The Fulton County New
McConnellsburL Pa.
ARE THE STARS FADING?
Tba opening of toe present tbeatrl
cal season lit accompanied by tbe
proclamation of a new principle. For
20 years or more toe star baa been
tba Idol of tbe public and tbe god of
managers. Mighty was the wage of
tills divinity. Tbe star system seemed
permanent. Out last season was one of
tbe moat trying tbat theater managers
have ever weathered. Scarcely ons
has not curtulled bis enterprises, says
tbe New York Sun. Theatrical Invest
ment Is on a ranch lens extensive
scale than It was 12 months ago. (ex
treme conservatism marks tbe busi
ness tbls fall. Managers are scare fl
ing for suggestions bb to the best
means of putting their affairs on a
olid basis. One result of this Inves
tigation Is the assertion tbat It would
probably be much better for the the
aters If there were fewer stars or
none at all. Tbe reasons for this de
cision seem sound, at all events sound
er to reasonable laymen than tbe
causes of the sudden promotion of
very blue-eyed Ingenue to the ranlc
of a star. Managers have decided
that tbe theatrical celebrity tbey
make bolds tbcm afterward in tyran
nical grasp. Tbey must eventually
accede to all the conditions these play
era may Impose. Thus by deliberately
creating a star tbey are raising up a
force tbat will eventually be Inimical
to tbem.
Grlndell Matthews, a young Kng
Hub engineer. Is believed by bis friends
to be on the verge of giving to the
world a wireless telephone wlth'wblcb
conversations may be carried on
across the Atlantic. It may not be
come public, as the British govern
ment may Feck to acquire tbe sole
right to It, preserving the secret, and
retulnlng It for use In war. All tbat
is known concerning tbe apparatus la
that It Is In a box so small tbat one
may easily carry It about Instru
ments may be tuned so thnt tbey will
transmit only to others tuned In tba
same key. A man might telephone to
bis wife while she Is out shopping
Tests have been made In which the
Interposition or brick and Iron walls
was shown to be no barrier. Nothing
seems too wonderful In tbe way of In
vention especially where electricity
la concerned; so nobody will be great
ly surprised If Matthews' Invention
fulfills Its promise.
Tbe New York populuce Is apt to
smile with pitying superiority when It
bears a Cockney drop bis "ns." Mt
forgets that It Is equally culpable In
regard to another letter of the alpha
bet., "r." How It does shy at "r."
When the letter Is not dropped en
tlrely It becomes "ol." as In "gol!"
for girl, or "wolld" for world What
Is being done In our public schools
to correct this btd bablt and others
equally bad? The Cockney language
Is not a thing of beauty or a delight
to the ear, but positively we are de
veloping an argot here tbat Is much
worse; a monstrous, hybrid form ot
speech, devoid at onre ot grace and
music. Let our' school commission
ers look to It!
When a man bolds up bis fellow
man at tbe point of a gun end relieves
him of his belongings, it is called
highway robbery. When a nation
does the same thing It Is railed war
What the world needs Is an Interna
tional police force.
When a man sues a girl for the
money be spent In courting her, It
behooves the girl to enter a counter
suit for the gas that wns burned dur
ing the bcskIoos In the parlor.
An Ohio man fainted after he had
played a piano continuously for twen
ty seven hours. We haven't heard
what happened to the people who
were compelled to listen.
A Chicago man Jumped rroin tbe
third story or a burning hotel, but the
kind thnt Jump a bill on tbe lin t tloor
in the silent night nr- tbe kind the
botelkrepers don't like.
One of the esteemed missionaries
tells us thnt China will one day doml
nate the world Think, brethren, of
being forced to eut all one's meals In
a Chinese restaurant!
A telephone girl in Portugil gave
warning of a royalist attack and
quelled a revolt, proving hi'rself
first-class Information operator.
The freshman and sophomore med
ics are rather rough In their rushes,
but after they graduate they will mu
tilate with wore finesse.
Chasing a monoplane with automo
biles is a merry sport at which not
even the ratry tales or our childhood
hinted.
A Boston clergyman advocates tba
teaching or love-making in the schools.
That's where it begins, usually.
A New York Inventor claims he c&d
take $:!.uiiu worth ot gold from sea
water every ilny Possibly by watering
stocks.
A Chicago man wants a divorce be
cause htH wife asked him to thread a
needle. KviUently be could not see the
pofnt
Newport's "trial engagement"
beats th "trial marriage" In that "it
does not take a divorce trial to end it.
or
SLAUGHTER
THE IMfcNTS
Italian Soldiers Accused of
Horrible Crimes.
WOMEN FOUND MUTILATED
English Officer With the Turkish
Army Sends a Startling Story Of
Italian Brutality In Tripoli
' Frightful Scenea.
London. Tbe agitation against al
leged atrocities by Italians In Tripoli
which bas sprung up In the British
press and Is supported by a few mem
bers of tba House of Commons since
uncensored reports arrived here from
English newspaper correspondents
concerning recent occurrences In
Tripoli, received fresh Impetus
through a telegram received by a
news agency from Herbert Montague,
a second lieutenant of the Fifth Fusl
leers. Lieutenant Montague tele
graphed from Boukelyohmu. by way
of Dehlbat, on the frontier of Tunis,
as follows:
"I feel It my duty to send to you
the following telegram, and I beg you
In the name of Christianity to publish
It throughout England. I am an
English officer, now voluntarily serv
ing In the Turkish Army here.
"As you know already about the
ferocious resistance which the Turks
and Arabs are offer lug the Italians, I
will only express my admiration for
their bravery and fortitude, which
would warm the heart of any Kngllsh
man or of any truo soldier In the
world.
"Imagine my feelings when, on en
tering and driving the Italians out of
Arab houses which they had fortified
and were holding, we discovered the
bodies of some 120 women and chil
dren with their hands and feet hound,
mutilated, pierced and torn. Later on
at (the name of the town was lost In
transmission) we found a mosque
filled with bodies of women and chil
dren, mutilated almost beyond recog
nition. I could not count them, but
there must have been three or four
hundred. .
"Even now we are Rett Ins nes of
further massacres of women and
children who were discovered on dif
ferent farms lately occ upied by Ital
ians. The Idea of the Italians when
they slaughtered the innocents obvi
ously was one of revenge for their
heavy losses In battle.
"We are at this moment under a
heavy shrapnel fire, so you must ex
cuse me If these sentences are some
what disjointed. There Is also an
aeroplane circling over our posit Ion
and directing the enemy's gun file on
us."
Lieutenant Montague's message is
dated November 2.
THE NATION'S FINANCES.
Deficit For the Current Fiscal Year
Of $20,180,000.
Washington. The Federal govern
ment's deficit for the current fiscal
year exceeded $20,lH0,unu when the
Treasury opened its doois Thursday.
A year ago the deficit was 13.0o(i,dy0,
while a month ago it was $l,u",ouo.
The Increased deficit In October was
due to the fact that the rerelpts for
the month were only J.'B.fi.iri.tKii),
while the disbursements amounted to
60,1SO,000, an excess of expendi
tures over receipts of $4.1"o.(iin. Com
paring this showing with that of the
previous month, the receipts for Sep
tember exceeded the expenditures by
more than JS.OL'.I.ODO.
CONTROL K0O STORES.
New Corporation to Handle Five and
Ten Cent Establishments.
New York. F. Yv. Woolworth an
nounced (hat a new corporation In
about to b formed under the name
of "F. W. Woolworth Company," to
take over the business conducted In
various cities under the corporate or
firm names of F. W. Woolworth &
Company, S. II. Knox & Company, F.
M. Kiiby & Company, K. P. Charlton
t, Company, C. S. Woolworth, W. II.
Moore and W. II. Moore St Son, and
also a controlling Interest In the Fug
llsh business of F. W. Woolworth V
Company, Ltd.
This new company will- own and
control over (inn five and ten cent
stores doing business In all parts or
the United States and in Canndu, ami
England. The 'capitalization of the
new company Is to be $l.r,0O0.000 7
per cent, preferred stock and J.IO.ObO,
000 common slock.
A Wife's Revenge.
Chicago. Millionaire Lewis A.
Bryan, of Gary. Ind.. sued his young
wife for divorce, charging cruelty and
In revenge she hns shut off ail his
Income above $12 a week. Ills six
automobiles likewise have been re
moved from his control. When .Mrs.
Bryan, who Is 26 yenrs of age. hall'
the age of her husband, beard of the
suit, she obtained from Judge Willis
McMahon, of Crown Point, Ind., nn
Injunction depriving Bryan or the dis
position of his property above the
$12 a week.
"Bob" Taft Win High Honor.
Cambridge, Mass. The four .bright
est men In Harvard University Law
School, ns determined by the award
of (he Scars prizes, announcement or
which has Just boen made are Robert
A. Taft, son of the President; Charles
E. Hughes, Jr., son of Justice Hughes,
of the United States Supreme Court;
T. C. Buchanan, of Pittsburgh, and F.
S Wyner, of Boston. The prizes,
which are of $375 each, are awarded
annually.
THE LATEST RECRUIT
(Copyi'iht. utlU
NOVEMBER 30 THANKSGIVING
Country 8igrially Favored, He Says
Calls Attention To "Right Har
vests" and Industries Thriving
Beyond "Domestic Needs."
Chicago. President Taft Monday
Issued his annual Thanksgiving
proclamation, culling upon citizens of
the United State to celebrate Thurs
day, November 30, a day of thanks
giving and prayer. The proclamation
reads as follows:
"Tbo prople of this land, having
lung sanctioned and by practice set
apart toward the close of each pass
ing year a day on which to cease
from their labors and assemble for
the purpose ot giving praise to Him
who is the author of the blessings
they have enjoyed, It Is my duty us
thief executive to designate at this
time the day for the fulfillment of
this devout purpose.
"Our country bus been signally
favored In many ways. Tbe round of
the stasons has brought right har
ests. Our Industries have thriven far
beyond our domestic needs; the pro
ductions of our labor are dally find
ing enlarged markets abroad. We
have been free from the curses of
pestilence, of famine and of war.
"Our national consuls have furth
ered the cause of peace In other
hinds, and the spirit of benevolence
has brought us Into closer touch with
linn ill uu)iii u n iiiiv viunw .......
other peoples to the strengthening of
.i i. ..,! r f..nu uV,ln an, I omwl u-ill
UtC WllliO I IV 1 1 w in. 1 1- ' O " "
that link us to our comrades In the (provinces to various foreign powers
universal brotherhood of nations. within the last few decades, but have
"Strong in the sense of our own (not had the smallest effect In saving
right and Inspired by as strong a ;it from tyranny, misgovernment and
sense of the rights of others, wo live the most far-reaching economic mis
In peace and harmony w ith the world, 'ory at home, and, moreover, have had
Itich in the priceless possession and the effect of depriving it of means
abundant resources wherewith the even of keeping order within Its own
unstinted bounty of Cod has endowed boundaries.
us. we are unselfishly glad when j "Turkey's treaties with various Ku
other peoples pass onward to pros- ropean powers explicitly guarantee
perity and peace. jher integrity, and yet all the treaties
"That (he great privileges we en- thus guaranteeing against dismember
Joy may continue, and that each com- ment are not worth as much as a
lug year may bco our country more single gunboat of the smallest size
firmly established In the regard and the minute that It becomes worth
esteem of our fellow nations, is the while for any serious oppoucnt to at
prayer that should arise In every tuck her.
thankful heart. "It would be not merely foolish but
"Wherefore, !, William Howard wicked for us as a nation to agree to
Taft, President of the United States arbitrate any dispute that affects our
of America, designate Thursday, the vital interest or our Independence or
30th day of November next, SB a day our honor; because such an agree
or Thanksgiving and prayer, and 1 lnel,t would amount on our part to a
eurnestiy call upon my countrymen covenant to abundon our duty, to an
and upon all thut dwell under the flag agreement to surrender the rights of
or our beloved country then to meet tle American people about unknown
In their accustomed places or wor- matters at unknown times in the fu
hlp to jolu In offering prayers to Al- lire such an agreement would be
mighty Coil and devout inaiiKS tor me
loving mercies He has given to us.
"In witness thereof, 1 huve here-
i unto set my hand and caused tne seal
! .. .i... i.. i ot..t.ia n K urnvn.i "I
III II1W I. 1111111 Siuiro i- mi..'.".
Hone at the city of Chicago this
3('th day of October, in the year of
our I.ord one thousand nine hundred
and eleven, and of the Independence
of the United States of America the
one hundred ami thirty-sixth
By the'
President,
P. C. KNOX,
Secretary of State
RICHESON'S INDICTMENT
It Formally Charges HJm With Pol- I
toning His Sweetheart.
!...,.- m.iuc Artir h IimiI been
formally' served with the Indictment
charging him with poisoning ins tor-
mer sweetheart. Avis Llnnell, the Rev
Clarence V. T. Richeson was visited
in Charles Street Jail by Attorney
lohn D. Lee, of Lynchburg, Va.. a
MMIil 1.1. 1JI.-1-, I.H l.(.lli-miuthl ' l "
criminal lawyer, prominent In the
I 11 11 llllll Hlll.ll I. MVIllliiWii.
South, who probably will direct the
nccmed minister's llsht for acquittal,
Mr Lee took up Immediately the
work of preparing the defense, and
conferred ut length with former
Judge Jams R. Dunbar, his son,
Philip R. Dunbar, and Congressman
Robert . Harris, who have been re-
h.Itwi.1 In Mr. RUheson's Interest.
Farmer' Accused Of Pclscnlng Wife.
Wl.iteviile, N. ('. As n result of
charges by his wife's relatives thai
her death a week ago was caused by
poison, I'.dgar Thompson, a prosper
ous yaung I'mmer, is under surveil
lu ire, pending the verdict of a cor
oner's jury. A large number of wit
nesses testified to Thompson's rela
tions with another young woman liv
ing in the house witlv tho family, and
to Mrs. Thompson's request that in
case of her midden death the cause be
inqulicd Into.
Unique Insanity Cause.
Chicago. Too much counting of
money In the Sub-Treasury caused
Frederick L. Lathrop temporarily to
po insane. It was estimated that in
five years he counted $50,000,000.
Trying To Catch Up.
Mlddletown, R. I. The first "drunk
and disorderly" thia town has had in
150 years was arraigned before Judge
Franklin. "Never mind me name,"
said the prisoner, "Just tell 'em I'm
mttkin' up for lost time."
ROOSEVELT AND
PAPER TREATIES
Peace Agreements Wicked to
Keep
AND SHAMEFUL TO BREAK
Peace Advocates Blind To Recent
History Turkey and China Show
Need Of International Big
Stick.
New York. Arbitration
disputed question, even
of, every
Including
national
President
questions involving the
honor, as advocated by
Taft, is disapproved by former Presi
dent Roosevelt In a signed editorial
in the last Issue of the Outlook.
"It would be not merely foolish but
wicked for us as a nutlou to agree to
arbitrate any disputes that affect our
vital Interest or our independence or
our honor," emphatically declares the
former President.
"The complete absence of militar
ism In China, and China's effort to
rely purely on pacific measures
In
r .
dealing with all foreign powers, have
tint nnlv milked it to lose Various
wicked If kept, and yet to nreuK u
a8 u undoubtedly would be broken If
the occasion nrose would be only
it.gg shameful than keeping It.
POTASH IN THE U. S.
Our Farmers Will Save That $12,000,
COO Paid To Germany.
asnillguill. JUH niucili.aii imur
er Will soon ue ueu iiuiu iuo wuuiiiiu-
tion of Hie German potash monopoly,
it is predicted by olllclnls of tho De
partment of Agriculture nero, w ho an
nounced that vaBt potash deposits had
been discovered In tho United States.
This country now pays the Germans
about $12,000,000 a year ror potash
urnilmiiB anil restrictions o aced about
dm nnreiiHse of notash by foreigners
almost led to serious complications
net ween me io gu.i-i mucins mn
winter.
Aviator Falls To Death.
San Jose. Cal. Prof. John J. Mont-
j gotnery, of Santa Clara College, died
, c -
after a fall from an aeroplane gilder
ne was expi-iiiriiiiuH nu ..-u,
green. Apparently, he lost control or
the machine, lie sustained Injuries
to the brain. Mrs. Montgomery was
watching her husband when the
tragedy occurred. According to Mrs.
.muuiruiuci j, "
l- "' l" B'u,,,,u 11 ,l'"
May Abolish Tipping.
New York. Listen! Under the
guiding genius of Joseph Vehling,
once one himself, waiters themselves
are to abolish the tipping system,
nuiyhe. "It lowers (he profession,"
they assert.
Business vs. Honesty.
Philadelphia. "No successful busi
ness man can be honest in these
times," was the assertion of the Rev.
Reginald John Campbell, of City Tem
ple, London, in a lecture here.
Aid Worn-Out Horses.
Newburgh, N. Y. Worn-out horses
from New York city are to be brought
here to recuperate, then to be bled,
the blood to be used in making anti
tuberculosis serum.
City Buc'gct, $189,000,000.
New York. The city bt'dget for the
coming year will be $189,000,000, ac
cording to latest estimates. It may
be a trifle over that by a few mil
lion or so.
WOMAN POISON SUSPECT
She Has Lost Two ' Husbands, Two
Stepchildren, Three Children
and Two Roomers At Her
Boarding House.
Chicago, November 1. Chicago
police are investigating Into the death
of nearly half a score of relatives and
acquaintances of Mrs. Louise Ver
milya to make certain whether the
similar demises constituted only a re
markable series of coincidences,' as
Mrs. Vermllya asserts. Nine deaths
are included In the list with which
Mrs. Venuiiya'a name has been con
nected. Including two husbands, two
stepchildren, thi-ue children and two
roomers at boarding-houses she kept.
Developments following the estab
lishment of police surveillance at the
woman's home came from several
cities where Bhe had lived. Pending
the report of the toxlcologlsts, who
are examining the viscera of the last
of the persons whose deaths have oc
curred beneath Mrs. Vermllya's roof,
the police have made no arrests. No
positive evidence of crlmo bus been
uncovered. The following uew iucib
became known:
That while Mrs. Vermllya has said
one of the death roster, Richard T.
Smith, a conductor, was only a board
er at her home, a former roomer as
serts the two claimed previously to
have been married and that they lived
together as man and wife.
That, while tbe woman told the
police she had assisted an undertaker
at Crystal Lake, a former home. In
embalming bodies, the undertaker
there denies she ever had any such
experience. She gave this as a rea
son why she could discuss the deaths
with composure.
That K. N. Brulngton, a photog
rapher or Peoria, and brother-in-law
of Conductor Smith, had made love to
the widow following Smith's death so
as to Investigate suspicions he then
bad about the reason for his relative's
demise, and that the widow had told
him part of her matrimonial history,
which be desires to give to the cor
oner. That Smith died during convulsions
and after drinking some substance,
whether medicine or not being unset
tled, but that the doctors gave the
cause of death, from descriptions of
symptoms given by the widow, as
acute gastritis.
Mrs. Vermllya told Inquirers she had
never studied medicine, nor sought
to become a nurse, as had been re
ported, but thnt she bad some littlo
knowledge of medicines, that she bad
acquired to enable her to aid neigh
bors and relutives. She insisted she
was Innocent. The deaths being look
ed Into follow: Fred Brinkamp, first
husband of Mrs. Vermilya, died on a
farm near Barrington, 111., after a brief
Illness.
Charles Vermllya, second husband,
died after six days' Illness of "gas
tritis," at Maplewood, 111.
Florence Brdikamp, four-year-old
daughter, died at Barrington.
Cora Brinkamp. eight year-old
daughter, died at Barrington.
Harry G. Vermllya, stepson, 35
years old.
Lllllun Brinkamp. stepdaughter, 26
yeurs old.
Frank Brinkamp, son, died of pneu
monia In Chicago.
Richard T. Smith, reported to be
third husband.
Arthur Bissonettc, policeman, room
er, to whom she was engaged. Died
of "gastritis" last Thursday.
COST $1,730,526.72.
First Official Statement As To Ex
penses For "Maneuvers."
Washington. The cost of protccdve
measures luken by tho United States
along the Mexican border last spring
became known for the first time
Thursday with the publication of thn
annual report of Brlg.-Gen. J. B. Ale
shire, quartermaster-general of the
army.
From March C, when the orders for
the mobilization were Issued, (o thn
end of the fiscal year, June 30, 1911,
tho total expense was $1,730,520.72.
This is almost the grand total, as by
June 30 a large part of the expense
had been cut down.
Indians Keep Children From School.
Washington. In an effort to Induce
(he refractory Indians in the ilopl
villages In Arizona to send their chil
dren to the government schools, Col.
Hugh L. Scott, Third Cavalry, has
been relieved from duty with the Gen
eral Staff here and ordered to Ari
zona to net under the instructions of
the Interior Department. The Indians
have absolutely declined to yield to
demands or the government that their
children shall be educuted, and It Is
hoped that Colonel Scott, who has a
wide acquaintance among the Pueblo
Indians and is popular with them, can
Induce them to yield.
Clark Bans Excluslveneis.
Washington. Champ Clark refused
to allow a private dining-room at the
Capitol to be called the "Speaker's
dining-room." "No private dining
rooms for me," he told the architects.
Seven Girls Killed In Blaze.
Chehalis, Wash Fire which de
stroyed the powder factory of the Im
perial Powder Company here caused
seven young women employed in the
factory lo lose (heir lives, and an
eighth probably will die.
Angora Rabbits Now.
Washington. A new pet for the
amusement of society women troubled
with ennui has been discovered by
Mrs. J. E. Band, or this city, who op
pea red In the parks here leading a
large white angora rabbit by a leash.
Astor Loses $50,000.
New York. John Jacob Astor's per
sonal property has dropped $50,000 in
value since his marriage to MIbh
Madeleine Force, according to affi
davits filed by him with the Tax
Board.
Sun Gave Freedom. .
New York. Charged with robbery
at night, a first-degree offense, Ed
ward Weber escaped when his attor
ney proved by the forecaster that the
mm set at 6.U3 o'clock September 2.
while the robbery was at 6.30.
1
OF
Burn Hankow, Native City and
Massacre People.
LIKE BANDS OF CUTTHROATS
Should the Chinese Rebels Ally
Themselves With the Mohamme
dan Element the Movement
. May Spread Rapidly.
Peking. Tbe German Legation re
ceived a wireless messago from the
vicinity of Hankow, stating that the
Imperial forces burned the native city
of Hankow, and confirming the report
tn thn Chinese war board that the lm-
jperlul troops massacred men, women
and children during several uajs
fighting.
Lettors from a correspondent at
Sin-Yang-Chow, declured that General
Yin Tchang's troops were beyond con
trol. They are described as Insub
ordinate, and as having looted the vil
lages north of Hankow.
The Imperials bad the advantage 1c
troops, but they were poorly pro
visioned. No prisoners were taken.
Rebels captured alive were shot or
decapitated. It is learned that the
most barbarous outrages were per
petrated on Innocent persons In thi
villages. An officer 'of YlnTchang'i
staff explained thnt tho outrages were
committed by only AO men of the Hu
Peh division.
Gen. Ying-Tchang refused permis
sion to the correspondents to proceed
to tbe front and pluced them under
tho strictest surveillance. At head
quarters all telegrams undergo tbe
strictest censorship.
The staff officers, says the corre
spondents, are quartered In an ex
press train, with engine attuched for
Immediate service. The chief of staff,
Colonel Ylh, Is now at the trout di
recting operations.
The general staff consists mostly ol
German and Japanese, trained men.
but the campaign does not reflect
much credit upon them, as they are
seemingly Ignorant of the country.
The soldiers are not bothered by their
officers and do as they pleise. Com
ing from the northern provinces they
have no sympathy with the rebels.
TAFT REVIEWS THE BIG FLEET
Greatest Naval Review In America
Carried Out With Clockwork
Precision Praise For
Seamen.
New York. Amid an oratorio o
cannon firing, as tiny three-pounder
roared the 21-gun salute to the Com
manderln-Chief of the Navy and
Army of the United StateB. President
Taft Thursday reviewed the greatest
armada Uncle Sam has ever gathered
toeothur.
With (he Presidential pennant snap-
'. i .1.- -i. til : 1 tu .!.
ping hi (lie cum iiioiiiiiik u". mm
yacht Mayflower steamed through the
mighty fleet, that President J art
might be assured, as Secretary Meyer
was the day before, that the navy he
commands is second only to that ol
England and second then only in
numbers. From tho moment the
Presidential flue was broken out on
the Mayflower until the armada re
celved the order to up anchor and
pass in review, there was a constant
barking or small guns as the custom
ary courtesies were passed. New
York hasn't heard such a cannonad
Ing since the days or the revolution.
MANY LIVES ENDANGERED.
Explosions At Powder Works Cauat
Much Damage.
Paterson, N. J. Three explosions nl
the Dupont Powder Works at HaskelU
caused a loss of about $60,000 and
endangered the lives of ubout 30 men
at the plant.' One man, Foreman Kd
ward Brown, was seriously Injured
and several others were hurled Intc
the Pussuic River and hud to swim fot
their lives.
The explosions occurred In the bal
llstlle plant of the powder works and
before the fire that ensued was extin
guished three, buildings, the main
plnnt and two storehouses, had been
consumed.
Smoked In Bed Dead.
New York. Kdward Fleet smoked a
cigarette in bed Tuesday night, fell
asleep and burned to death when the
bedding caught fire.
For Care Of Children.
Milwaukee. "We Insist as much
care be given (o the breeding und wel
fare of children ns is given lo improv
ing Block in horses nnd hens," declur
ed (he National Woman's Chris! Inn
Temperance Union convention here.
Denver For 1912?
ii.ni, whether Denver will be a
gj .... -
contender for the National Democratic
convention In 1012 will be settled upon
by the city's convention league this
month. A quiet canvass Is now under
...... liu tuirnnHP htInir to Bee whether
contributors In 1!08 will repeat their
donations for iu. me tonveuuuu
in 1908 cost Denver $112,000. Of this
sum the city contributed $2fi,000.
Whether (his can again be raised ap
pears doubtful.
Death Follows Party.
4'hiladelphla. Her hair accidentally
Imilted from n gas jet while dancing
about the parlor, Mrs. Mary Herd,
Ire or Policeman Robert Herd, was
so severely burned thnt she died t
St. Joseph's Hospital several hours
luier Mrs. Margaret Wilson and
Joseph Adams, a boarder, are being
held as witnesses. The police charge
that wines were too rreely Indulged
at the merrymaking.
INGFIU
ROOPS
CONTROL
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ALL OVEil Trie STATE
TOLD IN
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Mountville. The estate of Andrew
L. Lane has sold to Elmer Lane, a
farm In Manhelm township, containing
128 acres and 107 perches, for $147.30
an acre.
Allentown. Rev. Robert H. Kllna,
rector of Grace Episcopal Church, was
chosen foreman of the Lehigh County
Crand Jury. There are several clergy
men on the petit Jury.
Reading. Stricken with apoplexy
while on a trolley car on his way to
work, Cyrus W. High, of Shoemakers
vllle, died before medical aid could be
summoned.
South Bethlehem. Miss Florence
Vogel, of Allentown, committed sui
cide by drowning in the Lehigh River
here. The act Is said to bavo follow
ed a quarrel with a young man of (bis
place.
York. Henry Wagner, or North
Hopowcll, reports a yield or four hun
dred bushels of unshelled corn taiseil
on two acres of ground. Some of thn
corn Is 1' Inches in length and l't
Inches lu diameter. .
Bradford. Because her mother re
fused to allow her to celebrate Hal
lowe'en with a party of boys and git is
here, Mary Hays, aged 15, ran to ber
room and shot horself through the
head. She lived only a few mlnuUs.
West Chester. Whllo clambering
over a fence with a loaded gun Wil
liam Harrison, of Glen Moore, was
killed by the discharge of the gun,
the top of bis head being blown off.
York. A. B. Farquhnr has given to
the Park Commissioners an additional
plot of ground of five acres, valued at
$10,0000. The ground is adjacent tn
Faniuhar Park and will be utilized
for un artificial lake.
Pine Grove. The sight of harvest
ing hay, the second crop In November,
is to bo observed in Wayne township,
where several farmers who throuuli
lack of help and wet weather wer
unable to harvest it at the right time.
South Bethlehem. John L. Koch, a
prominent Hellertown merchant and
a Civil War veteran, died In fifteen
minutes at his home when he swal
lowed a doso of carbolic acid In mis
lake for medicine. He was seventy
years old.
Bethlehem. While Annie Holben,
the thirteen-year-old daughter of
James Holben, was driving a colt
from pasture to the burn, she got too
near the animal, which gave her a
violent kick on the Jaw, fracturing it
in two places.
Chester. Hugh Martin, fourteen
years old, an orphan, of this city, wan
struck by an automobile driven and
owned by James F. Dougherty, of
Lclpcrville, here. The lad, who w.i
seriously injured, was removed to th
Chester Hospital.
Allentown.--G. Tilgliman Rclchard,
aged eighty-two. died from Injuries re
ceived In a fall from an apple trrn
whllo he was picking fruit, several
days ago. For fifty-eight jvars he wan
hasB soloist ot St. Peters Church
choir at Rlttersvllle.
Reading. Investigation Is being
made by Coroner Wagner into the cir
cumstances attending the death or Kd
ward Summers, aged sixty-nine years.
Who was found lifeless in bed at Ins
home. Mr. Summers was fully dress
ed and lay across the bed.
Coplay. Frank Kollar. aged (bitty,
an oiler at the Coplay Cement Mill,
was caught In a shaf. Ho wns whirl
ed around several hundred times
minute by (he swiftly moving machin
ery and by the time the engine could
bo stopped he as dead.
Macungle-An old Indian tradition
Indicates (hat (he coming winter will
be a severe one and that there will he
sufficient snow to cover up the wild
flowers, known as Indian posies. They
arc already higher than they hae
grown In years.
Pittshurgh.-lleiiry J. Ruslani, a
clerk, hns petitioned court to change
his name, because people call him
"Ku7Zlclamh." He says the embar
rassment on tho street caused his girl
to turn him down, and he also had to
quit his Job.
LewiBbi.rg.The plant of the Lewis
burg Chair Company was destroyed l
lire, causing a loss of tmo,nm. An
automatic extinguisher had the fire
practically under control when the
fire department attached a hose to
tho same main, which proved Insuffi
cient to support both.
Slatington.-JuHt before n heavy
blast was set off at the
Slate Company's quarry at this P nee.
eight men rushed to a nearby she, for
shelter. While they were In the sis
a hugh boulder crashed through
ro"f or the building and almost in
stantly killed Steve Bolgn. and seri
ously Injured his seven rompi'nloii.
Huntingdon. -Joseph M'.r'and.
well-known acrobat or this Pj
while hunting wild turkeys was sl ot
by a fellow-hunter, who mistook
for a turkey. Morlnnd was using an
artificial call to lure a turkey to
which resulted In his receiving a loan
of large shot In the thigh.
Wllliamsport.-The first day of the
hunting acaaon In Lycon, Ing cm nty
was productive or a fa tnl
While George Warner, of Mill ( c
(ownsh.p. and bis hired man. John
Hull, were hunting rabbits the la ttr
accldenUlly shot Warner, blowing his
Seaway and killing : him '"f",
Norrlstown.- Hamilton Kile, son or
a former sheriff of this county 1M
i:;. tssi ss '"fH 3
when he was shot. It
Sis lake,, to jail that It . f un hj
body was Pierced wl h
Haines, when ho heard hot K '
dead. -Tr-o;-' ' hir
r:ir!n;..,h,n ,rtb.
nun's death.