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; Ink Slings.
—The dog days are coming. While they
will make timid people fear rabies they
wont keep the kids from going swimming.
—The five new battleships recently add-
ed to the Japanese navy were built by the
Russian government. How generous those
Russians must be.
~—Bumper crop reports from the West
will have a tendency to take much of the
profis off the large yields in Centre county
this season.
—District Attorney Bell, of Philadelphia,
bad his leg broken in a falling elevator on
Wednesday. His political neck was brok-
en a few days before.
—And Mr. Root, the new Secretary of
State, calls the Philadelphia machine ‘‘a
criminal combination masquerading under
the head of Republicans.’’
—The thermometer registered 105° in
the Bellefonte shirt factory at four o’clock
Tuesday afternoon, but ‘‘The song of the
Shirt”’ went on without interruption.
—1If Russia should depose her Czar and
put up four Grand Dukes to run the gov-
ernment it would simply mean a litile
more work for the bomb makers, that’s all.
—Mr. Boston LAWSON admits that some
of his millions belong to other people, but
he very discretely remarks that the time
has not just arrived for Lim to restore
them.
—The Indiana squire who offers to mar-
ry couples and furnish a nights lodging for
filty cents must be expecting to get his
worn out furniture rewnewed from a Christ-
mas tree.
—There are a few funny stories that the
facetious CHAUNCY M. DEPEW will prob-
ably refrain from telling after dinners these
days and they are all about the Equitable
and CHAUNCEY.
— Philadelphia was probably just a little
hotter for the DURHAM-MoNICHOL gang
than it was for any of the other residents.
Most of them were prostrated, however,
some time ago. :
—CHARLES LEITSTONE, of New York,
was ‘put in jail on Wednesday because
he deserted his family of twenty-one chil-
dren. ‘Poor man. Another chancejto ask
‘What's in a name 2’
—RoBERT 0sG00D, of Boston, having
purchased Ms. Washington, N. H., for
$365,000 we suppose they will be having a
modern case of MAHOMET and the moun-
tain to talk about up there.
“That the two fellows who succeeded
in swimming the Niagara rapids were not
drgwned was probably because the powers
that: be deemed
“Fool-Killer”’ be in at their finish:
It is announced that HETTY GREEN has
purchased a $250,000 farm in Texas so that
her son can follow floriculture. Success
to the young man, but he will never be
able togrow a ‘‘posy’’ like his rich old
mother.
—How many of the ladies who are sit-
ting up these nights playing bridge until
the morning hours appear; sweltering in
lamp light and fancy gowns, will find it
entirely too warm to spend an hour in
church Sanday Morning ?
—The Russian diplomats are to receive
$200 per day for making peace, while the
poor Russian soldiers get but six cents a
day. for making war. Perhaps that isjone
of the reasons that the war has not been
made any better than it has.
. —Last Saturday was St. '‘Swithin’s day’
and there are some who believe it to have
great influence over coming weather. For
instance, because it did not rain that day
they say we will not bave rain for the next
forty days. Judging from the way it rain-
ed Wednesday we imagine there are some
other joba'St. Swithin might have gotten at
with fairer chances of Suceess than being 2 a
“weather proghoatiator, x
—Such trash ‘might have bees Fapsotel
from such a source: and that is the reason
no ene will be: other . than: amused at the
Hollidaysburg Register’s asinine assertion
that Republicans ‘outside Philadelphia in
this State will vote the ticket ‘straight this
fall in order to uphold the President. The
elecgion of a State Treasurer | in Pennsylva-
nia next fall has about as ‘mach to do with
national politics as the editor of the RBegis-
ter has with the ladies of tbe barem. of ‘the
Sultan of Sala. «© noe Es
—“The boycott ‘of "American gps is’ on
in China. Well, the United States oan-
not afford to trade exports for immigra-
tion,’’ says the Pittsburg Zimes of yester-
day. And; that is exactly what will. be
done hy theiadministration. Just mark it
down‘in your little note book ‘and: see ‘if
the Presidenit wont use the plea of getting
Chinamen to wotk on ‘the
canal as a pretext for, ‘breaking down’
the bar, but the real purpose will be to
lift the. Chinese. ‘embargo, off American
manufaobnres: ., oie, ad dist
—The young ‘man and woman who were’
put ‘off’ a' ‘train at English, Ind., ‘because
they were unable to pay their fare certainly’
had recources, to burn. No sooner had
they landed on. the station platform: than
the young man stripped off -hizfaney vest
and put it upat auetion tothe - bystanders.
Then the young lady’ ‘prod uced dix “pair of
silk stockings which 'were offered to the’
highest bidder. In this" way they soon
raised enough to paytheéirfire to'St. Louis.
How:different people are ! Now: most girls’
around. this section: would walk clear to St.
Louis for six. pair of silk stockings: and |
some of them would doit in heat like Tues:
it desirable that the |:
Isthmian |
9,
day . wil wok
shit 54
VOL. 50
Where the Fault Lies.
We are accomplishing a good deal in the
way of educating the public mind on the
subject of corruption in office but only a
few of the writers for the public prints
have thus far developed sufficient courage
| to tell the whole truth concerning the sub-
ject. That is to say, comparatively few as-
oribe the blame for the almost universal
exis tence of graft in public affairs to where
it belongs. There are a few, however, and
the number is increasing. For example, a
couple of years ago Mr. LINCOLN STEFFENS
declared that the respectable rich are main-
ly responsible and it took the breath of
many of them. Now dozens of men write
the same thing and thousands are begin:
ning to believe.
An esteemed Philadelphia contemporary
said the other day that ‘powerful corpora-
tion interests have long been allied with
the corrupt organization in Pennsylvania
for reasons of mutual fear and mutual ad”
vantage.” A week or so ago a New York
contemporary confidently alleged that the
railroad and bank presidents are responsi-
ble for the looting of the Equitable Assur-
ance Society and that the funds of that cor-
poration have been freely used to maintain
in power the Republican machine of that
State. We all know that the president of
the Pennsylvania railroad selected the suc-
cessor to the late Senator QUAY in the
United States Senate and that that and
other corporations have supplied a large
pars of the corruption fand to the Republi-
can machine for many years.
The truth is that the criminals of this
country are the captains of industry and fi-
pance. Few of us knew anything about
grat until those men began corrupting
councils of cities and towns in order to get
franchises and that from those small begin-
nings bave grown the colossal systems of
graft which now disgrace every section of
the country. Legislatures are debauched
and executives corrupted by these magnates
and the evil will never be remedied until
popular indignation is directed toward the
real authors of the crime.
Bumping Paul Morton.
Seoretary of the Navy BONAPARTE has
given his predecessor in office a sharp re-
buke. A short time before MORTON left
the office he removed naval lieutenants
J. W. C. WALKER and F. R. HARRIS from
their assignments as inspectors of the con-
struction of the great dry dock at Charles-
ton. South Carolina. The complaint
against the young officers was that they were
too exacting and the complainant the con-
tractor, a rich New York corporation. Be-
cause the contractor had used inferior ma-
terials the inspectors (ompelled him todo
part of the work over again and when he
was using bad concrete in afloor the in-
spectors informed him that they would not
approve the work.
At this point the contractor appealed to
the commandant, Admiral DODGE, who
promptly and emphatically sustained the
inspectors. The specifications, he declared,
require a-certain quality of material and
the officers of the navy can accept nothing
less. But the contractor knew a thing or
two, which plain old’'sea dogs never dream-
ed of. ‘He went tothe Secretary of the
Na vy, MORTON, and filed his complaint.
MORTON'S ear is always open to the rich
and powerful and he listened attentively to
the tale of woe. = Without investigation or
{inquiry of any kind he ordered the dismis-
sal of the inspectors and inferentially gave
the contractor license to Toos to bis heart's
‘content.’ ! 197109
' Naval officers don’t submit as uisily 3 as
some others to palpable wrongs and Admir-
al DODGE, on bebalf of the young officers ot
his staff, filed an appeal from the decision of
Secretary MORTON which came nnder the
notice of his successor, in office, . Secretary
BONAPARTE.
an investigation the result of which is that
on Saturday last an order was issued restor-
ing the inspectors . to their former places
and incidentally putting the contractor un-
der the necessity of performing his work
according. to specificaions or. forfeiting his
compensation altogether. ..: The contractor
‘has the right of appeal to the President bat
it is not likely that'he will interfere.’
IB 8 ce——]
| Will Not Blunder Again.
! The refasal of District Attorney BELL, of
Philadélphia; to proceed’ against the Repub-
Tican’ grafters’ through the process recom-
‘mended by ‘the Mayor's counsel indicates |
that the machine hasn't given-up hope of a
restoration to power.” It the courts were in
sympathy with the'reformy movement évery
possible expedient to punish’ “§hé péfpetra-’
tors of crime would be adopted. Bat in
the absence of such ‘sympathy, in, fact with
proof, positive. thas, the; conrts prefer to
shield rather than punish grafters; the, ma-
chine managers -natarally imagine that be-
fore long public interédt in” “thé affair will
abaté'and the'’ hands will be back at ‘the’
helm.’ “If this’ expeotation is’ fallled it
will be a sad day for the, city of Philadel:
.bhia, $44
1 But aside from tha feature of the affairs
. That gentleman instituted [i
‘tions. ;
'D. CAMERON and C. L, MAGEE repaid the,
STATE RIGHTS AND FEDERAL UNION.
BELLEFONTE, PA., JULY 21, 1905.
the refusal of the District Attorney to adopt
the safest, swiftest and surest method of
proceeding against the grafters is a menace
against the peace and good order of the
community. The District Attorney is an
officer of the court. He is part of the ma-
chinery of justice. As such he is sworn to
prosecute all violaters of the law with all
his zeal and to the full measure of his abil-
ity. He is not required to adopt the meth-
od suggested by private counsel in the case
unless it is the best method. In other
words, be has a discretion but is expected to
exercise it in the interest of the people rath-
er than the criminals.
In the case in point the District Attorney
has used his discretionary power,nof in be
halt of the people,but in the interest of the
scoundrels who have been robbing the peo-
ple. The courts are lending themselves to
the service of criminals and making justice
an impossibility.Is is a grave crime against
the people and involves much danger.
When criminals learn that they are immune
from punishment they grow bolder in their
operations. The Philadelphia grafters
wouldn’t have been defeated in the gas deal
if they hadn’t been over confident of their
power. The over-confidence led them into
error of delay which gave time to arouse
public sentiment. If they are restored to
power thiey won’t blunder again. They
will take the people by the throat.
Root and Pennsylvania Republicans,
The letter of ELIHU Roor to Mayor
WEAVER, of Philadelphia, distinctly sepa-
rates the PENROSE-DURHAM machine from
the Republican party. ‘‘I have a strong
desire,” writes the coming Secretary of
State, ‘‘that the city of Philadelphia, whose
‘history and good name are so dear to every
American, shall be relieved from the stain
which a corrapt and criminal combination,
masquerading under the name of Republi-
cans, have put upon her.”” A more accu-
rate statement of the facts conld hardly be
made. The “corrupt and criminal combi-
nation’’ has no relationship to the Republi-
can party of LINCOLN and HARRISON, SuM-
NER and THAD STEVENS.
But it is the Republican party of Penn-
sylvania, even Mr. RooT must admit. For
twenty years this combination of political
pirates and party highwaymen have abso:
Tutely controlled the Republican organiza-
tion of the State. It directed and dictated
the legislation of all recent sessions and
selected the candidates of the party. Even
now the head of the Republican ticket in
the State, J. LEE PLUMMER, candidate for
State Treasurer, is the most subservient
slave of that combination that there is in
the State. He was absolutely subservient
during the last session and it is no exagger-
ation to say tbat he would have set fire to
the Capitol building if DURHAM had order-
ed him to do so.
Therefore Mr. RooT must repudiate the
Republican organization of Pennsylvania
as well as that of the city of Philadelphia.
He muss request the real Republicans of
Pennsylvania tc vote against the machine
candidate for State Treasurer if he really
believes that his associates, those who oon-
trol him, are criminals and ought to be
prosecuted. Americans can’t separate the
city from the State. The pride which is
felt for the good name of Philadelphia must
extend to the good name of the State and if
the coming Premier of the ROOSEVELT ad-
ministration is consistent he will oppose
the election of the slave of the machine
which be condemne.
Plummer the Worst Grafter.
In directing the prosecution of Statis-
tician HOLMES, of the Department of Agri-,
culture, President ROOSEVELT has very
| emphatically’ ‘expressed his detestation ‘of
graft. HOLMES; he said in ‘substauce, is a
greater 'sconndrel than if he had stolen
money from the government hecause he had
used the government to deceive the people
.and make money for himself and others.
If he is consistent then he can’t have any
political or commercial ‘relations’ with: ‘the
Republican machine of this State.’ It bas
Been using the’ government of the State and
those of the cities of Philadelphia and
Pittsbarg to make money for its managers
ever since QUAY set the example by using
.| the poblic funds for spenulative PuIposes
as far back as 1880.
~ At shat time QuAY took $100, 000. out of
the sinking fund of ‘which hie ‘was 'a” Com="
missioner and Tost it in Wall ‘streét opera
Subsequently to avoid a scandal J,
money. But the narrow escape, he had to.
threaten to commis suicide, in order to get
the money from CAMERON and MAGEE,bad:
no lasting correcéive influence ‘on: his mind:
Less than five years afterward; while he was
himself Treasurer, he again’ used the funds’
of the Sate § to speculate. in Chicago, Street
railway, 8 ares. "Thint, operation proved |
profitable and be repaid the money out, of
his gains. ‘But ten years. after that he
again, got, “his fingers into the “surplus. for, ‘
use of his son Dick and the suicide; of a
| bank: cashier and she worrying to: death: of
Treasurer HAYWO00D was the resulf.
i Instead of condemning QUAY for these
admits of doubt.
crimes which are so atrocious in the estima-
tion of RoosEVELT the Republican legisla-
ture has voted him a monument and every
follower of the beneficiary of the use of the
State’s funds has since been grafting at
every opportunity. DURHAM and Mo-
NicHoL and PENROSE and others have
been taking whatever happened to come
their way but the worst grafter of all is J.
LEE PLUMMER, the Republican candidate
for State Treasurer. During the last ses-
sion of the Legislature he perverted the
benevolence of the State to graft and every
charity appropriation made by the last Leg-
islature is said to have been subject toa
rebate for the benefit of the bosses, PLUM-
MER’S share of the swag being the nomi-
nation for State Treasurer with what it im-
plies.
Republican Chinese Policy.
That the Republican party is ‘‘facing
Jo on the Chinese question no longer
Not long ago it was an-
nounced in a tentative way that the Isth-
mian canal commission was considering the
‘question of importing Chinese laborers to
work in the ditch. Some time afterward
the President in a self-official way instruct-
ed immigration agents to exclude no China-
men entitled to entrance under the act of
Congress and since that there is talk of
such modification of the exclusion law as
will command the approval of the Chinese
government. In other words, the scheme is
to put Chinese on a common level with
others, so far as entry into this country is
‘concerned.
The Republican party is the party of op-
portunism and is absolutely without prin-
ciple. A few years ago,under the leader-
ship of some California demagogues, a bit-
ter opposition was created against the
Chinese which was adopted by the labor
organizations of the country. Then the
Republican party took it up and enacted
legislation which practicaily excluded all
Chinamen from coming to this country. As
a matter of fact, while the atrocious TER-
RENCE V. POWDERLY was at the head of
the immigration bureau Chinamen who
bad been born in this country andfsubse-
quently visited the land of their forefathers
were refused the right to re-enter. It was
popular, however, and-the Republican par:
ty approved.
The pretense for the present movement
toward a reversal of policy on the Chinese
question is that it impairs our commercial
relations with China and diminishes the
volume of trade with Asia. That is purely
a subterfuge without foundation in fact.
The Chinese have a right to resent our
treatment of Chinamen. No other country
in the civilized world excludes them as we
do. Bat our trade with China wouldn’t
be very great even if we made that empire
a “‘favored nation.’”’ They don’t buy much
yaar for the reason that they don’f
need much and they haven’t money to buy
extensively anyway. The real reason that
the Republicans now favor a liberal Chinese
policy is that the trusts want cheap labor.
The : County’s Crops.
- Reports from all over the county are in
effect that the wheat and hay orop is
‘the best raised in this’ section in years
and if the weather shall continue favorable
until all crops are safely housed the
farmers will have cause to be thankfal. In
addition to the wheat and hay ‘the oats
crop promises to be an equally large one.
Corn is not so good, being thin on the
ground in many places, owing to the cool
. weather at the time it was planted and}the
ravages of the cut worm after it was up.
All kinds of fruit, with the exoeption of
apples in some parts of the county, give
promise of an abundant yield: The berry
erop is a big one while there never has been
a better year for all kinds of garden prod-
uots. , :
. It is true that the price of wheat is no§
as high as the farmers would like to have
if, but then wheat is only one of the staple
crops, and the price is really as high as the
laboring man can afford to pay, even if he:
Has work every day in the week.’ Hay out
‘of the field is bringing a good prise per |
Toad while the farmers find ready sale, at a
: good profit, for all the garden produce and
berries’ they send ‘to market. And in ad-
dition | to. the above two of the moss. staple
products. of the farm, batter and eggs, are
higher this' summer than they have been in
Centre county in years, the prevailing price
'So far being twenty, cents per pound for
butter and the same. price per. dozen: for.
eggs. And wien it comes to buying chick-
ens, the price assed is almost beyond reach
of any but the ver. wealthy,
y Verily the ‘farme this year has no jusé
cause for complaint;
anorning. and view his\,golden wheat in
shook; his broad-ficlds of waving grass, his
reenaores of oats and oorn;
his Hicker almost before flog Yee nt
DIOHe a that Ly “sto
fold abundant orops’and retire at night sat"
isfie@ ‘that his'lot ib’ life ‘is not" Hy any
means the hardest to bear. PUR CEL
e can. go out in the
Fy whtoh his:
thriving herds graze in pastur&—évén odunt’|
NO.28.
Should be Asked to Witharaw.
From the Pittsburg Times.
Admittedly the responsible manage
of the Republican party in is manag ives is
ticket next November. Every effort is be-
ing made so allay publio feeling and to nen-
tralize the antagonisms which sprung np
all over the Commonwealth. is feeling
and indignation are the outgrowth. of the
noissome Philadelphia situation, which
bas served to inflame loyal Republicans
from the Delaware to the Ohio—Republi-
milated by the conduct of the State ma-
chine in its manipulation of the legislature
and the appointing. pewers at Harrisburg
The brutalities of past years had
borne with seemi tience, however, the
lack of opportunity fo resent them and be-
cause public sentiment had not orystallized
sufficiently to vitalize any effort to punish
the powers of ey But now the storm is
coming as sure as , hat night follows the
day unless there be some adequate meas-
ures taken to < Rapa demands of hough.
ful and sincere licans.
The nominee for iate justice of the
Supreme cou
didates for ark Jona tl
be opr and Je can-
e ope rs on
the Republican Hoket— ea E.
Rice, James A. Beaver Ju oie . Or-
lady—are unassailable and are acceptable to
the entire party, if not to the Democrats as
well. Not so with J. Lee Plummer, of Blair
the nominee for State Treasurer.
servile creature of the very mao ne that
has made Philadelphia infamous aud that
has made Harrisburg for some Fears pass.
the hatching place for jobbers, bribe g ivers,
grafters, ‘‘ripper’’ statesmen and fgnc
grabbers. For, after all, the Philadel
gang has constituted so large and inflc
tial a part of the State machine that the
cannot well be differentiated, and it wa
Plummer who did the work of the State
machine at the head of the ap ppropriations
committee of the last house and who assist.
ed it in every way, to put through its legis-
lation aod work out its session deals.
other power on earth put him on the tickes
for State Treasurer and its reasons for wans |
ing any given individual for that particular |
office are so well known as to require nodi-
agram. It has been painfully apparent
ever since the nomination, almost three
months ago, that Plammer is the valner-
able man on the ticket and that on him the
whole attack of the opposition will be cen-
tered—all of which is natural’ and also
proper.
* * * * * * * *
Mr. Plummer should be asked to with-
draw and the State committee should put
a better man in his place. has been
dove before witha State candidate and |
well worth ‘while to_take apy:
will stay the storm. ey took np Jona
and cast him forth into do sea; and the sea
ceased from her raging.’’
Roosevelt Self Condemned.
From the Harrisburg Star-Independent.
When the President and Attorney Gen-
eral decided against prosecuting the officers
of the Santa Fe railroad for violating the
Interstate Commerce aot, they deliberately
violated a law which they are both sworn
to execute. In the Elkins’ amendment to
the Sherman law there is this provision:
‘‘Anything.done or omitted to be done by
a corporation common carrier, subject to
the aot to regulate commerce, and the acts
amendatory thereof, which if done,or omit-
ted to be done by any director or officer
thereof, or any receiver, trustee, lessee,
agent or person acting for or employed by
such corporation would constitute a misde-
meanor’’,
In their report upon the question of the
rebates paid by the Santa Fe railroad to
the Colorado Fuel and Iron Company Speoci-
al Counsel Harmon and Judson pointed
out that the law had been violated with the’
assent of the officers of both corporations
and that Paul Morton was Vice President
and Traffic Manager of the railroad. - Mr.
Judson, an eminent lawyer, added that
crime is always personal and that the pun-
ishment of the individual who had violat-
ed the law is the only way to stop the of-
fence. But for the reason that the}prinoi-
pal offender’in’ the Santa Fe case was a per-
sonal friend of the President and a member
of his Cabinet, the President has violated
the law in order to shield him. :
Addressing the graduates and undergrad:
uates of Harvard College the other day the
President said ‘that the greatest of all evils
/is the lawlessness of men who, ‘because of
their wealth or position are beyond the pen-
alties of the'law. If that be true his viela-
sion of the Interstate Commerce law, in or-
from a just penalty, put him under the ban
of his own condemnation. = Former Presi-
‘dent of the Pennsylvania Bar Association
Niles, declared the other'day ‘that the vio.
lation of an oath to ‘obey the constitation
and enforce the laws is perjury, so that the
President if not only guilty in his own esti-
mation but in the opinion of ‘ethers.
{ Sn ————————
The Country Shocked. 1 = |
Fp
From the Dover (Delaware) | Index.
Oar Yigotans and erratic President has’
shooked country hy his pardon of the
‘Pennsylvania counterfeiters, Jacobs and
Kendig, These notorious characters were
given a senfence of twelve years, and 9%
now set free after serving five years.
counterfeiting is still a Sige Shey should
not bave been pardoned. however,
counterfeiters are henceforth & "be esteem-
‘ed, Hotiored and useful members of society
then the pardon should be followed by let:
ters of apology and rappointments to the
‘Treasury department. The Presidentshounld
‘enlighten us on tbe status of connterfeiting.
If it is a crime let’ him:®ay so.
worthy calling let hinv say so. But we do
protest against his efforts to hefog the pub-
lic bya lot of silly twaddle about the ends
of justice having been safficiently meb by
.bhe five years servitude. 3
its, Implicit © Confidence. 4
( d | From the New York World.
Having cut ‘off David B. Hill's $5,000
‘Tetainer it is evident thatthe Equitable
has implicit confidence in the reports as to
r.. Hill's permanent retirement from
‘polities. # '
extremely nervous over the outlook for the
cans who for years had been amazed and hu-.
to {A
is the |
No |
wish entirely . satisfactory resul dar”
«der to’ protect ‘his Searetary of the Navy |
Ititisa |
Spawls front th the Keystone,
—Falling from a ladder in the Carnegie
Mill, at Pittsburg, Stephen- Valkovitch was
fatally burt. : uh A
~—Her dress catching fire at the kitchen
stove, Mrs. Solomon Andre, of Bruin, was
burned to death.
—His team plunging over a high embank- °
ment at Shenandoah, Butcher John Gilus
was seriously hurt. ’
—Blacksmith Charles Gorsuch, of Martine,
burg, has sent a good-luck horseshoe to pole
hunter Robert E. Peary.
—The body of John F. Ross was found in
the Ohio river at Ambridge, Pa. He had
been missing since Friday.
—J. Emory McGowan, of Eyionts has
bought the hotel Holly at Wilmerding, Pa .,
from the former proprietor, J. w. Holly,
—Warriorsmark Grange, No. 974, Patrons-
of Husbandry, will hold its annual piciie
at Warriorsmark on Saturday, Agus} 12,
next. i
—Three Hungarian laborers, walking on
the Reading tracks at Phoenixville, were
struck by an engine, and two were fatally.
hart. -
—Goldberg’s general store at’ West Pitts-
burg, Pa., was burglarized, the crooks
Securing goods “worth about 20: There is
‘no clue.
—East- bound fast freight No. 84, on the
Pennsylvania, was wrecked by a broken
axle at Horns Sunday and 12 cars were
demolished. :
| —Mrs. John F. Harker... a bride of two
weeks, is dead at Holidaysburg, Pa. “Iam
going to give John a scare,” she said, before
drinking laudanum,
—Mrs. Peter Campbell, a well known
woman of Milton, tiring of life at 70 years,
hanged herself in the haymow of the barn -
in the rear of her home.
i —After six weeks’ idleness 600 striking
miners of the Buffalo, Rochester & Pittsburg |
company, returned to work at Yatesville
Monday,the dispute having. been sompromle:
ed. :
‘—Charles Stoyer, 22 years old, a pghtaE
h died from injuries i in the hospital at Greens-
f ville, Pa. He was found beside the Bes-
semer railroad tracks. Stroyer lived at
| Mercer.
—A¢ the request of the President investi-
‘gation i is being made in Cambria county into
‘a; “number of Italian laborers at work at
Cresson! :
—A few minntes before the arrival of
an, undertaker, summoned to embalm her
body, Mrs. Mary Jones, of Orangeville,
awoke from a trance that was thought to
“have been death.
David F. Noll, an octagenarian and civil
war veteran, was found sitting on a login
the mountains near Frankstown, Hunting-
don county, on Sunday.
—The Beaverdale Coal company Friday
‘began the construction of 20 new houses for
the accommodation of the miners employed
in ‘Beaverdale. ‘The buildings will bestow
leted within six weeks. -
—The charred body of Mrs.Solomon Andre
was found by her husband in the front yard
of their home near Bruin, Pa. It is believed
Mrs. Andre’s clothes caught fire while work-
ing about the kitchen stove.
—J. B. Beatty, of Newberry, was drown-
ed in the rapids in the Susquehanna river,
just below Lock Haven, Friday afternoon
while making a trip from Clearfield to
Williamsport in a light cedar canoe.
—General Superintendent G. W. Creigh-
ton, of the Pennsylvania railroad, and
family, will sail next Saturday, from New
York city, on a visit to Europe. They will
be gone for a period of several weeks.
—Fire of unknown origin completely ‘de-
stroyed the saw. mill, lumber piles and
trestle work of the Kulp Lumber com-.
pany, at Lewisburg; at an early hour Fri-
day morn ing. The loss is about $15,000.
town, one of the largest in eastern Penn-«
sylvania, was practically destroyed by fire
F riday night. The plant was new, having
just ‘recently been completed. The loss
was about $200,000.
—The Pennsylvania Railroad company
has purchased all the land between a short
distance west of Tyrone" station and No. 13
bridge, on the north side ‘and between the
railroad and the Juniata river, including
the improvements, some forty or fifty acres
in all.. The company contemplates some ex-
‘tensive improvements on their lines at that
point.
—Alex Wallace, who works, for the lum:
“bering firm of Taylor & Nixon, on Medix
ran, Clinton county, the other day with four
assistants established’ the following big lum-
bering record: ‘Ia five hours they cut down,
cut in ‘board lengths, and’ pealed three trees
which made 18 logs. The first cut 6 logs
which scaled 2,828 feet, the second cut 6 logs
sealing 5,078 feet and the third cut 6 logs
scaling 4,597 feet making a grand total scale
"of the three trees 12.603 feet. The trees
stood within 10 feet of each other and were of
the pure hemlock variety.
—Harry, Edward, and Russell Zi mmer-
man, three brothers, « together with Louis
Grosser, ‘were arrested at’ Greenwich; by
special Pi R. “R. ‘officer H.E. Crouse, of
Johnstown, on’ a charge of ‘breaking open
freight cars and taking there from hams,
‘bananas, cigars, tobacco, and some fuses and
caps. Russell, the youngest of the boys,
turned State's evidence and made a confes-
sion to the officers. The Grosser lad was re:
‘feased on bail and the Zimmerman brothers
ber court.
—Mary. J. Shadow, the biggest ‘girl in
Pennsylvania; who died Thursday of heart
failure, Was buried from her parent’s: ‘home,
in Middletown, on Sunday “afternoon. ‘Be
cause of ‘the great. size of the girl, | who
weighed 450 pounds, it was impossible to
|| place the remains in a‘hearse and the coffin,
which went through the door‘of' her home
door hinges were removed, had to be carried
to the cemetery in ‘a dead wagon. Fifteen
hundred people viewed the remains during
the morning and early afternoon.
alleged abuses said to have been afflicted on :
“With his pipe in his mouth the body of |
—Barbogast & Bastian’s abbattoir,at ‘Allen. .
with but:an inch ‘margin to spare after the
i
were taken to Ebensburg for trial at Septem- id