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Democratic County Committee Meeting.
County chairman J. K. JOHNSTON has is-
sued a call for a meeting of the Democratic
County Committee, which will be held in
the arbitration room in the court house at
11 o'clock on the morning of Monday,
April 231d.
It is desirable that all committeemen
should attend, as the plans for the coming
cam paign are to be formulated and chair-
man JOHNSTON is anxious to have the ad-
vice of as many of his co-workers as possi-
ble.
Tyranny Unparalleled.
The public is entitled to a better under-
standing of the reason which influenced
WEBSTER DAVIS, of Missouri, lately Assis-
tant Secretary of the Interior, to resign his
office. It was stated rather vaguely at the
time that his superiors in the administra-
tion were not in accord with him with
respect to the war in South Africa.
But the conduct of the war over
there could have nothing to do with the
business of the office of Assistant Secretary
of the Interior. A man at one desk might
have believed one thing and one at another
table entertained opposite views but such
things would not have affected the work of
the office in the least. There must have
been something else.
Just before his resignation Mr. DAVIS re-
tarned from a visit of inspection in South
Africa. During his sojourn in the camps
of the Boers and the garrisons of the Brit-
ish he made a close study of the war and
its canses. It will be remembered that the
British authorities at Cape Town made a
great fuss over him. CECIL RHOADS gave
hima banquet and the Governor-General
entertained him at a fete. OoM PAUL was
equally courteous to him and after seeing
all that could be seen he returned home and
told the truth as it appeared to him. His
story was not flattering to British vanity
and paid no tribute to British justice. But
it was the truth, as it appeared to him.
This did not suit the Anglomaniacs of the
administration and Mr. DAVIS was called
down, as the boys say. In other words he
was notified to close his mouth or get out
of office. He adopted the latter course as
becomes a liberty loving Pennsylvanian and
now it remains to be seen whether the Ger-
man-Americans of this State will support
McKINLEY in thus unjustly punishing a
man for exercising freely his inalienable
right to express his honest views on a sub-
ject upon which he had obtained the best
information accessible. The dismissal of
WEBSTER DAVIS under the circumstances
was an act of tyranny unparalleled in the
history of this country and should be re-
sented by every sympathizer with the Boers
in the land.
A former citizen of this county has
been living in Minnesota and gotten pretty
well acquainted with the political situation
in that State, writes the WATCHMAN as
follows :
Jim TAWNEY, the Republican whip in Con-
gress, so named for the active part he took in
lashing recreant members into line on the
Porto Rican tariff bill, will give way to
county attorney W. D. ANDERSON, of Winona.
JUDGE PAGE MORRIS, of the Duluth district,
is doomed to defeat by that eloquent young
man, with a national reputation, CHAS. A.
TowN. FRANK EDDY, of the 7th, and Mec-
CLEARY, of the 2nd, are quite likely to loose
their seats. LORING FLETCHER, of this city,
and JoEL P. HEATWOLD, of the 3rd district,
are pretty sure of being returned having
voted and advocated absolute free trade.
Please note after election if my prophecy
isn’t pretty near correct.”
While Minnesota is a Republican State
and at present has seven Republican Mem-
bers of Congress. I assure you there will
be a very great change at the coming elec-
tion. Several of the M. C’s. will be retired
to private life.
The Coming Empire.
The first step in the direction of empire
has been taken. For more than a year the
tendency has been in that direction, but
not until Monday did it become a reality.
Then a Governor was appointed to rule
subjects of the empire in Porto Rico and
not citizens of the Republic. It was a new
experience in this land of liberty and may
turn out to be a sad one. But it served to
feed the ambition of the Napoleon of poli-
tics. It made the bosom of ‘‘the Major”
expand with pride he has been able to do
that which none of his predecessors dared
or even desired to do. He began the work
of ‘governing outside of the constitution.”
The President upon entering upon the
duties of his great office took a solemn oath
to obey, defend and support the constitu-
tion of the United States. That instru-
ment forbids the passage of legislation
other than such as is specifically author-
ized. It prohibits legislation regulating
excises or taxation that is not uniform. In
fact it authorizes no legislation for the gov-
ernment of any other than citizens of the
United States. Yet President McKINLEY,
who is sworn to defend and support the
constitution, has given hisapproval to legis-
lation and given force and effect to laws
which are in violation of that constitution.
If any other than a high official should do
that he would be denounced as a perjurer.
McKINLEY justifies his violation of the
fundamental law of the land on the ground
that exigencies required such action. In
the history of the world there has never
been a usurper that hasn’t offered the same
excuse for his treachery. Ceasar protested
that only the necessities of the people in-
fluenced him to subvert the liberties of the
Roman people. Napoleon insisted that
only the strong power of an imperial consul
could save France and he enslaved it. Me-
KINLEY is moving forward in the same
direction and unless the people will rise in
the majesty of outraged dignity he will
succeed, as the others did.
The Curtin Monument Fund Growing.
Mgr. EpITOR.
I am glad to acknowledge through your
paper, the following contributions to the
Curtin memorial to be erected in connec-
tion with the soldiers’ monument.
Amount previously acknowledged........... $1043 50
April 9th, Frank Thomson. by his Exec-
utor, Frank Graham Thomson, Phila-
delphin, Pa...c...cicieenninititiveiennen, 250/00
April 9th, Miss Mary Curtin Taylor, Hart-
Ord, CONNacesisiani. sisi sve lading cietinnivnenis 25 00
April 12th, John Wanamaker, Philadel-
Phi, Pa..cccnmnicirnnnisinininsinsninsins... 250 00
April 12th, Miss Mary K. Curtin, Phila-
delphia, Pa............ .... . 5 00
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$1823.50
Very respectfully,
JAMES A. BEAVER.
An Italian's Awful Work With Stiletto
and Revolver?
Windber, the Somerset County Mining Town, the
Scene of a Quadruple Murder—Two Victims,
Americans—Murderer Escaped, But Many Think He
Was Ground to Pieces Under a Train at Mineral
Point.
WINDBER, April 16.—This town is in a
furor of excitement to-day over a crime
committed last night at a speak easy and
sporting house here. One Italian, with
the aid of the murderous stiletto and a re-
volver, killed four men and wounded two
others so that they may die. He himself
was unscathed and made his escape, but it
is believed retribution followed swift, as a
man answering his description was ground
to pieces under a train near Mineral Point
this morning.
The row occurred about 10:15 o’clock, at
a house on Eleventh street, near No. 31
mine of the Berwind-White company. It
is a little one-story shanty, with the base-
ment banked around with earth, and this
morning piles of beer kegs found in this
latter compartment attest to the fact that
yesterday was a field day for the habitues
of the place.
Things seetn to have passed off yesterday
no more roughly than usual until the hour
mentioned above, however, at which time.
the neighbors assert, there must have been
no less than a dozen men in the place. The
woman who conducts the establishment is
of French extraction, and until a short
time ago was known as Mrs. Stuex. She
claimed. however, to have been married to
an Italian about two weeks ago, though
she does not know, or will not tell, his
correct name. At this hour it is not even
known if he is the murderer.
The first intimation outsiders had of
trouble in the place last night was a man
bursting from the door, yelling that he
had been cut, running along the street for
a short distance, and then falling over
dead. He was followed by another, and
he by a third. The fourth man died in
the house, and both of the wounded men
were found there. The strange part about
itis that every person in the place who es-
caped seems to have so far concealed the
fact—the women excepted.
The authorities have been searching in
vain to-day for some one who could give a
clue to the murderer, but nothing more
can be learned than that he was an Italian
who wore a slouch hat with a crease in it.
The dead are:
JouN HALVERSON, a Swede.
Ep P. McCAULEY, an American, whose
home is near Hastings, Cambria county.
Gust Grieyback, a Slav, who had evi-
dently been in this country a good while,
as he spoke very good English.
Samuel Shives, of American birth.
Thomas Kipling and ‘*Jerk’’ Buck walter,
both English-speaking men, are the wound-
ed. They have been badly cut and the
result of their wounds cannot yet be fore-
told.
Mrs. Stuex and two other women whe
were inmates of the place were put under
arrest and are now in the lockup at Scalp
Level. They refuse to talk, however, be-
yond making the statement that some oth-
er men besides those mentioned above were
slightly cut, which should make it all the
easier to find out who they are.
Every effort is being made to find some
clue which will lead to the capture of the
murderer, or establish whether or not it
was he who was killed along the Pennsyl-
vania railroad main line this morning. If
the latter should prove the case, many be-
lieve it was a matter of suicide, as his death
was certain if caught.
The house where the crime occurred has
long been known as a bad place. It is at
the extreme end of the street, and has been
frequented by many of the employes, both
American and foreign-born, of the Berwind-
White company’s No, 31 mine, near by, as
well as others.
A closer investigation of the dead hodies
shows that none of the men met death by
the shots which were heard. All were kill-
ed by the stiletto. Halverson, the Swede,
was stabbed in the middle of the left side,
a main artery being severed, and he died
almost instantly. McCauley was stabbed in
the left lung. The wound of Shives was in
the pit of the stomach. The manner of
Grieybach’s death is really remarkable and
shows that the man who handled the weap-
on must have heen an expert. It went en-
tirely through his right arm and penetrated
far enough into his right lung to be fatal.
One of the wounded men has a bad cut in
his leg and the other is hacked several
places about the body.
Later in the day a fourth girl by the name
of Robison was arrested and incarcerated.
An Associated Press telegram from Johns-
town, dated April 17th, says : ‘The dead,
as a result of the unknown Italian’s skill-
ful wielding of a stiletto, at Windber on
Saturday night, now number five. Thomas
Kipling, the fifth victim, died late this
afternoon at his home in the mining town
where the terrible tragedy occurred. He
was stabbed through the bladder and there
was at no time any hope of recovery. Kip-
ling was 24 years of age and came from
Philipsburg.
‘‘Buckwalter and George, the two others
who received injuries, are doing well and
it is expected they will be about in a few
days. Only one man has been arrested as
yet. He is August Roll, and is not ac-
cused of complicity in the crime, but held
as a witness.
‘An effort is being made to raise funds
by popular subscription to be offered as a
reward for the arrest of the murderer, but,
aside from this, practically nothing has
been done as yet to catch him, beyond the
brief description sent out on the night of
the crime.’
Indictments Against Ten.
The Exp: cted Has Happened in Returns Made by
a Grand Jury.
FRANKFORT, Ky., April 17.—The
Frankfort county grand jury this after-
noon returned indictments against ten per-
sons charging them with complicity in the
murder of William Goebel. The princi-
pals named are Henry E. Yontsey, James
Howard, Berry Howard, Harland Whit-
taker and ‘‘Tallow Dick’’ Combs, colored.
Those indicted as accessories before the
fact are Secretary of State Caleb Powers,
Captain John T. Powers, ex-Secretary of
State Charles Finley, W. H. Coulton and
F. Wharton Golden. In the indictment
relating to the alleged accessories, three
other men, one of whom is a high state of-
ficial, are directly referred to as accessor-
ies, though no indictments were reported
against them.
Henry E. Youtsey, who is mentioned as
the first principal, was a clerk in the of-
fice of State Auditor Sweeney. He former-
ly lived at Newport. Youtsey was first
named in the case by Wharton Golden, the
star witness for the prosecution at the ex-
amining trial of Caleb Powers. Jim and
Berry Howard are cousins and mountain-
eers of note in connection with the old
feud. They were with the men alleged to
have been brought here by the Powers
brothers, Finley and others on the *‘excur-
sion of mountaineers.”
Harlan Whittaker lived in Butler, Gov-
ernor Taylor’s home county, and is alleged
to have been in the room in the executive
building from which the shot was fired.
Dick Combs, the negro, lived at Beatty-
ville and also came here with the moun-
tain men.
Wharton Golden was a member of the
Taylor state guard and claimed to turn
state’s evidence on the stand in the ex-
amining trial of Caleb Powers when he
recited what he claimed to be the inside
facts relating to the alleged conspiracy to |
murder Goebel and enough Democratic
members of the Legislature to give the Re-
publicans a majority. It is stated that the
Commonwealth will at once nolle the in-
dictment against Golden in consideration
of his testimony.
Kentucky's Last Appeal,
Supreme Court Sets the Contest Case for April
30th.
‘WasHINGTON, D. C., April 16th.—The
cases involving the Kentucky Governor-
ship were docketed in the United States
Supreme court to-day, and at the request
of attorneys for both sides, were set for
hearing on April 30th.
‘While Helm Bruce, attorney for Taylor
and other Republicans, was making his
statement, the Chief Justice asked him if
he did not expect the question of jurisdie-
tion to be raised, and whether he did not
also expect a motion to dismiss. Mr.
Bruce replied that both were probable, but
that there was such confusion in the State
that all were anxious for a decision during
the present term of the court, and that the
course undertaken was apparently the on-
ly one open.
“If’,” he added, ‘‘the court should sus-
tain the motion to dismiss for lack of jur-
isdiction, that result would, of course, end
the controversy.’’
If the opinion on such motion should be
adverse to dismissal it would then, he ad-
mitted, probably be too iate to hear the
case on its merits.
Chairman Rilling Re-Elected.
HARRISBURG, April 18.—The Democrat
ic state committee met this afternoon in
the board of trade rooms and re-elected
John S. Rilling, of Erie, chairman by ac-
clamation. Mr. Rilling announced the re-
appointment of John Moyer, of Pottsville,
as secretary. The contests from Alleghney
and Dauphin counties were referred toa
special committee of three, of which B. H.
Ackerman, of Greensburg, was chairman.
After hearing both sides, the committee re-
ported in favor of Thomas B. Alcorn, of
Pittsburg, whose seat as chairman of the
Allegheny county committee was contest-
ed by Joseph Howley, and Mayor John
M. Fritchey, of Harrisburg, chairman
of the Dauphin county committee.
Fritchey’s seat was contested by Oliver P.
Baskins. The committee also reported in
favor of unseating W. IT. MeDevitt and
Jerre Dougherty, of Allegheny county,
against whom a contest was made by
George S. I'leming and Frank P. Iams.
The report was adopted by an overwhelm-
ing majority.
Chairman Donnelly, of Philadelphia,
made an earnest speech in defense of the
Philadelphia city committee and appealed
to the state committee not to insult the
Democracy of that city by adopting the
minority report. After the committee ad-
journed Martin Howley, of Pittsbnrg, re-
quested that he be furnished with the af-
fidavits submitted to the committee of
contest in the Allegheny case. When he
was refused the papers Howley attempted
to take them by force from C. J. Boyle, of
Pottsville, assistant secretary of the state
committee. The police interfered and pre-
vented what might have culminated in a
serious row.
The state committee then took up the re-
port of the executive committee on the re-
ports from the committee to inquire into
the falling off in the party vote in Phila-
delphia and Allegheny counties. The two
reports were read and Mr. Ulrich, of
Schuylkill Co., moved to lay the majority
report on the table. This motion failed and
after a short discussion the majority report,
as agreed upon by the executive comwit--
tee, was adopted.
Those Opposed to Him Admit as Much in Pri-
vate.
The correspondent of the New York
World telegraphs as follows : On Tuesday
next M. S. Quay, who has been in Wash-
ington most of the time since Congress met
with Governor Stone's credentials as Sen-
ator from Pennsylvania, will be seated.
The seat in the front row which he occu-
pied for twelve years has been held open
for him.
The anti-Quay Senators privately admit
defeat. Senator Chandler says the Penn-
sylvanian will have a ‘‘good clear major-
ity.” Senator Wolcott says; Six major-
ity ; Penrose says five, and Stewart says
five.
Republican State Convention.
Reduced Rates to Harrisburg via Pennsylvania Rail-
road.
On account of the Republican State Con-
vention to be held at Harrisburg, Pa.,
Wednesday, April 25th, the Pennsylvania
railroad company will sell excursion tickets
from all points on its line in the State of
Pennsylvania, to Harrisburg and return at
rate ot single fare for the round trip (min-
imum rate twenty-five cents.) Tickets
will be sold on April 24th and 25th and
will be good to return until April 26th, in.
clusive.
ADDITIONAL LOCALS.
John I. Thompson and family have
moved back to Lemont, after spending the
winter at State College.
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——DMost of the public schools in the
county have closed and already private
ones are beginning for the summer in the
villages.
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———Tobacconist Chas. Cruse has moved
his family to tiie old Mann homestead at
Axe Mann. He rides back and forth on a
bicycle.
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—-Collector Jno. M. Weiland, of Har-
ris township, was the second to settle his
’99 duplicate in full. He did it on
Wednesday.
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——The WATCHMAN is cheap as the
cheapest paper in the county and contains
more columus of better reading matter than
any of them.
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——A number of our fair damsels are
going to the College to-night to attend a
dance given by Miss Brew’s class. The
State College baud will furnish the music.
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-—ZEngineer A. H. Rowan, who was
the only one who escaped from the wreck
at Snow Shoe last week, is recovering rap-
idly and will soon be able for work again.
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— The Wilson Bros., of Howard, are
erecting a building for a skimming station
at Beech Creek. They are reaching out in
all directions and will soon control the
entire field in this section.
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——Agent Robert F. Hunter, of the New
England Mutual life insurance company,
has credit for having heen second among
the company's agents in the amcunt of
business placed last month.
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Mrs. Newton Dorman, of east Bishop
street, underwent a very delicate surgical
operation yesterday morning, which prom-
ises to be successful in its effects. Drs.
Hayes and Klump performed it.
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——While playing in the barn at his
home at Hannah Furnace, last Saturday af-
ternoon, Clark Chaney fell through a trap
door and was unconscious for several hours,
He was not seriously hurt, however.
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——Miss Elizabeth Faxon, a daughter of
Thomas Faxon, of this place, has been se-
lected as ove of the six members of the
Senior class who will participate in the
commencement exercises of the Normal
school at Lock Haven.
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John Hobson, the owner of the farm
near Penna Furnace, on which Claude B.
Hess lives and the house on which was de-
stroyed by fire several weeks ago, was here
recently having his insurance adjusted.
Mr. Hobson is an iron maker in Connecti-
cut and isa native of Howard, this county.
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George Miller dropped in last even-
ing to inform us that the story to the effect
that Harry Miller, of Spring tow nship,
who forgot to represent his constituents at
the recent Republican county convention,
is a son of his is not true. George says neith-
er he nor any of his family would have
anything to do with such a ‘‘corrupt ka-
as boodle’’constituted that convention and
he wants everyone to know it.
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——John Dunn, of near Penfield, may
die of burns received in searching a blazing
building for his baby daughter Saturday.
Duna lived at a boarding house near Pray’s
saw mill. The house roof caught fire and
the father and James Thomas rushed up
stairs by different routes after the infant.
Thomas found the little one and rescued
her. Dunn did not know of this and kept
up the search until he was so badly scorch-
ed that he cannot live.
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——S8. A. McQuistion aud his daughter,
Miss Mary, are in Sunbury, where they
went, Saturday, to attend the funeral of
Hon. George W. Zeigler, Mr. McQuistion’s
brother-in-law. He was eighty-one years
of age and the oldest lawyer in North-
umberland county. He served in the State
Legislature from 1854 to 1861 and had
practiced law in Butler, Jefferson, Snyder
and Northumberland counties. Mr. Zeig-
ler was highly respected throughout the
State and well known here, where his son
Walter resided for some years.
———
——The frame dwelling at the Junction
at Nittany, owned by Sol Peck Esq., and
occupied by John Shields and tamily,
caught fire about 10:30 last Saturday morn- :
ing and was totally = destroyed. The
Shields family were all at home when the
fire broke out and were able to save the
greater portion of their furniture. Any loss
they suffered was fully covered by insurance
but Mr. Peck didn’t have a cent on the
building, which was valued at $500. It
is thought that carelessness with the flue
caused the fire.
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A FIRE EXCITEMENT ON EAST BISHOP
STREET.—A few minutes after 1 o’clock
vesterday afternoon a fire alarm was rung
in from the South ward and it was a mat-
ter of a short time until Bishop street was
jammed with excited people.
The fire broke out in a bed room in John
Nighthart’s home on the eastern end of that
thoroughfare, but was subdued before any
more damage was done than the burning of
the carpet, bedding and furniture in the
room.
Mrs. Nighthart was in the room at the
time, preparing to disinfect it because her
son Charley had just left a scarlet fever
bed. She bad thrown the bed clothes over
a chair and their weight upset it, knocking
over a coal oil stove and spilling the burn-
ing oil all over the floor.
Fortunately Mr. Nighthart was just at
the house inquiring after their wants and,
with a few others who responded to the
call, got the fire out before the department
arrived.
Charley was none the worse for the ex-
citement of the afternoon.
——Ephriam Erhard, of Rebersbhurg, has
heen rendered totally helpless by a stroke
of paralysis.
——
—— While running the cut off at the
Linden Hall saw mill Irvin Burris had his
hand badly lacerated.
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A. C. Moyer has moved his family
from Tyrone to Sandy Ridge, where he is
saperintendent of the fire brick works.
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——Dr. J. W. Bright, of Rebersburg, re-
cently removed a fibrous tumor from the
foot of Mrs. Samuel Kreamer in Centre
Hall.
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——Invitations have been issued for the
wedding of Miss Lalla Ruth Carr, of Dur-
ham, North Carolina, to William Foley
Patton Esq., of Curwensville. Mr. Patton
is a son of the late Hon. John Patton, of
that place, and is quite well known here.
After the wedding Mr. and Mrs. Patton
will reside at ‘“The Maples’’ in Curwens-
ville.
———tee ll
——On Monday evening at about 8
o'clock a tenant house and stable belong-
ing to William P. Lucas, of Howard, loca-
ted about one-half mile west of Jackson-
ville, on the road leading to Bellefonte, on
one of his faims was totally destroyed by
fire. The house was unoccupied and it is
believed to be the work of some fiend.
The loss was about $500. No insurance.
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——The recital to be given by the Belle-
fonte Ladies’ Choral Society, at Garman’s,
next Monday evening, promises something
more than usual in the music line. The
cantata ‘‘The Lady of Sharlotte’’ will he
sung ; the society taking the chorus parts
and Miss Wood, the prima dona soprano of
Danville, singing the solos. Chappell’s
Williamsport orchestra will accompany.
After the concert a dance will be given in
the armory.
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-——Last evening Moshannon com-
mandery, No. 74, K. T. of Philipsburg,
had the annual installation of officers and
the ceremony was made quite an elaborate
social, as well as masonic function. Re-
freshments were served and Chappell’s
orchestra from Williamsport played during
the evening. The ladies who received
were Mrs. John G. Platt, Mrs. G. A. Lingle,
and Mrs. J. H. Munson, Philipsburg; Mrs.
Wm. H. Patterson, Clearfield; Mrs. W. C.
Helmbold, Curwensville; and Mrs. Robert
R. Fleming and Mrs. Mary J. McKee,
Houtzdale.
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——A free tight occurred in front of the
home of Andy Bitzer, Andy Blako and Joe
Smitaso, three Hungarian miners at Clar-
ence, last Sunday afternoon, that almost as-
sumed the proportions of a riot. The trouble
was caused by a bed of winter onions. The
Huns bad lived in the house now cecupied
by a family by the name of Mays. While
there they had planted a bed of winter
onions and when they moved they were left
behind. On Saturday one of the Hunssent
his little girl to the former home to get
some of the onions, but she was promptly
chased off by the Mays. On Sunday Joe
Mays was passing the house of the Huns
when they undertook to retaliate. The
young man got mad and invited them to
fight. He was accommodated, of course,
and before the melee ended his mother and
all the the friends about were in the scrap.
The three Huns werearrested next day and
discharged after they had paid $10.25 each
in fines.
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COLE’S PREDICTIONS FOR APRIL WEATH-
ER.—Prof. C. Coles, in Storms and Signs
for April, makes the following predictions:
The greatest danger periods from storms
this month will be between the 9th and
10th the 16th and 20th, and 30th. Re-
member we are not yet out of the reach of
“blizzards’’ and snow blockades. If the
electrical currents continue running from
the east much longer, the greatest storms
of the season will sweep down upon us.
The after glow of April showers will be
something out of the ordinary. A strange
electrical storm phenomenon will be liable
to take place in one of the three mentioned
places following : New York, Pennsylvania
or New Jersey. The southern and western
States will be in danger of destructive floods,
cyclones and ‘‘blizzards.’”” Do not be sur-
prised if more earthquake shocks are felt
along our sea coasts this month; and tidal
waves show their power to inundate the
land.
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FosSTER’S WEATHER PREDICTIONS. —My
last bulletin gave forecasts of the storm
wave to cross the continent from 11th to
15th, and the next will reach the Pacific
coast 15th, cross the west of Rockies coun-
try by close of 16th, great central valleys
16th to 19th, Eastern States 20th. :
Warm wave will cross the west of Rock-
ies country about 15th, great central val-
leys 17th. Eastern States 19th.
Cool wave will cross the west of Rockies
country about 13th, great central valleys
20th, Eastern States 22nd.
Temperature of the week ending 8 a. m.
April 22nd will average about normal in
Eastern States and above on Pacific slope.
Rainfall of this period will be above nor-
mal.
About the date of this bulletin a warm
wave will occupy the great central valleys
moving eastward. It will move rapidly
causing sudden changes and extremes of
temperature.
Fifth storm wave of April will reach
Pacific slope about 21st, cross the west of
Rockies country by close of 22nd, great
central valleys 23rd to 24th, Eastern States
26th.
Warm wave will cross the wnst of Rock-
ies country about 21st, great central val-
leys 23rd, Eastern States 25th.
Cool wave will cross west of Rockies
country about 24th, great central valleys
26th, Eastern States 28th.
-——1In our issue of April 13th we were
in error in stating that “Lawrence Thomas,
a Pine Grove boy, only missed the nomina-
tion for Assemblyman by a few votes.”’
We had reference to the success of two Cen-
tre countains in Westmoreland county,
where Cyrus Woods, formerly of Bozlsburg,
was nominated for State Senator and Dr.
Thomas, as we had been informed, was de-
feated for Assembly by a narrow margin.
We are pleased to learn, however, that we
were in error. Dr. Thomas made the
nomination; having had a majority of 116.
SE
——The Pennsylvania State College base
ball team opened the season at the College,
on Saturday afternoon, by defeating Sus-
quehanna University by the score of 19 to
3. The indications on Saturday were that
State will have a very strong team this
season ; some of the new men having de-
veloped remarkable ability ; especially is
this the case in Sharpe, who bids fair to be
a phenom. The tea started away on its
first trip Tuesday morning. The game at
Bucknell had to be postponed on account
of rain and the game with Dickinson, on
Wednesday, was called in the third inning
with the score 6 to 6.
— erin
The Undine Easter ball was a wonderful
success from an attendance view point;
there having been about the largest crowd
present ever seen in the armory on a simi-
lar event. The grand march at 9 o’clock
was led by Mr. Joseph McMahon and Miss
Nora Solt and was participated in by about
forty couples. The judges, Messrs John
Trafford, John Laurie and George Knisely,
awarded the lady’s prize of a silk umbrella
to Miss Stella Shope, who represented
‘‘Columbia’’ and the gentleman’s prize to
her escort, Charles Hazel, as ‘‘Uncle Sam.”’
There were quite a number of unique and
effective costumes, but the ones that seem-
ed to catch the popular fancy most were
Harry Walkey as an American sailor who
had captured a Filipino Belle in the person
of Joe Lose. Joe’s costume certainly was
original and merited all the applause it got.
Miss Edna Miller was a dainty and grace-
ful little sunflower girl and was probably
the most admired of all on the floor.
—ote ——————
OF INTEREST TO SUPERVISORS.—A mat-
ter that may not generally be known to
many supervisors is that an act providing
for the removal of stones from the public
highways was signed by Governor Stone
on the 2nd of May, 1896, of which the fol-
lowing is a copy of the principal sections.
“That from and after the passage of this
act the township supervisors and road com-
missioners of the several townships within
this Commonwealth, shall, annually, on the
first Monday of April, enter into a con-
tract with one or more taxpayers to remove
and take away the loose stones from the
main traveled highways in such townships,
at least each month during the months of
April, May, June, July, August, Septem-
ber and October of each year.’’
It will be seen that there is no ‘‘may’’ or
‘ean’ in this matter. They shall do it,
the law says, and if they want to avoid the
penalty it would be well for those who
have not already arranged to carry out its
provisions to do so at once.
Pets
WE Hope Tom HAS STRUCK IT RICH.—
The Atlin B. C. Globe of March 29th,
throws a very interesting side-light on the
maneuverings of O. Tomas Switzer, the
Philipsburg argonaut, who has been flatsam
and jetsam in the Alaska gold fields for the
last two years.
Tom’s frequent letters to the Philips-
burg Ledger left many of his friends under
the impression that he was too much of a
rolling stone to gather any of the gold
bearing moss of the Klondike and when he
did stop for any length of time it was only
for the purpose of fitting up a fine kitchen
and giving the half-starved boys in that
region a swell banquet, in which condensed
milk ice cream and plam pudding, with
sugar-coated beans doing duty as plums,
always played an important part.
It has evidently not been all play with
Tom, however, for the Globe says :
Canavan & Switzer again heard from.
Last week they sold the Race Horse group
of hydraulic bench and creek leases, situ-
ated on lower Pine creek. This week they
sell two groups of ten leases jointly on
Wright creek, to Chicago capitalists.
Ground very rich.®
It is a patent fact that Wright creek is
very rich in coarse gold, but owing to the
depth to bed rock and the smallness of the
claims, it has been impossible to work by
the ordinary methods of sluicing. As a di-
rect result of these conditions, a large area
of ground, rich enough for ordinary sluicing
has been thrown open for hydraulicing.
Experts assert that there is probably not a
parallel condition of affairs existing in any
camp in the world, where, ground as rich
as there is on some of the creeks, tributary
to Atlin and.Surprise lakes, is available to
hydraulic mining. $2 to the cubic yard is
a fair estimate on the value of much of
this property. The ground in question be-
gins at about 30 below discovery, takes in
both benches including Aspen Gulch, and
continues down stream about one and one-
half miles, connecting with the hydraulic
property owned by the E. C. Hawkins
Syndicate, who are now busily engaged in
getting out lumber for their plant, and
from present indications will be the first
hydraulic plant in operation in the district.
The ground was taken up by Canavan and
Switzer at the close of last season and since
that time they have done enough prospect-
ing to show gold in such quantities on the
several leases as to enable them to find. a
ready market as soon as they had the
property in shape to sell. The Globe is in-
formed that they have other prospective
deals that they anticipate closing in the
near future.
‘Written on the margin of the paper is a
little note from Mr. Switzer in which he
states
“Only a few of the best of us are left and at this
stage of the game I feel that nothing but the in-
tervention of an unkind Providence can beat me.”
We certainly wish him all and more of
success than his present prospects seem to
pre-empt him.