Bellefonte, Pa., September 19, 1902.
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Democratic State Ticket.
For Governor:
LRoBERT E. PATTISON, of Philadelphia.
For Lieutenant Governor:
GEORGE W. GUTHRIE, of Allegheny.
Secretary of Internal Affairs:
JAMES NOLAN, of Berks.
The County Ticket.
For Congress :
D. E. HIBNER, of Clearfield.
For State Senator :
Wu. C. HEINLE, of Centre.
For Assembly :
J. W. KEPLER, of Ferguson Twp.
J. H. WETZEL, of Bellefonte.
For Sheriff :
H. S. TAYLOR, of Bellefonte.
For Register :
A. G. ARCHEY, of Ferguson Twp.
For Recorder :
JNo. C. ROWE, of Philipsburg.
For Treasurer :
W. J. CARLIN, of Miles Twp.
For Commissioner :
E. A. HuMPTON, of Snow Shoe Twp.
P. H. MEYER, of Harris Twp.
For Auditor ;
J. H. BECK, of Walker Twp.
W. H. TiBBENS, of COLLEGE TwP.
Democratic County Convention.
A reconvened meeting of the Democratic
County Convention of June 3rd, 1902, will
be held in the court house, at Bellefonte,
on Wednesday, October 1st, 1902, at 11.30
o’clock A. M., for the purpose of nomina-
ting a candidate for Coroner, and any other
business that may come before the conven-
tion. All delegates elected at the Demo-
cratic primaries on May 31st, 1902, are
requested to be present either in person or
by proxy. By order of
ELLIS L. ORVIS,
Attest : Chairman Democratic
JOHN J. BOWER County Convention of 02
Chairman Democratic
County Committee.
A Hastings Monoply.
It would be very hard to find proper ex-
pression for the feelings of Judge LOVE,
EpWARD KR. CHAMBERS, W. I. FLEMING
and countless other original QUAY Repub-
licans about this place as a resultant of the
pointed monoply that former Governor
HAsTINGS made of their candidate for
Governor, during his short stay in Belle-
fonte, Tuesday evening.
It has ever been a HASTINGS custom to
be the ‘‘whole cheese’’ whenever the op-
portunity presents itself,but if he imagines
himself it after Tnesday night’s display of
selfishness we must confess that he is one
of the greenest variety we have ever seen
displayed on the political counter.
Judge PENNYPACKER visited Bellefonte
not only as the guesi of (Gov. HASTINGS,
but particularly as the candidate of the
Republican party for Governor. It was a
duty of those in charge of his itinerary—if
he didn’t have enough perspicacity to see
it himself—to give all who would an
opportunity of meeting him. Instead be
was whirled out to the HASTINGS’ home,
the portals of which many self-respecting
Republicans would not cross. There he
was kept, while lackeys telephoned around
to especial favorites to come and meet him.
The result of it all was that while a band
blared away in the front yard all evening
only a few people appeared to greet the can-
.didate. At the same time the streets were
lined with indignant Republicans who had
stood with QUAY when HASTINGS was
sticking the knife into him. They were
rightfully indignant, too. Not only at this
latest supreme monopoly, but at the short
sightedness of a campaigning party that
would permit itself to be denied its real
friends.
Perhaps some of them have come to the
conclusion that if Judge PENNYPACKER
finds so much pleasure in the exclusive so-
ciety of the man who was leading a Union
movement against his ‘‘Cousin - MATT’
only a year ago they will help to. make him
the more eligible for it by letting him re-
main among the ‘‘has beens.”
—— The Republican has been most persis-
tent in its efforts to ‘‘get a rise out of the’’
WATCHMAN. The matter is alluded to
merely to assure our friend MILLER that he
needn’t itch so much for it. It will come
soon enough and when it does there will be
tracks of more than one erratic finger nail
aoross the shiny enclosure of that vacuum
that he keeps concealed with a 6} hat.
Will Take no Chances.
Throat Specialist is to Accompany President on
8peaking Tour. ; :
WASHINGTON, Sept. 17.—President
Roosevelt is not going to take any chance
on his throat giving out on his Western
speaking tour. He will be accompanied all
the time by a throat specialist, whose duty it
will be to keep his speaking mechanism
in good form. The specialist is Dr. James
J. Richardson, of this city. He is a native
of Martinsburg, West Va.
A separate compartments of the Presi-
dent’s private car will be set apart for the
exclusive use of Dr. Richardson, who will
have in sort of miniature form practically
all the appliance he uses in his office. His
outfit will include an electric light appara-
tus, which will be utilized for a daily ex-
amination of Mr. Roosevelt’s throat.
After every speech the President will re-
pair to Dr. Richardson’s quarters and have
his throat sprayed and otherwise treated.
Dr. Lung, the President’s regular physi-
cian, will also accompany the stumping
party. fa
A ‘Killing “Frost” in Centre.
Had former Post Master General Charles
Emory Smith been half the political weath-
er prophet he professed to be at the Grang-
er’s picnic on Tuesday he could not bave
mistakenSthe signs of a solid Pennypacker
freeze in November. The ‘‘frost’’ that that
relic of ancestral greatness received on the
occasion of the opening of his campaign for
Governor was enough to effectually kill his
budding hopes of blossoming out as a Quay
apologist. Up until Tuesday we had been
under the impression that possibly Ms.
Pelee’s spasmodic convulsions had been re-
sponsible for the unseasonable cold weath-
er we have been having, but that day the
| Martinique volcano established an alibi
and Col. Henry Demming will have to look
to other causes for the great uplift in the
elevation of Pennsylvania that he has dis-
covered recently. Its real cause is a Patti-
son upheaval and by November 4th there
will be such an upward tendency in the
grand old Keystone State asto lift it clear
ahove the polluted atmosphere that has
been hanging over it these many years.
On Tuesday the Republican state cam-
paig= was formally opened. Just why Cen-
tre Hall was selected as the place is not ex-
plained, but the fact that everything turn-
ed out most inauspicious must have been
patent to everyone of the people on the
grounds that day.
“Cousin Sam,’’ Charles Emory Smith,
United States Senator Penrose and a small
army of reporters arrived in the Pullman
car ‘Olympic’ early in the morning. There
was a white frost on the ground and though
the sun came out blazing hot later in the
day it failed to thaw out the crowd. We
use the word crowd merely in a collective
sense to include the bandful of people,
three steers, the dozen or more swine, mer-
ry-go-round, lew bushels of apples, four
bands, Daniel Hastings and Wash Rees,
which represented everything on the
grounds on Tuesday. The morning was
spent in holding ‘‘Cousin Sam’’ up to the
critical gaze of a curious people who were
anxious to see whether Nelan is a good ar-
tist and their unanimous verdict was that
his pictures of Pennypacker in the North
American are too flattering.
At noon Doubtful Daniel escorted the
spell binders to the auditorium where the
Coleville band happened to be playing
“Aint it a Shame, a measly Shame,” as
they entered and as we looked around at
the empty seats on all sides we concluded
that the selection was well timed. For
here was an ex-Governor, a would-be Gov-
ernor, a United States Senator, a former
Post Master General and other celebrities
not drawing as much of a crowd as the two-
headed calf on the midway. When the
band ceased playing ‘Cousin Sam,” who
had fallen into a position on a bench that
would have made a sluchys chool boy look
genteel began to applaude in such a man-
ner as suggested the idea that he was con-
fused between tugging at his ancestral boot
straps and a milking stroke. Then Mr.
George Dale; of the Grange, turned the.
meeting over to Doubtful Daniel who made
a very pretty little introductory for a very
homely subject. Pennypacker gave un-
mistakable evidence that he felt the frost,
for he began talking through his nose and
kept it up except at such times as he talk-
ed through his hat by saying ‘‘parties
should be judged, not by their platforms or
promises, but by what they do.”” He said
he owned a farm in Chester county and one
in Montgomery county and compared him-
self to a Confederate postage stamp, proba-
bly because he expects to get licked in No-
vember. He did say something about the
price of skim milk and a few other things
but, like Pennsylvania’s ills, ‘‘they are not
worthy of mention.’’
At this juncture Doubtful Daniel rose
again and with a voice as husky as the out-
lying cornfields and tears filling his eyes
spoke of the 146 Pennypackers who were in
the war. How many Smiths and Joneses
happened to have seen service he didn’t
mention. Bat he did express the hope that
this would not be “‘a broom stick, cuspidor,
or swill bucket campaign’’ and we came to
the conclusion at once that Dan was either
figuring on making it a ‘‘real thing’’ cam-
paign again or hinting to Boise Penrose,
who was to be the next speaker, that it
wouldn’t he pleasant to hear that worthy’s
actual opinion of our Centre county Coi-
ossus of wasted opportunities.
Penrose is more of a ventriloquist than
an orator and decidedly more of a distort-
er of facts than anything else. His prin-
cipal stock in trade was calamity howling
| aud he kept that up for thirty-five min-
utes. :
Charles Emory Smith was the next
speaker and though his address was a most
adroit avoidance of the real issues of the
campaign it was one of the most beautiful
discourses it has been our pleasure to lis-
ten to for many years. Clean in thought,
eloquent in manner and choice in language
it is but récognition of a brilliant man to
give him the credit of having perfectly
thrilled his small audience. The pity
’t was that more were not there to hear it.
It was noticeable that Mr. Smith never
once alluded to Quay, the machine or
Pennsylvania and his studied avoidance of
mentioning Roosevelt’s name seemed to
indicate that his heart was not inspiring
his eloquent tongue.
Following the former Postmaster Gen-
eral Doubtful Daniel invited would-be
Congressman Dresser forward to display
the kind of oratory he expects to electrify
the Fifty-eight Congress with as the Mem-
ber from the new Twenty-first district. He
simpered a little, giggled some then shook
down his pant legs and recited a cross be-
tween ‘Mary Had a Little Lamb’ and
“Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star’’ that ran
about as follows :
Iam a farmer
I'am a oil operator
I am a inventor
God Bless our Home
spell off the subjects before iim “Col. A.
E. Patton, the gentleman whom the Repub-
lican thinks wouldn’t buy a vote, got up
and wiggled his sorporosity at the people
and it was all over. Dan gathered the
party into several wagons and drove them
to Bellefonte. On the top of the mount-
ain they tarried long enough to look back-
ward into beau‘iful Penns-valley, glorious
in the setting Sun, whereat they were fill-
ed with wonderment as to what had be-
come of the ice and snow that seemed to
cover everything and give them such a
frost only half an hour before.
Unique Opening of Pattison’'s Tour.
Five Hundred Horsemen and Three Bands Escort
Him Over Mountains. Big Rally in Fulton.
What Does Pennypacher Mean by Queer State-
ments ? Asks Guthrie.
McCONNELLSBURG, Pa., September 15.
—One hundred and fifty-three miles by
train, twenty-two miles over mountain
woods into the region of no railways, a
rousing meeting in the Fulton county
courthouse, and the Pattison whirlwind
tour of the State is on.
It is doubtful whether Tom Johnson
with his automobile and itinerant circus
tent campaigning outfit has been able to
give to the voters of ‘Ohio anything quite
so unique as the spectacle presented by the
Democratic candidate for Governor and
Lieutenant Governor of Pennsylvania, as
they came rolling into McConnellsburg
late thisafternoon, with a retinue of a half-
dozen open wagonloads of stump speakers
and friends, escorted by a shouting, gal-
loping troop of 500 citizen horsemen.
BANDS LEAD THE CAVALCADE.
The volunteer cavalrymen, marshaled
by County Chairman B. F. Henry, met the
campaigning party at the top of North
mountain four miles out of town. Before
the latter was reached the procession was
augmented by three brass bands and the
cavalcade made an imposing show as it
came into town between lines of cheering
crowds recruited from all the country
around.
The trip of the day was without cam-
paigning incident, except for a brief stop
at St. Thomas, Franklin county, where a
local committee, headed by County Com-
missioner John F. Gelwicks, received the
candidates and both Pattison and Guthrie
made brief speeches from the bank steps.
From Harrisburg this party was under the
general direction of T. Z. Minehart, of
Franklin county, chairman of Division No
9. The drive over the mountain was pi-
loted by Sheriff James F. McFerren, of
Chambershurg.
Capitol Contract Goes to Philadelphia.
Commission Decides on Granite Dome Which
Makes F. Payne and Co. Lowest Bidders.
HARRISBURG, September 15.—The State
capitol commission to-day awarded the con-
tract for the new capitol, for which an ap-
propriation of $4,000,000 was made by the
last Legislature to Geo. F. Payne & Co., of
Philadelphia. The contract provides that
the building shall be constructed of granite;
that the dome shall be of the same material,
and that the structure shall be completed
by January 1st, 1906.
William Miller & Sons and Royhouse,
Arey & Co., associated contractors, of
Pittsburg and Philadelphia, were the low-
est bidders if terra cotta were used in the
construction of the dome. The commis-
sion decided at its meeting to-day on the
advice of its architect, Joseph M. Huston,
of Philadelphia, and its supervising
engineer, Bernard R. Green, of Washing-
ton, D. C., toconstruct the dome of granite,
50 as to make it uniform with the rest of
the building.
Payne & Co. were the lowest bidders for
the coustruction of a building with a granite
dome, their bid being $3,710,000. The
next lowest if this material were used in
the dome were William Miller & Sons, and
Royhouse, Arey & Co., who bid $3.548,000
with $225,000 to he added if a granite dome
were determined upon.
The other bidders were Henderson & Co.,
Doyle & Doak, and the Colonial Constiuc-
tion Co., all of Philadelphia, and Norcross
brothers, of Boston. The bids were open-
ed by the commission September 6th.
Work will begin on the building about
October 1st.
Sharp Letter Sent to Roosevelt.
MILWAUKEE, Sept. 16. — President
Roosevelt was called upon by the Wiscon-
sin Methodist conference yesterday to re-
fute the report that he had asked the Vati-
can at Rome to create Arch-bishop Ireland
a‘cardinal. By unanimous vote the con-
ference decided to send the following letter
on the subject to the President :
‘‘His Excellency, President
Oyster Bay, L. I. :
‘‘Honored Sir—We see with pain in the
Press dispatches a rumor that the Vatican
has received from President Roosevelt an
intimation that he would be personally
pleased to see Archbishop Ireland created
a'cardinal, as a reward for the services he
has rendered to the church and to the
state.
‘‘We strongly doubt the correctness of
this rumor, for it does not seem possible
that the President of the United States
could thus violate the spirit of the consti-
Roosevelt,
tution of the United States, which requires.
the complete separation of church and state,
and we hope to see it authoritively denied.
‘By request of the Wiscongin annual
conference of the Methodist church.
(Signed) “D. E. GOODSELL,
‘‘Bishop and President.’
Cresceus Failed.
Made Two Unsuccessyuj Endextors to Break His
Record.
PHILADELPHIA, September 17.—Cres-
ceus, the world’s champion trotter, twice
tried to break his own record of 2:02} at
the Belmont Driving park, to-day and fail-
ed each time. Ib his first attempt the
great stallion made the mile in 2:08, and
his time in the second trial was 2:05. Six
thousand persons were present. In his
first trial Cresceus was going well but on
the stretch, about 200 yards from the fin-
ish, the trotter broke badly and lost what
little chance he had of equaling his best
figures. George H. Ketcham, Cresceus’
owner, announced he would make a sec-
ond trial, and a half hour later, after the
stallion had been rubbed down, he was
again sent out. This time the horse did
not break and came under the wire in 2:05.
Cresceus was paced by two running horses,
Mike, The Tramp, and Gray Gown. A
very strong wind blew diagonally across
the track, which somewhat interfered with
the stallion’s work. The time of the two
trials was as follows :
First trial : 0:31%; 1:02; 1:34; 2:08.
Second trial : 0:303; 1:00%; 1:34}; 2:05.
After Dresser had snapped his hypnotic
cheering for the people’s favorites. :
Colyer, Coburn, Spring Mills, Zion and
ih DAG ae Sd PERS E a ee
Pattison Draws a Record Crowd.
The Democratic Candidates Visit Grange Park
and Attract the Largest Crowd Ever Seen on
the Grounds—In. Marked Contrast to the Pen-
nypacker Frost on Tuesday.
Yesterdayiwas! Pattison’s day at Centre
Hall. A park enthusiast estimates the
crowd at 20,000, while a Stalwart Republi-
can to whom every one of the dusty, eager
throng appeared as a cluster of sour grapes
said there were only three thousand there.
The WATCHMAN’S representative gives an
expert estimate and places the crowd at
between nine and ten thousand, which
was fifteen times larger than the number
that greeted Pennypacker and his spell-
binders two days before.
A reception committee of seventy-five
met the next Governor’s train at Coburn
and gave them formal welcome early in
the morning. Upon their arrival at the
park a perfect ovation awaited them and it
continued without abatement until 1
o’clock when the public meeting was call-
ed in the auditorium. There was sucha
oru-:. thatno one could hear properly. Col.
James Weaver, of Milesburg, presided and
introduced the speakers in order, as fol-
lows : Robt. E. Pattison, Geo. W. Guthrie,
Maj. Moses Veale, of Philadelphia, W. T.
Creasy and Senator Herbst, of Backs.
While Pattison’s address was the one of
‘greatest interest the Grangers had a splen-
did ‘opportunity of learning from his flash-
ing oratory, convincing logic and fearless
arraignment of machine corruption that
their candidate for Lieutenant Governor is
also a man of eminent fitness. Major
Veale’s speech’ was brilliant and Senator
‘Herbst delighted most of the Penns-valley
people with a clever talk in Dutch. Sena-
tor Heinle and D. E. Hibner,our candidate
for Congress, were both on the rostrum,but
preferred to await a later opportunity of
addressing their constituents.
Altogether it was a great day for the peo-
ple. We say the people because Pattison
and Guthrie are the people's candidates
and will be supported by self-respecting
Republicans and Democrats alike.
You may be able to form some idea of
the size of the crowd when you are told
that 600 tickets were sold at Coburn, 325 at
Spring Mills, 125 at Oak Hall, 430 at Belle-
fonte and like numbers from all the sta-
tions along the line. There were actually
as many people who came clear from Union
county as there were all-told on the
grounds on Tuesday. Nota foot of space
was left unused in the immense area as-
signed to vehicles and the five bands could
scarcely be heard above the continued
The
Coleville bands were all there.
The Pattison party left the park at 3:30
and come through to Bellefonte by special
train, arriving here too late for the infor-
anal reception at the depot that had been
planned for the time before the departure
of the train that carried them on to Hunt-
ingdon for the meeting last night. As it
was they made very close connections and
he!next Governor merely had time for a
friendly hand clasp with a few of his
friends.
PATTISON’S SPEECH.
In his speech at Centre Hall Mr. Patti-
gon spoke in part as follows :
roiiucal parties may properly divide
upon public issues, but there are some
questions that are common to all, and
one of these is the integrity of party
organization. Under our system of gov-
ernment it is ®f vital importance that
each party should be so organized and
controlled that in the event of its suc-
cess this shall mean the faithful ex-
ression of the popular will, to be fol-
owed by the redress of public wrongs,
the correction of evils of administra-
tion, and the enforcement of true prin-
ciples. Manifestly, this cannot be when
the leadership of a party is either cor-
rupt or despotic, and wherein vicious
influences are exerted over any consid-
erable number of party workers. The
existence of these vices in any party
organization must always be condemn-
ed by an enlightened public sentiment.
In nearly every great city in this
country, from the reign of ''weedism,
in New York, which was brought to an
end through the dauntless courage and
wonderful energy of a great American
citizen, Samuel J. Tilden, whose mem-
ory must always be revered by the
friends of good government, to the re-
cent overthrow of a ruinous cabal in
the City of the Golden Gate, largely
through the righteous co-operation of
Republican citizens of San Francisco,
this impressive lesson has been taught.
Conscienceless political leaders have
been sternly admonished that they can-
not with impunity continue indefinitely
to defy the moral law in the conduct of
party organizations and the adminis-
tration of public affairs. It is"the im-
perative demand of .all patriotic men
that poutical organizations shall repre-
sent and illustrate the integrity of po-
litical faith; that they shall be con-
trolled and directed not by their worst
but by their best elements. We must
maintain this basic principle or popular
government cannot continue. Candi-
dates for public office must be honestly
selected, without undue influence or
the use of corrupt means to defeat the
popular will. There is no abiding place
upon American soil for the political
Slciloncer and his subservient crea-
ures.
* * * * *
Hveryone of these pledges has been
systematically violated, in accordance
with the derisive enthusiasm with
which they were received by the men
who went through the farce of making
such manifestly insincere declarations.
The betrayal of public interests never
was so shameless as during the last
two sessions of the legislature. There
never was such a corrupt use of maney,
so much legislative debauchery, so lit-
tle effort made to correct crying abuses
and to purify the public service. Fav-
ored contractors have reveled in fat
things, dividing their ill-gotten gains
with powerful political and official pat-
rons. Valuable public franchises have
been appropriated without compensa-
tory returns to municipalities or the
state. Debauchery of the ballot, at pri-
mary and general elections, never was
so flagrant and widespread. And now
it is sought to evade all these burning
questions, and to turn the people’s
minds away from the consideration of
the crushing record. This self-con-
demnatory course will not answer.
The incorruptible freemen of the Key
stone State are weary of shams; they
have had their fill of illusions. They
demand the restoration and mainte-
nance of cleanliness, honesty and ef-
ficiency in all departments of local,
municipal and state government.
LR ee TT rr 3
Collieries Started.
A Deputy at the Pancoast Colliery Was Chased by
a Crowd VYesterday.. :
SCRANTON, Pa., Sept. 16.—The Dela-
ware and Hudson company to-day started
up three more collieries, the Conyngham,
at Wilkesbarre; the Plymouth No. 2 and
the Olyphant. This makes six collieries
and three washeries this company has in
operation.
The Ontario and Western company has
resumed operations at the Pine Brook and
West Ridge collieries, in Scranton, and the
Johnson No. 1 and No. 2 in Priceburg, just
north of the city line. This company now
has three mines and three washeries going.
Altogether the companies having head-
quarters here are now operating nineteen
collieries and twenty-one washeries, with
an estimated daily output of 20,000 tons.
A deputy at the Pancoast colliery was
chased by a crowd this morning and, to
hold them off, he discharged a revolver.
He was later arrested by the Throop bor-
ough anthorities and sent to jail for dis-
charging firearms.
Christian Scientists of Philadelphia
Refused a Charter This Week.
PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 16.—The Chris-
tian Scientists at this eity, who were yester-
day refused a charter for their church by
Judge Arnold, in common pleas court, on
the ground that the charter was sought for
a double purpose—a church and a busi-
ness—the business being the sale of Murs.
Mary Baker G. Eddy’s book, today decided
to carry the matter to the supreme court of
the state.
The Scientists now have chartersin sev-
eral cities of this state under the same law
on which they were refused a charter yes-
terday. The report that Judge Arnold
quoted from the Christian Science text
book to show that failure to sell and circu-
late Mrs. Eddy’s ‘‘Science and Health’
wouid be sufficient cause for expulsion from
the church is erroneous. The judge quot-
ed an article written by Mrs. Eddy, which
appeared in the Christian Science Jowrnal
of Mareh, 1897.
His Love Was Not Returned.
He Therefore Murdered the Lady and Also Himself.
TAMAQUA, September 17.—His love un-
requitted, Peter Shaffer, aged about 25
years, to-night shof and killed Mrs. Anna
Lloyd, aged 45 years, a widow, and then
ended his own life by sending a bullet
through his head. Shaffer bad heen asuit-
or for the hand of Mrs. Lloyd for some time
past. This afternoon he called at her home
but he received no encouragement in his
attentions. Going to his boarding house
he procured a shotgun and a revolver. He
returned to her house and concealed him-
self behind a grape arbor and when Mrs.
Lloyd appeared at a rear window, he raised
the gun and fired at her, the heavy charge
blowing the top of her headoff. Shaffer
then took the revolver from his pocket and
fired a bullet into his right .temple. He
died instantly. Mrs. Lloyd was well known
here. She bore a most excellent reputa-
tion. Shaffer was a miner.
Church Charter Denied.
Philadelphia Court Holds Christian Scientists a
Business Corporation.
PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 15—The applica-
tion for a charter made by the First Church
of Christ, Scientists was refused. to-day by
Judge Arnold, in the common pleas court.
In his opinion Judge Arnold quotes from
the text book of Mary Baker G. Eddy in-
structions to Christian Scientists to sell
{ and circulate the publications’of Mrs. Eddy,
failure to do the same being sufficient cause
from expulsion from membership in the
church. 7s
““This shows,”’ says the court, ‘‘that the
so-called church is a corporation for profit,
organized to enforce the sale of Mis. Eddy’s
books by its members, which is a matter of
business and not of religion. As the courts
have no power to charter such a corpora-
tion, the application for a charter is refus-
ed.” !
Roosevelt 1s Roasted.
Negro Convention Object to Statements Attributed
to Him.
NEw CASTLE, Pa. Sept. 15.—Tlie annual
convention of the Afro-American Repub-
Jican League,of Western Pennsylvania, was
held here to-day, attended by 100 dele-
gates. The counties represented were Law-
rence, Beaver, Washington, Westmoreland
and Allegheny. The convention was warm,
and President Roosevelt came in for con-
demnation for his alleged statement against
sending negro delegates to the next Repub-
lican National convention, because they
are purchasable. The league wishes this
explained satisfactorily before Roosevelt
receives its support. :
The last Legislature came in for con-
demnpation, with the millionaire syndicate
alleged to have attempted to purchase
franchises. The Legislature was also con-
demned because it contained np negro
members. 3
A Yellow Dog Candidate.
From the Lincoln, Neb., Commoner,
In a newspaper interview Thomas C.
Platt, the Republican boss of New York,
declared : ‘‘The Republicans can elect any
ticket we nominate this fall. We can elect
a yellow dog for Governor this year.”” Re-
publican politicians have placed great confi-
dence in their ability to hood wink the vot-
ers and it must he admitted that in the past
they have been eminently successful on
this line. And yet it is possible, after all,
that these people may take too much en-
couragement from past success. Some time
or other the voters may conclude to do a
bit of thinking for themselves, and when
they shall have reached that conclusion,the
Republican party will find it difficult to
elect any candidates who represent Repub-
lican party policies. :
Didn't Win World's Pacing Record.
NEW YORK, Sept. 16—With perfect
weather, a_good track and a large and ap-
preciative crowd, the great stallion Dan
Patch bad every circumstance in his favor
in his effort to defeat time and win the
world’s pacing record at the Ewpire track
today, but he did not do so. He went to
the quarter in 0 30% and on the half in 1.01,
but tired badly and came home all out in
202}. The pacing record of 1659}, held
by Star Pointer, looks safe for this year.
National Encampment, Union Veteran
Legion.
Reduced Rates to Chicago via Pennsylvania Rail-
road.
For the benefit of those desiring to attend
the National Encampment, Union Vereran
Legion, at Chicago, Ill., October 8th to
11th, the Pennsylvania Railraad Company
will sell excursion tickets to Chicago and
return, from all stations on its lines, on
October 5th, 6th, and 7th, good to return
until October 16th, inclusive, at rate of
single fare for the round trip, plus $1.00.
ADDITIONAL LOCALS
THE W. C. T. U. CONVENTION.—On
Wednesday afternoon the 18th annual con-
vention of the Woman’s Christian Tem-
perance Union of Centre county conven-
ed in Petriken hall. The attendance
was not as large as anticipated,for with the
spacious new home of the local society com-
pleted it was expected that the first mees-
ing of the county Union would be in the
nature of a rally.
The delegates numbered twenty-eight
and there were six visitors present from a
distance. Rev. Anna Shaw, of Philadel-
phia, was the leading star of the convention
but a number of others shone conspicuous-
ly. Mrs. Cleese, of Philipsburg, was re-
elected president, Mrs. Lyman Eddy, of
Milesburg, vice president; Mrs. M. B.
Cross, of Philipsburg, secretary, and Mrs.
Isaac Mitchel, of this place, treasurer.
every
MRS. LEAH MILLER.—A¢ the ripe old
age of four score and ten Mrs. Leah Miller
passed away at the home of her daughter,
Mrs. J. W. Wyton, in Tyrone, on Sunday
evening. She had been ill about six weeks
prior to her death.
Her maiden name was Leah Sumney.
She was born in Lancaster county, where
her early life was spent but most of her ma-
ture years she lived in Centre and Hunting-
don counties. The past thirteen years of
her life were spent in Tyrone. She was a
member of the German Baptist church, and
lived a life consistent with her religious
professions. Her ancestors were pioneers
of Lancaster county.
The hushand of the deceased, William
Miller, died in the year 1872. Fifty years
ago he was famous as a flour maker at the
old Erbtown mill, near Pine Grove. The
following sons and daughters survive :
John H. Miller, Mrs. J. W. Wyton, James
C. Miller, Thomas Miller and Mrs. D. C.
Mitchell, all of Tyrone, and Mrs. John A.
Magee, of Washington, D. C. One sister,
Mrs. Rosanna Williams, survives and re-
sides at Lemont.
The funeral was held Tuesday afternoon.
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Mgrs. EMMA McCMULLEN.—After more
than a year’s suffering with stomach troub-
le Mrs. Emma Johnson McMullen, widow
of Ambrose McMullen, died at her home
near Hecla park on Friday morning. Sev-
eral weeks ago it was thought that she was
getting better, but the improvement was
only temporary. She was fifty-nine years
of age and her entire life, with the exception
of a few years,was spent at Hecla Furnace.
After the death of her husband,about eigh-
teen years ago, she made her home in this
place for a few years, but soon returned to
the old place at Hecla. She was pre-emi-
nently an energetic, diligent woman with
a keen knowledge of business transactions
anda generous, kind disposition.
She is survived by her daughter, Lulu, her
two sons, Lawrence and Ambrose, and five
brothers, Joel Johnston, of this place; Dan-
iel, of State College; Curtis, of Lock Hav-
en; Peter, of Milton, and Wilbur, of Illi-
nois.
Funeral services were held on Monday
morning in St. John’s Catholic church in
this place by the Rev. P. McArdle. Inter-
ment was;made in the Catholic cemetery
on Bishop street.
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——James Clark, who had been justice
of the peace at Beech Creek since 1862,
died at his home in that place early Tues-
day morning from the effects of old age.
Deceased was born July 21st, 1821, and was
regarded as one of the most estimable cit-
‘izens of that place, his life having been
spent in entire harmony with his fellows
and in public usefulness. Mrs. Clark died
several years ago, but the following chil-
dren survive him : William L., Robert H.,
Harry B., Mrs. A. B. Brady and Miss Jose-
phine, of Beech Creek; John W., of Belle-
fonte, Mrs. Keyes, of Maple Grove, Mo.
The funeral took place yesterday morning
at 10:30 o’clock. Services conducted at:
the house by Rev. L. F. Brown. Inter-
ment in Clark’s Hill cemetery.
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Mgs. J. H. SHUEY.— Just at an age
when life seems dearest and full of promise
Annie, wife of J. H. Shuey, of Lemont,
passed away. Her death came after only a.
week’s illness and was most unexpected.
She was 32 years old and is survived by
her hushand and five children, the young--
est of whom is only five years oid. .
Mis. Shuey was a daughter of Samuel:
Grenoble. She was a devout christian:
woman and her interment was made at.
Pine Hall on Monday morning.
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——Emma C., wife of J. H. B. Hartman,
of Millheim, died at her home in that.
place on Wednesday of last week at the age-
of 42 years, 3 months and 18 days. She:
had‘ been an invalid for eight years. Sur-
viving ber are her husband and one child..
Interment was made at Fairview on Satur-
day.
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——Diphtheria caused the death of the
four year old son of Mr. and Mrs. William.
Flory, of Pleasant Gap, on Wednesday
morning.. The bereaved parents have the
sympathy of the entire community in their
hour of sorrow, made all the more painful
because of the hurried interment that was.
necessary.
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——John C., the infant son of Harry and
Elizabeth Steere, of Union township, died
at the home of his grandparents, on Mon-
day, at the age of 1 year, 2 months and 7
days. Interment was made on Wednesday
morning.
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——Pneamonia caused the death of the
infant son of Mr. and Mrs..C. D. Smull at
their home in Rebersburg on Tuesday even--
ing.