13, 1910. TerMs oF SUBSCRIPTION. —Until further notice this paper will be furnished to subscribers at the following rates : held at the rooms of the Democratic State Com- | 1910, notice is hereby given that the Democratic State Convention will meet in the Lyric Theatre, Pa., May 2nd, 1910. In accordance with the action of the Democratic State Executive Committee, at a special meeting at 12 o'clock noon, to nominate: One candidate for Lieutenant Governor: One candidate for Secretary of Internal One candidate for State Treasurer, Allentown, Wednesday, June 15th, i "Affairs; | And to act upon and determine such other mat- ers, pertaining to the work and welfare of the party in this State, as may be brought before it. Attest; P. GRAY MEEK, ARTHUR G. DEWALT, Chairman. Secretary. WASHINGTON NEWS. WASHINGTON, MAY 11, 1910. Special correspondence for the WATCHMAN, rs Democrats, assisted by a handful Og a co some of the worst of the corporation- serving clauses placed ulation bill by Attorney General framed this bill after a sham. Wickersham in therailroad reg- Wicker Had the railroad bill become a law as prepared it would have practically all that bs to giv: ApS) Sn IE a 2 years e some ure of control over the railroads of the country. No attorney of the United vote ticket, and who demanded as com - i attorney general. unusual interest of ivi- fege in thisoffice m3Y be ized at full ue when it is understood that the at- ntment really was the resuit of a pre ar- rangement or not, the trusts awe had no occasion to be dissa with the President's Whenever rights of the people and come into conflict, Mr. - proper seems to fail to understand that a tinct moral question is involved. As be- our conscience or the tween serving President, we are put to the painful cessity of forsaking the President and voting against his railroad bill.” LJ * * Ad - cure a catacomb tion an by the special interests as was the one of which Cannon the late John B. Meek, who was a chap- 'lain in the army and afterward served | under the administration of President ! Buchanan. He was the eldest son of William Meek and a grandson of Capt- George Meek, who took up large tracts of land in what is now Ferguson township, and was in the revolutionary service and active in the early surveys of the county. Mrs. Meek was of Puritanical ancestry and was born Sept. aber 2nd, 1822. Her first marriage was to Capt. Cromwell, U. S.N. After his demise she married John B. Meek, Nov. 2nd, 1857. Though nearly eighty-eight years of age she retained all of her faculties and was most active un- til within a few days of the end. In fact she was a remarkable woman in this as in many of the other characteristics that are component parts of an unusual person. Her’s was a personality at once so charm- ling and useful as to infuse the life of those about her with naught but sunshine and hope. For years she had been a most earnest member of the old Foundry Methodist church and was sustained to the last by a faith that was inspiring. Surviving her are her daughters Mrs. John W. Drew and Charlotte. I i AMMERMAN.—Myrtle Ammerman, aged thirty-six years, died at the home of Rob- ert Miller, in the Brown Row, shortly before eleven o'clock on Wednesday night. She was housekeeper for Mr. Mil- ler and had been in her usual health when she retired about nine o'clock. Shortly before eleven o'clock she began to cough and choke and ran out of the house in order to get her breath. She called for Mr, Miller and he got out and caught her just as she was in the act of falling to the ground. He took her into the house and laid her down then sum- moned neighbors and went for Dr. Dale. When thé neighbors got to the house the woman was dead and so the doctor found her. As he had not been present before he: death he could not give a certificate and it was necessary for the coroner to inquire into the cause of death which he did at an inquest yesterday afternoon. The jury after viewing the body and hear- ing all the particulars possible rendered a verdict in effect that the woman came ‘tian Fouse and had been an invalid for to her death through natural causes, and er and three sisters. i I HooveEr.—Austin Hoover, a native of Centre county, died at his home in Mo. nongahela City on Thursday of last week of pleuro-pneumonia after an illness of only three days. He was ason of Chris- tian Hoover and was born in the neigh- borhood of Unionville on December 29th, 1859, hence was aged 60 years, 4 months and 12 days. He went to Monongahela City fifteen years ago and made that his home ever since. He was married to Miss Tillie Fredericks, of Union town. ship, who died several years ago but sur- viving him are the following children: Mrs. Harry Smith, Mrs. Herbert Shipe and Edward, all of Monongahela. The remains were taken to Unionville where the funeral was held last Saturday. i I BAIN.—Dr. John Wallace Bain, D. D, L. L. D., one of the best known ministers in the Huntingdon Presbytery, died at his home in Wilkinsburg on Sunday morning, of bronchitis. After serving as pastor of the First Presbyterian church in Altoona for eighteen years Dr. Bain retired from the ministry in 1904 and has since lived in Wilkinsburg, thugh he has always kept in close touch with affairs in the Huntingdon Presbytery and was in Beilefonte at the regular spring meeting held a month ago. He was seventy-six years old and had been engaged in active pastoral work for almost half a century. The remains were buried in Altoona on Tuesday. i AUMAN.—Miss Viola Auman died at an early hour on Sunday morning at the home of her brother, Carl Auman, in Al- toona, after several days illness with diphtheria. She was within a few days of being fourteen years of age and is sur- wvived by her mother, Mrs. Maggie Ment- zer, and the following brothers and sis- ters : Carl, Nettie and Rose, of Altoona; Frank and Tracie, of Millheim. The funeral was held at two o'clock on Mon- day afternoon and was private, burial being made in the Oak Ridge ceme- tery. . : | ers and sisters is Mrs. Elizabeth Hoster- to the best of their belief heart failure |... of Boalsburg, this county. Burial the | The dead woman is survived by a broth-| .¢ 1hade in Neff's cemetery near Peters- ! burg on Monday. . | WomMAN's CLuB ORGANIZED.— About | thirty-five women of Bellefonte met in | Petriken hall on Monday afternoon and ~—Subscribe for the WATCAMAN _ the Bellefonte hospital at eleven o'clock on Monday night from blood poisoning, as the result of an injury sustained on the railroad on Friday, April 20th. He was working as brakeman on the shifter in the Bellefonte yards and that day while shifting in the lower yard Nolan uncoup- led the cars while the train was in mo- tion and in an instant recalled that he hadn’t broken the air. He reached be- tween the two cars to do soand the front part of the train slackening speed the rear part bumped again it and Nolan's left arm was caught between the bump- ers. The cars rebounded and before the young man could get away came togeth- er again and caught his arm for the sec- ond time. With that he did not lose con- sciousness and was taken to a physician's office where an examination disclosed the fact that the arm was badly crushed up to the shoulder but that no bones were broken. When the injury had been dress- ed Nolan walked to his home. On Thurs- day of last week symptoms of blood poi- soning developed and he was taken to the hospital. He continued to grow worse, notwithstanding all possible was done, an operation being impossible because the injured flesh extended into the shoulder, and his death followed as above stated. Deceased was a son of Jerry (deceased) and Henrietta Nolan and was born in this place a little over twenty-two years ago. He was alwaysfan energetic youth and for several years acted as janitor and messenger at the Pennsylvania railroad passenger station in this place. It always was his ambition to be a railroader and he made various attempts to get a posi- tion on a train but was refused on ac- count of his youth until less than a year ago when he was given a position as brakeman on the Tyrone division with headquarters in Tyrone. A month or so ago he was sent to this place as a brake- man on the shifter and it was while in the discharge of his duties that he met with the accident which caused his death. In addition to his mother he is survived by the following brothers and sisters: | Daniel and John, of Tyrone; Edward, James, Joseph, Mrs. Frank Kerns,’ Mrs. Harry Otto, Misses Rebie and! Annie, of this place. He also leaves a young wife, who before her marriage | was Miss Carrie Thomas, and one little | daughter, Henrietta. The funeral was held from St. John's Catholic church at; ten o'clock yesterday morning and in-! terment was made in the Union ceme- | tery. | i i FASIG.—James, the twelve-year old son of Mrs. George Fasig, of Williamsport, died on Monday after a prolonged illness with rheumatism which finally went'‘to his heart. His mother, two brothers, Jerry and Joseph, and one sister, Catha- rine, survive. The body was brought to Bellefonté on Wednesday morning and taken to the United Brethren chufch where the funeral services were held, after which interment was made in the Union cemetery. . Fouse.—Andrew Fouse. a one-time na- tive of Centre county, died at the home of his sister, Mrs. S. G. Rudy, in Huntingdon, last Friday evening, aged fifty-eight years. He was a sonof Chris- | ' many years. Among his surviving broth- i commm— organized a woman's club, which has for its object civic improvement and charita- ble work. Miss Sara Bogle presided at the meeting and Mrs. John Porter Lyon acted as temporary secretary. Mrs. J. Thomas Mitchell, Mrs. A. O. Furst and Mrs. J. J. Kilpatrick were appointed a committee to prepare and submit a con- stitution and by-laws for the club. In completing the organization the fol- lowing officers were elected : President, Mrs. Harry Keller ; vice president, Miss Helen Overton ; recording secretary, Mrs. J. Thomas Mitchell ; corresponding secretary, Mrs. John Curtin ; treasurer, Mrs. L. A. Schaeffer. The board of di- rectors is made up as follows : Civics, Dr. Edith Schad ; school, Mrs. John S- Walker ; charity, Mrs. J. J. Kilpatrick ; mother, Mrs. John Porter Lyon ; village improvement, Miss Mary Gray Meek. ——At an unusual banquet at the ho- tel Somerset, in Boston, last Thursday night, Charles Harvey Hile, formerly of this place presided as the newly elected president of the New England street rail- NoLAN.—Richard Boyd Nolan died in ——Charles . which will make it an easy and pleasant | | for the pavement they made a dash for his residence quite handsomely for ice cream Brown, of Pine street, was | ~The Bellefonte Academy baseball | admitted to the Bellefonte hospital during | team won a creditable victory last Satur- the week for treatment. | 42Y Wheh the’ detemel the strong Lok —— | nih young people OF the tin heid | 3700 Normal nine by the score of 110! jared a fine sermon W's large | i congregation a in the hallin the public jo Tomorrow afternoon the people of | made up of Lemont Lodge No. 717, 1.O.O.F., Sa rl on. Tuesday DULCE | Bellefonte will have 2 chance to see what | and friends. 8 Eng. | ought to be an equally good game when | The whippoorwill has put in an appearance and ——John R. Grove, of Philipsburg, 18 | the Indiana Normal will be here to play | 3nyone passing through the woods these even- the inventor and patentee of two kinds |. Academy. Game will be called at | ings can hear his warblings. But by the saying oo i } ‘clock. G 1 , ; of the old folks, “when the whippoorwill and % fend gauge pins oylaey job presses | 5 5 Oo market, and all he needs now 8 | boys need your support both morally and = snow.” no more cold and xh isto get| grancially. them manufactured and properly intro- | EE GROVE MENTION. duced to the trade and he will make far| ——At a public meeting for women j. w. Fry and wife were Branch visitors on more money than he will ever be able to on Monday afternoon in Petriken hall, Sunday. make running a country newspaper. The Woman's Club of Bellefonte was or- | W. H. Goss is having a new bath room fitted up Milton R son ie . ganized. Its work is divided into five | in his town house. ~—Milton R. Johnson has equipped | gooartments. Organized charities, A Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Kimport spent Tuesday himself in good shape to do concrete ' Mothers Club, Public school work, Civic, | with friends at White Hall. work of all kinds by buying a portable and Village Tmprovement. All women | Mrs. Emma Meek and Miss Ada Koch did some gas engine and mixer from the Standard |; pejjefonte who are interested in their | “oo % #4 town Tuesday, Scale and Supply company, of Pittsburg. | (oo pores the community in which | William Wilson has been laid up the past two The first job on which he used it was in | they live, and the town in general, are cor- | WeReS With broueiiial trouble. putting in a concrete floor in the base- | i. \ text ’ | A district Sunday school convention will be * dially asked to join the the second | held at Pine Hall Friday, May 27th. ment of the post office in Temple Court’ : f which will be held in Petri on Tuesday, and the machine attracted MeEeag of wine wo Arl-| Paul Tate, who is slated among the Stonevalley Ae Nd 7 onlivk y ken hall on the first Friday of June, ' farmers, spent Sunday at home here. quite a cIOWC C1 OR DDIESIS, £3.30 p. m., 1910. D. J. Johnson is up at Water street seeing that 1. Clayton Brown on Monday Sfter- | Crpemian ENDEROR WORKMr. A. | or Mowe or wi noon ianded a trout from Spring creek, J. Shartle, of Philadelphia, field secre- tends Ly IS gfreeting thay | ) 3 et | tary of Pennsylvania ETE. Union, wil | 2 friends in and outef town this wee. at a point opposite Beezer's garage, which | aye ey during May and address = Miss Nellie Swabb, of State College. is nursing measured twenty inches and weighed meetings. His ry is as fol. ®®ore leg. and threatened with blood poison. three pounds. Before he stopped he also | lows: { Mr. and Mrs. L. D. Musser were Sunday visitors caught one fourteen inches long from | May 13 C emt ennia) a 28 m. | #the Hon. J. W. Kepler home in the Glades. the deep water just opposite the Bush May l4—Vort Mati p.m. | Mu. Sallie Fortney, who hasbeen ill the past house. In the evening he caught one May 15—Howard 2.00 p. m.; Miles- week withan attack of sciatica, is some better. 7.30 p. m. i twelve inches long, making a total length | “Ma a { John Bathurst with his two boys are down from y 16—Lemont 7.30 p. m. | Al : of trout of the day of forty-six inches and | May 17—Centre Hall 7.30 p. m. IA for theft share of the ud bematie Mrs. G. W. Ralston gave a dinner to her Sun- | day school class, Saturday, and all the littie tots | had a jolly time. Rev. Samuel Snyder, of the U. E. church, de- ’ ) &. " 3 | Miss Ruth Rupp, of State College, is spending almost six pounds in weight. Say JE Millheim 7 i Ti ak. | this week with her cousin, Miss Rosella Dale, on sylvania and es our Su He | the Branch. ——During the past week an increased force of workmen have been put on the new state highway to be built through ! Bellefonte by R. B. Taylor and there is considerable stir and bustle at the north- ern borough line and in to Linn street. is a fine speaker and will interest all who William Gardner is off duty nursing a mashed will listen to him. | finger that he got by getting it in the cogs of a All C. E. workers are equiested 1% be | fodder cutter. present at one or more Ol m ngs Mr.and M Williams, of i and all others are invited to attend. It will | were nd Mrs. Reo at the J. H. pi. home, pay you. | at White Hall. COMMITTEE. Cal. Weiland, the carriage maker of Boalsburg The fill has all been made in favor of the mma = =A "memset a : of ’ i | has been housed up several days wit number Beaver and Hoy row and when the hill Marriage Licenses. | of carbuncles. he on the corner by Rhoads’ property will| Conrad H. Kreager, of Howard, and be graded down from one to two feet Harriet A. Berry, of Beech Creek. Lewis Livingstone, of Tyrone, and Mary das : | Watson, of Philipsburg. | Ward R. Keller, of Spring Mills, and ——The annual commencement at The | Pennsylvania State College will begin | Fie Quiggle, of Youngdla ge 3 and this year on Friday, June 10th, and con- | SPRING Baieyvivie id housdeeeing in dead earnest in tinue until the following Wednesday. | ms Miss Belle Goheen and sister, Mrs. Gardner, The baccalaureate sermon will be! How about the comet? Is anybody scared yet? | came out from Tyrone and have taken their sum- preached by Rev. Nehemiah Boynton, D.! Mrs. James Kennelley has been seriously mer quarters at Rock Springs. D., pastor of the Clinton avenue Con. ill for the past ten days, and at present is in Taylor and Millilcen, the well 4 ut gregational church, Brooklyn. Samuel | a rather critical condition. known drovers | Reedsville, bought a bunch of fresh cows here last E. Weber, assistant state superintendent ' Quite a number of gardens were replanted last week for the Philadelphia market. ol public § on, ‘of Louisiana, will | eek. Tie le tom “an rete in hi valley Prof. Fred Kauffman and wife, of State College. were royally entertained at the H. N. Walker make the address before the Phi Kappa (yur fishermen are meeting with some little suc- | home. on Water street, over Sunday. Phi society and John H. Jones, of Pitts- | cess in trout fishing, but apparently the fish are | W. E. McWilliams, our R. F. D. man, attended burg, will make the commencement ad- | scarce, as no large catches are reported, nor any the mail agents convention in session at Hunt- dress. | above the ordinary size. ingdon on Tuesday and Wednesday. SSW ors Automobiles are becoming as plesitiful as black- | "Squire Isaac Woomer has been traveling in ——While watching the wild west show berries are in summer time. But horses will shy | the western part of the State, looking after his parade in this place yesterday afternoon at them nevertheless. and frequently become extensive milling trade in that section. | difficult to manage. We had several such cases | Deemer Pearceand wife, of State College, pass’ a horse owned and driven by William | 0" Col "0 hey resulted in no particular ' ed through town and . Stewart, of Axe Mann, became unman- damage. c (3 a at ageable and ran onto the pavement in’ poctor Braucht is having his residence very | Major Robert F. Hunter and ¢hum, Dr. Kil- front of the Garman home on High handsomely painted. Last week he put a new | patrick, tarried a while in town Saturday even- street. A refreshment counter in front | Suivanie fron Sout oh his Shot: postice. The | ig, oa their return from a fishing trip over to the of the Bowersox restaurant was sur. 9octor has fewidie moments, as almost con. | old Whipple place. ou by and children ut the | SRUSly onthe road attending 10 his professional | 1. Consus has been completed and from what nded women | duties. | information we can hear along the line it would time and when the horse made the dash [ther Royer has fitted up the front oom of | seem that our township has lost in numbers from the previous census. The wires are being strung on the new Bell telephone line from Tyrone via Stormstown, Guyer and Baileyville to Spruce Creek. About 150 phones will be ready for use in avery few days. Word has been received from New York that Mrs. Sadie Felding, who had been at death’s door the past two weeks, is now improving rapidly. This will be glad tidings to her many friends here as well as elsewhere. Last Saturday evening a large crowd witnessed the launching of the first boat on the dam at the new club house at Pennsylvania Furnace. The house will be ready to open in a few days, or as soon as the paint is dry. T. C. Cronover, the hustling lumberman, stockman and farmer of Saulsburg, tarried a while in townon Monday. He was on his way down the Branch to see how his farmers were pro- gressing with the spring work. : Sundsy evening, May 20th, at 7:30 o'clock, Rev. J. L. Shultz will preach the Memorial sermon to the G. A. R.. in the Lutheran church here. Every- body is cordially invited, especially old soldiers, whether members of the G. A. R. or not. Mem- orial exercises will be held in the cemeteries at 2 o'clock p.m. on the 30th. All the civic organiza. tions and Sunday schools have been invited to assist in garlanding the mounds of our fellow comrades. Rev. Samuel Pittinger will deliver the address. The next objective point will be at Pine Hall at 5:30 p. m., where Prof. Alva Agee, of State College, will be the orator of the day. Left Fortune to Hero. : John Readinger, pullder at the Potts- town (Pa.) Iron company’s plant, left for New York to claim a legacy of $18,000 left him by Mrs. Caroline Kra- mer, who died in Germany. Readinger rescued Mrs. Kramer's daughter, who fell from a boat while out rowing several years ago, and the remembrance in the will is due to this action. William Mitterling, the popular cattle buyer of Centre Hall, bought some stock here inthe early part of the week. William Hoover is having his home brightened up inside and out and when completed it will present a new appearance. C. A. Weaver and bride are cosily fixed up at driveway. the restaurant with the result that the | patiors. The location, a short distance above the + | hotel, is a very desirable one, and no doubt Mr. pie counter was upset and presented a ooo ido an excellent business, as he will sorry mess for awhile. Fortunately no gerve his patrons with the famous ice cream and one was hurt. | water ice manufactured bv John'Snavely of our oe | town. —So far the fruit and garden truck! W. H. Meyers & Bro. have had. their meat have been only slightly injured by She | saiaket shiuuaghly vetovsted S404 aisked. Si cold and wet weather and frosts. Cher- | LiF 0 loc Bm bright and clean as the of the fruits, although at that they still | grade meats. Recently they added produce to promise a fair crop. From present indi- | their business and operate quite largely in butter, cations the apple crop will be a profitable | one. Strawberries have also been affect. | and grass is showing up very well. There ground between the fence and road. Parties are fields of rye already in head and the | having waited ten days or longer, expecting company would remove the rubbish and wheat is showing heads here and there. The | poo FOC TEC OT but not doing grass is tall for this time of year and | nor likely to, the owner's were forced to remove there is every promise of a most abund. | itand repair the damage themselves. This is ant hay crop. { simply scandalous. Of course the tree cutting RET TR LR _ | was done in the absence of the owner. ——]Jones Brothers with their Buffalo | ap Ranch Wild West spent Thursday in| STATE COLLEG! ¥ Bellefonte and created a favorable im-| The Varsity ball team started on their second pression. Everything in and about the | eastern tripon Tuesday. : William Houser, of Bellefonte, was a State | An automobile load of the class of 1912 foresters The performance was all it was claimed to.) in the sights at Penn Cave on Wednesday: to be, replete with the sports and pass- also another lot on Thursday. times of the West, such as fancy riding The Emery letters are circulating plentifully and shooting, lariat throwing and rope through State College this week. He swinging, the realistic reproduction of | ceive a large vote from here. real battle scenes and massacres. One of | Philip D. Fosterand Irvin L. Holmes the main features of the show was the | he mountains appearance of the Japanese troupe. This company of eleven Japan! ese are worth seeing. ———— Pw m— ——On Saturday afternoon Mrs. Fravel and her young daughter of Howard, were in Mill Hall on their way to visit friends at Salona. In the neighborhood of Mann's axe works they were overtaken by a lady in a buggy who asked them to get in and ride. Mrs. Fravel got in and her daugh- ter in going around to the rear of the vehicle ran right in front of an automo- bile driven by Paul Brosius, of Lock Haven. Fortunately he was not driving fast and having the machine completely under control he was able to turn enough to one side that instead of running over the girl she was only hit by the front wheel and knocked down. Mr. Brosius took both the girl and her mother to Lock Haven where it was found that the former’s injuries consisted only of a few slight bruises about the hips. Her great- est lament was over her dress which had been torn and badly soiled, and to com- pensate her Mr. Brosius bought her new dresses. g Tin Corset Drew Lightning. Lightning struck the hand-made and secretly worn corset of Mary Taylor. nine years old, of Petersburg, Ind. and almost ended the girl's life. The little girl had gathered sume tin cans, slipped into the hay loft and made what was at least an imitation of a corset, on new work on his own responsibilivy. ‘The public schools closed on Friday. Two of the lady teachers have finished their last term: They are seeking matrimony and will thus have other employment when the next term of school opens. LEMONT. Dr. H. H. Long and family visited with friends in these parts this week. W. Scott Holter, of Blanchard, was seen on our streets last Saturday. Mrs. Carrie Houtz, of Aaronsburg, was up for | a visit of a few days last week. 0. W. Dale, assistant agent at the Lemont station, is off for a vacation this week. The rains we have been having along with the warm weather are making all vegetation grow. Claude Hoy has entered the station at this place as a student, and we wish him much suc- cess. Andrew Hassinger has been on the sick list this past week and it is hoped that he will soon be better. : Splinter Kills Woman. Miss Carrie Bogart, twenty-six years of age, the 'aughter of John Bogart. of Easton, Pa. died from tetanus, resulting from runnig a splinter into a finger eleven years ago. Her sister Emily died. of the same disease, fol lowing vaccination, it is said. Rothschild to Fight a Duel. Baron Maurice Rofithscnild. scien of the famous family of financiers. had a dispute with J. de Bremond, club- p man, millionaire and horseman, at the : 3 fiee sornigs Longchamps race track in Paris. They a the fruit, ely will fight a duel. The seconds haye ar | strawbersies. 77 | ranged the details. ir sapped