BY P. GRAY MEEK. Ink Slings. —The St. Louis fair will open to-mox- row. So will the public’s pocket book. ‘—The fellow who shook his flannels Monday will be buried next week. Pneu- monia is doing it. 5 | —Probably Mr. BRYAN ‘would not ob- | ject to WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN, of Nebraska, as the Democratic nominee for President. ; - —You would lose money ‘if you bought dry goods by the measuring sticks some fishericon use when they are on a trout stream. . —Sunday base ball in New ‘York—or anywhere else for that matter—cannot but have a very .unsalutory effect upos our great national game. —T¢ is reported that the young Mormons are opposed to polygamy. That’s natural. It's al ways the old fellows—Mormons or ‘no Morm ons—who are looking for pastures, new. —The St. Louibjaise, who has juss band- ed down a ruling to the effect that eleven o'clock p. m. is time for any swain, no matter how ardent, to leave his inamorata’s | home, is evidently not a stock holder in any of the local gas companies. “In the language of the street gamin BOURKE COCHRAN ‘‘smeared it all over” the Hon. JoEN DALZELL, of Pittsburg, in Congress last week—that is if the Pennsyl- vania Member is entitled to the title of ‘‘Honorable’’ after being given the lie . without answering. —CARRIE NATION and her little batobes are drawing three hundred dollars per week as curios in a dime museum in Chicago. It will not be long, howerer, before the manager of the place will have to do a little smashing himself and CARRIE'S salary will be the first thing hit. —The Philipsburg Ledger asks the ques- tion: ‘‘Shall we have a town clock?” How foolish! That town has about as much use for a town clock as we have for an elevated railroad. That new trolley line and CHARLEY ROWLAND’S automobile is all they have any time to look at over ‘there now. —If the Penvsylvania fish commission intends to undertake the business of mak- ing fishermen tell the truth about their catches it might as well close ap the hatcheries everywhere in the State, for it will take all the money appropriated for their work te establish Sunday schools Tor the fish liars. ! - .—I& is reported that Russia would wel- | come mediation as scon as she has won ‘a . decisive victory over Japan. Up to tbat time she could not, with honor, listen to any overtures regarding peace. It is not likely there will be any either. Unless the Russians get together and do something all the victories will be Japanese. —The Mayor of Philadelphia isa great man. Because of the high and mighty office he holds and ‘because of the Ligh and mighty feelings with which he is infused he has the power to cause the dismissal of a telephone girl who treated him like she would be compelled to treat any other patron of her employing company. —The fact that there has been a tem- porary hold-up in the construction of big battleships for Uncle Sam might be ex- plained by the approach of a presidential campaign, when the Republican party usually raises afi immense corruption fund. How easy it would be to fry fat out of the great ship-building corporations that have such a public graft. : ~ —Col. JoHN DALEY is wasting his ime, his energy and bismoney, if he is spending any, ‘in the effort to get the Republican nomination. for Assembly. The Colonel should know, by this time, that his party’ bas no ase for the old soldiers about How- ard, except for their votes. If it had he might beat St. Louis to day aud H. C. HOLTER would be postmaster of that town. —*It has heen estimated that it costs fro: eleven to thirteen cents to make a gallon of whiskey, and it.is sold at from * eleven to thirteen times its cost. In Belle- fonte water costs only five cents per thons- and gallons and-it is sold exactly at cost. Strange as it may appear there are many people who prefer the whiskey, even at the higher price. Possibly the ‘water is too cheap. ' —The Johustown Democrat, ordinarily a . very sane and forceful journal, seems to have gone olear ‘‘dippy’’ on the matter of what happened to the Democracy asa re- sult of CLEVELANDism. Did it ever occur to Col, BAILEY to inquire as to what hap- pened to the Democracy as a result of BRYANism ? ?, While we intend no dis- paragement to either of these distinguish: ed gentlemen it is certainly no more than fair to measure them by their works, and - CLEVELAND succeeded twice where BRYAN failed. —Mr. BRvax is gradually removing himself beyond the friendship of many of “those who stood by him in 1696 and in 1900. While we are nob yet ready to be- lieve him capable of doing what lhe con- demued others for doing when he was the head of the Democratic ticket we regret to _ observe that the appearances are very in- dicasive of such a bourse. Based upon his Chicago speech on Saturday night Mr. oe BRYAN’S fealty to the Demooratic party fur ‘appears to be more that of a disappointed carpet-bagging office hunter than that of the brilliant gentleman we have always re- garded him as being. ~ : | than when putting it on. VOL. 49 STATE RIGHTS AND FEDERAL UNION. “BELLEFONTE, PA. APRIL 29, 1904. “NO. 37 Good Work ork Approved. The work of the Del Democratic state con- vention is receiving encomiums in every direction. The platform has been almost universally commended. A Republican “paper here and there, and one now and ‘then which is Somewhat tainted with the virus of Populism, protests against is, the former on the -ground that it goes too far ‘and the latter for the reason that it\doesn’s ‘go far enough. But the ‘‘sane and safe” journals of both parties admit that it is both strong and timely in its declaration on every subject pertinent to the impend- ing contest. The choice of the candidate for Supreme court justice ie commended with equal unanimity and enthusiasm. Bas the feature of the labor of the con- vention which commands most earnest’ praise is the character of the gentlemen chosen to represent the Democracy of Pennsylvania in the coming national con- vention at St. Louis. The aim of the leaders of the party was to select the strongest and most representative men from each of the Congress districts and that pur- pose was anmirably achieved in every dis- trict in the State with the possible ex- ception of this one. From Colonel GUFFEY, who heads the list of dele- gates-at-large to the gentlemen who will represent the Thirty-second district, they are men of the highest character for intelli- gence, integrity and independence. There isn’t a weak brother in the lot or one who will fail to perform his duty faithfully and well. 2 : In view of these facts bow absolutely absurd it is to say that the delegation will he traded off or used as political mer- chandize by any one. When delegations are wanted for trading purposes strong men like Senator JAMES K. P. HALL, ROBERT E. WRIGHT, B. F. MEYERS and A. J. PALM are not taken. QUAY didn’t select that sort of men for hie delegation. On ‘the contrary he took weak men who have neither the brains nor the understanding to oppose his will in anything. But the gentlemen who will represent the Demo- crats of Pennsylvania in the St. Louis con- vention will be men who know what they want Anak bave the courage £0. assert it. ~ S—— The: Baglin Boast, The Czar of Russia has declined the good offices of his imperial uncle, EDWARD VII, of Great Britain, and his royal grandfather, king CHRISTIAN, of Denmark, which bas been preferred for the purpose of media- tion to establish peace with Japan. He will sejtle the troubles in ‘his own way, he says, and after his vistory will treat with the en- emy himself. He wants no foreign /intet- ference, he adds, and no repetition of the | Berlin Congress. When his enemy- has heen conquered, the inference may he drawn, he intends to settle on his own terms and make what reprisals he likes. It is a safe conjecture that if things turn out his way the penalty will be plenty, if be is permit. ted to proceed without restraint, : There is av old adage drawn from the highest authority that it is safer and better 0 boast when taking the armor off, rather The tone of the Czar’s auswer to the kindly message of his royal relatives creates the impression thas be is confident of ultimate and complete victory. Bat it is possible that be is meas- uring bis strength by his size instead of by his skill.. Iu other words, he is ignoring the lesson taught by the experience of Da- vID and GOLIATH and may be reckoning without his host. Japan is small compar- ed with Russia. Her army is weak meas. ured by the proportions of that of the an- agonist. But “‘she race is nob always to the swift,” nor the battle to the strong.’” “Thus far the military and naval opera- tions don’t justify the confidence of the Czar. It is true that the resources of the vast Russian empire have hardly heen toyobed as yes. It is certain that the ‘Great White Bear” has scarcely been aroused. But he must show better capa- bilities in using his resources and greater activity in moving his ponderons body af- ter be is thoroughly aroused, if he will ever be able to dictate terms of peace and levy reprieals on the listle island empire which has so pluckily engaged him in war. It would be a cruelty to conquer the Japanese, who refrained. from hostilities as long as possible, bat there appears to he no imme- diate danger of such a result. ~— That the present agent of the Bellefonte Central R. R. is most efficient for the interests of the stock holders of that corporation is shown by the last report of the Auditor General. which has just been published. Supt. Thomas shows a nes sur- plus for the year of $24,230.33; an in- orease of 31.5 _per cent in the - passenger traffic and of 34.6 per cent in the freight. ae * ——Roller towels, old linen or muslin, new unbleached and white muslin, dust pan and brush, small trays for nurses tables, and oil stove for heating water in | operating room are some of the things that are needed at the hospital that yon might. give to it. An Honorable Career. In the career of JosEPH FOLK, of St. Louis, there is more inspiration to the youth of America than in tbat of any American of recent times. Other men have met with greater success, THEODORE ROOSEVELT, for example, who was a dis- credited and disliked assistant secretary of the navy in the spring of 1898 was Presi- dent of the United States with unlimited possibilities in the ‘fall of 1901, having meantime served a term as Governor of New York State. But ROOSEVELT is an opportunist and is indebted to his own ef- forts and merits for nothing. Lucky dur. ing a brief service in the army he returned when the public was in a state of frenzy and got the benefit of the delirium. Bat Mr. Fork bad no such help in his promo- tion. Two years ago he was elected District Attorney of St. Louis. He was a good lawyer, of course, and a man of ability, necessarily. But he had had no training in public life and no family or other. in- fluence to promote bis interests. If he had followed the course which most men take under such circumstances he would have | enjoyed a rather easy and profitable office fér a period of three years and retired with an improved standing at the bar, proba. bly, and an increased bavk account; cer- tainly. But that wonld have been the end of his political career unless he had joined in with the looters in which he might have secured another term and a vastly augment- ed income. But~he sought out and fol- lowed a better course. ; The public life of Missouri and St. Louis was rotten to the core. In fact it was al- most but not quite as bad as shat of Penn- sylvania and Philadelphia. When JosEPH FoLK entered upon the duties of District Attorney he discovered the condition of affairs and at once set about to improve. He began by prosecuting the boodlers in the councils of St. Louis and after he got most of them in jail and the rest into re- fuge, he turned his attention to the boodlers in the Legislature. The bigger the game Lieut. Governor and several Senators and Representatives to'resign. - Now he is oer- and is talked of for President of ihe United States. Senator Hale is Awakened. Senator HALE, of Maine, chairman of the Senate committee on Naval Affairs is far eastern war. In reporting the confer- ence agreement on the naval appropria- if both Houses had not already agreed to the item providing for an expensive battle- ship, he never would consent to it, in view of what has happened at Port Arthur. In clusion which his ‘Democratic colleagues reached long ago, that battleships are nos worth what they cost in naval warfare, for a torpedo’ boat which costs less than a twentieth of the amount can blow the hess of them to pieces in less than it takes to tell the story of the disaster. ; Every other country in- the civilized world has learned long ago that expensive war ships are worthless in modern conflict. We demonstrated ourselves during the Spanish war how quickly asplendid fleet may be sent to the bottom of the sea and. it our antagodist had been any other than a weak and driveling force the fortunes of war might have been on the. other side. | - It is certain that such would have been the result if Great Britain or Frauce had been | our competitor and it is more than likely that Germany. would bave had the same advantage for during the past dozen years or 80 otheAnations have been developing torpedo boats, while we have been wasting money in costly battleships and cruisers. | Senator HALE has been chairman of the Senate committee on Naval Affairs except for one or two brief intervals for a quarter of a century, yet he says that the trath never dawned on him until one after an- other of the expensive Rassian battleships were sent to the bottom hy pesky little torpedo boats in the navy of Japan. Yet be has been warned repeatedly and cau- tioned time and again against the waste. of building battleships. But our naval loids - want luxurious ships to splurge in and our expensive President wants splendid ships for his pleasure trips and because of these desires and for the ‘additional reason that Senators and Representatives are enter- tained on hoard the money goes. ——To-night the annual debate for the Free Lance prize, will be held in the andi- toriom at The Pennsylvania State College. The question to he debated is : ‘‘Resolved that the United States government was jus- tified in revognizing the independence of Panama. S Land talking about nice letters 1" We certainly had them this week. In fact we feel so puffed up and rich that we can scarcely get down to good, hard work. the more atiractive the fight to him and 3 within. a short time be had forced the sain to be thie. next Governor of Missousj. ‘Pittebarg, by BOURKE COCKRAN, of New learning, it appears, from the lessons of the tion bill, on Monday last, he observed that | other words he has now come to the con- Abuse ‘Without ‘Reason. More or less esteemed Republican con- temporaries are saying all sorts of mean things about Representative CLAUDE KITCHEN, of North Carolina. The cause of their fury against that exceedingly amia- ‘ble gentleman is that he made a speech the other day in which he quoted from one of President; ROOSEVELT’S books a statement ‘to the effect that Representative GROSVE- ‘NOR, of’ Ohio, “is a champion of foul gov- ernment and dishonest politics,”’ and from ‘an interyiew with GROSVENOR, published President was denounced as a mounstebank, a bronco-buster ahd various things which are not complimentary. One of the most idiotic of these esteemed contemporaries declares thas Mr. KITcH- EN’S speech was ‘‘demagogic,” and that ‘it was vituperative from beginning to end, astump speech of a character that should ‘not-be permitted in the House.” We are inclined to agree with that estimate, bus justice compels us to absolve Representa- tive KITCHEN from blame. In other words, 'GROSVENOR is so fonl-monthed a wretch that probably the quoting of an interview of his does amount to a breach of decency, and until within two.or three years ments that to quote him may be a danger- ous proceeding. But why should our contemporaries as- sail Representative KITCHEN because Gen- eral GROSVENOR is a blackguard and They may say because KITCHEN aconsed ‘President ROOSEVELT of counseling lynch | as law as a penalty for stealing ponies in the West. = As a matter of fact, however, Mr. KITCHEN made no such acousation. - What he did do was to read from one of ROOSE- VELT’S books a recommendation thas} per- sons guilty of stealing cow-boy ponies be lynched and to express regret that such barbaric views should be expressed where t}ev might mislead the people of the North on thes. hject of lynohing, : X John Dalzell Fitly Rebuked. ~The interesting evens of last week’s pro- ‘ceedings in Congress was the masterly = re- -buke administered to JoHN DALZELL; of York” Mr. COCKRAN was addressing the House in reply to a partisan speech of Mr. HEPBURN, of Iowa, and DALZELL “‘butted in”? with a remark that in a recent political campaign the eloguent New York orator had been paid for certain speeches deliver- ed by him.. Mr. COCKRAN resented this aspersion with becoming indignation and after thrice demanding the authority upon which the statement was made opened the flood gates of invective withthe result thas the Pittsburg trust Iawyer was Jiterally overwhelmed. Mr. DALZELL is a rich gentleman who represents the steel trust and one or two other monopolies as solicitor on the floor of the House for which he draws salary from them as regularly as when he represents his clients in court. Out of his opportuni- ties from this sort of practice in Washing- ton and ordinary practice between sessions at home he has grown very wealthy and he is in the habit of holding himself aloof from even the ordinary Congressman. His abil- ity as a lawyer and his social advantages, the result of his money, together with his long experience in the House, has given him a substantial position among the leaders and he has fallen into the habit of Jhector- ing members of less experience. But on the oceasion in question Le over- stepped the mark. Mr. COCKRAN is quite as good a lawyer as himself and infinitely superior as aa orator, so that when he ap- plied his usual tactics he got a different re- sulé. When the charge was made COCKRAN ‘moved down the aisle and confronting the offender he declared ‘‘that statement has been made wherever there has been found a mouth foul enongh to utter words behind whioh there was no conscience.”” Then ap- proaching closer he added: ‘*‘I challenge him and all the cohorts of vice and crime in the Republican party to show that the national committee ever contributed as mueh as my ailrond fare during. that cam- paign.”’ : . Se—— : —— About filty trout from the Bellefonte hatchery were started away from here on Saturday en route to the St. Lonis exposi- tion. The car went from bere to the Corry hatchery, were the rest of Pennsylvania’s piscatorial exhibit was to be taken aboard. The twenty-two inch brown trout which ‘| was canght near the creamery of the How- ard Co. on Phoenix street, at the time of the flood in January, that was to have been a feature of the exhibit, hurs itself in transis from the hatohery to this place and as it showed signs of dying it was taken off the car here and given away. —~Just to fool the ones who thought spring had come for sure on Monday old Boreas blew his icy breath this way and thermometers registered only 10° above the freezing point at 7 o’clock Tuesday morn- ing. ba in a New York paper, in which the present | ‘ROOSEVELT was so careless of his state- ROOSEVELT was a raffian not long ago. Death Rides in n Storm's Wake, : Thirteen Persons Killed TH a Hasicunig hae Swept Through Indian Territory. FairLanp, I. T., April 25. —Half a dozen business blocks were d by a tornado that swept through here yi ay, killing seven persons outright injur- ing a number of others. Three + the in- jured will die. : Thedead : Mis. Mary Laniar, . Jno. Lemaster, Arthur Brought, a chi {of N. J. Houck, Elijah Russell, his; wie and child. It is estimated that the nado caused property damage to the extent of “$10,000 Four miles east of here the tornado was even more severe. Farm es and barns were Sompletely d demolished & was killed. : PRYOR CREEK, i T., Apri ports from this section show 1 killed by the tornado and a jared. The dead : * John Abbots, children, Albert Dealy, aged B Lue, isting, aged 8 years. The inj i uy bert Dealy, probably fatally, old Bis- _ing, both legs broken. J The storm started near Cho “on the Missouri, Kansas and ‘Texas 1, eight miles from here, and swerved to the north- eas, outting a path from one half to a mile wide and abous 20 miles long, = ; ‘The Abbott home was demtithet and the four members of the famil wed killed. The storm hes Shr home, blowing it to iliog a the young son an probably. fat Totally Aojuring the father. At Grand River, eight miles farther ou, the Bitting house was demolig nado killing Lucy Bitting both the legs of her father, ting, a farmer. The tornado into the Flint Hills, east of th ver, and tore a strip through the woods as clean cut as though made by wood choppers. The tornado was followed by a torrential rain. ¥ a! ‘| Odd Fellows Gathering was Rarred by Rain, But 1000 Members Paraded Over the Line of March. Mill Meet in Sunbury Next. Next Year. The Odd Fellows fre from Bellefonte who attended the 20th anniversary association gathering at Montoursville Tuesday have returned home. They report that there ‘| was a large attendance, notwithstanding the almost continnons rain. Elaborate decorations were a feature of | the signally successful affair, which was an | honor to the Odd Fellows and foMontoy a ville people, for the citizens of orqueli ae a unit joined in giving 5. W! welcome to the visitorsamd entertaining them well. Private residences and busi- ness places floated the stars and 8tripes and '‘Welcowe I. O. O. F.”” banners. The Odd Fellows, Firemen, P. O. 8. of A. and Jr. 0. U. A. M. had decorated arches most beautifully. Rain could not dampen the ardor of Odd Fellows and their friends. There were. over 5,000 in the Borough. The parade in the afternoon got a late start and it rained continuously, but the spirit of the Odd Feliows was undaunted. At least 1,000 were in line, some fortuvate enough to have umbrellas, but the majori- ty without protection. At the public meeting after the parade burgess Alfred Bower welcomed the Odd Fellows, C. W. Henry, Eeq., responded on behalf of the visitors. Other addresses were made be president Wm. H. Kiess, attorney W. Spencer and Rev. B. H. Hart. In i evening a grand lodge ses- sion was held, followed by a meeting for scarlet degree, members and by the Daugh- ters of Rebeka. The following named officers were eleot- ed : ‘President, William H. Kiess, of Wil- liamsport ; secretary, H. B. Eberly, of Wil- liamsport ; treasurer, Abe Myers, of Wil- liamsport. Sunhury was chosen as the next meeting place. Canton and Danville hoth made ef-- forts to seoure the 1905 gathering of the association. Doubt Big Vessels. “ WASHINGTON, April 25.—Whether the President shall Whi) the construction of the battleship provided for in the naval appropriation bill or wait until the war in the Far East demonstrates the comparative utility of the big sea fighter and the torpedo boat or submarine craft was a. question raised in the Senate to-day ty Mr. Hale, of Maiue, on the adoption of the ‘conference. report. Is w developed ‘that the \auguage ‘of the bill ‘was permissive and that the Presi- dent and Secretary of the Navy could defer action if they deem it advisable. Mr. Hale’ deolared that if he were Secretary of the Navy be should not daie to go on now and commit the government to the building of an immense battleship, for it would nos surprise him if events of the Russian- Japanese war demonstrated that the $150,- 1000,000 paid for big hattleships were a bad investment for this government. - Several other Senators counseled delay, . 7 Russian Ships At Attack Gensen. Tokro, April 25. —The cruisers Rossia and Gromohoi, of the Vladivostock squad- ron today participated in an attack on Gensan. They were accompanied by a third ‘oruiser, not yet identified, and by two tor- pedo boats. Later they entered ‘the harbor, ordered the orew of the steamer Goyo ashore and. then sank her, The Japanese. aud many Koreans fled when the iaus approached. Tate tele- grams say that the Russian squad ron re- mains off the harbor of Gensan. *Ganal, Ownership Hay Been Settled. ~ PARis. April 22.—The Associated Press is authorized to announce that the contract ‘by which the ownership of the Panama canal passes to the United States is signed, sealed, delivered aud complete. The title to the canal route is now vested in the government of the United States. o) . Spawls from 4h the Keystone, ‘—Amos Starr, one of B Huntingdon’s oldest citizens, died on Sunday last, aged almost 85 years. He is survived by his wife and four children. : —Dale Patton, who has been a a terror to several years, was sentenced to fonr and one half years in the western penitentiary by Judge Woods, of Lewistown. He broke down and cried like a child. —Ada Denshaw,5 years old of North Bend, was shot in her left eye and also in one foot by the contents of a cartridge that her broth- er and another boy had exploded by placing in a newspaper and setting fire to the paper. The girl will lose the sight of one eye. —John G. Wagner, of Williamsport, was taken to the Danville asylum, Monday. He. took his cornet with him and entertained the passengers with concerts and played sev- eral concerts in front of the asylum before entering. He will become a member of the asylum orchestra. ~ —Verni, the 13-year-old son of J. W. Lun- dy, of Loyalsockville, Lycoming county, ‘slipped from a loaded Wagon, was trampled by one horse and run over by the wheels of ‘the vehicle. His Injuries were so serious ‘that he died twenty-four hours after the ac- | cident. —Miss Flossie Tremley, of Almedia, near Bloomsburg, a young lady of 19 summers, last week caught at Silver Spring the largest “| trout caught in the State for a long time. It was of the rainbow species, measured 23% inches in length, weighed 3} pounds and —The New York Central engineering corps are measuring the Sasquehanua . river from Williamsport to Lock Haven for the being made in the matter of building the ad- ditional bridge piers in the river west of Oak Grove. —The 6-year-old daughter of Grier Flack, of Chambersburg, met with an accident Sat- urday evening that may prove serious. She was playing in the kitchen near a foot-tub containing boiling water. In some manner she fell into the tub and before she was res- cued was frightfully scalded on both legs, the left side and one of her hands. _—In a head on coliision at Mitchells, on the New York Central, on Sunday morning about daybreak, two engines were badly used up and 15 cars derailed, a number of which were loaded with coal. A mistake | in orders caused the wreck, The engineers | were Magee and Triebley and fortunately no ' one was hurt on either train. —At Clearfield on Saturday in the case against the “Alley Popper’’ railroad Judge Smith rendered a decision in favor of the bondholders, who are composed very largely of Philipsburgers, and if the company fails to arrange for the mortgage of nearly $350,- 000 against the road by June 1st, the proper- ty will be put up at sale, and likely bought in by the bondholders. ~—Fish warden Dougherty at Henovo on Sunday arrested three boys for illegal fish- ing—Fulmer Anderson, George Saltsman and Peter Clark. It is illeged they caught trout sonled: | less thau six inehes in length in a stream at... A North ‘Bend. Anderson caught nine ‘trout - illegally and was fined $90. Saltsman was mulcted of $190 for 19 fisk and Clark yielded up $20 for two. The aggregate amount of ‘the fines is $300. foundiin his room in the European hotel, Williamsport, Sunday, on his hands and knees breathing heavily. He died five min- utes later. Mrs. William Sanders tottered into the office of Dr. W. P. Logue, in Wil- liamsport, Saturday night, gasping for breath, She feebly exclaimed, ‘‘Doctor, I want something to make me breath.” She was dead in five minutes. —The Somerset Standard says that a man representing himself as a state detective has swindled people of Greensyille out of $260, ‘He called upon druggists and accused them of illegal selling, flashed a pair of handcuffs. and showed papers for their arrest. Rather than be taken into custody they settled. At Sandy Lake he tried the same scheme, but the druggists were ‘‘wise’’ and ran him out had they run him into the river or to jail. near Madison, Westmoreland county, met with an awful death on Saturday morning. Mr. Rothermel was plowing and was driving a spirited team of young horses. He wrapped the plow lines around his waist and’ the ‘| horses took fright and ran away. The farm- er was dragged to and fro across the field. At noon his lifeless body was found by a was fractured by coming in contact with stumps and stones. ~ —Governor Pennypacker was met at Sun- bury last week by a reception committee. He was later ferried across the Susquehanna river to Shamokin dam, where he turned the first shovelful of dirt in the making of the first of the ‘‘good roads” under the last As- sembly act. der county, witnessed the Governor tossing ground and heard him deliver a brief address on the necessity of good roads, after which he went to lunch and later returned to the State capital, will maintain the position taken by his pred- ecessor, John P. Elkin, that the Common- wealth is not obliged to rebuild a county bridge unless it be destroyed by flood and that means a total destruction. The Attor- may be built by the State immediately be- comes the property of the county, and that ‘the material resulting from the wreck of such a bridge belongs to the county. —The Pennsylvania railroad company suf- fered a $10,000 loss and the destruction of rolling stock to the value of $50,000 was threatened by a fire which totally destroyed Saturday night. The origin of the fire is said to have been a spark from the cinder dump, which has been smouldering for years. The blaze was discovered by a night opera- tor and trackmen in the vicinity were suc- | cessful in getting three ° ‘dead” locomotives from the buining structure in safety. The conflagration was the most spectacular seen in years, the structure being of frame, 40x 120. f \ 7 T the people of Big valley, Mifflin county, for - from tip to tip of jaw measured six inches. . ‘benefit of the Governor and at his request, This work is in line with the investigation ; '—Wallie Dunlap, of Montoursville, was of town; but they would have been wiser _ —Frank Rotbermel, a farmer, who resided member of the family. Mr. Rothermel’s skull" A large crowd, residents of Sny- . —Attorney General Carson Saturday fur- nished an opinion in which he says that he" ney General also says that a bridge which the engine house at the Southwest branch ‘junction, one-half mile east of Greensburg, | Ww
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