"Bellefonte, Pa., Juiy I, 1904.
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Democratic County Ticket.
For President Judge:
ELLs L. Orvis Eszq., of Bellefonte.
For Assembly:
J. W. KEPLER, of Ferguson Twp.
JoHN NoLL, of Bellefonte.
For Prothonotary:
ARTHUR B. KIMPORT, of Harris Twp.
Fer District Attorney:
W. G. RUNKLE, of Bellefonte.
For County Surveyor:
J. H. WETZEL, of Bellefonte.
Perdicaris Tells Story of Abduction
by Raisull,
TANGIER, June 25.—Ion Perdicaris, the
American, who last week was released by
the brigand Raisuli, was much better to-
day and gave an interview to the Associated
Press descriptive of the circumstances of
his capture and of his experience while a
prisoner "n Raisuli’s camp.
He says that on the night of May 16th,
he bad just entered the drawing room after
dinner and, hearing a noise among the ser-
vants he and Cromwell Varley, the British
subject, who also was captured by Raisuli,
went out to investigate the cause. They
were immediately surrounded by armed
Moors who bound and mal-treated them.
Varley resisted and was struck on the head
with the butt of a rifle and a knife was
slashed across his hands, making a serious
wound.
At first it was thought his skull had been
fractured.
Perdicaris and Varley were then carried
away on horseback. They were hound
with ropes and roundabout roads were
taken in order to avoid villages. The
handits stopped at Tsarradens, twenty-four
hours from Tangier, and Raisuli allowed
Perdicaris to write to his wife next morn-
ing and also te the shereef of Wazan, ask-
ing them to intervene for himself and
Varley.
At Tsarradent, the captives lived in a
filthy hut. They were not allowed to go
one hundred yards away from it and were
strongly guarded. When the shereef of
Wazan arrived, a big tent was placed at
the disposal of the prisoners, and in other
ways the shereef was the means of allevia-
ting their condition to a considerable ex-
tent. The attitude of the Moors changed
from insult to fair treatment.
Spies of the pretender, who were in the
samp all the time, tried to induce Varley to
accept a post under the pretender.
Raisuli daily held long conversations
with the prisoners. He eaid anarchy was
reigning in the country. The animosity of
the people, he said, was not directed against
the Sultan bat against his Governors.
Raisuli’s father, Perdicaris said, left him
much property and cattle, which aroused
the animosity of the Kaids, who induced
the Bashaw by presents to rob Raisuli of
his belongings and finally to imprison him
for four years at Mogador. On his release
Raisuli interviewed Mobammed El Torres,
representative of the Sultan at Tangier,
concerning the restitution of his property
and this being without avail, Raisuli swore
to take the law into his own hands with
the results already known. Raisuli said
he bore no ill will toward Europeans
and to bring the Moorish govern-
ment to its senses was by capturing
Europeans until the foreign powers awaken
to a realization of the existing conditions.
_ Mr. Perdicaris said that Raisuli is pos-
ing as a patriot who wants to see the coun-
try happy and peaceful and he is offering
to accept the responsibility for maintain-
ing the country from Tangier to Fez and
clear it of robbery and crime if he is back-
ed np by the powers. He found in Raisuli
an educated and intellectual man.
The only time the prisoners were uneasy
was the last two days when they were at
Barabin, the village of Zelal, the governor
of the Beni M’Sara tribe. When the ex-
change occurred over three hours were lost
in the exchange of compliments. Raisuli
refusing to talk business until the last
moment, being apparently very suspicions
of an’ attempt to capture him. When he
received the money and the man turned
over to him by the ransom party, he harri-
ed away towards his village.
Perdicaris and Varley immediately
mounced horses and proceeded for Tangier,
a journey of sixteen hours.
Detalied Description of Battle off Port
Arthur,
LoxDoN, June 27.--The Central News
bas received the following despatch from
its Tokio correspondent, dated June 26th,
‘*A detailed accouns of the naval bastle
Bt Port Arthur bas just been published
ere.
‘*The Russian battleships I
tava and Sevastopol and ther
yan, Askold and Novik, ab
emerge from the harbor at dawn, on June
23rd, led by steamers used for clearing the
mines. At 11 a. m. the battleships Czare-
vitch, Retvizan and Pobhieda joined the
others, 3
All the ships then advanced, endeavor-
ing to dispose of the mines laid by the
Japanese, but they were hindered by two
Japanese torpedo boat destroyers which
bad been guarding the mouth of the har-
or.
‘At 3 p. m., the Japanese.torpedo boats
exchanged shots with séven Russian de-
stroyers which were covering the clearing
operations. 1
‘‘One of the Russian destroyers was set
on fire and retired inside the harbor.
‘‘Subsequently the Japanese decoyed the.
Russians out to sea and awaited an oppor-.
tunity to begin a general action but be-:
tween 8 and 9 p. m. the Russian ships
made for the harbor. The Japanese tor-
pedo boat destroyers and torpedo boats’
chased the Russians and at 9:30 delivered
the first attack, in consequence of which’
the enemy was thrown into disorder.
During the night, eight desperate at-
tacks were delivered, lasting until dawn
on' Friday. Ey
*‘In one of these assaults the Chirataka,
twice torpedoed a battleship of the Peres-
viet type, and sank her. A battleship of
the Sevastopol type and a ‘cruiser of the
Diana type were disabled and towed away.
‘The Russian vessels re-entered the har-
bor during Friday.
““The newspapers publish enlogistio arti-
cles upon Vice Admiral Togo’s prompt
action.’’ a.
WW,
Kuropatkin to Fall Back!
Finds the Japanese to be in Strong Force and Very
Aggressive.
ToKk10, June 28.—Afser a hot fight which
lasted for six bours yesterday morning
July 27th, the Takushan division of the
Japanese army completely defeated five
battalions of Russian infantry, which, sup-
ported by two regiments of cavalry and
sixteen guns, occupied Fen Shu Ling,some
twenty miles northwest of Siu Yon. The
Russians finally fell back in the direction
of Shi Mucheng. The Japanese casualties
aggregated about 100 killed and wounded.
Major Oba was killed during the battle.
An unconfirmed report has been receiv-
ed from the island of Hakodate that ships
resembling the Russian Vladivostok squad-
ron had appeared off there on June 27th.
Similar reports have been received from
other places along the northern coast of
Japan. The navy office does not give any
credence to these reports.
ST. PETERSBURG, June 28.—7:10 p. m.
—The Associated Press is informed on
good authority that General Kuropatkin
bas decided to withdraw northward. This
move gives the Russians the advantage of
being nearer their base of supplies and
place the Japanese at the disadvantage of
having longer lines of communication.
News from the Port Arthur squadron is
eagerly awaited. The city is full of
rumors, chiefly based on foreign telegrams.
A report that Rear Admiral , Skrydloff in
command of the naval forces at Port
Arthur, sailed off after giving battle to the
Japanese receives most credence. Skrydloff
is known to have full authority to leave
Port Arthur if he deems it advisable and
he possibly preferred not risking a return
to the harbor, which might again be
blocked, preventing his egress at a critical
moment. Consequently Skrydloff may
now be steaming to joining the Vladivos-
tok cruisers. The minister of marine is
anxiously expecting a further report but
none has been received up to the hour of
filing this dispatch.
Japs’ Armies Are United.
They Have Taken an Important Place and Cover 120
Miles.
Early morning despatches indicate that
the Japanese armies of Kuroki and Okn
have united and are in Kin Chau a place
of strategic value close to New Chwang.
Their lines cover a wide field and Kuropat-
kin is retiring. The armies are close to
the battlefield of about the only fight
worth mentioning which took place in the
war between China and Japan. The Japa-
nese have also taken three of the outer cor-
don of forts at Port Arthur and more troops
are on the way from the islands.
THE ARMIES UNITED.
LONDON, June 30.—The Tokio corres-
pondent of the Daily Telegraph says that
severe fighting took place at Kai-Chau on
June 25 which resulted in the capture of
that place on the morning of June 26.
The correspondent of the Morning Post
says that the Japanese second army has af-
fected a juncture with the first army and
that the whole force now bas a fighting
front of 120 miles.
THREE FORTS TAKEN.
CHICAGO, June 29.—A special to the
Daily News from Tokio says: In fierce
fighting which took place at the rear of
Port Arthur Sunday, June 26, attack was
simultaneous by the Japanese troops on
three hills which were strongly fortified.
After an overwhelming bombardment the
Mikado’s men advanced and drove ous the
Russians.
Tok10, June 29.—3:30 p. m.—It is un-
officially reported that the Chik-Wan-Shan
Chit-An-Shan and So-Cho-Shan forts,
southeast of and part of the Port Arthur
defences, were captured on Sunday after
an all day fight, beginning with an artil-
lery duel. So-Cho-Shan, it is added, was
first captured and the other forts fell soon
afterward.
Death Stared Him in the Face.
Bridge Builder's Daring Jump to Escape Being
Crushed.
Clark Sweet, a bridgeman employed at
the Pine Creek railroad bridge, escaped be-
ing ground to death by a huge girder Mon-
day afternoon, by jumping through the air
and grasping an iron bar, There he hung
until rescued by his companions, and when
taken from his perilous position it was
found that a ghastly wound had been in-
flioted in the pit of his left arm, says the
Jersey Shore Herald.
Sweet was standing on a skid, and the
girder was being swung around toward
him. A heavy chain, which supported the
girder, and which must bave become
tangled, suddenly snapped, and the huge
girder bore down upon Sweet. As he stood
in mid-air with the heavy iron bearing
down upon him, there was but one al-
ternative to avoid being crushed to death,
and that was to jump. Many feet below
him was the water and before him no place
where he could leap and have a foot hold.
With rare presence of mind, be prepared to
leap at the on coming girder and attempt
to maintain a held on it until rescued. His
attempts was successful and throwing bis
arms about the iron, he hung in this posi-
tion until rescued.
A sharp iron plate ran across the top of
‘| the bar, and when the man threw his arm
about it, a long gash was inflicted in the
pit of the arm. The blood spurted freely
but he managed to keep his hold until
rescued. He received other cuts and
bruises and his ankle was sprained.
From 30,000 to 40,000 Garment Workers
t.
NEW YORK, June 27.— I.eaders in the
strike of garment workers declare the tie up
$o be complete and estimate the number
of persons out at 35,000 to 40,000. Ina
day or 80 10,000 finishers, mostly Italian
women, who take the work home, will be
added to the ranks of the idle.
In whatever way the tronble may end it
is the biggest clothing strike that New-
York has seen for at least six years. Since
the last big clothing strike the population
and the business have increased enormous-
ly, and it is estimated that there are at
least 20,000 more- clothing - workers in the
city than there were six years ago. No
wage demand has been ' made, the strike
being merely against the open shop.
Wall Street is Betting.
NEw YORK, June 27.—Wall street be-
lieves Grover Cleveland will head! the
Democratic ticket this year. A commis-
sion house that handles many wagers on
presidential and sporting events to-day
posted $1,000 to be wagered against $2,500
that the ex-President will receive the St.
Louis nomination, and smaller bets, made
by individuals, to the same effect and at
about the same odds were recorded on
‘change to-day.
The United States Government Build-
ing at St. Louis,
A Careful Pen-Picture of One of the Most Inter=
esting Buildings on the Grounds of the Louis-
iana Purchase Exposition.
[The following article is the first of a series
that will be published from time to time in these
columns. They are being written especially for
the Warcuymax by a Centre county gentleman
who expects to be on the Exposition grounds
until they close on November 1st.]
The U. S. Government Building is sit-
uated on a slight eminence—(or rather
against a hill) on top of which is the Mis-
souri state building—about 25 feet ahove
the level of the balance of the principal
Exposition buildings. Approached by
stair ways and curved ramps, it is 760 feet
long, 180 wide, with end pavilions. The
roof supported by elliptical steel trusses;
a clear space 175 feet wide and 70 feet high
at centre. The architectural style is Ro-
man. The porticos at each entrance being
supported by massive Ionic columns.
The dome over center is 90 feet in diame-
ter. A quadriga 160 feet surmounts it.
Besides conventional ornaments, sculp-
sured figures more or less classic have heen
freely introduced, representing music,
painting, sculpture, architectare, com-
merce, manufactures, transportation and
agriculture; with allegorical groups of
seated female figures.
The interior cross beams and sheathed
walls have been stained to give it the ap-
pearance of grain of natural wood, while
the iron is painted red, and the walls
stained green. Green burlap covers the
walls about 15 feet, also all partitions
dividing the various departments, as
backgrounds for exhibits. The building
is traversed by many through and cross
aisles. In its center is constructed a full
size reproduction of the Goddess of Liberty
that surmounts the capitol at Washington,
in plaster paris, bronzed.
The Department of State is tastefully
decorated with portraits of the Presidents
and cabinet officers and fac smiles of the Dec-
claration of Independence. Grouped round
it are seals of the original thirteen States,
with portraits of the Presidents, engrossed
sheets of the constitution, a large picture
of Jefferson, with smaller ones of all the
other signers of the Declaration of Inde-
pendence.
The Treasury Department is decorated.
with portraits of Morris, MecCallough,
Carlisle, Chase, Hamilton Sherman, Tes-
senden, Gallatin, Folger, Manning, Gage
and Shaw. Large frames show the various
denominatiors of government bonds
and bills with colonial notes. A plate
printing press prints portraits to show its
workings while the mint is turning ous
medals. An elaborate exhibit also shows
the marine hospital service, by model
stations of quarantine, disinfection, and
hospital supplies.
The War Department has extensive ex-
hibits of heavy and light field guns, fully
equipped bodies of cavalry, infantry, and
artillery; giving exhibits of loading car-
tridges and other arms.
The Navy has a fine display of some 20
miniature models of vessels of war, and
one large one in which they exhibit the
workings of the various types of cannon
while at sea in the conflict, also a minia-
tare drydosk in full working order; as
well as the building of “the levees and
light house stations.
Department of Agriculture is well sup-
plied with various seeds, showing also the
imperfect ones ; how to treat stock for the
various plagues they are subject to, the care
of fruit and plants, the destruction of the
various insects so detrimental to vegetable
life. The exhibit of this Department is
very elaborate and interesting to the agri-
culsturist and florist.
The National museum has an elaborate
display of old fossils, supposed to be stuff-
ed animals made no doubt of clay and
paint, as the hair seems never to have put
in appearance, reptiles and bugs beyond
description ; some of which are hideous in
the extreme.
The Interior display of radium seems to
attract the most attention, though their
varied display is all interesting and in-
structive. So is the Post Office Depart-
ment with its illustration of star-route, old
stage, and all the various improved man-
ners of handling and delivering mails.
The Government building alone will far-
nish such an illustration of the past 100
years progress as to require at least one
week’s time of any one, for in it is ex-
hibited the progress made and gathered to-
gether by its various bureaus during the
last century. The exhibit here, if studied,
more than repay the visitor for his outlay
and time.
The other buildings or rather the ex-
hibits in them are nearly ail in place,
and the grounds are fast being beautified,
and show the elaborated ideas that were
intended to have heen perfected by the
time this fair was opened. The attend-
ance shows a natural increase, daily, and
those who care to and wish to learn can-
not expend their money or time to better
advantage than by viewing the great mass
gathered together at St. Louis, from all
quarters of the earth.
Made ' Complete Confession!
Charles A. Guthea, a Former Member of Missouri
House of Delegates, Convicted of Bribery.
ST. LouIs, June 28.—It was announced
to-day that Charles A. Gutkea a former
member of the house of delegates, eon-
victed on a charge of bribery, and soon to
be tried on another similar charge, to-day
made a complete confession to circuit at-
torney Joseph W. Folk, in which he de-
clared that former delegate Charles F.
Kelley bad told him he had received $50,- |
000 for going to Europe when his presence
in'St. Louis jeopardized men of prominence,
Gutkea said :
‘I became a member of the house of del-
egates in 1897, and at once became a mem-
ber of the combine of thas body which was
an organization, composed of nineteen del-
egates for the purpose of selling legislation. |
*‘The first bill that came up after I be-
came a member of the combine was ‘‘the
suburban loop bill.” The combine gst
$20.000 for their votes on this hill; on the
‘Union avenue bill’ we got $18,000; on
the Central traction bill, we got: $65.000;
on the Third street line bill we get $15,-
000; on the lighting bill we got $47,500,
and on the Suburban bill we were to get
$75,000, which is now in the safe deposit
box in the Lincoln trust company, being
placed there with the agreement that it
should be turned over to us when the bill
had been passed.
¢'T acted as the agent of the combine in a
number of deals. In the Suburban deal, I
was present when the agreement was made
regarding the bribe of $60,000 for Kratz,
which is now in a lock box in the Miseis-
sippi valley trust company. I went with
Charles Kratz and Carroll to the office of a
prominent broker in the lighting deal and
there $20.000 was paid me by this broker
to give to the combine and the promise
was made that at least $27,500 more would
be paid.” SO
BN
Disaster Comes to an End.
Great Loss of Life Was Due, It Is Alleged, to the
Misconduct of the Directors of the Knickerbock-
er Steamship Company.
NEW York, June 28.—The coroner’s
jury in the General Slocum inquest has re-
turned a verdict finding:
‘‘That the immense loss of life on the
General Slocum was due to the misconduct
of the directors of the Knickerbocker
Steamboat company.
‘The Captain Van Schaick is criminally
responsible.
‘‘That Captain Pease, of the Grand Re-
public, as captain of the steamboat com-
pany’s fleet, is criminally responsible in
that be failed to properly equip the Slocum
with fire apparatus.
‘‘That Mate Flannagan acted in a ‘cow-
ardly mannper.’
‘“That the action of Inspector Lundberg
should be brought to the attention of the
federal authorities.’
Coroner Berry has issued warrants for
the arrest of the directors and officials of
Knickerbocker Steamboat company. In-
spector Lundberg and Mate Flannagan
have been held in §1,000 bail each.
When the assistant district attorney
moved that warrants be issued afte: the.
verdict had been given Mr. McManus,
counsel for the steamboat company, pro-
tested that such procedure was unnecessary
as all the men were ready to appear and
give bail when called for. The protest was
of no avail.
The mate, Edward Flannagan, who was
under detention as a witness, was the first
arraigned. He pleaded not guilty and his
bail was fixed at $1.000. No bondsman
being on hand he was committed to jail.
Inspector Lundberg pleaded not guilty
and was released on $1,000 bond.
Bail was fixed at $5,000 each for presi-
dent Barnaby and secretary Atkinson and
bonds were furnished at once.
Captain Van Schaick is a prisoner in the
Lebanon hospital.
Captain Pease may not be arrested until
to-morrow, when it is expected the di-
rectors of the company will also he taken
into custody. Aft the assistant district
attorney’s request, the coroner committed
the assistant engineer, Edward Brandow,
and the deck bands, Coakley and Twembly,
as witnesses, sending them to the house of
detention.
The charge in each case was manslaughter
in the second degree. Bail was fixed hy
the coroner in amounts varying from $1,000
to $5,000.
Ravages of Toy Pistol are Shown,
rene
Health Board Issues Letter and Copy of Law on Sale
of Toy Weapons and Explosives.
That the State Board of Health is en-
deavoring by all means at its command to
eliminate a large percentage of the loss of
lite which isannually one of the unfortunate
aftermaths of the Fourth of July is evi-
denced by the issuance of circnlars, ad-
dressed to the municipal authorities of the
towns and cities of the State. This circn-
lar calls attention to the State laws on this
subject and contains one or more copies of
the laws themselves, so that the executive
to whom they are addressed may have some
means of informing the citizens of the place
of which he is at the head.
The circular presents a report of the acci-
dents and deaths which can be attributed
to the celebration of the Fourth lass year,
and the figures are in some cases quite
startling, compiled as they are by a respon-
sible legal body from the best statistics
obtainable. Itis shown thas the casual-
ties resulting from the chief National
holiday last year numbered 4,349, out of
which 466 died, 406 of those of lock-jaw, a
most terrible death. Ten were made totally
blind and 75 partially so. Fourteen lost
fingers,and limbs were amputated as a result
of such accidents to the number of 54. The
circular defines the present-day commem-
oration of the Fourth as a ‘‘spurious and
lawless patriotism.’’
The laws which are to be so carefully en-
forced this year by State and municipal
authorities are contained in three acts.
The first prohibits the sale to any person
under 16 years of age of deadly weapons,
gunpowder and explosive substances, and
fixes the penalty at a fine of $300. The
second prohibits the manufacture and sale
of toy deadly weapons, the penalty for dis-
regarding which is a fine of $500, one year’s
imprisonment, or both. The third act
prohibits the manufacture and sale of fire-
crackers containing dynamite, chlorate of
potash or any explosive except ordinary
gunpowder, the fine is $50 to $100, or 6 to
12 months’ imprisonment, or both.
Proclamation.
Considerable interest is being taken in
cities and boroughs in the Commonwealth,
relative to the firing or throwing of fire-
crackers, fire-balls, squibs, torpedo balls,
or other fire works, and more especially to
the firing of pistols, by reason of the fact
that one year ago many deaths resulted
from injuries sustained in the careless nse
of the same. Up to this time in the vari-
ous municipalities of this State many ar-
rests have been made for the illegal sale of
pistols and fire-crackers, as well as for the
premature use of the same, as provided by
the law of the State and the ordinances of
municipalities.
Under the ordinance of tke borough of
Bellefonte, as well as under the law of the
State, notice is hereby given to all citizens
that they are not allowed to use or fire any
fire works of any nature whatever, within
the limits of the borough of Bellefonte,
except on Monday, July 4th, 1904. The
maximum penalty will be imposed upon
any one violating the provisions of the or-
dinance or not complying with this notice.
All good citizens, desirous of preserving
life as well as good order, are respectfully
asked to inform upon and prosecute to con-
viction any and all offenders of the ordi-
‘nance of this borough.
Given under my hand and the official
seal of the borough of Bellefonte, Pennsyl-
vania, this 24th day of June A. D. 1904.
W. HARRISON WALKER, Burgess.
6,000 Men Will Be Dropped by Bald-
win’s.
Action Attributed To Falling Off in Business and
Lack of Orders.
PHILADELPHIA, June 27.—Four thous-
and more men will be discharged from the
Baldwin I.ocomotive works within the
next few days. Six thousand have al-
ready been dropped from the company’s
service, and the working force will soon
be reduced to six thousand men.
The greatest number ever employed at the
works is about 16,000. These statements
were made by an officer of the company to-
day. The places made vacant by the
strike of 300 staybolt men in the boiler
shop last week were filled by the manage-
ment from among the 6,000 men recently
discharged.
The action of the management is due
to a lack of orders for locomotives, and is
directly attributed to the falling off of busi
ness in railroads.
Uncle Sam’s Wonder.
All Executive Departments Sind Treasurers to the
World's Fair.
The United States Government build-
ing at the World's Fair occupies an
elevated site just south of the main
picture of the Exposition. The great
central dome of the Government build-
ing is visible from the very center of
the Fair, looking across the picturesque
sunken garden that lies between the
Palaces of Mines and Metallurgy and
Liberal Arts.
The hill slope in front of the Gov-
ernment building is terraced with
broad stairways almost completely
covering the slope. The building is 800
feet long ‘by 250 feet wide and is the
largest structure ever provided at an
exposition by the federal government.
It is distinguished from all the other
large buildings at the Exposition by
the steel truss construction, the entire
roof being supported by steel arches,
forming a splendid domed ceiling.
" In this building are installed the ex-
hibits of all the executive departments
of the government. The building is a
vast storehouse of an endless variety
of treasures dear to the heart of every
true American. Precious documents
are to be seen here, and the autographs
of our great men of the past are on
display. Relics of famous statesmen
and soldiers, carefully preserved
through generations, are exhibited.
Bach governmental department has in-
stalled an exhibit showing its official
character and mode of operation.
Entering the Government building
from the eastern end, the visitor sees
at his left a railroad postoffice car.
This is not a mere coach standing idle,
LOUISIANA PURCHASE MONUMENT, WORLD'S
FAIR.
but is one of the most improved mail
cars, in which men attached to the
United States railway mail service are
actively engaged in “throwing” the
mails. Here you will see the postal
clerks at work, just as they work while
speeding along a railroad track.
A curious collection of old time rel-
fics from the postoffice museum at
Washington illustrates as no verbal
description can do the crude begin
nings of the postal system. One of
these relics is an old fashioned stage-
coach that once carried United States
mails through a portion of the Louisi-
ana purchase territory. President
Roosevelt, who once inspected it, ex-
amined with a rough rider’s interest
the bullet holes which stage robbers
and mountain brigands shot through
its stiff leathern curtains. Generals
Sherman and Sheridan and President
Garfield rode in this old coach during
the strenuous days of frontier life.
Among the collection of documents
showing the primitive postal methods
in vogue in the early days is to be
seen the old book of accounts kept by
the first postmaster general, Benjamin
Franklin, all written by hand. There
is a rare collection of stamps, includ-
Ing ancient Filipino, Porto Rican and
Cuban stamps. The postoffice depart-
ment’s exhibit occupies 12,469 square
feet.
Across’ the aisle, at the right, is the
exhibit of the new Department of
Commerce and Labor, occupying 1,966
square feet. This exhibit shows what
the new executive department stands
for and what it is accorplishing. Mr.
Carroll D. Wright, United States Com-
missioner of Labor, had charge of the
preparation of the exhibit. Charts ar-
ranged by him, showing the rapid
growth of the nation in agriculture,
arts, manufacture, population, etec., are
of special interest to sociologists and
all students of the labor problem. The
Census Bureau exhibit is made in this
section, It shows the tabulating ma-
chines used in compiling the census re-
ports. The Lighthouse Board, also op-
erating under this department, shows
the great revolving lenses in light-
houses, with other. interesting appli-
ances. ‘ '
The space in the projecting north-
west corner of the building is devoted
to the Library of Congress. The edi-
fice which houses this library at Wash- |
ington is held by many architects to
be the most beautiful building in the
world. Its interior decorations, by El-
mer Ellsworth Garnsey, furnish one
of the chief delights of a visit to the
national capital. A large model of this
splendid. building is a feature of the
exhibit. . The decorative features of
the interior are reproduced in their
original colors. Hs
The next exhibit on the right hand
side of the central aisle is that of the
Interior Department, occupying 11,792
square feet. In this large space the
visitor finds so many things of com-
pelling interest that he is loath to
leave. The Patent Office exhibit. be-
longs to this section. There are mod-
els of many machines that have borne
an important part in the development
of the nation’s industries. .The earliest
form of every device of human inven:
et
tion, so far as possible, is shown-uere.
For instance, you may see the actual
sewing machine that was the first con-
trivance of its kind every constructed;
it was patented in 1846 by Elias Howe.
The first typewriter, patented by C.
Thurber in 1842; the model of the St
cast iron plow, patented by Charles
Newbold in 1797; the first screw pro-
peller, invented by Robert Hook in
168); and many other “first” things
are to be seen. The model of Abraham
Lincoln’s celebrated device for lifting
steamboats off shoals is shown here.
The first harvesting machine, made in
the year 150 B. C., is one of the mogt
ancient exhibits at the Exposition
There is also a model of the first stedm
engine, made in Egypt in the same
year.
Every foot of the 200,000 feet of
floor space in Uncle Sam’s World's
Fair building is occupied by exhibits
of surpassing interest, and every phase
of the people’s welfare is shown.
Judge George Gray
date.
is not a Candi-
PHILADELPHIA, June 27.—A special
dispatch to the Philadelphia Record, from
Wilmington. Del., says:
Judge George Gray today expressed his
hope that former President Grover Cleve-
land would be nominated for the Presidency
by the St. Louis convention. Next to
Cleveland, he favors Judge Parker for the
nomination.
When asked if his own resolution not to
be a candidate had been changed’ by the
instruction of the Delaware delegation in
his favor, and by the recent endorsement
of his candidacy by leaders in various
States, Judge Gray raid :
‘‘I have repeatedly stated that I am not
and will not be a candidate for the presi-
dential nounnation.
‘‘I have also repeatedly said that I am
in favor of Judge Parker. if Mr. Cleveland
is out of the question. Mr. Cleveland has
been my first choice. If he does not re-
ceive the nomination, I hope it will go to
Judge Parker.”
Slocum Raised.
NEW YORK, June 26.—Crowds with
beads bowed and uncovered lined both
sides of East River to-day as the blackened
hull of the General Slocum was towed to a
dock in Erie basin, where it is to be in-
spected by the federal authorities. The
flags on the tugs having the wreck in tow
were at half mast and when passing Bar-
retto Point, where the Slocum sank and
where so many lost their lives, the flags
were dipped. All the craft in the harbor
dipped their flags as the flotilla passed.
One more body, that of a woman, badly
burned and not yet identified, was recov-
ered to-day. Over 1,013 have been found.
Buying Off Opposition.
From the Harrisburg Star-Independent.
It is said that Mr. Roosevelt selected
Paul Morton for Secretary of the Navy be-
cause Elihu Rons, his former Secretary of
War, once showed Morton the door because
the latter told him that he would turn over
to the Democrats every State through
which the Sante Fe railroad company runs
its trains, at the next presidential election.
The great Civil service reform President
concluded that be must capture Morton,
even if he had to get him with the bait of
a cabinet appointment.
First Toy Pistol Victim.
LANCASTER, June 29.—Bernard Shill,
aged 13 years, is dead at his homein
Columbia, a victim of the toy pistol. A
week ago the boy shot himselfin the hand
accidentally, the wad of the blank cartridge
inflicting a slight wound. Home remedies
were applied but the wound became very
sore.
Yesterday lock jaw developed and the
little fellow died in awful agony.
——A good polish for stoves is made of
one teaspoonful of powdered alum mixed
with the stove polish. The briiliance that
this polish will give to a stove will last for
a long time.
ADDITIONAL LOCALS,
——Miss Effie Snyder won the State
College Times free trip to the St. Louis ex-
position. Miss Mary Keller was second
and got $20 in gold.
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A VETERAN AND THE ACADEMY.—Rev.
James P. Hughes, of the Bellefonte Acad-
emy, has planned for himself a most de-
lightful summer vacation. He will spend
a week in Washington, D. C., with his son
Charles, who is now located in this most
charming of American cities. Perhaps itis
that he may more thoroughly appreciate
the vast differences between East und West
that Mr. Hughes takes a week to enjoy the
conventions and attractions of the national
capital before going to Dakota, where
he will visit his brother Jacob for the re-
‘mainder of the summer. If he were a
‘younger man we might suspect him of de-
signs on other game than such as he can
bring down with the gun he is carrying
along, as his ambitions for the Academy
have always been sufficiently broad to
‘reach even the Dakotas. One thing is cer-
tain and that is that had he, with his en-
‘thusiasms, earlier struck the West he would
undoubtedly have aroused a response that
wonld have bronght him—long before his
54th year of teaching—an Academy such
as the one in Bellefonte we are all now so
proud of.
In the West there is a progressiveness
and readiness on educational matters that
makes the people keen to do anything,
everything for improvement and that just
now.
When we think of it it is more to our
shame that only after fifty years of hard
work and discouragements is Mr. Hughes
seeing fruition. = This’ summer of 1904 is
most opportune and well chosen for such a
trip as ib is after the most successful year,
educational and financial, the Academy has
‘ever had and it can be with pride and
satisfaction that: Mr. Hughes thinks and
speaks of iis Academy, for while we call it
Bellefonte Academy it is really the brain
and. indefatigable energy of the Hughes,
father and son, that has made it a prepara.
tory school so famously known throughout
the East.
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