or
. a8 private, there wonld be such a flood of
bade of the green apple tree
of the me it
th Yi Gx
"Growing sharp neath my belt
““ {¥nispered symptoms of plain die or—
"7 It hurt like the very old d—
And I cussed that darnd old apple tree
With a voice full of groans
And some die-a-way moans
Neath the shade of the green apple tree.
,—Wednesday was actually the longest
day of the year, but Monday seemed long-
est. oe : :
—Even the man who strikes: when the
iron is hos is standing around now trying
to keep cool.” ? :
—Peculiar, wasn’t it, that at Monday
night’s meeting of borough ‘counacil every-
body voted ‘‘yea.”
—Twenty-five thousand harvest bands
are wanted in Kansas. Here is another
oh ance for a job, Mr. WARING.
—Today Mr. HocH will be hanged in
Chicago. Will there be one of his twenty-
three widows who will put nn weeds for
him ?
—These are the days when the *‘Is it hot
enough for youn’’ man, finds a little change
of greeting from hie customary ‘‘Fine day,
isnt is?’
—JOE FOLK, of Missouri, will have to
be doing something soongor JOEN WEAVER,
of Philadelphia, will have all of bis thunder
appropriated.
—These kind of days force the skeptical
man to admit that there may be some com-
fort, if listle sense,in this persistent search
for the north pole.
—Keep the names of the fellows who are
trying to talk us into a war with Japan so
we will know who to call on when the
fighting is to be done.
—Whatever may be the outcome of Dr.
W ILEYS investigation of limburger cheese,
certain it is that he can’t raise any more
stink about it than there is.
—That peace building at The Hague had
better be moved to Washington. Mayhaps,
if is were here Russia and Japan would be
wanting to settle at The Hague.
—As the little boy casts his covetous
g lances toward the branches of the old
apple tree the cholera-infantam chorus
hegins chanting the green apple quickstep.
—*‘The apparel oft proclaims the man,’
but the sensible people of Philadelphia will
not be deceived by the new garb of reform
that the gang in that city is arraying itself
10.
—The old expression about being *‘sick-
led to death” was made literally true on
Saturday when RALPH T. JACKSON, ‘a
Dubuque, Iowa, business man laughed
himself to death over a funny story.
—The Japs are going right after Russia
without regard to the peace negotiations
that are pending. Unless matters are
brought to a focus soon the Czar will have
lost his entire army, as well as his navy.
—The funeral directors of Pennsylvania
having decided to hold their next annual
meeting in Harrisburg we would suggest
that they do it while the Legislatare is in
session, for then they would feel more at
home among the ‘‘stiffs’’ around the capi-
tal. :
—The Johnstown Democrat's contention
that the education of no man is complete
until he is married is probably based on
the old theory that “we live asd learn.”
Il so, the premise is not well taken, for
very few married men really live these
days. They think they do, but they are
only existing.
—Many a boy who has been graduated
during this month will find his dream of a
$2,000 job dissolved in a students course
with some of the large industrial concerns
at fifteen cents an hour.’ Lucky boy, if he
only has sense enough $o realize thas that
is all be is worth until he has demonstrated
a practical: ‘utility along: with a college
theory. re
—The fact that 50 many sportemen in
Pennsylvania have been fined for catching
undersized fish. is not prima facia evidence
of the veracity of those who have aunffered
the law’s mandate. It. is just as likely to
be evidence thas they were too dumb to
have the little ones ‘properly ooncealed
when the game wardens swooped down
on them. .
—If red tape were to be dispensed with
in all branches of business, public as well
unemployed in this country as the wildest
imagination ‘could scarcely estimate. An
exchange pertinently remarks shat red tape
is the polioy in business thas expends thou-
sands of dollars in clerk hireto save the
possible loss of ten cents.
—It freight receipts should happen to.
fall off a little during this month. at the
Bellefonte station of the Pennsy'a’ ‘consid-
erable amount of the deficiency could be |
made up to the company by harvesting a
crop of bay from the sidings surrounding
the station. Tt is evident that the inspector’
either needs 4 new pair of glasses or he ex-
peots to take to. the tall grass himself some
day. joad }
“A beautiful ‘booklet of thie town’ of
Milion, illustrative and desoFiptive of the
indpstries aud residences. of . thas place;
with: the men who: have made hem, has:
just been issued by the Hastings Printing’
Co. Aside from’ its artistic interest the
publication is a oredit to Milton and an
evidence of the progressivenéss of the men
-| necessity they have nominated him in a
| that our party should name him also and
| town. Select Conncilman CAVEN has been.
2 | high o
VOL. 50
Judge Harmon Wouldn’t Consent.
The differences between Hon. JUDSON
HARMON, special counsel for the govern-
ment in the Santa Fe case and the adminis:
tration at Washington are just now attraot-
ing a good deal of attention in official ocir-
cles. Mr. HARMON, who was Attorney
General during the last half of President
CLEVELAND'S last adwinistration, and is a
lawyer of great ability and high character,
was engaged by Attorney General MooDY
to investigate charges that the Santa Fe
railroad of which PAUL MORTON was at the
time vice president paid rebates to the Colo-
rado Fuel and Iron company of which Mr.
MORTON was also an officer. The acousa.
tion was made by the interstate commerce
commission and supported by considerable
Judge Stewart’s Opportunity.
- The question of the nomination of Judge
STEWART for the office of Justice of the
Supreme court by the Democrats of this
State is one which may well create a differ-
ence of opinion. In the first place, with a
united Republican party there” would be
little reason for division among Republi-
cans with Judge STEWART as the nominee.
It may be said that he has been an Inde-
pendent at crucial periods and that his in-
dependent candidacy for Governor elected
ROBERT E. PATTISON to that office in 1882
against our own townsman, General BEA-
VER, who was the Republican nominee.
That was a non-partisan service which the
Democrats ought and do appreciate. But
his subseqnent action as a State Senator in-
dicates thas his opposition to BEAVER was | evidence.
more a matter of party pique than politic- |. Upon accepting the appointment Mr.
al morality. abo { HARMON entered upon the investigation
Nevertheless in that cont with characteristic energy and intelligence.
ART revealed both conscie: id He examined the officers of both companies
and won the favorable consideration of men | including Mr. MORTON and scrutinized the
who care more for good government than | books of both. He was amply supported
partisan success. Moreover,since that event | by the administration during the period of
in his political lif ‘he has once or twice | the investigation and when it was complet-
shown a conside: reedom from politic: | ed proceeded to the preparation of the re-
al slavery and ow the bench has been in- | port with great confidence and entire satis-
variably able and independent. He is a | faction. But when he submitted his re-
partisan beyond question. Ona hundred | port things changed materially. He found
occasions he has shown his fidelity to the | that the charges were sustained and recom-
Republican party. He has even insisted | mended the criminal prosecution of the of-
ficers of both corporations, including Secre-
on conditions with respect to apportion-
ments which Tom COOPER was willing to | tary of the Navy MORTON, and civil action
against the corporations.
waive and other stalwars Republicans dis-
regarded. But the important question is| This is precisely what the administration
didn’t want and the Attorney General re-
that on the bench he bas not been partisan,
while he has been conspicuously capable | turned the report and asked that another
and absolutely just. In other words, he | be substituted recommending the civil ac-
fulfills the character of a non-partisan jurist | tion against the corporations but omitting
though a strong partisan citizen. all suggestions of criminal proceedings
It is argued, nevertheless, and with rea- against the officers. The President wanted
son that if Judge STEWART will accept the | to protect his Secretary of the Navy and
Domination of the Republican machine | didn’t hesitate to ask Mr. HARMON to stul-
‘conferred on him last Wednesday by the tify himself by making a false report. A
Republican committee, he will declare al- precisely. similar action was taken in the
legiance to the iniquitous Republican or- case of the report of BONAPARTE and CON-
ganization. That is literally true. If the | RAD in the postal fraud cases two or three
achine has years ago and they consented with the re-
had not been in trouble it wonldn’s
inated him, There wasn’t a man | sult that now BONAPARTE is to sucoeed
MORTON as head of the Navy. But Jup-
mittee who wanted him or
} supported him if conditions |SoN HARMON is a different man and with-
drew from the case.
bad been favorable to the election of a
machine candidate. Bat making virtue of
Call an Extra Session,
The Republican campaign committee of
‘Philadelphia adopted a resolution yesterday
pledging in good faith its earnest support
of legislation providing for personal regis-
tration and other reforms. That being
true it’s a great pity the Legislature is no
now in session. There are eight Senators
and thirty-seven Representatives in the
present Legislature as obedient to shat or-
ganization asa well trained dog is to his
master. Therefore if the Legislature were
in session we would be certain to ges most
important reforms or grave disappoint.
mente. g % :
Of course there is not a member of the
Philadelpbia Republican campaign oom-
mittee who favors personal registration or
any other reform. Personal registration
would be the severest blow against ballot
‘questionably legal way and the chances are
$hiat Wilftever the Democrats do he will be
eleoted. These facts put up to us a grave
proposition and one difficult of solution.
But STEWART could make it easy and him-
self invincible. That is if in aceepting the
machine Republican nomination he would
express a positive antipathy to the machine
the Democrats would nominate bim unani-
mously and be wonld he literally a can-
didate of the decent people with an‘elec-
tion certain before him.
a ———————
Developments in Philadelphia.
The troubles in Philadelphia overshadow
all other political questions in Pennsylva-
nia. There is some interest here and there
concerning the succession on she Supreme
courtfhench. A few and possibly a majori-
ty of the Democrats favor the nomination
of JoBN STEWART, of Chambersburg, who
was appointed by the Governor andfwas
necessarily nominated by the Republican
committee on Wednesday. We say neces-
sarily because ‘there wasn’s a man ‘on the
committee who would have been for him if
the nomination of any other candidate
badn’t means disaster.’ But he was -nomi-
nated and a great many Demoorats believe
mittee who could ges thas or any other of-
fice without ballot frauds. In fact is may
on that committee who don’t owe not only
lot frauds. The pledge for reform is there
fore a false pretence induced by a fear
oriminal prosecutions. =
. Bat it’s bad form to look a gift horse
the mouth and whatever influence brou
the members of the committee’
ent frame of mind, they oug
a ohanoe to carry out the pl
er words, the Governor ought to call $h
Legislature into extraordinary session
the earliest possible moment so as so
thus, being no difference: on the question of:
Supreme or Superior cours bench, make the
fight this year for the State’ Treasuryship.
Leaving to another moment the consid-
eration of this question we go back to polis-
ical conditions in Philadelphia. ‘Since
tip close of our’ sditorial page last week a
good many shinge have happened in thas
time for the next election. These
delphians may change their minds before
the next regular session and thusa great
opportunity for reform would be sacrificed.
is ees
"arrested on the obarge of ‘participating in
the conttaots of the city in violasion of the
| law. Of course that was unimportant be-
‘cause CAVEN is a small fry in the school of
political fish. But at the hearing of his
ase it was developed that State Senator J.
P. MoNicHOL and Insurance Commiscioner
IseAEL 'W. DURHAM are thé principals in
the cofitracti ng firm of D. J. MoNicHoL &
Co., which has been robbing the city for
years,and shat both are liable to severe pun.
ishment under the lawe which they have
deliberately violated. T15
Thus we have revealed ‘‘the most infla-
ential political leader in ‘Philadelphia’ in
his real character as a criminal robbing the
community in which he lives through con-
‘tracts unlawfully obtained from council
which be controlled absolutely, while pro-
tessing to fill the office of Insurance Com-.
'Roosevelt’s Peace Plans Move Slow.
The slow progress of the peace negotia-_
tions. is. annoying President RoOSEVELT
vastly, we learn from the daily papers. A
few days ago the columns of the metropoli-
tan journals were teeming with enthusias-
tio accounts of his magnificent achievement.
It was the diplomatic trinmph of the whole:
‘world and all time, those partial admirers
of our strenuous chief Magistrate declared.
No other man, could have accomplished i,
they said. It was his splendid statesman-
‘ship shat challenged the attention of the
| belligerénts and held them in hypnotic em-
brace until he dove of peace touched their.
lipy with the nectar of tranquility. I
missioner of. the State.. We are informed. really. wan SoteShing bos bey oud of as'iy
tha it may be diffalt to eohvict she cul- | "1h gue (TEST M60 tor the ellve branch
pritd in this dase.” ‘That fs to say, the laws a8 the stunk, of the, ssheme of, so $ipen
ials are concerned are purposely so | Bus the parties to this grand’ agreement’
sis, i Ea SEE WE vemora i e
m a rom p n- | . { Bp y dada % i} TR EY SEAT ER
ime a in caro ts di: opti nd wilh he sped fu bor
one side, and LINEVITCH; on the other, ap-'
who have done so much toward keeping the
town industrially dotive.
fully considered Dorm AM a Aid
a ——— ead and Merce
ion in whioli all the evidence n
! pear to have bad no information of the
= ST RIGHTS AND FEDERAL UNION.
BELLEFONTE, PA., JUNE 23, 1905.
| President's benevolent project and are ex- |
| bausting all their energies in preparation
for an encounter which will wipe one or the
other of the combatants off the face of the
earth and such a result, the President be-
lieves, will ruin all prospects of peace on
| the ROOSEVELT plan. In other words, the
President assumes that Russia will ‘sustain
a crushing defeat which in turn “would
tainly a sad thought, particularly to the
President. : ¢
We are taking no liberties with the exec-
utive character when we say that of Presi-
dent ROOSVELT’S regrets one part is on ao-
count of humanity in general and nine
parts on account of ROOSEVELT himself. It
may be no fault of his own but for some in-
explicable reason President ROOSEVELT'S
friends makea ‘BILLY HOGAN’ of him at
every opportunity and they ocour too -fre-
quently. That is to say, they laud him to
the skies for some admirable but uncomplet-
€d action and then when it fails of fruition
the whole world gives him a laugh of the
horse variety. In fact all his beneficent
enterprises have fallen down, one after an-
other,and when the collapse comes he looks
like thirty cents. © We sincerely hope thas
his present undertaking will be suocessfal
but candor compels the statement that she
outlook is dubious.
Pennypacker and Darham.
Nothing amuses us more than the ser
ious talk of esteemed contemporaries of
the probability that Governor PENNYPACK-
ER will remove Insurance Commissioner
DURHAM because of the exposure of his
connection with the iniquities of Philadel-
phia. There is nothing farthur from the
fact. The developments are simply
strengthening the bonds of friendship be-
tween DURHAM and PENNYPACKER. They
make the inconceivable old idiot in: the
dask and enterprise which enabled Du;
HAM to loot the Philadelphia treasury and
make himself one of the rich men of 3
peculiarly opulent community.
Those who imagine that PENNYPACK-
ER’S admiration for Quay was the conse-
quence of kindnip are gravely mistaken.
A singularly vain man is paturally drawn
fo an other by the ties of blood relation-
ip. and no doubt in the beginning
PENNYPACKER admired Quay for no
other reason than that he was a relative.
But later the admiration was strengthened.
to absolute affection because of Quay’s
‘magnificent courage and success in crime
Everybody has read of the youthful per-
verts of the slums who, after studying a
m eretricions dime novel or two make an
idol of a train robber or a pirate. Pre-
PENNYPACKER a worshipper of Quay.
Is is necessary $0 add thas the recent de-
velopments with respect to DUREAM’S life
have increased the friendship between him-
self and PENNYPACKER? To indicate such
an impression would be fo question the in-
| telligence of the reader. The truth is that
frauds and there isn’t & man on tha com- g
be said that there aren’s half a dozen men |
the necessary legislation in operation in Shoat on
their positions bus their livelihoods to bal. | UP #
ear being a va-
ugh" solicitorship at the
ne council, Tuesday night,
an ARMSTRONG wens
te, and HEWITT, of Al-
opinions without con-
3, the borough solicitor. Had
been smoothed over there
would have been another job for WaRING.
TATA.
——Democratic State Chairman JAMES
of the Demooratic State committee to be
beld in Harrisburg June 28th for she pur-
Pose of fixing a date for the reconvening of
the Demooratic State convention to nomi-
nate a candidate for Superior cours justice.
eR —————
——No, we don’t have any intention of
asking *‘Is it warm enough for you?’’ be-
‘cause we know it was. But for a few’
days last week and the early part of shis
the weather was certainly of the record-
breaking variety. Monday the thermom-
eter registered 96° in the shade outdoors
while in the Bellefonte shirt factory it reg-
istered 102° at 5 o’clock in the evening...
—~—Monday alternoon and evening was
a great day for big trout. About ‘the mid-
dle of the afternoon a twelve-year-old boy
oaught a, speckled beauty, not. over fifty
Mees from the WATCHMAN office, which:
measured fifteen inches and weighed one
‘and a half pounds. In the evening anoth-
er small boy landed another fifeen inoh
trous while Judge Love ‘caught one four:
teen inches in length. ©
orerSubeoribe.for the WATCHMY. .
arouse all that stubbornness for which Rus-
sia is noted and impel her to refuse to think
about laying down her arms.”” That is cer-
executive office at Harrishurg adm on | if.
cisely the same influences have made |
K.P. HALL has issued a call for a meeting
| either. : But whereist
The Difference.
From Collier's Weekly. Po
The triumph of Japan is taken in var-
ious ways by a complicated universe. We
prefer to.observe it in the first place for
what it teaches of value to ourselves. The
American bill for alcoholic drinks during a
single year is estimated in dolarsalone at
a billion and a quarter. What it:is in con-
sequences who shall estimate? Japan drinks
with the moderation which she. exhibits in
every phase of life. Her people so far care
less for show, for personal eonspiouonsness,
than they do for ends of general : weight.
Mr. Roosevelt, it seems to us,
the war, e Japanese were worried for
months by the fewness of their battleships,
but by moralty—by sobriety, devotion,
courage; and intelligence. = They did not
win by talk and bluster either, They
have: shown,
calm fair-mindedness, a predominating
taste, a hostility to mere noise and
thunder, an ability ‘to be quiet and
mind their business, whether that business
be art, domestic labor; or deadly war. To
be sure of the quality of our sailors, the
disinterestedness of promotions, the honesty
of contracts, the subordination of personal
gain and ambition—all this. is; more im-
portant than the tonnage of our fleet. It
or battleships as it is the way they will be
managed in emergency. In . reading of
Japanese viotories we: have reflected less
uponthe exact number of: our ships than
we hve on the promotion of General Wood,
the career of General Alger, the gquabble
between Sampson and Sohley, the politics
for and against, Miles, the tems mad-
ness of Admiral Dewey, and: she relation
between naval. contracts and she aoquisi-
tion of private wealth. Some of our read:
ers will think this editorial is unsympss
shetio, hut there are: two ideals of patriot-
ism. The. Russian bureancrats rejoiced
their prowess. Japanese represented
an ideal which was different,. but not less
truly patriotic. § fo ;
,» An Indian Rockefeller,
Chicago Times.
Itis believed: that Sayaji Roo, the rajah
of Baroda, is the of - wealth equal
superior to that of John D. Rocke-
He was educated in an English
mniversity and his people are well gov-
erned. Much of his vast riches is in the
form of precious stones, His wife owns the
most famous diamond necklace in the
world. - Tt ie worth $12,000,000, and is
made up of 200 stones, each the size of a
bazel nut. - She also has a collarette of 500
perfect diamonds, none less than 20 carats.
In the treasure chamber is a ocarpes four
Square yards in surface, made up entirely
ropes of diamonds, ‘pearls A rakies.
16 required $4,000,000 worth of gems and
three years of labor. The long eorridors-
of the palace are lined” with ‘marble and
onyx of incalculable value. The palace is
steam-heated and electric elevators are
placed ‘at frequent intervals. Bronzes,
paintings, statuary, all imported and worth
wany millions of dollars, are scattered
throughout the royal dwelling. ri
tt ———————
The Vulnerable Battleship.
Hartford Times, i \
The small number of men in Congress of
‘whom Senator Hale, of Maine, is the most
.intelligens and courageous, who have stood
out constantly against the ory for more and
more battleships, should find their cause
much strengthened in the next Congress
by such a conclusive presentation of she
facts ss Mr. Benjamin has given in the
‘‘Independent.”’ With a deficit of nearly
$40,000,000 a year to be provided for, and
, with a hundred millions yet to be spent on
warships now in process of conssruction for
he United States government, Congress
will do well to refuse for the next two:
years at least. $0 authorize the laying down
of any more of these slow-moving and im-
mensely costly: vessels which can be sent to
the bottom more readily than swifs armored
cruisers, as bas been shown by the Jap-:
nese in the destruction of the great Rus-
sign war fleet... Fora nhsn iy ai
; (1 ———
New Us for the Milidary.
From the Chicago, Public. nes ;
‘When the merchants of Chicago wan
troope to prevent occasional ' missile-shrow-
ing from ten-story windows, and the gov-
ernor of Missouri is re; ‘ 0 oontem-
plate sending troops to - St. Louis to keep
iquor saloons closed on - Sunday, the ques-
tion arises 8 Whether we Should; ros -call ior
troops to taxes from: odgers,
‘generally to displace civil by military
ernment, The demand for troops in Amer-
joan cities today would have delighted
George III if is had beén as . insistent in
years ago...
True, Every Word of Xe. Eo
From the Clearfield Republican. ¢
eT fn
Pennsylvania can afford in justice to him-
self to vote for Plummer fos Skate Trees
urer. Plummer op every measure of-
fered in the last Legislature in the inter-
est of the miners. The Democratic candi-
date, William H. Berry, bas always stood
.up valiantly for the rights of the. men who
earn their bread by the sweat of their
brow. x ! :
——Port Matilda can -hoast of perhaps
the most remarkablé man in the county in
the person of William Lewis, who next.
January will be 91 years old. Notwith-
standing his great age he shoulders his axe:
aod with dinner bucket in hand walks two
od
miles 0 the mountain; cals and peels one
ota of Donte west every aa. Io when
he receives $2.00 a cord, jd walks the two
miles back to his home in the evening.
This he bas done all summer, and is doing
now as hot as the weather is, and he
doesn’t consider 1 anything remarkable,
ere another man in
the county, or'State even, of his age, who
‘could do likewise. : I
. too’
much noise about fighting-ship : aspect of
‘bus in the end they won, not by numbers
in peace and war, a]
is not so much the number of torpedo boats
loudly and sufficiently in their virtues and |
gov.
the American colonies a hundred ‘and fitsy |
Spawls from the Keystone.
—The fourth annual Bible conference of
the Young Men’s Christia% - Association will
be held at Eagles Mere July 3rd to 12th.
—The second annual reunion of the Quig-
gle-Montgomery families, relatives and
friends wil take place on the Pine Station
camp meeting grounds on Thursday, Aug.
3, 1905.
—Edward Horton, of East Canton, Brad-
ford county, has a. peach orchard . of
3000 thrifty trees, from which he expects
tosecure an average of one bushel of fine
each this fall.
—At Jeannette, Westmoreland county,
last Sunday night, burglars entered the
room of Miss Louise Ashe and stole about
$300 belonging to a company for which Miss
Ashe was collector.
—The new steel bridge across the Susque-
‘hanna river at Danville connecting. South
‘Danville and Danville, was opened on June
10. ; This bridge replaces the one destroyed
-by. the floods in the spring of 1904.
—Samuel Greason, colored, was acquitted
at Reading of the murder of John Edwards.
Mrs. Kate Edwards, wife of the murdered
man, whose testimony convicted Greason
over three -years ago, Monday comp 'etely
‘exonerated him.
neach
PY
—Seven persons confined in the county
Jail at Coudersport had nearly completed ar-
rangements to escape, when a prisoner in the
Jail informed Sheriff W. A. Stevens what
was going on who frustrated their plans and
prevented a jail delivery.
A panic was almost created Thursday
att ernoon in Pittsburg by the appearance in
a department store of two young women in
hoopskirts. It required the services of three
policemen to get them through the crowd of
‘one thousand people and escort them home
{ — Mrs. Amanda Bowen and her son Harry,
of Mt. Union, Huntingdon county, realized
one hundred and fifty dollars this year from
a half-acre planted in strawberries. The
season’s crop exceeded 2000 quarts. The
demand for Mrs. Bowen’s berries exceeded
the supply. i ‘
—Henry Rose, who has been a rural mail
carrier between Bedford and Rainburg for
more than ten years, is in jail at the former
place, charged with forgery. It is alleged
that Rose forged the name of James B.
Miller, who was burned ‘to death in his
black smith shop the morning of May 22, to
a note for $2,100. :
~The Morris Run strike has been settled
and the miners who have been out of work
for the past 14 months are back at work.
The settlement was arrived at through con-
cessions made by both parties, but the
miners regard it as their victory. The
strikérs have been able to hold ont through
a contribution of $4,200 a week from the
United Mine Workers.
—Jacob Heisel, of Scalp Level, Cambria
county, was 100 years old the first of June.
He is well prserved, reads without glasses
and is fond of telling stories of the State
when game was plentiful and settlers few
and scattered. He has lived under the
administration of every president of the
United States except those of Washington
and the first Adams.
, —The annual exhibit of the industrial de-
partments and the exercises connected with
the close of the present term of the schools
at the Pennsylvania Industrial Reformatory
at Huntingdon will be held Thursday, June
29th, in the afternoon at 2 o'clock, and in
the evening at 7.30 o'clock. The annual
address will be delivered by Rev. J. Y.
Mitchell D. D., of Lancaster.
—Four hundred members of the Veteran
Employes association of the Middle division
of the Pennsylvania railroad held their
annual reunion in Harrisburg Thursday
and voted to meet there again in 1906. OC. A.
Preston, of Altoona, superintendent of the
division, who was re-elected president, was
toastmaster at a banquet in the evening.
Toasts were responded to by Adjutant Gen-
eral Stewart, Justice Orlady of the Superior
court and prominent railroad men.
—Between Johnstown and Elton thereis
hardly an apple tree to be seen that has not
been riddled by canker worms. In some.
orchards only a stray leaf here and there
has escaped the vermin. Other fruit as well
as many fruit trees have likewise suffered.
‘01d inhabitants declare that they cannot
recall anything like what is to be seen this
year, In 1904 the trees were badly damaged,
but the destruction this year is far more gen-
eral and sweeping.
' —A gigantic combination, composed of the
Bethlehem Steel company and other east-
ern steel properties in which Charles M.
| Schwab is interested, and companies controll.
ing huge tracts of both developed and unde-
veloped coal lands in Indiana, Clearfield,
‘Cambria, Fayette, Westmoreland and Som-
erset counties, is, it iseaid; about to be con-
summated. Allin all, the coal acreage in-
volved is'said to be about 200,000, and steel
plants are said to number ten,and more than
70 miles of railroad tapping the various
mines and ‘coke ovens are to be includ-
—Frank C. Stoughton Jr., son of Super-
viser Frank C. Stoughton, of the Lewisburg
& Tyrone railroad, was instantly killed. at
Hijghspire Wednesday afternoon. He was
a member of a civil engineering corps, at.
work on the railroad, and stepped out of the !
| way of a south bound freight train directly
in front of a passenger ‘train. The young:
man’s sister, Mrs. P. B. Creager, of Plains"
field, N. J., was a passenger on the train.
She was enroute to Lewisburg, to attend
the commencement exercises. at Bucknell, a
sister, Margaret, being one of the graduates.
When the accident happened she stepped to
the door to discover the cause and saw the
‘mangled body of her brother.
: + —Scalp Level postoffice, Cambria. county,
‘has been in charge of ladies of the Buchanan
family almost: sixteen years. On july 1st,
1889, Mrs. Elizabeth C. Buchannan took
charge of the post office and continued in of-
fice until her death, July 23, 1904, when her
daughter, Miss Margaret, who had been as-
sistant postmaster; became the head of the
office. Her sister, Miss Lonise, is assistant.
The office has about 500 patroms, many of:
whom are foreigners working in the mines,
and since the establishment of a money
order department in the office in 1898, over
25,090 money orders have been issued.