Besocail fin Terms 2.00 A Year, in Advanee Bellefonte, Pa., Jan. 27, 1893. P. GRAY MEEK, - - - Epitor Deceased Was 67 Years of Age. He Appeared to be Well a Few Minutes Before His Death— He Was Born in Putman County in 1825 and Was Elevated to the Supreme Court in 1885. A Brief History of His Career. Justice L. Q. C, Lamar Dead. Macon, Ga., January 23.—.Justice Lucius Quintus Cincinnattus Lamar died bere at 8:50 o’clock this evening. It is a terrible shock to the community. His death was sudden in the extreme for Democratic County Committee for he 1893. although he has been ailing for some + rig : time Justice Lamar appeared to be DISTRICTS. COMMITIEEMEN. | org quglly gaining in health. He came Bellefonte, N. W.......ccrmes vearaneee L. A. Shaeffer. | pono from “Washington about a month sid 8. W Jacob L. Runkle. 3 54% s “ VW. "Dr. M. A. Kirk, | ago and had been visiting at the resi- Centre Hall Boro +R. D. Foreman. | dence of Mr. W. H. Virgin in Vine- Howard Boro. :Abe Weber. | illo 4 suburb of the city. This ufter- Milexburg “ A. M. Butler. ) Millheins “ ..J. C. Bmith | noon at about 3 o'clock Justice Lamar Philipsburg Boro. iy -Dr. 5 a ie, took his overcoat intending to ge the . RY. ---Daniel Paul. | oity hut was met at the door by a “ “ 3rd W... W. J. Howe *) 5 : South Philipsburg... John Hoffman. | friend, Dr. Slewellyn, with whom he Unionville Boro.... E. M. Greist. | returned to the sitting room. At that Benner Township. aie] Heng man time and during all the afternoon he BES aa G.H Leyman. | wasin good spirits and at dinner at “« $3 W. ge, Jou 6.50 this Sysning be Jomel J hava Burnside * .... ..Oscar oood appetite. r. Slewellyn left the . i > College, 4 E Ar house about 8 o'clock and a few Curfinlefa eins 8X A.J MeClosiey minutes later the justice wasseized with Ferguson © E. H.M. Krebs. | gjolent pains in the heart and died at Gregg « Y: J. I. Millar, the bour mentioned. : y ot 5 pari Sawer, L. QC. lamar was bora 2 Pi: : ; illiam Pealer. | nam county, Georgia, September 1, Hoes vers Bp Joli J, Qndort. 1825, and after his father’s death was Half Moon**" "... oned. P. Sebring. | taken to Oxford, Miss., where he receiv- Harris + nt Py IL Meyer. ed a part of his education. He gradua- Howarq © = SE ted at Morry college, Ga., in 1845; Huston ..0. H. Nason. ; ry 8 5 Liber “ Henry Weaver. | studied law in Macon, and was admit- Marion “ ~James Martin. | ed to the bar in 1847. In 1849 here- Miles « MP GF Grmreioy. | turned to Oxford, Miss., and fora you: i “CWP ...Jacob Dietrich. | held a professorskLip in the University o Datton vise nom ~-D. L. Meek. | Mississippi, He resigned and resumed e aeee eed Uy : : 3 Potter, = Np. “Geo. Emerick. | the practice of law in Covington, Ga. “ SP, ....W. W. Royer. | He was elected to the legislature in Rush Wa Biles Bejpftieq. 1853 and 1854 again returned to Miss- i SB atrick Beflren. | jesippi and settled on his plantation in Sncw Shoe E. P. : are W.P, Latayette, being shortly afterwards Spring tN. P. John Garprivk, Jr. | elected to congress as a democrat. He “ . eA By Joh Mulfinger. | served from 1857 until 1860 when he Samer Hm Vinton Jeckwith, resigned fo fake a fen Seusssion pi pion: --...P. J. Loughrey. | vention of his native state. He cast his Walter . Sal. Denk fortunes with the ‘lost cause’ and left seesscnstiiiiinns sensed. . £. h ith the rank of colonel after W.G. RUNKLE, J.C. MEYER, [the army with il Secretary. Chairman. | having shared in many engagements. mg He was again a professor in the univer. A Tribute From the Vanquished. The New York Tribune, one of the most radical partisan journals in the land, a paper which has never stopped atanything when the advancement of Republican banners was at stake, has proven beyond the peradventure of a doubt that the rankling sores of politi. cal wounds can be forgotten when our people are one in a common sympathy. In the issue of last Friday the Tribune published the following under the cap- tion “Mr. CLEVELAND at Fremont.” _ “Peculiarly graceful and becoming is the act of the President-elect in sub- Jeeting himself to the inconveniences and discomforts of travel in a most in- clement season and making the long journey required, that he might pay the proper official tribute ot respect to the memory of ex-President Hayes. He would not have been criticised had he consulted his own convenience and comfort and contented himself with communicating te the family of the deceased ex-President the ordinary forma! assurances of his sympathy, without putting himself to the trouble of making the journey to attend the the funeral in person. It is for the Tribune a very grateful task to award praise to a political op- ponent it such circumstances. Mr, Cleveland is not our President in a partisan sense but he is the President elect of the United States, and what- ever he does in an official or semi-offi- cial capacity concerns all of us who are citizens. For many reasons his conduct in this matter deserves special commendation. He has done with modesty and dignity and at covsidera- ble sacrifice of personal ease and com- fort a very gracious and becoming act, for which all American citizens who have pride in their country, its history and its rulers, and all men everywhere who believein that common humanity which at the edge of the grave forgets all nnkiadness, will hold him in high honor. It may be but a little thing, but it is one of those little things that 20 a long way towards smoothing out the differences that make so many misunderstandings in the world.” A more graeeful tribute to Mr. CLevELAND’s nobility of purpose and modesty can scarcely be imagined than is contained in the article we quote above. Coming as it does from a paper which is owned by and breathes the sentiments of one whom he has so re- cently vanquished it is specially an acknowledgement to be proud of. We congratulate the Tribune on its recognition of the traits which it finds to admire in Mr. CLEVELAND. The Auditors Are Responsible, Section five of the Baker Ballot law says: “Certificates of nominations and nomination papers for candidates for township and borough officers and school directors in the same, shall be filed with the auditors of the respec: tive townships and boroughs at least ten and seven days respectively before the day of election.” This being done the township audi tors are responsible for the proper printing and distribution of the ballots for their respective Districts. They then testify to the cost before the county commissioners who pay the expenses. Auditors should be careful to post themselves immediately as to the working of the new law, There can be no excuse for mistakes, as there is plenty of time to study it yet. ——Latest developments indicate that President Harrison will appoint Attorney General MiLLER to succeed L. Q. C. LaMar on the Supreme | bench. sity of Mississippi and again took a seat tin the house of representatives, was elected to the senate in March 1877. President Cleveland appointed him sec- retary of the interior and afterwards el- evated him to a seat on the supreme bench. . Frightened Away The Robbers, A Citizen of Greenville Prevents a Bank From Being Looted. ‘GREENVILLE, Tex., January 23.— W. T. Ward, in passing the First Na- tional Bank yesterday, discovered a man in the doorway and the door open behind him. He heard voices inside and suspected robbery. He passed on intending to give an alarm, when one of the robbers called to him to stop, to which he-paid vo attention. At anoth- er command to stop Ward drew a six- shooter from his pocket and turned on the man who was following him. As he turned the robber fired and ran. A pal of robber number one fircd at Ward, wounding him in the left thigh, just below the groin. Ward then fired on the robbers six times, They all escaped. Ward's wounds are painful but not fatal. When thie bank was examined it was found that the safe door was blown to atoms and $10,000 in silver was stacked at the east door of the building but ©150,000 in gold and currency in the steel chest was not reached. The rob- bers were frightened away and obtained but $780. They left all their tools, elec- tric batteries, ete., behind. Twenty-fve shots were exchanged between Ward and the robbers. Champion Corbett's Sweeping Chal- lenge. Curicaco, Jan. 22—Champion Cor- bett, who is in this city with his theatri- cal combination, has beer severely criti- cised during the past few months, for his course insisting on a year’s rest be- fore taking on ' another match for the world’s championship. Prominent among bis assailants has been Pat Sheedy and the backers of several pugilists of prom- inence who are seeking championship honors, Corbett to-day gave out an in- terview in which he defends his position and which he concludes with a sweeping challenge to ficht any one—Maitchell or Jackson preferred--the fight to take place next fall for a purse, BE — Experts Will Examine the Walls. HarrisBure, Jan. 20.—Governor Pattizon has been notified by Wharton Baker, chairman of the commission having charge of the erection of the hospital for chronic insane at Werners- ville, that three experts have been ge- cured to examine and repori upon the character of the walls, concerning which damaging reports have been cir- culated. PE —— Roger Q. Mills Re.-Elected. Austin, Tex., January 24. —The leg- islature met at noon to.day to cast a ballot for United States senator. Roger Q. Mills and T. L. Nugent, third par- ty candidate for governor in the last campaign, were the only candidates. The ballot resulted : Mills 144 Nungent 8. Haley, a colored member, voted for Cuney, of Galveston. Cost of the Homestead Affair. HarrIsBURG. Jan. 20.—The adjutant general's department has prepared the following statement showing the cost of the Homesteal riot to the state: Indiv: idual pay of troops, $817,053.17 ; horse hire, $9,856.93 ; transportation, $57,373. 60 ; quartermaster supplies, $18,265.46 ; surgeon general, $912.26 ; commissary, $31,346.98 ; total, $434 818.89. ’ Revision of Reformed Church Consti- tution, LANCASTER. Pa., Jan. 23. —The com- mitee on revision of the constitution of the Reformed church in the United States, which has been at work seven years met here this evening to take final action. Its duties have practically been completed. The sessions will last two or ‘three days. ER Death of Phillips Brooks. The Renowned Bishop Passed Away Rather Un- expectedly Yesterday Morning. Boston, Jan. 23.—Bishop Phillips Brooks died at 6 o'clock this morning, of pneumonia. The death was entire ly unexpected. He was ill Thursday, but nothing serious showed itselt until last evening. Dr. Beach, his physi cian, discovered last evening diphtheret- ic symptoms, and considered a consul tation advisable, and called in Dr. R. N. Fritz. At this time nothing serious was anticipated. Dr. Beach was with the Bishop the entire night. About half past 6 the patient was seized with a coughing spasm, which lasted for a fev moments, and his heart ceased to beat. Dr. Beach said this morning that death was caused by heart failure and not by diphtheria. To last Thursday the bishop was in the best of spirits. Tharsday morning he contracted a stight cold, which, however, caused no alarm. Every- thing progressed well until Sunday, when diphtheria symptoms necessita- ted the calling of Dr. Beach. The lat- ter even then found no cause for seri- ous alarm and lelt, promising to call later, in the night. During Sunday evening he seemed to grow worse, and as the evening wore on the nurse, Ka- tie Hogan, who has beenin the bishop's family over twenty-five years, noticed that he was not so well as earlier in the day. He appeared bright, howev- er, for at 10.15 be looked atthe clock and said: “Come, Katie, it is a quar- ter past 10. I don’t think I shall need you any more. Good night.” The nurse replied that she hardly thought she would go yet awhile, as he might need her. Bishop Brooks insis- ted upon it, and she retired to an ad- joining room, where she could hear every move he made. Sone noticed he was restless, and, when Dr. Beach came over at 11 o'clock, bishop's dis- ease had taken a very serious turn, and the physician became alarmed and sent for Dr. Fritz for consultation. Shortly before midnight, while the doctors were both in attendance, the patient’s mind began to wander, al- though he was still conscious. Look- ing up at the faithful servant, the bish- op said : “Katie, you can go; I shall not need you any more. Iam going home.” These were the the last words of the great divine, the man who com- manded the love and admiration of the known world. After that he lay quietly, suffering to ro great ex- tent, but was not entirely unconscious. His tremendous vitality seemed to be giving way to the influences of the disease as the night's hours passed, and the two doctors in attendance could see him gradually weakening. At 6 o'clock this morning he was barely alive and stimulants had to be administered to keep up his fast ebbing strength. At 6.30 it was decided to ad- minister a hypodermic injection of brandy. They raised his arm to in- gert the tube uader it but before the contents could be injected the bishop was dead. The funeral arrangements have not yet been decided upon. Bishop Philips Brooks was born in Boston, Dee. 13, 1835. His degree of B. A., he received in Harvard universi- ty in 1855, and subsequently that ot D. D. He studied at the Episcopal theo- logical seminary at Alexandria, Va., and in 1855 was ordained. The same year he got his first charge, be- coming rector of the Church of the Advent in Philadelphia, where he re- mained for three yeers. He was then transferred to the Church of the Holy Trinity. From 1870 until last year he was rector of Trinity church, Boston, a charge that allowed of his talent as a pulpit orator becoming world wide. He was as well known and appreciated in England as here, and such church: men as Canon Farrar and the late Dean Stanley were among his friends. He had preached for the former in West: minster Abbey, London, and both of these English divines have occupied his pulpit in Boston. Early last year he become Bishop ot Massachusetts, succeeding the late Benjamin Henry Paddock, Previously, in 1886, he was offered the assistant bishopric of Penn. sylvania, but declined. An active philanthropist, as well as preacher, Bishop Brooks was also an author, and several volumes, mostly sermons, have come from his pen. His first work was ‘Lecture on Preaching,” published in 1877 ; then came the “Ser- mons,” (1878 and 1881); “The Influ- ence of Jesus ;’’ Bohlen Lectures, de livered in Philadelphia in 1879, and “Baptism and Confirmation, (1880). Bishop Brooks was a giant in stature as well as intellect. Head and should ders above most of his contemporaries, he bad a deep, musical voice, and his words fell from him with such rapidity of utterance as to be a perfect cataract of eloquence. A Priest Takes a Wife. He Renounces His Priestly Vows to Marry Hi, First Cousin. LouisviLLE, January 23.—A sensa- tion was created to-day by the anounce- ment of the action of the Rev. John T. Culleton, for thirteen years a priest and for several years pastor of the Catholic Church of Raywick. A week ago he resigned his pastorate; now he has re- nounced his priestly vows and has married. His ‘wife is his’ first cousin, being Miss Annie Culleton, of Wapa- koneta, Ohio, The ceremoney was performed in Cincinnatti Wednesday, but by whom is not known, Bad Fire in the State of Washington, SEATTLE, Wash., Jan. 23.—The prin- cipal part of the town of Edison burned yesterday. Loss, $25,000. Insurance, light. It is believed that the fire was started by an incendiary. If He Is Not a Rascal, From the Oil City Blizzard. It does not pay any business man to 1eserve his advertising for the Sheriff, Eight Miners Killed. The Accident Occurred at the Fort Schritt Mine Near Dux, Austria. Caused by an Explosion of Gas—Besides Three Killed Scores Were Badly Injured—DMost of the Victims Crushed to Death Under Falling Timbers— Rescuers at Work. VIENNA, January 24.—Eighty min- ers were Killed and scores were injured in an explosion in the Fort Schritt mine near Dux this morning. As the shifts were changing a cage full of miners had been lowered halt way down the shaft when the ground trem. bled, a loud rumbling report was heard and the cable attached to the cage gave such a lurch that the lowering machin- ery broke. A rush of air and dust from the pit’s mouth, the sounds of crashing timbers and the cries of the men in the cage gave warning to the men above of the extent of the disaster. Help was summoned the machinery was repaired after delay of half an hour and the cage was raised. Ten of the occupants had been killed instantly by the shock, ten had suffered fractures from which they cannot recover; five who had broken limbs and internal in- juries will live, They had been half suffocated by the gas rising in the shaft and said that vo man could live below. An hour later the superintendent of the mine and five miners from the night shift went down in the cage. They were unable to go more than a hundred yards from the ehaft into the gallery, but they found fourteen dead bodies. Of the fifty men who were waiting for the cage ten had been kiiled and forty had been partial ly crushed by falling timbers or half suffocated by the foul air. A short dis- tance from the shaft the superinten- dent found four bodies which had been crushed beyond recognition by a falling beam, The bodies and the injured were tak- en to the top, where the whole mining settlement had gathered to watch the work of rescue. The men who had been brought up from the bottom said that a few minutes alter the explosion they heard cries and groans from the mouth of the gallery about 300 yards from the shaft. There was heavy tim- ber work at this place and others be- lieved that the men in this gallery had been imprisoned by the falling beams. They believe that some forty men had been at work there shortly before the cage went down ; they said] the cries ceased. Another rescue party went down at once and alter three of them had been carried back to the shaft un- conscious, they penetrated to the en- trance of the gallery. The entrance was completely blockaded by the wrecked woodwork. The rescuing par- ty could see several dead bodies on the other side of the timbers, but were un- able to get at them and returned to the top empty handed. TItis believed that all the men in the gallery were suffc- cated or killed by the shock of the ex- plosion. Miners who worked in the extreme interior of the mine on the night shift and had not started for the shaft as soon ae their companions, are also hzlieved to be dead. Despite the apparent hopelessness ot of the situation, a rescue party is still in the mine and thousands have gath- ered at the pit’s mouth. An Aged Lady Burned to Death. Hu~xtinGgpoN, Pa., Jan. 25.—Doro- thea Keller, aged 71 years, a maiden lady in the family of Zachariah T. Harnish, in Morris townshiy, while lighting a lamp last night, was fatally burned by an explosion of oil. The old lady was alone in the house at the time and her incinerated remains were found on the return of the family. Diptheria Has Gained a Terrible Foot- hold. BeTHLEHEM, Jan. 23.—Diptheria has gained a terrible foothold in the upper end of Northampton county, holding several townships in its grasp. Sixty cases have been reported, thirty being near Moorestown. A dozen deaths have already occurred. Public funerals are held and the schools remain open. As- sistance has been asked of the State board cf health. No Trouble in Egypt. CArro, January 23 —A correspondent bad an interview to-day with Lord Cro- mer, the British represcni(ativein Egypt. In reply to questions about the situation Lord Cromer said : “There is no cause to apprehend a disturbance, but you are at liberty to say that 1f a disturbance should occur I guarantee it would be of short duration. New Minister To Venezuela. Frank C, Partridge, of Ve:mont, Nominated by the President : WASHINGTON, January 23.—The President to-day sent to the Senate the nomination of Frank C. Partridge, of Vermont, to be Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of the United States to Venezuela. — The Death List Up to Twenty-one. Avton, Ills.,, January 23.—Two more victims of Saturday’s explosion, Charles Haller and Henry Jennings, died at Wann this morning. This makes the death total up to 2 o’clock this after- noon twenty-one- Seven Tons of Powder Explode. Hu~tiNgTON, W. Va., Jan. 22.— Seven tons of power, this afternoon, ex- ploded from the mill of the Kellog pow- der works near this city, wrecking the plant and shaking up thecity fearfully. Blaine Resting Easily. WasHINGTON, Jan. 26 --All is quiet about the Blaine mansion at this hour ae m.), and from appearances Mr. laine is resting easily. Want Admitted to Statehood. ‘WasnINGTON, January 24..~The re- publican senatorial cacus has decided to try to pass a bill admitting Oklahoma, New Mexico and Utah to statehood. et 3 EE EE SE NE OY BY STN TF ET TPES Horrible Accident on the Railroad. The Southwestern Limited Crashed Into Ou Tanks on Saturday and Was Wrecked.—Nine Killed and a Large Number Fatally Injured. | Big Four Avon, Ill, Jan. 22.—The south- western limited on the Big Four rail- road arrived at Alton junction, four miles from here, a few minutes late Saturday morningand ran into a switch that bad been left open. It crashed into aad wrecked two oil tank care, set- ting the oil on fire. : Engineer Webb Ross, of Mattson, stuck to his post and put on the brakes. He was iostaoly killed and his body burned. Firmen Dick White jumped and escaped unhurt, The engine, the baggage car and cafe car were set on fire and burned, The occupants and passengers in the three palace cars were badly shaken up, but not seriously hurt. Yard engines pulled the burning cars apart and kept the fire from spreading. About noon on Saturday another tank exploded, setting the stock yard enclosures on fire. A crowd of by- standers rushed forward to save the yards, when there was a second explo- sion, which shook the earth for a half mile around and scattered the burning oil in all directions. There was no escape for those with- in a circle of 100 yards, Their cloth- ing was burned from their bodies, and a wail of woe went up. Ina moment those who were not disabled were run- nthg hither and thither, wringing their hands and screaming like maniacs for help. Some ran for the nearest water and others ran into fields and are miss- ing yet. Panic reigned for ashort time until the uninjured recovered presence of mind enough to care for those badly hurt. Two barrels of linwood oil were tak- en from a grocery store and applied to the wounds by several physicians who happened to be on the ground. Every house in the little village was turned into a temporary hospital, and every doctor in Alton and the vicinity was summoned. Asgoon as possiblea train was made up and twenty of the suffer. ers brought here to St Joseph's hospi- tal. There aresix unidentified bodies, lit- erally burned to a crisp, but the list of dead as complete as it can be made at this hour numbers nine. The total loss, so far as can be ascer- tained, includes the engine, No. 109, of the limited, cars and baggage cars. sev- en tank cars full of oil, eight box cars and half adozen flat cars. All of these were burned, and the rails were twisted out of shape by the heat. The loss will reach at least $100,000. The brave engineer, Webb Ross, leaves a wife and six children at Matt- eon. No attempt to fix the blame for the wreck has yet been made, and noth- ing further will be known until the in- vestigation by the coroner's jury to- day. Congressional Curiosities. A Washington newspaper has been gathering a lot of information about members of the House of Representa- tives, that is more interesting than im- portant, and finds that the man with the longest name is Archibald Hender- son Arrington Williams ; of North Car- olina. The heaviest man is John W. Rife, of Pennsylvania. A special chair is provided for his use. The handsomest man is Allan Cath. cart Durborrow, jr., of Illinois. The homeliest man is William F, Parrett, of Indiana. The oldest man is Edward Scull, of Pennsylvania. He was born in 1818. The youngest man js Joseph W. Bailey, of Texas. He was born Oct. 6, 1863... ::: The best dressed man is Henry H. Bingham, of Pennsylvania. The wittiest man is Thomas Brack- ett Reed, of Maine, The tallest man is Newton Martin Curtis, of New York. His height is six feet, six inches. The shortest man is John R. Fellows, of New York. The thinnest man is James D, Rich- ardson, of Tennessee. The richest man is Join L. Mitch- ell, of Wisconsin. His wealth is es- timated at from $25,000,000 to $35,000, 000. The best story teller is John M. Al len, of Mississippi. _ Justice Lamar’s Successor. WasHINGTON, January 24'—Specula- tion is already rife over the successor of Justice Lamar on the supreme bench, The particular person who will be chos- en is not