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Ink Slings.
—Keep your wares before the public
through advertising and you will not have
to keep them there long.
——The hole that THOMAS H. HARTER
was thought to be just the right sized peg
to fill has been plugged up with county
detective JOE RIGHTNOUR.
—If the water on Wall street were to
freeze up now J. PIERPONT MORGAN and
a few others would be doing a few skating
stunts that would startle the country.
—The price of beef has gone up again,
which simply goes to show that it is easier
for the beef trust to ‘‘roast’’ the people
than it is for the people to roast beef.
__With the Irish land bill past third
reading in the House of Lords there is
likely to be doings in the emerald isle
from which it will emerge Weanog a very
visible coat of red.
—1If the reports be true that Pope Pius
X has aged ten years during the ten days
he has been the head of the Vatican there
is little likelihood of his attaining the
grand old age of Lxo.
—The rumor that Secretary of War RooT
is to resign his place in the cabinet is like
sweet music to the public which could on-
ly be made sweeter by the certainty that it
is not merely a rumor.
—If Gen. MILES were to be elected
President of the United States it is reason-
ably certain that Shere are a lot of good
soldiers who would be connected with the
War Department and a lot of tin soldiers
who would not.
—Since the statute of limitations has
made the Hon. (?) PERRY HEATH an
immune to the law we might persuade him
to move to Pennsylvania so that we can
have some one fit to take QUAY’sS seat when
he really wants to retire.
—The horrors of the burning bizarre and
the wrecked La Burgogne had scarcely been
forgotten ere France presents another ex-
ample of the cowardice and inefficiency of
her workers through that appalling under-
ground railway horror.
—The corn ain’t what it ought to be,
the oats is gittin’ rusty and them that
ho used their wheat too soon, say that its
quite musty. So there ain’t no use of
talkin’, the farmers life’s no joke, for just
when craps look biggest they all go up in
smoke.
—The country scarcely need compare
their respective orders ni
—The Altoona Tritune says that
families are all right for those who can
afford to keep them and are able to make
good citizens out of them ;’’ which is to
say that they are all wrong for poor peo-
ple. How hard! Large families are abont
all that poor people can get with any de-
gree of ease or certainty. ;
—The Legislature was so successfnl at
ripping up Scranton that CARRIE NATION
has made up her mind to take a little fall
out of thas city. Silly officers up there
arrested and abused her several times in
one day, in fact CARRIE thinks they got
$50,000.00 worth of satisfaction out of her
and now she has gone to law to get it back.
—Bome people say that the lesson to be
learned from SCHWAB is that ‘‘we should
never write about the success of any mortal
until he is dead.” In a way the lesson is
striking, but after all, the only thing Mr.
SCHWAB was vaunted for was being a
bright, successful business man and he was
that —living or dead—for up to his time no
other man has ever bad such a career.
—Mires was directing the fighting in
the Wilderness when RooT was still a boy
in college and ROOSEVELT was digging his
spurs into the wooden sides of a nursery
hobby horse. Little wonder is it then that
this grizzled fighter carries with him the
res pect of the Nation, notwithstanding the
snubs which RoosEVELT and RooT beaped
upon him because of their over-weening
jealousy.
-—According to the latest bulletin sent
out by the agricultural department of the
State ants are one of the pestiferous insects
particularly pestiferous during August.
Judging from the way the Philadelphia
machine has been kicking up since PEN-
NYPACKER appointed = BisSPHAM to be
judge of court No. 3 in that city we should
think cousine are far more aunoying in
that section of the State.
—Professor LANGLEY'’S aerodrome, that
was to have sailed through the air likea
bird, made a regular hippodrome of itself
last Saturday and after vainly flapping its
wings several times, it dove into the
Potomac. The Professor was all right
when'he talked of the way his machine
would imitate a bird, but he failed to go
deep enough into it to decide whether it
would be a bird of the air or a water fowl.
—The Rockey Mountain News, published
at Denver, Col.. says:
A man in Washington discovered that he
has the power to hypnotize animals. Amon
those mentioned on which he has as
this peculiar psychic power are lobsters.
Now if someone will only practice on the
two-legged species the gratitude of all pos-
terity will be bestowed on him.
Shades of Cagliostro! Why right down
on Market street in Denver you have scores
of the kind of hypuotists you are praying
for and one of them bas made barrels of
coin hypnotizing ‘‘lobsters.”’
VOL. 48
STATE RIGHTS AND FEDERAL UNION.
“BELLEFONTE, PA., AUGUST 14, 1903.
NOB
Scranton Ought to Suffer.
Mrs. CARRIE NATION is preparing . to
bring suit against the city of Scranton for
$50,000 damages for false arrest and we are
inclined to believe that she ought to get a
verdict in her favor. The faots in the case
are such as to force any thinking mind to
that conclusion. She visited Scranton
some time ago for the purpose of deliver-
ing a lecture. Of course she is a nuisance
and deserves to be punished by neglect
which would worry her to death in a very
short time and thus abate her in a lawful
way. But the authorities of Scranton
didn’t have sense enough to treat her in
that way. They forbid the lecture in a
park which she had chosen to speak in
and that was the making of her fortune.
Here is how it worked. The ahsurd Re-
corder of Scranton issued a proclamation
forbidding the lecture and instructing the
police to arrest Mrs. NATION in the event
that she disobeyed the order forbidding
her to speak. The result was that every-
body in the town turned out to see the fun
and they saw plenty of it. When CARRIE
arrived at the park she was warned not to
go in but she went in just the same and
was arrested notwithstanding a vigorous
resistance. Thereupon she whipped out a
basket full of little hatchets and began
selling them when. she was put in jail for
violating an ordinance which forbids ped-
dling or hawking in the city without
license. She employed counsel and ap-
plied to the court for discharge nnder a
writ of habeas corpus. The court granted
the writ and declared that the arrest was
an outrage.
Upon that statement of facts Mrs. CAR-
RIE now predicates a suit for damages
against the city and she ought to win out.
If the ordinance which prohibits hawking
and peddling doesn’t cover the sale of lit-
tle hatchets the arrest was an outrage
which nobody but a stupid magistrate and
an ignorant police department would have
for the full amounts of her claim.
-—The miniature war the fishermen
are having with Canadian revenue cutters
on Lake Frie will he another excuse for
urging a large and expensive navy. The
ship-builders seem to have the upper
hand on Uncle SAM, for already they have
him about persuaded that battleships that
have scarcely been launched are obsolete
and outclassed.
Our Navy 13 Worthless.
We learn through the daily newspapers
of the country that our battle ships are all
worthless so far as defensive or offensive
service in actual war is concerned. The
facts were revealed during the naval ma-
neuvering on the New England coast which
has been absorbing the time of navy officers
and wasting the funds of the Navy Depart-
ment during the past ten days. No other
good came out of this expensive exercise,
but probably it was worth something to
find out that our battle ships are all anti-
quated and fit for nothing but the junk
pile. They cost vast sums within a few
years, some of them having been built
within a couple of years. But they aren’t
fast enough now and might as well be tied
up to DAVY JONES’ locker at the bottom
of the deep blue sea.
The President has expressed the opinion
that this country ought to have a navy
equal to that of any other power. If itis
true, as reported by the naval experts who
have been observing the maneuvers thas
our present ships are all antiquated and
worthless it would cost something like a
thousand million dollars to create a navy
equal to that of Great Britain. If we need-
ed such an establishment it would be cheap
enough at the price. - That is to say if we
were bent upon conquest we might make
the investment pay by subjugating human
beings and seizing territory. But we don’t
understand that this free government ‘‘of
the people, for the people and by the peo-
ple,’ was established for such purposes.
The founders of the Republic had no such
ideas in mind.
It is a fact that battle ships become anti-
quated very soon. Science has been mak-
ing such rapid progress that physical en-
ergy has hardly been able to keep up with
the procession. That being troe and con-
sidered in connection with the other trnism
that we have no purposes of conquest in
mind, what is the use in us spending a
thousand million dollars for war ships.
We ought to have a fe w to splurge in when
our naval officers or diplomatic agents make
periodic trips to foreign capitals. Bus five
or six would be ample for that service and
they could be built forsay $40,000,000 and
renewed every couple of years 50 as to keep
us always in the front rank so far as speed
and magnificence is concerned. But we
Jo's want to spend a billion dollars fool-
ishly
Derpetiated, a Probubly she didn’t suffer | of Ro
General Mites | | Ontraged.
The characteristics of President ROOSE-
VELT were clearly revealed in the manner
of his retirement of General NELSON A.
Mires from the active command of the
army. For years it has been the custom
in retiring officers of high rank to make
some reference to their distinguished serv-
ices in the official order. In retiring
Lieutenant General SCHOFIELD, General
Mines’ immediate predecessor in that
office, President CLEVELAND referred most
feelingly and happily to the long, faithful
and efficient service of that accomplished
soldier. It was a most gracious tribute to
a distinguished officer and gentleman and
at a time when such a courtesy must have
been particularly welcome and gratify-
ing.
On retiring General MILES it was ex-
pected that a similar courtesy would be
bestowed on him. His career in the army
was especially brilliant and his service
conspicuously meritorious. Af the break-
ing out of the civil war he entered the
volunteer army as a lieutenant. Before
the stroggle was half over he had attained
the rank of Major General of volunteers,
every step upward having been earned by
capable and hazardous service. When the
regular army was reorganized under the
direction of General GRANT, MILES was
given a command and sent to service on
the plains where in conflicts with the
Indians he won new laurels and added
materially to his reputation for courage
and capability.
Upon fulfilling the conditions for retire-
ment such an officer under such circum-
stances had a right to expect all the cour-
tesies which had been graciously bestowed
on his predecessors. But that expectation
was disappointed for the reason that he
hadn’t worshipped at the feet of the clown
who by virtue of a national calamity has
been permitted to exercise the prerogatives |
of a Presiden In the shou aypavstusta |
OE LEITER, the young ~©hicago
millionaire who undertook to corner the
wheat market several years ago and failed
says now that he has a new coke field up
his sleeve that will make the Pittsburg dis-
triot look like a child’s toy in the world of
commerce. Pittsburg will not be greatly
frightened at this new LEITER bugaboo,
they have heard him talk before.
Putting on Imperial Airs.
President ROOSEVELT has written a let-
ter to Governor DURBIN, of Indiana, thank-
ing him for performing his duty. There
was an attempt made to lynch a prisoner
out there a few weeks ago and the Gov-
ernor called out the militia, dispersed the
mob and prevented the crime. His oath
of office imposed that duty on him and he
fulfilled it. Other Governors have done
the same thing dozens of times and were |
rewarded by an approving conscience and |
a satisfied constituency. They bad no ex-
pectation of other reward and were entitled
to no other. The Governor of Indiana is
under obligations to the people of Indiana
to perform his duties, ioreover, and no
one else.
President ROOSEVELT belongs to that
new administration and new crowd which
makes its own precedents, of which PERRY
HEATH spoke, however, and he is making
precedents along that line. He under-
stands that when any of the German nobil-
ity performs a meritorious service the
Kaiser thanks him for his fidelity and
bestows upon him some new decoration.
When a Russian subject pleases His Im-
perial Majesty, the Czar, he is personally
thanked for his service to the state, the
Czar being the State. But never, hitherto,
has an American President imitated this
imperial prerogative by thanking a Gov-
ernor, a General or a citizen for the per-
formance of any public duty, however well
he may have performed it.
Mr. ROOSEVELT thinks, apparently, that
he is the master and he rewards his ser-
vant, the Governor of Indiana, by a letter
of thanks for the performance of an official
duty. It is said that whenever Mr. CHAS.
M. SCHWAB travels on a train he presents
the conductor and engineer with a consid-
erable piece of money as a token of his
appreciation of the fact that they have de-
livered him safely at the end of his jour-
ney. It is a habit horrowed from rich and
profligate Europeans but in the eyes of
men like ScnWwAB it looks great. ROOSE-
VELT is of the same stripe and he thinks it
grand to imitate the oustoms of the Emper-
ors of Russia and Germany.
——A WATCHMAN reader in Curwens-
ville writes'that ‘‘it is like getting a 1let-
ter from home’ when the paper reaches
‘him. It is gratilying to know that he ap-
preciates our efforts to give him. all the
news of old Centre that is worth reading.
fore,
The. Right Tix Time 1a Ast... .
Some Pennsylvania newspapers which
are not sufficiently self-respecting to open-
ly oppose the election of press muzzler
WILLIAM P. SNYDER to’ the important of-
fice of Auditor General’ give as a reason for
their action the belief that, next, year when
Senators ‘dnd | Representatives who ‘voted
for fhe ‘muzzler are asking for re-election
will be the fitter time to assert opposition,
Nothing : could. be farther from the faots. If
Senator SNYDER, who voted for the muzzler
though he had’ greater reason than any
other man in the General Assembly to vote
against it, is elected this year, the proposi-
tion to fight it next year will be laughed at.
“An insult must be resented instantly or
not at all. The man who bears such a
bumniliation until a convenient season is a
coward and would he a murderer if he had
the courage. A wrong must be avenged at
the earliest possible moment or not at all.
It the first opportunity to demand redress
isineglected the wrong is condoned and the
man who grambles about it afterward is a
poltroon who provokes popular contempt
instead of enlisting publicsympathy. These
are self-evident propositions. ' There is no
escape from them. An outrage borne for a
time must be endured forever for passion
that is regulated is malice.
The first opportunity to resent the insulé
whieh WILLIAM P. SNYDER put upon the
newspaper men of Pennsylvania by voting
for the muzzler is at the coming election
when every man whom he injured may
strike him a blow. The first opportunity
to avenge the wrong of the press muzzler is
in the chance to vote against WILLIAM P.
SNYDER who voted for it. © Those who fail
to take that chance to the full extent are
destitute of manhood. They are com-
promising honor to promote interest and
such men are poltroons unfit to associate
with manly men. These are the facts in
| the case and they can’t be evaded or con-
“cently ocourred in Pennsylvania.
words if the Governor will follow his ap-
pointment by using all his personal and of-
ficial influence for the election of his ap-
pointee at the coming election he will give
the vertebra of the DURHAM-ASHBRIDGE-
-McNicHOL machine of that city such a
wrench as ig certain to bring on locomotor
ataxia, if nothing worse. In fact if be en-
ters upon such a contest with energy and
earnestness it may be predicted that the
Philadelphia machine will go into liquida-
tion.
There is every reason, moreover, why
Governor PENNYPACKER should follow his
appointment of Mr, BISPHAM with such an
action. The appointee is worthy of the fa-
vor in every respect. He is one of the most
distingmshed and capable lawyers in the
State. For years he has been recognized
as an authority on legal questions and his
published works on law are acknowledged
to be legal classics. His appointment, there-
reflects credit on the Governor. In
the estimation of many thoughtful citizens
it is the most creditable thing he has done.
That being trae he ought to support it with
all the zeal and energy he can command.
If he fails he will discredit himself.
The appointment is significant in that
event becanse it will involve a break be-
tween Senator QUAY and the local machine
in Philadelphia. In other words it means
that Senator QUAY proposes to antagonize
the plans of the Philadelphia machine.
Everybody knows that DURHAM was relunct-
ant to turn against ELKIN when QUAY
called him to the support of Cousin SAM.
It is equally well understood that the ma-
chine is pledged to ELKIN for the uext
gubernatorial nomination and that QUAY is
dissatisfied with the arrangement. In view
of these facts if PENNYPACKER is in earn-
.est in the movement expressed in the ap-
poin tment of BISPHAM,QUAY and the Gov-
ernor will fight the Philadelphia ‘machine
to the death.
~The Centre and Clearfield street rail-
way, which means the trolley line that is
being built in Philipshurg, suffered a little
hold-up last week that cansed it some em-
barrassment for a few days, but that was
all. Weed and Williams, a firm of Boston
lawyers, bad undertaken to underwrite
the bonds of the old corporation that in-
tended financing the enterprise, bus failing
in that it was abandoned and laid dormant
until its present owners, a party of Philips-
burg gentlemen, bought the franchise and
started building. Weed and Williams
sued to try to recover from the latter, hut
their suit would not amount to anything
in either case because they did not under-
write any bonds.
-—At the firemen’s convention in Clear-
field last week our own Logans carried of
the $25 prize offered for the best looking,
best uniformed. company in line.
I —.
In other
Plus X Crowned. ] Before 50,000.
Brilliant and Elaborate Cer Cérémony In the ‘Historie
Church of St. Peter. The Pope Was Fatiguied. En-
thusiasm of the Crowd Could Not be Suppressed
Even in the Sacred Precints of the Church.
ROME Aug. 9. ~The: «ceremony of the
coronation of Pope Pius X took place to:
day in the Basilica of St.Peter’s in De
ence of the princes and high dignitaries of
the church, diplomats: and ‘Roman nobles,
and with all the. -solemnity. and splendor
associated with this; the most magnificent
rife-in the Roman Catholic church.
As Cardinal Macchi, the dean of the
cardinal-deacons, placed the triple crown
on the head of the venerable Pontiff, the
throng of seventy thousand persons gather-
ed within the cathedral burst into ubre-
strained acclamations, the choir intoned a
hymn of triumph and the bells of Rome
rang out a joyfulpeal. |
ST. PETER’S OVERFLOWED
It is fifty-seven years since. the Romans
and Europeans, assisted at such a function
as was held in St. Peter's to-day. The
great basilica, popularly supposed never, to
have been full, was overflowing with hu:
manity. The Papal thrope, a bewildering
mixtare of gold, red and silver, was erect-
ed in front of the high altar. As, contrary
to custom on these ceremonions occasions,
there were no galleries, the basilica bore
more of its normal aspeot.
On the altar, which was dressed in white,
stood the famous silver gilt candlesticks
and a manificent crucifix. All the avail
able standing space within the cathedral
was divided into seats by wooden, barriers,
which to a certain extent, preserved the vast
orowd in order.
In the early hours after sunrise a thick
fog hung over Rome and one bank of the
Tiber could not be seen from the St. Anglo
bridge, one seemed to look into a fathom-
less abyss instead of into the river. The
effect was especially magnificen$ on, enter-
ing the piazza of St. Peter's. At times
Michael Angelo’s great dome, disa peared
completely from view, while at others it
appeared through the flowing golden mist,
As the morning wore on the fog disappeared
and the sun shone with all its southern in-
tensity until it became unbearably hot and
the stones, columns and statues seemed. to
radiate the heat of the thousands waiting
to enter the church. :
GREAT MULTITUDE ASSEMBLED.
At 6 a. m. the ringing of bells - announc-
ed the imminent opening of the doors’ and
““|a commotion at once began among the
3 crowd.
But ten minutes bad to elapse be-
lors were opened and each seem-
to She waiting crowd which
i ; Eile clos-
the waiting : and ee ane Yogun
on the patience of the people.
When the doors were opened the in. ‘rush
was terrific, many who started from the
bottom of the steps being lifted off their
feet and carried into the Cathredral.
It was a great human torrent let loose,
thousands of people rushing, crushing and
squeezing amid screams, protests, gestic-
ulations and cries for help.
. FAINTED IN THE CROWD
But once in the whirlpool there was no
escape and the compactness of the crowd
proved to be the safety of those caught in
it. Women fainted and even men. were
overcome by the heat, bat no serious acei-
dent occurred. Fortunately there were
very few children present.
After their entrance the people bad fur-
ther long hours of waiting and it is esti-
mated that the majority were on their feet
ten hours, five hours before the ceremony
and another five while it lasted.
Those who had received special invi-
tations, including the high ecclesiastics who
were not participating in the procession,
the diplomats and the Roman aristocracy,
had a reserved entrances through the
Sacristy of St. Peter’s. Prince Massimo
arrived accompanied to his daughter-in-
law, Princess Beatrice, the daughter of
Don Carlos, and they were given promi.
nent seats. Duke Robert, of Parma, was
the only other member of a royal family to
attend ;
FIVE HUNDRED IN PROCESSION
Inside the Vatican palace there was no
less movement and bustle as the Papal
procession composed of about five hundred
persons, all of whom had gathered early in
the Apostolic palace, was formed. The
pope seemed to be the only tranquil one
‘among them all. He rose unusually early
and took a stroll in the Vatican gar-
den. Then he allowed himself to be dress-
ed by the Cardinals. He evinced no nerv-
ousness and even said jokingly to the mas-
ter of ceremonies, who the other day
suggested that he should use the plural
form in speaking of himself, ‘‘we feel very
| well this morning, but we may be differ-
ent on returning from the coronation.”
Just before entering the Sedia Gastoria
he agked for his spectacles and when the
master of ceremonies discreetly hinted that
His Holiness would look better without
them, he said: ‘I have no desire to ap-
pear what I am not.”
The procession was a long time in get-
ting under way,but afterwards as it moved
through the magnificent halls and corridors
of the Vatican it recalled former days when
all was color and picturesqueness within
the palace.
: A STATELY FIGURE.
The central figure in the long cortege
was Pius X, borne in the sedia gestatoria.
His heavy white robes and the r and gold
mitre were worn without an effort, making
a vivid contrast to the memorable occasions
on which Pope Leo XIII wore them, for
he seemed always unable to support their
weight. Over the Pontiff’s head a canopy
was held by eight men, while the historic
ostrich fans with peacock tips gave a touch
of barbaric splendor to Western eyes,
Surrounding Pope Pius were the Noble
Guard in new uniforms and gleaming hel-
mets and carrying drawn swords, while in
front marched the cardinals, a gorgeous bit
of color, with many handsome faces among
them, the cardinal- -bishope in their capes,
the cardinal-priests wearing chasukles, and
the cardinal-deacons in their delmatics.
Another figure which evoked murmurs
( Continued on page 4.)
+ | fracturing the left side of his skull.
Spawls oe the Keystone, oo
+Laura Shafer, aged 3 years, was. scalded
to death Monday at her home, south of Clear-
field, by a pan of hot water upsetting on her.
..—While yawning Saturday the jaw.of Mrs.
Mary Lambert, of Six Mile Run, jumped out
of Plas: It was reduced at the Altoona hos-
pita
—Joseph Woods, the little son of James S.
Woods Esq., of Huntingdon, was throww out
of a boy’s wagon on Friday morning and had
his arm broken.
—Five alleged murderers are to be tried at
the August term of the Westmoreland crimi-
nal court, which begins at Greensburg the
last of the month.
—The Karthaus bridge whose piers were
built of cobble stone and are now crumblin
away, is valued at $20,000 and the lowest bid
received for removing and rebuilding is $10,-
—Charles H. Henderson, former postmas-
ter and retired merchant, of Lewistown, died
Monday, aged 62 years. ‘He was prominent
in the Grand Army of the Republic and in
National Guard circles.
—John McCorkle, a venerable pioneer of
Clearfield county, died on Sunday night, at
Clearfield, of old age. Mr. McCorkle was
born in Glasgow, Scotland, July 3rd, 1804,
and came to this country. in 1857. He was a
Christian gentleman and highly esteemed by
all.
—A cow belonging to Mrs. McTish, at
Stumptown, near Osceola, got into a neigh-
bor’s lot and walked intoa well forty-one feet
deep, in eight feet of water. Block and tackle
was secured by a lot of men and the crew, af-
ter three hours of continuous hard labor res-
cued the cow.
—Tired of living, Mrs. Lizzie R. Hall at-
tempted to end her life for a third time with-
in a week by jumping into the river at Will-
iamsport Friday evening. Patrolman Thomp-
son suspecting her purpose followed and
grabbed her as she was about to make the
plunge. :
- —Emerson Kippi, residing near Salladas-
burg, isin a serious condition as a result of
blood poison. In an altercation with a com-
panion, Kippi had his finger bitten, the bone
being fractured. He neglected to have the
wound dressed and now he’ll be lucky if he
gets 'off minus an arm.
—Under the new law public school direc-
tors are entitled to receive mileage for at-
tending the annual meetings of the County
Directors’ association at the rate of three
cents per mile. The law provides that the
annual meeting shall not be held during the
Week of the county institute.
.—Bert Platt, of DuBois, shot and would
have killed his wife instantly if the frighten-
ed woman’s knees had not given away, drop-
ping her tothe ground out of range of the
would be murderer’s gun. The couple have
had an unhappy life and have not lived to-
' | gether for some time. The man was taken
into custody.
~The state fish commission will send no
fish for stocking purpcses to persons who de-
sire to place them in private waters. Thisis
now prohibited by law, and a penalty of $25
is provided for applying for fish for such wa-
ters. In former years a large number of trout
| have heen secured. from the state and used in
streams in which the public were prohibited
from fishing.
_—Thaddeus Hall, a veteran of the civil
war, while out gathering blackberries, near
Brookville, Jefferson county, Monday after-
noon, was mistaken for a ground hog through
the bushes, owing to his heavy beard, by
William Carey, a hunter who emptied the
full charge of a shot into Hall’s head and
body, killing him almost instantly. Carey
was exonerated by the coroner’s jury.
—James Merritts, a young man aged 22
years, at his home amile distant from Spruce
Creek, while in bed about noon Sunday, com-
mitted suicide by shooting himself through
the heart. No reason is known for the rash
act. He had been employed on a farm in the
vicinity, but had ceased work a week or two
ago. He was the son of George Merritts,who
is émployed as a track hand on the Pennsyl-
vania railroad at that point. He was the
only son. 3
—John Halton, a prominent citizen of Al-
toona, was instantly killed in a runaway ac-
cident near that city about 6 o’clock Monday
evening. Mr. Halton was engaged in the
coal and lime business and was driving out in
the country to see about purchasing some
curb stone. The holding back strap broke
and his horse ran away, throwing him outand
He was
about 60 years old and was well known
through out the county.
—Last week at the farm of Wallace W.
Stryker, in Sinking valley, George W. Brad-
enbaugh, while oiling the threshing machine,
had his coat caught in the machinery wrap-
ping him about so tight that the power pro-
pelled by an eight horse team was stopped.
Mr. Bradenbaugh, was only released when
bis clothing was cut in strips from his per-
son. Fortunately he escaped with a few
bruises and a bad scare. If steam power had
been in use we might have had a different
tale to relate.
—The health authorities of Pennsylvania
fear a general epidemic of smallpox as soon
as the cool weather of autumn sets in, and
the sanitary officers in all the towns and
cities are being quietly urged to exert every
effort to prevent the disease gaining a foot-
hold in their respective communities. Small-
pox is slowly but surely gaining a foothold
in many cities of the state, but the fact is
kept secret by the authorities and the press
of the communities where the disease exists,
In Philadelphia last week there were ten
deaths from the contagion.
—Fully two hundred men quit work at
Ridgway Monday afternoon at the ringing of
the bell in the court house and volunteered
to search the woods and country round for a
villian who outraged Miss Singer, a young
lady aged about 20 years. The tragedy oc-
curred almost within sight of town, The
young lady was picking berries at the time.
A sister who accompanied her missed her for
a few minutes, and receiving no reply to her
calls started in search, finding her sister
bound and gagged, her body terribly bruised
and scarcely a stitch of clothing left on her
| body. Larged numbers of men armed with
guns and revolvers arelooking for the brute,
who is described as being of medium build,
smooth face, two gold filled teeth in front
and dressed in a plaid suit.