Bellefonte, Pa., Aug. 12, 1904.
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Democratic Presidential Ticket.
For President,
ALTON B. PARKER, of New York,
For Vice-President,
HENRY G. DAVIS, of West Virginia.
PRESIDENTIAL ELECTORS,
Roperr WiLson Irwin,
StaNLEY W. DAVENPORT.
DISTRICT ELECTORS,
AT1-LARGE
1. Harry Nicholls, 17. 8. Z. Hawbecker,
2. Jos. %. Wainwright, 18. Robt E. Weigley,
3. John M. Campbell, 19. L. D. Woodruff,
4, James M. Stewart, 20, Nevin M. Wanner,
5. H. Max Rowland, 2L.T. B. Sestello,
6. Moses Veale, 22. Wm. T. Mechling,
7. Emil Holl, 23. Rockwell Marietta,
8. Bent 8. Johnson, 24. Chas. H. Aiken,
9. W. Hayes Grier, 25. James P. Colter,
10. William Craig. 26. M. F Coolbaugh,
11. John McGahren, 27. Alfred W. Smiley,
12. Charles F. King, 28. 8. E. Walker,
13. Isaac Hiester, 29. Henry Novel
14. John Sullivan, 30. Thomas B. Foley,
15. Jno. B. Couiston, 31. George Heard,
16. Alphonsus Walsh, 32, Charles B. Payne.
State.
For Justice of the Supreme Court,
SAMUEL G. THOMPSON, of Philadelphia,
Democratic County Ticket.
For President Judge:
Erris L. Orvis Esq., of Bellefonte.
For Assembly:
J. W. KEPLER, of Ferguson Twp.
JoHEN Nor, 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.
Democratic Chances Brigh tening.
Chairman Quinn Declares Democrats will Have rg
Trouble Carrying Rhode Island. Towne is Sure of
Indiana. President Roosevelt is Uneasy Concern-
ing Hopes of Victory in West Virginia.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 8.—-Very encourag-
ing reports from Rhode Island and Indiana
were brought to the headquarters of the
Democratic congressional campaign com-
mittee today. State Chairman Quinn and
Representative Granger, of Rhode Island,
came down to talk over with Chairman
Cowherd some campaign matters and lay
before him facts which warrant the belief
that the Democrats can carry both congres-
sional districts of Rhode Island, as well as
the electoral ticket, this fall, if proper ef-
fort is made.
State Chairman Quinn called attention
to the well-known fact that there has been
a strong drift toward the Democracy among
the Rhode Island voters for several years,
and declared that this tendency is now
stronger than ever and will be accentuated
this fall by the strike among the mill {-
operatives. He estimated that there would
be 15,000 new voters at this fall’s election
and declared that facts in his possession
showed a heavy majority of these new
voters would east Democratic ballots.
CAN BEAT CAPRON.
In view of this prospect he thonght it
not at all unreasonable to claim the State
for the Democrats. He also thought it
certain that the congressional district of
the State now represented by Mr. Capron,
a Republican, would he carried by tbe
Democrats, as Capron’s majority in 1902
was only about 900. Mr. Granger, who
represents the other district, is a Demo-
crat, and will probably be nominated and
re-elected. It is evident from what Chair-
man Quinn says and from the well-known
political trend in Rhode Island that the
hope of carrying the State for Parker and
Davis this fall is by no means a rainbow-
chasing proposition.
There is a prospect that Governor Gar-
vin, the Democratic chief executive, may
be the Democratic nominee for Congress
against Capron, which would greatly in-
crease the probability of the defeat of the
latter.
Ex-Senator Towne, of Minnesota, who is
now a resident of New York, stopped off
in Washington today on his way home
from a speaking tour in the west. He has
been in Indiana and brought word that he
found every indication there of Democratic
victory this fall. He said Democrats of all
shades of opinion were now working in
harmony under the leadership of Chairman
Taggart and were full of confidence that
they could carry the State for Parker and
Davis.
ROOSEVELT IS ANXIOUS.
The West Virginia Republican leaders
seem to find great difficulty in quieting
President Roosevels’s fears over the ont-
look in that State. Some of them are at
the White House nearly every day telling
him that the State is all right, notwith-
standing the bitter factioval fight in the
Republican ranks and the harmony and
enthusiasm among the Democrats because
of the nomination of ex-Senator Davis for
the Vice Presidency. Both Senators Scott
and Elkins and Republican State Chairman
Northcott called at the White House to-
day and spent a half hour explaining to
the President how impossible it wae for the
Democrats to get West Virginia away from
them this fail. When they left the Presi-
dent they declared they had positively
pledged the State’s electoral votes to him
by 25,000 majority at least.
His Opportunity.
From the New York Evening Post (Ind.)
We have heard a disgusted Republican
official in this city say : ‘Why, it begins
to look as if, in case Odell comes down
here and applies his methods to the cam-
paign, we won’t get any votes at all.”
Moreover, Odell is in a position not to care
the half of one straw about all the grim
talk of holding him sternly ‘‘responsible”
in the event of Democratic success. It
would be the easiest thing in the world for
him to say that the finest and most loyal
organization on earth could not pall
through such a load as Roosevelt, and
then, having meanwhile made his position
as Republican boss absolutely unassailable,
he could enjoy himself dictating nomina-
sions and selling legislation.
Dominic Constance Captured.
While Sheriff Taylor and Posse Were Searching Bald Eagle
Mountain
Him.
Dominic Constance, the Italian who,
with Green, Dillon, Henderson and Living-
ston, escaped from the Centre county jail
Friday evening, July 29th, after turn-key
Jerry Condo had been beaten to death, was
re-captured Monday afternoon, about five |
o’clock, on the mountain not over three
miles west of Bellefonte, in which locality
he had been ever since bis escape.
All of last week rumors were heard that
Constance was up around the lime kilns,
either secreted in the shanties or in hiding
on the mountains. The rumors daily gained
in credence from the fact that on several oc-
casions Dominic’s sister had been seen going
up to the woods with paper-wrapped pack-
ages. It was not, however, until Monday
that any anthentic clue was obtained.
Quite early in the morning he was seen on
the mountain road by Emma and Lucy
Shadle. A little later he passed the store
and was ‘recognized by George Rider and
Hirsh Corman. They, with Fern Eckley,
procured guns and started in pursuit of the
Italian.
THE CHASE FOR CONSTANCE.
The three men followed him out the
mountain over a mile but never got even.a
sight of him. In the meantime James
Kelley, Al. Corman and George Eckley,
three other young men cf Coleville, baving
heard of the Italian’s being seen, started out
along the mountain. They bad gotten to
a point at the edge of the mountain, juss
above Roland Miller's house, when they
heard a noise.
They peered around and finally descried
Constance perched about twenty feet from
the ground in the branches of an elm tree.
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IRA GREEN.
The thier enrrounded the tree and called
on the Italian to come dawn and surrender.
The young men allege that Coastance drew
from Lis pocket a roll of mouey, saying,
“Two hundred fifty, come git,”’ but that
when they advanced closer he suddenly
drew a big revolver and pointed it at them.
The boys had two revolvers between them,
but when they saw what they thought was
a revolver in the hands of Constance they
broke ranks aud took to cover behind some
trees.
This action on their part was evidently
just what the Italian wanted, as he lost no
time iu elidivg dow tke tree and taking to
the woods. Corman sent two shots after
the flceivg figure Lut failed to stop him.
The boys then went to Colesville aud tele-
phoned word to the sheriff. This was
about 10 o'clock Monday morning.
SHERIFF AND PARTY JOIN IN THE CHASE.
Sheriff Taylor at ouce organized a posse
aad at 1o'clek, accompanied by Charles
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DoMINIC CONSTANCE.
R. Kurtz, Robert Montgomery, Bers
Bayard and Joe Shaughensey, started for
the scene. They drove out through Cole-
ville and up to the lime kilns, known as
the Stevens quarries, where Dominic’s
brother and sister live, and where Dominic
lived until arrested. There the sheriff
ascertained that when seen in the morning
Dominic was dressed in a black suit, light
shirt, black slouch hat and carried a big
umbrella.
The sheriff's party was joined by Hirsh
Corman, James and George Eckley and
others. They threw out a skirmish line
and started up and over the mountain in a
northwesterly direction. Through the
woods and up over rocks the men plodded
and then down between the mountains till
they finally all met at the old Purdue farm,
without any of them having seen, or even
for the Italian, John Switzer
Other Jail News.
Captures
| found any trace of Constance. When the
| men started on the chase, however, sheriff
| Taylor espied a man in a field on the moun-
tain side. Thinking it might be Constance
| the sheriff called to him to com: down.
The man did, and it proved to be not
Constance, but Jobn Switzer, (Faraway
Moses) of Coleville, who had been out on
the search all day by himself. Switzer
was armed with a hig 44 .and a 32 calibre
revolver, and he also joined the sheriff's
party.
THE ITALIAN DISCOVERED.
After a brief rest at the Pardue farm the
sheriff's posse again started on the hunt.
This time they hunted east along the south
side of the mountain. They had heen
plodding along until after four o'clock
when they came to a point just above the
Italian shanties at the quarries. Sheriff
Taylor and a couple of his men went down
and hurriedly searched every cabin, lest
Dominic, scared off the mountain, was
there in hiding, but he was not found. The
Sheriff then went to Dominic’s brother
and sister, and by close questioning, threats
of arrest and a free display of handcuffs,
was endeavoring to indnce them to tell
where Constance was. Both stoutly denied
all knowledge of his whereabouts.
Suddenly there rang ont on the clear air
the short, sharp report of a pistol which
was followed by three more in quick sne-
cession. Silence for a few moments, and
then came the cry ‘‘We’ve got him ! Con-
stance!” Up the mountain side rushed
the sheriff and his followers and in a couple
minutes the entire posse had assembled to
see standing guard over the recaptured
Italian, John Switzer.
WILLIAM DILLEN.
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SWITZER’S STORY. :
Switzer said that he was going along in
the woods, close to the fence, when he
beard a noise in the bushes. He called out
that he had a revolver in each hand and
that whoever was in the bushes was to
come out at once, or he wonld shoot. Al-
most instantly the brush parted and Con-
stance stepped out in front of him. :
Just at this moment James Rowan came
along. Rowan was not a member of the
searching party, but juss happened along
at that opportune time. When Constance
stepped out Switzer covered him with both
revolvers and called to Rowan to come and
get a rope out of his pocket that they could
tie the Italian so he could not get away.
In the meantime Constance was swearing
and crying, ‘““Me no Dominic! Me not
right man !”’ and adding, “why don’t you
shoot? Me only have once to die.”’
Rowan was slow in getting the rope out
of Switzer’s pocket and the latter, putting
both revolvers in his left hand, reached for
the rope with his right. The opportunity
was just the one the Italian was waiting
jumped into the bushes and started to run.
Switzer fired two shots toward his feet-and
called on him to stop but there was no
stop. Giving one revolver to Rowan both
men started in pursuit.
Switzer fired two more shots then called
to Constance that if he did not stop he,
would kill him, when the Italian gave a
plunge and fell behind a clump of bushes.
Switzer first thought he had hit him but
on reaching the place where Constance lay
he was found uninjured, and was then
taken without further resistance,though he
again cried out ‘‘Shootee me, d—n you!
Me hab revolver, me shootee youn.” The
When captured he had no gun of any kind
what the three young men took for a gun
in the morning was merely the ‘‘Ike’s”
umbrella.
THE RETURN TO JAIL.
Sheriff Taylor lost no time in securely
bandcoffing the Italian and then, hustling
him into hie buggy, between himself and
a deputy, started for Bellefonte. After
bis capture Dominio talked very readily of
the escape and his whereabouts since. He
averred that the night they broke jail, as
soon as he got outside, he left the other
men and ‘ran likee d—1.”” That he went
right up the valley to his old haunts, but
denied that he bad been at the cabins at
any time, declaring that he had stayed on
the mountain all the time, sleeping in a
deserted cabin the first night and after
that out in the woods nnder his big um-,
breila, though he raid he didn’t sleep much
Breen seg
for and, with the alertness of a deer, he |.
place where the Italian was taken was
just above the house of A. I. Garbrick.
in his pcssession, and it is thought thas!
but was ‘‘wakee all the time; see Sheriff
all time.”” When asked where he got the
clothing he bad on, if he had not been at
the shanties, Constance evasively replied,
‘‘someone.’’
The trip down to Bellefonte was made
without incident of any importance. The
news of the capture had been telephoned
here and when the Sheriff drove in, a little
before 6 o'clock, several bundred people
were congregated along the streets, in the
diamond and up at the court house, all
anxious to get a look at the Italian, of
whose notoriousness the pass year or so
everybody has heard. There was no
demonstration whatever and on arrival at
the jail no [time was lost in hustling
Constance inside. He was first searched
and in his pockets were found $4.47, but
no weapons. Constance was then stripped
of all clothing but his shirt and trousers
and put in the rear dungeon on the lower
corridor, which bad been prepared for him
by the removal of everything except a
mattress to sleep on and a blanket for
cover. When taken to his cell door
Constance eprang inside, saying. ‘‘Me
sleep now all right; gos good bed.”
CONSTANCE'S STORY.
Wednesday morning Constance was
taken before Justice Keichline for a hearing.
He was there charged with murder and
jail breaking. He emphatically declared,
“*Me no kill Jerry; me only go out jail
when ‘Little Georgie,’ (meaning Living-
ston) unlock cell door.” Constance told
the story of the escape which, concisely put
together is as follows:
The escape had been planned some days
before put in execution. All arrangements
were made by Livingston, who had the
run of the corridor, carrying notes back
and forth between the inmates of cells 7
and 8. The sawing of the hinge steple on
the door of cell 8 had been done some
days previously. Dominic said thas. Hen-
derson asked him several times if he want-
ed to get out by breaking jail, and that he
GEORGE HENDERSON.
told him he did. Henderson said they
could easily disguise themselves and es-
cape.
On Friday they asked Jerry when Capt.
Taylor would return from encampment
and he, unthinkingly, told them on Satur-
day. Livingston inquired of one of the
girls at the jail what they were going to do
that evening and, on being told that they
were going to the band concert, he told the
others, and they decided to make the break
that evening. Dominic told how Green
aud Dillon got out of their cell by bending
the door in and hid in the bath room; of
hearing Jerry and McCullough come in
with the hobbles and Green and Dillon run
out and strike Jerry. He heard Jerry ery
out ‘‘What is wrong with vou fellows to-
night? There now; that's enongh. Pat!
hello, Pat! Ob!’ and then he groaned ses-
eral times. Livingston came und unlock-
ed their cell door and ‘Henderson and he
ran out. Dominic stated that he saw Jerry
JOHN SWITZER,
''he man who captured Dominic Constance.
lying on the side of his face, with his hand
up at his head, but he denied that he had
jumped on him, or even touched him.
Dominic says he did not see either Green
or Dillon strike Jerry.
He did say, however, that Henderson
struck Jerry four or five times with a
broomstick he brought with him from his
cell. ‘This statement is born out by Depu-
ty sheriff Jackson, who says that Hender-
son had a broomstick in his cell, and after
the escape it was found ontside the jail.
Dominic further declared that he was tired
and sore and wanted to give up long ago.
That he was coming in to give himself
up Monday morning when he met the men
who got after him ‘and chased bim back
up the mountain.
OTHERS GIVEN A HEARING.
At noon Monday Green, Dillon and
Henderson,securely handcuffed, were taken
before Justice Keichline where District
Attorney N. B. Spangler and Ed. R.
Cbambers, who has heen employed to
assist in the prosecution, appeared and pre-
ferred against all of them the charges of
“murder in the first degree,” and “‘jail-
breaking.”” The men were without coun-
sel, but themselves waived a hearing and
were remanded for trial at the Angus term
of court. In addition to the District At-
torney and Col. Chambers, Ellis L. Orvis
Esq., will also assist the Commonwealth.
Up to this writing the Court has not ap-
pointed counsel for the prisoners, though
he will likely do so before the end of the
week.
CLOSELY GUARDED,
In the meantime the four men are kept
constantly under close guard, day and
night, George Everhart and Philip Gar-
brick, being employed especially for such
duty. No visitors are allowed in the
prison and no one is allowed to talk to the
prisoners. In fact, they are not even al-
lowed to talk among themselves.
Tuesday morning Dominic said to the
guard, ‘“‘me like to sing; me want to
sing,” but was promptly told to keep quiet.
They are given only the plainest of prison
fare and the only luxury allowed them is
to smoke, providing they buy their own
tobacco, and the guard sees fit to light
their pipe, as none of them are allowed
even a match in his cell.
AS TO LIVINGSTON,
Various reports have been received the
past week as to the whereabouts of Liv-
ingston, the last man of the gang. Monday
word came that he was near Cato and
Sheriff Taylor authorized a posse to go on
a hunt for him, but they failed to find the
man On Tuesday it was rum ored that
be was up Spring creek, where he was
alleged to have spent the.most of Sunday
and Sunday night, bus up to this writing
he has not been found, and itis hardly
likely that any very great effort will be
put forth to find him.
ABOUT THE REWARDS.
The county commissioners have decided
to pay the $100 reward for the capture of
Constance to John Switzer at once. The
$600 rewards for the capture of Green,
Dillon and Henderson, for which claims
from five men have been filed, will not be
paid now. The commissioners will hold a
public hearing when the five men can pro-
duce the evidence in support of their claims,
after which the coors will be asked to
decide who is entitled to the rewards.
THE NEW TURNKEY,
Harry Shreffler, of Axe Mann, a mem-
ber of Company B, has been appointed by
Sheriff Hugh 8. Taylor as Turnkey at the
County Jail to fill the position made
vacant by the untimely death of Jerry
Condo.
——The Lutheran Sunday school pic-
niced at Hecla park on Wednesday.
~—Col. Wilbur F. Reeder is slightly ill
at his home on north Allegheny street.
——Only one marriage license was grant-
ed the pass week, and that to John J.
Barner and Elizabeth Reed, both of Belle-
fonte. i
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——The State College faus are rejoicing
because their town team on Wednesday
defeated the Charter Oak team by the
score of 6 to 0. rhs
— AA rie
——No, Mr. Linn McGinley was not
hit on the jaw by champion Jeffries or any
other man. It’s all owing to a healed jaw
that the one side of his face is so puffed up.
Gl nn
——Emory E. Herr and Mrs. Mary S.
Gillies, of Wilkesbarre, were married in
Lock Haven on Tuesday. Mr. Herr was
formerlyja resident of Salona and this is
his third matrimonial venture.
————— A rere.
——1It you want to see a really good game
of base ball, go down to the business men’s
picnic next Thursday and witness the game
between Sunbury and Milton. Both teams
are playing great ball.
ma i eh 0
——Mr. David Behres, of Benore, cel-
ebrated his 77th birthday auniversary last
Sunday. All his children and grand-
children, to the number of twenty-five,
werefgathered around the dinner table.
——During the heavy thunder storm
last Friday afternoon the barn on the farm
of William Korman, about five miles east
of town, was struck by lightning and, burn-
ed to the ground with all its contents of
grain, hay, farm implements and two
calves. The loss is about $2,500, with an
insurance of $1,200.
——DMiss Mary Butts, Emma Holliday,
Louise Armor, Lulu Harper, Emma Aikens
and Mildred and Lulu Smith are camping
along Spring creek this week, with James
Harris and Jerome Harper as general camp
roustabouts. Those who have visited
them say the ‘‘food is grand.” Of course
every thing else is of the same order, with
such a party of jolly people.
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W. C. T. U. CONVENTION.—The annual
W. C. T. U. convention for Centre county
will be held in Petriken hall, Bellefonte,
Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday, Sep-
tember 5th to 7th. An interesting gath-
ering is promised hy the program. Mary
H. Hunt, of Boston, life director of the
National Educational Bureau, and World
and National Superintendent of Scientific
Temperance instruction, is to be the prin-
cipal speaker. The convention will begin
with a lecture by this noted woman on
Monday evening, and an oratorical contest
will take place on Tuesday evening.
——Last Thursday night during a thun-
der storm five cows and two hulls belong-
ing to G. F. Weaver, near Penns Cave,
were killed by lightning. The cattle were
all valuable stock and the loss to Mr.
Weaver is quite heavy.
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CouxnTy C. E. CONVENTION.—At a meet
log of the chairmen of the committees ap-
pointed to arrange for a County C. E. Con-
vention to be held in Centre Hall August
31st, and September 1st, the following
committees were appointed.
Entertaivment—Mrs. W. H. Schuyler,
Mrs. Harry Harper, Miss Jennie Thomas,
Mrs. W. Frank Bradford, Mis. G. O.
Benner.
Reception—Mrs. John Puff, Miss Elsie
Boal, Thomas G. Wilson, William Boozer,
Verna Durst.
_Music—Mrs. G. W. Boshman, Miss
Clara: Krape, Miss Lizzie Boozer, Mrs.
Thomas G. Wilson, Miss Mable Arney.
Decoratious—Mrs. G. W. Hosterman,
Mrs. W. H. Schuyler, Miss Villa Rearick,
Miss Anna Grove, Miss Tillie Keller.
Press—Miss Love.
It was decided to hold the meetings in
the Presbyterian church. The address of
welcome will be given by Rev. Daniel
Gress, and the sunrise prayer-meeting will
be led by Mr. J. A. Prats, president of the
County Association.
The opening session will begin at4
o'clock p. m. Wednesday, August 31st.
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BELLEFONTE Boy’s THRILLING EX-
PERIENCE.—Frank Eckenroth, son of Mr.
Charles Eckenroth, of this place, had an
experience. Thursday of last week that he
will not suuu forges. Frank and his part-
ner, Joseph Maxwell, bad the contract for
gilding the cross on the steeple of the
Salem German Reformed church, on Fourth
street. The steeple is three hundred feet
high: Not caring to go to the trouble and
expense of erecting a scaffold the young
men decided to do the work suspended
on block and tackle. Eckenroth had
worked all of Thursday morning, when at
noon, attempting to descend to eat his
lunch, he was horrified to find that the
tackle by which he was suspended in his
perilous position three hundred fees in the
air, would not work. The rope had be-
come ‘‘choked,’’ or canght in the block of
the tackle, and could not be moved either
up or down. There was danger that the
rope might break, and Eckenroth clung
to the foot of the oross while he signaled
for help. Not one in the crowd below
understood his mute appeal for assistance.
Realizing his perilous predicament,
Eckenroth slowly and very carefully, took
from his pocket a piece of paper and pencil,
scrawled the words, ‘Rope is choked; send
up another tackle quick,’’ thereon and
weighting it with bis knife, threw it down
into the crowd. Luckily, the message fell
at Maxwell’s feet who, on reading it,
burried at once to draw up another rope
and tackle, and after banging for more
than an hour, Eckenroth was finally
safely brought to earth. * He was wothing
daunted by his trying experience, for,
after eating his lanch, he again ascended
to his lofty perch and worked all the after-
noon.
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METHODIST DAY AT LAKEMONT.—
Fully fifteen thousand people witnessed
the Methodist day services at Lakemons
Park, near Altoona, last Thursday. The
services began at 10.30, the choir of the
First church, Tyrone, having charge of
the musical part of the program. Pre-
siding Elder J. Ellis Bell conducted the
meeting, Rev. N. B. Smith, of Birming-
Lam, led in prayer, and Rev. W.R. Picken,
of Tyrone, rea: the Scripture lesson. Then
the presiding officer, after a few appropri-
ate introductory remarks, introduced the
speaker of the morning, Rev. Don 8. Colt,
D.D., of Grace church, Baltimore. Dr. Colt
took as his theme ‘‘The Wonderful Jesus.’
“The dinner hour was, of course, a prime
part of the day. Then at 2:30 the afternoon
service began with Rev. B. C. Conner, of
Altoona, presiding and the Loysburg choir
furnishing the music. Prayer was offered
by Rev. James H. Black, D. D. Lorenza
B. Furry then favored the audience with a
solo. This was followed by a few remarks
by the Rev. A. 8. Bowman, of Williamsport
Dickinson Seminary. A male quartette
from Loysburg next eang. The speaker
of the afternoon was the Rev. Frank W,
Warne, D. D., bishop of Southern Asia.
Being a man of world wide travel and him-
self a missionary for many years, Bishop
Warne brought his subject before his hear-
ers in such a way that it held their atten-
tion from beginning to end.
The evening session was in charge of the
Rev. Hiles C. Pardoe, D. D., and conven-
ed at 7:30: The music consisted of a
chorus of 100 voices from the Epworth
League of Altoona, under the leadership
of the Rev. G. Murray Klepfer. The reg-
ular session was preceded by a twenty
minute song service. After prayer and
several selections of music, the Rev. J. F.
Heisse, D.D., of Baltimore, was introduced.
His lecture, ‘‘The Tragedy of a Broken
Chair, or Failing to seek Life’s Best Gifts’,
combined pathos and humor. The session
adjourned about 10 o’clozk.
Czarina a Suffragist.
The Empress of Russia is a strong be-
liever in female suffrage, woman’s clubs,
the higher education of women and in her
right to enter any and all of the profes-
sions.
She holds that almost all of the great re-
forms of the world have been brought
about by women, and that they are juss
becoming conscious of their power and
possibilities. Under her imperial patron-
age socities for the education and develop-
ment of females are growing numerous in
St. Petersburg and even spreading through
the jealously-gnarded realm of the Czar,
“I have great and abiding faith in my
own sex, ’’ she said recently. ‘‘Women are
ever busy sowing the seed from which
good springs up all over the world.”