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McConncllsburg. P.
THE SERVICE OF BIRDS.
Among the creatures that render
service to mankind the birds occupy
a f or em oh t place. It Is their function
to suppress the Insects that piny
havoc wltb the farmer's hard earned
crops. Fifty-three per cent of the
food of birds In one locality was found
to constat of (be larvae of the dis
ease disseminating mosquitoes. Horse
flies are the burden not only of Horses,
but of other valuable stock, and tbe
larvae of this fly are the natural food
of several species of birds. The fever
tk, so Injurious to cattle, Is thd
natural food of the kllldeer and tbe
plover. Corn, cotton and other crops
are destroyed to a large extent by
grasshoppers, and there are at least
23 species of birds that feed upon
grasshoppers. Griuis lunds and grain
crops In general Rtiffer greotly from
various Insect pests, which are de
stroyed In vast multitudes by birds.
Tbe greatly dreaded bo!l weevil Is
food for the plover, the killileer and
others of the feathered tribe. It Is a
common experience to see birds fol
lowing the plow and consuming grubs
that are destructive to garden and
other valuable plants. These friends,
of tbe planter should In every state,
be protected by right legislation.
Tbe announcement by a Boston phy-,
ilclan that electrifying tbe atmoepbere
of crowded apartments will make dull
pupils bright and Indolent workmen
active may be worth looking into. It
Is possible that It would even make
drowsy churchgoers attentive to long
sermons. There Is a stimulating Influ
ence In ozone, and this the electric
current, as employed by the doctor.
Is said to diffuse In the atmosphere.
Of course, It cannot be a substitute
for fresh air. Ozone is not oxygen,,
and oxygen Is Indispensable to life.
If It proves as beneficial as the doctor
affirms the world will give It a cordial,
welcome, but the extent of Its employ
ment necessarily will be governed
very largely by what It costs.
The Chicago health board secretary
who condemns all flats as bad morally
and physically unfit places for tbe
rearing of children states a melan
choly truth. It is likely that they will
persist in cities as a necessary evil,
but parents who can give their chil
dren the benefit of the larger, freer
life of a separate home should never
hesitate to do so.
A rich man in Illinois, who found
wealth too much worry, has distribut
ed his millions. Here is a hint to the
other millionaires who are always be
wailing tbe burden of their money,
but to whom the thought of shedding
the burden has never apparently sug
gested Itself. '
Historians tell us'tbat Julius Caesar
drank beer, and' a French scientist
comes to bat with the announcementi
that there waB no such person as
Julius Caesar. But even tbe most
hardened skeptic would hesitate be
fore claiming that there Is no such
thing as beer.
Menus with tbe food you eat pic
tured in lively colors are a new thing
In a fashionable New York hotel.
Doubtless the artist employed Is ha
who painted a Large red lobster to
decorate tbe walls of the New York
aquarium.
The rescue of s "rat" at a New
Jersey resort reveals tbe fact that
fickle femininity has forsaken a long
trusted financial depository for anoth
er, as when the "rat" was placed in
the hands of its excited owner she
drew from Its hairy depths a roll of
money. Now a woman will be sure of
ber personal wealth If she only keeps
her head that Is, keeps it Intact
After walking some thousands of
miles across the country, a man and
his wife are In Boston greatly Im
proved and Increased in weight. Walk
ing Is decidedly more healthy than
riding in sleeping cars, but It takes
more time and costs more money, un
less the pedestrians rely on hand-outs
from the agricultural population.
Railroads announce that after the
end of the year they will not carry
trunks more than 70 Inches long. The
'iieatrlcal profession and mercantile
travelers will have to make up for this
restriction by giving their trunks the
aspect of sky-scrapers.
An "artist" writes to the New York.
Sun rejoicing In the loss of the Mona
Lisa, .md, speaking with measureless
contempt for the "crowd" who admire
It No doubt he has scores of better
pictures of his own painting.
May we remind you. worthy house
holder, busy with tbe manifold cares
that a modern civilization Imposes
upon you, that this Is a good time to
bave your furnace overhauled and put
In order for the coming winter?
News tbat Aviator Atwood tound it
difficult to land in Buffalo because or
the smoke will cause Pittsburgh to sit
up and chortle In Its Joy.
A Pennsylvania swain Is on tbe trail
of a damsel who wrote ber name on
an egg Some people persist In look
Ing for trouble.
Appearances are decelttuL Even
tbe fat woman In tbe circus some
times has s tamily skeleton.
Atlantic and Pacific Fleets to
Mobilize.
126 WARSHIPS IN REVIEW
The Vessels, Which Will Have a Com
bined Tonnage Of 633,844, Will
Assemble At New York
and Los Angeles.
WashltiKton! The mobilization of
the Atlantic and Puclfic fleets at
New York and Los Angeles October 30
to November 2 will mark the gather-
Ins of the greatest naval force that
ever floated In the waters of this benil-
inhnro This nrobublv will be the last
assembling of present-day warships
with tlo United States or America
nnil In the list of emit
maritime powers, for it is certain that
l lha ruin nf tlpvttlnnment of the ship
building plans of Germany Unit nation.
within three years at least, will move
up to second place unless Congress
should see fit to authorize each year
nlflltlnna n th American Navy ut
least double those now provided for
by the existing naval program, wnicn
contemplates the construction of but
two battleships yearly.
The Navy Department Just made
public the full list of the vessels to be
assembled for the great reviews at
New York and Los Angeles, and while
the number combined does not equal
the 135 vessels reviewed by the Her
man Emperor at Kiel last summer,
the 126 American snips, v.un meir
tremendous displacement of 083,844
tons, are really more powerful than
the German fleet.
Second Greatest Display.
The Atlantic fleet will comprise 102
vessels of all classes, with a total din-
placement of 677,599 tons, and tne
Pacific fleet, 24 vessels of 116,243
tons. The combined fleets will In
iiwia sr irmnrwl uhlns. while the Ger
man fleet numbered 2!). The Ameri
can battleships will number Zi ana
the armored cruisers 6, while the Ger
man fleet Included 23 battleships and
( armored cruisers.
rnnra niHpmtilpd 24 battleships and
in nrmnred cruisers at the Toulon re
view last summer, but the fleet was
much weaker than America's will be
in nthnr hln. as the total French dis
play Included only 82 ships. Of course.
none of the thrpe countries anove
named could compare with England,
which assembled 173 ships at the coro
nation review at Spit Head, compris
ing 32 battleships and 25 armored
cruisers.
ROOSEVELT DIGS ARBITRATION.
Most Treaties Are Merely Promissory
Notes.
New York Declaring that "general
arbitration treaties are merely promis
sory notes and that no promise comes
In the same category as action,"
Theodore Roosevelt in the Outlook
says: "I do not regard even good gen
eral arbitration treaties as of really
prime Importance."
Holding up the action of Russia in
refusing to permit American citizens
of Jewish faith to travel In that conn
try as an Indication of the readiness
with which treaties are disregarded
Mr. Roosevelt suggests that the ques
tion of abrogating the Russo-Ameri-can
treaty of 18P.2 be submitted to
arbitration.
Mr. Roosevelt says that It Is In
evitable the treaty will be denounced.
BANKS IN FINE SHAPE.
Comptroller Of Currency Issues Most
Complete Report.
Washington. That the banks of the
United States are In a state of most
vigorous health, was shown In the
most complete report on the condition
of the bnnks ever compiled by the
Comptroller of the Currency.
Twenty-four thousand tbree hun
dred and seventy-one banks reported
to the Comptroller their condition on
June 7 last 1.276 more than reported
the previous yenr.
Analysis of the resources and lia
bilities shows loans of $15,047,300,000;
Investment In bonds, etc., $5,052,000,
000: rash on hand. $1,552,700,000;
capital, $1,1)52,400,000; surplus and
profit. $2,065,000,000; individual de
posits, $15,907,000,000.
To Fight Tobacco Reorganization.
Milwaukee, Wis. At a meeting of
the Western Leaf Tobacco Dealers'
Association preliminary measures
were taken to fight the reorganization
of the American Tobacco Company.
The meeting waB attended by repre
sentatives of forty-four prominent
firms of the Middle West.
He Was Not Dead.
Chicago. While being carried Into
an undertaking establishment on the
West Side David F.asley, 32 years old,
of La Grange, 111., who was thought to
be dead, suddenly regained conscious
ness and shouted: "Take me out of
here, I'm not going to die yet!" He
was taken to a hospital for treatment
and may recover from Injuries receiv
ed when he was struck on the head
with a rifle while quarreling with Ros
eoe Holtz over a woman, to whom
both men had been showing attention.
Royalists' Game Of Tag.
Chaves. Portugal. The royalist
parties are playing a game of hide and
seek with the republican troops and
whenever there is danger of being
"tagged," they retreat Into Spanish
territory, only to appear again soon
at another point on the border. One
detachment Is encamped directly on
the frontier at Segura. All this is ex
asperating to the republican command
ers, who sre tinder strict orders from
Lisbon not to violate Spanish territory.
(CnpvrtcM. mil.)
kWt TO STRIKE QUICKLY
Arabs Joyfully Accept the Italian Oc
cupation Nineteen Transports
Land the Second Division
Cf the Italian Army.
Tripoli. General Caneva, commander-in-chief
of the Italian expedition,
has decided to act quickly, and It Is
relieved thut the trops under him
will march immediately against the
positions occupied by the Turks. A
reconnaissance of the desert disclosed
tho central body of the Turkish troops
with field guns not far from this city.
Nineteta more Italian transports,
PHcnrted hv warshius and carrying the
! second division of the troops, anived.
The men were hastily landed. This
division Is 15,000 strong and there nre
now 22,000 Jtalian soldiers on the cost
of Tripoli. Not only Is the Italian
position safeguorded against surprise,
but an effective occupation of the In-
I terlor can bet-in.
It Is reported that the Arabs have
accepted the Italian occupation joy-
I fully, but some of the warships remain
In the harbor In readiness for emer
gencies. Troops were landed also at
Benghazi, Derna, Tobruk and liomba.
Although the utmost precautions
have been taken looking to the per
fecting of Fanltary arrangements,
cholera has broken out, and It Is re
ported that four deaths have occurred.
General Caneva has addressed a
proclamation to the Inhabitants, assur
ing them that they have not been en-
slaved by Italy. On the contrary,
I they have been liberated from tho
! yoke under which they have been la
boring for years. They will be ruled
by their own chiefs, under the patron
age of the King of Italy. Religious
and civil laws will be respected and
taxes will be reduced or abolished.
The proclamation concludes by an
nouncing that Italy desires that Tripoli
! shall remain the land of Islam, under
the protection of Italy.
PATCHING IT UP.
I France and Germany Arranging the ,
Moroccan Controversy.
P.erlln. The first part of the ,
! Morocco understanding between i
France and Germany was "Initialed")
signifying agreement, by the German I
foreign minister, Herr Von Kiderlen-
Waechter. and the French ambassa
dor, M. Cambon. Their formal signa
tures will be attached later, when the
negotiations which are now proceed
ing over the second part, concerning
concessions to Germany in French
Congo, have been concluded.
PEACE NOT FAR OFF.
Emperor William and the Czar May
Bring It About.
Washington. State Department offi
cials express the view that with the
German Kmperor working on his ally,
the King of Italy, and the Czar of Rus
sia in a favorable position to Influence
the Porte, peace between Italy and
Turkey is not far off and that an
armistice, at leasf, can be arranged as
soon as Turkey Is prepared to admit
that Italy 1b In technical possession of
Tripoli.
BLOCKS A RICE TRUST.
Incipient Combine In Philippines Is
Given Death Blow.
Washington. Trust busting has
cpread to the Philippines, where Gov
ernor General Forbes has blocked a
combine of rice traders to raise the
crice of the Filipinos' staple food.
Suspecting the combination and act
ing on the Insular Bureau's authority,
Mr Forbes arranged for an adequate
the rice and for purchase of cargoes
supply of American corn to replace
of rice In bulk in Imlo-China and for
its sale at cost to the famine-threatened
natives.
CANNOT GET A CONVICTION.
Fifth Man Freed In Connection With
Negro's Lynching.
West Chester, Pa. -Kfl'orts of the
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania to
secure a conviction In connection with
the burning to death of Zach Walker,
the negro, at Coatesvllle, failed again
Tuesday, whea a jury acquitted Oscar
Lampey, who was charged with being
a member of the mob that lynched
Walker. Lampey Is the fifth defendant
to be freed of a murder charge in con
nection with the lynching.
TRIED TO POISON CHILDREN.
Someone Poured Carbolic Acid On
Their Lunch.
Indianapolis. Mrs. Julia Robinson,
being called from home, prepared a
lunch for her little daughters, who at
tended school. When she returned
home she found both children sick and
their mouths badly burned. Someone
had entered the dining-room and had
poured carbolic acid on- the food, but
h children had taken but one mouth
ful and thereby escaped serious Id-lury.
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Revolutionists Take Hankow
and Other Cities.
A SLAUGHTER OF MANCHUS
Well Organized and Financially Strong
Revolutionists Plan To Make Dr.
Sen, Leader Of Anti-Manchu
Party, President.
Hankow. The revolution which has
been hanging over China for months
pant, and of which the rising In the
Province of SzeChueu was only a
small part, has begun In earnest. It
Is a concerted movement to take the
empire and declare a republic. The
noted exiled revolutionist, Dr. Sun Yat
Son, leader of the antl-Manchu party,
ir the plans do not miscarry, is to be
elected president. He was the dele
gate of the revolutionary party to the
United States In 1910, and is believed
during that tour to have, made ar
rangements for financing the move
ment. Sun Yu, a brother of Dr. Sun Yat
Sen, who is now In Hankow, has been
elected president of the Provincial As
sembly, and Tang Una Lung, the re
tiring president of the assembly and
a noted scholar, has been elected gov
ernor of llu-Peh. The whole assembly
has seceded from the Imperiul govern
ment. The rebels are well organized
and financially strong. They have
confiscated the local treasuries and
banks and are issuing their own paper
money, redeeming the government
notes with this as foreign bankH are
refusing government notes.
The revolutionaries have captured
Wu-Chang, the native section of Han
kow, and Han-Yang, all adjoining
cities In Hu-Peh province. Chang-Sha,
capital of Hunan, is reported to have
risen In revolt, and Nanking, capital
of the Province of Kiang-Su, Is on the
verge of a rising, several public build
ings having been destroyed.
Thousands of soldiers have Joined
the mutiny In llu-Peh. Many Manchus
have been killed, and the terrified peo
ple are fleeing from the cities into the
country carrying their belongings.
The prisons have been opened and
criminals liberated. There has been
fighting in the streets, but the most
stringent orders have been Issued that
the lives of foreigners and their prop
erty shall be respected.
AN ARMISTICE ARRANGED.
Peace Between Italy and Turkey Now
in Sight.
llerlin. The armistice between
Italy and Turkey for which Germun
diplomacy has been striving for some
time, it is believed here, has prac
tically been concluded, although not
yet announced as official.
It Is understood that the transpor
tation of Italian military expeditions
will not be interfered with, but that
hostilities in all quarters will cease.
This Is considered In Berlin as
equivalent to the ending of the war,
or at least the war-like movements,
which will now be succeeded by nego
tiations looking to a settlement.
Want To Grow Cotton Abroad.
Berlin. The International Commit
tee of the Cotton Spinners and Weav
ers' Society debated at length the
question of cotton growing in non
American countries. The committee
sent a request to the various govern
ments to continue energetically their
experiments in the cultivation of cot
ton, without being Influenced by the
prevailing low American prfres.
Gov. Smith To Quit Nov. 15.
Atlanta, Ga. Hoke Smith announc
ed that he will relinquish the Gover
norship of Georgia November 15, pre
paratory to taking up his duties as
United States Senator, to which office
ho was elected by the last Legislature.
s7hTey Estate $20,000.
Washington. The estate of Rear
Admiral Winfleld S. Schley, accord
ing to a petition filed here by his
widow and children for the probate of
his will, docs not exceed twenty thou
sand dollars.
Girl Bound snd Gagged.
Cincinnati, O. Edna Hogg, aged 17,
bound, gagged and unconscious, was
found In a rear yard on Agnes street,
Cumminsvllle. The yard Is In the cen
ter of the district where a series of
murders of young girls have taken
place during the past few years. It
is not believed the girl will recover.
She comes from a well-to-do family.
A note pinned to her dress said:
"Sorry we did not have acid to throw
on her, too."
OVERTHROW
CHINESE
EfflE
Tuxtla Gultierrez, Chiapas, Mexico.
Fighting late Monday afternoon for
the possession of the little town of
Chalapllla, held by lnsurrectos whose
itrengih was estimated as 900, a force
jf volunteers numbering 100, killed
130 rebels and captured 106, 18 of
whom were wounded. The loss to the
;overnment forces Is given as lr"ss
han a dozen killed.
Early reports were that the state
troops met with little opposition, but
It is now known that the encounter
was the fiercest since the beginning
of the insurrection. The state troops
were commanded by Col. Manuel Paz.
"General" Antero Balllnos is the
name of the commander of tho rebels,
and according to the prisoners he
escaped with the majority of his force.
His second In command, "Colonel"
Marcelln Jlmez, was killed.
Tho rebel force was three fourths
Chamula Indians. They were armed
principally with machetes and lances
and a few antiquated firearms.
Upon receiving word that the troops
were advancing the lnsurrectos dug
trenches and prepared to withstand
the attnek; but It was Impossible for
the. leaders to control the Indians, who
ran forward to hurl their lances, ex
posing themselves to the fire of the
mausers. For two hours the vol
unteers raked the ditches with their
fire, but at the end of that time the
defenders fled, leaving behind A
mortar and an old cannon, from which
they had managed to fire a few Inef
fectual shots.
I
NATIONAL DEMOCRATS JAN. 8.
Plans To Meet On Jackson Day In
Harmony Dinner.
Washington. It is stated here on
good authority that plans are on foot
to call a meeting of the Democratic
National Committee on January 8
next, Jackson Day, for the purpose of
issuing the call and selecting the date
and place for the next Democratic Na
tional Convention. Norman F. Mack,
chairman of the committee, favors
this Idea.
If the committee Is called together
In January It is proposed to honor the
memory of Jackson with an old-fashioned
Democratic harmony dinner, to
which will be Invited the Democratic
Governors and others prominent In
the party who have been mentioned In
connection with the Presidential nom
ination. FOR HIGHER-PRICE COTTON.
Colquitt's Proposed Conference In
dorsed By Five Governors.
Austin, Texas. Governors of five
Southern States have Indorsed the
proposal of Gov. C. B. Colquitt, of
Texas, for a conference on higher
prices for cotton. They are the Chief
Kxecutlves of Virginia, South Caro
lina, Alabama, Florida and Arkansas.
ASSAULTER LYNCHED.
Negro Is Taken To the Scene Of His
Crime and Hanged By a Mob.
Greenville, S. C The negro Will
Jackson, who assaulted a 11-year-old
girl at Honea Path, was taken from
the Greenville sheriff by a posse near
here and taken to the scene of the
crime.
A telephone message reaching here
at midnight from Honea Path states
thnt the negro Was hanged to a tele
graph pole there shortly after 11
o'clock and his body riddled with but
let s.
Torpedo Boats Sunk.
London. A dispatch to a London
news agency from Pera says that the
Turkish torpedo hoats Tokat, Hamld,
Abed, Alpagut and Antalia, while re
turning from the Ionian Sea, were
surprised by an Italian squadron near
Mytllene, October 9. A smart engage
ment followed and three of the tor
pedo boats were severely damaged
and sank. The fourth escaped by
hoisting a foreign flag.
. Parcels Pact With Panama.
Washington. Post master-General
Hitchcock announced that a parcela
post convention with the Republic of
Panama had been agreed upon and
would be made effective as early as
possible.
Money For Indians.
Washington. The Sacs and Foxes
of the Mississippi tribe of Indians In
Iowa and Oklahoma will receive their
full pro rata share of the $1,020,000
trust funds now In the treasury to
their credit as soon as they assume
citizenship.
Life Sentence For Kidnappers.
Chicago. Gulseppe Nicolosl and his
brother, Carmello, were sentenced to
life Imprisonment after they had been
found guilty by a jury of kidnapping
five-year-old Angelo Marino on Au
gust 5.
Senators To See Canal.
Washington. A party of United
States Senators sailed from New York
Saturday on the steamship Ancon, to
Inspect the Panama Canal. They aro
Brandegee (Republican, Connecticut),
chairman of the Committee on Inter
oceanic Canals; BrlBtow (Republican,
Kansas); Chilton (Democrat, West
Virginia) ; Thornton (Democrat, Louisi
ana); Page (Republican, Vermont);
Cummins (Republican. Iowa), and
Overman (Democrat, North Carolina).
Accused Of Sister's Murder.
Ashevllle, N. C Charged with the
murder of his 13-year-old sister Mary,
Ernest Webb, 15, was locked In the
county jail, a week after the alleged
commission of the crime at his par
ents' home, at New Found, 12 miles
from this city. Mr. and Mrs. George
Webb, the parents, are in the custody
of a deputy sheriff at New Found,
charged with being accessories bofor
and after the fact.
Breaks Ground For Panama
Exposition.
OVER 100,000 CHEER HIM
i
Never-to-be-Forgotten Scenes In the
Golden Gate Park All San Fran
Cisco In a Delirium Of
Excitement.
San Francisco. More than 100,000
people massed in the Golden Gate
Stadium Saturday to see President
Tart turn the shovelful of earth that
broke the ground for the site of the
Panama-Pacific Exposition of 1915.
At 10 o'clock the President began
his parade from the city. Every mili
tary post for miles along the Pacific
Coast had been ransacked for Its
troops and Its bunds and every battle
ship of tho Pacific fleet neur San
Francisco supplied u quota of Its crew
for the parade.
When tbe President appeared at the
stadium four bauds from all the corn
ers of the grounds struck up Hail to
the Chief. Before the President was
seen the crowd had caught the mean
ing of the tune, and when Mr. Taft
stepped onto the platform the hillside
before him presented acre upon acre
of swaying, cheering humanity. They
were a crowd of a festival city on a
day of exceptional festivity, and a
word set them cheering.
Madame Nordlca, who sang at the
ground-breaking exercises, rode In an
automobile Just behind the President.
When she appeared upon the stand
the people showed their holiday spirit
by tho ovation they gave her. Then
the voice of Madame Nordlca rose
over the crowd. She sang without
accompaniment Borne simple English
song. The crowd listened to her in
tently; By the time the President arose to
speak the enthusiasm was at fever
heat. It was a hard task that he had
before him when he began to tell
them of the enormous task of con
struction the Panama Canal really
was. He spoke of Its history and then
of its future significance to the peo
ple of California and the whole weBt
coast of the country. He concluded
by tacitly admitting that It was true
that he wanted the people of Califor
nia to have the exposition.
When the President finished speak
ing the Golden spade with which be
was to turn the earth wbb handed
him. He walked down from the plat
form to the hillside and with his smile
at Its broadest set his substantial foot
upon the spade. The hillside tiptoed
and fought to catch a glimpse of him.
He gave a shove and the spade sank
Into the ground. He lifted the shovel
full of earth before the crowd and
they took up their cheering with re
newed vigor. The dirt wss laid finally
In a silver and gcld-mounted case.
A soldier handed the President the
halyards of the exposition flag. The
band struck up the Star-Spangled
Banner. Madame Nordlca stepped for
ward on the platform and led the
crowd in the singing. The President
halted, bat over hand and the banner
of San Francisco's hope for 1915 was
run to the masthead.
Madame Nordlca was not allowed
to finish the song. Cannon on the hill
sides about the stadium crashed out
a salute of twenty-one guns. The bat
tleships in the harbor caught the
salute and their big guns boomed an
echo to the salute. Three hundred
pigeons. 200 white doves and 100 car
rier pigeons were released from
baskets.
JUSTICE HARLAN DEAD.
Last Words Characteristic Of the
Man.
Washington. Associate Justice
John Marshall Harlan, ranking mem
ber of the United States Supreme
Court both In age and seniority of
service, dean of living American
jurists, a foremost authority on the
Constitution and prominent In the
councils of tbe Presbyterian Church,
died of acute bronchitis at his home at
Fourteenth and Euclid streets, Satur
day morning.
He was 78 years old on June 1 last
and had served 33 years, 10 months
and 15 days on the Supreme Bench.
This span of service has only been
excelled by those of John Marshall
snd Joseph Story, each of whom serv
ed a fraction over 34 yenrB.
Despite his advanced age he was
robust In health until Monday, when
he developed a severe cold and on the
following day It developed Into acute
bronchitis.
Justice Harlan was conscious to the
end and his parting words to his fam
ily were:
"Goodhy. I am sorry I have kept
you all waiting so long."
Bronze Tablet Unveiled.
IlarrlBhurg, Pa. A bronze tablet
marking the site of Camp Curtln, the
great mobilization camp for Pennsyl
vania troops during the Civil War,
was unveiled here Saturdny In the
presence of a large number of people.
Including veterans of the war. mem
bers of patriotic societies and school
children. The tablet was the gift of
the Hairlsburg Chapter, Daughters of
1812, and marks the center of the
cRmp. An oration was delivered by
Adjutant General Thomas J. Stewart.
Sues For Divorce.
Chicago. Ortlo E. McManigal, al
leged dynamiter, on whose confession
the prosecution In the McNamara
trlalB expects convictions, was sued
for divorce. His wife, Emma Mc
Manignl. charged extreme and repeat
ed cruelty.
Aviator Schmidt Killed.
Berne, Switzerland. The aviator,
Hans Schmidt, was killed whilo mak
ing an exhibition flight. His machine
fell 150 feet, the gosoline exploded and
the aviator was Incinerated.
Allentown. Earl Royer, aged four
teen, died at the hospital here of rup
tured lungs. His parents alleged that
two neighboring boys In 'a quarrel
Jumped on him and caused his death.
Wllliamspoit. While Henry Getch
en, aged forty, was leaving a hotel at
Jersey Shore he slipped and fell
against a door Jamb, fracturing his
skull. He died within an hour.
Mercer. Trie Court House erected
at a cost of half a million dollars to
replace that destroyed by Are In De
cember, 1907, was dedicated here
Thursday In the presence of a large
crowd.
Harrisburg. Alexander Klinger,
who Is being held In the Dauphin
County Prison awaiting trial on a
charge of murder, made an attempt to
cut his wrists with bits of broken mir
ror. Klinger was discovered In time
to prevent injury.
York. The York Ministerial Asso
ciation adopted resolutions asking the
State Department of Agriculture to
withhold tho $1,000 given annually to
the York County Agricultural Society
until the association returns to It
"clean fair policy."
Reading. Goorgo Field, aged seventy-four
years, while hastening to the
office of a doctor to summon him to
the bedside of his wife, who had col
lapsed from heart failure, fell over
dead from heart trouble a short dis
tance from the physlclnn's oince.
Pittsburgh. Fire of unknown origin
In the Penn Building damaged the
structure $15,000 and the stock of the
Cohen Brothers Company, dealers in
tailors' supplies, to the extent of $f0,
000. Two persons were overcome by
smoke.
Indiana. While the directors of the
poor of Pennsylvania were In conven
tion here the office of tho Indiana
County Poor House was entered by
thieves. Several watches, thirty dol
lars and trinketB belonging to the In
mates were taken.
Allentown. At a hearing before Al
derman Deary D. Schnadt, a White
ball farmer, confessed watering his
milk and was fined twenty-five dollars
and costs. The arrest of Schaadt. fol
lowed that of II. Artlnger, a Copiay
milkman, for selling milk below the
standards.
Reading. Rajah Temple, Nobles of
the Mystic Shrine, will pay the first
public tribtuo to the late Admiral
Schley on Friday afternoon, October
27, Arbor Day. Special exercises will
be held at the Boys' High School, af
ter which nil will proceed to Penn
Common and plant a weeping willow
tree in memory of Admiral Schley.
BloomshurB. John Peterman, ac
quitted ten days ago of tho charge of
Hindering his brother, Abraham, with
self-defense established, underwent an
operation for the amputation of tins
right arm near the shoulder, this the
result of the duel to death with stones
between the two men.
Rending. Catherine, five-yea rs-old
daughter of Charles W. Wanner, a
prominent business man of Reading,
was run over and instantly killed by a
trolley car In the business section of
th cltv. The child was In the act of
running across the street when she
slipped Rnd fell under the wheels.
Allentown. After an examination
by a board of physicians, Charles
Reinhard, of EmauB, who was im
prisoned for accusing his neighbor.
Milton Fuhr, of witchcraft was found
Insane and taken to the Norrlstown
Asylum. His wife, who wbb also jail
ed, was discovered to bo "compus
mcntus."
A Itoona. Placing the basket con
taining their lunch under a tree, John
Fay, John Stelndell, Harry Barnes,
Georce Rhodes, and I-ouls Conrad
started Into tho woods to hunt chest
nuts. With appetites whetted ny mo
exercise and air, they returned Just 1"
time to see a bear finishing the last
morsel.
Stroudsburg. An east bound ex
press (rnin on the D. L. anil W. Kail
road, running at the rate of fifty miles
an hour. In paslng Delaware Water
Gap station had a flange broken from
' , ..iir I he
a wheel or tne tenner,
train to tear up the track for tin i
n,ii nri Imillv ilamairiiig five coaches.
Two trainmen were Injured and were
removed to the hospital here.
Wllllamsport. Cracksmen visited
Dubolstown, a suburb, and blew one"
f In h nnHtoftlCC With
charge of nitroglycerine. They seriir-
ed over $200 In stamps ami " "'
escaped. The cracksmen made tin
visit early In the morning and the re
port was heard by a number or pc
pie. This Is the fourth postofilce sriin
In ten miles of here that has been
visited by yeggmen during Hi" P
month. Secret service men are
to be making Willlnmsport their hean
quarters.
Allentown.-Alderman Jacob Renin
ger. of the Fifth Ward. All-n o.
died suddenly, aged sixty-two 5
He was the first chief of tho Alle
town fire department former
tary of the water board and a rorm
clerk of Select Council.
Allentown. - Accused "f
Btolen goods valued at from Ijw s8
$5,000, four employes or an
company are in Jail here and I J
was arrested. The upshot l)le
lici.y to a series of alleged remorts
crimes, complaint of which long
noyed the company.
Aus.in.-Heal.h Jl
on and his assistants
water worss B.vsiwm.
the hull''-
SuBquohanna uanroni. u.
jg of a station on the site of W
stroyed by the , flood. Th K
swept away when the City . ,
down, was recovered todo.
count of the votes change" (fk.
ticket. There were ten ty e K
ets in the box. and enough vo i
cast for Charles AuH' " nmln
Commissioner to Rive him ' m u
,U,n. Instead of a Mr. I or.
Selleved to have been the W