cr ———— sop Colleges & Schools. rr YOU WISH TO BECOME. A Chemist, An Engineer, An Electrician, A Scientic Farmer, n short, if you wish to secure a training that wil THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE COLLEGE A Teacher, A Lawyer, A Physician, A Journalist, 1 fit you well for any honorable pursuit in life, OFFERS EXCEPTIONAL ADVANTAGES. TUITION IS FREE IN ALL COURSES. TAKING EFFECT IN SEPT. 1900, the General Courses have been extensively modified, so as to fur- nish a much more varied range of electives, ing History ; the English, French, German, tures ; Psychology; Ethics, Pedagogies, and after the Freshman year, than heretofore, includ- Spanish, Latin and Greek Languages and Litera- Political Science. These courses are especially adapted to the wants of those who seek either the most thorough training for the Profession of Teaching, or a general College Education. 3 Hy : : i i Civil, Electrical, Mechanical and Mining Engineerin ng The Cr A L. ? Graduates have no difficulty in securing and ne positions. best in the United States. are among the very YOUNG WOMEN are admitted to all courses on the same terms as Young Men. THE WINTER SESSION opens January 12th, 1902. For specimen examination papers or for catalogue giving full information repsecting courses of study, expenses, etc., and showing positions held by graduates, address : THE REGISTRAR, State College, Centre County, Pa. 25-27 Saddlery. goo $5,000 $5,000 WORTH OF: HARNESS, HARNESS, HARNESS, SADDLES, BRIDLES, PLAIN HARNESS, FINE HARNESS, BLANKETS, WHIPS, Ete. All combined in an immense Stock of Fine Saddlery. seis NOW IS THE TIME FOR BARGAINS..... eens To-day Prices have Dropped ‘THE LARGEST STOCK OF HORSE OOLLARS IN THE COUNTY. JAMES SCHOFIELD, BELLEFONTE, PA. 8-87 Coal and Wood. RE ovarD KX. RHOADS. 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SPREADS LIKE WILDFIRE—W hen things are ‘‘the best” they become ‘‘the best sell- ing.’” Abraham Hare, a leading druggist, of ‘Belleville, O., writes : ‘Electric Bitters are the best selling bitters I have handled in 20 years.” You know why ? Most dis- eases being in disorders of stomach, liver, kidneys, bowels, blood and nerves. Electric Bitters tones up the stomach, regulates liver, kidneys and bowels, purifies the blood, hence cures multitudes of maladies. It builds up the entire system. Puts new life and vigor into any weak, sickly, run- down man or woman, Price 50 cents. Sold by F. P. Green druggist: ! Bellefonte, Pa., December 2 and Death. Mark the of Terrific Storm in the State. Devastation Pathway Railway Bridge Collapses—One Million Dollars’ Worth of Property Destroyed in New York State—Cold Wave Sweeps Country—Enormous Damage is Reported from Over the State, Riv- ers Still Rising and Railwag Traffic Blocked by Washouts and Landslides. The storm that swept over Pennsylvania on Saturday and the greater part of Satur- day night lefs wide-spread devastation in its track. Many rivers burst their banks, and the waters rushing into the lowlands inundated villages, washed out great beds of railroad track, and in one instance con- tributed to the collapse of a railway bridge, the wreck of a freight train and the loss of three lives. Telegraphic and telephonic communica- tion between the towns within the area of the storm’s swath is almost entirely inter- rupted, and it will be several days before the precise amount of damage done can be ascertained. In the Lehigh valley much havoe has been wrought, and business is to a large extent paralyzed. The Bethlehem steel works, at South Bethlehem, employing a large number of men, has been forced to suspend work owing to the floods, and can- not resume for many days. The collieries in Hazleton, in the Lehigh valley, are all flooded, and must remain idle for from three days to a week. : At Pottsville, in the Schuylkill region, forty-eight colleries are flooded, and re- ports received from other places in the Schuylkill Valley indicate that the mines are badly crippled. Reports from Wilkes- barre, in the \Wyoming region, are that many colleiies are also flooded. From come, and in some instances collieries were so deeply flooded that several hun- dred mules were drowned. In New York State the storm: was espec- ially severe, and millions worth of proper- ty have been destroyed. The street light- ing plant of the city of Ithaca has heen crippled hy the floods, and the place was Saturday and Saturday night in utter dark- ness. Other towns in New York State suf- fered severely, particularly in the North. In New Jersey there was a good deal of damage done along the coast, and two ships were driven ashore. Warnings of a twenty-five foot stage in the Allegheny river at Pittsburg, and a rise of ten to eighteen feet in the rivers of South Carolina were issued Sunday. While it had been showery most of the day the storm did not break in this section until 3 o'clock Saturday afternoon. From that hour until midnight rain fell in tor- rents, converting the small streams in the county into raging rivers and doing con- siderable damage to improved land by wash- outs. Fortunately a large volume of the water had been absorbed before the freez- ing up began at 3 o’clock Sunday morning, for had the ground frozen before the water fell there would undoubtedly have been a repetition of the disastrous flood of Feb. 22nd, 1900. Spring creek, Bald Eagle, Marsh creek Fishing creek, Penns creek and Buffalo Run were all overflowing their banks, but no extensive damage was done, though the little brook that flows down the gap from Point McCoy swelled until it car- ried a great avalanche of rock onto the P. R. R. tracks at that point and blocked the morning passenger train so that passengers had to be transferred. Among them was John M. Neubauer, of Charleroi, formerly proprietor of the Brockerhoff house in this place, who was on his way here for a visit. In trying to jump over the stream he was unfortunate enough to fall into the icy torrent, getting an unexpected bath. Sev- eral other passengers were similarly unfor- tunate, but all escaped without further in- jory than the discomfort. FREIGHT TRAIN CRASHES THROUGH BRIDGE AND THREE LIVES ARE LOST NEAR WILLIAM SPORT. WiLniaAMsporT, December 15.—This section of the State sustained heavy loss by the terrific rain-storm which raged yes- terday and the greater portion of last night. Meagre reports of the damages ipflicted by the elements along the numerous tributa- ries emptying into the Susquehanna river in this vicinity are of the most alarming nature. The wreck of a freight train on the Phil- adelphia and Evie division of the Pennsyl- vania railroad and the loss of three lives are directly the result of the floods that have followed the almost incessant rains. Shortly after 6 o’clock, while the west- bound train No. 83 was crossing Lycoming creek on a four-span iron bridge, the struc- ture partly collapsed, two of the big spans dropping. into the raging water of the swollen stream. In an instant the locomo- tive and nine cars were submerged under 21 feet of water and three of the crew went down to their death. The dead are : John Martz, engineer, of Sunbury; mar- ried. Frederick Glass, fireman, married. George Harley, brakeman, of Sunbury; single. of Sunbury; WARNED BY A BOY. The train was made up of an engine, twenty cars and a caboose. It was loaded wish perishable goods mostly oysters and fish, shipped from Baltimore. Although it was just leaving the city limits it is es- = | a i i La other sections of the State similar reports | | timated that it was running at a speed of es. A bridge near Ralston was swept slowly. By 9 o'clock to-night it had fal- of six men. The three men saved were in the caboose, which with eleven cars came to an abrupt stop when the air hose snap- ped apart, setting the brakes. No attempt will be made to recover the bodies of the unfortunate railroaders or clear the wreck- age from the creek until the flood subsides. Five minutes after the collapse of the two spans of the bridge and the fatal plunge of the train a third span toppled from the piers and fell into the water. A 16-year-old hoy. named William Ber- ger gave warning of the state of the bridge to the engineer of the train, but without avail. The hoy had risen early and with a lighted lantern had started to ascertain if any damage had heen done along the creek. Approaching the bridge he became alarmed at the noise made by the surging water against the pier. Without investigating further the boy concluded that the bridge was in danger from the flood. At that in- stant the headlight of the oyster train ap- peared down a straight stretch of track ful- [ly a fifth of a mile away. Berger swung his lighted lanters on the train, but the en- gineer unheeded it for some unaccountable reason. VAST AMOUNT OF DAMAGE. A south-bound Buffalo flyer four hours late and filled with several hundred pas- sengers, was flagged as it approached the bridge a short time after the terrible acei- dent. The flood literally toyed with the roadbed, bridges and tracks of the North- ern Central railroad in the valley of Ly- coming creek. All telegraph wires are down between this city and Ralston. | Railroad business is telegraphed to Elmira and sent here over the telephone by a aroundabout route. In addition to innumerable breaks in the embankments several washouts are re- ported. They are at Gillett’s, Ceader Ledge, Troy, Ralston, Penbryn and bridges Nos. 2 and 3. All the openings extead for a distance of over 200 feet. In many in- { stances the rails are bent, showing the ter- vific force of the water. Last night the town of Ralston and Trout Run were part- ly inundated. On the low lands the water reached above the second floors of many houses, and the inmates were compelled to stay cooped up in garrets until morning without food or heat. Their sufferings were intense. The north-bound express leaving here at 7 o'clock was stalled and surrounded by wate: near Ralston, the engineer not hav- ing time to back out of harm’s way before the f.rnace fire was extinguished. The train was held up all night. Over thirty passer ers were taken by boats from the coach: s and cared for at nearby farm hous- i | thirty miles an hour at the time of the ac- | away. Scores of outbuildings and barns cident. The train was in charge of a crew | are lodged against the railroad bridges. ANOTHER FREIGHT WRECK. Shortly after midnight a freight wreck | occurred on the Reading railroad at New | Columbia. A wrecking crew from New- berry Junction was sent to the scene. Af- | len six feet. From up the country come reports of great damage to property along the river front, especially tc industries. No fatalities are reported. Lock-tender William Huffert’s house | and stable near Allentown were swept away. The family escaped, hut two horses ter the train passed over the iron bridge | were carried with the stable into the Le- spanning Loyalsock creek, near Montours- | ville, the trackwalker discovered that a‘ span of the structure had settled and tilted | three feet out of plumb. At Newberry ten families living on Goose Island were threatened with drowning by water from the overflow from Lycoming creek. They were rescued with boats and horses. One woman named Reeder, who gave birth toa child less than two houis before was re- moved with difficulty.’ Although the riv- er is twenty-two feet high here, there is no danger of a flood. The water reached its greatest height at noon. Graffins run overflowed and filled about a score of cellars. Muncy creek, which is usually a little brook, was four- teen feet high. Portions of the towns of Hughesville, Picture Rocks and Muncy Valley were flooded. Many washouts oc- curred along the Williamsport and North Branch railroad. A trackwalker reached here from Ralston this evening. He says seven Italians were drowned there. There was a big rise in Pine creek. Some dam- age is reported along the Fall Brook divis- ion of the New York Central railroad. RUSHING WATERS COVER THE LEHIGH VALLEY. ALLENTOWN, December 16.—The city is in total darkness, and since early morning not a trolley wheel has moved, as the pow- er house of the Lehigh Valley Traction Company is flooded. There have been on- ly one or two 1ailroad trains to the city to-day and two out of it. All the railroads’ are handicapped by the high water. Large industries along the Lehigh. Little Lehigh and Jordon are flooded, and most of them will not be able to resume for five or six days. The Adelaide silk mill is damaged to the amount of $20,000. The trolley cars are stalled along the entire line from Easton to Slatington and Bangor. The Lehigh river began to rise about 5 o’clock this morning. Houses along the river and lowlands were svrrounded by water before the occupants realized their situation, and by that time it was too late to get out. Hundreds of people spent the days on the upper floors. Kline’s Island, covering several hundred acres, is com- pletely under water and three families there were driven to the second floor. The Iowa Barb Wire Works, along the Little Lehigh, are inundated, as are also furniture factories in South Allentown. The water reached its highest point about 1 o'clock, when it began to recede high river and drowned. At Bethlehem the Lehigh river has over- flowed the canal and adjoining 1ailroad | tracks on both sides. tral railroad has suspended traffic. Not since 1841 bas the back water from the riv- er wronght so great damage. The canal bank bosses say the damage to the canal will reach $30,000, while two hundred private residences in the flooded district suffer to the extent of nearly $50,000. Both the electric and gas companies are without power and the churches were com- pelled to suspend service. FLOOD CLOSES STEEL WORKS. At South Bethlehem the Bethlehem steel works has been obliged to shut down on account of being inundated with water. The Mineral Spring Ice Company, along the river, is also flooded. The Lehigh riv- er reached its highest point since the flood of 1862, but is rapidly receding. At Easton both the Lehigh and Delaware rivers have overtlowed their banks. Dock and East Canal streets are inundated and the residents have been compelled to move to the second story of their homes. The industrial plants at Odenweldertown are surrounded by water. The Easton Power Company’s plant is under water. Several churches could not hold services on account of the water. COLLIERIES MADE IDLE BY FLOOD. At Hazleton all the collieries in the vi- cinity are flooded and operations will prob- ably not be resumed before the first of the year. Over 100 mules were drowned in the mines, John Burne, of Oneida, was swept off a bridge and drowned. Both tracks of the Lehigh Valley railroad between Weatherly and Black Creek, east of the city, were washed away. At Penn Haven the Central railroad bridge over the Le- high river was destroyed, blocking traffic between that place and Wilkesbarre, and the new steel bridge of the Lehigh Valley railroad at Penn Haven was also washed from its supports. Twenty passenger trains are stalled be- tween Penn Haven and Weatherly. The passengers walked to the latter place and were brought to Hazleton, where they are storm bound. PorTsSVILLE, Dec. 15.—In Schuylkill and adjoining counties the forty-eight col- lieries of the Philadelphia and Reading Coal and Iron Company and many other corporations are flooded, and the prospects . wise rendered useless for the time. are not favorable for a resumption of work for a week at least. At-Bast colliery, near Ashland, thirty mules were drowned. More than a score of township and railway bridges have been swept away, the Phila- delphia and Reading alone losing three in New Castle township. Two hridges at Cresson were also destroyed. Telegraph and telephone wires and poles, steam 1ail- road and trolley rolling stock are lying in swamps, down embankments and other- Not a ' wheel on the steam roads north of Potts- Both the Lehigh Valley and Jersey Cen- ville moved to-day, and there are many storm-hound passengers here. Laud slides occurred on the Pennsylvania railroad at Rock Station, on the Rhiladelphia and Reading road east of Auburn. At the William Penn colliery there is a torrent of water running over the railroad tracks. In Pottsville four feet of water this morning rushed down Railroad street, being nearly two squares in width and extending nearly to the centre of the town. The town’s steam heating plant fires were put out by the flood and the electric light plant bad to close down before daylight. Hundreds of cellars were flooded, and some of the churches could not hold services on account of water in the basements. At Mahanoy City houses on Spruce street for an entire block were filled from the cellar to the second story with culm wash- ed down the mountain sides. Water was three feet deep in the principal streets. Mahanoy creek rose ten feet, overflooded - its banks and flooded all the houses along Water street for two miles. In the busi- ness part of the city every cellar was flood- ed. Railroad and trolley traffic was wholly suspended. FLAGMAN AVERTS A WRECK. At Tamaqua the Wabash creek over- flowed its banks and covered the whole centre of the city with two feet of water. Cellars everywhere were flooded. The Reading railway cogipany’s line is badly crippled. Not a train reached town until late this afternoon. Locust dam burst and tore out fifty feet of the company’s tracks at the Tamaqua tunnel. A landslide occurred one mile north of town, but watchman Henry flagged fast freight No 57 at midnight in time to avert a wreck. Trains are now being run via Pottsville. Wires are down between here and Mauch Chunk and no train has yet reached this place on the Central railway. Bridges along the line are in unsafe condition and the one spanning the Schuykill east of the town has been forced eut of position. Not a trolley car reached here to-day, as the road in some places is covered by a foot of earth. All the collieries are flooded, and it will be some time before they resume. At Lofty both tracks were washed out for a quarter-mile, and at Middleport the road-bed was torn out forone hundred yards. “gl BN jg O we have'nt everything, but we do have about all that belongs to our line of trade. At least thatis what we aim to have. And now if you will just come along we feel confident of being able to fit you out in first class shape. We have the goods and that is what you want. You have the stuff to buy them and that is just what we want. So we can see no reason why we cannot deal. Do you? Particularly at this CHRISTMAS TIME are we prepared to please you. Our Fruits, Nuts, Sweets and everything you want upon your ta- ble, are the freshest and in endless varie- ties. You will be pleased with yourself and with the world generally and your family will be pleased with you if you buy at our store. the assortment is The prices are right, unequaled, and we are confident you will find just what you want if you will call at SECHLER & CO’S Bellefonte. Dec. 20th, 1901. VaR — 0) OLIVES-PRESERVES, EGGETTS “( L0MNO’E a A 4 sl ANT ANN > A WY ——— ASA Gp 2
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