P. GRAY MEEK, . - Epiron Teaus or Susscmirriox.—Until further notice this paper will be furnished to subscribers at the tollowing rates : Paid strictly in advanee cue $Loo Paid before expiration of year.......... 1.50 Paid after expiration of year........ — Call for Democratic Primaries. The Democrats of Centre county will hold their caucuses for the nomination of candidates for borough, ward, township and precinct officers not later than the 27th day of January, 1906. The committeemen of the several precincts and wards will take notice hereof and fix the time for the holding of these caucuses. Instructions and blanks will be sent in due time to each commit teeman. H. 8. TAYLOR, County Chairman. Democratic County Committee for 1906. Precinet, Name. P. 0, Address. Bellefonte NW J. C. Harper, Bellefonte . SW P. H. Gerrity, “4 id ww Geo. R. Meek, " Centre Hall Boro D. J. Moyer, Centre Hall Howard . Howard Moore, Howard Milesburg James Noll, Milesburg Millheim Pierce Musser, Millheir Philipsburg 1st W Jas. H. Munson, Philipsbu br Band W Jacob Swires, pag srd W Ed. G. Jones, “ a“ eur Soro Dro, Mask. State Coll ege Boro D. G. y o Unionville * . J. MeDonell, Fleming Benner Twp. N P John F. Grove, Bellefonte “ 8 P John Grove, “RF Yarnell Twp. N P Ira P. Confer, Bp EP TT . C. Barnhart, Rolan: a W P Lewis Wallace Milesburg Burnside Twp. William Hipple, Pine Glenn College “ LD. Dreese, Lemont Curtin . R. A. Poorman, Romola Ferguson “By Xm. H Ey Pine Grove Mills . “ W P Sumner Miller, Penna Furnace Gregg Twp. N P J.C. Rossman, Spring Mills “ E P H.P, Herring, Penn Hall “ WP John Smith, Spring Mills Haines Twp. W P Ralph E. Stover, Aaronsbu ae E P L. D. Orndorf, Woodw: Half Moon Twp. Emory McAfee, Stormstown Harris i John Weiland, Boalsbu Howard “ A. M. Butler, H Huston . Henry Hale, Julian Liberty Twp. E P D. 8, Smith, Eagleville Liberty Twp. W P Albert Bergner, Monument Marion “ J. W, Orr, Walker Miles Twp EP HF. McManaway, Wolfs Stare . M P Geo. B. Winters, Smulton iy WwW PG. Ed. Miller, Millheim Patton Twp. Thos. M. Huey, Buffalo Run Penn * Al. Auman, Coburn Potter * 8 P F.A.Carson, Potters Mills .t “ N P Geo. H. Emerick, Centre Hall “ “ WPJLLP Spangler, Tusseyville Rush * N P Wm, E. Frank, Philipsburg 4 + EP Fred Wilkinson, Munson Sta. ” “ 8 P Heory G. Danneker, Retort SnowShoe E P Lawrence Redding, Snow Shoe “ WP James Calver Moshannon Spring Twp. N P Wm, Carson, Bellefonte “ 8 P John Mulfinger, Pleasant Gap “ WP D J Kelley, Bellefonte Taylor Twp. P. A. Hoover, Port Matilda Union * Mark Hall, Fleming Walker Twp EP Solomon Peck, Nittany " M P Wm. Mionich, Hublersburg “ W P John Cole on Worth ** J. A. Willfams, Port Matilde H. 8, TAYLOR, County Chairman. ADDITIONAL LOCALS. ——The jury commissioners have com- pleted their work of filling the jury wheel for 1906 and have all gone home. "ee ~The postofiice at Romola bas heen discontinued, all patrons now being served by rural free delivery from Howard. re mm ———A movement has been started to make Gen. Jobu I. Cartin the only nomi- nee for burgess at the coming primaries. eve —— Last Satarday while Barnett Eisen- hath, of High valley, was hauling wood his wagon upset and in jumping off he fell aod broke both wrists. owe —— Cameron McGarvey, of this place, a private in the U. 8. regular army and who has been stationed at Fort Logan, Denver, Col., expects to sail for the Philippines February 6th. oe — At the WATCHMAN goes {0 press we learn with regret that Miss Manon, the twenty-one-year old daughter of ’Squire W. A. Murray, of Boalsburg, is lying at death’s door with peritonitis. er A — A man by the name of Brandon was prought to Beilefoute, last Saturday, by constable Ira Howe, of Philipsbusg, and lodged in jail on the charge of robbing the store at Retort. —————— —— Lemuel Warner, of Wingate, is a believer in chickens as money makers. Daring 1905 he kept a fleck of twenty-five heus from which he gold two hundred and seventy-five dozen of eggs for $51.12. His feed cost him $19.95, leaving him a net profit of $31.17. ——There was quit2 a good attendance at the school director’s convention held in the court house, yesterday, and the exer- cises through the day were most interest- ing. Lack of time, however, prevents us giving a full acconut of the convention in this week's WATCHMAN, — ——The postoflice at State College has been moved into the new room prepared for ite occupancy in the new hotel building aod residents of that horongh now pride | themselves that they have one of the most commodious and convenient postoffices in Centre county. The equipment is very much like that in the Bellefonte office though the room is larger with double the waiting room the Bellefonte office has. In addition there is a large number of call boxes in addition to the two hundred or more lock boxes. ——Some time ago the WATCHMAN made mention of the fact that Andrew Me- Guiness who, with his wile and daughter had gone to England a number of years ago, had returned and was with his brother Edward at Ponxsatawney. A letter re- ceived in Bellefonte last week stated that ‘some little time ago he fell down the ‘stairs and broke his arm aad later was stricken with paralysis, so that he has only been able to work a week or more since bis arrival in this coantry. He now yearns to return to Eogland, and his family but is without the means of dring so. : m——— "Subscribe for the WATCHMAN. of ticket agents THE GIRL Gor AWAY.— Wednesday morning policeman Jodon received a tele phone message from Elmer Kuarr, of Mill- heim, to watch the Lewisburg train aud ar- rest bis daoghter, Bessie M. Koarr, who was running away. Jodon caught her on the arrival of the train and took her to his own home when her father was communi- cated with. The girl asserted that she was only going to Renovo to visit friends but her father gave her the choice of going bome on the afternoon train or being locked in jail until he can > after ber. Finally she consented to go bome and Jodon took her to the station for the 1.50 p. m. train and saw her buy a ticket to Cobuin and depart on the train. Yester- day morning Mr. Knarr again called up the police and reported that the girl had not returned home. Evidently she must have gone on through to Montandon then np the P. and E. to Renovo, where sh2 was first destined for. an——— A] ——— i OFFICERS INSTALLED. —Saturday night, | January 6tb, W. H. Musser, of tins place, | instal'sd the officers of Geo. L.Potter Post, No. 261,0f Milesburg, for the ensuing year, a3 follows: Commander, Alfred S. Smith; senior vice commander, Damel 8. Boyer; junior vice commander, Harry McMullen; adju- taunt, Alfred G. Rager; quartermaster, P H. Haupt; surgeon, Joseph S. Swyers; te chaplain, Thomas Wilson (elected for life;) officer of the day, Joseph G. McKinley; d | officer of the guard, Joseph Sellers; dele- gate to department encampment, Heury McMullen; alternate, W. H. Shultz; trus- tee--three years, S. K. Watson. — MARRIAGE Licexses.—The following marriage licenses were issued the past week by Register A. G.Archey. James B. Gault and Lyda Loog, both of Bellefonte. Hillary J. Herd and Anoa May Rich- ards, both of Philipsburg. Howard E. Best and Maud 8S. Koontz, both of Bellefonte. Wm. O. Jordon and Viola N. Oswalt, both of Moshannon. Clyde Conklin of Morrisdale, Clearfield Co., and Violet 8. Dunlap, of Hudson, Clearfield Co. CurTIN STATUE HERE. — The bronze figure for the Curtin statue and the hronze plates with the names of the Centre county soldiers and sailors reached Bellefonte last Friday and this week Mr. J. E. Rocbe re- | turned from his home in Connecticut and the work of placing the statue on the pedestal and fastening on the name plates will be carried along with as little delay as possible to completion. Thase who bave geen the figure of the “Old War Governor”’ declare it to be very artistically executed. *o HURT ON THE RAILROAD.—News was received here, on Tuesday, that Johu Thompson, a brother of engineer Claude Thompson, and also a railroader, fell from bis train in the neighborhood of MoKee's Rocks, near Pittsburg, that morning and bad ove leg cat off. The Thompson fam- ily bas been very unfortunate in meeting with railroad accidents and it is to be hoped that the injured man may recover. a FUREY.—Mrs. Elizabeth Furey, widow of the late David Farey, of Milesburg,died at ber home in Los Angeles, Cal., on Mon- day, January 1st, after a brief illness, aged 77 years, 7 months and 11 days. When the family lived in this county they were quite well known avd many friends of the de- ceased will learn of her death with sin- cere regret. A Tribute to Miss Mary Ann Knox. The Woman's Home Missonary society of the Buffalo Run Presbyterian church was organized June th, 1883, with but eight members, one of whom was Miss Mary Ann Knox, who died a couple weeks ago, leaving but one of the original members still living. When the society was reorganized in 1886 Miss Knox took a very active part in both missionary and church work. At that time she was chosen president of the society in which office she was continued until her death, a period of eighteen years and six months. She was present at every meeting of the society when her health would permit and was always a very active member. Even during her last illness her thoughts were of the work and her one regret was that she could not be present at the regular meeting. Among her bequests was one of one hundred dollars to the society to be used in any way the members thought best. In addition to her work in the missionary society she was a faithful church worker and Sunday school attendant. In the latter she taught the in- fant class. She did her work faithfully and well and bas entered into the reward prom. ised uy the Master. Weep not for me, my dearest friends, I am not dead but sleeping here, 1 heard a voice from Heaven say, come, The voice was God, who cal me home ; And now for me no sorrow take, But love one another for my sake. By tux Mexners or mie Socigry. Salavies of British Ministers, Of all the members of his majesty’s cah- inet the Lord Chancellor receives the high- est salary. namely, $50,000; the Prime Minister, the Ministers of the Interior, Ex- terior, Colonies, War, Finauce and the Sec- retary for Indian Affairs raceive $25,000 each, the first Lord of the Admiralty $22,- 500. the Secretary for Ireland $21,500, and the other members of the Cabinet a salary of $10,000 each. The Lord Lieuten- ant of Ireland receives $100,000 a year, the Lord Charnigellor for Ireland $40,000, and the first Secretary of the Public Works, $10,000. The three latter officials, how- ever, hold no portfolio. A ————— Pennsylvania Raolivoad Tour to Calt- fornia, An attractive thingy tour to tae didightfal resorts of Suuthern California, visiting points of intereston the Pacific Coast and the Coiorado Rockies, leaves New York, Philadel bu and Pittsburg by special ul l Harri 2 Pitan train coveringall or Ww. senger agent, Philadelphia. MR. AND MRS, FRANKLIN BOWERSOX. elected to fill various township offices. Both he and his wife are z:alous members of the Methodist charel. Thie aceount of the celebration would bardly be complete if we failed to mention the fact that Capt. W. H. Fry was master of ceremonies for the day and that J. H. Ward very kindly helped to entertain the erowd present with numerous entrancing selections on the phonograph. mn A Spring Mills. J. H. Smul), of Lock Haven, was here for a day or two last week visiting friends. Quite a number of building operations are in contemplation for the coming spring. We certainly need more dwellings. There will be quite a large number of re- movals and changes made here in the spriog, and dwellings will be difficult to obtain. volume of business last year than usual, but they say the profits were cut to pieces by strong competition. | on last Saturday. W. H. Fry and Mrs. Sadie Heberliog. through with. | | marks said that he, too, riment. congratulations, Rev. Heckman, Bowersox family was taken. lars in gold. the Revolutionary war. ber husband. | Rev. Peter Shingle. eration. Tre Bowersox GOLDEN WEDDING. — | One of the biggest social events that ever | took place in Ferguson township was the | oelebratiou of the golden wedding auniver- | sary of Mr. avd Mrs. Franklin Bowersox The Bowersox home in | the Glades is a spacious one but it was not | near large enough to hold the guests who | were present, and the celebration was held inthe I. 0. O. F. hall. Upwards of three | hundred invitations had been sent out and over two hundred responded and assembled to felicitate with Mr. and Mrs. Bowersox on their having attained this auspicious period in their lives as well as to join in all the festivities of the day. The interior of the hall bad been very becomingly dec- orated for the occasion, in one end of which av impromptu altar had been erect- ed. Promptly at 12 o'clock the golden wedding ceremony (the regular marriage ritual) was performed by Rev. Edgar Heck- man assisted by Rev. A. A. Black. The aged bride and groom (Mr. and Mrs. Bowersox) were escorted to the altar by the following couples: Hon. Fred Kurtz and Mrs. Emma Hess, John P. Harrisand Mrs. Anna VanTries, Michael Hess and Mrs. Mary McWilliams, Col. J. L. Spang- ler and Mrs. Avgelina Bottorf, and Capt. Immediately after the ceremony aod consequent congratulations she entire party was served with a most deliciously appetiz- ing lunch. On the table oceapied by the ing the luncheon everybody repaired to {| Col. J. L. Spangler was chosen tosst- master and in course of his opening re- was from Soy- der county, a regular Pennsylvania Duteh- man, and then in his own inimical way gave those present a detailed history of the courtship of Mr. Bowersox and Miss Maria Ocker, which occasioned considerable mer- In the midst of his remarks a letter from the White House was banded him which contained President Roosevelt's Rev. Black and Capt. W. H. Fry followed each other in succession and each made bappy little speeches appropriate to the occasion. The last speaker of the day was Hon, Fred Kurtz, the only person present who knew Mr. and Mrs. Bowersox during their child- hood days, and who gave a reminiscent talk of those olden times. This closed the speechmaking and then the entire assem- blage went outside the hall and bad them- selves photographed by Smith, of State College, after which a gronp picture of the Mr. and Mrs. Bowersox were the recipi- ents of many vainable and usefal presents, among which was a handsome tea set from their children and about seventy-five dol- In view of their prominence a brief sketch of the family at this time will not be out of place. Franklin Bowersox was born at Middleburg, Snyder county, March 11th, 1837. He was a son of Samuel and Susan Bowersox and was one of a family of thirteen children, seven of whom are liv. ing. His great-grandfather came to this country from northern Germany when but a lad in bis teens and was one of the pio- neer settlers of Snyder county years before Mrs. Bowersox was a daughter of B:ujamin and Elizabeth Ocker and is three months younger than She has two brothers and four sisters living. They were married in Middleburg, Jamuary 13th, 1856, by the Their union was | blessed with fourteen children, all of whom | are living but one. They are as follows: | Mrs, John B. Rockey, Filmore: Mrs, Thos. | D. Gray, Fairbrook; Mrs. John H. Gray, | Laurelton; Miss Ida and Harvey Bowersox, | State College; Mrs, Charles Weaver, Spring Mills; Edgar Bowersox, Altoona; Oscar Bowersox, Oak Grove; Elmer and Alfred at home, and Franklin, in Philadelphia. Wil- liam died when quite young. Twenty-five grand-children compose the youngest gen- Shortly after their marriage the Bower- soxes woved to Penn township, this county, and engaged in farming, where they lived for twenty-five years. A quarter of a cen- tary ago they moved to Ferguson town- ship and rented the VanTries farm and later purchased the John Gardaer farm in the Glades where they lived up until two years ago when, having acenmulated euflicient of this world’s goods to enable them to take it easy the balance of their lives, they quit farming and moved to Rate, | Pine Grove Mills where they have lived a retired life since. In politics Mr. Bower- sox isa Democrat and bas frequently been regular mail wagon. Considerable sledding was done last week and quite a number took advantage of the the sleighing was a little ofl. D. H. Schlegal, in addition to dealing largely in Portland cement, is masking ar- rangements to deal extensively in wall paper, curtains and window shades. Mr. Schlegal is a rapid sud careful paper hanger. our old weather prophets, because early last fall he saw a ‘‘cow climb up an apple tree the following winter wil be unusually mild. Smith Bros, the large furniture dealers, contemplate leaving the village at an early ment for sale ; and also both their private residences. We regret to lose these gen tlemen as they are influential and enter- prising citizens, A few kind Republican advisers here are suggesting and naming the candidates whom the Democrats should support for the Feb- ruary election. What a wonderful incapacity some people display for own business. At the proper time the Democracy will name their own candidates, and want no foreign dictation. Since the Spring Mills planing mill shut down for genera! repairs R. G. Kennelly, one of the employes and an able mechanic, has been kept very busy in his own shop on wedding party reposed a lure wedding special and private orders. Mr. Kennelly cake, bell-shaped, a result of the culinary being » master workman his services are stil] of Mise Estelin Heberliog. Follow. BUCH sought after. Ti is said ‘by builders idle, who sees and knows what is necessary and then does it without being told. Pine Grove Mention, Will Roush is visiting relatives at Jersey Shore this week. Mrs. J. D. Nearhood, who has been ill with pneumouia, is better. Sam Everhart spent Sunday at the Will Glenn home west of town. she expects to stay a month. eral weeks, is now recovering nicely. Fort, were on this side early Monday morn- ing. Mr. and Mrs. J. N. Bell are making = month's visit ameng relations in Armstrong county. our farmer hoys, have secured positions in Altoona. Miss Jennie, daughter of Geo. E. Harper, has accepted a position as nurse in the Al- toona hospital. Miss Bell Goheen, who has been under the on the mend. The I. 0. O. F. banquet is billed for the 7th of February, to continue over to the fol. lowing week. The junior O. U. A. M. will hold their annual mid-winter banquet Friday, the 26th, at the St. Elmo. Rev. W. K. Harnish will begin his mid- winter meeting in the Presbyterian church here next Monday evening. The Pine Grove Mills High school will hold their annual banquet in the 1.0. 0. F. hall on Friday evening, February 20d. Little Reed Nearhood, who has been at death’s door for some weeks with an abscess on his right lung, is not improving very much. We are indebted to H. E. Feunlon, of Belle- fonte, for a pocket diary that we appreciate very much for the valuable information ic contains, Robt. E. Johnson, of Motrisville, circulated among the farmers in this valley last week in quest of stock but failed to find any to fill the bill. Those who registered at the St. Elmo re. cently were John P. Harris, L. H. Wian, John I. Olewine and wife, and Col. J. L. Spangler, of Bellefonte. Ira L. Burrell left for his old home in West Virginia, Wednesday morning, iu response to a hasty summons that his father had been stricken with paralysis. James Hoover is now strutting around as proud as a peacock, just because his wife pre. sented him with a big boy baby a couple days ago—number four in their household. Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Corl are mourning the death of their baby boy, who died after a brief illness last Friday morning, and was buried in Pize Hall cemetery Saturday at 9a. m. little snow and indulged in a sleigh ride, but | A mild winter, very mild, so says one of backwards and then pick off some apples with her tail,”’-—a sure sign he says that day and advertise their handsome establish- winding their that the best and most satisfactory work that | ever came out of the planing mill, was owing the main audience room where the speech- | to his skill and ability in knowing exactly making program of the day was gODE | how to handle and finish n piece of work. It is often remarked that Dr. Braucht has his stables, outbuildings and surroundings always in a fine and healthful condition, no rubbish nor ash heaps visible anywhere, but everything in complete order. His horses and cows prove that they are in the care of a skillful and experienced hand. Of course the condition of grounds and stock is to the credit of J. Best Krape, manager, a young man perfectly trustworthy, apparently never Mrs. Maria Goss is now in Bellefonte where Mrs. Alfred Corl, who has been ill for sev- Harry Oaks and Will Orner, of McAlevy's Clyde Fishburn and Geo. Potter, two of doctor’s care for the last ten days with grip is Lemont, Tuesday night brought cold and snow. George Bloom and wife are rejoicing over the arrival of a daughter, Saturday. William Johnstonbaugh and wife visited at the home of Jacob Shuey, Saturday and Sunday. The Methodist protracted meeting is in full eight at the altar. owing to his advanced age, and it is doubtful if he survives long. The ice harvest is on now and Monday the which is between 4 and 5 inches thick. Rev. Chas. Wasson spent two days at bis side of his mother who is at present very ill. William Collins Jr., is home for a few days Our § merchants report a much larger | circulating among his many friends in these | | parts, after an absence of three years, and he | looks none the worse. Wednesday evening of last week thirty, | not left a very deep impression on him. | Thursday evening Lemont Lodge, No. 717, | I. 0. 0. F. held their annual banquet in their hall, to which one hundred and twenty-five friends came aud spent the evening in friend. ly chat and sport. They were entertained by selections spoken by Orin and Miss Min. nie Grove and last but not least, all heartily partook of oysters and ice cream, which were served in the best style. Easy Lesson in Supply and Demand From the Saturday Evening Post. galls, U. 8. A., visited a friend in the south. Taking a walk one morning, he met a boy coming up from the river witha fine string of fish. ‘What will you take for your fish 2" asked the general. ‘ ‘Thirty cents,’’ was the reply. “Thirty cents!” repeated the general in astonishment, “Why, if you were in New York you could get three dollars for them.” The boy looked critically at the officer for a mo ment and then said scornfully : ‘Yes, sub; en I reckon if I had a bucket of wa- ter in hell I could get a million for iv" — . John Y. Hill not Guilty. former chief of the bureau of filtration, cation of records and forgery, for which The verdict was rendered by the jury, according to binding instructions by Judge Audenried, who declared that there had been no evidence presented to show that the defendant was guilty under any of the conntsgn the indict- ment. When court adjourned Mr. Hill was surrounded by a mob of men who struggled to shake his hand and con- gratulate him.. Senator “Jim” McNichol and his friends, who were present, were jubi- lent over the result of the trial and predict victory in the coming trials of other persons accused of fraud in con- nection with the filter contracts. Mayor Weaver and District Attorney Bell both refused to make any com- ment on the outcome of the Hill pro- | ceedings, and the former chief himself | asked to be excused from making a | statement. | George S. Graham, chief counsel for | the defendant, Thursday asked the ! court to give the jury binding instruc- tions to acquit the defendant, and the commonwealth had combatted his ar- gument. In granting the request Judge Audenried went into the case at length, | taking up each of the commonwealth's charges and explaining why he had de- cided that there was no evidence to show that the defendant had falsified in any of them and why the jury should acquit. In each case he said the responsibility rested with the di- rector of public works and not with Hill, who could not go behind the or- ders of the director unless he knew of fraud. There was no evidence, said the court, to show that the defendant did know of fraud. In explaining why he took the re- sponsibility of deciding the question of guilt or innocence, Judge Audenried said that it was the duty of a judge to decide first whether the facts adduced by the prosecution supported the charges made, and that in the case be- fore him the commonwealth had failed to make out a case, and it was, there- fore, his duty to instruct the jury that the defendant could not be convicted on any of the counts in the indict. ment. RESCUED SHIPWRECKED MEN Crew of Norwegian Bark Were at the Pumps For Five Days. Philadelphia, Jan. 16. — After five days of continuous work at the pumps, with little or no sleep, Captain Carls- sen, of the Norwegian bark Cordillera, and hic crew of 11 men, were rescued at sea by the orwegian steamship Olaf Kyrre, Captain Kanitz, which arrived here with the shipwrecked crew on board. The Cordillera leit St. John, N. B, on December 24, for Buenos Ayres, with a cargo of lumber. On De- ecember 27 the bark sprung a leak. Un- til January 1 the crew managed to keep the hold from filling rapidly, but on that day the vessel split in tha mid- dle and was in imminent danger of sinking. All hands were ordered to the pumps, which were kept in constant operation until January 5, when the Olaf Kyrre came to the rescue, The bark was in a sinking condition, and the thoroughly exhausted crew could not have kept it afloat many more hours. Captain Carls- sen states that he had almost given up hope of rescue. The Angel. Miss Budd (to famous pianist)—That music was truly divine, monsieur. “Ah. mamselle, zat is indeed praise, for who but an angel would know di- vine music?” Jacob Houser is very ill at this writing, old home, where he was called to the bed. Soon after the Civil war, Gen. Rufus In- ! | Philadelphia, Jan. 13—John W. Hill, | was acquitted of the charges of falsifi- | ho has been on trial nearly two weeks. | THE PENNSYLVANIA | LEGISLATURE IN SESSION Harrisburg, Pa., Jan, 16.—The first day's session of the Pennsylvania legis- lature, called for the consideration of the reform legislation advocated by Governor Pennypacker, were confined | to the usual preliminaries. The gov- ernor's message sway and thus far there have been seven or houses. was read in both Speaker Henry F. Walton stated at the close of the session of the house | that he would be ready to announce his committees when that body reassem- bles for the consideration of general men of the neighborhood began cutting same, | business. The speaker, under a resolu- tion adopted, will appoint 10 commit- tees, as follows: Appropriations, senatorial apportion- ment, representative apportionment, ' municipal corporations, judiciary gen- eral, banks, elections, accounts, com- pare bills and counties and townships. | There will be 30 members on the ap- | propriations committee and 25 on each | of the other committees. No important One of the route wail carriers was out last | three of Jacob Ray's neighbors gathered at | hanges senate week on runners with a low buggy top, not | his house to help him celebrate his fifty-third : will be made in the a bad idea, and not so likely to upset as the | birthday ; and the days of his years have | committees, Bills for the repeal of the Philadel- 'phia “ripper.” limiting the authority of the mayor over the departments of public works and public safety, were in- troduced in the senate by Mr. Scott, of Philadelphia, and in the house by Mr. Crout, of Philadelphia, both of which gentlemen introduced the original bills at the regular session last winter. Mr. White, of Beaver, in the senate, introduced a uniform primary election bill to carry out the governor's idea in | his call. The White bill provides for the holding of uniform primaries by the Republican and Democratic parties on the second Tuesdays of January and ‘June of each year. The primaries are to be held at the usual polling places, | between the hours of 7 a. m. and 7 p. m., under the direction of the officers | in charge of the general election. Bills fixing the salaries of the secre- | tary of the commonwealth at $10,000 and the insurance commissioners at | $8000, and abolishing the fees of the | office, which are now retained by these | officials for their own personal use, were introduced by Mr. Pusey, of Dela- ware, in the house. Both parties show a disposition to make an effort to push through the special legislative program within 80 days. If there is any conflict at all it will most likely be over senatorial and legislative apportionment. Governor Pennypacker has prepared a senatorial apportionment bill which Mr. Roberts, | of Montgomery, will introduce in the ! senate. A caucus of Democratic sena- | tors and represenatives was held last | evening, at which it was decided to i | present bills to cover certain legislation | proposed by the governor in his pro- | clamation, i | PRESIDENT FAVORS LOCK CANAL | Mr. Roosevelt Is Preparing to Send Message to Congress. Washington, Jan. 16, — President Roosevelt is preparing to send to con- gress a message which will favor a lock canal. He had conference with several members of the senate com- mittee on inter-oceanic canals, includ- ing Senators Kittredge, Knox, Dryden, Hopkins and Ankeny. The message of the president will favor the construction of a lock canal, on the ground that it is in the interest of the present generation and not for posterity, and that it can be built for less cost of time and money. It is said that the president incidentally asked the Republican members of the com- mittee to support the nomination of Joseph B. Bishop to be a member of the canal commission and to use every effort to prevent indiscriminate reduc- tions of the salaries of canal officials, which he fears may be the resuit of the investigation. SCHOONER TURNED TURTLE The Samuel L. Russell Cut From Tow and Crew of Five Missing. Norfolk, Va., Jan. 13.—The schooner Samuel L. Russell, of Norfolk, lies cap- sized in lower Shesapeake bay. Her crew of five men are missing and are believed to have been drowned. The schooner, lumber laden, sailed from Norfolk for Baltimore Monday night In tow of the tug Volunteer. The tug was towing a barge and behind thie the schooner. Captain T. B. Jones, of Baltimore, her owner, was in com- mand, and he had a crew of four men. The schooner tow was cut during a heavy storm. 34,677 Rural Routes. Washington, Jan. 15.—A statement prepared by PV. DeGraw, fourth as- sistant postmaster, regarding the op- erations of the rural free delivery ser- vice since its establishment up to Jan- unary 1, 1906, shows that the total num- ber of petitions received and referred was 51,690, of which 13,125 were acted upon adversely. The number of routes in operation on the date named was 84,677. More than one billion pieces of mail were handled by rural carriers during the fiscal year 1905, each piece costing a little less than one and one- half cents. a ——— Midshipman Coffin Dismissed. Washington, Jan. 16.—Secretary Bo- naparte approved the sentence of dis- missal imposed by court-martial at Annapolis in the case of Midshipman Trenmore Ceffin on conviction of haz ing and ordered his dismissal from the academy. gob ha The Pittsburg Leader Sold. Pittsburf, Pa., Jan. 13.—The Pitts burg Leader, for 36 years an afternoon independent paper, has been purchas- ed by Attorney John P. Hunter, “in trust,” as he says, “for private clients.” The price paid for the plant fs understood to be $1,250,000. Mr. Hunter, who is one of ex-State Sena- tor Willlam Flinn's attorneys, says the latter is not interested in the deal.
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