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Bellefonte, Pa., June 15, 1906.
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TUCKER PAYS THE PENALTY
Murderer of Mabel Page Dies Protest.
ing His Innocence.
Boston, June 12—Charles L. Tucker
was electrocuted for the murder of
Mabel Page, who was stabbed to death
st the home of her father, in Weston,
fn March, 1904. Three applications of
the current were made.
" When Tucker arrived in front of the
death chair he drew from his trou-
gers pocket a brief statement which he
pead. The statement was: “I hope
that God will forgive me for all the
wrongs | have ever done in my past
life. 1 forgive everybody who has ever
wronged me. I am at peace with my
Maker. May God have mercy on my
soul.”
In his letter to Mr. Vahey, his coun-
sel, Tucker said:
“lI have been misjudged and wrong-
fully accused of a crime that I know
mothing about one that I am entirely
fnnocent of.
“It is awful to die when one is in-
mocent, and when one is so young,
good hearted and healthy. Oh, I am
=o glad that [ am innocent. One feels
much better when one's conscience is
elear. I would tell you willingly if I
were guilty, and I would make my
peace with God, but I am not, and I
die innocent as a child unborn, of
this crime.
“The governor, whom I think is
wery unjust, has gone against me, and
3 nothing turns up to interfere I will
Rave to die, and I assure you I will
die brave and like a man.
“l am so sorry for my dear par-
ents. They are so good and faithful. I
eannot say more; tears fall from my
eyes so fast that I can hardly see to
pen these words to you. My last words
to you are that I am innocent, and
they will be the last words that T will
Rave on my lips when I die.”
MURDER OVER BALL GAME
Two Negroes Shoot and Kill White
Man and Wound Umpire.
Dover, Del, June 11.—Luther How-
oll was shot through the heart and
fnstantly killed at Frederica, Del,
and C. W. Cameron, of Philadelphia,
a baseball umpire, shot in the shoul-
der and seriously injured, as the re-
sult of a baseball game. The shoot-
ing was done by Juniper Benson and
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ELEVEN MEN BLOWN TO PIECES
Frightful Explosion of Dynamite Plant
Near Pequea, Pa.
Lancaster, Ja., June 11. — Eleven
men were killed and a half dozen
seriovsly injured by the explosion of
a dyramite plant near Pequea, along
the Susquehanna river. The acei-
dent is one of the most horrible and
appalling in the history of the county.
The victims were literally blown to
pieces.
The dead are: Benjamin Gebhardt,
aged 22; George Rineer, aged 21; Fred
Rice, aged 23, married; Collins Par-
ker, aged 15; Phares Shoff, aged 18;
william Funk, aged 19; John Boat-
man, aged 17; an unknown man; two
men, unknown, residents of York
county.
The cause of the explosion is un-
known. The two York countians had
just started to drive from the place
wjith a load of dynamite, when the
plant blew up with a detonation that
was heard 15 miles away.
A great cloud of white smoke cov-
ered the site of the factory, and the
air was filled with fragments of hu-
man bodies. Windows in houses a
mile away were shattered. Immense
holes were torn in the ground.
Not enough of any one body could
be collected to establish identity.
Pleces of flesh and lirggs were found
clinging to the trees in the neighbor-
hood. Not a trace could be discov-
ered of the York countians or of their
team. The remains were gathered
up in soap boxes.
ONE DEAD, MANY INJURED
Jersey Central Express Derailed at
Eatonton, N. J.
Red Bank, N. J., June 12.—One man
was killed and more than 20 persons
were injured when the locomotive and
two cars of an Atlantic City express
on the Central Railroad of New Jer-
sey jumped the track at a switch at
Eatonton, N. J. George Van Duzer, a
vaudeville musician of New York city,
was killed. Mrs. A. Dunlap, of Chi-
cago, was one of the passengers who
suffered bruises and from shock.
Most of the others injured were New
Yorkers, and their injuries are not
| ing at Atlantic City,
regarded as dangerous.
The train, on which New Yorkers
were returning from a week end out-
was passing
through Eatonton at fast speed, when
a switch opened while the train was
passing over it. The locomotive and
| smoking car went over an embank-
Buck Causland, both negroes. The
two negroes escaped, but were subse-
quently captured and lodged in the
fall in this city.
The shooting was the outcome of
a quarrel over a ball game between
the Frederica and Felton teams. The
Felton supporters, including the two
placed the blame for |
the loss of the game on the umpire, |
eolored men,
and when Benson and Causland saw
Cameron they started to assault him.
Howell went to his assistance and
meceived the bullet through the heart.
The men fired again, and Cameron
fell with a bullet in his shoulder.
The feeling against the colored men
is Intense. State detectives Hawkins
and Gray came to Dover from Wil
mington in order to prevent a possi-
®le lynching.
ANNUAL FEAST OF ROSES
Church af Manhelm, Pa, Pays Its
‘ Rental With Red Rose.
Lagumster, Ja., June 11.—The an-
anal ‘feast of roses was held in Zion
Evangelical Lutheran church at Man
hein. The feature of the quaint and
beantiful. celebration was the presen-
tation ef one red rose to Miss Ida
Payer, of Harrisburg, a descendant
of Baron William Henry Stiegel,
founder of the town, in payment of
the rent for the ground on which the
ghurch nyw stands. This land was
deed to the congregation in 1770,
with the stipulation that the rental
mentioned shall be paid in the month
of June whenever lawfully demanded.
Twice the vose was demanded by Ba-
ron S¢iegel and paid. It was not un-
til 1890 that the ceremony was re-
vived, and since then it has been ob-
served each year.
. W. 8. Brinton, of Lancaster, pre-
sented the rose, and the memorial
address was made by Hon. Thomas
L.. Montgomery, state librarian of Har-
risburg.
PATRICK APPEAL DENIED
Murderer of Rice, the Texas Million.
aire, a Step Nearer Death.
New York, June 12.—Recorder Goff
denied a motion for a new trial in the
ease of the lawyer, Albert T. Patrick,
the convicted murderer of William
Marsh Rice, the Texas millionaire.
Patrick's lawyers have prepared for
an adverse decision and have the pa-
pers ready for an application to the
United States supreme court for a
writ of error and for a writ of habeas
eorpus. These applications may again
delay the execution of Patrick and
make the fifth postponement for Pat-
rick, who has now been in the death
Bouse in Sing Sing for more than four
years. =
Three Perished In Flames.
Newton, N. J., June 9.—Three per-
sons were burned to death in a fire
gear Walpack Centre, N. J. They were
Mrs. Samuel Garrison, 50 years old;
Mrs. Jacob Emery, 80 years old, and
Mrs. Garrison's daughter, aged 12
years. The fire started from some un-
¥nown cause while the occupants of
the house were asleep. Three men
who occupied a room in the upper
portion of the house escaped by jump-
ing. but the women were overcome by
smoke and perished in the flames.
| Dr. Gillette.
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ment, the car turning on its side. Van
Duzer and most of the seriously in-
jured were in this car. The day coach
next behind struck a freight car that
was standing on a side track and was
badly smashed. Several of its pas-
sengers were badly bruised.
INSURANCE MEN INDICTED
Two Former Officials of Mutual Life
Charged With Forgery.
New York, June 12.—Dr. Walter R.
Gillette and Robert A. Granniss, for-
merly vice president of the Mutual
Life Insurance company, were indict-
ed on charges of forgery by the spe-
cial grand jury which has been inves-
tigating insurance matters under the
direction of District Attorney W. T.
Jerome. Dr. Gillette was also indicted
on a charge of perjury. Mr. Granniss
was accused of making false state-
ments to the state insurance depart-
ment which is a misdemeanor. There
are five indictments of forgery against
Both Dr. Gillette and
Mr. Granniss surrendered themselves,
were arraigned before Justice Scott
and were held in bail for a hearing on
the first Monday in September. Both
pleaded not guilty. Dr. Gillette's bail
fs $10,000 and that of Mr. Granniss
is $5000.
THE WESTERNLAND FLOATED
Big Steamer Pulled Off Shoals at En.
trance to Delaware Bay.
Cape May, N. J., June 12. — The
steamer Westernland, from Liverpool
and Queenstown for Philadelphia,
which was grounded on the shoals at
the entrance to Delaware bay early
Tuesday morning, has been floated.
After the futile attempt to float the
big liner on the noon tide nothing
was done until the night tide came
up, when several tugs fastened haw-
sers to the steamer and the vessel
was pulled off the shoals without
much difficulty.
The Westernland was steaming un-
der full headway when the shoals
were struck. There are on board 72
cabin, 777 steerage passengers and a
crew of £50.
CURTAIN STATUE UNVEILEG
Governor Pennypacker Made the Pre-
sentation Speech At Bellefonte.
Bellefonte, Pa., June 9.—The Centre
county soldiers’ monument and Curtin
memorial was unveiled and dedicated
in the presence of 12,000 persons. Gov-
ernor Pennypacker was present and
made the presentation speech, while
Colonel A. K. McClure delivered the
oration for the Curtin memorial and
General Thomas J. Stewart for the
soldiers’ monument. A feature of the
day was the parade in the morning.
The procession was over a mile in
length and included a regiment of the
Pennsylvania national guards, the
Sheridan troop and 500 State College
cadets. The monument is of Barree
granite and was built at a cost of
$25,000.
struck and Killed By Flying Auto.
Philadelphia, June 12.—Joseph Oakes,
aged 18 years, a son of Rev. Arthur
Oakes, a prominent member of the
Methodist Episcopal church, was run
down and killed by an automobile on
the outskirts of the city. The young
man with several companions was
crossing a road when he was struck
by the rapidly g machine. The
chauffeur was
A QUEER POKER GAME
IT WAS PLAYED BY TWO STOCKMEN
IN A DENVER HOTEL.
The Turn That Came When the For-
tunes of Both Men Wore Plled on
the Table—A Side Bet : 2d a Card
That Was Not Shown to the Board.
The old St. James hotel in Denver
was one of the landmarks of the eity
for over a quarter of a century, and
many famous sporting men were
smong its guests. Numerous stories
are told of the “stiff” poker games that
used to be played there in the late
eighties and early nineties of the last
century.
A game was played one night be-
tween two stockmen, 2 banker and a
mining man. The story goes that the
mining man and the banker played un-
til they were “all in,” leaving the two
stockmen to battle it out. It came up
to the “consolation” jack pot, and those
who had lingered to see the finish were
not disappointed when they expected
something spectacular to take place. |
The stakes were running high, the ante |
being $300, with no betting limit. One
of the stockmen opened for $2,500 and
was promptly raised before the draw.
Then there followed a series of raises
and counter raises until the pot con-
tained $11,600 before cards were
drawn.
“GI’ me that one,” blandly announc-
ed the man who had “seen” the last
raise. The dealer slipped one card
across the table, laid the deck down,
relighted his neglected cigar and said
unconcernedly, “I'll play these.”
Then the betting commenced in ear-
nest. The player had opened, and he
led off with $2,500 as a “feeler.” The
dealer raised a like amount, and the
other fellow followed suit. It was
plain that one or the other of the men
was going to lose his fortune. Checks
were written, torn up and made out
for larger amounts, and finally mort-
gage papers on real estate and cattle
were passed into the pet. Finally one
man said to the other:
“Say, Henry, I'm going to stay with
you until everything I've got, right
down to the clothes on my back, is rep-
resented on the table. Now, I'm In
doubt as to some of my property hold-
ings, so I'll make you a proposition.
Give me until tonight (it was then
4 a, m,) to find out just where I stand
and we'll play the hand out. Meantime
let us seal up my hand in one envelope,
yours in another and the deadwood in
still another. We'll leave the three en-
velopes in the office safe, to be deliver-
ed to both of us together.”
The other player agreed, and en-
velopes and sédling wax were sent for.
The hands and remaining cards in the
deck were duly sealed and deposited
as per arrangement.
Meantime friends of the two players
endeavored to get the men together on
some sort of compromise proposition,
knowing full well that neither could
afford to bank his entire fortune on a
poker hand, leaving his family desti-
tute, but both men were obdurate and
would listen to no proposition to split
the pot. An interested and expectant
group gathered in the lobby about 8
o'clock in the evening, among them be-
ing the man who had opened the pot.
They talked together in a friendly man-
ner, speculating upon what would hap-
pen when the man who went to look |
up his assets returned. While they |
were talking he walked in.
“Weil, Henry, I'm ready to resume
our little argument,” he announced in
a matter of fact tone. Then the crowd
repaired to the room where the game
had been played. The man announced
that he had $33,000 to “play back.”
Securities and certified checks repre-
senting this amount were piled on the
table. Then, and not until then, did
either of the men show signs of nerv-
ousress. The opener had drawn a
check for $33,000 and started to tear
it out of the book when the other man
said in a slow, deliberate voice:
“Looks a little strong for either of
us, deesn’t it, Henry?”
“Well,” rejoined the other man, toy-
ing with the check, “what would you
consider a fair proposition at this stage
of the game?”
“It's not gambling, I know,” said the
other, *but if you want to split the pot
and”—
“She's split,” calmly announced the
man who had opened for $2,500. The
currency, gold, checks, mortgage pa-
pers and securities were equally divid-
ed. Not a word was spoken. Silently
the man who opened took up the en-
velopes, tore them open and laid the
two hands on the table, faces down-
“Bet you a cigar I had you beat,” he
bantered.
“You're called,” said the other, turn-
ing over four cards, jacks and sixes.
The opener also turned over four cards.
They were jacks and sixes.
“I'll bet you” said the dealer, “a
thousand dollars that I've still got youn
gt"
The other man peeped at a corner of
is buried card, toyed a moment with
a stack of currency and shoved $1,000
to the center. Then, without waiting
for the man he had called to show his
hole card, he turned up a four spot.
The dealer looked at it, smiled, touch-
ed the bell and put his hand in the
deck. He never told what the other
card was.—Denver Times.
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Pennsy to Sell B. & O. Stock.
Philadelphia, June 11.—The North
American says that a proposition is
understood to have been put in tenta-
tive shape within the last few days to
have the Pennsylvania Railroad com-
pany sell its holdings of Baltimore &
Ohio stock to the Philadelphia &
Reading Railway company. It is pro-
posed to establish an independent
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Reading and the Jersey Central rail
roads into one company. This would
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the large cities of the United States
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timore on the Atlantic seaboard to
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wiLL PENSION TEACHERS
Carnegie Foundation Retires Fifty
and Pays Them $70,000 Yearly.
New York, June 12.—The Carnegie
Foundation, organized in April last
year by Andrew Carnegie to provide
retirement pensions for teachers in
the universities, colleges and techni
cal schools of the United States, Can-
ada and New Foundland, and to which
Mr. Carnegie gave $10,000,000 in steel
corporation bonds, has made its first
selection of men to receive these al-
lowances. About 50 professors and
teachers wll be retired at the end of
the college year, the total amount to
be distributed to them being approxi-
mately $70,000 a year. Among well
known men on the list are John Krom
Rees, of Columbia; Henry M. Baird,
of New York University; Hiram Cor-
son, of Cornell; Charles A. Young and
william A. Packard, of Princeton;
Edward L. Morley, of Western Re-
serve; George Trumbull Ladd, of
Yale; Henry P. Bowditch, of Harvard;
Francis A. Marsh, of Lafayette; Dr.
E. R. Merrill, formerly president of
Ripon College, Wisconsin, and P. H.
Chandler, of Ripon.
Three Cases of Yellow Fever.
New Orleans, June 12.—The fact that
three cases of yellow fever have been
under quarantine for the past two days
at Ship Island, a government quarap-
tine station in the Gulf of Mexico about
midway between the mouth of the Mis-
sissippi river and Mobile, Ala, was
made public by Dr. C. H. Iron, presi-
dent of the Louisiana board of health.
Alfred Benson Succeeds Burton.
Ottawa, Kan. June 11.—Alfred W.
Benson, of Ottawa, who was offered the
appointment of United States senator
to succeed Joseph R. Burton, said that
he would accept the position. He will
officially inform Governor Hoch of his
acceptance, Mr. Benson will then start
for Washington.
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