Bellefonte, Pa., January 24, 1908,
Boyertown to Have Memorial For
Unidentified Dead.
PEOPLE BOWED WITH GRIEF
Boyertown, Pa., Jan. 20.—Boyertown
Bas at last come to a realization of
the horror of the holocaust that wiped
out 173 lives. Every person living here
turned out to pay their last respects
to the victims of the Rhoads Opera
House disaster. It was one long pro
cession of carriages. In every street
funeral corteges, moving toward Fair
view and Union cemeteries, were to
be seen.
At the burial grounds the stream of
carriages and mourners waited for
hours to get in. The grave diggers
did not get their work done, and it
was necessary in many cases to halt
the funeral until the graves could be
made ready. There were not hearses
enough to go around mor undertakers
enough to care for the dead.
It was a common sight at the ceme
teries to see corteges standing in the
various avenues waiting for the men
to finish graves or waiting for the]
minister. Twenty-five funerals were
held Friday and sixty Saturday.
The bodies of twenty-four unidenti
fled dead were buried in the Fairview
cemetery in this place.
Upwards of 10,000 persons attended
the services that marked the interment
of the fire victims, who were buried
in one long trench, dug in a circular
shape. No eulogy was delivered at
the grave, the ceremonies being of
the simplest sort. Four ministers rep-
resenting as many denominations, read
the plain burial service of their respec-
tive churches. Each body was encased
in a plain coffin and they lie separated
in the ditch by brick walls. In time 2
monument, marked with the names of
those reported missing since the fire, |
and who are supposed to have been
burned to death, will be erected in the
centre of the circular mound which
marks the one big grave.
In connection with the missing, it!
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developed that one more person has
been reported lost te Coroner Strasser,
than has been indicated by the bodios
found. +o that it is apparent some por-
sons may have been entirely consumed
in the dames that swept the ill-fated!
opera house,
The mystery surrounding the findiog
of the body of a woman dressed in
man's clothing in the fire has been
solved
dirs Rebecca Diamond, coming here
from Philadelphia in ansver to a tele
gram from Coroner Strasser, posi
tively identified the body of the sup
posed stranger as that of her daughter
Rose, aad announced that the coro
ner's dispatch had reached her just in
time to prevent the burial of another
as her daughter
Frank: England, a cousin of Rose
Diamond. came here from Philadel
phia aad declared that the signet
ring bearing the initial letter “R.” the
diamond earrings, necklace and the
bracels! found on the hody were those
of hi: cousin. Even in the case of this
the authorities would have been in:
clined to believe that the jewels had
been stolen from Miss Diamond in the
course of the evening by the stranger,
but for the fact that the earrings were
fastened in the ears.
Then the question arose, why, if the
body wore really that of Miss Diamond
she should have been attired in trou
sers. A number of men who had gath-
ered about the door of the hall the
might of the entertainment were inter-
viewed, and each declared that he
well remembered the arrival of the
pretty girl. and that there certainly
was nothing about her to suggest a
disgnia~
Covouer Strasser then wired to Mrs.
Diamond, in Philadelphia. where she
was about to inter the supnosed body
©f her daughter. The funeral was im-
mediately halted and Mrs. Diamond
boarded the first train for Boyertown.
Immediately on examining the jewelry
she announced that it was undoubt-
edly that of her daughter, and ar
ranged for the exchange of the bodies.
It then developed upon the authori
tes to arrive at some explanation of
‘the clothing found upon the body. An
Inquiry was instituted to find out its
exact condition when found, and the
manner in whoch the clothing was
fastenad to {t. As a result of this the
©opinlon was expressed by the coroner
and the borough officials that the girl's
body had lain under that of a man,
whose clothing dropped from his body
and onto that of the girl and became
fast there, while soaked with water,
and then subject to the great heat. It
is freely admitted that there are
points of this explanation which do
not explain, and which are not satis.
factory, but in view of the positive
statements of all those concerned,
and aspecially the fact that Rose Dia-
‘mond’s earrings were in the ears of
ithe mysterious corpse, it was conced-
ed to he the only one possible at the
present time.
FOUR DEAD IN FIRE
@lrls Thrown Into Panic at Knitting
Mill In Scranton.
Bcranton, Pa., Jan. 18.—Four girls
were killed, ten seriously injured and
a score or more slightly hurt at a
fire in the Imperial Knitting com:
pany's mill in Dix court, in the cen:
tral part of the city.
' Eighty-five giris were at work In
the third floor when a fire broke out
on the ground floor, where some men
were varnizhing furniture in a ware.
| munication
house. t quickly ascended the elevator
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ghaft and drove the girls panic
siricken to the one window epening
oa the fire escape. The fire escape is
one of those in which the last reach
of stairs is held in a horizontal posi-
tion by a weight and pulley device.
The girls first to reach this were
afraid to descend it when they saw its
far ond moving downward. This
caused a jam. The girls on the upper
part of the fire escape were crowding
those in front, and all the time the
flames and smoke were enveloping
them. By the time the firemen had
arrived half of them had jumped,
some of them from the third floor
Men from the neighborhood soon ar
rived and held the swinging portion
of the fire escape so that its end re
mained stationary on the ground, and
the girls who had not jumped were
being helped down, when the firemen
came and with their ladders rescued
those who were jammed on the upper
stretces of the fire escape
The whole interior of the building
was eaten out by the flames, causing
a loss of $75,000, most of which fails
on the underwear company.
ENTOMBED MINERS SAVED
Were Imprisoned Forty-six Days 1000
Feet Below the Surface.
Ely, Nev., Jan. 20. — After having
been entombed forty-six days 1000 feet
below the surface in the Alpha shaft
of the Giroux mine, A. D. Bailey, P. J
Brown and Fred McDonald were res
cued. Whistles all over the camp blew
loudly, while crowds cheered in the
streets of Ely to the ringing of bells.
“Ah” was the only word of Bailey,
the first to reach the outer air, He
tottered forward into the arms of com-
rades, who in a few minutes recuper-
ated him.
“Is that you, Arthur?’ queried Fred
McDonald, as his brother stepped for-
ward and embraced him after nearly
seven weeks of separation. “By
George, it certainly seems good to pe
out of that hole” he said as he was led
away, telling his brotuer of his terrible
experience.
“Somebody give me a chew of to-
bacco” said Brown, with a laugh as he
wag led from the mine shaft to the
change room of the mine where the
three men were made comfortable.
They were imprisoned on Dec. 4 by
the shaft caving in. At first it was
thought they were killed but twenty.
four hours after the accident the three
buried men managed to make them-
selves heard by tapping on a six inch
water pipe that
was established with the
world above and food and drink were
plenteously lowered through the pipe.
A portable telephone was lowered and
the men were able to talk with people
above
SAVED FROM LYNCHING
Negro Hanged By Mob and Cut Down
By Officers May Live.
Dothan, Ala. Jan. 21.—The negro,
Grover Franklin, who Sunday night
was taken away from Sheriff Butler
and his deputies and hanged to a
tree, is again in the hands of the law,
and stands a chance for recovery. The
mob was so closely followed by the
officers and law-abiding citizens deter-
mined, if possible, to avert the lynch.
ing that they did not have time to get
their victim outside the corporate lim-
its and hurriedly stringing him up to
the first tree, and thinking they had
riddled him with bullets, fled. On the
arrival of the officers the negro was
still alive and was Immediately cut
down and placed in the county jail. Tt
is thought he will recover.
While Franklin's clothing was al
most cut from his body by bullets,
most of his wounds are superficial and
only one shot did serious damage. He
was given medical treatment before
being taken to jail.
BLOWN UP BY DYNAMITE
Pump House of Colliery Near Wilkes.
Barre Destroyed.
Wilkes-Barre, Pa. Jan. 21.—The
pump house of the Fernwood colliery
near Yatesville, owned and operated
by the Hillside Coal and Iron company,
was blown up with dynamite and de-
stroyed. The building was located a
half mile from the company’s washery,
and no one was on duty at the time
An investigaion was made by the of-
ficials and the state constabulary, who
believe it was the werk of the Black
Hand, there being a number of them ir
a thickly populated settlement nearby.
The washery will be idle for several
days.
Five Are Murdered.
Lewistown, Mont., Jan. 21.—Sherift
Harris received informtion of a quin-
tuple murder on a ranch near Mosby.
According to the message a woman of
the name of Sluter and her four chil-
dren, the oldest of whom was a girl
eighteen years old, were murdered in
their home and an attempt then made
to destroy all evidences of the crime
by burning the building. The bodies
were found in the ruins by neighbors.
Woman Cuts Third Set of Teeth.
Galion. O., Jan. 21.—Mrs. George
Schaaf, who lives on a farm two miles
south of here, is eighty years old, and
a few days ago began cutting her third
set of teeth. Mrs. Schaaf helps with
the farm work and does not have to
use glasses. The last few days she
was trouble with soreness of the gums,
and on inspection it was found that
she is cutting teeth.
Fell 600 Feet to Death.
Scranton, Pa., Jan. 18.—Belleving
that the mine carriage had stopped at
the vein of the shaft in which he
worked, Peter Farrell, twenty-eight
years old, of Dickson City, pushed a
car into vacancy. He was pulled along
with it and car and man fell 600 feet
to the bottom. - Farrell's body was
erushed to a pulp.
reached from the!
pumping station to the surface. Com. |
EDITOR FALLS DEAD
Charles Emory Smith Dies Suddenly
in Philadelphia.
Philadelpuia, Jan. 20.—Charles Em-
ory Smith, editor of The Press, former
minister to
Russia and
postmaster
general, died
suddenly at
his home in
this city, aged
sixty-five
years. Death
was caused
by heart trou-
ble. For about
a month Mr.
Smith had
been in poor CHARLES EMORY SMITH.
health, but his condition had not been
regarded as serious. Following a din-
ner in New York on Nov. 30, he suf-
fered an acute attack of indigestion,
and according to his physician, J.
Nicholas Mitchell, gave indication of
heart trouble. Shortly before Christ:
mas he attended a dinner of the New
England society in this city, though
advised by Dr. Mitchell not to do so.
Before he had recovered from the
effects of his first attack, Mr. Smith
contracted the grip, which aggravated
his heart trouble. One week ago he
was ordered to Atlantic City to re-
cuperate. He was accompanied by
Mrs. Smith, and when he returned to
his home here on Saturday night he
appeared to be bright and cheerful,
except that he felt somewhat fatigued
by his journey.
Mrs. Smith went to church, and on
her return to the house Mr. Smith
was found dead lying across the bed.
He was partly clothed and had appar-
ently been stricken while on his way
to the bathroom and thrown himself
on the bed.
TWO-CENT LAW VOID
Supreme Court Affirms Decision of
Philadelphia Court.
Philadelphia, Jan. 21. — The su.
preme court by a mejority opinion,
affirmed the finding of Judges Will
son and Audenreid, declaring the two-
cent passenger rate unconstitutional.
‘An appeal had been taken from this
decision of the judges of the common
pleas court, which was the finding in
a test suit attacking the law institut
ed bv the Pennsylvania railroad.
The decision in the appeal was
made known after an expectant wait
of weeks on the part of the great rail
road corporations in particular and
the public in general.
Chief Justice Mitchell handed
down the opinion, which was concur
red in by Justice Fell, Brown and
Elkin. Justices Mestrezat, Stewart
and Potter each filled a dissenting
opinion.
The majority opinion declares that
the real question in the case is
whether the rate law transgressed
the provisions of the constitution that
the legislative power to alter charters
shall be exercised only in such man
ner that no injustice shall be done te
the corporators. :
In conclusion the decision says:
“The corporation is entitled to make
a fair profit on every branch of its
business subject to the limitation that
its corporate duties must be per
formed, even though at a loss. What
is a fair profit is a highly complicated
and difficult question.
“The court below availed them.
gelves of all the best evidence that
was offered or shown to be attainable,
considered it with exemplary patience
and care, and their conclusion that
the enforcement of their act of 1907
against the complainant would do in-
justice to the corporators is beyond
Just criticism.”
SIX BOYS DROWNED
Lost Their Lives In New Jersey By
Venturing On Thin Ice.
New York, Jan. 20.—8ix boys lost
their lives in New Jersey as the re
sult of venturing on thin and treach-
erous ice.
At Newark Gustav Hartman, ten
years old; his brother Louis, nine
years old, and Leo Smith, ten years of
age, broke through while crossing the
ice on Kirchgessner's pond and were
drowned.
Arthur and Harry Morgan, twins,
fifteen years old, and Horace Weeks,
twelve years old, were drowned at
Tenafly after breaking through the ice
of a small pond there. Two whining
collie dogs on the bank and a stretch
of water in the center of the pond, in
which two hats were floating, told the
tale of the tragedy to people who had
been attracted by the barking of the
little animals. The dogs were owned
by the Morgan boys.
Woman Weeps Colored Tears.
Paris, Jan. 20.—A Dutch physician,
Mr. Speleers, has just had brought be-
fore him a curious case of a woman
suffering from her eyes, who wept col-
ored tears. An examination revealed
nothing abnormal except a eertain
redness and a diminution of visual
acuteness. The patient shed greenish-
blue tears, which left spots of this
color.
Dying From Sunstroke In Australia,
Melbourne, Australia, Jan, 20.—There
is much suffering because of the un-
usual heat wave throughout Victoria.
The people are obliged to sleep out of
doors and there have been many cases
of sunstroke. Thirty-two deaths have
been recorded from this cause during
the past few days. The theatres are
beginning to shut down.
Killed By Canned Goods.
Grafton, W. Va, Jan. 20. — Canned
goods killed one and seriously poi-
soned three other children of Dewitt
Roach, at Wendel, W. Va., near here.
SPELLING NAMES.
FThere Was Ne Doubt About “Hannah”
When the English Lady Finished.
A bygone’ generation witnessed an
1crimonious controversy in the Irish
‘amily of O'Conor in County Roscom-
mon as to the right of any branch of
the ancient race to spell the name
thus—with one “n” That right, it
was maintained, was held only by the
©'Conor Don as head of the house.
So prolonged was the contest between
the: partisans of the O'Conor and
O'Connor titles that it was called the
“N-less™ (standing for “endless”) cor-
respondence. Finally the question was
referred to Sir J. Bernard Burke, the
Ulster king of arms. His decision
coincided with a decision in a certain
other matter—namely, that much might
be said on either side. The two dis-
puting families had a common origin,
a king of Connaught, and could with
propriety and in accordance with tra-
dition spell the name one way or the
other. Fortified by this “award,” the
two families have continued to spell
thelr name with one “n™ up to the
present hour.
Equally firm on the question as to
how his name should be sp~lled was
the witness in a case trici in the
king's bench a few years ago. Asked
his name, his prompt reply was “John
'Awkins.” “Do you,” queried counsel,
“spell your name with or without an
HY" The emphatic answer was,
“J-o-h-n. As a rule, however, as we
have sald, variety in the spelling of
the names of people, as in that of the
names of places, owes its origin to
people not being so clear as was our
friend regarding how a name should
be spelled.
Two stories In illustration of this
occur to us, In the first Mrs. Quiver-
ful was having christened her latest
baby. The old minister was a little !
deaf. “What name did you say?’ he
queried. *1 said,” replied the mother, |
with some asperity, “Hannah.” “Deo
you,” sald the other, “mean Anna or!
Hannah?’ “Look ‘ere, exclaimed the |
now thoroughly exasperated iady, “I |
won't be hexamined in this way. 1
mean ‘Haitch-hay-hen-hen-hay-haiteh’—
Hannah!"
The second incident to which we re-
fer Is this. Here also there was “a
lady in the case.” She was on an er-
rand, and she had to deal with the
name of another party. In brief. she
had bought a pair of sleeve links for
ber fiance when the shopman asked,
“A initials, miss?" The rest may be
stated thus: .
She—Oh, yes; I forgot. Engrave a
“U" upon them for his first name.
Shopman—Pardon me, is it Uriah or
Ulysses? Names with “U" are rare.
you know.
She (proudly)—His name is Eugene.—
London Globe.
“MOLL PITCHER.”
History of the Famous Hercine of the
Revoiution.
“Moll Pitcher” was the daughter of
a Pennsylvania German family living
in the vicinity of Carlisle. She was
born in 1748, and her name was Mary
Ludwig, a pure German name. She
was married to one John Casper
Hayes, a barber, who when the war
broke out with the mother country en-
listed in the First Pennsylvania artil-
lery and was afterward transferred to
the Seventh Pennsylvania infantry.
commanded by Colonel William Irvine
of Carlisle, with whose family Mary
Ludwig had lived at service. She was
permitted to accompany her husband's
regiment, serving the battery as cook
and laundress, and when at the battle
of Monmouth (Freehold). N. J., her
husband was wounded at his gun she
sprang forward, seized the rammer
and took his place to the end of the
battle. After the battle she carried
water to the wounded, and hence her
pet name of “Moli Pitcher.”
Hayes died after the war was over,
and she married a second husband of
the name of McCauley, and at her
grave in the old cemetery at Carlisle
there is a monument that bears this
inscription:
Molly McCauley,
Renowned in History as “Molly
Pitcher," the Heroine of
Monmouth;
Died January, 1833.
Erected by the Citizens of Cumber-
land County, July 4, 1876.
On Washington's birthday. 1822,
when Molly was nearly seventy years
old, the legislature of Pennsylvania
voted her a gift of $40 and a pension
of $40 per year.
An Auditive Illusion.
“What town is that a few miles to
the north?” shouted the aeronaut, lean-
ing over the edge of the basket.
“Oshkosh!” yelled the agricuiturist
over whose farm the balloon was pass-
ing.
“What?”
“Oshkosh!”
“What did he say?” asked the aero-
naut's companion.
“He didn’t say anything. He swore
at me.”—Chicago Tribune.
Tolerance.
George Eliot was once asked what
was the chief lesson she had learned
in life's experience, and her prompt
answer was, “Tolerance.” [It might
have been expected from a woman
who once said that she regarded life
as a game of cards in which she watch-
ed each move with the deepest interest
and turned as far as possible to her
own advantage.
Common Factors.
Schoolmaster—Now, can any of you
tell me whether there is a connecting
link between the animal and vegetabl:
kingdoms? Small Boy—Yes, sir, pleasi}
there's hash!—London Opinien.
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