» Bema adn Bellefonte, Pa., Dec. 8, 1899. P. GRAY MEEK, - - Ep1ToR. Terms oF Susscriprion.—Until further notice this paper will be furnished to subscribers at the following rates : Paid strictly in advance.........c.ee...es $1.00 Paid before expiration of year........ Paid after expiration of year............ 2.00 For Republicans Only. Possibly you are a Republican. If you are it is probable you are proud you are one ; proud because you are on top and proud because you think you are going to stay there. Success makes people proud and in Pennsylvania you have had successes enough to swell ordinary heads to the bursting limit. But do you know whence those successes come? Are you familiar with the means that are resorted to, and the characters depended upon to bring them about? Hardly. We know you don’t realize the kind of a foundation your political pride is built upon, or the rottenness of the roots from which it grows. Your head would drop as does the pea- cocks tail when it sees its ugly feet, if you did. A look at the following will show you. It is from the Philadelphia North American, a paper of your own political beliefs and one that, hefore it learned as much as it knows now, was just as proud and boastful of Republican successes as you are. Ib tells by whom and how the elections were held in a single district in the city in which the Republican majority of the State is cast—Republican Philadelphia. Read it. It will do you good if it don’t increase your respect for your party, or your pride in its majorities. It says : “The assessor of the division kept a house of prosti- tution. He padded his list with fraudulent names register- ed from his house. He was already under a criminal charge for like frauds as an assessor. A burglar only a month out of prison acted as an election officer under the name of one of the regular officers. The constable of the division likewise kept a dis- reputable house and had the assessors list padded with fraudulent names as living in his house. The two other of the pretended election officers were assessed from the infamous place. The constable’s son fraudulently acted as an elec- tion officer under the name of someone else. That the major part of more than 200 names on the assessors’ list were registered from brothels, badger houses, gaming houses and other places of revolting wickedness. The election was held in the house of prostitution maintained by the assessor. The man named as judge had also a criminal charge Jor a like offense pending over him. 252 votes were returned in a division that had less than one hundred legal votes within its boundaries.” You have read it have you. Well, if you are a half way decent man, and have enough good, red, honest blood in you to do so, don’t you think you out to go out be- hind your barn and blush, until your roosters think it is the sun coming up, for your political associates and your party majorities ? Jails Are Not Punishment, Judge LYNCH, of Wilkesbarre, struck the keynote of the situation when he said: “I understand the beds of the prison have been provided with springs—luxuries which half the farmers and workingmen of the county cannot af- ford. And roast pork and pie for Thanksgiving dinner. Whoever heard of such a thing? It is all wrong. Incarceration in jail is intended as a punishment, and when it is made a regular pic- nie, how can we expect men of criminal tenden- cies and lazy natures to observe the laws 2’ He was commenting on the sleek condi- tion of a prisoner whose release he was di- recting. The prisoner was a puny, half- starved individual when he was incarcer- ated and when he was discharged he was as plump and fat as a stall fed animal. Judge LYNCH is right. If prison is not for punishment what is it for? The hard- ships of prison life should be such as to make it full of terrors for men inclined to petty criminality, instead of being made so comfortable as to prove an inviting rendez- vous for all classes of lazy duffers who pre- fer to spend the cold weather in confine- ment to working to maintain themselves. ——The Congress made a bad beginning in the precedent made that a simple, unsup- ported, objection by one member is suffi- cient reason for refusing to swear in anoth- er, of whose election there is no doubt. It is a precedent that can be used to disfran- chise any district or to change the political complexion of Congress, at the time of its organization, whenever an unscrupulous minority may deem it necessary. We don’t wonder at Republicans voting as they did on this question—they are accus- tomed to doing whatever their partisan necessities demand—but we are surprised at the vote cast by Democrats for such a doubtful and dangerous precedent. A man with forty wives is not nearly so threatening to the morals of the country as this new departure isto its future peace and welfare. —— There is nothing about the message to indicate that the President is at all worried about the paper trust. He and his party are hand in glove with the trusts and it might have been with the idea of doing a little booming that he used up so much of the product controlled by this particular syndicate. ‘The Beneficiaries of Fraud. From the Albany Argus. The beneficiaries of previous frauds in the Philadelphia elections may or may not have known to what their success was due. Hereafter no doubt can exist as to the wholesale frauds and corrupt practices against the ballot box in Philadelphia. The monstrous abuses which have been proved to exist this year strike at the very founda- tion of popular self-government and are a matter of concern not merely in Pennsyl- vania, but to every good citizen, regardless of his place of residence. Congress Convenes. Only a Brief Session Was Held by the Senate. Quay’s Credentials Are in. Resolution Was Presented by Mr. Chandler That He be Sworn in. All Sent to Com- mittee. In the House all the Interest Was Center- ed on the Case of Congressman-eiect Roberts, of Utah—Was Not Taken Into the Body. WASHINGTON, December 4.—Appropri- ate tribute to the memory of the late Vice President Hobart was paid by the senate to-day at its first session of the Fifty-sixth Congress. The session lasted thirty-three minutes and only the most formal and nec- essary business was transacted. Mr. Penrose, of Pennsylvania, presented the credentials of Matthew Stanley Quay, appointed Senator from Pennsylvania by the Governor. On motion of Mr. Cockrell, of Missouri, the credentials of Mr. Quay were referred to committee on privileges and elections. In this connection Mr. Chandler offered a resolution that Mr. Quay be admitted as Senator from Pennsylvania. The resolu- tion also went to the committee on privileg- es and elections. Remonstrances and memorials against the seating of Mr. Quay were presented by Mr. Burrows, Republican of Michigan, and Mr. Jones, Democrat of Arkansas. After the administration of the oath, a roll call showed the presence of seventy- eight members. Mr. Carter, of Montana, presented a memorial and protest against the seating of Senator elect, Clark, of Montona, and also a petition from the Governor and other prominent citizens of Montana, asking for an early hearing of the protest against Mr. Clark by the committee on privileges and elections. The entire matter was referred to that committee. After the adoption of the usual routine resolutions, Senator Sewell, of New Jersey, announced the death of Vice President Hobart and offered the following resolu- tion : “Resolved : That the Senate has received with the deepest regret information of the death of Garret Augustus Hobart, late Vice President of the United States. “Resolved: That the business of the Senate be suspended in order that the distinguished pub- lic services of the deceased aud the virtues of his private character may be fittingly commemorat- ed. “Resolved: That the secretary of the Senate be instructed to communicate these resolutions to the House of Representatives.” Mr. Sewell announced that at some suit- able future day he would call up the reso- lutions when an opportunity would be of- fered Senators to pay their tributes to the late Vice President. Mr. Kean, of New Jersey, then at 12:33 p. m., moved as a further mark of respect that the Senate adjourn and amid a deep silence the chair declared the motion car- ried. THE HOUSE ORGANIZES. WASHINGTON, December, 4.—Enormous crowds witnessed the opening scene of the House to-day. The principal interest cen- tered in the disposition of the case of Mr. Roberts, the Mormon representative from Utah. Those who anticipated a sensation- al denouncement were disappointed. The program outlined by the Republican lead- ers at their conference on Friday night was partially carried out. The objection to the administration of the oath to Mr. Rob- erts was entered by Mr. Taylor, of Ohio, as predicted, and he stepped aside without protest, except to ask if by doing so he waived any of his rights. To this the speaker responded in the negative. There was not a protest from any quarter against the objection of the administration of the oath to Mr. Roberts. But on the contrary the only voice raised, except that of Mr. Taylor’s, was that of Mr. McRea, a Democrat, of Arkansas, who joined with Mr. Taylor in his protest. Mr. Taylor of- fered his resolntion to refer the case to a special committee, but by mutual arrange- ment the consideration of the resolution was postponed until tomorrow in order that the routine business in connection with the organization might be transacted today. : Although Mr. Roberts was not sworn in today he secured a seat. This, however, was by an accident pure and simple. In the seat drawing lottery no provision had been made for Mr. Roberts, but when the drawing was completed two others as well as himself bad not been provided with seats and the speaker asked and secured from the House general permission for those Mem- bers who had not drawn seats to make the selections as they could. Under this au- thority, Mr. Roberts got a seat in an ob- secure portion of the hall. Mr. Roberts was the ohserved of all observers throughout the day. His daughter sat in the gallery and watched the proceedings from begin- ning to end. The election of Speaker Hen- derson, and his induction into office, the appointment of the usual committees to wait upon the President, the seat drawing contest, with the usual amusing features, went off without a hitch. The only other feature out of the ordinary was the adop- tion of the Reed rules for the present Con- gress. The Democrats knew it was futile to more than protest against the adoption of these rules, after the Republicans had de- cided upon this course in caucus, and the debate upon the resolution to adopt them was very brief. They were adopted by a strict party vote. After the seat drawing had been complet- ed, Mr. Gardiner, Republican, of New Jer- sey, announced the death of Vice President Hobart, in fitting words referred briefly to his brilliant ard useful career and the pro- found grief with which the nation had received the news that he had passed away. Later he said he would ask the House to set aside a day to pay appropriate tribute to his memory. As a further mark of re- spect upon his motion the House, at 3:50 p. m., adjourned until tomorrow. SPEAKER ELECTED. WASHINGTON, Dec. 4.—Shortly after the house convened the body proceeded to the election of speaker. Mr. Grosvenor, of Ohio, as chairman of the Republican caucus presented the name of David B. Henderson, of JTowa. The mention of the name of Gen- eral Henderson was greeted with a round of applause from the Republican side. Mr. Hay, of Virginia, chairman of the Demo- cratic caucus, nominated James D. Rich- ardson, of Tennessee, and his name drew the plaudits of the Democratic side. Mr. Ridgley, of Kansas, nominated John C. Bell, of Colorado, as a populist candidate, and Mr. Wilson, of Idaho, presented Fran- cis G. Newlands, of Nevada, in nomination as the candidate of the silver party. The roll was called and each member voted for the candidate of his present affiliation. Mr. Newlands, himselt a candidate, vot- ed for Mr. Richardson. The roll call re; sulted : Henderson, 177; Richardson, 153: Bell, 4,and Newlands, 2. The clerk there- upon announced the election of Mr. Hen- derson amid great Republican applause. He designated Mr. Richardson, Mr. Bell and Mr. Newlands as a committee to escort the speaker to the chair. ~——Send the WATCHMAN to your friend who is away in a distant part of the coun- try. It will prove a most acceptable Christ- mas present. One that will be appreciated all the year round. It costs only a dollar. Yes, Why Don't They Fuss Now. From the Doylestown Democrat. Last year, when there wasa demand that the Philippine Islands should be given up to the Filipinos, a spasm of indignation ran over the country. Politicians, great and small, of the Republican persuasion, declared that the flag, once raised over a country, should never be *‘hauled down.”’ In the light of what has taken place since, that was the smallest kind of poppy cock. Then our flag floated over a large part of the Samoan group, but, since then, the President has hauled it down, and the ter- ritory is given up to the Germans. As England has acquiesced in the same thing, we find that the hoisting of the flag over any piece of territory is not quite as sacred a thing as it was thought to be. Why don’t we hear some out burst of horror at this desecration of the national emblem? From the quietness that prevailes on the subject, most people seem pleased that the Samoan group have been loaded on Germany. A Letter From the Philippines. William T. Purdue, a Bellefonte Boy Writes that They are Having Plenty of Fighting. He is Evidently Contented as a Soldier. William T. Purdue who enlisted in the regular army here on June 23rd, 1899, and was assigned to Co. C, 19th Inf. is now with that command at Iloilo, Philippine Islands. In a recent letter to the WATCH- MAN he writes as follows: ILOILO, PHILIPPINE ISLANDS, Oct. 27th, 1899. EpI1ToR WATCHMAN : AsI have quite a few friends who are readers of your paper, I would like to tell them about the Island of Panay and the city of Iloilo where the Eighteenth Inf. and one battalion of the Nineteenth Inf. are stationed. It isa more healthy place than Manila, as we have a cool sea breeze all the time here. We are not doing very much, as there are not enough of troops for aggres- sive service so we are waiting for a regi- ment of volunteers to come, but meanwhile we have all the out-post duty we want. We are fired on every day and I have learn- ed to tell the song of a Mauser from a Rem- ington ball as it passes over the trenches and blockhouses that are made for the out post to take shelter in. The natives often fool the boys by making dummies and put- ting them up at night time, and at break of day they are greeted with a volley of Krag bullets from the ever watchful guards. There is going to be a hot time here soon, as the natives are entrenched in the city of Santa Barbara which is four miles in-land and is situated on a hill. The scouts say it is equal to San Juan hill, Puerto Rico. It is guarded by trenches which have un- der ground passages from one to the other and they have two field pieces, Krupp guns. The gunboat ‘‘Concord’’ is going to shell it before we make an attack, but we all know that if there is notashell goes within a half mile of it you people will get the news that all we had todo was to walk in and take possession. We were out five miles up the coast to- day. It rained five hours on us but we cap- tured two hundred prisoners and got a na- tivespy whom they had sentenced to death. He was certainly glad to get back again with us. I will close, wishing your paper success. Yours from the Philippines, WiLLiAM T. PURDUE. ADDITIONAL LOCALS. —— Nellie Wolf, a Jersey Shore servant girl, fell asleep on Sunday night and it was fifty-six hours before physicians could get her awake. She is said to have been in epileptic coma. rn A A ——This old apple question seems deter- mined not to be settled. Lock Haven and Philipsburg have been fighting for the hon- ors for some time, but Philipsburg is ahead now. W. E. Irwin Esq., has one that is 35 years old. atl yee ——Geo. H. Mapledoram, proprietor of the Potter house, in Philipsburg, was mar- ried to Miss Minnie B. Wright on Thanks- giving day. The ceremony was performed at the hotel by Rev. H. F. Means, of the Presbyterian church, and was witnessed by only a few of their most intimate friends. RR ——According to the statement of the First national bank of Philipsburg, just published, it looks as if the directors of that institution had made no mistake in selecting F. K. Lukenbach as cashier. It was a pretty heavy responsibility for so young a man, but it seems not to have been too much for Frank and we congratulate him and the bank’s directors. a, ——At an entertainment in Lock Haven recently one of the highly spoken of num- bers on the program was the elocutionary work of Miss Elizabeth Faxon, a daughter of Thomas Faxon, of this place. In reporting the entertainment the Daily Democrat spoke thus of her : ‘Miss Faxon’s platform ap- pearance and delivery was very pleasing. She exercises skillful judgment in giving the moral points of her selections the elo- cutionary emphasis they demand.” re Qe THE GEMS.—The ‘“‘Gems,’’ a popular price repertoire company, have been play- ing at Garman’s since Tuesday night. Their business has been good and that in itself, is evidence that they are giving satisfaction. The bills being presented are mostly new ones to Bellefonte theatre goers and so lib- erally interspersed with clever specialties as to make them very entertaining. Tonight they will present ‘“The Diamond Necklace.’’ For the Saturday matinee ‘“The Curse of Pride’’ will be put on and the en- gagement will be closed, Saturday night, with “The Octoroon.”’ smmm———r( —eeeeerere— ——Dr. John F. Alexander and Dr. H. H. Glosser have formed a copartnership for the practice of medicine at Centre Hall. Dr. Alexander is so well known to the peo- ple of Centre county as to need no intro- duction, but his young partner is not so fortunate. Dr. Glosser is a graduate of the medical department of the University of Pennsylvania and of the class of 96 at State. He isan exceptionally promising young physician and his professional alli- ance with Dr. Alexander will give him the advantage of constant consultation with an old and experienced practitioner. While Dr. Alexander intends to remain in active practice he will putas much of the work as possible on his partner and take every op- portunity for a much needed rest this win- ter. fromm" ——Dan’l Sully in ‘‘Obrien the Con- tractor’’ comes to Garman’s next Tuesday night. aes epi —— Linn McGinley has improved his new home on South Thomas street, the old Rankin property, by raising the roof, put- ting on dormer windows and fixing up the third floor for occupancy. rr SA ——The work of splashing in order to flood the stranded logs between Lock Haven and Williamsport was begun on the river Monday morning. The first splash proved quite successful. It made a three and a half foot flood. rr ——The harp concert at the College this evening will probably attract quite a party from this place. The opportunity is one rarely bad and the rate is so low that quite a number of people are going to take ad- vantage of it. ea —=M. E. McDonnell, formerly connected with the U. S. Experiment station, at State College, as a chemist, has entered the employ of the Pennsylvania railroad at Al- toona in order to conduct an investigation of bacteriology, as applied to the various branches of railroading. ober ——There was such a crowd at the Y. M. C. A. rooms Sunday afternoon that some could not find room. Ed. Lucas, the con- verted{miner and reformed drunkard, was to have been there, but owing to sickness he failed to put in his appearance and Dr. H. C. Holloway kindly took the meeting. be ——James F. Smith, of Lock Haven, is to the front with a twenty-three year old apple that beats the thirteen year old Phil- ipsburg specimen or the twenty-one year old Lock Haven apple by ten and two years. But when it comes down to well preserved old apples we have an Adam’s apple that is in good shape yet and its away past twenty- three. ee ————— Jerome and Edward Harper took charge of the Jared Harper grocery in the Exchange, on Monday morning. The new firm is to be known as Harper Bros. & Co., thus bringing back to Bellefonte trade cir- cles one of its oldest and most honored firm names. And we hope that this generation of the Harpers will be as successful in bus- iness as the preceding one was. 00 ——A choral society has been organized in Bellefonte and meets every Monday evening in the W. C. T. U. rooms. None but ladies are eligible. Miss Mary Brad- ley, organist at St. John’s Episcopal church, is director of the scciety and Miss Neubaker, organist at the Presbyterian church, is accompanist. ‘‘The Lady of Shalott’’ is being practiced for the so- ciety’s first public appearance, which will be made in February. ee ——The following, from Major W. H. HASTINGS, whose unfortunate escapades, have brought so much of trouble to himself, and so much of distress to his relatives and friends will, we know, be read with great interest by those who have had the pleas- ure of his acquaintance, while the beauty of its diction, and the wide knowledge it displays of the Old World’s many places of interest, will be admired and appreciated by all. Philadelphia, Dec. 1st, 1899. Drar WATCHMAN :— Iam a guest of the City of Brotherly Love, so I pass my time in Asiatic indolence. I have leisure time to burn. The seclusion and claus- tral solitude are monotonously uninteresting. So I live in reminiscences. I also live in No. 75. I passed Thanksgiving Day in retrospection,— a process of mental stocktaking of what I have to be thankful for. _ Considering my present lodgings and soup diet, thanksgiving, therefore, must be put down to the “irreducible minimum.”’ I am, however, thankful,—thankful that I have seen so many of the great things of the earth. From Lisbon to Christiana ; from Gibraltar to Nijni-Novgorod; from Galway passing through Bosnia, Herzegovinia, Dalmatia and Montenegro and Albania to Constantinople, Jerusalem, Cavis, Thebes, I have admired the mountains, cataracts, cathedrals, sarcophaghi, crypts, pretty girls and bones of the old masters. I have played golf in the Lybian desert, in the shadows of the Pyramids, under the sapphire sky, in the sight ¢f Memphis, the oldest city in the world. I have heard the sobbing of the angry seas where Andromeda was chained and I have whist- led at the tomb of Ananias, the prize prevaricator. I have stood on the Acropolis and on the spot where Demosthenes delivered his immortal ora- tions, I have floated on the waters that once bore the galley of the “Dark Sorceress of the Nile’”’—Cleo- patra. I have stood where Caesar fell and I have en- joyed my Fruehshoppen with Henrik Ibsen at Christiania. I have been stabbed by the lustrous eyes from out veil-covered faces at the sweet waters on the shores of the beautiful Bosphorus. I have looked into the crater of Vesuvius, into the boiling mass while blocks of lava as big as a man were hurled into the air with detonations like cannon shots, I have been on the traditional spot where Christand Peter threw out the net for the miraculous draft of fishes, and I have battled all night with the king of fleas at Tiberias. I have rambled about the fascinating city of old Stamboul and from the window of my hotel have seen Turks massacre Armenians. I have gathered anemones in the parks of Villa Pamphili and have slept through a concert of jackals at Jericho. I have felt my piety grow warm at Karn Hathin where Christ preached the sermon on the Mount, and, where also the 5,000 were miraculously fed. I have strolled among the walls and arches of the grand history-logged wreck that wus the Temple of Solomon, and I have stood on the Holy Rock of the temple where Abraham sacrificed. I have have strolled in the streets through which Jesus was dragged while the howling mob followed him to Calvary crying, *‘Crucify him!” These are some of the recollections that have cut the deepest notches into my soul—memory. That's what I have in my bones to be thankful for, and although I hadn’t money enough to buy me a Thanksgiving dinner, I wouldn't sell the souvenirs of what I have seen, felt, appreciated, know for all the wealth of a Rockafeller. How small, after all, seem the fretful troubles, meannesses and impositions, to one who has on tap, as I have, so rich a stock of precious souve- nirs and Mark Tapley Optimism. Hoping you are very well, Faithfully yours, Major W, H. HASTINGS. ——On November 11th J. Cohen, a salesman representing himself to be in the employ of Server and Sable, New York clothing manufacturers, had a check cashed by Sam. Cosel, a Tyrone merchant to whom Cohen had tried to sell goods. The check turned out to be a forgery and Cosel was stuck for its face of $25.00, with $1.95 protest costs. He got after the swindling jew and caught him in Chicago. It has since been learned that he bas worked the same game for from $25,000 to $50,000 within the past four years. —= Apropos of the West Point—Annap- olis foot ball game on Saturday and its termination in direct opposition to the pre- dicted results of the experts, it might not be out of place to say that most of State’s players picked West Point for winners. State played both West Point and Annap- olis, and though she beat the former and was beaten by the latter, a number of the most conservative men wearing blue and white expressed it as their opinion, imme- diately after their game with Annapolis, that the army players would be at least ten points stronger than the navy when they would meet. ——————t-t WELL FOR You To KNOW.—The Supreme court has decided that a telephone com- pany has not the right to cut limbs off shade trees in front of the property of an- other in order to construct or maintain a line of wire. The court holds that the trees in front of a man’s residence belong to him, although they may be located on public property, and that no one has a right to damage or destroy them without consent of the owner. —e Co. B. INSPECTED.—Maj. John P. Pen- ny, of Pittsburg, inspector general of the Second brigade, and Maj. John S. Bare, of Huntingdon, of the Fifth regiment, inspect- ed Co. B, in the armory here Wednesday evening. There was quite a crowd of spectators present and the Coleville band was there to lend what entertainment it could. While military men are usually very re- served in their expressions about such things it was quite apparent that both of the visiting officers were very well pleased with the conduct of the B men and with the condition they found the State prop- erty in. During the evening Col. W. F. Reeder presented 2nd Lieut. Phil Garbrick with a sword, the gift of the company. rrr perme. BANQUETED THEIR MEN.—When Eck- enroth and Montgomery, the painters and paper hangers, began the stupendous job of washing the outside of the Bush house with lye and scraping it for the new paint it is to receive they did not fail to realize what difficult work it was. Wishing to finish it as speedily as possible they spur- red their large gang of men on to extra ef- forts with the promise of a banquet when the work wasdone, I a It was finished far quicker than even the members of the firm expected and true to their promise the men had their banquet at Ceader’s last night. Covers were laid for twelve and they had about as much fun as any party that has dined there for some time. MR. FosTER'S COMING WEATHER.— My last bulletin gave forecasts of the storm wave to cross the continent from the 28th to December'2nd, and the next will reach the Pacific coast about December 3rd, cross the west of the Rockies country by close of 4th, great central valleys 5th to 7th, Eastern States 9th. Warm wave will cross the west of Rock- ies country about December 3rd, great cen- tral valleys 5th, Eastern States 7th. Cool wave will cross the west of Rockies coun- try about December 6th, great central val- leys 8th, Eastern States 10th. Temperature of the week ending 8 a. m., December 11th, will average above normal in the great central valleys, below in Atlan- tic States and on Pacific slope. Rainfall will be about normal in the great central val- leys and below on the Pacific slope and in Atlantic States. December will come in with a cold wave in the great central valleys and warm waves on the Atlantic and Pacific coasts. High temperature wave will cross the great central valleys about 8th and 23rd and low temperature waves about 4th, 12th, 19th and 29th. wer ll mg eldest ——O0. M. Whipple, aged 57 years, died at his home at McAlevy’s Fort on Friday morning. Deceased was a lientenant in the first Maine cavalry during the civil war. His death was caused by diabetes. He was quite an extensive lumberman and owned the operation on Laurel run, which his son-in-law Edw. Duff is running. Mr. Whipple is survived by a widow and one daughter, Mrs. dw. Duff. Interment was made in the cemetery near his home on Sunday. Il I I HE WAS BORN IN CENTRE COUNTY.— The death of George M. Kepler, a pioneer oil man, occurred at the residence of his son, on Terrace street, Oakland, near Pittsburg, on Thursday night, of last week. Mr. Kepler was in his 70th year and wen to the Pennsylvania oil regions from his home at Pine Grove Mills, this county, in the early sixties, and: was then well known to all in Centre county, handsome and af- fable, kind and sociable. Farmer Jacob Kepler, of Ferguson town- ship, is a brother. The deceased operated in Venango, Forest, Butler and Clarion counties. Two years ago he was prostrated from a stroke of paralysis and had since been in enfeebled health. He is survived by a son, J. C., a travel- ing salesman ; a brother, Jacob M., and a sister, Mrs. Mary Shadman, of Conneaut, O. The remains were taken to Tionesta, Pa., for interment. Mes. P. S. MusserR.—Ounly a week’s illness with pneumonia terminated in the death of Mrs. Mary Jane Musser, at her home in Aaronsbnrg, on Monday. She was the widow of she late Dr. P. S. Mus- ser, who was one of the connty’s most emi- nent physicians in his life, and is survived by three children : Ella, the wife of Rev. Irey, of Warren, Pa.; Harvey, of Akron, Ohio ; and Dr. C. S. Musser, who has con- tinued in his father’s extensive practice at home. Interment was made at her late home in Aaronsburg yesterday morning. I I I ANDY WHITE IS DEAD.—Last week the WATCHMAN published a full account of the singular accident that befell Mr. Andy White, the well known Beech Creek sur- veyor, and now it is the sad duty to an- nounce that his injuries proved fatal and that never, from the time he was picked up along the railroad track near his home un- til he passed away, did he regain conscious- ness. The accident occurred on Tuesday, Nov. 28th and his death followed on Friday morning, Dec. 1st. While there were no witnesses to it it is now supposed that a passing freight train struck one of the in- straments which he was carrying on his shoulder in such a way as to fell him to the ground, causing a fracture at the base of his skull. Deceased was 49 years old and is surviv- ed by two sisters, Mrs. J. A. Quigley, of Blanchard, and Katharyn White, of Beech Creek. Interment was made from his late home on Sunday afternoon. l I ll MRS. CHRISTOPHER ALEX ANDER.—MIs. Christopher Alexander died at her home in Millheim, Wednesday evening, about 5 o’clock ; after an illness of about three months with carcinoma of the liver. Mrs. Alexander’s maiden name was Sarah Keen. She was a daughther of Jacob Keen, of Millheim, and was fifty-six years old when she died. Surviving her are her husband and the following chil- dren; Mrs. Mazie Harter, Mrs. Annie Kerstetter, Mrs. Edith Shook, Mrs. Lettie Lingle and Allan, Rose and Nora, at home. During her life Mrs. Alexander was an active worker in the Evangelical church and she died with an abiding faith in her Master. She was a woman who will be mourned not alone by her bereaved hus- band and family but by the entire com- munity because of her sweet, christian life that spread about her an atmosphere of good- ness for all. ll ll ll DIED AT MILESBURG.—Mrs. Bella B. Jones, wife of J. C. P. Jones, died at her home on Market street, Milesburg, Dec. 4th, 1899, at 12:25 a. m. She was the fourth daughter of former sheriff, F. M. Hall, well known by the older residents of Centre county. She was born April 19th, 1843, and was married June 3rd, 1860, to Wm. Murray. Two children survive her by this marriage: Mrs. W. C. Riddle, of Ida Grove, Iowa, and T. M. Murray, of Altoona. July 3rd, 1873, she married J. C. P. Jones, and surviving her by this marriage, besides her husband, are eight children: Erma V., Grace T., Lester V., Phinnette C., Edna E.,Clara M., and Iva M., all living at home except Les- ter, who works at Lancaster, N. Y. She was a good, kind wife and a loving mother, respected and loved by all who knew her. She died of Brights disease and although her sufferings were great she bore them with fortitude and resignation, and died in full trinmph of faith in her Re- deemer. Only those at her bedside realiz- ed the terrible suffering that Mrs. Jones en- dured and it was only the knowledge of a life well spent, a mission fulfilled, that sus- tained her during the long, painful hours before her soul passed into that happy bourne, where God’s richest blessings await- ed it Funeral services were held at the family residence on Wednesday, at 10:30 a. m., by her pastor, Rev. G. W. King, assisted by Rev. Houck. Interment was made in the new cemetery, one mile north of Miles- burg. I ll I DiED SUDDENLY WITH PNEUMONIA.— The news of his illness had scarcely gone abroad when the death of Isaac F. Behrer was announced at his home near Storms- town. It occurred early Wednesday morn- ing, after an illness lasting over only five days. Last Saturday Mr. Behrer, who lived on the Samuel T. Gray farm near Stormstown, went to the woods to out some wood. He was dressed very warm and soon began to perspire as a result of his exertions. He took off his outer garments, one after anoth- er, but didn’t seem able to get cool. Then he laid down on the ground and that was the beginning of his short illness. When he went to get up again he found he could scarcely rise and it was only with the great- est effort that he could get home. Pneumonia developed at once and not- withstanding the most careful attention the patient grew steadily worse until he died. Deceased was the son of the late George Behrer and was born about 45 years ago. A widow with three children survive him, besides the following brothers and sisters : George, of Pine Hall; Moses, of Half Moon; Mis. Shuey, of Half Moon; Mrs. Vyke, of Ohio; Charley, of Huntingdon county, and Mrs. James Faus, of Tyrone. Funeral ser- vices will be held at Pine Hall on Satur- day morning at 10 o’clock, the Rev. Aikens officiating. It is said that Mr. Behrer felt that he was going to die and that only a few days ago he had personally engaged men to dig his grave.
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