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VOLUME XXI. , CAMDEN, 8. C? FRIDAY. JULY 2J..11M0. No. 2H.
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Latest News.
BY WIRE.
Jiodgci-H HcckM Lost Hon.
Seattlo, Waah.?Rear-Admlrnl Jno.
A. ltodgors, who ha# Just retired from
the command of tho Pugot Sound
Navy Yard, gulled for Nome on tho
Btenmer Senator to search in tho In
terior of Alaska for his twenty-two*
year-old Bon, Alexander.
C'ouvictcil Mayor Resigns.
Mayor William P. White, who 1|*
serving a three year eentenco In the
local Houso of Correction for 6on
splracy to bribe three Aldermen in,
1009, resigned his ollice.
*
Mrs. IJui'dctto Voted, Anyhow.
Pasadonp, Cal.?At ?n election hero
on bonding tho city for $500,000 for
ft new polytechnic high Bchool Mrs.
Robert J. Durdette, wife 'of the hu
morist, attempted to vote. Her bal
. lot was refused. She then delivered
n scorching criticism to tho Election
Commissioner on the Buffragetto ques
tion and Insisted on voting. Iler voto
M as accepted under protest.
Hall's Deficit is $307,031.
Worcester, Mass.-?-'Tho dcflclt ac
count of .the Southbridgo Savings
Hank, us a result of embezzlement by
the former treasurer, John A. Hall,
who is now ecrvinH a long term In
State prison, is $337,92 1. Tho liabil
ities of the institution are placed at
$3,071,071.
Dostonian Cets Dock Contract.
Norfolk, Va.?-William L. Miller, of
Boston, was tho lowest bidder, at
$533,784, for the ecterclon of dry
dock No. 3 at tho Norfolk Navy Yard,
making this do~k capable of receiving
the largest battleships now building.
Made Wife Crawl to Church.
Chicago,?Because of a family
quarrel In-Which ho insisted his wife
was at fault, J. Anderson, of Wauke
gan, compelled her to do penanco by
crawling on her knees several blocks
to a church and confessing she had
marred the domestic tranquillity.
Hoys Start Fires, $."50,000 Loss.
Chicago.??-Tho youngest pyromanl
nc3 in the history of Chicago were ar
rested and have confessed to setting
iiro to eight buildings in two days.
The boys are Lcroy Ho'.zner, twelve,
and Harry .Hanson, thirteen. They
said they liked to r.ca the tlames. ^Tho
- flres caused a loss of $50,000.
JMster Opposed Him, is Killed.
Wayne, Neb.?William Flego was
arrested charged with the murder of
his sister. Miss Loulee Flcge, on Juno
30. Opposition to his intended mar
ring? Is said to have caused the mur
der.
Dlvorceo Rowed?.
Iteno, Nev.?Mra. Mary Gatins
Coyne, divorced wife of Judge Coyne,
of New York City, lias married "Tom"
Riley, of New York City, theatrical
promoter. Tho wedding 13 said to
have taken pln.co In London, where
Mrs. Coyne recently had dinner with
the man from whom she was di
vorced.
Po^ial Ilanl; in Capital.
Washington, 1). C.?This city will
h$\vo ono of tho first of thclifty ex
perimental postal savings banks to bo
established under tho Postal Savings
Hank bill, according to an announce
ment made at tho Postofflco Dopart
luent.
BY CABLE.
Clergymen Visit the Pope.
Rome.?The Pope gave private au
diences to the Right Rev. Cornelius
Van de Van, Uishop of Natchitoches,
La.; the Right Rev. Patrick James
Donahue, Bishop of Wheeling, W.
Va., and to Mgr. Kennedy, who intro
duced D. P. Kenny, of Pl^ainfleld, N,
J., a Papal chambcrlain.
To Excltmigo Arsenal Lands.
Havana.?President Gomez signed
the bill to exchango the Government
arsenal lands for the United Railways
Villancttva station on the Prado, the
legality of which has been regarded
doubtful.
Irish At.k Hitchcock's Aid.
Loudon.?A deputation headed by
the Lord Mayor of Lub 1 In 'utoi vieneu
hero American Postmo&ter-General
Hitchcock about the proposition to
abandon Queenstown as a port of call
for e&st-bOxmd Cunarders. Mr. Hitch
cock promised to look into tho caso
when it is placed before him at Wash
ington, D. C.?? _ ^
Mr. BJUtt Leaves Panama.
Panama.?R. S. R. Hitt. the retir
ing American -Minister to Panama,
who recently waa appointed to Ven
ezuela, left hero for tho United States.
MW Hltt made many friends here,
who regret his departure.
Vatican Yields to Spnin.
Madrid.?Prime Minister Canale
Jna stated in the Corte^ that he hoped
shortly to announce a satisfactory eo
lutlon of the religious difficulty. The
. Vatican, ho Bald, is willing to nego?
tiate on the basis of State control.
Irfberfem Troops Defeated.
Monrovia.?Commander Luby, of
the cruleer Des Moinos, which cleared
from here for tho Canary Islands, an
?tuouneed that the Liberlan troops had
been signally defeated In an effort to
quell a new uprising. Commander
Luby report* four cases of black wat
er fever aboard the Des Moines.
Ends Lib at Pigeon Shoot.
Atx-le*-Batn?.?A tragedy occurred
here at the pigeon ^hooting ground.
elice. twenty-three years, com
icide by shooting himself.
>pearcd to bo excited sll day,
na.?Aptonio Maura, former
mm
590,000 Sl'FFMGISlSHRCH
** - L ? .
Greatest Woman's Damonstration
in lilsbry of Movement.
At llydo Park tlio Cruwulcr? Ctath*
ercd In Forty Monster Mass Meet*
lBOHpoakers Participating,
i London.?-Tho greatest parade of
SuffragUts In tho history of tho world
wmi held In London. Upward of GOO,
000 women inavchod In a hod/ to
ward Hyde Park to protect against
tho action of the Government In
shelving the ShacUelton Franchlso
bill.
At Hydo Park the half million
women gathered in forty monster
mass greetings, 150 speakers partici
pating.
The parade was led by 617 prison
"martyrs," women who had served
Jail and penitentiary pontence* for
their activities in connection with the
suffrage movement. These women,
attired in prison garb, canned grout
cheering.
A notable feature of tho procession
was furnished by tlio contingents
from America, France, Germany, Hol
land, Norway, Swollen and Canuda
and other British colonics. The Uni
ted States was represented by tweu
ty-flvo women, each ofw.hom carried
the Stars and Stripes.
JttCCOitD OF DROWNINGS.
Now York City Leads With Ten Fatal
ities In One Day.
New "York City.?Ten persons were
drowned "Sunday and others narrowly
escaped death while in bathing. In
one case thrco brothers wljo were
Bwlimnlng In tho Harlem Itlver got
beyond their depth, and two narrowly
mlesed death when they tried to res
cuo tho third, who was drowned.
Tho list of persons drowned fol
lows: Thomas Brown, fifteen years
old; Philip Boyle, Eixtean years old;
Gaqtano Bova, nineteen years old;
Frederick Klatt, sixteen yeriia old;
George Kane, sixteen years o!d; Peter
Neggle, . Patorson, N. J.; Jullu3 Schlat
ter, thirty-five years old; Lillian A.
Soulhwo'rth, sixteen years old; Fred
erick Steinberg, soventeen yeai'3 old;
Otto Welssner, nine year3 old.
Erie, Pa.?Harry and Alvln Wln
fleld, brothers and well known young
men, wore drow-ned-ln Erie Harbor
when lUelr sailboat capsized.
Toronto, Canada. ? Tho yacht
Melba upset in the lake, and Mrs.
W. S. Tobias and her three-year-old
I grandson, Daniel Tobiaa, wcro
' drowned.
Now Brunswick, N. J.-?Anna Hill,
twonty-ono year3 of ag?, of Highland
Park, a suburb of this place; Edith
Hill, her sister, about tv/o years
younger, and Gordon Silverthorne,
twenty-two years of age, of Newark,
wero drownod hero.
Boston. ? New England waters
reaped their usual crop of drownings*,
ten having been reported from var
ious sections.
Jlongaup, N. Y.?While in swim
ming in Mongaup Ulver, Oliver and
Ernest Iiode, nine and fourteen years
old, respectively, of Brooklyn, were
drowned.
Pittsburg.?High temperature find
oppressive humidity drove crowds to
rlvor and lake. Seven persons met
death by drowning In different parts
of Western Pennsylvania.
DEAD MAN RENOMINATED.
Constable Wns Killed on Eve of Pri
maries In Texas.
El Paso, Texas.?A dead man was
nominated for offlceby the Democrats
of Belton, Texas. He was James
Mitchell, wlio was killed the day be
fore by Henry Gentray, the negro
who was burned to death that night
by a mob. Mitchell, who was a con
stable, was slain by Gentray when hie
attempted to arrest him.
Mitchell was an unopposed candi
date for renomination at the prima
ries, and as tho ashes of the negr?
were being blown through tho streetB
the Democrats went to tho polla and
voted for tho dead man.
SHOT DEAD BY BANDIT.
Latter Flees After Killing Ono of
Three Men He Tried to Hold Up.
Klttannlng, Pa.?A" masked high
wayman shot and instantly killed
Morton Craig, an office employe of
tho WIdrioon Coal Company, near
hero, nftor v>e!ng repulsed in an at
tempt ^to secure $2800 In cash car
ried by Cralg'aTWo companions.
Tho attempted hold-up and killing
took place in a lonely spot near Pen
dleton, a mining settlement. Craig
instantly whipped out bis revolver,
but before ho could flro ho was shot
dead by the highwayman, who then
fled.
CONGRESSMAN FINED.
O'Connell Guilty of Distributing
Cards to Influonce Voters. *
Boston.?Congressman Joseph F.
O'ConnoU was found guilty by Judge
Churchill In the Dorchester court of
distributing cards 4o influence votera
in Precinct G, Ward 20, at tho city
election January 11 and was fined
$20, tho maximum penalty.
Grand Trunk Rcjccts Arbitration.
_Toronto, Canada. ? Grand Trunk
officials refused the attempt of the
Canadian Minister of Labor to Mttt*
tho strike by arbitration, saying that
the time for mediation had passed.
Broker Sued For $730,000.
New York Cltx?-James R. Keene
and certain associates In the Colum
bus and Hocktog pool were sued for
$T6ft.00fr, clatnrcd as damages by
members of tfcn'ttrm of Lathrop, Haa
kins A Co., mined by the slum]).
) **,000,000 Loss by ForeH Ffrwp?
icouTer, B. C?The total
LOUISVILLE BANK IS
LOOTED Of $1,HO,OOP
Secretary Loses Entire Surplus of
Fidelity Trust Co. in Speculation.
CASE STRANGEST IN HISTORY
Augimt Ropke Toro Up Chocks?I)c*
fitultor Covered Up. 'Jiicftn For
Ton Years by Destroying Clear.'
lllg IlOUkO Returns, ,
Louisville, Ky.?As a result of the
examination of the hooks of August
Ropke, tho defaulting assistant secre
tary of tho Fidelity Trust Company,
of this city, at a mectiug held by the
siockholders of the company It was
reported by experts from Chicago
that the entire surplus of the com
pany, $1,140,000, had bcon used by
Ropke.
As there are several millions of
dollars behind the bank, tho Fidelity
will not huve to closo Its doors, al
though tho shortage of Ropke Is onq
of tho largest that has ever bcon
known in the South. Tho stockhold
ers provided for the Issue of $1,000,
000 additional stock.
When Ropko was placcd under ar
rest It was feared there would bo a
run on the bank, but instead tho de
positors stood by the bank, and thero
lias been an actual Increase In de
posits sinco that tlmo. Tho Bell Tel
ephone Company sent a deposit of
$100,000 several days ago, and other
largo sums have bcon deposited,
v The shortage of Ropke Is consid
ered to bo the most remarkable ono
In the history of banks, as 'lie man
aged to take the money of tho bank,
year In and year out, for a decade
without being caught. The books
were examined at times, but Ropke
was on hand to aid In the checking
and in this manner staved off discov
ery until he had used every dollar of
the surplus fund.
The manner In which Ropke man
aged to rob the bank of eo large an
amount was discussed by the stock
holders at their meeting. That tho
Clearing House system lie need made
It possible ia tho opinion of tho et
perts who are at work on tho books
of the bank. Mo would glvo a chock
on the Fidelity TrustCohipany, which
he Would turn over to his broker, and
when the check was returned to tho
Fidelity through tho Clearing HoiIbo
he would tear it up, thereby hiding
his theft.
MIXED RESULT IN TEXAS.
Antl-CoUl Water Candidate Wins, Hut
Prohibition 1'lank is Voted.
Austin, Texas.?Incomplete re
turns from the Democratic primaries
give O. B. Colquitt, anti-Prohibitionist
candidate for Governor, a lead of
about 45,000 plurality. Cono John
eon is second; William Poindexter,
favored by Senator Bailey, third, and
It. V. Davidson, fourth. Colquitt's
nomination is assured.
The proposition to make State-wldo
prohibition a demand of tho Demo
cratic platform and to have the ques
tion submitted to a vpte of thq people
at a general election Was carried by a
safe majority. It places Colquitt in
the embarrassing position of having
to run .on a State-wide prohibition
platform, although he was nominated
by the antl-Prohlbltlonists.
The Prohibitionists claim to havo
two-thirds of tho new legislature.
BROKER SEYDKIi SHOOTS A MAN.
Kills Wealthy Italian With Whom Ho
Had n Dispute.
Poughkeepslo, N. Y.?Clemeat Do
mcrond, said to be the wealthiest
Italian in Ulster Couuty, was shot and
killed at WeBt Park by Louis Victor
Seydel, a New York broker., who has
a Glimmer home In the colony founded
on the . mountain near West Park
railroad station by John Burroughs,
the author-naturalist. The two men
had a disagreement over the use by
Demeroud of the private road which
winds past the bungalows In the West
Park colony and terminates high up
'In tho liills where Mr. Burroughs live:-*
In sccluslon.
CO DEAD IN ITALY'S CYCLONE.
Injured Number Hundreds and Dani?
ngo Amounts to Millions.
Milan, Italy.?The list of dead in
the ?yclcuo wuicu swept over the dis
trict northwest of Milan has increased
to sixty, aud tho Injured number sev
eral hundred.
Tho material losses are estimated at
many millions. Assistance has been
cont to tho villages which suffered
most severely from tho storm, but
tbero are many homeless to be taken
caro of.
ALLEGE!) LYNCHERS GO FREE.
Cairo Jury Acquits Twelve Mo?
Charged With Storming Jail.
Cajro, Ili.-r-'Wo find tho de
fendants uot guilty." This was the
verdict rendered here in tho mob case,
ending the trial of tho twelve men
charged with the attack ou the county
jail here on the night of February
17 last for the purpose of lynching a
negro. *
7000 Cotton Mill Hanus Idle.
Lawrence, Macs.?The Pacific Cot
tozr Mills, In this city and Dover. N.
H^ vrero shut down, lhe mills em
ploy about 7000 operatives.
Bavarian Railways Ron by Klsctrlcltj
Munich, Bavaria.?The Bavarian
Diet appropriated *$1,600,000, the
(l.rat Instalment for .constructing wat
cr works .at Lako Walchen to furnish
power to run all -the State railroad*
of Bavaria by electricity.
Gelatine Explodes, Fifteen Dead.
Johannesburg. ? Fifteen natives
wevo ! lio fc and^ seventy-al* native
^ ? ired by
MIIWW PIIESM MjUffl
an fflin suicide
Family Declare Monon's Head
Victim of a Burglar.
WORRIED BY GRAFT SCANDAL
Bhqt Through Koart In Hummer uome
Near Chicago at Tlmo Wlicu
He wits r??!or Firo About the
UUIIOIm CciltlHl'N IllVC?t|gH(Joi|.
Chicago. Ira Orllllth Hawn, presi
dent of tho Monon Railroad, whoso
death by ah oo ting early in the morn,
lng at his summer home In Wlnnet'ka,
a Chicago auburb, wasat first charged
to a burglar, Id now tailored to havo
Killed himself.
It Is considered practically certain
In! Hf)Wa iwilelde
j at hoi than face tho Impending reve
latlon of l,is alleged connection with
,!n?,f u" du,,ar f,aUda perpetrated
on tho Illinois Central Railroad while
lie wn? Its vice-president.
ulw,hl<.iH t!!? th"ory of l,oth th? poller
Who investigated the easy and or
"awn's Jill-,1
n )la Central record, The latter frnm
lld rS"11!1 knowledge of tho facts
and clicuinstances attending the rail
road aft Jo,3eP( furn,Hh ()J0 jno
lives fear of a recession from wealth
and a respected position and of posi
tion a| prosecution and convic-j
of t/m Ph MCm' from thc,r lnvestlgatlon !
rebitiv ? ??' ' B? ' as tho reticent
relatives have permitted that Investi
gation to ko, refuto all theories of
murder by a burglar, a hired assassin
or a private enemy; iji fuct, ull the
orloa but (hat of suicide.
t?HA? " ba8lB, f6r tho,?' Buiclde theory
the polieo advance the following rea
sons; y
. Th?y Point to the fact that Mr
tho nmf8. 0,^ra!,nR vice-president of
thQ Illinois Central Railroad at the
time fraudulent car repair contracts
were put through, and'that rc^nUy
ho had been drawn into tho Illinois
wRiicsb ' ,uvest,Gutiou ?? " chief
? J,h<;y ?y that tho notion of Mr 1
fh^f'hi VG* In refusing the aid of
BearHi 5 ?n m,V0 ^"^"H-nt to
?u"|.Wou? ""L'gC" I*
doc,?r(\ there exists n
lack of convincing evidence that an
Intruder had actually been It the
Rawn residence.
"awn was qdo ot the: noted
-allway men of tl'io West. M0 was
flfty-flve years old and had been an
8iCnieei8 70UO n? AV"e8teni railways
man SL?Was a "arrlman
Cent'rnlH month? nK? Illinois
S2oonnnnT,er,fid that morc than
fhn !> !i oen ove,'chargod in
ho operating department of which
n was tho executive.
The corporation charged that ex
izSri of ?f th?e con,l)a?y had organ
ic th?1", repa'r conil)anles, und that
all tho overcharges were in the car
iSiis vSS,Pnt8.idurl,lls 1907 ftn<1
re?l^noJi PTldent Uawn "uddenly
took W H M(th? Central and
dent Of-,?; S2, a "lace na 1"'C81
prnoiiin montli ftIr. Rawn had faced a
gruelling examination before Master
edico of?tho "8 t0 h,fl Pl
edge or tho overcharges. Twice bo
nsl<ed postponements on tho
ground that his wife was ill. i?0 was
to have appeared on the stand again
the following Monday. g
"Mr. Rawn would "have come out of
? r?lnert nZr Vc
clared ono of the men who has had
?!maC# fu par,t ln the Inquiry when
"Aa f nnl10 rn,hoad President's death.
neas t!L th08Sf[r?rauhlm at the wlt"
ness table tho thought came to mo
that I was watching a man slowiv
slipping Into his grave. Every day
ins Zllllx wl" '"".l"" "k" " wnlk
ing death. When the news struck
knew ?Mr nHS?-8u,>urbs who
Knew Mr. Rawn and saw him diiK
were not surprised at it rZ only
Wr8hr?"'e'' ,V"S at H,c 8,or'
Athelstniie Comforth n Suicide.
bv^f?W y?rkc,t>'--?WIs mind wrecked
by his failure to obtain a rectorshl
fOTth oCf? thirW'T- Corn
io? e Church of England of
? a Stock broker, shot and Iciiled
himself just before dawn beside a
clump of bushes in a lonely part of
Colonial^ Park, Manhattan. P Mrs
Id en ti fled hVs body.' W1<iow'
LIGHTNING FIRES AIRSHIP
Wonderful Escape of an Aero
naut at Barcelona.
llt iT Ehrmann Was eliding Along tit
> Moderate Speed When 11 In Craft
Shrivelled (iiul Full.
iJarcelona, Spain.-?A groat nowd
witnessed an aviator'* marvelous ea?
cape from death when IiIh aeroplane,
struck by a bolt of lightning, wn# in
stantly halted in its course and then
driven to the earth in a mass of
flames.
The aviator, Ehrmann, was Bailing
along at moderate height on a cross
country flight. Without warning, a
Hash broke from the low-hanging
clouds, followed by a roar of thunder.
The holt shot through the very midst
of the aeroplane, totting lire to the
canvas. Luckily, the motor was not
struck. r
Herr Ehrmann kept his presence of
mind and stuck to his post. Envel
oped In tbo IIamos lie guided the
tumbling mac.hlno as best ho could
and Kucceoded In elevating the front
plane to lis to bring hli)i to the Held
on u Klunt.
The throng, which had given him
up for dead, cheered when he stopped
out of the smoke-filled wreck of lit.-i
machine to tho frame of which lie bud
olung after the wires shriveled up In
lire. Tho ilylng machine, despite it*
slanting course, struck the ground
with considerable force, but Ehrmann
was not hurt.
Ehrmann heretofore has not figured
prominently in (lying events, and the
strange accident occurring to him
brlngB htm into widespread notice for
the fust time.
DOCTOIt A OKATKFUIj PATIENT.
Nurse Hewaidod For Attention to
Sick Physician in Hospital.
Atlanta, (la.??Mrs. S. J.'IIolllns, a
trained nurse of Atlanta, received
$f>0,000 ftom Dr. Herbert 11. \Vy
mlng, of Los Angeles, tlal., as an ex
p.cssion of gratitude on the physi
cian's pai't for the attention the min;o
showed him during a dangerous Ill
ness at Savanualf two years ago.
Accompanying the Rift of $50,000
was a letter from Dr. Wynilng in
which he said that bo had also drawn
his will and In it had bequeathed
Mrs. ilolllns $75,000 more.
Mrs. Hollius. who Is only twenty
three years old, has been a widow for
four years, her husband dying ten
months attar thu-lr marriage, She
has a litlhe daughter.
TO HA It "SPOONING" SCENES.
Missouri C. E. Societies Will Fight
All Improper Pictures.
St. Louis.?A State-wide movement
to abolish tho oxnlbltlon of all moving
pictures of "Improper tone" has been
started by the Christian Endeavor
Societies of Missouri. Tho crusado
embraces all films which depict what
are called demoralizing scenes and
ranges from elopements to robberies
and prizefights.
It Ib proposed to put the ban on
"spooning*" scenes and on films that
depict kissing on tho part of any e??
copt relatives or married persons.
LEI'KOSY KILLS EX-SOLDIEU.
Spanish War Veteran Lived iu Little
Siiack at Soldiers' Home.
Milwaukee, Wis.?Albert S. O'flor
man, ailllcted with leprosy for the last
five years at tho National Soldters'
Home, in Milwaukee, died.
He lived alono in a shack erected
In one corner of the grounds and pre
pared most of Ills meals. At noon
each day, liowover, an orderly brought
him his dinner.
O'CJorman fought In tho Spanish
American war in Cuba and tho Philip*
pines. He enlisted in Minnesota.
Victim of Lockjaw Dead.
Jamaica, L. I.?Frank Dangraff,
sUteen years old, died, in St. Mary's
Hospital, at Jamaica, L, I., from lock
Jaw. Three days before lie accident
ally ran a piece of stcil Into ono of
his feet, and the disease quickly do>
veloped,
Ij. nnd N. Trainmen Haired.
Louisville, Ky. Four thousand
Louisville shop employes of tho Louis,
vllle nnd Nashville Itallroad were giv
en a surprise when they opened their
pay envelopes and found therein aq
unsolicited increase of six per cent.
ASK FOR A RULING ON LARD SUBSTITUTE.
The United States Attorney-General to Psolde Whethsr It Is a Meat
Product and Subject to Inspection.
Washington, D. C.?Is lard made
from cottonseed oil with a percentage
of animal fat a meat product? If so
aro the establishments In which such
product is made subject to the meat
inspection law? These aro ques
tions that have been put up to the
Attoriiey-General by the Department
of Agriculture. The manufacturers
affected desiro to avail themselves of
the privilege of buying'oleo-stcarln,
the animal fat used, in foreign mar
kets, where It is chcapor than in thi*
country, but under a ruling of the
Department, since they admit inspec
tion, where they use domectlc oleo
Btearln they dannot use tho foreign
product In the same establishment.
The manufacturers say that there
are large Interests Involved. They
add that tfrera fry 7B.0QQ.QQQ.jaounds
NMW ROOSEVELT LEAGUE.
Organized fa K?mm City to Posh.Ex*
President'* PoUoiee.
' Kansas City.?The Republican Na
tional League, whose object is to
"perpetv^te thaRoosevelt policies and
principles/' was organised h%re at a
meeting of prominent Republicans.
It is planned to organise similar
clubs throughout tlm State and Na
tion. E. Mont Reily was sleeted
chairman of the Executive Committee
and O. V. Do#ge was elected presi
?
Of lard substitute mhdc for export,
and that . thero are 500,000,000
pounds consumed annually at homo.
The makers have heretofore ad
mitted that they wcro making a meat
product and havo euhmltted 'to In
vpcctlon, but the packers, that Is tho
four big meat packing houses in the
trade, have begun to crowd them arid
the makers of the lard Eubstltuto now
want to get out of their arrangement
for Inspection.
The trouble Is said to be that the
whole supply of oUo-stearln used in
the manufacture of lard substitute Is
lu the hands of the packers -And.
comes from their establish ments.
They export the oleo oil. rrblch is
sold abroad for making oleomarsar
ine, and tho residue Is used at home
Jor, making the lard compeundr r
No More Free Boer at Hreweriee.
Oreensburg, Pa.?Ordera A?*e been
issued by the Federal authorities, it la
bsM at ifiteral' Urge br?*?tsi-in
Westmoreland County, tharthe prac
ttee ox giving away beer ?o visitors at
the breweriee must be discontinued.
I? ?
? ?tioo>o??chioago reMyatfcwi.
Chicago, 111. ? The population of
Chicago rj?ga napped (ho 2.100,000
, iSSks"? msmm
[puMfr
RHODE ISLAND CENSES
Returns Show a Poputetlni of
042,674, an luciesso Gf 110,000.
Stnto IttM'ps lis Two Wi'Utti Irt C\m?
grey's \\ Itl'. h It ILum iiml
Since ilu? lU'tthjoiii;?,
Washington, 1). CI. Khodo Island
census returns, the Hist glvon out for
% State, rIiow that l\or population lias
Increased llH.ooo ju ten years, but
this is not enough to lusur.0 her an ml
dltlonal representative. Thus for at
leaBt ten years more too Stato will l?o
compelled to got along with two mem
bers of the Hou.sc, whte'.t wan her ap
portionment under the first national
census In 17 90.
Tho census returns for the Hi a t o
were announced by theConnus Murcau
as 642,67.4, nu Increase t)t 26.0 per
cent., as compared with 12S,r>r>G in
1 '.ipo.
Providence, It. I., I?24..'i20. an in
oi ? -.ceo of 27 H.per cent., s ;i compared
with l7iV,5i)7 in 1000.
l'.'vwt ucki t. It. I , 51.622; as coin
pared with i in jooo.
Woonsoeket, 1?.- I., 8S,12"i, as com
pared with 2K.20 1 in 11UVQ-.
KtjW| ort, U J., 27,1* >), as com
pared with i Im t0?V.,
'Population of o'.hcv P.ho.le Island
citie;-: ?
City. n0irt. 1000. ?
Central Fa lb. .... L'L'.T." i 1S.1C7
f'ramdon "1.1 V I 111.31 It
Ma?t PrnvUk'uc \. . 1 , mi > lL\t";i.
Wcst.-ily ,<if? ; 7,Ml
llrislol . . ....... S,->(>.'? 0.!?t> |
Cumberland in, in; s.
Lincoln '.).?!!."? S,0:i7
Warwick . . 2o,'j2;) .21,31(1
Population of Rhode Island coun
ties: ' ,
County. >01 0. 1 000.
Bristol 1 7,(502 ),1,lfl
Kent a (J.3 7 S 20.076
Newport . :i0,3.15 S2,!?99
Providence 424,'17 32M8P.
j Washington 24,9'12 2 4,15 4
i Tho population of I I'll c do Island
( has been announced at this early
| da to to meet, tho nce.dj ef the J,?eglt<
I laluro. which will convene early In
' August for the purpose of rcdistrict
ing the S'ale.
Noticeably, the ir.crca.vo In the
Slate's population la confined almost
entirely to the manufacturing cen
tre*, a itch as ProvMene?, P.i.vt ucket,
Central Pall?. Wormsoekot, Warwick.
P,lintel and < Y.niboidnnd hi Wush?
ln;rton County, the principal agricul
tural eornty, there was a growth in
the ten years c( o:i4y 70S.
STATU TAXE3 AUIIOCJATEIV
Mlunefio'.a Collections So Large None
Are Needed.
Minneapolis, Minn. ? Minncrota'a
taxes abrogated for the year 1911; no
State taxes paid; the State running It
self through collections coming in
from various sources an-l through the
unusual collection mado during tho
>car! Tills Is an unheard of tiling,
something that probably has never
occurred In the history of this or any
other State.
Tho unusual amount of money In
the State's cr.sh box has conic about
through tho successful settlement of
cases which have netted tho common
wealth largo sums* of money. The
largest of these items crime from the
settlement of the lumber jenses, tho
gross earnings tax cases, tho Kennedy
inheritance tax eases and others,
HAD COINS MADE IN PRISON.
Charlestoun (Mass.) Officials Find
Crudo Counterfeiters' Outfit.
Boston, Mass.?An outfit for mak
ing counterfeit money and a lot of
counterfeit dollars have been discov
ered in Charlestown State Prison.
Warden Benjamin P. P.rldge in hla
search .has found material for nvak
ing nlloy and the moulds. Wagering
on the regular Saturday afternoon
bafiehnll gamo in the prison yard ex
posed (ho counterfeiting. for tho loser
paid with a counterfeit half dollar.
The winner found that hlu coin win
not one of Uncle Sam's and protested.
A guard overheard tho conversation
and an investigation was started that
disclosed moulds and a clumsy coun
terfeit layout.
I-'ISII'S STING KILLS 110Y.
Spike on Tail Plerccs Jugular Vein
While Youngst/M*
West Palm Peach, Fla.?Whilo
swimming in Lake Worth tho jugular
vein of Lawreuco Uaker, tho fourteen
year-old Bon of a merchant of Jack
sonville, was plcrced by the tail of a
giant stingarcc. Death resulted In a
few m.inutcR.
NEGRO RURNED AT STAKE.
Put to Death by Texas Mob After At
tark on While Woman.
Dallas, Texas.?Henry Gentry, la
negro, who attempted to enter tho
room of a wlrtte woman at Helton,
Texas, and who later killed Constable
.Taines Mitchell .who tried to arrest
hini, was burned at tho stake by a
mob.
Pittsburg's Huron Comes nigh,
Pittsburg. ? Bacon reached tho
highest wholesale price In PitUburg
since the siejs of Viekahurg. Eight
to ten pOTThd strips <xl hest bacon were
quoted et twenty-thres cents whole
sale, and back strips at twenty-one
cents m pout.<i.
" PAT FINES OP PRISONERS,
Farmers Resort to Novel Means to
? .get Whet Harvest ftaads.?
Georgetown, Ky.?A novel method
to save the'wheat estop ot Scott Coun
ty was resorted to here when a ntim
ber of farmers appeared before Jg|
county Judge and p*id tt*e lines of ton
prisoners in the jail hi oi*der to c?t
V$c erajrr
BIG GUM EXPLOSION
ill IISGLOBS
' ? *
Broec'i Plows Out In Target
Practice at Forlrcss Monroe.
HEROISM OF THE WOUNDED
Olio Officer Anions the Six Injured,
Ono Of Whom May TMo?Rigid
Inquiry Ordered by Hie War De
partment,
Fortress Monroe, Vn.-r-Klcven men 1
of the Coast ArtHlery were Hilled by
the blowing out. of a brcecb block In
one of the bUg guns whllo tUo fort won
engage* In target practice. Six oth
ers were eetit to tho polt hospital
wpunded. " ' - . ? ?
The exeat cause of Hie explosion
OTg Oc finitely cMci mined. al
though a board of Inquiry v.us ap
pointed Immediately after tho acol
(lant hy order* from tho War, Depart
ment ut Washington, D. C.
The de?.d: . . , ,
Servant Harry Q. Hesi, of Phoebus.
Vi>., kuii commRttdet*.
Cori oral Charles O. Adklnfl, address
lihkiiowt'
Corporal Albert Bradford,. Dorothy,
\VT. Vr.
Private A. J. Sullivan, Perkins, Ivy, i
Private Hoy Duffy. Kenovn. W. Vu.
Private n. Adoy,Drnndonville. W. Va.
Private C. \V. King, D iv.nn, Ohio.
Privivte John \V. Chadwlck, Tazewell,
' ri\mi. , (? . . ....... ?
Private Alfred W. Smith. New York.
Private .Tudd K. Hogan, Ceyer, Ohio.
Private James 11. Turner, Ripley,Tcnu.
The Injured arc:
Private A rile Adey. fatally,
Second Lieutenant Ceorge L. \ an
Denser.
Private Orvillc T. Ilalney.
Private Ellsworth Hoffman.
Private Charles ll. Parks.
Private William C. Sulzberger. ?
The toll of death, it is believed,
would have been larger had it not
been for tho heroism displayed, both
by- the ofllcei'3 and men in the battery.
The wounded?torgCLt their hurts and
aided tho uninjured In stamping out
tho burning powder tliat threatened
the sacks In which tho charge for a
second shot bed been brought up.
The explosion took place in Battery
Do Rnesy, No. 1 gun doing the dam
age. The gun was in charge of Can
tata James Prentice, wlip had wlt'i
him Lieutenants (leorge P. llawer,
Jr.. and Cc-rgo L. Van B/iureUr- Lieu
tenant llawes had go-io forward from
tho brcech to exanilno tho rang)
wheel when the charge was exploded.
Ho was thrown down and momenta
rily stunned,/ bat was otherwies unin
jured.
In tho thick, heavy smoke t.ie scene
was almost Indescribable. Right me'V
were killed outright, their bodies ly
ing scattered around the emplace
ment. Under tho pall tho wounded
writhe J and moaned.
Captain Prentice and Lieutenant
Hawes foresaw a further sacrifice of
life if the other charges caught from
tho smoldering Snarks, and tho two
Bent out a call for surgeons, whllo.
they attacked the flro with, thelf bare
hands. ~
Captain Prentice reached the em
placement first, and before looking
into tho extent of the damage ho
pushed his way through the emoko
sparks and carried out a bag of pow
der. Ho then was Joined by Hawes.
and tho two completed the task ot
averting a further explosion.
Lieutenant Van Deusen lay crura- ,
pled beneath tho gun, his leg broken
In two places. He was suffering in.
tensely, but when hie brother officer!
sought to remove him he would not
pormlt them to touch him.
"See to the men flfst," he ordered,
and, propped against the gun carriage,
ho aided In directing the work of the
rescue party and the surgeons.
Corporal Humphreys and Sergeant
Brinkley, a gun pointer, also dlfttln- 'T
gulshed themselves. The former's
head, body and arms were filled with
pieces of fiylng concrete that had been
blown from the emplacement when
the explosion took place. In spite of
bis wounds lio rushed to Ills dead and ^
wounded comrades, extinguished their
burning clothing and then hurried to
tho nearby encampment 'for water.
Sergeant Brinkley was close to ths
breech when it blow out. He was
hurled over the right standard, and
when ho regained consciousness be
found himself hanging by one arm
from the raillnc-of the tightlng put.
form. Although severely bruised and
guttering from tho shock, Brinkley de?.
cllned to go lo the hospital or permit
tho surgeons to examine him until af
ter they had assisted In the work ol
rescue.
Colonel C. P. Townsley, command
ant of the fort,'promptly ordered an
Investigation.
"It is evident," ho said, "that the
explosion occurred during tho Inser
tion oZ., tho breech block into tho
oreech of tho guriV and before tt had
been rotated and locked in place. The
Safety device* on the gun aro intend
ed to make a premature discharge
Impoeaible. Juct how they failed to
operate probably never will be known
to a certainty. Every member of the
detachment who could explain It wa#
killed."
Sheriff Kills Five Men.
Elliott. Mlsa.?Five negroes weri
killed and two others-were mortally
wouuded here by Deputy Sheriff Cau? ?
ley, of this county, when tho negroes,
whom he war endeavoring to place
under .Arieat, advanced on. Mm wltfc
pitchforks and other weapons.
8T1U)XQ HOX LOOTED.
RnMO'Chbieu Bonlc la 'New York
Robbed Strangely of $*0,000.
York Ciqr.? Honda tftd -otter
eccurliles of the estimated val
$80,COO waj reported etolea
the Amwlca* .Agency of*
Chines Bank. no. 50 T*
v. J'iOfonnd mystery'
niatntafned by ?verj
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