rE ok WO Le 0 0 30 cei Dewalt, ‘Bellefonte, Pa., March 4, 1904. P. GRAY MEEK, - . - Eprror TAT EEA, Terms ov SusscrirrioN.—Until further notice this paper will be furnished to subscribers at the following rates : Paid strictly in advance................... Paid before expiration of year. ee Paid after expiration of year............ EE ————————— Democratic County Committee for 1904. Precinct. Name. P. O. Address. Bellefonte NW J. C. Harper, Bellefonte *, 8 WP. H. Gerrity, . 4 WW Geo. R. Meek, a Centre Hall Boro W. F. Bradford, Centre Hall Howard £6 Howard Moore, Howard Milesburg James Noll, Milesburg Millheim i Pierce Musser, Millheim Philipsburg 1st W Ira Howe, Philipsburg 2nd W J. W. Lukens ht 2 srd W Ed. G. Jones, po ae 8. Philipsburg John Albert, “ State College Boro Jno McCormick, State College Unionville = P. J. McDonnel, Fleming Benner Twp. N P John Grove, Bellefonte * SP Siney Hoy, ge Boggs Twp. N P Ira P. Confer, Yarnell te E P W. G. Morrison, Roland te W P Lewis Aikey, Wingate Burnside Twp. College _ Curtin 84 Ferguson #* BE . “ w A. V. Dougherty, Moshannon I. J. Dreese, Lemont Peter Robb Jr., Romola P Wm. H. Fry, Pine Grove Mills P T. D. Gray, Penna Furnace Gregg Twp. N P J.C. Rossman, Spring Mills i E P H. P. Herring, Penn Hall £4 WP John Smith, Spring Mills Haines Twp. W P Ralph E. Stover, Aaronsburg “ E P J. W. Winkleblech, Feidler Half Moon Twp. J. P. Sebring, Stormstown Harris + John Weiland, Boalsbur, Howard a A. M. Butler, Howar, Huston * John Q. Miles, Martha Liberty Twp. E P Benjamin Brown, Blanchard Liberty Twp. W P Albert Bergner, Monument Marion o W. Orr, Walker Miles Twp E P Jerry Brungart, Wolfs Store $e M P Geo. B. Winters, Rebersburg ze W PG. Ed. Miller, Rebersburg Patton Twp. Thos. M. Huey, Waddle Penn ts W. F. Smith, Millheim Potter * 8 P Geo. Goodhart, Centre Hall ** N P Geo. H. Emerick, Centre Hall " “ W P J.P Spancler, Tusseyville Rush “ N P Wm. B. Frank, Philipsburg ae “ 8 P Jno T. Lorigan, Osceola Mills SnowShoe E PE. A. Humpton, Snow Shoe te W P Wm. Kern, Moshannon Spring Twp. N PC. M. Heisler, Bellefonte te S P W. H. Noll, Pleasant Gap ie W P Jno. L. Dunlap, Bellefonte _ Taylor Twp. J. T. Merriman, Port Matilda Union * 8. K. Emerick, Fleming Walker Twp E P Solomon Peck, Nittany ig M P D. A. Deitrick, Hublersburg “ W P Albert Shaffer, Zion Worth *¢ J. A. Williams, Port Matilda H. 8. TAYLOR, County Chairman, EE ———— Whisky Men Ridicule Wood Alcohol Story. They Say Or. Warren's Charges of General Adul- teration is absurd. Watched too Closcly. Reotifi ers, wholesale and retail dealers in wines and liquors are united in saying that the charges of Dr. B. H. Warren, Dairy and Food Commissioner, concerning the adulteration of their wares are exag- gerated and in the main absurd. These men point to the fact that experts employed by the United States government keep close watch upon all branches of the liquor manufacturing and rectifying indus- tries. They assert that the penalties pro- vided hy acts of Congress for deleterious adulterations are so severe that the practice has been reduced to a minimum. BIG FIRMS WILL FIGHT. That there will he a concert of opposition t0 Dr. Warren and his chemists when the Prosecutions begin is probable. This mat- ter has been discussed, and action will he taken within. a few days. This will prob- ably be confined to the large distilling, rectifying and jobbing houses. The small- er firms will look ous for themselves. Among the smaller houses there is a dis- position to regard Dr. Warren’s action as persecution. ‘‘The statement that wood aloohol is used largely toadulterate whisky is both ridiculous and untrue,’’ said Theo- dore Netter. wholesale dealer in wines and liquors. whore place of business is No. 54 North Thirteenth street, Phila. SENSATIONAL TALK. All this talk is sensational, and serves to keep the department before the public. Wood alcohol has a distinctive taste. It would be detected immediately in liquor of any kind. So would red pepper and most of the other adulterants named by Dr. ‘Warren. The use of a moderate amount of salicyo acid in wine is a different matter. When used judiciously it does no harm, and keeps the wine clear, The man who will discov- er a method by whioh wines may he kept clear indefinitely withont the nse of this or similar expedients oan sell his discovery for a million dollars t o morrow morning. The use of harmless vegetable coloring matter and of innocent coal tar dyes is not nearly 80 bad as Dr. Warren wonld have us. be- lieve. INSPECTION RIGID. ‘“The government is rigid in this matter of adulteration. It would mean disgrace and an end to the business career of any man who would do the things charged by Dr. Warren. The recent act of the govern- ment in reducing the proof test of whisky is in the right direction. The requirement is now 90 per cent. Formerly it was 100 per cent. England requires 100 per cent., France 79 per oent, in its liquors and Ger. many 83 per cent.’ Members of the newly-formed ‘‘Liquor Dealers’ Association’’ are disposed to con- cede honest but mistaken ideas to the com- missioner. They declined to talk for pub- lication yesterday. Bridegroom Took Honeymoon Alone. Wite Did Not Enjoy Traveling But Wanted Her Husband to Have a Good Time. ., Charles Weaver returned to Lewistown, uesday evening from a wedding tour in Virginia and joined his bride, who remained here since their marriage’ three weeks ago. While Weaver courted Miss Daisy Long he often talked of the good times they would have on their honeymoon trip, but Miss Long always demurred, saying she had no taste for travel. At the same time she told her husband that it ‘was her earnest desire that he should enjoy the delighte of a honeymoon trip, even if she could not occompany him. Weaver took his bride’s view of the matter, and the night they were married he left on the Pennsylvania train, leaving here at 11.16 o’clock for the hill country of Virginia. On his return Tuesday evening Mr. Weav. er said he bad enjoyed the beautiful scen- ery of the Old Dominion State, but of course his thoughts were always for his bride, who, alone, awaited his return to their pretty little Lewistown home. Mohammedans Called in Defense of Russia. TIFLIS, RUSSIAN TRANS-CAUCASIA, Feb. 29.—The Caucasian Shiek, UL Islam, has called on the Russian Mohamedans, to de- fend their fatherland. He reminded them how they fought their co-religionists, the Turks, $wenty-five years ago. -Hivk’s Predicts Bad Weather for March. | The first storm period is central on the 1st , 2d and 3d. A very. low barometer is apt to appear at this time, and should high |. temperature for the season attend the low barometer the chances are good for violent gales, especially over the south Atlantic and gulf regions. Heavy rain and snow is quite probable over interior parts of the country: With a blizzard in the north and west. A sharp cold wave for the season, pushed south and east out of the northwest by a very high barometer, is almost sure to follow the storms at this time. Second storm period will express itself abous the 5th, 6th, 7th, and 8th. The weather will be unsettled and hleak at the opening of this period. It will grow warm- er, progressively from the west, as the period advances, followed by falling bha- rometer, cloudiness, rain and snow. These disturbances will ‘‘peter out’ into high barometer, cold, northerly winds, with continued cloudiness and frequent squalls of snow. Third storm period is central on the 11th, 12:h, and 13th. Disturbing earth currents, anroral illaminations, seismic shakes and volcanic activity are among the things, that as a rule, result ahout this time. Falling barometer, higher temperature and wide areas of rain and snow may he expected about the 12th, and 13th. High barometer and cold, blustering gales will follow pro- gressively about the 13th to 16th. The new moon falls on the 16th, passing over the celestial equator on the 17th, hence marked change to warmer, with rapidly falling harometer, will begin about these days, followed quickly by wide reaching and violent storms of rain, wind and thunder. Before the close of this fourth, storm period, storms will take over the country north and west, dangerous easterly gales along the Atlantic. Of course a March cold wave will ‘‘wind up the ball’? Props £1 Warmer weather and rapidly falling ba- rometer will end in more decided disturb- ances on and touching the 23rd and 24th. Sixth storm period is central on the 29th, beginning on the 27¢h, and running into April. About the 27th a general change to warmer will begin to move out of western extremes, attended by falling barometer, gathering cloudiness and threating. Dar- ing the 29th, 30th and 31st, these conditions will break into general and active storms. There will be danger of tropical storms, hurricanes and tidal waves on tbe gulf and other seas and coasts. Very low barometric pressures will prevail in many places. Rain, wind and thunder storms will visit most southern parts, and a boreal storm amounting to a blizzard will sweep over the northern to central states. In the ex- treme northwest the wintry aspect of these disturbance will be severe for the season, and before the high barometer following the storms has finally disappeared, the boreal wave will be driven far southward and eastward. This March cold wave will not culminate, over much of the country cen- tral and southward, before the last day of Maich and the opening days of April. = Part of Plot to Rob Train! Negro killed One Postal Clerk and Fatally Wound- ed Another. Posse With Bloodhounds on His Trail. Train Was Boarded In Meridan Yards. - BIRMINGHAM, ALA., February 29.—A negro, supposed to be crazy, shot and kill. ed postal clerk Stockton and possibly fatally wounded postal clerk Bass on the’ north-bound Alabama Great Sonthern train ‘No. 2, two miles this side of Meridan to- day. -A’posse with hloodbounds is on the trail of the negro. The train was backed to Meridan, where two other clerks were secured and it proceeded on its way. De- tails are meagre. Accordipg to Inter reports received here by the officials of the Alabama Great South- ern railroad, the shooting of the two postal olerksjwas a part of a plot to rob the train. The shootivg was done by Jim Paris, a negro, who boarded the train in the Mer- idan yards as it was pulling out. Before it was under good headway Paris entered the postal oar and opened fire on clerks J. T. Stockton and A. J. Bass, killing Siku instantly:and wounding Bass in thé'arm. The negro then ‘seized a package of registered letters and jumped off. In leasing the train he fell and one leg was crufibed under the wheels, but he managed to drag himself three miles. Bloodhounds were secured at Meridan, the train having backed to that place. Their scent led to the capture of Paris at daylight. registered letters were found in his pocket. He was taken to jail at Meridan.. The officers say three or four negroes were in- volved in the plot to rob the train, though only one of them appears to have entered the postal car. MERIDAN, Miss, February 29.—The killing of express messenger Stockton has caused much excitement. After Paris, the alleged murderer, was placed in jail here, a mob gathered, and, fearing a lynohing, the sheriff notified Governor Varnaman, who ordered out'the local militia. Corea’s Future. Now That the Die is Cast What Will Become of Her 2 2 PAR1s, March 1.—In anticipation of the negotiations which will follow the Russo- Japanese war the Corean officials in Europe are turning their attention to the powers whioh give their country support. It is feared that Japan, even if victorious, will find that she cannot live up to the high principles to which she pledged herself, particularly if the war be long-drawn out. Her expenses and losses will be great, and Corea, having heen occupied and serving as a field of battle, will be one of the subjects of negotiations. If Russia is victorious its fate, so far as Russian diplomacy can make it, is sealed. A consideration of the latitude of the European powers shows that Corea has 1lit- tle to hope for from them, Great Britain being expected to agree to greater Japanese control over the Hermit kingdom, while France and Germany would not oppose Russia in the event of her being victorious. The hopes of Coreans, therefore, are center- ing on the United States, and as soon as the cable and other lines of communica- tion are restored it is understood thas rep- resentations will be made to the Corean government with the view to induocing it to designate a leading diplomat as minister at Washington, the post now being accu- pied by a charge d’ affairs. The Corean government will be urged to authorize its representative to conduct a campaign design to arouse the interests of the American people in Corea, and when the negotiations are begun, then an urgent appeal will be submitted to the President to use his good offices as provided by the treaty between the two states. Min Yung Tohan, the Corean minister to Paris, who was secretary of legation at Washing- ton several years ago, is expected to be con- sidered by his government for transfer to the United States. Subscribe for the WATCHMAN, Several | What Russia Gives Out. No Japanese Warships Near Port Arthur and Fight at Ping Yang, St. PETERSBURG, MARCH 2.—In a dis patch to the Czar, Viceroy Alexieff says: ‘Admiral Stark, telegraphing from Port Arthur to-day, March 2, says the enemy did not appear off Port Arthur on either February 28, Febroary 29, or March 1. Reconaissances made by cruisers and sor- pedo hoats over a radius of sixty miles from Port Arthur also failed to discover the enemy’s vessels.” : Major General Pflug. Viceroy Alexieff’s chief of staff, sends in the following tele- gram dated March 2: ‘‘According to addi- tional information which has reached me, our patrols, having passed the night 12 versts (2 miles) from Ping Yang, approach- ed that town on the morning of Febrvary 29. They were closely pressing a Japan- ese patrol of seven officers. Lieutenant Lonchakoff attacked the patrol with three Cossacks, foroing it to retreat at a gallop towards the gates of the town. ‘‘The presence of our patrols near Ping Yang caused great alarm and soon the en- emy’s sharpstiooters manned the wall and towers and opened fire, expecting an at- tack. According to the report, our patrols approached within 700 paces of the town which they found to be surrounded by both old and new ramparts. These, however, were not yet occupied hy the enemy and it is supposed that the Japanese have not more than one thousand men in Ping Yang.” ¥ An official despatch received from Major General Pflng says: ‘At Port Arthur and in Mancharia all is calm. Occording to Korean reports from Vliadivostock, a de- tachment of 2,500 Japanese, without artil- lery, landed at Songchen (Hueng-Sehn, north of Cape Bruat), on February 19, and marched to the sonsh. | ““There have .been heavy snow falls af Port Arthur and in Manchuria recently. A$ Port Arthur there were ten degrées of frost, and Vladivostock bad a heavy snow storm.” ‘ WANT TO TALK IT OVER. LONDON, MARCH 2.—According to a correspondent of the Zimes, General Drag- omiroff, former Governor of Kieff, has been | summoned to St. Petersburg. During the war deliberations he severely criticised Ruseia’s war policy and insisted that both the fleet and army should evaonate Port Arthur in order to avoid greater disaster. TELEGRAPH OFFICES TAKEN. Tok10, MARCH 2.—I¢t has heen learned here that the Russians have occupied the telegraph offices at Anju and Yong- Pyon, north of Ping Yang. They have imprisoned the district governor and have confiscated official papers. The Russian force near Anjn numbers only about 40 men. The main Russian force is concen- trated at Liao-Yang. RUSSIA SAVING HER SHIPS. St. PETERSBURG, March 2.—The volun- teer flees steamer Kazan, has been transfer- | red to the Red Cross society. The Kazan 'was reported at Port Arthur Febroary 17th, when she was said to have been slightly in- jured during a Japanese attack. The volunteer fleet steamer Ekaterinaslay |. which was captured by the Japanese, is Iy- ing in the harbor. of Sasebo, Japan. Des- patches received there say that her officers and crew are well and deny that the Jap- anese are using her for transport purposes. The volunteer fleet steamer Voronej bas reached Colombo, on her way back to Odes- sa where the Nijni Novogorod, of the same fleet, arrived to-day. 2 ENGLAND INCREASES GARRISONS. LoNDOoN, March 2.—Orders were issued to-day ‘to dispatch 5,000 troops to .rein- force the British garrison at Malta. It is believed that this movement ‘is: made to facilitate the reinforcing of the stations in China later, should necessity arrive. Four hundred troops were also ordered to China to raise the local stations there to war strength. CHINESE SPIES AIDED TOGO. ST. PETERSBURG, twenty Chinese have been arrested there for signaling to the Japanese ships from the shore with flashlights. 4 Furious Battle Fought. Russians Lose Three Fighting Boats. Japs Are In Order. Battleship Askold Sinking, Novik Dam- aged and Torpedo Boat Sunk. LoNDoON, March 1.—2:30 A. M.—A dis- ‘ patch to the Daily Telegraph from Yin Kow, dated Feb. 29, says : ‘Fifteen Japanese warships furiously bombarded Port Arthur from 10 until 12 this morning. The Russian cruisers, No- vik, Askold and Bagan, accompanied by four torpedo boats steamed out to meet the attack. They were, however, forced to retire. The Askold was in a sinking condition. |, The Novik was hadly damaged and a tor- pedo hoat was sank. The Russian battle- ship Retvizan was again damaged. The Japanese withdrew in good order. Home 0 Deny He Was Dead in Morgue. : PITTSBURG, PA. MARCH 2.—After trav- eling over China, Siberia and South Africa, Adolph Gerl, whose body was supposed to have been recognized in a New York morgue early in August, returned to his home in Allegheny to-day. ’ One morning last August he was given a bank hook of a manufacturing company in this city to make a deposit. He went to the bank and made the deposit. This was the last heard of him until he walked into his home to-day. Detectives were en- gaged and then he was forgotten. The house in Perry street was closed and the heart-broken wife and children went to friends. Two weeks ago a tramp steamer arrived in New Orleans, and landed Gerl. He is in perfect health, bus his mind is blank as to his wanderings. He said to-night that he had been in China and Siberia. Collapse of Unfinished Hotel Structure Was Without any Warning. Woman in Adjoining House Killed as She Sat at Luncheon With a Friend. NEw York March 2.—Fourteen persons are believed to have been killed, of whom the bodies of only five have been recovered about a score injured and eight or ten are missing through the collapse to-day of the steel skeleton of the Hotel Darlington, a thirteen-story apartment house in course of erection at 57 West Forty-sixth street. The steel frame work had been erected as far as the eleventh floor and the strue-. ture was swarming with iron workers, masons and laborers, when, without an in- stant’s warning, the upper floor sagged and collapsed and the whole structure fell with a orash that was heard for blocks, and shook all the buildings in the vicinity. GIVEN MAXIMUM SENTENCE ‘Postal Conspirators: Get Two Years Iv ‘Prison and Fine of $10,000. Washington, Feb. 29. — August W. Machen, - formerly general superin- tendent of the free delivery postal ser- vice; Dr. George E. Lorenz, of Ta ledo, O., once postmaster of that city, A. W. MACHEN. and Diller B. Groff, of this city, all of whom were convicted of conspiracy against the government in connection with the supply of the Groff fasteners to the postoffice department, were sen- tenced by Judge Pritchard to two years’ imprisonment in the Mounds- ville, W. Va. penitentiary and a fine of $10,000 each. The defendants im- mediately gave notice of appeal to the court of appeals and were released on $20,000 bond each. “' f Samuel A. Groff, as to whom Spe- cial Counsel Conrad, for the govern- ment, said some days ago that there was not sufficient evidence to convict, was not sentenced, his motion for a new trial and for arrest of judgment being allowed further consideration. His counsel were given four days in | which to prepare to argue the mo- tions. The sentence imposed on Machen, Lorenz and Diller Groff is the maxi- mum allowed under the law, although the court, contrary to the contentions of the prosecution, decided that the several counts in the indictment con- stituted but one offense. FIERCE BATTLE WITH MOROS Refused to Surrender and All Were . Killed Or Captured. Washington, March 1. — General . Wade, in a cablegram to the war de- partment, dated Manila, advises the partment of a report of General Wood concerning an engagement at Joloal on the 14th instant with the remnants “of Hassans Cotta Moros. The American “expedition was in charge of Major "Hugh L. Scott. During the fight Gen- eral Wood states that firing was twice "Stopped to give the Moros a chance to ‘surrender, -but they declined. The en- -tire body, he adds, with the exception «of Hassan, is either dead or captured, and Hassan is located. Second Lieu- tenant Eugene R. West, 18th battery, field artillery, was seriously wounded “in the thigh. A number of troopers ‘also were wounded. wa It is said at the war department that ‘this destruction of Hassan’s band is a case of retributive justice. Major Scott | suffered at the hands of this fanatical March 2.—Accord-| ing to a special despatch from Port Arthur, Moro. The chief enticed the major oft into the jungle, pretending to be friend- ly, and in ambush shot him. Since that 'and now has destroyed his band. Has- ‘san, who was a priest, is one ot" the ir- reconcilables. When the navy was making some surveys a year ago off the coast of Jolo, Hassan construed the setting up of the survey marks as an ‘act of hostility and attacked the troops. He came into General Sum- ‘mer’s headquarters under ‘summons, but made his escape and ever since has been at war. His band is believed to : have numbered about 600, and if en- {tirely destroyed, as the cablegram re- ports, the battle must have been of .Some proportions. ; Corbett Defeats Dave Sullivan. San Francisco, March 1. — Young Corbett again proved his right to the title of world’s champion feather- weight by defeating Dave Sullivan, of Boston, in the 11th round. It was a fast battle from start to finish, but at no time was Corbett in danger. Sulli- van was knocked down twice in’ the fourth round and was nearly out when the bell sounded. He showed remark- able recuperative powers and was sent to the floor twice in the fifth, but be- fore the round ended inflicted severe punishment on the champion. From the sixth round Corbett had things pretty nearly his own way, and pun- ished Sulllivan severely until the ref- eree stopped the fight in the 11th round. Sullivan, while not knocked out, was hopelessly defeated when the decision was given against him. Time Limit of Preachers Extended. Allentown, Pa., Feb. 27.—By a vote of 38 to 23 the East Pennsylvania Evangelical conference decided in favor of extending the time limit of preachers from four to five years. The conference also voted unanimously in favor of lay representatives in the general conference, each annual con- ference to have from one to three lay delegates, dependent upon the mem- bership. The vote was also unanimous on the question of the general confer- ence establishing a missionary confer- ence, without lay representation and without restriction as to the pastoral term. Gets Six Years For Theft. Washington, March 1. — Agnes French, the white maid, who recently stole a quantity of jewelry from the apartments of Postmaster General Payne, and who was later captured in Brooklyn, was sentenced to six years in the penitentiary. A TEREISI time Major Scott has been on“his trail’ A WEEK'S NEWS CONDENSED. Wednesday, February 24. Rear Admiral G. A. Converse will succeed Rear Admiral O'Neil ag chief of the bureau of ordnance when that officer retires. next nionth. The Pacific Mail liner Mongolia, the largest American built ship afloat, sailed from Norfolk, Va.,, on her maiden voyage to San Francisco. Rev. Dr. R. H. Nelscn, of Philadel- phia, has accepted his election as bishop coadjutor of the Protestant Episcopal diocese of Albany, N. Y. Admiral Dewey and staff and As- sistant Secretary of State Loomis sailed on the dispatch boat Mayflower for the West Indies to witness the naval manoeuvres. Thursday, February 25. Fire destroyed the principal busi- ness block at New Decatur, Ala. en- tailing a loss of $175,000. Charles F. Mayer, formerly president of the Baltimore and Ohio railroad, died at Baltimore, aged 70 years. Admiral Evans, commander of the Pacific squadron, will sail for home March 26 on the battleship Kentucky. The anniversary of the outbreak of the last war of independence was ob- served throughout Cuba as a general holiday. : Rev. Joel Light, one of the best known ministers in the United Breth- ren conference, died at his home at Lebanon, Pa. Friday, February 26. John Conroy, convicted of wife mur- der in 1902, was hanged at Pitts- burg, Pa. ' The Evangelical Association of the East Pennsylvania conference held its 65th annual conference at Allentown. The body of a sailor of the wrecked schooner Benjamin C. Cromwell was picked up on the beach near Bellport, Long Island. J. L. Caldwell, of West Virginia, has issued a statement withdrawing from the race for United States senator from that state. . John Phillips, secretary of the Na- tional Organization of Hatters of North America, and a well-known labor lead- er, died at his home in Brooklyn. Saturday, February 27. Owing to the high price of wheat, Minneapolis mills have advanced the price of flour 10 cents. M. Bunau-Varilla, the minister from Panama, has cabled his resignation to the president of that republic. : Thieves entered the postoffice at Tenafly, N. J.,, blew open the safe and stole $1500 in stamps and money. Fourth Assistant Postmaster Gen- eral Bristow, who is ill with grip, is slowly recovering, but is very weak. Senator Hanna's estate shows a val- uation of $7,000,000, according to a re- port made to the Cleveland probate court by his son. : Colonel James A. Pugh, of Norfolk, Va., a veteran newspaper man and first vice president of the .Virgini Press Association, is dead.” ! : Monday, February 29, - By taking carbolic acid, Amos B.. Tyres, member of one of the largest wholesale dry goods house in St. Louis, committed suicide. ~ = All crafts employed in‘ the manu- facture of window glass .are expected to be amalgamated at a convention in Cleveland, O., March 24, ‘Three men were killed and one in- jured in the wreck of a double-header freight train on the Norfolk and West- ern road near Henry Station, Va. The 13th anthracite district, includ- .ing Pottsville, Pa., and employing 7829 mine workers, had 24 fatal accidents last year, leaving nine widows and 34 orphans. : For sponsor of the battleship Vir- ginia, to be launched April 5 at New- port News, Va., Miss Matilda G. Mon- tague, daughter of the governor of Vir- ginia, has been chosen. Tuesday, March 1. Secretary of State Hay is confined to his home by a slight attack of grip. The United States mint in San Fran- cisco, Cal, turned out $21,796,000 for the month of February. : During a quarrel over a woman at Wilkesbarre, Pa., an unknown for- eigner was shot and killed.- The house committee on territories made a favorable report on a bill grant- ing Alaska the right to send a delegate to congress. \ Walted H. Doyle, president of the Citizens’ Bank, of Norfolk, Va., and one of the most prominent men in southern financial circles, is dead. STATE COUNCIL SUSTAINED Important Decision Affecting Junior Order United American Mechanics. Trenton, N. J, March 1.—The court of errors and appeals decided against the National Council of the Junior Or- der United American Mechanics in its suit to compel the New Jersey State Council to pay over several thousand dollars of national per capita tax which it is claimed was collected by the state council from the members of the order in this sate. The effect of the decis- ion is to sustain the legality of the New Jersey State Council in seceding | from the national organization. The decision is important, because New York, Pennsylvania and other state councils have seceded, leaving the national organization in control of but a small minority of the total mem- bership of the order in the United ‘States. Put to Sea In An “Ark.” Norfolk, Va., Feb. 27. — Alphonse Ford and his wife, said to be mission- aries, who put to sea Thursday from Edenton, N. C,, in a crude ark con- structed by themselves, were rescued last night a few miles from Edenton in a famished condition and suffering intensely from cold. Their craft had gone ashore and the couple were en- camped in the marsh. ~——Subseribe for the WATCHMAN. $3,000,000 Fire at Rochester. Retail Dry Boods District Was Practically Destroy- ed. in. Rochester, N. Y., Feb. 27.—What was- practically the retail dry goods dis-- trict of this city is a mass of ruins, for: three out of the five department stores: were consumed in yesterday’s disas- trous fire, one of which, the Sibley, . Lindsay & Curr Co., was by far the largest establishment of this kind: in the city, and the oldest. Insurance men place the loss at $3,-- 000,000. Of this $750,000 represents the- loss on buildings, and the remainder- the loss on stocks of goods and to oc-- cupants of offices. It is estimated that 2500 people are thrown out of work. temporarily, at least, because of. the- fire. The burned district lies on the north. side of ‘Main street, between St. Paul. street and Clinton avenue, north, run-- ning from St. Paul street almost the- entire length of the block. The fire: started in the store of the Rochester- Dry Goods company and worked west, taking but one store east of this es- tablishment, that of the Walkover Shoe company, before its progress was. checked in that direction. Next west: was the store of the Beadle, Sherburne company, which was destroyed; then: the marble block, occupied by the Sib-- ley, Lindsay & Curr Co., also destroyed, . and finally the 13-story granite build-- ing, the lower part of which also was: occupied by the Sibley, viindsay &- Curr Co., and the upper part by offices. Only the front wall of the marble: building is standing. The shell of the- granite building is intact and the floors. are in place, but the building was gut- ted by the: fire. Sibley, ‘Lindsay & Curr Co.s six-Ji story wholesale building, together with. the stables, in the rear, was destroyed, with all its valuable contents, this loss. being placed at $1,450,000. There was a livery stable and some: frame dwellings on Division street, a narrow thoroughfare running in the- rear of the burned stores, and these were damaged by water and falling walls. There were no casualties and no one- was injured except Assistant Chief Frank A. Jaynes, who was struck by a. flying nozzle and received some bruises.. The power on the trolley line run-. ning along Main street was cut off to- avoid danger from electricity, and no cars were run through the block where the fire occurred all day. All other trafiic was also stopped, and probably will not be resumed until Monday. The fire was discovered by the night. watchman in the employ of the Rochester Dry Goods company. He says it started from a fuse which blew out in the electric elevator connection. Almost simultaneously an explosion oc- curred in the basement of Beadle & Sherburne’s, next door. Smoke and flames poured through the elevator grating in the sidewalk, and in an in- credibly short time the buildings were a mass of flames. = The fire department did good’ work, but the apparatus was inadequate, and requests for assistance were sent to Buffalo and Syracuse. Each ‘city re- sponded, sending two engines and men to man them. ; ADDITIONAL LOCALS : LICENSES GRANTED.—On Monday the regular sitting of license court was held in this place and out of forty-eight applicants only one was refused, though fifteen were held over until the 220d of the month in order that testimony may be taken for and ; u against the applicants. {The application of Weiss & Baldenhofer for a-brewer’s license in Philipsburg was held up because their brewery is not near- ly completed and not because there will be any opposition to the license. The court held that there was no need for granting it just at this time. The case of Harry Washburn is one that: judge Love might find some embarassment in explaining. Washburn had a license for the Mountain house at Oscecla, but he be- came 80 notorious over there in the cam- paign for Judge Gordon that he sold ous and did not apply again. It is said that it was at his house that the meeting of liquor men was called to levy an assessment for the Gordon campaign fund. His removal across the creek into Centre county and receiving license from judge Love looks suspicious of a.deal, to say the least. : m TAVERN LICENSE, W. L. Daggett... .... Bellefonte West Ward Horton 8S. Ray........ a South Ward C. M. & C. B. Garm " hd George L. Doll..... $s : . D. B. Newcomer. vo $s 4 Rapsey & Grebe.. Philipsburg 2nd Ward Mary Walton... . as id Wm. B. Price..... “ 1st Ward Christopher Nort! 1" 2nd Ward *Thomas Barnes. se James Passmore. $e .e *Dorse eas . i 49 *Joseph Peters Jr . o* “ *Frank Test... Tem pest Slinge . Thomas F, Street...... *Enoch Hugg. J. L DeHaas........ .. John M. Reish.... Simon R. King... George B. Uzzle.........Snow Shoe Twp. John G. Uzzle.........,.. se $6 Lawrence Redding... te "* 8. B. Shaffer.... Philip J. Edward Miller....... Wier Bloom...serssnsss- = *Andrew Sommerville “ Alois Kohlbecker...... Boggs ** *R. F. EmericK....c..... Walker “ DISTILLER Noah Eby.. .cccceverennn Haines * WHOLESALE LIQUORS AS BREWER AND MANUFAC TURES, Weist & Raldenhofer.Philipsburg 2nd Ward WHOLESALE BEER, Jesse K. COX...ccvererens Bellefonte West Ward Matthew Davies........ Philipsburg 2nd Ward WHOLESALE LIQUOR. Andrew Rusnak.......Snow Shoe Twp. avid Chambers.. se “ *James Black... Philipsburg 2nd Ward Samuel Rogers.. . *Orin Vail “ *D, W. Schnar. Hal Washburn, e *Garfield Boyce.. 46 *Lawrence Nugent.... " *Fred Eisenhauer...... sd *Indicates applicant held over. ! tIndicates applicant refused. | ial! him,
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