= P. "GRAY. MEEK. | Bani ; rx Stings. 3 $ : aDedbtial > “Dantes is getting busy. Watch him. i Ji is surprising how many farmers go into the wild turkey raising business ‘on “Oct. 15th. | - doetrine to Centre county. ‘mor i ‘What about STRoHM and Milesburg. “Wait and see 2'—The ‘Republican. Yes, “wait and see. : =——With the coal strike about over, the ‘warm, delightful Indian summer will be "putting in i‘ appearance. st Have you seen ‘‘Me Too’ ‘whispering in people’s ears lately 2 He’s electioneer- ing for PATTON, but PATTON won’t go ‘here. ~The breath of winter is supposed to be in the air these cold mornings, but it is not so much the breath of the winter as of ‘the rye field. —The KEPLER and WETZEL movement is growing. Both men are meeting with encouragement on all sides and their elec- tion is sure tobe in the natare of a land- slide. Y | What has Col. ALEXANDER EAsy- STREET PATTON ever done to merit your voie when a man like Senator HEINLE, . who has served you faithfnlly and well, needs it. — Birdie WARREN, one of the most no- torious agents of the gang was in Centre county ‘‘snookin’ aronnd on Wednesday. Now what kind of a job do vou imagine that political huxster was peddling up this way? S — There was an eclipse of the moon last nigh t, but a greater phenomena will occur on November 4th when the entire Repub- licau ticket, from PENNYPACKER down to Dr. Hurr, of Milesburg, will be totally eclipsed. —Qld Nick’’ SCHOONOVER isn’t the kind of a man Centre county wants to send to the Legislature. We: had one fellow there recently who acted so much like the “old Nick” that it wouldn’t be sale to take any more chances. —There is nothing the matter at Pless: ant Gap, so far as KEPLER is concerned. Two years ago several gentlemen out there eould not support him, but they have ehanged since then and are now among his warmest supporters, —1I¢ has been the pratice of the county treasurers in the past to divide the county deposits among the various banks, hut elect FosTER and every cent will be put into the HasriNGs institution. Do you think it ‘wise to keep all’ Jour eggs in one basket. — During the last three years of Demo- eratic’ administration of the Commissioner’s office only $10.80 was paid for outside clerk hire. Daring the three. years _previons, when the Republicans: were in : control, it cost the county $817.80 for work done by others than the regular office force. —The miners will{ have to be very wary lest, after five months of trying fight- ing for their rights, they do not find them- selves caught in a trap set by the operators. When it comes down to submitting their gri evauces to a commission they had bet- ter be very certain about who coustitutes the commission. —Tarn your mind back on the past three years and see if ALEX ARCHEY hasn’t done some kindness or other for you. The chanc es are that he hasdone more than one, for that is his nature. You have an op- portunity to return the compliment now. Are you doing it? Are you helping along the ARCHEY movement ? —DRESSER and PATTON were in Phil- ipsburg last Friday night and if the would- be Republican bosses over there had worked half as hard in preparation for the recep- tion for them as they have been doing since, in trying to make people believe iv was a success, it would have cone nearer being one and they would not be forced to organ- ized fabrications inorder to make the pub- lic believe that there was a crowd present. Some of the older Republicans of Philips- burgare standing back watching the juve- niles run things and the sight is amusing enough. — When HumPTON began to collect taxes in Snow Shoe township that district had a poor debt of $2,000, with a 10 mills levy and a large school debt besides. He re- organized the entire scheme, kept tab on the floating population and made it bear its share of taxation, with the result that today both the poor aud school districts of Snow Shoe township are out of debt and only 5 mills have to be levied for poor pur- poses. That is the kind of a business man Mr. HumproN is and he is just the kind you ought to bave in the office of Commis- sioner. —If there was any logic at all in the argument set up by CHARLES EMORY SMITH and Judge PENNYPACKER, upon the occasion of their visit to the Granger's picnic at Centre Hall, when they insisted that because the county is so prosperous now nothing should he done that would disturb present conditions; therefore the Republican administration of national al- fairs should be endorsed and of state af- fairs unchanged, why not apply the same The affaiis of the Commissioner’s office have never heen econnmically administered, the coun- 5 ‘out of sdebt and when. all conditions ‘are do fhvorable; ‘ageording to these two great Republican apostles, it" would be un- -wise to ebange. Vote for MEYER and HUMPTON. VOL. 47 STATE RIGHTS AND FeoEnaL UNION. ES BELLEFONTE, PA. OCTOBER 17, 1902. The Strike Situation. There is comparatively little of promise to the miners in the proposition made by ‘the - operators on Monday night, at the White house, and still it is not easy to see how president MITCHELL of the mine wark- ‘ers’ organization can avoid acceptance of it. In the ‘conference at the same place two weeks ago Mr. MITCHELL, himself, proposed to accept the arbitrament of any commis- sion the President might propose.. The propositisn of the operators is precisely that with the reservation that in the selec- tion of arbitrators the President is restrict- ed tomen fit for the place. MITCHELL obably thought that he would appoint politicians who would take into consid- eration the voting strength of the organiza- tion in making the award, and MITCHELL was probably right. The operators simply took precautions against such a misuse of power. It would probably he sale to say that limited as he is President ROOSEVELT will name a commission of such character as to guarantee fairness and justice, Unlimited there is no telling what he might do, for the greater part of his concern about the strike grew out of his anxiety to help QUAY. He knows that if QUAY is defeated or to speak more exactly, if QUAY’S cousin is not elect- ed Governor, ROOSEVELT'S cake is jdough. In other words if the QUAY ticket is un- successful at the coming election QUAY will be'retired from the leadership, ELKIN will take his place in command and then TEDDY would be brought to an accounting for the transaction by ‘which he allowed ‘QUAY to use the federal patronage to buy votes which had been pledged to vote for ELKIN aud cast them for PENNYPACKER. The operators probably knew the lay of terest in QUAY they were unwilling to make sacrifices to promote his interests. Presuming, therefore, that Mr. MITCHELL has no: other concern in the matter than the interest of: the miners it would seem to the average mind thg he onght to ac- cept the terms of settlement: offered. An a judge of the United States cours, a prom- ‘inent sociologist anda man familiar with the physical and: commereial features of the coal business bre conditions could 1 e depended on to render a just and’ intelligent verdiot and such a verdict will necessarily involve at least part of the demands of the miners. Under the circumstances it would appear the part of wisdom to accept the terms. Though it is pot all that i is wanted or as ‘much as might have heen “expected it. is something and it will secure public sympathy for the miners in any evens. ——If HENRY'LOWERY tells you that he is ‘‘only a poor carpenter” while Capt. TAYLOR is a rich lawyer ask him how much property’ ‘he owns and also how much the *‘rich lawyer’’ owns. Odell’s Mock Heceroics. It is not to be expected that so grave a matter as the miners’ strike would prove a prolific source of humor and still there is a fanny incident developed in connection with it now and ‘then. One of these was the episode which is said to have occurred between Governdr ODELL, of New York, and president GEO. F. BAER, of the Read- ing road, the other day. Mr. BAER, ac- cording to the story, is said to have declar- ed that the interference of politicians in the affairs of the coal companies would not be tolerated, whereupon Governor ODELL flew into a fine frenzy and ‘‘did a stunt’? in mock heroics that was marvelously fine, though somewhat absurd. “I want you and all the other operators to understand,’’ said the Governor, ‘‘that I am Governor of New York, the chosen representative of 7,000,000, people, and to relieve, if possible an intolerable sitna- tion.”” "If the galleries had been crowded he could hardly have heen more dramatic. But he wasted his sweetness on the desert air, so to'speak. That is the only pub- licity which his heroics received through the newspapers and ninety per cent of the readers of newspapers know that he is ascurvy politician, chosen for the office of Governor by boss PLATT hecause of his complete subservience to the ma- chine. ; : If Governor ODELL was acting solely in the interest of the people lie was a trifie tardy in getting a, move on himself. The strike had been going on for more than five months and ‘there had been no time since it begun that the Governor of New York could n’t have stopped it within a uionth if he had been disposed to enforce (he law those of the United States: But'he made no effort to bring relief to the people until he discovered that the interests of his party were imperiled and his own re-election put in jeopardy. Then he danced around like a clown and made himself believe that he was frightening she life out of ‘somebody. the land and as they have no particulariin-. “officer of the army or navy, ‘an expert win-| ing engineer with no interests or prejudices, | t togetlier under such. that Iam here solely in that capacity and was, against trusts either in ‘the state courts or, Who is Capt. Taylor? Who is Hen- ry Lowery? - «The persistent stories that HENRY Low- ERY. is permitting to be circulated about ‘HucH 8. TAYLOR are anything but cred- itable to that gentleman's idea of what is fair and honorable in the contest they have on hand. Whether he originated them or not he knows that they are being used to further his interests apd if be is the ‘‘hon- est, poor man’’ that he professes to he he will promptly deny them. We refer to the story that is going the ronnds to the effect that while TAYLOR is a rich man he, Low- ERY, is only ‘‘a poor carpenter.”’. As a watter of fact HENRY LOWERY can buy and sell Capt. TAYLOR at any moment he wants to. He owns a fine brick home in Bellefonte and a farm beside and is one of the kind of ‘‘poor carpenters” who has a gang of thirty or forty men working for him all the time, thus reaping the product -of their labor without doing a stroke him- self. On the other hand Capt. TAYLOR'S sole income is derived from his work as super- intendent of the Bellefonte Gas and Steam Heating Co’s plant and from the office of tax collector of Bellefonte, a trust he. has kept with signal ability. It is true that he is a lawyer, but what little time he has de- voted to the practice of thas profession has been entirely unprofitable, as his practice has been largely gratuitous and followed only for the sake of his poor friends who have been unable to pay. If ever there was a man asking for the support of the people of Centre county, who deserves it, Capt. TAYLOR is that one. Sprung from the hnmblest of homes he was inspired by a loving mother to make more of himself than hie natural environments ‘would have enggested. Working asa steam fitter, when only a boy, he saved enough money to get a fair education and read law at odd times, thus being admitted to the bar.. Through all of those dark days of un- ceasing toil to improve HUGH TAYLOR was the main support of a large family of broth- ers and sisters, whose father had died just when his care was. needed most. The ambitious example he set was such an in- spiration as to have attracted the attention of this entire community and we challenge any man to ‘contradict the: <assetbion.that the position of honor Capt. TAYLOR oc: cupies in Bellefonte today is solely ‘the result of his own manly exertions. We know that this statement will be distasteful to Capt. TAYLOR, whose mod- ‘esty precludes personal allusion to such matters, but since Mr. LOWERY’S one claim seems to be based on his being ‘‘a poor carpenter’ we think it but right that you should know exactly who Capt. TAYLOR is. : People who appreciate merit and grit in young men cannot with-hold their support from Capt. TAYLOR, nor should they, for what is more fitting than that honor should be its own reward. The Democratic Campaign. The Democratic candidates and associate campaigners will complete the fifth week of constant labor with a night meeting in Philadelphia to-morrow evening. During that time they have visi‘ed forty-three counties and made nearly 170 speeches. This week, with the excepsion of to-day was spent in Philadelphia where two speeches were made each day. It was a sort of re- cuperation week for compared with the bur- den of travel and brief stops it was an easy week To-day the party is under a pretty severe strain, for they were scheduled to leave Philadelphia at midnight last night and hold three meetings during the day in Westmoreland county, making the return frip to-night. The Democratic campaigners have not had ideal weather all the time, for the tem- perature was hot at one place and. cold at another and the weather wet here and dry there. But the temper of the people was the same all the time. That is from the beginning of the tour until the close of the last meeting reported the ‘most generous enthusiasm was revealed at every point. It was not aloue that the Democrats are thoroughly aroused, but as a matter of fact it has been ascertained during the progress of the tour that the Republicans of the bet- ter sort are about as deeply interested in the success of the candidates, as are the Demo- crats. Probably less demonstrative it can hardly be said that they are less earnest. This method of campaigning was inaugu- ated during Governor PATTISON’S first can, vass and rep: ated in his second,so that he is now making his third tour of the State. Each of the others aroused considerable enthusiasm and. terminated in victory. But neither of the others was attended by such evidences of popular support as has been shown during the present tour. In. fact the outpouring of the people and the gen- erous welcome extended to Governor PAT- TISON and bis associates during his present trip through the State exceeds that which bas ever been known before. It presents a striking contrast, moreover, with the meagre crowds and chill y atmosphere which bas been; the rule at PENNYPACKER'S meetings. . [never paid the inventor anything, ac ; ing to the stories of the neighborhood, even 4 ‘An Unworthy Candiante: The ‘Republicans of of this Congressional district were little if any less impudent in making their nomination for Representa- tive in Congress than QUAY was in select ing their candidate for Governor. That is to say they nominated a man for the office who is'so manifestly unfit, morally and meu- tally, that his selection cannot be regarded in any light other than thag of an insult to the decency and character of the district. If he had lacked in inteHigence or fallen be- ‘low the standard in ability complaint might have been silenced, if his character for in- tegrity was above reproach. But when: it is’ remembered that wealth is his only recommendation and the wealth was ac- quired by methods which are condemned by the statutes as well as by the moral senses it is a public duty to protest against” his election. SOLOMON R. DRESSER, of Bradford, Mo- Kean county, was nominated as the Repub- lican candidate for Congress for no other reason than that he owns a ‘‘har’l.”? We say this without fear of contradiction, for the reason that it is known to every one in McKean and the adjoining counties that no living man is sofficiently attached to him to support him for any consideration except money. He is known among his neighbors as a selfish, sordid and avaricious man who never thought of doing a kindness to a fel- low being, For example, it is told of him that once having stored dynamite in viola- tion of law an employee who had a invalid wife was killed. The woman was left home- less and pennyless and not until after he was made the Republican candidate for Congress, did he find heart or conscience enough to even send hera word of sym- pathy, although the accident had ocenrred, months and months prior to his noniination. |p. DREESER acquired the greater portion of his wealth by robbing a poor foreigner, it the current reports in the neighborhood of his home are true. That is to say a young Swede who came to the neighborhood in which. he lived made an important discov- ery in mechanism which greatly improved the machinery used in the development of oil. u niformed as to the processes of pro- curing patents, he applied to DRESSER to assist’ him and he usurped the invention. Though it proved to be of great value. he ‘after the use of the property had made him wealthy. It is not likely that the people of this congressional district will elect a man of such reputation to represent them in Congress. It is not likely that the great labor vote of the district will endure such a candidate. ——The Philipsburg Bituminous Record | says ‘‘if you want to be represented by an honest, industrious, sober, competent man, you will make no mistake in supporting ScHooNoVER.”” Now tell us candidly, Mr. PLATT, knowing as much as you do, is ScHOONOVER the kind of a man youn would feel proud of as a representative in the Legislature ? s Mr. Mitchell's Mistake. We believe that M r. JOHN MITCHELL is an earnest and intelligent labor leader. He has conducted the strike on bebalf of the miners with singular ability and obvious unselfishness. He has used every available expedient to keep the strikers within the law and retain for them the sympathy of the public, and his efforts in that direction have been marvelonsly successful. There is no just reason for the presence of any soldiers in the region. There was at no time any disorder which the civil authorities could not bave controlled if they had been efficient. But Mr. MITCHELL . make a grave mistake in plasing his expectations on such politicians as QUAY and PENROSE in this State and PLATT and ODELL in New York. Two years ago he made a strike settlement with Senator HANNA to save McKINLEY from defeat, when he would better have accepted defeat and thus help: ed to defeat McKINLEY who was the pro- moter of trusts. Experience bas amply proved that the settlement worked harm, rather than good to the miners, for the reason that as soon as the election was over the operators began cheating them. If McKINLEY had been defeated they could not have done that. In the present negotiations for settle- ment the politicians are trying to give him a gold brick. That is ‘to say they are promising things which they know they can never deliver. Moreover,after the election they wont even try to make good. They will have achieved the result they aim at and QUAY will go to Florida. while PLATT and the others will go about their business and leave the miners at the mercy oft’ the coal trusts. If MITCHELL ir wise he will let the politicians alone when it comes to settling labor troubles satistaotor- ily to labor. 3h pe —Has STROEM been down to Milesburg yet ? wo FR IIDING the fact, and after he had investi ' ter, and I can with bef Dressers Agents Buying Certificates 5 -of Character for Him. August Holmberg Says Fred Miller and Carl Eng- strom Paid Him 8100 to Sign the Letter and Fred Anderson a Like Amount, With $50 Each Additional After the Election. The ‘following article, taken from the Mt, Jewett, McKean Co. Herald; seems to indicate that’ Solomon R.. Dresser. who de- clared to the farmer’s at Centre Hall, a few weeks ago: “I am ap inventor,’” has been getting his inventions from other people’s brains. - And the trouble he has gone to in explanation of the oue in question suggests the idea that the would-be Congressman | bas not heen. dealing Jairly with “his fel- lows. The details follow : i Bradford, Pa., Sept: 22nd, 1902. Sinite Mr. 8S. R. Dresser was nominated on the | Republican ticket for C man in the 21st Congressional Distriot, of McKean, Cameron, Centre and Clearfield counties, his political opponents have endeavored to circulate reports detrimental to his candi- dacy, based upon the claim that he has i in some manner procured from ‘Au, Holm- berg and Frederick ‘Anderson, of Lantz, Pa., a patent of their invention. Mr. Carl Engstrom, of Kane, wrote to Mr. Dresser for information, regarding the matter, to which Mr. Dresser replied as follows : Bradford, Pa., Sent 29, 1902. Mr. Carl Engstrom, Kane, Pa. Dear Sir : In answer to your comniunication I beg to say, that I am glad to have the opportunity to explain to you my connection with the buying of the clamp patent issued by Freder- ick Anderson and August Holmberg, Mr. 'W. E. Henry bought the patent from Anderson and Holmberg, and ¢ enced manufacturing same ; not in accordance with the patent purchased, but in a manner that, to a. certain extent, infringed ‘upon a patent already held by me. I called his attention to ted he came to the conclusion that I was right, and suggested that I should purchase the patent om him, saying that there were several features of same that wonld be of ad vantage in connection with my other ‘patent, T final- ‘ly purchasedthe patent ‘of him. A short time thereafter he came to me saying that he had been sued by Anderson and Holmberg for ‘balance he was. owing them on patent, ora return of the contract. After Sonsmlting an attorney I petitioned the e fourt 0 be 4 party to the defense, on the grounds of being an in- nocent purchaser. My petition was granted, the case was taken ‘before ‘Judge Morrison, who decided that: I was an innocent purchas- er and had a good title to the patent, and that | Anderson and Holmberg must look to W. E. Henry for any balance due them in the mat- leasure inform you that Rony adjusted this matter with’ them the case came to trial. and I that neither Mr. Ander ‘Holmberg can or will blame mei for my part in the transaction.” I wish to further inform you that the sald clamp proved to be insufficient for the pur- pose intended, and that I lost $2,000 on a stock of same, and when I found that I could not sell them as expected, I was compelled to dispose of them at a sacrifice. If these persons think that they have been unjustly dealt with, and still think that the vatent is of value, Iam perfectly willing to sell same to them for what it cost me, on the ‘condition that they take the stock of clamps I have on hand at the price of the metal therein contained. Hoping that I have made the case clear to you, so you may satisfy and explain to those who address you on the subject, that my con- Dection with this business was honest, and only a business transaction. I beg to remain yours, very truly, : S. R. DRESSER. “the Teast The following letter signed by Mess, Holmberg and Anderson Speaks for itself. Mt. Jewett, Pa., Sept. 10, 1902, Mr, 8S. R. Dresser, Sk Bradford, Pa: We, Frederick Anderson snd August Holm- berg, who sold patent to W. Henry, who afterward sold same to you, - certify that the letter you wrote Carl Eugstrom contain- ed the truth regarding the transaction. we do not’ consider that you can in any maun- ner be blamed for this purchase thereof was only a buisness transaction, for your side. And every attempt to use this in your politic- al campaign would be doing you a great wrong. . We are yours very truly, Avucust HOLMBERG, FREDERICK ANDERSON. Witness ; : FRED A. MILLER, CARL A. ENGSTROM. “We have bad tlie above letters, and certificate of character, translated as the fairest manner of getting « the facts before the community. While Mr. Dresser’s statement of the transaction beais every evidence of truth, we do not overlook the fact that there are few disputes that do not have two plausible sides. If it were other- wise there would be little excnse for the '| existence of courts." Incidentally, we would be pleased to learn if that eertificate of character from Messrs. Holmberg and :Auderson is at- ‘| tributable to an outburst of heart-felt gratitude, or the product of another ‘‘busi- ness transaction.’’ HOW THE LETTER WAS SECURED. In its issue of October 10th, the Me. Jewett Herald says : i The Republican press of this congres- sional districtbas been busily engaged thus | far throughout .the present campaign .in weaving a halo about the person of S. R. Dresser, Republican candidate for Congress. Halos are all right when evolved in. the natural process of things, but when made to order, there is that something. about them which, to drop from the sublime to .the ridiculous, suggests the proverbial rib- bon on a pig’s tail. We have no desire, however, to detract from Mr. Dresser’s store of merits; we be- lieve him to be a fair man whose v irtues, nevertheless, are tinctured with the practic- ‘al to a degree which precludes all possi- bility of his’.accession to the galaxy of saints. In support of our contention we sub- mit—In our last issue we published a { Conclu ded on page 4.) : ly killed, 3 And. | Altoona, for some time. Abou 0b cegined. ny the oh, | forts of the Huntingdon Rod and Gun ¢ have been placed i in. the Juniata iver, iJ men from Battery Cc. —Charles. Kraft, a Buck's valley, P county, farmer has a pumpkin vine i in field on his farm that has produced 4 kins this season. The pumpkins a: rious weights, some being a good size. —Mrs. Anna A. McCurdy, a resident of sey Shore, Lycoming county, was found de in her home on Thursday evening last. ‘She is believed to have choked to death ona piece of food while eating supper alone in, lier room. —Because of resignation and promotions there has been a vacancy created in the office of messenger in ‘the State Librarian’s office and State Treasurer Harris ‘has secured the place for Col, Theodore Burchfield, of Altoona. : —Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Ramsey, of Ram- seyville, Lycoming county, recently celebrat- ed the fifty-seventh anniversary of their mar- riage, and are still in excellent health, , Mr. Ramsey is in his 88th year, while his wife is past 80. —Peter Patterson, of Jordan Somwnshi, Clearfield county, had his pocket picked of between $50 and $60 while in the erowd en- tering the opera house at Clearfield last Mon- day night, on the occasion of the Pattison meeting at that place. . —Mrs. Mary Decker, a resident of Lock- port, Mifflin conuty, on Thursday went to Lewistown to attend the funeral of William McGirk Jr., killed recently on the railroad near Hollidayshurz. While at the residence of an acquaintance she remarked, “Oh, I feel 80 warm,’’ gave a gasp or two and died. —Burglars wrecked the office 6f the Web- ster Coal and Coke company at Ehrenfeld Sunday morning in an attempt to open the vault. The explosion awoke everyone with- in a radius of a half mile and the burglars fled. © Five men were arrested late that night on suspicion, one of whom carried a ‘complete set of burglar’s tools.’ k —Easton Lape, a young farmer residing i in Upper Turkeyfoot township, Somerset coun- ty, while on a hunting expedition recently, accidentally shot himself in the region of the heart, bleeding to death. His prolonged ab- sence excited uneasiness among his friends, and upon search being made his body wis found and near it the double barreled s ho gun he had with him, one barrel discha rged —Somerset county has: within its borders a -very remarkable fowl of the turkey family, says the Herald. Itisa hen owned by Espey Trostle, who lives near Stoyestown. The bird began laying eggs in April and laid ‘twenty six. She then hatched and raised a brood of young turkeys. When. the little ‘birds were three weeks old the mother Te- sumed laying and has contributed ninety- nine eggs and still continues to produce one egg every day. —A new swindler is capturing sonie of the New York" farmers. *A man" comes around offering a patent wagon tongue. The farmer ,does not buy but the agent leaves the tongue to be called for in a few days. Shortly an- other of the gang comes and sees the farmer is very favorably impressed with it and of- fers $400 for it. The farmer thinks he sees his‘chance to make some money, sends the first man $250 for the right to handle the tongue, and that is the end of the matter. Man No. 2 disappears and seeks new fields to conquer. ing in the brick works at Monument Monday afternoon, when his clothing caught in the machinery. He was whirled around the shaft several times, and when his clothing gave away was thrown with great violence to the floor. Nearly all his clothing was torn frem the body. His right leg was broken, a long gash was cut in the back of his head and he was otherwise severely injured. He is at times in a semi conscious condition and raves continually. Notwithstanding the serious nature of his injuries, his case is not regard- ed as hopeless. —David Clark, the Altoona man who nar- rowly escaped death by inhaling gas from a jet in his room at the Hotel Myron in Tyrone Monday, regained consciousness Tuesday evening and acknowledged that he had turn- ed on the gas with suicidal intent. He had turned on the gas when he was first called at 16:30 o'clock in the morning, and soon passed into the stupor in which he was found at 2 o'clock in the afternoon. The old man hds been separated from his wife, who lives in Poor director H. H. Pensyl came to Tyrone to arrange for Clark’s removal to the county almshouse. —Two men were killed in the Altoona yard Monday about the noon hour. W. J. Smith, a structural steel worker on the new tank ‘shop, was the first man to be killed. He was at work at the hoisting machinery when a tie from the track of a traveling crane, dislodg- ed by the workmen moving the crane, fell about 45 feet and hit him squarely on the head. His skull was crushed in and he died in a few minutes. This accident happened ‘about 11:15. The second accident occurred ‘about half an hour later and Brakeman Tho- mas E. Watson was the victim: He was lean- ing out of an engine cab window and when near the place where Smith was killed his head struck a piece of steel and he was in- stently killed. —At the Blair county court last week Al- bert Robinson was brought up for dynamit- ing fish in the Juniata river. The defendant pleaded guilty tothe charge and threw him- self on the mercy of the court. His Honor, in consideration of the defendant’s advanced ‘years and other mitigating circumstances, sentenced him to pay the costs aggregating $41.03 and suspended sentence of imprison- ment, at the request of the Blair county branch of the League of American Sports- men, whose special officers brought the prose- cution. His Honor stated that the leniemt sentence in this case should” not he ‘consider- ed as a precedent, aud he gave warning that persons had hetter observe the game laws, as the league is determined to strictly enforce the laws for the protection of the ganie and fish by punishing a'l offend >rs, aT oi 5 and Stonecreek. 5 2 —The T' h regiment,” evnmunted by Colonel'C. M. Clement, ‘which is campinglon si | ‘the outskirts of Scranton, w —Grant Wagner, 16 years old, was work- : Ms
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