The Fulton County News
McConneUsbnrg, Pa.
DIVERSITY IN FARMING.
The farmer Is In a hazardous busi
ness at the best ills success depends
to a very large extent on the weRther.
Droughts or excessive rains are disas
trous to him. Early frosts tbreateo
him, says the Charleston News and
Courier. As In other hazardous busi
nesses, be must make large profits In
tbe good years to make up for the
loses of the bad years. His profits
must be recorded In ten-year periods.
He cannot Judge from tbe record ot
one year what bis profits are. More
over, It Is evident that as a succes
sion of seasons must assist each other
In maintaining a general average of
success, so tbe best insurance he can
have In any one season Is tbe planting
of diverse crops, tbe harvesting of
which wilt take place at different sea
eons of the year, lie can thus escape
complete calamity In tbe event ot a
storm or other natural disturbance.
Tbe man, for Instance, who bas
made money on truck In tbe spring can
face the loss of his cotton crop with
equanimity. In tbe .average for tbe
year be finds things balancing up, and
although he bas lost tbe profits of tbe
one crop In tbe destruction of tbe
other, be bas been insured against ab
solute loss on the entire year's opera
tions. It is tbe capacity of tbe soli in
this section for -widely diverse crops
that makes It so valuable. This is not
one-crop section. The lands are not
merely good cotton lands. They are
Rood truck lands, good orchard lands,
good pasture lands. Tbey can be made
to yield wealth In a variety of ways.
A woman paused the other day on
tier way to Reno regarded by those
journeying thither as tbe fount of eter
nal happiness and explained that tbe
American husband was a bore and the
educated Englishman was not There
Is a certain amount of trutb In what
he says. When relieved of tbe neces
sity of working for tbe family living
the Drlton bas time to cultivate tb03e
graces of life which appeal so strongly
to the feminine heart, says tbe New
York Herald. But be who must work
for every dollar that his wife spenls
has no more time to devote to social
matters than If be were trying to till
a sieve with water. Hut Is It not
cruel to call such a man a bore and to
Intimate that because he Is necessar
ily much away from borne be bas
transferred his affections to some
other quarter? If the well connected
Englishman could unite with bis dis
tinguished bearing, capacity for spend
ing and suavity of manner the money
making gifts of the American we
should have a husband of the sort cal
culated to rob Reno or most of its bus
iness. The latest innovation projected by
Mrs. Ella Flngg Young, superintendent
of schools of Chlcngo, is tbe Introduc
tion of Instruction in "flipping," which
is another name for the art and mys
tery of descending scatbless from mov
ing vehicles. Tbe Idea is that every
body who bas acquired skill In this
direction irrespective of sex will
know too much to Jump off a street
car heading In any other direction
than that In which tbe car Is moving.
Of course, before the generation that
has been taught "flipping" supplants
that which la now In control, a great
many accidents may occur to reckless
patrons. In the meantime, however.
It is inexplicable that Intelligent wom
en continue to alight from street cars
In such a way as to court danger.
A Pennsylvania husband put bis
purse In the stove for safekeeping.
His wife, Ignorant of tbe fact, started
fire, and now tbey are hoping the
treasury department will redeem the
charred remains. There are regularly
chartered Institutions In tbe business
of caring for other people's money and
they pay a premium for the privilege
of doing so. Money hidden about tbe
house Is never safe and tbe people
who thus board their funOs bad bet
ter put their trust and their cash In
some good bank.
One of the wealthy ladies of New
port gave a dinner and dance for her
domestic servants a few evenings ago,
but it is reported to have been a tame
affair. None of the participants danced
on the table or eloped with one In a
lower sphere of life. a
A Philadelphia man was obliged to
leave his mother-in-law as security for
his board bill in Atlantic City. No
body is guessing as to tbe haste made
to get that board bill paid.
Tbe doctors don't want tbe mortar
and pestle on their automobile tags.
That is the symbol of a druggist, they
declare, and very naturally they don't
care to be taken for soda water dis
pensers and souvenir postal card
dealers.
A New Jersey woman wants a dl-
Torce because she finds bungalow life
too monotonous. It Is hard to tell
whether some of tbe miseries of mar
ried life are tragedies or Jokes.
A California poet wants to borrow
$50 for tbe purpose of having his
poems published in book form. If be
succeeds In negotiating tbe loan we
are going to give up tbe idea that no
one can be a poet and a financial
genius at tee same time.
Perhaps tbe man U has Invented
a gun tor tbr Purpose of shooting av
iators doe" ""y realize the danger
or ivtitln. ider the most favor
able CODdl'v
PASTOR FOR
116
WAN
Charged With Poisoning Fiancee
to Wed Heiress.
GOT THE DRUG TO KILL DOG
Rev. V. T. Rlcheson, Pastor Of a
Baptist Church At Cambridge,
Arrested For the Mysterious
Death Of Miss Llnnell.
Boston. Clarence Virgil Thompson
Rlcheson, n ordained clergyman of
the Baptist denomination, 35 years
old, and pastor or Immanuel Baptist
Church, or Cambridge, was locked In
a cell at tbe Charles Street Jail and
will remain there until October 31,
when lie will be given a hearing in
tbe Municipal Court upon tbe charge
or murdering Miss Avis Llnnell, or
Hyannls, a rormer sweetheart, in or
der to wed an heiress.
This state lias had some mysterious
murders, the details of which have
been shocking to the communities
where they occurred, but never before
within the memory of the oldest police
officer has there been a more das
tardly crime than the one this clergy
man Is accused of having committed.
In effect, Rlcheson is charged with
furnishing a 19-year-old girl, to whom
he is said to have been engaged to he
married, and who, In the course of six
months' time, would have become a
mother, with " cyanide of potassium,
and the Inference is that he told her
that by taking the deadly drug she
would bring about a desired change
in her physical condition, when in
reality he furnished the cyanide, de
ceived the girl as to the nature of its
effect for the express purpose of caus
ing her death so that no entanglement
might exist which could possibly pre
vent his marriage to Miss Violet Ed
munds, of Brookllne, whose father Is
a millionaire.
Drug To Kill a Dog.
It Is hard to conceive of a clergy
man committing a capital crime, but
it Is more inconceivable to Imagine
that a minister of the Gospel could go
to a druggist and, with the purpose of
murdering a young girl uppermost In
his mind, say to the man from whom
he purchased the deadly cyanide: "
"I want to kill a dog," and then,
when the transaction is concluded, In
vite the druggist to attend the wed
ding which was to be made possible
by the killing of Miss Llnnell. That
was the remark Rlcheson Is alleged
to have made to William Hahn, a
Newton Center druggist, with whom
he became acquainted when a student
at the Newton Theological Seminary,
on the night of October 10. when he
visited the apothecary and secured the
poison.
Miss Llnnell was living at her home
In Hyannls when Rlcheson became
pastor of the Hyannls Baptist Church
!n 1909. It was his first pastorate,
and while he was eloquent, he was
not very popular with all the mem
bers. Among those who worshipped
nt the church was Avis Llnnell. She
wa a pretty girl, a student at the
normal school In the town, and had a
good voice. The youthful and good
looking clergyman paid her mark
attention, and it soon became "undc
stood" that the couple were engncec
to he married. Members of Miss Lin
nell's family say that the cneagement
was entered Into nenrlv three years
sro and the girl's mother says that
the wedding was to have been a year
sko th's month, but was postponed.
Avis showed a diamond rlne, which
the clergyman pave her, and It was
said that the broken engagement was
renewed. Rlcheson became pnstor of
the Camhridge church In June, 1910.
having supplied the pulpit for several
weeks, his eloquence winning the con
gregation. Can Mall Vice Report.
Washington. Postmaster General
Hitchcock has revoked the original
order of the Postofflce Department ex
cluding from the United States mails
the report of the Vice Commissioners
of the city of Chicago. After consider
ing carefully the purpose of the re
port nnd the intent of the commis
sion, Mr. Hitchcock has directed the
postmaster at Chicago to permit the
mailing of the report. In reaching
this decision. Mr. Hitchcock was In
fluenced by the high character of the
members of the commission and the
evident sincerity of their motives.
Woman Killed By Train.
Wellsburg, W. Va. Unable to hear
an approaching train because of a
shawl that she wore over her head,
Mrs. Sarah Bevers, an aged woman of
West Wheeling, was run down and
Instantly killed by a Chesapeake and
Potomac train. The engine crew fail
ed to see the unfortunate woman until
It was too late, a heavy fog envelop
ing the track.
Torpedo Hits Target.
Norfolk, Va. It was unofficially
stated here that after several attempts
the cruiser Montgomery fired a tor
pedo almost entirely through the
recently constructed steel caisson that
was towed to Hampton Roads several
days ago to become the target In tor
pedo tests. The torpedo, which was
fired at a distance of 500 yards along
a cable, failed to reach the target on
two occasions, stopping half-way be
tween the cruiser and the caisson.
Accidents On Railroads.
Washington. To prevent disastrous
accidents such as the wreck of the
Pennsylvania special at Fort Wayne,
Ind., on August 14, recommendations
were made to the Interstate Com
merce Commission by II. W. Belknap,
chief Inspector of safety appliance,
for a rigid enforcement of rules con
cerning the operation of trains over
"cross-over" switches.
Berlin's fire department costs a
little more than $600,000 a year, or
ajjoaj 10 cesU per Inhabitant.
WITNESSES TO
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CARNEGIE MEDAL WINNERS
Bronze and Silver Medals For Those
Who Risked Their Lives To Save
Others Widows and Orphans
Get Pensions.
Pittsburgh, Pa. Forty-seven bronze
and twelve silver medals were award
ed by the Carnegie Hero Fund Com
mission at its fall meeting here, as a
recognition of heroism In saving hu
man life or In attempts In which the
life of the hero was Jeopardized. In
addition to the medals, cash awards
were made lor reimbursing loss, for
relieving debt on homes and the pur
chase of homes, for educational and
other worthy purposes, amounting to
$63,036. Pensions to survivors
amounting to $315 monthly were also
issued, with awards of $5 a month to
children, amounting to $50 monthly.
Of the rescues one of the nlost
novel was the saving of a man from a
wild animal. Thirty were saved from
drowning, 6 from fire, 2 rrom run
away teams, 3 rrom trains, 16 rrom
suffocation In mine, sewer or well and
1 each from an impending fall and
machinery. Thirteen of the heroes
lost their lives.
Pension for Heroes' Widows. '
Among the awards are: M. Wood
hall Blancbard, deceased, silver medal
to widow and pension of $50 a month.
Blancbard died attempting to save a
man from drowning at Keansburg,
N. J., August 25, 1910. Albert E.
Johnson, deceased, silver medul to
widow and $1,071.30 toward liquidat
ing her Indebtedness. Pension of $35
a month, with $5 extra, for each of
three children. Died In gaoeous well
attempting to save a laborer from suf
rocatlon at Powell, Wyo., February
14, 1910.
William H. Shaw, deceased, silver
medal to mother and $1,100 to liqui
date parents' mortgage on property.
Died attempting to save companions
rrom drowning at Medicine Hat, Al
berta, July 18, 1909.
Archibald II. Davis, Jr., silver
medal. Attempted to save companion
trom drowning at Tallulah Falls, Ga.,
August 10, 1909.
Died To Save Others.
August C. Anderson, deceased
hronz w'M to rather and $250. Died
.ve Doy iroin uruwiimg hi
...Ibs., May 8, 1909.
il . L. Manlove, deceased,
medal to mother and $250. Died
ipting to save boy rrom drowning
Indianapolis. July 7, 1910.
Thomas L .Marqua, Jr., deceased,
bronze medal to mother, died trying
to save girl rrom drowning at Bartow,
Fla.. July 1, 1910.
Charles H. J. Pickett, bronze medal
i.nd $2,000 for education. Pickett,
aged 14, saved companion from drown
ing at Laceyvllle, Pa., August 13, 1910.
Edward T. Rasmussen, bronze
medal and $2,000 for education.
Saved man from drowning at Falrport
Harbor, O., August 6, 1909.
12 DAYS MORE FOR TAFT.
President Extends His Itinerary To
November 12.
Billings, Mont. The itinerary of
President Taft's "supplemental tour
was completed here and the date of
his return to Washington was fixed for
November 12. , The original trip will
, end at Pittsburgh October 31.
I The itinerary of the continued trip
is as follows:
November 1 University of West
Virginia, at Morgantown.
November 2-6 Hot Springs, Va.
November 7 Cincinnati, to vote.
November 8 Louisville, Ky.
November 9 Frankfort, Ky.
.November 10 Abraham Lincoln
Memorial at HodKlnvllle, Ky.
November 11 Nashville and Chat
tanooga, Tenn.
November 12 Washington.
It Is probable that smaller cities
nnd villages will be added to this
Itinerary If the railroad facilities will
permit.
BEGGAR WORTH $50,000.
Lived In a Hovel, but Bequeaths
Riches To Sister.
Pan Francisco. Michael Sullivan,
who had begged on the streets of San
Francisco for 35 years, was found dend
in his hovel here. Bank books found
In a mattress showed deposits of more
than $50,000. Sullivan's death was
apparently due to natural causes. He
left a will In which he bequeathed
$50,000 to his sister, Mary A. Sullivan,
of Utica, N. Y.
Norman E. Mack State Chairman.
New York. Norman E. Mack, of
Buffalo, was elected chairman of the
Democratic State Committee.
Vice-President Of Mexico.
Washington. Pino Suarer, candi
date for vIce-proBldent of Mexico on
the ticket with Francisco Madero, Jr.,
has been elected by a substantial
majority, according to formal an
nouncement telegraphed to the State
Department by Ambassador Wilson at
Mexico City.
THE CARVING
EL!
10
Aviator Unable to Regain Con
trol of Machine.
BIPLANE CRASHES TO EARTH
Machine Fails To Rise Again After
Making a Sensational Dip Ely
Tries To Jump Out As He
Descends With Aeroplane.
Macon, Ga. Eugene Ely, aviator,
was fatally injured at the State Fair
Grounds here when his machine failed
to rise from a sensational dip and
plunged with him 60 feet to the
ground. He fell In the presence of
nearly 8,000 persons to the middle of
the enclosure of the racetrack, after
almost clearing the machine by a
desperate leap when he realized his
peril.
He died a few minutes later, regain
ing consciousness Just before the end
long enough to mutter:
"I lost control; I know I am going
to die."
Ely made a flight In the morning,
ascending to an altitude of 3.100 feet.
At 2.45 o'clock he began his second
flight from the track enclosure, which'
he circled In a few minutes traveling
about 30 miles an hour. As he was
completing the circuit he made a dip.
The machine shot down with
tremendous velocity and the crowd ap-pl.-tuded,
thinking the aviator would
rise, as he had done many times be
fore. But Ely seemed to lose his
grip, for the machino continued Its
downward plunge and he attempted to
riHe from his seat.
In fact, he released the lever al
together and half Jumped, barely clear
ing the aeroplane as it crashed to the
ground. The mnchlne was demolish
ed and Ely struck with terrific force.
Ely left his wife In New York two
weeks ago to come to Macon to make
flights for the Georgia State Fair. He
had been giving spectacular exhibi
tions here for eight days, going up on
one occasion in a rainstorm. He even
offered to mnke a flight by night,
pnintlne his craft with phosphorus.
The offer wai declined.
A gvpw"i feature of the tragedy
was the fic'it by the spectators to
secure souvenirs. The policemen were
swept nwny by the crowd and a few
minutes the littered field was cleared
of every bit of the wreckage. Ely's
collar, tie. gloves and cap disappeared.
Ely had a premonition of disaster
before he ascended. He told his as
sistants he felt that something would
happen and asked them to notify Mrs.
Ely in New York.
ELY A WAR SCOUT.
First To Fly From a Warship
Scouted For the Army.
New York. Eugene Ely was one of
the best known of the American
aviators. His reputation was inter
national as an expert, conservative
nnd experienced pilot. He has prob
ably done as much as any other
American aviator In furthering mili
tary experiments with the aeroplane,
particularly In connection with the
United States Navy.
Lynched Without, Blow.
Manchester, C.a. Without firing a
short or exchanging a blow a mob of
30 men quietly lynched Jerry Love
lace, a negro brakeman, charged with
having assaulted Yardmaster Kernan.
Half a dozen masked men overpower
ed Mnrshal Collier and took the Jail
keys from him. They led their victim
to Ferndale Park and hanged him to
a tree within 10 feet of the sidewalk.
Gill Breaks Air Record.
St. Louis. Howard W. Gill, In a bi
plane, broke the American endurance
record at Kinloch field by remaining
In the air 4 hours 16 minutes 35 sec
onds. The rormer record, made by
the late St. Croix JohnBtone, was 4
hours 1 minute. Gill ascended at
12.49.65 -o'clock and descended at
5.06.30. His flight was principally
over the field, but at times he flew
over a triangular course of more than
30 miles.
Salem Rejects Commission.
Salem, N. J. Salem decided against
the commission form of government
in Tuesday's election by a majority of
61. The vote was light, only 26 more
than the number who had signed the
petition voting In Its favor.
Move To Limit Armaments.
Berlin. It was seml-offlclally de
nied here that negotiations were pro
ceeding between Germany and Great
Britain relative to the limitation of
battleship construction.
EUGENE
HURLED
DEATH
GERMANS AND CHINESE FiGHl
Proposed Joint Naval and Military
Chinese Bombardment Of Wu
Chwang The Japanese
Issue a Denial.
Berlin. German marines were land
ed Tuesday at Hankow from a crulsor
and two gunboats. After sharp fight
ing they suppressed a mob of natives
thut threatened the German conces
sion. Members of the German colony
suported the marines. Five addition
al foreign warships have arrived at
Hankow. Vlee-Admlral Sir Alfred L.
Wlnslow, commander of the British
Eastern fleet, arrived there. The Ger
mans co-operated at Hankow In the
International corps movement, com
manded by the Japanese naval cap
tain. Die Post, commenting on develop
ments at Hankow, attacks tbe United
States on the ground that that coun
try is trying to play too big a role In
the situation. Other powers, the pa
per cays, have more important 'mili
tary forces and commercial interests
In China and should take the lead In
protective measures.
The Foreign Office received this dis
patch from the German commander at
Hankow:
"Hankow quiet. Admiral Snn and
40,000 regular troops arrived. Fight
ing expected near German Colony.
Germun steamer with non-combatants
has left."
ROOSEVELT IN A NEW ROLE.
The Colonel Wants To Maintain An
Eloquent Silence.
Richmond, Va. The part which
former President Roosevelt will take
In the coming national campaign prob
ably will be one or silence. This be
came publicly known here through a
letter which he wrote to Congressman
J. Hampton Moore, of Pensylvanla.
president of the Atlantic Deeper
Waterways Association, declining an
Invitation to address the convention.
Colonel Roosevelt emphatically de
clared: "From now on I wish to avoid mak
ing any speech that I possibly can
avoid."
Concluding his letter Mr. Roosevelt
said: "I cannot undertake anything
further of any kind or sort now."
Those portions of the Colonel's let
ter were Interpreted to mean that he
wished to refrain from giving utter
ance to any opinions which possibly
might be misconstrued In connection
with the presidential campaign.
WOMEN TEACHERS WIN.
New York To Put Them On Same
Salary Basis As Men.
New York.--After several years of
effort the women teachers in the pub
lic schools of New York have Induced
the city to put them on the same
salary basis with, men. In signing a
bill to this effect, recently passed by
the legislature, Mayor Gaynor said
that Instead of lessening the number
of men teachers the law would cause
an lncrense, because it would remove
the economic reason of appointing
women -teachers because they were
paid less. The change will increase
the city's annual expense budget $3,
500,000. U. S. NO PLACE FOR DODGE.
Says Americans Don't Know How To
Treat a Gentleman.
New York. On board the Lusitania
when she sailed rrom here was Walter
Phelps Dodge, who Is leaving the Unit
ed States because, he declared, "they
don't know how to trent a gentleman
over here."
Podge mnrrled Miss Helen Steck In
England In 1909. A few days ago she
h'onght suit for divorce, alleging
cruelty. The notoriety Incident to the
suit angered Mr. Dodge, and he said
that he has mnde his last appearance
In this country.
Express Co. Quiz.
Washington. All the secrets of the
express companies of the country will
be hnred when the officials answer,
under onth, about one hundred ques
tions propounded in an order Just Is
sued by the Interstate Commerce Com
mission. The questions cover every
phase of the express business and the
Information received will be used as
the basis of an Investigation of the
companies.
Postmaster Ends His Life.
Zanesville, O. Benjamin Dugan,
postmaster at South Zanesville for 13
years, and short In his accounts $1,400,
committed suicide by shooting him
self. Recover Twenty From Maine.
Havana. Twenty corpses from the
petty officers quarters and berth deck
of the battleship Maine were removed
from the wreck Friday to Cabanas
fortress. About forty-flve bodies have
now been recovered since the work of
raising the sunken craft began. The
arrival of a battleship Is being awaited
at present, when the rest of the ex
plosion's victims will be taken from
the shattered hull.
Edison To Get Nobel Prize.
Stockholm. Sweden. It Is said that
the Nobel prize for physics probably
will be awarded this year to Thomas
A. Edison.
1 . Killed By Mexicans.
Akron. O. S. E. Weegar, of this
city, learned through a letter Blgned
by Charles Smith, of Douglas, Ariz.,
that his stepson, Edward Mason,
formerly of Akron, was shot and kill
ed by natives at Agua Piieta, Mex.,
about two weeks ago. No details were
given.
Twenty-six Miners Killed.
St. Etiene, France. Twenty-six men
have been killed by an explosion In
the Bardol Coal Mine while fighting a
fire which has been raging In the
workings since Tuesday.
American Killed In Russia.
Kyshtyra, Russia. A. M. Erich, an
American, and manager of an electro,
metallurgical factory hpre, was shot
dead through a windew of his resi
dence. ,
CHINA S
CAPITAL
IN
Government Believed to
Holding Back News."
Be
FLAGSHIP SUNK, IS REPORT
Three Thousand Imperials 8ald To
Have Been Killed In Hankow
Battle Fears For
Capital.
Peking. There is no doubt that more
serious news than that of the defeat
of the Government troops by the revo
lutionists at Hankow Wednesday has
been received at Peking, but not pub
lished. There are persistent rumors
that Admiral Sah Chen Ping's flagship
was stink or captured.
It Is roportcd that the rebels are
now holding Hwangchow, at the nar
rowest point of the Yangtze river, and
that they are also in possession of
Ichang and the railway near Kwang
shui. A dispatch from Shanghai confirms
the report as to the defeat of Ad
miral' Sah. Admiral Sah is said to
have retired to Kiu Klang with his
disabled vessels, excepting one that
was sunk, the sailors surrendering to
the revolutionists.
3,000 Reported Killed.
The dispatch puts the imperial loss
In the Hankow battle at 3,000 killed,
besides many wounded now cared tor
by the Red Cross Society of the revo
lutionists. General Chang Tiao, the military
Governor, was put to death and Suit
Chlng, Viceroy, was degraded by the
Imperial Government for allowing the
Province of Hu Teh and Hunan to
pass Into the power or the rebels.
Over 1,000,000 inhabitants or Wu
Chang and Hankow are said to have
cut their queues.
Marital law exists In all places oc
cupied by the rebels.
12 AMERICAN WARSHIPS THERE.
Largest Of Any Foreign Fleet In
Chinese Waters.
Washington. A fleet of American
warships greater than that of any for
eign power, or even of China, are In
Chinese waters. Twelve vessels
three cruisers, two destroyers, five
gunboats, one transport and one col
lier commanded by Rear-Admiral
Murdock are assembled In the Yang
tze river or at Its mouth.
TAFT GETS GOLD BRICK.
Beats Senator At Lifting Of the Auri
ferous Ears.
Deadwood, S. D. President Taft
further onalified as a miner Satur
day, when he was dropped 1,100 ttet
down Into the famous Homestake gold
mine at Lead.
Mr. Taft also spent some time In
the Government assny oflice at Lead
and watched the casting of a real
cold brick. Later the President was
shown a room full of the precious
bricks, each of which weighed 1.25
pounds and worth about $30,000
anlece. Someone "stumped" the Presi
dent to lift a brick. He picked up one
of the precious bars with the greatest
ease. Senator Gamble tried to do
likewise, but was not so successful.
In this city, where he spoke shortly
after noon on the tariff vetoes, the
President was presented with a small
gold brick worth more than $300.
"It is a great pleasure to gold-brick
the President," said Representative E.
W. Martin In making the presenta
tion. "It is a great pleasure to be gold
bricked in this way," replied the
President.
STATES ASK LEAVE TO PROTEST.
Southern Attorneys-General File Peti
tion Against Tobacco Plan.
New York. The Attorneys General
of North and South Carolina and Vir
ginia filed a Joint petition with the
United States Circuit Court here
against the proposed reorganization
plan of the American Tobacco Com
pany. The officials say their States raise
2C0,000,0O0 pounds of leaf tobacco an
nually and that the hundreds of thou
sands of persons engaged In the In
dustry there are vitally concerned in
the dissolution of the trust as order
ed by the Federal Supreme Court
They assert they have made a care
ful study of the dissolution plan sub
mitted to the court, which In their
opinion is fundamentally defective In
that It does not restore free competi
tion. Cosgrave Goes To Collier's.
New York. John O'Hara Cosgrave,
until recently editor of Everybody's
Magazine, has accepted the position of
managing editor of Collier's Weekly.
Banker Goes To Prison.
Pittsburgh. Jacob W. Hill, a
prominent banker of East Brady, Pa.,
was sentenced to serve five years In
the Federal prison at Leavenworth,
Kansas, for violation of the banking
laws. He was charged with false re
turns to the comptroller of the cur
rency. Hill declares he was not re
sponsible for the wrecking of the First
National Bank of East Brady, of
which he was cashier, and had ' he
been given time he could have saved
the Institution.
Miners Want More Pay.
Pottville, Pa. The convention of
the ninth anthracite district, United
Mine Workers of America, In Besslon
here adjourned after formulating the
dumands to be made upon the opera
tors for higher pay and better work
ing conditions. ,The demands call
for a 20 per cent. increase In the rate
of pay for all employes over and above
the rates awaled In 1902; a work
day of not vnore than eight hours;
complete recognition of the union.
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DANGER
ALL OVER THE STATE
TOLD IN
SHORT ORDER
Mahanoy. Edward Llndcmuth, a
former coal and Iron policeman, was
found dead near the Pennsylvania
Railroad tracks at St. Nicholas.
Pittsburgh. Heavy" rains through
out eastern Ohio and western Penn
sylvania the past few days were re
sponsible for the loss of five lives.
Reading. Adam W. Fisher, Read
ing's leading bottler, died of a com
plication or diseases in his sixtieth
year.
Lewistown. Those who have fol
lowed the woods for years say they
have never Been the nuts so plentirul
which is a harbinger of much small
game and a cold winter.
Lock Haven. Peter Kufskle, who
shot and killed Alonzo Smith In a
Jealous frenzy, in South Rcnovo, on
July 18, wns found guilty of murder In
the second degree.
Boyertown. Thieves gained en
trance to the hall of the Nest of
Orioles and crushed a glass door of a
chest, In which the weekly dues were
hidden. The thieves escaped with
$25.
Carlisle. In his primary expense ac
count, Joslah W. Kline, who was un
opposed for the Republican nomina
tion for clerk of the courts of Cum
berland county, specified that he ex
pended $67.60 for toothpicks.
Hollidrysburg. Jacob IMowden, col
ored, and ex-convict, was sentenced by
the Blair County Court to pay a fine of
$2,000 and undergo a term of twenty
two years Imprisonment In the peni
tentiary for criminal assault.
York. Charles V. SponBlor, the
clerk, who received a fortune from the
John Singer estate, went to New York
to have the necessary transfers made.
It now turns out that the fortune will
exceed $100,000.
Duncannon. The two -year -old
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Earl Mil
bish, of Watts township, In the tem
porary absence of her parent, drank
the contents of a bottle of carbolic
acid and died In terrible agony.
Mertztown. William H. Shoemaker,
seventy-one years old, is dead. He
twice enlisted In the Civil War and
served in Company I, One Hundred
and Twenty-eighth Regiment, and
Company K, Forty-BeventfT Regiment,
and participated in eleven battles.
Wllllamsport. The body of Miss
Mary Sheppa was found In Iiyalsock
Creek, near her home at Hillsgrove.
Miss Sheppa had been missing for sev
eral days and a searching party found
the body.
Kempton. The site of the first
Moravian Church In the Klstler Val
ley, which was erected as early as
1730, was discovered by William .1.
Dietrich, while gathering data of the
early settlers In the Klstler valley.
Selinsgrove. Charles Spotts, a well-to-do
farmer, residing near Fremont,
aged about forty years, while drlvin;
from Mlddleburg to his home with a
lond of coal, was killed outright when
his wagon upset at ati embankment.
York. Charles Kunkle, aged thirty
four, while working In a elate quarry
at Delta, dropped from the rigging a
distance of about thirty feet, and
broke his neck. His death was in
stantaneous. Reading. Hunter Eckert, of Read
ing, and his sister, Mrs. H. E. Meigs,
of Pottstown, have presented the
Christ P. E. Church hero with a fHV
000 organ which Is now being Install
ed. It will have 1600 pipes.
Easton. Becoming melancholy af
ter an Illness lasting several years,
Miss Nellie Fiefer. forty years old.
committed suicide by hanging herself
In the barn on the fnrm of her father,
William Klefer, at Nazareth.
Norrlstown. For the loss of an arm
by being run over by a Reading train
at the local station two years iir"
Ruth Smith, of Reading, was awarded
$6,000 by the railway company, after
the case was called Tor trial. Miss
Smith was injured when she slipi'-'d
on the Icy platform and fell under the
car wheels.
Oley. When an Inventory was
made of the personal effects or tli
late Miss Elizabeth Kelm, th" ot''0'
resident and the wealthiest woman of
Pike Township, the appraisers discov
ered a lard can half full of all kinds
of Bllver, copper and gold coins,
amounting to over $7,000. It "
carted on a wheelbarrow to a nc.irh)
hank.
Pnlmerton.-It Is authoritatively
stated that a trolley line will ho 1
through this town, and that it
extend between Lehlngton and Slain
ton. and that preparations are already
under way by which the building, ot
this Important link In the chain or
trolley lines between the n'i,,l'T
coal regions and Philadelphia will
completed In less than a year.
Pittsburgh.-The Jury In the raw
Hnrrv Lotz. the composer, sued i
$30,000 damages by Harry Snmnieriifc
for the alienation of Mrs. So.nmerl
affections, returned a verdict or W
against Lotz. Bommerlll dc lr-(i
Lotz deliberately took his wife aM-
CarliBle.-When some rats
their escape from a cage brought in t
a restaurant here by several .'
Anthony Eckerd made a T
the top of the table at which si .e J
sitting. The table over urnc and
fell. She received serious internal
Juries. a
HarriKburg.-John A. Si-no .
farmer of Kllnger is Ivln J n
Harrisburg Hospital with s J
back. He was hurt two month . M
while helping to ra se a ,n;
able to sit in a chair and to moe
"sJouchsbur. - Moses
a farmer, of Marion Town I P-enty-three
years old, w. K ,
vicious hull. He was ente in
farmyard when the bul 'l
him. In trvlng to ge t oe flH
goren mm. - ,.u,r,
I "hat proved fatal five hows ''