A Tt FS Fo ER ab : | SE En ssc a wae *P. GRAY MEEK, - - - Bellefonte, Pa., July 24, 1903. Eprror TERMS OF SusscRipTioN.—Until further notice this paper will be furnished to subscribers at the . following rates : Paid strictly in AAVANCE .oovesrverinerreces Paid before expiration of year. Paid after expiration of year............ J — sleeps nN. eo ee a — Democratic County Ticket, Jury Commissioner—FREDERICK ROBB, Romola County Surveyor—J. H. WETZEL, Bellefonte. Pope Leo XIII is Dead! - (Concluded from page 1.) The heavy bronze doors were swung to and entrance to the vatican was only obtainable by knocking at a little wicket which was closely kept within by the papal guard and without by the Italian police. On the steps of St. Peter’s sat a group of young Roman princes discussing the situa- tion. Nearby was gathered almost every type of peasant and workingwomen who make Rome so picturesque. A few entered the basilica itseif and there offered np pray- ers for Leo’s soul. Among the supplicants were many monks who, with hands up- lifted, prayed long and earnestly at the gates of the dimly lighted shrines. RoME, July 21—1:45 p. m.—The square of St. Peter’s is absolutely deserted. The only lights are those glimmering feebly from the window of the death chamber, where the Franciscan penitentiaries are keeping their death watch without the se- clusion .of the shutters which during his lifetime Pope Leo kept closed at night. The crowds dispersed at an early hour. The battalion of infantry which took up its position in reserve under the porticos on both sides of the square had nothing to do and was withdrawn at half-past 10. Only half a dozen policemen now guard the pre- cinets of the vatican and Rome sleeps with- out any political or other turmoil on ac- count of the death of the 263d pope. INCIDENTS IN THE LIFE OF THE POPE WHO OCCUPIED THE PAPAL CHAIR SINCE 1878. His Holiness was born at Carpineto, in the Diocese Anagni, in the Papal States, March 2, 1810, being christened under the name of Vincent Giaccimo (Joachim) Raphael Lewis. The name Vincent was given him by his‘ mother, who had great ven- eration forthe father Dominican mission- ary, St. Vincent Ferrieri, Bishop of Valence but after her death he used the name Joa- chim, which he kept. The famous Soniety of Jesus, which ib was afterward the first care of his Pontifi- cate to restore to its ancient prestige in the councils of the church, was entrusted with his education, young Pecci being sent, ab the age of eight years, to the Jesuit College at Viberbo, where he remained until his fourteenth year. At this time his mother died and he shortly afterward proceeded to Rome to continue his studies at the Jesuit College in that city. When he was eigh- teen years old he secured the first prize for chemistry and physics. His aptitude for natural science, however, in no way inter- fered with his taste for literature and classic: al studies, and .even in thoseearly days he was remarkable for the elegance and purity of his Latin, which subsequently found such notable expression, not only in his encyclicals and ecclesiastical -. work, but in the highest plane of poetry. He obtained in 1831, the degree of Doctor of Divinity and entered the Academy of Noble Ececlesi- astics to study in Jaw and diplomacy and thus qualify himself for joining what may be termed the Papal Diplomatic Service and become conversant with the system of the spiritual government. It is from the ranks of this official body that, in these days, a new Pontiff is almost invariably chosen. ENTERTAINED MARQUIS ; SHOT HIS PALS. In 1837 Joachim Pecei ‘received the sub- diaconate and diaconate and on March 14th of the same year Gregory XVI. made him a domestic prelate, his first promotion, with the title of Monsignor. On December 23, 1837, he was ordained priest by Cardinal Odescalchi, saying his first mass in the Chapel of St. Stanislaus at the Jesuit Novi- ciate of St. Andrew. In 1837 Mgr. Pecoi was named Governor of the Papal Province of Benevento and, like Sixtns V., busied himself with the suppression of brigandage. In connection with this work the following story was told of Mgr. Pecei : ; A certain Marquis called one day to pro- test against what he considered the inter: ference of the Governor and informed the latter that he was just starting for Rome to procure his recall. : ‘Have you considered this step well, Marquis 2’” asked Mgr. Pecci. ‘‘Yes, Mon- siguor,”’ said the other, ‘‘and I'm going at once.” To this the Governor rejoined : ‘‘Resolutions of this kind should be well considered at leisure. You will do me the honor of staying here for the present.” That same night the Marquis’ castle was surrounded and twenty eight brigands of whom he was patron and chief were arrest- ed or shot. NUNCIO AND THEN ARCHBISHOP. From Benevento Mgr. Pecci was trans- ferred to the Governorship of Perugia, where he remained fora year and a half. The voung ecclesiastic, in 1843; was called to exercise his talents in a more important post, being consecrated Bishop in Partibus of Damietta and sent to Brussels as Papal Nunclo. It was as representative of the Vatican at the Belgian capital that he first gained the political insight and experience which have been among the principal char- acteristics of his Pontificate. Mgr. Pecoi remained over three years in Belgium, and on his recall to Italy was decorated with the Grand Cordon of the Order of Leopold. ; After leaving Brussels the Nuncio paid a visit to London. This was in February, - 1846, and in the same year, at the age of barely 36, he was consecrated Archbishop of Perugia. He continued in this position for the thirty two years which intervened before his election to the highest position in the church, his tenure of the Episcopate of Perugia coinciding exactly with the 32 years of the reign of Pius IX. In his labors the Archbishop showed no less energy and zeal than he had displayed as governor of a pontifical state. Among these achievements, he succeeded in purs- ing the Arch-diocese of hrigandage, and cor a certain time all the prisons under his spiritual jurisdiction were empty. Such success did not pass unnoticed, and in 1850 Mgr. Pecci was elevated to the dignity of Cardinal priest. CROWNED POPE AT SIXTY-EIGHT. At the consistory held in 1877, Cardinal Pecci was appointed Camerlingo of the Ro- man Church, which gave him chief charge of the temporalities of the Holy See. In this capacity it became his task to make the necessary arrangements for the Conclave \ for the election of a new Pope after the death of Pius IX, in February, 1878. The Conclave lasted thirty six hours and at the third ballot Cardinal Pecci was elected Pontiff and took the pame of Leo | Supreme. XIII, after the famous Pope Leo XII., at who jubilee he had assisted as a simple stu- dent. He was crowned on March 3rd with "the tiara or triple crown, the ceremony tak- ing place, not in St. Peter’s, where all his predecessors but one had been crowned since 1855, but in the Sistine Chapel in the Vatican, where the Conclave had been held. Public opinion regarded the new Pope as characterized, above all things, by a love of peace, and it was expected thas, departing from the ‘‘non. possumus’’ (‘‘we are not able’’) policy of his predecessor, he would speedily conclude a compromise with the Italian Government and thus put an end to the antagonism between the Vatican and the Quirinal. The world was soon unde- ceived and in his first encyclical, promul- gated the Easter following his accession, Pope Leo XIII. unhesitatingly maintained his demand for the restoration of the tem- poral power of the Papacy, nor did he ever recede from the position then taken up. LEO’S ANTI-SOCIALISM CARD. The policy of the Roman Church certain- ly underwent a development in the direc- tion of moderation, which greatly contrib- uted to increasing the influence of the Vatican abroad. From the very outset, the new Pontiff displayed the greatest interest in the social questions agitating the world of today and in an encyclical issped in De- cember, 1878, proposed to the intellectual forces of Catholicity to contest the propa- ganda of doctrines which his Holiness de- scribed as subservient of social order, al- Iuding especially to the Nihilist movement in Russia. ; | The co-operation afforded by the Pope to the various governments in opposing the growing . forces of social democracy paved the way for the settlement by the Vatican of deputies existing between those govern- ments, both spiritual and civil authorities being, as it were, called upon to merge their differences and make common cause against the common enemy. The first great political achievement of the Pope was the settlement of the differ- ences with Germany which had given rise to the famous Kulturkampf. The rapid spread of anarchistic doctrines in Germany and the attempts made upon the Emperor's life in 1878 induced Prince Bismark to make approaches to the Ultramontane (Catholic) party to secure their support of his economic policy. Herr Falk, the fa- mous author of the May Laws, was remov- ed from office and other concessions were made to the Catholics. Finally, diplomatic relations . with the Vatican were resumed and later Emperor Frederick. then Crown Prince, signalized the restoration of an har- monious understanding by visiting the Pope at the Vatican. ' TEMPORAL POWER HOPES DISSIPATED. A still greater tribute was paid by Ger- many to his Holiness by her selection of him as arbitrator in the dispute with Spain regarding the Caroline Islands, and her deferential acceptance of his decision in fa- vor of the weaker power. His success in this arbitration induced the Pope to declare his readiness to act as arbitrator in other disputes for the benefit of the whole of Eu- rope and of Christendom, but for this, his Holiness declared it to be essential that he should be restored to his liberty as an inde- pendent temporal sovereign. This demand however, met with no response, as far as foreign governments were concerned, and the hopes which had been ¢xpressed in some quarters, that the German Emperor's visit to the Pope in 1888 might lead to Germany advocating the temporal claim of the Holy See, were soon dissipated. The Pope himself, ina letter to the German Bishops, declared that he regarded the pres- ence of Emperor Williaia in Rome as the guest of the Quirinal as a ‘‘deplorable rec- ognition of the accomplished facts.” The interests of the Triple Alliance were not compatible with those of the Vatican and even Catholic Austria could not afford to offend Italy by espousing the Pope’s cause, although Emperor Francis Joseph abstain- ed from visiting King Humbert in the City of Rome and hereby openly recognizing the legality of the Italian Occupation. THE VATICAN AND FRANCE. Perhaps the most remarkable feature of the late Pope’s policy was the change in the attitude which the Vatican had hither- to preserved in regard to the France Re- public. At the beginning of Pope Leo’s reign the identification of the clergy with the Royal- ist movement which gave rise to Gambetta’s famous remark, ‘‘Le Clericalism viola L’Enemi,’’ had caused an antagonism to all that savored of religion which at one time bade fair to lead to the early separa- tion of the Church and State in France. Alive to the danger of the situation, the Pope sought to conciliate the republic by acknowledging it as the established legal form of government and, in 1891, the late Cardinal Lavigerie gave expression to his holiness’ views on this subject, to the great surprise of the Catholic press and the perturbation of not a few members of the French Episcopate. PONTIFICATE REMARKABLE FOR PROPA- GANDA. While thus engaged in political negotia- tions with various countries requiring the greatest address and dexterity, the late Pope paid special attention to the actual work of propagating the Catholic faith, and no Pontifical reign since the Reformation has witnessed such ‘a recrudescence of Catholiciem, or such an extension of the spiritual dominion of the Catholic church, ‘especially in English-speaking countries. ‘As an example of this may be cited the numerous pilgrimages which came to the Eternal City from all parts of the world, for instance at the time of the celebration, December 23rd, 1887, of the jubilee of the Pope’s ordination to the priesthood. The jubilee service in St. Peter's on that oc- casion was attended by 50,000 persons. At the mass the Pope used a golden ewer and basin presented to him by the late Queen Victoria and wore a tiara given by the Emperor of Germany. ‘His holiness also wore a magnificent diamond ring sent him by the Sultan of Turkey as a personal mark of his good will and pleasure. ARCHBISHOP IRELAND'S ‘‘AMERICANISM.”’ In Febuary, 1900, the Pope issued an: encyclical on ‘‘Americanism’’ which caused much discussion, and in June, 1901, he issued a letter on ‘‘Labor,’”’ which also aroused much interest. March 3rd, 1902, the late Pope took part in the public cele- bration in honor of the twenty-fourth an- niversary of his coronation by holding a ‘‘Papal Chapel’’ in the Basilica of 8%. Peter’s, on which occasion he was greeted by 50,000 people. This was the first time a ‘‘chapel” had been held in the Basilica since 1870, such ceremonies having hereto- fore taken place in the Sistine Chapel. Thirty Cardinals were among those present. OPPOSED TO GROWTH OF DIVORCE. The late Pontiff, on March 29th, 1902, published a long encycliate letter, the tone of which suggested testamentary recom- mendations, and in which he deplored the renewed attacks on the Church and the ‘‘recent errors of humanity,’’ instancing divorce, and picturing society as having drifted into a state of Anarchy. The twenty-fourth anniversary of Pope Leo’s coronation was celebrated at the Vatican July 6th, 1902, by the entire Papal Court and thousands of members of all the Catholic societies assembled in Rome for the occasion. LEO’S INCURSION INTO POESY. The last notable encyclical of Leo XIII, was dated October 4th, 1902, and was de- signed to promote study in the Soriptures. In Febuary of this year the Pontiff wrote a poem, dedicated to a friend whom the Pon- $iff desired to advise on the best means of prolonging life. HIS LAST ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION. The twenty fifth anniversary of the late Pope’s election to the chair of St. Peter was celebrated February 20th of this year with elaborave pomp in the Hall of Beati- fication, above the Portico of S¢ Peter’s, on which occasion the venerable prelate was presented with a gold tiara, costing $25, 000, as the jubilee present of the Catholic world, and with large sums of money from varions sources. i The celebration of the twenty-fifth an- niversary of the late Pope’s coronation oc- curred in St. Peter’s March 30th last, with all the impressiveness and grandeur of the Catholie Church. HIS REIGN LONGER THAN PETER’S. On April 28th of this year the Pontificate of the late Pope surpassed in length that of St. Peter, Leo XIII. having then been elected Pope twenty-five years, two months, and seven days, known' as ‘‘The Years of Peter.”’ King Edward visited the late Pope in the latter part of April and Emperor Wil- liam was received by the late Pontiff early in May. Under Leo XIII. the American Diocese almost doubled in number and the Catholic University at Washington was founded. The Pope was represented at the World’s Fair, Chicago, by Monsignor, now Cardi- nal, Satolli, who shortly afterward was ap- pointed Papal Delegate at Washington. His holiness was much gratified when President Roosevelt sent Gov. Taft to Rome to discuss Philippine questions, but one of his greatest dreams, which was never realized, was that America should havea diplomatic representative at the Vatican. Maj. Fry Entertains Co. E. 45th P. V, A Rainy Day Could Not Dampen the Ardor of the Old Boys In Blue or Detract from the Lavish Hospital- ity of Maj. Fry and His Family. < ‘It was wonderful !”’ is about all any of the hundred or more guests who were at the re-union of Co. E, 45th P. V. at the home of Maj. W. H. Fry, near Pine Grove Mills, last Saturday, can find to say about is. Words being altogether inadequate to express their delight at the way they were entertained and their astonichment at the easy grace with which one country family took care of more than one hundred guests on a rainy day they simply say : ‘‘It was wonderful !”? Those who know the Frys, know what genial, whole-souled folks they are and know that they would give away the last thing they own without a thought of regret if they thought it were to bring pleasure to a friend. Knowing this they do not won- der so much that the old boys of Co. E. haven’t got done smiling yet when they talk of the good times and good things they. bad tp eat at their forty second reunion. . . Ope would have thought that a fair day was absolutely essential. In fact it had been expected to entertain the guests at dinner out on the lawn and the tables had already been set for that purpose but the rain that fell in torrents nearly all day put an end to that, though it caused very little concern to the host, who seemed equal to any emergency and picked up and moved inside where everything passed off so pleas- antly that the dreary day out was forgot- ten entirely. The visitors were met at the station at Pine Grove Mills with carriages and driven to Maj. Fry’s home where nnbounded hos- pitality awaited them. Of Co. E. there were just nine members present. There were quite a number of soldiers from other regiments and the bal- ance of the guests were friends and neigh- bors. W. H. Musser, of Bellefonte, 1st Sar- geant of Co. E, was present and was chosen master of ceremonies for the day. The days exercises wére opened by a prayer by Rev. C. T. Aikens, of Pine Grove Mills. Then everybody joined in singing America. Maj. Fry in a neat cut speech bade every- hody welcome and said if they did not see what they wanted, to ask for is. This was responded to by Rev. Aikens in a few well chosen words. Then followed a selection of patriotic war songs after which came the presentation of a beautiful silk umbrella to Maj. Fry by Comrade J. C. Sauers, of State College. Comrade Sauners was quite facetious in his allusion to the old ‘‘befo de wa’’ ‘‘bumb- ershoot’’ that Maj. Fry usually carried and remarked that it really was deserving of being pensioned and retired. The gift was really a very useful one, but as luck would bave it some one of the guests carried it away by mistake that evening and the Major will still cling to his old yellow boy tied up with the woolen yarn. After the dinner, which simply stalled everybody with solid and liquid foods and was away beyond your correspondent’s power of description the men were given cigars and retired to the big tent in the yard, which was converted into a smoking room and an impromptu campfire was held. During its progress Maj. Fry was caned. Comrade Sam Miller, of Bellefonte, did the act in a graceful speech and then Comrade Sauers talked again and Rev. C. T. Aikens followed with a very pretty tribute to the personal worth of Maj. Fry. Letters of regret were read from the for- mer Colonel, James A. Beaver, Rev. Sam’l. Krider, Mrs. J. A. Adair, J. R. Pheasant, Capt. C. P. W. Jones and Col. Fortney. Gen. Beaver’s letter was in part as follows : My DEAR COMRADES :— I have your invitation of July 11th, in- viting me to the forty-second annual reunion of Co. ‘‘E,”” 45th Regt., P. V. I., July 18th instant, at the residence of comrade Fry. You may be sure that it would give me very great pleasure to meet you and the oth- er comrades of your old company on that oc- casion, if it were in my power to do so. I expect to leave for a trip to the Pacific coast, however, on Monday and do not expect to return for several weeks. Please convey to my old comrades my cordial greetings and accept for yourselves my thanks for the in- vitation to be with you. I don’t remember any special firing, when we were ‘at Fredericksburg, guarding the line of the railroad, but we were there all the same and I remember distinctly that in taking a ride with that pretty young lady who lived on the hill beyond Brooke sta- tion, I came upon an outpost of soldiers who scared me worse than I was ever frightened in battle. I suggest that it might be well, if the company can’t claim any credit for that encounter, to put it somewhere that I may get the credit for it. It fortunately hap- pened that the soldiers whom we encountered were our own people picketing the line of one of the streams on the extreme left flank of Pope’s army but I didn’t discover that, until it was too late for me to have retreated, in case they had been the other fellows. This was a little escapade that I do not know that I think I everalluded to before but I think I was for a minute or two about the worst frightened youngster in the 45th regi- ment. I hope you will have a good time and that you will not eat Fry out of house and home. 1 Very cordially your comrade, JAMES A. BEAVER. Then the roll call was made and 9 of Co. E. men answered. © Of the 101 in the origi- nal company only 41 are living as follows : Capt. *¥*Henry Stevens, Lovevyille. Leéut. *A, W. Harper, Philipsbar "i Leut. 4tmstrong Balle , Dents Run, Pa, Sergt. *W. H. Musser, Bellefonte. +" Joseph Bailey, Leansworth, Ks. “Geo. W. Loner, Siormstown. « *Homer 8. Thompson, Waterford, Pa. ¢ Henry Irvin, Altoona. Corporal W. H. Poorman, Bellefonte. “" Perry Cupp, Centre Line. ¢ ‘Joseph B. errymal, Olivia. * John Graham, Bradford. ‘ Theodore Bratton, Hickory, Mo. * J. 8. McCurdy, Altoona. ‘John Giles, Petersburg, Pa. Musician, Wm. Osman, Kentucky. “ Wm. A. Jackson, Philipsburg. Private, Henry Barton, Geyer. ‘| Henry Bressler, Nebraska. «J, P. Bateman, Tyrone. “ Wm, Deter, Erie. * *David B. Allen, Milesburg. “ Wm. Ellenberger. Geyer. *¢ Samuel Eyer, Iowa. ‘Jerry Ewing, Charter Oak, Pa. ‘“ *W. H. Fry, Pine Grove Mills. “ *J. G. Heberling, Pine Grove Mills. ‘ *James Dennis, Philipsburg. + Andrew 1rvin, Lewistown. ‘ David A. Kennedy, Jersey Shore. “Samuel Krider, Windber, Pa. “ *David Love, Bellefonte. ** J. R. Leman, Gatesburg. Henry Miller, Altoona. ¢“ James Mayes, Lamar. ‘“ Geo. M. Marks, Port Matilda. ‘ Wm. A. Poorman, DuBois. ¢ J. R. Pheasent, Mt. Eagle. ‘ Graffius Weston, Port Matilda. ‘“ Sebastian Fisher, Snow Shoe. “ Robart Miller, Bellefonte. *Indicates those present. The day was also the sixtieth anniver- sary of Maj. Fry’s birth and was celebrated with a family reanion. There was but one sad feature to mar it. On the evening be- fore Maj. Fry drove in to Pine Grove to take his aged mother out to his home for the celebration and while he was there she was stricken with paralysis. He spent the entire night at her bedside and just assoon as he conld get away from his comrades on Saturday he hurried back to give her what- ever attention was possible. In celebration of his. birthday his sisters presented him with a handsome watch charm in the form of a G. A. R. insignia. Possibly the most wonderfal thing on all that groaning table of edibles was the Com- pany cake which Mra. Estella Heberling had baked. It was inscribed *‘Co. E. 45th P. V. 1.” and was divided off into 101 sec- tions; one for each member of the original company. Altogether the guests voted it one of the pleasantest days they had ever spent and it is not flattery to either Maj. Fry or his family to say that they were ideal hosts. - ADDITIONAL LOCALS ——Andrew B. Young, foreman in the Centre Democrat office and later in the Republican, in this place, has resigned to accept a similar position in the office of the Bituminous Record in Philipsburg. Andy isa very competent man and we hope his new home will prove as satisfactory to him as he will doubtless be to his new em- ployer. +e A CHAMPION AT GOLF.—John Mont gomery Ward, once the greatest base ball player the world ever saw and the first man to throw a eurve, seems to excel at every- thing he undertakes. After his retirement from the diamond he entered the law, and speedily attained a position of rank among the corporation lawyers of New York, then the old love for athletics cropped out again, but in a new direction, and he took up golf, merly as a recreation. Early in the spring, at the American amateur championship meet at Asheville, N. C., he came within a very small margin of winning the championship. On Satar- day he won the President’s cup at the Hollywood golf clab’s meet at Long Branch ; making a score of 40 out and 40 in and defeating Arthur Lehman 6 up and 6 to play. nd A RARE OPPORTUNITY.—Mrs. Caroline Comerford, of Pittsburg, expects to open a class in instrumental music in Bellefonte about September 1st. She intends spend- ing a few months at her old home near Howard and has consented to come to Belle- fonte two days in the week, provided a class can be formed for her. Mis. Comerford’s musical education was, completed in Paris and is superb. Asan instructor she holds one of the first posi- tions in Pittsburg and this opportunity is one that should not be missed. It is just possible that if a sufficiently large class can be ‘secured here: she will remain per manently. Anyone who might be interested can correspond with : Mis. Comerford. by. ad. dressing her at Howard, Pa. : { THE LOGAN ProNic.—After the spectac- ular parade which the Logans gave Tues- day evening it. was not surprising that they had a ‘nice crowd at their picnic at Heola next day. The Undine Co. and the Milesburg and Zion bands turned out to help them with the parade and over twelve hundred people were at the picnic. The C. R. R. of Pa. carried nine hurdred and thirty-five passengers from Bellefonte alone. While the weather in the morning was not very reassuring the day turned out to be a beautiful one and the park raug all day long with the music and revelry of the picknickers. During the afternoon there was: a ball game between Bellefonte and State College; the former winning by the score of 6 to 2. Other sports and a cake walk proved joy- ful attractions also. The committee : Messrs. ' Jacob Marks, chairman, Geo. Cunningham, John Ander- son, Harry Gehret and Alex Morrison, have reason to be proud of their manage- ment of it because, in, addition to giving everybody a good time they cleared in the neighborhood of $250 for the company. THE ROBBERS TAKEN TO WILLIAMS- PORT.—On Wednesday morning United States Marshal Samuel Lapp, of Harris- burg, with County Commissioner P. H. Meyer and officer George Jodon took the four post office robbers, who had been con- fined in the jail here since their capture in the Seven mountains four weeks ago, to Williamsport. They left here on the 9:32 train and were followed by quite a crowd of curious men and boys from the jail to the station. Wil- liam Shireman aod James Lewis, the wonoded man, where handcuffed together and John Ryan and William Palmer were together. Accompanying the officers and their pris- oners were the following witnesses who ap- peared against them at the hearing in the afternoon. All of them had played promi- nent parts in the exciting incidents of the robberies and the capture of the robbers : County Treasurer Phil D. Foster, J. H. Ross, Mrs. Ella Catherman, and Adam Zeigler, of Linden Hall; C. B. Motz, of Woodward; Reno Zimmerman, of Laurel- ton, and Walter Gherrity, of Potters Mills. The trip down was withounf incident ex- cept that Lewis, the wounded man, kept complaining continually and twice feigned illness in order to get whiskey. He is car- rying out his characteristic role of a com- plainer. When in the penitentiary hefore he had the reputation of being a most an- noying prisoner and his story to the effect that he was not a member of the robbing party is identical with the one he told the last time he was up for trial. He has serv- ed time in the western penitentiary and so have Palmer and Ryan. They have also been in a Massachusetts prison. Little has been learned of Shireman as yet. THE HEARING. At the hearing Wednesday afternoon be- fore United States Commissioner Bentley, ‘the prisoners were not represented by coun- sel but Lewis, the wounded man, was spokesman for the crowd, and made a big endeavor every once in awhile to show by the questions he asked the witnesses that he was not a member of the party of rob- hers. Lewis at once demanded that he and his pals be given a place nearer the witness stand than they were occupying, so they could hear what was being said, and that their handauffs be removed while they were in the court room. His first request was complied with, but the second was refused. DISTRICT ATTORNEY ON HAND, United States District Attorney S. J. M. MgcCarrell, of Harrisburg, appeared for the government, and he was assisted in the ex- amination of witnesses by Postoffice Inspec- tor Wardle, whose headquarters are at Al- toona, and who has been in Centre county looking up the case. A number of wit- nesses testified, telling the story of the rob- beries and the snbsequent capture, and a lot of postage stamps and other articles al- leged to have been stolen were produced as evidence. Among the lot were two bot- tles, supposed to contain nitro-glycerine. ZIMMERMAN’S EXPERIENCE. The first witness called was J. B. Lohr, assistant postmaster at Rutherford. He stated that on the night of June 17th the postoffice at that place was broken into and robbed. About $25.65 in stamps was taken and $6.96 in cash. He was nof able to rec- ognize any of the prisoners. Reno Zim- merman, of the same place, who also testi- fied, said that he happened along just while the burglars were at work. He was halted by one of the gang, who thrust a revolver into his face. Zimmerman pushed it aside, but was compelled to stand still. The man who held him up he identified as Shireman, and later he stated that Palmer came along took charge of him and escorting him: up along the railroad track held him a prison. er about an hour. About this time anoth- er man came along and said that they could permit Zimmerman to go. While a pris- oner the witness was blindfolded and was knocked down by one of the burglars. He was positive ag to his identification of Shire man and Palmer. THE WOODWARD ROBBERY. C. B. Motz, of Woodward, who is the as- sistant postmaster at that place, testified thas the postoffice there was robbed on the night of June 18th, and that stamps to the amount of $158 were taken. Among the ‘number were about eleven old yellow spec- ial delivery stamps. Among other things taken were five pairs of shoes, twelve rings, two revolvers, ‘a razor and several knives. "AT LINDEN HALL. Adam Ziegler, of Linden Hall, told of ‘the robbery of the postoffice at that place, and of seeing four men whose general ap- ‘pearance tallied with that of the four men ‘arrested. CHASED INTO A BARN. Postmaster Ross, of Linden Hall, who was the first man to start in search of the gang, said that in company with Wiliam Raymond and his son and Harry Hagan, he followed the burglars five miles, where he secured a warrant for the arrest of the men, and notified the sheriff. A posse was then formed, and the four men were chased into the old Foust barn, where they were later captured. Mr. Ross identified the men as those captured at the barn. IDENTIFIED STOLEN GOODS. Mrs. Catherman, of Linden Hall, ideni- fied a tin pail, a tablecloth, a loaf of bread that she had made, and which had heen stolen from her cellar, and which bad been found in a barn visited by the men under ‘arrest. gaits Yili ; TOLD OF SHOOTING. : . County Treasurer Foster told of the cap- ture of the men in the barn, stating that Lewis bad a revolver leveled at him, when he pulled a gun and dropped the : robber. Later the whole gang was captured in the n. LEWIS’ IMPROBABLE TALE. Lewis, who had been objecting to the testimony of every witness, here again broke in with : ‘I wasn’t in their com- pany. I went to the barn alone, and found the revolver. I was going to give it t0 you (meaning witness Foster), when you shot me.” > Walter Gherrity, who assisted in the dap- | ture, searched the barn, hesaid, and found four revolvers, three bottles of nitro glyec- erine, stamps, ete. “WASN'T DOING ANYTHING.” Here Lewis again interfered and asked : ‘Did you see me in; those men’s company ? I wasn’t doing anything only rabbing my eyes, and when I got up he shot me. ; ‘DIDN'T NEED BAIL. _Conimissioner Bentley made the bail $2,000 each, for court at Scranton in ‘Oct. and when he had finished asking if the prisoners could furnish the bail, Lewis Ny git responded: ‘‘Are you talking to me? Well, as far as I am concerned they ain’t nothing against me. I don’t need bail. But Mr. Lewis, and his three pals, went to jail just the same. The men will be tried at Scranton in October. Sheriff Taylor said, before leaving for military camp at Somerset yesterday morn- ing: “Iam very glad that they are off my hands, for while I intended to take every precaution against their escape, yet they were a continual source of worriment to me.”’ —— ~——There are ten patients in the Belle- fonte hospital at the present time. Mr. Morris Farey, who was operated on for a growth on the head, will be discharged to- day. Miss Lizzie Burkholder, of Centre Hill, was admitted on Wednesday, suffer- ing from nervons prostration. Mis. Laugher, of Scotia, was admitted yester- day. — A eens. IT DIpN’Tt KiLnL HiM.—On Wednesday evening a special freight ruoning out of this place struck a man by the name of Steel, from Martha Furnace, who was sit- ting on the track, near the McCoy-Linn iron works. Steele was knocked quite a distance and the engine was stopped and the man pick- ed up and brought up here, where a medic- al examination revealed the fact that he wasn’t very badly hurt. In fact scarcely hart as all. : ——t pgs THE EAGLES WILL SWooP DowN UroN Us.—The sixteenth annual meeting of the Susquehanna district association of the Knights of the Golden Eagle will meet in Bellefonte on Monday, September 7th. It will be Labor day and aspecially propitons one for the gathering of the Eagles. They will swoop down upon us from all quarters of Central Pennsylvania and Bellefonte will be a flutter with eagles that day. The local Castle has begun the work of arranging for the visitors. At a recent meeting A. Lukenbach was appointed chair- man of the committee on reception and hotels; L. H. Wian on horse and carriage, and J. S. McCargar on transportation. In order to make the meeting here as at- tractive as possible and the parade as gor- geous Bellefonte Castle has offered the fol- lowing prizes : $25 to the best drilled Commandery,hav- ing 22 men in line. $15 to the second best drilled Comman- dery, having 22 men in line. $10 to the Castle coming the greatest dis- tance. $10 to Castle having largest per cent. of members, based on last official report, in line. : $10 to Castle making the best appearance in line. A GROWING INSTITUTION.—The Belle- fonte Academy will re-open on Wednesday, September 9th, with the largest and strongest faculty in its history and the prospect of a very interesting year. The faculty will be composed as follows : Rev. J. P. Hughes, A. M., principal emeritus, mathematios and book-keeping. James R. Hughes, A. M., head master, English and oratory. Helen E. Canfield Overton, preceptress, fuperintendent of primary department. Isabella 8. Hill, Ph. B.,English, rhetoric and literature. . Kate Stewart Davis, modern languages. Edward H. Myers, B. S., higher mathe- matics and physics. ¥ William P, Wharton, A. B., history and ancient languages. “Bayard H. Sharpe, B. S., mathematics and chemistry and general director of athletics. Mary Eleanor Ardell, assistant in pri- . mary department. : Jennie Mildred Harper, assistant in primary department. With the above strong corps of teachers supplied with the best apparatus, and the school rooms repainted and repapered doubtless a larger number of students than ever will be attracted to the Academy. Surely this school deserves united support. ee Qe. THE WILLIAMS REUNION.—The execu- tive committee for the Williams reunion met Saturday evening, July 18th, and made arrangements for the fourth anniver- sary, which will be held August 22nd. The fHllowing committees were appoint- ed : Music, Prof. H. M. Miles, Misses Mabel Williams, Edith Williams, Nannie Turner, Mattie Williams, Maggie Miles, June Robison, Lola Williams, Mrs. Lizzie Eberts, Messrs. Orlando Williams, Walter Williams, Gorden Williams, Paul Wil- liams, Roland Williams. Transportation, W. A. Hartsock, J. Q. Miles. : v Bei Entertainment, G. G. Fink, W. H: Wil- liams, William Williams, ie Preparation of ground, J. Q. Miles, Abed- nego Williams, Geo. W. Williams, Jas. B. Williams, James Eberts, Geo. Harpster, Joseph Williams, Judson Williams, Ches- ter Cronister, Charley Meyer, Arthur Harpster. y Resolutions, Rev. E.' L. Williams, S. S. Miles, Ida R. Williams. No formal invitations will be issued to those residing in the county, but this an- nouncement is to be understood and ac- cepted as a general invitation to all of the Williams clan or family. Any informa- tion concerning the reunion may be ob- tained by addressing the corresponding secretary, Ida R. Williams, at Martha, Pa. It is hoped that each member of the dif- ferent committees will cheerfully perform the duties assigned them and by their hearty co-operation make this anniversary even a greater success than the former ones. ' By order of chairman, A.C. WILLIAMS,
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