RE Democratic; at, BY PRP. GRAY MEEK. A HA ERS. Ink Slings. Who said that he would show them how To run their pol-y-tics Who wants to have his fin-ger in All of the dir-ty tricks Who did-nt get the post-of-fice Nor food in-spec-tor’s berth Who is the big-gest blath-er-skite That's liv-in on the earth. Why it is tom Yes it is tom He is the man that killed poor Harry P tom tom Why it is tom Yes it is tom Who ranks with COLONEL—C?- Our pri-vate tom. 189. a aie private toro. —Death bas been President ROOSEVELT’S most powerfal ally in politics. —The fact that Panama elected three vice-presidents makes it look like some one expected to do a little killing down there. —Radium being quoted at $700,000 a pound we are constrained to say that it is not yet up to the value of consolidated Lake Superior water. —We always did think that when ‘‘Taisy and Tash’ died all the brains departed from the editorial room of the Gaozool. Now we are convinced of it. —It doesn’t matter much how March comes in like a lion or a lamb. This win- ter has frozen all our sensibilities so hard that no one cares any more what happens. —HANNA’S death is a matter of genuine regret. While we never could “endorse his political views we always did adaire the fair and square spirit of manhood in him. ; —Had “Taisy’’ or ‘‘Tash’’ heen alive on Wednesday morning they would probably have pawed a few tears out of their eyes and sobbed: And the blow almost killed ‘ ‘Me’. —Last week we announced that “Jo Jo’ the dog faced boy is dead but private tom still lives.”’ Inasmuch as the latter bas not been heard from since Tuesday we imagine he has gone to hunt Jo Jo. —If we only bad a few gold mines along the banks of Spring creek the Klondyke " wouldn’t have so much to blow about after all, for when it comes to weather— Well, we can frost the mercury, too. —QUAY’s defi didn’t scare Justice J. - HAY BROWN very much, but the ‘‘old man?’ let it be known that if he wants to put his PENNY ou the Supreme bench he’ll do it, notwithstanding the wishes of the people of Pennsylvania. —The Japs have crippled or captured abont all the boats Russia has in evidence in oriental waters. Their latest feat was a daring dash into the harbor at Port Ar * thur on Sunday, the resnls of which was the torpedoing of two more Russian boats. —-Do you suppose Taisy and Tash will know tom when he meets them in the hereafter? He'll have to do better than he has been doing lately or he will be so little that the friends of his earlier days in the ink keg wont be able to see him at all)? — “Ill show them who runs the Repub- lican party,’’ said the editor of the Gaazoo a week or so before the election. Election day brought conclusive evidence that the Snyder county carpet-bagger has about as much to do with it as one of JOHNSON’S mules. —One of the best reasons for not taking up any of the men who have already shown an eagerness to succeed the late M. A. HANNA, in the upper house of Congress, is because they have not had the decenoy or.good sense to curb their ambition until after the departed Senator ine been laid to rest. —~Can you imagine what would bave happened if tom had pus himself on the ticket for treasurer. It was too bad that he had all those tickets and conuty state: ments to print jast at the sime the people would have hailed with delight the oppor- tunity of giving him a complimentary vote ——in the neck. Siouzs —Judging from diepatches in the Phila- delphia papers on Sunday COLONEL cham. bers carries. the judicial and congressional favors in this district around in his vest pocket. ‘That is—judging from the dis- patches. Judging from the results of the election bere on Tuesday what COLONEL . chambers carries any place would scarcely result in one vote. ~The real meaning of the result of Tues- day’s contest in Bellefonte has probably soaked through the enlarged skull of pri-, vate tom by this time, for i$ is hoped that he has come to realize that men who were good Republicans long hefore he knew what he was are quite capable of running their party’s affairs yet. Is was not so much a vietory for the Democratic nominee for treasurer on Tuesday, as it was a set- back for the blathering bombast whose par- ty loyalty is measured only hy what there isin it for him. In a recent screed, devot- ed to the writer, he claims that he has nev- er asked for an elective office, the reason of which must be patent to everyone who knows him well. This is about the only bit of good sense we can give him credit for having, for he knows, too well, what would happen to him in Republican Belle- fonte if he were even to run for high con stable against the meanest rabscallion in the town. We would as soon think of stealing a wilted cabbage leaf from a blind oow as to deprive him of any of theglories that are rightfully his own, therefore we congratulate the monumental ass thas made Tuesday’s victory the largest we have ever had in Bellefonte. VOL. 49 A Candid Lecture. " Professor CHARLES ZUEBLIN of the Chicago University lectured before the Society for Ethical Culture .in the New Century ball, Philadelphia, on Sunday and he told his audience some wholesome if not altogethér pleasant truths. “‘Philadel- phia,’’ he said, ‘‘was formerly stationed on the line of the Pennsylvania railroad. Now that road ruus around your city and I am shceked at the complaints against the method. You have no right tocomplain.”’ The eminent western scholar is not well informed on the main proposition. That is to say he is in error in his state- ment that the Pennsylvania railroad now runs around Philadelphia. matter of fact it goes closer to the business centre of that city with all its trains, in- cluding those said tobe ‘‘side-tracked,”’ than to that of any other city of large population in the country. Bus he is well informed and thoroughly intelligent in his statement that the people of Philadel- phia have no right to complain. They have forfeited their rightsin every respect. Philadelphia ‘‘corrupt and contented’’. has isolated itself by its own overwhelm- ing iniquity. As we stated last week it has forfeited the profitable friendship of the South by deliberately injuring, the material interests and disturbing the social tranquility of thas section. It has forfeited tire respect of decent people in other sec- tions of the country by its corrupt political methods. In every intelligent commun- ity it is known for its political venality and official corruption. Throughout the entire conntry the name of Philadelphia is a synonym for corrupt polities. For years the governing agents in the city bave been in partnership with the parveyors of vice and the people make no protest. Philadelphia is now asking Congress for a thirty-five foot channel in the Delaware at a vast expense to the people of the country. Not long ago,in order to give em- ployment to colonizers for use in stuffing ballot boxes, an island of cousiderable di- mensions in the river between Philadel- phia and Camden was removed and thrown into the channel. The puipose of the pres- ent scheme to dredge the river is to zive employment for men for the same purpose in the coming election and. if the. Demo- to Philadelphia. until substantial evidences of political reform have been given. Superserviceable Judge Rebuked. The Supreme court on Saturday, by unanimous vote, reversed the decision of Judge MARTIN of the Fifth court of Phila- delphia to the effect that the Independence party there had no right to ‘file certificates of nomination,’”’ and occapy a separate square on the ballot as a party designation. The court of last resort not only thus re- buked Mr. DURHAM’S very superserviceable instrument, but put it in a humiliating form. That is it plainly declared that Judge MARTIN had no right to pass on cer- tain questions upon which he predicted his absurd opinion, but that in usurping the right be revealed something like ignorauce or subserviency to the’ machine. MARTIN is one of the ‘‘band-made” Judges whom DURHAM has recently put on the bench in order that he might prosti- tute the courts to the base purposes of pol- isics and gals. The. Fifsh court was cre- political patronage and with the other no- tion of getting control of the courts through the -board of judges. Among the older Judges there are a. few meu who are far beyond the reach of the machine. ' There was no way to get rid of them. ‘The only course open, therefor, was to multiply the number of Judges so that those who are guided by conscience and governed by principles of honor would be greatly in the minority. MARTIN was pus on as one of the majority. : ‘When the Mayor of Philadelphia an- nounced that he would stand for an honest election this spring the machine jumped to the conclusion that it was in danger and that it would be necessary to take pre- caution against a strong opposition: vote. danger but ‘‘a guilty conscience needs no accuser’’ and the machine becanie pan- io stricken. © The Independence party, composed of ‘respectable Democrats, had formed an alliance with the Municipal League, mainly respectable Republicans and the machine got frightened. Accord: ingly it appealed to the court to have the Independence ticket declared invalid and Judge MARTIN made the decision wanted. But the Supreme court promptly: reversed "him and ordered the Conimissioners to pub the ticket on the ballot. The order of the court was not carried out but the rebuke 10 Judge MARTIN is none the less severe on that acgoant. THe E. Alteed Danieux grand opera company did hot appear in the opera house hemmed in at: Berwick hy the ice gorges and high waters of the Susquehanna valley. As a crats are wise: tfey will not vote a dollar: ated for the purpose primarily. of making We don’t believe that there ever was any here Saturday night, as advertised, being | STATE RIGHTS AND FEDERAL UNION. Quay’s Curious Ebullition. It is no exaggeration to estimate Senator QUAY’s recent address to ‘‘the Republicans of Pennsylvania,’”” as a political sensation of the season. It is probably the most open defiance of decent publio opinion ever promuigated by a public man. More than that, it is the most audacious assault upon the dignity of the Supreme court ever ut- tered by a citizen of the State. It not only holds the court up to popular ridicule, but it assails the integrity of the election of at least one of the judges. ‘There is no reason within my recollection,’ the Senator writes, “‘why the bench should distinguish him (Justice BROWN, ) as ita especial represen- tative to prevent our Chief Executive from passing between the wind and their nobil- ity. What keener sarcasm could be invoked against the court. But the Senator doesn't stop there. ‘Even in his case,’’ he writes, again referring to Justice BROWN, ‘‘there were evil disposed persons who said he was not selected for pre-eminent qualification, | nor in obedience to the clamorous demands of the people, but that he was, so to speak, taken by the scruff of the neck and the geat of his inexpressibles by a friend or two | ] nse "held up in that way. Therefore he appeal- and catapulted over the sacred pale which divides the Supreme court from common mortals.”” Thus in one sentence the cap- ability of Justice BROWN is impugned, the character of his election brought into ques- tion and the court again accused oi preten- tionsness by an ill concealed and most pointed innuendo. Of course Senator QUAY has a right to his own opinion of a tribunal which he has practically created. He may tlink as he likes of men whom he has catapulted into positions of honor and under the new sal- ary law, considerable emolument. Bat un- less his amiable and somewhat vain cousin, the Governor of Pennsylvania, is gravely mistaken in his estimate of obligations to high official dignitaries, in presenting his views to the public through the medium of an address to ‘‘The Republicans of Pennsyi- vania,”’ he has grossly libeled the gentle men who compose that ‘‘honorable court.” We have no complaint against bis estimate. of some of the members of that court, more- ever. But publicly aspersing the character of men for whom he is alone responsible ia | had form, to say the least. Death of Senator Hanna, The death of Senator HANNA which occurred in Washington on Monday even- ing inflicts a great loss on the Republican party aad has caused a widespread feeling of regret among the people of all parties throughout the country. He was a man of vast power and great resources. He probably fell far short of the standard of great statesmanship, but bis practical com- mon sense and immense mental and physio- al energy gave him a force among men and in affairs that went a long way to- ward taking the place of the higher qual- ity of statesmanship.- In other words he was a man capable of making the most of his opportunities. a There is an old proverb and one worthy of respect as a rule, to the effect that “nothing but good should be spoken of the dead.” Senator HANNA had many good obaraoteristics and much might justly be said in praise of him. But it can bardly be said that his influence on the public life of the country was for the best. Dur- ing the last two or three years he has reveal ed symptoms of an ambition to promote the common weal and the sordid- ness and selfishness: which ‘characterized his first political movements were disap- pearing. But the predominant trait in his political operations was in the line op commercialism and that is an element op public danger. Senator HANNA'S first election to the Senate was achieved under circumstances that wouldn't stand the lime light of close sorutiny. In fact an investigation follow- ed which led perilously close to a scandal. Some of hissubsequent political operations were scarcely Jess censurable. He believ- ‘ed in the power of money ‘to accomplish ‘results and wasn’t too careful about the methods of using: is. But oi late he seemed to have acquired a broader and better understanding of the obligations of citizenship and if he bad lived a few years might have developed into a public man of great usefulness, as well as vast power. —— While Hublersburg is an old, old sown, is will have its first brick house erected next summer. The dwelling will be constructed for tbe use of Miss Rockey, by her representative, S. P. Hookman, of Hecla, who at one time lived on the Krape farm in Gregg township. The contractors for the wood work are the Hagen brothers, of Farmers Mills, while Al Osman, of Cen- tre Hall, will do the hrick work. I ————————————— —— Tuesday was another cold day, the mercury registering from. 5 to 10 degrees below zero in Bellefonte, according to loca- tion of the thermometers. I Amn Interesting Scandal, There is a new and interesting scandal in Philadelphia. Mr. WILLIAM SELLERS, a very wealthy and very influential Repub- lican accuses two of the machine council- men of attempting to blackmail him. The accused councilmen are close friends of In- ‘surance ‘Commissioner DurHAM. One of them is ex-sheriff CROW and the other a man named PENNYWELL, equally influen- tial. Mr. SELLERS wanted one of the city streets vacated for his private use and ap- pealed to the councilmen in question for the neccessary legislation. ‘They were en- sirely silling to sacrifice the public inter- ests and give away the public property, but wanted something for their services. They fixed the something at $36,000 According to Mr. Sellers’ story he was willing to give that amount of money to the city for the property he needed. Indeed it may be inferred that he regarded the price as something in the pature of a bar- gain. Bunt when he asked Mr. CRow what would be done with the money that candid gentleman replied that it would be .used to ‘‘grease the machine.” Mr. Sellers had always been a generous contributor to the grease fund himself and objected to being ed to Commissioner DURHAM who promptly ordered the legislation to be enacted with- out expense to Mr. SELLERS. Afterward SELLERS told the story of CRowW’s demand and now it is likely to become the subject of investigation. It is worthy of remark that no one inter- ested in the scheme ever gave a thonght to the interests of the people. Mr. SELLERS didn’t care a tinker’s cuss for the effect of abandoning the street’ on the value of other people’s property. He has a very extensive mannfacturing plant and needed more ground. CROW and PENNYWELL didn’t mind the inconvenience to the public which the closing of a public street might entail. They wanted $36,000 to divide between themselves to ‘‘grease the machine;”” and DURHAM gave as little thought to the people. He wanted to oblige Mr. SELLERS who had probably frequently ‘‘helped him out’’ when he was shy on campaign expenses. We hope, how- ‘ever, that there will be a complete expos- re of the affair now, has it bas become “| publi. . . 1 A Political Contrast. We desire to call particular attention to the vast difference hetween the course ad opted by a Republican member of Con- gress for this State and that of a Demo- orasic member of Congress, from Colorado, under similar conditions. In other words, we would invite a comparison of ‘Represen- tative WILLIAM CONNELL, Republican, of Scranton, Pennsylvania, aud JoHN F. SHAFROTH, Democrat, of Colorado,in their estimate of moral obligations in connection with a disputed title to a seat in the House of Representatives. We will not go so far as to say that the conduct of each gentle- man is characteristic of the party to which he belongs. Bus ib is fair thas it is cbarac- teristic of them. Mr. CONNELL, a multi-millionaire and a jobber in political patronage, was defeated alter an extraordinary campaign by a man whose pecuniary possessions made the pur-- chase of votes an impossibility. Notwith- standing his defeat, however, Mr. CONNELL laid claim to the seat on the ground that in certain portions of ‘the distriot fraud had been perpetrated, and that "under the law. such frauds vitiated the polls of the dis- triots in question. Throwing thew out, however, wouldn’t serve his purpose, for it lett his antagonist with a majority still, For that reason he asserted a proposition that some of the ballots in the distriet which bad been cast for him be counted, giving him a majority and that absurd and immoral claim was allowed by fise major ity i in the body. . On the other hand Mr. SHAFROTH was returned as elected by a majority of nearly three thousand but his seat was contested " on precisely the same grounds as those | P! alleged by Mr. CONNELL, namely, that frauds in a district vitiated the poll and therefore the vote of the district should be thrown out which would leave the con- testee without a majority. dence showed that some frands had been committed, Mr. SHAFROTH relinquished the seat. If the honest votes cast for each candidate in the district bad been counted SHA FROTH would still bave a cousiderable majority. Bus in Colorado, as in Pennsyl- vania, the law vitiates the polls because of some frauds and Democratic Mr. SHAF- ROTH gavezup his seat rather than weara tainted sitle. : aE At hE “Rev. A. R. Lambert, a former member of the Central Pennsylvania con- ference’ has been tendered the pastorate of the First M. E. church in Chicago at a salary of $6,000 per year. For the past douple years he has been pastor of a Meth- odist church in Spokane, Washington, during whioh time the membership has rrr been increased from 900. to 1800. BELLEFONTE, PA. FEBRUARY 19, 1904. iio expiration of ten yedrs was chauged to M. A Hanua & Company, | When the evi- |! NO. 7. Senator Morgan’s ¢“Cellar.’” From the Washington Post. Senator Spooner keeps a very close eye on what he calls ‘‘Senator Morgan's cel- lar.”” He can tell more accurately than any other man in the Senate when the Alabam- an is getting ready to speak and bow pro-. longed the effort will be. , This ‘‘cellar’’ is in the depths of Mr. Morgan's mahogany desk. As the latter prepares fo speak he literally fills his big deski full of papers of many descriptions bearing on the subject in band, which just now is the Panama canal and: pending treaty. Day by day he acoumulates a stock of manuscript, which is carefully stored away for use. When the desk is nearly full, Mr. Spooner knows that the time for a speech is approaching. As Mr. Morgan. proceeds he reaches down into, the ‘‘cellar’’ and brings out package after package. When the last comes: to view Mr. Spooner knows that the ‘‘cellar” is exhausted and that Mr. Morgan's speech is near a conclusion. Deal Will Be Closed. From the Altoona Times. The deal by which the Pennsylvania Coal and Coke company will seenre eontrol of the Beech Creeiz Coal and Coke company which has enormous - mining and coking interests in this country, will be closed. within the next two weeks and will go into effect Feb. 15. It is said there has been a slight hitch as to the price, which has delayed matters thus far, and that part of the consideration will be taken b the Beech Creek owner in stock of the. along the mountain division and in the Cambria and Clearfield distriot is picking’ up, many of the mines that were running on half time having resumed almost steady operations. The demand for the bituminous product is almost as great as it was before the general depression in business set inl Senator Hanna’s Career Marcus Alonzo Hanna was born in: New Lizbon, Columbiana county, Ohio, Sep- tember 24, 1837. In 1852 he removed with his father’s family to Cleveland and was educated in the publie schools of that city and the Western Reserve College, of Hudson, Ohio. He was engaged as an employee in the wholesale grocery house of Hanna, Garretson, & Company; his father being senior member of the firm. His father died in 1862, after which date he represented his father’s interests in the firm until 1867, when the business was closed. Mr. Hanoa then became a member of the firm of Rhodes & Company, whith ed in the iron and coal lle Hy which isistill in existance and very widely. known. Mr. Hanna had been identified with the lake-carrying business, having heen inter- ested in vessels on the lakes and in the construction of snch vessels. He was a di- rector in the Glohe' Ship Manufactaring Company, of Cleveland} president’ of the Union National Bank, of Cleveland; presi- dént of the Cleveland City Railway Com- pany, and president of the Chapin Mining Company, which has mines on Lake Supe- rior. It was in 1885 that Senator Hanna, then a wealthy man, began his political career. Then he was appointed government direc- tor of the Union Pacific Railway company by President Cleveland. He was a dele- gate to the national conventions of 1884, 1888 and 1896. It was in the campaign just before the 1896 convention that he gained renown for his remarkable gather- ing of Jojegans for President McKinley. In 1896 he was elected chairman of the National Republican committee, and on. March 5th, 1897, he was appointed to the United States Senate by Governor Bush- nell, to fill the vacancy caused by the res- ignasion of John Sherman, who resigned to accept the position of Secretary of the State in President McKinley's cabinet. Imme- diately after being appointed Mr. Hanna took his seat. His term of service under the appointment expired in 1898. - He was then elected for a full term, which he serv- |. ed with such satisfaction as to cause his re- election last month by the Ohio Senate and House, by the largest majority ever given a Senator from that State. Going After Britain. Russia Preparing to Move on India Unless England Keeps Out of the Scrap. St. PETERSBURG, Feb. 16. —Lientenant General Ivanoff, governor general and com- mander of the troops in Turkestan has gone to Tashkend, with General Sakbaroff, chief of the staff of the military district of "Tark- estan. It is raid in high military circles that General Ivanoff bas been instrusted to repare for the consingenoy of military ac- tion in the direction of India, in the evens of Great Britain adopting an attitude open- 1y hostile to Russia, or attempting to prej- udice Russian interests in Persia or Thi- bes. Public opinion in Russia even among military men, is strongly opposed to Vioe- roy Alexieff, who is accused of incapacity. A inovement is on foot in favor of the im- immediate appointment of General Kuro- patkin the war minister, to commaud the Rusian and forcesand to give Admiral Shry- dlaff command of the sea. A meeting of the council of the empire was held today. It was attended by the heir presumptive, the Grand Duke Michell and other grand dukes. Vice Admiral Makaroff, the ‘ice hidaker specialist of the Russsian’ navy, and until recently commander in chief at Cronstads, has gone to the far east. The spirit of patriotism ab Moscow among the mnscovites has resulted in the rough handling of a namber of us who fail- ed to take off their hats while crowds were singing the national hymul Tt iseven res ported that some df the offenders were kill- ed, but this is not confirmed officially. ‘The bourse, after being steady yesterday, seamped hadly today. ———Subseribe ‘for the WATCHMAN. : Spawls from the Keystone. ° —While Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Kreider, of near Lebanon, were butchering, a few days ago, their four-year-old son, Clarence, fell into a stand of boiling lard and was scalded to death. —Five business men of Williamsport, sold a trdct of” timber land in the west recently for $1,500,000. One of these men was J. W. Crispen, a brother-in-law of Mrs. Ira Fox, of Lock Haven. - To —The two Italians from Smoke Buu, Clearfield Co., who were on trial for murder, were found guilty of murder in the second degree and sentenced to the penitentiary for eight years and $100 fine each. —The channel in the ice in Lycoming 4,000 feet and will be continued until it reaches the county bridge at Williamsport. The work may cost about $1,000. —The hotel at Gazzam, owned by Zenes Ardery, which was refused license by Judge Smith was destroed by fire on Sunday morning with all its contents. The loss $5,000, is fully covered by insurance. —A crowd of about 25 boys and young men armed with guns and revolvers, chased a supposedly mad dog belonging to John Sager about Salona Tuesday and peppered away at the animal until he droppen over and died. —The last of the bench of the new Penn- sylvania tunnel at Gallitzin has been taken up and the work of concreting the tunnel is being pushed rapidly. It is expected that all the work will be completed and the track laid within the next three months. —-Josiah Shute, township committeeman, of Glassboro, N.- J, comes forward with the annnouncement that he has a flock of hens that are hard to beat when it comes to laying in an egg famine. In the past month his 85 hens have given him 116} dozen eggs. —Friday at the old freight depot in Hunt- ingdon occurred the sale of unclaimed or lost freight, which is the accumulation of years on the main line from Altoona to Mifflin and on the Broad Top railroad from Cumberland to Huntingdon. The articles sold were varied and interesting ragning from an empty barrel to an empty coffin. Pennsylvania company. The ooal trade —At Mahaffey .early Thursday morning burglars entered the postoffice and the store of Wrigley Hardware company. They were scared away without getting any plunder by the noise of the explosion when they blew off the door of the postoffice safe, which awoke people in the vicinity, who turned out and attempted to capture them. —The body of John Schloski, a 14-year- old lad of Glendale, was recovered from the Mansfield Coal & Coke Company's No. 2 mine, near Carnegie, shortly after noen Tuesday, Tuesday the boy and his father worked together in the mine until just be- fore noon, when the slate above came down on the boy and crushed him. The father escaped uninjured. —The Lock Haven paper mill was com- pelled to shut down last Friday night on account of not being able to secure water from the canal, which is frozen solid to ‘the sand bars near the Flemington grist mill, being 36 inches thick in some places. A force of forty men were at once put to work A who sok : Patrolman Jasper Fichion of Williams- port, says that city has the meanest ‘thief he ever heard of and it cost him just $20 to find it out. The officer lost his pocketbook con- taining $20 and papers and Saturday be re- ceived a package by mail on which he. had to pay the postage as no stamps were on, it. On opening the same it was found to contain his missing pocketbook, minus the $20. —Mrs. Mary McCormick, of Chester, states that the general supposition that February 2nd is ground-hog day ‘is erroneous. She claims that her husband and sons bave made a study of the life of the ground-hog, and that February 14th is the first day on which ho comes forth. * She says: ‘I have lived in the country all my life and my sons are trappers. They never think of looking for ground-hog until after St. Valentine's day.” —Roland Mothersbaugh, a 6-year-old youngster of Johnstown, while playing along the banks of Cheney run last Saturday fell into the water and was carried through a sewer 200 feet long and then floated an ad- ditional 100 feet in. the stream, when he managed to grasp an overhanging bush and pulled himself ont. He walked off home experience. —The trial of Mrs. Julia, Evans for, the killing of Alfred Berger at Coalport. was completed at Clearfield Friday afternoon, and in less than ten minutes the jury. Te- turued a verdict of guilty of voluntary taan- slaughter. Berger and others some’ ‘nionths ago attempted to enter Mrs. Evans’ s hotse in Coalport, and to frighten them away she fired a revolver, the bullet passing through the door, striking Berger and causing death. —We are going to prosecute constables who fail to turn out to fight forest fires, says Secretary J. T. Rothrock, of the Pennsyl- vania Forestry Association. We have told constables that whenever they sue the coun. ty commissioners for their service for fight- ing the fires, if the lower courts give judg- ment against them, we will pay the costs of carrying it to the Superior court. The ‘com- missioners have been telling the constables that they could not be paid, but there: is a ‘penalty ‘for the commissioners, oo, which may be enforced. ~Christian Weidler, an old and highly respected resident of Crawford township, Nippenose valley, has been ill for some time and is kindly nursed by Simon Sallada an old friend of the family. Mr. Weidler is about 85 years old and is well-to do and is the owner of considerable real estate, He resides on his farm about two miles from Rauchtown, where he has lived nearly all his life. He owns a large grist mill at Rauch- town, managed by his son. A few days ago, thinking he was going to die,told Mr. Sallada to go to his mill at Rauchtown and oun the ground floor of the mill near the water wheel you will find a few flat stones and under- neath one of these, you will find a pot of gold coins. Mr. Sallade immediately left for the mill and going to the place directed, after turning over several stones, he found a ‘day it was deposited in the bank at Jersey Shore. creek has been blasted a distance of about none the worse, apparently, for his Perilons : pot of gold containing over $900. The next
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