fe Startling Evidence Given In Hearing of Pittsburg Bribery Scandal BLEUTH “DISCOVERS'’ LOST COIN Pittsburg, Dec. 3—To escape im- prisonment for contempt, C. R. Rich- ardson, a broker, went on the stand at the hearing of Common Council man William A. Martin, charged with soliciting bribes in the Pittsburg and Tube City franchise ordinance scan- dal, and told how a fund of $70,000 had twice been put up to influence councilmen, and said that Martin, al- leged to be treasurer of the council manic combine, was present each time. The money, which has disappeared, was intended, it is charged, to go to certain councilmen should the Tube City railroad franchise be passed. Richardson testified that on Octo- ber 17 he, with Martin and C. 8. Cam- eron, president of the railroad, placed $70,000 in a safety deposit box in the Union Trust company. When they counted the money over Martin re- marked, said Richardson, that one $10,090 bank note looked good to him.” ‘As soon as Martin left Richardson took the money away, substituting a package of newspaper clippings. On October 22 Richardson swore Martin had the box opened to get the money, and found the package of pa- pers. That night common council sent the Tube City ordinance to a special committee. n November 20 Richardson again got the $70,000 from his partner, A. B. McGrew. He turned it over to Cam- eron, oand with Martin went to the Union Safe Deposit company's vaults in the Frick building. Cameron, Rich- ardson testified, reached into his pock- et for the package and declared that it was lost. Martin refused to stand a search, and Richardson had both men arrested on charges of conspir- acy to defraud. The next day a package containing $65,000 of the £70,000 was found on the seventh floor hall of the Hotel Antler by G. B. Perkins, a detective, who had been employed by Richard. son. Cameron's brother and father were both living at the Antler. The remaining $5000 was made up by Cam- eron, and after deducting a fee of $10, 000, Perkins turned the money over to McGrew. A number of witnesses were called to corroborate Richardson, one of them being Perkins, who admitted that he got $10,000 for recovering the $70,000, or $65,000, as the case might be. Attcrney Marron, re nting the city, and Rody P. Marshall, represent: ing Martin, almost clinched when Mar- shall accused Marron of trying to “shield some one higher up.” When Marshall demanded to know who was back of the “whole deal,” a hot argument followed, and Marshall made his accusation. SEVEN MEN HORRIBLY BURNED P. R. R. Oil House at Huntingdon, Pa., Demolished by Explosion. Huntingdon, Pa., Dec. 4—The oil storage house of the Pennsylavnia Railroad Company here was completely demolished by a terriffic explosion and seven workmen who were in the build: ing were horribly burned. The in: jured are: William McMahon and Wil liam Richardson, probably fatal; Mack Wilson, * Samuel Winnemore, James Hawk, Dale Roffs and Robert Miller. The building was used for the stor age of oil and gasoline. The explo sion was the result of the men enter ing the building with a lighted torch. KILLED BY GASOLINE FUMES ' Asphyxiated While Leaning Over Auto Tank Making Repairs. Philadelphia, Dec. 1.—Gustav Loed- ing, aged 58 years, well known as a promoter of amusement enterprises, was found dead in his automobile in a garage in the northern section of {he city. He hed been asphyxiated by gas oline fumes while leaning over the tank of the machine making repairs. Loeding had been dead for several heurs when his body was found. The unfortunate man's head was lying across the opening from which the deadly fumes were issuing and, the physicians say, left no doubt as to the cause of death. SUICIDE AND WEDDING ‘Woman Hanged Herself at Hour Sor Was Being Married. Washington, N. J.,, Dec. 1. — Mrs. Archibald Lance, 54 years old, com: mitted suicide by hanging herself in ‘the cellar of her home here at the hour her son was getting married at New- ark. Mrs. Lance disappeared at the hour set for the wedding and could not be found for some time. There is no known reason for her act. The family is quite prominent here, Mr. Lance being a member of the town council. ——— —— —- S——— Will Fight in Baltimore. New York, Dec. 4. — “Young” Cor bett and Terry McGovern will fight before the Eureka Athletic Club of Bal- timore the last week in January. Al Herford, representing the club, offered 70 per cent. of the gross receipts, and his bid was accepted. He posted a $1000 forfeit. American Ladies Honored By Sultan. Constantinople, Dec. 4—It was offi- cially announced in the Gazette that the sultan had bestowed the Shefakat order upon Mrs. and Miss Jackson, wife and daughter respectively of John B. Jackson, the American minister to @recce, Montenegro and Servia. WANTED TO LYNCH BRUTE E-ranton Pclice Secret Away Man Who Enticed Little Girls. Scranton, Pa., Dec. 1.—Earl Faulk- ner, aged 28, keeper of a candy store in West Scranton, had to be hurried from the West Scranton police station to headquarters under strong guard to precent a possible lynching. He was arrested on suspicion of be- Ing the party who has been enticing little girls. years of age, who had been assaulted | by him, and four others, whom it is al- leged he attempted to assault, posi- tively identified him when he was ar- | raigned for a hearing before Magis- trate Charles. Led by relatives of the little girls, a crowd of 200, which had collected in front of the station house, threatened to lynch him, and Superin- | tendent of Police Day, with a squad of officers, got him out secretly and hustled him to the central police station. CRITICISED THE PRESIDENT Anti-lmperialist Asks When Rooseveit Became the United States. Boston, Dec. 4.—At the adjourned annual meeting of the Anti-imperial- | jst League resolutions were adopted expressing confidence in the success | of the cause of the complete independ- ence of the Philippine Islands. In his annual address President Storey criticised President Roosevelt for his interference in the recent diffi- | culties in Cuba, claiming that it was a menace to the future independence of the Cuban republic, as well as a Little girls, all under 10 | THAW TRIAL DELAYED Commission to Take Evidence of Wit. : nesses Outside of New York. | New York, Dec. 4. — A motion of ; counsel for Harry K. Thaw that a com- mission be appointed to take the tes- | timony of witnesses outside the state . was granted by Judge Newburger in | the supreme court. It will be an in. | terrogatory commisison and testimony ! will be taken of witnesses for both the i i | prosecution and defense. | The motion was made by Clifford W. | Hartridge, one of Thaw's counsel, who | suggested an open commission, and | named as the witnesses whose testi: | money is desired Thomas McCaleb i and Truxton Beale, both of whom, he : said, are in California. | District Attorney Jerome told Jus- | tice Newburger he had no objection ' to the appointment of a commission | to take testimony, providing it be al- ' lowed to take the testimony of wit- nesscs {6 the prosecution who are | outside the state. He also said that { an open commission, as suggested by | Mr. Hartridge, would be unsatisfac- tory, for the reason that it could ask all kinds of questions and that it would take considerable time to get the testi- mony in hand. He said that an inter- rogatory commission could be appoint- ed, and that only prepared questions would then be asked. Mr. Jerome said he wanted the testimony of the moth- er, brother and sister of the defend- ant's wife and possibly that of a wit ness who is now in South Africa. The witness in South Africa is Miss Ida Veronica Simonton, daughter of usurpation of the rights of congress. | pr Simonton, of Pittsburg. She sailed “The United States,” said President Storey, “has the right under the Platt amendment to interfere for the pres- ervation of Cuban independence, but gince when has President Roosevelt ' become the United States?” PENNSYLVANIA'S REVENUES Reached $25,800,000 For 1906, Break- ing All Records. | Harrisburg, Pa., Dec. 1.—The reve- | nues of the commonwealth of Penn- | sylvania for the fiscal year closing from this country August 1. Miss Si- monton has gone to Africa to study the monkeys in the jungle. OUR PROSPERITY AMAZES LIPTON Says Such Prosperity Was Never Known In Any Country. London, Dec. 1.—S8ir Thomas Lipton has contributed to the Weekly Dis- patch an article describing the amaz- ing prosperity in America in every de partment of trade and commerce. He Friday were $25,818,924.10. This breaks | says it is no exaggeration to declare all records, the next highest recorded | having been reached one year ago, when the colections aggregated $24. that at no previous period of human | industry has such prosperity been known in any country. Everybody in 269,119.72. The increase is due to the | America is making money and in suck raising of the taxes of the larger cor | porations and the close collection of delinquent corporation taxes. The Pennsylvania Railroad com- |! pany, which is the state's largest tax payer, contributed $2,416,893.79 for taxes on its lines east of Pittsburg | this vear; its capital stock tax was $1, ! 718,025.60; tax on loans, $303,277.86; gross receipts, $395,590.32. SPARK DROPPED INTO POWDER Three Killed and Thirteen Injured In the Explosion. New York, Dec. 4.—A spark from a candle carried by a laborer dropped into a can of giant powder and caused an explosion among a gang of work: men in the Pennsylvania railroad tun. nel under the East river. Three men were killed outright and a fourth is dying. Of 12 others less seriously hurt two required hospital treatment. The others, suffering chiefly from burns, were attended on the spot | and sent home. The explosion occurred ! in the tube close to a shaft sunk be tween the Long Island railroad sta tion at Long Island City and the river, SOLD INTO SERVITUDE Kentucky Convict Brings Only $10 For Nine Months’ Labor. Elizabethtown, Ky., Dec. 4.—Dick Anbury, who was convicted of vagran cy, and who was ordered sold into ser vitude for nine months, according to the law of the state, was disposed of at public auction to J. Johnson, a far mer, for the sum of $10. Aubury's rep utation for general shiftliness was such that even the most strenuous ef: forts of the sheriff were not sufficient to bring about many bids. Died Trying to Save Companion. Vineyard Haven, Mass, Dec. 4. — Captain Pierce, of the schooner Henry 8. Little, bound from Philadelphia for Portland with coal, came ashore here and announced the loss of two of his men, John Rosperson, of Norway, and Emil Olsen. Both men were shipped in Philadelphia. When the schooner was 20 miles off Barnegat Olsen fell from the forerigging into the sea. Rosperson at the time was on the main deck, but he saw his companion fall, and without hesitating a moment he sprang over the rail and dived after him. A boat was lowered by other sail ors, but no trace could be found of either Rosperson or Olsen. Matches Explode, Firing a Child. Chester, Pa., Dec. 3.—While playing with matches Harry, the 23-yearold son of James McGuire, a Chester Trac. tion conductor, was burned about the body and sustained internal injuries, inhaling the flames. Hearing her child’s screams, Mrs. McGuire extin- guished the flames by wrapping a coat about the burning lad. The boy had picked up the box of matches, then dropped them on the kitchen floor, when they exploded. Heroic efforts are being made to save the child's life. Wealthy Bachelor a Suicide. Pittsburg, Dec. 4.—L. Lee Dilworth, 52 years old and a bachelor, a member of one of the wealthy families of Pitts. burg, committed suicide by shooting. No cause can be assigned for the deed and all avenues of information were closed to newspapers and inquirers by the friends and members of the family. He was very wealthy. Accidentally Killed By Brother. Carlisle, Pa., Dec. 1—Chester Nickel, aged 10 years, was accidentally shot and killed by his 16-year-old brother While gunning near here. piles that the ordinary standards of comfort and luxury are being replaced by new ideals. “Even responsible and well informed writers in England,” Sir Thomas con- tinues, “appear to have little idea of what is happening across the Atlantic. The view appears to be that this pros. perity is merely due to financial ma nipulation. Never was there a more ridiculous theory. American prosperity is based upon the immense expansion of solid industries, the increased pur chasing power of the people and the legitimate development of agriculture and mining industries, while the gen- eral confidence is such that nobody is afraid to spend lavishly.” CURZON APPOINTED GUARDIAN Authorized to Collect His Children’s Money From Leiter Estate. Washington, Dec. 4—Lord Curzon, of Kedlestone, former viceroy of India, was appointed ancillary guardian for his three minor children. Justice Gould, of the supreme court of the District of Colnmbia, made the ap- pointment. By the order he is au thorized to collect any money due the children from the estate of their grandfather, the late Levi Z. Leiter, and to collect the interest on the mar- riage settlement deed of trust, which was executed in Washington, April 20, 1895, at the time of Lord Curzon's mar- riage to Miss Mary Victoria Leiter. The petition presented to Justice Gould was signed “Curzon of Kedle- stone.” The petition cites that the children’s interest in the Leiter estate is $30,000 a year each and that the in- terest on the marriage settlement deed of trust is $6000 a year each. Scranton’s Oldest Resident Dead. Seranton, Pa., Dec. 4—Mrs. Jane Halpin, the oldest resident of Scran- ton, died in the House of the Good Shepherd, aged 104 years. Her oldest son, James Halpin, is 82, and her baby boy, Martin, is 79. Mrs. Halpin was a native of Ireland, and had resided in South Scranton for half a century. She was an inmate of the House of the Good Shepherd for the past five years, not because of any wayward: ness. but at her own request, that she might end her days in a religious in. stitution. Opposed to Public Ownership. New York, Dec. 1.—The Public Own- ership Commission of the Nationai Civic Federation, after an exhaustive investigation of public ownership, both in Europe and America, is under stood to be unanimously opposed to public ownership, on the grounds that it is unscientific, wasteful and morally undesirable. The commission is mak- ing up its report and will submit it to the Federation before the middle of January. — Dropped Dead as His Home Burned. Lancaster, Pa., Dec. 4. —A defective flue caused a fire which destroyed the home of Samuel Burns, in Drumore township, thiz county. Burns, who was 72 years of age, dropped dead from excitement when he saw the de- struction of his home was complete. Professor Bloomberg Dead in Germany. Easton, Pa. Dec. 3.—Word was re- cefved here of the death in Germany en Saturday last of Rev. Augustus A. Bloomberg, professor of modern lan- mages at Lafayette college. Last June he was given a year's leave of absence and went abroad. WE ARE RROUD Of the fact that we have the best line of good all solid serviceable Children’s Shoes ever brought to Centre county. On account of the great advance in the price of hides, leather and shoes, and knowing that the market was full of shoddy goods, we were very careful to select our line of Children’s Shoes so as to give the trade good value. The shoes that we speak of are not cheap shoes for it is impossible to get good shoes cheap, They are shoes that are made of good leather ; shoes that will stand the rough usage that a chtld a full line of the Educator shoes for hire enerally gives them. We have These shoes are made THE SHAPE OF A CHILD'S FOOT, good and wide in the toes and with low heels. This shoe is the best thing ever made in the Child's Shoe to save their feet from corns and bunions as is usually the case after they grow up. Our Ghiget is to impress on your mind two things: First—that the line of Children’s Shoes that we will sell you will be just as we repre sent tham and you will not be deceived. Seconp—that they are not cheap shoes, for the concern who advertises that they have good chea shoes, now cannot make good their statement for with the terrible ad’ vance in hides and leather, it is impossible to get them. Now if you are LOOKING FOR GOOD SHOES COME TO US and if you are looking for poor shoddy shoes it is not the place to come. We tell you just what you are getting and do not misrepresent. A 341 Cig; B 676 YEAGER & DAVIS OPEN EVENINGS. Alabaster Ornaments. The best method of cleaning any ala- baster ornament is to first remove any grease with spirits of turpentine and then to place the article in water for ten minutes or a little longer if very dirty. Next rub all over with a paint- er's brush and leave to dry. Then rub again with a soft brush dipped in plas- ter of paris. Glove Maxims, A woman who is careful of her hand : must be careful of her gloves, for this is most important. If they are tight they ruin the shape of the hand; if they are badly cut they give a com- mon aspect to the whole appearance, and such gloves are the dearest in the end. There is that bit of gimp or fringe which has been hanging for some time from the chair or couch. Just a few moments with a tack hammer and a few gimp tacks and these pieces of fur- niture will lose that run down at the becl sort of Jook they have had. Subscribe for the DEMocrATIC WATCH | MAN. WHOLE OR HALF TRUTHS. Better be single in peace than mar | ried in war. The rock of success isn't located in a field of roses, : The fellow who objects to discipline needs it the most. You can inherit ability, but you've got to hustle for experience. The optimist has an easy time of it. He smiles while others work. It doesn’t cost anything to say “good morning” even if it's raining. Some folks ought to take their con- sciences out once in awhile for exer. cise. Silence isn't always golden. The talker with something to say is worth a dozen keep stills. The optimist who thinks that folks are civilized should yell “Fire!” to a | erowded house and watch results.— pe “Gumption,” by N. C. Fowler, tI ' : Coal and Wood. i f i HH ISI TEU ST— Medical. rn mm JL RUPTIONS. Dry, moist, scaly tettor, all forms of ec- zema or salt rheum, pimples and other cu- tane by eruptions proceed from humors, either inherited, or acquired through defec- tive digestion and assimilation. To treat these eruptions with drying medicines is davgerouns. The thiug to do is to take HOOD'S SARSAPARILLA AND PILLS Which thoroughly cleanse the blood, ex- pelling all humors and building up the system. They cure. Hood's Sarsaparilla ently cured J. G. Haines, Franks, Ill., of eczema, from which he bad suffered for some time ; and Mies Alvina Wolter, Box 212, Algona, Wis., of pimples on her face and back and chafed skin on her body, by which she had been greatly troubled. are more testi- uoniale in favor of Hood's than can be pub- Hood's Sarsaparilia promises to cure and keeps the promise. i 1 EPwARD K. RHOADS i Shippiog aud Commission Merchant, i en DEALER [I Nw—— ANTHRACITE axp BITUMINOUS {counts} ~=CORN EARS, SHELLED CORN, OATS —- snd other grains. —BALED HAY and STRAW | BUILDERS’ and PLASTERERS’ SAND ee KINDLING WOOD—r by the bunch or cord as may suit purchasers. solicits the Dironage Rt te pone o we HIS COAL YARD... Telephone Calls {gontral 131%. Commercia! 52 near the Passenger Station. 16-18 Money to Loan. MONE 0.108% sod warty J. M. KEIC 41 1r- ary a Law: HIGH STREET, BELLEFONTE. Plumbing etc. A. E. 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