Show bystander the V caim philadelphia richard burke a bs b tander was probably fatally wound ed and andrew lonergan was shot in it the arm in an exciting pistol fight N ith george medway in front ot of the bellevue Belle yue stratford hotel monday monda i ight tight according to the officers lon organ and medway had a dispute bat i aday night over the proceeds from the sale of tickets for the army and avy ravy football game which they ha had d been scalping together the men met at night and the fight was as r rc dewed the highways High protection league reports automobile accidents oc burred la in great britain in 1907 killing persons and injuring ieng foi these accidents and other motor car offenses 2 persons were summoned of wl om 2 were wore convicted there are at present on duty in the main thoroughfares of paris 21 police men who speak english nine who speak german and six who speak spanish and their usefulness has hag been so clearly demonstrated that the prefect of police has decided to add to their number as opportunity may arise brazil has spent 15 in th the effort to hold up the world worlds s p price A ce of coffee by government purchasing and n aleho ising of the brazilian prodoc tion the theory that a national gov eminent can do anything it chooses in commerce occasionally gets a very rude jolt it la is not surprising that kaiser wil helm should invent an aar brake he has done many things wisely it not too well and as he begins to slide down the years turning inventor of a motor brake is a becoming climax to his other accomplishments whether it is a truly practical stopper remains V f be proved according 1 to the scientific ameri amerl can the fact that our macadamized i loads oads don t wear as ell oil as those in europe is because we don dont t apply the ther theory of the stitch in time european highway departments watch the roads and mend them wherever and when ever they need it without allowing the damage to become important now a medical expert comes for ward to assert that the french heel considered one of the greatest out rages inflicted by feminine vanity i pon poll s iff ering nature lanot only proper but highly de des liable still feminine vanity will not make so much of this practical vindication as in any event it would have kept on the french heel felicitations to the cranks am cassador bas braces tribute to them as not infrequently the first pioneers pione eis of great causes is distinguished ampre elation it is scarcely so enthusiastic however as dr holmes earlier observation that there never was a an idea started that woke up tip men out ol 01 0 their stupid indifference but its was spoken of as a crank among the humorous happenings of the week we note the discovery made by the anti cruelty agents of a neigh boring city who investigated the re port that rats were being duelly put to death in a local drug store window to prove the efficacy of a certain rat poison what they discovered was that the rats were trained for the busl ness and their pitiful deaths purely theatrical ninety thousand more letters than usual were carried by the first three steamships that left new bork tor for england after the two cent rate for letter postage to great britain went into effect on october 1 of course many of these letters hal ha I 1 been held to await the re luction in post postage age 0 one ne new now york firm maile 1 20 advertis ie t ing cin clr ulars at a savi ig of from the old rate |