Bellefonte, Pa., December 12, 1913,
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Mestrezat to Tow Palmer Into Port.
Hon. A. MITCHELL PALMER, ROLAND S.
Morris, VANCE C. MCCORMICK and JAMES
I. BLAKESLIE met in Washington on
Tuesday and selected the Democratic
candidates for Governor and United
States Senate for next year. Of course
their action will have to be ratified at
the primary in May. But with the funds
drawn from the office holders and the
machinery of the Democratic organiza- |
tion behind them, that ought to be com-
paratively easy. The subsequent election
of their ticket might be harder. But
they don’t appear to be much concerned
about electing Democrats. Their ambi-
tion is to boss the organization.
Under the old order of things Demo-
cratic nominations were matters of con-
siderable importance to the rank and file
of the party. Candidates were announc-
ed some time before the date fixed for
nominating and the friends of the as-
pirants hustled throughout the State for
delegates to the convention. But nothing
like that is needed now. Mr. PALMER
simply calls together four or five of his
most servile followers, at a point far re-
moved from the centre of party activi-
ties, and they put up a slate. The party
workers have no voice in the matter.
The people have nothing to say or do
about it. The nomination of candidates
for the Democratic party of Pennsylva-
nia is the prerogative of the boss.
Candor compels us to admit that they
were wise in their selection of a candi-
date for Senator in Congress. Justice
MESTREZAT enjoys every element of
availability which splendid ability, a clean
life and an admirable political record
can convey.
| ing hastened the end.
But it is not likely that he would re-
sign his seat on the bench for one in the
Senate. As we suggested some weeks |
ago, the vast opportunities for doinggood |
as Governor might entice him into that
office. But he could achieve nothing ;
either for himself or others in the Senate |
during the brief period of a single term.
Obviously MESTREZAT is wanted to car- |
ry PALMEE.
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ADDITIONAL LOCAL NEWS.
CurTIN.—Bellefonte friends of Mr. and |
Mrs. J. Mac. Curtin sympathize with
them in the sudden death on Tuesday
evening of their litte son, Andrew Gregg
Curtin II, of diphtheria. The boy, who
would have been five years old next
May, had been ailing several days but it
was not until Tuesday morning that the
case was diagnosed as diptheria. Miss
Catharine Curtin, of Curtin, was visiting
her brother, and when the case was di-
agnosecd as diphtheria she was sent from
the house and came home Tuesday eve-
ning. Notwithstanding the fact all
known remedies were used the boy died
Tuesday night shortly before ten o'clock.
John Curtin went to Pittsburgh on Wed-
nesday and took charge of the remains,
which were prepared for burial so as to
remove all danger of contagion and en-
closed in a hermetically sealed casket,
and yesterday brought them to Curtin
where the funeral was held and burial
made in the Curtin cemetery.
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BAILEY'— Mrs. Annie W. Bailey, wife |
of Dr. Frank W. Bailey, formerly of Fer-
guson township, died at her home in|
Milton last Friday morning after two
month's illness with Bright's disease. |
Her maiden name was Annie Baldorf, |
and she was born in Milton on August
25th, 1870. She was married to Dr. Bai-
ley on December 22nd, 1904, and since
then has frequently visited in Ferguson
township. In addition to her husband
she is survived by one sister and four |
brothers. The funeral was held on Mon-
day afternoon, burial being made in the
Harmony cemetery at Milton.
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KERN.—Mrs. Thomas Kern, widow of
the late Thomas Kern, died on Friday of
last week at the home of her daughter,
Mrs. Harry Wolfe, near Spring Bank,
after a long illness with a complication
of diseases. She was seventy-two years
old and her only immediate survivor is
her daughter, Mrs. Wolfe. The funeral
and was assisted by Rev. Ralph Smith.
Interment was made at Greenburr.
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HARSHBERGER. — Henry Hezekiah Nerr.—William H. Neff, a
Harshberger, a former resident of Belle- | resident of Howard, died at
fonte and well known attorney of the Cen- | Haven hospital last Friday evening,
tre county bar, died in the Altoona hos- ' lowing an operation. He had been
pital at 1.50 o’cle ck last Friday morning. since November 28th, when he fell
He had been a sufferer with Bright's dis- - the cellar steps at the home of
ease fora year or more but was only L. H. Neff.
seriously ill about a month. Eight days: Deceased was born January 19th, 1832,
before his death he was removed to the so that he was close to eighty-two years
Altoona hospital and pneumonia develop- old. When a young man he learned the
cabinet maker's trade with William Harris,
Deceased was a son of David and Nan- of Walker township. Almost sixty years
cy Rhone Harshberger and was born in ago he located in Howard and all his life
Walker township on June 10th, 1849, | had been engaged as a cabinet maker
hence at his death was 64 years, 5. and undertaker. He served seventeen
months and 25 days old. His boyhood , months during the Civil war as a member
life was spent on the farm and after re- of Company H, Forty-fifth regiment, and
ceiving a good common school education participated in sixteen hard fought en.’
he took a course at Dickinson Seminary, gagements. Un September 30th, 1864,
Williamsport. He then became a teach. he was taken prisoner at Petersburg while
er and 2 year later was made superin- . assisting the late Maj. R. C. Cheesman,
tendent of the Chester Springs soldier's who had a leg shot off. He spent several
orphans’ school. After three years of | months in the Libby and Saulsbury pris-
this work he resigned and took a course | ons and after his release was shipwreck-
in law at the Albany law school, eh while hunting for Booth, President
graduating in 1872. He spent a year Lincoln's assassin.
in the office of the late Judge Adam | He was a member of the Methodist
Hoy and his health failing he traveled church, the Lick Run Lodge of Odd Fel-
through the west several years then re- lows, Grove Brothers Post G.A. R, and
sumed teaching. In 1882 he was admit- ' oneof the organizers and stockholders of
ted to the bar of Centre county and be- the First National bank of Howard.
gan the practice of law as a partner of | Mr. Neff was twice married, his first
the late Hon. Seth H. Yocum. He was a ; wife being Miss Sarah Harlan of Jersey
Republican in politics and was an active Shore. They had four chiidren, three of
worker in his party. In 1878 he was one whom survive, as follows: WilliamN.,
of the lecturers before the Centre county | Mrs. Jennie Weirick and Mrs. Fred S.
teachers’ institute and at that time ad- | Dunham, of Howard. His second wife
vocated a compulsory attendarice and | was Miss Margaret B. Thompson who sur-
free text book law, two things he lived vives with three sons, namely: Henry H.,
to see enacted. About five years ago he ' of Chicago; Robert M., of Tyrone, and
moved from Bellefonte to Altoona and Lot H., of Howard. Funeral services
his health being none of the best quit the were held in the Methodist church at
practice of law and went on the road as one o'clock on Monday afternoon by
a traveling salesman. | Rev. James E. Dunning, after which bur-
On November 9th, 1882, he was united | jal was made in the Methodist cemetery.
in marriage to Miss Julia C. Barnhart, of | 1 |
Curtin, who died in 1894. Of their four!
children three survive, namely: Ralph HAINES—Martin Henry Haines, a na-
C., James B., and Mary R. Several years | tive of Centre county, died at his home
after the death of his first wife he mar- in Rossiter, Indiana county, last Friday
ried Miss Clara Tompkins, who survives | afternoon, after a protracted illness with
with two children, Henry and Lillian. He Bright's disease. He was born at Jack-
is also survived by a number of brothers Sonville on March 1st, 1857, hence was
and sisters. 56 years, 9 months and 4 days old. When
Brief funeral services were held at his 3 Young man he learned telegraphy and
late home in Altoona on Saturday even. fOr a few years was employed in the
ing and Sunday morning the remains Bellefonte office of the Bellefonte and
were taken to Milesburg where final ser. Snow Shoe railroad. He gave up that
vices were held after which burial was Position to become baggage master on |
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STONEBRAKER.—Hayes E. Stonebraker, |
night clerk at the Ward house, died at ge he worked a te ila until a
the McGirk sanitorium early Friday |‘ yea age De Ye d wily
morning of peritonitis, following an at- Sout of falng health ang m i
toi Rossiter. He was prominent in Masonic
fack of Sue ype Sdicitis. He Vind been ; circles, being a member of the Clearfield
Deceased was a son of Mr. and Mrs. | Chapter, the Williamsport Consistory
Sanford Stonebraker and was born at and the Jaffa Temple of Mystic Shrine,of |
Bald Eagle on August 6th, 1862, hence Altona
was 51 years, 3 months and 29 days old.
became conductor on the Snow Shoe. '
‘He finally went to Clearfield county
On June 1st, 1882, he was~married in.
When 4 young man he became book-
keeper for the Tyrone Iron com-
pany, a position he held for twenty-seven
years. When that company went out of
existence he became night clerk at the
Ward house, succeeding the late Ellis
Shaffer,and a curious co-incidence is that
his death occurred just one year to the
very day after that of Mr. Shaffer.
In 1889 Mr. Stonebraker was united
in marriage to Miss Mary M. Wellhouse,
of Harrisburg, who survives with two
children, Walter R. and Frederick. Four
children preceded him to the grave. He
also leaves his parents, of Bald Eagle,
and four brothers, namely: L. Ward and
Dr. S. L. Stonebraker, of Tyrone; Lloyd,
of Sandy Ridge, and Harry, of Harris.
burg. Funeral services were held in the
Chestnut avenue M. E. church, Tyrone,
at two o'clock on Sunday afternoon, by
Rev. William L. Shaeffer, after which the
remains were taken to Bald Eagle for
interment.
BOLINGER.—George Bolinger, a former
resident of Centre county, died last Fri-
day at his home in Battle Creek, Mich.,
following an operation for gall stones.
He was born in Ferguson township and
was fifty-five years old. When a young
man he was engaged in farming and for
a number of years occupied the old Gates
farm.on Tadpole. While living there he
planted a large peach orchard and was
quite successful in growing the fruit.
Twenty years ago he quit farming and
went to Battle Creek, Mich., where he
has been located since.
He was unmarried but is survived by
this place to Miss Mary L. Shrom, who
survives with the following children:
Amy M., Walter H, Catharine B., and
Martha L., all of Rossiter. He also leaves
two half-brothers, John and James
Haines, of Snow Shoe. The remains
were brought to Bellefonte on Monday
afternoon and taken direct to the Union
, cemetery for burial, Rev. Yocum conduct-
ing the funeral services.
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BERGSTRESSER.— Following an illness of
some weeks with asthma Edward L.
Bergstresser, one of the best known and
most highly esteemed residents of Hub-
lersburg, died on Monday morning at '
ten o'clock. He was born at Boalsburg |
and was 79 years, 3 months and 5 days!
old. When a young man he took up
photography and during his three years’,
service in the Civil war he not only car-
ried a musket but acted as an official
photographer. Returning to Centre
county at the close of the war he locat-
ed in Hublersburg and opened up a pho- |
tographing establishment which he con-
ducted ever since. His photographing
tent at the Granger's picnic at Centre
Hall was a feature almost every year.
Mr. Bergstresser was a member of the |
Reformed church from early manhood |
and always lived a consistent christian |
life. He was a most genial, companion- |
able gentleman, a good neighbor and an
exemplary citizen. Surviving him are
his wife and three children, namely: .
Charles J. Bergstresser, of Altoona; Mrs. |
L. H. McAuley, of Hublersburg, and Mrs. |
: George Bright, of Lucas, Ohio. The fun- |
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STOLE FOR BED IN PrIsoN.—“I did it.
I was starving. | have not eaten in three
days. In prison I caught tuberculosis.
Now I can’t work. 1 guess you had bet-
ter send me back to prison—at least, |
won't starve there!”
This was the despairing cry of a twen-
ty-seven-year-old man in an Eastern city
when caught a few days ago with $300
worth of stolen dresses. Investigation
showed that through a lack of funds the
local anti-tuberculosis society had been
unable to send this man to a sanitorium
where he belonged, and there was no
place for him but the prison. Every Red
Cross Seal you buy helps some one in
distress or helps to prevent trouble and
sickness. On sale at all the principal
stores in Bellefonte.
PINE GROVE MENTION.
Mrs. Barbara Krebs is ill with rhe grip.
Mrs. A. |. Tate is now so low that two physi.
cians are in attendance.
Howard Wright, of Tyrone, spent Sunday
among his old associates here.
‘The mercury hovered around the twenty degree
mark on Monday with snow storms all day.
Harry McCracken, one of our successful young
farmers, has a 4,000 bushel lime kiln smoking.
C. H. Struble will quit farming and retire for a
well deserved rest in his new home at Pine Hall.
Farmer Daniel Irvin is nursing a very sore
hand, received while butchering last Thursday.
Miss Helen Wagner, of Altoona, has been visit-
ing her many friends down Pennsvalley the past
week.
Mrs. Alice McGirk, of Cresson, spent Sunday
at the home of her brother, C. M. Dale, on the
Branch,
Mrs. Maggie Gates transacted business in Ty-
rone on Friday and sold a bunch of her fine
porkers.
Mrs. Charlotte Kepler is having the interior of
her home beautified with fresh paint and new
wall paper.
C. M. Dale was here Saturday in quest of fresh
cows for his dairy, but found them scarce and
high in price.
Miss Sallie Riley is visiting friends in and
about Graysville, stopping with her cousin, Mrs.
Harry Gates.
Wm. K. and Samuel I. Corl, of Grange No. 151,
are attending the State Grange meeting at Read:
ing this week,
Mrs. M. L. Miller closed her house at Bailey-
ville and has gone to spend the winter with her
children in Altoona.
Frederick Wibley, who has been an invalid for
several years, suffered a second stroke Thursday
and is now very low.
Mr. Charles Warner is suffering a second stroke
of paralysis, and is entirely helpless, at the home
of Mrs. J. M. Kepler. -
Miss Margaret Glenn, on account of nervous
trouble has been obliged to quit school, and is
under Dr. Woods’ care.
Major Robert F. Hunter and J H. Decker were
here last Thursday looking after their share of
the insurance business.
Landlord Amos Koch, of Boalsburg, lost one of
his big fattened hogs on Wednesday, and he is
afraid it died from cholera.
The Ross Bros. will till the broad and fertile
acres of their grandfather's farm, just west of
town, after After April 1st, 1914.
Miss Sallie Keller closed her home and went to
Wilmington, Del., where she will spend the win*
ter with her sister, Mrs. Sophia Hall.
Mrs. Alice Buckwalter, of Lancaster, is at Fair-
brook with her father, Mr, George W. McWil-
liams, who is steadily growing weaker.
Allen Burwell and family, who recently return.
ed from the west, are now snugly housekeeping
in the Roush home, on east Main street.
Mrs. Nannie Bailey, Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Bailey
and sister, Mary Glenn, attended the Mrs, Frank
Bailey funeral at Milton, Monday afternoon.
Willard McGirk is arranging to go to Arizona
for his health. His many friends hope for his
speedy recovery and safe return to his family and
friends.
Mr. and Mrs. John Shuey, of Lemont, was
among the butchering party at Will Glenns, on
Tuesday, when nine big porkers were slain and a
sumptucus dinner served.
That prince of good fellows, Will Houser, rep-
resenting the new wholesale grocery at Belle
fonte, was visiting our merchants this week, and
taking orders for the winter trade.
Prof. George E. Meyers, of Boalsburg; N. E.
Hess and wife and Mrs. Anna Fye, of State Col-
lege, and Elmer Houtz and party, of Boalsburg,
were within our gates Saturday evening.
C. B. Hess, executor of the C. D. Miller estate,
last week sold the old home farm to Jacob Harp-
ster for $34.00 per acre. It is one of the best
farms in Tadpole vallev and Mr. Harpster is to
be congratulated on his good judgment.
The festival and fair held by the ladies in the
town hall Saturday evening was the most suc-
his aged mother, Mrs. Mary Gates Bol-, g¢lock yesterday morning. Rev. Hoover,
inger, on the old homestead on Tadpele; ' of the Reformed church, had charge of
one brother, John Bolinger, of Lock the services and burial was made in the |
Haven, and three sisters, Misses Kate ind Hyblersburg cemetery.
Rebecca Bolinger and Mrs. William Den. I I
nison, all at home. The remains were |
brought east and on Wednesday evening. VAUGHN.—Mrs. George Vaughn died on
were taken to his mother's home where | Friday at her home in Osceola Millsafter
funeral services were held at two o'clock an illness of several months with can-
yesterday afternoon by Rev. L. S. Spang. cer. Her maiden name was Woods and
ler, burial being made in the Gatesburg she was born in Bald Eagle valley thirty-
cemetery. | eight years ago. Surviving her are her
I { husband and three small children. She
BAiLeY.—The sudden and unexpected also leaves the following brothers and
death of Miss Maud Bailey, daughter of sisters: Mrs. James Edwards, Mrs. Ir-
Mr. and Mrs. Scott Bailey, of State Col-
lege, is deeply regretted by all who knew
her. Since her graduation at the College
two years ago she had been employ-
ed as a stenographer and she was at her
desk as usual on Monday. That afternoon,
however, she experienced terrific pains
in the heal and was compelled to go
home. She grew worse rapidly and the
disease developed into spinal meningitis.
win Cowher und Abram Woods, of Osce-
ola Mills; William and Martin Woods,
of Jeffries; George, of Blue Ball; Aaron,
of Port Matilda, and Edward, of Clear-
| field. The funeral was held on Monday,
. burial being made in the Umbria ceme-
tery at Osceola Mills.
Her death resulted yesterday morning.
She was about thirty years old and in
addition to her parents is survived by
three sisters and two brothers. Arrange.
ments for the funeral have not been
of the trout fishing season on April 15th.
-—=If you want to get results, adver-
| cessful of the season. Eighteen gallons of ice
| cream were sold and most everything offered
| found ready sale. The proceeds were $109.00.
! Alarge audience was present in the Lutheran
| church last Sunday evening to hear Rev. L. S.
Spangler discourse on good roads. One benefit,
| he thought, would bea better attendance at the
| churches, which would be well worth the trouble
| and expense.
The public sale of Henry Shuey, last Thursday
brought a large crowd of anxious bidders. Stock
. of all kinds sold high. the sale totaling up to
| $2200.00. On account of Mrs. Shuey’s poor
health they are retiring and will move to Pleasant
Gap, for a much deserved rest.
One of the biggest butcherings held in this sec-
tion this fall was that on Wednesday at the hoe
Mrs. Cronover had fattened up especially for the
occasion.
Ralph Walker has rented the McCracken farm
Women's overcoats of bou-
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With the Churches of the’
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| Notes of Interest to Church People of
all Denominations in all Parts of |
the County. :
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE SOCIETY.
| Service 10:45 a. m. Wednes-
: day 8 p. m., 9} E. High street.
! Persons interested in the prohibition
, of alcoholic liquors have been keenly
| alive to what is going on at Washington
| this week. A committee of a thousand
| picked men from all parts of the United
| States waited on Congress and on
| the President, to urge the passage and
, reference of an amendment to the con-
| stitution of the United States, prohibit-
ing the manufacture, sale, importation,
exportation, transportation of all alcohol-
ic liquors as a beverage. Bellefonte had
one accredited representative on this
committee, Dr. G. E. Hawes, pastor o’
the Presbyterian church, left on Tues-
day to join the committee at Washing-
ton. He will speak on the subject to his
congregation Sunday night.
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GOVERNOR APPROVED PLANS OF DEATH
House.—The Harrisburg Star Indepen-
dent of last Thursday contained the
following item;
Governor Tener to-day approved the
architect's plans for the death house at
the new penitentiary near State College,
Centre county, and in a short time it will
be ready to receive the murderers sentenc-
ed to death since the passage of the law
ing for electrocution instead of
ng by the neck.
The plans will be sent to Warden John
Francies, of the penitentiary, who will at
once set the liberty who are
. ing on the new tentiary at work
on the in which all murderers
wil be pl SR red ti
ans were some time
20, but liad 10 be approved the peni-
tentiary trustees then, A 0p she) law,
approved by the Governor. They are
yeiy comyresensive dd cil for a buildi
sufficient to accommodate the electrical
apparatus, the death chair and room for
those who will conduct and witness the
executions. Only the prison officers,
the jury and the representatives of the
newspapers published in the county where
the murder was committed, will per-
mitted to be in the house when the sen-
tence of the law is carried out. The build-
ing will be completed early in the spring.
LEMONT.
John S. Dale shipped a car of corn from this
place on Monday.
The stork visited the home of Oliver Shuey and
left a great big daughter.
George Mitchell returned home Monday from
a visit with Henry Thompson.
Monday the wind blew at the rate of a gale,
and the mercury stood at 18 degrees.
Ad: m Roads and his son Edward spent Satur.
day in Millheim, helping the former's mother
butcher.
Grover Yohn, who has cut out the William
Schreck tract, moved his saw mill and belongings
folie new job, which he expects to open this
week,
He Wants $5.80 Heart Baim.
Hyman Wachter, of Vineland, N. J,,
wants $5.80 from. Mrs. Bertha Wickler
as a balm for his broken heart.
Wachter is sixty years old and Mrs.
Wickler is forty years old. The day
that Wachter cast his eyes on Mrs.
Wickler it was love at first sight.
When he found she had a husband in
Russia he advanced $5 to send for a
divorce,
Soon after this Mrs. Wickler's love
cooled, Wachter says, and now he
wants Justice of the Peace De Luca
to sue Mrs. Wickler for breach of
promise and the recovery of $5.80, ot
which $5 is for the divorce, 30 cents
for postage and 50 cents for a theater
ticket.
Justice De Luca has summoned
Mrs. Wickler to appear before him to
show cause why she should not re-
store her former lover's money.
Bib String Kills Baby.
Clarence Garrison, eleven months
old, the son of Mrs. ‘Hosea Garrison,
of Glassboro, N. J., was strangled to
death by his bib string.
The baby was playing about the
floor while the mother attended to
her housework. She stepped into the
next room and the child tried to fol
low her. As the baby crawled around
the doorjam the bib string caught on
a nail and tightened when the child
pulled away. When the mother return-
ed to the room several minutes later
she found her son dead.
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Woman Kills Man on Dare.
While he was seated with 2 woman
at a table in a restaurant in Balti.
more, Md. Joseph Meyers, known
fn sporting circles as “Buffalo” Mey-
ars, took a knife from his pocket,
bared his chest, and, handing the
knife to the woman, dared her to stab
him.
The woman drove the knife into the
man's heart, helped him to the street
and then fled. Meyers died shortly af-
terward in a hospital. It was said the
couple had quarreled previously.
Col. Gaillard, Canal Digger, Is Dead.
Lieutenant Colonel David Dubois
Gaillard, one of the chief engineers of
the Panama canal, died at the Johns
Hopkins University hospital in Balti.
more.
Colonel Gaillard had been in a semi: |
100 POUNUS LET 60
The Victims Were Blown to Pieces
and Many Nearby Towns Were
Shaken.
Six men were killed and two were
injured in an explosion of 700 pounds
of gunpowder at the Dupont Powder
works, at Gibbstown, N. J., on the Del-
aware river, sixteen miles below Phil-
adelphia.
All the dead men were employed in
the gelatine mexing house, which was
leveled to the ground by the explo-
sion. They were:
Harry Horner, of Paulsboro; mar-
ried; had four children.
Howard Clark, Paulsboro; married.
Herbert Mullen, Paulsboro; single.
Stanley Joka, Paulsboro.
Stanley Kasper, Paulsboro.
Joseph Schmust, Gibbstown.
The injured men were employed
near the mixing house and were al
most buried under the debris, which
was sent flying in all directions. They
are Alexander Bonsack and Michael
Sam. They will recover.
The building in which the men lost
their lives was the scene of a similar
explosion a little more than three
months ago, when four men were kill-
ed and a score injured, It was a one-
story brick structure, about 20 by 30
feet.
Under ordinary circumstances only
four men work in this building. Two
others were assigned as helpers, Offi-
¢lals of the plant were unable to tell
the cause of the explosion.
When the powder let go there was
a wild scramble among the employes,
of whom there are about 1000 in the
entire plant. The men in the mixing
house were literally blown to pieces
without a chance to escape. The de-
tonation set fire to the debris, but
the blaze was extinguished in a few
minutes.
A gang of men was immediately put
to work to dig the bodies from the
ruins. Physicians from Gibbstown and
Paulsboro, as well as those attached
to the works, climbed over the debris,
ready to give aid te any one who
might be found alive, but all had died
instantly.
The detonation threw the towns of
Paulsboro and Gibbstown into the
highest state of excitement. A large
part of the male population of both
towns are employed in the powder
works, and many women and children,
fearing their loved ones had been kill.
ed or injured, rushed to the gates,
The explosion was so heavy that it
was felt through a large part of South
Jersey and in many parts of Phila-
delphia.
Find Lost Ring on Leg of Dead Rat.
A lost wedding ring was found on
the leg of a rat, which must have step-
ped on the ring many years ago.
A wedding, ring supposed to have
belonged to Mrs. Harrison E. Walker,
who, with her husband, James Walker,
was a tenant on a farm between Mec-
Kee City and Somers Point, N. J., was
found when workmen began to re-
model the home she and her husband
eccupied.
The Walkers, who left the east more
than a year ago, to take up a home-
stead claim in southern Texas, often
wondered what had become of Mrs,
Walker's wedding ring. She thought
she lost it while washing clothes in
the basement of her old home.
When the workmen started to re-
model the old Walker home on Friday
they were so hampered by rats that
quantities of poison was placed about
the house. The men found over a
hundred dead rats lying about on the
floors, and on the left front foot of ona
was a gold band.
The band was so tightly fixed on the
rat's leg that it had to be filed off. On
the inside of tne ring were the letters
“from H. E. W. to M. E. H., Dec. 28,
1902.”
Mrs. Pankhurst Out, But In Sick Bed.
Mrs. Emmeline Pankhurst, the mill
tant suffragette leader, who was ar
rested at Plymouth, England, Dec. 4,
on her arrival from the United States
aboard the steamship Majestic, was re-
leased from the Exeter jail.
Mrs. Pankhurst began a hunger
and thirst strike immediately follow-
ing her arrest.
Mrs. Pankhurst was driven to a ho
tel. She 2ppeared very weak and im-
mediately retired to bed, in charge of
a nurse. Mrs. Pankhurst is liberated
on seven days’ license. She intends to
proceed to london at the earliest pos-
sible moment.
The dean of the cathedral at Exeter
assented at the services to a request
that a prayer for Mrs. Pankhurst be
recited. The congregation was accord.
ingly invited to pray “for Mrs. Emme-
line Pankhurst.” This is probably the
first time that the name of a convicted
criminal has been given out in this
manner in an English chureh.
Finds Mother Murdered.
August Guth, twenty-one years old,
. an electrician, returned from his work
to his home at 206 West Eighty-fourth
street, New York, a little late for his
' supper.
Hurryving to his room, he took off
conscious condition for weeks. He | his coat to wash. Without looking, he
suffered from hardening of the arter- | threw it on top of a blanket that was
ies of the brain, brought on, it is said, | gpread across his bed.
by the strain of his work on the Cule He turned on the electric light and
bra Cut, which he put through in the ! -
face of enormous difficulties. then noticed that there was something
Heirs of Fair Asphyxiated. |and saw the face of his mother. She
Mrs. L. B. Hart, seventy-one years ' a i’ he Ste
old, was found dead in her home in Hind been murdered through
Worthington, a suburb of Columbus, | pep minutes after Police Captain
Ohio, and her two nieces, Misses grr grrived a general alarm was sent
dying condition as a result of being
two young women.
Barbara and Rachel Hart, are in a |gyt for Oscar Vogt, thirty-nine
# chef, who had lived with
overcome by gas. Mrs. Hart and the ua for six years,
two nieces were left $500,000 by the | gisth her violently
late United States Senator J. G. Fair, | per sone refused to support him
of California, who was an uncle of the | gemanded that he leave their home.
years
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