ee ——
8Y P. GRAY MEEK.
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Ink Slings.
~The President has signed the employ-
ere liability bill passed by this Congress. Is
applies only to railroads.
—Ovid wrote ‘Fools grow without
watering.”” The old Roman poet probably
never dreamed of the modern ‘‘chaser.”’
—What we can’t understand is how the
milliners are able to make those new fash-
joned bats without pushing up the price of
straw.
—Yesterday’s heat brought out the first
wash dresses and the first straw hats that
have been seen on Bellefonte streets this
spring.
—With TAFT daily getting nearer nomi.
pation on the first ballot KNox, Fair-
BANKS and CANNON are daily getting
nearer ‘‘the also rans.”
—There is agirl in Portland, Maioe,
who can speak nine languages when she is
in a trance. Some of these days she poor
thing will probably talk herself to death.
—The American Sabbath Sohool Union
has averaged the establishment of four San-
day schools a day, for the past eighty-
three years and still there is room for
more.
—What bappened to poor LEE PLUM-
MER in the Blair connty legislative fight
was sufficient to remind him that the peo-
ple do not forget as easily as some might
imagine.
—The Wilkesharre woman whose bat
was too large to let her pass through a rail.
road car door should try a ‘‘side door Pull-
man’ the next time she goes traveling
with her *‘Merry Widow'’ bat.
~The “Merry Widow’’ hat may be quite
the swagger thing for the women, but if the
bills are in proportion to their size we
imagine that there are a lot of husbands
now wha would just as soon be merry
widowers.
—Tuesduy was sare enough a nuptial
day in Bellefonte. Four weddings make
it look as though there are some gentlemen
who are not afraid to take on new engage-
ments right in the face of the predioted
bard times.
—~Chairman HARRY KELLER of the Re-
publican county committee is sitting up
late these nights trying to figare out who
cast that one vote for LEANDER GREEN as
his successor. It certainly was ‘‘the most
unkindest out of all.”
—The fool killer might be kept busy a
few days on the people who sent two dol-
lars for which they were to receive ten
yards of fine silk. Of course they got what
the advertisement offered, but it was only
ten yards of fine sewing silk.
—Qur warships are stirring up no end
of patriotic enthusiasm on the Pacific coast,
but if we had direct taxation whereby each
one of the enthusiasts could known exactly
what he is paying for the show there might
be a hurrah of another kind.
—Rumor has it that Mr. BERT TAYLOR
is to out out cussing during his campaign
for Legislature. It this is true we fear
BERT’S friends will have to learn to talk
with sheir bands so that they will be able
to understand bim when he gets around.
—JIt is little satisfaction to know now
that one corporation in New York con®
tributed $500,000 to the defeat of BRYAN
eight years ago, yet it must be pleasing to
Mr. BRYAN to know that his defeat was
accomplished by the expenditure of such
colossal sums.
— If we are really to bave hard times this
sommer there are some thioge thas will
patarally follow : There will be a good
base ball team bere and lots of games, the
Coleville band will ges back to its old time
form and more trout will be taken from the
streams than for years.
—Prince HELIE DE SAGAN, the French
soldier of fortune who is after ANNA GouLD
CASTELANE, says his ‘‘latare is in the
hands of God.” Bo it is, sure enough, bat
we fear there will be a charge of worship-
ping she golden call when HELIE comes to
answer ap at the judgment bar.
—It is a condition, not a theory, that
confronts the country to-day and if the
man who is out of employments aots with
the judgment thas he should he will accept
whatever work that is offered him. With
no prospect of an early industrial resump-
tion the savings of the frugal laborer are
fast being depleted and it is no time for the
man who has to earn his living so haggle
over the kind of work or the wage offered.
While such a condition is to be deplored
that does nos disprove the old theory that
“hall a loal is better than no bread at all.”
—These are the times when the people of
Bellefonte can support the stores of Belle-
fonte by buying what they need at home.
Of course some of the stores don’t let you
know that they are in existence but, aside
from the opportunity they have to adver-
tise their wares to you, hunt them up and
give them the trade that is goipg out of
town. There are enough groceries and
dry goods boughs in Philadelphia, Pitts-
burg and Chicago to supporé several good
stores and now is the time, when business
is dull, for you to show your'loyalty to the
home merchants who must keep open and
who always cheerfully sapply you with the
little things that you don’t want to bother
with in your mail order business. Cat ont
the mail orders and give them the big
things, as well.
VOL. 53
Price of Honesty in Washington.
Next Speaker in Harrsburg.
The most unpopular man in Congress, | [4 is semi-officially announced that Rep-
according to the Washington ocorrespon- | resentative HABGOOD, of MoKean county,
dents, is representative LILLY, of Connecti- | jg 40 be the next Speaker of the House of
cut. Mr. LiLLy is paying the penalty of | Representatives at Harrisburg. Speaker
exposing graft. He made a complaint that | MoCLAIN is not to be honored by re-eleo-
a company which bad been enjoying 8 | gion, though it is said that be relinguished
monopoly of supplying the government |ghe congressional nomination, a long
with submarine ships, at exorbitant prices, | gherighed ambition, in the expectation of
had been using ‘undue’ means to secure | wielding the gavel again. But the bosses
the favors of Congress. That was sufficient | don’t quite truss him. Ib is the intention
to fasten upon him the enmity of all the | of the machine to restore the old methods
orooks in the hody and the entire lobby a8 | 5¢ the State capital during the coming ses-
well as that pestilential contingent which | gion, The haloyon days of the Boas man- \
is ready to sacrifice honor and integrity $0 | gion are pleasant memories. When the
keep the party in power. The party lead- | party was in a repentant mood, as it was
ers see no evil except in Demooratio vie- | daring the last session, MoCLAIN was all
tory. right in the chair. He was willing to
We hardly thought, however, that this | gtand for trifling lapses, as occasion re-
antipathy against Mr. LILLY wouald take | gnired them, and that was as far as the |
the vicious form of an attempt to conneot | ;panagers cared to go then. But next ses-
him with a most odious orime. But that | gion it will be different. The next Speaker
is what was developed. During the per- | must be ready for any crime in the cata-
funotory inquiry a couple of anonymous | Jogue and MoCLAIN isn’t safe. His occa-
letters accusing Representative Loup, of | gional gleams of conscience are a menace.
Michigan, with activities in the affair, were | Besides the genial Speaker was a trifle
discovered and the committee has been | indisoreet in the early stages of the present
trying to show that Mr. LILLY was respon. | campaign. While some of the mock reform
gible for those letters. In pursuance of | dreamers were discussing a proposition to
this scheme they have procured the testi- | defeat PENROSE, MoCLAIN foolishly turned
“STATE RIGHTS AND FEDERAL UN
BELLEFON TE, PA. APRIL 24,
mony of a Nev York expert in type-writers | 5 friendly ear to the gossip. In the old
who has sworn that the anonymous letters | Quay and ELkIN fight, Mr. McCLAIN
were written on a type-writer in the office | gytached himself to the ELKIN contingent |
of Mr. LinLy. He supports this absurd |
statement by showing similarity between
words written on Mr. LILLY'S machine
and some contained in the anonymous
letters,
Everybody knows how preposterous ex-
pert testimony bas become. In the recent
THAW trial a medical expert testified on
both sides the same question and band-
writing experts receive no credence any-
where. Yet medical and handwriting ex-
perts have some foundation upon which to
predicate their statements while this type-
writer expert hasn’s even the shadow of a
basis for his allegation. Huaodrede of type-
writers are made from thesame moulds.
The obaracters in all thus manufactured | 1, view of these faots the selection of
are necessarily exaotly alike. Photograph- | Mr. Hasaoop, of McK :an county, may be
ed, enlarged or manipulated -in.any. way |oharaoterived “ae ‘‘inepired.”” There is
imaginable, therefore, a given word writ- | nothing in the history of she pass, or the
ten by one’ Remington or other make of a | gongemplation of the futare, too rank for
machine would be precisely like the same | hin, Even last year when the policy of
word written by another machine made | «protending to be good’ was the rule of
trom the same moulds. the organization, HABGOOD, as chairman
Bat Mr. LILLY must be condemned for | of ghe committee on printing, deliberately
exposing a scandal on the eve of a presiden- suppressed the evidence of fraud in the
tial election. The party was having enoogh | soneract for publishing the Legislative
trouble without such incidents to annoy it. | renord. In proportion to the amount and
ROOSEVELT'S special messages and soolding | oonortunities no greater steal had ever
communications were supplying all the | poop perpetrated, no ranker graft indulged.
dangers that could be mes and explained | 4 q though the evidence was forced upon
away and Mr. LiLLY bad no business 0 | ffangoon he refused to present it to the
inject into the political equation informa- | oom mittee and in the face of the protest of
tion that the party leaders bad teen farm- | go. Tromas V. COOPER, made a report
ing a little job in submarine warships that | oyonipating everybody concerned, though
yielded a million dollars or 80 a year to be | ghe doors of the penitentiary were yawning
divided among them. That was rank |e hem. Obviously, therefore, HABGOOD
treason and, if the culprit responsibie 0an’t | io the right man for the Speakership next
be ‘drawn and quartered,” it is only | guar
reasonable {that he should be condemned
and ostracised.
this incident at the organization of the |
present Legislature for the reason that it
was good politics to ‘‘pretend a virtoe,”
and because it was known that MoCLAIN
is tactable *‘if his fur is rubbed she right
way.’ Therefore it was well enough to in-
dulge his landable ambition to ocoupy the
ohair during a session of little consequence
and much ‘‘masterly inactivity.’”’ Bus next
year things will be different. The ‘‘graft
mill’”’ will be operated to ius full capacity
during the next session and the Speaker
must be ‘‘in touch.”
Gloomy Industrial Outlook.
Madness With Method and Merit.
We sinoetely hope that the President
will carry dnt bis threat to veto all legisia-
sion creating commissions to perform the
work of Congress. The constitution lodges
all power of legislation in Congress and
shifting the responsibility implied is both
cowardly and sabversive of the fundamen-
tal law. If Senators and Representatives
in Congress feel thas they are incapable of
performing their constitutional duty, the
remedy lied in resignation. Their constita-
ents will ind others better equipped for the
service. The woods are full of men capable
of legislating on any sahbject. The public
schools of the country have not been work-
ing for nothing.
O! course ROOSEVELT bas not been
moved to his declaration on the subject by
aoything like proper motives. He ohjeots
to commissions, not because they are un-
lawful and expensive, but for the reason
that the creation of them at this time
would be disappointing to him. He has
set his face for certain legislation and Con-
gressmen or that oreating commis-
The charity scheme to give employment
at a dollar a day, in Philadelphia, to the
vast army of idle working men there, is
not satisfactorily solving the industrial
problem. Of course there was no trouble
in finding plenty of men willing to accept
that chance in a choice hetween itand
starvation, though the labor leaders were
averse to lowering the standard of wages,
Bas when the hundreds of men reported
for work they found that only half time
was allowed them and that fifty cents a
day was hardly worth coming long die-
tances for when the dollars would bardly
serve the purpose of ‘keeping the woll
from the door.”” As a master of fact it was
more a disappointment than a beneficence.
The truth is, however, that workivg
men would better reconcile themsel res to
existing conditions and make the best out
of an uopromising situation. Industrial
conditions are bad and shere is little if any
prospect of early improvements. There is
po longer a scarcity of mouey in the com-
mercial centres. The bank vaults are
filled with idle ourrenoy and deposits are
abundant. Bai the banks beve acquired
their plethora at the expense of industry.
In other words the ourrenoy has gone into
the banks because industry is too lethargio
v to employ it. If the so-called *‘Cay ains
influence onflegislation will end aod com- | of Industry” were using the money pi is
missions will carry action over beyond bis | ,ooeseary to make industry prosperous,
time, : : there would be less in the banks and more
The country ie suffering from excessive |, the pay envelopes. . ;
tariff taxation and Congress proposes to Toward the last of June, 1892, the Home-
create a commission to consider the subject. | greqq strike culminated in riots which cost
Business is prostrate because of inefficient | 1,04 and treasure. That was not so long
currency legislation and the only remedy ago that it is impossible to trace the par-
which Congress has to offer is a commission allel to the Chester rioss of last week which
to investigate the question. But it waso’s | yore Jess destructive in the encounter for
these delinquencies which incensed the 10 reason thas the facilities for repression
Presidents. The tariff robbery and the car- | ,.0 greater now than they were then. The
rency imbecility might go on forever, and | {,qustrial disturbance which followed the
sions will y him. They don'ts want
to legislate © such subjects and prefer not
to create a quarrel with him. He feels
that after be has left the White House his
fON.
Where Did He Get It
Daring the debate in the House of Rep-
resentatives in Washington, the other day,
on the question of increasing the privileges
of the electric railway companies of the
District of Columbia, Representative Sius,
of Tennessee, made the startling announce:
ment thas WILLIAM Logs, Jr., Secretary
to President ROOSEVELT, owns 4,700 shares
of the stock of one of the companies. Con-
gress legislates for the Distrios of Colambia,
just as the town council legislates for the
| Borough ol Bellefonte, and the President
enjoys the prerogative of approving or veto-
ing every measure of local legisiation in
the District. Electric railways and all
other public utilities are dependent upon
Congr2ss and the President for every lavor,
| just or unjust, received at the bande of
Congress and the President.
WiLLiaM LOEB, Jr., is a stenographer
who went to Washington seven years ago
to act as private secretary to the Vice
President of the United States at a salary,
probably, of about $1,800 a year. Jn Sep-
tember of the same year he was promoted
to the office of assistant secretary to the
President at a salary of, say $2 500 a year.
In 1903 he was advanced to his present
important office, the salary of which is
$5,000 a year. The par value ol the
shares of the Washington Eleotrio com-
pany, the concern in which he is so largely
and said some things on the floor of the | interested, is $100 a share and its market
house and elsewhere which were distaste | value considerable more than that. Yet
fol to the machine men. They overlooked | Lo 0 (yoeqted to believe that within
seven years, earning at the rate of from
$1,800 to $5,000 a year, Mr. LOEB bas
been able to save enough to buy $470,000
worth of Eieotrio railway shares aod live
elaborately, meantime, in the most expen-
sive city on the continent.
The Congressmen who listened to this
surprising revelation were singularly
polite. Not one of them asked ‘‘Where
did be get it?” though nothing could
have been more appropriate. Probably
the question would have gone unanswered,
even if it bad been asked, though it is not
a dificult problem to solve. The eleotrio
cowipanies of Washington are precisely
like similar corporations elsewhere. They
want legislative favors all the time and
they proceed to the achievement of their
purpose in the oheapest way. No man
could be expected to have greater inflnence
on Congress than cne who enjoys the
closest confidential relations with the Pres-
ident and il the corporation in question
bas presented Mr. LOEB with the shares
which are registered in his name it may
have been a good investment.
President Roosevelt and Leader Wil-
lames.
It is announced in Washington that
Representative JOHN SHARP WILLIAMS,
the capable aud courageous leader of the
Democrats on the floor of the House of
Representatives in Congress, intends to
“ymoke President ROOSEVELT out.’’ That
is to say be intends to wake the President
sake a hand in the effort to force the benel-
joent legislation which he has so
vehemently and insistently recommended,
or else acknowledge that his pretense was
false and his anxiety buncombe. ‘If the
President is sincere,’ remarks Mr. WIL.
LIAMS, “he and we can pass any bill that
is pending.’”’ In other words Mr. WIL-
LIAMS beliéves that with the Demooratio
force in Congress augmented by those
whom ROOSEVELT cau control together,
they will compose a substantial majority
of both Houses.
No doubt Mr. WILLIAMS is accurate in
his estimate of congressional conditions.
There is no question thas the President bas
vast power over the votes of both Senators
aud Representatives. There are in each
brauch a good many who are purely and
essentially mercenary. The presidential
patronage will sway them to any side of
any question and make monkeys of them
in varions ways. There are others, like
LAFOLLETTE, for example, who believe in
the theories and policies expressed in the
measures in question. Still others are
influenced to action by an inordinate de-
sire to be on the winning side, for there
are ‘‘floajers’’ in Congress as well as in the
slum districts oo election day. All these
elements can be controlled by the President
absolutely.
Twenty-seven Republicans in the House
voting with the Demoorats would make a
majority, capable of. passing any bill at
any time, under the arbitrary rules which
she Republican machine in the body bas
adopted. Fifteen Republican Senators
voting with the Democrats would make a
majority of that body capable of legislating
though not so speedily. Does any sane
person question ROOSEVELT'S ability to
control that many votes in each chamber ?
We ha#dly think so in view of his record ae
a purveyor of patronage and manipulator
of politics. Bat'who imagines that be will
doso? Mr. WitLiams may “smoke him
out,” but the operation will not result in
the legislation in question. It will simply
be wouldn't mind. Bat he bas acked for | jomestead tragedy were not adjasted ‘in a
some absurd ort of legislation to regulate | short time. The panic of 1893 followed
business and because Congress pro: aud thodgi fhe revaeivitiey y for dil $n
poses to dispdse of that by cresting a com. | ®5 I 0 over. $9 eveland
administration the vicious policies of the
mission he gdes off at s mad tangent and | Republican party were the Plictes .
threatens to Bill all commissions. ‘‘More |as they are the present ind
power to his glbow.” paralysis.
;
!
reveal his hypoorisy and humbaggery. He
is first of all a bigoted partisan.
— © ——
1908.
NO. 17.
The Turning Point of Imperialism.
From the Lancaster Intelligencer.
The overwhelming defeat of the presi-
dent's pet project for the authorization of
four great bassleships, ata total cost of
some forty millions of dollars, may be ac
cepted as the first effective sign of a reval-
sion of public opinion against imperial ex-
pansion. ‘That is, warlike expansion, with
the hig stick fiercely displayed, as againss
commercial expansion, with the big stick
kept modestly and iuoffensively in the
background for display and use ouly as
occasion offers. It is now evidens that the
president counted upon the general sasis-
faction following the brilliant cruise of the
battieships flees to carry through his plan
of rapid naval expansion in support of the
big stick idea, but there is cause for con
gratalation that pride in our war power
has been properly limited by a common-
sense view of ite reasonable limitations.
Three ohief reasons advanced in the de-
bate in Congress for the proposed wholesale
investment io battleships were the defense
of the Philippines, the defense of the
Panama caval and she confronting of Japan
with overwhelming sea power for the pro-
tection of onr Pacific commerce, and par-
ticularly of the ‘‘open door” of Asiatic
trade.
As for the canal, it was first urged by
President Roosevelt himself tor the sake of
the navy ; because it would make possible
the quick and eafe transfer of a war fleet
from ocean to ocean. Itis rather oon-
fusing that the canal is now pointed to as
a reason for a greater navy. Do we need
the canal for the navy, or the navy for the
caval ?
With regard to Pacific and Asiatic com-
meroe, and the fear of its menace by Japan
as we have as yet hardly a trace of euch
commerce in our own ships, and as the
growing volume of our freight carried in
merchant ships of other nations is of value
also to the merchant fleets of Japan, there
would seem to be no canse for uneasiness,
save as there may develop a predicted
mastery of Chinse trade by Japan, ora
generally arrogant and aggressive policy
on the pars of that country. In spite of the
fearful warnings uttered by Representative
Hobson, such dangers seem far away, and
not at all appalliog.
All of the conditions point to the ur-
genoy of preparation for commercial and
not imperial expansion. Oar productive
capacity has outgrown the bome market.
Our enterprise craves world-wide commer-
cial activity. Oar great canal at Panama
will give us commercial opportunities of
which we should be prepared to take ad-
vantage, and she trade revival of the
Indies aleo waits upon the opening
great highway, and upon the awakening of
our aggressive but not war-like sea power.
Commercial, not imperial expansion, is
the bright purpose and prospect to be set
before ue. It fills the Far Western sky
with no grim war clouds, but with the
golden glow of sunset over vast fields of
grain, enough and to epare to save from
frequent famine the millions of all Asia ;
over fleets freighted for the ends of the
earth with American manufactures and
bringing back to us the welcome products
of other lands, a tribute fairly paid, with
good will, to enterprise and industry.
And the first step is not to the building
of a more colossal navy, but to the reform
of ou, absurd and obsolete trust-protecting
tariff.
Democracy’s Opportunity.
From the New York Sun.
The Hon. George Gray of Delaware rep-
resents a pew infusion in the Demooratio
mixture. We have the annozocewent that
campaign headquarters are to be opened for
him in Washington aod elseware and
assurances that his fight for the nomina.
tion will for the fature be prosecated with
vigor and address, This is a pleasant hear-
iug for those who want to see the peer-
less One cast down.
Governor Johnson, of Minnesota, has his
his followers at work alredy. Now comes
the Hoo. George Gray, of Delaware, with
a similar message to the people. Thas we
see she ground under Bryan honeycombed.
Johnson covers the original Northwest.
Gray covers the States of New York, Peon-
sylvania, New Jersey, Couneotiont and so
on. This is where Bryan will suffer since
his strength heretofore has cousisted chiefly
in the absence of opposition. He has been
strong on the surface only. ‘The lack of
declared antagonism, the appearance of
agreement, residing for the most part in
the default of others, these bave constituted
his show of domination. And the remark-
able feature of the situation bas been
Bryan's own inability to pergeive the un-
detlying facts. The torpidity of a State
like Alabama for example, failed to aronee
his suspicions. His almost inbonoeivable
vanity transformed that purely superficial
attitude intoa pose of fervor, He imag-
gined to himsell that the disgust aod in-
difference of Alabama and other States of
like inclinations means merely a profound.
and rooted loyalty. tein
F the Philadelphia Public Ledger.
e appearance of Andrew Carnegie as,
the defender of the people against Grusts is
the most picturesque instance of ‘reformed’
pirasy’’ which America bas yet produced.
When she wource of Mr. Carnegie’s millions.
is remembered, and when it is recalled thas,
it is the interest on the bonds of the United:
States Steel Corporation, and in some cases
she houds themselves, which be is indus
trionsly distribatiog for the building of
libraries, for the promotion of scieotifio
research, for the reward of heroism and for’
the pensioning of educators, the stupendous’
character of his conversion will be appareni..
When Mr. Carnegie says that the truste—
and the Steel Corpatation is, one of the
closest imitations of that institution which
America farnishes — ‘rob a comman-
ity of its’ right to competition, disguise it
as we may,” he makes a confession that
should fill the heart of trast-busters with
houndless joy. It was doubtless made in
lively recollection of the practice of the
Steel Corporation to exact from the publie
$28 a ton for steel
rails that cost from $12
so $14, and one oan only conclude that Mr.
Carnegie will next in the role of an
Dorney of the en the tariff whioh
bas made such extortions possible.
spawls from the Keystone.
~The Sheridan furnace, of Lebanon coun-
ty, capacity 900 tons per week, resumed
operations on Saturday after ap idleness of
four months.
—The first prize in the competition for
plans for the $120,000 penitentiary to be
erected at San Juan has been awarded to
Horace Trumbaucr, of Philadelphia. The
amount of the prize is $2,000.
—The National Guard authorities have
agreed on July 16th to 25th for this year’s
division encampment, which is to be held at
Gettysburg. Adjutant General Stewart will
issue the official order in a few days.
—The police administration of Reading has
decided that none of the police force dare
wear side whiskers. Officers may retain
their mustaches and may get special permils
to retain handsome imperials, but that is the
limit.
~The executors of the will of Joseph F.
Sinnott, the millionaire distilier, who died
over a year ago in Lower Merion, Mont-
gomery county, have been allowed a fee of
$122,344, on a 5 per cent basis for settling the
estate.
—Verna Greth, the 13 year old daughter
of Albert Greth, a farmer residing along
Sugar Run, Clinton county, died in the hos-
pital at Lock Haven on Saturday night of
blood poisoning from a scratch on the hand
by a pet cat.
—The whited bones of a nian were found
in a furnace of the Crucible Steel company,
at Pittsburg, on Saturday aod as none of the
workmen are missing it is believed that some
despondent person committed suicide during
a change of crews early in the day.
—Another body, making a total of 268 was
recovered last Wednesday in the Jacob's
Creek mine at entry No. 28, Westmoreland
county, where the disastrous explosion oec-
curred four months ago. It is impossible to
identify it positively. Two other bodies are
still missing.
—During the closing days of the Lenten
season the school children of Lock Haven
gathered 2,435 eggs as a donation to the hos-
pital of the city. This is the fourth year
such an Easter donation has been made by
the school children to the hospital,a gift that
is very greatly appreciated.
~The city councils and citizens in general
of Pittsburg are not going into ecstacies over
the announcement that Andrew Carnegie
proposes to make another gift of $3,000,000
to the Carnegie Technical school, because of
the proviso that the city purchase additional
ground at a cost of $1,000,000.
—Constable D. P. Lawhead, of Maderia,
having completed his sentence in the western
penitentiary for shooting a foreigner at
Hawk Run who was attempting to get away
when the former was trying to place him
under arrest, has been given his liberty and
returned home. He is looking none the
worse for his several mouth’s imprisonment.
—Waynesboro has a tourist's association
which bas completed plans for a trip to the
Pacific ocean in July and August and noth-
ing remains to be done except the final ar
rangements on the part of each individual,
A train of the finest Putiman cars has
secured that will accommodate comfortably
106 persons and there are already ninety-two
paid up passengers,
—William Franz,a Conemaugh youth aged
7 years, met a terrible death on Thursday
shortly before noon in the Cambria Steel
company’s Conemaugh slope, when be was
caught and crushed between a fall of
“honey.” His father was also a victim of a
recent mine accident and is at present a
patient at the Cambria hospital, suffering
from the effects of a broken back.
—The main street of Sonman, Cambria
county, was transformed into a river of foam.
ing beer and lignors ou Wednesday morning
when county detective James L. Berkbile,
assisted by sergeant H. T. Nugent and pri=-
vate Richards. of the state constabulary,
after raiding the “Flat Iron building,”
swashed fifty seven kegs and 135 cases of
intoxicants. John Lewis, the alleged proprie-
tor, was arrested.
—One of the boldest hold ups and attempts
at highway robbeey ever known ocenrred at
Landingville, Schuylkill connty, Sunday,
Michael Whalen and five other citizens of
sthat place being held up at the} voiut of re-
volvers by masked men. One of the,
men held up had a large sum of wmouney,
with him. This he dropped in the mud
and placed his foot on it, thereby saving.
it from the robbers, who got only 15]cents,
—The two hundred roadmen employed
by the Altoona and Logan Valley railway
company on its lines in the city and those
running to Hollidaysbarg and Tyrone have
learned thaton May 1st they will suffer 'a
ten per cent. cut in their wages. Many of
them are disgruntled over} the coming cut
but no trouble is auticipated as x readjust.
ment of working hours will enable them to
make almost as mach money ‘during thie
summer and the condition, it is said, will
only exist during the present business de-
pression. !
—The mining hamlet of Leland, in Bec-
caria township, Clearfield county, was the’
scene of a shooting affray on Thursday night
which resulted in the killing of Thomas
Pizer, by Jacob Wingard, engineer for the
| coal company operating there. Pizer and
bis wife had not been living together for
‘| some time and Mrs. Pizer was keeping house
for Wingard. Thursday night Piger went to
Wingard's house and it is stated threatened to,
kill Wingard who quickly drew a revolver
and killed Pizer, Wingard at once surrend-'
ered to the authorities aud has béen lodged
in theClearfield jail. :
—A novel feature in Williamsport on Sat-
urday was an egg haat in Valiamont park in
which the in of the city up to 14 years
of age participated to the number of several
thousand and 200 prize eggs and over 3,000
candy eggs were scattered ahout in the park
to be hunted, One section was allotted fo
children under 5 years of age, inJwhich’
ter cards andmovelties werescatteredjisbout
with ‘the eggs; another section was for ‘chil-
dren between 5 and 11 years, and the third
section for those between 11 and 14 years.
Heze the eggs were carefully: concealed and
the prize eggs had tags attached stating
where the finder should call for the prize,«
different merchants aud other individnals
having furnished those. Although it rained,
about 5,000 people were in the park, the on-
lookers being as much ints _as the ,
hunters. Wo
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