ai Bellefonte, Pa., Jan. 19, 1906. FOR A DEEP” _ZILAWARE Philadelphians Win Concession From Rivers and Harbor Committee. Washington, Jan. 13.—After an all- day hearing on the resolution for a survey for a 35-foot channel in the Delaware river from Philadelphia to the sea, Chairman Burton, of the house committee on rivers and harbors, pro- posed a compromise resolution, which Joel Cook, on behalf of the Philadel phians attending the hearing, sald he would accept as a satisfactory conces- sion. The resolution follows: “Resolved, by the committee on riv- ers and harbors of the house of repre- sentatives, that the board of engineer officers, created by Section 3 of the act of June 13, 1902, be requested to make an examination of the project for a channel! 30 feet deep and 600 feet wide in the Delaware river below Christian street, Philadelphia (and io report whether any modific:tion therein may be deemed desirable); also the prob- able expense of maintaining said chan- nel after its completion; including a report upon the necessity, if any ex- ists, of excavating such channel to a greater width of depth than 600 feet and 30 feet, respectively, in order to maintain fully and reliably the dimen- sions of such channel as projected, and said board is requested to make a general report on said project.” Mr. Burton assured the Philadel- phians that the committee would un- doubtedly report favorably on his res- olution. FORGERIES REACH $700,000 Cleveland Suicide Made Loans On Bad Bonds. Cleveland, Jan. 15. — Leland W. Prior's forgeries thus far brought to light amount to $700,000, They consist of two issues of $250,000 of Alpena (Mich.) bonds, one issue of $100,000 of Canton (Ohio) bonds and one issue of $100,000 of South Sharon (Pa. bonds. Prior had heen a forger for more than a year prior to the time he shot himself, and he had placed the bad bonds out at various banks and kept them there and at no time gave the banks the slightest ground for sus- picion. GENERAL CHAFFEE RETIRES General Bates Becomes Ranking Offi- cer of the Army. Washington, Jan. 16. — Lieutenant General Chaffee tendered his resigna- tion as chief of staff, U. 8. A, to take effect at once, and it was accepted by the president. General Chaffee does not go on the retired list until Feb. ruary 1. but he desired to relinquish the duties of chief of staff that he might have a 15-day leave of absence before retiring from active service, General Bates, now assistant chief of staff, will succeed him as chief of staff and chief officer of the army after the president, as commander-in-chief. DESCENDANT OF MUHLENBERG Mrs. Nicholls, Lutheran Founder's Great-Granddaughter, Dies. Reading, Pa., Jan. 16.—Mrs. G. A. Nicholls, widow of a former railroad ‘general superintendent, died In this city. aged 77. She was a great-grand- «daughter of Henry Melchior Muhlen- berg, founder of the Lutheran church In America. Mrs. Nicholls was one of the best-known women in Reading, be- ing president of the Needlework Guild and a former regent of the Daughters «of the Revolution, besides being promi- nent in other charitable and social af- fairs. She was formerly a resident of Philadelphia. — ——. a————————— FUNERAL OF DR. W. R. HARPER President Roosevelt and Emperor Wil- liam Sent Floral Tributes. + “Chicago, Jan. 15.—The body of Wil- “liam Rainey Harper, late president of ‘the University of Chicago, was laid to rest in a vault in Oakwood cemetery. The final resting place of the body of the distinguished educator will, how- Lever, be on the university campus, where it is planned to build a memorial whapel and crypt. node ia - — ‘Bovaed te Death A Saving Two. , New York, Jan. 15.—As the firemen were about to rescue him, John A. Hart, an insurance agent living on the top floor of the four-story tenement house at 69 West 96th street, which was destroyed by fire, was overcome by the flames and burned to death. Before he was overcome Hart had saved his wife and 4-yearold son, whom he handed out the front win- dows to the firemen on that side. In- stead of following them he seemed to lose his head and ran back into the flames, from which the firemen made a vain attempt to rescue him, SE pe — New Rule For Burials. Harrisburg, Pa., Jan. 16.—The state department of health has adopted a new rule for the protection of the health of people living near cemeter- fes. All hodies must be buried at least five feet from the natural surface of the ground, except where rock is en- countered, when the distance shall not be less than four feet. In case of con- tagious disease the box containing the coffin shall be not less than three and a half feet from the surface. | ————— ' -it Wisdom is knowing what to do next; skill is knowing how to do it, and vir tue is doing it.—Jordan, HRESCUED FROM STRANDED SHIP, Sixty Persons Taken from the Cherokee. Agqround at Brigantine Beach. Atlantic City, N. J, Jan. 15.—After spending 48 hours in terrible anxiety lest they be wrecked and swept into the sea, the passengers and crew, 60 | in all. of the Clyde line steamer Cher- ' okee, bound from San Domingo for New York, which went aground on the | Brigantine Shoals Friday, were res- cued and landed at the Inlet here. | Captain Archibald, two mates and the | ship's carpenter elected to remain on | board the stranded steamer. The res- ‘cue was accomplished by Captain | Mark Casto and a picked crew in the | sloop yacht Alberta, and their experi ence was almost as thrilling as that of { the stranded passengers. More than | 1000 persons greeted the storm-tossed | party as the sloop sailed into the Inlet with the report that all hands were | safe. 'ants of Brigantine and Absecon beaches been so wrought up for the safety of a stranded ship's company, and never were so many attempts made nor perilous chances taken to reach a ship in the face of a fierce northeast Atlantic storm as were ven- tured in the rescue of the Cherokee's party. When the sloop Alberta arrived at ! the scene a small boat was launched ! and several of the crew made the | perilous trip to the steamer. They | found the passngers and most of the crew in a terrible state of anxiety. The first to leave the steamer were | the Syrian woman and stewardess, | and the Syrian’s daughter, who were | lowered to the little boat by means i of ropes. Sixteen different trips were | made with the little boat between the | steamer and the rescuing yacht. Only four or five were taken at a time, and after nearly two hours of work all but the captain and three of his crew were | safely landed aboard the Alberta. Cheering tiie Rescuers. From the shore of Brigantine Beach hundreds watched the rescue, while away off at the Atlantic City inlet a i i | of the progress of the rescue, A great | cheer went up when it was announced | that the Alberta, loaded with people, | was leaving the steamer. It did not | take the sloop long to make the run ! to the inlet. where the passengers and | crew were congratulated on their safe | landing. Most of them were in an ex- hausted condition, not having had any sleep in 48 hours. Agents of the com- pany took charge of the party, sending all the passengers and crew to hotels. They were furnished with dry cloth- fing, and physicians prescribed for those who suffered most from the ter- rible experience, Heartrending Scenes On Steamer. All the passengers told stories of their experiences. Among those land- ed was Lieutenant H. M. L. Walker, formerly of the United States cruiser Yankee, who was returning to Wash- ington from Puerta Plata. He said the scenes aboard the steamer were heartrending. All the passengers and some of the crew, he said, were filled with fear. The women prayed and the men paced to and fro, believing that the great waves that were washing over the helpless vessel would tear her to pleces. All of Saturday night and Sunday morning the passengers and crew were huddled about a fire in the galley. The terrific pounding the ves- sel had received from the waves caus- ed the vessel to strain and leak badly. Barly Saturday night 10 feet of water was In the steamer, and all fires went out with the exception of the one in the galley. Only the bravest of the crew, the lieutenant said, ventured on the deck, for the sea was pounding the vessel hard, and often the waves passed clear over the deck. It was a trying night, he said, and many of these on board gave up hope and awaited the worst. The names of the other rescued pas- sengers are Joseph Schwartz, Albert N. Pierson, Louis A. Train, Walter W. Handley, all of New York; Edward Lapodde, Elias Amaris, Filipa Amaris, Jose Amaris and Anna Amaris, all of San Domingo. The Amaris family are wealthy Syrians, who fled from a town in Santo Domingo on account of the revolution there. : Would Reward Rescuers. United States Consul Handley, who was on his way from San Domingo with a report about the revolution, states that he is going to recommend that congress vote a special medal to Captain Casto for his bravery in going to their rescue in such a sea. Consul Mandice has a special report. which under the circumstances he had to leave on the boat, as no baggage was remdved by any of the passengers, and he has it locked in his trunk. The Cherokee, while in a perilous position, is in no immediate danger of breaking up unless another storm ghould set in. The vessel's nose is deep in the sand, and it will be diffi- cult to float her. The wrecking tug North America is standing by, and will take off the captain and his three men if there is danger of the vessel going to pieces. toonhh a The Ship Abandoned. Captain hibald, his two mates and the life saving crews have abandoned the vessel. When they left the steamer to the fate of the elements waves were rolling over the deck and pounding against the pilot house —the last refuge of captain and his little The big vessel, which is valued at about $500,000, will probably loss. Two wrecking tugs and the Brigantine life saving station. Not in years have the inhabit- | number of men with strong glasses | | kept the anxious crowd there informed | During the day Captain Mark Casto, who made the sensational rescue of 60 persons from the steamer, went out to the stranded vessel in the sloop yacht Sinbad, accompanied by Captain C. M. Kessler and a small crew, and brought ashore all the baggage of the passen- gers and crew. All the property was forwarded to the owners. Public-spirited citizens have started to collect a fund for the captain and his men. Several hundred dollars have been contributed. THE DANDELION. It Adapts Itself to All Soils and Cli. mates of the Earth, The dandelion belongs to the largest, oldest and most widely diffused order of piants. While other orders of plants have died out and become mere fossil remains in the rocks, this order has survived the geological changes of many different periods on account of its power of adapting itself to those changes, And these changes in their turn have only made it better suited for all the varied so: . climates of the carth at the prozent We find members of | onder In every part of tue globe, (1 places as far apart froin cach olher as they can be, It is the prevailing and dom- inant order of vegetabie Lie, the most highly find hed aud the most success- ful family of plants. And the dande- lion is one of the most perfect forms belonging to it. : It is ihe head and crown of the vege- table kingdom, as man is the head and crown of the animal ereation, and it is curious how this highest type of plant is always found only where man, the highest type of animal life, is found and where he dwells and cultivates the soil. It is never found apart from him. It fcllows him wherever he goes —to Amerien, Australian and New Zea- land—and there in the new home it be- comes a silent but cloguent reminder of the dear old land he may never see aguain.—Exchange. Bin Measurements. To measure corn find number of cu bie feet in erib, then multiply by 9 and divide by 20, which gives the amount in bushels. To determine amount of shell. ed corn to be obtained from crib of corn in ear find cubie feet of corn, di vide by 2, and the product will be the number of bushels of shelled corn, as two cubic feet of corn if sound and dry will produce one bushel of shelled corn. To find the number of bushels of ap- ples, potatoes, ete, in a bin multiply the length, breadth and thickness to gether and this product by 8 and point off one figure in the product for deci mals. —lowa State Register and Farmer, Choice of an Voention. FRANCE ANU i-iiANKLIN, The Honers Paid to an Alien Citizen by Her People. To the sight of the world Franklin came as the agent of certain revolted colonies of England to seek material ald to sustain the hard pushed rebel- lion, but to the enlightened eye of his- tory he is an envoy from the new world to the old. addressing to its half awak- ened heart and conscience the soul stirring invitation to be free, No fitter cholee was ever made by any nation in any age. There was too heavy a sea running to have any incompetence on the quarter deck, An interest which we can scareely comprehen] was taken in that day in natural scicace, Franklin was by uni- versal coisent the greatest natural philosopher of his time. He was hailed as the co:fidant of nature, the play- mate of !ghining, a Prometheus un- punished. The brightest constructive and critical energies of the best minds were devoted to the solution of politi- cal problems, and here, they said, was a man who had founded many states up- on the principles of abstract justice and had consolidated them at last into a superb model republic, for this hasty generalization had seized the for- eign mind, always too apt to regard leaders instead of masses, and it was long before the millions of Americans got their due abroad. Thus it came that the great heart of | liberal France went out at once in a | quick rush of welcome to Franklin. He was the point that attracted the over- charged electricity of that vast and stormy mass of active thought. He be- came the talk of the town. They made songs about him. They published more than 150 engravings of him, so that his fur cap and spectacles became as fa- miliar as the face of the king on the | louis d'or. The pit rose when he en- tered a theater. These are not trivial details. Those spontaneous honors paid to an alien citizen by a people so long the victims of degrading tutelage show- ed the progress they had made toward liberty. In henoring him they honored themselves. They vaguely felt he was fighting their battle, They read in his serene and noble countenance the promise of better times.—John Hay's “Franklin In France” in Century. A Dilemma, A well known college professor offers the two horns of a dilemma to advo- cates of coeducation. “If you lecture to twenty boys and twenty girls in the same room,” he asks, “will the boys attend to the lec ture or to the girls?” Of course the coeducationist, to be consistent, must say that they will listen to the lecture. “Well, if’ they do,” replies the dean, “they are not worth lecturing to.” A DARING ROBBERY $3150 In Satchel Stolen When Man Turned His Back. Newark, N. J., Jan. 13.—A daring robbery took place in the National Banking company's offices in this city, when a satchel containing several thousands of dollars disappeared from the counter while the man who had just drawn the money turned for a minute to speak with a friend. Both he and his friend say they saw no one ' approach the spot where the :atche! | had been placed. The police have no clue. Leban Dennis, secretary of the George Brown & Co. stone works, went into the bank about noon to draw $3150, the weekly pay moll. He deposited the money in a satchel, but as he started to leave he met a friend and placed the satchel on the check shelf, and then turned to his acquaint- ance When he looked for the satchel a few moments later it was gone. The empty bag was found in the afterncon by a boy in the hallway of the building at 204 Market street. HARVARD ABOLISHES FOOTBALL Game Discontinued Until Rules Are Changed. Boston, Jan. 16.—Football has been abolished at Harvard, pending a re- ! form in the game that will be ac- | ceptable to the board of overseers, ac- cording to an official announcement from the university. The discontinu- ance of the game is a result of a vote taken last week at a secret meeting of the board of overseers, when it was decided that intercollegiate football at Harvard would not be permitted until the rules and regulations had been so changed and amended as to remove what the overseers regard as ! the evils of the present game. The overseers accepted unanimously the opinions of a special committee that the game as at present played is es- sentially bad in every respect, that the method of formation encourages i trickery and foul play and that the result is bad for the morals of the players as well as for the body. © Weds Former Mother-in-Law. Richmond, Ind., Jan. 16.—At Perkins- ville, Ind., took place the marriage of Ellis Eurey and Mrs. Mary Gentry. The wedding had two remarkable fea- tures. One is that Eurey is but 27 years old while his bride is 47. Tke other is that Mrs. Gentry is the mother of Mr. Eurey’'s first wife, who died about a year ago. New Advertisements. OARDING.—Parties visiting Phila- delphia can have first-class board and Aunt Rosa — Well, Juanito, what! gawer's all accommodations six squares from business would you like to be when you ar: pers, Special HS: dss SLBA NY per day. grown up? Junnito (whose parents ar-| About two-thirds of the average hu- | (Formerly of Bellefonte,) 1606 Green, St. oy stricti—I'd like to be an orphan.-- | man heart is occupied by self love. 10-38-1y* Philadelphia Shocus. Shoes. NEW YEAR'S NEWS The people all are satisfied, "Tis best to use what has been tried; And so you'll find them by the score Buying Shoes where they've bought before. 3 And hundreds of others, the rich and poor, Are finding their way to this popular store. 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