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The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1907-11-22
WHY MOTTO WAS LEFT OFF
President Roosevelt Considered It
Sacrilegious.

Washington Especially Tin God
We Trust" will not be upon any
United States coin designated in the
future, if the President can prevent
the use of that motto. He has writ
ten vigorous letter on the subject,
copies of which are now being mail
ed to all correspondents who have
sent him protests against the absence
of the words on the new gold pieces.
In order to make his position on the
subjects perfectly plain to all, the
following letter written by the Presi-
dent, was given out.
when the question of the new
coinage came up we looked into the
law and found there was no warrant
therein for putting In God We
Trust on the coins. AS the custom,
although without legal warrant, had
grown up, however, might have felt
at liberty to keep the inscription had
approved of its being on the coin
age. But as did not approve of it,
did not direct that it should again
be put on. OF course the matter of
the law is absolutely in the hands of
Congress and any direction of Con-
gress in the matter will be immedi-
ately obeyed. At present as I have
said there is no warrant in law for
the inscription.
My own feeling in the matter is
due to my very firm conviction that
to put such motto on coins, or to
use it any kindred manner, not only
does no good but does positive harm,
and is in effect irreverence, which
comes dangerously close to sacrilege.
A beautiful and solemn sentence such
as the one in question should be
treated and uttered only with that
fine reverence which necessarily i'm
plies a certain exaltation of spirit.
Any use which tends to cheaper it.
and above all, any use which tends
to secure its being treated in a spirit
of levity. is from every standpoint
profoundly to be regretted. 1t is a
motto which it is indeed well to have
inscribed on our great national
monuments, in our temples of jus
tice. in our legislative halls and in
buildings such as those at West Point
and Annapolis-in short wherever 1t
will tend to arouse and inspire a
lofty emotion in those who look
thereon. But it seems to me emf
nently unwise to cheaper such a
motto by use on coins. just as 1t
would be to cheaper 1t by use on
postage stamps, or in advertisements.
(Signed)
THEODORE ROOSEVELT.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1907-11-22
FOREIGN

China will send a special mission
to Washington to thank the United
States government for returning $22,-
100000 of the $24,000,000 paid the
latter on account of the Boxer re-
bellion.
Secretary Taft has engaged pas
sage from Hamburg for New York
on the steamer President Grant, sail
ing December z.
Sir Henry embellishments
British premier, was taken suddenly
i'll with heart disease after speaking
at political meeting at Bristol, Eng.
The Empress Augusta Victoria, of
Germany. has left England for Hol-
land to visit Queen Wilhelmina. The
Emperor will spend a couple of weeks
at Highcliff Castle to recuperate.
Since the bruce mystery trial be-
gan in London guards have been
placed over the vault-in which G. 7.
Druce's coffin rests to prevent 1t from
being opened surreptitiously.
Ensign Ullmo, of the French Navy,
arrested on the charge of being a
spy, has confessed his guilt.
Vice Admiral Count Won Bondis-
sin will be appointed chief of the
general stan OF the German navy.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1907-11-22
MIXER ENTOMBED FOR
EIGHTY SEVEN HOURS
Rescued After He Had Been MOurnsd
For Dead.
HAD NOT CHANGED HIS POSITION.
Top of Chamber in Which Man
Was Working Caved in and Caused
Rush of Culm and Water From
the Service Thought He Had Been
Imprisoned a Week.

Pottsville, Pa. Especially .-Impris-
oned for 81 hours several hundred
feet beneath the surface of the earth,
almost directly under his own home.
where his wife and children mourn
ed for him as dead, Michael McCabe,
of Giberton, was taken from his
tomb in the Draper Mine barely
alive after one of the most marvel
Gus rescues in the history of anthra-
cite mining.
Since Saturday afternoon, when
the top of the chamber in which he
was working caved in and caused a
rush of culm and water from the
surface, relays of worxmen toiled I'M
ceasingly to reach him. Shortly af-
ter midnight the rescuers detected a
scratching noise, which told them
that McCabe was still living, and
with renewed vigor, fresh reliefs
were put to work. At O'Clock
Wednesday morning he was reached.
McCabe had not changed his po-
sition for fear that by moving an
other rush might start and end his
life. He said he thought he had been
imprisoned for week. He was SO
weak for want of water and food
that he could scarcely speak. He
was removed to his home, where the
house of mourning has changed to
one of rejoicing.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1907-11-22
DWELLING HOUSE
TORN TO PIECES
twenty-five Persons Hurt in Ex-
plosion of Gas.
THL REAR WALLS COLLAPSED.
Man and Woman Blown From Beds
Through Roof and Neighbors Injured
by Plaster Falling From Conclusion
Gas Had Been Leaking All Night
Ignited When Match Mas Struck.

Pittsburg, Pa. Especially. ~ About
rs persons were injured, two fatally,
and a dwelling house was torn to
pieces, when an explosion of natural
gas occurred in a house located at
No. 103 Elm Street, this city. In
the fire which followed two firemen
were severely burned.
Fatally injured-Mrs. Sarah Cross
man, blown through the roof; Jacob
Bergerman, blown through roof.
Seriously injured-Three members of
the Crossman family; three members
of the Model family, which also oc-
cupied the house; Father Bolner, a
guest of the Crossman family. About
IA other persons in the neighborhood
received injuries when the widows in
their homes were shattered by the
conclusion and plaster fell upon
them.
Apparently gas had been leaking
in kitchen stove all night. When
a match was struck in the lower por-
tion of the house to light the stove,
there was a terrific explosion. The
house was torn to pieces. The roof
was blown high into the air and the
front and rear of the dwelling coll
lapsed. Mrs. Crossman and Jacob
Bergerman, boarder, apparently re-
ceived the full force of the explosion,
both being blown from their beds
through the roof. They were fatally
injured by the subsequent fall and
fire.
Other members of the Crossman
and Model families, both of which
occupied the house, we're thrown
from bed by the conclusion and Sc
verely injured.
A remarkable feature of the explo-
sion is that Mr.. Crossman, who
struck the match, escaped with Sc
we're, but not fatal; injuries.
Occupants in adjoining houses
were injured and for a time the en-
tire neighborhood was panic-stricken.
The monetary loss is about $1,000.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1907-11-22
FINANCIAL

New York funds command a
premium from $3.50 to SIS the thou
sand.
American Railways directors de-
clared the regular quarterly dividend
of " per cent.
1t is said that instead of spend
ing $2O,0O0,0O0 on it's New York
terminal building, as was planned,
amount to $10,000,000.
Some Philadelphia banks, which a
week ago were paying out only gold
have resumed payments in paper
money.
The Philadelphia Electric Company
has declared the regular semi-annual
dividend of 2h per cent.
A thrifty Philadelphia who took
about $4,000 from bank to buy stocks
for investment, first sold the curren-
cy which he had managed to procure
at a good profit and then paid for
the stocks with the check.
A New York Stock Exchange seat
was sold for $55, 900, a drop OF
$1,000 from the last premium sale
a couple of weeks ago. This is the
lowest price for half dozen years.
The impression exists that the
Frick party is selling United States
Steel.
Banks having Government deposits
are repaying a part of them. but not
as much as 10 per cent. which was
expected.
st. Paul at 97% was the lowest
In a great many years. Brokers said
that partially paid for stock was be-
ing liquidated by insiders.
The New Haven and Hartford
Railroads net surplus in the quarter
ending September 80 increased
$4,000 over the same period last
year.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1907-11-22
Former Mayor Sued.

Martinsburg, w. Va. Especially
Joseph E. Mundey. of this city. for
merly proprietor of the Model Bakery
here. filed a suit in the Berkeley
Circuit Court against DR.. w. &.
Minghini. former mayor of Martins
burg, and Constable Thomas T. Lem
en-, asking $4,000 damages from
each for alleged false Imprisonment.
The suit Is the outgrowth of some
trouble at Mr.. Mundey's bakery near
" two years ago.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1907-11-22
ATTEMPT TO WRECK SCHOOL
Big Holes Torn In The Walls BY
The Explosion.

Philadelphia (Special).-What are
supposed to have been three dyna-
mite bombs were placed in the
Charles w. Henry Public School, I'M
der construction in Germantown, a
suburb, and exploded by means OF
long fuses.
Great holes were torn in the cor
ridor walls of the building, one SO
large that horse and cart could be
driven through it. The outer walls
of the building were also damaged.
One of the supposed bombs was plac-
ed near the stairway at the front
entrance, a second was placed in an
electric switch-box in the first floor
corridor, and a third was laid on a
window SILL
The only theory the contractor
and the police have for the placing
of the bombs is that the attempt
to wreck the building was made by
either an insane man of a vandal.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1907-11-22
Grand Stand Collapses.

Jackson, Miss. Specially Mrs. Ed.
r. Holmes, wife of the mayor of
Yazoo City, and daughter of Con-
gresham John Sharp Williams, sus-
tanned a sprained foot and bruised
shoulder at the State fair races. when
section of the grand stand she oc-
cupied collapsed and precipitated
Mrs. Holmes thirty feet. Her in
juries are not serious.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1907-11-22
WASHINGTON

The Supreme Court decided that
the captain of ship cannot be held
liable for the landing of undesira-
BILE aliens who desert from his crew.
Governor Post, of Porto Rico, is
on his way TO answer charges that
he made a terrific arraignment of the
school superintendents of the island.
The Supreme Court decided the
Greater Pittsburg bill, which CONSOLE
dates Pittsburg and Allegheny, to be
constitutional.
Representative Bartholdt, of Mis-
souri,, proposes a $500.000,000 bond
issue for the improvement of the
waterways.
While the politicians of the sever
al parties in Cuba are becoming anx-
ious for a time to be fixed for the
holding of municipal and national
elections, the United States authori-
ties do not consider the conditions
yet right for such a course, as the
soreness engendered ry the revolu-
lions against the Palma government
has not yet healed.
President Roosevelt's letter invit-
ing governors of all states to meet
In conference upon the problem OF
conserving the nations natural re-
sources was made public.
Secretary of the Treasury George
B. Cortelyou before the Merchants
Association of New York discussed
publicly the financial problems of the
country.
Secretary Root denied the story
that the French government has pro-
posed to secure tariff concessions
from the United States as a price
for the release of gold by the Bank
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1907-11-22
REcoRD-BREAKENG DASH.
Pennsylvania Railroad Locomotive
Makes Mile And A Half A Minute.

Pennsylvania Railroad Locomotive
Makes Mile And A Half A Minute.
Clayton, N. ]. Especially What is
said to be the fastest mile ever made
by a locomotive was covered by
steam locomotive No. sos, which is
being used in the special tests being
conducted here by the Pennsylvania
Railroad, when travelled mile at
speed of 91.6 per hour.
The trial was made over the spe-
cially built track between this place
and Franklinville.
One of the new electric locomo-
tives was also given trial. Two
trips were made. the first at the rate
of 70 miles an hour and the second
at speed of 70 miles an hour.
A portion of the specially built
track has been laid with steel ties,
and after the locomotive tests have
been completed an examination will
be made to determine which kind
of ties bore the heavy tests to the
best advantage.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1907-11-22
Compromise Railroad Fight.

Montgomery, Ala. Especially The
Seaboard Air Line and subsidiary
line, the Atlanta, Birmingham Air
Line. made an agreement with the
governor to withdraw all suits in the
United States courts and to put into
effect the state rates on December 1.
The terms are the same as those
made with the Southern, the Sea-
board Line being allowed to charge
2 y cents mile passenger fares and
the mileage rates on freight now on
in Georgia.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1907-11-22
TWO sCALDED TO DEATH.
Copper Kettle In A Pickle Factory
Explodes.

Cincinnati, o. (Special).-The ex-
plosion of 500-gallon copper kettle
at the ]. Weller Company's pickle
factory, on Spring Grove Avenue,
near Alabama Street, resulted in
the death of Fred Halter and John
Lackman, employees. They we're
scalded.
The explosion occurred few min
utes after the ESQ employees had be-
gun work. Many of them became
panic-sctriken and rushed for the
stairways to escape. All of them
reached the street unhurt.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1907-11-22
Coal For The Rig Fleet.

Washington (SpeciaD.-In antici-
patton of the arrival of the Atlantic
fleet at Magdalena Bay, where the
ships are to conduct their target prac-
tice after they reach Pacific waters,
and where they will stay for at least
month before proceeding to San
Francisco, it is announced that this
government has secured the consent
of Mexico for the stationing of two
American coaling ships in the bay.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1907-11-22
Steel Barges For Panama.

Washington (Specia). = Colonel
Hodges, purchasing agent of the
Isthmian Canal Commission, has re-
received authority from the commits
sion headquarters at Panama to
make contracts for the delivery of
10 steel barges from the Newport
News Shipbuildlng and Drydock
Company for the sum of $2S2.000.
The barges are to be delivered in
from six to eight months.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1907-11-22
For A Canadian Navy.

Victoria, B. c. Especially The Ca
madam government has been request
ed by the navy league to ask the i'm
perial government for two cruisers
and four destroyers to be stationed
at Esquimalt upon the understanding
that the Dominion will maintain
them on the Pacific Coast. The cruis-
ers and destroyers are expected from
the nucleus for a Canadian navy.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1907-11-22
LAWYER Shot In Courthouse.

London, KY. Especially. - Robert
Boyd, Jr., master commissioner of
Laurel County, shot and instantly
killed James Sparks, well-known
lawyer in Eastern Kentucky. The
tragedy occurred in the circuit clerks
Office, where Boyd. as commissioner,
was making settlement in a case
in which Sparks was an attorney.
Ill feeling had existed between the
men for sometime.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1907-11-22
The Rebate Gases.

Washington Especially The Great
Northern Railway gained a temporary
victory in the Supreme Court of the
United States when that court con-
scented to review the judgment of the
United States Circuit Court of the
Eighth Circuit, wherein the railroad
was fined $4,000 for rebating. The
Department of Justice resisted the
application for review.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1907-11-22
Aged couple Burned no Death.

Kenton. o. Especially Mr.. and
Mrs. Daniel Butler. an aged couple
of Mount Victory, 10 miles south of
here, were burned to death. Butler
was going up stairs. carrying an oil
lamp. He stumbled, the lamp fell
from his hand. His clothes caught
fire and his wife in trying to help
him extinguish the blaze was also
enveloped in flames.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1907-11-22
ATTACKED BY "wHlTE CAPS"
Independents Tobacco Grower Ordered
To Leave Kentucky.

GAINESVILLE, Tenn. (Special)-Four
masked men attacked J. M. Wade
and two sons near Guthrie, KY. and
ordered them to leave within forty
eight hours.
Wade raised a crop of tobacco
but had not Joined the association.
The men held a revolver over him
while one struck him with stick.
His sons, Thomas and Claude, were
struck several times.
Wade's wife and daughter were
badly frightened.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1907-11-22
$4,000 IN DIAMONDS LOST.
Gems Given AS Collateral In Bank
Case Cannot Be Found.

Case Cannot Be Found.
Pittsburg Especially. - Diamonds
valued at about $4,000, of which no
trace can now be found. figure in the
defence of Grafner Brothers, whom
Receiver Thomas Rinaker, of the
wrecked Enterprise National Bank
of Allegheny, is proceeding against
in the United States Circuit Court
for the recovery of $500 ON note.
The brothers claim they gave
Cashier T. Lee Clark, of the Enter
prise Bank, who killed himself. the
diamonds as collateral which releases
them from the responsibility of the
note.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1907-11-22
$4,000 STOLEN.

Miners Pay Disappears From Stage
Coach In Colorado.
Trinidad, Colo. (Special)
and currency to the amount of $22.-
900 intended to pay the wages of tho
Carbon Coal & Coke Company's min
ers at Cokedale was lost or stolen
while in transit in stage from the
Longsdale Railroad station to the
camp, distance of only two miles.
Charles Macomber, driver of the
stage coach, was arrested on sus-
picion, but he declares he knows
nothing about the supposed theft.
The money package had been care
lessly thrown with other express
matter into the stage.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1907-11-22
May Buy Ships.

London (By Cable) According
to the Shipping Gazette there is a
probability that the Salvation Army
will soon own several transatlantic
steamers. The steamers will be used
in connection with the army's-
scheme for promoting Canadian i'm
migration.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1907-11-22
WANT MOTTO RETAINED.

Vestry OF Church In Which Patrick
Henry Spoke Sends Protest.
Richmond. Va. (SpeclaD In ae-
cordance with the action of the yes
try of st. Johns Church. the his
toric building in which Patrick Henry
made his great revolutionary speech,
official letters were mailed to Presi-
dent Roosevelt and Secretary Cortel-
you protesting against the omission
of the legend I'm God we trust from
the new ten dollar gold coin.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1907-11-22
WHY SECRETARY TAFT HAS
CHANGED HIS PLANS.
Too Many invitations From Foreign
Powers.
MAKES A DIPLOMATIC MOVE.
Could Not Meet Emperor William With
out Also Accepting Invitations From
British and French Governments
Stsrts on His Long Journey Through
Siberia to ST. Petersburg.

Vladivostok (By Cable) Secretary
Taft, who arrived here from Manila
on the cruiser Rainbow, came ashore
twice Monday, and drove through the
city and did some shopping. He was
accompanied by an escort of Russian
troops. Monday night the Secretary
dined with General Pfung, the COM
mander of the forces. The healths
of President Roosevelt and Emperor
Nicholas were drunk.
Through Charlemange Tower, the
American ambassador to Germany,
Emperor William has communicated
his regret at being absent from Ber-
lin when Secretary Taft passes
through Europe, and he invited the
Secretary to be his guest at the Isle
of Wight. This invitation Mr.. Taft
had to decline on account of Presi-
dent Roosevelt urging him to hasten
his return, but it is believed also that
INQUIRIES from the French and Brit
ish governments as to why the Sec
rotary could not visit them also In
fluenced him to change his plans.
An audience with Emperor Nichol-
as at st. Petersburg, where Secretary
Taft expects to arrive December B.,
has been arranged. 1t has now been
decided that the Secretary will leave
here Tuesday afternoon on his long
journey overland.
The unrest among the soldiers
quartered here has not abated, and
it is predicted that there will be an
other outbreak inside of week. 1t
is reported that 200 mutineers were
executed by hanging last week.
Hamburg Secretary Taft has en-
gagged passage for New York on the
Hamburg-American Line steamer
President Grant, sailing from here
Saturday, December Z.
Berlin. Regret is expressed at
the foreign office here at the fact
that Secretary Taft's plans will not
permit him to be entertained here
or to visit Emperor William in
England. While it is perfectly un-
derstood that Mr. Taft had no special
object in altering his plans, it would
have been most agreeable for the
Emperor to have received the dis
tinguished American traveller; to have
exchanged views with him, and to
have shown him many courtesies.
The Emperor would have been able
to see Mr.. Taft in England up to
December 8, and as the audience was
arranged at the Secretary's request,
it is presumed that some urgent rea-
son exists requiring him to hasten
home
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1907-11-22

Hamburg Secretary Taft has en-
gagged passage for New York on the
Hamburg-American Line steamer
President Grant, sailing from here
Saturday, December Z.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1907-02-14
PANTON.

Miss Alice Werner has moved to Brook
lvn, \. V, whore she Is TO reslde.-The
creamery company (co-operativc) at its
annual election chose these directors: o.
II. sherman, Harvey Newton, Fred Allen
L. q. Kent and S. +. Gaines.-Cora Bry-
dia finished her school I'm the Satterlee
district last week and is at home.-Mrs.
L. G.. Kent was I'm burlington the first
of the week to visit her sister who under
went an operation at the Mary Fletcher
hospital ThursdaY.-The auditors met at
Charles Spaulding's Monday and settled
the towns accounts,-Peter Smith and
sons are filing the Ice houses at the
creamery. -Elbert Stage and Andrew
Ruscoe went to Benson Tuesday with
goods for Mr. and Mrs. H. T.. Brothers,
Stanton Cross Is to carry on part Of
Erving Carpenters farm-Silas, the -
year-old son OF Arthur Tappen of Corn
wall on-the-Hudson, who fell and broke
his leg while visiting I'm Vergennes last
summer, has since been taken to st,
Lukc's hospital in New York whers II
was found necessary to amputate the
leg as last resort to save his life,