com Bellefonte, Pa., May 22, 1908. Eprron P. GRAY MEEK, - - Teaus or Susscmieriox.—Until further notice his paper will be furnished to subscribers at the ollowing rates : Paid strictly in advance... $1.00 Paid before expiration of year......... 1.50 Paid after expiration of year... 2.00 Democratic State Ticket. For Judge of the Superior Court, WeBsTER GRIMM, of Bucks County. Democratic County Ticket. For Congress: W. HARRISON WALKER, of Bellefonte. For Assembly: J. CALVIN MEYER, of Bellefonte. For Sheriff: FRED F. SMITH, of Rush township. For Register: G. F. WEAVER, of Penn township. For Recorder: F. P1ercE MussER, of Millheim. For Treasurer: J. D. MILLER, of Walker township. For County Commissioners: C. A. WEAVER, of Penn township. J. L. DUNLAP, of Spring township. For Auditors: J. W. Beck, of Marion township. Joux L. CoLE, of Walker township. Democratic State Convention, At the Democratic state convention in Harrisburg on Wednesday a platform was adopted oalling for immediate revision of the tariff, denouncing usurpation by the President of powers of the legislative and judiciary branches of government, com- mending W. H. Berry’s administration as State Treasurer, and demanding the nomi- pation of a conservative Democrat for President. The foliowing were elected delegates-at- Jarge to the Demooratic national conven- tion : Col. James M. Guffey, Allegheny county ; Sen. J. K. P. Hall, Elk county ; Sen. Arthur G Dewalt, Lehigh county, and John G. Harmon, Columbia county, with the following alternates; E. F. Blew- itt, Lackawanna nty; 8. M. Hoyer, Blair county; B. G. Bromley, Philadelphia, and Jobn P. Brew, Erie county. Senator Webster Gritom, of Bucks coun- ty, was nominated for Judge of the Superi- or court, and Joseph P. McMullen, of Philadelphia, nnd Albert J. Barr, of Pitte- burg, electors at large, while the district presidential electors are as follows: 1—Daniel ¥. Carlin, Philadelphia, 2—Edward B. Seiberlich, Philadelphia. 3—Aaron G. Krause, Philadelphia, 4—Clarence Loeb, Philadelphia, 5—James T. Nuity, Philadelphia. 6—Michael G. Howard, Philadelphia. 7-=John C. Ferron, West Chester. 8—J. Howard Danenhower, Bethayres. 9=Louis N. Spencer, Lancaster, 10—A. W, Dixon, Scranton. 11—Major John 1. Flannery. Pittston. 12—Oliver P. Bechtel, Pottsville. 13—H D. Shafter, Reading. 14—Charles A. MeOarthy: Honesdale. 15—John F. Stone, Coudersport. 16-J, I. Welsh, Shamokin. 17—Cyrus C. Gilchrist, Huntingdon, 18—Geerge B. Krause, Lebanon, 19-8, M. Hoyer, Altoona. 20—Harry W. Washburn, York. 21-J. N. Baird, Sinnamahoning. 22—John K. Holland, Hilliard. 23—John F. Panley, Waynesburg. 24—Not selected. 25—Robert H. Brown, Meadville, 26—Howard Mutchler, Easton. 27—W. L. Neal, Indiana. 28—Fred A. Shaw, Tidioute. 29-—Henry Meyer, Pittsburg. 30—-Wesley 8S, Guffey, Pittsburg. 31—Dennis J. Boyle, Pittsburg. 32—Casper Mayer, Bridgeville. ADDITIONAL LOCALS. MAY QUARTER BEessioNs.—The May term of quarter sessions court convened on Monday morning with Judge Orvis presid- ing. Court reporter Gilbert 8. Burrows failing to report for duty Miss Weaver was appointed for the week. O H. Nason, of Huston township, was made foreman of the grand jary. The first case in the quarter sessions was that of the Comwonwealth vs. Claude Wy- land, assavit and battery. Defendant plead guilty and was fined swenty dollars and costa. Commonwealth vs. J. Mitohell Young, assault, and assault and battery, prosecutor Albert Bergner. Verdiot not guilty and costs divided equally between the proseout- or and defendant. Commonwealth vs. Maggie Seguer, as- saalt and battery, prosecutor Albert Berg- ner. Not guilty and the prosecutor to pay three-fourths of the costs and the defend- ant one-fourth. Commonwealth vs. William E. Smith, indicted for killing a dog, prosecutor W. H. Warburton. Indictment squashed. Commonwealth ve. William H. Snavely, indicted for wilfully and maliciously kill. ing a dog, prosecutor Irvin Kern. Verdiot of not guilty and the prosecutor to pay one. fitth the costs and the defendant four. fifths. Commonwealth va, John Reed, larceny, prosecutor Wesley Spangler. Verdict of not guilty but pay the costs. Commonwealth vs. Charles Sherwood Robb, malicious mischief, prosecutor Al- bert C. Fulton. Verdiot of not guilty, the prosecutor to pay two-thirds of the costs and the defendant one-third. In two cases of assault and battery re. turned by justice of the peace John M. Keichline and one returued by justice W. H. Musser, the bills were ignored and the costs put on the justices. A number of foreigners were defendant2 in petty cases, On the civil list in she case of George H. Ayers va. The Jackson Coal company, the defendant confessed judgment in favor of the plaiant in the sum of $97.92, wi lois, use of Emma Holter, va. « HB. an 00m; sory non. suit entered at d on of re John Jackson vs. The Harbison-Walker Refractories oompany, an appeal. Verdict in favor of the defendant. E oing a tn] a . ng, An A) . ot in favor of the plaintiff for $78.55. J. F. Guyer vs, the Beaver Lumber Coal company, an appeal. Verdiot in favor of the plaintiff for $96.43. McCrals. —The people of Bellefonte were considerably shocked on Sunday morning to learn of the death of Bernard McClain, as he had not been ill atall. A week or so ago he lefs Bellefonte and went to a small town by the name of Heola, near Greensburg, where he stopped at the Hecla hotel, the proprietor, Mr. Bowen, being a personal friend. Saturday alter- noon he went out on the hotel porch and eat down in a chair, and in less than five minutes was dead. Deceased was a son of the late Bernard and Mrs. Nora McClain and was born at State College March 25th, 1859, thus being 49 years, 1 month and 21 days old., In 1861 the family moved to Bellefonte and since thas time he had been a resident of this place. At one time be bad been en- gaged with his brothers in the lumbering business but of late has been selling green groceries, fish, eto., for a Baltimore com- mission house. Hie death is peculiarly sad at this time becanse of the death not long ago of his only sister, Mise Ella McClain. Surviving him are his aged mother, Mrs. Nora McClain, and two brothers, James A., of Spavgler, and Frank, of Nicktown, Cambria county. The remains were brought to Bellefonte on Sunday evening and taken to the home of his mother on north Alle- gheny strees from where the faneral was held as four o'clock on Monday afternoon. Rev. Father MoArdle, pastor of St. John’s Catholic church, of which he was a mem- ber, officiated and burial was made in the Catholic cemetery. | | BEHRER.—Cbarles Behrer, a well known Spruce Creek valley farmer, died at three o'clock last Friday afternoon after an ex- tended illness with diabetes. Although he had been a sufferer for a long time it was not until three weeks prior to his death that he became too ill to go around and see after his farm work, but from that time on his life gradually ebbed away until the end came. He was a son of George and Susan Behrer and was born at the old family home near Waddle September 9th, 1862. From early manhood he followed farming as an occupation and eighteen years ago he bought the Judge LaPorte farm near Fraoklinville, Huntingdon county, where he lived ever since. He was a member of the Methodist church and a man most high- ly esteemed by all who knew him. In politics he was a Demoorat and always a faithful supporter of the dootrines of his party. Twenty-two years ago he was united in marriage to Miss Levioa Harpster who sar- vives him with three children : Reuben, Charles and Elizabeth, all at home. He also leaves one brother and two sisters, as follows : Moses Behrer, of Stormstorm ; Mrs. James Furst and Mrs. John Suey, of Warriorsmark. The funeral was held on Monday. Rev. Walter Armstrong officiated and burial was made in the Gatesburg cemetery. i I I LyoN.—It waa quite a shook to the peo- ple of Bellefonte to learn on Sunday even- ing of the very sudden death that day of Mrs. Robert V. Lyon, at her home in Rochester, N. Y. Complete partionlare are not available as the only intelligence so far received came in the form of tele- grams from the bereaved husband to bis parents in this place, Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Lyon, and which contained the meagre information that Mrs. Lyon died at ten o'clock Sunday morning after only a few minutes illness with acute indigestion. The Lyons’ had received a letter from her on Saturday previous in which she said how well and happy they hoth were and bad planned a lengthy visit for Mrs. Lyon with them in Rochester, and it was while reading that letter that Mr. Lyon received the news of his daughter-in-law’s death. Mis. Lyon left on Monday for Pittsburg, were the remains were taken for barial, the faneral being held from the home of her parents on Tuesday afternoon. Deceased, whose maiden name was Miss Edith Sweeley, was only about twenty-two years old and will be remembered by those who met her on the ocoasion of her several visits to Bellefonte as a most charming and lovable young women. She was married to Mr. Lyon on August 220d, 1907, and her early death is a serrible blow so her young husband. | | | FisH WARDEN, Nor GAME WARDEN. ~—Several weeks ago the WATCHMAN pub- lished the story of the arrest of George Gill, of Julian, his hearing and being fined twenty-five dollars and costs for having picked up a pike and taken it to his sick daughter to eat, and in connection there- with referred to Mr. Shannon, of Tyrone, as game warden Shannon, which was an error in title, as we should have said ‘‘fish warden.’’ In a letter to this paper under date of May 16th, Joseph Berrier, game protector, of Harrisburg, called attention to the fact that though Mr. Shannon had tried to get an appointment as game war- den he bad failed and was in nowise con- neoted with that department. In regard to the Gill case Mr. Berrier says : “I think the case very injust and the game commission department should not be blamed with the kind of work Mr. Shannon has been doing.” We very cheer fully make the correotion and give Mr. Berrier’s comment. | | | ARNOLD, — Ulysses Arnold, one of the oldest residents of Rush township, died last Friday of general infirmities, aged eighty years, He wasa native of France but came to thisfoountry when a young man. One son survives. The funeral was held on Sunday, burial being made at Osoecla Mills. MOORE. —At nine o'clock last Saturday evening Samuel Bloom Moore died at his home in State College. Though his illness dated back several years he had been able to be around and do light work up until Wednesday evening prior to his death. That night he retired as usual, but soon after became violently sick and sank grad- ually until the end came three days later. Deceased was a son of Jesse and Sarab Moore and was born on the well-known Moore homestead near Boalsburg Septem- ber 220d, 1849. His early days were divid- ed between going to school and working on his father’s farm aod is was there he ao- quired the practical experience which in after life made him so successful a farmer. Thus engaged in alter lie he farmed the Squire Thompson farm at Centre Furnace, but eighteen years ago he sold his stock and personal possessions and bought a home for himself and family in State Col- lege where he lived ever since. During bie life he was quite active in polities avd was frequently elected to fill township of- fices, being a staunch Democras. Twenty-five years ago he was united in marriage to Miss Margaret Dannley, who survives with three children, namely : Margaret, Jobn D. and George E. He also leaves three brothers, William and Henry, in Miesouri, and Charles on the old home- stead. Rev. A. A. Black, of the Reformed church, officiated at the fnneral, which was held Taesdav afternoon, interment being made in the Pine Hall cemetery. | | I NEwELL.—Miss Nancy Newell died at the home of her niece, Mrs. Robert Cole, on east High street, at nine o'clock on Saun- day morning. She had been ailing fora long time and ber death was a general breaking down of the system. Deceased was a daughter of Joseph and Margaret Newell, and was born in Haines township about eighty years ago. She had been a resident of Bellefonte for the past eight years, making her home with her sis- ter, Mrs. John Miles, on Bishop street. Five years or more ago they gave up house- keeping on account of their advanced age and both went to live at the Cole home, Mrs. Miles dying shortly afterwards. For the past year or more Miss Newell had been almost totally helpless. She was a member of the Presbyterian church and an earnest christian woman. She was the last surviving member of the Newell fami- ly. Rev. J. Allison Platts officiated at the funeral which was held on Tuesday alter- nood at two o'clock, interment being made in the Union cemetery. | | PACKER.—The death of Mrs. Richard Packer, at her home on Nittany mountain on May 8th, was under very distressing circumstances and should draw to the sur- viving children the sympathy and help of the surrounding community. About a week previous to her death Mrs. Packer gave birth to a little boy, her sixteenth child, and thirteen of whom are living. Her surroundings and conditions were of the poorest and in her run-down and much- weakened condition the mother was not able to survive. Deceased was only about thirty-seven years of age and wasa daoghter of Mr. and Mrs. Aaron Mallory. Though ber lot in life was not cast in the most pleasant of places she was always of a sunny and cheer- ful disposition and always looked on the bright side of everything. The funeral was held on the Monday following her death. Rev. David Sowers, of the Methodist church, officiated and interment was made in the cemetery at Pleasant Gap. | 1 HADDOCK. —Samuei Haddock, a well- known resident of Snow Shoe, died quite suddenly lass Tharsday, of paraiysis, aged 66 years, 4 months and 19 days. He wae born in Antrim, Ireland, and in 1862, while still on his native heath, was married to Miss Agnes Kirk. The family came to this country in 1882 and have made their home in Snow Shoe most ever since. Mr. Haddock was the father of twelve children only four of whom, with bis wife, survive, as follows: Mrs. Hugh Collins, of Oshanter; Mrs. Charles Casher, of Brad- dook; Mrs. Robert Dixon, of Snow Shoe, and Mrs. Thomas Hancock, of Altoona. The faneral was held last Saturday after- noon, interment being made in the Snow Shoe cemetery. | I ELBELT.—Mrs. Emma Elbelt died at her home in Philadelphia on Sunday afternoon, after four monthe’ illness with cancer of the stomach. She was a daughter of Mrs Cath- arine Haas and was born in Bellefonte about fifty-one years ago. In addition to her husband she is survived by three obil- dren, Frederick, Hattie and Cromwell, of Philadelphia; one brother, Robert, and two sisters, Mrs. Riobard Detling and Miss Molly, of Roopeburg. The remains were brought to Bellefonte Wednesday morning and the funeral held the same afternoon. Rev. Barry, of the Lutheran church, offi- ciated and interment was made in the Union cemetery. | | CasPER.—Harry Casper, son of Henry Casper, of Haltmoon hill, died at the Bellefonte hospital last Thureday morning after a lingering illness. He had been ail- ing for a number of years with kidney trou- ble and on Monday of last week was taken to the Bellefonte hospital for treatment bat his condition was such that medical aid was of no avail and he died at the time above stated. He was born in Bellefonte and was almost twenty years of age. Inad- dition to hia father he is survived by one brother. The funeral was held from the Episcopalfchurch on Sunday afternoon, in- termens being made in the Union ceme- tery. CURRY.— Joseph Peter Curry, a native of Centre county, died at his bome in Al- toona last Friday afternoon, after five months illness with dropsy. He was born at Boalsbarg, this county, December 9th, 1825, hence was past eighty-two years of age. His early life was spent in this coun- ty and when the war broke out in 1861 he enlisted and served all through that fear- ful struggle, participating in many battles. He was married at Pennsylvania Far vace, April 9th, 1865, to Miss Mary W. Benner, who survives with she following children : G. B., of Altoona ; Mrs. Emma Lamberson, of Mapleton ; Thomas E., of Altoona; Mrs. Annie Hooper, of Mapleton; Mrs. Laura Somers, Mrs. Margaret Koip- ple and J. J., all of Altoona. He is also survived by three sisters, Mrs. Sarah Peters, of St. Joseph, Mo.; Mrs. Kate Cowher, of Gibson, Pa., and Mrs. Margaret Johnston- baugh, of Braddock, with twenty-one grand-children and pine greatgrand-chil- dren. Funeral services were conducted at the house Sunday evening at 7:30 o'clock and Monday morniog at 7:20 o'clock the remains were taken to Mapleton, where services were held previous to interment at that place. | | | SMITH. — William Scott Smith, for many years a locomotive engineer oo the Tyrone division of the Pennsylvania railroad, died Saturday morning in St. Luke’s hospital, New York city, of diabetes, with which he bad beeo a sufferer for years. He went to New York city several weeks ago to visit his danghter in the hopes that a brief vaca- tion would benefit him and it was while there be was suddenly taken worse and died as above stated. Deceased was born aé Vail Station and was within one month of being fifty-five years old. When a young man he entered the employ of the Penusylvania railroad company and finally was promoted to the position of engineer. He was a member of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers, Knights of Pythiae, I. 0. 0. F., Knights of Malta, and P. R. R. relief association. He is survived by his wife and two obil- dren, Mrs. L. B. Bowers, of New York city, and Harry D., of Altoona ; also one brother, A. L. Smith, of Clearfield. The funeral was held on Tuesday afternoon, interment being made in the Grand View cemetery. I l MILLER. —Spring township lost one of ite oldest, i not the oldest, citizens on Tuesday morning in the death of the ven- erable George M. Miller, who died at the home of his son, George W. Miller, at Axe Mann, of a general wearing out of the system, He was born in that vicinity and was 93 years, 2 months and 12 days old. Not- withstanding his advanced age he was able to be up and around, enjoying compara- tively good health until quite recently. He was a man of wide acquaintanceship and as highly esteemed in his young days as he was revered through recent years. Hie wile died many years ago, but surviv- ing him are a pumber of children, all grown up and married. The funeral will be held at 9:30 o'clock this morning, the remains to be taken to Shiloh for inter- ment. Spring Milis, Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Cameron, of Fleming: ton, were here last week visiting relatives and friends, guests at the Spring Mills hotel. Merchant Finkle has opened his ice cream saloon for the season. The entrance is from the porch, so an entrance through the store room is avoided. R. G. Kennelly Jr., has charge of the Penn Hall carriage works, whenever busi- ness calls Mr. Condo from town. Mr. Ken- nelly is a skillful mechanic. 0. T. Corman was the only dealer here in fresh shad and herring. He bad them all spring and on Thursday will receive his last lot. So good bye, fresh shad. Our farmers are very busy planting corn, The wheat fields in this neighborhood never looked more promising than they do now, and to judge from the blossoms the apple crop will be immense. Our fisherman make no report about catch. ing trout. They must be scared or have been all caught. Probably the fish keep shady and are waiting for the repeal of the fool laws concerning them, C. P. Long is adding a great convenience to his dwellings on the avenue by placing hydrants in each yard and piping water from a large spring near the base of Egg hill, in the rear of the buildings. T. B. Jemison is now building the founda: tion for a new barn 57x25 feet, on the site of the one recently destroyed by fire. With his large insurance business, considerable farming and now the erection of new build. ings, all requiring his personal attention, Mr. Jemison has very little idle time. Notwithstanding all the fun and ridicule hurled at the “Merry Widow’ hat being suitable for an umbrella or a huge circular saw, Mrs. Margaret Ruhl informed me that her sales of that style of hat exceeded nearly all the other styles put together. Last week she received her thizd invoice. Mra. Rubl is » milliner of exquisite taste and is doing a lively business. John Daunbermsan, the meat merchant of Centre Hall, drives quite a lively team and besides is a very careful and reliable butcher. His meat box is as clean asa new pin and always looks inviting. He serves his cus- tomers here early in the morning regularly twice a week. Mr. Dauberman deals only in the best meats, using the fattest cattle in the market, and consequently has a large trade in this town and neighborhood. A few of the old veterans, and their num- bers grow less day by day, and citizens gen- erally met at the post office on Monday even. fog last and made out quite a program for Memorial day. The 1.0.0. F.,, K. G. E. and the children of all the Sunday schools will participate in the exercises. The orator for Spring Mills, has not been secured. Each Sunday school will have a representative in a little girl to deliver an address, music and singing. At the Union cemetery Rev. Gress will deliver the address, and in George's valley Wm. Zerby, E=q., will be the speaker. Pine Grove Mention. Harry Burns was a Boalsburg visitor over Sunday. Mrs. Woods was a Boalsburg visitor last Saturday. A downpour of rain with bail here last Saturday. Samuel Corl and wife were Sunday visit ors at the Mac. Fry home. J. W. Sunday is making extensive repairs to his new possessions down town. Samuel Zettle is the owner of a cow that recently gave birth to twin calves. Mrs. Edward Sellers is visiting friends in Lewistown and Lewisburg this week. Wm. A. Daugherty is having his house done up in drab with white trimmings. A. M. Brown and family are visiting Rev. C.T. Aiken and family at Selinsgrove. Mrs. Harry Shugerts is making a ten days’ visit among her many friends in Altoona. Mrs. John Shuey, of Lemont, spent last Friday at the Wm. Glenn home just west of town, Our man of hammer and tongs, Wm. Col- lins, is serving his country as a juror this week. Fred Meyers is helping mete out justice in the quarter sessions as a juror in Bellefonte this week. Miss Mary Ward is in Bellefonte this week. Her services are in demand on needle work. Adam Kreamer, the popular thresher, who has been laid up for some weeks, is just able to go around. Mac. Porter, with his lady friend, Miss Pearl Logan, of McAlevy’s Fort, are visitors at Bloomsdorf. C. H. Meyers is on a hustle with his steam baler, cleaning up the old crop so as to make room for the new. Mrs. Jobn Seibert, who has been quite ill most of the winter, is slowly recovering and is able to be around the house. Mrs. Walter Woods, of Cincinnati, with little Katharine Virginia, are welcome visite ors at grandpa Woods, on Main St. Mrs. Sadie Heberling has been away this week assisting the family of H. M. Stover to flit from Warriorsmark to Tyrone. The stork left a nice baby boy at the Will Grove home Sunday. It's the first born and the yonng couple are exceedingly happy. Miss Maggie Peters and W. H. Roush were representatives from our tewn to the Sunday school convention at State College this week. G. W. Ward, of Pittsburg, is here this week looking after some of his former in- vestments that he says are paying big divi. dends. D. C. Krebs, Supt. Patterson's right hand man on the experimental tarm, bought a valuable black mare, Monday, to mate one they had. Our townsman, J. 8. Reed, who has been housed up most of the winter with heart trouble, is able to enjoy these May days on the front porch. Miss Sarah McWilliams and Miss Eleanor Campbell represented Baileyville Sunday school at the district convention, at State College, this week. The ladies of the M. E. church will hold a festival and serve ice cream and cake on the afternoon and evening of Memorial day, May 30th, in the I. 0. O. F. hall. Davy Rossman, of Pleasant Gap, an old battle scarred veteran of the Civil war, is here seeing how his boys, Mac. and George, are coming along with their spring work. Mrs. Emma Hess, of Bellefonte, has been at the W. E. Hess home on the Branch, ear- ing for the sick, Mrs. Maggie Hess, who has been ill with erysipelas, but is some better now. Rev. R. H. Bergstresser will preach the Memorial sermon next Sunday in the Luth- eran church at 2 o'clock p. m. All old sol- diers are cordially invited, as well as the public. Last Sunday evening Rev. J. C. Kelley, in his usual eloquent manner, filled the Pres- byterian pulpit and all who were within the sound of his voice should be the better for being present. Mrs. Joseph Woomer was last week taken to the Wills Eye hospital in Philadelphia. She was there last autumn and had one eye removed and it is feared she will lose the sight of the other. Grandmother Williams, of Lemont, is lending a helping hand at the Will Glenn home this week, administering to the needs of Mrs. Glenn, who has been sick in bed for several weeks with spinal trouble. Miss Bussie Searson is attending the Grand Lodge session in Philadelphia as a represen. tative of Tussey Rebekah lodge. As Bessie is a close observer she will no doubt be able to make a glowing report on her return. Memorial services will be observed May 30th, at the various cemeteries: Meeks and Tadpole burial grounds by details from Capt. Campbell Post, 272, G. A. R. Pine Grove Mills at 2 p. m. Dr. E. E. Sparks will deliver the address. The civic organi- zations and Sunday school scholars will meet at the town hall and form in line of march to the new cemetery, thence to the old. The Lemont band will be present. The next ob- jective point will be Pine Hall at 5:30 p. m. Beaver camp, 8. V., will join the G. A. R. boys, also the State College band. Rev. D' Y. Brouse, of Newton Hamilton, will deliver the address. The Sunday school children will aid in the services. Everybody is cor- dially invited. Looted Bank Closed. The Allegheny (Pa.) National bank, whose former cashier, William Mont gomery, is in jell, specifically charged with the misappropriation of $594,000, ahs been closed by the comptroller and its affairs will be liquidated. This step followed a long confer ence Sunday of the officers of the bank, representatives of the United States government and a number of leading financiers of the city. It is said still larger discrepancies in the funds have been discovered. HIS LOVING LETTERS READ Miss Wood Declares He Acknowledged Her As His Wife Before Two Men In a Hotel—Defendant Was Not In Court. New York, May 19.—Mae C. Wood, the Omaha girl, who is suing United States Senator Thomas C. Platt for di- vorce, alleging that the senator for mally entered into a marriage contract with her on Nov. 9, 1901, gave testi mony in the suit. The young woman was smartly attired and self-possess- ed. She identified copies of several letters which she said were received by her from Platt. They were mainly of an affectionate nature, but in sev- eral there were intersting sentences on other affairs. In one communica tion was the phrase: “Your letter has cheered me up 80 that I am almost reconciled to Odell’s election.” A picture of the senator was shown, upon the back of which was written “to my little wife,” Tell ing how this was written, Miss Wood said: “Well, I was sitting on his lap. Part of the time he held my hand and part of the time I held his hand. We wrote it together. The words ‘little wife’ were written by him, I think.” Miss Wood said that the senator came to her room in her hotel with two men, and that he formally ac knowledged her as his wife before these two men. On cross-examination, Miss Wood said she is forty-two years old, was born in Michigan, has been married and divorced, and has been & news paper reporter, a school teacher and 2 lawyer. She last saw the senator tc speak to him on Aug. 18, 1903. Counsel for Senator Platt produced letters alleged to have been written to Miss Wood by the senator. In one of these letters the senator asked Miss Wood why she does not marry “Mr. Middleton,” and says he would like tc gee her married before he “cashes in." In another letter the senator took Miss Wood to task for writing about “old Janeway.” He told her that he knew all about Mrs. Janeway; that Miss Wood was entirely wrong, and con cluded: “I have no intention of mar rying Mrs. Janeway or any other woman.” Miss Wood denied that she ever re tained O'Flaherty & Fulton, of Rich Mond, Va., to prepare a case agains! Senator Platt, but said she had met them and talked about the case Thereupon Senator Platt's counse! read a letter from the lawyers to the senator, in which they declared thai they had been employed by Miss Wood relative to a claim against the senator. “The matter grows out of 8 promise of marriage made by you tc her and broken, as shown by your subsequent marriage to another per son,” says the letter. The defense also submitted a copy of the legal petition in the district court of Douglass county, Nebraska entitled, “Mae C. Wood vs. Robert J. Wynne, William Loeb and J. Martin Miller, defendants.” On that occasion Miss Wood sought to recover $35,000 from the defendants on the ground that through a conspir acy they obtained from her a large number of letters which she had re ceived from Senator Plait, and which she proposed to incorpate in a book which she had planned to issue unde: the title, “The Love Letters of a Boss.” Miss Wood was led to tell of her visit here on Oct. 12, 1903, just before Senator Platt married Mrs. Janeway. She brought the senator's letters with her. She was met at the hotel, she said, by J. Martin Miller, a secret service man, who, she said, practically put her under arrest. Miller, she said, took her down to the office of A. H. Hummel, the attor- ney, the following day. As a result of visits to Hummel’s office, she said, she was compelled to give up the let ters and papers relating to Senator Platt, and was also forced to sign a receipt for $10,000 in settlement of all claims against him. She said that she did not get $10,000, but did get a por tion of it, just how much she did not state. A New Advertisements. PHOLSTERING.—Have you Sofas, Chairs, Mattresses oriuyihing in that line to repair. If you have, eaii H. M. Bidweii on Commercial ‘phone. He will come to see you about it. 53-4-6m * Jor SALE. —A merry-go-round, used only three years, cost $2,200. will sell for $1,100 cash or if more convenient payments can be extended on approved security. Machine set up and guaranteed in perfect order by present owner who will operate same this season himself if not sold in 10 days. Good reason for selling. A rare chance for an active man. Address Box 5, Benore, Pa. 53-21-t IDS WANTED. —Bids wili be received until Saturday, June 6th, for the building of a wall around the grave, in Benner town- ship, between Shiloh church and Spring creek, 8 miles from Bellefonte, size of yard 64x52 feet, wall to be 2 feet under ground, 4 feet above and 2 feet wide, built either of stone laid in cement or of solid concrete. Must be finished by August first. The right to refuse any or all bids re- served. MARY H. LINN, Bellefonte, Pa. DMINISTRATOR’'S NOTICE. — Let- ters of administration on the estate of Miss Hianshe Straub, late of Hog lowsship, deceased ng been gran sign nowing themselves indebted to id Si are Ee to make immediate payment and those having claims nst the quite te prosent them duly authen for ELMER C. STRAUB. Admini B3-16-6t istrator, DMINISTRATORS’ NOTICE.—In the matter of the estate of the late George W. of Harris township, deceased. The a, having been appoinied admisin tor de bonus, non com annexo of the tate of George W, Fartney, late of Harris town. ship, deceased, all praole knowing themselves inde therein are ragquiesied to e immedi ate payment and those having claims against the same to present them, duly authenticated, for set- tlement. JOHN A. RTNEY, Adm'r, N. B. Sraveien, re, Atty. 53 21-6t
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