BY P. GRAY MEEK.
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: Ink Slings.
—Most of the papers of Pennsylvania are
seizing time by the fore-iock and telling
the Governor what they think of him be-
fore he signs his pet muzzler.
—This is the time of year when a thrifty
man or woman has a chance to make their
mark in the world. Lots of fences and
little houses need white-washing.
—The good roads question is being in-
jected into vational politics. Doubtless
there are many possibilities who would
like to strike a good road to the white
house.
—The hog that pollutes public places
with great puddles of spit may continue its
filthy progress, for the Governor has vetoed
the bill making it a erime to spit in public
conveyances and on the streets.
—T¢ is strange that just when the War
Department permits the lifting the lid that
has been kept nailed down. tight on the
Philippine atrocities the administration or-
gaps should unite in the assertion that the
incident is closed. 2
—The manner in which Japan bristles
up as Russian encroachments in Manchuria
appear is a warning to the Bear that the
lit tle brown men, who displayed such un-
expected bravery and craft in the Chinese
trouble, have more of it left for another
emergency.
—AL ApAMs, the New York policy
King, has gone to prison. All of his mil-
lions wouldn’t save him. The gray and
black stripes of Sing Sing will appear very
different to the slick gambler from the red
and black that he has been playing so
many years.
——1I¢ will be interesting to watch into
w hich camp the Republican falls. Brother
TUTEN is nothing, if not a Republican, but
then as both LovE and REEDER are Repub-
licans it will be rather bard for him to de-
cide which of them is the least of the two
evils.
—When Governor PENNYPACKER vetoed
the bill making on additional law judge
for Cambria county he spoiled a nice little
game concocted by a party of politicians
who were sore because the people of that
county had gotten ‘‘onto their game” as
early as lass fall.
—When Governor PENNYPACKER dis-
covered that the bill to protect bears pro-
tected them even so far that a woodsman
could not kill one with an ax, even though
it attacked him when he had no other
means of defense, he decided to swing his
little ax himself acd the bill was vetoed.
——The calibre of the American girl who
permits a titled nothing from the other
side to tell her how much money she must
give him to spend before he will consent to
marry her is not the kind that will make
us feel that we have lost very much to
England in the recent YARMOUTH-THAW
wedding. :
— People who quibble because. ANDREW
C ARNEGIE gave only $600,000 to Tuskegee
institute and BoOKER WASHINGTON, the
n egro educator, when he gave double as
much to erect a peace hall for the The
Hague tribunal to meet in, do so in very
bad taste. What if Mr. CARNEGIE bad
not given a cent to Tuskegee? It would
h ave heen far worse off than it is, and he
would not bave been the object of such
silly criticism.
—The fate that overtook the newly
ele cted burgess of Chambersburg is so terri-
bie that he will have reason to regret the
popularity that eiected him, a Democrat,
to the highest office in a Republican bor-
ough. After’he was sworn in it was dis-
¢ overed that his popularity had been pur-
ch ased by funds he had in trust for other
people and he has gone to the eastern
penitentiary for eight gears. Such is
glory. :
—Philadelphia Reformers are now con-
soling themselves with the promise that
the next Republican state platform will
pledge the party to favor the payment of
all official fees into the county treasurer.
Some people are easily consoled. The
same crowd supported Mr. QUAY last fall
b ecause he promised ballot reform. They
know how much of that they got and yet
' some are ready to swe'lowthis fresh bait.
Verily the fools are not all dead.
— With the mountains up north of us
sho wing signs of bursting forth in yoleanic
eruptions and those on the south already
working over time in the same direction
‘we can hardly say that we are between the
devil and the deep sea. We are between
two hells and there doesn’t appear to be
any way out of it. A little church Sun-
day morning and evening and a little
prayer meeting on Wednesday night might
make the restless ones a little easier.
—There is little use of guarding the Dec-
laration of Independence so jealously.
What does it matter what becomes of the
original instrament over which the fonnd-
ers of our government gave the best
thought of their liberty loving minds when
it has become the policy of the dominant
party to pay nomore attention to its prin-
ciples than if they were the vaporings of
idiots. Quite consistent, isn’t it to lock
the Declaration up in a sale to keep it from
decay while imperialism ruthlessly tram-
ples out the last vestige of its ideals. Com-
mercially, the plan may be a good one, for
the day is fast approaching when King
Trust will pay a fabulous price for the rare
old curio that sets forth the imbecilic no-
tions of our fore-fathers. He will want it
for a race of free people then extinct.
| phatically denied and
VOL. 48
BELLEFONTE,
STATE RIGHTS AND FEDERAL UNION. +7
1, 1903.
NO. 18.
General Miles Report.
The worst that has ever been charged
against the conduct of affairs in the Phil-
ippines is more than ‘proved by the testi-
mony of General MILES, commander of the
armies of the country, in_his report of his
recent visit to the archipeligo made public
the other day. It will hardly he said that
his purpose was the vilification of the
army. Nobody is likely to allege that his
observations are in the nature of stabs in
the backs of our soldiers who are perform-
ing perilous service for the honor of the
flag. Everybody knows that NELSON A.
MILES is a model soldier and that what he
says on the subject is absolutely true.
And yet he has said precisely what the
Democratic Senators in Congress said and
for the saying of which they were con-
demned uosparingly. ;
General MILES reports to the Secretary
of War that during his brief sojourn in the
Philippines he found evidences that the
water torture has been inflicted on many
of the natives, including clergymen, and
that there had been frequent murders of
prisoners in custody with the consent if
not by the direct orders of officers of rank
as high as Major. In one instance Major
GLENN ordered Lieutenant CAULFIELD to
take eight prisoners out and in the event
they didn’t point out the camp of the na-
tives ‘‘he was not to bring them back.”
Can anybody imagine a more atrociously
cruel order than that? No Chinese Boxer
or unspeakable Turk has ever been accused
of a greater outrage upon humanity. In
another case three or four prisoners were
tied together and shot or bayonetted to
death.
Yet we would not condemn the soldiers
‘altogether. The history of savage or semi-
savage warfare teaches that such antagon-
ists are capable of such cruelty in harrass-
ing bodies of soldiers in an ecemy’s coun-
try, in a bad climate and under adverse
conditions, as to make them absolutely
lose that reason which restrains men in
rational moments from the perpetration of
oruelties. It is the polioy of conquest
which has been undertaken, in spite of the
traditions of this country and in violation
of the principles expressed in the Declara-
tion of Independence, to force an alien and
unsuitable government upon a people
without, their consent and in spite of their
protest. . No people are so illiterate as not
to feel the impulee of liberty and a yearn-
ing for self-government and when we un-
dertook to force sovereignty in the Asiastic
archipeligo we made cruel masters of our
own soldiers and treacherous énemies ' of
the natives whose birthrights we were
usurping.
The Postoflice Scandal.
The Postoffice Deparsment scandals in
Washington are increasing in interest.
One day last week the wife of General
TYNER, formerly assistant attorney
general for the Department, entered the of-
fice previously occupied by her husband
and according to Postmaster General
PAYNE, with the assistance of a safe ex:
pert, opened and rifled the safe of im-
portant papers bearing upon the criminality
of some of the accused. Thereupon he
summarily dismissed the venerable official
in a letter in which he charged the lady
with burglary. On Monday of this week
General and Mrs. TYNER came out ina
statement in which the charge is em-
the Postmaster
General is accused of having ‘‘lost his
head.” .
Whether the Postmaster General ‘‘got
rattled’’ or not or whether the wife of a
high official of the government committed
burglary in order to destroy evidences of
criminality, is of little public concern. If
is a matter of importance, however, that
the Department over which General TYNER
presided bas been under suspicion for more
than a year and that until about the 9th
of March nothing was done to safeguard
the interests of the government or correct
the faults in the service. Then, according
to the published statensents, General TYNER
was asked to resign which he consented to
do at his convenience fixing May 1st as the
time that wonld be agreeable for him to
vacate.
The truth of the matter is that while the
public service is literally rotten the Post-
master General is “working politics’’ and
the President is rambling over the country
feeding his vanity by crazy exploits and
adding to his notoriety by foolish enter-
prises. When the Department first learned
of the corruption it was the plain duty of
the Postmaster General to apply the cor-
rectives and in the event of his failure the
President ought to have taken the matter
in hand. But neither of them was at his
post of duty and the result was that the
plundering went on uninterrupted until
the participants were ready to quit and
then they abstracted the evidences of guilt
and laughed at the officials.
— Those German newspapers that are
so elated because American warships have
been showing a very" decided tendency to
go wrong lately are respectfully referred
to recent engagements for proof: that they
never go wrong when there is anything
else for them to do. *
The Humbuggery of It.
It may be set down as a certainty that
there will be no serious trouble between
this country and any other on account of
Russia’s attitude in Manchuria. Such in-
oidents are always made the subject of some
sensational dispatches in the newspapers
and during the present administration and
its predecessor they have been followed by
the claim that Secretary of State HAY has
achieved “another great triumph in diplo-
macy.”’ But as a matter of fact the inei-
dents amount to nothing, and there is no
diplomacy involved in the settlement of
them. The present affair is no exception
to the rule.
Russia has been doing some rather ex-
tensive railroad building in Manchuria
and in other ways developing that portion
of the Chinese Empire under ‘‘concessions’’
made by China. The bear that looks like
a man, according to RUDYARD KIPLING'S
notion, has simply been taking measures to
protect his interests and safe-guard his in-
vestments and Japan and Great Britain
jump to the conclusion that the Chinese
Empire is going to be carved up and divid-
ed. Secretary HAY humors this foolish no-
tion sufficiently to get into the papers as
protesting against violation of a pledge to
maintain an open door for commerce in
China.
After 2 while Russia will have secured
what she wants in Manchuria and will then
invite the United States to come over with
any articles of commerce which we happen
to have to sell that the Manchurian China-
men want to buy and that will be the end
of the affair. We will probably go over
there all right with a cargo or twoand find
no customers and give up the enterprise as.
a losing game, but meantime the friends of
the administration will boast incessantly of
the great achievement in diplomacy which
opened up the doors of China to our com-
merce. Maybe there are a few gudgeons
who will believe that humbuggery.
Bogus Love of Soldiers.
The interest which the Republican ma-
chine has in the veterans of the Civil war
when the danger to them comes from the
other side challenges admiration. But
when a veteran stands in the way of their
own party schemes, they brush him aside
as ruthlessly as a bald-headed man dis-
poses of a pestiferous fly. At present the
storm centre of that kind of warfare is
Pittsburg. The new Recorder, or as he
may now be called the Mayor of that city,
baving removed some of the machine ad-
herents who happen to have been soldiers
of the war of the rebellion, they are
threatening to bring suit against him under
the provisions of the law which forbids the
removal of veterans for political reasons.
At the expiration of the term of office
of Governor PATTISON in 1895 there was a
general clearing out of the officials ap-
pointed by him, including soldiers. Some
of the Democratic veterans objected and
threatened to put the law on the subject to
the test, just for curiosity. But they soon
found out that the law is invalid. That is
to say the concensus of worthy legal opin-
ion on the subject was to the effect that
the law in question is class legislation and
consequently absolutely worthless, at least
go far as protecting Democratic veterans. is
concerned. The scheme to prosecute under
the law was therefore abandoned and the
subject has uot been discussed since until
now. © dud
Four years ago Governor STONE absolute-
ly disregarded the law in making his ap-
pointments. A conspicuous. case on that
occasion was tbat of Captain JoHN C.
DELANEY, who was superintendent of
public buildings and grounds under the
preceding administration. DELANEY was
not only a soldier but a ‘‘medal of honor
man.” Congress had voted him a trophy
for conspicuously gallant service on the
battle field. But LARRY EYRE who hadn’t
been in the army at all wanted the snug
and according to common understanding
lucrative berth and the veteran was thrown
ont without ceremony and the more effi-
ciens politician installed in his place. The.
treih is that Republican affection for the
soldiers is bosh. ,
——With the last issue JoHN C. MILLER
retired from the editorial management of
the Bellefonte Republican and Daily News.
When Mr. MILLER entered the field of
journalism several months ago there was
considerable speculation as to. what figure
he would cut at such an entirely new occu-
pation. Suffice it to say that both of the
journals under his control have been con-
ducted with a dignity and force that has
given them a standing they hadn’t enjoyed
for many years. Mr. MILLER easily fol-
lowed up the plan of improvement begun
by Mr. WILBUR HARRIS during the short
time he was in charge and leaves the Re-
publican knowing that he was anything but
a misfit in an editorial chair. Fair and
honorable in business competition, aggres-
sive and forceful in politics,the WATCHMAN
regrets Mr. MILLER'S retirement because
it was a pleasure to be associated with him
in work even as a business competitor and
political foe. :
PA., MAY
Mr. Hazll is Chairman.
The Democratic state central committee
wisely elected Senator J. K. P. HALL, of
Elk county, as its chairman at a meeting
held in Harrisburg, on Wednesday. of last
week, and thus makes to the public ear the
promise of a vigorous and efficient cam:
paign. Senator HALL needs no introdue-
tion to the people of Centre county and
enlogy upon his fitness for the office to
which he has been chosen would be a waste
of space in these columns. Every reader
of the WATCHMAN aud every citizen of
the county knows of his ability, bis ex-
perience and his fidelity to the cause of
Democracy and that is sufficient. y
In welcoming the coming, however, we
would be unjust to ourselves as well as
faithless to our obligations if we failed to
speed the parting chairman. Hon. Wi,
T. CREASY, who has filled the important
office for two years is as earnest a Democrat
as he is a capable and conscientious public
‘gervant. Daring his service at the head of
the state committee he has been alike in-
"dustrious, faithfal and efficient and during
the last campaign created a nucleus of an
‘organization which Mr. HALL will de-
velope into complete proportions. The
committee was therefore just in expressing
appreciation of his services to the party.
All thipgs cousidered we can call to
mind no recent time in which the outlook
for Democracy in Pennsylvania was bright-
er than it is at present, in view of the
action of the committee at its last meeting.
With memories of the iniquities of the last
Legislature in mind, with the betrayed
promises and dishonored pledges of the Re-
publican party in view, it cab hardly be
that the people will long endure the domi-
nance of the atrocious QUAY machine and
the present indications are that the impend-.
ing revolution will break before the present
calendar year closes. Meantime, it is the
duty of every Democrat to help chairman
HALL in the work which he bas unselfish-
ly and patriotically undertaken.
Some Curious Antics,
Governor PENNYPACKER is indulging
in some strange if not startling antics in
his. treatment of the legislation left over
for his consideration after the adjournment
of. the Legislature. The latest surprise
which &e hae given the public in this con-
neotion was in the signing of the bill te
incr ease the compensation of the chaplains
of the two houses from $3 to $6 a day and
adding mileage every day. This bill was
passed for the benefit of the Rev. Mr. SUL.
LIVAN, of Philadelphia, who was chaplain’
of the Senate during the last session and
has been promised a re-election for the
next session. The machine feels very kind
to him.
SULLIVAN is a clegyman less distinguish-
ed for piety than for some other qualities.
He was appointed chaplain at the last or-
ganization at the instance of Senator VARE,
of Philadelphia. When VARE asked for
the favor president pro lem. SCOTT partial-
ly promised to oblige him but suggested
that the candidate ought to be presented to
him. Accordingly VARE brought his candi-
date around and is said to bave introduced
him in these words : ‘‘Senator ScorT, this is
my friend, the Rev. Mr. SULLIVAN and he
is a hell of a good fellow.” SULLIVAN had
presided at a machine meeting in Phila-
del phia one night and declared that re-
formers weren’t of much account anyway
and the voters might as well stick to the
machine candidates. ¢
The Governor has done some other cur-
ious things with respect to the signing of
bills. For example, he expresses great fear
that the appropriations will over tax the
treasury and threatens to scale some of the
donations to public charities in order to
m ake both ends meet. But he signed the
bill i nereasing the salaries of Judges though
it puts an addition to the cost of the
courts amounting to $100,000 and is clear-
ly in violation of the constitution which
declares that the salary of no public official
shall be increased during the term for
which he was elected, and the Governor is
sworn to support, obey and defend the con-
stitution. The Governor has done many
other curious things which will be referred
to at another time.
Party Organization Work.
The Democratic state convention will nof
be held until September 2nd, this year,
which is just one day before the expiration
of the legal limit for registration and as-
sessment. That being the case, it is obvi-
ous that such important campaign work
must be performed before the convention.
It'is purely local work and devolves on
county and school district committees any-
the campaign is left until after the state
convention and this year if that happeus it
will not be performed at all for the reason
that there will be no time in which to at-
tend to it. :
The earlier the organization work of the
party is begun the better it is performed.
Hasty campaign work is never either accu-
rate or effective. The best results are ob-
tained where constant attention is given.
co FUORI
way. But too frequently every detail of
In other words, committeemen who would
have a perfect organization ought to have
their voters list always at hand so as to be
able to correct it whenever changes occur.
This + ort of vigilance inspires activity in the
rank and file and minimizes the labor of
getting out the vote, besides making it pos-
gible to get ont the full vote. The com-
mitteeman who hasn’t the name and 'resi-
dence of every voter in his district can’t ex-
pect to get every voter to the polls on elec-
tion day. : MH
The Democrats of this county ought to
begin at once’on the organization work for
the next campaign. We have a most ener-
getic state chairman and he will waste no
time in getting the forces into motion. Bus
the local work must be performed by the
local organizations and the organization
which is most efficient in it will be in the
highest favor at the close of the contest.
Centre connty ought to stand in the front
rank when the alignment is finally made,
and it will if the local committees are vigi-
lant and industrious. By beginning now
and continuing until the end an absolutely
perfect organization may be secured.
Represents the Sentiment of the Dem-
ocratic People.
From the Pittsburg Post. i
In the debate going on about the future
of the Democratic party, especially in its
relation to the presidential contest of next
year, the Philadelphia ‘‘Record’’ observes
that “Mr. Bryan was defeated twice and
Mr. Cleveland was elected twice, and
hence the fury of the Nebraskan.” This
is a narrow view, and will not stand fhe
test of close examination. Mr. Cleveland
was elected twice because he had the
united support of the Democratic par-
ty. In fact he had a majority of the
popular vote over his Republican op-
ponent, at the three elections when he
was a candidate, failing in 1888 in not
securing a majority’ of the electoral vote.
His record in this respect is without paral-
lel, bus it was because he had ‘the united
support of his party. In 1892 Mr. Cleve-
land, in a letter to a Georgia editor held
that a man’s status as a Democrat was de-
‘termined by his loyal support of the ean-
didate of the Democratic party, nominated
by the National convention. That was
the only test in 1892, as interpreted by Mr.
Cleveland. ‘ Never was there astronger ap-
peal made for the unity of the party and
the binding force of the organization in ‘its
official action. :
Mr. Bryan is not out of
al organization can be maintained. * Hence
we have no question he is right asa matter
of fact: that a ‘‘bolter’’ in 1896 or 1900
stands little or no chance of the Democrati-.
ic nomination next year. Mr. Cleveland is
on record against any change in this rule of
party association and its duties and obliga-
tions, as he laid down in 1892, when a can-
didate himself. He held it to be the essen-
tial point in political fellowship.
But this does not infer that the candidate
to be nominated next year should be pre-
sented on the issues of 1896 or 1900, cer-
tain of which may be properly described as
dead issues. The party in National con-
vention must determine the platform, and
it is no more bound to indorse the free
silver issue than it is to go back to 1864
and reaffirm the doctrine that the war to
maintain the Union was a failure or the
greenback issue of 1868. Times change,
and with them the political issues the
party seeking power should represent, ex-
cepting those fundamental questions on
which the life of the Nation rests. Take
the silver question, and there can be no
doubt that the platform of 1896 stood for
the fixed and deliberate conviction of the
Democracy at that time. But it would be
out of place to reaffirm this principle in
1904. It has passed from the field of
pertinent political debate, about as thor-
oughly as the war failure resolution of
1864." We muss act on the living present,
and the best and only ‘way to do it is to
avoid recrimination on what took place in
1896 and 1900. We believe the Democratic
National convention will face and dispose
of this question with prudence and wisdom.
It will not justify the bolting of Bryan in
1896 ky nominating a bolter, nor will it
close the doors against those who see that
their best hopes of the future rest on the
issues of the day, and not of four or eight
years ago.
Was It a Democratic Victory !
From the Chicago Chronicle. :
The prosecution of the Northern Secur-
ities company and the great anti-trust
decision of the court at St. Paul constitute
a Democratic victory, not a victory of
President Roosevelt nor of the Republican
Congress, j :
The public sentiment which forced the
national administration to act against the
trusts was created by Democratic agitation.
The Republicans were forced into a cor-
ner. They were compelled to act for the
suppression of the trusts or to go before
the country at the next election as the
party of the trusts, supporting the trusts
and supported by the trusts. NEE
In claiming the credit of the anti-trust
victory in the courts the Republicans are
stealing Democratic thunder. The lar-
ceny will not prevail. hie
The Democratic party is entitled . to all
the credit of the successful war on: the
trusts, and it cannot be kept out of its own
when the reckoning comes.
So Say We All.
From the Philadelphia Record. :
In appointing Colonel James H. Lam-
bert executive officer of the Pennsylvania
Commission to represent the State at the St.
Louis exposition Governor Pennypacker
has done himself oredit and conferred
honor upon a most deserving newspaper
man. It would bave been difficult to make
a more suitable selection. : an
——Subseribe for the WATCHMAN.
the way in .in-’
sisting on this. It is the only way politic- |
Spawls from the Keystone.
—The Governor has signed the bill per-
mitting the election of one female overseer of
the poor in boroughs and townships.
—Caroline W. Carson, aged 51 years, was
found drowned in the cellar of her home at
West Chester. She committed suicide by
standing upon a chair and submerging her
head in a barrel of water. :
—Another man, afflicted with smallpox,
John Fry by name, boarded day express Fri-
day at Renovo, having walked from near
Cross Fork, and passed through Lock Haven
to Williamsport, before the nature of his dis-
ease became known.
—While little Mahlon Jenkins, of Calvert,
Lycoming county, was petting a calf it start-
ed to run, the rope winding about the child’s
neck. The rope was drawn so tight that the
boy was choked until he became black in the
face. An older brother reached him in time
to save his life.
—Mrs. Harry Reamer, of Williamsport,
fainted Friday morning while cleaning the
outside of a window, at her home on the sec-
ond floor, and was only saved from falling
headforemost to the street by her ten year
old daughter, who grasped her by the skirt
and held on with all her strength until help
came from the street. :
—Fred Thomas, 19 years old, of Ralston, is
in a very critical condition asthe result of
four stab wounds received at the hands of
Frank Fereranar, an Italian. aged sevenieen
years. Bands of men are now searching for
the latter, who escaped soon after the stab-
bing, and has not been seen since. The stab-
bing took place during a scuffle between the
two in the barroom of the Carl hotel. The
boy will die.
- —Wednesday of last week what is known
as the mud plug of the boiler at the saw mill
of Simon McFarlain at Utahville was blown
out striking Harold Eddlebute, aged 7 years,
with such force as to cause injuries which re-
sulted in death during the night. The lad
was a grandson of Mr. McFarlain, who in
his endeavors to rescue him inhaled steam
and was also badly scalded in the back. He
may not recover.
—Suffering from a temporary mental de-
rangement, Mrs. Henry Heffner, of near
Kutztown, went into the cellar of her home
Saturday and is supposed to have poured
kerosene over her clothes, then set fire to
them. When found she was horribly burned
and died early Monday morning. On Friday
she received about $8,000 from her deceased
father’s estate, which she carried in her dress
pocket. This is supposed to have been burn-
ed with her dress.
—Privates John Berger, Frank Crumbling
and John Sweeds, of Williamsport, members
of Company G, Twelfth regiment, N. G. P.;
are in jail and will be given a trial by Lieut.
Col. Barber, of Lewisburg, on a charge of
non-attendance at drills and contempt of
court. They had been court martialed three
weeks ago on the first named charge and
failed on April 4th to be present at the armory.
to stand trial. The second charge was then
preferred and on Thursday they were all
placed in jail. ‘ 3
—An Insurance company, through its Phil-
adelphia agents, has insured L. Redman
Wanamaker, son of John Wanamaker, for
$1,000,000. The premium on the insurance is
over $30,000 a year. This makes Mr. Wana-
maker one of the most heavily insured pri:
vate individualsin the world, as he carries
policies for $2,000,000. His insurances is
said to be exceeded only by King Edward
VIL. . John Wanamaker, his father, carries
policies aggregating $1,500,000, and John M.'
Mack carries $1,250,000, of which $1,000,000
was placed recently. :
—Quite a commotion was occasioned one:
day atthe recent term of the Elk county
court at Ridgway. There were several per-
sons in the district attorney’s office, when a
juror came in and said he wished to be ex-
cused and when asked to give a reason, re-
plied that he had just left two children at
St. Mary’s with the smallpox and he thought
he ought to be there helping to take care of
them. The man had no more than finished
his statement when there was a hasty exit of
those in the room, and the judge learning of’
the episode promptly adjourned court.
—Some of the newspapers state that Gen.
Wiley has determined on Somerset for the en-
campment of the second brigade, N. G. Pp.’
the latter part of August, and that the build-
ings for the storage supplies will be erected,
water main and connections will be laid and
every arrangement made for every need of
the troops in camp. Asa matter of fact no
place has yet been settled for the encamp-
ment, though it is not unlikely that the Som-
erset site will be the place. General Wiley’
and a number of his officers in the brigade
will visit Somerset on Monday next and look
over the ground there, and on Tuesday they
will go to Erie and see the proposed site,
there. After that a definite statement as to
the camp location will probably be made.
—Torbert Johnston, a lumberman in the.
| Black forest region, caught smallpox in a
most surprising way. He ate brook trout
caught in a stream in which it has since been:
discovered a number of woodsmen who had
smallpox had bathed. Johnston lives alone
and just a week after his fine meal of speckled
beauties the disease broke out, As a result
trout fishing has ceased in all the streams in
the Black forest region; The woodsmen of.
the camp have been attacked and are fighting |
the quarantine and in a number of cases have
taken to the woods rather than be isolated
with other patients. The situation is grave
and the state health authorities are doing
everything in their power to combat the
disease. : 4
' —After harmonizing the various existing
differences between operators and miners the
meeting of the scale committee of the Altoona
convention adjourned at Cleaifield on: Sun-.
day evening. The trouble grew out of the
interpretation: of certain sections of the Al-
toona scale, principally sections 3and 5, which
governed the cutting of coal’ by machines.
The time to be taken for dinner also caused
much trouble, the operators’ waiting an hour
and the miners half an hour. Where coal is
cut by the ton, board or piece, the advance is,
12 per cent; where coal is cut by the day, the
advance'is 12 per cent. on the task basis ex-
isting before April. Time fof ‘dinner will be
forty-five minutes at all mines‘in the region,’
commencing May 1. The differences over the
harnessing of mules was adjusted locally.