was followed by Bellefonte, Pa., January 10, 1908. ‘Gourt Will be Held Every Night Until Jury is Completed. NINE HAVE BEEN CHOSEN New York, Jan. 7.—At the close of Shree court sessions, which marked the first day of the second trial of Marry K. Thaw for the alleged murder of Stanford White, nine tentative furors had been selected out of fifty- seven talesmen examined by District Attorney Jerome, for the prosecution, and Martin S. Littleton, for the de- fenge. All of the men in the jury box MARTIN W. LITTLETON. Brilliant young lawyer who has <harge of Harry Thaw's case as chief counsel, / are subject to peremptory challenges, of which each side has thirty. In view of the difficulty experienced last year in discharging five jurors after they had taken the oath of service, it was agreed this time not to administer any oaths until both sides finally are sat- fsfied with the full panel. Legal insanity at the time of the tragedy is to be the sole defense. This was made clear at the very outset of the proceedings, when Mr. Littleton formaily served notice that the former plea of not guilty was amended by the specification that the defendant was insane when the homicide was com- mitted. The occupants of the jury box are: 1—Chas. E. Gremmels, ship broker. 2—John R. Hatchet, cigar dealer. 3—George B. Morewood, importer. 4—Floyd 8S. Sanford, bank manager. $—James E. Conway, hotelkeeper, 6—William E. Brower, decorator. 7—Arthur R. Naething, baker. 8-—Maurice Bouvier, exporter. 9—George W. Cary, drygoods dealer. Of the above men it was generally predicted that several will be chal: lenged. Three court sessions, including an evening sitting from eight to ten o'clock, are to be held daily until the Jury is completed. How long this will take neither District Attorney Jerome mor Thaw's counsel would hazard a guess. Mr. Jerome said also that it was impossible for him to estimate the duration of the trial, as much would depend upon the course of avents. The trial opened with little or no ceremony, and there was distinct evi- dence of a slackening of public in- terest. Admittance to the courtroom was rigorously restricted, and all day long there were vacant benches in the curtailed quarters given over to spectators. The only women allowed to be present are the members of the defendant's family and newspaper writers. Mrs. Evelyn Thaw was again the «enter of interest. even to the exclu- sion of the defendant himself. She throngs of curious persons as she entered and left the courthouse, TOUNTESS ASKS FOR DIVORCE Harry Thaw's Titled Sister Begins Suit Against Earl. London, Jan. 4.—The failure of an- other alliance of the English nobility with an American woman of wealth became public when the Countess of Yarmouth, who was Alice Thaw, of Pittsburg, a daughter of Mrs. William Thaw and a sister of Harry K. Thaw, whose second trial for the murder of Stanford White will begin Mon- day in New York city, applied to the divorce court for an annullment of her marriage to the Earl of Yarmouth. The Hartford family, the head of which is the Earl of Yarmouth's fa- ther and to the head of which the #arl is heir, he beihg the eldest son of the sixth Marquis of Hartford, is one of the oldest and proudest of the British nobility. The notoriety brought apon the family through its indirect connection with the Thaw murder case was galling and this climax to the eldest son's marriage to Alice Thaw is a bitter pill. The Marchioness of Hart- ford, who has stood by her daughter- in-law throughout her troubles and has exerted herself to reconcile the eouple, is prostrated with grief. Major Jenkins’ Prize Sword Destroyed Columbia, 8. C., Jan. 6.—The sword presented to Major Micah Jenkins by the people of South Carolina, through President Roosevelt at the Charleston «exposition in 1902, for gallantry as a member of the Rough Riders in the ‘Spanish-American war, was destroyed dn a fire which burned Major Jenkins’ home, together with other valuables. STABBED WIFE IN BED Frank Smith, of Easton, Then AS tempted Suicide. Easton, Pa., Jan. 6.—Frank Smith, son of City Controller Chester Smith, murdered his wife and then attemped to commit suicide. Smith and his wife had been separated for some time. The husband forced admission to the house occupied by his wife and her sister. After securing a carving knife Smith stole to the room occupied by the two sleeping women and plunged the weap- on into his wife's heart, killing her instantly. Smith left the house and going to his father’s residence, several blocks away, told him of the crime he had committed. The startling infor- mation unnerved the father and before he could regain his composure the son attempted to kill himself by gashing his throat and abdomen. The physicians say that Smith will recover, He charged his wife with infidelity and this is the only known cause for the tragedy. Mrs. Smith was about twenty-five years of age and her husband is about the same age. THUG SENTENCED Negro Assailant of Women Gets 33 Years In Penitentiary. Scranton, Pa., Jan. 7.—Robert Perry, the negro, who confessed to assaulting three different women with a bludgeon during the past two months, pleaded guilty before Judge Edwards to three counts of assault with intent to rob and one charge of larceny, and was sent- enced to thirty-three years in the penitentiary. This is the maximum penalty pre- scribed by the statute, One of Perry's victims, Miss Belle Osborne, is permanently disfigured facially, and still suffers from internal hemorrhages of the ear. Miss Carden whom he struck in the forehead is suf- fering from concussion of the brain. The other victim, Miss Lulu Thiel, was struck in the back of the neck and es- caped serious injury. Perry said his motive was robbery. This is not believed by the police, as their investigations showed that he was receiving fourteen dollars a week as a teamster and had $1000 in bank. LIABILITY ACT VOID Railroads Not Responsible For Negll gence of Employes. Washington, Jan. 7.—In an opinion by Justice White the supreme court of the United States held to be unconsti tuti nal “the employer's liability law,’ which makes railroads and other com mon carriers responsible to employes in accidents due to the negligence of fellow servants or to ineffective appli ances. The decision of the lower courts was aflirmed. There were two cases before the court, one of them that of the admin istratrix of a locomotive fireman killed on the Illinois Central road near Mem: phis, Tenn., and the other that of the administratrix of a fireman killed on the Southern Pacific road in Nevada. The railroads fought both cases in the trial courts, and in each case ob tained a verdict on the ground of the unconstitutionality of the law, FINDS $12,000; GIVEN $500 Draughtsman Returns Package to the Owner and Is Rewarded. Pottsville, Pa., Jan. 6. — Lawrence Prickett, a draughtsman, returning from a holiday visit to New Jersey, picked up in a Pullman car a pack age containing $7500 in gold bonds and $4500 in negotiable paper. He ascertained the owner and re turned the money by express. Saturday his honesty was rewarded by the gift of a $500 United States gold bond from the owner, Jar Cut Throat of Paderewski. Cincinnati, Jan. 7. — Ignace Pade rewski, the famous pianist, had a nar row escape from death here. But those who fumed and fretted at Music Hall because the pianist was an hour late did not know about the accident until the concert was over. Paderewski was being shaved by his valet in his private car in the railroad yards here, when a switch engine bumped into the car. The jolt sent the razor into the musician's throat. Fortunately the valet turned the blade sufficiently to avoid any vital spot, although a con: siderable gash was inflicted. Pade rewski lost considerable blood, but no serious results are anticipated. Recovering From Long Trance. Mont Clair, N. J., Jan. 4—Edward Shea, who lay in a trance for nearly a month, is recovering from his curi- ous affliction. He has regained con- sciousness and expects to be fully re covered within a short time. During his trance he says he had vivid visions and talked with persons who had been dead for a long time. His case puzzled physicians, and his recovery came as suddenly as his affliction. Fatal Accident On Battleship. San Diego, Cal., Jan. 7.—In an acci- dent on the battleship Nebraska, now at this port, several men were in- jured. Only meager information is as yet obtainable. The accident appears to have been caused by loss of control over a crane, which swept through a group of sailors. One report is that |. two were killed and their bodies swept overboard. Body Turned to Stone. Hagerstown, Md.,, Jan. 6. — When workmen disinterred the body of Mrs. Barah Geist, in the Mennonite grave- ‘yard, at Ringgold, this county, for re- moval to Waynesboro, they found fit turned to stone. Even the folds of the dress were hardened so that they re- mained as when the body was buried, eleven years ago. PETTISBONE ACQUITTED Western Miners’ Leader Not Guilty of Steunenberg Murder. Boise, Idaho, Jan. 6.—An end of the prosecution of the men charged with the murder of former Governor Frank Steunenberg, except the cases of Harry Orchard and Jack Simpkins, came with the acquittal of George A. Pettibone and the discharge of Charles H. Moyer, president of the Western Federation of Miners, both charged with conspiring with William D. Haywood to murder Steunenberg. Moyer will return with Pettibone in a few days to Denver. Haywood was ac- quitted last summer, and Moyer will not be tried. Only two men on the Pet- tibene jury veted for conviction, The case of Orchard, confessed as- sassin of Steunenberg, and chief wit- ness against Moyer, Haywood and Pet. tibone, is in the hands of Prosecuting Attorney Vanduyn, of Canyon county, Idaho. No statement as to the future procedure in the case has bee: made, but it will be called during the next term of court at Caldwell, when it will | probably be finally disposed of. Simp- | kins is still a fugitive. TWICE CALLED DEAD Ohio Woman Has Strange Attacks of Catalepsy. i Bellefontaine, O., Jan. 7.—After be- | ing twice pronounced dead, Mrs. Lu-. cinda Carrothers, of this city, still lives and is moving about the house in her usual good health. A week ago | Mrs. Carrothers was taken violently ill | She sank steadily and two days later | the attending physician pronounced | her dead. While the body was being | prepared for burial the jar of a mov- | ing chair aroused her and she arose! apparently none the worse for her | startling experience. A similar attack followed the next | day. Again the family was certain that ' death had really occurred. Prepara- | tions were made for interment and | relatives were summoned. While this | was in progress Mrs. Carrothers again | came back to life, and has been in| good health ever since. MORE CAPITOL CHARGES Warrants to Be Issued For Huston, Sanderson and Cassel. Harrisburg, Pa., Jan. 7.—Three men | already under indictment on charges | of conspiracy in connection with the! furnishing of the new state capitol, ars | to be confronted with additional | charges of false pretense. i Counsel for Congressman H. Burd Cassel, of Marietta; Joseph M. Huston, | and John H. Sanderson, of Philadel phia, were notified by District Attorney ! Weiss that additional suits would be brought against their clients before Alderman Caveny. Warrants will be issued immediately after the information has been brought for the arrest of the defendants and they will be required to come to Har- risburg, furnish bail and waive a hear- ing for court. POISONED BY CHEESE Three Families Violently Sick After Eating Bad Food. Upper Sandusky, O., Jan. 4.—Three families of Wharton, O., twelve miles west of this city, ate cheese for their breakfast and soon afterwards were taken very ill. In the family of Clar- ence Bell, all five members are very sick and the two younger children are dying. Four members of the Wheeler Cry- der family are suffering great agony. Several members of the J. F. DeLong family are among the sufferers and are not yet out of danger. New Marriage Rules For Catholics. Pittsburg, Pa., Jan. 6.—A pastoral letter to be issued early in the ap- proaching Lenten season by Bishop Canevin, of the Pittsburg diocese of the Catholic church as well as other bishops, will impose new regulations governing marriages upon all who pro- fess the Catholic religion. The letter will give full force and effect to the rescript of Pope Pius X, promulgated among Catholic clergy of the world several months ago, providing that no priest of one parish shall unite in mar- riage persons who are residents of an- other parish. The puropse is to throw around the marriage ceremony greater safeguards than ever before. Woman Died On a Train. Reading, Pa., Jan. 4. — Mrs. Lewis Bibleheimer, aged sixty years, of Ma- hanoy City, died suddenly on a Read- ing railway passenger train near Ma- hanoy City. Shortly after boarding the express the woman became ill and expired before the train reached East Mahanoy Junction. The remains were taken from the train at that place and given in charge of Dr. Seligman. It is supposed that Mrs. Bibleheimer's death was brought on through hurry- ing to get to the station. Sleeping Child Puzzles Doctors. Pittsburg, Pa., Jan. 7.—Physicians are puzzled over the illness of Mary Dolan, the two-year-old daughter of Matthew Dolan, of McKeesport, this county. The child sank into a sound sleep at noon last Friday and all efforts to arouse her since have been without result. She had been sick for several days and was being treated for grip. Grief Causes Suicide. Camden, N. J, Jan. 4—Joseph E. Tatem, a wealthy resident of Collins- wood, N. J, committed suicide by shooting himself in the head. Grief over the death of his wife a year ago is believed to have been the cause. Aged 112, He Mourns Fiance of 120. San Francisco, Jan. 6. — Captain Dittmond, aged 112 years, is mourning the death of Mrs. Woods, aged 130, + years old, of Philadelphia, was crushed ' widely known surgeons in the United | tre, Pa., were destroyed by a fire which whom he had hoped to marry. A WEEK'S NEWS CONDENSED Wednesday, January 1. Albert Zein, thirty years old, of Phil- adelphia, committed suicide in the basement of the Pennsylvania railroad station at Pittsburg by drinking car- bolic acid. Director Frank Ridgway, prominent- ly known in connection with the United States weather bureau, died in & hospital at Pittsburg of typhoid pneumonia. Two foreign miners were probably fatally injured and two dwelling houses partly wrecked at Willock, near Pitts- burg, when a keg of blasting powder became ignited from an open lamp which one of the men was fastening to his cap. Thursday, January 2. The report of Coroner Stein, of Lackawanna county, Pa. for 1907 shows 101 deaths in and about the mines. The 131st annual session of the New York state legislature began at noon Wednesday. James W. Wadsworth, Jjr., was re-elected speaker of the assem: bly. While alighting from the rear end of a trolley car on which he was steal ing a ride, Francis Gallagher, fifteen to death by ancther trolley car. Friday, January 3. Two men were run down and killed by a Pittsburg & Lake Erie passenger train in Pittsburg. Dr. Nicholas Senn, one of the most States, died in Chicago. Robbers Dlew open the vault of the McCurtain, Okla., State bank, secured $3000 in gold and silver and escaped, leaving no clue. The Cumberland Presbyterian church and three store buildings at Coal Cen- EE —————————————— Belicfonte hoe Emporium. dy threatened the destruction of the en- tire mining town, fifty miles south of | Pittsburg. ! Saturday, January 4. The Erie shops at Susquehanna near Binghamton, N. Y., have again! been put on full time. | Sarah Burton and her son Arch | negroes, were shot and killed at! Blackville, Ark. by Deputy Sherif! | Barnes and City Marshal Britt Jones while resisting arrest. Rev. Father Denis J. Stafford, D. D. pastor of St Patrick's Catholic church, in Washington, and one of the most noted divines in the country died at the Providence (R. 1.) hospital following an operation. After suffering for ten days with facial neuralgia, which had settled in an ulcerated tooth, Mrs. Anna Rei mann, of Philadelphia, died in her hus band's arms in a dentist's office. Monday, January 6. A reduction of ten per cent in the wages of all its employes was posted at the Crane Iron works, Catasauqua Pa. Thomas L. Pierson, acting judge of the second criminal court at Newark N. J., dropped dead at his home from apoplexy. Martin Wezlarz, of Philadelphia while walking on the railroad, was struck by a train at Redington, Pa. and perhaps fatal'y hurt. The world’s record for quantity and average price of loose leaf tobacce has been broken at Lexington, Ky. where 1,800,000 pounds were sold for $10.30 per hundred. Thirty-two deer, comprising the herd in William G. Rockefeller's pri vate park, at Greenwich, Conn., have been rounded up and shipped to s Pennsylvania purchaser. Tuesday, January 7. Peter Hicks was held up at the point of a revolver at Chester, Pa., by a colored man and robbed of $9. Ten of the thirty hot mills of the Shenango tinplate plant at New Cas tle, Pa, resumed operations, giving employment to 1000 men. A bell cast in Paul Revere’'s work shop was destroyed in a fire which burned down the Congregational church at Wiscassett, Me. Attempting to cross the street in front of a trolley car in Philadelphia, Miss Luella Smith. colored, was run over and both legs were cut off. Commander Harry H. Hosley, U. 8. N., who took the dry dock Dewey from Newport News to Manila, and whe since his return has been supervisor of the harbor of New York, died in New York. PRODUCE QUOTATIONS The Latest Closing Prices In the Principal Markets. PHILADELPHIA — rLouR uiet; winter extras, new, $4.1 sylvania ¥ roller, RL Ww TR ms he: BE Barta vi steady. "N ail. red, $1.03 dd BN : No. 2 yellow, Oe OATS firm: No. 2 white, b7c.; lower es, 6be. ies, ; Nie “Git: "ect: ham cin gust: oY: large 3 (ORK BERL barrel, per 20027 ULTRY: hme, steady; hens dc.; old roosters, 10c. Dressed steady; choice fowls, 13c.; old roosters, 9c. BUTTER firm: extra gheamery , 34c. EGGS firm; Selected, ' nearby 3lc.; western, ATORS he per Dushel aie Sweets fi Jom R J0giso g Balm LTIMO 7) whe rer; Ne, I at 0. B92 ton , 98c@$1. as. apt? Be mixed ap © 65 ti Steamer se. OA TS im Se agi: for ox Lg ary and Pennsylvania a aajry rints, 17@19¢. vania ROO aig Jang, onagtl ginia, 26c.; hi. ern, Fy Live Stock Markets. PITTSBURG jOmios Sock. Fe Hy hide ThE ou Aad co fn. $6@7.40; veal ath Sass Warm Shoes for cold feet. We have them in all kinds. A full and complete line of Good Warm Slippers. Felt Sole Slippers make a present that will be appreciated. We have anything in the Shoe line that you may need. PRICES RIGHT. Come and see. Yeager & Davis BELLEFONTE, PA. yon & Co. Lyon &. Company. We now begin our great Clearing Up Sale. Everything in odds and ends must be sold regardless of cost. The stock must be cleaned up of little lots and Winter Goods must be sold now. Everything in FURS, COATS, CAPS. OVERCOATS, Clothing and odds and ends of Dress Goods must go at this sale. Now is the time for you to take advantage of this sale, for there are bar- gains in every department for you. Ladies’ Long Coats that were $25.00 now go at this sale for $15.00 €“ € a é“ € LLY ‘ “ “ 20.00 *' 10.00 7.50 5.00 “ LE i i“ 6 LL 1 “ i“ 13.00 “ be ‘ “ ““ o«“ a“ se “ ‘“ 10.00 *¢ Children’s Bear Skin Coats in all colors, all go for Ladies’ Fine Shoes, the 2.50 kind go at this sale for Children’s Fine Shoes, the 1.75 kind go at this sale for $2.50 L.75 1.25 Men's, Boy's and Children’s Clothing all at reduced prices. Men's Heavy Shoes from 1.48 up. Men's fine dress Shoes from 1.75 up. Men's all Wool Sweaters, the 1.50 kind, now only g8c. Boy's all Wool Sweaters, the 1.25 kind, now only 7sc. Come early and don’t miss this great Clearing Sale as you can save money. LYON & COMPANY, 17-12 Allegheny 8t., Bellefonte, Pa. wi RR
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