The Fulton County News McCctDellsburg, Pa. THE BUSYBODY. We shun them ut every opportunity, those bueybodles who pone as our friends when really they tre quite the contrary, and who seem to thlnH they are endowed by a speclnl act of Provi dence with regulating the affulrs of tbelr neighbors as well as of those who would rather not be their neigh bors. It Is easy to comprehend bow svuch persons earn their characteriza tion and easier still for us to apply such a description to all tiose who In any way display what we may regard as ats undue Interest In our affairs, says the Christian News and Courier. It l possible, however, that the cap wblcb we place so unhesitatingly upon the beads of certain persons would prove a better fit for us If we could persuade ourselves to "try It on." Unquestionably the mere sug gestion to some of us that we could ever overstep the limit of our friend ly Interest In others is distasteful, and In many cases probably unwar ranted, yet It Is true that one of the distinctive characteristics of the pres ent age, with Its freedom of living and Its consequent sacrifice of many of those refining and restraining In fluences that were so vital a part of another and more distant day, Is the readiness with which we Indulge our curiosity. Not satisfied nowadnys with the bestowal of a confidence which Is sufficient, perhaps, to pique our Interest It Is not unusual for some persons to solicit further details and In other ways to evince a too eager concern In the affairs of others. Gustav Frenssen's "Klaus HInrlch Baas" reminds one of "David Copper Held" In Its long deliberative r.nwlnd- Ing of a life history up to middle age, and a little, too, In Its general plan, with Its unhappy love marriage fol lowed by a more satisfactory union, says the London Times. Hut Frenssen plows deep In the field of moral and oclal problems, and his plot Is con vincing we are not obliged to take the facts on the honor of the narrator. The hero Is a peasant's son a piece of tough, proud, full-blooded North German humanity. In one moment of bitter disillusionment be asks himself what bis too great teachers, School and Church, had done for blm except mislead him. They had given htm fables. Impossible Idealisms, "two gos pels, the gospel of the Savior and the gospel of Schiller, but of true. genuine knowledge of life not a ves tige." How he gets this knowledge Is the theme of the book; a fine and moving story which flows on In a broad stream of Incident and charac ter that gives a singularly powerful Impression of the masslvencss and variety of life. New Tork Is protesting against a new danger In the reckless driving of automobiles by boys and girls through the streets, and legal means are to be ought to prevent the lives of cltl tens being put In danger by children. The automobile. In some ay, seems to be associated with disregard of the rights of pedestrians to an extent which has rendered It a menace of civilization, as well as one of Its lux uries. But as far as children are con; cerned. they should be legally re strained from being allowed In charge of any vehicle. They are too fond of any kind of power and too Irresponsi ble In Its use an exceedingly danger ous combination. Now It Is discovered that the fa mous pirate, Captain Kldd, who, ac cording to the old song, "much wick edness he did as be sailed," was really no pirate at all, but an honest and good-tempered old sailor. Rut there are some cherished Illusions to which the mind will always cling, and It will require more authority than Is given to Induce the popular Imagina tion to accept a romantic and pic turesque pirate as an uninteresting and commonploce good honest man. Another rich American girl Is to marfy an English nobleman. The next generation of the British peer age w ill be as much American as Eng- Ilsh, If these International marriages keep on, and with such an Infusion of Americanism, even the famojs British conservatism and love of tradition may give way to a startling extent But the nation seems not to care for this American danger as long as It can assimilate so much of the Amer ican coin. A drendnaught Is a formidable ob ject, but It affords a shining mark for a little aeroplane flitting hither and yon among the clouds. In a few years, perhaps, somebody will build an aeroplane destroyer. From Honey Creek, la., comes the story that a bolt of lightning dug a well and found water after a farmer bad tried In vain for years. Evi dently Honey Cre, Is trying to com pete with Winstee, Conn. A Pennsylvania pastor, getting $30 a month salary, has been ordered to pay his wife $8 monthly alimony. How true It Is that "To him that hath shall be given, and from hlra that hath not even that which hi bath shall be taken away." Dna rnllrnnd Is to teach politeness to Its employes. It will be great to get the soft answer wnicn lumem away wrath when one nas just missea the 7:19 train. FAST TRAIN LEAPS 10 THE lie Twenty-Five Dead and Sixty Are Injured. G. A. R. MEN IN CRASH. Train of Fourteen Coaches and Twc Locomotives Jumpi the Trck While pproaching Bridge on the Lehigh Val.ey Road. Manchester, N. V. Speeding east ward behind time, Lehigh Valley pas senger train No. 4 ran into a broken rail on a trestle near bere Friday anu two day coaches from the mid-sec-tlon of the train plunged downward 40 feet, striking the east embank ment like a pair of projectiles. In the awful plunge and crash at least 2G persons were killed and near ly 60 Injured. The Injuries of sev eral are so serious that It Is fear they will die. The wreck was the worst In the history of the Lehigh Valley In this State and one of the most disastrous ever recorded on the system. Was G. A. R. Train. Crowded with passengers, many of whom were war veterans and ex cursionists from the Grand Army ot the Republic encampment at Koch ester, the train, made up of 14 cars, drawn by two big mogul engines, was 40 minutes late when It reached Rochester Junction and from there sped eastward to make up time be fore reaching Geneva. The engines and two day coaches bad Just passed the centre of a 40 foot trestle over Canandalgua Out let, 160 yards east of the station at Manchester, at 12.35 o'clock, when the Pullman car Austin, the third ot a long train, left the rails. It dragged the dining car with It and two day coaches and two Pull mans, In thlB order, followed.' Ran on 1 lea. All bumped over the ties a short distance when the coupling between day coach No. 237 and the rear end of the diner broke. The forward end of the train dragged the derailed Pullman Austin and the diner over safely, after which both plunged down the south embankment and rolled over. The free end of an ill-fated Le high Valley day coach, In which most of the victims were riding, shoved out over the gulf and, fol lowed by a Grand Trunk day coach, tripped the rear guard off the south side of the trestle and plunged to tfie shallow river bed, more than 40 feet below. The end of the first day coach that went over struck the east embank ment of solid masonry and, with the other 60-foot car behind It, both hot against the wall with terrilflc force. Passengers Burled. Both cars were filled with passen gers, In a few moments the cars lay, mass of crumbled wood, metal and glass, under which a hundred men, women and children, many of whom were killed Instantly, were burled. The greatest destruction occurred n the day coach No. 237 and a dozen persons were taken later, dead, from the second day coach, which, after following the first over the trestle, snapped Its rear coupling and thus Baved the rest of the train from being dragged along. The second day coach struck on the bottom and stood end up, the rear end projecting a few feet above the top of the trestle. All of the passengers in this car were plied in a tangled mass or broken seats at the bottom of t.e car. Hs'p Long Comlnp Indescrible pandemonium followed. The Pullman car E.nelyn, which re mained on the bridge with one end projecting over the gulch, and sev eral cars behind it derailed and In Immediate danger of going over on the mass of wreckage below, were soon emptied of all their passengers, who, aided by gangs of railroad em ployes from the big freight yards at Manchester, rushed to aid. It was several minutes, however, before anybody reached the cars at tbe bottom to help the victims. The cars did not catch fire. Axes were Becured and Body after body was removed and carried by the rescuers, knee deep In the creek bed, to the bank on the west side of the trestle. There the dead and Injured were laid out on the ground while planks and timber were requisitioned and a field hospital established. Trains Erlng Dcctors. It was more than an hour before many of the Injured could be re moved and special trains from both Y. M. C. A. Membership, New York.; More than half a mil lion young men are now members of the Young Men's Christian Associa tion 636,037 to be exact, a gain of cording to the association's year book of North America, Just received. Of these 157, 850 are Industrial workers and more than half take physical training In 648 gymnasiums. The net property gain for the year was $7,162,000, bringing the grand total up to $67,539,000. Throughout the continent the association employs 8,351 officers. Quiet Now In Haiti. Washington. The protection of American Interests in Haiti is now In the hands of the lone gunboat Mari etta at Port au Prince. Because of ths Improved conditions In the little republic the Navy Department with drew the three other warships, which for several weeks had been guarding foreign life and property. The scout cruiser Salem sailed for Hampton Roads, while the cruiser Des Moines snd the gunboat Peoria were ordered .o Guantanamo, Cuba. THE CANNING SEASON " OHPtARIfc! Y(Xj'U.-W"rtAT IN TI(E. - ' BE 50 PLtAStDI WORLD! 13 IT -i-VlJ II - OVlR 14"? QUARTS WOMB rTZT- .. OF THE LDVCLI65T QN FIRe rnTj p. ,.m (Copyright. U1M Jeneva and Rochester brought physi cians, nurses and medical supplies. Hundreds awaited treatment, and the railroad station at Manchester, a cider mill and an Icehouse were used to give temporary shelter and treatment to the uflerers. It was necetsary to chop through the sides and bottom of the day coach at the bottom and the work of removing the victims moved with painful slowness. Death had come swiftly to many, a large number of the dead having had their skulls crushed In when they were thrown against the car seats and projections. The mortality was high among the older pasengers, most of whom were veterans of the Civil War and their wives. Twenty-Three In Moriue The dead removed from the wreck and brought to a morgue at Shorts vllle, near here, numbered 23. Two other persons died In Rochester from their injuries. Several other persons with probably mortal Injuries are lying In the hospitals at Rochester, Geneva and Clifton Springs. HARRY K. THAW NOT INSANE. So He Declares In Answer to His Wife's Petition. Pittsburgh, Pa. An answer was filed here by Harry K. Thaw through bis attorney, former Governor Wil liam A. Stoue, to the petition of his wife, Evelyn Nesbit Thaw, In which Judge L. L. JJavis was asked to ap point a lunacy commission to take charge of the income of Thaw In this State and provide for the support of the wife. Thaw's Income is said to be $60,000 a year. Thaw claims that the verdict ot the jury In New York State was not a finding that he was Insane and that the decree confining him In. Mutteawan was a statutory only and not a pro ceeding as to the lunacy of Thaw. He claims that the fact that he is still confined In the Matteawan Hospital, under the order of court, does not judicially or In any way establish his present Insanity. The answer alleges that the petition asks the court to do what it has no authority to do. In the second part of the answer Thaw states: "Your affiant Is not at present in sane. He Is quite copable of attend Ing to his own affairs, and does at tend to his own affulrs. He transacts his own business. If there was ever any derangement mentally the affiant has entirely recovered from It, and Is now In possession of all his mental faculties." JOKE ENDS IN TRAGEDY. Eoy Tied to Cow By Playmates I Dragged to Death. Utlca, N. Y. Falling from a cow to which he had been tied by his playmates, Lewis Burns, the 7-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Matthew Burns, was dragged by the frighten ed animal around a field until he was dead, according to word Just receiv ed here from Pulaski. Lewis, with nis two sisters, 8 and 11 years old, went out to the pasture to tako turns riling a cow that long has been a pet of the family. It was a sport the youngsters had enjoyed frequent ly during the summer vacation. The cow was gentle and had never tried to throw or harm the children while they were driving It around the field. Laughing merrily, Lewis started off on the ride. He had not gone far when the rope began to slip. The boy tried to cling to the cow's back, but his hands slipped over Its hide and he fell. This frightened the cow. It dashed off on a wild circuit of the pasture, dragging the boy along the ground. His skull was fractured, right arm and Jaw broken and nearly all his clothing torn off. He was dead when picked up. Mlas Clsvalsnd Engaged. Tamsworth, N. H. It is under stood that the marriage of Miss Esther Cleveland, oldest duughter of the late ex-President, whose engage ment to Randolph D. West, of New York, was announced Wednesday, will take place In October. The fam ily say nothing about the affiar. Miss Cleveland is devoted to athletics, be ing an enthusiastic tennis player and motorist. Mr. West Is the son of a Princeton professor and has been at tentive to Miss Cleveland for bo me time. Wraps Himself In Flag. Kingston, Jam. More Haytlen exiles, some of them unfriendly to Pranldent Leconte. are arriving here. One of them, an adherent of former President Simon, was obliged to wrap himself In a Spanish flag to upma the violence or a mob that threatened him as he was about to leave Haytl. The Peruvian salt output for 1910 wm valued at $453,166 United States gold. ARSON 10 TERRIBLE CRIME Farmer, Wife and Son Are Slain and Burned. A SON IS PLACED IN JAIL Mr. and Mr. Les Killed With Ham mar and Young Son Shot While Thay Slept Doors Bolted and Houss Sat Afirs. Boonvllle, Ind. A triple murder was committed In Boonvllle. Rich ard Lee and his wife and their 17-year-old son, Clarence, were killed in their beds with a bammer and tbe house Bet on fire, Tbe house was discovered on fire at 4.30 o'clock Thursday morning and by the time firemen reached It, was blazing from all sides. Trying to enter, they found that all the doors and windows were locked Breaking down the doors, the fire men found the Incinerated bodies of Lee. his wife and his boy. Examination of the bodies result ed In the discovery that the Bkulls of the father and mother had been crushed In with a hammer, while they were lying In bed asleep. The 17-year-old boy had been shot. Robbery, It Is believed, was the motive. It Is known that the Lee family, consisting of the father and mother and two children, had sold a small piece of property In Newburg and divided up the money between them. The mother and father and young - er boy took their money and went back to their home In Boonvllle. The older son. William Lee, who Is 21 years old, remained in Newburg and then returned to Boonville after his family had gone to bed. William Lee was arrested by the sheriff of Warrick county on the charge of murdering the other mem bers of the family. William Lee, It is said, ran out of the home at the time of the fire, fully dressed and spread the alarm. He claimed at the time of his arrest that he was awakened by the blaze and barely escaped with bis life, not having had time to rescue his parents and brother. Information also came out that Lee and his father had quarreled fre quently over money matters. Wil liam, the son who Is now in the War rick county Jail, was engaged to wed Miss Myna Taylor, of Newburg, daughter of a wealthy farmer, and the nuptials were to have taken place Thursday. Insurance policies amounting to $5,000 were found on the lives of Richard Lee, the father, and his son, Clarence, both victims of the tragedy. DYING FROM BLOW. Schoolboy Received Blow Month in Abdomen. Edwanlsville, 111. Gilbert Last Jen- kins, a 15-year-old schoolboy, who fought for the entertainment of a dozen women and several hundred men on the steamer Keystone State last month Is lying at his home here of Injuries received In the bout. His life Is despaired of by two physicians who are attending him. Young Jen kins went on with Hobble Brendle In a curtain-raiser, lie was Knocaeu down In the second round with a blow on the left side of the abdomen. He fell limp to the floor, and while con scious, was unable to regain bis feet $400,000 In Old Postage. Chicago. Three hundred members of the American Philatelic Society opened their twenty-fifth annual con vention here. The private stamp col lections of the members are said to be valued at $3,000,000. The larg est Individual collection Is that of George H. Worthlngton, of Cleve land, O., valued at $500,000. An ex hibit of canceled stamps valued at $400,000 Is displayed at the Art In Btltute. F. N. Cornwall, of St. Louis, was chosen president of the society at the annual election of officers. Emery Wheel Kills Cubsn. Easton, Pa. A bursting emery wheel killed Edward Blasecadado, a young Cuban sent to the United States to learn the machinist trade and mechanical engineering In the plant of the Treadwell Engineer Com pany near here. He was operating the wheel when It burst, and a fragment fractured his skull. Blase cadado came from a prominent and wealthy family at Chapara, Cuba. He was 21 years of age. HIDE BANDITS MOST RETURN LOOT Gen. Madero Issues Notloes at Jojutia-Gullty Will Be Punished. Cuautla, MoreloB, Mexico. That Francis I. Madero's method of restor ing peace is not lacking In energy was Indicated Wednesday when, as a re sult of tils visit toJojutla notices were posted Btatlng that lootert would be given Just one day to return stolen property; that failure to do bo would result In summary court martial and probable death sentence. In Jojutla Madero Investigated the work of the mobs whose members are said to have been bandits rather than Zapatistas. Most of the larger stores have been looted. Madero as sured the citizens that the guilty ones would be severely punished. General Hernandez, a former revolutionary officer, Is In command of the local garrison. After conferring with Modero Hernandez announced that drastic measures would be Instituted. One looter caught In the act was shot. A number are Imprisoned. At Ixtla Madero conferred with General Ambroslo Flguero'a, who de parted In pursuit of the bandits. MADERO VERSUS REYES. Former Mexican Wsr Minister Ac cused of Treachery. El Paso. It Is to be war to ths finish between Francisco I. Madero and Gen. Bernardo Reyes, according to friends of Madero. They declare be gave Reyes a chance to return to Mexico and become a useful citizen, and that Reyes has been a traitor. Friends of Reyes declare that Madero Is only Jealous of the popularity of the former war minister. Madero has thrown the challenge to the Gen eral and accuses him of treachery and of planning to have him shot In battle, to assure the success of Reyes In the presidential election, Returning from his trip of pacifica tion In Morelos, where he went to urge the Zapatista revolterg to lay down their arms, Madero says that while he cannot produce the evidence asked by President De La Barra of the treachery of Reyes, he has enough proof to satisfy himself. In ths capital the people are saying that If Madero Is elected President Reyes will have to leave the country again, as was the case when he became too popular for President Diaz or head a revolution against Madero for self preservation. MINERS HAULED THROUGH FIRE Sevan Killed and Ihree Mortally Hurt In Oleaster. Ely, Nev. Of 10 men who were working at the 1,400-foot level ot the new five-compartment bhaft of the Giroux Consolidated Mines, when It caught fire Wednesday night, seven are dead and three lie at the point of death after passing through' ' the flames to reach the surface, The men on the 1,400-foot level i heard a noise which they thought I was caused by an explosion. They 1 looked up and saw the shaft In flames. They at once boarded the cage and started for the surface, but encountered the flames at the 1,200 foot level and stopped. Five men left the cage and started to walk through the 1,200-foot level to the old Alpha Bhaft, 700 feet away, through which they hoped to climb out of the mine. The five remaining In the cage gave the signal to hoist and were pulled through the blazing shaft. One was dead when the top was reached and the four others were badly burned Rescue of the men remaining In the mine was then attempted through the Alpha shaft. At the 400-foot level one was found dead; another body was recovered at the 600-foot level; a third may lay dead at the bulkhead, but two men were not found and are still In the burn Ing mine. This is the same mine In which three and a half years ago two men were killed and four others entombed for 46 days on the 1,000-foot level of the Alpha shaft. Will Exoiange Land. Washington. The State of Idaho and the I nited States government have agreed to exchange about 400,- 000 acres of land in that state, bo that each may have Its lands in a mora compact body than at present. Act ing Secretary of Agriculture Hays signed a co-operative agreement with the state. Thunder Causea Death, New York. Mrs. Daniel Ferguson of Atlantic Highlands, N. J., fell un conscious at a window In her room when a vivid flash of lightning and a loud crosh of thunder frightened her, Dr. E. E. Failing responded to a hur ried summons and found that she was dead. Mrs. Ferguson had always dreaded lightning. The first peal of thunder during any storm brought terror to her. Price of Beef Sosrs. New York. The wholesale prices of beef soared to a new high level In New York Tuesday. As announced at various local wholesale centers the price of ribs and loins in the best grade of beef is now 16 cents a pound, as compared with 12 cents on January 1. It is an advance ot 1 V4 cents since last week. Best rounds of beef are advanced to 11V4 cents as compared with 9 cents at the first of the year, and a propor tional Increase 1b made In second and third grade beef. Trimble Elected Commsnder. Rochester, N. Y. Judge Harvey Trimble, of Princeton, ill., was unanimously elected commander-in-chief of the Grand Army of the Re public at the meeting of the National Encampment. Colonel John Mc Elroy, of Washington, the only other contestant for the place, withdrew from the race. The Colonial Oil Company will erect a refinery on the site recently acquired at Zarate, Argentine. IRE PANIC in PICTURE THEATRE wenty-Five Killed and Score Injured. FIGHT TO GAIN THE STREET. Narrow Stairway a Horrible Death Trap Pis of Writhing Bodies Ths Lttie Ones Are Tramp led on and Suffocated. Canonsburg, Pa. Twenty-five per sons were killed and more than 60 Injured Saturday night when a mov ing picture film exploded In the Can- onsburg Opera House. Immediately following the flash ot the film fcome persons shouted Fire!" There was a rush for the exit and In a moment there was a writhing, screaming mass of human ity, 10 feet high, In the narrow stair way leading to the entrance of the theatre. Most of the dead were smothered. A majority of the audience was com posed of women and children, in the fierce rush for the exit they were thrown from their feet and trampled by men fighting their way to tne streets. Others were thrown upon them, and those at the bottom of the human pile were suffocated. When two volunteer fire depart ments reached the theatre the Bight staggered them. Those of the audi ence who had escaped from the build ing and other spectators drawn to the scene were rushing about the front of the building. No person, It eemed, was making any effort to aid the struggling mass within the thea tre. The firemen pushed Into the build ing and practically threw persons Into the street. As thev retained their feet they ran shrieking Into the streets In ter ror. The fireman nenred the bottom of the pile and began to bring out the unconscious forms of tbe Injured and later came the dead. The dead were laid tenderly In a row along the bldewaiK. ueiauves struggled to break past the guards and reach the victims. Within a few moments after the film flashed and the panic started the fire whistles were blown, Fractical- lv the entire population of the town responded and packed In narrow Pike street, from which the fatal theatre entrance led. All of them were ap parrntlv terror-stricken and could elve little aid. The only cool per Bona were the firemen and the several members of the police force. John McCuIlough, operator or the moving picture machine, had Just thrown the Bubject of the next series of nictures on the screen entitled A Little Girl Shall Lead Them," when the film exploded and the asbestos cabinet was filled with flames. For several moments the audience, num bering upwards of 1,600 persons, was totally unaware of the accident, ana the operator heroically fought down the flames and succeeded In ex tlneulshlne them. Then, his hands burned and almost suffocated, he opened the door of the little box and staggered out. With the opening of the door a dense cloud nf smoke poured Into the auditorium At this moment some person yell ed "Fire!" The spectators turned n thntr spats, saw the smoke. Jump ed to their feet and then started the awful rush for the lone doorway leading to the narrow, eight-foot Htiilrwav. At thp ntalrwav thev collided and lammed Into probably 200 other per- ns who were awaiting f.e end ot the performanec to take the places of those who had seen the show. Immediately the narrow stairway was packed and jammed 10 feet high with the dead and dying, the shriek ing Injured and the screaming un hurt, while the crowds of townspeo pie rushed to the Bcene and added confusion to the din. The list of dead probably would have been greater but for the hero Ism of MIbs Mary Craig, pianist at the theatre. When the cries of "fire" sounded and the rush to safety start ed Miss Craig began playing a slow march. Over and over she played the selection, never faltering, and many In the crowd caught the swing of the music and assisted In holding back the crowd. When the audience had swept from the building Miss Craig left uninjured. Kills Countryman, Is Caught. Mount Holly. N. J. Salvatore Argona, who Bhot and Instantly kill ed Gulseppl Materl during a quarrel on a farm near Centreton, was cap tured at Moorestown. Before his arrest Argona gave an armed posse a lone chase. The murderer was brought to the county Jail. Socialist Victory Is Rumor. Washington. At the headquarters of the American Federation of La bor here it Is rumored that the elec tion of William H. Johnson, of Rock Tallin (i. III., as president ot the In ternatlonal Association of Machinists, and the defeat of James O'Connell, who has held that position 18 years, Ib a victory for the Socialists In the labor organization of the United stntoa who are fighting Samuel Gompers, president of the American Federation of Labor. To Launch La Follstts Boom Duluth, Minn. A number of Mid dle States' leaders of the progressive Republicans have received Invitations to attend a State "progressive ban- nimt In Mlnnannnlls. September 7, at which a State boom for Senator La Follotte, of Wisconsin, for President Is to be launched. Among tnoae in vited are Senator Cummins, of Iowa; Governor McGovern, of Wisconsin; former Senator Beverldge, or Indi ana, and Senator Clapp, of Minne sota. THE NEWS OF PEIHJSYLVAXIA Hnzletnn. H. M. Heller and Miss Grace Sickes, of Fern Glen, enjoyed ths distinction of having neen mar red before the largest crowd ever assembled In Luzerne county for the purpose of witnessing a nuptial cere mony. Fifteen thousand persons paid admission to the Board of Trade outing to wltnesB It. The bridegroom Is twenty-six years or ago, ana a miner, while the bride, a miner's daughter, is 22 years old. Rev. 8. E. Stoffiett, pastor of Emmanuel's Reformed Church, performed the ceremony, while Judges George R. Ferris and Benjamin Jones, of Lu zerne county, and a score of aspir ants for judgeships and offices of the coming primaries, stood In the vast audience. Hundreds of dollars worth of presents were showered upon the couple. Tamaqua. The annual conven tion of Sub-DlBtrlct No. 1, of Dis trict 7, United Mine Workers of America, was held at Lansford. the body going on record as being op posed to a renewal of tne present agreement unless the officers of the union have ths right to defend the men and take up grievances with the operators direct. Other resolution adopted were: Checkoff system, eight-hour work day; Incrense of whzpb 30 per cent for out side anil 20 per cent, for Inside men. The officers elected are as follows: Presi dent, C. C. Bonner, Tamaqua; vice- president, Mike Sedlllk, Lansford; secretary-treasurer, Ned Evans, of Lansford. This district is one of tho best organized In the hard coal fields. Allentown. Joseph R. Klstler, of Allentown, a sink digging contrac tor, sixty-six years of age, was kill ed at Emaus. With his helper, Fran cis Kromer, he was digging a sink. They had gone down thirty-five feet and started walling up. As Kromer was about to let down the bucket of bricks the rope broke and the heavy bucket fell on Kistler'B head, instant ly crushing out his life. M. P. Reii- hard was lowered by means of the windless and tlpd a ropo around the body to bring It to the top. Kromer three weeks ago told Klstler the rope had a weak spot, but after examining It Klstler said it would be service able for some time. Pittsburg. Friends of R. M. Gu- Jlck, owner of the Lyceum Theater here, have taken steps to have mi body exhumed, In order that tney mav know the cause of his deaih. Gulick, who was one of the must prominent theatrical managers in country, died here August 13 and was burled In Greenwood Cemetery, Brooklyn, N. Y. It was announced tnat death was caused by Brlght's disease. It has been discovered tnat Gulick left a will other than the or.e in which he cave his son. James Gu lick, $100, and the remainder of hi (200,000 estate to his housekeeper. Mrs. Flo Housewright. Erie. Five highwaymen, at least two of whom are believed to be mem bers of the gang which held up the Philadelphia and Erie express i Fivn Mile Curve, near Erie, the night of June 30, robbed H. L. Steadman, of Buffalo; Charles Shrlver, oi i lot land, and Ben Gottlieb and JoM'ph Malthawk. of this city. In the yards of the Lake Shore and JiicniM" Southern Railroad here. Steadman attempted to escape and ws se riously wounded. Tho highwaymen, after taking all tho money their Uc- lms had, compelled th ?m to vm-.uw clothes with them. South Bethlehem. Miss May Rrennan. a member of Aiiem. younger society set, and Roque u- Munoz, of Tegucigalpa, no num.'". - ......... t loh rnlvertty, pre married In the church of the W Infancy here, by Rev. J. t. -- ..... . ....i.ii tHn to Southern points, the couple will l'f,;r ' Munoz's home, where lie his calling of civil engineer. Reading.-At a missionary servW In the followers of Christ ( t n Lenccl Bcore.l I""'1' skirts and merry widow hats. said: "I am not a preacne here and criticise your clothi.R J I don't care what yiwea - ' reel aisposeu io ur and merry widow hats, tha 3 business, but I am airam of you who wear them are not - churchly." , . Readlng.-One person wo ,nd another Injured In a K ! a, ,g accident on . tno uca Dougal while a milk tea n. d by Davis Fetzor and his ten son.. Lester, was driving ( " .rinn ran nto . . ranroiiu, on .-!.(,.. -- . , n,. The boy was killed and 1 ' hurled some distance am. - Read.ng.-Mrs. Ralph M. . Mj .ged 22 years, died fro fire ceived In attempting to h una , the kitchen range and to .c ( ate the burning b1.o pourco quantity of kerosene. " ng ment the flames dashcl up, DOt her clothing ablaze. ' VllJ arrive until all of her cloth" burned from her body. Waynesburg.-eorgt i who for the last clghtoe n written a letter every Frjia J,, aged parents, at KirD). Is dead here. lf(i Bangor. -Dorothy ' Jn , the, eight years, of ren Ar her Easton Hospital, burnea y neck to her feet. Tlw JHJ , Ing with several chlldre I her home when " " df threw a lighted niclt on setting It afire PefoJ w ,cr could oe pui -rtbly burned. ... nlinrleS Konnf'J'' t...ipnian. Altoona. v.."-- briii"'"- tw enty-seven years ,, w killed in a rear-en ' ptnf. was ln.ftf" ,. la thai ,een two freigm. lvanla yard here.
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