yellowstone, but the in
sensate greed of the utilitarian world
tas wrought heavy damage in many
epots of benuty and wonder ere the
people awoke to u realization of the
wantoness. The Palisades of the Hud
eon have oeen saved after years of
desultory fighting, during which com
mercialism was steadily at work scar
TlE' the noble features of the Hudson.
Similar destruction of the famous Del
aware Water Gap has been averted
with the utmost difficulty. Only prl
Tate enthusiasm and ability to pay
saved and perpetuated the Garden of
the Gods, which a wealthy patron has
Jut; 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
outride of Cape Hatteras have been
Joined, so that completion of the route
is a matter of but a short time, is of
peclal 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 most
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 Hamcd, former sultan of Tur
key, is reported to bo happy and grow
ing fat. Certain middle-aged ladles
will wonder how anybody who is
growing f:'. can possibly be happy.
A Worcester (Mass.) man, 52 years
ld, has been sentenced to the house of
correction for ten months because he
kissed a widow who Is 70 years of age.
The old theory that women, after pass
Ing a certain age, become thankful for
euch 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
that the ultimate consumer escapes.
FLIES OVER
ML WILSON
Arch Hoxsey Soars Abovfe High
est Teak in Range.
UPPER ALTITID: FAR BELOW ZERO.
nobler Of World's Altitude Record
Crosses Ruugc Thut Kims Cali
fornia Valley In the Air One
Hour and Twcnty-Klglit Minutes
Army Officer Hays One Thousand
Aeropluncs Could Curry 10,000
Troops Across the Alps In a Sin
gle Day.
Los Angeles, Cal. (Special).
Arch Hoxsey, of Pasadena, bolder 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 lie.
Under ideal weather conditions, ho
soared 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 Holler, who came here
from Fort Whipple, Ariz., 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 Nleet Storm.
Hoxsey used a Wright biplane,
equipped for passenger Bervice, and
he made the Journey from the field
to a point beyond the mountains in
1 hour and 28 minutes.
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 his
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
tho 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, was a heavy
pall of vapor with fine ice particles
that stung my face. I am certain
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 of the soi'Tn.
Has Doubled Output of Entire
United States in 1800.
CharWtte. 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 IU prog
ress, said:
"Despite all the disadvantages un
der which we have labored, despite
much of tho 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 150,000,000 a year, against
$23,000,000 as the total amount thus
expended by the United States In
I860, 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 tho United
States had In 1800. It Is making
three and a half times as much pig
Iron as tho 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. Wo 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, Tho I.lon Yawned.
San Francisco (Special). While
visiting the winter quarters of a wild
animal show here, John Kellcrt, 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 tho Iroquois Memorial Associa
tion at 87 Market street In memory
of tho 600 persons 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 tho dis
aster. Tho 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 Uttlo of the pro
ceedings becamo public. The union
when It Is fully organized will be
along the lines of labor unions gen
erally, and will also havo a death
benefit. The porterB have already
sent a request to tho Pullman com
pany for an increase in wages.
A SELF-SUSTAINING BASIS
But P. 0. Department Expendi
tures Exceed Receipts.
Washington, D. C. (Special).
That Postmaster-General Hitchcock
Is determined to put the Fostofflce
Department on a self-sustaining ba
sis is evidenced in the annual re
port of Third Assistant Postmaster
General James G. Uritt, Just made
public, Though the expenditures of
the department for the past year
still are in excess of the receipts,
there is a marked decrease in the
expenditures for tho past year when
compared with those of a year ago.
The total postal 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 paBt 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 loBt
by burglary, fire, bad debts, etc.,
making a total deficit of $5,881.-
481.95, a decrease of $11,598,
288.52 when compared with the defi
cit of the flsral 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, tho
supervision of the manufacture and
Issuance of postage stanipB, postal
cards, etc., the money-order system
and registry system and the classi
fication of domestic mail matter aro
all taken up fully In the report.
GIVES EMPLOYES $100,000.
T. G. Plant, Shoe Manufacturer, To
Retire From Riisincss.
Boston, Mass. (Special). Thomas
G. Plant, tho Jamaica plain shoe
manufacturer, It about to retire
from the firm bearing his name, and,
In pursuance of a policy he inaugurat
ed in the nature of a merit system,
he gave to his employes a vast sura of
shining gold fresh from the mint, ex
ceeding $100,000. This gift will be
followed l"ter in the year by a sec
ond distribution of $50,000 to the
employes. Although the news of the
distribution came through tho 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 hjlievo length of
service, to a groat extent, expresses
the Individual' loyalty to his em
ployer. I express my sincere appre
ciation of your loyal services."
TRAIN HIT BUGGY; WIFE DEAD.
Husband Thrown On Pilot, Rides Six
Miles Still Holding Reins.
Lcmoyne, Pa. (Special). Thrown
on the pilot of the engine of the
southbound 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 Pembervllle,
six miles distant, where he alighted,
dazed from the shock and exposure
to the cold, but otherwise uninjured.
When he alighted from tho engine
he still held part of the broken lines
In one hand, together with the lap
robe.
KILLED RY 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 ho 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.
I.Ives Saved From Shipwrecks.
Washington, D. C. (Special). Ac
cording to the annual report of the
general superintendent of the life
saving service, just mado public,
6,601 lives were saved and 1,463
disasters to shipping at sea were aid
ed during tho course of tho year.
Fifty-three lives wero lost.
More than $10,051,160 was saved
to the companies owning vessels.
The entire cost of the service was $2,
249,395. Gem For Mrs. Tnft.
Washington, D. C. (Special).
Among the earliest presents received
at the White House for Mrs. Taft
was one which camo as a testimonial
from her associates, the women of
the Cabinet. The gift was a beau
tiful ring, set with rubles and dia
monds. Baby 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 tho night by tho bed
clothing. The children were put to
bed early nnd the father and mother
ppent. until far Into tho night trim
ming the Christmas tree. When the
children awoke In the morning the
mother could not move her daugh
ter. She had been Binothered in tho
night.
To Catch Dynamiters.
Los Angeles, Cal. (Special).
Though It was odlclnlly announced
Mf
onday that the damage sustained
by
tho 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 R
special meeting to devise plans for
; investigating' the explosion. The
! po1' have made no arrests and an
j n need that they have no suspects
under survelllanco.
BOILER EXPLODES
SIXTEEN KILLED
At Least Two Other Men Expect
ed to Die.
BODIES OF VICTIMS BLOWN TO PIECES
Men Hod Gathered In the Roller
Building Of Hie Mori-wood Lake
Ico Company, At Morewood Lake,
Preparatory To Harvest lug Crop
Senator W. Murray Ciunu Heads
Relief Fund.
PIttsfleld, Mass. (Special). The
lives of 16 workmen were obliterated
Thursday, by the explosion of a
boiler at the plant of tho More-wood
Lake Ice Company, at Morewood
Lake, two miles south of this city.
Twelve men wero killed instantly,
one died Bhortly after the accident
and threo others died In the hospital.
In addition 12 men were injured, and
it was stated at the House of Mercy,
tho 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 Massachusetts District
Police officials to mako a thorough
investigation of the cause of the ex
plosion. At a special meeting of the City
Council resolutions were adopted
calling for lmmediato action to sup
ply tho wants of the fatherless and
Injured. L'pon the suggestion of
Mayor William 11. Maclnnis, a sub
scription paper was started and In a
short time nearly $3,000 had been
subscribed. United Ftates Senator
Winthrop Murray Crane, whose home
Is In Dalton, near here, headed tho
list with $500.
Gathered thl3 forenoon In and
about the little boiler building, which
was some distance from the Ice
houses, wero 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, tho 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.
Sl'GAR TRl'ST 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 tho fact that the gov
ernment Is said to have evidence to
compel tho return of not less than
$1,000,000.
It has JtiBt become known that at
a recent conference with Attorney
General Wlckcrsham, attbrneys for
the sugar company offered $500,000
in settlement and declared that "was
the last cent." Tho offer was de
clined and the $700,000 one came
soon after.
WED CO YEARS; NEVER FUSSED.
Aged Hubby Says Only Wuy Is to
Marry Young.
Cleveland, Ohio (Special) . Mar
riage is a success, say Mr. and Mrs.
Max Dublnsky, respectively 80 and
77 years old, who celebratod their
sixtieth wedding anniversary Tues
day. The Dublnskys were married In
Riga, Russia, when ho was a lad of
20 and she a lass of 17. Dublnsky
says 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.
Hoard of Health Will Ro Asked to
Destroy Them.
New York (Sneelnl). Nine tons
of "liquid eggs" were seized Tuesday
by federal officers in tho cold storage
plant of the Merchants Herrigerator
Company, Jersey City.
The warrant of Beizure, which was
Issued bv the United States Commis
sioner, described the eggs as "filthy,
decomposed and putrid animal mat
ter." The Jersey City Board of
Health w ill be asked to destroy them.
Murderer Stabs Keeper.
Trenton, N. J. (Special). -William
D. Turner, deputy keeper at the Btate
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.
Chicago (Special). A llfo net.
Improvised from a man's overcoat, at
a tenement fire here, saved tho life of
a baby. Mrs. A. Dekanavlsky, the
mother of tho child, Jumped to the
sidewalk from an upper story and was
severely Injured. Two neighbors,
who also Jumped, were hurt. Mrs.
Deknnavlsky 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
tho hands of by-standers, and shouted
to tho mother to drop tho baby.
tins Wrecks Home.
Pittsburg, Pa. (Special). An ex
plosion of gas, followed by fire, Mon
day, caused the death of two persons,
Injured another, nnd wrecked the lit
tlo home of Mrs. Laura Rryan, a
widow, at Coropolis. Six other mem
bers of tho 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 Ton of Powder Explodes
at El Paso, Texas.
El Taso, Tex. (Special). Attempt
ing to blast away a slag pile at the
El Paso 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 wero lo
cated. About 20 men wero tunneling be
neath the slag pile when the explo
sion occurred, and tho tunnels saved
thoso who escaped with their lives,
as the slag merely poured down
around them and they survived until
dug out.
At dark Ouillermo Domlnguez and
Florentlno Naitarro had been taken
out dead and as nothing could be
heard from five men unaccounted for
and believed to be In the tunnel No.
3, nearest the explosion, they are all
supposed to be dead. Those in other
tunnels had talked from their pris
ons to their rescuers. All are Mex
icans. Marcentl Ilcrmanos, a Mexican wo
man living In a small house near the
smeller, was sick In bed when the ex
plosion occurred, and its force
wrecked her houBe, and the wreck
age fell on her. She was taken to
the smelter hospital, where she died
later. Porflrlo Vorak, Maturn Mar
quez, Louis Marques! and Domingo
Minjares 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 house at the time, wag
thrown to the floor nnd 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 SON.
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 hands
of his father, Richard Ward, wai
accidentally discharged.
The father mid son were squirrel
hunting In Orange county, and while
the father was knocking against the
butt of a hollow tree with the gun
stork the weapon was discharged, the
entire load going through the heart
of the boy.
3 CHILDREN' PERISH IN FIRE.
Mother Away, They Are Trapped By
Locked Doors.
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 comer of the ruins the charred
bodies of her three young children.
When Mrs. Boles left home she
covered tho fire and locked the doors.
The children had apparently tried to
escape, but were trapped.
Ice Rrenks; Judge Drowned.
Springfield. 111. (Special). Prerl
tated into Shoal creek when the
Ice broke under the weight of his
horse and buggy. Judge Milton M.
Crelghton, of the Montgomery Coun
ty Circuit Court, of Litchfield, drown
ed Thursday. Another Jurist riding
with him escaped. Judge Crelghton
was a brother of Circuit Judge James
A. Crelghton, of this city, and Circuit
Judgo John Crelghton, of Fairfield,
111.
Earthquake In Greece.
Athens, Greeco (Special). Im
menso dnmngo to property, with
probable loss of life, has been occa
sioned in the province of Ells by con
tinuous earthquako shocks. The
movements of the earth have been
unusually severe, hundreds of
houses and stores having been
thrown to tho ground. There 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 Petorhof district filled
the communion cup with a chemical
compound Instead of wlno. As a re
sult, three of tho communicants died
Thursday and more than a score are
In a serious condition.
Two Killed In Pistol Fight.
Cypress, Fla. (Special). "Jim"
Whltt, of Altha, Fla., shot and fatally
wounded Stephen Johnson, a neigh
bor, In a quarrel over a trivial mat
ter Sunday. Whltt was In turn shot
and Instantly killed by tho mother
of Johnson.
10-Ycnr-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 skate strap. His
mother rescued him, but the boy
went from one convulsion into an
other. Two Killed by Powder Flash.
Butler, Pa. (Special). An explo
sion of 150 pounds of blasting pow
der at a quarry near hero'kllled Tony
Rossi and Peter Guannl, two of the
blasters, and fatally Injured Andrew
Russlna, an assistant. The latter was
blown 25 feet. Both feet were torn
off his body and his head and body
wero 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.
IHE NEGOTIATIONS COME 10 END.
Chairman Knupp, Of the Interstate
Commission, ami Hon. J, P. Mubie,
Of Canada, Present Report To the
State Department Question To
Ro Settled By Treaty Some Of
the Things tho 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 means
that, In the course probably ot a few
months, regulatory authority will be
extended over railway Operation be
tween the two countries.
For several days chairman Martin
A. Knapp, of tho Interstate Com
merce Commission, and the Hon. J
P. Mable, 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 tli
details of the report. .
Chairman Knapp and Judge Mabic
called at the Department of State and
presented their Joint report. As It
is a diplomatic matter, the commis
sioners were directed by the Stato De
partment not to make public at pres
ent the result of their negotiations.
The text of tho report, therefore, Is
hot available.
Commission Recommended.
It Is known, however, that the
commissioners have agreed as to the
advisability of the creation of an ln
ternatlonal railway commission,
which shall have supervisory author
ity over the railway lines doing 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
sentatives 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 bo concluded by treaty,
rather than by Joint legislation. In
tho nature of things, It will be neces
sary to have whatever treaty may bo
negotiated submitted to tho Senate
of the United States. No serious dif
ficulty In that regard Is anticipated.
RORIN TAKES POISON'.
Ranker Collapses Just Before He Is
To Re Arraigned In Court.
New York (Special). With head
prert, shoulders squnred and eyes lev
eled at the battery of cameras trained
an him, Joseph G- Robiu, the Indicted
banker, stepped from his sister's
homo Friday morning to face arraign
ment, calm In the knowledge that he
had Bwallowed a doso of hyosclne,
tho subtle nnd deadly alkaloid with
which Dr. Crlppen killed his wife,
Belle Elmore.
Robin collapsed before he could be
taken into court, with tho exclama
tion: "I'm a dead man; I've taken poison
'.ablets." .
Tho case was postponed amid the
Rieatest excitement, a stomach
pump was hurriedly brought Into
play, and the sick man was carried
first to tho I rlson hospital adjacent
nd later to Bellevue, where he lies
tonight In tho prison ward.
No charge of attempted sutcldo Is
entered against him, and it Is thought
ho will recover, although the action
of hyoBclno Is slow and much will
depend on his vitality.
Futher 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 Alaska, due to the failure
of the placer 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
lias 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). Five among
the wooden buildings along the har
bor was got under control Friday af
ter a loss of approximately $1,000,
000. The postoffico, telegraph office
and railroad station wero among tho
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
Uniontown. Washington If eight
died Wednesday from a gunshot
wound, said to have been inflicted
by Daisy Meade, whom he follow
to her home at Republic. Tho
was at the home of William Taylor
when Height entered, and, it Jj
stated, renewed his suit, so often re.
Jocted. The girl became angry and
Helgjit attempted to walk home uin
her. When In front of her brother'!
house, she says, he pulled a knir
from his pocket and attacked her
She did not hesitate, but shot him!
Unlontowr.. Miss Lucy Jimrs, t
University woman, and one of th
leaders of Uniontown society, hj,
been appointed a deputy sheriff By
her father at her own request, anj
will be expected to do her part B
looking after the outlaws of I'ayette
county, although her particular duty
will bo work In Uniontown.
nouncement of Miss Jones' new pi.
tlon camo when the force of dppmi,,
presented her with a revolver, ii;w
and a pair of handcuffs. She suc
ceeds a deputy who will study law.
Pottsvllle. Philadelphia & rtiad
Ing locomotive No. 1575 was tumid
over into a ditch at Palo Alto after
being sldeswiped by a coal trait.
Engineer Dewald, who was In the fab
with other trainmen, escaped as bj
a miracle, tho locomotive lianglnj
suspended for several minutes, finally
falling with a crash. The big engine
weighing 117 tons, snapped a hue.
ber of chains put on It to pull It
back on the tracks before It
finally righted.
Mauch Chunk. George Co.-.simer,
while looking for a night's lodHing!
selected one of the ashpits below th
New Jersey Central roundhouse. H!i
peaceful slumbers were awakened
during the night by the dropping ot
a boxful of redhot ashes from a lo
comotive. The man was so severely
burned that he was taken to the Pal.
merton Hospital, where he died dur
ing tho night.
Norrlstown. Mr. and Mrs. Walter
Smith, of Phoenlxvlllo, brought suit
here to recover $25,000 from W.
Gordon Dyer for Injuries received
last September, when they were run
down by Dyer in his automobile, jt
Jeffersonvllle. Dyer was convicted it
tho October term of court of amrra
vated assault and battery and Is sen
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 f.irmer
was shot In the back of the hend and
was probably fatally injured. It li
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 Burtnn, 52
years, died In the homeopathic Hos
pital fromburns sustained on De
cember 15. Mrs. Burton was sitting;
alone In her homo dressing two dolls
which she intended to-give as Christ
mas presents. While thus ciiMged
sho fell Into a doze, and, it is tun
posed, overturned the lamp, setting
fire to her clothing.
Seranton. Miss Sadie M. Pert,
aged 61, daughter of the late He'.
Luther Peck, at ono time pastor of
Adams Avenue Methodist Epi.-copa!
Church, was found on the floor of the
kitchen at her home on Clkuut
street with her throat cut from ear
to ear. Sho had taken her own life
with an ordinary kitchen knife.
Kennett Square. Mrs. Dlanna W.
Sheward, probably the oldest person
In Chester county, died at her homo
In Unionville In the one hundred and
second year of her age. She wi
born the samo day as Abraham Lin
coln, and lived In this section all her
life. She was quite active until
few weeks ago.
Windsor Castle. Henry Fclmlti,
of Windsor Furnace, who lived In
small shanty with a wife and Hire
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 a M
at the Six Mllo House.
Altoona. Going to the stable, Ed
ward Donley, aged 64, an engineer,
living at Bellwood, near here, pu'
a bullet In his brain. Tho family toll
Coroner Blackburn that Donley had
threatened to commit suicide, and
that within tho past few days they
had kept a closo watch on him.
Reading. Charles Borcky, W(i
31 years, was so badly Injured si'
hours after he attended the funeral
of his grandfather, Joseph Borcky,
that his death resulted in a I'lioenli
vllle hospital. Borcky fell under his
train at Perkiomen Junction and
left leg was severed.
Seranton. Benjamin II. Throop.
having just attained his majority. M'
fallen heir to a fortune of $5,"M'
000. By the will of his grand. ather.
tho late Dr. B. II. Throop, he
not to get the money until he was 21.
Altoona. Frederick Durr, af3
30. a brakenian on the Pennaylvaiil
Railroad, was thrown from a car W
tho snapping of his brake stick a"d
cut In two.
Tainaqua. Andrew Carnegie flf'
nlfied his willingness to donate J''1'
toward the payment of a pipe oral
for St. John's Reformed Church.
Beaver. Just after laughing
telling his companions that ha n""
and
had enough skating for one (W
starting for home, Avery P'
14 years old, of Rochester, bre
through the ico on the Beaver Rl
at Brldgewatcr aud was drowned.
Shamokin. After haviug bcciif'
tombed In tho Cameron colliery n'10'
for seventeen hours by a fall of
Willis Faust was saved by a rcf""1
party penetrating the immense b'
rler. Faust was not seriously '
Jtircd.