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The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1910-07-14
FAIR EDITH DEACON
ENGAGED TO MARRY

NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Edith
Deacon, one OF the three lovely daugh-
tiers Of the late Edward Parker Dea-
con, OF Boston, is engaged to marry
George Peabody, OF Boston. So an
nounces Mrs. Charles H. Baldwin.
widow OF Admiral Baldwin, Miss Dea-
cons grandmother, with whom the
girl lives most of the time at Snug
HarboE, Bellevue Avenue.
Miss Deacon Is visiting her fiance's
family in Boston, but will return here
soon for the season. Mrs. Baldwin
introduced her into society here three
years ago, and she has been a belle
ever since, here and in New York.
She Is OF the Spanish type of beauty;
tall but not too slender. She sings
and plays the piano brilliantly, speaks
several languages and Is devoted to
tennis, golf and swimming. Her cool
ness saved her life while at Bailey's
Beach In 1907. After q long swim
she became exhausted when stu a
furlong out Instead OF struggling she
doated until roscuers rowed out to her.
She has been much applauded In
amateur theatricals given for charit-
able institutions In New York. Often
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1910-07-14
FIND A CLEW To
AWFUL TRAGEDY

NIAGARA FALLS, n. Y.-Special-
The first cleW TO a brutal murder
committed about two months ago was
found today, when the body of wo-
man was taken from the intake to
the power-house of the Niagara Falls
rover company on the upper river
above the falls.
The fact that the woman wore an
automobile veil over her hair leads to
the belief that she was taken for an
auto ride, murdered and her body
tossed INTO the river. on the ring
hnger OF the left hand was a signet
ring bearing the initials 20. s."
The body was in such a condition
that the victims name cannot even BE-
guessed at 1t was we'll dressed in a
brown tailored suit
Coroner Scott, who saws the body
had been in the water for at least
two months, began an investigation at
once.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1910-07-14
$4,000 CORPORATION
TAX is COLLECTED

WASHINGTON, D. C.-Special.-Up
to date $2O.0OO.OO0 of the corporation.
tax has been collected by the Treas
ury Department, which equals about
80 per cent. of the total amount, which
1t is expected will be collected. SO
successfully has the collection of this
tax proceeded that Secretary Mac
Veagh left here today for his summer
vacation. Corporations will have un-
til July 9Th to pay up, after which
date they will be placed on the de-
linquent list. Notices will then be
served. and If in ten more days they
do not meet the tax their property
viii be seized or they will be subject
TO per cent. penalty and interest
at per cent. a month. Secretary
MacVeagh will visit PhoenixVille, Pa,
Tor Few days and then go to Dublin,
N. II.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1910-07-14
NO CHEERS FOR
JAMES EFFRIES
Defeated Champions Reception
Forms Pathetic Contrast to
Scenes of Departure.

LOS ANGELES, -Special.-Jim
Jenres arrived in Los Angeles, his
nome town Friday. His reception
lOrined palmetto contrast with the
scenes OF his departure. The beaten
champion skunk into town today silent
and morose, with scarcely a word for
the few close friends who were at the
station to meet him. He made his
way quietly through the town. with
little recognition from those on the
streets.
In the party were, best Is Jenries
his wife, his brother JACK, Sam Rer-
ger, Ted Boyer and Jack Ripper.
They came down from San Francisco
on the night train.
On his arrival Jeffries hurried to
his Los Angeles home, declaring that
ne would lose no time in getting out
to his ranch at Burbank.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1910-07-14
FINDS TREASURE THAT
MAKES HIS EYES RT1I GE

NEW YORK.-Special.- Mur-
ply, OF Canon Lane, Chelsea. Staten
Island. walked into his home TUESDAY
staggering under the burden of a big
chest. From 1t he poured out before
the astonished eyes of his wife scores
or gold and silver coins and pieces of
rious shapes.
Were rich at last, Mary" he pant
ed. For years I've searched the
woods for this treasure, and now
Ever since his arrival on Staten Is
fury ago. Murphy has spent his hoii-
DAYS tramping the Chelsea Woods.
looking for treasure which he felt
sure was there. According to him II
was buried by the British at the time
OF the Revolutionary War.
murphy went out early on July lth
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1910-07-14
Running a Town as a Business.

When Staunton, weary of the old
aldermanic system with its tempta-
tons and opportunities for graft
and its eVer-present eXtrava gance. be-
gan looking about for better meth
od or municipal government, the COM
mission plan seemed the most prom
lslng scheme available. 1t had been
tried in Galveston with such success
that other cst.es lad adopted it. The
les F@'-ies plan was also considered
but barrier to the commission form
or government was found in the Con-
stitution Of Virginia, which imposed
upon each city within its borders the
necessity of having an aldermanlc
board.
Unable to rid themselves of the all
dermanic system and adopt the more
modern plan, the people went rs FAR
as they could. They abolished the old
system under which the City Council
appointed committees to attend To the
various departments of city govern
ment, and created the office of gene
RAJ manager. The general rranager
was given entire charge and control
OF all the executive work OF the city
Ia ITS various departments ana full
control of the heads OF departments
and employees OF the city" He was
also clothed with authority ITO make
all contracts for labor and supplies.
and TO perform all the administrative
and executive work now performed
/
the Council, except the finance, ordi-
nance and auditing committees"
Charles E. Ashburner was elected
general manager. He filled the posi-
ton so satisfactorily that, at the erd
OF the first year, he was given a sal
airy increase Of $500 per annum He
still holds the job. and it is certain
that stanton will never go back to
the old system OF government by ward
politicians.
Mr.. John Crosby. author of the
Staunton plan, has this TO say OF its
operations:
AS we have had this system in
operation for about two years and
have passed the experimental stage.
II Will quite naturally be asked What
do the people think of it, and how do
they like 1t? What have been the re-
suits? And does the office justify the
expense? answer, yes, most en-
phatically, to each question. 1t has
not only been a complete success in
every particular, but has produced
better results in a shorter time than
was anticipated by its most enthusiast
tic supporters. Robert C. Hiden, in
Harpers Weekly.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1910-07-14
WOMAN RESCUED
FROM HER CAPTOR
She Was "Hoboing" With Man
Who Lured Her Away When
Tramps Helped Her.

TOLEDO, O.-SpeeiaL-Rescued
from her captOr, a Toledo ma
ch1nist, by hObOes who were on
their way to the harvest fields at
Bellev1ne, Kan, and taken In
charge by the police there, was
the experience Of Beatrice Fan
ming, nineteen. of Toledo, who
had been entfced from her home
here on promise OF marriage.
When captured she was wear
lag mems clothing, which she had
been compelled DO don after at
tempting TO escape from her cap
tor In Sc Louis. From Sc. Louis
the girl and the man who lured
her away were beating their wuy
West on freight trains.
Each time she tried TO eecape
the man choked and beat her.
FINALLY at BelIevflle, Kan, she
managed 90 tell q fellow-tramp
she WINS q woman. He told two
others, who attacked her capfor,
and the girl escaped. ...l.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1910-07-14
Gait of some African Animals.

An elephant moves at q walk, or
ra Their rack; a giraffe has a very pecu-
liar leisurely looking gallop, both hind
legs coming forward at the same time.
outside the forelegs; rhino and buffalo
trot and run. Eland when alarmed
bound with astonishing agility for such
large beasts-a trait not shown by
other large antelope, like oryx-and
then gallop for a short distance: but
the big bulls speedily begin to trot,
and the cows and younger bulls gradu-
ally also drop back into the trot In
fact, their gaits are in essence those of
the wapiti, which also prefer the trot,
although wapiti never make the bounds
that Gland do at the start.-From "Afri
can Game Trails" by Theodore Roose-
welt, in the July Scribner
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1910-07-14
JOKE PHOTOGRAPH
LEADS TO HIS ARREST
CINCINNATI.

CINCINNATI, OHIO.-Special.-
joke photograph, showing Max KEEL
man, formerly of Philadelphia, in the
custody OF Cincinnati policeman, in
directly led to his arrest vester3av On
a charge of murder. Kelman, accord
Ing to the local police, is wanted In
the Eastern city for killing a man in
what he claims was self-defense.
The photograph, taken by an anna
teur' SHOWS kelman in the grasp of a
patrolman OF the local force
Il had the picture taken as a Joke.
and now il is real" said Kelman
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1910-07-14
KEYSER, nv. VA.-Specfal-Re

KEYSER, ". VA.-Specfal.-Repre-
sentative George C sturgiss was re-
nominated hs reclamation for Con-
gress by thes Republican convention
OF the Second District OF West vir-
ginia for his third term here yester-
day. This was the only name before
the convention.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1910-07-14
Killed During Row.

PHILADELPHIA. - Special. - Max
heIman' VINO was arrested today in
Cincinnati, is charged with killing
Peter Seis with a knife during a row
at Polish wedding celebration on
May 29th. Seis and a number of other,
men are alleged to have set upon KEEL
man.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1910-07-14
THOUGHT THEY WOULD
NEVER SEE LAND AGAIN

NEW YORK.-Special.- men
and boy, survivors OF the two-naast-
ed schooner Garfield White, which
sprang leak and sank seven miles
cast OF the Ambrose Channel light
ship. wers picked up near Arverne,
IA T.. today, after having drifted about
ali night IN q small iifeboat. When
States iffe-savers they were 40 ex-
that they had 20 30 carried |
out OF the tiny boat They sasd that ]
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1910-07-14

during the night they Pad oartled
against heavy seas and has gwen up
all nope OF ever touching l2no again.
The survivors are Captain u. q.
Morrison, Mate ]. F. Clarke. Cannon
Miner. a sailor, and James N orrison.
cabin boy.
There were no others on boa I'd the
schooner.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1910-07-14
No MOOnshine.

This egg has girls name written
on 1t. SIR"
That won't keep me from kicking,
waiter, II the egg isn't strictly fresh"
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1910-07-14
TRY MURINE. EYE REMEDY

Murine nye Saive, In AssptIc Tubes zsc q 0
Murine Eye Remedy. Liquid, sc, SOC, slOa
MARINE Doesn't Smart sOothes Eye Pain
Milford chronicle., 1910-04-15
Blow at High Cost Of Living.

The serate committee, headed by
Senator Lodge. has offered a remedy
for the present high cost OF living.
This is. in short to set a time limit
on cold storage. the limit to be year.
After that. food in storage is to be
considered as adulterated and to come
under the provisions and prohibitions
of the pure food act
Such a treatment OF the matter. It
is held, will bring it under the CON
troll Of the federal government. and
not limit the latter's authoritw. as the
investigation conducted during the
winter at the instance of Congressman
Hampton Moore limited it to the Dis
trict OF Columbia and the territories.
Milford chronicle., 1910-04-15
AocIdentallY KiIled His VIC.

Mrs. Catherine Bomgardner wife Of
a plumber, was shot by her husband,
John w. Bomgardner, in mistake for
a burglar at their home in Harrisburg.
Pa. She died a few hours afterwards.
The Bomgardners live in the central
part of the city AS there have been
some attempts at robbery reported re-
Gently. Mr.. Bomgardner placed re-
volver under his pillow several nights
ago.
Before daylight Mrs. BOmgardner.
who had been i'll, arose to get some
medicine. This aroused her husband,
who. seeing her moving about tPe
room. opened hre. One bullet struck
her in the side. causing wound that
resulted in her death.
A coroner's jury gave a verdict OF
accidental shooting.
Milford chronicle., 1910-04-15
RaIIroads RaIse VAC.

Employees Of the Philadelphia &
Reading railway were notified that.
beginning April i their wages would
be increased 8 per cent The announce
ment. made in Philadelphia. says that
the increase will be general among all
permanent employees receiving less
than $500 a month whise pay has not
been adjusted within the last ninety
days.
Coming within twenty-four hours az
ter the announcement by the Pennsyl-
vania Railroad company Of its wage
boost and the increase being alike has
given rise to a report that there has
been a slip-up in the announcement
and that It was intended that the
raises were intended to be published
simultaneously. In railroad circles It
Was recalled that the last general in
Milford chronicle., 1910-04-15
rhnmas Il Walsh De-.

Thomas F. Walsh. the Colorado
mine owner. died at his home in
Washington. Mr. Walsh had been i'll
for more than six months with heart
trouble that followed an attack Of
pneumonia.
Mrs Walsh. her daughter. Mrs. Ed
ward Mclean. and Edward Mclean
we're at his bedside when the end
came.
Mr.. Walshs wealth has been vari-
ously estimated at from $lOOO0.O0O to
$4,000. 900 His daughter married Ed
ward Mclean. a son of John r. Nc
Lean. the publisher. Dir. Walsh was
friend Of the late King Leopold og
Belgium. and at the time of the kings
death was one OF the few men in this
country to come forward with a state
ment IN his behalf.
Milford chronicle., 1910-04-15
Woman Leaves s8oo,ooO to Charity.

Miss Martha R. Hunt. eighty-seven
years Of age, OF Somerville Mass, an
invalid for more than forty years. died
March Is. after having increased an
estate Of 100000 left her by her faith
er in 1856 to more than 100000. Her
will leaves 100000 to relatives and
friends and 100000 in public be-
quests.
The remarkable increase in the in
valid's estate was due to her s5gacity
in investing in town and city loans
and conservative railroad bonds.
Milford chronicle., 1910-04-15
Wilson M. Vinyard,
Milford. Delaware.
YOUNG MEN WANTED.
Government Pays Railway Mail
Clerks 5000 to ST 400 9 Year
Free Scholarships are Offered

Uncle Sam holds spring examinations for railway
mail clerks in this vicinity.
The job is for life; hours arc short; salary twice
monthly and vacation. To any young man who has
energy enough to answer this is the opportunity Of
lifetime.
Thousands Of appointments are to be made. Com
mon school education is all you need; city and
county people have equal chance. Start to prepare
now free information. Free scholarships this
month. Write Immediately to Central Schools,
Dept CSC. Rochester N. Y. Jan. 2l-S mos
Milford chronicle., 1910-04-15
MIlllonaire lndleted For srlbery.


The grand jury at Pittsburg, Pa,
Indicted Frank n. Hoffstot, president
of the German National bank, OF Allie
Eheny. as we'll as president OF the
Pressed Steel Car company, on the
charges OF bribery and conspiracy.
President Emil Winter. of the Work
ingmens Savings Bank and Trust
company of Allegheny another hnan-
Cial power of Pittsburg went into
court to confess that he had bribed
councilmen to the extent of 100000.
James NJ Anderson. general book
Keeper of the Worklngmen' Savings
Bank and Trust company was arraign-
ed on a charge of having mutilated
the books of his bank to save the ex-
posure Of certain persons. He pleaded
nolo contendre and was placed under
hail
The most startling feature Of the
graft probe up to date = information
conveyed in the presentment handed
down against Hoffstot District Attor-
aey William A. Blakely appeared as a
citizen before this grand jury in con
nection with the Hoffstot investigation
and told how before he became dis
arict attorney he had been approached
BY Homstot and the late J w. Friend
and by Councilman Charles Stewart
and asked to act as stakeholder for a
fund Of $4,000 which they said We're
10 be paid certain councilmen for the
passage Of a bank ordinance.
Milford chronicle., 1910-04-15
PRODUCE QUOTATIONS.
The Latest Closing Prices For Produce
and Live Stock

PHILADELPHIA ~ FLOUR quiet;
winter low grades. S4d4.30; winter
clear. s490G515: city mills. fancy. So
06.25. -
barrel
11S1a.
66hd67c 1
49c.; lower grades, 47lac.
POULTRY: Live steady; hens. 20
G20Ibc.: OH, roosters. lac. Dressed
steady: choice fowls. 19l2c.; old roost.
ers. 14i2c
BUTTER steady; extra creamery
34c per 10.
EGGS firm: selected, 24d 26c.; near
by. pc. western 23C.
POTATOES quiet at 33d35c. bush.
Milford chronicle., 1910-04-15
slbIeN Recover slaht.

Former Congressman Joseph c. Sib-
ley. of Pennsylvania. left Washington
for New York Mr. Sibley has been
in a Washington hospital for nearly
a month. having cataracts removed
from his eyes. He has been assured
the danger of loss Of sight is over.
Milford chronicle., 1910-04-15
PASTOR SLAIN
BY MADMAN
Shot BY Man Who Listened
TO His Sermon
HIS ASSISTANT WOUNDED
Preacher Said He Would Die For the
Church, and Insane Man Took Him
at His Word-slayer Escaped.

A sermon on martWdom. in which
Frank Skala, an editor and prominent
mission worker had declared hlmseh
willing TO lay down his life for the
Christian cause, was followed by his
assassination in a highly sensational
manner and the shooting down also OF
a fellow church leader, John Gay.
Arm in arm. the two missionaries
we're leaving the little Congregational
church in Woods Run. suburb oi
Pittsburg. at the head Of more than
hundred Of their followers. A raggedly
dressed and collGrless man poked his
way through the crowd as II reached
she corner of Eckert street and Nc
Clure avenue and when he was but
step behind the leaders he pressed
revolver to Skalas head and fred
twice.
The bullets took effect in the jaw
and in the temple and in the midst OF
his followers he fell dead. Gay, who
threw up his right hand as if to ward
on the weapon, was struck nrst IN
the thumb A second bullet was bur
fed in his head He fell unconscious
across the lifeless body Of his col
league.
For A moment the assassin stood
over his victim in crazed triumph over
the deed. fourishing his revolver
while the panic stricken crowd fed to
shelter behind posts and doorways.
The murderer was Jan Radowitch,
a character known to most of the mis-
sion for his shiftless habits. slovenly
dress and radical opinions. A moment
before he had meekly read from juve-
nfie leaflets in the Sunday school led
By Skala. previously he had sat in
back pew of the church during the
regular sermon; and at the commence
ment Of the services Skala had shaken
his hand i'm greetings. In all this Ra
dowitch had given no warning of his
murderOus intent.
There were no police in sight when
the murder was done, the church peo-
pie were too frightened to grab the
assassin, and after the wild flourish
Of the weapon and stamping his foot
on the bodies. he made OF down the
avenue to the Fort Waype railroad
tracks ana WAS huou lb0l ~ NAtN. -
large armed posse of police. detectives
and church people was soon in pur-
suit. but they have found no trace Of
him
After the madman's disappearance
the mission crowd reRssembled about
their fallen leaders and passionately
nourned their loss Skala's body was
removed to an undertaking establish
ment and Gay was taken to st. Johns
hospital His wound is dangerous, but
Il is believed at the hospital that he
will recover
None OF the church workers believe
ahat there was any method in Rado-
yitch's madness. He was a man who
had lived at the Salvation Army bar
racks and as a charitable parasite
elsewhere. but was always at variance
With the teachings of his Christian
leaders. It is doubtful if he had ever
seen Skala before.
Milford chronicle., 1910-04-15
Iive STOCK Markets.

PITTSBURG Union Stock YardslT
CATTLE steady; choice, SS.200S.25;
prime, s7.75G810
SHEEP higher; prime wethers, 81 10
n725. culls and common. $3G 400.
lambs S5d9: veal calves, S8.5OG9.
HOGS steady: prime hcavies. me
diums and heavy YorEers. Sl0.90; light
Workers an1 pigs S11; roughs. $3.50
61O.
Milford chronicle., 1910-04-15
Bicyclist Killed training For Race.

While he was training for a race
at Newark. n. j.. Maurice Vanden-
dries. an amateur bicyclist was almost
instantly killed at the Velodrome
track here. He sprinted headfrst into
post, fracturing his skull.
Milford chronicle., 1910-04-15
Il Il Ir. WeddInn pate.

Theodore Roosevelt Jr. and Miss
Eleanor Alexander have set their we'd
ding for June 90 in the afternoon. in
New York. Colonel Roosevelt sails for
this country on the 10th.
Milford chronicle., 1910-04-15

To Rearque OIL and obaeeo Eases
Both the oil trust and the tobacco
trust dissolution cases must again be
argued before the supreme court OF
the United States. This announcement
was made by the chief justice.
The reargument of these cases
comes as the direct result of the death
OF Justice Brewer few days after
the Standard Oil case had been
argued.
AS Justice Moody was unable to
participate in the consideration of
these cases only seven justices we're
left to give a d@ision.
How the cou.S was divided in re-
gard to the decision is still as much
mystery as before the assignment OF
the cases for reargument
It is believed. however, that the
court was evenly divided or almost 50
and that it probably was loath to give
to the country a decision which Was
not supported by a majority Of full
court Such a majority would be five
members.
The fact that the corporation tax
cases we're not set for reargumeut is
taken to mean that decision will be
announced in regard to the constitu-
tionality OF the law authorizing il IN
a short time
Milford chronicle., 1910-04-15
chlcken Prlces soar.

Chickens sold at 10 cents a pound
on the South Water street market in
Chicago. This is the highest price ever
recorded In the history OF the trade.
Milford chronicle., 1910-04-15
Piles! PiIasI Piles!

Williams Indian Pile Ointment Will cur
serbs the tumOrs, allays itching at once
acts as a poultice, gives instant reheI
williams Indian Pile Ointment is pre-
pared for Piles and itching Of the prlVate
parts Druggists mail SOC and N-W
WILLIAMS MFG. CO., Props, Cleveland. Ohlo
Sold by Red Star Drug Store.
Milford chronicle., 1910-04-15
Base saPs Second Victim Of Season.

Base ball has claimed its second
victim Of the 1910 season in the death
of ifteen-year-old Rudolph Ruhling, Of
New York, who was struck on the
head with a pitched ball
Milford chronicle., 1910-04-15
Monday. April H.

Disappointed in love. Michael Has
selbar sent two big snakes in box to
Rosie Cubana. at Manchester, N. II.
An infant son OF Mr.. and Mrs. J. F.
Holland of East Mauch Chunk. Pa
was fatally burned by a receptacle of
coffee being upset
Admitting embezzlement. Cashier
R. Coddington. of the Grand Valley
State bank. at Glenwood Springs Cal.
was sentenced to ten years imprison-
ment
At the residence Of Irwin Briner, in
Bainbridge. Pa. workmen digging a
cellar found the skulls and skeletons
of Indians of the Dekawoagha tribe, at
one time settlers at Bainbridge.
Milford chronicle., 1910-04-15

crease IN wages mace by the two com
panies in 1906, were announced Al the
same time. The increase at that time
was 10 per cent.
The Readings increase will ahect
about $1,000 employees. AS the average
pay is about $50 month, the addition
will cost the company about s97SOO
month. or S1.1664OO annually. The to-
tai number of employees, including
those in the general Offices, is 27,5OO.
Not including the general Offices, the
number of employees is given as 26,7OO.
Milford chronicle., 1910-04-15

"BuiCk"

The standard car Of America. The
strongest, therefore the safest. 1t Is
by far the fastfest-therefOre devel-
opes the most power. The engine
is a marvel OF simplicity and me-
chanical engineering. Ask the man
who has run bis "Buick" over 1000
miles. l would recommend model
10 for speed, comfort and safety.
1t sells for 81, $50. See the car
then decide. A square deal is where
both sides gain (don't forget this)
Send for catslogue and ask for de-
monstration and proof
Agents wanted outside this
territory.
Wilson M ViuVard.