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