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Evening journal., 1907-11-25
Deaths

Or. James A. Draper
Margaret T. Baker.
Charles 7. Owens.
Timothy Futty.
Lewis F. Gross.
George Z. Bolen.
Lewis r. Cross.
Richard MeLelland.
George Harrington.
Francis Henry spruanee,
Helen Louise Jones.
DRAPER-suddeuly on Sunday mo-n-
ing. November "a, 1917, James Avery
Draper
Funeral from his residence. 1tOi Mar
kot street, on Wednesday morning, No
vemher %. 1907, at 1880 o'clock In
terment private. Philadelphia, Baltl-
more and ST. Louis papers please copy.
Please omit flowers.
MeLELLAND--In this city. on Nov %.
1905. Richard Molelland.
Relatives. friends members OF Min
qua Tribe, No. s.. Impd. o. r.. NJ.
Smyth Fost. no. 1. c. A. r., and em-
ployos OF the EDGE Moore iron Cone
pany. are invited 10 attend the funeral
services at his late residence No. 32l
East Sovonth street on Monday even
ing az o'clock. lnterment M Norris
town. Pa.
HARRINGTON--In this city. on Mo-
y vember oath, 1907, George Harrington,
aged 26 years.
Relatives, friends and James Young
Conclave. No. 8. Hcptasophh or s. w NJ
are respectfully invited TO attend the
funeral services az his late residence
fIs. I..
noon. November .Sth, az o'clock. in-
terment "a Siverbrook Cemetery.
SPRuANCE-ln this city November
25th, Francis Henry, infant son OF
Dr. Henry R. and Natalie Simpson
Sprnance.
Funeral and interment private.
JONE Son The 25th inst. Heller
Louise. daughter of Charles anC
Emma Jones. aged "a years
Relatives and friends OF the family
are respectfully invited TO attend IN,
funeral from the residence OF hel
father at Lombardy Brandywine hun.
dred, on Wednesday afternoon, Novem.
Der 21th, az O'Clock. intcrment al
Iomhardy Cemetery
CROSS-In this city. on November
24th 1907, Lewis r. Cross aged o.
years.
tAtitllNeNi lllcnNe, iNoMhefS OF WASH
ington Lodge. No l. X. of P; Tempt,
Council. No 34. T.. .. r. c. and Fam'
Fire Company are invited 10 atten,
the funeral services az his late resi-.
dence No. 1927 n. Jackson street. OF
Wednesday afternoon, November 21th
1907. at $50 o'clock lnterment WI.
mingt0n and Brandywine Cemetery.
FUTTY-In this city, on NoNcmbei
gath. 1907, Timothy Futty. aged e.
years.
Relatives, friends. Wilmington Lodge
No. 1, A. o. II w; Hope Lodge No
21, I. o. o. F.; Brother of America ans
employees Of the a.. B. & w. Railroa,
Company are invited TO attend the fun
eral services at his date residence. No
East Thirteenth street. on rhmsda.
afternoon, November 2Sth. az 23
o'clock. Interment Wilmington an,
Brandy-wine Cemetery.
OWENS-In this city on Novembe
2sd, 1907 Charles p. owens, age'
81 years.
Relatives. friends and Eden Lodge
4 o. o. f., are respectfully invited e
attend the funeral from his late resi-
dence, No. 1921 Market street, oi
Tuesday. November 26th, 1907. at . Il
IN. 1nterment at Riverview cemetery
BOLEN-Suddenly on November Q.
George T. Bolen, at his residence, 81
South Franklin street. aged 20 years
PeanVcs and friends are respectfuN
Invited 20 attend the funeral Higl
mass st. Pauls r. C. Church on Wed
nesday morning at O'Clock. Inter
ment at New Cathedral Cemetery.
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FELL INTO THE
CHRLSTIANA RIVER

Albert Barr aged so years, Of No. s0S
East Second street, fell overheard into
the Christiana river at the foot Of
shipley street to-day and came near
being drowned. His cries attracted the
employees at the warehouse Of +. Blu
menthal and Company. and they hshed
the half-drowned man out Of the water
Barr was Immediately taken to his
home by Patrolman Crozier. where "a
physician save him medical attention.
TIe soon revived and did not seem 90
be any the worse for his chilly bath.
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Local Quotations

Wholesale quotations in the produce ana
poultry market reported by Thomas N.
stayton az ] o'clock tbs afternoon:
APPLES basket. .... .99c-S5c
Cranes keg q. ....... s....... A.bO
Grapes. pound basket ...-.....-l4 .4c- zc
Pears, basket 49, --... ....-''-..' 80 alc7-5lc
I.cfnons, box ....ss..s.+ s-ssss.ss-sNp. fo-ti.tO
oranges. Florida. box ..........S3 25-s40O
oranges. Jamaica. box ....- ......S35O
Potatoes. bushel zee. ..... -f9c--70c
weefs, barrel .'..' ..''.'.'' .Sz.-9-S3S6 S6
Sweets. basket ....... see. .......... 1870
Cabbage barrel. ...... .......s .....Sl.10
onions. basket ...... ....-.. ...........blc
Celery. dozen ..... ...... .--.'.'.-s.. .49c--5 g
Eeps doei and Md dozen -. =. ......ssc
Fqrs Stcrage. dozen .... ............. .....27c
Chickens, I've. ...-. -.........-...r .rc-l2c
Ducks. live O.. ... ........,....... .lOc-l2c
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M pApNCC sPEt
TOO LATE ron CLASSIFICATION.
Offices, SiS Shipley 81, VA.

FOR sALE-One rabbit dog. guaranteed
not gun shy and one Ithica Hammerless
- guase gun. Apply at lilo Lincoln St.
n25-2t
NOTICE-Dr Henry J. Stubbs has re-
moved to his new home, 1924 Deaware
ave. n-5-lw
LOST-At the Garfick Theatre diamond
stud $50 reward and no questions askel
il returned to L. W. Ellis. 4i8 Madison
street city. n25-2t
LOsT-A large old fashioned breast pin
with coral head setting, SUNDAY Nov.
3rd, reward if left at Cummings siulio,
800 Market 81. n25-2t
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plates That Would Last.

"John." said Mrs. Jenkins, looking up
from the paper she was reading, you
know how many dishes Kate has
broken lately?"
YES said John. what Of itY'
'Wel," continued Mrs. Jenkins,
there is something in the newspaper
here about steel plates. don't know
just what they are but ! should think
they might be indestructible."-Liver-
pOOl Mprcur-
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oLD-FAsHloNED DANCE
AT COUNTRY RINK

An old-fashloned dance win be given
at the Country Roller Rink az Brandy
wine Springs tonight. and the iact that
the First Infantry Band of twenty five
pieces will furnish the music is eX-
pected to bring a large attendance
1t is seldom that Wilminetonians have
an opportunity to dance to the strains
of band music. The program will be
made up mostly of two-stops and
watzes. and the floor has been put in
condition for the dance.
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To Mako Sure.

"An old subscriber writes us to kno
what a married couple can live cor
fortably on" sSid the stenographcl
"Tcn her a thousand a year more tha
they have" answered the correspond
ence editor wisely.-Life.
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Ths Verdio..

A Georgia coroner's jury brought
the following verdict:
'sThe deceased came to his de.
from a r0r-cad in the hands of D
cciver, and the same is manslaugh'
in the FIRST degree. ee.'-Atlanta Consti
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seeame IlI In the street.

Charlie Cannon Of No. 507 Fast
Fourth street. was taken suddenly IN
at Christiana avenue and Heal street
early this morning. lie was remol ed
to the Delaware Hospital in the Phoe-
nix ambulance.
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Lannchea Worn smamned.

NEW CASTLE, Del Nov 25.-The
storm which prevailed yesterday
caused damage in this locality
on the Delaware river several
launches were broken from their moo .-
ings and swamped. Fences were blown
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Voice Cultivation.

Pedestrlan-What a horrible VII
you have in asking for assistan
You ought to have your voice cul
waited. Tramp-Dat's wot / wan
money fer. boss. I'm t'inkin' Nv havi
me voice irrigated.-Chicago News.
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CHANDLER ;, gRdsstsksE RslSs;.IssE

no. PA w. Ninth Street
Careful attention day or night.
Bodies in Boarding Houses. Hotels
and Hospitals removed and cared for
until claimed. Carriages furnished.
Appointments first-class. Both Phones.
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A Cup Of Chocolate in a minute.
Sugar and milk already In it.
AcHOR'S cHOcO- LAcTINE. Whom
our demonstrators call, let them make
you a cupe
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down and huge limbs Of trees twisted
on as If they were only branches. The
roofs Of several buildings were blown
partly off.
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The three wealthiest nations are the
United States. Great Britain and
France, the United States being nearly
as rich ss tb.---<----... sazabined
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no CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY

Take LAXATIVE BROMO Quinine
Tablets. Druggists refund money if
it fails TO cure. y. w GROVES sig
nature is on each box. 25ct
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Stock Markets

I o'clock quotations from =. D.
Laokey & Co., Bankers and Brokers,
e43 Market street. Wilmington, Del.
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Mo Kan. &Tex5A
Nat. Lead Co. Az
N. Y. Central o7M
lOnt. & West. 2SH
Norfolk & West 81
Nor. Pacific .Io6
Pacific Mail IeK
pennsylvania. log
Peoples Gas ...7IA
Reading SIX
lRead. Ist pfd.
Read. I'd pfd...
10. & II. ........t7o
ID, l.. & w.
Southern Fac. 81
South. R. Com Iox
Texas Paci6c..I8
lr. c. e Leo
Union Pacific IIr
lU. :. ST eel ..7,I
~. S. Steel pfd 81
Wabash ...... So
Wabash pfd. ...tsK
Western Union 5SH
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Anal Copper.-47
Am. Sinelt.Co. 63H
amer. Sugar...Ioi15 =
Atchison ......... cSk
Atchison, pid 7915
Brooklyn Tran. ? ~
b. & o.. ....77i y
Can. Southern I75s
Chi. Or. West. 7
Giles < Ohio..243f
chi & Alton %
Chi. & n. W..
C.Al. & st r. osK
Rock Island ...I2K
Rock Island pfd
Erie ............. I3 \
Erie. Ist pfd ...so4
Gr. North. pfd. II2
Illinois Cen. ...
Louisville ...... IS
Int. Net. com
Int. Me-. pfd
AIau. Cons. 10
Missouri Pac.
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Los Angeles herald., 1907-10-04
"JOKE" MAY COST
PITTSBURGER FORTUNE

y PITTSBURG, Pa, Oct. 3.-Henry /
! Floershlem one of the wealthiest I
- and most prominent Hebrews of Z
! Pttsburg, today entered suit against I
I. his old friend, John McCaffrey, for 4
+ slander, demanding $4,000 damages. !
s.The trouble all started over an al !
I. legged joke, in which Mr.. Floershiem 7
I. could not see the point. !
!. Each afternoon 1t has been the :
!. hab of F.oersheim. McCaffrey and =
1. number of other companions to as !
j. semble in cafe on oliver avenue. :
i On Saturday afternoon last, Mr.. !
!. Floersheim alleges, he entered the !
!. place and found all of his friends =
4 seated at table. Instantly, he de- 7
1. clares in his suit McCaffrey jumped 7
4. up, ran toward him, shook hie fist In :
4. face and said: =
j. You're a thief; you stole my I
4. pocketbook and al my money" I
1. The charge, which Floershiem de- !
i clares is false, so completely upset Z
4. Mr.. Floershiem that he is now con- !
= fined to his bed. Mr.. McCaffrey ad- !
j. mits making the statement, but de- !
j. clares 1t was all joke, arranged by :
!. himself and their MUTUAL friends. He !
i says he tried to explain that 1t was )
i joke, but that Mr.. Floershiem !
= could not see the point. !
q + 4. 4 4 + 1. = 4. !. 4 4 i !. = = y y =
Los Angeles herald., 1907-10-04
KEPT WEDDING SECRET
SEVEN LONG MONTHS

+ ST. LOUIS, Mo-, Oct. 3.-wouldn't I
+ it jar you 4
4 If. after you had kept your we'd Z
\ ding a secret for seven months, had I
I. furnished fiat and started quietly 4
+ to housekeeping, hoping to surprise !
= your friends-- 4
+ And you had stocked up the larder 4
4. with sugar, coffee, salt, pepper and I
4 so forth, In preparation for repast !
4 for the aforesaid friends =
i And you came home one day to i
i. find the salt mixed with the sugar, 4
1. beer in the coffee, and the butter !
i black with pepper, the pictures OF !
4 your newly furnished fiat turned 4
i against the wall, the furniture !
+ topsy-turvy and a glaring red auc- y
i ton sign harging out of window, !
4 while the friends you planned to sur 4
4. prise stood about and guyed YOU !
1. wouldn't 1t jar your =
1. N. Richard Loeb, who resided at !
+ 1903 Lafayette avenue, was married !
i. to Miss Julia Zitt of 612 Barry !
!. street February q by Judge ]. E. 4
4 Hillskette at Edwardsville. Edward I
4. Feutz, clerk Of the county court, I
4 and Miss Hattie Howard, the stenog- 4
4. rapher were witnesses to the cere- !
j mony.
i Mrs. Loeb demurred about leaving 4
4 herr widowed mother, Mrs. Julia zitt. !.
4. after the marriage, so the bride and !
1. bridegroom agreed to keep their !
i. wedding secret until a time when !
4 they could live together without al !
1. together deserting the mother. !
4. Last week they started housekeep- 7
I. ing at 2012 South Eighteenth street I
4. and planned to surprise their friends. !
i. The surprise was premature. how !
i ever, and was on the part of the !
4 Loebs instead of the friends. !
4 Wednesday evening the Loebs enter I
j. tained thirty-three of their acquair- \
i. tances, after the latter had enter =
!. tanned themselves. =
i j. 4 4 j. + ]. 4 I. + + + j. + 4 = = 4 !
Los Angeles herald., 1907-10-04
INDIANA

BLOOMINGTON. ILL.,, Oct. 3--Jesse
Robinson, well-known quarrynnan, was
found dead near the home of Thomas
Jaddis. Jaddis admitted that he fred the
shot and says that Robinson was one of
three men who with fence rails In their
hands. attempted to force an entrance to
his house. He warned them, he says,
through the opened door, but they did
not heed, and he opened fire with a
shotgun. He heard the men running,
but did not know that one had been
killed until this morning. Jaddis says
that he shot after he felt sure that he
was to be robbed or taken from his
home and white capped"
JASPER-During the recent hailstorm
which swept over this section, a valuable
horse belonging to John Shillers of Du
bois was pounded to death by hail, and
Mr.. Shillers narrowly escaped with his
life Several horses were knocked down
and badly battered.
Every north window in the town was
broken, shingles and metal roofs were
knocekd full of holes, and the corn was
destroyed. The hailstones were Of great
size. 1t being asserted that some of them
weighed pound each.
VERAY-The $1,000 damage suit against
the Baltimore & Ohio Southwestern by
Stephen Smalz, sent here on change of
venue from Lawrenceburg, was COM
promised today, the railroad company
paying him s4CJ, and all the costs of the
suit. The suit was for damages for false
arrest and imprisonment.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-10-04
P0LECAT SPOILS DRIVE
OF YOUNG LOVERS

+ WINDFALL, Ind, Oct. 3.-Agree- =.
4 ing with the assertion of young i
!. Jarvis Scherer, who said tits nice =
4. night for a drive,' Miss Minnie Land i
4. seadel, his best glrl, started out in a =
I. buggy with him, but when about :.
I. mile or two from town they ran y
I. over a polecat. They didn't see him 4.
!. or hear him, but they had reason to +
!. know of his presence. =
4 Without stopping to extend first i
!. aid to the injured, Scherer whipped I.
!. up his horse and made a dash for \.
4. home. Although the polecat was +
!. left behind, it's odor was on the !.
!. horse and buggy. J.
i Whether or not the occupants of i
i the buggy were forced to bury their =
j. clothes is not known, but 1t is fact 4.
4. that in order to attend the old set 4.
!. tiers meeting at Goldsmith the i
+ young man had to- abandon the use +
i of his new buggy and borrow one =
4 OF j. w. Croyle, and in order that 4
/. he might use the horse he bought =
(, large supply of cologne water and +
i bathed the animal thoroughly with !.
/. 1t in an attempt to get rid Of the =
4. odor. j.
i Just how we'll he succeeded in this !.
4 effort is not known, but at any rate !.
!. .ne young man was not to be out \
4. done by the little animal and with 4
4 the borrowed buggy and perfumed 4
i. "hoss' he and his girl went to the i
!. old settlers meeting. i
*****w#******#* 4 + +
Los Angeles herald., 1907-10-04
ILLINOIS

NEW HAVEN ILL.,, Oct. 3.-Children
playing with matches in hay shed on
the Trafford farm. four miles west of
here, started fire yesterday evening
that resulted in the loss of four lives
Charles and Ethel Ellison and Leonard
Seargeant set the shed ablaze.
URBANA--John Rudderham,, trainer of
the Philadelphia National league baseball
club this year, will try his hand at foot
ball. He has been secured by the Uni
versity Of Illinois to condition the foot
ball squad.
LINGTON-Freeland ILL.,, and
East Dunn, ILL.,, sent baseball teams here
to play before the visitors at the horse
show, and good game. resulted, the
former defeating the latter by IL to I
score.
JOLIET-A cigarette dropped accident
ally into the pocket of the jacket of Miss
Pauline Buckland. a 16-year-old girl, while
she was riding on a crowded car here,
set fire to her handkerchief She ex-
tinguished the blaze before much damage
was done.
CHICAGO-Mrs. Cyrus Baldwin. aged
S3, wife of a wealthy farmer at Hampton,
ILL.,, was fatally hurt by an unidentified
person In her bedroom She was found
with her skull fractured in two places
There were evidences in the room of a
struggle. The blows were inflicted with
a hammer.
DECATUR-A deed and mortgage has
been filed showing the transfer of the
Wellington Starch company of Decatur
and Lititz. Pa, to the United States
Starch and Glucose company 1t is under
stood that w. G. Barnes, who was prom
inent in establishing the works here, will
have nothing to do with the new COM
pany.
c. A. Burke has sold his job printing
office, formerly Marquams. to H. I.
Baker of Tuscola, the consideration be-
ing $4,000.
named j. b. Shielk as probate officer.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-10-04
WASHINGTON

KENT, Wash. Oct. 3.-A train came
into town with the engine footing be-
cause a car of alfalfa on the train was
on fire. The fire department was called
out and had to fight it for an hour and
a half. The car was badly injured.
The hay was practically a complete
loss.
SEWARD--A man named Cone lost
his poke containing $4,000 in gold dust
by leaving it in Kinneys roadhouse at
the mouth of State creek. where any
one of a dozen men might have carried
it away. He went on down to Susitna
station before he remembered that he
had left his fortune behind, and when
he got back to Lake creek he learned
that some one more thoughtful than
himself had taken it, Cone was going
out to Texas to be married
SEATTLE-The FACULTY at the Uni
versity of Washington have forbidden
girl students to play basketball. The
eds will first petition the professors
to rescind the order II this Is refused.
the girls will play the game anyway.
They insist that the faculty at state
school has no right to interfere in
athletic activities.
NORTH YAKIMA--Governor Mead
has appeared now as a promoter of the
chicken industry by Offering a silver
cup to be known as the Governors
Cup" to be competed for at poultry
shows to be held this winter. The first
show will be held at Tacoma.
PUYALLUP-Dissati with the
quality of the electric light furnished
here, the mayor has been authorized
by the city council to appoint COM
mittee of three to investigate the
proposition Of buying or building an
electric light plant to be owned and
operated by the city.
been suspected of the murder of Frank
Todd, has beeh cleared Of all complicity
in the affair.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-10-04
MISSOURI

HOLDEN, Mo-, Oct s.--M. L. Cray, one
of the Oldest residents of this city, died
aged s. years. He has been agent for the
Missouri Pacific at this place for forty
two years, being the first agent here.
KANSAS cITY.-Dooley Mussrove. Ii
years old, the son of farmer who lives
at Avon. Mo-, was knocked down by a
wagon belonging to the Duncan Transfer
company at Sixth and Wyandotte streets,
and may be internally injured.
ROLLA-Miss Katherine weddeil and
his cousin, Miss Katherine Weir of Kan
sas, left for st. Louis to enter Bishop
Robertson hall.
Joseph l.. Toomey is spending month s
vacation with his mother.
Paul M. Strain is attending the jewelers.
convention in Chicago.
Miss Lillian Clark has arrived home af-
ter a pleasant visit with friends in OF
tumwa, Iowa, and Chillicothe, Mo.
ST. LOUIS-John Mooney, who lived by
himself for ten years in a room at $50
North Eleventh street, was found dead In
bed. Under a pile of old clothes the po-
lice found $500 in paper money, his saw
ngs for many years, during which time
he was employed as laborer by the city.
OREGON-Benjamin .ustin, formerly
cashier OF the Bank Of Forrest city in
this, Holt county, was brought here by
Deputy Sheriff George G. Gelvin from
Grant Ore. and placed in Jail on the
charge of obtaining money under false
pretenses by getting George II. Minton,
Charles 0. Van Camp and Albert o.
Swope. all well to do farmers of this
county, to sign note for him to the
Bank of st. Joseph for the sum Of s5OoO
ST. LOUIS-Buried so deep under a
heap of coal that It took ten minutes to
dig him out. Leslie Hold was rescued in
the Frisco's Chouteau avenue yards Fri
DAY, and was found at the Frisco hospi-
tai to be little injured. He was loading
an engine tender from a thrty-foot. coal
chute when he accidentally pushed a lever
which precipitated a large quantity of
coal on him.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-10-04
PENNSYLVANIA

PITTSBURG, Pa, Oct. 3.--Henry F'loer
sheim, retired coal operator, entered
suit against John Mccartney, wealthy
retired iron manufacturer, for $4,000 dam
ages. alleging slander.
NEW cAsTLE-sherin waddington
took to the workhouse George j. Jones, a
wealthy citizen, and Charles C. Brown.
each of whom will serve thirty days.
Brown pleaded guilty to running gam
bling house and jones pleaded guilty to
leasing his building for gambling pur-
poses
BRYN MAWR-Fire, which is said to
have originated in the explosion of gas
oline tank, set ablaze the garage of Ed
win H. Fitler, jr., son of>the former Phil
adelphia mayor of that name, who re-
sides at Rosemont, and the prompt action
of the Bryn Mawr fire department kept
down the damage by flames to about $780,
Two automobiles were severely scorched.
vANDERGRIFT II After having been
idle for six months the Avonmore Foun-
dry company at Avonniore has resumed
operations. The company is Under the
management of s. A. Wallace, formerly
manager of the vandergrift Foundry
company.
MOCNOSN NlLLE-GeorSe W. beavers,
the alleged postal CRATER, was released
from the penitentiary after having com
pleted his two years sentence. Beavers
was not treated as an ordinary convict,
but enjoyed many privileges.
GROVE CITY-Grove City college
opened with splendid outlook. More
new students were enrolled than at the
beginning of any other session OF the eol-
lege in years.
MONESSEN-I B. wadsworth was
killed almost instantly at the plant OF
the Page Woven Wire Fence company
when red hot wire ran through his
neck. He had stopped down to pick up
some scrap wire and apparently felt only
a prick In his neck, for he started to
have the wound dressed. He fell dead a
few minutes later.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-10-04
MARYLAND

MIDDLETON, Md, Oct. 3.-Edgar Carl
ton Rudy, rural mail carrier, was mar
ried in the Lutheran church to Miss
Katherine Cordelia Kefanver.
PRINCESS ANNE--Miss Nellie Stewart
Porter. youngest daughter of Mrs. Le-
titia H. Porter of Somerset county, was
married to Dr. Jesse Harper Brown Of
Philadelphia. The ceremony was per-
formed by Rev. Lewis r. Watson, pastor
of Manokin Presbyterian church, Prin-
cess Anne.
ANNAPOLIS-Colone James r. RAN
dali, author of Maryland, My Mary.
land" came to Annapolis and will spend
several days with James w. Owens, a
Confederate veteran. Among those who
called on Colonel Randall were Colonel
Oswald Tilghman, secretary OF state;
Julian Spencer and Robert w. Welch, all
of whom were In the Confederate SER
vice. DR.. Frank H. Thompson of the
local school board also called and in
vited Colonel Randall to address the pub
lic school children.
CUMBERLAND-Fra Myers aged Is
years, of Homecoming, was killed by a
fall of coal in Blue Bell mine OF the
Georges Creek Coal and Iron Mining
company near Homecoming
CHESTERTOWN = The Prohibition
county convention was held this morning
in Still Pond, and the following ticket
was nominated State senate, M. A.
Toulson, Chestertown, Md: house OF del
egates George w. Covington and Thomas
Rasin of Still Pond; treasurer, @. B. Kim
son, Still Pond.