TO STIMULITE MORE
SCIENTIFG FARMAGS
State College Experts
Novel Pian of Instruction.
SPECIAL TRAIN TO BE USED
Lectures Will Be Given
Stops—Pennsylvania
Co-Operating.
at Many |
Railroad
in scientific farming
the
added interest
n-- Pennsylvania,
railroad and the State College of
Agriculture are io. CO -operate . in. an
unusual plan of instruction and assist-
ance to farmers. On Tuesday. No-
vember 10, a farmers’ special "instrue-
tion train will leave Broad street “sta-
tion for a three-days’
Penmwsylvania. Twenty-two steps
will meade, at each of which 45-
minute leatures by experts from the
State ccllege will be given on the
growing of alfalfa, soil fertility, corn
culture and dairy products.
Under the direction of Prof.
Agee, of the department of
ture extension
pamphlets by
he
the agents at the dif-
stop.
practical suggestions to the farmer
for improving both his products and
soil. In addition to the lectures,
Initiate
| hand by
Philadelphia.—In gn effort to create |
Mga a © | special rate had been issued to the
New York.—The admission that the
tandard Oil - Company benefitted
from a preferential ‘freight rate low-
er than that quoted to any other ship-
per was drawn from a witness at the
hearing in the government's suit to
dissolve the company.
George B. Ferguson, a clerk in the
freight department of the Central
Vermont railroad, after enumerating
various tariffs in force on the Central
Vermont, none of which, he declared;
had ever heen secret, was taken
the government's attorney,
who elicited the information that a
| Standard Oil Company.
Pennsylvania |
Pressed -2& to. what®other shippers
had: benefited from this special- tariff;
the witness said.that as. far as he
knew the rate applied
Standard. The extent of the pref-
erence accorded to the Standard by
| the Central Vermont was showa in
trip to Eastern |
Alva |
agricul |
of the State college, |
Ohio Coal Companies Will Consolidate
ferent stations at which the train will |
These pamphlets will contain |
descriptive literature will be given to |
the farmers that they may apply the
principles embodied therein in their |
own planting.
The purpose of the farmers’ special |
is .to make more personal and direct
the efforts which the . State college
has been exerting to disseminate in-
structions to the farmers throughout |
the State.
Appreciating the importance cf this
movement, the Penasylvania railroad
agreed not enly to run the special
for the college, but alsg to cooperate
in ‘every way possible in making the
experiment a success.
The train will be made un of three
day coaches and an engine. On ar-
riving at each station the farmers will
| Virginia charters.
take seats in the car, which will be
fitted up as lecture rooms. Tn addi-
tion talks will be made on the out-|
side when the capacity
exhausted.
of the cars is
Representing State college on the |
special will be . Profs. Alva . Agee,
Thomas F. Hunt,
F. D. Gardner, E. F. Shaw and M. P.
McDowell. 1t is probable that the
United States bureau of forestry will
send someone to talk on the preser-
vation of fence posts and the care of
trees. Division Freight Agents W.
J. Rose and C. E.
resent the Pennsylvania
Cortpany.
GOES TO POORHOUSE AT 112
Captain Diamond, Noted Vegetarian,
Gives Up Work at Last.
San Francisco.—Forced to apply
for charity after he had added a doz-
en. vears to his record as a centena-
rian, Captain G. E. D. Diamond, well
known in this city and Oakland, as a
lecturer on health topics and publish-
er of pamphlets on vegeteranism, ask-
ed to be admitted to the county poor
farm.
The man with 112 years to his
credit. was born in the shadow of
Plymouth Rock in May, 1796, and he
recalls well the expedition against the
Barbary tribes and the war of 1812.
He ‘still walks with considerable
sprightliness, although he guards
agains: falls with a heavy stick.
BIG - "RAILROAD ORDER
whetsiis Maryland Arranges to Spend
$1,250,0C0 in New Ecuipment.
Baltimore.—The Western
Raiiroad has arranged to sj
in: the next few months $1,
new. equipment. Already
pany has aslic uailders
bids for furnis hing
dola hopper coal cars,
freight lccomotives, three
comotives and 10 caboose
The foregoing
for an expenditure of
Marylond
d with-
30,060 on
the com-
to submit
500 all-steel, gon-
10 consolidated
switch 1lo-
cars.
G00,000. Later the company will
place an order for 500 steel under-
frame gondila hopper cars. The or-
der is the largest announced in any
system in the south for
H. F. Van Norman,
Kingston will rep- |
" Railroad’!
|
| ber
equipment will call |
more than $1,-!
| Timothy Kelleher
| member
more than a |
year and it is believed to be the fore- |
importont pure hase
the next fev
cf other
within
runner
by railroads
months.
STEEL MEN PLEAD GUILTY
Pay $1,000 Fine Each and Return $10,
000 in Profits.
Boston.—Officials of two of
largest structural -companies in th:
city, David H. Andrews, president ot
the Boston bridge works, and .Charles
N. Fitts, secretary of the New Eng-
jand Structural Company, pleaded
the |
guilty to an indictment charging them |
with collusion
fiom the city of Boston.
a fine of $1,000 and » addition puid
$RGCO. to “the citv for extra profits
which: the two companies are said to
aave Cerived from the contacts.
Fatal Political Quarrel.
Foraker, Okla.—During a politica
Fach paid
in obtaining co itracts |
| postoffices at Sherman,
| Clymer,
guarrel Frank S. Seward, local Demo- |
cratic committeeman, shot and in-
stantly killed a farmer, John Millam,
of Pahawska, OKla. The shooting
occurred in Seward’s hardware store.
Millam had been prominent in Osage
Indian affairs for years.
New Rochelle, N.
Democratic National
n Pennsylvania, who has been
some weeks at his summer
here, died October 31,
Y.—James Kerr,
Committeeman
| stamps.
two letters quoting-.freight rates per
carload. In cne instance the rate
was given as $33 a carload, while jn
the other case the rate quoted was
$23. The witness admitted that the
$23 rate was the one under which the
Central Vermont carried the Stand-
ard’s shipments.
BIG MERGER PLANNED
Interests.
Columbus, O.—Announcement was
made that before the end of the year
a consolidation would be effected be-
tween the Johnson Coal Mining Com-
pany of Columbus, with a capacity of
500,000 tons of coal yearly, and the
Lorain Coal and Dock Company: of
Cleveland, with a capacity of 1,500,-
000 tons, by the .formation of a new
company with a _ capital of $3,000,000.
Edward Johnson, now at the head
of both companies, is to bé at the
head of the new company, and his
brother, Thomas Johnsomn, vice presi-
dent. R. G. Forstbauer, treasurer of
the Lorain company,.is to be secre-.
tary.
Both companies ‘now have West
pany will be an Ohio corporation,
with headguarters in Columbus.
DUTIES
OF RECEIVERS
Explicit Instriictiens Promulgated by |
Comptroiter-6f Currency.
Washington.——Purposely refraining
from recommending any hard and fast
rules for the guidance of recelvers,
because cof the need of individual dis-
cretion as complications” arise, the re-
port of the National bank receivers.
here :some |
who “met in ‘convention’
time ago, given out by the. comptrol-
ler cf the currency, makes general
suggestions 2s to the duties of the re-
ceivers cn taking charge
|
.The report lays greatest stress up-
on the need for economy and judsg-
ment.
port points out, must be largely gov-
erned “by a careful and conservative
consideration of the interests of the
real owners of the trust” which the
receivership invelves.
BATTLESHIPS. AT AMOY
Fleet Now Divided, One Squadron Go-
ing to Philippines.
Amoy, China.—Eight battleships, |
comprising the second squadron of |
the American Atlantic fleet, under |
command of Rear Admiral William
H.. Emory, arrived here October 29
from Yokohama. Every preparation
had been made by the Chinese to
welcome the revresentatives “of the
United States and to impress upon |
them China’s desire for even more |
cordial relations with the Republic.
The 16 ships of the fleet left Yoko-
hama together Sunday morning, but
divided into two squadrons when two
days out, the first under
Rear Admiral Sperry, headed’ - for. |
Olongapo, Fhilippine Islands. The |
two squadrons will join forces again |
at Manila, the second division being
scheduled to leave this port
4 and to arrive at Manila
ber 7.
Novem-
Slayer Pays Penalty.
Reading, Pa.—Salvatora
was executed here for the murder of
of ‘Piltshureg, a
of the State police. Kelle:
was stabbed to death in attempt-
to rescue a young woman
her
ing
Italian on the oun irts of this city.
Richard McKwe eg, 1nNegro, was
hanged at York for the murder: of
E. Warren Peterson a year ago.
Miners Fall 234 Feet to Death,
Johnstown, Pa, —Two foreigners
met death at Jerome, Somerset coun-
ty. They Were about to descend a
shaft to go to work ‘cn the night shift |
when they fell: 235 feet to the bottom.
The bodies were terribly mangled.
The name of only ene of the victims
was obtainable. He is Mike Zerok,
aged 35 years. =
Blow Postoffice Safes.
Corry.—Yeggmen blew “safes -
N. .¥%.; and
N. Y., and secured about $500
and several hundred dollars worth of
They were tracked toward
Corry.
Old Spanish Debt Liauidated.
Washington.—The Spanish debt of
$599,850, awarded to certain citizens
| of this country under a treaty of Feb-
| treasury.
ill |
home | I
ruary 17, 1834, with Spain, has
of the register of the
Spain has been paying an-
nual interest on the amount since the
treaty, and this year the Spanish gov
transmitted $570,000 in
n of the debt. The princi
been paid over three times
nual report
in:
only to the:
The new com- |
J] get cars.
of failed |
| Lackawanna, & Western,
The receiver’s course, ithe re-.
"| offices in the large
command of {
Novem- |
Garrito |
who ;
was attacked by Ge \TTito and another |
{ 200 yards
in |
been |
| finally liquidated, according to the an-
Witness in aL Soe ire
Were Not Always Obtainablé:
SECRETARY ON THE STAND
Coal and Iron Company Did
Not Pay Dividend, He
; Asserts. i
suit instituted by the governmefit’ for.
the dissolution of the so-calied:toal
trust was resumed here October 28;
before C.-H. Guilbert. William $.:Tay-
lor, secretary ofsthe Philadelphia &
Reading Railway Company, was’ ‘the
first witness.
Mr. Taylor told of the earnings of
the three Reading companies:&and of
the relations existing between: the
Philadelphia &.Reading Company ‘and
the Philadelphia & Rez 1ding Coal and
Ircn and the Reading” “Company; the
latter a holding" concern. He said
the coal and iron company never paid
a dividend; but the railway. had, 1n
1902, paid to the holding concérn 15
per cent, for two years thereafter 20
per cent, and during the last two
years 20 per cent a year.
Says Railrcad Is Creditor.’
The coal and iron company, ‘he
said, is indebted to “the railway com-
pany to the extent of $80, 000,000,
which credit was inherited from the
cld Reading Company, which was sold
by the sheriff, in 1896.
Mr. Taylor denied” that the Read-
ing Railway Company owned any coal
stock, but said the Reading Company
was interested in several subsidiary
companies.
Oné of the. moost important points
dent coal companies were compelled
to enter into contracts with the coal-
carrying roads because they were un-
able to secure cars Wien selling coal
direct.
H. M. Howe, of the tree of A, Par-
dee & Co., when asked by Special
United States Attorney McReynolds
why the independents did not go into
the market and get full price for their
cecal, asserted they could not always
He admitted that his" firm
operated its mines only when it re-
ceived orders from the Lehigh Val-
ley Coal Company.
Tells of Contract.
Concerning a contract which . the
independent operators made in 1892
| with the coal-carrying companies, Mr.
| Howe said that the independents
| agreed to sell their coal to the rail”
| roads for €5 per cent of the price at
tidewater. The arrangement was
made at a conference between a com-
mittee of the Independent. Dealers’
association and President Baer, of
the Phialdelphia & Reading Railroad;
| President Truesdale, of the Delaware,
and Presi-
| dent Thomas, of the Lehigh’ Validy
f Railroad Company.
| Mr. Howe said that if his firm 'eould
| have secured cars at the righg:-time,
| it would have sold coal direct, with-
| out depending on agencies of other
| companies. ° It ‘was brought out that
| the -independents maintained sales
| ; cities and: did
| handle their own output until a short-
| age of cars blocked them.
| 3 TE a ae TE :
| DEATH PENALTY FOR FOUR
All Are Men Charged With Murder of
Women. v
| Philadelphia. —Four men weré sen-
| tenced to be hanged for murdér © by
Judge Ralston in .the court of .oyer
and .terminer here. Never before
| has the death penalty been imposed
on so many persons at one time in
this city.
The dcomed men are George Eels,
a former policeman who shot Mrs.
Eila Parschall; Walter Hallowell,
1
|
i
| who shot Annie Subold, because she |
had rejected him; Albert Wnek, who |
Emma Kerner, |
Mary. |
| killed” his sweetheart,
and Fontaine Lewis,
Robinson, a nurse,
fused to marry him.
who shot
because she re-
Cut in Wages of 30,000.
Fall River, Mass.—James
| president of the Fall River
council,
sentatives that under the wage agree-
ment between the Manufacturers’ as-
association and the councyl, there will
be a further reduction in wages: in the
textile
| cotton mills next month of about ¥
per cent. The Fall River milfs ems
ploy- 30,000 operatives.
Two Perich in Wreck.
Baltimcre.——The observer of the
{ maritine exchange at Cape Henry re-
i ports the schocned Charles S. Hirsch,
| lumber laden, from Brunswick
| Baltimore, wrecked near Paul Gam-
| iels life-saving station, N. C.
tain Frank Hunter and five sailors |
were rescued in the breeches buoy by !
the life savers but the cock and one
sailor were drowned. The vessel
will be a total loss.-
Child Kilied in Queer Manner.
| St. Louis.—A large stone, thrown
by a quarry blast caused
the death of Dorothy Rhodes, 16 years
old. She was lying in a tent 200
yards south of the city workhouse
when the stone struck ‘the tent’s<cen-
terpole. The pole fell upon her and
killed her.
| i
Mine Magazine Explodes.
1, Ala-—One man dead, one
irt, and four injured, is the
| res f a dynamite explesion at the
| Bammond
mines. The dead man is
Henry Keil, of Rome, Ga. Twenty-
four houses were leveled and many
others were dan d The fire de-
parimnent was fi ing a fire In a
Louse locat ed the nine maga-
zine. Hu of spectators were
standing explosion oc-
including many
en, were thrown to
groul
’
“Philadelphia. —The Tie 4 Fite
brought out was that the indepen- |
Tansey, |
has notified the union repre- |
--all ‘under
for
Cap- |
we
New York.—The earnings of the
_ UnitegeStates Steel Corporation for
‘thé. three months ended September
30, made public after the quarterly
1 meeting of the directors, October 27,
amounted to $27,106,274. This was
an increase cof nearly $7,000,000 over
the previous quarter and was better
by $1,000,000 to $2,000,000 than the:
estimate which Wall street had form-
ed of the probable showing for this
quarter. ° The unfilled “orders on the
“bocks of the:.company at the close of
the gunarter totaled $3,421,977 tons, an
increase of 108, 000 tcns over the or-
ders on hand at the close of the June
quarter.
“This is the first time since the de
steel corporation has reported an in-
crease in unfilled orders. One of
the most satisfactory features of the
report issued is that each month of
the previous menth. The July earn-
ings were $8,599.360, the August
earnings $9,152,311 and the Septem:
ber earnings $9. 354,333.
THREE MORE DRY COUNTIES:
Greene, Williams and
Counties, Ohio, Give Big
Majorities.
Columbus, O.—Three more coun
ties have joined the dry column, mal
ing 1,045 salcons that have been voted
out of Ohio in the county option elec
tions. Greene county voted dry by
667 plurality. Osborne and Xenia,
ihe largest townships now wet re
tirned wet majorities.
saloons are affected.
a plurality of 1,622. They carried
all except three cf the precincts,
Bryan, the county seat, went dry ‘by
88. Nineteen saloons are voted -eut’
in the county.
inent railroad pcint, loses six of
these. The Halm Brewing Company,
which has been in operation 50 years,
will he driven cut of business.
By a majority of 1,189 Trumbull
county voted dry. The vote was the
largest ever cast in the county, The
city of Warren went dry by 80 and
| the city of Niles wet by 223. Hub:
bard and Girard, other large town,
voted wet. Seventy
saloons
abolished. ’
WOMEN FIGHT CANNON
National W. C. T. U. Rags Uncle Joe
in Resclution at Denver
Convention.
Denver.—The National Woman's
Christian Temperance Union conven-
tion adopted “with practical unanim-
ity, a resclution commending the ef-
election of Joseph G. Cannon as a
member of congress. The resolution
introduced by Mrs. Mary KE. Kuhl,
presidént of the Liiinols WwW. C.T.U,
follows:
‘Resolved, . That we. the women of
the-W. C: T. U,, in convention assem-
bled, do hereby ‘express a most hearty
commendation of the action taken by
the Methodist Episcopal church and
the several churches, in- their brave
efforts to defeat the re-election of
Speaker Cannon to our national con-
gress because of his persistent oppo-
sition tp the many reform measures
which Have been proposed by Intell}
gent bodies.
INDIANS SLAIN IN BATTLE .
Mexican Government Said to Have
Armed Papagos—Chief Is
Killed.
El Paso, Tex.—News reached here
from variouse sources that a battle be-
tween Papago and Yaqui Indians had
taken place north of Altar, Sonora.
| and that 40 Yaquis were killed. Ac
| cording to reports the Mexican gov:
| ernment armed the Papagos, who lur
ed the Yaquis into ambush and
slaughtered them.
Bisbee, Ariz.—Following a skirmish
southeast of Hermosillo, Mexico, in
| which it is reported that Pule, chief
| of the hostile Yaqui Indians, was-kill-
24 Yaqui warriors came into
| ed,
| Hermosillo and surrendered.
| $175,000
Mexico City.—A
Chichauhua, says:
and Martin Matues, both clerks in the
Banco Minera, and Manuel Molinar,
21 years of age, are under
arrest and the mystery of the rob:
Is
Recovered.
dispatch from
Moses Navarra
|
| bery of the bank of $180,000 en the
| night 6f March 1, is solved. About
| 317 5,000 has been recovered. Navar
| ré “disciosed the name place of the
money.
Score Hurt in Trolley Crash.
Edwardsville, Tii.—Two electric in-
{ terurban cars cn the Edwardsville
| and Granite City line of the Illinois
traction system collided head-on and
a score of passengers were injured,
some seriously, - but none fatally
Those most seriously injured were
| taken to the hospital at Granite City,
10 miles away.
Explosicn Kills 12 on Isthmus.
Washington, D. C.— Information
reached thi s city that two explosions
of dynamite on the Panama Canal on
October -15 killed 12 men and injur-
ed 18. All these killed were negroes,
excepting W. J. Davis, an engineer,
and George Goodley, a craneman.
COTTAGES WIPED OUT.
Flames Work Havoc
Colony at
Summer
Salisbury Beach.
Salisbury, Mass.—The greater por
tion of the thickly-housed summer
colony at Salisbury Beach was wiped
out by a fire which destroyed more
than 100 cottages situated alqQng the
| beach front, north of the mouth of
{ the Merrimac river. Practically all
of the he had been abandoned for
i the 3 ge was es-
timated
in
the quarter showed improvement over.
Trumbull
Twenty-five
In Williams county the drys polled.
Montpelier, a prom-
are
forts of the churches to defeat the re--
pression in business began that the |
Offered $10,000 to Keep Quiet.
SENSATIONAL DISCLOSURES
7
Prominent Lawyers Said to Have At-
tempted to Fix Jurors in Case of
Abraham Rueff. aR
San Francisco.—Standing in the
shadow of the penitentiary, with sen-
tence about to be passed upon him
and having seen his young wife led
from the court room, hysterically ecry-
ing,;- “No,” “No,” E. A..S. Blake, a
contractor convicted of attempting
to bribe:John M. Kelly: to qualify on
the jury to try Abraham Ruef, and
vote for Ruef’s acquittal, made a full
confession in” court. > a
Blake said that after he was_ar-
J. Murphy, Ruef’s associate counsel,
came to him and promised him $10,
080 if he would keep quiet. He said
that notes for $10,000, purporting to
be signed by Ruef, were delivered to
a third party, to be paid to Blake im-
mediately after he was sentenced, if
he were convicted of bribery. Be-
sides this amount, Blake declared, his
wife was to receive $100 a month
while he was in the penitentiary.
When Blake was called on .to rise
and receive sentence, his wife cried
“No, not that,” and began to sigh
hysterically.
She was led from the roam. After
motion for a new trial and arrest: of
judgment had been denied, Blake said
that he had a statement to make as
a reason why sentence should not be
pronounced. This came as a surprise
to his attorneys, who were permitted
to withdraw the case.
After he had been sworn and had
| stated that he had not been promised
immunity, Blake said he had been of-
fered $1,000 by Attorney M. S. New-
burgh and F. J. Murphy, of Ruef’s
counsel, to influence J. M. Kelly, a
prospective juror, tp vote for the
acquittal of Ruef.
He at first offered Kelly $500, which
was refused, he said, but an offer of
$1,000 was accepted.
It was then brought out in alles:
tions that Newburgh had procured at-
torneys for Blake's defense. Blake
then told cf:the alleged offer of $10,
000, and provision for his wife while
he was in prison, if he would not
make a confession. The story ‘told
by Blake created consternation in
court, and the case was continued |
for two weeks.
Newhurgh and Murphy are under |
indictment cn the same
which Blake was convicted
In the court room of Judge Lawlor,
just deross the corridor where attor-
neys were in the third month of an
attempt to-get a jury to try Abraham
Ruef, and had just passed the twelfth
man, the news of Blake’s confession
caused consternation to the defense.
Ruef paled visibly.
SUFFRAGETTES IN COURT
Women Refuse to Pay Fine, Chaosing
Jail Instead.
London.—All the suffragettes, with
the exception of two who were ar-
rested during the disorders in and
around the hcuse of commons, were
arraigned in court and fined $25 each.
They refused to pay and were conse-
quently sentenced each to one month’s
imprisonment. Of the two exceptions
one was a girl under 21 years of age
and the other a woman who secured
an adjournment to lodge a charge of
assault against the constable who ar-
rested her.
Boone, Ia.—Six hundred suffraget-
tes paraded the streets of Boone. The
Rev. Anna Shaw, head of the Nation-
al Order of Suffragettes, led the par-
ade. With her were Miss Rendell
and Miss Costelle of London, famous
for their participation in the attacks
made on parliament by the suffraget-
tes of England.
600 women marching
out to witness it.
EMMA GOLDMAN MUZZLED
Is Not Allowed to Make a Sveech at
Indianapolis.
Indianapolis, Ind.—Emma Goldman
was led from the propylum here when
she was about to address a large au-
dience that had assembled at a fash-
jionable club house to hear her. Twen-
ty policemen were cn hand when she
arrived, and as she stepped into the
hall she was told that she would not
be permitted to speak in this city.
She demurred at first, but the officers
gathered around and she was informed
that she would have to go to the po:
lice station if she persisted. She
did not make any further resistance.
Ben L. Reitman, who was with her,
attempted to speak on a corner near
the propyleum, but ‘the police forced
him to desist under threat of locking
him up.
Inheritance Tax Upheld.
Frankfort, Ky.—Kentucky’s new in-
heritance tax law, imposing a penalty
of 5 per cent on all advises in excess
of $500, was upheld by the Court of
Appeals in an opinion written by
Judge Settle.
U. 8S. to Have Three Cardinals.
London.—A dispatch from Rome fo
a London news agency says the pope
has decided that a special consistory
shall be held for the
new American cardinals after the re-
organization of the American diocese,
and that the United States shall have
three cardinals.
Cleveland.—Roy Hardy, a private
detective, shot and killed his wife and
his 12-year-old daughter and then
committed suicide.
£an Francisco Contractor Says He |
rested on a charge of bribery, Frank |
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STANDARD G07 SPaCial BATE GAIN GRADUAL, BUT SURE i |e 1a i ; n TO SIGN REGISTERED MAIL
aliros : Sstifics re : BT i Hi i = :
Railread Clerk Testifies to Preferen i x 5 difnl iil OF PRISON PostHice Department Makes New
tial Treatment of Big Cor- Each Month Shows Improvement Over i Order Caused. by Complaints.
poration. Business of Previous One—New CONFESSES 1d BRIBERY a
= -Tonnzge Is Large. ] i vashingten D. C.—Declaring that
. ~ \
complaints continue to come to the
department alleging viclation of the
postal regulations concerning the dis-
positicn of registered mail endorsed
for delivery to the addreszee in per:
son, an order was issued by Third
Assistant Postmaster General Law-
she directing that such mail must be
delivered to no one but the addressee
in person, not even upon his written
order. If it cannot be delivered to
the person addressed, it must be re-
turhed to the sender or otherwise
disposed of under regulations appH-
%able to undeliverable registered
mail.
' The wrapper of registered matter
is required to be examined before de-
livery {o see if it bears a restrictive
endorsement, failure to notice which
will "no longer be accepted as an ex-
cuse.
IMPORTANT RAILROAD DEAL
Will Have Far-Reaching Influence on
Railroads in the Piitsourg
District.
An important deal has just been
closed between the Frie Railroad
Company and the Buffalo, Rochester
& Pittsburg Railway Company. glv-
ing the former trackage rights over
the Buffalo, Rochester & Pittsburg
from Salamanca, N. Y., to all import-
ant points along that line and to Ise-
lin, Pa., within 55 miles of Pittsburg.
Closing of this deal shows how the
Erie will enter. Pittsburg proper from
the East; means that the trackage
agrepment between the Erie and the
Pittsburg & Lake Erie between
Pittsburg and Youngstown will be
broken, and proves that the Erie will
net enter Pittsburg over the ‘Wabash,
as reporiody recently.
Ww. c. T. U. DEMANDS
Prohibition, Equal Suffrage, Abolition
of White Slave Traffic.
Denver, Col.—The convention of the
Women’s Christian Temperance
Union adopted resolutions reaffirm-
ing uvnfaltering belief in total absti-
nence and unyielding effort. They
declare prohibition is the tnly means
cof effecutally wiping out the traffic
and demand a constitutional amend-
ment. A continuation of agitation
for equal suffrage is promised.
The resolutions further insist on a
uniform stand of morals for men and
women and deplore the existence of
the white slave traffic as well as the
segragation and fining of vice. :
charge of:
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CHILDREN COCAINE USERS
| Philadelphia Police Find Depleorable
Conditions in Schools.
Philadelphita.—In a crusade to
break up the éccaine habit which, it
has discovered, is.prevalent among
children in sore cf the public schools
of this city, the police arrested 11
men and three women, either users
plying it ti others.
Since the first of the year 150 per-
sons, including boys, girls and many
young men who were victims of the
habit, have been sent to the hous=2 of
correcticn from the same district,
and 23 have been indicted for engag:
ing in the traffic.
Laurier's Majority 50.
Toronto, Ont.—The results of the
elections show that Laurier govern-
ment has been sustained with a ma-
jority of 50, with seven elections yet
to be held. All the ministers, with
the possible excepticn of: William
Templeman, Minister of Inland Rev-
enue in Victoria, were re-elected, while
seven of the oppohiticn’s chief lieu-
tenant swere defeated.
Wire Worker Decapitated.
Cleveland.—Erick Els was decapi-
tated at the American Steel and Wire
Company mills. Els was a wire draw-
er. While drawing the red hot wire
it broke. The end struck him about
the neck and the wire, released from
tensicn suddenly coiled ahout his
| neck. His neck was burned:through
{in a few seconds by the. hot wire,
| completely severing his head from his
| body.
Americans Find Gold.
Brussels.—Reports received from R.
D. Mohun, leader of the.American ex-
pedition in the Congo, state that he
has discovered rich devosits of gold,
im and copper in the Manymea dis-
trict.
Prohibition Pays Here.
Union 8. C.—Unicn county again
voted for prohibition. During the
past three years of prohibition the
arrests for drunkenness decreased 50
per cent and property valuation in
the county increased $2,000,000.
Wealthy Lawyer Dies.
Roanoke, Va.—Russell Ingalls Dick-
inson of Prophetstown, Ill, died here,
wholesale grocery store of R. A.
Bartley. The loss is estimated -at
$300,000, with insurance of about half
that amount.
NEW AVIATOR APPEARS
Dayton Stenographer Makes Success-
ful Flight.
Dayton. O.—Frank J. Heinfelt made
a successful flight of 1,500 feet with
an aeroplane materially differing from
that of the Wright brothers in that in
this machine the single plane prinei-
ple is used, the Wright machine hav-
ing double surfaces.
Although hitherto unknown the
aeronautic world Heinfelt has built
three hachines paying his expenses
in
out cf his lary as a stenographer.
of the drug or persons accused of sup-
aged 86. He was a prominent law-
yer and is said to have amassed a vast
fortune.
TELEGRAPHIC BRIEFS.
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