The Elk Mountain pilot., 1912-01-04

"A pan HAS UeeH successfully put III
to effect in New York of reserving for
the exclusive use of women the rear
car of all rush-hour trains in the Hud-
son tunnel system.
About $3,000,000 of insurance money
will be disbursed in Jamaica in the
near future to 500 policy holders in
connection with the settlement of the
losses occasioned by the fire and
earthquake of January IA, 1907.
Prince Kasatkin- -Rosteofseff, a
member of one of the best known fam
lilies in Russia, was killed at Warsaw
on the 31st ult. by Rosa Bauer, con-
cert hall singer. The woman made an
unsuccessful attempt to commit sui
eide.
Word has been received at Manila of
the murder of DR.. William Jones, the
noted anthropologist who was in the
field for the Columbian museum of
Chicago, at the town of Dumobato, at
the head waters of the Cagayan river
in Isbela province.
A Mcmbasa dispatch says that since
the advent of the rains, lions have
been terrifying the natives within four
miles of Kilindini, where the Roose-
welt party is expected to land. An ele-
phant made its way into the bazaar at
Masingi and played havoc.
A union label department of the
American Federation of Labor has
been formed to promote union labels.
Officers were elected as follows: Presi-
dent, John B. Lennon. Bloomington, IL
linois; Vice Presidents, Max Morris,
Denver, and Owen Miller, st. Louis.
The Pope received Hart o. Berg, fl
nancial agent of the Wright brothers,
and said that when Wilbur Wright
came to Rome he hoped the daring
aviator would fly directly over the
vatican so as to give its occupants a
chance to see the aeroplane.
BY strict party vote, of 353 to 1876
the British House of Commons refused
to express lack of confidence in the
governments naval policy. The vote
was on motion declaring that the
government was not building enough
battleshipS to ,ecure the safety of the
empire.
A decrease of nearly 10000 in the
number of idle coal cars during the
last two weeks in March gives an in
dication of the strenuous efforts the
railroads are making to store coal for
the expected strike in the anthracite
mines in the East The number of
idle box cars increased by 1850 cars.
Rev. Father William McMahon has
filed a petition in voluntary bankrupt
cy before Judge Taylor in the United
States District Court at Cleveland,
giving his Liabilities at s1,500,0O0 and
assets at $4,000. He was involved in
the failure of the Fidelity Funding
Comr1 Y of New York.
In the opinion of Dana Estes. the
Boston publisher. who arrived in New
York few days since, after journey
of $4,000 miles in Europe. Asia and
Africa, former President Roosevelt will
find hunting big game in East Africa
ee shooting cows in Il back yard"
He says that the antelopes. zebras, os-
triches, etc. are so tame that they
don't even look up when IA train passes.
Murmuring a prayer for her soul,
Mrs. Mary Farmer was quietly led to
the electric chair in Auburn IN. W
prison shortly after 6 O'Clock on the
morning of March 29th and executed
for the murder of Mrs. Sarah Brennan
at Brownville, last April. There were
no sensational incidents. This was the
second infliction of the death penalty
-" woman by electrocution in New
York.
King Peter of Servia has issued
ukase changing the names of his sons.
The step is taken to provide for the
name of George as the mead of the
house of Karageorgovitch. The former
Crown Prince George. who last week
renounced his rights TO the throne, Will
henceforth be known as Alexander.
while Alexander, Georges younger
brother, who has been recognized as
crown prince, will be known as George.