THE FULTON COUNTY NEWS. McCONNELLSBURO. P BILL 10 AMEND THE SHERMAN LI ALL WERE SAVED AS EMBARRASSING MOMENTS Restraint "In Any Degree" Ille gal Under Stanley Measure. Vessels Called by Wireless Locate Stranded Packet Happenings of the Week in the Cspitol Fuildlng 2nd Th oughcut the State Reported for Cur Readers in futon County anc1 El ewhsre. AC0LISHES"RULE0F REASON" VICTORY FOR THE WIRELESS, f SHIP WAS BREAKING i COURT ORDERS GABRIEL CALL Wants Mortgage Holder of 107 Years Ago to Appear STATE FORESTS EARNING MONEY Timber on A!l Public Reserves to Be Sold for Profit SNAPSHOTS AT STATE NEWS r Kentucky Congressman Introduces Anti-Trust Amendment After a Conference With Presi dent Mall Liner Breaking Up When Help Arrived Struck Granite Pinnacle Before Dawn While Bliz zard Was Raging. INSTRUMENT DATED 1807 Unlets Jonathan Boniall or His Heir Appears Lien on $27,000 Worth of Land Will Be Declared Forfeited Is the Decree of the Court Darby. Unless Jonathan Bonsall, who lived In Darby in 1807, or his le gal heir steps forth on March 1 and prove to the contrary, the 107-year-old mortgage which Levi Bonsall made over to Bonsall, July 11, 1807, will be declared paid and satisfied of record. Although all trace of Bonsall has been lost and the mortgage which he held against a piece of property between Chester pike, Main street, the Darby mill race and the Qriswold worsted mill, recenty sold) for 127,000, is be lieved to have been paid, In order to satisfy the record on the mortgage books a decree has been Issued by Sheriff Heyburn on petition of John Pappas, the new owner of the property, calling upon the original holder of the mortgage to appear, In default of which the court will declare the an cient mortgage paid. Libel Not Eradicated. Hollldaysburg. The Blair County Court was stirred at the trial of five editors, reporters and proprietors of The Star of Italy, a newspaper pub lished at Oreeusburg. The accused had Just been freed from a charge of criminal libel, on account of a techni cal defect in Uie Indictment They had been charged with traducing the good name of the Sisters of Charity In Altoono. The defendants' attorney announced to the Court that his clients acknowledged that they bad wronged the complaining SlBters, and dosired to make public reparation and apology. T. II. Oreevey, attorney for the Sisters, spurned the apology, and declared that a second prosecution for libel would lie Instituted. Wheels Crush Out Life. Devon. A runaway team, swinging suddenly into view utder a bridge alongside the coal yard of C. A. Lobb & Sons, on the Lancaster pike here, frightened two horses attached to a loaded two-ton coal wagon. They bolted, and George Buller, 60 years old, of Devon, their driver, was thrown under the wheels of his own wagon. Ills back was broken, and he died several hours later In tho Bryn Mawr Hospital. The "line of beauty" curve of the Lancaster pike, crossing under the railroad bridge from north to south at the coal yard is one of the most dangerous on the Main Line. Start Fight In Union. Lewisburg. To fight the liquor traf fic by taking remonstrances into the Court and asking for a dry county, and to Indorse only candidates for the Legislature who will pledge them selves to vote against liquor was the decision of more than 200 anti-saloon workers from all parts of Union Coun ty, who held an all-day bpssIoii here. Much enthusiasm was shown, and many said that If a vote was to bo taken liquor would be driven out of the county. "Back to Farm" Problem. Pottstown. "Keep your boys and girls on the farm and make farmers and fanners' wives out of them," was the advice given by Fred Card, of Syl vania, to the big assemblage of agri culturists at the Institute of the North Coventry Farmers' Union In session at Cedarville. They were most till will ing to do this, but the puzzling ques tion with them was how to keep them there. Shot As He Fires on Cops. Pittsburgh. William Smuts:er, said to be an escaped convict from Indian apolis, was shot and fatally wounded in a house on the South Side, hero. City Detectives Charles Freobon and Albert Bebee, acting under orders from Superintendent of Pollco Matthews, went to the house to arrest Smutzer, and when he saw them coming he opened fire, which was returned by the officers. Buried In Wood He Grew. Harrisburg. John Suyder, a farmer In the eastorn end of Dauphin County, was burled In a coflln made of wood of a walnut tree which ho had planted and had cared for all his life. He was 85 years of age, and when his health began to fall directed that his coffin he made of the wood of his favorite tree. Sunday Sellers Defiant Norristown. The assertion that the Itev. J. Elmer Snul, the new Burgess, would not hold hearings on Sunday, was made good his first Sunday in office. But the cigar stores and cun y shops were defiantly open. Bur pm Raul was out of town, so that It could not be learned what steps he Intends to take. lie is said to nave declared that he will not stand for iuch form of gambling as "ouch" pool, and cigar stores have taken the hint and done away with slot machines and other gambling devices. , All Pennsylvania Gleaned for Items of Interest REPORTS ABOUT CROPS GOOD Farmers Busy In Every Locality Churches Raiting Funds for Many Worthy Objects Items of Butl nets nd Pleasure that Interest Warrants are out at Hazlcton charg ing Harry Thompson, of Augusta, Co with bigamy. In an effort to close all Mt Carmel business places on Sunday a petition was signed by 17 of the most prom inent merchants. The owners of the Luzerne House, Hazleton, which has been a licensed saloon for 60 years, are not seeking a license this time. In a few days the new car repair shop of the Reading Railway Com pany at St Clair will be ready for occupancy. A freight car on the Reading Rail way jumped the track near McAuley, ran along the tics 200 yards, then jumped back on the track. Pleading guilty to forgeries on which he got $!)00, C. D. Meckley, of Milton, was sent from Lewisburg to the East em Penitentiary for three years. Judge Endllch has granted an appli cation for a merger of the Reading Board of Trade and the Chamber of Commerce. The Ninth street finishing mill of the Reading Iron Company .Reading, has resumed operations, and 50 men are benefited. Stricken with heart disease while J working In his ham, Wllmer March, a farmer near Llnfleld, died in a few minutes. The estimated cost for substitution of paper towels In Norristown schools In place of those used before the pro hibitory law Is $300. E. II. Matz, of Topton, has a lemon tree bearing fruit 14 Inches In circum ference, and Solon H. SIcher's tree has lemons 12 Inches around. A pipe bursting In the Pennsylvania Railroad shops, Follslngton, scalded Thomas Sylvester, a night watchman, so badly that he died soon afterward. The annual financial report of the Bucks County Trlson sent to the Board of Public Charities shows the average dally cost for keeping a prisoner to be 3C cents. Directors of the Central Pennsylva nia Odd Fellow's Orphanage near Sun bury have decided to Introduce do mestic science and Industrial work In the school. Tho fire loss In Reading during the last year amounted to $57,027, and 35 of them were caused by carelessness with matches, and 10 by defective flues. Frank Schultz, 17 years old, of Read ing, who took money from a dealer's cash box at the Reading market houso, was fined $10 and sent to the Hunting don Reformatory. ' Leroy Barber, colored, was sentenc ed by Judge Endllch to the peniten tiary for from two to five years for bolng discovered under a woman's bed in a Reading hotel. During a heavy wind storm In Down Ingtown the cupola on tho Central Presbyterian Church was blown from Its position and, turning upside down, was hurled crashing through the roof of the edifice, doing much damage C. Y. Donnoli, of Oil City, has two apples of the Bon Davis variety, in a perfect state of preservation, which were grown by F. W. Stevenson on his furra in Oukland township, Venan go County, In 1912. The trees from which these specimens were taken were planted several years ago by Mr. Stevenson. Among deeds recorded at Harrisburg In connection with tho purchases of several farms in Londonderry, Dorry and Conewugo townships to M. S. Hor shey was a paper so yellow with age as to be almost illegiblo. The deed was dated 1787 and was for a certain tract that was then known as "Lon don Derry" township. Eight pounds 11 shillings was the consideration in the transactlou. John T. Flick and Carl Squire have the Job of cutting logs at tho Berry Company camp, on Little Tionesta Creek, and have upward of 125,000 feet cut, but are Just now considerably handicapped by the deep snow. Malin Brown, of Pocopson township, Delaware County, has a pack of bea- ble hounds almost as large as a pack for fox hunting, although they do not chase the latter animal. A couple of days ago he took an account of Block and discovered that he is due to pay tax for 11 of the animals. FUNDS USED FOR. SCHOOLS Department of Forestry Has Reports Showing Cash Returns From Lands Owned by Commonwealth $7& 000 Turned Into Treasury. (Special Harrisburg Correspondence.) HarrlBlurg. Tho state department of forestry has received reports indi cating that cash returns to the state from lands, owned by the common wealth, will soon be no mean item in the state's anrual receipts. During last year the stats got $15,000 for tim ber taken from the forest lands. Dur ing the years since the state first began to buy such lands a total of $78,000 has been turned Into the state trea sury from this source. The prediction is likewise made that 1914 will be a record year for receipts of this char acter, as contracts for timber cutting are unexpired and will extend Into the new year, while ten or twelve new operations will start under contract In January. All funds that the depart ment of forestry derives from the sale of timber are turned directly into the state treasury and 80 per cent of this revenue becomes a part of the state school fund. Whenever possible, timber is cut only by contract let by the department but at times lumber men refuse to bid becuuse of physical difficulties in timbering. Then the de partment uses its own sawmill. The time has passed when only dead tim ber or dying timber is taken out for many teres of state forest land now have trees that are mature and ready for market "The policy of the de partment of forestry is, and always has been, to make the forests of val ue to the people in every possible way," said Robert S. Couklln, state commissioner of forestry. Law After Film Show. Arrangement for the arrest and prosecution of managers of moving picture shows who permit overcrowd ing of their theatres have been made by John Price Jackson, Commissioner of Labor and Industry, and his depu ties with chiefs of police and Burgess es in a number of the cities and bor oughs of the State, because of reports which have been sent to the Capitol, showing that the State laws and the common rules of safety are being ig nored In many Instances. Commis sioner Jackson has secured the names and addresses of managers of about 80 per cent of the moving picture shows In the State and will send them letters, calling attention to State laws and regulations, but says he does not Intend to wait until they receive them before acting in case of over crowding. "I am not going to wait until a fire or panic occurs in some small theatre and lives are lost as a horrible example," he said, "but wherever I can get local authorities to co-operate with my men I will have arrests made. In fact the local of ficers do not need any authorization from me to begin a suit if they find the law violated and a place over crowded. I have Just received word of the arrest of a manager at Barnes- boro who would not comply with regu lations about overcrowding and I'm going to stand behind that case and push It And I will do so with others." State Gives Twenty Million. Statistics compiled by the Board of Publlo Charities show the last Legis lature appropriated $16,855,391.31 for maintenance and buildings, for the next two years, of 26 State institu tions, 7 semi-State institutions, 149 hospitals, 5 sanltorla, 116 homes and asylums, for the indigent insane. Of that amount $2,013,027.25 was set aside for buildings. In addition, $2, 625,000 was appropriated to the State Department of Health for tho free treatment of tubercular patients. Gov ernor Tener likewise approved appro priations of $40,000 for the Pennsyl vania Village for Feeble-Minded Wom en; $250,000 to the State Industrial Home for Women, and $25,000 to erect the now State Institution for Inebri ates. To Know the Laws. Steps to provide for the General As sembly of 1915 a complete code of laws ol the Commonwealth are being taken by the Legislative Reference Bureau. Statutes of over 100 years have been overhauled In the process. Inventory of State Waters. Engineers of the State Water Sup ply Commission have started In the two ends of the State to make an In ventory of the water resources of the Commonwealth. Building and Loan Reports. A call upon 1737 building an loan association of the State, of which 1084 are In Philadelphia, was made by Banking Commissioner W. II. Smith. Their reports are to show business up to the end of 1913. Under the act of May 4, 1913, these organi zations must set aside funds for con tingent losses to be carried as a sep arate liability. Where fund are loaned to members on straight mort gages they are to be carried at as sets Independent from mortgage loans OA shares. Washington. Representative Stan ley, of Kentucky, after a conference with President Wilson, Introduced an amendment to tho Sherman law, which would make illegal the monopoliza tion or restraint of trade "in any de gree." It Is doslgned to eliminate the "rule of reason" laid down by the Su preme Court In the Standard Oil case. The amendment also would Invest the circuit courts of the United States with Jurisdiction to restrain and pre vent violations of the act, Irrespective of the Attorney-General. It was drawn to meet the wish of the President, ex pressed in bis last message to Con gress, to reduce the debatable area sur rounding the Sherman act Represen tative Stanley discussed the measure with the President and previously had corresponded with him at length on the subject The Kentucky Congressman, who was chairman of the special committee which Investigated the United States Steel Corporation, does not offer the measure as an Administration amend ment, but believes it will be of service to the committees of Congress which will draft the anti trust legislation. Would Amend Two Sections. The Stanley bill would amend the second and fourth sections of the Sher man law. In Section 2, into which the Supreme Court Injected the "rule of reason," the words "in any degree" are Inserted, ' so that the section would read: 'Every person who shall monopolize or attempt to monopolize or combine or conspire with any other person or persons to monopolize In any degree any part of the trade or commerce among the several States, or with foreign nations, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction thereof shall be punished by fine not exceeding $5,000, or by Imprisonment not exceeding one year, or by both said punishments. In tho discretion of the court" Discussing that portion of Chief Justice White's derision which relates to unreasonable restraint of trade, Representative Stanley said that he had always regarded it as unnecessary to the decision and therefore not the law. "Many, however, believe." he con tinued, "that the effect of this decision Is to render Illegal only such combina tions in restraint of trade as are un reasonable. The insertion of the words "in any degree" with the other provisions will save the law as amend ed from any such Interpretation and will render all restraints of trade Illegal. WILSON CABLES SYMPATHY. Secretary Bryan Also Sends Message Lamenting Disaster. Washington. An exchange of cable grams between President Wilson and the Emperor of Japan over the Sakura Jlma disaster was made public. Presi dent Wilson's message was as follows: To His Majesty tho Emporor of Japan: Having learned of the unprece dented disaster that has visited your country through earthquake " and tidal wave, I beg to assure your Majesty and the Japanese people of my deep sympathy and that of the American people. WOODROW WILSON. President Wilson reeelved the fol lowing reply today from Emperor Yoshlhito: Tray accept my slnrerest thanks for the sympathetic message sent by yourself and American people for the terrible disaster. RETAIL GROCERS ORGANIZE. Form Association In Pittsburgh To Lower Cost Of Living. Pittsburgh, Pa. Retail grocers of the Pittsburgh district met here and formed a jobbing association, through which they hope to eliuiinnte the mid dleman and thus lower tho cost of living. Tho leaders claim they will be sblo to make a reduction of from 10 to 20 per cent. In grocery goods by buy ing In wholesalo quantities. Besides Allegheny county, grocers from 19 counties of Western Pennsylvania, Ave in Eastern Ohio and four in West Vir ginia joined the body. The association is capitalized at $1,000,000. DIES SUDDENLY IN CHURCH. Henry W. Griffith, Secretary Of the Norfolk and Western. New York. A man believed to he Henry Walton Griffith, of Philadelphia, secretary of the Norfolk and Western Railroad, died suddenly in All-Angels' Protestant Episcopal Church, on West End avenue. Cards bearing Mr. Grif fith's name and an inoome tax receipt made out to him furnished t!ie means of Identification. The body was ro moved to a police station. EGGS FROM CHINA. Six Hundred Cases Enter San Fran cisco; Duty Free. San Francisco. Six hundred cases of eggs from Shanghai, China, were included in the cargo of the liner Siberia, whloh Just arrived bere from the Orient Those eggs were admitted duty free under the new tariff act. Under the 6-cent tariff, 4,000 oases of Chinese eggs were received in San Francisco last year. Local mercnants say the total Importation will reach 80,000 rases during the ensuing year. (Copyright.) L OF I People 'Warned in Time of Im pending Danger. A RUSH TO THE HILLS. Wall Of Water Flftesn Feet High Sweeps Down Stony and Potomao Rivers, Carrying All Be fore It Cumberland, Md. Had not a horse man made a wild ride of 20 miles be fore daybreak through the valley to Schcll, W. Va., warning the people of the great storage dam of the West Virginia Pulp and Paper Company, near Dobbin, W. Va., had cracked and that Its crumbling was Inevitable, the Johnstown disaster might have been repeated on a smaller scale. The telephone leading to the dam was out of commission and the Paul Revere-like ride was the only means of warning the people, who Immediate ly took to the hills and camped around bonfires. A few persons had previous ly known of the impending danger and bad sought safety on the mountain tops. The great dam, which was completed only a few months ago at a cost of , $250,000, Is a total wreck. It let loose a body of water 50 feet deep, 7 miles long and of an average width of more than 2 miles, which swept down the Stony River Valley In a flood SO feet high and reaching across the valley from mountain to mountain and sweeping away all ob structions. Four Feet Of Flood At Schell. The first part of the flood reached the Western Maryland Railway near Schell, W. Va., 20 miles below, where the Stony river empties into the Potomac river, about 3 o'clock, and that point soon had a flood stage of 15 feet, several feet higher than ever before In the history of Schell. The tide not only went over the railroad tracks but It swept away several stretches of track and the bed of the Western Maryland Railway Company. In Us course down Btreara the wall of water washed away the Grant coun-' ty bridge, and at Schell a large foot bridge across the Potomac river melted into the flood like snow cast upon the tide. On Us course down the Potomac river the flood struck the mining towns of Gleason, Blaine, Shaw and Barnum, W. Va., and Kitzmlllcr, the largest town In Garrett county, Maryland, out side of Oakland. The lower sections of all these towns were Inundated and while as far as Is known no houses have been washed away the property loss to the people will be very great No loss of life has been reported. DIES ON EVE OF WEDDING. R. D. Lankford. Vice-President Of Southern, Asphyxiated. Now York. Richard D. Lankford, a vico-Dresldont and secretary of the Southern Railroad, was found dead jfrom gas asphyxiation In hia bachelor i apartments In Brooklyn. The police land the corouer decided be had com mitted suicide, but later developments cast doubt on the suicide theory. Fall nro tn BntAhllsh a motive for suicide is mainly responsible for the emphatic assertion of his friends and Miss Nellie Patterson, a Brooklyn society girl, whom ho was to have married Satur day, that his death was accidental Mr. Lankford was 40 years old. FIRST WOMAN DIPLOMAT NAMED. Will Become Secretary Of Norwegian Legation In Mexico. London. The first woman to take up the diplomatic service as a profes sion has just been appointed in Chris tian 1, according to a dispatch publish ed In the Daily Mirror. She is MIbs Henrietta Hoegh, 27 years old, and is to be DrBt secretary of the Norwegian legation in Mexico. She passed exami nations in International law and political economy two years ago. TO BE SURGEON GENERAL. Wilson Selects Col. W. C. Gorgas, Of Panama Canal Fame. Washington. President Wilson has practically selected Col. William C. Gorgas, of the Tanama Canal Commis sion, for surgeon general of the Army. The Colonel'B friends expect his nomi nation to go to the Senate very soon. Colonel Gorgas attracted world-wide attention for his sanitation work I Cuba and later practically made tin building of the Panama Canal a pos slbillty by sanitating the Isthmus. WATER SWEEPS 15 ON A UK IN OF Thirty-three Starving Japanese Refugees Are Found. RESCUED BY NAVAL CREW. They Hid In a Cave During the Eruption and Afterwards Climbed On the Rock and Sought To Attract Attention. Kagoshlma, Japan. Telegraphic communication betwen this city and the north has been restored. The offi cers of the cruiser squadron sent by the Japanese government have taken charge of the situation and are rapidly restoring a semblance of ordor along the waterfront Many of the people of Kagoshlma have returned to the city. All their bouses are in ruins and the returning refugees are compelled to camp In the open spaces. The war ships brought a large stock of food and supplies, which are being freely dispensed. The property loss In this city Is Im mense. The clearing away of ashes and debris has not gone far enough t,o allow even an approximate estimate of the loss of human life. A group of 33 refugees was rescued from amid a great waste of steaming lava at the foot of the volcano of Sakurajlma, Their escape was little short of miraculous; with their rescue no living being remains, so far as known, on the entire island of Sakura. The rescue was effected by a boat's crew from the Japanese flagship. As soon as the cruiser squadron arrived here crews were sent out to circle the island of Sakura, on which the vol cano Is situated, three miles out in the bay. The contour of the Island has been entirely' altered during the last week. The sailors did not risk landing on account of the terrifflo beat and noxious gases, but made a systematic scrutiny along shore. The entire is land was covered with smoking ashes and hot lava. All was desolation and no sign of human beings was seen until late in the day, when an officer In one of the launches noticed something being waved In the air at a short distance from the shore. A dotachmont of men, heavily bundled to protect them from the heat was landed. After a hard struggle they succeeded in making their way through soft warm ashos breast high until they reached a great rock. Sheltered behind this rock they found 33 people, still living, but coated with thick dust and weakened by star vation and thirst Among the rescued was a school master who bad borno with him from his school house the portrait of the Emperor; the village po liceman, who bad saved the records of the station house and the postal clerk, with a small bag of mall. The refugees were taken on board a warship and provided with food and drink. They explained that they had hiddon In a great cave near the shore until the rain of ashes was over and bad then tried hour after hour to at tract attention. ARTIFICIAL DIGESTION. Prof. Bertholet Claims To Have Re produced the Process. Paris. Prof. Daniel Bertholet claims to have reproduced artlllctally the pro cess of digestion by the action of the ultra violet rays from a mercury vapor lamp on food substances contained in a quartz vessel. ' SLAIN MAN'S BODY FROZEN. Search Reveals Battered Remains At Green Ridge. Scranton, Pa. The frozen body of Robert Fldiam, prominent in coal min ing circles, was found in the Green Ridge section. The head was battered in and the circumstances pointed to a most brutal murder. Searching parties were sent after Mr. Fldiam when he failed to return home after having been absent since Monday morning. He was 66 years old. TO AID THE NATION'S BLIND. Miss Wilson Arranges For Inter-State Exchange Of Literature. Washington. Under the direction of Miss Margaret Wilson, who has suc ceeded her sister, Mrs. Francis Bowes Sayre, aa an offlcor of the National Library for the Blind, arrangements have been made for an inter state ex change of literature printed for the blind. According to announcements made publlo the library will honor ap plications for literature from blind peo ple throughout the counti v. WASTE LAVA Yarmouth, N. S. Snatched from what seemed almost certain death, the passengers and crew of tho Royal Mall Packet Cobequid are snug In Yar mouth harbor. The wireless appeals for assistance which the Cobequid had first made 38 hours before were answered as the doomed steamer was being racked to pieces on Trinity Rock, six miles off Port Maltland. The rescue will go down in shipping annals as one of the most notable ever accomplished on the Atlantic Coast The Cobequid bad begun to break up under the cannonading of the ter rific soas that bad been merciless from the time the vessel struck. Quan tities of cargo covered the waters as the lifeboats ranged alongside. The coastal steamers Westport and John L. Cann were first to get their small boats Into the water, and thes were followed soon by the boats of the Government steamer Lansdowne and the steamer Rappahannock. As the work of rescue progressed the sea subsided considerably and no mishap marred the triumph over the waves. ' BOY BURNED TO DEATH. House Destroyed By Fire While Child's Parents Were Away. Hagerstown, Md. Fire destroyed the residence of Charles Uttsey, near Clevenburg, while Mr. and Mrs. UttBey were away from home, and their four-year-old sou perished In the flames. Returning home at night from Ship pensburg, they found the house in ashes. Their little daughter, who was In the house when the fire broke out and who was badly burned while at tempting to escape, stated that an overheated stove caused the fire, which spread so rapidly that she was unable to save her little brother. TO STANDARDIZE RADIUM. Federal Bureau Gets Tiny Particle For Experiments. Washington. A tiny particle of radium, upon which the Federal Bureau of Standards will base Its ex periments in an effort to standardize radium In the United States, was re ceived from Paris. It weighs 20 milli grams and cost $1,600. Only 30 grams of this substance are known to be In existence. The experts of the Bureau of Standards will experiment on radium In the same way that they have established weights and measures of less precious metals. FOLLOWS MORGAN'S LEAD. John Claflln Decides To Retire From All Directorates. New York. John Claflln, head of the dry goods firm of II. B. Claflln & Co., and president of the Chamber of Commerce, has decided to withdraw as a director in every financial institu tion on whose board he is a member. Mr. Claflln, In explaining bis decision, said he was too busy to attend to the I duties Involved and has notified the financial institutions of which he was ! a director that he would decline a re election. $1,000,000 TO 400 EMPLOYES. Executors Of Altman Make Distribu tion Of Legacies. New York. About 400 employes of B. Altman ft Co., who were entitled to legacies under the will of Benjamin Altman, have Just received checks ag gregating more than $1,000,000. In the near future the trustees of the Alt man foundation expect to announce the details of a profit-sharing plan for1 employes and gifts to charitable and educational Institutions as suggested In the will. NINE BUILDINGS DESTROYED. Ice Plant and Homes Prey To the Flames In Troy. Troy, N. Y. Fire destroying tlnj hi ice and coal plant of Haughnesy A Co., and eight other buildings, most of them residences. The Inmates, scant ily clad, were forced to flee from their homes and many of them lost their belongings. The loss is estimated at $150,000. GERMAN WOMEN WANT VOTE. Petition Asking For Suffrage Intro duced Into Parliament Berlin. A petition asking that the franchise be given to women and that they be allowed to vote at the elections tor the Imporlal Parliament and also to Bit as Deputies was introduced into the Imperial Parliament by the Get0 man Woman's Suffrage Union. It wa not directly rejected, but was referred to the consideration of the governmeut without any recommendation. MAJESTIC ACCIDENT SLIGHT. White House Bride On Liner Hit B a Tender. -1 New York. The accident which happened to the Bteamship Majestic at Cherbourg, France, Just as she wa about to start for this port, was ex plained in a message received here by the White Star Line. It stated thai while in port the Majostic had been run Into by a tender. One of her coal ports was broken. Among the pa sengers are Mr. and Mrs. Francis & Sayre.
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