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Bellefonte, Pa., Nov. 30, 1900.
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Paramount Duty of the Legislature.
~The paramount duty of the Pennsyl-
vania Legislature at the coming session is
to enact legislation which will secure
honest elections in the future. The pres-
ent electoral system in this State puts a
premium on baliot frauds. Its aim ap-
pears to be not to make frauds difficult bus
to make honest voting next to impossible,
and it accomplishes that result completely.
A man may cast an honest vote if he tries,
and it will be honestly counted and re-
turned if the election officers have no in-
terest in the contrary result. Bat it‘is
much easier to commit fraud than it is to
secure fair elections, as now conducted
in the larger cities.
There are various ways of improving the
system of voting in this State. The
simplest is to adopt the system that per-
mits of voting by machines in place of by
ballot.
This prevents the necessity of assistance
for those physically or mentally incapable
of marking ballots such as we now have,
and does away entirely with the oppor-
tunity for bribery that our present system
affords. It also insures an honest count
and a return of the votesas counted. There
are those. who imagine that the genuine
Australian system of voting should be
adopted, but we doubt if they have ever
examined it thoroughly or know exactly
what it is. © At the most it is but a slight
change from that which we now have and
in no way does it provide for or insure a
oorrect count and return of the vote.
The fact, however, that the constitution
must be changed before we can vote other
than by ballot will prevent voting by ma-
chines for several years, but in the mean-
time such changes should be made in the
laws we haveas will at least miminize the
bribery and rascality that now make our
elections the veriest of farces.
Other important reforms required are
the ratification of the proposed consti-
tutional amendments and the Legislature
should make the amendments in so far as
it has the power. For example, to secure
honest elections in the large cities personal
registration is essential. But personal
registration cannot be ohtained in the
cities under the present constitutional pro-
visions without extending it all over the
State which would put a needless burden
on the people. At the last session of the
Legislature a resolution proposing the nec-
essary amendment passed both Houses.
The coming Legislature should repass tbat
resolution aud then it will go to the peo-
ple and no doubt be adopted. But the
other precautions should be taken also.
Women to Circle the Globe for Knowle.
! edge.
Misses Ada Murcull and Jessie Ackerman Plan a Tour
of Great Length and Wide Scope as Correspondents.
‘Two young women engaged in a unique
undertaking are being entertained in
Philadelphia. They are Miss Ada Mur-
cull, of Australia, and Miss Jessie Acker~
man, of the United States. Both are em-
ployed by a syndicate of New York to tour
the world and write up their experiences.
A‘ present they are the guests of Mrs. Ruth
Shaffuer, of 4512 Orange avenue. The
travelers are to visit all lands, living as
long as necessary in each to thoroughly
study - the characteristics of each place,
social, political and industrial. Then the
results of these studies are to be written.
Miss Ackerman says this is her third trip
around the world, 300,000 miles being cov-
ered in visiting fifty countries. On these
journeys she was acting as a special cor-
respondent for several papers.
In company with her present hostess,
Mrs. Shafiner,so traveled,lived and studied
for four months in Iceland and crossed the
island on horseback. Im South Africa she
has been the guest of Olive Schreiner, who.
wrote ‘‘The Story of an African Farm;
has twice interviewed Paul Kruger, met
Cecil Rhodes, visited Johnannesburg, went
through the Kimberley mines and has
taken a stage tour:through the Transvaal,
employing in turn 170 horses. In China
she was entertained in Li Hung Chang's
palace and 1:et other of the leading states
men there, China's interior will be one
of the objective places of the present. tour.
Miss Murcull isa native of Australia,
though her mother ‘was born in Phila.
She is no stranger to travel, having spent
yewrs in foreign countries, the correspon-
dent of Australian and English papers.
She lived for six weeks in London’s no-
toriously famous Whitechapel. She was
the pioneer woman at the Coolgardie gold
fields of Australia, and in many other
places has been the first white lady visitor.
Miss Ackerman has lectared in Belle-
fonte on several occasions and has a num-
ber of friends here.
Buffalo Disappearing.
The Herd in Yellowstone Park Reduced by Poachers.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 25.—The buffalo in
Yellowstone National Park, belonging to
the United States Government and main-
tained for the purpose of preventing the
species from becoming extinet, are fast
S/sappearing. There is now hut a small
ool a
Poachers have killed ‘many of the finest
specimens. The heads of bulls bring from
$400 to $500 each for mounting purposes,
The small guard of cavalry which patrols
the reservation is unable to prevent the
depredations of these poachers. Poaching
is not confined to buffaloes alone, but other
native animals in the preserve are being
killed off.
Uncle Sam Loses a Vessel.
New YORk, November 20—A cable dis-
patch from Manila received here to-day
reports the sinking of the United States
auxiliary cruiser Yosemite in a typhoon at
Guam, November 15th. Five of the crew
were lost.
| 18,000 men.
Rivers are on the Rise.
Great ‘Damage is Reported as a Result of Floods.—
Rained for Forty-Eight Hours.—Reports from
Ohio, New York, West Virginia and New Jersey
Show that Many Streams are Out of Their Banks.
One Woman Lost Her Life.
CLEVELAND, November 26—Another
violent storm prevailed on Lake Erie and
throughout Northern Ohio to-day, the
wind coming from the north and blowing
at the rate of sixty miles an hour. The
gale was accompanied by heavy rain and
sleet. The lake has been lashed to a wild
fury and no vessels are leaving port.
The telephone and telegraph companies,
which suffered great damage from the
heavy storm of last week, were again bad-
ly handicapped by the prostration of lines
on practically all routes as the result of
to-day’s storm. Hundreds of poles are
down and it will probably be several days
before complete repairs can be made.
CoLuMBUS, O., November 26—The dam-
age done throughout the State will reach
thousands. At Chagrin Falls the telephone
switchboard burned out and set half a
dozen houses on fire. At Cambridge sev-
eral buildings were blown down and at
Batavia Miss Annie Hurd was drowned,
‘driving into a stream where a bridge had
been washed out. The Ohio river and
sonthern.Ohio streams are rising rapidly.
Wires are down in all directions aud trains
are delayed.
ALBANY, N. Y., November 26—The
heavy rains have caused an eight-inch
freshet in the river here, with excellent
prospects of the water flooding Quay street
before morning. The big rise was upex-
pected and the merchants along the
docks were not prepared for it. The cur-
rent in mid-stream is very swift, and all
trains are delayed.
ITHACA, N. Y., November 26—Water
continued to sweep down the Ithacan
gorges all day and at 9 o’clock to-night
the flood had subsided but little. The
danger mark was passed about noon, how-
ever. The lower flats, near the fair gronnds
are transformed into a lake, and horses
stabled there for the winter barely were
rescued. The greatest danger was expe-
rienced along Six Mile ran, the banks of
which are low. Through the city the
bridges stood the strain well, but several
light buildings along the flats were floated
off. There was much delay to railroad
trafic. No trains on the Lehigh Valley
from the south could arrive, while all the
Delaware, Lackawana and Western trains
were compelled to unload passengers on
the west hill and bring them into town by
carriage. A washout in the retaining wall
on State street opposite Cornell University
occurred and a section fell ten feet.
ATHENS, November 26—As a. result of
the heavy rains the reservoir near Chaun-
cey burst to-day and flooded the town a
mile away. The reservoir covered three
acres and was twenty feet deep. Hundreds
of yards of railroad yards were washed out
and nearly all the residences in Chauncey
were flooded. The course of the water
saved the Chauncey mine were 100 men
were at work from being flooded.
CHARLESTON, W. Va., November 26—
The continuous rainfall of the past forty-
eight hours has caused a rapid rise in all
streams in this section of the State. - The
Kanawha has almost reached the danger
line here and people in the low lands are
already moving out. The Kanawha at
9.30 o’clock was 27.4 feet and rising one
half-foot per hour. At Kanawha Falls,
thirty-six miles above, the river. is 23.6
feet and stationary. At least four more
feet are expected. The Elk is out of its
banks with fifteen feet, stationary, at
Clain, five miles above. The rain fall
here for twenty-four hours, ending at 8 a.
m. to-day, was 2.7 inches.
GUYANDOTTE, W. Va., November 26—
Continuous rains for the past forty-eight
hours have produced unprecedented floods
in Guyandotte Valley. The river and its
tributaries are overflowing their banks and
are bearing away quantities of cross ties,
lumber and other property. Some 9,000
logs have gone out, taking with them the
false works of the two new railroad bridges
south of Barboursville. Loss estimated at
$20,000 to $25,000. The track of the new
Guyandotte Valley railroad just completed
to Salt Rock, a distance of 18 miles, has
heen almost ruined.
above and still more danger is ex
PITTSBURG, November 26,—About 3,-
000,000 bushels of coal were started to
southern points to-day. More would bave
been shipped had the river not been on
such a rampage, making it unsafe. The
river at 10 p. m. registered at the dam 21
feet and rising at the rate of 6 inches an
hour. Both the Allegheny and Mononga-
hela are still rising, the result of heavy
rains along their entire length for the past
forty-eight hours. Rivermen expect
twenty-five feet in the Ohio. before a fall
begins, The flood mark is forty-eight feet.
But this stage will be hardly reached,
every precaution is heing taken to prevent
loss if it should come. As it is the cellars
of residences in the lower districts of Al-
legheny are flooded, and the tracks of the
Pittsburg and Western lower yard were
utterly abandoned. ;
Senator Cushman K. Davis Dead.
Str. PAuL, Minn., Nov. 27.—United
States Senator Cushman Kellogg Davis,
Chairman of the committe on Foreign rela-
tions of the Senate, died at his home iin |
this city at 8:48 o’clock Tuesday evening,
after an illness of two months. He had
suffered greatly during his sickness and
gradually sunk away, being unconscious
for several hours before his death. Realiz-
ing the approach of the end, Mrs. Davis
gent for the venerable T. H. M. Villiers
Appleby, archdeacon of the Protestant
Episcopal diocese of Minnesota, and Rev.
Theodore Sedgwick, rector of the Church of
St. John the Evangelist. An attempt was
made to secure ‘the ‘attendance of Bishop
Whipple, but that venerable prelate was in
Florida. Upon the arrival of Archdeacon
Appleby and Mr, Sedgwick, Senator Davis
was for a time spificiently rational to. ex-~
ress his grateful appreciation of their min-
strations. . : Mice y
: The Army Root Wants.
Provides for a Maximum of 96,000; and a Minimum
! of 58,000 Men. Other Washington Notes. '
WASHINGTON, Nov. 27.—The House
military committee to-day received from
Secretary Root the bill which he approves
providing for a maximum of 96,000 men
and a minimum of 58,000, with 30 regi-
ments of infantry, 15 regiments of cavalry
and a gradual increase of the artillery
until at the end of five years there will be
With the maximum army
there is to be 150 men to each infantr
company, making 1,830 men to a regiment.
The maximum of a cavalry troop is to be
100 men. There is no provision for a lien-
tenant general, but the senior major gen-
eral commanding will have the rank of
lieutenant general.
The river is rising
Minister Conger, Cabled Demands.
A Long Dispatch from Him Giving Details of
Agreement Reached by Foreign Ministers. Re-
ceived at Washington. The Dispatch Formed
and 8ecretary Hay—The Agreement was Further
Discussed at the Regular Meeting of the Cabinet
Yesterday, It is Similar to French Proposals.
. WASHINGTON, Nov. 27.—A long dis-
patch from Minister Conger, giving the
details of the agreement reached between
the foreign ministers at Pekin, was receiv-
ed at the State Department yesterday and
formed the subject of a conference yester-
day afternoon between the President and
Secretary Hay. The agreement embodies
conditions which the Chinese government
must accept as a preliminary to formal
peace negotiations between itself and the
powers. It is subject to the ratification of
the several governments involved, and the
consideration given to it by the President
and Mr. Hay was for the purpose of reach-
ing a decision as to the policy of the United
States regarding its terms. The agreement
will be further discussed at the reguiar
meeting of the cabinet to-day, and until
then no action will be taken by the govern-
ment.
SIMILAR TO FRENCH PROPOSALS.
The agreement is said to be similar to
the French proposals made early in Octo-
ber, with some additions. It contains
terms to which the United States do not
desire to subscribe and probably will net
do so, although the earnest effort which
this government has made to maintain
harmony among the powers may induce
it to overlook some of the less radical of
the objectionable proposals. However,
the President and his advisers have heen
consistent in pursuing the line of policy
which they laid down at the beginning of
the Chinese troubles, and should there be
any modification of the American program
it will not affect the main principles for
which the government has been contend-
ing. Such conditions contained in the
agreement as are regarded as impossible
for the Chinese government to fulfill will
be objected to on the ground that they
will prevent the accomplishment of the
objects of the powers and perhaps hring
about a renewal of hostilities.
The two main questions involved in the
guilty Chinese officials and the amount
and character of the indemnity to be de-
manded. All the powers are agreed not
to seek terriorial indemnity.
ernment maintains and will continue to
maintain that the amount of pecuniary in-
demnity to be demanded shall not exceed
the ability of the Chinese government to
pay. In general, the United States agree
to the condition that the Chinese shall pay
equitable indemnity to the governments,
corporations and private individuals, but,
as France was told in answer to her prc-
posals, the matter might be commended
to the consideration of the international
court of arbitration at The Hague in case
of protracted divergence of views. Russia,
which is opposed to heavy indemnities,
made this suggestion orginally. Asto the
matter of punishments, this government
is not in sympathy with the understood de-
mands of the ministers at Pekin for a com-
prehensive and severe program. It holds
that in this, also, the character and extent
of the punishments should be determined
by the ability of the Chinese government
to comply; in other words, that a punitive
program, impossible of fulfillment by the
imperial authorities, shonld not be adopted
by the powers.
gram as will be acceptable to the United
States must be agreed to with the under-
standing that the punishments will be car-
ried ont by the Chinese government and
not by the powers.
FEELS THAT IT CANNOT ASSENT.
with a complete and permanent prohibiton
of the importation of firearms into China
and feels that it cannot assent, without
the authority of Congress, to the military
occupation of important points on the road
from Tien Tsin to Pekin. As for the pro-
posals that permanent guards be estab-
lished at the legations at Pekin, the gov-
ernment is agreeable to the extent that as-
surance shall be obtained from the Chinese
government of the right of foreign nations
to guard their legations and have restrict-
ed access to them whenever desired. The
dismantling of the forts at Taku, which is
understood to be a condition-1aid ‘down in
the agreement, has never obtained the ap-
proval or disapproval of this government,
and its intention in regard to the proposal
cannot be stated. :
The representations to. the powers. early
last week were made by the United States
in the hope of heading off any radical a-
greement by the ministers at Pekin, or
failing in that, to get the powers to modify
the conditions laid down by the ministers.
In this the government has reason to be-
lieve that it has been partly successful.
Assurances have been received from sever-
al nations that they are in accord with the
ideas of this government tbat impossible
conditions must not he demanded of the
Chinese. All the powers have not re.
sponded, but there has been such satisfac-
tory indications of a desire for moderate
action on the part of those whose answers
have come that this government feels al-
most confident that there will be an over-
whelming sentiment in favor of its ideas.
MUST NOT DEMAND IMPOSSIBLE CONDI-
TIONS,
It was learned positively y ay that
the representations to the At an tak-
en the form of furnishing each with a copy
-of the instructions to Minister Conger, the
burden of which was that he must not de-
‘mand conditions impossible for the Chinese
authorities to meet. In handing a copy of
‘these instructions to the minister of foreign
affairs of the government which he is ac-
credited, each diplomatic representative of
the United States intimated that the views
of that government were desired.
.. At is understood that the.additional con-
ditions are the abolition of the tsung-li-
yamen and the substitution ‘therefore of a
single minister of foreign affairs; the erec-
ion of a siatue of Baron von Ketteler on
the site of the place where he was murder-
ed, and the sending of a prince of blood to
Germany. to apologize for Von Ketteler’s
EEL fain *
ER ———
Fatal Aceldent to a Cleveland and Pitts.
Aa burg Train.
PITTSBURG, November 28.—The Cleve-
land night express, No. 301, on the Cleve-
land and Pi rg railroad, at 1.15 o’clock
this morning plunged into the Obio river.
Weakened embankments. caused by the
recent flood, gave way and carried the train
into the raging torrents. The resnlts were
disastrous. One man was drowned, at
least four persons were seriously injured
and the locomotive and five cars were pre-
“cipitated from the tracks. The accident
occurred a short distance west of Beaver
station, while the express was running on
flying time.
—— Subscribe for the WATCHMAN.
the Subject of a Conference Between the President |
agreement are those of the punishment of |
This gov- |
Such punishment pro- |
The government, is also not in sympathy
Fierce Fighting in the Philippines.
Five Americans and 103 Filipinos Killed.— Supposed
Impregrable Fortress Within 35 Miles ot Manila,
Stormed and Taken.—War Mews that Proves
Distinctly that War is Not Over.—Our Men Am-
bushed and Fifteen Killed, But 45 out of 128
Able for Duty.
MANILA, Nov. 25.—Thé fortress of “the
insurgent Geronimo, at Pivauran, which
the insurgents boasted was impregnable,
was taken and destroyed Thursday after-
noon by a picked force of the Forty-second
and Twenty-seventh infantry and troop G
of the Fourth cavalary, under Colonel
Thompson.’ Geronimo and most of the
Filipinos’ escaped. The leader has long
harrassed the Twenty-seventh infantry in
the vicinity of San Mateo, Montalbin and
Novalichess. He was finally located at
Pinauran 35 miles north’ of Manila. His
position was ‘considered the strongest in
Luzon. It was a stone fortress surmount-
ing u steep hill surrounded by canyons.
The Spanish forces lost heavily in attempt-
ing to take it. $
Colonel Thompson mobilized 1,000 men
at Mountalbon. The attack was made upon
four sides—the main body under Major
Carey; of thie Forty-second. :
The ascents were steep and the men
climbed them by grasping the shrubbery.
It was impossible for the eastern colunin to
reach the summit, but the others arrived
after three hours’ climbing under fire from
the fortress and the hillside intrenchments.
The enemy’s. force, numbering several
‘hundred, fled hefore the attackers reached
the top. The Americans destroyed 1,000
uniforms. scores of buildings and large
supplies and seized a barrel’ full of docu-
ments. Private Hart, of the Twenty-
seventh, and private Koppner, of the
Forty-second, and two native scouts were
killed and 12 of the attacking force were
wounded. The insurgent casualties could
not be ascertained.
MANILA, Nov. 25th.—Particulars have
heen received from Iloilo of the battle of
Oct. 30th at Bugason, Island of Panay.
Two hundred Bolomen and 50 riflemen at-
tacked the Americans, who lost three
killed, Lieutenant H. M. Koontz, Sergeant
Kitchen and Corporal Barns. all of Comp-
pany F, Forty-fourth infantry.
Corporal Burns was boloed while recon-
noitering, and Lieutenant Koontz and Ser-
geant Kitchen were pierced by spears while
going to relieve an outpost.
When the garrison in force attacked the
rebels 49 of the latter were killed. None
of the other parties of attacking natives
made such a stand and the insurgents lost
103 killed all told.
SHAMOKIN, Nov. 27.—The parents of
private Charles E. Klase, who is with the
army in the Philippines. received the fol-
lowing letter from him to-day, indicating
that a strong effort is about te be made to
crush the Filipinos :
“We are still in Manila, but will go to
the firing line soon. orders having been
given to the effect that we were to polish
the enemy np again before the volunteers
start for home. The Filipinos are getting
pretty bold again, and are firing on nearly
every town. : ts
“I suppose you heard the news ahout the
Fifteenth Infantry being ambushed at a
town three miles from Marong. They
had twenty-four killed and nineteen
wounded in just one company. We have
only forty-five men for duty out of the 128
we bad when we came over.’’,
os ST ———
Fire and Water.
Between the two There was Great Excitement at
* Cross Forks.
WILLIAMSPORT, Pa., November 27.—In-
side of fifteen hours the village of Cross
Forks, on the Clinton and Potter county
lines, has been visited by a baptism of fire
and water. A man started a fire in a sheet
iron stove last evening and left the house.
A blaze resulted and before it was stopped
five stores and dwellings combined, two
barns and an ice house were destroyed,
and the entire town would have gone had
it not been for the rain. A jewelry store
and dwelling, Bodler’s store, postoffice
and dwelling, and Holmes’s grocery store
were destroyed. The loss is $75,000 and
there is some insurance. The town is
without fire protection and wet blankets
were the only things the people had to
fight with. :
Scarcely had the excitement over the fire
subsided than the ' biggest flood ever
known in Kettle creek struck the town.
It covered all the low lands and carried
away two bridges on the Buffalo and Sus-
quehanna railroad. The tramway of the
Lackawanna Lumber company was so bad-
ly damaged that it will require a week to
put it in repair. .
= Real Estate Transfers.
The following real estate tra isfers have
heen recorded during the past week by re-
corder N. E. Robb : i
Sarah J. Eisenhuth et al. to Martha A.
Kerstetter, May 9th. 1900, 10 acres 122
perches ' in
$4¢.00." :
H. E. Smith et ux. to Thos. E. Vonada,
May 12th, 1900, 13 acres 113 perches, in
Haines Twp. Consideration $275.00
Penn Twp. Consideration
N. M. Kunes, administrator, to John.
W. Bitner, Sept. 1st, 1899, tract of wood-
land in Liberty Twp. Consideration
$27.00. fri d i : Sida ay
Joseph Evert et ux. to Jacob Kerstet-
ter, March 30th, 1891, 11 acres 4 perches
in Penn Twp. Consideration $816.62.
Jacob M. Kepler et ux. to W. B. Brown,
Oct. 26th, 1900, lot in Philipsburg. Con-
sideration $1,000. i ; :
James 8S. Resides to Elmer E. Resides,
Sept. 24th, 1898, tract of land in Boggs |
Twp. Consideration $1,00.
‘Edward C. Perkins et al., trustee, to
David Z. Frain, Nov. 13th, 1900, 11 acres
in Marion Twp. Consideration $294.25.
Philipshurg Coal and Land Company to
Jacob S. Bar zer, Sept. 20th, 1900, 46 re
in Rush Twp. Consideration $6,900.
‘Mary Nevel’s heirs to Jacob E. Nevel,
April 1st, 1880, 17 acres 57 perches in Pot-
ter Twp. Consideration $150.00.
Anna B. Hendricks to Margaret A. De-
Long, Nov. 15th, 1200, house and lot in
Liberty Twp. Consideration $200.00. |
Antonia Maconi to Elizabeth Maconi,
June 1st, 1900, 3 acres in Snow Shoe. Con-
sideration $120.00. . ,
Joseph Maconi et ux. to Antonia Ma-
coni, May 10th, 1900, 3 acres in Snow
Shoe. Consideration $1,000.
ADDITIONAL LOCALS.
——C. W. Meyer, of Centre Hall, has
gone to Tusseyville to take charge of the
skimming station there. The house he oc-
cupied near the station and which was
owned by Clem Luse has been bought
by Alfred Durst for $900 and will be oc-
cupied by C. M. Krider,of the lnmber firm
of Krider and Orwig. :
™ I SS ERA
——Mallory and Taylor, the photogra-
phers, have a fine display of artistic pie-
tures in a show window in the Brockerhoff
house. :
HET ——
——Archibishop Keane, of Dubuque,
Ia., is authority for the statement that Al-
toona will-be declared an episcopal see of
the Catholic church, with Very Rev. Dr.
P. J. Garvey, president of St. Charles
seminary, Philadelphia, as its first bishop.
ee
——~Certain changes have been made
among the employes of the Beech Creek
station at Mill Hall. J. D. Roffe has been
promoted to a position in the office at Jer-
sey Shore. F. E. Roffe will take J. D's
place. H. D. Hoover will be advanced to
F. E. Roffe’s position, and Mr. Achenbach
will take Mr. Hoover’s place.
——XRev. T. DeWitt Talmage knew ex-
actly what he was talking about when he
said : A newspaper whose columns over-
flow with ads. of business men has more in-
fluence in attracting attention to and build-
ing upa city or town than any other agency
that can he employed. People go where
there is business. Capital and labor will
locate where there is an enterprising com-
munity. No power on earth is so strong
to build up a town as a newspaper well
patronized, and its power should be ap-
preciated. :
iii eet
~—— Notwithstanding the many stories
that have gone out from this place about
the numerous deer, bears and other wild
animals that have been killed in this sec-
tion since the hunting season opened, it is
an undeniable fact that there has heen less
game captured in the county than for
many, many seasons. Six bears, and
less than two dozen deer would cover the
entire result of over two dozen organized
hunting parties, and all the one-day hnnters
who have been scouring the woods since
the first of November. And how could it
be otherwise; with poachers watching every
opportunity, whether in season or out of
it, to capture whatever they can find; with
deer-licks salted and watched through the
entire summer and fall; with bands of
hunters encamped in ever wooded patch
that lumber butchers and fires have lefs,
what chance has game of any kind to ac-
cumulate? Under present conditions it
can be huta few years, at the longest. until
there will be nothing larger than rabbits
and squirrels throughout this section to
hunt for or to he had.
—— ee
MARRIED AT<CENTRE HILL.—The mar-
riage of Wagner Geiss and Miss Ada Good-
hart was celebrated at the home of the
bride’s parents at Centre Hill, on Wednes-
day evening, at 5:30 ; the Rev. Schuyler,
of the Presbyterian church, having offi-
ciated. :
The services were very simple and unos-
tentatious, there being no maids or grooms-
men and only the closest, gelapives, of; the,
young people were present. It ‘was none:
the-less a happy event,however, for the well
wishes of a host of friends went with the
couple when they departed for a short
honeymoon.
The bride is a daughter of former county
commissioner Geo. L. Goodhart and is a
very charming and prepossassing girl, with
many accomplishments, not the least of
which is her thorough equipment for every
home duty.
The groom is a son of David Geiss, of
Centre Hall, and an exemplary young man.
For a number of years he was _ a successful
teacher in Centre county public schools,
but is now a book-keeper for E. K.Rhoads,
the coal and grain merchant. Mr. and
Mrs. Geiss will make their home in the
Harper property at the corner of High and
Thomas streets. : i
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THE BELLEFONTE NAIL WORKS GONE |
BryoND REsuMPTION Now.—Ever since
the Bellefonte nail works closed in 1887
there has been a lingering hope that some
day the plant might resume operations and
again take its old place as the most im-
portant of Bellefonte’s industries. Bus all
hope was killed on Tuesday. Killed be-
yond revival and the rattle of the machines
and the ramble of the rolls will probably
never be heard in the gap again.
The property was sold by the Common-
wealth Guarantee Trust and Safe Deposit
Co. of Harrisburg, the assignees. There
were iron men and brokers from all parts
of the State here and it was expected that
the property wonld sell at good: prices, but
it went sarprisingly low. : i !
- The buildings and machinery in the najl
mill and rolling mill were sold to Jos. G
Hitoer, representing the firm of H. A.
Hitner’s Sons, junk dealers of Philadel
phia. The machinery brought $6,100 and
the buildings that cover the machinery
$275.00. ne ; Sh ots ri
One house near the nail works was sold
to Wm. Hampton for $400. The balance
of the nail works estate, consisting ' of two
| double houses, a store building, 22 acres
of ground, was bid up to $3,500 but the
trust officer refused to let it go at thas |
price and (
Beaver’s interest in the Beaver & Hoy row |
was sold to the Hoy estate for $3,125. |
it: was withdrawn. = Gen.
Other property was put up, but the trust
officer refused to, let it go at the prices
bid. 1E iH 8
. The plant was built in 1878 at a cost of
$180,000 buat was closed down ‘in 1887, ow-
ing to financial troubles. The failure of
the nail firm greatly involved General Jas.
A. Beaver, then Governor of the State, and
later he made a general assignment to the
Commonwealth Guarantee Trust and Safe
Deposit company of Harrisburg. :
This, with the other property here and
near Mileshurg belonging to Gov. Beaver,
was offered at the assignee’s sale in front
of the court house, Tuesday afternoon at
2 o'clock. The trust officer was W. M.
Ogelsby, of Harrisburg.
ABRAHAM SNYDER.—A member of
Gregg post of this place died at his home
near Tyrone on Thursday ot heart trouble
‘and dropsy from which he had been a
sufferer for about two years. He was aged
90 years and 3 months. ' He was born
in Westmoreland county on the 22nd of
August, 1810, and after learning the trade
of puddler came to Centre county and was
employed at the Valentine iron works for
many years. Later he worked at the
Howard and Mill Hall iron works and fi-
nally retired to Stormstown where he re-
sided until May last, when he removed to
Tyrone. He is survived by his wife,
Catharine Roush Snyder, who is 88 years
old, and the following sone and daughters :
Theodore Snyder, of Texas; Mrs. Eli Wal-
iser, of Kansas; Mrs. Henrietta Keatley
and William Snyder, of Tyrone, and Dan-
iel M. Snyder, of Bellefonte. One step-
son, Alfred Hassinger, also survives and
resides at Bellefonte, and a sister, Mrs.
Kesiah Eckerd, lives at Huntingdon. De-
‘ceased was an active man and master of his
trade when in the vigor of life. He served
his conntry faithfully for four years as a
soldier -in the Ninety-third Pennsylvania
volunteers during the war, and during his
long residence in Bellefonte was a member
of Gregg post.
Rev. John A.- Wood, Jr. conducted the
funeral services Saturday morning and his
body was brought to Bald Eagle for in-
terment. :
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ANDREW HARTER.—The death on Sun-
day afternoon of the venerable Andrew
Harter, at his home 4 miles east of town,
down the Jacksonville road, was not un-
expected as his health had been failing for
some time. He was a native of this coun-
ty and was aged 77 years and 5 months.
He was a farmer held in high esteem by
his neighbors and all those who ‘were
brought in contact with him. He was
twice married, the first time to Miss Eva
Smith, who died some years ago leaving
him with a family of eight children. His
second wife’ was Miss Susan Armagast, of
Snyder county, who survives him with
their ten children.
All of his children are living. They are
Susan, of Collinsville; John, of Clinton-
dale; Ellen, of Chicago; Jennie, of Milton;
Wn. of Eagleville, Emma, of Houserville;
Jacob, Laura, Clem and Harry, of Axe
Mann; Belle, of Pleasant Gap; Elizabeth,
of Bellefonte; Samuel, of Elkhart, Ind..
and George, Albert, Cora and Edna at
home, i ¢
He was buried Wednesday morning in
the Jacksonville burying ground. ‘After
funeral services at his late home conducted
by Revs. White, of Pleasant Gap, and
Bair, of Howard.
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DE. THOMAS ROTHROCK 1S DEAD.—
After an illness that has Jasted over sever-
al years: Dri Thomas Rothrock died at his
home at Eagleville station on Wednesday
morning. Though his condition had been
hopeless on account of diabetes his final
illness was of only a few days’ duratiou.
Dr. Rothrock wa: a man of marked abil-
Ity as a physician and surgeon. In the
latter branch of his profession he probably
never had a superior in skill in this sec-
tion, though he never profited much by the
talent he possessed. Graduated from the
University of Pennsylvania in 1852 he had
been in active practice in the county to the
time of his death. He was one of the best
informed men in the county on general and
scientific subjects, being a constant reader.
Deceased was a son of the late Henry
Rothrock and was bern in Spring. town-
ship, March 19th, 1829. ‘Surviving him are
his widow and the following children :
Joseph, in Philadelphia ; Charles, in Osce-
ola ; Ambrose, in New York, and Ida at
home. His brothers David and Henry live
near Bellefonte and John ' is in Colorado.
Oue sister, Mrs. Long, of Howard, also
survives. iy
Interment will be made in the Eagleville
cemetery at 1 o’clock on Saturday after-
noon. : :
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MES. WESTON. —Mrs. Mary V. Weston,
‘of Warriors-mark, died Sunday morning in
Altoona of diabetes at the home of her
niece Mrs. Johu Fraker, where she had
‘gone ten days previous on a visit. She’
had been in failing health since spring, but
grew rapidly worse after reaching Altoona.
‘A daughter of Mrs. Jane Van Tries, she
was born ‘in Warriors-mark Jan. 23rd,
1831, In 1853 she was united in marriage
to William Weston who died five years
later. She was an earnest cbristian and a
devoted member of the Methodist Episco-
pal church. She served for more than
forty years as assistant to her mother
who was postmistress: of her native
town ‘and enjoyed the respect and
confidence of her neighbors. One brother
W. C. Van Tries, Wellsville, Kan., and a
sister Mrs. Sarah E. Clabangh, of Altoona,
survive her. She ‘was buried from her
home at Warriors-mark on Friday morning
with her pastor, Rev. Comp, officiating. -
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—Mrs Catharine McQuillen, for years
a resident of this place, died at the home
of her son Thomas in Pittsburg on Sunday
afternoon, at the age of 82 years. The
body was brought to her old home here on
Tuesday evening. On Wednesday alter-
noon the faneial took place from the home
of her nephew, Barney Gallagher, on Pine
street. Interment was made in the Cath-
olic cemetery, after services in St. John’s
church. : ;
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—— Lindley, the three-year-old son of
Mr. and Mrs. Milton R. Johnson, of Wil-
lowbank street, died with diphtheria at 4
o'clock Wednesday morning. Interment
was made in the Union cemetery the same
afternoon ab 2 o'clock,