BY P. GRAY MEEK.
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Ink Slings.
—No one regards DEWEY’S presidential
aspirations as serious.
—On Sunday the Easter sonnet, won’t
be in it with the bonnet that will crown
the head of the fair daughter of Eve.
—There is always difficulty in determin-
ing about this season of the year whether
the Easter hat or the egg-nog turns the
most heads.
—SIBLEY is surely with the Republi
cans. He is bad enough for anything now
that be has recorded his vote for that Porto
Rican outrage tariff.
—We are waiting to see how ‘“Me and
Dash and Daisy’’ will have it fixed up this
week. They’ll all be sure to get their
front paws in the ink keg again.
—Of course it is only wonderment on our
part, but we wonder whether Judge REED-
ER will give ex-Judge LOVE any audits or
Ep. CHAMBERS any road views after 1904.
—JonN C. MILLER says it wasn’t hyp-
notism at all, it was stigmatism. If this is
the case probably LITTLE FILL will buy
him an occulist hefore the next convention.
—The QUAY contingent hereabouts ought
to soon begin to realize that a taste of the
‘“‘real thing’’ means more to the average
Republican voter than barrels of senti-
ment.
—It might not be out of place to fore-
warningly whisper to our Democratic
friends that the size of the party is not al-
ways to be measured by the length of the
platform.
—Shake-ups among your officers won’t
do, JoHN BULL. The only thing that will
save you is to acknowledge you are wrong
and let the liberty seeking Republics of
South Africa alone.
—The QUAY outfit in the county bad
t heir scheme well enough laid but they
began crowing just a day or so too soon.
Had DANIEL not hurried home on Friday
the jig would have been up with him.
—Judge LovE has doubtless discovered
that storming the HASTINGS kopje by
stealth is not the successful way of plant-
ing the banner of the boss on the ramparts
of Republicanism in Centre county.
-—His honor Judge LOVE may be able
to run a court and a jury to his own satis-
faction, but when it comes to running a
county convention the satisfaction seems
to be altogether for the other side.
-—Talk about Czar Reed and the Con-
gresses he held under his dictatorial thumb,
w by JoHN C. MILLER made the ex Maine
statesman’s record as ridiculous as a pine
t ree shilling would feel trying to pass it-
self off as a seven dollar bill.
—Up to April 7th the .'ritish war office
announces that over twenty-three thousand
of their men have heen put out of service,
in killed, wounded and prisoners. At this
rate it will not take the Boers very long to
clean ap the entire English army.
—DEWEY is a candidate for President,
he says ; but Mrs. DEWEY is the lady who
is showing GEORGE the ways, which might
not have been so rocky, had they been
quiet as a mouse, about GEORG IE’S gift to
Mi1LDRED of that testimonial house.
—The fashion papers announce tt "some
unusually smart frocks will be seen about
the Atlantic City hotels, evenings after
Lent. It is quite probably, however, that
you will have to look under the tables to
see much of them, just as has been the case
in years past.
—Inasmuch as his honor judge LOVE
was not to be seen about the court house
on Tuesday some have suggested that he
had his official ermine in the wash tub and
didn’t care to trail it so soon in the filth
GEORGE KNOCKER McCAIN flew into such
spasms about last July.
—And where was the Secretary of Agri-
culture when QUAY’S forces were being
routed on Tuesday? He bellowed long and
loud enough for STONE up there in the
fall of ’98, so why wasn’t he around when
a few horns were needed to keep his mas-
ter’s hay in the air?
—The House passed the Porto Rican out-
rage by a vote of 161 to 153 on Wednesday
and by this time the President has proba-
bly affixed his signature to it. HANNA
ought to save the pen with which McKIN-
LEY signs the bill. It will be an interest-
ing relic for the archives of the Republican
party.
—The troubled waters of Republicanism
in this neighborhood that had been stilled
and calmed, are so no longer. The storm
on Tuesday has brought a flood tide of
madness, again and they are now running
wilder than ever. The dirt and debris that
is being thrown to the top only illustrates
what decent men, who belong to that or-
ganization, have been partaking of for lo,
these many years !
--Five thousand miners in the George's
Creek region, in Maryland, went out on a
strike, Wednesday evening, because of
wage dissatisfactions. The trouble is
gradually spreading and. the ominous
sounds of labor disaffections in all parts of
the country must be anything but reassur-
ing to an administration that hopes to be
continued in office for having brought
about a condition of things that raises the
price of every commodity used by the
laborer and farmer, yet fails to raise the
wages of either in proportion.
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Dewey and the Presidency.
The political sensation of last week was
the announcement by Admiral DEWEY of
his candidacy for the Presidency. If it
had been accompanied by an appeal to the
Democrats or the Republicans of the coun-
try to ‘‘rally round’ him as our friends
Boots and BREWER rallied round Mr.
VANEERING in DICKEN’S charming story,
the edge of the surprise might have been
dulled in a measure. But he did nothing
of the sors. He simply said that he was
willing to be the President of the United
States, and left it with the people. The
next day he admitted that he is a Demo-
crat, but that is not surprising. Being
educated in the duties of citizenship and a
patriotic man it is not easy to see how he
could be anything else, unless well paid
for it. But even then he didn’t pretend
to be a candidate for the Democratic nom-
ination. He is probably innocent enough
of the ways of politicians to imagine that
both parties will jump at the opportunity
to nominate him. :
There was a time when such an an-
nouncement, coming from such a man,
would have shaken the political world from
centre to circumference. One of the tradi-
tions of this country is that every war pro-
duces a President and before the unpleas-
antness with Spain had been entirely set-
tled people began looking about for the
hero who would succeed to the office. The
administration at Washington did its best
to prevent anyone from developing into
such a figure. General MILES was snub-
bed from the start and even ROOSEVELT
was beguiled into making an ass of himself
through his famous ‘Round Robin.”
But DEWEY was lost sight of and he made
himself the central figure. of popular ad-
miration before he could be intercepted.
He at once became the idol of the hour and
the object of the mental vision of every
hero worshipper in the land. But he ne-
glected to turn his advantages to account.
That is to say, he dallied until it was ever-
lastingly too late and then came forward
as a joke.
Admiral DEWEY has ample mental
equipment and moral qualifications for the
office, but he will never be called to fill it.
He ‘‘backed and filled’* at the wrong time.
When he arrived home from Manila he
could have had the Republican nomination
with an excellent prospect of election, for
the asking. In fact the people were ready
to make the tender without being asked.
But he not only didn’t express the desire
but actually helped to strengthen McKIN-
LEY by endorsing his policy of imperial-
ism, and bolstering up his instrument in the
usurpation of power, General OTIS. When
he did that he wrote finis to his prospects
of the Presidency. That he was insincere
made no difference. In fact the obvious
hypocrisy of his statement on the subject
magnified his offense against the conscience
of the country and in view of that fact his
present position is little more than political
lunacy.
More Troops Needed.
News comes from the Philippines that
re-inforcements are required both in the
north and south of Luzon to keep the in-
surgents from gaining ground. This means,
if it means anything, that not a point has
been gained during the campaign which
began last October and is now coming to a
close on account of the approach of the
rainy season. Preparatory to the opening
of the campaign twenty regiments of troops
were recruited and sent to the theatre of
operations. Thousands of horses and vast
quantities of ammunitions of war were
forwarded at the same time and the promise
was made that within a few months the Fil-
ipinos would be driven off the face of
the earth. But after the expiration of the
time the cry comes for more troops.
During the six months, since October,
vast amounts of money have been expend-
ed for the pacification of the Philippines.
Thousands of soldiers, the flower of the
young manhood of the country, have been
killed or died from disease or neglect in the
effort to fulfill the pledge of pacification
within the time specified. But what has
been achieved ? Lying dispatches, cen-
sored by an autocratic commander, have
come from time to time to deceive the pub-
lic into the belief that progress was being
made. Aguinaldo was fleeing from a pur-
suing destiny, we were told at frequent
but irregular intervals, but now it appears
that he is in greater strength than ever and
the pursuing troops are needing re-inforce-
ments to save them from disaster.
How long will the people submit to
this waste of life, energy and treasure?
The Philippines have already cost ten-fold
their value in money to the people of the
country and vastly more than that in lives
of soldiers who have gone to the front un-
der the mistaken notion that it was a
patriotic duty. But nothing has been ac-
complished, the only purpose being to
arouse and maintain a war spirit, that it is
hoped will assist in continuing in power
the present administration. Such conduct
is unparalleled in the history of civilized
governments and should not be submitted
to be a brave and self-respecting people.
Yet the perpetrator of this crime against
the country has the impudence to ask for
an endorsement of hig course by a re-elec-
tion.
STATE RIGHTS AND FEDERAL UNION.
The State Convention.
With the exception of its action in nam-
ing for Auditor General the editor of this
paper, when scores of willing candidates
could have been found whose names would
have greatly strengthened the ticket and
assisted in uniting the opposition to the
state ring, and its adoption of the obnox-
ious and anti-Democratic unit rule, we can
most heartily commend the work of the
late Democratic State Convention. Barring
these, its results should receive the warm
approval of every good Democrat. It gave
us a good ticket. It selected honorable
and worthy men as electors. It sent earn-
est and representative Democrats as dele-
gates to the National Convention, and it
promulgated a platform in which there is
neither cowardice, deceit or evasion shown
in meeting the issues that must be deter-
mined in the coming campaign.
Its candidates for Congressmen-at-Large,
N. M. EpwaArps, of Lycoming, and Geo.
GRIMM, of Bucks, are both men of high
repute as citizens and of acknowledged
ability as lawyers and speakers. They are
both in the vigor of early manhood, and
endowed with the qualifications to ably
represent their party whether on the stump
or in the halls of Congress, and imbued
with that devotion to Democratic princi-
ples that will insure faithful work for
Democratic success and equally faithful
representation if that success is attained.
In their nomination no mistake was made.
There is naught of other men’s quarrels, of
factional feuds or personal animosities
clinging to their skirts to be forgotten or
condoned. They are handicapped with no
entangling alliances or doubtful and dis-
tasteful political records. They are clean,
bright, deserving Democrats who are
worthy the earnest support of all good citi-
zens, and whose election will secure to the
State and the peo ple, acceptable and cred-
itable representatives in Congress.
Of the platform we need not speak. Its
full text is given in another column. It is
honest and frank in the expression of Dem-
ocratic beliefs. It meets every issue man-
fully and frankly. It neither attempts to
avoid or conceal any question that con-
fronts the people, and in its plainly stated
positions and its explicitly declared
purposes, all: men who read can under-
stand exactly what they are voting for in
casting their ballots for the nominees of
the Democracy. We believe it. will meet
the approval of ninety-nine one-hun-
dredths of the Democracy of the
State. It should have the endorsement of
every intelligent voter in the Common-
wealth.
——General FUNSTON who received and
appropriated the credit due Lieut DICK
COULTER, of Greensburg, of swimming
the Pasig river in the face of a deadly fire
from the Filipino forces, has distinguished
himself in another way. He is now to be
tried by court martial for hanging two
captured natives without trial. Probably
by the time he gets through with the
obloquy that this last job should cover him
with, he will have learned that the senti-
ment of the American people finds no ex-
cuse for atrocities on helpless prisoners,
and that reputation for bravery is not
preserved by acts of cruelty.
Must Show Their Hands.
We are glad to know that the Senate has
at last fixed a day upon which a vote on
the admission of Mr. QUAY toa seat in
that body is to he taken. The papers, of
Wednesday, tell us that debate on this
question will end on the 24th inst. and the
final vote on admission will be recorded
that day. The whole matter has been de-
layed and allowed to obstruct other and
more important work too long. If Mr.
QUAY is entitled to the seat, he should
have had it the day after his credentials
were presented. If he is not entitled to
it, that should have been declared long
since, that his importunities might be
halted and the time that his case has oc-
cupied the attention of the Senate should
have been devoted to other duties.
It is altogether probable that every Sen-
ator in Congress knew as well how he
would, and how he should, vote on this
question one week after that body conven-
ed, as he does now. No new light has
been thrown upon the situation, nor has
any additional evidence, either for or
against his admission, been furnished. The
questions growing out of his appointment
bave been decided a half dozen times by
the Senate, and it could just as well have
settled this matter on the 10th of Decem-
ber.
To us it looks like a case of clear cut
cowardice—a case that is only met, because
it cannot be avoided or delayed longer, and
we are glad that the time has come when
the Senators will have to meet it, and in a
way that will show whether it is principle
and precedent, or personality and political
favoritism that controls the action of that
body.
BELLEFONTE, PA., APRIL 13. 1900.
History Repeating Itself.
History has a habit of repeating itself,
according to tradition and there are signs
that the striking and stirring events of
1892 are to be paralleled in this year of
grace. For example on the 19th of Feb-
ruary of - that year, BENJAMIN HARRISON
then being President, and a fictitious pros-
perity perceptible on every hand, the first
extensive labor strike of the year began in
the works of the Bethlehem Iron Company
at Bethlehem, Pa. The McKINLEY tariff
bill was in operation and the protected in-
dustries had promised to share the favors
bestowed on them with the men employed
in the mills. But repeated demands for an
increase of wages proportionate to the in-
crease in profits had failed of results and a
strike was inaugurated in the Bethlehem
mills.
Every close observer of events will re-
member what followed that incident in the
industrial life of the country. The mill
owners joined to make common cause of
the first encounter between capital and
labor, and strikes followed each other in
quick succession until the climax was
reached in the Homestead riots and slaugh-
ter of workingmen in July, four and a-half
months after the first skirmish at Beth-
lehem. HARRISON was re-nominated for
President by the party responsible for the
tariff within a few weeks of the Homestead
disaster and in November the people went
to the polls and smote him ‘‘hip and thigh.”’
His successor in office inherited the crop of
distress which followed but the seeds were
sown by the MCKINLEY tariff bill.
This year the strikes set in nearly a
month later than in 1892 and in a different
section of the country, but they have spread
quite as rapidly and will likely culminate
in the same way. One day near the close
of last week the daily papers gave accounts
of one hundred and sixty labor strikes that
occurred within twenty-four hours from
the date of publication. There has been
no violence as yet and we sincerely hope
there won’t be, but the effect will be the
same and the vote against McKINLEY will
be as emphatic this year as it was against
HARRISON then. In fact there is greater
reason now for putting responsibility on the'|-
President. HARRISON was not entirely to
blame for the robber tariff that passed dur-
ing his administration but McKINLEY was
for both that and the one that is now
plundering the people of their earnings.
Parties in the Legislature.
The returns of the several Republican
primary elections leave the public in doubt
as to whether QUAY or his opponents are
gaining strength. The ‘‘old man’’ clearly
lost in Allegheny and got a severe jolt in
Warren county on Saturday evening. Up
to that time he had been about holding his
own. Now all is uncertainty as to the ag-
gregate result. But we must remember
that QUAY sometimes gets the fellows who
were elected for the other side, and on that
acoount it is unsafe to make a prediction as
to the outcome until the alignment is final-
ly made.
QUAY is probably as strong in his own
party now as he was two years ago. That
is to say the chances are that he will have
as many members of the next Legislature,
in proportion to the whole number of Re-
publicans elected, as he had in the last.
The reason for this is that he now appre-
ciates the fact that the opponents in his
party mean business and before he didn’t.
And for this reason he will take greater
pains to get his own friends nominated and
elected to the Legislature. In other words
he will allow no insurgents to succeed
whom it is possible to defeat for nomina-
tion or election.
As a result of this the Democrats of the
State ought to beequally vigilant. It may
not always be good policy to run zandi-
dates in hopeless districts, but it is certain-
ly good policy, in the event of fusion, to see
that the Democrats are not cheated.
Wherever there is a Democrat elected there
is a vote against QUAY secured, if the Dem-
ocrat is honest and faithful. In arranging
fusions, therefore, where they are expedient
it should be the aim to get Democrats
named for Assembly if that is possible.
An independent Republican has less dis-
tance to get to QUAY than a Democrat.
——S8ince the death of manager James
Conroy of the Bellefonte Glass Co., there
has been considerable speculation as to
what effect his death will have on the busi-
ness of that concern. The WATCHMAN is
able to give out the information that there
will be no change, whatever, during this
blast. At Mr. Conroy’s request his inter-
est will remain in the concern for the bene-
fit of his wife, and president Jno. Knisely,
the surviving joint owner, will protect and
care for it with the same faith that bound
the two men together in a partnership that
knew no friction during its entire exist-
ence. As to what will be done after this
blast no statement is made. In addition
to his half interest in the business Mr. Con-
roy left a nice home near the Bellefonte
——Subscribe for the WATCHMAN.
furnace and $5,000.00 in life insurance.
NO.15.
The Democratic State Convention.
A Large Gathering, Harmonious Action and an
Out-spoken, Honest and Commendable Platform.
The Democratic State Convention, which
convened at Harrishurg on the 5th inst.,
was one of the largest and must represen-
tative bodies of Democrats that has met in
Pennsylvania for many years. Every coun-
ty in the State was fully represented and
from but four of them, were there contests
on questions of credentials. These four
were Philadelphia, Allegheny, Dauphin
and Luzerne. On everything except the
admission of the Philadelphia delegation,
as certified to the State Chairman, the pro-
ceedings were harmonious and enthusiastic.
This question raised quite a breeze and kept
the convention in a turmoil until it was
understood that the whole subject of
Philadelphia methods, representations and
fealty to Democratic candidates would be
gone into thoroughly and deliberately by
the State Committee at its meeting on the
18th inst.
Col. Frank J. Fitzsimmons, of Lacka-
wanna, was made temporary chairman, and
afterwards elected permanent chairman.
His speech on taking the chair created
great enthusiasm. The forenoon session was
occupied in correcting the roll, the appoint-
ment of committees and the usual routine
work of organizing the Convention, and it
was not until late in the afternoon that the
Convention was permanently organized
and ready for the work of naming electors,
delegates and a state tickes.
Following is the summing up of the
work of the Convention :
STATE TICKET.
Auditor General—P. Gray Meek, of
Centre county.
Congress-at-large—Harry E. Grim, of
Bucks county, and N. M. Edwards, of
Williamsport.
ELECTORS-AT-LARGE.
Gen. A. H. Coffroth, Somerset,
Otto Germer, Erie.
Francis Shunk Brown, Philadelphia.
Andrew Kaul, Elk.
DISTRICT ELECTORS.
James Bell,
~ W. 8. Hastings,
R. Scott Ammerman,
Dr. Dallas S. Barnhart,
Harvey W, Haines,
Warren Worth Bailey,
Wesley 8. Gaffey,
Samuel W. Black,
John F. Pauley,
Hugh Moore,
Henry Fernberger,
Matthew Dittman,
W. Horace Hoskins,
Adam K. Walch,
N. M. Ellis,
Albrecht Kneule,
David J. Pearsall,
L. W. Reiff,
Dr. McCormick, J. C. Kelly,
Joseph O’Brien, John I'.'Brew,
Thomas Maloney, J. S. Carmichael,
Michael Mellet, J. I. Ritchey.
S. P. Kimball,
RASTER
_ James M. Guffey, Allegheny.
“Robert E. Pattison, Philadelphia.
R. K. Polk, Montour.
Charles J. Reilly, Lycoming.
James Kerr, Clearfield.
W. H. Sowden, Lehigh.
J. B. Keenan, Westmoreland.
J. M. Garman, Luzerne.
DISTRICT DELEGATES.
. John J. Gibbons, 15. D. C. DeWitt,
Patrick Donohue. C. M. Parker.
—
. Howard Mutchler, 22 Wm. J. Brennan,
J. D. Serfass. James A. Clark.
. Jas. N. Ermentrout, 23. Geo. A. Koehler,
Dr. W. E. Johnson.
24, Frank P. Iams.
John C. Bane.
25. W. G. Barker,
2. James F. McNichol, 16. W. E. Ritter,
John Bratsing. John R. Collins.
3. Thomas J. Ryan, 17, Peter A. Mahan,
Morris Tuteur. John G. McHenry.
4. P. McManus, 18. J. Z. Meinhart,
James Gillespie. H. E. Spyker.
5. Charles P. Donnelly, 19. Lemon Love,
Edward F. Tiernan. Albert J. Brady.
6. W. S. Hastings, 20. A. V. Dively,
John J. Buckley. A. F. John.
7. Henry I. Fox, 21, James A. Clark,
: Chas, 8. Vandegrift. M. E. Brown.
9
Henry D. Green.
10. H. C. Young,
Jacob Pontz.
11. E. J. Synett,
M. J. Cadden. W. H. Partington.
12. Thomas Maloney, 2A. Frauk D. Schultz,
G. R. J. Stagmaier. Jas. H. Caldwell.
13. W. F. Shepherd.
Daniel F. Guinnan.
14. W. S. Thomas, 28, Jackson L. Spangler,
Harry G. Walters. John F. Brown.
Just before the convention adjourned
which it did about 4 o'clock, Mr. Cassidy
introduced a resolution: instructing the
delegates to the National Democratic Con-
vention from Pennsylvania to vote as a
unit on all questions. A motion to adopt
the resolution, a motion to table it and a
motion to insert the name of William J.
Bryan were all made at once. A vote on
all three motions was taken at once. The
Chair declared the motion to ad6pt carried
and the motion to lay on the table defeat-
ed.
27. T. U. Barnsdall,
William J. Breene.
THE PLATFORM.
The platform adopted and which we
feel confident will meet the hearty ap-
proval of all Democrats is as follows :
As the representatives of the Democratic
party of Pennsylvania, in convention ‘as-
sembled, renewing our pledges of fidelity to
the Democratic prineiplesupon which our na-
tional and State lite are founded, namely,
freedom of speech, freedom of the press, free-
dom of conscience, the preservation of per-
sonal right, the equality of all citizens before
the law and the faithful observance of consti-
tutional limitations; and having in mind the
great questions now before ug as a people, we
make the following declaration of the princi-
ples and policies which should guide our po-
litical action :
REMEDY FOR TARIFF TRUST EVILS. -*
We demand a careful and thorough revision
of the tariff, and declare in favor of the im-
position of such duties only as are necessary
for an economical administration of public af-
fairs; and we urge upon the Democratic rep-
resentatives in Congress that they use their
utmost efforts to secure the enactment of a
law that will make it obligatory upon the
Secretary of the Treasury to place upon the
free list at once every article of raw material
and every item of manufactured produce
now used and manufactured by any Trust,
monopoly or combine whatsoever, and that
all corporations and combinations of capital
in the nature of Trusts intended to control
manufactures, materials or products shall
make comprehensive and accurate public re-
ports of their organization, condition and
operation under appropriate penalties for fail-
ure so to do.
We demand the prompt, efficient and faith-
ful enforcement of the anti-Trust act of 1890,
and such additional and supplemental legis-
lation as will meet the defects thereof as in-
dicated by the Supreme Court of the United
States in its recent decisions; and we de-
nounce the combination and creation of cor-
porate Trusts and monopolies as contrary to
the common law, destructive of individual
effort and enterprise, and inimical to the wel-
fare of the people and the State.
( Concluded on page 4.)
Spawls from the Keystone.
—Extensive forest fires are raging on the
mountain north of Pottsville.
—From injuries received by a fall down
stairs Mrs. A. S. Faust died at Pottsville.
—Coal falling in the Williams mine, near
Fishback, Schuykill county, killed Frank
Carl.
—The La Lance Grosjean Tin Plate Works
at Harrisburg have closed down for a week
on account of over production.
" —At Milton Saturday the Jenkins’ steel
mill was damaged by fire to the extent of $5,-
000. The loss is covered by insurance.
—Little Alice O’Hara, a Minooka, Lacka-
wanna county, girl, upset a lamp at her home
receiving burns which caused her death.
—Found guilty of inducing a girl to steal,
Willard W. Stout, of Easton, was yesterday
sentenced to two and one half years’ impris-
onment.
—Prominent men in Scranton and Hones-
dale have purchased Standard, Keen and Elk
Lakes, in Wayne county, which they propose
to develop for summer resorts.
—Octogenarian John Ruppert, of Penn
township, Lycoming county, was awakened
by fire on his pillow, and barely managed to
escape from the house which was destroyed.
—Several hundred Franklin and Marshall
College students at Lancaster,paraded in their
night shirts last night, carrying an effigy of
an unpopular professor, which they afte r-
ward burned.
—Having just finished a term as teacher of
the publicschool at Prosperity, Bedford coun-
ty, Miss Ida Harlow dropped dead while bid-
ding her pupils good-bye. She lived at
Chaheyville, same county.
—Shandler Bros., contractors, of Cleveland
last week commenced work on the new water
works being erected at Boliver by the citizens
of that hustling little town. A reservoir is
being built in the ridge, one and a half miles
from that place, and the water mains will be
laid at once. The capital stock of the com-
pany is $30,000.
—At Brockwayville Saturday masked roh-
bers broke into the Chinese laundry and
bound and gaged the proprietor, Sam Lée,
with an old shirt, and tortured him in va-
rous ways. . They wanted the Chinaman’s
money, which he refused to give. The rob-
bers finally left, but the Chinaman is in a ser-
ious condition.
—At Auburn Centre, Susquehanna county,
an epidemic of smallpox exists. There are
28 cases of the disease, and it is thought over
100 other persons have been exposed. All
business is at a standstill and the residents of
the section are greatly excited. Iu isthought
the disease was brought into the township by
a soldier from Cuba.
—Within four days the Cummings family
at St. Clair, has been wiped out by death.
The family consisted of John Cummings,
aged 90 years; his wife, and their son, Martin.
Mrs.Cummings died last Friday,after a week’s
sickness, and the son, who had for some time
been in ill health, expired last evening, soon
after her funeral. The aged father survived
Martin only a few minutes.
—Trapper John Swope of Alexandria,
made an extraordinary capture in one of
his traps on the top of Tussey mountain on
Monday last, in the shape of a golden eagle
which measured seven and one half feet from
tip to tip of wing. The bird was caught by
one foot, and was full of fight before it was
dispatched. Mr. Swope sold his catch to a
gentleman at Barree, who will have it pre-
pared and mounted.
—Foster Grubb and C. H. Sheaffer were
killed and Samuel K. Clouser fatally injured
Monday in the Pennsylvania railroad yards
in Harrisburg. The accident was caused by
a draft of cars colliding with a car under
which the men were working. The men were
car repairers and were all married and lived
tkere. Clouser is in a critical condition at
the Harrisburg hospital and it is feared he
cannot live.
—E. A. Tuttle, of Cardiff, Md., employed
at the Safety carriage works, in Lancaster,
was working at a bending machine Monday,
when a piece of wood flew out, striking him
in the pit of the stomach and penetrating his
vitals. The loss of blood was so great that
two quarts of a liquid to act asa substitute
were pumped into him at the hospital. The
injuries proved fatal and he died Tuesday
afternoon. : }
—Matt Hogan and Charles Reilly, two con-
victs at the county prison, in Lancaster, es-
caped from that institution Tuesday by scal-
ing the wall at mid-day, by the aid of a lad-
der which they were using in painting one of
the buildings. The convicts took refuge in
an out-house in the vicinity, but were dis-
covered by some school children who notified
authorities and the men were soon back in
their old quarters.
—Nearly $50,000 worth of building permits
were taken out at the Williamsport city en~
gineering department during the past week.
The new school building to be erected at
Newberry will cost $34,000 and the nurses’
home, Mrs. H.C. McCormick’s gift to the
Williamsport hospital, will be erected at an
expenditure of $13,000. Permits have been
issued for a number of small residences and
many repairs.
—On Sunday morning shortly after day-
light, the remains of a young man named Me-
Cahan were found in the vicinity of the ash
pits at Warrior Ridge, a few miles west of
Huntingdon. Just how he met his death is
not known, but itis supposed he was run
down by a freight train. He was aged 24
years and was employed in the ash pits in
that place. The remains were conveyed to
his home and the coroner notified. An in-
vestigation of the accident was made, but the
result was not given out last night.
—Henry Hassinger, a Decatur township,
M:fflin county, farmer, residing along the
state road about two miles east of Alfarata,
met with a horrible death Friday afternoon,
about one o'clock. He was engaged during
the day in burning some brush, when the fire
started in the dry grass of the field and began
spreading rapidly. To prevent it from reach-
ing his buildings he started to plow up the
ground, when the fire came upon him, setting
his clothes on fire and burning all his clothing
off except his boots, even burning off his hair
and whiskers, causing his death in a few min-
utes and burning his entire body to a crisp.
Deceased was about 65 years old and leaves a
family.
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