At a meeting of the directors of Yale & Towne, of Stamford, Conn., the largest hardware manufacturing concern in the country, if not in the world, Walter C. Allen, who twenty-three years ago applied for a job at the gate of the works, was elected president in the place of Henry R. Towne, who retires after forty-six years in that position. Mr. Towne was made chairman of the board of directors. Death Takes Four of Family. For the first time in the history of Loganville, Ga., according to the older inhabitants, four deaths occurred in one family within four days. Edgar Rickets, who lives about four miles west of the place, experienced this affliction recently. On a Monday he attended the funeral of his mother. That night his baby died, and the next day his wife and little boy, about two years old, also died, all being victims of pneumonia fever. The three bodies were buried Wednesday in a local cemetery. This is the first time that a triple funeral has ever occurred from one family in this section. Dog Rescues an Old Soldier. Wanderer, a smart collie, is being showered with attention as a hero in Woodside, Md., for saving from death Charles McCallion, an aged veteran of the Civil War. “Wan,” as the dog is commonly known, is owned by Edson B. Olds, treasurer of the Union Trust Company. Mr. Olds’ attention was attracted to the continuous barking and peculiar antics of the dog on Sunday morning. Wan would dash up to the house and bark for a few minutes, then run to a field near by and bark again. When Mr. Olds followed Wan on one of the trips, he found McCallion lying in the middle of the field, unconscious from the cold. A physician was summoned, and the aged veteran was taken to the Soldiers’ Hospital. He will recover. Ding Dong! Go Bells for Wong Chungs. Mr. Wong Chung, late of China, whose head is said to be worth $10,000 to certain bloodthirsty officials of his native land, and Mrs. Chung Fong, more recently of the Celestial republic, who has traveled 10,000 miles to wed the political refugee with the precious cranium, were married in New York recently at the First Chinese Presbyterian Church by the Reverend Huie Kin. The flavor of romance which one might expect from the above was absent at the ceremony. Mr. Chung is tall and thin, with the face of a student. He was attired in the official gala dress of the new republic, which consists of gray trousers, Prince Albert, high collar, and ascot tie. His bride, who is a slim, elderly lady, with gold-rimmed spectacles, wore a native Chinese costume of white silk, with a loose tunic effect and a short white veil. She bought this just before she set out in search of the prospective husband, whom she had not seen in ten years.