Dewooait tc. Bellefonte, Pa., March 6, 1903. : P. GRAY MEEK, Epitor Teams or Suvescrirrion.—Until further notice this paper will be furnished to subseribers at the following rates : Paid strictly in advanee................. $1.00 Paid before expiration of year.......... 1.50 Paid after expiration of year........... 2.00 Democratic County Committee for 1903. Precinet. Name, P. 0. Address. Bellefonte N W Jno. Trafford Bellefonte “ SW P. H. Gerrity, “ “ WW Geo. R. Meek, tt Centre Hall Boro W. F. Bradford, Centre Hall Howard 5 Abe Weber, Howard Milesburg George Noll, Milesburg Millheim $ F. P. Musser, Millheim Philipsburg 1st W J W Lukens Philipsburg £6 2nd W Ira Howe, se $6 srd W Ed. G.Jones, “ 8. Philipsburg C. D. Dutcher, ¥é State College Boro Unionville *¢ Benner Twp. N P “" S P M. S. MeDowell, State College Geo. W. Rumberger, Fleming L. C. Rearick, Bellefonte J. F. Hoy, $e Boggs Twp. N P Ira P. Confer, Yarnell ha E P G.H. Lyman, Roland hi. W P Jas. W. Fulmer, Milesburg Burnside Twp. Wm. Hipple, Pine Glenn College ¢ I. J. Dreese, Lemont Curtin $e William Quay, Romola Ferguson “ EP Wm. H. Fry, Pine Grove Mills bh ‘“ WP F.Bowersox, Peuna Furnace Gregg Twp. N P Geo. W. Ream, Penns Cave £4 E P Frank Fisher, Penn Hall “* WP John Smith, Spring Mills Haines Twp. W P Ralph Stover, Aaronsburg 5é E P E. M. Booue, Feidler Half Moon Twp. J. H, Griffin, Stormstown Harris ¢ Oscar Stover, Boalsburg Howard te Jerry Glenn, Mt. Eagle Huston et R. D. Ardery, Martha Liberty te B. S. Brown, Blanchard Marion te J. W, Orr, Walker Miles Twp EP Jerry Brungart, Wolfs Store £6 M P John Zeigler, Rebersburg 4 W P A.J. Hazel, Madisonburg Patton Twp. Thos. M. Huey, Waddle Penn 1 W. F. Smith, Millheim Potter * 8S P F. A. Carson, Potters Mills 4 * NP OX Keller, Centre Hall £* “ W P J.W. Spangler, Tusseyville Rush ¢ NP Wn. Frank, Philipsburg 46 ¢“ SS P C.'T Kennedy, Retort SnowShoe E P J. D. Brown, Snow Shoe 8 W P Wm. Kern, Moshannon Spring Twp. N P Jas. C. Carson, Bellefonte S P Henry Gentzel, Pleasant Gap $4 WP Jno. L. Dunlop, Bellefonte Taylor Twp. James F. Goss, Hannah Union “ S. K. Emerick, Fleming Walker Twp E P J. H. Beck, Nittany hi M P J.D. Miller, Hublersburg * W P Albert Shaffer, Zion Worth *¢ G. C. Woodring, Port Matilda TL. A. SHAFFER J. K. Jounson Secretaries. Quick Action on Teacher's Bill. CYRUS BRUNGART, Chairman, Favorably Reported to the Senate Fifteen Min- utes after Being Referred to a Committee— Report Assured. HARRISBURG, March 2.—One of the quickest and cleverest bits of legislative practice that has been accomplished in the Pennsylvania Legislature for many a ses- sion, was that of Senator Woods, of West- moreland county, in the Senate to-day,and it virtually means the passage of the bill fixing the minimum salary for school teach- ers at $35 a month. This measure was in- troduced in the House by Mr. Snyder, of Schuylkill, and passed that body finally on Thursday last. There was no opportunity to message the bill to the Senate last week, but it was made ready so that it would be in shape at the very first opportunity, and Mr. Snyder bad the message clerk with his bundle in the Senate as soon as that body was called to order at 9 o’clock to-night. Today it transpired that several members of the Education Committee of the Senate were not in favor of a $35 limit for the sal- ary, and Senator Woods, of Westmoreland, chairman of the Judiciary General Com- mittee, who has taken a great interest in the bill, determined that it should run no chances, and that it should be reported out ag quickly as possible in the exact shape that it came from the House. WOOD'S COMMITTEE ACTS. As a matter of fact, there is no hard and fast rule by which this bill should be sent to the Committee on Education, and there was reason why it should be sent to the Committee of Judiciary General, which considers bills of all kinds, involving mat- ters such as are contained in this bill. Sen- ator Woods, by a quick canvass, learned that the majority, in fact ali but one, of the Judiciary General Committee favored the bill, and he communicated this fact before the Senate met to President protem. Scott, who was in the chair in the absence of Lieutenant Governor Brown. The commis- tee also authorized Senator Woods to re- port the bill without the formality of hold- ing a committee meeting, as is often done, when a committee desires to take quick ac- tion and there is no opposition to a bill. It was 9:15 when the message clerk pre- sented his bundle of bills for the Senate’s consideration, including the teacher’s sal- ary bill, and fifteen minutes later, when the chair cleared the table, the hill was re- ferred by President pro tem. Scott to the Committee on Judiciary General. It was at once handed to Senator Woods, who, sanctioned by the committee, endorsed it and at the first opportunity, fifteen min- utes later, reported the bill back to the Sepate as committed and without amend- ment. It was a record in rapid legislation and the young Senator from Westmoreland is now enjoying with Representatives Snyder and McClain the distinction of being called “The school teachers’ friend. WILL OFFER AMENDMENTS.. An attempt will he made to amend the bill in the Senate when it comes up on second reading, but there is no mistaking the overwhelming sentiment of that body in favor of the measure. Senator Fox said to-night that he will do all in his power to favor the bill and Senator Patton gave it his hearty indorsement. It transpires that one of the Senators who opposes the bill comes from a county whose every school district gets more mon- ey from the State every year than they raise by taxation, a fact that he did not known until his attention was called to it. The bill may be reached on final passage this week. It is certain to get to the third reading stage and its passage may bedelay- ed until next week, but it will ultimately veach the Governor in its present shape. Round House Caved In. Big Altoona Structure Badly Damaged—Workmen's Narrow Escape. ALTOONA, March 3.—With a fearful crash a section of fully 75 feet of the north west section of the Pennsylvania railroad company’s Twelfth street round house caved in at 2:30 Tuesday afternoon. Two locomotives were caught and com- pletely covered with debris. Bricks and timbers were piled up in a big mass. At first it was thought that several workmen were buried in the rnivs. Two workmen bad been working on one of the engines but had gone away just a short while be- fore the accident happened. The damage will amount to several thousand dollars. Ballot BIL Introdaced. Measure Prepared by Representatives of the Repub- lican State Committee Presented in the Legis lature. HARRISBURG, March 2.—The ballot bill | prepared by the subcommittee of the Re- | publican State Committee was introduced | this evening in the Senate hy Senator | Focht, and it was referred to the Commit- | tee on Elections. ““The bill is almost similar to the present | ballot law,” said Senator Focht, ‘‘with the | exception that it makes changes in the mechanical construction of the ballot. Sen- ator Quay said he preferred the vest pocket system, but as there seemed to be a demand for the bill as I have introduced it, and his friends outnumbered him, he agreed to it. Ex-Senator Hertzler showed him the bill last week in Washington and he said it was all right.” In the first column of the ballot are all the party names and opposite each one is a square in which a cross can be made to vote the straight party ticket. The candidates for the various offices are grooped together under the office head, each with a square opposite his name, and a cross marked in the square means a vote for that particular candidate. MEDICAL AID IN MILLS. Senator Berkelbach, of Philadelphia, in the Senate this evening introduced a bill which will command the attention of manu- facturers and mill owners. It provides that ‘‘all persons, owning or operating any mill or mills, factory or factories, or other establishment or establishments, where streams or other motive power is used or dangerous employment is carried on, shall, where over twenty persons are employed and not over 100, keep on hand such med- ical and surgical materials and appliances as will enable persons injured to receive treatment at once until professional med- ical or surgical aid may be obtained. Be- sides keeping such materialsand appliances on hand, the foreman, superintendent or other person and persons in charge shall be required to have sufficient knowledge of the use of such materials and appliances as will enable him or them to use them in case of injury to an employee while en- gaged at work in such establishment. Printed instructions with reference to the use of such materials and appliances shall be kept with said materials and appliances. In ali such establishments where there are more than 100 persons employed there shall be a regular physician permanently located at such establishments during the hours of labor without expense to the em- ployees. BERKELBACH BILL SENT BACK. The Berkelbach Sunday law repealer, which was reported from committee favor- ably last week, was sent back to committee to-night, Mr. Thomas, of Schuylkill, mak- ing the motion ‘‘as per understanding, when the bill was reported out.”” Mr. Berkelback says he will get the bill out again. The bill appropriating $150,000 to the University of Pennsylvania Hospital had a narrow shave in the Senate to-night. Bills of this character require a two-thirds vote to pass them finally, and when the vote was counted on the bill it was found to bave but 29 votes, when it required 34. There was delay in announcing the vote, and in the meantime enough Senators were | gathered in and their votes recorded to get the required number and the bill passed. A joint resolution was introduced by Mr. Fox, of Dauphin, proposing an amend- ment to Section 10 of Article 1, of the Con- stitution, so that a discharge of a jury for failure to agree or other necessary cause shall not work as acquittal. ANTI-SMOOT RESOLUTION. The resolution protesting against the ad- mission of Reed Smoot to the United States Senate as a Senator from Utah and calling on the Senators from Pennsylvania to vote against such admission was again offered in the House to-night by Representative Flynn, Democrat, of Elk, and the House sent it to the Committee on Federal Rela- tions, which means that it will not very likely be heard of again. Mr. Fiynn made a short speech in favor of his resolution in which he called attention to the fact that the House several years ago passed a reso- lution protesting against the seating of Congressman Roberts, of Utah. Mr. Moore, of Philadelphia, moved to refer it to the Federal Relations Committee, which was done by a vote of 89 yeas to 46 nays. The Senate bill making it a felony for a husband or father to desert and neglect to support his wife or children passed second reading in the House. The Grady 10-cent poll tax bill and the Senate bills relating to the duties of fire marshal in Philadelphia and fixing the salary of the members of the Board of Re- vision of Taxes in Philadelphia also passed second reading. Conference Tries Presiding Elder, READING, March 2.—The Evangelical conference opened its second week here to- day. Because of daily secret sessions it is probable the sessions will not conclude be- fore the close of the week. This will be the longest session in the history of the conference. A long discussion was precipitated after the opening of the morning session ona motion to discontinue the secret sessions. It transpired that Presiding Elder W. A. Leopold is on trial for mal administration. Mr. Leopold and many of his friends asked that the sessions be open to the public, as a great injustice is being done him by false rumors set afloat. Rev. Mr. Leopold, who is presiding elder of the Philadelphia dis- trict, has been suspended from the ministry for five months, and the outcome of his trial will decide whether or not he shall be dismissed or re-instated. No information as to the nature of the charges against him has been made public. In the discussion, Presiding Elder Leo- pold said the impression had gone forth that he is being tried for adultery, which is incorrect. He said he is willing to have the charge against him investigated before an audience of 1000 people. Rev. W. L. Bollman, one of the attor- neys in the case, said there is nothing in the charge affecting Mr. Leopold’s char- acter. It has to do with matters pertain- ing to the trial of Rev. H. W. Gross, a former minister of his district. Inasmuch as the sessions so far had heen secret it was decided to continue them so to the end. A motion to change the time of confer- ence from spring to fall was defeated. An invitation to meet in Immanuel church, Allentown, next year, was accepted. Col. Bryan Signs Temperance Pledge. York, Pa., March 2.—Colonel William J. Bryan, who lectured in this city on Sat- urday night, attended services in the First Preshyterian church yesterday morning, and signed a temperance pledge. Accord- ing to the custom of she Sunday school the monthly cards were passed around for sing- ers. When one was passed to Colonel 1 Byran he signed it witliont hesitation. | Jersey Shore Is Again Battling With | Smallpox. Fourteen Cases Are Now Said to be in the Pest House. Work to Check the Disease. Another outbreak of smallpox has occur- red at Jersey Shore. The disease had been about stamped out of the town through the persistent efforts of the board of health, but was given a fresh impetus recently by the concealment of several cases, says the Williamsport News. Fourteen patients are now in the hospital there. It is believed that there will he no future spread of the malady as the authorities of the town have taken all possible precaution to protect its citizens. Last Saturday the members of Samuel Creager’s family living on Upper Broad street were suddenly taken ill. Mr. and Mrs. Creager and five children were seized with an attack of nausea. Despite the fact that two of the children did not partake of the dish, the attending physician attribut- ed the trouble to some fish which has been served at supper. The alleged poisoning occasioned excitement and it is estimated that forty or fifty neighbors visited the Creager home during Saturday night and Sunday. Early this week it was discovered that the Creagers were afflicted with smallpox and that their illness on Saturday night was the first development of the disease. On Wednesday the mother and five chil- dren were taken to the hospital. All were ill with smallpox except the youngest child, who was considered too small to be separated from its mother. The father showed no signs of smallpox and has since been quarantined in his home. Thursday night Health Officer Yonng- man ascertained that an aged man and wife, neighbors of the Creagers, who had visited the afflicted family during the fish poisoning scare, had come to Williameport. They were located in the west end and are now quarantined. The authorities of that city do not anticipate any trouble from the unwelcome visit. In compliance with a persistent request from the health authorities of Williamsport and Lock Haven, the school board of Jersey Shore has temporarily closed the school building which was attended by the Creag- er children. It is believed that this new outbreak at Jersey Shore has heen caused by people concealing cases of smallpox. As an in- stance a janitor of one of the school build- ings was off duty several days with an at- tack of supposed chicken pox. The health authorities have a suspicion now that the man had an attack of genuine smallpox. It is also believed that the failure to enforce vaccination is also responsible in a meas- ure. In one school it was ascertained that one-half of the scholars had never been vaccinated. In many cities of the state the health authorities are fighting against the spread of smallpox. The schools of Duncannon areclosed on account of the prevalence of the disease at that place, and at Altoona six new cases of smallpox were found yes- terday in the home of Ephrain Daughen- baugh. Several members of the family have been ailing for several days, but have been circulating among neighbors wishout restriction. Until yesterday they were without medical attendance. Ludrones Beaten Close to Mantia, Nineteen Filipinos Killed, but Americans Escape Without Any Casualities. Stronghold Captured. MANILA, March SA detachment of scouts under the command of Lieutenant. Nickerson attacked and defeated a body of Ladrones near the village of Mariquina, seven miles from Manila, yesterday. Lieu- tenant Nickerson attacked before daylight. After an hour of fighting, the Ladrones were scattered and nineteen were killed and many wounded. There were uno cas- ualities on the side of the scouts. The constabulary last Wednesday sur- prised and captured the stronghold of the Ladrones in the mountains of Albay, Lu- zon, where a force of Ladrones attacked a small detachment of constabulary on Feb- ruary 20th. The constabulary on Wed- nesday met with some resistance from the Ladrones, who were defeated with a loss of ten killed and four captured. The La- drones’ stronghold and supplies were burned. Brigadier General Sumner, commanding the department of Mindanao, telegraphs that he expects trouble along the military road north of Lake Lanao. He says that the Dattos and the Sultan of Mirdanao are friendly and anxious for peace, but are un- able to control sections of their unruly followers. Organs Reversed, Shortened. Vital Bosloc’s Life SHARON, Pa., March 2.—Great interest is manifested by physicians in Mercer coun- ty over the curious arrangement of Michael Bosloc’s internal organs. He is in the Sharon hospital and is being treated by Dr. C. A. Jones. The man’s heart is on the right side, and all the other internal organs are reversed, being in the same position in relation to the heart as if they were on the left side. The abnormal arrangement of the organs is breaking down Bosloe’s health, and it is the opinion of the physicians that he can- not live for more than a year. It is related that a few years ago he re- ceived a wound in his left side that would have caused his death bad not the heart been on the right side. Mr. Schwab Much Better. Will Not Say, However, That He is Perfectly Re- stored to Health. PARIs, March 2.—Charles M. Schwab, who was conversing with Consuelo, dowa- ger duchess of Manchester, in the vestibule of the Hotel Ritz to-day told Zhe Post cor- respondent that he enjoyed much better re- pose although he was unable to say that he was as yet perfectly restored. He bad remained four months ou board his yacht and had profited enormously thereby. He hoped to return to the States fit for the hardest work. Chariot in King’s Tomb. LONDON, March 2.—Advices from Cairo say that Mr. Davis, the American who has expended considerable sums in exploration work near Thebes, has found a splendid chariot in the Tomb of King Thothmes. The fittings of the chariot are of bronze, and the remainder is of gilded wood. The chariot is valued at £5,000. Lilonkalani Gets Nothing. WASHINGTON, March 2.—The conferees on the sundry civil appropriation bill agreed to strike cut the Senate amendment for the appropriation of $200,000 for the payment of the claims of ex-Queen Liluck- alani of Hawaii. : Conceaimert of Cases Responsible for | the Spread—The Board of Heaith Actively at | Greeted Arrival and Depaiture of Pope. Twenty-fifth Anniversary of the Coronation of Leo X1ti Celebrated With Grandeur and impressive ness. RoxmEe, March 3.—The twenty-fifth anni- versary of the coronation of Pope Leo was celebrated today with all the grandeur and impressiveness associated with the high ceremonies of the Catholic church, and amid a display of enthusiasm and emotion on the part of the vast assemblage gathered within the wails of St. Peter’t such as vied with the greatest of provious demonstra- tions of reverence and affection for the aged pontiff. Tonight all the sacred edifices in Rome, monasteries, convents, seminaries and also many private houses were illuminated in commemoration of the event, the Trastevere quarter and the Leonine City especially presenting a blaze of light, while the gen- eral effect was heightened by the burning of Bengal fires throughout the city. Pope Leo, who supported admirably the fatigue and excitement of to-day’s ceremonies, after having retired, rose again from his couch and, going to the window of Lis bed room, gazed for awhile upon this scene of illu- mination. The view from the Vatican, embracing a stretch of seven miles, bril- lians with light, was a marvelous one, and his holiness exclaimed as he withdrew from the window : ‘‘This, indeed, will be a pleasant thing to dream of.”’ The ceremony in St. Peter’s cathedral lasted two hours and a quarter and, al- though it was noticeable that Pope Leo felt the effects of his recent cold, all were surprised to see how well be seemed. His voice was strong, his gestures vigorous and the frantic cheering which greeted his ar- rival and departure gave him visible pleas- ure brought a faint tinge of color to his face. After the ceremony of the morning, Dr. Lapponi carefully examined the con- dition of the Pope and, although he found him none the worse for the fatigne he had undergone, yet he ordered him to rest dur- ing the whole afternoon. But to-night, after the doctor’s last visit, his holiness insisted upon getting up to view the il- luminations. Head Waiter Kills Chef. Former White House Employee Slain in a Butler Hotel. : BurLeRr, March 2.—Karl Hain, colored, who was chef at the White House during MecKinley’s last Administration, was shot and killed here Monday night at the Stand- ard hotel. where he was employed as chef. Hain and Eugene Clifton, head waiter, quarreled over the filling of an order, and when Hain ordered Clifton to leave the room the latter drew a revolver and fired. Ciifton fled, but later was captured on a train. ADDITIONAL LOCALS ——The new steel and iron works which Clearfield secured through a building lot sale is to be put in blast this week and the event is to be celebrated with a flag rais- ing. Ahi Let ——Green’s drug store ie advertising a very effective remedy for chapped hands. These March winds and sudden changes of the temperature are hard on the skin, but a bottle of cydonine will keep it smooth and fresh and Green'’s is the place to get it. In fact, Green's is the place to get anything you need in the drug line. ee Gl -——J. E. Toole, the leading man of the repertoire company that will appear at Garman’s tonight and tomorrow night, has been seen in Bellefonte before in his play ‘‘Killarny and the Rhine,’”” which he presented to a well pleased house last night. Tonight he will appear in “Rip Van Winkle” and tomorrow night an equally popular bill will be offered. ase ——Generations of play-goers have en- joyed “Uncle Tom’s Cabin,’ the story that moved the world and added chapters to history. But it remained for manager Washburn of the great Stetson company to place the old-time drama in a modern stage setting. While the text of Harriet Beecher Stowe’s masterpiece is preserved in its en- tirety in the Stetson production, there are other features introduced that makes the piece a novelty even to those who have laughed with Topsy and wept with Eva years ago. In the Stetson company there are two Topsies, two Marks who have a great field for the intermission of fun. This great entertainment will appear at Gar- man’s on Wednesday night, March 11th. +> ——In noting the changes consequent upon the closing of the Central Supply Co’s. store in this place last week the WATCHMAN stated that E. M. Griest, who had been the manager, would probably re- main to take charge of the Platt-Barber Co. wholesale branch in this place. More definite information is to the effect, how- ever, that Mr. Griest will go on the road for the Platt-Barber Co. and G. Fred Mus- ser, who started the business liere will re- main at its head. This will be gratifying news to Fred’s friends, for he is regarded as such a valuable man by his employers that it was feared they would send him to some other field in the reorganization scheme they are carrying out in their working force. rot ——Mis. Eliza Rupert, relict of Barney Rupert, died at the home of her son Frank, at Beech Creek, about 10 o’clock Sunday night. She was one of the oldest residents of that community; having spent her en- tire life there. She is survived by nine of her twelve children and there are also for- ty-three grand children and twenty-three great grand children. Services were held in the Presbyterian church at Beech Creek Wednesday morning apd interment was made at Howard. Rev. L. F. Brown offici- ated. ll I I ——Harry Krumbaugh died in St. Francis hospital in Pittsburg, on Tuesday morning. He bad been a clerk at the Brant house in this place up to four months ago when he went to Pittsburg to work for the Carnegie Co. There he contracted typhoid fever, which resulted in his death. Deceased was 25 years old and is sorvived by his sister, Mrs. A. J. Pool and his twin brother George. | less for weeks and that she lived as long as Mgrs. MARGARET DALEY—After suffer- ing for five months with cancer Mrs. Margaret Daley passed away at her home | in Crider’s Exchange on Saturday morning | at 1 o'clock. Her condition had been hope- she did was only owing to her unusual vitality and splendid constitution. She was a daughter of Henry Stein- kechuer, and was born at the family home near Roopsburg 42 years ago. Her mar- riage to Jchn Daley took place about eigh- teen years ago and until very recently she resided in her own property in Bush Addi- tion. She was a woman of much energy, fine appearance and estimable character. Her death is sincerely mourned by her daughter Mary and ber two sisters and two brothers, Mrs. Philip King, of Easton ; Mrs. Barbara McGowan, of Roopshurg, Joseph, of Clearfield, and Michael, of Hal- stead, Kansas. Funeral services were held on Monday morning at 10 o’clock in St. John’s Catholic church, of which she was a devout mem- ber. Interment was made in the Catholic cemetery and the pall-bearers were : Thos. J. Sexton, James Noonan, Thos. Howley, William Chambers, Robert Cole and Philip Beezer. I I i MRs. JANE LEE.—Mirs. Jane B. Lee, rel- ict of John B. Lee, who died about eleven years ago, passed away at the home of her son-in-law J. B. Royer, near this place, last Friday evening. She had suffered about eight years from the effects of a frac- tured limb and much of that time was un- able to walk at all. At her advanced age the bones would not-knit properly and gangrene finally developed in both of her feet, causing death. Mis. Lee was 78 years old and for years had been a consistent member of the Pres- byterian church. In so far as she was able she cast charities about her with that noble spirit of the true christian. She was loving and loved in her home and a woman whose many good traits will shine in the memory of those who are left behind. Of her eleven chiidren six sons and three daughters are living : They are Mrs. Simon Ruble, of Kansas; Mrs. Mary J. Royer, of near Bellefonte; Dr. Lee, of Cen- tre Hall; John, of Harris Twp.; James and Frank, of Spring Twp.; Mrs. Emma Stemm, of Harris Twp. ; Hiram, of Spring Twp.. Philip, in Lewistown. Funeral services were held at the Royer home on Monday morning and her remains were taken over to the old family plot in the Centre Hill cemetery for burial. I I I Mes. FRANK E. TAYLOR.—The death of Mrs. Frank E. Taylor, which occurred at her home in Philipsburg on Saturday, was due to heart failure, superinduced by asthmatic troubles with which she has been an acute sufferer for several years. Mrs. Taylor was a daughter of Stephen Decatur and Catherine Stewart and was born at Harrison City, October 4th, 1849. While living at Milesburg she was mar- ried to Mr. Taylor on April 15th, 1875, and he with four of their six children survive her. They are Harris Linn, of Scalp Level; Samuel Blair, of Homestead ; Esther Williams and Mary Louisa, at home. Two of her sisters, Mrs. Edward Foster and Mrs. Isaac Lose,are residents of Bellefonte. Mrs. Taylor was an eminently good woman. She was devoted to her home, kind and loving in her ministrations to those about her and most sincere in her at- tachment to the Presbyterian church. Funeral services were conducted at her late home on Wednesday afternoon and interment was made in the Philipsburg cemetery. MRS. tise hte oe of par- alysis she suffered about a year ago and since which time she had been almost en- tirely helpless and unable to speak a word, resulted in the death of Mrs. Oliver K. Love. She died at the home of her daugh- ter, Mrs. Henry Shuey, near Houserville on Tuesday night. After Mrs. Love was stricken she and Mr. Love moved from their home near Tusseyville to that of her daughter where she was given every atten- tion and kindness. Her husband and five daughters survive. They are Mrs. Charles Whitall, Lemont ; Mrs. Tate, Oak Hall ; Mrs. Bert Hartman, Bellefonte ; Mrs. Henry Shuey, Houser- ville ; Mrs. Charles Mayes, Lemont. Burial was made last Friday after serv- ices had been held in the Evangelical asso- ciation church at Tusseyville. Rev. J. F. Shulty officiated. I I I ——Mrs. Catharine Goodwin, the oldest person in Tyrone, died in her 96th year on Friday. The deceased whose name was Catharine Peterkin, was horn at Bellefoure, France, June 1st, 1807, or 95 years, 8 months and 26 days ago. When she was about fourteen years of age, she came with her parents to America, and they resided at New York, Erie and various other places. In Centre county about 1833 the deceased was united in marriage to William Good- win who died at Clarion in 1852. Since then Mrs. Goodwin made her home with her son, Edmund, going te Tyrone with the latter, from Curwensville, in 1887. I I I ——John Lyman, one of Boggs town- ship’s oldest and most respected citizens, died at the residence of his son-in-law, George Confer, near Fairview,on Feb. 21st, A. D. 1903, aged 71 years, ten months and nine days. Two sons and five danghters survive him. He was an honest, upright, industrious man, and for upwards of forty years he had been a member of Messiah’s church, and at the time of his death was a trustee of the Fairview Christian Union® Esteemed and respected by all who knew him his loss will be felt, bat we believe he rests in peace, while his bereaved survivors share our sympathy. Rev. Hicks PREDICTIONS ror MARCH —Rev. Ira Hicks predicts weather of this character for March : The first regular storm period for Mare h is from the 20d to the 7th. From about Tuesday the 31d, to Friday the 6th, there are reasons to expect all the changes and { phenomena of a very decided storm period. A marked change to warmer and falling barometer will lead rapidly into cloudi- ness, with general rain and thunder storms in the south. Rain may also be expected in central and northern sections, but change to much colder will follow the rains, with heavy snow squalls generally along the northern side of the country. Sharp change to cold will bring up the rear of these storms, bringing the temperature quite to the frost line into the south. The 9th and 10th are central days of a reactionary perturbation, intensified by moon in perigee on the 10th. In all our publications, for nearly twenty years, we have explained that an electrical crisis is annually to be looked for about the 10th to 15th of March. The moon being at full and on the celestial equator on 13th, with- in two days of its perigee, on the 10th, we are bpaturally to look for electrical phenomena ous of the ordinary during this annual period this month. If the Moon’s perigee or nearest approach to Earth, had fallen two days later, or coincident with full moon on the equator on the 13th, vio- lent storms and tidal waves would have been almost a certainty in the south. As it is a marked disturbance of this kind need not be a surprise in that part of the coun- try. Heavy earth-currents of magnetism and electricity, auroral lights, seismic con- vulsions and quickened volcanic activity, are among the things reasonably to be ex- pected during and about the 10th to 15th. The regular storm period, centering on the 16th and extending from the 13th to the 20th, will bring a time of exceedingly unsettled weather, with probability of many heavy, and some dangerous storms. The indications point to two decided dis- turbances during this central period in March, one at the very beginning of the period, and the other about the 17th and 18th. The storms on and about the 18th will barely subside before the entrance to reactionary storm conditions due 21st and 22nd. This is the center of the Vernal equinox, and many equinoctial squalls, with much unpleasant weather may safely be counted on. In all central, western and northern sections, mingled rain, snow and raw and depleting winds. The last general storm period in March is central on the 28th, covering the 25th to 30th. This period is covered, also, by a Mercury perturbation. The moon is on the celestial equator on the 27ch and at its new on the 28th. As we approach these days it will turn phenomenally warm for the season, the barometer will fall to low and dangerous readings, and anywhere from Friday the 27th to Monday the 30th, it will be wise to keep an eye on the gather- ing storm indications. Very warm, hu- mid weather, with greatly depressed bar- ometer, will presage violence and danger, especially in all central to southern parts of the country. Late snow and sleet storms will be most natural northward. The month, in every probability, will reach its close in the midst of the cold wave at the end of these storms. As we close these forecasts on the 14th, the most fearful cold wave of the winter is reported coming out of the northwest, and special bulletins bave been issued ‘‘officially,’’ of a cold wave to sweep far into the south. BP re srermmmnmn ATTENTION PENNSYLVANIA RESERVES. —In accordance with the resolution adopted at DuBois, Penna., the seventeenth annual reunion of the ‘‘Old Bucktails,”’ or First Rifle regiment, P. R. V. C., will take place at Harrisburg, Penna., on Wednesday and Thursday, June 24th and 25th, 1903. At the same time the much talked of ‘‘Grand-Round-Up’’ of the Pennsylvania Reserves will he held. At a preliminary meeting held in Harrisburg, on January 7th, to talk over the feasibility of this probably last general gathering of the old boys, there were forty-eight present. The most important matters of business they transacted were the following : The chair stated the first question before the meeting was ‘‘Shall we have a re- union ?”” and asked for an expression of opinion from the comrades present. Comrade Wm. H. Rauch offered the fol- lowing resolution : Resolved—That the Pennsylvania Reserves hold a final reunion of the survivors of the Old Division during the coming summer, at such a place and time as shall be fixed by this meeting. On motion the president appointed, with the assistance of the secretary, an executive committee consisting of one member from each Regiment, and five members of said committee shall constitute a quorum there- of, and said exeoutive committee was em- powered to fix a suitable time when the reanion shall bé held. John Hamilton was made chairman of the resident com- mittee in Harrisburg. : On motion of John Hamilton the follow- ing telegram was sent to Mrs. A. G. Cur- tin, widow of Governor Curtin, the father of the Reserves, which motion was carried unanimously. HArrisBURG, Jan, 7th, 1903. “The salutations of forty-eight members of the committee of the Pennsylvania Reserves in ses- sion in the city of Harrisburg, January seventh, nineteen hundred and three, to Mrs. Andrew G. Curtin, Bellefonte, Pa., with best wishes and highest respect.” +o ——Simvelle’s Romeo: and Juliet Co. arrived here a day ahead of the time for their edgagement. They were to have played in Jersey Shore Tuesday night, but the small-pox is so bad there that they oanceled the engagemens$. . ; '
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