Bellefonte, Pa., April 12, 1901. Pf. GRAY MEEK, © . . avmmn Epiror Terms oF Susscrirrioy.—Until further notice this paper will be furnished to subscribers at the following rates : Paid strictly in advance.................... $1.00 Paid before expiration of year. Paid after expiration of year........... 2. a a— County Committee Meeting. The Democratic County Committee will meet in the Arbitration room in the Court House, Bellefonte, Pa., on Monday after- noon, April 22nd, 1901, at 1 o'clock sharp. The object of the meeting is to confirm the apportionment of delegates and to arrange for holding the Democratic Primaries. We would urge that every member of the com- mittee be present either in person or by a substitute. JOHN J. BOWER. Chairman. No Sympathy For Them. The Fhiladelphia ‘‘ripper’’ bill, that will rip out of the hands of the courts the power to name the tax-assessors of that city, passed the Legislature on Wednesday and by this time, we presume. has become a law. The fact that it will knock out of place Democratic officials whose aggregate salariesamount to over $75,000 is but little to be deplored, for the simple fact that ‘while pretending to be Democrats they never failed to give their best efforts to foment factional trouble and their utmost endeavors too, in building up Republi- can majorities. When country Democrats understand that at present there are 271 men claiming to be Democrats who hold office in the various departments of the government of Philadelphia the salaries of which aggre- gate over $300,000, and that out of this long list of office holders enough of money cannot be raised to pay the taxes of delin- quent Democrats in a single division there will be little sympathy extended to those of them “the ripper’’ ouste from place. House Passed “Ripper” Act. t Provides for Election of Philadelphia Board of Re- vision of Taxes by People. The Creasy Measure Taxing Corporations for Road Purposes Adopted by the Representatives. HARRISBURG, April 10.—The Sebate bill repealing the act creating the Philadel- phia board of revision of taxes was taken up in the House this afternoon for final passage. Mr. Clarency, of Philadelphia, said a large percentage of the citizens of Philadelphia was satisfied with the present system of assessments of property and that they were opposed to any change in the law by the passage of this bill. Mr. Creasy, of Columbia, was opposed to the bill because it took away from the board of judges the appointment of the members of the board. of revision of taxes by whom the assessors are appointed. Mr. Creasy said that he would be satisfi- ed that the members of the hoard of revis- ion should be elected by the people if they were givena chance to have their votes counted through an honest ballot system. Two years ago. when he was a candidate for State Treasurer, one of his colleagues on the ways and means committee from Philadelphia put 200 votes in the ballot box against him before the pools opened. Mr. Cooper, of Delaware, said he was a Republican, and always had been, but he had no hesitancy in saying that if this hill becomes a law the great Republican party will be in danger. He was opposed to the bill because he believed by so doing he was helping to break a ring. He voted for the Pittsburg “ripper” because he believed that by the passage of the bill he was help- ing to break a ring, but he now finds that he and 106 Members have heen given a gold brick. He proposes to peel the gold off the brick and use it for some good pur- pose. Mr. Cooper said he did not understand the recent political movements in Pennsyl- vania, and to give the great leaders of the State a chance to be heard he moved to postpone consideration of the bill for the present. The motion failed by a vote of 78 yeas to 116 nays. The bill then passed finally by a vote of 116 to 78. The bill now goes to the Senate for con- currence in the House amendments. The House then took up the companion bill providing for the election of hoard of revision of taxes at the next general elec- tion. The Creasy hill taxing corporations for road purposes passed finally by a vote of 120 to 38. “THE bill amending the “act of 1895, rela- tive to the rebuilding of county bridges over navigable streams by extending its provisions so as to authorize the rebuilding by the Commonwealth of county bridges which have become dangerous and unfit for the uses intended and providing for changes in the location of bridges rebuilt, also passed finally. ‘ ACTION ON BEDFORD BILL. The Bedford ballot reform bill was tak- en up by the House this afternoon and read the third time and then laid aside for the present, When the Van Dyke primary “election bill and the Guffey bill are reached tomorrow, similar action will be taken up- on them. Mr. Ikeler, of Columbia, who has charge of the Guffey bill, says none of the ballot bills will be taken up before next Wednesday, to allow the parties in charge of these measures an opportunity to formulate some measure, if possible, to meet with their united support. A bill was introduced in the House to- day by Mr. Smythe, of Philadelphia, which practically revives the ballot act in exis. tence prior to the enactment of the Baker ballot act, The Beacom election contest bill was reached tonight on second reading, and dropped from the calendar on motion of its author, Mr. Beacom, of Westmoreland. The order of to-night’s session was hills on second reading. Among the measures passing this stage were bills providing an additional law judge from Luzerne county ; validating official acts done and performed by burgesses holding office under irregular elections or appointments ; licensing the manufacture or sale of ““Boiled’’ or ““Pro- cess’’ butter and repealing the act exempt- ing sewing machines and typewriting ma- chines leased or hired from levy or sale on execution or distress for rent. cyl) E 7 Vocaticns in Heaven Will be as on the | Earth. | Such is the Doctrine Preached by Rev. Minot Sadage, a New York Divine, in a Sermon on “The World Be- yond the Grave.” NEW YORK, April 7.—Rev. Minot J. Savage, pastor of the Church of the Mes- siab, who has delivered many sermons that have attracted much notice hy reason of their originality, preached to-day on ‘‘The World Beyond the Grave.” Speaking of the possible disentanglement after death to relationships existing in this life he said : “Will there be perfect happiness, perfect bliss in the other world? Perhaps I shall shock you when I say Ido not expect it at all in my own case. This old idea that the minute you died you were either going to hell and be miserable as possible and con- tinue to exist, or going to Heaven and he happy as you could he and continue to exist, both seems to me utterly absurd. I expect to go into the other world what I am now. Ido not expect to.be perfectly hap- Vi believe there may be a good many sources of disquiet and discomfort for awhile over there; but if life is something grand, and there is hope for everybody, then there may be happiness unspeakably finer and nobler than that senseless and in- sipid happiness that has heen painted to us of sitting on acloud and do nothing ex- cept play a harp or hear someone else play. ‘‘I believe over there there is to he field for the operation and development of all that we are. The astronomer shall still have heavens to study. He who isover- whelmed, as I have always been, by the infinitely little, shall have an opportunity to look into the secrets of the universe. Why may not poet write grander epics and dramas and lyries than he ever wrote here? Why may not the historian have grander themes to engage his pen ? ‘Why may not the orators have ‘andi: ences still to listen and applaud? Why may not the painter and the sculptor be able to outline and shape the images of beauty that they see in the outside world, or that they dream in the innermost cavities of their brains? I believe that the occupa- tions over there shall be just as natural and human as they are here. ‘Why shouldn’t we think of this finally as human, active life, and a life that can go on forever, and dream of an eternal life 2” ——— : Times Coming, Declared the Kaiser. Serious German Emperor's Latest Speech to His Soldiers Tells Them the Authority of the Crown Must Be Maintained. BERLIN, April 7.—Careful investigation at Potsdam to-day regarding the circum- stances in which Emperor William deliver- | ed his latest military address developed the information that during a review last Tnes- day of a number of military bodies belong- ing to the Pottsdam garrison extraordinary precautions were taken to prevent any rep- resentative of the press or other civilian obtaining knowledge of his majesty’s re- marks, which were uttered in the Lust- garten, adjoining the royal castle. From persons who were present it was learned that the Kaiser spoke substantially as fol- lows : ‘A hand from out of the people was re- cently raised against me, to my intense sor- row. Evidently serious times are coming, which will try our mettle. I know that the army is true to its traditions and the solemn oath it has taken. I know it will remain steadfast and faithful to me. ‘My conviction is especially strong re- garding the guards and regarding this regi- ment now present, which is tied to the Hohenzollerns by indissoluble bonds, as the past has shown during the troublesome times abroad, and even during revolution- ary times at home. “The authority of the crown must be maintained. Woe to the soldier who list- ens to the voice of the tempter !’’ Orders seem to have heen given hy the Prussian minister of the interior to sup- press all public mention of quotations from the , Emperor's speeeh. At Styrum, near Essen, during a recent meeting called to protest against an increase of the corn tolls the police dissolved the assembly when a speaker cited a sentence from his majesty’s speech to the Alexander Grena- horseback after the attack upon him at Bremen. The papers niention similar in- stances elsewhere. Sailors Adrift on a Raft Kill and Eat Their Mates. Cannibalism Reduced the Twelve to Two Before They Finally Reached Land Six Weeks After Being Wrecked—@hastly Tale of the Edstgrn Seas & 8 Loxbox, April 8.—The Singapore cor- ghastly story of cannibalism at sea brought to Singapore hy two survivors of the Nova Scotian bark Angola, wrecked six days’ sail from Manila, October 23rd last. The Correspondent says : *‘The survivors, Johuusen, a Swede, and Marticornu, a Spaniard, assert that the Angola struck a reef. Two rafts were built. The smaller, hearing five men, dis- appeared. The other with 12 men, drifted for 40 days. The sailors ate harnacles, seaweed and finally their boots. “On the twenty-fifth day two became insane and killed themselves. The follow- ing day a Frenchman killed the mate with an axe, drank his blood and Sried to eat his brains, but was prevented by . the others. Next day the Frenchman was killed while attempting to murder the captain. The survivors, all of whom were now insane, ate the Frenchman’s body. “Cannibalism continued until only Johnnsen and Marticornu remained. On the forty-second day the raft stranded on Subi or Flat island, in the Natuna group (Northwest of Borneo). Johunsen and -Marticornu__ were awfully emaciated. Friendly Malays sent them by junk to Singapore.” c1eio0 x 43 Logan Statne Unveiled. Grandson of Ilinols Soldier Participates in the Ceremony. ! WASHINGTON, April 9.— President Mec- Kinley and a great concourse of distin- guished citizens this afternoon witnessed the anveiling of the fine equestrian statue to General John A. Logan in Iowa. Circle. General Granville M. Dodge, president of the Society of the Army of the Tenn- essee, presided over the exercises. A grandson of the famous leader—Mas- ter George Tucker—drew the silken cord which released the fluttering flags that draped the statue, and disclosed to view the heroic bronze figure. President MoKinley then delivered a brief address, after which Senator Chaun- cey M. Depew delivered a fine oration. The Rev. Dr. J. G. Butler closed the ceremonies with the benediction. A —— ~——Subscribe for the WATCHMAN. dier regiment. at. his first appearance on | respondent of the ‘‘Daily Express’ wires a | THE BELLEFONTE METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH —REMODELLED AND RE THE REMODELED METHODIST CHURCH. Dedicated Under Most Auspicious Circumstances on Easter Sunday. A Powerful Sermon by Bishop Fowler. Powell's Original and Successful Money Getting Plan. The Changes that have been Made at a Cost of $15,00. While Easter Sunday proved anything but a satisfactory day for dame Fashion it was more than auspicious for Methodism in Bellefonte, for notwithstanding the raw, chilly, showery April day the new-old church was opened with soul stirring serv- ices that were crowned by raising the en- tire indebtedness hanging over it. Ever since last fall, when the work of re- modeling began and the expense of it went steadily on into the thousands the members of the congregation had looked with fear and trembling toward the day set for the re-opening. With brave hearts and stolid | determination they went on with the work, however, until their old church has been completely remodeled in its interior. The total cost of the work was estimated at $15,000 and to raise that sum was the task set for Sunday. The services were carried out exactly as announced hy the program published in recent issues of this paper, but we want to note three of the special features. Bishop Charles H. Fowler, D. D. LLD., preached at the morning service from the gospel according to St. Matthew. ‘Come see the Place where the Lord Reigns’’ be- ing his text. The duel event of a dedica- tory service and an Easter Sunday gave the eloquent divine food for most beautiful thoughts and his masterful oratory clothed | Bishop CHARLES H. FowrkR, D.D. L.L.D. Who delivered the Dedicatory Address, them in langnage that was soul searching. Bishop Fowler has the reputation of being the most eloquent of the eminent men in the Methodist church aud he disappointed no one on Sunday. bai a ie J The. real work of the day and the task that seemed most impossible of aceom- plishment at this time was assigned to J. W. Powell, a lay brother from Buffa- lo, N. Y., whose successful attempt at rais- ing the deht of several Buffalo churches, a few years ago, has: forced him into the posi- tion of a semi-professional church beggar. Mr. Powell isa young man, jolly, ole souled and to ordinary appearances nothing more than the successful head of a fruit and produce commission house in Buffalo, the Pan-American city. But he is, in reality, far more than that. He is a wonder.as a money getter and will be remembered as a benefactor as long as the Methodist church in Bellefonte stands. Only the Sunday be- fore he had cleaned up an indebtedness of $45,000 on a church in Wilkesbarre and came here with a record that has the first failure yet to sully it. Those who knew the conditions best were fearful of the re- salt, bu. Mr. Powell left with promises more than fulfifled. His system is a sim- ple one. He sells bonds to the value of $24 each, payable in two years and bearing 6 per cent interest. They are made pavable . monthly, quarterly or annually and if paid { before three months carry no interest. At the morning service the system net- ! ted about $8,000 and the balance was made up at night. Among the larger suhseript- ions were those of Governor Hastings for ~ Rev. WILFORD P. SHRINER, The Pastor whose untiring work brought. about the work of remodeling. | $2,000, F. W. Crider $1,200, Judge Love | $480. the Ladies Aid Society $1,000, the Sanday School $600 and the Epworth DEDICATED ON SUNDAY, APRIL 7th, 1901 . Published by Courtesy of the Bellefonte Republican. | The entrance has not been changed in any way except as to the landing of the stairs. Instead of landing in a lobby out- side the church auditorium as they did be- i fore, they now run along the right and left | sides of the church to about the second win- | dows, leaving all the old hall and space | under the gallery which is torn clear away, | to he taken up with seats, and making the large west window a part of the interior decorations. A straight aisle runs across the church from door to door ; leading off from it toward the pulpit are four aisles, | twoalong the side wallsand two in the cen- tre, thus there is no centre or main aisle. The seats in the recess back of the main cross aisle are in a solid tier and the floor under them is level. From that point for- ward the floor is inclined from an elevation of 21 inches. The seating, wainscoating, | pulpit furniture, choir box and other wood work is all handsome. Tt is dark English oak, very heavy, giving the elegant ap- pearance of massiveness. The seats are ar- | ranged in circular form and thongh without cushions are very comfortable. The light- ing is effected by hoth electricity and gas. The old gas fixtures were replaced, but thas far the electric lights are being used. They number 66 incandescent lights ar- ranged along thie heavy trusses that sap- port the ceiling and so connected that they can be lighted alternately. Around the { pulpit and altar rail are bunch lights with | wrought iron chandeliers. { The pipe organ is placed in the right al- { cove or arch, the pulpit in the center and from the left one a staircase leads to the I primary Sunday school room below. A magnificent body brussels carpet, heavily i padded, covers the entire floor. It is of | olive green aud brown mixture and cost | about $667. ) i The decorations are very simple on the side walls, but quite lavish on the ceiling. | The prevailing colors are nile ‘green and pink, blended by clever wash effects. A deep white scroll frieze is the only orna- ! mentation on the walls other than the fine League $500; John Meese $312) In { addition 10 their cash subscription Mrs.. Hastings also presented the church with the handsome new pipe organ that adds so much to the musical attrac- tiveness of the church and the decoration. school were perhaps the most interesting of the kind ever held, made so by the import- ant persons ‘who participated in them. ' It was the occasion of the graduation of quite a class of little folks from’ the primary de- partment and after they had repeated the decalogue, the beatitudes, the 23rd psalm and the Lord’s prayer in concert, Bishop them. Then Rev. Dr. Spencer, of New York, presiding elder J. Ellis Bell, of Ai- phia, all spoke to the children. "The first ‘Methodist church was erected “in ‘Bellefonte in "1822 and in June of the "next year a ‘Sunday sciiool was organized. In 1832 there were three classes in the town and’ it was’ iticluded ‘in the Penns:valley | circuit. The present chureh, which stands was ‘built in 1875; having ‘been dedicated in July of the following year. Rev. George W. Miller, ‘who has since become very eminent in ‘the clergy, was the pastor and ‘the building committee was composed of ‘W. V. Hughes, 'G.'W. Tate, M. W. Cow- drick, J. G. Love, D. Z. Kline, Wm. Me- Clellan and “Geo. 'W. Miller. The price ‘was $20,000. © i : "Tt is a two story ved brick edifice with ‘Sunday school and library rooms on ths firse floor and church on the second. Very t Tittle change has ‘been made in thé exter- , hal appearance. The building has been re- i'painted and penciled, the wall at the east- tern end torn away and rebuilt on the line | of the Tot adding ahout 51t to the length and affording a staircase to the second floor behind the pulpit and deeper aleoves for the pulpit and the pipe organ, which occu- pies the one to the right. AA So sasnaonon: — —————— ne Es Why Cuba Objects. — From the Pittsburg Post. After considering the subject for five weeks the Cuban constitutional convention has delivered its judgment on the Platt conditions passed by Congress and approv- ed by the President. Itis clear and de- cided. The motion to accept the condi- tions was overwhelmingly defeated, there being only two votes in favor and twenty- four against. Public opinion in. Cuba js | no doubt with the convention, and is hard- ening against the conditions. Unless there should be some change there will be a long interval of doubt and unrest, and possibly of danger. The President has not a free hand to change or modify the conditions, as Congress made them absolute. The sit- uation is unfortunate. The section ob- jected to most strongly by the Cuban con- | vention and people appears to be the third, which is in these words : : That the government of Cuba consents that the United States may exercise the right to intervene for the preservation of Cuban in- dependence, the maintenance of a govern- ment adequate for the protection of life prop- erty and individual liberty, and for dischar- ching the obligatiens with respect to Cuba imposed by the treaty of Paris on the United States, now to ‘be assumed and undertaken by the government of Cuba. i If Cuba is to be free. and. independent, “‘as it of right ought to he,”’ as we set forth in our pledge to Cubans and declar- ation of war with Spain, the benighted Cubans see in this clause a grant of powers that will destroy their independence. They are not far wrong. It is really a greater power than Great Britain exercises in Canada or Australia. We believe the Cubans should be trusted until they show themselves unworthy of trust, and certain- The entire amount of $15,000 was covered, 3 leaviig a balance of several hundred dollars. 8 The Easter exercises by the Sunday Fowlef ‘made a pleasant little address for ‘them, and “conferred ‘their diplomas ‘on toona and. Hen. John Field, of Philadel- at the corner of Spring and Howard streets, | 'J Westey PowriL, Esq. 0 | Debts is Surprising the Church World. gold lines that make the panelsistand out. | The ceiling is in panel designs with. heavy ‘scroll borders and scroll center. |, $1,500. None of them ‘are memorials. They are in set designs to. harmonize with is pleasing. wie aid The Sunday school room: has been refres- coed and otherwise brightened up; in addi- tion to having new windows, . The, seating capacity of the church is estimated at 450... oo 0 ~The committee in charge of all the work was composed of Messers F. W. Crider, S. C. Hunter, W. L. Steele. and. Rev. W. P. ‘Shriner. every night this week as already published. per the program i | 1y our relations with them since we went to their aid do not indicate that they are not a trustworthy people. It is not to he expected that they will at once blossom forth with a perfect gover iment and ad- ministration. We have or attained that standard for “ourselves. - Experience and selfinterest will train the Cubans as it has the Americans. Trust them, for one lead- ing cause of their objections to the Platt conditions is that they imply bad faith, which is insulting to the poodle honorably and earnestly aiming at se -governnient and independence. poeta RE Fed New Duty for Hobson ob "i 4 WASHINGTON, April 9.— Naval Con- structor Richard P. Hobson has been as- signed to special duty in the bureau of construction and repair, Navy vy Department. je will assume his new duties next Tues- ay. : i | ipshurg Bore. The man whose Original Method for Raising | ‘The windows are of leaded glass and cost | the. frescoing and on the ‘whole, the effect | Services are being held in the church | Pietersburg Taken. Another Boer Capital Falls, but the Boers Captured 75 British Soldiers in Cape Colony. LoNpoN, April 9.—Lord Kitchener, re- porting to the war office under date of Pre- toria, April 8th, says: ‘Plumer has occupied Pietersburg, with slight opposition. He captured two loco- motives and 39 trucks. He took 60 prison- ers, capturing a seven-pounder and des- troying 210,000 cartridges, 1,000 rounds of seven-pounder ammunition, and a consid- erable amount of powder and dynamite.’” The capture of Pietersburg is regarded here as important. The place is the termi- nus of the railway and has been the capital of the Boer government since the evacua- tion of Pretoria. The whoie N orthern railway is now in the hands of the British. As an offset the commander-in-chief Te- ports that a detachment of 100 men, Fifth Lancers and Imperial Yeomanry, were at- tacked by 400 Boers to the northward of Aberdeen, Cape Colony, and that after sev- eral hours’ fighting the British were sar- rounded except 25 who succeeded in making their escape. — Coul and Clay to be Developed. Dusots, April 9.—The immense coal and fire clay beds owned by the Clinton Coal company along the east branch of the Sus- quehanna river are likely soon to he devel- oped. The company is composed of east- ern capitalists, who it is stated, will com- mence operations within the next sixty days. The towns of Westport, Lock Hav- | en, Renovo ‘and Shintown will be greatly benefited if the operations are started. The sum of $500,000 is involved. —— eee Her New Maid. A young matron tells this joke of her bridal attempts at housekeeping. She had employed a greenhorn as a servant, and spent many weary hours teaching her the way things shonld be done in the correct style. : Her latest lesson related to the correct Way to receive a visitor, and the maid was instructed in the mysteries of cards, card- trays and the accepted formula to be gone through when opening the door fora caller. One afternoon the door bell rang, and Mrs. Gregory heard the ‘‘maid’’ tearing up the stairs two steps at a time. ‘Shure, m’m, there’s ove of them machines out- side with two men a-sittin’ on the top of it, and a lady on the inside, an’’’—look- ing at the card in her hand, and with a dash down the stairs again—‘‘I’ve forgot- ten me pan !” —_— The Tasman Sea. A new name has been given to a part of the Pacific ocean. A sort of a basin is formed by the east coast of Australia and Tasmania, New Zealand and the western islands of the Polynesian groups which, in the opinion of Australian geographers, should have a distinctive name, The Aus- tralian association for the advancement of science has accordingly given to this basin the name of Tasman sea, and the English admiralty has ordered that the name be inserted upon the ad miralty charts. Real Estate Transfers, | The following real estate transfers have been recorded during the past week by the recorder N. E. Robb : - Thos. J. Bloom et ux to Wm. V, Harsh- barger, March 15th, 1901, tract of land in Rush township. Consideration $800. Andrew Fetzer’s Admrs. to Jackson Kline, June 1st. 1875, lot in Boggs Twp. Consideration $30. U. Grant Hoover et ux to Calvin Etters, April 1st, 1901, 102 perches of land in Col. lege Twp. Consideration $600. Richard Lutz et ux to Hiram April 1st, 1901, 2 tracts of land in Twp. Consideration $6,350. Jacoh Frantz et ux to Wm. E. Wiser and Hanna Wiser, March 29th, 1901, 39 acres, 55 perches in Worth Twp. Consideration $1,200. Ada Shaw to T. G. Shielow, March 28th, 1901, lot in Philipsburg Boro. Considera- tion $1,550. J. E. Hoy et ux to Wm. D. Custard et al, March 26th, 1901, lot in. College Boro. Lutz, Spring | ||:Consideration, $1800. Philipsburg Coal & Land Co., to Fannie M. Loraine, March 28th, 1901, lot in Phil- Consideration $725. Minnie’ Stiner et baron to Christanna Stiner, March 28th, 1901, 44 acres, 110 Perches in Taylor Twp. Consideration J. D. Moore et ux et al to L. F. Royer, March 23rd, 1901, 2 tracts in Potter Twp. Covsideration $1,400. oJ. W. Walter to Hannah A. Steele, March 25th, 1901,lot in South Philipsburg. Consideration $550. . John W. Walter to Anna M. Fashbind- er, March 21st, 1901, 2 lots in South Phil- ipsburg. Consideration $225. oe Adam Vonada et ux to Harvey Vonada June 3rd, 1892, 11 acres, 20 perches in ‘Walker Twp. Consideration $200. ‘County commissioners to H. D. Vonada and. S.C. Hoy, June 29th, 1900. 200 ‘acres in Walker Twp. = Consideration $50. ‘John A.Swartz to H.D. Vonada, Jan. 1st, 1894, 24 acres in Walker Twp. Con- sideration $990. man John M. Shugert et al to Frank M. Shogert Apt] 186, 1901, } interest in prop- erty in Bi lefonte. Consideration $3,000. J. B. Irish and W. H. McCausland to J. F. Wilson, April 24th, 1900, 2 lots in Rush Twp. Consideration $60, = Alfred R. Lee et ux, to Juno. C. Bible, March 26th, 1901; 108 perches in Potter Twp. Consideration $1,100. ; Foi + Amos Kauffman to Edwin K. Smith, April 1st, 1901, 2 acres in College Twp. Consideration $1,000. : ADIDTIONAL LOCALS ——Thomas Irvin, who had been con- ducting the Swan hotel in Philipsburg, has moved back to Bald Eagle valley and will farm again. 2 ; A ———— ns : ——=A fire at’ the works of the Pennsyl- vania Mateh Co. in this place aroused the | town shortly after 6 o'clock Monday morn- ing and for a while it looked as though the | flames would destroy one of our principal industries. The fire originated in the matoh drying kiln in the centre of the great building and is supposed to have been caused by a tray of matches falling from a rack. The flames licked up the ‘matches and dry wood like tinder, bat fire proof walls kept them from spreading to ‘other parts of the building and they were soon under control. The loss is estimated at about $500.