The Fulton County News
McConnellsbirg, Pa.
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PLANT TREES.
If In 75 years tlx present supply of
timber in this country w ill be exhaust
ed, at the present rate (if i onsumpilon,
the. admonition to plant trees becomes
lo(iient with meaning. There la
prat value In Irees, sajs tlie Kansas
City Times. The bit? lumber fortunes
bare been made In the main, not In
buying ami selling lumber, nor even
In manufacturing lumber for sale, but
la buying vast tracts of timber land
Jil holding them for the Inevitable
tdrances in timber prict h Incident to
d rapidly decreasing supply. Now,
jt would not profit any imin or cor
pc ration to buy large areas of land
that could be prolltably used fur agri
culture, fruit growing or grazing, and
let them In trees; but It would bo
profitable for all who own timber
lands that could not be prolltably
used for oilier purposes to maintain
them as permanent forests, using
only the matured trees and cutting
them and clearing the slash In such u
way us to give the best possible pro
tection to the Immature timber. Al
so, It would be profitable to every
owner of land to plant trees on any
part of It that cannot be utilized for
ether purposes. If this great nation
could inspire Its landholders with
this one purpose for a given time, to
the end that all land that should lie
planted with trees would be so plant
ed, the problem of the future lumber
supply would be solved.
The treasure chamber beneath the
pulace of Necessldades, Lisbon, Por
tugal, has been opened and examined
by tlie minister of public works at the
request of King Manuel, who feared
for the safety of the crown Jewels and
certain personal property of the royal
family. The Jewels and valuables
were found In the underground cham
ber Intact. An Inventory showed
them to be worth upward of $3,000,000.
Among the Jewels was the diadem of
ex Queen Amelia and a necklace given
ber by her father, the Compte de
Paris, valued ut $200,00(1. There wan
found also a table service of solid Ger
man silver, weighing over a ton, also
a crown and scepter of gold studded
with precious stones; also sevi ral
bricks of gold, the largest weighing
45 pounds. The minister of llnance
announces that all valuables which
are the private property of Manuel
and his mothtr will be returned to
them. Those belonging to the state,
such as the crown and scepter will
be placed In the national museum.
Some peculiar rights are being set
tled In New York. A man recovered
nearly $l,nOO damages from a police
man for clubbing him because the
man In question kicked In his own
door. As the man's wife had request
ed the policeman's Interference, she
having locked the kicked In door,
this decision for damages looks like
a desperate stand on the part of mere
man to avoid being kicked out of do
rcestic supremacy.
A man In New Jersey was lately ar
rested for assaulting a neighbor. But
It developed later that the assailant
bad been run over by his own auto
mobile, driven by the neighbor. As II
would have been clearly superhuman
self control w hich would have checked
an attack under the circumstances,
the assault was condoned by a law
recognizing tho limitations of human
Dature.
A Hloomlngtnn, Pa., man celebrated
bis eighty-third birthday by sawing
wood continuously from 7 a. m. to 7
p. m. The moral Is to saw wood
early in life, and when you are 83
perhaps you won't havo to do so.
Clubwomen In New Jersey are to
establish schools for the tralulng of
maids. When they get the flrls per
fect In the arts of housekeeping and
cooking they will doubtless discover
that it is wives they have beeu train
ing. That Imdon hotel where r.o lipping
Is permitted bas proved such a success
that another like It. the largest in
London, Is to be erected at once. And
they say the service Is perfectly all
right, too.
We are told that the convocation
of Canterbury proposes to abridge tha
ten commandments. Evidently the
commandments have been broken so
often that they need repairing.
"Are vegetarians as strong as meat
caters?" queries a contemporary.
Well, the elephaift, the ox, and the
horse are vegetarians.
A Beruni cure for Insnnlty is report
ed to be successful. What will the
frenzied flr.nnie bankers do for a de
fense now?
In view of the recent activity of the
hen we suggest that it be allowed to
replace the eagle as our national bird
A New Jersey man suggests an affi
davit wl'h eggs. Hut who will guar
antee that the eggs will not be
switched? i
Ice floes as large as islands are ap
pearing in the North Atlantic, but
Uncle Sam will not annex any of
them.
Our faith in mankind remains un
shaken. We have not seen anybody
wearing a corset coat.
HOUSE VOTES 10
SE
The
Reaportoinment
Passed.
Bill is
ENLARGED TO 433 MEMBERS.
Rearrangement of tho Congressional
District Left to the Legislatures
of States One Member for
Each 211,877 Inhabitants.
Washington, U. C A bill provid
ing for the enlargement of the na
tional House of Representatives from
891 to 433 members and the appor
tionment of these members to the dif
ferent States on the basis of the pop
ulation shown by tho recent federal
census passed the House after vain
efforts of members of both political
partleB to amend it in important
particulars.
The proposed slzo of the House is
Identical w ith that provided for In the
Crumpacker bill, passed by the House
at the last session of Congress, but
not acted upon by the Senate. The
Houston bill, Just passed, leaves to
the Legislatures of tho different
States the power to rearrange the
Congressional districts In their re
spective State, on the new population
basis of one member for each 211.S77
Of inhabitants.
The two important amendments
proposed, and defeated after lengthy
debate, were to put the redisricting
power In the hands of the Governors
Of States, when the U'glslatures had
failed to act, and to limit the House
In the future to a membership of 43')
or 433, leaving future reapportion
ments to the Secretary of the Depart
ment of Commerce and Labor.
The increase of the size of the
House was agreed to by members of
both parties, but many Republicans
attacked It on tho ground that it
Would make tho House more un
hieldy. Insurgent Republicans were
particularly vigorous In opposing the
Increase, declaring that IT It were not
for the demands of those States that
would otherwise lose members there
would be a general sentiment In favor
of keeping the membership at the
present size of 391.
NCREA
SEE
WORLD OWES U. S. $441,000,000 j M(,xf0 cllv Tlle Nw York cor-
"" " respondent of Kl Diarlo telegraphs
Ony Once Did Balance of Trade g linVfiT at Ramon Corral should
Exceed This Amount j n()t h(lve l)ePn credited with paying
Washington, D. C. The world j that "the Mexican revolution was
owes the tinted States $44 1,000,000 being formulated by Americans with
for food, clothing and raw materials I the Idea of forcing Intervention."
sold abroad. Only once has the bal-1 The New york correspondent cx
ance of trade been higher In favor plains that the Interview should have
of this country, according to Gov
ernment figures. That was In 19oS,
when It was more than $55,000,000.
Close, observers of finance and
trade predict a record-breaking fis
cal year If the favorable condition
continues until June.
While opinion Is divided over the
significance of the fact that the bal
ance for March was less than half
the size of that of previous months,
some point out that March a year
ago produced a balance entirely in
the other direction, with an excess
of Imports of more than $19,000,
000. CHILD WELFARE CONCRESS.
Men and Women of International
Prominence Attend.
Washington, D. C. The pres
ence of many men and women inter
nationally prominent In the child
study movement at the Second In
ternational Congress on Child Wel
fare lent added dignity to the con
vention. President Taft followed a Roose
velt precedent In making an enthu
siastic address of welcome to the
hundreds of mothers in attendance
at Hi' opening.
The congress was under the joint.
auspices of the National Congress of j
Mothers and the Parent-Teachers' Divorces "Aff nity" Earl.
Association. The relations and duties York. Justice Nevvbcrgcr, in
of home school, church and state to SupPenlP Court, signed the final
the welfare of the child were the nt , th n,arrlnso of
principal topics of discussion. KuttlK.r un,, Ken,nand rinncy
j Karle, the artist, whose matrimonial
$65, 730,000 Fcr Railways. I experiences added the word "alllnity"
Merlin. The Government has laid! to Kngllsh slang. Miss Kuttner was
before tho Diet a bill appropriating Rat io's second wife, the artist mnrry
263,000,000 marks I $65,750,000 1' Ing her after his first wife had ob
for the building of secondary rail-j tained a divorce In France,
ways, double tracking some of the ! "
existing roads, continuing the elee-
triflcation of the linos between Mag
deburg, Halle and Leipslc, beginning
the electrification of the lines In the
Btleslan mountains and providing
new rolling stock.
So dlera Have the Measles.
Pouglas, Ariz. Measles of a dang
erous type have broken out among
the United States troops at Nogales.
Two Men Perish In Fire.
Middletown, N. Y. Two men are
believed to have perished In a fire
that burned the factory of the New
York Piano Key Company. The finan
cial loss Is estimated at approx
imately $130,000.
Coffin Built 'or Her.
Hinckley, III. A specially built
coffin had to be prepared for Mrs.
Henry Anshach, the heaviest woman
In Illinois. She tipped the scale at
4 05 pounds.
Slandered From Pulpit.
New Haven, Conn. The Rev. John
II. Carroll, of the Church of the Holy
Trinity, must pay $4,000 to William
Hassett, former member of the Wal
llngford board of education, for hav
ing slandered him In a sermon.
311,084 Settle In Canada.
Ottawa. During the year ended
March 31, no lesa than 311,084 iranil--rants
entered Canada and of these
vrr one-third were from the United
V.ates.
WHEN CIRCUS POSTERS BEGIN TO APPEAR
(fi.pyrlttlit, liiil.)
DISPLEASING TO UNCLE SAM
heporied Statement by Vice Presi
dent of Mexico Demand
It Be Repudiated.
Washington, I). C The reported
declaration of Ramon Corral, vice
president of MeIco, that Americans
were fomenting trouble In his coun
try !u order to force Intervention, has
encountered the dlsf.or of the Toll
ed States government. The State
Department has called the matter to
the attention of Mexico In order to
establish officially whether the Inter
view with the Vice-President, In
which the statements excepted to
are said to have been made, was
authentic, as published In Mexico
City.
The question will be taken up by
Ambassador Wilson at Mexico City,
to whom the department telegraphed
a copy of an official statement which
It had issued unequivocally disprov-
I ing tne anegeu imeraiice.
The statement expressed the confi
dent belief that the Mexican Foreign
Office will promptly "repudiate and
r.revent the promulgation of any
such statements, calculated so serl
j ously to disturb the mutual ron-
(idence and friendly good understand
ing between the two peonies."
been credited to Inigo Noriega, a rich
Spaniard, who has Interests In Mex
ico and who arrived at Santander,
Spain, on the same ship with the vice
president of the republic of Mexico.
San B'as Taken.
Nogales, Mexico. A well-authenticated
report has been received
here that the rebels have captured
the Important railroad city of San
Itlas, on the Southern Pacific-Mexico
line, In the State of Sinalna. San
Bias Is about HO miles below Fuerte,
the former capital of Sinaloa. re
ported yesterday to have been taken
by the rebels. The whole region ap
pears to be overrun by Insurrcctos.
To Be Highest Skycraoer.
New York. Plans were filed here
by the Mroad way-Park Tlare Com
pany for the construction nt Broad-
way and Pnrk place of the highest
building in the world, from the
curb to the apex of the tower it will
stand 7f.0 feet. There will be ,10
stories in the main building and an
additional 25 In the tower, 55 In nil.
The highest building In the world Is
the Metropolitan tower, 700 feet 3
Inches, and tne next Is the Singer
tower, 612 feet.
I Morales a"d Jlminei In Jail.
I San Juan, P. R. Gen. Carlos F.
Morales, the former President, and
; Maurlclo Jiminez, the former Vice
I President of Santo Domingo, were
nrralcned here charged with planning
Is filibustering expedition against
Santo Domingo and held for the
grand Jury. In default of $2,500
bail bonds they were sent to jail.
Think Men Better Students.
J-fi.VMfi, ".'is. That men are bet
ter stndents than women In the opin
ion of the faculty of the University
of Wisconsin, was shown when 13
meiT and only seven women were
named for membership in an honor
ary scholastic socieiy.
On y S'x C n s fcr a Kiss.
New York. For being kissed
against her will as she said, Mrs.
Agnes Springer recovered six cents
damages from Harry Nunwlller.
Ironworker Gsea Insana.
New York. His mind unbalanced
from gazing down while forking on
high buildings, Charles ; 'allvan, a
structural Iron worker, committed
suicide.
100-year-old Mi l Burned,
Zelienople, Pa. Fire destroyed
the Zelienople flouring mill, owned
by C. B. Harper, causing a loss of
.125,000. The mill was constructed
almost 100 years ago, and was still
using the old water wheel.
j afe msmm
PRESIDENT TAFT
President Puts Leading Ques
tions in a Clear Light.
HE FLAYS ANNEXATION TALK.
Unl ed States Has All It Can At
tend to With the Terri
tory it Is Now
Governing.
New York
ada must be
Reciprocity with Can
adopted now or never
and must stand or fall by its own
terms. Amid tremendous applause
and the waving of handkerchiefs so
declared President Taft in an
dress at the Waldorf-Astoria at
ad-1
the '
fourth annual Joint banquet of the
Associated Press and the American
Publishers' Association. His address
was the first of a series in which he
plans to evoke public sentiment in
support of his policies, and he ap
pealed to the company of editors and
nouonoiuii' rutu-la
gathered from the
i. i, o,,,i n... i ,ith of the land '
I11B,111 UI1M I "1 I" "" -
to Imnress In the public mind that
reciprocity should stand alone and ,
"ought not to be affected in any re- '
gard by other amendments to the ;
tariff law." His recommendations!
were warmly cheered. 1
All talk of annexation he charac- j
terized as "bosh" and said that the
I nited States has all it can attend
to with the territory It is now gov
erning. He praised the Houwo of Rep
resentatives for Its passage of the
agreement; declared that it would
not injure the former nor any special
class, answered in detail tho objec
tions that have been raised to reci
procity and begged for at least "a
kind of test" to dispel the ghosts "ex
hibited to frighten the agricultural
classes."
"1 have said that this was a criti
cal time In the solution of the ques
tion of reciprocity," concluded tho (
President. "It is critical because un-1
less it. is now decided favorably to 1
reciprocity it is exceedingly probable
that no such opportunity will ever
again come to the I'nlted States. The'
forces which are at work in Kngland
and in Cannda will derive an
impetus from the rejection of this
, trcaty aml jf wp , would have reciproc
ity with all the advantages that I
havo described and that I earnestly I
and sincerely believe will follow its
adoption, we must take It now or give '
t up forever."
Cutch Take Palmas Is and.
Manila, P. I.- Delayed advices re
ceived here via Jolo report that the
Dutch have taken possession of Pal
mas Island, 60 miles southeast of
Mindinao, lowered the T'nited States
colors and substituted the flag of
Holland.
James C eelman Appointed.
New York. Mayor Gaynor has ap
pointed James Creelman, the jour
nalist, to the municipal Civil Service
Commission to succeed John C. Mc
Gulre, the president of the board,
who was named by the Mayor to one
of the vacancies on the Mrooklyn
magistrate's bench.
"Frat" Men the Flunkers.
Ithaca, N. Y'. President Schur
man, of Cornell, has warned frn
ternity men to Improve in their
I studies, declaring that the 29 per
cent, of the men students in t lie fra -
ternities furnished 45 per cent, of
the flunks.
Wants to Sea Battleships.
Boston.-- The most compelling de
sire expressed by Stearns Kendall
Abbott, released after 30 years In
prison, was to pee a modern battle
ship. He displayed no Interest In
ueroplanf-s.
Stois Panic. With Revolver,
Tarrytown, X. Y. Policeman
Welsh stopped a panic In a moving
picture show when a film caught "lire
by drawin'g his revolver and threat
ening to arrest anyone who moved
toward the exits.
Herod's Palace Found.
Vienna.--Prof. Krnsy Sellin, a not
ed Kgyptologist, says he has foend
an ancient palace of Herod the Great
on the plain of the River Jordan,
near the road from Jerusalem to
Jericho.
Eat Weeds for Dandelions.
'KIttanning, Pa. Alexander Sar:il,
aged 3, 1b dead and eight other chil
dren are In a serlouB condition from
eating poisonous weeds, which they
thought were dandelions.
10 PUBLISHERS
W3ULD ABOLISH THE SENATE
Victor Eergar, Siclnllet, lt roduces
Re oiution In the
House.
Washington, I). C. Victor Merger,
of Milwaukee, the Socialist member
of Congress, in a resolution Intro
duced in the House, not only pro
poses to aboil: h tho Senate, but alms
to strike from the hand of the Presl
dent the veto power and 'nke from
the courts authority to invalidate
legislation enacted by the House of
Representatives. All this is proposed
sis an amendment to the Constitu
tion, which, If petitioned for by 5 per
cent, of the voters in each State,
shall be submitted to a general refer
endum. "The Senate has run its course,"
said Mr. Merger after his threaten
ing document hud been dropped Into
the hopper on the speaker's desk. "It
must some day, as with the British
House of Lords, yield to the popular
demand for Its reformation or aboli
tion." The resolution was not referred to
the Judiciary Committee until after
several hours' delay, caused by rais
ing the question as to whether a
clause In the preamble attucking the
I Senate might not be a violation of
I the House rules. This clause re
I ferred to the Senate as "a menace to
jthe liberties of the people" and as
ia "body, many of tho members of
j which are the representatives neith
er of a State nor of Its ixopl", but
solely of certain predatory combina
tions." House rule 22 authorizes the
I Speaker to throw out bills and reso
lutions of an Insulting character. It
I was determined, however, that the
' resolution was not a violation.
I The rule prohibiting members of
i ono legislative body against crltlcls
j Ing or attacking the other body Is ap
! pllcable only In debate on the floor.
BIBLE OF OUR FOREFATHERS
Mr.
Taft's Tribute to King James
Version Celebration In
New York-
New York. Letters from King
George of Kngland and President
Taft were read at Carnegie Hall at
a notable gathering In celebration ol
the three hundredth anniversary ol
the publication of the King James
version of the Kngllsh Bible. The
King congratulated the people of thl
country on "their share In this, out
common heritage," and President
Taft wrote that the "Bible's splrll
has Influenced American Ideals in lif
and laws and government."
The Right Rev. David II. Greer,
bishop of the Kplscopal diocese ol
New York, presided at the ceremony
which was held under the auspicei
of the American Hible Society, Jamei
Mryce, the British ambassador, read
the Kitig's letter aud delivered an
address.
The King said:
'I rejoice that America and Kng
land should join in rommemoratluij
the publication, 300 years sgo, ol
that version of the Holy Scrlpturei
which has so long held Its own among
Kngllsh-speaklng peoples.
"Its circulation in our homes but
done more, perhaps, than anything
else on earth to promote among old
and young the moral and religloui
welfare on either side of the At
lantic. "The version which bears King
James' name Is so clearly interwoven
in the history of British and Ameri
can life that It Is right we should
thank God for It together.
"I congratulate the President and
people of the I'nlted States upon
their share In this o. r common
heritage."
Tho White House,
March 7, 1911.
To the Tercentenary Celebration ol
the King James Version of th
Kngllsh Bible:
I desire to express mv deep Inter
est In the recognition which is being
, taken In this country of so notable
an event as the Three Hundredth
Anniversary of the King James Ver
sion of the Kngllsh Hible.
The publication of the version of
' tho Holy Scriptures In the year 1611
; associates it with tho early rolonlej
of the Kngllsh people upon this Con
tinent. It became, at once tho Hible
of our American forefathers. Iti
classic Kngllsh has given shape to
i American literature. Its spirit hai
i Influenced American ideas In life and
!law8 and government.
I trust that this celebration may
j continue and deepen the Influence ol
i the Mlblo upon the people of this re
j public.
1 WILLIAM H. TAFT.
! Klhert A. Prlnrkerhoff, vlre-presl-
;dent of the American Bible Society,
I opened the meeting and Introduced
Bishop Croer, who said In part:
The publication of the Bible, the
i three hundredth anniversary of
which we are assembled here to cole-
i brate, was not oitly a groat literary
Invent; It was also a great moral and
j religious event.
Dr. Hyd Out on $50,000 Bond,
i Kansas City, Mo. Dr. B. C. Hyde,
under a life sentence of Imprison-
; ment for the murder of Col. Thomat
ill. Swopc, was released from the
county Jail on a writ of habeas cor
pus granted by the seven judges of
, the Circuit Coert here.
pa " irect Vote Measure
Albany, N. Y. By a vote of 10R
to 30 the Assembly adopted the reso
lution of Senator Roosevelt, ndvocat
ing the election of I'nlted States Sen
ators by direct vote of the people.
I
Curiosity Brings Trouble.
Allentown, Pa. Overcome wl
curiosity, Mrs. Rose Srhultz used
hatpin on a fulminating dynamite
cartridge thnt her little boy found
The rap exploded. She will never do
1 It again.
Ravages of fie Paaue.
London. The official figures o
the ravages of the bubonic plague in
the central provinces of India, show
the appalling total of 55,884 deaths
from the disease In March.
SCHOOL TEACHERS
KILLED IN WRECK
Excursion to Washington Ends
Tragically.
FIRE CONSUMES ENTIRETRAIN
Teachers' Special From Utlca, N. Y.
Bound for National Capi
tal, is Ditched Near
Easton, Pa
Tragedy of the Rail.
A special tarrying 169 school
teachers from Now York cities
on sight-seeing excursion to
Washington jumps the track
and Is set on tire.
The train was set on fire at
one end by the engine and on
the other by an oil tank car,
which it sldeswiped.
Many of tho passengers,
though Injured, pluckily assist
ed In rescuing their less fortunate
passengers from the burning
cars
Kaston, Pa. Fight persons lost
their lives, several are missing and
believed Jo be dead and half a hun
dred others were injured at Mar-
tln'B Creek, N. J., in a wreck of an
excursion train carrying 170 school
teachers and friends from Utlca and
Syracuse, N. Y., and vicinity to
Washington for a week's outing.
The train was one furnished tho
teachers by the Delaware, Lacka
wanna and Western Railroad, and
the accident occurred while It was
traveling at a high rate of speed over
a stretch of track controlled by the
Pennsylvania Railroad. The loco
motive Jumped the track, the cars
toppled over and were set on fire by
exploding oil, the wrecked coaches
tiavlng sldeswiped an oil tank along
the track when they left the rails.
The entire train was quickly en
veloped in flames and completely
consumed by the fire. The eight
missing poisons, seven of whom were
women and lived In Utlca, are be
lieved to have been burned to death
In flie wreckage. The finding of
charred bones led the railroad wreck
ing crews to the conclusion thnt they
are dead.
The most seriously injured were
removed to the F.aston Hospital,
where two of them. Miss Eleanor R.
Rutherford, a Utlca teacher, and
Charles M. Parsons, of Stroudsburg,
Pa., a Pennsylvania Railroad conduc
tor, died at night.
The cause of the wreck has not yet
been detormlned. The place where
the accident occurred had been un
dergoing repairs and unfinished work
may have been responsible for the
train leaving tho track.
MAD TRO'3 VIEW OF IT.
Says Diaz and Corral Started Inter
vent on Scare t
Kl Paso, Tex. General Madero,
rpeaklng of the alleged interview
with Vice-President Corral concern
ing the United States, had this to
say:
"I am not sure that Corral made
the statement credited to him, but
I do know that when the revolution
was In the formative stage It was
part of the Diaz-Corral strategy to
give the Impression that the United
States would Intervene In behalf of
the Mexican government. This was
to make us appenr unpatriotic.
"However, the revolution got un
der way anil Is winning, yet there has
been 110 intervention. The govern
ment, therefore, is now trying to
mnke It appear that the revolt does
not owe Its spread to the unpopular
ity of the administration, but to
foreign elements which they allege
havo come to the aid of the upris
ing." TURIN EXHIBITION OPENS.
U. S. Wo I Represented In Industrial
Show. .
Turin, Italy. The International
Kxblbitlon of Industries and Labor,
tbo biggest affair of the kind ever
attempted In Italy, was opened Sat
urday. The Turin exhibition occupies 12,
000,000 square feet, extending on
olther side of the river Po, the two
parts being joined by four bridges,
two built especially for this occasion.
The American pavillion comprises the
largest exhibit ever made abroad by
that government. In all there were
15,000 exhibitors, representing the
European countries, North and
South America, Japan, Persia, Slam,
Turkey, Tunis and the British col
onies. Merrlam Spent $133,254.80.
Chicago. Charles E. Merrlam,
Chicago University professor, spent
$133,254.80 In his recent effortB to
become Mayor of Chicago, according
to a final statement of campaign re
ceipts and expenditures, made pub
lic. Tho total receipts were $136,
191. C5.
Cuba Shaken ByQjakn.
Santiago, Cuba. An earthquake
was felt here. No damage was done,
Dut there was great alarm for a
time.
John D. Gives $180 000.
Boston. Charles W. Perkins, of
this city, treasurer of the American
Baptist Missionary Union, has re
ceived a check for $180,000 from
John P. Hoekefellcr as the oil mag
nate's annual gift
Honor Conferred on Taft.
Washington, P.- C. President
Taft was elected honorary president
of the Amerlran Society of Interna
tional Law at the closing session of
the convention at the Wlllard Saturday.
ALL OVER THE STATE
TOLD IN
SHORT ORDER
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Mauch Cunk. - -Work 011 the grad
ing of the extension of the line of th
Lehigji and New Knglund Railroad
from Danielsville to Tamaqua, via
tho Lizard Creek Valley, is progress
ing rapidly. In responso to tbreatH
made by West l'euii Township,
Schuylkill County, farmers that un
less tho company came forward with
the cash for the land over which
the new road Is to pass, the courts
would be usked to grant Injunctions,
Hie company's claim agent took a trip
through the valley this week to re
new old options or pay the cash.
This move Is thought, to Indicate that
the U'lilgh Coal and Navigation Com
pauy has no hope of fixing up lib
differences with the Central Railroad
of New Jersey and that the new road
must now be built.
Reading. Flsli Warden Charles
Nessley made a midnight raid at
(Herniate, In the southern end of
Berks County, and took Into custody
James Hurner, Charb.s Harmr,
Frank Qulgley and Ernest Weaver
on the charge of Illegal fishing. It
is alleged that the party visited trout
streams In the vicinity of the Yellow
House, and with a large net tock
nearly all fie trout in the dam and
In the stiva ..s.
Allentown.- Lewis F. Grammes, u
leading manufacturer of this section,
died suddenly of heart trouble in his
sixty-seventh year. He had many
patents for knitting machines and
other mechanical contrivances, but
his principal Invention was the mail
ing machine. Mr, Grammes and Ids
sons did the largest foreign business
from Allentown.
Chester. Amor Talley, treasurer
of Lower Chichester Township, was
severely Injured by the explosion (f
an electric light globe on a Murnm
Hook trolley car. Pieces of the ghs
struck him in the eye, necessitating
the aid of an oculist. In spite of the
pnln be proceeded on his way to .V -dla
and reported for duty as a Civ. I
Court J '.ror.
York.- Because he did not like Lis
new home, having changed his resi
dence the first of April, Emanuel II.
Herkert, seventy years old,, commit
ted suicide by shooting himself in
the head. Two boys wltncs-id
tbo tragedy, having followed Mr.
Ileekert from his house to the
bam, believing he Intended 10
kill rats. The boys crept near :
where Mr. Heckert was sitting ui d
saw him placo a revolver to li la 1 1
and lire.
I.ewistown. Mrs. Charles Reilly.
40 years old, died of burns received
when she attempted to stamp out ti e
flames of a rubbish fire that had ecu -municated
with straw in the stall
yard and threatened the buildini:.
Rev. Mr. Rhoads Jumped the rein"
and was badly burned on the hands
and arms In an attempt to save the
woman, whose clothing was a n.ai-s
of flames.
llairishurg. Warrants were is
sued here for the arrest of Ar'ur
Gleason, an Englishman, amis. ii 'I
having embezzled money beloniiK
to thref women living in Dorset, Fin
land. The information whs made ,
Mrs. K. liarley, who met the n.iin
in Liverpool, and who, with her s.
ters, accompanied him to this onui
try with money to invest. T!i'
chnrge that he secured the money I
left for New York, leaving tl-em
stranded in this city.
Pethlehein Injuries which will
result fatally occurred to Harold ;u:d
Charles Pursel, aged 2 and :i
old, sons of Levitt Pursel, of llel
lnnd, N. J. The babies, in tin' 'I
sence of their mother, got hnW
matches. Playing -with tliein 11. :n' a
couch, the latter became Ignited. In
trying to put out the blaze the lie'"
ing of the children caught lire a nil
both were burned from head t" i'"1'
Scran ton.--Nine-year-old Tommy
McLane, known to his companies
"Wild West," was hungry for pie.
saw a baker's wagou with eighty !'A0
juicy, tempting pies on the ttreet
corner, got Into the wagon and din'
off; The most he could eat m
pies. The others ho dumped
the street; drove tho wagon to Hi'e
headquarters and told tho police lie
found it In "Me Fadder's barn." 11,1
was held for Juvenile Court.
Pottsvllle. District Atlunh'.v
Lyons has appealed to the Super:"'
Court the cases of William On'
and William Jones, convicted of
lot box stuffing, but granted u n'
trial by Judge Urumni. The case
before Suix-rlor Court before ami 8
a result Grow and Jones were re
manded to inll and it Is claimed tint
the lower court cannot, now grant a
new trial. Judge Hrumm declares
that the mn wero not properly
fended and that circumstance liave
developed which show that an l"Ji:''
tlve has been done to them.
Stroudsburg. Hurd's Sanita"1""'
at North Wales Gap, was destroy"
by fire together with a cottage. In"11
dry, two ice houses and a large larn,
belonglns to the Minlsink Farm Com
pany. The 1038 is estimated at f111' "
000. Hurd's Sanitarium was w 9
the oldest summer resort ll,iU','li
the Water Gap, and for years
been well patronized by ''''"'j
phlans. For a month the rct"'t M
been opened and a number vvi ,('r' .
Istered at the place. There as 1 '
tie dilliculty for the guests to o'
them
lost
in safety, but most of
clothing and valuables.
Lewisburg. The nucknoll I'"v'
sity students who hazed ('l;,r''''
WnycholT In a cemetery here vo '
tartly confessed their offense Ix'ti'
the father of young Wayclioff
John Howard Harris, preside' it
Buckf?ll, and expressed tl",ir
Ingness to submit to whatever r
alty' might be decided upon-
Scranton. John Early, a min
checkwelghman, lst his life, nn
men, both foreigners, were lJl
in a fire which destroyed tne ' 1 -Grove
breaker of the PennO'l''
Coal Company, in Punmore.