Bmore Jay
Terms 2.00 A Year,in Advance
Bellefonte, Pa., Mayil8, 1894.
P. GRAY MEEK, Epitor
Will They Re-elect Him,
Judge CravToN, who has been ac-
cused of conduct and characteristics
that should not belong to a judge, and
who in his judicial office, particularly
in maintaining a mill for the grinding
out of improper naturalization, has
done Hotes enough to disgrace the
ermine, has been renominated by a
large majority for another term by the
Republicans of Delaware county.
There cannot be a doubt that he has
been guilty of practices which entitle
him more to an impeachment than a
re-election. No question can be eoter-
tained that he has dragged his judicial
robes through the dirtiest of political
cesspools, and that he has resorted to
the lowest methods of politics to main-
tain his seat on the beach. The oppo-
sition of the best Republican element
in his county has sprung from these
defects in his character and methods.
The most reliable Republican journals
of the eastern part of the State testify
to his unworthiness. Nevertheless, he
has been renominated by his party, and
the endorsement has been made by a
great majority.
Now what will the people of Dela-
ware county do in this case? It is
said that the Democrats will have a
good chance of electing a judge if they
put upa good man. Bat the Republi-
can majority is large, and when it comes
to voting, the members of that party
have a habit of overlooking fitness,
honesty and decency and woting for
candidates without regard to the ab-
sence of those essential qualifications.
We should therefore not be surprised
to see the Republicans of Delaware
county, “for the good of the party”
rallying in support of 2 man who has
proven himself unfit for the judicial of-
fice.
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Deserving Severe Punishment.
Mere trespassing upon the grass in
the capitol grounds, for which Coxey
bas been arraigned before a magistrate,
is but a slight offense compared with
that with which some of his followers
have been committing in the West,
Out in that region they have become
organized bands of highwaymea who
have feloniously taken possession of
trains and forcibly seized the control
of railroads. Not content to tramp
the highways, which is the ordinary
mode of locomotion for such vaga-
bonds, they aspire to join the main
army at Washington inan easier and
more expeditious way, and consequent-
ly they resorted to the accommodation
of railroad Yravel by violent meane.
By such high-handed proceedings a
stoppage of all traffic was brought
about on the roads thus taken posses-
sion of, including the transportation of
the mails, inter-state commerce and
everything else. The laws of both the
States and the nation have thus been
violated. These unruly vagabounds
went even further than this in their
lawlessness at North Yakima, in the
State of Washington. They resisted
the authority of the Federal courts,
fought a battle with the United States
marshals, killing and wounding several,
and in short levied war against the
United States. Here was a misde-
meanor of the most aggravated char-
acter.
The offense of Coxie at the seat of
government will perhaps be treated
with the light ‘punishment of a fine,
but the example he has set has en-
couraged offenses which should meet
with the severest punishment of the
law.
On Tuesday morning the Con-
gressional Record was burdened with
112 columns of a speech which Sena-
tor Quay has started to read in the Se-
nate in the hope of delaying Democrat-
ic legislation on the WiLson bill.
No one knows how long the speech
will be and the Senator don’t know
himself. for he neither wrote, it nor
does he know who did. He has been
receiving it on the installment plan
from somewhere and reads it just as he
can get it in. The wonder to usis that
Congress will permit of the publica-
tion of anonymous communications in
the Record. No reputable newspaper
would publish the stuff.
——The burning of the Brooklyn
Tabernacle, Dr. TarLwace's church,
makes the third destruction of that
edifice by fire. It seems almost re-
markable that his congregation should
be called upon eo often to repair losses
by fire.
—1f you want printing of any de-
scripton the WaArcaMAN office is the
place to have it done.
Unjust Blame.
The tariff bill in the shape in which
it will sooner or later pass the Senate,
will not be satisfactory to the Demo-
cratic party. It will not be the meas-
ure of tariff reform which they expect-
ed to secure. Somebody is to blame
for this, but nothing could be more
outrageously unjust than the New
York World's putting on President
CLEVELAND ‘the responsibility for
this shameful outcome of a great pop-
ular struggle.” It blames him for
not forcing through the Senate a prop-
er Democratic tariff bill, as he forced
the repeal of the SHERMAN law.
Nothing could be more absurd or
unjust than to hold Mr. CLEVELAND
responsible for the effects of the trea-
son of half a dozen Democratic Sena-
tors, How could be be expected to
control them when the motive of some
of them for opposing the W iLsoN bill is
the personal grudge which’ they hold
toward him. ,This is the explanation
of the opposition of Davip B. HiLr,
the “spoiled child” of the New York
Democracy, whose factional malice
towards CLEVELAND makes it prefer-
able to him that he should turn trai-
tor to his party than that a party meas-
ure in which the President is deeply
interested should be successful. Sena:
tors MurpaY, of New York, GORMAN,
of Maryland, MoreaN of Alabama,
and probatly oneor two others are
actuated more or less by similar per-
sonal animosity towards the President.
Under such circumstances there is no
sense whatever in blaming the Presi
dent for not restraining the action of
men actuated by such a spirit. As
well might WasaiNgTON have been
blamed for not preventing the treason
of BENEDICT ARNOLD.
Over Forty Thousand Persons Saw the
: Great Race.
Dr. Rice Won in Fast Time—It Was an Excit- |
ing Struggle from Start to Finish and Thous.
ands of Dollars Changed Hands on the Result
of the Uncertain Contest—The Scenes After
the Race.
New York, May 15.—The Brooklyn
handicap, the first big turf event of the
season, was won by Dr. Rice in the fast
time of 2:07}. Over 40,000 people saw
the race. It was an ideal day for the
race. The track was in perfect condi-
tion and there was every prospect of the
record of 2:07 flat, made by Dry Mono-
pole, getting lowered.
The big event was the fourth race on
the card. It was scheduled to take
place at 4 o'clock, but it was nearly 4.48
when the flag fell. The horses were at
the post nearly forty minutes. Break
after bresk occurred, but not one was
even enough to warrant their getting
the word. Copyright, Herald, Ajax
and Comanche came out to the furlong
post fully half a dozen times. Copy-
right’s fractious temper was realiy the
chief cause of the delay. Sport, con-
trary to general expectations, behaved
himself well throughout the coming or-
deal. Comanche was restless and did
considerable buck jumping. Lowland-
er also gave a grand stand exhibition of
bad temper. He managed io unseat
McDermott once and had him on his
neck several times. A crowd of several
thousand persons surged around the
chute. A start was finally effected. It
looked to be a fair one for all but Low-
lander, Martin, howeyer, did not think
it was a start and Clifford was left
standing still. Thompson also began
to pull up Sport just as they got the
flag. McDermott made no effort to join
the field with Lowlander. He simply
cantered back to the paddock. Clifford
and Sport went after the others but gave
up the unequal struggle very soon.
Fred. Foster, the owner of Dr. Rice,
backed the horse heavily on the winter
books. His winnings : ggregate $50,
000, in addition to the stake, which is
worth $25,000, $18,000 of which goes to
Dr. Rice.
Largest Gasser on Earth.
Struck in Wildcat Territory and Setting the
Country on Fire.
ToLepo, May 14.—The largest gas
well in the Ohio or Indiana fields was
drilled in on the Wallace farm, three
miles west of Fostoria, to-day. The
lease is owned by the Chicago Oil
Company, and the well was started
last week in territory which was con-
sidered worthless. It came in at 4
o'clock this afternoon, and when the
tools were thrown out the workmen
had to run for their lives. The drill
stem and rope were blown fully 500
feet.
The well is estimated at 50,000,000
feet of gas a day, the largest well on
earth. The gas caught fire from the
forge, and the derrick has been burned
to the ground. The woods are blazing
in many places, and flames can be
seen shooting up 100 feet above the
tree tops. One curious feature is that
in more than 100 places water is spout-
ing through the ground to a height of
10 to 20 feet.
Death of General Dechert.
PHivapeLrHIA, May 13.—After a
painful illness that began with an af-
fection of the liver, in November last,
Brigadier General Robert Porter Dech-
ert became uncouscious on Friday, and
expired yesterday at 1.12 p. m., at the
residence of his brother, Henry M.
Dechert, No. 3914 Walnut street.
The funeral which was held at
3.30 p. m,, on Tuesday, from the Tab-
ernacle Presbyterian church, Thirty-
seventh and Chestnut streets, was
attended by, a military escort composed
of Second regiment infantry, command-
ed by Col. J. B Porter, First troop, of
Philadelphia, City cavalry, with Cap-
tain J. Lapsley Wilson in command ;
battery A, Captain M., C. Stafford, and
such organizations of the brigade as
may desire to participate.
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| Dr. Talmage’s Church Destroyed For the Third
Time.— Electric Light Wires Back of the Or- |
gan Start It and a Million Dollars Worth of |
Property Goes Up to Smoke.
New York, May 13.—Fire seems to
be the nemesis of Rev. T. DeWitt Tal-
mage and the members of his congre-
gation. Their beautiful new taberna-
cle at the corner of Clinton and Greene
avenues, Brooklyn, was destroyed by
fire this afternoon. Flames broke out
in the church edifice just after those
who had attended the morning service
had left the building, Not only was
the church destroyed, but a near by
hotel, and a number of buildings were
also greatly damaged. Had the fire
broke out one hour earlier while the
building was filled with worshippers, it
is almost certain that a dreadful panic
and loss of life would have resulted.
This is the third time that the Tal-
mage tabernacle has been destroyed by
fire. By asingular coincidence each
fire occurred on a Sunday.
Everything in the tabernacle to-day
was destroyed with the building. Per-
haps the loss which will grieve Dr.
Talmage most is that of the memorial
stones which he brought from the East
and which were set in the wall at the
right of the organ, encased in stereo-
relief work. They were four in num-
ber.
The fire was discovered shortly after
12 o'clock, just atter the congregation
had been dismissed from the morning
service.
A small boy rushed in from the
street and told James Day the sexton
that emoke was coming out of the
windows. Dr. Talmage was still in
the building shaking hands with some
people. After some search it was dis-
covered that the smoke proceeded from
behind the big organ.
Almost at thesame time the fire was
located flames burst from the top. In
the meantime, ex-supervisor Reed, who
was in the Summerfield Methodist
Episcopal church directly opposite
from the tabernacle had also seen the
smoke coming from the window and
gent in an alarm of fire.
By the time the firemen arrived the
flames were bursting from all the
church windows. Two extra alarms,
and finally a special call were sent in,
bringing all the engines in Brooklyn
and Williamsburg to the fire.
The interior of the church was a
seething, roaring mass of flames inside
of thirty minutes after the fire was dis-
covered and by 1 o’clock the root and
the handsome steeple had fallen in.
Great jets of flames shot across the
open space, between the Tabernacle
and the Hotel Regent, which is next to
the church on Clinton avenue, and in
a short space of time that portion of
the hotel nearest the church was bura-
ing fiercely.
The Regent is a family hotel. The
guests fled in dismay. At the time ot
the fire there were eighty five guests
and ninety servants in the house. Two
sick women had to be carried out of
the place in the building. :
The flames spread rapidly through
the hotel, and it too was soon afire
from cellar to root.
The Tabernacle and hotel Regent
were completely gutted. Nothing re-
mains but the walls.
The total loss is estimated at a little
over a million dollars. The loss on
the hotel Regent, will amount to about
$600,000. The loss on the Tabernacle
is about $400,000 and the adjoining
buildings are reported to be damaged
to the extent of $50,000.
Four firemen were overcome by the
beat during the progress of the flames
and had to be removed from the
scene. All subsequently recovered.
It was supposed the fire was caused
by a spark from one of the electric
wires behind the organ in the Tab-
eroacle.
Commonwealers Punished.
HELENA, Mont., May 14.—The Mon-
tana contingent of the Coxey army are
the commonwealers in the country to be
punished by court for stealing a train.
Three weeks ago the Montana Coxey-
ites, under the leadership of William
Hogan, stole a Northern Pacific train
at Butte and started to leave the state.
Hogan and his men were captured by
United States troops and brought back
to Helena, where they have since re-
mained under military guard. To-day
the leaders were brought into United
States court, Judge Knowles presiding,
for a hearing. The charge against
them was contempt of court in not
obeying an order ot the court com-
manding them not to interfere with
Northern Pacific property. After a
hearing, lasting all day, Hogan was
seat to jail for six months. The engi-
neers and firemen for two months each.
Big Fire at Boston.
Some Twelve Acres of Territory Burned Over
and 1,000 Families Made Homeless.
Boston, May 15—Some small Rox-
bury boys set oasetes up as rivals to
Mrs. O’Leary’s cow on the Boston base
ball grounds this afternoon and as a re-
sult the city was visited by the biggest
fire since Thanksgiving, 1893, and a
conflagration covering a greater area
than any since the memorable one of
1872. While the financial loss is not a
circumstance to that of either of the
above mentioned fires, yet in less than
three hours some twelve acres of terri-
tory were burned.
The base ball grand stand and bleach-
ers, a large school house, an engine
house and 164 wooden buildings burned
and 1,000 families were rendered home-
less.
The loss is conservatively estimated at
from $300,000 to $500,000, although one
authority puts it at $1,000,000.
Indications are that the fire was caus-
ed by carelessness and mischief and be-
came beyond control through stupidity.
——Japanese buggies are drawn by
men.
SS
——Read the WATCHMAN,
Coxey'’s Camp Broken,
The Army of Commonwealers Leaves Washington. | — An exchange publishes the following
WasHINGTON, May 12.—Tents were
struck at “Camp Tyranny” before 9
this morning and an hour later the
army was on the march for the new
camp near Hyattsville, in Maryland.
Carl Btowne made a parting speech, in
which he told the men that it would be
impossible for him and Coxey to ac-
company them on account of their en-
gagements in the Police Court ; so the
command was turned over to young
Jesse Coxey.
The three convicted leaders cannot
leave the District until their sentences
have been imposed and served, since
the terms of their bail bonds forbid
them to depart the jurisdiction ofthe
court. . i
Comparatively few people witnessed
the departure of the army as it march-
ed through the side streets, with the
bass drum pounding and all the ban-
ners displayed, and it evidently has be-
come an exploded sensation in this
city. The men were pleased at the
prosp ect of another change and talked
hilariously of the country fare they ex-
pected to get. Coxey and Browne
arted from the army to go to the po-
ice court, where they expected that
the motion for a new trial would be
argued, but found that the hearing had
been postponed until Tuesday.
“General” Coxey talks enthusiastic-
ally of the support the army is re-
ceiving from the West and ot the car-
loads of provisions being shipped for it.
He has received an invitation to dre
with the Clover Club in Philadelphia
on May 17, and says that he will be
there unless he is prevented by the
necessity for serving an important en-
gagement with the District authori-
ties.
Hyattsville, where the army camps
to-day in a small suburban village in
Maryland. Most of its men are en-
gaged in business or in the government
departments in Washington during
the day, so that the population during
business hours consists mostly of
women and children. Naturally there
is great uneasiness felt at the prospect
of the undesirable neighbors. Last
night the school house bell was rung
to call the citizens together and two
hundred of them marched to the home
of J. W. Rogers, who invited the Cox-
eyites to camp on his land. Mr. Rog-
ers is best known in this vicinity as
‘Pan-Electric’ Rogers, and played a
silent part as attorney for Coxey in the
Police Court trial.
The new camp is about three miles
from the District, a pleasant spot, well
wooded and well watered. There Cox-
ey expects to maintain headquarters
for the army all summer if need be, or
as he says, until Congress takes action
on his bills. He says he expects that
the other armies now marching toward
Washington will co-operate with him
there, and that the movement will in-
crease in strength.
Coleman’s Property Sold.
PHILADELPHIA, May 14.—Robert H.
Coleman’s Cornwall ore banks and the
turnaces at Cornwall and Lebanon
were sold out to the Lackawana iron
company, of Scranton. The sum paid,
it is said, amounts to about $3,000.000
of which $1,000,000 is cash. This
leaves Coleman his home at Cornwall,
one farm at Bismarck and another be-
low Cornwall, and the Colebrook es-
tate, which includes Mt. Gretna. It is
claimed that the sale will secure the
payment of all Coleman’s debts, in-
cluding the arrears to depositors of the
trust and safe deposit bank. It is de-
clared that the purchasers contem-
plate building two new furnaces.
ADDITIONAL LOCALS.
——The little borough of Chester
Hill adjoining Philipsburg has a $5,000
damage suit on hand. Two years ago a
Mrs. Cook, a washerwoman, fell on a
defective board-walk and sustained per-
manent injuries-—so she claims.
—— Wm. Buck, of Millheim, died
after a lingering illness with consump-
tion at the home of his son, last Thurs-
day afternoon. Deceased was a tailor
by trade and a member of 203rd Pa.
Vol. He was buried Saturday after-
noon with the honors of war, the W.
W. Bierly post, twenty-two strong, be-
ing in attendance.
—— Mrs. John Clark, Mr. John
Kurtz’s mother, who died so unexpect-
edly last Saturday at her brother’s, Mr.
David Butts’, on Linn street, came here
several months ago from her home in
Williamsburg to visit relatives. She
was so well, and the change had seem-
ingly done her so much good, that she
was prevailed upon to lengthen her
stay. A week ago Tuesday preparatory
to her return home she was out making
calls, and had just returned to her
brother’s when she was stricken with
paralysis and died Saturday. Monday
she was taken home to Williamsburg
and buried Tuesday afternoon, she
was not considered serious at first, but
her death was peculiarly sad as her hus-
band, to whom she was devoted, broke
his collar bone the evening she had the
stroke and was not able to come to see
her at all. Mrs. Clark’s first husband,
Mr. Kurtz, died years ago and she has
made her home in Williamsburg where
her husband is a banker for more than
twenty years. She was 66 years old
and a conscientious member of the Pres-
byterian church. Besides her husband
and two sons, Mr. John Kurtz and his
brother Tom, who at one time worked
in this office and who is now a Meth-
odist preacher at Coneaut, Ohio, she
leaves several step children who loved
her as their own flesh and blood.
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INSUBORDINATION MEANS DEgaTH.
account of how an unruly inmate of the
Huatingdon reformatory met a sudden
death at the hands of a cell keeper last
Friday.
“Thursday was the first time that in-
subordination at the Pennsylvania In-
dustrial reformatory was properly dealt
with, according to general opinion ex-
pressed at Huntingdon. It involved
the life of a prisoner, but the occasion
called for his death or that of defenseless
Mr. J. L. Bookhamer, keeper of the
solitary cells.
Edward Wood and a fellow prisoner
named Waldon conspired to kill Mr.
Bookhamer, keeper of the solitary
cells of the Huntingdon reforma-
tory Thursday. Armed with iron
bars, secreted in their pants legs, they
made the attack in one of the cell hous-
es. Wood struck the guard several ter-
rific blows, and in warding off a perhaps
fatal one, Mr. Bookhamer sustained a
fracture to his right hand. To him it
was a fight for life and his courage nev-
er left him. Just as Wood and Wald-
on wereabout to make another revenge-
ful attack, Bookhamer came in posses-
sion of a 38 calibre revolver through the
assistance of Guard Matthew McAteer,
and with this pointed directly at them
held both at bay for a moment. Sev-
eral times he asked them to surrender,
but Wood’s only reply was something
like “You're afraid to shoot——
—— —,"" and then another at-
tack was attempted. But it was
brought to a sudden ending. Book-
hamer fired and Wood fell to the floor
and expired in a moment. The bullet
entered the lett side of his body under
the arm and lodged near the heart.
Waldon fled to another part of the in-
stitution.
Bookhamer’s act is commended, as it
was necessary. He was encountering
desperate men and was compelled to
employ desperate measures.
Coroner Harmon summoned a jury
and viewed the body and heard con-
siderable testimony. At the conclusion
of the hearing the jury rendered a ver-
dict exonerating Mr. Bookhamer, on
the ground that he acted in self defense.
THE CHAMPIONSHIP CONTESTS AT
STATE CoLLEGE ToMOorRROW. — The
greatest event in the history of athletics
at The Pennsylvania State College wil
take place to-morrow afternoon on
Beaver field. It will be the occasion of
the ninth annual championship contests
of the State Inter-collegiate Athletic
Association and will consist of all the
out-door sports known to’ thé" college
athlete.
The institutions forming the Associa-
tion are Swarthmore, Dickinson, Le-
high, Lafayette, Pennsylvania,
Western University of Pennsylvania,
and State. All of them will be represent-
ed but Dickinson. Already a hundred
names have been sent to the entry com-
mittee and two hundred and ten entries
have been made for the following list of
events.
100 yds. dash. Trial heats.
120 ¢ hurdle. u “
100 ¢ dash, Trial heats for second in
first trial heats.
2 mile bicycle race.
Trial heats.
440 yds. run. £ ke
120 yds. hurdle. Final heat.
100 ¢ dash. “ i“
1 mile run.
1 mile walk.
440 yds. dash. Final heat.
220 “ hurdle. Trial beat.
2 mile bicycle race. Final heat.
“run.
220 yds. dash. Trial heats.
220 ¢ hurdle. Final heat.
Throwing 16 1b. hammer.
Pole vault.
Running high jump.
Running broad jump.
Putting shot.
The field officers for the contests are :
Referee—J. M. Wolf, Cornell ;
Judges—H. T. Fernald, Johns Hos-
kins; James Hughes, Princeton.
Timers—M. M. Garver, Cornell ; C.
E. Aull, State Coilege ; W. H. Wal-
ker, State College.
Starter— George Turner.
Clerk—H. B. McClain, P. S. C. ;
Assistant Clerks— A. F. Damon, H.
P. Dowler.
Judge of Walking—Geo. Turner.
wage of Cycling—Geo. Bush. L. A.
Measurers—H. J. Waters, U. ot Mo,;
M. C. Ihlseng, Columbia ; J. M. Wil
lard, Dartmouth.
Marshal—E. J. Haley, Haverford.
Assistant Marshals—G, W. Hoskins,
and J. R. Shell.
Announcer—H. N. Beaver.
Special trains will run over the Cen-
tral R. R. of Pa. to carry parties from
Williamsport, Lock Haven “and inter-
mediate points leaving after the games
and a special will leave here about 7:30
p. m. for Tyrone to carry those from
Altoona, Tyrone, Huntingdon, and
other places who desire to attend and be
able to return the same day. The
Bellefonte Central will run a special
from Bellefonte which will leave here at
12:30 p. m. and return immediately af-
ter the contest.
Saturday is looked forward to as a
great day by the athletes of our home
institution and they feel sure of winning
the pennant. The contest will take
place rain, or shine.
To Trout FISHERMEN. — Several
weeks ago we published a decision ren-
dered by Judge Sterrett, of Luzerne
county, in which he ruled that no stream
which bad been stocked with small
trout fry could be protected under the
law as a “stocked stream’’ unless tbe
required screens were in use in tue
stream to keep the growing flsh in sepa-
portions of the water. That is 1f any
person should put small trout fry into a
stream and then tack up the usual cau-
tion notices, such notices would be of
no effect since the law making it a mis-
demeanor to fish in ‘stocked streams’
stipulates what a stocked stream must
be. It must have screens of various
sizes to keep the fish separate and the
fish therein must be fed by the parties
who desire to protect them under the’
law.
Now Judge Sterrett’s ruling only
holds in cases where a stream is pro-
tected by the caution notices, but has no
screens. No matter how many notices
may be tacked up along such a stream it
will be lawful for you to fish in it, pro.
vided the owner of the property through
which the stream flows does not prohi-
bit you from trespassing. If he should
have trespass notices posted, however,
then you will be liable to arrest, and a
fine, or imprisonment, or both, may fol-
low.
So after all the ruling ot the Luzerne
county judge has very little bearing on
the questiun of liberties in trout fishing
for men who go to the trouble of stock-
ing a stream and try to propagate trout
will not be likely to leave you fish on
their property, so even if they do not
have screens in the water, a simple
trespass notice will warn you to stay off
and you must heed it or abide the con-
sequences.
Pine Grove Mentions.
Rev. C. T. Aikens is this week absent
from his charge attending Synod at Se-
lin’s Grove.
Mrs. Kanode, a well known old lady of
three score years and ten, and who it is
always a pleasure to meet, is this week
the guest of her son-in-law, W. J. Meyers,
on Main street.
George Smith one of the State capitol’s
hustling business men is spending this
week at his old home viewing the pave-
ments where he used to stump his toes
and make wry faces.
Last Sunday Rev. C. T. Aikens adminis-
tered sacrament at Pine Hall, where
some thirty members were added to the
congregation. The Rev. isa young man
and rallies the young around him, and
just as soon as they become members
they are no longer drones, but wide
awake members.
Our young friend James Harpster is
laid by for repairs with a gashin one of
his legs just below the knee, which will
disable him for weeks to come. He was
engaged cutting logs on Tussey mountains
and experienced consi.erable difficulty
in securing a doctor to dress the cut»
which bled so freely thathe was very
weak.
Mr. N. T. Krebs this week bade adieu to
his legion of friends and is, we suppose by
this time, thinking longingly of '‘the girl X
left behind me,” as he delves into Black -
stoneand other legal lore in the office of his
uncle, Judge Krebs in Clearfield, where
with his bright mind and his natural elo-
cutionary powers, we will expect him to
turn out more than an ordinary every
day lawyer.
Our young ministerial friend W. C,
Dunlap is now the pastor of a flourishing
congregation. The Lutheran congreza-
tion at Duncannon experienced some
trouble 1n the past five months in finding
a pastor to take their old one’s place who
had accepted a call elsewhere. A num-
ber of candidates had preached for the
congregation and trustees but none of
them had been quite satisfactory. About
four weeks ago Mr. Dunlap, yet a student
at Gettysburg seminary, held commun-
ion service for this shepherdless flock,
and shortly after received a call to take
charge of them in July which he accep-
ted, to take effect the first of June. To
this young divine the WaATcEMAN adds its
heartiest congratulations, and hopes that
he may enjoy many years in the service
of the Master with flattering benedictions
of an observing people.
Last Sunday evening at early twilight
the Chistian Endeavor Society ushered
in throngs of people to witness their first
anniversary which was held in the Luth-
eran church. By the time of commence-
ment every available space was filled,
The church was tastefully decorated,
the altar was literally covered with
palms and blooming flowers, the odors
penetrating the whole building. An in-
teresting programe had been arranged
and was carried out to the letter by the
president, J. B. Piper, who tried to make
the services as impressive as possible and
quite well did he succeed. The singing,
under the leadership of Rev. Aikens, was
up to the standard of which this choir is
noted and the congregational singing was
elegant. Miss Maggie Brett presided at
the organ and to her untiring efforts
much credit is due. A large membership
from State College, Boalsburg and Bailey-
ville were in attendance, many of them
were untiring and persevering in the
Christian Endeavor work in assisting to
bear each other’s burdens and in conclu-
sion all the success that the C. E. has at-
tained they owe to God's great kindness
towalds them.
League Anniversary.
The anniversary of the State College chap.
ter of the Epworth Leagne was held on the
evening of the 13th with a well crowded heuse.
The programe was carefully prepared and fit-
tingly carried out. The flower decorations
were elaborate ind<ed., Heads of most of the
different departme ts, together with the pas-
tor, spoke, giving encouragement and useful
suggestions, The collection was by no means
illiberal. The singing by the members of the
Junior League alone was very worthy of men-
tion.
Near the close came the most inspiring part
of the programe, this was the the graduation
of three members from the Junior League.
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The exercises of the evening sirengthened
and caused us to desire to labor more vigor-
ously in our assigned portion of this grand
work of bringing the “whole wide world to
Christ,” remembering that our wo:k is not on-
Iy at home but abroad as well. J.