3J Stole Ctffcett jtfoaeiaeie. sScm I-Weekly Founded M Wayne County Organ 1908 of the Weekly Founded, 1844 REPUBLICAN PARTY 65th YEAR. HONE SD ALB, WAYNE CO., PA., WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 1908. NO. 36 mm c eki OVERAWED Troops Arrive After Death of Dowager Empress. tWO SOVEREIGNS LIE INSTATE 'Disorders Are Expected and Armed Force Is Sent on Special Sum mons toGuard the For eign Legations. "Peking. Nov. 10. Following the I deaths of Dowager Empress Tsl Hsl An nnd Emperor Kuaug Su, Prluce Pu Yl, aged three years, was pro- Icjalmcd emperor today. The bodies or botli sovereigns are llylng In state In the death chamber. Prluee Chun, father of the Infant I emperor, is declared regent. It Is offl- I dally stated that Pu Yl becomes era leror In accordance with a promise made by the dowager empress soon latter the marriage of Prince Chun in 1 1003. Troops are In readiness to quell any I disorders, and the probability of up risings is very great. Two divisions of troops are sta- Itloned in various quarters of the city, and gendarmes have been dispatched I to guard the approaches to the lega tions. It was announced that the 1c- Igation guard was ordered out at "the special call of the legations on account Sof the emperor's death." Prince Chun, the regent, has order- led the viceroys and governors to take is rsi AN, DOWAGER EMPRESS OF CHINA. precautions for the continuation of administration of the provinces as heretofore, and he has ordered a bun red days of mourning. The court vlll go Into mourning for three years. The foreigners in the city are watch tig tho strange ceremonies with great interest At the palace elaborate rites being observed, and a flood of llcts has been sent forth. Deathbed observances of 3,000 years marked the passing of the era Drer and dowager. They died alone and unattended, although surrounded by circles of abject spectators, who remained a rod distant, as, ou account of he sacred persons of their niajes tney couiu not ue opproacuea. I The emperor died as he had lived Ithout ministration of whatever kind scientific aid. For months he had Erased to permit the services of for- physlclana, and, although It was stated that he had gone back to the form of medical treatment, It Is ellered that latterly he received no utment at all. The government has given out that lie dowager empress In a lucid lnter- recelved Prince Chiug, who is a achu and a member of the royal amily and approved the edicts de claring Prince Pu Yl heir presumptive Prince Chun regent of the om- rrlnce Chlng was at the be- ag of the Boxer outbreak lord chamberlain of the court aud corn ier of the Peking field force. It vas on Prince Chlng that the foreign officials hung hopes of the safety of the envoys. Both, the emperor and the empress rill be burled in the Imperial mauso eum in the western bills, jnst a few alles away from Peking, with which aey are connected by rail. All the alers of the Mauchu dynasty are in- erred there. Tsl Hit An, or "western empress," born Nov. 17, 1834. She was tho !ld of poor people who lived In Pe . At an early ago she was sold a slave by her parents.ou account their poverty. She became the m property of n famous general, who. enchanted with her beauty, adopted her and ordered her as a present to the reigning emperor, Hslen Feng. She so charmed the emperor by her looks and Intelligence that he made ?2i2l? ?rD?a:Lltv? t'Illt in,-. 1 1 til t nu.a, I '1L 1 It I II 1 l. xj I 11- peror Tung Chlh, raised her to the first rank. On his death she became the regent of the empire, administer ing tho national affairs with more vigor than any of her predecessors. Her authority was complete over bont 14,000 officials and over tua wel fare and lives of the vast majority ot the Inhabitants of Clilnn, who number close to 270,000,000. Among the populace she was feared and hated, principally because of her treatment of the emperor, for whom the enlightened and the common peo ple had a sympathetic- liking. She was commonly referred to by the so briquet "the old Buddha," and her character in the eyes of the masses was that of the tyrant of the em peror. She was a law unto herself. She Violated the constitution of the dynas ty that forbids a woman ruler and Iroke the sacred customs given by the sages. She relentlessly ordered all betrothals and marriages in the imperial household, family and Im perial court and supervise scrupu lously the conduct of individuals. TAFT ANSWERS CRITICISM. Dealings With Catholics In Philippines Only Just, He Says. St. Taul, Minn., Xov. 10. In a letter to the Rev. Magnus Larson, pastor of the Swedish Baptist church In this city, William II. Taft answers criti cisms made by him during the recent campaign as to alleged undue favorit ism to the Itonian Catholic church. He says in part: Tou ask ir.e whether S7.000.000 was nald to the Catholic church out of the United States treasury on my recommendation. I reply that It was not. The friars' ntril cultural lands In the Philippines, 425.000 acres, or about that amount, were pur chased from the corporation formed by the three orders of the friars In the Phil ippines, and the money was nald from bonds Issued by the Philippine Bovern- mcnt under the authority of coneress and is a chares upon the Philippine Islands. The purchase was approved by the Fili pinos. It is not true that half of the popula tion of 8,000.000 people are not Roman Catholics. The present governor is a Ro man' Catholic; mit-tie-lsTone-'TJfthe most careful men In maintaining an impartial attitude between Catholics and Protes tants that we could possibly have. No money has been paid to the friars for libraries that they claim to have been burned, so far as I can recollect. The sum of money paid was for rent and dam ace to convents or rectories by United States soldiers. I am not a Catholic and have not been affiliated with the Catholic church. All I have attempted to do was to do justice to that church and to tho Filipino people. I have treated that church exactly as I would have treated any other church had it been in a similar position to that of the Catholic, church. I may add with re spect to the friars' lands that the pur chase was a political one and agrarian one rather than a commercial one. DIES IN CHAIR TODAY. Del Vermo Electrocuted After Govern or Refuses Respite. Auburn, X. Y Xov. 10. As Govern or Hughes declined to interfere In the case of Andrea Del Vermo, the latter was executed today in Auburn prison for the murder of Anthony Page at Rome In .Tune. 1000. Following the refusal of the court of appeals to grant n new trial In the case, Del Vermo's counsel produced a new witness, William M. Abel of Blng hamton, whose testimony was expect ed to show that Del Vermo stabbed Page In self defense during a quarrel. A transcript of Abel's testimony was sent to the governor, who after care fully going over nil the papers In the case decided that there was nothing to warrant his interference. BULLET FOUND IN HENEY. San Francisco Graft Prosecutor on Way to Recovery. San Francisco, Xov. 10. Francis J. Heney Is making excellent progress toward recovery from the bullet wound inflicted in Judge Lnwlor's courtroom by Morris Haas, who com mitted suicide. The bullet was found imbedded in the left jaw about one Inch In front of the ear, but the surgeons have decided not to extract It until Mr. Heney gains more strength. Mrs. Heney spent an hour at the hospital while the surgeons were re moving grains of powder from her husband's face and head. Reformatory Burned Down. Jeffersonvlllo, Intl., Xov. 10. Five buildings of the Indiana State reform atory and the entire plant of the In diana Manufacturing company were destroyed by fire. The damage will total about $250,000. King Leopold's Feti Day. Brussels, Xov. 10. This being King Leopold's fete day, Belgium formally assumed control of the Kongo Inde pendent State. Mme. Barlne Dead. Paris, Nov. 10. Mme, Arveds Ba finp, the authoress, died bare. POPE CELEBRATES ftus X. at Mttieth Annia versary of Ordination. THRONG AT ST. PETER'S, ROME Great Edifice Crowded With Eocle siatics and Laymen as His Holiness Sings Pontifical High Mass. Home, Nov. 10. With all the heredi i tary pomp and ceremonial of the Ro , man Catholic church his holiness Pope il'ltis X. celebrated today the fiftieth I anniversary of his ordination to the j priesthood. ; Devout believers thronged St. Peter's ' to hear the singing of the pontifical ' high mass by his holiness. All classes ' of Roman society were represented, ' from the high officials of the Vatican and those of the Qulrlual who remain I steadfast In the old faith to the street beggar and small farmer of the outly I Ing country. The singing of mass In ' St.. Peter's by a pope has been a cere mony of rare occurrence in recent years, for the pontiffs daily adtninls POPE BLESSING CROWD AT PETER'S, tratlons take place in his private chap el in the Vatican. All the high dig nitaries of the church were congregat ed In St. Peter's, with many visiting churchmen and Roman Catholic lay men. Great ceremonies attended the pope's entrance Into the church. Seated in the sedia gesiatorla, he was borne In on the shoulders of officers of the no ble guard above the heads of the peo ple, so that the congregation might be hold the face of their spiritual leader. As the figure of the pontiff approached, giving the sign of benediction to the congregation, the people knelt to re ceive his blessing. The scene in the vast Interior of the church was most impressive. In the procession that fol lowed the pope were the college of cardinals, the archbishops, bishops, prelates of the pope's household, hoads of religious communities, the Knights of Malta, the Knights of St Gregory and members of other ancient and bis torlc orders. Pius X Gluseppl Sarto, his holiness the pope, bishop of Rome and vicar of Jesus Christ, successor of St. Peter, prince of the apostles, supreme pontiff of the universal church, patriarch of the west primate of Italy, archbishop and metropolitan of the Roman prov ince aud sovereign of the temporal do minions of the holy Roman church since Aug. 4, 1003, was born in RIese, Italy, June 2, 1835. He was educated at the diocesan seminary of Padua and ordained In 1838. He served as parish priest until 1875, when he became epls copal chancellor of the diocese of Tre- viso. I'Toni 1884 until 1893 be was bishop of Mantua, being elevated in the latter year to tho sacred college with the title of patriarch of Venice, Five days after the death of Pope Leo XIII. he was elected pope. ELEINS DENIES AGAIN. No Engagement With Duke of Abruzzi, Ho Declares. Washington, Xov. 10. Senator Ste phen B. Elklns today repeated the em photic announcement that no engage ment exists between his daughter, Miss Katherlno Elklns, and the Duke fle Abruzzi of the Italian navy. The statement was made with the knowledge and consent of Miss Elklns, who desired that the statement should bo given to the public. "11 jf M"I" ST. For a United South Africa. Through patience and diplomacy tho Dutch of South Africa may get back what they lost in fighting a few years ago. The aim of these people, which led to the clash with England in 1899, was not so much rule In South Africa as to be allowed to develop civiliza tion in their own way. A scheme for a closer union of the four self governing colonies has been under consideration for some time. Representatives of the four namely, Natal, Orange River Colony, Cape Colony and the Transvaal met In con vention In October to take initial steps looking to either unification as one commonwealth or a federation. Senti ment among the Dutch in the three last named colonies has been enthusi astic for unification. In Natal, where the English are in the majority, the preference is for federation merely. There will be difficulties In the way of harmony under any scheme which will unite the suffrages of the four colonics. Natives of color are now al lowed to vote In Cape Colony, but not In the other colonies. Different fran chise laws would not be a great ob stacle to federation, but should the votes bo combined on a national ques tion the race issue would be likely to cause friction. Dutch traditions In the Transvaal and the Orange River Colo ny do not favor enfranchising the na tive. In Natal the English are op posed to it However, the Dutch are In dead earnest about nationality. In a parliament whether the representa tion were based upon white popula tion or upon white voters, the Dutch would be In the majority and the des tiny of the new nation In South Af rica virtually under their control. Better Days For the Army. Even the antlmilitarist will admit that If we are to have a standing ar my It should be up to date in all re spects. A .poor army costs as much first and last as a good one, and it is as wasteful as a poor navy. There nrc no "poor coots" fit only for the army roaming up and down the land today to recruit from. And It is well there arc nit The aoIdtera come from the people, nnd their life "in" IbV1 army should not be radically different from the life of the people. ItTs- said by army officers and re cruiting men that the increased pay for enlisted men and Improved rations have raised the standards of recruits the last few months. The ranks are better filled, and many old soldiers have returned to service. "Coddling" is not wanted by soldiers, but just as a man can t fight well on an empty stomach nor shoot straight with a gun all "at sixes and at sevens," so he cannot lie "an ornament to the serv Ice" as things are today unless his material wants are as well cared for as they would be In civil life. DIES IN KAISER'S PRESENCE. General Huelsen Haeseltr'a Sudden End Shocks Emperor. Berlin, Nov. 10. Because of the tragic death of General Count Huel- sen-Haeseler, chief of the German military cabinet, the emperor tele graphed Chancellor von Bulow that the audience arranged to take place at Kiel today aboard the battleship Dcutschland must be deferred. Count Huelsen-Haeseler was laugh ing and talking after dinner at Doraueschingen when he suddenly fell, stricken with apoplexy, in the emperor's presence and died almost Immediately. He had held the posi tion of imperial adjutant for nineteen years and was the emperor's constant companion. WRIGHT AFTER NEW PRIZE. Will Try to Go to Height Required b French Aero Club. Le Mans, Nov. 10. Wilbur Wright has made formal announcement of bis intention to compete tomorrow aud Wednesday for the height prize offer ed by the Aero Club of France. Wright has been excluded from com petlng for this prize hitherto because he used a pylone, or inclined plane, in starting. Last woek's experiment proved that be could dispense with It The Sarthe Aero club announces prize for the attainment of a height of 100 meters. According to Mrs. Eddy's doctrine, if the people bad begun early praying for rain the drought would have bro ken earlier. Sir Wilfrid Laurler only asked Can ada for another chance to "go ahead fast," and the voters gave It to him on his record. For proof that somebody was struck with a panic, consider tho good auto mobile selling at f 1,500 and under. THE COUNTY INSTITUTE. Interesting Talks and Good Muslc lllnts from Squints How to teach Reading Searching for Gold A Yankee Creed. THURSDAY MORNING. Prof. Lang addressed the High School teachers on "Elimination of Waste School Program " ; the second division had a song drill with Prof. Watkins, and a short address from Dr. Pattengill on "Hints from Squints." Division three met in the bricU school building and were instructed in the art of teaching Reading by Prof. J. T. Chambers, of the Chambers School of Orator', Scran- ton, Pa. Miss Jennie S. Lee gave a practical illustration of the subject by an excellent class drill in primary read ing. ' The devotional exercises were con ducted bv Rev. A. L. Whittaker. After two solos by Prof. Watkins, Supt. Koehler read a letter from ex Supt. D. L. Hower, expressing his inter est in and good wishes for the Institute. Prof. Chambers took up the subject of "Reading." The first requisite in teaching Reading is to know it yourself. Get control of the voice and of the body. One of the problems to be overcome the books are too hard ; select lessons rom tlu b jok suited to your class. Re- iew frequently ; give some time to ex plaining the lesson for the following day. In a thirty-minute period use five minutes for review, fifteen or twenty for the present lesson ; the rest of the time in preparing the class to study the new lesson. Having distributed slips with different selections, Prof. Chambers illus trated tlis teaching of accent, inflection, pauses, etc. THURSDAY AFTERNOON. The first number in the afternoon was an excellent talk on "Searching for Gold," by Prof. Lang. School work has a tendency to make us look for faults. The teacher's work should be looking for gold in the lives of the pu pils. The effect of this on our own lives is great. The love that seeks in all, the good, and tries to bring out that good, will help all lines of work. Put the time spent in fault-finding into good-finding and see if you do not accomplish more. Ojirxtturseof .studymay not b,e suffi cient to bring out the good. A pupil may be very dull along required literary lines and very bright in manual training, which ma)' not be in the course. Get better acquainted with the pupil by mingling in his play as well as work We must draw close to the pupil in or der to find the good. Get acquainted with his parents. Let each one of us go into the school room and try for a week xt least to overlook the little faults and make a record of the good we see each dav. Prof. Chambers entertained the large audience with several Reading amd Character Studies, and Prof. Watkins pleased everv one as he always does with two songs, "Good night, Little Teddy-Rear," and "Drum Major." Dr. Pattengill cave a talk on "A Yankee Creed," giving the several arti cles of faith in his own creed. I believe in boys and girls ; the men and women of the. future ; and that what a boy sows that shall the man reap. Do you stop to think that the boys and girls in your school room will be doing the work of the world in a few years? Teach them by precept and example lessons of courtesy, kindness, justice and fear of none but God. We take the heritage of the past and add our part to it and pass it on. To-mor row must be greater than yesterday. I believe in the curse of ignorance the efficacy of the schools, and the dig nity of teaching. I believe in wisdom gained m life as well as that from the pages of a book. The teachers are not the only educators. All citizens are educating the young in ono way or anoiner. ttvery man oi business is giving lessons in honesty by his manner of doing business. Every loafer on the street using profane lan guage is giving a lesson to the boy who hears him. I believe in laughter, and I believe in love that love that suffereth long and is kind ; I believe in hope and high ideals. I believe that every day and hour we receive a just reward for all we do. I believe in the beauty of the home, in every day life and in out-of-doors. I love the cause for which I labor I believe in the present and its possibili ties; the future and its opportunities. FRIDAY MORNING. Rev. Dr. V. H. Swift, of the Presby terian church, led the devotional exer cises, and Prof, Watkins a half hour of song. Prof. Lang's last talk was "The School a Social Center." Horace Mann's tnotlo "The education of the people free to all Is a basis broad enough for a long time yet." We are beginning to work out the "free to all" phase of the problem, an education not merely for the child, but the people. The wealth of a nation does not depend on its nat ural resources, but on the intelligence of the individnal. This is beginning to be recognized more than ever before. Those who are educating a child are adding to the welfare of the country. It is much more just to tax a man for educational purposes, who has no children, than one who has children of his own to bring up as good citizens. In the cities the night schools are accomplishing great things in advancement of old and young. We put money into our school build ings, let us make use of them more than six hours a day, live davs a week. Open them for public meetings, civic clubs, concert choruses, economic clubs, anything to promote the best interests of the community. Let every community have the school for its center, not a ward with no center but the saloon, but known as a school community. Let the school be developed into a social center to take the place of the saloon, with its evil ten dencies ; it is the one thing we have in common, the glory of our republic. After two songs by Prof. Watkins, the report of H. A. Oday, treasurer for 1907, and report of the Committee on Reso lutions, Prof. Deetrich, Chairman, were read and approved. Prof. Dooley made a plea for a larger fund for the Institute and County Association, and after dis cussion the Institute voted to raise the enrollment fee to two dollars, twenty cents of this to be used for the Teachers' Association. Dr. Pattengill gave a brief talk on School Management. So discipline the school that the work can go on uninter ruptedly. Train every child to know and respect the rights of others. Let them understand why you do not allow whispering and confusion. Show them how these things interfere with the rights of others. It is essential to a govern ment like ours that our citizens are train ed respect the rights of others, to re spect authority, and to render a cheer ful, willing obedience. Supt. Koehler is to be congratulated on the success of his first Institute. The instructors were first-class, and the day sessions were enjoyed not only by the teachers but by large numbers of the townspeople who filled the Court House to' overflowing "teStermanrhb evening entertainments in Lyric Theatre were also well attended, and both the musical. entertainments on .Tuesday and Wednesday evenings, and the lecture by Dr. John F. Carson, of Brooklyn, were excellent and were thoroughly enjoyed by the large audiences. Fallsdale. Nov. 13th. The fall rains have im proved pasturage and given the meadows a fine covering for winter. A few wells and springs are filled, but many will yet need another heavy rain before they are in condition for winter. Nearly every one seems happy over the election returns. Of course we have not met any defeated candidates, or we would not be able to say this. All will be glad to find something besides politics and party chewing in the papers. We hear it said sometimes, "Why don't the parties put up their best men for office?" Well, if they did I wonder if any one would recognize them after the papers got through with them. They would get such a raking, and in fact have their characters so whipped to a frazzle that I doubt if their own mothers could recognize them as their offspring. Until such mud-slinghig goes out of fashion, better put up the man who is calloused enough to volunteer his services for office, and save the good man for better purposes. Well, we, with the majority, welcome Taft. No demonstrations of joy over the victory here. Have not so much as heard of any one sacrificing even a pint of whiBkey over the event. All the same, all feel a quiet peace over the result. Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Crocker will spend the winter at Topeka, Kansas, and at other points beyond the Mississippi. They will start about the middle of De cember. Miss Ethel Smith is visiting friends in Carbondale. Mrs. I. N. Lovelass has returned from Scranton, where she has been engaged the in millinery business for the past six weeks. Schools are all closed this week, as the teachers and older pupils are attending Institute. They will return to their duties with heads lull of new ideas and sur mounted by new hats. Great week for merchants in town. M. G. Noble's family are quarantined on account of a light case of chickenpox. Queer laws. Boy recovered ; all the rest of the family immune from the disease, yet all must remain at home for three weeks. No other cases in the neighbor hood. Mrs. Burcher is still confined to her bed, with no improvement in her con dition. No automobiles or saloons in our quiet town of Damascus ; consequently no ac cidents to report. If the old adage, "no news Is good news," holds good, surely you hare it in this.
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