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PITH OF THE
WEEK'S HEWS
Intelligence Epitomized.
OLD WORLD AND THE NEW
Political Pot Is Bubbling Furiously—
News About Wars That Are Rag
ing and Rumors About Wars
to Come.
Washington
Postmaster-General Burleson has or-
dered that the red “devil wagons” of
the rural postal service be painted
green.
Senators O'Gorman and Reed joined
the other committee Democrats in a
new line-up on the Currency bill fa-
vorable to the Administration. Sena-
ton Hitchcock was the only Demo-
erat to hold out against it.
The Senate Committee on Banking
and Currency voted two to one to
strike from the currency bill the
words, “or lawful money” whereever
they occur, thus making the reserve
required to be held under the bill
to be solely of gold.
Members of the Senate Committee
on Banking and Currency began to
hear from the “folks at home” that it
would be a good thing for business if
the Currency bill were reported, in-
stead of being delayed by needless
discussion.
Personal
WIA
Mrs. Marion S. Selfridge, “Boston’s
most beautiful woman artist,” has
filed suit for divorce against Earl M.
Selfridge, member of a prominent Mel-
Tose family, hd
Mrs. Woodrow Wilson and her
daughter, Jessie, who is to marry
Henry B. Sayre, November 25, spent
the day in New York for a final fitting
of the wedding gown.
The list of persons and corporations
in New Haven, Conn., owning bonds
and stocks subject to a State tax
centains the name of + ex-President
Taft, who is credited with owning
$150,000 worth of these securities.
Miss Genevieve Clark, daughter of
Speaker Champ Clark, visited New
York to select the wedding ‘present
which the House of Representatives
is to give to Miss Jessie Wilson,
daughter of the President.
: General
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Walter Shaw, 28 years old, was
burned to death at Peabody, Mass.
The estate of William H. Hill, the
Boston banker, is valued at $3,000,000.
Andrew J. Peters,
will withdraw as a
Mayor oi woston.
Daniel J. O'Reilly, one of the best
known criminal lawyers in New York,
fs dead, aged 44.
Joseph W. Bailey, former senator
from Texas, denied he intended to
enter the race for governor.
John Mitchell announced at Butte
that he would resign as an American
Federation of Labor officer.
Governor Tener, of Pennsylvania,
is slated for Presidency of the Na-
tional League of Baseball Clubs.
The entire National Guard of In-
diana was ordered on duty in Indian-
apolis because of the street-car strike
riots.
The Pennysylvaniz Railroad has
agreed to modify its rules governing
/ the period a fireman must serve be-
fore becoming an engineer.
A seat on the New York Stock Ex-
change was purchased by Henry F.
Haines, for $40,000, a decline of $1,000
from the last previous sale.
Postmaster McGillvray, of Am-
bridge, Pa., disappeared from his of-
fice while Federal inspectors were in-
vestigating a $6,000 shortage.
E. Logan, a locomotive engineer, and
five trainmen were killed in a ‘wreck
on the Panama Railroad near Pana-
ma.
Dr. Charles McBurney, one of the
foremost operating surgeons in the
country, is dead at Brookline, Mass.,
aged 68.
Through the efforts of Governor
Ralston the Indfanapolis street car
strike was settled, the men being
granted arbitration but not recogni-
tion of the union.
Thomas J. Giblin, defeated for Con-
gress, from East Boston, and James
E. Maguire, an editor, engaged in a
fist fight, following the. latter's edi-
$orial remarks against the former.
Labor unions lost two cases in the
Federal District Court, New York, in-
volving the “open shop,” the Judges
deciding that labor has no right to
combine to prevent competition
among manufacturers.
The first Santa Claus letter of the
year has reached the Postoffice at
Washington. It is from a Mercer,
Tenn, boy asking Santa to visit him.
Prison stripes were done away with
at the San Quentin Penitentiary in
California. The 2,000 convicts attired
in gray cadet uniforms watched the
Congressman,
candidates for
Latest Telegraphic and Cable
The deer season in New Jersey has
closed.
The United States battleship fleet
arrived off Portugal.
Secretary of Labor Wilson left
Minneapolis for a tour through Can:
ada.
Secretary of the Interior Lane has
forbidden smoking in the Patent Of-
fice.
Panama observed the tenth anniver-
sary of its separation from the repub-
lic of Colombia.
The United States Fish Commis:
sion will plant 3,500 Maine lobsters in
the Pacific Ocean.
It was reported that Tammany
would give Governor Glynn a Jree
hand in the closing sessions of the
Legislature.
Ten to fifteen inches of snow crip-
pled rail and wire communication in
and around Pittsburgh and Cleveland
was cut off from the rest of the world.
A train crew discovered burglars
blowing the postoffice safe at Lexing-
ton, Tenn. and gave chase, recover-
ing $5,000 in cash and $200 in stamps.
William Koch, of West Haven, Vt.,
shot and killed Charles Gordon, of
Whitehall, while the latter was hunt-
ing and trapping on the Koch farm.
The entire national guard of Colo-
rado has been ordered inoculated be-
cause the troops on strike duty near
Trinidad were exposed to typhoid.
The Texas & Pacific Railroad has
signed an agreement granting the de-
mands of their telegraphers thus
averting a threatened strike.
It is reported that Ortie McMan-
igal, whose confession sent the. Mec-
Namara brothers to jail, is on his way
to Tampa, Fla., whence he will go to
Southampton by way of Havana.
Governor Felker signed the extradi-
tion papers for the return of Harry K.
Thaw to New York on the request of
Governor Glynn. Thaw is charged with
conspiracy in New York County.
Patrolman Hughes, of Paterson, N.
J., brother of United States Senator
Hughes, secured a year’s leave of ab-
sence to become chief of police at Ma-
nila.
Mrs. Katherine C. Edgell, the New
York high school teacher, Who re-
mained away from school, without per-
mission, to bear a child, will be
brought to trial for neglect of duty.
W. J. Donohue, County Attorney at
Bartletsville, Okla., issued warrants
for the arrest of six guardians of In-
dian minors’ estates, on charges of
embezzlement.
The Russian Government has pur-
chased the home of John H. Ham-
mond, the mining engineer, for its em-
bassy residence at Washington. :
Mrs. Bessie Wakefield, condemned
to hang March 4, for the murder of
her husband, arrived at the Connec-
ticut State Prison in Wethersfield.
Suffragists moved to save her life.
Lee Hoffmann, an ice dealer of Glov-
‘ersville, N. Y., after losing a draft for
$1,900 in a New York saloon coin-
matching game, went with one of the
sharpers to his home town, cashed
the draft, returned with the money
and let the sharpers get away with it.
Three children, the oldest aged six,
were burned to death in a fire, which
destroyed the home of Mr. and Mrs.
George Back at Caruthersville, Mo.
They had been locked in a room wkile
their mother went shopping.
Sporting
In a sea of mud and with rain fall
ing steadily a greater part of the time
the Harvard varsity eleven managed
tc defeat the Princeton Tigers at
Princeton by the slim score of 3 to 0.
Harvard’s points were accumulated
when Brickley drop-kicked a compar-
atively easy goal.
Harry Smith signed a contract to
manage the champion Newarks next
season. Last summer it was reported
that Smith might be engaged as man-
ager of the Brooklyn team.
Eddie Plank, the baseball hero of
Gettysburg, Pa. and the victor over
Mathewson in the game that decided
the world’s championship of 1913, was
honored by his home folks when a
banquet was tendered him. Two hun-
dred and twenty-five guests sat down
to dinner.
Barney Dreyfuss, who is a strong
advocate of the Herrmann interleague
schedule, says that owing to the lack
of interest in the Pirates during the
month of September his club lost $30,-
000.
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Foreign
HIN
An express train was derailed be-
tween Moscow and Kasan, causing the
death of 14 persons.
The bodies of 32 persons were
taken from the wreck of the Paris-
Marseilles express train.
Mad King Otto of Bavaria was de-
posed and the Regent proclaimed him-
self King Louis III
Former British Ambassador Bryce
was the guest of honor at a dinner
given in London by the British Pil-
grims.
President Yuan Shih-Kai issued an
order abolishing the Chinese radical
party, Kuo Ming Tang, from the Chi-
nese Parliament.
Arturo Guerrero, the Chilian Minis-
ter to Mexica is dead.
An automobile, driven by Prince
Friedrich Leopold, of Prussia, ran over
and killed a four-year-old girl in Pots-
dam.
Robert Armstrong, a n2gro, was sen-
tenced to be hanged for murder at
.
striped suits burn in bonfires. {
Mrs. Teufel, in Woodhaven, L. I, |
smelled gas and sought the leak with |
a lamp. rfter the resultant explo- |
sion her son-in-law was found, dead,
probably : She and twe chil-
dren were badly injured and the hcuse
Was wrecked.
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| Hamilton,
{ public
Bermuda. His execution
will be the first in that country in 33
years.
Carrera Gomez, former secretary of
works of Cuba, who was in-
dicted for convert of public funds,
ng and believed to have fled
the island.
is m
from
‘Poultry farm,
| quarreled over a woman.
PAAAAARAR RA Dd bd 4 2 4 2 a
Over the State ]
(Western Newspaper Union, Special
News Service.)
Sharon.—Seized with a dizzy spell
while washing dishes, Anna, 14-year
old daughter of Peter Bruce, wealthy
resident of Hickory township, fell and
sirangled to death when her head
slipped through the loop of a harness
repairing strap that was hanging on
the wall.
Kane—Fred Eck, who is accused of
the brutal attack on Lillian Pearl
Hineman, is still at large, but the po-
lice authorities expect to capture him
within 48 hours. The little girl com: !
mitted suicide the next morning. The |
whole community is aroused over the
tragedy. - :
Huntingdon.—Wg}en she saw the jail
looming up ahead, Mrs. Annie Vorack.
sa, a boarding house keeper of Mount
Union, accused of illicit liquor. sell-.
ing, who said she didn’t have $500 for {
her bond, hesitated, then bent over |
and extracted $1,200 in bills from her
stocking and gave the bail.
Sharon.—Death claimed the third !
member of the Hoover family with. |
in three weeks here when Mrs,
Sarah Hoover, wife. of W. J. Hoover, |
died after a short illness of paralysis. |
She was aged 78 years. >
Fayette City.—Frank Sewensky, 23,
a motorman in the Naomi mine of the
United Coal Co., was fatally hurt
while at work when he was crushed
between a motor car and the wall - of
the mine.
Altoona.—A victim of melancholy
Edward H. Huss, aged 44, a former
law student, committed suicide by
shooting himself at his home in this
city.
Pottsville. — With her head and
chest crushed a woman thought to be
Mrs. Mary Louissa of St. Clair was
found dead .in the woods near her
home.
Washington.—John Coopish, aged 14
years, was found, dead on the Penn-
sylvania railroad, near Coal Bluff. He
had evidently been struck by a train.
Butler.— “Bathtub cleanliness” is a
new course to be taught in the west
end school of Butler. A bathtub is
being ipstalled, and by decree of the’
board pupils who do not come up to
the standard of cleanliness will be
given lessons in taking baths. .
Aliquippa.—From injuries received
in the electrical department of the
south mills, Aliquippa works of the
Jones & Laughlin Steel Co. when he
fell from a crane, Frank Stout, aged
40, of Woodlaw:i, a foreman in the
plant, died at the Emergency hospital
in the plant.
Corry.—Lincoln Penfield, aged 21
years, was found dead at the rear of
a barn at the family home in Summer-
ville township, Crawford with a gap-
ping hole in his side, where the charge
of a shotgun had torn through.
Hummelstown.—The 160th anniver-
sary of Zion Lutheran church is to be
celebrated here and an excellent pro-
gram has been arranged for the ser-
vices at which noted speakers will be
present.
Meadville.—Circulating from here is
a report that the Erie railroad has
finally decided to dispose of its aban- A
doned roadbed from Cambridge
Springs to Meadville. It is said the
Northwestern Pennsylvania Railways
Co. will pay $150,000 for, the roadbed
and utilize it for the operation of trac-
tion cars, abandoning its own road.
This will make a trunk line of 60
miles, from Erie to Meadville.
Harrisburg.—Dates have been an-
nounced for demonstrations under the
division of zoology in various parts of
the state. The plan is to give prac-
tical public demonstrations in prun-
ing and spraying, and other features
of* orchard management, including
testing spraying solutions. The
Western Pennsylvania assignments
are as follows: Armstrong county—
Monday, Nov. 10, Avondale; Wednes-
day, Nov. 12, Orchardcrest Fruit and
‘Logansport; Friday,
Nov. 14, George E. Templeton, Kittan-
ning, R. No. 2. Crawford county—
Friday, Nov. 14, Charles D. Titus,
Spartansburg. Jefferson county—
Monday, Nov. 10, J. R. Conser, Lind-
sey; Wednesday, Nov. 12, Charles A.
Morris, Oliveburg; Friday, Nov. 14,
Charles Brian, Brockwayville.
Clearfield. —William Caldwell, the
last survivor of Gen. Custer’s brave
force, is dead here, where he had
been a resident for several years.
When 18 years old he was with Gen.
Custer. He was sent with a message
for aid to Gen. Reno and aside from
another man sent on a similar mission
was the only survivor in the famous
fight with Sitting Bull's Indians 38°
years ago. He is survived by a wid-
ow, one son and two daughters.
Oil City.—Homer Keverline, aged
38, a tool dresser, was killed when a
boiler exploded.
Foxburg.—James Tonks, aged 60,
conductor on the Baltimore & Ohio
railroad; was painfully “bruised and
the other members of the crew and 15
passengers in the rear coach had nar-
row escapes, when the coach left the
rails and went over a 25-foot embank-
ment near here.
Marsh Run.—Lemuel Shaffer, 18
years old, is the first victim of the
hunting season reported. - He was shot
while “nosing out” rabbits for a party
of hunters near his home, and was
sent to a hospital with nine small shot
in his right leg apd two in his left.
He has not come as soon as he was
When asked why he had not come as
soon as he was hurt, he said it didn’t
hurt him enough to bother him.
Farrell. — Robert Creaghead was
shot and fatally hurt at a dance. El-
mer Brown, another negro, is in jail
harged with the shooting. The two
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[oilettes Worn by Notables—
Are We Harking back to
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Experiments that trifle with and endanger the health o
Infants and Children—Experience against Experiments
What is CASTORIA
Qastoria is a harmless. substitute for Castor Oil, Pa:
goric, Drops and Soothing Syrups. It is Pleasant. =
$79 contains neither Opium, Morphine nor other Narco
’ substance. Its age is its guarantee. It destroys Worms
and allays Feverishness. It cures Diarrhcea and Wind
Colic. It relieves Teething Troubles, cures Constipation
and Flatulency. It assimilates the Food, regulates the |
Stomach and Bowels, giving healthy and natural sleeps ,
The Children’s Panacea—The Mother’s Friend.
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Mrs. Reginald Vanderbilt recently THE CENTAUR COMPANY, 77 MURRAY STREET, NEW YORK CITY.
wor a costume of amber figured
crepe and chiffon with the new double =
tunie top;, A_by a hat of black tulle ¥ ;
in baret s'iape trimmedrwith a bow of wRADE mane TIS A CURE 3 THAT'S SURE v
wide blac. moire ribbon poised at ;
the bac! , one end up the other out J : » i k U
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and down in the mode that has ones rea rT D
caught unc .ashionable fancy. On For over 20 years has Cured ;
the sam« occasion Miss Sands wore a i MH E U M A T i % a
gown of Dolly Varden crepon com- E
bining pal: blue, mauve and old rose. .
Mrs. Gordon Douglas in a gown of i" Coo atica, Lumuags and Gout >
black faille had a tunic with a deep ec & Break-Up, It will cure you a8 It hoe w EJs I
saw-tooth edge: Mrs. William E. 8eoiSTERED mearsz have taken it, © to cure al)
Carter’s gown of faded rose taffeta .
had a similarly finished tunic and FOR SALE AT Oct. -3m
one of the new Japanese mal fitting COLLINS’ DRUG S TORE, Meyercdale Pa.
collars that are the tip of the mode J
just now. = ee
THE JAPANESE COLLAR. . 2 :
No one who aspires to fashion wear A th BR ; P Pp d < t f
a blouse that is cut high in the no er iq rice e uc ion o
neck, and the new Japanese collar, :
which is a narrow turn over affair A g
that circles the neck in an open SUNBEAM M LDA LAMPS ;
Fil h ed. Th
ry Way Jo yo ya is th > Buy National Mazda lamps for every socket in the house now while
fea Sess tobe x0 leave the Io prices are lowest Replace wasteful carbon lamps with efficient National
perfectly free at the back and sides Mazda lamps and get three times as much light without additional ex-
as well as in front. You can intro- pense—BizFORE OU #.Y YOUR NEXT LIGHT BILL, ;
duce a wired upstanding ruffle’ if Ee ——————
vou will to soften the effect, or a THESE PRICES NOW EFFECTIVE.
net gamp if you must have a de- 10°wakk .... 00 35¢ each 0 watt, .... ..... 35¢ each
cided covering. Only the outer coats 15 watt . 3bc each 60 wats. ..... 45¢ each
and wraps make any provision, for 2 wath = 50 ohoh 100 wath... ........ 80c each
throat protection. Many of these Watheers, yibe enc :
have wide, short rolling collars of Put a National Mazda Lamp in Every Socket.
fur that can be drawn close about the Buy them in the Blue Convenience Carton—keep a stock on hand,
throat at need, while many smaller Use them as you need them.
fur pieces are made up in cravat Telephone orders filled.
forms that are practical and pretty \
for this purpose. At C. C. Shayne BA EE R & «( ,O. 1
& Co’s. Isaw some charming exam- :
ples of these. One in glossy Persian Sa aE a
lamb and ermine cravats finished mr
with a fringe of ermine tails. A flat Fashions _and Fads.
muff of the lamb had bands of er- : . J S WE
mine at either end. All muils are Moire is very much sought after. . 9
large and flat instyle though many of : : SELLS
them have the fur arranged in drap- The old-fashioned smocking has re- N.
ings, while combinations not only of | burned. ; YO. 1 Roofing Slate,
odd furs with chiffon, velvet and| Brocade is extremely fashionable Steel Roofing,
plush, is a notable feature of this |just now. Felt Nails,
year’s styles. . Double tunics of lace are wonder- Valleys,
A NOVELTY. fully Smart, : a Ridging SEA
$A novelty seen here was called a | ~ Jet is yery fashionable and gaining Spouting.
‘“‘ome-arm wrap’’ of natural mole or | all the time. _—
of dyed muskrat trimmed withskunk| The most sensational tunic is wired Stock always on hand at Mayersdale’ and
and finished" wlth large tassels, this |on the edge. at my mill in Elk Lick Townshin:
went over one shoulder and under| mye gtrafight footline is favored for Wa
the other arm, crossing the chest|gancing frocks. See Me Before Buying Elsewhere
=a a Foon) ng opin To be really chic, one must wear R.F. DD. No. 2 Meyersdale, Pa.
standi ; .
and attractive protection, adequate the beaded Stocking. ad , :
for any but the most extreme weath-| All fabrics used in this season’s PROFESSIONAL CARDS,
er, when it would, of course, be| tailored suits are soft. : :
worn over a coat. Some of the most stunning even-| A, HO NED AT Cav
s : sh Hiniers. .
BEADS AND BEADS, ing toilettes show pannier AF Olsen. cok % Borie noe, Paxn ,
3 1 of Leads in Cameos are used on hats and to ts lalate ind
With . the preva once hold the draperies of skirts. VIRGIL R. SAYLOR,
dress trimmings has come a perfect > : ATTORNEY-AT-LAW,
rage for bead necklaces. These in The crownless wedding vell is en- dks SOMERSET »
amber, jade and other fashionable col- | birely new; it is held in place by a | 9°%*% :
: 3 i halo of orange blossoms, ET rei
ors often lend just the right note to gore G. © GROFF, 3
set off a. custume and relieve the Sometimes a touce of plaid is in- > JUSTICE OF\THE PEACE,
sombre black of the velvet hat, that | troduced in the coat by means of a Vesam Moriazes ENCE, PA.
is so generally worn this winter. belt, or a yest or waistcoat. Papers promptly executed y. basyatk
ly the morning
THE HOOP SKIRT. Furs adorn not om
The hoop skirt loonis large on the Bade, but the ArSey Steyr BUHL & GATESMAN,
3 n rock.
horizon now that the popular mina- |" Uiap anous evening Distillers of Pire des. Wioat Ma
ret tunic with its stiffened edge, Suit coats hang loosely from the and Gin. Distilli " >
hoops its popular way on all sorts of | shoulders, are rounded below the » isillling up-to-date
orth frocks, but the better class | Waist at the back and tilt up in front. Noviikout MEYERSDALE,"Pa.
women use not the circular outstand-| Ibis a season of luxuries in dress : : Ly
ing hoop seen onthe stage, but a garnitures, and gold and silver silken | Hie ©
modified stiffening of the hem that | cords and jet will be much used. Policeman (1 3 Dull:
: d ative The tunic may be treated in so sis oquitur)—I seen my
is more graceful and conservative. SL _| duty an’ I done it. I says to the cap-
Whether or not hoopskirts are com-|many ways that eyery woman may |. “There's a guy runnin’ a tough
ing is a question that no one can adopt bhis most fashionable detail, | Joint down’ the street.” The a
answer with certainty, though ap- FEY Wy s ay : | RAYS to me, “Go pull”—an’ I starts to
parently everyone is against it. FOLEY DIDNAY PLAS | 80— "his leg,” says the captain. So
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