EC i pT Ey pa \ Beilefonte, Pa., Oct. 12, 1900. P. GRAY MEER, -.. - = ama. uss Ebpitor Terms or SuvpscriprioN.—Until further notice this paper will be furnished to subscribers at the following rates : : Paid strictly in advance...a..uu.......... Paid before expiration of year......... Paid after expiration of year............ Democratic National Ticket. FOR PRESIDENT. WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN, of Nebraska. FOR VICE PRESIDENT, ADLAI E. STEVENSON, of Illinois. Democratic State Ticket. FOR AUDITOR GENERAL, P. GRAY MEEK, Centre County. FOR CONGRESSMEN-AT-LARGE, HARRY E. GRIMM, Bucks County. N. M. EDWARDS, Lycoming County. FOR PRESIDENTIAL ELECTORS-AT-LARGE, ANDREW KAUL, Elk County, OTTO GERMER, Erie County. A. F. COFFROTH, Somerset County. FRANCIS SHUNK BROWN, Philadelphia. i Democratic District Ticket. FOR CONGRESS, Hon. J. K. P. HALL. Democratic County Ticket. For Assenbly— { J: i Weta For Jury Commissioner— FREDERICK ROBB. Democratic Meetings. Democratic meetings in Centre county will be held at the following places. Everybody is earnestly solicited to at- tend and hear the issues of the campaign discussed. Able speakers will be present at each meeting. Wallace Run School House, Boggs Twp., Saturday evening, Oct. 13th. Hublersburg, Saturday evening, Oct. 13th. Where Do They Stand It is not often that voters are asked and expected to support candidates who refuse, or fear, to tell them what they will do, in case of their election,on questions in which every elector is interested. * And yet this is exactly what is expected of those who intend casting their ballots for ALLISON and THOMPSON for the Legis- lature. ‘While it is well known that both have given private pledges to both Governor HASTINGS and chairman REEDER, that they will not take part in a Republican caucus in which QUAY’S name is to be considered, nor vote for him if made the caucus candidate for United States Senate, neither of them has, and neither of them will give any pledge, promise or assurance, to the public what they will do on any question. There are hundreds of Republicans in the county interested in the success, or at least fair treatment, by his party, of Senator QuAY. Here are two candidates who do not have the manliness to tell them they will support him, even though he be made the nominee of the party, and yet they expect these men to vote and send them to Harrisburg as their Representatives. It is weeks since these two men were put upon the Republican ticket, by order of ex-Governor HASTINGS. Does any one know anything more about where they stand on public questions, or what they: will do on matters in which every voter is interested, than he did at the time their selection was ratified? Are men who are ashamed or afraid to declare their positions, the kind of Repre- sentatives the people of Centre county want to send to Harrisburg? i Their refusal to assure the people who are expected to vote for them what they will do is evidence, only, of a desire and determination to deceive some one. And men who would deceive the voters that support them are certainly unworthy the confidence and support of any one. ——Our esteemed, though misguided: contemporary, the Philadelphia Inquirer, hes taken its usual warped view of things and concluded that the WATCHMAN has slurred Col. A. A. CLEARWATER, of Elk county, the Republican nominee for Congress. The WATCHMAN has done no such thing. It said of Col. CLEARWATER | that those who have been in the neighbor- hood where he lives say ‘‘he is a very reputable citizen—an honest, well mean- ing, well behaved sort of man’’ and what more could it have said in favor of an op- position candidate. Certain it is that the Inquirer could not have brought itself to such liberality under similar circumstances. But we suppose the portion of the article that has hurt the feelings of the Philadel- phia journal was the assertion that leading Republicans had to ask‘‘Who is Col.CLEAR. WATER?’ when they heard of his nomina- tion. If such is the case we apologize to, the Inquirer for not having given it a chance to tell the people of the 28th Dis- trict who the Republican nominee is. ———Are you mind reader enough to tell what ex-Governor HASTINGS’ opinions will be on legislative questions after the first of January ? If you are, you can have a pretty good idea of how ALLISON and THOMPSON will vote, if elected. If you don’t know what HASTINGS will demand of them, you won’t know what you are voting for when you cast your ballot for them ? A - , The Power that Dictates Mr. McKin- ley’s Plans. | In one of his recent speeches Mr. BRYAN charged that neither Mr. McKINLEY, his cabinet, nor his Congress have any plans for | the government of the Philippines. And why should they have ? It is not the President, or his cabinzt or his Congress, that plans for the government of either the people or property in these days of Republican trusts. It is the powers that have grown up under the fostering care of Republican authority that originate and dictate the public policy of the pres- ent administration ; the trusts, the cor- porate combines and the syndicates of capital. They dominate and direct all. Two years ago Mr. McKINLEY was against imperialism. He declared that a war for conquest was ‘criminal aggres- sion.”” His friends and supporters were of the same opinion. Senator DEPEW spoke and” wrote against it. Senator MASON bitterly opposed it. Senator HOAR could not construct sentences strong enough to express his denunciation of it. Bat it is different now. Mr. McKINLEY is openly and unjustly forcing a policy of imperialism upon the country. Therepre- sentative men of his party are supporting him or are silent. A power, greater than they, more powerful than even the Presi- dent, spoke and all was changed. Trusts, syndicates and conspiring com- binations of capital saw in it opportunities for contracts in ship building and army sup- plies. They realized the advantages they would have over individual! effort in the attempt to hold and govern new territory. They understood how imperialism would require great armies, and how useful armies could be made to them and their interests in cases of strikes and labor troubles, and they demanded a policy that suited them. And that policy—their plans—is now being carried out. It is not the President who makes plans, wher it comes to questions in which powers greater than he are interested. It is the powers—the sources from which his representative HANNA draws his corruption fund—that formulate and enforce his policies. He'is but the puppet and stool pigeon of the trusts and syndicates that Mi. HANNA has built up and bleeds in the in- terest of Republicanism and McKINLEY, and then, in turn, protects in their robbery of the people. They make the plans for Republican- ism now, whether for the Philippines or elsewhere, and Mr. BRYAN should have known it. When they are ready they will disclose their plans for Filipino government. Reciprocation. In England American made wire nails, are sold by the 100 lbs. at $2.25. In this country the man who needs them is compelled to pay $3.38 for the same amount. We tariff English nails in order competition. The trusts reciprocate by selling the products of their protected plants lo English dealers thirty three per cent less than to the citizens of their own country that vote to protect them. Why shouldn’t we hurrah for McKINLEY and trusts? How will Mr. MARCUS AURIFEROUS HANNA, he who says ‘‘there are no trusts,” explain why his furnaces and ore mines near Utica, N. Y., are shutting down and throwing four hundred men out of employ- ment. They have been running for the past eighteen mouths, but they are to be closed now and MARK had better arrange at one of his company stores to have the dinner pails of his idle workmen looked after, else they will be anything else than full. Increase in Paper Price. A Trust Taxing the Churches of This Country $100, 000 a Year. CAIRo, I11.,0ct. 8—At Marion a ten min- ute stop was utilized hy Mr. Bryan in a discussion of the trust question. There were many Republicans in the audience, as indicated by the yellow ribbons. Mr. Bryan said, in part : **If the farmer or laboring man will com- pare his own condition with the condition of the trust magnate, he will find out who fares the best and he can then decide | whether he will live in the same party with the trust magnate.” Mr. Bryan read a clipping which stated that Dr. Jennings, in his tinancial report of the Western Methodist Book Concern, of Cincinnati, made to the Ohio conference, declared the white paper trust has increas- ed the price of paper used by the Metho- dist Episcopal publishing house at Cincin- nati $40,000 in the past twelve months, “This means an increase,’’ said Mr. Bry- an, ‘‘of over $100,000 in the past year for the white paper used by the publishing houses of all churches. And yet, my friends, Mr. Hanua'says there are no trusts. There is a trust taxing the churches of this country $100,000 a year and the people who subscribe to churches have to pay it. You will either have to subscribe more money or do less charch work.” Speaking of the miners, Mr. said : : **The miner has to cast in his lot with the farmer if he wants any protection, or any justice in legislation, for the farmer can stand bad laws longer than the miner can. If things get so bad the farmer can- not buy coal he can burn corn, but when things get so bad that miners cannot bay corn they cannot eat coal. The Republi- ‘can party to-day stands as the defender of the trusts ; it stands as the exponent of a large army and for a colonial policy. The fruits of imperialism, be they bitter or sweet, must be left to the subjects of mon- archy. This is the only tree of which the citizens of a republic cannot partake. It is the voice of the serpent and not the voice of God that bids us eat.” ’ In speaking of the Boer war and the Re- Bryan said : ‘‘One hundred and twenty-four years ago the colonists declared their in- dependence ; this year the queen of Eng- land issued an order authorizing the an- nexation of the South African republics. July 4, 1776’ saw the birth of a republic ; to protect American trusts from- English | publican attitude toward it, Mr. Bryan | Complete Program for the Great Centre County Fair. TUESDAY, OCT. 16th. 9. A. M.—12 M.—Arrangement of exhibits and opening of the Midway. 1 P. M.—Live bird shoot by members of the Sportsmens League of Centre County, fo championship of Centre County. 1st Prize—A gun, offered by Potter & Hoy, hardware merchants, 2nd Prize—A hunting coat, offered by Montgomery & Co. 3rd Prize—A sweater, offered by Sim the Clothier. 3 P. M.—The first performance before the grand stand by the celebrated Elliott Brothers with their trick house. The finest Comic Acrobats and Contortionists of New York City. 3.30 P. M.—A foot ball game between the Bellefonte Academy and the State College Preps. 4 P. M.—The Elliott Brothers in their Comic Prize Fight. WEDNESDAY, OCT. 17th. 9. A, M.—12 M.—Band Concerts and Side Shows on the Midway ; Exhibition Buildings and Live Stock Display. 11 A. M.— Prof. Lew Lavelli in his Burial Act. ground until the last day of the Fair. through apertures. 12 M.—Raees called in following order : (1) 2.40 Class—Trot and Pace... (2) 2.21 Class—Trot and Pace... (3). Running Race...........ccreerens Mrs. Lavelli is buried and is left under the She will be on exhibition and can be seen caeetiinehniransansih Purse $250.00. ..Purse 300.00. vurssensrsseiruresees Purse 1350.00 Between the heats free exhibitions before the grand stand by the Elliot Brothers, famous Comic Acrobats ; Prof. Harry Smith and his wonderful Trained Dogs, and boxing bout with Mrs. Smith. 3. P. M.—Mile. Louise Wrence in her daring Balloon Ascension and Parachute Descent. THURSDAY, OCT. 18th. 9 A. M.—12 M.—Exhibitions, Stock Displays, 11 A. M.—Parade of Prize Winners. 12 M.—Races called as follows : (1) 2.35 Class—Trot and Pace... (2) 2.27 Class—Trot and Pace.. (3) 2.18 Class—Trot aad Pace.. SAT Purse 300.00 Midway, ete. aseyeurasssassnsoenie Purse $250.00. ....Purse 300.00 (4) 3.00 Class—Trot and Pace—Horses owned in Centre County............... Parse 100.00 Between races free exhibitions before grand stand of all attractions—Elliot Brothers, Prof. Harry Smith and his Trained Dogs, with the Diving Dog. 3. P. Mr—=Mlle. Louise Wrence will make her Daily Balloon Ascension. FRIDAY, OCT. 19th. 9 A. M.—12 M.—Exhibition of Prize winners and Premiums ; Midway, Shows, ete. 11 A. M.—Parade of Winners. 12 M.—Races as follows : (1) 2:30 Class—Trot and Pace... (2) Freeforall................. (3) Running Race................... Free attractions as on former days. «usesaniakionoWes yintie Purse $300.00 ...Purse 400,00 es avirvuriisiisonnnusis Purse 150.00 3 P. M. —Daily Balloon Ascension by Mlle. Wrence. AAs a special attraction Mlle. Louise Wrenece has been engaged for Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, when she will make balloon ascensions with Parachute drops. ADMISSION 25 CTS. en ET EEE ETSI July 4, 1900, witnessed the execution of a republic. And yet the Republican party has so changed within the last few years that it stands unmoved while the doctrine of self-government is being assailed in Africa. Can you trust Republicans to preserve lib- erty here, when they are unmoved by at- tacks upon liberty elsewhere?”’ A short stop was made at Goreville, where Mr. Bryan shook hands with several ‘hundred people. « ¢ yin vs Centre County Fair. On account of the Centre County Fair fo be held at Bellefonte, Pa., the Central R. R. of Penna. will sell excursion tickets from all stations to Bellefonte at rate of single fare for round trip good going Oct. 15¢h, 16th, 17th, 18th and 19th and for re- turn passage on or before October 20th. On Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday (October 16th, 17th 18th and 19th) a special train will leave Mill Hall at 11:30 a. m., stopping at all stations, ‘On eacl run every fifteen minutes hetween one and two p. m., from Bellefonte station, foot of Lamb street, to Fair Grounds, also after the races from the Fair Ground to Lamb street station. Tickets will be sold at the rate of 10 cents for the round trip. Remarkable Scene. It Occurred at Georgetown, Ky., In the Trial of Henry E. Youtsey. GEORGETOWN, Ky., Oct. 9.—One of the most remarkable scenes ever enacted in a Kentucky court occurred to-night in the trial of Henry E. Youtsey, charged with being a principal in the shooting of Govern- or Goebel, the defendant himself « being the chief participant. The court room was crowded at the time aud the excitement was intense. Dee Armstrong, the Louis- day of the fair trains will be ville detective, had just told of his talks with Youtsey before and after his arrest. Then Arthur Goebel was put on the stand and Judge Benjamin Williams, who. for the first time, appeared for the prosecution, did the questioning. Arthur Goebel said : ‘I talked with Yontsey the day he was arrested, late in the afternoon, in the jail in Frankfort, in reference to the murder of my brother.” he 3 * “Just at this point Youtsey arose behind his attorneys and, in a loud voice, said : ‘It is untrue ; it is a lie ; I never spoke a word to that man in my life nor he to me.”’ Colonel Crawford told him to be quiet and sit down and others took hold of him. CENTRE COUNTY FAIR, BELLEFONTE, OCTOBER 16th, 17th, 18th AND 19th. ADMISSION 25 CENTS. ONE FARE EXCURSION RATES. 2 ET Td. Miles Too Active for M’Kinley. Therefore the Latter Decrees He Shall Not Act as Secretary of War. : WASHINGTON, Oct. 8.—‘*Whatdid Gen- eral Miles do and to whom did he do it ?”’ That is what was asked here to-day after it became known that no officer of the army would hereafter be designated to act as Secretary of War. While Secretary Root was laid up at home with a carbuncle and Assistant Secretary Meiklejohn was stumping Nebraska, the President em- powered Adjutant General Corbin to dis charge the duties of the office. General Corbin had been esconced in the Secre- tary’s chair, but afew days, when Gen- eral Miles, who was on a trip of inspection of military posts in the West, came hurry- to Washington, and because of his superior rank assumed the helm at the War De- partment. It is nosecret that these two generals are at loggerheads, and that General Corbin is in favor with the administration, while General Miles is not. Rumor has it that General Miles lost no time in undoing sev- eral important matters that General Cor- bin had executed, and that he went so far as to run counter to President McKinley himself. At any rate Mr. Meiklejohn cut short his campaign tour, and hastened back to his desk to relieve General Miles of his arduous duties. 4. Now. it is.given out that either Secretary Root or the acting Secretary will have to be at t he Department at all times in the future. No more chances are to be taken with Miles. American Troops Won't Participate. PEKIN, Thursday, Oct. 4th, via Tien Tsin, Sunday, Oct. 7th and Shanghai, Oct. 8.—The American troops will not par- ticipate in the expedition to Pao Ting Fu. General Chaffee has the assurance of Li Hung Chang that, if the allies desire Pao Ting Fu, the Chinese will readily sur- render that city. Li Hung Chang has given the same assurance to the other generals. : i The Americans believe that revenge and are the only objects of the expedition and they hold that it will retard the restoration of peace. The Russians are understood to have ractically abandoned the railroad and to ve stopped its reconstruction. General Chaffee favors the return of the railroad to its owners and its reconstraction and operation on a joint international basis. ——Subscribe for the WATCHMAN. ! “I will not sit ‘down. I never said a word to that man—it is untrue.” He was shouting by this time and every- one was becoming excited. Youtsey’s wife sprang to his side and, while endeav- oring to make him sit down, could be heard saying : ‘Now you have killed my husband, I suppose you are satisfied.” Then Youtsey hysterically shouted again : *‘I am innocent—there is no blood on my hands ; these men are swearing my life away.” Gl Two or three deputy sheriffs went over and grabbed him. He struggled wildly and said : ‘Let me alone. I will not sit down.” Arthur Goebel meanwhile sat sphinx- like in the witness chair and never turned his head. forced into a seat, he shouted again : ‘Goebel isnot dead. All the demons in hell could not kill him.”’ ih #Mr. Sheriff, if the defendant does not hebave himself, put handeuffs on him,”’ said Judge Cantrill. Meanwhile the audience could not be forced to keep their seats until: the judge threatened to fine those. who stood up. Youtsey settled back in his chair, closed his eyes and seemed in a state of collapse. He waved his handkerchief above his head in ap aimless sort of way and groaned and cried hysterically. Finally quiet was re- stored and Judge Williams asked Arthur Goebel another question, whereupon Colo- nel Crawford asked a postponement of the defendant’s condition. = Judge = Cantrill said that he could see no cause or reason’ for the defendant’s outbreak, but, in jns- tice to his attorneys, he would postpone the case until to-morrow. ir Youtsey still occupied his chair with his eyes closed, apparently in a half fainting condition. After the crowd passed out jailer Reed and deputies carried Youtsey to the jail, as he was unable to walk. Various reasons were assigned for his out- break, the first being that his long confine- ment and strain of the trial caused him to become hysterical and lose control of him- self. Another is that he is really dement- ed. He is being attended by physicians and relatives at the jail and his condition is deemed critical. Four Killed, Twenty Woun ded. Republicans and Federals at Guayamo, Porto Rico, Become Involved in a Bloody Political Riot. SAN JUAN, P. R., Oct. 8.—Four persons —one of them a woman—were killed in another political street riot in Guayamo, which lasted all last night. ; The rioting started in a cafe, when a member of the Federal party shot and se- Finally, after Youtsey was |: trial until to-morrow, on account of the | | verely wounded a Republican. Several of ! the latter’s party friends tried to lynch the | Federal, but were prevented by eight { Americans. Federals from Arrayo hasten ed to reinforce the Federals in Guayamo and a bloody street fight followed. The | rioting was kept up during the night, and three men and a woman were killed, while .| 20 others, including several policemen, were wounded. Several of these will die. Armed bands paraded the streets this morning, shooting and shouting and ter- rorizing the town. The whole district is arming, and the police force is utterly un- able to cope with the rioters. The parties are about equally divided in numbers. Leaders of the Republicans are urging their followers not to engage in ri- oting, hut the Federals are determined to avenge the San Juan affair, and farther bloodshed is expected. Animosity be- tween Federals and Republicans is increas- ing as the time for the elections approach- es, and all over the island there are evi- dences that trouble may break ont at any moment. Imperialism and Taxation. From the New York Herald, Ind. _ Expenditures for the army in September were more than fourteen millions, as against ten and a half millions in the correspond- ing month last year and four millions in 1897, before the Spanish war. Aside from the additional expense caused by the outbreak in China, the cost of maintaining the troops in Cuba, Porto Rico and the Philippines is obviously greater than a year ago. With the excep- ‘tion of 1898, last month’s war expenditure is the largest for the period since the Civil war. Imperialism comes high. The government's income: for the month fell below that of September last year, while expenditures increased. Addressing the American Bankers’ Association, in an- nual convention at Richmond, recently, Mr. Roberts, the Treasurer of the United States, felicitated his hearers on the fact | that ‘‘for two years our financial problems have related to the surplus. General prosperity has given large revenues.” In view of the fact that two hundred | millions of bonds were sold to meet the expenses of the war with Spain, and that two years after the close of that brief struggle the war taxes are still in full force, Mr. Roberts’ audience might be par- doned if they indulged in a fustive smile. With glowing enthusism he described how it had heen contrived to get ous of the Treasury one hundred and seventy-eight millions—by inducing bondholders to part with their bonds at high prices, patting the national banks, and paying hig cash premiums to induce bondholders to refund their unmatured securities. Money wrung from the people and then disposed of to benefit a few, with the result of swelling the bank note issues to the largest volume ever attained. It is significant that while the volume of silver and paper in circulation increased about. seventeen and a half millions last month, there was a shrinkage of two mil- lions in gold and gold certificates. ADDITIONAL LOCALS. ——Corn out of the field is selling at 35 cents in the vicinity of Aaronsburg. ——Princeton defeated State, in Wed- nesday’s foot ball game at Princeton, by a score of 26 to 0. 0% re 1 had ——Robert Myers caught five hundred eels in Bald Eagle creek near Lock Haven, on Monday. ee —See Lyon Co's. goods. new stock dress —— SPECIAL TRAIN SERVICE ON ACCOUNT OF THE FAIR. — In addition to the regu- larly scheduled trains running in and out of Bellefonte on the different lines of rail- road there will be the following extra serv- ice during the Centre County Fair next week. Over the Lewisburg and Tyrone. On Wednesday and Thursday evenings a spe- cial return train will leave Bellefonte after the fair for poiuts in Penns valley. = . Over the Central railread of Penna. A special train will leave Mill Hall at 11:15 in the morning arriving at the fair grounds in time for the beginning of the program. This train will be run on Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday. On the Bellefonte Central. A special re- ing at 7 for all points along the line. A one way fare for the round trip will pre- vail, with no fare less than 25cts. : 7 — oe “ THE Hi HENRY MINSTRELS—Hi Henry. and his famous minstrels were here Friday night and played to the biggest business of the season at Garmans. While Mr. Henry’s shows are always of a high order; it is only the truth to say that as a ‘whole he has not maintained the degree of ex- cellence in this aggregation that char- acterized the show he had on the road last season. It is hardly fair to criticise the singers were at a disadvantage from colds ‘that were very evident. I The olio presented several very clever acts, which in themselves would have been enough to send the audience away highly satisfied. J. A. Probst imitations of song tions of the canary, robin and meadow lark being so true to nature as to call forth pro- longed applause. The dancing of Corrigan and Dove was something away beyond the ordinary and earned several encores for them. A specialty entirely new to Belle- fonte was the rapid clay modeling by T. Harry Belknap. It was both interesting -and artistic in ite effect and was as clever a number as has been put on here in years. The operatic travesty of Mitchell and Marion was uproariously funny aud the ~'I'acrobatic work of the Coutures marvelous. After so many features worthy of special notice you will probably conclude that Mr. | Henry has a very good show, and go he | has. There is every evidence that he has | put plenty of money in to make it right, but, withal, it impressed us as being want- ing in the essential feature of minstrelsy— comedy. i vast sums on deposit without interest in turn train will leave Bellefonte each even- | work in the first part, since several of the | birds were amazingly accurate. ' His imita- | KEENAN MusT ANSWER TO THE COURT FOR THE KILLING OF ANNIE HOBBINS.— A wit of habeas corpus having failed to re- lease John Keenan from the clutches of the law he is still in jail and will have to answer to a jury in November for having caused the death of Annie Hobbins near her home at Gillentown on the morning of September 26th. The court house was crowded Saturday morning when the proceedings were heard by judge Love. Keenan was brought into court by deputy sheriff Jackson and took a seat between his counsel, Messrs. W. E. Gray and W. H. H. Walker. Dis- trict Attorney Spangler conducted the prosecution. Keenan showed no signs of nervousness, on the contrary he appeared very much at ease, though deeply interest- ed in what was going on. ~ The first witness called wae Mrs. Amelia Hobbins, mother of Annie. Her testimony was in part as follows : Live near Gillen- town at post office called Moshannon, wife of Thomas Hobbins, mother of twelve children, eleven now living. Defendant is John Keenau. First met him last April. He lived with us at different times. Lived with us about five weeks. Came first on Easter Sunday. Came at different times and lived with us. At one time be work- ed on » farm at Reedsville. My daughter was working on a farm at Reedsville at same time. Four weeks ago last Thursday, he came back to our place. Then he went to Falls Creek and stayed a week there then came back to our place and stayed until brought to Bellefonte. Tuesday, Sept. 25th, he arranged to get wood but did not go that day. Wednesday he got a team from Patrick Ward, and went for wood. It was about 8 o'clock in the morn- ing, we were all going with Keenan, An- nie, Alice and myself. I intended to go but I thought I would stay at home and get dinner. Annie and little Alice, her sister, went with Keenan. They went to an island in Moshannon creek, near Toner Lucas’ old saw mill. The distance from our house to . the slab pile was about 2} miles. They returned about 11 o'clock. Annie’s dead body was in the wagon with Alice and Keenan. I said why did you shoot Annie. He said because I could not help it. I asked him if he had the revolv- erin his hands when he shot her. He nodded his head and said yes. John said write some letters. This line of question- ing was ruled out. He cried and made a fuss. On cross examination by Mr. Gray, she stated he boarded with her since last April. Annie and Keenan were on good terms morning of shooting. John wrote and ask- ed me to allow him to marry Annie. I wrote back and told Annie that she knew him better than I did. I do not know whether they were to be married this month or not. He had been paying atten- tion to hersince last May. Always treated him as one of the family. Were together the night before. Went to Lucas’ store at Gillentown. Returned home about nine o'clock. It was a frequent oeccuirence for them to go out alone together. On the morning of the killing I suggested that they go for the wood. Witness denied that she asserted on day of killing that it was an accident. John did not say to me on the morning of the killing, when he brought the body home, that it was an accident. I first knew Keen- an had a pistol when he brought it home, four weeks ago. Patrick Ward was the next witness call- ed. He was the man from whom Keenan borrowed the team on the morning of the fatal shooting, to go for a load of slabs. It was the morning of the 26th that he bor- rowed the team, I wanted to trade one of my horses to a gypsy, who came along, and so started to meet my team on its return. I met Keenan coming along with the team. He was crying. The girl was lying in the wagon dying. Keenan said he shot her and banded the revolver to a gypsy, who came ‘along at that time and he handed it to me. The revolver was ‘then offered in evi- dence. There were three empty cartridges and two loaded ones. ; : "I got in drove the wagon home, but the girl died ‘before we reached the house. Keenan was holding her head ‘in his lap. When we reached the house I carried the ‘dead body. of the girl into her home. L. B. Davis, ‘of Moshannon, was next called. Had conversation with the defend- ‘ant. He stated that the girl had the re- volver and said she would shoot me, I said I did not care if she did. Then I gut the revolver and I shot her, but 1 did not in- tend to do it. He said he was going to the station I said. that it would net look right. T thought it my duty to take him in charge | until the proper officer should arrive. His cross-examination brought eut the fact that Annie said to Keenan. after he had shot her,’ ‘you have shot i, us you said you ‘would, now take me lwe.” Alfred Lucas was called next, but before he had been examined the court decided that enough had been developed to hold Keenan and he was remanded to jail in de- fault of $2,000 bail. It is evident, how- ever, that the court does not regard the case against Keenan as being very grave, since the bail was fixed at only $2,000. Public opinion 1s divided. = Most people in this sectivn regard the shooting as acei- dental, while those in the vicinity of Gil- lintown are divided, though there is not so ‘much talk out that way since the young man has been held for trial. ‘The people are reticent and fear to talk now lest they do an injustice to some ove. '——The Newton Hamilton camp meet- ing grounds were recently bought at sher- if’s sale by J. A. McKee, of Lewistown, for $3,000. He intends converting -th into a pleasure resort.
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