Th ?plton County News McCoancll&burg, Pa. , AEROPLANES FOR BATTLESrllPB.j AO aeroplane costs $5,000. An ar tttrtd cruiser coiU $5,000,000. The feast of our armored emitters, the Ten-j aeiseos and the Montana, have been rendered obsolete by the Inflexible stud the Von der Tann. Nor are we ."building now ones to succeed them. Therefore the aeroplane, a an adjunct to the battleship, become a mutter ml Interest, both tactically and econom ically. The coming attempt of an aeroplane to fly from the deck of an ocean ateamer back to New York hor ror U a matter of prime moment. Though the fedoral government haa 'rescinded the order detailing torpedo 3oaU to assist In the experiment, the -xavy department will keep official watch on It. The result of this experi ment may determine whether the saaal authorities will equip the next yew battleship with an aeroplane and ah necessary facilities for making a (Bight from the ship's deck while at ore. The adrent of the battleship yrulter has made our best cruisers nothing but scouts, and not rapid ones, aya the Chicago Record Uorald. Yet fthe cost of their maintenance Is at--jEKMt that of a dreadnought If the teroplane can perform scout duty at tea the cost of constructing and main taining our navy will be Immensely traduced. This new application of ronautlcs to naval warfare seems, at present, a delicate and difficult mat Aaar. It will require expert aviators Aboard ship and highly favorable con tMtlons all around. Yet skilled and flaring flyers are rapidly Increasing In (number and the ability to cope with rled atmospbarlo conditions Is de veloping to match. ' Showing American agricultural prod oct alongside those of England and Scotland in those two countries may mat strike many as promising valu able results to our people. But In other ways there seem to be opportu nities. John N. McCuun. our consul at Glangow, writes that be considers Jtt a great mistake that American farm iand dairy outfits are not on exhibition tat the farmers' weekly market in much Scotch towns as Kilmarnock, iKIrkcudbrlght and other places of like character. It appears that the ex--eeUence of such devices Is their own commendation. The inventivs Amer Hcaa mind has gone very far In con triving apparatus which economizes alma and effort and increases effi ciency, as the use of such appliances Qwrra has demonstrated. Th old world fcaa been slower, but the Scotch are sralca to perceive advantages such as U American outfits assure, and Con ami McCunn's hint might be taken with advantage to ail concerned. Carlyle once told a man who was iSnanclally interested in gold mining that all the gold ever produced by -California was not worth one good osealy potato. And yet the potato an Scotland has a history of less than O00 years, says the Edinburgh Dis ;patrh. When Macdonald of Clan vanald, in 1743 brought seed potatoes Jot his tenants In South fist they ob jected to planting them because the jvotato Is not mentioned In the Illble! .Somewhat later George IJachop, one f the Ochtertyre tenants, when told Thy his wife that she had potatoes for upper, contemptuously replied: "Tat .tlast tattles! I never supplt on them my days, and wlnna the nlcht. Gila them to the herd, gle me owtns." Cape Town once lived under so se vere a code of sumptuary laws that anything like display was restricted lo he governor and hla Immediate circle. Thus runs Article VI. of the Zfcitch laws against luxury and osten tation: "No one less In rank than a Junior merchant and those among the dtlsens of equal rank and the wives and daughters only of those who are r have been members of any coun cil shall venture to use umbrellas." Jii practice this restricted the posses ion and use of umbrellas to about B0 (jersona in Cape Town. An Inventor in New York claims to ' bave perfected a solid fuel for auto mobile, the chief advantages of which are that it Rives off no odor and Is wmokelcws. As soon as we are assured thut hla new fuel Is as he represents it to be we Bhall start a movement rfor the purpose, of having him ac cepted as one of the country ho jrx. A runxautawney (I'a.) man has In Tented a pocket telephone, about eight Ancbes long, two Inches broad and an inch thick, which can be used by put ting a plug uttached to It Into a hole lii box fixed on the telephone poles around the town. The Idea Is Ingenl .cur, but Is the Punxsutnwney pocket iS enough for the devUet One reason New York city is so congested is that they can enlarge the Jutland only upward and downward. A Berlin woman's club has organ fixed a "league of politeness." One of nbs first rules of the league should fyrovlae that when young women who Bare been at the matinee enter the .cars to Journey homeward they should ;ot attempt to stare weary old mea tout of their seats. The war against the hookworm goes oneriily on In Porto Rico, with excel lent results. Over one-third of the population has received treatment FORTY-FIVE MEET SUDDEN DEATH Hysterica Taking Off of Brazil ian Mutineers. GANGRENE.SUNSTROKE AMD SUFFOCATION The Rigid Censorship Of News DIs patclies Prevent Correspondents Sending News Of (lie Real Situa tion, Which Has Prolmbly lleen Critical Since tho Iti-bclllon On the Warships At Hlo Janeiro Mtclu roy, Capital of State of Klo Janeiro, I' aider Martial Law. Rio Janeiro (Special). Accord ing to Friday's Jornal do Commerelo, 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 while engaged In repairing the fortress on Cobras Island, and 18 others were suffocated In their cells In the prison on Vllle galnon 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 thd republic. The cen sorship Includes the newspapers here and extends to press dlBpatchcs cabled to other countries. Nlcthoroy, the capital of the State of Rio Janeiro, and situated across the harbor from tho 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'nrn. When the latter of the two recent naval revolts In Brazil was put down, three weeks ago, It was announced that the mutinous sailors had been sent to states remote from Rio Janeiro, where they would bo employ ed In the 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. OXE KILLED, EIGHT INJURED. Miners In An Accident At the Ham moml Colliery, Pottsvllle, Pa. (Special). One anthracite mlneworker was killed and eight others were seriously Injured at the Hammond colliery of the Philadelphia and Reading Coal and Iron Company, Olrardvllle. The men were being holBted In a car and were pulled over the knuckle at the top of a timber slope, when the hoisting engineer left his post to attend to an air compressor. The car was pulled 100 feet through the side of the englne-hotiBe with the men (nsido It. Anthony O'Donnell, of Lost Creek, had his head squeezed off and the other eight men received fractured arms or legs. RISKED LIFE FOR KITTEN'. Flrrmun Falls From House Climbing After Animal. New York (Special). 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. In climbing after it Jlranck, w.ho bad been summoned from the near est flrehouse, fell to the cement walk. Ills skull was fractured and he 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 niosqui tos during the first American occu pation of Cuba to demonstrate the theory of mosquito Infection,' was granted an annuity of $72 a month by the House of Representatives. The measure carrying relief for Kls songer, as It passed the Senate, granted him $125 a month. Gasoline Fumes Futal. Chicago (Special). Dr. J. A. HemBtegcr, a South Side phyBlelun, died suddenly from Inhaling the ex haust fumes from his motor car. Dr. HemBtegcr was repairing the cut-off to the muffler of his machine. An Binloslon occurred and his small garago was filled with gas fumeB. The doctor was able to reacn nis nome and Beemed to recover from the ef fects of the gas. He went down town with his son, but on roturning he complained of feeling 111, and died about noon while sitting m nis omco Killed By Prisoners. Dulutta, Mian. (Special). Police man Harry Chesmere was Bhot and killed by tw prisouers he was taking to the lockup in a street car. The men were William Muzzary. aged 20 and Atgot JohnBon, agod 19. They had averpowered the night cleric at the McKay Hotel and robbed the cash register of $50. CheBiiio had plac ed them under arrest when they got ,ma on him. Both robbers New and 0,d Governors Declare for Reforms Eugene N. Foss, of Massachusetts, Democrat For direct nomi nations; for Initiative and reterendum; for employers' liability in eases 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 fer 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. BaBS, 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 the passenger rate on railroads to 2 cents a mile; for placing all tho public utilities corporations under the control of a commission. Thomas It. Marshall, of Indiana, Democrat For regulating the Issuance of stocks 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. OBborn, of Michigan, Republican For initiative, ref erendum and recall; for Income tax for corporations; for placing express companies under tho control of tho State Railroads Com mission; for a passenger rato of 2 cents a mile. TRAIN HELD UP BY BANDITS A Pullman Porter Sbot lo Heath. Ogden, Utah (Special). Southern Pacltlc passenger train No. 1, tho 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. The robbers did not attempt to en ter the express ear, but devoted their entire attention to the Pullman, where they mad.? 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 also lost their money and jewelry. At 12.30 A. M., Conductor Cun ningham advised the superinten dent's olflce at this place of the hold up. The sherltT and police depart-1 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. As It came to a standstill the bandits covered the engineer and firemen with their revolvers and held them until the conductpr ran up to Investigate the delay. 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. Tho shots aroused the occupants of tho cars and when the holdup ap peared with an open Back and a menacing pistol, the passengers were perfectly willing to contribute to his collection. He went through the whole train, stopping at every berth and making a deliberate 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 hers very politely requested them to hand over their purses and to "beat It." Although frightened, the girls succeeded In getting a good descrlp tlon of the bandits, which tallied with that furnished by the passen gers and train crew. After robbing the two girls, the daughters of Blah op Wayment, of the 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 derlar ed that despite jingo utterances in various quarters there 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 lug for the United States than at present, and that the actual relations with Japan are In the highest degree amicable. The best advices that have come to him are to the effect that the Japan ess government Is just as anxious as Is America that friendly relations shall continue. P,andlls Put To Death. Mexico City (Special). Eighteen bandits, members of a revolutionary faction, have been captured by Mexl can federal soldiers at San Felipe, State of Tobasco, tried by court mar tini and shot to death. Sixty more aro In Jail awaiting the death sen tence. Tho men were captured In a fight on Sunday In which three sol diers were killed. There were 300 men In the revolutionary band and for weeks they had been raiding To hasco, de-stroylng property and driv ing off live stock. 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 Semlryo tchnnsk, between 4 and 4.30 A. M. Wednesday. The loss of life Is not known. The shocks were felt In various points in Russia Turkestan. Great fissures were opened In the trround 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 Cay. nor is Convicted. 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 nn Indictment charging him not with shooting Mayor Gaynor, but with as saulting with Intent to kill William II. l.-.l ..... I..-.!....-,- .. cleaning of New York. The Jury was . proprietors had opposed, was In out 4U minutes, and tho trial lasted J--ta into the situation, and when but a portion of one day. In add!- ,ne "l"!clal "rand wa,8 ""I'aneled tion to the 12 years Gallagher wlUj T 25 11 was Immediately have to stay In prison until the cost! confronted with two conflicting of his prosecution has been paid by j theories. prison service, lie showed no emo- ' of these, supported by the tlon when the verdict was read or I niidiiiKS of an Investigating comnilt sentence pronounced. Two of the teo appointed by Mayor Alexander, men who found Gallagher guilty also that the Times' plant had been blown served on the Jury which declared up by dynamite through a conspiracy, him sane. Tno other, presented by a committee Commissioner Edwards was the named by the Stato Building Trade chief witness for the state. He re- Convention, then In session here, was counted the scene on the deck of a 'that a gas explosion had caused the transatlantic liner on the 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 tho 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. HOY 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 crrandmother, 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 Gcorgo Priddle, of Waukegan, former Zlon City leader, who claimed to have a revelation foretelling of dire catastrophes. Priddle, two years ago, prophesied the 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 Commission Government. . Springfield. 111. (Special). By a vote of 3.839 to 3,029 Springfield, the capital of tho State, Wednesday adopted tho commission form of Gov ernment. American Hanged In Cork. Cork, Ireland (Special). William Seaulon, an American army pension er, was hanged In Cork jail Wednes day morning. Ho was convicted, af ter three trials, of murdering his wifo's sister In July, 1909. Congressman Knapp's Wife Dead. Utica, N. Y. (Special). Mrs. Sarah Dorranco Knapp, wife of Congress man Charles L. Knapp, of the Thirty sixth district, died at her home, in Lowvllle. $lll,r00,000 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 the money Intended for uso In this country 6.000,000 pieces were coined for tfte Philippine Islands and 1,000, 000 for Costa Rica. INDICTMENTS IN DYNAMITING CASE Twenty-Two Returned in Los Angeles Times Explosion. REWARDS AGGREGATE ALMOST $100,000. Names Of Accused Not To Mo Made Public Until Arrests Are Made Explosion Thut Wrecked Newspa per Plant Outcome Of Plot Result ing In. Wholesale Murder Fol lowed General Otis' Content With Union Labor Itoinb Found At Homo Of Proprietor. Los Angeles (Special). The grand jury In the Los Angeles Times ex plosion caao returned 22 Indictments Thursday. All of the Indictments charge murder lr. connection with that crime. It Is not likely that the names of any of the indicted will be made public until after the arrests have been made. 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 the 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 the people of Los Angeles to a degree that for a few days bordered upon panic, and resulted in the offering of rewards aggregating almoBt $100, 000. Union labor, which the Times and wreck. More than 40 witnesses, the ma jority of them Identified with the union labor movement, were sum moned from San Francisco and oth er cities. Many labor union ofllclals were heard. In all, the grand Jury examined more than 200 persons who, in tins opinion of detectives working here and In San Francisco, might throw some 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. Hryce, W. A. Schmidt and David Kaplan, three 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 $25,000 was formally offered by the county board of supervisors for the capture of the trio. RICH PLANTER KILLS WIFE William Morgan, of Florida, Reliev ed To He Insane. Ponsacola, Fin. (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 la 70 years old. His wife was only a few years younger. Becoming aware of her husband's Insanity, Mis. Morgan at tempted to flee from the house, but was caught by Morgan, who cut her thront with a pocket knife before their servants could interfere. Explosion Leaves City Helpless. Minneapolis, Minn. (Special). Two men 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 ati accumulation of gas under tho switchboard. Three 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, the largest In tho world. Will Lasso Autolsts. San Francisco (Special). Cow boys on horseback, armed with las soes, are to look after speeding auto mobillsts in San Mateo county. Tho supervisors believe that a rope around the neck of a 60-mile scorch er, vvi'lh a stout pony at the other end of tho lariat, will discourage swift driving. Two cowboys, reared In the vicinity of Menlo, aro to be hired, each to receive $7.50 a day for their services. Lady Ross 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, one of the four women of the lower house, made the nominating speech that resulted In the election of Representative George Mcl.achian, of Denver, as Speaker. She also named the temporary chief clerk and Introduced resolution No. 1. THE CAMORRAS INMANACLES Tuirty-two of Thein at Viterbo, Italy, lor Trial. F03 THREE YEARS. Mob Of Italians Tries To Ureak Through the Police Cordon To Get At tho Prisoners Eriicone, Head Of tho Granit, Protests That the Murder Of Detective Petrosinl, Of New York, Recalled The Man He Captured. Viterbo, Italy (Special). Dctacn- mnnn of nollce heavily armed and jarblneers surrounded the station here Saturday at tho arrival of a members of tho Camorra, who are to stand trial for the murder of James Cuocolo, a leading member of the band, who had Incurred tho venge ance of the Camorrlsts for alleged acts of treachery. Cuocolo's body won found on the 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 tho prisoners and to prevent any attempt at their release. Thev have been In close confinement for more than three years, and hun dreds of their friends and relatives ignored at the station hero Satur day. Police detachments were sta tioned at various points, and when tho train arrived from Naples mere was a scene of riot and disorder. It was known that nothing would bo left undone to effect a rescue, and itrlngent orders had been Issued to the police and carbineers to put down any such attempt by whatever means necessary. Tho nrisoncrs descended from the :ar In groups of five chained togeth er. They comprised all varieties In tlirt r.oc lal scale, from dandy to laz- i.irone. Chief among them was En rico Alfano, better known as hrri- oiip. head of the Camorra, who was ii rested In New York In April, 1907, jy Detective Petrosinl. He was wrap- Bed up In heavy furs and scemeu hardly able to stand. Tho prisoners shook their rled fists and raised their voices ilmost as loudly as their protesting friends and relatives, me wne oi viandrlere. known also as DeMarlnls, the most prominent Camorrlst tfter Errlcone, struck at the Carabineers, ihoutlng: "May you all be killed! May you til go to the dissecting table of the lospltal!" Errtrsne protested earnestly, say ng: "We aro murdered innocents. The Viterbo Jury will take revenge -on is. Thus Italy will be disgraced be 'oro the world." It Is believed that evidence will bo brought out at the trial of these men ivhich will throw light upon the mur ier of Detective Petrosinl at Paler no In March, 1909, whither he was jent by the New York Police Depart ment to secure Information on Itallau criminals. ' ANOTHER POISOX CASE. G. M. Slrobakor, a Pittsburg Man, III From Strychnine. Pittsburg (Special). Pittsburg has developed a case of poisoning which may become sensational. While her husband, G. M. Strobaker, juperlntendent of the Morton Grain and Hay Company, Is lying In tho outh Side Hospital ill from strych nine poisoning, Mrs. Mary Strobak or, his wife, was Sunday evening letalned by tho police and orders given that no one, not .even counsel, be permitted to Bee her. Chief of Police McQuald says tho lepartment has enough evidence to show- an attempt at polsonlug. That ?nough strychnine was placed In tho rood of Strobaker Saturday to kill 25 men, is the assertion of physi cians w ho have been called In on tho :aao and tho question now to be answered Is, "Who put the poison In '.he food?" Mrs. Strobaker before being de tained by tho police asserted that her husband had enemies among the foreigners who worked In the eleva tors with him, and that some of the more spiteful had evidently put the iioison in his food. Fatal Rear-End Crash. Waco, Tex. (Special. II. D. Rey nolds, Pullman conductor, and Dr. King, of Dallas, were killed, when tho Missouri, Kansas and Texas flyer, N'o. fi, ran Into flyer, No. 8, at Ab bott, 27 miles north of here. Heavy fog obscured the lights on No. 6, tho rear sleeper of which was telescoped. I'lie other passengers were only illicitly shaken Woman and I la he Die. Philadelphia (Special). Mrs. Mnry Trainer, a young married wom an, and her four-month-old baby were suffocated by smoke when tho bod ,i)on which they lay was destroyed by tire. Tho police say that the bln7.o followed a party at tho worn- mi's home. It is believed that a lighted cigar was thrown upon the at 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 eBcape 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 Inluties that caused her death 20 vlnutes later. Bessie Smith, aged lfi, who weighed only 100 pounds, had preceded her down the rope and '.scaped. THE NEWS OP PENNSYLVANIA Colllngdale. First taking tho pi, and biding It In an obscure corner H that former Councilman Wilfred St loy, of Colllngdale, would have n, prize waiting him after he had d. feated CbbsIus Stauffer In a live ut. eon match Tuesday, former Council. man Jonas Hambo and Justice of th9 Peace Batten had their Joke turnti on them, when George Lawrence, . other former Councilman, and Knj Blythe took the pig and secreted It i. another place, where It was lrSn(. mately stolen by an unknown jukor, who kept the pig until Wedms, morning, when It was returned. Tli( humor of the Joke was that each participant Imagined It was exited. Ingly funny until ench pair liarnt-l that they In turn had been played the lame trick themselves, when ach raised a howl and threatened to hav lummary vengeance. Staley pot th entire ten birds, while his opponent missed one. A roast pig dinner is la :ourso of preparation for all coq. cerncd. Pittsburg. Patrolman Jack Keen- an found tho door of a studio nnpn early tho other morning and, iM-llev- Ing a burglar was Inside, Inspected the building. He was about to Eiv up his search when he stopped to look behind what he belleveu to lie t statue of some recumbent llf;iir wrapped In a winutng sneet. u, mace happened to press upon th 'statue's" stomach and with a howl It arose. "It" was taken to the no. Ilco station and gave tne name of Fred Fitch, who said he had no home. Darhv. Hoboes who have F'mcht tho hospitality of the Darby lock-up as a shulter and were courteously treated and almost warmly welcomed wero made to understand the real reason of the unexpected welcome the next morning, when Policeman I.anz. before liberating each man, placed a aaw In bis hand, conducted him to tho huge woodpile in the rear of th jail, and compelled him to an enough kindling to last for two .lights', burning. Reading. Tho new divorce rulci here have resulted In a decrease, la tho number of divorces granted dur. nc the nast year. A deposit or JJ must be made with the Prothonotarjr ieforo a subKena is granted to In niro the payment of court cost and :ho appointment of a master. I'nder :he old rule tho costs were not paid jntll after the divorce was granted. Last year 89 divorces were granted, compared with 133 tho year before. Lancaster. Mrs. Hettle Jenkins, a :olored woman, born In 1793, la dead In this city at tho age of 117. She was married threo times, was the mother of twenty-five children and utllved her husbands, and wit ti one xcentlon all of her children, the sole survivor being a son residing In this ltv. who Is 63 years of ago. The family came here from Easton about flvo years ago. Yorir Gcorgo S. Schmidt, counsel for tho York Railways Company, turned over to City Solicitor John U Kouso a voucher for $25,000, thus ompletlng the obligation of the com pany to tho city tnrougn me forfeiture of two bonds, each $.., ,100, for failure to complete the Penn Park & Colonial Railway w ;t ti- In a specified time. The money will be turned Into the city treasury. Chester. At a meeting of the Wesleyan Methodist Local Preach Drs" Board, of Philadelphia, held In :ho Wesleyan Methodist Church here, Samuel Hopkins, Henry Kelly. Wil liam Swain, Charles Wesley Hopkins, limmas Harris and Howard L. "" ard were received bb local preachers. Conlav. Mrs. Alico J. I.nubiicli, of this place, Is enjoying the large for- une left by her husband, James .m h nv her husband's will slicil left all of his real estate and personal property, provided sho does n marry again. v,.rV Martin Shuo and llcrliort ritorne, of Spring Grove, rhargtd with counterfeiting, pleaded guilt) w iho charges beforo 1'nlted State Commissioner John Kr-11. The ni. were held under a bond of $1,0"0 for rhelr appenianco at tho United Slates Oourt. Media. Tho Media Republic 21ub has elected tho following of' ers for the yearf President, Kt'cor ier of Deeds J. Lord Rlgby; vice president, Joseph Rogers; record!"! secretary, Harry J. Makiver; financi al secretary, Harry Greenfield; treas urer, Jesse D. Plerson. Wrightsville.- While displaying new revolver, a Christmas gift, M' ward Dltzler, aged 12, of Wright' vlllo, accidentally shot James W'8 atskey, aged 12, and tho lad Is in1 serious condition. Ho was taken i .he hospital. ' Berwick. At tho ago of 101 yca" 10 months and 15 days, Peter No tho oldest resident In this section, iied at tho home of his son, Naj'" aniel. Ho voted on his hundred'1 birthday, and upon that day took W Brst automobilo ride. Ills old laughter is In her 82d year. Shenandoah. Michael Thorntoi 45 years old, a farmer of Hliurto" fell downstairs and broke his neel causing his death. Mrs. Thorn"" aroso at 7 o'clock and, going do atalrs, was horrified to find her no oand cold In death at the foot of t it airs. Conahohocken. James Miller, shot Michael Harrington with a gJ on the streets of the two,- was b under $1,000 ball by Justice blKl'lJ await the result of the Injuries Harrington. West Newton. Andrew Plahuto, coal miner, of this place, was shj iown and killed while on his way visit his mother, lie was held up two colored men and a white n"" Robbery was the motive. Negotiations aro proceeding fo' opening up certain districts of M2'' oibloue by railway extensions. escaped.