Demers Wald,
Beliefonte, Pa., May 1, 1903.
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Gen. Miles Tells Tales of Cruelty.
Satisfied That Reports of Army Officers’ Atrocities in
Philippines Are True.
WASHINGTON, April 27.—Some portions
of Lieutenant General Nelson A. Miles’
report of his observations in the Philippin-
es, dated February 19, 1903, and made
public to-day, are most sensational. He
declares :
The people of Lipa complain of barsh
treatment and indignities at the hands of
American troops ; their people have been
subjected to the toriure known as the water
cure, one aged victim having been after-
ward burned to death.
Six hundred people were crowded into
one building, and some of them died of |
suffocation. .
Similar atrocities are reported on the is-|
land of Cebu.
At Laog, ieland of Luzon, two natives
were whipped to death.
Seven prisoners who refused to guide
scouts 0 an insurgent camp were shot and
bayoneted to death while tied together.
A priest had his front teeth knocked out
and was robbed of $300.
Major Glenn, Lieutenant Conger and
others were shifted from one place to
another to extort statements by means of
the water torture.
American officers bought large quantities
of rice and other supplies, ostensibly for
the goverument, and sold them at a large
profit.
REPORT IS IN REQUEST.
Portions of the report of General Miles
were sent to the different chiefs of bureaus
to which the observations referred and re-
plies from several officers have been receiv-
ed. The war department to-day made
public thas portion of the reports of Gen-
eral Miles which refers to misconduct of
officers and soldiers in the ‘Philippines.
Secretary Root has received several re-
quests for this report,some of these requests
being from persons in Beston, who stated
that they understood that it contained much
that never had been brought out in the in-
vestigations.
The secretary has held that such reports
were canfidential, in order that the officer
making them might be free to make such
comments as he desired, but as it was
learned that General Miles bad no objec-
tion to the publication of the report, it has
been made public, with a brief comment
by General Davis,advocate general, who has
charge of all the matters pertaining to the
subject referred to in this portion of the
report. The statements made by General
Miles are the result of his tour of inspec-
tion in the Philippines last autumn and
winter.
Signed and Vetoed by Governor Pennypacker Monday.
HARRISBURG, April -27.—Gov. Penny-
packer today approved the following bills :
Providing for the approval of ordinances
enacted by cities for paving and grading of
streets and for the publication of the ordi-
nance for three consecutive weeks.
Providing for the adjustment of the in-
debtedness of cities of the third class and
boroughs and townships annexed thereto.
Authorizing the councils of any city to
establish scientific, educational and econom-
ic institutions and to create hoards of
trustees for the government of each in-
stitution.
Six bills were vetoed today, among
them being these :
Authorizing the courts of common pleas
and orphans’ courts to appoint and remove
trostees.
To prevent physicians and surgeons from
testifying in divorce and equity proceed-
ings to communications made to them by
their patients.
To protect the public from the uplawfal
use of bottles, jars, vessels or other pack-
ages in the sale and delivery of milk and
cream and their products and providing
penalties for such use.
Signed Ten.
That Number of Bills Have Received Executive’s Sig-
nature.
HARRISBURG, April 28.—Governor Pen-
Dyacker to-day approved thé following
ills :
Authorizing county commissioners to
accept as a county bridge any bridge main-
tained by any borough or township within
the county.
Repealing the local option acts in six
wards of Philadelphia.
Providing that ip Allegheny county the
cost of publishing the liquor license list
shall he paid out of the general fund and
not to be deducted from the fees paid by
such applicavts.
Providing for the sale of real estate of
lunatics and empowering coyrts of com-
mon pleas to approve such sales. .
Prohibiting . the adulteration of food
products by deleterious substances and im-
posing a penalty of not less than $50 nor
more than $100 for violation of the act.
Increasing the salaries of the chaplain of
the senate and house of representatives from
$3 to $6 per day.
To provide for and to determine the
place of the assessment of coal and miner-
als ownership where the same are divided
by county lines.
Providing that health insurance com-
panies shall not issue policies agreeing to
pay more than $10 per week in the case of
sickness, accident or disablement, nor more
than $250 in event of death.
Extending the jurisdiction of the courts
in oases of divorce where the offense
charged is committed in a foreign coun-
try.
Giving to the mortgager who has parted
with title to mortgaged premises, leaving
his bond or other obligation and mortgage
outstanding, the right under conditions
to pay or tender payment to the holder of
such bond or other obligation and mort-
gage the money due thereon, including
costs.
Kept on Angling and Got Shot.
Trout Were Too Tempting and Fisherman Took
Chances.
HAZLETON, Pa., April 28. — William
Hess, of this city, was shot in the back to-
day and seriously wounded by Edward
Young, a St. John’s farmer. There is a
splendid trous stream on Young's farm, but
fishing is prohibited.
He refused to obey the command of
Young to desist, when the latter shot
him.
The Hon. C. M. Bower Expires While
Teaching His
Sunday School Class.
Another of Bellefonte’s Prominent Men Called Away-—His
Death Came Without a Moment’'s Warning, but He
Was Ready—His Life
Closed in its Prime—
Rich in Good Works.
Within six months Bellefonte has been
called upon to note the passing of more of
her ahlest citizens than as many years have
recorded in all her past history. Men
prominent in the church, in politics, in
financial circles, in society and their re-
spective professions have been called from
the scene of action and the town moves
on. But not with that measure of hope-
fulness and confidence that inspired it
while they were yet among us, with the
rich assets of mind and heart with which
nature had endowed them.
William E. Gray, the lamented Hast-
ings and Henry Brockerhoff were men
whose characters have left an eternal im-
pression on this community. All of their
deaths were in the nature of public calami-
ties and now another has been added ; one
more shocking than all. Without a word
of warning, a sign that the end had come
the Hon. C. M. Bower, eminent in the law,
earnest in his christian works and loving
and sympathetic in his home life, passed
away. The suddenness, the unexpected-
ness of it literally dazed this community.
He had apparently been in better health
than he had enjoyed for a long time on
Sunday morning. He bad walked from
his home on east Linn street to the Re-
formed church and those who met him now
recall the particularly bouyaut spirit he
seemed to be in. That was caused partial-
ly by the pleasure he had in the assurance
that Mrs. Bower, who had been very ill for
some time, would be able to take her din-
ner with the family that day. Nothing
interrupted him in his worship during the
service and immediately at its close he
took charge of the young men’s bible class,
which he had taught for many years.
Some of the members think that they
noticed a labored talking, but the most of
the class had vo intimation that he was ill
until he said ‘‘I can’t talk any more, my
tongue seems to be getting stiff,”’ and sat
down. Then he carried his hand to his
brow and answered the anxious queries of
his scholars by saying ‘‘I have such a se-
vere pain here.”” They were the last words
he uttered, for almost before those who had
gathered about and were administering the
simple relief they conld knew it he had be-
come unconscious. Drs. Hayes and Klump
were called and resorted to most powerful
restoratives, but without avail and within
half an hour he was gone. His only son,
Jobn J. Bower, who had been at home
with his mother, was called and got to the
church before his father expired, but too
late to see him conscious.
As to the cause. It was apopleotic. A
clot of blood bad formed on the brain.
The news reached all parts of the county
within an hour or so after the death and
at once messages of condolence were sent
from every quarter. The stricken home
was crowded with friends anxious to be of
some service and on all gides in the town
there was evidence of a public misfortune.
Aside from the irreparable logs his home
has sustained probably the Reformed
church is the greatest sufferer. Mr. Bower
was a church man, a church worker, with
all the eager enthusiasm of a most deter-
mined spirit. In church law and church
history he was authority in Central Penn- |
sylvania and no man, knowing* the
interest he took in all things ecclesiastic,
will say that if he bad any faults they
were not of the mind rather than of the
hears, for his heart was right. The Demo-
.
cratic party loses an able and staunch ad-
vocate. He bad been prominently identi-
fied with the organization for many yeais
and peen honored by it on numerons oc-
cations. But with all his talent and inter-
ests we will miss him most as a citizen, for
there his true character was revea'ed to all
of his fellows. Honorable with all men,
genial and putlic spirited, he was foremost
in every good move and ever ready to con-
tribute to the public weal.
Calvin M: Bower, a prominent’ lawyer
and citizen of Bellefonte, born in
Haines township, Centre county, April
20th, 1849, a son of Jacob Bower, a
prosperous and well-to-do farmer living
near the village of Woodward. The moib-
er was a daughter of Jacob. Motz, of Wood-
ward; both parents being members of two
of the oldest and most prominent families
in that section of the county. He spent
his early days as a farmer’s boy, work-
ing on his father’s farm during the sum-
mers and attending the public schools
during the winter months. In November,
1866, he entered the Aarousburg academy
to prepare for college. In the following
spring he went back to his father’s farm,
and remained there until the fall of 1867
when he retuned to the academy and spent
the winter at his studies. In the spring of
1863 he again returned to the farm, and re-
mained at work (except for five months
spent in teaching a term of school in the
neighborhood ) until August, 1870, when he
entered Central Pennsylvania: College, at
New Berlin; Pa: During the time spent
on the farm he was a faithful student, mak-
ing use of his spare time in finishing his
preparations for college. He remained at
college until October, 1871, when he came
to Bellefonte to study law. He entered
the law office of Orvis & Alexander, then
one of the most noted law firms in Central
Pennsylvania. There be pursued his stud-
ies with the same zeal that characterized
is school work, and in December, 1873, he
was admitted to the bar of Centre county,
Immediately -opon his admission to the
bar he was offered and accepted an inter-
est in the law firm with whom he had been
a students and in January, 1874, he became
a member of the firm of Orvis, Alexander
& Bower. When Judge Orvis, the senior
member of the firm, was appointed to the
bench, the remaining members of the firm
continued the practice nnder the firm name
of Alexander & Bower.
This partnership
continued for a period of eleven years, dur-
ing which time they were engaged in most
of the important cases tried in Centre coun-
ty. Mr. Bower was soon recognized as a
careful and conscientious lawyer, and soon
attained an influential position at the bar.
He early acquired a large practice in the
orphans’ court, and was looked upon as es-
pecially strong in this class of cases. The
firm during its existence bad a large prac-
tice, and taking an active part in the work
he soon became one of the leading lawyers of
the county. One of the strongest evidences
of Mr. Bower’s ability as a lawyer is the
fact that when Judge Orvis retired from the
hench he chose him as his law partner.
The law firm of Orvis, Bower & Orvis, con-
sisting of Judge Orvis, Mr. Bower and El-
lis L. Orvis was organized January 1, 1885.
This partnership at once came into promi-
nence, and was recognized as one of the
leading firms of Pennsylvania. Mr. Bower
always took an active and prominent
part in their practice, and his success
placed him prominently among the leading
lawyers of the State. For many years he
was concerned in the trial of many of the
important ejectment cases tried in Centre
county, and he was recognized as a well-
equipped lawyer in this important branch
of the law. The records of the court in the
central part of the State show the extent of
his practice, and the Supreme court reports
for years, attest his prominence at the bar,
showing that he frequently appeared before
that tribunal in the leading cases from the
courte to which his practice extended.
Mr. Bower always was an undompro-
mising Democrat, faithfully devoted to
the principles of his party. As early as
1875 he was chairman of the Democratia
County Committee, and by his untiring
works succeeded in effecting an organiza-
tion that brought out a full party vote, re-
‘salting in a majority of 1,500 in the county
for the Democratic nominee for Governor.
He was frequently a delegate to State
Conventions, and in 1880 he was honored
with a place on the electoral ticket. In
1894 he was unanimously nominated by
his party for President Judge of the 49th
Judicial District, then composed of the
counties of Centre and Huntingdon. In
the disastrous campaign of that year he was
defeated with the rest of the Democratic
candidates,”but be ran 1,529 ~utes ahead of
his ticket in the district. When Mr. Bow-
er was nominated one of the Democratic
papers in the district eaid. ‘‘The nomina-
tion comes to him without a contest. His
eminent position at the bar in this sectioh
of the State makes him the natural candi-
date of his party, and he is conceded by the
Democrats and Republicans alike to be the
strongest Democratic nominee to he found
in the district.”’ In the following year the
Democratic County Committee instructed
the delegates from Centre coun'v to present
Mr. Bower’s name before the State Conven-
tion for the nomination of Justice of the
Supreme Court, and passed a resolution in-
structing the delegates to use all honorable
means to secure his nomination. Hunting-
don and other counties took similar action,
and it soon became evident that there was
a strong sentiment in his favor in various
sections of the State. His friends made a
strong fight for his nomination, and he was
only defeated by an unfortunate ruling of
the chairman of the Convention which gave
the nomination to Judge Magee, of Pitts-
burg, by twenty-eight majority.
Mr. Bower was a prominent and an ac-
tive member of the Reformed church. Fre-
quently he had been a delegate to Classis
and Sypods, and filled various other po-
sitions with credit to himself and honor
to the church. He also was an active
worker in the cause of education. For
years he bas been a member of the board of
trustees of Franklin and Marshall College,
at Lancaster, Penn., and as a mark of ap-
preciation for his work for the college, and
his literary attainments, that institution
some years ago conferred upon him the de-
gree of Master of Arte. Judge Orvis, when
on the bench, fittingly recognized Mr.
Bower's legal and literary attainments by
appointing him a member of the examining
committee; and he was in point of service
the oldest member of that committee, hav-
ing been reappointed by Judges Hoy, Furst
and Love, and was the president of the
board. ?
June 9th, 1874, Mr. Bower married Miss
Ella E. Moyer, a daughter of John Moyer,
of Aaronshurg, and she survives him with
their son, John J. Bower Esq. who is a
practicing attorney at the Centre county
bar. :
THE FUNERAL SERVICES.
If anything could bave been more sig-
nificant of the real sorrow Bellefonte felt
than the ontpouring on Wednesday, when
the body of our eminent citizen was laid
away, we fail tosee how it could have found
expression. At 9 o’clock the Centre County
Bar Association met in the court house and
their memorial service extended until the
hour of the funeral.
Judge Love presided and the memory of
their fellow barrister was extolled by J.
C. Meyer, Col. D. F. Fortney, Hon.
Thomas H. Murray, of Clearfield, Hon A.
O. Furst, A. A. Stevens, of Tyrone, John
Blanchard and Clement Dale. At the
same time the Masons were holding special
services in their temple and the Odd Fel-
lows were in session of sorrow.
At 11 o’clock, the hour set for the funer-
al, there wasscarcely a business place open
in Bellefonte. A large concourse of friends
had gathered at the Bower home on east
Linn street while in the vicinity of St.
John’s Reformed church, where the serv-
ices were held, the street was thronged.
The cortege was only a few moments in
passing from the home to the church:
There every seat was taken but the ones
reserved for the immediate friends. The
chancel seemed a veritable bower of flow- |
ers; so profuse were the exquisite offerings
at the bier of the dead. Ambrose Schmidt,
pastor of the church, conducted the pre-
liminary service, Rev. H. I. Crow read the
responsive lesson, Rev. A. A. Black read
a lesson and then Dr. L. Kryder Evans,
of Pottsville, prayed. This concluded the-
opening service and the addresses were be-
gun. Mr. Bower’s prominence in the Re-
formed church called eminent divines from
all parts of the State to his funeral and
their beautiful eulogiums gave proper
praise to him as a christian gentleman.
Those who spoke were Prof. Joseph H.
Dubbs, D. D., LL. D., of Franklin and
Marshall college; Rev. Ellis N. Kremer, D.
D., of Harrisburg; Rev. J. S. DeLong, D.
D., of Bethlehem; Rev. Thomas L. Bickle,
of Philadelphia; Rev. H. C. Holloway. D.
D., of Bellefonte, and Rev. Ambrose
Schmidt. The services closed with prayer
by Rev. D. M. Wolf, D. D., of Spring
Mills. ;
At the cemetery there tvas ouly a short
prayer by Rev. Obold before C ounstans
Commandery No. 33, K. T. took charge
and the interment was made according to
the Masonic ritual.
The honorary pall bearers were: F.
Potts Green, John Meese, John P. Harris,
W. R. Jenkins, F. P. Blair, J. H. Sands,
Hammon Sechler, James P. Coburn, Hon.
John G. Love, Hon. A. O. Farst, J. L.
Spangler, D. F. Fortney, J. W. Gephart,
W. F. Reeder, Thomas A. Murray, W. D.
Crosby, T. C. Hipple, T. M. Stevenson, G.
S. Burtows, Hon. P. G. Meek, Jared Har-
per, C. T. Gerherich, J. H. Lingle and
Moses Montgomery. The carriers, all
members of Mr. Bower’s Bible class, were :
W. G. Runkle Esq., Hon. J. H. Wetzel,
E. E. Ardery, C. Y. Wagner, Geo. W.
Kaup, Calvin Troup, Harry Badger, David
Keller, Jacob Wagner, Chas. Heiss, Her-
man Holtz and Mr. Hollabaugh.
Among the profusion of floral offerings
were showers of jacqueminot roses, carna-
tions and lillies from the family, basket
of roses and carnations from Mr. and Mrs.
E. L. Orvis, carnations from Miss Mollie
Snyder, wreath ef roses, lillies of the val-
ley and violets from Col. and Mis. J. L.
Spangler, carnations hyacinths and roses
frem his Sunday school class, American
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heauty roses and easter lillies from the
counsistory of the church; pillow of roses
hyacinths and easter lilies from Bellefonte
castle K. G. E., the masonic square in vio-
lets and immortels from Bellefonte lodge
F. and A. M.., basket of La France roses
from Williamsport consistory A. A. S. R.
32°, basket of roses, lillies and carnations,
from Centre Co. Bar Association, a cross of
pansies and decorations from the congrega-
tion of St. John’s.
COURT ADJOURNED AS A TRIBUTE TO HIS
MEMORY.
After the transaction of the routine busi-
ness of the court Monday morning, the Hon-
orable A. O. Furst arose and said to the
court :
May it please the court:
It is my painful duty to make public an-
nouncement to the court of the sudden and
unexpected death of the Honorable Calvin
M. Bower, for many years an honored mem-
ber of this bar, who on Sunday, about noon,
in the Reformed church in this borough, was
suddenly stricken with apoplexy and ina
few minutes died. All the circumstances
leading up to his death are so inscrutable to
the finite mind, the conditions surrounding
him at the moment of his death were of such
a serious character, that it is almost impossi-
ble at this moment of time to describe them.
At the place of all others on earth that he
perhaps loved the most, in the Sabbath school
connected with the Reformed church, in
which he was an earnest and consistent mem-
ber, perhaps the leading member, active in
all its duties, it seemed that such was a fit
place to close his earthly career. The attack
came upon him suddenly and without warn-
ing. Whether or not in his lifetime he him-
self had premonitory symptoms of an here-
ditary disposition to apoplexy, I know not,
but yet a remark made by his son at the side
of his father after he was stricken, indicated
to my mind that itis highly probable that
sooner or later he expected the termination
of his life just in the manner in which it oc-
curred. It seems that some five years ago at
Tyrone he had warning that indicated to him
that disposition in his constitution. It was
probably a very slight attack of apoplexy and
up until Sunday there had been no repetition
of it, but when this attack came it came with
such violence that in a few moments life was
extinct. I saw him breathe his last. To me
it did not seem like death. There was noth-
ing about it that indicated struggle or pain—
simply the attack aud in a few moments life
became extinct.
These decrees of Providence to my mind
are inscrutable. I presented to this court a
petition but a few months ago signed by Wil-
liam E. Gray. I presented the same petition
Monday morning for the court’s last decree
on which was written the name of Calvin M.
Bower, and which has just been signed by
your honor.
This is not the period of time to speak at
length of the deceased ; opportunity will
doubtless be given at some future meeting of
the bar for this, yet it seems to me that in
the forum where he was so active, in the
place where he discharged so many duties as
a practitioner, that for a time the business of
the court should cease, and that 1t is proper
and right we should pause right in the midst
of the opening of the courts of this county
and think upon our deceased brother and his
life’s work. I think it better to defer furth-
er expression of sentiment until a formal
meeting of this bar is held, and having made
public announcement to the court I now ask
the court out of respect for his memory, and
bowing in recognition of the Providence of.
Almighty God, which has so afflicted us with
in the last year, that this court do now ad-
Journ.
By the Court :—I do not know when any
intelligence has so shocked the community as
the announcement of Mr. Bower's death.
The fact is that it rather hangs over me like
a pall. Deceased was very active in the prac-
tice of his profession, rarely abseut from the
sessions of the court, and when not actively
engaged in the practice of his profession here
was nearly always in his office. - It seems
bard to realize that he will never go in and
out amongst us again. It is a forcible illustra-
tion of how brittle the thread upon which
life is suspended. Out of consideration for
his memory, and his honorable stand at this
bar, the court then adjourned till two o’clock
Monday afternoon. :
A meeting of the Bar Association was im-
mediately called upon the adjournment of the
court, Whereupon it was unanimously re-
solved :
That a committee of five members of the
bar were appointed to draw suitable resolu-
tions in memory of Calvin M. Bower, which
‘committee reported at a meeting of the bar
held on Wednesday at nine a. m. The court
appointed upon said committee, J. C. Meyer,
Hon. A. O. Furst, John Blanchard, Hon. J.
H. Wetzel and Wilbur F. Reeder.
It was also unanimously resolved that a
committee of three be appointed to make any
other arrangement not included within the
scope of the powers and duties of the commit-
tee already appointed. Upon this committee
the court appointed W. Harrison Walker, E.
R. Chambers and Clement Dale.
On motion meeting of bar adjourned to 9
a. m. Wednesday April 29th, 1903.
Woman’s Right to Shoot.
Boston Judge Holds Wife Guiltless for Protect-
ing Her Husband.
BosToN, April 28.—Holding that her ac-
tion in defending herself and family against
an intruder into her home at dead of night
was entirely justifiable, Judge Ely, of the
municipal court, to-day discharged Mrs. Is-
abella Viola, who was arrested Sunday for
shooting Lieutenant Kelley, of the fire de-
partment. .
Kelley, who had heen calling in one part
of the house where the Violas live, went
away leaving some personal property be-
hind him. He returned to get it, bus, be-
ing in liquor, it is claimed, tried the
wrong door. When admittance was refus-
ed, Kelley burst in the door, which was
that of the department occupied by the Vi-
olas, and attacked Mr. Viola, who opposed
him. Mrs. Viola, seeing that Kelley was
overpowering her husband, seized a revol-
ver and shot Kelley, inflicting fatal
wounds. : :
Britsh Ships in Orient.
Already Powerful Fleet is Being Strengthened in
View of Possible Developments.
HoNoLULU, April 28.—The British war-
ship Amphion and the torpedo boats Spar-
row Hawk and Virago have arrived bere.
from Victoria. The vessels’ will be con-
voyed to Hong Kong by the Amphitrite,
which is also in the harbor. On the ar-
rival of these vessels in Asiatic waters, the |-
already powerfal fleet which Great Britain
maintains in the Orient will be materially
strengthened.
It is learned from British naval officers
and sailors that Great Britain contemplates
making immense additions to her Asiatic
squadron and improving the Asiatic sta-
tion in many ways.
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Ex-President Cleveland Goes to St.
: 3 Louis. :
PRINCETON, N. J., April 28.—Former
President Cleveland left here to-day for St.
Louis, accompanied by Oscar E. Straus
and E. C. Benedict. He will deliver the
dedicatory address at the opening of St.
Louis Exposition on Thursday and while
in St. Louis will be the guest of D. R.
Francis, president of the exposition. Mr.
Cleveland will leave St. Louis at the con-
clusion of the ceremonies reaching home
Sunday. IED ;
ADDITIONAL LOCALS
-——The new act in reference to the bill
fixing the minimum salary of school teach-
ers at $35 per month, goes into effect on
June 1st, 1904. This information is given
in answer to many inquiries from teachers
of Centre county.
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——The several plants of the Harbison-
Walker fire brick works in and about
Lock Haven are closed as a result of the
trust issuing orders that their men should
either give up their places or their unions.
The men refused to give up the union
membership and several hundred brick
makers and clay miners are now out of
work.
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——Miss Marian Gray, daughter of I.
V. Gray, of Philipsburg, has been highly
complimented by admission to member-
ship in the Boston Art club, upon the ex-
hibition of three miniatures done by her,
at the club’s 98th annual exhibition, held
in Boston this month. Miss Marian has
never had any instruction in miniature
work.
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———Mabel McFarlane, the little daugh-
ter of J. Kyle McFarlane, who was taken
suddenly ill with ahdominal trouble on
Wednesday was taken to the hospital yes-
terday morning aud it was found that an
immediate operation was necessary. In
addition to appendicitis, peritonitis bad
developed. Drs. Ball, of Lock Haven,
Schad and Hayes operated.
A SHORT WEEK OF COURT.—The regu -
lar April quarter sessions court had little
to do the first week of its sitting. In fact
all of the business was transacted and the
jurors discharged in less than two days.
The routine of organization developed
nothing unusual and former Commissioner
Daniel Heckman was made foreman of the
grand jury. The cases disposed of were as
follows :
White & Stine vs. J. A. Depew. Ap-
peal. Plea, ‘non assumpsit.”” Settled.
William Hazzard vs. H. H. Harshberger.
This was an appeal from the judgment ren-
dered by a justice of the peace. Plea, ‘non
assumpsit and payment and set off.”’ From
the facts in the case it appeared that the
defendant had employed the plaintiff to
cut and put away some hay for him on his
farm in Boggs township in the summer of
1901. Plaintiff owed defendant eighty
some dollars and defendant agreed to pay
the claim or give him credit on account for
$75 in case the plaintiff sold a certain prop-
erty for him. The plaintiff testified that
he, his two sons and two of his nephews
worked seventeen days putting away the
hay from a 16 acre field. The defendant
alleged that too much time was taken in
this work and stated that he would settle
in case be had furnished him while doing
the work for him. This Hazzard refused
to do. The jury rendered a verdict in
favor of the defendant.
In the case of the Commonwealth vs.
Mrs. Odille Mott the court directed the
jury to render a verdict of not. guilty for
the reason that the title to the property in
dispute was not settled, and tbat the de-
fendant took the same under an agreement
which she bad with the prosecutor, Mr.
Milton R. Johnson. y
Commonwealth vs. Daniel Gross, prose-
cutor William T. Taylor. Defendant con-
victed for larceny.
Commonwealth vs. Peter Haverstick.
Defendent found guilty of receiving stolen
goods and larceny, and sentenced by the
court to pay a fine of $10, the costs of pros-
ecution, and imprisonment in the jail of
Centre county for a period of two months.
Commonwealth vs. Charles Harrington,
prosecutor Henry Stone. Defendant charged
with assault and battery. Acquitted. by
the jury but placed one-half the costs on
the prosecutor.
Commonwealth vs. Charles Ammerman,
prosecuter Harry Rote. Defendant en-
tered a plea of guilty on the indictment
and was sentenced by the court to pay the
costs of prosecution, to restore the property
stolen or pay the value thereof, and to un-
dergo imprisonment in the jail of Centre
county for a period of two months.
Commonwealth vs. John Barnes, charged
with assault and battery and threats, ete.;
Wilson C. Bilger, prosecutor. From the
evidence in the case it appeared that James
Corl, the present deputy recorder, lived in
the property owned by a Mrs. Armstrong
at Pleasant Gap, before he moved to Belle-
fonte the latter part of March last. Mis.
Armstrong had rented the same property to
Wilson C. Bilger, the prosecutor, in this
case from April 1st, 1903, and after making
the agreement with Bilger, she sold the
property in question to Jobn Barnes, the
defendant. Barnes desired to go on the
property to make some repairs, and while
doing so some trouble arose between him
and Bilger. Barnes took the furniture
which Bilger had placed in the house out of
it and placed it outside of the yard fence.
When Bilger came there on Monday, March
30th, Barnes told him not to come into the
yard, and later not to go on the porch, ‘‘or
something serious might happen’ Barnes
told him that he ‘‘meant business’’ and
pulled a revelver out of his pocket and
pointed it at Bilger, at least that was the
testimony on the part of the Common-
| wealth. Barnes denied, however, that he
pointed the revolver at Bilger, but admit-
ted that he bad a revolver in his hand at
the time, but had no intention of using it.
The jury found the defendant guilty and
sentenced him to pay a fine of ten dollars
‘and the costs of prosecution. :
The grand jnry approved a county bridge
for Snow Shoe township. .
‘Al “Adams Learns Lockstep.
Policy King, in Stripes,
Breakfast.
OSSINING, N. Y. April 28.—Policy King
Al Adams learned the lockstep in Sing
Sing prison this morning, when he was
marched out with his company to the
prison breakfast. In stripes, the man who
has made millions backing policy looks
very much like any other prisoner, but all
his fellow-eonvicts have learned his iden-
tity, and have made him learn that fame
is not always a good thing to have. Last
night between 6 and 9 o'clock, many of the
prisoners, who had played Adams’ game of
policy, amused themselves by shouting
their favorite ‘‘gig’’ or saddle whenever
they saw him or knew that he was within
hearing.
Adam slept very little last night,and this
morning he was in droping spirits. He
will probably be put to work to-morrow
Marches to First Prison
counting clothing.