© the Re EIS A AC 4 A A CAR EE TR A A EP Th A PR Rm RF FAR RT Shave ER
for their output from three to six months
naturally rule firm. Few
| actual advances are recorded, but there is
expectation of a higher figure soon for Bess-,
emer pig iron, while ramos are numer
as to a rise in billets, plates and structural
All these lines show a brisk
demand. Wire nails and barbed wire were
P. GRAY MEEK, - - - ~ EDITOR |
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advanced $2 per ton, owing to heavy orders
Terms or SusscriprTion.—Until further notice | from the West, and it is expected that the
this paper will be furnished to subscribers at the | few mills still idle, will shortly resume.
following rates :
Paid strictly in advance...........ce.....
Paid before expiration of year.
Paid after expiration of year
Activity in Texas oil fieldshas an influence
on the sales of pipes and tanks. Wages
are in a fair way to be satisfactorily adjust-
ed at Valley furnaces; the reduction agreed
== | upon is less than originally announced.
Democratic County Committee for 1901. | Export orders decrease, and the Russian
Jonx J. Bower, Chairman,
Wu. J. Singer, Secretary.
armor plate contract may not go to an
American, although his terms were the
best.
Assistant Secretaries,
Joux C. Rowe Tnos. J. SEXTON,
EMERY ZERBY.
Precinct. Name. P. 0. Address.
Bellefonte NW Jno. Trafford Bellefonte
& S WP. H. Gerrity. %
£6 W W Geo. R. Meek, $
Centre Hall Boro J.D. Dauberman, Centre Hall
Howard $s Abe Weber, Howard
Milesburg George Noll, Milesburg
Millheim ** F. P. Musser, Millheim
Philipsburg 1st W J W Lukens Philipsburg
£ 2nd W Ed. J. Jones, .
. ard W A. J. Graham, lt
S. Philipsburg * Harry C. Wilcox, Philipsburg
State College Boro Jno. I. Robinson State ollege
Unionville *¢ Geo. W. Rumberger, Fleming
Benner Twp. N P J. F. Grove, Bellefonte
* S P John Ishler, i]
Boggs Twp. N PW. E, Brown, Yarnell
$5 E P J. H. Lyman, Roland
46 W P Joseph W. Folmer, Milesburg
Burnside Twp. Maynard Meeker, Pine Glenn
College ** I. J. Dreese, Lemont
Curtin 5 D. B. DeLong. Romola
Ferguson “E P Wm. H Fry, Pine Grove Mills
2 «W P Samuel Harpster, Gatesburg
Gregg Twp. N P Geo. F. Weaver, Penns Cave
te E P Frank Fisher, Penn Hall
v i W P William Pealer, Spring Mills
Haines Twp. » P, Clymer H. Stover, aaronsburg
“
i P M. O. Stover. Woodward
Half Moon Twp. J. P. Sebring, Loveville
Harris 4 R. S. Ishler, Boalsburg
Howard bid Robert Conter, Howard
Huston John Murphy Julian
Liberty 4 E. W. Gardner, Rlanchard
Marion te J. W. Orr, Walker
Miles Twp EP Wm. H. Zeigler, Wolfes Store
4 M P Jno. N. Moyer, Rebersburg
£8 W P HKdward Miller, Centre Mills
Patton Twp. D. L. Meek, Waddle
Penn et Austin B. Meyer, Coburn
Potter “ S P S.A. McClintic, Centre Hall
** “ N P 0.K. Keller, Centre Hall
Rush “ N P Wm. Frank, Philipsburg
« § P John J. Wayne, Osceola Mills
Snow Shoe EP Martin McLaughlin, Snow Shoe
$ W P Wm. Kerin Moshannon
Spring Twp. N PA, V. Hamilton, Bellefonte
4 § P James J. Corl, Pleasant Gap
“ W P Bruce Garbrick, Bellefonte
Taylor Twp. J. T. Merryman, Hannah
Union ** Samuel Emerick, Fleming
Walker Twp E P 8. Peck, Nittany
§¢ M P J.D. Miller, Hublersburg
4 W P S. H. Shaffer, Zion
Worth “ P. W. Young, Port Matilda
Little Hope for a Congressman.
Should the congressional apportionment
hill that is now before the Legislature pass
that body and meet the Governor’s ap-
proval the hopes of the Centre county
Democracy of furnishing any more Mem-
bers for the lower House of Congress will
be reduced to a minimun.
The 28th district, of which Centre
county is now a part, has become so fairly
debatable in political complexion that the
election of any candidate is only accom-
plished by the exertion of much energy
i}. Boot and shoe shops receive more orders,
and although quotations are nominally un-
changed many makers refuse new contracts
without a small advance.
tendency is so general that purchasers are
eager to do business at the current level.
Retail dealings in rubber footwear were in-
creased for a time by the first snowfall in
this vicinity, but wholesale trade was not
helped by the reduction in prices.
A sudden icerease in sales of wool at the
markets to 5,412,000
pounds, against 2,893,400 in the previous
week, does not appear significant.
such an unsuvally dull season some recov-
ery was in order.
Stocks held stubbornly, though trading
London at last turned a buy-
er on balance, and bonds were in strong re-
three chief eastern
Commercial failures in January were 1,-
242 in number and $11,220,811 in amount,
against 989 last year for $10,304,464. The
increase was mainly in manufacturing
branches, with 254 defaults for $4,700,984-
against 163 for $3,194,233 in 1900. Trad-
ing failures were exceptionally light; al-
though numbering 948 against 796 last year,
liabilities were but $5,311,804 against 6,-
079,045. Brokerage, real estate and other
failures numbered 40. with an indebted-
ness of $1,508,023, compared with 30 last
vear for $1,031,186. There were eight
banking and financial bankruptcies for $1,-
070,857. After deducting the fifteen fail-
ures for over $100,000 each, it appears that
the other 98.8 per cent. of the total num-
ber averaged only $5,698 liabilities for each,
which is the most satisfactory showing for
any January since these records were be-
In the light of heavy failures at the
close of last year it is most encouraging to
find that there is a decrease in liabilities of
$4,034,307 compared with the December
figures, with notably lighter defaults in
manufacturing, where distress was most
England Sends More Troops to Africa.
War Office Decides to Re-enforce Lord Kitchener
With 30,000 Mounted Soldiers.
Raid. His Forces Damage a Train of British
Transport Wagons at Pompey's Siding—Smith-
Dorrien Holds Lake Charisse.
DeWet Makes a
LoNpoN, Feb. 7.—The following an-
nouncement has been issued by the War
“In view of the recent Boer activity in
the Government has
decided, in addition to the large forces re-
cently equipped locally in South Africa, to
various directions,
and the expenditure of large sums of mon- | reinforce Lord Kitchener by 30,000 mount-
ey. Yet the Democrate have managed to | ed troops beyond those already landed in
win a fair proportion of the victories and | Cape Colony. Recruiting for the Imperial
in them Centre county has shared.
Under Yeomanry has proceeded so rapidly that it
is anticipated 10.000 will shortly be avail-
the proposed new apportionment, however, | gple.
Clearfield and Centre are to he cut off from
‘“The South African mounted: constabu-
Elk, Forest and Clarion and tacked on to lary, including those enlisted in the colo-
Jefferson, thus forming a district that will
nies, may be relied upon to extend to 8,000,
and the new colonial contingents to re-
be almost hopelessly ‘Republican, as will | place those withdrawn will probably reach
be shown by the vote for Congress in the | 5000.
various counties for the following years.
1896, Republican 1896, Democratic
4741 6063
Jefterson..
17519
which shows a majority of 3481 for the Re-
TROOPS WILL SOON SAIL FOR AFRICA.
“The remainder of the force will he made
up of cavalry and mounted infantry from
the home establishment. The enlistment
of volunteers to replace those that have al-
ready served a year in South Africa is also
being proceeded with. Arrangements have
publican candidates when ROBBINS Was | heen made for the prompt equipment and
elected over BLYHOLDER in the Jefferson | transportation of the force. The first con-
district and ARNOLD over SPANGLER in | Signment will leave on the Aurania Febh-
this district.
ruary 9th.”
General Kitchener, in a despatch from
Two years later, in 1898, the same | Pretoria, dated Tuesday, February 5th,
counties gave the following results :
Republican
Centre... ....... .....s 3501 :
Clearfield. . 5588
Jefferson......c.cvccversmnrme 4159
13248
SUMMERS M. JACK was then elected
says : ‘‘Smith-Dorrien has occupied Lake
Democratic | Charisse; French ig driving back the ene-
4438
my to Amsterdam; DeWet’s force is still
north of Thaban Chu. ' His men damaged
a train of transport wagons at Pompeys
Siding, this morning.” ; =r 1.
In a memorandum issued to the troops
over JACOB R. SPIEGEL in the Jefferson | under his command at Aldershot, Gen.
district and J. K. P. HALL over W. C. Buller, referring to the British army in
ARNOLD in this district. Even the result
South Africa, criticizes the lack of initia-
tive and independeuce of action shown by
shows a Republican majority of 504, when | subordinate commanders, and refers to the
in Centre and Clearfield counties an ex- | independent; intelligent action on: the part
ceptionally strong Democrat was pitted of the rank and file. As regards artillery,
against a weak ‘Republican, while the nor-
mal Republican majority
county was greatly reduced.
the battlefield, in many cases the action of
Jefferson | batteries being paralyzed by awaiting the
orders of a brigade or division commander,
Last fall conditions were more favorable | Many favorable opportunities heing there-
for Republican success and the total majori-
ty they rolled up on the congressional vote
in Jefferson, Clearfield and Centre counties
was 2901.
hy missed.
BOER RAIDERS CUT THE RAILROAD LINE.
LORENZO MARQUES, Feb. 6.—The rail-
road has been cut by the Boers fifty-three
These figures would indicate that there | kilometers (twenty-seven miles) from here.
could be but slight hope of elegting any
Democrat in any of the three counties to “Post” to-day
BLOEMFONTEIN, Tuesday, Feb. 5.—The
blishes a ‘passionate appeal
Congress. It has often been suggested that | from ‘Piet De'Wet, chairman of the Peace
former Governor DANIEL H. HASTINGS be | Commission, to his brother, Christian, to
sent to Congress and who can say that this Surrendeyy
new apportionment might not prove the
CAPE Tow, Feb, 6.—The Bond leaders
silver lining to the cloud that the QUAY- | are willing and strongly urge the Boers to
ITES threw over him at Harrisburg early in surrender, provided the British offer those
January. He controls his party organiza- in the field the following terms, namely,
tion in Centre county and could probably
that after giving up arms all shall be al-
lowed to return to their farms and the
win out in a fight for the endorsement of | rebels shall not be punished.
Clearfield for nomination, thus making his
Prominent burghers say that Lonis Botha
election assured, should he desire to enter | i? the Transvaal aud Christian De Wet in
such a fight.
Last Week in Trade Circles.
According to Dunn’s Weekly Zrade Re-
view the business situation in the country,
up to Saturday, conld be summed up as
follows:
the Free State should be made members of
the Governor's Council in order to watch
the interests of the burghers.
ment.
|. GEORGETOWN, Ky., Feb. 5—Henry E.
| Youtsey, stenographer to Governor Taylor
The week in general business: has been | during his incumbenoy, and who was tried
without striking new feature, but in this | as a principal in the shooting of Governor
respect the outcome has been favorable. | William Goebel ‘and found guilty, was
Not one of the great industries finds any | arraigned before Judge Cantrill late this
scarcity of orders for goods, and business is | afternoon and sentenced to life imprison-
done at prices which show a slight tendency | ment. When sentence was pronounced
to rise, except in textiles which have been | Youtsey exclaimend : ‘‘I am innocent. I
affected by the reduction of 10 to 20 per | have been convicted by base and infamous
he says too much drill was introduced on |’
Youtsey Sentenced to Life Imprison-
cent. in the season’s opening prices by the
American Woolen Co. This cut is expect-
ed to be indefinitely continued. Develop-
ments in the money market, however, in-
dicate that the dry goods trade is prepar-
ing for a season of activity, and the new:
woolen prices are not lower than most buy-
‘ers expected.
While steel mills have contracts on hand
subornations of perjury.”
be taken and the prisoner will be taken
to the state prison shortly.
No appeal will
——A series of meetings are to begin in
the Evangelical church at Nittany on
Monday evening. Rev. Searles w
Carnegie Steel Company Sold. |
5 i ——— § wy
Its Control Passes to Syndieate of Bankers Morgan
& Co. Being Dominant Factors. Mr. Carnegie
Will Retire, The Terms of the Purchase Are Not
' Known—The Carnegie Steel Company, the Feder-
al Steel Company, the National Steel Company
and the American Steel and Wire Company Are
to Combine.
New York, Feb. 6—The Mail and Ez-
press and the Evening Post both announce
the sale of the Carnegie Steel com-
pany.
The Mail and Express, in its article on
the subject, says :
“‘The control of the Carnegie Steel com-
pany, limited, has passed to a syndicate of
bankers, in which J. Pierpont Morgan &
Co.. are the dominant factors, hy the pur-
chase of the stock owned by Andrew Car-
negie. It is expected that Mr. Carnegie
will retire into private life. The terms of
the purchase are not known, but that the
transaction has been completed was semi-
officially announced to-day.
“The capital stock of the Carnegie com-
pany is $160,000,000. Thereis an equal
amount of bonds. Mr. Carnegie is popu-
larly believed to own about 54 per cent. of
this.’
The Evening Post says :
‘The leading participants in the deal on
the purchasing side was reported to be C.
M. Schawb, now president of the Carnegie,
company, and a trusted friend of Andrew
Carnegie, and banking interests represent-
ed by J."P. Morgan & Co.
SUBJECT OF CONFLICTING INFORMATION.
*‘What further scope the deal might bave
was a subject of conflicting information.
A representative of the Carnegie interests
asserted to-day that an arrangement had
been practically consummated whereby the
the Carnegie Steel company, the Federal
Steel company, the National Steel com-
pany and the American Steel and Wire
company would combine and be operated
under the same management.
‘Unless some unforseen hitch is en-
countered in the remaining negotiations,
the amalgamation scheme will go through
with an enormous capitalization. Wheth-
er $1,000,000,000 would be required to
float the enterprise, the Carnegie represen-
tative would not say.”’ par ;
The Mail and Express, in its report of the
Carnegie sale, says :
“The only hitch that occurred in the ne-
gotiations leading up to the transfer of the
control of the Carnegie company was in re-
lation to the bonds held by Mr. Carnegie.
The Morgan syndicate agreed yesterday to
take the $86,379,000 stock at something
above ite market value, but Mr. Carnegie
held out with his usual tenacity of pur-
pose for a guarantee of the 5 per cent. in-
come on his $86,000,000 of fifty year
bonds. This was also conceded at a meet-
ing held to day. it is understood.’’
MAIL AND EXPRESS STATEMENT.
Continuing the Mail and Express says:
Reports of a consolidation of interests
with $1,000,000,000 capital are said by
those conversant with the: steel. situation
to be erroneous. There will be no consoli-
dation, but the same rule which made
Morgan & Co.’s interests harmonize through
community of interests and ownership, will
be applied in the manufacture of steel
products of all kinds.
The Carnegie company, with its vast |
supplies of coal and iron close at hand, will
be the company to produce the raw mate-
rial for the various corporations manufac-
taring finished products and the economies
that can be introduced through co-opera-
tion and harmony will make it possible for
the great industrial corporations to manu-
facture goods so as to drive small dealers
out of business and give to American
manufacturers a very large place in the
markets of the world.
The companies included in this system
| of harmonious steel industries, besides the
Carnegie company, are the following :
COMPANIES INCLUDED IN SYSTEM.
Federal Steel company, $100,000,000
common stock and $100,000,000 of prefer-
red (of this $46,484,300 common and $53,-
260,900 preferred stock are outstanding);
American Steel and Wire company, $50,-
000,000 common and $40.000,000 prefer-
red stock, all outstanding; National Tube
company, $40,000,000 each of common
and preferred stock, allied, and the
American Bridge company, $3,000,000,
each of common and preferred, of which
$30,527,800 of each has been issued.
The Moore group includes the National
Steel company. with- $32,000,000 of com-
mon stock and $27,000,000 preferred, all
issued; the American Tin Plate company,
1 $30,000,000 and $20,000,000 preferred stock
with $28,000,000 common and $18,525.000
preferred stock issned; the American Steel
Hoop company, $19,000,000 and $14,000,-
000 preferred stock, all issued, and the
American Sheet Steel company, $26,000,-
000 common to $26,000,000 preferred stock,
with $24,500,000 of each issued. 3
Her First Defeat.
Mrs. Nation's Followers Became Excited and a
Battle Was Lost.
ToPEKA, Kas., February 4.—Mis. Na-
tion this afternoon met the first defeat in
her saloon smashing career. Later at the
police station she laughingly declared that
would soon again be at ber chosen work.
| With six women,: each armed with: new
‘hatehets, she had started’out to wreck a
restaurant. in East Sixth street that also
dispensed lignors. The restaurant was
reached a few minutes’ before 3 o’clock.
Then the women, headed by Mrs. Nation,
made a rush for the door. She had warn-
ed the proprietors she would raid the place
‘80 they were prepared for her attack. The |
hatchet was jerked from her hand by a
stout man and the women were forced
back.
A fierce fight followed between the res-
taurant men and Mrs. Nation’s defenders.
For a quarter of an hour they struggled in
iI the street, while the mob yelled encourag-
ingly to Mrs. Nation. Many personal en-
counters took place, hut the police seemed
without power to stop it. Finally, in
despair, they arrested Mrs. Nation aud,
took her to jail. The crowd followed her
and the restaurant was left unharmed.
‘Mrs, Nation was not injured. :
During all the fierce struggle that went
on in the street, while women and hoys
were knocked down and trampled on and
the crowd was shouting and yelling, Mrs.
Nation never lost her presence of mind.
The hatchet was jerked from her hands,
but that did not disturb her. She appear-
ed surprised butsmiled and called to the
women, ‘Ladies, you are armed. II you
can’t get to the place throw your hatchets
through the windows.” Bat the women
were too demoralized to obey her. They
had not her presence of mind. Mrs. Na-
tion was led away between two big police
officers. She was not down cast at her
lack of success and laughed when people
spoke jokingly to her. :
fy ———
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The Propo
it was by no means her Waterloo and she
FRET TR
a itionnént.
Centre County Placed in a Hopeless Republican
Class. —No Show for Democrats in the State at
All. “ i
! Complications: will be brought ‘about in
Pennsylvania politics if the Republican
cancns congressional apportionment: bill is
passed. A rough draft of it. was introduc-
ed in the Senate to-day by Senator Grady
and a short time later it. was reported out
of committee.
Allegheny county gets three separate
districts according to the bill but their
boundaries are likely to be changed before
the measure is forced through apd it is
possible there will be yet another district,
mainly made up of Allegheny county.
THREE DISTRICTS FOR DEMOCRATS.
The hill gives the Democrats a chance
in only three districts. Congressman
Greene's district is left unchanged and the
York-Adams Democratic Legislators who
helped Quay are rewarded by letting their
ccunties constitute a district. Cumberland
is taken from York and Adams and put in
Congressman Olmstead’s in place of Perry.
The districts of Congressmen Polk and
Hall, Democrats, are woefully partitioned.
Polk is left in a district including besides
his own county Montour, parts of the dis-
gricts of Congressmen Mahon, Packer and
‘Sibley. Hall’s connty, Elk and anotuer,
Forest, is put into a district for Sibley.
Famer Creasy’s home, Columbia, one
of Polk’s counties, goes into Packer’s
district instead of Clinton. :
The district of Congressman Thropp, to
succeed whom Albert Evans, of Cambia, is
elected is torn up. Evans holding Cambria
and Blair. Threpp’s county, Bedford, is
going into Mahon’s district. The remaiu-
ing county from the Thropp district, Som-
erset, is put with two taken from the anti-
Quay leader, Congressman Acheson, Fay-
ette and Green.
QUAY TO DEAL WITH ACHESON.
Acheson is then buried by putting his
home county, Washington, into a new dis-
trict with Lawrence and Quay’s home
county, Beaver. :
The bill does some other remarkable
things besides. The Philadelphia shake-
up makes Senator Martin’s ward the lone
insurgent bailiwick in the new Fifth dis-
trict, where f.ane and Ashbridge are the
leading Quay residents.
The apportionment bill, in its present
crude form, is as follows:
*“That for the purpose of electing repre-
sentatives of the people of Pennsylvania to
serve in the House of Representatives in
the Congress of the United States this State
shall be divided into 32 districts as follows:
The first to the eighth districts are made
up of the various wards in Philadelphia.
SOME DISTRICTS NOT CHANGED.
**The Eight district shall consist of the
counties of Chester and Delaware. The
Ninth district shall consist of the counties
of Montgomery and Bucks. The Tenth
district shall consist of the county of Lan-
caster. The Eleventh district shall consist
of the county of Lackawanna. The
Twelfth district shall consist of the county
of Luzerne. The Thirteenth district shall
consist of the county of Schnylkill. The
Fourteenth district shall consist of the
counties of Lehigh and Berks.
“The Fifteenth district shall consist of
the counties of Wayne, Susquehanna, Wy-
oming, Sullivan and Bradford. The six-
teenth district shall consist of the counties
of Tioga, Potter, Lycoming and Columbia.
The Seventeenth district shall consist of
the counties of Union, Snyder, Northum-
berland, Montour, Clinton and Cameron. |
The kighteenth shall consist of the conn-
ties of Perry, Juniata, Mifflin, Hunting,
don, Fulton, Franklin and Bedford.
“The Nineteenth district shall: consis}
of the counties of Dauphin, Cumberland
and Lebanon. The Twentieth districtshall
consist of the counties of Cambria and Blair.
The Twenty-first district shall consist of
the counties of York and Adam. The
Twenty-second district shall consist of the
counties of Centre, Clearfield and Jefferson.
. “The Twenty-third district shall consist
of the counties of Westmoreland and Indi-
ana. The Twenty-fourth district shall con-
sist of the counties of Somerset, Fayette
and Greene. The Twenty-fifth district
shall consist of the counties of Washington,
Beaver and Lawrence. ‘The Twenty-sixth
district shall consist of the connties of Erie
and Crawford. The Twenty-seventh dis-
triet shall consist of the counties of North-
ampton, Monroe, ‘Carbon and Pike. The
Twenty-eighth district shall consist of the
counties of Armstrong, Butler, Clarion and
Mercer. The Twenty-ninth district shall
consist of the counties of McKean, Warren,
Forest, Venango and Elk. .
“The Thirtieth district shall consist of
the First, Second, Third, Fourth, Fifth, |
Sixth, Seventh, Eighth, Ninth, Tenth,
Eleventh, Twelfth, Thirteenth, Fourteenth,
Fifteenth, Sixteenth, Seventeenth, Eigh-
teenth, Nineteenth, Twentieth, Twenty-
first, - Twenty-second, Twenty-third and
Twenty-seventh wards of the city of Pitts-
burg and all the boroughs and townships
lying between the:Monongahela ‘and Alle
gheny rivers in the county of Allegheny,
including the city of McKeesport.
“The Thirty-first district shall consist of
all the wards in the city of Allegheny and
all the townships and boroughs lying noth
of the Allegheny and Clio rivers.
**The Thirty-second district shall consist
of all the wards of the city of Pittsburg
south of the Monongahela river, including
all of the boroughs’ and townships within
‘the county of Allegheny adjoining thereto.”
i King Edward’s Message.
He Sends One to the British Colonies and Depend-
encles. :
LONDON, February 4.—The King has sent
the following message to all the British colo-
nies and dependencies : ka
“To My People Beyond the Seas: The
countless messages of loyal sympathy that
I have received from every part of my do-
minions over seas’ testify to the universal
grief in which the whole Empire now
mourns the loss of my beloved mother.
“In the welfare and prosperity of her
subjects throughout Greater Britian, the
Queen ever evinced a heartfelt interest.
She saw with thankfulness the steady
progress which under the wide extension
of self-government, had been made during
her reign. She warmly appreciated their
unfailing loyalty to her throne and person
and was proud to think of those who had
so nobly fought and died for the Empire’s
cause in South Africa.
+I have already. declared that it will be
my constant endeavor to follow the great
example which has been bequeathed to me;
within these endeavors I shall have confi-
dent trust in the devotion and sympathy of
the people and of their several representa-
tive assemblies throughout my vast colo-
nial dominion. With such loyal support
I will, with the blessing of God, solemnly
work for the promotion of the common wei-
fare and security of our great Empire over
which I have been now called to reign.
: vo “EDWARD.”
— FRITS
Congressional Appor-
“ r
Death in a Blizzard.
8now and High Wind Cause Trouble in Chicago.
Fatal Accidents on Railroads. Accidents Caused
by People Being Unable to see their Way for the
Blinding 8now—0ne Boy is Missing.
CHICAGO, Feb. 4 —More than eleven
inches ‘of snow fell in Chicago Monday
while the wind whipped it abont at the
rate of fifty-six miles an hour. As a result
three men lost their lives, a boy is missing
and may be dead in a snow drift, and six
persons are nursing injaries,
Everywhere life was in dauger out of
doors. There was much delay, for the
various railroad and traction companies
could not operate cars. The dead are :
ALEXANDER McFARLANE, 41 years old,
an engineer of the Chicago and Erie rail-
road ; crushed to death at Twelfth street
by a train backing into his engine while
he ‘was fixing an air brake.
AN UNIDENTIFIED MAN, about 40 years
old, evidently a laborer found beside the
tracks of the Thirty -fifth street electric
line at Rockwood avenue; run down
while trying to cross the car tracks.
JoHN COLEMAN, 63 years old, a laborer,
struck by a Grand Trunk engine. receiv-
ing injuries from which he died three
hours later. :
At 2:10 o’clock this morning a gang of
men clearing the Illinois Central tracks at
the foot of Randolph street, were run down
by a freight car. Four were badly bart.
They were :
PAuL KLUBE, right arm and leg crushed.
JAMES McCABE, scalp wounds.
FRANK SCHMIDT, head injured.
GEORGE E. SHeNTs, Monee, Ill, cut on
face and scalp. ;
McCabe was found in a bank of snow
about fifty feet away from the train.
The accident was due to the high wind
which swept the snow over the yards in
i such clouds neither sweepers nor train
crews could see any distance.
Harry Thrilling, aged 12, left during the
hardest of the storm to visit a friend near
his parents’ home. He is believed to have
fallen into a snow drift and perished.
While avoiding an avalanche of snow
which was being swept from buildings at
State and Washington streets, T. C. H.
Vance, president of the Vance Land com-
pany, of Louisville, Ky., was run down
by a cable train and severely injured about
the head and chest. All through Illinois
and the States to the north, west and south
the snow storm left its trail.
Real Estate Transfers.
The following real estate transfers have
been recorded during the past week by the
recorder N. E. Robb:
Wm. J. Quay et ux to Minnie Weaver,
Nov. 14th, 1899, 78 acres 107 perches in
Curtin Twp. Consideration $100.
Ada V. Runkle et baron to James W.
Rankle, Jan. 23rd. 1901. Hotel property
ip Centre Hall borough. Consideration
$8,000.
D. A. Musser, treasurer, to:Jacob Tome,
Aug. 20th, 1878, 1660 acres in Curtin
Twp. Consideration $43.20.
E. K. Keller et nx to Nellie Gettig Aug.
22nd, 1900. Lot in Spring Twp. Con-
sideration $35. 4
John A. Guiswite et ux to Jacob Neidig,
April 4th, 1900, 33 acres in Haines Twp.
Consideration $560.
Commonwealth Trust Company to
Louise H. Hoy, Dec. 24th, 1900. Proper-
ty in Bellefonte.” Consideration $3,125.
Laura H. Mull et al to P. A. Thompsen
eb al, Dec. 15th, 1900, 20: acres in Rush
Twp. Consideration $200.
Annie Stine. et baron, to Andrew J.
Kerns, Jan. 17th, 1901. Lot in Philips-
burg, Cousideration.$1. A :
ADDITIONAL LOCALS.
-——Paralysis has rendered Chas. Miller
totally helpless and he is lying at his home}
on South Potter street.
— Word from W. M. Straub, of Bush's
Addition, yesterday was to the effect that
he is in splendid health and exceptionally
cheerful in the affliction ‘of lost si ght that
has fallen on him lately. =
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— Governor Stone has appointed James
Startford, of Philipsburg, ‘to “membership
on the hoard of examiners of applicants for |
license for mine inspectors. He will serve
| for four vears, beginning March 1st, 1901.
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——Invitations have been issued for the
marriage of Miss Mary Leister, of Renovo,
‘and Samuel 8. Kaup, of Boalsburg. ' The
wedding will take place at the home of the
‘btide’s parents in Renovo Wednesday even-
ing, the 27th. ° :
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~The Centre County Sabbath School
Association is unanimously invited by the
Sunday schools of Milesburg to hold, its
next convention in that place. The M. E.
church is kindly offered for this purpose.
The state secretary, Dr.Charles Rhoads, and
Mrs. Barnes, of Philadelphia. are expected
to be present.
——Miss Elsie Weaver, of this place, who
is an instructor in music at Key Mawr |
college in Hagerstown, Md.. played the
part of ' ‘Celia’ in the production of
‘Gilbert & Sullivan's opera “‘Tolanthe’’ by
the Hagerstown operatic society in that
city last Thursday evening. This was the
‘sixth opera rendered by the sqciety.
——The death of John Leathers ocourred
at his home at Mt. Eagle yesterday morn-
ing at 4 o'clock, after an illness of two
weeks with pneumonia. He was a son of
Samuel B. Leathers and was born at
Leathers Mill about 30 yeas ago. His
business was that of a huxster and he en-
joyed a reputation for integrity that was to
be envied. Surviving him are his widow
and two sons.
ois
——-John F. Weaver, a well known citi-
zen of Clearfield, a former district attorney
of that county and one of the prominent
lumbermen of the West Branch of the Sus-
quebhanna, died on Saturday in. Clearfield.
He was born in Bellefonte in 1820, and
while practicing at the Clearfield county
bar he was associated with his brother-in-
law, the late Governor Bigler, and after-
wards with Senator W. W. Betts. He
abandoned his profession to engage in the
lumber business. =...
LitTLE WORK FOR COURT THIS WEEK.
| —The seoonil, wedk ‘of thé Jan doare
convened (ephnl; a se
evening all the cases that were ‘ready foc
trial had been disposed of. =
The first ‘case taken up was that of the
Moshannon Banking company vs William
Parker and Alice Ramslale, executrix uu-
der the last’ will and testament of John
Ramsdale, deceased, judgment opened to
John Ramsdale, plea non assumpsit. All
of Philipsburg. Sometime in July 1825 a
judgment” was ‘entered in Centre county
against the defendants in favor of the plain-
tiff bank for six thousand five hundred
dollars on a note dated on July 6th, 1895.
Sometime in the early part of 1899 Mr.
Ramsdale made application to court to have
this judgment opened as to him alleging
that he had never signed the note aud that
his signature thereon was a forgery, this
application was so proceeded in that the
judgment was opened, as to Mr. Ramsdale
and allowed to stand against Mr. Parker,
who was sold out by the sheriff sometime
during 1896. Some time after this judg-
ment was opened Mr. Ramsdale died and
his executrix substituted in his stead. Ver-
dict in favor of the plaintiffs Tuesday noon
for $9002.50.
The next case taken up was that of Da-
vid Robb vs J. I Wagner, E. E. Winslow,
George Hendrix, Porter Kunes, George
Gardner, Warren Council and Daniel Robb,
sammoned in trespass, plea not guilty.
This suit was brought to recover damages
for taking down a fence of the plantiffs by
the supervisors of Liberty township and
their employees sometime in the summer
of 1899. The supervisors had heen notified
that the road leading from Marsh Creek to
the Bald Eagle road would have to be wid-
ened hetween the farms of Daniel and
David Robb, when the supervisors notified
the parties to move their fences back so as
to give the road its legal width, which for
some reason was iiot done and the supervis-
ors had the road measured by a competent
surveyor whereupon the supervisors, after
giving due notice, took down the fence and
laid it outside the legal width of the road.
The plaintiff claims damages for the remov-
al of his fence, the rebuilding thereof and
for cattle trespassing on his land by reason
of the removal of the fence. Verdict
Wednesday forenoon in favor of the de-
fendants. :
Hannah Long, executrix of Conrad Loug,
deceased vs John W. Young, scire faeias
sur judgment, plea nil debit. Verdict in
favor of the plaintiff for one hundred dol-
lars with interest from April first, 1900.
Hannah Long, executrix of Conrad Long,
deceased vs John W. Young, scire facias
sur judgment, plea nil debit. Verdict in
favor of the plaintiff for one hundred and
twenty dollars and fifty cents, with interest
from the first day of April, 1900.
Other cases disposed of during the ses-
sion by. settlement or continuance were:
J. I. Kunes vs David R. Wagner, sum-
moned in ejectment. plea not guilty. Set-
tled. :
Cortland Wagon Company ve L. C. Bal- °
lock; Jr., summoned in assumpit, plea
non assumpsit. - Settlement. .
John Stoner vs W. E. Smith, James
Eisenhuth and John Eisenhuth, summoned
in ejectment, plea not guilty. Continued,
pending terms of settlement. ..
Rose Sternberg Lyon vs Gustave Lyon,
summoned in trespass, plea not guilty.
This ease was tried here at November term
1897 and carried up to the Supreme court
and sent back for another trial. Continued
at the cost of the defendant, . ad
O. Perry Jones use of Kate A, Miller vs
Jane Gowland, judgment opened, plea non
~assumpsit. Continued at the costs of the
plaintiff. at si : .
. Robert Kinkead vs Rosa L. Pierce, sum-
moned in assumpsit, plea non assampsit.
Continued at the cost of the defendant.
Henry ‘Wohifort vs Nathan Hough: and
| Emeline Hough, . summoned in trespass,
plea not guilty. Discontinued and’ costs
paid. tof Fui ii ctadals
Hench: & Dromgold’ vs. Nathan Hough,
judgment opened, plea’ nou’ assampsit.
Seffled.t "TUE SID an =
R. J. Walker, vs Isaac Ruse, George
Ruse, B. F. Ruse, trading as Isaac’ Ruse
& Sons and George Merrill, summoned in
repelvin, plea non cepit and property.
Continued at cost of defendant, after jury
challenged, on account of an important wit-
vess in Philadelphia who failed to get here.
The work of court being completed all
»
jurors were discharged and the session ad-
afternoon.
journed on Wednesd y 2
Mrs. J. N. Brooks, of Pleasant Gap, was
in town yesterday on a little shopping mis-
‘sion. Mr. Brooks has been located at Ben-
ton, Colunibia' county, for ‘the past six
weeks, where he is doing duty asa store-
keeper at a large distillery. . © ;
Mr. C. L.:-MocGinley," of Milesburg,
and Miss Maggie Gallagher, of Howard,
‘were married at the home of the bride in
the latter place on Wednesday evening of
last week. = a
—Curwensville borough is about to
close a contract for sixteen 2000 candle
power arc street lights at $70 each per year
for a term of five years. fa)
See
~—J. W. Meyer and Andrew Vonada,
of Coburn, have purchased a sawmill aé
Laurelton and will set it up sear the Mey-
ers planing mill in Coburn.
EG NR Sa
——Wesley Hackenburg, of this place,
has ' purchased Geo. Waite's store a6
Kreamerville, and will take charge of it
about April 1st.
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.——Harry M. Walker, of Wolf’s store,
has just received a new self filling thresh-
ing machine that is bailt to save the Jabor
of three men. i