GIRL OF TWELVE ACCIDENTALLY SHOT

Children of Mrs. Lillian Radley of New Salem at Play in Bedroom When Shotgun Explodes and Kills Eldest.

 Ella Radley, twelve years old, daughter of Mrs. Lillian Radley of New Salem, was shot and killed by her sister, Selinda, a year younger, while they were playing in their bedroom shortly after six o’clock Tuesday morning. The girls, in their nighties, were playing with Ella’s twin brother, Gilbert, while the mother was preparing breakfast. The mother heard the shouts and laughter of the children. Suddenly she heard the report of the gun and rushing to the room found Ella stretched across the bed with her right cheek torn and riddled with shot.

Dr. Fisher M. Joslin was called to attend the mother, who it was feared would lose her mind. She was imploring the slain child to speak to her when neighbors entered the home.

Coroner Warren S. Hastings was summoned. Accompanied by Dr. Charles L. Bailey, he hastened to the farmhouse. Investigation showed that Stanley Countryman, a brother of Mrs. Radley, occasionally visits the Radleys and that the shot gun, a double barreled muzzle loader, belonged to him. It had been standing in a corner of the bedroom.

“SLEEPER” IN SMASH-UP

D. & H. Passenger Train Sideswipes Freight Train Sunday Morning While Entering Altamont Yards.

Passengers on the D. & H. train No. 312, known as the “sleeper,” leaving Albany at 11:45 p.m., were roughly shaken up early Sunday morning when the engine sideswiped a freight train while entering the yard at Altamont. The freight, said to contain over 50 cars, had taken the switch by means of the cross-over near the old engine house, but was so long that it lapped on the main track. The passenger train was stopped by a flagman and the engineer instructed to pull up a short distance so that the freight could pull out at the lower end of the switch. The engineer must have misjudged the distance, however, for the passenger locomotive crashed into the freight at the cross-over. Several coal cars were smashed and the passenger engine was disabled. One of the Altamont local engines was pressed into service and the train proceeded on its way to Binghamton.

None of the passengers or members of the crews were injured. Several of the residents of Altamont were aboard the sleeper.

VIEWS OF STATE EDITORS.

The Republican party should stand by its candidates in this campaign:

Because they are Republicans.

Because they are worthy men.

Because the approaching election is important not only in itself but in its sequels, and

Because in the long run the Republican party has justified itself as the party competent to administer public affairs. — Troy Times

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The necessity for electing as many Republican assemblymen as possible this fall is apparent. A strong Republican majority needs to be returned in order that Tammany may be prevented from introducing an element of disorder into the workings of the machinery of the state government. The Republicans in every assembly district should rally earnestly to the support of their assembly nominees. Vote as many of them into office as possible. — Plattsburgh Press.