0 it every. other day, when there is
Sa Pr
¥ préeiation of merit, when they see it ina
_ man like Mr. LEHR. “Any fellow who can
"noodle .or ‘a Nance, is to be admired for
* having gotten there—even though the there.
er
Sai
BY P. GRAY MEEK.
Ink Slings.
—GROVER CLEVELAND is pap again.
Who says he is too old to be President
again ?
;—The manner in which United {States
common’ is’ being pounded looks as if if
could beat the water-melon in per cent of
water.
—Surface indications show no sign of
the overworking of Mr. ROOSEVELT’S sfren-
uosity in the job of uncovering the postal
scandals.
—1I is water on the stock that is causing
all the trouble for the United States Steel
Co., and some say that its president has
the same trouble on the brain.
—Poor SCHWAB. The newspaper cor-
res pondents are chasing him as if he were
the pot of gold at the end of their rainbows.
He is about as evanescent, too.
—A new triumvirate appears toc be !form-
ing: ROOSEVELT-RooT-WoOD. ' How long
will it be before history will be felling
coming ages of a fallen American Empire.
—There is a comet somewhere in the
sky, but few of the people who stay out
iate at nights are as much interested in it
as they are in keeping off the snakes that
appear to be crawling on their pathway
homeward.
—Russia, with her more than one huon-
dred million population and more than a
million ‘soldiers and sailors, thinks she can
whip Japan, with her fifty thousand troops,
if Gt. Britian and the United States keep
their hands off. Great is Russia !
—The Pennsylvania clergyman who
traveled eight thousand miles in search of
an ideal wife has’come home without her.
The world is very small, after all, and
women eight thousand miles away have
about the same frailties as the ones right
here in the old Keystone State.
—During the King’s levee in Dublin on
‘Wednesday evening no less than sixty ad-
dresses were presented to him. But here
is where the king has the bulge on other
prominent visitors. He ordains that all
addresses must be presented in manuscript,
not orally, then nobody dares to get mad
if he doesn’t read them.
—The judge who has just handed down
a decision ruling that a woman’s kisses are
her own personal property and she can do
wi th them as she pleases, without fear of
an injunction being sued out by her hus-
band, has rendered the single men of the
co untry signal service, but the poor mar-
ried fellows——Well they are different.
—Fourteen of the fifteen judges on
the bench in Philadelphia are Republican
in a country}
di strict that is Democratic, you will ‘hear
Republican papers of that city yawping
about the necessity of a non-partisan
judiciary. There are people who don’t
seem to know what consistency is.
—S ome fellow away up in New England,
who thinks he knows all about it, tells us
that Pennsylvania Legislators are declining.
It may appear so to a chap ata distance,
but here where we bave every reason to
know all about them, we doubt if any
body can be found who ever heard of a
Pennsylvania Legislator declining any-
thing.
—The President was unablé to attend
church. on; Sunday because ‘‘the weather
was 80 disagreeable.”’ Mrs.: ROOSEVELT
and the children were able to go, however.
In that there is a_ great similarity between
the ‘President and his family and many
Bellefonte men and theirs. Incidentally,
had it been on the eve of a campaign and had
he had a campaign speech on hand you can
gamble that no storm that ever came out of
the heavens would bave kept him away.
' —-The newspapers that are making fun
of Mr. HARRY LEHR, the little tin god of
Newp ort sassiety, fail to show a proper ap-
butt his way into swelldom: and win ont
one of its richest girls, with nothing more
‘than a wine agent's start, whether he be a
isn’t a goal that sensible men strive after.
'—The turbulent atmosphere of ‘Jackson,
Kentucky, where twenty-seven lives have:
been lost since the starting of the HARGIS-
CARDWELL fend and the town judge was a
prisoner in: his own: house for eighteen
months; will either be made more turbu-
lent or cleared up hy the proceedings now’
in progress there. The town ‘is under’
mattial law and the military is protecting a
court that is going to try to punish all the
offenders. It is tobe hoped that the law |
will be able to resume its dignity and this
mountain town in’ America saved from ab:
% 2
of 'semi-civilized Servia. '. =
- lénst proving its self worse than the capital |
— Every ‘community is infested with a’
lot of human parasites who contribute
nothing to the public weal: and suck its
substance from it ‘with ‘the rapacity of
vampires. They are a” class’ of selfish,’
narrow-minded, avaricious creatures who
hide. when public spirit or enterprise are,
abroad for fear they will be: asked for ‘a
contri’butiod, ‘yet are ever on the ‘Alert to
profit by the energies of others. No com-
munity is without them and they will al-
ways be present among us. Justas the
cyclops live on figh,the vampire and lice on,
animals so. thie human parasite will cop- |
tinue to live on his fellows. : a a
| such instruction is much needed: 1 x5 +
VOL. 48
Fooling The People. -
Local Republican managers in some of
the counties of Pennsylvania imagine that
they are expressing reprobation of the
iniquitous press muzzler by ignoring Gov-
ernor PENNYPACKER in their platforms.
In our neighboring county of Clearfield
this deception was practiced and in York
county the other day the same course was
adopted. Asa matter of fact, however,
this is only an attempt at fooling the more
credulous of the opponents of the atrocious
muzzler. That bill was amply and earnest-
ly endorsed in the resolution adopted in
both counties referred to commending the
candidates of the Republican party for
state offices and the Senators who were
actually behind the muzzler.
The press muzzler was not a creature of
Governor PENNYPACKER’S mind alone.
He referred to the need of such a law in
his inaugural address, but he wasn’t ex-
pressing simply his own views. The day
Senator QUAY was summoned into a crim-
inal court and compelled to plead the
statute of limitations in order to escape
conviction on a charge of violating the
law, the press muzzler was born. It is
the creature of QUAY’Ss malice and of
PENNYPACKER'S blindness. PENNY-
PACKER adopted it because 'he wanted it
and for the reason that QUAY desired him
to do so. Being the subservient tool of
QUAY he didn’t dare refuse even had he
concluded so to do. But;the measure was
QUAY’S measure in the beginning and be-
came the property of the Republican party
because QUAY forced it upon the party.
Among the sapporters of the bill in the
Legislature was State Senator WILLIAM P.
SNYDER. That gentleman had nogrievance
against the press. He bad- been treated
not only kindly but leniently by the news-
papers of: the State. But he is said
to have been promised the nomination for
Auditor General as a cousideration for
his vote for the muzzler and he ao-
cepted the ‘bribe. Those 'whoare op-
posed to the measure should declare
against SNYDER and PENNYPACKER there-
fore, and against the Republican ticket
which represents the forlorn hope of. QUAY
for a restoration of his power over the ‘ma-
chine in this matter. The Republicans are
only trying to fool the people. .
pafike dg
=
The Judicial Salary Grab.
There can be no doubt of the purpose of
the Republican machine to put the new
judicial salary bill in operation at the time
fixed in the ext of that measure. The bill
is clearly and unequivocally unconstitu-
tional, but that makes no difference. The
organic law of the State forbids the increase
of the salary of any public official during the
time for which he has been elected. . Every,
judge on the bench and every lawyer at the
bar knows that the new act violates that
provision. But the judges construe the law
and they are certain to interpret it to their
own advantage. In fact they bave already
induced a prominent Philadelphia lawyer
to interpret it in their favor with the idea
of adopting his construction.
If'this plan-is carried out the judges will
get the increased salary provided for in the
law, but the favor will come to them at
vast expense.” It will be at the cost of the
self-respect of every judge who is benefitted
and at the sacrifice of popular confidence.
No intelligent man can entertain an opinion
of the integrity of any judge who votes to
put money in-his pocket in violation of the
constitution which he has sworn to *‘‘sup-
port, obey and defend.’” They might as
well break into bank vaults and take out
the money held there in trast for deposit-
ors as to rob the State Treasury by takiog
money which is forbidden to them by the
law which is the basis of the state govern-
ment. This is a self-evident and self-sup-
porting proposition.
“In this connection it might be well to call
the attention of the judges of the State to
the record of what were at the time known
as the ‘‘salary grabbers’’ in Congress.
There were some distinguished men among
that group whg voted to increase the ocon-
gressional salary from $5,000 to $7,500 a
year and made it retroactive. Every one
of them was is entitled to the increas-
‘ed pay provided for in the act and some of
‘them drew it. {But what was the result?
‘Not one of the fot in this State was return-
‘ed or ever eleoted to any other office . of
‘honor or emolument and some who were
regarded as impregnably fixed in the con-
fidence of the people were obliged to cover
the money into the treasury in order to
secure a re-election. In this record there
ig a lesson for the judges. iol
r
——There isa fine opportunity. at pres-
ent for boys and girls to learn to use their
hands and to make use of ‘these summer’
weeks that pass so quickly. Mr. Willian ]
Potter and his wife, both skilled artists,
have started a class twice a week in Miles-
burg, teaching drawing, sketching and
modeling, terms moderate. It is hoped’
they may be enconraged to coutinpe. as.
“v| time to give him a tenure in that office of
‘| nearly a quarter of a century and will shut
Death of Pope Leo.
At no other time in the history of civili-
zation since the Reformation could the
death of the head of the Roman church
have created so profound a sentiment of
sorrow throughout the world as is felt on
the announcement of the end of the exem-
plary life of Pope. Leo XIII on Monday
last. And more than any other agency or
individual who has lived within that per-
iod he was responsible for the change.
The minds of all men have broadened and
tolerance has taken the place of bigotry in
the human heart. But the dead Pontiff
took a leading part in that broadening pro-
cess and instead of the prejudice which ex-
isted at the time of his accession to the
Papal throne between the Protestant and
Catholic worlds there is now nothing but
kindness and fraternity.
Pope LEO was a remarkable man in var:
ious particulars. A recluse, he bad never
lost any of the characteristics of the man
of affairs. A scholar, he was never pedan-
tic or eccentric. A statesman of the high-
est standard, be was not austere. A diplom-
atist of great ability, he was neither mys-
terious nor artful. He was simply a plain,
earnest and honest Christian man who
lived up to the lofty standards which he
taught. His life was pure and just. He
lived less for his church than for the broth-
erhood of man but he served his church
admirably because he made people believe
in his christian virtues and benevolent
purposes and convinced even those who
disagreed with him of the righteousness of
hig life. In that way he robbed his antag-
onists of their weapons.
Of the ceremonials which attended his
last hours and will be a part of the pro-
cesses of the choice of his successor little
need be said. They have been presented
in the news columns of the WATCHMAN
and represent the medieavalism of the
church. But we may express our pro-
found admiration of the character and gifts
of the man and bear testimony to the uni-
versal appreciation of his virtues. He was
not only among the first of his day and
generation in learning, but in science, in
state-craft and in all the qualities which
make up the sum of human excellence he
was a leader. His deat is a loss to the
world, as well as a bereavem
his taith.. We hope his successor may be#
man of his excellent type and magnificent
character.
General Wood’s, Promotion.
The President has nominated General
LEONARD WooD to the rank of Major
General in the regular army, jumping him
for that purpose over the heads of a consid-
erable number of Brigadier Generals who
have served since the beginning of the
Civil war. Less than five years ago Gen-
eral WooD was on the medical staff of the
army with the rank of Captain or Major.
After the election of MCKINLEY he bad
been assigned to service in the White
House as physician to the President’s fam-
ily. When the Spanish war broke out he
was commissioned to raise a regiment of
irregulars which became known as the
Rough Riders with THEODORE ROOSEVELT
next in command as Lieutenant Colonel.
The first important service performed by
the Rough Riders was at the battle at
Santiago when they stormed San Juan hill.
According to the records of the army
Colonel WooD was in command of the
troop but we call to mind no mention of
bis name in the accounts of the operation.
ROOSEVELT was there and so far as the re
ports indicate he was in command. At
least whatever of good was achieved went
to his credit and the impression was creat-
ed that his superior officer was simply a
figure head. Soon after that, however, he
became conspicious. It was desired to ad-
vance ROOSEVELT and WooD was in his
way, 80 that WooD was advanced . first.
He was made Brigadier General of veclun-
teers and appointed Military Governor of
Cuba.
After the death of MCKINLEY General
Woop made rapid progress. From Briga-
dier General .of volunteers he was trans- |_
ferred to the regulars with the same rank
and made civil as well as military Gov-
ernor of Cuba. General BROOKE had to
be disposed of to: accommodate conditions
to these plans and some articles’ of censure
were published. in one of the leading maga-
zines, the authorship-of which ie ascribed
to WooD. They served the purpose and
BROOKE = was « removed. ~ Since thal
BROOKE'S friends accuse WooD of treachery,
but, that didn’t interfere. with his rapid
progress : toward: Lientenant Geueral in
the office off from some. of the grizzled
veterans beyond hope.) nono,
. DD iii | ;
a ¥ terme of tas ot ¥
.——The : story to. the effect. that two
young men from the vicinity of Snow Shoe
were recently caught” with twenty-eight
tront under the six 'inghi limit and when
the warden wanted . to. see inside their
baskets they resisted-and-were- later fined
1'$480, cannot: be vérified upbn investigation.
ns to those of { ©
STATE RIGHTS AND FEDERAL UNION. jo
BELLEFONTE, PA., JULY 24, 1908.
Beavers is Unobliging.
Mr. BEAVERS, who was chief of the di-
vision of salaries and allowances in the
“Post-office Department during the halcyon
period of loot, recently interrupted] in
that branch of the governmeu$, has been
indicted by a federal grand jury, in
‘Brooklyn, but he'absolutely’ refuses to be
tried. I am comfortably situated in New
York, he says in substance to the authori-
ties in Brooklyn and refuse fo go to Brook-
lyn to be put in jail. I am not entirely
averse to a legal investigation of the sub-
‘ject, he adds inferentially, but if you want
me you must come after me. But they
don’t come after him. They stay on their
side of the big river and he can remain on
the other they practically declare.
BEAVERS had been enjoying the luxury
of a generous rake-off in the purchase of
various articles for the Post-office Depart-
ment among which were cash registers.
There was no more necessity for cash regis-
ters in a post-office than there is for a muz-
zle on a dog’s tail, but the rake-off made
Mr. BEAVERS think there ought to ‘be
from one to ‘half a dozen in every office.
So thinking he urged postmasters to make
requisitions for cash registers and even
threatened them with his displeasure if
they didn’t comply. So there were a good
many cash registers used and in conse.
quence Mr. BEAVERS has been indicted.
But he is not likely to be tried. In fact,
he absolutely refuses to be tried on any oth-
er terms than those whichare satisfactory to
himself and the presumption is that if he
is tried all the others, high and low in the
government, who got a part of that rake-off
and all the others are to be tried also.
Those conditions might be disastrous not
only to President ROOSEVELT’S personal
friends but to some of the leaders in the
movement to get hil nominated and elect-
ed to the office of President next year.
The President can’t stand anything like
that and BEAVER: will probably go free.
He is unkind to treat ROOSEVELT ic that
way, however.
Not a Commercial Success.
The volume of commerce between]ithe
Philippine Islands and this country bas in-
creased $10,000,000. according t0 the treas-
| 13 th kJ
the sovere gnity of the
United States. That is to say in 1897 the
trade between that country and this
amounted in the aggregate to a matter of
$4,000,000 and last year it reached the
total of about $14,000,000. This, the Im-
perialists declareyis a most suhstantial evi-
dence of the merit of ‘the insular system
which has been adopted. It proves be-
yond question, they assert, that trade fol-
lows the flag.
An increase of $10,000,000 in the volume
of commerce with any country would be
gratifying if it had come in a natural or
logical way. But that referred to has
been neither logical nor natural. It is
about like growing pineapples at the North
pole. That is there is no doubt that by
artificial process pine apples could be
grown there if the pole could be found but
they would cost entirely too much to be of
any use from a commercial standpoint.
In other words when tropical ‘fruit grown
at the North pole comes into competition
with that grown in the tropics among peo-
ple who eat tropical fruit the difference in
cost and. price would be so great that no-
body could afford to eat the North pole
produce.
For example,in order to increase the vol-
ume of trade between the points in ques-
tion this country has been obliged to spend
nearly $500,000,000 or $50 for every dollar
represented in the trade operation includ-
ing 20st and profit and to maintain the in-
crease it is necessary to spend three times
the actual value of the commerce in order
to preserve order and teach the people
there that being stronger and richer we
have a right to force a government of onr
design upon them notwithstanding the;
Declaration of Independence to the effeot||
that such an action is usurpation and a
criminal misuse of power.
All Honor to the Street Committee.
rien.
Every person who is interested in the
appearance of Bellefonte, as well as in the
investment of public funds in a way that
makes for permanent improvements, will
join the WATCHMAN in congratulating the
Street committee of council for having at
last begun the wall alonz Water street.
Under the peculiar conditions that have
existed in that body for some time the be-
ginning of this work is a matter of credit
to the few men who have persisted in
pushing it to completion, notwithstanding
the opposition of the members who after
spending all the money they conld last
year withoat any. material advantage to
the community, have become suddenly
seized with wonderment as to where the
money for this much to be desired improve-
ment is to. come from. . Of course such: a
question never came up last year ?
The wall along. Water street, let it cost
what it may—should he made right and
the WATCHMAN feels certain of ite ground |
when it assures the Street committee that:
the public; will never object’ to paying that.
bill, at: least.
5
eyes was toward the great i
No.2.
The Venerable Head of the Roman Catholic Church
Succumbs to Iliness. Great Battle With Death.
RoME, July 20.—Pope Leo XIII is
dead. The last flicker of life expired at
four minutes past 4 o’clock this afternoon
and the pontiff now lies at rest.
;.1'Ehe period of over two weeks shat Pope
Leo passed in the shadow of death, was no
less wonderful than his life. | His splendid
battle against disease was watched the
world. over with sympathetic admiration
and ended only after a series of tremendous
efforts to conquer the weakness of his aged
frame by the marvelous will power of his
mind. = The pleuro-pneumonia, with
which his holiness had been suffering, was
scarcely so responsible for his death as that |
inevitable decay of tissue which ensues
upon ninety-three years of life. The tested
steel which had bent so often before human
ille was bound to break at last.
. To-night . ‘the emaciated and lifeless
frame, which held so brave a spirit, lies on
the bed in the. vatican beside which
almost all the world has prayed. The red
damask coverlet rests lightly over the body,
the candinal’s scarlet. cape is about the
shoulders, while on his head has been plac-
ed the papal hood of velvet, bordered with
ermine, . | JE ant Jae seri ot
A white handkerchief is bound abous his
chin and in; the hands which have bless-
ed so many thousands, has been placed a
crucifix. So Pope Leo will remain until
to-morrow, watched by uniformed : officers
of the noble guard and rough-clad peniten-
tiaries, who will keep a ceaseless vigil
until the burial occurs... 0
To-morrow . the sacred college of. car-
dinals will assemble for the impressive cere-
mony of officially pronouncing Pope Leo
dead. After this sad function has been
performed the body will. be taken to the
small throne room adjoining the death
chamber, where it will be embalmed. The
funeral cerqmonies will extend over nine
days, the remains ‘being removed to the
cathedral of St. Peter, where they will: lie
in state. . The ultimate resting place of the
dead pontiff will be in the magnificent: Bas-
ilica of St. John the Lateran. {de
Pope Leo’s final moments were marked
by the same serenity and devotion, and
when he was conscious, that calm. intelli-
gence which is associated with his twenty-
fiveyears’pontificate. His was no easy deaths
An hour before he died, turning to Dr.
Lapponi and his valet, Pio Centra, he mur-
mured, ‘‘The pain I suffer is most terri-
ble.” Yet; his parting words were not of the
physical anguish that he suffered, but were:
whispered benediotions upon the cardinals!
and his nephews, who knelt ab the bedside
and the last ‘look of his almost sightless:
ia ad
soul. Earlier in the day Cardinal Serafio
Vannutelli had impressively pronounced
the absolution in articulo mortis.
The condition of his holiness varied from
agony to coma, Wishing to relieve him,
Dr. Mazzoni suggested that morphine
shonld be administrated but Dr. Lapponi
did not agree, fearing that the end might
be guickened. Of this supreme moment,
Dr. Lapponi gives an impressive desorip-
tion. He said :
‘‘Death . occurred through exhaustion,
although in the last two hours Pope, Leo
made a supreme effort to gather together
all his energies. He succeeded in recog-
nizing those about him by the sound of
their voices, as his sight was almost en-
tirely lost. Still he made a marvelous
display of his energy and even his death
was really grand. It was resigned, calm
and serene. Very few examples can be
given of a man of such advanced age, after
80 exhanstive an, illness, showing such
supreme Sourage in dying. The pontifi’s
last breath was taken exactly at four min-
utes past 4., I approached a lighted candle
to his mouth three times, according to the
traditional ceremonial and afterward de-
clared the pope to be no more. I then
went to inform Cardinal Oreiglai, the dean
of the sacred college, who immediately as-
sumed full power and gave orders that the
vatican be cleared of all curious persons
baving no right to be therein. Contempo-
raneously the cardinal instructed Monsignor
Righi, master of ceremonies, to send the
Swiss guards from the Clementine hall, to
close all the entrances to the vatican and
dismiss all persons from the death chamber
the body being entrusted to the Franciscan
penitentiaries.”’
The cardinal is the exact antithesis of
Pipe Leo, having none of the late pontifi’s
sympathetic and benevolent characteristics.
He comes from noble Piedmontese stock
and his nobility is shown in his haughty
and austere bearing. He is not popular
among his colleagues or the Romans and
his brusque manner has earned him the
title of ‘The Piedmont Bear.”
This is the man who for the time being is
ractically Pope. It was he who issued
‘theebrdérs to clear the vatican from in-
'truders’and Lrought tranquility out of the
confusion immediately following Pope
Leo’s death. *
The death of the pontiff occurred ata
time when all was singularly calm about
the vatican. hi
Beside the bronze doors which lead to
the vatican some twenty or thirty men and
boys and a handful of gendarmes lazily
awaited the news.
Inside, the Swiss guards lolled on a
hench and complained of the heat.
At twenty minutes past 4 a man dashed
madly across St. Peters’ square, then quite
empty. A second later ‘another followed
on a bicycle. Within a few seconds, as if
by magic, newspaper men, gendarmes and:
messengers runnibg, driving and gesticu-
lating, dashed to and from fro the portals
of the vatican. '
Like a wireless message ‘there flashed
around the words ‘He is dead.”
The French ambassador’s carriage drove
furiously from the vatican and drew up at
a nearby telegraph office. Without waiting
for the horses to stop the ambassador jump-
ed out and notified. his government of the
Pope’s death. Sil» :
There soon followed the cardinals, who,
‘with set faces, drove slowly homeward.
Behind the shutters of Pope Leo’s room,
which still remain closed, all was over.
( Continued on page 4.)
Spawls from the Keystone.
"—Lincoln Kennedy, proprietor of the Mt.
Morris flour mill at Mt. Morris, Green coun-
ty, lost both arms Saturday morning by being
caught in the shafting at the mill.
—The Citizens’ Water company, of Scott-
dale, has been stied by A. C. Bittner for $25,-
000 for locating a dam which, he alleges, cut
off the water from a run that passes through
his farm.
—Thomas Gorman, aged twelve years,
died Saturday at Philadelphia from tetanus.
the result of an injury received on the 4th,
of July. This makes the eighth victim from
lock-jaw in the Quaker city since Independ-
ence day.
—Mrs. Lula Johnson, thirty-five years old
and colored, died Sunday of smallpox at the
Pittsburg Municipal hospital, after an illness
of twenty days. With her death an entire
family has been wiped out, her husband and
son both being carried off by the same dis-
ease a short time ago.
—While attempting to get away from
special officer Wise, of the Pennsylvania rail-
road, who had chased him from a train,
Kenyon Taylor, of Harrisburg was shot and
dangerously wounded near Mifflin Tuesday
afternoon. The young man is in charge of a
surgeon, to whom he was taken by a rail-
road officer.
.—George Himes, aged 14 years, employed
on the farm of M. L. Sams, near Mann’s
Choice, Bedford county, was instantly killed
the other day. He was helping to unload a
load of hay by means of a hay fork. Sudden-
ly the trace broke and the singletree flew
back striking the lad on the back of the
head, with fatal results.
—When the two headings of the new
Gallitzin: tunnel met a few" days ago it was
found that the work of the engineering corps
had been so correct and that the lines had
been so correctly followed by the workmen
who dug the excavation that the two open-
ings lacked. only one and one-half inches of
forming a perfect connection. . To. celebrate
the event ‘the. men took a day off.
—John Behee, of Wilkesharre, died there
Saturday night, aged 54. . He was known as
the ‘hairless man.” There was not a single
hair on his whole body. In early youth he
had a spell of sickness and all his hair came
out. Eminent pbysiciansin different parts
of the country treated his case, but could not
restore the hair, Nature came partly to his
rescue. The scalp became “very hard and
was imperyious to. the cold. Behee worked
outside on the coldest days without headgear
and never felt the effects of the cold.
—What is expected to be the largest con-
vention in the history of ‘the western Penn-
sylvania Firemen’s Association is scheduled
to take place in Latrobe during the week of
August 11th. Delegates from all sections of
the State have written to the committee
chairman announcingitheir intention of being
present. Arrangements have been made by
the executive committees of the Connells-
ville, Pitcairn, and Beaver Falls fire depart-
‘ments for camping out during the conven-
the erection of tents have
ambers Islands; the old
burg has the honor of successfully treating a
case of lock-jaw. Eugene Kennedy, a lad
aged 9, was wounded in the hand by a toy
pistol on the Fourth of July and ina short
time tetanus developed. Now he has almost
recovered from the disease and his condition
is improving every day. The physicians
started the treatment with ten grain doses
of chloral, an amount that a few years ago
would have been thought surely fatal. After
controlling the spasms with this drug, an-
titetanic serum was used persistently.
Chloroform was used during the action of
the spasms.
—In his annual report the general sec-
retary of the Huntingdon Young Men's
Christian Association says: ‘According to
the census of 1900, there are in Huntingdon
950 young men between the ages ofi18 and
35. Only 98 of these are members of Prot-
estant churches. Where are the other 850 ?
Saturday evening, June the 17th, between
the hours of 8and 10, by actual count, 427
young men entered the .five bar rooms of
Huntingdon. The following morning 88
young men were in attendance at church.
In the evening of the same day, ‘the number
was slightly larger, but at the same time,
during the evening church hour, 20 young
men were counted at one time in places
illegally kept open. We his
—Robert Myers, an employe of Macklen’s
bottling works, at Jersey Shore, had an ex-
perience Thursday morning that he will not
likely care to repeat again in a hurry. While
a freight elevator -was being lowered from
the second floor to the basement, Myers had
his right hand caught in a cog wheel of the
gearing. The hand was held fast by the
wheels and Myers “was lifted from the plat-
form of the elevator and held suspended be-
tween the ceiling and floor. With a SUDEr-,
human effort Myers raised himself and
caught hold of a rope with his left hand and
thus relieved the awful strain from his
mangled hand. The cries of Myers brought
his fellow workmen to his aid and he was're-
leased with difficulty. His hand was badly
crushed and his elbow sprained. inti
. —Richard Schmidt, aged 17 years, Sat-
urday afternoon with his father Charles
Schmidt, of Elmira, N. Y., boarded an east-
‘bound freight train at the water station east
of Tyrone with the intention of beating: their
‘way to Harrisburg: About 2: o’clock when
near Birmingham the boy: lost his hold and
was : thrown! falling ‘oir ‘the tracks. ‘The
wheels caught him at the hips crushing him
in two, Tho remains’ were taken to
Tyrone by the work ‘train and Dr. B. J.
Fu n, summoned, but his, services were
me the young eS died on.
the way: to the depot.. The body was, given
in chatge of undertaker Graham who had it
prepared for burial, and later turned over to
the poor anthorities. Sunday afternoon at4
o'clock interment was made in Tyrone ¢ceme-
tery. The. father, Charles Schmidt afew
y . Yiy
months ago buried his wife at Elmir
and shortly after: with his son, his only
child, left Elmira and went to, Jersey Shore,
where he and: his-son .wotked for a short
tilné‘as laborers. Desiring toobtaih' employ
‘mbit elsewhere they were on that’ mission’
‘when the young man-lost his life. ~~ Li
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