The Fnlton County News McCoonellsborg, Pa. AEROPLANES FOR BATTLESHIPS Aa aeroplane costs 5,000. An &r smared cruiser costa $5,000,000. The ifemt of our armored cruisers, the Ten- inetaeea and tbe Montanas, bave been rendered obsolete by tbe inflexible nni the Von der Tann. Nor are we Jtwlldlng new ones to succeed them. Therefore the aeroplane, aa an adjunct la tbe battleship, becomes a mutter rf Interest, both tactically and econom ically. The coming attempt of nn eroplane to fly from the deck of an cean steamer back to New York hor fbar la a matter of prime moment. .Though the federal government has rescinded tbo order detailing torpedo ,toaU to assist in the experiment, the avy deportment will keep official watch on it The result of this experi ment may determine whether the Siaval authorities will equip the next yew battleship with an aeroplane and Aha nocessary facilities for making a flKK from the ship's deck while at . Tbe advent of the batlleshlp jrrulnw has made our best cruisers o thing but scouts, and not rapid ones, &TS the Chicago Record Ilorald. Yet !th cost of their maintenance is al 'Booat that of a dreadnought. If the meroplane can perform scout duty at ate the cost of constructing and main taining our navy will be Immensely reduced. This new application of aeronautics to naval warfare seems, at -present, a delicate and difficult mat )ter. It will require expert aviators .'board ship and highly favorable con ditions all around. Yet skilled and Mlarlng flyers are rapidly Increasing In tnumber and the ability to cope with varied atmospherics conditions 1 de frkrping to match. '( Showing American agricultural prod- Seta alongside those of England and ( cotland in those two countries may ot strike many as promising valu able results to our people. Dut in Kher ways there seem to be opportu nities. John N. McCunn, our consul At Glangow, writes that he considers St a great mltitake that American farm tand dairy outfits are not on exhibition ait the farmers' weekly markets In tfrnch Scotch towns aa Kilmarnock, Kirkcudbright and other places of like character. It appears that the ex--eeLlence of such devices is their own commendation. The Inventive Amer tteaa mind baa gone very far in con triTtng apparatus which economizes Hint and effort and increases effi vdency, aa the use of such appliances Qmt has demonstrated. Tho old world &aa been slower, but the Scotch are (Quick to perceive advantages such as the American outfits assure, and Con sul McCunn's hint might be taken with advantage to all concerned. Carlyle once told a man who was iSnanclally Interested in gold mining that all tho gold ever produced by California was not worth one good '.Mealy potato. And yet the potato Bn Scotland bos a history of less than C00 years, says the Edinburgh Dis ,patch. When Macdonald of Clan vanald, in 1743 brought seed potatoes Jar bis tenants in South Vlst they ob jected to planting them because the jvrtato is not mentioned In the Bible ! Somewhat later George Ilachop, one f the Ochtertyre tenants, when told hj his wife that she had potatoes for upper, contemptuously replied: "Tat tles! tattles! I never supplt on them ' my days, and wlnna the ulcht. Gila them to the herd, gle me cowens." Cape Town once lived under so se vere a code of sumptuary laws that anything like display was restricted to the governor and his Immediate circle. jThus runa Article VI. of the Dutet laws agalntit luxury and osten tation: "No one less in rank than a junior merchant and those among the dtliens of equal rank and tbe wives and daughters only of those who are or have been members of any coun cil shall venture to use umbrellas." 2n practice this restricted the posses sion and use of umbrellas to about 60 rjiersoiia In Cape Town. An inventor in New York claims to have perfected a solid fuel for auto mobile', tho chlof advantages of which re thnt it given off no odor and is amokelocs. As soon aa we are assured that b!j new fuel Is aa he represents It to be we shall start a movement for the purposo of having him ac-cc-pted as one of the country ho jroe. A Punxsutawney (Pa.) man has In dented a pocket telephone, about eight .Inches long, two Inches broad and an inch thick, which can be used by put ting a plug attached to It Into a hole .In box os fixed on the telephone poles .around the town. The Idea Ib Ingenl , cur, but Is the Punxsutawney pocket lliti enough for the devloef One reason New York city is so congested is that they can enlarge the (Island only upward and downward. A Berlin woman's club bas organ ' psed a "league of politeness." One of Slba first nil os of the league should provide that when young women who lave been at the matinee enter the cars to journey homeward they should ,ot attempt to stare weary old men mit of their seats. The war against the hookworm goes merrily on In Porto Rico, with excel flent results. Over one-third of the population has received treatment FORTY-FIVE MEET SUODEN DEATH Uvsferions Taking Off of Brazil ian Muliueers. GANGRENE.SUNSTROKE AMD SUFFOCATION The Rigid Censorship ' News Dis patches Prevents Correspondents Sending News Of the Heal Situa tion, Which Has Probably Keen Critical Since tli Rebellion On the Warships At Hlo Junclro Mtciie roy, Capital of State of itlo Juueiro, I'uder Martial Law. UIo Janeiro (Special). Accord ing to. Friday's Jornal de Coinmerclo, Jean Candldo, leader of the recent revolt in the navy, and 44 other mutineers have met sudden deaths. Candldo succumbed to gangrene while a prisoner, 26 of his associates died from sunstroke whllo engaged in repairing the fortress on Cobras Island, and 18 others were suffocated In their cells in the prUon on Vllle galuon Island. A rigid censorship maintained by the government since the revolt In the navy was put down makes it Im possible to confirm officially the rumors of recent rioting at Para and elsewhere in tha republic. The cen sorship includes the newspapers here and extends to press dispatches cabled to other countries. Nlctheroy, the capital of the State of Hlo Janeiro, and situated across the harbor from the Federal capital, Is under martial law. The presidents and two legislatures claim office at Nlctheroy and troops occupy all the public buildings. Hinting At I'aru. When the latter of the two recent naval revolts In Brazil was put down, three weeks ago, It was announced that the mutinous sailors bad been sent to states remote from Hlo Janeiro, where they would bo employ ed In tho construction of highways and railroads. The mutineers had surrendered, and It was officially an nounced that tho disorders were at an end. Since that time comparatively lit tle news has been gotten out of the Brazilian capital, but there have been persistent rumors of disturbance In the State of Para, on the north coast, due to political dissatisfaction. Riot ing is said to have occurred at Para, but confirmation or a denial from the government are lacking. Recently there have been two re volts In Brazil one In the navy and the other by the naval battalion In barracks on Cobras Island, a short distance from Rio Janeiro. ONE KILLED, EIGHT INJURED. Miners In An Accident At the Ham mond Colliery. Pottsvllle, Pa. (Special). One anthracite mlneworker was killed and eight others were seriously injured at the Hammoud colliery of the Philadelphia and Heading Coal and Iron Company, Girardvillu. The men were being hoisted In a car and were pulled over the knuckle at the top of a timber Blope, when the hoisting engineer left his post to attend to an air compressor. The car was pulled 100 feet through the side of the engine-house with the men Inside It. Anthony O'Donnell, of Lost Creek, bad his head squeezed off and the other eight men received fractured arms or legs. RISKED 1.1 UK FOR KITTEX. Fireman Falls Front Mouse Climbing After Animal. New York (Sreclal). Anton Jlranck, a fireman, was fatally Injur ed while trying to capture a black kitten at the petition of many tene ment dwellers, whose rest had been disturbed by the animal's mournful yowls. Iu climbing after It Jlranck, who bad been summoned from the near est firehouse, fell to the cement walk. His Bkull was fractured and ho re ceived internal Injuries, from which the doctors say he cannot recover. REWARDED FOR SACRIFICE. Man (Jets $72 a Month Annuity For Yellow Fever Experiment. Washington, D. C. (Special). John R. Klssenger, the Indiana vol unteer soldier, who allowed himself to be bitten by yellow fever mosqui to during tho first American occu pation of Cuba to demonstrate the theory of mosquito Infection,' was granted an annuity of $72 a month by the Houso of Representatives. The measure carrying relief for KIs songer, as It passed the Senate, granted him $125 a month. Gasoline Fumes Fatal. Chicago (Special). Dr. J. Hemstegcr, a South Sldo physic died suddenly from Inhaling tho haust fumes from his motor car. A. an, Hemsteger was repairing tho cut-olT to the mufller of his machine. An explosion occurred and his small garago was filled with gas fumes. The doctor was able to reach his home and seemed to recover from the ct fecta of the gas. He went down town with his son, but on returning he complained of feeling 111, and died about noon while sitting In his office. Killed By Prisoners. Duluth, Mian. (Special). Police man Harry Chasmere was shot and killed by twe prisoners he was taking to the lockup In a street car. The men were William Muzzary. aged 20, and Algot Johnson, aged 19. They bad everpowored the night clerk at the McKay Hotel and robbed the cash regiHter of $.ri0. Chcsmo- had plac ed them under arrest when they got the drop ou him. Both robbers escaped. New and &d Governors Declare for Reforms Eugene N. Fobs, of Massachusetts, Democrat For direct nomi nations; for Initiative find referendum; for employers' liability In cases of workmen killed or disabled, the removal of unfair injunc tion restrictions and for compensation above a living wage; for con trol of corporations with tho prohibition of holding companies; for a public utilities commission and the abolition of other boards; for popular nomination of United States Senators; for a Federal income tax, and for prohibiting the use of money at elections. Frederick W. Plalsted, of Maine, Democrat For direct pri maries; for direct vote for United States Senators; for a Federal Income tax. Robert P. Bass, of New Hampshire, Progressive Republican For tho elimination of corporations from 'politics; for the regula tion of virtual monopolies, such as railroads, express companies, telegraph, telephone, light, heat and power corporations; for a pub lic service commission with power to regulate rates, service and capitalization. William W. Kltchln, of North Carolina, Democrat For a State anti-trust law; for a Federal income tax; for a reduction of tho passenger rate on railroads to 2 cents a mile; for placing all tho public utilities corporations under the control of a commission. Thomas H. Marshall, of Indiana, Democrat For regulating the Issuance of Btocks and bonds by corporations; for State control of trusts; for laws to prevent combination either of railroads or other companies; for a Federal Income tax, and for direct primaries. Chas. S. Osborn, of Michigan, Republican For Initiative, ref erendum and recall; for income tax for corporations; for placing express companies under tho control of the State Railroads Com mission; for a passenger rato of 2 Vj cents a mile. TRAIN HELD IIP BY BANDITS A Pullman Porter Shot to Death. Ogdcn, Utah (Special). Southern Paclllc passenger train No. 1, tbo Overland limited, westbound, was held up by two masked bandits at an early hour Tuesday morning at Reese, nine miles west of Ogden. William Davis, negro porter, was shot and Instantly killed; A. W. Tay lor, another porter, was mortally wounded and a passenger was slight ly wounded. Twenty-seven passen gers on the train were robbed of their valuables. Tho robbers did not attempt to en ter the express car, but devoted their entire attention to tho Pullman, where they made a rich haul among tho California - bound passengers, holding the train for more than an hour. The train proceeded westward. No passengers escaped the robbers, and the trainmen dIbo lost their money and Jewelry. At 12.30 A. M., Conductor Cun ningham advised the superinten dent's office at this place of the hold up. The sheriff and police depart ment were Immediately notified and posses left the city for the scene of the holdup in automobiles and on a special train. Posses from the near by towns are working toward Reese. Two masked men stopped the train at the little watering station by throwing the red light on the signal stand toward the approaching loco motive. A It came to a standstill the bandits covered the engineer and Bremen with their revolvers and held them until the conductor ran up to Investigate the delqy. He too, was placed under guard. One of the robbers left the train men in charge of his companion and started through the train from the forward end. He encountered two porters on his way and when they disregarded his commands he shot one down and wounded another. A curious passenger was also wounded. The shots aroused the occupants of tho cars and when tbe holdup ap peared with an open sack and a menacing pistol, the passengers were perfectly willing to contribute to his collection. He went through the wholo train, stopping at every berth and making a deliberato search. After complet ing their work the robbers drove away In a vehicle. About four miles from Reese they met two girls, who were returning home from a dance. One of the rob bers very politely requested them to hand over their purses and to "beat It." Although frightened, the girls succeeded In getting a good descrip tion of the bandits, which tallied with that furnished by the passen gers and train crew. After robbing the two girls, the daughters of Bish op Wavment, of tho Mormon Church, at Warren, the highwaymen drove to ward the city. DISCREDITS JAP SPY STORIES. President Says Japan Is As Anxious For Pence As America. Washington, D. C. (Special). President Taft has mado It known that he gives no credence to reports that Japanese spies are active In the Philippines and has privately declar ed that despite Jingo utterances In various quarters thero Is not the slightest prospect of trouble between America and Japan. In fact, the President has stated that In his opin ion tho outlook for peace In every quarter has never been more reassur ing for the United States than at present, and that the actual relations with Japan are In tho highest degree amicable. The best advices that have come to him are to the effect that the Japan ese government Is Just as anxious as Is America that friendly relations shall continue. llniiilils Put To Dentil. Mexico City (Special). Eighteen bandits, members of a revolutionary faction, have been captured by Mexi can federal soldiers at San Felipe, State of Tobnsro, tried by court mar tial and Bhot to death. Sixty more are fn jail awaiting tho death sen tence. Tho men wero captured in a tight on Sunday In which three sol diers wero killed. There were 300 men In tho revolutionary band and for weeks they hod been raiding To Imsco, destroying property and driv ing off live stork. City Destroyed Hy Quake. Tashkend, Asiatic Russia (Spec ial). Hundreds of buildings were destroyed and many lives lost In a violent earthquake which practically destroyed Vyerny, capital of Semiryo tchensk, between 4 and 4.30 A. M. Wednesday. The loss of life Is not known. The Bhocks wero felt In various points In Russia TurkcBtan. Great fissures were opened In the i-round at Tashkend and buildings were damaged. The population Is In terror. Vyerny has a population of 23.000. GALLAGHER GETS 12 YEARS . The Man Who Shot Mayor Gay New York (Special). James J. Gallagher, who shot Mayor Gaynor last August, was sentenced Wednes day to 12 years' Imprisonment. He was convicted In Jersey City on an Indictment charging him not with shooting .Mayor Gnynor, but with as saulting with intent to kill William II. Edwards, commissioner of street cleaning of New York. The jury was out 40 minutes, and tho trial lasted but a portion of one day. In addi tion to the 12 years Gallagher will have to stay In prison until the cost fit hia ll1MU.if.nHnn line Iw.nn f.nl.l 1. w t.iv i'iudii uiiuii lino ui.:u J'uiu vj piiauu service, lie si'oweu no emo tion when tho verdict was read or sentence pronounced. Two of the men who found Gallagher guilty also served on the Jury which declared him sane. Commissioner Edwards was the chief witness for the state. He re counted tho scene on tho deck of a transatlantic liner on tho morning when Mayor Gaynor planned to sail for Europe. He told how ho had seized Gallagher an Instant after the shot which wounded the Mayor had been fired. Edwards grasped the prisoner about the waist to show Just how he had been wounded by a sec ond shot from Gallagher's revolver. Gallagher offered no objection to the Illustration. Each side took 15 minutes to sum up. Gallagher's counsel declared that no evidence to show that his client had Intentionally wounded the com missioner had been brought out. He said the shot was fired Inadvertently during the struggle. The Jury filed back Into the room for further instructions after a few minutes' deliberation. The court was asked If tho Jury would be Justified In finding a verdict of guilty if they did not believe that the shot which wounded Edwards was fired with In tent to kill. They were Informed that If they believed It was fired In tentionally they would be Justified in concluding that It was Intended to kill. Judgo Swayze announced that 10 days would be allowed the prisoner before commitment In which to file motions for appeal. ROY KILLS GRANDMOTHER. Confesses Shotting Was Accidental After Father Is Arrested. Danville, Ky. (Special). After his father had been arrested In connec tion with the shooting to death of his grandmother, a five-year-old boy here confessed that he had shot her acci dentally while pointing an old shot gun at her in fun. He hid in an out building all night. The victim of what was at first be lieved to have been a murder was Mrs. Nancy Carter, 60 years old. Predicts Dire Times. Chicago (Special). Drouths, kill ing frosts, earthquakes, crop failures and holocausts of all varieties these are a few of the disasters which will come during 1911, according to Sam uel Georgo Priddle, of Waukegan, former Zlon City lender, who claimed to have a revelation foretelling of diro catastrophes. Priddle, two years ago, prophesied tho killing by frost of fruit, which resulted In a loss of $50,000,000. At present ho has a plan to unite all Christians In a com mon church. Adopts Com mission Government. - Springfield, 111. (Special) . By a vote of 3. CO'J to 3,029 Springfield, the capital of tho State, Wednesday adopted tho commission form of Gov ern ment. American Hanged In Cork. Cork, Ireland (Special). William Scanlon, an Americnn army pension er, was hanged In Cork jail Wednes day morning. He was convicted, af ter threo trials, of murdering his wlfo's sister In July, 1909. Congressman Kniipp's Wife Dead. Plica, N. Y. (Special). Mrs. Sarah Dorranco Knapp, wife of Congress man Chnrles L. Knapp, of the Thirty sixth district, died at her home, in Lowvllle. $111, .100,000 Coined. Washington, D. C. (Special). Ac cording to the report of the officials of the United States Mint, that insti tution during 1910 sent out more than $111,500,000 in coin, of which about $105,000,000 was In gold. Threo million dollars In pennies and five-cent pieces were coined. Besides tho money Intended 'or uso In this country G.OOO.ono pieces were coined for tTie Philippine Islands and 1,000, 000 for Costa Rica. INDICTMENTS IN DYNAMITING CASE Tweiilv-Two Returned in Los Angeles Times Explosion. REWARDS AGGREGATE ALMOST $100,000. Names Of Accused Not To He Mude Public Until Ant'Hts Are Made -K.vploslou Tlmt Wrecked Newspa per' Plant Outcome Of Plot Result ing Iu Wholesale Murder Fol lowed General Otis' Contest Willi Union Labor liomb Found At Homo Of Proprietor. Los Angeles (Special). Tho grand Jury in the Los Angeles Times ex plosion caao returned 22 indictments Thursday. All of the indictments charge murder in connection with that crime. It is not likely that the names of any of the indicted will bo made public until after the arrests have been mado. It is believed a large number of San Franclscoans have been indicted. Wholesale murder, the outcome of a dynamite plot, is understood to be the charges set forth In all tho indict ments, but It is believed that not more than three or four men are named In tho true bills. The return of tho Indictments was a sequel of a disaster that excited tho pooplo of Los Angeles to a degree that for a few days bordered upon panic, and resulted In tho offering of rewards aggregating almost $100, 000. f Union labor, which tho Times and its proprietors had opposed, was In jected Into the situation, and when the special grand Jury was impaneled on October 25 It was Immediately confronted with two conflicting theories. Ono of these, supported by tho findings of an Investigating commit tee appointed by Mayor Alexander, that the Times' plant had been blown up by dynamite through a conspiracy. Tho other, presented by a committee named by the State Building Trade Convention, then In session here, was that a gas explosion had caused tho wreck. More than 40 witnesses, tho ma jority of them identified with the union labor movement, were sum moned from San Francisco and oth er cities. Many labor union officials were heard. In all, the grand jury examined more than 200 persons who, In tl opinion of detectives working here and in San Francisco, might throw Borne light on the alleg ed murder plot. Among the labor leaders summon ed from San Francisco were Olaf E. Tveltmoe and Anton Johansson, who were supposed to have been acquaint ed with J. n. Dryce, W. A. Schmidt and David Kaplan, threo suspects In the case, who were in this city for a few hours after the explosion, but subsequently disappeared. , According to the detectives, Dryce, Schmidt and Kaplan were the three who purchased from a San Francisco dealer In powder dynamite later used to destroy the Times. More powder dynamite was found later In a bomb planted under the residence of Felix J. Zeehandlaar, secretary of the Mer chants and Manufacturers' Associa tion. This organization had opposed the extension of labor unions In this city. Two days ago an additional re ward of $23,000 was formally offered by the county board of supervisors for the capture of the trio. UK II PLANTER KILLS WIFE. William Morgan, of Florida, Reliev ed To Ho Insane. Ponsacola, Fla. (Special). Believ ed to be Insane, William Morgan, a wealthy planter, is being held In Jail here, having killed his wife at their home, near here. Morgan is 70 years old. His wife was only a few years younger. Becoming aware of her husband's Insanity, Mrs. Morgan at tempted to flee from the house, but was caught by Morgan, who cut her throat with a pocket knife before their servants could Interfere. Explosion Leaves City Helpless, Minneapolis, Minn. (Special). Two mei; are In the City Hospital seriously Injured, the $500,000 plant of the Minneapolis General Electric Company is a total loss, as the re sult of an explosion and resulting fire early Friday. Men who escaped from the plant say the explosion resulted from an accumulation of gas under the switchboard. Threo minutes af ter the firemen arrived the roof of tho plant fell in. Sixteen engine companies by hard work prevented the fire from spreading to the Pills bury "A" flour mill, tho largest in tho world. Will Lasso Autolsts. San Francisco (Special). Cow boys on horseback, armed with las soes, are to look after speeding auto mobilists in San Mateo county. Tho supervisors believe that a rope around the neck of a 60-inilo scorch er, with a stout pony at the other end of tho lariat, will discourage swift driving. Two cowboys, reared In the vicinity of Menlo, aro to bo hired, each to receive $7.50 a day for their services. Lndy Itoss Of Legislature. Denver (Special). The convening of the Eighteenth General Assembly of Colorado gave new evidence of the activity of women in politics. Mrs. Alva V. Lafferty, ono of the four women of the lower house, mado tho nominating speech that resulted In tho election of Representative George McLnchlan, ' of Denver, as Speaker. She also named the temporary chief clerk and Introduced resolution No. 1. THE CAMORRAS INMANACLES Thirtj-tno of Them at Yiterbo, Italy, for Trial. FOR THREE YEAF.S. Mob Of Italians Tiles To Hreuk Through the Police Cordon To Get At tho Prisoners Kn Icone, Head Of tho Granu, Protests Tlmt the Murder Of Detective Petroslnl, Of New York, Recalled The Man He Captured. Vlterbo, Italy (Special). Detacn ments of police heavily armed and :arblneers surrounded the station here Saturday at tho arrival of 32 members of the Camorra, who are to stand trial for tho murder of James Cuocolo, a leading member of the band, who had incurred tho venge nco of the Camorrlsts for alleged acts of treachery. Cuocolo's body was found on tho seashore near Naples In June, 1906, and the muti lated body of his wife was discover ed shortly afterward In a house near by. Extraordinary precautions were taken to guard the prisoners and to prevent any attempt at their release. They have been in close confinement for more than three years, and hun dreds of their friends and relatives gathered at the station here Satur day. Pollco detachments were sta tioned at various points, and when tho train arrived from Naples there was a scene of riot and disorder. It was known that nothing would bo left undone to effect a rescue, and jtringent orders had been Issued to the police and carbineers to put down iny such attempt by whatever means necessary. Tho prisoners descended from the ;ar In groups of five chained togeth er. They comprised all varieties In tho social scale, from dandy to laz carone. Chief among them was En rico Alfano, better known as Errl ?one, head of the Camorra, who was wrested in New York In April, 1907, y Detectlvo Petroslnl. lie was wrap tied up in heavy furs and seemed hardly able to stand. Tho prisoners shook their manacled fists and raised their voices ilmost as loudly as their protesting friends and relatives. The wife of Mandrlere, known also as DeMarlnls, Iho most prominent Camorrist after Krricone, struck at the Carabineers, ihouting: "May you all be killed! May you ill go to the dissecting table of the lospltal!" Errlcstie protested earnestly, say ng: "We aro murdered innocents. The Vlterbo Jury will take revenge on js. Thus Italy will be disgraced be 'oro the world." It is believed that evidence will bo brought out at the trial of these men d-hlch will throw light upon the mur ler of Detective Petroslnl at Paler no In March, 1909, whither he was ?ent by the New York Police Depart aient to secure information on Italian criminals. ' ANOTHER POISON" CASK. (i. M. Stioliaker, a Pittsburg Man, III From Strychnine. Pittsburg (Special). Tittsburg has developed a case of poisoning which may become sensational. While her husband, G. M. Strobaker, superintendent of the Morton Grain nd Hay Company, lb lying In the South' Side Hospital ill from strych nlno poisoning, Mrs. Mary Strobak sr, his wife, was Sunday evening letalned by tho police and orders given that no one, not .even counsel, bo permitted to see her. Chief of Police McQuald says tho lepartment has enough evidence to ;how an attempt at poisoning. Thnt ?nough strychnine was placed In the food of Strobaker Saturday to kill 25 men, Is the assertion of physi cians who have been called in on the mso and tho question now to be nswered Is, "Who put the poison In '.ho food?" Mrs. Strohnker before being do aincd by the police asserted that her liusbnnd had enemies among the 'orelgners who worked in tho eleva tors with him, and that somo of the more spiteful had evidently put tho uoison in his food. Fatal Keiir-End Crush. Waco, Tex. (Special. H. D. Rey nolds, Pullman conductor, and Dr. King, of Dallas, were killed, when tho Missouri, Kansas and Texas flyer, No. 0, ran Into flyer, No. 8, at Ab t'tt, 27 miles north of here. Heavy rg obscured the lights on No. 6, tho rear sleeper of which was telescoped, l'lie other passengers wero only dlghtly shaken. Woman and Babe Die. Philadelphia (Special). Mrs. Mary Trainer, a young married wont m, and her four-month-old baby were (UiTocated by smoko when tho bed a pon which they lay was destroyed by lire. Tho police say that the bkuo followed a party at tho wom nu's home. It is believed that a lighted cigar was thrown upon the it raw-filled bed. Five children of an other family on tho floor below were rescued by firemen. Fell To Her Death. Cincinnati (Special). While try ing to escape from the fourth story of tho House of Detention here, the blanket rope upon which sho was de scending parted and Mrs. Matilda Myers, aged 18, of this city, who weighed almost 200 pounds, fell two floors to tho ground and sustained Injuries that caused her death 20 linutps later. Bessie Smith, aged Id, who weighed only 100 pounds, '.mil preceded her down the rope and '.raped. THE NEWS OF PEHHSVLVAKIA Colllngdale. First taking tho p. and hiding it in an obscure corner H that former Councilman Wilfred gig. loy, of Colllngdale, would havs a prize waiting him after he had d. feated Caeslus Stauffer In a live pig. eon match Tuesday, former Council, man Jonas Rambo and Justice or tb Peace Batten had their Joke turm-i on them, when George Lawrence, a. other former Councilman, and Frcj Blythe took the pig and secreted it a another place, where it was liu. matcly Btolcn by an unknown jnji,.r who kept the pig until Weiliiesiia morning, when It was returned. Th humor of the joke was that, each participant imagined It was exceed ingly funny until each pair learned that they in turn had been playei th ame trick themselves, when each raised a howl and threatened to hav lummary vengeance. Staley Kot th entire ten birds, while bis opponent missed one. A roast pig dinner la ia jourso of preparation for all con cerned. Pittsburg. Patrolman Jack Keen an found tho door of a studio oh.0 early the other morning and, lwliev Ing a burglar was inside, inspected the building. He was about to gV up his search when he stopped to look behind what he believed to he statue of somo recumbent figure wrapped In a winding sheet. Hit mace happened to press upon th 'statue's" stomach and with a how) It arose. "It" was taken to the po llco station and gave the name of Fred Fitch, who said he had no home. Darby. Hoboes who have sought the hospitality of the Darby luck-up as a shelter and were courteous!? treated and almost warmly wclnniifd wero mado to understand the real reason of the unexpected welcome tlie next morning, when Policeman Lang, before liberating each man, placid t saw In his band, conducted Mm to the huge woodpile in the rear of tho jail, and compelled him to mh Enough kindling to last for two .lights', burning. Reading. The new divorce ruin here have resulted in a decrease, la tho number of divorces granted iur. ug tho past year. A deposit of L'.D must be made with the Prothonotarr Deforo a subioena Is granted to In luro the payment of court costs and -.lie appointment of t master. I'nder ;he old rule the cosU were not iaid antll after the divorce was granted, l.ant year 89 divorces 'ere granted, compared with 133 the year before. Lancaster. Mrs. Hettle Jenkins, a olored woman, born In 1793, Is dead in this city at the age of 117. She was married threo times, was tho mother of twenty-five children and jutlived her husbands, and with one exception all of her children, the solo survivor being a son residing In this Ity, who Is 63 years of ago. The family came here from Easton about five years ago. York. Georgo S. Schmidt, counsel for the York Railways Company, turned over to City Solicitor John I Rouse a voucher for J25.000, thus ompletlng the obligation of the com pany to tlio city tnrougn ine forfeiture of two bonds, each $2.V .100, for failure to complete the Penn Park & Colonial Railway with in a specified time. Tho money will be turned Into the city treasury. Chester. At a meeting of the Wesleyan Methodist Loral Preach ers' Board, of Philadelphia, held in ho Wesleyan Methodist Church here, Samuel Hopkins, Henry Kelly, Wil liam Swain, Charles Wesley Hopkins, rhonias Harris and Howard L. Bern ard were received as local preachers. Coplay. Mrs. Alico J. Laubach. of this place, Is enjoying tho larce for- tuna left by her husband, James M l.aubach. By her husband's will she Is left all of his real estate and personal property, provided sho does neT niorry again. York. Martin Shuo and Herbert Thome, of Spring Grove, ciinrH with counterfeiting, pleaded guilty t" :ho charges before I'nited State nommissioner John Kell. The men were held under a bond of $1,00' 'Br llieir appearance at tho United States Court. Media. Tho Medin Republic" Club has elected the following ! .ers for the yearf President, Recur ner of Deeds J. Lord Rlgby; vice president, Joseph Rogers; reconlinS secretary, Harry J. Maklvor; financi al secretary, Harry Greenlleld; treas urer, Jesse D. Plerson. Wrlnhtsville. While displaying new revolver, a Christmas gift. M ward Dltzler, aged 12, of Wright' .illo. accidentally shot James Wis- Dtskey, aged 12, and tho lad Is in serious condition. He was taken t" .he hospital. ' Berwick. At tho ago of 101 yea". 10 months and 15 days, Peter Kf'k. the oldest resident In this section, iin.l nt tho home of his son. Natl'" aniel. 1 Iu voted on his hundredth birthday, and upon that day took hi Brst BUtomobllo ride. His oW laughter is in her 82d year. Shenandoah. Michael Thornton, 15 years old, a farmer of Ulngto'"' roll downstairs and broke his neck. :auslng his death. Mrs. Thornton aroso at 7 o'clock and, going down italrs, was horrified to find her hn' oand cold In death at the foot of t"9 italrs. Conshohocken. James Miller, wh Bhot Michael Harrington with a gn on the streets of the two,, was how under $1,000 ball by Justice Light to await the result of the injuries of Harrington. West Newton. Andrew Plahute. coal miner, of this place, was Bhot iown and killed while on his way visit his mother. He was held up W two colored men and a whlto ma"' Robbery was the motive. Negotiations are proceeding 'nf opening up certain districts of Mo oiblaue by railway extensions.
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