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BY P. GRAY MEEK.
RE RR BARI RES,
‘Ink Slings.
—The back bone of the drouth is broken,
but there has been a dry spell in judicial
territory in Centre county ever since Col.
NED CHAMBERS left town.
—If President ROOSEVELT permits QUAY
to become chairman of the Republican
national convention he will have to be
classed among the press muzzlers too.
— Whenever Mr. QUAY finds nothing else
to-do he writes a farewell interview, and
then works himself tired trying to find ont
how it takes. His last one did not show
the ear-marks of a howling success.
—Recent developments in the labor sit-
uation disclose the fact that to be a walk-
ing delegate means that you will eventual-
ly gather in enough coin to ride in automo-
biles or air ships.
—The Philadelphia Press is devoting
some of its editorial space to the seal
catching question pending the moment it
is ordered to hegin catching suckers to vote
for press-muzzler SNYDER. ;
—The National school of dancing mas-
tere of the United States and Canada have
decided that free park dancing is harmful
to the grace of the participants. Nothing
was said of its effeot on the morals.
—President BAER who, less than a year
ago, claimed to be in partnership with the
- Almighty in producing the coal supply,
now says he made no money at it. We
presume that firm will be ready to go out
of business shortly.
—Why didn’t some one think about it
and get out one of those Republican in-
junctions against that western flood. When
ever they want to stop anything else out
-there they usually have been able to do it
by injunction.
—Governor PENNYPACKER may be
right in his theory that we don’t make
heroes enough of our great men, but how-
ever that may be he isone whom it will
take a microscope to find the minute he is
out of office.
—Brother CHARLES EMORY SMITH don’t
seem to be letting up a particle on the in-
famy of ‘‘muzzler”’ legislation, but his
gingerly tread when he gets near oandi-
date SNYDER indicates an almost painful
respect for the corns of those who made it.
—As the Republican party has taken
credit for everything the west has pro-
duced for years it oughtn’t to have any
hesitancy in shouldering the responsibility
for the over-supply of water that has been
observed recently throughout that section.
—The scandals in the various depart-
ments at Washington are something appal-
ling. = We presume that ROOSEVELT will
take the PENNYPACKER view of them and
try to re-assure the country “with one of |
those ‘‘no ills worthy of mention?’ cracks.
—The pie bakers of Baltimore having
gone on a strike for higher wages that city
is without pies, except the ‘‘ones that
mother makes.’”’ It is only reasonable to
suppose that there has been a correspond-
ing falling off in the sale of dyspepsia
cures. ;
—The importance of the Ohio Republi-
can state convention received quite a jolt
last week when Mr. HANNA notified the
party that it would have to be postponed
because his Jaughter desired to be married
on that day and it wonldn’t suit him to be
there.
—Talk about Missouri being doubtful
for the Democracy. Gee whiz! Why, if that
De mocratio District Attorney of St. Louis
don’t let up on the rascals out there the
big end of the Republican party of that
State will be in the penitentiary when the
other fellows are doing the voting.
—WiILL1AM LLoyD GARRISON II says
‘ANDREW CARNEGIE did not acquire his
millions by industry and thrift, but by
means of the protective tariff on steel and
iron. The people do not believe that iron
ore was stored in the earth for CARNEGIE, or
coal for BAER or oil for ROCKEFELLER.”
What foolishnesses. Rouse mit ’im.
—High tariff duties received a knockout
blow in the English House of Commons on
Tuesday when the Hon. JosEPH CHAMBER-
LAIN, Colonial Secretary, was repudiated
by his colleagues by their defeating his
preferential tariff bill. It was the most
dramatic crisis in the English Parliament
since the split on the Home Rule bill and
threatens a dissolntion of the House. What
a difference between English and American
legislation. Over there a tariff bill fails
‘because the people don’t approve of it.
Here, in the language of Mr. VANDERBILT,
‘‘the people be damned’ the tariff bills
carry because the trusts need them and the
people submit to the plundering. :
——The Star, the interesting little
monthly published in Williamsport by
HucH FIEDLER, the sixteen year old son
of J. A. FIEDLER, formerly a resident of
this place, has taken exception to a ‘‘Cur-
few’’ ordinance recently passed by the
common council of that city. While some
of HuGH’S arguments against the ordinance
are worthy of consideration when he states
that ‘‘there are some other Williamsport
boys and girls—and some of them are old
enough to he grandparents—who should be
kept from roaming around on the street
after 9 o'clock ;’ he presents the best
reason possible why the ordinance should
be enforced. Had these ‘‘other boys and
girls’’ been compelled to remain in the
wholesome, pure atmosphere of the home
when they were young they would not be
.street-walkers today.
VOL. 48
Quay for National Chairman.
Senator QUAY’s friends apparently have
in mind his election to the chairmanship
of the Republican national convention.
His service in that capacity in 1888 was
the beginning of his operations in national
politics and the means of giving him a firm
place in the leadership in Pennsylvania.
Ever since he has been doing business with
that victory as his principal capital. = Re-
cent events have admonished him that the
fund is about exhausted and that unless it
is reinforced there will necessarily be a
declaration of bankruptcy. Therefore he
has aspirations for another term and be-
lieves that the conditions are auspicious for
the gratification of his desires.
In the first place, Mr. QUAY reasons, the
President has no love for Senator HANNA.
The moment ROOSEVELT began weeding
out HANNA'S friends from the federal pub-
lic service the Ohio Senator began showing
an antipathy to MoKINLEY’S successor.
There is no doubt that he intended to
organize an opposition fo his nomination
next year bunt deferred action until it was
too late. Then he made the best out of a
bad situation and bargained himself into
the assurance of a re-election. But his
antipathy to the President was in no man-
ner abated by the circumstance. As a mat-
ter of fact it may be said that it was vastly
increased and greatly intensified. Out of
this condition grew QUAY’S hope of an
election to the chairmanship.
It may he added that there is no love
lost between HANNA and QUAY. HANNA'S
vote against the admission of QUAY fo a
seat in the United States Senate on the ap-
pointment of Governor STONE created an
unquenchable enmity between them.
HANNA who was then the absolute boss of
the party wanted another than ROOSEVELT
nominated for Vice President in 1900.
QUAY took up ROOSEVELT, not because he
admired the Rough-Rider but for the rea-
son that he wanted to disappoint HANNA.
He succeeded in his enterprise and his par-
pose. He even ‘‘builded wiser than he
knew?’ for he had no idea that McKINLEY
would die and make ROOSEVELT Presi-
dent. But that happened and QUAY has
since had a more equal battle with his
enemy. Thus far, however, he has made
little progress insbishattle.. oo
All things considered, therefore, we are
of the opinion that QUAY will not succeed
in his present ambition. At least he will
not be elected chairman without HANNA'S
consent and that will only be obtained in
the event that the chances of victory are
meagre. In other words the party managers
understand that the trusts must provide
the money for the campaign and unless
HANNA is in sympathy with the organiza-
tion they will not give up. They have lis-
tle faith in ROOSEVELT as it is.
QUAY at the head of the organization they
would have iess for, though be is with them
body and soul, he is too profligate and
ROOSEVELT changes his mind too frequent-
ly to be depended on.
Comedy on Capital Hill,
The comedy on Capital Hill, Harrisburg,
took on a new form within the time that
has elapsed since the: editorials for last
week’s paper were written. The Governor’s
attention was finally attracted to the un-
‘| constitutionality of appointing Senators
and Representatives in the Legislature to
*‘civil offices under the Commonwealth,”
and revoked some which had been made by
dairy and food commissioner WARREN and
factory inspector DELANEY. ‘As a matter
of fact the Governor declares that they bad
not been appointed at all and wouldn’t he,
but the records of the department. and the
books of the treasury show that some of
them had already drawn a’ considerable
part of a month’s salary.
Under the circumstances the question re-
solves itself into one of the veracity of the
Governor and WARREN and DELANEY, or
the acouracy of the records. If, as the
Governor states, the appointments had not
been made how on earth did the gentlemen
said to have been appointed get their fists
into the treasury ? The records show that
the money paid them wason account of
salary and if they bad not been appointed
there would be no salary coming to them.
If they were appointed, on the other hand,
the Governor foolishly convicted himself
of falsifying. We say foolishly for unless
he is entirely ‘oblivious of public events
about him he must have known that the
falsehood would be made pablie and its
character understood.
There is one hypothesis which might
acquit the Governor of a charge of lying
but he would hardly like to have the pub-
lic adopt it. It is that his subordinates in
office pay no attention to him and usurp
his prerogatives whenever it suits them to
do so. In fact both DELANEY and WAR-
REN declared that the appointments were
made without consulting the Governor,
which is the more surprising because the
law vests the appointing power exclusively
in him.: Therefore if it is true that those
appointments were made withont consult-
ing him it must be admitted that be is
considered of no account and somebody
else than himself is the real Governor,
though during the campaign for election
the one thing which he declared em-
‘phatically was that he would be the Gov-
.ernor.
With.
Governor Pennypacker's "Nottons.
Governor PENNYPACKER expressed his
deep regret, in an address delivered during
the commencement exercises of Franklin
and Marshall college at Lancaster, the other
day, because there is not just appreciation
shown of the great men of Pennsylvania of
the past. We are inclined to the belief
that the Governor is either ill informed on
the subject or gravely mistaken in his esti-
mate. That is to say our observation leads
to the belief that the greatnessof the
Pennsylvanians of the past is fully appre-
ciated and generously acknowledged. Of
BUCHANAN, STEVENS, HANCOCK, MEADE,
CURTIN in recent years and FRANKLIN,
and his compeers of earlier periods, there is
certainly no want of appreciation. Their
memory is fitly cherished. !
But what the Governor’ really meant is
that we don’t appreciate the greatness of
Cousin MATT. In other words most of us
fail to estimate Senator QUAY by the stand-
ard of measurements which PENNYPACKER
has adopted. Few of us are able to
imagine that he is a greater man than
‘WEBSTER or CLAY. Upon the question of
the liberty of the press WEBSTER said :
“All is not'lost while we have a single
newspaper that is free. Given a free press
we may defy opinion or insidious enemies
of liberty. It instructs the public mind
and animates the spirit of patriotism.’” On
the same subject QUAY has said ‘‘muzzle
the press.” There is no analogy between
the two ideas. ‘We cannot force ourselves
to think that the muzzler is as great a man
as the advocate of liberty.
Governor PENNYPACKER is compelling
thoughtful men to regard the public men
of the present with contempt, moreover.
For example, we ought to entertain the
highest estimate of his character because he
is the Chief Magistrate of the State. But
how is it possible when ‘we see him
violating the constitution which he. has
taken an oath to ‘‘support, obey and de-
fend,’? every day of his official life and
trample under foot the statutes which
be is sworn to ‘faithfully exeouse.”
Honest and intelligent men can’t learn
to admire a character who violates
his oath of office as he did when he
signed the bill to increase the salaries of
jndges and the press mazzler and when he
violated the law for the appointment of the
Soldiers’ Orphans’ commission and that
requiring that the Dairy and Food Com-
missioner should be a practical dairyman.
The Manly Course.
The Philadelphia ‘‘Press’” gives as a
reason for not fighting Senator SNYDER for
Auditor General its opinion that the Re-
publican majority is so great that it can’t
possibly be overcome anyway. That is. to
say the least, a most humiliating confession.
It the early Christians bad adopted that
view the coming of the Saviour would have
accomplished little. If the founders of
the Republic had been thus cowardly the
sovereignty of Great Britain over this con-
tinent would never have been disturbed.
Referring to another expression of that
esteemed contemporary on the same sub-
jeot we characterized it'as a ‘“‘Fool’s Ad-
vice.”” We can eall this last deliverence of
the ‘‘Press’’ nothing else than a ‘‘Coward’s
Confession.”
Moreover, it is an insals to the intelli-
gence and an aspersion upon the * integrity
of the voters of Pennsylvania to make such
an assertion. The Republicans bave an
undoubted majority in Pennsylvania. But
it is not so great, or at least the servility
of the people to the party yoke is not so
confirmed that they will elect an unfit
man to an important office simply because
he happens to be a Republican. In other
words we don’t believe that the Republi-
can voters of Centre county would support
Senator SNYDER if every Republican paper
in the county would keep his record con-
stantly hefore them. Neither can we think
that the Republicans of other counties
would vote for him under similar circum-
stances. ' There is too much manhood in
them for that.
Senator SNYDER bas been the servile
instrument of the corporations all the time
since he entered the Legislature ten years
ago. He has voted for every legislative
job and participated in every legislative
iniquity during all that time. This can
easily be proved by the records. If the
Philadelphia ‘*Press’’ and every other Re-
publican paper in the State would publish
those records the voters of that party would
know and we believe they would condemn.
That would be the manly and just course
to adopt. It would injure SNYDER’S
chances for election, but the papers owe
him no consideration for the ‘culminating
atrocity’’ of an infamous record was a blow
‘against the newspapers which bad be-
friended him. We shall watch the action
of our contemporaries. rv
—Natural gas is said to be about ex-
hausted at Indianapolis. Which leads us
to wonder when Senator BEVERIDGE’S
health began to fail.
——Subsoribe for the WATCHMAN.
STATE RIGHTS AND FEDERAL UNION.
BELLEFONTE, PA., JUNE 12, 1903.
The President's Junket.
The President completed his sixty-six
day transcontinental junket a week ago in
excellent health and spirits, according to
the press reports. During the time ous he
traveled more than 14,000 miles, made
something like 300 speeches, hunted bears
and lions without getting any, climbed
mountains on snow shoes, swam rivers,
slept in snow drifts, rode horseback and
did everything which is agreeable to gypsy,
clown or tramp. He collected a vast
quantity of valuable property, moreover.
According to reliable authority his train
looked like a traveling museum when he
reached Washington and one car was literal-
ly packed with saddles, bridles, spurs, leg-
gings and all other kinds of cow boy
paraphernalia, besides live animals, skins
of dead animals and lots of other things.
+ Bot what good under ‘the heavens has
been achieved by the junket? An over-
obedient contemporary in Philadelphia de-
olares it has accomplished marvelous results
in the direction of promoting patriotism
and destroying sectionalism. In what way
‘has it worked those results? The Presi-
dent rushed over the country with the
energy and almost the velocity of a cyclone.
He has talked with the volubility of a fish
woman and the effect of a mute’s mumb-
ling. Asa matter of fact he has not, dur-
ing the entire trip, uttered a sentence which
will remain in the public mind after the
novelty of his absurd junket has been for-
gotten. It was simply a rush across the
continent without useful purpose and
absolutely barren of good results.
Meantime what was going on in Wash-
ington ? Every avenue of the public serv-
ice was deluged with scandal while our
clownish President was feeding his vanity
by absurd exploits in the west. Postmas-
ter General PAYNE, himself a professional
lobbyist, who has grown rich out of his ef-
forts to impose on the government, was
doing his best to suppress the exposures
and conceal the crimes. The President
agsures the country that he will now take
personal charge of the investigation and
press it to completion, even if he is obliged
to sacrifice his summer vacation to achieve
the result. But the task would have been
less difficult if it badn’t been neglected so
long:and if the junket had been: curtailed
there would have been no necessity for cut-
‘ting out the vacation.
Pennypacker, Ignorant or Criminal,
It is up to the veterans of the Grand
Army of the Republic to make good the
assertions of their Department Commander
which asperses the Governor of the Com-
monwealth. The Department Commander
has practically acoused the Governor of
deliberately violating the law in his ap-
pointment of the Soldiers’ Orphaus’ schools
commission. Thereis no doubt that he
did violate the letter of the statute. It
plainly provides that the organization shall
appoint five members of the commission
and the Governor only permitted it to name
three. If the law is valid therefore the
Governor has transcended his authority
and is. unquestionably amenable to the
penalty. The veterans ought to test: the
matter in the courts. th
As a matter of fact Governor PENNY-
PACKER has paid absolutely no attention
either to the ‘constitution or the acts of
Assembly since his induction into office.
Either he doesn’t comprehend or else he
doesn’t care anything about the restraints
which were purposely and wisely thrown
about the office. His expressed purpose to
appoint Representatives RIPP and SELBY
to offices under the Commonwealth is con-
olusive evidence on that point. He can’t
say that he wasn’t aware of the constitu-
tional ineligibility of the candidates. The
same point was held before his face when
Representative KUNKEL, of Dauphin coun-
ty, asked for appointment as the successor
of Judge SIMONTON. It was respected
then because he didn’t want to appoint
KUNKEL who supported ELKIN for . Gov-
ernor last year. But he paid no attention
when he wanted to appoint RIPP and
SELBY who supported him. |
Later he signed the bill increasing the
judges’ salaries though he knew that was
unconstitutional if he knows anything at
all. The language of the fundamental law
on that subject is so clear that no man can
misunderstand it unless he is ‘an absolute
imbecile. The Governor is under the obli-
gation of an oath to ‘support, obey and
defend” the constitution and yet ‘he’ gave
that bill, unquestionably subversive of the
constitution, his approval and unless $he
courts declare its invalidity he bas made
himself a party to the violation of ‘the con-
stitution on that point. His disregard of
the law in the appointment of the Soldiers’
Orphans’ schools commissioner is therefore
only supplemental proof of his ignorance of
or indifference to law, organic or statutory.
~—1It is said that the face of Ww.
PENN on Philadelphia’s public buildings
is gradually growing red. We don’t won-
der. Anything decent that kept watch
| over Philadelphia would blush for the
| crookedness and crimes that are endorsed
by its one hundred thousand Republican
majority. ;
A sl
NO. 24.
Repudiating Snyder.
Er
From the Phila. Press (Rep.)
There is no difference of opinion among
right-minded Republican editors as to the
Republican nomination for Auditor Gen-
eral. Under the condition it was a grie-
vous mistake and wrong. It wasa gross
affront to every Republican editor in the
State, and not only to them but to all of
the people who believe in the jnst liberty
of the press. The political managers who
first outraged the entire press of Pennsyl-
vania by dictating and enacting a law relat-
ing to their rights and interests without
giving them any voice in it whatever,
then fo this injur, added he inauls of put-
ting at the head or the State tickes a legisla.
tor who had, even though unwillingly
ed for the outrage—these managers ¢
trated a blunder which was worse than a
crime. They would not have done if if it
bad not long been slated ; some of them
would gladly have escaped from it; no
matter they did it, and it stands in the
reckoning against them. RT
While there can thus be only one opinion
of the nomination of Mr. Snyder, we have
not altogether concurred with some of our
Republican brethren as to the polisy of
raising the flag of revolt and entering on
open warfare. This doubtless has not
come from any sense of party allegiance.
There is no party fealty in the case. The
nomination immediately absolved every
Republican editor from any obligation’ of
support. Every Republican newspaper is
at liberty to denounce and op) ‘the
nomination on the Dighest ground of Re-
publican principle and duty. Ind d, no
Republican journal can with sell respec
justify or defend it. We certainly shall
not be guilty of any such self-stultifica-
tion. When the Democratic convention
comes to make the issue and the Demo-
cratic newspapers open their batteries, let
those who are responsible for the nomina-
tion find their defense where they can.
Pennypackery in Russia.
From the Baltimore Sun. de
The expulsion of the correspondent of
the London Zimes from Russia will donbs-
less cause Gov. Penuypacker a ng of
regret. He might bave inserted in his
libel law a clause giving him the power to
banish from the territory of the Keystone
state the correspondents of newspapers
published ju Other states which venture to
criticise his policy. or Mr. Quay’s policy
which is about the same tie or Polen:
publish unpleasant pictures of his sacred
person.’ The next libel law which the good
governor of Mr. Quay’s state will fe
enacted will perhaps be drafted with
care and after the
Doin of Joe re do DdtelioveBon, Penny:
packer will find any re in ristendom
a system of dealing with +o Chtioendgn
lic opinion so entirely alter his own ideals,
as he will find in the land of the czar.
Either Wrong or Cowardly.
From the Doylestown (Rep.) -
While the expected happened at the
State convention, it is not too late to call
attention to a significant feature now the
subject of newspaper discussion in several
States. It was the absolute silence main-
tained with respect to the libel law. ‘As
has been pointed out by several papers, the
e of this law was the one conspicuons
act of the Legislature and the signing of it
by the Governor and the filing of the paper
in which he set forth his reasons have heen
the subject of even international comment.
Now if the sponsors of the law and the
Governor really believe it to be a just and
wise measure approved by the people which
they declare to be the case, why did the
convention fail to commend them ? Is this’
silence an abject confession that they are
wrong or do they lack the con-age of their
conviotions—or both ?
Self Sacrifice,
From the Altoona Tribune. :
Last Saturday a Russian Jew who had
been a resident of this country for five
years was found dead in his New York
lodging place. It was discovered that the
man had deprived himself of food until he
literally starved to death, and he did so be-
cause he had a wife and five danghters liv-
ing in Russia, near the scene of the recent
massacre, and bad been making a desperate
effort lately to save money enough to bring
them to the United States. Men with that
sort of stuff in them ought to make better
citizens than the average bar-room loafer
of native birth who lives off the money
earned by his wife and children.
Crediting the Wrong Snyder.
From the Bedford Gazette. ;
_ W. P. Snyder, the machine candidate
for auditor general, is not the Snyder who |
took such a prominent part in the passage
of the minimum school teacher's salary
bill, His only claim to notoriety in his
effort in behalf of the Salus-Grady ‘press
muzzler’—and that should sound his
political death-knell. .
It Might Have Beem Worse.
From the Johnstown Democrat.
‘While at home we are denouncing the
feeble little libel law of Pennypacker, the
supreme court of the Philippine islands
calmly upholds a decision by which two
American editors were condemned, without
even a jury trial, to six months’ imprison-
ment and $1,000 fine each for criticising a
public official. ? 2
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Senator Hanna’s Daughter Weds.
CLEVELAND, O., Jane 10.—In intrinsic
heauty and interest the wedding to-day at
noon of Miss Ruth Hanna -and Mr.
Joseph Medill McCormick, of Chicago, ex-
celled any similar function ever held in
Cleveland. St. Paul’s church was decor-
ated with the atmost magnificence.
The bridal party entered under an arch
of white peonies and deutzia and the pews
of the middle aisle were all marked with
big bunches of the dentzia. .
Just before’ the Lohengrin wedding
march was Jiayed: to herald the approach
of the bridal party, President Roosevelt
entered with Mrs. Hanna on his arm, fol-
lowed by Miss Alice Roosevelt, with other
members of the bride’s family.
Russian mode on
_ Spawls from the Keystone
f —McKeesport’s mayor has puta stop to
Sunday base ball playing there.
__—Williami_ Morton ‘has been appointed
fourth-class postmaster at Outlet. =
—In failing health, Henry Barnhart, of
Fontana, Labanon county, committed suicide
with a revolver.
—James Ridgely, of Avoca, was struck by
a passenger train and hurled against a rock
embankment and killed.
—While swimming in the river, at Pitts-
ton, Edward Miller, of West Pittston, aged
10 years, was drowned.
,—While trying to evade arrest James Tully
was shot through the leg by constable Daniel
Rebman, at Goldsboro.
—By pulling the trigger of a shotgun with
his toe Jacob Moore, a well-known carriage
builder, shot himself at York.
—Edward Wheelan, of Easton, was sen-
tenced by Judge Scott to seven years in the
eastern penitentiary for house burglary.
—Nearly a score of residences were struck
by lightning at Bethehem on Monday night
during the severest storm in many years.
—Pittsburg elevator constructors, number-
ing 160, struck Tuesday for an increase from
d | $3.75 to $4 a day and an eight-hour work-
day. i
—A fire in the Neely block at DuBois early
Tuesday morning damaged the building and
Renass & Thomas’ clothing “stock to the
amount of $3,500.
—Sixty employes of the Prospect Dye
Works at Reading struck Tuesday because
the plant is doing work for a Philadelphia
textile firm whose employes are out on strike.
—There is a general misapprehension in
regard to when the school teachers’ minimum
salary law becomes operative. The law does
not go into effect: until the first Monday of
June, 1904.
... —As flag day this year falls on Sunday, the
day will be observed on Monday, June 15th.
| Owing to the large number of legal holidays,
this one is passed by and not observed. Bet-
ter cut it out; there is too much ‘‘flag’” non-
‘sense anyhow. The thing is overdone. :
~The breaking of a gas pipe in the cellar
of a DuBois house caused a fire which totally
destroyed the house and its contents, involv-
ing a loss of $1,800. A gasman at work in the
cellar. with a candle was painfully burned
‘about the face and hands. ;
—John Brewer, foreman of the Excelsior
‘saw mill at Williamsport, was killed Tues-
day afternoon by being struck in the stomach
with an iron bar which was sprung from a
‘machine which was being lifted. The injur-
' 6d man was removed to his home, but died
‘an hour after the accident. He was aged 70
‘years and leaves a wife and seven children
, +A: storm of unusnal violence occurred at
Hyner Tuesday ‘afternoon. ‘The threaten-
ing clouds in the north indicated that a storm
was brewing of more than ordinary force,
when about 3 o'clock a down pour of large
bail followed by a cloudburst of rain soon
caused Hyner run to overflow the low lands
and sweep across the P and E. R. R. tracks
carrying debris of every description with it.
“The rain storm continued on down the West
Bratch valley, but by ‘the time it reached
Lock Haven it was reduced to a heavy
shower only doing no damage but to the
contrary much good.
—Dr. William Holland, director of the
Carnegie institute, of Pittsburg, announced
Wednesday that Andrew Carnegie had pur-
chased from Baron De Bayet, of Brussels,
Belgium, his notable collection of European
fossils, and that the collection had been pre-
sented to the Carnegie museum in Pittsburg,
Dr. Holland says paleontologists have long
regarded the De Bayet collection as the best
outside of the great musenms of Europe, and
that there is nothing in America at the pres-
ent time to equal it. When asked the price
of the colle ction, he said the price paid was
princely.
—Thomas Powell, a negro, aged 25 years,
committed suicide at Harrisburg Wednesday
night after shooting and seriously wounding
Bessie Keesey, a white girl, aged 19 years.
~The Keesey girl formerly lived at Marietta,
where she became acquainted with Powell,
‘who eame to Harrisburg with her recently.
Powell called at the place where the girl was
‘working and it is alleged they quarreled be-
cause she told him he must stay away from
her. He left threatening to kill her and re-
turned some time afterward and shot her
twice in the back and then put a bullet
through his brain.
—Chester Hinds died in the Altoona hospi-
tal Thursday evening as the result of injur-
ies received in‘the shops at Fourth street in
that city Thursday morning. He was at
work grinding an angle bar ata thirty six
emory wheel when the accident happened.
In some way the bar slipped from his hands
and got down in the crevice between the bed
of the wheel and the wheel itself. The
wheel at the time was revolving at the rate
of 500 revolutions per minute aud the bar
stopped it so suddenly that it burst into frag-
ments. One of these pieces struck Hinds on
the forehead, fracturing his skull and mak-
ing an ugly wound, and the man at once
lapsed into unconsciousness. He wasa mem-
ber of the Pennsylvania railroad relief and
the Federal Labor union. He is survived by
his ‘wife, his father and mother and one
brother. He was aged 25 years.
—A big demonstration of the Brick Tile
and Terra Cotta Workers’ Alliance was held
at Clearfield, Friday evening. It was repree
sentative of the Harbison-Walker Company’s
employees who have been out over a month
on a strike, Charles Hank, of Chicago, presi-
dent of the National Brick, Tile and Terra
Cotta workers organization; Richard Gilbert,
of the United Mine Workers; ‘Mother Jones’
and others were the speakers. Brick work-
ers from Philipsburg, Retort, Woodland,
Wallaceton, Grampian, Lock Haven and
Farrandsville were there. Fourteen plants
with a capacity of 800,000 brick per day are
reported closed. The man, or men, responsi-
ble for this unhappy condition of affairs,
whoever ‘they may be, are deserving the
most severe censure. The financial loss alone
is a terrible one while the demoralization re-
sulting from this enforced idleness is truly
deplorable. It will keep his satanic majesty
busy finding mischief for these idle hands to
do, if he keeps up the reputation he has ac-
quired for that sort of thing.