Bema Maton
Bellefonte, Pa., May 27, 1904.
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Democratic Primary Election and
County Convention.
The Democratic voters of Centre county
will meet at the regular places for holding
the general elections, in their respective
election districts, on Saturday, June 4th,
1904, to elect delegates to the County Con-
vention, under the rules of the party. The
officers for holding the primaries, will con-
sist of the committeeman and two assist-
ants in each district, and the election will
be opened at 3 o'clock p. m. and close at
7p. m.
The delegates chosen at the above stated
time will meet in the court house in Belle
fonte, Tuesday, June 7th, 1904, at 12
o'clock noon, and nominate one candidate
for the office of President Judge of the
court of common pleas of Centre county,
two candidates for Assembly, one candi-
date for the office of District Attorney, one
candidate for the office of Prothonotary,
and one candidate for the office of County
Surveyor, said delegates so chosen will also
at the same time elect three conferees to
the next Congressional conference of the
Cgngressional district of which Centre
county forms a part ; a Chairman of the
county committee to serve from the 1st day
of January, 1905, to the 1st day of January
1906, and transact such other business as
may come before the convention.
APPORTIONMENT OF DELEGATES.
The number of delegates to which each
election district is entitled based upon the
vote for Governor in 1902, and as appor-
tioned by the County Committee in 1903,
is as follows :
BOROUGHS
Bellefonte, N. W..
SW
‘“ w Ww
Centre Hall.
Howard...
Milesburg..
Millheim........... od
Philipsburg, 1 W........
ce 2 Ww
£6 SW Penn.....
South Philipsbu Potter, North...
State College...... .“ ¢ South ....
Unionville......coceeeuenead X “West...
TOWNSHIPS. Rush, North
Benner, North... ¢ South..
¢ South. ¢ East....
Boggs, North Snow Shoe,
« Eas 6¢ West..
“Wes 1 | Spring, North...
Burnside.... a3 "South .. 2
College .. 2 “ West 1
GCurtm........ 1 | Taylor.. 1
Ferguson, Ea 3 | Union..
£6 West Walker, 1
Gregg, North “Middle. 2
£€ 2 ¢ West..... 2
et West.. 23 IWOrth® nc ervessersrnsssenl
Haines, East..... "2 _—-
te West... aa Tota)... ...covrininsesnn}
Half MOON ccvevrensrane oe 1
BELLEFONTE, PA., May 14, 1904.
I hereby certify that, in accordance with
the rules of the Democratic party of Centre
county, requiring the registration of all can-
didates three weeks prior to the primary
election, the following named persons have
duly registered and are eligible to be voted
for at the primaries :
President Judge: Ellis L. Orvis, Bellefonte.
J. W. Kepler, Ferguson Twp.
“4 iY: John Noll, Bellefonte.
£3emY : Jacob Swires, Philipsburg.
John F. Potter, Boggs Twp.
Prothonotary : Art. B, Kimport, Harris Twp.
District Atty.: Wm. G. Runkle, Bellefonte.
H. S. TAYLOR, Chairman.
R ussianus Sure of Holding Port Arthur
Harbor Clear and Vessels Pass Freely From
Port Arthur to Dalny.
CHEE Foo, May 23—The captain of a
Russian merchantman, who left Port Ar-
thur on May 20, and is among the recent
arrivals from Daloy, says in an interview
that the whole of the Japanese fleet bas
not re¢urned to Port Arthur since the 15th
instant, when besides the battleship Hat-
suse, another big vessel struck a mine,
and was towed away disabled. Gunboats
and torpedo boats returned off the port on
the 20th instant when the Russians sue-
ceeded in sinking a small gunboat and
two torpedo boats. The Russians are
now confident of holding Port Arthur with
the 30,000 men now stationed there, ex-
clusive of the navy and the crowds of me-
chanics working on the damaged warships,
all of which except the Czarevitch and the
Retvizan are ready to join the flees. These
latter will also be ready for sea service by
June 1.
The entrance to the harbor bas been
cleared and small boats mow pass in and
out freely from Port Artbur to Dalny.
The forts on the land side of Port Ar-
thur have been completed, and are now
prepared for a severe contest. Of the few
soldiers left at Dalny the majority, have
gone to Port Arthur, and the only defenses
left there now are the mines in the harbor.
The attempt of the Japanese to land
troops in the Cichau gulf on the 16th in-
stant failed owing to insufficient water to
float the boats.
There has been no fighting in the vicin-
ity of Port Arthur up to Saturday since
the Kin-Chan fight on the 15th instant,
when two squadrons of Japanese cavalry
were wiped out, only eight men of which
escaped. Several unsuccessful attempts
were made by the Japanese to land troops
at Talienwan last week, it is said. On
the way over passengers on the junk just
arrived heard firing in the direction of
Port Arthur last night. The Japanese
have reported to the consuls here that a
wreck in the Liao-Tung gulf is dangerous
to navigation, and it is possible that this
is the other ship said to have been dam-
aged at Port Arthur on the 12th instant,
as the Japanese fleet is known to have en-
tered the gulf after the disaster to the
Hatsuse.
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Death of Prominent Ax Manufacturer.
James H. Mann, the well known ax
manufacturer, of Reedsville, died very sud-
denly Friday morning, while sitting at the
breakfast table, aged 70 years. He is sur-
vived by three sons and two daughters
Mr. Mann was at the head of the large
ax works at Reedsville, He isa cousin of
she Mann family at Mill Hall.
The Louisiana Purchase Exposition
at St. Louis.
The Crowning Triumph of Art, Science and Industry
in Worlds Fairs. An Enterprise Never Before
Equalled and Scarcely Possible of Future Eclipse.
Stupendous in magnitude, magnificent
beyond the power of the human mind to
conceive in its spectacular entirety and ut-
terly impossible of adequate description is
the Louisiana Purchase Exposition at St
Louis; commemorating the purchase from
France, during the administration of
Thomas Jefferson, in 1803, of all that vast
territory west of the Mississippi river, nos
including Texas ceded in 1845, or Califor-
nia in 1848. Fourteen States in all were
included in the purchase, running from
Louisiana on the Gulf to Washington on
the Pacific.
The plan to celebrate so important an
event in the history of our country had its
origin in the Missouri Historical Society in
1898, when a call was made for the Gov-
ernors of the fourteen States and Terri-
tories included in the original purchase
act to meet in St. Louis January 10th,
1899, for the purpose of devising ways and
means for properly carrying out the pro-
ject. The subsequent steps in the well
formulated plans are matters with which
you are all already acquainted. Suffice it
to say that as the work assumed tangible
form its proportions grew until they far
exceeded the hopes of its most sanguine
promoters. St. Louis subscribed $5,000,-
000, there was a popular subscription of
$5,000,000 more, the United States gov-
ernment gave $11,000,000, the States and
Territories included in the purchase act
added $7,000,000, from concessions §$6,000,-
000 were received, foreign governments
aggregated $5,000,000 for their displays
and this enormous sum has been supple-
mented with exhibits to the value of $11,-
000,000, making the total expenditure
about $50,000,000.
With such a sum it is little wonder that
the greatest exposition the world has ever
seen is spread out over an area of 1240
acres of the naturally beautiful Forest
park, lying on the outskirts of St. Louis.
When compared in point of ground cov-
ered with the Centennial of 1876, the Chi-
cago fair of 1893, the Trans-Missippi ex-
position of 1897, the Paris World’s fair of
1900 and the Pan-American exposition at
Buffalo in 1902 this marvelous enterprise
aggregates only 415 acres less than the
total area covered by all those notable ones
combined. And while it might seem that
in mere extent of ground an exposition
should not be measured the Louisiana
Purchase Exposition is so perfectly laid
out and so well covered as to leave little
contention that less space might have suf-
ficed. This statement is best substantia-
ted by the fact that one building, the pal-
ace of agriculture, covers as much ground,
within three acres, as all the exhibit
buildings at the;Pan- American and Trans-
Mississippi exposition at Omaha, com-
bined.
Eschewing further details as to the con-
ception, organization and perfection of
this world’s greatest exposition we will
turn our attention to the real purpose of
this atticle, which is designed to be help-
ful to those of our readers who intend vis-
iting St. Louis before the close of the ex-
position on December 1st, 1904. Having
spent all of last week on the grounds we
give personal experiences and impressions
only.
THE GROUNDS NOT FINISHED.
First of all let us advise you not to go
to the exposition before the first of July,
at least. For the very sufficient reason
that it is not complete and will likely re-
quire a month more in which to assume
that pleasing appearance that was calcu-
lated to captivate the eye at every side.
While the buildings are all erected and
ready for occupancy, many of the exhibits
are not in place, the grounds are still cut
up by railroad sidings, workmen’s paths
and almost devoid of sod or flower beds.
A number of the ontdoor exhibits are only
in course of construction now and the
stock display, which is intended to be
wonderful, numbered only nine head last
Saturday. Such conditions are not con-
ducive to a satisfactory visit, although
there are more exhibits on tke grounds now
than a careful visitor could inspect in a
year’s time. It is not the detail that we
go to see, however, but rather the collec-
tive show, the grand emsemble of perfectly
appointed buildings, displays and grounds.
This suggestion of waiting until the
first of July brings up the question as to
whether that will not be the hottest month
in St. Louis. It is very probable that
July and August will bring the highest
temperature experienced at the exposition,
but in order that you may have accurate
knowledge of what can be expected we
quote the average normal temperatures ex-
perienced in that city during the past
thirty-three years, as taken from the
United States weather bureau report:
3 uly 79.4°, August 77.6° September 70.2°,
October 58.7°, November 44.3°. From
these you can draw your own deductions,
though it would seem that the heat during
July and August is not more excessive
that we experience in this section during
those months and it is a question in mind
of the writer as to whether the heat of
these two months will occasion any more
discomfort, proportionately, that will the
greater crowds that will undoubtedly flock
to St. Louis later in the season.
A GLIMPSE AT THE GROUNDS
It is altogether likely that there will be
those who will say that the Chicago fair
surpassed this one and, mayhaps,some who
will even go so far as to place the Pan-
American in advance of it. However that
may be such opinions will be merely in the
minds of those who form them, for this ex-
position 1s in a class by itself, so far above
and beyond anything ever undertaken as
to be really incomprehensible. The great
sweep of natural forests that forms the set-
ting for this crowning jewel of artisans’
skill has been broken but little by the in-
vasion of the landscape gardener, yet so
admirably was it adapted to the purpose
that nature could scarcely have contribut-
ed more had the Creator had this project in
mind when that portion of the Mississippi
valley was raised up out of the chaos in the
beginning of things. The very undula-
tions of the ground have served their pur-
pose of giving proportionate eminence to
the various buildings in the general pros-
pect; affording a crowning height for that
marvel of beauty, the Festival ball, from
the front of which tumbles the cascades
down into the grand basin in the heart of
the plaza that is almost sublime in its con-
summation.
The southeast and southwest sections of
the grounds are on an elevation overlooking
the other portions. In the former are
assembled most of the State buildings,
notable among them being that of Mis-
siouri, one of the handsomest. In close
proximity to it is the Pennsylvania build-
ing,a very dignified and imposing structure,
calculated to redeem the bad impression
made by the measley little house that
Pennsylvanians blushed for at Buffalo.
While the building was not yet open for
visitors we were admitted and found it to
be altogether creditable. The one criticism
that conld be made, however, is that it
is located at almost the furthermost
corner of the grounds and on what might
be called, for purposes of illustration, a
little side street.
Descending from the Terrace of States
the first great building is that of the United
States government, in front of it Mines and
Metallurgy and Liberal Arts and, further
to the northwest Education and Social
Economy and Manufactures. The latter
four form a quadrangle on the east side of
the Grand Plaza. On the west side of 1t
are grouped the Electricity, Varied In-
dustries, Machinery and Transportation
buildings. These eight buildings form the
heart of the grand scheme culminating in
the terrace crowned Festival hall at the
head of the Grand Plaza and from the sides
of which extend fourteen majestic arches
in which are set as many heroic figures
representing the fourteen States and Terri-
tories madeup from the Lousiana purchase.
“At night, when millions of incandescent’
lamps mark the outlines of these majestic
structures, when Festival ball seems
one grand sun-burst of light and the water
dances over the green basins of the cascades
it is a sight beyond the power of any pen
to portray in word picture.
The south-west section of the grounds is
taken up with the Agriculture and Hotti-
culture buildings, the live stock exhibits,
forestry and the Philippine village. In the
latter may be found the walled city of Ma-
nilla and representatives of every tribe of
Filipino; including the Igorotes, who have
been shocking the fastidious visitor with
their daily dinner of yellow. dog, which.
they eat with about the same relish an ep-
icurean would show for terrapin.
The Filipinos live here just as they do
in our new island possessions in the Pa-
cific; in shacks constructed by themselves
of thatched weed or bamboo imported with
them and with no more clothing covering
their nakedness than a strip of red muslin
about three inches wide drawn between the:
legs and held até either end by a string
around the waist. A charge of 25cts. is
made to enter the Philippine village, hut
it is a place that every visitor should see,
if for no other purpose than to become con-
vinced that they are scarcely worth the
dollar a head that we paid Spain for them.
The northwest section of the grounds
holds the Forestry, Fish and Game build-
ings, the Stadium, the Administration
buildings, the green houses, the Anthro-
pological exhibits and some of the build-
ings of foreign countries. None of the
latter were open to visitors up to Saturday,
though the grounds about Great Britain’s
building, which are arranged after the
style of the late Queen Victoria’s favorite
garden, were complete and most unique in
their design.
In this section are located the buildings
of Washington University which are being
used by the Exposition Commission for ad-
ministration buildings. They were with-
in the site selected for the grounds conse-
quently were taken over for use during the
months of the exposition. On the second
floor of one of them is the exhibit of the
presents sent to Queen Victoria on the oc-
casion of her golden jubilee a few years
ago. It is the most costly display of
unique offerings in gold, silver, bronze and
ivory ever seen in this country and should
not be missed.
The fine Arts’ buildings, immediately at
the rear of Festival hall are the only per-
manent ones on the grounds. The Ameri-
can section occupies the middle of the
three, but it was not open during our visit.
The other two are oecupied by the foreign
exhibits, notable among them heing the
French, German and Italian. While many
master pieces are shown we cannot refer to
any of them at this time. We would like
to call the attention of visitors who may
read this to the portrait of a lady by Hu-
bert Vos, that is shown in the German sec-
sion, I think, and ocoupies a place on the
shield at one of the side entrances to the
building. I don’t believe that it is re-
garded as one of the fine exhibits, but it
impressed me as being so near to life as al-
most to assume the aspect of being real.
The picture is that of a lady, gowned in
maroon, sitting in a chair with a little dog
lying at her feet. Her pose and expres-
sion are so natural as to make the spectator
experience a feeling that she is really
alive, no matter from what section of the
room the picture is viewed.
THE PENNSYLVANIA EXHIBITS.
Aside from ber building Pennsylvania is
represented at the fair by state exhibits in
the Mine and Metallurgy building, in the
Forestry, Fish and Game building, in the
Agriculture and Horticulture buildings.
In Mines and Mining Prof. L. E. Reber,
of The Penusylvania State College, has di-
rected the display in such a way as to make
it one of the features of the building. The
space allotted is entered through an im-
menge arch cut from anthracite coal and
within it are to be found samples of the
mineral wealth of Pennsylvania, building
and commercial stones and their products,
as well as a complete working model of a
coal mine, breaker and washer.
Pennsylvania in the Agriculture build-
ing is at the disadvantage of being located
right beside Missouri, the feature exhibit
of that department, but Col. John A.
Woodward, who has arranged it, has made
it altogether creditable, making special dis-
play of the Lancaster county tobaccos and
the Washington county wools ; the former
being the richest tobacco county in the
United States; which information of itself
will be news for most of the fair visitors.
In Horticulture not much is to be ex-
pected of Pennsylvania. Mr. Cyrus T. Fox,
of Reading. has made the most of his re-
sources, however, and has enough exhibits
to show that while we might not lead the
procession of States in this direction we do
grow walnuts, butter nuts, hickory nuts
and fruits to some extent, at leass.
In the Forestry, Fish and Game building
is to be found specimens of the fauna and
fish of the State, arranged under the direc-
tion of State Economic Zoologist H. A. Sur-
face and Fish Commissioner Mehan. It is
as extensive and comprehensive as possiblz,
but the Missouri water did not seem to
agree with Pennsylvania fish and they were
dying so fast when we visited the exhibit
that it is quite possible all of them will be
gone by the time you get there. The only
ones that seemed happy at all were the
lazy little suckers.
THE PIKE.
Along the extreme northern side of the
grounds runs the Pike, that place to which
the weary visitor will turn every time he
is overcome by fatigne or grown tired of
sight-seeing elsewhere. While all of its
attractions are of a high order and surpass
in magnitude the famous Mid-way Plaisance
of Chicago many who will visit the fair
will be unable to see them all, so without
entering into a discription of them we will
give, in the order named, what in our opin-
ion were the best of the ones open last
week : Hagenbeck’s animal show, the
Tyrolean Alps, Under and Over the Sea,
the Hale Fire Fighters, Jim Key the edu-
cated horse, the United States Naval Ex-
nibit, Creation, Galveston Flood aud the
Temple of Mirth.
Of course there are the streets of Cairo,
the Irish village, Mysterious Asia, Ancient
and Modern Paris, Old St. Louis, the Pa-
Jais du Costume, Battle Abbey and num-
erous other shows and gardens to be seen,
but if your funds are limited we would ad-
vise taking your choice of the ones men-
tioned in the preceding paragraph, as they
certainly include the best on the Pike and
vary in nature enough to give you a
glimpse of all the kinds of entertainment
provided.
ACCOMMODATIONS AND EXPENSES.
As to boarding accommodations a book-
let published by the commission indicates
that they will be ample and range in rate
from $4 to $21 per week at private houses
to from $10 to $150 per week at the hotels.
In each instance these rates include lodg-
ing, breakfast and dinner in the evening.
This booklet showing the location and rates
of the houses may be had by writingfto
the Department of Publicity, World’s Fair
Commission, St. Louis, Mo., or a copy ab
this office is at the disposal of anyone who
may call to examine it.
Aside from the car fare, which is now
advertised at $15.90 for the round trip and
will probably go lower later in the season,
the expenses fora ten days visit, economic-
ally conducted, might be fairly estimated
as follows :
Meals and lunches in transit.............. $200
Eight admissions to the grounds......... 4 00
Eight days boarding at $2.50 per day... 23 00
Eight luncheons on the grounds......... 4 00
Admission to best shows on the Pike 500
Street car fare at least......eiiiriiiieiiennnn 2 50
$37 50
This total could be reduced somewhat
by securing a cheaper boarding house than
the quotation of $2.50 per day. In such
an event, the saving could be devoted to
what might be called luxuries such as ci-
gars, orangeade, etc., etc, none of which
are provided for in the above estimate.
If sleeping car accommodations are desired
clear through they will cost $4.50 each
way in addition to the regular fair. These
figures can be reduced, however, by taking
a sleeper merely for the night, each way,
at $2.00; spending the day in an ordinary
coach.
In this connection it might be a kindness
to advise smokers to take their own cigars
with them, because we know of instances
where as much as three for a half was
asked for two for five cent cigars on the
Pike. :
Soft drinks can be bought at ordinary
prices any place on the grounds. Ordinary
sandwiches are ten, including delicious
ones of roast beef.
In patronizing any of the cafes or restau-
rants, however, it would be well for the
visitor to inquire the price before ordering
or examine the card usually found on the
table. For while we do not believe the
proprietors of the various stands are cog-
nizant of it many of the waiters are adepts
in the “‘short change'’ business and, in ad-
dition, will charge more than the list price
whenever they get a chance to do it. This
statement applies only to purchases of food
and drinks where the custom of paying
the waiter prevails.
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HOW TO GET THERE.
Of course about the only way for people
from this section to get to St. Louis is over
the Pennsylvania railroad, via. Pittsburg,
the Pan Handle and Vandalia routes,
which carries you through Columbus,
Richmond, Indianapolis and Terra Haute.
The run can be made in less than thirty
hours. Reaching East St. Louis the fa-
mous Eads bridge over the Mississippi is
crossed and a tannel under a large portion
of the city leads out into the terminal sta-
tion, said to be the largest in the country.
Immediately in front of it are street car
lines leading to any points in proximity to
the exposition grounds that you might
want to reach. And directly from the sta-
tion runs the Wabash shuttle trains right
to the main entrance to the grounds and in
the midst of a large number of temporary
hotels and boarding houses.
The Wabash is also advertising excur-
gions from Pittsburg via. its new line, so
that if you contemplate going it might be
well to look this matter up.
As to baggage. It can be checked to St.
Louis, where the transfer man will charge
you $1 for any piece from a hand-bag to a
trunk, so that if you contemplate taking
any baggage it will not be economy in this
direction to cramp yourself into a suit case
and a satchel, both of which you cannot
carry, when a small trunk would cost no
more and furnish you with so much more
room for clothing enough to make you com-
fortable. :
In this connection, if you take a trunk
and go to any of the temporary boarding
houses, it might be wise for you toslipa
good feather pillow aud a blanket into it.
While it.is not likely that you will need the
latter the former will prove a very accept-
able substitute for the hard little fellows
you will find on most of the beds when
you come to rest your weary head at night
time.
The street car employees and policemen
in St. Louis impressed me as being partica-
larly courteous, as well as the Jefferson
Guards and Intramural employees within
the grounds, but of all the impertinent,
disobliging, frosty individuals on the face
of the earth the attachees about the Termi-
pal station seem to be the limit.
THE INSIDE INN.
While I have not attempted to go into
detail with any of the matters presented
here and must confess that there is not one
striking feature that stands out, over and
ahove all the rest, as did the Ferris wheel
at Chicago, the Eifel tower at Paris or the
electrical tower at Buffalo, a word as to
the greatest temporary hotel ever conducted
in the world will not be amiss in closing.
At the southeast corner of the grounds
and reached by the street cars over the
Market, Laclede or Chouteau avenue lines
from in front of the Terminal station is the
Inside Inn. I is a hotel built on the side
of a hill, having 2257 rooms. On the one
side it is three stories high above the office
or first floor, while on the other it is three
stories low below the same, flpor. These
rooms vary in size from 10x10 to 15x20 and
the cheapest are nicely papered, with a
metal bed the frame of which harmonizes
with the paper, a wash-stand, good dresser,
and rocker. A rug covers partof the floor.
These rooms are comfortable, large enough
for two and always kept clean. The larger
ones are no better furnished, for no better
furnishings are needed, though they have
either shower or tub baths.
The house is designed to accommodate
five thousand people. There ate two din-
ing rooms having a seating capacity of about
9200, placing six at a table, with one
waitress for each table in the American
gide and one man for each table in the
European side. The building is so con-
structed as to make every room a front
room so far as looking out onto an open
court is concerned and ample provision is
made for escape in case of fire.
There are no electric bells in the house.
This service is successfully rendered by
boys and maids who are in waiting in the
ends of each corridor to answer room calls
that are made by dropping a signal from
the transom of the door.
The food and service in the dining room
is all that could be desired. The only
possible objection that could be had to
the place being found in the noise at night
and early in the morning, but after a day
to that and is little disturbed.
The Inn bas its own ice and filtration
plant and, incidentally, it might be men-
tioned that the butter is good, the cream is
cream and the bread never sour or hall
baked.
The rates at the Ino vary in price from
$3 to $7 per day on the American plan.
This includes room and three meals. As
the Innis located within the grounds there
is no admission to pay daily so that filty
cents a day ab least must be marked off its
rates when compared with prices outside.
Persons stopping there can also reach the
Ion for luncheon from any part of the
grounds by way of the Intramural railroad
that runs clear around and directly in
front of the Inn. The fare on the Intra-
mural being but 10 cts makes this nlan an
economical one.
As viewed from every possible point I
would say that the Inn is a most desira-
ble place to stop, especially for parties of
ladies withont an escort. And when figur-
ed up it is quite possible that anyone can
stay there abont as economically as they
can anywhere else. We would advise per-
sons to make reservations for rooms there
early. In fact, the same should be done
wherever you decide to stop.
GEo. R. MEEK.
eee pl emer.
—— Deering binder twine and harvester
repairs at the Potter-Hoy Hardware Co.
in the Inn the guest becomes accustomed |
An Tmportant Gathering.
Dr. Flick Tells Our Physicians How to Cure Con-
sumption.
The meeting of the West Branch
Medical society held at the Bush house in
this place on the 19th inst., was one of the
most important coming-together of phy-
sicians that this section of the State has
known for years. Prominent practitioners
from all the counties bordering on the West
branch being in attendance and taking a
part in the proceedings. Barring the din-
ner, which was said to be a most enjoyable
one, the principle features of this meeting
were the addresses of Dr. Lawrence F.
Flick, of Philadelphia, and Dr. Rothrock,
Commissioner of Forestry at Harrisburg,
upon the modern treatment of tuberculosis
by sunshine, pure air and proper food. The
assurances given by these gentlemen that
in the early stages these agents are abso-
lately reliable, and in later stages, when
there may be doubt as to a complete cure,
absolutely free from danger of infection,
should give hope to every consumptive and
encouragement to every physician.
‘The firss step in the way of insuring
safety is, in Dr. Flick’s opinion, in the
physicians recognition of the infection be-
fore the tissues are broken down. This
was fully disoussed and the mode of di-
agnosis prior to the time the microscope
will show infection was given. The man-
per of living with the importance of
proper food was fully gone over and an
earnest appeal showing the necessity of
financial aid to assist the helpless
in procuring the latter was made.
Patients, Dr. Flick =aid, require one
meal of meats a day, a pound ration
—whether beef, mutton or veal, six
to twelve raw eggs, with four quarts of
good milk every twenty-four hours,gradual-
ly increased. The sole medicine being a
possible peptowe preparation to assist
digestion. If with a frequent pulse and
high temperature they should be in the
open air or tent with plenty of covering
day and night, never walking or exerting
beyond the sense of comfort when strength
and increased weight comes on, with this
generous food supply, which can be looked
for in 50 to 90 days. Itis not wise to
return $o the former mood of living unless
strength equals eight hours working ca-
pacity. There is no reason why a tu-
bercular patient cannot be restored to
health if they learn one lesson. And that
is subordination. They must learn to eat
one solid meal a day, one pound of meat
with vegetables,nuts, no pastry nor sweets.
They must eat their solid meal for dinner.
This food and outing can be provided
without going to distant portions of the
State and they can have the comfort of
friends and associates. Few people realize
that this terribly fatal disease can be
stamped out in one short life time it each
individual realizes that the only form of
danger is in the sputa. Care of it ensures
safety to all. A paper handkerchief should
be used for expectoration one time, then
folded up and placed in a common paper
bag, when filled, burned. - Never use a rag’
nor handkerchief. Never allow lips nor
hands to become smeared with sputa. By
this precaution no case can be a centie of
contagion. When people are too poor to
supply food wants it should be paid for by
proper authorities, costing from three to
four dollars a week.
It is the idea that nearly every county
in the State will, eventually, have a home,
or several homes for consumptives within
their borders. Particularly counties where
their are wooded mountains and pure air.
Ley can be established with a very little
out-lay and can be under the supervision
of physicians residing near-by. Most pa-
tients could furnish their own bed clothing
and the public would be looked to for food
only,and possibly the cost of a single nurse
or overseer.
Senator Quay’s Health,
Physicians Say He Has Excellent Chance For
Recovery.
BEAVER, PA., May 24. —Senator Quay
has an excellent chance of recovery.
This is the statement of pbysicians, who
held a consultation to-day. Max Ein-
horn, a distinguished stomach specialist,
arrived from New York to-day and went
into a consultation on the Senator's case
with Dr. Wilson, the family physician,
and Drs. Litchfield and Murdock, of Pitts-
burg. Dr. Einhorn returned to New
York this evening. He agreed with the
other physicians that Senator Quay is suf-
fering from chronic gastritis, and that
there are no complications and no liver
affection as was at first feared. Dr.
Wilson said to-night: -
“'Senator Quay may get well. There is
no reason yet for giving up hope. His
condition is more. encouraging to-day, al-
though his constitution ie such that he is
subject to sudden changes and he may be
worse again.”’
The Senator took several naps during the
day but spent much of his time walking
about the upper rooms. He experienced
little discomfort and smoked occasionally
He retired at 9 o’clock this evening and
went to sleep readily.
Wiped out of Existence.
The plant of the Keystone Powder com-
pany at Emporium caught fire Tuesday
afternoon at four o’clock and was totally
destroyed. When the flames reached the
powder there was a frightful explosion
which blew the burning buildings ous of
existence and scattered the flaming embers
in all directions. The force of the shock
broke many windows in all parts of the
town and a good many buildings nearest
the scene of the disaster were badly dam-
aged.
As soon as the fire was discovered the
employes beat a hasty retreat and were ont
of danger before the explosion ocourred.
As it was they had no time to spare, and
realizing their peril they cleared the zone
of danger in as short a time as possible-
The force of the explosion had the effect
of an earthquake, and was felt a longdis-
tance in every direction.
The loss is total but had not been com-
puted last night.