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Grady-Salus Libel Bill Discussed Be-
fore Governor Pennypacker at
Harrisburg.
Two From Each Side Spoke Hon. Charles Emory
Smith Makes Leading Address on Behalf of the
Newspaper People—Bill's Faults. Lawyers Repre-
"sent Other Side.
HARRISBURG, April 21.—Every impor-
tant newspaper in Pennsylvania was rep-
resented at the hearing on the Grady-Salus
libel bill by Governor Pennypacker to-day,
in the hall of the House of Representatives.
Attorney General Carson sat with the Gov-
ernor thronghout the hearing, but neither
indicted what would be the Governor’s
action on the measure.
The Governor aud the Attorney General
arrived in the hall of the house promptly
at 10 o’clock and were greeted with ap-
plause. The Governor said the bill was a
very important one and he was anxious to
hear both sides and he suggested that
two representatives from each side be heard
in order to save time. He also suggested
that the opponents of the bill he heard
first. :
The opening speech was made by Charles
Emory Smith, of the Philadelphia Press,
who was presented by Thomas V. Cooper,
of the Media American. Aft the ontset of
Mr. Smith’s address Governor Pennypack-
er took exception to his use of the word
‘‘insolently’’ and suggested that it would
be well for the speaker to omit the strong
adjectives. Mr. Smith accepted the sug-
gestion, saying, at the same time, that he
spoke strongly because he felt strongly.
Mr. Smith began his address by thank-
ing the governor for according the repre-
sentatives of the press an opportunity to be
heard, which, he said, the legislature had
‘ruthlessly and insolently denied.” He
declared that there was not a single meas-
ure of protection offered in the bill await-
ing the governor’s decision which is not
given by the existing law, but that the
new measure exposes reputable newspapers
to the constant and unavoidable danger of
costly, vexatious and black-mailing suits.
He dwelt upon the fact that under the
bill before the governor it was not neces-
sary that a publication be libelous to enable
prosecution, It was only necessary that
the slightest degree of negligence be shown
on the part of the editor or some one of the
hundreds of employes concerned in publish-
ing a newspaper, or that some person should
swear that he had endured ‘‘physical or
mental suffering’’ on account of the publi-
cation. ‘‘In front of every puklication as
it comes from the printing press,’’ declared
Mr. Smith, *‘will stand some harpy, scan-
ning its columns to find the name of some
individual who can be persuaded that he
is the victim of negligence, that his feel-
ings have been hurt, and that under this
new roving commission for every shyster
he can get some damages.’’
Mr. Smith also dwelt upon the fact that
weekly newspapers are exempt from the
operation of the proposed law; said thie
was done in order to get country votes
enough to pass it, and declared that it
clearly made the measure unconstitutional
because it is class legislation. Said he:
“To declare that a statement is a libel
when printed in 209 dailies and not a libel
when printed in 954 weeklies is simply
grotesque.’’
The speaker also ridiculed the language
of the bill, which made it clear that per-
sons totally ignorant of the organization of
newspaper offices, had framed it since the
“managing editor’’ is made the responsible
person and he is to be prosecuted. He also
referred to the fact that the bill contains in
its title two distant subjects, which is con-
trary to the constitution. Then Mr. Smith
recapitalated bis objections, as follows :
First—This bill is utterly powerless to
stop the particular kind of publication
which it aims at, but it encompasses legit-
imate publications with an unlimited net-
work of embarrassment and vexation.
Second—It would cripple and curtail the
presentation of the regular and proper
news of the day.
Third—It would start up a whole swarm
of speculative shysters and curbstone black-
mailers.
Fourth—1It infringes on the just and con-
stitutional liberty of the press, and would
impair that valuable protection for public
morals and public rights which is found in
the searchlight of publicity.
Fifth—1It is special legislation in under-
taking to make a law for newspaper, while
excepting the weekly newspapers from its
operations.
Sixth—It perpetrates a gross wrong in
seeking to fasten the principal’s responsi-
bility upon the agent, where the agent not
only does not commit the offense, hut
where he has not even the power to pre-
vent it.
The bill ought to bave as its title, ‘‘An
act to promote barratry, to encourage black-
mail, to breed legal harpies, to shackle the
priuting of news, to shield offenders against
public morals aud rights and to intimidate
and terrorize the newspapers.’’
Alexander Simpson . Jr., a Philadelphia
lawyer, in urging the Governor to sign the
bill said the highest court of Pennsylvania
has declared that there is a necessity for a
change in the laws governing newspapers,
and read from an opinion of the Supreme
court in the case of ex-Mayor Smith against
the Philadelphia Z%mes. He read several
other opinions from the Supreme court to
prove his contention that the liberty of the
press should be restrained. This bill, he
declared, is designed to hinder the abuse of
the license of the press by a very small
minority of the newspapers of the state.
Mr. Simpeon denied the contention of the
newspapers that the existing libel laws are
sufficient. Richard C. Dale, another Phila-
delphia attorney, spoke in favor of the bill.
Thomas V. Cooper, a member of the
Legislature, criticised the bill’s passage
through the assembly and said the consti-
tution had undoubtedly been violated.
Cyrus G. Derr, attorney for the Reading
Eagle, answered Simpson’s argument and
dwelt upon the unconstitutionality of the
proposed law.
The Governor concluded the hearing by
the announcement :
I am obliged to you, gentlemen, for the
help you have given me.
Death from a Pin Scratch.
Several days ago a small pimple appear-
ed on one of the fingers of Mrs. Mary S.
Brewer, of Blairsville. As it contained
pus, she proceeded to open it with a brass
pin, and as a result blood poisoning devel-
oped and resulted in her death. The de-
ceased was aged fifty-five years.
Governor Signed Thirty-one Bills and
Vetoed Six Others.
Referred to Many Subjects. 8till has Under
Consideration the Grady-Salus Bill and Gen-
eral Appropriation Measure.
HARRISBURG, April 22. — Thirty one
bills were signed and six others vetoed to-
day by Governor Pennypacker. The Gov-
ernor still has under consideration the
Grady-Salus libel bill and the general ap-
propriation hill.
Following is a list of the bill signed :
Fixing a penalty of $100 or six months
imprisonment for the sale of cocaine or any
patent or proprietary remedy containing
cocaine without a physician’s prescription
or t0 a habitual user of cocaine.
Permitting farmers to sell their own pro-
ducts without a license in and about the
streets of boroughs and cities.
Eztending to parks the acts of June 4th,
1901, relating to the effect of contracts for
work and labor to be done and labor or
materials to be furnished to buildings, ete.
Providing for the apportioning of the
annual reports published by the state de-
partment of agriculture.
Three bills repealing the act relating to
parks in the city of Harrisburg.
Providing the manner in which inde-
pendent school districts may be abolished
and providing for the disposition of the
school property of such district.
Repealing the act of May 5th, 1832, re-
lating to public roads in London Grove
township, Chester county.
Providing that deeds may be acknowl-
edged before any justice of the peace, no-
tary public or other officer having author-
ity to take acknowledgment of deeds or
other instruments of writing.
To establish county associations of school
directors.
Limiting to sixty days the time in which
actions may be brought for the recovery of
fines or penalties under the act of June
19th, 1895, for the more effectual protect-
ion of the public health in municipalities.
Repealing the act of April 10th, 1873,
relating to roads in McIntyre township,
Bradford county.
Authorizing county commissioners to
have the county bridges painted and the
bolts tightened as often as may be neces-
sary.
Amending the Fochit bridge act of 1895
80 as to give the board of public buildings
and grounds discretionary power in award-
ing contracts for the erection of state
bridges.
Authorizing corporations to change their
title by a two-thirds vote of the board of
directors or of the stockholders.
Enabling the burgess or council of a
borough or incorporated town by ordi-
nance to annex adjacent territory upon pe-
tition of a majority of the freehold owners.
Requiring county commissioners to pub-
lish, not later than June 1st, their annual
statement. :
Two bills giving the courts discretionary
power in imposing penalties on violators
of the acts relating to the sale of intoxica-
ting drinks.
Repealing the act of February 28th,
1866, relating to the pay of certain county
officers in Wyoming county.
Appropriating $3,000 for the preparation
and publication of the names and records
of enlistment of Pennsylvanians in the
Philippine and China wars.
Permitting the election of one female
overseer of the poor in boroughs and town-
ships.
Providing-for the payment of liquor
license money toschool districts in town-
ships in which the roads shall have been
made and repaired by taxpayers pursuant
to the act of June 12th, 1893.
Increasing the salary of the state treas-
urer from $5,000 to $8,000 annually.
Requiring state school tax collectors in
boroughs and townships to make monthly
statements to the secretary of the school
board, and providing for the meeting of
school directors and tax collectors and for
the collection and payment of all school
taxes to treasurer on or before the first
Monday of June in each year.
Probibiting the disposing of property. to
defraud creditors or the removal of proper-
ty out of any county to prevent it from be-
ing levied upon or sold on execution.
Authorizing the governor to appoint a
commission of five persons to purchase land
and erect homes for old, crippled and help-
less miners and ‘their wives who have
reached the age of 55 years.
Requiring persons filing objections in the
court to a nomination paper or certificate
of nomination to pay the costs when their
objections are not sustained.
Providing that a trial judge may review
evidence discovered after a conviction in a
murder case in considering an application
for a new trial.
Supplement to the act of June 27, 1895,
relating to fidelity, insurance, safety de-
posit, trust and saving companies to invest
funds committed to their care by the or-
phans’ court in such securities as shall be
approved by such courts.
Following is a list of the bills disapprov-
ed .
Making it unlawful for gypsies to en-
camp upon lands without first obtaining
written permission of the owner or occu-
pier. The object of this bill is that its
title does not accurately describe the pro-
visions of the measure.
Exempting from taxation for paving,
sewers, water pipe and other municipal
charges public property used for public pur-
poses and places of religious worship, places
of burial not used or held for private or
corporate profit, and institutes of purely
public charity.
Validating deeds of conveyance which
have heen made by committees of lunatics
and habitual drunkards. The governor re-
gards this bill as close legislation which is
*‘always looked upon with disfavor.’
Repealing the Brockwayville local op-
tion law.
Making it unlawful for liquor dealers to
furnish free lunch, except crackers, cheese
and pretzels. The governor says that if it
be wrong to make a gift it is difficult to un-
derstand why there should be an exception
in favor of crackers, cheese and pretzels.
Providing for the better sanitary condi-
tion of hotels and hoarding houses in town-
ships of the second class by the erection of
sewers through private property.
President’s Trip Ending.
Expected That He Will Get Out of the Park by Fri-
day.
CINNABAR, Mont., April 20.—President
Roosevelt has about completed his tour of
the Yellowstone Park. To-day he was at
Fire Hole geyser basin. To-morrow he will
return to the Norris geyser basin, and will
go from there to the Grand Canyon, where
the upper and lower falls are situated. He
expects to return to the post headquarters
Wednesday, and will remain in that vicin-
ity until Friday afternoon, when he will
resume his trip.
The members of the President’s party
who have been living on the train at
Cinnabar, since April 8, will probably join
the President in the park Thursday morn-
ing.
Patti Will Sing.
At $5,000 Per, With Accommodations For Dogs,
Goats and Birds on the Side.
PARIS, April 19.—Patti’s contract with
her American managers covers only ninety-
six articles. She tried to make it an even
hundred, but her inventive spirit gave out.
Here are some of the conditions under
which she will warble in the United States:
She sings in sixty concerts at the rate of
$5,000 per concert and one-half of the gross
receipts, if same are above $7,500. Five
thousand dollars wae paid in cash in hand
and $250,000 before she goes aboard ship,
Oct. 15th.
Patti selects steamer and accommoda-
tions, namely, seven rooms for herself and
husband, Baron Cederstroem, and room for
seven servants, twenty-one dogs, an Angora
goat and some fifty or sixty birds. The
above applies to travel on land and sea.
For land travel special trains are to be en-
gaged. The manager may travel on the
same train, but in a car not connected with
madame’s.
Patti must receive at least three flower
pieces or laurel leaves at each performance.
The cheapest seats must not be below $3.
At the manager’s cost, Patti selects her
own hotel and her reception room must nov
be less than $50 a day. Arrangements
must be made with the hotel kitchen that
her two mouth cooks can prepare meals
there—at the manager’s expense, of course.
The manager must also furnish two two-
horse carriages day and night.
Patti selects the orchestra leader and the
singers. The program must have three
numbers only, two songs and one operatic
part with chorus from Aida, Rigoletto,
Lucia, Traviata, Faust or Trouvere. Patti
may sing more, but must not be asked to
do so. New Orleans and Cuba must not
be inclnded in the tournee. Patti doesn’t
like the climate there.
Thieves Chloroform Fifteen Sleepers.
WASHINGTON, Pa., April 20.—Thieves
entered the hoarding house of John Roh-
man, at Brownsville, last night and, chlo-
roforming fifteen Russian inmates, stole
more than $2000.
The foreigners are coal miners and had
secreted their earnings for years in bags
and trunks which they kept under their
bunks in the boarding house. They all
slept in one long room.
Entrance was gained to the sleeping
room through a window, and every man in
the house was put under the influence of
the drug.” The trunks and bags were then
taken out of the house to the bank of the
Monongahela river, where they were brok-
en open and the money nearly all in gold,
taken out. The robbery was discovered
this morning when the wrecked trunks
were found on the river bank.
Awoke in the Morgue and Fled Shrick-
ing.
PITTSBURG, April 20.-—At 1 o’clock this
afternoon a passenger on a Forbes street
trolley became suddenly ill and unconsci-
ous. The car was just passing the county
morgue and the man was carried into the
building and laid on a slab, while a phy-
sician worked over him. In a few min-
utes the stranger opened his eyes and in-
quired where he was. ;
‘In the morgue,” replied one of thos
present.
That was enough. With a shriek the
sick man leaped from the slab and made
for the door leading into Diamond street.
A fultile attempt was made to stop him.
Fear lent speed to his feet,and the last seen
of him was when he was running down
Grant street, two blocks away.
His hat is still at the morgue.
Must Keep Their Slaves.
Condition Under Which Moros Accept Sovereignty of
United States. :
MANILA, April 22.—General Davis has
returned here from the Jolo archipelago.
He did not see the Sultan of Jolo. as the
latter went to Singapore three days before
General Davis arrived. The Sualtan’s ab-
sence compels a temporary abandonment of
the negotiations for the abrogation of the
Bates treaty.
General Davis reports that nine tenths of
the Lanao, Mindanao, Moros bave accepted
American sovereignty and pledged peace
and friendship. Representatives of 40
towus north of the lake professed allegiance
to the United States before Major Ballard
yesterday. ‘Peace is assured until an at-
tempt is made to abolish slavery. It is be-
lieved that would unite the Moros in op-
position to the Americans.
Stays in Safe Territory.
Porto Rican Officials Unable to Arrest Indicted
United States Naval Officer. : :
SAN JUAN, Porto Rico, April 21.—Th
police have nos heen able to arrest Captain
Andrew Dunlap, U. S. N., commandant of
the naval station here, against whom a
warrant has been issued for bringing in
liquors without paying duty, because the
naval station is a government reserve and
Captain Dunlap remains on it. The police
have been standing at the gate of the sta-
tion since yesterday afternoon. Captain
Dunlap refuses to come out or to permis
the police to enter. ;
Commander G. W. Mentz, U. S. N., and
Robert Giles have been arraigned and bave
pleaded not guilty. Because of the in-
ability to apprehend Captain Dunlap the
date for the hearing has not been set.
Harrison Boom Launched.
Chicago Mayor a Candidate for Presidential Nomi-
nation.
CHICAGO, April 20.—Carter H. Harri-
son’s boom for the presidential nomination
on the Democratic ticket in 1904 was for- |
mally launched at the initial meeting of
the new organization to be known as the
Chicago Democratic Club which organized
in the Masonic Temple drill ball yesterday
afternoon.
More than 500 Democratic leaders were
present and cheered the sentiments express-
ed by a half dozen men declaring Mr. Har-
rison to be the strongest man who can be
put up by the Democratic party in opposi-
tion to President Roosevelt. Capt. Adrian
C. Anson,of base ball fame, was the first to
pay his compliments to the ability and in-
tegrity of the city’s chief executive.
Oda Fellows Anniversary.
On account of meeting of the Central
Penn’a Odd Fellows Anniversary Associa-
tion at Milton, Pa. on April 28th, 1903,
the Central R. R. of Penn’a will run a
special train leaving Bellefonte at 6:00 a.
m. and returning leave Milton at 9:30 p.
m. One-way fare for round trip. Tickets
good for return on day of issue only. This
train is not limited to Odd Fellows only,
but is open to the public.
J. W. GEPHART,
Gen’l Supt.
Miners Ordered Back.
WilKesbarre, Pa.,April 22.—The min-
ers’ executive boards held two lengthy
sessions yesterday. The proceedings
were secret, but it is known that the
grievances in three districts were thor-
oughly discussed and the action to be
taken was left to a committee of the
three district presidents, Nichols, Fa-
hey and Dettrey, and secretaries and
President Mitchell, who met last night
to decide upon recommendations to be
acted upon at the final meeting.
‘When the meeting adjourned Presi-
dent Mitchell said he had nothing fur-
ther to add more than that they ex-
pect the coal companies to appoint a
similar conciliation committee, so that
the grievances complained of can be
adjusted as soon as possible.
President Mitchell appointed Rev. T.
R. Watkins, of Scranton, to act as a
national organizer for the United Mine
Workers of America. He is the only
miner preacher in the anthracite coal
region.
The following statement, signed by
President Mitchell and the district
presidents, was issued:
“To all members of the United Mine
Workers of America in the anthracite
coal fields:
“Gentlemen—The executive boards
of Districts Nos. 1, 7 and 9, having un-
der consideration the ‘situation of the
anthracite region have after careful
consideration concluded:
“That the best interests of our or-
ganization will be conserved by an im-
mediate resumption of work at all the
mines where strikes or lockouts are
now in force, and the reference of all
matter of dispute to the joint board of
conciliation provided for in the award
of the anthracite coal strike commis-
sion. In order that adjustments may
be facilitated, we have selected the
presidents of Districts Nos. 1, 7 and 9
to act as our representatives on the
board of conciliation, and we have de-
cided to notify the presidents of vari-
ous coal carrying railroads that we are
prepared to meet the representatives
of the coal companies at the earliest
possible date for the purpose of con-
sidering and adjusting all questions at
issue growing out of the interpretation
or application of the award. In pur-
suance of this action all mine workers
are advised and instructed to resume
work immediately, and to continue all
work, in order that the differences
may be adjusted in the manner as pre-
scribed by the strike commission.”
Mr. Mit~hell expects to return to his
headquar.crs at Indianapolis this
evening. He may come back to Wilkes-
barre if the board of conciliation is un-
able to smoothe out the present dis-
pute and irritation.
I i.
Knowing too Much,
One very serious drawback to our
pleasure in conversation with a too
well informed person is the nervous
strain that is involved: We are always
wondering what will happen when he
comes to the end of his resources. Aft-
er listening to one who discourses with
surprising ‘accuracy upon any particu-
lar topic we feel a delicacy in changing
the subject. If seems a mean trick,
like suddenly removing the chair on
which a guest is about to sit down for
the evening. With one who is interest-
ed in a great many things he knows
little about there is no such difficulty.
If he has passed the first flush of
youth, it no longer embarrasses him to
be caught now and then in a mistake.
Indeed your correction is welcomed as
an agreeable interruption and’ serves
as a starting point for a new series of |
observations.
The pleasure of conversation is en-
hanced if one feels assured not only of
wide margins of ignorance, but also of
the absence of any uncanny quickness
of mind.
I should not like to be a neighbor te
a wit. It would be like being in prox-
imity to a live wire. A certain insulat-
ing film of kindly stupidity is needed
to give a margin of safety to human in-
tercourse. There -are certain minds
whose processes convey the impression
of alternating currents of high voltage
on a wire that is not quite large enough
for them. From such I would with-
draw myself.
One is freed from al! such apprehen-
sions in thé companionship of people
who make no pretensions to any kind
of cleverness. “The laughter of fools
is like the crackling of thorns under a
pot.” What cheerful sounds—the crack-
ling of the dry thorns and the merry
bubbling of the pot!—S. M. Crothers in
Atlantic.
The Site of the White House,
The site for the president's palace,
as the first maps name it, was selected
by President Washington and Major
L’Enfant when they. laid out the fed-
eral city in 1792. They proposed to
have the president’s house and the cap-
itol reciprocally close to the long vista
formed by Pennsylvania avenue, and
they also laid out a parklike connection
between the two great buildings. The
plans for the house, selected by Wash-
ington and Jefferson as the result of a
competition in which IL’Enfant took
part, were drawn by James Hoban, a
native of Dublin and a medal man of
the Society of Arts of that city.—
Charles Moore in Century.
Produced the Desired Effect.
Kate, when two years old, was fond
of climbing. One day when her moth-
er was in an adjoining room she called
excitedly: :
“Oh, mimma, mamma, come quick!”
Her mother, thinking she was in dan-
ger, hastbned to her to find her stanu-
Ing quietly beside the table.
“Why did you call that way?’ she
paid. “I thought you were falling.”
“I wanted that cup, and I cailed you
that way so you would hurry.’ —Little
Chronicle.
——~Subserihe for the WATCHMAN.
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Anthracite Miners Locked Out by
Reading Company.
SHENANDOAH, Pa., April 20.—The
Philadelphia and Reading Coal and Iron
company forced a lockout at every one of
its collieries in this district to-day.
The men were notified on Saturday
that, if they did not work the full nine
hours a day, they should consider them-
selves discharged. When they reported for
work today they were told there was no
work for them.
The idle collieries in this vicinity are
Maplehill, Kohinoor, Ellangowan, Knick-
erbocker, Indian Ridge. Shenandoah,
Suffolk, Turkey Run and Plank Ridge, of
the Philadelphia and Reading Coal and
Iron company, and the Cambridge, an inde-
pendent operation.
PHILADELPHIA, April 20. — President
Baer, of the Reading company, declined to
discuss the lockout of miners in the Schuyl-
kill region. He would not even admit that
the company had closed its collieries. It
was learned that the company has a large
supply of coal in storage.
Quay and Wright to Rest.
Senator Goes to Maine Woods; Secretary Abroad.
WASHINGTON, April 22.—Senator Pen-
rose and his secretary, Colonel Andrews,
will have to look out for the interest of
Pennsylvanians in Washington for the
next few months. Senator Quay and his
secretary are going to take long vacations.
Senator Quay will go to the Maine woods
soon after the State convention in May,
and his secretary, William F. Wright, with
Mrs. Wright, will sail next week for
Europe to be gone most of the summer.
All the work preparatory to the State
convention will devolve upon Senator
Penrose and Colonel Andrews, as well as
the departmental work in Washington that
has hitherto heen looked after by both
Senators and their secretaries.
Shot Down in His Cell.
Father and Brother of Little Girl Follow Her
Assailant Within Jail Doors.
TowANDA, April 21.—William Barnes,
of Luthers Mills, 45 years old, to-day . at-
tempted to kill Charles Brooks, who is in
jail charged with assanlt upon Anna
Barnes, the 14-year-old daughter of Wil.
liam Barnes.
Barnes and his son, Frank, 16 years old,
went to the jail. After being admitted to
the corridor, the boy handed his father a
revolver. Barnes stepped to the grating of
Brooks’ cell and fired two shots. Both
took effect, one in the left breast and the
other in the left hand. Barnes and his son
were arrested, charged with attempted
murder. The boy was later discharged and
the father was admitted to bail.
Reduced Rates to Atlanta.
Via Pennsylvania Railroad, Account of the National
Conference of Charities and Correction.
For the benefit of those desiring to attend
the National Conference of Charities and
Correction, to be held at Atlanta, Ga.,
May 6th to 12th, the Pennsylvania Rail-
road company will sell excursion tickets to
Atlanta from all stations on its lines, good
going May 4th to 6th, inclusive, and good
to return to reaeh original starting point on
or before May 16th, at reduced rates.
' Soldiers Sentenced to Death.
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PRETORIA, Transvaal, “April 21.—Five
private soldiers belonging to the Leinster
regiment, were to-day sentenced to death
in the supreme cours in connection with
a riot which took place at the barracks
March 28. When the military police at-
tempted to arrest a number of drunken
soldiers, the latter fired on the police.
One of the latter was killed and 16 were
injured. ;
She—‘“Are you fond of birds?’ He
—“Sure thing! I simply. adore them.”
She—‘‘Which is your favorite?’ He—
‘Quail on toast.”’—Chicago Daily News.
ADDITIONAL LOCALS
—Col. D. F. Fortney will deliver the
Memorial day address in Bellefonte.
——DMiss. Bernice Shuey, of High street,
is confined to the house with an attack of
tonsitis. :
——Dr. and Mrs. H. W. Tate enter-
tained in their apartments in Petriken
hall, Wednesday evening. in honor of Mrs.
Harmer and Dr. E. M. Sullivan, of Phila-
delphia.
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——Mrs. Shortlidge and her sister, Miss
McCalmont, gave one of their noted little
dinners last Friday evening at the McCal-
mont home on Thomas street. Twelve
guests were entertained and it is needless
to say they made the most of the occasion.
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——The annual iospection of Co. B. will
be made in the armory, corner of Spring
and Lamb streets, Thursday evening, April
30th, by Maj. Jeffries, of Pittsburg. To
add additional interest to the inspection
Col. Rufus C. Elder, of Lewistown, in com-
mand of the Fifth, will be here. 'To-night
there will be a preliminary inspection con-
ducted by Col. John Bair. of Huntingdon.
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-—A brick layers’, mason’s, and plaster-
er’ union was organized in Bellefonte on
April 15th, with about 25 members, and
the following citizens were installed as
officers for the year: Pres. John Noll,
Vice Pres. A. C. Bell, Cor. Sec. Mitchell
Lieb, Fin. Sec. John Harrison, Treas. Con-
rad Miller, door keeper Orin Miller, trus-
tees Perry Steel, Wm. Wolf and M. Cooney;
deputy Jas. McCafferty, alternate Cyrus
Showers. Nearly all the trades about
Bellefonte have been organized in the past
six months.
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MoNEY 1¥ THE HOUSE.—Report comes
from Shingletown to the effect that since
the death of old John I'ox, who was called
‘‘the Shingletown banker,’ piles of gold
and silver coin and bills have been found
hidden away in every conceivable cranny
in the house.
He was born and lived his 80 years ab
Shingletown. Having been very thrifty
he accumulated lots of money and from
recent discoveries if he was *‘a banker’’ hig
house is a veritable bank.
——By boring through a door panel bur-
glars effected an entrance into Crain’s store
at Port Matilda, one night last week, and
carried away quite a large quantity of
goods.
RED MEN INSTALL OFFICERS.—Nehasane
tribe, 71, I. O. R. M. installed new officers
last Friday evening as follows. The in-
stalling officer was Great Sachem Chas. R.
Willits, of Harrisburg. Prophet, J. S.
Knisely; sachem, William Beezer; senior
sagamore, J. W. Rightnour; junior saga-
more, John Houser: chief of records, Frank
Sasserman; collector of wampum, Chas.
Hazel; keeper of wampum, A. G. Archey;
guard of the wigwam, Harry. Lose; guard
of the forest, Wm. C. Dawson; trustee,
James Pickle.
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‘As YoU LIKE IT.”’—After a season of
farce comedy, blood curdling melodrama,
highly colored and inconsistent romances,
pastoral plays in bunches a la celery, to-
gether with the imported and risky prob-
lem plays, it is indeed refreshing to have
an opportunity to witness one of the im-
mortal Shakespear’s subline creations, if
only to regulate our systems once more and
obliterate the biliousness caused by over-
feeding on too much modern dramatic chop
suey.
The announcement of a probable pro-
duction of ““As Youn Like It"” in the near
future, has been made. Ernest Shipman,
of New York, has arranged a tour of thirty
performances, beginning in April and will
present Alberta Gallatin and a large and
efficient company of Shakespearean players.
It is needless to comment on the merits of
Mise Gallatin’s ‘Rosalind’ as the metro-
politan press are unanimous in their praise
of the star, company, and production.
Bellefonte is one of the favored thirty, if
sufficient interest can be shown by our
leading citizens, educators, &c. to warrant
manager Shipman bringing his expensive
organization here. We trust our people
will take the matter up jointly with our
Mr. Garman and assaist in closing an
early date for this attraction.
It will be remembered that the Ship-
man’s are the managers who gave us
‘Pudd’n Head Wilson” A Cavalier of
France and ‘The Prisoner of Zenda,’ three
of the most artistic productions ever seen
at Garman’s.
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THE TILGHMAN LANDS.—During the
past month or so there has heen considera-
ble publicity given to a transaction in-
volving a tract of wood land in which
P. B. Crider and Son and the Me-
Nitt Bros. lumber operators, have been
interested. The tract lies in Nittany val-
ley, practically separating the valley for
miles, for it is a thickly wooded ridge that
has been kuown as *‘Sand Ridge.” A cor-
respondent of the WATCHMaN who lives at
Nittany and is in a position to know what
he writes about has kindly furnished us
with the following brief sketch of the his-
tory of the lands on which so many thous-
ands of dollars are said to have heen made
lately. :
‘Your last issue of the WATCHMAN con-
tains a reference to sale of what is familiarly
known down Nittany as the Tilghman
lands and the money said to have been made
in the various transactions. While the
amounts given are probably too large.
There is no doubt that P. B. Crider and
Son have netted a good profit on their pur-
chase. Had the lands been placed on the
market or advertised in she county papers
there is no qustion but what they would
have brought double the amount for which
they were sold and probably more. While
the timber on the tract is mostly second
growth it is largely chestnut and stave
timber and the tract is a valuable one.
The land has belonged to the Tilghmans
for several generations and there is a tradi-
tion iu the valley that they were boughs by
the elder Tilghman for a shilling per acre.
The tract was originally much larger.
The Wm. Pealer farm near Snydertown,
part of the Henry Beck and Thomas Hous-
ton farm on the Nittany side were origin-
ally Tilghman lands. The elder Tilghman
and in fact the Tilghman family bave lived
in Philadelphia. The writer well remem-
bers in bis boyhood the then owner—I
think his name was Benjamin Tilghman—
would make a yearly trip to this ‘section.
He was highly respected by all with whom
he bad dealings and was very liberal.
After his death for many years the family
refused to sell any of the land and the
tract was looked after by those who in most
cases appear to have been interested only
in what they could make and there was
little attention paid to what was eut.
Had the family followed a business like
policy, appointed a good responsible
agent to look after and sell the dead wood
and timber, there is no question the tract
would have realized a fair yearly income.
‘But the original growth of yellow pine bas
mostly died and been lumbered off and
they have realized but little out of it.
The tract has been remarkably free from
forest fires. And it must he said to the
credit of the citizens adjoining that while
there has been much dead and fallen wood
cut and taken off there has ever been a
sentiment that would not allow the cutting
of anything green or of a growth that
would increase in value.
The cutting of this tract will remove
about the last of the original timber in this
end of the county. The soil is sandy and
much of it rather light, but good fruit land,
and much of it is tillable. In all sales of
land in the past the Tilghmaus reserved the
‘Ore Rights’’ or an interest in any mineral
ore that should be mined and sold by any
future owner and this claim in their deeds
has been the source of much trouble to the
owner of the lands as they do not have and
cannot in case of a sale give an unencumber-
ed title. We think they have within re-
cent years, however, sold their rights to
the owners where they were asked to do so
as they have never realized much if any-
thing out of the reserve. There is un-
doubtedly a large deposit of iron ore under
much of the land, but from some cause it
could not be mined profitably. A great
many trial shafts have been put down and
large veins of a good quality of hematite
ore are said to have been found in the days
when Washington and Howard furnaces
were in operation, but owing to expense of
getting out there never was much mined
on this tract.”’
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