Bellefonte, Pa., May 1, 1908,
P. GRAY MEEK, . - -
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Democratic County Ticket.
For Congress:
W. Harrisos WALKER, of Belleloute.
For Assembly:
J. CaLvIN MEYER, of Bellefonte.
For Sheriff:
FRED F. SMITH, of Rash township.
For Register:
G. F. WEAVER, of Penn township.
For Recorder:
F. P1ErCE MussgR, of Millbeim.
For Treasurer:
J. D. MILLER, of Walker township.
For County Commissioners:
C. A. WEAVER, of Penn township.
J. L. DusLAP, of Spring township.
For Auditors:
J. W. Beck, of Marion township.
Joux L. CoLg, of Walker township.
Democratic Sinte Convention.
Democratic State Committee Rooms,
Harrisburg, Pa., April 1, 1908,
As directed by the Democratic State Central
Committee, at a special meeting held in the
Hoard of Trade rooms, in this city on Wednesday,
February 26th, 1908, notice is hereby given that
the Democratic State Convention will convene in
the Orpheum Theaire, at
Harrisburg, Wednesday, Muy 20th, 1908,
at 11 o'clock a. m. The business for which the
convention will meet will be :
To nominate one candidate for Superior Court
Judge ;
Two candidates for Presidential
Large ;
To elect in the manner provided by the rules of
the party ; four Delegates and four Alternates at,
Large, to the National Democratic Convention ;
To certify the nomination of thirty-two Presi
dential Electors, as named by the delegates from
the respective Congressional Districts of the
State,
And to act upon and determine such other mat.
ters, relating to the welfare and success of the
party within the State, as may be brought be-
fore it.
Electors at-
Georae M. Dinznixa,
P. Gray Meek, Chairman,
Secretary.
ADDITIONAL LOCALS,
LocAL DAIRY NoTes.— Several herds
supplying State College creamery with
milk are tested each month. Hurd No. 5.con-
taining six cows has an average of 152
pounds of butter fat per cow for eight
months ending April 1ss. The best cow in
this berd prodaced 191 9 poands of fas in
this time, while she poorest cow produced
72.3 pounds of fat, which is only one pound
less than the average of herd No. 3. The best
cow in No. 3 produced only 99.5 pounds in
eight monthe while one cow in this herd
bas only made 50.6 pounds of fat in eight
months, which does not begin to pay for
the feed she bas eaten. One cow in herd
No. 4 prodaced only 33 9 pounds of fas in
the eight months, add to the value of this
fat a good calf and these swo cows bave nos
paid their way.
In herd No. 7 the hest cow prodaced
152.1 pounis of fat in she eight months
while she average for she herd is 116 8,
In several of these herds the owners have
been feeding concentrated feeds and report
that their cows have done better than ever.
The following table shows the produotion
of batter fat per cow in each herd :
Best herd produced in 8 months ... 152.8 Lbs, Fat
Poorest “ “- ou “" “ ™.5 “ “
Best Cow . “oan “ — 191.9 “" “"
PoorestCow * ae « _ upp & 4
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Best herd produced in 7 months ... 119.4
Poorest * “ " +058 ©
Best Cow “ “oa “ wil»
Poorest Cow “ oa “ ww B40 © ."
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Goop NEWS FOR PENSIONERS. — Under
date of April 20th, 1908, Capt. D. Ash-
worth, the U. 8. pension agent in Piste.
burg, Pa., received instructions from the
Bareaun of Pensions, relative to the aot of
April 19th, 1908, granting an inorease of
pension to $12.00 per month to all widows,
minois and helpless children now on the
rolis at a less rate. No application is re-
quired from the pensioners now on tise rolls
bat the same will b: paid by Caps. Ash-
worth July 4th, 1908, upon receipt of the
voucher properly executed which is now
in possession of the pensioner. The pres-
ent pension certificate should be retained
until its resuro shall bave been requested
by the pension agent from whom the pen-
sion is received. —.
For A Goop BATH.—Everybody exocept-
ing, perhaps, the very small boy, loves a
good bath, and to enjoy it properly one
must have the proper appurtenances. One
of the neatess shivgs in shis line we have
ever seen is the Allen fountain brush and
bath system. It can be used either in the
bath room or comes as a portable outfit, and
combines all the good qualities of a shower
bath and massage. Mr. L. T. Eddy, of
Milesbarg, has received the sole agenoy for
Centre county and bis many sales in the
brief time he has bad it, is evidence of its
popularity. See his advertisement in av-
other column.
se A
Strate CoLLeceE HicH ScHoon CoM-
MENCEMENT.—The annual commencement
of the State College High school will be
held next Tuesday evening, May 5th, in
the M. E. church at that place. Dr. Jud-
son P. Welsh bas been secured to deliver
the commencement address and the di-
plomas will be presented by Prof. Irving
L. Foster. The graduating class this year
numbers nine, a¢ follows : Charles W.
Musser, Edna M. Mingle, Anna M. Glenn,
Ethel G. Grieb, Leslie C. Krebs, Mae
McMahon, Luoy C. Kemmerer, Gertrude
A. Welsh and Effa M. Smith.
LeirzeLL.—Dr. J. B. Leiizell, a native |
of Centre county, died at his home ln Da-
kota, I11., last Saturday morniog, after an
illness of two weeks with asthma aod con-
gestion of the lungs. He bad practiced
medicine in a number of places in Illinois
and was very widely known through thas
portion of the State.
Deceased was born March 16:h, 1828, at
Penn Hall, this county, and was shus in
the eightieth year of his age. He studied
medicine with Dr. Charles Smith, of Penn
Hall, ooe of the best known doctors in
| Pennsvalley in bis day, after which he com-
pleted his studies in the medical depart-
ment of the University of Pennsylvania in
Philadelphia, from which be graduated io
1853. In 1854 be began practice at Storms-
town. He removed to Saloua, Clinton
county, aud practiced there onsil 1870,
when he removed so Spring Mills, this
county.
Dr. Leitzell went west in 1883 and first
located at Ridott, Ill. A year later he re
moved to West Point and four years after
that to Lena. Thence he removed to
Orangeville, where be practiced for a long
time, and then, a few years ago, to Belvi-
dere. Two yeas ago he retired from active
practice and went back to Dakota to live.
The doctor belonged to the Belvidere lodge
of Masoos and the Orangeville lodge of Ma
SODS.
In 1853, while living in Centre county
Dr. Leitzell married Miss Emma Blakely,
who died on May 18th, 1868. In 1869 he
married Belinda Custard, who survives
bim. He also leaves two sons and one
daughter, as tollows : Dr. C. P. Leitzell,
of Dakota; H. B. Leitzell, of Freeport, aud
Mrs. J. L. Sherman, of Belvidere.
The funeral was held on Wednesday of
this week at balf past 1 o'clock at Dakota.
Rev. B. C. Holloway officiated.
| |
Coxpo.— Mrs. Sarah Eleanore Condo,
wife of Jonathan F. Condo, died at her
home in Howard last Friday evening alter
a lingering illness with nervous trouble
and other complications. It will be remwem-
bered that last fall her son Raymond was
#0 badly burned while in the aot of light-
ing a street lamp that he died a day or two
alter. The death of her son so preyed on
the mother’s mind that nervous disorders
followed which developed into the condi-
tion that resulted in her death.
Deceased was born at Ceader Springs in
1865. The early part of her life was spent
in Pennsvalley but for afew years alter
her marriage the family lived at Ssate Col-
lege. Liter they moved to Howard and
with the exception of several years spent
in Bellefonte have made their home there
ever since. She was a member of the Preshy-
terian church and a woman whose kind
and loving disposition wade her any
friends.
Sarviving her are her husband, one
daughter, Mrs. Josephine Bowes, of How-
ard, and one son, Archie, at howe ; also
the following brothers and sisters : Mrs.
H. 8. Biaoont, Mrs. C. P. Loog and Harry
Allison, of Spring Mills; Dr. J. R. G.
Allison, of Centre Hall, and Merrill Allison,
of Sioux City, Iowa. Rev. William Laurie
officiated as she funeral services whioh were
held on Monday morning and she same
afternoon the remains were taken to Spring
Mille for interment.
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PETERS. —Mre. Sarah Peters, wife of Da-
vid Peters, died at her home on the hill
above Nittany furnace on Friday afternoon.
Her death was caused by dropsy with which
she bad been a sofferer for more than a
year. She was a daughter of the late Wil.
liam Brown and was boro in Howard filsy-
six years ago. When she was but a obild
her parents moved to Bellefonte and this
has been her home ever since.
Surviving her are her two sons, William
aud Harry, at home, aod one daughter,
Mie. Elmer Heverly, of Duncansville. She
also leaves one brother, Austin Brown, and
two sisters, Mre. Navey Brown and Mrs.
Ellen Meese, all of Bellefonte. The funer-
al was held on Tuesday afternoon and in-
terment was made in the Sunnyside ceme-
tery.
| |
WisTER.—George H. Wister died at his
home in Howard on Wednesday morning
of a long illness with oreeping paralysis.
He was born in Philadelphia sixty-two
years ago and was educated at Girard Col-
lege. From there he came to Howard and
weat to work for Balser Weber with whom
he remained for twenty years or more. In
1886 he was given a position io the audit.
ing division of the postoffice department at
Washington where he remained until last
fall when he was compelled to give up
work on account of his affliction, returning
to his home at Howard. From that time on
he grew worse until bis death. He is sur-
vived by his wife and two daughters. The
funeral will be held this afternoon.
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WiraeriTE.—Henry M. Witherite died
at bis home in Snow Shoe, last Saturday,
after a brief illness, aged sixiy-eight years.
He bad been a resident of that town ever
since he returned from the war forty-three
years ago and was one of the best known
and most highly esteemed men in that lo-
cality. For a number of years he has filled
various township offices and was tax ocol-
lector at the time of his death. The faner-
al was held on Taeeday, interment being
made in the Askey cemetery.
i i i
BarR.—After ao iliness of over two years
with rheumatism Mrs, Alice Barr died at
her home in Snow Shoe on Sanday after-
noon, She was a daughter of the late
Joseph Thompson and was about forty-
eight years of age. She is survived by
her husband, one daughter, a brother and
a sister. The funeral was held at two
o'clock on Tuesday afternoon, interment
being made in Askey’s cemetery.
LEiTZEL.—The very sudden death of
Mrs. C. B Leitzel, at her home in Derry,
Pa., on April 19th, was quite a shock to
ber many friends in this counsy. She bad
apparently been in the hest of health, even
up until the evening of ber death, at which
time she entertained a number of friends.
She accompanied ber guests to she door
and after returning to the parlor died al-
most instantly, without time to even utter
: SE
| last of April and she first of May. Fortu-
pately, however, cold as it is there have
| been uo frosts or freezing to hurt the fruit,
though yesterday snow fell at Suow Shoe.
| Howard.
Howard Hurd, a representative employee
{of the Orvis brick plant, spent Sunday at
| Howard with his family.
Howard can boast of a clean, new meat
| ONLY TWO BATTLESHIPS
! The President's Program For Four
| Failed In Senate.
Washington, April 27.—By an over-
{ whelming vote President Roosevelt's
| four battleship program failed in the
senate, just as it did in the house.
| The amendment for four battleships
| was introduced by Senator Piles, and
| the fight for its adoptjon was led by
a word of complaint aboat being ill. Heart | market, No- 2, under the care of Orrin Alli* | Sonator Beveridge. Twenty-three votes
failure was the cause.
Deceased, whose maiden name was Miss
Anpa 8S. Allen, was born at Boal<hurg and
was abouts fifty-four years of age. Her
hushand, C. B. Leitzel, was formerly a
resident of Spring Mills, but for some time
past the family have been residents of
Derry. Ib addition to her bushand she is
survived by two children, Mrs. Burd, at
home, and Edgar, of Johnstown.
| | |
Lucas. —After suffering for mouths with
taberonlosis Lundy Lucas died at his home
near Unionville at nine o'clock oo Sunday
evening. Deceased was thirty two years
of age and was born in Union township,
being a son of Mr. and Mrs. Edward M.
Lucas. For some time prior to his late ill-
ness he was employed as a rural wail car-
rier. He was an ex member of company
B, having goue out with that organization
daring the Spanish-American war. He
was also a prominent Odd Fellow.
survived by his wife bat zo children. The
faneral was held on Wednesday afternoon,
interment being made iv the Union ceme-
tery at Unionville.
| |
EMERICK. —After a lingering illness with
gangrene of the feet Jacob Emerick died at
his home in Millbeizu last Friday morning.
He was sixty-nine vears of age aud a veteran
of the Civil war. He at oue time served as
justice of the peace of Penn township. Sar-
viving him are his wife and the following
children : Mrs. Mary Heckman and Mrs,
Susans Heckman, of Spring Mills ; Mrs.
Katharine Baney, of Penn Hall ; Mrs,
Ellen Wilson, of Wheitham, and Mrs.
Hattie Adame, of Renovo. The funeral
was held on Tuesday morning.
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Hoy.—-Victor Hoy died at the home of
his mother at Pine Hall on Tuesday of con-
sumption. He was seventeen years old and
since the death of his father a year ago had
been the biggest help of his widowed
mother. He also leaves two brothers and
five sisters. The funeral was held yester-
day, interment being made at Pive Hall.
>
CELEBRATED THEIR GOLDEN WEgD-
DING.—On Monday Mr, and Mrs. Hemiy
W. Hoover, of Unionville, celebrated their
golden wedding and the event was made
the occasion of the home-gathering of all
their ohildren. Of course in addition there
were quite a large number of their neigh-
bors avd friends present and the ocelebra.
tion proved a most enjoyable time for all.
A big dinner was one of the features of the
day, while the afternoon was taken up
with speech-making, music and recounting
reminscences of ‘‘ye olden days.”” Mr, and
Mrs. Hoover were the recipients of quite a
large number of presents as remembrances
of their half century of married life.
The Hoovers are among she oldest resi-
dents of Union township, being pioneer set-
tlers in that locality. Mr. Hoover, him-
self, was one of she subconsiactors of the
Bald Eagle Valley railroad in 1859 and
1860 and built four miles of that road.
Since he has been engaged in lumbering
until be retired from business a lew years
ago.
Ore interesting fact in connection with
the Hoover family is that it has never yes
been broken by death. There are nine ohil-
dren, as follows . Mrs. H. B. Esterlive, of
Fairmount, W. Va.; George FP. Hoover,
Tyrone; R. C. Hoover, Fleming; Mr. J.
E. Daley, DaBois; J. Clyde Hoover, Johns-
town; Shuman Hoover, Williamsport;
Mary Hoover, DuBois ; Martha Hoover,
Youngstown, Ohio, and Grant Hoover,
Williamsport.
——
StoLE BisHOP'S DINNER.—Bellefonte
thieves are getting so ‘‘onery’’ they onght
to be in jail. In fact they seem to have be-
come devoid of all gentlemanly instinots
and even do not respect the clergyman’s
oloth or the bishop’s dinner. Bishop W.
H. Darlington, of Harrisburg, paid the
Bellefonte parish an official visit on Sun-
day and with having the eminent divine
as a guest over Sunday Mrs. Hewitt made
preparation for a very appetizing dinner
that day. She secured three nice plump
chickens, bad them dressed and with every-
thing else good that would go to make up
the weal stored them in the refrigerator
for sale keeping. But when they came to
get them Sunday morning they found the
refrigerator empty, some sueakthief hav.
ing stolen everything nice in the way of
edibles it contained. Of course there was
a Sunday dinner in the rector’s home, bus
it was not the good chicken dinner they
had so carefully planned.
MARRIAGE LicENsEs.— The following
marriage licenses were issued the past week
by Register Earl C. Tuten.
Geo. B. Casher, of Warriorsmark, and
Leoa B. Sigel, of Port Matilda.
John Yendrisak and Jobaouna Cipriok,
both of Clarence.
Robert Rossman end Mabel R. Crone-
miller, both of State College.
Samuel F. Gordon Jr. and Isabelle Wian,
both of Bellefonte.
Samuel H, Wigton and Mary A. Pase-
more, both of Philipsburg.
Halph Moerschbacher and Sarah G. Kel-
ley, both of Bellefonte.
Blazey Bucha and Annie Nastak, both of
Clarence.
aoe
~The weather this week bas bzen
more like the beginning of March than the
He is |
son, who understands the business.
The mattress factory, under the manage:
| ment of Weber Thomas, knows no panie, the
| only industry here constantly running.
| Prof. L A. Lucas, of Greenfield, Mass., is
at present visiting his brother, William
| Lucas, on south Walnut street, Howard.
| Prof. F. M. Pletcher, of Blanchard, spent
| Saturday in Howard. He is at present con®
| ducting a summer normal for teschers in bis
home town.
Frank Strunk, an employee at Joe Diehl,
attended the fanerai of his uucle, George
| Reish, who was killed by the cars in Belle.
| foute last week.
| The traveling public are throwing bouquets
| at our hotel, for the good meals and veat
| and cosy rooms, which speaks well for land.
lord MecMuririe.
| Our miller, W. A. Long, has added a new
industry to bis milling interest hy having
| electric motors connected to supply the eiti-
| zens of Howard borough with electric light.
Joho Mokle and Norman Lightbamer are
| the only two men that seem to show no ill
effects of the panic. Both zre rapidly erect-
ing brick houses which when completed will
| be both neat and cosy residences.
Mrs. Johnston, florist and gardener, is
{ busy arranging to accommodate her many
customers with plants, garden vegetables,
| also the much admired strawberry, for which
! the writer can vouch for their size aud flavor
| in last years crop.
| Constable Wm. Butler, of Howard town:
| ship, esrued the title “Fire Fighter,” last
| week. The mountains were abiaze between
here and Curtin aod be extinguisiied the fire
| thus saving the valuable timber along the
base uf the mountain,
The supervisors of Howard towuship, |
{ Robert Confer and Wilbur Leathers, bave |
appointed as their road bosses, Frank Coufer
{ aud Ralph Shank. These four men consti:
| tute u quartette of the best. They all are pos:
| sessed of govd judgment aud are willing to
work. Uader their supervision it will be but
! a short time until there will be models of
state roads in this township.
Pine Grove Mention.
Our mutual friend, Curt Meyers, is a vic-
tim of the mumps.
Andy Jackson Tate spent Sunday with bis
aged mother at Shiloh.
Mrs. James Swabb was a Sunday visitor at
the J. J. Tressler home.
Newt C. Neidigh is having his new house
donned in a new coat of paint.
Victor Hoy, who has been the victim of
puenmonia, is not much better.
Mrs. John Strouse, who has been ill with
sciatica the past two weeks, is some better.
Dr. J. E. Ward, of Bellefonte, spent Sun.
day at the home of his youth on Main street.
Miss Maggie Peters is spending ber vaca-
tion among friends in Pittsburg and Al-
toouna.
Rev. D. Y. Brouse, of Mt. Union, is spend-
ing this week umong his friends in and out
of town.
Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Kustaborder, of Belle-
foute, spent Sunday with his brother James
at Lemont.
Most of the barley and oats have been
sown and farmers are well on with their
spring work.
Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Thomas, of State Col-
lege, visited his brother D. W., on the
Brauch Sunday.
J. H. Wetzel, of Bellefonte, was here lust
week making a survey fora new county
bridge at Baileyville,
John M. Keichline, one of the legal lights
of Bellefonte, was a Sunday visitor at the G.
W. McWilliams home.
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Glenn came up from
Bellefonte to see his mother, who has been
sick the past month, and is but little better.
Wm. E. Johnson says his wife presented
him with aa Easter present. Its a nice little
girl and both babe and mother are doing
nicely.
J. H. Barton, who handles the throttle ou
No. 28, the fast line from Pittsburg to Al-
toona, is spending his vacation fishing at
Oak Hall.
We are sorry to note the illness of our
townsman, Wm. H. Bailey, who is quite low
at his home suffering with a general break-
ing down of the system.
Our mutual friend, Joe Meyers, was the
lowest bidder for the Dempster Meek barn
and got the job, the timber to be taken off
stump and work to be commenced at once.
Joe is a hustler and never leaves a job half
done.
‘Spring Mills.
The house-cieaning racket is about over,
for which we are very thankful. The more
pleasant occupation of garden planting is
now the order of the day.
Our farmers are now very busy with the
plow. All the wheat flelds in this locality
look unusally well and very much alive, also
the fruit trees, and give promise of a large
yield.
A slight fire on the roof of the blacksmith
shop of Samuel Stitzer on Friday last caused
by sparks from the flue created quite an ex-
citement for a time, however it was soon
discovered and subdued before any great
damage was done.
Rev. Lantz, pastor of the Penns Valley
charge, delivered his Easter sermon in the
M. E. church here on Sunday evening last
to a large congregation, The reverend gen-
tleman is a very fluent «nd pleasant speaker
and his remarks received close attention.
Mrs. Margaret Ruhl has been doing a very
lively millinery trade since her opening day,
a new department she recently added to her
business. The selections have become so
broken that she has been obliged to dupli-
cate almost her entire spring and summer
orders,
were cast for the increased program,
the number largely being made up of
recently elected senators. Fifty sen-
ators voted to support the house, and
the recommendation of the Senate
Naval committee in favor of building
only two battleships.
It was developed by Senator Allison
during the debate that there is a well
defined understanding among the sen-
ate leaders for the authorization of
two battleships each year, until the
American navy is regarded as suf-
ficient to meet any demands that may
be made upon it.
As finally passed the bill carries ap-
| propriations aggregating $123,115,659,
| and provides for the construction of
| two battleships and two colliers and
| the purchase of three additional col-
| liers, the construction of submarines
| and other necessary craft, and in-
_. eases the pay of officers and enlisted
men, as well as increasing botn the
pay and the strength of the marine
Corps.
GIRL DISROBED BY LIGHTNING
Stripped of Clothing and Shoes, She Is
Not Severely Injured.
Philadelphia, April 28—Severe thun-
der and hail storms that wrought con-
siderable damage are reported from
points in eastern Pennsylvania, Dela
| ware and New Jersey. In a storm that
passed over Lancaster county, Jennie
Martin, aged twenty-nine years, of
Bird-in-Hand, was struck by lightning
and had a remarkable escape from
| death. She was denuded, her clothing
| being torn into shreds; her hair was
burned off, and the shoes ripped from
her feet, yet she was not severely in-
jured. The girl ran to the barn to
close the door when the storm came
up. A bolt of lightning struck the barn
and ripped off part of the roof. The
electrical current struck Miss Martin
apparently on the head and passed
through her body. Her clothing, picked
up near where she was struck, was
cut as though with a knife.
At Lebanon there was severe light:
ning and hail. Telegraph and tele
phone wires were torn down and con
siderable damage was done to young
vegetation in the farming districts.
At Hazleton a severe electrical and
hail storm was followed by a veritable
deluge, and some of the streets were
covered with water to a depth of four
feet. So terrific was the downpour
that some of the paving was torn up
in the streets.
NO BLOOM UNTIL BISHOP DIED
Plants Near Dr. Satterlee’s Grave Sud
denly Form Blossoms.
Washington, April 27. — Friends of
the late Bishop Satterlee are talking
with awe and wonderment of the fact
that close to the grave of the bishop,
who died recently, there have blos
somed lilies like those Christ referred
to; and that an offshoot of the cele
brated Glastonbury thorn of English
legend and tradition also is about to
blossom in the same vicinity.
Years ago Bishop Satterlee received
the lilies from Palestine and planted
them in the grounds of the Cathedral
of Sts. Peter and Paul here, but they
never blossomed until this spring
since Bishop Satterlee’s death. So with
the thorn tree—a shoot of which was
sent to him some year ago from Eng
land.
RICH GIRL ASPHYXIATED
Miss Lillian MaclLea, ¢f Mont Clair, N
J., Had Long Been an Invalid.
Mont Clair, N. J., April 28. — Miss
Lillian MacLea, the twenty-year-old
daughter of Robert B. MacLea, the
head of the R. B. MacLea company,
dry goods merchants of New York
city, was found dead from gas asphyx-
fation in her room in her father's
handsome home in Erwin Park road.
The physician who was summoned by
the family said the young woman un-
doubtedly committed suicide. It is
sald Miss MacLea had shown signs of
melancholy of late and that for the
last two years she had been in deli
cate health.
Engineer's Salary $500,000 a Year.
San Francisco, April 27.—John Hays
Hammond, & mining engineer, has
made a new contract with the Gug-
genheims to be their expert for the
next five years, at a salary of $500,000
annually. This is double his salary un-
der a former contract, and which was
the highest in the world. By the terms
of the contract Mr. Hammond is not
to buy or exploit on his own behalf
gold, silver or copper mines, and is to
choose his own assistants. The Gug-
genheims, through the advice of Ham.
mond, have Invested millions of dol-
lars in mines, and are said to have
never made a mistake by so doing.
Gored to Death By Fierce Bull.
York, Pa., April 28.—Alfred Eichel-
berger, a retired farmer, of Anderson-
town, this county, was gored to death
by a vicious bull. Mr. Eichelberger
was visiting at the home of Jacob
Felix, and ventured Into the barnyard,
not knowing of the wild nature of the
bull. The animal charged upon him,
tossing him into the air and then,
when he fell to the ground, gored him.
Several men with pitchforks drove the
bull away from the body, but life was
I extinct.
INJUKED NUMBER OVER 1200
New Orleans, April 27.—About 350
lives were wiped out and at least 1200
persons were seriously injured and
millions of dollars of damage caused
by the series of terrific tornadoes that
swept over the gulf states, Of the in-
jured it is expected that not less than
100 will succumb to their hurts.
The storm started in Texas and Ok-
lahoma with winds of hurricane fury
which swept eastward. In the Missis-
sippi valley it reached its most terri-
lying proportions when it broke up
into a number of gigantic whirlwinds.
These swept down upon town after
town in Mississippi, Louisiana, Ala-
bama, Georgia and Arkansas, desolat-
ing wherever they touched.
A number of small villages were de-
molished in western Mississippi early
Friday morning, and seven hours later
tie towns of Purvis, Miss., and Amity,
La., 100 miles apart, were destroyed,
with great loss of life.
From the Texas border to middle
Georgia the path of desolation ex-
tends, zigzagging from north to south,
and marked at irregular intervals by
scencs of utter devastation. Over some
areas it leaped without damage and
almost unnoticed, and others it swept
clear of everything.
In places it denuded hillsides of
grass and shrubbery and stripped ever-
green trees completely of their foliage.
In towns thickly settled by negroes it
wrought greatest havoc. The plc-
turesque darky cabins, noted for their
flimsy, happy-go-lucky construction,
had been converted by the wind into
wholesale death-traps. It was in the
fall of these cabins, which went down
almost without warning, that most of
the negro deaths occurred.
In a number of instances babies
were snatched from their mothers’
arms and whirled away to fall, bruised
and dying, at a distance. In one in-
stance a child was carried several
hundred yards and fell unhurt into a
swamp.
Survivors tell of tornadoes that
came without warning, snatched up
men and women from the streets and
carried them away, to be dashed to
death. Houses were sometimes picked
up and carried whole for a distance
and then shattered to pieces hundreds
of feet above the earth.
Mississipp! bore the brunt of the
storm. Reports from that state indicate
that the loss of life will be by far the
greatest within her borders. Estimates
of the number of those who lost thei:
lives as a result of tornadoes in Mis.
sissippl place the death list at 159,
with 650 injured.
In Texas, Louisiana, Alabama and
Georgia the death lists are also large,
with loss of life in Arkansas and Ten
nessee. A partial summary of the dead
and injured is as follows:
Lounisiana—Dead, 88; injured, 350.
Mississippi—Dead, 159; injured, 650.
Alabama—Dead, 31; injured, 113.
Georgia—Dead, 25; injured, 100.
Tennessee—Dead, 1; injured, 4.
Arkansas—Dead, 3; injured, 30.
Towns reporting serious wreckage,
46.
Habitations and business houses
practically complete ruins in these
towns, about 2500,
The above figures do not include
the wreckage on plantations and
farms, scores of which were struck
and damaged. The number of dead
will never be known accurately for the
reason that about 300 of them were
negroes and they were buried in many
communities without careful records
being made of their numbers.
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Illinois For Bryan—Wild Parsnips
Kill Two Boys.
Cape May Point, a resort village on
the tip of the New Jersey peninsula,
was swept by a fire which destroyed or
damaged twelve buildings, principally
cottages, ruined $100,000 worth of
property, and for a time threatened to
wipe out the entire settlement.
For more than three hours the fire
burned, and in that time the village
was constantly in danger. The volun
teer firemen, working in bucket bri
gades, were wholly helpless. Volun-
teers from the fire department at Cape
May and from the government life
saving corps were sent to the place,
and for a time they made little head:
way against the combination of wind
and flame,
It was not until four hours after the
fire was discovered that they were
able to stand against the fire, and even
then their efforts were confined to
prevent the flames spreading. Nearly
all the buildings where the flames had
gained a foothold were destroyed.
The record of the fire follows:
Lankenau villa, erected by John D.
Lankenau, and owned by the Mary J.
Drexel home, Philadelphia, $75,000.
Cottage adjoining, owned by Mrs.
Mary Lawrence, Philadelphia, $4000.
Wiley cottage, owned by Jessie A.
Grant, Philadelphia, $3000.
Cottage owned by Mahlon Bryan,
Philadelphia, on Ocean avenue, $4500.
Surf house, summer hotel, owned by
Ammon Wright, $4000.
The Seaview, owned by Ammon
Wright, $3000.
Cottage on Holly avenue, owned by
John C. Springer, $500. +
Cottage on Alexander avenue, own:
ed by Mrs. Ottinger, Philadelphia,
$1000.
Cottage on Alexander avenue, owned
by W. Turner, $500.
The origin of the fire has not been
definitely ascertained. The Lankenau
cottage, in which it started, was being
repainted in anticipation of its sum
mer occupation by the sisters of the
Drexel home and the nurses of the
German hospital, of Philadelphia. It
is thought that in the process of burn
ing paint from the side of the building
the woodwork may have become ig
nited.