_ for divorce. _ false teeth, a ———— A ————— A ———— ‘BY P. GRAY MEEK. Ink Slings. : —Ten years is too long fora political J udge. —Undertakers are already paying their respects to the foolish man in the woods. —The opening of the hunting season in this community has not resulted in the -" capture of very much game. © —We wonder if SoLoMON had to promise tom the post-office next time in order to bave that picture published in last week’s Gazette. : —The New York Herald’s statement that ‘Mr. Roosevelt’s election appears proba- ble,”’ by no means makes that outcome a certainty. —JonN KNISELY is doing such a profit- able business in his pool room that it is "asking too much of him to neglect it by going to Harrisburg. —Part of this hot wave may be account- ed for by the way Judge LOVE is warming up to people for whom he had nothing but a frosty nod a year ago. —Why is it that we don’t hear more about ‘‘the full dinner pail’’ from our friends, the Republicans, this fall? ‘Surely they have not forgotten so soon their great campaign ory of four years ago. — Even WOMELSDORF lias been dropped in the last desperate effort to save LOVE. Everything is to go now. The last word thi s week is to sacrifice every candidate on the ticket in order to give Judge LOVE ten years more ab a salary of $4,588.74. —The latest information. from New Jersey and Indiana carries much encourage- ment for the Democracy. In both States we stand a fighting chance to win and the * best evidence of it is seen in the way bet- "ting odds have gone down within the past few days. —When asked why be was going fo supp ort ORVIS this fall an old gentleman out in the country remarked ‘I don’t believe in feeding all the corn to one bog.”’ A very homely illustration it is, to be sure. but a true oneand one worth while thinking of. - — Who did the log rolling that secured the appropriations. for the Bellefonte hospital, and helped the Philipsburg hospital and The Pennsylvania State College to secure what they did before the last Legislature ? KEPLER was the man. Vote for KEPLER. —Peihaps if more women did as Mrs. ANNIE AREN, of Harrisburg, is reported as doing there would be fewer applications Her husband having been grant ed a divorce from her she positively refuses to leave his house and he has ap-. ‘the court to have ber moved. — Viewed in the light of the fact that hears are commonly supposed to bave no tails that bull dog that caught hold ofa brain codicile in the Catskills, a few days ago, and held on until the bear threatened to drag it up a tree, has made a revelation that science ‘should appreciate. —The old Yaiy who gave a newsboy a five dollar gold piece in mistake for a penny, as a’ reward for having found her wonld probably not have ‘ ‘chewed she. 18g’ nearly so hard if the newsy had never'returned them as she did ' when she discovered that her philanthrophy had gone four dollars and ninety-nine cents above the mark she set for it. —Oar friend CHARLIE SCHWAB is get- ting after our spare change again. He bas announced his intention of making the old Bethlehem steel works the greatest pro- ducing plant in the world. Of course, to accomplish this CHARLEY will expect us all ‘to buy a little ‘‘common’’ at something around forty-five and then sit back pleasantly and watch it drop to eight and a quarter. '* — Philadelphia papers are jubilant . because exhibits from that city have been awarded so many grand prizes at the St. Louis exposition. - Fortunate as ‘the ‘ Quakers have been it seems to us that they _ have Tost, the one great opportunity of their lives. Had they made an exhibit of the political © and municipal methods of that: city they would surely have won a medal extraordinary; comething, the like “of . which po other city ou the globe would be entitled to. ——The Wilkesbarre woman who has begun proceedings for divorce against her husband because he squeezed her behind a door is doing the right thing. Now any woman would let her husband squeeze her till her ribs crack behind a door, orany other old place, but that is not the kind of a squeezing this poor Wilkesbarre victim got. . Instead of squeezing her himself he squeezed ber with the door, by pushing it back on her and when it comes to that kind of squeezing—well no self-respecting lady cao stand for it at all. —Last week’s Gazette eaid ‘‘Don’t you think eleven yearsin the conrt house is enough for any man.’ Yes, we do and that is the very reason that Love will have to get out. when it was making sncha plea against ARTHUR KIMPORT that its argument could be so handily turned on its pet candidate, Love. LOVE bas bad ten years of an elective office at a salary of $4,588.74 per annum; while ARTHUR KIMPORT may have been a clerkin the Prothonotary’s office for eleven years but he received only $480 a year for it. Pas LOVE out and KIMPORT in. . "HASTINGS. | to sontribate funds. The Gazette little thought VOL. 49 STATE RIGHTS AND FEDERAL UNION. BELLEFONTE, PA., OCT. 21, 1904. e A Straw to the Windward. The fact that even money on the election of ORVIS is’ ‘being offered in Bellefonte, and various parts of the county, without any takers, is not a definite indication of the outcome of the election, but it is a straw showing which way the tide is turning. The men who are offering to bet on ORVIS’ election are not politicians, but men who have studied the situation very carefully and have come to tine conclusion that Judge LOVE’s chances of re-election are very small. Being convinced of this they are ready to back their judgment with their money and the faot that they can find no takers is evidence that there is very little hope for J: ndge Love. This state of affairs is probably responsible for the extraordinary effort that is now be- ing put forth by the friends of Judge Love to overcome the strong sentiment against him. Within the past week every one of his personal friends and favorites has been called upon to get out and hustle and every string possible is being drawn. Even former Judge GORDON, of Clearfield coun- ty, spent part of the week down in Nittany valley presumably helping in the work: of bolstering up the lost cause of our political Judge. Only a few more days remain in which the fight can be carried on, hut if there were many weeks left it would be all the same. The people of Centre connty have made up their minds to purge the court of the State-wide reputation it has of being mixed up in machine politics. They know that this is the time to do it and they know that unless it is done now there is every probability of even a more discreditable state of affairs during the next ten years. Should Judge LOVE be re-elected he can certainly accept the fact as an endorsement of his course during the past ten years and construe it as license to go to even farther extremes of political dictatorship. He would then be absolute in hoss-ship of the Republican organization in the county and everyone who knows him at all knows fall weil that he would not lose any opportu- nity to make the most of the situation and build ‘up a powerful machine with himself at its head. This bas been the Judge's ambition and if aug have. prolably, & been We have enongh confidence in the friends of the latter to assure us that they are not going to do anything that will place their old foe in a position to crack the party whip about them for ten years to come and force them to do penance for having dared to be HASTINGS men. Believing that they will not contribute to their own political extermination and believing that the people of Centre county will not re-elect a man who has already had ten years of office ata fat salary; es- pecially when that man has as many short- comings as Judge LOVE has the WATCH- MAN predicts his defeat by | at least a thou- sand votes. + Cortelyfws False Pretense. There is nothing more amusing than the spectacle of GEORGE B. CORTELYOU, chair- man of she Republican pational committee, posing asa political purist. I have made no pledges in, order to secure. campaign funds, he sayg, and esteems that a great virtue. Neither have I threatened any corporation or individual, he adds, in order to get subscriptions to ‘the fund. This, he inferentially lares, is proof ofa wonder- ful respect for political morals. ‘ It he had ‘made use of his opportunities in this re- spect, he allows it to be implied, he might have vastly ingreased the sampaign fund of; his party. 4 . 'This is the | niost arrant Neinbuigery. Mr. CORTEL yU doesn’t have %o ‘either promise ar intimidate a corporation which has been doing;business in violation of law years he has been probing into their affairs under the law ereating the office. which he has been filling. He knews every act'com- ‘mitted in violation of the SHERNAN anti- ‘trust law and all other laws restricting the operation of trusts. It was his duty to make public all the information acquired by his inquisitions but he didn’t do that. What he has done is to obtain the informa- tion, put it in form for exposure, and then ask for whatever contribution he thinks the corporation can stand and he gets it. The corporation has no alternative. If ever there was an iuiquitous raid upon the treasnry of corporations for cor- ruption money in the history of this gov- ernment it was that conducted under the direction of chairman CORTELYOU with the sanction of, THEODORE ROOSEVELT. No pirate was’ ever ‘more culpable and previous to the passage of the law creating the office’ of Secretary of Commerce his actions would bave landed him in the penitentiary in- stead of promising him a promotion in the civil service of the government. Bat he doesn’t fool the public by his false pretense of political morality. The only person he For more than’ two | is fooling is himself. Judge Parker’s Best Speech. The great speech of Judge PARKER on the Philippine question has completely confused the Republican press and mana- gers. It has ‘‘got their nerve,”’ so to speak. They don’t know how to take it. The Philadelphia Press is especially hysterical. It declares that the speech is a ‘‘souttle.’” As the editor of that paper was at the head of the Postoffice Depart- ment at Washington when PERRY 8. HEATH and other Republican statesmen and politicians were scattling it, his opin- ion ought to be accepted as that of an ex: pert. He is beside himself, however, and is therefore mentally unfit to pass upon the question and we shall recommend nobody to accept his opinion. We prefer, under the circumstances, the opinion of the Philadelphia North American which de- clares that if Judge PARKER'S premises are correct, ROOSEVELT ugh; to be de- feated. ' The speech ’in question was delivered to a group of gentlemen who visited Judge PARKER at his home in Esopus on Satar- day. The spokesman of the party referred to the perversion of the traditions of the country in the present Philippine policy and expressed the hope that the Demo- cratic candidate for President bad no sympathy with such policies. The reply was not only clear and candid. It was sublimely courageous. It condemned the Philippine policy of the present adminis. tration as subversive of every principle ex- pressed in the Declaration of Independence and every cherished tradition of the coun- try. Moreover it effectually refuted every charge of the Republican press that the Democratic candidate is evasive or unde- termined. A more direct statemeut has pever been uttered by a candidate of any party on any question. The gist of Judge PARKER'S speech i is that in failing to give the Filipinos a pres- ent assurance of ultimate independence, the spirit of the Declaration of Indepen- dence is outraged. Can any one deny that fact? The fandamental principle exprese- ed in the Declaration of Independence is. that all men. are born equal and endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights among which are life, liberty and | | the pursuit of happiness. That in order to | roor | Obtain those. rights governments are es “| tablished deriving all their just | from the consent of the governed. Under, the present government of the Philippines | the natives are not in the enjoyment of those rights and that ‘instead of a govern- ment with their consent they have jm- posed on them a government. which is ob- noxious to them. wd, Judge PARKER shows, moreover, that the policies i in force in the Philippines are not wise, considered from any. standpoint. They have failed to justify themselves from a commercial standpoint because they have not produced the commerce that was promised. They are deficient from a busi- ness standpoint because they bave ‘already cost vastly more than they will ever come to and they are disappointing from a moral . | standpoint for the reason that instead of elevating the Filipinos ‘to the level of the ‘best Amer n Toivilization, Shey’ have re- duced them €o the standard of a disreput- able. ‘element in, the political life of this country. Taken altogether the ‘speech is most admirable. ‘ In faot'it is altogether the most significant ingident of the cam- paign thus far. It’s small wonder the Re- publican papers are worried. ' 128 pou forget the tail of the ticket. In the excitement of the great contest next month remember that Mr. WETZEL needs your vote to elect him county sur- veyor. EH TRY 817 ea TL Tea $1 A Mistake ke Corrected. uy In the last i issue of this “paper we! stated that JOHN NOLL does not draw a pension. It was a mistake because, as a matter of fact, he does. The statement was not indle’ with the ‘intention of deceiving anyone nor “of “cast- | ing any reflection on persons who. do draw. pensions. Knowing that he was a valiant soldier of the civil war and deserving of a peusion—though we did not know he re- ceive one—we made the statement he- cause we felt that that was all the more reason why people should support him. It has always been the WATCHMAN’S be- lief that every honorable soldier should re- ceive a pension and that without the ex- pensive and cumbersome pension depart- ment red tape. In support of this fact we could name a number of persons in this community where the WATCHMAN’S in- fluence succeeded in securing pensions for men who had fought brilliantly through- out the war, but who, fortunately, had no hospital record to Tall back on to help them with their olaim. In Mr. NOLL'S case, as in every other in this contest, we have no desire or inclina. tion to deceive a single! person; hence this ocrrection. —A vote for JoHN NOLL will be a vote for a man you need nos apologize forat Roosevelt Record and Achievement. In his speech in the Academy of Music, Philadelphia, last Saturday evening, Sena- tor LODGE of Massachusetts, who may be regarded as the ‘‘next friend’’ of the Presi- dent, declared that his party appealed to the public for support: of ROOSEVELT on his record and achievements. We thank Senator LODGE for thus simplifying the subject. ROOSEVELT’S record is neitherso long nor so obscure that it may not easily be followed and if the American people want a man such as his record indicates in secure him. Those who believe as he appears to have believed can vote for him. : : . ROOSEVELT was elected to the New York legislature immediately after emerg- ing from college and became a reformer. He didn’t last long because he was ag impractical as he was. “‘mouthy”’ and he retired disgusted to the plains of ithe West where he became a cow hoy and according excesses of that peculiar element of the Western population. Failing in tbat vocation he returned to the East and turn: ed his attention to literature. Under contract from a publishing house he wrote biographies in which he shamefully vili- fied all the Presidents and other statesmen of the country. His next work was Police Cowmissicoer of New York in whioh office he resumed his obaracter as reformer but never reform- ed any thing. It was while, thus engaged that he encountered that extraordinary product of Germany, JACOB Rims, and formed a ‘‘mutual admiration society.” Next he became Assistant Secretary of the Navy in the administration of President MeKiINLEY and made himself so obnox- ious and mischievous that his chief in the Department spent half his time in seeking means to get rid of him. The breaking out of the Spanish war presented the op- portunity and the Rough Riders were or- sianized mainly for that purpose. That is bis record up until the time he became Governor of New York and imbib- ‘ed the absurd ambition so become Presi {dens As Governor he accomplished noth: ing and spent most of his time making € hes and writing eulogies of himself Boss PLATT conceived the idea that he ‘might do something inimical to corpora: “‘shelve’” him. He ‘succeeded to the for two years cavorted around in special trains and at public expense like a cow boy on a spree. This is his record and achievements. 3 ——1It isn’t a very important office, but one of the best men on the ticket is run- not forget to vote for Mr. WETZEL. No Democratic Apathy. There is uo jost reason for complaint on account of present apathy in the Demo- cratic campaign. Heretofore while the committee were absorbed in the purely routine but essentially ‘necessary work of organization, the i impression that nothing was being done, might: have. gained .onr- rency.’ In fact that work is of such a natare that the less attention shat i is drawn to i the better and. ‘appreciating this fact the campaign so far as the Democrats are concerned, las taken on the form of a “still’ buns.” been no symptoms of that sort of a cam- paign. Since last Monday, in ‘the doubt- ful States, at least, it has been more cy- clonic than apathetic. In other words the real campaign of bus- tle and bustle: began in New York, Con- necticut, ‘West Virginia, Indiana and all the ' other debatable States on Monday, WILLIAM, JENNINGS BRYAN | began; a stumping tour in Indiana on that day which has matched his phenomenal efforts in 1890 and 1900. Vice Presidential oan: didate DAVIS, accompanied by Senator HiLL, of New York, and former Governor WHYTE, of Maryland, ‘has been making a record-breaking tour through Wess Vir- ginia. Judge HERRICK and a great num- ber of others have been speaking: in all parts of New York and so on throughout the entire list of debatable States the welkin has been ringing with Democratic eloquence and enthusiasm. As a matter of fact there is no Demo- cratic apathy in this campaign. like Texas, where the opposition has no chance and in those like Penusylvania|s where an active campaign would be a waste of Democratic energy, there has been activity. But even in those localities the preliminary work of the contest’ has been attended to with great care and so far from a light vote at the coming election the promise is of a'splendid poll in all sections of the country. There is nothing in the outlook to discourage Democrats moreover. On the contrary the indications are for a Democratic vote and victory greater cid Harrisburg. any in the history of the party. the office of President they know how to |, to his own story a participator in all the bag for some reason. ? tions and got him nominated for Vice | President in the expeotation that it wonld:| | Presidency through a public cala mity and Inte day, you were to give the countly a ‘little of that real publicity you once favor- ning for county surveyor and you should: g y y ¥ tributed to Mr. Cortelyou ? Bat ‘this week’ there have. ‘ing business, In States: no attempt at what is called Democratic NO. 41, . Labor in Revolt, From the Williamsport Sum. It is reported from Philadel bia int organized labor proposes to fight ¢ publican party, not only in ts, but in other states, especially those regard- ed as doubtful. The cause of this opposi- tion to the Republican party is found in the manner in which union labor has been treated by the Republican machine which is responsible for the erection of the new Pennsylvania capitol building. e Re- publicans are in charge of that work, and are responsible for the practical boy oot of union labor which prevails ab t - cap: itol. When work on the new spk Jue started the Republican machine lea gave union workman to understand § they could not be employed as union. thot but simply as non-union men. For two years organized labor has sought | this rule set aside, but without | An appeal to President Roosevelt met with arcool reception and the union men were told to see Senator Peurose. enrose held a conference with union leaders, with the result that the latter were put off with promises which they knew it was not the .intention of Penrose, now Republican state chairman, to keep. . Tired of being whinped from pillar to post, and realizing that iis Republican leaders had no intention - ‘demands, the srades unions 8 matter into fhe political arena, ad of the Republican party in state has been declared, and the promi made by the unions to urge their members candidate, from Roosevelt down. A there are 300,000 organized laborers Pennsylvania alone it will be seen tha ty ill treatment of union men ma disastrous thing for the Republi oan ey How He is Working for Peace, td From the New York World. A member of the Peace Congress hails President Roosevelt as an apostle of pen of pea ice. Three American war vessels were lannoch- ed on the day this speech was made, Three giant battleships have been Jaunched with- in two weeks, and six, aggregating 92, 060 tons, in six montbs. We are now building thirteen battleships of 197,000 tons, which is more | other Power in the’ world ‘is doing. We ruisers e ves- ished are also building thirteen armored | ‘substantially battleships. es, sels now under construction’ ar they will have cost a ‘We are spending $70,000, this year and more than Na D0. on navy. The French nay coats § 62, 0! and the German $55,000,000. 0! the war Russia was 8 opbers, =... ~ Is mot all this an auspio J by ‘‘an apostle of peace” or a new’ Hague conference? ; ‘How Mucl Mr. Roasevelr, How Muéh : From the New York World. i “Suppose, Mr. Roosevelt, even at this ed: by telling it— - i= ¢1. How much hae the beef trust oon tributed to Mr. Cortelyoun ? : +42, .-How much has the paper trust con- tribpted to Mr. Cortelyon ? How much has the coal trash con; tributed to Mr. Cortelyon ? + “4, How much has the sugar trust con- “5. How much has the oil trast con- ‘tributed to Mr. Cortelyou ? ¢6.. How much bas the tobacco trust conteibued to Mr. Cortelyoun ? ‘1 “7. How much has the steel trust con:’ tributed to Mr. Cortelyoun ? 4:8. : How much has the insurance trust confributed to Mr. Cortelyou ? +¢‘9, * How; much have the national banks jcontributed to. Mr. Cortelyon ? gor Lol ‘410. How much have the six great railroad trasts songaiiuted to Mr. or ’ tel you? 2M, ee . , How it. Has “Busted” tne ds From the Lincoln (Neb.,) bl,) Commoner. . There are npwards of 440 “‘big. trusts.’ The administration proseonted one through the Supreme court and secured a verdict. Since then that trust bas'kept right on do- its managers have not been molested, and the people have been profited not at all. This is the sam total of | thie work done hy the ‘great ‘trust busting administration’ whose heid only a few ‘years ago was talking Shoup Seaskling cun- | ning. n S————————— Ruosevelt “Stands Pat” Tor hese. From the Philadelphia Record, I$ requires more than the usual prokes ioniss gall fo attempt a defense of the brutal duties of nearly 100 per cent. on the wool- len clothing, blankeis and . flannels. of the Ametioay people. is Monarch Of Saxony Dead. Life Ends Peacefully For King George After Very 28nort Reign. _ DRESDEN, Saturday, Oct. 12.—King George of Saxony died at Pillnitz at 2:30 o’clock this morning. His end was peace: ful. His sons were present at the deathbed. King George of Saxony, who was born at Pillnitz Apg. 8th, 1832, succeeded to the throne upon: the death of his childless brother Albert, June 19th, 1902. In May, .1859, he married at Lisbon, Marie Annie, a sister of the kiug of Portugal, who died in February, 1884. There were five ohildren, who in order of seniority are: The Princess Mathilde, Prince Frederic Augustus, the Princess Marie, Prince’ Jean Georges and Prince Maximilian. In the war of 1870 King George held the rank of field marshal of t e German army. He was taken ill in, the early part of last June. ——WILLIAM GROH RUNKLE'S can- didaoy for District. Attorney is, sweeping, everything in its train. He is the man for the office, the people‘prefer him: and" be will be elected. ‘have | be a most n any roe Spawls from the Keystone. —A party of men secured 150 pounds of | fine honey: from a bee tree on the George -{ Sanderson farm near Oval, recently. —PFrancis, the small son of A. B. Bishop, of Philipsburg, came in contact with a live wire last Tuesd evening and the result was that the 1 was severely burned. about the hand, foot and legs. —The Bell telephone lines between Mill Hall and Lock Haven are being improved by putting up new poles and copper wires. The work is being done under the direction of Foreman Yenks, of Harrisburg. "_An aged farmer named Robenolt, was .| perhaps fatally injured near Linden, Friday afternoon, while assisting in threshing. His .| right foot became caught in the cylinder of the steam thresher and was crushed to a pulp: Robenolt is 75 years of age. . —Glen Schofield, a young man of Penfield, has trapped four bears within the past week. The last two were taken on Laurel Run, Thursday. The largest of the lot weighs about 300 pounds. Glen is one of the most successful bear bumters in thas part o of the state. . The corner. stone of St. Patrick’s Roman Catholic church, in Moxbam, a suburb of .| Johnstown, was laid Sunday afternoon by the Right Rev. E. A. Garvey, bishop of the Altoona diocese, in-the presence of 10,000 people. St. Patrick’s church will cost about Probably the largest tree in Cambria coun- ty is a willow which grows out of the “old dock” along the Old Portage railroad at ‘Wilmore. Itis fourteen feetin circumfer- ence and grew from a switch stuck in the ground by “Granny” Lingle, after adminis- tering a trouncing to her son John some fifty years ago. —By tunneling under the wall of the Mt. ‘Pleasant lockup one night last week, Joe Kanke, a Pole, who is wanted for the mur- der of a fellow countryman at Calumet sever- | al months ago, escaped. He used a pocket knife to loosen stones in the cell wall and | then dug his way to safety with his fingers. to aid in the defeat of every Republican : —The Lackawanna Coal and Coke com- pany will i in a day or two close its No. 1 and B12 mines at Vintondale and the Vintondale collieries: company, an Ebensburg concern, will at’ once open them and operate them. With the closing of the Lackawanna mines at Wehrum this practically means the with- drawal of the concern from the Cambria field. —Frank Drake, aged 17, son of Frank Drake, of Jefferson township, Washington county, died last week in agony from hydro- phobia. He was bitten four months ago, but did not develop the disease until Saturday. He was so violent that he could not be taken to Pittsburg for treatment and was strapped ‘to’ bis ‘bed, where he snarled and snapped like a dog. —Jacob Rutt, aged 15 years, of Martindale, Lancaster county, was shot in the leg Satur- - | day while gunning with Charles Weaver for squirrels. He died that evening and the attending physician says his death . ‘was due to fright. The shot which hit him about the knees was of small calibre ‘and the | wound was not serious. Heart failure v was ‘the immediate cause of death __. Binsin SAS Wn : David, Hill, of 2 Roatraver rownsliip,; Westmoreland county, was found dead in a sheep pen Friday. A bullet hole was found in his head and the coroner believes that | Hill killed himself. He had evidently been ‘dead for several days. A week. ago he went to visit his mother near Smithton. He left for home the next day, and nothing was heard of him until boys came upon his body. He was 42 years old and a widower. —The farmers in almost every township in Westmoreland county have banded them- selves together to protect their farms from "| trespassers during Ithe bunting season, and Pittsburgers who annually come to that coun- ty will find notices posted on almost every farm prohibiting them from entering. In many sections a scarcity of game is reported especially among the smaller fowls, but rab- bits are to be found in great numbers. —Charles O. Beck, aged 36, of New Gene- va, was found dead Saturday under a chest- nut tree near Wymps Gap. His 5-year-old daughter Geneva was asleep by his side. They were hunting chestnuts. When they failed to appear at home the wife raised an “|alarm. . Men found Beck and the child. The ‘girl said her father climbed the tree and fell. He asked her to get belp, but she feared she would get lost, and her father finally told her to stay with him. ) —A. Swisher, of Altoona, a brakeman at the Juniata scales, was in charge of a draft of eight cars that was being let down. the yard and was standing on the front car. In order to check the speed of the cars he start- ed to apply the brake, when the stick slipped. Swisher, lost his balance, and, falling in front of the cars, the eight cars | passed over Ris body. Swisher fell directly between the two rails, however, and escaped with lacerations of the face and ‘body bruises. —Five hundred voters of Butler borough are believed to have lost their right to vote at the coming election by failing to pay their taxes 30 days before election, as required by the constitution. Democrats and Republicans suffer about equally. The tax committee may furnish receipts to the delinquents to prevent the loss of their votes. This has been done in the past, but never before were the demands made on the committee so heavy and they bave not secured enough blank receipts bearing the signature of the collector of delinquent taxes. —Shortly after the conclusion of the strike of 1900, John Jones, 35 years old, of Tama- qua, who made a study of the strike situa- tion, disappeared from publie view , and speculation was rife as to where he had gone. His whereabouts was learned Friday, when his mother, Mrs. Mary Jones, a widow, who conducts a confectionery shop, appealed to the police for protection, claiming that her son wanted to kill ber. It waslearned that the son had occupied a small room in the second story of the house for nearly four years without leaving it, his mother having supported him. When the officers appeared the recluse had taken to the mountains north ofthe town, where he is still at large.
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