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The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1908-01-24
THREE PERSONS KILLED
and MANY HURT
Factory Fire Causes Panic Among
Girls.
ONE GIRL BROKE HER NECK.
One of the Victims Was Caught in the
Burning Building, While the Others
Jumped From q Fire Escape-The
Injured Leaped to the Ground After
Having Been Badly Burned.

Scranton, Pa. Especially. = Three
girls were killed, 10 seriously injured
and a score or more slightly hurt at
a fire in the Imperial Knitting Com
pany's Mill, in Dix Court, in the cen
trail part of the city. The dead are:
Marie Buckley, aged 10 years, neck
broken by jumping from third-story
window.
Catharine Griffith, aged 20 years,
skull fractured by jumping from win
dow; died in hospital.
Jennie Ratchford, aged % years,
both arms and legs broken and in
ternally injured by jumping from
window; died in hospital.
Eighty-five girls were at work on
the third floor when fire broke out
on the ground floor, where were men
vanishing furniture. 1t quickly as
cended the elevator shaft and drove
the girls panic-stricken to the win
dow opening on the fire escape. The
girls on the upper part of the fire
escape crowded those in front. With
the flames enveloping them half OF
them jumped from the third floor be-
fore the firemen arrived.
There was only one exit, narrow
hallway besides the fire escape, and
this hallway was cut off by the ire
and smoke. The fact that many of
the girls tainted further blocked the
narrow fire escape and added to the
difficulty of rescue. Some of the in
jured girls deny that they jumped,
alleging that they were pushed over
the railing by other girls.
The whole interior of the building
was eaten out by the flames, caus-
ing loss of $4,000 most of which
falls on the underwear company.
The most seriously injured are
Kathryn Manosky, aged Is years;
Anna Ryan, aged % years; Florence
Watros, aged 10 years and Ernestine
Kohn. These girls jumped from the
third floor and received internal in
juries and broken limbs.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1908-01-24
INCENsED AT PREACHER.
He Called The Girls ga Flock OF
Cackling Parrots"

Tekonsha Especially. = The mem
bers of the Presbyterian Church of
this town have for some months been
growing FESTIVE under the criticism
of their pastor, Rev. William McPhet-
ers. The latter has been accustomed
to speak plainly from the pulpit what
was in his mind, and several times
demands by the more hot-headed of
the church have been restrained by
the cooler ones. The last straw came
on Sunday, when in the course of his
sermon he referred to the young
ladies of the congregation as "a flock
of cackling' parrots"
This was too much, and a meeting
of the congregation was called at
which Mr.. McPheters was dismissed.
He at one time was in the pulpit of
large Washington Cd. CO. church.
His personal appearance and oratori-
cal powers at once gained for him
the sobriquet of a Second Henry
Ward Beecher," and people came
many miles to hear him.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1908-01-24
Foreign
York.

1t is reported in British naval
circles that Lord Charles Beresford
is to retire from the command of the
Channel fleet and be succeeded by
Admiral Sir Arthur Moore.
Several arrests have been made in
Brazil in connection with the report
ed plot of anarchists to- destroy part
of the American fleet in the harbor
of Rio Janeiro.
The National Freedom Defense
League of England issued a manifes-
to denouncing the Temperance re-
form" movement as an attack on the
liberty of the masses.
The continental steamship lines
have decided, in view of the rate war
between the British lines, to leave
the passenger steerage rates undis-
turbed
Miss Thorpe Richardson, aged II,
of New York. died in Berlin of blood
poisoning, the result of scratch on
the lip.
Chancellor Won Buelow, in the
Prussian Diet, declared that if rho
germanization of Poland was to con-
tinue the bill authorizing the gov
eminent to enforce sale to the Settle
ment Commission of Lands in Prus-
sian Poland held by Poles must be
adopted.
The Red Star liner Finland ran
down and sank the Greek steamer
Epirus off Terneuzen, but no lives
were lost.
The body of a widow, Marie
T. ~R
forest near Bremen and the police
suspect Henry Haas, of Cleveland,
O., who is now on a steamer en- route
to South America, of having knowl-
edge of the murder.
BY vote of PIT to 2OS the French
Chamber of Deputies decided to place
the income tax measure In the first
place on the parliamentary program.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1908-01-24
.WASf|INGTO
BY TELEGRAPH
Is Now Up To Japan.

Mr.. Miyaoka, counselor and charge
d'affaires of the Japanese Embassy,
was in consultation with Secretary
Root for sometime. He stated af-
terward that the problem of Japanese
immigration to the United States had
been solved so far as this government
was concerned, he thought, in that
the United States had indicated to
Japan its desire to exclude Japanese
laborers, and Japan had agreed to
stop or limit as far as possible their
migration to this country. How this
can be done remains for japan to
work out, he said, but the limitation
or denial of passports will doubtless
ly prove most effective. He was not
in a position to say whether this
limitation would be applied to per-
sons migrating to Canada or Mexico.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1908-01-24
THEATRE DOOR BoLTED.
statement OF Ticket-Taker AT The
Boyertown Opera House.

Boyertown, Pa. Especially With
all the victims who lost their lives
in che theater fire here buried. the
authorities of the borough and the
coroner of Berks County. will now
begin an investigation of the terri
BILE aifair.
Warren Jones, who was ticket
taker at the Rhoades Theatre at
the time OF the fire, has confirmed,
in part, the story that the exit
doors were bolted when the au-
dience made its rush to escape the
DANES. He made his first statement
last night since the fire. He de-
cIared that one of the two door,
which swung both ways. was bolted
and adds:
when the people began to rush
from the hall ] threw open one
door and tried to open the one
bolted / could not do it. People
finally smashed it down.
II believe that what caused the
deaths more that anything else. was
the placing of collapsible wooden
chairs in the two aisles and behind
the reserved seats"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1908-01-24
BATTLE WITH THE MooRs
Three French Officers Among the
Wounded.

Tangier (By Cable) News has
reached here of terrific 10-nour en-
gagement in ravine near Settat be-
tween a French column under the
command of General D'Amade and
column commanded by Mulai Rachid,
one of the chiefs of Mulai Hafid's
| forces. The French gained SPLEEN
did victory in the face of heavy odds,
succeeding in dispensing the enemy
and occupying Settat. Twenty of the
French soldiers were wounded, but
many of the Arabs were killed. The
latter not only offered a logged and
fearless defense, but returned repeat
eddy to the battle after they had been
routed and attacked the French from
three sides.
In the later hours of the fighting
Mulai Rachid's column was sudden.
ly reinforced by the powerful chaouia
tribe, which figured in the massacres
at Casblanca and which had arriv-
ed from the mountains at the very
moment when Mulai Rachid was
about to retreat.
Under the combined charge of the
now-conffdent Moors, the French not
only held their ground, but steadily
threw back the enemy, driving them
eventually in mad haste to the hills.
The engagement between the French
and the Moors followed immediate
ly upon a 25-hour march of General
D'Amade's column, and under these
trying circumstances the French
forces are considered to have shown
more than ordinary stamina and brav-
cry. The French wounded include
three officers.
After destroying the camn of the
enemy at Settat. General D'Amade
pushed forward and occupied Kasbah
Der Rohid.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1908-01-24
FRANCE AND SPAIN FIRM.
VIII Hold Morocco Strictly To Terms
OF Agreement.

Paris (By Cable) Foreign Minis
ter Pichon, who has just returned
here from Madrid, is authority for
the statement that there is perfect
accord between France and Spain re-
garding Morocco.
1.-THE Algeciras act will remain in
force" M. Pichon said. France I'M
dertook certain obligations which no
change in Morocco can modify, and
Morocco undertook certain obliga-
lions to Europe which no transforma-
ton at the Sheridan court can alter
Continuing, the foreign minister
reiterated that France would continue
Loyalty to observe the Algeciras agree
ment and limit her action to insuring
the security of Europeans and main
tanning order in the forts of Moroc-
co and along the Algerian frontier.
Advices received by the govern
ment from Morocco indicate that the
proclamation of Mulai Haiid as sui
tan has had little effect in the
Chaouia region, where the work of
pacification n t i n u s. General
D'Amade, commander of the French
forces in Morocco, arrived at Settat,
at the head of column of troops.
At the request of Foreign Minister
Pichon the Interpolation of NJ
Jaures, the Socialist leader in the
Chamber of Deputies, regarding Mo-
rocco has been postponed until Janu-
airy "a.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1908-01-24
WALSH FOUND GUILTY
MisapEIcaiion 100000 Of Banks
Funds.

Chicago ESP ecia D.-John r..
Walsh, financial and political lead
er of the Middle West, was found
guilty of wrecking the Chicago Bank.
The federal jury that had spent two
months hearing the maze of testimony
consumed 80 hours in sgre,,iDg on
verdict. The verdict was based on
40 of the counts on which he was
tried. On the other SO counts he
was found not guilty.
The penalty fixed by the statutes
for the offense of which the aged f.
nancier was convicted is imprisonment
for not less than five years or more
than 10 for each count upon which
his guilt was established. He was
released OH bone
Thus ends the dream of an Irish
lad The fulfillment of his vision
carried him first to America as an
immigrant, started him in business
as a newsboy carried him to the
plane of small merchant, then poll
tician, banker, railroad president,
and finally to the throne of the po-
litical and financial autocrate of the
second largest city in the United
States.
Fall OF The Master Builder.
The closing of the doors of the
Chicago Trust Company and the
Home Savings Bank, in 1905, was
one of the financial upheavals of the
age. Walsh was the master builder
of millions. But, by today's verdict
he is convicted of putting into his
structure at least $7,000,000 of
money entrusted to him by other
people
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1908-01-24
SHOT FIRED AT EDITOR.
Inspector OF Police Objects To Crit
icisms Published.


New Orleans, La. Especially Ed
ward S. Whitaker, inspector of police,
entered the Office of the Morning
World here and fired two shots at
Joseph M. Leveque, the editor.
Neither shot took effect.
The shooting followed several at
tacks upon Whitaker in the editor
ial and news columns of the World.
The head of the New Orleans Police
Department was criticised for eat
tending the races daily while draw
ing a salary of $4,000 year from
the people," and was referred to as
a "blackguard and bully"
Whitaker, accompanied by several
detectives, entered the editorial
rooms of the World shortly after
o'clock and the Inspector started for
Leveque, who was talking at the time
to a young woman reporter. Blows
were exchanged and it was then that
Whitaker drew large caliber re-
volver and fired twice.
Accounts of the shooting vary, but
according to eyewitnesses one of sew
eral reporters who rushed to the edi-
tors aid struck the Police Inspectors
arm and caused the shots to go wild.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1908-01-24
Three Boys Drowned.

Newark, N. ]. Especially Three
boys were drowned and another had
narrow escape from death while
trying to cross Kirsohghessners Pond,
on Nineteenth Street, on the ice.
The ice gave way under the boys
weight where the water in the pond
is deepest and the little fellows were
submerged. Three went under the
ice and were drowned The victims
were Gustave Hartman, years old;
Louis Hartman, years old, and Leo
Smith. 10 years old. The boy who
was rescued is Edward Rowle, 10
years old
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1908-01-24
Boy Attempts Suicide.

Cleveland. o. Especially While
jail attaches We're preparing to re-
lease him and send him home. Ed
ward Doyle, of Pittsburg. IA years
old, attempted suicide. The boy was
unconscious when cut down. He
tried to hang himself with his sus-
penders. He was picked mp on the
street two weeks ago, begging. He
refused to tell where his home was.
Saturday word was received from
John Doyle, of Pittsburg. that the
boy was his son. The lad will be
sent to Pittsburg.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1908-01-24
Retiring Certificates.

New York IS p eci D.-Large
blocks of clearinghouse loan certifi-
Gates, amounting to about SIS, 100000
were retired, and the amount out
standing is now in the neighborhood
of $20,0OO,000. 1t was stated at the
clearinghouse that the highest
amount Of certificates outstanding at
any time during the financial crisis
was 500, 100000. The rapid retire
men of the. certificates would indi-
cate that within few days all the
clearinghouse banks will be back on
a cash basis of mutual exchanges.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1908-01-24
FINANCIAL

Jones & Laughlin once more deny
that United States Steel is going tc
buy them out.
A Midvale Steel Company director
says the 1907 output exceeded that
of 1906, but definite figures are not
issued.
Brokers are almost unanimous In
their belief that short covering has
caused most of the recent rally in
stock prices.
William M. Bayard. floor broker
on the Philadelphia Stock Exchange
has been suspended for six months
''for actions detrimental to the in
terests of the exchange"
Pennsylvania and New York Gen.
trail were the market leaders. Gen.
trail rose over per cent. and got
above par, for the first time in long
while, and Pennsylvania was up near
ly 2 per cent. to 1161s.
The Pennsylvania has reduced all
track labor on the whole system to
forty hours per week. All shop
hands have also been cut to forty
hours per week. The track hands
and the shop hands have been work
ing'recently about an average of nine
hours per day.
1t was said that the strength in
New York Central was due to calling
of stock which had been lent for a
long time past This rorced cover
ing of shorts in a narrow market.
The squeeze is likely to be followed
by the delivery of that stock as it
was sold long ago.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1908-01-24
THE TWO-GENT RATE
LAW not VALID
Pennsylvania Supreme Court Decide:
Against II.
no APPEAL CAN Be TAKEN
The Court Declares That the Law Does
Injustice to Railroad Companies by
Reducing the Returns to Such an
Extent as to Render Their Property
Unremunerative..

Philadelphia Especially The two
cent railroad fare law now in force
in Pennsylvania was declared uncon-
stitutional by the state Supreme
Court, which handed down an opln-
ion affirming the decision OF the
Common Pleas Court of Philadel'
phia. rendered last September.
The two-cent fare law was en-
acted by the last legislature, the
bill passing both houses by praG-
tically unanimous vote. The rail-
roads fought the bill vigorously, ana
after it became law the Pennsyl-
the Railroad instituted suit In tne
Common Pleas Court OF Phiiadei-
phia from enforcing the law. Inc
railroad contended that the law
was Unconstitutional in that It
was unreasonable and confiscatory,
and the court in a decision sustain
ed the company's contention. Inc
county of Philadelphia then took
the case to the State Supreme
Court. Attorney General Todd, rep
resenting the State of Pennsylvania,
participated in the proceedings, ana
made the principal argument pc
fore the lower and higher courts
against the railroads contention.
other railroads brought similar
action in several counties OF the
state. but the Pennsylvania suit
. was the only one to reach the Su-
preme Court.
The Majority Opinion.
The majority opinion in the case
was written by Chief Justice Mitchell
It declares that the real question In
fhe case is whether the new rate law
transgressed the provisions OF the
Constitution that the legislative pow
er to alter charters shall be exercised
only in such manner that no lnJus-
tice shall be done to the corporators.
Continuing. it says:
ssThe% court below after receiving
much evidence and giving it most
painstakfng and elaborate considera-
tion found that the act does injustice
to the corporators in that it reduces
the returns from the property to such
an extent as to render it unremuner-
ative.''
In conclusion, the decision says:
"The corporation is entitled to
make a fair profit on every branch
Of its business subject to the limita-
tion that its corporate duties must
be performed. even though at loss.
What is fair profit is highly COM
plicated and difficult question. The
court below awaited itself of all the
best evidence that was offered or
shown to be attainable, considered
1t with exemplary patience and care,
and it's conclusion that the enforce
ment Of the act of 1907 against the
complainant would do injustice to
the corporators is beyond just criti-
/ cisIn. y
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1908-01-24
President Entertains Diplomats.

The annual state dinner in honor
of the Diplomatic Corps was given
at the White House by the President
and Mrs. Roosevelt. There were
about 80 guests and included, be-
sides the Diplomatic Corps, Secretary
of State and Mrs Root, Representa-
tive and Mrs. Nicholas Longworth,
Rear Admiral and Mrs. Cowles, Miss
Carow and others.
The dinner was given in the state
dining-room and the silver service
was used. The decorations were or
chids, Roman hyacinths and white
carnations. Mrs. .Roosevelt's gown
was blue brocade. with lace bertha.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1908-01-24
Aeronaut Farman Wins.

Paris (By Cable) Henry Farman
the French aeronaut, won the
Deutsche-Archdeaco prize of $780,
900 by making a circular kilometre
in an airship heavier than air. The
successful fight was made in the
presence of an official committee of
the Aero Club. The time was 1
minute and 2S seconds.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1908-01-24
Exodns Of Imnligrants.

New York (SpecialD The rush of
emigrants to return to Europe keeps
up, and tho figures for January will
show an enormous increase over the
same month last year. Already in
IL days 3O,056 steerage passengers
have left New York, as against 9,476
last year. During the same period
this year only 1888 steerage passen-
gers have arrived at this port. The
Increase in eastbound steerage travel
so far this month is 210 per cent,
and the outward flow is greater by
$40 per cent. than the incoming.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1908-01-24
. Bailey GETS Guardianship.

Senator Bailey (Texas). who has
been a minority member of the Sen
ate since 1901, has at last reached
the dignity of chairmanship, which
honor carries with it not only room,
but authority to employ clerk and
messenger. He has just been ap-
pointed chairman of the Committee
on the Disposition of Useless Paper
in the Executive Departments, place
made vacant by the death of the late
Senator Pettus, of Alabama. 1t is
one of the few unimportant commit
tees, the Craftsmanship of which Is
assigned to the minority.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1908-01-24
KILLED In A pitched BattIe.

Chicago Especially Two men were
killed. one policeman was wounded
and several workingmen were injur-
ed in pitched battle, between three
policemen and thirty Hungarian rail
road laborers at Gary, Ind. Guns
and revolEers were fired and knives
thrown, but though they were out
numbered ten to one the policemen
made seven arrests and stood their
ground until reinforcement arrived
when thirteen more men were eaptur-
ed.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1908-01-24
Swift Justice.

New York Especially Within less
than ninc hours from the time he
was brought into court in Newark,
N. j., George Wilson, colored, was
tried, convicted and sentenced to
death for the murder of Frederick
r. Romer, an undertaken, who was
found dead in his room in hotel
in Orange, N. j., ON December 2 last.
Justice TenEyck fixed the week be-
ginning March for the execution.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1908-01-24
Aged Couple Die Together.

Providence, r. I. Especially After
having passed the greater part of
their lives quietly and uneventfully
in an old farmhouse here, Jonathan
King and his wife, Abbie, died togeth-
err. The wife passed away at $40
o'clock and a few minutes later the
husband died. In both cases death
was due to old age. Mr.. King was
"a years old and his wife IS.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1908-01-24
Some Interesting Happenings Briefly
Told.


give Surgeon General Wyman all the
money needed to carry on the light
against the plague in San Francisco.
The Senate committee agreed on
the unfavorable report on Roosevelt's
appointment of Charles Fairbanks
as pension agent at Concord, N. II.
Representative Wolf introduced a
bill in the House for an appropria-
ton of $4,000 for an addition to
the Baltimore Postoffice.
The credentials of Senator VIII
liam Pinckney Whyte, of Maryland,
were presented to the Senate and
Mr.. Whyte was sworn in.
Justice Gould refused to enjoin
Secretary Cortelyou from issuing
Panama Canal bonds.
immigration officials say the tide
of immigration to this country has
been checked.
Rear Admiral Frank Curtis, retir-
ed, died at the age of So years.
The Department of Justice an
nounced that If the coal-carrying
railroads agreed to promptly comply
with the decision of the Supreme
Court of the United States on the
constitutionality Of the provision of
the Hepburn law prohibiting trans
portation companies from owning and
operating coal properties after May
list, it will not prosecute such COM
panies, pending the adjudication OF
the case by the Supreme Court.
During 1907 merchandise to the
value of $1,423, 326,680 was brought
T~i%
of $1O2,825,10S over 1905, according
to figures compiled by the Bureau OF
Statistics. The total of exports for
the year was $1,923, 498,434. an in
crease over 1906 of $125,255, 200.
President Roosevelt informed Gov
ernor Sparks, of Nevada, by telegram
that he would permit the troops to
remain in Nevada for such reason
able length of time as would give
the legislature opportunity to organ
ize a force to perform the police
functions of the state.
The nomination of Regis L. Post
to be governor of Porto Rico was con-
firmed by the Senate, as were all the
other Porto Rican territorial nomi-
nations.
The Senate passed bill to provide
for the erection of a postofflce build
ing in New York City to cost $S,-
500, 900.
Asiatic cholera is reported to have
made it's appearance among the sol
diers on the Island of Mindanao.
Secretary Taft explained Panama
Canal matters to the Senate commit
tee.
Representative Richmond Pearson
Hobson submitted to the President
copy of his bill offered in the House
which calls for an appropriation this
year of $50,O0O,000 for new battle
ships.
Chairman Scott, of the Senate Com
mittee on, Public Buildings and
Grounds, made favorable report on
bill appropriating $S,b00,00O for
a post office building in New York
City.
The Senate passed the resolution
providing for the remission of more
than half of the Chinese indemnity
granted on account of the Boxer re-
bellion.
Secretary of the Treasury Cortel-
you declared emphatieally that he
had not resigned and had no inten-
ton of resigning from the Cabinet.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1908-01-24
Probably Lost with All Hands.

Seattle, Wash. Is p eciaD The
British ship Hatfield, from Liverpool.
to Seattle, is believed to have gone
down with all on board off the west
coast of Vancouver Island. A wire
less message reports that the YES
sells deckhouse and several empty
boxes washed ashore. The ships
captain is A. s. Anderson, and his
wife and family probably We're on
board. In all, 80 persons were
aboard the ship.