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BY PP. GRAY MEEK.
Ink Slings.
Now if we're to have real fusion
Let there be a great infusion
Of Democrat and Union push and go.
It’s no longer a delusion
That the #ate’s in great confusion
; So let's turn Mar’s crowd out into the snow.
—Let us make GARDNER'S vote a big
one. He deserves it.
— Representative PALM'S withdrawal
from the Democratic ticket makes fusion
certain.
—1It is a good thing to encourage a good
official. Let us re-elect Mr. GARDNER
with a great vote.
: —So CHAUNCEY DEPEW is to be mar-
ried again. Well, that will end the after
dinner talking.
. —Every vote cast in this county for the
machine state ticket is a vote of approval
for every theiving act and every vicious
measure passed by the last Legislature.
—TAMMANY has spiked the opposition
gun in New York by nominating a man for
Mayor who is the equal in respectability
and integrity of any of the so-called re-
formers.
—Philadelphia may be a slow city bat
when it comes to the matter of kidnapping
women its enlightened denizens seems to
get in their work about as effectually as do
the benighted Bulgarians.
—If this naval investigation continues
much longer it will sériously shake the
public faith in history, but the fact will
still remain deeply engraved upon the
mind of all that SCHLEY won the Santiago
fight.
—What in the world do you suppose the
crew of the English ship Easingwold could
have been drinking? They swear that in
. the Indian Ocean recently they sailed for
fourteen miles through a sea of writhing
wriggling red snakes.
—ALEN BRIT STEELE once said, ‘‘adying
mule kicks in all directions’ and that is
very probably the reason ALGER’S book
flays everybody connected with the War
Department but himself and the few others
who shared with him the distinction (?) of
trying to feed the American soldiers em-
balmed beef. :
'—Almost simultaneously with the ap-
pearance of the North American’s first Sun-
“day edition—that ‘‘sensible Sunday news-
per’’—two of its employees went to jail
for, one of the most nonsensical crimes
committed in that city in years. Perhaps
they exhausted all their good sense in the' Mr Beit save Movers god Demovrat
salutatory. issue.
—Judge LOVE, it is said, is showing par-
tionlar interest “in the county campaign
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igfall. Hes doing this because every
e he can secure for the machine ticket
ie a vote of approval of a state platform
that charges ‘‘our’”’ Daniel with having
left a deficit in the State treasury when he
left the gubernatorial office.
—Miss STONE, an American missionary
who is inthe hands of brigands in Bulgaria,
was not killed on Tnesday, as they threat-
ened to do if the $125.000 demanded as
ransom was not paid by that time. While
every one is shocked at the misfortune
that has befallen this good woman she
might h ave met a very similar fate had she
remained at home and gone to work in
Philadelphia. They need missionaries
down there.
—The latest bit of news that is going
the rounds is to the effect that architect
PHILIP JOHNSON, who designed the mag-
nificent Pennsylvania state building at
Buffalo, is to design the new four million
capitol building at Harrisburg. If it is
trne the Commission has certainly secured
a peach and we would suggest that the
new capitol be planned somewhat after
that Pan-American building that we are
all so proud of.
—The Altoona Tribune calls an officer of
the law who permits a profane exclamation
to pass his lips‘‘an unconscious anarchist.’
Whether he is or not he ought to be
bounced for swearing. There is no prac-
tice so altogether useless as swearing. It
serves absolutely no purpose and while it
has fastened itself on many people as a
habit it is none the less indicative of a
short vocabulary, lack of refinement and
gentility and a streak of coarseness in one's
character.
—It is coming very close to the time
when their votes wili show just how many
Centre county Republicans endorse the
course of their late Representative, JOHN
K. THOMPSON. Every ballot cast for the
machine state ticket will be a vote of ap-
proval of the course of the man whom
Governor HASTINGS denounced ‘‘a liar, a
thief and a bribe taker.”” THOMPSON'S
acts are endorsed by the machine State
platform and the man who votes for that
votes to say THOMPSON did right.
——M. I. GARDNER'S candidacy for re-
election is meeting with most cordial sup-
port ou all sides. The people of Centre
county recognize that in him they have an
extraordinarily competent official and a man
whose clean character warrants the respect
of everyone. The three years he has heen
in office equip him for even better service—
it that is possible—daring. the second term
to which he is entitled. While his re-
election is almost a foregone conclusion it
would be only a fitting recognition of such
a capable official if he were given a rousing
majority.—Think this over, citizens. There
is no serious opposition to Mr. GARDNER,
80 why not turn in and make his re-election
as much of a compliment as possible by
piling up a great vote for him,
Temacrali
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STATE RIGHTS AND FEDERAL UNION.
VOL. 46
BELLEFONTE, PA., OCTOBER
The Withdrawal of Palm.
The withdrawal of Hon. A. J. PALM, as
the candidate of the Democratic party for
State Treasurer, practically assures the
fusion of all the political elements of the
State that favor honest government, against
the candidate of the QUAY machine. Asa
matter of fact in the nature of things fusion
was inevitable from the beginning. Events
have been leading up to it for years and
leading Democrats and Independent Re-
publicans have alike contributed to the re-
sult. Fusion failed at the organization of
the Legislature in 1899 only because the
combined vote of the Democrats and Insur-
gents was inadequate to compass the defeat
of the QUAY machine in the House of Rep-
resentatives. It failed at the organization
of the Legislature of 1901 for the reason
that some recreant Democrats proved
treacherous. The withdrawal of PALM and
the substitution of CORAY is the logical
sequence of these failures.
In his letter to the members of the Dem-
ocratic state central committee, conveying
the information of his withdrawal, Mr.
PALM recites the reasons which influenced
him to his course in language that is alike
forceful, timely and eloquent. ‘‘I am con-
vinced that the Democratic sentiment of
the State is strongly in favor of uniting our
strength with that of the Independent Re-
publicans,”’ he declares, ‘‘in what promises
to be a successful contest against the politic-
al organization which is so lost to all
sense of honor and shame as to endorse the
last Legislature in a state platform.”” En-
tertaining such views there was nothing
for Mr. PALM to do other than that which
he has done. Because of that conviction
he writes ‘‘I deem it my duty as a citizen,
as well as a candidate. to make the way
clear for a fusion ticket.” In that he is
both unselfish and patriotic. It is the act
of an honest and earnest man.
Whatever opinions may have been en-
tertained of fusion hitherto, in the light of
existing circumstances all must agree that
it is the wise course to pursue now. As
should ‘cheerfully acquiesce in the judg-
ment of the majority.”’ That hae always
been our idea of party and patriotic duty
and when, as Mr. PALM adds, ‘‘the prinei-
| .ples of the decalogue itself are forced upon
us as the guage ‘of battle and we are called
upon to decide whether bribery, perjury
and general political corruption shall be
rebuked or whether they shall be willfully
endorsed at the ballot box,’ there is no al-
ternative for men who have the preserva-
tion of popular government and the pros-
perity of the people at heart. What Mr.
PALM says of Representative CORAY is like-
wise literally true. During a service in
the Legislature covering three sessions he
has been the WARWICK in the cause of re-
form and honest government. No man of
any party has worked more persistently to
encompass the destruction of machine rule
and we, as Democrats, can readily support
him or such a basis.
Roosevelt and the Machine.
The signs of an impending break between
President ROOSEVELT and such leaders of
his party as HANNA, PLATT and QUAY are
multiplying. Herecently gave them some-
thing like a shock by declaring that he be-
lieved in the merit rather than the partisan
test in making appointments to office. The
new President’s long service in the civil
service commission gave a peculiar signifi-
cance to the statement and a corresponding
uneasiness to the machine. But an an-
nouncement which he subsequently made
to the effect that he will appoint Democrats
to office, when no fit Republicans are pre-
sented, is even more startling.
Such a policy would be had for the politic-
al machine but it is not certain thas it
would have the same effect on the party or
on the President. Infact it may be con-
jectured that the abuses in the appointment
of public officials under the partisanship
test has about reached the stage which pro-
vokes revolution in public sentiment and
compels a reversal. ROOSEVELT is just the
sort of man that would act the pioneer in
the new system and if the party organiza-
tion drives him too far, as it is more than
likely to do, he may throw it overboard al-
together. As a matter of fact he did that in
the case of the District Attorney of Kansas.
No doubt the President’s first thought in
making appointments, as in other things,
will be the public ‘welfare, but he will not
through it all remove his eyes from the fact
that he desires a nomination and election
to the office which he now fills as the result
of a national tragedy. If therefore it
should appear to his mind that the strict
adherence to the merit system in appoint-
ments, or the selection of Democrats where
fit Republicans had ‘not been presented,
would promote hig ambition for an election
it may be confidently predicted that he
would adopt the policy promptly and ad-
here to it tenaciously.
—It is only three weeks from next
Tuesday until the people will have an, op-
portunity of showing their condemnation
of machine methods and machine manage-
mens.
Quay Building Up False Hopes.
Senator QUAY expresses confidence that
President ROOSEVELT will support the
“organization” in this State, which is sur-
prising. The Senator bases his opinion on
the fact that ROOSEVELT has always heen
an organization man in the past, but that
only shows that the ‘‘old man’’ is becom-
ing credulous. In other words Mr. ROOSE-
VELT'S attachment to organizations that
were decent before he became President is
no reason why he should or evidence that
he will give the benefit of his support toa
band of pirates, claiming to be an organiza-
tion, since he acquired that great distinc-
tion. Besides his present associations in-
dicate that he is not in sympathy with the
‘organization’ in this State. His Post-
master General is not supporting the organ-
jzation and if the President were not in ac-
cord with him there would be what Senator
TELLER characterized as ‘‘a parting of the
ways.”’
DAVID H. LANE, of Philadelphia, de-
fined the organization of Pennsylvania in
his speech the other evening. He said :
The cohesive power of the organization is the
offices. There are 10,000 of them at thefdisposal
of the organization.
The Poles, Hebrews, Hungarians, Italians and
other foreigners who come here vote with us be-
cause we control the offices, They want favors,
and know they cannot get them unless they are
with us.
The organizaticn is strong because it controls
the offices which contribute all that goes to make
it strong. Without the offices this great organ-
ization would crumble and fall.
Mr. LANE spoke of Philadelphia but he
manifestly meant Pennsylvania. The head
of the Philadelphia organization is QUAY
and ISRAEL W. DURHAM is his executive
officer. The head of the state organization
is QUAY and DURHAM is his executive of-
ficer. Therefore the two organizations are
identical, except for a difference in some
of the subordinate officers. That is to say
in the state organization JOHN P. ELKIN
occupies the position which Mr. LANE fills
in the Philadelphia organization.
Does Senator QUAY expect any self-
respecting man to affiliate with such a
combination of robbers and black-mailers
as Mr. LANE describes the Philadelphia
organization to be? Daring the recent
session of the Legislature FRANK G. HAR-
RIS, the candidate of the Republican or-
‘ganization for State Treasurer, was a con-
spicuous supporter of every job which was
presented in the interest of the machine.
He led in the fight for the atrocious: ‘‘rip-
per”’ legislation and in the infamous raid
on the rights of the people as expressed in
the vicious measures for grabbing franchises.
According to Mr. LANE he is the candidate
of the organization and if the President
supports him he must endorse every line of
his wretched record in the Legislature and
out of it. QUAY must know that Presi-
dent ROOSEVELT will not do that. He
must be aware that such a man must be
abhorrent to the President and in alleging
that the President will support the organ-
ization he slanders the Chief Magistrate of
the country, or if he does not the people
are woefully deceived in the lamented Mc-
KINLEY'S successor.
A Practical View.
Representative SHAFRoTH, of Colorado
who has just returned from the Philippines,
where he spent four months investigating
conditions, has given the public his views.
Mr. SHAFROTH was first elected to Con-
gress as a Republican in 1894 but left that
party to join the forces of the Silver Re-
publicans after the nomination of McKIN-
LEY and the declaration for the gold stand -
ard. Bat in everything else than the mon-
ey question he is still a Republican and is
not averse to expansion on the Republican
plan. But he isa man of keen business
intelligence and discusses the question of
the retention of the Asiatic islands with
peculiar clearness and force.
Peace is practically restored in the Philip-
pines, Mr. SHAFROTH declares, and except
in one of the unimportant islands the con-
aquest of the natives is complete. But it
has cost more than the property is worth.
The present expenditure, he adds, is about
$75,000,000 a year and though the land is
fertile and resources great it will be im-
possible to recover the vast sums that have
been expended. Even after peace is com-
pletely established, be continues, 30,000
men will be required to garrison the terri-
tory so as to preserve order and therefore
the expense will equal the gain for all time
and there will be nothing left as recompense
for the labor or compensation for the risk.
There is probably no use in further dis-
cussing the moral side of the question.
Until the military spirit, which has grown
up in the country during the past few years,
subsides conquest will be the ruling passion
among the people. Right or wrong, until
toe change which is certain comes, the
people of this country will favor the reten-
tion of the Philippines unless they are in-
fluenced by other considerations to another
view of the subject. For that reason the
opinion of Mr. SHAFROTH is valuable. It
appeals to the most potent power in the
American heart.
——Subseribe for the WATCHMAN.
11. 1901.
“NO. 40.
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A Plain Duty Now.
Today, Friday, fusion between the Demo-
crats and Independent Republicans of the
State will be formally effected at Harris-
burg. The Democratic state committee
meets there for the purpose of accepting
the resignation of Mr. PALM, Democratic
candidate for State Treasurer, and sub-
stituting for his name upon the ticket that
of Mr. CorAY, an Independent Republi-
can. As to the wisdom of this act there
are many Democrats who have grave
doubts. Some, because they hesitate to
cast their vote for a Republican, others be-
cause they question the legality of the
nomination in the face of the resolution
passed by the Democratic state convention,
instructing the state committee to fill any
vacancy that might occur by the nomina-
tion ef a Democratic candidate and others
because of the effect failure or success of
the movement may have upon the ques-
tion of fusion next fall, when the issues to
be determined will be of vastly more im-
portance than are those of the present
campaign.
Whatever the wisdom or effect of this
movement this fall may be there is but one
course now for loyal Democrats to pursne—
that is to support the ticket with the same
honesty and earnestness that they would
one of their own making.
As to the fitness of the two candidates
for the Supreme court bench there can be
no question. Mr. YERKES is so far above
the leaky POTTER in legal ability, in
honesty, in integrity and judicial training
that no comparison between the two men
can be made, while Mr. CORAY is so vastly
superior to the machine heeler, FRANK
HARRIS, that he would be a queer voter
who ‘would hesitate for a moment as to
which of these should receive his ballot. It
is not a question now between Democrats
and Republicans. The issue is between
the people of the State and the machine and
he who hesitates to vote for YERKES and
CORAY simply assists the machine in its
efforts to maintain its grip upon the Com-
monwealth.
A$ Demociats we may doubt the wisdom
of fusion at this time much as we have a
mind to, but under the circumstances our
duty is plain and positive—and that is to
_as8'i8 In breaking the power of the ring hy
voting the ticket that is opposed to it. No
good Democrat will hesitate to fulfill this
daty.
General Alger's Book.
Gen. ALGER'S book,so long looked for—,
is out at last and if theadvance sheets pub-
lished in the papers the other day are rep-
resentative of the work, it will be most in-
teresting. Asa rule books predicated on
spite are not of much value. Senator
SHERMAN’S memories, issued a short time
before he and General ALGER became mem-
bers of the same presidential family,greatly
disappointed popular expectation, because
it was made a sort of sluice way to drain-
off his enmities. SHERMAN was a man of
extraordinary. ability and if he failed in
such an enterprise it can hardly be expeot-
ed that ALGER will succeed. Still meas-
ured by the demand for the work this new-
est contribution to the literature of hate
will be a success, for the indications are
that there will be an enormous demand
for it.
ALGER’S book is the sequel of the em-
balmed beef controversy which followed
the Spanish war. General MILES made
the charge, upon his return from Porto
Rico, that the troops under his command
there and in Cuba had been rationed by
meat that had been preserved by the proc-
esses used in embalming dead bodies, or
similar processes. This led to an investi-
gation which resulted in ‘‘cashiering’’ Com-
missary General EGAN and the forced re-
tirement of General ALGER from the office
of Secretary of War. The beef trust which
supplied the poisoned meat was vindicated,
as most people believe, under orders from
the administration, while ALGER was sulk-
ing into retirement. He was the cleanest
of the lot but became the ‘‘scape goat,"’
likewise under orders. His book is his
medium of getting even with all concerned.
The book ‘‘calls a spade a spade,” we
are led to infer by curiously glancing over
the advance sheets. It denounces General
Miles in unsparing terms and accuses Ad-
miral SAMPSON of lying and other things
that wouldn't look well in a family news-
paper. The publication was delayed on ac-
coant of the death of President McKINLEY
and some changes in text were made neces-
sary by that tragedy,so that it may be con-
jectured that under other circumstances he
would have come in for a share of criticism.
Or it may be that the elevation of Presi-
dent ROOSEVELT made it necessary to alter
the references to him. ROOSEVELT was the
real originator of the scandal which cul-
minated in ALGER’S retirement. It was he
who got up the famous ‘‘Round Robin’
which was the beginning of ALGER'’S
troubles.
——Former county commissioner and
recorder James Strohm is being urged by
some of his friends to be a candidate for
county superintendent of schools.
“the island of Samar
Time to Waken Up, Democrats!
Now that the party leaders have succeed-
ed in making a fusion with the Independ-
ent Republicans and in exposing the divid-
-ed and doubtful conditions of the Phila-
delphia Democracy, it might be well if they
would takea few days off and ascertain
just how much life there is in the party
organizations throughout the State. It is
true that our knowledge may be limited as
to the condition of Democratic organiza-
tions outside of the city of Philadelphia,
but, if we are not mistaken in our reading
of the signs of the times, there is less inter-
est being taken by the masses this fall in
the political sitmation than has been
for many, many years. At no time
or at no place do we hear politics discuss-
ed. Men meet and talk over the ordinary
occurrences of the day but when asked as
to the political situation in their neighbor-
hood the universal response is ‘‘there is no
politics this fall.”” This does not augur
well for a full vote and without a full vote
on the part of the Democrats, as well as of
tiie Independent Republicans, there will be
little chance to do more than lessen the
usual Republican majority in the State,
Those charged with the welfare of the
party have possibly been doing their best
to strengthen its organization and secure
good results at the polls by their efforts to
heal factional troubles in Philadelphia, and
secure the co-operation of honest Republi-
caus, but what will the fifty or hundred
thousand votes made in this way avail if
twice that many Democrats throughout
the country should, through carelessness
or lack of interest, remain away from the
polls. There are but little over three
weeks left until the election, there is much
to be done in that time if the Democratic
vote is to be gotten to the polls and while
we have full faith in those managing the
campaign we would suggest, in all earnest-
ness, that the remaining days of the ‘cam-
paign be devoted to this purpose and this
alone.
Not an Easy Task.
From the Pittsburg Post. pt
The cost of holding on to the Philippines
is made manifest by the fact that General
Chaffee is to take vigorous measures to
punish the natives who took part in the
massacre of Company C, Ninth infan
nied plan tenon
campaign of vengeance will be a risky and
arduous undertaking. The bholomen of
Samar seem to be a very different type from
the more civilized Filipinos that were
under Aguinaldo. This was not their first
successful attack on American soldiers. A
little over a year ago they raided one of
our posts and killed 19 soldiers and wound-
ed 5. They are courageous and daring,
and intrepid in the use of their bolos or
knives, with which they are very effective
in close quarters. There are about half a
million of them on theisland of Samar,
which is as large as the State of Ohio, very
mountainous and a very difficult region for
American troops to operate in. We sup-
pose General Chaffee can take vengeance by
killing two or three hundred of the bolomen
but that accomplished we will be where we
started. There are millions of Filipinos on
the islands, and the killing of a few hun-
dred doesn’t count. It is believed all the
islands are a network of conspiracy and
intrigue. No one will be surprised by out-
breaks at any time.
With the Traitors.
From the Philadelphia Record.
It will be found that there is no room
anywhere 10 the Democratic party of Penn-
sylvania for traitors and traders. The
Democratic executive committee of Adams
county has formally repudiated M. A. Gar-
vin, who voted for the machine speaker of
the House and subsequently absented him-
self, unpaired, from the election for United
States Senator. In York county the Demo-
cratic convention, under certain sinister
influences, some time ago approved the
three traitors who also voted with Garvin
for the machine. But as The Record cor-
respondence shows, the Democratic masses
of York county ars now thoroughly aroused
against these traitors to the party, and
favor fusion on the state ticket for Yerkes
and Coray. The little *‘Jeffersonian” ring
opposed to fusion will make a small figure
in the election.
Out
The Milk in the Cocoanut.
From the Easton Argus.
According to the Republican machine in
this State the ‘‘yellow journals’’ are those
that do not remain quiet while the -adher-
ents of the machine are engaged in the in-
teresting occupation of plundering the peo-
ple. They are doing their best to turn the
ory against sensational journalism to their
own account, but the attempt does no more
than call attention to the greatest sensation
of all as evidenced in a corrupt Legislature
and a band of machine plunderers of the
people. No paper could print a true ac-
count of tha acts of that Legislature, of the
machine and of the disreputable inter-party
combines to rob the public without laying
itself open to the machine provoked charge
of publishing sensations and dilating upon
rascality.
Tho Foxy Chinee.
From the Mercer Press.
Earl Li Hung Chang has once more recov-
ered. Now that there is a growing pros-
pect of comparatively friendly relations
between China and the powers, he feels
almost convalescent. When matters look
dark and threatening, the earl was scarcely
expected to recover, Bret Harte knew his
individual when he wrote that ‘‘For ways
that are dark and tricks that are vain,’’ the
heathen Chinese is peculiar.’’ Earl Liis a
superb diplomat, but he bas all the charac-
teristics of his race nevertheless.
Spawls from the Keystone.
—Ross B. Snell, of South Williamsport, a
soldier in the Philippines, died of fever July
27th. His remains will be sent to Williams-
port.
—An early morning fire last Saturday des-
troyed two dwellings in Huntingdon, occu-
pied by Ed. Clark and Ralph Hunter, colored,
and owned by F. M. Bollinger.
—Mrs. Sarah Green, of Woodbury, while
on the fair grounds at Bedford on Thursday
of last week, was run down by a horse driv-
en be James Seese and badly injured.
—The next meeting of the Central Penn-
sylvania Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran
church will be held September, 1902, in St.
John’s English Lutheran church, Lock’
Haven.
—While the family of James Aultz, of
Huntingdon, were at supper last Friday
evening, burglars entered through the front
door, and by going through several truuks
and chests secured $90 in cash.
—Rev. F. B. Riddle, a well known minis-
ter of the Central Pennsylvania M. E. con-
ference, now stationed at Bloomsburg, was
stricken lightly with paralysis a few days
ago. His right side was affected.
—D. W. Moody, of Renovo, a brakeman on
the Buffalo and Susquehanna railroad, fell
from his train near Galeton Saturday after-
noon and both of his legs were cut off by the
car wheeels. The unfortunate man died at
10.30 Saturday night. He was 25 years old
and married.
—Miss Anna Ewing, of Newton Hamilton,
has taken over 2,000 figs from her trees and
could get as many more if frost does not kill
them before marketing. Figs do not ripen
all at once but keep getting ripe from start
of season till the frost kills them. The trees
have to be buried over winter.
—Rev. Joseph Stevens, D. D., died at his
residence at Jersey Shore, Wednesday even-
ting, after an illness of only one day. The
e of death was heart disease. Rev. Jos.
Stev was born in Philadelphia, October
27th, 1817. He served the Presbyterian
church at Jersey Shore as pastor 36 years.
—On Friday afternoon while opening a can
of lye, Mrs. Cyrus J. Musser, of Bedford, met
with a painful accident. In pressing the lid
off some of the lye struck her in the right
eye which was burnt severely. She does not
have any use of the injured optic, but her at-
tending physician thinks the sight is not de-
stroyed.
—Miles W.. Pelton, one of the oldest and
most highly respected citizens of Morris
township, Clearfield county, died on Sunday
rather suddenly. He had not been well for
some time, but up until his death was able to
be around. The deceased was a farmer by
occupation, and a gentleman who enjoyed a
large circle of friends. He was aged 82 years.
1 month and 13 days.
—The large farm house of Frederick Dale,
near Osceola, together with all its contents,
was destroyed by fire on Saturday morning
about 2 o'clock. The fire originated from a
defective flue. The family barely escaped
with their lives. All the clothing was des-
troyed, together with half a dozen watches
belonging to different members of the family,
pocket books, money, etc.
“—An item is eirculating in the newspapers
. which states that the bones of Joseph Homer,
of Sharon, are becoming soft and flexible,and
it is predicted that in a few years he will be
totally helpless. Homer's legs are now af-
fected and canbe bent and twisted in all
possible shapes, without him suffering any
pain whatever. He has been in this condi-
tion for several weeks. Osteopathists cannot
explain the cause of Homer’s condition.
—A distressing accident occurred at Cur-
wensville on Friday whereby Jack and Cal
Mallon were seriously injured. They were
driving when the horse became frightened
and ran away and they were throw out of
their buggy. Cal’s left leg was broken, his
knee dislocated, and his head and face
gashed and bruised. Jack, although escap-
ing more fortunately, was also very painful-
ly injured about the head and face.
—W. H. Denlinger, of Patton, and James
H. Allport, of Hastings, both former Philips-
burgers, are among the incorporators of a
new street railway company that filed letters
patent in the register’s and recorder’s office
at Ebensburg a few days ago. The line will
be known as the Conemaugh Street railway
company and will run from Johnstown to
Ebensburg, at which place it is expected to
connect with the Northern Cambria Street
railway, when the latter is completed.
—John Bennett killed his wife and then
shot himself near DuBois Wednesday night.
Bennett was 35 years old and his wife 27.
The two had quarreled frequently and about
a week ago they separated. Wednesday even-
ing Bennett went to see his wife. She think-
ing that he wanted to effect a reconciliation,
stepped into the yard. Bennett shot his wife
and then killed himself. When the inmates
rushed into the yard they found both on the
ground dead, each with a bullet hole in the
forehead. :
—By the most heroic efforts, Mrs. William
Harquist, of Austin, Potter county, carried
her infant child and a baby 2 years old from
their burning home Tuesday evening. A
boy 6 years old after being seriously burned
jumped from a second story window. An-
other child, 8 years of age, was burned to
death. The fire, it is believed, followed the
explosion of an oil lamp. The mother and
four children had retired and were sleeping.
William Harquist, the father, was at work.
His home is completely destroyed.
—1It is said that Chas. M. Swab promised to
give $1,000 to the first couple married in the
new St. Michael’s church, which he present-
ed to the Catholic congregation at Loretto,
and the matter is now up against Mr. Swab
for Wednesday morning Miss Susie Little and
Edward A. McGuire, both of Loretto were
united in the bonds of wedlock by Father
Ferdinand Kittell, rector of the church.
Miss Fannie Storm, of Altoona, was the
bridesmaid, and W. A. McGuire, of Johns-
town, a brother of the groom, was grooms-
man. Following the ceremony a wedding
breakfast was served at the home of the
bride’s mether and the large number of
guests, including members of both families,
took dinner at the home of the bridegroom's
parents. In the evening the bride and groom
went to Cresson, where they will go to-
housekeeping at once. .