BY P. GRAY MEEK. RE. A ink Slings. ~~ —If the ‘‘grand old party’’ brought the prosperity who is responsible for its slnmp now ? —The ease with which some people do things is only excelled by the ease with which others do nothing. —The bardest hit Thanksgiving turkey couldn’t have gotten it in the neck any worse than BRISTOW’S report gives it to PERRY 8. HEATH. —Capt. Ricaarp P. HoBsoN has pre- pared a bill appropriating nearly three billion dollars for strengthening the navy. What's the use? The annual foot ball game is over. —If General WooD loves ROOSEVELT half as much as ROOSEVELT seems to love Gen. Woob he will withdraw from the ef- fort to have his appointment as a Major General in the army confirmed. —Russia and Japan are supposed to have made up their differences. But the make- up hasn’t been sincere enough to stop the Japs from buying all the loose war vessels they can find lying around. —What does all this talk of the insub- ordination of General LEONARD WooD amount to anyhow? He couldn’ be guilty of insubordination, could he, when they all claim that he is no soldier? —Some people look at monuments like a boy does at new red-top hoots. They don’t seem to care how good they are, what they are madé of, or how lasting, only so they have them and have them right quick. —Wouldn’t the afflicted citizens of But- ler feel grateful now if they bad only a tenth or a hundreth part of what General BRISTOW has discovered has been stolen from the Postoffice Department. —Only nineteen families are minus a son as a result of the foot-ball season just closed. St. PETER will have to get re-in- forcements at the gate when that rush line of spirits line up to make their last great goal. —An exchange devotes about half a column of space to telling its readers how to get awake in the morning; the gist of the advice being not to do it too suddenly. How much more timely some good receipt for staying awake in church would have - been to most people. 2 _ —The Hon. GROVER CLEVELAND has announced ‘that he’ ‘will ‘not ‘become the ik certain that when it comes to making a nominee for President for the Democracy neither the New York World nor the Brooklyn Eagle will be looked np- on as)‘ ‘hell cows’ and since they can’t be ‘bell cows’’ all that is left for them to d is to ‘tall in behind.” : : —The average height of the’ Englishman of thirty years of age has increased an inch during the last fifty -years. This, record doesn’t include the time since the begin- ning of thie Boer ‘war. Since then'it is'only reasonable to suppose that the ‘average Englishman has shrunk considerably. ~ —FEvL13AH DowiEg and his city of Zion are in the hands of a receiver because ELIJAH is unable to satisfy the claims of his creditors. Possibly if he had the $275,- 000 thak that fool crusade on New York cost him'and his followers he might he able to use it'to better advantage in the extremity he finds himself in today. —The MARTIN-DURHAM feud being at _an end in Philadelphia what will be done “to the treasury of that city will be good and plenty. Since 1895, when .DAVID MARTIN cut:loose fram the machine, he bas been the only obstacle in the way’ of unrestrained spoliation and now that he "has gone over ito the DURHAM faction their license to rob is complete. —Panama secedes from Colombia and offers Uncle SAM'canal rights across the Ist imus for ten million dollars. ‘Colombia offers Uncle SAM canal rights for nothing, if he forces Panama hack into the federa- tion of States. To the uninitiated this looks like a chance to save ten million, bat Uncle SAM had his eye teeth out in that kind of economy iu the Philippines. —The young soldiers and sailors of the conntry gave an illustration of their grit on Franklin field, Philadelphia, Saturday afternoon and it must be admitted, of sense, also, but the latter exhibition was cut short by a few inhumane officers who commanded the pavy subs, who had run! to carry a badly hurt player from the field, .to “put him down, and make him walk off.” —~OBERLIN M. CARTER who, as a mem- ber of the engineer corps of the army, con- spired to defraud the government in river and harbor contracts about Savannah, Ga., has just been released from a four years’ term in a military prison for his crime. Never in his life again may he address or “converse with an army officer, because he .is regarded by them as having disgraced the service, as well as himself. The ideal army man has a very high sense of honor, you kuow, therefore it is not to be wonder- ed at that Gen. Woop is not regarded as having come up to the ideal when he was inspiring disparaging magazine articles about a superior officer. STATE RIGHTS AND FEDERAL UNION. EMBER 4, 1903. NO. 48. mT — SOL. 28. BELLEFONTE, PA., DEC Mr. Cleveland’s Letter. President CLEVELAND'S letter to ST. CLAIR McKELWAY, editor of the Brooklyn Eagle, declaring positively that he can’t be a candidate for President next year clears the political atmosphere to an extent at least. It may be said that there was no overwhelming demand for the ex-President as a candidate outside of the somewhat hysterical Mr. McKELWAY and it is safe to add that a vast majority of the Demo- crats of the country will select some one other than Mr. MeKELWAY as their mouthpiece when they do want to discuss the question of presidential candidates. But we are glad, nevertheless, that Mr. CLEVE- LAND has spoken. It is really time that the Democrats should be looking about for a candidate for the presidential nemivation and while there was talk of Mr. CLEVELAND in that direction it may be said that it was impos- sible to get a full and fair expression of opinion on the subject. CLEVELAND has elements of strength which no other Demo- crat possesses and in the minds of a good many earnest and honest Democrats there is a reverence for him which no circum- stances can obliterate. =~ He has e¢lements of weakness, moreover, which we hope are rare among men eligible the distinction of a nomination as the Democratic candidate for President. But as he has voluntarily taken himself out of the political equation neither his strength nor his weakness is a subject for present political consideration. Is may be worth while to state in this connection, however, that Dr. ST. CLAIR McKELWAY ought to have very little in- fluence in the selection of a Democratic candidate for President or any other im- portant office. He not only opposed the Democratic candidate for President in the last two campaigns but he was among the first to embrace and exploit the imperial policy of the last and present Republican administrations with respect to what was falsely called expansion but was really colonialism, which implies the character of Sovereign and Subject 1nstead : of Servant H 1 ITE vividne ffer of Colombia’ to give ‘authority to build the Isthmian canal without charge if the government of she United States will simply fulfill its obliga- tions under international law with respect to the so-called, and it may he added mis- called, Republic of Panama. It is true that the government of Colombia tried to drive a sharp bargain with the United States in connection with the canal fran- chise. That is it demanded $25,000,000 and a considerable annual rental for the "concession asked. But our government had | shown such willingness to give $10,000,- 000 that it was believed the larger sum would be paid and the demand for it was quite natural. One iniquity doesn’t justify another, however, and the fact that Colombia was ‘ready and willing to rob us is no good rea- son why we should bave subsequently enter- ed into conspiracy with one of her provinces to incite the people to rebellion. That is one of ‘the gravest international crimes. If it were indulged in generally by ‘the peo- ple of all countries those which have col- onies would be in constant turmoil. In fact if Germany, Japan or even China ‘would adopt that course in our Asiatic pos- sessions, or Spain should try it in Porto Rico, we would promptly appeal to the policy which must of necessity involve ns in war with what we are now pleased to call our subjects. In doing this, moreover, President ROOSEVELT hag cheated ourselves. That is to say he has hastened into an agree- ment to pay what is at best only a pro- visional government a vast sum of money for a concession’ which is now offered free. In other words we agree to pay Panama $10,000,000 in cash and an annual sum of $250,000 for that which Colombia offers us for nothing ang besides we have bought at that exorbitant.price a perpetual war, for our experience in the Philippines is evi- dence that even such weak governments as those concerned in resisting ns can If the Senate is wise, in view of all the facts, it will promptly reject the treaty made by ROOSEVELT and force the accept- ance of the offer of Colombia. ——The new Dean pump that Col. nolds is installing in his mill for the pur- pose of expetinientivg with Bellefonte’s water supply Das arrived and is heing plac- {ed in position. It isatriplex pump, weigh- {ing 16,000 and under 65 h. p. at the pump is guaranteed todeliver 125,000,000 gallons of water every 24 hours. The positively i known horse power on the shaft at the mill | is 71 and it is believed that since the dam | has been repaired there are 84. Everyone hopes for the successful working of the pump, for it will mean the saving of thou- sands of dollars for the borough. If it comes anything near what it is supposed to be capable of doing the borough will be able Rey- to do away with the steam for pumpiug en- tirely. ; powers to jointly remonstrate against a Signs of Impending Trouble. Within the past week wage decreases have been announced which affect nearly 200,000 wen. Daring the last week in November nearly as many men were notifi- middle of November half a million willing workers have been thrown out of employ- ment by closing plants or decreasing forces. These facts indicate industrial stagnation in the near future and commercial distress in all probability. So far as we are able to learn these re- sults have not been influenced by the usual causes. That is to say there are no sigus of failing crops, epidemics of disease on an extensive scale or pestilence, or calamities. There have been no frosts and there is no famine. The bodies and limbs of men have not been paralyzed. There are no signs even of a disinclination to work. The average American citizen is as willing to earn as ever. For years we have been hearing about Republican times. The newspapers and orators of that party have been declaring constantly that so long as the Republican party remained in power there could be no dimination of prosperity. The tariff, in its vast heneficence, they have insisted, is a guarantee against national poverty and industrial stagnation. Protection is a pana- cea for all commercial ills, they have pro- claimed. Then what’s the matter. There has heen no change in the eco- nomic policyof the government. The Ding- ley law is still in force and the legalized robbery for which it provides is yet going on. Bat the signs of distress are apparent everywhere. Money is getting tighter every day, though we are still ‘‘standing pat.”’ Maybe, after all, it was Providence, rather than the Republican party which made the country prosperous. In any event it is beginning to look as if the pros- perity is drawing to a close. In the event that such a thing should happen who will ‘be to blame? We know who claimed credit for prosperity. Will the rule work both ways or is it one of ‘ strange contrivances expressed in and heads you lose.” ‘tary record for General LEONARD WooD, presented to the military committee of that body on Monday, vas’ exceedingly inter- | esting and ough to be heatins Gener- al BROOKE testified that General Woop was insubordinate frequeutly, that he did things in opposition’td the expressed wish of his superior officers sometimes and that he bad a habit of communicating direct with the President and the War Depart- ment. All these things were unmilitary, if that term may be used, and subversive of discipline. They show that WooD lacks the essential elements of a soldier. The friends of General WooD are confi: dent of his confirmation, however, noswith- standing these reasons against him. It has been shown that as military governor of Cuba he gave concessions to gamblers for money considerations, that he accepted val- unable presents in return for official favors and that he violated the customs laws by having dutiable goods consigned to himself passed without the .payment-of duties. Notwithstanding these grave facts, how- ever, his friends boast that his confirmation is certain for the reason that the President will force a favorable vote. The President owes it to him, they say, and must dis- charge the obligation. He can’t refuse to honor such obligations. Bat in honoring such obligations in that way the President violates his oath of office and perverts the power which came to him by a calamitous accident. He has no right, moral or legal, to pay his personal debts by appointments to office and it is a crime of the most atrocious form for him to influence the vote of the Senate hy force or otherwise on the confirmation of an appointment or on any other question. The appecintment of General WooD was an outrage from any point of consideration. It wasan injustice to over » hundred veterans who had earned advancement by faithful and hazardous service. But paying debts by making the appointment and forcing its confirmation magnifies the crime. make | serious trouble and keep it up a long time. | ——Of the two thousand soldiers and sailors who went out from Centre county to the various wars of the country about five | hundred are still living. i appropriated and donated to erect a mem- | orial to these gallant men the ones who are i i | dead have an equal right with them that | i Three-fourths of the nnmber are j dead, goue beyond hope of ever seeing a | monument erected to their memory, yet it ; will be erected and their name.and fame i will live always. Is there any good reason | why the interests of the three-fourths who { are dead should he neglected for the grati- i fication of the one-fourth who are living? { We hope that the new committee will hear in mind that a living hero needs no monau- i ment and that it will go ahead with its i work looking to the erection of something | that will be a public benefit thronghout all | time. : j survive. ed of decreases in their wages and since the | Rr ‘mutter "of the senator al search for a mili. In the money ! The Post Office Frauds. Fourth Assistant Postmaster General BRISTOW’S report on the frands in the Post Office Department was made public on Monday and it revealed an extraordinary state of affairs. It not only sustains every accusation of venality made by former cash- ier of the Washington post office TULLOCH, but shows that every pars has been hobey- combed with all forms of rascality. Even PERRY S. HEATH, Secretary of the Repub- lican national convention who was saved from prosecution by the President at the instance of Senator HANNA, of Ohio, is de- nounced as a culprit who ought to have been dismissed from office aud Representa- tive JOE SiBLEY, of this State, is shown to have been as active as any of them in the work of spoliatiou. The strangest thing about the whole af- fair is the attitude of the President respect: ing it. He declares in a memorandam ac- companying the report that ‘‘the govern- ment will exhaust every expedient in its power in the effort to see that justice is meted out to the offenders.” Yet the TUL- LOCH charges were published in midsnm- mer 1902 and the time limit in which HEATH might have been prosecuted didn’t expire until October 1st, 1903. That gave more than a year to investigate HEATH'S case and prosecute him but no action was takén and none of the facts made public until after the expiration of the time limit made him secure against prosecution for all time. If the President isn’t responsible for this miscarriage of justice then no crime bas ever been committed. General BRISTOW says that the prosecu- tion of the cases in a court of justice may inculpate others than those thirty or forty in number named in his report. Possibly hat’s true but it may be set down as lig- erally true that there will be no prosecntion of influential Republicans. There was no intention to do any barm to the party at any time since the beginning of the investi- gation and the treatment of the affair by the President and members of the Cabinet who might have bad every culprit in the bunch, including PERRY HEATH, prosecut- ed and punished if the President had been sincere iu the matter instead of striving in evi ossible way to shield such rascals as ful to bimeel! and the party of Sam n EE SS Hobson's Absurd Notion. Ex-naval constructor HOBSON has come to the help of ROOSEVELT in his scheme to make the United States the greatest naval power on earth. A matter of $2,750,000,- 000 is all that stands in the way of the achievement, according to HOBSON, and if he is allowed to have his way the public will be reduced to the proverbial ‘‘HoB- SON’S choice,’”’ whieh in this instance would be emigration or starvation. + Hap- pily he wouldn't take so vast an amount of money out of the treasury at once. That would interfere with the payment of sal- aries and Congressmen will take no such chances. On the contrary HoBsoN would spread the operation over a period of ‘eigh- teen years, but at the last end he would be generous. HoBSON neglects to tell us why he wants to make the United States the greatest naval power in the world. In that respect ROOSEVELT was more candid. His idea is that it should be done in order to pre- serve the peace. In other words he would intimidate all the rest of the world in order that we mighs cavort aronnd through hoth hemispheres and do as we pleased. Tn the Manchurian matter, for example, he wonld notify Russia to evacuate and back the notification with a fleet of warships and what he’d do to Turkey on account of in- dignities in Bulgaria and atrccities in Armenia would be plenty. Not to put 00 fine a point on it Roosy would become a marine cow boy and round-up the world. Fortunately for the country there are only a few men as crazy as HoBsoN and ROOSEVELT and consequently there is no immediate danger that their schemes will be undertaken. The truth is that any con- siderable increase in the naval equipment of this country is absurd. Such talk sim- ply makes us look like a bully and that is un-American. What this country needs to maintain its peace and increase our prestige is the development of our rve- sources to the full extent of onr possibili- ties. That will make us the granary of the woild and po country will fight its source of food supply and the depot for the ma- chinery of civilization and no wise nation will quarrel with those who give it the means of prosperity. ~——The first trolley car for the new electric street car line arrived in Philips. burg on Friday morning and it is reported that Mr. John G. Platt, who has put some of his surplus energy into promoting the line, is'authority for the statement that ‘Yi is the finest trolley car ever seen in Philipsburg.”” How facetious John G. is growing since he dropped politics. ——Subseribe for the. WATCHMAN. a RN 1s The Monument Given Another Little Boost. A New Committee Appointed With a View to Pre- cipitating Action on the Proposed Monument for Centre County. Nothing Decided as Yet. The soldiers and sailors monument and Curtin memorial for Centre county had an- other of its spasmedic jumps toward erec- tion on last Friday morning, when the Centre county Veterans Association, the D. A. R., the commissioners of the county and others interested met in the arbitra- tion room in the court house here for the purpose of discussing ways and means of bringing the project to a focus. Among those present from ont of town were Capt. W. C. Patterson, State College: Dr. D. M. Wolf, Spring Mills; Capt. W. H. Fry, Pine Grove Mills; J. R. Pheasant, Howard; Capt. George - M. Boal, Centre Hall; Capt. C. T. Fryberger, Philipsburg; Dr. J. A. Thompson Stormstown. Gen. Beaver was chairman of the meet- ing and W. H. Musser secretary. The first thing that came up for consideration was the following address, which was read by the chairman. We publish it in fall because it explains in detail many ques- tions that have arisen concerning the monument as well as explains'the position Gen. Beaver has taken in regard to it. The latter has bad the unqualified endorse- ment of the WATCHMAN all the time bus there appear to be some peoplé whose con- ception of such. a memorial doesn’t go much farther than a political flag pole run up with a hurrah and a hang. Gen. Beaver bas been animated all the time by the idea that a monument is not built for today alone, but for tomorrow, the future and forever. And unless it is built ' with that idea it will not be much ‘of a monu- ment, nor will it perpetuate the names of our soldiers and sailors throughout many ages. His address was a follows : To the Members of the Centre County Mou - ment Association : GENTLEMEN : In considering the abject for which you have been called together to- day, it is perhaps well, as preliminary there- to, to have a clear understanding of the situation which confronts us. ' There is evi- dently much misunderstanding in regard to the situation in the public mind. By an act of Assembly, approved July 18th, 1901, an appropriation of $10,000, was made by the Legislature of Pennsylvania, pro- viding for the erection of a statue of A. G, Curtin, Pennsylvania's great war Governc at some suitable place, at Bellefonte; in Ce tre county, the mouey thus ted to **be used for payment of the marker and the necessary expense of its location and erec- tion, and for no other purpose whatever.’ In order to carry out the provisions of the act, the Governor of the Commonwealth, the Senator of the 34th senatorial district of Pennsylvania and the president of this Asso- ciation were named as a commission. The commission has been organized and the ex- pense connected with a survey for locating the monument has been paid out of the ap- propriation, so that the balance of the ap- propriation is available for the purpose for which it was made and has not lapsed, as it .otherwise would have done, but for the ex- penditure above mentioned. It is clear, therefore, that this fund is notin any way under the control of our Association. In addition to this sum, several thousand dollars have been raised, through the per- sonal efforts of the president of this Associa- tion and some personal friends of Governor Curtin in Philadelphia. - This fund, how- ever, is held in trust for a memorial to Governor Curtin. It could of conrse. be added to the appropriation made by the Leg- islature for his statue and these sums to- gether would amply provide for this purpose. For our soldiers’ monument we have, in cash and in pledges, a sum not exceeding $3,000 to $4,000. Two grand juries: have passed, upon the application of citizens under the act of Assembly approved May 92nd, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-five, as amended by the actof April 3rd, 1903, pro- viding for an appropriation from the connty treasury of ten thousand dollars toward the erection of a soldiers’ monument. By the terms of this act, it is provided that the county commissioners shall be authorized to erect, or complete any montiment now partly erected but not completed, and maintain at the county seat a suitable monument in memory of the soldiers and sailors of the late war of the rebellion from said county.” It will thus be seen that it is not obligatory upon the commissioners of the county to make the appropriation. “They shall be au- thorized’’ to do so but are, of course, not compelled todo so. It will be noticed also under the provisions of this act of Assembly that the monument is to be “in memory of the soldiers and sailors of the late war of the rebellion from said county.” It is not an event, or a battle, or a series of battles, or a war which is to be commemorated. It is to be ‘‘in memory of the soldiers and sailors.’ It is well to keep this in mind. It has been the thought of this association from the be- ginning that, in order to carry out the fair intent of this act of Assembly, the names of soldiers and sailors thus to be commemorated and the organization in which they served ought to be set out in full and having this main object in view, all other features of a proposed monument weve subordinated to it. After much consunltation and a conference of the entire committee with Mr. George Gray Barnard, an eminent sculptor who was born in this town, and has since attained great celebrity in his art, he was selected to make a design and the committee instructed to commit the subject to him, without enter- ing into any competition. The committee on design conferred with him at sundry times and finally secured a design which, in their judgment, met the requirements of our lo- cality. This design was unanimously adopted by our committee on design and recommend- ed for erection. It was discovered, however, subsequently, upon consultation with Mr. Barnard, ‘that to carry out his design in full, including a statue of Gov. Curtin, would cost at least $50,000; and, although strenuous efforts’ were made to induce him to change the design, so as to enable it to be erected for a less sum, it was declared to be impossible for two reasons, first, that the ef- fect of the sculpture would be very much lesséned and, second, that the space for the names of the soldiers would be reduced, so as to make it practically impossible that all should be embraced thereon. In view of the fact that, in the opinion of | many of the members of our committee, it ( Continued on page 4.) Spawls from the Keystone. —There is good sleighing in northern Pennsylvania. —Holman Morgan, of East Charleston, Tioga county, the other day celebrated his 102d birthday anniversary. —More miles of new railroad have been built in Clearfield county the past three years than in any other county in the State. —For placing assafoetida in heated radia- tors at Pine Grove high school Henry Irwin and Robert Halderman were suspended for one month. —The people of Curwensville are naturally very anxious to know whether the Elk tan- ning company will rebuild the plant partially destroyed by fire a few days ago. —During the year ending November 1st, there were 5,640 cases of smallpox and 503 deaths from this disease in Pennsylvania. The largest number occurred in Pittsburg, where there were 1,234 cases and 238 deaths. —At the breakfast table Clifford Stahley, a Lewisburg boy aged 13 years, said :. I be- lieve I'm going to die.” He was not sick and the other members of the family laugh- ed at him; but three hours afterward he be- came ill and soon passed away. —Two murder cases are down for trial at the December term of court in Clearfield county. One is the murder of a Slav, at Smoke Run, last spring, the other the mur- der of an Italian by a negro near DuBois a few weeks ago. —Dr. Fetzer, of Clearfield county, who died recently, left a fortune of $200,000 to be distributed ‘among thirty heirs. Frank Fielding Esq., of Clearfield, will administer the estate of the doctor who was an unmar- ried ‘man, —Christie Schaff, a’ maiden lady, who made her home with Mr. and Mrs. J. L. B. Sherrick, of Lock Haven, was found dead in bed.last Friday morning, having expired some time during the night. . She was 84 years of age, and her vitality was about gone. —Lieut. Frank T. McNarney, formerly of Pittsburg, now in the United States cavalry service in Dakota, has been notified by the War Department that he will be detailed as ‘military instructor at any college in any State le may select where the post is vacant. —An unusually strong flow of gas was struck on Saturday in well No. 2at Hyner, Clinton county, at a depth of 1200 feet. There is great excitement in that section over the matter, which, it is believed, set- tles the question of natural gas for Lock Haven and Renovo. : —Physicians at New Castle have perform- ‘ed a remarkable feat in saving the life of ‘John Cunningham of that place who recently broke his neck in a runaway accident. After having his neck encased for three weeks in a plaster cast, the latter has been removed and the broken bones were found to have perfectly reunited. —Rural mail carriers have a good many friends in Congress, we judge, as several bills were introduced last week for their benefit. Mr. Sibley hasa bill raising the salary to $700, and Mr. Bates, of the Crawford-Erie district, has introduced two bills. One is to give them an annual leave of 15 days with pay and the other is to give them an allow- ance of $200 a year for subsistance. seurrison Seltzer, | 16-5eATT 01d, of Roaring Springs, was shot through the stomach while hunting Monday and proba- bly fatally wounded. With his father, Geo. Smeltzer, he bad gone to the ‘‘barrenms,” about two miles south of Roaring Springs, and while they were walking through. the woods the father tripped and fell, his gun being discharged. - The boy was taken to the Nason hospital, but the physicians entertain no hope for his recovery. —The Duncansville Iron works closed down at 6 o'clock on last Saturday evening and it is thought by many residents of that town that the shut down will be permanent. ‘The company has had much difficulty lately in securing orders enough to keep the plant running and last weck the orders gave out entirely. Shonld these works not open up again the loss to Duncansville will be a heavy one, as the existence of the town practically depends upon their operation. —On last Saturday morning as Harry Mar- lin who is a machinist at the Huntingdon Reformatory, was, with two inmates, inspect: ing the pump house at the river, he was overpowered by them, and his revolver tak- en from him, besides a little money and his watch. Then they threw him in the well, which is about fifteen feet deep, and made their escape, Mr. Marlin climbed out and. for- tunately sustained no serious injury. The alarm was given but at present the recreants have not been captured. —Mrs. Krebs, the Northumberland woman who was shot by Jacob Hite several weeks ago, and who at the time was pronounced fatally wounded by the physicians, has so far recovered that she was able to be taken home on Saturday. Her wounded character is now her greatest affliction. Strong in- fluences are being brought to bear to have the case settled, as it is reported that a trial would involve several well known people, but surely the court cannot permit the settle - ment of such a serious case without reflect- ing upon its own integrity. —Blain City is a mining village on the line of the northwestern railroad near Pat- ton. The village has a sensation. About midnight Saturday night, Mrs. Ginter, Mus. Smith and a man named Young were all at the home of the first named and were having a high old time. Albert Burger and three companions went to the house and asked for admittance. They were refused permission to enter. This did not satisfy the quartet on the outside and they tried to force their way in by kicking in the door. Mrs. Ginter be- came enraged at the proceedings and threa- tened to shoot them if they did not go away. The threat had no effect and the hammering at the door continued. The woman then picked up a revolver and shot throngh the door. The bullet hit Burger in the head and he toppled over, his companions taking to their heels. Hearing the fall, the inmates opened the door and found the man lying in front of the house, with the blood pouring from a hole in his head and in an uncon- scious condition. Burger was taken care of, but he never recovered eonscionsness and died at 7 o'clock Sunday morning. Mrs. Ginter, Mrs. Smith and Young were all three arrested.
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