The Fulton County News
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McConnellsbiirg, Pa.
PHILOSOPHY AND PLASTERS.
For ttio most part mankind has
learned to accept the varied happen
ings of life In a philosophical spirit.
Hut there always will be people who,
forgetting the inspired adage which
recites that sufllclcnt unto the day Is
the evil thereof, continually look
ahead for trouble. The other day a
big snake In the Bronx zoo was found
to be suffering from bronchitis. The
ordinary remedies were given and In
addition the reptile's throat was wrap
ped with adhesive piaster for a dis
tance of six feet the unusual space
being covered, perhaps because It Is
difficult to tell where a snake's throat
ends and the rest of him begins. And
now an uneasy correspondent writes
!r his dally paper and asks how the
lactor and the attendants propose to
remove the plaster. It Is possible, that
f ls Inquiring person has had trouble
Ith plnsters and knows how unpleas
ant It Is suddenly to separate the
stickers from the human skin. But,
why worry about the snake? Why
look for trouble even before the plas
ter begins to draw? When the prop
er time comes and the usefulness of
the big mufTlcr Is ended, it Is possible
the cobra will slough the plasters as
he might his skin.
A writer contends that for the defi
nition of "home" as "the place where
a man can do as he pleases." There
might be much advanced In favor of
the proposition that It Is the place
where woman can do as she pleases
at least she generally does. Well, why
not? Who makes the home? Every
Ideal home owes Its greatest charms
to woman's part In Its making. Man
Is aware of that, and the American
man generally accepts woman's exclu
sive dominion In the' home of her un
questioned right, his privilege being
to finance the enterprise and to enjoy
the comfort which the presiding ge
nius provides for him.
It Is reported that a New Haven
man recently had his eye put out by
a lady's bat pin, w hich protruded from
the side of the "lid" sufficiently to con
occt with any one occupying the same
street car seat with the owner of the
deadly ornament Whatever may be
said In favor of "milady's" hat orna
ment, a great deal of damaging testi
mony can be brought against It, and It
Is reasonably certain that If It was an
adaptation of "mere" man It would
long ago have been forced Into the
"has-been" class. But woman, with
her supreme power, and ber hat pin,
make a combination difficult to do
feat.
Foot and mouth disease, which broke
out three months ago In the province
of Haute-Savoie. has spread rapidly
and Is now threatening central and
southern France. Pigs, sheep and cat
tle are affected. The best policy with
reference to this scourga is to keep
It out of a country by the most strin
gent Inspection system for Imports
of live stock. The example of France
demonstrates that the disease Is bard
to fight when It once gets In.
And now the pure food experts are
after some of the soda fountain drinks.
charging, among other things, that
they are habit forming. Corrobora
tlon might be had from the swain of
the summer girl, who views with
alarm the rapidity with which one Ice
cream soda follows another.
A good deal of sympathy has gone
out to Hetty Green's son because In
an Incautious momept be announced
that he Intended to marry within a
year and bad not picked out the girl.
But he now says he will not marry a
New York woman. And he la care
fal'.y remaining In New York.
The latest fish story comes from
Pine Brook, N. J., where, it Is claimed,
an angler cast for fish and pulled up
a chest of silverware. The fact that
the story does not come from Win
ated, Conn., leads us to place some
tilth In It
A recent order prohibits profanity
on the part of those engaged In the
construction of the Panama canal. The
privilege Is no doubt reserved for crit
ics of the work.
A stranger wins $100 by betting that
"choir" and "quire" mean the same
thing. Will dictionaries new have to
be seized as gambling paraphernalia?
The Newport society girl who eloped
with a chauffeur Is away behind the
times. The proper stunt now Is to fly
away with an aviator.
It hM been discovered tbfU an octu
dus can be scared to death. This Is
true only in the animal world, not In
the Industrial.
When cholera germs tackle caviar
they meet a foe they cannot cope
with.
We take great pleasure In an
nouncing for the benefit of the suffer
ing poor that the price of terrapin has
dropped.
We are told that the pea crop will
be a small one this year. Our citizens
are advised to use more care and not
let so many roll off the knife.
. China wants $33,000,000 Indemnity
from Mexico or fight. Either alterna
tive Is equally difficult to obtain.
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FLOODED
DIM GIVES II
Black River Falls Is
Swept
by Floods.
CAUSED BY HEAVY RAINS
Number Of Buslneos Houses and
Dwellings Destroyed A Three
Story Hotel the First
Structure To Co.
Lacrosse, Wis. The situation at
Black River Falls, a town or 2.000 in
habitants, which was swept by a flood.
When the waters of the Black ltiver.
swollen by recent ruins, washed
through the .embankment of the La
crosse Water Power Company daniB at
Hatflold, is worse by far than was
even feared when the Hood swept upeli
the town.
Half of the business section has
been destroyed, together with a part
of the residence district, and it Is
laid by the townspeople who have
taken refuge on high hind unable to
make an effort for the protection ol
their atores and homes, that the town I
111 be wiped out. Whether or not
lives have been lost Is not yei cer
tain. Thus far two persons have not been
accounted for.
The Destruction Total.
The buildings have been not merely
flooded, but destroyed. The water,
flowing in tremendous volume", under
mined one building aftor another, and
as each collapsed the debris for the
most part was carried away. The
Tromont Hotel, a throe-story struc
ture, was the first to go. No precau
tions could be taken to stop the
wrecking of the town, the residents
finding it a dlfllcult problem to save
themselves, their families and more
valuable possessions.
None of the stocks In the store was
saved and little of the heavier furni
ture In the houses, the people, al
though they knew of the overflowing
of the Hatfield dam, showing little
fear of Its effects ui.til the waters
burst on them.
The disaster was caused by the
sudden rise of the Black River bohind
the two dams from the LarrosRe
Water Power Company following rains
which lasted almost a week. The dam
withstood the' pressure, but In each
case the river washed around the
side, taking out a big section of the
river bank and coming down on the
country below It almost as great vol
ume as though the dams had been
swept away.
Farmers Taken Unaware.
Besides the damage at Black River
Falls, a great tract of surrounding
country was overrun. Effort
was
made to warn farmers, but the tele-1
phone wires were the first to go down. ,
L,i ., f mnnv settlers, who
i.. ,.r fln,l ....til It
nothing of the flood until It '
their localities, is the cause of ,
pprehension. j
struck
some a
PHILADELPHIA'S SCANDAL.
Warrants for Arreats Of Several Lead
ing City Officials.
Philadelphia. Warrants for the ar
rest of Director of Public Safety
Henry Clay. City Architect Carl B.
Zllenziger, John B. Wiggins, a contrac
tor and builder, r.nd Treasurer Wall,
of the letter's firm, were Issued Friday
on the affidavit of Logan M. Bullitt,
chairman of the Taxpayers' Commit
tee. The charges are conspiracy to de
fraud the city, and are an outcome of
the investigation conducted ny tne
Catlln senatorial romnilsslon. The
men will not bo taken Into custody,
but will accept service through their
attorneys and appear for a hearing.
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Demonstration For Reyes.
San Antonio, Texas Arrangements
were made here by the friends of Gen.
Bernardo Reyes, of Mexico, for a
demonstration uncn his arrival here
from New Orleans. It Is expected that
of Francisco I. Madero will
. ...
take part In the demonst ration.
Search Is being made for a residence
to serve as home and headquarters for I
Reyes.
Colombians Insult Peru.
Bogoto, Colombia. On leaving the
Cathedral, where they had attended a
meeting presided over by the Arch
bishop of Bogota, a mob stoned the
Peruvian Legation and tore down the
coat of arms. This Is the second at
tack on the legation and the situation
Is considered grave. The previous at
tack took place In July and was due
to Ill-feeling over the alleged eneroaen
ent of Peru upon territory claimed
by Colombia.
Two More Dams Burst.
Chippewa Falls. Wis. Two dams
went out in this city Friday and one
at Bloomer. The country is flooded.
The Chippewa River has risen eight
feet, and Is overflowing Its banks.
Water is running In the streets as a
result of an 18-hour downpour of ra'n.
. .......
Two bridges near Stanley ana one ni
Owen went out In the flood. This Is
the heaviest deluge experienced along
the Chippewa River since June, 1904.
10,000 Chinese Killed.
Peking. American Methodist mis
sionaries at Cheng-tu, the recently be
sieged capital of Sze-chuen Province,
telegraphed here that they estimate
that 10,000 pfcrsens were killed during
the fighting between the Insurgents
and the government troops. Of the
detd 2,000 were soldiers, and the oth
ers rebels.
Ten thousand rebels are In posses
sion of several cities southwest of
Cheng-tu.
THE RAILROAD CROSSING GUARD
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it'm.vitahl. 1911.1
FLAY FOR ITALIAN BUMS
Bombarded Tr poll and Dt moished
For.s No ShJts Hit
tha Shipj.
Rome. Adm'.rul Faravelll 1ms Bent
a. message to the government, stating
that the bombardment of the main
batteries ut Tripoli commenced at 3
o'clock Wednesday ai't-rnoon and
coutinuud until sunset.
Admiral Aubrey reports that in
bombarding Tripoli he spared all the
consulates, hospitals, churches, mon
asteries and convents, aiming only at
the fortifications. Discrimination was
made with relative ease, as the range
of the Turkish cannon was so short
lhat the ships were enabled to ap
proach the city closely and so take
accurate aim.
The bombardment was protracted
because of this extreme care to avoid
useless bloodshed and to respect the
homes of non-combatants und the
mosques. Moreover, the firing was at
long Intervals, as Admiral Aubrey and
Vice Admiral Faravelli expected at
any moment to see the white flag run
,:p Indicating a desire to surrender.
Scarcely any of the population ro
maliiB in Tripoli, the city having been
abandoned immediately when the
bombardment began.
In cautioning the fleet commanders
to limit their action to silencing the
batteries and compelling the Turkish
garrison to surrender or evacuate, the
.Ministry of Marine told the officers to
remember that the provinces were
about to pass under Italian control,
and the more damage done the greater
would be the expense of repair later.
A message from Admiral Thaon dl
Revel says that the action appeared
more like a shooting competition than
a bombardment. Ollicers and' sailors
placed wagers on the results. In one
instance an order was given t dis-
mam ie a pium ...... .m... v... ......
ner was heard to any: 1 bet I can
knock down the left turret at the first
'shot." When the smoke had cleared
snot. v, nen u,e i u. (
away the turret had disappeared. lie ,
man shot again, Now rWit tur-,
ret." In a flash the second mark was
in ruins.
RARE HONORS PAID SCHLEY.
Naval and Military Forces and Hosts
Of Friends At Funeral.
Washington. Naval honors seldom
accorded an American characterized
the funeral here of Rear Admiral Win
field Scott Schley. The body rested
In the family home, preparatory to the
private service at 1.30 o'clock. The
i public services were at St. John's
j Episcopal Church.
Cadets from the Naval Academy at
Annapolis, sailors from the naval sta-1
. i ni.ilnJI..Un
tions at wasningiun ami ..u.....-.yu.,
. light artillery and army bands from
Fort Myer and Washington Barracks,
, and comrades and friends of the dead
I Admiral composed tho procession that
escorted tin uouy oi Aumirui oc.i.i-j
from St. John's Church to Its resting
place In Arlington National Cemetery.
Imposing floral gifts filled St. John's
Church. These Included a wreath from
tho survivors of the Greely Arctic re-
by Admiral
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i M'mey i v
i tr-,.r tho r-nhnn I.poution and
1,1
other sources.
ROOSEVELT TO HUNT WHALES.
Ex-President Will Try Harpooning For
Eig Sea Game.
lxng Beach, Cal. After hunting
bear in Colorado, elephants In Africa
and various other game In his own
country, Col. Theodore Roosevelt, it
is intimated, may come to Long Beach
to hunt whales.
Captain Loop, whoso powerboat is
fitted uo for the pursuit, is authority
for the announcement that Colonol
Rooseevlt Intends to come here to har
poon the sea mammals.
PEOPLE'S MONEY PILING UP.
Savings Increase $20,200,000 In Lesa
Than Three Months.
Washington. Despite the advent of
the postal savings banks, the Bavlngs
deposits In the national hanks are tn
rri,agng. From June 7 to September
I j these deposits grew from $634,100.-
. . nun linn ., hmpnuua tf tll .
i uuu to uui,ouu,i t-
:00,000. Of the 7,301 national DanKS
In existence a month ago 3,014 had
savings departments.
A Valuable Silver Dollar.
Chicago. Somewhere In Chicago a
silver dollar, valued by numismatists
nt $650, is waiting to be recognized.
It waB Btolen recently from the collec
tion of Charles E. Rogers by workmen
who, Rogers thinks, had no Idea of Its
real value. The dollar is of the lusue
of 1804. "I had some decorating done,"
said Rogers, "and there were a lot of
men running In and out. The coin
was tn a small chest In the dining
room. I'm afraid some workman
grabbed it, went out and bought a
drink with it."
COL ROOSEVELT
AVOWS CANALGRAB
Gave the
People Benefit of
Doubt.
DEFENSE OF HIS ACTION
Scores Critics Who Say He Acted Be
yond Constitutional Powers
"Timid President Can
Find Excuses."
New York. Theodore Roosevelt has
an article on "How the United States
Acquired the Right to Dig the Panama
Cunnl," in the last issue of the Out
look. Mr. Roosevelt discusses state
ments which have been mado from
time to time that he acted in an un
constitutional manner and usurped
authority in connection with the Pan
ama project, and he upholds the
regularity of the proceedings through
out. Mr. Roosevelt oays that his mes
sages to Congress set forth in full and
In detail every essential fact connect
ed with the various phases of the ac
quisition of tne Panama Canal. He
adds:
"Not one important fact was omit
ted, and no fact of any importance
bearing upon the actions or negotia
tions of the representatives of tho
United States not there set forth
has been, or ever will be, discovered,
simply because there Is nono to dis
cover."
Referring to the opposition to the
project then and since, Mr. Roosevelt
says:
"Of course there was at the time,
ami has been since, much repetition
Btll,ement8 that 1 acted in
tutlona,. lJlanneri lhat i
wa8 Mt mmp
8tatoments that wer
of statements that 1 acted in an 'tin-
usurped
These
ere made
again and again In reference to al
most all 1 did as President that was
most beneficial and most Important to
the people of this country.
Acted Within Powers.
"The simple fict was that when the
Interest of the American people im
peratively demanded that a certain
act should be done, and I had tho pow
er to do It, I did it, unless It was
specifically prohibited by law.
"In my judgment, history had taught
the lesson that the President has very
great powers if he chooses to exer
cise those powers; but mat, it no is a
iim or Beifish man, afraid of re
sponsibility and afraid of risks, lie
can, of course, manufacture Ingenious
excuses for failure to exorcise them."
Opposed By Speculators.
Concerning the purchase of tho
canal rights from the French Com
pany, Sir. Roosevelt says:
"Every step taken by the Govern
ment In connection with Its negotia
tions with the French Company and
the payment to its official representa
tives In accordance with the agree
ment entered into was taken with the
utmost care, and every detail has been
made public. Doubtless In Paris, ana
perhaps to a lesser extent in New
York, there were speculators who
bought and sold In the stock market
with a view to the varying conditions
apparent from time to time in tho
course of the negotiations, and with
a view to the probable outcome of the
negotiations."
Aeroplanes for Tripoli.
Naples. Nine military aviators,
with eight monoplanes and two bl
plans, will be sent to Tripoli. The
aviators will bo commanded by Cap
tain Piazza, who won the air race
! from Boulogne to Venice.
New Order Increases Army.
Washington. The War Department
announced an order re-arranging the
strength of the Army. Cavalry regi
ments assigned to duty In the Panama
Canat zone, Hawaiian Islands, and the
Philippines, will get 70 men to the
troop, and the Infantry regiments serv
ing in the same territory will have 72
men to the company. This order will
Increase the total strength of the
army to 77,532 men.
To Kill Ground Squirrels.
Stockton, Cal. One thousand farm
ers, representing a district of 80,000
acres, have Imposed a tax of five cents
par acre on themselves as part of a
fund to exterminate the ground squir
rel In the southern part of San
Joaquin county, which are said to be
Infected with bubonic plague. The
campaign will be carried on under the
direction of county and United States
medical commissioners,
OR, WILEY IN FULL CONTROL
Solicitor McCabe Leave the Pure
Food Bca OChtm st Dunlap
i A so Out.
WuBhlngton In a sudden succes
sion of orders an Initial move in the
expected reorganization of the Depart
ment of Agriculture, Solicitor George
P. McCabe Tuesday was retired from
the Pure Food and Drug Board, Asso
ciate Chemist F. K Dunlap, closely
Identified with McCabe, was allowed
leave of absenco until the President's
return, and Chemist Harvey W. Wiley
left appuremtly In supremo command
of the board. Dr. It. K. Doolittle, of
Now York, was temporarily appointed
to the board to succeed Mr. McCabe.
Those changes were announced by
Secretary Wilson following u confer
ence with Dr. Wiley, who has been on
a long vacation. They were deemed
Inevitable In view of the official and
personal antagonism aired before a
congressional committee the past
summer and Dr. Wiley's exoneration
by President Taft after Attorney Gen
eral Wickersham, with views aligned
with those of Secretary Wilson and
Solicitor McCabe, had recommended
Dr. Wiley's removal from office as
head of tho chemistry bureau because
of a technlcul Irregularity In ap
pointive methods, to responsibility
for which he denied.
The Board At Odds.
Tho Pure Food and Drug Board is
the agency which passes upon many
Important cases arising under the en
forcement of the pure food law. Dr.
Wiley, on the one band, and Solicitor
McCube and Dr. Dunlap on the other,
woro tho members of the board. Dr.
Wiley declared that he was usually
outvoted and made a number of sen
sational statements In the Investiga
tion of tho controversy. Smarting
under the frequent overruling of his
views wherein ho held food products
deleterious to health, ho told a con
gressional committee that he regard
ed his associate, Dr. Dunlap, as his
superior officer.
Secretary Wilson's brief announce
ment of the change stated thnt Solici
tor McCabe voluntarily resigned and
that his resignation had been ac
cepted.
Dr. Dunlap was nctlng chairman of
the board when Dr. Wiley was absent
from Washington. Whether Dr. Dun
lap will return to his duties on tho
board was not stated. HIb tempor
nry withdrawal was attributed official
ly to the fact that he Is to take the
customary four-week vacation, but
Socretary Wilson stated that Dr. Dun
lap would not return until after Presi
dent Taft has returned to Washing
ton. In place of Solicitor McCabe to
servo with Dr. Wiley on the board
Secretary Wilson appointed Dr. Doo
little, long a member of the Bureau
of Chemistry force and now head of
that bureau substation In New York.
Dr. Wiley and Dr. Doolittle will con
stitute the majority of the board for
the Immediate future, the latter's ap
pointment being necessary to give the
board's action legal effect.
NAVY TO SHOW STRENGTH.
Mobilization Of Fleets In the Atlantic
and Pacific.
Washington. It is believed here
t hut great naval maneuvers and mobili
zation to be held In the Atlantic and
Pacific next month are the result of
the strained situation In' Europe and
the unrest apparent throughout the
world.
The uncertainty of the situation In
Europe with the vague possibility of
developments that might Involve any
of the nationp through some unexpect
ed event is fully realized by the gov
ernment at Washington. While all
Europe is torn with war and rumors
of war, Uncle Sam has decided tc
make a quiet display of the fact that
he has not been Idle.
Whother there is any more definite
reason for the mobilizations at New
York and Eos Angeles of the Atlantic
and Pacific fleets could not be learn
ed, but the Impression Is strong that
the plan was adopted merely for Its
moral effect on the International situa
tion. Secretary Meyer Is still uncertain as
to the exact plan of mobilization. It
will take place early In November, and
nith the President reviewing tho
shins at New York the occasion Is ex
pected to be made so notable that It
will be a matter of news tnrongnoui
the world.
WILL WAIT TO BE ASKED.
United States Government Will Not
Offer Mediation.
Washington. State Department off!
cials after careful reading of the six
articleB of The Hague Convention
bearing upon mediation have failed to
find any mandatory provision requlr
lne a neutral nation to offer to medi
ate, although It is admitted that the
first article, under a strained construe
tlon, might have conveyed an opposite
Impression. The council of the Intor
parliamentary Union at Its session In
Paris appears to have fallen Into that
error, in the opinion of the olllclals
here.
MISSI.iG MAN TURNS UP.
Walks Into Pa-ents Home After Being
Gone 30 Years.
Bollofontalne, O. After being miss
ing for 30 years and given up as dead
Rufus Meisler walked Into his par
ents' home at West Mansfield Tues
day. Ho has become wealthy as
ranch owner In California. He gave
no reason- for his sudden disappear
ance. He left home 30 years ago to
go squirrel-hunting and then dlsap
pearcd.
Taft To Rest a Week.
Washington. As soon as President
Taft returns from his Western trip he
will eo to Hot Springs, for
week's rest The President then will
go to Cincinnati and perhaps to Iouls
ville.
Kills Wife Seeking Dlyoree.
WooBtor, O. James Sprang,
45
vears o!d, shot and killed his wife,
Grace, 40 years old, at their home 1
Loudonville. The shooting came whr
Sprang heard that his wife had r
piled for a divorce.
ITALY
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Tricked Turks in Her Clever
Naval Operations.
WILL HOLD ALL OF TRIPOLI
Troops Will First Be Landed and Pos
session Made Complete Before
Italy Will Consider Any
Intervention.
Rome Official circles, while realiz
ing the anxiety of foreign countrUs
to see the Turco-Uuliaii conflict ended
und the possibility of iiomplicatlons
avoided, wisli to warn public opinion
ubroad that while the Italian fleet has
taken possession of Tripoli und Cyro
naisa, tho occupation cannot be con
sidered an accomplished fact In the
sense that It renders possible that In
tervention by the powers which Italy
in due time will welcome, but which
at the present moment would be Inop
portune. Before anything of the kind occurs
the Italinn troops must land and In
reality occupy not only the coast, but
also the interior of the province In
order to make sure that any remain
ing resistance of Turkey shall be
overcome.
It is charged that Turkey Is not
obeying the International rules of war
fare. Italy has released all tho Turk
ish steamers which were seized In
Italian harbors until war was declar
ed or arriving soon afterward, the
commanders not having leurned of the
beginning of hostilities, turkey, on
the contrary, has hoisted the Ottoman
flag over the Italian steamers Ernesto,
llardl and Melorla, which were seiz
ed along the coast, and remanning
them with Turkish sailors, Is using
them for Its own purposes. It Is about
to do the samo with smaller Italian
craft captured In the Aegean Sea.
Italy will protest on tho ground that
this action Is In violation of the con-
ontlon signed at the close of the
Crimean War.
The Italians have occupied Derna
and the coast of Bombah Guir. inns
Is revealed the plan of the Italian cam
paign In Northern Africa. The object
as to Insure above all else tne occu
pation of Cyrenlca, which Is the rich
est part of the invaded country. Ac
cordingly a great naval display was
made before Tripoli to deceive the
Turks while Rear Admiral Aubrey,
commander-in-chief of the fleet; feign
ing a pursuit of the Turkish fleet,
landed a force from the battleship
tttorla Emmanuclo II. at Tobruk, oc
cupying Bombah Gulf and the town
of Derna. 500 miles east of Tripoli.
STEPHENSON WAS "TOUCHED.'
Politics Mixed With Picnics Admitted
At Senatorial Probe.
Milwaukee.---"Touches," a hammer"
and "picnics" were brought up as part
of the campaign expenses of United
States Senator Isaac Stephenson In
the Investigation "before the Senatori
al committee here. The details were
given by Rodney Sackett, one of the
Stephenson campaign managers, after
Senator W. B. I ley burn, the chairman,
said the total expenditure of $107,793
would have to be explained to over
come the presumption that it had been
wrongfully used.
Some of the general items given to
Sackett to explain were: General ex
penses for organizing State, $46,052;
Milwaukee county, $11,600; office ex
penses, $4,074; telephones, $256; post-
ago, lll.ouu; sunury uins, o,ou,
nomination papers, $40; one man to
attend colored picnic, $50; campaign
buttons. $702; trip through Ghetto
(three men), $35; one man to another
picnic, $10; "touches" by two old sol
diers, $2; numerous and various
'touches," $17, and a hammer, $3.
The newspaper advertising in the
campnign, Sackett said, amounted to
$12,696. In one Instance Senator
Stephenson gave $1,500 for a list of
farmers' names, paying for them at the
rate of one cent a name and an extra
one-half cent for each subsequent use
of the same names.
SCHENK SUED FOR WIFE'S
MEALS.
Cafe Proprietors Want $14;
!.40 For
Food Sent To Jail.
Wheeling, W. Va. John O. Schenk
has been sued for $142.40 by Stoops
& Nichols, cafe proprietors, for meals
served his wife, Laura Farnsworth
Schonck, while she was a prisoner In
Jail awaiting trial on a charge of at
tempting to murder her husband by
arsenic poisoning.
Mrs. Schenck had all her meals
served from the leading cafe of the
city, refusing to partake of the regular
jail food.
DR. COOK OFF FOR EUROPE.
Expects To Prove He Got Near the
North Pole.
New York. Dr. Frederick A. Cook
the Brooklyn traveler, who still Insists
that he ot least came as near to the
North Pole as Admiral Peary did. took
Mrs. Cook and two children with him
to Europe aboard the Lapland.
"I am coine to Europe." he said, "to
present scientific data to various In
stltutlons to prove that I reached as
near the North Pole as any man evor
did."
MADERO WILL ABIDE BY VOTE.
Says He Never Countenanced Attacka
On De La Barra.
City of Mexico. Discussing the an
nouncement that President de
la
Barra would refuse to accept the Vlce
Proairionev. General Madero, the
President-elect, said:
"If Dr. VaBquex Gomez received a
majority of the votes in the Electoral
College there will be no disturbances
We will abide by the ballot.
POLI
ALL OVER THE STATE
TOLD IN
SHORT ORDER
Reading. John Schaeffer, aged 53
years, a farmer of Rornvlllo, this coun
ty. commHied suicide by hanging him
self with a rope In his barn. No rea
son can be assigned for his act.
Carlisle Three prisoners serving
time In tho Cumberland County Jail
for stealing chickens, escaped from
their guards while working on West
street, where a gang of prisoners are
cutting down a hill.
Pittsburgh Following the receipt
of a Blnck Hand letter demanding that
he deposit $1,500 in a convenient
plnco, a charge of nitro glycerine was
exploded at the hourding house of
Peter Caruso hero. The fifteen occu
pants of the house were thrown from
their bods by the explosion, but were
net seriously injured.
West Chester. While Morris Sel
lers, proprietor of Turks Head Inn.this
horotifch, and his wife were driving in
their large touring car near town, tho
machine took fire from gasoline escap
ing from engine and was entirely con
sumed, save one wheel. No ono was
Injured.
Chamhershurg William Reei:, con
victed of the murder of Sara C. Math
na at the Pennsylvania Forest Acad
emy, at Mount Alto, on May 9, was
sentenced to be hanged. Judge Gil
Inn, before sentencing Reed, denied a
motion for a new trial aud for an ar
rest of Judgment.
Allentown. Thought to be dying
from a fifteen thousand volt shock,
George Coates, an Allentown oler
trician, nppcared on the street, all
bandaged, but smoking his pipe. He
was teaching his gang to string wires
when ho was caught, and his smoking
body was removed from a high pole by
men who climbed ladders.
Cniiisle.-By walking a distance of
twenty two miles three Carlisle young
men won a dinner. Miss Bertha KHz
miller, of Shlppensburg, a teacher
ere. told Fredorlck Brown, illis
Wierman and William Moorehead thnt
if they would hlko to her home she
would give them a meal. Tho yomiK
men accepted the dare and received
the reward.
Pittsburgh. Captain John F. Klein,
former Councilman and riverman, who
pulled the props from under tho sky
nd cave testimony which sent a nom
of Pittsburgh city officials, bank olli
cers and others to the penitentiary
and county Jail In connection with ex-
ensive grafting In 1910, was released
from the Western Penitentiary nere,
having been pardoned by the Gov
ernor. rottsvllle. At the plant of the East
ern Steel Company, John loon aim
James Moulor had a desperate quarrel.
They were separated by fellow worK-
men, but a short time later Jiouier ap
proached Coon, having horrowcu a
long dagger, and drove It to me imm.
between his victim's shoulders, the
blade deeply penetrating his back and
piercing several vital organs. It was
necessary to pry out the knife with the
aid of a lover. Coon is in a dying con
dition and Mouler is a fugitive.
Shenandoah. For some time the
Philadelphia & Reading Coal and Iron
Company have been boring with dia
mond drills for tho mammoth mid
seven foot veins at West Shenandoah
Colliery mines. Thursday the officials
were much elated by the citsroxerj ...
both veins. The mammoth vein is
twenty-five feet thick and the seven
foot full size. This means new Hi''
for this colliery, gratifying news . ..
1500 employees, acids gienuj
business of this town, and Increases
the value of real estate.
Allentown. George F. Prevelege.
hotelkoener at Emails, and his son,
George, went on the mountain to train
a hunting dog. A bird being Unshed,
the son raised his gun ami me
ger being set lightly, fired premature
ly and shot his fathers rig...
off, besides lacerating tno h'K
below the knee. When the youth re
covered from his horror he hound tiu-
leg as tightly as possible wnn -pie.
Three hestnut-hunters carri.o
the wounded man home, nearly to
miles. The log wos omputnted at t"
hospital hero. From excess. "
of blood Trevelege may not sum"-
rottsvllle.-Objectlng to the road
way trolley force encronciu.m -
nearer to her hotel property at i
Carbon, the plans for changes in
tracks taking them slightly out of the
old route of the road. Mrn An gelo
Long, held up a squad of thi rt me"
with a leveled gun for "' "" of
until Interference came on the P
Troop C of the State Cons '
The trackmen were permitted ?
above, and below her proP'J- '
every time they attempt
step a prescribed "dead line
held them up with her weapon thn
onlng to blow off the head of the
h . . i !... imiinils-
man wno lgno.e.. . ,he
tor the State police arrived,
changes in the track were made.
York.-Mr. and Mrs. Abrahmn
of near Nashville were scrlo'isl
jured when an automob lie In
they were riding was s r. k
songer train on the Ues .tern
land Railroad. Tho a. .to ...o rl.
wrecked and the occupants wore
ed forty feet.
York.-Oscar Beard. 25 , ;
was arrested and sent to Jan n
tor having confessed to llnR
from his grandmother.
Reard, ot Newberry t"h',w00de
Beard kept her money in
chest
("hurlf'
Allentown. -tthen M". ,
Erich and her husband heard
In the room adjoining. n"n Km
cupled by her mother Mr
Hunsberger, they Invwtlgai'a
mother fell Into ner ... d ,r-
and expired before a
rive.
-ZT,..., Vnrk M
Harrlsburg
rue l . ... UAllron"
press on the Pennsyiva" - 7,
ran Into a freight wreck t - ,,
miles west of here, but as ,.
was running slowiy no one
Jured.