THE FULTON COUNTY NEWS, McCONNELLSBURG, PA.
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Secretary Bryan Outlines a
New Policy. x
PROPOSAL A BIG SURPRISE.
Exclusive Canal Rights and Ninety
Nine-Year Leate To Naval
Base Among the Pro
vision!. Washington. A new policy toward
Nicaragua, involving ithe virtual con
trol ot the affairs of that republic by
the United States through a protec
torate similar to that now exercised
over Cuba, waa outlined by Secretary
Bryan at a private conference wtili
members of the Senate Korean Rela
tions Committee.
Mr. Bryan's proposal, coming as u
complete surprise to most of the mem
bers of the coinmltee, has been taken
by many Senators an the fimt pro
nouncement of a genorul policy on the
part of the Administration to extend
American control over the countries
surrounding the l'unama Canal and to
assure the stability of Central Amer
ican republics and the domination by
the I'nlCed States of their relations
with other great powers.
Secretary Bryan went before 'the
committee with a revised draft of the
proposed Nlcaraguan treaty, negotiated
first in the Taft adminlHtration by
which the I'nlted States would secure
exclusive canal rights across Nicaragua
and a new naval base In exchange for
a $.1,000,000 gold payment
As a new feature of tho treaty, how
ever, the Secretary of State proponed
that language similar, if not indcni.lcal,
with the so-called "I'latt amendment"
relating to Culm be. injected In the
treaty, giving the I'nlted States sweep
ing control of N'lcaraguun affairs and
the power to regulate her foreign re
lations and her finances.
Under the proposed plan Nicaragua
would agree in substance:
"That war should not be declared
without the consent of tho United
States.
"That no treat Ice would bo made
with foreign governments that would
tend to destroy her Independence or
that would give those governments a
foothold in the republic.
"That no public debt would be con
treoiled beyond the ordinary resource
of the Government, aa indicated by
the ordinary revenues.
"That the United States should have
the right to intervene at any time to
preserve Nlcaraguan independence or
to protect life or property."
"That the United States should have
the exclusive right to build a canal
across Nicaragua and should have a
99-year lease to a naval base in the
bay of Fonsoca and to the Great Corn
and Little Corn Islands in the Carrl
bean, with the privilege of renewing
the lease."
U. S. Would Pay $3,000,000.
The United States In return would
pay Nicaragua 13,000,000 to 'to be used
in public works and education.
It is understood the Nlcarngudn
Government Is willing to enter into
the proposed treaty because of the sta
bility It would give to the present
Diaz Government and to tho proposed
reorganization of the fiscal affairs of
the republic. It is understood a re
funding of the N'lcaraguan debt, for
which about J 1.1,0(10.00 is required,
does not form a specific part of the
negotiations laid before the Senate
committee.
GENERAL DIAZ NOT AN EXILE.
Mexican Leader On Special Embassy
To Japan.
Laredo, Texas. Humors that po
litical exile is involved in den. Felix
Diaz's special embassy to Japan to
thank that Government for his par
ticipation In the Mexican centennial
are denied in a message from Diaz re
ceivod here. The message Raid: "Ac
cept mission to Jnpnu solely and ex
clusively to give thanks for the em
bassy of that Government to our
recent centennial. Any other motive
to unfounded and entirely false."
SPEEDY DESTROYER.
Aylwln Makes 31.33 Knots An Hour
In Trial Trip.
Philadelphia. The torpedo-bont de
stroyer Aylwln, built, at a Delaware
River ship yard, proved herself to bo
cno of the fastest vessels of her type
that 1)hs been constructed for the
American Navy. The Aylwln went
ever e measured course off tho Dcln
ar Capes at a speed of 31.113 knots
n hour. Coming ,up the Delaware
River to the ship yard the Aylwln
wade speed Bpurts at the nuto of 37.7
knots an hour,
MOTORMAN HURLED FROM CAR.
Fifteen Passengers Hurt In Collision
With Drove Of Cattle.
Unlontown, Pa. Motormnn Willlnm
Nloholson was hurled from his car
over a high embankment near here
When the cur collided with a drove of
cattle that had wandered to the tracks
of tho West Ponn. Traction Line. The
car left the rails and hung over the
embankment, while panic reigned
among tho hundreds or more passeng
ers until they were rescued.
HIRED NEGRO TO KILL WIFE.
Then Led Mob Which, a Few Hours
Later, Lynched Slayer.
Andalusia, Ala. Sam Splcer, Jr.,
was found guilty of murdering his
wife, Mrs. Noble Spicer, and his pun
ishment was fixed ait life imprison
ment. Splcer, Who is 30 years old,
was chargod with having hired Joe
Oreen, h!a uogro clinuffeur, to kill
Mrs. Splcer, end it was testified that
Splcer, a few hours later, led the mob
which lynched Greea.
NICARAGUA
SNAPSHOTS AT
STATE NEWS
All Pennsylvania Gleaned for
Items of Interest.
REPORTS ABOUT CROPS GOOD
Farmer Busy In Every Locality
Churches Raising Funds for Many
Worthy Objects Items of Busi
ness and Pleasurs that Interest
Pt. Matthew's Luiheran Church at
Catawlssa will expend $3,000 In Im
pr vements.
The Jl-lncli mill and puddle furnac
es of tho lllaudon Holler Mills will
resume cperatlons.
With the aid of 100 special police
Sunbury captured and Jailed twenty
thieving train riders.
A snapping turtle bit a tralngulur
piece out of the luind of sheriff John
ii. (iluss, of Northumberland county.
Mrs. Mary Brown, who lives on a
farm a mile east of Sunbury, has a
duck that will eat nothing but apples.
Dtiquesne, Allegheny county, will be
the first borough under the new law
to accept commission rule as a third
class city.
Young Clarence Ressler, of Arter's
Station, is in the Packer Hospital,
Sunbury, being treated for a copper
head's bite.
Scarcity of harvest hands, and con
sequent shortage of straw ropes have
tied up the Car Trust pipe foundry at
Berwick.
Mrs. John F. Oram, wife of a Sha-
ninkln luwvpr. Iihh lirnueht suit Ask
ing for divorce on grounds of cruel
treatment.
Mrs. Kllzubeth M. Dentzer, of Reed
ing, has instituted a $5,000 damage
suit agulnst Carrie Trexlcr for alleged
alienation of the affections of her bus
band. Mrs. Gertrude Weldon, of Philadel
phia, Is at the home of John Zeigler,
near llornlngford, Mifflin county. In a
precarious condition from a copper
head bite.
The berry season has opened at
LowlHtown and thousands of boxes of
dew, black and huckleberries are ship
ped from the Junluta Valley dally to
city murkets.
The Lock Haven Express is becom
ing worried over the inactivity of the
Hoard of Trade In providing a suit
able site for the $30,000 armory the
State has agreed to build there.
Ex-Senator and ex-Secretary of War
Donald Cameron, now 80 years old,
is spending the summer on his 1,400
acre farm in Fast Donegal, and Is fre
quently seen on automobile spins,
Mrs. J. Wnlters, of Campbellstown,
Lebanon county, holds the record la
that part of the State for making son
bonnets. From March, 1913, to the
present time she has made more than
1,000 bonnets. of silk und other ma
terials. The Muuch Chunk Y. M. C. A. man
agement has erected a bungalow on
Luke Harmony and a large number of
the members, together with General
Secretary K. F. Hoettscher and Physi
cal Director Todd, are spending sev
eral weeks there.
New Castle firemen are getting an
experience with the way In which fire
signals were given 40 or 50 yeurs ago.
On account of tho failure of the Mayor
and Select Council to agree upon a
city electrician, the (Ire alarm systems
Is entirely out of commission. This
affects the hell at Central Station, and
when a lire alarm Is now telephoned
In, some of tho firemen ubout the Cen
tral Station grab the bell ropo which
has been run up the outside of the
building, and toll out the number of
the box.
Ono of the Capitol Park guineas hns
become perfectly fearless iu its per
ambulations and takes walks all over
the vicinity or Third und Walnut
streets, in Hurrlsburg, und pays no
attention to people near It. The other
day this guinea wus walking head up,
along the post olllce sidewalk, and by
Its side came a tall, dignified gentle
man with white whiskers and general
air of good nature. A small boy
amazed and walking upto the gentle
man, accosted him with "Mister, is
that your gulneu?" "Yes," said tho
gentleman, and a smile flitted across
his face, "and I'm Just tuklng It out
for a walk."
Alleging neglect when her husband
was killed by a flapping rope at Prim
rose Colliery, Mahanoy City, Mrs.
John.Hagen lias entered suit against
the Lehigh Valley Coul Compuny for
$15,000 damages.
Exclusive of State aid, lilnlr coun
ty spent nearly $1,000,00(1 for school
purposes and road and bridge im
provements last year. The total for
schools was $487,000, of which Altoona
paid $1!81,000, while the sum for roads
and bridges was $413,000, or which Al
toona contributed $2227,000,
The National Federation of Paper
Box Manufacturers met in Reading
and reports submitted showed a flour
ishing state of affairs.
Israel Young, the old gunsmith of
Boalsburg and the Inst of his kind
In Center county Is a veteran of the
civil war, a genius in his line, and a
game old sport, whose stories of the
long ago, when game and fish were
plenty, almost tempt one to wish him
self buck in the days of the old
smoothbore and before muchlne guns
wore Invented.
TOWN
ow
ONLY
L OF
But 120 of 3,500 Citizens of
Doxato Remain.
ATROCITIES OF THE BULGARS
A Terrible Story Of Outrages
Committed Upon Greek and
Mussulman Real
denta. New York. King ConRtance of
Greece, from Ills headquarters at Hadji
Eeillk, near Seres, gave out a detailed
account of the atrocities of the Bul
garians in Macedonia. He declares
that only the precipitate flight of the
Inhabitants of the villages and towns
prevented a still greater slaughter.
"The first city to bo scourged was
Nlgriti. A large number of its people
who had remained at their homes after
the events occurring In the Panghoon
district were massacred by the re
treating enemy, who did not fall to
light the path of their flight by thjj
flame of the city to which they bud
appllod the torch.
"The correspondents of Le Temps
and The Dally Telegraph who visited
the locality the day after the mas
sacre merely confirmed in greater do
tall the dispatches of the command
ers of our troops. '
"The precipitate flight of the peas
ants In the surrounding villages Is the
only reason why we have not a greater
number of victims to deplore. On our
left wing 700 Mussulmans ot the en
vironments of Kilklsh, a nest of Bul
garian Comitadis (Irregular troops)
shared the same fate. Two of our offi
cers, who in a bayonet assault had
been left lying wounded on tho field
a few steps from the enemy's trenches
were found, when tho attack was re
newed, to have had their eyes gouged
out.
At Dolron. before their flight the
enemy dragged the metropolitan and
30 of the leading citizens from their
homos. They have never been seen
again.
"The religious leader of the Mussul
mans, with tears in his eyes, told us of
the spoliations and pillage of the Bul
garian officers and soldiers.
"At Strumltza, fortunately, the
enemy had time to kill only two of the
persons imprisoned. But all these
things are as nothing compared with
what happened at Dlmirhlssar, Seres
and Doxato, where everything was
sacked by fire and sword.
"The city of Serea Is nothing more
than a mass of smoking ruins, tilled
with mutilated corpses of old men and
women and children.
"The consuls general of Italy and
Austria at Salonika, who visited Seres
for the purpose of establishing to what
extent their nations had suffered, have
told us that the accounts published in
the newspapers gave but a faint idea
of the terrible reality.
"At Dlmirhlssar the exhumation of
the mutilated bodies of the Metro
politan and the leading citizens have
convinced us that our enemy Is not
satisfied to pillage, burn, despoil and
murder, but ho rejoices In torturing
his victims.
"Doxato is no longer anything but a
pool of blood. Of its 3,500 inhabitants
only 150 remain. A great number of
the little villages along the route taken
by the fleeing army were the scenes
of like atrocities."
PRISONER IS REWARDED.
Wilson Frees Man Who Captured
Escaping Fellow-Convict.
Washington. The loyalty of a
prisoner acting as a trusted sentinel,
who risked his life to capture un es
caping fellow-convict, caused the Presi
dent to free Benjamin Bell, serving a
sentence of 11 months and 29 duys In
the District of Columbia Jull for rob
bery. While Bell was on guard a
prisoner armed with a knife scaled the
stockade surrounding the Jail. Tho un
armed prisoner-sentinel overpowered
the fleeing man and returned him to
Jail. Tho superintendent reported to
the President that he did not believe
there was an officer In the station that
would have doue as well.
TRAIN RUNS INTO HOUSE.
Sleeping Girl Awakens To Find Box
Car In Her Room.
Chicago. Mins Clara Marsske was
sleeping the untroubled sleep of a
care-free schoolgirl, when suddenly
something entered the room. It wns a
railroad train. The Marsske home
stands straight at a railroad embank
ment and directly in the path of a
freight train which left the rails, sev
eral cars tumbling down from the
tracks. One of them tore through tho
front of the house and stopped direct
ly in front of Miss Marsske's bed.
CARTRIDGE KILLS CHILD.
Exploded By Bonfire Into Which It
Had Been Thrown,
Camden, N. J. While playing around
a bonfire near his home here Proston
Slaughter, 8 years old, wus Instantly
killed -when a cartridge thrown Into
the flames by another boy pierced his
hoart. Harry S.nith, 11 yenrs old, was
taken into custody charged With throw
ing the cartridge into thi Arc, but
was later paroled In the care of his
parents.
MILL8 BLOWN UP.
Two Plants Destroyed, But Fortunate
ly No Employes Were In Buildings.
Wilmington, Del. Two rolling mills
of the E. I. du Pont Do Nemours Pow
der Company, on the Brandywlno,
blew up shortly after 9 o'clock, about
half a mile from where the Eastern
district handicap trnpshootlng meet is
being held. About 1,000 pounds of
sporting powder in the process of
manuracturo went up. Tho mills nre
started and stopped from tho outsldo
and no employes were Insido,
POO
FIGHTING OVER
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Nor Will American Troops Be
Sent To Mexico.
PRESIDENT MAKES IT PLAIN.
There Will Be No Change In Pres
ent Attitude Of This Govern
ment, Says President
Wilson.
Washington. There will be no in,
terventlon In Mexico by American
troops, nor will President Huerta be
ofllclally recognized by tho United
States. In a word, there will be abso
lutely no change for tho present in
the present attitude of this govern
ment toward Mexico.
President Wilson discussed the
Mexican situation with the utmost
candor. Nothing will be done as the
result of the representations which
have been made by tho diplomats In
Mexico. Their Joint note to this gov
ernment, suggesting that the Ameri
can policy be declared, has been re
ceived by the State Department, and
there the matter will end for the pres
enL The fact is that President Wilson
has been unable to obtain any definite
picture of conditions In Mexico. It
Is certain that many of the reports of
massacres and outrages that have
come from Mexico are untrue. Again
and again the State Department on
learning, either through letters or
through published dispatches, of al
leged brutalities by the federul or the
constitutional forces hns Instructed
the American consul at the pluce of
the report of the outrage or the near
est American consul to investigate
and make a full report, and In no
case have the Btorleg been verified.
The government has no secret
agents in Mexico, nor is there a pres
ent Intention of sending any secret In
vestigators to report on conditions.
Ambassador Wilson's telegraphic re
ports have varied so greatly from day
to day, now depicting conditions of
deepest gloom and then Indicating tho
most sanguine confidence, that the
State Department is wholly nt sea re
garding real conditions. Th"re is no
disposition to censure Mr. Wilson's
reports, for It Is perfectly understood
In Washington that the political situa
tion In Mexico City Is not con lucive to
a calm and philosophical review of
dally events. Communication by mall
between Mexico City and Washington
is so slow and uncertain that no writ
ten reports which Mr. Wilson could
have mado would have any vnlue by
the time they reached the State De
partment.
There is a strong disposition in
Washington to view the entire action
of the foreign powers with skepticism.
It Is believed by the State Department
that much of the antl-Amerlcnn feel
ing In Mexko has been carefully
fomented by selfish interests fur the
ptirpotxs of creating In this country a
popular hysteria which would force
the administration to send troops
across the border.
ENGINE CRUSHES AVIATOR.
Explodes In Air and Wreckage Kills
Young Birdman.
Chlco, Cal. Thnddeua Kerns, a 20-year-old
aviator, was Killed when the
engine of his biplane exploded 75 feet
In the air. When the wreckage hit
the ground tho radiator crushed the
aviator's head, while other parts of
the biplane pierced his body.
$625,000 NECKLACE STOLEN.
Sugar Substituted In Package For
Rich String Of Pearls.
London. The theft of a pearl neck
lace valued at $625,000 was reported
to the Scotland Yard authorities. Tbe
pearls are alleged to have been stolen
during transit by post from Paris to
a dealer In London. The robbery was
discovered In London, when the regis
tered packet in whlcui the necklace
had been dispatched was opened. The
case contained only pieces of sugur.
THREATS MADE BY GERMANY.
To Take Initiative In Mexico If United
States Does Not
Mobile, Ala Buyers on the Mobile
Cotton Exchange representing Ger
man firms said they had received code
messages from Germany stating Hint
the Berlin Government had mude rep
resentations to the United States con
cerning the Mexican situation. The
messages wore suld to Btate that If the
United States did not move to restore
poaoe in Mexico Germuny would luke
WILL
RECOGNIZED
THE SPOILS
v''.iA:t4'-V-.i,.a:.,;w:vi
GIRLS LEAP TO
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Lives of Fifty Young Women
Endangered in Fire.
RESCUED BY FIREMEN.
Three Young Women, Trapped On
the Sixth Floor Of a Burning
Factory, Jump Into the
Arms Of Rescuers.
New York. The lives of 50 young
women were endangered here when a
lire, starting on the third floor of the
factory building at 408 to 412 West
Thirteenth streot, spread to the roof.
By making repeated trips In a
freight elevator, John Hafferto carried
down the majority of the employes.
Many young women reached the street
over the fire escape.
Three young women, trapped on the
sixth floor, jumped 12 feet into the
arms ot A. G. Armstrong, manager of
the Munson Granule Company, occupy
ing that floor, who was on the roof ot
a five-story building adjoining. Arm
strong and the young women were as
sisted to the Btreet by Edward D.
Slevln, an ex-city fireman.
Smoke was blown from the burning
building Into the offices and work
rooms of P. F. Collier & Co. Three
hundred young women were quieted
by foremen.
Shortly after the arrival of tho fire
appuratus in response to the first
alarm, Deputy Fire Chief Callaghy or
dered a second alarm sounded. The
deputy chief feared tho flames would
extend to the work-rooms of the Mun
son Company, separated from 408 by a
fireproof wall, where chemicals were
stored.
Firemen kept the blaze from spread
ing. The loss wus $10,000.
ENTOMBED MEN RESCUED.
Five Miners Burled Since Wednesday
At Result Of Cloudburst
Eveleth, Minn. The five men who
were entombed at the Spruce Mine
here Wednesday night, as a result of
a cloudburst, were rescued Thursduy
night. The imprisoned mlneu were
located by tapping on a pipe which
had been drilled 40 feet into tho mine.
After tho first signals were heard the
work of excavating was resumed with
double energy, and the men were soon
located and brought to the surface.
Wlillo they had suffered greatly, it is
believed all will recover.
MERCY FOR T. B. VICTIM.
President Commutes the Sentence Of
a Federal Prisoner.
Washington. The plight of a fed
eral prisoner dying of tuberculosis nnd
whose life might be prolonged a few
days or even months by freedom
caused President Wilson to commute
to expire nt onco the four-year
sentence of Jnmcs A. Perrin, convicted
at Cleveland February 24 lust of em
bezzling letters while a postal clerk.
FLYING BOAT MAKES 900 MILES.
Beckwith Havens Completes Trip
From Chicago To Detroit.
Detroit. Beckwl'th Havens com
pleted a flying boat trip from Chicago
to Detroit Ilo followed the route
planned for the Ohlcago-to-Dtroit
avhitlon cruise and covered 800 miles.
It Is suld to have been the most re
markable trip ever undertaken by
flying boats.
HELPED MARSHALL PRESIDE.
Little Boy Sits On Vice-President's
Knees During Senate Session.
Washington. Thomas Marshall
Sutherland, who said his age was
"free nnd a half," Bat on Vlco-rresi-dent
Marshall's knees and helped to
preside over the Senato during a lively
session. Tomnile Is the son of Rev.
Alexander Sutherland, formerly of Co
lumbia City, and now of Berkeley
Springs, W. Va., and Is the Vice-President's
namesake.
TURKISH TROOPS ADVANCE.
They Cross the Frontier Line Into
Bulgarian Territory.
Sofia. Turkish troops crossed the
new frontier line between Bulgaria
and Turkey, running from Enos, on
the Aegean Sea, to Mtdla, on the Bluck
Sea. Thoy already have penetrated a
distance of nearly 20 miles Into tho
Bunurhlssar region, the Bulgnrlun
troops ofloring no opposition. The
Christians In the district are allogod
to be fleeing before the Turkish
troops, owing to their excesses.
C
IS
ATTACKS
UNFAIR
J.
Lecture Engagements Made
Subject to Cancellation.
MacVEAGH DEFENDS HIM.
Former Republican Secretary Of
Treasury Says Double Bryan's
Salary Might Be
Adequate.
Washington. In answer to a query
concerning his lecture tours, Mr.
Bryan said:
"In fairness to myself, the newspa
pers might have assumed that my lec
ture engagements would not interfere
with my official business rather than
to assume that they would. All of
my engagements are made subject to
cancellation, and I can call them oft
whenever the occasion becouioe neces
sary." Mr. Bryan said that he did not think
any further discussion of the subject
was necessary.
Franklin MacVcagh, former Secre
tary of the Treasury, who Is now in
Chicago, declared that Secretary
Bryan was absolutely correct In his
assertions that a Cabinet officer could
not live properly on $12,000 a year.
Mr. MacVeagh served under the Taft
administration and has had consider
able experience in both political and
social circles In Washington. When
asked To? an opinion on the matter,
Mr. MacVeagh replied with emphasis:
"Of course, Mr. Bryan Is right. Such
a salary is merely nominal, scarcely
more than a drop In the bucket. The
Cabinet officer has an official life to
lend as well as private. I don't doubt
that any of them could run along on
112,000, but they would have to live
privately. They couldn't possibly
mingle with those in official life.'
In response to a question as to what
snlary he considered adequate to meet
the demands of the financial strain on
a Cabinet officer, Mr. MacVeagh said:
"It would vary. The Secretary of
State, from the nnture ot his position,
must be looked upon for more lavish
expenditures In a social way than any
of the other Cabinet officers. I think
perhaps double the present salary
would bo sufficient, if the Cabinet
member were careful and economical."
NEW MINISTER TO CHINA.
Dr. Paul S. Reinsch, University Of
Wisconsin, Selected By Wilson.
Washington. Dr. Paul S. Reinsch,
professor ot political economy in the
University of Wisconsin, has been
selected for minister to China. Sec
retary Bryan, Dr. Reinsch and Presi
dent Wilson had a long conference at
the White House, after which it be
came known that Dr. Ilelnsch'3 name
would be sent to the Senate. Dr.
Reinsch is a writer of recognized au
thority on Oriental topics and far
Eastern politics. His works on those
subjects have been translated into
Japanese, Chinese, Spanish and Ger
man. Dr. Reinsch was born in Mil
waukee In 1869, was educated In Ber
lin, Rome and Paris, and began col
lege work at the University of Wis
consin In 1899. He has been active In
pan-American coiifeifiicen, societies
for the study of International law and
historical research. He is married
and lives in Madison.
BANKING BY MAIL.
An Innovation In the Government
Postal Savings System.
Washington. "Banking by mall" Is
the lutost Innovation entered into by
the government In connection with the
postal savings system. Hereafter de
posits may be made by mull nnd with
drawals likewise effected through the
same agency. When the postal sav
ings system was first put in operation
postmasters were forbidden to permit
deposits by such persons as were not
patrons of the postofllce In which they
sought to bnnk. This wns found to
work a real hardship on n certain class
of would-be depositors and Postmaster
Genernl Burleson accordingly abro
gated the rule. Postmasters through
out tho country now are being advised
of the change.
COTTON EXPORTS.
200,000 Running Baleo Were Exported
From United States In June.
Washington. A special census crop
report guvo tho following estimates
for cotton consumption during June:
Consumed, 4C(5,D14 running bales. In
manufacturing establishments on June
30, l,29G,fi57 bales, and in independent
warehouses 611,519 bales. Imports,
8,023 equivalent 500-pound bales; ex
ports, 223,921 running halt's. Spindles
active during June, 30,057,910.
TRAPPED BY FIRE ON 6TH FLOOR.
Two Young Men and Girl Taken Down
With Clothes Ablaze.
New York. Two young men and a
girl, trapped on the sixth floor or a
burning loft building in West
Twentieth street, stood helpless amid
the flames until their clothing caught
fire. They were ablaze when firemen
took them down 85-foot extension lad
ders to the streot. Tho three were
badly burned and with three others
were tuken to hospitals.
A GIGANTIC CHEESE.
One Weighing 6,500 Pounds Just Fin
ished In New York.
Utlca, N. Y. The finishing touches
on a cheese weighing 6,500 pounds, the
lnrgost cheese ever made in New York
State, if not in the world, were put
on at the Gowdy factory In Martins
burg. Two days' milk from two fac
tories were required tor the mammoth
cheese, which was mude. under tho di
rection of Horace A. Heese, of ,ow
vlllo. It will be exhibited vl the State
Fal'i in Syracuse in September.
WILLI
BRYAN
HORSES ENGAGE I
IN DEADLY DUEL ;
,
Fight In a City Street as if
They Mean to Kill
BOTH ANIMALS ARE INJURED
Strange Warfare Witnessed in Street
at Chester Workmen Unable to
Separate Biting and Snorting
Beasts One Fell Exhausted.
Chester. A strange warfare was
witnessed iu this city between a white
and a bay horse belonging to the I'll
bertlne Paving Company attached to n
heavy wagon. The trouble started
when the white hourse leaned across
and gave his companion a vicious nip
on the Beck. With a sharp cry the buy
retaliated and kicked his antagonist
in the stomach, knocking him down.
Both horses broke loose Jrom the pule
and the white got to Its feci, und the
buttle was resumed in earnest. Kick
ing, bitting und snorting, the animals
went at each other like fighting bulla.
Kfforts on the part of workmen to get
the horses away from each other were
futile, until finally the white horse
fell exhausted. The bay wus tln-u
dragged from the scene. Both unlmals
were badly injured.
Buy Farms Near Bristol.
Bristol. Numerous mysterious pur-
chases here within about two weeks
have now reached so respectuble a
total as almost 175,000, and it is be
lieved that a Philadelphia syndic alo
Is making all the purchases for some
large Industrial project, as yet undis
closed. The purchase prkes have run u;
from $200 to $400 an acre, and funii'-r
liowman's fine pluce was the first mm
bought for about $8,000. Then the
farms of William Kog;rs and fanner
King were gathered in, and all sorts
or questions were ventured as to tli
purposes or the buyers; one being that
the Reading Railway wanted the luml.
though not contiguous to the Read
ings other nearest Bucks county prop
erty. Everybody's curiosity has been
aroused as to the plans of the pur
chasers. Millionaire Dies of Burns.
Pottstown. As a result or burns re
ceived in an explosion when empty
ing alcohol Into a lighted stove, used
to cheer up her room under an over
cast sky, Mrs. Elizabeth A. Grant
widow ot John B. Grant, said to be
the richest woman in Berks county,
died at her home at Douglassvllle.
Women servants who went to her as
sistance lost their self possession, and
when one or the men laborers finally
beat out the flames she had sustained
fatal burns.
Mrs. Grant was the only daughter of
the late Colonel M. H. Messchert, a
multi-millionaire, with vast real e
tate holdings in the business centre
of Philadelphia, and she was the priii
Ipal beneficiary of his fortune.
Molly's Queer Brocd.
Leech burg. Four little kittens, Uo
newly born bunnies and two little
speckled guinea chicks are strange
bedfellows on the furm of Edward
King in Manor township, and Mr.
King's attempt to separate them lia--
proved futile.
Recently "Molly" the King family'?
big Maltese cat, went to a liaysiaci
not far rrom the barn and there ar-
runged a soft, cozy place for a litter
or kittens. Not wishing to disturb her.
members or the family never wen:
near the place. One mornlug ''.Molly"
cumc inarching Into the house with
tho strangely assorted family. The
feline mother had evidently taken pos
session of a guinea hen's nest ; but
how the bunnies entered the abode If
a mystery.
Hill Mishap Kills 'Cycler.
York. Carey Witmer, tho fifteen
year-old boy who was run dowu and
Injured by an automobile on t lie
Wiightsville like, died in tho York
Hospital. Witmer wus thrown from
bicycle while descending a hill 1,1
rectly In the path of ail autoniobfr
driven, Is Is said, by 11. T. Mingle, o:
liurrisburg. One of the pedals of Wit
mer's machine locked with the peda
on a bicycle ridden by a companion
and this caused the accident.
Bee's Sting Kills Quickly.
Brlstl. John Pickering, a v11
known farmer of Woodboume, !
working on the farm when he ''
slung on the back of the neck hi 1
largo bee, and within fifteen juhiul"
died. Dr. Heritage, of Langhorne, AO's
death was the result of naialvtis o'
tlm hf:irt nnnuurt hv tho rtnln
fchock, but the case is the first of "
kind ever known in this vicinity.
Autolsts Admit Accident.
Stroudsburg. The mystery in the
death of John Corlev. of Anulomik.
who was found by the roadside near
that nluce in a buttered condition.
has been partially cleared by the up-
piurance betore the District Attorney
of John Brewer, chauffeur, and a
party of motorists, all or Cresco, who
admit running overdue man actideut
ally, but claim that he was not ser
uusly hurt when they picked him uf
and that a stranger approached
this time and took charge of the
jured man.
Hastens Woman's Death.
Wlconlsco. Harry Thomas, tin
tie boy who fell from a treo,
picking cherries, and had his eye
ly lacerated, was taken to liarr'
for treatment. The doctor r2
there is a slight chance of his r
lug sight of the injured eye. T
from which he was picking t,
was In the yard of Miss Anna
Miss Stalks has been quite
some time, and was expecte
but a few days. The shod '
Harry's fall, tended to 1
d'sath. '
1
soino initlallvo to that end.
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