-
—Govenor-elect STUART promises fine.
Let ux hope that be will make good every
one of them,
—Finuee bas excluded American hams,
but American dollars and American beir-
esses will still remain on the free] list.
~—There is hope for the popalation of
the land in the fact that only eleven foot-
ball plavers bave been killed aud one hun-
dred and four injured thus far this season.
— Wages are going up, so are the prices
of necessaries. Everybody is satisfied but
the fellow who hasn’t bad a raise. The ad-
vance is equivalent to a reduction for him,
—Oue woman dies saddenly to eight
men who go out in a flash. All of which
goes to prove the general proposition that
even in death women will not be bustled
off.
—In Norway every prospective bride is
compelled by law to show a regular certifi-
cate to the effect that she is a competent
cook. What sensible mammas they must
have in Norway.
—Today the deer season ends in Penn-
sylvania. While the mountains seem to be
full of game very little wonld bave been
captured, had it not been for the tracking
snow on the first two days.
—That New York woman who says that
a quarter million a year isn’t more than
enoogh to spend on dress must be thinking
of applying for the job of head scrub-lady
in the new Pennsylvania Capitol.
—It might be all right to recogoize the
Democratic party in Philadelphia but the
recognizers shoald remember that namer-
ically the whole outfit is too weak to stand
any reading ont of the party follies.
—One million dollars is the daily pay-
roll in Pittabuig’s greatest industries,
Think of it. It means over two dollars a
day for every man, woman and child there,
though a large percentage of Pittsbuig’s
population is not in the wage earning huos-
iness at all.
—For the year ending June 30th, 1906,
the average net earnings of all the railroads
in the United States were $3,580 per mile,
The total vet earnings for the vear were
$787,596 877. The greater the earnings of
course, the greater the argament for a two-
cent mileage rate.
— When Secretary SHAW iutimated that
there might be graft in selecting a site for
Pistsburg’s new post-office the smoke and
fire both fle w from the midst of the “‘dis-
interested’’ aud public spirited gentlemen
of that city who were trying to help bim
decide upon one of the three sites offered.
_ —Joux D. ROCKERFELLER has lost ten
million dollars through the decline of
Standa:d oil stock hrooght about by ime
pending legislation against the trast. It
is up to Chicago University aud a few of
those other institutions that are not afraid
of tainted money tn bave some sort of a
benefit sLow for the poor old mau.
—The fact that all the world is begin-
ning to look to America for its lnmber and
that our exports in this product have in-
creased thirty-three per cent. within the
past year is warning that we should be
careful. Lumber i< getting scarce in this
country already. The prices tell us that.
And if we would not rob carselves entirely
something must be dove to prevent its ex.
port.
— A Philadelphia girl lost her garter on
the street on Toesday and her stocking
came down. Of course no one would ever
bave been the wiser hut she had $106 in
bilis in ber stocking and che roll of money
fell out Liecause she was too modest to pull
it up. What a super-sensitive lady. All
sammer she doubtless wore a peek-a-boo
waist and showed a large section of her
anatomy for nothing whereas she wounldn’t
even run the risk of exposing a little leg
for $106. At the seashore she would have
to do that also for nothing.
—'The wise ladies and gentlemen of the
iand are just now discussing the subject of
trial marriages. The plan contemplates a
sort of pre-nuptial probation during which
the prospective bride and groom get to-
gether on more serious and intimate planes
than they do during our formal engage-
ment period. The why or the wherefore
of the chauvge we know not. But we do
koow that if thie trial marriage scheme
would ever receive the sanction of the
church or the state most of the do-less
young fellows of the country would be
boarding with the parents of the silly girls
of the land and we would have to put
crepe on that beautiful song of content-
ment “Everybody works but father.”
~It it were possible to compile statis-
tics bearing on the case we venture the as-
sertion that more than ninety per cent. of
the deer and bear killed by hunters in the
woods are brought down at ranges of less
than one hundred yards. Then why the
necessity of Winchester, Cols, Marlin, Sav-
age and other high pressure gans that will
carry a mile or more on the dead-level and
kill at a distance fully that great. They
are a menace to the life of every man who
ventures into the woods in the open season
and do not add one bit to the equipment
of the hunter. Would it not be a matter
of wise legislation for the State gawe com-
mission to eliminate the high pressure and
automatic guns. Such a prohibitive act
would conserve the safety of the hunters,
promote accuracy in shooting and at the
same time do more toward protection of
game than any of the present legal pre-
scriptions.
_YOL.51
An Interesting Proposition.
The proposition of Judge ERMENTROUT,
of Berks county, to restrict jury service to
men who have actually qualified them-
selves to vote wight serve as n remedy for
one of the greatest civie evils. The law,
according to that distinguished jurist, pro-
vides that only qualified electors are eligi-
ble to jury service. Qualified electors, he
adds, are those who have complied with all
the requirements of the election laws. That
is to say iu the cities a wan must have reg-
istered by personal application and have
paid State or county tax within two years,
in addition to the other conditions pre-
scribed by law. In boroughs and towuships
the personal registration is uot essential
bat the payment of tax is.
Service on the jury is highly prized in
the country as a mark of recoguition il not
a hadge of distinction, Properly chosen the
juries are :aade up of representatrve citizens
of the several towns aud townships of the
county. It implies a fuil measure of public
confidence and personal iutelligence and is
an houor worthy any good citizen's aspira-
tion. No doubt the application of Judge
ERMENTROUT'S rule wonld guarantee a
more general desire to qualify to vote on
the part of citizens in the towns avd town-
ships, for that reason. In the cities jury
service is mainly prized because it offers a
remote chance of graft. Jury fixers some-
times pay liberally for jury service of the
sinister rors.
Thus the ERMENTROUT proposition might
conserve the public good in two ways,
That is it wight make citizens of rural
communities more anxious to qualify for
voting and dimioish the number of urban
residents who iusinuate themselves into
jury boxes for evil purposes, for city men
of that sort rarely pay their taxes though
they are willing to vote “early and often.”
The plan is not absolutely [ree from objec-
tions, however. In tbe cities, particularly,
it might work bad results. That is business
mein are proverbially averse to jury service
and not too anxious about voting. There.
fore a considerable number of them might
purposely neglect to pay poll tax in order
to escape jury service.
Roosevelt's Glory Questioned.
Brigadier General NOBLE, retired, of the
United States army, is loading up a vast
cargo of trouble for himself if he is correct-
ly quoted in a news dispateh from Seattle.
He says tbat President RoosevELT did not
lead the charge up Sau Juan hill. Every-
body knows that the charge up that hill is,
or was, the principal asset in the Presi.
dent's political store-house. It was that
charge which gave him all his nilitary
glory and earned for him most of his civie
distinctions. Bat for that achievement he
never would have been thought of for Gov-
ernor of New York and in the absence of it
his election to that office wonld have been
impossible.
Yet General NoBLE, if he is accurately
quoted, declares that ROOSEVELT had noth-
ing to do with the incident. ‘‘There have
been a lot of foolish things written ahout
that charge,’ General NOBLE says, ‘‘bat it
was the Teuth who really captured San
Juan. We did not see anything of ROOSE-
vELT. He wasat a little hill two miles
away—Kettle hill they call it. I was
senior officer of the Tenth at the time and
we didn't see avything of ROOSEVELT.”
Nothing could be more explicit. Nothing
is left to coniecture. NOBLE was there be-
youd question. He was promoted for his
service on that occasion. Yet be didn's see
ROOSEVELT.
What ROOSEVELT will do to NOBLE may
be imagined bat it can’t be described in
advauce of the event. Retired officers of
the army are amenable to discipline quite
as much as those in active service and as
ROOSEVELT is proud of the reputation he
acquired at San Juan he is more than like-
ly to be incensed at this challenge of his
integrity, for it is an implied accusation of
false pretense. It is nos the first time that
ROOVEVELT'S claims in relation to San
Juau bill bave heen challenged. But it is
the first time the challenge has come from
80 high av authority and it is likely to
make everybody ‘‘sit up and take notice.”
An Ominous Rumor,
We see little tocommend in the report
that EDWARD HARRIMAN will make active
opposition to President RoOSEVELT'S poli-
cies with respect to railroads. What Mr.
HARRIMAN says about the danger of gov-
ernment interference in private business is
true. The greatest present men are to the
country is paternalism of which Mr.
ROOSEVELT is the mest radical exponent of
all time. Bat corporate control is a poor
remedy for even so great an evil. Io fact
the cure is infinitely woise than the dis-
ease.
Mr. HARRIMAN bas arranged to bring
under his control railroad property of the
value of $2,500,000,000. He proposes to op-
erate this vast property in violation of law.
That is why he objects to the President's
railroad policies. He apprehends thas if
ROOSEVELY’S policies are in force be will
be retarded in some of his plans. *Probably
STATE RIGHTS AND FEDERAL UNION.
he is right in this estimate, though the |
President Las not interfered much with
corporate power of great magnitude. But
whether he is right or nos the fact that he
announces his purpose to antagonize the
President will go a long way toward
strengthening the President among the peo-
ple.
HARRIMAN is a dangerous man and with
two and one-balf billions of duliars behind
him he is a menace that cannot be overlook-
ed. It has long been apparent thas some of
the rich men of the country have heen striv-
ing to make the government an instrument
of their own. ROCKERFELLER had this in
mind a few years ago and they still enter- |
tain it. That would he a greater evil than |
paternalism and if Mr. HARRIMAN persists |
in his announced poliey he will wake cen-
fialization a cherished theory of the people.
Better government control than that,
Frank McClain for Speaker,
At a conference held in the office of Sen-
ator PENROSE, last week, in which besides
that statesman ISRAEL W. DURHAM and
State Senator MeNICHOL participated, it
was agreed to elect Representative Me-
CLAIN, of Lancaster, speaker of the house
at Harrishorg, according to some esteemed
contemporaries cf Philadelphia. The only
aspirant for the honor besides MeCLAIN
was SAMUEL B. COCHRANE, of Armstrong
county, aud he was too had even for PEN-
ROSE, DURHAM and MeNicHon. As
QuAY said of ELKIN when that gentleman
aspired to the nomination for Governor,
COCHRANE would be too heavy a load to
carry and McCLAIN bas been chosen.
That selection implies a complete aud
unqualified return to the methods and
purposes of the machine. FRANK B. Me-
CraIN, of Lancaster, is one of the most
shameless emivsaries of the machine who
bas sat in the Legislature in recent years.
Two years ago when WARD R. Briss, who
had been chairman of the committee on
appropriations, died, McCLAIN who was
second on the committee wanted to be
chairman, But PENROSE and DURHAM
refused to accede for the reason, as it was
commonly uodestood, that MeCrLAIN
would want the whole bocdle and wonld
not be williag to divide with anybody.
The decision ineeuwed MoCLALN -ab the |
time and he threatened to exercise the
rights of an independent citizen. Bat it
dido’s last long. Before the session was
balf over he was the most servile syoo-
phant in the body.
The election of McCrLAIN would be an
insult to the conscience of the Common-
wealth. It would mean a session of fraud
and false pretense, a carnival of corrup-
tion. He has had a long and varied exper-
ience in the Legislature and his mental at-
tainments are probably ample to guarantee
eflicient service. But morally he is unfit
for so important an office and his servility
to the machine makes the mention of his
name for the place a menace to the inter-
ests of the people. Wesincerely hope Me-
CrLaiN will not be chosen. COCHRANE is
bad and his election wonld be a disgrace.
Bat it would be less daogerous than the
election of McCLAIN. :
Amende tlonorable,
The
Senator LEWIS EMERY Jr., recently the
Fusion candidate for Governor, has with-
drawn the charge, made in a public speech
daring the campaign, that Senator Me-
Nicuor, of Pbiladelphia, bad been the
agent of the QUAY machipe in the purchase
of the votes of recreant Democrats for W.
T. MARSHALL, of Allegheny, for Speaker
of the House against General WiLLias H.
Koontz, the candidate of the Fusion
forces. Mr. EMERY says that investigation
reveals the fact that Mr. MoNicHoL had
nothing to do with the affair and with cbar-
acteristic candor he makes the amende hon-
orable. He could hardly do less and he
wants to evade no onligation,
As the time Mr. EMERY made the aconsa-
tion we expressed a doubt as to the ac-
curaay of his information. That the re-
créant Democrats were bribed is absolutely
certain and bas not been denied. Ever
since the event, moreover, they have been
ostracised by decent people and hanging
on the skirts of the Republican machine
like mendicants. But we had never heard
MceNicHOL'S name associated with the
transaction. As a matter of fact MoNICHOL
was at that time simply a ward heeler who
was makiug bis way into the favor of the
machine leaders hy performing aov{sinister
service which might be needed.
We have uot heard how or from what
source Mr. EMERY acquired the misinfor-
mation on the subject, though we are cer-
tain that be had it from what he considered
a credible source. A very candid and
courageous man it was opatural that be
should atter the charge when he believed
it and the withdrawal on faller and more
accurate information is equally character.
istic. Bat we can’t imagine thas MoNICHOL
suffered in reputation from the charge. He
bas committed many worse crimes and the
principal reason that be didn’t do what
was charged against him is that he didn’t
get the chance.
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BELLEFONTE, PA., NOVEMBER 30, 1906.
Durham's Home Coming.
One of the important lessons of the re-
cent election has already fally developed
and is easily interpreted. Former Iusur-
ance Commissioner ISRAEL W.: DURHAM,
head of the Boas Mansion contingent, has
returned home, and, according to esteem-
ed Philadelphia contemporaries, resumed
the business of bossing the Republican
machiue at the old stand. Immediately
after the eicction of a year ago, Mr. DUR-
HAM secluded himself in a remote resort
in California. The impairment of his
benlth was given as the ostensible reason
for his sell-expatriation and his physical
coudition was more or less precarious. But
those who analyze as well as observe un-
derstood that there were other reasons [or
his departure. Toe gossip abouts erimioal
prosecutions sud the general demoraliza-
tion of the wachine force bad something to
do with it, they said.
This conjecture is practically confirmed
by Mr. DURHAM'S return immediately
alter the election of this year which restor-
ed the machine to confidence if not to pow-
er. Daring the campaign thej{candidates |
of the machine protested) that victory |
would vot promise immunity from punish- |
ment. They declared that in the event of
their election every participant in graft
and greed wonld be brought to account.
Their oppononts predicted the opposite as
au inevitable cousequence. Mr. STUART
may be honest, they said, and bis inten-
tions good. But he will not be strong
enough to fulfill his pledges. The return
of DURHAM is the complete verification of
that prediction. It is the positive and
circumstantial proof that the gaug bas been
restored to power aud will exercise its au-
thority. DURHAM wouldo’t have put
himself withio the jurisdiotion of the courts
otherwise.
The return of DURHAM ig, therefore, a
significant objecs lesson of the election. It
proves beyond the shadow of a doubt that
the machine is again in the saddle, not
contrite or improved, but determined to
make the most of its opportunities. It
will probably be less bold in [the imme-
diate fature but not a whit less rapacious.
There will be no ‘“‘hounse of mirth’’ like the
Boas Mavsion during the coming session
ofifie Legislature, but the gang will be
there and the legislation will be prepared
on the old lines and enacted by the same
methods as formerly aud the plunder will
be divided as before. Bat the people will
have no cause of complaint because of this.
They voted for it deliberately and if they
are too stupid to exercise the right of self-
government, intelligently, they have a
right to pay the penaley.
The Cent=n-Mile Excursions.
The penuy-a-mile excursions to view the
capitol at Harrisburg ended with that of
last Saturday. They were begun three or
four weeks before the election and altogeth.
er took in the neighborhood of 50,000 peopie
to Harrisburg. That many curious visitors
necessarily did a good deal of harm to the
building and farnitare. Out of natural
ouriosity to confute or verify charges of
graft they scratched the walls, soiled the
trimmiogs and puvctured the upholstery,
but in the course of {time those things
would have been done anyway, so that it
dosu’t matter much, Therefore the excur-
sion may he regarded as a success. They
satisfied a good deal of publiclcuriosity and
established the fact that the railroads can
carry excursionists at a cent-a-mile and
make a profit.
The peony-a-mile excursions were the
invention of Governor PENNYPACKER.
With the low canning of a fox that perren-
nial bumbug and colossal frand conceived
the notion that the average man who view:
ed the building would he impressed by its
vast proportions and magoificence and dis-
credit the charges of grafs. That idea in-
ferentially aspe.sed the intelligence of the
people. It assumed that the average citizen
is unable to differentiate between Jextrava-
gance and crime and being unable to tell
whether ornaments and moulding were
made of mabogany or patty, would con-
clude that the building was worth all it
cost. It was a dishonest estimate based on
a criminal impulse. It was an unmitigated
fraud conceived and uttered for the pur-
pose of deceiving the publicand fixes PEN-
NYPACKER as a charlatau.
“The actual value of the work and mater-
ials in the capitol building has nothing to
do with the questions involved in the
charges of lawlessness in connection with
the covstraction. The main fact is that
valoable or otherwise the expenditures
were made in violution of the constitution
and that every man who participated in
the operations committed perjury. The
extravagance is criminal of course, for a
man occupying a fiduciary relationship to
the public is bound legally and morally to
conserve the interests of the public. Bat
the real turpitude lies in the fact that the
profligacy was in violation of the constitu.
tion and that the Governor cut necessary
appropriations for charity in order to main-
tain a balance in the treasury to make the
The Morning Afier.
From the Lincoln Neb. Commoner.
**Ab, it was a glorious victory!" ex-
claimed Mr. Bildad, looking up over the
morning paper avd stirring his coffee with
a flourish.
*“It was a glorious victory. The grand
old party of freedom won a signal trinmph
against the hordes of discontent and pre-
jondice and hate. The business interests of
the country are still safe, and those who
would force the American workingman to
compete with the pauper Jabor of Eatope,
and all who want law to do for them what
they are too lazy and worthless to do for
themselves—all the enemies of progressand
protection and prosperity have been relegat-
ed to the rear by a most decisive—"’
“We are ont of coal, Mr. Bildad,” said
Mrs. Bildad in a low yoice.
‘‘Gosh, what's she matter ?"’ howled
Mr. Bildad. “It's only two weeks since
we ordered the last ton, and it cost mea
dollar more than it did last year.”
“Yes, and when I asked the price again
yesterday, I found it had gone up another
dollar.”
“The infernal robbers !”’ shouted Mr.
Bildad. ‘“‘They’ve got a trust and in ca-
hoots with the railroads they are robbing
us. I'll not stand for it!"
‘‘Johnnie must have a new overcoat, and
I can’t get one for less than ten dollars. I
could get one for six two years ago that
| was better than the ten dollar one now.”
“There it iz again ! An honest, bard work-
ing man is robbed on all sides by these
gigantic trusts,”” howled Mr. Bildad.
“And the freight on that barrel of ap-
| ples ma sent us was more than the apples
would have cost here.”’
““The railroads are ruining this country
with their insatiable gread,’’ groaned Mr.
Bildad.
‘*We must bave sugar, coffee, flour and
batter today, my dear,’’ said Mrs. Bildad.
“‘Great Jehosophat, woman!” roared
Mr. Bildad. ‘‘It seems that the higher the
prices these infernal trusts charge us the
more you use. This household has got to
economize or go bankrupt. I can’t stand
it much longer!’
**How did you the election came
out ?"’ queried Mrs. .
““Ab, we won hands down !"’ exclaimed
Mr. Bildad. “It was a glorious victory
for the grand old party. We licked ‘em,
lock, stock and barrel. The conutry is still
safe and—"’
‘I see that the president of the coal truss,
and the manager of the sugar trast, and all
the manufacturers of clothing, and the
railroad magnates were all supporting your
ticket, Mr. Bildad. Don’t you think—"'
‘‘Look here, Maria,’’ snarled Mr. Bildad.
‘“Women don’t know nothing about poli-
tics, and I ain’t going to sit here and list
to you babble away on something vy:
don’t know nothing about.” rm
As the door slammed and Mr. Bildad's
foot steps echoed in the distance, Mis. Bil-
dad smiled a queer little smile and
reading the society columns of the morning
paper.
Who They Are,
From the Philadelphia Ledger.
In New York the Democrats clected the
lieutenant governor, secretary of state,
comptroller, state treasurer, attorney gen-
era! and state engineer. The Public Ledger
adds: “Lieutenant Governor-elect Chandler
is a millionaire and a relative of the Astors.
He goes into politics as a hobby, the same
asa man buys race horses or yachts or
come other amusement. John Sibley
Whalen, elected secretary of state, has
been a resident of Rochester for thirty-
eight years—all his life. He is national
organizer of the Tobacco Workers’ Inter.
national Union and president of the Cen-
tral Trades and Labor Council of Rochester
and the Rochester local No. 23. He is in
good circumstances and a bachelor aged 38.
Martin H. Glynn, the comptroller-eleet, is
& former Albany newspape. man, a mem.
her of the Albany har, an eloquent speaker
and a self-made man. In 1808, when 26
years old, he was elected to cougress. He
was reelected to congress in 1900. A master
baker by trade, hut a politician by bent, is
Julius Hauser, the successful candidate for
state treasurer. Sapville, L, I, is his home.
Frederick Skene, the young Astoria ciril
engineer who has been elected state eungi-
veer and surveyor, will become ove of the
most important factors in public office for
the next two years. He will exercisea di-
rect influence over the expenditure of the
$100,000,000 appropriated to enlarge the
canal system; he can change the plans of
‘his predecessor for spending what remains
of the $50,000,000 appropriated for good
roads. He is 33 years old. William 8. Jack-
son, elected to the office of attorney gener-
al, is first assistant district attorney of Erie
county. He was concerned in the prosecu-
tion of the Buffalo cemetery scandal thieves,
and made an enviable record in connection
with that.”
Forcing The Millennium.
From the Baltimore American. ‘
Thomas A. Edison celebrating his fifey-
ninth birthday, prophesied that the wor
would soon have flying machines,
aotomobiles aud a dozen other marvelous
Shiga, ;
“Do yoo think, sir,’’ said a young lady
reporter, “that the world wil! ever be
Christianized?" ‘
Mr. Edison smiled.
‘Not only do I think so,” he said, ‘‘but
I think we shall both live to see it. Just
look at the way these big improved ma-
chine guus are wiping out the heathen.” —
Baltimore American.
Don't Kuow Any Reform.
From the Altoona Times.
If the Hon. Frank B. McClain, of Lan-
caster county, is made r of the
next House, it will quite likely sound like
the death-knell to campaign promises and
pledges of reform. Mr. McLain will have
to look in the dictionary to obsain the defi-
nition of the term ‘‘reform ;"’ it has been
omitted entirely from bis lexicon of ma-
chine politics and practice.
—
—At the next monkey dinner in New-
port CARUSO should play the lion.
Spawls from the Keystone.
~—Percival Emerick, of Shartiesville, has a
tree that is bearing the second crop of plums
the size of hickory nuts.
~The Baldwins are paying out in wages
$15,000 a week at their new branch locomo-
tive works at Eddystone.
~The Chester county prison is ovorcrowd-
ed, having eighty-eight inmates and there
are two men each in many of the cells.
—Henry Clouser, 73 years old, was mar-
ried at Reading to Mrs. Caroline Seidel, who
is 70. It is his fourth matrimonial venture
and her second.
-—An attempt at jail breaking wes (rustrat-
ed at Clearfield the other day by Deputy
Sheriff Carlisle. Two bars bad been cut
which held the lock in the bathroom and
also one of the heavy bars of the window in
the corridor.
~The city of York bas an organized
benevolent society to look after the wants of
its needy poor. During the past year aid was
given to 1,200 persons and coal, flour, pota-
toes and other provisions to the value of
over $3,200 were distributed.
—The employees of the Williamsport Pas-
senger Railway company have been notified
of an increase of one cent per hour in wages.
This means that the seventy employes of the
company will have their wages advanced
from 18} to 19} cents per hour,
—The Allentown Portland Cement com-
pany has been organized to build a monster
cement plant six miles north of the city.
The company is capitalized at $2,000,000.
Dr. J. D. Erdman is president of the com-
pany and C. D. Strauss secretary and treas-
urer,
—Deputy Revenue Collector Fred W.
Cranston stamped the balance of the 30,000
cigars made in 1860 by Reuben Kleinert,
who refused to pay the tax on them, and
they are now being bought as relics, the
boxes being stamped ‘“‘Kleinert’s Cigars,
Relics, Made in 1860.”
~—Miss Polly Simpson, the heroic little
Keystone telephone girl, who saved hun-
dreds of dollars’ worth of property by re:
maining at her post and giving the alarm
when she discovered the Darby postoffice
building to be on fire on Juve 18, is just re-
covering from a critical illness.
~—Snyder county has but one colored per-
son within her borders, No Snyder éounty
candidate for office ever received the vote
of a colored man. “Old Black Harriet,” as
she is known, has resided at Selinsgrove for
at least forty years. She says that Sunday
was her birthday and that she is 116 years
old.
~The largest and heaviest deer of the
season shot in the vicinity of White Haven
was brought in Friday night by Henry Fulk
and Lyman Wagner, of Lehigh tannery. It
was a five'pronged buck weighing 200
pounds dressed and was shot hy Mr. Faulk at
the junction of Shingle Mill and Tobyhanna
creeks.
—Huunters arriving in DuBois, Sunday,
from the mountains of Elk county bring an
account of John Dielt, 18 years old, being
killed by a bear on Saturday. Dielt had shot
the bear, bringing it down, and went up to
bleed it, thinking it dead, when the animal
Larose, tore off one of his legs and one of his
arms and disemboweled him,
—An enthusiastic man living in Lycoming
county is sure there is patural gas in great
quantities in certain localities in that coun-
ty. Itis his expectation to find its hiding
place whereupon he will provide a new and
cheaper fuel for the people of Williamsport.
In the meantime he will be looking around
for money with which to carry on his re.
searches.
—Covered with burns from head to foot,
James Marshall is in a critical condition at
his home in Latrobe. He was smoking when
he went to the cellar for powder Wednesday
morning. A spark dropped from his pipe,
causing an explosion which shattered the
house and set fire to his clothes. He ran
into the street but was caught and the flames
extinguished. His sister isa raving maniac
from the shock.
—In a concerted and determined effort to
stamp out the present diphtheria epidemic
in Tyrone, where there are at present thirty-
two cases, the local school board and the
board of health adopted stringent measures
which, with added requests, will effectually
prohibit the congregation of children in
school, Sunday scHool, church, places of
amusement, social functions or on the streets
for at least n month,
—Because she went on the stump in behalf
of her trade unionist futher, William B.
Wilson, who was a successful candidate for
congress from the Lycoming county district,
Miss Aguoes Wilson was called before the
convention of the American Federation of
Lador in Minneapolis Thursday and reward-
ed for her “brave and courageois efforts’
with a diamond studded watch and a huge
bouquet of chrysanthemums.
—One of the three boilers belonging to the
Clearfield electric light and power plant blew
up Sunday wrecking the plant and Smith's
four-story grist mill adjoining. Hundreds
of panes of glass in that part of the town
were broken. John Byers, the engineer, and
the only man in the building, was slightly
hurt. The electric light company’s loss will
be between $75,000, fully insured. Smith's
loss will be between $15,000 and $25,000.
—Lemon Gill, the eighteen-year-old son
of Aaron Gill, of St. Lawrence, Cambria
county, is lying in a serious condition in the
hospital at Philipsburg as the result of
hunting in the woods near his home. While
going through some underbrush the shot gun
trigger came in contact with one of the twigs
and the weapon was discharged. Most of
the charge entered Gill's right arm, badly
mutilating that member. Blood poisoning
followed and the arm in all probability will
have to be amputated. J
—Williamsport is face to face with the
question of increasing the city taxes to meet
the growing expenses of the municipality,
and it is stated that the situation cannot be
successfully met in any other way than by a
higher tax rate. The joint finance commit:
tee of councils of our sister city is to meet
for tha purpose of devising some method of
securing an equitable and uniform method
of assessing property in that city, the belief
of the committe being that such was not
being secured by present methods.
GaapisnsmREsETRES