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ntiHo American, of the iceberg f the -Titanic.*' energy of tin il broadsides o*-VFIVE-ES AMID F THE TITANICFaint at Mourn-i Ship Ploughs other and Baby -Another Woman Children in Herof the Atlantic read the grave-ff the Hanks andle North German She had been he lthein of the Baltimore, of the the hearse ship of the gruesomeurday afternoon drew near the of the Titanic and passengers lite and yellow iks on the swells lily mistaken for rer approach re-ing specks upon »s of the victims y of the sea. of the Bremen »ry funeral pace area of the dead, respect and toOF TRADE.Marine Depart-tip Reforms.ikerry, late of •iticised tin* malm e silence as if to show reverence for tin* dead. We passed so near that we could make out. whether the victims were men or women and what they were wearing.Women Screamed and Fainted.-When they caught sight of the mother with her baby in her arms some of tin* women on the ship screamed and left the rail fainting.Nearby floated the bodies of three men. all clinging to a steamer chair.This berg to starboard, the officers thought, was the very monster that had hit the Titanic. Its side appeared to be split off as if cleaved by some instrument of mighty power and sharpness.A number of tlie passengers demanded that the captain stop and rescue the bodies, but the officers assured us that the Maokay-Bennett was on that mournful mission, only two hours away. The scene moved every one to tears and even the navigators of Bremen could not hide their emotion.• »TITANIC BODIES PICKEDUP ON THE OCEAN.New York.—Two hundred and five bodies of the victims of the Titanic disaster were picked up at sea by the cable steamer Mackay-Bennett and brought to Halifax, X. S. Capt. Larn-der of the Mackay-Bennett confirms tlie identification of one body as that of George I). Widener. son of P. A. B. Wlclener of Philadelphia, in a wireless despatch to the White Star Line.Another despatch from the Mackay-Bennett state:“Bodies are in latitude 41.35 north, longitude 48.37 west, extending many miles east and west Mail ships should give this a wide berth. Medical opinion is death has been instantaneous in all cases, owing to pressure when bodies were drawn down in vortex.The bodies of John Jacob Astor, Isa-dor Straus and ^resident Hays were recovered.OHIO COMPROMISE RECALL.Legislature Authorized to Provide for Impeachment Commission.Columbus. Ohio.—The Constitutional Convention compromised on the reway Commissioner Bigelow to urge early reconstruction of roads in their sections of the State, or that repairs bo started. The Berks delegation was from Hamburg and headed by Coun-oilmen, and urged that the State main highway in that section be taken up early, because of the proposed erection of the State tuberculosis sanitarium in that vicinity. The northern tier delegation was headed by Senator Crank 10. Baldwin and United States District Attorney Andrew B. Duns-more.Grewsome Postal Farewell.Chambersburg.—Post cards bearing his farewell message to friends and relatives were sent broadcast in Mont Alto and Waynesboro by William Reed, who is sentenced to tie hanged. Reed was measured for a black suit of clothing by a local tailor. He requested that his body be sent to Mont Alto for burial. The gallows from which he will be hanged arrived here from Reading, and was taken to the ja.il-yard, where the execution will take place.Forces Grandson To Kill Him.Meadville.—After slaying his wife, Sarah, supposedly while insane with jealousy, Stephen Wellman, a wealthy farmer, descended from an upper room of his hone near Lincolnville, Crawford con ity. and forced his terrified young grandson, Grisdom Wellman, to execute him by blowing off the top of his head with a shotgun. The dead grandparents were aged 65 years each and the child 9 years.Jilted Girl Awarded $3,000.Selin’s Grove.— Mamie L. Wolf, a school teacher and member of a prominent family, was awarded $3,000 damages here in her suit for breach of promise against Columbus McDevitt, a school teacher of Coal township. McDevitt did not appear in court.Read Palms to Rob VillageAltoona.—A caravan of gypsies stopped at Hast Freedom and the people were so busy having their fortunes told that they did not notice they\v»mV lniill* relieved of tlieir kiii-iiIiwidle miner:Suit for started in Elizabeth was terrib coal breakThe Bus Downingto syl vania H safety gat crossing o borough.Charged on. J. K 1 Riley. King Barre, trot by Sergeai troopers.Going t school. Wa White and Grammar : onous wee which Bel and ShorerMajor Iser oei i oiaied Societal Delaney, S other ofliei week. Ma up the pru vote his t He spent his faintlyIn a roui est” hoys i sities, a X« Joseph M. partment ( son of Mr. 1 (arris burg is presiden at the univ ception to class epres UniversityA terrifh 75-foot higled by the the easteri
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Laporte, Pennsylvania, US
Fri, May 03, 1912
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