TP en BY P. GRAY MEEK. : : Ink Slings. : ~-The Pope still lingers, but the end of his unprecedented career is near ab hand. ‘ —Politics make strange bed fellows, which probably accounts for the ‘little do- ing?’ during the hot weather. —The weather man must be asleep at the switch. He turned off the heat on Monday night and seems to have Torgotten all about it. —Farm hands are so scarce in Kansas that even the old maids have agreed not to take up any of the time of the men until after the harvests are gathered. —Forty-one deaths from lock-jaw is a rather large price for Pennsylvania to have paid for the privilege of shooting off its pent up patriotism on the Fourth. It is all right for the Governor to chase bugs in Wetzel’s swamp at Harris- burg, but it is all wrong for him to use a buggy to review the state troops from. ' _The story comes from Chicago that GROVER CLEVELAND is to announce his candidacy for the Presidency in that city in the fall. Chicago always was windy. CRE fare. hic . —The people who rash off to summer resorts with the first breath of hot weather are not long in finding out that home, after all, is the only place where real com- fort is to be had. — The post-office scandals in Washing- _ ton are being hushed up. It is now up to the public to decide whether it will take the hot air of the:department heads or in- sist on knowing the truth and baving the rascals fired out. . —ToM PLATT, of New York, was seventy years old on Wednesday and still he thinks he would like to learn a few new political What he needs to learn now is a few new stunts with his tricks from QUAY. beads. —The preacher who proceeds to hide a single germ of thought ina whole bushel of words, just-becanse he happens to have _ —The Pennsylvania record is enough to give. the manufacturers of the blank car- tridge pistol a rank with Herr KRUPP and ‘the other uakers of deadly weapons of war- I VOL. 48 The Clarion School Scandal. The Clarion Normal school scandal has again come into public notice. Mr. I. M. SHANNON, president of the Second National bank at Clarion and treasurer of tha school corporation, has demanded that the trustees bring action against the parties concerned, for the recovery of the $2,750 rake of on theappropriation of $27,- 500 made to the school by the Legislature of 1901. Ib will be remembered that ac- cording to published statements about a year ago, it was said that a rake-off of 10 per cent. of the total appropriation had been paid to ex-State Senator ‘‘JIM" MiTcHEL, of Jefferson connty, who wag at she time clerk of the Senate Com- mittee on Appropriations. It was ac- counted for on the hooks of the school as an amount paid to R. G. YINGLING for repairs on the school building. The bill for repairs was presented, approv- ed by the finance committee of the sohool and the money paid to MITCHELL who is said to bave distributed’ it among the ‘‘gang.” If the subservient political judge of the court of Clearfield county had been less obedient to the bosses and more regardful of the law all the scandalous facts connect- ed with this affair would have been brought ont in the trial of the case of State Treasurer HARRIS against the editor of the WATCHMAN in February, 1902. At that time subpoenas had been pre- pared for, and were in the hands of an officer to serve on, Mr. SHANNON, Represen- tatives Hoy and BROWN, Senator NEELY, secretary SHIRLEY, register PINKS, Prof. Davis and R. C. YINGLING, for the pur- pose of exposing the scandal, now about to be aired, and the connection of the state ring, of which HARRIS wae supposed to be: Quay’s Devious Ways. We are curious to know what new polit- ical enterprise Senator QUAY has in mind. That he has some purpose out of the or- dinary may be set down as certain, for he has set the rumor of his retirement in motion and whenever he does that his thoughts are far removed from retirement. It will be remembered that soon after his election to the Senate in 1901 he made a speech in the Academy of Music, Philadel- phia, in which he promulgated his retire. ment with a string to it. Immediately after ward he brought Cousin SAM out ase the candidate for Governor and had him- self elected chairman of the Republican state committee, thus putting himself deeper in the maelstrom of active politics In reply to a question with respect to his ramored retirement the other day he re- ferred his questioner to the Philadelphia speech of 1901. That now famous speech was made un- der peculiar circumstances. The Senator had just emerged from a contest of extra- ordinary bitterness and long duration with victory, not altogether expected, perched upon his banners. To secure the result he bad been obliged to resort to all sorts of doubtful methods and pursue many dark and devious ‘ways. As Representative RipP, of Philadelphia, said in reference to ‘another matter, a good many of his friends were obliged to ‘‘take chanoes of the peni- tentiary,”’ in order to compass the result, In glorification of the event his friends gave him a public reception out of the balance remaining of the corruption fund sub- scribed by the Standard Oil company and one or two other monopolies. He was in a grateful mood because he felt that he had been a heavy load for his friends to carry "STATE RIGHTS AND FEDERAL UNION. BELLEFONTE, PA., JULY 17, 1903. than he bad been for a number of years. | Senator Lodge’s Idea. Senator LODGE, of Massachusetts takes a hopeful but rather amusing view of the future of politics. According to bis notion pothing can hurt the Republican party. For example, referring to the postal scandals the Senator observes that he can’t see that they will have any political effect next year and if they do, he adds, ‘‘he is unable t0 Bee how it can be otherwise than favor- able to the Republican party. ’? In other words Senator LODGE imagines that the public approves of looting operations and is of the opinion that because the job re- vealed in the postoffice scandals is so com- te they must necessarily become more ached to the party than ever before. story is told of a politicianiin one of western counties that is brought to nd by this statement of Senator LODGE. The Republican candidate for: State Sena- tor was a peculiarly vulnerable fellow and though the district was overwhelmingly Republican the opposition came to the con- alnsion. that they would organize a vigor- ous and ‘bitter fight. Evidence was col-- leoted showing a long line of political im- moralities and social and business de- linquengcies. These were grouped together, supported by affidavits and circumstantial testimony in corroboration, and published in one of the local newspapers, of which thousands of extra copies were printed for free distribution. Late during the night of the publication the over-worked editor who had superintended the operation went to a restaurant for a luncheon. There he met a rather prominent citizen of the com- munity and they entered into serious con- versation on the subject, ‘‘Are you abso- lutely certain of the facts asserted in your paper,’”’ asked the prominent citizen. “Absolutely,” replied the editor; after NO. 28. Pennypacker’s Dilemma. At this writing, we regret to say, the grand old Commonwealth of Pennsylvania is in the throes of a great problem. When these lines:come under the notice of the thousands of readers of the WATCHMAN if may be happily solved or unhappily as the case may be. In any event we have no hesitancy in saying that a more important crisis has never before threatened “the hap- piness of the people. ~The momentous question is the. manner in which the Governor shall present him- self in the several camps of the State militia for the purpose of reviewing the troops in the capacity of Commander-in- Chief. The traditions of the service are that no Governor has ever performed that duty in other condition than in the saddle, whereas PENNYPACKER protests that he never was on horseback i in his life and feels that if he attempts it, it will be’ at’ ‘the peril of his life. : We are unable to. conceal a deep. ‘seated | sympathy with Governor PENNYPAOKER in his present dilemma. ever examined his Foluliaf ‘cons will be compelled | to agree in his Bilin old cing charger and any other kind’ ro would be out of place at such a be under euch circumstances. Buk. duty to review the troops and the other way to discharge the 'obligati there you are. 2 Stas An esteemed contemporary suggests that his exeellenoy might mount a hobby horse and fulfill his obligations to the public and his duties to the Guard and, ar poses that he might straddle a bro But we protest that both of these . tions imply a measure of irreveren is intolerable. ‘During the pres however, the problem must be so Spawls frou 1h the Reystone. —Edwar ridgens, ns, son of Associate udge JW. asd ‘of Lock Haven, died ods cago last week after an operation for appen- dicitis: He'was employed : by Kistler & Co., to look after their Chicago interests. —The three year old child of Jas. Embick, of Sugar Valley, fell head long into ‘a well that is being dug on Embick’s premises. The child fell a distance of 16 feet, and was badly bruised about the head and may not recover. —There are fifty two cases of small pox in the town of Lanesboro, Susquehanna county. This averages one case to every ten citizens, for the town has only 500 inhabitants. There are also several cases in the adjacent town. ships. —Thus far 171 fire companies from Penn- sylvania and adjacent states have signified their intention to participate in the parade which will be held in Allentown during the session of the State Fire en’s Association next October. Itis believed that the number will be increased to over 200., , , —Lee Marshall, a rough! rider; with the James and Younger Wild West show, was killed at the afternoon performance at Du- Bois, Tuesday, by the bucking broncho he was riding rearing up straight and falling on its back. Marshall was caught under the horse, his death resulting in an hour. —A daughter of Perry Kephart, of Cam- bria county, who was visiting her uncle, Wm Kephart, at Fishertown, near Osceola, while on a tree picking cherries the other day was shot above the eye by an 8-year-old boy with a toy pistol. Death resulted after a few hours’ suffering. She was aged about twelve years. : —Louis Selfridge, of Clearfield, was struck by lightning during Saturday’s storm, and probably fatally injured. He took refuge under;a:large tree during the standing there when | clothin g was torn fro a good congregation, rately ever has sense | a member, with it. This intention Wa and in the exuberance of his feelings he | which he proceeded to cite some corrobora: we await the returns with impa od enc Hoh: \ why his congregations | abandoned on learning of the arrange i] nised to retire in order that those who ‘tive evidence which had not been printed. Th J ate onally entered into between Judge GORDON and | ‘bad borne the burden of his iniquities “Then,” said the prominent citizen, ‘‘by | Colored Girls Poem on VP “premise of a full and tion of the postoffice scandals. to be very substantial. ; “when work will be _ Don’t deceive your- sure as old Father e cycle and ushers in stock market seems the President’s | complete investiga- Both are founded on Republican fiction, however, consequently neither one can be expected a few days before the trial was called, that all evidence except that directly implica- ting HARRIS should be ruled out. The information in our possession, and which we had every reason to believe to be reliable was to the effect that a rake-off of $2,750 had been taken from the appropria- tion to the school ; that this amount was “covered up isawbill of R. C. YINGLING, for alleged repairs. t o the buildings, which, ac- cording to the minute of the board of trustees had eer approved the preceding August, by the finance committee of the representatives of the ring, at Harrisburg, | ‘might have a chance. Thus influenced he said his “political race is run.”” But he didn’t mean it,as subsequent events prove. In other words soon afterward the then KIN took him at his word and with the assent and under promise of the support of all his associates announced himself as a he would have accepted this announce- ment as the logical resnlt of his own dec- laration. But instead of doing so he re- sented Mr. ELKIN’S presumption, brought Attorney General of the State JOHN P. EL- | candidate for the Republican n nivasion | ‘for Governor. If QUAY Bod hoen sincere the Eternal I will vote for the aconsed man, | because it would be a pity to spoil .a good man by sending him to Harrisburg and this fellow is as bad a8 the ‘worst of them his majority, voted for him believing him guilty, on the ground that he had been unduly vilified in the publication referred to. Probably Senator LODGE believes that such sentiments will govern enough | low was. Jwristen whether ima gives promi Baptist oe Savannah, night in honor of Lena Carlton; w killed by a trolley car on Peachtree st yoch a few days ago. the poet lativeate of the’ color ¢ brave Hearthgyal and beating ‘hig & oudly you went forward but. to ir] Crushed to death on Wednesday night 0, what a fearful, fatal sight ; ‘face.—, Js. 8 ested soley morsing: of the town. al barns were destroybd and a hotel and ‘were on fire.’ “A hostler, ‘Samuel Hyds, % verely -biirned in saving live stock: © board, that not a dollar of said amount Togs vehicles and oth- had ever been expended for the purposes his cousin out as an opposing candidate and forced his nomination by methods 0, the dark disastrous night, = 5 Lo 3 gt Were you wrong or were you right? 2 : ~The Harrisburg Telegraph is authority voteis in the country to’ off-sett the loss o, Williamsport fire depart; | tor the statement Sat Penvsylvania is stated, but that this bill was a blind to | which a distinguished Republican charac- of decent Republicans who must be dis When the morning light ay ME: nenty mpl emo, after ‘ i prac tically out of debt,” but the Tele-| oy. tho payment of 10 per cent. of the | terized as “‘the mysterious forces of poli- gusted with the venalities of their public | Shone upon the bloody flight, = |=. s Nac ain r Sve iorsived ike Sees graph has overlooked the great obligation | oo oo ation to members of the Lesisla- | tics.” Not only that but he had himself | officials. It is a poor estimate for the Sen- | Ob, sad cries all along ni hd re was updefetrdloearss th the State owes Mr QUAY for his services and which wili never be discharged as iong tive “gang” for their influence in passing | elected to the chairmanship of the State | ator to put on the morals of his fellow Peoble fgued jo erin ny | #—On Saturday 3 as the * ‘old man’’ is able toshake the plum it. Ounr informant wens further and stated that after this appropriation was passed committee and assumed personal charge of the campaign so that in his renewal of the citizens but it is one up to hisown standard for he will condone any crime committed in Sleeping to the rising day. + h ¥ Oh, my beloved would that 1 0! uot amb and Hattie Colt, two ‘Sisters,’ ig driving § from their ho at’, arsh Hi 0 faye = io Mises Gertrude Hy rr tree, Governor STONE required Hoy and NEELY | rumor of his retirement we assume there | the interest of his party. Could have caught you when er to die ; ar forth of, Williamsport; ‘whe 9 k 5 —The endorsement of ROOSEVELT'S | to give a specific gnarantee that the rake- | is some new political enterprise concealed. Could have I been by your side. =~, f fright gt an gngine near the qa | sid ays and overturned the/vehi 2 fe the bi candidacy for the Presidency is reported as having been the most important work of * the recent Republican state convention in Kentucky. That body might have found In that fearless bicycle ride. . God in heaven have mercy and a Give her a home with thee to live ; : 0, thou Almighty One, Even s0 thy will be done. ¢ off would be paid before he signed the bill. We were prepared to present to the pub- The President's Strange Course. Issue of the Campaign. When President ROOSEVELT returned The Philadelphia Record wisely suggests that the Democrats of Pennsylvania should something far more creditable for the party it ‘fépr esented had it inaugurated a move- ment to bring the fugitive Governor of that State to justice for his parti in the murder of GOEBEL. — In Williamsport a mail clerk is in jail for baving extracted five dollars from a letter that was intended for: some one In Washington there are others who t ‘dollars of money belonging to the Th) Depart- What © is the difference, anyhow ? Is it because the poor Williamsport culprit failed to else. have pocketed thousands’ Jo ment, yet nothing is being done. steal a large enough sum ? : Ninety miles in nine hours is enongh to prové to the world that Gen. MILES is somewhat of a horse-man as well as a very vi gorot§ man’ at te age of 64. It is al- lic, through thejsworn evidence of witness- es, in Judge GORDON’S court, some other interesting facts concerning the operations of Governor STONE, Insurance Commission- er DURHAM, Chairman Briss of the House Committee on * Appropriations, Speaker MARSHALL, of the House of Representa- tives, and Clerk ;:MITCHELL, of the Senate committee. In §ddition to this-we had in- formation that an illegal appropriation was passed bestowing $25,000 on a college at Grove City, Mefker county, upon which the rake-off was stated to the twenty-five per cent. of the total. Similar conditions we were told were imposed in that case in consideration of ‘the Governor’s approval traneaction was covered of the board of trustees f $2,500 to Dr. IsAAc KETTER, princip#l of the college. We ex- pected to show a ®imilar robbery in the from his strangely nomadic érip to the West a few weeks ago he announced with an ostentatious flourish ‘of trumpets that he would take personal charge ‘of the in- vestigation of the postal scandals and would make a complete exposure of all frauds before he left Washington for his summer vacation. Previgus to that some progress had heen made in the work of ex- posure. One or two postal: officials had. been indicted and some of the methods of cheating the government. exposed. A con- tractor or two had also been uncovered to public view and" popular execration, but the people were not satisfied until RoosE- 'VELT had ‘spoken in his usual pompous style. } £m Now what has happened since. Nearly all the newspapers have been silenced and so far as the public is able $0 ascertain the refrain from any expression of preference as to a presidential candidate for next year for two valid reasons. The first is that in- asmuch as the Republican candidate is cer- tain to have the vote ‘of hs State in the electoral college it would be modest as well as decent to allow: thuse States which must be depended on for! his election to suggest the ‘candidate. * The other reason is more to the point and deserving of con- sideration. It is that the campaign should be conducted on local issues, that is ques- tions of state policy, and fiaticual politics ought, therefore, to be excluded from the platform, ar The obvious purpose of the Republican leaders is to drag national questions into the campaign with the view of so exciting the prejudices of men of that party faith that they will refase to listen to the evi- { sm § It was only a few days ago Xo ’ Since Lena and I were talking so ;- Good-bye, dear Lena, I'll see Ee more But I hope to meet you on the Sb shore. No more will you keep our book’ With a bright and pleasant look ; No more will you our names enroll, No more will you the pages unfold. I would that I like prophets old,’ y Could tell, Oh, tell where is the ‘soul. No more will you be on alert, * No more speak in my concert, No more hearing the Golden Rule] No more with us in Sunday school. * I remember on last June " i - Lena sang a pretty tune, ' She sang it in my school concert, She was so gay, bright and, pert ; But Lena will sing no more for me, She's singing now in eternity. ” The song she sang was “Grandmama’s Rest,” I think she loved that song best; ' ° s hi ¥ 1 ps and iss Ger- sie but ey ' trude. Ti Se , rid -A Sa down -the flue as ond Sie: the’ noonday mea nessed by Isaac B. Bowsers Whose, Ae was called ‘to the swarm hd Sion aifendis low near. the Culbert home r..Bowser has + been ‘a bee fancier for along time and says this is the first time he ever heard of : a gars) shuffling off in this way. Hy (Ang —The Coroner’s jury sitting in the inquest on the man who was found in Dead Man's Hole near Lewistown, on the morning. of July 4th, with four bullets in his body, re- turned a verdict to the effect that the man came to his death at the hands of a person or persons unknown. The dead man ‘was a first discovered them wig re ® 0 together probable t at it some of the car- pet knights in - Washington who are clamoring for his retirémentiwere to un- dertake such a ride tliéy* Would be eating frappe from the mantle throughout the next social season in the vational capital. investigation has been stopped entirely. Af least no further ‘exposures have been made, no new, indictments returned, no more dismissals of officials and: absolutely no prosecutions have occurred, though "ROOSEVELT has’ been on his summer vaca- tion at Oyster Bay for. nearly two weeks. Meantime the professional lobbyist PAYNE, appointed originally ‘because he was a practical politicia, continues to discharge the duties of the office. of Postmaster Gen- eral with the full canfidepoe of the Presi dent in his methods and the full: endorse- ment of his administratiod. It would appear like les, majeste to inti- mate that President ROOSEVELT i is conniv- I hope she, too, has gone to rest Sleeping on a peaceful breast. Pole about 20 years old, 5 feet, 64 inches high, with smooth face and dark auburn hair. The following articles were found on his person: A. Catholic prayer book in the Polish language, with the letters ‘‘Wm. E.” or “‘M. E.) on the back; a Catholic scapula, a button of the Mine Workers’ Union, No.2, a light watch: chain with a'square charm con- taining a compass, and’ a fob’ ribbon, with watch hook’ and gilt buckle!’ °° \ZAlexander K. Shimer, a well known and much respected resident of Gaysport, was in- stantly. killed by.a bolt; of lightning on Sats urday, just before noon, during the preva- lence of a thunder storm. ; M#.: Shimer, and \ several otherimen »were lifitvesting: on'the Jerry C. Mattern farm, ‘adjoining Gayéport, case of the Edin bro state Normal school and might Neko the fact that dences of corruption in the publio life of the Commonwealth’ and ignore protests against the iniquities of recent legislation. With that idea in mind the Republican state platform studiously avoided reference to the atrocious press: muzzler, the ripper bill, the franchise steals and the other malevolent legislation enacted during the last three sessions under the direction of QUAY and for the benefit of himself and his followers. It would be inexcusable folly for the Democrats to pursue the same course. x There is nothing to be: said in the plat: form of the coming Democratic state con- Lena was born in seventy-nine, She grew to be sc true and Kind ; | Among the others you Faupslied, A girl that had a greater mind. Crushed to death by a trolley car, Gone to sound at judgment's bar ; Gone to hear her final doom, Way beyond the sun and Moon; fs Professor J. A PER, for many years the efficient head of that institution, was deposed for the reason that he declined to have any part in the transaction. The QUAY hine was determined, bowever, that thefacts shonld not be made public on that ion and the obedient servant of the gan§f, Judge GORDON, who is now accused of buying his nomination for re-election toithe bench, served their parpose by ruling out all such evidence. We are glad to heir that there is now a probability of developing the facts and — Towns along the north branch of the Susquehanna are evidently Jogking up their chances of becoming summer resorts. A sea - lion escaped from a circus up there some time ago and has been making iteelf very much at home in the river ever since, with the result that the stories of sea ser- pents at the sea side are tame reading now- a-days in comparison with what this soli- tary sea lion intends’ doing along the Sus- “Lord have. ‘mercy, Lord have mercy,” were the last. words that Lena prayed ;., “Take this heavy car off me,” so her dear be- loved said. He it was by her side In her dying, bicycle ride ; Oh, my dear Saviour hide That they too in heaven abide. ith ex # nS TS esi RN quehanna. ~— Cousin Colonel ED. is off bucking up cousin Governor SAM at the military en- campment of the First brigade this week. Between them they have had a great time getting up enough courage to sit astride a military In fact, cousin Governor SAM backed clear out and crawled into a safe old while cousin Colonel ED only became sure of his seat in the saddle after hours of jolting up and down Bellefonte’s And both of thém claim ‘to have been raised on a farm. charger during the necessary functions. carry-all, back streets in practice. though the statute of limitations guaran- tees the personal safety of the participants in the crimes, she. exposure, if complete, will make exceedingly interesting reading. Besides it will bave a tendency to promote honesty in legislatién for a time at least ‘and should coutribdte to the permanent re- tirement to an infamous oblivion of a number of legislative corruptionists who profited by these robberies of state institu- tions. Mr. SHANNON, although somewhat be- lated in his efforts, should bave the full sympathy and sappert of ever honest citi- zen. i ing at the escape from punishment of the criminals who have been looting the treas- ury for years in the condnt, of the Post Office Department. But. what other course is there left for an ohserver of events in relation to the mat thet ? “When the ex- posnres were first i e Mr. PAYNE tried to throw the mantle of secrecy about the inquiry and his conduct was promptly de- nounced as savify of sympathy with the criminals. 10w ROOSEVELT has adops- ed nly ht "same course and why should there be any difference in the inter- prefation ? A'spade is a spade and crime is the same, whether Pepeirated by one man or another. vention on any subject other than those of state interest and state centrol. The vicious legislation of the last three sessions of the Legislature, the looting. operations of the QUAY machine, the ripping up of governments of the people and the atro- cious press muzzler supply issues enough for the state campaign and county cam- paigns in every county in the State. If the crimes committed against the people within the State are properly presented there will be in the platform thas restrict: ed abundance of materials not only to make a campaign but to put a large num- ber of the Republican leaders in prison. BE —— EP] 0, Lord have mercy, thus she prayed, Into death’s jaws then she swayed ; 0, God who is never out of arise, ! ; Answer the words ‘that Lena pr afed. | § and Her dear othpanion’ s name was John, I know not when or where he was born, But all 1 can say and say ere long, id That Lena has been here, but now she is gone. : Gone, Gone, I know not where, If she’s in heaven I'll meet Her there ; 0, God who always answers prayer, May her home be bright and fair. . . For you have & mother there s Clothed in garments bright and gi Sn Slippers of a golden pair, Ee So now dear relatives, do, not Wobp, Lena has only fallen sleep. and had Just finished a field when the storm camé up.’ The other men ‘went. to. he’ barn but, Mr. Shimer started to, 20.to, a near way across the fields, when, he, was stricken down, the entire back of his head being crushed to a jelly. : The body was sub- sequently discovered lying in the'field, by a son of Mr. Mattern who was ‘taking the horses out’ to pasture. The deceased was about 65 years of age. He was a veteran of the civil war, a member of the Chimney Rock lodge, Sons of Temperance, a real es tate .assessor and a school. director: of Gays- port borough. He was an upright citizen and a member of the Methodist Episcopal ehurch of Hollidaysburg. He is survived by six daughters and one son.
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