mp———
BY RP. GRAY MEEK.
Bee eee eee ee ct eee ee een
Ink Slings.
—Recent events prove very conclusively
that Democrats are still remembering the
M AYNE.
—Ain’t it about time to examine your
Fourth-of-July whoop and see if it is in
condition for business?
-~Philadelphians have reasons to be hap-
py and feel secure for this week at least. Its
councilmen are enjoying a six days junket
in Boston.
—The one great question that now har-
rows the soul and weights down the spirit
of ordinary mortals is, shall it be overcoats
or shirtwaists ?
—What Servia most needs now is a blue-
pencil editor who can revise its new King’s
name into a size and shape that can be
printed and pronounced. :
—Evidently the President’s press agents
are off on their summer vacation. We
have not heard what the ROOSEVELT fam-
ily has bad for breakfast for four days.
—War, it is said, is still brewing be-
tween Turkey and China. Well, if they
don’t work their war breweries over-time
why the deuce should us unionists care ?
—Senator BEVERIDGE, it is said, is
booked to be ROOSEVELT’S running mate
in the next campaign. What] wind storms
may be expected during the season of 1904.
—Auditor General HARDENBERG has
already begun his canvass for the nomina-
tion for State Treasurer two years hence.
Mr. HARDENBERG’S hope crop must be of
the long distance variety.
—Its a good way off till the next con-
gressional campaign but Bellefonte has
fellows who lay awake at nights, already,
wondering how deep down they will get
their hands into DRESSER'’S b'r’l.
—Newport is worked up to an exciting
pitch over the voluble gibberish of a strange
parrot that has recently reached that place.
Won’t some one look about Harrisburg
and see if our Governor is missing ?
—Anyhow Mr. PENNYPACKER will not
figure in the history of that Indiana coun-
ty celebration. Mr. ELKINS and bouquets
were there in plenty, but the name of the
press-muzzler appeareth not upon the list
of the honored.
—Judge LOVE, we are told, boasts that
his road to re-election is an easy one,
Well, he may ride on a free pass to nomi-
nation but he’ll find that full fare will be
charged over the balance of the route. And
the judge is not used to paying fare either.
—Come to think about it if that new
Democratic Club, that has just been organ-
ized in Philadelphia, is to follow the same
line that other Democratic organizations in
that city bave its most appropriate appel-
lation would be the Sand Bag.
-~The Hon. JOE MAYNE, Lehigh’s repre-
sentative, who voted for the press muzzler,
has come to the conclusion that he is not a
Democrat. This makes the verdict nnami-
ous. The balance of the inhabitants of
the State arrived at that conclusion months
ago.
—For the information of King KARA-
GEORGEVITCH we would just remark that
he need not trouble in advance about keep-
ing his hold on the Servian people. Any-
time he wants it our QUAYOVITCH will
give him pointers as to the way of holding
his gripovitch.
—Some of Judge LOVE'S friends say that
in place of looking for the Judgeship,abount
this time next year, Col. En. CHAMBERS
will be out behind his barn hunting a hole
to hide in. Which, literally interpreted,
means that the sand in the Colonel’s hox
gets low when a fight begins.
—What’s goin’ to happen ? Almost two
weeks have gone by and we don’t recall
that a single Republican paper has charged
the Democracy with the floods, the cyclones,
and cloudbursts that have been so preva-
lent over the country. Ain’t somebody
missing a great opportunity.
—Some one asks: “What is the matter
with the Republican press of the State ?’’,
Really we can’t guess, unless it may be
that their editors have gone to the woods
to undisturbedly examine themselves and
find out whether they are for or against
WILLIAM PRESS-MUZZLER SNYDER.
‘—The Philadelphia Press, itself a Re-
publican . paper, says: ‘‘no Republican
journal can with self-respect justify or de-
fend’’ the nomination of WILLIAM PRESS
MUZZLER SNYDER.’’ This fully explains
why both Republican papers of this - place
ean be for him.
—Won’s the crowd at the front of the plat-
form please step aside a moment and give
Mr. ROOSEVELT a chance: to tell the audi-
ence about that ‘‘open door’’ policy when it
comes to investigating a post office scandal ?
There are those who are anxiously waiting
to hear. Speak, Mr. ROOSEVELT, speak.
—Since Secretary of Internal Affairs,
BROWN, last week, announced his deter-
mination vot ‘to take orders,” an anxious
public bas been keeping its ear close to the
ground in the hope that it would hear
something about not trying ‘‘to take’ any
more land titles. So far it has heard noth-
ing but a deep and dense silence on thas
subject. 5 Ema
—~8ince they have struck the trail to-
ward that post office scandal every new
scent seems to lead directly toward the late
first Assistant Post Master General, and
the present Secretary of the Republican
National Committee—PERRY 8. HEATH—
as the mock pile at the bottom of it.
Phew ! Who would have thank it.
we - “ HR —— RR
VOL. 48
Teddy's Running Mate.
His own nomination assured the Presi-
dent is now engaged in the not too agreea-
ble task of picking out his running mate.
Usually the candidate for first place leaves
that work to his party friends in the con-
vention. Bat the result of the last conven-
tion admonishes ROOSEVELT that that is
not asafe course to pursue. MCKINLEY
had a clearly defined choice for Vice Presi-
dent on that occasion. He would have
been delighted beyond measure if the con-
vention had hitched up Senator FAIR-
BANKS, of Indiana, in a team with him.
But QUAY and PLATT had a little spite
against McKINLEY, certain political inter-
ests in New York wanted to put ROOSE-
VELT on the shelf and the Vice Presidential
nomination was forced on him and on-Me-
KINLEY and HANNA.
QUAY and PLATT probably have some-
thing up their sleeve with respect to the
Vice Presidential nomination this year, but
TEDDY is not quite so easy as MOKINLEY
was. In other words the President doesn’t
intend to let these conspirators force an un-
pleasant political partnership on him and
in order to make certain that such a thing
won’t happen he intends to pick the candi-
date for that office himself. But it is not
what you would call an-easy task. In oth-
er words, even to a man invested with un-
limited power in the matter, it is not easy
to select out of a dozen or more aspirants
one who will give needed aid to the ticket
and at the same time be agreeable to the
Presidential candidate. In other words
those who are most agreeable might not be
quite available.
For example the President has two men
in mind either one of whom would satisfy
him, but neither of whom is certain to sat-.
isfy the party. His first choice is Judge
TAFT, now civil Governor of the Philip-
pines. Bat the two Ohio Senators can not
agree in the support of an Ohio man and
the nomination of such a man might incite
the opposition of one or the other of them
and the opposition of either would be fatal.
Next to TAFT the President would prefer
Senator BEVERIDGE, of Indiana. But his:
selection would provoke such a storm of
indignation as might wreck the entire ont-
fit. In other worls BEVERIDGE has been |:
so fresh since he broke into public life that
he has made himself unendurable to every-
body except ROOSEVELT who is somewhat
priggish himself.
Mr. Mayne Happily Ont.
The feature of the Lehigh county meet-
ing which was held last Saturday was the
part played by the Hon. JosePH MAYNE,
now happily, an ex-Representative in the
Legislature. We say an ex-Representaiive
because the part he took in the meeting
was to announce his resignation as a Repre-
sentative in the Legislature and present
his withdrawal from the party organiza-
tion. Both these actions were appropriate
and timely. His work in the Legislature
was completed with the adjournment of
the last session, unless in the improbable
event of an extra session, and his associa-
tion with the party organization ended
when he voted for the press muzzler to
promote the interests of the QUAY 'ma-
chine. But it was eminently fit thata
public announcement of the fact should be
made. 5
We are constrained, however, to disap-
prove of the manner in which Mr. MAYNE
fulfilled an obvious duty in the premises.
That is to say if he bad frankly declared
that be had betrayed his constituents by
perfidiously selling out to the QUAY ma-
chine and was consequently no longer justi-
fied in claiming to represent them or in
pretending to be a Democrat, his conduct
would have been manly if not honest. But
he predicated his action on a false and
fraudnlent pretense, In other words be
said in his letter announcing his resigna-
tion and withdrawal from the party that
he was influenced so the action by a report
that ex-Congressman SOWDEN who had
accepted a Repnblican nomiuvation last fall
was to be taken back into the Democratic |
organization. is
We have neither the inclination nor
the intention to condone the grave offence
of Mr. SOWDEN. It wasan inexcusable
violation of party faith. But he in-
fringed no fundamental principle of the
Democratic party «in his = preposterous
course. An inordinate’ ambition misled
him into a violation of his party obliga-
tions bus not into an infraction of a oardi-
nal party doctrine. But MAYNE can set
up no such defence of his conduct in vot-
ing for the press muzzler. That was a vio-
lation of the keystone of the party faith,
the cardinal prinziples upon whieh the or!
ganization rests. Such action under any
circumstances is a grave crime. But when
in the service of the party in a representa.
tive capacity it is perpetrated it becomes an
unpardonable sin. ?
—After looking at the thing from all
sides we are forced to admit that the muz-
zle now worn by the Postmaster General is’
much more effective than those fashioned
after the PENNYPACKER pattern.
a
STATE RIGHTS AND FEDERAL UNION. ” i
BELLEFONTE, PA., JUNE 19, 1908.
Mr. Knerr Attacks the BHMuzzler.
The Rev. Mr, G. A. KNERR,. of Potts-
ville, ‘took a fall’’ out of the press muz-
zler from his pulpit last Sunday and it
may be said that he crippled it pretty bad-
ly. The occasion was peculiarly ap-
propriate. He was officiating at a patriotic-
religious flag day celebration. During the
Spanish war he served as chaplain of the
Fourth regiment, Pennsylvania volunteers
and it was appropriate that he, of all the
preachers in the city should bave been
chosen to deliver the discourse on such an
occasion. It was quite natural, also, that
the press muzzler, which is subversive of
the fundamental principles which the flag
represents, should come in for a share of
attention.
‘‘The American press,” remarked Mr.
KNERR, ‘‘has always been the foe of the
conscienceless demagogue and dishonest
politician.’” That is literally and hie-
torically trne. But it affords no reason for
muzzling the press, according to Mr.
KNERR’S notions of public morals. On
the contrary that is a substantial reason
why the liberty of the press should be
cherished and defended. There are other
reasons too, to which he referred. ‘‘Asa
free people,” he added, ‘‘we must give to
the press the privilege of uncovering the
orookedness of men in official position. If
is a bulwark of safety,’’ he continued, ‘‘and
has often proved its worth and power in
the past history of the country.’’
In view of that opinion what is Mr.
KNERR'S duty with respect to the can-
didacy of Senator WM. P. SNYDER for
Auditor General. Senator SNYDER voted
for the press muzzler. He contributed all
he could toward the perpetration of thas
crime against the people and the funda-
mental principles of tbe government. His
expectations and those associated with him
in projecting and. supporting the measure
was that it would silence oriticism of ‘‘the
crookedness of men in official position and
permit venality in public office to escape
censure.’”’ That such expectations are dis-
appointed is no fault of his, But the mau
.who would ensertain such expectations is
himself a crook and ought to be defeated.
Senator Snyder's Record.
We have not thus far discovered any of
our Republican contemporaries anxious to
exhibit the public record of Senator WiL-
LIAM PRESS-MUZZLER SNYDER as a recom-
mendation for his election to the office of
Auditor General. The Auditor General is
an important functionary in the govern-
ment of the State. He practically regulates
the amount of taxes assessed against every
corporation in the State. According to his
fancy this corporation or that must pay in-
to the public treasury for the support of the
schools and other purposes. In view of that
fact it is important that the Auditor Gen-
eral shall be a man of the people rather
than of the corporations.
Senator SNYDER served nearly a dozen
years in the Legislature. During that time
hundreds of measures were considered in
which the interests of the people and those
of the corporations were diametrically op-
posite. Which side did Senator SNYDER
take on such questions. Our Republican
contemporaries, are silent on the subject.
He is the candidate of their party and it is
their duty to give reasons why be should
be elected. The only reasons which can be
given for or against his election are con-
tained in his legislative record. Yet the
papers of his party are as silent as the grave
on that subject.
Why is this ?
We can tell them why.
During the entire time of his service in
the legislature Senator SNYDER was the
obedient servant of the corporations.
Every bill introduced for their benefit,
however iniquitous received his support.
«Every measure presented to promote the
looting of the treasury by corporations or
politicians received his earnest and active
support. : :
Every job proposed had his co-operation
and every pinch bill his endorsement. The
Journal of the Legislature will show these
facts and we challenge our Republican con-
temporaries to publish the record if they.
dare. That the people of the State have
the right to know they will admit. Then
they are recreant if shey fail to give the in-
formation.
See retary Wilson’s Victory.
Secretary of Agriculture WiLsoN has
achieved a great trinmph according to the
statements of his friends. He has made a
successful attempt to grow macaroni wheat
in some of the western States, That iscer-
tainly a wonderful thing. Many years ago
other food plauts indigenous to other sec-
tious of the world were planted and culti-
vated successfully here, but that was nn-
important.
for during all the time that has elapsed
since the Pilgrim fathers landed as Ply-
mouth and the cavaliers planted their flag-
staffs at Jamestown, Va. has been macaroni
wheat and Secretary WILSON has gotten it
for us. : ;
Macaroni wheat, it must be observed, is
SHR ih oi a
‘What we have been yearning
very much like other wheat in most re-
spects. In fact the analogy is so close that
in the absence of minute particulars we are
unable to point out the difference. If the
Seoretary had by his expensive experiments
discovered a process by which macaroni
“straw, ’’ by which we mean the long, thin,
delicate sticks of macaroni dough dried
and ready for the pot could be picked from
trees or bushes, it would be something worth
talking about. But to grow macaroni
wheat from seed sown in soil practically
the same as that of Italy in a climate simi-
lar and cultivated by processes the same is
nothing very great to our mind.
Many years ago it was regarded asa
marvel that strawberries could be grown
in midwinter and if there are any persons
still living who are unaware of the fact
that by heat and steam any. temperature
can be put into the soil ander glass it would
be surprising. But those truths are
expressed in the primary school books now
and nobody wonders at tales of that type
which made us stare in our young days.
Yet nobody has gone into the: business of
growing ' strawberries in midwinter for
commercial purposes on an extensive scale.
They cost too much: for a popular market
and maybe Secretary WILSON’S macaroni
wheat will have the same fault.
Roosevelt's Open 'Buffoonery.
President ROOSEVELT having in turn
given the country exhibitionsof his capa-
bility as a clown and his adaptability to
the life of a gypsy, he is now doing stants
as a mountebank. That is to say, having
ridden like a cow boy for miles on'a buck-
ing bronco and slept without shelter in a
snowdrift on a Sierra mountain, he is mak-
ing brief speeches wherever he can geta
chance in which his manifest purpose is to
flatter votere into support of his candidacy.
WASHINGTON said that the Presidency was
an office which: could neither be sought
nor declined. ROOSEVELT entertains a
different view for he resorts to expedients
in goliciting votes which would be regard-
ed as fresh if he were a candidate for cor-
oner.
This fact was revealed in an address
which he delivered to a delegation of
_Hehgews who called on him the other day
in relation’ to the Russian outrages at
Kesenev. If be had properly expressed
!| his sympathy with the sufferers of that
atrocity it would have been all right, for in
“that he would have voiced the sentiments
of a vast majority of the people of this
country.. But instead of that he launched
into a fulsome flattery of the Jews so rank
that the most intelligent of those present
could hardly conceal their disgust. He
was working for votes and o’erstep’s the
mark and instead of gaining his object he
repelled those inclined to be friendly to
him.
It may be predicted that no man who
electioneers for the Presidency of the
United States in thas way will ever suec-
ceed. HENRY CLAY was the firsé to open-
ly strive for the office and though he was
infinitely more able and quite as dashing
and popular he failed to reach the goal.
BLAINE fell short of his too openly ex-
pressed ambition for the same reason and
no man will deny the full measure. of his
magnetism. ‘But they were mild and mod-
est in their methods when compared with
ROOSEVELT. ht
They never descended to the base tricks.
of gutter snipe politicians and quarter
sessions demagogues.
They openly declared their desire for
the office but preserved a decent respect
for the traditions which surround it.
ROOSEVELT hasn’t done that.
At Last.
Well, he has gotten something at last,
and we congratulate him from the bottom
of our boots. To think of a man working
ten years for a position, hopeful one day,
hopeless the nexs, bus still longing, beg-
ging, working for it, as if his existence de-
pended upon seonring it, or his prospects of
immortality would fade without it, and
then all at once, unannounced and almost
unexpeoted ' to drop into his lap, how hap-
py, how important, how elated he would
feel ! ? ages
Aud this is the exact situation and ocon-
dition of the editor of the Gazette to-day.
Since the election of Governor HASTINGS
be has wanted something and wanted it
badly. It didn’t matter munch what it was,
only go it was a thing that had something,
in it. He tried for Superintendent of Pub-:
lio Printing, then for the Jost office, then:
D,
for a Deputy Collectorship, then for the.
Senate, and at last was willing $0 beg to be
made stamp clerk for the deputy revenue
collector, but none of these materialized.
Hope had grown weary struggling against
defeats and disappointments, and existence
seemed a blank because there was no office
along with it. Suddenly and without
warning, on Tuesday last, a Fish Warden-
ship was banded him, and life, to him, is
again worth living. sis Ta
There may not be much of that which he
‘most admires ‘‘in it,”’ but still it is an of-
fice, a state position, a recognition of his
actual worth and standing—a place that he
can fill just as well a3 JOE RIGHTNOUE now
does—and one that just about fits his size
—politically, mentally and otherwise.
Again we extend our congratulations,
Mr. HARTER.
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NO. 25.
Wherever It Falls Short. ¢ re oi
From the N. Y. World. _ 2 hana
The modesty of the Ohio Republican
latfozm is its most striking )
From it we learn that the Dingley tariff
‘has made the United States the greatest
industrial nation,” ‘‘added vastly to our
foreign commerce,” ; er hit
prosperity and labor “the hest scale of liv-
ing ever attained.”” ‘We learn further that
it is the high mission: of the Republican
party to defend the tariff to which tt
ple owe all their greatness and h
gaint “‘the Democratic plan ot d
all American industries by tariff re
of otherwise.” HR
Think of the Democrats—number
half of the nation, or thereabouts, ar
than one half of its wage earners—with |
‘“‘plan’’ carefully prepared for “‘destroyir
all American industries !”: Who woul
have ‘thought it if the Ohio Republicans
had not discovered and exposed it? = id
"There is’ one omission in’ Mr. \g | sa
not go into effect until the first Monday of
platform, and it is a serious one. There is
no explanation of the scandalous behavior
of the two chief rivers of the country, the
Mississippi and Missouri, which has ¢
so much distress in the western states.
Hanna may say that those rivers are nos in
Ohio, but he cannot deny that they are
within the jurisdiction of the Republican
party, and the people bave a right to know
id the party bas neglected to re
em. in
The Opportunity and the, Kind, i
From the Meadville Democrat. - goin
“State chairman Penrose is reported
ing that the nominees of the conven
last week will not make a campai
oratory, simply because it is ann ry,
the Republicans being able to win “hands
down.” If Senator et has decides
upon a campaign of silence, so much the
more insistent the reason why the Demo-
orats in convention should nominate candi-
dates not only of the highest character, but
also men of fluent tongue and ready wit
and who would make the State ring for a
couple of months with trenchant analysis
of machine reform hypoerisy, the press |
zler outrage and the cowardice of the
pnblican platform in dodging state af
to enlarge npon the giory. of a war and 0
tariff dating back forty years.
He Didn't Look Through Penuypacker’s
; Glasses. Yee Gd
From an address by Senator David Davies,’
“Every year every local paper gives from
500 to 5,000 free lines for the bedefis of th
community in which it is located. No oth-
er agency can or will do this. The. editor
in proportion to'His means does more for
his town than any other man, and in all
fairness, man with man, he opght to- be
supported—not becanse you happen to like
him or admire his writing, but because a
local paper is the best investment a com-
munity can make. It may not be crowded
with great thought, but financially it is of
more benefit than both preacher and teach-
er. Today editors do more for less pay
than any man on earth. Patronize your
home paper, not as a charity, hut as an in-
vestment.’’ :
Rightly Chargeable to the Republican
Administration,
From the Philadelphia Public Ledger. _
The interest the country in general has
in the Washington postoffice scandal arises
from the fact that the guilt disclosed in its
operations goes back to officials in the post-
office department. The local postmaster
was a mere figurehead so far as appoins-
ments to positions in his office were con-
cerned. ' He obeyed the orders he received
from Mr. Perry S. Heath, former assistant
postmaster general, and now secretary of
the Republican national committee. On’
his part, Mr. Heath only did what he was
expected to do ; what he was put into his
high office for the express purpose of de-
ing. : ;
Tr rT —
A Job for the Fool-Killer.
From the 8t, Joseph Gazette.
It is said that Providence gnards drunk-
ards, children and fools, but certainly the
rule is not invariable. ;
a fool Governor who threatens to suppress
the publication of a score of newspapers
that bave dared to publish cartoons offen-
sive to his excellency ! When Providence
permits the Governor of a great state to
enter upon such an enterprise, evidently
Providence has concluded to renonnce |
guardiaoship and call in the fool-killer, 3
The Logic of Jeremiah.
From the Newport News Press. =
Senator Beveridge says : “The cosmic les-
sons of nature should be the decalogue of
national living and doing.”’ Therefore the
floods in the west justify the watering of
stock in the east. : :
Canal Oatlook Very Dark.
Government Quite Certain that Treaty Will Be
Defeated. : i ; ;
‘WASHINGTON, D. C., Jane 16.—~The
Panama Canal treaty will be defeated un-
less the unexpected happens, according to
the latest information, official and unoffi-
cial, from Bogota. If it is not rejected ont.
right, its. ratification will be delayed in-
definitely, unless there is an ‘entire change
in the situation.s: © suioy ional A
«It is now ‘admitted that the opposition
among the Senators and Representatives-
elect is more general, more bitter and more
determined than has been supposed here.
The Representatives in the Columbian
Congress from the Isthmus of Panama are
practically alone in their active support
of the treaty. sin wie Bi Vis
This revives the report that the isthmian
States, Panama, Cauca and Antioquia, will
undertake to secede from the United States
of Columbia if the treaty is rejected, on
the gronud that their interests imperative
ly demand its rasification. Such: action’
might bring about the. ratification: of the
treaty by the exercise of the extraordinary
executive authority invested in the Presi-
dent of the Republic in time of ineur-
rection.
charagteristio.
given the farmer his
Pennsylvania has
Spawls from the Keystone.
—Eleven deaths from lockjaw have been
reported in Pittsburg during the past two
weeks, : : ] Aan .
—For the first time in his life, Nathan
Fryer, 86 years old,of Pottstown, was shaved
| by a barber last week.
—There were 17 applications for divorce
filed in the first 15 minutes of court at Lan-
caster, on Monday morning.
—As the result of pricking a pimple on her
face with a pin Miss Marian Jones,of Wilkes-
barre, died on Wednesday of blood poison-
ing. :
- —Mrs. Kate Rice, of Harleysville, was
bitten by a spider on Monday while picking
strawberries. On Monday she died of blood
: poisoning.
‘—The Lewistown water company has filed
a suit for $7,000 against the burgess and
‘town council for water rent since April, 1897,
and interest.
—Officials of the Pennsylvania railroad
anade a trip over the Kishacoquillas railroad
a few days ago and rumor has it that it was
with a view to its purchase.
—Snow fell all over the Pennsylvania line
L
58 | between Altoona and South Fork Monday
morning. ‘At some points the ground re-
| mained white half an hour.
_ —A turtle that had been killing young
| chickens belonging to Mrs. Maggie Kendall,
near MecConnellsburg, Fulton county, was
caught in the act and killed.
—There is a general misapprehension in
regard to when the school teachers’ minimum
salary law becomes operative. The law does
June, 1904. ©
—Samuel Shreckengast of Brush valley, on
last Friday performed the difficult and dan-
gerous feat of killing a large black ‘snake
fifty feet up ‘a hemlock tree, amid loud ap-
plause by fellow workmen. ha
., —Because the Philadelphia and Erie rail
road was short of telegraph operators, Frank
P.: Brown, in charge at Cook’s run Clinton
county, could get but twenty-five minutes off
to get married last Thursday.
_—The Doylestown, Ohio, councilmen de”
clare that an anti-spitting ordinance, drafted
in accordance with the requirements of the
Philadelphia ordinance on the subject, won’t
bold water and refuse to pass it. d
. —John Reager, of Lewistown, is the owner
of a coat and vest purchased by him in, Ger-
many over fifty years ago, which he still
wears occasionally. - He also has an overcoat
which ‘he has worn for forty-five years.
. Lackawanna county has had a town:
ship—0ld Forge—that for years has not had
sufficient inhabitants to organize a school
board and township government. It will
hereafter be a part of Old Forge borough.
.—The bank barn on the Heinen farm, a
balf ‘mile east of Milton, was struck by
lightning on Tuesday afternoon and burned
to the ground. Twenty-five head of milch
."/| ¢ows and all the wagons, harness and farm
machinery were destroyed.
~—Forty thousand persons congregated on
the streets of Indiana on Tuesday to help cele”
brate the centennial anniversary of Indiana
county. The chief event of the day was
the industrial parade, in whick nearly every
district in the county was represented.
—DMichael Gallagher, of Petersburg, Scran-
ton, is in the hospital as the result of a fight
with a hog. Gallagher went into the pen,
when the hog caught his arm with its teeth
and tore away considerable flesh. Blood
poisoning and fatal consequences are feared.
—Five years ago Chas. Kreamer, of Clin-
ton county, moved his mammoth mill to
Flinton and began operations on a hemlock
tract, since which time he has cut and manu-
factured 85,000,000 feet. Last Friday night
he shut the mill down and operations will
cease at that point.
+ —=The commission created by the Legisla-
ture of 1901 to secure a site and erect a build-
ing for the Homeopathic hospital for the
‘insane has bought a tract of land containing
200 acres near Allentown. It overlooks the
Lehigh river and is well adapted for the pur-
|| pose of the institution. -
. —Cattle are affected in the vicinity of
Milroy, Mifflin county, with a new disease
They commence with a high fever, sore feet,
sore eyes and slobbering. They fall away
fast and have little inclination to eat. After
the fever breaks they scale off. The disease’
does not appear to be very contagious and is
not very fatal. " :
~—Mrs. Philip Drumheller, of Rossland, who
has just passed her eighty-fourth milestone,
undoubtedly has the unique distinction of
having the largest number of direct de-
scendants of any one person in Pennsyl-
vania. Mrs. Drumheller has 13 children, 73
grandchildren, 98 great-grandchildren and 2
great-great-grandchildren—a really grand’
total of 186 persons.
—Rather than marry his sweetheart, Fred
muth, a pretty blonde, says that Winn prom-
ised some time ago that he would make her
his bride on June 15th, but failed to do so.
Justice Shaw gave Winn an option to marry
Miss Wildermuth or go to jail and he chose
the latter alternative.
—Burglars broke into the postoffice at
Burnham, near Lewistown, Thursday night
of last week and stole $20 in cash and con
siderable. mail matter. An attempt was
made to blow the new postoffice safe open
with dynamite, but the charge was badly
placed, and only resulted in blowing away
the outer casing, leaving the inmer vaults
and contents of the safe undisturhed. Pieces
of the safe were blown through the walls,
ceiling and floor of the store room, and the
building was badly damaged by the force of
the efplosion. :
—The 10,000 employes of the Webster coal
and coke company, in the Cambria field,
have agreed to arbitrate their differences
with the employing company. Ex.Congress-
man James Kerr will represent the
Webster company, and National Sec-
retary-Treasurer William B. Wilson, of
the United Mine Workers of America, will
the situation at Bens Creek, where the men
are out. The check-weighman, who was
ejected from the tipple Saturday, will enter
suit against his assailants.
Winn, a prominent young man of Pottsville, :
went to jail on Tuesday. Miss Minnie Wilder-:
represent the miners. There is no change in _
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