TIIK C1TIZHN, FRIDAY, I'KIini'ARY 21, mil.
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ILT D.SPUTE
Divorced Husbanrj, For a "Lump
Sum," Apes Not to Sue.
It has Just been learned that a com
promise agreement lias been signed
ki New York by which Dr. Smith llof
Hhs McKlm for a valuable considera
tion agrees not to Institute proceedings
for the ullcnatlon of the affections of
kls wife.
Those who were to have been de
fendants are Dr. McKlni's father-in-tew,
Captain Isaac E. Kmerson; his
former wife, Captain Emerson's daugh
ter, nnd Alfred G. Vanderbllt. The
agreement was the result of a confer
nce In New York.
Tapers were signed at this confer
tnce which release Mr. Vanderbllt,
Captain Emerson, his daughter nnd
Mrs. Frederick McCormlek from any
legal action resulting from Mrs. Mc
Klm divorcing her husband. Dr. Mc
Klm was awarded a sum of money,
which will be paid In semiannual in
stallments, as well as a lump sum,
which was awarded chiefly for coun
sel fees.
The agreement was the result of a
wrlcs of conferences. Reports have
keen made from time to time that Dr.
McKim Intended to bring suit against
Mr. Vanderbllt for alleged alienation
f his wife's affections, and there have
also appeared reports that an engage
ment existed between Mrs. McKim
and young Vanderbllt.
TO HONOR MAINE VICTIMS.
Bodies Will Be Burled In National
Cemetery Work Nearly Over.
The work of raising the wreck of
the battleship Maine from Havana
arbor is about three-fourths complet
ed, according to the estimate of offi
cers of the war depaitment. Sixteen
f the twenty cylinders of the coffer-
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MAINE MAST IN BACKGROUND:
COFFERDAM IN FOREGROUND,
dam around the hulk have been put in
place. When It is finished the next
tep will be to pump out the water so
ah to expose the hull of the wreck.
The bodies of the victims of the
wreck still remaining In the hulk will
be removed and hurled in the Arling
ton National cemetery in Washington.
The mainmast of the Maine will be
erected over their graves us a memo
rial.
LANGFORD WHIPS LANG.
Australian Fouls In Sixth Round on
Seeing the Negro Winning.
The greatest interest was manifest
ed in the light which took place In
London between Hill Lang, heavy
weight champion of Australia, and
Sam Langford, the negro pugilist of
Boston, for a purse of $17,500 because
ef the fact that Mcintosh, the organ
fcer of tho match, promised the winner
a match for $45,000 with Jack John
Bon. Nearly 8,000 people watched the
ght. The gate receipts amounted to
$4.r,000, which is n record for a fight
to London.
Langford had the fight all his own
way. In the sixth round tho negro
cot Lang in a corner and suddenly
shot out his right for his opponent's
jaw. Lnng ducked, and the negro
Missed and slipped to his knees. Re
tore he could rise Lnng gnve him an
ppercut with his right. Referee Cor
ti instantly disqualified Lang for foul
ing nnd gave tho verdict to Langford.
DIES IN TWO FEET OF WATER
Ctrl Breaks Through Ice and Freezes
After Long Struggle.
Her frozen hands still clinging to
tho ice and the balance of tier body
till submerged, the body of Miss Bos
io Margaret I'lerce, nineteen years
eld, of Cochrantoit, Pa., was found in
a swail near her home, where she had
perished. Miss Pierce had started out
for a walk, and, falling to return, a
search was made.
The girl had started to return homo
across fields that had recently been
verflowed with water to a deptli of
from ono to four feet, tho water being
left in pools which hud frozeu over.
The trail showed that she hud broken
through the Ice several times. There
wero slgus of a Btrugglo until at UiBt,
exhausted, sho broke through whero
the water was about two feet deep
aad there perished.
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WAS UNABLE TO READ.
BUT MADE HIS MILLION.
So Long Islander Bought Land Ad
joining Vanderbllt Estate.
John Leahy of Long Island, wh'i
made more than $1,000,000. although
he could neither read nor write. Is dead
at his home in Lakeville. N. Y. Ills
shrewdness nnd Judgment seemingly
compensated for his lack of education
Leahy, who was seventy, enme to
the United States from Ireland many
years ago. He bought a Long Island
farm for a small sum and made a
good living as a farmer nnd truck gar
dener. Soon after consolidation he
sold his farm at a profit of $300,000.
after which he bought land adjoining
Deepdale, the estate of William K.
Vanderbllt, Jr., nt Lakeville.
Many times overtures were made by
Vanderbllt and his agents to Induce
Leahy to sell, but he had no further
need of money nnd always declined
lie felt that, having accumulated a
million himself, he was entitled to n
residence in the millionaire colony.
The $300,000 made by the sale of the
original farm was more than trebled
In the past ten years notwithstanding
Leahy's Inability to read the hundreds
of legal documents to which he affixed
his mark. All his checks were signed
by the same mark. Several son3 sur
vive him.
SPENT $6,000,000 FOR TOYS.
Nuremberg Profited by Demand From
American Children.
The bulk of the American toy pur
chase nt Nuremberg for 1910 has been
figured, and It Is notable that It Is
considerably larger than in 1909.
For the first nine months of last
year the declared value of the toys
shipped from that district to the Unit
ed States was $1,854,319. This is
$2-10,180 greater than the shipments
for the same period of 1909 and only
$50,058 less than the shipments for the
entire year. Toy exports to America
for the last quarter will probably
reach $350,000. making the total for
the year something over $2,200,000, an
Increase of more than 15 per cent over
1909.
These toys pay an average of 35 per
cent duty, or a total of about $770,000,
and thus without taking account of
freight they cost the American import
ers in round figures about $3,000,000.
From the best Information obtainable
100 per cent is n small figuro to add
for freight charges, profits of whole
salers and profits of retailers. Thus
the tors boucht in the slnclo cltv of
ment of the boys and girls of the
nUitcd States cost the American do
nors the round sum of $0,000,000.
NO LIMIT TO ANNEXATION.
President Taft After the Aurora Bo
realis Next.
President Taft talked territorial ex
pansion recently at the dinner given in
honor of Secretary Knox by Repre
sentative David J. Foster of Vermont,
chairman of the house committee on
foreign affairs. lie said, when asked
to speak, that ho wished to emphasize
the importance of the state depart
ment and hoped tho subject would not
cause surprise.
"Our attention has recently been call
ed to the subject of annexation." said
the president, turning laughingly to
the British ambassador, who was a
guest, "and that's something Mr. Bryco
and I ought to have a little confiden
tial chat about"
"Look out," broke In Secretary Knox;
"they'll think next we're after Aus
tralia." and his caution aroused laugh
ter, in which the president and am
bassador Bryce Joined heartily.
"But I want it distinctly under
stood." continued the president, "that
If we are going to embark In tho an
ncxatlon business we must at the ear
llest opportunity annex tho aurora bo
realls." Drop Opium For Cigarettes.
While tho native Chinese is being
gradually driven from the use of
opium, he Is being educated In the
consumption of cigarettes, the Imports
of which amounted to $3,400,100 in
1909, an Increase of 14.75 per cent
over 1008. In addition to the number
of cigarettes Imported millions are
made each year in the empire.
New York Likes Milk.
New York city Is using five times as
much milk aa it did twenty-four years
ago, when the dairy law took effect.
Tho consumption now Is 2,300,000
quarts a day.
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BEAUTY AND BRAINS.
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tDo we enjoy hearing It said that
It Is a pity that Welleslcy girls do
not look so well as other girls
Vassar people, for Instance? From
Wellesley College News.
What's beauty, girls? Why should
you care
For rosy cheeks and silken hair.
For cherry lips and shell pearl ears
And things like that which other
dears
Think are the summa bona which
Make womankind most truly rich?
Let Vassar mugs be beautiful
The intellectual has the pull
With Wellesley girls, and, though
they may
Look like a last year's bale of hay.
By heck, they've got tho brains,
and those
Is what's the goods with them that
knowsl
Com, Wellesley girls, cum laude,
come
And prove that beauty's on the
bum
Ompared with your curriculum!
What?
W. J. Lampton in Xevr York
Tribune.
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A
m WITH
Alabama FisprcsBnlative Declares
U. S. Will Conpr Kingdom,
Japan and the United States will go
to war III the near future. The con
flict will begin In less than ten mouths.
The war will hist five years, perhaps
tun. The Panama canal will be de
stroyed, and in the end this nation
will carry the war to Japan and con
quer that kingdom.
These are a few of the predictions
made by Representative Richmond
REPRESENTATIVE HOBSON.
Pearson Hohsoti of Alabama, former
ly an officer in the navy, on the floor
of the hou.'ie.
"Wo will he struck," he cried, "and
when we are gentlemen may difler
with me as to the time, hut I firmly
believe it can be counted in months on
the fingers of my two hands we will
find ourselves practically powerless.
The nations of the world will cnll on
us to give up the war and not continue
to disturb the peace of tho world, just
a we did with Russia in her war with
Japan."
lieprosentutive Cnlnes of West Vir
ginia asked Mr. Ilobson if Japan
would find It possible to finance a war
Willi the United States."
"Japan," Mr. Ilobson replied. "Is the
only nation today that is clever enough
to linuuee a war."
SEVEN PERISH IN A BLAZE.
Six Children and Mother Loss Lives
When Their Homo at Sutton,
W. Va., Is Destroyed.
Seven persons lost their lives in a
fire which destroyed the home of J. D.
Hardin in Sutton. W. Va. Only Mr
Hardin escaped, the six remaining
members of his family and a little girl
who made her home with Ihu nardins
perishing In tho flames.
Tho lire was caused by n natural gan
grate. When Mrs. Hardin awoke the
entire first floor was ablaze. Sho called
her husband, who seized two of the
children and ran for a stairway, which
immediately collapsed. The two chil
dren were lost, while the father was
precipltnted to a point of safety and
made his escape. Mrs. Hardin, seeing
the stairway fall, jumped from a sec
ond story window, receiving injuries
from which she died later.
The bodies of the five nardln chil
dren nnd that of Ada Green were cre
mated in the flames.
AMERICA II. ARRIVES IN N. Y.
International Trophy Winning Balloon
Had Been Lost In Canada.
The balloon America II., lost In Can
noa last October by Allan R. Hawley
and Aupus ui Post, win icrs of the la
ternntlonul balloon rnce whl-h started
f om St. T,ouls, has arrived in Nev
York by freight.
The balloon had been on its wny
since Jan. 10. Hawley and Post land
ed in a wilderness of Canada and were
lost almost a week before they reached
any signs of clvlllz tion. The balloon
was founi1 scvernl days later whero
th two aTonauts had deserted It.
DAWSON OUT FOR PEACE.
Will Represent United States at Con
ference to End Honduras Revolt.
Thomas C. Dawson, special represent
ative of tho United States, has arrived
at Puerto Cortez, Honduras, and will
attend a peace conference on the Unit
ed States gunboat Tacoma with repre
sentatives of BonlUa and Davllu. Al
berto Membreno is expected also as
Bonllla's representative. Ho has been
conferring with BonlUa at Celba be
fore entering the conference.
Bonllln declares that tho revolution
will continue If lie is not allowed to
assume the presidency.
MARRIED BY HIS SON.
Rev. E. Scott Farley Officiates at Wed
ding of His Father, Also a Minister.
A unique marriage ceremony wns
performed nt Mnlone, N. Y., when the
Rev. E. Scott Farley, pastor of I ho
First Baptist church at Herkimer, of
ficiated at the wedding of his father,
the Rev. E. J, Farley, pastor of the
First Baptist church of Onconta, to
MIhs Katherlno Hawley.
It is the first time in the matrimonial
annals of northern New York that u
son has been the officiating clergyman
nt the marriage of his father.
ilOBSC;; PREDICTS
ANY SEE
WIFE km HIMSELF
Woman Fled From Jersey to
New York and He Followed.
Wlilinni Birdsall and his wife were
observed In animated discussion on
the stoop of 400 West Fifty-seventh
street, New York, whero sho had lived
since her separation from him about
three months ugo.
Blrdsull's cruelty, It is said, had driv
en his wife from their home In Pomp
ton, N. J., last November. With her
three children she came to New York,
where she got work in a silk factory.
Some time ago her husband found her
there nud besought her to return to
lilm. Not discouraged by her refusal.
he met her frequently at the mill and
walked home with her.
Birdsall met the woman at the mill
as usual. When they got to the stoop
of the woman's home they stopped as
on the other occasions.
The man appealed time and again to
tho woman to return to him, promising
to start all over and give her a happy
home. All the time the woman shook
her head.
This infuriated tho man and he be
came highly excited. Men and women
standing on tho steps nearby heard
and took notice.
As the woman turned and started
up the steps Birdsall seized her arm
and swung her about till she faced
him. Thou swiftly he drew a revolver.
As Mrs. Birdsall raised her arm with
a scream. Birdsall fired a shot into
her brain. This was followed Instantly
by four more shots and she fell to the
pavement dead. The tragedy had been
enacted so quickly that the spectators
were terror stricken for several min
utes. Then tho neighborhood was in
an uproar.
With tlie last shot Birdsall placed a
small bottle to his lips and drained it.
He fell Into a pile of snow. Fifty per
sons saw him take the poison aud
watched him writhing on tho sidewalk,
where he later died.
TAFT WASN'T BLUFFING,
President Through Representative Mo
Call Announces an Extra Session if
Vote on Reciprocity Fails.
Through Representative Samuel W.
McCall of Massachusetts President
Tuft uotilies congress nnd the country
of his intention to call a special ses
sion in the event of the failure of the
senate to vote on the Cunadlau reci
procity agreement. The president's
determination in this matter Is dis
closed in a formal statement given out
by tho Massachusetts representative
as he was leaving the White House
after a conference with Mr. Taft. Op
ponents of the reciprocity plan In the
senate had been hoping that the spe
cial session talk would prove ground
less, but this statement shows that
Mr. Taft Is determined to force action
on the treaty.
Representative McCall. obviously
speaking by authority of the president,
makes it clear that congress will be
called back if the senate falls to vote
on the agreement.
The McCall statement conveys n
plain 1 situation to the Democrats that
Pres'deut Tnft will veto any tariff re
vision that is not in keeping with his
own theory of protective principles.
This obviously is Intended ns a warn
ing thnt nny attempt by them to tack
the reciprocity treaty to a radical tar
iff revision measure In a special ses
sion would be blocked by executive
action when the measure reaches the
White House.
GATES ENDS RECORD TRIP.
Covers 3,000 Miles at Mile a Minute
Rate to Have Wound Treated.
The special train bringing Chnrles G.
Gates, son of John W. Gates, from
Arizona to New York arrived after a
record run. Tho start was made from
Yuma, Ariz., Thursday afternoon, nnd
the distance of exactly 3,000 miles was
covered in 74 hours 19 minutes. The
final lap of 143 miles from Albany to
New York was made in 143 minutes,
which Is a record for this trip. The
074 miles from Chicago was covered In
11S7 minutes. This Is the record for the
distance in this direction, but Is twen
ty minutes slower than the time made
by Frank A. Vnnderllp's train running
from New York to Chicago In 1009.
Dr. Davis met the train at the sta
tlou and nt once climbed aboard tho
Ranger. He remained with Mr. Gates
for an hour nnd then nnnounced that
the wound, the result of an injury re
ceived while cranking his automobile,
had becomo Infected, but that Mr.
Gates would, not lose his leg and that
he had found the trouble less serious
than he had expected to find it.
CIGAR CAUSED EXPLOSION.
Coroner's Jury Says Carelessness Is to
Blame For Jersey Deaths.
Tho coroner's jury which has been
holding nn Inquest into the death of
one of the men killed by the dynamite
explosion on pier 7 of the Jersey Con
trap railroad at Communlpaw Feb. 7
pave this verdict at Jersey City after
oclug out 1 hour 20 minutes:
"Wo believe that tho explosion was
caused by u lighted match or a cigar
or a cigarette stump carelessly thrown
away at that point by some person, ns
evidence shows that It was customary
among men congregated at this point
to do."
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Press Agent For the Big.
gest Show In New York City.
MJIS. CIIANNINO POLLOCK.
"She's the best press agent in the
eouutry," so said a man recently who
In In a position to judge of such mat
ters concerning the publicity work of
Mrs. dimming Pollock, better known
in the professional world ns Miss
Anna Marble.
Mrs. Pollock comes of several gener
ations of stuge folk and seemed pre
destined for a career as nn actress,
but as she herself says. "I had no
hankering for the limelight, but my
relatives kept heading me toward the
stage. Finally John Ounu persuaded
me to become press agent for 'Flora
dora,' which he brought to America,
npd my work has been cut out for me
ever since."
From that time on Miss Marble has
bandied the publicity for Oscar Ham
merstein's grand opera, press ageuted
several vaudeville houses and went
out on the roud ahead of Nuzltnovn
when she first came to this country.
At present she is press agent for New
York's mammoth show, the Hippo
drome, and lu odd moments she writes
vaudeville sketches nnd magazine
articles.
A Kitchen Motto.
A thoughtful housekeeper, says the
Boston Cooking School Magazine, has
bung over her kitchen sink a framed
copy of ono of Robert Louis Steven
son's prayers. "The petty round of ir
ritating concerns and duties" to which
he referred seemed to her a particu
larly appropriate phrase for the do
mestic routine. His petition for help
to perform them "with laughter and
kind faces" is a good tonic with
which to roll up one's sleeves and
plunge iu. "Give us to go blithely on
our business," prayed the brave poet.
stricken as ho was with mortal dis
ease, and tho housekeeper eclioes the
prayer, however weary sho may be.
The idea is worth imitating. The
vogue of the motto is widespread. Stn
tioners and art dealers furnish an at
tractive selection which tlnd their way
into many olllces and homes. Tho fash
ion of Introducing them into tho kitch
en is one every woman will appreciate.
Thought works In silence; so does
virtue. Ono might erect statues to
silence. Carlyle.
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TN THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE
1 UNITED tjTATES FOR THE MID
DLE DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVA
NIA. MANUEL JACOBSON of Honesdalo
Wayno county, Pennsylvania, a
bankrupt under the Act of Congress
of July 1, 1898, having applied for
a full discharge from all debts
provable against his estate under
said Act, notice Is hereby given to
all known creditors and other per
sons In interest, to appear before
the said court nt Scranton, In said
district, on the 28th day of Febru
ary, 1911, at 10 o'clock In the fore
noon, to bIiow cause, If any they
have, why the prayer of the said
petitioner should not be granted.
EDWARD U. W. SEARLE,
Clerk.
A CCOUNT OF JAS. F. WASIIING-
&. TON. COMMITTEE OF
JOHN WASHINGTON a feeble minded
person.
Notice Is hereby Riven that tho flrot nud
partial account ot the cunrdlan nhovo named
bus been filed In the couit ot Common l'lcns
of Wnyne county, mid will be presented for
continuation nisi, .March a, 1910, nnd will be
confirmed absolutely on June 2, lull, unless
exceptions thereto are previously filed.
, M.J. IIANLAN, Prothonotary.
Iloncsdnle. Kcb.'Jl. 1U11. 15w3
A CCOUNT OF P. II. SKELLY,
-X GUAItMAN OF
LKWIS HANSMANN.a feeble minded per
son. Notice Is hereby clvcn that the final nc-
couni oi tnc uuaruiau above named will be
presented to the Court of Common Picas of
Wayne county for approval on the second
Monday of March and will bo confirmed ab
solute! vbv said Court (nap rpuA on Tluii-Kil.iv.
June 22,1911, unless exceptions arc urevlous
Iv tiled,
, M..T. HANLAN.
1Tnmfln1e, Feb 21. Mill. 1'rothonotnry.
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