BY P. GRAY MEEK.
I ,
: Ink Slings.
—The smallpox ccare, if there was one,
is over in Bellefonte.
—A double hanging is not a pleasant
spectacle to contemplate, yet Centre coun-
ty will have one within the year.
—So the Crown Prince of Norway is
e oming over to sue for the hand of Miss
ALICE ROOSEVELT. Well, what of it?
That’s Miss ROOSEVELT'S business.
—From a stand-point of health St.
Petersburg boasts the lowest mortality
rate of any European city, yet it is de-
eidedly unhealthy for some people just
now.
—If this kind of weather continues for
any length of time it is hardly possible
that any of the candidates for local offices
will find it warm enough for them, no
matter what happens.
—General manager ATTERBURY of the
P. R. R., ought to be one of the Grand
Dukes of Russia, then the Czar would be
sure of having his strikes nipped in the
bud and all sides pleased.
—Next week tbe popular subscription
for the beautifying of the Academy grounds
will open. If you want to be on the first
list send in your dollar, or whatever
amount you think youn can give, at once.
— Jor FOLK, of Missouri,must either have
a better memory or more back-bone than
mos § public men. He seems to be about
the only one extant who proposes doing in
offi ce just what be said he would do before
he got there. .
—A Missouri Democrat who broke away
from his moorings for the first time last
fall and voted for ROOSEVELT has just been
presented with triplets by his wife. Now
he’s mad, right, and says he’ll never vote
for another Republican.
—N ow that Japan has about completed
the job it is quite appropriate that Mr.
JoHN HAY, our Secretary of State, should
jump to the front of the platform witha
spectacular proposition to keep Russia
from gobbling up China.
—The wagging tongue of gossip has
caused more trouble in this land than any-
thing else we know of and not the least
of the sorrows it has produced was the
death of a little girl in Northumberland,
on Monday. She drowned herself because
her associates said unkind things about
her.
—The council of Bellefonte should not
be changed. The works of this body are
apparent to everyone and with another
year in which to carry to completion plans
now developed the tax payers will find
that they have secured many permanent
public improvements and a reduction of
taxation, as well.
—There cannot be any question of the
truthfulness of the astounding revelations
Mr. THOMAS W. LAWSON has made of
modern financiering and wealth production
in a night in this country, but the result
of his articles will scarcely bring about
any correction of the evil. Lamentable as
it may be the people of this country are
too crazy for wealth to reform their meth-
ods. What tbey want most is a grip on
the ‘‘Magic Jimmy” themselves.
—The New York Sun is opposed to
whipping posts because it contends that a
man who comes home from a hard day’s
work to find the fire out, his children
running the streets and his wife drunk on
the floor is justified in beating her. While
we grant that the drink habit is growing
among women we cannot but regard the
Sun’s hypothesis as an exceptional one.
‘When it comes to robbing a home of its
comf ort and bappiness Mr. John Barley-
corn uses the man as his lieutenant ninety-
nine times out of a hundred.
— While the whole civilized world shud-
ders at the horror of the massacre at St.
Peters burg Sunday evening and revolts at
a government that requires such a fright-
ful hn man sacrifice it must not be for-
gotten that we, the liberty loving, free
people of America can extend nothing
more than our deepest sympathy to the
oppressed and butchered Russian common
folk. We have had our own Homestead,
our Lattimer, our Chicago and our Color-
ado to remind us to sweep hefore our own
doors before we admonish other govern-
ments of their tyranny.
—Thbe banishment of the pig-sty, the
fe ncing up of the cow, the improved sew
age systems and the strenuosity of the
board of health, though inflicting apparent
incon venience on some, have had their
results in the decrease of the mortality list
in Bellefonte in recent years. According
to a table on another page of this issue the
death 1ate will be seen to be very low;in
fact, last year it was lower than daring
any of the past twelve and today it will
be exactly fifsy-two days since a death has
occurred in this place.
——The death of Judge ANDREW K.
KAvuL, of 8t. Mary’s, at the age of sixty
years, marks the passing of a man of
prominence in the business, social and
political affairs of the Elk district. As-
sociated with the HALLS he was foremost
in the development of the rich lumber
and coal fields of Elk county and his scund
business acumen raised bim from the po-
sition of a poor boy to that of a man of
great affluence. Judge KAUL was, per-
sonally, a most attractive gentleman, firm
and trae and his friendships, philanthropic
in his motives and strovg in his adherence
to the principles of Democracy.
VOL. 50
STATE RIGHTS AND FEDERAL UNION.
BELLEFON TE, PA., JAN. 27, 1905.
NO. 4.
Palpable Usnurpation of Powers.
No grave harm may occur from the pres- |
ent sitoation in Santo Domingo direct, |
bus it establishes a precedent fraught with
the greatest danger. According to the ad-
ministration statement of the oase, the
government of San Domingo invited the
United States to take charge of her fiscal
affairs, that is to say collect her revenues
and her debts. The President without
consulting Congress accepted the invita-
tion and bas entered upon the discharge of
the service. Ii the revenues are sufficient
to maintain the Domingan government and
discharge the debts, nothing more may
happen. After ROOSEVELT there may nev-
er be a President so covetous of power.
But if the revenues should fail of dis-
charging the obligations this country will
be responsible for their payment and the
annexation of the Republic would be the
inevitable resnlt.
This is the fulfillment cof President
RoOSEVELT's ambition to make the gov.
ernment of the United States an interna-
tional policeman and a collecting agency
for Europe. After that no European
tradesman need hesitate to give credit for
any amonnt to any San Domingan adven-
turer for the government of the United
States will stand pledged to pay the bill.
Our own. exporters will enjoy no such
The Russian Massacre.
The slaughter on the streets of St. Pe-
tersburg on Sunday is without question the
colossal outrage of recent history.
long suffering and patient endurance the
Russian laboreis ‘made an appeal to the
Czar for improvement.
armed or in a menacing manner.
didn’t demand redress for wrongs of the
past or threaten vengeance for the in-
justices which have been multiplied upon
their heads during the years that have gone
by. But as helpless, and suffering pesi-
tioners they asked for the scantiest meas-
ure of justice in the fature and pledging
the full complement of loyalty and service
as a reward for the benignity.
After
They didn’t come
They
Coming in that form under such circum-
stances it might have heen expected that
the response would have been a gracious
evasion, if not actual acquiescense.
instead of that these peaceful petitioners
were met with belching guns and keen
edged swords and slaughtered mercilessly.
Their proffers of friendship were answered
with murderous attack aud their tenders
of loyalty rewarded with death. Meantime
the Emperor, trembling in a neighboring
palace like a craven, cried for pity, though
he had no pity for the victims of his reac-
“tionary policy. The incidert was without
parallel in brutality. Its effect is likely to
But
advantage. They will be obliged to con” | be without equal in history.
sider the hazard in dealing with the slip-,
pery Domingans.
It may be said that the Russian empire
Bat Europeans are safe | is tottering and the tragedy at St. Peters-
and secure and they will cinoh the market | burg on Sunday shows that its end isa juss
for all time. But the arrangement affords | retribution. For years the advancing force
RoosevELT a splendid opportunity to | of civilization hasbeen admonishing him
splurge.
of our southern neighbor swinging the big
He can sail down along the coast | that the day of absolutism is at an end and
that juetice among men is essential to na-
stick and ordering everybody to ‘‘move | tional as well “as individual prosperity.
on.’”” Nothing could half so well fulfill his
ambitions. He would probably wear a
policeman’s uniform while on duty if he
had one.
When General GRANT was President a
proposition to induce San Domingo to
mately result in the same condition arous-
ed the whole country to the highest pitch
of national indignation and patriotic ap-
prehension. But GRANT didn’t undertake
the matter himgelf. He was essentially a
soldier and yielded scant respect to the re-
straints of civil anthority. Bat he under-
stood the obligation of an oath and when
he swore to ‘‘sappori, obey and defend’’
the constitution of the United States, he
didn’t deliberately violate the pledge hy
trampling it under foot. This is what
ROOSEVELT bas done in the case in point
and if no other harin results the precedent
is both iniquitons and dangerous. But
other and even greater evils are likely to
ensue and Congress ought to promptly re-
buke the nsurpation.
Roosevelt Will be Disappointed.
The President will be disappointed in
his most cherished .caprice if Speaker Can-
non of the House and Sevator HALE of
Maine continne in their present frame of
mind. That is to say,both of those gentle-
men declare that they are opposed to and
will resist the President’s plans for naval
profligacy and what they say goes in their
respective brauches of Congress on that
subject. Mr. HALE is chairman of the
Senate committee on. Naval Affairs and it
would be an unheard of, if not impossible,
infraction of the traditional senatorial
courtesy for that body to vote any propo”
siti on with respeet to the navy against the
expressed inclination of the chairman on
Naval Affairs.
The Speaker has equal power in the
House of Representatives. It is not by
courtesy that he controls legislation. On
the contrary, quite the reverse. As a
matter of fact there is very little courtesy
in the House. But the Speaker bas the
power of an autocrat. Unless such power
were vested in somebody it is doubtful it
any legislation would be possible at all.
When the membership was smaller and
the impulses which controlled the votes
different, there was no necessity for such
vast authority in the chair. But the ma-
chine thinks it necessary now and it is be-
stowed and exercised and the Speaker is
said to be waiting for the naval appropri-
ation bill with an exceedingly keen edged
axe.
This is a piece of information which way
well afford satisfaction to the thoughtful
people of the country. There is no pres-
ent necessity for additional battleships
and the ordering of such things when not
needed isa grave crime against the tax
payers. We are in no danger of foreign
war. In [act, political conditions abroad
are such at present that any serious dis-
pute with this country is absolutely im-
possible. The only treason which can ex-
ist, therefore, for more battleships is to im-
poverish the people by excessive taxation.
Tyrants are only secare when the victims
of their injustice are $00 poor to resist and
if ROOSEVELT has his way the American
people will be as mild as ‘‘sucking doves.”’
———The tronble between the Bellefonte
doctors and the Pennsylvania Telephone
company bas all been satisfactorily ad-
jnsted and the doctors will continue to
use the Bell phones, as heretofore.
a startling partisan iniquity.
With an inexplicable fatuity, however, he
pursued “the path to inevitable ruin and
if the brutal massacre in front of his palace
on Sunday is the beginning of the end there
will be few regrets that his period of incap-
ability at the head of a mighty Empire
make some concessions which might ulti- | is at an end.
It would have been hetter if
he had never been born.
Dangerous Caunspiracy.
There is hardly any doubt that corpora-
tious already in existence and others soon
to be organized intend to acquire control
of all the water in Pennsylvania.
years ago various schemes were projected
to get control of water supplies in one sec-
tion of the State and another.
an apprehension that the Governor would
veto all legislation of that sort, the projects
were all dropped, however.
Harrisburg indicate that they are being re-
vived now. The Governor has heen bronght
under the influence of the machine and
half a dozen water companies have already
been announced and others are to follow.
Two
Because of
Reports from
It will be a sad day in Pennsylvania
when the water supply is made the subject
of the avarice of machine politicians. It
has always been the boast of Americans
that air and water shall remain free and
except in rare instances of extreme drouth
that boast has been well founded. But at
the present time one of the considerable
cities of the Commonwealth is contesting
with a corporation the right to control the
water supply, and information leads to the
belief that the movement for control covers
a considerable area in the same neighbor-
hood. The very fact that such a thing was
not suspected is the great source of danger.
With the present Legislature there is lit-
tle hope of preventing the evil by moral in-
flnences. That is to say, protests and peti-
tions will have little effect on the minds of
men who are in a combination to loot in
every direction. But it is worth while to
try the expedient, just the same, and we
recommend an instant and vigorous agita-
tion of the question. Deluge the Legisla-
tare with protests against the absorption
by corporations for purposes of profit of the
supplies which nature provides as her will-
ing tribute to the comfort and free offering
to the health of the people. Then at the
next election defeat the conspirators.
Unequal Apportionment.
Senator HERBST'S resolution demanding
the fulfillment of the constitution in the
matter of senatorial apportionments was
a surprise to the Republican majority of
that body, on Monday night. If the
managers of the machine had known if
was coming they would have prevented
its introduction, it was said. Bold in
political piracy they nevertheless object
to having their offenses exposed to public
scrutiny and when, on motion of President
pro tem. Sproul, the resolution was re-
ferred to the committee on Senatorial ap-
portionment, they believed that the end of
the matter bad been reached. That com-
mittee will probably never meet.
But the resolution in question revealed
It recited
that provision of the state constitution
which declares that under no eciroum-
stances shall there be a senatorial district
containing less than one half a ratio.
Bat
Lebanon county has never had one-half a
ratio and at present it has little more than
one-third of a ratio. At the time the pres-
ent apportionment was made it contained
less than the required population and the
discrepancy has been increasing ever since.
It is not only unjust to the other districts
but it is'a subversion of the constitution
and a violation of the oath of every Sena-
tor and Representative who doesn’t endeav-
or to correct the evil.
Senator HERBST might have gone furth-
er and more completely exposed the inigui-
ty of the present apportionment. Lan-
caster county with a less population
than Berks, has two Senators while Berks
has only one. The mandate of the con-
stitution is that the districts shall be as
nearly equal in population as possible.
This bas not been fulfilled in giving the
county of lesser population double the rep-
resentation of that of the greater. Bus
political exigencies are promoted by such
discrimination and that is the object of all
legislation under the direction of the
atrocious Republican machine. It is up to
the bosses now, however.
The Absurdity of Recent Years.
red in Washington during recent years than
the President’s attempt to seize control of
the railroads of the country. His pre-
tense ie that he wants to shield the shippers
from extortionate and discriminating rates
and rebates. But his real purpose is to
be able to use the railroads for his own
pleasure as he used the naval equipment
of the country a year ago Jast summer. It
will be remembered that during that sea-
son of his residence at Oyster Bay he kept
two ships at hand constantly for use as
pleasure craft and finally brought a whole
squadron to the front of his house at an ex-
pense of millions of dollars that his chil-
dren might be diverted and entertained by
the manceuvers. :
President ROOSEVELT did enjoy the favor
of some of the railroads for a trip to Yel-
lowstone park that year, and he couldn’t
have had better accommodations if he had
owned the roads. He had a train of six or
more of the most magnificent cars ever
built, thoroughly equipped, luxuriously
farnished and provisioned with princely
rectly or indirectly, and he didn’t even ask
for it in a courteous way, but demanded it.
Bat, subsequently, when an investigation
of the Postoffice Department was demand-
ed he had the hardest kind of a time to
stop the clamor, though it might have
revealed that the railroads were well paid
in the price charged for carrying mails.
Besides one of the railroads complained
of the expense of carrying the junket, and
small wonder for if cost that company a
matter of $50,000 in cash. ‘There was no
charge for mileage on the other roads over
which the train ran, of course, and the trip
was that much cheaper: than ancther of
the same kind would have been for that
reason. ROOSEVELTis exceedingly gener-
ous, however, in his hospitality, when
somebody else is paying the price, and he
entertained lavishly ov the train, the rail-
road company which owned the cars pro-
viding the food, drinks and cigars. But no-
body ever heard the Secretary of the Navy
complaining of the President’s use of war-
ships and he wants the cars on the same
terms. : .
Will You be a Helper?
The movement that is to be begun nexé
week for the purpose of raising a fund for
beautifying the grounds about the Belle.
fonte Academy, is one that should appeal
especially to all who have been students at
that institution. ‘While it is scarcely pos-
sible to make it a public matter, yet there
are so many residents in all parts of the
county who have attended the historic old
institution that were they all to join in
this movement it would at once assume the
proportions of a general rally to the sup-
port of a most laudable purpose.
The Academy has been rebuilt on lines
that establish it in classic splendor on
the hill but the setting isin no wise appro-
priate. In the days when the buildings
were crude and ramshackle in appearance
their environments were not in the sharp
contrast that has been brought out since the
new building has been erected. It will not
require a vast sum of money to effect the
desired transformation: hence the call
upon old students and other friends for
this part of it. If every one who has at-
tended the Academy were to give one
dollar there would be more than enough,
but as there are many who will probably
never learn of the movement, it is hoped
that those who do will be prompt to start
the list off with their remittance.
‘Will you help ?
Endorsed for Treasurer. .
At a recent conference of the Democrats
of the borough of Philipsburg Dr. F. K.
WHITE was endorsed and urged to be-
come a candidate for the Democratic nomi-
nation for Treasurer of Centre county.
It is understood that the honor was en-
tirely unsolicited and in that it is all the
more complimentary to Dr. WHITE,
though that is not to he wondered at be-
cause he is one of the best Democrats and
best men in the county.
The “11” of the Whole Thing.
From the Philadelphia Record.
The Machine is determined to bave no
middlemen and no Tobby save its own in
the present session of the Pennsylvania Leg-
islature. All persons desiring appropria-
tions, legislative franchises or any other
cpportunities of getting something for noth-
ing will have to negotiate directly with
Israel W. Durham, chiel of the Philadel-
phia Machine and sinecurist State Cém-
missioner of Insurance. Durbam is the
fountain of all rewards aud all favors in the
perform his high function the duties of his
office are turned over to a deputy while he
gathers in the fees. Boodlers and others
seeking legislative favors will, therefore,
recognize that it woald be a mere waste of
members of either Honse. They must go
to Durbam at his headquarters and he will
inform them on what terms and conditions
any appropriations or valuable franchises
are to be obtained.
There will, of course, be a dummy chair-
man and a dummy Committee of Appro
priations in the House, and dummies of
the same kind in the State Senate. But
no measure will receive favorable consider-
| ation in any committee without having
Probably nothing more absurd has ocour-
first obtained the approval of Durham. The
with becoming pride what burdens and re-
sponsibilities are taken off the. hands of
the men whom they have chosen with so
much discrimination to represent them in
the Legislature and make or unmake their
laws. Let them be happy in the reflection
that few, if any, other States are blessed
with a Durham who has kindly assumed
all the legislative and most of the exeou-
tive functions of their governments.
How the Republican Harvest As Rip~
ening. T
From the Johnstown Democrat.
The Pittsburg Dispatch motes that a
| singular juxtaposition recently occurred
in one of the New York papers. In one
column it told of a remarkable dinner at a-
botel which has sought the fame of being
the most expensive of its class. It was
the first dinner at which the gold service
of that hostelry was used ‘‘exclusively.”’
‘Thirty-six people sat down at a oss of
$50,000, ‘or about $1,400 per plate. In an:
other column of the same paper was a
statement of Robert Hunter of the uni-
versity settlement work. He says that
there are over 600,000 people in new York
who are in distress and tbat 70,000 children’
generosity. It didn’t cost him a cent, di | 8980 school hungry every day. One-tenth
New York's dead are buried in jBapers”
graves. Commenting on this state of af-
fairs ‘the Dispaich says: 4
The spectacle of thousands of children going
to school hungry while a few people feast for the
express delight of making an extravagant ex-
Pehdivire is a reminder of the decadence of’
ome which thoughtful people cannot con-
template with any satisfaction.
It is also a reminder of the fact that the
condition is not due to Bryan or Bryan-
ism, nor to the ‘‘vagaries’’ of wild-eyed
‘‘theorists,”’ It is a further reminder of
the fact that Dingleyism is doing its work
with a terrible vengeance.
Bat Fair to the Man With Whose Work
it Competes.
From the Lincoln (Neb.) Commoner.
Labor unions throughout the country
are asking the Legislatures of the various
States to enact laws making it compulsory
to brand convict made goods with the
words ‘‘convict made.”” There is no good
reason why the request should not he
granted, and many reasons why it should
be. Congress was quick to come to the
aid of the dairy industry and cripple the
oleomargarine industry, and certainly the
free laborers of the country are as much
entitled to protection against convict made
goods as the dairymen were to protection
against the competition of the oleo manu-
facturers. If people want to buy convict
made goods because of their cheapness, well
and good; but people who do not want
convict made goods at any price are enti-
tled to have some distinguishing mark that
will enable them to avoid those goods.
re The Way to Explain.
From the Chicago Public. .
Nobody has yet explained the neglect
to hold Paul Mortcn to account for allow-
ing secret rebates, contrary to law, to
the Colorado Fuel and Iron company
while he was traffic director of the Santa
Fe railway. Instead of being held to ac-
count, Mr. Morton is retained in the cabi-
net of President Roosevelt, Congress-
questions about it in the House, and the
public is urged to suspend judgment
because Mr. Morton is ‘‘more than willing
to explain’’ his alleged crime. But may
it not fairly be insisted that in such a
case the way to explain is to explain ?
Where Republican Prosperity is Showing
its Work.
From the Cleveland (0.) Recorder.
The number of public beggars in Cleve-
land is increasing at a fearful rate. One
can hardly pass across the public square
at any time of day or evening without be-
ing accosted by beggars and it is so pretty
pearly all over the down town district.
There must be many who give to these
miserable creatures nearly all of whom
are unworthy of charity. In fact it isa
rule with only enough exceptions to prove
its truth that it is always bad to give to
street beggars. They are usually impos-
ters. The giving simply helps along
beggary and pauperism.
A
Park Should be Extended to Afford Set-
ting for State Building.
A bill will shortly be presented in the
State Legislature at Harrisburg for the ex-
tension of the capital park, a project which
has been urged for years and which in the
opinion of everyone who has seen the new
State capitol, is needed if the magnificent
structure is to be given an adequate setting.
Commonwealth, and in order that he may.
time and money to transact business with
people of Pennaylvania will thus recognize
| by arrests.
man Baker is duly rebnked for asking
oH
Spawils from the Keystone.
hs hs
“—Harry Albert Thompson, editor and
publisher of the Tyrone Times, has been ap-
pointed transcribing clerk : in; the: State
Senate. : tb m—
—The thirty-seventh annual state conven-
tion of the Young Men’s Christian associa-
tion will meet at Johnstown, February 16th
to 19th. :
—The postoflice. wrangle at, Carwensville
has been settled by the appointment of
seven applicants for the place.
Clearfield, has been chosen a member of ‘the
“Canadian Club” of New York, a club own-
ing 50,000 acres of forest land in Canada.
—Two boys and a girl, students of Perkio-
men Seminary, Pennsburg, while skating
last Friday broke through the ice. They
were saved with great difficulty by the use
of fence rails.
—The Reynoldsville business men are
hustlers and made of the right kind of stuff.
They have subscribed $60,000 to secure a
steel’ mill and have already paid in two-
thirds of that sum.
—A. C. Millward, of Philipsburg, has
received his commision as special fish warden
for Centre, Clearfield and Cambria counties,
by commissioner of fisheries, W. E. Meehan,
dating from Jan, 16th. .
' —A Clearfield county woman claims te
have 16 hens that laid 2,006 eggs during the
year 1904. The eggs were marketed at an
average of 30 cents per dozen or about $50
for the year’s product. ’
—John A. Patton,of Warriors-mark, Hunt-
ingdon county, a leading member of the
Pennsylvania State Grange, has received the
appointment of assistant postmaster of the
State Senate at Harrisburg. :
—Thomas Barnes, of Barnesboro, formerly
of Philipsburg,the well-known coal operator,
has purchased a large tract of coal land in
Barr and Susquehanna townships, Cambria
county, from Caroline R. Tucker, of Phila-
delphia.
: —Theodore Rupert has purchased the
Thomas Garrety farm located on the ‘‘flat”’
between Nittany and Sugar valleys. The
purchase price was $900. Mr. Rupert and
his family will occupy the place in the
spring.
—Mrs. Mary Patton, the widow of the late
Hon. A. E. Patton, will donate a handsome
pipe organ to the Methodist church of Patton
| in the near future and will also make a
similar donation to the Curwensville M. E.
church.
—The traffic on the New York Central has
been so heavy the past few days that the
company has hardly been able to handle it.
Wednesday evening the yards at Avis be-
came blocked, there being over 2,000 cars
there at one time. .
—Miss Edith McPherson, daughter of ex-
Sheriff and Mrs. W. R. McPherson, of Clear-
field, has been promoted to the position of
directress in the Medico-Chi hospital at
Philadelphia, after serving for a time as as-
sistant directress and clinic nurse. .
~ James Hall, a giant timberman of Sugar
Loaf Mountain, Fayette county, walked into
Dr. H. Y. Brady’s dental office at Ohio Pyle
Friday morning to have a tooth pulled,
| having nerved up, be said, on moonshine
whiskey. Dr. Brady pulled the tooth and
Hall died almost instantly.
—There promises to be quite a number of
rafts go down the Susquehanna river this
spring. Alfred Graham, of Clearfield, will
have 24, A. C. Lansberry, of Deer Creek, 14,
J. Mitchell 4 and Johu W. Bowden 15, from
Curry Run. Most of the timber will go te
Northumberland, Marietta and Port Deposit.
—Theodore F. VanScoyoc; the oldest loeo-
motive engineer in continuous service on the
Tyrone division, is critically ill at his home,
1640 north Pennsylvania avenue, Tyrone.
Atan early hour Sunday morning he was
stricken with an acute affection of the kid-
neys and rendered unconscions, in which
condition he remains.
—There is nothing new in the Mill Hall
Italian murder case. Lock Haveu officers
are still working on the case to secure addi-
tional evidence which must be forthcoming
in order to fasten the crime on Uare, who
was arrested on suspicion. One of the otficers
working on the case is inclined to believe that
two men were implicated in the crime.
—The school board of Clearfield has col-
lected sufficient evidence to prosecute at
least eight tobacco dealers of that town who
have been selling cigarettes to school boys.
The board will notify the dealers to desist,
and farther transgressions will be followed
The directors say the cigarette
smoking pupils show marked deficiency.
—Albert L. Walters, of Flemington, was
whirled around a shaft in the leach house at
Kistler’s tannery, Saturday morning at 7
o'clock, just after beginning work, and
though all his outer garments were torn from
his body, and he was cut and bruised consid-
erably, no bones were broken, though it was
little less than a miracle that he was not
killed outright.
—The Pennsylvania railroad will experi-
ment with having its passenger crews make
longer runs. Now crews are changed at
Philadelphia and Altoona. Orders have been
issued for six crews to make runs from Jersey
City to Harrisburg and return, and western
crews will be run from Harrisburg to Pitts-
burg. If successful the changes will be made
on all Pennsylvania lines.
—President George Edward Reed, of Dick-
ingon college, on Monday announced that,
by the will of the late Senator Alexander E.
Patton, of Curwensville, Pa., the college
will receive $10,000. He also said that this
sum made $120,000 which the college has se-
cured since the loss of Denny hall by fire
last March. Mr. Patton was a trustee of the
college and gave Dickinson the present
gymnasium.
—@eorge Thomas, aged 10 years, Wiliard
Elder, aged 12, and George Leeper, aged 9,
three Tyrone boys while coasting, last Thurs.
day evening. ran under a moving shifting
engine on the Pennsylvania railroad and
were all so badly injured that they died
early Friday morning in the Altoona hgs-
pital. The first named boy’s father is Harry
Thomas, fireman on the engine they collided
with and when the crew went to the rescue
without knowing it until he had him in his
arms.
Samuel P. Arnold postmaster, one of the :
—Ex-State Treasurer F. G. Harris, of
of the boys the father picked up his own son _