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State troopers while patrolling the
woods near Brandonville, arrested five
unnaturalized foreigners whom they
caught carrying guns.
Five passengers were painfully in,
jured when Il street car rammed into a
freight train ON a grade crossing of
the Wilkes Barre and Eastern railroad
at Moosic.
Rev. DR.. Russell H. Conwell was
congratulated before the adjournment
of the Bapists at Williamsport ON ac-
count of baptizing 5000 persons in
twenty years.
Mrs. Joseph Wood, of Pittsburg, paid
$40 for two seats in the Carnegie
music hall for the Pittsburg orchestra
season. Other high bids were made
The tickets were sold at public auc-
tion.
Matthew A. Hensen, the colored
companion of Commander Robert
Peary on the excursion to the North
Pole, is said to have thrown doubt on
the proofs of Cook in statements made
at Philadelphia.
Wilson Ramsey, of Oriole, lost a calf
which is thought to have been mistak-
en- by green hunter for bear. The
wild beasts are plentiful near Williams
port and many hunters are after them.
Peter Sankovitch, of Philadelphia,
saved his life when he threw himself
to one side while his foot was caught
i'll frog on the railroad and thus saw
ed his body from being mangled by an
engine. His leg was injured terribly
and was amputated at hospital.
Fifty eight thousand five hundred
and forty-three persons signed the
petition presented to the Philadelphia
councils relative to the strip tickets.
1t was quite a job for the messenger
boys who carried the paper into the
chambers, as it was over mile in
length.
Judge SwartZ granted "a rule to show
cause why the Bible should not be
read at the morning exercises in the
public schools at Bridgeport after re-
ceiving petition signed by 200 citiz-
ems. The school board of the town is
deadlocked over the question. The
democrats in the board are opposed to
the reading.
"Oh, we'll! 4 man has to die any
how and he might as well go one time
as another was the comment with
which Rocco Racco, the murderer of a
State game warden, greeted the news
that he had been refused pardon by
the State board. His wife went to see
him and broke down in the Jail at
Newcastle. EHe will be hanged on
Thursday unless the governor COM
mutes his sentence.
Albert Harmiller and Alazy Watze-
neck, of Reading, were arrested by
special policemen near Norristown for
an alleged attempt to rob fast freight
on the Reading railway. Three COM
panions of the men escaped. The seals
on four of the box cars were broken
and the men are said to have admitted
that they stopped the train and cut
the telegraph wires. The policemen
came up in the midst of the alleged
robbery
Millions of dollars are involved in
the orders placed by different rail
roads for steel cars, Pittsburg will
benefit accordingly.
Waynesboro is thinking about elm
mating the nuisance of sidewalk
porches.
Edward Herline was crushed to
death in the Bethlehem foundry and
machine company plant when the
boom of the large derrick broke and
fell on him.
-NNl' iiA' iA''ii's VI Ii 10 biiSilitSS
agent for the Carpenters union was
found dead with his throat cut from
ear to ear and dozen stab wounds in
his back. The work is believed to have
been done with corn cutter. So far
as known the man was without enemies
At the close of business in the State
treasury last week the cash record of
receipts amounted to S26, 564, 59l as
against S25, S52, 54S for the whole year
Of 1908. With over month to run the
receipts for the ficsal year will be very
large as they have already broken all
records.
Il have killed father and have made
my own grave; when you receive this
| will be dead. = This is the message
that was received by Elmer Anderson.
whose parents reside five miles from
Warren. The letter was written by his
mother When he went home he fonpd
his father dead with two stab wounds
and two bullet holes in his body The
mother could not be found As she