THE FULTON COUNTY NEWS, McCONNELLSBURG, PA.
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HORSES ENGAGE
F,
FIGHTING OVER THE SPOILS
IN DEADLY DUEL
Fight in a City Street as if 1
They Mean to Kill
BE PROTECTED
POOL OF BLOOD
WILUAMJ. BRIAN
Lecture Engagements Made
Subject to Cancellation.
Secretary Bryan Outlines a
New Policy. x
But 120 of 3,500 Citizens of
Doxato Remain.
REPORTS ABOUT CROPS GOOD
X'V
BOTH ANIMALS ARE INJURED
PROPOSAL A BIG SURPRISE.
ATROCITIES OF THE BULGARS
MacVEAGH DEFENDS HIM.
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Exclusive Canal Right and Ninety.
Nine-Year Lease To Naval
Baee Among the Provisions.
Washington. A new policy toward
Nicaragua, involving it he virtual con
trol ol the affairs of that republic by
the United States through a protec
torate similar to that now exercised
over Cuba, was outlined by Secretary
Bryan at a private conference with
members of the Senate Kurt-Inn Rela
tions Committee.
Mr. Bryan's proposal, coming tie u
complete surprise to most of the mem
bers of the commltee, has been taken
by many Senators aH the flnt pro
nouncement of a general policy on the
part of the Administration to extend
American control over the countries
surrounding the l'unama Canal und to
assure the stability of Central Amcr
leap republics and the domination by
the United 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 lu the Taft administration by
which the United States would secure
exclusive canal rights across Nicaragua
and a new naval base In exchange for
a 13,000,000 gold paymeuL
As a new feature of the treaty, how
ever, the Secretary of State proposed
that language similar, If not Indcn. leal,
with the go-called "Piatt amendment"
relating to Cuba be Injected In the
treaty, giving the United States sweep
ing control of Nlcaraguan 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 the United
States.
"That no treaties 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
treated beyond the ordinary resources
of the Government, as 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 baso In the
bay of Fonseca and to the Great Corn
and Little Corn Islands In the Carrl
bean, with the privilege of renewing
the lease."
U. 8. 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 Nlcaraguan
Government Is willing to enter into
the proposed treaty because of the sta
bility it would give to the present
Diaz Government and to the proposed
reorganization of the fiscal affairs of
the republic. It is understood a re
funding of the Nlcaraguan debt, for
which about $15,000.00 Is required,
does not form a specitlc part of the
negotiations laid before the Senate
committee.
GENERAL DIAZ NOT AN EXILE.
Mexican Leader On Special Embassy
To Japan.
Laredo, Texas. Rumors that po
litical exile Is involved in den. Felix
Diaz's special embassy to Japan to
thank that Government for bis par
ticipation In the Mexican centennial
are denied In a message from Diaz re
ceived here. The message said: "Ac
cept mission to Japan solely and ex
clusively to give thanks for the em
bassy of that Government to our
recent centennial. Any other motive
1 unfounded and entirely falsi."
SPEEDY DESTROYER.
Aylwin Makes 31.33 Knots An Hour
In Trial Trip.
Philadelphia. The, torpedo-boat de
troyer Aylwin, built at a Delaware
River ship yard, proved herself to bo
one of tho fastest vessels of her type
that has been constructed for the
American Navy. The Aylwin went
over ft measured course off tho Dels
Wars Capes at a speed of 31.33 knots
sin hour. Coming .up the Delaware
River to the ship yard the Aylwin
made speed spurts at the raito of 37.7
knots an hour,
MOTORMAN HURLED FROM CAR.
Fifteen Passengers Hurt In Collision
With Drove Of Cattle.
Unlontown, Pa, Motorman William
Nicholson was hurled from his car
over a high embankment near here
Vhen the car collided with a drove of
cattle that had wandered to the tracks
of the West Penn. Traction Line. The
car left the rails and hung over the
embankment, while panic reigned
among tho hundreds or more pasweng
era 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 Splcer, and his pun
rlfhmont was fixed at life imprison
ment. Splcer, wiio is 30 years old,
was charged with having hired Joe
Green, hfa negro cliauffour, to kill
Mrs. Splcer, nnd it was testified that
Splcer, a few hours later, led the mob
which lynched Greea.
Farmers Busy In Every Locality
Churches Raising Funds for Many
Worthy Objects Items of BusU
ness and Pleasure that Interest.
Ft. Matthew's Lmheran Church at
Catawlssa will expend $3,000 In lm
pre vements.
The Jl-lnch mill and puddle furnac
es of the Hlandon Roller Mills will
resume operations.
With the aid of 100 special police
Sunbury captured and Jailed twenty
thieving train riders.
A snapping turtle bit a trnlngular
piece out of the hand of sheriff John
II. Glass, of Northumberland county,
Mrs. Mary Hrown, who lives on a
farm a mile east of Sunbury, has a
duck that will eat nothing but apples.
Duquesne, 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
mokin lawyer, has brought suit, ask
ing for divorce on grounds of cruel
treatment.
Mrs. Elizabeth M. Dentzer, of Reed
ing, has instituted a $5,000 damage,
suit against Carrie Trexler for alleged
alienation of the affections of her bus
band. Mrs. Gertrude Weldon, of Philadel
phia, Is at the home of John Zelgler,
near Hornlngford, Mifflin county, in a
precarious condition from a copper
head bite.
The berry season has opened at
Lowistown and thousands of boxes of
dew, black and huckleberries are ship
ped from the Juniata Valley dally to
city markets.
The Lock Haven Express is becom
ing worried over the inactivity of the
Board of Trade In providing a suit
ablo 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 East Donegal, and Is fre
quently seen on automobile spins.
Mrs. J. Walters, 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 and other ma
terials. The Mauch Chunk Y. M. C. A. man
agement has erected a bungalow ou
Lake Harmony and a large number of
the members, together with General
Secretary E. F. Hoettscher and Physi
cal Director Todd, aro spending sev
eral weeks there.
New Custle firemen are getting an
experience with the way in which fir"e
signals were given 40 or 50 years ago.
On account of the failure of the Mayor
and Select Council to agree upon a
city electrician, the fire alarm systems
Is entirely out of commission. This
affects the hell at Central Station, and
when a fire alarm Is now telephoned
In, some of the firemen about the Cen
tral Station grab tho bell rope which
has been run up tho outside of the
building, and toll out the number of
the box.
Ono of the Capitol Park guineas has
become perfectly fearless lu Its per
ambulations and takes walks all over
the vicinity of Third and Walnut
streets, In Ilnrrlshurg, and pays no
attention to people near It. The other
day this guinea was walking head up,
along the post ofllce 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 guinea?" "Yes," said the
gentleman, and a smile flitted across
his face, "and I'm Just taking 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 has entered suit against
the Lehigh Valley Coal Company for
$15,000 damages.
Exclusive of State aid, lilalr coun
ty spent nearly $1,000,000 for school
purposes and road and brldgn , im
provements last year. The total for
schools was $487,000, of which Altoona
paid $281,000, while the sum Tor roads
and bridges was $413,000, of which Al
toona contributed $2227,000.
The National Federation of Paper
Pox Manufacturers met In Reading
and reports submitted showed a flour
ishing state of affairs.
Israel Young, the old gunsmith of
Boalsburg and the last 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 hack In the days of the old
smoothbore and before machine guns
were Invented.
A Terrible Story Of Outrages
Committed Upon Greek and
Mussulman Resi
dents. New York. King ConRtance of
Greece, from his headquarters at Hadji
Eelllk, 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 be scourged was
Nlgrltl. A large number of its people
who had remained at their homes after
the events occurring In the Pnnghoou
district were massacred by the re
treating enemy, who did not fall to
light the path of their flight by the
flames of the city to which they had
applied the torch.
"The correspondents of Le Temps
and The Dally Telegraph who visited
the locality the day after the mas
sacres merely confirmed In greater de
tail 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 Mussulmuns of the en
vironments of Kllkish, a nest of Bul
garian Comitadls (Irregular troops)
shared the snme fato. Two of our offi
cers, who in a bayonet assault had
been left lying wounded on the field
a few steps from the enemy's trenches
were found, when the 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
homes. 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 Dlmlrhlssar. Seres
and Doxato, where everything was
sacked by fire and sword.
"The city of Seres 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 Dlmlrhlssar 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 he 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 nn es
caping fellow-convict, caused the Presi
dent to free Benjamin Hell, serving a
sentence of 11 months and 29 days In
the District of Columbia Jail for rob
bery. While Bell was on guard a
prisoner armed with a knife scaled the
stockad surrounding the Jail. Tho un
armed prisoner-sentinel overpowered
the fleeing man and returned him to
Jail. The superintendent reported to
tho President that he did not believe
there was an officer in the station that
would have done as well.
TRAIN RUNS INTO HOUSE.
Sleeping Girl Awakens To Find Box
Car In Her Room.
Chicago. Miss Clara Marsske was
sleeping the untroubled sleep of a
care-free schoolgirl, when suddenly
something entered the room. It was 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 the
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.
Cnmden, N. J. While playing around
a bonfire near his home here Proston
Slaughter, 8 years old, was instantly
killed. when a cartridge thrown Into
the flames by another boy pierced his
heart. Harry S.nlth, 11 years old, was
taken Into custody charged with throw.
In? the cartridge into the flro, but
was later paroled in the care of his
parents.
MILLS BLOWN UP.
Two Plants Destroyed, But Fortunate
ly No Employes Were In Buildings.
Wilmington, Del. Two rolling mills
of the E. I. du Pont De Nemours Pow
der Company, on the Brandywlno,
blev up shortly after 9 o'clock, about
half a mile from whore the Eastern
district handicap trapshootlng meet is
being held. About 1,000 pounds of
sporting powder in the process of
manufacture went up. The mills are
started and stopped from tho outsldo
and no employes were Insido,
i opyritfnL.
HUERTA WILL MOT
BE
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
officially recognized by the 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
ent 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 federal or the
constitutional forces has instructed
the American consul at the place 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 stories 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 bo greatly from day
to day, now depicting conditions of
deepest gloom and then indicating the
most sanguine confidence, that the
State Department is wholly nt sea re
garding real conditions. Tlvre 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 luclve to
a calm and philosophical review of
dolly events. Communication by mail
between Mexico City nnd Washington
Is so slow and uncertain that no writ
ten reports which Mr. Wilson 'could
have made would have any value 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 anti-American feel
ing in Mexl-co has been carefully
fomented by selfish interests for tho
purpose 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.
Chico, Cal. Thaddeus 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 $623,000 was reported
to the Scotland Yard authorities. The
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 whlcii the necklace
had been dispatched was opened. The
case contained only pieces of sugar.
THREATS MADE BY GERMANY.
To Take Initiative In Mexico If United
States Does Not.
Mobile, Ala. Buyers on the Mobile
Cotton Exchange representing tier
man firms said they had received code
messages from Germany stating that
the Berlin Government had made rep
resentations to the United States con
cerning the Mexican situation. The
messages wero said to state that if the
United States did not move to restore
poaoe In Mexico Germany would take
some initiative to that end.
RECOGNIZED
GIRLS LEAP TO
ESCAPE F
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
fire, starting on the third floor of the
factory building at 408 to 413 West
Thirteenth street, spread to the roof.
By making repeated trips lu a
freight elevator, John Kafferto 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 of a. G. Armstrong, manager of
the Munson Granule Company, occupy
ing that floor, who was on the roof of
a five-story building adjoining. Arm
strong and the young women were as
sisted to the street 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
apparatus 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
As 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 Thursday
night. The Imprisoned mlneij were
located by tapping on a pipe which
had been drilled 40 feet into tho mine.
After the first signals were heard the
work of excavating was resumed with
double energy, and the men were soon
located and brought to the surface.
While 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 at onco the four-year
sentence of James A. Perrin, convicted
nt Cleveland February 24 last of em
bezzling letters while a postal clerk.
FLYING BOAT MAKES 900 MILES.
Beckwith Havens Completes Trip
From Chicago To Detroit.
Detroit. Beckwith Havens com
pleted a flying boat trip from Chicago
to Detroit. Ho followed the route
planned for the Ohlcngo-to-Dotroit
aviation cruise and covered 800 miles.
It is said 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 ago was
"free nnd a half," sat on Vice-President
Marshall's knees and helped to
preside over the Senate during a lively
session. Tommie is the son of Rev.
Alexander Sutherland, formerly of Co
lumbia City, and now of Berkeley
Springs, W. Va., nnd is the Vice-President's
namesake.
TURKISH TROOPS ADVANCE.
They Cross the Frontier Lino Into
Bulgarian Territory,
Sofia Turkish troops crossed the
now frontier line between Bulgaria
and Turkey, running from Enos, on
the Aegean Sea, to MIdIa, on tho Black
Sea. They already have penetrated a
distance of nearly 20 miles Into the
Bunarhlssar region, the Bulgarian
troops offering no opposition. The
Christians In the district are alleged
to bo fleeing before the Turkish
troops, owing to their excesses.
LAMES
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. AH of
my engagements are made subject to
cancellation, and I can call them oil
whenever the occasion becouioe neces
sary." Mr. Bryan said that he did not think
any further discussion of the subject
was necessary.
Franklin MacVengh, 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 ofllcer has an ofllclnl life to
lead as well as private. I don't doubt
that any of them could run along on
$12,000, 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
salary 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 nature of 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 of 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. Relnsch's name
would be sent to the Senate. Dr.
Reinsch is a writer of recognized au
thority on Oriental topics and far
Eastern politics. Ills works on those
subjects have been translated Into
Japanese, Chinese, Spanish and Ger
man. Dr. ReliiBch 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. Ho has been active In
pan-American conferences, 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 latest Innovation entered Into by
tho government In connection with the
postal savings systeir:. Hereafter de
posits may be made by mail 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 postofilce In which they
sought to bank. This was found to
work a real hardship on n certain class
of would-be depositors and Postmaster
General Burleson accordingly nbro
goted the rule. Postmasters through
out tho country now are being advised
of the rhungo.
COTTON EXPORTS.
200,000 Running Bales Were Exported
From United States In June.
Washington. A special census crop
report gave tho following estimates
for cotton consumption during June:
Consumed, 466,914 running hales. In
manufacturing establishments on June
30, 1,290,657 bales, and In Independent
warehouses 611,519 bales. Imports,
8,023 equivalent 500-pound bales; ex
ports, 223,921 running bales. 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 of a
burning loft building In West
Twentieth street, stood helpless nmld
the flames until their clothing caught
fire. They were ablaze when firemen
took them down 85-foot extension lad
ders to the street. The three were
badly burned and with three others
were taken to hospitals.
A GIGANTIC CHEESE.
One Weighing 6,500 Pounds Just Fin
Ished In New York.
Utica, N. Y. The finishing touches
on a cheese weighing 6,500 pounds, the
largest cheese ever made In .New York
State, if not in tho world, wero put
on at the Gowdy factory in Martins
burg. Two days' milk from two fac
tories were required for the mammoth
cheese4 which was made under tho di
rection of Horace A. Reese, of I.ow
vlllo. It will he exhibited ut the State
Kali in Syracuse In September.
Strange Warfare Witnessed in Street
at Chester Workmen Unable to
Separata Biting and Snorting
Beasts One Fell Exhausted.
Chester. A strange warfare m
witnessed In this city between a while
and a bay horse belonging to the Kll
bertlne Paving Company attached to a
heavy wagon. The trouble started
when the white bourse leaned acrosi
and gave his companion a vicious nip
on the leek. With a sharp cry the buy
retaliated and kicked his antagonist
in the stomach, knocking him down.
Both horses broke loose from the pole
and the white got to its feet, and tin
battle was resumed In earnest. Kick
ing, bitting and snorting, the animals
went at each other like fighting bulla
Efforts on the part of workmen to get
the horses away from each other were
futllo, until finally the white horse
fell exhausted. The bay was tlnu
dragged from the scene. Both animals
were badly Injured.
Buy Farms Near Bristol. j
Bristol. Numerous mysterious pur- f
chases here within about two weeks
have now reached so respectable a
total as almost $75,000, and It Is l.
Ileved that a Philadelphia syndiiuto
Is making all the purchases for sonic
large industrial project, as yet undis
closed. The purchase prices have run u;i
from $200 to $400 an acre, and fanie-r
How nian's fine place was the first one,
bought Tor about $8,000. Then tlm
farms of William Rogers and fanner
King were gathered in, and all sorts
of questions were ventured as to tli
purposes of the buyers; one being that
the Reading Railway wanted the land,
though hot contiguous to the Re, id
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 of bums re
celved 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 of 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 of 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
tate holdings in the business centre
of Philadelphia, and she was the priii
tlpal beneficiary of his fortune.
Molly's Queer Brood.
Leechburg. Four little kittens, two
newly born bunnies and two lit tie"
speckled guinea chicks are strange
bedfellows on the farm of Edward
King in Manor township, and Mr.
King's attempt to separate them Im
proved futile.
Recently "Molly" the King family
big Maltese cat, went to a huystmi
not far from the barn and there ar
ranged a soft, cozy place for a litter
of kittens. Not wishing to disturb Iter.
members of the family never wen:
near the place. One morning "Molly
cutne marching Into the house villi
tho strangely assorted family. The
feline mother had evidently taken pos
session of a guinea hen's nest ; but
how the bunnies entered the a hod'
a mystery.
Hill Mishap Kills 'Cycler.
York. Carey Winner, the fifteen
year-old boy who was run dowu and
injured by an automobile ou l'1'
Wrightsvlllo Pike, died in tho York
Ho.spital. Wltiner was thrown from
bicycle while descending a hill l
rectly lu the path of an automobil
driven, Is is said, by H. T. Mingle, o:
Hurrlsburg. One of the pedals of Wit
mer'a machine locked with the pedal
on a bicycle ridden by a companion
und this caused the accident
Bee's Sting Kills Quickly.
Brlstl John Pickering, a
known farmer of Woodbourne,
working on the farm when he "
stung on the back of the neck l)'
largo bee, and within fifteen mlitui'
died. Dr. Heritage, of Langhome, .t.vs
death was the result of paralysis of
the heart, caused by the pain
shock, but the case is the first of u
kind ever known In this vicinity.
Autoists Admit Accident.
Stroudsburg. The mystery In the
death of John Corley, of Anulomik,
who was found by the roadside near
that place In a battered condition,
, has been partially cleared by the ap
pearance beforfi tho District Attorney
of John Brewer, chauffeur, and
party of motorists, all of Cresco, who
admit running over the man accident
ally, but claim that he was not ser
ously hurt when they picked him u
and that a stranger approached
this time and touk charge of the
Jured man.
Hastens Woman's Death.
Wlconlsco. Harry Thomas, tin
tie boy who fell from a tree,
picking cherries, and had his eye
ly lacerated, was taken to Harr'
for treatment. The doctor r
there Is a slight chance of his r
lug sight of the Injured eye. T
from which he was picking ,
was In the yard of Miss Anna
Miss Stalks has been quite
Borne time, and was expecte
but a few days. The shoe)
Harry's fall, tended to l
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