The
Ritoa County News
McConocll.--.burg, Pa.
THE BOY AND THE GUN.
Tmct aeson brings 1U own iport 01
pstatlniea. same or fad for the boyj
Tk autumn and winter are the sea'
cm when many boys hunt or shoot a
rjrreart teal, aays the Omnha B e. This
bould be the time, then, for the relt
n-t(n of that old warning about the
Illdii1 know It was loaded" accident.
ISoye should be careful with their
wlinc-ring Irons, and nnvrr fall lo know
rtirther they are loaded or not. Two
Vijs wrn out shooting a few days
m aucj fine. thinking his gun was
empty, aimed it at the other nnd
Sullt the trigger. The other dropped
jcil "I didn't know It-was loud' d."
nailed the ono who killed him, echo--j-g
tbo wall of news of others who
Msd ot Kometlme In on as crlmlniil'y
setfuitui as himself. No boy or man
Jtas a rlKht to aim a flri-nrm at an
jthT person, and when he does It,
liftlier barm conn s of It or not. he
flCTuld bo made to feel that he has
done something be should not. Par
tntn c well afford to deny guns nnd
jpf.trds to their boys until they have
reached such ages as will make them
vpb!e of realizing their dangers. It
Ctey must have guns, they should be
nuifrfflvd against careless use ot
-tarn. It sometimes seems trite to
peak of warning boya against such
yhlugi. but If they were warned often
naujrn such distressing accidents
9jaili be fewer.
ririsburg Is growing at a fairly
rwpiil rate, but wants to Increase still
jrinre awlftly. That smoky town has
n ambition to r-ach the 1. 000.000
tiTiark In population, and Is bend ng
every effort In tint direction. For
one thing. Pittsburg Is pushing the
project for a ship cnnal from that city
.x I-ake Krle, by which it Is hoped to
j:acreaie still further the already great
industrial activity of that district.
Other schemes Inrlude a btg rapid
transit system, with aubway attach-.-cents,
bringing various points Into
craider Teach; educational and other
expansion, nnd numerous Improve
ment designed to Increase the at
trurtivrncss and convenience of the
nlty and its environs. And nttsburg
vetma to have sufficient public spirit
rarry out the grent work suggested.
Tbe census figures continue to give
Grt (resting results Mention fans been
made of the fact that there are now In
fn T'nlted States CO cities with a
jagrulatlon of 100.000 or more, a not
acAe italn In ton years, as there were
irt Zt auch cities In 1900. Now the
ucutna bureau, having compiled the
returns, announces tbat there are In
Tnl country U cities with a popula
.Ijm reaching or exceeding 250.000. In
jJ there were 15 towns included
in tbat class. From this It appears
That, while there has been marked
rate ia many cities, large and email,
tifle roportlon haa been greatest
.ijnipg TDunlclpalities of moderate
Ala they do some things better In
Seren any. A reckless chauffeur who
XT-del a.n American woman when he
r la to crowd of theatergoers has
tern sent to tbe penitentiary for 15
JO Mil a.
Tt to ld that one or the prominent
Hfitiaft colleges la going to Insist on
jjreficieney In spelling and writing In
rit students. This looks as If the
Vfber education were meditating a
TJuro to tbe simple life.
Bamn New York undertakers are
nlii to be In lergue with preachers
vif aeitons. It might be worse, as
?nT Is no evidence offered that un
fru.ker are In league with doctors.
7t ts reported that there has been a
writ of poetry In England. If the
iiew esn manage to get through this
n'jatrr there may be a chance for
-.m vt tbero, after all.
A Jfw Tork boy is to have a legacy
ii (14,000 provld d he does not enter
An-nlatatry. Isn't that an awful pros
jrt for the averuge small boy to con
KunalateT "Y6 Massachusetts man who Raws
o4 daily at the nge of 100 finds that
tt iocwi't need any gymnasium ex
trelvs. T6t Chicago philosopher who ad-v.-t8
the eatlrg of four meals a day
jrotidi'B a long awaited antidote to
'BrvCiter Fluher.
A man In Maryland wants a divorce
iccauue he Is adTrald of his wife. Ap
jtretitfy be considers his condition
. Frenchman, having taken the
rldr altitude record away from
njUra. that nation Is entitled to
ii hanor of being tho flightier.
ffetertjr dot nearly everything to
mat except to tak away his ap
tHt. A oy tunning to work In Phlladel
yvt propped dead. Infrequent easel
mt precipitancy In that town are usual-
fatal.
Jk French army aeronaut flew 100
ns ta 79 minutes. There can be no
tueatioa of tbe possible rulue of such
SMd and range to an army scout
Many a brave man never gets a
ef to prove it, but la Just as well
HURRIES TROOPS
TO MEXICAN LINE
Will Prevent Insnrreclos From
Crossing Border.
13 ENFORCE STRICT NEUTRALITY.
President Dili May Ask the I nite.l
Slatt-H for Pci'inlxhiim to Send
Mexican l-Vdoml Troops Over
Amei icaii Tei i-ltoi j I .BOO 1'. S.
('avail men Will Now Patrol the
lloiiler of Texas ami Ciilifoiiiin
Jimie. Is Desoitetl ly Nciiily All
Its ( illens.
Washington, l. C. The acute
revolu: iouuiy situation along the
iiurtiiern bun;, r of Mexiio Friday
moved the Ann ncju govi rmneiit to
ruiili twelve additional troops of cav
alry to tlie frontier to piisuvo the
neutrality of the I'nited riiutis. The
American military foici s will pre
vent not only tho movement of revo
lutionary bauds It tun this country
Into Mexico, but also will prohibit de
feated rcbtls with arms from seeking
refuge on the territory of the I'nited
States.
Tills action was based upon strong
representations from the Mexican
government to the effect that armed
hands of revolutionaries have been
entering Mexico at isolated places
along the southern boundary of the
I'nited States. Furthermore, It was
declared, tho revolutionists have
crossed tho Hio Grande from Mexico,
entering the I'nited States for the
purpose of making their way undis
turbed through American territory
and then re-entering Mexico for the
purpose of operating against a stra
teglc point. In reply to tho protests
of Mexico, the I'nited States govern
ment has assured that country that
every nuasure will bo adopted with
a view to preventing any violation
of a neutral attitude on the part
of America.
To Patrol Holder,
Orders for the dispatch of the re
inforcements to the border line were
Issued by the War Iiepartment Fri
day. Of tlx- twelve companies of
ravalrv. consist ina of about 7.r0 men.
four w ill be sent from the Presidio, j portions are tho reasons assigned at
Cal., six from Fort Meade, S. I)., nnd the White House for the cancellation
two from Fort Wlngate. N. M. Thislof the t.ip. It is believed In many
will make the total military repre-! quarters, however, that Mr. Taft is
nntaHon of the I'nited States alimi-! clearing the decks of nil but absoluto-
ed along the frontier 22 troops of
cavalry, or about l.fiOO men.
It Is understood that the Mexican ,
government Is contemplating asking
the United States for permission to;an exira ses.-ion
bring Mexican troops from Sonora,
Mex., over American territory Into
Cludad Juarez. The request has not
,1
yet token definite form, but if It Is
made It Is believed that the theory
will be advanced by Mexico that the
neutrality of the United States will
not be violated by favorable action
on the proposition In view of the i
Tact tnat tne Deiiigerency oi me rev-
olution has not been recognized by
this government.
MUDAI.S FOH 1IFHOIC IMKJS.
To Hew aril Canines That Save Lives
or Itout Itiirglnrs.
New York. Canine heroism will
no longer pass unrewarded. The
small animals committee of the New
York Woman's League for Animals,
of which Mrs. James Speyer Is presi
dent, announced that dogs who save
human lives, drive off burglars, catch
thieves or perform other acts of hero
Ism will hereafter receive official rec
ognition of their bravery through the
league, and their owners will be pre
sented with medals.
COUKT IX UPItOAH.
Chillies Smith Discovers a
New
Crime in Murylund.
New York. Charles Smith was up
before Judge Fawcett to plead to on
Indictment for a minor offense.
"Smith," tlie Judge addressed him,
"were you ever convicted of any
crime before?"
"Yes, sir," the man answered,
promptly, "I once got married In
Maryland."
It required several minutes to re
store order in the courtroom.
Coffee Trust Alleged.
Washington, I). C. The existence
of an alleged coffee trust has been
called to the attention of the De
partment of Justice. It Is charged
that the marketing of Brazilian cof
fee Is entirely in the hands of a com
mittee which controls the market and
Is now planning an advance of four
cents a pound. The statement mr.3
to the department declares that the
preparing to market
committee la
78,000,000 pounds of beans at an
additionol profit of $3,000,000.
To Have American Advisers.
Teheran, Persia. Parliament vot
ed to engage five American finan
cial advisers.
Popular Vote on Suffrage.
Sacramento, Cal. The Constitu
tional amendment providing for the
submission of the question of woman j
suffraire to a popular vote was pussed i
by the Assembly, 65 to 6. Tim
amendment already has passed the
Senate.
Tablet Voted for Greeley.
Concord, N. H. By vote of the
Legislature, the birthplace of Horace
Greeley, in Amherst, will be marked
by a tablet.
1 Proriure Men for Reciprocity.
New York. The Board of Mana
gers of the New York Produce Ex
change Indorsed the reciprocal agree
ment with Canada as proposed by
President Taft and recomemnded Its
ratification by Congress.
Flies YVItli Seven Passengers.
Pau, France. M. Leniartln, the
French aviator, broke the world's
passenger carrying record, piloting a
monoplane he carried up 7 passen
ger! for a 5-mlnute flight.
DEAD ilER SIX HUNDRED
Victims of the Eruption and
Tidal Wave.
Manila. Revised estimates places
the number of those killed by the
eruptions of Mount Taal, and drown
ed In the tidal waves, at 600. Those
include many In the two hamlets
which arc being excavated on the
north shore of Tnal Island. Sixty
two bodies were lurlcd In a trench
Thursday.
Washington. To meet conditions
of suffering in the Philippines lnciT
dent to the eruption of the Mount
Taal volcano, the American National
Kid Cross Society in Washington has
cabled $1.0ii0 to Governor General
Forbes of the islands. Governor
Forbes is pn sideiit of the Philip
pine branch of the Hod Cross which
already has tal;en active measures
for relief.
Tbo Governor reports, however,
that tmli ss a.!eiunto means are'
idontod there will he much suffer-
lnj:, as mud nnd lava have destroyed'
the crons of thousands of families. !
Col. William C. Hives, of the army ;
and assistant chief of the Pliillipplne
constabulary, has been placed In
charge of all relief work, lie has
divided the affected territory Into'
districts. Additional detachments of
tho constabulary are being rushed
to the scene to aid in the work.
C.WCIXS l,OXJ TltlP SOUTH.
'resident Clear Decks For Fxtra '
Session If Necessary. j
Washington. President Taft's an-
nouncement that the Southern tour
which lie had planned to tnke the
early part of next month would be
canceled, with the exception of the
visit to Atlanta on March 10, has
started political tongues to wagging
with rur,.ors to the fleet that his
nurposf was to prepare for a ikissI
hle extra sess'on of Congress in case
the I'l-es -nt s"f:on fails to enact the
reciprocity avi-eeinent between the
Uiiit.-d Siates and Canada.
Pressure of business and the fact
that numerous invitations to visit
r-ai.y places in the South were mak
iii1.' the tour assume too large pro-
ly necessary engagements so that. In
( se he should find It Impossible to
gei ins recipiocny m.-uMi.e ....Uu,.
tnts session, ne can oe piepaieu io.
riKUD SHOT FltOM MUFF.
j Wife. ObJ.-rtliiR to Divorce, Wound
Husband anil Herself.
South P.end, Ind. (Special).
Driven half mad by the thought of
being divorced by her husband, Xlrs.
.;.. l
Haker, wife of William M.
jsaker, a weauny ouiiu.ng coniracior,the Jer(pv Vn(ral -fo be certain
attempted to kill him In a crowded we llor tlle authorities will ever know
downtown street. She tnen turned ;
the smoking revolver on herself and
tried to commit suicide. Daker will
live, but the woman, who Is In the
hospital with bullet wounds In her
head and body, will die.
Kobbers Loot Hunk.
Galeeburg, 111. (Special). After
exploding six charges of nitroglycerin
and awakening the entire town, a
band of bank robbers escaped In an
automobile with $2,400 from the
Bank of Swan Creek, near here. The
robbers cut all wires so that no com
munication could be had. A posse
Is In pursuit.
Lyncher I Found Guilty.
Vou-nrlf O William McKlnlev.
a shopkeeper, was found guilty of
manslaughter by a Jury which heard
evidence against him In connection
with the lynching here last July of
Carle Thornington, a detective for
the "dry" element of the community.
McKlnley is the Becond of tho mob
leaders to be convicted.
(lurk for President.
Montgomery, Mo. (Special).
Claude H. Ball, who was recently
Champ Clark's opponent for Con
gress, has Just returned from a tour
through 10 states and Jeclared there
is an uprising in West for Champ
Clark for President.
"Peiutsy" Order lOOO Cars.
Altoona, Pa. The Pennsylvania
Railroad Company has given the lo
cal car shops an order for 1000 open
gondola cars. The order will keep
p rar I'1"', b for several
mourns.
Thirty Killed in Wreck.
Barcelona, Spain. The derailing
of the pasonger train at Valencia was
caused by a washout of the roadbed.
Thirty persons were kiled.
Hunker Knds Life.
Aurora, 111. Robert M. Newton
45 years old, banker and prominent
horseman, committed suicide at Ot
tawa, 111., by leaping into the Illinois
River from a bridge. Loss of $75,'
000 in the failure of a bank at Bill
ings, Mont., recently, and despond
ency over the fact that some of his
relatives whom he had Induced to
put money In the bank, lost all they
had, are believed to have been the
causes of his suicide.
Subbed by School Principal.
Galilee, Miss. Hugh McNair, 18
years old, who was stabbed several
days ago by Prof. Cleve Edwards,
principal of the public school here,
died Thursday. Edwards surrender
ed to the authorities. The trouble
grew out of an alleged attack by Mc.
Nalr and two companions on Ed
wards upon his return from a visit
to a young woman, for v, hose affec
tons all four oartlclpantg were
rivals.
FROZEN DYNAMITE
SAVER NEW YORK
Armv Ordinance Bureau Experts
Render An Opinion.
THREE INVESTIGATIONS ARE ON.
Metropolis Saved From Fur Worse
Disaster llcciiiisc Twenty Tons of
Dynamite Were Frozen anil Was
Free From Danger of Concussion
Dead anil Missing .Number Thirty-
I licet
TI.e Destroyed Lighter Not
l icensed to Carry Fxplosives.
Seventy thousand pounds of
dynamite exploded from some
linkiioun muse on a Jersey City
pier.
Two tuj.s alongside, niiicli of
the pier and about iiil men wink
ing nei.r by uere Idoun lo alums.
The blast .bined Manluif tan
Island and (he Jersey shore us
far us Long Itiuucli, 13 miles
llisl.'llll.
Ksliinafcs of die dead real 1 1
.Ml or more, and the Hounded
i:Miu..cr hundreds, many of them
f.ilnlly hint.
Sk) scraper in -New York
rocked, fel l') boats were almost
IiIoimi over, thousands of win
dows smashed, nnd panic scicd
the crowds in many places.
Many believed an cnrtiiijiiake
had occurred.
The property damaged I es
tiniated at millions.
New York
-Agents of the Du Pont
do Nemours Powder Company, the
Prosecutor of Hudson countv. N. J..
;nKK.,.torg f ule Hureau of
.,0HV(.8 .,( t),0 Ordnance liureau of
the War Iiepartment started separate
investigations in the frightful ex
plosion of dynamite at the Cominu
nipaw piers of the Central Kailroad
of New Jersey.
'o arrests have been made, no
en ii" for the explosion had been
t:f il, and no additional bodies were
found. The list of dead and missing '
p'ill stands at about. 33 and the prop-'
erty damage ranges dose to $ l.(KH), -
to, II. I
The interesting opinion was ex
pressed by the Army Ordnance llu-!
reau experts after their examination
of the scene of the disaster that the
city bad been saved from a far worse
disaster through the fact that from
jQ 2( t()m if (lvamic 0I1
the
spot was frozen and, therefore, large-
,y fr(ip fr()I ,he llanKer of explosion
,)y .!
They further declared their opin
ion that no dynamite exploded ex
cept that already stored on the Kath
erlne W. It was their belief that a
boiler explosion on the vessel set o(T ;
some dynamite that had been Btored
near the boiler room and partially1
thawed out. !
Will Never Know Cause.
1
u iiuvu gone un ciiougii now,
said Vice-President W. C. Heeler, of
Jllst whnt ,.ausf.d the explosion. We
Unow tllat tlle raiIrond cannot be !
held responsible. As common car
riers the law requires us to accept
explosives at the published rates, and
under the supervision and regula-:
t io us of the Ordnance Bureau of the
War Department, with which we!
j ,u"""":u
H.,.1
unce we naa nenverea ai.
rr Rt the terminal and the con-
! n' 1,8(1 c,,e w'th, his waybill to
take possession and had broken the I
seal of the car, as had been done In '
this case, It was out of our control
and our responsibility had ceased."
Was Not Licensed.
James Healing, owner of the de
stroyed lighter, Katherlne W., ad
mitted without hesitancy that be
had no license to carry explosives
and Btlded that all the city author!
ties knew it, too. When be first went
Into the business of transporting ex
plosives four years ago, he said, he
had Inquired about a license and
never could find that one was re
quired. "Four of my men," he said
"qualified handlers of explosives
had to take out licenses, and they
did, from the United States Bureau
of Combustibles. I never knew, and
nobody else handling explosives In
this harbor ever knew, that any
other license was required."
A resolution providing for an in
vestigation of the explosion was In
troduced at a meeting of the New
York Chamber of Commerce by
Jacob H. Schlff. The resolution
calls upon the committee on harbor
and Bhipplng to submit to the cham
ber suggestions for regulations to
prevent a repetition of the explosion.
llrone Bust of llockefellor.
Chicago. A life-size bronzo bust
of John D. Rockefeller has been
placed on the mantel over the fire
place In the south wall of Hutchin
son Hall, at the University of Chi
cago. The design is the ' work of
William Couper, of New York.
Chicago's Budget.
Chicago. Chicago's budget, for
1911, as prepared by the Council
Committee on Finance, amounts to
$49,440,000. Of this amount, $13,
500,000 will go to the Board of Ed
ucation. Admiral Sperry Dead.
Washington, D. C. Roar-Admiral
Charles S. Sperry, retired, who suc
cessfully piloted the United States
fleet around the world In 1908-1909,
died at the Naval Medical School Hos
pital Jiere Wednesday of pneumonia.
Peaches in Bloom In Oklahoma,
Guthrie, Okla. (Special). Tem
perature ranged from 78 to 82 here
Tuesday afternoon. Peach blossoms
are bursting open and fruit growers
sny the crop will be ruined if colJ
weather should come.
Carnegie l-'nrlclie Birthplace.
London (Special). A gift of
$1,250,000 from Andrew Carnegie
to the town of Dumfermline, In Scot
land, was announced Tuesday." Dum
fornillne Is Carnegie's birthplace.
JOHN HELL FORCED OUT
He Calls Union's Action a Crnel
Injustice.
Columbus, O. (Special). Dy a
vote on roll call of 1,213 to 967. the
United Mineworkers Tuesday adopt
ed an amendment to their constitu
tion, providing that members of the
National Civic Federation must for
feit membership In the United Mine
workers of America, which amend
ment forces John Mitchell, former
president of the mineworkers' or
ganization, either to give up his poai-
I t Inn wllh I 1m. fprlerutioll or resilMl
f . .,..,,. ,,,.,
Tho vote on roll call followed a
standing vote of 410 to 344 taken
hi the morning, which favored adop
tion of the amendment.
Following the completion of tho
roll call and before the vote was an
nounced, a tcli gram from John Mit
chell, who had Ikih' Informed of the
..tanding vote of tin! convention, was
r. ad by So rotary Perry.
Tho U.U of .Mitchell's telegram
was:
"I am advised that, by amendment
of constitution, I am deprived of my
mombeishii) in the United Miuework-
I ers of America unless I relinquish
n y membership in tho National Civic
Federation.
"While I regard this action as a
cruel Injustice, following, as It has,
an overwhelming vote of conlldenco
f.n the part of the miners of the
country, as evidenced by n;y elec
tion as a delegate to the American
Federation of Labor, nnd coming at
a timo when the enemies of labor
are exerting their every Influence to
have afllrmed by the Supreme Court j
of the United States the sentence of
"Ine months" imprisonment Imposed
Fx-'Upon me because of a resolution
adopted by a miners" convention, yet
I recognize tho legal right of the con
vention to enact the legislation, and
while I believe that an Investigation
should have been made by your con
vention before passing Judgment
averse to the National Civic Federa
tion and against me personally, nev
ertheless, I submit to your wishes.
although I shall live In tne roncious-
ticss that tlie men and women at
home, for whom I worked for so
ir nry years, will not concur In your
co" elusions."
T!ie amendment was considered at
the two previous annual sessions of
tlie United Mine Workers. Last year
ho was credited with having said that
lie would give up his position with
Pie Civic Federation before breaking
his connection with the miners.
Mitchell will havo until April 1 to
determine what action he shall take.
Socialists were largely Ins'ru
mental In coming to the aid of the
Lewis forces In adopting the amend
ment. A few Socialists, however,
voted against It.
l-H'TUD 400 FI'.F.T HY KITFS.
Ileutcmnt On Cruiser Penns, Iviiniu
Take Many Pictures.
Santa Darbara, Cal. Lieut. John
Hodgers was lifted 4 00 feet from the
deck of the cruiser Pennsylvania by
man-raising kites.
Tlie warship was steaming twelve
knots against an eight-knot breeze
at the time and Rodgers, suspended
from the kite cable, 100 feet astern,
made observations and camera views
for fifteen minutes.
He signaled the results of his ob
servations to the offlcers on the ship.
man-llftlng
The odlcer was carried up by a
train of eleven kites.
TWKLYK MFX DltOWXKD.
Accident on Bridge Over Passaic
Itivrr, at Xewurk.
Newark, N. J. (Special). Police
headquarters was notified here that
several men, probably K, had lost
their lives in the Passaic ltiver be
tween this city and Harrison.
There was an accident of some
Lort on tne Centre street bridge,
Pennsylvania Railroad structure, re
cently acquired by the McAdoo tun- j
nel system.
Of late gangs of workmen had
been employed night and day Install
ing a new draw and It is supposed
that a collapso of part of the struc
ture threw them Into the water.
Set Buck for Woman Suffrnge,
Lansing, Mich. (Special). The
Michigan legislature by a vote of 55
to 44 defeated the resolution calling
for the submission of the question
of woman suffrage to the people In
November, 1912 The measure re
quired a two-third majority, 67
votes, to pass.
Ciinie Xatloii Is Hecoverinj.
Leavenworth, Kan. (Special).
The condition of Carrie Nation, who
Is In a sanitarium for a nervous
breakdown. Is much Improved. The
attending physician says that his pa
tient would be able to leave the san
itarium in less than a month.
Mauled by a Lion.
London (Special.) George tay,
brother of the British foreign min
ister, was severely mauled by a lion
Sunday near the Athl River, East
Africa. He was stalking lion with
Sir Alfred Pease and others, when
one of the beasts chased and seized
. I .1 V. I ... .. 1
i iillll anil women nun ub a ii uoes
a mouse. He was rescued with the
greatest difficulty and is recovering
from his Injuries. The accident Is
ascribed to Mr. Gray's rashness.
Woman Shoots F.x-Leglslutor.
Roanoke, Va. (Special). Be
cause they Insisted on turning a pair
of oxen Into a field rented by her
husband, Mrs. Van Edwards, at Inde
pendence, Grayson county, fired at J.
O. Davis and Cleve Troy with a
double-barrel shotgun. Fifteen shot
took effect In Davis" arm. Mrs. Ed
wards was arrested, but later re
leased on ball. Davis Is an ex-niei-ber
of the House of Delegates and
member of the State Democratic Ex
cxutlve Committee.
SHOT HIMSELF
IN TRAIN WRECK
Passenger Pinned in Flames
Commits Suicide.
FIVE KILLED IN COLLISION.
Five Men Killed anil a X umber In
jured In a Head-on Collision on a
Itianch of the Grand Trunk Hull
road Xenr Purls, Ontario Fire
Adds to Clio Sufferers' Agony
Orders Were Disobeyed.
Paris, Out. Five lives were lost,
one man is missing and was probably
burned to ashes and four otheis were
injured in a Ik ail-on collision latu
Saturday night on the iiiifl'alo-Gode-tii
h branch of the Grand Tiuuk when
train No. llli, running t'r.wii liul'falo
to Goderieh, met a light engine run
ning east three iiiIIcb northwest of
Purls. Tho victims weio all mem
bers of tlie crew of tlie passenger
train. The wreckage caught fire and
was consumed.
The second car of the train was a
combination baggage and smoking
car. it was badly shattered and im
mediately after the crush it caught
fire from overturned kerosene lamps
John Whitclaw, tho express mes
senger, wos pinned under tho wreck
age. Ho was badly injured, but still
conscious. The train crew heard hi
calls for help and aided by passen
gers they worked hard to effect hit
rescue. Tlie (lames drove them back
"If you can't help tne soon, I'll
end it all," he was heard to say.
It was Impossible to check tht
flames, which were rapidly Hearing
Whitclaw. There was the sound ol
a revolver shot, after which tlie In
jured man's voice was heard nr.
more. 1 lo undoubtedly ended his
agony with the revolver which he al
ways carried in his belt.
Mistaken or forgotten orders are
nlven as t ho cause of the accident.
bokk (,i:m i; i. df.ad.
Plot Ci'onje Who Hi lively I ought
Fngli-li Army.
Kleiksdorp, Transvaal. Gen. Plot
A. Cronje, the noted Boer general,
died Saturday.
General Cronje commanded tiic
Western army of the South African
republics in the recent war. After
nun. nous reverses the British Gov
ernment sent out Field Marshal Lord
Roberts and General Lord Kitchener,
with thousands of fresh troops to put
down the Boers. All their arrange
ments were completed by the early
part of February, 19(o. General
Cronje and his Boer forces were toe
greatly outnumbered to withstand
tlie avalanche which fell upon them.
Cronje was instrumental In frus
trating the Jameson raid at Krugers
dorf In 1 895-96. He was a member
of the Executive Co'iincil of the
Transvaal republic and chief native
commissioner, lie wa3 born about
1 835.
WILL ARRANGE ARMISTICE.
United Slates us Mediator in Hon
duras. Washington, D. C. After an in
terview with General Bonllla at Cci
ba, Honduras, Commander Davis, ol
the gunboat Tacoma, telegraphed to
the Navy Department that he had
been given to understand the revolu
tionary commander would agree to
an armistice within a few days. With
the acceptance of mediation tlie
United States will formally under
take the task of attempting to bring
the factions together. It is assumed
that this government will suggest a
neutral spot, possibly an American
warship, on which representatives ol
President Davllla and General Bonil
la ran meet and endeavor to arrango
a truce with ultimate peace in View.
General Christmas and his forces
have occupied Puerto Cortez.
GORILLA VS. BULLDOG.
A Fierce Bui Short Combat W'utcbed
by Town's Population.
New Iberia, La. A battle to the
death between a gorilla and an Eng
lish bulldog, in which the gorilla was
victorious, was fought here Saturday
with almost the entire male popula
tion of New Iberia as spectators.
Much money was wagered.
The dog and gorilla were placed
In the pen at midnight; at 12:02:30
A. M. tho dog was dead.
The dog leaped at the gorilla im
mediately after being placed in the
pen. The gorilla caught the dog just
as a man does a baseball, then bit
quickly through the dog's skull into
the brain, broke Its back and tore
It to pieces.
Forgot tlie Lord's Prayer.
Topeka, Kan. At a session of the
State Senate recently the Rev. F
Randall, the chaplain, requested the
senators to repeat with him the
Lord's Prayer. Only eight senators
were able to join In Its audible repe
tition. Since then the chaplain has
distributed copies of the Book ol
Common Prayer of the Episcopal
Church among the members.
Salt has recently been discovered
on Sakhalin Island.
President Expects to Attend.
Washington, D. C President Taft
gave a tentative promise to attend
the Appalachian Exposition to be
held In Knoxvllle, Tenn., Septembei
10 to 30. Tho Invitation was ex
tended by Representatives . Austin
and Massey, of Tennessee, and Col
L. D. Tyson, president of the exposi
tion. The radiotelegraph station at Po
tropavlosk, Kamchatka, has been
opened for the use of the publio
EXONERATE OIL CI
PUBLISHER OF HAMPTON'S MAC.
ZINE RETRACTS ACCUSATION
AGAINST 8TXNDARD.
ARTICLE CAUSED LIBEL SUIT
Hampton's and Moffett Declare Upon
Investigation Oil Company Ii Not
Connected With 8ale of
Impure Candies.
New York. In the matter of th
libel suits brought by tho Standard 0
company for $250,000 damages against
Hampton's Magazine and for jKOifii)
damages against Cleveland .Modi tt,
tho former the publisher, and t lio ;,t.
ter the writer, of un article In u.(. y,.
ruary issue of the magazine wlin-h le
famed the company in riineei,jri
with tlie sale of glucose and candy in
Philadelphia, tho following retr.h ii(,r;j
have been signed In the oihi o of
Shearman & Sterling, the Sunilarii
Oil company's lawyers In the
and have been Issued from Hie u,ni
pany's offices at No. 26 l.n-.j.
way:
"Hampton Magazine, Co Wist
Thirty lltth St., New York,
"Jan. 31. ion.
"Standard Oil Company, 26 Broadway,
New York.
"Dear Sirs: In the February Imie
of Hampton's Magazlno there ms
published an article written by me,
entitled, 'Cnssldy and the Fond Pols
oners." In that articlo I referred to
the investigation of Mr. Cassloy, ultti
respect to the manufacture and sal
of Impure candles In Philadelphia, and
made tho statement that your com
pany manufactured and sold Impure
material whlc"i went Into these can
dles and that, when the various deal
ers were arnwted and fined, at the In
stance of Mr. Cassldy, your cnmiianjr
paid the fines.
"Upon Investigation. I havo nrir
talned that your company was In no
way concerned with the transa'-'lnns
referred to and I hasten to retract In
thi! fullest manner all charges ininlc
against your company and to expn.-.-s
my fincere regret that I should line
fallen Into this serious error. Yours
truly, Cleveland Moffett."
"Jan. .11, 1MI.
"Standard Oil Company, New Yo:k
City.
"Dear Sirs: referring to forrzulri.
letter of Mr. Cleveland Mnff-it to
you, we beg to state that we ai" con- ,
Vlnced that Mr. Moffett was in error
In his statements with reference to
your company. We greatly regret that
these errors should have been made
It Is the desire of Hampton's Masa
zlne to be accurate and fair In all
things. In our March number wc nil!
publish this letter and the foregoing
letter of Mr. Moffett. Yours truly,
BetiJ. B. Hamilton, President, Broad
way Magazine, Inc."
MUST TELL GRAFT STOM
Danville Judge Orders Prosecutor to
Answer All Questions Put by
Jury In Bribe Quiz.
Danville, III. Judge Kiinbrouph in
the circuit court banded down a de
cision In the case of City Attorn."
Jones, who declined to answer certain
questions regarding vote selling and
buying which the grand Jury put to
him.
The court Instructed Jones to an
swer all questions. The opinion stated
that, according to a decision of the
Supreme court of the United States,
a witness before the grand jury Ii
immune from Indictment. Thn court
also held that the city election law Ii
unconstitutional, which means that
Jones cannot be questioned about hap
penings more than eighteen month
ago.
This means thr-t the Investigation
will continue until all the wiinc-
now summoned are examined. It l
said that many Indictments have been
voted, but whether they are for vote
selling is not known.
VOLCANO'S TOLL IS' 700
Five Thousand Families in Philippine
Have Been Wholly Ruined
By Disaster.
Washington. The eruption of Tw
volcano nnd tho accompanying dis
turbances in the Philippines killed
700 people in the town of Talifiv, ac
cording to the report of tho governor
of Batangas province, which a im rJ'
bled to the war department by Gov
ernor General Forbes of the Phillppi"
Islands.
The earthquake shocks continue. it'
governor general added. Five thousand
families have been ruined by tne tn
natnr
The Philippine authorities are far
to face with the absolute necessity '
adopting relief measures In order tj
avoid suffering, as the falline ",,ld
and lava destroyed the crops within
considerable radius of thu volcano.
DECIES HONEYMOON IN ECYFT
Vivien Gould, After Wedding to Eng
lish Lord, Will Take Trip
to Africa.
New York. It Is announced M
Lord and Lndy Decles, the l-"ter
now Miss Vivien Gould, who are to e
morried February 7, will spend theif
honeymoon In Egypt. They will lfJ
. i... t.v.i .. 10 k th runam
liner Carmanla. In Egypt they '"
spend a few days In Cairo anil the"
visit notable points in upper tg)i"
new uucniiD. uuv v- o-
Hornet, seized recently by the W
tlonlsts, has never been mounted "'
guns, Is the statement made her
Otto Ahlborn, former chief engUM
of the Hornet.
Heiuse xo movs up"""
Carson, Nev. - By a tie vote,
te 20, the lower bouse of the i
vada legislature defeated a reo'
tlon to remove the capital from C
ton on Winnemuoca.