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III
Bodies Found by Neighbor-Crime
Laid to Tramps.

Oswego, N. Y.-When Charles
Ward, surprised at getting no re-
spouse to his knocking at the house
of his neighbors, " John and Peter
Bohli, at ingalls, Crossing, this coun-
ty, broke in the door and entered,
his Investigations disclosed the fact
that the two brothers were dead.
Their bodies lay on the floor OF the
kitchen, both with several bullet
wounds in them and the heads bat
tered in, evidently with an axe,
which lay beside them. The rifed
empty wallet on the kitchen table
and the ransacked trunk upstairs in
dictated that robbery had been the
motive, but there was every evidence
also that it was not accomplished
until after a fierce fight.
The crime is laid to .tramps, and Is
believed to have been committed
several nights ago. Both the u
dered men were past fifty years old.
Hard working and frugal, they were
thought to have accumulated several
thousand dollars.
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THAW SENT BACK TO
MATTEAWAN ASYLUM
Lawyers Present No Evidence
Hoping to Gain Trial by Jury.
WHITES SLAYER CAREW0RN
Despite Writ Requiring His Presence
in Pennsylvania, Justice Decides
Quicl,ly-Last Hope Rests on
Bankruptcy Action.

White Plains, N. Y.-By an abrupt
and sudden switch around in the Su-
preme Court at White Plains Harry K.
Thaw was whisked back from his re-
cent quarters in the Westchester
County Jail to the place he hates most
in the world, Matteawan Asylum for
the Criminal Insane.
After an absence of five months
Thaw reach Matteawan late in the af-
ternoon. There he will stay until
one of two things happens, either the
granting of a lunacy trial by jury or
his removal to Pittsburg to testify in
his bankruptcy proceedings now pend
ing. If neither of these two things
happens, Thaw, so far as his legal
and physical status is concerned, is
back where he was the day Justice
Bowling committed him to Mattea-
wan last January.
At a conference Thaw's new law
yers decided that what they wanted
for their client vas a lunacy trial by
a Sheriff's jury, and not a %single-bar-
relied hearing before Justice Mills.
Accordingly, as 500 a. the case was
called at White Plains they took the
step which caused the immediate
abandonment of the present proceed
ings and left Thaw free to apply to
the Court of Appeals for a jury trial,
on the ground that Justice Mills re-
fusal to grant them such a trial vas
unconstitutional.
The resort to this eXpedient sent
Thaw back to Matteawan for the time
being, but it offered the only chance
of securing a jury trial for him.
There was also a suspicion that
Thaw's lawyers planned to get him
into the custody of the Federal AL.
thorities, and shunt him off to Pitts
burg.
AS soon as DR.. Baker, acting super
intendent of Matteawan, stepped out
of the court, a Federal process server
served him with a writ requiring him
to produce Thaw at Pittsburg for the
bankruptcy hearing. Colonel Asa
Bird Gardner, representing the Attor-
ney-General's Office, will go before U.
S.. Judge Archibald at Scranton and
represent that Thaw is a lunatic in
custody, just, as he did when Sheriff
Lane, of Westchester, was similarly
served some days ago.
It is almost certain that an order
will then be issued against DR.. Baker
requiring him to produce Thaw at
Pittsburg and eventually it is prob
able that Thaw will go to Pennsylva-
mia.
In the meanwhile his lawyers will
file their appeal with the State Court
of Appeals at once, so they say.
Thaw looked i'll and worn. His
mother, his brother, Josiah, and his
sister, Mrs, Carnegie, attended the
hearing, and after Thaw had left for
Matteawan they went to the jail and
got his papers and personal effects.
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WANTED TO KNOW
The Truth About Grape-Nuts Food.

1t doesn't matter so much what
you hear about a thing. it's what you
know that counts. And correct
knowledge is most likely to come
from personal experience.
About a year ago." writes a N. Y.
man, Il was bothered by indigestion,
especially during the forenoon. I
tried several remedies without any
permanent improvement.
My breakfast usually consisted of
oatmeal, steak or chops, bread, coffee
and some fruit.
Hearing so much about Grape
Nuts, l concluded to give 1t a trial
and find out if ALL had heard Of it
was true.
so l began with Grape-Nuts and
cream, two soft boiled eggs, toast, a
cup of Postum and some fruit. Be-
fore the end of the first week 1 was
rid of the acidity of the stomach and
felt much relieved.
by the end Of the second week all
traces of indigestion had disappeared
and / was in first rate health nee
more. Before beginning this course
of diet / never had any appetite for
lunch, but now 1 can enjoy a hearty
meal at noon time" There's a Rea-
SON."
Name given by Postum Co., Battle
Creek, Mich. Read 1.-THE Road to
MELVILLE" in pkgs.
Ever read the above letter? A new
sue appears from time to time. They
are genuine, true, and full Of human
interest.
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WOMEN MOB PARLIAMENT
British House of Commons &c.
sieged by London Suffragettes.
Workingmen and Women Assemble
at the Call Of Agitators and hush
the Doors Of Westminster.

London.-The climax of the suf-
fragette campaign was reached when
an enormous mob hemmed in Parlia-
ment and stopped the traffic in all
streets leading to Westminster. For
more than three hours the crowds
scuf1ed good naturally with the po-
lice, interfered with theatregoers,
broke windows and disorganized
things generally in the centre of Lon
don.
The heroine of the day was Mrs.
Travers Symons, formerly secretary
to James Keir Hardie, the Socialist
and Independent member of Parlia-
ment, who reached the door of the
House of Commons by strategy. The
House was solemnly debating a bill
to prevent children from cigarette
smoking, when the woman dashed
past the doorkeeper to a position in
front Of the Speakers chair and
shouted shrilly: Leave off discuss
ing children and talk about women"
Three officials seized Mrs. Symons
and carried her out bodily. She was
then led to the outer door and dis
missed. AS a result Of the coup an
order was issued that hereafter wom-
en- should not be admitted to the
building on any preteXt whatsoever,
and in the future the historic grille
will not screen feminine spectators.
The appeal issued by the suffra-
gettes a few days ago for $4,000 per-
sons to help them rush" Parliament
was the most successful stroke yet.
Not less than twice that number re-
sponded to the call, and nine-tenths
o: these were young people who came
to see the fun. There were also a
few hundred of the unemployed and
their sympathizers.
Parliament was in a state of siege.
A close triple line Of police was
drawn around three sides Of the
square in front Of the building. The
yard within the gates swarmed with
police, and 200 guarded the terrace
In the rear against assault by water,
which the women twice attempted.
A small fleet of police boats also pa
trolled the Thames approaches.
All the mounted police in London
and suburbs had been modified at
this centre, and loads of hay were
unstacked in the streets for the
horses. The whole police force, to-
gether with cavalry, infantry and
marines, numbering more than 5000,
was kept busy in all directions with
buses, motor cars and cabs, mostly
filled with sightseers trying to thread
their way through.
Twenty-four s~uffragettes and
twelve of the unemployed were
placed under arrest. Many persons
tainted in the crush, a few were
trampled upon and taken to the hos
pitfalls.
Mrs. Pankhurst, Miss Christabel
Pankhurst and Mrs. Lawrence were
summoned to court for melting a
breach of the peace. They coolly re-
fused to obey the summons, but
agreed to surrender themselves at 6
O'Clock in the evening, which they
did. D.,
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Dogs of Luxury.

The appearance Of little dogs as
objects of luxury goes back to the
most ancient times. Documents are
hot wanting to show that Greek: and
Roman women had pet dogs which
they idolized. Even men, particular
fy among foreigners, were not
ashamed to walk the streets Of Rome
with pet dogs under their arms. Plu-
tarch relates that julius Caesar, see
ing one day in Rome some strangers
thus loaded with their dogs. asked
chem ironically whether the women
of their country did not bear chill
dren. Tertia, the, daughter of Luz
cius Aurelius Paulus, was so fond Of
her dog that in the, moment Of bid
ding farewell to her father, who was
about to leave his country and his
family to wage war against Perseus,
King of Macedonia, she frankly adj
mitted that the sadness imprinted on
her face was due to the death Of her
pet dog Persa.-London Globe.
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TORTURE CHILDREN WITH HOT IRONS.
Charity Agent Reports Narrowing Cruelty to State Wards ii
ninois-Stabbed With Forks-Hair Torn Out and Limbs
Broken Also Among Crimes Against Little Ones
Many Sold For Money-The Rev. MI. Vlrden
Relates Instances of Persecution by Foster
Parents and Public Institutions.

The saddest part of it all is that there
is no law in the State of Illinois pro-
hibiting the sale of a child"
In speaking of other specific cases
the Rev. Mr.. Virden said:
"a girl of thirteen years, commit
ted by the Juvenile Court, was made
a household drudge. Our State agent
found that she was being beaten with
a %horsewhip. The girl vas removed
and placed in a good home, where she
was given a chance for education and
religious training.
Burned With Hot Knife.
"a girl, having only one parent
living, seven years old, was in the
home of a family at Alton, Ill. The
evidence showed that this child was
covered with bruises. Her face was
burned, her hands were hacked with
a red hot knife and the sight of one
eye was destroyed. The foster moth.
er, charged with having inflicted these
wounds, was. fined for assault and
battery, and will be tried under the
cruelty act.
"a girl was the victim of her STEP
fathers attacks for ten years, after
she was seven years old. Her step
father was sent to the penitentiary
and the girl sent to a good home.
1.-TWO girls, aged five and ten, were
forced to beg on the streets for their
mother, who kept a disreputable re-
sort. They are now in good homes.
"a girl thirteen years old did the
washing and ironing for. a family Of
seven. She had no school advan-
tages. An investigation showed that
she wore her foster mothers old
clothes and shoes; was overworked
and received no salary; that her life
was insured in the benefit of the
mother-i1-law in the home. The
child was returned to the home. on
trial upon the cancellation of the life
insurance policy, and promised that
she was to receive new clothes and
81 a week. 7 protest against the in
surance of the lives of these children"
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Going Too Far.

When Mr.. Volney Streamer was
visiting Mark Twain at his Redding
home, a short time ago., he remarked
on the picturesque appearance Of a
windmill in the distant landscape. 1t
was not a windmill, however, but the
tower of the Congregational Church
at Redding Centre. When the cler-
gyman of that church came to see
Mr.. Clemens the latter told him that
one Of his guests had called his church
a windmill, adding, Il think that was
going a little too far!"-The Loun.
ger, in Putnam's and The Reader.
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Not Improbable.

A well-knoWn scientist was telling
a young woman about a series Of ex-
periments he had been recently max
Ing with the microphone. "The mi
crophone," he explained, "magnifies
sounds to the ear as the microscope
magnifes objects to the eye. The
footballs of a centipede heard through
the microphone resemble a tattoo on
= kettledrum. The dropping of a
pin is like the report of a cannon"
THAT is very interesting and odd"
said the girl.
This afternoon" resumed the sci
enlist, Il caught a fly and studied it's
note, which resembles the neighing of
a horse"
Perhaps" said the girl, ut was a
horsefy New York Press.
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Village D~egeneracy.

The human population of country
villages, most sad to see, is every
year rendered less intelligent than it
was 100 years ago. All the enter
prising, intelligent young men and
maidens are ''fshed" away, drawn
by bats and hooks to the great
towns; only the dull and relatively
incapable are left in the village to
marry and produce a new generation.
The village population necessarily be-
comes made up of a dull stock-inca-
pable, as appears from official reports,
Of being educated beyond a very low
stage. In some districts seventy per
cent. Of the children are thus unin-
telligent, though not unhealthy or
fmbecile.-Sir E. Ray Lancaster, in
London Telegraph.
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New York City.-"There's no use
talking, it's going to be a hard win
ter, no matter which Bill is elected"
said the wise young man who had
lust returned from his vacation in
Pike County, Pennsylvania, with a
luxuriant crop of tan and freckles.
II forgot I ever knew so much about
the country until I got out there
again. I was born and raised in the
country, and I'm proud Of it.
How do I know it's going to be a
hard winter? Well, here are some of
the sure signs, and I surprised the
farmers when I sprung my knowledge
on them:
"A heavy crop Of nuts. You never
saw the like of the butternuts, hick-
DRY nuts and chestnuts that there arc
going to be in less than a month now.
"A big fruit crop and an abundance
of wild grapes; the woods are full OF
this little wild fruit of the vine, and
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A Permanent Rose Scent.

Steep rose petals in water until
they are soft enough to be macerated
easily. Mix in a few drops Of altar
of rose and a little gum.
This Is a very suitable mixture t.
enclose in amulets or charms, for 10
is sweet but not sickly, and it keeps
its sweetness, and, If run into a little
fancy mold while soft and allowed to
set and harden there, when turned
out it will make an ornamental as
well as an effectual perfume for a
box Of handkerchiefs or some other
pet possessions.-Girl's Realm.
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TWIN SISTERS LAWYERS.
Win the Honor of Practicing in the
TT. 6. Supreme Court.

Win the Honor of Practicing in the
U. S. Supreme Court.
Washington, D. C.-Twin sisters,
Misses Ethel A. and Florence M. Col
ford, of Washington, D. c., were adj
mitted to practice at the United States
Supreme Court. They are the
youngest women ever admitted to
practice before that tribunal. Both
are pretty. Their ability got for them
an endorsement from the Department
of Justice for the honor granted them
by the Supreme Court Justices.
The Misses Colford were graduated
two years ago from the Washington
University School of Law with honors,
and last year they took a post-grad-
uate course. They have been prac-
ticing law with their uncle, E. Car
ence Colford, and have attained al
ready q reputation.
They were born in Halifax, Nova
Scotia, but came to Washington when
young.
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Among the Workers.

The recent Scottish trade union
congress passed resolutions in favor
Of old age pensions and in favor of
compulsory Intervention in labor dis
putes.
The Stereotypers and Electrotyp-
ers' Union has been greatly increased
during the last year, in which seven
new locals were formed. The mem
bership is $500 in n~inety-two locals,
and the treasury holds $4,000.
The government of the city of
Liege, Belgium, not only does all it
can to prevent %idleness, but it en-
courages the working class to obtain
homes.
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Chicago, Ill.-How the wards Of
The State have been abused and tor
tured was the subject of a sensational
recital by the Rev. Charles Virden
agent of the State Board of Chart
ties, to the State Conference of Char
tiles, held at Rock Island. His paper
was entitled 1.-The State Visitation Of
Children" and said, in part:
During the last two years I have
personally handled approximately 55C
special cases. Most CT the children
are well cared for when placed in
family homes. The bad cases are
exceptions. For example, I have
found them tortured with hot irons
stabbed with toasting forks and scis.
sors, limbs broken, hair torn out by
the roots, dashed until black and blue
from head to foot. faces cut and
Scared and eyes blinded.
Numerous other cases Of crime
against children in the form of as
sault have been prosecuted. and in
the three years of my incumbency ten
of these offenders have been sent to
the penitentiary and numerous Jail
commitments and fines have been i'm
posed.
Many Children Sold.
"There has been, a wholesale traffic
In children in Illinois. I have a re-
ceipt in my possession for a child
who had been sold for a stipulated
price. -.
lone of the most distressing cases
incurred in, Quincy. ILL.,, where q child
was taken from it's mother, a young
girl, when less than an hour old,
placed in a market basket, absolutely
nude except for a covering Of an old
piece of quilt, carried about the
streets and offered to any one who
would accept it. The infant finally
was given to a, woman who had been
a pensioner on the county for a num-
Der Of years.
"The evidence showed that this
was at least the second child that
had been sold from this institution.
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Women in the Days News.

Mrs. Norman E. Mack, of Buffalo,
n. Y. confessed that she would like
to vote.
Viscountess Wordsworth started a
Jam factory on her estate near Minis.
ter-on-Sea, England.
In the Luxembourg Gallery, in
Paris, the works Of only two women
sculptors are represented.
Miss Ruth H. Northrop, of Nor
WITCH, Conn.,, has won the scholarship
offered by the Norwich Art Students
Association. The work she submitted
consisted of three groups of animals
and figures modelled in clay from life.
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MIDDIES FAIL TO PASS.
TweHty-four Forced to Resign-Seri-
Gus Shortage in Brigade.

Twenty-four Forced to Resign-Seri-
Gus Shortage in Brigade.
Annapolis, Md.-The Naval Acad-
envy authorities have called upon
twenty-four midshipmen for their res
ig%nations. This announcement was
made following a meeting Of the
academic board on Saturday, when
it was found that fifteen members of
the new. fourth class and eight Sec
ond class men had failed to pass the
regular September mental examina-
lions. At the regular examination in
May forty-two midshipmen were
found deficient and were informed
that they would be re-examined in
September to give them an oppor-
tunity to complete their studies. All
but the twenty-four were passed.
There are already a number Of va
cancies in the academy, and the loss
of those who are now forced to resign
will seriously reduce the membership
Of the brigade.
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Londonderry z. armstrong,
professor of chemistry at the City and
Guilds Of London Central Institute,
addressing the annual meeting of the
Iron and Steel Institute at Middles-
borough, said it was difficult to keep
calm when he reflected upon the ruth
less way the worlds stores of timber,
iron, coal and oil were being used up.
1t made the scientist shudder to see
the Indifference displayed in all civil
lied lands to the inevitable conse-
quences of such waste IN the nowise
distant future.
No comment was provoked by the
fact that the steamers Lusitania and
Mauritania devour daily a thousand
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BIGGER NAVY FOR BRITAIN.
Big Army, Too-Cabinet Sees Light
in the Near East.

London.-One of the first of the
far reaching effects of the European
crisis is that the British Government
has decided definitely to abandon it's
policy of a reduction of ornaments.
Naval construction on a large scale
will be resumed Immediately and the
army instead of being further reduced
will be increased. The matter was
considered at a meeting of the Cab
met, and while no official announce
ment has been made the foregoing
C,a be accepted as accurate.
This news will be particularly un-
welcome to Germany, for victory in
this competition must go with the
longest purse. On the other hand.
this fresh burden put upon overtaXed
Europe raises appalling questions.
The process of increasing expenditures
for ornaments cannot go much fur
Their without a collapse of the nation
al finances in more than one country.
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Japan's Maritime Position.

From it's ownership in 1885 Of
O.23 per cent. of the worlds sailing
fleets, Japan has taken her place
among the nations Of the world as
tenth instead of seventeenth, and
now owns '2.32 per cent. of the
worlds sailing tonnage. With refer
ence to steam tonnage, reckoned in
net register tons, the share Of Japan
in 1885 was 0.SS per cent, while in
1907 it had grown to 3.33 per cent.
In 1885. her rank in steam was four
teenth; now it Is sixth.-Nautical
Gazette
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Too True.

mo one understands me-" he
groaned; |no one on earth"
1t is the old story wrung from
many a tortured, youthful heart. The
sufferer is generally mistaken, but
the pain is no less poignant. Yet in
this instance the mans complaint was
true. Nobody on earth could under
stand him.
For, he was an announcer Of trains
at the Union Depot. - Cleveland
Leader.
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The World of Sport.

Yale defeated Wesleyan by sixteen
points to nothing in her opening
football game at New Haven, Conn.
Steffen, the Chicago quarter back
and captain, is said by many experts
to be as good as the famous Ecker
sail was two years ago.
American lawn tennis experts de-
feated their British rivals, and will
go to Australia to play for the Davis
Cup.
Beals c. Wright defeated F. B.
Alexander In the fnal round of the
tournament for the national lawn
tennis championship.
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General Eppa Hunton Dead,

Brigadier-General Eppa Hunton, a
survivor of the Confederate Army,
died at the home of his son., Eppa
Hunton, Jr., at Richmond, Va, in
his eighty-sixth year. General Hun
ton, although a vigorous old man,
had been blind and deaf for many
months. He was known as the hero
of Balls Bluff.
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Prominent People.

It is reported in New YORK CITY
that John w. Gates has ordered OF
Tiffany fifteen gold finger bowls TO
cost $4,000.
Professor William F. Warren,
dean of the Boston University Theo-
logical School, resigned, and the Of
flee was offered . the Rev. DR.. Frank
J. Mcconnell, of Brooklyn.
Thos. P. Fowler was elected heau
of the New York, Ontario and West
ern Railway Company for the tWen-
ty-second time. Mr.. Fowler is tha
dean of the railroad presidents in
New York and vicinity.