Bellefonte, Pa., Jan. 4, 1901. P. GRAY MEEK, - : Ebrror I SE pa. Terms oF SusscerprioNn.—Until further notice this paper will be furnished to subscribers at the following rates : Paid strictly in advance........ccceeuvnneee $1.00 Paid before expiration of year.......... 1.50 Paid after expiration of year........... 2.00 A A TS 088. Is He Double Faced or Are Others Atl- tempting to Ruin Him ? It is possible that there are Republicans in Centre county who are happy over the fact that one of their Representatives—JOHN K. THoMpsoN—failed to be present and vote at the organization of the House, but it is not probable that any one will ever point with pride to the position that his act or those of others have placed him in. Mr. THOMPSON may have been too ill to be in attendance. That is a condition that could have befallen anyone. But the fact that the HASTINGS people had assurance enough in his profession to send a special train, in charge of Col. W. F. REEDER, to take him to Harrisburg to vote as an anti- QUAY, Representative and at the same ime the LOVE end of the Republican outfit, in the county, had W. E. GRAY, represent- ing him in the QUAY caucus, shows how he has been playing double with both sides of his own party, or how infamously the QuAY crowd have been misrepresenting him. : That Mr. THOMPSON has given a pledge to, and was counted on by the anti-QUAY people who elected him, is made certain by the publication of that pledge. That he gave a similar pledge to the other side, is asserted by them, although it has never been produced. « Whether he ' did or not is a question between them. If he has not ‘done so, then ‘their efforts to misrepresent and place him in a false position, is beneath the conduct of the dirtiest of political tricksters, while if he did it leaves him in a position that must end his political and business career in this county for all time. : For Mr. THOMPSON'S sake we sincerely hope that he will be able to show that it has been the dirty work of others, rather than any action of his own, that has placed him in the very unenviable place he now occupies in the estimation of the county he was elected to represent. “Principles live,” Mr. Bryan sententious- ly observes. He might have added: ‘‘Prices change,”” and ‘‘ratios are inconsistant,”” The trouble with Mr. Bryan has been that he has undertaken to pass off upon the people of the United States a mercar tile problem asa basis > political difference.— Philadelphia cord. No. The trouble with Mr. BRYAN was, the fact, that a certain class of pretended Democrats made themselves believe that “mercantile problems’’ were of more im- portance than political principles, and Mr. BRYAN and the principles went down in consequence. For the past two campaigns it has been the dollar against everything else and the dollar has won. Its bhack- ers should be satistied. It Used to Be Protection—Now It's Direct Aid from the Public Treasury. From the New York World. While Mr. Hanna was talking in the Senate the other day on the necessity of giving our merchant marine some ‘‘protec- tion’”’—as though every foreign-made article used in our ship-yards was not al- ready admitted free of duty and no for- eign-built ship admitted to American reg- istry—ex-President Harrison was out in a statement repudiating his alleged approval of Hanna’s subsidy bill. Subsidy is not e Sxogsation’” but something less justifi- able. The great Republican leaders of pre- Hanna period were all protectionists, like ‘Mr. Harrison, but not subsidists, like Mr. Hanna. John Sherman, the great pre- * decessor of Haupa, was for free “ships, but never for subsidies. Senator Morrill of Maine said, “Not a dollar for subsidies,’ Senator Chandler—the great Zach of Mich- igan—said, “You will never restore your flag to the ocean by subsidies, I care not ‘how great you make them.’’ And Senator Edmunds truly characterized subsidy as nothing but “favor to a set of men who wish to get some money out of the treas- ary.” ; Dae with Hie descendency of ‘‘commer- cialism in politics, the Republican attitu a aio es, > can attitude “Reduction Will Affect 4,000 Men. # + YOUNGSTOWN, O.; January 1.—Notices of a reduction in wages that will affect a- bout 4,000. men; were posted to-day at all of the blast furnaces in the Mahoning and Shenango Valleys. What is known as the base price is $1.90 per day to bottom tillers and helpers and the notices state that after February 1st, the base price will only be $1.65. The reduction will place the wages of the furnace men on the same basis as in March, 1890. The employes refuse to say now whether they will accept the re- duction. ; ' Bringing Home More of Our Dead. WASHINGTON; Dezember 19. —it is stat- ed that the War Department that the transport Grant which is due at San Fran- cisco about the first proximo, brings the remains of 392 officers, soldiers and civilian employes of the War Department who died in Hawaii, China or the Philippines and that there are twelve dead on the trans- port Sherman, which is due at San’ Fran- cisco on the twelfth proximo. Among the bodies on the Grant is that of young Bar- ber, the nephew of President McKinley, who recently died in the Orient. har —— Object, Not to the Cost But the Cauce. From the Lebanon Advertiser. .. . We do not object to Mr. Boutelle being put on the retired list of the navy. We have given up objecting to Republican Sciiemes and Senge ourselves nowadays to wondering w ey will next, But we do urge that he be miley on some other ground than because ‘‘he ran a Republican paper and lost all his money doing it,”’ which seems to be the chief reason urged hy his friends. ; . *TRECORD OF 1900. Review of the Chief Events of the Year. End of the Century—Diary of the South African; ar and the Startling Events In China—Degt? - tion by Fire, Storms and Accidents—Personal Political and Miscellaneous Items—A Classified Summary. The year 1900 closed a century of marvelous material development and striking social and political changes. During the last 100 years the principle of republican government has been firmly established and the liberties of people living under monarchical rule enlarged by the increase of power in the hands of representatives. By the aid of steam and electricity the civilized nations of the earth have been brought into ‘close communication, with the result that so- cial progress has been well nigh uni- versal. At the close of the nineteenth century the United States ranks second among the great world powers in point of popu- lation, whereas in 1800 it held the eighth place and was at the bottom of the list. The progress of the states in commerce, industry, education and social advance- ment has been extraordinary. FIRES. JANUARY. The Merchants and Planters’ warehouse burn- ed at Richmond; loss, $400,000. The dwelling of Joseph E. Pulitzer, editor the New York World, burned in New York; loss, $300,000. A $100,000 fire at the F. M. Davis Iron works in Denver. 13 blocks of dwellings and a famous church burned at Honolulu; 4,500 people made home- less. 11. 24. FEBRUARY, Fire caused a loss of nearly $500,000 by the destruction of two stores at Youngstown, O. At Little Rock the Dickinson Arms Co. burned out, with a loss of $150,000, An entire block of business buildings burned at Dayton, O.; loss, $500,000. Three blocks in the retail district of St. Louis partially destroyed by fire; loss about $1,000,- 1 4, 000. A $250,000 blaze at Little Rock. Loss of $250,000 by the burning of a wooden- ware plant at Escanaba, Mich. Pittsburg Glass Co.’s works damaged to the extent of $135,000 by fire. $500,000 loss by the burning of the Novelty Straw works, Philadelphia. The Metropolitan hotel and a business block burned at Birmingham, Ala.; loss, $160,000. The Masonic temple and other properties burned at London, Ont.; loss nearly $2,000,000. A $200,000 fire at Minetto, a suburb of Os- wego, N. Y. A department store and other properties burn- ed at Newark, N. J.; loss, $500,000. MARCH. A $400,000 fire in the business district of Youngstown, O. 7. Loss of $300,000 by the burning of Shoneman’s dry goods store in Philadelphia. 40 buildings burned at Lead, S. D.; loss, $500,000. The famous Theatre Francais burned in Paris. 12. Loss of $150,000 by fire at Omaha. The county courthouse burned at Clarksville, Tenn. ; loss, $125,000. 14. Davenport, !a., suffered a loss of $150,000 by fire. A clothing manyfactory burned at Indianapolis; loss, $150,000. Fire destroyed a tobacco warehouse at Miamis- burg, O.; loss, $150,000. The Mohawk Valley hotel and Opera House block burned at Mohawk, N. Y.; loss, $100,000. , Cotton compress burned at Port Gibson, Miss. ; loss, $100,000. Flames destroyed Moore’s wire factory in Philadelphia; loss, $300,000. Clinton Liberal institute burned at Fort Plain, N. Y.; loss, $100,000. The Columbia theater burned in Chicago; loss nearly $200,000. cl wi . . APRIL. ins 2. A $500,000 fire at Newport, Ark. 4. A $100,000 fire at Orange, N. J. Convention hall, the intended meeting place for the national Democratic convention, and other buildings burned in Kansas City; loss, $400,- 6. 8. 15. 26. 27. 1. 8 16. 000. 6. The physical laboratory of Lehigh university, at Bethlehem, burned; loss, $300,000. A $200,000 fire at Ballston Spa, N. Y. 8. Horne & Co.’s dry goods store burned in Pittsburg; loss, $500,000. 9. Fire swept over 9 acres of ground in Brooklyn, destroying stables, lumber yards and factories; loss, $800,000. Fire destroyed 2,000 buildings and $15,000,000 worth of property at Ottawa and Hull, Canada. MAY. 6. A $1,000,000 fire on the Mallory line pier in New York city. : 7. Loss of $300,000 by the burning of the piers and sheds of the Jersey Storage Co. at Con- stable Hook, New York harbor. Furniture factory and 40 houses burned at At- lanta; loss, $130,000. 13. A $175,000 fire in the central portion of Cam- den, N. J. 16. Fire destroyed a large portion of the business center of (ireenwich, Conn. ; loss, $400,000. JUNE. 3 80. The docks of the North German Lloyds and the ocean steamers Saale, Bremen and Main burned; deaths, 302; property loss, $10,000,000. JULY. 15. Principal business portion of Prescott, A. T., burned; loss over $1,000,000. A $100,000 fire at Newcastle, Cal. AUGUST. 4. Fire destroyed $1,000,000 worth of property in the lumber district of Ashland, Wis. The Kelly Ax Manufacturing Co.’s plant at Alexandria, Ind., destroyed by fire; loss, $800,- b 26. 19. SEPTEMBER. Narragansett Pier swept by flames: loss over $400,000. 2 Disastrous fire at Spring Lake, N. J.; loss, 12, 20, $850,000. 21. Nunda, Ills., wiped out by fire. 4 OCTOBER. . Port’ Limon, Costa Rica, nearly fire; Joss about $2,000,000. § . Hinman & Co.’s packing house burned at St. Paul; loss, $450,000: 4 firemen killed and many injured, ! ; . Fireland explosion destroyed Tarrant & Co.’s drug. warehouse in New York; 43 people killed destroyed by : and missing and over 100 injured; property | loss about $1,500,000. % - NOYEMBER. 6. The’ Press-Knickerbocker-Express, a very old newspaper, burned out at Albany; loss. $135.- hy 9. Biloxi, Miss., swept by fire; 7.000 people made homeless and $300,000 worth of property de- stroyed, including 800 buildings. © © © © + The car barns of. the Norfolk (Va.) Street Railway Cu. burned: loss. $150,000, 4 burned to death.and many injured, 3 fatal- ly, ‘in a fire at the Gifford House, Poplar Bluffs, Mo. 5 : The, Virginia College For Young Women at Roanoke, Va.. buried, * The" business section of Philippi, W. Va., swept by fire: loss nearly %1.000,000. 7 deaths in burning of the McGonigal House at Oswayo, Pa. > : DECEMBER. 4 : 20 concerns burned out in, Frankfort, Ky.; loss; $250,000. 4 i The ‘Saxton block in Canton, O., destroyed by fire; loss, $300,000. i i A Prospect hall, devoted to the use of secret so- cieties and the largest building of the kind in the borough of Brooklyn, destroyed by fire; loss on the building over $300,000. .. . . 14. 7 deaths in the burning of the State Normal school at Fredonia, N. Y. 11. 12. 14. 17. 18, & CHINA. Leading Events In the Boxer Upris- % ing. ag MAY. 8, Missionaries in China cabled appeals to Presi- dent McKinley for armed. protection. a i ES . The Botes, or Chinése rebels, began their march toward Peking. American, British, German, Italian, Russian 5 and Japanese troops ordered to guard the lgga- | go tions in Peking. JUNE. Empress of China ordered the foreign office not to suppress the Boxers. 5. Fighting began at Taku, In. 4. at Peking, killed by the Boxers. International forces attacked Tien-tsin. 17. Chinese forts at Taku on being summoned to surrender to the allied fleet opened fire; Rus- sian, British, French, German and Japanese ships replied; the American commander, Ad- miral Kempff, refused to join in the summons or the bombardment; the forts surrendered. Wild riots of Boxers in Peking. 18. Gen. MacArthur ordered to send troops to China and Admiral Kempff directed to act concurrently with other nations for the pro- tection of American interests. Baron von Ketteler, German minister to China, killed by the Chinese troops and mob in Pe- king. Major Waller's marines ambushed while on the road to Tien-tsin. The allies, 2,000 strong, captured Tien-tsin. The Chinese minister, Wu, at Washington asked for an armistice, which was rcfused. Gen. Adna R. Chaffee appointed to command the American troops in the allied army oper- ating in China. The international relief column under Admi- ral Seymour returned to Tien-tsin after mak- ing a desperate fight to reach Peking; casual- ties, 62 killed and 300 wounded. Battle at Tien-tsin; 7,000 Chinese killed; British Admiral Seymour wounded; foreign ministers ordered to leave Peking, but refused; arsenal at Tien-tsin captured by the allies. JULY. Chinese renewed the attack upon the allies at Tien-tsin. Heavy bombardment of the native city of Tien-tsin by the allies. 8. United States defined its policy with regard to China to be the restoration of order. 4, Two attacks on Tien-tsin repulsed. 21. 23. 25. 26. 28. 9. Japanese captured the Chinese arsenal at Tien- tsin. 13. ‘Allies repulsed at Tien-tsin; the American commander, Col. E. H. Liscum, killed. 14. Native walled city of Tien-tsin captured by the allies and afterward burned. 20. China appealed to Japan, France and the United States to intercede in her behalf with the powers. Chinese routed by the Russians on the Amur. AUGUST. S. Allied army advanced from Tien-tsin toward Peking. 5. Stubborn battle between allies and Chinese at Peitsang. 3 6. Yang-tsun, an important point on the road t Peking, captured by the allies. 13. Peking entered by the allies after a battle at the gates. SEPTEMBER. . 23. American troops ordered withdrawn from China. : OCTOBER. ! 13. Paoting-Fu captured by 7,000 allies sent ou from Peking. 15. The Chinese reformers under Sun Yat Sen captured the town of Kiu Shan, on East river; 200 imperial troops killed. «21. The Anglo-German alliance to maintain the integrity of China announced. The state department announced the indorse- ment by the United States of the Anglo-Ger- man agreement as to preserving the integrity of China and the “‘open door.” { DECEMBER. 11. Hosiwu, between Tien-tsin and Peking. 13. to drive out the foreigners. WAR IN SOUTH AFRICA. JANUARY. : Boer attack on Ladysmith; heavy fighting and casualties. 17. the Tugela west of Colenso to turn the Boer position. British attack at Spion Kop. . Kop. FEBRUARY. Buller’s army again crossed the Tugela to the relief of Ladysmith; heavy fighting at Pot- gieter's drift, Heavy fighting on the Tugela river line. Buller’s army recrossed the Tugela after sharp fighting. Gen. Roberts’ column entered the Orange Free State and began the movement for flank- ing the Boers on Modder river. 16. guard of Roberts’ column. Beginning of a 4 days’ desperate fight on the Modder river between Roberts’ troops and the Boers under Cronje. Gen. Cronje surrendered his army to Roberts at Paardeberg. 18. 21. MARCH. Gen. Buller reached Ladysmith, ‘which had been abandoned by the Boers. The British crown announced in parliament that the independence of the South African republics would not be conceded in the event of the Boers stopping the war. Lord Roberts occupied Bloemfontein, capital of the Orange Free State. Gen. Louis Botha appointed commander in chief of the Transvaal forces. APRIL. British sortie at Mafeking repulsed. 1 ‘4. 80. 2, 3. Boers at Thabanchu and 7 guns taken; casual- ties, 370. Col. de Villebois Mareuill, the noted French ally ot the Boers, killed in action at Boshof. 5 companies of British railway guards captured by the Boers at Bethani. Wepener relieved, the Boers under -De Wet moving rapidly northward, 4 President Kruger issuea a proclamation order- ing all British subjects to leave the Transvaal. ’ MAY. : troops crossed the Vaal and Vet 26. 80. 7. Roberts’ rivers. President Kruger called all the Boers of the Transvaal to take up arms. President Steyn abandoned Kroonstadt and es- tablished the capital of the Orange Free State at Lindley. B 18. Kroonstadt. the second capital of. the Orange Free State, occupied by British troops. 18. Relief of Mafeking effected by the British. 23. Bethune's mounted infantry trapped near Vry- heid. in Natal; 66 casualties, = Roberys’ army began the actual invasion of Transvaal territory in force. 2 Johanneshurg occupied by British troops and the flag of England raised over the public buildings. 5 11. 27. i , JUNE. ’ British flag hoisted over Pretoria. Boers destroyed an entire British battalion at Roodwal. y Battle between Roberts and Botha east of ’ Pretoriac . ~ 4 15. President Kruger transferred the seat of the . Transvaal government to Alkmaar. Sei ULV. ; Boers cap‘ured 2 guns and 200 Scots Greys and Lincolnshire men at Nitral's nek. Sharp fighting at several points in the Trans. vaal. oF 20. The Boer general, Prinsloo, surrendered un- conditionally, turning over 1,000 smen of the 5,000 in his command. OCTOBER. A force of 250 Boers surprised and capturc3 Jacobsdal, near Kimberley. r Gen. Knox's force engaged the Boers under De Wat on Vaal river. ; NOVEMBER. ; The British forces cf Gen. Smith-Dorien en- gaged the Boers under De Wet 50 miles north- west of Kroonstadt and captured 8 guns; the Boers lost 23 killed, 80 wounded and 100 cap- Boers captured Dewetsdorp, Orange Free State, taking 2 guns and 400 prisoners. _ DECEMBER. 8 Gen. De Wet, with 5,000 Boers, attacked and partially destroyed a British convoy between Pretoria and Rustenberg. Desperate fight at Nooitgedacht, Transvaal, between Gen. Clements’ British force and the Boers under Delarey. , Lie 6. 7 1. 1. 20. oi The allies defeated a large force of Boxers at: Hongkong placarded with incendiary appeals The left wing of Gen. Buller’s army crossed . Gen. Buller retired the left wing of his army south of the Tugela after abandoning Spion: The siege of Kimberley raised by the advance’ Col. Broadwood’s command ambushed by the i "14. Sugiyama, chancellor of the Japanese legation | POLITICAL AND PERSONAL. JANUARY. . A loving cup made of 72,000 dimes presented to Admiral Dewey at Washington. 29. British parliament met. : ? ‘MARCH. The financial bill signed by the president. APRIL. M. 8. Quay’s appointment to the U. S. senate from Pennsylvania adversely voted upon by that body. ? s 24. MAY. Gen. Otis relieved from the command of the » army of the Philippines by Gen. MacArthur. 10. The Populist convention at Sioux Falls nom- inated W, J. Bryan for president and Charles A. Towne of Minnesota for vice president; the Middle of the Road Populist convention at Cincinnati nominated Wharton Barker for president and Ignatius Donnelly for vice pres- ident. ; Senator . William A. Clark of Montana an- nounced his resignation from the senate. Total eclipse of the sun. JUNE. Maj. Gen. Nelson A. Miles commissioned lieu- tenant general. Gen. Joseph Wheeler commissioned brigadier general in the regular army. McKinley and Roosevelt nominated at Phila- delphia by acclamation. President Mcliinley proclaimed immunity for the past and liberty of action for the future for the Filipinos. JULY. 5. . William Jennings Bryan unanimously nomi- nated for president by the Democratic na- tional convention at Kansas City. Continued on page 74% A Few Subsidy Facts. From the New York Journal. Why should we pay a few wealthy gentle- men $9,000,000 a year—$180,000,000 in twenty years—for running ships? The scheme is urged on the ground, among others, that we are paying foreigng ship owners $150,000,000 a year for carryin- freights, all of which ought to be transfer- ted to American pockets. The Engineer ing News accuiately exposes this pretence. Assuming that the figures are correct the greater part ' of the $150,000 000 paid for freight goes for running expenses of the vessels. These would not be affect- ed by any subsidy. The coal. provisions and other suppiies brought inthis country now would continue to be bought here if we hired ship owners to put their vessels under our flag and they would continue to be bought abroad unless our merchants ‘would sell the goods cheaper. The Subsidy bill purports to require wages to be paid to American seamen, but its requirement that one-forth of the crews of subsidized ships must be Ameri- “cans can be suspended at convenience, no ‘change need be expected under that head. The fact is sufficient to show what the wages pretence amounts to. Insurance premiums would not be alter- ed by any provision of the bill. There remains only the item of profits to owners. Americans collect a large share | of those now. They own 300,000 tons of foreign shipping. Their profits comes here, and they could not do more than come here if the Government added a pres- ent from the Treasury. The only subsidies Great Britain pays are direct compensation to certain specified lines for carrying the mails to foreign countries and to British colonies all over the world, and for providing auxiliary cruisers built in accordance with naval re- quirements. For these purposes she pays $5,851,525, which amounts to an average rate of 57 cents per ton on her entire ccean- going steam marine of 10,993,111 tons. ‘Germany pays $1,891,620, which, for her ocean-going steam marine of 1,625,521 tons, amounts to an average rate of $1.19 per ton. : We are now paying under our existing mail subsidy law $998,211 tons, which for our ocean going steam marine of 818,800 tons averages $1.23 per ton. Under the proposed §9,- 000,000 arrangement our payments would average over $11 per tou, or more than twenty times the British rate. Of course, averages are misleading. The British pay certain vessels for doing certain work. Ninty-seven per cent. of their shipping receives no Government as- sistance at all. ‘We purpose to pay every ship that will hoist our flag, whether it renders any service to us or not. i The Hamburg-American Line, the great- est steamship combination in the world, has been built up entirely without sub- sidies. This single corporation owns ninety-five steamers aggregating 515,628 tons, or about 50 per cent more than the entire steam tonnage of the United States registered in the foreign trade. : The Difference is In Where it Goes. From the Freeport, Ill., Bulletin. | : They have a window tax in Great Brit- ain which is unpopular with taxpayers; ‘but those who pay it have the satisfaction ‘of knowing that it goes to defray the cost ‘of government and of the protection afford- 5 to life and property. The window tax ‘in this country is not paid to the on bt m th et taxpi ‘into pocket of the glass trust. The people not only have to pay for the cost of govern- ment, but the government c<mpels them to pay extra taxation for the sole benefit of the trusts. ADDITIONAL LOCALS. THE DEATH RECORD.—Among the many names of persons well known in this com- munity which’ were added to the great ma- jority during the holiday season, was that of C. Ira Krebs, of Salt Lake City, Utah, who died there in St. Mark’s hospital on the evening of the 23rd of Bright's disease. typhoid fever from which be never fully recovered his health. In July he was home to Pine Grove Mills. on account of the se- rious illness of his father, the late Levi Krebs, and although apparently well at the time he was just out of the hospital. Soon after returning to Salt Lake he bioke down again, for the last time as it proved, and was obliged to re-enter the hospital. His older brother, Luther, who isa civil engineer on the Oregon Short Line was with him during his last illness and his uncle, former judge D. L. Krebs, of Clear- field, and his wife, who cared for him as a son, were with him four days previous to his death. = kk irs Fe was the third son of Levi and Mar- garet Goss Krebs and was born at the Krebs homestead in Ferguson, township Feb. 8th, 1863. After acquiring a good education he went to Clearfield county where he studied law and was admitted to the bar. In ’91 he went to Salt Lake City Three years ago he had a severe attack of | to practice and his career there was one of continued advancement His holy arriv- ed at Pine Grove Mills on Saturday even- ing and was taken to the home of his broth- er D. C. Krebs from whence the funeral was held on Monday morning, at ten o'clock. « His death was the fourth in the Krebs family since July and the eighth in the last two years. J The following. paragraph we took from the notice of his death in the Salt Lake Tribune Dec. 24th. ‘“‘Mr. Krebs enjoyed to a marked degree the respect and esteem of all with whom he came in contact, and his death will be in the nature of a personal bereavement to hundreds of people in Salt Lake, whose re- gard for him has increased as their acquaint- ance grew older. He was a bright and prom- ising. young lawyer, well versed in his pro- fession, and possessing an unusual amount of general information for one of his years. He was a man of the best morals and a thorough Christian gentleman, a prominent member of the First Presbyterian church of Salt Lake, a valuable singer in the church choir, and ever foremost in Christian work and Chris- tian charities. With all his high morals he was not in any sense'other than a splendid specimen of upright manhood, truthful, hon- est, sincere and courageous, firm in his con- victions, generousin his judgments and typi- fying in his life all that is noblest and best.”’ I I Il A SAD DearH. —The death of Mrs. Myrtle Bullock Williams, wife of J. Harry Williams, of this place, in the hospital at Williamsport; on Friday morning last, was sad indeed. She was young, vivacious, most energetic and always cheery even with discouragements and sickness, Six weeks ago she went to Williamsport to be under the care of Dr. Crozier in the hospit- al. An operation performed the day she arrived there disclosed the fact that she was in a critical condition with an abscess on the intestines. Peritonitis followed and she suffered intensely. Several weeks ago -the family physician went down to bring her home but he found her so ill that it was impossible to do so. After that her friends were under the impression that she was improving and they were not noti- fied of her death until after her body had been at the undertaker’s for almost a half a day. i Mrs. Williams was a daughter of Jona- than Bullock, of Milesburg, where she was born June 16th, 1874. In early girlhood she joined the Baptist church and since her marriage to J. Harry Williams has made her home here, whereshe was well known. She is survived by her husband, her father, a sister, Mrs. Thomas Faxon, of this place, ward, of Mileshurg. Her body was brought here Saturday at- ternoon and taken to the home of her fath- er-in-law, S. H. Williams, from where the funeral was held on Monday ‘afternoon at 2 o'clock. The services were conducted by the Rev. W. P. Shriner, of the Metho- dist church. Interment was nade in the Union cemetery. free il Il ANNA CoNROY’S DEATH.—Anna, the bright little daughter of Mrs. Mary Jen- nings Conroy, died at her home near the Bellefonte Furnace on the afterncon of New Year’s day, after and illness of about three weeks with dropsy that effected the heart. She was a lovable, promising little girl and her death is a sad bereavement to the mother who was so recently called upon to mourn the loss of her husband, the late James Conroy. is : Anna was born Feb. 19th, 1889, and was being educated in the parochial schools, where she displayed marked ability. The mother and sisters Catharine and Marie and brothers Fenton and William survive her. : Interment will be made this morning in St. John’s Catholic cemetery. I I Ih SUDDEN DEATH IN SUGAR VALLEY.— Cyrrenius Rhone owner and operator of a saw mill near Loganton died suddenly Saturday morning. Mr. Rhone was in his mill when taken ill. with heart trouble and only lived a short time after- wards. He was 29 years of age and is sur- vived by his wife but no children. His mill was located on the Houtz and Barner tract about a wile and a half from Logan- ton. Interment was made at Strawberry Ridge near Danville on Monday. lx ei] tn nlf 1H | “Mrs. Lucy Burns, aged 70 years, of Taylor township, died on Saturday from the effects of falling off the porch of the ‘home of Mrs. John McGuire; at Chester ‘Hill, several days previous. She had gone to visit the McGnires and as they were all ‘out at the barn when she arrived some one. helped the old lady up onto the porch, but when the family arrived on the scene she .was lying . unconscious at the foot of the steps; having fallen «down in some way. interment was made at Tuesday. |, .iveh dio 8 TE ——Capt. John Beck, a former citizen of Halfmoon township, this county, and Mt. Pleasant on since the close of the war a resident of the State of Kansas, died at his home near Fort Seott, on the 29th ult. = He was captain of Company E, 45th Pennsylvania troops, and served during the entire war, being a pris- oner the last year of the conflict. He was 57 years of age and leaves a number of rel- ‘atives ‘and friends in the upper end of this county. aw iia wight eliotn oll villa uals ier ——A veteran in journalism passed away when David Over Esq., of Hollidaysburg died. His death occurred on Friday after- ‘noon of last week, after an illness of long ‘duration. He was 76 years old and had been editor of the Hollidayshurg Register All fll 2c lon ——A widow and four children survive for 32 years. 'F. J. Allen, who died with consumption at his home at Mill Hall on Tuesday of last week. i and three brothers, Louis, Forest and Ed- | Her body was taken home on Sunday and | LOWELL A. SMITH. —The death of Lowell A. Smith at his home at Pine Grove Mills, on Friday the 21st alt; was" not unexpected for he had been suffering with -an -ineurable disease for months. Last spring he went to:Philadelphia and | was examined by the most noted specialist in the city, who, after making an incision, discovered that a sarcoma was growing on the intestines which could not be removed. Lowell returned home, knowing that his days were numbered, but cheerfully and bravely he was about all sammer uatil af- ter the election. That day he insisted on | going out to vote for his near friend J. Will Kepler and the ticket in which he was always interested. Soon after, though, he was obliged to give up, for he failed so rapidily. He was. born in Ferguson township 26 years ago and was the youngest son of the late Henry R. Smith, who died five years ago. He was so genial and pleasant that every one liked him and as a traveling salesman he was most popular. He wasa member of the Lutheran church and an upright honorable man. He is survived by his devoted and sorrowing mother and the following sisters'and brothers Emma, of Illinois; Ella, at ‘home; Mrs. Alexander, Michael and Emanuel, of Potters Mills; John and William, of Spring Mills; and Luther, of Johnstown. His body was taken to the home of his brother, Emanuel, at Potters Mills, on Sat- urday, where funeral services were held ‘on Monday. Interment was made in the Tusseyville church yard by the side of his father. ll I ll MRS. ALEXANDER McCoy.—Mrs. Em- ma Wilson McCoy died at her home in Potters Mills at 8:30 o'clock Monday morn- ing; her illness had been uninterrupted since early last fall. She was the daughter of Samuel Wilson, of Boalsburg, and was born at that place fifty-seven years ago. Her education was obtained at the Boals- burg Academy and a finishing school in Philadelphia. In 1869 she was married to Alexander McCoy, of Potters Mills, who survives her with the following children : Samuel, of Jersey Shore; Mrs. Agnes Potts, wife of Dr. Potts, of Petersburg, and Frank at home. She also leaves two sisters, namely, Mrs. Jane Laird, Bellwood, and Mrs. Susan Hahn, of DuBois. The funeral took place Thursday morn- ing at 10 o'clock. Services were held at the McCoy residence conducted by Revs. Christian, Schuyler and Kershner. Inter- ment at Centre Hill. I ll Il HENRY 8S. VAN TRies.—Henry 8S. Van Tries died suddenly of heart failure at his residence in Altoona, on Saturday evening, Dec. 23rd, in the 78th year of his age. He was the youngest brother of the late Samuel Van Tries, of Bellefonte and the last sur- viving member of his father’s family. His wife died some fifteen years ago. - They left one gon Harry S. Jr., of Altoona. Mr. Van Tries was by profession a watchmaker and jeweler, and was conceded by those who knew him to be one of the most skillful mechanics in Central Penna. Mr. Van Tries was also an accomplished musician, being able to play upon almost any instrument. Some forty years ago he was the leader of the then celebrated Van Tries Cornet band of Hollidaysburg, Pa., in which town he lived for more than fifty years. Bodie B Mrs. KEELER.—Mrs. Fietta Keeler, wife of Wallace Keeler, died at her home on south Allegheny street Saturday morn- ing after a long illness of asthma and beart trouble. Her maiden name was Gordon and she was born in Union county 50 years and 5 months ago. She is sur- vived by her husband and six children, ‘Mrs. Newton Haupt, Maize, John F., Wil- liam, George and Harry, all of this place. Funeral services were held Monday after- noon by the Rev. T. W. Perks, of the U. B. church, followed by interment in the Union cemetery. I I Gi ——A. Sherman Bierly died at his home in Loganton, on Wednesday morning, with typhoid fever. He was 23 years old and a ‘most exemplary young man. Deceased had ‘nursed a friend during an attack of typhoid and when the latter died he was prostrated himself. He was well on ‘the way to re- ‘covery when he suffered a relapse and died. ‘Mr. Bierly was vice president of the local ‘society of Christian Endeavor of which his friend ‘who died, W. W. Mizener, was president. Burial will be made this after- en it Teint Bf’ SHE a { o1 sliridlgge molly sis —— Mrs. Annie Leitzel Mattern died sud- denly at her home in Warriors-mark on the ‘morning of Jan. 1st. She had been ill only about 24 hours with inflammation of the bowels and all that medical skill could do ‘was done tosave her, but without avail. ‘She was the wife of David Mattern and was about 40 years old, during much of her life she had been a steadfast member of the Methodist church. Interment was made in Gray’s cemetery in Halfmoon valley yesterday. : i Rag ou pel rod eu . ——While sitting in his chair, just after finishing hie breakfast, on Tuesday morn- ing, Abner Edminston, of Mill Hall, aged 73, suddenly expired. About a year ago he had one of his feet amputated and ever since that time had been troubled - with dropsy, that finally caused his death. He was a veteran on the civil war and is sur- vived by a widow. fo Ger Feist oye spine sual ——A little daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Bowes, aged three years, .of Half- moon hill, died Monday evening and was buried Wednesday afternoon.
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