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Bellefonte, Pa., March 27, 1908.
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Death Sentence For Orchard. |
Judge Wood, in the district court at |
Caldwell, Idaho, sentenced Harry
Orchard to death for the murder of
former Governor Frank Steunenbersg, |
and recommended that the board of |
pardons commute his sentence to im- |
prisonment in the state penitentiary. |
Because he believed that Orchard in’
his testimony in the trialz of William |
D. Haywood and George A. Pettibone !
for the murder of Steunenberg told the '
exact truth, attempting to conceal |
aothing, Judge Wood recommended
the commutation of the death sent-|
ence, which was pronounced in accord- |
ance with the plea of guilty entered by :
Orchard. Judge Wood presided at!
both the Haywood and Pettibone |
trials. |
Judge Wood, after reading his rul- |
ing, formallr sentenced Orchard and |
fixed May 15 as the date for the ex-|
ecution. !
Battleship Fleet Will Visit Japan,
The American battleship fleet is to
visit Japan. The desire of the emperor |
of the Island Kingdom to play host to |
the “big sixteen” was laid before
Secretary Root by Baron Takahira, the |
Japanese ambassador. The invitation, |
which was couched in most cordial
terms, was made the subject of ex-
tended consideration by President
Roosevelt and his entire cabinet.
Secretary Root was directed to accept
the invitation.
The acceptance of the Japanese in-
vitation is regarded in official circles
as of comsiderable importance in the
way of a demonstration of the cordi-
ality existing between the American
and Japanese govenments. The added
trip is nearly equal in distance to a
voyage from New York to Europe.
Fataily Injured In a Scuffle,
Arthur Jester, of the firm of Jester
& Jacobs, was fatally injured at
Milford, Del, under peculiar eir-
cumstances in a scuffle with James
Ross, colored. The negro threw a
butcher knife at Jester, striking him
in the leg. The blade severed an artery
and Jester bled to death in a short
time. Jester was on his way home
when he stopped in a meat market,
where he met Ross, whom he playfully
hit on the head with a tin basin. Ross
told Jester to get out of the way and,
turning, picked up a knife, which he
tossel toward Jester After the af-
fair Ross fled and has not been cap-
tured.
Met a Tragic Death.
Arrested in the city of Harrisburg,
Pa. as a horse thief and turned over
to a York county officer who had
a warrant for him. Samnel Knaub.
twenty-seven years wid of Beavertown,
Pa.. dived from the window of a fast
moving Northern Central railroad
train on his way to York and met a
tragic death. He had locked himself
in a toilet room and, although hand-
cuffed, dashed himself through the
glass in a desperate effort to escape.
The suction of the train drew him be-
neath the wheels and his head was
crushed.
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
Poebling, near Burlington, N. J., which
was destroved Hy 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 look~d into the ruins saw
the body of the Carter woman and
Jater the coroner in making an exami.
pation found the body of Fleck. The
pair were seen together Saturday.
Boy's l.eg Torn Off By Wagon.
Ammon, the seven-year-old son of
Harvey Bomberger, of Palmyra, Pa.
lost his left leg, which was torn off
at the knee in the wheel of a,
wagon into which he was in the act
of climbing. The accident occurred
beyond Palmyra, and although the in-
jured lad did not reach the hospital
until two hours had elapsed he
did not lose consciousness, displaying
remarkable fortitude. Amputation of
the leg above the knee was necessary
and there is hope of his recovery.
Dry Victory In Maryland.
Worcester county, the home of U. 8.
Benator-elect John Walter Smith, head
of the Democratic organization in
Maryland, at a special election went
“dry” by a vote of 2901 for prohibition
and 846 against.
Prohibition now prevails in every
county on the Eastern Shore and the
entire peninsula from the Pennsylva-
nia border to the Virginia border is
dry.
Finds Missing Son With Gypsy Gang.
Leonard Allen, seventeen years old,
a simple-minded boy, who disappeared
from Middletown, N. Y., two years ago,
has been found in a dying condition in
a gypsy camp at Fall River, Mass. His
mother, Mrs. Mary Allen, will prose-
cute. The boy wore neither shoes nor
stockings when discovered and was
taken to a hospital,
Gray Wolf Killed In Chicago.
An animal, declared by several per.
sons to be a gray timber wolf, was shot
on the street in Chicago by Roy Bair
stow, nineteen years old. The animal
was killed while traversing a residen-
| North Carolina railroad rate law as
tal quarter,
RATE LAWS VOID
In Minnesota and North Caro-
lina Are Unconstitutional.
Washington, March 24.—The United
Slates supreme court handed down
two imporiant decisions, one declaring
the Minnesota rate law null and void
because of the enormous penalties in-
volved, and the other setting aside the
Acts
tnconstitutional.
The first decision was a denial of the
petition of Attorney General Edward
T. Young, of Minnesota, for a writ of
habeas corpus in the case in which he
fs held for contempt of court by the
United States circuit court of Minne-
gota, because he refused to abide by
an injunction issued by that court for-
bidding him from taking any action
looking to the enforcement of the
maximum railroad rate law.
The court at the same time pro-
pounces invalid the Minnesota law
regulating both freight and passenger
rates. The opinion was announced by
Justice Peckham, who held the Min-
nesota law to be unconstitutional om
its face because of the enormous pen-
alties imposed for disobedience to it. |
Justice Harlan delivered a dissenting
opinion in which he expressed the view
that the decision of the court in the |
Minnesota and North Carolina cases
mark a new era in the relationship be-
tween the states and federal govern-
ment and between the federal and
state court. He contended that the suit
of the railroad company in the Minne
sota case was in reality a suit against
the state, and he dwelt at length upon
the enormity of permitting a subordi-
pate United States court to order the
imprisonment of an official of a sover
eign state to test a law of that state.
Labor Injunction Made Permanent.
Washington, March 24.—The Ameri
can Federation of Labor, President
Gompers and others of that organiza
tion were permanently enjoined from
“conspiring, agreeing or combining te
restrain, obstruct or destroy” the busi
ness of the Bucks Stove and Range
company, in a decision rendered by
Chief Justice Clabaugh, of the supreme
court of the District of Columbia, male:
ing permanent the temporary injunc
tion in that case.
The Federation's counsel immediate
lv noted an appeal to the District ol
Columbia court of appeals. The decis
fon bars the Federation from in any
manner calling the attention of the
public to the Bucks company or its
business or products.
It also bars the Federation from
placing the company on the “unfair”
list or from stating that the company’s
products should not be purchased
either in Missouri or elsewhere.
2140 MEN DISCHARGED
Sweeping Reduction In Pennsylvania's
Altoona Shops.
Altoona, Pa., March 24.—Because 01
the continued depression In business,
the Pennsylvania Railroad company
indefinitely suspended 2140 Altoons |
shop employes. From the car shops 69!
men were taken; Juniata locomotive |
shops. 788: South Altoona foundries
296; Altoona machine shops, 366.
Before the suspension 11,060 men
were employed in all departments. At
the same time an order was issued in
creasing the working time of all the
men retained to nine hours a day anc
five hours on Saturday, or fifty hours
a week.
150 Laid Off at Harrisburg.
Harrisburg, Pa.. March 24.—Over 15(
employes of the Pennsylvania railroad
shops in this city were laid off indefi
nitely because of the slackness oi
work. The men have been told to
leave their addresses. It is said that
further reductions among yard and re
pair men will be made.
PINNED UNDER FALLEN TREE
Held Prisoner For Eight Hours anc
Will Die From His Injuries.
Millville, N. J., March 20. — Pinned
beneath a tree he had just felled
miles from any house and alone in the
pine woods, in the cold and rain
Stacey Mason, of West Millville, had
the worst experience of his life.
Just before dusk a tree which he
had been chopping fell suddenly and
struck him to the earth, pinning him
fast. He was held a prisoner for eight
hours, but finally managed to free him
self by digging away the dirt with his
dands. He is fatally injured, and in
addition he suffered intensely from the
cold.
Killed Herself and Children.
Fall River, Mass., March 23.—With
a crucifix clasped in her right hand
and with a rosary hanging from her
arm, Mrs. Florida Terrien, aged twen-
ty-five years, and her four-year-old
daughter, Mary, and two-months-old
boy, Joseph, were found dead in the
kitchen of their home by the woman's
husband, Joseph Terrien. The cor
oner said, after an examination, that
the woman had killed herself and the
two children with {illuminating gas.
Two gas jets and the cocks of the gas
stove in the room were turned on.
Woman Gets a Year For Bigamy.
Lancaster, Pa, March 23.—Agnes
Jane Miller, Lancaster's “Marrying
Mary,” who pleaded guilty to bigamy,
was sentenced to a year's solitary con-
finement and to pay a fine of $100.
It was shown that Agnes, who is about
thirty-four years old, had four living
husbands, from only one of whom she
wag legally divorced.
Loses 3000 Duck Eggs.
Q@lassboro, N. J, March 24.—Owing
to the breaking of a main, the gas
went out in the incubator heaters of
H. M. Proud, of Glassboro. He lost
8000 duck eggs in the process
hatching. A
Unintentional Sabbath Breaking.
In the early days of New England it
was the custom to keep the Sabbath
from sundown Saturday night until
the same hour on Sunday. That this
practice was attended by pitfalls is
ghown by an incident told In “The Pa-
pers of the Connecticut Valley Histor-
fcal Society”
There lived in Ryefleld a thrifty
dame, an enterprising. driving woman
and a notable housewife. The good wo-
man was not willing to lose Sunday
evenings out of her catalogue of house-
work, but she was pious withal and
strictly kept the day to the sunset
limit. As soon as the sun was fairly
below the horizon she would begin her
washing and get her clothes ready for
drying bright and early on Monday
morning.
One cloudy Sunday she, supposing
the day was ended, changed her Sun-
day gown, rolled up her sleeves and
went to work. As she was scrubbing
away in the kitchen, her face toward
the west window, the clouds suddenly
broke. and the great round sun shone
fn full on the poor Sabbath breaker at
work. She gave one cry of amazement
and horror and fled the kitchen.
After that sinful day she never be-
gan her work on Sunday evening.
Lincoln's Rules.
On one occasion President Lincoln
on entering the telegraph office of the
war department, writes Mr. Bates In
“Lincoln In the Telegraph Office.” was |
heard to remark to Secretary Seward.
“By jings. governor, we are here at
last!” Turning to him in a reproving
manner, Mr. Seward said, “Mr. Presi-
dent, where did you learn that inele-
gant expression?’ Without replying
to the secretary, Lincoln addressed the
telegraph operators, saying:
“Young gentlemen, excuse me for
swearing before you. ‘By jings’ is
swearing, for my good old mother
taught me that anything that had a
‘by’ before it was swearing.”
One day Secretary Seward, who was
not renowned as a joker, said he had
been told that a short time before on
a street crossing Lincoln had been
seen to turn out in the mud to give a
colored woman a chance to pass.
“Yes,” said Lincoln, “it has been a
rule of my life that if people would
not turn out for me I would turn out
for them. Then you avoid collisions.”
What He Meant.
Park row at 1 & m. and a policeman
and a sailor in conversation.
“Keyside, keyside!" said the sailor.
“'Ow will Hi reach the bloomin’ key-
side?”
“G'wan wid ye. D’'ye think I'm a
locksmith, that I know about yer old
key and its side? There's one key and |
lock I'll be after givin’ ye, and that's
to a cell. Move on now.”
“Keyside! Hi said keyside as plain
as Hi could, blime!”
Just then a high brow who had been
to the postoffice buying stamps so that
his rejected contributions would come
back to him stepped up.
“The man wants the keyside, what-
ever that is, and I dunno,” said the po-
liceman.
I'll run him in.”
“Ile wants the quayside—the docks,”
sald the high brow as he directed the
man to the water front, while the po-
liceman sald:
“Well, I'll be blowed!”"—New York
Press.
A Slap at Mother.
Dinner was done, and the family was
assembled in the sitting room. Mother '
had taken up the evening paper and
was reading an account of how a high-
wayman had been operating in the sub-
urbs. Father was down on his hands
and knees trying to act like a horse
while little Willie drove him around
the floor.
“Papa.” finally remarked the good
lady, glancing toward her husband.
“here Is a story about another man
who was waylald. Do these holdups
always stop you with a pistol and then
go through your clothes?”
“Oh, no.” grinfully replied father,
arising from the floor. “Sometimes
they wait until you hang your clothes
over the back of a chair and go to
sleep.” —Pbiladelphia Bulletin.
Nevertheless He Got Her.
“You say my daughter loves you?
questioned the old man.
“I'm sure of it,” replied the young
man.
“Well, well,” returned the old man,
looking the young man over critically.
“There's no accounting for tastes, is
there?’
And somehow, although the young
man knew that he ought to be happy
over the possession of the girl, he
couldn't help scowling and speculating
on that remark of the old man's.
Power of Deceiving.
There is a Brooklyn woman who pos-
sesses a servant who is a model in all
respects save one—in that she is none
too truthful.
Lately the mistress has been using
all her eloquence to make Nora see the
error of deceitfulness. But at last she
had to own herself beaten when Nora,
with a beaming smile, turned and in
a most cajoling tone said:
“Sure, now, mum, an’ wot de ye sup
pose the power of desavin' was given
us fer?”
Marital Troubles.
Most of the people who write about
troubles of married life are single. If
they were married they would be so
busy with their troubles they would
not have time to write.—Moorhead In-
dependent.
Forced Out.
She—Mr. Bloom does not pay his
wife much attention, does he? He
No. The only time I ever knew of his
going out with her was once when the
gas exploded.
! their heads high enough to crow.
“1 believe he's looney and | a gato
The Buckboard.
“There are few persons who know | ===
how the name of ‘buckboard’ came te
be applied to a vehicle,” says a writer.
“It was away back in the twenties,
when the transportation of goods,
wares and merchandise was almost
entirely by wagon, A Dr. Buck was
then in charge of military stores en
route to army posts in the southwest.
In east Tennessee much difficulty was
experienced by reason of the rough
roads, and there were frequent mis
haps, mostly from wagons overturning.
Dr. Buck overhauled the outfit. and,
abandoning the wagon bodies, long
boards were set directly on the axles
or hung below, and the stores were
loaded in such a manner that there
were no further delays from break-
downs, and the stores safely reached
their destinations. In special emergen-
cy, too, the load could be shifted or
taken off in a hurry. Dr. Buck's ex-
ample was followed, especially when
roads were rough, and soon much haul-
ing was donc by the use of wheels,
axles and boards only. Now we have
the buckboard, both in carriage and au-
tomobile forms, conforming closely to
the original idea, though few suspect
the source of it.”—Chicago News.
Technical Swearing.
The late Sir John Millais was a very
keen fisherman. He used to tell a
story of an old man who was his at
tendant during a day's sport in the
north of England. The old man was
full of local gossip and small scandal,
and where the natural supply failed
him he was clearly able to manufac
ture enough of his own to go on with.
“l were out with the bishop yester-
day,” said the old man, referring to a
popular church dignitary, who is also
a good fisherman. “Ah,” replied Mil
lais, “he’s a good man!” “Well,” con-
tinued the old fellow, “’e may be, but
'e do swear a bit when ‘e's fishin.”
“Oh, nonsense!” replied Millais. “1
don't believe that.” The old man In
sisted that he was right, however.
“I'll give you an instance,” he sald.
“I was standin’ 'longside o' the bishop,
same as I might be aside o' you, and
'e'd got a big fellow at the end of 'is
line that was pretty nigh pullin’ ‘im
off 'is feet, and I turns to ’is lordship
and I says, ‘’E pulls — ‘ard, don't
he? and the bishop says, ‘Yes, 'e do.’
Well, now, ain't that swearin’?’—Lon-
don M, A. P.
St. Patrick and the Roosters.
St. Patrick's reputation as a snake
charmer is known all the world over,
but what he did to the roosters is a bit
of history less disseminated. There is
a small district in the heart of County
Sligo, it seeins, which strenuously re
sented the intrusion of the Scotchman.
Succat (St, Patrick) had become ex:
ceedingly domineering, and it was de-
cided to put a damper on his progress.
He sald to his hostess, “Wake me
when the cock crows.” When he had
gone to bed she whispered this com-
mand to the neighbors, and all the
populace concealed their roosters un-
der small creels so they could not lift
In
consequence thereof the saint overslept
himself and was furious when he dis-
covered the trick that had been played
on him. He laid his everlasting curse
on the roosters of that district, and
they have never crowed since.—Ex-
change.
The Number Fourteen In France.
So far as France is concerned, it is
the number fourteen that has played a
conspicuous and generally portentous
part in her history. On May 14, 1554.
the Rue de la Ferronnerie was enlarged
by order of Henri II, and four times
fourteen years later Henrl IV. was as-
sassinated there by Ravaillac—namely,
on May 14, 1610. Henri had lived four
times fourteen years. fourteen weeks
and four times fourteen days—i. e., fif-
ty-six years and five months. Then
Henri's son, Louis XI1II., died May 14.
1643 (the same day and month as his
fathers). And 1643 added together
equals fourteen, just as 1553 (the year
of the birth of Henri IV.) equals four-
teen. Louis XIV ascended the throne
1643, which added together equals
fourteen and similarly the year of his
death (1715) equals,
The Doctor at Sea.
A veteran naval surgeon, speaking of
the odd things that crop out in the
service, said that one of the younger
medical cranks in the navy discovered
much virtue in sea water, and no mat-
ter what disease came on his first ac-
tion was to throw down the patient's
throat a large dose of the nauseating
liquid. The crew soon learned to hate
him thoroughly. In process of time he
fell overboard In a choppy sea, and a
great bustle ensued. In the midst of it
the captain came up and anxiously In-
quired the cause. “Oh. nothing, sir,”
replied a tar. “only the doctor has fell
into his medicine chest!”
Fooling the Youngster.
“Mother,” said Mr. Popley guarded-
ly to his wife, “why not take the
y-o-u-n-g-s-t-e-r to the m-a-t-t-i-n-e-e to-
morrow
“Pa.” chimed in the youngster qulet-
ly, “there’s only one ‘t’ in ‘matinee.’ ”
Advice to a Wife.
Advice is often too good to be taken,
but a very agreeable variety was once
given by James Russell Lowell to a
young woman about to be married,
“Always give your husband--your own
way.
A Thirst For Knowledge.
Caller—I wish you would tell me
what the real difference is between a
Stradivarius and any other violin. In-
formation Editor—Well, sometimes it is
as much as $35,000.—Chicago Tribune.
The happiness of life consists In
something to do, something to love and
Bellefonte Shoe Emporium.
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-
scent. 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.
Dissolution Sale!
ees (JO) OO ee ee
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.
Lyon & Co. Lyon & Co.
something to hope for.—Dr, Chalmers.
I
Lyon &. Company.
OPENING
SALE OF MATTING
SNIINRINNNNG
We have Just opened the largest line of China and Japanese Mattings
in town. By a lucky chance we were able to buy these at a
big reduction, and offer them to our customers at a
great saving.
A Pr Al
18c. China Matting now r234c.
22¢C. i 6“ 6c 15C.
3oc. LL “: 6“ 20C.
3s5¢. i“ 3 ee 25¢C.
Japanese Mattings in the new floral effects in all
the new colorings.
25c. quality Japanese now 2oc.
35c. ‘“ 6 6 25¢C.
40c¢. 0“ ““ “ 32c.
These are just prices, the quality and designs you must see to judge
how great the reductions are. Several lots of Matting in 15 to 30
yard pieces at less than cost. Everything new in Linoleumns and Oil
Cloths at Special Sale prices. A big assortment of choice patterns in
heavy Draperies. Lace Curtains at special low prices. Our stock of
Ingrain Carpets is now complete. All the new patterns at greatly
uced prices.
Easter Opening of new Dress Goods. Trimmings to match all colors.
SILKS. A large assortment of Tafeta Silks in black and all the new
shades. Checked Silks in all new colors. Silk Pongees in all colors.
A large assortment of fine Cloths for Jacket Suits in all the new col-
ors, Herringbone Weaves, new stripes. One Dress Pattern only in a
piece from $1.00 to $1.75 per yard. Voiles in black and colors, check-
ed stripe and plain from 25c¢. to $1.75 per yard. New things in Cloth-
ing and Hats. New Shoes for Men, Women and Children.
We invite a careful inspection of our qualities and prices.
LYON-& COMPANY,
47-12 Allegheny St., Bellefonte, Pa.