Fi
ng rophet DowiE is back in Chibegh
Is is reasonable to expect things to thaw
“out there a little now since the Republican
frost is over.
; —Coming events cast their shadows
before them and that is probably the rea:
gon so many people are addressing him
already as Judge ORVIS.
—Judge PARKER has more delegates in-
strated for him now than TILDEN bad in
"76, HANCOCK in 80, or CLEVELAND in '84.
It looks very like PARKER.
—Whatever may be the outcome of the
convention in St. Louis next week, you
can depend upon it the delegates, and no
one man, will be responsible for it.
—Now the question arises: Did they
have to enlarge the hole to make it fit
FAIRBANKS or did they have to shrink
FAIRBANKS to make him fit the hole?
—Gen. MILES, having so adroitly evaded
acold water nomination for President,
makes it appear as if he has his pole up to
catch the lightning from the St. Louis
storm.
—On Monday the Fourth of July will
bring its round of noisy revelry and its
fall quota of mishaps as painful reminders
that patriotism doesn’t necessarily vequire
carelessness.
—Mr. PERDICARIS and Miss STONE wonid
have a mutual topic of interesting oon-
versation should they ever meet. Both
have been carried off and held for ransom
by bandits.
—A process has been discovered to make
soft wood bard, and tough. It is not the
same, but a process has been working
successfully many years in making soft
people hard and tough. It is the way of
the world. og
—The sensational article, entitled
‘‘Fre nzied Finance,” which Mr. THOMAS
LA wsoN, the Boston banker and copper
speculator has written for Everybody’s,
will likely fall far short of its mission, for
the very reason that it will be so very
startling in its trutbfolness as to astound
the or dinary reader into Believing | it un.
true.
— The three great panics this country
underwent within the memory of business
men of today were in 1873, 1884 and 1893.
The first was directly attributable to the
failure of JAY CoOK; and the two follow-
ing ones occurred under the operation of
Republican tariff measures. The WiLsoN
bill of 1894 was not passed by the Demo-
crats until six months after ‘the panic of
1893 set in; so that when the Republican
alarmist sets up his wild bharangue about
the depressing effects of Democratic ad-
ministration call upon to him explain these
faots.
—The Hon. GROVER CLEVELAND'S very
able and honest discussion of governmen
by in junction, as established during his
administration, which appears in a current
number of McClures Mogazine, is straight-
forward as the author himself. While the
. ézig encies of those critical moments might
have given cause that appeared to warrant
the establishment of such a precedent, and
Mr. CLEVELAND'S article carries much of
‘conviction with it, we can not see wherein
the fundamental principles of a Democracy
ean ever be reconciled to theidea of gov-
ernment by injunction, consequently no
amount of argumentation will convince
the WATCHMAN that Mr. CLEVELAND was
right.
: —The newspapers of the country that
are jost now becoming very much
exorcised over the barbarity of the ‘‘chain
gang?’ system of punishment for criminals
might devote their space to better ad-
vantage on other themes. While the
“chain ganz” is a relic of medieval days
its employment has a very peculiar and
salutary effect without inflicting any serious
physical injury upon the victim. In fact
it is nob nearly as barbarous as a whipping
post and this latter means of punishment
seems to us most appropriate—and practice
has proven it exceedingly efficient—punish-
ment for wife:beaters and offenders of that
class. ;
—The Philadelphia - Press simply ° lies,
and makes the lie all the more contempti-
ble because it knowsit is lying, when it
says ‘‘all our worst panics came after
Democratic tariff agitation.”” At the
time the panics of 1873, 1884, and 1893
set in Republican tariff measures were in
operation and the Press dare not attempt
to foist a denial of it upon intelligent
people. If it would look to the regular
oyoles in which periods of prosperity and
depression move it would find a cause
much more readily acceptable to reasonable
men. . But if it persists in remaining
blinded by partisan prejudice to things as
they actually exist, then let it rise up and
explain ‘what agitation or party policy the
present panicky. condision is following and
what caused: the laying off of four thous
and ‘men inthe Bald win locomotive works
- alone within the week.
combination of _abeurdi .inaccuracies
and bumtuousness. The New York Sun,
a stalwart Republican paper of the better
class, says it *‘is a pertinent illustration of
the inaccuracy of the modern platform,
which uses liberal adjectives and adverbs
to commend the party framing it and
to condemn the opposition party.” I
might bave added thas it is a characteristic
exemplification of the low estimate which
Republican politicians put upon popular in-
telligence, for under no other’ circumstances
would pablie credulity be so Severely taxed
as this instrument taxed it in its claims of
Republican achievement. i
It bodly claims for the Republican party
everything thas has contributed to the pub-
lic good within half a century and for the
ROOSEVELT administration all that is es-
pecially meritorious in all fhat time. For
example it declares that “the maintenance
of the gold stanard established by the Re-
publican party cannot safely he committed
to the Democratic party which resisted its
adoption and has never given any proof
since that time of belief in it or fidelity to
it.”” Without touching the question of the
merit of the gold standard let us put that
claim to the test of a careful scrutiny, and
measure the other assertions by the result of
such an examination.
In 1862 the Republican party created
the greenback, the fixst serious attack upon
the traditionary metallic currency of the
conntry. In 1878 she BLAND act provid-
ing for the nage of silver dollars was
amended in the Senate on motion of Sena-
| sor ALLISON, of Towa, by requiring the par-
chase of silver 3 _ every month and
the issue of sily
ing a new’ f‘debased currency.”
Daring a sub session of Congress
at he inst
ed upon the gold
step in this move-
ing the next ses 3
an act was pa
: a ing that ‘‘all pa-
tional bonds ig A
@.in coin instead of
in gold’’ as 4 ously ‘heen the legal
req nirement. This was clearly the provis-
ion which broke down ‘whatever remained
of the gold standard, and oaused the revul-
sion in public sentiment that culminated
in the i ion of GROVER CLEVELAND to
the Presidency for the second term. The
hoarding of gold began at once and a finan-
cial orisis became inevitable.
CLEVELAND was inaugurated iu March,
1893, and in his first message he nigently
recommended the repeal of the silver pur-
chasing act and called Congress into extra-
ordinary session to carry out a recommen-
dation supported by DANIEL MANNING,
then Secretary of the Treasury, who de-
clared that under the operations of that
law ‘‘the country was plunging along a
danger.” We are
sing the merits of
But we are proving
not at this ¢
this course,
that the ie Republican party
platform that arty ‘established the
gold standa impudent false pre-
onal Democratic con-
vention at Se. Louis will nominate the
next President United States. All
of our country re rs will be especially
anxious to know whd it will he. Unfortu-
nately there will be mo paper issued from
this office next v sk, but thé WATCHMAN
has made ements for frequent hulle-
tins of the proceedings at St. Lonis and
‘invites all of its’ readers and friends to
make inquiry by dtephione for any infor-
It will be cheer-
—The vasdal re slashed the air ship
in which Santos DunoxT, the Brazilian
aeronaut, intended making a trip on the
world’s fair grounds at St. Louis on July
Fourth, should be speedily ferreted out
and severely pamished. Such acts of
wantonness are most trying to public
patience and should be sternly rebuked by
thelaw. "Io
S—————
——The Philipsburg Water Co., bas at
last heen ab ed by the Citizens Co, of
that place. Ever since the latter concern
put in its service there bave been overtures
between the two. companies to merge. It
is said the new company paid $60,000
for the old company’s stock and franchise,
most of which was owned by Geo. W. Mec-
Gaffey Esq.
——
——There is really not a vast ‘difference
between being a Moroccan bandit ‘dnd ad
American trust magnate. ‘In Hack, the
Morocoan is she more honorable, . He
holds up only these who can afford to pay,
while the American trast’ ‘magnate or
bandit-holds $.) the poor people who are
least able to
Financiers foi Roosevelt. :
; The financiers now. favor RoosKVE
according ¢ to the New - ‘York correspondent
“of the Philadelphia “Press:!? ‘This is an
interesting bit of information. Some time
ago there was an ‘impression that the’ fi-
nanciers didn’t favor ROOSEVELT. = The
financiers are the capitalists of the coun-
try, and capital is proverbially cautions.
Therefore when ROOSEVELT was indulg-
ing himself in the luxury of dinners. of
bears’ claws in a Mississippi wilderness,
sleeping in Yellowstone Park snow drifts
and taking midnight rides on horse back
in drenching rains in order to prove to the
prize-fighters and the hoboes that he was
strenuous, the financiers were doubtful.
They imagined that such crazy operations
indicated an absence of conservatism.
They nasurally thought that the President
was ‘‘natty.”’
But they have since discovered that they
were mistaken. ROOSEVELT wasn’t crazy
when he penetrated the Yellowstone Park
wilderness and made his bed in the snow
drift. There was nothing unusual the
matter with his mind when he made a din-
ner on hears’ claws without the use of
knives and forks in a Mississippi swamp
canebrake. He was in the enjoymemt of
his usual mental equilibrinm when he
slept on the bank of a Long Island Lake,
wrapped in an army blanket and cooked
his breakfast of roots and herbs ona fire
of brambles in the morning. But he was
gathering in the admiration of the tramps
of the East, the hoboes of the Centre and
the cowboys of the West. He was mak-
ing himself solid with the vagabonds of
the country and strangely enough they
vote. ROOSEVELT was simply looking
after the back townships.
But when he got those creatures corral-
ed be turned his attention to. the more
important element in the political life of
the country. The financiers had to be
taken care of for various reasons. He
needs their votes, their money and their
friendships. A less fertile mind and
obliging conscience would have had trouble
under the circumstances. But ROOSEVELT
encountered no difficulties. Ready to
pledge anything and promise the earth he
simply sent for JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER.
Mr. ROCKEFELLER didn’t respond in per-
son, though Mr. BAER declares that the
President's invitation is a command. But
Mr. ROCKEFELLER sent his man STILL-
MAN and over the luncheon table a bargain
was struck. It was bad for the public and
humiliating to the people but it worked
the result. Ever since that the financiers
have been for ROOSEVELT because ROOSE-
VELT promised everything they asked and
he will make good.
Changes in the Cabinet.
There has been something like a general
overhauling of the cabinet since the last
issue of the WATCHMAN. Attorney Gen-
eral KNOX resigned in order to accept the
illegal appointment of Governor PENNY-
PACKER to fill the vacancy in the United
States Senate cansed by the death of Mr.
QUAY. Secretary of the Navy Wm. H.
MooDY was resigned to accept the ap-
pointment of the President to fill the
vacancy caused by the resignation of
KnNox. Secretary of Commerce CORTEL-
YOU resigned to become chairman of she
Republican National committee with the
understanding that immediately after the
election he will be appointed Postmaster
General to fill the vacaney which is prom-
ised by the resignation of Postmaster
General HENRY C. PAYNE,
The three vacancies created by these
resignations have been filled by the ap-
pointmens of Mr. MooDY to the office of
Attorney General; PAUL © MORTON, of
Chicago, to the office of Secretary of the
Navy and Representative METCALF, of
California, to fill the vacancy caused by
the resignation of Secretary CORTELYOU.
Moopy is fairly well known. He was a
Representative in Congress for Massachu-
setts for several terms and isa fairly good,
but not a distinguished ' lawyer. PAUL
MoRTON has been for some years a vice
president of the Atchison, Topeko and
Santa Fe railroad and is one of GEORGE
GOULD’s bright young men. His appoint-
ment is probably the result of Mr. GOULD’S
recent visit at the White House and
lancheon with the President.
Of Mr. METCALF little can be said ex-
cept that he was born and bred in New
York and educated in a military school.
He was a Democrat in his younger days
and read law with FRANCIS KERNAN and
HORATIO SEYMOUR, of Utica. But he was
one of those mercenary fellows who paid
little attention to principles and when he
located in a Republican section of Califor-
nia about 1880 he became a Republican.
He was elected to Congress six years ago
and has served inconspicuously since.
Probably. nobody in the world, except
ROOSEVELT, would bave thought . of him
for a seat in the cabinet, but as personal
service rather thau fitness influences the
President in [all appointments: there is
nothing sarprising’ in’ fhe Seleetion" of
METCALF. - “
Roosevelt and Addicks.
statement is made that President RooSE-
'VELT will take a personal and active part
in the political contest in Delaware this
year with the purpose ‘of carrying that
State for himself for President and AD-
DICKS for United States Senator. In addi-
tion to what the President can do in. the
matter by personal solicitation and farm-
ing the patronage, it is added that Senator
FAIRBANKS, the candidate for Vice Presi-
dent; Senator SPOONER, of Wisconsin, and
other close friends of the President will
take the stump. ADDICKS has spent so
much stolen money and committed so
many crimes to get into the Senate that
the President thinks it’s about time he
should realize.
This statement is an exact moral photo-
graph of President ROOSEVELT and we can
see no reason to doubt the accuracy of if.
ADDICKS_ is morally a bashi-bazook. That
is, he has no perception of the difference
between right and wrong. In his domes-
tic life he is so atrocious that his wife was
obliged to expose his iniqunities and appeal
to the courts to sever an alliance which de-
based her. Politically he has run the
gamut of infamy. It has been proven that
he bas personally stuffed ballot boxes,
suborned perjury, himself sworn falsely
and contributed generously out of his
millions to corrupt the politics of the State
which he disgraces. Even an ordinary
mechanic would feel debased if in social
relations with such a reprobate.
But President ROOSEVELT has no hesita-
tion in forming close personal and political
association with such a moral leper. In
fact ever since the national calamity which
elevated ROOSEVELT to the office of Presi-
dent ADDICKS has been a welcome visitor
to the White House and like REED Suoor,
the Mormon Apostle and Republican Sena-
tor for Utah, he is among the conLidantes
of the President. To those who recall his
professions of political morality before am-
| hitiou warped his judgment, these things
must be a matter of amazement. But they |
are consistent with all his recent actions
in politics. A man who can make a con-
fidante of QUAY can do most anything
else.
Speaker Cannon's Speech.
The event of the Republican National
convention last week was easily the speech
of Speaker CANNON. “Uncle JOE,” as the
Speaker is familiarly called, was obliged
to do some artfal dodging during the few
days preceding the convention to escape
the vice presidential lightning and the
party managers would have been ‘‘de-light-
ed,’”’ as the President puts it, to have
heard that he had fallen off one of the
Chicago sky-scrapers and had ‘‘never found
out what hit him.”” But there is trouble
in Illinois which bas to be fixed up and as
a step in that direction it was determined
to make ‘‘Uncle JOE,’ temporary chairman
on the condition that he would behave.
“Uncle Jor” agreed to the conditions
and probably intended to stick to his
agreement but couldn’. That is to say
he was to say nothing that had not been
previously ‘‘edited’’ by the official censors
and with that idea in mind a speech of
2,500 words had been written for him and
banded over to commit for delivery as his
own on taking the chair. Butas ‘“Uncle
JOE,” subsequently confessed, he couldn’s
commit the speech and though advance
copies had been sent to all the newspapers,
he just put the manuscript in his pocket
and proceeded to ‘‘ramble,’”’ if such a
figure of speech is allowable, as we sup-
pose it is, for that is what he called it.
And “Uncle JoE’s” rambling was pic-
turesque, if not polite. He just abandoned
himself to whatever came into his mind
and for an hour kept the convention in a
roar like the clown in the circus keeps the
boys and girls in a sort of hysterical joy.
He told ‘all sorts of irrelevant stories,
some polite and others only vulgar and
finally wound up with the statement that
the Republican party has done everything
that ever has been done for this country.
It was probably the most absurd Naticnal
Convention incident in the history of the
country but it sort of let the delegates
know that they weren’t in cold storage
and that was something.
An Official Crime.
"t'he people of Harrisburg have been hold-
ing a public meeting, we learn from our
esteemed Harrisburg exchanges, to protest
against the construction of a granite wall
around the capital park, the contract for
which bas been let by the Beard of Pablie
Grounds and Buildings. Nobody appears
to he able to find out where the scheme
originated or how it ‘developed. The fact
is, however, that a contract has heen quiet-
ly let to Mr. PAYNE, the builder of the
new capital, to erect such a wall at a cost of
$500,000 and make requisition on the State
Treasury for the amouns. Nobody else
knew anything about the enterprise and
there were no other bidders.
Curiously enough the basis of the com-
Upon the ‘best - possible authority - the
: lican majority ‘be maintaine
this cuts upon thé bck 8
law is that the ah would a
completed. +It is bounded by city streets
and covers an area of four blocks. That is
it extends from Walnut street on the
south to North street on the morth and
from Fourth street on the east to Third
on the west. It is a beautifully rounded
knoll of oblong shape, its edges r ning
gracefully down to the street lines. If is
studded with fine trees and other appropri-
ate ornaments and decorations.
Enclosing such a spot with a high fence
would be an outrage of the grossest sort
from an gsthetic view point and we don’t
blame the people of Harrisburg for protest-
ing. Infact every citizen of the State
should raise his voice against such a pur-
pose. But the greatest crime isn’t against
the beauty of the park. Itisin the viola-
tion of the law which forbids the expendi-
ture of money without appropriation of the
Legislature. It is in the perjury involved
in such usurpation of power by every mem '
ber of the Board, sworn to ‘‘support, obey
and defend the constitution’’ and adminis-
ter the laws. Against that crime there
should be universal revolt in every quarter
of Pennsylvania.
‘Roosevelt’s Running Mate.
Fiom the Philadelphia North American.
In nominating Senator Fairbanks for the
Vice Presidency the Republican convention
laid upon the party a needless handicap.
Instead of adding strength to the ticket, 2
is a source of weakness.
A citizen of perfect respectability and an
officeholder with untainted record, Mr.
Fairbanks does not present a shining mark
for the shafts of ‘the opposition, nor lay
the ticket open to reproach. But neither
does he stand forth as a strong representa- |
tive of vigorous Republicanism. As. a
public man he is i asa candidate,
we believe
foll ons SSUEjis would ite
y easy Vv n spite
of the facetious remarks ‘of, some of the
campaign orators, there is g to ben
fight. = Even if the election. of evelt
were utterly beyond Soult ‘there will be |
many congressional contests, and it is
highly important that an eflsiive Rept
that the President hii ot tbe able to go
before the people himself, and that the
active representation of the ticket would
fall upon the candidate for Vice President.
Plenty of men the equals of Senator Fajr-
banks in respectability and his superiors in
magnetism, mental force and political
power were available, and it is a pity that
one of them was not chosen.
Talking Straight at Us
From a Speech of Dr, John H. Harris,
Dr. John Howard Harris, president of
Bucknell University, Sunday delivered the
baccalaureate to the graduating class. His
theme was ‘‘Vicarious Service.” In
speaking of the great debt we owe those
who have preceded us Dr. Harris said that
no American earns one-tenth of one per
cent. of what he receives.
On the subject of philanthropy he said:
‘‘The man who endows a chair for study-
ing the causes and means of preventing
tuberculosis does more than he who estab-
lished a hospital for incurables, meritor-
ious as the latter may be.”
Dr. Harris said vicarious service has its
highest type in the home. In this con-
nection hesaid: ‘‘No home can exist ex-
cept by vicarious service upon the part of
fathers and mothers. There can be no real
home for children who are given over to
the care of servants. The very rich have
no homes. Hence the constant rotting off
of society at the top.
Roosevelt to be e the Whole Push,
From the Pittsburg Post.,
Mr. Cortelyoun’s announcement immedi-
ately after his election to the Republican
National chairmanship that he proposed to
run his office himself and permit no dicta-
tion from high or low will not serve to add
any to his popularity with the Republican
machine leaders. His statement that he
would be glad to receive advice will not
mollify them. They will understand that
the committee work, like that of the con-
vention, is going to he conducted as Presi-
dent Roosevelt desires, and that this: was
what Mr. Cortelyou intended to say to
them. The failure to select a vice chair-
man still farther emphasized the fact that
Mr. Roosevelt was determined to have an
entirely free hand in the campaign man-
agement. Chairman Cortelyou’s platform
will make Penrose and others of his stripe
more unhappy than ever.
Philippines, Porto Rico and “Penny?”
Not Bound by Constitution.
From The Indianapolis News.
We have had much discussion of late
as to how far our various constitutions
extend. That our Federal constitution
in all its provisions does not of itself ex-
tend to the Philippines and Porto Rico
has been decided. Now it seems that the
Constitution of Pennsylvania does not
extend to the Governor of that State—thas
he may set is aside whenever party neces-
sity or the welfare of the Trusts demands
fist it should be set aside.
~The Dear, Litt Little Lamb.
From. the Clearfield Republican.
Little Fill Wanderoff, of Philipsburg, i is
again gh for sacrifice in, Centre county poli-
tics. is year he is Jude Love's candi-
date for the Legislature.
that Republican ;
A
afterwards, which was as soon as
could be reached by the physician who
was summoned. The unfortunate man leaves
a family of sixteen children, ey Soest
..=—On a Williamsport and North Sranéh
switch, at Ringdale, on Sunday, fire of an
unknown origin destroyed three freight cars.
One of the cars was of steel, the property of
the Philadelphia and Reading railway com-
pany. Twenty-five thousand feet of logs,
the property of Ed. Ives, of Muncy, whizh
were to have been loaded, were also burned.
—Governor Pennypacker has fixed on Sep-
tember 1st, as the date for the execution of
John W. Williams, alias ‘Black Spot,” the
convicted negro murderer in jail at Clear-
field. ‘‘Black Spot’s” crime was committed
at DuBois on the 29th of last September. He
was found guilty at the February term of
court. A motion for a new trial was refuse
by the lower and the Supreme courts. =
—Postmaster J. M. Chase, of Clearfield,
met with a painful accident while at the
Chase homestead in Woodward township last
Wednesday. He was leading a refractory
horse which commenced kicking and rear-
ing. The rein was pulled violently from
Mr. Chase’s hand and he was thrown against
a pile of rocks, bruising his shoulder severe-
ly and tearing loose some of the ligaments. -
—A safe robbery in Pennsylvania has been
brought to light in Charlotte docks, N. Y.
Buried under tons of coal, after traveling
300 miles, an iron box containing valuable
papers was in a coal car. The box was open-
ed and the name of George P. Rogers was
found on the documents, with the address,
Portland Mills, Elk county, Pa. In the box
were checks; ‘vouchers, paid up’ notes and
private papers.
“—The Supreme court in the murder case
against’ Jobn W. . Williams, alias Black
Spot, from Clearfield county, affirm-
ed the judgment of the lower court,
and as sbon' as the Governor fixes the date
Black Spot will suffer the extreme penalty of
his crime. ‘The défendant was strenuously
defended by Messrs. Cole & Wilson, while
district attorney Wm. I. Swoope prosecuted
the case to its successful issue.
—The offer of Mrs. August C. Morci. to
equip a sewing. and dressmaking depart.
Mr, 5 also Herel a a kindergarten pro-
vided it be made a part of the school cur-
riculum.
—A dispatch from Franklin, Pa, says that
in an interview, General Chas. Miller stated
that the double track railroad which is to be
known as the Franklin and Clearfield rail-
road will be constructed and that work would
be commenced this year. For several months
engineers have been busy surveying the
route for this road between Clearfield and
Franklin, when constructed it will connect
the Lake Shore railroad with the Beech Creek
railroad. It will make a shorter route from
Chicago to Philadelphia, New York and the
east and its construction means much to the
section of country through which it will
traverse. ;
—The management of the Odd Fellows
home, the Wayside Inn, for the aged and
infirm, man and wife—which will be dedi-
cated July 21st, 1904, at Grove City, Mercer
county, Pa,, and will be open to all the Odd
Fellows in Pennsylvania—are having the
beautiful farm laid out in avenues, which
are to be macadamized and beautified by
trees, flowers and shrubbery and appropriate-
ly named, one of which will be known as
Mount Hor avenue, leading up to the high-
est point on the farm, and to be known as
Mount Hor at the beautiful new home. The
trees of thisavenue will have a cast iron
plate with the names, numbers and locations’
of the encampments of Pennsylvania upon
them, and they will stand for all time a per-
ennial monument of the encampments of
Pennsylvania.
—On the same farm in Potter county are
two strong, clear: springs which bubble up,
out of the white sand with great force, and
about three miles distance is another spring
of like character. If chips were thrown in-
edly to the sea they would reach their desti- 5
nation many thousands of miles apart, - One
isithe fountain: head of the Genessee river,
which flows into Lake Ontario, and finally,
reaches the sea:at the mouth of the Gulf of
St. Lawrence. The other. is the. fonntain
head of the Allegheny river, which unites at
Pittsburg with the Monongahela to form the
Ohio, and reaches, ‘the sea at the. mouth of
the Mississippi. - ‘The third is the fountain
head of Pine, Creek, which flows into the,
west brangh of the Susquehanna and Teaches
the sea at Chesapeake bay.
—At 5:15 elock Monday cvening Dr. AS
R. Markel, a prominent dental practitioner
of Tyrone, nvicted of the high crime
of ravishing: rson of Miss Viola Beck, a
patient, whi vas under the influence of
ether. pcommendation for mercy was
attached to the verdict. The jury was out
for the space of three hours. The verdict
was announced by the foreman of the jury,
John Cole, of Altoona, in tremulous tones,
that died away in a sob. The jury was poll-
ed and each jnror in turn pronounced the
fateful word, ‘‘guilty.”” Attorney ouit
asked leave to file the cusfomary motion for
new trial and in arrest of judgment. rl
honor gave him until 9 o'clock. Tu i
file the necessary papers, but stated Veh 3 Dar
pose to over rule the motion. }
said : “I cannot see’ lh the
been more carefully tried.” He was, sente
to pay $100 fine and three ears “and | Ie
months in the western penitentiary. | £°
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to each of these and could float uninterrupts SN