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Bellefonte, Pa., March 20, 1908.
Man Out of Work and Jealous Shoots
Woman and Himself,
FEARED SHE'D LEAVE HIM
York, Pa, March 16.—Made despon-
dent by his inability to secure work,
and insanely jealous of the woman he
called his wife, Gc ;e Bents, of Boyd
Station, Md., shot and killed himseif
and Flora Bentz, about thirty-five
years old.
Bentz came here last week with the
woman, who was handsome. After the
shooting Charles O’Brien, with whom
the couple were stopping, said be had
doubted that the woman was really
Bentz's wife, and said he thought she
bad a child in Maryland.
All the members of the household,
with the exception of Bentzs, were at
the dinner table, when the latter came
down stairs and threw himself upon
a couch in the next room. He was
downhearted over his failure to get a
job. O’Brien called to Bentz to join
the family at dinner, but Bentz replied
that he did not care for any, and
O'Brien then turned to the woman,
Florence, and asked her what was the
matter with Bentz. “O’Brien,” said the
woman, “I'm not going to live with
him.”
At her words Bentz came striding
out into the kitchen with a revolver in
his hand. Going behind the chair In
which sat the woman, he threw his left
arm about her neck.
“Oh, don’t shoot me!” she cried.
Mrs. O'Brien, springing up, seized the
barrel of the weapon, but Bentz jerked
it away, pressed the muzzle against
the cheek of the helpless woman and
fired twice. Mrs. O'Brien fell In a
faint, and her husband and three chil
dren, aged from four to twelve years,
ran from the house,
When O'Brien and a policeman re-
turned Bentz pressed the weapon to
his right temple and blew out his
own brains.
Eloped From Frederick, Md.
Frederick, Md., March 16.— The wo-
man shot and killed at York, Pa.. by
George Bentz, of this city, was Mrs.
Florence Kind, wife of Rufus Kind,
also of Frederick. Mrs. Kind left her
hushand and a young daughter to elope
with Bentz, who deserted his wife and
geven children. Bentz has lived practi
cally all his life here,
ACTOR NOT GUILTY
Judge Orders Jury to Acquit Raymoad
Hitchcock.
New York, March 17.—A sensation
occurred in the trial of Raymond
Hitchcock, the comedian. when Jus-
tice Blanchard ordered the acquittal
of the defendant on the indictment
against him growing out of the charges
of Ellen Von Hagen, a young girl.
The action of the justice was taken
upon motion of Assistant District At-
torney Garfield that the narrative she
told before the grand jury was false.
Several other indictments in sim-
flar charges are still pending against
Hitchcock.
Flora Whiston swore on the witness
stand that an agent of the Gerry So-
ciety had frightened her into making
the charges against Hitchcock. “He
threatened to take me away from my
home—to separate me from my mother
i I did pot tell that story,” said the
girl in a sobbing voice, when asked
why she had made the charges against
Hitchcock hefore the grand jury.
The girl said the only person to
awhom she had told the truth concern-
4ng her relations with Hitchcock was
‘her step-father. It was after the step-
father had been called to the wit-
mess stand and testified that the girl
had assured him that Hitchcock never
had ill-treated her that Mr. Carvan
moved for the dismissal of the case.
Flora Whiston was arrested on a
charge of perjury as she was leaving
the court room.
KILLED BY A BLAST
Farmer Struck by Rock on Chest as
He Alighted From Train.
Allentown, Pa., March 17.—Charles
Lichtenwalner, of Macungie township,
was struck by a rock from a blast fired
by men at work on his farm and in-
-stantly killed. Mr. Lichtenwalner,
who was fifty-five years of age, and
member of a prominent family In
Lehigh county, had just alighted from
a train to inspect his place when the
blast was fired. A large piece of rock
struck him on the chest crushing it
and rupturing internal organs.
Attempt to Steal $240,000; Foiled,
New York, March 17.—An attempt
to steal $240,000 from C. B. Richarde.,
FLEET IN MAGDALENA
fvans’ Warships Have Made 13,000
Miles of Journey.
San Diego, Cal., March 13.—When
the American battleship fleet under
command of Rear Admiral Robley D.
Evans steamed into Magdalena bay
goveral days ahead of time, the his
tory-making naval cruise of more than
12.000 miles, begun at Hampton Roads
less than three months ago, practically
came to an end.
There remains to be made the trip
trom Magdalena bay to San Francisco,
the destination originally announced,
and a matter of some 1100 miles, but
it will not be bezun until after target
practice is concluded and fleet drills
are done. This last stage of the jour-
ney will be a tour of holiday making,
with stops at San Diego, Los Angeles,
Santa Barbara and Santa Cruz, where
reception committees are planning all
manner of entertainments for officers
and men, the latter especially coming
in for the greatest amount of atten-
tion. The sailors will find themselves
heroes, every one, in the eyes of their
western admirers, and are promised
a series of fetes, which will include |
features ranzing from gala balls un- |
der the patronage of exclusive social
gets to prize fizhts refereed by Cham-
pion James J. Jeffries himself.
ORCHARD WANTS TO DIE
Confessed Murderer Says He Is Ready
to Take His Punishment.
Boise, Idaho, March 16. — On the
morning of his forty-second birthday,
next Wednesday, Harry Orchard, con-
fessed murderer of former Governor
Frank Steunenberg, who was killed by
the explosion of a bomb at the gate to
his residence in Caldwell on the even-
ing of Dec. 30, 1905, will face Judge
Fremont Wood, prepared to hear the
death sentence meted out to him.
Harry Orchard of his own volition
and against the urgent pleadings of
his attorney and others, refused, when
arraigned on March 10, to let his pre-
vious plea of “not guilty” stand. He
also refused to plead to a lesser de-
gree of murder than first degree. He
said:
“I am guilty and am ready to take
my punishment. I have told the truth.
I understand fully what must be the
consequences.”
It is the general belief that Orchard
expects to die, and that he wishes to
suffer the extreme penalty for his
crimes.
SHOT ON A TRAIN
Ex-Judge Buchanan Probably Fatally
Wounded In South Carolina.
Augusta, Ga., March 17.—Ex-judge
0. W. Buchanan, of Winnsboro, 8. C,,
whose wife is a niece of Senator B.
R. Tillman, was mysteriously shot and
probably mortally wouaded while on
his way from Columbia to Augusta, to
see a niece who is ill here.
Judge Buchanan was seated by an
open window in the day coach of a
Southern railroad train when the train
pulled out of Wards, 8. C. The train
had proceeded but a short distance
when a shot was fired through the win-
dow by an unknown party, the bullet
grazing the window ledge and enter-
ing the judge's right side. He is in a
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1t is believed that the shot was fired
with murderous intent.
GILETTE MUST DIE
Governor Hughes Won't Stay Execu-
tion of Grace Brown's Slayer.
Albany, N. Y., March 17.—Governor
Hughes will not interfere in any way
with the execution in the week begin-
ning March 30 of the death sentence
upon Chester Gillette of Cortland, con-
victed of the murder of Grace, or
“Billy” Brown, of South Otselic, Chen-
ango county at Big Moose lake in the
Adirondacks in July, 1906, and now
in the “death cell” at Auburn prison.
The governor would not talk about the
matter for publication, but it may be
stated with entire confidence that he
has carefully read not only the un-
animous opinion of the court of ap-
peals affirming Gillette's conviction,
but also the evidence in the case, and
entertains no doubt of Gillette's guilt.
Dropped Dead In Court.
New York, March 17.—John Ma-
guire, election commissioner of Brook-
lyn, and a well-known lawyer of that
borongh, met death suddenly in the
county court while making a plea for
a client on trial for larceny before
Judge Fawcett. He was earnestly ex-
pressing to the jury his belief in the
defendant's innocence, when he sud-
denly paused, sank into a chalr, gave
a gasp and was dead almost before the
startled spectators in the courtroom
realized it. Death was due to apo-
plexy.
Church Abolishes Creed.
Augusta, Me., March 16.—Announce-
ment was made from the pulpit of the
South Parish Congregational church
thai by unanimous vote of the society
& Co. bankers, of 31 and 33 Broad | the church creed has been abolished.
way, this city, was revealed at police ' os far as known, this is the first
headquarters, following the receipt of
pews of the arrest of one of the al-
leged forgers in Paris. The man under
arrest is Gustavo Bozzo, formerly a
stenographer employed by the bank-
ers. The police say he has confessed,
and that he has implicated two con-
tederates. The alleged thieves had
cealized $36,025 of the big stake they
were after before their forgeries were
fiscovered.
Restores Motto on Coins.
Washington, March 17.—Under sus-
pension of the rules, the house of rep-
resentatlves passed the bill provid.
Ing for the restoration of the motto
“In God We Trust” on gold and silver
tolng of the United States.
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church in the denomination to take
such action. A new form of covenant,
based on the discipleship of Jesus
Christ, has been adopted as the test
tor membership.
Expressman Gets a House For a Dollar
Newark, N. J., March 17.—The dol-
lar Bernard Satsky, an expressman, of
this place, intended for charity,
drought him a, three-story house in
Prince street, unencumbered. He took
the dollar to the Congregation Anse
Russia temple to be used for charity,
ind was told to go to the charity ball
of the congregation that night and ft
would be just the same. As he left
the ball he learned the coupon on the
dcket had drawn the house in a rafle,
Double Tragedy In School.
Suffering from melancholia, due to
overwork, Miss Sarah Chamberlain
Weed, of Philadelphia, shot and killed |
Miss Elizabeth Baliey Hardee, of East
Savannah, Ga., and then committed
guicide at the Laurens school at Bos-
ton. The bodies were found in bed by
Mrs. Page, matron of the school, The
Laurens school was established last
fall by Miss Hardee and Miss Weed.
On Oct. 1, the day the school opened,
Miss Weed broke down as a result of
overwork and was committed to a sani-
torium in Newton, to be treated for
nervous prostration.
Miss Weed escaped from the sani-
torium and made her way to the
school. She appeared to be badly de-
ranged mentally. Miss Hardee suc-
ceeded in getting Miss Weed to go to
bed in Miss Hardee's chamber. Miss
Hardee retired with Miss Weed.
From the nature of the wounds Med-
feal Examiner Stedman decided that
Miss Weed had committed suicide by
shooting herself through the right tem-
ple, after having shot Miss Hardee
through the base of the brain.
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Killed His Father,
Angered because his father scolded
him for not seeking employment,
Matthew Kraschefsky, aged seventeey
years, deliberately shot and kill
ed his father, Louis Kraschefsky,
at their home in Wilmington,
Del. The boy had been a constant
reader of dime novels and would not
go to work despite the protestations of
his parents against his idleness. His
father called him to his room and told
him that if he did not get work by
Monday he would have to leave his
house. Father and son were alone in
the room at the time, with the other
members of the family down stairs.
The mother heard sounds of a strug-
gle, then two revolver shots, and on
rushing to the room found her husband
lying dead on the bed, with a bullet
wound under the heart and one under
his left arm. The boy escaped from
the house and later gave himself up
to the police.
Fainted on Scaffold.
Charles Warzel was hanged at Potts-
ville, Pa., for the murder of his six-
teen-year-old sweetheart, Mattie Bolin-
ski, at Shenandoah, May 25, 1907. He
walked bravely from the prison to the
scaffold attended by Sheriff Evans and
his deputies and by his spiritual ad-
viser, Rev. A. Ziebura, of Minersville.
Upon the scaffold he made a short
adress in broken English. He de-
clared that he was not conscious of
wrongdoing when he committed the
murder.
After speaking for about five min-
utes, he collapsed, fell to the floor of !
scaffold and fainted away. He never
recovered consciousness. His pros-
trate body was lifted up to the noose
with a rope under his arms. The noose
was adjusted, the trap was sprung,
and he dropped to his death.
Harry Orchard Pleads Guilty.
Harry Orchard, before Judge Fre-
mont Wood, at Caldwell, Idaho, was
allowed to withdraw his former plea
of not guilty, which was entered at
his first arraignment by the order
of the court when he stood mute,
and entered another plea of guilty to
the charge of murder in the first de-
gree as charged in the indictment.
Judge Wood will sentence Orchard on
March 18. Orchard pleaded guilty to
having killed former Governor Steun-
enberg by the explosion of a dynamite
bomb at the side gate of his residence
here early in the evening of Dec. 30,
1905.
Two Meet Fiery Death.
The bodies of Lydia Carter, of Bor
dentown, and William Fleck, of Roeb-
ling, were found in the ruins of a
farmhouse between Florence and
Roebling, near Burlington, N. J., which
was destroyed by fire Sunday night.
The burned building was on what is
known as the English farm and had
been unoccupied for some time. A
farmer who looked into the ruins saw
the body of the Carter woman and
later the coroner in making an exami.
nation found the body of Fleck. The
pair were seen together Saturday.
Burned to Death in Her Home.
By upsetting a lamp while dozing
in a chair in her home, at Hollidays-
burg, Pa., Mrs. Martha Cartwright,
fifty-nine years of age, was burned
to death. When the lamp ex-
ploded the fire spread so rapidly that
the woman's two sons, who were
asleep upstairs, were unable to de-
scend the stairs and had to escape by
jumping out the window.
Horse Imprisoned For Fifteen Years.
A horse kept a prisoner in its stall
fifteen years was liberated and <old
to a drayman at Altoona, Pa. Iis
hoofs were a foot long, and eight
inches had to be cut off for shoes. The
horse ran away and upset a buggy
fifteen years ago. It had since been
fed and watered regularly, but never
let out of its stall. It can hardly walk.
Three Children Burned to Death.
The farm house of John Donthitt,
near Medford, Wis, was destroyed
by fire while Mrs. Donthitt was out-
glide. The stove exploded and her three
small children were burned to death,
Shot to Death While He Slept.
Fred. Dolph, of Clinton, Ia, was shot
to death while he slept. His head was
blown off with a shotgun, placed
against his cheek. Mrs. Dolph is un-
aer arrest,
Despondent Girl Kills Herself.
Margaret Burton, aged fifteen years,
shot and killed herself at her home
at Trenton, N. J. The girl had become
despendent over the care of her moth
er, who is seriously {IL
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Proving His Motto.
“Well, sir,” exclaimed the millions
‘what do you want this morning?’
“I've come again to ask for youl
daughter.” said the poor but ambitious
young man,
“Haven't 1 told you six times over
on as many different days that It is
out of the question? What do you
mean by bothering me in this way?
You are making a nuisance of your
self!”
“If 1 seem to be more persistent than
gircumstances warrant, 1 must insist
that you, sir, are to blame."
“Me!” shouted the indignant old man.
“I don't understand you.”
“There,” said the man who loved his
laughter as he pointed to a motto over
the banker's desk, “is my excuse fot
coming here day after day, ‘If at first
you don't succeed, try. try, try again’
Do you believe in that sentiment, or
have you put it up there simply to de-
ceive people?”
After he had scratched his head
awhile the mean old plutocrat said:
“Yes, | believe in that. 1 haven't
succeeded yet in making you under
stand that my daughter shall not be
come the wife of a fool, but | am going
to keep on trying till i do! Good morn-
ing!"
And that
Maguzine
time he did it.—Strand
What the Cat Had.
The teacher of the Sunday school
class was telling the little boys about
temptation and showing how It some-
times came in the most attractive form.
She used as an illustration the paw of
a cat.
“Now.” said she, “you have all seen
the paw of a cat. It is as soft as vel
vet, isn't it?"
“Yessum.” from the class,
“And you have seen the paw of a
dog?"
“Yessum."
“Well, although the cat's paw seems
like velvet, there is nevertheless con-
cealed In it something that hurts. What
is #7
No answer.
“The dog bites,” sald the teacher.
“when he is in anger. But what does
the cat do?”
“Scratches,” sald a boy.
“Correct.” said the teacher, nodding
her head approvingly. “Now. what has
the cat got that the dog hasn't?”
“Whiskers!” sald a boy on the back
seat.—Home Magazine.
Bible Blunders.
Some curious errors have crept into
the Bible at various times, giving
names to the editions containing them.
Here are some instances: The “Un
righteous” Bible, from the misprint
“the ‘unrighteous’ shall inherit the
Bible
“blessed are the placemakers’ ” (peace-
makers); the “Printers’™ Bible. “the
‘printers’ (for princes) have persecuted
me:” the “Treacle” Bible, “Is there nc
‘treacle’ (balm) in Gllead?' the “Vin-
egar” Bible. “the parable of the ‘vine-
gar" (vineyard); the “Bug” Bible,
“thou shalt not be afraid of ‘bugs’
(bogies) by night;" the “Breeches” Bl
ble. “they sewed fig leaves together
and made themselves ‘breeches; ” the
“Idle” Bible, “woe to the ‘idle’ ” (idol),
and finally the “Wooden Leg” Testa-
ment. so called from the frontisplece
depicting Satan limping with a wooden
leg.
Just a Fish Story.
We cannot refrain from recording
the most curious capture of a fish that
has come to our notice. The circum-
stance was retailed many years ago by
Mr. Heathcote, one of the great au-
thorities on the fens. A Mr. Richard-
son of Peterborough was skating on
the dikes when the Ice was very clear,
and he noticed a large pike swimming
in front of him. The fish was terrified
by the apparition and swam In front of
the skater until it stopped from sheer
exhaustion. The skater broke the Ice
and took out the fish with his hand,
which proved to be a plke weighing
twelve pounds. It is a story difficult
even for a fisherman or a local histo-
rian to cap.— London Outlook.
Not Disturbed.
Nassau William Senior, the English
political economist. was a frequent
guest of Lord Lansdowne at Lans-
downe House and on one occasion was
busily writing, quite abstracted as
usual, in a room full of company when
Tom Moore was singing. The scratch
of his pen was not an agreeable ac-
companiment. and at last one of the
company asked very politely, “You are
not fond of music, Mr. Senior?” “No,”
he replied, “but it does not disturb
me in the least. Pray go on.”
i Careful About Worry.
A physician was recently attending a
patient whose husband came to see
him concerning her condition and
greeted him with the words, “Mr.
Irving, do you think there is any need
for any unnecessary anxiety about my
wife ?’—Argonaut.
Guessed It.
Guest (suspiciously eying the flat.
tened pillows and the crimpled
sheets)—Look here. landlord, this bed
has been slept in! Landlord (trium-
phantly)—That's what it's meant for!
Renovated.
Puffer— What's happened to my meer:
schaum pipe? Mrs. Puffer—Why, dear,
1 noticed it was getting awfully brown
and discolored, so 1 put a coat of that
white enamel on it
\ Variety.
Visitor—Why do you make some of
your ples round and some of them
ware? Wife—Because my husband
has been complaining of sameness of
his diet lately.
Jesters must be content to taste of
their broth.—Latin Proverb.
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Bellefonte Shoe Emporium,
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Dissolution of Partnership.
Notice is hereby given that the partnership
heretofore exhisting between E. E. Davis and H.
C. Yeager, under the firm name of Yeager &
Davis, has this day been dissolved by mutual con-
scnt. Mr. Yeager will continue the business, as-
suming all the liabilities of the firm and collecting
all accounts due it,
March 12, 1908,
YEAGER & DAVIS.
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Dissolution Sale!
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BEGINNING
Friday, March 20th,
AND CONTINUING
FOR THE NEXT 10 DAYS
I will have one of the Lowest Price Sale
of Shoes ever held in Centre county.
You will be able to purchase good Shoes
very much cheaper than you have for
some time, Now is your time to buy
Spring and Summer Shoes
This sale
Will Last Only 10 Days
but it will be a great chance to buy
Shoes cheap.
at a low price.
H. C. YEAGER,
successor to Yeager & Davis.
BELLEFONTE, PA.
Lvon & Co.
Lyon & Co.
Lyon &. Company.
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Everything New in Dress Goods, all the
new shades for Spring and Summer,
in Silk, Wool and Wash Materials.
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Everything new in Cloths, Voiles and
Herringbone weaves in black and all the
new colors. New Ginghams in plain and
mercerized, checks and plaid, all new
colors, from 12 1-2 to 35 cents per yard.
LINENS.
Linens in white, blue, pink and natural
colors. Silk Pongees in all New Shades.
SHIRT WAISTS.
The finest assortment in short and long
sleeves, open front or back, handsomely
trimmed in lace and embroidery or both,
from 95 cents up. Finest Embroideries
and Laces in matched widths with sheer
fine white goods to match.
Wait for our opening in Lace Curtains,
Heavy Draperies and the newest in figur-
ed Mattings. See our fine line of Ingrain
Carpets. New Linoleum in handsome
patterns, prices always the lowest.
LYON & COMPANY,
7-12 Allegheny St., Bellefonte, Pa.
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