HARVARD COLLEGE
WON’T ACCEPT IT
^resident Eliot Decries the
Carnegie-Roosevelt Pho
netic Spelling.
ENGLISH PRESS SCORES
_
‘How Dares This Roosevelt Follow Pro- i
sune to Dictate How to Spell
Language Which Is
Ours?"
Harbor, Me., Aug. 29.—Harvard will
not stand for the Carnegie-Roosevelt
innovation, according to President
Eliot, who is stopping here. Eliot says
the new style of spelling does not in
.he least appeal to him. ‘‘I suppose
that Mr. Roosevelt has a right to write
his messages in any style of orthog
raphy to which he may incline," he
remarked, “but I think it will be a
'ong time before such a style as that
proposed becomes very popular or takes
a great hold upon the public.”
London, Aug. 27.—It is somewhat
startling to find in the English press
such epithets as "anarchist" applied to
the president of the United States in
place of the unbridled eulogy where
with he has been lauded in the past
.wo years. Every newspaper in Lon
don turns its heaviest editorial guns
.oday upon poor Roosevelt, and all be
cause he has ventured to touch with
his profane pen that most sacred of
Anglo-Saxon possessions, the English I
•anguage.
The Pall Mall Gazette in its terrible
denunciation says: “The sort of man
who so interferes with the standard
.•ules of grammar and spelling as to
worry more than his immediate circle
of friends and relations is an anar
ohist.”
The Evening News repudiates what
it calls the American language entire
ly and gives President Roosevelt carte
Blanche in making a tongue “as little
like Anglo-Saxon as are volupuk or
esperanto.” It adds:
“We quite see the justice of the con
tention that the declaration of inde
pendence should apply to the consti
tution and language as well as the
states. Americans are Americans, and
they have as perfect a right to do what
they like with the words they use as
they have to manipulate the stock mar- |
act according to their inclinations.
The Star remarks of Roosevelt that ;
having introduced “a new and guar
anteed brand of canned beef to the ,
world this tireless innovator is en- !
gaged in popularizing a new brand of j
canned spelling.”
“How Dares This Fellow.”
The Evening Standard loses its tern- '
per completely. ‘How dares this '
Roosevelt fellow,” it asks, “who is tern- j
porarily president of an amiable re- i
public, presume to dictate to us how to I
spell it language which was ours while i
America still was a savage and un- ,
S discovered country? If Roosevelt likes j
to meddle with spelling, well and good,
go long as It is clearly understood that
it is merely an American language he
is creating. When it comes to senti
ment about an Anglo-Saxon hegemony
to bolster up an assault on the Eng
lish language we begin to kick. Our
language is our own. We love it and
we shall write it as it is proper."
“We have no desire to belittle Amer
ican achievements, and we even are
content to admit that Walt Whitman
wrote poetry, if that will smooth mat
ters,” says the Globe, “but we must
venture to point out that in literature
the United States of America still re
mains a province of England.”
The writer points out that Roosevelt |
hasn’t the necessary authorities for
even the comparatively moderate
changes he proposes, and he is in dan
ger of making a dialect instead of re
forming a language. The editor re
marks in disgust that the changes are
mere barbarisms and “thuroly” and
"thruout" are nothing less than literary
emetics and puns.
A Sarcastic Comment.
The Leader, under the head, “In
Yankee-Panky," concludes:
“We reely think Ruzvelt and his
frends mite leve us our own langwige.
Thay have not left us muc'; else. In
sum instances it may be puzling, es
peshully to foriners and the imature
schoolboy, but its orthografy has sertin
historkal value and we do not like to
part with it. Of kors if Ruzvelt,
backed up by Karnegi, sez we hav got
to reform our spelling we shal hav to
and that wil be the end of it, for Kar
negi has awl the dollers and Ruzvelt
has awl the branes, but awl the same
it wil be dasht hard lines.”
Another paper, discussing the future,
prints a letter from a "Korespondent,"
dated Lundun, August 25, 1922, begin
n i n fr ■
"It will possibly hav escapt the liotis
of your reders that today is the ani
versary of Roosevelt’s grate speling re
form. On this day just a sentury ago
that grate man. who had acted as pece
maker between Rusher and Japan, who
had flowted the senate, stanipt on the
trusts, sat at tabul with cullered siti
zens, and was expecting a third tirm ov
offis as president, started to tuteh up
the English langwiwdge. How he got
the idea history does not say.
"Perhaps he was jellus of Julius
Sezur, who left his mark on the kalin
der. Perhaps he argued that what a
benited pagan of shady ancestry had
done he cud do. Possibly Karnegi,
who was something of a fllanthropist
at the time, had arowsed him. Any
way he set out with an independenze
of spirit which did hltn credit.
"Wot was gud enuf in the time ov
Shakspere and Milton wos not gud
enuf for him and the enlitened peeple,
paid ho. So he put off his cote and set
to. He began with 300 wlrds, a sort of
dropping of gud sede. Today, having
ust the plow, we aro blest with a new
langwidge some thirty fold, some sixty
.fold. some like the Amerfkans alto
gether."
Carnegie Is Pleased.
Andrew Carnegie telegraphed to a
London paper:
”1 am delighted but not surprised at
the president’s action, which is just
like him. He is a man of progress,
wise to see and bold to adopt improved
methods. You ask whether Britain
sin old follow his example? You have
the answer in Professor Skeat's recent
address to the British academy and in
the views of the editor of the Oxford
dictionary, two of the leading author
ities. The educationalists v\ ho have
this matter in charge in America are
not revolutionists, but evolutionists.
“Recognizing that the English lan
guage is a growth which must continue
to grow on, we should not rest until it
is as nearly phonetic as Italian. When '
that day- comes its spread over the
world will be rapid. Indeed, the only
bar to Its becoming the universal lan
guage is its irregular spelling. Person
ally. I think the more the governments
of the two branches of the English
speaking race co-operate the better it
will be for the race and the world. The
public documents should conform to
the same standard.
"Andrew Carnegie.”
Dictionary Editors for It.
New York, Aug. 27.—The simplified
spelling board today announced that
two distinguished British scholars had
accepted membership in order to testify
their sympathy with the new movement
to improve English orthography. They
are Dr. J. A. H. Murray, senior editor
of the great Oxford dictionary of the
English language. and Professor
Wright, editor of the English dialect
dictionary.
The board now contains the editors of
the three chief English dictionaries and
the three chief American dictionaries;
Webster, Century and Standard.
WIRELESS ELECTRICAL
ENERGY FOR AIRSHIP
Flying Machine Attracting Attention oi
Assembled American and Ca
nadian Scientists.
Brantford, Ont., Aug. 29.—Dr. Alex
ander Graham Bell’s wireless aeroplane
is attracting the attention of Canadian
and American scientists assembled
here. A preliminary tests was had yes
terday, and Captain Angelmeier. a Chi
cago navigator, succeeded in rising to
a height of 200 feet and turning a com
plete circle, alighting safely a few feet
from the starting point.
Boll’s flying machine is operated by
wireless electrical energy supplied from
the earth. Next Tuesday a flight from
London to Toronto will be attempted.
New York, Aug. 27.—Dr. Julian P.
Thomas, the amateur aeronaut, who
with his brother, Jefferson Davis
Thomas, of Augusta, Ga., made a bal
loon ascension here Saturday evening,
returned to his residence in Seventy
second street last night after having
been In tne air for nearly twenty-four
hours and had passed through twe
states and reaching an altitude of about
15,000 feet. His voyage ended yester
day afternoon in Oakdale. Sullivan
county, this state. In relation to his
experiences, Dr. Thomas said:
“During this trip the propeller, which
was carried for the first time, worked
nicely. I found that we were able tc
go either to the left or right, and, ir
fact, turn the balloon completely
around.”
TO BE DEPORTED.
Close Friend of Grand Opera Stars
Doomed to Blindness and Failure
of Ambitious Hopes.
New York. Aug. 29.—Doomed to
blindness and to tne failure of all the
hopes of his ambitious career, Felix
Vicchi, prompter of the Metropolitar
opera house and close friend and com
panion of the most famous grand opera
stars of the present day, has been or
dered deported from this country tc
Italy by the United States department
of immigration.
Though he himself denies it and
protests bitterly against the exile, tilt
federal authorities declare that Vicch.
has trachoma—that dread disease ol
the eyes which is so seldom cured tlial
medical men pronounce the doom ol
blindness upon its victims and so con
tagious that the United States is tak
ing drastic action to prevent the en
trance of a single case into the coun
try. _ _
COMBINE VS. COMBINE.
Western Glucose Company Organized
in Opposition to the Corn
Products Company.
New York, Aug. 29.—Western men
have incorporated In Maine the first
rival of the 7-months-old Corn Products
combination. It is called the Westerr
Glucose company, will have $2,400,000
capital ($1,000,000 of it 7 per cent, pre
ferred and $1,200,000 common), and has
acquired twenty acres of land at
Kobey, Ind., on which to construct a
plant with a capacity of 19,000 bushels
of corn per day.
In the Corn Products combination
there are the New York Glucose com
pany, Warner Sugar Refining company
St. Louis Glucose company, Cereal
Sugar company, Corn Products com
pany and National Starch company
with an authorized capital stock ot
$80,000,000 and a total capacity of 235,00(
bushels daily.
LOOKS FGff REPRIEVE.
Mrs. Myers, Convicted of Murdering
Her Husband, Sure She Will Not
Hang September 3.
Liberty, Mo., Aug. 29.—Mrs. Agnes
Myers, under sentence to be executed
September 3, with Frank Hottman, for
the murder of her husband, in her cell
at the jail this morning expressed con
fidence that her attorneys, who are it
Jefferson City, would be successful in
securing a further reprieve from Gov
ernor Folk.
Kansas City, Aug. 27.—Governor Folk
at Jefferson City today granted a re
prieve till October 2G to Mrs. Agnes
Myers, now in jail at Liberty awaiting
execution for the murder of her hus
band.
No action was taken up to noon in
the case of Frank Hottman. Mrs. My
ers’ accomplice. Both were previously
sentenced to be hanged September 3.
Governor Folk granted the respite so
that, the woman’s attorneys might ap
peal to the United States supremo
court.
Governor Folk today granted a re
spite to Frank Hottmann to October
26, the same day set for the execution
of Mrs. Meyers.
FAMILY* FAME.
The Bryan Jennings Combination
Wakes Up the Jennings.
Salem. 111.. Aug. 29.—At the reunion
of the William Jennings Bryan branct
of the Jennings family, held at Rainey's
lake in this city yesterday, more thar
200 of the relatives were present. Ad
dresses were made by Judge S. L
Dwight, of Centralia; Colonel Georgf
A. Jennings, of Patoka; Dr. Dwighl
Jennings, of St. Louis; C. E. Jennings,
of this city, and others.
A letter was read from William J
Bryan giving his reasons for being ab
sent. The Jennings relationship in this
county includes the Dwights, Marshalls
Davidsons, Carrigans, Baldridges, Balt
zells Davenports, Hauslers, Nolemans.
Bryans and many others.
KILLED AT HIS POST.
Night Operator on Michigan Centra
Shot at Galien, Mich.
South Bend, Ind., Aug. 29.—Lloyd
Gynes, of Windsor, Ont., night opera
tor for the Michigan Central railroac
at Galien, Mich., was found dead at hif
post early today. Gynes apparent!}
had been murdered, being shot througi
the eye and breast. The motive is uoi
known.
LIAR LIARSKI
SHOT TO DEATH
Acting Govornor General of Warsaw
Killed While Driving Streets of
Provincial Capital.
St. Petersburg, Aug. 27.—An un
confirmed report reached here this
afternoon that Colonel Rleman. of
the Seminovsky guard regiment,
had been assassinated at Luga.
Warsaw, Aug. 29.—General Von Liar
Llarski, acting military governor i
general of Warsaw, was shot and killed
this afternoon while driving In a cab.
Tile assassin escaped.
General Von Liar Llarski was com
mander of the Fifth army corps, sta
tioned at Warsaw.
This morning an unknown man
warned tho cabmen of this city, gener
ally, not to drive any generals.
St. Petersburg, Aug. 27.—An unsuc
cessful attempt upon the life of Baron
Stahl was reported to have been made
In the park at Peterhof last night, but
the story is denied. A number of ar
rests, however, were made In tho park
during the evening. Stahl bears some
resemblance to General Trepoff, com
mander of the palace.
—* —
REVIVE DICTATORSHIP SPECTER.
Assassinations Produce Feeling of Re
sentment, but Press Commends.
St. Petersburg, Aug. 29.—The open
campaign against the government
which the social revolutionists Inaugur
ated with the attempt on the life of
Premier Stolypin Saturday and the as
sassination of General Min yesterday,
has produced such a feeling of resent
ment at Peterhof that the spectre of
dictatorship has been revived.
The government, It is claimed, can
pnly rely on force to fight the ter
rorists, as the public press which might
be expected to manifest a revulsion of
feeling against the crime which sacri
’iced the lives of a score of innocent
persons in an attempt to murder a man
who personally had not given them
;ause for offense remains coldly indif
ferent. Indeed, while expressing for
mal words of condemnation the hidden
satisfaction in the fact that the object;
af the campaign is to strike terror Into
‘.he heart of the government is hardly
concealed.
umy me rgovoe-v remya unu uie ul
Iclal Rioola denounce the terrorists as
enemies of society. The conclusions of
the liberal press are summed up in the
charge made by Rech that the govern
ment alone is guilty and responsible
for what has happened.
The police have made hundreds of ar
rests since Saturday in an attempt to
get their hands upon the organizer
and participants in what is evidently
a powerful and far-reaching conspiracy,
but thus far they have been unable to
secure the threads necessary to enable
them to unravel the skein. All that has
been definitely established is that two
of the men who sacrificed their lives
In the attempt on the premier arrived
here August 23 from Moscow, where
the organization is supposed to have
its headquarters, accompanied by two
women. They rented an apartment on
Morskaia street, one woman passing as
the wife of one man, and the other as
a servant.
The coachman who was killed was
not in the plot. According to some re
ports, the woman who passed as thei
wife of one of the conspirators secured
admission to Stolypin’s residence and
was among those killed. The police aro
inclined to believe the woman who
killed General Min was the "servant,”
but her identity is not possible.
A policeman and two gendarmes and
i conductor were killed on a train by
a band of several revolutionists near
Pamboff yesterday.
The police today captured a depot of
•evolutionary stores at Riga, including
:wenty-four bombs.
HEIR TO MILLIONS
IN RANKS OF LABOR
—-—
jon of President of Reck Island Rail
way to Work in Locomotive
Shops.
Chicago, Aug. 29.—Another recruit
las joined the ranks of the millionaires'
ions who have donned overalls to work
is laborers or apprentices in the trades.
His name is R. L. Winchell, jr„ and
ie Is the son of the president of the
Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific and
Frisco railroad systems, and a gradu
lte of Yale university.
This young collegian, who is recover
ng from an illness contracted while
■vorking In Texas as a rodman in a
mrveying crew, will leave In a few
weeks for Philadelphia, where he will
recome an apprentice at the Baldwin
Locomotive works.
Here are a few of the reasons as
signed by young Winchell for his de
cision to become a practical machinist:
"I want to be as good a railroad man
ts dad.
“A man who never in his life is com
pelled to work hard is no good.
"A man who can build an engine is
more good to the world than the fellow
who can sail a yacht.”
FENTACLEsllF OCTOPUS
| AFTER A NEW INDUSTRY
Standard Oil Company Would Engage
in the Manufacture of Denatured
Alcohol. *
Terre Haute, Ind., Aug. 29.—The
Terre Haute distillers returned today
Tom Chicago, where the monthly meet
rig of both trust and independent dis
tillers was held. It is stated by local
jwners of distilleries that attorneys for
Tie Standard Oil company have ap
proached the distillers asking them if
they would entertain a proposition to
puy their plants. Practically all re
plied in the affirmative. It is the
opinion of distillers here that the
Standard made overtures with the
probable intention of engaging large
y In the manufacture of denaturized
tlcohoi.
LIQUOR QUESTION
A SERIOUS ONE
Oklahoma Prohibitionists Must Do
Battle With the Brewers
and Distillers.
Tulsa. T. T., Aug. 29.—The most seri
ous proposition confronting the polit
cal parties of Indian Territory is the
proposition clause under which Okla
homa and Indian Territory were ad
mitted into the union. The bill pro
vided that Indian Territory should be
excluded from selling any kind of in
toxicating liquors for a period of
twenty-one years.
Already a big fight has commenced
between the breweries and the prohibi
tion party. The prohibition parties of
Oklahoma and Indian Territory have
co-operated and will fight as a unit
against the saloon elements.
HOPE OF PEACE
Government Fails to Take Of
fense and Hesitates to Strike
Promised Blow.
LITTLE ACTUAL FIGHTING
Thirty-Day Amnesty Is Talked Of, and
Insurgents Who Surrender
Their Arms Will Be
Pardoned.
Havana, Aug. 27.—A striking feat
ure of the situation today was the
announcement that the government
will unconditionally pardon all those
who have taken up arms against
the government, excepting the cap
tured commanders, and these also
will lie pardoned if they will sur
render with their full command and
arms. This order was issued by the
act.ong secretary of the interior by
direction of President Palma.
Havana, Aug. 29.—At the moment
yesterday when the government was
issuing its proclamation offering par
don to rebels who would lay down their
arms its forces were dealing the most
telling blow that has yet been struck
against the insurgents In the field.
For several days it has been stated
that General Guzman's force of insur
gents, which was variously estimated
a!: from 200 upwards, contemplated an
attack on Clenfuegos. Colonel Valla,
with a detachment of rural guards and
volunteers, was dispatched to Clen
fuegos for the purpose of engaging
A considerable number of Insurgent*'
are known to be returning quietly to
their homes In the province of Ha
vana and In the eastern part of the
province of Pinnr del Kio. In the lat
ter province the situation remains un
changed.
Guerra knows nothing of the Mon
talvo order, and If he did It Is alto
gether unlikely that It would affect his
course materially. At the present there
Is every reason for expecting that
Guerra will hold out for some time to
Come. The district In which he is op
erating is inhabited by liberals, who
are practically all tentative, If not ac
tive, sympathisers with the Insurrec
tion. Then, too, Guerra tins wild fast
nesses to which he retires nightly, and
from which it would be Impossible to
rout him. A favorable feature of the
situation In Plnar del Kio Is that
Guerra will not light If he can help it.
He intends, he says, to remain out in
definitely In protest against the sub
servience of the Palma administration.
Havana, Aug. ^9.—News from the
somewhat uncertain shifting front
are meager today, due. in a measure,
to the government's determination that
false reports from Insurgent sources
shall not be generally circulated. It Is
expected that a battle In the vicinity
of Plnar del Kio is yet to be fought.
The failure of the government forces to
take offense against the Insurgent
leader, Guerra, and the latter's hesi
tancy In striking the promised blow
encourage the hope that peace may
be secured without great bloodshed.
It is hinted In some quarters that the
Insurgents do not seriously contemplate
the overthrow of the government and
would be satisfied If, by making a show
of force, they could frighten or per
suade Palma to restore certain deposed
liberals to office, and make concessions
as to the conduct of future elections.
Claims and counter claims are fre
quent, but there Is comparatively little
actual fighting. At the palace little is
given out. The enrollment of volun
teers continues and horses are to be re
quisitioned for the army and nurses
will be sent to the field.
There Is talk ot a thirty days' am
nesty in which the insurgents who sur
render their arms would be pardoned,
but If the government intends such a
move Its purpose Is not admitted.
Skirmishes between small bands con
tinue.
President Palma today gave out a
statement in which he says the insur
rection has no Ideals, no program, and
CUBAN INSURGENT LEADER
IMPRISONED A T HA VAN A
Guzman and breaking up the band.
The encounter of the two forces re
sulted in the worst disaster which the
insurgents have sustained up to tills
time. They lost seventeen men killed
and many wounded, while the loss to
the government force was one man
killed.
The government is without further
particulars of the fight. That the in
surrection is in a shaken condition
seems to be a fact, although the end
may not be as near as members of the
government profess to believe. Ex
Congressman Faustina (Pino) Guerra
the insurgent leader operating In the
province of Pinar del Kio, in a signed
statement telegraphed to the Associ
ated Press declaring that he is as de
termined as ever that the last presi
dential election shall be annulled before
there can be peace in Cuba. That
Guerra's force of 2,000 men is well
armed and supplied with ammunition
and food is amply cerifled. Their great
est drawback now is the lack of money,
but the people of the western part ol
Pinar del Rio are furnishing them with
all the supplies needed, taking in re
turn therefor orders on the "Cuban
government” and in many cases re
fusing to accept any consideration.
Its Legality in Doubt.
The government's offer of amnesty
which \yas issued yesterday afternoon
Is variously received. It is impossible
to say what its effect will be upon
those to whom it Is addressed. Al
fredo Zayas, president of the senate
and leader of the liberal party, statetl
that he was unable to express any
opinion as to whether the insurgent.1
would grasp the opportunity offeree
them of surrendering, but said in hit
opinion as a lawyer Secretary Montalvc
could not legally issue such an order
for the constitution provides that only
the president may issue such a procla
mation, which must be countersigned
by some member of the cabinet.
Secretary Montalvo, on th'e contrary
stated to the Associated Press that tht
offer of clemency was issued by tht
direct order of President Raima and
also gazetted officially. The secretary
added that the document was in real
ity an order of the secretary of the
interior, issued by direction of the
president, to General Rodriguez com
mander of the rural guards.
The foreign element, including many
Americans, criticise the offer of am
nesty us a weak and disappointing ac
tion, exposing a desire for peace al
any price and willingness to sacrifice
the possibility of future security to e
political expediency.
Secretary Montalvo's order does not
provide for the relief of alleged con
spirators who are now in Jail in Ha
vana, and the question has arisen us
to what shall be done with them.
1 lint the cries which the insurgents
have raised do not constitute a pro- |
gram, ideals or lustiflcution for the
movement. Continuing, tne president
says that he is not disposed to em
ploy any oilier method than that of
arms for the re-establishmept of peace.
He declared energetically that the gov
ernh 111 here would absolutely never
compromise with any form of disturb
ers' order.
Must Be No Compromise.
Tho government. as legitimately
constituted, was bound by its im
perious duty and must demonstrate
that it is stable and able to safeguard
property, life and happiness at the
present and in the future. Any com
promise would sow the seed of armed
revolution throughout the country
where malcontents were always ex
tant. It being Impossible to find pub
lic positions for everyone. To com
promise with the disturbers now would .
result in further disturbances every i
few years. Suppressing the insurgents
now will forevermore guarantee the
stability of Cuban institutions, while
dickering with them would expose the
country to another disturbance of
peace in the near future.
"This is my first resolution,” Presi
dent Palma declared, "and I shall main- |
tain it at the cost of my life. I un
derstand my duties and responsibilities
to the people. Such is the only method
of defending Cuba's Institutions and
civilization.''
Palma referred to his own sacrifices
of long years in the field, imprisonment
and services while a member of the
junta and said:
“Poor I returned to my country as
president and poor shall I return to
private life. I shall, however, have a
clear record and a good name. I am
disposed to exhaust my forces and
shed my blood, if necessary, in help
ing to strengthen the foundations of
our prosperous republic."
POTATO FAMINE
IN ERIN’S ISLE
Blight in "Murphy" Crop Is Serious
and Widespread, sjd Ail Depends j
on Weather.
London, Aug. 2 .—The Manchester
Guardian’s Dublin correspondent confirms
the report cf potato blight in western Ire
lund. There is no doubt that its ravages
are serious and widespread.
The blight was first noticed in the Moy- 1
cullen district, and in Galway. The dis- <
ease has struck the crop everywhere dur
ing the severe rains of the last fortnight.
It is too noon yet to talk of famine, but
everything will now depend on the weatU* i
* er of the next few weeks. j
♦ *
♦ NOVELTIES OF THE NEW?
Chicago—A small, black kitten, wrapped
in a box and sent through the malls, ad
dressed to a resident of Pullman, caused
alarm In the station at Cottage Grovo
avenue and Fortieth street when the mall
package suddenly began to move. The em
ployes at first thought they had discovered
an Infernal machine. The sender evident
ly hud forgotten to prepay tho postage
und the contents of the parcel made itself
known utter It had lain for several hours
on the desk of tho postage due clerk.
Philadelphia, Pa.—A horde of Infuriated
rats made a vicious attack on 8-year-old
Anna Salvage while she was alone In her
father's barn at Mannayunk, and leaping
at her fearlessly bit her several times be*
fore her screams brought help. When the
child's sister, Minnie, IS years old, fought
the rats off the little girl was almost over
come with terror and efforts to beat the
rodents from her.
Wlnstcd, Conn,—Attracted by the cack
ling of his hens, C. H. Mover, a farmer
living on the New Hartford read, rushed
outdoors and saw a large eagle circling In
Ihe air directly above a baby carriage In
the yard. Ho carried the sloping Infant
Indoors. The eagle, of the bald-headed
species, was tho largest seen In these parts
In years.
Miller, S. D.—John Wilson, a prominent
farmer northwest of here, drove to town
and put up at the Henshaw hotel. After
retiring he had a dream and a nightmare,
from which he awoke, believing he was at
home, and, walking out of a window,
thinking It was the door, he fell from tho
second story to the pavement, breaking
Ms arm and Injuring his back.
Chicago—Crazed by sociology. Kata
Marsh, who gave the name of "Kate Mor
ris," told Justice Gaverly that she stole In
jrder to get Into Jail so that she could
study a plan for the reformation of prls*
jners. The young woman has relatives
living near Davenport, la. "Even theft
in Justifiable If God puts it In your heart,”
•he said.
Wllkesbarre, Pa.—Because he “buttpd
mlo" an argument between two of hit
fellow countrymen, the tip of Anthony
Snellkopf'a tongue was cut off at Mlnookai
lie was one of the guests at a wedding
•elebratlon and his action precipitated a
fight, from which he emerged with only
three-quarters of his tongue.
Worcester—Declaring that the American
Hag displayed at the entrance to a saloon
is a drink Inducer and as such Is being de
aased, a patriotic society here has begad
a crusade against the practice. Commit
tees are waiting upon the proprietors ol
rates, and suggesting that the flags had
oettcr come down.
Mount Joy, Pa.—Christian M. Martin
ind his son, Allen K. Martin, have held
:he offlco of Justice of the peace In Mount
toy uninterruptedly for more than a half
sentury. The elder Martin was first elect
id squire In 1854, and held the office up to
the time of his death In 1S85, when his son
•ucceeded him.
New Haven, Conn.—Alarmed at the drop
n the number of male births In Berlin,
rills stnte, J. E. Beale, editor of the Berlin
News, has come out with a generous offer*
Until further notice the News offers a free
yearly subscription to the parents of boy
babies In the town of Berlin.
Paris—A bundle of portraits of William
Jennings Ilryan have gone astray, and In
quiries are being made for them at various
embassies and hotels. These Inquiries so
fur liavo been fruitless. Bryan had the
protographs, which were large ones, taken
while ho was in I-ondon.
Hollldaysburg, Pa.—While driving neai
Everett, H. F. Evans was attacked by a
swarm of bees and stung into insensi
bility. The bees settled on the horse Mr.
EvanH was driving. He attempted to rout
them, and was so badly stung that he
lost consciousness.
New York, N. Y.—A French tailor named
Tehanl kicked a camera to pieces when
charged 25 cents for a tintype. The mag.
Istrate fined him J10, but upon being In
duced to look at the picture exclaimed*
“By heavens! You were justified. Pris
oner discharged.”
Wllkesbarre, Pa.—A pitiful ecenc was
witnessed at the United Charities rooms
here this morning, when Mrs. Bessla
Hughes, who had walked nine miles, from
Wyoming, carrying her dead baby In he*
arms, arrived and asked the association
to bury it.
Toronto—For hugging and kissing the
young daughter of A. T. Severance, who
lives at the Waldorf-Astoria hotel, one of
the most prominent surgeons of Montrca.
was roughly handled by the young wo
man's father and was sentenced to serve
seven days in prison.
Vineland, N. J.—A wonderful cure by
electricity was effected when the house of
Angelo Andrlola was struck by lightning,
which tore out the four corners of the
building. Mrs. Andrlola, who had beer
seriously 111 for a month, found herself
well after the storm.
Elkhart, Ind.—While excavating for a
street extension in J. R. Devor'e property
which has been condemned, a bomb was
encountered. Devor, who has opposed th«
road extension, says ho has burled many
bombs. The workmen have laid down
their tools.
Trenton, N. J.—George Kurtz, n mason,
nils been speechless for eight months from
a cold he caught when the cornerstone of
the new prison wing was laid here. Befor®
that time Kurtz had a voice like an auc
tioneer. and he used to sing merrily as h*
laid atones.
Steubenville, O.—Two cals, owned by
Hiram Jennings, went Into mourning fol
lowing the death of their master. Jen
nings was found dead in an oats field, and
fused to cat, and spend the night wailiny
most pathetically In the back yard.
Lockport, N. Y.—Because of the damage
done by drought to crops, especially in the
Niagara fruit belt, prayers for rain were
offered in every church In Niagara county.
Bain followed, and the farmers and fruit
growers are happy.
Worcester, Mass.—Alleging that her hus
band gave her only 10 cents a day, on
which sum she was unable to maintain be,
social standing, Delia Kimbale, who three
years ago eloped with her husband, both
being then only 17, today began suit for
divorce,
Wilkesbarre, Pa.—E, Groux. an old
watchmaker of this city, sent notice la
the newspapers announcing the fiftieth an.
niversary of hts marriage and said that
presents will be appreciated by his wife
und himself.
Vincennes, Ind.—The dying wish of Ed
ward t'. Frazo, saloonlst, was that a brass
band head his funeral and one was en
gaged.
Washington, D. C.—The navy depart
ment has been informed by cable that
the tlouting- dry dot k Dewey was util
ized at Olongapo, Manila bay, for the
first time when the army transport
Meade was docked there
