Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1905-08-24
POLITICAL.


from Philadelphia as being in favor OF
John p. Elkin for the next Governor OF
Pennsylvania, and az saying that o. 3
Senator Boy" Penrose ought to make
some speeches, as he will be held re-
sponsible for what happens In Novem-
Der to his candidate for State Treasurer,
J. Les Plummer.
At the semi-centennial of the local
organization of the Republican party In
Chester Co, near Philadelphia, last
week, at the county seat, the old Quay
Psnrose leaders were pushed aside.
some resolutions endorsing Pennypacker
ana criticizing Mayor Weaver were de-
fsated, and q resolutions praising
Roosevelt and Weaver were adopted
Wayne Mcveigh and Chas. Emory
Smith talked very plainly about the
Psnrose Durham Walton McNichol
enng Of Philadelphia. The whole at
fsix 49, revolution within the party,
IN one of the largest counties in the
State, based on Secretary Roots burn
inx words, regarding the Philadelphia
rxng, "A corrupt and criminal combi-
nation masquerading as Republicans
A high state Official is reported to
have stated that Senator Penrose has
aa]ked Governor Pennypacker to call an
extra session Of the Legislature to re
peal the Philadelphia Ripper. to adopt
: personal registration and possibly
uniform primary election law. and tt
reapportion the Senatorial and Repre-
sentative districts Of the State.
THE cases cf yellow fever in New
Orleans and vicinity row number about
1900, the same AZ our cases of typhoid
winter before last.
THE red flag danger-signal at Vir
ginia railroad bridge had been in us'
for 20 long q time that 1t had fadet
white; the engineer mistook the color
the train went down, and some peopl
were drowned in the cars.
Or the eight civilized tribes in tn
Philippines, the largest is that of tn
visayans, who occupy most OF the ID
lands lying between Luzon and Mindan
40, a1d form nearly one-half Of the en-
tire civilized population. Tagalogs oc
cupy the province in the vicinity o
Manila. They rank second, with
little more than one-6th Of the civilize,
peoples, and the Ilocanos rank third
with approximately one-eighth. Among
the wild tribes the Noros are the mos
numerous. comprising about two-fifthi
of the NON Christian population.
THr Court Of Inquiry into the Ben.
ninaton affair found that the explosion
gg63ssd from the closing of a valve
which connected the exploded boiler
with its steam gauge, 80 that the
pressure on that boiler may have been
several hundred pounds to the square
Inch when the accident occurred. While
praise was accorded to the officers and
crew for their conduct following the
accident the officer and men responsible
in the opinion of the court, are pointed
out aud courtmartial proceedings sug
Rested in the case Of the only one sur
yiying, Ensign Charles T. Wade.
AN English scientist is asking tn
world to contribute sc5. .0OO, 900 toward
sinking q whole in the earth twelv
miles deep. He thinks 1t could be don
In 25 years, 80 that the annual contri
buttons from the various countrie
would be quite moderate. The hole !
70 b. drilled for the purpose Of increas
ing our knowledge Of the interior Of tn
earth. Our knowledge at present
connned mostly to the surface an
what we have learned by sinking mine
"A and drilling oil wells. But we hav
ponetrGted the crust only q short dis
tnnce and the task Of sinking a hol
twelve miles deep would be exceedingl,
difficult. The deepest well ever drillel
in tits country was sunk q. 600 feet an,
cot S4O, 600. This was only 72O fee
over one mile In depth, but the hol,
contained several times it's length O.
different sizes Of iron pipe and had II
Be abandoned at that depth as 1t wa
impossible to 60 further.
The commercial value of all the rail
WY property In the United States tha
was In operation on June 80, 1904. Il
estimated at 81, PA, S52, 900. This in
clndes the territory Of Alaska, who's
r1ilroad property year ago was valued
ct 800, 900. By commercial valne Il
meant the actual market value baset
upon net earnings. The United State
is divided into 81 districts by the Censu