The
Fulton County News
McConnellsburg, Pa.
OUT OF THE FARM.
Tbs urban conception of the farm
In winter In one of snug comfort and
drowsy euBe, Its external appearance
bowing, as in Hip familiar pictorial
Ideal of a snowbound farmhouse, with
a shoveled path leading through a
gate to a radiant window, thrown
which one peers In fancy and dlscerujt
liappy family clustered round u
lamp, says the l'hlladelplila Press. The
Idea Is that tho farmer has little or
nothing to do In the daytime but sit
lnsldn his homA and feed the stock;
the wife knits; the children go to
school. It Is a charming picture, not
always true to life. There Is no time'
In the year when there Is cessation
from toll on a farm. It Is different in
winter; that is all. The days are
shorter; the work rougher. Of course,
much depends upon the character of
tho farm; considerable leisure Is pos
sible where few cattle nre kept and
general trucking done. But always
there are the "chores." A remarkably
plastic expression that "doing
chores." It may mean much or little.
Eome dairy farmers, for Instance,
whose serious business in life is milk
ing cows, may potter around the farm
after the morning's milking and ta
king the mortilng'B milk to tho cream
ry or railroad station, eat their noon
dinners, mend some fence, look over
the harness or haul out manure, pot
ter around some more, and then say:
"Guess It's about time to do the
chores;" meaning to milk two dozen
cows or so the real hard work of the
day.
Following Chicago's school for po
licemen comes New York's school for
firemen. It will open, according to the
announcement of the city's firs com
missioner. Immediately after , the new
year. All present employes of the
department, as well as all new hands,
will be required to attend, and only
"graduates" of this "fire college" will
be eligible for places on the force.
Some fifteen subjects, embracing
everything appertaining to the work,
will be Included In the curriculum,
says the Chicago Record-Herald. As
the automobile has become at) im
portant part of the up-to-date Are
equipment, the management of the
gasoline motor car will be taught. And
as casualties tend to Increase In num
ber and in seriousness, there will be
Instruction In first aid to the Injured.
A comprehensive course for the bene
fit of the fire fighter seems as ad
vantageous as one for that of the pa
trolman. An exchange of views and
experiences between New York and
Chicago might result in gains for both
cities and both services.
Protection of birds which do bene
ficial service to men Is coming to be
more than a matter for state action.
Representative Weeks of Massachu
setts, a state which realizes the mis
chief involved In the destruction of
the Insect-eating birds, has Intro
duced In congress a bill making It a
misdemeanor, punlshuble by 60 days'
Imprisonment or $200 fine, to kill or
harm coveys or single specimens of
birds on their migratory flight from
south to north. The list of birds which
It Is designed to guard Iniiiides geese,
ducks, pigeons, swans, snipe, doves,
robins, bluebirds and various kinds of
wi'Jerfowl. These are friends of man
or valuable gameblida, and as tho
whole country Is iuteres'ed In their
jr servntion It seems to be In order
for congress to take action.
School girls in Atlantic City nre re
belling against an edict of the domes
tic science authorities that, they must
learn to make hash. They are afraid
proficiency in this art may lose them
the hearts of admirers w ho know hash
only through the hoarding houses they
have met. The girls openly aver they
hate to lose the homes they may make
happy by "feeding the brutes" If the
said "brutes" learn beforehand that
prospective wives have been encour
nged to put hash on the daily menu.
A New Jerseylte boarder, not liking
his dinner, attacked his landlady,
choking her. Other boarders Interest
ed In this summary protest will be
disappointed to lenrn that the ac
counts said nothing about Ills choking
her Into submission.
A Kansas man hupped his wife so
hnrd that he broke two of her ribs.
Peine men never seem to learn that
there's such a thing as overdoing a
good thing.
Since the recent tragedies, aviation
may now confine Its experiments to
flying across tho earth Instead of up
into the clouds. There certainly
serins to be no useful or pruetlial pur
pose served by efforts In the latter
direction.
A trncr singer In Detroit strained
fcr a h!"h note and lnndnl In n hos
pif;;l. If he Is anything like most of
the tenors we know It serves hlra
rttht.
A mm fell from the thirteenth floor
of a builc'ng and escaped with but a
slv';!m; itp. One shudders to
tl.'nk what ml-ht have b-on l.ls fate
I rd he fall'll from 'he eleventh nr the
f-i:r: i tith, er any other th;.n the un
luiky thirteenth.
A Wash., gion weather clerk charges
li nt the weather bt re-ii is inisman
ng't'. We know utM-'; tthout the
bureau, b.it we have our i.,.!u.oi) about
l.e w-utler suii.ctliiies.
SENATE RATIFIES
JAPANESETREATY
Senate Acts After a Two-hour
Kxeculive Session.
PASSPORT KEEPS OUT UNDESIRABLES.
The Action of the Government In
Promptly (oiitliii.ing the .New
Truilu Agreement is Kpeteil to
Show .More Than Anything Else
Our Feeling of Cordiality for Jap
anese The Effort Will He to Per
uiit That Country to Reorganize
Its Fiscal System.
Washington, I). C. The new Jap
anese treaty of trade and navigation
was ratified Friday night after a two
hour executive session of the Senate
held at the conclusion of a day
crowded with many other Important
matters. While tho apprehension of
Western senators that the treaty
might let down the bars to coolie
labor was not entirely removed, these
senators contented themselves with
expressing solicitude. They inter
posed no objection to ratification.
The action of this government In
promptly confirming the new agree
ment Is expected to do more to prove
thai feeling of cordiality that this
country has for Japan than anything
that has been done for many years.
It Is regarded as a manifestation of
highest confidence In the advanced
civilization of that nation. The effect
will be to permit Japan to enter at
once upon a reorganization of Its
flsral system and the making of new
tariffs with all nations.
Expiration Advanced.
Japan's treaties with other powers
ars to expire July 17 next. That with
tho United States, by reason of Its
later ratification, would have con
tinued until the same date a year
later had not this government con
sented to Its expiration at the same
time as the others.
Failure to have ratified the new
treaty would have delayed the opera
tion of the Japanese program for a
year beyond the time when It was
planned to put It Into effect. It
would have meant a great deal to the
revenues of Japan and the continu
ance of tho existing treaty with the
United States for another year would
not have benefited this government In
the slightest degree, according to the
representations of the State Depart
ment on the subject.
When the new treaty was renelved
from the President on Tuesday It Im
mediately became the subject of
wrangles. Pacific Coast senators
feared It might have an effect upon
the labor situation on the Western
slope by reason of the omission rf
tho clause In the treaty of 1894
which It supersedes, recognizing the
right of this government to pass an
exclusion law. Friends of the treaty
explained that the diplomatic notes
accompanying It definitely pledged
tho Japanese government to prevent
an Influx of undesirable coolies
through tho rigid scrutiny of all pass
ports. Must Have Passport.
An alien without a passport would,
of course, be liable to deportation.
The California senators. It Is said,
became satisfied early that the
change would not menace the labor
situation In their state. Several other
Western senators became alarmed,
however, at what seemed to them
unseemly haste In pressing the Sen
ate to act. They desired sentiment
to crystallize In their state and there
fore prevented action for three days.
JAPAN SAVES ITS FACE.
Cut President Tuft Arouses Western
Congressmen.
Washington, I). C. The text of
a new treaty with Japan, designed to
replace that of IS 94 and drawn with
tho special design of eliminating the
restrictions upon immigration con
tained in that treaty, was laid before
the Senate by President Taft.
The essential difference between
the proposed treaty and the existing
convention Is said to be In the fart
that It omits ail reference to such
restrictions and leaves to the national
honor of Japan tho enforcement at
her own ports tlie limitations upon
immigration from Japan now express
ly placed upon Immigration Into tho
United States.
The document Is said to provide
that either country may renounco the
treaty at the end of six months If It
falls to operate as expected.
Will Revise The HarHT.
Washington, D. C. If an extra
session of Congress is called follow
ing the adjournment of the present
session Mnrch 4, next the Democrats
of tho House will set about at once
to revlso several schedules of the
Payne-Aldrlch tariff act.
Liberty to Hnvo Convpimiori.
Washington. I). C. Tho House
passed the Goulden bill granting per
mission for the erection on one of
the Islands In Now York harbor of
a heroic statue, In memory of the
North American Indian.
To Stop Slaughter.
Port Au Prince, Haytl. Foreign
powers have been asked to Intercede
In Haytl and stop the slaughter of
suspected revolutionists by TrcBldent
Simon's government.
Ohio Defeats liquor Kill.
Columbus, O. Tho Dean bill, giv
ing municipalities throughout Ohio
the right to vote on the saloon ques
tion, wns defeated In the House, tho
bill getting B6 votes, four less than
It needed.
Famous Indian Chief Dead.
Lawton, Okla. Quanah Parker,
the famous chief of tho Comanche
Indian tribe, died at his home hero
of pneumonia. 1
BRAVE GIRL SAVES CHILDREN
Conquers Man With Pistol in
Chicago.
Chicago. In u Btrngglo nitn Rob
ert Ilraun, in w hich a gni braved a
magazine pistol ami was beaten about
tho face until she was all but un
conscious, tho victim worsted her op
ponent and by u remarkable display
of courage probably saved tho lives
of four children.
Tho unequal light occurred In tho
parlor of the homo of Georgo Elch
ner, on Fast Illinois street, and Miss
Kmma Kichner, 18 years old, was
tho heroine. It began the instant
that H run n, who was nursing fancied
wrongs against Kichner, knocked at
tho door early in the evening and
asked to be admit ted.
"No," you'd better conic around to
morrow," said tlie girl.
"I'm here now and I'm here to
stay," exclaimed ilraun, pulling the
magazine pistol front iiis pocket and
fori ..ig tils way into the hall.
Miss Kichner seized his anus and
with all her strength tried to push
tho Intruder back. Together they
struggled until reaching the parlor
door. Hraun noticed tho four chil
dren. Then hu leveled his pistol at
tho children, who huddled under a
davenport in a corner and was about
to fire. Hut the girl released her
grip on bis other arm and, with both
hands, forced the muzzle of the
weapon toward the ceiling as Rraun
fired. Unable to bring the pistol In
to play, Hraun beat the girl until
blood flowed from half a dozen
wounds In her face, but she stubborn
ly dung to him.
Again and again he fired, but to
no purpose. Finally the gun clogged
and while he was examining it Miss
Kichner pushed him out of the front
door and closed and locked It. Braun
then rushed to the tailor shop of
an acquaintance, Joseph Stumpf, shot
him in the shoulder and In the hand
and was about to fire a third time,
when once more the gun clogged. He
drew another weapon from his pocket
but missed fire. While examining It
he shot one of his own fingers off.
He then abandoned his attack, vls-
I ited a doctor's office and was arrest
ed while his Injury was being treat
ed. Hraun will he held In Jail pend
ing an examination into his mental
condition.
disagrfe with iiop.son.
Resident Americans In Japan llefiito
the Report, j
Toklo. A meeting of Americans
resident In Japan was held In Yoko-,
hama recently In the interests of tho'
International peace movement. Among 1
the business done was the adoption,
of a resolution designed to refute the
reports that public sentiment in this
country Is hostile to the United Stafi s
as follows:
"That, In our opinion, the people
of Japan have at all times entertained
tho most friendly and cordial senti
ments toward the government and
people of the United States, and that
tnere never has been and Is not now
any feeling other than one of con
fidence and gratitude. Wo believe,
upon evidence which cannot be
doubted, that there is not to be found
in tho Japanese empire any wish or
thought other than to maintain tho
most friendly and cordial relations
with the republic of tho United
States, and that any representations
to the contrary, wherever emanating
and from whatever cause proceeding,
aro baseless calumnies, which, if un
contradicted, can only result in vast
material losses to tho people of both
governments and in creating an un
happy prejudice between thorn."
Honolulu. Flvo thousand Japa
nese Joined In a lantern parade here
j In celebration of Washington's blrth
i day. Speeches of friendship were
! ma do.
The demonstration followed a car
nival held under tho auspices of the
Mystic Order of Shrlners and the Or
der of Klks. The Jnpaneso ended
their procession In front of tho
grounds where the Klks were hold
ing a fete.
Tho Japanese consul reviewed the
Elks gathering and made a speech
assuring tho Americans of the friend
ship of the Japanese. Gov. Frear,
In responding, said he accepted the
demonstration as evidence of tho cor
dial relations of tho two nations.
Nowhere on earth, he added, was tho
spirit of International brotherhood
better shown than In Hawaii.
Think Lost Girl Dead.
New York. Dorothy Arnold Is
now classed by the police slmniv as
a missing person. Second Deputy Po
lice Commissioner Flynn, when asked
what ho thought about tho mystery
of the girl's disappearance, replied
that. In view of all tho circumstances,
It seems only reasonable to believe
that the girl is dead.
Died of Itroken Heart.
New York. A Hungarian baker
named Kavaro, first namo unknown,
died suddenly at his home. His body
was sent to the morgue, and Dr.
O'Hanlon found that the man's heart
had split In two. Dr. O'Hanlon says
that this proves that those who say
a person cannot die of a broken heart
are wrong. Ho found loss of tone
In the muscular -tissues due to in
sufficient blood supply.
Train Didps 150 1'oet.
Valparaiso, Chill. A railway
train mado up of eight cars, In one
of which were 80 miners and the
others loaded with cement, broke
through tho Itaneagua bridge, near
tho American Draden copper mines.
Tho bridge crossed a ravine 150 feet
deep, and tho train was precipitated
to the bottom. The miners were all
Chilians. Eighteen of them were
killed and tho remainder Injured.
MUST MAKE OLD
RATES PERMANENT
Inter-State Commerce Commis
sion Decision.
RAILROADS FORBIDDEN 10 RAISE RAIES.
Tho Commission Decides That the
Companies liavo Not Shown the
Necessity of tho Advances Cun
not lay Hi rdeii of Poor I'inuniicr
lug on the Public Revenues Huvo
Increased More Than Expenses
Credit of the Companies Is Good.
Washington, D. C Tho Interstate
Commerce Commission decided
against tho railroads In both tho
"Kastern" and tho "Western" cases.
Thu decision, eagerly awaited by
railroads and shippers alike, was
handed dowu Thursday afternoon.
Proposed advances in class freight
rates In official classification terri
tory, aggregating among all the rail
ways in tho territory approximately
$27,ono,000 a year, were disapproved
by tlie commission.
In tho case Involving tho increases
by tho railroads In Western Trunk
lino territory the commission also de
clined to approve the proposed ad
vances iu commodity rates.
The carriers In botli cases ar re
quired to cancel on or before .March
10 their advanced tariffs and restore
their former rates, which aro the
rates now In effect. If this require
ment bo not compiled with, the com
mission will issue a formal order
suspending the proposed advances
and putting into effect the existing
rates for at least two years.
In the cbbo of the Railroad Com
mission of Texas against tho Atchi
son, ToiH'ka and Santa Fe Railway
and other carriers, known popularly
as the Southwestern rate case, the
Commission declined to disturb the
commodity rates or the first-class
rates complained of. The defendants
aro ordered, however, to reduce the
second-class rates, which were In
creased from J 1.2 1 to $1.29 to $1.2.1.
On the remaining classes tho defend
ants are required to restore the rates
In effect before the Increased rates
were published.
In brief, this is tho disposition
made by the Interstato Commerce
Commission of the most Important
rases ever brought to Its attention.
In a sense the decisions were In the
nature of a surprise to railroad offi
cials and other experts who had fol
lowed closely the proceedings, a ma
jority of whom believed the commis
sion would grant some Increase to
the Western lines If not to the Kast
ern. VI VI-: KILLED IX MINE,
Night Shift Being on Duty Averts
Worse Disaster.
Indianapolis, Ind. An explosion
of dust, caused by solid firing, re
sulted In tho fatal burning of five
miners in the Hamilton coal mine,
at Hymera, owned by the Rock Is
land Railroad Company.
The explosion was In the mine en
try, and nothing but the fact that the
night shift was working kept the dis
aster from being more serious. The
mine was badly damaged.
:.-0 TURKS LOST AT SKA.
Slennier Carrying Pilgrims In Said
to Have Been Hurried.
Constantinople. The Turkish
steamship Hurrlet, carrying 2!0 Mos
lem pilgrims, has been burned at sen,
and all on board perished, according
to a report received here.
The report was sent to a Turkish
newspaper, and lias not been officially
confirmed.
For Washington Memorial.
New York. Mrs. II. F. Diniork,
president of the George Washing
ton Memorial Association, announced
that thero had been subscribed more
than half of the $1,000,000 neces
sary for the erection of the proposed
George Washington Memorial Duild
Ing In Washington. Among tho re
cent gifts was $10,000 from James
J. Hill.
Engineer Killed In Wreck.
Bristol, Tenn. Roth engines of a
double-header coal train on tho Vir
ginia & Southwestern Railroad Jump
ed the track and turned over down a
bank at Clinrhport, Va. Engineer
Hicks, of Bristol, was crushed to
death and Engineer Charles Drown
and Fireman Jolco were fatally in
jured. Senate Defeats Referendum.
Topeka, Kan. The Senate defeat
ed the initiative and referendum and
Uie recall bills which had been passed
by tho House.
Banker Sentenced.
New York. A sentence of not less
than two years and two months nor
more than five years and two months
was Imposed by Judge Rosalsky on
William R. Montgomery, former pres
ident of the Hamilton Bank.
Lives To He 08 Yonis.
Hagerstown, Md. Paul Cline.nged
PS years, Is dead nt his homo at
Wolfsvllle, east, of Smlthshurg, this
county, his death being duo to ad
vanced age. Mr. Clino was a farmer
nearly all his life.
Rembrandt Etchings Sold.
Now York. The highest price paid
In this country for a Rembrandt was
renllzcd at the sale of tho art treas
ures of the lato R. Hoe. Arthur H.
Halo paid $4,500 for "Christ's Heal
ing tho Sick," an etching.
Dynamite Mill Explodes.
Pretoria, South Africa. Five men
were killed and several buildings
shattered by the explosion of a dy
namite factory at Moddorfontcln.
AH Theories of the Engineers
Completely I'p.set.
Colon. Without warning, upset
ting all theories and all estimates,
600,000 cubic yards of rock and
earth slid Into tho Pioneer cut Just
opposite tho town of Culobra. It is
one of the worst Blldes the canal com
mission engineers have had to con
tend with, and it Is worse than any
previous slide from tho fact that the
others could bo explained, even pre
dicted. Tho latest avalanche of dirt
changes canal plans materially. It
makes It seem nocesBary that tho en
tiro prism shall be enlarged suffi
ciently to prevent any occurrence of
the Bort after tho completion of the
canal. There seems to be no doubt
that nil of Cold Hill will have to bo
removed, In Itself a considerable un
dertaking. And 3.15,000 yards of tho
slide Itself represents waste. The re
mainder It was Intended to remove.
Most disconcerting of all, theories
which heretofore have served to ex
plain slides to the satisfaction of the
engineers' brains aro pricked like a
toy balloon. It always has been held
that slides were caused when heavy
rainfall made tho earth soggy and tho
sloping beds of rork became slippery.
When the weight overrame adhesion,
and when the concussion of dynamite
blasts gave final Impetus, It was be
lieved the slides took place.
Hut the Cold Hill slide Is wthout
precedent. There have been no
heavy rains In this section for six
weeks, and there has been no blast
ing In the vicinity for more than a
year.
On tho steep slope of Gold Hill,
directly opposite the town of Culebra
In other words, on the east side of
Culebra Cut a section 100 feet long
and from 20 to 10Ofeet wide dropped
Into the cut. On the 135-foot level
was a ledge. The sildo started above
this ledge, which was completely de
stroyed along tho entire length of tho
slide, a vast amount of material be
ing forced clear down to and nearly
filling tho Pioneer Drainage Cut.
A few weeks ago a large amount
of earth snd rock slid Into the canal
at Las Cascadas, a few miles north
of Culebra town. A few miles south
Is the great Cuchoaracha slide which
has been giving trouble. This makes
It appenr that the entire cut will have
to bo widened sooner or later to a
largo extent In order to avoid serious
difficulty when the canal shall have
been completed.
PLAGUE AM) FAMIXE RAVAGE.
Conditions In Cliitm Aro Grow lug
Steadily Worse.
New York. Advices from China
to the American Red Cross made pub
lic 'at its offices hero aro to the ef
fect that conditions in the famine
district are as bad as have been In
dicated by reports from various other
sources and are growing worse as
days go by.
That 2,500,000 Chinese will die
for want of bread If assistance Is not
rendered Immediately Is tho predic
tion In a statement made by the or
ganization. Tills number comprises
nearly tho entire population of the
northern part of tho Provinces of
Kiangsu and Anhui. The statement
continues:
"The plague Is creeping southward
toward this famine district. It has
ravaged Manchuria, and thousands
of refugees, who have fled to Chel'u.
In Chantung province, have carried
It there. Hundreds of deaths occur
dally. The frozen ground prevents
the burial of the dead, and long rows
of coffins lie on the roadside.
"American Cnnsiil-Oeneral Wilder,
at Shanghai, cabled to the Red Cross
thut persons stricken with this plague
din in a few hours, and it is of so
fatal a nature that no one ever re
rovers. Tho people at lust have con
sented to cremation and several thou
sand or these bodies havo been
burned. Tho plague is now only
about 1 5 0 miles from the provinces,
and If It over reaches there the result
will bo appalling."
Plague Wipes Out Entire Village.
St. Petersburg. A telegram from
Harbin reports tho gruesome discov
ery of a Chinese villago there In
which the entire population Is dead
from the plague.
Indian Tries Ac i-opliiniiig.
London. The first red Indian to
take a trip In an aeroplane Is Blind
null, a Sioux, who accompanied S. F.
Cody In a flight at Aldcrshot on the
hitter's biplane. The Indian Is one
of a Wild West company appearing at
a local theater, and ho made the
flight In full war paint and feathers.
Jack London Safe.
Oakland, Cal. The report that
Jack London, the novelist, was In
Jail at Mexlcall, Mexico, as a revolu
tionist, proves to be without founda
tion. Mr. London Is here.
Echo of The Times Explosion.
Hot Springs, Ark. A man bolievi d
by tho police to be M. A. Schmidt,
with a number of aliases attached to
his name, suspected of being one of
tho men who dynamited tho Times
Building In Los Angeles, was arrest
ed here. Tho prisoner said that his
name was Fred Kami and that his
homo was In Milwaukee. Ho answers
the description of Schmidt as sent
out by tho Los Angeles police.
Novel Local Option Law.
Olympla, Wash. The State. Sen
ate passed tho county unit local op
tion bill by a vote of 24 to IS. The
bill exempts cities of the first-class
and prevents tho holding of elections
for two years In units that have al
ready voted. It limits the amount of
liquor a man may carry into dry ter
ritory to one quart of whisky and ono
rase of beer and provides stringent
penalties for offenders.
FOR SESSION
All Arrangements Made By
President Taft.
GIVES DEMOCRATS A MONTH.
Tha Intimation That March 20 Would
Bo tha Dcta Brought Requests
For a Delay From Speaker-Elect
Champ Clark.
Washington, D. C. President Taft
has mado all preparations to tall an
extra session of CongrcBS. He wjll
certainly issue he call if the Senato
falls to vote on tho Canadian reci
procity agreement. He sees so little
prospect of securing such action with
in tho next week that he has even
fixed upon the date on which the ex
traordinary session Is to meet. That
date is April 4.
Tho President called into consid
eration tho prospective Speaker,
Champ Clark, and the man who will
be chairman of the Committee on
Ways and Means, Oscar Underwood,
of Alabama. They advised a later
date than tho middle of March and
asked for a respite of a month aftei
the end of the present session. By
that date tho Democrats will have
had time to mature their plans and
will be ready for action. Tho Presi
dent Is inclined to grant them thia
favor, and therefore has fixed the
tentative date at April 4. This may
bo changed to a few days later In
April, if necessity arises; but it ii
the date the President now has in
mind.
The Senate leaders see little hope
of bringing the Canadian reciprocitj
agreement to a vote at this session
Many rumors were circulated ol
moves to remedy the situation, bul
apparently they were all without
foundation.
WANT .MOKE POSTAL 1MXKS.
Urgent Demand Received Every Dhj
In Washington.
Washington, D. C. Uncle Sam, at
a banker, Is losing thousands of do
lars weekly because he has nol
enough pos-tal savings banks to "go
around."
"Every day," declared an official
of the Postofflre Department, "scorei
of letters are received by Postmaster-General
Hitchcock from person!
in all parts of the country with sunn
ranging from $100 to $1,000 which
they wish to Intrust to the Govern
ment for safekeeping. They are pre
vented from doing so because there
Is no postal bank In their city or
town and tho law prohibits a resi
dent of ono city from depositing In
a postal bank located elsewhere."
COKOXATIOV AVIATION.
Wright Brothers Evperteil to Repre
sent the United States.
New York. Tho Wright brother!
are booked to save the situation aris
ing out of the fact that no Ameri
cans have yet entered the aviation
meet in London during Coronation
week. Airmen say that the Induce
ments are not sufficient to warrant
the expenditure, but it Is reported
the Wrights are building a new ma
chine and will participate.
SIXGS IX PUBLIC AT 8.1.
Member of Henry Ward Beecher'i
Church Mould Not Take Dnre.
New York. Responding to a dar
from Dr. J. Wilbur Chapman, the
evangelist, Mrs. Mary Langley, whe
Is 83 years old, arose In the noon
day meeting of the Chapman-Alexander
evangelistic campaign In the
Grand Opera House, In Brooklyn
Saturday, and In a clear, steady vole
sang a hymn, as she did In the dayi
of Henry Ward Beecher In Plymoutt
Church.
Panama Canal Garrison.
Washiutgon, D. C. Six thousand
American troops will man tlie forti
fications which will guard tho grea.
Panama Canal from foreign invasion
if the plans being perfected by the
Wrt Department are adopted. The
troops which will comprise the gar
risons of the forts will bo four regi
ments of Infantry, ono squadron oi
cavalry, three batteries, three field
artillery and 12 companies of coast
artillery.
Cholera In Honolulu.
Honolulu. The Board of Health
has taken tho most stringent meas
ures to prevent an epidemic of chol
era as the result of two cases devel
oping In tho tenement quarter. One
of the victims, a woman, died, while
the tho other, her father, is dying.
30,:t(ll Aliens in Month.
Washington, D. C. During the
month of January 3G.361 Immigrants
were admitted to the United States
24,120 men and 12,241 women. Ol
this total 6,054 were Hebrews.
.100 Buildings Burned.
Manila. Tondo, a suburb of Ma
nila, was swept by fire Saturday,
more than 300 of the native dwell
ings being destroyed. The Marj
Johnson Hospital was damaged.
Anti-Danm Ordinance.
New York. Even such refined
swearing as "damn" Is to be elimi
nated from the New York Theater
Btage If Alderman James Mulhearr
has his way. Mr. Mulhearn has
drafted a prohibitive ordinance.
Piiy-or-You-Dio Scheme.
Washington, D. C. y "Pay youi
doctor's bills, or dio" 'ls the, threal
which Washington physicians ar
planning to hold over the heads ol
their delinquent patients. The medi
cos will draw up a "blacklist" If the
scheme succeeds, and thoso whose
names appear thereon will be refused
medical attention the next time thej
are ill.
St. Petersburg. Sixteen chlldrer
were killed in an avalanche thai
burled a schoolhouse In AIhga.
LIVE NEW
OF THE !
STATE !
Chester. 'Tapa, I am nm,,-.,
want to ask your forgiven,.,,,., '
the telephone message re , i, , "
'1 ti
Kamuel Lax, a local real t.s, ,,(
ator, from Mb pretty is,,..''
daughter, Margaret l.n, wh:
married In Wilmington, j,, j '
Adolph Tiinnebauni, of Tii,,,,' f;
who If a clerk in the Pin;,,,!,'..
PoBtofllce. The marnai.. w
culmination of a romam,.
tan In Philadelphia s wi,,i ,.
igo when tho couple im-t. ,v
.1. I tr I
a so-'r
gaiiici inn. mi. i.u. iiit,ini ij
lupplicatlng bride that !!.,. ;,n
husband were forgiven n-ni .A
welcomed home.
''M :
Scranton. Inspeih,r a,,.
McDudo, of the Fifth Aiitr;i ;tf j
'.rlct, made public his r i nn r jja
It showed tho follow in;-;
lidents inside, 2; f;ii, I
nutslde, 3; total, 29. .
lidents, inside, 39; n
I'a'al ii
'I ''Me,
: .'al a,,
Jontg outside, 3; total,
mado widows, 21; chil l:
05. The report shows ,
: orpl,ii,
i' "lie
ion was killed for every 1 ) , i , , o ,,.
jf coal mined, and one t :-- ti t -;.
Killed or injured for . un i;ti(
tons mined. Tho nunih-r kilVd
1909 was 21. only a lltn, t,,r(.
half the number killed in l : l o.
Reading. At the annual ro;
;onvention ot tno r. . s of i
:amps of Berks county, at llirlk-.
1 resolution was passed i-on J-mc;-
the bill now before Conim-nn to
rrease the postage rate on s-vond-ra
mail matter, since they Mut ta
It will be detrimental to many kii
Brines. It was decided to call u;.
the Congressman from this illrrr
and the two Senators to oppoie :
measure.
Mauch Chunk. 1 he oiumi a
Iehlghton's new hose hous by i
highton Engine Company, No 2. n
der the immediate Bupei-vu;(in
James I. Blakslee, was lu-1,1 TU
day evening. Hundreds of p.nple
ipected what Is pronoutniii to
ono of the finest engine hoiivs la
lounty. The company's own ti:.
rendered tho music.
Scranton. Twelve-year-i:j Jo--Schoenover,
of Hop Hut'om, t-
here, deliberately ended hu life !'
ehootlng. The boy had b-i a on
to his homo by Illness fot;r tnoD'i
and going to a bureau he n.-iri
revolver, loaded it and after lnild.:i
bis little sister good-bye, p!a-dt:
weapon to his heart and p-jiV-d t:
trigger. He died Instantly.
Chester. The . police aiilior;n
were notified of tho dlfiaiip.
Frederick Kelm, proprietor of a to-
be r shop, who has been ni ss us fit
February 11. When last lie i
leaving his boarding nous.-. K-:
frequently carried large . ; i.s ,
money with him and so::i" .ire i
the opinion that he met !f
play.
Krie. Alton V. Hoover, omu:
of the murder of his wife. !i'-.r"
Fay Hoover, November 11. 1 S
Atlantic, whom he called to the do
of her father's house and sl ot &1
after their separation, Mfi
lUa varil of the COUIItV i.lil. FOL'
teen minutes later he as i
nonnced dead.
Darby. Following rn
for the establishment of un Kii
pal mission In Darby, aniuiatifiw:
hna twrnn mnita Hint 11 rra: :-a'll'.rt
have been completed for t '
chase of a plot of ground 1""
feet on flio northwest coni'-r of M
and Summit streets, on
mission will bo erected.
Norristown. Fire, whi
supposedly from a cigar
Italian lodgerooni on Main
about $000 damage. Th
ou tlie third floor of lite le
Duildlng and Bagel's c!.;
511 tho first floor suffi r.'l
$"i0 damage by cheniiial
tn rough.
Rending. Paul D. K'
tho star forward ot the Co
Regiment, N. O. P. bask. I
and Mlsa Mabel E. Bank r
rlcd by Rev. George W. 1
y I'a,
1. F'ii'
larire recention followed. 'I '' ''
nrr.nm mi.t hid wife flt a t .Ir-Uctti-
game several years ago.
Media. Mrs. Dollle E. I.ipi';tt:
of Ridley Park, has been i-:"11
divorce from her husbati i. fri
'J. I.lppincott, on tho gronmlofi
tr.tment. which sho allctcl 01
red when they resided in t'llilll!(
phla. (
Pittsburg. County dete. liven i-
Investigating the murder ot -llJ
Barrelli, who was shot live tiin's';
Ha bodv Blushed with knives, in
Coy Road. A number of H'1'
have been arrested.
York. Granville Hartman
t.'iry and treasurer of the l'11'1 Kri
Motor Company,' this city, ati.i r"
lar iu hoc i itl circles, has been ;irnf
In New York on the chnrge cf s
rtling relatives jof dead pe'?'"?
Is raid ho woul(l watch ilea'!' no'
In in wspapeis find express a l -""
containing a cjieap piece "f
to t'.to dead prison's home. Tla'
lives, assuming that the 'li'l'3'
im.mlif.r hud nrdereil It. would ai'
nnil' nnv Hie I chnrires. lial"1'1
friends and ijelatives lure at
founded at the, charges.
I'ottsvile, -4 Pottsville's n v '
charter will j'iow not bo shw
Governor TeniT until next su-
TMs Is tho leBiilt of a eouforf
of leaders in ho city charter n
tnent anil local politicians, m ,
It was decided to request the
Department t postpone the iff';
until new ofliftials could be vou
at. tlie next fall election.
ShlppciiBbuvg. Mrs. Cattif
Leidlg, one ot Franklin county i'
neer residents!, met Instant death'
neck being broken crossing t'19 1
In her room 'af. Roxbury, when
tell downs'alts.