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Pennsylvania

YORK, Pa, Sept 24.-His body being
drawn into belt attached to a stone
crushcr, George Folkenroth, 80 years
old, was whirled about number OF
times and then his body was thrown
into recess in the crusher alongside
of ore end Of the shaft. causing deatn'
BUTLER-Abner James. aged 81, and
Maria Kinder, aged SO, both OF Chicora,
called at the office of Justice of the
Peace Hussleton and informed him
they wanted to be married.
Husseltcn prepared to perform tho
cerernony and then asked them for
their marriage license James de-
clared that he had never heard Of such
a thing. He refused to take out a
license.
BROWNSvILLE-Fire destroyed the
tippIe, elevator and other shore work
at the Pike mine of the Peoples Coal
company, causing loss of about $780,
000 1t is supposed that sparks from a
pump boat caused the fire.
BELLEFONTE Fifteen hundred
persons attended the harvest home
services of the forty-seventh annual
Pennsylvania.
IRwIN-Murray Cunnin CHAM, 26
years old, killed by a street car at
Columbus, Ohio, was a son of Mr.. and
Mrs. w. r. Cunningham of Irwin and
an expert electrician.
NEW CASTLE-Judge Criswell of
verango county will come here to as
sist Judge Porter in holding criminal
court. Twenty Black Hand cases are
to be heard.
-
IRWIN--Al Pittsburg firm that is
dismantling the Eleanor Steel com
pany mill in North Irwin finds that the
machinery, and especially the big en-
gines, have been stripped of brass and
other valuable fixtures, while the Of
flee building, which had been closed
for several months, was emptied of
about everything movable, even to the
safe.
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WYOMING

CASPER Wyo., Sept M.-Twenty-five
carloads of machinery, iron, etc, have ar
rived for the headgate and other struc-
lures of the Pathfinder dam, In the south
mart of the county. 1t is estimated that
A wear will be consumed In completing
this part of the work.
The local electric light plant has been
sold by King, Becker & Salathe to N. G.
johnson and Senator Patrick Sullivan,
who have organized the Casper Electric
Light and Power company. The new
owners will greatly improve the plant and
the service.
LANDER-Damon Willow. a fullblood
Arapafoe Indian, was bound over to the
United States court at the conclusion of
his hearing before United States Commits
sioner Hardin. He is charged with hav-
ing secured whisky for a number OF his
fellow braves contrary to the federal
statutes.
RAWLINS-At meeting here between
A. f. Potter, chief of grazing OF the bu-
reau Of forestry, and the Carbon County
Wool Growers association an arrange
ment was agreed to by which the hocks
allowed in the Sierra Madre reserve VIII
be reduced according to sliding scale.
On herds numbering 1900 or less there will
be no reduction.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Edgar T. John
son, who was injured In falling under a
train at Carter few nights ago. died at
an Ogden hospital. Johnson was riding
on the side Of car watching defective
axle. when the axle broke and the car
jumped the rails, throwing Johnson under
the wheels.
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VERMONT

BENNINGTON, VT, Sept. "a = Miss
Pauline Batchelder, only daughter of the
Hon. ]. K. Batchelder of Arlington. was
married at st. James church in Airing
ton, to DR.. Claude M. Campbell of
Rochester, VT. Mrs William B. Arnold
of Newtonville, Mass, was the matron
of honor, George Campbell of North
Adams, Mass. was best man, and w. B.
Arnold of Newtonville, George D. Hap
good of Brooklyn. Eugene Ellis of Bos-
ton and Andrew ~Cleghorn of North
Adams acted as ushers.
BURLINGTON-Sta in the middle
of the railroad track and flourishing his
camera to take picture, J. w. Gregory.
prominent lawyer of Waitsfield, failed
to hear an approaching train, which
struck and killed him.
He was standing on a high bridge over
the Winooski river at Winoosk. He was
80 years of age.
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OHIO

BUCYRUS, Ohio Sept. PA barn of T.
Holmes, east of Bucyrus, was struck ty
lightning and destroyed with its contents.
Thomas, Regulas had a number of head
of stock killed by lightning.
COLUMBUS-Mrs. NJ F. Shedd, ste
nographer in the employ of Thomas E.
Knauss, we'll known Columbus capital
list and mine owner, committed suicide by
shooting herself through the left temple
in the office where she had been at wors
a few minutes before, apparently in ex-
cellent spirits She left no note, an6
friends are at loss to explain her act
beyond the intimation that she has had
love troubles which threatened to cost
her employment.
Christ Koehl aged %. was arrested here
and held pending an investigation, 1t is
believed by the police that Koehl is re-
sponsible for the strangling mysteries in
which two telephone girls at Cincinnati
lost their lives over two years ago. For
a long time the crime had been attributed
to Oliver Hough of Dayton, who was
electrocuted for the murder of his father,
mother and sister. Shortly after the Gin
cinnati murder a man, said to be Koehl,
1eft Cincinanti and went to Portsmouth,
where his actions were suspicious.
NEWARK = Postmaster Jacob o.
Harris sold stamps for eleven years at
Utica, Ohio. Then the postoffice depart
ment decided that Utica lad a right to
get mail and buy stamps IT certain hours
Sundays. Harris notified the department
that Sunday work was CONTRARY to his
religious convictions. The department re-
piled he'd better resign, which he did.
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MINNESOTA

ST. PAUL, Mimi, Sept. A.-one hun
dred and ten men secured in the east
to fill the places of striking boilermakers
on the five st. Paul railroads involved in
the present labor trouble, reached st.
Paul and were taken to the Great North
ern shops. Other boilermakers are COM
ing.
Denver, Colo, was selected by the SOW
erign grand lodge of the Independent
Order of Odd Fellows as the place OF
meeting next year at its recent meeting.
Gen. Manley A. Raney of Iowa was
reelected commanding general of the
patriarchs' militant and he is the first
officer of that rank to wear the new In
sigma of his office, voted by the grand
lodge.
MINNEAPOLIS = Watson & Co., the
grain, brokerage firm that recently failed.
has agreed with its creditors on set
Element on the basis of so cents on
dollar, with notes for the remainder. The
firm will close it's New York office and
copfine its operations to Minneapolis.
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UTAH

OGDEN, Utah, Sept. 24-Tony Bernado
and woman who gives her name as
Elizabeth Bernado are in jail here, locked
up in the police station. Detective Hutch
inson and Officers Kelliher and Burke
made the arrests. Bernado is charged
with being a procurer. The, woman under
arrest, it is alleged was brought here
from Italy. She will likely be deported.
He will have to answer to Uncle Sam.
DR.. Stafford of Salt Lake, while COM
ing down Ogden canyon In an atuo with
a party of friends, had narrow escape.
The machine became unmanageable and
came within a few feet of going over
an embankment. A large log lying at the
side of the road was what saved the
party. AS 1t was no one was injured.
Two well-known families of Ogden, Mr..
and Mrs. Rapp and Mr.. and Mrs. r. s.
Greer, have removed to Ell Cento, Cal,
where they will make their future home
The daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs. George
Mccormick was run down by bicycle
ridden by a man named Chedatts, at
Twenty-fifth street and Monroe avenue,
and badly hurt.
PROVO-L. o. Taft was in Provo re-
Gently attending, to business matters. Mr..
Taft and r. A. Barney are associated
in the stock brokerage business on the
Salt Lake exchange, and they also have
charge of what is commonly known as
the Cary fruit farm on Provo bench.
They are just now preparing to ship five
cars Of peaches.
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MARYLAND

HAGERSTOWN, Md, Sept. 24.-Lee M
Conner of Hagerstown, an extra freight
conductor running on the Norfolk &
Western railway. was fatally injured
near Boyce Station, Clarke county, Va
Both legs were scut off, one above, the
other below, the knee, Mr.. Conner being
run down while shifting cars.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES an electric storm
lightning struck the large barn on the
farm of Judge Henry Lloyd, five miles
from Cambridge, and the building, with
its contents, destroyed.
BERLIN-Berlin has decided, by popu-
lar VOTE to have water and electric
lights, and the franchise may be granted
before the end of September, the town
having the option to purchase the plant
at the end of five, ten, fifteen or twenty
years at a price to be fixed by COM
mittee. There Is no ice plant here, and
1T is believed that one could be operated
to advantage in connection with the 9TH
er enterprise.
WILLIAMSBURG H. C.
,Ardinger and others, who are relatives
of Mrs. Amanda Anderson of Lincoln,
Neb., are considerably alarmed over her
failure to arrive here on a certain day,
and the fact that no word has been re-
ceived from here has increased their
fears.
DENTON-George Driver colored, aged
Is years, was arrested by Sheriff Steward
on suspicion of having attempted felon-
ious assault on Mollie Parrott, aged H.
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RHODE ISLAND


NEWPORT, R. T.. Sept. 24-Mrs Her
man Oelrichs has preser ted some of her
horses to friends and some have been
Sold as she has gone in for motoring ex-
clusively. Mrs. Oelrichs is planning for
a trip abroad with her son.
For some time there has been report
l. at Mrs Oelrichs wants to dispose OF
Rose Cliff her white marble palace on
the cliffs. Ever since Mrs. Oelrichs has
owned this property she has tried to Sc
cure the estate which blocks her Bellevue
avenue view and allows only small
place for driveway entrance to her pal
ace grounds.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS that the health of
Miss Edith Coliord, beautiful society
girl and one of the most daring CT cross
country riders, is in a serious condition
were denied today by her aunt, Mrs.
Little, wife of Capt. William Mccarthy
Little, u. S. N She said that Miss Col
ford did suffer nervous breakdown early
in the summer, but was now nearly well.
Her physicians had decided that an alb
solute rest was necessary, and she went
to a rest-cure in Connecticut. Mrs. Little
said that she expects Miss Colford home
in a week or ten days
PROVIDENCE-Atth the request of Man
mel c.. DeSousa of Warwick Neck, who
wants to get back his deposit book on
the Providence Institution for savings,
calling for nearly $1,000, the police of this
city are m the watch for his. daughter,
Alice, Is years old, who he says left her
nome - p. m. Friday.
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IOWA

IOWA CITY. Iowa, Sept. 24.-Students
are coming to the state university of
Iowa in great numbers during the pres
ent. Registration is going on rapidly.
DIES MOINES-On November LIST the
Buck Automobile and Cash Implement
company of Davenport. Iowa, will take
charge of the Goodwin Automobile COM
pany stock which they bought. The deal
between Mr.. Goodwin and the Daven-
port people, which has been on for some
time, has been contaminated and the
property will change hands on the above
named date.
FORT MADISON-The Fort Madison
electric street railway has been sold to
the Mississippi Valley Electric company,
projectors of the Fort Madison. Nauvoo
and Carthage interurban. now under con-
struction. The new company takes pos
session as soon as papers can be exc
cuted for transfer.
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WASHINGTON

TACOMA, Wash, Sept. 24-John Sinrud
was arrested for passing forged checks.
Sinrud has already served two terms in
the Walla Walla .penitentiary.
NORTH YAKINdA-The name of r. B.
Preble has been Endorsed by the North
Yakima bar association for the vacancy
on the local bench caused by the resigna-
ton of Judge H. B. Rigg. The recon-
mendation has been forwarded to Gov.
A. E. Mead. Preble is a Democrat, but
his chances for getting the plum are
regarded as good. John Rudkin is also
a candidate for the place.
SALEM-Awards at the Oregon state
fair were made on dairy produce, hogs
and goats, and partly completed on horses
and cattle. On Ayrshire cattle all awards
were taken by ]. w. elise of Seattle,
and on Guernseys by D. H. Looney Of
Jefferson, Ore.
WALLA WALLA--With only five days
Of his sentence left to serve, Harry KEEL
ley, sentenced from Whitman county for
burglary, died at the state prison. He
was buried in the prison cemetery.
Death was caused by stomach trouble.
ABERDEEN-Peter o. Seaburg, aged 6S
years, died at local hospital after a
lingering illness from Bright's disease.
Seaburg leaves two sons.
RAYMOND-W. Starr, a carpenter of
this city, kidnapped his two-year-old
child, and with it in one arm and two
grips in the other, walked to Willapa sta
ton, where he'was arrested by Constable
p. H. Culver, Just as he was about to
board the train for Chehalis.
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CAGE WILD GIRL
IN A CORN CRIB

i BALTIMORE, Md, Sept. 24.-The
i girl who has been roaming the !
i. woods about the fashionable suburb
4 of Gainesville for two weeks.
i frightening the community. was
4 captured today. She is Lizzie .
i Refer, daughter of a. farmer, and .
!. ran away from home. She has torn .
J. the flesh of her arms and legs with .
j. her teeth, striped off her clothing !
\ and cut herself with stones. .
i The girls father reproved her !
4 about two weeks ago and without !
i a word of warning she darted into i
i. the woods. He tried to catch her !
i but she eluded him. When she !
!. reached the home of Frank Kalb. !
J. jr., she asked for something TO eat. !
Il Thinking she was lost he kept her !
i for several days. She finally told !
I. him her name. but left Immediately. :;
i After her family was In bed one !
i night she slipped In and went to !;
J. bed Before daybreak she was !;
i away. !,
j. She visited several houses for j
!. food but foiled all efforts to catch !;
i her. Her father saw her on Mon 1;
i day and after pursuing her for sew !.
]. eral miles caught her, but she es- !
i capped as soon as he let go his hold !
+ on her. The girl went to the home !
!. of Edward Softer. Though she !.
!. fought and tried to bite him, he i
i locked her up in corn GRIP. He !.
i sent for her parents and told them !
j that unless they would put the child 4
+ in an institution he would not give i
!. her up. She will be sent to an IN I
+ stitution for the feeble minded. I
I. 1. !. !. j. i j. i i !. j. !. !. 4. + !. ! = i
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BOYS SKULL CRUSHED,
BUT HE WILL RECOVER

4 NEW YORK, Sept PA most
- remarkable case of surgery inst.
+ Gregory hospital is that of a A.
+ year-old boy, who has an almost
4 complete fracture OF the skull, and,
+ according to the physicians, Will
4. recover. Seven surgeons have
4. worked over the patient for over
4. six hours, assisted by three nurses
J. and two orderies.
+ Thomas Mcbride, jr., son of a la
/ borer, of 100 South street, fell yes
+ terday from the fourth story OF his
! home, striking sQuarely on his head.
j. lie was picked up by his father,
4. unconscious and bleeding freely.
i A call was sent In to st. Greg
1. ory's hospital, Dr. Kresky respond
i ing. The physician saw that he
!. could do nothing for the boy on
= the spot but to stop the flow OF
!. blood, and rushed him to the hos
+ pital. The ambulance driver, sgd
i ney Whiteway, made a record run,
4. driving both ways in four minutes.
4 The lad was Immediately put on
+ the emergency operating table,
4. where DR.. David, the house sur
I. geon, found that the boy was fast
1. dying and gave him oxygen. He
j. was kept alive In this way until the
i. arrival of Drs. Turner and Stewart,
i. visiting surgeons of the institu-
4. ton.
i Drs. Heacock, Duke and Swift as
i. sisted In keeping the boy alive.
4 The boy had a horseshoe-shaped
4 fracture Of the skull, extending
+ from the frontal bone to the base.
j. Fragments of the skull had be-
I. come imbedded in the brain It's
i sues. The physicians began remov-
l. ing piece by piece the broken skull.
4 A trepining knife had to be used
i all through the operation The sur
+ geons had to use the utmost care,
1. as the brain was partly exposed.
i. The skull was broken In such a
j. way that the surgeons had to :
j raise 1t nearly half an inch.
/ During the operation the boys
i heart had almost ceased beating
+ several times. AS soon as the ope-
i ration was over the child was putt
+ in the medical ward. Shortly after
1. the operation the boy returned to
]. consciousness. A few minutes later
i he asked for drink of water. This
!. was the first sign that the chances
+ were in the boys favor. Late yes
+ terday afternoon the patient was
!. able to move his body and tried to
I. sit up.
i He talked freely and asked for !
!. a piece of custard pie, which is.a
1. favorite dish at his home. The =
]. boys mother was at his bedside all :
+ day yesterday and begged to take
+ the child home. The physicians
]. were highly elated over their sue
j. cess.
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TENNESSEE

KNOXVILLE. Tenn, Sept 24-On
Saturday the supreme court, which is now
in session in this city, will render opin-
ions of cases that have been heard. One
of the most important cases that has been
heard at this session of the court is the
constitutionality of the Pendleton law,
which is being watched from all points in
the state.
EvENSvILLE-Noel Cunningham left
for Knoxville today to enter school.
Miss Myrtle Boyd spent Sunday in Day.
ton with home folks.
Born, to Mr. nd Mrs. o. G. Gannoway,
a fine boy.
Miss Rose Mahoney has returned from a
pleasant visit with relatives in Emory
Gap.
Mrs. Clyde Carpenter of Decherd is
visiting her mother. Mrs. Warner.
Mrs. r. c. Miller has returned from Sale
Creek.
COOKEVILLE-The following candi-
dates have announced for county offices,
subject to tie Democratic primary, to be
held November 2:
For trustee-John II. Verble, the in
cumbent, and ex-Sheriff r. L. Jared.
For county tax assessor-John L. Sadler,
James Henry, ]. H. Cornwell, Isaac Jack
son and S. M. Ensor
For sheriff-G. M. Moore, G. N. Grace,
J. e. Wall, A. L. Weeks, r. W. King, w.
L. Rippetoe, o. M. Bryant and w. t.
Denny.
BRISTOI--A settlement has been
reached whereby the American Surety
company will make no further efforts to
apprehend John H. Starbuck. the young
assistant cashier of the Southern railway
freight offices, who skipped few weeks
ago, taking about $1,000 of the company's
funds.
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NEW YORK

NEW YORK. Sept. 24.-Several persons
are in hospital suffering from hurts re-
ceived in an accident on the Brooklyn
bridge. which was followed by one of
the worst brushes in the history of that
structure. The breaking Of a drawbar
on train resulted in collision between
two bridge trains. The blocking of
traffic caused great jam at the Man
hattar end of the bridge and police re-
serves had to be called out to prevent
serious trouble.
NEW YORK, Sept. A-John McLaugn-
lin, who had been keeper on BlackweIl's
Island and who had been in charge OF
"Boss'' Tweed during the time the latter
was confined in the penitentiary. died at
st. vincent's hospital, following an opera
ton for a carbuncle on the neck. He was
70 years old.
ROCHESTER--Mrs. Sarah j. Evans
wife of Thomas Evans OF 14S West Ave-
nue.. is dead from the effects of carbolic
acid taken with suicidal intent The
woman's parents live in Fairport.
BINGTIAMTON--J. ]. Cline, a prom
inent resident of Sidney. aged go years,
was shot and probably fatally injured by
one of three Italian boys who were shoot
ing at birds with a 32-caliber rifle along
the Delaware & Hudson tracks, where
Mr. Cline was walking.
SYRACUSE--Navigat was resusned
on the Erie canal, and the canal author
tiles are aiding the boatmen with tugs.
The canal was closed July So when the
aqueduct over Onondaga creek in this
city gave way.
LEWISTON-Burt Carpenter, who shot
and seriously wounded Mrs Elizabeth
Creighton and who made his escape after
cowing group OF villagers. Is still at
liberty.
NIAGARA--Otto Pierson. residing at Si3
Third street. was run down by q New
York Central train on TIN Second strees
crossing and died on the way to Memorial
hospital.
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TEXAS

HOUSTON. Texas, Sept. 24.-John C.
O'Riley, the white man who, it was
stated a few days ago, was wanted by
Uncle Sam as a deserter, is again in the
custody of the police The matter was
reported to Lieutenant Chamberlain, and
after an investigation he stated that the
man was not wanted by the government.
WACO-Cooper Williams, a well-known
gin man, stepped in puddle of boiling
water this morning at his gin in Lorena,
near this city, and received painful in
Juries, his legs being scalded to the knees.
HIGH IsLAND-The Carroll Oil and
Drilling company has moved the small
derrick from the shallow well across
Winnie street to lot out of C. T. Cade
& Co.'S property, where they will at
tempt to sink another shallow well.
notwithstanding to reports here, a
race riot is threatened in Trinity county
and the state has been asked to take a
hand to protect the property interests
there. The details of the trouble are not
known.
ORANGE-J. Vaughan, city marshal of
Stamps, Ark, arrived in the city this
morning and left this evening, having in
custody John Jones' alias Abraham Ross
man, a negro, wanted in that city for a
brutal murder committed some months
since.
LONGVIEW-Frank Culpepper, prom
inent farmer, while on his way to Sew
enth Day Adventist meeting, was shot
six miles north of here with shotgun.
The charge took effect in his leg and a
second barrel missed him. He Is not
dangerously hurt Dock Harris surren-
dered to Sheriff Little and will give bond.
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NEWS FROM YOUR HOME STATE
MISSOURI

SEDALIA, Mo-, Sept. A.-The sixteenth
annual convention of the Missouri fed
GRAFTON of labor met here for a four days
session. More than 100 of the 1871 accred-
tied delegates were present at the open
ing session.
SPRINGFIELD-Mary II. Payne, who
had been a resident of Greene county
for sixty-six years. is dead at her home
near this city She was horn In Ala
bama March 81, 1921, and removed to
Arkansas in infancy and located in Greene
county in 1S41. Mrs. Payne is survived
by one son and six daughters, thirty
eight grand children, thirty great-grand-
children and three great-great-grand-
children.
GREENFIELD-Com returns from
the special local option election held in
this Dade) county. show that the county
went dry by majority Of 535.
LINN CREEK-A farmer living near
Nonesuch was shot in the breast while
in a field, in an unknown manner. He
will recover Parties were hunting on the
opposite side of the river, and 1T is be-
lieved that a bullet glanced along the
water and struck him.
COLUMBIA-C. Belvard Boothe, the
young editor of the Hallsville News, was
in Columbia to attend a play at the
opera house. While taking walk to-
ward the university campus he was mis-
taken for freshman by a crowd of lusty
sophomores. All the freshmen had been
ordered to remain inside after dark until
the annual class rush was held. The
sophomores accordingly rushed upon
Young Roothe and made no halt until
they had given him sound padding.